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jictaps ?ud 4facts. A single California plantation has turned out $30,000 worth of cotton this year. Libby, son of him who owned the Libby prison, is editing a Grant paper in Virginia. In the past three months 54,000 emigrants have sailed from Liverpool to America. A San Francisco journal states that a wealthy miner has fallen in love with Mrs. Fair, and will marry her. A Connecticut merchant, being asked how hespeut his evenings, replied, "At night I store my mind and during the day I mind my store." The deepest well in the world is in a 1. ! >_?! Ti. I J xL. sail raiiie near x>eriui. 11 was oorea 10 me depth of 4,194 feet, when mechanical difficulties stopped further progress. A California couple, who were divorced twenty-threeyears ago, were recently married again, having tried several other partners unsatisfactorily in the mean time. A laborious literateur of New York is collecting materials for a dictionary of American political slang, to be completed in twenty-four folio vol ames. The operation of weighing the five hundred million francs, recently sent by the French Government to Germany, lasted three days. The government at Washington has taken no recent action uuder the ku-klux law, no complaints which would authorize it having been received. The Chicago Journal of the 24th ultimo, says the corn crop of this country the present year will be the largest and best ever fathered. Grain men estimate the errand to O " " ???- * <"? " * tal at a billion and a half of bushels. A machine is exhibited in Courtlandstreet, New York, which derives its power from a galvanic battery, and which, it is claimed, will "run" a sewing machine at a cost of fifty cents a month. The Chatham, Va., Tribune says: "A peach tree in our garden has borne three crops the present year. The first was of the usual size, the second about half as large, and the third, although perfectly developed and ripe, not larger than a small marble." Professor Plantamour, who prophesied that the world was to be burned a few weeks ago, is now in Paris. He desires to read a paper before the Academy to prove the sun'3 hest, and that all will be frozen to death about A. D. 2011. The Scotish Earl of Dunmore recently sold the greater portion of his celebrated herd of short horned cattle at remarkably high prices?one heifer selling for $7,500, another for $5,050, a third for $4,500, and so on, the low^4 U ftonr - "? . 1 ^ - cat jMivepaiu lur auy ueiug 90^0, ana tne iorty-eight animals sold bringing in all $60,000. A clergyman meeting Barnura, the showman, the other day, after inquiring for his health, physical and spiritual, said: "Barnum, I always liked you. You are a good fellow, and I trust we shall meet in heaven." "Oh!" said the imperturbable showman, with a twinkle of his eye, "I have no doubt we shall?if your are there!" A gentleman who used to carry on the sheriff business, wholesale or retail, out West, in an early day, was frequently called upon to quiet tumultuous brawls, which he did by rushing into the crowd and knocking every man engaged in the row as flat as a flounder, and then repeating these memorable words over their prostrate bodies: "Say, boys, what's all this row about? As sheriff of Ontonagon county, I command peace." Au old man, an inhabitant of Cernay, in Alsace, arrived at the German office to declare his choice of nationality. "You are very old," said the Prussian, "it is hardly worth your while to make a choice." "I know I cannot live long," was the reply, "but as I wish to go to heaven, I desire to die a French raan." The old man on returning home sank exhausted, and died holding his certificate of remaining French in his hand. Violet ink is very appropriate for the use of those deluded beings who are engaged in writing love letters to each other, but for commercial purposes it has a defect. A San Francisco broker filled up some certificates of stock with this uncertain fluid some time ago, and placed them in a window. One sunshiny afternoon he found that every trace of numbers, dates, etc., had been obliterated by the light. For love letters, we remark again, this would be no objection. An important question arising out of the money order system has recently been before the Department of Justice, in Norfolk, Virginia. It grew out of a controversy between the remitter and payee of a money order, the latter demanding payment of the same, aod the former forbidding it. The AttorneyGeneral decides that after the remitter of an order has delivered it to the payee he cannot stop payment of it; but the latter is entitled to have the amount paid to him on proper demand. The decision is based upon the peculiar provisions of the act of Congress establishing the money-order system, which differ, in this respect, from the English system. The returns of the census of 1870 afford convincing proof that the attention of capitalists in the South is being more generally directed to the manufacture of cotton goods, for which that section affords unqualified advantages. The returns show that there are 899 distinct manufacturing establishments, of which Massachusetts has 191; Rhode Island, 139; Pennsylvania, 138 ; Connecticut, 111 ; New York, 81 ; New Hampshire, 36; Georgia, 34 ; North Carolina, 33; Tennessee, 28; New Jersey, 27 ; Maine, 23; Maryland, 22; Alabama, 13 ; South Carolina, 12; Virginia, 11. Of looms there is a total of 157,310; of frame spindles, 3,994,477 ; of mule spindles, 1,437,937. In this list seven of the southern States present an array of 153 mills. A Savannah correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce sends that paper some statistics on the subject of negro mortality at the South, to show that while that race cannot be expected to increase as under the cultivation of slavery, there is no room to believe that the statistics of disease and mortality consequent upon sickness, idleness, dissipation and insufficient food will be proportionally greater among negro laborers than among corresponding white working classes. The statistics of the writer apply chiefly to Savannah, where he seems to establish by figures that the conclusion just mentioned would be erroneous, and he assumes that what he says of Savannah, from all he can learn, may be stated proportionally of the rest of the In reply to a North Carolina subscriber, the New York Journal of Commerce repeats that limitations of liability which form the chief part of the printed matter in bills of lading do not necessarily govern the responsibility of common carriers. An express company may cover its receipt with notices that where the value of the package is not named the company will not be liable for more than fifty dollars ; but if it accepts the carriage of a package of ordinary merchandise with no stipulated value named in the contract, it will bejiable for its full value in case of miscarriage. A carrier is not liable for delay unless neglect can be shown, and the owner cannot recover damages ior detention nniess ne can show that the carrier did not show ordinary diligence. ?