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Scraps audi Jfacts. There were six cases of sun stroke in New York on Friday last. The Pope of Rome attained his eightieth birth day on the 13th of May. MissTennie C. Claflin has been elected the Colonel of a New York colored regiment. She received 193 votes out of 243 cast. A Connecticut surgeon is said to have supplied a bald woman with a fine head of hair by grafting. The latest story from California is that a tribe of Indiaos has been found in that State who live without sleeping. An Omaha school boy lately defined a lady to be "a grown up girl, who doesn't cuss nor swear." Congress did not, in reducing the tax on tobacco, change the rate on snuff. The tax on this article remains at thirty-two cents per pound. ? Mrs. Susan M. Douglas, of Charleston, relict of John Douglas, died at Chester on the 13th instant, at the house of her son, J. F. Douglas. At Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday last, twenty persous were bitten by a dog supposed to be mad. Great anxiety is felt as to the result. United States Marshal Wallace, having in charge twenty-three ku-klux prisoners from South Carolina, arrived at the Albany, (New York) penitentiary on Thursday last. The recent completion of the Alexandria and Fredericksburg railroad, makes an all-rail communication between Richmond and Alexandria. Some men make a great flourish about always doing what they believe to be right, but always manage to believe that is right which is for their own interest. Two little children of Wilkesbarre, Penu., that had no doll, were recently detected in the act of carrying off a dead baby that they had dug out of the grave to play with. The compilation of the Secretary of the Treasury's report shows that in the last four years 1474 lives have been lost by steam, and over SI3,000,000 worth of property destroyed. A man in Washington only belongs to 499 secret societies. He is unhappy because refused admittance to the "Seven Serious Jackasses," the number being complete without him. Henry Ward Beecher indorses Darwin, and remarks that he would just as leave spring from a monkey as from some men he knows of. He wants to know where he is going to, and doesen't care where he came from. The celebrated elephant "Romeo," one of the oldest and said to be the largest in the United States, valued at 830,000, died at Chicago recently. The body was presented to the Chicago Medical College. The skeleton will be mounted and placed in the museum. In New York, on Thursday last, fifteen thousand iron and metal workers struck for eight hours and twenty per cent, advance on prices. This is the most formidable strike yet made. They are thoroughly organized and have a fund. The wheelwrights and blacksmiths have joined the strike. A somewhat laughable "ring" has been formed in California, where this year's grain crop is very large. Knowing this fact, some wily gentlemen have by purchase bagged the entire stock of grain-sack, so that the farmers are at their wit's ends to know how to store their errain." Josh Billingssays: "Most men concede that it looks foolish to see a boy dragging r? heavy sled up hill for the 'fleeting pleasure' of ridiug down again. But it appears to me that boy is a sage by the side of that young man who works hard all the week and drinks up his wages Saturday night" ? John McGinnis, a colored man, was found dead in a creek near Rock Hill on Thursday last The Lantern says that the Coroner's jury rendered a verdict that the deceased came to his death from an epileptic fit, by which he was attacked while fishing on the bank of the creek. At the opening of a breach of promise case in Kentucky, the court asked the counsel for the plaintiff how long the trial would probably last. "I can't say, exactly," replied the counsel, "but will mention as one item that I have three hundred and eighty-four love letters, written by the defendant to my client, to read." The following is said to be an excellent cure for tooth-ache: To a table-spoonful of any kind of spirits, add the same quantity of sharp vinegar, and a tea-spoonful of common salt; mix them well together; hold the liquid in the mouth so that it can enter the cavity or hollow in the tooth ; it will give almost instantanenous relief. The former Confederate cruiser Shenandoah was wrecked in a recent hurricane at Zanibar, Africa, as stated by cable despatch. She was surrendered to the United States at the close of the war, refitted at Washington, and sold to the Sultan of Muscat, and was in his navy at the time of her loss. Thus closed a memorable career. Senator Wilson, in a letter accepting his nomination as Vice-President on the flpont poriou's ttio Viief-nrxr r\F tlm Rq. Viuuy WVBWV) iVI IV no VUV lliutvi J \JL bilv XVV publican party, which, in the language of the Philadelphia Convention, he considers a national necessity. He gratefully accepts the nomination, and says if the people ratify it, he will endeavor faithfully to fulfill its duties. The strikes in the larger Northern cities are assuming unprecedented and unlooked for proportions. There seems to be a combination of nearly all trades, and the strikers number scores of thousands. As yet, the demands of the workingraen have been for the most part peacefully conducted, and characterized with equal firmness and unity of action. The question usually involved is a demand for only eight hours labor. A celebrated infidel said one day to a friend of his, who had imbibed the same principles, "There is one thing that mars all the pleasure of my life." "Indeed," replied his friend, "What is that?" He answered, "I am afraid the Bible is true. If I could know for certain that death is an eternal sleep, I should be happy; my joy would be complete. But here is the thorn that stings me. This is the sword that pieces my very soul?if the Bible is true?I am lost forever." Lippincott's Medical Times states that a preventive of sea sickness is to lie down; but it must be in the proper direction. The sufferer should should lie with his head towards the bows, when he will be, during the descent of the ship, in a position in which there is a tendency to reduce the natural supply of blood to the brain. On the other hand, if he reverses his