Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 24, 1873, Image 2
f craps and darts.
New York has a hospital for sick and
maimed pets, both birds and animals.
Twenty convicts are to be hung in Geor-,
gia this month.
Portland, Oregon, has a lady candidate
for Mayor.
A New York lager beor saloon-keeper i
offers buttermilk and sacred music for Sunday
entertainment.
The inventory of Oakes Ames' property |
shows him to be worth five and three-quarter
millions.
A floating cannon ball is one of the
sights at Vienna. It weighs fifty pounds, and I
floats in a cauldron of quicksilver.
Two thousand eight hundred and thirty- .
six emigrants arrived in New York on Monday
by the different steamers from Europe.
At Marion, Iowa, recently, there was
an immense pic-nic of thegranges, numbering
twenty-five or thirty thousand people.
A court in Grayson County, Texas, has
sent one man to prison for five years for murder,
and another for fourteen years for stealing
a horse.
R. B. Rhett, jr., editor of the New Orleans
Picayune, and the survivor of the late
duel near New Orleans, was in Baltimore a
few days ago.
It is said that some of the Boston saloon-keepers,
convicted of selling liquor, pay
substitutes to serve out the terms of imprisonment
to which they are sentenced.
The latest French fashion is for ladies'
skirts to be made so as to fall in close to the
figure, without fullness at the hips. Pieces
of lead are frquently sewed to the bottom of
the skirt, so as to obtain the desired effect.
It is stated in Washington that a combination
of the whisky dealers and railroad
men has been formed, to onerate on the next
Congress to repeal certain internal revenue
laws inimical to their interests.
Iowa is the only State of the Union
represented as being entirely free from debt,
and yet it is a State that has doubled its population
in the last ten years, and places it in
the matter of population as number eleven in
the Union, against number twenty in 1860.
Agricultural laborers are so scarce in
some parts of France that the minister of war
has decided that for the approaching harvest,
all the soldiers who can be spared from their
regiments shall be placed at the disposal of
the agriculturists.
Those who imagine that Mormonism is
played out will be surprised to learn that
nearly a thousand immigrants of that persuasion
landed at Castle Garden recently on their
way to the prophet's paradise. They are
mostly Scandinavians, though there is quite a
sprinkling of English among them.
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JL lie 1 Ulliailltlls tlllJCUL VTLI 1 vll ICrtVtO
people to have the marriage ceremony performed
in theatres and on the tops of mountains
has reached the last degree of absurdity.
The sum of twenty-five dollars has just been
paid by a high-miuded couple in Iowa for the
precious privilege of being married in a circus
ling, the clown and the "Wild Horse of the
Pampas" being temporarily extinguished for
that purpose.
Ex-President Andrew Johnson was attacked
by the cholera during its recent visit
to Greenville, Tennessee. After a fierce
struggle with the disease he rallied and got
better, but afterwards took a relapse and came
near dying. His physician was immediately
sent for, and watched at his bedside for one
whole night, never leaving him for a moment,
and finally succeeded in enabling him to pass ,
the crisis. It is said of Mr. Johnson that while
he was at home he did all he could to administer
to the wants of the sick and dying. He
thinks of returning to Washington to live.
At an anti-monopoly convention, held
at Des Moines, Iowa, on the 13th instant a
full county ticket was nominated, and dele- i
gates were elected to a State convention.
Resolutions were passed declaring that no
support will be given to auy man for office ,
who is not in full sympathy with the producers
and manufacturers, and opposed to monopolies
; also declaring that the doctrine of '
vested rights of railroad corporations, which
exempts them from Legislative control, has .
no place in the jurisprudence of a free people; ]
demanding reform in the matter of salaries
of public officers ; denouncing the back-pay
salary grab and the President for singing the
law ; demanding political reform, and strict
economy iu State and county affairs.
The postal card manufacturers at i
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>prmgneia are now snipping between <uu,uuu
and 800,000 postal cards daily, and will soon <
increase the number to 1,000,000. There is (
an ample supply of paper on hand to turn ,
out 1,125,000 daily, and they are of a better
quality than formerly. The estimate of the
Postmaster-General was that 100,000,000cards '
would he purchased this year. Up to this (
time, less than three months since they were i
issued, over 50,000,000 have been ordered,
and the probabilities are that the consump- ,
tion this year will double the estimate. Thus far,
none of the small towns in the country ;
have been supplied, it being as much as the 1
department could do to satisfy the demands *
of the large cities.
There is considerable increase in the cultivation
of cotton in California this year 1
compared with last, induced by the success of (
former experiments in the cultivation of }
this staple. One of the advantages of cotton
culture in California is, it gives employment
to a large number of men in the spring and '
fall season, when they cannot get work in the
grain fields, the crop being "laid by" before <
harvest commences, and ready to gather in ]
.September and October, between the close of
the harvest season and the beginning of the fall j
rains. Since the experiment was first tried
in Mercer county there has been no failure
ot the crop, the trial on the Mariposa Creek J
plains last year proving eminently successful, i
paying the fanners, who introduced it there, ]
so large a profit that they have this year plant- j
ed six hundred acres, an increase of five j
hundred acres on last year's planting.
The Charlotte Southern Home states i
that Dr. Chisolm, formerly of Charleston, who |'
is now in Baltimore, has been very successful
in operations upon the eyes of persons from j:
Mecklenburg county. The Home gives the j
following list of cures that have been effected j
by Dr. Chisolm : The first restored to sight!
was R. R. King, Esq., who speaks in the j
highest terras of the skill and kindness of Dr.!