-? A New York Mail letter tells how a Chinaman learned to smoke a segar: As the puffs curled out from his lips nis face was wreathed in smoke and smiles. He took it out, and in silvery accents said, "him good." Here a pause and more puffs of smoke. "Him heap good." Another pause and the puffs more rapid. "Him bully heap good." Yet another pause, and he put one hand up to the segar. "Him berry bully heap good." Here both hands went up, and the silence was broken by?"him big berry bully heap good." And then a change came over the spirit of his dream, as his face changed from pie crust to dust and ashes, and things assumed a tinge no longer celestial but cerulean, until, with a gesture indescribable in its expressiveness, he slowly enunciated, "him muchee, muchee big berry bully heap good, but me no berry well here." Here he took off his washing basin, assumed an attitude indicative of digestive disarrangement, and we will let history draw a veil over what followed. The amount of the debts of the different States of the Union foots up an enormous aggregate. Taken in detail their liabilities range from 837,879,350 to 8300,000, New York having the largest and Iowa the smallest. Louisiana ranks next to New York? 830,244,752. The debt of Massachusetts is only a trifle smaller than that of North Carolina (829,560,664) and about 83000 more than that of Pennsylvania, which is 828,656,876. Alabama is credited with a debt of $25,181,967; Missouri, $20,869,000 ; Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland and Arkansas range from $18,267,500 to $11,200,000. The debt of Ohio is $500,000 more than that of Maine, ($7,212,000,) and Florida's debt is $461,435 less than Connecticut's, which is $5,739,300. Indiana, Texas, and California are between three and four millions each in debt; New Jersey and Rhode Island about the same?$2,500,000. The debt of New Hampshire is 81,968,000 ; Nevada, $760,000 ; Vermont, $412,000 ; Oregotf, $300,177. These are entirely separate from the national debt. ?0tMI* inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 17, 1872. Watch the Figures.?'The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more attention hereafter to job printing than we have done in the past, we would inform the public 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, . Wedding Cards, will recpive nrorrmf. attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. THE ELECTIONS LAST WEEK. In our last issue, which went to pross only fifteen hours after the closing of the polls in the State elections of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, we were enabled to give the general result of the voting in those States; though, of course, the particulars could only be received several days later. In Pennsylvania the Republican majority for Governor is placed at 35,000, with a Rermhlie&n Legislature and a pain of nine mem bers of Congress. The delegation in Congress stands, for State at large, three Republicans, and in twenty-four Congressional Districts only five Democrats are elected to Congress. Ohio gives a Republican majority of 15,000, and elects fifteen Republican Congressmen and five Democrats?a gain of one Democratic Congressman since last election. Indiana gives Hendricks, Democratic candidate for Governor, about 700 majority. The Republioans elect both Congressmen at large. The delegation stands nine Republicans and four Democrats. Vorhees was defeated, a result quite unexpected by his party friends. The returns of the town elections held in Connecticut'on Monday of last week indicate Democratic gains sufficient to ensure a Democratic majority in the next Legislature, while it is thought the State will go for Mr. Greeley by 7000 majority. RADICALS versus RADICALS. The excitement of the past week in Columbia has been the arrest of a man calling himself Captain Carter, who represented that he was a secret agent sent by General Grant to General Moses, the regular nominee of the Republican party for Governor, to offer aid for carrying the State for Grant and Wilson, and to inform Moses that Grant endorsed his ticket and would do all he could to support i the same. Carter telegraphed from Florence for Moses to meet him in Charleston. As he had these important papers, Moses started on the next morning; but friends who thought if Carter i bore such important documents he should bring them to headquarters, intercepted Moses I by telegraph, and he returned to Columbia. Carter went on to Charleston, and stopped at the house of General Gurney, one of the Republican candidates for Congress in that district. It was planned by Moses and his friends, without letting Carter or Gurney know what the real intention was, to bring them to Columbia. So they were invited by telegraph to Columbia, and on arriving there, Carter presented to General Moses two forged letters, purporting to come from Grant and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, A. Richardson, the first letter guaranteeing to support the Moses ticket, and the latter stating that Richardson would be in South Carolina to further the in! terest of Grant and Wilson. Both letters ! were forgeries, and the Grant letter was signed i by Private Secretary Horace F. Porter instead of Horace Porter. The executive committee, having by telegraph posted