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gtraps and Jacts. A son of Brigham Young, of Utah, and a negro from Mississippi, have been admitted to the National Naval Academy at Annapolis. Ice a quarter of an inch thick was reported in the northern part of Maine a few days ago. It is said that three-fourths of the women place the postage stamp on the left hand corner of the envelope. The manufacturers of the Eastern States are combining to reduce production until remunerative prices can be obtained. It is asserted that 500 pounds of frogs are consumed daily in New York. They are caugnc cnieny in uanada. Waynesborough, Pa., boasts of a haunted distillery, which is just the place where one would naturally look for spirits. A mulatto made a speech in Columbus, the other day, in which he claimed to be the superior of both races, because he was the offspring of the two. Any girl ma\ raise a moustache by shaving her upper lip every day for about a month. A St. Louis girl has demonstrated this fact, and now wishes she had not. The Republican State Convention, at Utica, on Wednesday of last week, unanimously renominated Gen. John A. Dix as the candidate of the partv for Governor of New York. Nothern people wonder why the South does not stop the fiery, untamed orators. Southern people wonder the North does not gag Ben Butler. There are bad men and plenty of fools, North and South. Horace Maynard, on Wednesday of last week, was nominated for Governor of Tennessee by the Republican convention which met at Chattanooga. The convention refused to endorse the civil rights bill, yet Horace avows zealous advocacy of it. The following States, nineteen in num Per, are to choose United States senators the coming winter, viz: Vermont, Maine, Indiana, Nebraska, West Virginia, Louisiana, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey. "Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doiug to no purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no eud of them." At a meeting of manufacturers held at Providence, Rhode Islaud, last week, facts were submitted showing that the prices of cotton fabrics are below the actual cost of production. For this reason, most of the New England mills will be run on short time during the next three months. A popular clergyman says it is interesting to observe how many people go to the circus "just to please the children," and very curious to notice that sometimes it takes several able-bodied men and motherly women to look after one little boy or girl on such an occasion. Hardly a year passes by without some new use for paper being discovered, the possibilities of that article seeming yet undeveloped. It is now very successfully used for making buggy boxes, baskets, belting for machinery, boats, clothing, and household materials, and in some branches of trade it is rapidly superseding wood in the manufacture of fancy articles. The extent to which snuff-dipping is indulged in the United Stnt.ps mnv he indeed from the fact that one New York firm, last year, sold 161,000 pounds of snuff, all of which was of the kind used for dipping, besides more than 150,000 pounds of the regular mixture for the old-fashioned snuffers, to say nothing of the large amounts manufactured in the other cities. The treasurers of the New England cotton mills having offices in Boston, held a meeting there on Thursday last, and resolved that the production of the mills should be reduced one-third, until ihe relation between the cost of production and the value of goods and supply and demand shall be adjusted. This action will probably further reduce the price of cotton. A dispatch from Washington says that "the Postmaster General and Secretary of the Treasury, under whom the vast bulk of our Federal offices in the Southern States are held, have determined to dismiss any person holding office against whom any charges of incapacity or doubtful official responsibility may be made with sufficient substantiation in the way of facts and upon competent authority." The tobacco growers of Virginia have been unfortunate this season. In some of the counties where this product has been extensively cultivated, there will not be one-twentieth of the usual crop secured. In other counties the crop will seldom yield more than one-half or one-third of the customary product, acording to a correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer, who has investigated two matter very thoroughly. They tell a queer story about the doctors in a certain Texas town, who were all away last summer to attend a medical convention. They were absent about two months, and on their return found all their patients had recovered, the drugstores had closed, the nurses had opened dancing schools, the cemetery had been cut up into building lots, the undertakers had gone to making fiddles, and the hearse had been painted and sold as a circus wagon. A meeting was held at Camden on Monday night of last week in which speeches were made by John Chesnut and Pinckney of Kershaw, and Johnson and Sam Lee, of Sumter, endorsing the Independent Republican movement. The Camden Journal, in a report of the proceedings, says that it was difficult to determine whether a majority of the persons present were for or against Chamberlain. Resolutions were adopted, however, pledging the meeting to the support of Judge Green. The Rev. Dr. Newman, formerly chaplain of the United States Senate, is a man of wonderful experiences. He writes from the classic East that he has visited the veritable Garden of Eden ; that he has had his hands ... .1. . i:_ t. i. l i. ti.? .] Oil lilt: jj'riuiui; lion which siuuus> at uic uuui of the den that Dauiel was cast into ; that he will bring back a brick from the Tower of Babel, and that he has been among the ruins of Belshazzar'3 palace. If he had only added ; that he had seen the handwriting