Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f traps audi Jacts. jj The population of the German Empire S1 is now estimated at 41,090,864 inhabitants. u The crops in Northern Texas are rcpre- c sented as very fine. The first bale of cotton this season was shipped North from Texas, 011 the 4th of , July. si Travel on the Georgia Central Kail- ^ road, and over all the lines and branches con- f, trolled by the Central, has been reduced to j two cents per mile. t( "For a young women to begin to pick 1 a lint off a young man's coat collar" is said to ft be the first symptom that the young man is in lc peril. n The fine for killing a mocking bird in Virginia or robbing its nest of the young, is Z $20. The offender ftay be arrested by any ? party without warrant. The fine goes to the ; public school fund. "Dear George," said an Indianapolis ; young woman, "I am willing to marry you if i we have to live on bread and water." "Well," | said the enthusiastic George, "you furnish | the bread and I'll skirmish round and find j the water." The first experiment is now making to j utilize Chinese labor on the plantations of Georgia. Some thirty of the Celestials have been at work since March last on Barnwell's j plantation, on the Altaraaha, opposite Darien. j T They appear weU satisfied themselves, and give their employer entire satisfaction. What's in a name ? We observe in a ol Philadelphia newspaper a call for a meeting I ^ of "Paradise Lodge of Journeymen Tailors." I 01 Considering that there were no tailors in j Paradise, and that no tailors were needed uu- j til after Paradise Lost, it seems to us that the I in Philadelphia stitchers might have hit upon a ce more appropriate name. ! The Grangers of Missouri, after ma- j ture deliberation, have come to the conclusion j cc that it will be neglect of duty for them to re- j 0\ maiu out of politics longer. They have ac- j w cordingly issued an address calling a State j ~ convention at Jefferson City, on September 2, i in which they say: "We think that the time j has come when honesty and integrity of char-: t\ acter should be recognized as one of the quali-1 u ficaiions for officers, and not the reverse." The elections which will test the relative ; ,p strength of parties, will begin with North , Carolina, on the 6th of August, when that ;tc State will choose one State officer?the super- { P intendeut of instruction?and eight members j si of Congress. The only other elections that will : p occur before September are in Kentucky on j sl the 3d of August, for county officers and a i ^ clerk of the Court of Appeals ; in Tennessee, ! on the same day, for county officers, and in ; 111 Ohio, on the 18th of August on the adoption ?' of the new State constitution. i111 In Holland quiuine has recently been ci ailministered with great effect in cases of the rc smallpox. German physicians claim to have 0 used it successfully for several years past C( against that fearful disease. It must be administered, however, at an early stage of the disease, and in very large doses, to counteract st the effect of the smallpox poison. It must sa also be very pure, and the complaint is getting st more and more geueral that very little of the jo quinine sold in the market is genuine. The United States Senate is at present ^ composed of forty-nine Republicans, nineteen ,. Democrats and five Liberals, with one vacan- . cy. If the opposition shall gain all the Sena- 13 tors to be chosen next year, the Republicans will still have a majority of the body. The tli House of Representatives is now composed of a one hundred and ninety-five Republicans, eighty-eight Democrats, and four Liberals. There 1 are several vacancies. The opposition have ' a very large majority to overcome, but by ai careful managemeutit is evident that they can st very nearly if not quite overcome it. il. The verdict of the coroner's jury in w the Mill River disaster investigation is pub- tl quate and defective legislation on the subject (j, of reservoirs ; the mill owners for their parsimonious disregard of life and property; the en- ^}1 gineers for ambiguous and insufficient speeifi- cc cations; the contractors for manifestdelinquen- A cies and want of thoroughness in their work, sa and finally the county commissioners for ac- ci cepting a dam so shabbily built, when they ^ had the power to order its entire reconstruction. A party of fifty Master Masons, under the leadership of Robert Morris, past grand 01 master of Kentucky, will visit the Holv Land, Kurope and Africa, this summer. The cor- o\ ner-stone of a new Masonic hall will be laid tl in Jerusalem. The party will be entertained ai by the Masons of the Fast, and during thirty jg days will live in tents, visiting Gebal, Tyre, n Hiram's tomb, Baalbec, Damascus, Mount a Hermon, the Sea of Gallilee, Nazareth, Nab- 01 lous, Bethel, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead cc Sea and River Jordan, Hebron and Joppa. st Lodges will be held under the Royal Mother is Lodge of the City of Jerusalem. m A terrible death hy nitro-glycerine occurred near Parker City, Pa., last Friday. . A young man was carting six cans of the ma tcrial over a rough road in a wagon when, from some cause which will never be explained, it exploded. The man, horse and cart were ni literally blown to pieces. The man's head p< and part of his breast were found three hun- e( dred feet distant, having been blown over the tops of the highest trees. Fragments of his , limbs were scatered in different directions, and | his right hand was found half a mile from the j spot. Even the horse's shoes were torn from I w his feet. ' I tl Blackwood's Magazine says: "The fact j e1 of matrimony or bachelorship is written so i tc legibly in a man's appearance that no ingenui-! jj ty can conceal it. Everywhere there is some !, inexplicable instinct that tells us whether an j' individual (whose name, fortune and circum- j w stances are totally unknown) be, or be not, a 1 w married man. Whether it is a certain sub- 01 dued look, such as that which characterizes pi the lions in a menagerie, and distinguish them J from the lords of the desert, we cannot tell; but that the truth is so, we positively affirm." j . This was written for English readers, and ; j may possibly be true with regard to English-1 men, but judging from the mistakes American ' girls frequently make, it is doubtful whether P1 it would apply in this country. The following is a simple mode of ren- e] dering water almost as cold