Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 27, 1874, Image 2
Jtoaps and Jacts.
A brother of Gen. Ambrose Burnsic
hanged himself at Indianapolis, Indiana, c
Thursday last.
If men of both colors would drink le
whisky and carry no fire arms, the happine
and peace of all communities would be ii
creased about 1,000 per cent.
A very fat man, for the purpose of qui
zing his doctor, asked him to prescribe f(
a complaint, which he declared was sleepin
with his mouth open. "Sir," said the docto
"your disease is incurable. Your skiu is tc
short, so that when you shut your eyes yoi
mouth opens."
In Antwerp they have found a way 1
put out the otherwise mextinguishaoie nanu
of burning petroleum. It is by chloroforr
which is absolutely uninflammable. The
have found, also, that mixed with petroleui
in the proportion of one-sixth chloroform wi
also render the latter incombustible.
Texas is developing extraordinary mil
eral wealth. Rich mines of silver ore ha\
been discovered in many of the countie
yielding one thousand dollars to the ton, an
that, too, within a hundred miles of the Sta
capital. In the meantime the rush of emigr;
tion toward the Lone Star State is greater tha
ever before in her past history.
The Memphis Appeal properly stab
the case when it says : "The talk about a gei
cral war of races is too preposterous to recen
serious attentiou. Neither race wants thai
but the time seems to have fully come whe
miActiAn innaf hn nou/'dn hi v ilopi rlpd flt. t l
UIC V|U^CblUU iUUdf WV/ J \4vv?v? v\? ?*? v*
polls whether the whites are to rule or th
negroes ruin the Southern States."
The New York Graphic says: "Sim
the mixed school question is uot adopted i
Washington there is little likelihood of i
being tried in the South generally. The Di
trict of Columbia is the erueible of new the
ries, and any experiment that can't stand tl
test there is in little danger of assuming
national character."
Up to this date the amount of circul
turn withdrawn by the deposit of legal-tende
is greater than the amount issued since tl
passage of the new law by about oue millio
doilars, thus working the contraction of tl
currency to that extent. A majority of tl
banks thus withdrawing their circulation ai
Jnnnfort in the South and West.
A Louisville brute refused poiut-blan
to push the baby wagon Sunday afternoon
and his wife has sued for divorce. The Tr
bune says be is a wooden-head. If he ha
gracefully consented and then upset the waj
on once or twice, she would never have riske
the darling with him again, and peace woul
have reigned.
We are to have a great crop an
lower prices of food all over the world, i
consequence of the abundaut harvests now bi
ing gathered. This will unquestionably be <
great benefit to Europe, and particularly t
Great Britain, and the ball will in the eu
rebound back to us. But probably two c
three years will pass by before the full effe<
is produced.
The great social and political enigma
of the day are refreshing themselves with se
breezes and mountain air. Grant is at Lou
Branch, Beecher at Peekskill, Moultou s
Portland aud along the coast, aud Mrs. Ti
ton has disappeared. Graut is sileut abou
the third term, and Moulton about blackmail
Beecher is rhetorical, and Mrs. Tilton hyster
cal. Nobody seems to understand any c
them exactly, and all but Grant wish the
were dead?or words to that effect.
The immensity of the California grai
crop of this season has been frequently alh
deil to, but the amount of transportatio
facilities it will require, gives the best idea i
its extent. It is said that at least seven hui
dred ships of 1,200 tons each will be require
to carry the surplus to Europe. Not moi
than five hundred and fifty are as yet at Sa
Francisco or on their way to that port, bu
many more will be attracted there on accour
of the slackness of freighting business on th
Atlantic side.
A bloody and fatal duel was fought o
the 18th inataut, in the parish of St. Jame:
La., between Dr. Gray, a member of th
Legislature, and Mr. Ilichard, a deput
sheriff. The duel was fought with Srait
fr Wossnn vpvnlvpr<?rJistftilfP fifteen nacei
Two harmless shots were fired, but at th
third round, both parties fell mortally wount
ed. Each, it appears, received his antag(
nist's shot in the side, in about the same plac<
Dr. Gray expired first, Mr. Richard surviv
ing only a few moments longer.
In the Eure-Wood scandal case a
Portsmouth, Virginia, that city should u:
doubtedly put up her rival claims to Brool
lyn. A married woman eloped with herstej
sou, leaving the old man with the bag an
the children to hold; the errants were caj
tured, returned to their home, and arraigue
befor a magistrate, who released the parties
the woman returned to her home, was severel
chastised by her husband, whereat she becam
highly iudignant, and tied the second tim
with her step-son, Henry Eure, and they ai
now enjoying their freedom in Baltimore.
A teacher, wishing to improve the 01
casion, said to the boys at the conclusion of
strawberry festival, "Have you enjoyed thes
berries to-day?" "Yes, sir, yes,' sir," cam
from all sides with uumistakable heartiues
"Well, children, if you had seen these berrit
growing in my garden, and had slipped i
through the gate without my leave, and picks
them from the vines, would they have taste
as well as now? "No, sir," was the prom|
reply. "Why not?" "Because," said a wici
awake boy, "then we shouldn't have had sugt
and cream with 'era."
Baron Anselm Rothschild, who hi
just lately died, at his country seat at i>?o!
ling, uear Vienna, was a man of extreme sin
plicity of character, despite his iramem
wealth. By his express desire?says a Par
journal?recorded in his will, his funeral wi
celebrated without any pomp. A hear;
drawn by two horses, followed only by a fe
servants, conveyed the body to the Nortl
eastern station, whence it was taken to tl
domain in which the family vault is situatei
The fortune of the Baron is etimated i
200,000,000 of American gold dollars.
