Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 30, 1874, Image 2
f traps and Jacts. ;
It is said that oDly two hundred of the ^
six thousand words of the Bible are now in a
any sense obsolete. a
A Kansas judge believes a man and ^
his wife to be one. He has decided they are v
both entitled to admission to "shows" on a 0
ticket which says "admit one."
The catch of shad iu Albermarle Souud,
N. C., is said to be fifty per cent, greater this jj
season than for many years before. The jj
herring catch is also heavy.
The leading Republican members of the s(
national House of Representatives are of the j,
opinion, it is said, that the session can be finish- .
ed by the first of June, while the senators in- <
cline to think it will last to the first of July. (
A California letter says that this year _
there will be produced there 12,000,000 gallous
of wine, 2,000,000 pounds of grapes for
table use, and 250,000 pounds of raisins,
besides the brandy.
A man living on a farm in Alabama
was ordered by the Ku-Klux to leave, but
instead of so doing he remained and shot
a.* i i j IL
tnree 01 tnem. nis neignoors expresseu meir
gratification by electing hira County Clerk.
An "interviewer" tried his hand on
General John C. Breckeuridge recently, ar.d
after several vain attemps to draw him out ^
on political questions, asked, "What yo you _
think about Alexander H. Stephens ?" "I
think he is in very bad health," was the 0
smiling answer, and the interview ceased. c<
Alice Mason Sumner, the divorced wife 0
of the late Senator, has filed a petition in a
Boston Court, asking that her name may be al
changed to that of Alice Mason, for the rea- [J
son that "she had been divorced from her late c<
husband, who has since deceased, and desires
to resume her maiden name." ^
No more truthful sentence was ever C(
penned by man than the following, written 01
by Chancellor Kent: "The parent who sends w
his son into the world uneducated defrauds i
the community of a lawful citizen and bequeaths
to it a nuisance." These words should
be written in letters of gold over the entrance .
of every school in the land. 1
They have a judge in Florida who was c
arrested and put into the calaboose for drunk- "
onnfinomonf lio onripftvnrpfl ! t)
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to issue a writ of habeas corpus, requiriug the cl
Sheriff of Manatee county to seize his body ii
and bring it before himself, in order that he e;
might iuquire into the legality of said con- y
finement. It was a brilliant idea, but it
wouldn't work. K
Texarkaua, Texas, claims the distinc- B
tion of being the "Enchanted Village of the Jj
Lone Star State." It is about seventy-five q
days old, and was built in the midst of a C
dense forest. It now numbers over two thousand
inhabitants, and there are two hundred j-,
buildings going up. It contains a general e
ticket office, two railroads, two express com- *
panies, two telegraph lines, and forty saloons.
The Rochester Express is responsible NV
for this: "A married man, hearing that the ai
eating of certain kinds of animal food would ir
aid the same tissues of the human body, as, for w
iustauce, calves' brains would nourish the
eater's brains, or beefs liver the eater's liver,
immediately gave strict orders at his family
market that no more tongue of any kind be ^
sold to his wife or mother-in-law. j
The professors and authorities of Cor- ?
nell University are composed of Jews, Episco- .
palians, Unitarians, and all the leading forms
of faith known to the creeds. The chief bene- P
factors of the institution have been Cougrega- a
tionalists, Methodists, Episcopalians, Qua- ci
kers, Baptists and one Free Thinker. Strange a
to say, among this apparent discord of relig- p
ous belief, there has never existed other than
the most perfect harmony.
Mr. John Fishback, proprietor of the
Indianapolis Sentinel, wagered one hundred
dollars with a young lady niece that she P
couldn't "hold her tongue" for a week. The v
young lady very unexpectedly "took him up," h
and unless she speaks within the next two ci
hours (it is now 4 o'clock P. M.) Mr. Fish- S(
back will have the one hundred dollars to pay. .
During the week he has escorted her to the
opera, and although he has done his best to &
get her to speak, and hired other members of 11
the family to "trap" her, yet she has resisted
all their efforts. On Thursday last the jour- ti
ualist offered to compromise the matter, and C(
give her fifty dollars, but the proposition was Q,
scornfully rejected. r<
Railroad laws have been passed by 111- ^
inois, Iowa and Wisconsin. It remains to be .
seen whether they will relieve the farmer. It
is said that some of the principal roads in Wis- sr
cousin have determined to disregard the law, P1
which goes into effect on the 1st of next month, no
This will bring on a fight. The way it will S
be done is thus given : If a ticket agent re- ^
fusing to accept the fare fixed by law is ar*
J " + /iIaoa f mlr nf ^
1CSICU ULHI pUUIJlJCU, Will V/1VOC bUV bivnv,b
office in which he isstationed; and if a freight 81
agent is prosecuted, they will close the freight ai
office. The trains will run by the stations at it
which the offense is given without stopping, nc
aud leave the people, who are dissatisfied with n
their rates, without any railroad facilities at jt
all. It is probable that a similar policy will !
be adopted by the other roads in the same J ^
State, and it is easy to see that such a course 1
will create a more bitter feeling than has yet ; ti
shown itself in the war which has already ' tl
waged hotly in the West between the grangers i J,
and the railroads. c,
The Modocs, who recently played a ' p
leading part in our history, have been almost j *
forgotten by the people, but not by the ubiqui- j
tous "interviewer." One of the fraternity has j a
taken the trouble to follow the tribe to their j
new home in the Quapaw reservation, Indian 1
Territory, and he now describes what he saw i
during his visit. The war seems to have com-1 p
pletely cowed them, and they are apparently j }|
resigned to their lot, such as it is. Scarfaced j j,
Charley and Bogus Charley, the first and sec- !
ond chiefs of this tribal remnant, are still in j ^
authority, but they no longer bear their for- n
mer haughtiness. The males pass their time ; c
.J o??ALinr? oIlAAfi no TOltll tllO Ka\V I V
111 UMIJMlig, OlUv/aiug, ouvvviug nnu v<*w wv? .
and arrow, playing ball, etc., evidently resol-! p
ved to bestow no thought upon the morrow, j u
Steamboat Frank has become literary in his j
tastes, and is actually making some progress in j ,
learning to read. But the squaws f.ta less re- I
couciled to the change. The eyt3 of Princess i c
Mary filled with tears when the name of Cap- (ti
tain Jack was mentioned, while the widow of j t
the departed chief still blackens her face and j p
lives in seclusion. The land receives little at- j e
tention from the tribe, though fences have ; c
been put up in several parts of it.