C. Our county commissioners sent on a
Mr. Christenbury, blind pauper, who was a
charge to the county. Dr. C. operated gra
utiously upon him, and he is now able to i
support himself by farm work. We saw on :
Friday Mr. Green Rea, who has recently re-!
turned from Baltimore. Mr. Rea had been j
blind for nineteen years. He can now see to [
go about and read large print, and his sight,
is improving every day. This restoraton is
the more remarkable, as Mr. Rea is over
seventy years old.
The St Louis Christian Advocate says: ;
"During the late visit of the Hon. Jefferson
Davis to this city, while he was being called
on by crowds of respectable citizens, and re- i
ceiving manifestations of respect from hun- j
dreds of the most prominent and worthy ladies
and gentleman of the city, there occurred a i
little episode of a very pleasing character.;
One night, during his stay at the Planters'
House, he was serenaded by some colored peo-1
pie who were formerly his slaves. After their |
dulcet strains had ceased, Mr. Davis called
them into his room, where, after cordial greet- j
ings on both sides and a little chat about old
times, he made each a handsome present. At
another time during his stay he was called on
by an 'old aunty' who had been the nurse of
his eldest child. The affection that the exslaves
manifested for their former master and
the interest which he manifested for them and
their future welfare, were really affecting."
A Washington letter says: "Owing to
the rapid growth of the order of the Patrons
of Husbandry, the headquarters of the Nation
al Grange will soon be removed from Georgetown,
D. C., to Washington, where the secretary's
office will hereafter be located. Since
the 1st instant about three hundred and fifty
subordinate granges have been organized,
making the total number of granges iu operation
up to date over 4700, with an aggregate
membership of about 350,000. The order
seems to be growing most rapidly in the States
of Iowa?which now has 1750 granges?
Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska
and Wisconsin. In response to requests
from different States, several additional
general deputies have recently been sent out
by the National Grange to organize subordinate
granges. There are at present State
granges in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illi
uois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,Nebraska, North
Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Vermont aud Wisconsin.
Ihc fot'Mle (jhujttiw*.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1873.
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shows the time to which the subscription is
paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued,
the date must be kept in advance.
Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork,
are cash, in advance
JOB PRINTING.
Having determined to devote more attention
hereafter to job printing than we have
done in the past, we would inform the public
that our office is now well supplied with new
type of the latest styles, and the best machinery
iu 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.,
Eiection 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.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Diptheria is prevailing in Winnsboro, but
no'fatal cases have as yet occurred.
? There is a convict in the penitentiary,
whose heart is on his right side.
? A Home Fire Insurance Company is being
organized in Newberry with a capital of
8100,000.
? A freight engine exploded on the Green
ville railroad, Wednesday, of last week. The
engineer was severely scalded.
? Telegraphic communication will be opened
between Charlotte and Spartanburg next
week.
? Matthew Williams, Esq., an old lawyer
of Chester, died at Cleveland Mineral Springs,
on Tuesday of last week.
? The Rock Hill Lantern has been shown
some cotton by Sir. John G. Steele, which is
badly attacked with rust.
? Mr. W. B. Gulick has been authorized to
start a new national bank in Columbia, with
a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars.
? Mr. James Bailey, father of Rev. J. S.
Bailey, died at the residence of his son William,
in York county, on Sunday of last week.
His age was about eighty years.
? The Presbyterian congregation of Chester,
have secured the pastoral services of Rev.
A.. Flynn Dickson, for the remainder of this
pear.
? One day last week ten thousand postal
;ards were received at the Charleston post
jffice and were sold in a few hours. The de
inand for them is greater than the supply.
? Greenville is agitating the question of es;ablishing
a new cotton factory. The one
organized a short time ago will go into operation
at an early day.
? Judge Bryan has confirmed the appointments
of Messrs. J. P. Southern, James P.
Low, and George W. Williams, as assignees
in bankruptcy, of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company.
? Col. Simeon Fair, a prominent lawyer of
Newberry, and, previous to "reconstruction,"
for many years Solicitor of the middle circuit,
lied in that place on the 15th instant, at the
lge of seven ty-two.
? A special order from General McDowell's
headquarters, indicates that the Citadel
Academy building in Charleston will not be
evacuated by the United States forces at
present.
? The phosphate agents at Greenville have
formed an association with a view to their protection
against such parties who failed to pay
for their fertilizers this season, and for the enrollment
of such delinquent names, so that in
future they may be debarred the privilege of
purchasing on time.
? John W. Settlemeyer, a carpenter in the
employ of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company, committed suicide
in Columbia on Sunday last by shooting himself
with a pistol. The rash act is attributed
to the refusal of a young lady of Salisbury,
N. C., to become his wife.
? The Working Christian announces the
reduction of the size of the paper, and apologizes
for it by saying: "It is yet larger than
the disposition on the part of a majority of
the Baptists of this State to patronize a home
paper, and plenty large for the money asked
for it."
