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f traps and Jatts.
Square toed shoes are agaiu coming
into fashion.
There are fourteeu iron furnaces and
foundries in Georgia.
The Louisiana relief fund in Boston
lias reached 844,500.
The wife of E. S. Stokes, murderer of
Fisk, has procured a divorce.
Both houses of the Arkansas legislature
have passed a bill calling a coustitucional
convention on the 14th of July.
There are 140 newspapers printed in
Texas, of which 110 have been started since
the war.
In England a man who spent all his
money in a dram shop, leaving his wife to
starve to death, has just been convicted of
manslaughter.
The whole number of postal cards furnished
post offices throughout the United
States for the year ending on the 11th of this
month, was 113,662,000.
The Commissioner of Internal Reveuue
M.iues lllllt tllC icucipto 11uu1 iutt'1 uui iciciiuc
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874, will
reach S100,000,000 without doubt.
The mayor of Cincinnati has issued orders
to captains of police to prevent temperance
women from praying iu the streets hereafter.
Messrs. Brooks and Baxter, who have
been contending for the governorship of Arkansas,
are members of and pewholders in
the same Methodist Church in Little Rock.
A Missouri jury, in the case of a man
found with ten bullets in bis head, decided
that "he had been shot, or met with some bad
accident in some manner not just now known."
Postmaster Jones, of New York city is
a defaulter to the amount of 8500,000, and
the Government has commenced suit against
his bondsmen.
Maj.-General George Hartsuff, U. S.
A., whose name is familiar to all the paroled
men of the Array of Northern Virginia, died
in New York last Friday.
General O. O. Howard, who has been
on trial for some time on charges against him
in connection with his management of the
Freed men's Bureau, has been acquitted on
every one of the charges brought against him.
George Wilson, of Adrian, Michigan,
has a colt three years old that prefers tobacco
to oats, and exhibits great distress if it is not
supplied every day with a certain quantity of
fine-cut or plug.
Two eamblers. who had murdered a
young Tennesseean named Elliott, after enticing
him into their den and robbing him at
Shreveport, Louisiana, were lynched in the
court-house yard on Mouday last by the exasperated
citizens.
While recently in Washington, Gen.
Robert Toombs, of Georgia, paid a visit of respect
to President Grant. Gen. Toombs remained
more than an hour, and expresses himself
much pleased with the cordial manner in
which he was received. The conversation
was on past and present topics.
A letter from West Point in reference
to the graduating class, says that the colored
cadet, Smith, who has been out of the newspapers
for some time, "is doing very well in
his studies, and will leave quite a number of
his white class-mates to attend to the safe
keeping of the last class members."
The manufacturing business, formerly
owned by the Spragues, is going on successfully
under assignment to Zachariah Chaffee.
All of the mills are running, and the thoussandsof
workmen are made happy by employment.
The cotton and woollen mills of Rhode
Island are generally running on full time and
with their usual number of operatives.
Recently, the parents of a boy, five
years of age, living in Davenport, Iowa, celebrated
his birth, and drank his health in
punch and other intoxicating drinks, mey
left a cup of whisky, and in the morning the
child arose before the parents, drank the
whisky, and died in a few hours in great
agony.
In an address by Gen. Wilcox, at the
recent annual re-union of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac, at Harrisburg, Peuu.,
lie suggested, among other things, that an invitation
be extended to the late Confederate
corps (Longstreet's) which he had most frequently
encountered, to come up next year
and have a patriotic time of it, and to bury
the hatchet together and forever.
A Washington letter says: "It seems
now to be understood that at the decoration
ceremonies at Arlington this year a more
tolerant policy will be adopted than upon
former occasions, and that the graves of the
Confederate soldiers will be decorated. It is
understood, too, that the tone of all the exercises
on the occasion will be broad and liberal
toward the opinions and motives of the
soldiers of the Lost Cause."
A reservoir above Williamsburg, Mass.,!
broke on Saturday morning last, freeing a '
large volume of water, which carried away j
nearly every dwelling house in its course.
One hundred and twenty lives have been lost" i
twenty-six lives are known to have beeu lost, j
and the damage to property, including seve-1
ral large manufacturing establishments, is I
estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. ;
-i- ?.J A 1 1
i ne reservior was consirucieu iweive years
ago to afford a reliable supply of water for j
the various factories on Mill river.
The lawyers of Indianapolis are torturing
their brains over an extraordinary prob- :
lem. Some years ago a lady of that city was j
married, and four months thereafter separated j
from her husband, was divorced and remar-!
ried in a month, and four months thereafter
gave birth to a child by her first husband. '
Quite recently the second husband procured
a divorce, and the custody of the child was
awarded to him. Now comes the first husband
and claims the child. Who is entitled
to its possession ?
There is danger of a railroad rebellion
in Wisconsin. The railroad officials claim
that it will be impossible for them to comply
with the law passed by the last legislature, as
it would compel them to operate their roads
at a loss. They proposed to contest the con-1
stitutionality of the law in the courts. On
the other hand, Gov. Taylor has issued a
proclamation warning the railroads that the
law must be enforced, and the result is that
the railroad officials are threatening to haul
off trains. If they should carry this threat
into execution, the consequences would be
serious.
Dueling is now a costly luxury in
Italy. A recent law fixes this tariff: A
challenge $100 fiue, hostile meeting $800 fine
and a year's disfranchisement, fatal duel five
years' imprisonment and $1,200 fine. Seconds
suffer same punishment as their principals,
and the challenger is always to suffer the severest
punishment. Duelists cannot evade
these penalties by fighting on foreign soil,
and to insult a person for refusing a challenge
is punishable by fine and imprisonment. This
law shows wonderful progress among a people
who have ever been "sudden and quick in
quarrel."