on the wall the record would have been complete. They have a parliamentary proceeding j down in Florida that beats anything in Congress. At a late Radical District Convention in that State, two nominees, Martin and Furman, contended for the President's chair. Martin got in first, but he had to rise to put a motion, and then Purraan slipped in behiud him and seated himself iu the chair. Martin understood parliamentary rules better than that; so he took Purman by the collar and j the seat of his breeches and landed him ; sprawling on the floor. And thus "de pint ob order" was decided in favor of Martiu. In the government of Pleskau, in Russia, a letter was circulated which reported | that the government intended to send 5,000 of I the prettiest girls of the country to Africa to j be married to negroes. There was a panic,: and the girls made haste to marry any one who would have them, and there were any number of marriages. One brandy dealer made a small fortune out of it, for at Russian weddings they must have brandy. Now the j authorities have discovered that this merchant started the story, and they are not yet done ! with him. The Goveruor of Mississippi is from Massachusetts; the Lieutenant Governor is a negro from another State; the Superintendent of Education is a negro now on trial for felony. In Claiborne county the Sheriff can neither read nor write; the negro Coroner is under indictment for burglary; the negro County Treasurer cannot add up a column of figures;the Hoard of Supervisors have 110 ' real estate interests in the county; and most! | of the magistrates are negroes, many, many ; ! of whom cannot read, and of course cannot ' j even comprehend the laws they pretend to ad-1 I minister. I The Speech of William H. Trescott, ! ! a candidate for congress from the third dis- j | trict of South Carolina gives some good advice 1 ! to his followers of the conservative party. ; He tells them in very plain terms that the j ! situation must be accepted ; that not only must I ! they be unwilling to abridge the rights of the j colored citizen before the law, they must con- : vince the country of that unwillingness, while endeavoring to win the confidence of the colored people and teach them to be good citizens, j He admits the difficulties of the task, but urges it as the only prospect of political success. If advice like this had been taken | long ago, South Carolina would have not been in its present impoverished condition. But it is not too late, and the prospect of improvement when this advice is followed will not be far distant.?N. Y. Tribune. f be Ucrrbrilte (JjnquuTt. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 1, 1874. 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In the early history of the world, the inhabitants mostly settled in cities. For this there were various reasons. At first, children settled around their parents. This continued until the number of families became very great. In order to protect themselves from -* M xil il ... tfie invasion or similar settlements, tney remained in this city organization. The government of these cities become a matter of great importance. Men of talent and learning devoted their whole time to the subject. From this circumstance modern nations have borrowed the word "Politics," which literally means managing a city ; but is now used to denote the science of government. In our country, at the present time, it is very difficult to decide what the word politics does mean. Every man, woman and child is a politician. The beardless boy talks politics at the corner of the streets, in the cars and at the gay party. Gray-headed sires talk politics around the fireside to their children, and at church on the Sabbath day. Men of reputed learning and men of no letters at all, A .~11? A nniAnnn A 4-' seem iu ue enuajij' vciscu m mc ov-itu^c ui government. The thing is simply ridiculous. Pother the science of government is so simple as to be easily comprehended by the most ignorant, or a large number of our people are stultifying themselves in the eyes of the world. A learned physician once said that it seemed to be a passion with the Americans to have a professional character in every family. If the family had a boy who was moral, he was educated for a preacher ; if he was very smart and not moral, he was educated for the law ; but if neither a preacher nor a lawyer could be made out of him he was put to reading medicine. It seems that just now everybody is wanting some office, and the office that any and everybody can fill Is that of legislative. The world has recently, and iu some mysterious way, made great advances in this respect. Men feel themselves competent to make laws, ' 1 ? ? ~ low ??nono WHO nave UW lues Ui nuat kiic nuiuiun lutuiio. This reminds us of a young chap who took charge of an agricultural paper. His first editorial was to the effect that turnips should be pulled off the trees and not shaken down, lest the fall might bruise them. An old farmer was passing by his office shortly after the paper was published. He stepped in and inquired if he were the editor of the paper. The young chap said he was, and very politely inquired what he could do for hiin. "Nothing," said the farmer, "I only called to ask if you wrote that editorial 011 the gathering of turnips." "I did," was the response, with a feeling of pride that something great 1 had been done. The next week the same editorial was repeated with the addition that thousands of bushels of turnips were annually destroyed by shaking them off the trees. The farmer called again and remarked, "I sec ] you repeat your advice about the gathering of turnips." "Yes," said the editor, "I have * 1 Ml *1 _ no doubt those two eaicoriais win save me ; country a large sum of money." "No doubt of it at all," said the farmer. This brought j the young chap to his feet. He