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f waps and Jarts. Keep everything around you clean, and fear not the cholera. A New York saloon keeper sells "Irish lager bier." The present month of July has five Tuesdays, five Wednesdays and five Thur> ' days. ' It is officially announced that the "back pay" will be at the disposal of the senators and representatives for two years from date. A Princeton, Illinois, girl died of grief because her new spring bonnet fell into the river and was ruined. The postmaster of New York says the recent postal reform has caused a falling off i of 18,000 free newspaper exchanges at that post-office during the past week. A Pittsburg man had his head shaved because he had rashly promised his wife that i he would not drink another drop so long as j he had a hair on his head. j Itissaid that a stick of brimstone placed in a dog's drinking vessel is a preventive of many of the ills that canine flesh is heir to, | particularly at this season of the year. j lhe prevailing epidemic at Memphis and Nashville and other cities in the South < has seriously interfered with business to and s from those points, even so far as to compel the ' different railroad Hues to suspend the running ! of some of their passenger and freight trains. < An Alabama lawyer, defending a murderer, spoke for nineteen consecutive hours, : and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty in seven minutes. They did it to avenge themselves for the torture they had endured. Loquacious attorneys should limit their tongues before they reach the limit of human patience. Reports from north-western Iowa state that the grasshoppers are working serious damage to the crops in that locality. Immense fields of wheat and oats that, five days ; ago, promised an abundant harvest, are now utterly destroyed, and the grasshoppers have commenced on corn. There is a proposition to right the mem- j. ory of Columbus by changing the name of so | much of the North American Continent as is ! ] embraced within the United States to Colum- j ] bia. The suggestion comes from the West, ' whence most all great thoughts now proceed, , aud is well worthy of consideration. The abolition of the franking privilege will redound to the benefit of the express companies, as some of the departments of the ; Government, aud perhaps all of them, have 11 decided to send all their heavy packages by J, express, it being found much cheaper tliau to I, pay postage thereon. Mrs. Avery D. Putnam, the widow of j the victim of the car-hook murderer in New ' York, has recovered in the Superior Court of : that city ?5,000 against the Seventh Avenue < Railroad Company, for negligence of the car driver and conductor for not putting Foster oir the car when requested by Mr. Putnam. Mexico is one of the grateful republics. She has voted ?50,000 for a monument to the j late President Juarez. The natioual flag is 1 to be ruu up every time his birthday conies j J round, and each of his daughters has been ! voted a pension of ?3000 while single, and i i r.AA ~ l\ : 'Pi _ l i i i _ c I ciouu aner marriage, ine nest uiograpuer 01 Juarez will be awarded $2000. The physicians of Selma, Ala., having agreed not to devote themselves professionally ! to any more patients who refuse to pay their !' hills, the medical attendance in that town has ; decreased a! most as much as the general health has advanced. The local papers declare, if the doctors would shut up shop altogether, that Sel ma would be the most healthful place in the whole South. 11 An Iowa man, a few days since, dream-1i ed that he saw his brother's head severed from \ j his body without the loss of a drop of blood, j ( Next day he learned of the removal of that j. brother from a snug postmasters!)ip. A negro ! in Columbus, Ga., dreamed that he found five J dollars in a certain place in a street. He i went to the spot next morning, found one dol-11 lar, and is blaming the ghost who told him of j < it for taking the other four. j ( It turns out that Gen. Beauregard, of i Confederate fame, is the leading spirit in the 11 new departure movement iu Louisiana, acce-1 ding to the negroes greater privileges than i have yet been bestowed upon them by legis- I( lativeor congressional enactment. To an eu-! i quiring friend in Nashville, Tenn., Gen. Beau- i regard telegraphed a few days ago, explaining ! j his position : "Our carpet-baggers must he rooted, bag and baggage, out of the State, or j we shall be utterly ruined. The question is narrowing down to one of existence." ! The War Department will send to West ' Point from the Ordinance Bureau, as a trophy j1 of the late war, the first gun fired in the cause ! 1 of the rebellion. It was fired at the steamer Yicksburg, bound for New Orleans, and sup- j, posed to have arms and ammunition ou board I' belonging to the United States. The firing took place several days before any guns were j tired at the United states troops, either at ' Charleston or Peusacola. It is a small four- i pound cannon, formerly the property of the city of Vicksburg. ] Mortuary statistics show that the pop- ( ular notion that negroes are more able than the whites to resist the attacks of malarious diseases, is erroneous. In Alabama, the races ( are nearly equal, 521,000 whites to 475,000 ( negroes; yet the last census shows that while ' there were 4,500 deaths among the whites, i there were 0,000 among the negroes. The j measles carried off 281 negroes to 122 whites ; the typhoid fever, 197 negroes to 207 whites; ' while remittent and intermittent fevers took | 442 negroes to 298 whites. Pneumonia was ( especially fatal to the colored race, 988 fatal j cases of it haviug occurred to 498 among the ! whites. The same facts are noticeable in regard to the ravages of malarious fevers, con- i, sumption, pneumonia and general diseases, in j Mississippi, South Carolina and other South-1 eru States. Possibly, the neglect of their sick by the negroes may account for a portion of the disparity of deaths, but the fact is still established by figures, that in point of health, i the Caucasian is the superior race, even in the South. Among the new rules promulgated by I the treasury department on the subject of the [' issue and redemption of United States curren-11 oy, to take effect the 1st of July, are the fol- 1 lowing: "Banks