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<f craps and Jfads. There was a light fall of snow in Maine last week. William Penn's house in Philadelphia is now a drinking saloon of the lowest class. Kentucky boasts a well-proportioned negro, of 12 years, that is six feet and a half tall. A pious young man in Eldora, Iowa, recently stole a horse, which he traded away for ?10 in mnnpv nnrl two Ribloa. An exchange tells of a lady who returned money to her husband after being out shopping. Don't believe a word of this yarn. A Michigan man draws crowds by swallowing living frogs. At one of his recent matinees he passed four into his stomach. John Smith recently died in Georgia, leaving ninety-one grandchildren and nine million namesakes. Texas is now divided on the location of the capital, the question being between Houston and Waco. It is lucky to marry in September, if you get a good wife and she gets a good husband. In 1657, a man was prosecuted in London for selling coffee, just then introduced, as 'a nuisanceand prejudice to the neighborhood.' Governor Vance has gone to Kentucky for the purpose of making speeches in that State in the interest of Greeley and Brown. R. S. Tharin, of Charleston, is in New York, trying to arrange with Horace Greeley for a stumping tour of this Slate. Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio vote for State officers in October. Some of the Democratic papers think these elections will virtually decide the presidential contest. Gen. A. R. Wright, one of the editors of the Augusta Chronicle, has heen nominated as the Democratic candidate for Congress from the eighth Georgia District. The elections in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, etc., come off in October, iustead of on Monday last, as was inadvertently stated last week. Joint conventions of the Liberals and Democrats have been held in Connecticut, New Jersey and New Hampshire and presidential electoral tickets selected. The Massachusetts Liberal and Democratic State Conventions met at Worcester on Wednesday of last week, and jointly nominated Charles Sumner for Governor. They also nominated a joint presidential electoral ticket. The Kansas Democratic and Liberal Republican State Conventions met in Topeka on the 11th and effected an agreement as to the division of State officers. An electoral ticket was also selected. A discharged California convict has set about carrying out the laudable ambition of killing all thejurors who rendered the verdict against him. He has got away with one or two, and more are to hear from. An officer of the French consulate at Jerusalem has found a magnificently engraved monolith shaft belonging to Herod's Temple. The inscription is in Greek and forbids the entrance or the Gentiles into the inner courts. This is the last month that internal revenue stamps will have to be fixed to legal documents, as the new law abolishing all stamp duties imposed by Schedule B, except the tax of two cents upon bank checks, drafts or orders, takes effect on the 1st of October. A determined effort is to be made at the approaching session of Congress to secure the passage of a postal telegraph bill. To this end the postmaster-general is busily engaged in the collection of statistics bearing on the question. A servant girl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was recently badly burned by kerosene, and her employer charged her for the oil she spilled and the flour, &c., used to ease her sufferings. He then turned her adrift and she died. The most extraordinary instance on record of patience is that of a judge who listened for two days to the blather of a couple of lawyers on the construction of a statute, and then informed them that the law was repealed. He said that he wanted to see how big fools they could make of themselves. Political intelligence from Wisconsin is very favorable to the Liberal cause. There is believed to be a fair prospect of carrying the State and electing three Conservative members of Congress. The German Republican element in that State has gone over in quite large numbers to the Liberal side, while tne entire Democratic vote is united for Greelotr nnrl Tlrnwn Political advices from California indicate very clearly the success of the Liberal ticket in that State. The nomination of Republican candidates openly known to be in the Pacific Railroad interest has caused a wide defection in that party, and several leading Republican journals and men have announced their intention to support the Liberal nominees. The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Dispatcli, under the date of the 11th instant, says: "Senator Sawyer interviewed the President to-day with reference to political matters in South Carolina; but if his intention is to induce the administration to j support the bolters his suggestions will not j have much weight, as it is far more likely that the President's favor will go to the regular Radicals and ignore the bolters." Sergeant Bates, who, it will be remembered, made a wager several years ago to carry the American flag through the late Confederate States without insult or injury, has now been challenged to carry the Stars and Stripes from the Scottish border to the Mansion House in London under the same provisions. The bet is made between Sergeant Bates and one Thomas J. Warren, who wagers S1000 to 8100 that he cannot do it. The total number of troops now stationed in the Southern States is 7879, of which number 3743 are in Texas on Indian and frontier service, 334 at Fortress Monroe, and 541 in Florida, mostly doing garrison duty at Fort Pickens, Key West and the Dry Tortugas. Of the balance a small number arc doing duty at coast fortifications, so that 3500 are in the interior. The largest number in any one State is 1056 in South Carolina, while the smallest number is in Arkansas, 63 being stationed there. Stanley, who was commissioned to hunt up the African explorer, Livingstone, who has been in the wilds of Africa for several years past, has reported that he found Livingstone in Ujiji. The whole affair is regarded by many as a gigantic hoax, and, as if to ridicule the affair, the Jewish Messenger suggests that Stanley should now be detailed to hunt up the lost tribes of Israel, "who disap peared about twenty-hve