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Scraps and .facts. An Albany Methodist girl forces piety upon her lover by making him say the Lord's Prayer every time he kisses her. Twelve thousand barrels of oil were burned in Pittsburg, Pa., last week by light- ! ning. ^ Turkeys to the number of 2,400 at a time, turned into fields of army worms fail to make an impression among them in California. So far the worms are ahead. Of one hundred and eighty-two boys in the Connecticut State Reform School, the suoerintendent makes the interesting statement I - ? Q that one hundred and eighty are liars. At the Republican Congressional Convention in Selma, Alabama, Jere. Haralson, * a full-blooded negro, was nomiuated for Congress on the two hundred and thirty-ninth ballot. The reports of excellent crops throughout the South continue to be received. Some idea may be formed of other States when it is known that in Alabama sales for delivery this fall have been made at fifty cents per bushel, and in Texas at twenty- five cents. Marshal Bazaine, who had been sen- j teuced to death by court martial for alleged cowardice and betrayal of the French nation,, but whose sentence was commuted to impris- j onmentfor twenty years ou the Islaud of St. Marguerite, escaped from the place of his imprisonment on Sunday night of last week. It is said by the New York correspondents that Mr. Beecher is so damaged that he ; will have to retire from the pulpit, and that j tiou with the editorship of that new paper j tuey an tne wane are isiting aoout over there. Tiie corollary that a man not good enough to teach the public from the platform is yet good enough to teach it through the press of Gotham, is rather rough on the other editors of that city. Senator Brownlow has a brother, and: that brother lately rau for register of his i county. In his address to the voters he des-! cribed himself and his circumstances, and j winds up thus: "As for honesty, I am as lion- i est as the times will admit of," a cautious and j qualified style of honesty which must have seemed extreme to old Parson Brownlow. | How it seemed to the voters we are not ad-! vised, but we hope that Brownlow the brother, j was elected, if only for the cynical' fling he I made at the honesty of candidates iu general, j For several days last week the town of j Austin, Mississippi, was the sceue of consider-j able excitement, owing to a disturbance crea-! ted by the negroes of the town and adjacent i country. The difficulty originated from the j clmntinrr nf u nf>rrrn rrirl hv 51 white ! "vv,""u"' """'""b ** "-to"" o"- -v ? ; | man, who fired at a negro man in self-defense. . This so exasperated the negroes that a mob , of several hundred gathered, and for two or: three days held possession of the town?the ; whites having vacated it. A sufficient force of citizeu3, however, was organized, who sue- J ceeded in regaining possession of the town, I and quiet has been restored. The recklessness of some young people t in incurring marital obligations is iu striking j contrast with the caution of a Kentucky bride-1 groom, Mr. Oliver A. Hunt, who recently in I company with Miss Sarah E. Hall, fled the ; wrath of cruel parents and went to Gallatiu, Tenuessee, to get married. When the preacher asked Hunt "if he would take this woman to be his lawful wife, and would protect, comfort nnd support her as long as he should live," he promptly answered "yes sir, if I can," which, by the way, was a most considerate answer in view of the hard times and uncertainty of sublunary affairs. A Washington dispatch makes the following reference to colored Cadet Smith: "The recent attacks of the colored ex-cadet Smith upon the board of visitors at West Point have attracted the attention of the officers of the War Department. They say that the Secretary of War was extremely liberal in his interpretation of the regulations on behalf of cadet Smith, and that he did for him what has never been done for a white boy in like circumstances. The officers also say that i he had a fair examination, and that the Congressional Board of Visitors unauimously tes- I tifiedto his incompetency." Americans are known as a nation of j chewers and snickers of tobacco, and by no j means a few are reputed to be decidedly "up to snuff." In the year 1870 the tobacco crop ' of the Uuited States amounted to the enormous j aggregate of over two hundred and fifty millions of.pounds. It was grown iu forty-two States and Territories. There were 753 estab- j lishments engaged in the manufacture of chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff, the j total value being over S3b,UUU,UUU; ana 4,031 | establishments manufacturing cigars, the total number of hands employed being nearly GO,- i 000. A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala-; bama, of the 16th iustant says that on the! evening of that day, on the Selma train, the' conductor ordered a negro out of the ladies' I car; on his refusal to go, the conductor took the negro by the arm to force him out, when ilusteed, United States District Judge, took sides with the negro, drew a pistol and told him not to go. Busteed and the negro then left the car and soon returned, with some j twenty negroes, and took possession. There were only three ladies in the car and one gen-! tleman. Two white Republicans on the train j persuaded the negroes to return, after they had possession of the car for some time. Great indignation is manifested at such conduct on the part of an United .States Judge. Wooden shoes are highly recommended by some of the scientific societies, and in some i instances by the governments of Europe, it; having been ascertained that not a few diseases ; resulting in impaired constitutions and even in the loss of life, have resulted from the practice of wearing leather shoes in wet weather. An 1 experienced workman from France was a short time since called to Germany to superintend the manufacture of wooden shoes on an extensive scale in the latter qountry. These are represented as being light and easy to. wear, and are provided with a small cushion ; within the upper side, to obviate any pressure , on that part of the foot; they are also said ' to be of a neat and pleasing appearance,, blackened or varnished, arc made large enough to accommodate eomtortatue stockings, and are furnished