Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 09, 1874, Image 2
Jtoaps and <facts.
There are five Wednesdays, five Thurs-:
days and five Fridays in this month.
A Nebraska man and his wife happened
to elope on the same night, and each left a
note for the other.
In St. Mary's, La., a white league has
been formed, and every white person, for safe- j
ty, is almost compelled to join.
Of the graduating class of the Illinois
State Normal School, last week, eleven of
the twenty-three graduates were women.
The record of fatal sunstroke cases in
the large Northen cities is increasing rapidly.
It is seldom a case occurs in any of the
Southern cities.
In Louisville a woman claims that her ;
husbaud died of injuries received while being j
initiated into the Knights of Pythias, and j
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wanciwjvuu uaiuages.
In Memphis, Tenu., on the 1st instant,
M. D. Welsh, a well-known attorney, was
shot by B. B. Barnes, also an attorney, and
probably fatally wounded.
Since the breaking up of the North Atlantic
Steamship Company, ocean passage
has been reduced to less than half a cent per
mile. A man may now travel from Chicago
to Liverpool for about $17.
Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, who resigned
his charge at New Orleans to accept the
chancellorship of Clarksville University, has,
at the request of the Presbytery, decided to remain
in New Orleans.
A young lady at Wheeling recently
broke off her engagement, because her lover
snored. He was very tired one night when
he called, and during the evening fell asleep
and in this way the discovery was made.
Monday last was the hottest day in
New York since the summer of 1856, and
with one exception the hottest in fifty years.
The thermometer reached 102 degrees in the
shade, and sixteen sunstrokes are reported.
The man who has a family of children
and does not take a newspaper, is taking upon
himself the responsibility of turning loose
upon the community a set of ignorant beings
to disgrace his name, who, for a few cents a
day, might be made intelligent and wellinformed
citizens.
From all parts of the country come
glowing accounts of the advanced state of
cereals, fruits and roots of all kinds. Even
Louisiana, that has suffered so severely from
flood and famine, expects to harvest a larger
rice and sugar crop than was gathered last
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The Cincinnati Gazette ruefully confesses
that the United States Senate has largely
degenerated, chiefly through the adventurers
elected from many of the Southern
States after reconstruction, and members from
new States, whose main constituents are railroad
monopolies and swindling rings of various
kinds, and partly by men who purchased
their election with money or patronage.
A new air machine was lately put into
operation in the British House of Commons.
By means of this apparatus a constant supply
of air, cooled to any required degree, even in
the warmest weather, can be supplied at the
rate of from 60,000 to 90,000 gallons per
minute. The house contained about 900,000
gallons of air, so that when the apparatus is
working its maximum, it is possible to renew
the air without sensible draught every ten min
utes.
Some of the New York banks are
about to give up their entire circulation, and !
even contemplate abandoning the national 1
bank system and organizing under the laws of
that State. They are weary of being interfered
with. It is a good sign. The time is
now coming when, under the redemption
clause of the new currency law, the most inde- i
pendent banking institutions will be those
whose circulation consists of legal tenders and (
the currency of other banks. Already it is ,
evident that the national banks are beginning
to feel where the shoe will pinch.
Liberty of speech is not to be counted
among the blessings of living under the govern
meut of Emperor William, of Germany.
A sentence of imprisonment for a year and a
half has been passed upon a deputy Herr ,
Most, for certain speeches delivered by him
at some meeting of workingmen. The most
serious charge made against him was that
he had denounced a standing army. This
was regarded by the minister of war, Von
Kameke, as an insult to the members of the
army, and the prosecution was set on foot at
his request.
The decrease of immigration to this
country for the first six months of 1874 shows
a falling off of about 20 to 50 per cent, compared
with the corresponding months in 1873.
The difference is chiefly seen in the German
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element. in me six mourns 01 me present,
year over 32,000 immigrants arrived, and an
unusually large proportion went direct to the
Western States. Several of the steamships
recently arriving have been almost exclusively
filled with young Irish women, who came
for the express purpose of hiring out as housekeepers,
and are distributed throughout Eastern
States.
Under the provisions of the new currency
law the Eastern national banks are !
generally surrendering portions of their cur-1
rency, preferring their bonds on deposit in j
Washington as security for their circulation, j
they having on hand more currency than !
needed. This gives the Comptroller of the j
Currency plenty of circulation to meet the j
demands for new bonds. There is also avail- j
able 85,000,000 circulation of suspended
banks, and the 8354,000,000 issue under the
old act is not quite gone. The call of withdrawal
of the surplus circulation of the
banks East is deferred for some months on account
of the above.
A New York letter says: Inquiry
among the leading departments of wholesale
business, develops the existence of a very confident
feeling as to an early and active fall j
trade. The change for the better may be said I
to have even now set in in some branches ; j
for examnle. the ereat hardware, boot and ;
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shoe trades, and some descriptions of dry I
poods. Even in the best of times the end of I
June is proverbially dull. That is the condi- j
tioii now, but, unless all the signs mislead, it ;
is a condition which will be of but short dura- j
tion. Next week the abundance of money
on all hands, from the July disbursements, i
will be such as to quicken the anxiety to find !
profitable employment for it, and this of itself;
will create business, even where at present;
business is not.
The Commissioner of Patents states that
one hundred new patents for sewing machines
have been granted within a year. The refusal ,
of Congress and the Patent Office to extend ;
patents of this kind does not make machines '
a particle cheaper. No one will buy an old ;
machine, as those with all the modern ira- i
provements are the only ones that find a mar- :
ket. It is so with reaping and mowing ma-1
chines. The Grangers believe that hostility j
to these monopolies makes these articles
cheaper, but it is not so; the inventive genius ,
of the country, applied to perfecting such arti-!
cles, renders a patent that has been refused j
an extension perfectly useless?they are not1
even manufactured. The Grangers won't j
have the old patent at all, and this accounts |
for the high price of these inventions always.
