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Straps and Jacts.
Forty thousand Bibles were destroyed
by the Chicago fire.
The first Greeley club organized in
Kentucky ordered one thousand white hats |
from a Cincinnati dealer.
100,000 tons of oil are made annually j
in New Orleans from cotton seed. Six estab- i
lishments employ a capital of $1,500,000. j
The Cincinnati Commercial notices that.
"Greeley has but one brother-in-law and no j
father, and his nephews are all nieces."
Business in Congress is in such a state j
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of forwardness as to leave mue or uo aouot;
that an adjournment can be finally effected
four weeks from Wednesday, the 29th instant ;
Lewis McKenzie, a Republican dele-!
gate at large for Virginia to the Philadelphia )
Convention, has returned his credentials and j
declines attending that convention, and has
pronounced for Greeley and Brown.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has adjourned until next October,
without making a decision in the case of T.
Jefferson Greer. The impression prevails in
government circles that the court was equally
divided in opinion.
It is said that street costumes receutly
sent over from Paris are made short enough to
clear the ground. Ladies just returned from
abroad are surprised to find American ladies
dragging handsome silk dresses over the dirty
sidewalks.
The "Archibald Academy," at Pleasant
Ridge, Ala., of which Mr. A. R. Banks,
formerly of York county, is one of the principals,
was destroyed by an incendiary fire
on the morning of the 25th ultimo. The loss
is considerable, including books, desks and
school furniture. The school is in a flourishing
condition, and the principals, undismayed
by the calamity, have procured another building
and gone to work again.
The Washington Republican of the 7th
instant says: "A telegram was received yesterday
at the Department of Justice from the
United States district attorney at Charle^on,
S. 0., in which he says that a deputy marshal
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J use n;turuou lruiu luanuvia, ucuigia, icpviw
that Capers Scott, Wesley Scott and William
Harris, whom he had arrested on bench warrants
issued by the Circuit Court, were forcibly
taken from him by a crowd of thirty or
forty men.
They have a new way of treating the
broken legs ofhorses, which ought to be generally
known. A valuable horse in Hartford
had its leg broken a short time since. The
leg was carefully set by an experienced surgeon,
and was covered thickly with plaster.
When the plaster "set," or hardened, it kept
the limb as immovable as if it had been made
of iron. Thus treated, a broken leg will knit
together in a brief time, and become as good
as ever.
Mr.E. V. Smalley, the well-known correspondent
of the New York Tribune, who
has for a series of years occupied the position
as clerk to the House Committee on Military
Affairs, was notified a day or two since, that
he must resign, or be resigned to dismissal,
because it was uot deemed proper that "an
employee of the enemy (the Tribune) should
hold any position under or receive any emolument
from the Administration." Mr. S. consequently
wrote a valedictory to the Committee,
aud gracefully retired to his seat in the
reporters' gallery.? Washington Patriot.
Susan B. Anthony says: "Our cause is
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just JiKe me anu-siavery cause, it uau pieuty
of friends and supporters three years out of
four, but ever)' fourth year, when a President
was to be elected, it was lost sight of; then
the nation was to be saved, and the slave
must be sacrificed. So it is with us women.
Politicians are willing to use us at their gatherings,
to fill empty seats, to wave our handkerchiefs
and clap our hands when they say
smart things, but when we ask to be allowed
to help them in any real, substantial way, by
helping them to choose the best men for our
law makers and rulers, they generally push
us aside and tell us not to bother them."
Judge David Davis, in conversation
with a friend in Washington on Sunday last,
expressed his belief that the Democracy would
support Greeley. He insisted that this was
a popular movement iu which the politicians
would have to follow the people. Greeley was
a man of the people. Every man and boy in
the country felt that he was in some way or
other his friend, and that they owed him a
debt of gratitude which they would repay
with a vote. The farmers will be for him,
and the foreigners will be enthusiastic for him.
If the negroes don't vote for him they ought
to be put back into slavery, for it will be
proof positive that they have no gratitude.
Since Mr. Greeley has been put in nomination
by the liberal Republicans, what he
has said and may say will be read with interest.
Hear him as reported by a Washington
letter-writter : "I saw the old man on Saturday,
and he is mad clear through. He says
he never was so little a politician and so much
interested in a campaign as now. The English
language is totally inadequate for his use
when talking of the Administration, and he
freely asserts that even should the Philadelphia
Convention throw Grantover, he wouldn't
support any of the d?d gang of thieves. The
Democrats, he says, helped us to break up
Tammany, and now we are going to help the
Democrats break up a worse set than ever
Tammany was."
Hon. A. H. Stephens, in a lengthy editorial
in thp Atlanta Si in nitchps into An
gust Belmont and his Democratic coadjutors
for what h3 styles trying to "hitch the Democratic
car to the Radical engine" at Cincinnati
by working up Charles Francis Adams
as a candidate to the Presidency, and comments,
in a characteristic vein, against the
policy of giving up the "Jeffersonian platform,"
or of Democrats voting for any other
than Democratic candidates. He trusts they
will not, for a moment, entertain the idea of
choosing between Gen. Grant and Mr. Greeley.
It is true, he says, that Greeley went bail i
for Mr. Davis, but Grant prevented the arrest
of General Lee. Besides, he adds, if
Mr. Greeley has ever raised his voice against
either of the "enforcement acts," even the infamous
ku-klux act, he is not aware of it. j
He does not suggest, however, any practical [
way out of tribulation for his brethren of the i
South.