as ice : Let the c< jar, pitcher or vessel used for water be surro"un- j . (led with one or more folds of coarse cotton, a kept constantly wet. The evaporation of the j, water will carry off the heat from the inside and reduce it to a freezing point. In India and other tropical regions where ice 9 cannot be procured, this is common. Let G every mechanic or laborer have at his place of employment two pitchers thus provided n with lids and covers, the one to contain water for drinking, the other for evaporation, aud he can always have a supply of cold water in warm weather. Any person can test this n " *? ?i ? :* i r. by dipping a linger iu wuiei mm uumiug it p in the air of a warm day. After doing this three or four times, he will find his finger uu-' ^ comfortably cold. j p, The St. Louis bridge answers a purpose not designed by its originators. Perhaps | when the novelty wears off, however, the situa- ; P tiou will change ; for there is a fashion in suicides as well as of other things, and it is of t< suicides we are speaking. Two persons have j already thrown themselves from the bridge p into the Mississippi. The last was a young man ^ who mounted the railing, and without speak- jj ing a word or leaving anything by which he might be identified, jumped into the river. His hat was seen drifting a few seconds after- C ward, but the body did not rise to the surface n in sight of the gentlemen who witnessed the a leap. The bridge was not built for the accom- j modation of such people, any more than was j the more celebrated one of London, over the Thames, or the Vendome Column of Paris, both favorites with suicides. a Dr. Ely McClellan, of the United t( States Armyrwho was detailed by a resolu ion of Congress to investigate the cause of j in lie cholera in 1873, and who has traversed a | sj; elt of country on both sides of the Missis- gc :ppi, in the Southwestern States from Ten- f essee to Louisiana, has arrived at the con- u lusion that there has been no cholera in the juutry this season, and the probabilities are jat we will have none during the present lis ear. It is gratifying to the people of the of Duntry everywhere, and particularly to that ? jction of the country so susceptible of deathealing scourges, to feel a sense of security T om the ravages of this dreaded epidemic, 'he horrors of last year's yellow fever, it is ) be hoped, will not come upon the inhabit- in nts of the line of the Mississippi ; in fact, th om the health reports everywhere the out- ra )ok for a summer devoid of more than ordi- ju ary sickness is encouraging. illtc IJutMlc <?nquim\ ? ~ uv =ZZ^== YORKVILEE, S. C.s B HURSDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1S74. ? How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name f the subscriber very plainly, give post-oflice, ^ >unty and State in full, and send the amount of \\ 10 subscription by draft or post-office money rder, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The postage *011 the Enquirer, to ty part of the United States, is five cents per 1 .farter, or twenty cents peryear, and is payable sa 1 advance at the post office where the paper is re- f rived. 01 Watch the Figures.?The date,011 the "address- ell bel" shows the time to which the subscription is , tid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis- ta intinued, the date must be kept in advance. tb Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that ir terms for subscription, advertising and job- ra ork, arc cash in advance sh \-1 Tift VAT. PROSPERITY. gr There are many striking resemblances beveen the family and the uatiou. In fact, a CQ ation is simply a number of families united >gether for purposes of mutual advantage, his uniting of families together, and thus j >rraing nations, is the result of the social ^ rinciple which is in man's nature. One man, ngly and alone, can effect nothing. The urposc for which man was designed can be ^ ibserved only by united effort. Naturally, ^ lan desires society, and society is absolutely ge cccssary to the full and proper development ^ f his powers. One man, or a multitude of ^ len, each acting for himself, never could -oss the ocean, subdue the forest, construct tQ >ads, build cities, or even cultivate the soil. jt ue individual will not, in the proper sense, institute a family; neither Will one family aj institute a nation. To constitute a family, iveral individuals, whose interests are the ^ irae, must be united together; and to conitute a nation, many families must be w ined together in a federal compact. It is easy to see that national prosperity . spends upon individual prosperity. The ^ ighest possible stage of national prosperity q( that which is attained by the prosperity of jj 1 those forming the nation; the lowest is gu iat in which all who form the nation are in ^ ruined condition. The former constitute j ie ultimaihule of civilization; the latter ^ lunges us into barbarism. There are no exnples of nations prosperous iu all their conituent parts. Even in the best ordered fam- ^ y, there is some erratic member whose way- ^ ard acts mar its own happiness, and render ie prosperity of the whole family precarious. , 3 tit ttre tresr arranged and niost wisely con- J jcted governments, there are families whose ^ rosperity is never visible. They seem to be instantly rowing against wind and wave. ,s the whole of anything must be of the re; .me nature and kind as the parts which . , i ?. ra; impose it, so the general character of a na- ^ on must be similar to that of the individual milies which compose it. If all these are in j prosperous condition, the nation is prosper- t j is to the highest degree; if the majority of ftr .milies are prosperous, the nation is prosper- ' is in the ordinary acceptation ; if, however, ie multitude of families composiug a nation g* re not in a prosperous condition, the nation fast approaching barbarism ; and if all the .milies in a tract of country become barbarjs. whatever may have been their former r<? mdition, they lose their nationality. The rength of a chain is its weakest link. So it wj with a nation. Its strength must be estilated by its weakest feature. Its prosperity Q,x lust be reckoned not from the data afforded ^ y a single individual, but from that afforded 1a11' . CO A correct knowledge of what constitutes ^ ational prosperity will go a long way in diselling individual prejudices and raiscouceiv- jj( 1 notions. Some people seem to have no igher idea of prosperity than to suppose