themselves, then came down on Carter, and he divulged the plot to get Moses to Charleston, away from his immediate friends I and advisers, give him the forged letters, get : them into print, and then arrest Moses for the i r Porfor V*oa n nrlorf a Iran f rv molro tVi** IV/I J vui bvi uuo uuuvi ifunvt* vv 4ui*4^v tuv committee believe that he was but a tool of others, though he is now in jail in Columbia waiting indictment by the grand jury for forgery. The parties who are represented to have put I up this huge job are prominent politicians in j the bolting faction of the Republican party, , among them a United States senator from this ' State. A writ of habeas corpus was granted, I and Carter was on Friday brought before As] sociate Justice Willard, of the Supreme Court, ! which had no jurisdiction. Carter was again ' remanded to jail, and on Monday last had a i hearing upon a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Melton. The motion for absolute dis' charge was opposed by the State, but before the counsel for accused closed his argument, the Judge adjourned a further hearing of the i case until nest morning. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. William Knox died in Chester county last week, in the sixty-third year of his age. ? Mr. James Armstrong, Sr., of Charleston, is dead. ? Judge Thomas J. Mackey was in Columbia on Monday last. ? Maj. J. J. Pope, at one time a lawyer of considerable prominence in Charleston, died in Savannah on the 4th instant. ? The South Carolina Railroad now runs fourteen through freight trains daily, and can Vinivllv fulfill ?ta dnonoppmpnh J "* ~"fc)-fc> ? Hiram W. Duncan, State Senator for Union county, died at Union Court House on Sunday last. ? The dwelling of Judge Samuel W. Melton, in Columbia, narrowly escaped destruction by an accidental fire on Monday evening last. ? The corner-stone of the new United States Court House and Post Office, in Columbia, was laid with imposing ceremonies on Monday last. ? The construction of the Port Royal Railroad is now progressing rapidly. Regular train service has been extended to Allendale, sixty miles below Beaufort ? J. C. Winnsraith, Esq., has assumed editorial control of the Carolina New Era, a Radical paper issued at Spartanburg Court House. ? A flouring mill near Landsford, in Chester county, owned by James B. Heyward, trustee, was destroyed by an incendiary fire a short time ago. ? No Court was held in Lancaster last week. The jurors were impaneled by the Clerk, after which, in obedience to orders from Judge Mackey, the Court was adjourned until the 18th of November. ? Hon. Lewis M. Ayer, of Barnwell, formerly a member of the Confederate Congress, has recently connected himself with the Baptist church, and has entered the ministry of that denomination. ? The Charlestonians propose to have a gala week in their city next spring. The attractions will consist of a schutzenfest, several rowing and yacht races, and a parade of the fire department and of the various rifle and sabre clubs. ?The Chester Reporter beasts of a chestnut white oak in that county that measures twenty-five feet in circumference two feet above the ground. The Reporter wants to know if any county in the State can beat the Chester tree. ? The veritable sea-serpent, sixty feet long, with a head as large as a barrel, has been seen off Bay Point. We remember seeing a number of things in front of Bay Point, in November, 1862, that troubled us much more than a sea-serpent would have done. ? The Fairfield News mentions that Mr. Jame3 Jones, of that county, has this year raised on seven acres of river bottom, 71H bushels of corn and 13,000 pounds of fodder. In addition to this crop, the ground is covered V> nnmnlrina iTiWi ^/utu^/aiuo* ? Dr. J. F. Ensor, Superintendent of the State Lunatic Asylum, gives notice in the Charleston News that he has succeeded in making arrangements whereby the Institution will be amply supplied with provisions and all medical supplies for the balance of the year. ? The Grand Jury of Richland county have found a "true bill" against George Tupper for killing Caldwell, a few weeks ago, during the Melton and Montgomery fracas. The case has been continued and will not come up for trial at the term of Court now in session. ? Major L. E. Johnson, ex-United States Marshal of the District of South Carolina, and now the candidate for Congressman at large on the Bolters' ticket, eloped from Washington one night last week with a charming young lady. The happy couple are spending the honeymoon in Charleston. ? The Columbia TJnion of Monday last says: "Mr. Wm. E. Rose, of Rose's Hotel, has been making extensive improvements. Two splendid billiard tables, in a fine room, are among the latest. He talks of building a wing to the hotel, which will give forty additional rooms. The finest stock of everything needed in a first class hotel has been laid in for the winter's demand." ? The Union Times of last week gives the following particulars in regard to a murder nAnv T?ioU "Hotvi in fVlQf /tAlinflT An UViiillilllCU UM1 X lOU JL/MUJIj 1U VUUV VUUUVJj VU Saturday of the previous week: "It appears that four colored men, Haywood Lyles, Jefferson Spencer, Pearce Lyles and Robert Jeter, with bags of cotton on their heads, were passing along the road near the Polly Sims' place, when they were halted by two men on horseback, who asked where they got thg cotton. The colored men said ''hey had worked for a colored man who had ao money to pay them, so he gave them cotton instead. The white men told them they intended to kill all the G?d d?n cotton stealers. They then shot Jeff. Spencer. The oall struck him in the mouth, inflicting a very severe wound ; then they shot Robert Jeter dead, the ball passing through the heart; they attempted to shoot Pearce Lyles but mi:^ed?the powder from the nistol burned his lios. Six witnesses were 1 & examined, and although the murderers were not disguised and each witness saw the men commit the murder, no one could identify them. One colored witness swore that Mc. English was one of them, but Mr. A. C. Lyles, a respectable white man, who is well acquainted with Mr. English and who saw the men plainly, when the deed was committed, swore positively that neither of the men was Mr. English." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Presbyterian Synod was in session in Charlotte last week. ? Twelve thousand gallons of wine is the result of the present grape crop of Tokay Vineyard, near Fayetteville. ? Among the jurors summoned for the term of Wake Superior Court, in session this week, is a woman named Alsey Baywell. ? Gen. Morgan, for some time past commandant of the military post at Raleigh, has been ordered to the Pacific coast. ? Franklin Harris, a highly respectable citizen of Davidson county, was killed last week by a man named Elliott. The difficulty originated in a dispute about a hog. ? A flouring mill owned by Saulsbury & Davidson, near Old Fort, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night of last week. Supposed to be the work of an incendiary. ? A barn belonging to John Flynt, of Forsyth county, was burnt on the night of the 2d instant. A son of Mr. Flynt also perished in the flames. ? Peter L. Ray, a deaf and dumb operative in the spoke and handle factory at Greensboro, had one of his hands cut nearly off with a saw one day last week. ? George Makepeace, for the past thirty years identified with the manufacturing interests of the State, and for the past few years proprietor of the cotton factory at Cedar Falls, died at his home last week. ? It is generally admitted that the Indians in Macon, Cherokee, Jackson ^nd other counties of the State, have the right to vote. They number over six hundred voters and are Democratic, anti-Grant Liberal Republicans. ? The Federal Court for the Western District has been in session in Greensboro since Monday of last week, Judge Dick presiding. There are 40 criminal cases pending in the District Court; 26 cases pending in the Circuit Court; 10 libel suits, and 18 civil writs. ? The "Tate Factory," ten miles from Charlotte, which has been standing idle for several years, has just been put in operation. Stowe's factory, in Gaston county, has recently been purchased by a gentleman from Cleveland county, and is now running. ? Cleveland Superior Court was in session last week. Harry Churchill, indicted for murder, and whose trial was removed from Rutherford county, was acquitted ; the case being decided one of accidental murder. The grand jury found a true bill against N. J. Long and Archibald Moss for disturbing the King's Mountain Baptist Association a few weeks ago. topics ofVhe day. ? Horace Greeley delivered a speech at the fair grounds in Baltimore on Thursday. He made no allusion to political questions. ? James Brooks and Fernando Wood have been re-nominated for Congress by the Democrats of New York city. ? The vigilance committee of Layfayette county, Mo., killed two horse-thieves last Saturday. ? Heavy losses by fire were sustained in Bangor, Maine, and White Hall, Illinois, on Saturday last. ? The first severe frost of the season fell in Maine on Friday night last. Vegetation was cut and ice formed in some places. ? The Georgia State Fair opened in Atlanta on Monday last, and will continue the entire week. ? Sarah Pavson Parton, known all over the country as "Fanny Fern," and author of many popular, though not enduring literary works, died in New York city on Friday last. ? The Workingmen's Union of New York have nominated James O'Brien for Mayor, and the Tammany party have nominated A. R. Lawrence. ? An extensive furnace belonging to the Lamott Lead Company at Frederickton, Mo., was accidentally burned. Five hundred men are thrown out of employment. ? Thomas Cunningham, forger of Mississippi State bonds, was sentenced in New York on Friday last, to five years in the State prison. ? Thfl Bfrikft nf thft briftklftvera in Ohioatro still continues. Fifty contractors have united in an agreement not to accede to the demands of the strikers under any circumstances. ? The Departments in Washington were all closed on Monday last, and will be draped for thirty days in respect to Hon. W. H. Seward. His last words were "Love one another." ? The Saratoga county Bank at Waterford, N. Y., was robbed at an early hour on Sunday morning last of $300,000, by a gang of nine desperadoes disguised in ku-klux habiliments. ? The Adjutant-General of Ohio has disarmed the colored militia battalion of Cincinnati. The reason assigned is, that the arms were used in a riot which occurred in that city on Monday night of last week. ? President Grant has issued his proclamation, recommending that "on Thursday the 28th of November next, the people meet in their respective places of worship and there make their acknowledgements to God for his kindness and bounty during the past year." ? The Southern Claims Commission have resumed their public sessions in Washington city. The number of new claims filed during the month of September was 650, making 16,700 in all, of which about 2500 are virtually decided. ? A new postal treaty between France and the United States has been negotiated. It fixes letter postage at eigh^cents for one-third of an ounce, and newspaper postage is reduced to three cents. Registered letters and the transmission of patterns are also provided for. ? A riot occurred in Covington, Ohio, on Saturday night last As a Grant procession, half white and half colored, was passing, a boy shouted for Greeley. A negro then said, "Shoot him," when an indiscriminate firing ensued. No negroes killed this time. ? A bride of fourteen is on exhibition at Niagara this season.' She looks younger, and child-like wipes her eyes with her apron when she cries. She had her first row with her husband last Wednesday, called him a nasty man, and said she wanted to see her ma. ? A number of Philadelphia politicians have been sued for libel, growing out of a report made to the Hartranft club of Philadelphia, alleging that Mr. Randall, Mr. Mc-1 Mullen and Col. McClure, of the Democratic party, had conspired to issue fraudulent naturalization papers. ? An unfinishsd four-story house in Louisville, Ky., fell on Friday night, crushing an adjoining house and killing all of its occupants, a family of five persons. The architect and the contractor have both been arrested on a warrant