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Straps and .facts. A lively trade in rattlesnakes and moccasins, for foreign exportation, is springing up in some parts of Georgia, where the colored people catch the reptiles alive, and sell them to dealers at fifty cents apiece. Judge Campbell, who was oue of the Confederate Commissioners at the Hampton Roads Conference, has promised to write a full account of it for the Southern Historical Society. A benevolent physician in Laporte - county, Ind., gave a Fourth of July picnic to seven hundred children, not even such delieapipq flQ pair* ofl*QwKori?ioo onrl ion.nMom Kotnor omitted. He got back his outlay in colics, however, before the week was over. The editor of the Dcinbury News asks: "Can the watermelon be successfully cultivated on sandy soil, in a rural town of 4,000 inhabitants, and a theological institute located near by, containing 120 students studying for the ministry ?" There are said to be 800 paper mills in operation in the United States, with a capital invested of $40,000,000, and a total production of $70,000,000. These mills give employment nominally to 20,000 people, whose earnings are footed up at $10,000,000 annually. Colonel Richard Ten Broeck, a wellknown horse-owner, was shot, and is reported mortally wounded, at Gilman's Station, Kentucky, on Saturday last, by General Walker Whittaker, a lawyer of Louisville. The particulars of the affair are not kn^wn. Whktaker had already killed two men, aud i? i egitrJed as a desperate character. What can be more startling, asks the Washington Star, than to see a delicate and fascinating young lady with a long train suddenly turn around, without giviug the unsuspecting individual behind her any warning whatever, gently stoop, reach back with her right foot and kick desperately? She is going to cross the street, and is merely switching off her train in the new direction. There have been but two applications for new Western banks this month, aud they aggregate only a capital of $100,000. The retirement of currency thus far has exceeded the amount of new circulation. Within a ?.... i vf: i? ten uaj3 tiic ^atiuiiai JL>uub. ui luissuuiiy itr cated at St. Louis, has surrendered its circulation and retired its bonds to the amount of $950,000. At a recent reunion of the 3rd Georgia regiment, Captain Sanders is reported to have said: "While deep down in our hearts we will ever cherish the memory of the banner which represented our loved "Lost Cause," let us re-adopt the grand old flag of the Union. 'Twas the loved flag of our fathers ; let it also be ours. Our grandsires made it glorious by their valor, and consecrated it with their blood; let us?their children?still claim it as our birthright, and defeud its honor as our own." The Chinese in San Francisco, who number about 30,000, with about 100,000 scattered over other portions of California, have at last become so far Americanized as to establish a newspaper published in their own language. The first number of the San Francisco Chinese News is a solid mass of the hierogliphics usually to be found in this country only on tea-boxes. They are arranged in lines, to be read from the bottom upward, and the typography is very good. It is a fourpage, quarto sheet. General Spinner, United States Treasurer, strongly advocates the plan of abolishing the Post Office Department altogether, and transferring its duties to the express companies. The work now performed by the Department in carrying the mails, distributing the same, &c., can be done as well by the express companies, he thinks, and at a cost to the Government vastly less than it is now put to in maintaining the Post Office Department; besides this, the Government could dispose of office-holders 30,000 strong, now necessary to run the Post Office Department. The number of subordinate Granges now in operation is little short of 20,000. Iowa had the largest number on the 1st of June, the date of the last report, being 1,994. Indiana had 1,968, and Missouri had 1,929, while the Kansas Grangers numbered 1,323. Illinois had 1,481 and Kentucky 1,101. The cotton and the Gulf States alone had 4,065 Granges. There are now Granges in all the States. There are about thirty in Canada. The California Grangers are now organizing a national gold bank, with ?5,000,000 capital. Steps are beiug taken for a direct transfer of grain from the farm to purchasers in England. The new liquor law of Canada is one of the most stringent yet enacted. Among other thiugs.it requires common carriers who transport liquors to any dealer to ascertain before delivery whether the dealer is legally licensed to sell them. The burden of proof is put upon the transporter, and there is a penalty imposed for'violating the law. Consequently, the various railways leading from Chicago into Iowa have issued orders to their agents, requiring them to receive no liquors for transportation into Iowa unless the shipment is accompanied by a certificate of the consignee's license to sell. Where does all the opium go to ? Are we becoming a nation of opium-eaters? The increase of its use iu this country is truly alarming. The importation of opium now amounts to nearly 250,000 pounds annually, ten times more than thirty years ago ; and it is the opinion of physicians and druggists that not more than one-third of the quantity is used for medicinal purposes. In other words, more than 160,000 pounds of this drug are now used for stimulating purposes in this country. If the reformers could get rid of the opium, however, it is a question whether some other stimulant would not be found to supply its place. The influence of this drug on the human system is fearful to contemplate. The Manchester Courier of the 23d of July says : "For some weeks there has been a considerable amount of speculation in the Liverpool cotton market as to whether the stock of cotton in the port would reach a mil-lion bales, and bets have been made very freely upon the point. A Friday or two ago, when the stock was made up, it had reached a total of?960,000 bales, when it began to fluctuate each Fridav iu the most uncertain manner, at one time reaching so high as 998,770 bales, causing great excitement amongst those who had laid bets. Last week, however, the seven figures were