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Sf\(taps and .facts. An enterprising Arkansas woman has tarred and feathered her husband. Ninety-three plantations in Alabama have been damaged 8400,000 worth by the recent floods. A Kentucky bachelor has courted one lady steadily, but unsuccessfully, for twentyseven years. -? In the United States Treasury there are five and a half millions in currency, and seventy-five and a half millions in coin. It is claimed that housebuilding in Chicago is going on at the rate of one house per hour. Young James Gordon Bennett is going r. KmS1 rl a &9.nrt AOO mnnnmpnt. tn his father. It will be a white marble shaft with designs illustrating journalism. The most sensible premium we have heard of is offered at a California fair to the young woman who shall prepare the best dinner at the smallest cost. The Mikado of Japan has had his photograph taken, a large number of copies of which have been bought by his loving subjects at fifty cents each. A snob once asked an honest laboring man what part he performed in the great drama of life. "I mind my own business and pay my way," was the reply. General Spinner, the United States Treasurer, decides that when a multilated note has five-eights left, it shall be redeemed at its full value. The tenth and concluding volume of Bancroft's history of the United States is in the press, and will shortly be issued. The first volume was published thirty-five years ago. There are twin sisters in Mobile, Ala., so much alike that when recently one of them committed an offence, the officer sent to arrest her could not tell for which the warrant was intended. There is in Canada a matr&n one hundred and eight years of age, whose declining years are solaced by the buoyant companionship of her youngest bov, who still vegetates at the venerable age of ninety-three years. Admiral Winslow, who commanded the Kearsage when she sank the Alabama, will receive twenty-four thousand dollars as his share of the prize money. Farragut received about eighty-nine thousand dollars prize-money. The Albany (N. Y.) penitentiary has been iu operation twenty-two years, and the commitments have exceeded twenty thousand five hundred in that time, a little less than one thousand a year by average. Its income over expenditures has been more than ?170,000, an unexampled prosperity in the history of prisons. An exchange relates the following painful circumstance: "Last winter a gentleman made an agreement with his wife to the effect that should she kindle the fire in the mornings for six months he would do it for the same length of time. She has just completed her part of the contract when he died. It is a very sad affair." The Washington Chronicle of Saturday says: "It has transpired that the withholding of pardon from certain of the ku-klux prisoners in the Albany penitentiary was occasioned by a protest coming from the district where the criminals were convicted and among those who would be most endangered by their release." Judge Dowling, of New York, said, in a recent case, that a great mistake pervades the public mind in regard to dogs ; that, by law, they are as much a man's property as his horse, or anything else he owns ; and, moreover, that in case of killing a dog, unless in self-protection, the party could be made to pay the value of the dog, the same as though it was a horse. The cotton manufacture of the United States employs 42,740 males above sixteen years of age, 66,637 females above fifteen years of age, and 22,942 children of both sexes. The value of material used is $111,737,686, and the value of the production is $177,480,720. The annual wages paid to employes is $30,044,132, which leaves a profit of only $26,707,321 to the manufacturers. A Frenchman named Cluseret, who was on Sheridan's staff in the late civil war, and was engaged in the devastating raids made by Sheridan in the Valley of Virginia, has been condemned to death by a court martial at Versailles for refusing to come forward and answer charges against him for his complicity in burning buildings in Paris during the days of the Commune. Cluseret escaped from France at the time of the suppression of the Commune. A Washington dispatch says AttorneyGeneral Williams has made a reply to Alexander H. Stephens' petition for the pardon of all the ku-klux confined in the Albany Penitentiary. The Attorney-General denies the allegations of Mr. Stephens that the conviction of the ku-klux was illegal, and that their pardon would be an act of justice and friendliness towards the South, and says that the pardon of all of them would have no more political significance than the pardon of those convicted of violation of other statutes. A Washington letter says : "Official advices received here lay good foundations for trouble between the United States and Mexico. Notwithstanding the protest of this government against the outrages on the Mexican border on the life and property of citizens of this country, and the appeals to join in some cooperative policy to secure a safer condition of affairs on the Rio Grande, the Mexican authorities not only are indifferent to the rep-1 resentations of the government, but apparently encourage these offensive operations. The Mexicans have also broken faith on the joiut claims commission, which has been in session j here, and it is probable that all the work thus far accomplished will amount to nothing." It is pretty well established that the final award made by the Geneva conference to the United States for the depredations of the Alabama, Florida, &c., is a gross sum of about $16,000,000. The total amount of claims filed was, in round numbers, about $24,000,000. The award is to be signed and delivered to the agent of each Government in Geneva forthwith. The amount which is required to be paid in coin by Great Britain to the United States in the city of Washington is not due till one year from the date of the award, which disposes of the statements that the claimants may get their money before December 1st. This Government, after it receives the gross award, will be compelled to establish a commission and pay its own claimants. This class of claims is to be settled without regard to