? A tax payers' convention to deliberate
upon the expediency of voting a tax to aid in
the construction of the proposed Laurens and
Asbeville Railroad, was held at Laurens Court
House on Friday last. The Laurensville
Herald of that date says : "Notwithstanding
the fact that some hesitancy exists among a
few, we have little doubt but that a tax will j
be agreed to and the county commissioners instructed
to order an election at an early day." j
? The Columbia Union-Herald reports a re-;
cent decision of Judge Cooke, in chambers,
"incidentally defining the rights of property
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debtor had disposed at auction of certaiu
property held to be exempt from levy and execution,
and the proceeds of the sale were attached
in the hands of the auctioneer to satisfy
the claims of a creditor. Judge Cooke decided
in substance that the money arising from
the sale of such property could not be attached
by reason of the property exemption."
? The Columbia Union-Herald says: "We
are iuformed by mail that on Tuesday morning
last a most horrible murder occurred at
the plantation of Mr. Joel Ellison, in the lower
part of Greenville county. The parties
' concerned were two colored lads, ten or twelve
, years of age, who were driving the mules attached
to a threshing machine. The boys
| quarreled, the larger one, a son of Adams
I James, threw the smaller one, a son of Morris
j Humbert, down to the ground and deliberi
ately cut his throat. The boy, though fatally
cut, pursued his murderer for about
fifty yards and fell dead. James was immediately
arrested and is now in the Greenville
jail."
? The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News says: "There is no money
in the State Treasury, but that is no news,
and it is said that Cardozo is no improvement
upon Parker, but is looking out for himself
as carefully as did his predecessor. The complaint
against Cardozo from Kepublican sources
seems to be that the Treasurer and Comptroller
Hoge have formed as it were a kind of
close corporation in the distribution of the
moneys which come into the Treasury, and
that, in consequence, the payment of no claim
or appropriation can be secured, unless it be
such as those two oflicials approve of. There
is certainly a very strong feeling against Cardoza
exhibited by a large number of his
brother Radicals and office-holders here, excited,
no doubt, by his manner of dividing
the spoils. By combining with the Comptroller-General,
he can pay, or not pay, pretty
much what he likes. The offended parties
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Legislature meets, have another office created
which will virtually deprive the Treasurer
and the Comptroller-General of all their
power over the disbursement of the public
funds. Both Hoge and Cardozo are now in
New York. Hoge went several weeks ago,
and Cardozo left immediately after it became
known that the tax-payers were about to institute
proceedings to test the validity of the
conversion bonds. There is no such thing as
raising money now on the credit of the State
in New York."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Gov. Caldwell has gone to his mountain
home in Burke to spend a few weeks.
? The Howie or Stockton gold mine, in
Union county, was recently sold for $4500.
? The spoke and handle factory at High
Point, was burnt on the 17th. Loss about
$15,000.
? Rev. Daniel McGilvery, who has been a
missionary in Siara for the past fifteen year3,
has returned on a visit to his friends in Moore
county.
? The post offices of Lexington, Halifax,
Henderson, Franklinton, Mt. Airy, Oxford,
Clinton and Lenoir, have been made money
order offices.
? Colonel J. P. Thomas, of Columbia, is in
negotiation for the lease of the grounds and
buildings of the North Carolina Military Institute
at Charlotte.
? The injunction suit brought by Thomas
Webb against the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company has put a stop, for the
present, to an extension of the Northwestern
road beyond Salem.
? Capt. Steele informs the Monroe Enquirer
that he had in his garden a snake cucumber
thirteen days old, which was four feet and
six inches long and about two inches thick,
and another four feet long.
? The road steamer, in use in Ilamett
county, is said to perform remarkably well,
and so successful has the experiment proved
that steamers will be put in use between Clinton
and Kenansville.
? A special term of the Mecklenburg Superior
Court was commenced on Monday
last?Judge W. A. Moore, presiding. The
Democrat says it is probable the Court will
hold four or five weeks, as it is for the trial of
both civil and criraipal cases.
? The Charlotte Observer learns that the
store of L. D. Black, of Cherryville, Gaston
county, was totally destroyed by fire about 2
o'clock on Tuesday morning of last week.
Loss 34000; no insurance. The origin of the
fire is unknown. Two sons of Dr. Black were
sleeping in the store on the night the fire occurred.
? On Saturday, Harry James, a lad 14
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years or age, went mm me omce ui ine uuesboro
Herald for the purpose of borrowing a
gun belonging to one of the employes of the
office, and while there was accidentally shot
by Henry Ruscoe, a lad of Harry's own age.
Supposing the gnu to be unloaded, in a playful
manner he pointed it at Harry and pulled
the trigger, when the gun was discharged,
the load entering Harry's breast and killing
hira instantly. A singular coincidence is
mentioned, that on the Saturday previous,
while these two boys were bathing in a millpond,
Harry was saved from drowning by
the courage and perseverance of Ruscoe.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
? Cotton caterpillars have appeared in
large numbers, in the vicinity of Selma, Ala.
? It is said that Brighara Young's wife No.
17 has deserted him and sued for a divorce.
? On the night of the 15th, three fires occurred
in Louisville, Ky., destroying property
to the amount of 8200,000.
? A man named Galbraith was ku-kluxed
in MeCracken county, Ky., last week for
living with a negress.
? General Thomas Jordan, of "Cuba Libre"
celebrity, is addressing meetings in Western
New York in behalf of the independence of
the "Queen of the Antilles."
? Storms again prevailed during last week
throughout the State of Ohio, damaging the
crops and fruits. On account of the serious
washes, trains were stopped temporarily.
? The Memphis board of health has officially
announced the total disappearance of
cholera in that city. No new cases have occurred
for the past week.