with leather straps. Capt. A. F.Butler, the agent of the South Carolina Railroad at Augusta, Georgia, i was murdered in that city on Saturday last, by a negro, under circumstances which stamp the deed as one of the most unprovoked outrages that has recently occurred. As the Augusta papers represent the affair, Captain Butler and his wife were in the act of stepping off a car, the platform of which was obstructed by a negro named Gabriel Murrel. Capt. Butler asked the negro to move out of his way, at the same time pushing him slightly | with his hand. This exasperated Murrel,! and he drew a pistol and deliberately shot Capt. Butler in the head, from the effect of which he died that night. Murrel was arrested and committed to jail; but after it had become generally known that his victim died from the wound received, a strong crowd gathered at the jail and forcibly taking the i murderer from the custody of the jailor, con' ^ - .1 ..C .1... * ] UUCIOU mm 10 UI0 SUUlinw 01 uiu until ?iu\t lynched him. In a recent letter from Richmond to the Cincinnati Commercial, the correspondent says of a conversation which lie had with Gov. Kemper: In the course of our conversation the governor touched upon the everlasting i and to the South truly terrible civil rights! question. "If that becomes a law," he said, "I shall immediately call the Legislature together and we will wipe out every free school in the State from the mountains to the sea. i Xot one shall be left for either color. We j prefer our children should grow up in the blackness of ignorance ; yea, we prefer death itself rather than submit to this (' gradation. There will never be mixed schools in Virginia, never, never! The people, out of their scanty funds, and burdended with debt and taxation, have established free schools for both races, i and contribute for their support a million of a dollars a year, but not one single cent will ^ they give for free schools if that most infamous civil rights bill becomes a law. The! negroes will then have no schools, for not one , f in twenty of them is able to educate their eliil- 11 dren without aid from the whites. You may c be sure they will get no aid then. That law will he the death-knell of all common and : free schools in Virginia and the South." 1, Ihr ^orkviUe tfnqnim. ' YORK VILLE. S. C.s U THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 20, 1874. J J How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name j of tiie subscriber very plainly, give post-office, r county and State in full, and send the amount of j | the subscription by draft or post-office money . order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. ' Postage.?'The postage on the Knquirkk, to y any part of the United States, is fivk cknts per quarter,ortwknty cknts pervear, and is payable s in advance at the post office where the paper is re- j ceived. Watch the Figures.?Thed'/teon the "address- 1 label" shows the time to me subscription is paid. 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Envelopes, Policies, Fire A- Life Ins., y Election Tickets, Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction s as to quality of work, guaranteed in every c instance. Particular attention given to fine ^ work in colors. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 ? Sixteeu convicts from Charleston were re- ' ceived at the penitentiary last week. ? JudgeT. H.Cooke, in a speech at Cam- i: deu, said that C. D. Melton was his choice for t Governor. e ? The Pickeus Sentinel places the name of o General J. B. Kershaw at the head of its col- ? umns for Governor. c ? The Carolina New Era is the only lie- ^ publican Moses paper in the State. It is also j iu favor of Judge Hoge for Congress. f ? The colored preachers of Abbeville get r up love-feasts to which the)"charge five cents r admission. ? A petition, signed by nearly one hundred 1 and fifty ladies, has been submitted to Judge ^ < ' ? ,l. 1_? i.-".i it* I r i^OOKe urging me paruuu ui jlju. x-. unmco. ? A hog carried off a child from near Black- ' stock last week, but the little one was recov- f ered without being injured. i ? The following is the refrain of a popular S song in Charleston: "Beefsteak when I'm hungry, whisky when I'm dry, greenbacks t when I'm hard-up, and Heaven when I die." a ? W. H. Denton, convicted of the murder ( of J. II. Albriton, in Horry county, in May last, was sentenced by Judge Townsend to be 1 huug on the 9th of October. ? Attorney-General Melton was in Wash- j1 ingtou last week. His health has been great- c ly benefitted by his stay at the springs in Vir- j ginia. i ? One hundred and seventy-eight negroes j met at Diamond Hill Township, Abbeville e county, on the 1st instant, and levied a tax of * one and a half mills on real estate for school e purposes. ? The county auditor of Orangeburg has c recommended to the board of equalization the j appointment of two taxpayers in each town- t ship to confer with said board at their annual j meeting. 21 ? The Union-Herald says: "It is all a mis- 1 take to think that Governor Scott will not he | 1 put in nomination by his friends. He will j j! probably come in on the Jiome stretch, and 1 |. attempt to run in between the best pair." [ j? On Wednesday a water spout formed i t flift T utwTlni? Afilla wiiinlt i ! UNCI tiiu JWUU auuvt t?IW I-IUK, hiiivi* j .1 caused the water iu the pond to fall two ; inches. A gale of wind on Thursday morning i struck the pond and dashed the water com-1 f pletcly over the dam. ? The fair of the State Agricultural and ! v Mechanical Society and the Joint Stock As- j f sociation is to be held in Columbia, com mencing Tuesday, November 10th, and continue j ^ until Friday the 13th. The premium list is a lengthy and attractive to exhibitors. \ g ? A Radical meeting was held at Colum-I d bia, ou Saturday of last week, at which Con- I gressman Rainey spoke. He said that the j nation was evidently drifting towards a qual- ! t ified suffrage, because of the responsibility fc of the colored people for the present condition j t of-things. i 1 ? Two colored men had a difficulty in | C Charleston, ou the 8th, when one of them i c beat with and broke an umbrella over the I other?Julius Gorman by name. Gorman : t commenced drinking and died in convulsions > t two days afterwards, and now the question is s whether the