The New Orleans Times tells us: "The j *
condition of planters in portions of the over-!,
fiowed territory of this State is heart-rending
in the extreme. Thousands have not only j c
been driven from their homes, but lost every- t
thing which they possessed. Theirfeuces are n
swept away; their cattle are destroyed ; their ! a
crop prospects are blighted, and they are left j
without the means of subsistence. This is es- j
neciallv the case in the valley of the Ouachita, 1
where "bad crops last year, none this year, and a
every movable thing swept away by the flood,! t
leave the people utterly desolate." From the 1 u
accounts of the flood we gather that the Mis-!
sissippi has already reached seven inches 1 f
above the highest point of the inundation of!
1871, and the r:se is greater than has been a
known for half a century. The river is f
swollen by tremendous floods coming from its ?
tributaries, which have made miles of crev- t
asses in its banks, and poured immense vol-'t
umes of Vater into the swamps, whose over- ^
flow, swelling the lower river, has engulfed a
vast extent of territory. The quantity of 1
water in the swamp reservoirs is already so I
large that even should there be a falling river j t
above Memphis, the flood will be maintained c
for several weeks, so that there appears to be ; ^
need of immediate efforts to meet the appall-1 g
ing emergency. The crevasses extend for j
many miles along the banks of the river, ten
thousand square miles of the State being al- j
ready submerged, and the levees, in various J t
places now threatened, are in great danger of! t
idding enormously to the destruction already
ccasioued. The utmost efforts are required ;
o keep the embankments yet secure from
eing broken down and to close the breaches
.lready made iu the levees in Baton Rouge
,nd other places, both above and below New
)rleans. The lower part of the latter city
?as at the latest accounts iu imminent danger
f an inundation, the water having found its
/ay over the levee in some places. A train *
f dirt cars, used in connection with a large
irrce of laborers, has been employed in throw
ng up an embankment in one quarter, which
as the effect of completely blockading the
ailroad, and in various parts of the country 1
tearaers can now run where steam cars were
rtely used.
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i
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CREMATION VERSUS INHUMATION. I
The subject of cremation, or the burning of
ead bodies, instead of giving them burial, 1
as been recently agitated in some portions of '
lurope ; and, as usual with all such absurdi- '
es originating over the water, the proposed 1
ractice has already found several professed *
dvocates in the United States?chiefly in the '
ities of the North. In New York, at least, 1
cremation society has been formed, and ap- <
lication made to the State Assembly for an 1
et of incorporation. Iu Boston, Philadelphia 1
nd other cities, the question is exciting some 1
ttention ; but New York, which is now hap- >
ily without a great criminal sensation, is deoting
all her energies to the question of the (
our, and, it must be confessed that should it 1
iuse the Gothamites to turn their thoughts '
jriously for one time to the subject of a fu- 1
ire existence, it win not oe witnout some j
ood results, even though their bodies should (
ever be sacrificed at the funeral pyre. 1
The principal argument in favor of erema- 4
on as against the ordiuary mode of burial, (
Dines from over-crowded cities and districts 1
f Europe, where, it is urged, the necessary t
)om for sepulture cannot be readily obtained,
[ence, the necessity of reducing the dead
ody to ashes, which can be preserved in a ?
nailer and less expensive vessel than u
utent metalic burial case. But this argu- ?
ieut will hardly have force iu the United t
tates for several generations to come, while <
iucIi can be urged against the proposed iriovation.
In a business point of view the inlrance
journals are already taking ground
gainst cremation. They very clearly see that ?
would utterly destroy the means of deterlining
disputed identification. In the whole {
mgeof medical jurisprudeuee, and especially
i its applications to life insurance, the Balti- '
lore Underwriter says it knows of no more (
nportant element than that relative to identy.
Destroy the means of identification 1
irough the stature, the teeth, the sex, the 1
air, cicatrices, fractures, deformities, or peuliaritics,
and what will be left for the com- *
anies in every swindling case that may oc- '
ur except to pay to the conspirators the
mount of their claim ?
THE CURRENCY VETO.
We publish in another column the salient 1
. ?L n ? ?? .
oints 01 rresiuem Vjrniui a message iiisuj.ij.uuv- i
3g the currency bill recently passed by both
ouses of Congress. As will be seen from the i
roceediugs of Congress, the friends of the .
leasure are somewhat undecided as to what <
ourse they will pursue, and by parliameutay
tactics, consideration of the veto has been i
ostponed. It is certain that the question is i
ot dead. But unlike the many bills which 1
'ere passed by a strict party vote over Presi- .
ent Johnson's vetoes, this question is not i
onfined to party, and it is probable that other
actics will be resorted to by the friends of <
he measure in preference to attempting to
ass it over the President's veto, which, how- <
ver, would require a two-thirds vote in the <
lenate?a majority that could hardly be obained.