attained, the stock standing at 1,003,900 bales, and it is understood that the amount of money which has hanged hands in conse(juence has been very considerable." One of the most novel cases, involving a sure and certain cure for that dreaded disease, hydrophobia, has just been developed in one of the Southern States, where a gallant ex-Confederate soldier, had his right leg severely lacerated by a rabid canine. A few days after the bite he began to show symptoms of the rabies by an utter and instinctive aversion to water, which, indeed, was his wont for ivimo fimn i?rovinn? .SpvpthI nprsnns were summoned, and, after a consultation, the impress of the canine molars and incisors upon the wounded limb were entirely obliterated by the use of putty, and the afflicted man began immediately to recover, and is now entirely well and out again, and feels just as lively as ever in his left leg, which was a staunch wooden limb. Mr. E. J. Donuell, author of the "History of Cotton," has a statement in Saturday's Xew York Bulletin, aiming to show that this season's crop will be the largest one since the war. This conclusion is based upon information from all parts af the cotton country, and after making due allowauce for the ravages -of the worm, the Mississippi overflows, the derangement of labor and other drawbacks, Mr. Dounell admits that there has been sonic reduction of acreage, but this, he claims, must lie less than is popularly supposed. As to the damage from worms, especially in (1,1k: Ala bama region, he is inclined to think that th< reports in good part are but the echoes of las year's disaster. The apprehensions of dange by the Mississippi overflow are disposed of the assurance that the submerged district have been replanted and are doing well. In Detroit the other day a man fron the rural districts, having considerable mone^ in his possession and being moderately drunl was warned by a policeman to take care o himself. To which the self-confident bac chaual responded: "You bet I willl Why Mister, I'm chain lightning rolled up in i ball and stuck full of red-hot bowie-knives I'm a thunderbolt from the North ; I'm a reg ular rip-up thunderbolt! Folks want to lei me alone, they do!" Alas ! that such a drean of invincibility should be dissipated ! Whei the next morning dawned, the drinker, when was he? Well, he was discovered by thi same policeman fast asleep in a coal-shed His eyes were in mourning, and there was i non-natural hole in his head. Watch gone Money gone! The policeman, arousing th< slumberer, with a touch of irouy in his tone inquired : "Aren't you the Thunderbolt fron the North ?" Then the Thunderbolt sat up and slowly and sadly replied : "No, I hain zackly a thunderbolt, but I'm the durned foo who thought he was." farhville (fruquim YORK VIEEE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 13, 1874 How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the nam of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office county and State in full, and send the amount c the subscription by draft or post-ofTiec mono; order, or enclose the money in a registered letter Postage.?The postage "on the Enquirer, t any part of the United States, is five cents pe quarter"!or twenty cents pervear, and is payabl in advance at the post office where the paper is re ceived. Watch the Figures.?The (falcon the "address label" shows the time to which the subscription i paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis continued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha our terms for subscription, advertising and job work,are cash in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more atten tion hereafter to job printing than we hav done in the past, we would inform the publi? that our office is uow well supplied with nev type of the latest styles, and the best ma chinery in use; and with a choice stock o inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared t< execute as good work as can be done any where in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, I Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, j Labels, Bonds and Coupons, ; Law Blanks, Bill Hoads, Law Briefs, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, i Memorandum Billhead Checks, Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire A Life Ins. Election Tickets, Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfactioi as to quality of work, guaranteed in ever instance. Particular attention given to fin work in colors. THE NEGROES IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS J. J. Barreau, a colored teacher who ha spent two years in the rural sections of Soutl Carolina, has published an essay on "the social educational and political condition of the un educated masses of the colored people of Soutl Carolina," to show "to the unprejudiced reade that they will compare favorably with thi uneducated white man of any nation on th face of the earth." His conclusions are, tha the social amusemeuts of the colored peopl are as sensible as the customs of the peasaut of Norway and Sweden; that their treatraen of their females is as good and respectful, an< their treatment of children as good, as amon< the same classes of whites; that the presen prospects are cheering to the friends of educa tion; that the rural colored people are emi nently a religious people ; that "the conditio! of the government is shameful, and the peopl of the rural districts are, for ouce, alive to th | needs of the hour, and every man of the leas knowledge sees that the present state of thing must be changed," and that "should the mei who have ruined the State, and prostitute< their offices, again attempt to force themselve upon the people, they will undoubtedly suffe an ignominious defeat." As regards the comparison of the socia status of his race we are not disposed to joii issue with the colored teacher. We only hop his people are making that progress which h ; claims for them. No reflecting white mai can object to the moral advancement ot ttv colored race. Their interest is identical witl that of the white citizens of the State?ai important fact which we imagine the colore* people are slowly beginning to learn. But w doubt if they have yet reached that point a to be "alive to the needs of the hour." The; have