? The first bale of cotton of this year's crop,
was sold in New York on the 16th instant,
at thirty-six cents per pound. It was grown
in Cameron county, Texas.
? United States Treasurer Spinner has recently
rendered a decision to the effect that
post-masters are not required to redeem mutilated
currency.
? Cotton reports from Arkausas, Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Northern Alabama,
show a decided improvement in the condition
of the crops. The greater portion of Mississippi
is suffering for want of ruin.
? A New Orleans paper says there are rumors
to the effect that the Governor of Mississippi
has sent a requisition for Col. R. B.
Khett for violating the laws of Mississippi, by
fighting a duel in the limits of that State. It
is believed that Ilhett has left the city.
| ? A panic prevails iu Mt. Vernon, Indiana,
: in consequence of the cholera. Forty-eight
' deaths have occurred there within a week,
i The cholera is also prevalent in Elizabethtown,
Owensboro, Millersburg and several
other Kentucky towns.
? Vice-President Wilson has receutly had
au attack of paralysis, from which it is feared
by his friends he will not recover. The affection
of his speech is likely to be permanent,
in which event he cannot resume the
vice-Presidential chair.
. ?The Alabama indemnity fund amount
! ing to 815,500,000 awarded to the United
States by the Geneva Board of Arbitration,
is to be transmitted to Washington in a few
days. It is understood tkat the payment
will be made in United States bonds instead
: of gold.
? Mrs. Utica V. C. Brooker, sister of the
notorious Victoria Woodhull, died in New
I York city a few days ago. Her relatives in!
sisted upon a post mortem examination, when
it was ascertained that she died from Bright's
disease of the kidneys, superinduced by a too
free indulgence in gin. Tlje funeral ceremonies
were novel and in keeping with the general
conduct of these eccentric women. The
corpse was dressed in a pink-colored wrapper,
trimmed wiin wnue, anu uu e?-cuuui uiuumted
in place of a clergyman?his discourse
being confined to abuse of the husband of
the deceased and quotations from Shakspeare.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Beanrcgard Movement.
A large unification meeting was held in
New Orleans on the 14th, at which it is said
1500 persons, two-thirds of whom were white,
listened to an address. A resolution was
adopted endorsing the Beauregard resolutions
as previously reported by the Committee of
One Hundred, and also the following :
That we, the people of Louisiana, white and
colored, assembled en masse, pledge ourselves
to support the enjoyment of civil rights to all
citizens, irrespective of color, and shall unite
all our influence and eimrgiea, and cooperate
in the common movement to reduce taxation
to a rate corresponding to the resources of the
country; to investigate and correct the public
debt; to suppress unnecessary offices ; to diminish
the high salaries and exorbitant emoluments
attached to public offices, and to secure
in Louisiana, as soon as possible, the establishment
of an honest, economic and patriotic
government.
Compliment to a Yorkville Physician.
Mr. Wm. A. Steele, a citizen of this
county, having for a long time suffered with
a painful and aggravating disease, determined
to avail himself of the skill of our former
tnmntman Dp J R Rratton. now ft citizen of
Canada, and accordingly went thither for
treatment. The result was highly gratifying
to the afflicted gentleman, who published a
certificate of his cure, whereupon the London
(Canada) Herald made the following editorial
remarks :
"We take this occasion to extend to Dr.
Bratton a warm reception amongst our community,
and congratulate him upon his success.
Coming among us more than one year
since, an entire stranger, under rather adverse
circumstances, he has, by his practical energy,
professional skill, moral deportment and gentlemanly
bearing, won the sympathy and high
esteem of our best citizens. We welcome
him among us, and would be pleased to receive
him as a permanent citizen of Canada."
Columbia Gossip.
A correspondent of the Charleston
News and Courier, writing from Columbia,
says:
There is serious talk here in official circles
about convening the Legislature upon the
first of October, to legislate on the Blue Ridge
scrip and kindred matters. I think it would
be to the interest of the State for Mr. C&rdozo
to pay the legislators their per annum as soon
as the House meets, for to assemble them
without funds will insure the "putting up" of
some huge job before a month has elapsed.
ine guoernaioriai question is uguauug iue
I minds of the politicians considerably. Moses
is a candidate for reelection, and Chamberlain,
Scott, Sara Melton and Worthington are
pitted against him by their respective friends.
A colored candidate will also be in the field,
the most prominent man of the latter class
being R. B. Elliott, the Congressman from
this district.
If Speaker Lee is in the field, as report says
he is, he will be found to have a considerable
support at his back. Lee is certainly a remarkable
man. With a limited early education,
by dint of industry and application, he
has made himself one of the most creditable
lawyers in the State for his age. I heard him
argue a case at Chambers the other day, and
he displayed a tact and ability that would
have done credit to one longer engaged in the
practice.
Worthington will receive the support of
Patterson, whose word is now "law" araong3t
the politicians who control the State. Moses
will die game, as he holds a good hand, and
is playing his cards well. He will not have
the support of Elliott, and, perhaps, Swails
will be the man selected by him to preside at
the next State convention.
The Narrow Gangc Railroad Meeting.