any award made for or against the Government by the commission appointed under the treaty to arbitrate a class of claims arising between the citizens of the two countries outside of those settled at Geneva, and which e>i4-n t n WnohmotAn tlin novf UUIUIU1SS1U11 OX US 1X-X TT ttOlUU^LUii XKJX uiv 14V?W three months. There is a charge of murder pending in the London courts against a man for permitting himself to be shot. The circumstances of the case are extraordinary in all respects. Two young German gentlemen of respectable family visited London and in four days managed to expend the sum of two thousand dollars in the pursuit of pleasure. At the end of that time, having exhausted their money, they came to the conclusion that there was nothing left to them worth living for, and agreed to die together. A few lines of farewell were written to some girls who had assisted in their revelries, after which they locked their door and stripped themselves for death. One of the young men, named Paul May, stood up and the other shot him through the breast. As May fell to the floor, his companion finished his work by shooting himself through the heart. It so happened that May was not mortally wounded, but is in a fair way of recovery, and when he is convalescent he is to be taken before the authorities to stand his trial for wilfully murdering the compan | ion who shot him, in accordance with the i verdict rendered by the coroner's jury which ! investigated his case, as in England, where 1 two persons mutually agree to commit suicide : together, and only one dies, the survivor is ! held guilty of the murder of the one who died. | Some of the great English judges have ruled , that such is the law. The last trial of this kind occurred in the Old Bailey in 1838, when I Benjamin Allison was indicted for the wilful | murder of Emma Cripps, a woman with whom he had been living. The two had agreed to commit suicide together, and drank three parts of a cup of laudanum each. The large quantity produced vomiting in the man, and he survived. These facts were proved on the trial, and the man was convicted of murdering the woman and sentenced to death. KorjniiUe flhwuiw. YORKVILLE, S.C.i THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 26,1872. Watch the Figures.?The datcon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more attention hereafter to j'ob printing than we have dnno in tho nnst we wnulfl inform the nublic *" "uv I' ? I that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stock of inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to ; execute as good work as can be done anywhere in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, Labels, Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks, Bill Heads, Law Briefs, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks, Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire&Lifelns., Election Tickets, Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, I Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. CONVENIENCES. It is a notorious fact that there are many persons who are in possession of an abundance of property, and yet are very poor. On the cnntrarv. there are some Dersons who own but little, either real or personal property, that live very comfortably. Many reasons might be assigned for this paradoxical state of things. Prominent amongst these reasons may be mentioned the fact that some men provide themselves with the available conveniences of life, and others do not. The former class live comparatively comfortably on little, and the latter live poor and miserably, although the rightful possessors of large and valuable estates. When we speak of conveniences, we have no reference to what are usually and properly called the luxuries of life. All conveniences are luxuries; but all luxuries are not necessarily conveniences. What we mean by conveniences, is simolv haviner thiners so ar ranged about our premises that we are thereby enabled to enjoy to the full all that we possess. A log cabin may be so arranged that it will afford more than a shelter from the sun and storm to its owner; and a costly palace may be so constructed as to resemble a prison more than a home. It would be no laborious task to find a man who has every thing about his plantation so arranged as to afford him the least amount of happiness and the greatest amount of annoyance. His spring is so far from the dwelling that water brought from it in summer is warm before it reaches the house. The barn and stables are at an inconvenient distance from the house, and so located as to make the labor of watering and feeding the stock truly onerous. The lot fence is of a proper height to learn all the stock on his plantation to jump. In one word, we might say that there are manv men of pood means who have everv thing about them arranged in the most inconvenient manner conceivable. It is difficult to understand what more they could have done to increase their inconvenience. Such men live poor, although they have the means at command to be rich. Many of those little things which will bear | no higher name than that of conveniences, j are the sources of great gain in the end. i Suppose, as we know is sometimes the case, a ! man has to go half a mile to water a horse, j If the horse is watered three times each day, j the distance traveled in watering a horse | during one year will amount to five hundred J and forty-seven miles. Allowing twenty min- j utes to the mile, the time consumed would be ! more than one hundred and eighty hours. Add up the time consumed for the want of a few conveniences, and the amount will be enormous. Time is money. Time wasted is money squandered, and time saved is money ; gained. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The conservatives of the eighth Circuit have nominated W. H. Perry, Esq., of Greenville, for Solicitor. I ? The Rock Hill Lantern suggests that "it is high time the Democrats and Liberals of' York county, were moving iu the matter of county nominations." ? The Columbia Phceniz gives currency to j ; a rumor that Treasurer Parker is about; I "changing his base"?having removed his j ; furniture, etc., to a more northern clime. ! ? The Conservatives of Chesterfield are or-; gaiming, and have called a county conven- i i tion to put a ticket in the field for the legisla- j ; ture and county offices, j ? The Northern papers announce that ex- i j Governor James L. Orr, of South Carolina,! ; has been offered the position of Minister to ! the Argentine Republic, declined by Gen. i White, of Illinois. j ?Professor M. M. Farrow, a native ofj Spartanburg, and who has filled the position j ! of professor in different academies in North i and South Carolina, died at Chappell's S. C.,' ! on the 17th instant. i ? Mr. G. B. Lartiffue. the Democratic couu-: ^ a . ' ty chairman of Barnwell county, has issued a ! call for the Conservatives of the county to j j meet at Blackwell on the first Monday in Oc-1 : tober, to nominate candidates for the Legisla-! ture and county offices, j ? The Camden Journal, (Democrat,) in an , editorial, says: "We believe our policy is to ! encourage the Bolters. We have, on the ; contrary, so chilled them by discouragement, that if they had not the elements of great strength among themselves, they would have thrown up their arms and left the field to 1 their adversaries." j ' ? The Charleston News, of Saturday last, i says: "The freight is pouring over the South Carolina Railroad with astonishing rapidity. Cotton is coming down in large quantities, and the rush of up-freight is such that a hundred car-loads are dispatched daily. All the drays, trucks and wagons in the city seem to have been pressed into service, to haul the mountains of goods discharged from the steamers up to the railroad depot." ? "Many Republican Voters," in a communication published in the Fairfield News, enquire whether Hon. A. S. Wallace supports or favor3 "what is called the 'Regular Republican State ticket,' at the head of which is Hon. F. J. Moses, jr., for Governor; or whether he favors or supports what is called the 'True Republican' or 'Bolters' ticket,' at the head of which is Mr. Reuben Toralinson for Governor." A reply to the queries is re quested through the public prints. ? The Rock Hill Lantern of last Saturday says: "The Church of our Saviour, the new Episcopal Church edifice at this place, was consecrated to the holy purposes of the Christian Ministry last Sunday by the Rt. Rev. B. W. B. Howe, Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. He was assisted in the performance of the simple and impressive ceremony by Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector of the Parish, Rev. Ellison Capers, of Greenville, and Rev. W. H. Campbell, of Winnsboro; and also by the wardens and vestrymen of the Church. The consecration sermon was preached by the Rev. Ellison Capers." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Four prisoners escaped from the jail in Yadkinville on the night of the 11th instant. ? A considerable quantity of brandy is being distilled in the western part of the State this year. ? The Hickory Tavern Eagle has been sold to John B. Hussey, who will continue the publication of the paper. ? The names of ex-Governors Graham and Vance are most prominent before the public to succeed John Pool as United States Senator. ? Suit has been brought in the Superior Court of Iredell, to foreclose the mortgages on the Western North Carolina Railroad. m it n n 1 ?n 1_ _ AETAA ? G. i. iviiCKey, 01 oaiem, win maae lo\j\j gallons of grape wine from a four-acre vineyard. ? "Blasting Powder," a sort of campaign paper published by John Spelraan, at Raleigh, has been discontinued. Sensible. ? The Raleigh Neios says that President Grant has been invited, and has accepted the invitation, to be present at the approaching State fair. ? The post office at Charlotte is now an international post money order office for the exchange of money orders with the German Empire by treaty between the two nations. ? Andrew Strong and Stephen Lowrey have issued a proclamation of outlawry against those who have been engaged in hunting them, and offer a reward of $200 for their capture. ? Horace Greeley has promised to visit the Fair of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Associa /% nnmmonpo nt flnlrlchrtrft nn ftiA 99rl nf U1UU) WU VVlUiUVUVV Mil VIV4MWVW4V wu VMW 4mm mm mm w#> October. ? The Robesonian says that Irving Lowrey and Purdie Jacobs, two of the Robeson outlaws, have been arrested for their crimes, and are now in jail. ? A term of the United States District Court will be held in Greensboro, commencing on the first Monday of October. Judge Bond will preside, assisted by Judge Dick. The docket is said to be a large one. ? A negro named Andy Curamings was run over by a train on the North Carolina Railroad, near Greensboro, on Friday night of last week, and instantly killed. He was drunk and went to sleep.on the railroad track. Andy had been discharged from jail only the day before he was killed. ? It is said that 20,000 voters in North Carolina did not vote in the late election. The papers of both parties claim that number as respectively so much for each party, had they voted. ? The Wilmington Star says the condition of the cotton crop is better in North Carolina than any other southern State. There has been no material losses from insects, though drought has caused some falling off in localities. ? The Raleigh papers complain that handbills, advertisements and circulars are distributed in the churches of the city by placing them on the pews and seats. The practice is quite common in the Baptist and Methodist churches. ? An additional force of three hundred men has been placed on the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, to commence grading between Wilmington and Charlotte. Telegraph offices arc already opened at all the principal points along the line of this road. ? In the Raleigh collection district there are in operation 400 distilleries, making peach and apple brandy. It is estimated that there will be 50,000 gallons made in that district this season, from which source the United States Government will receive 835,000 as tax, at 70 cents per gallon. ? The Asheville Citizen records the death, in the poor house of that county, of a Mr. Wostenholme, aged 90 years, who was a clergyman of the church of England, and of high