It is stated that the advocates of inflation i
iave determined to issue a circular to the I
ountry, giving, in the most captivating style, <
heir plan of making money plentiful, thereby i
aaking the question the principle issue in the <
pproaching congressional elections, should (
io action be had in the meantime. Of the
Northern States, the inflationists claim to be <
,ble to carry Pennsylvania, while they tninK 1
he States of the South and the West area (
init in favor of more currency.
Prominent Radical leaders, among them, j'
Jen. Butler and Cameron, of Pennsylvania, j1
,s well as a majority of the representatives I
rora that State, are zealous advocates of in- '
lation, and Butler is reported to have said j
hat the President shall have another oppor- i
unity to pass upon a bill of similar characer
to that which he has just vetoed. It is a j i
>art of the wily politician's plan to attach the !
irovisions of the vetoed bill as an amendment 1
o an appropriation bill, which, should it be j!
lone, would compel the President either to j <
reto an important appropriation bill or to 1 <
ign one containing a clause for inflation of j
he currency. } i
On the other hand, those opposed to infla-! <
ion, or the "hard money party," as they style ! <
hemselves, are busily engaged in their efforts .!
to counteract the schemes of the inflationists, t
and should the question come before the peo- (
pie at the approaching State elections, the i
best speakers will be secured to address the i
voters in every State of the Union. r
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. j j
In the Senate, on the 20th, the committee t
on the judiciary reported adversely on the i,
bill for the relief of purchasers of land in the r
insurrectionary States. The committee on I ^
privileges and elections submitted a report; (
adverse to the memorial of F. W. Sykes, of!
Alabama, claiming the seat now occupied by ' ?
Mr. Spencer. The Louisiana election bill ; t
was taken up, and debate thereon continued ! s
until adjournment. In the House, a largej(
number of bills wa9 introduced and referred, |c
among which was one by Mr. Beck to increase 1 g
the tax on national bank circulation. A bill ! a
for the better protection of the Texas fron- i
tier from Indian depredations, by connecting j
the military posts by telegraph, and appro- ?
printing $100,000 therefor, was passed. A j
bill was passed removing the political disa- c
bilities of Gen. Geo. E. Pickett, of Virginia. I j
On motion, the President was requested to J a
send to the House all correspondence relative ! c
to affairs in Arkansas. t
In the Senate, on the 21st, a bill was passed c
for the relief of persons suffering by the over- ^
flow of the lower Mississippi river, the opera- |
Lions of the act not to extend Jater than the j
first of September, 1874. The Louisville and j
Portland canal bill was taken up, discussed 1
and amended, and sent to the House for concurrence.
Mr. Fivlinghuysen gave notice ^
that as soon as the canal bill was disposed of,
he would call up the civil rights bill. The c
House was devoted mainly to the consideration
of Maryland and District of Columbia 8
affairs.
In the Senate, on the 22nd, a message was 0
received from President Grant, returning the e
Senate currency bill, with his reasons agaiust
it. A discussion arose as to the time to go f
into a consideration of the veto message ; but j1
the matter was finally dropped without a time
being fixed. A bill was introduced to enable 11
Indians to become citizens of the United 8
States. The Louisiana election bill was then I
taken up, discussed and laid over. In the
House, unanimous consent was asked to in- v
troduce a bill relieving the political disabili- s
Lies of Raphael Sernmes ; but objection being v
made, it went over. The legislative appro- ^
priation bill was taken up, discussed and *
imcnded, pending which the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 23rd, a bill was in- c
troduced reducing the tax on the circulation v
>f State banks to an amount no greater than 1
that paid by the national banks. Mr. Davis,
)f West Virginia, gave notice that at an early
lay he would move to take up the bill hereLofore
reported to withdraw $25,000,000 of (
banking circulation from the East, to be apportioned
among the West and South. The rr
Louisiana election bill was then taken up, ^
rod discussed without action. In the House, 1
\r- Un/il. nf I'nnhinkv /-ifTurorl 11 rPSfdIIf.ion ?
L'A I Ui AXUlbUvnj) vuv* vu ? . vwv - _
jailing upon the Secretary of the Treasury to '
nform the House how much of the $54,000,- c
)00 banking currency authorized to be issued '
;o States has not been applied for. The bill r
;o carry into effect the fourteenth amendment ^
,o the Constitution, concerning citizenship,
ivas discussed and went over. The House
;hen went into consideration of the legislative ^
appropriation bill, which was continued until r
adjournment.
In the Senate, on the 24th, a bill was intro- v
iuced to prohibit national banks from loan- j
ng money on money as security. Several c
jills affecting only District of Columbia affairs
md private interests were introduced. The g
Louisiana bill was discussed, and the select j
jommittee on transportion made their report. f
[n the House, the Speaker presented a mes;age
from the President transmitting copies fl
>fall correspondence in relation to the recent e
roubles in Arkansas. Other proceedings of
he House were of no importance. v
On the 25th, the Senate was not in session, j
rhe House was occupied with the legislative
ippropriation bill. t
On the 27th the Senate eulogized Sumner; 0
md in the House nothing was done beyond Q
he introduction of the usual flood of bills ^
ntrodueed every Monday. 0
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. r
? The colored militia of Orangeburg are! ,
jiving up their arms by order of the Governor.
? A shoe-peg factory will be put in operation
tt Newberry in a short time.
? Candidates for legislative honors in Rich- ^
and, have commenced the canvass in that
:ounty.
? Two young white boys, of Charleston,
lave been sentenced to one year in the penientiary,
for highway robbery. ! ^
? Since the first of January last, a firm in j ^
jlreeuville has sold two hundred and seventy- j ^
ive thousand pounds of bacon.