umbrella or the whisky did the e job. Howard was arrested. I ? A writer in the Xews and Courier makes 'I the following point: "Just in proportion as t (Jrant stock falls below par with the South c Carolina Radicals, should honest men invest 'J in it. When thieves turn against a man the virtuous may safely support him. Therefore,! c let South Carolina, if Grant will remove the 1 filthy burden crushing the honest people of^. South Carolina to the earth, support Grant, | I fliltvl form ntwl nil " 1 f bl... v. IV.." v-"- v.... , _ ? W. J. Oxncr, a young man of twenty-two ! (i years, and a resident of Winnsboro, commit- i, ted suicide in Charleston on Monday morning ' | last by swallowing laudanum. It seems that1 g he was desirous of paying his addresses r to a young lady of that city, and his attach-1 } tneut not being reciprocated by her, mainly e ou account of his intemperate habits, he was ? driven by his passion to end his existence as c above stated. ? ? The gin-house aud fixtures of Mr. W. W. ? Rogers, of Indiantown, was totally destroyed t by fire ou Tuesday morning last. The house j was struck by lightuiug, from which it caught, i aud had nearly burnt down before the fire i was discovered. Loss 8800; 110 insurance. ? The store and entire stock of goods belonging f to Mr. James Harper was also destroyed by 1 fire 011 the night of the same day : cause of t the fire accidental. Loss 84,000; no insu- 3 ranee. '" NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Col. Wm. A. Slowe, Democrat, is elected is Representative in the Legislature from Gaston county. ? A terrific hail storm occurred last week, bur miles from Charlotte, on the C. C. and A. Railroad, inflicting great damage to the lotton and corn crops. ? The Directory of the Fair of the Caroli- 1 las have determined upon the first week in November as the time when the Fair shall he ' teld. ? The Raleigh News says a little girl in | tlorganton was recently bitten by her pet dog, ince which occurrence she has been taken villi fits pronounced by the physicians to he lydrophobia. ? The Charlotte Observer reports that \V. I. H. Houston, a well-known merchant of hat town, has recently been detected in a { mmher of forgeries involving over ?12,000. Toustou has fled. It is thought there is mough of his property left unincumbered to | my fifty cents on the dollar of his indebtcdless. I ? Perry, .Supervisor of the Internal Reveille Bureau of North and South Carolina, las been in Washington city recently, and nl- I eges that the roceut triumph of the Conser- : natives in North Carolina will render it neoes- | ary for more troops to be sent to that State, I 11 order to keep the people from violating the ; aw. Bah! Mr. Perry. | ? Lee Dunlap, a negro, who killed Mr. .Reason in Charlotte several years ago, has j iscaped from the Raleigh jail, where he had ; ?een imprisoned pending the disposition of lis case in the Federal Court. The Raleigh Yews charges that the doors of the jail were j ipened and the guilty criminal allowed to ; lepart his way in peace. ? Hon. Sion II. Rogers, of Raleigh died uddenly on Friday morning last, of hemor- ; age of the lungs. Mr. Rogers was in the j 9th year of his age. In 1854, he was elected j wi.:? t??tua i.,,...... i-T, .rj a M i)]^ J.vu|;uot uuunt tw tuo iwnvi jlavuc^ ; if Congress, serving two years it) that capacty. In 1870, he was again elected by the j Jemoeratic party, serving also one term. He J ras Colonel of the 47th regiment of North ! 'arolina troops at one time during the war, j ,iid before the war was Attorney General of! he State. EDITORIAL INKLIXOS. Senator White in Winnsboro. The Winnsboro New thus refers to a j peech made by Senator White of York ; ouuty, at a Republican meeting in Winns- ! loro on Thursday night last: "G. W. Barber was called to the chair, lenry Jacobs was appointed Secretary. The neeting consisting of several hundred blacks, \ md a considerable number of whites, was ! irst addressed by Senator White of York, an \ inadulterated colored man. He spoke forci- | ily in defence of republicanism. He acknowl- I dged that "things had not went on smooth" if late but claimed that corruption existed irnong the democrats. He claimed that the :olored people honestly desired reform, hut :ould not go to the democratic ranks to effect t. He asked the democrats to come to them, le advocated civil rights, not as a measure orcing social equality, but as according rights 1 ue the colored people and claimed that his ace were daily improving. That they greaty needed education. He spoke of eiuancipaion as the crowning act of republicanism. ;Ie claimed to regret the separation of the aces, and called ou all citizens to help the rembliean party in its work of reform. Ilis peech was strong, and plausible arguments 'or his party. At the same time it was not ncendiary." ioutli Carolina Courts. The Washington Chronicle furnishes he following information respecting the courts ,nd the administration of justice in South Carolina: From every indication it seems evident hat not only in the administration of the. afairsof the State, but in the execution of laws nd the trial of causes in court, South Caroina is in an unusally unfortunate condition, ierious charges are openly made against the udges and officers of court, and it is said that t is impossible to obtain a just verdict from a ury, and if one is obtained tne couris ians 10 xecute it. The juries are largely selected rom the colored people. Many of tlieiu are lonest, and desirous to do their duty conseintiously,.but ignorant of the most ordinary ules of business, and without any knowledge if law whatever, or any experience in the busness transactions of life. It is 110 uncommon hing, coi respondents report, to find half the ury asleep, and in the courts the testimony ind arguments are frequently interrupted by he judge ordering the sheriff' to "wake up hose jurymen." Ifthe judge has not had his tinner, or if having it, it sits heavily upon lis stomach and he feels generally annoyed, le sometimes breaks out after a short stock of latience is exhausted : "Mr. Sheriff', wake up hem niggers!" l Moral ami Ministerial Row. At the convention of colored preachers n sessiou at Columbia, on Wednesday, the ollowiiig resolution was introduced : Jiesulved, That we do not intend to dictate rho shall be the nominee of the