just spread; himself on turnips in particular, and every- j thing else in general. The old farmer listened j patiently until he got through and then he j arose to leave. Just as he was taking his : leave of the young editor, he asked him if he j knew that turnips grew in the ground and not; ou trees. The green editor had been making a fool of himself to the merriment of all sen-! sible men. Just so it is with a multitude of our would-be legislators. They are exposing their ignorance, not, however, to the merriment of the country, but to its ruiu. The mania for politics has robbed the country of some good men. It is a pity but something would convince our people that they are not all born statesmen. It would be an ' evidence that people were returning to their senses. At present, there are two things that every one feels perfectly able to do?go to the legislature and teach school. This indicates one of two things. Either we are a very in-! telligent people, or a set of great fools. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Diptheria prevails to an alarming extent in some portions of Newberry county. ? County Commissioners are now required j by law to give a bond for two thousand dol-; lars. ? There are fifty school-houses, attended by ! 809 white and 1,758 colored children, in Dar-1 lington county. ? Mouteith Caine, of Union county, has I passed the examination and been admitted to the West Point Military Academy. ? B. F. Bates has been appointed a trial , justice for Spartanburg county, in place of B. j II. Stediuan, removed. ? The Governor has accepted the resigna- j tion of R. J. Hagans, County Commissioner ' of Lancaster. ? Humbert, late County Treasurer of Orangeburg, is in jail again on the complaint of j the County Commissioners. His returns of! the public funds are said to be 89,000 short. J ? The .State Survivors' Association has j awarded a scholarship in the King's Moun- j tain Military Academy to Julian Bland, of j Charleston. ? The Orangeburg News states authoritatively that Solicitor Buttz will prosecute the indictment against Governor Moses at the January term of the Orangeburg Court. ? The aggregate assessment in Sumter county, has been reduced, by the Board of Equalization, one-third below what it was last year. ? Gov. Moses has appointed Jim Depo, a turbulent colored man of Santuc township, one of the election commissioners of Union county, in place of H. H. D. Byron, removed. ? The examination of candidates for the State scholarships, will be held at the University in Columbia to-day. The institution opens on Monday next. AH departments are free of charge. ? The Tax Union Convention will meet at Columbia on Thursday next, the 8th of October, to "consider the necessity of making nominations for State officers at the approachelection." ? Judge Maekey has ordered the grand jury of Fairfield county to assemble at Winnsboro to-day, for the purpose of investigating the alleged negro-plot to murder the whites in the Bricc settlement on Saturday, the 12th A?! uinmo. ? Mr. F. L. McKeuzie, a son of Jolin McKenzie, the well-known confectioner, was found dead in the suburbs of Columbia on Wednesday morning of last week, with a pistol ball through his brain and a revolver lying across his body. The Union-Herald says: "The body was first discovered by a little colored boy, about 6 o'clock. It was lying on the side of a bank, about ten feet from the road, a hundred yards from the old Confederate powder factory, about a mile from town. The boy called to a colored man, named Ben Sightler, who, upon approaching the body, ??too KorL-orl nt hv flip flnn- hplnnfrinf to the ... "J --o O -O -- deceased. The dog refused to let him touch the body. Even after the jury arrived, the dog repelled every one until Mr. McKenzie, the father, came, whom he sprang to meet with evident joy, but soon returned to his dead master. The body was quite stiff when found, and had evidently been dead some hours." The jury of inquest rendered a verdict that "the deceased carne to his death from a pistol shot wound through the right temple, evidently inflicted by his own hand." STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? On Thursday last, at Florence, Hon. J. H. Rainey was re-nominated as the Republican candidate for Congress from the first Congressional District. ? Meetings of conservatives have beeu held in Greenville, Charleston, Darlington, Marlboro, Sumter and Colleton, and the nomination of Judge Green warmly advocated. ? The Winnsboro News makes the statement that Judge Mackey has said that he will stump the District in the interest of General Kershaw, should lie be nominated as a candidate for Congress. ? A convention of the Independent Repub licans will be held in Charleston on Friday next, 2d instant, for the purpose of nominating candidates in opposition to Chamberlain and Cleaves. ? The convention to nominate a conservative candidate for Congress for the fourth Congressional District, will meet in Columbia on next Wednesday. It is probable that Gen. Kershaw will be the nominee. ? In Greenville, the Conservatives have nominated S. S. Crittenden, T. B. Ferguson, and Samuel Finley, for the House; S. J. Douthitt for IVobate Judge; J. H. Taylor for School Commissioner; and J. W. Bowling, James Bannister and B. F. Mosely for County Commissioners. ? The Conservative nominations in Spartanburg are as follows : For Representatives, G. Cannon, J. E. Bomar, R. M. Smith and i t> nr?r> t.,,1 JD. >Y UUUI Ull. i i uuatu uuugu jucujulliiu WofTord. School Commissioner?Wm. H. Richardson. County Commissioners?Leroy McArthur, A. H. Kirby and E. S. Allen. ? In Union, the Conservatives have nominated T. B. Jeter for the Senate; W. H. "Wallace and B. H. Rice for the House ; Jos. F. Gist for Probate Judge ; D. A. Townsend for School Commissioner, and D. P. Duncan aud Wm. Jefferies for County Commissioners, leaving one member of the legislature, one county commissioner and the coroner to be nominated by the Independent Republicans. ? At a convention held at Abbeville, on Thursday last, Comptroller-General Iloge was nominated on the fourth ballot, as the Republican candidate for Congress from the third Congressional District. The first and second ballots were: Purvis, 8; Iloge, 7; i Niles G. Parker, 1; L. C. Carpenter, 5. "Daddy" Cain, at present Cougressraan at Large, being dissatisfied with the result of the nomination, threatens to run as an indepenl - i. UUIll UftlHUUiUU. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Hickory fair has been indefinitely ' postponed on account of the circus. ? The corn and cotton crops in Catawba: county are the best they have b.eep for several j years. j ? The United States Circuit and District! Courts?Judge Bond to preside?will begin ! the fall term in Greensboro next Monday. ? James Hening, of Lenoir, killed a bald j eagle last week measuring five feet seven 1 inches from tip to tip. ? Immense swarms of grasshoppers have appeared in the fields along Yadkin river in Yadkin county, inflicting considerable damage to corn and fodder. ? T. P. Wells, of Shelby, has ten acres iu grapes, six of which are bearing, and will yield this yearseven thousand gallons of wine, which sells readily at S3 per gallon. ? The Salem branch of the N. C. Railroad is represented as iu a prosperous condition. Since its completion a year ago it has done a satisfactory freighting business, and the passenger traffic has been fair. ? Work on the Fayetteville and Florence railroad will commence within a few days, i The contract has already been given for grading from Fayetteville to the South Carolina line. ? On the 15th ultimo a United States Deputy Marshal named Rice shot and killed a man named Andrew Woody at Spring Creek in Madison county. Woody was resisting arrest on a capias issued for violation of the internal revenue laws. ? The boy murderer, David Martin, a negro only thirteen years of age, sentenced to be hung on conviction of the murder of a little white boy, and who escaped from the Wilmington jail on the 16th of last July, has been recaptured and returned to prison. ? The Raleigh Xews says: "Mr. Foster, the patentee of the type settiug machiue that has attracted so much attention recently in New York city, is in the city for the purpose of starting a factory for the manufacture of the machines. Mr. Foster is a native of this county and desires to locate his works at home. We wish the enterprise unbounded success." EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Coffee Crop. Official statements from the coffee-producing countries represent the crop of 1874 as better than it has been in several years. In Brazil, which furnishes one-half of all the coffee consumed, the crop is larger than ever before produced?estimated at over 5,000,000 bags, which added to the estimated production of all other parts of the world, will exceed 9,000,000 cwt. A speedy decline in the price of coffee inay be calculated upon with certainty, and the lovers of this indispensable table luxury will be again enabled to buy at lower prices than the article has ruled for the last few years. Too Much Endorsing. The Washington Chronicle thus raps the South Carolina Republican papers which just now are so lavish in their praise of Presirlnnt firnnf "The Republican press of South Carolina is just now very busy shouting praises of President Grant, which might all be eminently proper if it was not coupled with the statement to defeat Chamberlain, the nominee for Governor, would be to disgrace the President. We have no doubt President Grant shares with every citizen of the country in the hope that the Republican party of South Carolina will, at the coming election, elect true, honest, and upright men for office, that will redeem that State from its present disgrace. But to hold him responsible for the election or defeat of Chamberlain is asking too much. Indorsing the National Republican party and urging General Grant for a third term does not cover the defect of bad and unfortunate nominations." Major Briggs on the Situation. The position of county chairman of the independent republican party of York county having been tendered to Major Briggs, he publishes a letter in the Union-Herald, declining the appointment, in the following words: I most respectfully decline the honor tendered me for the following reasons: I was a delegate to the State convention two years ago, and recorded ray vote for the Hon. D. H. Chamberlain at that time for governor. Had I been a delegate to the late convention, I would have most assuredly cast my vote for D. H. Chamberlain in preference to any other gentleman in the State, notwithstanding "I am native and to the manner born." I further expect to pull off my coat and roll up my sleeves and stump the sixth congressional district all over in favor of the election of D. H. Chamberlain for governor of South Caro lina. Therefore,don't think it would be prudent or in good taste to accept the appointment as chairman for ToTk county. Very respectfully, B. F. Briggs. Amendments to the Constitution. The Anderson Intelligencer prints the following summary of proposed amendments to the constitution of this State, which wiil be submitted to the people at the next election : 1. In regard to changing the boundary line between Pickens and Oconee counties from White Water to Toxaway river. The present boundary is said to occasion great inconvenience to the people interested. 2. It is proposed to change the term of office of the Comptroller-General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Adjutant and Iuspector General, and Superintendent of II*.1Avtit* fr\ fwa vooro hv wli!f?h J^UUL UUUil 11U1U IWUl l\j vu \j jvuiu, wj all the State officers will be elected every two years. 