not yet been educated to realize the re sponsibility devolving upon them as free citi zens. To deposit a ballot we grant they un derstand; but that the great mass of then have any conception of the import of this the greatest right of the citizen, we seriousl; doubt. So far, since they have obtained tin ! right of the ballot they have only learned th< form of voting; we might say, in a manner their education in this respect is similar t< that of the Irishman whose only politica 1 creed was to vote early ana otten. \v e a< not, however, charge this to the colored voters though their exercise of the franchise is some what analogous to the Irishman's standard ! They too often vote only as designing, in I triguing and unprincipled politicians direct without once looking to the consequences. A , it has been in the past, we fear it will be fo a long time in the future. In our own State, the weal or the woe o both races depends almost entirely upon thi blacks. As the whites prosper so will tin : colored people prosper; and as the materia prosperity of the whites is retarded by bac legislation, in the same ratio will the black, suffer. The whites may be oppressively taxed and the revenue wrung from them may b< squandered and stolen by dishonest officials yet indirectly do the laboring classes bear tin I burden of oppression. X lie UlacK people, win ! constitute a large majority of the laboring I class of the State, pay considerably more ta? than the mere capitalion they hand to the tax collector. Heavy taxation causes high price of every article sold, whether from the farn or the stoic, and it is the consumer who pay this tax in the way of increased price. Op pressive taxation may bear heavily upon thi property-holder, the land-holder or the mer chant; but at the last it comes from the pock ets of the tenants, the laborers and the con sumers. This is a matter on which the col ored voters of the State should ponder am reflect. Were we going to teach them in tin art and mystery of citizenship and thescienc of political economy, after discarding tin Union League manual, the ideas above ad ; vanced would constitute the first and most jo? e | portant lesson. Vote only for honest, capable t t j men?men identified with the prosperity of o r j the whole people of the State, and then, in-. f g deed, may we have a hope that the encoura- j t ging words of Mr. Barreau will be fully veri-1J , fied. . ^ . j _ 7 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. c' i r f, ? It is said that a valuable deposit of sul- . . phur has been discovered on Mr. John Bell's ^ ! plantation near Due West. i; ?The post-master at Etta Jane, Union F i. j county, has furnished his office with a stamp, ^ " a good idea?which ought to be adopted by I every country post-master. j ^ i ?A soldier, named Boo Hjarne, belonging j j e j to Major Stewart's company at Newberry, I ^ e j died Tuesday, after a long illness, of con- j . j sumption. He was a Swede. 1j ?Spartanburg will have a street railway,! ' | for freight as well as passengers, and the opin- j B ion is entertained that the stock will pay hand- | j' somely. a ? The continued wet season has damaged t the cotton crop severely in some sections of d 1 j Sumter, causing it to shed and produce too i much weed. c ? ? There was an immense political gathering in Abbeville on, the 31st ultimo, at which ad- T dresses were delivered by Comptroller-Gen- n eral Hoge, Adjutaut-General Purvis and others. "Reform," was the cry. fi ? A young man named J. N. Wallace went t into the shop of his employer, iu Greenville, and reeieved the contents of a gun, which r had been set to caHi burglars. A sad mis- I take. The wound is a serious one. ? It is estimated that the cotton crop of t Abbeville county will not exceed two-thirds \ of last year's crop. The backward spring f . and unfavorable seasons since have interfered z very much with the growing crop. a e ? Joseph Clark, Esq., of Lancaster, has r | invented a self opening envelope, which can f be opened in one second, leaving it iu a neat t Alitim nninir A/T ? fllafl/ hac o UUIJUJLIUII 1UI u 11 ug <4 ?? aj , v/mm g ? applied for a patent. ? A stockholders' meeting of the Cheraw and Chester railroad was held in Lancaster on j s Saturday of last week. A majority of the ^ stock not being represented, no business was v ,t transacted, and another meeting was appoint- c ed for the first Tuesday in September. - ?The sale of the Blue Ridge Railroad, under an order of the United States District ^ i- Court for the Eastern District of South G'aroe lina, will take place at the United States c Court House, in Charleston, Thursday, Octo- ^ v ber 22, at 11 A. M. ^ ? The Sumter Watchman says Congress- ^ f man Raiuey delivered a very earnest speech o in that town, on the 3d, in the iuterest of re form. He wanted, he said, good government, and if this involved the Governor, legislators or county officials, root them out, and put in ^ good and honest men. ! ?The Letine.r learns that a difficulty oc- . | cur red one day last week at Phillip Suipes' s mill in the eastern section of Lancaster county. A party of neighbors had met there for the purpose of assisting in making some re' pairs about the mill dam, when a misunderstanding occurred and a fight resulted among a some of the parties. In the melee Phillip P Snipes, a Mr. McManus and a Mr. Cook were e seriously hurt. ? Miss Mary C. Tucker was recently brutally murdered in Anderson county by Henry Zeigler, a German immigrant in the employment of the victim's father. It seems that the murderer was prompted to the deed by I ' jealousy. The Intelligencer says that the murj derer, had declared that if he did not get ' Miss Tucker, she should never do any body else any good. Young Tucker (who had been to Anderson village,.in company with t Zeigler, the day of the murder) had gone e to bed ; but a young man, named Brooks Gailey, was present with Miss Mary. Zeigler presented a pistol, and shot her through the ^ forehead, the ball entering the brain. She fell over and said, "Henry, wnat raaae you ao ' that?" and he made no reply. The murderer . t j procured water and a towel, and washed the blood from her face twice, but refused to assist in removing her. Zeigler then ran off. Par- a ties who pursued, succeeded in overhauling him at Ruckersville, Ga., and he was lodged v t in Anderson jail. Zeigler states that the s shooting was accidental; that he examined ^ the pistol before presenting it at Miss Tucker, ^ ^ and could not perceive any loads in it. j 8 s I NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. c r j ? A large bed of kaolin has been discovered near Greensboro. t 1 ; ? There is a negro in Lincoln county said t i ; to be 114 years old, and lively enough to do t e considerable daily labor. je i ? Robert Bonner, of the New York Ledger, a i i has been invited to deliver an address on the f e I subject of fine stock at the approaching State f a ; fair. a ?Property in Greensboro, which H. Hen- ( 3* j derson, the Chester barber sold a few years e i ago for a mere song, sold at auction last week s! for 87,600. The lots lie near the railroad. f ! ? The Charlotte merchants are considering r i- j the question of consolidating the different .