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Scraps and Jacts. Nearly seven hundred new post-offices have been created since the first of July. So says an exchange. It is asserted in Washington City that the mission to Russia will be tendered to General Longstreet. Some Americans have commenced the publication of a newspaper on Mount Ararat. It is called "Whiffs of Ararat." French soldiers are allowed to work on farms during harvest time. The price fixed by the government this year is thirty cents a day and board. The terras of twenty-five Senators expire March 4, 1875, and nearly all the Legislatures which elect their successors are to be chosen this year. \Vm. M. Lawton, Esq., of Charleston, leaves for Liverpool shortly, as agent for the Georgia Grangers. He is also to look after direct trade matters between Europe and Southern ports. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune predicts Senator Thurraan's nomination for President by the Democrats, and Speaker Blaiue's nomination by the Republicans. There is a plan on foot to plant the San Joaquin Valley, California, with the eucalyptus, or blue gum tree. For a length of two hundred miles, and a width of from forty to fifty miles, the valley is almost level and is almost entirely devoid of shade. The large business men of New York are quite hopeful over the prospect of trade. The head of a large commission house, who has had au experience in the produce business that covers a period of forty years, says he never kuew things to look more healthy aud promising than at present. A Japauese has a string of names awful to contemplate; for besides the name he receives at birth, he takes a second on attain nig his majority, a third at his marriage, a fourth if he be appointed to any public function, a fifth should he rise in rank aud dignity, and so on to the last, the name given after death, which is inscribed upon his tomb. It is frequently quite difficult to determine what particular quality in the character of a distinguished man he has been indebted to for his success. It is said that Bismarck, on a certain occasion, being asked to explain his extraordinary luck at whist, he replied, 'When I get an opportunity I invariably look into the hand of my opponent.'" Kainey, a colored Congressman from South Carolina, tried to force himself into the diuiug-roora of Barrat's Hotel, Suffolk, Ya., on Wednesday last. The clerk stopped him at the door, and told him that negroes could not eat with white people, and he would send his breakfast out to him. Raiuey became so violeut in his expressions that the clerk took him by the collar and shoved him out. Vicksburg, Miss., is thoroughly under negro domination. The city and county are represented in the Legislature by five ignorant negroes and two white men. The sheriff. county treasurer, circuit clerk, chancery clerk, coroner and mayor are all negroes. In the board of supervisors there are four negroes and one white man, while the magistrates and constables are nearly all of shady complexion. Any one who can put up for ten days with the discomforts of the steerage, can get to Europe just now very cheaply. Owing to the competition of the various steam lines at New York, passage can be had as low as twelve dollars and a half, and it is said that within a month the rates will be reduced to ten dollars. The crowds that are taking advantage of these rates cannot make the voyage an agreeable one. The steamship Britannia left New York on Saturday with more than eight hundred cabin and steerage passengers. Tim young women in the London University are competing for univesity honors with the young men, not only in the lighter, but in the higher branches of 3tudy. At the recent commencement, the first prize in jurisprudence was awarded to a youug woman, who, two years ago, won the first prize in political economy. The second prize in jurisprudence was won by another young woman, and others obtained honors in political economy and the fine arts. Notwithstanding these successes, the women are not admitted to degree examination with the men. In California, the Grangers have resolved to add to their independence of monopolies by starting a bank, with a capital of five million of dollars. One million of this sum has already been subscribed. When this bank is started farmers will be enabled to borrow money on as favorable terms as merchants, aud the grain and other trades will be placed on a better footing as regards the producers. The Grangers in California have chartered fifty vessels in the port of San Francisco on their own account, and expect soon to send all their grain to market under their sole control. The State of Mississippi has a liquor law differing in one important feature from that of any other State. It not only embodies the principles of local option and personal recrisiTiciKil it v nf tVio linnnr collor Knf fnrKmo the issuing or renewal of any license except on petition therefor, signed by the majority of the men over twenty-one and of the women, over eighteen years of age, in the township, ward or precinct where application is made. This feature of the law was adopted about three months ago, and it is claimed by its friends that during that period very few, if any, licenses have been issued in the State. An experienced housekeeper writes to an exchange: "It is the penny saved, more than the penny earned, that enriches; it is the sheet turned when the first threads break that wears the longest; it is the dampers closed when the cooking is done that stops the dollars from dropping into the coal-bin ; it is the lamp or gas ;urued low when not iu i use that gives you pin-money for the month ; it is the care in making the coffee that makes : three spoonfuls go as :far as a teacupful ordi-1 narily; it is the walking of one or six blocks,! instead of taking a car or omnibus, that adds i strength to your body and money to your purse." Stokes, the murderer of Fisk, has comparatively an easy time at Sing Sing. He wears the prison garb; is locked up in his cell at night, and of course does not go out i f ii.. : ii~ "t> i Ai. i blue ui uue pnsun wu.ua. jseoiues 1111s ue is scarcely more confined than an ordinary clerk in a New York mercantile house. His