hundred years ago, and who have since kept a studious silence concerning their whereabouts." A man in Johnson county, Ga., while riding in an unfrequented section, was thrown from his horse, paralyzing his arms and one leg. Although perfectly conscious he could not move, and remained in that situation thirty-six hours. When he was discovered he was found to he in a most pitiable condition. His face was blistered by the rays of the sun, his hands lacerated and swollen from the biting of insects, while his ears were filled with bugs from which he could not protect himself. He says cattle bellowed and pawed the ground around him, while the buzzards perched upon the trees near by, waiting, as it appeared, for life to become extinct before commencing their work. A letter from a New York Herald correspondent, accompanying the Indian investigating commissioners, states that everything so far indicates a complete failure of the peace policy towards the Indians. Even some of the Quaker agents are calling for troops. At a recent council held with the Kiowas, who are the head centres of all the troubles, they openly boasted of outraging two young girls, whom they captured last spring in Texas, af ter killing their father and mother, but whom they returned two weeks ago in a horrible condition, expecting to receive a heavy pecuniary ransom, but did not receive a cent. They retain a little brother of the girls, and i the agent refuses to issue them any more rations until he is released. At this council the Kiowas demanded that the whites should release the chiefs Santana and Big Tree, and that all the whites should retire from the en tire country between the Mississippi and Rio Grande rivers, in return for which all the government stock and captives plundered by them should be given up and peace maintained. A grand council of all the tribes was arranged for the second of September, but the Quaker agents say the patched up peace now will only last until nest spring. She ?MktiUe ^ttquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 10,1872. Watch the Figures.?The (late on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wisli their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must bo distinctly understood that rmr forms fnr siilisnrintinn advortisim* and inb work, are cash, in advance' CATTLE RAISING. The general impression amongst the people of South Carolina is that our soil and climate are adapted to nothing but cotton. The belief is universal, that money can be made, honestly, in South Carolina, in no other way but by cultivating cotton. This is a grand mistake. It is more than a mistake. It is a ruinous error. We have nothing to say against cotton or its legitimate cultivation. When kept within its proper sphere, cotton gives the State of South Carolina an enviable position amongst all her sister States. It is not, at present, our purpose to discuss the merits or demerits of cotton. All that we contemplate at this moment is to show that there is money to be made in raising cattle We do not mean that South Carolina is better adapted to raising cattle than it is to many other rural pursuits. Nor do we design to make the impression that it would be profitable for our people to abandon, to a considerable extent, everything else and devote their whole attention to stock raising. This is exactly the error which we have made with roanpnt tr> tVip pnlfimfinn nfr?r?t!.nn. T.ilrfithp v~ ? ?? -- ? man who drives a badly trained team, we have whipped the willing horse until the poor creature is well nigh worn out. In the upper half of South Carolina cows do remarkably well. We mean they are healthy, and when proper care is taken with regard to the rearing of them, they grow to a good size. Our cows are neither the best nor the meanest in the world. There is no natural reason why we may not raise as good cows, on an average, as are raised in any State in the United States. There is no need, however, that we waste time in proving that cattle will do well in South Carolina. Every one knows this. That cattle raising on a moderate scale would be profitable in this country, we argue from the fact that for eight months in the year dry cattle cost the owner nothing, and milch cattle very little. All that is required is a little attention. Whatever would be made would be clear gain, or nearly so. In no country are the pastures better during the summer and fall than in South Carolina. We make every effort to kill grass; but in spite of us it grows almost luxuriously on our old, worn out fields. There is grass enough of the richest kind, wasted every year in York county, to feed and fatten thousands of beeves. We say it is wasted because it is not economioallv iispH. The marketable value of oows is always such as to be remunerative. It is true that a cow will not bring as much money as a bale of cotton; but on an average it will cost as much to produce a bale of cotton as it will to raise ten cows. There is another profit connected with raising cattle which must not be overlooked. The manure of a cow, if carefully saved, during a year will contribute much toward paying for all that it costs to keep her. Those who hr.ve not tried this may regard it as an extravagant declaration. To such, we say, make the experiment and then report. Everybody knows the advantage of penning a few head of cattle on a poor spot of land. It makes it permanently rich. This is a matter of no small moment. Anything that makes land rich is profitable. It is said a stump never dies in debt, and the same may be said of a cow. She pays for the grass she eats during her whole life. