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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/?
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.