hair, cut short when he entered the prison, is drifting away from the penitentiary style, and his beard is allowed to grow. He was for a while in the hospital, where he had his quarters night and day. He is now in the buckle department, where he is clerk, and proves himself a capital bookkeeper. He is getting enormously fat, and says he has not been in as good health for years as he is now. Ou a question submitted by the comptroller of the currency, the attorney-general has decided that it is lawful to distribute such portion of the 8354,000,000 as now remains unassigned and unissued, and also such amount of the $354,000,000 as may be retired by redemption and destruction in accordance with the apportionment provided by the acts of March 3, 1865, and June 12,1870. He also decides that it will be lawful to redistribute the 855,000 of circulation authorized by the act of June 20, 1874, as applications therefor are made, to any State having less than its proportion, until it shall receive its full apportionment, as provided by that act. He also decides that a national bank with a capital of 850,000 may now be organized as heretofore upon the deposit of 830,000 of bonds, and that national banks with a capital of not less than $150,000 may be organized as heretofore upon deposit of one-third of their capital stock in United States bonds with the treasurer of the United States. An important life insurance case,' in which suicide was pleaded in bar of payment, ? ? - - 1 was decided last week in the United States Circuit Court at Canandaigua, New York. I The life policy provided that, if the person insured should die by his own hand, the company should not be held responsible. The insured committed suicide, and the judge, in | charging the jury,instructed them that, if the deceased,at the time of killing himself was so : far mentally unsound that he could not appreciate the moral character of the act of selfdestruction ; or, if not so far mentally unsound as this?if, at the time of taking his life, "he i was acting under an insaue impulse," which | urged him to self-destruction and coerced his ! judgment to such an extent that he could not : ?-i.i 1. L i: i I , resist, uiiuuugii ne xeiwi/.cu uuiu tuc uiuiai j and physical character of the act; if either of | these conditions were found to exist, then it was not in law a death by his own hand with! in the meaning of the policy?and his heirs j could recover the insurance. Under this ! charge the jury found a verdict against the ; company for the full amount of the policy. [lite forMIc $aquim. _?. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1874. 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Having determined to devote more attention hereafter to job printing than we have done in the past, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stock of inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to execute as good work as can be done anywhere in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, Labels, Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks, Bill Heads, Law Briefs, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks, Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire it Life Ins., Election Tickets, Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, i Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The crops in Williamsburg county are represented to be in splendid condition. ? A movement is on foot in Spartanburg to construct a street railway in that town. ? Judge Cooke has decided that bills of the Bank of the State are not receivable for taxes, and JudgeGraham has decided that they are. ? It is said that there are seventy candidates for the legislature in Sumter county, all pledged for honesty and reform ! ? We learn that a National salute was fired in Lancaster on the Fourth, for the first time since 1860. ? A deaf and dumb negro was ran over and killed at King's Mountain Station, by a train on the Air-Line road one day last week. ? The sheriff, probate judge and clerk of court of Barnwell county deny that they signed the petition for the pardon of the convicted county commissioners. ? The Macon correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal says that President Grant is in favor of nominating Gen. J. B. Kershaw for Governor of South Carolina. ? A branch of cotton about three inches long, containing three bolls and a blossom, was left at the office of the Fairfield News, a few days ago, by Mr. C. S. Brice of that couuty. ? "Conservative," in the Winusboro News, nominates Mr. T. Hal. Clarke, of Fairfield, as a candidate for Congress for the fourth district. ? A number of the colored tax-payers of Charleston, in a communication to the Xews and Courier, nominate ex-Governor Aiken for Governor. ? Messrs. T. H. Moffatt, Barney Humphreys and John Simpson, have been appointed a county board of equalization for Chester county. ? C. D. Hayne, colored State Senator for Aiken, is vice-president of a tax-union recently organized in that county. Hon. S. J. Lee, Speaker of the House, is also a member of the same Union. ? The Columbia Union-Herald says that the post-master at Gaffuey Station, on the Air-Line Railroad, was arrested on Thurs day last, charged with taking ?140 from a registered tetter. ? Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, the coloied Georgia Wahoo, who is now a resident of South Carolina, announces himself as a candidate for Congress from the Fifth Congressional District. ? The sentence of II. A. Smith, the defaulting treasurer of Fairfield, has again been commuted. This time from close confinement in the county jail, "to confinement in the jail , building and enclosure during the remainder j of his imprisonment." j ? The Columbia Uiiion-Uerald learns that I it is the intention of the Governor to issue | an order, at an early day, prohibiting officers ; of militia, whether captains, colonels or gen; erals, from parading their commands at po(litical meetings. i ?Governor Moses has pardoned Anderson Rinehart, convicted at Chester in March last, of stealing cotton from a train on the Char; lotte railroad, and sentenced to one year in i the penitentiary, which sentence was after| ward commuted to six months in the county