Republican >arty as the candidate for Governor in our itate; nevertheless, we shall urge, nay we hall demand the nomination of one who will mite all opposition in the ranks of the party, ind secure the respect and the support of the ;reat Republican party North, and the confilence and cooperation of the national adminstration. After adopting this and other resolutions, he convention broke up in a row between t 1 1 ,% r? a __ ... ,1 o. i. _ rp jam IjM, colored, or oumter, ami oune n-easirer Cardozo. Lee, who claims to be a Bebrmcr, made a severe attack on Treasurer Jardozo?denouncing him as a dishonest offi:ial? when the keeper of the State money* >ags struck from the shoulder and stretched he Sumter Reformer 011 the floor; and, when he hitter arose and made belligerent demontrations, the portly treasurer gave him anolhr soekdollager, and down he went again. ,'arties interfered, and the combat ended. The Columbia Union-Herald mildly describes his as a warm discussion between Mr. Carlozo, Mr. Lee and others. 'lie IMack 11 ill Country. Glowing reports of the mineral wealth 1 >f the .Black Hill country, now being explored i >y Gen. Custer's expedition are sent eastward ! >y a correspondent accompanying the party. ; le writes that indications of gold were dis- 1 'ovpreil about a week mro. and within two ' lays its presence in sufficient quantities ubun- ! lantly to repay working lias been established ' >eyond a doubt, llesays he has in his pos- i ession forty or fifty small particles of pure ! ;old, in size about that of a small pin-head. . dost of it was obtained from a single pan of ! arth. Until further investigation is had re-j ;arding the richness of the deposit of gold, no pinion should be formed. Veins of what the I geologists call "bearing quartz," crop out ou j ilmost every hillside. Aside from the iudica-, ions of mineral wealth abounding, the corresmndent states that the country possesses renarkable natural beauties. "Grass, water, j tud timber of several varieties are found in ibuudance, and all of excelleut quality; small 'ruits abound, game is plentiful. The valleys i ire well adapted for cattle raising or agricultural purposes, while the scenery is lovely be-! ond description. The llora is the most varied . ind exuberant of any section this side of Cali-! fornia. In this respect it is a new Florida it may prove to he a new Eldorado. Thes reports, if continued, will probably lead ti the early settlement of that region by th whites, and the dispossesion of the Indians. Agricultural Report for August. The August returns of the Departmen of Agriculture show an improvement in th prospects of the cotton crop in all the larg< cotton States except Alabama,in which durinj July the average declined 2 per cent.; Virgin ia also declined 2 per cent.; Arkansas 7 pe cent., and Tennessee G per cent. The tw States last named complain of" extensive am severe droughts. North Carolina maintain her July average, reporting a general preva lence of fine conditions of growth ; no insec depredations, except lice in a few places ii Lincoln county. The crop was twenty day in advance?the first bloom being on Jul; 31. South Carolina reports a considerabh improvement, while the State of Georgia ad vances her average 1 per cent., Mississippi ! per cent, and Florida 6 per cent. From sev eral counties in these States come complaint of local drought, impoverishing the grovvtl of plants; in others, heavy rains have causec an excessive growth of weeds, with a tendenc; to longjoints and a small fruitage. .Cater pillars are reported in many localities, bu they appear to be, generally, even later it their development than the crops. Several cor respondents think they arc too late to damagt any but top crops. In some counties, th bottom crops are poor, while the middle crop are luxuriant. Where a good stand was se cured early, the crop is generally reported a better than for years. Louisiana sufferet severely from freshets in the early part of thi season, reducing her July average to 73 ; th disastrous consequences were partly remediet by the improved conditions of the growth ii July, but still the crop is 17 per cent, belov the average. In some Parishes, as in Ens Feliciana, the working force of farm animali was seriously crippled by the charbon, cans ing the crops to remain unworked at critica periods No serious insect injuries are fore shadowed, and the tone of correspondence i more hopeful. Texas increased her high av erage, showing a general and satisfactory ira provcment. Insects were demonstrating ii different quarters, hut were successfully me by remedies. In Gonzales county, a larg red wasp was making war upon the farmers enemies; while in Waller, flocks of sinal birds, never before seen, were very destruc tive upon them. The State average was a follows: Virginia, 98 per cent, of an average crop; North Carolina, 102; South Carolina 97 ; Georgia, 94; Florida, 102; Alabama 90; Mississippi, 89; Louisinia, 83; Texas 105 ; Arkansas, 87; Tennessee, 83. LETTER FROM GEN'. KERSHAW. The following letter from Gen. Kershaw wil be at this time read with peculiar interest bj all classes. The gentleman to whom the let ter is addressed, on asking its insertion in th Nexus and Courier, remarks : "There is n< doubt that your readers will be much gratifiei to learn thut one ' of South Carolina's mos distinguished sons has given expression to hi views on the political condition of the coun try, in such shape that they may go forth t> the public authoritatively. He has consentct to do this at the request of many friends, whi were desirous of giving them publicity, tha the world might see how little reason an; honest, intelligent Republican has to taun the representative men of the South with be ing irreeonciliable. Gen. Kershaw has here tofore filled every publii position to which h has been elevated with fidelity, courage, in telligence and a high sense of honor, whiel demand of his countrymen an unhesitatinj confidence in any professions he may make and with him there are thousands of true mei ready to make the same professions, and hon orably act up to them. It may be that il indeed, the era of peace and good-will i dawning upon our unhappy State, this publi expression of opinion will hasten that lonj expected event, and entitle him to the lastinj gratitude of all true patriots for these