A correspondent of the Charleston
Courier writes as follows from Atlanta, Ga.,
May 11: "Deputy Marshal Hendricks, unfortunately
for his comfort, returned to this j
city upon another kidnapping expedition a j
few days since, and arrested Thos. Hancock,!
a young man formerly of Spartanburg county, j
who leu that county some six mouths since, j
and for the last four months has been a clerk !
here for Messrs. Kiser & Co. The warrant;
under which he arrested this young man was
drawn against Wesley Scott and Joshua
Shears, whose names were scratched out and
Hancock's name interlined. It was brought
out in the evidence that Hendricks and NoraA-aw
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he would not have arrested him if Scott had
not got away. Col. R. A. Alston, known fa-'
miliarly about Charleston as "Bob," wa3 call-!
ed in as counsel for Hancock, in connection
with General Garlington, who is familiar with
the handwriting of Daniel Horlbeck, United
States District Clerk of South Carolina. He ,
pronounced the signature to the bench war-!
rant a forgery, and not Mr. Horlbeck's writing,
when a telegram was sent him to Charleston, i
Mr. Horlbeck promptly answered that no warrant
had been issued from that court against
Thomas Hancock. Instantly a warrant was '
issued for Hendricks, who was arrested for
jmlse imprisonment and kidnapping. An in-1
vestigation was held this afternoon, which has
been continued until next Thursday, in order
that evidence may be obtained from Charleston
convicting him of forgery. General Gar- j
lington's denunciation of the Government,
both Federal and State, in South Carolina,
was a grand effort, which made even Hen-1
dricks wince. Hendricks gave bail, his seen- i
rity being a United States Marshal. This
kidnapping official, if he succeeds in getting
clear, which is very doubtful, will probably
not sail in this direction again*, but Hcmfeja,
more congenial clime. This is his third expedition
into Georgia, and it will probably be
his last." V:' ?' '.?<} V,
forMk inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.J
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JUDGE MICKEY'S SPEECH.
Judge Mackey failed to arrive here for the
purpose of making a public speech on Thursday
last, according to appointment; but he
came on the Friday afternoon train, and on
Saturday evening addressed, in the Court
House, a gutjdly irnmberuf citizens, cumpuscd
about equally of whites and blacks, many of
whom were doubtless impelled by the novelty
of a speech on political topics by one holding
the important judicial position to which Judge
Mackey has but recently been elevated.
Occupying the stand with Judge Mackey,
were Major Briggs and Hauibal White, members
of the Legislature from this county, by
the first named of whom the Judge was intro
duced to the audience.
On addressing the citizens of the historic
county of York, on which Occasion it was his
first visit to this section of the State, Jiidge
Mackey expressed his, regret at the coolness
with which he was received by inen of his own
race and color, who, differing with him in
their political views, deOmed it sufficient cause
to place a social barrier between himself and
them. As a native Carolinian, educated by
the bounty of the State, in whose service he
had passed through two wars, he asserted his
devotion to her best interests, and the principles
which he believed to be for the political
salvation of our people.
As a reason for thus addressing the people,
he stated that in consequence of his present
position, and the relations he now sustained
toward the people of this judicial circuit, a
number of citizens had invited him so to do,
and that it was in compliance with their wishes
that he then and there gave expression to
his views upon various questions now agitating
the public mind, from which he hoped a just
estimate would be formed as to his motives
and the line of conduct by which he was governed.
The first topic which came under his review
was ku-kluxisra, and the acts of violence
which he asserted had been committed in this
immediate section of the State. The arming
of the negroes to the exclusion of the whites,
which he admitted to be wrong, and characterized
as an inexcusable blunder for which
Governor Scott was responsible, was the al*
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legea cause 01 inese scenes 01 violence, me
action of arming the negroes alone, he deprecated
as being wrong in principle and contrary
to the contemplation of the law, while it
seemed to afford a plausible pretext for kukluxism
; yet he believed if there had been no
negroes in the State, the same acts would
have been perpetrated and the same means of
intimidation exercised toward all humble
white men who might have presumed to act
with the Republican party.
He admitted the mal-administration of
State officials without designating any particular
officer, and said that a vast amount of
public funds had been misapplied or misappropriated,
in consequence of which nearly all
the public free schoolsof the State are closed,
and many other charitable and public institutions
greatly embarrassed. He contended
that the principles of the Republican party
were not responsible for this condition of affairs.
Bad men had been elevated to office;
but he contended that was no reason why the
principles of the Republican party should be
abandoned, or why honest and well-meaning
Republicans should desert their colors. So
far from deserting the party, its columns must
be strengthened, and the great evils of maladministration,
of which he admitted the taxpayers
justly complained, must be corrected
inside the Republican lines, by selecting, for
responsible positions, the best men of the party.
He dwelt upon the magnanimity of the negroes
toward the whites under the new order
of things. As an instance of their generosity,
he cited the homestead law, the body enacting
which was composed of a majority of
blacks. Closing his comments upon the liberality
and good feeling which he was sure
the negro felt for the white man, he hoped
the day was not distant when the latter would
feel it to be to his interest to meet the negro
on the same generous terras. The devotion
of the negro to country and principle he illustrated
by the fact that a company was
raised in this county during the revolutionary
war to meet the invading Britton, and that
they performed good service; while, with his
own eye, he had seen the servants of officers
and men voluntarily take up muskets and
fight side by side with the whites in the Mexican
war. These and other facts led him to
the conclusion that the negro would do to
trust, and that he was capable 'of being a good
citizen.