The profits of the Augusta Cotton Mill
have been absolutely marvelous. It was
bought by its present owners for one hun- ;
dred and forty thousand dollars on ten year's I
credit, at seven per cent, interest. The i
stockholders paid in but sixty thousand dol- j
lars, which was expended in machinery and
improvements. The property has paid for,
itseif; additional land has been purchased;'
new buildings have been erected; one hundred
thousand dollars invested in new ma-!
chinery ; the capital stock has been increased
(watered) to six hundred thousand dollars, (
and the company has paid out dividends to its,
stockholders since the war to the amount of
million and sixty-eight thousand dollars;
has to-day property worth one million two
hundred thousand dollars, at the smallest
calculation, and a surplus of over two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
The Pall Mall Gazette says : "The advocates
of cremation must look to their laurels,
which appear likely to be wrested from them
by a German savant, Dr. von Steinbeis.
His proposed method of disposing of the
bodies of the dead provides against injury to
the living, while it offers no violence to the
feeling which shrinks from destroying the
corpse of a beloved friend or relation. Decomposition
is, of course, an innocuous process,
provided its results cannot infect the air.
Dr. von Steinbeis therefore proposes to cover
the body with Roman or Portland cement,
which hardens into a solid mass and renders
the escape of noxious gases impossible. According
to this plan the corpse would be
placed in a sarcophagus of already hardened
cement, the cavity in which it reposed would
be filled up with the same material, and both
would harden together into a thick slab of a
substance resembling stone. Thus the de
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icaoeUj uui it'u in bins iuauiici, wuum JCOI
within, instead of under, his tombstone, and
grave and monument would be comprised in
the same block of imitation granite."
$he ?<jrMle (frnqtiifct.
YORKVIMLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNWG, JULY 9, 1874.
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OUR COUNTRY PROSPECTIVELY.
Tivn pvtrpmps are seldom far nnarh. The
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darkest hour in the whole night is the one
which precedes the breaking of day. Whether
this is the darkest hour in the history of
South Carolina or not, we will Dot undertake
to say. Beyond a doubt it is very dark.
For a number of years the darkness has been
rapidly increasing. Apparently, every effort
which has been made to dispel it, has only intensified
it. Every scheme which has been
devised to better our condition, has, in a
measure, proved futile. To-day our State
government is in a worse condition than it
ever was before. The dominant party has
won for itself the contempt of the civilized
world. Those in other sections of the country
who bear the same name and wear the
same badge as the dominant party in South j
Carolina, are ashamed of the wav in which
the State affairs of South Carolina have been
managed. The crisis, when death or reformation
must take place, seems to be rapidly approaching.
It is now admitted by all parties,
that a change must soon occur. It may be
that greater evils are in store for us than any
that we have suffered. It may be that this
fair land is doomed to complete desolation.
This is only conjecture. Why not reverse the
picture, and conclude that a better day is in
store for us ?
The old adage, "cheating never thrives," if
true respecting single individuals, must be
true respecting a multitude of individuals.
No oue, at this moment, pretends to deuy that
frauds have been perpetrated by the highest
State officials. The individuals who have
committed these frauds do not deny the
charges brought against them. Now, if the
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of the individual villain is short, may we not
conclude that the race of numbers of villains
will be short?
Our grievances do not arise from the fact
that the recently adopted constitution of the
State is oppressive; neither is their origin to
be found in unjust and pernicious legislative
enactments. This is our misfortune. Law is
despised. Frauds, many in number and enormous
in character, are committed by State
officials, who laugh at any and every effort to
inflict upon them the penalties of the law. A
morbid party feeling, whilst we hope it does
not approve of such a state of things, still
defends it at the ballot-box, in the jury room,
and in every other place, and in every situation
that it can be defended. Wrong is defended
because it is party wrong ; and right is
opposed for the same reason. How long such
a state of things will continue, no one dare
say; but there are many reasons for concluding
that it will not be long. Whenever an
individual loses self-respect his doom is sealed,
and his infamous end is not far distant.
What is true of the parts, must be true of the
whole. If it is true that the executives of
the State have so far lost self-respect that, unhlnshinrdv
thev can. in onen dav, perpetrate
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frauds upon the government whose administration
has been committed to their hands,
their official end is not far distant.
In view of all the facts in the case, we feel
disposed to predict a better day for South
Carolina. It may be ten or even twenty
years before things are reduced to their proper
level; but the level must be reached. Men
who really desire the prosperity of the State
should be prudent. It is the duty of every
man, to the extent of his ability, to oppose
wrong, but his opposition should be conducted
in a proper way. It is wrong to do a right
thing in a wrong way. Wrong should be opposed
because it is wrong; and right should
be advocated because it is right. To defend
or oppose either, as a policy measure, is a dangerous
thing. Prudence is a good thing; but
policy is a dangerous thing. If the good
people of the State will only be prudent and
honest, things will soon change for the better.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. <
? The postoffice at Union is now a money !
I order office. ]
' ? Beaufort county has realized four thous- |
and dollars from its liquor license tax. I
? The Grangers in .Sumter county have or-; i
ganized a cooperative store. I;
? The revenue officers seized one thousand ]
gallons of whisky, at Greenville, last week. 1
; ? Nutmegs are mentioned as one of the pro- <
ducts of Bucksville, in Ilorry county. 1
; ?Daniel Crawford, an old resident of Col- 1
' urabia, died in that city on Tuesday of last (
i week.
I ?A citizen of Laurens county is credited;
, with having threshed 385 bushels of oats from
320 bundles. i!
