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hope of half success. His equal as a stumper has never be3n in the State and never will be until he has passed away. Turn him out before the masses of the people and he is irresistible. No sort of convention can hold him, nor combination defeat him. In 1855 the Whigs had a majority of fifteen thousand, headed by Gentry and Henry, the eagle orators, a force that was considered irresistible; yet Andy Johnson came down from the mountains like an avalanche and hewed his way to the Mississippi, leaving the wrecks of Whiggery and Know Nothingism behind him. He is as powerful a speaker to-day as then, and if once fairly before the people discussing live issues, he will knock the hind sights oft" of" any and all opposition that can be brought " out General Cheatham and General Brown and General Bate, and General Quarles and General Isham G. Harris need not arrange to defeat hira, for if he makes the effort and takes the stump he will get the office, convention or no convention. Mr. Johnson left his home in Greenville, Friday and spoke in Knoxville Saturday. Sunday he came on to this city and will speak here Saturday. If I remain here until after that time the readers of the Enquirer shall j have a brief account of what he says. Tuesday night he was serenaded at the residence of John P. White in Edgefield. I went over and was surprised to see so large a crowd gather in so short a time. The serenade was unexpected to him, but he is "always ready," and spoke two hours, his speech being directed entirely to national affairs. Last night at the Maxwell House he was again serenaded and spoke about half an hour. All who hear him, whether friend or foe, are convinced that "there is life in the old man yet," and a good deal of it He has not yet indicated whether he will take the stump; but if he does there will be warm times in Tennessee. > Nemo. COL. WHITLEY'S KU-KLUX REPORT. I ^ Col. Whitley, chief of the government de- j ? tective force, has addressed the following let- j ter to Attorney-General Williams, under date j of New York, August 9th, 1872: Sir?I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a communication from y\ ur department under date of the 2d instant, enclosing a copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith, addressed to the President in relation to those convicts in the Albany penitentiary who were convicted of violations of the enforcement acts, and requesting me to go to Albany and make a thorough investigation into the condition of these prisoners and report to the department my views as to the expediency of exercising executive clemency in regard to any of them. In accordance with your request I proceeded to Albany on the 7th instant for the purpose of fulfilling the duty assigned. As a means of conducing my inquiries in a way best adapted to arrive at all the facts in the case, and also to lead the prisoners to express themselves as freely as possible, I deemed it best to see each of the parties separately, without any nrvAn flioii* no**f oa fn m\r nfflnio 1 AUUTVU|A/U irA.J\^?A. |/Ul V U0 w IIIJ vftuviMt character, or the object of my visit. In this I received the fullest aid of Mr. Louis D. Pillsbury, head-keeper of the prison, who brought each prisoner in separately, with the simple remark to each that this gentleman desires to talk with you. The prisoners were mainly frank and communicative. Some of them are very poor and unlearned, and have left large families behind them, and while acknowledging that they were members of the various orde-s of the organization known under the general head of the ku-klux klans, and they had been justly sentenced as such, plead i in extenuation that they had joined the order without a full knowledge of its aims and ob jects, and had been incited to deeds of violence by their leaders, who had managed to escape from the country, leaving them to bear i ^ the responsibility and the punishment of their misdeeds. A number of them stated that they had been compelled to join the order to save ; themselves and families from visitations of the klan; others had entered into its ranks under the supposition that it was a society organized for mutual protection, but learned subsequently that its real designs were the extermination of the negro race and the driving out of such j of the whites as were in favor of the political i equality and social elevation of the blacks, j These severally expressed the heartiest con-; trition for their misdeeds; stated that the or-1 ganization was one inimical to the best inter-; ests of society, and that the government was fully justified in breaking it up. In further extenuation of having been members of the order, they stated that the operations of the ku-klux were widespread, embra- [ ciug within its folds men of superior intelli-1 gence to whom they had been accustomed to , look for advice and counsel, and who they did j not suppose would lead them into any combinations that contemplated personal violence and even murder, if these were necessary, for the accomplishment of its ends. They were told that it was a good institution to put down i ^ some meanness in the country, and they ac- j cepted the statement implicitly. Upward of j forty examinations were made in the manner above stated, neither prisoner knowing, that any one but himself had been called out, and none of them being aware, as before observed, ^ of my official position or the object of my ! visit. There was a singular unanimity in 1 their statements, and a general expression of regret that they should have been drawn into an order differing so entirely in the object which they supposed it had in view when they joined it. In reply to the general question, what was the objects of the order, the answer was almost invariably, when we joined the order we supposed it to be a society established for mutual protection, but after having been fully initiated discovered it to be for a political purpose, which purpose was embodied in ! an oath, in which we swore to oppose the Radical party in all its forms, and preventI the negroes from voting. It was this great | ] | deception that misled us, and which has I brought us into our present condition. The j contrition manifested by many of these pris-! oners, the hearty penitence expressed by them for the acts, into the commission of which 1 ^ . they claim they were betrayed by unscrupu- i Ions and designing men of more enlightened minds, their mutual want of intelligence, and their extreme poverty, all appeal for raercyjVj My views as to the expediency of restoring]? any of them to society, through the exerciso* of Executive clemency, are clearly in favor j of such a course with some portion of them, | and I believe it may be done in some of the cases not only with great safety, but fully in the interest of the public good. Of those to which I intend respectfully to call your atten- j tion, the prisoners appear not only truly re-j pentant, but absolutely ashamed of the course j *1 -- ?