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f (raps and fads. Potatoes in Maine are selling for thirty j cents a bushel. The present season is said to be one of the sickliest ever known in 'he Northwest. It now costs ten dollars in New York to ride a single block behind a pair of sick horses. ? ? At present there are 249 cadets at the ; West Point Military Academy. A female doctor in New York reports,1 among her patients, four ladies suffering from j horse disease. Eight hundred men are employed on : the Air Line Railroad between Atlanta and Charlotte. The wealth of Iowa, equally divided, | would give $601.03 to every person in the State. If this is a borrowed paper your are j reading, "drop it" Your neighbor don't pay i his money to lend you. Young candidates for the pulpit in New j England are questioned as to their belief in the j Darwinian theory. A segar factory has just been started i in Key West, Fla., which will employ 500 i hands. There were four feet of snow on the j summit of Mount Washington on the first in- . stant. One thousand dollars fine or imprison- ] ment for one year is the penalty for betting on ! elections in Illinois. In counting the votes for President at Savauuah, Georgia, one vote was found bear?n/? ilt/\ nnmAn r\C Irvw 1^ t?ADI/Inn f tug uic uauicoui trciiciouu l/avio iui i iwiucnu and B. H. Hill for Vice-President. . Four hundred miles of narrow gauge railways are to be built in California, and a company with seven millions of capital has been organized to do it. The department of State at Washington has received from Berlin a denial of the statement made in July last that the German Government had adopted measures to prevent emigration to the United States. AtoneoftheNew York up-town churches a slate, containing a list of the weddings to be celebrated during the week, is hung in the vestibule every Sunday for the benefit of the young ladies of the congregation. At one of the schools in Cornwall, England, the inspector asked the children if they could quote any text of Scripture which forbade a man having two wives. One of the children sagely quoted in reply the text, "No man can serve two masters." Governor Smith, of Georgia, will shortly issue invitations to the Governors of the Western and Southern States, to meet at Atlanta on the 19th of November, for the purpose of deliberating upon the subject of a canal to connect the Tennessee River with the Atlantic Ocean at or near Savannah. The United States Government has instituted proceedings for the recovery of the railroad between Greensboro and Danville, Va. The road was built by the Confederate Government as a military necessity; but at the close of the war was taken as private property by the Richmond and Danville Railroad. Roswell Miner, of Canisteo, N. Y., died recently from glanders, contracted from a "Tiorse. The sufferings of the deceased were most excruciating?he literally rotted away, perfectly conscious all the time, and it was said he was the worst looking sight ever beheld, and was buried wrapped in the bedclothes upon which he died. Somebody has recently invented a very valuable trunk. It is made with an outside covering of cast-iron, lined with nitroglycerine, and when it is thrown from a railroad car or a baggage wagon this outside covering is torn to pieces, and the baggage-smasher is blown into very small fragments. A commercial traveler in a Western city, handed a merchant upon whom he had called, a portrait of his betrothed, instead of his business card, saying that he represented that establishment. The merchant examined it carefully, remarked that it was a fiue establishment, and Returned it to the astonished and blushing traveler, with a hope that he 11 . 1 1 i i I wouin soon oe aunmieu into parmersmp. People in America and Europe have heard of all sorts of strikes; but that an Emperor should strike for higher wages is surely news to them ; and yet that is the very thing the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has done.. Hitherto the poor man received a beggarly civil list of five million florins. He has now informed the Parliaments of Austria and Hungary that, unless they allow him an additional two millions, he willjhavefb goto the poor house. William Tell's tale is ended. The Historical Society of the old Swiss Cantons, after careful investigation, come to the conclusion that the well-known story is not true, and they sorrowfully say that Tell never refused to lift his hat; never fired at an apple on his son's head, though the very crossbow with which the deed was done is exhibited at Zurich ; never spoke his speech at Kussnacht, and finally, that there never was a Landvogt Gessler. During the Franco-Prussian war it was estimated that, averaging both armies, five Germans outweighed six Frenchmen. Not only are the Germans huge compared with the Frenchmen, but huge as compared with their own ancestors. The Prussian soldier who fought at Sedan averaged three inches larger round the chest and two inches taller than the Prussian soldier who fought at Waterloo. This astonishing development is ascribed to fifty years of stringent military training, enforced upon the whole male population. The latest thing iu suicides comes to us from Cleveland, Ohio, where an individual, rashly importunate, went to his death after the following unique preparations : He first procured a revolver aud connected it with a species of clock-work, so that it should be fired off at a certain time. He then got into bed and took a dose of chloroform, after having placed the pistol behind his ear. He then, under the influence of the narcotic, went to slfip.n. At the criven time the clock-work pressed the trigger of the pistol, firing it off and launching the idiot into eternity. Chatham, Va., bears off the palm. It claims a month-old infant with two eyes in their proper places, and five more on its knees. It is otherwise perfectly formed, except in such trifling details as having its legs twisted backward, and turned spirally like a ram's horn ; its tongue split in two at the point like a snake's, and its thumbs on the wrong side of its hands. This beats the five-legged calf and two-headed sheep all hollow. It is a colored child, and is in excellent health. When it grows to man's estate it