? Mr. Louis A. Godey, of Godey's Lady's | j
Book, passed through Columbia on Friday j
ast, en route for Florida. j y
? Rev. Mr. Jaeger, an Israelite, at Green- j Q
srillc, was recently ordained as a Baptist!
Ttinister. | j
? Rev. Tilman R. Gaines contemplates re-1i;
moving the publication office of the Working \ t
Man, from Columbia to Greenwood, in Abbe-1 ],
ville county. j t
? The Republicans ol' Charleston are just!
aow busily engaged in discussing the chances ,
af gubernatorial aspirants. Those most spo-1
ken of are ex-Attorney General Chamberlain, j
Attorney-General Melton, ex-Governor Scott, i j
and Dr. J. L. Neagle. j j
? By a recent decision of the Supreme Court ^
af this State, in the case of Burge & Co., vs.;
Willis, it has been decided that the Court of ^
Common Pleas has concurrent jurisdiction in ;
civil cases cognizable before Justices of the'
Peace or other inferior courts. i
? The Union-Herald gives currency to a
rumor that Mr. A. A. Gilbert, the editor of i
the Sumter Watchman, is a prominent candi-1 j,
Jate for Congress from the first district; and
Mod. H. C. Corwin, Senator from Newberry | j.
county, is an aspirant for Congressional hon- j.
Drs from the third district. !
? The United States Circuit Court in ;
Charleston has awarded S3,250 damages to
the assignees of the Blue Ridge Railroad 1
Company, agaiust the Atlanta and Richmond t
Air-Line Railroad Company, for obstructing
the track of the former company at Sencca rj
City. s
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? The .Lancaster laager or last wcck says ;
"Judge Mackey is spoken of by some of the
Republicans as their choice for Reprcsenta- 1
tive from this Congressional District. From I
what we can learn it is very probable that! v
the Judge will receive the nomination of the a
Republican convention ; and in the event that i
he does not, it is quite likely that his Repub- a
lican supporters will run him as an indepen- a
dent candidate; in which event he will re- d
ceive the support of the Democratic party." t
? One of our State exchanges is responsible 1
for the following: As a train was coming t
down a steep grade on the Air-Line Road a o
day or two ago, at the rate of thirty miles an :
hour, the engineer discovered a calf on the 2
.rack. He did not see it thrown off' upon j
lither side, and thought it might have caught ,
n the cowcatcher, and went forward to look
or it, but did not fiud it there. After run- j
ling seventy-five miles from the spot where
he animal struck, while oiling up, he found j
t lying snugly on the frame of the forward j
rucks of the locomotive, somewhat covered ,
vith dirt, but entirely uninjured in other j
cspects. The escape was put into the bag- j
jage car and brought on, as a trophy of luck !
>ver accident.
? The annual meeting of the Graniteville j
Manufacturing Company was held on Thurs- :
lay of last week. The reports of the officers ;
how that the net earnings of the year, inclu- j
ling dividends paid, aggregate over 22 per j
sent, of the capital employed. The sum of
>350,000 has been transferred from the "profit
ind loss account," and placed at the credit of
'commercial capital account," to remain as a
lermanent fund for the management of the ;
inaucial affairs of the company. This com- j
>any employs 560 hands, and has in operation
53,600 spindles. The property is daily cu-!
lancing in value. The stock is in demand,!
md hut very little on the market. Twenty- j
>ne shares sold by the company, the day of
he meeting, brought $173 per share. It is j
>ne of the most flourishing institutions of the
mid iu ine union.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The wheat crop in the western counties of
he State is represented as promising well.
? Three illicit distilleries were destroyed iu
jiaston county last week.
? The post-office at Hickory Grove, Gaston
lounty, has been discontinued.
? The widow of the late Governor Worth is
eriously ill at her home in Asheboro.
? All the property of the "Fair of the Carinas"?a
Charlotte institution?is advertisd
to be sold at auction.
? Joseph W. Holden has once more risen to
he surface?this time as the Republican uorunee
for mayor of Raleigh.
? Two tobacco barns of Richard Gentry,
lear Madisou, Rockingham county, were dctroyed
by fire a few days ago. Some 5000
tounds of tobacco was burned.
? A fire occurred at Company Shops last
reek, by which McAlister's store house and
tock of goods and several thousand dollars
rorth of other property was destroyed. The
ire originated in McAlister's store from sponaneous
combustion of oiled rags.
? Bryan Oxendine, who is a brother-in-law
if the late Henry Berry Lowery, shot his
rife a few days ago, and she is not expected
o recover. Jim Dial, another of the same
;ang, was recently fired at from an ambush,
md severely wounded. Dial was tried, but
icquitted, ouly a few weeks ago, for the rnurler
of Floyd Oxendine.
? Reports of the continued and increased
umblings of Bald mountain are confirmed.
rile sliocks of Friday were more severe than
hose of last February, over which such widepreud
alarm existed. The Asheville Exposior
says : "Many of the newspapers have treatid
this disturbance as a myth and humbug;
>ut the recent tremendous movement of the
nountain has assumed a character too serious
or ridicule."
SEWS OVTHE DAY.
? Boston has contributed 820,000 in aid of
he sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi
iver.
? At a meeting of the Maryland and Delaware
peach-growers, -ecently held at Dover,
t was estimated that the peach crop of the two
itates, this year, will reach 2,425,000 baskets.
? Hon. A. H. Stephens has arrived in Au;usta,
having been compelled to leave Washngton
for a short respite on account of his
eeble health.
? A Georgia paper says: "Kvery village
nu borough in the State is projecting the
rection of factories of various kiuds. We
icver knew a period in the history of Georgia
when so much money was put into manufacuring
business as at present."