Henry Ward Beecher pronounces tin
reputed sermon of his, which has been wide]
published, advising the hanging of Jefferso
Davis, in 1805, an uublushiug forgery, i]
says : "Not only did I never utter or mal
such miserable stuff, but the whole wor]
knows that while many were clamoring f<
some sacrifice or victim, I everywhere and a
ways opposed, with intense earnestness, tl
shedding of a drop of blood, and resisted wii
all my might the influences which sought tl
execution of Jefferson Davis. It is not tl
first shamef ul forgery upon me which has bee
circulated in the South and West. I am i
heartily desirous of the reestablishmcnt <
good-will between all who have been aliei
ated, and I so much value the good-will of n
fellow-citizens of the .South, that 1 step asu
from uiy usual course and make a reply
this slander."
The Atlanta (Georgia,) papers contai
some interesting comparisons in the Sta
Executive Department of Georgia under K
publican and Democratic rule. We fit)
from these comparisons, that Governor Bu
lock (Radical) offered as rewards for escape
criminals or criminals at large not less tha
8300,35c), all which was paid out save ?28,00
He paid out for advertising these rewards m
less than 8100,000. He offered twenty-five r
wards of Sl.OOO^each and nineteen of 82,00
Governor .Smith (Democrat) has hardly e:
ceeded 810,000. On the pardon questio
some interesting facts may be gleaned fro
.the records. Governor Bullock (Radica
pardoned 464, and Governor Smith (Dem
crat) pardoned only 20, 4 commutations fi
life, 4 respites, 2 fiues remitted and 6 reduce
.Put this against Governor Moses' (Soul
Carolina) list of 500 pardons. In Goverm
Bullock's list of pardoned sinners, most
i them were for men for whom large rewards ' of the
j had already been offered. j eroffi
j The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser thus in vie
le ' lectures the dominant political party in South tunes
m ; Carolina : "South Carolina has done much to ^
i disgust the Republican party. The colored
ss men are largely in the majority, aud they er an
ss have certainly managed to fasten a terrible
load of corruption and plunder upou the State, often
The President has very flatly told the uuseru- depra
! pulous scamps in power there, that he will : In
z" not, directly or indirectly, raise a finger to ' jjie
throw a particle of influence in their favor. | j. . (
? This declaration gave the Northern Republi- !
T* \X} OL! t
' j cans unqualified satisfaction. It is demanded | WUb
>0 of the South Carolina Republicans that they j gover
r ; redeem their State from the terrible condition j cribe<
in which it is now found. If they do not, 1 was tl
to they must prepare to be expelled from com- 0fficei
rnunion with the honest men of the party, i ruje
If they see fit to fight among themselves, well i .
y and good ; it is hardly possible to shed any j .
IT! /I# kl ^/m-1 in eiirth o nnat<r*ol ! SlOlSt'
.. | UCtCUb UiVVU 1U CUVU U ^\?v *vv V..V .
11 j colored men who persist in taking part in such of tin
I scandalous proceedings realize once and for-1 a stat
11_ ever that the national troops are not held j noran
re subject to their beck aud call." \ (
dike ffltMlc inquirer.
a- ! _ _ ! to do
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POLITICAL DISTURBANCES. (lePut4
| Already, as the political campaign in this l'ie j
i) J State is beginning to open, do we hear of riots
>f! and disturbances in different sections, which, Pnson
' 'r
?* while deplorable, we are gratified to know
^ have, so far, been confined to the blacks, who SrowE
e seem to be divided into factions, each contend- ^harl
ing for the mastery, without haviug any po- ^r*. ^
litical ends in view. We deem it hardly nec- orc^m
- noanrtr fn lunm Dip wliifp riPftnlfi of'Smith CftT- SCCOU(
C | J ? X' ?I ^ p
i oliua to stand aloof from these squabbles of . '
n | ignorant would-be politicians ; and it is hoped SIxtee
3> i the good sense of the people will restraiu any *
e | violent measures that hasty and inconsiderate 0f t'1
^ individuals may attempt toward the blacks.
s j If the negro politicians are disposed to quar- co e
| rel among themselves, let them do so. It is at ^
1- a family feud in which the whites have no in- UI"ai^
>*1 terest and need take no part, while any im- cieties
j prudent actions of the whites would tend to hardly
~ ! change the current of Northern opinion, ^
^ which now, happily is in opposition to the ^rs 01
1 dominant party of the State. Forbearauce, ^ongf
I eveu farther than it would seem to be a virv
tue, is the best weapon with which the tax- excesS
d j payers can fight the political battles of the raiQy
}' | approaching campaign, aud upon their pru- co^ton
l; j deuce much for the weal of the State depends. sh?rt
v' I Of the disturbances above alluded to, one ^
ie i took place in Georgetown between two fac- "or^.
le j tions of negroes, headed by the negro Senator ^
e | and the negro Representative, who are at logI
ger-heads about some matter of "reform." ,l .
I The negroes fought each other all over the
a ! town, and the followers of each of the leaders cc
: rocked the house of the other aud hurt the 0 ?fr
s inmates. During the fight one or two negroes
;s I were killed and several oauiy nurt. nie
n Sheriff succeeded finally in jailing the ring ^rues
d leaders. ?*'
d i Another disturbance occurred at Allendale, e ej* l(
^ j Barnwell county, a few days ago, on the oc- .t0 ?