Within the past two weeks he had an interview
with President Grant. The President's
greatest solicitude at this time seemed to be
the condition of affairs in the South. He had
learned with extreme sorrow that the ku-klux
organization was composed of men who had
fmicrht. valifintlv under the Confederate flaer.
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which fact, with another, to-wit, that these
men were under parole of honor to conduct
themselves as law-abiding citizens, rendered
the case more aggravating. The Judge said
that on this point he informed the President
that he had been misled; that he stated to
President Grant that of all the ku-klux who
had made confessions or been convicted in
this State, he had been unable to learn of more
than two who were honorable fighting soldiers
in the Confederate array. This information
was gratifying to the President, who had a
wrong impression of the matter, which it was
his pleasure to correct.
The speaker next adverted to the magnanimity,
the generosity and the forbearance which
have characterized Grant, both as a military
officer and the chief executive of the nation,
from the surrender of General Lee to the
present time. It was Grant who accepted the
terms of surrender without entailing disgrace
upon the Confederate chieftains and their followers,
and through his instrumentality the
schemes of Andrew Johnson to imprision the
leaders and confiscate the property of all who
were prominent actors on the Confederate side,
were thwarted. In this strain lie eulogized
Grant and his administration at great length,
closing hiir^eraarks by expressing the hope (
: that the two sections would again be united !
by the samelfcuds of brotherly love and de- J
votion of common country that existed pre-;
Vious to the war. " ^ Vi i4 J J"; ' ""
Such is a^brief outline of Judge Mackey's
speech, the principai points of;which are giv*
en. ' The whole tenof of it whs simply h, de- *
th^met|Je??mhe,'RepubTtein
and an endorsement of President Grant and
his administration. i _ 1
SOUTH CAROLINA ^EWS.
? Twelve thousand five hundred bushels of
orpAPn npna lmvn been shinned North from
Charleston since the opening of the season. ;
? Marion county will have about fifty-nine
candidates in the field for various offices du- .
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ring the coming corapaign. , .
? An Episcopal Church, to be called the ^
"Church of our Saviour," is to be erected at
Rock Hill. It is to be finished by the 15th
of August. j '. '
? The Neios says that Fairfield county is
afflicted w.itfy forty candidates for sheriff and
about three hundred for the General Assembly,
while the balauce of the colored popula- ^
tion are willing to be county commissioners, ^
? It is stated that every cent paid into the
treasury, on account of Iicepses and the delinquent
tax sales, will be absorbed by the payment
of legislative pay certificates, there being y
$800,000 worth reported issued.
? Last week the following named persons i
were arrested in Fairfield county, charged
with violating the Enforcement act, and
lodged in the jail at Columbia: J. X. Smith,
H- f\ Af T. fVvnnor \V A RftilftV. '
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E. H, Heines, H. R. Flannigan, M. L. Jamison,
F. B. \Vatts, J. A. Cooper.
? The ministers of Darlington have refused
to receive a ''license" from the State authorities
to preach the Gospel, justly regarding
their authority from the church of God as
sufficiently ample; hence, they will pay for no
State "license" unless the courts shall compel
them to do so.
? Mr. George E. Windsor, Route Agent on
the Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta Railroad,
was arrestetl last week in Columbia,
charged with a violation of* the Enforcement
Act, at Chester Court House, in 1871. He
was admitted to bail to await a hearing before
the United States Commissioner.
? Rev. John S. Ezell, a Baptist preacher,
and his son J. J. Ezell, both of Spartanburg (
county; also, W. B. Ward and R. L. Lebanon,
of Uuion county, were recently arrested
in Oconee county, and are now lodged in jail j
at Columbia. They are charged with violating
the ku-klux act.
? A short time ago, while Judge Graham
was holding the Circait Court at Orangeburg, .
Solicitor E. B. Seabrook became so offensive (
in his language that Judge Graham felt compelled
to commit him to jail for contempt of j
court. He remained in durance for twentyfour
hours, and at the expiration of that time, '
upon his refusal to purge himself of the contempt,
Judge Graham suspended him from
the list of attorneys. j
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Thousands of locusts have made their ap- j
pearance in the western part of the State.
? Joseph Holden was married to Miss Cor- <
nelia Estis, of Raleigh, on the 6th instant. J
? General John A. Young, the Democratic <
nominee, has been elected Mayor of Char- s
lotte.
? There are 221 working lodges of the Ma- ?
sonic fraternity in the State, with 11,148 s
members.
? The municipal elections which took place >
on Monday of last week resulted generally <
in the triumph of the Conservative tickets. '
The voting in some instances was close.
? The squabble in regard to the penitentiary
board having been settled, work is pro- i
greasing satisfactorily on the walls of the i
building. <
?Johu C. Wilkersou, an estimable citizen
of Orange, while laboring under mental aber- !
ration, hung himself with a grape-vine last I
week. i
? A rattlesnake six feet long, nineteen i
inches in circumference, with eighteen rattles
and two buttons, was killed in Brunswick <
county a few days ago.
? The Raleigh Sentinel is greatly improved
by the withdrawal from that paper of John i
Spelman, whose place is filled by T. B. Kings- i
bury, one of the most polished writers of the i
South.