A rlianatoli frnm T^PW OrlpJlllS to the RoS
" "'"t"*1"'"
on Louisiana relief committee, in answer to
ne sent by the committee asking for details
f the distress by the floods in Louisiana, says
he number of people in that State partially
r totally ruined cannot be less than 25,000,
aany of whom are in absolute want of food.
? In one of the Boston Courts, on the 24th,
Alexander Ellis, colored, recovered 8100 from
he Narragansett Steamship Company for
efusing him a seat at dinner in the diningoora
of one of their boats. At a previous
rial the plaintiff was awarded 8400, but the
erdict was set aside on a question of law.
? An unusual storm prevailed iu several
ections of the North last Monday. In the
icinity of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., snow drifted
aur feet deep in railroad cuts, delaying the
rains ; and in Vermont buildings were blown
[own by the gale, and snow drifted ten feet
leep. The gale was severe as far south as
)ela<vare.
? In a late speech in New Orleans, Pinch?
?h.a. />/\lama/1 tliof tliq maccm
KICK IU IU 1113 lUlVlCU uiuu bitu ium^vu
>f the North viewed many of their actions
irith alarm, and that the signs of the times inlicated
that it would be only by a judicious
ise of their privileges of freemen in the selecion
of the next legislature, that they could
lope to regain their just place in the estimaion
of their fellow-men.
? A dispatch from Monroe, Louisiana, says
t is impossible to give any idea of the extent
if the overflow there. The water is higher
han ever known before. Exit from the town
3 afforded only by boat or by swimming.
Tully one thousaud people have not provisions
or three days, nor money to buy with, and
tock of every description, gathered in the
own, are starving.
? Information from Mobile dated the 20th
ays, in relation to planting interests: The
vater is so high that no planting can be done
n the valley of the Yazoo. The weather tolay
is clear, and the river is falling percepti>ly.
If the fall continues a moderate crop
vill be made. The crop in the hills has also
>een greatly retarded by the continuous rains,
>ut if the present weather continues an average
:rop will be made.
? The Haxhall flouring mills of Richmond,
Virginia, were destroyed by fire on Tuesday
light of last week. They were the most exensive
mills of the kind in the United States,
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md wore valued at a nair minion uuuura. i
The insurance on the property aggregates I
1160,000. The mills will be rebuilt.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
lie Arkansas War.
The Arkansas muddle, the origin of j
ehich we gave last week, does not seem to :
.pproach satisfactory solution, notwithstandug
both parties to the contest had at one time
.greed to have the legislature convened and !
ibide the decision of that body. Baxter, the
leposed Governor, has issued his proclamaion
convening the legislature, and seems wiliug
to observe the compact, while Brooks,
he Pretender to the crown of Arkansas, is
pposed to the arrangement.
A dispatch from Little Ilock, dated the
!Gth, says neither party has dismissed any of
their forces. Federal troops are stationed in
various parts of the city, and at the intersection
of Louisiana and Second streets they
have two pieces of artillery. Baxter's force
has been increased by one or two companies.
A St. Louis dispatch says a considerable
quantity of muskets, small arms and ammunition
has been shipped from there to Little
Rock, said to be for Brooks.
Baxter telegraphs to President Grant on
the 27th, that he has not declared martial
law outside of Pulaski county, and that nothing
has been done on his part to prevent a
peaceable settlement by the legislature. He
says he only wants to protect himself until
that is done. It is claimed that Baxter has
the support of a majority of the tax-payers
and property holders of the State.
The Wheat Crop.
The Department of Agriculture has
received very full information concerning the
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appearance 01 wneai uirouguoui me country.
The returns cover a large proportion of the
winter wheat area of each State. The winter
has been extremely favorable iu all sections.
No previous season has been more generally
so since the inauguration of the crop reports.
California alone will yield 40,000,000 bushels.
In the South the growth is luxuriant, and
everywhere the promise is remarkable.
The Tax-Payers' Delegation.
A A Washington dispatch of the 24th, to
the Charleston News and Courier says :
"The House sub-judiciary committee held a
brief consultation to-day on South Carolina
matters and postponed final action until next
Monday. The subject of the tax-payers' memorial
excites the grave consideration of the
sub-committee, who will report in conformity
with the magnitude of the interests deemed
to be involved. The influence wrought by
the arguments of the tax-payers is felt in government
circles outside of the judiciary committee,
and is daily growing more potential,
as is evidenced by the gravity with which the
subject is being considered. It is noticeable
that the disposition to sift the complaints of
the memorialists aud the answers of the State
officials very closely, accumulates force every
time the subject comes up for consideration,
though the solution remains involved in apparently
impenetrable obscurity. The honest
sympathy, aud, so far as possible, the cooperation
of all right-thinking people in author1
U? ?.,lo (1-1Q
Ity Iltrrc, 3CCIUS tu UC gUlllg UUb uniaiuo iiiiv
oppressed victims of misrule, not only in
South Carolina, but in other sections of the
South. ^
YETO OF THE SENATE FINANCE HILL.
On Wednesday of last week, the President
transmitted to the Senate his message, returning
without his approval, the finance bill
which originated in that body and recently
passed by both Houses of Congress, authorizing
the increase of the United States legaltender
and the national bank note circulation
to an aggregate of $800,000,000. The message
contains the following arguments against
the measure:
Practically it is a question whether the measure
under discussion would give an additional
dollar to the redeemable paper currency of
the country or not, and whether, by requiring
three-fourths of the reserves to be retained by
the banks, and prohibiting interest to be received
on the balance, it might not prove a
contraction. But the fact cannot be concealed
that, theoretically, the bill iucreases the
paper circulation $100,000,000, less only the
amount of reserves restrained from circulation
by the provision of the secoud section. The
measure has beeu supported on the theory
that it would give increased circulation. It
io a fnir inforonpo thprpfnrp. if. in nrun
tice, the measure should fail to create the
abundance of circulation expected of it, the
friends of the measure, particularly those out
of Congress, would clamor for such inflation
as would give the expected relief.