? The Union Times suggests the name of
! Dr. J. Winnsmith, of Spartanburg, as an j
honest Rennhliean. who would be ail acceDta
ble candidate for gubernatorial honors.
! ? The Granye mentions that Mr. William
! Boyd died at the residence of his uncle, Capj
tain Frank Workman, near Rock Hill, last;
! week, after a short illness. I
I ? Gen. James Cantey, formerly of Kershaw
county, died at Fort Mitchell, Ala., on the j
; 30th ultimo.
? Governor Moses has appointed James P. j
Low, State Inspector of Phospates, vice Otto
A. Moses removed.
? This year, of over $80,000 of taxes assess-!
ed against Anderson county, all has been ;
collected except $80.
? A lodge of colored Masons has been or-;
ganized at Newberry, under the name of i
Meridian Lodge, A. Y. M.
? A white military company has been organized
in Greenville, under the name of the j
Butler Guards.
? The board of trustees of Newberry Col- j
lege at Walhalla, have conferred the degree j
of doctor of divinity ou the Rev. J. I. Bon-1
ner, of Due West. I
? A State exchange says, notwithstanding
the Governor's liberal exercise of the pardoning
power, there are now in the Penitentiary '
two hundred and twenty-eight convicts, three 1
of whom are females.
? The survey of the Spartanburg and Ashe-1
ville Railroad has been completed. It is re- i
ported that an excellent line has been oh-;
tained through the mountains without any i
tunnel work. ! 1
? Robinson, one of the Barnwell County .
Commissioners, whom Gov. Moses pardoned, ^
has been again arrested for having stolen the
liquor license tax of one Corcoran just before .
his last trial, conviction and pardon.
? The Board of Trustees of Erskine Col- !
lege, has conferred the degree of Doctor of 1
Divinity on Rev. R. A. Ross, of York, and *
on Rev. W. T. Capers, of Abbeville. Rev. J
Capers is a Methodist minister and was formerly
stationed at York ville.
? The Governor has pardoned Enos Reaves,
Arthur Deas and Lawrence Mills, late Com- a
missioner for Marion county, convicted of ^
official misconduct at the May, 1874, term of *
the Court of General Sessions for that County,
and sentenced by Judge C. P. Townsend ?
to imprisonment in the County jail.
? A sabre-club has been organized in Kershaw
county, with the following officers: a
President?Col. E. M. Boykin ; 1st Vice-Pres- ?
ident?Major E. B. Cantey; 2d Vice-Presi- a
dent?Dr. A. A. Moore; 3d Vice-President?
H. C. Salmond ; Secretary and Treasurer? '
Major E. E. Sill. The club is to be composed
of mounted men, armed with a rifle, pis- 8
tol and sabre. The chairman of the meeting
at which the organization was perfected,
stated the object of the association to be to
furnish means of social enjoyment and affording
"a method by which our people could '
be united, and act in concert in case of any .
emergency." '
? Treasurer Cardozo has published a stateraent
showing the receipts and expenditures
at the State Treasury from November 1st, ,
1873, to June 30, 1874. The receipts from
taxes and other sou rces have been $1,636,684.- c
38, and the expenditures $1,458,152.38, leav- r
ing a balance in the treasury of $178,532. j
Of the amount on hand, $135,033.34 belongs
to the fund for the payment of interest on the
public debt. The remaiuder is applicable as J
follows: Salaries, coDtingent8,&c.,$l 1,026.66;
penal, charitable and educational institutions, j
$29,987.32; free schools, $46.59; legislative j
expenses, $83.84 ; public printing, $29.34 ; for j
deficiencies, $96.86; South Carolina Bank (
and Trust Company, $839.25 ; miscellaneous ?
! purposes, $1,388.86. <
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
I ? All the prisoners?five in number?con- (
! fined in Burke county jail, made their escape f
a few nights ago. (
? John Blake, a negro who committed rape
upon a white woman in Wake county on the 1
I 22nd of last month has already been tried,
j and sentenced to be hanged on the 24th in- ,}
j stant.
I ? W. R. Myers has been elected President
| of the Charlotte and Statesville Railroad
Company, aud Mr. vSprings, who has been
managing the road as receiver, offers to surrender
it to the new board of officers.
? The executive committee of the State
Grange has expelled E. C. Davidson, of
Mecklenburg county, from the order, because
he has announced himself as a candidate for
Congress.
? At a meeting of the stockholders of the
| Fair of the Carolinas, held in Charlotte on
! the 2nd instant, A. B.Springs, of York county,
S. C., was unanimously elected President.
1 The first week iu October is the time agreed
upon for holding the next fair.
; ? The Democratic nominations iu Gaston
i county are, for the House of Commons, Col.
i W. A. Stowe; Sheriff, Capt. R. D. Rhyue;
; Clerk of the Superior Court, J. A. Daven!
port; Register, J. G. Lewis. In the Senato'
rial district, composed of Gaston and Cleve
laud, Col. \V. G. Morris is the candidate.