~ i :n: i? ? .?,i ; wuiuii uiejr seem tu uuve uu wunugij puisucu. : They express themselves as anxious to return to the peaceful pursuits of industry .whenever the opportunity is afforded them, and to become law-abiding citizens in their respective communities. Col. Whitley then names four persons safe-; ly to be considered as proper subjects for the exercise of executive clemency. They are ?ld men, poor and unlearned, and were, undoubtedly, led into the ku-klux order by misrepresentation. In regard to others, should it be the intention of the government to make an extended exercise of its clemency in that direction, he submitted the names of eighteen persons whom he deems most worthy of its consideration. As to the remainder of the prisoners, who entered the ku-klux order with a full knowledge of its real object, Colonel Whitley says it would not be entirely expedient to exercise executive clemency. The names reported upon favorably are those of Collins and seventeen others from South Carolina imprisoned. Collins is one of the persons for whom Gerritt Smith had inrterceded, and is an illiterate, simple-minded 1 gous to that of Collins. Colonel Whitley reports against the pardon of SamueljG. Brown, for whom a pardon was recommended by Mr. Smith. The Baltimore American, an administration | paper, commenting on Whitley's report, says : "His report is no doubt perfectly truthful, j but the partisan press of the country will not, so recognize it. It is to be regretted that the i President did not name a commission compos- j ed of three honorable gentlemen, in whom the : people of the Unted States have entire confi- ! dence. One of the commissioners should have I been a Democrat, another a Republican, and j the third a Liberal Repulican. They should ! have quietly proceeded to Albany with a ! phonographer, and examined each prisoner j separately, just as Colonel Whitley did, and i from their answers to the questions propound- j ed, the report should have been framed." The Gazette, an anti-administration paper, j ootro fi"V? "The report is evidently gotten up as a po-1 litical document for campaign use; state- : ments obtained from those unfortunate prisoners in the hope of obtaining release, are as j utterly worthless and unreliable as those put j forward upon his own responsibility, by a | person of Whitley's well-known and disrep- i utable character." A despatch from Washington, dated last Friday, says: "The President has ordered pardons made out in the cases of David Collins, William j Teal, Amos Owen, and William Scruggs, kuklux prisoners now confiued in the Albany | penitentiary. Some days will necessarily J elapse before they will be released, as official j information as to time and place of convic- 1 tion will have to be furnished. Eighteen other cases reported on by Whitley will doubtless soon receive Executive consideration." THE ALBANY PENITENTIARY. A reporter of the New York World has recently visited the Albany penitentiary, where the prisoners from South Carolina, who were convicted of violations of the enforcement act are confined, and describes at length the conversations he had with several of the prismiprs. amonp them Mr. Samuel G. Brown, of ? ~7 O York county. The conversation is thus reported : Samuel G. Brown, of York county, S. C., was one of the prisoners interviewed, and to him I said: "Tell me your case, how you came to be here, and what you have to complain of." "The greatest hardship of which I complain is being arrested for being a ku-klux when I never belonged to the Order at all. My family are left in a very destitute condition." , "What family have you?" "I have a wife and three daughters and two sons. My wife and daughters have no one to look after them; and there is my stock and ! farm all left to ruin without attendance." "When were you arrested ?" "I was arrested on the 19th of October, i 1871, and by the advice of ray counsel I * pleaded guilty, which was a very foolish i thing to do, although a gentleman here yester- 1 day?Colonel Whitley?told me that he did < not believe me when I said I was innocent; i yet such is the fact. It was on the 26th of December, 1871, that my counsel pleaded guilty for me, and I am sentenced to five i years." < "Did you have no connection with the i klan ?" "I knew of the Order, and I attended one meeting of the klan, and that was the hold they had on me, and that was the reason I i plead guilty." "For what purpose did you attend that i mating; did you intend to join the klan ?" t '"No. not at all. I had a double purpose in i going there. I wanted to save the life of a i young man who him in a drunken frolic let ] ot? onrl o 1 cr? I , UUt tsuiii? VI iuc iJVUi &VC vi iiuu va\x\**y muu m?uv j to induce ray son to resign his position as ] chief of the klan." v j "Did you succeed ?" "I did in both objects. My son resigned, < and I saved the young man's life." ? < "That was all the connection you had with i the klan." 1 ^ "That was all. I never belonged to it; i never approved of it. I had two sons,\ both i members or it, but I never tfas." - 1 "Were your sons arrested ?" rtNo ; they got offi; they left the State." ( * Where are they tjow ?"n k, "I don't know where they are now. I ] think they have left the United States. Since I have been imprisoned ray family have writ- ' ten to me that they had heard from them on the 12th* of May last, but they did not say where they were." \ the prison. The correspondent furnishes the following description of the penitentiary, which he says appears to be a well-arranged rind excellent institution of its kind/and the prisoners from South Carolina appear !to be treated as well as is to be expected, '^excepting, of course, that by being confined in a penitentiary, they are made to endure imprisonment with hard labor instead of imprisonment alone, which is the limit of the punishment prescribed by the act." There are fourlarge shops, in which shoe- 1 malking in all its branches is carried on ; and this is the only manufacture, except that the women and very old men are employed in 1 making cane-bottomed