The theory, in ray belief, is a departure from
the true principles of finance, national iuterest,
national obligation to creditors, congressional
promises, party pledges on the part of both
political parties, and of personal views aud
promises made by me in every annual message
sent to Congress and in each inaugural address.
A declaration contained in the act of June
30, 1864, created an obligation that the total
amount of United States notes issued, or to
be issued, should never exceed four hundred
millions of dollars. The amount in actual
circulation was actually reduced to three hundred
aud fifty-six millions of dollars, at which
point Congress passed the act of February 4,
1868, suspending the further reduction of the
currency. The forty-four millions have ever
been regarded as a reserve to be used only in
case of emergency, such as has occurred on
several occasions, aud must occur when from
any cause revenues suddenly fall below expenditures,
and such a reserve is necessary because
the fractional currency, amounting to
fifty millions, is redeemable m legal tenders on
call.
It may be said that such a return of fractional
currency for redemption is impossible.
But let steps be taken for return to a specie
basis, and it will be'found that silver will take
the place of fractional currency as rapidly as
it can be supplied, and when the premium on
gold reaches a sufficiently low point, with the
amount of United States notes to be issued
permanently fixed within proper limits, and
the treasury strengthened as to be able to redeem
them in coin ou demand, it will then be
safe to inaugurate a system of free banking
with such provisions as to make compulsory
redemption of the circulating notes of the
banks in coin or in United States notes, themselves
redeemable and made equivalent to
coin.
As a measure preparatory to free banking,
or for placing the government in a condition
to redeem its notes in coin at the earliest practicable
moment, the revenues of the country
should be increased so as to pay current expenses,
provide for the sinking fund required
by law, and also a surplus to be retained in
the treasury in gold. I am not a believer in
any artificial method of making paper money
equal to coin when the coin is not owned or
held ready to redeem the promises to pay, for
paper money is nothing more than promises to
pay, and is valuable exactly in proportion to
the amount of coin that it can be converted
into. While coin is not used as a circulating
medium, or the currency of the country is not
convertible into it at par, it becomes au article
of commerce as much as any other product.
The surplus will seek a foreign market, as
will any other surplus. The balance of trade
has nothing to do with the question. Duties
on imports being required in coin creates a
limited demand for gold. About enough to
satisfy that demand remains in the country.
To increase this supply I see no way open but
by the government hoarding through the
means above given, and possibly by requiring
the national banks to aid.
It is claimed by the advocates of the measure
herewith returned that there is an unequal
distribution of the banking capital of the
country. I was disposed to give great weight
to this view of the question at first, but on reflection
it will be remembered that there still
remains four millions of dollars of authorized
bank note circulation asssigtied to States having
less than their quota not yet taken. In
addition to this, the States having less than
their quota of bank circulation have the option
of twenty-five millions more, to be taken
from those States having more than their proportion.
When this is all taken up, or when
specie payments are fully restored, or are in
rapid process of restoration, will be the time
to consider the question of more "currency."
BST A law court in Iowa has fined a farmer
twenty dollars, because he made his son turn
a grindstone sixteen consecutive hours, for
going home with an old maid from a singing
school.
| LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. C. Dunlap, Agent?Furniture, Furniture.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In bankruptcy?First
Meeting of Creditors?In the
Matter of Elijah Landlord, James N. MeCall,
S. M. Peggand Cynthia J. Roberts.
J. II. Clawson?Notice of Appointment as Assignee?In
Bankruptcy?In the Matter of
Ira Hardin, Henry E. MoFadden.
; A. II. Davega, President?Railroad Meeting.
I Croat Southern Circus, Menagerie, Aviary, Ac.
Carroll, Clark A Co.?Ladies'Shoes?Flour?Umbrellas?Yarn?Bacon?No
Credit?Summer
Cassimeres?Low Prices?Bleached
Sheeting?New Goods?White Goods?Ladies'
Hats.
M. Strauss A Son?Ten Cents?Fifteen Cents?
Twenty Cents?Twenty-Five Cents?Fifty
Cents?Seventy-Five Cents.
i W. II. it J. P. Herndon?Hoes?Canned Goods?
Tobacco?Blados?Breadstuff's.
T. M. Dobson it Co.?Black Alpaca?Moustache
Cups?Yokes?Dress Shields?Pistols?Shoe
Polish?No Goods Taken Back?Black Neapolitan
Hats?Ladies' Scarfs?Trimmed
Hats?Gents' Lisle Shirts?Bed Ticking?
Ladies' Undervests?Spool Silk?RcadyMade
Clothing?Combs?Hair BrushesGoggles?Oil
? Ain't it Pretty?Pretty Dress
Goods?Pants Goods.
j W. I). Simpson, Treasurer?To the Stockholders
of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge
Railroad?Railroad Notice.
j J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In the Matter of
Ira Hardin, Bankrupt.
I I. L. Guuhouse A Co.?Great Excitement in
Chester.
Brem, Brown A Co., Charlotte, N. C.?9n0,000
Wortli of Goods to be sold at Auction Prices
for Cash.
IION. A. S. WALLACE.
i Hon. A. S. Wallace, representative in congress
from this district, made a hasty visit on
private business to his home in this county
last week. He will return to Washington at
an early day.
ARRESTED.