education, being a graduate of Cambridge College. He fled to this country several years ago, on account of political offenses, but r>V\ie mmlafrw in fhie onimfrr Y V/l ^/AUl V/IOV/U 1110 1U111I0V1 J m I'll 10 vvuLiki J I ? The altercation between Gilchrist and McClenan, in Robeson county, did not result in the death of Gilchrist, as was reported last week, though he is lying in a very critical j;?.: i. ' Ar?? :?u COI1UIIIUI1 ill M1B I1UUSB Ul Ull a. m.u^l'1 liiiwn, near which the affray took place. Gilchrist had been living in that county but a short while, having moved there from South Carolina. ?The Southern Home is informed by a gentleman from Cleveland that a United States Marshal arrested and bound over thirteen alleged ku-klux in that county last week. The same paper says that two revenue officers of Charlotte went into Gaston county last week to look after the interests of the government in that direction. They had quite an exciting chase after a tobacco peddler, and overtook him just in time to find his stamps all right. The peddler was having a little fuu on his own account. ? ? POLITICAL ITEMS. ? Gen. McClellau has been nominated by the Liberal Convention lately held at Trentron, as elector at large for New Jersey. ? The election in Texas will run through | four days?the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of November. ? The New York Times says Charles O'Conor has written a letter to a member of the j straight-out Democratic Committee, accepting the nomination of the Louisville Convention. ? Horace Greeley left New York on Wednesday of last week to visit the Indiana State fair. His trip along the entire route was a perfect ovation, enthusiastic crowds congre-1 gating to do him honor at all points where j the train stopped. I ? A Treasury official recently made an open boast that "we have a dead sure thing of this I campaign. "Why the assessment of the officeholders alone produce over ?2,000,000 to help elect Grant." Happy office-holders! Such fun for them. ? Hon. Charles Sumner arrived at Liver-: pool on Saturday. Soon after landing he j visited the American Club, where he received i the first information of his nomination for , Governor of Massachusetts. He announced , that he would positively decline the nomina-1 tion. ? C. W. Gassette, one of the "accredited ! delegates" from North Carolina to the Louis- I ville straight-out convention, has recently ; published a letter denouncing the movement, ! stating that he unwittingly suffered himself to be duped. He says, in common with other j mnmWa r\P fV*n PnnttAnfmn V?n rlirl nr?f ron. , uiuiuuuio wi iuv VUU VgliUUii) iiv uiu uvi j resent any voters. ? Mr. Greeley having been interrogated by j a number of colored citizens as to what will j be the policy of his administration towards j their race in case of his election, replies that the constitution, which he would take an oath J to respect and obey, recognizes no distinction between citizens on account of race and color, and that he should be governed thereby. He says he should not favor one race or another, but should use all the power of his office to uphold and enforce the equal rights of all citizens, whether white or black. ? Senator Trumbull has written a friend in Springfield that in all parts of the State of Illinois which he has visited, the utmost enthusiasm continues in the interests of Reform, and that there can be but little doubt, if the present sustained efforts are continued, of the atipppoc nf tins T.ibnrnl tipbnt. in flint Rtntn hv a large majority. Senator Trumbull has traversed the State more thoroughly than any other public man, and speaks from the knowledge elicited by actual observation and from absolute facts. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Removal of the Troops. The Columbia Union of a late date contains the following card from R. B. Elliott, Prncl/lont rvf* ilia "F.vo/intitrn Paiyi nii ttnn r\p X Vi XJAWUll V \J VUUilUlbbVC/ U1 LUU Moses wing of the Republican party, in relation to the removal of the United Statestroops from York, Chester, etc.: "The statement put in circulation by certain designing persons, to the effect that the committee have demanded orrequested of the President the removal of the United States troops from the upper part of the State, is in every particular, false. This committee have made no such request, and have no knowledge of any such request having been made by any person. "We have never asked the President to recall any officer or soldier from his post of duty in South Carolina." The following despatch from Washington to the New York Tribune, under date of the 16th instant, gives the other side of the story: "Senator Sawyer came here in a great hurrT7 tn.rlav fn nrouont if nnaaiklo tio roif-Vi. * J J ww uwj | vu vuv) ii unu II?V?I drawal of Federal troops from Chester county, which was contemplated by the War Department, and for which an order was about to be issued, upon representations made for political effect by the factions of the Grant party known as the "Regulars." Sawyer, also for political purposes, wanted these Federal troops retained, and as Chester is one of the counties lately placed under martial law by the President, it required very little urging by Sawyer to carry his point. The Senator is quite sanguine of the success of the Bolters' ticket in the ensuing State election in South Carolina, and claims that about two-thirds of the colored vote will be cast for that ticket." Greeley's Prospects. Ellispn S. Keitt, of this State, who has been making speeches in the Northern States in the interest of Greeley and Brown, writes as follows to the Columbia Phoenix from New York, under date of the 21st instant: Let our people be of good cheer. The great battle for the purification of the Government and the pacification of the country is now raging along the whole line. In Maine and Vermont it was only a picket skirmish that precedes the grand battle. Mr. Greeley will get one-third of the Republican vote, and if the Democrats can be brought in a body to his support, he will be triumphantly elected. Now that the State tickets here are all in the field, on both sides, the assaults are terrific. We feel confident of New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and I was informed yesfprrtflv at. tha T.ihpral hpaHmiartprfl that. Ohio was certain for Greeley. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, is strong for Greeley, and he is a power in that State. Ex-Governor Seymour, Hon. George H. Pendleton and others will now take the field, and their voices will be heard loud and clear above the storm of battle, rallying the Democratic columns in the Liberal cause. , Mr. Greeley has 60,000 office holders and the patronage of a corrupt government against him, but he has the great masses of the people with him, because they know he is honest and just, and when elected will administer the Government with exact justice. Would that the black people could see it, and would kick out of the thieves and corruptionists, who, for selfish purposes, are leading them to their ruin arid the ruin of the State. Mr. Greeley has ever been their friend. He battled for their freedom for thirty-five years. Now that it is secure, he is battling to put honest men in office, that the condition of all classes may be ameliorated, our free institutions perpetuated, and the South built up by being opened up to capitftl and labor. Let our people be of good cheer, for our cause is just and will prevail. The Scnatorship in Greenville. Since ex-Governor Perry has been nominated as the Democratic candidate for Con gress in the Fourth Congressional District, he ! has declined the nomination for State Senator | from Greenville county, which he had previously accepted. In consequence of this a { number of aspirants are in the field for the ) vacant position, and amoug others Col. G. F. Townes. In the last issue of the Enterprise, Col. Townes publishes a card detailing what he proposes to do should he be elected to the position to which he aspires. He promises to do so much that we give a portion 01 his caru ; the benefit of our circulation: He says: "If elected to the Senate, my determined efforts will be to relieve the people of the grievous burdens of high taxes, extravagant salaries, and all useless State and county officers; to obstruct and oppose all corrupt and swindling legislation, to repeal all op- j pressive and vexatious laws recently enacted,; or any of that character of more ancient date,} to guard the public treasury from official' nlnnder. and to restore the utmost wise econo- I my in the administration of the.Stale Govern-! ment, to establish greater simplicity in the laws ; regulating business and practice in the courts,; to abolish the monstrous and extortionate I costs and fees now established, to promote ed- j ucation among the people; to promote manu-: factures; and, chief of all, business Agriculture, I and encourage emigration into this State, as j far as these things can be aided by judicious j legislation ; and much may be done by earnest i and persistent exertion. Especially will it be i j ray aim to repudiate or ignore every fraudu- j lent bond issued by the corrupt officials of the ' j State, and all spurious claims on the State ; Treasury of whatever character; particularly the fraudulent pay certificates of Mr. Speaker Moses, that man whom his associates in plunder and corruption now have the insulting assurance to ask us to make Governor of South Carolina. I should regard it my duty to' cooperate with all men and every party in all I efforts to reform our State affairs and to se-1 cure, by the blessing of God, abiding peace and prosperity throughout our borders. Kevenne Stamps. As frequent inquiries are maae regarding the disposal of revenue stamps after the 1st of October, such as shall have been rendered useless under the act of Congress, reducing the list of stamp duties, the following from the Journal of Commerce may be considered as a correct answer: "The old law, section 161, provides that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may from time to time make regulations, upon proper evidence of the facts for the allowance aP oiiaK aP tliA otnmno lacnind 1in/1ni< a nrntria. vi ouv_.il vi biiv aiiauipo ioouvu uuu^i tuv ^iv? 10 ions of this act, as may have been spoiled, destroyed or rendered useless or unfit for the purpose intended, or for which the owner may have no use, or which through mistake may have been improperly or unnecessarily used, or where the rates of duties represented thereby have been paid in error, or remitted ; and such allowance shall be made either by giving other stamps in lieu of the stamps so allowed for, or by repaying the amount of value, after deducting therefrom, in case of repayment, the sum of five per centum to the owner thereof ; but no allowance shall be made in any case until the stamps so spoiled or rendered useless shall have been returned to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or until satisfactory proof has been made showing the reason why said stamps cannot be returned. The Commissioner has not yet made provision to facilitate this exchange, but he doubtless will in due time. The holders who have bought at par will lose the five per cent. The holders who have obtained the per cent, commission will come out even, while those who have purchased over $500 at a time, and obtained a discount of ten per cent., will make n i 1 j. ; ii j._ il. _ rp re per cent, oy returning mem to ine Areusury, if the law is literally executed." Regulations for the redemption of stamps for which the owners have no use on account of the repeal of the stamp taxes on notes, &c., are being prepared and will soon be issued by the Internal Revenue Bureau. The Presidential Ontlook, The Richmond Dispatch of the 20th instant, in viewing the prospects of the Liberal party as they now stand, almost on the edge of the October elections, makes the following estimates: The chief strength of the Liberal movement as an addition to the Democratic vote, lies in the seven States which sent large Re publican delegations to the Cincinnati convention. These will be carried for Greeley, and with these his election is secure. The number of electoral votes 'given by these States is as follows: New York 1MU 35 Pennsylvania 29 Ohio 22 Illinois 21 Indiana 15 Missouri 15 New Jersey 9 t. 146 To these add