and other parties situated without the limits of the territory covered by i the contract are permitted to forward curren- | cv for redemption to the treasurer by express, j j at the expense of the department, only in sums of one thousand dollars, or an even multiple thereof. The remittances should be marked 'Under the Government Contract with 1 Adams Express Company from the point of , connection with that company the charges should be prepared to that point, the bill therefor being sent to the treasurer for settlement through the proper accounting officers, in favor of the consignor. Mew currency will be : returned in all cases, at the expense of the de- 1 partment. All remittances of money by mail must be addressed to the 'Treasurer of the . United States, Washington, D. C.,' and must be prepaid. Such letters may be registered. Returns for five dollars and upwards in fractional currency, and fifty dollars and upwards of legal tender notes, received by express, are 1 made at the expense of" the department by express, and for less of either returns are made at the expense of the owner." The Asiatic cholera is a disease of an ancient and almost immemorial date, though it was first observed as an epidemic in Bengal, in May, 1817. It next made its appearance in Calcutta ; in 181(J, it extended to the Burmese empire; in 1820, it arrived in Bombay, where 150,000 persons lost their lives. In succeeding years, it visited Persia, Arabia and Asia Minor; in 1829, it appeared in Southern Russia, and at Moscow in 1830. In 1S31, it spread over most of Central Kurope, and appeared in England ; in 1833, it appeared in London and Paris. On June 8, 1832, it first appeared on this side of the Atlantic at Quebec, and on June 21, in New York, the intermediate districts escaping its visitation. It reached Boston, Baltimore and Washington in August. In October, it spread from Cincinnati to New Orleans. Thence it struck across the country to Texas, and traveled up the Mississippi to the river towns. It revisitsd this country in 1834,1835, 1836 and 1837. \Ve had a cholera epidemic in 1854, from which Baltimore escaped. There have been subsequent local visitations. The cholera, or a disease much resembling it, and attended with considerable fatality, especially among the colored people, has made its appearance in New Orleans this year, with no evidence that it has been imported. We also hear of it in Memphis, next in Nashville, finally in Grreenville, Tennessee, not far from the Southwestern border of Virginia. We also hear of )ne or two sudden deaths in Cincinnati .from the same disease. It is geuerally considered a j liseasee of warm and damp climates and sea- j sons. It may be that the Mississippi Valley I iffords as favorable a foothold for it as the j lelta of the Ganges. Some consider that its expansion is located along the great sweep of; the equatorial current of moist South-west and ! ?outh-east winds, supposed by some to be the j deflection of the trade winds into the -Mississippi Valley, which penetrate to high latitudes in the central part of the continent. For ourselves, the cholera seems to us as eccentric as a comet, and we should almost as ' soon be disposed to build up a system of med-1 cal geography of one as of the other. ?he faehviUe <??<jmtet.j YORKVILLE, S.C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1873. Watch the Figures.?The dofe on tlie "addresslabel*' shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the ilutc must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that 3tir terms for subscription, advertising and iobivork, are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more attention hereafter to job printing than we have done in the past, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stock of inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to execute as good work as can be done anywhere in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, ! Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, Labels, Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks, Bill Heads, Law Briefs, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks, Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire A* Life Ins., Election Tickets, Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, .Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every | instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. XEXT*YEAR. The evils of the present moment are generally so many and so great, that with most of the human family there is neither time nor inclination to look forward into the future. On the general pricipal, however, that a stitch in time saves nine, many of the evils of life might be avoided by timely precaution. Coming events generally cast their shadows before them ; and if we would only wisely discern the signs of the times, many serious ills might be escaped. ? Guided by the experience of the past, and reasoning from cause to efTcct, we can form a tolerably correct idea of what will be the conJition of things next year. Corn will be, if not scarce, not abundant. The wheat crop of the present season was light, and the yield from the growing corn crop will not be heavy. A. very large amount of the crop on the low lands has been badly injured by the wet, and i still larger amount, on both high and low lands, has been more seriously injured for the want of proper cultivation. An exceedingly large amount of cotton was planted, and such was the character of the spring and early summer, that the grass took full possession of many acres of cotton and whole fields of corn. We cannot safely calculate on a heavy crop cither of corn or cotton. We will feel this next year. There arc other things which should be taken into consideration, when making our calculation for next year. We will be annoyed on the right and on the left, by night and by ;lay, by the periodical return of the .State and county electious. The State will be overrun by aspirants for office. There will be caucus meetings, political barbecues and picnics, and any quantity of mean whisky drunk, and fiery speeches made. Judging from the past, there will be plenty of time for electioneering and enlightening the people with regard to their sacred rights, and the manner in which they should exercise them, and very little time to work. We may