chairs. There are at i i J 1 x x_ n : present six nunureuunu Lweuiy-uve jjuauiicra, of whom ninety are women. The institution belongs to the county, but they receive State . prisoners from certain counties of the State when the sentence is five years of over?as a prisoner sentenced for so long a ferrtl is a ! source of profit to the institution, his labor being more than an equivalent for his board, i It also receives United. States prisoners from ! Washington, Virginia and West Virginia, i North and South Carolina and Alabama, j J The prison costs nothing either to county or,:1 State, being entirely self-supporting, with a i surplus to spare at the end of each year. It ! is conducted on the silent system altogether, [.! the prisoners not being allowed' to converse !, either while at work or in their cells. There , ( is a fine school-room attached to the building, ;' where all who wish can go for two evenings 1 out of the week, the only requisite for ad mis'- > sion being the good conduct of the applicant.; There are at present sixty-five regular atten-' dants at the School, of all ages up to sixty: years. The aim is to take the most ignorant j and teacli them to read, write and cipher, so | that on leaving the institution they may be I able to get a living honestly. They are allowed to write letters to friends every four weeks and to receive all letters* which may be sent to them. These are" distributed every Sabbath morning, and every four weeks their friends may see theih if they so desire. Their friends are allowed to send them any little j delicacies they may wish to, and a great many ] do send to them canoed fruits or other fruit in their season, <S^jLOnce in a year they get a roast turkey dinnSj, and on the fourth of July and on thanksgiving day a grand blow out is given them. Coffee"1 every morning, with bread and mush, comprises their breakfast. For dinner, thYee days in the week, they have fresh meat, soup and vegetables, j with bread. One dav in the week pork and beans, and two days salt beef and vegetables.^ On Saturdays they luxuriate on fish chowdei^* the component parts of which are, for the present crowd, fifty pounds of fish, one hun-, dred and fifty pounds of pork and three bar-! rels of potatoes peeled and sliced. Food for the mind is provided as well as for the body^ and from a large and well stocked library the prisoners are allowed to draw a book each Sunday, returning and exchanging it on the next Sabbath. The only newspaper allowed .. to be seen by the convicts is the New York j Ledger, as there is never any news in it, and j the stories are considered harmless. In charge j of the library and of the hospital is Major j Hodge, one of Grant's defaulting pay-masters, > who is serving out a sentence of ten years, and which employment was considered more suitable for him than making 9hoes. There is a fine chapel in the upper story of the main building, and here on each Sabbath the spiritual wants of the convicts are ministered to by the chaplain of the institution, who also has charge of the school, assisted b\? four or five volunteers among the officers. ' There are five of the women confiued for long sentences, those here being^regular attendants, goiug out for a few weeks to be re-arrested and sent back for short terms,,the prison receiving prisoners of thecounty for termsaslow as sixty days, and the terms of the inmates range from this low term to life. The health of the prisoners is uniformly good, and but few of the beds of the hospital were tenanted yesterday, and every part of the institution was a model of neatness and cleanliness, from the kitchen to the attic. The view from the superintendent's office is a peculiarly fine one, and except the fact that the inmates cannot visit their friends and acquaintances as often as they might desire, it ^ Ka n roncf rlnllrtllfflll nlflHA flf YIUUIU 3CC114 LV UU a UJUOV uviigiiWAu* |'4MVV. residence. HON. A. S. WALLACE RE-NOMINATED. The Republican nominating Convention for the Fourth Congressional District, met in Columbia on Thursday last. The Congressional District embraces nine counties, viz: Lauren ^ Union, York, Chester, Fairfield, Greenvillo, Spartanburg, Pickens and Oconee. There were two candidates in the field?Hon. A. S. Wallace, the present incumbent, and C. C. Puffer, who is engaged in working a gold mine in Union county. Soon after the con-1 vention was organized, Puffer withdrew his J name, and on the first ballot Wallace was renominated without opposition, receiving every I vote cast. After the result was formally an- . nounced, Mr. Wallace was introduced to the i Convention, when, according to the Union? "He thanked the convention for this triple evidence of their gratitude and partiality, and made a most telliDg speech. Among the points alluded to by him, were the incidents of his past life; the fact of the split in the first convention that had nominated him to the same position, and the contention in the second convention that had nominated him and endorsed his course, and how he had previous to that time pressed the contest in the interests of the Republican party and of right. He had always and now respected the men who had contested the ground with him ; they had fought him gallantly and nobly, and he desired no man to level his prejudices on his own account; but they had been beaten in a square fight. Mr. Wallace then referred to the ku-klux opposition, and the part he had taken in suppressing the 3ame, and the many outrages that had been committed. The ku-klux candidate had said in cnWnrice. that if he could not eret to Con gress he would make it cost Wallace as much as possible, but his and his constituents' efforts had been all in vain, for notwithstanding that the condition of the country had been 3uch that he, Wallace, could hardly take any evidence, his opponent had been turned out of court as it were in Congress, having failed totally to make any case. In this, said the speaker, again were you, my constituents triumphant, and the band of murderers driven from your midst. In touching upon his action regarding the ku-klux law, Mr. Wallace asked, could he be quiet when murder was 3talking boldly in broad day? The State government had failed to issue a single proclamation regarding the perpetrators. He made no charges now, but these were the facts as they were, and some of the incentives that moved him. All that was now needed was a fair ballot and we would be again triumphant* There are no doubts anywhere, 3aid the speaker, of Grant's success, when made all the