jail. | ? In Barnwell last week, while some colored persons were on their way to a burying ground with a corpse, in the upper part of the county, and during a thunder storm, a streak of lightning struck the coffin, tearing , it to pieces, and killing instantly two of the men. I ? In Charleston last week, Judge Allen, in the Criminal Court, ordered that a bench warrant issue for the arrest of Congressman R. H. Cain, and that he be held in custody uutil he gives bond in the sura of ?2,000 to answer an indictment for libel at the next ! term of the court. ? The Columbia Union-Herald announces that the Governor, in accordance with the ' election law requiring a new set of election ! commissioners to be appointed sixty days i previous to each election, has issued an order removing the present commissioners of elec tion for the several counties in the State. Tin new appointments have not yet been made ? John M. Martin?whoever he is?pub lishes a card in the Columbia Union-Herald ir which he states, that there will be a conven tion held in Columbia, called the Ministerial or Moral Convention, for the purpose of taking into consideration the down-trodden state of affairs, and the redemption of the Republican party in the State of South Carolina, and to reason how we can elect good and honest men to office. This convention will take place on Tuesday, 11th day of August, 1874, in Columbia, South Carolina,and ministers and other moral men are invited to attend, or send delegates. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Work has been begun on the railroad between Elizabeth City and Norfolk. ? Three prisoners recently escaped from the orison at Wilmino-ton?one of them a twelve r 0 _ year old boy under sentence of death. ? Hon. W. A. Smith has been re-elected President of the North Carolina liailroad Company. ? The eucalyptus tree, of which much mention has been made in the papers recently, flourishes in Newborn. ? The train on the North Carolina Jlailroad which carried a doctor to the late Governor Caldwell, in his last illness accomplished the distance from Raleigh to Hillshoro, forty-two miles, in forty-eight minutes. ? It seems that Governor Caldwell died of kidney disease, designated by the medical profession as uriaea, which came upon him suddenly, and it was only a short while before he breathed his last, that he could be made to realize that he was rapidly approaching dissolution. ? Speaking of the crops in Mecklenburg countv. the Charlotte Observer savs recent y * rains have fallen which, should 110 more fall during the season, ensure the corn crop. Wheat and oats have turned out finely, and there is every prospect of an unusually large yield of cotton. NEWS OF THE DAY. ? The Post. Office Department will issue new regulations for registered letters in a few days. ? The California Grangers, without the aid of middle-men, have commenced loading vessels with wheat for the European market. ? The Indians on the frontier of Texas are becoming troublesome. Frequent raids on the settlers are reported, and some fighting has occurred between the Indians and the United States soldiers. ? During a thunder storm at Bridgeport, Conn., last week, the house of Levi Harrison was struck by lightning, and he, and wife and child, were instantly killed. They were sitting on a feather bed at the time. ? The Secretary of War has taken steps toward the construction of a telegraph line in Texas, connecting the various military posts iu that State, for which the last Congress appropriated 8100,000. ? Ex-Governor Foote, of Mississippi, is making a vigorous canvass against ex-President Johnson in Tennessee. Both gentlemen are in the field for the Senatorial succession, aud the contest promises to be an exciting one. ? The total damage done to the crops in Minnesota, by the grasshoppers, is equivalent to the loss of about one-twelfth of the usual crop. The devastated section extends over about one-tenth of the area of the State, aud involves about one-thirteenth of the population. ? During last week, three destructive fires occurred in Chicago?one of such proportions as to be denominated a conflagration. To couvey an idea of the loss, it is stated that the various insurance companies lose $2,244,970. Over twenty blocks of buildings, covering twenty acres of ground, were burnt. ? Fighting is reported to have occurred on the 18th instant, in the Indian Territory, thirty miles west of Fort Sill, between a company of the Sixth Cavalry under command of Col. Carpenter, and a large body of Comanches. Carpenter was badly wounded and six of his meu were killed. The Indian loss is uu known. ? A counterfeit five hundred dollar bill was discovered in the Treasury Department last week, having passed through the hands of several experienced clerks in the Treasurer's office, who pronounced it genuine. This is only the third counterfeit of that denomination that has yet been discovered by theTreasury department. ? A cable dispatch from Kissengen says that on the 13th instant, while Prince Bismarck was driving in the vicinity of that place, he was fired at by a young man, the ball grazing his wrist and inflicting a slight wound. The would-be assassin, who is a cooper by trade, and a zealous Catholic, was arrested. The affair created intense excitement in Berlin. ? The constitutional convention of Arkansas assembled on the 14th, and was duly organized. Some excitement prevails in the ?j .... u OkUkC, ilUU UUYC1UU1 JJU.Ib&l U^Clll&U lb UbbW sary to have in readiness a few companies of militia; but as yet their services have not been needed. A special dispatch from Little Rock dated the 18th, says the Convention will declare all the State offices vacant aud order a new election. ? The exploring expedition under command of Gen. Custer, which, a few weeks ago moved toward the Black Hills in the extreme Indian reservation, will, it is thought, be the means of opening a rich and fertile section. The land in that locality, it is believed, teems with gold and other precious metals, and for this reason the Indians are expected to make a determined resistance to the progress of the expedition. ? In Philadelphia, on the 14th, a young raau giving the uame of John Raleigh, surrendered himself to the police authorities, stating that in I860 he had murdered a school companion named Liolar Sterling in Columbia, S. C., during a drunken row. He was then but 21 years of age. He escaped to i Texas. California, and other narts. and finally brought up on a farm in New Jersey. Tired of working, lie concluded to give himself up and stand trial. He will be brought to Col umbia for trial. ! ? Referring to the interview of Senator Gordon by an enterprising Atlanta reporter, ! the Senator disclaims that portion of the report wherein he is represented as claiming intimate relations with President Grant. He j says that he never claimed any intimacy with President Grant, nor to know anything of his political views or purposes from any conversation with him ; that he has never had any communication with General Grant as tc party organizations, or the programme of the ! past, present, or future. 