that ecause one individual lives in a castle and ^ ires sumptuously, whilst hundreds covered rjr ith poverty labor to support his pride, that lings are in a prosperous condition. Howrer congenial such a state of things may be ac > individual pride, it is baneful to everything flr ke national growth and prosperity. Such ^ a individual might build a pyramid, but he ould be unwilling to entrust his lifeless body ithin it, as a tomb, lest it would be dragged ut and cast to the dogs, by his miserable de- . endents. ^ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. su ? Governor Scott has announced that he be not a candidate for Governor. nl ? The cotton worm is reported to have ap- ^0 eared in Abbeville county. a ? The Aiken Journal says that seldom, if " irer, have there been better crops in that 00 Dunty. jsa ? The crop prospects in Darlington county i re reported as being better than they have j ^ een for many years. '1S( \ ?,l^f I,, A nrl nrcnn TnfelJim ! "* iX UUilCO[;UUUCUt HI biiu iiuuvigvu AitkViv* l encer suggests General Sam. McGowan for vs rovernor. pf ? The Herald says there will bo more corn lei lade iu Newberry county this year than in I be ny year since the war. ; re ? The Graniteville Manufacturing Compa- j be y have declared a quarterly dividend of four j er cent., payable on demand. j la ? The New York San says that ex-Senator ; yc awycr is to be the Administration caudidate ! cr Dr Governor of South Carolina. ' w! ? The Charleston district conference has lo assed resolutions regarding the political con- j in ition of affairs, and denouncing bribery, in-! jmperance and lottery tickets. m ? Over fifty thousand dollars' worth of ira- ol rovements have been made in Greenwood, in a ibbeville county, within the past two years, ti< 1 the way of fine residences, stores, <i*c. J cc ? A Greenville correspondent of one of the bi 'olumbia papers says that Moses can get more I * egro votes in that county for Governor, than be ny other man that could be nominated. j wj ? Governor Moses has pardoned Lafayette in . Wolfe, who was convicted of the murder of th larry Perrin, in Charleston, about two years at go, and sentenced to five years in the peni- ar mtiary. ' ? Edward F. Stokes, who has been confined in the jail uf Greenville county, for the past cii x months, for contempt of court, is repre- rir nteil to be iu a dying condition. Stokes re- zci ses to purge himself of the contempt and ex ereby secure his release. ve ? F. Cardarelli, a Columbia tailor, pub- wn ihed an advertisement in one of the papers that city, in which he requests Hon. R. B. lliott, member of Congress, to call and settle |. s tailor's bill, which has been standing since j muary, 1872. j ^ ? The election held in Chester on the 4tk i . st., for county subscription of seventy-five j 6 ousaud dollars preferred stock of the Che- ' ^ w and Chester Railroad Company, resulted the adoption of the measure by a majority V 1,000. , _ ? Beverly Nash and C. 8. Minort, both ; ^ lored, are candidates for the Senatorial j ^ tmtnnHntt 111 TH/tlilo n/l /lAlinfw PrftlimillJJ I'V ! HUIUU11U1I 111 IHVIIIUUVI W""V * J ' pj.( eetings are being held in the county and j _ ;citement runs high, Both the candidates I ^ ive expressed their determination to run fur j pr mator, regardless of the regular nomina- j f m. A lively time is expected. ? Notice is given that a meeting of the State j j0, xecutive Committee of the Republican par- ^ will be held at Columbia, on Tuesday next. q( usiness of importance is assigned as a reason by the meeting has been called. The Com- Qf ittee is composed of R. B. Elliott, J. L. eagle, W. B. Nash, II. G. Worthington, M. rej . Delaney, C. D. Melton, C. D. Hayne, E. r. M. Mackey, Wilson Cook, J. H. Rainey. ? The Columbia Plucnix, in mentioning the |Ji esence of Senator Robertson in that city, a ys: "He represents that the public opinion mj the whole country has undergone a great re. lange towards the South generally, and is _ king the shape of a great national demand 0f at the evils of misgovernment and the out- to ges of official and legislative plundering jlu all cease to exist in South Carolina. He K eutioned some facts to us illustrative of this ne owing sj)irit, which are as startling in their lexpectedncss as they arc hopeful and en- y, uraging." an -Ex-Governor R. K. Scott addressed a 0f i?liai-M-irr nt'pifi'/on? !if. .Tenkinsvi 1 le. nn Fairfield county, on the 4th instant. The re| rinnsboro Nexus says: "He told his hearers at the condition of afl'airs here was dread- 0C( 1, and that there must be a reform. He t}1( picted in glowing colors the corruption of ta< e last Legislature, and warned the people to \ nd better men. He told them to have one ja >nest, intelligent white man, even if they j)a ive to go to the "Democrats" to find one. ep you do not, said he, tax-payers will refuse pay taxes, and you cannot make them do tin lie told them not to send down such men c0] Steub Miller and Lee. His remarks were Soi Imirable." pn -A man named Davis, one of a party in ter arge of a wagon load of illicit whisky, an is shot and killed near Belton, in Anderson vei unty, by Captain Mattison, a Deputy Rev- ue Collector, on Saturday last. The fol- on wing particulars are given by the Union- hu erald: "Mr. Charles Darling, United States cif luger, and Captain Mattison, a Deputy las nited States Revenue Collector, went in pur- tee it of some whisky they were informed was sta ing transported out of the villageof Belton, ah Anderson county. They had proceeded wii it a short distance on the road when they Se me up with the wagon loaded with whisky ov< illicit distillation, and immediately seized Ur e plunder, and put the men having it in thi 1 ^r. t-\__i:__ i?rv or arge 111 arresu iur. mmug iciu tuc men charge of Captain Mattison, and proceeded for ihurtaay to procure a rope to secure the ? jn who were known to be desperate, telling ere e captain if they attempted to escape to K( oot them, or any of them. Taking ad van- eri *e of the absence of Darling, one of the ar- hai ;ted parties, named Davis, broke away and err n, when Mattison fired his revolver into wil n, the ball taking effect in his breast. The cai lunded man ran but a short distance until sea fell dead. The wagon and contents were sm ken into town, and Captain Mattison was yei rested for the murder and partly for pro- am ;tion. He is now in jail, guarded by a com- vei ny of troops furnished by General J. Minis vis llivan, of Greenville. fal _ rjn NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. mL - Work near Charlotte on the Carolina tr|( mtral railway is progressing favorably. -There are now 420 Granges in the State, ^ th a positive membership of 16,000. - A Newberu naturalist believes that the tfish is the male and the eel the female of \ c da e same species. ? tGIi -Martindale post-office, in Mecklenburg Uaam r\n nnPAiinf nf ^ uiii^y, uus uccn mcvvubtuuvu vu uuwvuitv v* ^ e resignation of the post-master. - Chief Justice Pearson, it is thought, will e at an early day of Bright's disease of the mfl dneys, with which he is afflicted. ^ - The new circus recently organized in Drth Carolina is owned by Mattaux Car- !? lilt igton, formerly editor of the Halifax lie- ^ ril. What will editors go at next? - The Raleigh News says the most flattering ^ counts of the crop prospects in that section ^ e received. The season has thus far been ^ vorable, and crops are well advanced. . un - The tobacco growing section of the State 11 make but a short crop this year?in any places not a half crop. A scarcity of ants is the reason given. -James Heaton, Republican candidate for perior court clerk of New Hanover, has ^ en indicted by Mayor Cannady, of Wil- (j ingtou, and held to bail in a bond of S3,- ^ i0, for alleged slanderous remarks made in ab political speech. as - Reports from upper Iredell give good ac- j af unts of the wheat crop just harvested. It is i id there has not been such a crop since j ^ 71. All over the western part of the State I mc e growing crop looks well, and gives prom-1 b0 i of a fair yield. j sill - The case of the State of North Carolina be . the Richmond and Danville Railroad com.ny, involving the right of defendants, as . J -sees of the road to change the gauge, has ; tjQ :en continued, in the supreme court, at the i an quest of the Chief Justice, who is unable to , qu s present on accouut of illness. : or ? In an altercation at Charlotte one day st week, between Allen Whitlock and a ori >ung man named Northey, the former Gi ashed North ey's skull, from the effects of, hicli he will die. It is claimed that Whit- : mc ck struck in self-defense, and lie was bailed a bond of $1000. \'?[ ? The Raleigh News says that at the recent; ^ J ceting of the stockholders of the North Car-! jza ina Railroad Company, it was resolved by ' by vote of 35,000 to 3000 to accept uncondi- j T1 Dually the legislative enactment authorizing CT msolidation with the Western North Caroia Road. ? On Wednesday oflast week, the westward aCi Hind mail train of the Carolina Central rail-1 ay, when three miles from Charlotte, ran ass to a two-horse-wagon, which was crossing in1 e road, shattering the wagon into fragments , Pa id killing the occupants of it?Johu Davis *rc id Albert Nixon, of Lincoln county. ? The Raleigh News records a serious shoot-1 Th g affray that recently occurred in that vi-1 Br iiiy between Mr. Boggett ami Mr. Mar- t igton, brothers-in-law, ami well-to-do citi- 9 as, between whom an old family feud had J isted for some time. Both men were serely wounded, though they are in a fair ^ iy of recovery. c NKWS OF*THK DAY. | 1 - Brigham Young has made his will, giv- j ; his friends ten children apiece. ; S - The review of sugar and rice crops of j ? s lower Mississippi valley is most encoura-1 Ilg; ! t -The only eolored graduate from YaleL illege this year, Mr. Bouchet, conies out f :th in a class of one hundred and twenty- c e. # | r - It is reported that the'vacant Russian 1 ission will he filled by a distinguished ex- ) mfederate General, whose name, for the ,j esent, is withheld. (, - Reports front Arkansas are to the effect r at by recent rains the crops are greatly im-jt itved, and the prospects are good?especial- e for cotton. j ^ - The amount paid on account of claims of; ? ral citizens for supplies furnished during! ^ e war, as awarded by the .Southern Claims I 0 im mission to July 13, 1874, is 8277,033. j - In response to a letter from a number I t citizens, Hon. A. II. Stevens announces j 1 ? determination not to be a candidate for j J election to Congress on account of failing j alth. | "Q - By a decision rendered last week in the (. niteil States District Court at Washington, 1: portion of the Arliugton estate, viz.: the i 11 property in Fairfax county, Va., has been ? stored to the heirs of General Lee. - The War Department is iu daily receipt a reports from army officers of preparations j resist apprehended Indian troubles. The lications are that a general war with the j iowas, Comauohes and Cheyennes is immi- 0 nt. - The Erie Oil Works at Weehawken, New c >rk, was struck by lightning on the 11th, I d several tanks containing 125,000 barrels C oil were burnt. A tank containing 3,000,0 gallons refined oil exploded with a terrific \ Dort. The loss is estimated at 8600,000. r -A death from genuine Asiatic cholera ] surred in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Friday last, 2 victim being a lady aged 63, who was at- g ?ked by the disease on Wednesday night. 0 ? i i ? ? . I C Cieatn irom cnoiera, occurriug on me same ^ y, is reported from Louisville, Ky. The j tient died in the same house in which the j idemic of 1851 broke out. o - In Columbia county, Ga., on tlje 10th, 2 deputy sheriff and a posse arrested four 0 lored men, named Dogett, father and three jj is, on a charge of riotous conduct. After g jceeding some distance, the prisoners atnpted to run, when they were fired upon ^ d killed. The coroner's jury returned a C rdict of justifiable homicide. b -The National Crop Reporter, published ^ the 4th instant, has returns from over two ndred and fifty counties in the nine prin- j >al cotton States, showing, as compared with (; it year, a decreased area amounting to fif:n and six-tenths per cent. The average 1 nd in the nine States on June 15th, was y out twelve per cent, below the average, ih the general condition rapidly improving. venteen States which produce annually J er three-fourths of the corn raised in the h lited StaU*, report an increase of area in a s grain, amounting in round numbers to J1 100,000 acres, with a promising outlook ^ 1 n InrorA viftld. _ *v gw J ?