Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fcrajis and Jacts. j A woman hung herself in Milwaukee ' because "whiskey didn't taste like it used to." ] A few drops of lemon juice, taken occasionally in water, will prevent prickly heat. 1 A weekly Jewish paper, to be called the Voice of Jacob, is soon to be issued in i New York. An effort is being made to have colored j girls appoiuted as teachers in the colored public schools of Baltimore. A Roaring Branch (Pa.) woman peeled over 200 cords of bark this summer, besides : twice peeling the bark off her husband's nose. A balloonist made an ascent from Phil- , adelphia recently, and landed successfully, , after making fifty-two miles in fifty minutes. ' ?? New York is said to have fewer shade 1 trees in its streets than any other city in the i United States. j It isstated that the great bridge across 1 ? r .,ft, y ?il L 1 _a,^,1 * tne xUississippi, aioc. ajouis, win oe cum pic-ieu i by the 1st of March, 1874. i An out-spoken writer from summer 1 resorts says "as a rule, at public parties, the ? ugliest worueu wear the most diamonds." 1 English capitalists are said to have in- ' vested five million dollars in the coal and c iron business in Georgia. The railway and warehouse coramis- t sioners of Illinois have fixed the passage rates y on all first-class roads .in the State at three ^ cents per mile, being a reduction of one cent. j. The women of Wetzel county, West a Virginia, have formed a vigilance committee j to prevent their husbands from visiting the 8 grass widows who abound in those parts. a Texas received one hundred and twenty a thousand emigrants last year, of which num- j her fifty thousand were from Europe and t the rest from other States. v The telegraph says that ten thousand ? three hundred tons of silver bullion passed t through Omaha, on Thursday last, on its way ; East. c There were fewer weddings in London ' the past season than ever before, and some : one wittily remarked that that city was like heaveu in one respect, there were neither marrying nor giving in marriage. But we question whether angels are abundant, neverthe1 jess. Adversity exasperates fools, dejects cowards, draws out the faculties of the wise, puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill, awes the opulent and makes the idle industrious. Much may be said in favor of adversity, but the worst of it is it has no friends. ?j The local of the Augusta Chronicle has seen a postal card, on which Mr. John 0. ~ Wicter, of that city, had written six chapters 0 of Job and nearly seven chapters of Proverbs, c in all 5,114 words. He also wrote in a circle, t] the size of a five cent piece, the Lord's Prayer, 0 a promissory note, the discovery of America a by Columbus, and several verses of proverbs. (1 r A circular has been issued by the War c Department, fixing the standard height for recruits in the United States array as follows: jj For artillery and infantry, five feet four ? inches and upwards; for cavalry, not less than five feet five inches, and not more than ? five feet ten inches. This regulation is not ap- _ plicable to musicians or for recruits for colored regiments. A. T. Stewart's great charitable project, a home for the working women of New York, is likely to become an elephant on his d hands. The building, which was intended as tl the future home three years ago, is almost complete, but it is thought doubtful whether it ' is to be used for what it was originally design- . ed. Mr Stewart's intention was to make a 11 kind of hotel exclusively for single and e widowed working women, where they could w live cheaply and comfortably. Since the E erection was begun, however, serious doubts B have been entertained as to whether Mr. p Stewart's plan is feasible. It is said that his E advisers consider it impossiDie to estaonsn a ^ a home such as he proposes, as it would re- c quire superhuman efforts to enforce the reg- r illations necessary for the thousand and more ? women who would occupy the building. The j structure is ou fourth avenue, between Thirty- f second and Thirty-third streets, and stands w on the slope from Murray Hill. Mr Stewart has spent nearly $3,000,000 in its erection, . exclusive of what he paid for the lot. 11 An idea of thp business done by the v Pullman Palace Car Company may be obtained when it is known that these magnificent vehicles are now running on one hundred and fifty-two different lines of railroads r in the United States, thaj there are seven hun- r dred of them in all, and that one hundred and twenty new 'ones have just been completed. Twelve millions of dollars have been invested ^ in the organization. Every car costs from a S17,000 to $20,000, and one of them is run- g ning on the New York and Erie broad gauge v which cost more than $50,000. About the \\ 1st of September they will begin operations n on one of the great English roads. A system ^ is in progress, under this extensive organization, by which they will sell tickets in London, s Paris, Berlin or St. Petersburg, and contract t( to covey passengers to San Francisco or any other point in the United States?including j, everthing, not only ocean travel and the care 1 ^ of baggage, but also the commissariat of the ; traveler, so that he can either find his effects | at his destination, or can stop off for several ? days and resume his jonrney. j t The debts of the Southern States are t summarized in the following: In Virginia j I Governor Walker states that the public debt j s amounts to $26,000,000. This is one-third 1 g less than the amount previously stated, that ^ portion having been shifted to West Virginia, T * which we believe will not assume the responsi- 1 bility of it. In October last the debt of o North Carolina was stated at $29,900,045. i; The debt of Tennessee in January last was \ reported at $20,966,383, it having been an- E nounced at about $32,000,000 the previous ! c year. The difference was in railroad bonds i .i .i i if 'l.ii t _ n it n if h mainave ueen liquiaaiea. in ooum Carolina ; considerable difference of opinion exists as to j what the State debt really is, but the largest j amount reported is that by the committee of I Congress on Southern affairs, in which the j minority report gave it at 816,768,306.27. Georgia's debt on January 1 was $15,961,500,' with a liability to be increased if certain I projected railways should be