| ?The political canvass is waxing warm in
the Old North State. Besides the regular s
I nominees of the respective parties, there is also
a goodly number of independent candidates, j 1
who claiu to be Democrats, aud persist in tak-1
; ing the field to the utter disgust of the leaders j ,
j of the party. Iu the Asheville district the | ,
Republicans have made no nomination, and i j
I the contest is between Plato Durham, inde-! <
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| pendent candidate, ana rion. i\. d. vauce, i<
! nominee?both Democrats. In the Charlotte 1
' Judicial circuit the nominees for Judge are
I David Schenck, Democrat and Judge Logan, (
Republican. The excitement is augmented by <
! Col. Hoke taking the field as an independent j <
candidate, and much political asperity is the j ]
' result. In the Greensboro district the same j
' state of affairs exists. Hon. John Kerr is the ! j
j Democrat nominee. The notorious Tourgee,! j
present Judge of the circuit, failing to secure (
, tho Republican nomination for Congress, anJ
nounced himself as candidate for re-election <
j to the office of Judge, and soon thereafter i
Col. Thomas Ruffiu, who has always been an '
uncompromising Democrat, declared himself ^
an independent candidate. His action rej
ceives the strongest condemnation of his'par- (
ty leaders, who foresee the defeat of their (
I regular nominee. In the same district the l
candidates for Congress are Gen. A. M. Sci
Democrat, and Col. W. F. Henderson,
publican?nominees of their respective
Lies. Gen. Scales is a descendant of on
the "old Virginia families" and attained
rank of Brigadier General in the Confede
irruy. Being a life-long Democrat, h
popular with his party. Col. Heuder
Lhough not having the family prestig(
3en. Scales, is a good canvasser and pop
with his party, hut it is possible the d
faction of the Tourgee element will somev
liminish his strength.
NEWS oVlHE DAY.
? The majority in favor of a coustituti<
jonvention in Arkansas is not less than s
.housand.
? In consequence of the discord in Te
jfovernor Coke has issued a proclatnat
jailing upon the citizens to assist the ex
,ive authorities in restoring order.
? A fire, destroying8200,000 worth of p
irty, including the court-house aud coi
eeords, occurred at Poutiac, Illiuois, on
fourth?the result of shooting fire cracke
? A new style of postal card will be
luring the summer. It is contemplated
ssue a card of neater design and better fii
ban the one now in use.
? The use of postal cards has not affet
he sale of regulur stamps, and the reve
>f the postal department is consequently
ireased in a ratio corresponding with
ale of cards.
? The Washington Chronicle says that
ilications for natioual bauk circulation c(
n every day in small numbers. The ba
utended to be organized are usually thos
ittle capital in small towns.
? The bill to make an appropriation to
he mail contractors of the Southern St
'or service performed prior to the 31st of A:
LS61, failed to become a law, but it will a
ip again at the next session of Congress.
? General Beauregard has received the
lointment of Chief Engineer of the Arj
,ine Republic of South America, at a sal
.c ortr\ AAA ~..'ll ??:i
H pci umiuua. 11c win sail iui
icw home in a few days.
? Mr. Hale having declined the appc
uent of Postmaster General, after signify
lis intention of accepting, the President
ippointed Hon. Marshall Jewell, prei
Minister to Russia, to that position.
Jewell has accepted, and will return to
[Jnited States immediately.
? The National Crop Reporter of the
nstaut, says that returns from over
:ounties in nine of the principal cotton St
udicate, as compared with last year, 11
>er ceut. in acreage. The average stani
line States was a trifle over 12 per cent.
ow the average of last year. The condi
if the plant is rapidly improving.
? Governor Davis, of Minnesota, has iss
i circular to the Granges in that State,
>ealing for relief for the people in theSoi
yestern counties. He says the counties
Jartiu, Murry, Jackson, and Cottonwood,
>ortions of Noble and Watonwan, and p<
ily to some extent other communities, h
icen swept by grasshoppers of all the ci
.8 completely as if by fire. Women and c
Iren are suffering for food. The implemi
,nd stock of the settlers are under mortgi
;iveu in order to ride over the privation!
ast year. Contributions in money are n
lesirable, provisions and clothing scarcely
o.
? Thirty thousand minor post-masters, fi
he quarter commencing, on the 1st insti
fill be paid their salaries quarterly?
.mount fixed by the actual business their
lective offices do. Heretofore their sala
yere re-adjusted once a year, graded acc<
ng to the business of the previous year,
he new law of Congress, if in the cours
he year the business of the office increo
he postmaster's pay does so correspond^]
5ost-masters throughout the country will
:eive a circular from the post-office dep
neutin a few days, instructing them ho\
iroceed to secure their compensation ur
lie new law.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Newspaper Postage.
The Po8toffi.ce Gazette for July s
narizes what the new postoffice bill acc
dishes, as follows: 1. Prepayment of m
laper postage after January 1, 1875.
jrives free delivery to all newspapers, to :
icribers (daily, semi-weekly, weekly, mon
)r quarterly,) wiimn me euuutj iu m
hey are printed and published, from Jul
1874. 3. Makes a uniformity in all ma
)ther than newpapers, as third-class, lira
;o four pounds, at one cent for each
)unces. All papers now, (from the 1st of
present month,) circulate free in the cout
vherein they are printed, and receive t
ixehanges free.
The Govenorship.
The Columbia correspondent of
News and Courier, writing on Thursday
las the following to say in regard to the <
iidates for Governor:
The candidates for Governor are shov
jonsiderable activity. Moses, so far, has
nside track, but parties are endeavoring
*ule him off it, by the reported decision aga
lira of the National Radicals and Presh
jrant. Churaberlain's friends are earnest
mxious. They find that his record is aga
lira ; that it will be investigated, and c
itand the test. But they are busy, and
.bought that the Union-Herald will be so
)r controlled as to give him its supp
Scott has undoubtedly considerable stren,
nit he seems undetermined lately whethe
lse it or not. It is claimed for him that
:au show cleauer hands than Chamberlai
lie matter of the bonds, the land com miss
fee. A new man is likely to be brought
ivard in Senator Robertson. Judge Mac
proclaims him to be the coming man, at
jood many wire-pullers are ready to pull I
way. Corwin, of Newberry, has come b
Tom Ohio with the conviction that sometl
le never thought of before must be done.
,ulks favorably of Robertson. This st
shows the way the wind blows.