3. This amendment prohibits the General Assembly from authorizing any county, city, town or village to become a stockholder in, or to loan its credit to any company, association or corporation for any amount exceeding five per cent, of the assessed value of the taxable property of such couuty, city, town or village, without the approval of a majority of the legal voters thereof, expressed at an election duly held according to law. Hacking Governor Moses. On Friday Governor Moses made a second call upon the President, under the constitution of the United States, for such assistance as would enable him to restore order and quiet to the county of Edgefield, and to that end asked that immediate orders be sent to Colonel Black, commanding the United States forces in Columbia, to report to the Governor with such of his command as it might be necessary to employ for the purpose named. To this the Attorney-General replied that he was directed by the President to say that a company of United States troops is now stationed at Edgefield, and it is expected and believed that it will afford adequate protection ? iUrv li?rna nnrl nt?nnnrf\f nf nifivfina 1U1 tlJU llYt'O auu vi vtviiivuw* A Washington dispatch says that the demand of Governor Moses for troops occasioned no excitement whatever, but on the contrary evoked considerable unfavorable criticism in official circles as to the motives which inspired the demand. Twenty-four hours previous to the receipt of Governor Moses' dispatch to the President, the war department had received contrary intelligence from the officer in command at Edgefield. Newspaper Postage. The officials to whom was referred the duty of devising a plan to be adopted by the Post Office Department relative to the prepayment of postage on newspapers, after fully investigating the subject, report to the Postmaster General, who has discretionary power in the matter, that in their opinion two of the three modes of applying the stamps pointed out bv the act of Congress are impracticable. ()ne of the plans suggested by the act they, however, believe not only practicable, but the best that can be devised. It provides for affixing the stamps to a "memorandum of mailing." They give a form of receipt, and say that the coupon receipt book may be kept at the post office, and when a consignment is received from a publisher or news agent the re-, ccipt is to be filled out and given him upon payment of the required amount of postage,! the stamps being affixed to the stub of the receipt. They recommend that the stamps be j canceled by perforation with a punch, instead of being defaced with ink, and that the stamps : range in value from two cents to sixty dollars, all of the denominations being multiples of the two and three cents rates. The stamps ' will be charged to postmasters and accounted . for the same as other stamps. In reference j to the special stamps required they state that while the designs have not been definitely de-' ' termined upon, they should be varied and dis! tinctive and executed in the best style, in order to prevent alterations and counterfeits. In conclusion, they state that the execution of the new law will require postmasters at publication offices, or a portion of them at least, to be supplied with platform scales for weighing large quantities of matter. The Postmaster Geueral will doubtless adopt the recommenda- j tions of the report. The Troubles in Edgefield. : For several days past riotous demon; strations on the part of a portion of the coli ored population of Edgefield county have j been manifest; aud at the instigation, as is ! alleged, of one Ned Tennant, captain of a negro militia company, about four hundred negro militia men, armed and equipped, con-1 1 gregated in the vicinity of Republican church, i I fourteen miles below the town of Edgefield. Tennant alleged that he had been fired at in , ! his own house, by a white man, and hence, Air his own protection, as it seems, called out his j militia company, which, as the rumor flew, : ; was augmented by other companies to the ; [ number given above. When the news reached Edgefield much excitement ensued in the town?the current report being that in the . absence of the men, the women and children would be massacred and the houses burnt. The various accounts that we have read 1 represent that from three to four hundred white men were soon under arms, and under command of General Butler, held themselves ready to meet auy attack from the negroes. < The condition of affairs being reported to the Governor, that official at ouce issued a proclamation commanding the belligerents to disperse, aud at latest accounts quiet had been ! restored in the locality which at one time was threatened with aserious collision of the races. Subsequent to the proclamation of Governor Moses, a committee of conference from both : the white and colored people was held in Edgefield, when it was agreed and assented to | by Lawrence Cain, Colonel of the 9th regiment. of militia, that he should immediately promulgate an order for the militia companies of his regiment to have their company drills on the third Saturday in each month, ! and at no other time, and that the captains require their men to keep their arms at home, 1 and use them for no other purposes, except for the company drills, unless by future order of the (Jolouel commanding. The latest intelligence from the locality of the disturbance in Edgefield represents that the troubles are ended. The negro Captain has delivered the arms of his colored company to Lieutenant Leahy, commanding the detachment of United States troops, and the negroes have returned to their homes. Louisiana Affairs. The political situation in Louisiana, ] since the restoration of the Kellogg govern- | ment, has been without excitemeut. McEne ry's counsels of moderation