We learn that the negro Dick Jackson,
who is accused of ravishing a little white girl
in Gaston county, N. C., an account of which
we gave last week, has been arrested and
lodged in the jail at Dallas to await the action
of the grand jury.
REVENUE SALE.
On Tuesday last, Deputy Marshal Hubbard
. sold at auction a quantity of whisky and
brandy, two horses and other articles condemned
to the use of the United States, the
owners thereof having been charged with violating
the revenue laws. The liquors brought
from 81.90 to 82.00 per gallon.
THE CIRCUS.
The great Southern Circus and Menagerie
i3 advertised to exhibit in Yorkville on Monday
the 11th of May, aud will give two performances,
afternoon and evening. We have
assurances that it is a first-class exhibition in
every respect; and besides the representations
of the managers, the press, in every town the
show has appeared this season, speaks of it in
the highest terms of praise.
THE CASE OF LIEUT. RENNEIt.
The board of officers appointed to investi
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nate me cnarges preierreu agttnisu juicuicuoui
Benner as to his conduct, while in command
of a detachment of troops in support of the
revenue officials in this county last month,
has closed its labors, and the evidence taken
in the investigation has been forwarded to the
Commanding General. The finding of the
board has not been promulgated.
DEADLY ASSAULT.
On Saturday night last, Adam Youngblood,
a somewhat notorious old negro, was assaulted
and struck two severe blows on the head, one
of which fractured the skull. His wounds
are of a very serious character, from which it
is doubtful if he recovers. Circumstances
point to a soldier and two citizens as being implicated
in the assault. By order of Captain
Christopher the suspected soldier has been
placed under arrest.
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STAMMERING.
Dr. Lane, who makes the cure of stammering
a specialty, is now on a visit to Yorkville,
and has rooms at^Rawlinson's Hotel. Since
his brief stay in this place he has effected several
cure3 that are truly remarkable, among
them, Miss Sallie Rawliuson, who was an inveterate
stammerer, and whose impediment to
anAor>lt hv Dr Lane's treatment, has been en
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tirely removed. She now speaks without the
least difficulty. Other persons in this vicinity
have been under the treatrnentof Dr. Lane,
with the most gratifying results. He guarantees
a cure in every instance. His terms
are reasonable, and those who are unable to
pay he proposes to treat gratuitously.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
Since the first of the present month, there
has been in this section almost a continual fall
of rain?there having been but two or three
clear and pleasant days during the time, until
Sunday last, which was a bright, genial day,
as were Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday
night, however, it rained again, and yesterday
was damp, chilly and disagreeable. The
earth is literally saturated with water. As a
consequence of the unpropitious weather farm
work is greaty retarded. But little corn has
been planted, and previous to the present week
no cotton had been put into the ground. As
one of the results of the unprecedented rain
and the general backwardness of the spring,
we learn that the bees throughout the county
are dying from starvation. The wheat and
oi'nna aro at this time nrnmisinff. and a
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large yield of both is anticipated. From what
we can learn, fruit has been somewhat damaged
by the unfavorable weather, though it is
hoped not seriously injured.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Since our last report, the following transfers
of real estate in this county have been
recorded by the County Auditor:
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, and A. M. Jackson
junior, to John W. Smith. Tract of 152 acres
in York township. Consideration 81131.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Allen and Iredell
Jones. Tract of 335 acees in Catawba township.
Consideration 81852.
Joseph Spencer to Anderson Hall. Tract
of 18 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
$250.
Eliza J. Steele to Ann White. Tract of 19
acres in Catawba township. Consideration
8468.
R. A. Walker to J. B. Garrison. Tract of
50 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
8700.
B. E. Feemster to James W. Good. Tract
of 53 acres in Bullock's Creek township.
Consideration 8700.
R. A. Patrick to John M. Sherrer. Tract
of 158 acres in Bullock's Creek township.
Consideration fc^UUU.
Mary S. E. Barron and A. A. Barron, executors,
to David W. Barron. Tract of 151
acres in Bethel township. Consideration
81100.
T. G. Erwin to William Gibson. Lot in
Fort Mill. Consideration 8250.
W. J. Duffie to D. T. Lesslie. Tract of
209 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
81254.
The State of South Carolina to Warren
White. Tract of 40 acres in Fort Mill township.
Consideration 8200.
J. P. Hutchinson to S. D. Carothers.
Tract of 20 acres in Ebenezer township.
Consideration 8500.
R. M. Simtns to Wm. Perry. Tract of 120
acres in Catawba township. Consideration
81200.
J. S. R. Thomson and T. S. JefTerys, As
signees of J. McEIwee, to B. R. Miller, lract
of 206 acres in Bethel township.
[ Ann White to Eliza Steele. One acre in
i Catawba township. Consideration 875.
! S. M. Johnston to G. W. Cansler. Tract
j of 3 acres in Ebcnezer township. (,'onsidera*
| tion 815.
I Zeniri Young to J. 0. Giles. Tract of 45
| acres in Catawba township. Consideration
8178.
j Jefferson Williams to Martha Williams.
' One-half acre in York township.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to James W. Fewell.
Gilbert Shaw land?299 acres, in Bethel township.
Consideration 8210.
A. Williford to Thomas Lee. Tract of 152
acres in Catawba township. Consideration
82200.
W. I. Clawson to W. B. Steele. Tract of
43 acres in York township. Consideration
81290. Same to same. One-half acre in
York township. Consideration 815.
J. M. Lowry to J. R. Cook. Tract of 508
acres in Bethel township. Consideration
82807.
J. R. Cook to D. T. Partlow. Tract of 55
acres in Bethel township. Consideration 8250.
J. B. Jackson to J. J. L.Gill. Tract of 113
ni?ncl1;n rVmflirlerjit.inn 8282.
at'l CS 1U vv ? Ijgui|i? vwt.v.-w-?