charged with the murder of the family, and held in bail of 85000 each. The catastrophe has created a deep impression throughout the community. ? Alexander Dillon, sou of D. R. Dillon, a banker of Savannah, Georgia, endeavored to kill his father on Friday morning last, by shooting him with a pistol. He inflicted three wounds upon his father, none of which, however, were fatal, and then shot himself through the breast, from the effects of which he died in twenty minutes. The son was a wayward youth, and the father had attempted to reprove him. A Madman on a Riot?He Kills a Man, and is Finally Captured.?A gentleman named Yearwood, living near Rome, Ga., ha:-, been lately afflicted with fits of insanity. Friday evening, he was seized with a raving spell, and rushing out from his house, fell upon a man named Hills, from Adairsville, who was driving quietly along the road in his wagon. The lunatic jumped into the wagon, seized the man by the throat, jerked a heavy "standard" out of the wagon body, ind beat Hills so he fell senseless, and died m about two hours. After beating Hills into a jelly, the mad-man jumped off the wagon, stripped himself naked, and shouting and yelling, went charging through the woods, till he came to the house of Mr. Minter. He was subdued and captured by the firmness of Mr. Minter. He was then turned over to the authorities. Trrr. T.tt>t?t>at Drpp.rr?The flf-nnnintr xnu uii>ui>au a/m'ijaii mv feat of the Liberals in Pennsylvania and Ohio is a blow from which they cannot recover. An effort will be made to explain away the Radical majorities, but the people are profoundly disappointed, and it will be extremely difficult to keep them at the sticking point. There is more, and worse, behind. The elections held on Tuesday confirms the idea already freely expressed, that the power of the administration, used unscrupulously, is so great that it is impossible to defeat any President who may be bent on reelection.? Charleston News. XiOCAX. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John H. Adams?New Stock of Fall and Winter Goods at the Old Established House. R. K. Scott, Governor?Official?To the Commissioners of Elections. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the matter of Thomas C. Henry, Bankrupt. G. Dickson?Notice. T. M. Dobson <fe Co.?Water-proof Cloth?Insertings and Edgings?Net Coats?Real Lace? Linen Trimmings?Linen Cuffs and Collars?Silk Fringe?Cotton Edgings?Persian Shawls?Trunks?No Goods Taken BackFurs?Plumes and Flowers?Robes for Gents?Valises?Blankets?Shoes?Remember?Grocories?Don't Ask Us for Credit. 0. Y. U., Yorkville, S. C.?Situation Wanted. THE AURORA BOREALIS. On Mnndav evening last there was a bril liant display of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights," which was seen by such of our citizens as happened to "look well to the North." FROST AND ICE. For several days the weather in this vicinity has been quite cool, rendering fires and thick clothing comfortable. On Tuesday morning last the ground in some localities was covered with frost, and thin coatings of ice were observed on water in vessels which had been exposed in the open air during the previous night. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. On yesterdqy morning, Lieut. Weston, of the 7th Cavalry, while engaged in drilling his troop, was seriously injured'by falling on his sabre, the point of which entered the left armJ ? >1 --a xl pit, penetrating a aeptn or two or uirtrc munra. The accident resulted from the horse he was riding rearing up and the saddle turning from its proper position. The hurt is quite severe, yet hopes are entertained that no fatal result will ensue. THE ELECTION. As we go to press on Wednesday, the election at this place is progressing quietly. The various condidates present, assisted by their respective friends, are working energetically, and each seems to be sanguine of success. The voting is being done to a considerable extent on independent principles, and the indications are that the tickets are very much mixed and "split up". At 11 o'clock A. M., 506 votes had been polled at this precinct?188 by the whites, and 318 by the utsgiueo. DRAWING OF PETIT JURORS. Subjoined is a list of the petit jurors, drawn on Tuesday last by the Jury Commissioner, County Auditor and the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, for the next term of the Circuit Court for York county, I which is appointed to meet on the first Monday of November next. The jury is composed of sixteen of the white race and twenty of the colored : Whites.?W. R. Thorn, W. A. Templeton, Isaac N. Davis, S. C. Matthews, Reuben Cranford, Robert Hays, J. A. Carroll, S. W. Sturgis, Allen W. Holt, J. L. Davies, Samuel Blair, Sr., Amzi N. McNinch, R. G. Whitesides, Stephen M. Johnson, Lawson Jenkins and J. W. Beamguard. Colored.?Charles Kennedy, Samuel Starnes, T?/>nK Pknot To TYioa Frflnlrlin TKinmnu fj Ck\JKJ U VUUUUj A .a d> Gill, Anderson Barron, Smart Starr, Russell Kennedy, Isaac Massey, James H. Leech, Thomas White, Samuel Jackson, Isaac Kennedy, Mark Campbell, Lewis Davie, Isaac Adams, Waites Smith, Sylvanus Byers, Geo. Hetherington and Franklin Tate. ? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Destruction of a Printing1 Office. On Thursday night last, about half past 12 o'clock, the city of Raleigh, N. C., was startled by a shock which resounded like an earthquake. The alarm of fire was sounded, 1 J 11 i - J _A iL. ana soon a great, cruwu was uuuecieu at tuts scene of the disaster, which proved to be the office of the Raleigh Sentinel. It was found that the press-room of the office was completely demolished, having been blown up with gun powder, and the news-paper pres3, which was one of Hoe's machines and cost $3500, was rendered entirely worthless. Much damage was done to other rooms of the building, and other portions of the material of the office were blown to fragments. The adjoining building, which was used as an engine house of one of the fire comDanies. was also damaged to the extent of $1000. Not daunted by this act of diabolism, the Sentinel made its regular appearance on Saturday, and the editor says whatever losses he may have sustained will