Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 15, 1872, Image 2
Jwaps attl^arts.
Ida Greeley'cfoesn't wear humps'^ncl '
handlings and ear-riiigs.
?-.-Genital John A. Dix, of New York,*is.i
for Grant rfT' '** *' '_ ]
-?"An"!rapartlftl TCansas patriot "h as named
his twins.Grai^t ^nd ftrreeley.
?? The'cdlo'rcd ^ojhilation of Pennsylvania
armmuUPW Q0,?0^.J
The Boston Daily Advertiser, a strong
Grant Daoer. admits that "New England doI
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iticiaus are acting very curiously."
The venerable ex-President Filluiore has
declared his intention to support Greeley aud
Brown, r
Dr. Lowell Mason, jr., the well-known
musical composer, died last week at the age
of 81 years.
Professor Theodore Glanbeskler, of New
York,;gayfe nine out of every ten Germans in
that city will vote fot Greeley.
Bead an article in to-day's paper, from
the Cincinnati Enquirer, headed "Are Greenbacks
Taxable ?"
Jesse Olney, famous as the compiler of
"Olney's Georgraphies," died at Stratford,
Conn., on the 31st ultimo.
It is stated that the bristles of hogs
slaughtered in Louisville, last season, were
sold for 848,750. . _
New York City boasts of nearly 7,500
bar-rooms, and yet there were only three murders
fast Sunday.
The Greeley electoial ticket for California
is composed of an equal number of Dem
a. J T> t 1?
ocrais ana j\epuDiicans.
Delegatesfrom thirty-one German clubs
in New York, representing seven thousand
members, have formed a central Greeley club,
and will cooperate with Tammany.
Mrs. General John H. Morgan, wife of
the famou? raider, is one of the richest widows
at Saratoga, and is much admired for real
worth as well as money.
Susan B. Anthony announces positively
that she does not like Horace Greeley.
Horace says he can stand it as long as she
can.
Charles Robinsou, the first free State
Governor of Kansas, is out for Mr. Greeley.
The Republican break iu that State has become
a stampede.
Whether in consequence of the strikes,
or from other causes, great numbers of workingmenare
out of employment in New York
just now.
Under the new postal regulations, where
transient or irregular postage matter reaches
its destination unpaid, double the prepaid rate
shall be exacted on delivery.
?- A wealthy man in Pike county, Ind.,
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recently cneu, leaving nis property to an tne
widows within a radius of eight mile3 from his
residence. '
The following notice is posted conspicuously
in a newspaper office out West: "Shut
the door, and as soon as you have done talking
business serve your mouth the same way."
The Portland Argus says that there
isn't a town in Maine without its Greeley
Club, and that theDemocrats join hands with
a will.
November 25th is to be celebrated by
the Presbyterians as the three hundredth
anniversary of the formation of the first presbytery
in England.
Goodman, Miss., has a man who owns
a live ant-eater. It is about the size of a
mouse, and its owner takes contracts for ridding
premises of these troublesome insects.
A Cincinnati butcher tied up his daughter
by the i anus, so that her toes just touched
the ground, and then smeared her feet with
molasses to attract flies.
The World of Sunday representsafearful
gloom to have overspread the Grant camp in
New York. They refuse to take bets on any
terras?refuse to be comforted, and have well
nigh abandoned their headquarters.
A correspondent writes from Montgomery
county, Ohio, late the home of Vallandigham,
that not ten Democratic votes out
of 6,000 in that county will be lost to Greeley
and Brown, and that the total loss in the State
will not reach 5000.
Judge Wra. Hancock, Chairman of the
Grant Republican Executive Committee of
the Fifth Mississippi Congressional District,
has addressed a letter to Judge Alcorn,
Chairman of the Liberal State Committee,
onriAiinmnff Kio infon^inn ir\ flvanlotr
MIIUVUUVIU^ UIO lUHVUtlVU UV ou^pvi u >JI 1 ^V1VJ .
The Adams' Express Company has on
its pay rolls 3,508 men. All the expresses in
the United States have 9,396 men. The railroads
have in their employ 163,303 persons,
of which 1,902 are named as officers, 7,374 as
clerks, and 164,427 in other services.
Falling in with the suggestion of a writer
in Appleton's Journal, in regard to feminine
equestrianism, three New York young
ladies announce, through the columns of the
World, that they will ride their horses astride
in the Central Park Saturday afternoon, and
they invite other ladies who wish to introduce
the new fashion to meet them on fifth avenue
at three o'clock.
A country girl went to Fond du Lac
the other day, and for the first time saw the
immense appendage hung to the back of a
new fashion dress. She took a square look at
it, and determined to have one. So going
into a store she asked the clerk to show her
some of his 'hump cloth.' The clerk was embarrassed,
but after consulting with the proprietor,
the young lady got her hump cloth
and departed happy.
The New Yorker Staats Zeitungsays of
the Banks defection : "The secession of Gen.
Banks from the ranks of Gen. Grant is the
first fruit of the Sumner pronunciamento.
We fully expect that the advance which Mr.
Greeley will make in this direction will prove
quite important. The long pending question
as to whether Greeley could or could not succeed
in making a serious split in the Republican
party must now without any further
proofs De conceded in the affirmative."
Mr. Stanley Matthews, who was tempo
rary chairman of the Cincinnati Convention,
has bolted and supports Grant. It now leaks
out that, after his voluntary pledge to abide
by the action of that convention, even if it
nominated Greeley, and before he bolted, he
received a fee of five thousand dollars from
the government to attend a government case
in court. "Whether there was any connection
between the fee and the bolt nobody knows,
and nobody cares.