Joe Crews says that Moses is out of si,
lhead of all competitors. He claims
lim that he had nothing to do with the bo
with the odium of which both Scott and Ch
jerlain are justly saddled. Joe also cha
jpon the Legislature which authorized
issue of fraudulent pay certificates, and ter
2d Moses to do it, the guilt of a part of
i o -n :j t, n.
sin. lie scouts tnc iuca or rresiueui, \ji
interfering with the Governor's election,
thought it .ill stuff*. Grant couldn't si
them. If he should say that "he didn't
things down here," they might retort
'they didn't like Grant," and the bah
ivould be even.
Public Affairs iu South Carolina.
From the Washington Chronicle, a
publican paper, we clip the following editc
paragraphs regarding the political condi
)f our State:
"It will require many years and very r
2.il changes in public sentiment for the
sens of South Carolina who still main
their adhesion to the old Democratic part
tiavo any effective participation in the con
xnd destiny of public affairs. It is a no
>us fact that there exists a lamentable stat
jorruption amoug many of the present ofB
)f that State, which is not creditable to ei
he party nominating or electing them.
nles,' Republican party of the nation has securi
Re. i and guaranteed every measure of justice pra
_ i ticable for the four millions of recently-e
? frauchised citizens, and in the exercise of the
16 0 ! rights it is due not only the interests of t!
; South and their future control, but due tl
rate Republican party that the greatest cauti<
e is I should be taken in the selection and electit
son, of none but men of pure character and tri<
j 0f, honesty to office.
ular ' are crediblJ informed that a ve
. ? \ large majority of the whites of South Carolii
1SU " are willing to unite with the dominant part
idiat an(j ciect honest, able men to office, irrespe
j tive of party lines, adopting a square Repu
I lican platform. That this course is absolui
ly necessary to insure reform, and to relie1
^uai the national Republican party of the odiu
ixty that has been brought upon it by the prese
office-holders in South Carolina, every fai
xas minded Republican must candidly admit. ]
ion South Carolina it is not a question of Repu
' lican ism or Democracy : it is one of goc
ecu- i t , i __ , j?.
* guvuiKiiiieiib uuu prusperiij, ur uegruumn.
and ruin. We say to the Republican par
rop- ofSouth Carolina that it is bringing the que
mty tion of its capacity for self-government fair
t|ie j before the American people,and that patiem
,r I without hope must in time become exhauste
' I We therefore earnestly suggest the proprie
0 of the majority in South Carolina electiug
*? office the best men they can find, irrespecti*
'iish of race or previous politics."
Governor Moses and Senator Mclntyre.
jted During the recent "interview" of tl
m,e correspondent of the New York Times wii
' in- Governor Moses, the Governor related tl
the following incident to the correspondent:
How thoroughly corrupt the administr
ap- tion is may be inferred from a statement
)me Gov. Moses, who, in conversation with yoi
nks correspondent this morning, very coolly rel
n ted the following incideut, which is given
'e 0 his own words : "You ask what was the cau
of State Senator Mclntyre's enmity to m
pay and as the story is a short one, I will tell
ates to you. During the last political campaig
r \f i 4a AAAItMA illA
lay, iucnuyrc, wiauiug w scuuic wo cietuuu
ome the members of the Assembly from his count
and thus control their votes; and being s
sured that he could not influence the regul
aP" Republican nominee, caused the "boltinj
=en" convention to nominate men whom he cou
lary control. Knowing, however, that the negro
his could not be induced to vote for any but tl
regular nominations, and knowing also tht
tint- as t'ie b'acks could not read, the manage
of the election had secretly decided upon
? device which should not be made known unl
the morning of election, when it would a
3ent pear stamped upon the regular Republic!
Mr. tickets, Mclntyre came to me and asked n
the if I would have the names of his candidat
printed upon the regular stamped State tickt
He was very anxious about it, as he knew tl
oka ignorant negroes could thus be induced
vote for his people. Seeing this, and not d
ates siring to excite his auger just before electio
i>16 J gave him my word that I would have tl
i in tickets stamped and printed as he desire
J 4L.i T 1J XV tl t~ u: tl
[)g. HIJU tliaii jl yvuuiu luinaiu liigiu iu mui v?u n
tion evening before election. He was satisfie
with this, and went away. Of course, I nev<
intended to do what he wanted, and when tl
lied time came I did not seud the ticket, accordir
aP" to promise. Mclntyre's friends were defea
uth- ed, and on the morning of election he sent n
i of a telegram which read: "You will be electe
and Governor, but you will live to regret it
After that he was very bitter in his denunc
ation of me, and published several soanda
ave about me ; but I appointed him to a Counl
ops Treasurership and made him major-gener:
ihil- of militia; since then he has kept quiet
3Dts This is a fair sample of the way in which tl
!ge> Chief Magistrate of one of the United Stat
3 0f relates his own crimes. Incidentally it ms
3Q8t be mentioned that "Major-General" Mclnty
, is a native of South Carolina,
less
Post-Office Etiquette.
rom Post-masters, as a rule, imagine th:
. they are the hardest worked and most poor
ant, ? , 1
the P officials in the service of the governmer
reg With the question of the pay they receive,
course the people have nothing to do; but
^ is within their power to lighten the labors at
burdens of a deserving and poorly-appreci
j. ted class, by heeding the following advice v
geg find in an exchange, and which, no doul
, ' was prepared by one who has endured all tl
inflictions attending oue in the position of
a*r~ public servant:
MAILING LETTERS.
v to
j 1. Never buy any postage stamps. Hat
1 er your letter to the post-master, and ask him
Jie can change a V. If he can't, tell hi
you'll hand it to him some other time. (
will not be necessary to do so, however, ;
three cents are nothing.)
urn- 2. When you hand a letter to him, do n*
:om- by any means forget to tell him to be su
Bws. and have that go. (If you do not give hi
2 warning, he will be very apt to keep it in h
, ' office a long time.)