not prevent his paper from being the ally of just government, and the unfaltering friend of the people. Death of William H. Seward. William H. Seward, a statesman closely identified with the history of the United States for the last half century, died at his home in Auburn, N. Y., on Thursday last. Mr. Seward was of Welsh and Irish extraction, and was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1801. After graduating from college he came to Georgia, where he engaged in teaching. He did not remain in that State a great while, however, until he returned to New York and became a student at law. He was admitted to the bar in 1822, and in 1824 he commenced his career as a politician by laying the foundation for an anti-slavery party on a new basis differing from the organization of the party as it previously stood. Soon afterwards he was elected to the State Senate as an anti-Mason, and continued a member of that body for several years, in the meantime becoming very prominently connected with the politics of the State. In 1884, as the Whig candidate for Governor, he was beaten by W. L. Marcy, and in 1838 he was elected by 10,000 majority over the same competitor. After serving as Governor for two terms he entered the United States Senate and became a confidential adviser of President Taylor. In the Senate he was ear ly and ever afterwards conspicuous as a leader of the anti-slavery agitators. In 1860 he narrowly missed being the Republican candidate for President of the United States, receiving on the first ballot 173 votes to 103 for Mr. Lincoln?necessary to a choice, 203. On Mr. Lincoln's inauguration he tendered Mr. Seward the chief place in his Cabinet. Mr. Seward accepted and remained in the office until the close of the Administration of President Johnson, with whose reconstruction policy he fully sympathized. Since his retirement from public life he has made a tour round the world, and at the time of his death was supposed to be writing an account of his travels for the press. The Fair Murderess. The New York Journal of Commerce does not like the acquittal of Mrs. Fair on the ground of emotional insanity, and relieves its feeling in the following emphatic words: "It is enough to make a man lose all faith in iurv trials, if not in human nature, to see what a figure insanity cuts as an excuse for homicides. If a man kills his wife, or a woman her husband, from jealousy?that is insanity. If a man shoots another for tampering with the shooter's wife?that is insanity. If a woman kills a man for seducing her? that is insanity. The woman may have mar-! ried another man afterwards, and so condoned [ the first offence?but still it is insanity. A j simple breach of promise?no criminality involved?is sufficient ground for shooting the I promise-breaker. If a man slanders a woman she can shoot him?and th.it is called insanity. Or her brother, or husband, or next friend, or any self-constituted champion, can do the killing and adopt the plea of insanity, and able counsel will get him off." Shoe Factory at GreenYille. The editor of the Abbeville Medium has recently visited Greenville, and gives the following particulars in regard to a shoe-factory recently established in that place: Gower, Mills & Co., have lately established a shoe factory, through which it was our pleasure to be shown. The factory is the only one of the kind in the State, and is destined to introduce, by prompting the undertaking of similar enterprises, a new and thrifty class of laborers into our country. The proprietors have secured the services of Northern laborers and the various departments are conducted with skill. Major N. H. Monroe, of Auburn, Maine, is the Superintendent and seems to be a clever gentleman?the operatives are large fine looking men. Seven hands are employed and about sixty pairs of shoes are turned off daily. The work is all done by hand machinery and appears to be of a very substantial nature. Varney's pegging machine is used?the driving capacity of which is six hundred pegs per minute. The peg wood is of white birch and is put up in rolls like ribbon. The shoe soles are cut by dies made for the purpose and the machinery is so adjusted that a perfect fit is made all round. The best material is used,but only coarse work is now manufactured. It is hoped that the establishment of this factory will lead others to make the same venture. United States Jnrors. The following is a list of grand and petit jurors that have been drawn for the next term of the United States Circuit Court, which is to be opened in Columbia by Judge Bond on the fourth Monday in November: Grand Jurors.?S. M. Smart, Ridgeway; Win. Myers, W.O'Larin,R. H. Wile, Orangeburg; James McLarin, John Bristow, Bennettsville; Wm. H. Marshall, Cheraw; James Burrill, Darlington ; J. G. Cole, Beaufort; R. S. Fletcher, J. H. Albers, Jacob Mills, S. H. Hare, R. E. Dereef, Joseph Sampson, Charleston ; Barney Burton, Union. Petit Jurors.?Henry Wilson, Cheraw; Jas. E. Crossland, Greenland P. 0.; Archy Green Gadsden P. 0.; Wm. M. Morris, Galhoun Mills; S. M. Brown, W. R. H. Hampton, Charleston; W. L. Dennis, Bishopville; J. t*rr Hfonlr I lit JLXCUUliWAO) licalugbvu f ajlvuij aiamvaj Sumter; Wm. McKenna, Lancaster; Isaac Hoffman, Beaver Dam ; James Just, Aiken; Virgil Johnson, Camden ; Edward Marshall, Cheraw; A. Hudson, Lancaster; Addison Walker, Chester; Louis Redfern, Oro; Thos. Johnson,fMayesville; Lawrence E. Walker, Anderson ; Thos. Brown, Darlington ; Washington Ashe, Bennettsville; Amos Ashbrooks, Lancaster; Benjamin Welsh, Graham's Cross Roa Is; Nelson Davies, Yorkville; Cain Everidge, Abbeville; John Y. Marks, P. S. Riddle, George Mittag, Lancaster; John C. Fitzsimmons, Sancho Davis, Columbia; George M. Griffin, Bennettsville. The Electoral Outlook. Notwithstanding the Republican victories in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, the friends of the Liberal movement do not seem to be in despair. Indeed, some of them aver that they did not expect the aid of those States in electing Greeley, and previous to the election, the Tribune made up a table in which the electoral vote of all three of the States was conceded to Grant, after which Greeley's