An exchange says that it knows of a
boy who accidentally swallowed a silver halfdollar.
They gave him warm water and
tartar-emetic and antimonial wine, and poked
their fingers down his throat, until the boy
thought he would throw up his toe-nails. After
a while a doctor came along who understood
such cases. He administered a small
dose of patent medicine, and in less than ten
minutes the boy threw up the half-dollar in
five cent pieces. Science is a great thing.
By the new postal law, which came into
operation on the 1st of July, a great benefit
has been conferred upon the general public.
Anfnrdintr to the new regulations. Dackaeres
of dry goods, hardware, drugs (except liquid
drugs,) and other merchandise not exceeding
twelve ounces in weight, can be mailed to any
part of the United States at a charge of two
cents for each two ounces or fraction of two
ounces. Much time and money will be saved
by this arrangement The post-office authorities
will forward a twelve-ounce package to
San Francisco for twelve cents. For instance,
a pair of boots, if neither boot weighs more
than the specified twelve ounces, may be wrapped
up in two separate parcels and sent across
the continent for twenty-four cents. Up to
the present time, it is said, the post-office has
lost money by the new system, simply owing
to the fact that the general public has not
taken advantage of it to sucn an extent as
will make it remunerative. But it is confidently
expected that when the advantages of
thesystem are thoroughly appreciated the
scheme will prove as profitable to the Govern
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ment as it is beneficial to thei public.; It is in
fact nothing more nor les9 than an adaptation
of the English parcel po9t, ||nd although the
^Changes iirfirtglandttrti sotiWWhat less than"
the rate adopted here, yet, when it is remembered
(hat the distances are-as nothing when
compared with those in this cbuntry, it will be
seen that there is no cause foiLdissatisfaction.
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THE KU-KLUX AT ALBANY.
' Last week mention was made of the visit of
Hon. Gerritt Smith, of New York, to the
prisoners sentenced to the Albany penitentiary,
on the charge of being ku-klux, and his
letter to the President on the subject. The
President referred Smith's letter to the Attornoy
General, who instructed Col. Whitley,
chief of the government detective corps, to
visit the institution where the prisoners are
confined, and make, a complete investigation
into their condition and report the facts to
the Department. A despatch from Washington,
under date of the 10th instant, says that
3ince the reception of Smith's letter by the
President, similar recommendations have been
received from other influential Republicans.
It is understood that the report of Col. Whitley
will be the basis of the President's action, and
that he has already intimated his willingness
J to comply with whatever suggestions may be
made.
j Since the above was put in type, we see by
a dispatch dated the 12th instant, that Col.
Whitley has returned to Washington from his
visit to Albany, and has made an elaborate
report to the Attorney-General. The Attorney-General
will confer with the President on
the subject as soon as the latter returns to
Washington. The opinion prevails at Washington
that this movement will result in the
discharge or pardon of several of the prisoners.
We hope to have further information
on the subject next week.
THE CONVERSION BONDS.
Cardozo, the Secretary of State, having reI
fused to affix the seal to the bonds known as
conversion bonds, the Financial Board of the
| State, through Messrs. Morton, Bliss & Co.,
of New York have applied for a peremptory
mandamus to compel him to seal them. The
petition was heard before Judge Melton in
chambers, who overruled the motion to quash
the return as insufficient, and said the question
of fact raised by the return would have
to be referred to a jury at the next terra of
the Court, and it was so ordered. Cardozo
has written a letter, which we shall publish
next week, explaining the manuer in which
the onnversinn law was violated and six mil-1
lions of bonds fraudulently issued. He
charges that the pretended conversion bonds,
now in suit, are not issued pursuant to law.
He pronounces the validating law and the conversion
law null and void.
The citizens of Columbia are taking active
steps for prosecuting the ring, and we may
soon expect astounding developments of the
operations of those who have been for years
bleeding our State at every pore.
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
It is generally conceded that Caldwell, the
Republican candidate for Governor, is elected
by a majority ranging from 1000 to 1500.
Many informalities are reported, and it is
claimed that these will cause to be thrown out
so many counties, precincts and wards when
the Legislature meets, as to give Merrimon
a majority without the necessity of contesting
the election, this latter resort having been
urged by some of the Democratic papers.
The provisions of the law were not complied
with in Craven county, which gives Caldwell
I ~ nf 11R9 nnp in rirPflTlvillfi. whlfih I
a UlUjUilbJ VI JL iVW, 4IV4 444
gives a Republican majority of 679, while
other irregularities of minor importance are
reported from various sections of the State.
The charges of fraudulent registration and
illegal voting are made with equal vehemence
by both parties, and the old Republican cry
of intimidation comes up from nearly every
precinct. Should a majority be declared for
Caldwell, we have no doubt but the Legislature
will make an effort, by a thorough canvass
of the returns, to so act upon the alleged
frauds and informalities as to proclaim Merriraon
the Governor elect.
The Democratic majority in the Legislature,
on joint ballot, is six. . This will ensure
the election of a Democratic United States
Senator to succeed the present incumbent,
John Pool, Republican. The Democratic
majority in the Legislature is accounted for
upon the grounds of the personal popularity
of many of the candidates, and to the last senatorial
re-districting of the State, which, it is
alledged, was done by the last Democratic
Legislature with the view to be certain of a
majority in the Senate.