John Starnes to H. P. Hopper. Tract ot
24 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration
874. i
[Communicated.]
CARD FROM P. J. O'CONNELL, ESQ.
Mr. Editor:?The presentment of the grand
jury of York county, where it treats of my
relations with the Catawba Indians, wrongs
me deeply. Please allow me the space of a
few lines to set myself right before the public.
Contrary to the laws of God and the laws of
the land, I have been represented by the jury
as drawing the Indians' money and failing to
disburse the same or account for it. This, too,
on a mere presumption that the appropriations
were all drawn by me, when the contrary
is the case. But why do a citizen such an injustice
by presuming anything, when they
had the records to refer to and from which
they quoted ? Every dollar of the Indian appriation
drawn by me as Agent is accounted
for in my annual reports to the Comptroller
General. The receipts are to be found in his
office, numbered, itemized, signed and witnessed,
and at my last report the Indians were
still in my debt. The Comptroller required
me to report directly to him and furnish him
with my vouchers. Will the grand jury
please examine these reports and vouchers and
do me the simple act of justice of reporting
the result of their investigation ?
P. J. O'CONNELL.
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Dr. ALFRED C. GIRARD.
It is with a feeling of sincere and paiuful
regret for themselves, but of hearty congratulation
to Dr. Alfred C. Girard, the Assistant
Surgeon, U. S. A., at this Post, that our people
have heard of his recent assignment (unsolicited)
to what we understand is deemed
one of the most desirable and honorable, if
not the most honorable post in the medical
department of the Army, West Point; and
that he will leave our community at an early
day. We speak the profound and unanimous
sentiment of all among us who have had the
opportunity of knowing this accomplished
Christian gentleman and physician, in saying
that we contemplate his removal from us as a
public misfortune. He will beaf with him
to his Northern home the kindest appreciation
and best wishes for his future health and hap
piness of very many true friends in this Carolina
village and vicinity. R.
financial anlt Commercial.
[Yorkville quotation* reported by Juincs II. Fayaioux.]
YORKVILLE, April29.?Wo have no change
to report in the cotton market this week. We
quote extremes at 94 to 15 cents, with but limited
sales.
Flour, $4.75 to ?5; Corn, ?1.05 to $1.10; Meal,
$1.05 to $1.15; Oats, 75 cents; Peas, $1.05 to $1.12i.
CHARLOTTE. N. C., April 27.?Cotton.?The
market closed lirin on Saturday at 10 for best
grades, and 11 to 14J for lower grades.
Flour, $4.25 to $4.40 per sack ; Corn, 85 to 90c.
NEW YORK, April 27.-Cotton dull. Sales
447 bales at 173 to 184. Futures closed steady, as
follows: April, 17 to 17 1-32; May, 17 3-32 to 174 ;
June, 174 to 17 17-32; July, 17 15-16 to 17 31-32 ;
August, 18 3-16 to 184.
CHARLESTON, April 27.?Cotton quiet and
firm?middling, 164; low middling, 164 ; good
ordinary, 153.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, April 24.?The following is the
comparative cotton statement for the week ending
to-day: 1874. 1873.
Receipts at all ports for the week 32,224 46,663
Receipts for the year to date, 3,524,141 3,201,607
Exports for the week 64,670 65,229
Total Exports to date 2,297,111 2,015,732
Stock at all United States ports....465,085 454,846
Stock at interior towns 73,575 84,630
Stock at Liverpool, 787,000 692,000
American afioat for Greet Britain.256,000 226,000
Financial.
NEW YORK, April 27.?Gold 13 to 134.
Sptral ftoticis.
Time is Money.
The old fashioned manner of building houses,
and waiting for months for the sashes, doors and
blinds to season, is obsolete. A live enterprising
man who reads the newspapers, and keeps posted
about matters and things, will make an estimate
of what is required in the house he is about to
erect, send to Charleston, S. C., to the Builders'
Emporium, and have all his Doors, Sashes, and
Blinds ready to go in place when the weatherboardings
are put on. Messrs. I. H. Hall A Co.,
the Proprietors, have the most extensive stock of
Building Materials and Ornamental House Work,
including White Pine, and Fancy Lumber, Marble
and Marbleized Slate Mantels, Asbestos Roofing
Felt, <fec. Send for price lists and circulars.
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THE GREAT
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TAKEN INTERNALLY, IT CURES
Dysentery, Cholera, Diarrhea, Cramp and Pain in
the Stomach, Bowel Complaints, Painters'
Colic, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Sore Throat, Sudden
Colds, Coughs,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
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Bolls, Felons, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Old
Sores, Spraius, Toothache, Pain in the
race, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Frosted Feet, Ac., Ac.
PAIN-KILLER,
after a thorough trial by innumerable living witnesses,
has proved itself THE MEDICINE OF
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One positive proof of the efficacy is, that its
sales have constantly increased, and whollv upon
its own merits. The effect of the
Pain-Killer
upon the patient when taken internally, in case of
Cold, Cough, Bowel Complaint, Cholera, Dysentery,
and other affiictions of the system, has been
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j among medical preparations that can never be
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i external remedy, in cases of Burns, Bruises,
I Sores, Sprains, Cuts, Stings of Insects, and other
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The Pain-Killer
derives much of its popularity from the simplicity
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eradicated, are among those which are peculiarly
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Be sure you call for and get tile genuine PainKiller,
as many worthless nostrums are attornpted
to be sold on the great reputation of this valuable
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Directions accompany each bottlo.
Price 25 cents, 50 cents and 81.00 per bottle.
Sold bv all Medicine Dealers.
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