The Macon, Ga., correspondent of the
Louisville Courier-Journal takes Colonel Lee
Jordan, the largest planter in that State, as ;
an example of the evils of exclusive cotton ;
culture, and shows by his own admission, j
that, though raising from 2,000 to 3,000 bales i
every year since the war, he has not saved a
dollar by the operation. Every cent realized
was needed to pay hands,buy provisions and i
ruu the plantation generally. The significant!
and encouraging fact is added that Col. Jor- j
dan has gone "back to the old plan?raising
enough provision to do, and after that all the
cotton he can.
As an instance of the effect of heat and
cold in expanding and contracting the iron
of the dome of the National Capitol, it is
stated that the colosal statue surmounting it
inclines four and a half inches to the west
in the forenoon, and the same distance to the J
east in the afternoon. This fact has been i
I
' ascertained by fixing a plumb line to tl
statue and dropping it to the rotunda belov
As the morning sun upon the east side of tl
dome heated the iron and caused an expai
sion ou the side of the statue, it was throw
westward four and a half inches. In the afte
, noon, when the sun upon the west side heate
and expanded that side of the dome, tl
statue inclined to the east a similar distanc
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IMMIGRATION.
j One of the absorbing topics of the day
j immigration. It seems to be a universal!
j admitted fact, that in order to restoration, tl
j Southern country must have more citizen
Of the tillable land in the cotton, sugar an
rice growing States, scarcely one-fourth
| under cultivation ; and of that portion whic
j is annually planted in crops, the tillage is <
I the most wretched kind. It is vaiu to attera]
! to cloak the fact that the farming interests <
I this country are rapidly on the decline, an
! that large planters are all becoming involve*
I The facts stare us in the face at every come
j Hope is beginning to expire in many brav
j hearts. The remedy for this tremendous ev
i is thought to be immigration. Multitude
are convinced that if we could only get th
country filled up with foreign laborers, tl;
j thorn and thistle would die out, and the ros
! would spring up and flourish. Whether th
: is true or not, depends wholly upon the ide
which we attach to the phrase, foreign laborer
I If we mean by this expression, persons wh
j are to become property holders and citizer
; in the higher sense of the word, then imm
j grants is the only thing that we need ; but
we mean by foreign laborers, a class of ind
viduals whom the property holder can retai
in his service, in the capacity of hireling
for an indefinite number of years, the whol
theory of immigration is palpable nonsensi
and destined, ultimately, to prove a detrimei
! rather than a blessing to the country. Ths
: man, it matters not where he hails from, nr
i from whatever he has sprung, who can b
j coutent to labor in the capacity of a kireliug
' for an indefinite number of years, wants sora<
thing, without which he never can make
good and useful citizen of any country. Ther
may be some exceptions to this statement i
some of the countries of the old world, but i
is absolutely true in America. The foreigne
who comes to America, may submit to labo
iu the capacity of a hireling, for a few years
but if he is any account, he will soon be a citi
zeu in the sense that he has a home of hi
own. A large amount of the land in th
north-western States is to-day owned by jus
such men, and some of the best citizens of th
South are men who came to America in th
capacity of ditchers, stone masons, and th
like occupations. They lived economically
worked hard, and in a few years they wer
able to buy a small tract of land and stoc
it. Now, if this is what we mean by imm:
gration, and this is the kiud of immigrant
that we desire and are willing to bring int
this country, we desire a good thing aud ar
williug to assist in doing a thing that will, i
a short time, restore the country. If, howev
er, we desire to bring into this country, a clas
of mortals that we can stick in a mud hu
and keep them there until death remove
them, we will find out, when it is too late, tha
we have done no good for neither the countr
nor ourselves. Our misfortune to day is, tha
we have too many hirelings and too few prof
erty holders.
We hope no one will conclude that we ar<
in any sense whatever, opposed to immigni
tion. We propose to encourage it in ever
legitimate way. We are opposed to filling u
this country with a class of citizens who ar
willing to take a position more menial am
degraded than that held by the hirelings tha
are now in it.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate, on the 12th, Mr. Kelly, fror
the committee on military affairs, reported
bill to provide for the better protection of th
frontier settlements of Texas from India
and Mexican raiders. Mr. Logan, from th
same committee, reported a bill amendator
of the act to increase the pay ot soldiers c
the regular array. In the House, a numbe
of Senate bills were referred to appropriat
coraraittees, and several bills of 110 genera
importance were introduced.
In the Senate, 011 the 13th, Mr. Slierraa
called the substitute for the House currenc
bill, and after a lengthy discussion it wen
over. The House was occupied in discussiu
the deficiency appropriation bill.
In the Senate, ou the 14th, Mr. Pratt, froi
the committee 011 pensions, submitted advers
! reports on a large number of petitions for pei
1 sions for soldiers' widows of the war of 18U
! Several private bills were passed, when th
: currency bill was taken up, and after severe
| amendments and one substitute were ofTere
' and rejected, the original bill wa3 passed. 1
| provides for free banking, releases the reserve
; on circulation, except the five per cent., whic
is to be deposited in the treasury for the pui
! poses of redemption in United States note:
' and requires reserves on deposit to be kej
by each bank in its owu vaults; a part c
which reserve shall be one-fourth part of th
coin received by it as interest on the bond
held as security by the United States Treasi
ry, to prepare for specie payments. The bii
requires tne retirement or greenoacss cqua
in amount to twenty-five per cent, of the ne1
national bank currency issued ; the rctireracr
to begiu within thirty days after the amour
of 81,000,000 of the national bank currenc
has been issued. The maximum amount c
the United States notes is fixed at 8382,000
000, and the retirement shall be in reductio
of that amount until it be reduced to S300
000. The redemption section of the bill pre
vides that on and after July, 1878, the greet
backs, whenever presented in sums of 81,00(
or any multiple thereof, may be redeemed i
coin, or bonds bearing 41 per cent, intercs
in coiu, at the option of the Government; an
it shall be compulsory on the Secretary of th
Treasury to re-issue the notes exchanged fc
bonds. In the House, a bill to amend th
le charter of the Freed men's Saving and Tru
v- Company was reported and passed. The d
ie ficiency appropriation l)ill was amended
; committee of the whole., and afterwan
r. | passed.