] casion of a political gathering at which Leslie J?^ec
; was to make a speech. It seems that the neis
i groes had a disagreement among themselves,
b- j and the dissensions were confined entirely to voter?
a-. their own color, though an aged white man ?ontr,
?e wjio endeavored to get away from the crowd, j(
1S i was stopped by armed negroes, who pushed ij
15 I i Bvj IJ
1 him back, severely beating him, as well as two tQ tj1(
w ! young men who attempted a rescue. The old
b- gentleman, greatly bruised and cut in two ^
le i places, escaped with his life through the in- Qn tj)e
I-; tervention of a few black men, who bore him j tjje as
11 away to a buggy, protecting his body by in-; corai,]
. terposiug their own. This melee broke up ! jj,ejr ,
^ i the meeting so far as the white audience was m;sul]
^ i concerned. r;
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to j OFFICE SEEKING. j B. Ivi
:<r j One amongst the many favorable features j clecte
jr of the government of the United States, and ! Uonv<
?. of the several States composiug the coufede-1 au(i ^
,e ration, is the privilege of any and every citi- j sional
h zeu to propose himself, or be proposed, for j ? J
ic any office in the government. This is, be- been
16 , yoiul all controversy, a great privilege ; but can C
'n ; like all other privileges, it is liable to be j hi Co
50 ' ? 1 rc i Rnhfti
of grCUUy HUUSeu. 11 11)J, iu ccctviu^ vuitc, |
n. were always impelled by right and proper ; gates
iy motives, the privilege would constantly work meets
le for the general good of the nation. But f'acL. ; ? A
t0 demonstrate that such is not the case. The ' ted .Si
! fact that each individual is privileged to seek ; stronj
111 office, opens the door to corruption and politi-1 Tuesil
te eal fraud. Ambitious men conclude that twelv
C
|(j since they are eligible, by law, to hold office, Conv<
[j. they are, in every respect, qualified to dis- berlai
;d charge official duties. The offices of honor rupt {
in in our government are, as a general thing, by a ]
0* offices of trust aud also remunerative. This euenv
" is a tempting bait, held out to men of corrupt ? S
q and avaricious minds. The desire to hold fort o
K. office is aroused by three separate and dis- klux
i), tinct considerations. The honor which the guber
m multitude bestow upon officials, inflames their he lik
1) ambition ; the power which those in office ex- rascal
?" ercise, and the remuneration of the office j love
jl itself feed the fires of avarice. Some seek agaim
office that they may receive the adulations of of rec
3r the multitude, aud others seek office that they ucatic
of i may be able to put their heels upon the necks I and I
:ir personal and political enemies. Oth-!
ce seekers, again, have no higher object
!\v than the salary. Men of ruined forand
shattered reputations seek office
.hey may be enabled to repair the forrad
retrieve the latter. The result is, that
i of great and general importance are j
held by men of degraded intellects and i
.ved morals.
this, as in the right of suffrage, we see ,
:arfdl consequences of abusing privileges. ;
difficult to tell what particular thing it
hat ultimately destroyed the republican
niuents of antiquity. If it cau be as- j
I to any one thing more than another, it J
lie abuse of the right to select rulers or
rs, and the privilege of being selected to
Prompted by low and groveimg momen
sold their votes ; and, impelled by
er designs, office-seekers bought the votes
Dse who claimed to be free men. Such
e of things argues a vast amount of ig-j
ice amongst the masses, and it also shows !
here is loathsome corruption amongst
who seek offices. That class of men
vill sell their votes, could be persuaded j
almost anything; and we may say that j
10 would buy votes, would, for a suffi-1
consideration, sell his own vote. Keally, j
affic in votes is baneful in the extreme !
i welfare of a country. It indicates that {
the forms of liberty remain. The re.ili3
passed away, and nothing remains but
lie ceremonies once connected with it.
hat is true respecting the obtaining of i
by trafficking in votes, is equally true
ruing rings. Principles and practices,
ind measures, soon cease to be consider
id corruption, in a thousand forms, works j
ty into the government. When such j
3 exist, the offices of the government are ;
by those who are most wealthy and have |
leans of controlling, in an unlawful way, j
reatcst number of men. Such was the :
tiou of many of the governments of an- j
y. In them a few individuals grew ;
but the masses were reduced to the con-1
i of the veriest slaves. In every rcpub- j
government the offices should seek the |
-not the men the offices.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
he Orangeburg Times says Gov. Moses j
ie reindicted after his term of office.
. man named J. J. McCarley, living in |
anburg, has a beard over three feet long, j
'here are twenty-three familes of Smiths I
; in three miles of Gleun's Springs,
'he Winnsboro' Sabre Club have ordered
sabres from Baltimore.
i. J. JNoali has beeu appointed private
ary to the Governor, vice C. J. Houston,
ied.
lie hog cholera is raging in Salem townSumter
county, where several hundred
of swine have perished within the past
lie prisoners in the Edgefield jail cointhat
the colored preachers don't come
5 them, and the Advertiser thinks the
1 is because the prisoners will not be
i time to vote next fail.
i the United States Court at Greenville,
jnday of last week, James E. Gafftiey,
y post-master at Gafihey's Station on
Lir-Line Railroad, was convicted of \
ig from the mails and sentenced to irniment
at hard labor for fifteen months,
wo bales new crop Carolina cotton,
i in Barnwell county, were recieved in
eston on Thursday last. Oue was from
. E. Free, Bamberg, S. C., classed good
try and sold at fifteen cents, and the
1 was from Mr. S. Brown, Blackville,
classed strict low middling, and sold at
n cents.
temperance man of Orangeburg gets
e following short statistical sermon :
? ' ' ?i -:~i? M ....U...... 1
annual sales or wnissy iu uiaugcuuig
y is estimated at $45,000. Of tobacco
0,000, and of cigars $5,000. The volY
contributions in aid of missionary so,
Bible cause, and Sunday schools will
Y reach $500. 1
he Columbia Phicnix says: The planri
the Lexington side of the river, near
iree Creek, complain of the devastations
grass-hoppers. They also complain of
ive rains?there having been forty-two
days since the 1st of August. The
i crop in that vicinity will be a very 1
oue. 1
few days ago, at the request of Gover[oses,
James D. Tradewell, Esq., of Coli,
wrote an elaborate opinion of the elec- 1
nv of this State, in which he concluded
s the statute now stands, two separate
>ns will have to be held this fall?one 1
iunty officers and the other for State 1
rp 1 _ |
s. Since the appearance 01 iur. xntueletter,
Congressman Elliott has sub- 1
1 his opinion of the law, which he conto
require only one election. Let us 1
that Elliott's opinion will prevail. One :
>n is sufficient luxury for the tax-payers J
burtheued with, even if it would be enby
a goodly number of voters.