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? In Lexington there are two Democratic county tickets in the field. ? Jackson Brooks, who escaped from the penitentiary a short time ago, was arrested near Winnsboro last week. ? J. H. Rainey, colored, has been re-nomi- J nated as the Reoublican candidate for Con-1 " ~ 4 I gress from the first district. ? The Times, a conservative paper printed j at Orangeburg, has declared a preference for the Moses ticket. ? The Lantern reports that two hundred bales of cotton were sold at Rock Hill last week. ? The Conservatives of Anderson have nominated for the Legislature, "SVm. Pickens, T. J. Roberts and J. C. C. Featherston. ? The old Bank of Charleston has been reorganized and converted into a National Bank, with a capital of six hundred thousand dollars. ? A correspondent of the Charleston News proposes Judge Rutland, of Fairfield, as a candidate for Governor instead of either Moses or Toinlinson. ? A County Convention has been called in Union, for the purpose of putting a Conservative ticket in the field for the Legislature and county officers. ? Mr. Henry Sparnick, editor of the Aiken Trihime 1ms been nominated hv the Renuh j licans of Aiken county for the office of Probate Judge. ? Spartanburg has the largest white voting majority of any county in the State, the vote being, whites 3231; colored, 1254, a majori| ty of 1977. ? A lady living at Graham's Tarn Out, on the South Carolina Kailroad, opened a drawer : several days ago to get an article of clothing and found a rattlesnake four feet long coiled up therein. A faint scream and death to the snake followed. No further harm done. ? The grand jury of the United States Dis| trict Court, in session at Greenville, recom: mend the building at that place of a post of| fice, United States Court House, and a peniI tentiary for the confinement of United States prisoners. ? The Union Times says caterpillars, boll worms and rust have made their unwelcome appearance in the cotton fields of that county and are doing much mischief. Similar reports come from Edgefield and Abbeville counties. ? The Beaufort Republican says : "L. Cass Carpenter, formerly editor of the Columbia Union, after having straddled the fence for a few days, and finding the discomfort of his position, has consented to come down on the Moses side for the small remuneration of $10,000, and has or is to leave the State during the campaign." Tlio nl<l ("Mmrlpofrin fi rm nf TT F Rnlfflr & Co., has been dissolved. Capt. H. F. Baker, the senior member of the firm, continues the shipping and coal business at No. 20 Cumberland street. Mr. E. F. Sweegan, the junior member of the firm, has opened an office on Central Wharf and engaged in the same line of business. ? In Charleston last week, Trial Justice L. I. Woolf, shot and instantly killed Henry L. Perrin, Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners. Both parties were under the influence of liquor, and the shooting resulted from a trivial misunderstanding between the two men. Woolf was arrested and committed to jail to await trial. ? The Conservatives of Spartanburg have made the following nominations: For the Senate?David R. Duncan ; House of Reprei sentatives?Dr. R. M. Smith, Col. Gabriel CannoD, Dr. W. P. Corapton, Col. Thomas J. Moore; School Commissioner?W. H. Richardson ; County Commissioners?W. T. Thorn, H. D. Floyd, J. M. Elford ; Probate Judge? Benjamin Wofi'ord; Clerk?F. M. Trimmier; Sheriff?John Dewberry; Coroner?Moses Foster. ? The attorneys of James M. Baxter and T. B. Jeter have filed a bill in Equity against H. G. Worthington and the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, for the foreclosure of a mortgage on said road, and for the appointment of a receiver. The case was heard before Judge Moses, at Chambers, in Newberry, on Thursday last, asking for an injunction restraining the agents of the road and all others having funds belonging to the road, from paying them over until the whole case can be heard, which will be at the next regular terra of the court for Union county. The injunction was granted. ? The Charleston News of Saturday last says: "Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell have on board the steamer Charleston three presses. These are to replace similar presses disabled in the recent unfortunate fire in their establishment. They hope to have them at work on'Monday morning. As the carpenters will have finished the repairs in the press-room by to-night, and as the balance of their machinery will be in the steamer which sails from New York to-day, Walker, Evans & Cogswell hope, in a very few days, to be able to announce their readiness to execute all their orders, with that excellence and promptness which have so long distinguished their house." ? The Chester Reporter of last week says: "We regret to say that there is no abatement in the amount of sickness reported from all sections of the county. Nothing like it has ever been known here before. Chills and fever, bilious fever and diptheria are the pre T_ 1 f !1 _ x J vailing diseases, in several iamuies two uiiu three, and in one case four, deaths have occurred. Among the more recent deaths we have heard of is a son of Mr. John Hood, aged fourteen ; a son of Mr. Josiah Miller, aged sixteen ; the wife and child of Mr. Valentine Atkinson, Jr.; a child of Rev. Mr. Boyd, of Rich Hill; and three children of Mrs. Campbell, living near Rich Hill." ? Gen. M. C. Butler, Chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee, has appointed the following persons as county Chairmen for the respective counties: Abbeville? J. S. Cothran ; Anderson?J. A. Hoyt; Aiken?W. P. Finley; Barnwell?G. B. Lartigue; Beaufort?Wm. Elliott; Charleston?G. H. Walter; Clarendon?B. L. Barron ; Chester?W. A. Walker; Chesterfield?E. W. Duvall; Colleton?J. J. Fox ; Darlington? F. F. Warley; Edgefield?W. T. Gary; Fairfield?J. H. Rion; Georgetown?B. H. Wilson ; Greenville?Win. Beattie; Horry?J. T. Walsh ; Kershaw?J. B. Kershaw; Lexington?H. H. Meetze; Lancaster?J. D. Wylie; Laurens?J. W. Ferguson ; Marion?A. Q. McDuffie; Marlboro?J. H. Hudson ; Newberry?Simeon Fair; Oconee?R. A. Thompson ; Orangeburg?J. F. Izlar; Pickens?R. E. Bowen; Richland?John McKenzie; Spartanburg?J. H. Evins; Sumter?T. B.Fraser; Union?W. Munro ; Williamsburg?S. W. Maurice; York?Cadwallader Jones. The appointees are charged with the local organization in their respective counties, and are requested to communicate with the Central Executive Committee. ? + NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Gen. Braxton Br.:gg is on a visit to his native State, and will spend a few weeks in Asheville. ? There are now 242 patients in the lunatic asylum at Raleigh, and over 200 applicants have been been refused admittance for want of accommodations. ? Lee Moore, a colored Greeley man of the Paw Creek section in Mecklenburg county, came near being mobbed by the Grant negroes in Charlotte on Saturday night of last week. | ?It