J j In the Senate, on the 15th, petitions we
ie presented from citizens of Mississippi askii
e. ( the Government to take charge of the leve<
- I Notice was given that on Monday Mr. Fi
1 I linghuysen would ask the Senate to resun
* j the consideration of the civil rights bill, ai
- I dispose of it before taking up any other met
j ure. Mr. Gordon introduced a bill to remo
the disabilities of John Forsyth, of Alabam
The House proceedings were unimportant.
Ou the 16th, the Senate was not in sessio
In the House, the diplomatic .appropriate
and post-office appropriation bills were und
discussion. The former, after various fmeu
- ments, was passed.
In the Senate, on Monday, a bill was intr
|# duced to provide for the appointiueut, by tl
- Secretary of War, of a commission of thr
ie army and two civil engineer*, to jnvestiga
^j. and report a permanent plan for the reclam
y tion of the alluvial basin of the Mississip
."jj river, subject to inundation. The Seua
Br agreed to reopen the mint at New Orleans,
be conducted hereafter as a mint, subject
the restrictions of the coinage act of 1873. ]
** the House, Mr. Hayes, of Alabama, succee
s- ed in having the House pass his resolutio
ftt authorizing the President to issue rations ai
b- clothing to the inundated destitute of tl
_ Tombigbee, Warrior and Alabama rivei
The resolution now goes to the Senate.
1S SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
^ ? The county treasurer of Lancaster has
10 sued near four hundred tax executions.
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^ ? IjrOV. mioses nas apptmiieu u. u. uumj;
trial justice for Union count v.
IS "
. ?Gov. Moses lias appointed M. L. Owci
^ of York, a notary public.
? Monroe C. Long, of Union county, li
p been appointed by the Governor as coron
^ for that county, vice John Tinsley, decease
I ?The grand jury of Fairfield county ha'
refused to grant "tavern license" to any liqu
dealers in that county.
., ?The County treasurer of Greenville a
vertised to be sold on Monday last, 13,9^
. acres of land for non-payment of taxes.
? The German immigrants who have st
tied at Lowndesville, in Abbeville couut
j will give a grand ball during the prese
? mouth.
ia
? Mr. Cyrus H. Baldwin, recently appoir
' ed assistant United States treasurer at Cha
iO
leston, took possession of the office on Mondf
of last week.
if ?The sale of the Blue Ridge Railroa
j. which was to have taken place in Charlestc
n last week under a decree in bankruptcy, hi
s been postponed until the 22d of October, ne.N
le ? In the vicinity of Greenwood, and oth
e, sections of Abbeville county, the cattle a
it grievously affected with the bloody murra
it and are rapidly dying. In every case tl
>t disease has proved fatal.
ie ? Robert Smalls and W. J. Whipper,
r Beaufort, both colored, have announce
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themselves as candidates for Congress fro
a the fifth District, embracing the counties
e Colleton, Barnwell, Beaufort, Edgefield at
n Aiken.
it ?The grand jury of Kershaw county r
r ports the system of education in the county
r complete failure, and the school commission'
; wholly incompetent for his office. Persoi
i- uneducated and of disreputable characte
is they say, have been employed as teachers,
e ? A number of planters in Greenville, Ke
it shaw, Sumter, Oconee and Abbeville countie
e have contributed seven thousand acres i
e land to be divided into farms of fifty and 01
e hundred acres, to be given in fee simple I
r, such immigrants as are able to build ther
e selves a home and purchase for themselv
k farm implements, &c.
' ? The Columbia Union says that the "narui
s of first lieutenant Joseph K. Hyer and secon
0 lieutenant Chas. B. Hinton, of the eighteen!
e U. S. Infantry, stationed at Columbia, hai
11 j been sent to the Senate tor promotion?u
former as captain, vice John Christopher, wl
iS i committed suicide at Yorkville a few da;
t ago, and the latter as first lieutenant, vh
's Hyer, promoted. Both of these officers ai
now attached to Captain Keeler's company
y ?The Columbia correspondent of the Net
and Courier says that claims against Mosi
j have been greatly depreciated in consequem
! of the effort to throw him into bankruptc;
j It is thought by many that the whole thing
l*: an effort on his own part under cover, an
y | that his object is to get rid of his debts c
P terms rendered favorable by this proceedioj
e I It is thought that he must have a deal (
money hid somewhere.
1 ? Judge Mackey is credited with the follo\
ing in sentencing a man at the recent term <
i the Circuit Court at Winnsboro, who ha
n been convicted of burglary: "You ha\
_ I beeu found guilty of au offense for which yo
e might be sent to the Penitentiary for thirt
Q ' years. The court will sentence you, howeve
e to only one year. If you are convicted agai
? j you will be sentenced to twenty years ; if
(*j third time, to thirty years. If you arc coi
_ | victed a fourth time, you will then have b
c ! come eligible to a seat in the legislature."