1 ? John Mitchell, the Irish exile, now in j ' i New York, and during the war prominently identified with the Confederate cause, has determined to return to Ireland, with the view to contest the election of some constituency 011 advanced national principles. He - nlso has the assurance from one of the Home } Rule members of Parliament that one of the . sitting members from Louth will resign in his : favor. As an agitator Mitchell was a decided i success in Ireland, and by the English gov ernmeut he svas sentenced to a penal colony 1 from which he escaped and Hed to this coun try in 1854. 1 I EDITOR! Al7lXKLIX(*S. ' i Republican Address. |j The Republican Congressional Committee has issued un-address to the people of the United States, in which the history of ' Democratic administrations up to the 4th of, March, 18G1 is reviewed, and by comparison 1 with the record of the Republican party since that date, the committee asks the people of the United States to send no more Democrats to Congress; but in preference elect Republicans instead. According to this address, 1 o ! .u_ ?i : t* 11. j | lhc mice iaauv;s ui lug cum[juigu aic. i/uat, . the civil-rights bill; that by appropriate leg- j i islation colored people may have all the j i rights implied by the 14th amendment. Sec-; ond, the currency question ; as the party is i I divided on this subject, no peculiar views are j advanced, but the assurance is given that, i when the solution is found the faith of the i | Republican party is pledged to put it into : j operation. The third question, of cheap, i transportation, is reviewed at length, and this,' j too, is to be left to future discussion, as to i 11 how far national legislation shall control rail- j i road corporations, or whether the government! I will assume the building of highways of corn-, meroe or opening up more water-courses.; Nothing is said about increased taxation, internal or customs. ! Hydrophobia. I The investigations by distinguished I i i i 1 ?1 f_ pnysicians wno nave served upon ine coroner s jury in the case of William McCormick, who died of hydrophobia, in New York on the 26th ultimo, closed on Friday last. They find that McCormick came to his death from hydrophobia. They regard hydrophobia as a disease communicated only by innoculation with specific virus, and not capable of transmission from a nou-rabid animal. The vote in this last clause, however, was not unanimous, three physicians voting in the negative, on the ground that the question involved was not definitely determined. As a measure of precaution they recommend that a person bitten by any dog or other animal shall at once, if the wound is received in a part where it is proper to practice excision of the wounded part, be subject to excision in a thorough manner, and that the wound be allowed to bleed for a few minutes in a basin of warm water, and, finally, that the wound be cauterized with nitrate of silver, nitric acid, caustic potassa, a hot iron, or burning coal. In case a surgeon can not be found to practice excision the patient should apply a cord above the wound and then suck the part, provided hehasuo excoriations in his mouth, and at the first opportunity apply one of the caustics above mentioned. At any period prior to the development of the disease it will be proper to excise, cicatrize and cauterize. Governor Brogden. Curtis H. Brogden, who succeeds to the gubernatorial chair of North Carolina, vice Caldwell, deceased, is a native of Wayne county, and about 57 years of age. He first entered political life in 1838, as member of the House of Commons, in which branch of the Legislature he served continuously until 1852, wheu he was elected to the Senate, where he remained until 1856, in which year he was elected by the Legislature Comptroller of the State, and was continued in this office, by subsequent Legislatures, until the date of the Provisional Government established by President Johnson. In 1865 the Legislature agaiu elected him to the office of Comptroller, which position he held for a year?having up to that date acted with the Democratic party. In 1868 he was returned to the Senate, being elected by the Republicans, and in 1872 was elected Lieutenant-Governor on the Republican ticket, since which time he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate when that hndv was in session. Unlike other prominent leaders of the Democratic party in his State, Governor Brogden was opposed to secession, and was regarded as a Uniou man during the war. He is a selfmade man, of fair natural ability, with abundant experience in public affairs, and consequently a good store of information. The press of his State generally express the opinion that he will prove an honest and acceptable executive officer. Mackey vs. Moses. At the recent extra terra of Lancaster Court, Calvin Black, convicted of arson, was sentenced by Judge Mackey to the penitentiary for life. In pronouncing sentence, the Judge remarked, and caused to be recorded in the Sessions Docket? "I do, therefore, in the name of violated law, protest against executive clemency being i. i u.. .1 u:~c exienuuu ill LUIS riise ujr uic uiuei aittgiBHttie, F. J. Moses, Jr., who has so prostituted the pardoning power as to make the administration of the criminal law a mockery of justice, and who converts the broad seal of the State into the symbol of approved crime." To the above, after it appeared in print, L. J. Noah, Assistant Private Secretary to Governor Moses, replied through the Phoenix, the substance of which is in the following para graph : I "It is proper to state that the records of this department show that of the forty-one pardons and commutations granted by Governor Moses during his term of office to perI sons convicted in Judge Mackey's Circuit,! | twenty-eight of them were granted on the ! i written application of Judge Mackey himself." j rrM-_x- __ i.