MOBE FINANCIERING.
"We publish to-day a letter written by
Comptroller Neagle to Governor Scott, advising
the Governor to have a tax levied specially
to pay the interest on the public debt;
and also a letter addressed by Governor Scott
to Henry Clews & Co., bankers, of New
York, in relation to the same subject. The
correspondence is significant mainly from the
fact that it is plainly indicated that our people
will be called upon to pay the tax at a comparatively
early day. It is estimated that
nothing less than one million of dollars will
satisfy the present demands of the ring that
is preying on the vitals of the State. The
Phcenix gives the following as the plan of
operations which the "ring" has in view:
"The present movement is by far the biggest
rake yet. A pool has been formed to hold
five millions of the fraudulent conversion
bonds. These have cost about thirty cents,
or ?1,500,000 for the pool. If the Auditor
will levy a tax to pay the January interest
and the accrued interest, the price of these
bonds will go to at least sixty. The ring will
then sell out, clearing $1,500,000.
Is that all ? Not by a loug shot. Previous
to January 1st, they having announced that
as the day when interest is to be paid, they
will sell bonds short to the amount of $4,000,- J
j 000, at, say, fifty, to be delivered January 15.
; When January 1 comes, no interest will be
| paid. Bonds will fall to thirty again, or be-1
, low. The ring will be able to cover their
| shorts at that jirice, and will clear $1,000,000
by that operation. .
Is that all? No. The tax levy'of six
mills to pay interest will be collected?$1,000,j
000?and the various kinds of State paper
I now in the hands of the ring bought at rates
off discount, varying from twenty to fifty centa
ft>n the dollar, -will be paid by the Treasurer.
So the ring, will clear, m that way, say $600,000.
Tot%f profitrto the ringj-rf the Auditor
will comply with the demand, $3,100,000.
Parker says he would rather have this tax
levied than to be State Treasurer. No Wonder!"
I. . SOUTH CABOLIflA .NEWS. r
? The tblored citizens' of Cafhden have
taftgtt^tepgfor tMforffitftion of Ta Division of
the Sons of Temperance in that place.
? Dr. John T. Darby has resigned the Professorship
of Anatomy and Surgery in the
South Carolina University.
? Messrs. Matthew Ogilvie and Edmund
Yates, well-known citizens of Charleston, died
last week.
? The first bale of new South Carolina cotton
was received in Charleston on Thursday
last. It was raised in Barnwell county, and
was sold at twenty-five cents per pound.
? Mr. William James was killed last week,
by the accidental discharge of a gun, at the
saw mill of Mr. James M. Sarratt, near Limestone
Springs, in Spartanburg county. ?
The army worm, so-called, is playing sad
havoc with young corn and grass in Marion
county. It is not believed to be the regular
army worm.
? Rev. R. C. Oliver has purchased the female
college buildings at Spartanburg, for the
purpose of converting them into an orphan
home.
? Willie Weikert, a son of Mr. J. R. Weikert*of
Spartanburg, was severely injured by
a kick from a mule one day last week. The
wound is upon the head, and although a very
painful one, is not likely to prove fatal.
? The supreme uourt has set aside the order
of the Circuit Judge in the case of B. J.
Cureton and wife vs. J. J. Watson, and remanded
the case to the Circuit Court for York
county, that necessary orders may be hnd.
? At a meeting held in Columbia on Saturday
last, to elect delegates to the Radical
State nominating Convention from Richland
county, a resolution was adopted instructing
the delegation not to support Governor R. K.
Scott and State Treasurer Niles G. Parker as
candidates for reelection, nor Franklin J.
Moses, Jr., as a candidate for Governor.
? John A. Boswell, late postmaster at Camden,
charged with embezzlement of money orders,
was examined before Commissioner
Boozer in Columbia, last week, and in default
of bail was committed to jail to await his trial
at the regular term of the United States District
Court at Charleston, on the first Monday
in October next.
? Thirty-eight shares of Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad Stock were sold in
Chester on last sales-day, in lots of five shares,
at from 818.15 to $19 per share. The Reporter
says that "with the present debt of the
road this is about eighteen dollars a share
more than the stock is worth."
? The State election takes place on WednoarlaTT
flio 1 fitk /loir ftf D(>toK(ir flirpA wppIth
UWUUJ y WUV A VVU v?V* WWWA| ?M> w it vw?w
before the Presidential election. There are
in the State about sixty thousand Conservatives
and ninety thousand Republicans. The
Conservatives heartily support Greeley. The
Republicans, almost to a man, propose to vote
for Grant. Such is the situation.
? Stanmore Brooks, Esq., of Abbeville, has
in his possession a strange chicken. It is a
hen changed into a rooster. The chicken
laid the eggs and raised a brood of chickens
this year, since which time it has undergone
a complete metamorphosis. It now has a
comb and tail, and it is to all intents and
purposes a Rooster.
? A mass-meeting of citizens "who are opposed
to the administration of the Federal
and State governments" was held at Anderson
Court House on last sales-day. Resolutions
were adopted endorsing the Liberal candidates
and platform, and calling for a State Convention,
to be held in Columbia on the 28th inofont
"few thp nnrnnafi of nroranizinc for the
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Presidential election, and considering what
action should be taken in regard to the State
elections."