prospects were considered fair. Since the elections in the above States, the Richmond Dispatch, is sanguine and makes the following figures in support of its belief: "The electoral college consists of 366 votes, of which a candidate must receive 184 to be successful. The following are sure for Greeley and Brown : Alabama 10; Arkansas, 6; Connecticut, 6; Delaware, 8; Florida, 4; Georgia, 11; Kentucky, 12; Louisiana, 8; Maryland, 8; Missouri, 15 ; New Jersey, 9; New York, 35; Tennessee, 12; Texas, 8; Virginia, 11; West Virginia, 5?total, 163. Adding Indiana, now assured to us, we have 178; or within six of a sufficient number to elect. Now here are the States which both sides admit to be doubtful?viz: California, 6; Illinois, 21; Minnesota, 5; Mississippi, 8; Nevada, 3; New Hampshire, 5; North Carolina, 10; Wisconsin, 10. Illinois is generally considered the stronghold of the Liberal Republicans. The secession from the old party in that State was led by the foremost Kepublicans in the state? men like Governor Palmer, Governor Koerner, and others. Here are thousands of Germans, who are pledged to Liberalism to the last extremity. Under such circumstances the Liberals in Illinois are confident of victory, and with Illinois we have fifteen more votes than are necessary to elect our candidates. Or there is North Carolina, in abundant caution classified as doubtful. Who doubts that when they know how close the battle, the Conservatives of that State will arouse, overcome the small fraudulent majority registered against them, and give us four more electoral votes than we need. In the same way we might speak of California, which is as likely to be Democratic as Republican, and with her six votes we would be safe. Galvanic Tests Upon a Dead Body. A man named Barclay was hanged in Columbus, Ohio, on the 4th instant, and after 1 Jaa/1 Ka/I *t rrro a rvitrnn llie UCUttLUe CAUUUl, mo uwu uv/uj nwg gifv*. over to the professors of a medical college in Columbus, who made several interesting experiments by the application of the galvanic battery, which are *hus described by a correspondent: The trap on which John Barclay was standing for his execution dropped at eleven minutes before 12 o'clock. His heart ceased beating at ten minutes after 12. At twentythree and a half mioutes past 12 the body was in the dissecting room of the Sterling Medical College. The galvanic battery, under the supervision of Professor Mendenhall, of this city, was applied, under the direction of several physiciaus. The first test was on the spine. This caused the eyes to open, the left hand to become elevated, and the fingers to move, as if grasping for something. The hand finally fell, resting on the breast. The battery was then applied to the nerves on the face .and neck, which caused the muscle of the face to move as in life. The test was next applied to the phrenic nerve of the left arm, and afterward to the sciatic nerve. The further investigation determined the following facts: Death was caused by strangii 1 ofinn There wna neither a fracture nor UiUUlUlit JL UU? V IIMW ? ? dislocation of the neck. There was a rupture of the ligaments between the first and second cervical vertebrae, with laceration of the vertebral vein. This would probably have been sufficient to have caused death in time, but did not in this case. It is certain there was respiration after the body fell. The right and left ventricles of the heart were found filled with fluid blood. There was less blood than usual in the lungs and brain. There was an effusion of blood in the muscles outside the vertebral column, possibly from rupture, or from the arteries. The cause of death was technically asphyxia. Five hours after death, the battery was again applied, and the muscles of the hands contracted quite readily. Greeley to the Young Men. The following are the concluding paragraphs of Mr. Greeley's address before the Maryland Agricultural Society on Thursday: "I hold that millions of acres right about us which have never yet yielded to civilized man any crop but firewood and charcoal may be profitably cleared of its mainly stunted, straggling trees and bushes forthwith, made to produce- $100 worth per acre of food next year, and every year thereafter, giving employment and subsistence to hundreds of thousands of workers, and that larger as well assurer profits may thus be realized than by mining for gold in Arizona or hunting for whales along the coast of Alaska. "If this be true, is it not truth of decided importance? Our cities are overcrowded. We have too many merchants, too many lawyers, too many brokers. We do notlaca capital, but our wealthy men know by sad experience that to lend is often to lose?that those who seek to borrow on farm mortgages are almost never ready to repay. I urge them not J to lend, not to speculate, but to apprentice J\ their sons to the very best of our farmers, rub t J up their own knowledge of agriculture, hire / I the best foremen they can find, and resolve to i become farmers while abiding gentlemen. * m Let those who already own fertile wild land improve it; let those who do not own, judiciously buy; and let each cautiously feel his irfl way, destroying no timber without careful ^ consideration, but planting with choice forest v " trees every acre that is not soon to be brought > under tillage, and so proceed carefully, observantly, thoughtfully, to the full measure of that intelligent activity which, backed by adequate capital, rarely fails in any worthy pursuit, and never in farming. There is scope and opportunity here for tens of thouands of our affluent young men now crowding into offices and counting rooms which do not need them, and I commend to their recognition the fact that there is no other career so truly independent, so free from peril, so equable yet chequered with a pleasing diversity of daily interests and cheerful cares, so full of noble opportunities, so shielded from sordid temptations and maddening distractions, as that of the educated, fore-nanded, capable, clear-headed American farmer." The Tribune Series of Libels. Regarding the libel suit commenced by Gov. Scott against the New York Tribune, the New York Times of the 