seem to have been regarded by his adherents, who quietly submitted to the order from Washington, reinstating Kellogg. The coalition or McEnery party have issued an address, setting forth a long series of wrongs from which the State | has suffered, and claims the McEnery government was legally and fairly elected. It ( says the people North were generally led into an error in believing the colored voters of Louisiana were in excess of the white voters, or that the colored voters and white Republi- . cans en masse voted the Kellogg ticket, and by a compilation of figures shows the white ( males to be in excess of the colored, and claims i that many Republicans, white una colored, i voted the McEnery ticket. It describes the 1 means by which the citizens were deprived of 1 their political rights, and gives an explanation J of the formation and design of the White , League organization, whose character it claims i has been grossly misrepresented, and gives a . description of the insurrection, and says that ' the fight was forced upon the citizens, and 1 that they did not begin it. It details the sto- ! ry of the surrender, and the fruitless negotia- , tions of the compromise committee. It also j contains in full the appeal from the Commit- j tee of Seventy to President Grant, dated New ' Orleans, September 8, protesting against the ' placing of troops in Louisiana upon the eve of * such an election as is now approaching, under the control of civil officers identified with usurpation, and requesting that if such be done, the present marshal be removed, and one appointed who is not the active supporter and leader in the Kellogg government. In conclusion, the address says: "Our tale of misery is complete. Nothing remains but submission, relieved only by the dim distant hope that the sober second thought of this great people will reconsider calmly our conduct, and devise, in their wisdom, some method of relief for their unhappy countrymen." Judge John T. Green. The Charleston News and Courier furnishes the following sketch of Judge John T. Green, of Sumter, who will probably be nominated by the Independent Republicans as a J candidate for Governor in opposition to 1J. " H. Chamberlain: t Judge John T. Green, of Sumter, whom i the Independent Republican party propose f to nominate as their candidate for Governor e of South Carolina, is the son of the Rev. t Henry D. Green, of Mechanicsville, South t Carolina. Judge Green was born at Mechan- [ icsville on October 18, 1827. At an early t age he entered the South Carolina College, s where he remained for three years. He sub- s sequently entered the law office of Mr. F. J. s Moses, Sr., the present Chief Justice of the f State, and, after a thorough course of study, t was admitted to the bar in 1849, when he had \ I just passed his twenty-first year. \ In 1852 Judge Green was elected to the 1 State legislature on the Cooperation ticket, i aud, being reelected, served for six successive c years. Being again put forward in 1858, he c declined to be a candidate, and continued to 1 practice his profession iij Sumter until 1864, ! 1 when he was again elected a member of the j f ! legislature. There having been some irregu- r j larity in the preceding election, a new one was j [ j held in 1865 and Judge Green was once more ! i j nominated and elected. In the following year, 11 j 1&66, Judge Green ran against Hon. John M. j a : Frierson for State Senator from Sumter coun- i ' ty, and was beaten by sixty-six votes. Du- t ring the war, and for some years afterward, r Judge Green was in delicate health, and, as t he took no part in the struggle, he was regard- e j ed as a Union man. In 186G he was appoint- s ed President of the Provost Court in Sumter, 1 and held that pqsf, lentil civil authority was i: restored. When the Reconstruction Govern- c ment was organized he was unanimously elect- .1 ed, by the General Assembly, Judge of the v Third Judicial Circuit, and was unanimously t reelected upon the expiration of his term of b office. 11 Judge Green is a Itepijblicau in good s.and- j 11 ing, and hjs learning, impartiality and square j a dealing, on the bejich and in private life, have j d won for him the respect and confidence of all j r classes and parties. Even his bitterest oppo- i j< nents in the State Republican Convention did j not dare to say a word against his personal | , and official character. They praised him extravagantly?while declaring, very properly, i 1 that he was not a fit man to be the candidate js; of the Carpet-Bag Ring in South Carolina. : Senator T. C. Dunn. ! j( A correspondent of the Charleston j j Newt and Courier furnishes that paper with I tl the following sketch of Senator T. C. Dunn, I b of Horry, who is just now ouite prominent in State politics, in consequence of the position he occupies as chairman of the executive committee of the Independent Republicans: "He is a native of Massachusetts, and early in manhood settled in Wisconsin. He joined the Republican party at its first organization, and was a leading man in it until the war, when he entered the service, and continued in it to its close. Like so many others, Mr. Dunu came South, hut unlike most others who came at that time, he engaged in honest pursuits. He pitched his tent in Horry, and went to work like a man in the turpentine and lumber business. He did not engage in politics uutil, after Whittemore had been kicked out of Congress, he ventured to otfer himself for reelection. That outrage brought him to the surface as a candidate against Whittemore, but he was defeated by the cadetship broker, and quietly returned to his work. In 1872 he ran as au Independent r* i T _ T i A . / _ __ * _ l nepunncan candidate ior seuaiur, auu was elected by an immense majority of Democrats and Republicans to represent a Democratic county. In the Senate his course has