constructed. Florida, with a similar liability, has a debt! of $5,512,269. Mississippi, on January 1, 1871, reported a debt of 81,145,726. Arkan- i sas, adding to the bonded debt all prospective and contingent liabilities, has a total of 814,- j 390,000, according to the report of the Congressional committee. In Louisiana on January 1, 1873, the debt was reported at $21,802,800. In Texas the debt was 83,836,237 on September 1, last year, The total of these . debts is little more than one hundred and j eighty millions of dollars. At the close of the ! war, in 1865, these eleven States owed about one hundred and thirty millions. j A correspondent of the New York Herald, writing from Gainesville, Ga., professes | to give the opinion of Hon. Alex. H. Stephens j on the political situation. According to the ! correspondent, Mr Stephens does not think ; there is any more danger af Gesarisra from i Gen. Grant in being elected the third time,' than there was in his second or first election, ?_n__ ?i?i _ ? iL. i especially 11 ne continues me exercise ui uib ; executive powers hereafter to the same limit as; t heretofore; that Csesarisra does not consist iu < who is the Executive nor how long, but in j the disregard of the checks and balances of the constitution ; that there can be no C?-! sarism while each of the three departments of ! the government remains intact, and while the J1 reserved rights of the States are respected. < The greatest danger to the public, in the I judgement of Mr. Stephens, is consolidation,! | more familiarly known as centralization, i < This, he holds, is the only way from the re- j ] public to the empire which is now to be feared. He holds, too, that there are no evidences of | any desire on the part of Gen. Grant look-1 ing in this direction, but that the only ap-' proaches to consolidation are to be found ir those obnoxious laws of Congress trenching upon the rights of the States, passed through the active exertions of those malcontent lie publicans who now style themselyes Liberals In brief, Mr. Stephens believes that there is nothing to be feared from Gen. Grant being elected a third time, and that there is no saeredness in the example of Washington in limiting himself as President to two terms. The outrages committed in Kentucky by a gang of lawless, violent men, calling themselves ku-klux, have become so frequent ind have been attended by such horrible cirjumstances, that a representative of the Louisville Courier-Journal was sent out into Owen md other counties, where the gang mostly op;rate, to ferret out the condition of affairs, iud the number and personnel of the gang. This mission has proved very successful, and lis report embraces the details of the robberies ind murders committed since 1S70. The ;ang numbers about thirty men, and their leadquarters are within sight of Fraukfort, he capital of the State. These men have obbed indiscriminately. Confederates and Union men alike have suffered untold wrongs it their hands. Peaceable citizens dare not eave their homes after dark, and many have eft their dwellings and become refugees, in >rder to save their lives. The Courier-Journal ays : "The proclamations of the Governor ire laughed at, as were the fulminations of he ancient monarch against the waves of an mgry sea ; the civil authorities are stricken vith the palsy of fear; courts of justice have >ecome a mete mockery, aud their enginery iffords no protection to the victim, whose life s imperiled, aud whose house is plundered ind converted into ashes. Hooded villainy ilruost invades the grounds of the capital; md if a little more courage is acquired on its >art, and a little more pusillanimity is berayed on the part of the officers of the law, ve shall expect the representatives of the >tate government to be driven from the capi1 1 11 *1 /TV ? J1 iL. i. 1 3 __ >> oi snouia mey ever onenu me august uuuy. lie f fljfeuttff (frutjunw. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 4, 1873. IIow to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name f tiie subscriber very plainly, give post-office, ounty and State in full, and send the amount of lie subscription by draft or post-office money rder, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The postage'on the Enquirer, to ny part of the United States, is five cents per uarter,or twenty cents peryear, and is payable i advance at the post office where the paper is rceived. Watch the Figures.?The date011 the "addrossibel" shows the time to which the subscription is aid. If subscribers do not wish their papers disontinued, the date must be kej)t in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that ur terms for subscription, advertising andjobrork, are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more atteniou hereafter to job printing than we have one in the past, we would inform the public hat our office is now well supplied with new ppe of the latest styles, and the best nrnhinery in use; and with a choice stock of iks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to xecute as good work as can be done any here in the United States. Orders for all Tickets, I Freight Billheads, lank Notices, Labels, loads and Coupons, j Law Blanks, liII Heads, 'Law Briefs, lusiness Cards, I Letter Circulars, ertiticates of Deposit, 1 Letter Headings, ertiflcates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads hecks, Note Circulars, eposit Tickets, Note Headings, >raftsand Notes, Programmes, Invelopes, Policies, Fire it Life Ins., Election Tickets, Shinplasters, 'estival Tickets, Wedding Cards, rill receive prompt attention, and satisfaction s to quality of work, guaranteed in every istance. Particular attention given to fine rork in colors. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. Every twenty-four hours the earth makes a evolution which causes night and day. Evey three hundred and sixty-five days it makes complete revolution around the sun, which >roduces the four seasons?spring, summer, utumn and winter. These changes are very reat. Night is not like day, and summer is ery unlike winter; but one night is very ike every other night, and one summer is ,ot greatly unlike every other summer. Thus hings have gone on in the physical world ince the creation, and so they will continue o the end of time. Similar revolutions are constantly occurring 11 the moral and social aspects of the human amily. Nations spring up and pass away, ud their places are occupied by others whose ;eneral aspect is not materially different from heir predecessors. This is most obvious in he cases of the United States and the ancient loman government. Their origin is very irailar, and their rapid growth, both as repects increase of population and extent of erritory, bears a striking resemblance. The Ionian form of government is the prototype f the government of the United States. The nstitutions, whilst they are not identical, are 'ery similar. Had there never existed a Rooan Republic, there would be no United States to-day. The government of Rome was lot origiual. The Romans borrowed their orra of government from the Greeks. "NVe liscover this not only in their laws, but also n their literature. Homer notonly preceded Virgil, but animated him. One spirit ireathes in both the Illiad and the iEnead. f Homer had not written the Illiad, Virgil vould not have written the JEnead. The Romans re-acted Grecian history, and he Americans are to-day re-acting Roman dstory. Amongst the great leaders of the American nation, we may discover their prootypes in the government of the Romans, rhe same is true of corrupt men. Rome had ler unprincipled plotters against the general ;ood, and so has the United States. The perons who are satirized by Juvenal and Horace, I'nin/W in flio TTnlfnrl Qfutoo Tlip iCCLLl LU UC HVIU^ iu bliv vuivvu k^uuvvw* rile practices and wicked and abominable sustoms which are exposed by these poets, are jrevalent in all parts of our country. In the Roman government men bought position. In Rome, at one time, all things were saleable. The lowest and the highest office could be purchased. The office of the chief magistrate vas often bought,and generals frequently sold heir armies for gold. We have not, we humsly hope, arrived at such a degree of corrup;ion; but, evidently, we are drifting in that direction. A great change has taken place n the character of our institutions since the layi^jf Washington. The change is so rapid incH?thorough, that we can see it and feel it as it transpires. The great characteristic:: )f the American people is totally changed, scarcely a fraction of what we were during the period of the first presidency, remains, Hie prevailing feature of the American people to-day, in every section of the country, is an insatiable thirst for gold. This was the ruin of Rome. The people that humbled every nation on earth, was destroyed by gold ! ' LOCAL AFFAIRS, 'd >! ' vi t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ] William Shepherd A Co., Charleston, S. C.?Cook- , ing and Heating Stoves. 01 ' ! H. G. Gatthey and J. G. GalVney, Agents?100 b< ! 1 Town Lots for sale at auction. ; j W. H. J. P. Ilcrndon?Fresh Supplies?Tea? . I Arrived at Last?Cheap?Eulogy? Cloth? C Simon Pure?Bread?Try Them. 1 i .T. F. Workman?Executor's Sale. Ul I J. F. Workman, Executor?Application for Dis- 9' eliarge. J. B. Tolleson, Charlotte, N. C.?To the Public. GONE TOM ARRET. . On Tuesday, Mr. H. F. Adickes, of the firm of Adickes & Black, and Mr. T. M. Dob- w ; son, of the firm of T. M. Dobson & Co., star- ^ I ? < .i VT ?.I : tea en rouie ior tne xvorineru marKeis iur me purpose of replenishing their respective stocks ?j of goods preparatory to the fall trade. jj1 THE RAILROAD SURVEY. w We learn that on Tuesday last, Col. Gai d- ea ner, with his corps of engineers, had reached the vicinity of Dallas, in the work of perina- tb nently locating the line of the Chester and \ Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad. We are th informed that the line, as located, crosses the ^ Air-Line Railroad, near the residence of Oli- & ver Davis, about one mile West of Gastonia 0r station. It is reported to us that the line, so far, is very favorable for building the road at a comparatively small cost. fr DWELLING BURNED. 1,1 We learn with regret that the dwelling ro house of Ephraim Thompson, who resides on ec Crowder's Creek, near Wright's Ferry, in this l'1 county, was accidentally destroyed by fire on g* the night of Wednesday, the 20th ultimo. & The fire was discovered about midnight, and is supposed to have originated from the cook- w< inp stove. With the excentions of Mr. T's 0^ ?o " l" booksaad papers, a few other valuables, and ra a small portion of the bedding and clothing w' of the family, the contents of the building " were entirely destroyed, iucluding the bacon I? and other provisions provided for the use of 8& the family. The loss is estimated at $2000. th No insurance. be te: DEATHS. pC Rev. L. Iver, who resided in the vicinity of fij( Rock Hill, died on Saturday last, and was buried with Masonic honors by the Rock ^ Hill Lodge on Sunday. Rev. Ker was a gt Presbyterian clergyman and occasionally offi- a? ciated, but we believe was not in the regular ce discharge of pastoral duties at the time of his jg death. At one time he was a chaplain of the United States army, and during the late war was in the service of the Southern Coufedera- j cy in the same capacity. He enjoyed the ca confidence and esteem of those who knew him . most intimately. Mrs. Ellen Jones, the wife of Iredell Jones, in Esq., died at the residence of Col. Cad Jones, ^ near Rock Hill, from diptheria, on Sunday last, after quite a short illness. cft SALES-DAY. Bl Monday last brought quite a number of C< our county people to town. The Sheriff fr< sold only one piece of property under execu- an tion?a house and lot in Yorkville, belonging an to the estate of Thomas H. Smith, deceased. Si It was bid off by Mr. Frank E. Smith at five hi dollars. The low price at which it sold is ac- an counted for by the fact that the purchaser qu held judgments against the property for a T1 greater amount than its value. ba Mr. J. A. Carroll, as administrator, sold at of auction, for cash, the personal property belonging to the estate of Robert J. Foster, deceased, nearly all of which brought remark- da ftlv mnloo urapo an 1 rl n r\ n o 801 U UJ v gUUU pliwtc* LI1A IUUIW IIV1V UWIVI aj vtiv of which wore mora than of modium quality in at an average price of 8107.90. The high wi prices at which these mules were sold, was or the subject of general remark. Two horses, a i several wagons and setts of harness, brought M correspondingly high prices. T1 it TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. Since our last report, the following trans- af fers of real estate in this county have been cu recorded by the County Auditor: trj J. D. Jackson to James Fitchet. Seven . acres of land iu Bethel township. Considera- . tion $22. J S. G. Hemphill to M. C. Sandifer. A tract of'120 acres of laud in Ebenezer township. ga Consideration 8460. aD R. H. Glenn, Sheriff of York county, to cQ Elias Inman. A tract of laud in Bullock's ^ Creek township, formerly belonging to the ^ estate of Susannah Gaston. Consideration 8160. . t R. II. Glenn, Sheriff of York county, to F. H. Barber. Half interest in a house and lot J? at Fort Mill, formerly belonging to the estate ^ of J. J. Watson, deceased. Consideration, 825. F. M. Davie to Elias Gist. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 845. F. M. Davie to Seely Gist. Thirteen acres of land iu Catawba township. Consid- 0], eration 8200. J ^ pi W. B. Williams and others to Jefferson Williams. One-half acre jri York township, th Consideration 815- " in F. C. Harris to T. M. Dobson and J. LV Parish. House and lot in Yorkville, located ha on the King's Mountain road. Consideration ba 8325. ^ " /"*i of 1- a * r Jft. n. uienn, onenn ui lurs. uuuuijr, lu ?.. ^ Williford. A tract of 257 acres of laud iu pt Bethesda township, formerly belonging to the ti< I estate of J. J. Poag, deceased.. Considera- Sa tiou SI,117. i Robert Patton to John F. Patton. A tract se of 735 acres of land iu Catawba township, re ' Consideration $1,835. ch John H. Adams (N.C.) to W. Meek Adams, in j Eighty acres of land in Bethel township. A deed of gift. of John T. Lowry to Harriet McLean. One de i acre lot in York township. Consideration foi ; 840. hi: SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. gi ? Throughout the State there is general rai 1 complaint of rust in cotton. of j ? Y. J. P. Owens, Senator from Laurens, is fu quite ill with fever, at Greenville. be ; ? At last advices ex-Governor Scott was in : Michigan. th ? Caterpillars have made their appearance ro 1 in the cotton fields near Columbia. V ? The citizens of Union county are discuss- T1 ing the question of establishing a cotton fac- di tory in that county. ! dc . ?Captain John A. Hinuant, of Fairfield, Ur who lost his leg in the war, is one of the most; t? successful farmers of that county. j ar ? A line of steamers between New York ju and Fort Koyal is to be established in uctobcr. cc ? The cotton caterpillar is extending its w; ravages in Kershaw county, and has made its ' in appearance in the vicinity of Camden. ! pi t ? Mrs. Janncy, wife of the late J. C. Janney, qi of hotel fame, died in Columbia on Friday : C last. re ' ?The arrival in Columbia of ex-Treasurer Cc Niles G. Parker, from his European trip, is in announced. I , ? The first bale of new cotton was received M in Columbia on Thursday last. It came from ai Lexington and was purchased at 18i cents. Si l ? Much sickness, especially among children, | sc I is reported from Chester, and a number of ai eaths within the past few days. The pre- . ailing disease appears to be diptheria. :! ? Dr. A. N. Talley is at present in charge 11 f the lunatic asylum at Columbia, Dr. Ensor j, eing absent for a short time. < ? The soldiers, stationed at the Citadel in 1 harleston, have received the new regulation i aiforms adopted last year for the United ] tates army. I ? It is stated that Major Gulick's new Naonal Bank, in Columbia, will begin opera- , r\n q nn a now hmilr ! WHO UU UlIU III OU VTA VtkUUbli X IIV u v II WMilik | ill be in the building at present occupied by ! J le Central National Bank. ? The New York World states that the Col- j | lizationSociety of Port Royal, South Caro-; aa, have entered into a contract with the ( alian Labor Exchange in New York, by j hich fifty Italians will be sent to Port Royal | * ich month. I * ? The meeting in Laurens, in opposition to I e subscription voted for the Laurens and j * sheville Railroad, adopted a resolution au-1 * iorizing proceedings to be instituted to set ide the subscription, and that one thousand ^ dlars be raised for the purpose of carrying c i the suit. ? The people of Edgefield Court House are 18 jitating the project of building a railroad ^ om that place to Pine House, a station on e Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railad, a distance of five and a half miles. An f igineer has recently been surveying the ] le, and reports the cost as follows: Broad 1 tuge iron rail, including the rolling stock, 58,751; narrow gauge iron rail, including ' e rolling stock, 859,138; narrow gauge ^ Doden rail, including the rolling stock, 828,- 1 19. The people seem bent upon having a ^ ilroad, but it is yet an open question as to . bat kind of road they will build. 1 ? TheCoIumbia Union-Herald,which doubt- r 3s speaks advisedly, states that the extra ? ssion of the Legislature will commence on e 2l8t of October, and thinks that there will 1 i business enough on hand to engross the at Dtion of the members up to the time ap- ^ inted for the beginning of the regular ses- * . J ? The Union-Herald says: "It is under- k )od that in the decision of the case of the 8 ate against Hayne, the Supreme Court has Brmed the constitutionality of the late linse law, or, to be more precise, it has been 8 cided that the Slate may enforce a tax by ' ly of license. The court does not pass upon 8 e question as to whether the late license law 8 in violation of the constitution or not, the s se turning upon a technical defect in the F dictment. The inference is that the State 8 ay enforce a license tax, but as to the mode, what manner that tax shall be imposed, 8 e court is silent." - The Columbia Union-Herald says : "The se of Harvey Terry against the Commercial j, ink of Columbia, noted in the Supreme )urt decisions, was carried up to that court t )m the Circuit Court of the fifth circuit, on t appeal from the decree of Judge Melton, t id was argued at the November term of the n ipreme Court. The opinion of the court -v ed yesterday was written by the chief justice, c d remands the case to the circuit court re liring the plaintiff to amend pleadings, p le case is against the stockholders of the t nk to recover the value of 666,000 worth ii bills of said bank." -The Marlboro Times says: "A colored 8 an died some miles below this place a few t ys ago whose last illness was attended by me singular circumstances. He had been j, bad health for three or four