^j ? e ! nils, ui uuurse, pruvu&eu a icjuiuuci jiuiu j I Judge Mackey, which follows, written in his I j characteristic style: Chester, S. C., July 18, 1874. ! I Editor Daily Pluenix: In response to my J official protest agaiust his habitual prostitu| tion of the pardoning power, Gov. Moses alj leges, through his Assistant Secretary, in the j Plueni.c, of yesterday, "that of the forty-one ; | pardons and commutations granted to persons j ! convicted in Judge Mackey's Circuit, twenty- j ! eight were granted on the written application j of Judge Mackey himself." Presuming this' | statement to be true, it does not meet the j | charge that I have recorded against Gov. i Moses in the sessions docket at Lancaster, | I viz: that "he has so prostituted the pardon- J i ing power as to make the administration of, , the criminal law a mockery of justice, and j ! convert the great seal of the State into the ; symbol of approved crime." If he has grant-j ed twenty-eight pardons on my recomraenda- j tion as presiding Judge, that only proves that j i he had a good and sufficient warrant for granting twenty-eight pardons. It no more | J answers the charge than if I had accused him j ! ofhabitually uttering counterfeit notes to a i large amount, and he should reply, "I have , j uttered but forty-one notes in your Circuit, j 11 and twenty-eight of those were pronounced j i j genuine by you before I put them in circula- j ; tion." The want of logical and moral force , j in this answer would be still more manifest if' , i it should appear that the twenty-eight un- j ! questionably genuine notes were for one dol' j lar each, while the remaining thirteen, to1 gether with scores of others that he had ut : tered elsewhere, were each of the denomina! I tion of S100, and that he put them in circu lation, knowing them to be counterfeits. Pa uurge, the rascal, declared that he had "forty different ways of makiug money, and th< honestest is by petty theft." Gov. Moses hai not yet announced whether the corrupt grant ing of pardons is regarded by him as th< . greatest or the least of the infamies which Ik has practiced amid the vast variety of hi.' crimes, proved and proveable. T. J. MACKEY, Circuit Judge. THE ERA OF GOOD FEELING. At a recent dinner in Memorial Hall, Har vnrd University, Cambridge, Mass., Mnj. Gen Devens, Grand Commander of the Army oi the Potomac, presiding, Maj. Gen. \V. F. Bartlett, of the class of 1852, chief marshal of the day, delivered the speech which is sub' joined. Gen. Bartlett commanded the terrible assault on the mine before Petersburg Va., and lost a leg at Port Hudson. He is justly regarded at the North as a man ofhigli worth. Two years ago he went into the Cincinnati movement saying, "I believe in administrations which are above suspicion, nol those which are above investigation." As he rose to 9peak, leaning on his crutch, the mere wreck of a man, he was greeted with hearty enthusiasm. He said : Mr. President?The first meeting of the alumni around the table in this hall, which we yesterday dedicated to the memory of oui brothers, is one of no common interest to us ; and I think I speak for all their comrades iu arms when I say that the thoughtfulness which assigns to us the honorable duties oi this day is recognized and appreciated. The day is not without sadness as we read the beloved names on those marble tablets, and yet not without gladness as we reflect that whatever change of fortune may come to us as the years"roll on, their fame is secure?immutable?immortal. We shall grow old and wear out, but they will always keep for us their glorious, spotless youth. I was glad to hear from the lips of your distinguished orator yes terday such testimony to the absence of uatural bitterness among the mass of the people at the South; that it was due in great part to the energetic cultivation of hot-brained leaders for selfish ends. I think that the Datural instinct of the people everywhere is toward peace and good will, and were it never thwarted by party intrigue, we should be much nearer to a perfect union, such as these men fought for, than we are to-day. The occasional firebrands thrown in the path of reconciliation are from the hands of those who, while the battle lasted, sought "bomb proof" positions in the rear, and they no more represent the fighting men of the South thau the plundering politicians who have spoiled them represent the true hearts at the North. I firmly believe that when the gallaut men of Lee's Army surrendered at Appomattox (touched by the delicate generosity of Grant, who, obeying the dictates of his owu honest heart, showed no less magnanimity than political sagacity,) they followed the example of their heroic chief, and with their arras laid down forever their disloyalty to the Union. Take care, then, lest you impel by injustice or suspician, or even by indifference, the returning love of men who now speak with pride of that a ii n ti T. A. ? l__ *!.!