? Though Horace Greeley was married in
North Carolina, his wife is not a native of <
that State. She is a New Yorker by birth, and
taught school in Warrenton, at which <
place they were married in July, 1836. i
? Cumulative suffrage, says the Wilming- I
ton Journal, has proved a success in that city. <
The tax-payers, forming the minority of municipal
voters, have elected four of the ten |
aldermen, which gives them a representation i
for the first time since 1868. I
? That portion of the N. C. railroad be- ,
tween Charlotte and Greensboro i3 to be <
changed to the guage corresponding with the (
track between Greensboro and Richmond. ,
This alteration will secure a through route ]
without change of cars to Richmond. i
? Tate's Factory, generally known as the
Mountain Island Cotton Mills, in Gaston j
county, was sold at auction by the executor
last week. The property brought $25,000. :
The factory has been standing idle ever since
the close of the war, but will soon be put in ,
i operation.
? The Republican Congressional Couveu- -j
tion which assembled in Wilson on the 9th,
was a boisterous meeting. C. R. Thomas <
received the nomination, his competitor be- 1
ing a negro named Hyman. Hyraan asserted
that he had been beaten by fraud, aud his <
adherents denounced the convention, calling (
the members a set of fools.
? The State treasurer has decided that cotton
held in other States by parties in North .
Caroliua, free from incumbrance or on which
money or supplies have been advanced and
the cotton held as collateral, is subject to taxation.
He also decides that individual bonds
and accounts due in other States to parties in
North Carolina, are subject to taxation.
POLITICAL ITEMS.
? A colored Greeley and Brown club has 1
been started in St. Louis. (
? Ttip "New Hamnshire Republican Conven- (
tion has pronounced for Grant and Wilson. 1
? The Republican Convention of Delaware 1
have instructed their delegates to vote for *
Grant and Colfax. 1
? The Republican Convention of Minnesota (
have instructed their delegates to Philadel- *
: phia to vote for Grant and Colfax. *
j ?Senator Trumbull is said to have express- (
i ed his willingness to run for Governor of II- (
linois on the Cincinnati platform.
? The Philadelphia Press says that the j1
nomination of Greeley instead of dividing the t
! Republican party, has rent the Democratic
j party in twain?thns practically annihilating t
I it at the beginning of the canvass. J
I ?The National Republican Convention
vill raloUit Philadelphia on Thursd^v the
ith of Junfe. The Democratic National Oonrention
will meet at Baltimore on Tuesday,
he~y th of July. t.jiwc.-.?
John Morrisey, the celebrated New York
jambler, offerq to bet $5000 that Greeley: will
jarrjr New York ; '$5000 that he1 wilt'OArr'y
Pennsylvania; and $5000 that he will be elected
President, provided the Democratic party
na^efno domination. A "
-? snr Tti oetftf^^DeTfrocrathr" wHtwr-ftr
Jhicago, representing eighteen journals, it
*/v ?? ? I a aaIIati fka Tlomn.
ivua icduivuu wj await uiu ntuuu u? wuv
sratie Convention, when, if Cincinnati was
mdorsed, it will receive the hearty support of
Democratic Illinois. . ?i T;
? The Washington Patriot says :. "No individual,
and no-journal, has any warrant or
luthority for saying that the Democratic Naional
Convention will riitify and accept
iither the nomination of Grant or Colfax, to
)e made at Philadelphia, or that of Greeley
md Brown, already made at Cincinnati."
? The feeling among Democratic Congressmen
in Washington towards the nominations
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>f the Cincinnati Convention is reported to he
ather more favorable than when the news of
he nomination of Greeley and Brown was
irst received! There are, however, many
vho still insist' that there &hall be a straightHit
Democratic ticket nominated.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Will Grant Withdraw ?
A WasTiIugtoh telegram to the New
fork Herald says that the Greeley ticket is
jrowing in favor, and as the impulse on the
)artt)f the Democrats in support of thd proposition
for a regular ticket die3 away, as it
Certainly is dying out, the feeliiig in favor of
mother candidate than Gen. Grant finds an
ucreade of friends among theGranfor adminstration
wing of the party. The proposition
'or Grant to withdraw is a matter of serious
consideration, says the Herald correspondent;
md a statement of later date- is telegraphed
Vora Washington to the Charleston News, to
;he effect that the administration Senators
lave held a caneus and decided that'Grant
nust be withdrawn as a candidate for renoraU
lation by the Philadelphia Convention, and
hat Senator Cameron was deputed to notify
jlrant of the action of the caucus;
Whether these rumors be true or false, it is
certain that in the same proportion the Democracy
go for Greeley, just to the same extent
ire the chances of Grant's reelection weakened
aud destroyed.
Radical Reform Convention.
The irrepressible Mrs. Victoria Woodiull,
who labors so assiduously for the emancipation
of her sex from its present thraldom,
md who desires to see woman fitted for any
station in life and prepared for any emergency,
from the making of an apple dumpling to
he wearing of a pair of pants, seems to be
;he prime mover in a political organization
bearing the name of the Radical Reformers.
A.s she receives inspiration from the 'spirit of
he departed Demosthenes, so does she infuse
he minds of her followers with the rather
jhostly teachings of the defunct Roman ora?r
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On Saturday last a convention of these regenerators
and reformers was held in New
York. After adopting what is characterized
is a "wonderful constitution," Mrs. Woodhull
nade a speech, prophesying that from this
convention would issue a power that would
shape the world. Mrs., Woodhull and Fred
Douglas were then nominated for President
md Vice-PresiJent, Whereupon great confusion
ensued, some of the delegates shouting
'Indians before negroes," and others suggesting
the "Heathen Chinee," should Fred decline.