STATE POLITICAL ITEMS.
iles G. Parker is trying to convince the i
of Abbeville that he is the man for i
ess.
jdge Mackey, Dublin Walker and Barluinphrcys
have been elected delegates 1
i State Republican Convention from i
sr.
Radical meeting was held at Newberry, i
! 18th, at which the feeling expressed by <
semblage against Governor Moses again j <
" I
g betore tne peopie as a ciiuuiumc iui
suffrages, was emphatic and not to be !
iderstood. i
Vom Union county, June S. Mobley, J. j!
luekles and James H. Goss have been ' i
d delegates to the ^Republican State I
mtiou, and J. S. Mobley, J. \y\ Vinson ]
imeou Farr, delegates to the Congrcsr j i
District Convention.
oseph Clark and Allen Hudson, have 11
elected delegates to the State Republi- j.
bnvention, from Lancaster, which meets ?'
lumbia on the 8th of September, and i
rt McLain and James Blackmon, dele- j
to the Congressional Convention, which i
in Chester on the 5th of September.
l dispatch to the News and Courier, da-1
amtcr, August 19th, says: "After two <
r mnntiiHr* liistinc all Monday and i >
j o * I
lay nights, the precinct of Sumter elected
e delegates to the County Republican :
sntion, all pledged against Moses, Cham*
in, Scott, Parker, Neagle, and all cor- ,
Politicians. Closes himself was defeated
large vote as a delegate, and his prime
y, Samuel Lee, elected."
euator Patterson made a speech at Beau-' i
u Thursday last. After airing the kughost,
he referred to the approaching '
natorial contest. Personally, he said, i
;ed Gov. Moses, but that he was a big
I, and his patriotism to this State and j
for the party compelled him to decide
st him, (Moses) but that his decision was
ent date. He said he had a man of edit)
and culture to serve South Carolina?
that man was Daniel H. Chamberlain, i
Chamberlain was then extolled by him beyond
measure?all of which was swallowed .
graciously by his audience.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The white mechanics of Raleigh are ma- .
king efforts to organize a military company. 1
? A large steam cotton factory has been re- '
cently completed and put in operation at {
Carry, in Wake county.
? The Raleigh papers are in ecstacies at the !1
prospect of an early visit of Old John Robin- i
son's circus.
? The little village of Durham has thirteen I
tobacco factories, which ship about 250,000 j
pounds of smoking and chewing tobacco j
every month.
? A Raleigh firm bought 800 bales of cot- i.
ton, at an average of 15 cents a pound, last
week, for the factories at Middlesex, Massa- (
cnusens.
Benjamin McGinnis, of Gaston county, ;
was shot and killed by his father-in-law,
.Tames Moore, a few days ago, the difficulty
having its origin in family troubles.
? The Fayetteville Independent Light In- 1
fantry company celebrated their eighty-first
anniversary on Monday last. This organization
was in the first North Carolina Regiment
that fought in the battle of Bethel.
? The Newton Vindicator says : Mr. James
Mosteller has taken from one ordinary stand
of bees 12 gallons of pure honey, and from
two others 10 each, making in all 32 gallous.
Who will say that bee-keeping doe3 not pay,
with such results before them?
? The premium list for the approaching
State fair is now ready for distribution, and j
it is said to be the finest list ever arrauged in
the State. There is now every prospect of a
magnificent exhibition. The fair will commence
the 10th of October. 1
? Speaking of the fact that work has com- :
menced on the extension of the Raleigh and
Augusta Ait-Line Railroad, the Charlotte
Observer truly says: "Every railroad is a 1
help to the country and the people at large?
a channel of trade and traffic which brings i
l?h ?
weaiiu.
? W. II. II. Houston, the alleged Charlotte
forger, was arrested in Camden, S. C., a few i
days ago, but was released by the trial justice i
before whom the case was returned. He afterwards
passed through Lancaster county, .
making the direction of Cheraw or Wades- i
boro. i
? On Wednesday night of last week the l
barn of Yanccy Balleuger, near Greensboro,
was struck by lightning and burned. Mr. I
Balleucer was absent from home at the time, i
and his horses, uiules and cows, several in (
number, were saved from the flames by his .
faithful watch-dog, which went into the sta- I
bles and drove all the stock out.
? Mrs. Sallie Holt, of Greensboro, attempt- J
ed to kindle a fire with kerosene, and while 2
pouring the inuoceut Huid on the wood, by <
some unaccountable means the flame eommu- t
nicated to the can which she held in her hands, 2
causing an explosion and enveloping her iu a <
solid sheet of flame. She was so badly burnt
that she died twelve hours after the accident, t
? Reports from the counties of Wayne, Le- 1
noir, Greene, Duplin and Johnston state that 1
the rust is doing alarming damage to the t
growing cotton, which less than a week ago, 2
was doing well and never looked more prom- 1
isiug. The sudden change in the atmosphere s
from cold to hot and the extremely dry 1
weather, is assigued as the cause, by the
farmers. , ]
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
? The New York Democratic State Con??
* , _ O (
vention has been called to* meet in oyrucuse
cm the 16th of September.