3. Always forget to put your letters in tl
. y letter-box. (If you do, the postmaster wi
not have so much business, and you encouraj
y 1, laziness.)
itter 4. 'Tis well to ask him how long befo
ited 7?u ought to get an answer to it. (Of cour
two he can't tell; but just see how well he ci
'the g"CSS')
. GETTING THE MAIL.
ltl6S
, . 1. If you have a box, do not call out tl
number of it, or your name, but stand ar
drum on it with your fingers. (This will en
ble you to show that you have got a box, ar
the also obliges the postmaster to take a go<
last, look at you
can- When he hands out your mail, (if thei
is any,) don't fail to ask him if that's a
(Postmasters are in the habit of holding ba(
a portion of each one's mail, which, of court
"ie they will not do after the question is asked.,
?. *? 3. If any expected letter or paper doesn
1DSt come, ask the postmaster what he s'poses
*en' the reason. And tell him its mighty curioe
and (of courge postmasters are not possessed
,D8t supernatural knowledge, but they shou
i111.1 know where the letters are after they hai
Jt 18 been in the business awhile.)
fcn The Cotton Crop.
tjj' The New Orleans Cotton Exchanj
r to publishes the following summary of the cr<
he report to June 30th :
n in Mississippi?Reports from forty-four cou
ion, ties show a decrease in acreage of seven p
for- cent., but a fair average. The stand of tl
key crop is two weeks behind last year. It is r
id a markably clean, though small and backwar
that The labor supply is satisfactory,
ack Louisiana?Twenty-six parishes report
ling decrease in acreage of twenty per cent. Tl
He weather is less favorable than last year. Tl
raw average stand condition of the plant is ge
erally good and promising, though three weel
ght, later. There is no complaint about labor,
for Texas?Forty-five counties report an ave
nds, age increase of acreage of fifteen per cec
am- The stand is good; has been planted tv
rces weeks later than last vear: fine crowing co
the dition; free from grass ; supply of labor goo
npt- Arkansas?Twenty-five counties report
the decrease in the acreage of eight per cet
rant Weather less favorable. Stand better the
He last year, though three weeks backwar
2are Labor is efficient.
like Tennessee?T*7enty-four counties repo
that an acreage decrease of three and one-half p
mce j cent. Weather less favorable ; stand fai
j crop clean, but small, being two weeks lab
than last season. Labor, about the same.
Alabama?Twenty-seven counties repo
. an average acreage decrease of sixtepn p
)T. cent. Late replanted looks better than o
t,on cotton. The crop is somewhat later, generi
ly cleaner than ever before, and growing ra
adi- idly.
citi-1 North Carolina?Forty-one counties i
tain | port the weather less favorable; an acreaj
,y to ! decrease of nineteen per cent. Planting is tn
itrol I and three weeks later ; fair average stan<
tori- j crop clean and healthy and growing finel
;e of j though small and backward. Decrease
cers the use of fertilizers, forty per cent,
ther South Carolina?Twenty-one counti
The report an acreage decrease of seventeen p
ed j cent. Weather unfavorable ; since replantic*
! iug has given a fair average stand ; the plant
n-1 is small ; condition good, crop clean, and i
se | growing well. Labor sufficient. Decrease in
he | use of fertilizers thirty-three percent,
he : Geokcia?Sixty-nine counties report a de5n
I crease in acreage often per cent. Weather
>n | less favorable. The stand and condition of!
ed j the crop are good. It is growing finely and |
: is clean, though small, being ten days later !
ry | than last year. Labor is good. The use of
ea j fertilizers has decreased thirty per cent, as !
y, ! compared with last year.
:c- j Florida?Reports from this State arc raea- !
b- | gre. The average is said to have decreased
,e- i four per cent. The stand is good, and the j
ve j condition very fine, clean, and growing well, |
m being one week earlier than last year. There j
Dt are no complaiuts of labor,
r- ; The Comet.
jj1 | Mr. Henry M. Parkhurst, who has
j j been making careful observation, as he claims, i
^ i of the comet now visible in the western heav-!
by j ens, just beneath the polar star, and near the 1
!S- ! Great Dipper or seven stars, writes to the New j
ly York Tribune and says:
ce From my own estimate of its length on the
morning of the 25th, after the moon had set,
ty 11 determined its actuul length at that time to
t0 | be certainly over three million miles. I
! then assumed an increase of length of onetenth
each day, and reached the startling re-1
suit that upon July 20th its tail would actu- .
ie ally strike the earth.
On the 14th of July the head of the comet I
will have reached the horizon in the northwest
at the end of twilight, so that it will
not easily be visible after that date; but the
a* tail will extend nearly to the polar star.
On July 16, the tail will extend far beyond
the pole and develop a new characteristic,
tapering off rapidly toward the end. With10
in three or four days after the 16th, the tail
se will have become so expanded in the neigh.'
borhood of the pole as to fill a large part of
the northern heavens. Yet it will not be a
conspicuous object, because it will be so faint
as to look rather like an immense cloud, or a
y> new milky way, than what it really is.
Of the way in which this will end it is not
safe, yet to speak with definiteness; for although,
if the tail were straight, we should be
eg almost certainly near the middle of it on July
20, yet its curvature will probably delay it
lt twQ or three days, and even until the earth
rg has passed beyond its path. Taking the best
a value I can from the records of previous
tjj comets, I should expect the earth on July 22
to be wholly within the eastern edge of the
^ comet's tail; and I will assume this to be the
case. The comet will then disappear to us;
eg but then the inhabitants of the Southern Herajt
isphere, who may be ignorant of the lurainosiie
even'n& ^y, will see it gradually
t rise and pass away, and will be amazed by
the sudden apparition of the comet of extraor
dinary size and unusual brilliancy, which
g will burst upon their vision as unforeseen as
^ the great comet of 1861. The gradual dimi^
nution and final disappearance of the comet
;(j will be so nearly the converse of what we
\v shall have witnessed here that it needs no
*e description.