In the Hickory Tavern Press, of last
week, we find the following additional particulars
regarding the meeting of the stockholders
of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow
Gauge Railroad Compauy, recently held at
Newton, N. C.:
"Dr. Davega, chairman of a committee previously
appointed to confer with Col. Melton
in regard to the purchase of the King's Moun
tain Railroad, or its consolidation with the
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company, reported that the committee had
discharged that duty, and submitted the terras
upon which Col. Melton would sell his interest
in said road. His price being $85,000;
he would take $25,000 in Chester county
bonds, at 80 cents on the dollar, requires $15,000
in cash and will give reasonable time for
the payment of the remainder. Upon accomplishing
these terms, he would turn over the
road, with its assets, of which Dr. Davega stated
$5,000 was equivalent to cash. Dr. Davega
also stated that he thought the remaining
interest of the road, 9000 shares, could be
bought and paid for in the stock of this Company,
at 1 for 4.
Mr. McCorkle introduced a resolution accepting
the terras of purchase, upon the condition
that only the property of the King's
Mountain Railroad shall be liable for the remainder
of the purchase money. Col. McCorkle
remarked in support of his resolution, upon
the importance of a direct line of transportation
from this point to the South, and that in
his opinion it would be economy to purchase
the twenty-two miles of the King's Mountain
Road.
Mr. H. C. Hamilton, of Lenoir, offered an
amendment to the former resolution, leaving
it discretionary with the President and Board
of Directors to accept the terms and complete
the negotiations with Col. Melton.
After some discussion, the resolution, as
amended, was adopted."
The Exemption and Bankrupt Laws.
The Statesville (N. C.) American makes i
the following points regarding the homestead ;
laws of that State, and as the remarks are !
' j
equally applicable to the debtor class of.
South Carolina, we reproduce the article:
The people, since the decision of Justice
Reade, reaffirming his former decision sustaining
the homestead against old debts, appear
to be in a fog whether to depend upon :
i the State law or go into Bankrupt Court, j
| The question is of deep interest to many who I
; are involved beyond their means to pay. The
impression now prevails that the homestead j
will hold till a case shall be decided in the
| Federal Court at Washington, from this State,
j independent of the Georgia decision. If
that be so, is it not more than probable that,
the merits being the same, a similar decision
will be made for this State? Why shall it1
be otherwise? But in that event, some will
say, then it will be time enough to seek protection
in the Bankrupt Court, and we will
' first take our chance under the homestead.
; It may not be generally known, but such
is a fact, that the bankrupt law is in great
| danger of being repealed or greatly modified j
by the next Congress?most likely repealed? I
! which assembles in December. The great
body of merchants in New York city and
other centres of trade, and lawyers of those
places, are now getting up strong petitions
and raising large sums of money for that
purpose?to get the law repealed. The law
came very near going overboard last session
of Congress, and was only saved, by exertions,
for the protection of unfortunate debtors and
their families. We make this statement by
way of a warning as to the risk which those
who stand in need of the benefits of the bankj
rupt law will have to run by delay, depending
. upon the homestead act. Chief Justice Pear|
son, Judge Boyden, and other high legal
I minds, have no confidence in the retrospect!
ive feature of the homestead act, as a bar to
old debts, and have so declared.
' "Hill Arp" on George W. Williams.
"Bill Arp" in one of his recent letters,
| has the following in regard to George W. Wil!
liams, well known throughout this State as
nne nf f Via nrnminnrit mornVi an to nf f^tia rlnatnn
"Greatly to my delite, I met with my old
| friend, George Williams, on my way down
Williams street. He was just from the city of
Charleston, where he rains as king, and was
in a very happy frame of mind?I mean financially.
I knowed George in Nacoochy sum
thirty years ago when he used to work like a
nigger in a little corn patch on the side of the
hill and carried water in a big soap goard to
keep his truck from burnin up with the drowth.
He was always hard workin," and a mighty
liberal man ackordin to his means. He is liberal
yet, but in spite of all he can do his
money will akkumulate faster than he can give
it away. Im afeerd this worries him, and it
does look like a pity to see a man so discumfitted
with money in his declining years. Considerin
that he is a Georgia Methodist, I hav
thought he might build em a college in Nacoochy
jest to spite old Vanderbiltin Tennessee.
I've no doubt he will do it if he ever
thinks of it. I noticed that he was quite thin
in theflesh.and remarked that it was a favorable
circumstance, for he could cum nigher
goin through that needle's eye the scripters
tell about when the time cometh. That thing
has bothered me so all my life Ive been afeerd
to lay up any money. The truth is, however,
I have never had a chance as yet, and prospekts
for the future is mortal dim. George
says that money is all vanity and vexation of
spirit, and the way he talked about the trubU1
il. A nn V.nf it V\ n! rvO T lrnA TTT ltA
U1C iUiU (die Uttic tuau lb uniigo i auun uc 1
would have cheerfully given me a few thousand
dollars if he hadent had such a high regard
for my family. He was afeerd it would
prove a burden instead of a blessin. He sed
that when he was up on a visit to his Nacoochy
farm last summer, he put on some old clothes
and an old hat, and started on a tramp around
the plantation. Gettin tired after awhile, he
set down on a log by the side of the road
and a man cum along with an ox wagin,
and ses he, "Morning sur." "Good mornin,"
ses George. "Do you work for George W.
Williams ?" "Yes, sir," says George. "How
much does he give you a year?" "My vittels
and clothes and tobaker, and pays my doktor's
bills," says George. "How long have you
been workin for him that way ?" "About
thirty years," says George. "Well, you are
an old fool, and that's jest the way the stingy
old cuss has made all his money. Good mornin,
sur;" and he popped his bark whip and
drove on. Well, I like George Williams first
rate, and wish every rich man was as clever as
him."
Railroad Warriors.