been consistent with his previous record. He has sustained himself as a Republican, while always and unflinchingly opposing all corrupt measures. That has been at times a difficult feat to accomplish, but Mr. Dunn has done it successfully. He is known too for his earnest advocacy of all measures which look to the healthy development of the material resources of the State. After the adjournment of the General Assembly last winter, he went on to New York as chairman of a committee to make investigations iuto the State bond business, how the bonds came to be hypothecated, &c., (fee., and it is expected will make an interesting and exhaustive report upon the subject. He knows the bond ring rascalities by heart. The earnest part he is takiug in the new movement, his knowledge, experience, honesty of purpose and resolutiou commend him to the public confidence as one eminently fit to lead the best elements of his party in this crisis of its fate into brighter light, and a more commanding and nobler policy than it has heretofore practiced or known." Chamberlain in Charleston. The Charleston News and Courier contains a spicy account of a Chamberlain ratification meeting which was attempted to be held in that city last Thursday night. It seems that the meeting was called by the political adherents of Chamberlain, and was attended by about one thousand persons, the majority of whom were opposed to the nominee of the Republican party for Governor and favored Green. Consequently, anti-Chamberlain men were elected officers of the meeting, and the orators of the occasion, Mr. Chamberlain, Congressman Elliott, Attorney-General Melton, Treasurer Cardozo, Judge Mackey and others, were so interrupted by the constant cheering for Green, which rang from the crowd, that they fouod it impossible to speak. To add to the confusion a portion of the platform which had been improvised for the speakers gave way while Judge Melton was speaking and precipitated him to the ground. While Chamberlain, who followed Judge Melton, was attempting to speak, the whole cf the platform gave way throwing its occupants violently to the floor, and exploding a kerosense lamp, which set fire to the debris of the stage and splashed Judge Mackev's beaver with the burning fluid. Some time elapsed before order was again restored, and Chamberlain failing to re-appear, calls, interspersed with cheers for Greeu, were made for Judge Mackey. To these calls the Judge responded, who as the News and Courier says, in closing its report of the meeting? "Began with an attempt to intimidate the crowd, saying that he proposed to address the meeting, and if any Republicans should break the peace they would be held responsible for it within their party lines. [Three cheers for Green, from the audience.] If any Democrats ? - - 1 ? 1 - 1 J - attempted to interrupt mm ne wouia rase them before the United States Court to-morrow morning and have them punished. [Three more cheers for Judge Green from the crowd.] A.t this point Ben Mills, one of Bowen's ad-1 herents, got up a separate meeting on a small scale, but was routed out by the police, when the audience again gave three cheers for Judge Grreen. Judge Mackey then changed his tactics, and said he did not mean to charge the interruptions on any Democrats who were present, but there were a few persons who were interrupting the meeting. [Renewed cheers for Green.] This failing, the judge said : "I ask this meeting what candidate it will support?" To which the meeting answered, almost to a man, "Judge Green." 'Well, then," resumed thejudge, "I tell you that, unless your commissioners of election be changed your d?d votes won't be worth a jent in this county." [Cries of "that's so" from the crowd, supplemented by the usual three cheers for Green.] I tell you that the aovernor, in appointing the three commissioners of election for Charleston county, has in view only the securing of eighteen votes in ;he Legislature to elect himself speaker of the House. You may talk of Green or ChamDerlain, [here the remains of the platform ;ave way] but it will be of no earthly use. If ivery man in the county casts his vote for ludge Green, under the present commission;rs, he may as well cast his vote into the broad )cean. They will not be counted. [Three jheers for Green.] I charge you, both Coniervatives and Republicans, to hear me, if ,'ou dou't want to be ground to dust by the :orrupt Ring. If you vote for that pure pa,riot and statesman, the Hon. W. D. Porter, f you vote for Judge Green, or if you vote 'or Mr. Chamberlain, neither of them will get i vote, unless C. C. Bo wen "hooses to give it ,o them. The plan is to count in all the couny officers, and seize upon the county funds. A voice: "They can't do it; we will wash hem in blood first."] These commissioners ire appointed by Gov. Moses to carry out a tupendous fraud." At this point the deraontration, on the part of the audience, became i least bit noisy. The judge evidently reilized the situation, saw that they did not vant to hear him, and, after a few more words, vhich could not be heard, put on his splashed lat and descended from the table. The raeetng renewed their cheers for Judge Green, and :alled loudlv for Seabrook, but the chairman )f the meeting introduced Congressman Eliott, black, who mounted the little table. At lis back stood a cross-eyed brown man who lourished a tallow candle over the congress-1 nan's head, and greased his wool and coat I dentifully with the drippings. The audience, j lowever, were not anxious to hear even El-' iott, and forthwith resolved themselves into | i dozen impromptu Green meetings, with as nany speakers, all of whom kept up such a : alking that Elliott's measured sentences and j oiling R's could not be heard beyoud the lit-1 le fringe of officials in front of him. He was , vidently determined to get in his