will appreciate the luxury of having seven eyes. What a pleasant sensation it must be to wink at one's sweetheart with one's knees. We do not desire to hear from any snakes, spotted negroes, large strawberries, centenarians, or Revolutionary survivors after this. Our taste craves for something more startling than the commonplaces to which we have been accustomed, now that we have one seven-eyed marvel with the spiral legs. Major General George G. Meade, a distinguished officer in the United States Army, died at Philadelphia, on the 6th instant. General Meade was born in Cadiz, Spain, of American parentage, in 1816. He received the appointment of a cadet at West Point from Pennsylvania, and graduated in the class of 1835. He entered the regular army as second Lieutenant of the third Artillery, i and served in the Florida war of 1835?'36.! He then resigned, but in 1842 was appointed j second Lieutenant of the Topographical En-, gineers. He was made Brigadier-General in August, 1862, and participated in the battles of Mecnanicsville and Gaines' Mill, in the latter of which he was wounded. He was again wounded at Antietam. Shortly after his recovery he superseded General Butterfield in command of the fifth Army Corps. He was made commander of the Army af the Potomac June 28, 1864, aDd commanded at the battle of Gettysburg, on July 1 and 3, 1863. He also took part in the Richmond campaign, and in August, 1864, was made Major-General in the regular army, and assigned to the command of the military department of the Atlantic. It is reported that he will be succeeded by Gen. Howard. ilte fothtiUc taqtim. YORKVILL.E, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 14, 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 anu jouwork, are cask, in advance THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. The reelection of General Grant to a sec-1 ond Presidential term seems to take no one by surprise?the most ardent supporters of the Liberal movement throughout the country avering that they were prepared for the result; while all parties who were opposed to Grant, accept the result with that degree of composure so characteristic of the American people after the close of a great and exciting national political contest. The Liberals, or Reformers, that is, those of the Republicans who were opposed to the administration of President Grant, with the coalition of the Democracy, did their best for what they conceived to be an honest purpose. To them official patronage was not an incentive, and consequently defeat is stripped of all the terrors and disappointments which on the other band awaited the opposite party. The Liberals, though in a respectable minority?and, in fact, developing a strength hardly to have been expected under all the surroundings?will pursue the even tenor of their j way just as they did before the election, l hey J feel that they have a country to serve and its true interests to "love, cherish and obey," no difference who may occupy the Presidential j chair. Constitutional liberty, the rights of the States, the purity of government, economy, 'justice and the law, must all be upheld in the future, and the duty of all citizens is the same now as ever. To the people of the South, and especially the people of our own State, it is of greater concern to look more closely to our own affairs, do all we can to mend our broken fortunes and heal domestic divisions, than to indulge in useless repinings and discontent over a result which seemed inevitable at the very inception of the struggle. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BOSTON. The city of Boston has been visited with a conflagration equaling in extent of area destroyed, the terrible fire which occurred in Chicago but little over a year ago, while it is asserted that the loss of property is equal to twice the amount sustained by the sufferers of the Chicago disaster. The loss at Chicago was put down at one hundred millions, and the statements which reach us from Boston agree in placing the loss in this^city at two hundred millions. The first alarm was given about half-past 7 o'clock on Saturday night last?the flames originating in a granite wholesale dry-goods house, situated on the corner of Sumner and Kingston streets. The flames were first seen on the roof, and rapidly communicated with the buildings in the vicinity, all of which were of granite and four stories high. But despite their solid character they yielded to the violence of the fiery assault, and in half an hour one quarter of the city was in flames. The fire raged during the whole of Saturday night and all day Sunday, when it was checked at nightfall; but on Monday morning it again broke out and destroyed a nmnnnt nf nrnnortv Th p finpqf nnrfinn laigc aiuv/uub ui |/* v|/v* wj a?*v MUVw? ^v.v.vm of the city has been destroyed, embracing an area of seventy acres, and thousands of people reduced from wealth to poverty. As far as can be ascertained from the accounts received up to this time, besides the residences destroyed, the loss is sustained principally by the boot, shoe, leather and dry goods business?Boston being the great distributing point of the New England manufacturers. Immense stocks of goods have been destroyed, which will, to a great extent, affect the mercantile interests of the whole [ country. A stringency in the money market may be felt, if indeed, it does not produce a finaucial crash and panic, j Already are we advised that the insurance companies are succumbing, which will be an i element of loss to thousands who are not dij rect sufferers by the fire. The President of the Board of Underwriters at New York, estimates the insurance loss by the various companies at $100,000,000. Whether this loss can be sustained, and what will be the future results of this great disaster, remains to be seen. THE HORSE MALADY. The horse disease continues to spread through the South, while at the North it is abating to some extent. On Saturday, Broadway, New York, presented the usual appearance, and the car lines are fast resuming travel. The mortality, however, among the diseased animals still continues, which is owing, no doubt, to bad usage and over-work after the attack of the disease. A marked improvement is reported in Boston and