Many of the more important railroads
throughout the country are involved in litigation,
and not a few of the magnates of the corporations
are likewise fighting each other "on
their own account." A suit is now pending
against the lessees of the N. C. Central Railroad,
brought'by Thos. Webb one of the stock
holders, to prevent tne lessees irora cnanging
the gauge of the road between Greensboro and
Charlotte, so as to conform to the gauge
of the Richmond and Danville road. While
it is alleged in the complaint that the lease is
null and void, it is also charged that to change
the gauge would upset the whole system of
railroads in North Carolina, and thus defeat
the original intention of the law-makers of the
State who chartered the road and subscribed
of public money two-thirds of the stock required
for its construction. Among the opponents
of the lease is Josiah Turner, an exPresident
of the road. It has been the custom
of the Directors to compliment ex-Presidents
and their families with free passes for
life. Josiah had one, and when the lessees of
the road tendered asimilar compliment to him,
he indignantly declined it, saying bis pass from
the owners of the road was sufficiently good,
it being a binding contract, a breach of which
would make the Company amenable to him
for damages. As a result, the late meeting of
the stockholders revoked Mr. Turner's and all
similar passes.
We next have a snarl between Hon. R. R.
Bridgers, President of the Wilmington and
Weldon road, and Maj. W. A. Smith, President
of many roads, and at present receiver of
the Western North Carolina road. It seems
that some time ago, Maj. Smith applied for a
free pass over Bridgers' road, which application
was not even considered. Recently,
Bridgers, with his family, started on a tour,
traveling in a Pullman palace car ; and arriving
at Salisbury, he dropped a note to Smith
informing him that he had arrived and would
pass over the Western road in his fine car,
which he hoped the Major would have the
courtesy to hitch to the regular train for Old
Fort. This the Major declined to do on the
dead-head plan, but compelled Bridgers to pay
825 and actual fare for himself and each member
of his family. This was paying off an old
grudge between two gentlemen who do not
accord in their political views.
We briefly alluded, last week, to the turbulent
meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantic,
Tennessee and Ohio road, at Statesville.
A correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer
gives the following terse account of the controversy
:
The meetiug was full of fight. R. Y. McAden,
of Charlotte, a prominent stockholder,
made war against Johnston in a red pepper
speech that he "rubbed in" and salted down
in the most vehement style. He charged him
with speculating in the railroad bonds; that
he had gone back on the Southern Security
Company, &c. Johnston denied he had ever
joined the Southern Security Company, and
Mr. McAden "pulled the papers" on him and
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frequently given Col. Johnston by Mr. McAden,
with clenched fist. And Col. Johnston
in his reply frequently frothed over, and let
fly the expressions: "infamous, false, black
and damning as hell itself." The audience
never had a better time at a public meeting;
and a Statesville man to-day is proud to tell i
you all about it. McAden carried his point, >
and presided as chairman of the meeting be-;
fore it was over. Col. Johnston was pitched j
overboard and a man named McDowell elected
in his stead.
Since the above meeting was held, a conference
has been had in Columbia by Messrs.
Bridgers, Johnston and other railroad men,
relative to the difficulties involved, and steps
have been inaugurated to prevent McDowell
from taking charge of the road. Another
meeting of the stockholders has been called
on the 28th of August; Col. Johnston and
the old Board alleging that McDowell was
not elected legally, in view of which fact they
deem it their duty to retain possession of the
road and perform their duties as Directors
until their successors can be elected according
to law. This will carry the question into the j
courts for solution. I
XtOCAXi A77AZRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First
Meeting of Creditors?In the
Matter ofThomas Palmer, Hilariah McC'ali, |
Bankrupts.
J. J. & J. C. Miller?Tlie Cerro Gordo Mills.
II. K. & J. L. Roberts?Fresh Lime,
j T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bunk- '
ruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the
Matter of B. H. Bates, W. S. McJunkiu, '
Bank runts.
W. II. A. J. P. Hermlon?Laughable?Git Out? [
Times?Save Your Money?Boasting?Our
Grocery?.Sugar?Flour.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Annual I
Returns.
J. A. Carroll?Administrator's Notice.
FINE FRUIT.
Mr. Robert Davidson has presented lis with
an apple 12 inchesin circumference and weighing
13 ounces, of the "Pound Apple" variety,
grown in his orchard near Bethauy Church,
| in this county. We are pleased to note that
j our people are devoting more attention than
! they have done heretofore to the importance
of fruit culture. The climate of this section
is admirably adapted to the production of
choice fruit, the proper cultivation of which
could be made highly remunerative.
COUNTY APPOINTMENTS.
At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners
for York, held on Friday last, Mr.
Logan Parker was appointed Superintendent
of the Poor House, vice Mr. James Dillingham,
resigned.
At the same time the following appointments
of physicians for the poor were made :
Catawba township?Dr. R. II. Hope; Bullock's
Creek township?Dr. Thos. Whitesides;
Fort Mill township?Dr. S. A. Kell.
The next meeting of the Board will beheld
on Friday, the first day of August.
PERSONAL.
? Dr. A. F. Hambright has been appointed
postmaster at Antioch, in this county, vice the
I former incumbent resigned.
? R. M. Wallace, Esq., United States Marshal,
for several days, has been on a visit to
his old home in this county.
? Mrs. Dr. J. R. Bratton left this place on
Monday morning last, accompanied by several
of her children, for the purpose of joining
her husband at London, Ontario, Canada.