position, then the blood will have a tendency to move from the feet to the head. The commissioner of agriculture is responsible for the startling official statement that a first-class intoxicating beverage can be extracted from saw-dust, and in consequence thereof a large number of Massachusetts bucks have taken to the saw who never before thought of manual labor, and the kindling-wood of the season is said to be in remarkably short pieces. If this announcement be true, the phrase "lemonade with a stick in it" will become literally as well as figuratively significant. A young journalist has recently written up his experience with a traveling circus company to which he had attached himself for the purpose of learning, by practical knowledge, something about life in the circus arena. He gave himself up to the menial services, and his purpose was known only to the proprietor of the show. His account of the mode of life observed by the circus people indicates that with the latter, their business is a very earnest, prosaic occupation. The'glitter and gilt and spangles of circus life exist only in the ring and on the parade. Instead of finding himself among people of a sometimes questionable sense of propriety, he soon learned that his temporary associates, male and female, were staid and decorous in their conduct, with all the little anxieties that vex other classes in the endeavor to "get along," not at all dissipated, and only too anxious to : seek repose as soon as they got home from the 1 evening performances. In the special troupe with which he identified himself, nearly all the lady performers were the wives of male ' members of the company, and the moral atmosphere of the show was unobjectionable. The same matrimonial relationship existed be! tween the women who sold lemonade, cake and candy to the audience and the ticket 1 agents or other employees. In every department of the business the amateur found that a strict discipline prevailed. All the inferiors were answerable to the superiors set over them by the general head, the proprietor. The insight given into the life of these people, while materially different from the popular estimate is, on the whole, very creditable to a class whom public opinion, too often uncharitable in its conclusions, is frequently disposed to taboo as wantiug in the better attributes of human nature. IJotlmUr YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20,1872. 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 jobwork, are cash, in advance THE WHEAT CROP. From all sections of the country we learn that the wheat crop is a good one. The only misfortune is that there is so little sown. Not much less, if any, than what is usual; but the nrncticA of nnr neonlfi is to sow far too little 1 x x small grain. A great many farmers regard wheat as an unprofitable crop. In accordance with what we are constrained to say we think an ill founded theory, they sow but little wheat, and what they do sow is done in a most careless and negligent manner. The land is not half prepared, and, as a rule, the wheat is not sown until it is too late. Wheat is less destructive on land than either corn or cotton. It takes much less labor to produce a crop of wheat and it is always ready sale. We, in this county, ought to produce our own flour. It is a mistaken notion to argue that we can buy it cheaper than we can raise it. The theory has been demonstrated time and again to be false, and its practice costs us annually a fabulous amount. Judging from some facts that we know, we feel safe in saying that York county has, since the first of last Janury, used not less than ten thousand barrels of northern floui'. Multiply this number by the high rate at which flour has sold during the year, and you have an amount so large that it can scarcely be accepted as correct. If any one doubts the correctness of this statement, let him examine into the facts in the case before he gives expression to his sentiments. Let him go to all the provision merchants in the county and get up the statistics and then decide in accordance with the facts. It Dains us to make public these things; but i * w hope the knowledge of the facts in the case will induce our farmers at least to modify their plans and cultivate more largely of the necessaries of life and less of cotton. So long as we are dependent upon others for our food and clothing, we must remain little better than tenants subject to the will of others. + FARMING FACTS. Two miles from the court house of York county, on Laugham branch, Mr. T. Morrison Whitaker owns a small farm. In the spring of 1871, the best portion of this farm was sown down in clover and timothy, and a portion with clover and orchard grass. During the fall and winter of 1871 it was pastured very closely. This spring, or rather in the> first of the present month?June?Mr. Whitaker cut and put away one thousand six hundred pounds of as good hay, to each acre of meadow, as grows in any country. This is one fact; but there are some others connected with this new feature of agriculture to which we desire to call the attention of the public. The spring season, as every one is aware, was unusually dry, and the yield of hay was not much more than half what it would have been in an ordinary spring. Since the meadow has been cut fine rains have fallen, and the clover and timothy and orchard grasses are nearly as high on the part that was first cut, as it was when cut before. It may be safely calculated that the meadow will yield at least three thousand pounds of good hay to the acre. The intrinsic value of the hay should be taken into consideration. Mr. Whitaker, who is a stock raiser, and whose authority on such a subject will not be called in question? at least by any one in York county?says that young stock and animals that are not required to work will keep fat on hay without grain of any kind ; and that work animals, when supplied with an abundance of hay, require much less than the usual amount of corn. The market value of the hay should be taken into consideration. At any time since the first of March, the hay would have sold in the streets of Yorkville for two dollars, and frequently for two dollars and fifty cents per hundred pounds. The land upon which the hay