[1 ?The Columbia Union is responsible for tl
following conundrums: "Is there another Sta
? in the Union where members of the legislate
y j do nothing from one year's end to anothi
it i but attend to their legislative duties? Is
g not time that men were elected to office wl
! have some other means of living than fro
u the office which they are elected to fill ? Whi
e hinders a member of the General AssembI
j. or a county commissioner, or a school cor
I missioner, from engaging in some other er
e ployment at least eight months in the yeai
L1 Echo answers what ?"
d ?The Columbia Union says: "A mov
,'t raent is on foot to unite the good men of a
;s parties upon a common platform in favor
h the selection of competeut, honest men for a
r- county offices. Inasmuch as these offices at
3, or ought to be non-political, there is no reasc
>t why the best men, those who have the intercs
>f of the whole people at heart, should not 1
e elected to fill them. The country has lis
la enoufrh nublic officials who have no otlu
o &
i- business to engage their attention than pol
II tics. The movement ought to receive tl
tl countenance of all good ineu."
iv ?The Columbia Union-Herald says that
it the court of General Sessions for Richlar
it county, on Monday last, the grand jury r
y turned the indictments against John H. Br
?f! an, John J. Goodwin and Uriah Portee, e:
1 County Commissioners for Richland count;
n for official misconduct, and the indictmen
against Ellis M. Weston, Wm. M. Playne ai
)- Uriah Portee, the present Board of Commi
i- sioners for Richland county, for official mi
), conduct. Bench warrants were ordered to 1
u issued for the arrest of the above name
>t parties.
d ' ? A dispatch to the Charleston News ar
e Courier of last Monday says that in the ci
r cuit court of Orangeburg, on that day, "tl
ft grand jury brought in a true bill on the ii
st dietment of the State vs. J. R. Humbert, coun- 1
e- ty treasurer, and Franklin J. Muses, Jr., for
in breach of trust and grand larceny, with fraudds
; ulent iuteut. The indictment charges Moses
with having counselled and advised Humbert, j
re ! the defaulting treasurer, to use six thousand
ig ! dollars of the State taxes to pay his (Moses's)
private debts." A motion for a bench war- ,
e-; rant against Governor Moses is under considie
eration by the court, though it is not known j
id what proceedings may be instituted against
is- ( him, as no precedent seems to exist in this or
ve any of the other States of the Union.
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
n<; ? A number of men in Mitchell county
jn ; have recently been arrested on the charge of
er : passing counterfeit money.
| ? David Schenck, Esq., of Liueolnton, has
received the nomination of the Democratic
0. party for the oflice of circuit judge of the j
|ie Charlotte circuit.
Qe ?The Governor has respited John Allen
te Ivetchey, now under sentence of death in
a. Salisbury jail for rape, until Thursday the
pi 18th of Juue.
te ; ?The Lincoln Progress learns that the
t0 ! United States Attorney General has ordered
t0 | a discontinuance of all ku-klux cases pending
[u j in Cleveland county, where no capital felony
j. j was committed by the accused,
n i ? At Gaston Superior Court, the case of R.
II, I *
)fj A. Owens, for the murder of .John W. Cheek,
|ie i of York county, S. C., was removed to Linrg>
; coin county, the prisoner making affidavit
| that he could not procure a fair trial iu Gas-1
; ton. Dick Jackson, colored, convicted of as|
sault with intent to commit a rape, was senis
' tenced to seven years in the penitentiary.
? The republican nominating convention
a iu the second congressional district nominated
John Hyman, colored, his competitor for the
is, nomination being the preseut representative,
Chas. It. Thomas. Ilyman is State Senator
as from Warren county. He was formerly a
er slave, and was owned by a man in Alabama,
d. who, previous to the war, bought him in Norve
folk, Va.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
il- ?Extensive forest fires have been raging in
>2 ! the northern part of Erie county, New York,
! destroying saw mills, barns, dwellings, and
i timber, valued at over 8100,000.
j ? Vasques,the California bandit, for whose
[lt j arrest $15,000 reward was offered, has been
captured, and is in jail at Los Angeles. He
ij. is the most noted robber on the Pacific coast,
r. and was the terror of the State.
? In the Massachusetts Senate, the resolution
providing for an amendment to the conj
stitution to secure the elective franchise and
n right to hold office to women, was rerusea a
[lg third reading by 14 yeas to 19 nays.
t ? Hon. David Mellish, member of Congress
from the ninth district of New York, having
become a maniac on the financial question, is
pronounced hopelessly insane, and has been
placed in a lunatic asylum.
? Reports from Georgia represent the cot
ton crop as severely injured by the freshets
^ and the cold weather. Unfavorable reports
m come from all sections of the State, and it is
. estimated that the crop is damaged at least
i(j 20 per cent.
? President Grant has finally consented to
General Sherman's long entertained desire to
have the headquarters of the army removed
from Washington to Saint Louis, and the
transfer will be made about the first of next
month.
f
? Besides the skirmishing which took place
between the forces of Brooks and Baxter, in
r" which a number were killed on each side, nul8',
merous murders and outrages are reported
throughout Arkansas, as a result of the disie
I graceful conflict.
ii- LETTER FROM GENERAL NO YES, OF OHIO,
es Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5,1874.
Hon. T. J. Mackey, Judge of the Sixth Circuit
PS of South Carolina, Chester, S. C.
,d Dear Sir: In the Cincinnati Commercial
of a recent Hate, is copied a letter addressed
7e by you to Colonel Black, United States Army,
commanding post, Columbia, South Carolina,
ie which states that the remains of two United
10 States soldiers had been exhumed from their
\'S neglected burial place by the roadside, and
e removed to the National Cemetery at Florre
ence, in your State, where they finally rest.
? These pious offices to the dead were rendered
by a number of ex-Confederate soldiers of
cs Lancaster. Honors worthy of being paid to
es departed heroes were shown by citizens of
:e your State to the foemen who had fallen upon
their soil, even in the presence of sad monujg
ments which the wrath of war had reared in
, ; their midst.
One of these dead soldiers was a member
,n | of the 27th Ohio Volunteers?a regiment be?
longing to the brigade with which I had the
honor to serve while in the military service.