-1 railroad depots in that town, and will memo j rialize the railroad authorities to that end. . a J ?A suit iu Chicago has recently been dei, j cided in favor of Robert and Stephen A. f ; Douglass, heirs of the late Hon. S. A. Doug-: -j e ; lass, involving $250,000. These gentlemen | b ' are now living in Greensboro. j j ? On election day a fight occurred at Rocky n d Point, foiitteen miles from Wilmington, be1 tween about one hundred negroes and thirty ^ 3 whites. Two white men were seriously in- ^ , jurcd. _ v ? The information from all portions of the 11 . State report splendid crop prospects, with the j 0 - exception of the tobacco crop, which will fall 11 ,, i short at least one half, in consequence of the j j, s scarcity of plants. : r r, ?General Robert B. Vance, member of i Congress from the Eighth District, has given i A f his Cadetship in the United States Naval; 3 Academy, at Annapolis, Maryland, to Master h 5 Edgar Fulenwider, son of E. H. Fulcnwider, 1 c 1 Esq., of Shelby. I c 1 ? Gov. Brogden has issued a warrant of de- ' b s livery for Jonathan Hays, a fugitive from the I C ,' State of Illinois, charged with forgery. Hays I fi 3 was arrested at Charlotte a few days ago and ii ; has been confined in Mecklenburg county n 3 jail. o ) ? A fatal affray occurred in Bladen county | v r on Saturday of last week between a white j rj c J man named S. II. Twiggs and a negro named ] -! Abram Jones. Twiggs struck Jones, when j \ s the latter drew a knife and stabbed Mr. Twiggs! s, i to the heart, killing him almost instantly. n s The negro made his escape. a ? General Robert Ransom, who was one of d ... 31 the most distinguished division commandersof n - the Confederate army, and now United States 1< -: Senator from North Carolina, has purchased h - the famed Drewry farm, in Chesterfield conn- i v - ty, Va., and settled himself down as a Vir- a 1 ginia farmer. o e ? The Newton Vindicator says : A youth , v e of seventeen summers wooed and won a lassie u e of thirteen years in Cleveland county last' d -; week, but the parents opposed the match. J c - i An ejoperpent was agreed upon for Thursday, i fi ?ut the young lady was struck by lightning j m Weduesday evening, and the njarriage was jostponed until the following Sunday, when j he happy couple streaked it for South Caro- j ina and were made one. , G ? The Milton Chronicle says: Romulus , J L?awson, (colored) tenant of A. Lawson, Esq., ; tear Roxboro, in Person county, while plough- , V ng in the field last week, saw a drove of j oxes and their young oues (10 in all) ap- j >roaching him, and fearful of their frighten-! ^ ng his horse, he unhitched him, and tying lim to a bush, they reached him aud all made n attack upon him at once by running up G lis back, pulling off his hat, scratching his j lead, &c. He seized a piece of broken rail j o defend himself and succeeded in making I hort work of four of them, the rest taking to j heir heels. ! ! s! NEWS OF THE DAY. c ? The Democratic majority in Kentucky r t the recent election is stated to be 50,000. t ? Thrpp hrtrap.thipvoq wppp Ivnnhftd a few ll -J lays ago at Ozark, Arkaosas. | b ? John Leopold, who lost his wife and four o hildren by the Hood in Pittsburg, is insane. ? The whites carried the city election in /icksburg by a majority of 350. There was gi 10 rioting nor other disturbance. j ? On the day of the election in Tennessee a \ ight occurred at Mason's Depot, in which g hree men were killed. a ? Col. S. C. Faulkner, author of the famous j aelody, "Arkansas Trailer," died at Little p lock on the 5th instant. a ? Second Lieutenant John Aspinwall, of ^ he 7th Cavalry, formerly stationed at York- e ille, has been dropped from the muster-rolls or desertion. ? The city couucil of Augusta, Ga., have jj ppropriated ?500 for survey of the Savan- jj lah river from that city to Anderson, S. C. t; ? A Dallas, Texas dispatch of the 7th says j hat the Indians have captured three mail > T"* . XT r iL 1 *1 ^ . 1 _ X tages near .port w orm, ami mac me passen- ^ ;ers and drivers were scalped. j ? The first bale of Georgia cotton, from Echols county, was sold in Savannah on ?] Thursday lust. The bale weighed 571 pounds, ^ yas classed good ordinary, and brought 21 ^ euts per pound. ? Memphis, Tennessee, gave a Democratic najority of 3593, in a total vote of over 10,- j >00. Hostility to the civil rights bill and (j nixed schools brought out the entire voting topulaliou. 