safely calculate on all this, and much more. We suggest that it would be wise in our people generally, in view of all these probabilities, to make preparation for a storm. If the storm does not come, no harm will be j done; and should it come, we will be prepared for it. A wise man always covers his house j in a dry day. We would suggest that pre-1 paration be made for sowing down a large j amount of land in small grain, and that the cotton farms be greatly reduced. This ought, ' we honestly believe, to be done, in any event. ! Our farmers have been speculating in cotton | for the last five or six years, and there is i i . - vi .L-i i i i,.j | aUUIKiani eVIUCUCC L11UL 11 11 US uui'ii uuuuuuu with much annoyance and no great deal of1 permanent gain. By an early anticipation of approaching calamities, they may be either entirely warded off or their force broken. Every year labor in this county is becoming scarcer. This is a fact, no matter bow it may be accounted for. It surely is wise in all our land-holders to make all their future calculations with a full knowledge of this fact. Labor will, in all human probability, be scarcer next year than it has been any time within the past ten years. It will be too late next April to make arrangements to meet this emergency. It will be too late even next January. Preparation should be made between the present time and the first of November. ? AtOwingsville, Ivy., on Thursday last, Wm. A. Satterfield was placed on trial for burning that place in April last. While one Ilayden was testifying in regard to being employed bySatterfied to burn '.he place, Satterfield and his friends rushed toward him, with revolvers drawn, when several determined citizens interfered and avoided a collision. The court then adjourned till Friday, when Satterfield and his friends rushed in with two double-barreled shot-guns and revolvers, and were met by Mr. Hoon, the jailor, and other citizens. Hoon fired at Satterfield, killing him instantly, when the rest, of the party fled. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The report of cholera in Orangeburg is 1 deuied by the Mayor of that town. ? Georgetown and Aiken, were made money order offices on and after 7th of July. ? Winnsboro has resolved to levy a tax of one and a quarter mills for school purposes the next year. ? James L. Jamison, colored, Senator from Orangeburg, died in Columbia on the 2nd instant. ?Air. Wills Rogers, formerly a resident of Yorkville, died recently in New York, of heart disease. ? A child was born in Charleston several; days ago, having iwo well developed teeth in its mouth. ? In consequence of the dull times, and in order to reduce the expenses, the Columbia Union-Herald has dispensed with the services of Maj. E. W. Everson, the local editor of fhsit. nfinor. ?~ I?1 I ? A little son of Capt. A. G. Brenizer, of Columbia, met with a painful accident on the 4th. He attempted to pour powder from a flask upon a coal, which caused an explo- j sion, and his right hand was badly lacerated, j ? The citizens of Blackstocks and vicinity] celebrated the Fourth by a picnic in a beau-1 tiful grove near that thriving village. The j tables were well laden, and the attendance i li-ge. ? Governor Moses has made a requisition on the Governor of North Carolina for the i body of Calvin Faison, now in the jail of Cumberland county, charged with stealing a horse in Chesterfield county. ? Th a Phoenix of Tuesday says that the print- j iug material?type, presses, etc.?of the de- j funct South Carolinian newspaper was disposed j of at auction, on Monday, and was bought in ( by the mortgagees, Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell, for the sum of ?1,000?about onethird of its original cost. ? A storm of unusual severity passed over the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta railroad on the evening of the 4th. In the vicinity of Mayesville several barns and other | outbuildings were blown down, and trees and j fences were prostrated fdV a considerable distance on both sides of the railroad. [ ? A destructive fire is reported by the ColI umbia Union-Herald to have occurred at the town of Frog Level, in Newberry county. Thirteen stores and two private residences were destroyed, involving a loss of $53,200 on which there was but ?6000 insurance. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. ? The Pluenix of Tuesday puns the following important item : "Yesterday, a member of the Legislature from one of the upper counties called on Treasurer Cardozo, for the purpose that needy parties would. The Treasuicr received him kindly, and requested him to be seated ; and then Mr. Pursestrings excused himself for a few moments; but the last seen of him was as a car-dozer, bound for New York, while the man from up about York walked off with the owins." ! ?The Columbia Pkmnix says: "We are pleased to record the highly prosperous condition of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company?more especially under the management of Col. Palmer and the present board of Directors, and the able supervision of the General Superintendent, Mr. James Auderson. The gross earnings for the last seven months arc about thirty per cent, in excess of the same period last year; and the net earnings over fifty per cent, in excess of last year. This speaks well for the road, and shows euergy and economy on the part of the management. The debt, floating and funded, has been in the last seven months reduced about 8130,000, and the assets increased about $.30,000?nearly $200,000. The receipts for the current year are estimated at $800,000, against $030,000 the previous year." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Concord Sun says they had a case of genuine cholera in that town last week. l - - it _ 17* ii? ? The engineer corps to locate me r uyeuuville anil Florence (S. C.) railroad are now making the necessary survey. ? A colored man testified before the Superior Court at Raleigh last week that he was one hundred and four years old, in substantiation of which he gave a description of the battle of Guilford Court House, which he witnessed from a tree-top when a little boy. ? Governor Caldwell, the State officers and several members of the legal profession, irrespective of party, have joined in a recommendation to the President to appoint Judge Pearson to the Chief Justiceship of the United States Supreme Court. ? The Hickory Press says that Mr. Salisbury, a farmer near Old Fort, has been experimenting with the different grasses. He sowed the seeds with turnips, instead of small grain, as is customary, and the experiment is a wonderful success. The timothy and orchard varieties attained a height of five feet. ? The Raleigh News says the pardon of Win. Mclntyre, of Rutherford county, now coufined in the Albany peniteutiary on the charge of ku-kluxing, has been received at the office of the United States Marshal in Raleigh. Mclntyre was sentenced for two years, and his term would have expired on the 1st of October next. ? Mrs. Maria Murray, a young widow lady, wealthy and highly accomplished?occupying the enviable position of the belle of the county, previous to her marriage?committed suioidfi hv hansrimr herself, on her farm, near Ilillsboro, on the 30th ult. Criminal intimacy between herself and a married man who was employed as a laborer on her farm, is assigned as the cause of the rash act. ? A fire occurred in Charlotte on Friday afternoon last, as we learn from the Democrat, which from its location, came near being a serious conflagration. The fire originated in a stable in the rear of the Parks buildings, in the heart of the square, and destroyed several old inflammable buildings ; but by the exertious of the firemen, the flames did but liltle damage to the adjacent stores. ? The Lincoln Progress says: The wheat crop has been cut and turned out much bet- [ tor than looked for?something over a half i crop is made. Oats generally good. The j prospects for corn arc very encouraging ; a ; full crop will be made, should nothing happen to it. Cotton?there has been more cot-' ton planted this year than any previous one, ( and the prospects for a good yield are j bright. ? Alexander Perry Sperry, a New York salesman, well known in many of the south- j ern States, fell from a window of the third story of the Ceutral Hotel, iu Charlotte, on 1 Wednesday evening of last week, from the effects of which he died an hour after. Mr. Sperry was brought up to the mercantile business in Greensboro, but for many years past has made Winchester, Virginia, his home. ? The Raleigh Sentinel learns from a gentleman who has recently been traveling in the western portion of the State that the crops in that section are very fine. The people informed him that the yield of wheat this ' year is larger than of any year since the close j of the war. This, remarks the Sentinel, is a j sign of a good time ahead, for when the wheat j crop is abundant our people, as a general j rule, are prosperous. ? The State Supreme Court has reversed the ! decision of Judge Tourgee, recently made in j the Superior Court of Orange county, as to the power of the State to tax United States j treasury notes, national bank bills and solvent | credits. The opinion of the Court was ren- j dered by Judge Reade. It will be remem-1 bered that Judge Tourgee held that neither j United States treasury notes nor National j bank bills, were subject to taxation by the State, also that solvent credits were not taxable, as the deposit remained money either as United States treasury notes, or National bank bills. ? The Hickory Press contains a lengthy account of the arrest, in Morganton, on the 27th ultimo, of Honorable W. A. Smith, Receiver of the Western North Carolina Railroad, by United States Revenue officials. It seems | ' '? ' i-i *k? kI mat me omciaisueraanueu auoess tu wic uuuro i and papers of the railroad since it passed under Major Smith's control, and he refused to comply with the demand until their authority for making it was shown. They failed to exhibit any authority, whereupon the Major ejected thera from his office. The officers j then obtained warrants for Major Smith, one for resisting their authority and another for assault and battery, and upon a hearing before a United States Commissioner, he was bound in a bond of 81000 in each case, to answer at the next term of the Federal Court at Statesville. In expounding the law, the United States Commissioner, a man named Eastman, claimed he had the right to enter any man's house and examine his private papers, aud if the party refused, he could break open his house or safe. NEWS OF*"'THE DAY. ? The first bale of cotton raised on the Rio Grande this year was sold in Brownsville, Texas on Friday last. ? There were five cholera deaths in Cincinnati on the 6th. The disease is abating in Memphis and Nashville. ? Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, has called upon Gov. Powers, of Mississippi, to prosecute the parties who left the State of Louisiana and participated in the duel which resulted in the death of Judge Cooley. ? Three more Modocs surrendered to the United States forces on the 6th. It is understood that the Indians will be defended by Colonel Lewis, of Red Bluff, at their trial before the militaiy commission. ? Work has been commenced in New York nn tho mom nint h hnlnnn in which Professors Wise and Donaldson propose to make an aerial voyage to Europe. It is proposed to make the attempt about the 20th of August. ? In the New Hampshire Legislature, a bill has been introduced making it unlawful for any circus company to enter the State, fixing the penalty at one thousand dollars. ? Of the twelve hundred claims allowed by the Southern Claims Commission, and to pay which, Congress at its last session appropriated 8789,143, all have been paid by the Treasury Departmet except six. ? Fourth of July powder thieves, attempt- j iug to steal powder at Centreville, Pcnnsylva- j nia, exploded 700 pounds of giant powder and 70 pounds of nitro-glycerine. Every window within two miles was broken. ? In Ohio and Indiana the storms of the 2nd 3rd and 4th instant have seldom if ever been equaled in severity in this country. Hurricanes and tornadoes, with floods of rain, followed each other in rapid succession, inflicting immense damage to property. ? B. F. Butler made an electioneering speech to a large temperance convention at Farmingham, on the 4th, declaring against monopolies and special legislation. He did not commit himself to the approval or disapproval of the prohibition temperance laws, but declared that as long as they were on the statute book, they should be enforced. ? The trial of young Walworth for the murder of his father was concluded on Thursday last. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree, and on Saturday T.IVi.mo coiifunfind V?im to tV?r? ftf.nt.A nris U HU^C l/avio ObillVHVVU vv vww Fy.w.w on nt Sing Sing, at hard labor for life. In addressing the prisoner, the Judge said he had fearful doubts whether his case did not justify the conviction of murder in the first degree. The prisoner stood the trying ordeal with firmness, without moving a muscle of his features, and left the court with his mother immediately after the Judge had concluded. RAILROADS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Meetings have been held in Laurens in behalf of the Laureus and Asheville Railroad, and it is proposed to raise $400,000 iu that county in its behalf. The Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company are going to build a new depot at Greenwood, Abbeville county. The business of the place has increased so greatly that the old building is entirely too small. The new depot will be a fine building, aud the contract has already been let out. The track upon the Air-Line Railroad is now completed from Greenville to the intersection with the Blue Ridge Railroad at Seneca city. The bridge over Seneca river is not yet finished, which is the only impediment to through trains from Charlotte to Seneca city. So says the Charlotte Observer. The prospects for the completion of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad are encouraging. Letters from the treasurer of the Company, Honorable John M. Clark, of Augusta, aud Colonel Charles Wright, of New York, speak of the road as sure of construction. Mr. Clark says that "the building of the road is only a question of time, as the portion from Augusta to Dorn's mine will, without a doubt, form a link of the Chicago , aud South Atlautic line." The Columbia Phcenix says: "We had the . pleasure of meeting, last evening, Mr. J. S. Wiley, 0:1 his return from Spartanburg, where he had been to attend a meeting of the commissioners of the projected Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad, on the 1st and 2d instant. Mr. Wiley informs us that the meeting was one of interest, and the prospect of getting a sufficient subscription to build the road very I good and improving. From a comparison of j notes, it was concluded that Spartanburg and j Uniou counties, in this State, and Buncombe county, North Carolina, would subscribe each $150,000, and Henderson county, North Care ' lina, 8100,000, to the capital stock, and that Charleston would raise $100,000 and Columbia $50,000, for the same purpose. It is proposed to purchase the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, and use it as a lever in the construction of the new road, by hypothecating it at $10,000 a mile. Running a distance of seventy miles, $700,000 could be raised in this ' way. Should it-be found impracticable to purchase, the present owners will aid the new j enterprise to the amount of $100,000, and j the many advantages which it offers to rail- j road capitalists and contractors, will no doubt induce a large subscription outside of those mentioned. Engineers are at Gowansville, ou the line of the road twenty-five miles from Spartanburg, aud a warm feeling is manifested in it all along the preposed track, in the direction of the mountains." The Lancaster Ledger, of the 3rd instant, says: "The surveyors of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad have reached within two 1 miles of this place. The route between this and Chester was over a very hilly country and several routes had to be run before one could be established. The river was crossed a short distance above the mouth of Cane creek." 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS. j< NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M. Strauss A Son?Bargains, Bargains. John C. Kuykendal?Turnip Seed?Ply Fizen? Summer Drinks. John Dickey, Probate Judge of Chester?Notico i to Elizabeth Morrow and others. T. S. Jeflerys, Intendant?Ordinance in regard to ! Dogs. J. W. Carroll A R. M. Carroll?Dissolution. W. B. Byers?Fair Warning Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. L. Gaffney, Applicant?Jerome B. Kerr, deceased. C. A. King, School Commissioner?Notice to School Trustees. Josepli A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. A. Carroll, Applicant?K. J. Foster, de a3 the time, and Yorkville as the place, for hearing the questions involved. The complainants have retained as counsel, Colonel James H. Riou, of Wiunsboro; and the County Commissioners have retained Colonel \V. B. Wilson, I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., and Messrs. Clawson & Thomson. It is generally supposed that whatever may be the result in the Circuit Court, the case will go to the Court of Appeals. THE FOURTH. The ninety-seventh anniversary of American Independence passed off in our town with the quietness which has been characteristic of the southern people for the past few years. This want of demonstration is not altogether attributable, as many of our northern cousins suppose, to apathy or disregard of the day. The Fourth of July and the events which distinguish the day, are now held in as high reverence by the southern people as they ever were; but in the existing circumstances, and under the pressure of the past few years, which ought to be fresh in the minds of the northern people, who make the charge that the South has no pride in our common country, we think the Southerners are excusable if they do not indulge in bombastic display, empty rhetoric and sweet cider, at a time when their energies should be devoted to matters of graver importance. The Fourth being a National holiday, the soldiers stationed here were the only persons in the town by whom it was observed. They ushered in the day by firing salutes, and being off duty enjoyed themselves in various ways. At night, the Narrow Gauge Miustrels gave a second concert to a good audience, who were well pleased with the performance. COMPLIMENTS TO A YORKVILLE MISS. In their notices of the serai-annual concert by the young ladies of Raleigh Female Seminary, 011 the evening of the 2nd instant, the papers of that city are rapturous in praise of the performance of Minnie McAfee Eddins, a