Pittsburg. The disease has not assumed its severest type at any point south of New York, | and it is thought, by careful management in j the South, it will exhaust itself in a mild form.! The disease continues unabated in Albany i and Chicago, and has increased in Cleveland, j In Chicago all the street cars were discon-1 tinued on Saturday. The disease has appear- j ed in Cincinnati, in which city large numbers j of the horses are affected. In Baltimore j transportation by horse-power has almost en- J tirely suspended, and the small number of j dravs that are running command from $2.50 i to ?5.00 per load. Hand cars and wheel- J barrows are numerous in the streets, mostly i confined to the oyster traffic. The Sun re-! ports one of the drivers in the employ of the City Railway Company as being confined to i bis house under something so strongly resembling the disease as to lead to the opinion 1 that he has contracted the "epizootic." This j is the first case reported among men. In Richmond the disease is on the increase,: though it is mild in its form. As far as prac-' ticable to do so, mules have been substituted for horses, and it is stated that the mules have been attacked. The disease has spread rapidly j in Petersburg, Va., occasioning the usual inconvenience reported from other cities, which is augmented by the difficulty in transporting ; cotton on the streets, which is serious and annoying to the merchants. The disease has rapidly increased in Raleigh, N. C., though | not so much to the detriment of business as at j other points, those requiring the services of i teams having prepared in advance for the emergency by providing oxen. Farmers in the vicinity of Raleigh offer large prices for city teams to transport their produce to market, fearing to expose their own animals to the disease. Speaking of the disease in Charleston, the News says that "horse-owners fully realize the fact that the epidemic is there, although probably in a less severe form than in the northern cities. The effects of the disease were evident aloner East Bav. on Tuesday, in the accumula tion of goods ready for shipment and the difficulty of procuring transportation. Several of the merchants along that busy thoroughfare were forced to exercise their patience and tax their ingenuity before the sidewalks were relieved of the goods of every description that blocked the way. Coughing horses were plentiful, and the owners of horse and mule flesh looked almost as mournful as their dumb friends." The disease is reported as far south as Albany, Georgia, at which place two deaths have occurred. RAIL ROADS. The question is often asked, "Do railroads ever pay?" In many cases, no doubt, it is positively declared that they do not. If nothing is taken into consideration but the simple dividends accruing from the stock invested in railroads, it would be true in most cases, perhaps, that railroads do not pay. This is true of almost any work of internal improvement. A planter invests a thousand dollars in improving his farm. He builds a comfortable dwelling and paints it. That his domestic animals may be sheltered from the rains and winds of winter, he erects suitable houses for them. All these improvements cost money. The question may be asked, "Does the planter get paid for his time, labor and actual cost expended in making these improvements?" It is clear that the man who builds a house for himself and family makes an investment, but it is a different investment from the man who lends money to his neighbor, or deposits money in a bank. In the former case there is apparently no interest accruing on the investment ; in the latter there is. But this does not prove that it is in every case better for an individual to invest a thousand dollars in bank stock, than to build with it a comfortable dwelling house or even a barn and stables. Railroads, like all other works of internal improvements, add a value to everything else. A country without a wagon road may be rich and fertile so far as the soil is concerned ; but until a road of some kind is constructed, over which the products of the soil can be transported from one point to another, the fertility of the soil never will be developed. A footpath to such a locality would add to its value ; a good wagon road would add more, and mnrn A a guuu iaiuvau rruuiu auu ouii uiviw? *.*. railroad is an improved kind of road. In fact, it is the best kind of road known. It is universally acknowledged that the value of land and of the products of the soil are governed to a very great extent by the character of the road. The best kind of a road, as a matter of course, will have the greatest influence. Amongst the many advantages of rail-roads, we may mention the fact that they invariably bring a market for produce of all kinds nearer to us, and make a market for some things which, without rail-roads, would not be saleable at all. Our fathers hauled, in wagons, their butter and eggs to Charleston, and received no more for them there than we can get at our doors. Fifty years ago there was in this region poor encouragement to make anything more than would barely support life. Not because our fathers loved money less than we do, but simply because they had no market for anything they made. There t would, at Dresent. not be much money made in York county from butter and eggs, if Char* leston was the nearest market for these articles, and wagons the only means of transportation. The time and labor of transportation would be so great that few individuals would attempt to make more than would meet home consumption. Railroads, like the rains of heaven, are a blessing to the whole country through which they pass. Every individual is benefited by them ; the poor, as well as the rich. They tend to develop the natural resources of a country and to multiply the comforts of its inhabitants. * THE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. We give below the result of the election so far as it has been reported from the different States. The vote for Grant is unprecedented in the history of any Presidential contest? his majority by the popular vote being not less than 400,000, while his strength in the electoral college will reach 260 out of the whole 336. Greeley carries only the States of Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri. New York gives Grant a majority. Dix is elected Governor. The Congressional delegation stands 23 Republicans and 10 Democrats; of the latter Fernando Wood and Jas. Brooks, who were reelected. The Assembly will stand 84 Republicans and 44 Democrats. The Senate, which holds over from last year, is Republican. New Jersey gives Grant 12,000 majority, j Ohio?42,000 majority for Grant. Wisconsin gives Grant a majority of 15,000 and elects six Republicans and one Democrat to Congress. Illinois gives Grant a majority, of 56,000. The Congressional delegation stands 13 Republicans and 6 Democrats. The Legislature I will have a Republican majority of 37 on joint i ballot. New Hampshire votes Republican by about 4000 majority. j Michigan, Kansas and West Virginia give Republican majorities. Iowa gives Grant a majority of 30,000 and elects all Republicans to Congress. I Indiana?5000 majority for Grant Massachusetts?Grant's majority, 73,217. Washburn's majority for Governor, 71,238. Banks defeated for Congress. Vermont gives Grant a majority of 31,000. Maine?The returns received indicate a Republican majority of 30,000. Delaware gives Grant a majority of 611. Arkansas?Vote close; the State is claimed by the Republicans by from 2000 to 3000. California gives Grant an increased vote over the vote of 1868. His majority is estimated at 10,000. Alabama gives Grant a majority of 6000. The entire Republican State ticket is elected by a small majority. Four Republicans are elected to Congress, and the Legislature will be Republican by a small majority. Kentucky gives Greeley a majority of 10,000, and elects Democratic Congressmen in , every district but two. The Democrats also j have a majority in the Legislature. Maryland?Greeley carries the State by, about 1500. The Democrats lose two Con-1 gressmen. Missouri is conceded by the Republicans to have given Greeley a majority of from 20,000 to 30,000. The Democrats have eight; of thirteen Congressmen, and in the Legislature there is a Democratic majority of 56 on joint ballot. Tennessee?Greeley's majority is estimated to be 8000. For Congressman-at-large May nard is elected over Cheatham and Johnson. Returns so far received place Johnson behind i either of his competitors. Brown is elected Governor by from 3000 to 5000. Minnesota?Enough returns have been re-1 ceived to show that the State has gone for j Grant by 20,000. The whole Republican j State ticket was carried by an overwhelming 1 majority. North Carolina?Grant's majority estiraa-, ted at 10,000. Pennsylvania gives Grant a majority of j 129,000. Texas votes the Greeley ticket, with four Democratic to two Republican Congressmen. Virginia will give a majority of from 3000 to 5000 for Grant. Georgia gives Greeley a majority of from j 8,000 to 10,000 and elects five Democratic | Uougressmen and four Kepuoiicans. In the States from which nearly complete returns have been received, electing 208 of the 292 representatives in the next House, the Republicans have a majority of 102?a net gain of 62. In the present House the Republicans have a majority of only 37. It is quite probable that the House of Representatives will be composed of 192 Republicans and 100 Democrats. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? John Lee, colored, has been elected State Senator for Chester county. ? Mr. David Leckie, Assistant Cashier of the National Bank of Chester, died in that town on Wednesday of last week. ? During last week the National Bank of Newberry paid out over $70,000 for cotton transactions. ? The Baptist State Convention will convene at Darlington on Thursday next. Rev. Dr. Winkler will preach the introductory sermon. ? The majority for Grant in this State is estimated by the Republican State Committee to be nearly 50,000. ? At the recent fair in Columbia, Mr. John Simpson, of Chester, received a premium for the best cotton gin on exhibition. ? Thos. B. Jeter has been elected State Senator from Union county, by a vote of 1,791. His majority over Byron, the highest opposing candidate, is 1,006; over Mobley 1,208. ? Governor Scott has issued an order to the Sheriff of Greenville, directing him to prevent the importation of horses and mules into the State through that county. ? Captain George Tupper, who killed Caldwell in Columbia, some time ago, during the Melton-Montgomery affray, has been released on a bond of $20,000. ? The Board of State Canvassers report Moses' majority for Governor to be 33,301. The vote stands Moses, 69,839; Tomlinson 36,538. ? Col. J. P. Thomas has relinquished the editorial control of the Columbia Carolinian to Mr. W. H. McCaw, who has for some time past been one of the editors of the Phoenix. Messrs. Thomas & Lamotte still retain the proprietorship of the Carolinian. ?The following is the vote by which the proposed * amendments to the Constitution of this State were adopted: Prohibiting increase of the public debt, 42,738; against, 2,035. Chanrnn? the time of holdincr the State elec tion, 40,996; against, 1,426. ? Charles Barber, convicted of rape at the late October term of the Court of Sessions for Chester county, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the State penitentiary, has been pardoned by Gov. Scott, upon the recommendatiou of Judge Mackey and the jury who tried him, as also a number of citizens of the county. ?Judge Maher, who was elected last winter Judge of the First Judicial Circuit, has decided that a witness can claim only $1.50 per day while detained at court, no matter how many cases he may be a witness in. This ruling also decreases the fees of the clerk, sheriff and solicitor, and has already effected a saving in the court expenses of Beaufort county alone of $2,000. ? The Chester Reporter of last week relates the following incident: "A friend of ours a few days ago employed a colored woman to ninlr nnftnn otrrpoinor tn TlftV hfir fiftv Cftntfl B ? I J J per hundred. He casually asked her how much she could pick in a day. She replied, something over three hundred pounds. He told her to go ahead and he would pay her one dollar per pound for every pound over three hundred that she would pick. On weighing the result of the day's labor she had three hundred and eleven pounds. The one day's work cost him twelve dollars and a half." ^ NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Hickory Tavern Eagle reports that Colonel Mchaffey, of Catawba county, raised 550 bushels of corn off eight a,cres of land. ? A destructive fire occurred in Raleigh on Wednesday morning of last week, by which two stores on Hillsboro street were consumed. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. ? By the last assessment the land and town property in the State is valued at $82,160,058 ; farming implements, $23,879,880 ; horses, mules and cattle, $17,467,685. Total value of real and personal property, $123,513,628. ? There are four cheese factories in Western North Carolina, which will turn out about 100,000 pounds of cheese this year. The cheese sells readily for fifteen cents per pound, and that made at the Elk Mountain factory is pronounced equal to any made in the United States. Dairying and woolgrowing are well adapted to many portions of the Southern States, and appear to be growing in favor. ? While a number of men of both colors and both parties, were in a bar room at Statesville Sunday night hotly discussing the election news, a white man by the name ofKayle got into an altercation with a negro named Alexander, which resulted in a fight, in which Kayle drew a pistol and shot Alexander tnrougn tne neaa, irom ine eueuusui mnuu uc died next day. Kayle made his escape. ? A difficulty occurred at Eureka Station, Robeson county, one day last week, between two of the Oxendines, (members of the Lowery gang) and a number of other mulattoes from the Scuffletown section, in which several of the participants were badly wounded?one of the Oxendines being so severely cut with a knife that it is thought he will die. Geo. Applewhite, another member of the gang, who fled to Georgia some time ago, has recently been arrested in that State. A reward of six thousand dollars had been offered for his arrest by the Governor of North Carolina. ? At the recent terra of Orange Superior Court, the case of Josiah Turner, jun., editor of the Raleigh Sentinel against ex-Governor W. W. Holden, was called and continued to ! next term on account of the absence of W. H. Bagley, one of the witnesses, in whose possession are the records of the examining court;' I and the case of the State against Holden for peijury, was called and dismissed for defect in the indictment in failing to specify where the offence was committed, from which action of the Judge an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, and the counsel for the prosecution then moved to bind defendant over to the next term of the Superior Court of Wake, which motion was denied on the ground that the action still pended in Orange court until a decision of the Supreme Court. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The State Fair. The State Fair at Columbia, closed on Friday last. Quite a large number of visitors were in attendance daring the week, and in point of attraction, the fair was more successful than any held since the war. In the list of awards, we find that Mrs. F. M. Galbraith, of Yorkville, was given a premium for pear preserves, who appears from the list before us, i to have been the only competitor from this county. Congressional Election. The followiug is the official report of the Board of State Canvassers as to the result of the election fo- Congress in the Fourth Congressional Di: ict. It will be seen that Hon. A. S. Wu' :s's majority is 1718 : Wallace. Perry. Oconee, 548 1201 Pickens, 539 935 Greenville, 1684 2074 Laurens, 2150 1438 Spartanburg,....' 1145 2221 Union, 1365 1468 York, 2130 1566 Chester, 2300 1104 Fairfield, 2736 872 Total, 14,597 12,879 A Remedy for the Horse Disease. A practical farmer, who has had large experience in rearing sheep, assures the Baltimore American that the epizootic influenza, which has attacked the horse with so much virulence, is precisely similar to the malignant distemper which sometimes destroys whole flocks of sheep. A year or two ago his sheep were affected with the distemper, and he ured them with the following simple remedy: Each sheep was caught and a lighted match held under its nose. The fumes of the sulphur and phosphorous entered the nostrils and produced a violent sneezing, by which all the mucous secretions were thrown out. The nose was then touched with tar, and the animal kept in a dry place for two or three days and allowed to eat nothing but soft food. The cure was immediate, and failed in no instance. Mr. Greeley at His old Post* On the next day after the election, Mr. Greeley assumed his old post as editor of the Tribune, on which occasion he issued the following card: "The undersigned resumes the editorship of the Tribune, which he relinquished in embarking in another line of business six months ago. Henceforth it shall be his endeavor to make this a thoroughly independent journal, treating all parties and political movements with judicial fairness and candor, but courting the favor anrd deprecating the wrath of no one. If he can hereafter say anything that will tend to heartily unite the whole American people on the broad platform of universal amnesty and impartial suffrage, he will gladly do so. For the present, however, he can best commend that consummation by silence and forbearance. The victors in our late struggle can hardly fail to take the whole subject of southern rights and wrongs into early and earnest consideration, and to them, for the present, he remits it. Since he never will again be a candidate for anv office, and is not in tun accora witn eitner or tne great parties which have hitherto divided the country, he will be able and will endeavor to give wider and steadier regard to the progress of science, industry, and useful arts, than a partisan journal can do; and he will not be provoked to indulgence in those bitter personalities which are the recognized bane of journalism. Sustained by a generous public, he will do his best to make the Tribune a power in the broad field it now contemplates as wben human freedom was in peril it was in the arena of political partisanship. Horace Greeley. Release of Dr. Bratton's Bondsmen. By the following despatch from Washington, dated on Friday last, it will be seen that the United States government, upon the