? At the recent term of the Circuit Court
for Pickens county, Judge Orr decided that
no legal tribunal in this State can take cognizance
of cases of bastardy. In a case of this
character, "the Judge granted an order discharging
the prisoner, on the ground that the
Court of Sessions, if any jurisdiction, had
only jurisdiction on appearand in the course
of his remarks intimated that, as a conviction
I in the court of Trial Justice would impose a
penalty exceeding the jurisdiction of that
court, it could not try the case. The Constitution
gives to Justices of the Peace, individually
or jointly, as the Legislature may provide,
original jurisdiction in all cases of bastardy.
As yet no provision has been made to
carry this into effect, the jurisdiction of Trial
Justices being limited to 8100 as to actions
on contractor tort, and,also, to penal offences
punishable by fine only. Bastardy still continue
a Rtatutorv offense, thouerh at nresent
no court has cognizance of the offense."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Fair of the Carolinas will commence
at Charlotte October 22nd, and continue five
days.
? An attempt was made last Friday night to
assassinate Hon. Josiah Turner, of Hillsboro,
by shooting into his residence. The ball
passed through his wife's bed-room, but no
one was hurt.
? The Observer learns that a difficulty occurred
on Friday last between two negroes on
the form of Dr. S. E. Bratton, near Charlotte,
when one shot the other dead. The murderer
escaped.
? The oldest voter in the State is said to be
Thomas Shaw, a negro of Robeson county,
who is 108 years of age. On election day he
weub U UlOkttUUC VI live nines wiu vvku tuc
Democratic ticket.
? Young Wishart, who killed Tom Lowrey,
has received the reward of $5000 offered
by the State for the capture or slaying of the
outlaw. The surviving members of the gang
have changed their base of operations to a
place known as Upper Scuffletown.
? The county commissioners of Guilford
have decided to commence rebuilding the
Court House recently destroyed by fire in
Greensboro. It will be erected on the old
site.
? J. G. Hester, the well-known North Carolina
detective, who in official capacity signed
himself as "agent of the department of justice,"
has tendered his resignation as Deputy
; United States Marshal for the Greensboro
| district.
| ?Sam Stewart, a colored man of Rock
I Hill, S. C., has requested the Charlotte Obj
server to announce to the world that he is a
! Democrat. Sam proposes to enlighten the
Charlotte people by delivering a speech in
that city before long.
? On Saturday of last week, Wilmot, eldest
surviving son of Gen. J. M. Leach, member
elect to Congress from the 5th district,
while driving a spirited horse, was, by an accident,
thrown from his buggy, by which his
skull was fractured in two places. Three
years ago Gen. Leach's eldest son, who had I
just attained his manhood, was accidentally
drowned near Wilmington.
? Hal Young, a negro, was killed in Franklin
county oh election day by ancltlter fiegro
named Tom Spivey, who stabbed him with a
pitch-fork, while in the act of; depositing his
vote, which was for the Democratic ticket.
The murderer was arrested.
? & man in Alamance county owns an Aus-1 j
trian rifle over one hundred years old. It
was used by the Americans in the battle of
Guilford Court House, and was present at
Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. This 1
relic of the revolution is considered quite a
curiosity.
? Gen. Leach is reelected to Congress from 1
the 5th district by a majority of 262. There
nre eicht counties in the district, four of which
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gave majorities for his competitor, Judge Settle.
Settle's' own county, in which he was
born and raised, voted against him, while
Leach was defeated in his native county, and
also in the county of his adoption, where he
has lived for thirty years.
? B. B. Bulla, a prominent politician in ;
Randolph county,.and at the recent election
nominee of the Republican party for the
Senate, died at his home in Ashboro just on
the eve of the election, having been confined
by sickness for several weeks previous to his
death. He had been clerk of the Superior
Court of his county for the past four years.
? Newton Chandler, a white man, was
hanged in Charlotte last Friday, in expiation
of the crime of rape, committed upon a respectable
young lady ofXancolu county, in the
spring of 1871. The Charlotte Observer
gives a brief sketch of the culprit's past life.
He was born in Cleveland, N. C., in 1847,
of respectable parents. But on the death of
his father, which occurred when Newton was
twelve years of age, he fell in with bad companions,
and his course of crime commenced.
At the age of fourteen, to gratify a small
grudge, he burned the dwelliug-house of Jacob
Fronaberger, of Gaston county, of which
crime he was never suspicioned. In 1870,
while employed at King's Mountain, S. C.,
he was with a party who murdered a negro
near that place for alleged intimacy with a
white woman, after which he went to Yancy
county, N. C., for concealment. In the
snrincr of 1871 he returned to York countv.
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S. C., where he met Miss Mary Jane Byers,
a daughter of Mr. C. B. Byers, a very respectable
citizen of York, whom he married on
the 16th of May. A few days, after the marriage,
he borrowed a horse and buggy from
his father-in-law for the purpose of going to
Yorkville, but instead went into North Carolina
and sold the horse and buggy, pocketing
the money. Mr. Byers, on learning this forbid
him his house and kept his wife at home,
whom he has never seen since. It was shortly
after his marriage that he committed the
crime for which he suffered on Friday. He
expressed his willingness to die; ascended the
scaffold with the utmost nerve and composure,
and after the usual religious exercises observed
on such occasions, was launched into eternity.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
Molino, Mississippi, Aug. 2,1872.