On behalf of that regiment and brigade, for
myself, personally, and on behalf of all the
^ citizens of this State, I thank you and your
comrades for the generous act which your letter
records.
e I cannot express to you how deeply I have
u been touched by the noble spirit which
iy prompted you and your friends thus to honor
r those so lately your foes, and it comes home
' to me the more, since one was a private soldier,
who fought under my own eyes, and
a whose last resting place might have remained
3" forever unknown, except for the respect he
A 1 - ? ?- ?- ?11? ??/\cl of ifAlif I anria
lias SO BlgUilJlJ' ICUCIVCUOl juUb iiuiiuo,
The bitterness of the late unhappy war,
,e while the war lasted,was a frenzy that unseatte
ed reason ; but, now that hostilities have ceased,
let us hope that peace returned is not
re merely a cessation from strife upon the bat2r
tie-field, but the beginning of an era that will
it bring again its thoroughly humanizing influ10
ences to the hearts and minds of men. I am
m j fully persuaded that those men who actually
j contended in arms against each other, when
| they laid down with honor the weapons they
| had wielded with valor, were prepared to put
Q" I aside, and did put aside, every feeling that
u-1 caused them to look upon their antogonists
? j with enmity. Brave men, who have crossed
j their steels in the fury of passion, when the
e_! fury had passed, could recognize the virtues
.. j of those they fought, and could well underi
stand that to prolong hate until it reached
1 vindictiveness was a uarrowness of spirit, peril
j taining only to ignoble souls. Too much mise,
I ery has already fallen upon our common coun,n
try during the last twelve years, and no one,
tg ; least of all a soldier, should desire to keep
' alive the feelings which have occasioned it; t
^ i ratknr is i t t.hft dutv of everv citizen, however |
, | 1 ll>?vi - J J , ^
LU | liumble his sphere, to exert his energies to- j
Br ' wards healing the wounds which have been j
li- i so fearfully made.
ic : It is my belief that the tenderness you have !
j thus shown to our Northern dead will prove i
. j itself to be one of those victories for which !
111 peace is more renowned than war. The sen-1
l(' timent which that tenderness has expressed
e- j will be felt throughout the Union?will find :
y- an echo iu every heart that beats with the
x- pulse of true manhood or responds to the best i
' instincts of humanity,
j* j Thousands in our Northern States whose
. sons are sleeping upon the plains of the South j
will remember this act of kindness with the j
s* deepest gratitude, knowing that the ashes of;
8-; their beloved rest among a people who are |
ie generously able to forget the ascerbity of civil
!(1 strife, while they are noble enough to treat1
| the dead of their former foes with the same
, respect which they show to their own.
1 | Again thanking you and the friends to
r": whom I feel under so great obligation, I am, j
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
n-1 Edward F. No via. j
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. 0. Simpson, Treasurer?Railroad Notice.
J. H. Clawson?In Bankruptcy?Notice of Ap
pointment as Assignee?In the matterof J
N. McCall, Bankrupt.
Chas. M. Sliefl", Baltimore, Md.?Steiflf Grand
Square and Upright Pianos.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Meat?Yarn?Smokers
roeeries?Hoes.
T. C. Dunliip, Agent?To tlic Ladies?Cham be
Suits?Provision Safes?Hat Hack?Cook
ing Stoves?Bureaux?Chairs?MattressesKepairing.
John 0. Kuykeiulal?Old Gloves made New?7
Ounces?Confidential Announcement? Le
the Afflicted Read?No Physician?War
ranted Good?Russian Hair Dye.
Dr. John May, Agent?Good News, The "Oh
Doctor" Will Save Your Money and Pro
long Your Life.
Win. G. Patterson?Patterson's Mineral Spring>
DEATH OF AN'oLl? CITIZEN.
Mr TTillarioli nno /if llip iil/lee
men of this vicinity, and a respected citizen
; died on Sunday night last, at his resident*
1 2d miles west of town, at the advanced age o
eighty-one years.
APPOINTED TO A CADETSHIP.
! Win. H. White, son of J. Hannibal White
| State Seuator from this county, has been ap
! pointed to a cadetship in the Military Acade
: my at West Point, by Congressman Cain, rep
j resentative of the State at large.
KEV. E. J. MEYNAKDIE.
We were pleased to receive a call on Mon
I day last from the eminent and distinguishee
| divine, Dr. E. J. Meynardie, of the S. Carolin
| M. E. Conference, who was here in attendanc
on the meeting of the quarterly conference
On this occasion, Dr. Meynardie preached a
Philadelphia Church on Sunday morning
1 .t ; j.I! j __ _ui~ j:
ana ID me evening uenvereu an nme uiauuura
I in the Methodist Church at this place. Di
Meynardie now resides at Rich Hill in Ches
tercounty; and his numerous friends will b
pleased to learn that his health, which ha
been delicate for some time past, is rapidl;
improving in the quiet and retirement of hi
country home.
MUSICAL CONCERT.
The musical concert at the Female Insti
tute, on Friday evening last, was attended b;
a number of the patrons and friends of the in
stitution, and afforded a pleasant digressioi
from the monotony of business life. It wa
merely an impromptu exhibition, arrange!
by the accomplished instructor in music
Miss Sue Lowry, for the two-fold object o
affording the patrons of the institution an op
portunity of observing what progress had beei
made by the young ladies in this department
attheendofa half session ; as it also fulfille<
a principle of successful instruction, by inci
ting a spirit of emulation among the pupil
for creditable performance. In both partic
ulars we regarded it as a pleasaht success
The pupils in instrumental music, numbering
some thirteen young Misses, each perforrae(
a number of exercises at the piano, with ran
skill, ease and confidence, for so short a train
ing in the divine art. Musical experts spok<
in high praise of the performance; and th<
admirable time observed in the execution o
several difficult pieces, reflected equal credi
upon pupils and instructor. The friends o
the institute may feel assured that this de
partraenti8 under the care of an accomplishe<
and persevering mistress of the art.