grew is what is called branch bottom in a good state of cultivation, and produces fine crops of corn; but still Mr. Whitaker thinks that it will pay him much better in grass than in corn. We have no inclination to theorize about hay growing, but in order that practical farmers may profit by the example of Mr. Whitaker, we are permitted to make his experience and observation public. As stated above, Mr. Whitaker sowed his meadow in early spring, but is of the decided opinion that it ought to be sown in the month of September. The clover and either timothy or orchard grass are mixed together, because it takes the grasses longer to come to maturity than the clover. In fact, the grasses, either timothy or orchard, do not come to maturity until about the third year after sowing. If properly managed, the sod will then be formed and a meadow permanently secured. The ground should be thoroughly prepared and the seed mixed together in the proportion of two parts timothy or orchard and one part clover, and sown at least as thick as turnips?better too thick than too thin. Some will die out, and it is important to get a good stand at once. We have given nothing but facts. If we have erred at all, it has been on the cafe side. What do our farmers think about this thing ? There are many men in this county who are close run fo:c long forage for their work stock. What a relief it would be if every farmer in the county had a few acres of clover and timothy. Many a man's conscience would be easier if he were the owner of such a meadow as that owned by T. Morrison Whitaker. ' w POLITICAL ITEMS. ?Georgia holds a Democratic State Convention on the 26th instant. ? At a recent election in Baltimore, twenty of the wards in that city went for Greeley. ? The Democratic Convention at Baltimore will be held in Ford's opera house. ? The Delaware Democracy favor a straightout Democratic nomination. ? Letters to the New York World state that the Germans of Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis have become solid againt Greeley. ? Among the political rumors is one that a movement has been organized for the nomination of Chase at Baltimore, and the withdrawal of Greeley. ? Npjirlvnll the Democratic Congressional District Conventions in Massachusetts refused to instruct their delegates to the Baltimore Convention. ? The Union League clubs of New York have unanimously endorsed the proceedings and nominations of the Philadelphia Convention. ? The Labor Reform Executive Committee, of Tennessee, have agreed upon a State ticket with John C. Brown for Governor and Andrew Johnson for Congressman at large. ? A proposition in Voorhees'district Convention to elect him as a delegate to the Baltimore Convention, was defeated by a decisive vote. ? The Griffin News nominates Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, ex-Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy, for the next Governor of Georgia. ? The original name of Henry Wilson, the republican nominee, for Vice-President, was Jeremiah Colbath. He had it changed by the Massachusetts legislature to the present appellation. ? The political campaign seems to develop wit and humor. The Boston Traveler has discovered a predicton in Shakspeare on the reelection of Grant: "A tanner will last you eight years." ? The Cincinnati Enquirer confidently asserts that at "least nine-tenths of the Demo? /* .1 XT . 1 crauc papers or me united estates are now ior the endorsement of Greeley and Brown by the Baltimore Convention. ? Hon. A. H. Stephens, his brother, Judge Linton Stevens and Gen. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, are opposed to both Greeley and Grant. They are all in favor of a straight-out Democratic nomination at Baltimore. ? In Louisiana, the Warmothites and Democrats have failed so far to agree on a common ticket. Tfce Democrats have sent delegates to Baltimore pledged to oppose any nomination. ? Among the interesting features of the campaign will be the overhauling of Henry Wilson's Know Nothing record. He was at one time the head and front of the proscriptionists in Massachusetts, and made speeches. ? It is confidently predicted by a politician in Philadelphia, that should Horace Greeley be indorsed as the Democratic nominee for President, that city will give Grant from eighteen to twenty thousand majority. ? The Louisville Journal can't spoil a joke for friendship's sake; which is the reason for its remark that "The Cincinnati Times says that Senator Schurz sees the handwriting on the wall. If it is Horace Greeley's handwriting we don't know where he is going to find a Daniel that can read it." ? The Vermont Democratic State Conven tion to elect delegates to the National Convention was held in Montpelier on the 12th. The attendance was uncommonly large. Res-, olutions were adopted endorsing the Cinciunat platform and favoring union with any party that holds to it principles. ? August Belmont, Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee, in a letter to C. W. Wooley, of Cincinnati, of date May 21?which he allows published, although declaring that to him Greeley is the most objectionable person whom the Liberals could have nominated?holds that the best policy at Baltimore will be to endorse the Cincinnati platform and ticket. The New York delegation to Baltimore being composed of a majority of Greeley men, he considers the vote of New York almost certain for Horace. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The political disabilities of Governor Vance were removed by Congress just before adjournment. ? A cotton factory in Richmond county produces 6000 yards of sheeting per day. Another in Edgecorab county spins 800 pounds of yarn per day, which is shipped North and meets with ready sale. ? A man named Cates, who had the reputation of being the best miller in the State, was killed, Wednesday of last week, at Kittrell's, on the Raleigh and Gaston railroad, by being run over by the repair train. ? Judge Cloud, at Stokes Superior Court, dissolved the injunction restraining the tax collector from any further collection of the railroad tax, voted as a county subscription to the road between Salem aud Greensboro. The case will be taken to the Supreme Court. ? John T. Schenck, colored, a radical politician of Charlotte, one of the aldermen of that city and United States mail agent on the A. and T. Railroad, was arrested and committed to jail in Statesville on Saturday last, on the charge of receiving stolen tobacco. ? The Raleigh Era says that on last Saturday evening a respectable young lady, while returning to her home from Salisbury, near which place she resided, was met oy a white man blacked, and brutally outraged. Sus-.i picion rests upon the guilty party, but no arrests have been made. y ? Hon. J. M. Leach, indicted under^ne enforcement act before the present tejrfu of the Circuit Court at Raleigh, appeared one day last week, and signified his rea^ihess for trial. The prosecution continued the case, which was transferred to the October term at Greensboro. ? Some one having stigmatized George Z. French, a northern man who has settled in New Hanover county, as a carpet-bagger, that gentleman retorts, "If to manage the finest plantation in the State, with 500 acres under cultivation, 13,000 fruit trees and 14,000 grape vines, all in bearing, giving employment to 150 souls, is being a carnet-bagger, I am proud of the title." Such carpet-baggers are needed in the South. York county will take a thousand. ? A Frenchman named J. L. Labiaux, who !o owanh'nn nrmui/lornhlft inflllPnPP in t.llfi rip. IO gAUl UUg VW?W?V?W*WV*v M?v.w..vv .M? WW | velopment of the agricultural resources of 1 Warren county, and the introduction of for eign labor and capital in that section of the ' State, has undertaken, with fair prospects of success, the cultivation of madder, which is probably the first attempt of the kind in the j United States. | ?The Columbia Union has the following as ' the latest phase of the case of Trezevaut, ar! rested in Charlotte a few days ago for alleged ! violation of the enforcement act: "In the U. ! S. District Court at Charleston on Friday a | writ of habeas corpus was applied for in the case of Wm. H. Trezevant, examined before and committed by United States Commissioner Boozer, to which the sheriff made a return in courL Upon hearing the whole proceedings and the arguments of counsel, the court ordered the case to be referred back to Commissioner Boozer to take further testimony, both for the prosecution and defense, and report the same to the court. During the investigation the defendant was admitted to bail in the sum of 83,000, to appear upon the return of the new testimony by Commissioner Boozer. Mr. Trezevant gave the required sureties, and yvas discharged." It is understood that Commissioner Boozer proceeded to Chester on Monday Inst, to make further investigation of the case in accordance with the order of the Court. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Florida watermelons are plentiful in Columbia. ? Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, is on a visit to Columbia. ? The Charleston Republican (Liberal) will resume its daily publication in a few weeks. ? Milton Wallace has been appointed a trial justice for Union county. ? The night trains on the South Carolina railroad now have sleeping cars attached. ? Several of our exchanges in the central part of the State mention the appearance of cotton forms and blooms. ? Mr. Henry Jolly and his wife died within an hour of each other on last Sunday night, at their residence six miles north of Anderson. Mr. Jolly was nearly ninety years of age, while Mrs. Jolly was about eighty-seven, and they had been married for seventy years. ? The following named persons, charged with violating the "enforcement act," have been recently arrested in the upper portion of Union county: A. A. Sarratt, Calvin Brown, Frank Brown, Alexander Goforth, Pinckney Webber, James Burgess, Joseph Burgess, Irving Wood, Thomas H. Scott ? In a case recently tried at Walhalla, Judge Orr decided that the State lien for taxes attaches to each lot, parcel or tract of land, and that the State cannot therefore sell one parcel of land of a delinquent tax-payer, for taxes that might have accrued on another belonging to the same person. ? A correspondent of the Columbia Union ** 1 AI- ? ?nAndi'/ln^nn *M {~\MnnM/t 10019 Up Mitt IlUiuuci ui uaiiuiuaica in vyi augtcounty as follows: For the lower House of the General Assembly, 132; for the Senate, 16; for Sheriff, 9; for Probate Judge, 11; for School Commissioners, 7; for Clerk of Court, 3 ; for County Commissioners, 300; and for Coroner, 15. Total 478. ? The Pickens Sentinel gives an interesting account of a wolf hunt in that county which took place recently. The wolves had destroyed a great many sheep, and a hunt was made up, which resulted in the killing of a she wolf and six young ones. They were denned in a huge cave in that mountainous region and shot by the glare of their eyes, made perceptible by the use of a torch-light. ? On the plantation of Dr. R. Vampill, in Marion county, there are living a colored man and woman who have raised up a large family. The ages of the parents are about 45 years, and they are of a tolerably dark color. About three or four months ago there was an increase in the family, of twins, a boy and girl, whose skin and complexion are perfectly white. Their hair is also of a white color, and somewhat curled, the eyes of reddish brown and the pupils of a pinkish color. The features are very much those peculiar to the African race. They present a singular freak of nature, and are pronounced Albinos. EDITORIAL*INKLINGS. The Bill to Refund Cotton Tax. The exact status of the bill to refund the cotton tax is given in the following paragraph : The bill is still pending before the Committee of Ways and Means, and a report early next session is expected. The friends of the bill claim that Congress has manifested a feeling favorable to its passage by the defeat of .. ?ii j L ?3 ?v,,. 