is stated that about half the necessary amount of iron to lay the track of railroad between Greensboro and Salem has been procured and that arrangements will be made for laying the same at once. ? A case about a disputed horse was before the court at Greensboro last week. The costs of the suit have already reached $400, and as the jury could not agree, the case goes over to the next term. ? On Monday of last week, while J. B. ; Stewart, of Sharon township, six miles from ; Charlotte, was engaged in packing cotton, he j was caught between the lever and a beam of the press, and so badly crushed that he died I in a few hours. i ? A procession of so-called negro Masons paraded on the streets of Raleigh one day last week, and it is said to have been quite an imposing affair. The State Grand Lodge of this Order was in session in Raleigh at the same time. ? The cotton worm has made its appearance j in the vicinity of Raleigh, and is doing some ; damage to the crop. It has also appeared in Mecklenburg county for the first time in several years. It is feared the crop will be materially injured in that county. ? The Raleigh Neivs relates the singular in-1 cident of a dove flying into a room of a house near that city in which was a corpse and the friends of the deceased standing around. The | dove lit upon the breast of the dead man, i singing a mournful song, and then flapped its i wings over the body and flew away, i ? In reply to an enquiry on the subject, Judge Merrimon writes that he believes there is substantial ground for contesting the recent election. He thinks the people desire it, and so far as he is concerned will do everything that is just and lawful to establish the right, I but nothing rashly or unadvisedly merely to gratify party spirit or political revenge. ? Dr. James Hobbs, father of W. P. Hobbs, of Yorkville, died suddenly at his residence in Guilford county, on Saturday of last week, at the advanced age of 72 years. He was one of the most esteemed citizens of the county, and was highly respected for his many virtues. ? The Hickory Tavern Eagle learns that a fireman belonging to the mail train on the Western North Carolina Railroad, got into a difficulty with a servant in the hotel at Old Fort, one day last week, and struck him on the head, from the effects of which he died. The murderer eluded pursuit. ? The Wilmington Star has information that two white men, named Gilchrist and McClennan, of Robeson county, had a difficulty while at church a few Sundays ago, and on meeting one day last week, near Lumberton, commenced firing their pistols at each other, both receiving wounds from which they died almost instantly. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, S. C., Sept. 16,1872. We have had a good deal of excitement during the last week or two in our local political circles. The Republicans have made a nomination for county officers and members of the Legislature, which has caused general dissatisfaction. With a few exceptions the men nominated are obscure and unfit, and there is much disposition to bolt the ticket. Many of the defeated aspirants are anxious for a new deal, and Saturday, the 14th, was the day designated for a meeting of those opposed to the nominations of Judge Mackey, who presided over the former meeting, and who, it is said, voted for nearly every man who was nominated. This nominating convention, from all accounts, seems to have been a rich affair. Judge Mackey was in fine vein for fun, and the aspiring politicians were good game for his shafts of ridicule and sarcasm, which were all the more appreciated by the auditory, inasmuch as the victims were unconscious of the fun so mercilessly poked at them. When the nominations for members of the Legislature were being made, the venerable and famous Sancho Sanders voted for himself, whereupon the Judge, in announcing the vote, said that Mr. Sanders being a legislator by profession believed in "the greatest good for Ti . i l JJ - 1 i 1 ii . tne greatest nuniDer, ana witn mm tne greatest number was number one; he therefore voted for himself?his best friend. Again, when about thirty candidates for county commissioners were named, and some fellow moved that the convention should only vote for the six who were the most competent, to an ordinary mind the proposition presented grave difficulties. Not so to the Judge, however. His ready wit suggested an escape, and he called for the six candidates who deemed themselves the most competent to come forward, when about three-fourths of the convention moved forward amid the cheers of the multitude. In such diversions the "long, long, weary day" was passed. About night the harmony and sport were terminated by an angry altercation between the Judge and Col. Yocum, the nominee for sheriff. Each denounced the other in unmeasured terras, and the meeting broke up in a row. The colored people seemed generally to side with Yocum. Judge Mackey announced another meeting for the 14th, and swore that he would go for Yocum's scalp on that day. On Sunday, bright and early, it is said, the Judge went over to Gethseraane church, where he spent two hours on his knees praying for the heathen and the ungodly, and afterwards had a political pow-wow with some of the brethren. On Monday the Judge went to Washington to see the "Great Father" and to tell him "what he knew about the Bolters." On Friday, Mr. Tomlinson, the Bolters' candidate for Governor, made a temperate, well-considered speech in the grove near the town, which made a favorable impression on those who had intelligence enough to appreciate argument. Very few people were present?about forty blacks and as many whites. When he finished, Yocum told "what he knew about Judge Mackey's tergiversations," and charged that before he went to Columbia he had abused Scott, Parker, &c., in the most violent terms, and in that way had secured his election as a delegate; and upon his arrival in Columbia he called at once upon those individuals, and so long as they were considered in the field,advocated their claims; that he returned from Columbia with a fine turnout, &c., &c. He said that Mackey had It r* i i 1 _ ! Deen a nre-nrana ana a aisorganizer everywhere he had gone, and that the colored people would be led to destruction if they followed so false and