Miss Lula Lowry sang, with splendid ef
feet, from Donizetti, and "Tempest of tin
Heart," from II Trovaiore, by Verdi.
Professor Hubbard, the indefatigable prin
cipal, with the accomplished corps of assis
tants under his charge, is doing a brave worl
in the cause of education in our midst, am
deserves?as he will no doubt receive?thi
well done of the community.
DELINQUENT LAND SALES.
On Monday last the County Treasurer ex
posed to public sale the several tracts of lane
in the county, on which the tax assessment!
for the past year had not been paid, in com
pliance with the law. Several of the tract
advertised, were not put up for sale, the taxei
thereon having been paid since the publica
tion of the Treasurer's advertisement. Tin
sale resulted as follows :
T. F. Clinton's land, 300 acres, for want o
a bidder, was forfeited to the State.
Lands of Thomas Estes, deceased?49 acrei
sold : bought by W. B. Byers for $7.72.
Methodist Parsonage at Rock Hill?one
half interest in the lot aud building sold
bought by J. L. Watson for $18.43.
Lands of Robert H. Nesbitt?29 acres sold
bought by Hon. A. S. Wallace for $26.70.
Lands of Drayton A. Wylie?24 acres
sold ; bought by H. K. Roberts for $7.40.
Lands of Virginia Moore?22 acres sold
bought by R. H. Glenn for $3.20.
Lands of Robert Merritt, deceased?4?
acres sold ; bought by W. B. Williams foi
$27.91.
Lands of Britton Boleyn, deceased?10C
acres sold ; bought by G. R. Boleyn at $f7.23
Lands of Thomas Kervin?5} acres sold;
bought by John W. Dobson for $-5.30.
Lands of Solomon Quinn?161 acres sold ;
bought by John W. Dobson for $10.54.
Lands of Allen Withers?6 acres sold;
bought by John R. Farris for $7.04.
Lands of S. B. Hall, trustee?29 acres sold
bought by M. M. Watson for $7.37.
Lands of John J. Jones, deceased?69 acres
sold ; bought by W. J. Stephenson for $20.98
Lands of James M. Cook?65 acres sold ;
bought by Dr. T. B. Whitesides at $8.45.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Since our last report, the following trans'
fers of real estate in this county have beer
recorded by the County Auditor:
J. F. Carothers to Wm. Wallace. Tracl
of 256 acres in Ebenezer township. Consid
eration $1350.
J. R. Cook to Thomas W. Campbell. Tracl
of 68 acres in Bethel township. Consideration
$600.
A. P. Campbell to E. A. Falls. Tract oi
43 acres in King's Mountaiu township. Consideration
$86.
J. II. Clawson, Assignee of A. C. Sutton, tc
L. M. Grist. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration
$71.50.
A. F. Love to James Clarke. Tract of 19
acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration
$100.
S. E. White to Stevens & Cureton. Lot in
Fort Mill. Consideration $50.
E. D. Thompson to John T. Thompson.
Tract of 85 acres in Bethel township. Con
sideration 81000.
R. B. Hart.iess to L. B. Sherer. Tract oi
30 acres iu York township. Consideration
8210.
E. D." Thompson to A. M. Thompson,
Tract of 104 acres in Bethel township. Consideration
8900.
W. B. Byers and \V. S. Moore to David S,
Rawls. Tract of 111 acres in Bethesda township.
Consideration 8384. Same to same ;
81 acres in same township. Consideration
8384.
Richard Hare to John H. Adams. Lot in
Yorkville. Consideration 8450.
John H. Adams to L. Alexander. Lot in
Yorkville. Consideration 81700.
M. A. Pool to J. H. Fayssoux. Lot in
Yorkville. Consideration 830.
W. and M. Wesson to E. H. Ahell. Tract
of 120 acres in Cherokee towuship. Consul
eration 8550.
j M. L. Randall to E. H. Abell. Tract of
. 78 acres in Cherokee township. Cousidera.
i tiou 8375.
i i Elizabeth Alcorn and others to J. Nichols.
I
Tract of 64 acres in York township. ConsidI
eral ion 8300.
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I | EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
_ I The Crop Prospect.
it Speaking of the prospects of the grow
ing crops in the Southern States, the Waahi
ington Chronicle says with the exception of
* those which have been devastated by floods,
i. the crops promise to be abundant for this season.
The wheat crop in the border States
t was never better, and there is at present no
indication of rust or weevil. The corn crop
e is the most promising that has been seen for
,f years, and the area planted has infringed
'? '? I 1 M A- J A.J i. aL.
greany on me grounus nuneno uevoieu 10 me
tobacco plant. From the rice-growing regions
of the Carniiuas, and from the wheat-growing
'' regions of North Carolina and Virginia, the
same news cornea up. "We have planted
more than ever this season, and the crops
h look splendid. If we meet with no misfortune
we shall have a plentiful harvest." The
sugar crop on the banks of the Mississippi
i- must necessarily be a failure, and the planters
1 will do well to provide means for the propaa
gatiou of a crop for the next year, and even
e this will be a difficult matter unless the hand
>. of the general government shall be stretched
t forth to aid them.
The Senate Currency Bill.
e A synopsis of the currency bill, as adopted
by the Senate, will be found in our surni
mary of the proceedings of Congress. The
e effects of the bill, should it become a law, may
s thus he briefly summed up:
y It will require the reserves on deposit to be
s kept by the banks of different parts of the
country in their own vaults, instead of sending
them to New York, to be loaned for speculative
purposes in Wall street, and provides
i- that a part of these reserves shall be constitu
y ted of one-fourth part of the coin received as
interest on the bonds held by the Government
a as security. These provisions may serve to
strengthen the banks at home, and perhaps
tend to keep up a better distribution of the
* currency; the volume of which, however, it
? seems inevitable, must be increased. Thus,
f there is to be more or less of inflation under
it. The provision releasing the banks from
3 the maintenance of a reserve on their deposits,
except five per cent, deposited in the treasury
'' for the purposes of redemption, is a liberal one
for those institutions.