months, and w is supposed by some to have been conjured bewitched. In order to decide this matter, conjurer, so-called, living near the line of g arlboro and Marion, was called to see him. lis man, after making an examination, said j was true that the sick man had been con- ^ red ; that his body was full of snakes, lizds, cooters, rabbits, &c., but that he could re him. With this view he commenced to c ? cat the case, scarified his patient's legs, apied his cupping horn, and claimed to remove, ' these means, the snakes, lizards, &c., with ? lich he said the sick man's body was infested, e certainly exhibited dead snakes, which he id were drawn out by his cupping horn, id a live rabbit and cooter were seen to p me out of that same horn. How they came j ere is another thing. Some believed in ? is man's conjuring powers, and did not doubt j at he had done all that he claimed to have ' ne. Others again thought him a pretty j od sleight-of-hand performer and cheat; ily that and nothing more.' The result of e conjurer's treatment can be given in a few c >rds: The man died." o ? ?' 7 NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 -John I. Shaver, Esq., one of Salisbury's 0 lest and most popular citizens, died in that c ace on the 25th ultimo. ' -The coming North Carolina State Fair, 1 is fall, promises to be the greatest ever held r that State. - Mrs. Carter, the Wilmington murderess, is been released on three thousand dollars v til. . 1 - An emigration company is to be settled in ^ nTViwpll pnnntv. Imnrovements will be J. ?I . it up this fall and they will turn their atten>n to fruit and wool raising. Fifty thound acres of land have been purchased. <; - John J. Snider, aged 100 years, who j rved in the British army in our war of the t volution, and was subsequently under BIu- s er in the battle of Waterloo, died recently 1 the poor house at Statesville, N. C. ? -Mr. Valentine Ripley, an old gentleman considerable wealth, was waylaid and mur- t red near Hendersonville, N. C., about a g rtnight ago. It is thought he was killed for 6 3 money. I - Seventy-one counties heard from officially, jj ve a leading vote of 58,606 for the amendents, and 24,940 against them; a majority t 33,666 in favor of the amendments. The t 11 majority will probably range somewhere i itween 35,000 and 40,000 votes. ^ - Capt. J. R. Ivy, a freight conductor on F e Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail- t ad, was seriously injured in a fight with t an Galloway, a brick-layer, at Charlotte, on t tiursday night last. The fight occurred in a s inking saloon, and Ivy was thrown or fell ( >wn a pair of steps which led iuto a basement ? iderneath the house. The fall was perhaps ? reive feet, or greater. He had both of his j ms broken by the fall, and also sustained in- j ries to his back. 1 atAM T TamAO T. TUT oof flio ' t i-'cavci, nuu xjicul. uaujco ?j, | iramanding officer of the squad of soldiers j1 ho committed the brutal outrage on citizens McDowell county, the details of whieh are ^ inted on the outside of this issue of the En- y :irer, were arrested and taken before Judge 11 loud, at Morganton, on the 20th ultimo, and j 1 quired to give bond for their appearance at:1 >urt, to be tried for assault and battery with j 1 tent to kill. I ? Judge Moore, in the Superior Court of iecklenburg last week, appointed Mr. Rich-1 :d A. Springs, of Charlotte, Receiver of the ^ tatesville Railroad, pending the result of the ] luabble in the Courts between the Johnson i 1 id McDowell factious. An appeal from! < Judge Moore's decision has been taken to th< Supreme Court. On taking charge of thi road, Mr. Springs retained the services of Mr J. J. Gormley as Superintendent. A meeting }f the Johnson faction of the stockholders wa held at Statesville on Tuesday of last week it which Col. William Johnson was electee President. It is claimed that a majority o die capital stock was represented. NEWS OF*THE DAY. mi _ i _ . . i j; I !. ? xne epizoouc, or norse uisease, nas agnu nade its appearance at Poughkeepsie, Nev Fork. ? Cholera has re-appeared at Vicksburg, or ;he river, and in a more malignant form thai >n its previous visit, according to reports. ? W. W. Howe, of the Louisiana Supreme Dourt, has sued the New Orleans Times foi 5100,000 for libel. ? The Hon. Jefferson Davis has resigned he presidency of the Carolina Life Insurance Company. ? ThePostoffice department is quarreling vith the contractors over the inferior quality >f the postal cards. ? The Republican State Convention of Mis' issippi, has nominated Gen. Adelbert Amee B. F. Butler's son-ih-law) as a candidate foi jovernor. ? A negro in Indiana has been sentenced o pay a fine of $1,000 and suffer one year's mprisonment in the penitentiary, for marryng a white woman. ? Jacob N. Cardoza, who has been connected vith the newspaper press of Charleston and Savannah, for more than a half century, died n the latter city on pati'rday last, aged 87 'ears. ? The Republicans of Wisconsin have nomnated C. C. Washburne for Governor. The esolutions denounce the increase of salarj Ltid rlpmnrifl ifa rpnpnl mwl rppnmmend fl >oard of railroad coutrol to regulate transporation. ? A farmer, writing to the Memphis Ap)eal from West Mississippi, on the 20th ulirao, says the boll worm and caterpillars have uined the cotton crop of that section of the State in the last six or eight days. They will tot make a bale to six acres, and that is the in est cotton growing section in the State. ? Gen. Young, member of Congress and .gent for the State of Georgia, has receipted he War Department for that State's quota ol rms, worth in the aggregate, $35,000. The .llowance includes one battery of artillery, everal thousand stand of small arms and 300 >istols and sabres for cavalry, and fixed amounition and equipments necessary. General foung reports that the arms he has secured ,re of the most improved style. ? THE BOND DECISION. The Supreme Court has filed its decision n the Morton, Bliss & Co., bond case, and ;ranted the mandamus requiring the Coraproller-General to levy a tax to pay the inerest on certain State bonds held by the peitioners. The opinion is a lengthy docuaent, occupying ten columns of small type n the Charleston News and Courier, and conludes as follows: "It is adjudged and ordered that a writ of lo.omnfnm mondamna iuna linger tho BOnl nf Ui J uiuuuuiuvig luwuv wuv*vk vuv