The convention broke up in an uproar
without electing officers.
The Electoral Vote.
The Chicago Tribune publishes a tabular
statement of the vote at the last Presidential
election, which shows that the Democratic
party carried only seven States, viz:
Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland,
New Jersey, New York and Oregon, which
States give au electoral vote of 80. The total
electoral vote of the different States is 357,
of which 179 is necessary to a choice. The
Tribune remarks that the battle-field of the
campaign will be in California, Connecticut,
Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Nebraska,
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Of the States which voted for Grant in 1868,
the following will certainly vote the opposition
ticket in case he is nominated. Missouri
15 votes, North Carolina 10, Tennessee 11,
West Virginia 5. Total, 41 votes. In addition
to these will be the votes of the States
which did not vote in 1868: Virginia 11
votes, Texas 8, Florida 4. Total, 22 votes,
ill of which will be given against Grant, making
an increased opposition of 63 electoral
votes.
A united opposition to Grant will carry all
the States that voted against him in 1868,
rod Arkansas 6 votes, California 6, Connec?4
& Q Ponnaultronio OA Mnaaa.
lilCUL U, IXCUiaoati u, jl ^uwji.uu^
ihusetts 13, Wisconsin 10. Total, 78 votes?
showing that a united opposition to Grant
;an carry over two-thirds of the electoral
vote, while a divided opposition will elect
aim by nearly a unanimous vote.
National Democratic Convention.
The National Democratic Committee,
ay authority conferred upon it by the last
Democratic National Convention, at a meetng
held in the city of New York on Wednesday
of last week, voted to hold the next Convention
for the purpose of nominating candidates
for President and Vice-President of the
United States on the 9th day of July, 1872,
it 12 o'clock M., in the city of Baltimore.
The basis of representation, as fixed by the
iast Democratic Convention, is double the
aunaberof Senators and Representatives in
Dongress from each State under the apportionment
census of 1870. Each State is cordially
invited to send delegates accordingly.
The States, of California, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oregon
and Wisconsin were not represented in
ho mpfitinc of the committee. Bigler, of
California, and Bragg, of North Carolina,
nembers from their respective States, have
lied since the appointment of the Comrait;ee
in 1868.
The session of the Committee commenced
ibout 2 o'clock, with August Belmont in the
jhair. A motion was made, but lost, that the
jail for a Democratic Convention should be
jostponed. Great diversity of opinion prevailed
as to the time and place of holding the
Convention, and finally the choice of place
vas carried in favor of Baltimore, by a vote
)f three to one, the principal ground urged
jeing that in that city less undue outside inluence
would be brought to bear on the projeedings
of the Convention than in any of the
)ther contesting cities.
Nothing was said or done to indicate who
night secure the nomination at Baltimore,
hough members from Kansas and Tennessee
ixpressed themselves in favor of endorsing
Creeley.
Llabama Claims.
The Washington Republican published
' a sensational statement on Saturday, wbjch
j was also telegraphed from the capital, to the l'.;
| effect that the rnegotiations pending -between
: flia4Jnitod StaiesvancLBritish cabinets relir. *
. tive to damages claimed by this government
on account of the depredations of the Alaf
bama and other Confederate war vessels,1 had 1
j ceased by the abrupt withdrawal of England |
I from th^ arbitr^tiory Tlje story,is.contradict-,
! ed by by the Washington 'Chronicle. A re-poftcr
-ftfrfhirt pttpbt cafterf-OTTthe-BfecretaTy 1
of State to ascertain the truth of the story, |
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and lie was assured Dy tnatomciai inai it was
without a shadow of foundation.
Correspondence on the subject is still pass- j
ing between the two governments ; though the i
latest intelligence from England indicates j
that the United States Government has not
yet made any propositions of a favorable
charaoter.
On Monday, the President sent to the Senate,
in accordance with a resolution adopted
by that body, copies of all the correspondence
that has taken place in regard to the conference,
and especially in reference to the claims
of this government for consequential damages.
The correspondence was read in executive
session, and a motion to remove the injunction
of secrecy failed. It is thought, however,
that the treaty will be concluded at an early
day in a manner satisfactory to both Governments.
Southern Baptist Convention.
The Southern Baptist Convention met
in Raleigh, N. C., on Thursday last Among
thb delegates from South Carolina we notice
the-names of Rev. Drs. J. R. Boyce, John A.
Bteadus, William Williams, C. H. Toy, J. C.
Furman.E. T. Winkler, and J. H. Reynolds.
This convention was organized in Augusta,
Ga., in 1845, and this is its twenty-seventh
anniversary. The States of Maryland, West
Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and
the District of Columbia are embraced in its
boundaries, and are represented by some five
hundred delegates. The statistics of the regular
Baptist churches in the States above
named for the year 1871 show 510 associations,
12,425 churches, 7362 ministers, and a membership
of 069,739. There were 67,814 converts
baptized in these churches last year.
The Convention was organized by electing
the following ofljcere^ President, Eey. Dr. J.
P. Boyce, of South Carolina; Vice-Presidents,
Rev. Dr. J. L. M. Curry and A. P. Abell,
Esq., of Virginia; A. F. Crane, Esq., of Maryland
; Professor N. K. Davis, of Kentucky.