boh and manly declarations, having such happ; results in this, our time of need." tiie letter. Camden, S. C., July 27,1874. My Dear Sir?Your valued favor of th 11th instant is before me for reply. I have arrived at certain conclusions in nr own mind in regard to the matter upon whiel you desire the expression of my opinions, anc I give them for what they may be worth. The restoration of an honest, economica and competent government to South Carolini at this juncture I consider the paramoun duty of her citizens. Such means and sue! sacrifices, consistent with honor, must he re sorted to as may he found necessary, practica blc and expedient to accomplish that end With us it is no longer a question of Republi caiiism and Democracy. The struggle is fo an honest government under which we cui live and prosper. In comparison with that party distinctions should go for nothing Seeking no political triumph, hut simply th substitution of an honest and responsible gov eminent for the horde of plunderers who havi robbed and degraded the State, and throwi her back at least twenty years in the march o improvement, we are entitled to the sympatic and support of every right thinking man whatever be his political opinions. A better feeling pervades the whole conn try. It is a great pleasure to note the stead; growth of more kiudly seutiment and feelinj toward the South on the part of the North In act and utterance we should at all time cordially reciprocate the generous and friend ly overtures held out to us so frequently o late by the Northern people and press, with out distinction of party, and especially by th officers and soldiers of the Union armies whose magnanimous and soldierly conduct ii honoring the memory of their fallen fbemen on many recent occasions, is tne Desi pieag yet offered of a restored, happy and unitei Americanism. I am sure that in our effort t rescue the .State we will have the cordial sup port of the public opinion and press of th North ; but more important, because nior immediate than these, the aid of the Federa Executive. President Grant can do more for the speed; restoration of the State than all other influ enees from without; and although I have m political information, other than such as i common to all having access to the papers o the day, still, from the perusal of these, I en tertain strong hopes he will not withhold hi great influence from so good a work. Ther is no overt hostility to his administration ii any part of the South ; certainly none of an; sort in an organized form in this State. Oi the contrary, the Conservative element lool to him as their chief, if not their only hop< of good government. Congress has been ap pealed to, and is powerless to remedy th evils under which we suffer. Thejudieiar; can afford no relief, for it has no jurisdiction The Executive alone can constitutionally am legally assist us. It would be the crowuinj glory of Gen. Grant's administration to effec a reconstruction, and restore to the plunderei and ruined States of the South the blessing of good government, and the opportunity t enjoy and to contribute to the future prosper ity of the country. I cannot think that h will be indifferent, and Itkuow how gratefull; his aid would be appreciated by our sufferinj .South Carolinians. Could he be brought fac to face with the monstrous evils which degrad and oppress us, nothing could prevent hin from employing every prerogative of his vas power to crush them out forever. ; After all, however, our relief depends most- j u ly upon our own people. Let them organize 3 and consolidate all honest men who eau rise ! above unworthy prejudices and party slavery, i to rescue the State from anarchy, ruin, and, j in the end, a bloody despair. Respecting the Republican principles of the colored citizens, I t we should earnestly seek their co-operation in e the movement. The State has heeu plunged 3 into this ruin by the rapacity and dishonesty r 1 of their trusted leaders, who have brought 3 i shame and obloquy upon the party, whose honor and interests were in their keeping, and r trampled upon every right aud interest of the i 0 whole people in their insatiate greed for plun- j 1 j der. They owe the State some reparation j s for the past, and we surely may hope that1 . there are some thousands having sufficient; . honesty, intelligence and patriotism to join i the hue and cry against the robber band. a Not many would be required, for the true d majority of the Radicals has always been exy ] nggerated. The whites have never been fully ? polled since the war, and the ballot has never j. j been free from frauds. To secure such codp2 oration the honest colored people should be j invited to a full share of all puonc omce. ! Power entrusted to us should be administered j s without favor or prejudice, so as to secure the i h best interests of the whole people, protect j 1 equally in the enjoyment of his just rights y every citizen, however high or humble, and .. | promote the welfare of all alike, so far as may j. | come within the legitimate sphere of govern- : ment. 1 ! Upon such principles only can harmony ; * and good government be secured in the pres- j i ; ent state of society here. Cooperation in this ; e good work would lead to mutual dependence, i 3 respect and good will, and tend more to the ; elevation and development of the colored j , j people than all other possible expedients. j I consider these views worth pondering at! 1 | this time with reference to the taxpayers' ? I movement and the promised reform in the e Republican party. Of course the policy of 1 the people can only be settled by conventions tl of their authorized representatives, but it is well to take counsel together and to interchange views beforehand, in order that the ' public mind may settle down upon such mens3 ores as may be approved after due considera-1 i* tion. I firmly believe the hour of deliver- j 1 ance is at hand, if we but true to ourselves.! . Indeed, the crisis does not admit the thought j of failure. Success is a necessity; failure is ' j death, and disgrace to the Commonwealth. " I I need not say to you that I do not pre* sume to dictate a policy, and consider my 1 opinions of much less importance than you t seem to attribute to them ; such as they are e they are heartily at your service. ,? Very truly yours, J. B. Kersiiaw. 