stronger by being linked with the colored, the laborer's, and the poor man's friend?Henry Wilson. Mr. Wallace's eulogy of Henry Wilson was beautiful and timely, as were his remarks regarding GeQrGranty ind caused much applause. \ He closed by a reference to the great rev iuction in the public debt, the vast resources* Df the country, and by referring to the fact that he had advocated, as he'roeant to do in the future, everything that would benefit and -oioo iin trt o hinrli ninrnl standard t.he colored race; incidentally referring to his vote for the civil rights bill." Addresses were delivered by Judge Macksy, Solomon L. Hoge, Judge S. W. Melton and L. C. Carpenter, editor of the Union. The Union gives the following as the substance of Judge Melton's remarks: "Judge Samuel W. Melton, responding to repeated calls, congratulated the nominee and the convention for having done their duty well; he took especial pleasure in doing this, as the candidate was an old resident of his native home. He believed he knew A. S. Wallace as well as any other man, and referred to his early life, when, said the speaker, he got his living by following his own plow ; whatever of honor he now has, has been got by his own exertions. A. S. Wallace had come flat off the ground, as ft were, and raised himself up by force of his own character and intellect. He had always been a good Republican, (and probably sometimes better than he would own, like many others of us.) He was opposed to secession from the start, and to State Rights, and to John C. Calhoun's doctrines. He was an abolitionist from the start. Judge Melton advised unity of action, and a solid move on the enemy's works, and had no doubts as to the result next November." The Democratic State Central Executive Committee.?In pursuance of a resolution of the Democratic Convention, held in June last, I do hereby appoint the following uamed persons to constitute the State Central Executive Committee: M. C. Butler, Richland ; Wade Hampton, Richland; Thomas Y. Simons, Charleston ; M. P. O'Connor, Charleston ; F. W. Dawson, Charleston; John S. Richardson, Sumter; S. P. Hamilton, Chester; J. P. Thomas, Richland; Johnson Hagood, Barnwell; W. W. Sellers, Marion; M. W. Gary, Edgefield; Samuel McGowan, Abbeville; Henry Mclver, Chesterfield ; H. H. Wallace, Union ; W. D. Simpson, Laurens. The Committee has been distributed over the four Congressional Districts of the State, and it is respectfully suggested that the gen tlemen named take measures in their respective districts to secure an organization in each county in the State. W. D. PORTER, President late Democratic Convention. Major Louis Merrill's Share.?One of the best known men in South Carolina is Maj. Louis Merrili, of the Seventh Cavalry, the commandant of the ku-klux district, and the organizer of the ku-klux crusades. He is an officer in the United States Army, and is paid well by the government for his "professional services." How comes it, then, that Major Merrill figures on the books of the State Treasurer as receiving five hundred dollars from the "Armed Force" fund ? What pos- i sible service could he render the State of South Carolina which would entitle him to such a sum ? Major Merrill owes it to himself to make an explanation of this significant fact. Perhaps he can, like Representative ; Whipper, wash his hands of the whole business. So much the better. The thing must be probed to the bottom, however Scott & Co., the unquestionable culprits, may wriggle and squirm.? Charleston Neios. W. J. Whipper publishes the following card: "I am charged with having received the insignificant sum of fortv-eieht dollars, and subjected to the inquiry if I, with others, who have drawn very large amounts from that appropriation, am a member of the armed force. I am free to assert that I have never performed any services that could be legitimately charged to the "armed force," nor have I any knowledge of ever receiving a single cent from that appropriation. If the amount of iuouey charged against me as hav ! ing been received from that source has been ' received by rae at all, it has been for services rendered of another character, and paid out of that appropriation without my knowledge; ! and I do not believe even that I would be j very glad if the parties who have rendered | this exhibit would state the time and other facts connected with the payment." AVe clip the following from the Troy (N. Y.) Whig : "Some three months since Dr. R. Y. Pierce, I of Buffalo, N. Y., commenced advertising in | the Whig, an article called "Dr. Sage's Caj tarrh Remedy." AVe believed at that time it i was one of the many catch-penny arrangements to swindle people out of their money, Lhnt. dnrint* the nast few weeks have become I convinced to the contrary. We know ofsevj ernl prominent citizens who have suffered from { thatloathsome disease "Catarrh," and they ; pronounce Dr. Sage's Remedy no humbug, and in several instances have been entirely cured. We desire to give Dr. Pierce the benfft of the same. Beauty's Best Auxiliary,?Ask the belle of the season what appointment of her toilettable holds the highest place in her esteem, and she will reply, without a moment's reflection, Hagan's Magnolia Balm. Nothing, she is thoroughly aware, contributes so pow! erfully to enhance her charms and render her irresistible as that most delightful and healthy auxiliary of beauty. By using it ladies are enabled, long after they have passed the meridian of life, to pi oe rve the youthful bloom and purity of their complexions, and where Nature has denied that superlative attraction, the Balm fully compensates for her deficien| cies. Jftnaacial anb Commercial. NEW YORK, August 19.?Cotton quiet. Sales 1,254 bales". Middling Uplands, 21 j. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 19?3 p. m.?Cotton dulluplands 9j to 9gd. CHARLESTON, August 19.-Cotton dull? middling nominal?no price given. Financial. NEW YORK, August 19.?Gold excited, but closed at 141 to 143. Special Itoticcs. To the Delegates of the Republican Convention of York County: You are hereby requested to attend a meeting to be held in the Court House at Yorkville, on SATURDAY, 31st instant, at 12 o'clock, M., as business of importance will be brought before the body. WM. SAHMS, Chairman of the Board of Delegates. August 15 33 2t OBITUARY. Dikd?In this county, near McConnellsville, on the 20th ultimo, Miss CATHARINE JANE, daughter of A. F. Love, deceased, aged about 29 years. Near Tombsville, in Chester county, on the 17th instant, Mr. REUBEN McCONNELL, in the 37th year of his age. In this county, on the 17th instant, MARY CAROLINE, infant daughter of George J. and Delia Steele, aged llfteen months. "She has (Tone, our darling one To her own bright heavenly home ; God wouid no longer spare her From around his golden throne." W. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JAMES D. JP. CURRENCE, doceased, are hereby notified to make immediate payment; and those having demands against the said estate will preseut them, properly authenticated, within the tin e prescribed by law." M. H. CURRENCE, Administrator. August 22 34 3t YORK GRANGE, NO. 37. | A SPECIAL Meeting for conferring Degree;, i will be held on WEDNESDAY, THE 2LIT ! INSTANT, at 8 o'clock, P. M. The punctual a'- I tendance of Members, and applicants for mom- i bership, is specially requested. J y* By order W. M. /nfYs/L'- ( A. F. McCONNELL, Secretary. August 22 34 'It NOTICE. THE Annual Meeting of the Board of County CommuM toners for York County will be held tf>N THE FIRST TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER, nSyct, and all persons having claims against the County will deposit the same with the Clerk of the said Board, on or before the first day of September next. In default of claims being presented, they will not be audited at said Annual Meeting. H. K. ROBERTS, Clerk of the Board. August 22 34 2t STATE~bF SOUTH CAROLINA. Comity of Chester. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. To James McFadden and Amelia McFaddon, his vviflo. StanlAv AfcFaddnn. Marv Favssoux. Susan Givens, Randolph ^McFadfden, and his wife, Marv McFadden ; Josephine Dickson, and her husband, Thomas Dickson; Alice Hampton, and her husband, Edwin Hampton ; legal heirs and representatives of Susan McFadden, who died intestate. *^TOU are hereby required to appear at the Court X of Probate, to be liolden at Chester Court House, for Chester county, 011 the 4th day of November, A. D., 1872, to show cause, if any you can, why the real estate belonging to the late Susan McFadden, deceased, and Polly B. Gaston, in unequal undivided portions, described in tho petition of tho said Polly B. Gaston, filed in my office on the 17 th day of August, 1872, should not l)e divided or sold, allotting to the said Polly B. Gaston 210-274th parts thereof, and the remaining G4-274th parts, in equal portions to the said James McFadden, Stanley McFadden, Mary Fayssoux, Susan Givens, Randolph McFadden, Josephine Dickson and Alice Hampton. Given under my hand and seal, this 17th day of August, A. D., 1872. JOHN DICKEY/ Probate Judge Chester County. August 22 34 6t APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administrator of the estate of JOHN INGRAM, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate of York county, on the 12th day of September next, when he will make application for & final discharge as Administrator of the said estate. DAYID BARRETT, Administrator. August 15 33 5t* "ARIEL." THE NEGRO: What is ethnological status? Is he the progeny of Ham? Is he a descendant of Adam ana Eve? Has he a soul; or is he a beast in God's nomenclature? What is status as fixed by God in creation ? etc. A book of 172 pages recently issued by "Ariel," in which his reviewers are reviewed. Price $1.25. Sent by mail for $1.50. For sale by T. D. GRIST. DENTAL NOTICE17*OR the purpose of practising my 1 profession, I will attend at Chesle'r on tho 2ml and 4th TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and THURSDAYS, of each month. I will certainlv bo at Yorkville on every SATURDAY and MONDAY. W. M. WALKER, Surgeon Dentist. April 4 14 tf "the aldine." AN Illustrated monthly Journal, claimed to bo the handsomest work in the world. An OIL OHROMO toovary yearly subscriber. Specimen copies can be aeon at the "Enquirku" Office. Price $5.00 a year. W. L. GRIST, Agent. Auguat 8 32 tf ________ SOLICITOR IX BANKRUPTCY, YORKVILLE, H. C. ^9- Special attention given to the filing of Petitions. June 20 25 tf millinery and fancy goods. JUST received and recoivingweekly,anew and handsome lot of BONNETS AND HATS, of the latest styles, which will bo sold low for cash. E. DICKINSON, Agent. May 30 22 tf "county school commissioner! Til E undersigned respectfully announces himself as an independent candidate for COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER at the next eloction. W. C. CAVENY. August 15 33 te? for school commissioner. WE are authorized to announce PEYTON B. DARWIN, Esq., as a candidate for COUNT'S SCHOOL COMMISSIONER at the ensuing el< don. j August 15 33 tf HOME shuttle sewing machine. HP . W undersigned having accepted the agency JL rc.r the HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MA: CI> N E, for York county, is prepared to furnish i Mc --.ines or Attachments at snort notice. Needles 1 on hand. W. L. GRIST. j $3000 WANTED. W ANTED TO BORROW THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, for which a liberal rate of interest will he paid and pood security given. For further information apply at this office. M. STRAUSS & SON, UNDER RAWLINSON'S HOTEL. NEW ARRANGEMENT. WE have made arrangements with our friends in Now York, to send New Goods weekly, which will enable us to supply the market with the cheapest and latest style of Goods, whiclfcwe will soil for cash only. M. STRAUSS & SON. SHOES. ANEW supply of Children's, Misses' and Boy's Shoes, all numbers and different quali: ties, at low prices. M. STRAUSS & SON. SEWING MACHINES. NOW is the time to buy a Singer Family Sewing Machine. M. STRAUSS & SON. NEW GOODS. A LOT of Fall Prints just received and for sale m fimn a t TCI CI #. OAXTlQ fL nt m. oiivAuoo a ov/ii u. SHIRTING PRINTS. THE lntest style of Shirting Prints, forsale by M. STRAUSS & SON. DELAINES. \TEW Styles of Delaines for sale at M. STRAUSS & SON'S. LONGCLOTH. A FULL assortment of Longcloth for sale, by M. STRAUSS & SON. COU^l^RPANES^ ANEW supply of Counterpanes, white and colored, for sale by M. STRAUSS & SON. flannel RED and White Flannel can be found at the Store of M. STRAUSS ?fe SON. FALL GOODS FOR GENTS. KENTUCKY Jeans, Tweeds, and Cassimeres, for sale by M. STRAUSS <fc SON. SHIRTS AND DRAWERS. MERINO Shirts and Drawers for sale at M. STRAUSS & SON'S. COATS AND"P ANTS, GENT'S Coats and Pants, suitable for the season, for sale by M, STRAUSS & SON. ~~ JOHN C. KUYKEYDAL.