wv*?? v? his court, commanding the said respondent a all respects as prayed for by the said relaore in their said five several petitions and uggestions, and that the said writ be made eturnable at the first day of the next ensuing erm of this court." The opinion was delivered by Judge Wilard, and concurred in by Chief Justice Moco null Juilgo Wr igliin ? The bonds involved in the decision, aggre;ate the amount of $3,099,000, and embrace ive different classes, as follows : No. 1, issued inder an act entitled "An Act to authorize a oan to redeem the obligations known as the tills receivable of the State of South Caroliia," passed August 28, 1868. No. 2, issued inder an act entitled "An Act to authorize a itate loan to pay interest on the public debt," tassed August 26,1868. No. 3, issued under ,n act entitled "An Act to authorize a loan or the relief of the treasury," passed Februay 17th, 1869. No. 4, issued under an act ntitled "An Act to provide for the appointaent of a land commissioner, and to define lis powers and duties," passed March 27th, 869. No. 5, issued under an act entitled An Act to provide for the appointment of a and commissioner, and to define his powers ,nd duties, and for, other purposes," passed larch 1st, 1870. In the petition of Morton, Bliss & Co., it ?as asked that the "comptroller-general ol iouth Carolina be required to give due notice, n or before the 15th day of November, A ). 1873, to the county auditors, respectively, f the said State, of the rate of percentage neessary to be levied upon the taxable property vithin their respective counties, in order tc rtoitxa a onm anflfioionf t/i nov fhp intarpjjf. nl. eady due and in arrears of the five several >onds set forth in the petitions of the relators, ogether with the interest upon the same thai fill become due on the 1st of July, 1873, and he 1st of April and 1st of October, in the -ear 1874" The Charleston News and Courier, commening on the decision, says: "We surrender the most of our space this norning to the full text of the opinion of the supreme Court of the State on the Morton, Bliss & Co. bonds. The suits are upon five londs of $1,000 each, being one bond of five everal different classes. The bonds of all hese classes amount in the aggregate to 83,199,000. The opinion seems to go the whole length of ;ranting the relief demanded. . Technically, he Comptroller is only ordered to raise a sum ufficient to pay off the past due interest of 15,000 of bonds. But the Comptroller will ie likely to regard the decision as an instrucion to him to levy an amount sufficient to pay ff the interest on the whole $3,099,000. The court holds not only that the Comproller is bound to raise the money, but that he Constitution requires the Treasurer to pay t out without any legislative act or authority. Dhis last is one of the most extraordinary tropositions of this labored document, in view if the fact that the Constitution itself says hat no money shall be paid out of the Treasiry "but in pursuance of appropriations made ?y law." Was it ever heard of before, that i Constitution made appropriations! The Constitution may direct how money may be ;athered into the Treasury, and to what spe:ific purposes it shall be applied, but it is a lovel idea to us, that the money, when once n the Treasury, should be taken out, lawfully, n any other way than by act or resolution of egislative authority, and in any other shape han that technically known as "appropriaions." The case just decided is the one in which he tax-payers' counsel were refused a hearing. There is another proceeding pending in court, vhich challenges the whole class of bonds mown as the "conversion bonds." What will >e the result in this case, is in the Limbo oi mdiscovered things. It were a vain thing to jrophesy." The Union-Herald, the exponent of the Republican party, in the State, says: "The question is frequently asked whether he recent decision affects any other than the ive actual bonds immediately before the court [f we understand the case, the decree does not, jut the opinion does. That is,, the decree only orders the comptroller to levy a tax to pay b interest on these particular five bonds. But 3 the opinion seems to indicate that not only ; the bondholder holding any bonds of these r special five classes, but holding any of the j 3 bonds of the State would have a right, upon 3 special application to the court, to the same j > decree, because the constitution, in giving au-1 1 thority to the Legislature to borrow money, f made the right of the leuder to a tax levy to i pay interest and its immediate appropriation a part of his contract with the State?as a part, and the most valuable part, of his secu- j rity?and Lhe act by which the Legislature ' borrows the money is, per ae, a tax levy and appropriation thereof, so far as the interest is concerned. Once the money is paid over by the lender, whatever it be, the contract is com-1 plcte, and the Legislature cannot touch it, because the constitution of the United States says that no State shall pass a law "impairing the obligation of contracts." "If we assume as a basis of our calculation, . that the writ of mandamus covers the entire | ' amount of the original issues of each of these ! > five classes of bonds, amounting in the aggre-; gate to $3,700,000, and if we include the ac- i r crued interest thereon for 1872 and 1873, toI; gether with the interest accruing in 1874, then the amount of money required to be raised by j1 ! taxation will be about $675,000. To raise j ' j this amount, the comptroller will be called '! upon to levy a tax of about four mills on the ; dollar, assuming that the assessment of 1873 | willshow taxable property to the amount of [ $175,000,000. ( "Of the $3,700,000 above referred to, $696,000 have been actually converted. If the conversion bonds now outstanding, which 1 represent these of the several classes convertI ed are to be excluded from the benefits of 1 the writ, the amount required to be raised t will, of course, be as much less as the interest - on the $696,000 from the date of conversion will amount to. It would be an exceedingly hasty course to attempt to levy any such a tax upon the people in advance of the meeting of the Legislature, which is a body very jealous of its rights, and by no means disposed to allow its paramount influence in this State to be ignored or set aside by any proceeding. Whatever the Legislature shall do about our debt we shall regard as the voice of the people." Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ' JjC1T?K f iiUJl UltLLiliJDUnU! ' Greensboro, N. C., September 1. ! In ray former letter from this place, I adverted to the fact that capital and industry ' are flowing into this section, if not so rapidly ' as some would desire, at least in a sure and steady current, promising the most gratifying 1 results. The iudustry of the people is diver' sified, and though tobacco may be regarded 1 as the staple product, yet such being the ag' ricultural tendencies of the soil, and so favorable the facilities of getting to market, no ' single crop is cultivated to the exclusion of another. The land being owned principally by small proprietors, it is cultivated almost as a garden, and the finest fruits, as well as the cereals and cotton and tobacco, flourish side by side. Fruit culture forms an important item of the resources of the people. With less than ' half a crop this season, more than four thous- i and bushels of peaches have already been ' shipped from this place to the northern and : western cities. This fruit is bought direct , from the farmers by dealers, who pay, at this I . stage of the season, from 75 cents to 81.00 per i bushel on the street. These transactions, i ??A n nil no nnmnown/l irifli 1 IIUUCVCI, niu oiuan, uo vu fiii/u uuv sales of dried fruit, the season for which is ' just commencing. Here, thousands and thous- i ands of pounds, are sold every season. Al- i ready are dealers here from New York and 1 other northern cities, watching the market I and making engagements for "futures." So ' great is the demand Tor drlecTTrutts^nrthe < North and West, that the competition of bidders is always brisk, and prices are remuner- ' ative to producers, while, of course, the middle < men?most usually the merchants?make a ; satisfactory profit. The supply is never equal i to the demand. Apples, peaches and cher- i ries are the fruits thus prepared for market; I I though the old-field blackberry, as insignifi- ] cant as it may seem, plays an important part. 1 This crop alone is worth not less than $8,000 i per annum in this one county. No attention i is given to the culture of the berry, and as it is gathered and dried by children and others > who would otherwise be idle on the farm, it 1 is, virtually, so much clear gain. I am thus ' ' particular to note these facts, hoping it may I stimulate some of your own people to engage more extensively in the culture of fruit. ! 1 There is nowhere in the Union a more favored ! section for the production of the finest varieties of fruit than the "upper counties" of ' South Carolina, and by devoting to it a little < proper attention in the "drying season," it can I ' be made a profitable business. ; Speaking of fruit raising calls to mind the ' nursery business, or the propagation of the trees. Six miles from here, on the Northwestern North Carolina railroad, lives the 1 ninnp.fir nurseryman of the State, if not the < | first to commence the business in the South. I allude to Joshua Lindley, whose name is ' I familiar throughout your State. From a < | small beginning, and with discouraging pros- i pects, many years ago, his business has now i ! grown to vast proportions, and his trade ex- : tends throughout several States. The sales < of his productions last year, I am informed, reached the sum of $20,000: and I learn that | ^ ( the engagements of his nursery for the ap- i proaching fall delivery are already consider- i i ably in excess of the pbove amount. Besides i the nursery of Mr. Lipdley, there are, in this I county, several others,\ though not so extensive, doing an equally prosperous business. i In this county, near the town of High j Point, is the "Model Farm," which was estab- I lished under the auspices of some northern 1 ' Quakers, soon after the close of the war. As I its name indicates, the object of the establish- i raent was to prove to the incredulous and 1 prejudiced mind that scientific or "book farm- 1 ing" is the only correct plan to be pursued by < the people of the South. A "poor" piece of < land, consisting mainly of "old fields" and < gullies, was selected, and work at once com- 1 I menced ou the same system by which agricul- | tural operations are conducted on the natural- < ly sterile lands of the less favored northern climate. All the improved machinery is , used; clover and grasses are grown; the i ground is thoroughly plowed and cultivated? a four-horse team being used for "breaking" or turning the sod?the proper atteution is given to the deficiencies of the soil as adapted to the seed to be planted, and the proper r fertilizer is applied ; and, in short, the whole i business is conducted in the most approved scientific manner. As was expected, seven j years ago, the scheme had its scoffers. There ! were those who were constitutionally created | to believe that the only safe plan for going ! to mill was to put the grist in one end of the bag and a rock in the other, and to J make it "easy on the horse," if the mill 1, boy rode, he must carry the bag on his i shoulder. Others again doubted, simply, be- , 1, cause they desired failure; and I venture that | J many of this class would have suffered the i inconveniences of a prolonged and disastrous j 1 drought without a word of complaint, just \ simply to see the "Model Farm" miss a crop. 1 > But the superintendent, Friend Sampson, i ' quietly went his way; his mode of farming i proved a decided success from the very start; aud not only has all prejudice been removed and obliterated, but the desire of emulation has taken hold of even the most doubting minds, and the consequence is that the "Model Farm" has already fulfilled its mission, and by practical and ocular demonstration proved that farming, if properly conducted, can be made profitable on the so-called worn-out farms in the South. But to tell you "all I know about farming" would consume more valuable space, perhaps, than the information would be worth, and I will close my letter by a brief allusion to a few of the more prominent manufacturing establishments now in successful operation in this place. I will premise by saying, that with few exceptions, these works and factories were es tablished by "foreign capital," induced to tins point mainly by the railroad facilities