treacherous a man, and much more in the same strain. Judge Mackey returned from Washington on Friday night, and bright and early on Saturday morning marshaled his clans in the Court House. He had made an alliance with Sancho Sanders, who called him to the chair, where he delivered himself of an eulogy on Sancho, repudiated the ticket nominated on the Saturday before?covering it with ridicule and contempt; saying that men had been nominated who would steal the Lord's Supper from the sacramental table and the preacher's boots; that there were men nominated for county commissioners, who, if sitting up with a corpse would steal the coffin and shroud. He denied that he had asked the President to remove the troops ; said that he had demanded that Merrill should be removed or made to stop his interference with politics, and that the President had assured him of his great abhorrence of such interference and his determination to put a stop to it. He assured his audience that the President had told him that he utterly repudiated the Bolters' ticket, and would give it no countenance or support, and if any one charged that he favored it, that he authorized him to say that he lied. The Judge then went for Yocum?said he was a louse upon the body politic, whom the people must put their finger on and crush ; charged him with cowardice in running away from his command at the time of the ku-klux troubles, after having bought the finest uniform, the largest spurs and the longest sword in North Carolina; remarking that in view of his subsequent conduct, a whip and spurs would have been all that he needed. As the Judge had promised to support the present sherift"?Air. Walker?there was some surprise when he wound up his tirade against Yocum by nominating one Simon Jeter, a colored man?ignorant and unknown?for the office. There was then some squabbling between some ofYocum's friends and the advocates of Jeter; but the meeting?not a very large one?seemed to favor Jeter. It was then resolved that there would be a new convention on next Saturday, to make nominations, it being said that the last convention was irregular. So, on next Saturday, there will be a new deal, with what result we are unable to forel n *r\ +Viof Vnniim U/lll ocu. x lie inuiuttuuns am nuuv ^ uvuu. be too strong for the Judge, and there is little doubt but that he will be nominated. Altogether, things seem to be in such a muddle that one cannot tell what will be done. Yocum and his party are in favor of the Bolters' ticket for State officers. Unless he reforms his ticket, the chances are that it will be beaten, and it is not improbable that, seeing this, he will arrange to have a ticket which will excite more enthusiasm among the colori ed people, who just now seem (from all outward indications) to be very apathetic. I am sorry that I cannot be here to watch ! the developments and progress of this Mackeyj Yocum feud, which promises a good deal of ! amusement for "the lookers-on in Vienna ; but my duties call me elsewhere. I will enI deavor to post you as to the progress of the ! campaign in the western part of the State, whither I am going. Of one thing I am perfectly well satisfied, and that is, the Bolters' movement is gaining strength. Traveler. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?T. K. Rates, Applicant?Isis Rates, doceased. David <i. Wallace?Candidate for County Commissioner. W. II. Carroll?Candidate for County Commissioner. W. B. Williams?Administrator's Sale?Final Notice. Col. J. A. McLean?Candidate for Judge of Probate. Many Voters?P. J. O'Connell Candidate for the House of Representatives. John Shillinglaw, Administrator?Application for Discharge. S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?Cornelia Craven, Applicant?Dr. Alfred Craven, deceased. James F. Hart, Plaintiffs' Attorney?Notice to Defendants. S. B. Hall?Candidate for Judge of Probate. Money Found, j E. M. Law, T. M. Whitaker and W. B. Williams, Committee?Notice to Farmers. ! John Dickey, Probate Judge, Chester countyNotice to Hannah Grant, Administratrix. I R. K. Scott, Goyernor?Constitutional Amendments. S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?S. L. Davidson, Applicant?Susannah Gaston, deceased. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER. Mr. T. M. Wilkes, United States Commissioner, arrived in town on Saturday afternoon last. It is understood that he succeeds Mr. Poinier and will remain here for the present. GONE TO MARKET. On Tuesday afternoon last, Colonel W. H. McCorkle, the major-domo of the "old established house," and Mr. T. M. Dobson, of the firm of Dobson & Co., started en route for the Northern markets for the purpose of purchasing fall and winter supplies of new goods. Mr. R. Frank Clark, of the firm of Carroll, Clark & Co., on yesterday morning, left for the same destination and with a similar pur pose in view. Within twenty days these concerns will have their new supplies in store ready for the inspection of their numerous customers. THE A. R. SYNOD. This Ecclesiastical court commenced its annual session at Pisgah church, Gaston county, N.C., on the 12th and adjourned on the 16th instant. When all the members are present, it consists of about one hundred and thirty delegates. The territory embraced by the Synod is coextensive with all the Southern and some of the Western States. The usual routine of business was transacted. Erskine College and the Theological Seminary were reported to be in a very thriving condition. The latter especially is reported to have twice as many students as on any previous occasion. SUDDEN DEATH. A correspondent writing to us from Limestone Springs, under date of the 8th instant, says: "A colored man, who gave his name as Anderson Brown, died from an attack of epilepsy, at the residence of Mrs. Catharine Austell, near Limestone Springs, on Saturday the 7th instant. The deceased was badly crippled, apparently from rheumatism? having to use a crutch and a cane to enable him to walk. He had on a pair of United States Cavalry pants and boots badly worn. He was a shoe-maker by trade, said he was twenty-one years old, and formerly lived in York county." mr.pidcn avtihai.s. By reference to advertisement in another column, it will be seen that the Yorkville Grange has instituted steps to prevent the