1110 lYlOITlil amtillUIIieUL, auu jJiuniinvuig, uj an almost unanimous vote, exaction by the Secretary of the Treasury of two cents per pound tax from the proceeds of cotton awarded by the Court of Claims. Old Pensioners. By the ruling of the Commissioner of Pensions, old pensioners, whose acts during the war excluded them from the benefits of the pension law, are still debarred from its advantages, notwithstanding the passage of the amnesty act. A circular just issued from the Pension office says that the amnesty act restores the right to hold offices to those not excepted, but does not, in any other respect, relieve those who have been disloyal from any of the legal penalties, restrictions or requirements consequent upon their disloyalty, or the presumption thereof, nor have any other effect whatever. Commencement at Davidson College. We have been furnished by Professor J. Monroe Anderson, with the following programme for the commencement 'exercises at Davidson College: On Sabbath, June 23rd, the Baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Prof. Phillips at 11 o'clock, A. M.; and at 8 P. M. a sermon before the Williams Missionary Association, by the Rev. J. B. Mack. On Wednesday, the 26th, an address will be delivered before the alumni association, by the Rev. DeWitt Burkhead, of Athens, Ga.,at 11 o'clock A. M.; at 3 P. M. an address before the literary societies by Gen. J. B. Gordon, of Georgia; and at 8 P. M., orations by representatives of the societies. On Thursday?Commencement Day?Orations, will be delivered by the graduating class. The Case of Dr. Drattou. By a despatch dated Ottawa, June 12, we learn that in the Canadian Parliament on the previous night, Mr. Blake asked the government for any information in reference to the statement that a person had been seized in London, Ontario, and carried to the American side. Sir John A. MacDonald replied that the government had received depositions and statements of the facts and evidence, and upon them a report had been prepared and submitted to her Majesty's Minister at Washington, and a similar report had been prepared for the Imperial government. The Baltimore American, (radical) in comment.inn unon the kidnanninc of Dr. Bratton - o ?x ri?o and the possibility of international troubles growing out of the affair, says: "There need be no fear of any international difficulties growing out of this arrest. The United States officers did not invade Canadian soil. Two men, whose names are not known, seized a stranger in a Canadian village and carried him off without any legal authority whatever. If the highly incensed provincials can catch these kidnappers they will no doubt punish them very severely; but they can make no demand on the United States Government for the return of the prisoner, because he was not taken away by virtue of any order issued by the Government or any of its officers. The United States Marshal found a notorious criminal within the jurisdiction of the Court of which he is an officer, and he arrested him as commanded by the writ which he carried in his pocket. The United States might probably be bound a rvnorfl linnn tVlP flp. IV OU1 Uj/ bllC A1UUU|/|'UAU U|/WM *MV ?V mand of the Canadian authorities ; but there might be some difficulty abont identifying the men who committed this violation of international law." I, New Postal Regulations. I i The new postal law mates many changes v of general interest in existing postal arrange- s ments. The branch postoffices in large cities a are made money-order offices, and assistant ii i postmasters authorized to sign money-orders c J in the absence of the postmaster. Five cents i is now the fee for money orders of $10 or less, b t instead of teu cents, which has heretofore been ? the minimum fee. A married w.oman is al- ii > lowed to be postmaster, and is declared to be feme sole as to her official character. Letters between postoffices not more than three miles i apart, may be, at the discretion of the Postmaster General, dispatched to their destination though only partially prepaid, and the amount due collected on delivery. Heretofore such letters have been treated as dead. The rate of two cents for four ounces on newspapers, <fec., is changed to one cent on two ^ ounces. Clothing for non-commissioned officers or privates in the United States service may be sent at one cent per ounce. Individu- * als are allowed to place in postoffices private boxes for their mail matter. Several of these " changes will require a circular from the de- ^ partment before they can go into operation. , One of the most important features to the & public generally is the authorization of the ^ one cent postal cards for correspondence or for printed circulars, similar to those which ^ Were introduced in Great Britain some years , since. The price of the card and stamp will be one cent. If a postal card of a private . manufacture is used, the regular three cent ^ postage will be collected. jQrant's Letter of Acceptance. The following is President Grant's letter - * . . ni ?i _ i _ i accepting tne recent nomination at rniiaaei- ^ phia. It is dated "Executive Mansion, Wash- 0 ington, June 10,1872," and is addressed to ^ Hon. Thomas Settle, President National Re- t publican Convention, Paul Stroback, Elisha r Baxter, 0. A. Sargent, and others, Vice-Pres- c . idents: c Gentlemen: Your letter of this date, ad- jj vising me of the action of the Convention held in Philadelphia, Pa., on the 5th and 6th . of this month, and of my unanimous nomina- , tion for the Presidency by it, is received. I L accept the nomination, and through you return t my heart-felt thanks to your constituents for h this mark of their confidence and support. r If elected in November, and protected by a a kind Providence in health and strength to ferforra the duties of the high trust conferred, r promise the same zeal and devotion to the ^ good of the whole people for the future of my a official life as shown in the past. Past expe- n , rience may guide me in avoiding mistakes in- n evitable with novices in all professions, and c all occupations. When relieved from the responsibility of my present trust by the election c 1 of a successor, whether it be at the end of this . , term or the next, I hope to leave to him, as j1 j Executive, a country at peace within its own , borders, at peace with the outside nations, v with a credit at home and abroad, and with- $ out embarrassing questions to threaten its fu- j| ture prosperity. With the expression of a l desire to see a speedy healing of all bitterness * of feeling between sections, parties or races of r i citizens, and the time when the title of citizen c ; carries with it all the protection and privil- u eges to the humblest that it does to the mo3t ii exalted, I subscribe myself very respectfully, D 1 your obedient servant, n U. S. Grant. q ' Greeley in the West. ! The Indiana Democratic State Conven- " 6 a- ? ? 