I have been a regular reader of the Enquirer
for many years past and have ever appreciated
it; but I assure you, never before
so highly as I have done during the few
months that have passed since I left South
Carolina?the place of my nativity. Its fa
miliar appearance, conveying to us weekly
the local as well as general news, makes it intload
a woloomo Traitor. -
A few items from North Mississippi may
not be entirely void of interest, at least to a
portion of your readers.
TIIE WEATHER,
for some time past, has been oppressively hot.
I am told the thermometer, a few days ago,
indicated a temperature as high as 104 degrees.
The mercury has been kuown to rise
to 105 degrees in this country.
HEALTH.
The health of the Molino country during
the present season has been, thus far, unusually
good. I have heard of but few cases of
disease of a very serious nature in this vicinity,
since my arrival here in December last.
A few cases of cerebro spinal meningetis
created some alarm throughout the country a
few months ago, but the disease appears to
have entirely abated. Small pox is exciting
some solicitude in the vicinity of lines of railroad,
as there are scattering cases in various
towns and stations along those highways of
travel. It is to be hoped, however, that the
HispflSR will not become SDread trenerallv
throughout the country.
CROPS.
Notwithstanding we had a protracted
drought during the early part of the growing
season, crops of corn and cotton at present
make a very flattering appearance. The
oldest inhabitants say the prospects never
were better. Without some disaster, the yield
of both corn and cotton, will be considerably
above an average in this portion of the State.
The wheat crop was good?oats, nearly a failure.
THE BARBECUE.
It appears that the people in this country,
after finishing the labor of cultivating their
crops, or in a more familiar style, after they
are "done laying by," have a way of enjoying
some of the "good things of this life," to
some at extent, at least. An invitation was
extended throughout the neighborhood generally,
for all to attend at Molino, on yesterday,
the 1st instant, to partake of a barbecue,
prepared by some of the good people of this
community. At an early hour in the day,
persons of both sexes and all ages, were seen
approaching from different directions?some
on foot, some in various kinds of vehicles,
from an ox wagon to a buggy, and others on
horseback, until several hundreds were assembled
in a beautiful grove, near where there
was an abundance of savory meats undergoing
the process of roasting, under the superintendence
of an experienced and skilled
hand at the barbecuing business. Presently
a procession was formed of ladies and gentle
men, which marched and counter-marched to
sweet strains of music discoursed by a band
of musicians gotten up for the occasion.
When all things were ready the procession
marched to the tables, where a bountiful supply
of good things was served, until all were
satisfied. The company then repaired to a
beautiful spot prepared in the grove, where
the young ladies and gentlemen amused themselves
and entertained others by "tripping the
light fantastic toe," until the hour of the day
gave warning that it was time to disperse and
repair homeward. The whole affair passed
off quietly. We are not aware that a drunken
man or any gross impropriety, was seen or
heard, during the day.
POLITICS.
As regards political matters, I do not claim
to be particularly well posted. It is thought
by some that the race between Greeley and
Grant, for the next Presidency, will be a close
one. The Democracy of this Stati?as aJ
choice between two evils?will be pretty j
unanimous in support of Greeley. The "po-1
litical pot," is not bubbling much in this part
of the country yet, and it is to be hoped the !
fire will not be pushed vigorously during the I
present campaign. L. A. H. I
XiObAX. ATFAIB.S. I
s "NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. \
David Barrett, Administrator?-Application for ,
Discharge^*-'
H. K. RobeijpC Chairman?Road Notice.
S. M. Hugm and Green Gordon, Administratoj^Appllcation
for Discharge. t
W. C^Piveny?County School Commissioner.
Pev^mr B. Darwin?For School Commissioner:
Republican cpuntv convention.
\ The Republican County Contention for
nonrilrating'eotnity'officers, members of the '
Legislature, and selecting delegates for the
State and Congressional Conventions, met in
the Court House on Monday last.
There was a very large crowd of negroes in
attendance, and the Court room was densely
packed, one-third of the assemblage being
whites, who were in attendance merely as
At 11 o'clock, A L. Watson, County Chairman
of the executive committee, called the
Convention to ordar, and prayer waa offered
by Rev. C. A. Kin A colored.
B. F. Briggs mofed for a temporary organization
by the| appointment of P. J.
O'Connell as temporary Chairman. The
chair decided the mqtion out of order, which
was also opposed by I. Hanibal White, when
Mr. Briggs withdrew?is motion.
W. E. Rose then mjpved to organize by appointing
a temporary Chairman, when the
chair decided to leavetthe question to the discretion
of the convention, and proceeded to
read aloud the notice % virtue of which the
Convention had asseralied.,
At this point Mr. Briggs again insisted that
the duties of the presidir* chairman were-performed,
and emphatically declared the Convention
organized, and again moved for the
appointment of p. temporary Chairman.
W. E. Rose heccred tn lifter from the iren
tleman. He thought thejduties of the chair
were not yet performed, jior would they be
discharged until the roll of delegates was
called, and the proxies verified. A discussion,
participated in by Messra Briggs, Rose and
others, here ensued, wherf Mr. Briggs, in support
of his position, callef upon Judge Mackey,
who was present, for lis opinion as to what
was parliamentary usag$. The Judge, however,
failed to respond^ and Miles Johnson
moved that a committee to examine credentials
of delegates be appointed. The motion
was seconded, but objected to by Mr. Briggs.
Mr. Poinier urged the gaotion, when objection
was raised to him having a voice in the convention.
But ho insisted upon being heard,
when amid confusion |he chair appointed a
committee on credentials.
The committee consisted of T. K. Bates, A.