? The Pennsylvania Republican Conven- j
tion declares against the third term principle,
and favors Governor Hartranft for President.
? The President's mails every day contain
letters from the South, asking him if he will
sign the civil rights -bill if it is passed. r
? The nomination of Judge Porter for Gov- j
ernor of Tennessee meets with the general ap- s
probation of the Conservatives and Democrats. }
? The new State Constitution of Ohio has j
been rejected by a majority variously estimated
at from 20,000 to 50,000. I
? Ir. Missouri, after 1876, every voter must
be able to read and write. The same qualification
will be required of voters in Florida
after 1880. ,
? The Democratic majority in the late ,
North Carolina election is about 12,000. The j
county officers elected will be sworn in on the j
first Monday of next month. I
? The Washington unromcie says mai me j
enemies of the Republican party want Grant (
nominated for a third terra, but the party is s
too wise to play so thoroughly into the hands {
of the opposition.
? A rumor has gained currency to the effect j
that Holden, Postmaster at Raleigh, is to be- (
moved, and Tim Lee, defeated Republican (
candidate for Sheriff of Wake county, is to j
be appointed in Holden's stead.
? The liquor question, as usual, will exert a <
powerful influence in the coming election in
Massachusetts. The Republicans of the State
are divided, and Ben. Butler is moving about (
uneasily, not being certain which way the cat
will jump. t
? The Washington Chronicle says editorial- t
Iv: "Political fearbearance has almost ceased t
J ' ? to
be ft virtue in South Carolina, and the Re- i
publican party there must either make good s
nominations or expect to be politically ostra- *
cised. Thieving under the guise of Republi- i
canisra will not do." f
? By the provisions of the Constitution of
North Carolina, the duty of electing a Lieu- 1
tenant Governor will devolve upon the next
Legislature. That body being Democratic, ^
of course will give the preference to oue of j
the party. R. F. Armfield, of Statesville, is j
prominently spoken of in connection with the 1J
office.
? The Louisville Courier-Journal, \ix sum- j J
ming up the results of the late election in j 1
Iveutucky, says: "The only contest in the j
State in which the Granger element was in- e
troduced was in Pendleton county. Here the ! 1
. zx? I ,
regular Democratic nominees lor county om-1 \
cers were elected over the candidates nomi- j I
nated by the Grangers." j ?
? The advocates of female suffrage through-1 I
out the country are looking forward to the ;
coming electiou in Michigan with much anx-'c
iety, as the question js to be decided at the J ^
polls in that State. The advocates of the i j
privilege are in the field in full force. Near-; c
ly every county will be thoroughly canvassed j
by able speakers, representing both sexes and i
all shades of politics. j ^
? Clinton L. Cobb is one of some thirty 1
signers to an address which commends the ^
people to "send Republican and not Demo- <crats
to the next Cougre9S," to which he him- r
self was defeated. Almost simultaneous with e
this address comes the announcement from j c
Washington that "the defeat of Cobb as representative
of the first North Carolina Dis-, ^
trict, will probably result in the removal of *
his brother, who is Supervisor of Internal i ?
Revenue for the States of Kentucky, Tennes- j ^
see, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana." j r
? Jno A. Hyman, the newly-elected colored
Congressman from North Carolina, aud the
only member returned by the Radicals in that
State, is jet black and 31 years of age. He
was a slave before the war, and was sold at
auction seven times before he became of age.
He was a member of the North Carolina Constitutional
Convention in 1867, and since that
time has been a member of the State Senate.
At the time of his predecessor's (Charles R.
Thomas,) election, in 1870, he was a prominent
candidate for Congress, and when he applied
to Thomas a few months since for an appointment
as route-agent in the Post Office
Department?a place worth 8900 per annum?
the frieuds of the latter urged him to comply
with the request, as he would thereby shelve
a dangerous competitor. Thomas refused,
however, and Hyman declared that he would
obtain revenge by ousting 1 nomas iroiu ma
lent and securing it for himself, which threat
he has now made good.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
? Postmaster-General Jewell has taken
charge of the post-oftice department.
? John Harper, the Kentucky turfman and
owner of the famous trotter, Longfellow, is
lead.
? Lieut.-Colonel Fred. Grant is to be married
to Miss Ida Honore, of Chicago, in the
month of October.
? In a four mile race at Saratoga on Thursday
last, Fellowcraft beat Lexington's time by
one fourth of a second, and made the best
four mile race on record.
? Col. Mosby has been arrested upon an apprehended
duel between himself and Captain
Payne, the difficulty having its origin in political
differences.
? A dispatch from Manchester, New Hampshire,
says there was white frost in that vicinity
on the morning of the 23rd instant, and it
is feared that the tall crops have suffered.
? A reported battle between the Indians and
Gen. Custer, in which fifty of Custer's men
were said to have been killed, is discredited
in Washington.
? The latest reports from Chicot county,
Arkansas, state that the excitement there is
subsiding. Whites and blacks are still under
arms, but no conflict is apprehended.
? The Washington Chronicle says that the
Attorney-General io daily receiving communications
showing that there is a desperate
effort in some portions of the Southern States
to inaugurate a war of races.
? The Governor of Kansas, apprehending
trouble from the Osage Indians, who have al
ready been depredating on the southern borJer
of the State, has telegraphed to the War
Department asking for carbines and amunilion
with which to arm the frontier settlers.
? The loss by the recent Hood at Austin,
Nevada, caused by the cloud-burst, will
imouut to over 8100,000. The people were
warned in time by a messenger on horseback,
tnd escaped to the hills. The deluge was
tbout ten feet deep as it rushed down the
jaiion.