young Miss of Yorkville, and granddaughter j of the late G. W. Williams, Esq. The Sen-1 tinel enthusiastically claims Miss Eddins as ! "North Carolina's delightful mockingbird j but we respectfully insist that this honor j must be shared with our own State. While i we concede to a North Carolina institution the merited distinction of directing her musi- j cal training, we confess too much selfish pride to yield the honor of the young lady's native home, a State which has given to the world queens of song no less famed than Patti and McCulloch. We quote from the Sentinel: i "She has a remarkably fine voice, that has been cultivated most conscientiously. If she were trained by some continental instructor,; and were subjected to the severe and prolonged discipline which all great cantatrices must inevitably pass through, before they attain to their highest capabilities and most exquisite art, she would take rank among American singers with that select few who only yield the palm to the incomparable Miss Kellogg. But without this training, having only received such as our schools can furnish, she is a singer of rare accomplishments and great promise. Her notes are liquid, pure, sweet and full, and ceased. R. IT. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Sales. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Bargains?I Am on My Way?Dross Goods?Baskets?Promises? Coats?Fish?Flour?Bacon?Trunks and Valises?Matches?Spoons?Brushes and i Dusters?Clothing. t EPISCOPAL CONVOCATION. T!ie Columbia Convocation of the Protest- j ant Episcopal Church, embracing the middle and upper counties of the State, met in the Church of the Good Shepherd, at this place, yesterday. Quite a number of the clergy and laity are in attendance. THE RAILROAD SURVEY. We learn from the Newton Vindicator of the 7th instant that Flemming Gardner, Chief Engineer of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, with a corps of assistants, is now in the vicinity of that town surveying the route for the proposed road. The linecrosses Clark's creek nearLincolnton, and coming up the west side, again crosses ne^r Newton. SALES-PAY. Last Monday was sales-day, though no property of any description \va3 sold by the sheriff. The attendance of people from the country was very small. The farmers are now in the midst of the "busy season," when their time can be more profitably employed looking after their crops than by "coming to town" even on sales-day. From farmers with whom we have spoken on the subject of the crops, we learn that the grass is well nigh 6ubdued, and cotton at the present time is very promising. Corn is late, but looks well, and wheat and oats are yielding better than was expected before the harvest. "MAD DOGS." On Friday last, a dog which was pronounced to be in rabies, or "mad," was shot in this place. This fact has impelled the Town Council to pnss an ordinance prohibiting dogs from running at large on the streets of the town. The ordinance is published in our advertising columns, and is of importance to the owners of dogs. As a sanitary precaution, the Council also request the citizens to disinfect their premises, and for this object, on application to the Treasurer, sulphate of iron, which is considered as a good article for the purpose, will be furnished gratuitously. A STRANGE BIRD. Mr. W. A. Wyatt informs us that he recently killed a strange fowl on Allison creek, near Miller's mill. The bird was three feet in height and measured six feet from tip to tip of wings. Its bill measured eight inches in length and next to the head was the same number of inches in circumference. Its quill feathers were of a dark bottle green, and its head and neck a dove color, and the body perfectly white. The neck was thick as a man's wrist, and constructed for strength. Its feet were six inches in breadth, containing four toes each, which were eight inches in length. The bird is evidently a stranger in this section, though some days before this one was killed, a number of them were seen near the same spot. THE COUNTY BONDS. In to-day's paper we print the temporary order of injunction, granted by Judge Mackey, to restrain the County Commissioners of York from issuing the bonds of the county in payment of the subscription made in aid of the construction of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Ghuge Railroad. In connection with the order, we also publish the complaint of the plaintiffs. As maybe seen, Judge Mackey has appointed Wednesday, the 16th instant, she trills with the ease and perfection which almost rivals a regular prima donna. She sang 'Who's at My Window,' and 'L'Usig- i nuola Messicano,' receiving prolonged and rapturous applause. She was so encored as she concluded the last song, that she grace* j fully approached the piano, and sang with marvelous delicacy, sweetness and effect, the 'Cuckoo Song,' in which she surpassed herself. She was the recipient of some eight or a dozen boquets, which wefe not half so delightful as j her own melodious voice. One of her great j excellences is the ease with which she sings, for she has only to open her mouth and a full tide of melody flows out." The News of the same city is equally complimentary : T.M....no Ilio kri.rkf atnr nf flif> imaa xjuuiua ?i?n m*> uw ??. ?..w evening, and sang 'Who's at My Window' with such force and beauty as to extort a rapturous encore. We are informed by a critic that she surpassed Miss Ridgeway in the same effort, who sang with Ole Bull last autumn from the stage in this city at the high key of S300 per week." EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Beecher on Woodhull. Henry Ward Beecher has published in the Brooklin Eagle a card regarding his complications with Mrs. Woodhull, Bowen, Tilton and others. lie makes a plump denial of the charges preferred agaiust him in the various rumors which have obtained circulation recently, and closes his article in the following words: "I have just returned to learn that application has been made to Mrs. Victoria Woodhull for letters of mine, supposed to contain information respecting certain infamous stories against me. I have no objection to have the Eagle state, in any way it deems fit, that Mrs. Woodhull or any other persons who may have letters of mine in their possession have my cordial consent to publish them. In