1 FARMING IN THE NORTH-WEST. King's Mountain, S. C., Aug. 11,1874. 8 Editor of the Enquirer .-?Please publish a -1 " " i-^.? p T\_ n^e ^ me iojiowiog leuer irum J-?r. uitisiuii, ui > Iowa. I asked him for this letter, descrip? tive of farming in Iowa, with a view to pub'? lishing it in the Enquirer. I made statements to iny friends, in letters from that State, while there in May and June, and j when I returned home, I found a sort of inr creduIUy that induced me to ask this confirmation from Dr. Ralston, notifying him of e my intention. 0 I may state that we on the Atlantic belt j are totally ignorant of the prodigious resources j of the great North-west. A Mr. Duncan, of g North Illinois, stated to me that his son . worked forty acres of corn, which yielded 0 forty bushels to the acre; he raised three j hundred bushels of oats and about oue hun0 died bushels of wheat, doing all the work' t himself, except the necessary assistance rey quired for harvesting. j. The soil is rich prairie, and when the crop is well nut in. the trouble is half over. I was surprised at the rapid growth after sunshine e fairly commences in the spring. But there . are troubles, too, in that fertile region. Amid I, all the advantages of fine soil and improved ? agricultural implements, I found wealthy , farmers coming South, having grown tired of the long, cold winters. The people of the . North-west require huge stores of provisions f to carry them through the almost artic wing ters of the rigorous climate. A notable fea0 ture of the winter season there is the almost ,r entire absence of rain, and the quantities of lT snow Hying in the air much of the time?esj pecialiy during mid-winter. y When I was with Dr. Ralston, he one day, for the umusement of myself and traveling companion, put on bis snow costume, for winter travel, and I confess he resembled greatly e a Laplander or Esquimaux. The great Mississippi freezes from shore to shore at Le Y Claire, four huudred miles above St. Louis, j1 and becomes a safe and pleasant highway for travel, up and down its course, with sleighs, j Iowa is far in advance of South Carolina t in educational facilities. As we drove through t Scott county, on a beautifcil summer day in i June, I wa9 in ec9tacies all the while, ranging my eye over the countless objects of interest that spread out like a picture of beauty?a | panorama of prosperity?and among the most r interesting objects presented, were the schooli houses, painted white and elegantly fitted up for the comfort of the children. This looks ' like civilization. Say what you will about e training the youthful mind to think, and storing it with treasures of knowledge, yet J half the education is omitted?and the better f half, too?if you have not instilled sentiments y of self-respect and refined taste, and a love , i for the beautiful as well as the good and the useful. How can you succeed in those desir* ; able accomplishments, if you never let your \ child see anything but a hut which a savage j] might have built? Look at our .South Caros ' lina school-houses all over York county ; mud-1 daubed cabins, often with wooden chimneys f; and puncheon floors ! Is it not a blushing * I shame?an everlasting reproach?upon our ? I O .1 -.1.1.... K.voctml rotinsmont 9 j OUUlllCill UIIITIIIIJI miu uuuctvu .www.*....,.... 3' In Iowa, not yet fifty years settled by the i whites, taste and refinement are everywhere e ! seen, and the people would deride the backJ j woods civilization of a State a hundred years 0 j old, and yet fancying itself at the head of the " i Union! " E. E. B. ei j | Lk Claire, Iowa, July 17, 1874. I * * * And you have seen the far-famed Y j North-west?a small portion of its wide ex pause. I am sorry you did not spend longer | time with us to look round a little. Coming | 8 into Iowa on Saturday, and leaving on Mod^ day morning following, the visit must seem i like a dream. Doubtless such are your feelB ings; since you ask me for a statement in rc-j 1 gard to the mode of cultivating corn, its pro-; f duct, &c. You arc aware that what I may I 1 say in reply to your inquiries must be gathered ' * from what I see and hear, uot from what I do. j amount of land cultivated. e : Some farmers have twenty acres of com, y some thirty, or perhaps even forty to single i. J hand. One neighbor, in plain view from my , 1 j door, with the help of a hired man, hasculti-; % vated seventy-five acres of corn, and done it ^ well. My son and his man have cultivated sixty-two acres ; and this having been more B immediately under my observation, I may j - note the viodvs operandi in this case. The ; e land was deeply plowed with a turning plow? 1 Y most of it plowed last fall. = preparatory. | g Preparatory for planting the ground was j well harrowed ; and then marked off with a t marker, making three rows at once. This simple contrivance is drawn by a span of horse;", the driver standing erect on the top of it. THE I'l.ANTINU. Next came the two-horse corn planter. The j driver is .-euted as if on a sulky, hut not so 1 high ; and another man, seated still lower, , does the dropping by means of a small lever i moved back ami forth. The corn falls into , furrows made l?y sharp runners that expand into an open forked shape in the rear. And the covering is done by broad melalie wheels > that follow. This machine plants two rows j at once; and does it far better than the old1 hand process, provided the dropper is an adept at the business. It is surprising how exactly straight such dropper cau make the cross; and much depends on this in the after ! culture. THE CULTURE. After planting the harrow was again used, ! the seed being beneath its depth ; and then { the corn plow, costing about $25. This con-1 sists of a tongue, an axle, two wheels, two le- : vers attached loosely to the axle, each lever | forking into two downward prongs, on each , of which is adjusted a shovel?four shovels in , all?and a handle is adjusted to each lever by which to direc; and controll the shovels. The plow is drawn by a span of horses, one ; on each side of the row. Plates of sheet iron are adjusted between the shovels and the corn, as fenders to keep off the dirt from the smallcorn ; but when the corn gets strong enough to bear the dirt the fenders are taken off. ' This plow, as you will perceive, makes four furrows at once, plowing a row thoroughly at every pass. In our smooth praines there are ' neither routs, stones, nor other obstruction? ' nothing to do but go right on. Hence a man can make a large show of work in a day, especially alter the coin has become strong enough not to be injured. In one week my < son and his mau with their two plows plowed ? over the sixty two acres once, and eleven acres 1 of it the second time. On one day they plow- i ed sixteen acres, and on another day eighteen 1 acres. I pltobablk yield. 