? Intelligence from various sections of Ken,ucky
indicates that a fearful state of discord
tnd turbulence reigns in that State. Several
bloody collisions have occurred, all having
;heir origin in the late election. Whites are
irrayed against whites and blacks against
slacks, so the difficulties cannot be attributed
solely to color distinctions. The militia have
seen ordered out in two or three counties.
? The Louisville Courier-Journal of the
L8th instant, publishes reports from corresponlents
in fifty couuties of Kentucky, representng
seventy-five per cent, of the tobacco crop
)f the entire State, which indicate an unparilleled
failure of the crop. From an aggregate
estimate it is deduced that under the most
avorable future conditions the crop of 1874
,vill be only thirteen per cent, of the average
innual yield.
? Troubles are reported between the whites
tnd blacks of Choctow county, Alabama,
fhe whites had been informed that the blacks
utended to attack them unawares ; but at the
itated time no attack was made further than
in assault made upon a negro, whom the
slacks accused of divulging their plans. The
issaulted negro fled to the whites for protec;ion,
and the rioters dispersed when officers
ittempted to arrest them. Quiet has been
restored.
? The Plymouth Church committee of investigation
have prepared their report, which
will be published in a few days. As was exsected,
they fully and entirely acquit Mr.
Beecher of the charges preferred against him
sy Tilton. Frank Moultou, the "mutual
?riend," to whom all the parties to the affair
jonfided their statements, says in a lengthy
itatement published after giving his evidence
;othe committee, that Mrs. Tilton and Beechjr,
both at different times, confessed to hiin
;hat they had been guilty of adultery with
inch other. It is said that Beecher will prosicute
Moulton in the courts of law. Tilton
las already entered suit against Beecher, layng
his claim for damages to the amount of
>50,000.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Commissioners of Election.
The Columbia papers publish a list of
he Commissioners of election appointed by
lie Governor. It is stated that in making
1 * L 4- riAWAnnAi* nooflnnflo tha
.06 appointments, mc uwuuui iwwiw vuv
ight to remove any or all of the appointees,
should he think proper to do so in the future,
md appoint others in place of those now desgnated.
The following are the appointments
'or York and the contiguous counties :
York?J. H. White, J. L. Watson, J. G.
Enloe.
Laucaster?F. A. Clintou, K. G. Billiugs,
13. J. Witherspoon.
Spartanburg?J. P. F. Camp, W. McGill
Fleming, Daniel Swiuney.
Union?J. S. Mobley, II. H. D. Byron,
Silas Hawkins.
Chester?L. J. Couch, S. P. Hamilton,
Oavid Hemphill.
rhc Black Hills Expedition.
?=? Gen. Ouster's command, composing the
ixpedition to the Black Hills, reached Bear
Butte, Dekota Territory, on the 15th, from
vhich point they will return to Fort Lincoln
)y a different route from that which they took
joing out. Gen. Custer, iu a report of the exicdition,
says:
"I referred iu a former dispatch to the dis:overy
of gold. Subsequent examinations at
lumerous points confirm and strengthen the
act of the existence of gold in the Black
Sills, and some of the water-courses and some
>f almost every earth produced gojd iq small
ret paying quantities. Our brief halts in j
apid marching prevented anything but a j
rery hasty examination of the country in this '
espect; but in one place, and the only one,!
vithin my knowledge, where so great a depth
vas reached, a hole was dug eight feet deep.
The miners report they found gold among the
oots of grass, and from that point to the lowist
point reached gold was found in paying
[uantities.
It has heeded no expert to fjnd gold in the j
Slack Hills, as men without former e$perj*
ince in mining have discovered it at the ex>ense
of but little time or labor. As evidence
if the rich pasturage to be found in this re;ion,
I can state that my beef-herd, after
narehing upward of six hundred miles, are
, in better condition than when I started, being
now as fat as is consistent with inarching condition.
The same may be said of the mules
of the wagon trains. The horses of the corn-1
uaand are in good working condition. I have '
never seen as many deer asin the Black Hills.
Elk and bear have also been killed. We
have had no hostile collision with Indians."
Alabama Politics.
The Republican Convention of Ala-,
bama, in session at Montgomery, has renominated
White and Sheets lor Congressmen at
large. A dispatch of the 2'2nd inslunt says :
"One-third of the convention is made up of
Mobile Custom House officials and postmasters,
and as many more brought up hy proxies, j
Spencer, Hayes and White run the con veil-1
lion entirely, and the fund appropriated hy ;
Congress for the relief of the overflowed desti- I
tute on Lho Alabama and Warrior rivers is j
to be used as the campaign fund, and great
expectations are based on it. Ah big crops !
have been made and there is no destitution
iu Alabama and no need for Federal bacon !
and greenbacks, it will only be used to cor- j
rupt voters.
It is believed the commitiee will either ig-1
nore or denounce Sumner's bill. Stonecker, !
Government mail transportation agent, from !
Louisiana, said, in a speech, last evening, that j
President Grant had authorized him to say
that, if necessary to protect the Republicans,
Alabama would be Hooded with federal troops.
He said nothing about protection to Democrats.