- " ( ^ U - The Louisville Courier-Journal publishes >p reports from all sections of the State of \ :ntucky. For three months past, in South- c 1 and western Kentucky, not enough rain s i fallen at any one time to lay the dust; | >ps are almost entirely destroyed, and, even c th an abundance of rain henceforth, they v inot be saved. Of tobacco, there will be r .rcely any crop. Corn and oats are very t all, but wheat is the best crop for many e irs. Much destitution is already reported, ? d the Governor has been petitioned to conle the Legislature, for the purpose of de- ^ ing some means of relief. Rains have f; len in eastern and central Kentucky, du- v g the last few days, but too late to afford a ich relief. In the meantime, in some dis' 1 cts, actual cases of starvation are reported, jj EDITORIALINKLIXGS. e nth of Governor Caldwell. F ? Hon. Tod. R. Caldwell, Governor of jj irth Carolina, died in Hillsboro on Satur- j y evening last. He was in that town at- t] iding the meeting of the stockholders of the ji >rth Carolina Railroad Company, and while si ;re was seized by an attack of cholera mor- b s under which he rapidly sank. His re- ^ litis were taken to Raleigh on Sunday night jj il remained in state at the capitol during inday. On Tuesday they were conveyed ^ Morgantou?the place of his residence?for r erraeut, attended by delegations of citizeus, I icials and military. ^ By the death of Governor Caldwell, Lieut.- v ivernor Brogden assumes the duties of the y ice and will serve out the unexpired term y Governor Caldwell, which will continue S til the 1st of Jauuary, 1876. n ist Point Academy. b ? Col. Ruger, superintendent of the post West Point, in reply to some interrogato- e s addressed him, says : g; I regret to say that it will not be practica- ii i to give all the information asked for in tl tail. The per cent, of rejections of caudi- I tes to the whole number examined was h out 331, the examination being confined, u under acta of Congress, to the subjects of 1< thmetic, English grammar, geography, c itory of the United States, writing, and or- I jgraphy. The method of examination is h writing as to all subjects excepting arith- v ;tic, which is by question and on the black- ti ard. The standard of requirement in these S ojects is that which, it is thought, should I obtained in the common or district schools y the country, in which the instruction given e good, or even fair. Some of the candidates I d not had the advantage of such instruc- li n, and appear to have been sent without | J y thought by their parents as to the re- 1 irement necessary. P igin of the National Grange. ? The Washington Chronicle, giving the ? gin of what is known as the National ( n augc, says: ! n "No more specious humbug exists, nor one I ire unpopular among the farming classes, I in what is known as the national Grange, n icy elected themselves for the term of five v ars, and cannot be removed. They are, of 'p urse, destroying the efficiency of the organ- j v firm, and will have absorbed all the money | 8 the time their tenure of ofiice expires, j e le origin of the order is thus stated by j c larles W. Greene. Iu 1866 or '67 Mr. 0. j t , Kelly, a Department clerk at Washington,1 t, is sent to the Carolinas on business connect- a with the Freedmen's Bureau. He became j ii quainted with a small colony of Scotchmen,; t! io had established an old-country system of j c jociation, and, to protect themselves from i v /asion, had adopted a system of signals and v sswords. This was called a grange; and 8' >m the information got by Kelly, was de- p loped the order among farmers, under the n rture of Kelly, Sanders, Grosh, Trimble, d lomson, McDowell, Ireland, Curtiss and n yan. Every grange organized pays over ti o this select few the sum of $15 for a dispenation, tin box and lock, rituals, song-books, i egalia, &c. Of course these parties have ; atteued on the farming community, under j he plea that they were working in their iuerest. Gradually, however their motives are , lomiug to light." Plie Narrow Gauge in Gaston. A correspondent of the Lincoln Pro-; rress, writing from Dallas, gives the following , ncouraging news respecting the Narrow j }auge Road in that locality : "We are progressing very rapidly from | his point to the Air-Line, and by the 16th of. October the road will be graded up and ready j or the ties, and if the lower part of the line i lon't hurry up, we shall be constrained to j mrchase some rolling-stock, and start the | Iiing at once from that point; and then if J 'ou will just put forth your energies, we can 1 brward it on up in the direction of Lenoir, j These are working people here?white and olored. They are working with a "vim." I lever saw colored people take more interest huu they have here. I think they deserve redit. This contract is going on by Messrs. loflinan & Co. They seem determined to >ut it through at once. We have already | >een overrun with hands?applications are leing made every day, and have to be turned iff. "We call upon you, Mr. Editor, to keep he ball rolling ; it will b? a great thing for his country. It will increase The value of our lands, crops, stock, and everything, and nake it a great country. You have the reourcas, and why not avail yourselves of this pportunity of making this one of the finest ountries in the United States? The people lave the money and it will be the very best nvestment they can make with it, if they ju8t ould be made to believe it. All we want lere in the South is enterprise?the material 3 here. Times have changed since tne war nd we must change with them." Jx-Confederntes in Congress. An exchange gives the following as a ist of ex-Confederates who are now members f Congress: Major-Generals?Johu B. Gordon, Demorat, Georgia ; Matt. W. Ransom, Democrat, 'forth C'aroliua ; P. M. B. Young, Democrat, Georgia. Brigadier-Generals?J. S. Alcorn, Repubican, Mississippi; Philip Cook, Democrat, ieorgia ; John B. Clarke, Democrat, Missoui; Eppa Huuton, Democrat, Virginia ; R. 3. Vance, Democrat, North Carolina. Colonels?Hiram P. Bell, Democrat, Geor;ia ; James M. Leach, Democrat, North Carlina; Alfred Waddell, Democrat, North Carolina ; D. C. Giddiugs, Democrat, Texas; I. Q. Mills, Democrat, Texas; Edward Crossand, Democrat, Kentucky ; L. Q. C. Lamar, )emocrat, Mississippi; W. M. Bobbins, Dcracrat, North Carolina. Lieutenant-Colonels?Morgan Rawles, Demcrat, Georgia ; James H. Blount, Democrat, Jeorgia; J. H. Caldwell, Democrat, Ala mma ; W. C. Whitthorne, Democrat, Tennesee; Johu D. C. Atkins, Democrat,- Tennessee. Majors?Thomas Whitehead, Democrat, Virginia ; Richard H. Whiteley, Republican, Jeorgia; Joseph H. Sloss, Democrat, Alaiaraa ; Charles Hays, Republican, Alabama ; t. A. Hatcher, Democrat, Missouri; A. A. Villie, Democrat, Texas. Captains?Charles Pelham, Republican, Llabama;C. L. Cobb, Republican, North 'arolina; W. P. Price, Democrat, Georgia. Privates?Wm. G. Herndon, Democrat, 'exas; Wm. P. McLean, Democrat, Texas. IEWS OF A CHARLESTON REPUBLICAN. At a celebration of the Fourth of July, by he negroes of Charleston, Col. E. W. M. lackey, a prominent Republican, of that city, aving been solicited to address them, made significant speech. In the course of his remarks he said that it was no longer good pol:y to keep the people ignorant of the danger mich was threatening them. To-day the overnment of South Carolina was discussed a almost every paper in the United States. Ve had attracted the attention of the whole ountry, and the time had come 'when our alvation depended upon a radical change ill he management of our affairs. Those who ad been ruling the Republican party of this itnte had brought it into disrepute with the rhole nation. During the past six years our ulers had stolen and wasted more money han would have bought a homestead for ev/ .i . 