presented. It is an axiom not to be controverted, that the railroad is the only precursor of the development of the wealth and resources of a State. A cheap and rapid means of transportation must be provided before the capitalist or artisan can be induced to invest his money or labor in the development of a section, be it ever so rich in natural resources, or however great may be the demand abroad for the manufactured article. This fact is too palpable to require argument, nor does it seem necessary, in this progressive - day, to attempt to prove that all classes of the people are benefited by a liberal railroad system?the more liberal the system?the more numerous the roads?the greater being the benefits derived. ^ The foundry and machine shop of Sergeant & McCauley, which, under their management, has been in operation two or three years, is an important enterprise and rapidly taking rank as a first-class establishment The most satisfactory description of their works, and in the fewest words, would be to say that they can make anything that may be wanted in iron, from a grist or saw mill, to a plow point considerably smaller than the "sweep" used in plowing the cotton fields of South Carolina. They also make the celebrated cooking stove which bears their name, and of which the old man Sergeant is justly proud. The manufacture of cooking stoves in the South, not many months ago, was an untried experiment, from which some of Mr. Sergeant's friends endeavored to dissuade him ; but he had faith, and argued further that the process here was precisely the sam 3 as in Connecticut?that the climate could not affect the modus operandi, _ while all other differences were in his favor. He determined to make a stove that would recommend itself, and he succeeded. Such is the demand for them that he is now erecting a separate building in which the casting and finishing may be done with greater facility than at present, and without being delayed by other classes of work. The impression prevails among many that "old metal," and especially old stoves, are remelted and converted again into stoves; but this is not the case. Only the best quality of "Scotch pig" is used for this purpose. The plates of the stoves made at this foundry are thicker and heavier than any others in the market, while, should any piece, by accident, be broken, it can be replaced without trouble. The patterns of this stove are never changed; though as a "trick of the trade," many makers change their patterns every few months, thus rendering it impossible, without a great deal of trouhlp tn renlara a hrnltan niara. and enmnellinff ? "I I 1 1 o the owner to purchase a new stove entire, when, if the same patterns were retained, the laraage coaid be repaired at a Tnffidg~cost"' Next, in the order of the shops visited, I will notice, the sash and blind factory but re:ently established by Steele & Denny. Not pet in complete working order, this establishment employs fifteen skilled workmen, besides i large number of laborers, and consumes 40,300 feet of lumber per week. The greater part of this lumber is purchased in the western part of the State and shipped by rail from Hickory Tavern. As the name of the 3hop would imply, all descriptions of sash, blinds, doors, etc., are made, the work being done by the latest improved machinery. The shop of the North Carolina Handle Company was next visited. This establishment is owned by a joint stock company, and is under the superinteudency of F. P. Cavanah. It works exclusively on handles, of which 250 different styles and patterns are made. The machinery turns out 200 dozen pieces of finished work per day. Sixty workmen are employed in the shop. Six cords of rough hickory wood are used each day at an average cost of 612 per cord. This establishment is one of the few in the State that sent specimens of work, as well as specimens of native timber, to the Vienna Exposition. Near the above works is the spoke factory of H. W. Reed. Only spokes are made in this shop, of which 2000 are finished per day. The spoke of a buggy wheel is a simple object of itself; but in the production of the article 3everal operations and much heavy and intricate machinery are required. The timber, after it is delivered in the yard, passes through eleven different machines before it is ready to pack fur market Through some of the machines it passes with greater rapidity than do the printed sheets issue from the Enquirer steam press. The tenon, for insertion in the hub, is made perfect in an instant by passing through a saw and knife attachment, which moves at a speed of 3100 revolutions per min- , ute. Then the graceful curve or shoulder, J just above the tenon, is exquisitely sliced off ^ by a modest and unpretending machine, the I blade of which revolves at the speed of 4800 times per minute. The proprietor informed is that the expenses of this sbop, for timber alone, delivered by farmers in the yard from their wagons, amount to one hundred lollars per day, while a similar sum is expenled daily for timber cut by his own laborers, at a distance from the shop, and shipped by rail. Twenty workmen are employed in the shop, and an endless variety of styles and sizes of wagon and buggy spokes are made, ill of which are shipped exclusively to shops in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts. The most extensive turning works here,, is the Greensboro Handle Works, owned by 3ol. Thos. McMahon. This is the first estabKent of the kind that was erected in this place. The incessant din and clangor of the /ast machinery, from the heavy saws which commence on a rough hickory log at one end )f the building, to the delicate polishing machines that finish the work at the opposite end of the house, is alone calculated to enthuse ;he people of an entire community, and in.1 . ? 1 T?:_ TT ipire tne most somnicujous xvip van winaie vith new life and renewed energy. Besides a force of sixty laborers kept constantly in the woods cutting timber, ninety nen are employed in the shop as operatives. A.n average day's work is 6000 pieces of turned articles, though the capacity of the works, wheu all the machinery is in operation, is 10,000 pieces. In connection with this establishment is also a "spoke and bending works," for the manufacture of spokes, wheel rims and shafts. The consumption of hickory timber is 1800 cords a year ; and of lum