The Flood in the South.West.
8 According to the appeal recently addressed
to the people of the United States in
' behalf of the sufferers by the overflow of the
* Mississippi and tributary streams, the flood
has covered an area equal to that of a large
5 State. One hundred and forty thousand people
have been driven out by the waters, and
3 possess no supplies of any kind whatever.
3 Most of the lands will be unfit for crops and
^ too late for cultivation this year. The ques^
tioD is how these one hundred and forty thous
f
aatl people are to be subsisted and transported,
sheltered, housed, and supplied with uten^
sils for household uses, and implements for
farming and planting for the next four months,
" and may be much longer? New Orleans pa0
pers estimate the districts and people flooded
as follows : Louisiana, 14,000 square miles under
wafer, 75,100 people, mostly sugar and
* cotton producers; Mississippi, 5,000 square
c miles submerged, 29,500 people; Arkansas,
* 7,000 square miles, 31,400 people; Missouri,
0 6,000 square miles, 8,000 people. Many of
these items, especially from Arkansas and
Missouri, are probably far too small One
- hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred
1 people is considered an estimate entirely with3
in bounds of the number of people embraced
- in this vast affliction. Such a population will
3 consume, in provisions alone, 825,000 worth
3 per day; their clothing, shelter, and medical
- attendance, will add nearly half as much;
3 their transportation to shelter and places
where they can go to work and cultivate the
f soil, together with supplies of utensils and implements,
will add another 810,000, making
. nnn r.of
3 ULl ilggjegULe U1 UVCl flU,VVV pti uuj t,uuu
ha9 to be supplied to avoid or arrest the fara
ine.
; The Arkansas Governorship.
The question of the troubles in Arkan;
sas, arising from the claims of Baxter and
Brooks, having been referred by the President
3 to Attorney-Geueral Williams, that official
has given his opinion. He says it would be
; disastrous to allow the proceedings by which
Brooks obtained possession of the office to be
> drawn into precedent, as there is uot a State
in the Union in which they would not produce
conflict, and probably bloodshed. He further
) says they cannot be upheld or justified upon
. any ground, and in his opinion, Baxter should
; be recognized as the lawful Executive of the
State of Arkansas. In accordance with this
; opinion, on Friday last, the President issued
the following proclamation, which is to be re;
garded as a final disposition of the question :
Whereas certain turbulent and disorderly
. persons, pretending that Elisha Baxter, the
present Executive of Arkansas, was not elected,
have combined together, with force and
! arms, to resist his authority as such Execu
tive, and the other authorities of the said
; State; and whereas said Elisha Baxter has
been declared duly elected by the General
Assembly of said State, as provided in the
Constitution thereof, and has for a long period
. hopn fivprcisintr the functions of said office.
i into which he was inducted according to the
Constitution and laws of said State, and ought,
[. by its citizens, to be considered as the lawful
Executive thereof; and whereas it is provided
in the Constitution of the United States that
the United States shall protect every State in
t the Union, on application of the Legislature,
or of the Executive, when the Legislature
cannot be conveued, against domestic vio:
lence; and whereas said Eiisha Baxter, under
section 4 of Article IV of the Constitution
of the United States, and the laws passed in
pursuance thereof, has heretofore made ap-1
1 plication to me to protect said State and the J
citizens thereof against domestic violence;
and whereas the General Assembly of the
j State, convened in extra session, at the capital
thereof, ob the 11th instant, pursuant to a
call made by said Eiisha Baxter, and both
Houses thereof have passed a joint resolution,
1 also, applying to me to protect the State against
domestic violence; and whereas it is provided j
in the laws of the United States, in all cases j
. of insurrection in any State, that it shall be |
lawful for the President of the United States, j
. on application of the Legislature of such State, j
I or of the Executive, when the JLegisIature
I cannot be convened, to employ such part of
| the land and naval forces as shall be judged I
, i necessary for the purpose of suppressing such j
. insurrection, or causing the laws to be duly i
j executed ; and whereas it is required that,i
j wheu it may be necessary, in the judgment of.
' i the President, to use the military force for the
' j purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by pro* !
! clamation, command such insurgents to dis*
II perse and retire peaceably to their respective 1
! houses within a limited time :
i j Now, therefore, I, U. S. Graut, President
I of the United States, do hereby make proclaj
raation, and command all turbulent ana disor-'
1 j derly persons to disperse and retire peaceably ;
to their respective abodes, within ten days '
i from this date; and hereafter to submit them-1
selves to the lawful authority of said Execu- j
tive, and the other constituted authorities of
said State; and I invoke the aid and codpei
ration of nil good citizens to uphold the law
and preserve the public pence,
i A dispatch from Little Rock says the Prosi
ident's proclamation is most gratifying to all
I classes of the people. The streets of the city
J are thronged, stores are reopening aud busiI
ness reviving. Negotiations are progressing
favorably for a peaceful dispersing of the men
recently in arms; and while Baxter has issued
; a congratulatory address to his adherents, he
; is likewise receiving the congratulations of
the people.
RAILROAD** MEETING.
; ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE CHESTER AND LENOIR NARROW
GAUGE RAILROAD COMPANY.
Theanuual meeting of the stockholders of
the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company, was held at Dallas, North
Carolina, Wednesday, May 13th, 1874.
On motion, Colonel L. A. Masou, of Dallas,
was called to the Chair, and W. D. Simpson
and John C. McFadden, of Chester, were
appointed Secretaries.