1 "j xj" nn /] m. iam /^attawnaf* art 11UU 11ULLUUUICU UCUUIIU&O 1U1 UVISIUVI) uu the 12th instant In accepting the noroina- t 1 tion and referring to the Baltimore Conven- j tion, he said he thought the action of this Con- ^ vention foreshadowed the result of that to the c action of which he pledges his support He t was not afraid of one man power, but he was ^ afraid of the rings by which Gen. Graut was surrounded. Concluding, he said, we have j, turned our backs upon the past, we stand in y the present and look to the future?the past is lost to us?the future is ours?let us make t it a glorious one. Among the resolutions adopted by the Convention is the following: It is, therefore, the fixed conviction of this t Convention that the Democratic Convention . to assemble in Baltimore should adopt the nominees of the Liberal Republican Convention instead of making other nominations for c , the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the b United Stales. , On the 13th, the Missouri Democratic Con- y vention Committee on resolutions reported a y [ long preamble, setting forth that by the patri- v otism and sense of justice of the Liberal Re- y pelicans and by the Democrats, Missouri has f ' been redeemed from the tyranny and oppres- a ' sion of the Radical minority, and stating that e the Liberals stand ready to do the same thing g for the country at large; that they have al- t ready placed a ticket in the field to the sup- d port of which the Liberal Republicans and f Democratic party already stand committed, and that it would not only be uuwise, but ( wicked trifling with the dearest interests of y the people, should the Democracy place anoth- a er ticket in the field and thus insure the elec- 2 ' tion of Grant?the continued oppression and t plunder of the people, and the destruction of r liberty and constitutional government through- o out the country. The Convention passed a 3 resolution instructing its delegates to Balti- y more to vote as a unit against the nomination ? of candidates by the Democratic party. ti ^. Texas, Kansas and low a have also declared g lbn&vor of the Cincinnati nominations. u \ ? I Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ \FROM UNION COUNTY. a \ KU-KLUX ARRESTS. During tke week just past the U. S. Marshals, with thejusual squad of soldiers, have 5 been riding through the upper part of the ^ county. Several arrests have been made, but the prisoners are generally left behind to report in a few days. The soldiers have be- 4' haved well. No cause of complaint against A them. The Marshals are generally well abused, particularly those who were prominent men in the ku-klux, and then became informers and were appointed to office. The body ^ politic seems to be in an abnormal condition I when men are rewarded with office for doing that which has always been a mark of degradation and dishonor. We can now call to tl mind no instance where informers have been j] looked on as the best kind of citizens. Even ^ J in the worst causes they have heretofore slided j through the world carrying tneir aisnonor r) down to the close of life. It is left for our a, country to reward the criminal, who turns in- r< former, with office. This does not speak well for republican institutions. It is better suited a to inquisitions and despotisms. q Our people, with a few exceptions, are not n avoiding arrest There is no show of resistance to the law. A single constable might do I all, or even more, than twenty soldiers. The ? ku-klux crowd, for it was no organization, < has been dispersed. There is no chance for ^ them ever to congregate agaim Even the * most lawless of them do not dream of this. The worst to be feared is that personal quarrels and assaults will hereafter spring up be- > tween individuals. < When and how is all this to stop? This is ^ the question with our people now. It was the u duty of the general gover ?<nt to suppress f the ku-klux. This has been uone. It seems now that with credit to itself, aud a show of mmanity, the government might pardon all rho are guilty of minor offences. This would et at ease two-thirds of our white population hd permit them to resume their usual busaess. A close and dogged prosecution of all ases will stave off reconstruction, and help to :eep up that party strife and hatred which ave been so disastrous to the welfare of our Itate. A permanent and solid reconstruction } the great need of our people now. P. For the Yorkville Enquirer. CAROLINA NARROW-GUAGE RAILWAY. Mr. Editor :?As some interest is raaniested in regard to the cost of constructing arrow-guage railroads, and the advantages, ompared with the cost of constructing and quipping, over the five-feet or wide-guage, I rould respectfully submit for the consideraion of those interested the following facts and igures. ' Proprietors of rolling stock, not only in Euope, but all parts of the world, are awaking o the fact that they have spent a great deal aore in the construction of their lines than here was any necessity for. Experience has aught them a painful and costly lesson. In lmost every case, they find themselves in possession of a railroad with a capacity far eyond the present?and, in many cases, the possible requirements of the districts through rhich it passes ; and which, in addition to its eedlessly large original cost, entails on their xchequer a heavy drain for expenses of workrig, rolling stock and repairs, which would iave been avoided, had the engineers who lanned the road been more wise in their genration. Economy in the construction of railroads las for many years been the professed study f capitalists, engineers and contractors; rut they have almost all made the grand missile of looking for economy in the wrong diection. Cheap road-beds, cheap rails and heap bridges, are not economical; on the ontrary, they are reckless extravagance. It ) in a road of sufficient capacity that true conomy is to be found. A well-equipped narrow-guage road, meetag only present requirements and those likely o arise in the course of a few years, can often >e