Secretaries, E. C. Williams, Esq., of Baltimore;
Dr. T. S. Sumner, of Alabama.
In the afternoon session a letter addressed
to the Convention by a committee of native
Chinese from Shantoong Province, was read,
and referred to a committee.
Col. Bushyhead, Chief of the Cherokee Indians
in North Carolina, presented his credentials
as a member, and at the suggestion of
Dr. Jeter a collection was taken up to relieve
the destitution among his tribe.
As an interesting incident of the proceedings,
Dr. John A. Broadus presented the Convention
with a gavel, the handle of which is
of balsam wood from the banks of the Jordan
near where Jesus is supposed to have been
1 rt aP tnkink ia nf nliuA
UttpUiKU, nuu IUC u?uj ui nuivu w v>i v...?
wood from near the spot on Olivet where the
ascension is supposed to have occurred.
On the second day of the session the only
business completed of importance was to
pledge thesum of $20,600 to the erection of a
Baptist church in Rome, Italy. Stirring addresses
were made on the necessity of taking a
prominent stand for a Baptist church at the
fountain head of Papal power.
On the third day of the session the rs:?ort
on the instruction of the colored people was
taken up and adopted. The Convention then
resumed the consideration of the report on
the Sunday-School board, which after lengthy
discussion was adopted. The remainder of
the day was devoted to the discussion of the
subject of Colored Missions' Sunday-School
interests, but without arriving at any definite
conclusions.
No more Scaling of Debts.
In the Supreme Court at Columbia last
week, a decision was rendered against the
scaling of ante bellum debts, which has been
so prevalent in this State since the late war.
The decision was rendered by Judge Wright,
and concurred in by each of the other Justices.
We take the following synopsis of the
decision from the Columbia Union:
This was an action on a promissory note
date April, 5,1861, payable one day after
date. The case comes to this Court on appeal,
because of the unjust, erroneous and unwarranted
charge of the presiding judge,
which led the jury to bring in a verdict contrary
to the law and the evidence, 1 cannot
see any reason why a solemen contract with a
good and sufficient consideration should be interferred
with because it was mad? previous
to. or during the nrogress of the !'ate rebel
? - o t w
lion unless it was made with reference to
"Confederate States notes or their equivalent."
It is not claimed, or attempted to be shown
that the note in question was so made, therefore
it was the duty of the jury according to
the law and evidence in this case, to bring in a
verdict for the whole amount found to be due.
AH persons have rights which all courts of
justice will respect. Under our system of
jurisprudence no State has the right to impair
the obligation of contracts, much less has
a court a right to assume to and destroy, or
partially destroy, solemn obligations made between
citizens.
To permit persons to get rid of paying one
half of their just, honest and equitable debts,
because there has been a rebellion in the State,
is no more nor less than offering a premium
for such rebellion. It is urged by the respondent
that in order to give this Court jurisdiction
to review an appeal, a motion for a new
trial should have been made to the Court below.
When an appeal is taken, in due time
after judgment is entered by the Court below,
and it is found as in this case, such judgment
is contrary to the law, a new trial will be
granted.
The motion is granted and a new trial ordered
to proceed according to the rule laid
down in this opinion.
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An Extra Session of the Legislature.
In our advertising columns will be found a
resolution adopted by a "large" (?) caucus of
State Senators, asking the presiding officers of
the two Houses of the General Assembly to
call that body together June 10th. That
large (?) causus, so we are credibly informed,
pnnsintfid nf ahnnt six State Senators of the
thirty-two. What motive they have in
desiring to inflict another session of likd Leg- 1
islature upon the people we are at a loss to
conjecture. If they aesire to place the State
beyond even a possible hope of redemption
from its present distressed condition, they
could no more effectually accomplish such a
purpose than calling the Legislature together
again this summer.
We trust the presiding officers of the two
houses will see the folly of such a course as
I is here recommended, and absolutely refuse to
| issue any such call. The people whose ser- .
| vants these Senators and Representatives are, ,
should see to it that every man who desires to
perpetrate such a fraud as this movement 1
would be, is kept at home after his term of <
office expires.? Columbia Union, 10th instant. <
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New-^-Sheep Shears?Yarn and Shirting?Olaas??iothing?Ribbons?StmdrieH.
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Wool Shawls?Quilts.
T. W. Clawson?Mare for sale.
ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN UEAU,
Mr. Samuel Hemphill, an old citizen of this
county, who resided about six miles above
Yorkville, died on Wednesday of last week.
He had attained the age of near ninety years.
! HALF FARE.
At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors,
a resolution was adopted permitting
persons to travel over the King's Mountain
Railroad, between Yorkville and Chester, for
one fare, provided the trip is made in one
day. The new arrangement goes into effect
on and after Monday next
FOUND DEAD.
We learn that Mr. John H. Hill, who resided
in the vicinity of New Centre, in this
county, was found dead in his bed on Thursday
morning, the 2nd instant. Mr. Hill was
a man of middle age in feeble health, and re-:
sided alone on his premises. It is generally
supposed that his death resulted from an
attack of what is popularly known as "nightmare,"
to which he was subject. A jury of
inquest was formed under the direction of
Trial Justice R. L. Simmons acting as Coroner,
and a verdict rendered that the deceased
"came to his death by the hand of Providence."
.. THE GOOD TEXPLAR8.