? Lewis Wright, colored, who for many
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yeara nao ueeu eiupiuyeu .111 wie uiuukbuiiiu
shop of the King's Mountain Railroad Company,
died, after a short illness, on Friday
morning last. He was a man highly respected
by all who knew him.
TRANSFERS OF* REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate in
York county have been reported to the Auditor
since the 3d instant:
H. H. & C. C. Griffin to J. H. Fayssoux.
One acre lot in Yorkville. Consideration
8100.
W. C. Daniels to R. J. Boyd. Five acres
of land in Fort Mill township. Consideration
8275. .
W. F. Boyd and others to R. A. Walker.
Seven acres of laud in Fort Mill township.
Consideration 870.
R. J. Boyd and others to W. F. Boyd.
One hundred and twenty-three acres of land
in Fort Mill township. Consideration 81000.
W. F. Boyd and others to R. J. Boyd.
Forty-nine acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
8500.
R. J. Boyd and others to Z. D. Boyd. A
tract of 105 acres in Fort Mill township.
Consideration 81300.
W. F. Boyd to Z. D. Boyd. A tract of
107 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
8700.
Wm. Sturgis to Jas. A. Sturgis. Ninety
acres of land in Catawba township. Consideration
8700.
John Bratton and Bell M. McCaw, Executors
of R. G. McCaw, deceased, to Robert J.
Foster. Sixty-two acres of land in York
township. Consideration 8520.
John Bratton and Bell M. McCaw, Executors,
to Eliza Ratchford. Forty-nine acres of
land iu York township. Consideration $486.
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a bottle of medicine for external application.
Before he could have opportunity for applying
it, the pain ceased. That night he set
the medicine on the mantel shelf. Before
morning he felt the pain renewed and hastily
sought his bottle. Finding what he supposed
to be that, in the darkness he rubbed the contents
on energetically, and went back to bed,
telling his wife that he felt so much better,
and that he would never thereafter be without
the mediciue in the house. Judge of his surprise,
next rooming, upon finding that he had
rubbed himself over with a pint of Butler's
black ink! The bottles being of the same size,
he had, in the darkness, got the wrong one.
He says he would nearly as soon have had
the cholera as for the story to get out.
In this city, a negro, not having faith in the
two years. Welsh is a uative of Baltimore,
but twenty-one years of age, and appears to
be an intelligent young man. While making
his statement from the witness-stand, he spoke
in a clear, concise manner, and though deeply
affected by the crime he had committed
when his reason was dethroned by the demon
alcohol, he gave his evidence with no more
bias in his own favor than any of the other
witnesses. While it is an axiom of the law
that drunkenness is not a paliative excuse for
murder, yet in this case, the unfortunate
youth had the sympathies of all the spectators
of the trial. Mr. Bell's effort in behalf of
the prisoner is spoken of by all who heard it
as a masterly defense. His prior engagements
had been such as to prevent him from giving
the case more than two hours' attention since
he had been retained as counsel; but notwithstanding
this fact he conducted his side with
much tact and ability, and his address to the
jury was not only able and earnest, but it
sparkled with genuine eloquence.
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jl ne case or ine atate vs. samuei 15. nan
was next called. As our readers are aware,
Hall was Probate Judge of York county for
the last term preceding the present, and, as is
alleged, on retiring from the office, failed to
pay to those entitled to receive the same, certain
moneys which had come into his possession
or to turn them over to his successor in
office. Solicitor Brawley appeared for the
State, and Major Hamilton of the Chester
bar, and Messrs. Wilson and Hart for the
prisoner. Three indictments had been found
against him. The one under which he was
placed upon trial charged that he had received
the sum of $154.66, the proceeds of the
sale of lands belonging to the estate of Samuel
Steele, deceased, which he had failed to
pay over to the parties entitled to the same,
or to his successor; but that he had embezzled,
stolen and carried away from the said county
of York the said sum of $154.66.. Two distinct
charges?one for breach of trust, and
the other for official misconduct?were made
in the indictment. For this and other reasons,
counsel for the prisoner moved to quash the
indictment, and the day was consumed in arguing
the motion. All the grouuds to quash
were overruled by his Honor, except as to requiring
the Solicitor to elect on which charge
he would proceed with the trial, when the
Court adjourned until 9 o'clock Friday morning.
^
On Friday morning, the Solicitor announced
that he would try the prisoner on the
charge of official misconduct, which restricted
the trial to this one charge, and the case was
immediately taken up, the trial of which consumed
the day. Several witnesses were examined,
among them the present and ex-county
officers, the Cashier of the Citizen's Savings
Bank, and others. The trial resulted in a
verdict of guilty, when prisoner's counsel
made a motion for a new trial, the hearing of
which was set for Tuesday, the 22nd. Court
then adjourned until Monday, the 21st
On Monday, the Court was convened at
4 o'clock, P. M., and the civil docket was regularly
commenced. The case of Samnel
Smith, Administrator, vs. M. L. Tate and
others, Executors, was taken up and disposed
of. This case involved the amount of purchase
money for a slave sold on the 3rd day
of January, 1863, after the date of Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation. Verdict for the
defendants. Notice was given that motion
would be made for a new trial.
On Tuesday, the case of W. H. McCorkle
vs. the King's Mountain Railroad Company
was tried. The suit was brought for the recovery
of four bales of cotton shipped over
the road in May, 1872, and alleged to have
been lost or misplaced by the Company.