10th instant says: "Governor R. K. Scott, the present Governor of South Carolina, has commenced an action for libel against the Tribute in the Circuit Court of the United States, in this city, laying his damages at $100,000. The libel complained of was published in the Tribune of September 27. it being an account of an alleged in terview with Colonel M. R. Delany. In that article, among other things, Governor Scott is accused of leading the State officers in thefts from the State; of having acquired a fortune of $2,000,000, all of which he had stolen from the State, and of being paid large sums for approving bills passed by the Legislature. The following letter from Governor Scott shows his motive in bringing suit State of South Carolina, Executive Department, Columbia, > October 1, 1872. ) Hon. Thos. J. Mackey, Nicholas Hotel, N. Y.: Sir: I desire you as ray attorney to imme- * diately institute in the Courts of the State of New York, civil and criminal proceedings against the proprietors of the New York Znbune, for the false, scandalous and malicious j libel upon me, published in the issue of that 'journal of the 27 th ult. I have no vindictive motives in this matter, but simply desire to invoke the decision of the court upon the question, whether a public journalist is authorized to pass sentence of outlawry against the character of a citizen, and to nail him up in the pillory of public opinion without being held responsible in law. I invoke the most searching examination into my conduct, and firopose to subject my acts to the most severe egal tests. To that end I desire the case to 1 1 !.1 De pressed wnn vigor. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, yours, Robert K. 8cott. Speaking of the matter, the Tribune says: Governor Scott calls upon the Tribune for $100,000 damages done his character by a publication of the statement of a Grant candidate about him. The Governor is somewhat tardy. If he had been as diligent a reader of the Tribune as he should have been, he would long before this have learned, among other things which we trust would have been for his permanent good, even more accurately than this Grant candidate stated it, the precise estimate in which the majority of his fellowcitizens in South Carolina hold him. We shall be greatly obliged to the Governor, if he will give us an opportunity to bring this libel suit to trial, and trust he has not brought it i merely for the political capital which silly people sometimes suppose they can create by bringing suits with a great flourish, which are presently allowed to die out without notice. The people of South Carolina will be very glad to testify concerning Governor Scott's conduct, and we promise him that they shall be called upon in ample numbers. After that trial is over, nobody will lack material for a history of carpet-baggery, THE CAROLINA NARROW GAUGE R. ROAD. For several months past the people of the upper counties in the State, have been discussing the feasibility of building a railroad which would give an outlet, cheap and direct, from the Northwestern portion of the State to Charleston. In February of the present year, an act was passed by the North Carolina legislature, to charter the Carolina Narrow Gauge Road in that State. A company was soon formed, and arrangements will at once be made looking to the early completion of the project under contemplation. YAaterdftv T)r. A. H". Daveirft. the former Intendant of the town of Chester, and President of the new road, arrived in the city, and with a view of ascertaining the future prospects of the new road, a reporter of the Courier called upon him. The doctor, who is quite an enthusiast upon the subject, was found willing to give all the information desired, and from him the following particulars were obtained: The Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad is designed to run from Chester to York, in this State, and from thence in a direct line to Lenoir, North Carolina, passing through the towns of Dallas, Lincoln and Newton, North Carolina, a distance of about one hundred miles. The road is to be a narrow gauge road, and the cost of its building and equipment will be about $7000 per mile. The countiy through which it passes is a very rich grain bearing section, the product of which goes now by way of Charlotte, North Carolina, to _ Baltimore. The President avers that corn "" which is now sold in that section for forty cents per bushel, costs about twenty-four cents transportation to Baltimore, and from Baltimore to Charleston as much more. Hence, consumers at this place are compelled to pay double prices. He contends that by the completion of the new road, it can be brought direct to Charleston at a cost of about fifteen cents, a very material reduction in the price. The cost of the construction of the road being so much less, and the cost of running expenses being also so much less than that of the ordinary broad gauge road, will enable the new road to transport freight at proportionately lower rates, and by this means it is thought that a large and valuable trade will be diverted to Charleston. The President is in the city for the purpose of appointing commissioners to open books of subscription to the capital stock of the road, which is fixed at $700,000. It is proposed to raise $200,000 by private subscription, and as ^ soon as this shall have been done, the various counties through which the road will pass have promised to subscribe the balance. The importance of this route to Charleston will at once be perceived when it is stated that it will make our city the outlet of the product of the best grain counties in North Carolina, a section which has at this time only a circuitous connection with Charlotte, North Carolina, and which will be thrown in direct communication with our city by the new route. The President, Dr. Davega, who is an old citizen of Charleston, is an energetic go-ahead man, in every way fitted for the carrying out of so important an enterprise, and we have no doubt of the entire success of the new road. M The officers of the Company, elected at a meeting held at Lincolnton, !North Carolina, August 27, are as follows: President, A. H.