glanders in this section of country. This action on their part is commendable, and if the people will cooperate with the society in their efforts, the disease can be soon entirely abated ; otherwise, much loss of stock may ensue, and human life also be endangered. We learn that this matter was called to the attention of Major Merrill, recently, when he caused the horses of his command to be examined, and two of them being pronounced to be diseased with glanders, he ordered them to be killed immediately. The disease is incurable, and as it is contagious, the criminality of spreading the infection amongst sound animals cannot be too strongly condemned, nor the practice too quickly ended, even if the strongest measures of the law have to be resorted to for the accomplishment of the object. THE REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING. Un Saturday last the Kepuhiican mass meeting which had been called by a printed circular numerously s'gned by Republicans | of the county, assembled in the Court House yard. There was an unusually large number in attendance, and the voice of the colored element predominated in all the proceedings, there being comparatively but few whites prej sent, and the larger number of these only as spectators. The proceedings were conducted almost from the beginning until the close of the meeting in a boisterous and turbulent manner. As a general thing, however, to the credit of a majority of the assemblage, it may be said that not more than half a dozen were responsible for much of the incessant din; conspicuous among these being Nelson Hammond, who is the fortunate possessor of a deep barytone voice, rather a melo-draraatic style of declamation, and an endless volubility of tongue, which rare accomplishments he took occasion to display on every possible occasion that presented itself. The meeting was called to order by George Witherspoon, who moved that James K. "Wagoner be appointed temporary chairman. The motion prevailed, and Wagoner took the chair, invoking order and silence while Rev. Jeff. McCall addressed the Throne of Grace. The prayer being concluded the temporary chairman addressed the audience as follows: Friends and Fellow- Citizens:?I thank you for the honor that ynu have conferred upon me by calling me to the chair as temporary officer of this meeting; and as il devolves upon me to explain the objects of the meeting, I will proceed to do so. At the late County Convention several nominations were made that did not give satisfaction to a majority of the party, and it is our purpose here to-day to see if we cannot fill the various offices of the county with good men, who will be acceptable to the voters. [Voice.?Who has called this meeting? There are two hundred and fifty names on the paper unknown to the alleged signers, who were not consulted, and a majority of them were ignorant of the object of the meeting.] Chairman.?I will answer that question properly, which I was proceeding to explain at the moment I was interrupted, me nominations heretofore made have given great dissatisfation to the Republican voters of the county. The question arises, "Who shall fill our offices?" Our object to-day is that the voice of the people may be fully heard and every man of the Republican party have his say-so as to who shall fill the offices of the county. How many have said that we, as Republicans, have placed bad men in office? We think it expedient to assemble here today and see who shall fill the offices. Another thing. We say to-day that we did not put certain men in nomination. This cry has been made and reiterated. Good Republicans have said they cannot take certain men, and for this reason we have thought it expedient to call this meeting. I think now I have sufficiently stated the object of the meeting. Every member of the Republican party has a right to say who shall fill the various offices, and to-day that opportunity is pre- : sented to you. . i Here, Joel Turner, of Rock Hill, propounded a similar enquiry to the one above men- j tioned, and stated that names had been used without consent, on the paper calling this meeting. The Chairman replied that they were all good Republicans. It was moved by J. L. Watson that a committee, consisting of two each from Yorkville and Rock Hill, and one from each of the; other precincts of the county, be appointed to j draft rules and regulations for the government of this meeting. Isorn Buchanan expressed his fears that; Democrats would be placed on the committee. | The Chairman endeavored to dispel Isom's forebodings, and put the question, which was carried. After the vote, Nelson Hammond expressed himself as not particularly opposed to the motion, but he entertained some doubts as to _.i_^ i J i.i *Li i.~ i. xi* wuo uau me rigm, lu appoint una committee. ; But his mental vision did not long remain ; ^ obscured, as the chairman proceeded at once j to make the following appointments: , Yorkville?Gilbert Dillard, Gus Brian ; , Blairsville?Amzi Rainey; McConnellsville? Ellison Reid; Bethel?Wyatt Hart; Wylie's * Store?Toney Flanagan ; Clay Hill?Sam e Simril; Bethany?Randolph Hagans; Rock i Hill?J. L. Watson, Abram Bromfield ; Fort ? Mill?P. J. O'Connell; Coates' Tavern?R. . L. McCants; Pride's Old Mill?T. K. Bates; r Boydtou?Isaac Cranford. The committee then retired, and in their * absence Hon. A. S. Wallace, being loudly called for, addressed the meeting. On taking \ the stand he spoke as follows: Friends and Fellow- Citizens:?Several Republican meetings have recently been held in ' this county, in which my voice has not been J heard. Disaffection may exist to some extent ' in the Republican ranks, and it is your duty < to put your house in order so as to be able to 1 stand as a unit. A few person say their names , were put to the call for this meeting without , their consent. This reminds me of a cer4-niv-i lumUnr rrton m^a tva a Knr/1 fn aatyid flf All UlIU lUlliUUI'lUau TF IJYS 1?ua 1IU1U bV Vi?'IUV MV VU certain occasions, and on being questioned as to where he had been, invariably replied that it made no difference where he had been, he was here now. j3o no matter where these persons have been, they are here now?the muscle and sinew of the Republican party. Have you forgot the dark days of '71, and who then stood by you ? Then I am here today as well as you, and I assure you your rights aresupreme. If a nomination has been made that you disapprove, you have a right to reject it and make a new nomination. If delegates do err, their errors can be corrected. So much for your presence here to-day. I invoke you to set your patriotism sky-high, and put in only such men as are honest, faithful and patriotic. If you fail in this it will recoil upon you in high taxes to be followed by raids! Who is interested in an honest ticket ? [All, all!] It has been intimated that this meeting has been gotten up in the interest of Tomlinson and the bolters. This is false. You are here to-day to choose your rulers and county officers for the next two years. I have never swerved from principle, and while I stand for principle, I am ever ready to hold out my hand to repentent men whose sins have overtaken them; and I advise you to put your house in order. The military have been to you a great protection, and let those who denounce them be cursed as scavengers! [Cries, go on ! go on!] If peace and unity be again firmly established in our midst, then property will be safe, and it is to the interest of the white men to assist in accomplishing this result. Do not be afraid of grass-hoppers and imaginary evils! Go to work and put up a good ticket and you will be sustained. Will not that be something gained? [Yes, yes!] But :n ? T i ?a *u:? sume UJeii win vny, j. nave a guuu unug auu will hold on to it. Very well! You are not here by force, but by common consent, and of one thing let all rest assured, and that is, that some men must command and the balance obey; and the man who is nominated to-day is to be your file-leader, but at the same time your servant, amenable to your will! As a Congressman, I am only the servant of the people. I have seen the day when it was dangerous for me to walk across this Court House yard, but never have I seen the day when I would not lay down my life for ray principles. Then let nothing discourage you? not even the fear of scourging. The military have afforded you protection, but I ask you to put your house in order so that you can live if there is no military here. I dislike to refer to the dark past. I dr> not do so to harrow the white people of York county, but for the benefit of the colored people. I have no personal animositv or hatred to avenge. I and the largest liberties to the citizen will be 1 given to all. Fellow-citizens, why not act 1 your part ? See that the proper men are put [ in office at home. When a servant of the j people proves himself incompetent, discharge him and put in his place some one else. All f will besafe for every man in the community, 1 if they are assured of good nominees. You have not had many advantages, but colored v men will always go right if told where to go. i We want order and harmony. If a name be ^ presented to-day which you do not like, vote g it down. The nominations will be made in open mass meeting and you will have full opportunity to select men of your choice, and n I have come to see that the objectionable men e shall be changed. I have been told that the s step will injure me, but I am not afraid. I s counsel you to be orderly and let whisky alone until we gi t through with the nominations. , The speaker then closed with an eulogism of Grant and Wilson. * Wheu Mr. Wallace took his seat, Colonel Beatty was loudly called for, and on taking the stand was heartily cheered. The Colonel 13 spoke at some length, making a very favora- fl ble impression upon his hearers, and conclu- v ded by announcing himself as a candidate for E the office of Probate Judge, the duties of ' which he would, if elected, faithfully discharge to both blacks and whites. At the conclusion of Colonel Beatty's re- ^ marks, the committee, through their chairman, '* John L. Watson, Esq., reported the rules by F which the meeting would be governed, the 'j permanent officers of the meeting, and the * following preamble and resolution: 1 Whereas, The Republican Convention of ^ York county has met and put in nomination r for county officers a ticket which does not tl represent the wishes of the Republican voters R jf York county, and which, in many respects was calculated to bring discredit upon the party, and which a large majority of the Republican voters of York county would not Sustain as the ticket of the Republican party; ;herefore, Resolved, That the Republican party, in nass meeting assembled, do hereby revoke md recall all authority, given to the delegates )f the County Convention, and do declare that ;hey resume to themselves the functions of ;hose delegates. A motion to adopt the resolution being nade, Isom Buchanan said he wanted a fair jnderstanding. J. Hanibal White attempted ;o speak in favor of the motion, but George Witherspoon, one of the irrepressibles, chained the floor and said that as the resolu- ^ ;ion had been read, aod as it was moved to idopt it, he hoped the vote would be taken without further delay. The vote was accordngly taken, and the resolution adopted. The permanent officers were announced as follows: President, Hon. A. S. Wallace; Vice Presidents, John L. Watson, J. D. F. Duncan, Walker Crawford, R. L. Simmons, Joshua Rawlinson, Thomas Wood, Jesse Williford, Ephraim Smith, Allen Bratton, Wilson Willon, Henry Leach, Jacob Blair, Jeff. McCall, Allen Beatty, William Sahms, Frank Fewell, Sampson Bratton, Alfred Meacham; Secretaries, T. K. Bates, D. Marshall Campbell, rhomas K. Mickle, J. S. Lewis, R. A. Hajans ; Clerk, John McManus. It was then moved and carried that a comnittee of three be appointed to conduct Mr. Wallace to the chair. The temporary chairman appointed on that committee, Messrs. P. I. O'Connell, J. D. F. Duncan and John G. ~ " Enloe. Mr. O'Connell introduced Mr. Walace as permanent chairman in a few remarks mlopiatin of that pentleman. and assuring his aearers that in Mr. Wallace they would find i faithful and competent officer, and one who would preside with impartiality and fairness. On taking the chair, Mr. Wallace addressed himself briefly to the audience, remarking that he hoped their patriotism would rise to the occasion ; that the day's work would be well done, and that all would work in harmony. The work before them was important, and he hoped they would