_ _ nag as "our nag. xt was to raaae mis, a happy, reunited country, where every man should be in reality free and equal before the law, that our comrades fought, our brothers fell. They died not to defend the Northern capital, or preserve those marble halls where the polished statesmen of the period conduct their dignified debates! They died for their country?for the South no less than the North. And the Southern youth in the days to come, will see this, and as he stands in those hallowed halls and reads those names, realizing the grandeur and power of a country which, thanks to them, is still his, will exclaim: "These men fought for my salvation as well as for their own. They died not merely to preserve the unity of a nation, but the destination of a continent." The'speech was warmly applauded throughout, and at the close, the entire company, of nearly seven hundred persons, rose to their feet and gave three rousing cheers. That leading Republican paper, the Boston Advertiser, in noticing the occasion, remarks : Rarely do the alumni of any college hear an address more eloquent, feeling and appropriate to the occasion than that which fell from the lips of Judge Devens, and the addresses that followed were fully in keeping. But it was reserved for Gen. Bartlett to stir the hearts of the audience with his noble words of honor and respect for his ancient foes, and the enthusiastic cheers which greeted them showed well how true they were. THE COTTOT OUTLOOK. Washington, July 15.?The cotton planters' report to the department of agriculture, in accordance with a conditional promise of June, exhibits an increase in the condition of the plant in every State. The percentages of the average condition are higher than in June by the following figures : 3 in Louisiaua, 4 in Arkansas, 6 in Florida, 7 in South Carolina, 9 in Mississippi, 10 in Alabama, 11 in Georgia, 12 in Tennessee and Texas, and 13 in North Carolina. Texas and North Carolina return a condition abo?e the average. The following are the State averages: North Carolina 102, South Carolina 88, Georgia 91, Florida 96, Alabama 92, Mississippi 87, Louisiana 73, Texas 102, Arkansas 94, Tennessee 97. As compared with July of last year the condition is higher, except in Florida, Louisiana and Arkansas, though the difference is slight in Tennessee and Georgia, and not very wide in Mississippi and Alabama. In Nortii Carolina the temperature has been high, rains seasonable and the growth varied, though the plant is still small and ten days late in certain counties. The fields have generally had good preparation and clean culture. Edgecombe, which produces one-eighth of the cot/?'? - oi. . x _ ?i. i:*: 11 A ton oi cue ouue, returns u nonunion ui nu. The improvement has been rapid in South Carolina, and is still progressing, though the growth has not advanced to an average. Lice infest some of the fields. Darlington county, yielding one-seventh of the fibre of the State, returns a condition at 90. Seventy-three counties in Georgia, representing two-thirds of the crop, report a thrifty growth, a backward season and too much rain. Less fertilizers were used than last year. Rumors of the caterpillar come up from southwestern Georgia. An improvement is manifested in Florida, with too abundant rains in some counties, and a tendency to the shedding of forms. While the rains have been frequent in Alabama, the fields have generally been kept clean. Of seventeen counties, which yield a third of the crop of the State, the condition is placed at 90; in Bullock, Barbour, Montgomery, Marengo and Russell 80. None are lower than 75, or higher than 110. The crop is late in Mississippi, but growing rapidly. It is grassy in places, and yet much cleaner than last year. The condition ranges from 50 in Tunica, where it was destroyed by the overflow, to 110 in DeSoto and several other counties. In Louisiana planting continued after the overflow until June 15th, aud the crop is therefore later than elsewhere, and has suffered in nlaf.es from ent.-wnrms drnncht. and ex cessive rains. The caterpillar has appeared in Rapides. Rarely has Texas had better promise of a fine crop. In some counties the growth is not well advanced. In a few localities the plants made their appearance late in June. The stand is generally better than in other States. The drought has been injurious in Arkansas, where some localities have had no rain in eight weeks. In one township, Independence, one thousand acres were left uncultivated on account of the drought. Rains have been more general of late in portions of the State; yet fully a half of the counties report one hundred and above. A majority of the counties of Tennessee return an average condition. A few range from sixty-five to one hundred, and Shelby county, which yields one-sixth of the State aggregate, is placed atone hundred and ten. I X.OCAL AFFAIRS. ' , ! \E*V ADVERTISEMENTS. j H. F. Adickes?At Cost?At Wholesale?To the Ladies?Kid Gloves. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Now is the Time?How do , you Do?Cheap Hoods?Furs?Ready-Made i Clothing?Summer Shawls?Hats?Pay us j 1 some Money?Ladies' Hats?Shoes?Don't, Ask It?Groceries?Spool Cotton. > W. H. McCorkle, James F. Hart, H. F. Adickes, Executive Committee?Yorkville Female : Institute, Fall Session. J. R. Schorl), Dr. J. F. Lindsay, R. H. Glenn, B. P. Boyd, Jefferys A Metts, Dr. W. M. ! Walker?The Buckeye Bee-Hive. II. K. Roberts, Chairman?Bridge to Let. pj FINE FRUIT. ; We return our thanks to J. Alburtis Hatch-; | | ford, Esq., for a basket of large and luscious , .I peaches?the finest we have seen this season? : , which he presented to us last Saturday. . PERSONAL. i ! We are pleased to see 011 our streets Attor-1 . | ney-General Samuel W. Melton, who is here ! | on a brief visit for recreation. .Judge Melton | ? j has been seriously indisposed for some time i ! j with rheumatism ; but we are glad to learn 11 that his health is improving. POLITICAL ADDRESS. i; Judge Maekey having been invited by the j 1 Republicans of this county to address the people on the political issues of the day, has ' j accepted the invitation, and will speak in the ( ' Court House at 8 o'clock this (Thursday) ? evening. The citizens generally, regardless i j of party, are invited to be present. VISIT OF BISHOP HOWE. ' Rt. Rev. W. B. \V. Howe, Bishop of the , Diocese of South Carolina, who is now making . his annual visit to the churches within his ju risdiction, will be at this place on Wednesday ' and Thursday of next week. There will be services at the "Church of the Good Shepherd," on each of the evenings mentioned. ' A LARGE CABBAGE. Mr. T. Murphy Gwinn, who resides in this ' county, in the neighborhood of McConnellsville, has left at our office, the largest cabbage we have seen for mauy a day. It is of the drumhead variety, weighs nine pounds, is , only partially "headed," and measures 261 inches in diameter. Mr. Gwinn proposes j that if any of our readers can beat this cabI baire