'j ? Among the recent business failures in t 'few York is reported that of James Sutton ^ it Co., publishers of the Aldine, whose liabiliies are 8180,000. Arrangements have been ^ uade for continuing the publication of the ildine. u ? Admiral Semmes, who commanded the t Confederate cruiser Alabama, having had wamAMOfl Ktt fVilocf rinncfrpflfj iia u isawil 1 li CO 1cuiuv?u uj vuv ?muv vw.y y 3 a Democratic candidate for Congress in ^ Uabama, and there is good prospect of his j lection. j, ? A fight occurred at a small village, in Jlarke county, Ky., on electiou day, in which j wo white men were killed, two negroes raorally wounded and fifteen negroes more or ess severely wounded. The fight began at he polls. j ? Alexander, Dorutan & Co., cottou brocers, of St. Louis, Mo., have been detected in g orging cotton warehouse receipts, the amount ? tut at the time of the detection being not less han ?167,000. Their creditors have put hem into bankruptcy. ? The Treasury Dep^jfrpent, since the adournment of Congress, has paid out $630,000 c >u the claims of Southern residents before ^ he Southern Claims Comraision. This comnision awarded over a million dollars on these ilairns, but Congress appropriated only $663,- n '68.82 i d ? Col. Davidson, commanding at Fort Sill, n Indian Territory, reports that two men ^ pere recently killed near Elm Spring Staion, and that drivers of trains are abandonng their wagons on the road, and that the t armers in the Washita Valley are frightened, ^ ind many of them are leaving their homes, j -iii tt? nr* j:.j i_?4 ? Hon. rtlliaaeipn van iruuip uieu last 0 veek, in Ohio. For several years he repre- b ented the Twelfth District of that State in u Congress, and was a man of mark on the p Democratic side of the House. He was also d l member of the committee that visited South 'f; Carolina, in 1871, to examine into the ku-klux p mtrages. b ? Reports from Iowa and Kansas, represent v hat the grasshoppers are doing great damage c o the crops. The territory is devastated to g iio ovtimt of 100 miles wide, from the Ne iraska line to the Arkansas river. The corn a ind fruit is greatly damaged, and much suf- p ering is apprehended. The insects came w rom the north-east and are going south. a The sub-Committee on Postal Telegraphy n f the House Appropriation Committee have n tower to sit during the recess, and will hold a tl ession in October next for final consideration a nd action. The committee will be ready to n eport in the early stage of the next session, nd it is probable Congress will dispose of the li [Uestion soon after it shall have been reported d o it through the special committee having u harge of the subject. 0 ? Kegarding the recent State elections in I1 ?ennessee, a Nashville dispatch says: "The ^ lection in Knoxville and throughout Knox ounty, yesterday, was the most exciting for nany years. Horace Maynard made two peeches during the canvass, endorsing the 'ivil Rights Bill as a party measure. Senaur Brownlow was openly hostile to the bill, rhieh he termed the sum of villainies and a he quintescence of abominations. The result ^ f the election was a complete revolution u hroughout the city aud county, with sweep- a rig majorites for the Conservative anti-civil s< ights ticket. a * -.. - ^ - h erinl Phenomenon. ci John Wise, the veterau balloonist, who tl as made between three and four hundred as- 8i ensions, has always reported that the air be- b ame colder as he ascended. Such also has d; een the experience of all aerial navigators. V )n the 1st instant, Wise made an ascension h rom a large balloon in Philadelphia, expect- ai ag to reach an altitude of four miles, and to rc lake tests at different altitudes of the amount ts f ozone iu the atmosphere, aud make obser- tl ations with the thermometer and barometer, si 'he meteorological section of the FrauWin p nstitute, of Philadelphia, of which Professor I. Vise is secretary, made ail appropriation d ome time ago toward paying for these experi- cl lents. lie landed at Vineland, N. J., and, fter leaving a passenger there, again ascen- ol ed and made a "sunset ascension" in the ^ost successful manner. After remaining up ong enough to take some special observations w e again descended, in the vicinity of Millille, some miles below Vineland. He says ! b s one result of his trip that he found the law IV f temperature reversed, the air growing fa ,armer as a greater altitude was attained, f1 ntil at a height of 6,000 feet it reached 90 ^ tgrees Fahrenheit. The whole party were ^ onsiderably scorched by the intense heat and d >ree of the sun's rays. local affairs. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. >. Fleming tfc Co., Charleston?3000 Cases Boot and Shoes for Fall Trade. Ireen Bratton?Strayed. . H. Clawson, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?Sal of Land in the Matter of J. N. McCall Bankrupt. V. I). Simpson, Secretary and Treasurer?Rail road Notice. SECOND DIVIDEND. The trustees of the Citizens' Savings Banl ave declared a second dividend of 12J pe ent., for the benefit of the creditors of tha istitution, payable from and after the 1st g leptember next. Depositors in the Yorkvill Iranch will receive their dividends throug efferys <fc Metts at this place. PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES. Mr. George T. Seborb, photographer, ha i 1 c i_ i down us several uueiy cacuulcu piuiuica cai uted by hira at Cheater, to which place h emoved from Yorkville some time ago fo he purpose of establishing a permanent gal 2ry. George is a finished artist?havin een educated to the business by his fathei ne of the best photographers in the country FINE FKUIT. Within the past few days we have receive everal specimens of fine fruit. Mrs. J. A latchford, Miss Lizzie Massey, Mr. Iiobei V. Shaw, and Mr. Horace E. Johnson hav ivored us with peaches, all of superior siz nd flavor, and on Monday last, Mr. A. I jindsay sent us some of the most lusciou ears we ever tasted. Mrs. Clark Moore ha lso presented us with a basket of very 6n omatoes, the average weight of which w? ight ounces. COTTON GINS. From the variety of cotton gins in the mai et it would seem that any taste could be sa1 jfied. Four different styles are on exhib ion in this place. Messrs. W. H. & J. I lerndon are agents for the Brown and th feblett & Goodrich ; and Messrs. Jefferys < letts are agents for the Winship and th Needle Gins. Of the relative merits of thee arious gins we are unprepared to speal he JNeedle (iin, however, is something ne1 a this section, and is worthy of examinatio y those desiring to purchase. CHANGING THE GAUGE. One of the locomotives for the Chester an ^enoir Railroad arrived here last Wedne: ay evening, and under supervision of the er rgetic superintendent of the road, Mr. Ef Tiomas, the work of changing the gauge c he track between this place and Chester wa tegun the next day. No detention of trait /ill occur, nor will the changing of thegaug titerfere with the business of the road. Th Id hroad-gauge trains will leave Chester e isual, and a transfer will be' made from on rain to the other at the point to which th larrow-gauge track may be completed. Th /ork will be pushed forward as rapidly e ircumstances will permit; but as the force 1 iraited, and both sides of the track having t ie removed, besides repairs being made to th nnH.Korl tlip wnrlr will neoessarilv he slov ??, ? J t will be done, however, in ample time t neet the requirements of the fall trade. Th lew engine fully meets the expectations of th uperintendent, who expresses himself as higl y pleased with its movements, while all doubl ,re dispelled as to the feasibility of narrov ;auge railroads. A CARD. Editor of the Yorkville Enquirer :?Perrai ae the use of a short space in your paper t orrectafalse report, which has gainnd muc urrency, attributed to me in a speech a jowdeysville a few weeks ago. It has bee mblished to the world that on the occasio ? * * i - ? At.