demand of the British government, has released the bondsmen of Dr. J. Rufus Bratton from further liability: "The British Minister has called the attention of the Secretary of State to the case of Rufus Bratton, a citizen of South Carolina, who was forcibly abducted from Canada last Spring by an American detective named Hester, assisted by a Canadian official named Cornwall, who was recently sentenced to three years' imprisonment, the principal witness being Dr. Bratton. It was not supposed that any further mention would be made of the case, but it appears that Bratton was released by the United States authorities on bail, and not returning to South Carolina, the sureties were informed that the bail bond would be forfeited if Bratton did not return. He there upon appealed to the British government for protection. The British Minister under instruction from the Home government, reminds the Secretary of State that Her Majesty's government does not tolerate interference with her laws, and that the proceedings against Bratton, having followed his abduction from British Territory, that they must be cancelled. The AttorneyGeneral has, therefore, instructed the United States District Attorney Corbin, at Charleston, to dismiss the bail bond and discharge the sureties of Bratton, and to place the proceedings against him, as far as practicable, in the same position as before his forcible abduction from Canada. Perfectly Resigned. The Petersburg Appeal, (conservative) is resigned to the reelection of Grant, and expresses its feelings in the following goodhumored strain: As the "late lamented" war " 'he habit of remarking, "we are reminded c. a little anecdote." There lived in the Valley of Virginia during the late war a very worthy old gentleman who was a justice of the peace, and distinguished for his devotion to the Confederate nanoo Tkmnorfi evorv hnnr nf darkness or sunshine he held to the conviction that the Confederacy could not fail; that it was founded on principles as solid as the bases of the eternal hills, and must prevail. He was in the habit of going to the post-office, a few miles from his house, to get his mail and hear the news from the war. On such occasions the postmaster would ask his opinion of the situation, and have himself fortified by the old squire's hopeful views. Finally, however, about the close of the war the news became worse and worse, until at last the intelligence of the surrender arrived. The sad tale having been recited to the old patriot squire, he took his seat and assumed a thoughtful attitude. The postmaster then began to interrogate him. "Well, Squire, things are looking very dark!" "Yes," replies the old gentleman, "very black, indeed?very black." "What will become of us?" inquiries the postmaster; "what shall we do?" "Well," says the old squire, after drawing a long breath, "I don't see anything left us except to go back into the Union, and if those Yankees don't behave themselves, we must whip them again /" We have another Grant Administration voted upon us, which we will have to make the best of for four years from the 4th of March next We will have to accept it; but one thing is sure, if those Radicals don't behave I themselves we will beat them again. We are not in the least discouraged. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. new advertisements. Thomas Wright, H. K. Roberts and C. A. King, Commissioners?Notice. J. L. AdaniH, Secretary of the Building Committee?To Contractors. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Cheese?Buggy WhipsBoots?Water-Proof Cloth?Jeans?Canuy-Parafflne Candles?Slioes?Sheeting?Bread Preparation?Snuff?Just Listen?Do You Owe Dobson?Paper Collars?Alpacas?Jim and Dick?Furs?Rubber Shoes?Wanted? Dress Goods. R. K. Scott, Governor?Proclamation. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of J. D. Johnston. W. H. &J. P. Herndon?Salmon?Powder and Shot?Tobacco?Brandy Peaches?Flour? Wheat Bran. James JefTerys, Assignee of J. G. Enloe?Notice to Creditors. Catharine Pressley?Strayed. W. B. McNeel, Executor?Application for Discharge. R. E. Allison A W. B. Williams?Law Partnership. JefTerys A Thomson, Assignees in the matter of H. J. Pride?Application for discharge. n snow. On last Saturday night, about nine o'clock, the first snow of the season fell in this locality. The ground being saturated with the previous rains and the atmosphere being warm, the snow melted as soon as it touched the ground. it m Mii itidv srunni. We return our thanks to the managers for a card of invitation to the commencement ball of the King's Mountain Military School, at this place, which comes off on the 28th instant ARREST OF JOHN BENFIELD. On Saturday last, John Benfield, of this county, was arrested a few miles below Rock Hill, and is now in the jail at this place. For more than a year, warrants have been in the hands of both State and Federal officials for his arrest. We are informed that he is charged with robbery and ku-kluxing. TIJE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. The following is the result of the election held in this county, on Tuesday of last week, for Presidential electors : Grant 2083; Greeley, 1092; Scattering, 16. Majority for Grant, 971. White vote, 1197; colored vote, 1994. Total voh n>191. Compared with the State election, there is a falling off in the white vote of 532, and the colored vote of only 49. THE CIRCUIT COURT. During the sittings of the Circuit Court last week, the Grand Jury had under consideration a number of indictments against sundry persons belonging to this county, charged with ku-kluxing. The following findings were reported: The State vs Joseph W. Leech, Edward Leech, Joseph Mitchell and others?Indictment for Riot and tumult on the premises of John R. Faris. True bill as to Joseph W. Leech, Edward Leech, Joseph Mitchell, Dudley Jones, jr., Allen B. Crosby, Sylvanus Hemphill, Bunk Childers, Rufus Garvin, Peter Brown, Banks Kell, John A. Brown, William Johnson, Harvey Gunning, Robert Caldwell, Frank Smith, Daniel Smith, Rufus Dobson and Butler Dobson. As to others no bill. The State vs John W. Mitchell and others? Indictment for Riot, and Assault on William J. Wilson. True bill as to Julius Howe, Joseph Mitchell, Edward Leech, George Leech, Daniel Chesterfield McKinney, John