built and worked where a broad-guage oad, constructed at a greatly enhanced cost ,nd entailing much heavier expenses for opeation and repairs, would be out of the quesion; while at the same time there would be n annual saving in the capital account of the tarrow-guage road which would go fer to aeet the expense of development in years to ome. Suppose that a narrow-guage line can be onstructed, equipped and furnished with rollng stock for $500,000, where a broad-guage ine would cost $800,000?an assumption vliich would be fairly made?there would be 0AA AAA liMfl nnmtol *a Ko mituo/1 an ifom in OyVjUUV/ iCOO l/BJJIMI bu uV IUUU1 , b>u .w>u tself of no insignificant consideration. If the onds of the company have twenty years to un at the time of their maturity the compaiy will have saved the $300,000 and the aniual interest on it, at, say 7 per cent., amountag in the aggregate to $720,000, or $200,000 core than the original cost of the line, furlishing abundant means wherewith to ealarge r develop the line, if necessary. Why should not this description of railroad conomy find favor in this country, especially the construction of branch lines of railroad o points and through regions naturally limted in the amount of their business ? We lave in mind several instances in which much apital has been sunk in railroad construcion?not, because railroads were not iraporant nor needed where built, but because they irere constructed at too great a cost for the lusiness at the time to be accommodated; whereas, if roads had been constructed embraing the principles of economy suggested, as a hree-foot guage, they would not only hav^< aid fairly on the capital invested at thejfr inning, but have gradually develonpdr the egion penetrated, to the great adjutage of he neighborhood as well as the main lines rom which they branched. The question may be asked, how much heaper can the grading of a three-foot guage e built than a five-foot guage ? The grading for a three-feet guage is 8 feet ride, which gives in one mile 4681 square ards; tbe grading for a 5 feet-guage is 12 feet ride, which gives in one mile 7040 square ards, makiDg a difference in favor of tbe eight* eet grading of 2359 square yards; while over , level country and in the construction of cuts mbankmentsand bridges, the difference is a ;reat deal more. It is generally computed hat the grading for a three feet-guage can be lone for one-third less than the cost of a fiveeet guage. In regard to the weight of rail. The Rio Jrande narrow-guage road is using a rail weighing thirty pounds to the yard. I have .statementshowing that locomotives weighing 19,000 pounds are running on this road, and hat locomotives weighing 22,000 pounds are unning on another road, the weight of the rails f which is only 20 pounds to the yard, while till another road with rails 16 pounds to the ard, sustains a locomotive of 13,000 pounds, he wear of the iron being in no greater proporion than where heavier iron is used for wideuage rolling stock. A 25 or 30-pound rail rill be of sufficient durability for the proposed farrow Gauge Railroad. The cost per mile rith different weights of rail may be estimated a follows: FOR THREE-FEET GUAGE. 38 tons 25-lb rail, at $75 per ton, $2,850.00 552 joint fastenings, at $1 each, 352.00 000 lbs spikes, at 8 cents per pound, 300.00 500 ties, 0 feet long, at 20 cents 500.00 . j utnnn .aying aiiu uisinuuuuu, uw. $4,502.00 1 tons 30-lb rail, at $75 per ton, $3,525.00 .del other items as above, 1,652.00 $5,177.00 FOR FIVE-FEET OUAQE. 7Si tons 50-lb rail, at $75 per ton, $5,887.50 450 joint listening, at $1, 450.00 XH) lbs spikes, at 6 cents, 360.00 500 ties, 8 feet long, at 40 cents, 1,000.00 laying and distribution, 800.00 $8,542.50 These estimates show a difference between le three-feet guage, with 25-pound rail, and ie wide-guage, of $4,040.50 per mile; and ith a 30-pound rail a difference of $3,365.50. <ong experience has shown that a lighter ail cannot be .used on a five feet guage on ccount of the heavy rolling stock necessarily jquired thereon. The cost of rolling stock for a road of the - ?? - i- nwinnmul "Pomlino Uorpftw. tpa^ibjr Ul bUO V^AIDW ruage" would be estimated as follows, esti- i lates being given for each width of track: THREE-FEET OUAGE ROLLING STOCK. > locomotives, at $6000 each, ?30,000.00 1 i first-class passenger cars, at $2000, 6,000.00 i } second-class " " at $1000, 3,000.00 . 1 baggage-car*, at $500 1,500.00 ) box-cars, at $350 10,500.00 1 > flat cars, at $250, 3,750.00 I 1 baud-cars, at $70, 560.00 1 $55,210.00 FIVE-FEET GUAGE ROLLING STOCK. > locomotives, at $12,000 each, $60,000.00 1 1 first-class passenger cars, at $4000, 12,000.00 1 1 second-class " " at $3000, 9.000.00 , I baggage-cars, at $2000, 6,000.00 > box-cars, at $1000, 30,000.00 ' ? flat cars, at $700, 10,500.00 i i hand-cars, at $100 800.00 ( $128,300.00 These estimates are at the builders' charge. Ail the cars could be constructed in shops of the road at a much lower cost than is given above. - * As regards speed, a narrow-guage locomotive with driving wheels 36 inches in diameter and cylinders with 16 inches; stfojce, a? a speed of 36 miles per hour, develops the same speed of piston as a full-guage locomotive with 5-feet driving wheels and Cylinders with 24 inches stroke, &p a speed of fortymilesper hour. With driving wheels 40 inched maiameter and 16 inches stroke of piston^ the narrow-guage locomotive develops the same total travel of piston, in going one mile, as does the full-guage locomotive with driving wheels 60 inched in diameter and 24 inches stroke of piston. It is evident that speeas are attainable on the narrow-guage- as great as the system will require, either for freight or passenger traffic. The angle of stability of ^ the narrow-guage locomotive with a . 