the electoral votes of the following States, which would be sure for any Democratic candidate without Republican aid: Delaware 3 Maryland 8 Virginia 11 Georgia 11 Kentucky 12 Tennessee 11 West Virginia 5 61 Adding the electoral vote in the two lists we have? For Greeley 207 accessary to a ciioice Surplus electoral votes 18 "We have, moreover, good chances in the following doubtful States: New Hampshire 5 Connecticut 6 North Carolina 11 Florida 4 Texas 8 California 0 Oregon 4 44 Enough to balance the loss of Ohio and Illinois if, by any possibility, we should lose +fi/-iaa turn fitafna "Rut voa ornopf enrru UUVOV Ull V ?JtUUVCl JL?Ul/ II V WW VM* ? J both of them. The Liberal movement has been strong in both from the beginning, and is supported by the most widely circulated and influential Republican newspapers in each State. No two States sent half as many delegates to Cincinnati, and in none except Missouri was the Liberal movement so vigorous and spontaneous. It is the opinion of the New York World, the leading Democratic paper at the North, that the supporters of Mr. Greeley are now very sanguine, and will prosecute an energetic campaign in the confident hope of carrying the October elections in the three important States of Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio. Cn A/innn in +Vi nnn tti ill WAn dnn nnrr ^imtknn of i<nn_ uuwcaa in lucoc nm icuuci auj iui tuci oui^uuous exertions needless. From the Chester Reporter. THE SOLICITORSHIP. Mr. Editor:?Some person in the last number of the R&porter, over the signature of "Chester," in reference to my nomination for the office of Solicitor of the Sixth Circuit, gives expression to his individual feelings as follows: "In the last issue of your paper appeared a communication taken from the Winnsboro Neivs, nominating C. S. Brice, as a candidate for Solicitor of the Sixth Circuit. "Surely this is an exceedingly impolitic move, for although the nominee may, as against the present incumbent, excite no considerable opposition, still the effect will bo to divide tho vote of the honest people between two candidates, by which means both will probably be defeated, and a third man, we know not whom, elected. a * * a * * * "It is very important that there should not he two candidates for the office in the field, and as an honest and efficient man has already been nominated, we hope that all parties will unite upon him and ensure his election." Iu regard to this matter, I deem it due to myself to say: First. That I had no knowledge or information whatever of my nomination until I saw it in print?nor do I know now by whom that nomination was made. Second. If, as stated by the person signing himself "Chester," the nomination made in the Winnsboro Nevis, "may, as against the present incumbent excite no considerable opposition," "the effect" cannot be considerably "to divide the vote of the honest people, and thus "a third man, we know not whom, be elected." Third. As the bolters from the Republican State Convention at Columbia made no nomination for this particular office, I think "Chester" need have no fears for the nominee of the Regulars on account of the anticipated appearance in tne neia or tms "tnira man, we know not whom," if, indeed, this be the only honest ground of his fears in the premises. It is probable, then, that the exceeding great impolicy of this "move" consists rather in the unwillingness of "Chester" i;o recognize the fact that there might be a desire on the part of "the honest people" for a change, than that there will be a division in the vote of these same "honest people," and the possible election of the unknown "third man." Fourth. I am no aspirant for public office, and I would rather that some one other than I** 1 1 v - .1. J _ iL!_ . myseu naa oeen nominated id mis instance; but having been urged to accept the nomination by gentlemen for whom I entertain the highest respect, and whose opinion and judgment ought to have weight with me, and in some measure to influence and guide me in coming to a decision on a question of this character, I do not feel at liberty to decline. It is not my purpose to canvass the counties | comprising the Circuit. My name has been placed before the people; if elected, I will j discharge the duties of the office fearlessly and faithfully. Charles S. Brice. Chester, S. C. S&F" The Internal Revenue Bureau decides that a pedlar of tobacco cannot put a substitute in his place to sell tobbacco, snuff or cigars under his special tax receipt. The pedlar's special tax is a personal tax, and it is not transferable. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. M. Jackson?Candidate for the Legislature. B. T. Wheeler and C. M. Cheek?Dixie Cotton Press. A. I. Barron and J. T. Lowrv?Notice to persons indebted to Barron and Bratton. W. L. Grist, Agent?Cotton 18 Cents. Minor Bigger?Candidate for the Legislature. Win. Thomasson?Candidate for County Commissioner. Samuel McAliley?A Large and Valuable River Plantation for Sale. W. L. Grist, Agent?Wrapping Paper. Bratton, Mason & Withers?Final Notice. T. W. Clawson?Cotton Ginning. J. L. Watson, Treasurer?State License Tax. John Dickey, Judge of Probate, Chester countyAllen C. Gladden, and others, absent defendants. John Dickey, Probate Judge, Chester countyNotice to Nancy M. Henry and others, absent defendants. PERSONAL. We noticed on our streets, yesterday, David A. Jenkins Esq., the State Treasurer of North Carolina, who was here on a flying visit. APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL. Governor Scott has appointed John MeManus a Trial Justice for York county, to be located at Yorkville, vice Miles Johnson removed. Mr. McManus was formerly a Sergeant in "L" Troop of the 7th Cavalry, stationed at this place. EX-GOV." PERRY. By reference to a notice in to-day's paper, it will be seen that ex-povernor Perry, Democratic candidate for Congress, will deliver an address at Yorkville on next sales-day, the 7th of October. He will be at Rock Hill on the 8th of October, and at Chester on the 10th. GONE TO MARKET. Since our issue of last week, Mr. M. Strauss, of the firm of Strauss & Son, and Mr. Joseph Herndon have gone to market for the purpose of buying stocks of goods. We are informed that Mr. Herndon purposes to commence the grocery and produce business in the store-room adjoining M. Strauss & Son, j .1,? ??