Williford, David Barfett, Wm. Sahms, Thos.
VY bite, JPrince Jttigge*, Augustus .Brian ; tne
latter three being cc|ored. The committee
then retired, and after examining credentials
and substituting an?her name for B. F.
Briggs, who was appointed a delegate from
Bethel township, reported the credentials as
correct, and all the delegates answered to their
names except James flattaree, of Rock Hill:
Mr. Poinier movep that the Convention
ratify the action of th? Committee, which was
carried. \
The same gentleman also moved that the
delegates retire for the purpose of making
nominations. The motion was amended by
J. Hannibal White, who moved that Judge
Mackey be requested to address the meeting,
and that the delegates be permitted to hear
his speech before retiring to make nominations.
The amendment to the original motion
prevailed, and silence being ordered,
Judge Mackey proceeded to address the house.
Judge Mackey confined himself mainly to
the issues involved in tbePresidential contest,
urging his hearers to vote for Grant. lAJluding
to State affairs, however, he saiir it was
the dutv of the delegates to the Convention
there assembled to put in nomination only
good and honest men, who could stand the
test of the judgment of the ballot-box^ Much
reform was needed in our State government,
and so flagrant are its abuses.that the moral
sense of the whole American people demand
an absolute reform. Taxes have been collected
and appropriated to private uses, and the
public free schools are now closed for the
want of money which had taken the wings of
the morning and flown away. The Colored
Orphan Asylum of Charleston, for which an
appropriation of $20,000 was made by the
last Legislature, had to close for want of the
funds thus appropriated but not paid over,
and the institution, though now open, was
maintained by the liberality of private citizen&JThe
State Asylum for the insane would
altflTSe compelled to close for waA of funds,
though the money for the support pf all our
State institutions had been collected from the
tax-payers. Six millions of dollars had been
squandered by the mal-administration of a
few to the injury of many. These past evils
can be corrected by electing honest men from
the lines of the Republican party, but should
we fail in this, let us not surrender to the
Democrats. While admitting the errors of
the State administration he would not admit
that the Republican party had conferred no
benefits upon the people. The homestead
law, abolishment of imprisonment for debt,
and the free school system were given as examples
of the benefits derived from the party,
in addition to which more things are to be
done and bad things are to be corrected. He
urged that delegates sent to the State Convention
should be good men?as true as the
present member of Congress from this district
He also appealed for the nomination and reelection
of Mr. Wallace, who had faithfully
discharged his duties. President Grant, too,
was so impressed with Mr. Wallace, that he
had expressed in person to the speaker a desire
for his reelection, and while as chief executive
he would not interfere in local elections,
he hoped Mr. Wallace's constituents
would show a sense of their public gratitude
by returning him to Congress. After a few
good humored remarks at the expense of the
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haste shouted victory before they were out of
the woods, and whose premature crowing now
enabled them to have plenty of cold rooster
for dinner, the speaker took his seat.
The chair then addressing the delegates;
was happy to meet them, and hoped their labors
would result in good. He turned over
his duties to Tarlton Camp, colored, whom he
appointed temporary chairman, and bid the
delegates to retire, when a recess was announced.
On reassembling, Samuel B. Hall was reported
as permanent Chairman who, on taking
the chair, made acknowledgments for
the honor thus conferred upon him.
The delegates not having yet reported the
nominations, pending their report, speeches
were made by Dick Wilson, colored, Nelson
Hammond, colored, Miles Johnson and S. T.
Poinier. While Mr. Poinier was speaking,
the delegates reported through their chairman
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indicated by italic letters:
Fob the Senate?J. Hanibal White.
For the House of Representatives?
B. F. Brigga, J. A. Ratchford, Matthew Williams
and Nelson Davies.
For Sheriff?R. L. Crook.
For Judge of Probate?S. B. Hall.
For School, Commissioner?Anderson
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For Cqcnty Commissioners?ff. K. Rob-.r
crte, LeviMcKinny, F. M. Davie.
For Clerk op Circuit Court?J". F.
Wallace. / . - .. T ' . -. .
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For Coroner?Andrew Tinas.
The following delegates to the State nominating
Convention were announced: A. Williford,
M. L. Owens, Wm. Sahms, Reese Joiner;
and also ttie following as delegates to the Congressional
Convention : J. L. Watson, J. Hanibal
White, Nelson Davies and T. K. Bates.
The nominations were received without any
demonstrations, and after having been read,
Mr. WallacO, in answer to repeated calls,
made a few remarks, thanking the people for
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me cuiiuueuuu lucjr uou ucreiuiurc repuocu m
him, and the h<*ior they had (Jonferred upon
him, and assurecfthis colored friends that their
interests were safe\in his hands.
Mr. Briggs, whmit seems desired the nomination
of Senator! followed Mr. Wallace.
While thankful fot the honor conferred by
his nomination, he pegged to decline. He
denounced the proceedings of the day, and
would expose the fraud then and there perpetrated.
The convention had been manipula-'
ted by the military and Chairman Watson,
who acted as if the party belonged to them.