At the last regular meeting of "Eureka
Lodge, No. 2,1. O. of G. T.," the following
Mnnna obm inatalliw) aa nflinAM tn M>rVfi for
the ensuing quarter, by George H. O'Leary,
Lodge Deputy:
J. A. Oweo, W. C. T.; Mrs. T. M. Graham,
W. V. T.; Miss M. K. Jefferys, R. H. S.; Miss
A. C. Owen, L. H. 8.; George T. Schorb, Seareiary;
Miss Alice Walker, Assistant Seeretar
ry; H. F. Adickes, F. Secretary; J. W. Dobson,
Treasurer; Rev. Pow, Chaplain; D. W.
Lathan, Mar.; Thomas Graham, D. Mar.;
R. J. Lindsay, Guard; W. 0. Muller, Sentinel.
Eureka Lodge now has seventy members
on its roll, and the number is constantly increasing.
THE YORK MILITARY PRISONERS.
On the 6th instant, Daniel Dover, J. B.
Fulton, L. H. McSwain, Andrew Huskie, M.
L. Ross and J. E. Good were released from
prison on bond.
The following, who had been sent to
Charleston for trial, but whose cases were not
reached, were returned to the prison here on
the 11th: W. H. White, Samuel Randall, H.
M. Moore, R. H. Moss, J. W. Gaffney, E. A.
Turner, R. L. Harmon, Albert Francis, Jerome
P. Moss, Columbus Ramsey, Marion
Harris, John L. Moss. Of these, the three
last named were released on bond on the 13tb.
The following arrests have been made:
Wm. B. Leech, May 11th; and J. W. Pursely
and J. L. Pursely, on the 14th. There are
now seventeen in confinement here.
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.
Three colored men?Elias Caldwell, Rob
Biggers and Joe Huston?were engaged one
day last week blasting rock in a well on the
premises of W. B. Byere, a few miles distant
from Rock Hill. They were at the bottom of
the wen lascenmg tne iuse, wnen oue ui tue
iron tools with which they were working
struck fire from the rock, the fuse ignited,
and a terrific explosion took place, severely
wounding Elias and Joe, slightly injuring
Rob, who hastily climbed out of the well and
called for assistance. The wounded men were
taken out and brought to this place, where
they are receiving proper medical attendance.
Elias had his leg broken. Joe was fearfully
injured, having both jawbones and his collar
bone broken. Both of the unfortunate men
were badly burned by the powder.?Rock
Hill Lantern, 14?A instant.
PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.
In to-day's paper we publish an account of
a dream which one of our citizens dreampt a
few evenings since while nodding. Constructed
as Yorkville is, with a large number of
wooden buildings, this dream may any day
become a reality, and as the writer properly
suggests, this is the proper and most suitable
time to make provision against any calamity
in the shape of fire that may come upon us.
If it is at all necessary to have an organization
for the protection of property against
fire, it is better that the organization be effected
before than after a fire occurs. There are
two engines in the town, which, we learn, with
some small repairs, can be made quite serviceable,
though even then they would be useless
for want of proper water facilities. To
render the engines at all available, it is necessary
to construct cisterns at proper points,
when there would be some inducement to the
? ? ? onJ maintain a nra/111.
yuuug U1CU IAJ Ul^auiwauu ujiuuimiu u uivu>>
able company. Indeed, with the two engines
belonging to the corporation, there ''ould, with
propriety, be formed a company for each?
one composed of whites and the other of the
colored population.
The property holders would certainly consult
their interests by giving this matter their
attention and devising the necessary means to
secure an efficient protection against a repetition
of such calamities as have visited us
heretofore.
For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
A DREAM.
Darkness prevailed throughout the town of
Yorkville. In the distance was heard the hooting
of the owls, the croaking of the frogs;
though no human voice nor the sound of implements
were to be heard. In plain English,
it was midnight. Morpheus had enfolded
within his arms the goodly inhabitants of the
town. Alone, I was sitting in front of the
portico meditating upon the condition of our
beloved State. But hark ! I hear, a sound!
"Fire! Fire!" And looking in one direction,
I observed a small cloud of smoke just looming
up. Without disturbing the inmates of
the house, I made my way to the spot. Before
I could get within three hundred yards
of the scene, the flames burst forth. What a
sight met my gaze! The distracted mother,
with infant in arras, surrounded by other chil
flreu just issuing from the house, and the
father and husband trying to rescue from the
flames all that was within his reach. The
servants, paralyzed with fear, stood with folded
hands. The neighbors, at last aroused,
same to his assistance with a few buckets of
water, hoping to extinguish the flames. What
fallacy! What a mistake! No engine; no
Are extinguisher; no hook and ladder company
; no organized fire department, and consequently
but little assistance could be render-1
sd. What was the result? The rising wind |
| scattered cinders in every direction ; fine f
j dwelling houses were burnt; stores destroyed ;
I the goods in thestreet and the town of YorkI
villa in ruins.
Good fathers of the town, this was ouly a
dream, which I trust may never be realized.
But who "can make a treaty with the elements ?
"In time of peace prepare for war," is an
adage, the force of which should now be felt.
The writer is aware that the proper authorities
have this matter under consideration,and
would urge upon* them not JO lose too jnych
time in hesitating, but to act' prbmjptly*. *'lf
the finances of the corporation will not be adequate,
let the merchants and real estate own
ere come Torwain witn uiwr
Theirinferest is at stake.