What will be the effect upon the earth? I
? dare not predict the effect upon the minds of
ie men, especially of the ignorant; but I do not
anticipate any appreciable physical effect
i> further than possible electrical phenomena
' like the aurora. It will, of course, leave us a
j8 portion of its atmosphere when it departs, but,
t probably, not enough to effect the barometer,
jj or to come within the cognizance even of
? scientists.
je The Baltimore American has this to say of
no the comet, which we annend for the relief of
ty the nervous:
re The present comet will be at the most favorable
position for observation from about
the middle of the present month up to its end,
at after which it will recede from us as rapidly
ly as it has approached. Its visit will be made
lt the occasion of more complete scientific obser?
ration than haa been possible in the Case of
? previous comets, the improved apparatus of
" astronomers, and especially the use of the
spectroscope, furnishing them with facilities
a- for the accurate determination of the material
ve composing the approaching body, not heretofore
possessed. Various theories are held on
' this point, which is still a matter of great uncertainty.
The fact that the tails of comets
a alternately move toward the sun and are repelled
from it has been as proof that they are
merely electric matter exhibiting this polarity
id in consequence of the sun's attraction. Othif
ers hold that the tails are composed of incanm
descent meteoric particles, or of vapor. In
It November, 1872, the earth actually came in
as contact and even passed through the tail of a
comet without experiencing general consciousDt
ness of the event. It has been calculated
re that we passed through 259,000 miles of the
ra matter composing this tail, the only result
lis being a meteoric shower, not then attributed
to its proper cause. If the tail had consisted
ie of meteoric particles, that luminous shower
ill would have been the result, the matter becomjq
ing incandescent on striking the atmosphere,
but being consumed by the heat of its own
re friction upon the upper layers of our air and
se falling in imperceptible powder to the surface
in of the earth. Thus, it will be seen, the earth
is in no danger of the long-predicted destruction
from collision with a comet, being protected
by its thin envelope of atmospheeic air,
i which forms an ample guard against such
a> wandering highwaymen of the heavens.
...
j THE THORN WELL ORPHANAGE.
Clinton, S. C., July 1, 1874.
re Editor of Yoekvillk Enquirer : May
II. I again tender our gratitude through your
columns to the noble-hearted young ladies,
ie> (and the friends who so generously assist them)
who are laboring in your county to raise
j8 funds for the Thornwell Orphanage ? This
13. institution, located at Clinton, S. C., is being
? JJ1? AM Tf 1.1 hninn Kllilf AnflppIlT
oi rapiuiy pusueu uu? xt 10 uuu? vmv..vV
Id by the gifts of the charitable. We trust that
7e by the 1st of January next, it will be opened
to receive the houseless and fatherless. Every
cent contributed helps, as the -building is
given out to a contractor, to whom the sum
}P of :&6,000 is to be paid, he thoroughly completing
it of granite, finished in and out. The
Q" building is a three story one, 40 by 60, and
ie the contract having been taken by parties
e. who are interested in the Orphanage, this
d. house will be well built, and at a very much
less price than other parties would have been
a willing to take it. God bless the good peo-1
16 pie of York county, who are responding so j
liberally to the calls for help. I am a native I
[jg of Yorkville, and am glad to own it. Please j
publish the followiug receipts with the thanks i
r- of the Board. It includes the months ot
it* May and June, 1874.
?0 Respectfully, Wm. P. Jacobs, i
j Forwarded by Miss Mattie E. Wilson.? |
a Mrs. A. H. Burnett, 50 cents, Miss Bee H.!
it. Barnett, 50 cents, Miss Eliza J. Barnett, 50 j
in cents, Miss E. C. Barnett, 50 cents, G. L.
d* Riddle, $1, P. C. Pegrara, 50 cents, D. Pegram,
50 cents, Little West Pegram, 5 cents,
gr Frankie Pegram, 10 cents, C. M. Smith, 25 i
r. I cents, Mrs. L. M. Parish, 50 cents, Miss M. j
er j L. Moore, 25 cents, Adam Beamgard, 50
j cents, Miss S. Patrick, 25 cents. 86.40.
rt I Forwarded by Miss Mary White, Rock
?r ! Hill, 825.00.
, Forwarded by Mrs. E. Adams.?Mrs. M. R. i
1 Adams, 81, Miss S. N. Watson, 81, James
I Davis, 81, G. W. Flanigan, 25 cents, Dr. W. I
e-! E. Adams, 25 cents, C. E. Adams, 25 cents,
ge j Miss Minnie Adams, 50 cents, E. J. Adams,
?0 j 35 cents, Hope Adams, 20 cents. 85.80.
*' | From Miss Mattie E. Wilson.?Miss Mary !
1 A. Wallace, 50 cents, Dave Wallace, 50 cents,
: Miss Emma Wallace, 25 cents. 81.25.
e8 Forwarded by Miss M. Davies, 87.
er ' Wm. B. Bell, Treasurer.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationEllen
M. McKenna, Applicant?Michael
McKenna, dccoased.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Great Reduction?Coats?
At Cost?Lace Sacquos?Western Flour?
Solo Leather?Ready-Made Clothing?Corsets?Shawls?Grain
Cradles?Cash?Parasols?50
Cents per Dozen?Furs?Millinery
Goods?Cassimeres?Groceries?Shoes and
Slippers?Saddle-Bags?Shirting?Do You
Owe Dobson?Ready-Made Shirts?Meal
Bags.
\V. H. dc J. P. Herndon?The Great South Has
Gone Bankrupt.
M. Strauss it Son?Important?It Must be Sold?
Buy Now?Reduction.