While there was no d stinction in honors, he
would inform the au tocrat Merrill that he
could not throw the ti b to the whale in this
case, and that he shoe d not be a boot-lick to
any person. The acti >n of Mr. Watson in
excluding candidates ffrom among the delegates
was also denounced, the speaker contending
that no man|waS a candidate until
his name was placed Hn nomination. Alluding
to the combinations to defeat his norai
nation as Senator, ne saia various scnemes
had been tried by those who manipulated the
Convention. It was at first proposed to nominate
Mr. Witherspdon, a Democrat, bot finding
this would not.&ake, Mr. Poinier was imported
from Spartafaburg and held in tow by
Merrill. (Here Mr. Poinier defended himself
against the charge,) and the speaker continued
his remarks in the same denunciatory
strain, also charging that Mr. Poinier endeavored
to defeat Mr. Wallace at the last election,
and that he (the speaker) did more than
any other man to contribute to the success of
our present Congressman. He then defended
his past course in the Legislature, and reiterating
his determination not to accept the nomination
of representative, he closed his remarks
and the convention was adjourned.
For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
SCHOOL EXHIBITION.
Mr. Editor:?On the 3d instant, I had the
pleasure of attending an examination and exhibition
at "Seymour" school house, near
Bethany church, in King's Mountain township.
It was at the expiration of a ten days'
grammar school taught by Prof. Ira Ervin,
of Cleveland, N. C. He has quite a reputation
for teaching English Grammar. He has
taught 31,786 pupils in about thirty-one years,
including some of the most eminent men of
all professions in North Carolina. If we are to
judge by the thoroughness of the examination
and by the readiness with which the questions
were answered, he certainly has been successful.
I saw and heard young pupils parse admirably,
who were said to know nothing of
grammar when he commenced. He lectures
one day in every two weeks, and requires his
classes to meet once between his visits and
parse the lesson over under the direction of
the more advanced scholars.
- We Lad declamations of the highest order.
If he taught all the young men who spoke
there, he certainly knows how to do it. Most
of the scenes in the exhibition were very well
acted.
The crowd present was estimated at one
thousand persons, and last but not least was
the bountiful pic-nic prepared by the patrons
and friends of the school. It was just what
those good people up there can and will prepare
on all occasions in which they are interested.
We also had the Yorkville Juvenile Band
under Capt. Robert Hemdon, who performed
to the satisfactiou of all present They were
assisted (as much music was required,) by
Messrs. Wood and White, violinists. The
day will long be remembered by
A Visitor.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
FROM KENTUCKY.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 7,1872.
In a journey from Pittsburg here, via. Cincinnati,
the traveler passes through one of the
fairest sections of Ohio. The more I see of
that great State the more I am impressed
with its wealth and promise. Its growth in
the past forty years has hardly a parallel in
the history of the States; and to-day it continues
to flourish and prosper even to a greater
degree than ever before. What most
strikes the observer is the number of cities of
from five to twenty thousand inhabitants,
which seem to dot the whole surface of the
State. Some of these have growu to be flourishing
inland cities, and within the next generation,
it is likely that Ohio will have a pop1
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uianon 01 nve minions ui pcupie, uuu uuuwm
a dozen cities of over fifty thousand inhabitants.
The reason of this remarkable increase
in population and wealth is plain. Ohio is
in the path of empire. The tide that is ever
rolling westward passes over her, and tens of
thousands remain within her borders, while
other thousands pass on to make new States.
Verily, our country grows?grows despite
the havoc of war and contentions of peace ;
grows swiftly, surely, steadily. Men are in
middle life now who will live to see the United
States contain a population of one hundred
millions.
As to the wealth of the country, that will
increase faster than population. In ten years
it has doubled, notwithstanding the immense
inoooq Kir tKo wop inoliilliTifr the loss of slaves.
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In 1860 the total valuation was sixteen billions
of dollars, and in 1870 it had risen to
thirty billions. If it keeps on at the same
ratio, twenty years hence we will be worth
over a hundred billions of dollars!
This, I think, is an argument why taxation
should be reduced, and a good portion of the
national debt funded for posterity to settle.
After we have borne the heat and burden
and shock of battle of the war, it is no more
than right that our posterity should come in
for a share of the expense.
HOW WILL OHIO GO?
But to come to politics, which is now the
theme in the eyes (or rather the mouths) of
all Americans.
Ohio is likely to be a hotly contested State
with the chances now a little in favor of
Greeley. The stock of the Sage has advanced
rapidly since the bold positions taken by Sumner
and Banks, and since the North Carolina
election. At this writing, it is doubtful how
the State has gone for Governor, but there is
no uncertainty about the Legislature being
Democratic by a heavy majority and the election
by the Democrats of five out of eight
Congressmen.
This is a Greeley victory regardless of how
T
the Governor's election may go. The Governor
is but a small power compared to the
Legislature and five out of eight votes in Congress:"
The Grantft&Jare welcome to the Governor,
although at this writing I am not willing
to concede that they have got bin/. {la
my letters from the "seat of wari' in North
Carolina to the Enquirer, I predicted that
the Democrats would?carry 1^6;State,.And I
shall stick to itl
But to"comeT3ack to^OhTol^Tha "defection
there from the Grant?party is so great, that I
don't see how the Liberals can help carrying
the State. . The regular Republican majority
is less than twenty-five thousand, and from
what observations I am able to make and
from what I can gather, I really don't see
how the Liberals can fail to add Ohio to their dtf
list Still they may, and I should not advise
that Ohio be put under any other head than V
that of "doubtful." V
This is not very satisfactory; but the indul- I
geut reader of the Enquirer must put up
with it The telling of what I know about
Ohio politics may remind them of the story of
the Kentucky politician who made a speech
of three hours on the tariff. He gave a
minute history of it and concluded thus:
"Gentlemen, you have heerd me; if the tarryiff
is a good thing I am fur it, and if it is a
bad thing, I am agin it!"
old kentucky.