Morrow, Thomas Wilkerson, Sherrod Childers, Jefferson Smith, Marion McAfee, Alonzo Brown, Chambers Brown, Harvey Gunning, Robert Caldwell, John Ramsay, Hugh Kell and William Johnson. As to others no bill. The State vs John Gardner, Levi Gardner and others?Indictment for the murder of Anderson Brown. True bill as to John Gardner, Levi Gardner, Green Culp, Robert J. Caldwell, James M. Caldwell and O.J. Gwinn. As to Daniel Smith ana Martin nan, no 0111. The State vs. J. Rufus Bratton and others? Indictment for the murder of James Williams. True bill as to James Rufus Bratton, Chambers Brown, Sylvanus Sherer, William Sherer, H. H. Sherer, James Sherer, Elias Ramsay, Robert Riggins, Hugh Kell, Henry Warlick, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Robert Hays Mitchell, Napoleon Miller, Alonzo Brown, Wm. Johnson, James Neel, Addison Carroll, Miles Carroll, Harvey Gunning, Pinckney Caldwell, Rufus B. McClain, Robert Caldwell, Holbrook Good, John Caldwell, Robert Dickson Bigham, Eli Ross Stewart, Samuel Ferguson, Josiah Martin. As to Bascomb Kennedy, no bill. Randolph Sutton, who pleaded guilty to robbing the premises of John A. Thomasson, near Thorn's Ferry, was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year. On Saturday afternoon, the Court adjourned until the first Monday of March. JUDGE T. J. MACKEY. The recent session of the Circuit Court, was the first one in this county at which Judge Mackey has presided since he was elected to the Bench of ?his circuit. Much interest was felt as to tho manner in which he would perform the duties of his exalted position. This interest was not altogether untinged with a feeling of apprehension entertained by many on account of the political associations of the Judge, and the frequent animadversations of a number of the newspapers in the State on his course generally. We are happy to say, however, that so far as we can learn, his Honor, during the recent session of the Court, was entirely mindful of his high position, and held the scales of justice with an even hand. He is quick, and apparently impartial in his decisions, has a ready flow of language, and impresses the jury strongly and quickly with his views of the law of a case. At a meeting of the of the Yorkville Bar, held on the 9th instant?Col. W. C. Beatty being Chairman of the meeting and J. S. R. Thomson Secretary?the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we greet with pleasure the elevation of His Honor T. J. Mackey, to the bench of the Sixth Circuit. Resolved, That we take pleasure in testifying to the ability, courtesy and patience displayed bp His Honor at the present term of this Court Resolved, That in the administration of the the duties of the Court, his Honor has afforded eminent satisfaction, and in his recommendations and suggestions for the welfare of the county we heartily concur, and in their execution will cheerfully cooperate. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing res oiutions 06 presented to ins xzouur uuugc Mackey, and that a copy be published in the Yorkville Enquirer. The following is the reply of Judge Mackey to the above resolutions: CHESTER, S. C., Nov. 12,1872. Dear Sir:?I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Resolutions adopted by the Bar of York county on the 9tli instant, commendatory of the mauner in which I discharged the duties of presiding Judge, during the term which closed on that aay. 1 beg leave, through you, to assure tho gentlemen of the Bar of York, that I am very grateful for this generous expression of their esteem, and that I will endeavor to deserve it. To the public officer intent upon performing his duty with diligence and fidelity, the highest reward is derived from the sanction of his own conscience, that severely just tribunal that often reverses both good and ill judgments which the world pronounces upon the secret motives, and the seeming characters of men. Next to that sanction of the inner-self, should be esteemed the approving opinion of those who are best capable of iudging whether that duty has been faithfully and efficiently performed. From this consideration, springs my deep sense of the value of the Resolutions which do me so much honor. The members of the Bar of York, have by the largo attainments, and liberal culture, adorned the profession of the law, and reflected lustre upon the Judges who have been honored with the presidency of this Circuit. As a bodv of gentlemen, they havealways proved loyal to their convictions of duty, however derived, and have maintained amid uncertainties that vex, and disasters that blight, an inflexible esprit de corps, which misfortune may wound, butcannotsubdue. Far beyond, however, the great personal gratification that the Resolutions afford me, do I esteem the assurance therein contained, that "the members of the Bar heartily concur in" my "recommendations and suggestions for the Welfare of the county, and in their execution will cheerfully cooperate." Igratefully recognize In this assurance the early advance of the day, when, throughout our State, there will be universal concord, based upon a mutual respect for all rights of person and property, among the two races upon her soil, whom the customs of man do not permit to mingle, but whom the providence or God will not permit to sever. I am dear sir, with sincere regard, Your obedient servant, T. J. MACKEY, Judge Sixth Cireuit. To Hon. W. C. Beatty, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Chairman, Ac., Yorkville, S. C. PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY. State of South Carolina?County of York. In General Sessions. To the Hon. T. J. Macltey, Presiding Judge: The grand jury would respectfully submit to your Honor, the following, as their final refn. (ka UDO r 1 S7Q fJWA U iVi VIIV J V??? av mm 1st. They have examined the various county offices, and, as far as they can discover, find that the several officers have faithfully discharged the public duties entrusted to them. We, herewith, append the report made by the county school commissioner to the grand jury, showing the number of pupils in attendance upon school, the amount of school fund due, and the amount paid to each township in the county, &c., which report is herewith filed, as information. 