do right, sink or 3wim. At the request of the chairman, the rules rf the meeting were again read, after which J. Hanibal White was placed in nomination for the Senate. No other candidate was proposed, and he was consequently nominated almost unanimously. Immediately after the vote was taken, i Nelson Hammond made some very vehement remarks, from which it was difficult to learn precisely what he did want Dr. Neagle, who it the same time was occupying the stand, left, apparently in disgust, and commenced haranguing the crowd at another point The arowd became somewhat restive under the combined eloquence of these two speakers, and t was some time before order could be restored. Finally, the noise subsided, and the aominations of M. L. Owens and Nelson Dairies for the House of Representatives were made without any opposition. J. Hanibal White then stepped forward and returned ihanks for the honor conferred upon him, ifter which J. A. Ratchford was nominated for the House of Representatives. He was elected without opposition. Another member of the House being yet bo nominate, quite a squabble was the result aver making the selection. Reese Joyner, Peter Edwards and Mat Williams, all colorad, and John Martin, white, were putin nomination. The wrangling, the jabbering, and bhe incessant clatter of the excited crowd which ensued over making this nomination lefies description, and the difficulty of asceriaininc the result of the vote was the most have always been of a forgiving spirit and by j the help of God always will be. But to return. Your action to-day will affect rae in York * county. It will either uphold rae or put me ^ down. And if I ara put down, where will i you be? [Cries, down, down !] Then I hope ( you will accept only men who will be satisfac- j tory to yourselves, and unobjectionable to the ? white people of the county. Our general government is one which deserves your highest j praise. By the power of God, white people ' have concluded it is best for both, and I thank ( God for it! The Stars and Stripes have shown \ that you were not forgotten. [Cheers.] The 1 public debt is being rapidly paid. You are j protected by the Government at heavy expense, all of which is promptly paid. It is a . noble government you belong to?the greatest 1 and best on God's green earth. Your votes 1 are given for it, and hundreds will leap to the ( front and place themselves under the stars of < the Union. , In regard to taxes, let me say that I do t not like Internal Kevenue officers. I was one myself, and one acted wrongfully in this village only a few months ago. [Laughter.] * But our taxes from this source are being rap- > idly reduced. The debt has been reduced 8100,000,000, and tea and coffee are now free ] of duty, and I hope soon that the internal x revenue will be abolished altogether. We r have emerged from a war ana will walk through the debt incurred thereby, like a lion f fhrnnorh flip mpahpfl nf a net. Tiicht taxes 1 perplexing problem that presented itself to the Dhairraan. The cause of the contention was evidently the fact that a white man was in loraination, and the plans resorted to by the voters in attempting to carry their respective lavorites would do credit to Tim Hurly or any )ther lobbyist who ever engineered a bill ;hrough the South Carolina Legislature. The jontest having narrowed down to Williams ind Martin, the excitement proportionately ncreased, and the vive voce system was found mpracticable to decide the matter. It was mpossible to distinguish between the volume )f sound which shouted aye or nay, while Nelson Hammond's sonorous voice fairly everberated in support of the man of his jhoice. The next plan resorted to was by the *aising of bands; but to arrive at a correct solution by this process was found to be a greater failure than the other plan. Num- ?oere of them would roll up the coat sleeve on me arm and raise both hands, thereby attempting to make it appear that the two lands were not raised by the same person; but she ruse was a failure; and the Chairman, to nake the vote satisfactory to all, aud to place t beyond any chance of dispute, required the poters to signify their preference by sitting lown and having the respective numbers acjurately counted. This occupied several ninutes' time but it was finally accomplished, ind Martin was declared duly elected. J. F. Wallace was nominated for Clerk of he Court which was unanimously carried without opposition. Col. W. C. Beatty was then proposed for Probate Judge and received the nomination, iiter the vote had been taken, Kelson Hamnond mounted the speaker's stand and put in lomination S. B. Hall, supporting the motion n his usual vehement and exaggerated style. 5is remarks were not favorably received, lowever, and cries of "put him down !" "put lim down !" rang through the crowd. After kelson had ceased speaking, and order being >artially restored, Col. Beatty stated that nasmuch as another name had been proposed ind some dissatisfaction seemed to exist, he pould put the question himself as to the nomnation he had received, which he did, and he vote was again given for him with the ame enthusiasm as at first. The next contest was over the County ComniaoiAnom A 11 icnrn iinanimmia iko ?a_ JlOOlUUClOt JLJLJA nwiv UUUUIUiVUO 1UI kUC A V lection of Mr. Roberts, but a difficulty preented itself in selecting two colored men to erve with him. Various names were proposd, and finally, after much contention the folowing ticket was adopted: H. K. Roberts, leese Joyner, and Frank Edwards. , . For School Commissioner Wyatt.Hart, A. 3. King and John R. Wallace were put in lornination. The two first named are colored ,nd the latter is white. Wyatt Hart's name ?as received with hisses ; and shouts of "No ! * 10!" followed the nomination of Mr. Walace. So A. C. King the nominee of the ormer Convention, was re-nominated almost unanimously. The next nomination in order was that of ihc riff. The name of R. L. Crook was proposed, and also the name of R. H. Glenn, he present incumbent. The advocates of hese men were equally zealous in presenting heir respective claims, and it was evident hat the name of Glenn was most favorably eceived by the crowd, when Dr. Neagle took he stand against the nomination of Glenn, luch excitement ensued. Dr. Neagle made i