- ?i j . eierren to, aonressing me uuiureu puruuu i uy hearers, I said: "If the colored peop] lon't get their rights at the ballot-box, the nust resort to the cartridge-box." The ir Drmant of the paper which first gave currer y to the story of my having uttered sue ?ords, may possibly have so understoo hem?I will charitably concede as much iut in truth I made no such remark, nor di advance any idea looking to the fosterin f such sentiments, and, obtuse, indeed, mus ie the understanding of any mind, as to hav nderstood me to use words to the effect inr ilied by the statement aforesaid. What id say in the connection referred to, was th jlluwing: "Every election is a revolutio eacefully and quietly effected by the balloi ox. If you handle the ballot-box safely an dsely, you will never have to resort to th artridge-box, the last resort of all despoti V VCJL U1I1CU to* This sentiment, I would fain hope, will fin response in every breast; and I may b ermitted to add, in conclusion, that nothin ras farther from my thoughts than to utte single sentence calculated to stir up strife? ow so happily allayed?between the races or would I by word or deed encourage an, hing looking to such an unhappy state o flairs as would surely be engendered by ai aying either class against the other. To ray friends?and, I may say to my pc tical enemies who know me personally? eem this explanation and correction entirel; nnecessary ; but as there are many through ut this Congressional district with whom ave not the pleasure of an acquaintance, i ; but an act of justice to myself that I thu Bek to set myself right before the people Very respectfully, &c., A. S. Wallace. For the Yorkville Enquirer. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CELEBRATION. It was my privilege, on the 25th ultimo, t ttend a Sunday-school celebration at Bethe ihurch, in this county. Notwithstanding th ufavorable appearance of the morning, a n early hour, both old and young could b jen flocking in from every direction. Th ttendance from the surrounding neighbor ood was unusually large, while not a fev ime from a distance. At 10] o'clock, whili le school, numbering about 175, were singing veet songs of praise, the congregation assem led in the church, and the exercises of th ay were opened with prayer by Rev. S. L Watson, the good and faithful under-shep erd over the flock in Bethel. Appropriat idresses were then made by Messrs. McCor lick and Spratt, which were highly enter lining and very instructive. After whicl le exercises of the morning were closed with nging, and the school was arranged into i rocession iu front of the church by Mr. W Stowe, Marshal of the day, aud marchec own to a large table, spread specially for tin lildren, and literally burdened with a varie r of provisions, which would stand the tea f the most refined taste. In the afternoon another very appropriate ddress to the children by Mr. A. W. Wilson ifch singing and prayer, ended the exercise! fthe day. The school has for several year een under the efficient superintendence o Ir. J. Jy. Adams, whose zeal for its prosperitj i manifested in its present flourishing copdi on. May he not grow weary in well doing ut continue with still greater earnestness th< iffusiou of gospel light and truth, and whet is labors are euded, may he receive a crowr ecked with bright and shining stars. Amicus. For the YorKville Enquirer. | ] PATENT BEE HIVES. ? Having had occasion, several years ago, to I s give this subject some attention, it may be < well to publish our conclusions in regard to ] |6 the matter. There is money in raisiug honey, 1 if the business be properly attended to. Fan- i " cy boxes sell at from 25 to 50 cents per pound, i according to demand. Cleaned strained honey will bring 10 to 20 cents. j I r There is no mystery in the management of < ^ bees?no more luck in the thing than in rais- < ^ ing cotton. A knowledge of, and attention i to, the business will insure success. The stan- : ^ dard works on the bee are those of Langstrotb, Quinby, and a small volume by H. A. King, i There is a Bee Journal, monthly, published in Washington city. The Prairie Farmer, ' 3 published by Mrs. E. S. Tupper and H. A. King at Brighton, Iowa, perhaps, gives much 6 reliable iutormation on this subject. Any person going into the business, should " purchase one of these books, and take a paper ? bearing on the subject. Without a knowledge r? of the bee, its habits and requirements, one r' kind of hive is as good as another. The most improved hive in the country, set under the d eaves of the smoke-house, or in some other l. unsuitable nlaoe. and looked after three or ' I r ' t four times a year, will prove to be no more e profitable than the old fashioned gums made a from hollow trees. X. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. A Hopeful Exhibit. The crop reports received at the Departinentof Agriculture at Washington indicate a highly improved condition of affairs in the South aud Southwest, especially in the acreage of corn, which is not leas than 800,000 r" acres. Surely these figures are indicative of , a movement in the right direction ou the part ^ of the planters, aud give promise of hope for ' a better state of things in our most favored e section. With few exceptions, the promise is ^ that crops will be good throughout the South e aud Southwest, ami we may with confidence e look for a return of prosperous times. Only let the culture of diversified products contin* ue until the entire demand of the South, with n great abundance to spare, shall be met by home industry. The fruitful soil of the South, as well as her genial climate, adapt her to the d production of almost every possible variety of 3" grain and fruit. She holds within her limits i- resources, which developed, will make her the 1. richest empire of the world. Only let her 'f people arise to the true realization of her real s demand, and a new era will dawn throughout is the land. ie Postal Intelligence. 