2nd. We have examined the county poor house, and find that nineteen paupers are provided for at the poor house, besides thirteen paupers who are supported at their respective homes, by the county commissioners. We find that all of the paupers are comfortably provided with food, clothing, medical supplies and attention, and that the poor sick of the county have been supplied with medicine and medical attention, in all cases, where tbeir necessitous circumstances have been brought to the attention of the county commissioners, and that the paupers of the county are-attended bv a practicing physician, under contract with the county commissioners. We have been favorably impressed with the humane treatment of the paupers, as, also, with the successful management of the poor house farm by the present superintendent 3rd. We would especially commend to the favorable consideration of your Honor, and congratulate the citizens of the county, upon the faithful and economical administration of | the affairs of the county, bv the county commissioners. We would call the attention of the county commissioners to the condition of the bridge at Fitchett's mill, on the Arm, strong's Ford road, and would urge them to such action as will protect the public in the premises. 4th. We have examined the county jail, and find the same to be secure; a few glass have been broken out of the windows, but we ! learn that arrangements have been made to remedy this defect The prisoners appeared to be well supplied with food, clothing and bedding, and they expressed themselves as satisfied with the humane treatment of the jailor. We observed, in the third story of the jail, a stove, intended for the comfort of the prisoners, and recommend that the county I commissioners furnish the sheriff with fire wood for the use of the stove. No provision was made, in the erection of the jail building, for heating the cells, and the only practical remedy for this defect, is the use of the stove referred to. ' 5th. As the use of ardent spirits is the fruitful source of crime, poverty and wretchedness, and, as we learn that the granting of licenses for the sale of liquor, is left, by the law, in the discretion of the county commissioners, we respectfully and earnestly recommend that the commissioners do not, in future, grant licenses for the sale of liquor. 6th. We have enquired, as directed by ^our Honor, as to wnetner any iaoorers nave ueeu required to vote with their employers, as a condition, for hiring, or renting of land,- and we are pleased to be able to report that no instance of this character is within the knowledge or information of any member of the grand jury. 7th. It is our privilege to report to yonr Honor, that law and order now prevail, and that life and property are secure within the limits of York county. 8th. The grand jury have had under consideration, and have discovered evidence sufficient to present several cases where parties have unlawfully combined in acts of violence committed during the years 1870 and 1871. They observe with pain and regret that a number of the citizens of York county are implicated in these unwarranted acts of lawlessness, some of whom are now in prison under sentence of the United States Court; that in some instances, these acts of lawless violence have culminated in the crime of murder, for which indictments are now pending in this court. In the investigation of the cases submitted to them, the grand jury have been impressed with the fact that a number of those implicated and indicted are of the poor and illiterate class of society, who have probably acted more under the influence of their evil | disposed associates, than from any premedita| ted desire to gratify a malicious intent against the victims of their lawlessness. If correct in this view, in behalf of this misguided class and their helpless families, your grand J^ury leel constrained 10 asx ior mercy, auey would, therefore, most respectfully and earnestly invoke the influence and cooperation of your Honor, in an appeal for Executive clemency in behalf of such as may be entitled to such consideration, where the crime of murder is not involved. In making this appeal, the grand jury do not intend either to ignore or justify the acts of lawlessness referred to, but make the appeal, now that the Presidential election has elapsed, under the firm conviction that there will not, in future, be any repetition of such crimes; and with the assurance that the large majority of our people are willing to accord to the humblest citizen the fullest exercise of every right guaranteed by State or Federal constitution; and, under the further conviction that our people will, in future, heartily cooperate in the enforcement of law and order without fear or favor. All of which is respectfullv submitted. S. L. DAVIDSON, Foreman. November 9,1872. Mr. Greeley's Defeat. Mr. Greeley has a consolation in defeat which cannot be enjoyed by every defeated aspirant, and which is thus described by the Tribune on the morning after the election: "Nothing in this hour of defeat gives us more genuine satisfaction than the universal approval of Mr. Greeley's course during the can va88. We printed yesterday the judgment of the lead'og Democratic journals of the FloAwkflUfl to/* m?rc fVm nnininna r\f CUUUtlJ'. JUiscniiBiv no gn? iuu w? the leading evening papers here, and of one or two journals of nigh standing in the Democratic party in other cities. Of the generous and hearty tributes, public and private, from Liberal Republican journals and statesmen, we need not here speak. Mr. Greeley has made no bargains; he has sacrificed no principle ; he has in no way compromised his selfrespect, or used doubtful utterances to win votes. The politicians who feared his indiscretions are the first to bear testimony to his wise prudence, and the enemies who sought everywhere for weak spots in his armor are the first to acknowledge that he has practiced no concealments. The difficulties of his position were enormous, and next to the victory, which was not to be attained, we rate the honesty, dignity, and wisdom with which he passed through them." J?* Rev. James Reid, the newly-elected Superintendent of Public Instruction for North Carolina, died suddenly in Greensboro on Saturday last.