1- j ? x? ry one or tne twenty luousauu vuiera u* una ounty. Under the guise of Republicanism u 2w men had stolen millions, and brought isgrace upon the whole party. From all the ionds that had been fraudulently issued; rom all the money that had been stolen or tastefully expended, no benefit whatever had ccrued to the people ; and yet upon them fell he odium. At the last session of the Legisiture more money was appropriated to pay raudulent claims than was appropriated for ducation, and so it has been for several years ast. This was owing to the corruption and jnorance which prevailed in the Legislature, len had been elected members of the Legisiture who "ould not read a word of the laws hey had passed. The ignorant legislator was jst as criminal as the corrupt one. No one hould accept a position unless he was capale of filling it, and the man who undertakes d represent the people without the ability to o so commits a crime. Unless a reform was f/MioVit akmit- of Anno fVip Tfpnnhlirnn nsirtv '6"" ""V""" **" *? ?????? - -"T I J f the United States would repudiate the pary in South Carolina. Rather than incur the isk of losing the great States of New York, 'ennsylvania and Ohio in the next Presidenial election, they will lend their influence toward turning this State over to the party who re now organizing themselves as Taxpayers. Vithout a great change, in less than two ears from now the Republican party in this itate will be dead. If we want to save it we iust at once commence a fight against the and of thieves in our midst. We have got d drive some men out of our party, because hey are our worst enemies. In the coming lection those who have ruled us for the past ix years will make a strenuous fight to keep 1 power. With the money they have stolen hey expect to buy themselves back into office, f those men can keep the power which they ave so shamefully abused, they will bring tter ruin upon us. Even now there are not jss than eight or ten millions of fraudulent laims waiting for the assembling of the next i jegislature. Then they expect to reap a rich j arvest in the payment of the fraudulent con-1 ersion bonds, Blue Ridge scrip and pay cerificates. Two years more of such rule and outh Carolina will become another Georgia, > i ill l- ;?_ j i i i. 1 I tsnouiu ne oorne in uuuu mm icaa mmi mm , ears ago every Southern State was controll-1 d by the Republican party. To-day the i tepublicans can rely only upon South Caro-! ina, Mississippi and Alabama. Virginia, j forth Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, 'ennessee, have already passed out of their j ossession. Louisiana will soon follow. Let s take warning in time. Wherever the Re- J iublicans have allowed the opposition to cary any one of the Southern States, they have ; ever been able to regain it. Let the De-, locracy once carry South Carolina and the > lepublican party here will be dead forever, t would be well for the people to bear in ; lind the fact that no party can live long diose supporters are mainly dependent upon 1 iolitics and politicians for a living. If you /ant to perpetuate the itepuDiican party in louth Carolina, give the people a State gov-1 rnment that can command the respect of the ommunity, and the confidence of the couury?a State government that can do somehing for the material interest of the State, nd that will bring life and activity into bus-I aess. He continued in this strain, showing he people that their welfare lay in the in-' reased prosperity of the State and city. He /anted to see them get good wages for their /ork, and wanted their labor to be in demand, o that they would not be dependent upon olitics aud politicians for a living. He did j ot want the Republicans to be in such a con- j ition that whenever they carried an election ; aore than half of their voters wanted a situa-1 ion on the streets, police or some other place. > LOCAL AFFAIRS. ; < V i: \V ADVERTISEMENTS. I)r. John May, A gout?Come totlio Old Doctor's. W. JI. ?v. J. I', ilerndon?Arrived?Where?We Are?Rain?Everything?Long Goods?We Buy?Leather. M. Strauss A Son?Down with the Prices?If you Want?Closing Out?Shoes?Now is the Time. S. M. Scott? Executor's Sale. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First Meeting of Creditors?In the Matter of Charles R. Long. < A. A. McKenzie?Flouring Mills, i John 15. Good, Administrator?Application for Discharge. ? T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bank- ; ruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the Matter of Samuel Anderson, S. P. Sutton, j Jeremiah Moss. R. H.Glenn, S. Y. C.?Judge of Probate's Sale. HANK AT KOCK HILL. 1 An application for the establishment of a National Bank at Rock Hill has been for- ( warded h\ the (!