Judgment in favor of plaintiff for $363.78,
the value of the cotton, and $50 damages.
Notice was also given in this case that motion
would be made for a new trial.
The case of F. M. Walker, surviving Administrator,
tu. Mijamin R. Smith and others,
was next called. This suit was brought on a
note given for the purchase of a slave on the
27th of December, 1862. At the time of our
going to press on Wednesday, the case had not
been decided. *
We have heretofore omitted to state that on
the second day of the term, the suits of C. L.
Clawson and various other parties vs. the Sutton
Gold Mining Company were decided.
Four judgments, amounting in the aggregate
to $2900, were obtained against the defendants.
The argument on the motion for a new trial
in the case of the State vs. S. B. Hall, though
set for Tuesday last, has not, as yet, been heard.
PnTrasnnn/liin^o nf tho Ynrb vi I Ip Fnnnirpr.
THE CHOLERA.
CnATTANOOGA, July 15,1873.
The "gentleman with the black bag," as
the cholera is cheerfully called, appears to be
preparing to take bis final departure. We
are glad he is going. Having slain two thousand
people in the State, in about a month, he
ought to be satisfied with the summer's work.
I only hope that he will not merely transfer
his base of operations and let loose on some
other unfortunate community, but I want him
to go back to his native Asia and stay there.
If you could see what havoc the scourge
has wrought in some of the Tennessee towns,
you would pray, on bended knees, ever to be
delivered from the like. In Nashville, five
per cent, of the remaining population were
slain; in Gallatin, over six per cent; and in
Greenville, seven per cent This is a deathrate
calculated to make one shudder at the
very name of Asiatic cholera. I know there
are those who deny that it was genuine cholera,
but the weight of testimony is altogether that
it was. A college of physicians in Nashville,
the other day, after a full discussion, pronounced
it genuine Asiatic, with but one dissenting
voice. But it makes little difference
about name; the disease is fearful, and you of
Yorkville, as well as other places, must fortify
against it. Yorkville is a healthy place, I
know; but so was Nashville, Gallatin, and
Greenville. The only safety is in keeping the
filth cleared up. Death rides in the atmosphere,
this hot weather, where there is filth.
Now that the cholera is about over, we are
in a frame of mind to enjoy the humors of it?
what few there are. In cholera times, every
little disturbance of the system is magnified a
hundred fold. A Nashville man, feeling a
slight pain in the abdominal regions, procured
Thomas Li. Johnsou to ?jacoo v^ampoeu.
Lot in Kock Hill. Consideration $60.
Thomas L. Johnson to Henry Poovey. Lot
in Rock Hill. Consideration $60.
James W. Harris to Isaac Jones. A tract
ofl29 acres of land in Ebenezer township.
Consideration $800.
[ Robert F. Currence to James M. Bigger.
A tract of 152 acres of land in Bethel township.
Consideration $1000.
Eliza J. Steele to R. M. Sims. Thirty-nine
acres of land in Catawba township. Consideration
$800.
Thomas Thomasson to J. P. Hutchinson.
A tract of 307 acres of land in Ebenezer township.
Consideration $2000.
John H. Adams to A. Coward. Lot in
Yorkville. Consideration $100.
J. R. Bratton to W. H. Quinn. Lot in
Yorkville. Consideration $40.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff) to W. A. Moore. A
tract of 200 acres of land in Bethesda township,
formerly belonging to Maurice A. Moore.
Consideration $441.
John Bratton and Bell M. McCaw, Executors
of R. G. McCaw, deceased, to Thomas
S. Neely. Eighty acres of land in Ebenezer
township. Consideration $592.
THE CIRCUIT COUKT.
Our report of the proceedings of the present
term of the Court of Common Pleas and
General Sessions, closed at Wednesday noon.
On that day Hugh Warren, convicted of having
purchased stolen goods, received the sentence
of the Court, which was to pay a fine of
three hundred and fifty dollars and the costs
in the case, or go to the penitentiary for one
year. He chose the former, and on Friday
paid the fine, whereupon he was discharged.
The remainder of the day, until seven o'clock,
P. M., was consumed in arguing the motion
to enjoin the County Commissioners of York
county from issuing county bonds in aid of
the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Mr. Rion, of Winnsboro, appeared for
the plaintiffs, and Messrs. Wilson, Witherspoon
and Clawson & Thomson for the Commissioners.
As may be inferred from the
time consumed, the case was argued at length,
the counsel on either side displaying tne legal
ability and acquirements for which each gentleman
is noted. After a patient hearing of
the arguments, Judge Mackey announced
that as the exigencies of the case did not de- j
maud an immediate decision, he would, for the !
present, reserve his opinion.
On Thursday, the case of the State vs. Geo. i
Welsh, for the murder of Thomas Quinton,
was called. The murder was committed on
Sunday, the 18th of May last, the material
facts of which, as elicited at the Coroner's inquest,
were published in the Enquirer at the ,
time. Both Welsh and Quinton were soldiers !
in Company C, 18th Infantry, stationed at!
this place, and the killing was the result of a
drunkeu spree, Welsh being crazed with strong
drink at the time it is alleged he inflicted the
fatal wound. The State was represented by
Solicitor Brawley, and the prisoner was de
fended by Thomas J. Bell, Esq. After a
fair and impartial trial and an able defense '
by his counsel, the prisoner was found guilty !
of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced
by the Judge to the penitentiary for