The Chairman appointed G. D. Heath and
S. B. Massey, of Chester, and Dr. G. W. Michael,
of Newton, a committee to examine and
verify proxies. The committee reported seventy-nine
shares of stock represented in person,
and 2,649 shares of stock represented by
proxy. Total, 2,728 shares. Nearly all the
stock being represented, the Chairman declared
the meeting duly constituted and ready
for business.
The officers' reports being called for, the
President read his report as follows, which
was received:
President's OfficeC. & L. N. G. R. R. Co.,
Chester, 8. C., May 11th, 1874.
7b the Stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gouge Railroad Company:
Gentlemen?1 hereby respectfully submit
for your consideration, a report of the transactions
of your Board of Directors for the
past year, and also a statement of the present
condition of your company.
At the meeting of the stockholders at Hickory
Tavern, May 14th, 1873, after the* consolidation
was effected with "The Carolina
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company," a resolution
was passed directing the Board of Direc
1 1 - i- -1
tors, without unnecessary oeiay, 10 piace a
corps of engineers upon the liue of the proposed
railroad.
In compliance with this resolution, your
Board tendered the charge of the work to
Col. F. Gardner as chief engineer, who accepted
and organized a party and commenced
the surveys from Yorkville, about the 15th of
June, 1873, and completed the final surveys
and location in November, reporting a line
of cheap construction from Yorkville, by
Dallas, Lincoluton, Newton, Hickory Tavern
to Leuoir; a distance of a fraction over
eighty-three miles. The location reported by
the engineer was approved and adopted by
your Board.
At the same meeting of the stockholders, a
resolution was passed authorizing and instructing
your Board to take such measures as they
might deem advisable to effect a consolidation
between your company and the King's
Mountain Railroad Company, by purchase or
otherwise.
To carry into effect this resolution, at a
meeting of the Board of Directors held on the
same day, Messrs. John L. Agure, L. M.
Grist and myself were appointed a committee
to confer and negotiate with the President of
the King's Mountain Railroad Company,
Major G. W. Melton, for the purchase of the
King's Mountain Rail Railroad, or the cousolidation
of that .company with the Chester
aud Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company.
This committee reported to the meeting
of the stockholders held at Newton, Catawba
county, North Carolina, that in the discharge
of the duty required of them, they had a conference
with Major Melton, who was willing
to sell his iuterest in the King's Mountain
Railroad, consisting of 1105 shares of the
capital stock, and also a mortgage which he
held upon it?and proposed to take for both
stock and mortgage, the sura of 885,000?
that of this sura he would require 815,000 in
caBh, and would take in part payment 825,000
of the Chester County Bonds, and would
give a reasonable time upon the remainder of
the amount. He also informed the committee
that the King's Mountain Railroad Company
had at least 85,000 cash on hand over
and above all its liabilities, excepting, of
course, the mortgage for 825,000 which he
held.
Upon the consideration of this report, it
was resolved, by a vote of the stockholders,
that the President and Directors be authorized
to accept, in their discretion, the proposition
of Major Melton, and the purchase was
subsequently made by them, the terms and
conditions of which are fully set forth in a
copy of the agreement filed in the Treasurer's
office of this company. It is proper, however,
to state that instead of 85,000 cash assets
on hand, as reported by Major Melton to
the committee, there was, at the time of
transfer, 88,004.90. At this meeting of the
stockholders, a resolution was adopted giving
full power to the President and Board of Directors
to do any and everything necessary to
be done to effect the consolidation of the two
companies. After due notice given, a meeting
of the stockholders of each company was
held?that of the King's Mountain Railroad
Company at Yorkville, on the 26th of March,
1874, and that of the Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company at Chester
on the Sd of April, 1874?at which several
meetings resolutions were adopted authorizing
the consolidation of the two several
companies into one corporate body, to be
known by the name of "The Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company."
The terms of this consolidation are fully
set forth iu "Articles of Consolidation," filed
in the office of the Treasurer of your Company,
the main feature of which only it is necessary
to state, viz: That two of the shares in the
King's Mountain Railroad Company are
given in exchange for one in the Chester and
Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company.
The act of the Legislature, authorizing the
consolidation of the two companies, provides
that any stockholder who objects to the consolidation
or transfer of his stock, must enter
his protest within thirty days from the ratification
of the act of consolidation ; otherwise
he will be considered as consenting thereto.
As the thirty days have now expired, and no
protest has been made, the whole of the stocjc
of the King's Mountain Railroad Company
may now be considered as merged into this
company.
I would suggest, however, to the holders of
certificates of stock in the King's Mountain
Railroad Company, the propriety of presenting
their certificates to the Treasurer and
liooino thorn nanpplloil nnrl new /->ort i tno
v^?vv..v- VV?l?.MVUVCO
issued.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
held at Chester on the 4th of December, 1873,
at which the report of the-Engineer was presented
and the location recommended by him
adopted, the President was instructed by an
order of the Board to put the line from Yorkville
to the "Air Line Railway," and also the
portion of the line from the Catawba river to
Lenoir, under contract. It was not thought
advisable to do so until a decision was had of
the case pending in the Supreme Court of the
State of South Carolina, in which the validity
of the issue of the bonds of the county of
York wasiu question. This decision was not
rendered until the 22d day of January, 1874.
Shortly thereafter contracts were entered into
by J. A. Deal and J. F. Smyer for the earth
work between Yorkville and the Air Line
Railway, who have their forces now engaged
upon it. The trestle work, over the same
line, has been let to J. E. Fry, who has made
a commencement. These contracts were all
taken at the estimate of the Engineer and a
very fair percentage agreed to be taken in
stock of the company. Contracts have also
been entered into for nearly, or quite one-half
the grading and trestle work between the Catawba
river and the town of Lenoir. These