1 The corn now looks very promising all over this regiou ; but it is yet too soon to count bushels, except with a wide margin of peradventures. Should those marauding locusts, that devastate the North-Western border, be seut upon us, wo to us! Should storms of wind or hail beat down the towering corn, the calamity would be sad. Or should an unusually early frost be sent before the corn matures, that might injure the quality. Should a kind Providence ward off such calamities a | large yield may safely be looked for; but were you to pass round amongst the farmers, asking for their expectations, you would elicit a great diversity of guesses. One man would try to keep within bounds by naming forty, forty-five, or fifty bushels, as an average yield per acre. Another would say fifty bushels at least. And one of still more sanguine temperament, would name sixty bushels just as < confidently. THE IIUSKING Will Kn a liooup mh nn hum! whpn timp. Hi J j~v, ... , comes, provided no misfortune comes our way. The farmers will need to employ a good supply of help, or there will be cold fingers before all comes in. I have now responded to your 1 inquiries, as best I could; giving the esti- i mates of other men in regard to probable ' yield. But you had better come back about the middle, or last of October, and see for 1 yourself?would not wonder you would make a brisk husker. We are now in the midst of wheat harvest; and since I am the only "lad" about the place, it devolves on me to hurry away to the men witlnfresh water frequently. In view of this fact, you need not be surprised to fiud this 1 communication rather disjointed. * * * 1 Yours fraternally, I S. S. Ralston. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM THE BLACK HILLS. Black Hills Expedition, Aug. 2. When I last wrote we were within sixty miles of the Black Hills, but owiug to the uneveuness of the "ouutry we did not get into the Hills until five days after my letter was written. From what we have seen of the Black Hills we are pretty well convinced that many exaggerated stories have been told and misrepresentations made by the Indians in regard to this region. Boundless forests of massive pines have dwindled down into insignificant scrubs, such as grow in the old fields of York county, rarely exceeding twelve inches in diameter. Grass iu the valleys is good, but the hills are bare. Springs of water are numerous, and water abundant; but it is so strongly impregnated with minerals of various kinds as to he almost entirely unfit for use, either to drink or for culinary purposes. Invalids might appreciate the water, but soldiers suf- ! feriug from thirst certainly do not. Ou the ,20th, we found a large spring of ice-cold water, which had a delightful taste while . drinking it; but the moment one stopped swallowing it a very disagreeable and bitter taste was left in the mouth, and in a short while thirst was greater than before drinking. The mystery was easily explained. Beds of gypsum could be seen all along the batik, and j in some places it formed the entire surface of , the ground, , We were forced to camp at this place, as j our teams were uuable to proceed further j without rest, the day having been very hot, j and the ground over which we had traveled , exceedingly rough, while it was uncertain | when we would next reach water. s rPU?. mor/tK nrnooH tn hp Inner 4 111C liCAb uaj o maivn i-w w .??g, | dry and hot. The lips of the men were i parched to such an extent that the slightest , movement of the mouth would cause the lips to crack iiud bleed. At the camp from which I am writing we have clear, cool water?pure < and with agreeable taste; but many of our < men are sick from the effects of the water 1 drank the day previous. We remained at 1 this camp a day to rest our animals, and to J enable the scientists of the expedition to visit j and explore a high hill some distance from < our route and known as Ifiau Kara. It is : t 6600 feet above the level of the sea. I < The explorers were somewhat disappointed ! with the results of their visit to the hill. The j j atmosphere was hazy, and the hill, though of i ] greater height, was not in other respects dif- ] ferent from those all around us. J I have seen many places since we moved J from Fort Lincoln where excellent farms could be obtained so far as relates to fertile soil, but t in these localities there is a universal luck of ^ timber, while the water, cither from natural i ^ springs or from wells, is unfit for use. We | have marched a distance of fifty miles with- j ^ out seeing a single tree or even a shrub. } c Another great obstruction to the country 1 is the superabundance of grasshoppers, which literally cousumic every species of vegetation 1 wherever they go. They had destroyed all { the gardens around Fort Lincoln before we ! left that post, and we find many places on our march which have been devastated to the 1 s last blade of grass by the same insatiable insect. We are now nearing a region called the i Park, and as there are indications of gold and j silver, we hope to meet a general change for e the better in all the surroundings of the famed | a "Black Hill" country. SOLDIEll. ' j LOCAL AFFAZHSi NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. M. Dobson A Co.?At and below coat?September 1st?Flour?Very Cheap?Furs?dent's Hats?Baskets?Step Ladders. M. Strauss A Son?Tax Returns?Tax UnionsShirting?Prints?Remnants?Odd Lots. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? D. J. Howe, Applicant?Solomon Quinn, deceased. Boylin A Wolfe, Editors Monroe Enrpiirer, Monroe, N. C.?Press for Sale. J. H. White, District Chairman?Congressional Convention. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the matterof J. G. Webber, James E. Savage, Bankrupts. * F. Gardner, Chief Engineer?40,000 Cross Ties Wanted. W. M. Walker, 1). D. S.?Dentiil Notice. Nancy H. Smith, Administratrix?Sale of Law Books. Dr. John May, Agent?The old Doctor has at last become possessed of a large fortune. John C. Kuykendal ? Four Reasons Why?Headquarters for Drngs?No Aches, No Pains? A Boon for Dyspeptics?A Large Supply-^ Wholesale Agency. W. H. & J. P. Herndon?Miscellaneous?Breakfast Bacon?Sugar?Coffee?Cheese?Settle Up?Plows. Wittkowsky A Rintcls, Charlotte, N. C.?To the Wholesale Trade. J. B. Hunter?Administrator's Sale. Joseph A. McLean?For Judge of Probate. J. II. White, Chairman?County Convention. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationMrs. Mary Boggs, Applicant?Mrs. Klizabeth Meaders, deceased. E. N. Crawford, Chairman?Equalization Board. Thomas Cross?Horse Shoeing Joseph Miller and others?To Contractors. PERSONAL. Rev. Henry R. Dickson, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this place, has returned to his home, after au extended visit to die Northern States and Canada. We are pleased to learn that Mr. Dickson had a pleasant trip, and returns to his pastoral duties Much improved in health. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE. The Columbia Pluenix of the 16th announces that Hon. I. (i. McKissiek, of Union county, has been renominated for Congress trom tms imngri'tsnmai uistnct. we are not iwarethata convention uf the Conservatives has been held in this district, and presume that the Phamix only meant t?? say that the name of Mr. MeKissick has been suggested for the nomination. NfcW cor I ON. The first open bull of cottou we have seeu this season was sent to our office on Tuesday last by Dr. W. M. Walker, of this place, who has a farm near town. The Doctor is a progressive farmer, aud as such is entitled to honorable mention iu the list of those whose names we published some time ago; and lest Bome of those gentlemen assert that they could have brought iu a boll last Monday?in advance of the Doctor?we would say that the one before us has the appearance of having been pulled several days ago." WITTKOWSKY & KINTELS. We direct attention to the announcement of the enterprising Charlotte merchants, Wittkowsky & Kintels. Since the close of war they have built up the largest dry goods establishment to be found in any other city of North Carolina, and the large trade they command is the best evidence that their business deserves the success it meets. Mr. Henry C. Strauss, formerly of this town, and favorably known by our people, is now a salesman iu the above house, aud will be pleased to meet his York friends when visiting Charlotte. THE HOME AND LT. BENNER. The Southern Home of Monday contains a card from Mr. Randolph A. Shotwell, the Associate Editor, in reference to a personal controversy pending between himself and Lieutenant Benner, of the garrison at this place, iu which Mr. Shotwell presumptively intimates that the Enquirer is uuder the necessity of taking a part in the disputation. A copy of a letter, said to have been addressed to Lieutenant Benner by Mr. Shotwell, was forwarded to us by the latter, with a request that we should publish, and in Mr. Shotwell's card the complaint is made that we neither answered uor published his communication. We have only to say that immediately on the reception of Mr. Shotwell's letter, we addressed him a note politely declining to publish bis article, for the reason that it related to a personal matter betweeu himself and Lieutenant Benner, in which, our readers were not concerned or interested. And in cornpli . i 1 r on . ill . ? ance with ivir. onotwens request, we aiso, oj the same mail, sent him a copy of the En* quirer containing the presentment of the Grand Jury of this county at the April term of the Circuit Court. That he failed to receive either is not our fault; and, inasmuch as we have, from its inception, refrained from any allusion to the matter in dispute, regarding it in its preseut stage as a personal affair, aud not a subject for public discussion by outside parties, we feel that we are not lacking in courtesy to either disputant by the course which we have seen proper to pursue. CONGRESSMAN WALLACE. We last week published a card from Hon. A. S. Wallace, in denial of the charge preferred against him, that in a speech at Gowieysville, several weeks ago, he advised the negroes that if they failed to secure theirrights at the ballot-box they must resort to :he cartridge-box. Mr. Wallace, it will be remembered, in his card of denial, giiotea the ?' words he says he used ou the occasion, which le concedes were misunderstood or misconstrued by a number of his hearers. Since ;he publication of his card, we find in the Union Times the following certificate, which we republish injustice to all parties concerned : Union County, August 10,1874. This is to certify that we, the undersigued, lid hear A. S. Wallace, of York county, S. J., now member of Congress from this Congressional District, in a speech at Gowdeysrille, in this county, on the 18th ult., make lse of the following language to the negroes here assembled, viz: Your rights are in )eril and you must defend them. "If you ion't gel them at the ballot box, you must resort o the cartridge box." If necessary, we will nake oath to the same. Wm. Jones, M. A. Moore, Daniel Gallman, Marcus Fowler, ft. M. Tench, A. A. Sarratt, ft. W. Davis, Middleton Stuart, 3. F. Dawkins. Jno. W. Tench, 5. S. Walker, J. N. B. Beard. Gowdeysville, S. Cm Aug. 10, 1874. I heard A. S. Wallace, M. C., in a speech ,o some colored men at Gowdeysville, on the [8th ultimo, use this language : "Your rights ire imperilled, you must rally to the ballot iox?if needs be to the cartridge box." My ecollection is that these were his precise vords, and that he used the word rally instead )f "resort to," as understood by other gentlenen. As he pronounced the last words of he sentence he turned to a group of white nen with a smile and look of devilish defiance )eculiar to A. S. Wallace. I am willing to )e sworn to the above statement. Wade Fowler. We, the undersigned, concur in the above itatement. Jas. H. Alexander, D. Parr. Auother of those domestic tragedies vhich are due to jealousy, intensified by inoxication, occurred in New York, Triday svening, when a German named John Brandtine shot his Jwife, attempted to murder a >ol iceman, and then blew out his own brains.