10 Postmasters are instructed by the Dels partmeut not to deliver a letter from the 10 Pension Office to any other than the person e addressed, or to a member of his or her farai0 ly, or to a legal guardian of the pensioner, J8 and under no circumstances to deliver such 18 letters to an attorney, claim agent, or broker. 0 The new edition of the Postmaster's Guide 10 gives the following rules relative to transmission of newspapers under the new law: Af- 1 0 ter January 1,1875, every newspaper received 1 0 at an office for delivery is held to be prepaid, e the fact that it is in the mail being conclusive proof of payment. For all papers published ^ once a week aud oftener the rate of postage under the new law is 2 cents a pound ; papers published less often than once a week, 3 cents a pound; the money for this postage must accompany the bag containing the mail matter and be paid to the postmaster, who A ... ... " will hand to the messenger a stamp or stamps equal thereto, canceled before delivery, or ^ some special design of stamp that will be pro11 vided by the Post Office Department. D The Mandamus Case. ^ The opinion of the Supreme Court in e the certificate of indebtedness mandamus case y has been filed. The opinion is written by l" Judge Wright, Chief Justice Moses concurring, and Associate Justice Willard dissent** ing. The gist of the decision is that the State Treasurer is ordered to issue 86,772.82 of cer' tificates of indebtedness, which shall be receivable for taxes, to Mr. W. E. Rose; $16,214.? 04 of the same to Mr. P. E. Frazee, and $79,000 to the Republican Printing Company. < e One of the points in the case is, that the opl" ponents of the mandamus demanded that the issue of fact, whether the claims were just or I fi . ... . . i i _ rp | not, should oe tried oy a jury, lreusurei n Cardozo will carry the case to the United ^ States Supreme Court, on the ground that they are bills of credit, and a violation of 6 the Constitution of the United States. The c Union-Herald, speaking of the decision of the Court, says: "Here goes a little over 8100,- i 000 more of the tax-payers' money, unless the j e reformers put the foot down and stand firm ' ? for the cause on the good soil of this State." T Louisiana Republican Convention. < Louisiana is on hand again with her i ' usual muddle?this time in the form of a Re- I V j. publican State Convention?in which the ir- I repressible Pinchback figures, as a matter of i course. Several days were occupied in at- < tempting to organize the Convention, which 1 T was finally effected by admitting only such*' i delegates as had tickets. This plan excluded < ^ nearly all of the Piuchback faction. No i [ nominations have yet been reported. Among I t the resolutions reported is the following : That i s duty and sound policy alike constrain us to - nominate and support for office uone but men of known honesty and capacity, and that men 1 who are unmindful of the interests of the 1 Suite, and those whose records are a reproach to the party, shall not be permitted to force | 0 themselves upon us in any capacity or under | 1 any pretense whatever. The resolutions ene dorse the State administration for pursuing a j t right course while contending with an organ- ] e ized system of villification or misrepresenta- j e tion at home and abroad ; denounce violence < - and attempts to bring about a conflictof races, | v and pledge the party to give a fair election ] 3 and reduce the expenditures. , j : Business Men and Advertising. \ - I The merchants and busiuess communi- j ] e j ty generally of New York appear to have a 11 1.1 high appreciation of the benefits of newspaper i advertising, judging from some statistics fur- t e | nished a correspondent writing from that city t -1 to the Cincinnati Enquirer. According to i -1 his figures, the average yearly receipts of all 1 i the daily papers in the metropolis foot up j t i ?8,908,000, of which sura the Herald receives | c i! upwards of $2,000,000, or about $6,000 a f . I day ; theiSiaats Zeittung $1,825,000; the Times \ s 1 $1,460,000, and so on down to some of the ' 1 i . i a more obscure sheets, none of which receive ; I * less than $100,000.. The weekly papers take j i t nearly half a million dollars annually as their s share of the advertising patronage, and per- t ) haps fully $5,000,000 spent in posters, circu- i , lars, steamboat and street-car advertising, and s i the like. Where this immense revenue comes \ . . . -1 3 from is shown by looking into the ledgers ol c f some of the leading houses. A. T. Stewart,, s r: for instance, is said to spend $500,000 annual- ? i ly for printers' ink j Lord & Taylor $225,000 j ] > Arnold # Constable $J75,OQO ! Robert Bon* ner $200,000; Babbitt, the soap man $225,- 1 , 000; while Barnum annually introduces hira- e ' self to the public $400,000 worth. These fig- r ! ures, which appear to be well authenticated,1 t furnish a clue to the source of a large fraction cf the money paid for advertising, and the balance is made up by less extensive merchants, enterprising business men and the public generally, who doubtless make known theirfaith in advertising by paying sums similarly corresponding with their receipts. Charleston and the West. The Spartanburg, and Asheville and the Greenville and French Broad Railroad Companies were consolidated at a meeting of committees of the respective companies held at Hendersonville on the 1st instant A correspondent of the News and Courier says: The terms of consolidation were cordially and unanimously agreed upon by the committees of conference, and the union is to be accomplished as speedily as possible. By their terms, Col. Memrainger is to be the president of the consolidated company, and it is to be called the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad. Mr. T. Coleman, the engineer in charge of the survey of the route from Spartanburg