The announcement was received with
great applause, but the$ate Journal, Republican,
commented severely on it, and the convention,
by a unanimous vote, censured the
Journal
The Kidgc Spring Affair.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier gives the following
account of the recent trouble at Ridge
Spring, in Edgefield county :
"It appears that there has been some bad
feeling between the whites and blacks in and
near Ridge Spring for two months past, but
no overt act had been committed by either
party up to Monday last. On that day a ne
gro named Smith had a difficulty with a
white man named Watson regarding some
business matter. This difficulty was apparently
settled at that time, but the smouldering
fires of discord previously existing between
the whites and blacks seemed to be reawakened,
and the blacks, organised as military
companies, appeared ready to engage in
the difficulty they so anxiously sought. The
whites were also organized, but were loth to
precipitate a fight while there was any possibility
of avoiding it. The white people bore
with the insolence of the negroes as long as
possible, and made every effort to avoid a
difficulty; but the blacks seemed determined
upon forcing a conflict. They were drilling
early and often, and appeared well prepared
for anything that might turn up. The whites
then organized a company and sent a man to
this city to procure arms. Pie came to the
city on Tuesday morning, and succeeded in
procuring forty-five Enfield rifles. It was rumored
that the negroes at Ridge Spring knew
of the purchase, and would attempt to seize
the arms on the arrival of the evening train
of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
with the guns on board. In the after
noon a dispatch was received in Augusta, stating
that trouble was apprehended at Ridge
Spring, when immediately about thirty young
men determined to go as an escort to the arms.
These young men went out with the intention
of keeping the peace, if possible, but were determined
that the arms should not be seized
by the negroes. They arrived at the Ridge
safe, and without meeting the militia, and no
conflict took place. , Harrison Bowie, one of
the negro ringleaders, was arrested and carried
to Lexington jail. Warrants are also
out for some of the other ringleaders, but they
cannot be found. -The negroes are coming in,
pleading for peace, aud are giving up their
arms. The whites are still organizing and
arming themselves. They do hot intend to
provoke a conflict, but to act on the defensive."
The colored militia of Ridge Spring have
returned the arms which had been placed in
?tioir hurwfq hv the State authorities, and at
the latest accounts quiet has been restored.
,
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MAJOR SMYTH.
My Dkar Major :?It is generally conceded
that poor old South Carolina is now in
a bad way. Your staunchest political enemy
will notdeuy this. The approaching election
is going to develop all the latent hatred and
malignity of which our mixed citizens are capable.
In our up-couutry, where the dividing
line between parties is not drawn strictly
on a color basis, we may expect some unpleasant
scenes. I hope they may be bloodless.
Knowing your devotion to our State in the
days of her chivalry, and your ardent hope
Kof 5t toSII nno rtav h? nnrifipd and renova
ted, I take the liberty of making a few suggestions
for your consideration.
You were always very ardeut in any undertaking
you thought right. You are also
very honest and frank. Your hatred of
shams and dishonesty and meanness, is perfectly
charming. But is there not a little
danger that these very excellent traits of
character may bring you into trouble, and, at
the same time, injure the white man's cause
in our State?
The party line is drawn very distinctly
now; white, one side?black, the other. If
there were serious questions at issue, this very
fact is enough to call for all the caution and
patience and forbearance possible. Will you
bear in mind that our black brother has a
complex feeling toward the old slave-holder ?
He likes us when it comes to business transactions;
but in politics his hatred is equaled
only by his distrust. He is very proud of his
brief authority. His former condition, and
all his surroundings and teachings since
emancipation, have made him the most manageable
tool ever handled by artful demagogues.
And for this reason, let me, my dear
Major, beg you to be very cautious in all you
do aud say for the next three months. Do
j not let your zeal run away with your discre- ;
I tion.
Did you know, sir, that the political managers
of the negro in your Congressional Dis- 1
! trict are exceedingly anxious to bring about
a collision ? Nothing cements that well-or- 1
ganized party more closely than a little blood. I'
; The managers do not care whose bloodis,!1
so it is not theirs, I am afraid that your '
| zeal, coupled with that "rash humor" of yours, '
! will help bring about a collision at some of <
! the little cross-roads meetings in your neigh- 1
| borhood. 1
Ynn mav hear from me again one of these 1
J ? w
; (lays; but, until you do, let me beg you, for
| the sake of our old State, to do every thiug
I you can, consistently, to keep down a collision
| between political parties. If ever cool deliberation
and calm judgment, joined with devotion
to high principle qeeded, this is the
time. Yours truly, j
Cam illus. i
86?" When will people learn thatthey might \
as well put a loaded pistol to the head as to
attempt to kindle a fire with kerosene, or fill J
it into a lamp while it is burning? Never do
it. You may escape, but such is the excep- j
tion. !
860?* ^l. f. Stewart's advertising bills amount j
to 8q00,00Q a year. This is the gre^t secret i,
of his success, fje does not depend upon his j '
large stocks nor already acquired reputation,; 1
but advertises more freely than when strug- J
gling to build up his present gigantic business. I c
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
N j: H ADVERTISEMENTS.
Thomas Isoninack?For the Legislature.
W. IS. Metis -Assignee's Sale?In Bankruptcy?
In the matter of L. H. Massey, Bankrupt.
Walter Itrcm <V. < V?.f Charlotte, N. C.?Dissolution.
i 'urnill, < lark AO>.?At Cost? Files?Hardware?
Bulls Lome Quick?Guns?Dress Goods?
Hatchets?Shoes?Beady-Made Clothing?
Ladies' J la's.
'J'. C. Dun Ian. Agent Stoves?In my New Quarters
-Suits?Bureaux?Ilat kaeks?Mattresses
?Chairs.
W. 11. <V J, P. Herndon?Seed Wheat?Ready?
Please Come?Bacon?Bread StulFw?Mohisses.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Ladles'Hats?Spittoons?
Cotton and Sugar? Plux Wheel Irons?Car- r'J
pet Bags?Gent's Hats?Hardware?Cheap A A
Goods for Cash?Calioes?Muslins?Dress
Goods?Spool Cotton?Parasols?Cradles? ^Hj
Meal Bags?LaeeSnoques?Gold Jewelry.
G. H. O'Leary, Manufacturer?Saddles?Bridles
and Collars?Harness?Buckles and Bits.
Silk Pocket Lost.
Application for an Act to amend the Charter of the
Town of Yorkville.
Mrn. J. A. Watson?Furniture for Sale. ?