this connection, and at this time, I will only add that stories and rumors which have, for some time past, been circulated about me are grossly untrue, and I stamp them, in general and in particular, as utterly false." The Fourth in Columbia. The Phoenix furnishes the following account of the way the day was celebrated at the capital: "Tne city bell proclaimed, in weak tones, Friday morning, the dawn of another national holiday. Shortly afterwards, the popping of crackers, firing of pistols, blowing of horns, etc., made known the fact that young Columbia was up aud about. The day was very nratiarolltr Iron* nOflrlvAVPrv fltfirfi heinP' cloS gvuw.uoj 'J ~-~-j a ---ed. There were barbecues, picnics, fishing parties, etc. By 5 o'clock, the colored military began to congregate at their respective rendezvous, in anticipation of a review by Brigadier-General Bivers, at 6 o'clock; but owing to unforeseen circumstances, it was 10 o'clock before the reviewing officers arrived on the field?the extensive plateau at the foot of Green street. The sun was boiling hot, but "the colored troops stood it nobly." There were six or seven companies in line. About fifteen mounted officers?several of them white?accompanied by Gov. Moses, in citizen's dress, reviewed the regiment. The turn out was rather 9lira, there being only about 200, all told. The Post Band furnished the music. When the review concluded, there was a rush for Sidney Park, where it was expected a barbecue would be furnished, but the expectant crowd was disappointed. An order for the necessary amount of money had been given by the authorities, but the cash was not forthcoming. There was much disappointment and considerable grumbling. Several speakers entertained the assemblage for an hour or two." Mad Dogs and Hydrophobia. The Council of Hygiene, of Bordeaux, France, have issued a circular for the better protection of the people against the dangers of hydrophobia, in which the question is fully discussed. They state that madness of dogs has a period which is premonitory and harmless, and if these periods were generally known the dogs could he put out of the way before becoming daugerous. The Council issue the following instructions, the observance of which would prevent many distressing cases of hydrophobia: "A short time, sometimes two days, after madness has seized a dog, it creates symptoms in the animal which it is iudispensable to recognize: "1. There is agitation and restlessness, and the dog turns himself continually in his kennel. If he be at liberty, he goes and comes, and seems to be seeking something; then he remains motionless, as if waiting; then starts, bites the air, as if he would catch a fly, and dashes himself, howling and barking, against the wall. The voice of his master dissipates these hallucinations, the dog obeys, but slowly, with hesitatiou, as if with regret. "2. He does not try to bite; he is gentle, even affectionate, and he eats and drinks, but gnaws his litter, the ends of curtains, the padding of cushions, the coverlets of the beds, carpets, etc. "3. By the movement, of his paws about the sides of his open mouth one might think he was trying to free his throat of a bone. "4. His voice uudergoes such a change that it is impossible not to be struck by it. "5. The dog begins to fight with other dogs; this is a decidedly characteristic sign if the dog be generally peaceful. "The three symptoms last mentioned indicate an advanced period of the disease, and that the dog may become dangerous at any moment if immediate measures are not taken. t> Jo Koaf fr? rhftin him nn at once. or. better still, to kill him." The New 0rlcau9 Duel. On the 1st instant a duel was fought near Montgomery Station, Mississippi, between R. B. Rhett, junior, editor of the New Orleans Picayune, aud ex-Judge Thomas J. Cooley, of the same city. The weapons used were double-barrel shot guns, distance forty yards. The ground was promptly selected, the distance measured, acid parties placed iu position. At the first fire, Rhett's shot ranged high, and Cooley's to the right. Cooley delivered his fire first. At the second fire, both fired simultaneously and Cooley fell, mortally wounded by a shot entering his left side and passing apparently through his heart. He expired in six minutes, without apparent suffering, only speaking the words to Dr. Holliday, "I am shot through the breast." The gentlemen engaged in the affair exchanged the usual civilities after the second fire, and separated with the expression of mutual respect and consideration. The difficulty is one of the results of the libel suit of Hawkins vs. the Picayune, which went to trial a few weeks ago, and was decided adve.sely to the Picayune publishing Company, multcing them in damages to the amount of ?18,000. Judge Cooley was counsel for i,,i thp cnnnlusion of the trial the Picayune, in its editorial columns, was very severe in condemnation of the course pursued by Cooley in his argument for the prosecution, pronouncing as false many of the assertions made in his speech. Judge Cooley then addressed a communication to the editor, calling for explanations, which, not being accorded, he followed it up by publishing a card assailing Col. Rhett. A challenge promptly followed, with the fatal results above detailed. Judge Cooley, the victim, was a native of Louisiana, and graduated in the academic department of the Transylvania University of Kentucky, in 1847. He was subsequently appointed parish judge of Pointe Coupee, and his first appearance prominently before the New Orleans public was as a representative from Pointe Coupoe in the Reconstruction Convention, in which he took u leading part. When the reconstruction election took place, Judge Cooley having selected New Orleans as his residence, was nominated by the Democracy as their candidate for the judgeship of the Sixth District Court, to which position he was elected, and which he maintained until the recent election, when he declined submitting his name before the convention. At the time of his death Judge Cooley was about forty-seven years old, and was a man of extraordinary abilities. Colonel R. B. Rhett, jr., the surviving principal in the duel, is well known in South Carolina, being a native of Charleston, and a son of R. Barnwell Rhett, a prominent politician in his day. Colonel