to ii v 1?: j ASnevnie, nas suumnteu a repuicui mo upiotions, in which he gives estimates for the construction of the road by two routes. The estimate of the cost of the road by way of Columbus is $1,000,756, while the estimated cost of the road from Asheville to Spartanburg by the Warrior and North Pacolet line is only $865,280. The engineer recommends the line by way of Warrior Mountain and North Pacolet, and adds iu his report that by adopting the narrow gauge the estimate for grading would be considerably reduced, and the company would save at least $135,600 in. the cost of iron alone, besides what it would save in the cost of rolling stock and subsequent operating expenses. Disturbance in Marion. From the Marion Star of the 5th instant, we glean the following particulars of the recent disturbance in that town. The Star says: Last Wednesday, a mulatto United States commissioner, made an assault on Fred D. Bryant, Esq., editor of the Observer. Hayne was accompanied by a party of negroes, one of whom caught and held Mr. Biyant, while Viia aaaail<uit inHir.tur) lilnwu Mr Rnront wad taken quite unawares, and was unprepared. The provocation alleged was an article in the Observer criticising Hayne's official conduct, in which the editor alluded to Hayne as the brother of another of that name, who was lately convicted of robbing the mail. The assault on Mr. Bryant created considerable excitement, which reached its height toward night, when a turbulent demonstration on the part of a mob of drunken negroes disturbed the peace of the entire community. A young white man, Jimmie Johnson, was attacked in the dark by a negro, and escaped only by firing at his assailant, but without injuring him. An infuriated rabble of negroes paraded the streets with shrieks and execrations, threatening to enter the house of a citizen, where they supposed the young man had taken refuge, and take him out by iuruc. n j;ai ly ui gcuuciueu emu. hastened to prevent the accomplishment of this purpose. The negroes made no attack, but continued to occupy the streets, which were patrolled by the whites until a late hour. The excitement lasted throughout the next day. A number of gentlemen escorted Mr. Johnson from the country, whither he had retired, and protected him from further threatened violence. North Carolina Election. The election in North Carolina for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Judges and Solicitors of the Circuit Courts, members of the Legislature, >aud county officers, took place last Thursday. A despatch from Raleigh, dated the 7th, says: Large Democratic gaius are reported from every sectiou. Wake couuty "has gone Democratic by a gain of some six hundred. The State has gone largely Democratic with almost a certainty of seven out of eight Congressmen. Those whose election is regarded as almost certain, are Jesse J. Yeates, first district; A. M. Waddell, third district; Joseph J. Davis, fourth district; A. M. ocaies, nun aistrict; Thomas S. Ashe, sixth district; Wra. M. Robbins, seventh district; and R. B. Vance, eighth district. The second district, comprising the counties of Edgecombe, Wilson, Green, Wayne, Swain, Jones, Craven, Northampton, Warren and Halifax, is known as the "black district," the negroes being in the asceudancy, by between 8,000 and 9,000 majority. The delegation in the present Congress stands five Democrats aud three Republicans, and hence if, as there is reason to believe, the seven districts have elected Conservative Congressmen, there will be a clear gain of two Democrats in the next Congress. The Legislature is largely Democratic, and there is great rejoicing and much enthusiasm. Later intelligence indicates that the State has given a Democratic majority of from 10,000 to 20,000. The Democrats confidently claim seven out of eight Congressmen, and a gain of twenty in the Legisjature. rhe Colored Cadet. J. W. Smith, the South Carolina colored cadet at West Point, who was dismissed for deficiency in philosophy, details the history of his examination in a communication to the New National Era, showing that the rannrt madAacrainst him was not. for dafiaian 2y, but in accordance with a suggestion from high authority not to allow him to graduate, ind thereby save the war department the onerous task of finding a suitable assignment in the array where he would be welcomed by die white officers as an officer and a gentleman. He quotes the following from the Brooklyn Argus: "Though he has written letters to his friends tnd is quite sanguine about returning and finally graduating, the professors and cadets say there is not the slightest chance. Said a professor to a friend, the other day: 'It will be a long time before any one belonging to the colored race can graduate at West Point.'" He then goes on to say that he has a, few pertinent questions to ask, which he would like certain people to answer. He says: "At m interview which I had with the secretary if war, on the 17th ultimo, the secretary said that he went to West Point this year for a purpose, and that he was there both before ind after my examination, and conversed rvith some of the professors concerning me. Now did that visit and those conversations mve anything to do with the finding of the icademical board ? Did they bave anything ,o do with that wonderful wisdom apd fore^ light displayed by the professors and cadets n commenting upon my chances forgetting >ack? Why should the secretary of war go ,o West Point this year, for a purpose, apd :onverse with the professor about me, both bebre and after the examination ? Besides, he ipoke of an interview he had had with Col. Etuger, superintendent of the Academy in New York, on Sunday, the 12th ultimo, in eference to me, during which Col. Ruger had aid that the Academic board would not reurn. Is it very wonderful that the Academc board should refuse such recommendation ifter those very interesting conversations vhich were held both before and after the reiommendation ? Why was the secretary iway from West Point at the time of the ex* tminatiou ?" Payment for Slurps. Sqrrje significance attache^ to the folowing article, wljjch appears as a promineut editorial in the Washington Chronicle, an adninistration sheet. It will be observed that he Chronicle, which is supposed to reflect