<\m ntrnllpr of the fllirreilCV at ' ?v ?w V Washington. The capital stock is to be one ( hundred thousand dollars, aud it is expected that the bank will go into operation at an early day. We are gratified at this evidence ' of progress on the part of our neighbors, and ' hope that the enterprise may be abundantly ' successful and profitable to the public spirited citizens who have inaugurated the movement. THE YORK COUNTY BONDS. Last week, several thousand dollars of the ( bonds of York county, issued in aid of the , Chester and Lenoir Railroad Company, were ( sold to citizens of Yorkville at the rate of 80 j cents on the dojlur, and the proceeds of the j saleo forwarded to the treasurer of the company. True, this is but a small beginuing ; but | it is an indication that there arc persons who i regard the bonds as a safe and profitable in- * vestment, and that they are willing to back j their judgment with their money. ( We have alluded to this subject heretofore, , and deem it not improper to again call the | attention of those seeking a safe and profita- < ble investment of funds to the opportunity 1 here presented. As to the safety ol tne in- ' vestment, there is but little room to doubt. It will be lemembered that the bonds were issued by the county commissioners, under authority granted by the charter of the rail- 1 road company and the general powers con- 1 ferred upon them by the constitution and the statute laws of the State. The validity of the subscription and the proposition to issue the bonds became a subject of legal controversy, the action of the commissioners having been 1 challenged in the circuit court by a number of the tax-payers of the county; and upon : the hearing of the case, which, on behalf of the plaintiffs to the suit, was conducted by 1 the ablest and most learned counsel in the 1 upper portion of the State, the court fully sustained the commissioneis, declaring the sub- 1 scription to be legal, valid and binding. 1 Very properly, in our judgment, in all the 1 circumstances, the contesting tax-payers ap- I pealed to the supreme court, the tribunal of 1 last resort, and that court rendered a decision 1 sustaining the decree of the circuit court. In view of these facts, there can exist no reason- ' able doubt as to the legality of the subscrip- 1 tion, and the liability of the county to pay 1 the bonds. ' In addition to the decisions of the courts sustaiuing tne action or me couuiy commissioners, it may also be well enough to remark, as additional proof of the correctness of the . point assumed and maintained, that the last session of the legislature, recognizing the right of the commissioners of a county to make such subscriptions and to issue bonds in fur- ^ therance of the object for which the subscription should b&made, with a view of revoking ? the powers thus vested in commissioners by { the constitution of the State, passed an act ! proposing to amend the constitution in this J particular, which amendment is to be voted J upon at the next general election. But the J legality of the subscription, and the validity J of the bonds under the subscription, aresettled 1 facts, and can no longer be controverted. All 1 legal doubts being removed, the only remain- 1 ing question for our people?those seeking in- ? vestment for their funds?is, whether or not J the bonds are safe in a pecuniary view. Un- J hesitatingly, we answer in the affirmative. The ability of the county to pay the interest ) as it accrues cannot be doubted. The assess- 1 ed value of the taxable property of the county J is not less than five millions of dollars, and ? the county is entirely free from all other liabilities except the taxation imposed for ordi- 1 nary State and county purposes. We have 1 no floating debt; and should the proposed ' amendment to the constitution, above alluded * to, be carried at the election, as we doubt not 1 it will be, there is no probability that the J present indebtedness of the county will be in- 1 creased, except by a majority of the voters. T Elaborate argument is deemed uuuecessary to prove the value of the bonds and the ability of the countv to nav them. But we would tJ + ? convince the people of York county that it will certainly prove to their pecuniary interest to purchase the bonds and keep at home the interest that will he annually paid upon them. If the bonds should he sold to pur- C chasers outside the county or to speculators in c distant money centres?which will surely be the case if tbey are not taken at home?our j county will be drained of the interest on the ? bonds, which otherwise could be retained at 1 home, and used to assist in our material pro- I gress and for the enrichment of our own peo- | pie. The fact that the bonds run for twenty t years before the principal will become due, is f no objection, as some persons might be in- j clined to urge. The interest, at seven per ' cent., is payable annually; and should the 1 holder of a bond wish to realize upon it at any time before maturity, it can be used in busi- f ness transactions, the same as United States < bonds, or any other class of commercial pa- r per. It is simply, to all intents aud purposes, ( an interest-bearing note, worth at maturity 1 one hundred dollars, besides the interest l. ( that may be due and unpaid at that time, j The bonds are uniformly in the sum of one i ( hundred dollars each, thus placing them I ( within the reach of those of limited means ; 11 and at the price at which they are offered, will 1 yield a net interest of 84 percent, per annum, * while those who purchase at an early day will | be allowed the accrued interest, amounting, c at this time, to over 83.50 on each bond. The j j coupons, when due, will be paid by the coun- j I ty treasurer, or received by him for county ; t taxes. J jj We are reliably iuformed that the bonds can be sold outside of the county, but at a g price not only below their actual value, which , f is fixed at 880, but which would not realize a j e sufficient sura to complete the road to the I Air-Line, which, for the benefit of all con- ? cerned, it is desired to do as early as prac- ^ ticable. The bonds, however, will not be sacrificed. We are assured by the managers of the road that rather than sell the bonds at a . ] price lower than that at which they are now t offered, work on the road will be pushed only t in accordance with the means at hand?de-j ? rived from individual subscriptions and the ^ annual payments of interest on the bonds? ' which, of course, will delay the progress of 8 the work, and deprive the county of the ben-'t efits to result from its immediate completion. 11 Those wishing to purchase bonds can procure them by applying to either Jefferys & Metts, H. F. Adickes, Col. W. H. McCorkle, Joseph Herndon, or L. M. Grist. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. COLONIZATION. I am glad to say to the people of my dear native State that the prospects for a rapid increase of population in South Carolina are brighteniug every day. My plan from the beginning of my immigration work was to introduce into the State well-to-do families, aud not simply "haud" or single "laborers." I desired the people to settle families as a general rule; and where this plan was adopted, the result is much better. There were so many injurious reports against South Carolina, that only stern necessity caused the families, now doing well in the State, to emigrate to the State, last winter. At first, therefore, we did not get a fair sam pie of people. But as the State becomes better known, the class of immigrants will continually become better. I have been here in New York for one week, where I have reopened my office, and begun to strike for a higher class of immigrants. The result is most gratifying to me. I put 3ards in the New York Herald and the Sun, md my office is crowded from morning till jvening, with people who are anxious to emigrate. The following is the notice which I inserted in these papers: "The Palmetto State Immigration Agency bas settled hundreds of families in the Piedmont district of South Carolina, aud dow desires tailors, house-carpeuters, painters, blacksmiths and tradesmen of every kind, who will be furnished with places and employment in Greenville, Spartanburg and other places, on the great Piedmont Air-Line Railroad, where lands, mines, water powers, and everything can be bought cheap. References required. Call at 166 Hudson street, corner of Laight, jr address the Agent, at same place." This has brought in various tradesmen, officers of the "Trades Unions," capitalists, <fec., many of whom will go with me, paying their own expenses. They will be able, with the cooperation of our people, to set up and do business for themselves and many of them will buy property. Now it does seem that it is not necessary for me to beg my own native people, whom I am trying to serve, to aid me in this great work. I do not ask for a salary, an appointment from some humbug society, nor for subscriptions, nor anything of the kind. I want my people to help me to locate and settle these people where they can get business and do well. It will not cost much for leading public Ben in each community to write letters telling Be where lands can be bought or rented ; where mechanics, carpenters, &c., can be employed?in fact, any thing or any place which will add another good citizen to the commulity. I desire now to ask each South Carolinian ;o do his duty, and that at once. This business is costing me a great sacrifice, and the property owners and the commonwealth are ;o be the gainers. It was very unfortunate that certain papers, ind other parties, have attempted to battle uy work down. For a time, their attacks inured me and cost me several hundred dollars. But my work is before the public, and, though By spirits and credit are some what shattered, [ am in the field for a bold campaign this Fall and winter. Another thing has discouraged me. If a big founding scheme, in the hands ofsoam/orcign3r, from Castle Garden, or some other ringed source, appeared with some new proposition to humbug the people on the Immigration subject, his circulars, and announcements, with free editorial puffs, were gratuitously published in all the papers; but if I, a poor prophet n my own country, applied to some of these japers, I must pay for every line, and then srobably see my plan badly criticised in the lame number of the paper. The plea was ;hat, "it's no body but and his scheme s his own. It is endorsed by no Grange or taxpayers' Convention." Woe unto that South Carolinian who ever attempts to walk n my foot steps in trying to serve his country. But, having put my hands to the plow, I iball not yet look back. I am sending this communication to various saperein South Carolina, not to complain, or ;o justify myself, or to monopolize tbeir putfs; )ut to ask them to aid me, and all others, who ittempt to do a fair and honorable business n this colonization work. I am now ready ,o receive orders for people of all kinds, trustng to hear, as soon as possible, from those vho desire to cooperate with me. Truly, for my people, TILMAN R. GAINES, 166 Hudson St., New York. July 9th, 1874. "THE FOURTH" AT CHESTER. The Reporter prints the following synopsis >f a speech delivered at Chester on the fourth >f July by Judge Mackey : "After some general introductory remarks, fudge Mackey entered upon a theme which s of the utmost interest to us all?the present iondition of South Carolina. This condition le declared to be a most sorrowful and mournill one. It is before us in letters of living ight?clear, unmistakable as the sun in the >lue heavens above us. The majority of the >ublic officers had proved false to their trust md to the people. All have not thus proved alse. There are some who are "faithful AiifUlflao are a ftitr (lnnoaf LLLlUUg IUC lOlblUWO j wuwi U ui v ur iv?t uvuvuw nen, but they are as mile-stones compared to ;he trees of the forest. Ten days ago the speaker was in Washing:on ; he called upon the President. Almost he first question asked by the President was : 'What do you mean by that corrupt govern nent you have in South Carolina? Your governor prostitutes the high duties of his jffice, sells pardons and bargains the offices it his disposal to the highest bidder." This jovernor, contiuued Judge Mackey, has been dieted for graud larceny. He appointed in inexperienced colored youth Treasurer of )rangeburg. When the taxes had been colected, the Governor asked the Treasurer to end him six thousand dollars, saying he vould return it. This he refused to do ; and low the Treasurer is in jail, while the Goverior is at large. Why ? Because he has a :orrupt Judge at his back. The President nquired of Judge Mackey, "Why do you not iring Moses to trial ?" Judge Mackey replied hat if it ever became his duty to arraign doses it would be done. The President said: 'Unless the Republicans reform, the governnent will pass from them." Judge Mackey aid without reform, the Republicans must ail. He then tersely showed how high taxes nter into everything we eat, drink, or wear. ie declared that taxes are not so high in iouth Carolina as in many other States. Complaint is made, not so much that the axes are high, but because the money is misapplied. In South Carolina there are two ;reat classes?the skinners and the skinned. Republicans do not like to be skinned, but hese rogues are peeling all of us. He said he Republicans are responsible for the mis;overnment. There is but one remedy : cast ill dishonest men aside. The misfortune, said ie, is that the party is compelled to take iglorant men. Intelligent men, men of subtance, said Judge Mackey, will not assist in his work. Gentlemen who keep away force i choice between an ignorant friend and an