~~ THE POULTERER'S FRIEND. A CERTAIN preventative and cure for uapes, J\_ Cholera, ana all diseases of Chickens, Turkeys, Ac. We have all long felt the need of such a preparation. Every family who raises fowls should have a package. A supply just received at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. SANFORD'S LIVER INVIGORATOR. THIS old and well-known remedy is still before the public, and has lost nothing of its well-earned reputation. Itcures Liver complaint and all the complication of diseases arising from a disordered condition of that organ. For sale at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. PULMONIC SYRUP. DR. SCHENCK, the discoverer of this Medicine, claims that it will cure Consumption. He testifies, and his friends bear him witness, that he was in the last stages of Consumption ana was restored to vigorous health by the use ol his medicine. Just received at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. PAY THE TRIBUTE. RENDER unto Caesar the things fhat are Caesar's. Those indebted to the firm of KUYKENDAL & TOMLINSON are earnestly requested to come forward for settlement. The money is due us and we should have it. The business of the firm must be closed up. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. THE FORK DRUG STORE. CONSTANT additions are being made to the Stock of Drugs, Medicines, Ac., at this popular institution. Everything is kept that may be found in first-class Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. " MARSDEN'S SYRUP. A PLEASANT, safe and effectual remedy for Diurratiea, Cholera, Chronic Diarrhoea, Dysentery, vie. For sale at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. ! T. M. DOBSON & CO. ; DON'T READ THIS. i "TCf^E are now offering our Ready-Made Clothi y f ijjg at greatly reduced prices, to give room [ for Fall Stock: Coats worth 815.00 for 810.00. " " 12.00 44 8.00. 44 44 10.00 44 7.00. 44 44 0.00 44 3.00. Pants 44 10.00 44 7.00. 1 44 41 8.00 4 4 5.00. 44 44 5.00 44 3.50. Vests 44 5.00 44 3.50. 44 44 3.50 44 2.00. If you want Ready-Made Clothing and we can fit you, we will make the price suit, if it is anything in reason. T. M. DOBSON & CO. SUMMER DRESS GOODS. WE are offering SUMMER DRESS GOODS at and below cost. Listen at our prices: Japanese Silk, worth 81.50 for 81.00. 44 44 44 1.00 44 50. Grenadine worth 81.00 for 50 cents. 44 4 4 7 5 4 4 37 i 44 44 4 4 5 0 4 4 2 5 44 44 4 4 3 5 4 4 2 0 44 Dolly Vardens, worth 50 cents for 25 cents. Delaines, worth 37} cents for 20 cents. Striped Pique, worth 50 cents for 30 cents. Any one in need of any of these articles will do well to call on us before purchasing. T. M. DOBSON & CO. LAmRSMflATS. WE are determined to close out. "We are offering Hats worth $7.00 for $3.50. " " 5.00 " 2.50. " " 3.50 " 1.50. " " 2.00 " 1.00. " " 1.00 " 25. In fact, if you want a IIAT, and we can please you hi style, we will suit you.in price, if the above is not low enough for you. T. M. DOBSON A CO. SUMMER BALMORALS. DON'T you want a Balmoral worth $5.00 for $2.50; a Balmoral worth $3.50 for $2.00; a Balmoral worth $2.00 for $1.50; a Balmoral worth $1.50 for $1.00. We also have a few Ready- Made Dresses for sale, at fifty per cent, below original cost, to close out. We mean what we say. T. M. DOBSON A CO. GENTLEMEN'S HATS. ! BARGAINS are offered in Hats for Gent's wear?especially Straw Hats?will sell them at cost. T. M. DOBSON A CO. OIL CLOTH. FIGURED, Rosewood and Bleached Oil Cloth, for Table covers, for sale at DOBSON'S. BARLOW KNIVES. GENUINE BARLOW KNIVES-oneand two blades?for sale at DOBSON'S. TRAPS. RAT and Steel Traps for sale at DOBSON'S Store. RAZOR STRAPS. EMERSON'S genuine Razor Straps for sale at DOBSON'S. COTTONADES. WE are offering ouf nice Cottonades at twenty-five cents, to dose out. 1 T. M. DOBSON <fc CO. GATE HINGES. WE have a lot of good Gate Hinges. T. M. DOBSON A CO. TROWELS. BRICK and Plastering Trowels for sale, at the live Store of T. M. DOBSON A CO. COFFIN HANDLES. COFFIN Handles, Tacks and Escutcheons can be found at the live Store of T. M. DOBSON A CO. SHOES. BARGAINS aro offered in Ladies' Fine Shoes, to close out and make room for Fall Stock. T. M. DOBSON A CO. STEELYARDS. A LOT of Steelyards on hand and for sale low. T. M. DOBSON A CO. DR. ALFRED CRAVEN, SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, YOHKVILLE, H. C. HAVING returned to Yorkville with the view of making it his permanent residence, offers his PRO- "^-U M F FESSIONAL SERVICES to the public generally. Having under his control all the latest Improvements used in the profession, he is prepared to execute in a satisfactory manner, at fair prices, all work with which he may be entrusted. Office nearly opposite Adickes & Black's store. June 27 20 3m?' APPLICATION FOE DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administrators of the estate of ALEXANDER PAGAN, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate of York county, on the 13th day of September next, when they will make application for a final discharge as Administrators of the said estate. S. M. HANNAH, 1 ...... GREEN GORDok, J Administrators. August 15 33 5t AUCTION SALES. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of writs offieri facias, to me directed, will be sold between the legal hours of Sheriff's sale, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER NEXT, at York Court House, the following property, to wit: One bouse and lotin Rock Hill, situated on Main street, containing one acre, more or less, bounded by lots of D. Gordon and others, levied on as the property of Kerr <fe Roach at the suit of B. T. Wheeler and others. ($3.75 Terms invariably cash?purchasers to pay for papers and stamps. Purchasers who do not comply with the terms of sale, must expect the property bid off by them to be advertised for resale at their risk for the ensuing sales-day. R. H. GLENN, S. Y.C. August 8 32 4t JUDGE OF PROBATE'S SALE. A. Hutchison White vs. Joseph F. White and others, heirs-at-law of H. Monroe White, deceased.?Summons in Partition. BY virtue of an order from SAM'L B. HALL, Judge of Probate for York county, I willexniiMUooioai Vnrlr f!nnrt House, on the w puuuu uutv w? ? W. M _ FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, the followiDg described parcels of land, situated in York county, for partition and division among the heirs-at-law of H. MONROE WHITE, deceased. One lot at Fort Mill, containing ONE ACRE, MORE OF LESS, bounded on the South by lots owned by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and on the West, North and East by lots owned by Thomas B. Withers. On the lot is a good Store house. Also, the "Home Place," siiuate near Fort Mill Depot, in said county, containing SEVENTY -FIVE ACRF3, MORE OR LESS, with Dwelling House and outbuildings thereon, bounded on the South by lands of S. Hotchkiss and E. Duffy; North ana West by lands of T. B. Withers and S. E. White ; and East by lands of T. G. Cnlp and others. The plantation on Catawba river, near Moore's Ferry, divided ifito two tracts, the first containing . ONE HUNDRED <fe NINETY-THREE ACRES, bounded East by Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad; "South by lands of estate of H. M. White and of M. O'Connell, and West by Catawba River. The second, containing ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY-FIVE ACRES, bounded East by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad ; North by the above described tract; West by M. O'Connell and the Catawba River; and South by the public road leading from Moore's Ferry. TERMS OF SALE. Cash sufficient on the day of sale to pay the rwifo anrl fxnnnses: the remainder of tne pur chase money on a credit, with interest from'dav of sale, till the first day of January. 