for size and weight, to try again. i CONCERT AT "'IIE FEMALE INSTITUTE Friday next, being the closing day of the first session at the Female Institute, a concert will be given in the evening by the young ladies and their musical Instructors. We are authorized to say to the friends and patrons of the institution, that they are invited to be present at the College Hall at 8J p. m., without further formalities as to invitations. | COMMITTED TO YORK JAIL. On Saturday afternoon last, two negroes? - Jo. Westbrook alias Jo. Ferguson, and Irviug Welsh?from Lewisville township, Chester i f* t i . ir. _i county, were, oy oraer or ouage iuacaey, | committed to the jail in this place charged with committing various depredations?such i as robbery, shooting guus on the premises of . the citizens to the terror of the women and children, and even deterring the men from attending to the duties of their ordinary avoca' tions. From all accounts the negroes were , perfect desperadoes. The reason assigned by Judge Mackey, as we learn, for sending the prisoners to this county, is that the jail of Chester is deemed insecure. PATENT SLATE ROOFING PAINT. The roofing paint manufactured by the New York Slate Roofing Company, an advertisement of which can be seen in this paper, is highly recommended by those who have used it. It is not only a preservative of the shingles or other material to which it may be ap1 plied, but acting in the manner of cement, effectually stops cracks and leaks, excluding tiroannul on/1 wliilo tho mon 11 AinJnrpra claim that it is the best paint made for shingle roofs, it is also claimed to be as good for metal roofs as any other paint in the market. Being ready prepared, it can be easily applied by any one without the assistance of a professional painter. John C. Kuykendal is agent for the paint at this place, and will deliver it here at manufacturer's prices. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. Since our last report, the following trans. fers of real estate in this county have been recorded by the County Auditor: R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to F. H. Barber. Tract of 795 acres, belonging to estate of Jos. J. Watson, in Fort Mill township. Consideration $7115. Annie J. Wilson to T. M. Whitaker. Lot of 63 acres in York township. Consideration $236. Ann White and others to Thomas Blalock. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 850. J. H. Clawsou, Assignee of J. H. Hemphill, to Mary A. Jackson. Tract of 17 acres in York township. Consideration 8100. Newton A. Steele to David P. Steele. Tract of 270 acres in Catawba township. Consideration 83109. Anne E. Wright to Wm. F. Dye. Tract of 200 acres in Broad River township. Consideration 8665. Hugh Burriss to R. S. Moore. Tract of 86 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration 8600. George J. Steele to R. W. Burris. Tract of 287 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration 82870. CIRCUIT COURT. The adjourned terra of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for this coun J ty, his Honor Judge Mackey presiding, corni raeuced its sittings on Tuesday morning last. I In eousequeuce of the fact that the present | session is a continuation of last term, his ! Honor deemed it unnecessary to charge the grand jury specifically, the general instruc! tions heretofore given being sufficient. As to I an investigation of the official conduct of the ; officers of the county, the investigation made | | last spring having been so thorough, and at : the same time so satisfactory, he regarded it , I unnecessary to make an investigation at this i term. York county, hesaid.stauds conspicuous ' I among all the counties of the State for the ' j good conduct of its public officers and the | faithful discharge of their duties. On one point only did he.deem it necessary j , to instruct the grand jury, and that was as to i ( the liability of citizens?whether high or low, l I in official station or as private citizens?to i I answer in courts of justice when charged with I j the commission of crime or misdemeanor. ( ( The question whether men holding official po sition are or are not amenable to the laws of j ' the State, when they commit crime, or whether I the penalties of the law shall fall only on the ' poor and humble, should be fully understood I j by every one. If it were the law that the " j exalted shall escape punishment for crime, no j, honorable man could fill a judicial office in | j the State; nor is it contemplated that a hum- i , ble man shall be punished for stealing a bas- ! ket of cotton, and one occupying high official 1 | position shall escape trial simply on account 1 of his position. Such doctrine is repugnant | i to the principles of government and in hostil- , j ity to the constitution of the State. The idea I that if a Governor commits grand larceny or i murder, however clear the proofs are against him, he cannot be tried hy a court of justice until after he shall be impeached and removed, is erroneous, and on this point he deemed it proper to instruct the grand jury specially. The constitution of the State provides that ' the Governor or other executive officer shall be liable to impeachment for crime, which impeachment shall extend no further than removal from office; but he shall, nevertheless, be liable to indictment and prosecution in the courts of the State. As the law provides that no person can be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense, the language of the constitution is so guarded as to prevent the plea of impeachment, in case of indictment. The office of Governor is classed with executive officers, as are trial justices and constables, and if a Governor cannot be tried before conviction and impeachment, no other ^ krv n . executive Uliicei cau uc aitoiguvu ivi Tiuii*tion of the laws. The consequence would be the granting of license to all manner of executive officers to commit such excesses as they might choose, and the hand of the law could not restrain them. These points the Court deemed it necessary to explain, so that the grand jury might know their duty, in case charges against any executive officer should be presented before them. Leander Dixon, a young freedman, who at the