* ~c rv?.~n uuu ujjjjuane 111c catauiiauuicut ui vuiiuu9 Clark A* Co. REPUBLICAN MEETINGS. R. B. Elliott, the Chairman of the State Central Committee, has ordered two Republican meetings to be held at Rock Hill, in this county?one to-day, and another on the 12th of October. Yorkville, it appears, is to be given the "cold shoulder." At this we do not complain, as we have been sufficiently favored already. "We are sorry for our neighbors, however. CHANGE OE SCHEDULE. On Monday last a change was made in the schedule on the King's Mountain Railroad, by which the train arrives at Yorkville about one hour earlier in the afternoon than heretofore. The train also leaves Yorkville about half-an-hour later in the morning. The following is the new schedule: Leave Yorkville at 7.30, a. m.; arrive at Chester at 9.30, a. m.; leave Chester at 4 p. m.; arrive at Yorkville at 6, p. m. JUDGE MACKEY TO RESIGN. A gentleman who was at Chester a few days ago, informs us that Judge Thomas J. Mackey, expressed to him a purpose to resign the judgeship of this Circuit, to which he was elected at the last session of the Legislature. The reason which induces Judge Mackey to this course is that he prefers legislative to judicial honors, and will therefore be a candidate for the Legislature from Chester county. Whether the Judge proposes to resign before or after his election to the Legislature, we are not informed. NO DEMOCRATIC MEETING. Through the Rock Hill Lantern of last Saturday, Col. Cadwallader Jones, Chairman of the Executive Committee of York c. unty, issued a call for a Democratic meeting to be held at Yorkville on Monday next, "to organize the party and determine the proper policy to be pursued in regard to the pending State elections." By a dispatch received here on Tuesday last, Col. Jones authorizes the withdrawal of the call and the postponement of the meeting. MEETING NEXT SATURDAY. Notice is given in another column of a .jpeeting of the "True" Republicans at this T>In on nn Qafnrrlav Dflvf Mr PcnhAn TaW ? linson, the candidate of this party for Governor, is expected to be present on the occasion, and will deliver a speech. Such of our people as desire to make a choice between the two candidates in the field for Governor, by attending the meeting, will have an opportunity of hearing what Mr. Tomlinson has to say in his own behalf. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. "We regret a serious accident which occurred on Thursday afternoon last to our old and esteemed fellow-citizen, James Brian, Esq., I at his residence, three miles north-east of J Yorkville. While attempting to bridle one among several horses that were running at large in his stable-lot, he was kicked on the knee by one of the horses which kicked at another near him, severely injuring his knee, and by the concussion, breaking his thighbone near the hip-joint. The injuries are of such a serious nature, taken in connection with Mr. Brian's age, that it is not likely that he will ever again be able to walk. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHATTANOOGA. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1872. In all the letters I have written for the Hn- I quier I do not remember that I have ever written from th's point, although I have been here several times within the past three months. Chattanooga is a city of more pretensions than dimensions. Its chief importance arises more from what it is to be than from what it is now. To go back a half century or so, we find that the site of the city was an Indian town of the same name, which signifies "Hawk's Nest." The "Nest" as well as the surrounding country was purchased of the Indians with some beads and mean whisky, and a good deal of excellent advice. Since the Indians sold out for these various consid' i iritis u?? erations, tne town nas Deen growing utuc uy little. But it has only been within the past few years that it could properly be called a city, and the wisdom of the designation even now is doubted by some. The doubters, however, are not such as own town-lots. The city has had its share of ill-luck. In 1862, the Federals appeared upon the oppo site bank of the river and threw shot and shell among its stately mansions and calflots. The next year it fell, and as the Confederates withdrew, they burned up some of the place, such as ware-houses and depots, j Then the Yankees came, having taken advan-1 tage of the geographical situation and flanked j it from the south. Two or three battles were ( fought almost within its gates, and for two years it was a victim of cruel, relentless war. Guns from Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge were pointed at it, and from their black throats came shot and shell occasionally to ! make the Federal garrison feel easy and at j home. When the war ended the poor town that had been burned over, fought over, camped over and marched over, began to pick up a little, and the angel of peace smiled upon the mountain hamlet for the first time in four years. But with peace did not come the quiet, contentment, prosperity and happiness to the distracted people of the Hawk's Nest that had been expected. The small pox put in an appearance and raged with great fury as long as it could find unvaccinated people upon which to feed. After this insatiate disease lmrl ofn'Mron all whnsfi systems were in the least predisposed, it departed, leaving its marks upon the faces of many of the young and fair, which are seen to this day. After the small pox had exhausted itself as before shown, for the lack of material, the m hog cholera took possession of stricken Chat- J tanooga and played havoc with the hogs, as 1 the small pox had played havoc with the peo- 1 pie. Hardly a hog out of a population of two 1 thousand and one hundred "was spared. They died in the streets, on the river bank, and along the back alleys. And there was not a pen in which there was not one dead. When the hog cholera had spent its force and could find no more swine to conquer, the chickens began to take the gapes and die. Many an old cock that