1874, with bond and approved surety, secured by a mortgage of the premises. ($19.12) R. H. GLENN, S. Y. C. August 8 32 4t J. H. ADAMS "THE OLD ESTABLISHED HOUSE" TO IT8 NUMEROUS FRIENDS, Greeting. We are now receiving our new Stock of Spring and Summer Goods, just purchased in the northern cities by CoL McCorkle, who, this season, in exercising his usual consideration as to the wants of the public, has been eminently successful in the selection of the BEST QUALITIES AND HANDSOMEST STYLES. To enumerate the ELEGANT STOCK in Store would require more space than the Enquirer can furnish this issue; though we cannot refrain from calling special attention to our new style Mohair Dress Goods; best-make Black Alpacas; splendid Black Silk; Trimming Silks, all colors; White Piques; Bishop and Victoria Lawns; Nainsooks ; Swiss Muslins and Cambrics; Tarlatans; Cambric Edgings and Insertings ; Lace Points and Sacks; Parasols, Kid Gloves, Corsets, Hosiery, Ac., <tc. Our <tock of GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS is complete, embracing many new and elegant styles of Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings; Diagonal and Figured Coatings; Scotch Worsted and Cheviots; Silk, Valentiaand Marsailles Vestings, Ac.; while our stock in every other department, including a superb line of READY-MADE CLOTHING, is perfect and complete in point of variety and excellence, in which respect, as well as the LOW PRICES at which they are offered, we DEFY COMPETITION. JOHN H. ADAMS. April 25 17 tf "CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON " CONNER. HOBBS & DOBSON. POOR fellows, they are almost out in the cold, but still they have one consolation, and that is, they have more good BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES?and nice ones, too?than can be found anywhere in the up-country, and will sell them for less money (if they can find a buyer) than they can be bought anywhere else. If yon doubt it just come along with the chink ana you will see. Buggies worth $200 can now be bought for $175.00, and those worth $175.00 for $150.00 and so on. They are hard up for money, rmd the bossMr. W. P. HOBBS?(commonly known by the name of Hybegial Corgial) will take pleasure in showing our stock and selling if he can. CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO TRADE? IF you have an old BUGGY OR CARRIAGE to exchange for a new one or second-hand one, just call at the shop of CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. GREENBACKS. 4 NY person wishing to exchange a few Lincoln A Skins for Buggies, CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON'S is theplace to go. ~ PRODUCE^ ~~ ALMOST anything that is eatable will betaken in exchange for work. CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. REPAIRING. IF vonr Buggy Tire is loose, just take it to CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. ADICKES & BLACK. WITHOUT REGARD TO COST. We are selling some Goods WITHOUT REGARD TO COST, as our stock is entirely too large. We respectfully announce to the public that our Stock of Goods is now more complete than it . J .*'.// 11 /. has been for years, consisting of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, *. jit. MEN'S AND LADIES' HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, NOTIONS, CROCKERY AND HARDWARE. Special attention is called to our STOCK OF CLOTHING, which is now MORE COMPLETE THAN EVER. ADICKES A BLACK. CASH FEATHER FRINGE ~ A ND Snow-Drop Trimmings, Lace Collars, /V White Muslin Collars, Black Muslin Collars. > Black Crepe Collars, Dolly Varden Ruffles ana cheap Cotton Laces of all widths. All of the above will be sold at attraetive prioes. ADICKES A BLACK. CALICO COATS. STRIPED CALICO COATS for $1.00. The same pattern has been selling elsewhere for $1.50. ADICKES & BLACK. CATAWBA EH6LISH AND CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL. NEWTON, N. C. Rev. J. C. CLAPP, A. B.,) Prfneinals I S. M. FINGER, A. M., j rrtnp?Pa,s J. D. ROWE, Assistant. THE fourteenth session of sixteen : weeks will begin on the FIFTEENTH day of JULY next. Vjv Tuition from $8 to $18 for the session. Board in families from $8 to $10 per month. For circulars and particulars, address CLAPP & FINGER, Newton, N. C. June 20 25 tf COFFEE AND SUGAR. you want good Coffee and Sugar DOBSON'S is the place to get it. CARROLL, CLARK & (JO. GO TO CAREOLL, CLAElf 4 CO S. TF you want to get Goods CHEAP. Carroll, x Clark a Co's. is the place. Come along with the cash. NOW IS THE TIME. COTTONADES and Linen Goods for men's and boys' wear marked down, to close out. CARROLL, CLARK & CO. WINDOW CURTAINS. COTTON Lace and Window Damask for sale at CARROLL, CLARK a CO'S. ~~~ DRESS GOODS. 