January term was convicted of petit larceny, and for whom a sealed sentence had been lodged with the clerk, the prisoner having absented himself, was brought before the court to hear his sentence. His Honor remarked that inasmuch as the culprit had been in jail since last April, and this being his first /.ffonoQ ko it7r.nl,I irinfliiv flip spnfpnpp. frnm VU^UOWy lib ?? Utiiu liiUUIIJ VltV -- what he had originally inteuded. "I could," said the Court, "send you to the peuitentiary for several mouths; but were I to do so, you would be in bad company, and besides, the Governor might possibly pardon you in a few weeks, ami that woold disgrace you. I will put you in better compauy than you would find in the penitentiary, by sending you to the county jail for one day ; and let this be a warning to you, for should you again be convicted of a similar offense you will go to the penitentiary and have to remain, as we will then have a Governor who may not so freely exercise the pardoning power." The answer of M. L. Owens to show cause why he should not be indicted for alleged misappropriation of the Catawba Indian fund, for which he was agent to disburse, was presented to the Court. The answer of the agent appeared to be an abstract of account, purporting to show to whom, and in what amounts the funds had been paid. The Court declined to receive the paper, remarking that - it contained no legal evidence; that it did not signify any thiug as to the true disposition of the funds; and that it went no further toward exculpating the agent of the charges against him than jf he were to produce before the Court an Indian's bow and arrow, a string of wampum, or even a scalp. The Solicitor was instructed to investigate the matter, and *f ? masronf II, in DID upuuuu, LUC UILUUIOWUVK} nanuuv it, to send the case before the grand jury. "Walker Smith, accused of the murder of a negro named John Sanders, alleged to have been committed on the 9th of April last, was arraigned for trial. The case was concluded Tuesday night, the jury returning a verdict of not guilty. The jury in this case consisted of three blacks and nine whites. The plea set up by the defense was insanity at the time the deed is alleged to have been committed, and the evidence at the trial was,-substantially, the same elicited before the jury of inquest, which we published at the time of the occurrence. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Solicitor Brawley; and I. D. Witherspoon and T. J. Bell, Esqs., appeared for the prisoner. An application for license to retail liquor at Smith's Turnout, though approved by the grand jury, was disapproved by the Court? his Honor taking strong ground against the granting of license, especially to men of good character, for the sale of intoxicating liquor. fPL, ??? t?**o1 of fVhO ITM A rtA a JL lie uoacs scb iui tuai au uic UIuio nt i>?/ press are the three indictments against United States Deputy Marshal J. B. Hubbard? charging him, respectively, with malicious mischief, petit larceny and false imprisonment. THE ANDERSON HOMICIDE. The Anderson Intelligencer furnishes the *' following particulars in regard to the killing of John Davis, an illicit distiller, by a revenue officer, near Belton in that county, mention of which was made in our issue of last week: On Saturday last, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning, a whisky wagon, driven by two men, was going along the road near the residence of Mr. Jack Shaw, about two miles to the right of Craytonville, when it was challenged at some distance by two revenue officers, who were riding behind the wagon. The men in the wagon did not hear the challenge at first, but when they did hear it they immediately halted at the foot of the lane leading to Mr. Shaw's house. Several persons came out and were standing near the wagon when the revenue officers rode up and demanded them to surrender, which they immediately did, giving up their arms at the same time. John Davis, the owner of the . wagon and whisky, got out and stood up in the fence corner to await further orders, when A. Mattison, one of the officers, commenced cursing him, saying, "You have escaped me once, but, damn you, you won c ao 11 mis time;" and with that he drew a pistol and fired at Davis, who stooped, letting the ball pass over his head. Davis then ran to save his life, but was pursued by Mattisoo, who kept firing all the time. Mattison soon returned from the pursuit, and said to the bystanders, "I have hit the damned rascal." He then put his assistant into the wagon with Davis' hired man, and together they drove toward Bel ton. Davis, after he was shot, ran into a field near by, where one Saylors was ploughing, and upon being halted by Saylors, kept on a short distance, and then fell. Saylors went up to him and asked what was the matter, when he replied, "Get me some water, nud I will tell you." He then went and procured the water and came back, only to find that Davis had expired. Davis was then carried up to Shaw's house, where an inquest was held over the body in the evening, Trial t??; ? /i ?j rk_ JUSllce u rigui nunij^ aa v/uiuiiei, auu ?si. Hudgens examining surgeon. Tbe verdict of the jury was willful murder. Upon examination of the wound, it was ascertained that the ball eutered in the back, under the right ihoulder-blade, and passed through the body, protruding just above the heart. Mattison, upon arriving at Belton, spoke jxultingly of what he had done, and told Mr. McGee if anything happened to Davis to telegraph him at Greenville. He then left for that place. Soon afterward, Mr. McGee beard of Davis' death, but would not telegraph, as Mattison would probably try to escape. Later in the day, a telegram was sent From Belton to one Tabor, in Greenville, a Friend of the murdered man, telling him of the occurrence and to at once act in the matter. Mattison was soon after arrested and lodged in Greenville jail, where he still remains. The citizens of Belton very kindly and humanely sent after the body of Davis and had it coffined and properly attended to until such time as his friends could come after it. His friends came up to Belton on Monday evening last and conveyed the body to Greenville, where it was interred on Tuesday.