T. S. Jell'erys, Secretary?Masonic Meeting.
CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD.
The workmen engaged in changing the
gauge of the road are now about nine miles
from Chester, and it is thought they will complete
the work through to that place within
two weeks.
STRUCK BY'LIGHTNING.
During a raiu storm on Sunday afternoon
two trees were struck by lightning?one on
the grounds of King's Mountain Military
School, and the other in Robert Wright's
yard. The latter tree, a large oak, standing
near the house, was shivered into splinters.
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TAX UNION ORGANIZED.
On the 10th instant, a Tax Union was organized
at Ebenezer church in this county,
by citizens of Ebenezer township, with the
following officers : Col. Cad. Jones, President;
P. Garrison, Esq., Vice-President; Harvey
Hart, Treasurer ; E. T. Avery, Secretary; F.
H. Brown, Drs. W. B. Fewell and L. H.
Barnett, Executive Committee.
BARN BURNT.
The barn and stables of J. C. Watson, near
New Centre, and eight miles from Yorkville,
were destroyed by fire on Thursday night the
20th instant. A quantity of hay, straw and
other forage was also destroyed. Mr. Watson
C?!n ..iiIiii. Iiij utii/it nrtitr>ti ro?o
WHO 1UI tUIiabC IU oailiig *9 wiwvm) f?u?vN I?wv
in the stables when the fire was first discovered.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but is
supposed to be the work of an iucendiary.
ANOTHER FIRE.
On Monday night last, about 11 o'clock,
the store-house of Andrew F. Lindsay at
Lowreysville, seven miles from Chester, on the
C. & L. Railroad, was discovered to be on
fire. The building, with the stock of goods ,
on hand, was consumed, even to Mr. Lindsay's
wearing apparel, which he did not have
time to save after the alarm was given?he
being asleep at the time, and narrowly escaping
with his life. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The property was partially insured.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
CHAPTER THIRD ON BEES.
Your correspondent "X.," in his first communication,
without imparting any new ideas
on the subject of bees and bee-hives, made it
apparent that he had an "axe to grind" on
somebody's grindstone. The first sentence of
his second paper, asserting that the Lang*
stroth hive is the only one worth purchasing,
plainly shows what he was after.
Now, Mr. Enquirer, as you have been so
kind as to publish his advertisement free, I
know you will also extend the same liberality
to me, by publishing a few words in reply.
As he only deals in assertions^ I am not
bound to answer in any thing more than ?
counter assertions; though, if I felt free to
trespass upon your generosity, I could easily
prove his main assertions to be fallacious. Of
course, all his general remarks about beekeeping,
viz: that one must bestow some care
upon them, Ac., are readily asseuted to. So,
also, is it true the movable coinb-hives are
the only ones which can be made profitable.
But when he says that bees cannot, or do not,
store up two or three times as much honey in
one kind of hive as they do in another, then
I dissent; and he will find, if he tries the ex
. .L_. i i j. i ?:*u
perimein, mat uees can ue uiauc tu jrieiu, rvim
proper treatment in a good season, even ten
times as much as can be got from common
box-hives. The authors he mentions will tell
him better. He ought also to know that bees
gather honey the whole season, from early
spring to late autumn, but either will not, or
cannot, build comb equally at all times.
Hence, if you give them plenty of store-room,
and especially if you save them time and
trouble of building comb, by using a honeyextractor,
you can encourage their industrious
habits, and make them gather an immense
amount of honey in a favorable season.
Whereas, if. from misiudeed benevolence, vou
leave their store-house full, they will lie idly
about the mouth of their hives, and for want
of room for young brood, the colony will soon
dwindle to so small a number as to be incnpable
of defense; and so they perish, or are
driven out of their home, even before winter
sets in.
But I will not trespass upon your patience
by stating what can be learned, by any one
interested, from the numerous text-books on
bee-keeping. A small manual by N. C.
Mitchell, called "First Lessons in Bee Culture,"
will suit beginners. X.'s great proposition,
that which evidently prompted him to
write his two articles on Bees, namely that
the Langstroth hive is the only one worth
$5.00, or worth having, I will dispose of by
saying that the "Buckeye Bee-hive" is as far
in advance of Langstroth's, as the latter is
superior to the common box-hive; having
these advantages clearly, that it is moth-proof,
and the bees are easier inspected and handled
than in any other. These and several other
minor points, have caused its introduction
Kmnno flio nrorlioarl I.M.lrp?nor? Nnrfli snd
?UIUU6 >UK Uvv .wvr>U w. ..UU
West, to the almost total exclusion of all other
patent hives ; although the pateuts granted
un bee-hives are almost as numerous as those
upon churns. All this is "?ttested by the
thousands that have been sold, and by the
universal approbation which an examination
uf the "Buckeye" elicits. But finally I will
ilso venture a little advice to your readers,
md I think they will agree that ray advice is
more reasonable than that of "X."
If any oue wishes to invest in patent hives,
let him examine, without prejudice, all that
:ome under observation, and then select the
uest. It is unprofitable to work with bees in
;he common box-hive. Of this, an experience
)f more than twenty years has convinced me,
ind no doubt every bee-keeper hps had more
>r less of the same "luck." If you wish to
lave plenty of honey at all times, get some
patent hive or other. Even if you can do no
letter than to get the Langstroth, you will no
loubtget back the $5.00 that you may invest,
rhis is open and fair, and we are neither derived
ourselves, nor are we trying to deceive
>thers ip making any of thp abovp statements.
Lastly, I join with "X" in saying that
'thpre is money in bees." There i?, ip fact, p
nine pf wealth yet unopened to oijr Southern
leople in this business ; and as this is a matter
)f great iuterest to the readers of the Esqum*