Now a word to the fair ladies.: "Yon are
capable of accomplishing a great deal if you
will only exert your influence. Do not smile
upon any young man who is not willing to
become a member of the fire department.
Stir up the spirit of Young America, and induce
the youths of the town to feel an interest
in this matter, with the assurance that he
who is willing to attempt to save your property
is deserving of your favor. /
Young men of the town! Arouse yourselves!
Form companies; parade once cr
twice a month with your engines, and then
with the aid of a hook and ladder company,
danger may be defied, and all will be well.
PLUTO.
PROCEEDINGS oFcONGBESS.
In the Senate, on Tuesday the 7th, the
ouly business transacted was to amend the
post office appropriation bill by increasing the
subsidies to the New York and Rio Janeiro
. f j ? ' i
and the Pacific mail steamship companies.
In the House, the bill to repay the taxes on
distilled spirits destroyed by casualties passed. '
It was ordered that 255,000 extra copies of
the report of the commissioner of agriculture (
be printed. The tariff bill was amended by
making a reduction of ten per cent, on the
duty now levied on manufactures of cotton,
wool, iron and other metals, and an oil cloths,
straw and india-rubber. An evening session
was held to. consider and act upon a report
' ri._
from the committee on military anaire. several
bills were passed; and at 10 o'clock) the
House adjourned without disposing of a bill
under discussion providing for land bounties
to all bonarobly discharged soldiers and sailors,
and allowing them to dispose of their
warrants to third parties. This bill excited
much opposition.
. In the Senate, on the 8tb, the Louisiana
Presidential election bill, after a lengthy discussion,
again went over. Mr. Trumbull paid
that the purpose aimed at was to place the
election under the control of Federal officers,
which was in direct violation of the constitution.
The debate was bitter. The post office
appropriation bill, with the subsidies, as
agreed to on the ptevious day, was passed.
The general amnesty bill was called up. Mr.
Sumner moved his civil rights bill as an
amendment Mr. Trumbull said the bill was
improperly entitled "to confer ,civil rights
while the true intention was to enforce social
equality, which Congress had no right to do.
Mr. Morton moved an amendment that hefore
receiving the benefits of the amnesty
bill, the individual shall make an oath that
he has not belonged to a ku-klux-klan.
Mr. Sherman moved to substitute the civil
rights hill for the amnesty bill,pending action
on which, the Senate adjourned. In the
House, the supplementary apportionment bill
was passed increasing the number of Representatives
from 283 to 292, the increase going
to the States of New Hampshire, Vermont,
New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Alabama
and Florida. The tariff bill occupied the remainder
of the day, and another evening session
was had to consider reports from the military
committee.
In the Senate, on th? 9th, the amnesty and
social equality bills occupied the day with no
results. Mr. Sumner's civil rights bill, as a
substitute for the amnesty bill, was deferred ;
but it was adopted as an amendment by the
casting vote of Vice-President Colfax. Several
amendments modifying Mr. Sumner's
amendment were defeated by Colfax's vote.
The bill, as amended, finally failed to pass,
which brought the House bill again before Jthe
Senate, when Mr. Sumner again moved his
amendment, and Mr. Colfax again voted aye.
Mr Morton renewed his amendment requiring
persons applying for amnesty to swear they
were not members of the ku-klux or other
similar association. This was adopted by a
vote of 29 to 17. The bill, however, which
required a two-thirds vote, was finally rejected.
In the House, the bill admitting six
Japanese youths to the West Point Military
School was tabled. The tariff bill was resumed
and discussed with usual results. In fl
the contested election case of McKissick 1
against Wallace, from South Carolina, Wal- *
lace was declared entitled to retain his seat,
and the sum of $2154 was appropriated to
pay Mr. McKissick for the expenses incurred
in contesting his claim to the seat A night
session was held to discuss naval and fortification
affairs.
In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr. Sumner introduced
a civil rights bill and moved to have
it calendared. The bill was ordered printed.
The Louisiana Presidential election bill was
discussed acrimoniously at great length, and
finally passed. [It provides for the Presidential
election to be held in that State on the
same day of the regular State election of
that year.] A bill extending federal regulations
heretofore confined to cities of 20,000,
was pending when the Senate adjourned.
In the House, the fortificatiou bill, of the
previous night session, was resumed. The
bill was passed. It appropriates two millions
for strengthening the various forts on
the coast south of Baltimore. The tariff occupied
the remainder of the day without any
definite action.
In the Senate, on the 11th, the bill to amend
the enforcement act occupied the entire day.
The bill as now shaped will give two inspectors
of election at every voting precinet, who
must be recommended by at least ten voters.
mi. . J. L!11 J (* .1
xne larin oui occupiea me aiieniion 01 me
House. Many amendments were offered, but
all were rejected.
On the 13th, the Senate was in executive
session over the correspondence between England
and the United States in regard to damages
claimed from England for depredations
of Confederate war vessels. In the House,
Butler, from the Judiciary Committee reported
a bill removing political disabilities from
all persons who aided the late rebellion, except
Senators and Representatives in the 36th
and 37th Congress, officers in the Judicial,
Military and Naval service of the United
States, and heads of departments, and Foreign
Ministers of the United States. Passed.
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l?*The following are the dimensions of the
great bridge now being erected between New
York and Brooklyn: Total length, 5,862
feet; elevation above high water, 130 feet;
width of bridge floor, 80 feet; height of towers
above high water, 268 feet; base of towers
at water line, 134 by 56 feet.