3-feet ^ driving wheel, is greater than that of the 4-feet 81 -inch guage locomotive with 5-feet driving wheel. Estimating the power of the narrow-guage engines, one on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad weighs, with the tender, a total of 40,000 pounds. An average, wide-guage, engine, with tender, weigh 105,000 pounds. By actual demonstration it is ascertained that the former will poll 210 passengers filling 6 passenger cars, weighing each 16000 poundsr and one baggage car of 8000 pounds, which added to the weight of the engine, makes an aggregate of 144,000 pounds. The wide-guage engine will pull 220 passengers, filling four passenger cars, weighing 160,000 pounds, , and one baggage-car weighing 28,000 ponnds, which with weight of engine and tender, make the total weight of train 293,000 pounds, and proves that the wide-guage train moat weigh a little more than twice as much as a three-feet guage train for the sake of carrying ten more passengers. In other words, tile dead freight is increased 105 per cent, and the live freight only 5 per cent Th'e light locomotive having fully one-half the traction force of the heavy engine, will, of course, take its train where the heavy engine can take its train weighing twice as much. In fact, the cost of constructing -a narrow? guage railroad may be fairly put down aa at least $10,000 a mile less than that of a broad* guage road. But great as it is, the first cost of constructing a broad-guage is not a greater drain on the resources of railroad companies, than the excessive cost of operating them. Every inch added to a guage beyond what is absolutely necessary for the traffic, adds to the cost of construction, increases the proportion of dead weight, the cost of working, and, in consequence, reduces the useful effect of the railroad. In this sentence isi the gist of the whole question between broad and narrowguage railroads, the main point involved being the proportion of capacity to require* raents. i ./ .a?, ;<j -?f?; / According to my estimation, the Carolina Narrow-Guage Railroad can be built for seven or eight thousand dollars a mile, if economy is used in the building. But after the road is built, if it is not managed with strict economy^it will pay no better than a broadguage road. On the other hand, if managed, with proper economy, there is no doubt but it will pay handsomely to the stockholders, because it can be operated so much cheaper than the broad-guage, for the reasons already given. With machine shops, round houses, car shops and other buildings much smaller, and the rolling stock lighter by 30 per cent, this enterprise cannot fail to succeed. It is now fully established that cheap railroads, such as is contemplated in the Carolina Narrow-Guage, can establish low rates of fare and moftefate freight tariffs, and yet pay Air div^uds to the stockholders. Jr EDWARD THOMAS, Supt. King's Monnw^J^aiiroad. r *-<THE ARREST OF DR. J. R. BRATT05. The London (Canada) papers of the 7th instant, furnish the subjoined particulars in relatipn to the recent kidnapping of; Dr. J. Rufus Bratton, of Yorkville. The Herald and Prototype says: About two weeks ago a gentleman, whose name we suppress for reasons that will be afterward explained, came to this city from the South. He was formerly a resident of York county, 8. C. During the American war he served as a surgeon in the Confederate army. At its concision be returned to his home, determined to make the best of existing circumstances. He still, however, retained his belief in the principles for which he had risked his life, and he freely denounced the military despotism which Grant has established in the conquered States. His popolarity and local influence made him particularly obnoxious to the carpet-baggers, and when it was decided to suspend the habeas corpns Act, in order to carry the elections, his name was marked down as one of the victims. When he learned this, he immediately started for Canada, closely followed by one S. B. Cornell, a Yankee spy, in the pay of Grant's carpet-bagger-inchief, Gov. Robert K. Scott. The fugitive reached British territory in safety, and Cornell, seeing that Gov. Scott's warrant was no longer of any use, applied to the United States Secret Service Department for assistance. They placed a fellow named Joseph G. Hester at his service, and the two worthies lost no time in coming on to London to secure their game. There is reason to believe that they dogged him round the city for some days before they got au opportunity of carrying out their nefarious project 1 nnVinnf A n m Via vnaa Attf VU 1 ucouajr 1Mb, auvuv -x ]/ uit, uv noo vuv for a walk on one of the streets in the northern part of the city, when he observed two cabs approaching him at full speed from opposite directions. When opposite him they stopped, and two men jumping out of each cab, rushed at him, and before he could give an alarm, he was seized by the throat and choked until he was insensible. He was then thrown into one of the cabs, the two detectives jumped in after him, and both cabs drove off m opposite directions. Several persons witnessed the occurrence, but presumed that the men were acting under authority, as no one for a moment suspected that an outrage of this description would be attempted in our city. When the men got him to Detroit they procured a war-' rant and formally arrested him. He refused to disclose his real name to the authorities there, and the warrant was made out in the name of James Simpson. It is this circum-. stance that has induced us to withhold his name for the present The first intelligence his friends here received of his fate was in a telegram which he sent them from Leavittsburg, Ohio, in which he informed them that he had been conveyed to Detroit while under the influence of chloroform. He was well known to a large number of Southern gentlemen in the city, and they all unite in bearing the highest testimony to his character. A memorial has been dispatched to-day to the Dominion Government, praying for their action in the matter. We trust to see it prompt and decisive. No ministry, however popular, could afford to ignore such an outrage. We trust that the matter will not lead to any international difficulties, but whatever the cost may be, our honor must be sustained. If a criminal escapes to Canada, we have extradition laws which will secure his punishment. The very fact that the kidnappers made no attempt to appeal to those laws fully explains the nature of their mission. We understand that one of our county sub-officials is concerned in the matter, too, though to what extent we are as yet unable to say. The London (Canada) Advertiser, says: A prominent southern gentleman, lately from