The "Dark and Bloody Ground" swallows
Greeley beautifully. One would think that
they always wanted him for President from
the way they swing their hats and yell.
But the secret of Greeley's popularity here
is not any particular fondness for him in the
abstract, but because Kentucky has deep sympathy
with and for the South, and will dfo
anything in her power to help lift the burden. *
Greeley's election means peace to the South,
fair treatment, civil rule, no encouragement
to grasping carpet-baggers, anu more of what
is known as civil liberty than she has enjoyed
since the war. Kentucky, although upon the
border, is southern to the core, and she will
not let the opportunity slip to aid those of her
brethren who are yet under the carpet-bag
ban. This, in brief, is why Kentucky is for
Greeley, and why she will give him a larger
majority than perhaps any State in the Union
in proportion to population.
THE BOURBON CONVENTION. x
Blanton Duncan's Bourbons hold their
convention here in September to nominate
a straight Democratic ticket; but the
whole thing will be a ridiculous fizzle.
Here, at the very home of the movement, it
has no supporters. I asked a prominent citizen
yesterday how many in Louisville would
take stock in the Convention and his answer
was "one?Blanton Duncan." That is about
the truth. Blanton is a noisy fellow, but enfirplv
harmless. No Dossible ticket can be
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Dominated here that can carry a county or
even a school district in the United States.
PEACE.
A Convention of a different soirt is to be held
here on the 12th and 13th of next month. It
is to be a grand peace reunion between the
North and the South. It goes by the name of
"peace reunion" but I suspect from the material
engaged in getting it up, that it will turn
out to be a huge Greeley meeting. But a
Greeley meeting and a peace Convention mean
the same thing, so we will not dicker about
names.
All the great Greeley men of the North
and the South are to be invited, and they wil 1
likely attend, including Sumner, Banks,
Trumbull, Schurz, Tipton, Doolittle, Governor
Walker, of Virginia; Vance and Ramsour,
of North Carolina; Adams, of Massachu40
setts; Hill, of Georgia; Brown, of Tennessee;
and a host of others?enough at all events to
amuse and instruct the multitude for two
davs. But I will say more of this when it
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assumes shape. Nemo.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM "DOWN EAST."
Woonsocket, R. I., Aug. 9, 1872.
Finding the chilling East winds of Boston
too strong for a weak pair of lungs, by order
of my medical adviser, I haveroeen seeking a
more congenial climate. I arrived at this
place a few days ago, and hung up my "carpetbag"
on the floor of one of the delightful
rooms of the Woonsocket Hotel, where
shall remain, Micawber-like, "waiting for .
something to turn up." If, like some ofyour. 1
worthy county and State officials, there ap- |
pears a chance for a good "fat take," I may
become a "citizen."
woonsocket, i
the place where I now write, is a towa of
about 12,000 inhabitants, and is situated in
the north-western corner of the State, one-half
mile from the Massachusetts line, 38 miles
from Boston and sixteen miles froiii Providence?the
latter city being one of the capitals
of the State. Rhode Island, unlike a
maioritv of the States of this once "glorious"
Union, has two seats of government ;~the other
being Newport, the celebrated and fashionable
resort, where, during the summer solstice,
the moneyed and other nabobs of the country
do most congregate.
Woonsocket is preeminently a manufacturing
town, a large proportion of the population
being engaged in cotton and woolen mills, of
which there are about thirty, in and around
the place. A large majority of the people
here belong'to the foreign element?principally
French, Canadians and Irish; and it is estimated
that the two latter classes number
about 8000 soi'ls. The most of these find employment
in the cotton and woolen mills,
where they work from 6:30 A. M. till 6:45 P.
M., one hour being allowed for dinner?thus
giving eleven hours and fifteen minutes for a
day's work and earning from one dollar to
two dollars per diem each. As provisions,
board, clothing, etc., are considerably dearer
here than in many other parts of the country,
I for one, can't imagine how they manage to ""
live and keep up a respectable appearance,
but they do. I suppose they have made the
study of "domestic economy a specialty, and
as I am not anxious to know how to Kve on
such a small income with so large an "out-go,"
I have not felt sufficiently interested in the
matter to make minute inquiries.
THE HARRIS CASSIMERE* ;
which has become so popular as a material
for "business suits," especially in New England
and the Western States, is manufactured
in this place?three very large manufactories,
employing over 1000 operatives, being exclusively
engaged in its production. Besides the
cotton and woolen mills, there is also done
here a large business in the manufacture of
RUBBER GOODS,
consisting of overshoes, boots, hats, overalls,
overcoats, etc., giving employment to a large
number of people, who, I am happy to say,
are more reasonably compensated for their
labor. ^
WOOLEN BRAIDS
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oi an ainas, sorts ana sizes are maae in woonsocket
and its neighborhood. Also cloth for
the manufacture of "lasting gaiters," so commonly
worn by ladies all over the world.
The celebrated Baily Washing and Wringing
Machine?one of the greatest labor-saving inventions
of the age, and next to the sewing
machine, woman's best friend?is manufactured
here, giving, employment to 75 or 100
workmen. i
We have here two first-class hotels, several
iron foundries and machine shops, seven
churches, a Temple of Honor, lodge of Good
Tem >iars, and rum mills enough?if their
contents were emptied into a canal?to flood <
the entire population. There being neither a A