Dr. John May, Agent?Go to the Old Doctor's.
Kennedy, Latimer A Hemphill?Hats?Umbrellas?
New Arrivals?Turnip Seed.
W. D. Simpson, Secretary and Treasurer?Rail
Road Notice.
Dr. W. C. Bennett?Dentistry at Fort Mill!
C. A. King, School Commissioner?Notice.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?
W. H. McCorkle, Applicant?R. Springs
Moore, deceased.
A. H. Daveg:^ President C. A L. N. G. R. R. Co.
K. M. Railroad StocK.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales.
GRADUATED.
In the list of graduates at the recent commencement
of the Columbia Female College,
we notice the name of Miss Mollie E. Smith
of Yorkville. The subject of her composition
read on the occasion, was "Every cloud has a
silvery lining."
TIIE CHESTER REPORTER.
This sterling journal has recently changed
hands, having been bought by J. C. Hardin,
Esq., and placed under the editorial control
Mr. John H. Buchanan. Mr. Buchanan is a
scholar aud a gentleman of fine culture, who,
we doubt not, will fully sustain the high
position which the Reporter has enjoyed under
its past management.
BIBLICAL QUERY.
To the biblical query propounded by a correspondent
in our last issue, a number of correct
answers have been given. The word in
question occurs in St. John?cb. XIV, 19th
verse:
"If ye were of the world, the world would
love hia own ; but because ye are not of the
world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you."
SALES-DAY.
The attendance of people in town from the
country was very small last Monday?there
being no sales advertised for that day by either
the Sheriff or .Tiidcra of Prnhata. The nnlv
o w - ? J
public sale was the choses in action belonging
to the estate of R. N. Caldwell, deceased,
which were considered worthless or doubtful.
Confederate money sold dirt cheap?if not
cheaper?and individual promises to pay went
considerably below any panic prices quoted
in this section since the collapse of Jay Cooke
& Company.
SUDDEN DEATH.
Mr. Solomon Quin, who lived near Bethany
church in this county, on returning to his
home from the held in which he had been
working, late in the afternoon of Thursday
last, while crossing a bridge over a small
stream, fell from the bridge into the brook, and
was taken up dead. It is supposed he was
killed by the fall. He was 84 years of age
and in feeble health, being subject to vertigo,
an attack of which probably caused him to
fall from the bridge. As he was seen to fall
by a laborer in another part of the field, his
family deemed an inquest unnecessary.
For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
SCHOOLS THE HOPE OF PHONOGRAPHY.
w? i?
yy e uu uul iciucuiuci ijaviu^ c?ci uict au
intelligent individual, who, when the subject
of phonetic short-haud was brought? up for
consideration, did not speak in terms of praise
of the system. Indeed, it may be taken for
granted that all persons who know anything
about it, regard it as of great and varied
utility. This being the case, it may well be
asked, how'can the public at large be put in
possession of so valuable an auxiliary to education
? In our opinion, in order to its being
generally accepted, 11 must be a branch of
modern education in school* it jg seldom
that a school numbers among lu branches
phonetic short-hand writing; not thai, it is
unworthy the place, but simply, either because
it is a comparatively new system, or because
few teachers have sufficient knowledge of it
themselves to qualify them for imparting it to
their pupils. Hitherto the art has mainly
been acquired by unaided personal effort, on
the part of those who possess it. But until it
is introduced into our schools, and made a
recognized branch of learning, it will not
make anything like general progress ; yet it
well deserves such a place. The training it
gives to the various faculties of the mind?the
promoting of taste in the minds of its practitioners?the
ineight it affords to the construction
of our language?all entitle it to a place
beside Ihe foremost of our ordinary subjects
at school. To those who practically know its
great value, it may well be a matter of surprise
that it has hitherto met with so much
neglect. Parents themselves, ought to be
anxious that their children should acquire this
method of writing; and were parents generally
to show a desire for having their children
taught this branch, school-masters might then
be induced to qualify themselves for teaching
it to their scholars. It may be urged against
adding another to the numerous branches of
modern education, that no time is available
for teaching it. But in respect to this, it
might be said that the importance of this art
is so paramount, that were it to substitute some
unimportant branch or other, now occupying
much precious time at school, the pupil would
find no loss, but great gain, in after life, by the
substitution. Of course, wise parents would
wish their children to be taught those branches
which would be most beneficial to them in
active life, and even though no branch were
to be excluded in favor of Phonography, half
an hour extra school hours, spent in teaching
it, would not be unprofitably devoted or spent.
We hope that teachers and parents will, for
the sake of the young and rising generation,
turn their serious atteution to the subject of
this hastily written article, for, in our humble
opinion, there is not a branch better calculated
to enable a young man to take his stand
and act his part efficiently in the battle of
life, than phonetic-short-hand writing.
LEONIDAS.
Etta Jane,S. C., July 4th, 1874.
A Valuable Invention.?A correspondent
of the Vicksburg Herald gives an account
of a new invention now in practical operation
in the Mountain Cotton Mills, near Bolton
station, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
which, if it proves to be all that is represented,
must have a more important effect
upon the production and manufacture of cotton
thau even Whitney's cotton gin has had.
ri j ?.i .L ii
it uoea away wua me oruiuary prueeso ui giuning,
converting the cotton just as it is taken
from the field into thread of superior quality.
It costs only $250, and is attached to the ordinary
card stand. It is said that specimens
of thread made by this machine have been
sent to nearly all the Northern manufacturers,
and have been pronounced stronger and
more lustrous than that spun by the ordinary
method. It is claimed that a thread spun by
this means will sustain fully one-third more
weight than a thread of equal size made of
cotton that has passed through the process of
compression and the complicated machinery
of common cotton mills. The great impor
-