Rhett was editor of the Charleston Mercury for several years previous to the outbreak of the war, and conducted the paper as its editor until about a year after the surrender, when it was discontinued. He removed from Charleston to New Orleans one year ago, in order to assume his present duties as editor of the Picayune on the Cincinnati platform. Correspondence of tlie Yorkville Enquirer. THE RED RIVER COUNTRY. Chattanooga, July 5, 1873. I spent some time in upper Louisiana, along the famous and peculiar Red river, and intended to have written the Enquirer more fully the result of observations than contained in the letters from Shreveport, but was prevented by other engagements. I take this opportunity to put a few notes on paper that you ought to have had four weeks ago. If ^ news was like whisky?the older the better? the reader would be the gainer by perusing ancient letters ; but as the reverse is the case, I will endeavor to be brief. Red river is a remarkable stream, having its headwaters near the line of New Mexico and flowing eastwardly, forming the boundary between Texas and the Iudian Territory. Entering Louisiana, it takes a south-eastern course and empties into the Mississippi, some two hundred miles by river, above New Orleans In Louisiana, it flows through the finest cotton country in the world. For five hundred miles magnificent plantations lie upon either side. They are magnificent in extent, richness and depth of soil; but the improvements are in all stages of dilapidation and decay. The war, closely followed by the interminable political troubles, has depressed property in that region, until the finest cotton ground under the light of the sun, can be bought for ten dollars an acre. J was shown plantations worth, before the war, from seventy-five to a hundred thousand dollars, that could now be bought for from fifteen to twenty thousand. Everybody wants to sell, but there are few buyers. Perhaps better opportunties for buying cotton ground were never offered than can be had in Louisiana at this time. The planters are discouraged on account of the never-ending turmoils, and want to leave a State in whose future there is so little hope. The Texas fever has possession of a good many of them. There is the same mania for going to Texas that we observe in other, and even better regulated States. This is, to say the least of it, foolish; for nowhere in that tYtii/iVt.vMifttoto will fha anil nnmnam vifh iiiuvii'^uugu kjk*ntn vnv ousa vviw|/m*v ?? ?v?? the Red river section of Louisiana. You have been troubled some in your State, I believe, with the Texas fever. The only cure I know for the disease is experience. Let a man sell out his home in an older State, go to Texas, and in six cases out of seven, he will regret it in less than a year. I came down Red river from Shreveport on the steamer C. H. Durfee, and among the passengers were several disgusted Texians returning to the older States. They did not find Texas the El Dorado they expected. They complained of fever aud ague, poor water, hot weather in summer, and cold blasts in winter, scarcity of timber in some parts, and too much of it in others. Texas, to be sure, has a number of advantages, but the disadvantages well nigh overshadow them. THE GRANT PARISH FIGHT. As you are aware, the chronic Louisiana troubles culmiuated two months ago in a bloody battle between the whites and blacks in Grant Parish ou Red river. One hundred men were killed outright. Many versions were given of the affair, all of which were more or less untruthful on account of party bias. The facts in the case are these: Both parties claimed to have carried the Parish at the last election. Gov. McEuery commission' ed one man as sheriff, and Gov. Kellogg another. These two sheriffs each tried to hold the Court House. Nash, the Democratic sheriff, summoned the whites to help him "enforce the law." Shaw, the Radical sheriff, summoned the negroes to help him "enforce the law." Both parties assembled, to the number of two hundred or more, and a fight was the consequence. The negroes were whipped and driven out of their rude entrenchments. Part of them ran down the river and got away, while the rest took refuge in the Court House. The whites could not didodge them. They at last fired the building.! Before doing this, however, they claim that the negroes proposed to surrender, and that, while "negotiations for peace" were going on, the ! negroes treacherously shot two white men, Messrs. Hodnot and Harris. This exasperated the whites, and they fired the Court House and shot the negroes down as they ran out. Seventy-nine were thus killed. The white loss was four killed and eight wounded. Several negroes were killed before the Court House ^ ! was fired, so that the total deaths by this fool| ishness amount to a full hundred. The trouble is over now, and peace reigns in Grant Parish. It is lamentable that a conflict i between the races should have occurred; but, taking all the facts in the case, itis not strange. MINOR MENTION. The water of Red river is, as its name in| dicates, red. It takes it from the soil of up! per Texas and the Indian Territory. People living along the river use cistern water, and only resort to the river when their cisterns are dry. It is really not fit to driuk, and no ! man, having proper respect for his inside, will swallow it. The steamboats use Mississippi water, which they store in tanks for the purpose. The people along Red river have no way to communicate with the world, other than by steamboat. When the river runs low, as it ^ always does in summer, the condition of affairs among the population is best described by the word "dry." Being without the usual quantity of reliable news, they of course have an immense amount that is not reliable. "Grapevine" dispatches, I believe, is the name for it. In hitrh water. steamhnats nass from Shreve a~ ' i port to New Orleans in three or four days, or even less. The distance is seven hundred , miles, and of course half a hundred stoppages. In low water, however, boats have been out a month. At such times, with provisions exhausted, whisky out, the boats stuck on a sand-bar, and nothing for the passengers to , live upon but hope and Red river water?at such times, I say, a man might, if he was standing around, hear a trifle of profanity. ; Nemo.