had survived the war, the cravings of the flesh and the deep-laid schemes of the hawk?only lived through all these calamities and changes to die of the gapes. The next calamity that came upon Chattanooga was of a different variety from any of the rest. It was more than even the small pox, the hog cholera or the gapes in chickens. It was a financial calamity. The city treasurer got in all the taxes he could and then got out himself. One fine morning the people of Chattanooga awoke to find their treasurer gone and with him their money. Barely had they recovered from this shock when the rains began to fall and the floods to come. In March 1867, the devoted city was visited by a flood greater than any of which history gives any account, if we may except that one commonly spoken of as Noah's flood. Ten nessee river got on a spree and rose to the depth of ten feet in the business portions of the city. Every interest suffered. A great many people improved the opportunity to get drunk and several remained, so during the entire flood. After the flood was the mud, and that might be accounted the fifth calamity. Its average depth for one month was three feet two inches. None but men with long legs could get about. After the flood and the mud, to say nothing of the other calamities, had left Chattanooga well nigh prostrate, an insane man came here and started a daily paper. This evil, however, was of short duration, as such evils usually are in Chattanooga. Then came Stanton, who built a big railroad and then bursted. When he went up, as it were, a good many Chattanooga merchants went up with him. They became "retired merchants," of the sort that retire out of the back window while the sheriff comes in at the front door. But under all the adverse circumstances, the place continues to look up, continues to imnmru nnH nnrpftd itself nut over barren places. Real property is held at a high figure, and those who have town lots manifest a disposition to hold them. It is said that this will bq^fce Pittsburg of the South, and I hope it will, not so much because I am in the least partial to Chattanooga, but because the South needs a Pittsburg so bad. And if she had a Chicago, a Cincinnati and a Cleveland, it would do no harm. ; ^ Nemo." . From the Caiolinlan, of Saturdny, 21stInstant. , * MURDER IN~COLUMBIA. One of the most shocking homicides which has ever occurred in this city resulted yesterday from the feud which has for some time existed between JudgeS. W. Melton and Mr. C. W. Montgomery. And the victim was neither of the parties above named, but Capt. Jno. D. Caldwell, who, in the progress of the political quarrel, had espoused the cause of Judge Melton, ana was witn mm at tne time of his death. It is well known to the readers of the Carolinian, that Judge Melton was reported to have charged upon Mr. Montgomery a prominent agency in the issue of alleged fraudulent pay certificates in the Senate during his pro tempore Presidency of that body. Last Thursday, Mr. Montgomery in a card published over his signature in the Phoenix, * denounced Judge Melton as a "liar, a poltroon and a coward." Judge Melton was then absent, and Mr. Caldwell a warm personal friend of Judge Melton, was active in communicating the result to him, and was regarded as his friend and adviser in the affair. Mr. George Tupper was regarded as occupying the same relation to Mr. Montgomery. It is said that _ the principals in this affair, passed each other on the street yesterday, and as no collision ensued in the early part of the day, it was not regarded as imminent Between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday, all the parties seem to have been at the same time at Pollock's Exchange, on Main street. Judge Melton, in company with Mr. Caldwell and Major James M. Morgan, at dinner in the upper part of the building, and Mr. C. W. Montgomery and Mr. George Tupper in the dining room on the first floor in rear of the bar, in which were several other gentlemen at the time of the fatal occurrence. Judge Melton and his friends having finished dinner, came down stairs, and, passing the room in which the other party were, opened the door and looked in, immediately withdrawing and closing the door. In a very short time, after, he again entered the room followed by Captain Caldwell and Major Morgan, ana commenced an assault upon Montgomery, who was seated at the table. During the fight between these two, the pistol Bhots were fired. Richard Washington testified before the Coroner that the pistol was in the hands of Captain Tupper. One ball took effect upon ^ Captain Caldwell, passing through the heart and producing death instantly. Another ball took effect in the left shoulder of Major James M. Morgan, inflicting a painful but not dangerous wound. All the parties to the affair were arrested by the Police at ouce, and Coroner Coleman impanelled a Jury of Inquest, when two witnesses were examined, Mr. Frank Elmore and Washington, the colored waiter, and the above statements as to the killing were made. The post mortm examination by Drs. Tally on/1 "Dnrhv qhnwed that the ball had naaaed directly through the heart, producing instant death, and that the deceased had several contused wounds on the head as though from blows given before death. The Inquest was adjourned until ten o'clock this morning, and the body of Captain Caldwell was removed to his residence on Plain street, and will be interred this afterncon. The Union of Monday, the 23d instant, furnishes the following : ^ FURTHER TESTIMONY. TTnAn fVm rooaocm m; no U|^u iVttoaviuwiiug VI bUV lU^UCOb J CO terday, at the office of Coroner Coleman, there was unabated interest manifested in the proceedings, the sidewalks and street in front being crowded with citizens of both colors. The jurors having answered to their names, the evidence of a physician was taken, and other witnesses called. f. d. fielding's testimony. Between four and five o'clock Frank H. Elmore, Lawrence Taylor, and witness, went to the Pollock House to take dinner; ordered dinner, and went into the dining room; met Tupper and Montgomery sitting at the table taking dinner. Tupper was sitting at the end of the table, and Montgomery at his right.