4i|E will sell summer Dress Goods regardless TF of cost. Call and get bargains at CARROLL, CLARK a CO'S. MOLASSES. NEW ORLEANS Molasses and Welsh Syrup, the best in market, can be found at CARROLL. CLARK a CO'S. SCYTHES. GRASS and Bramble Scythes as low as the lowest at Carroll, Clark a Co's. Cheap Cash Store. HAND SAWS. SPEARS a JACK'S Hand Saws, Drawing Knives, Chisels and Augers, for sale cheap for cash. CARROLL, CLARK a CO. GROCERIES. AT Carroll, Clark a Co's. you can find everything usually found in a well-arranged Groceay, which will be sold as low aa the lowest HAMS. CANVAS HAM8, just received at CARROLL, CLARK A CO'S. SNUFF. CAROLINA BELLE and Ralph's Snuff, for sale cheap for cash, at CARROLL, CLARK A CO'S. THREADS. CARROLL, CLARK A CO. keep a full line of Machine Threads?Brooks' 500 yards, all colors'; Clark's best six-cord; Williamantic Silk, and Coates' Linen Cotton. ~~ WOODEN WARE. V rBS, Keelere, Backets, Trays, half-bushel Measures, Ac., for sale at CARROLL, CLARK A GO'S. THE YORKYILLE BEAHCH" op the MsmmcFssm Banking Offioe Opposite the Store of J. H. Adams. Deposits of $1 and Upwards Received. Interest allowed at the rate of 7 per cent* per annum on Certificates of Deposit, and 6 per cent, compounded every six months on accounts. PRINCIPAL OFFICE COLUMBIA, 8. C. WM. MARTIN,.... President. JOHN B. PALMER, Vioe-Preeident A. G. BRENIZER, Cashier. J. H. SAWYER, Asa't Cashier in general charge. JOHN C. B. SMITH, Local Asrfstant Cashier. Directors.?Wade Hampton, William Martin, A. C. Haskell, P. W. McMaster, E. H. Heinitsh, John B. Palmer, Thos. E. Gregg, Columbia. J. Eli Gregg, Marion. G. T. Scott. W. G. Mayes, Newberry. B. H. Rutledge, D. Ravenel, Jr., Charleston. BRANCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA : Location. Local Ass't Cashiers. Charleston, D. RAVENEL. Jr. Orangebtjrg, J. H. FOWLE8. 8umter, .. J. W. DARGAN. I Spartanburg, JOEL FOSTER. Newberry, T. 8. DUNCAN. Laurens, JOHN KYLE. Abbeville Hon. D. L. WARDLAW, Camden, *....W. D. McDOWELL. Unionville, E. R. WALLACE Yorkville, W. B. METTS. FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKVILLE. B. T. WHEELER, J. H. ADAMS, L. M. CHRIST. SIGHT DRAFTS drawn onall the Branches of the Bank in this State, and also on all the prominent places in the United States and Europe. Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and sold. Mutilated Currency purchased at a small discount W. B. METTS, . Assistant Cashier at Yorkville. January 25 4 ly PALMETTO ORPHAN HOME. an earnest appeal to the citizens op south carolina. Dear Friends and Countrymen?Having been entrusted with the benevolent work of providing a home for the Orphans, and other equally unfortunate children or South Carolina, we thus make an earnest aoDeal for help in this great work. The Palmetto Orphan &ome was organized last April, and is now progressing with encouraging prospects. The Board of Trustees have adopted a Constitution and By-Laws which define the nature, design and mode of operation of this Institution. Its direct management is to be by a local board consisting of nine persons, in the city of Colombia, which Board is to be snbiect to the direction of a general Board consisting of two persons, from each county in the State, which is to be called to meet annually in Columbia, at such places as the local Board may appoint. ?* In the choice of persons to act on these Boards | and of the officers of the Institution, no partiality I is to be allowed on account of the religious sect to which persons belong; but all appointments are to be made on the broad principles of humanity and charity. The Constitution does not limit the ages at which the children shall be received; but leaves that at the discretion of the Board, who are to dedde from the nature of each case as described in the application. /The Board are desirous of purchasing suitable and valuable property .now for saleatlow figures, for the location of the Home. We are, therefore, confident that our appeal to the generous people of South Carolina will at once brmg many liberal donations and pledges to effect the permanent establishment of the Palmetto Orphan Home, which will be the best monument to the memory of our dead we could possibly rear in our State. The Board have appointed Tilman R. Gaines, General Agent to organize Aid-Committees ana to raise funds for the Home. And the Board will take pleasure in acknowledging all amounts paid to him or sent directly to us at Columbia. Donations may be made in money, provisions, clothing and anything that can be made useftil. All applications for entering children must be made to the Board, Address, i Dr. J. W. PARKER, Chm'n,Columbia, S. p. Bv order of the Board of Trustees. ' J. B Ezell, Secretary. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 70BK OOTJHTY?000RT OF PROBATE, Henry H. Hambright, per John P. Hambright, Guardian ad litem, vs. Alexander M. Henry.? Summons. To the Defendant, ALEXANDER M._ HENRY. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the petition in this action, which has been filed in the office of the Judge or Probate for York county, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscriber, at his office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of service. ' Tf you fail to answer this petition within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded.,,. Dated Yorkville, S. C., Julv 29th, 1872. W\ B. WILSON, a Plaintiffs Attorney. To ALEXANDER M. HENRY:/;Take notice that this action ia< commenced in the Probate Cobrt in and for the county or tlotk, South Carolina, against you as Guardian of Henry H. Hambright, for Account, Ac., and that a summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Probate Judge of said county, at Yorkville, in said State of South Carolina, on the 29th day of July, 1872;W. B. WILSON, Plaintiff's Attorney. August 1 31 ?' 6t pgr- Rock Hill Lantern copy six weeks.. BOOT AND SHOE MAKING. THE undersigned respectfully announces to his friends and the public in general, that he Is prepared with :f A FINE STOCK OF MATERIAL, in his line, suitable to the wants of every customer, who may give him a call. They may not only obtain an article of good quality AT A REASONABLE PRICE, but are also certain to secure what is equally as desirable, a good fit and fashionable style. These are advantages whioh should not be overlooked. Special attention is called to the celebrated cloth top Congress Gaiter and the Congress Shoe FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR. ?Jlso, on hand, a good stock of light aud heavy BROGANS and OXFORD TIES, which are warranted to give entire satisfaction for the price paid. Special and prompt attention is given to repairing. F. CHRI8TMAN. Agent. March 28 13 : tf #50 REWARD! ' ESCAPED from the Jail of York county on the Ea 13th instant, WILLIAM GIBSON, of color, confined under charge' of murder. Said Gibson is about 5 feet 8 inches high; slender form; black complexion.; shout26 years old; weighs 135 or 140 pounds; has a scar running from the nose parallel with and directly under the right eye, said scar about JJ inches in length. Has a downcast look, and when spoken to casts his eyes to the ground before answering. I will pay the above reward for the apprehension and return of the said Gibson, to me in Yorkville, or the same reward for his capture and confinement in any jail in the United States, so that I can get him. R. H. GLENN, Sheriff of York County, S. C. I Julv 18th 29 , tf