speech, and poke about an hour, always to the faithful ! ittle knot of Customhouse officers. In the ueantime fully two-thirds of the meeting, now Iwindled down to about six hundred persons,! lad adjourned to the north side of the hall, j vhere Primus Creeu had organized an en- j husiastic Green meeting, with Mr. E. B. Seairook in the chair. Seeing the unfavorable , urn of affairs, the Chamberlain party deter-1 nined not to offer any ratification resolutions t all, and Elliott having concluded his ad- j Iross to the six Customhouse clerks who sur- j ounded him, the meeting was declared ad- j Durned." BST The North is beginning to reflect upon he consequences of its work in the South since he war. The Herald, in a recent editorial,1 ays, with a good deal of significance, that j he North has' overthrown Davis and Lee, ut in their stead has built up Moses and Cellogg; "the Rhetts, the Masons and the Ireckinridges have been extinguished, and in heir places we have the Warraoths, the Pinchacks, the Whittemores and the Rlodgctts." i LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. j Joseph M. Adams?New Tin Factory?Particular Attention?Stove Pipe?Repairing, i M. Strauss <fc Son?New Goods Every Week. . G. W. Chalk ifc Co., Charlotte, N. C.?Cotton Com- j. mission Merchant, j I. D. Witherspoon, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to the lieirs-at-law of James D. P. Currence, deceased. T. S. JefFerys, Secretary?Masonic Meeting. FAIR OF THE CAROLINAS. 1 We have been favored by the managers ' with a complimentary invitation to the New Fair of the Carolinas, to he held in Charlotte v on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th of Novem ' ber next. _ THE FALL TRADE. Our merchants, in expectation of a good : business season this fall, are making the necessary arrangements to meet it, by purchas| ing full and varied stocks. Besides those | whom we mentioned last week as having gone ; to market, Mr. Adickes and Mr. Herndon | have since gone on for the purpose of buying i goods. Mr. Herndon represents the house of ; liis sous, who deal in groceries and heavy ! goods exclusively. Mr. Adickes has long been known as the oldest merchant now doing business in Yorkville, and his stock includes nearly every Hue of goods to be found in a dry goods store. Messrs. M. Srauss <fc Son, as will be seen by their advertisement, are in receipt of new goods weekly. TRANSFERS OF*REAL ESTATE. The following are the transfers of real estate recorded in the office of thj County Auditor up to the 26th ultimo, and which have not heretofore been reported: Marcus R. Bird to Margaret Stewart. m?c? jl weuty-iuur aurca m vuciuaco nv u houi^i Consideration 862. M. V. Darwin to E. S. Darwin. Tract of ? 165 acres in Broad River township. Consideration 8554. J. H. Clawson, Assignee of Hamilton Wilson, Bankrupt, to Hamilton Wilson. A tract of 146 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration 8146. Thos. Blalock to Wm.'B. Massey. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 8300. | Zimri Carroll and wife to David P. Boyd. i Forty-nine acres in Bethel township. Consideration 8245. C. S. Cline to Thomas Spencer. Twentysix acres in Catawba township. Consideration 8180. C. J. Pride to Thomas Spencer. Nine acres j in Catawba township. Consideration $45. L. R. Williams to John D. Mitchell. A tract of 151 acres in Bethel township. Consideration 8552. ^8 Jane Brown and others to Andrew Jackson. Fifty-six acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration 8421. John T. Whitesides to Wm. F. Dye. Thirty acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration 8450. Win. F. Dye to John T. Whitesides. Two hundred acres in Broad River township. Consideration 8500. T. A., S. R. & W. A. Moore to Judy Poag. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration 850. J. W. & G.C. Leech, Executors, to M. J. Watson, trustee. A tract of 402 acres in Broad River township. Consideration 81600. J. M. Kendrick and others, Executors, to Samuel Younts. Twenty-four acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration 8422. John Bratton aud Belle M. McCaw, Executors, to Alfred and Riley McDonald. A . ? - r t on !_ m 1 iraCL 01 ioo acres iu \^ueruaee luwusuip. Consideration 8141. J 1 Jos. W. Leech, to GeoTC. Leech. A tract of 284 acres in Broad River township. Consideration 8400. Wm. Wallace to Wm. Sabrus. Eighty acres in Ehenezer township. Consideration 8700. N. M. Miller and others to Wm. Sahms. Nine acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration 8100. Wm. Sahms to Amanda E. Sahras. Eightynine acres in Ebenezer township. J. B. Mintz to Nancy S. Blalock. A tract of 125 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration 8500. Eliza A. Barnett and others to J. C. Patrick. A tract of 140 acres in Bethel town OIUJJ* VUUC1UU1 (ibIUU VvVV* A. M. Jackson to J. W. Neill. A tract of 178 acres in York township. Consideration 81150. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C., to M. S. Hardin. A tract of land in Cherokee township. Consid- " eration 850. A. C. Sutton to J. H. Coltharp. Fiftyseveu acres of land in Fort Mill township. Consideration 8400. B. T. Wheeler to Monroe Taylor & wife. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration 820. T. L. Carroll to S. E. Carroll. Half interest in 252 acres and one third interest in 155 | acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration 81400. T. L. Carroll to S. E. & D. H. Carroll. One-third interest in 184 acres in Bullock's ^ Creek township. Consideration 8500. S. E. Carroll to T. L. Carroll. One-third interest in 738 acres in York township. Consideration 81400. John B. Faris to Jas. Clark. Thirty-six acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration 850. A. H. Barnett to R. J. & W. B. Jones. A tract of 126 acres in Bethel township. Consideration 8345. -- R. J. & W. B. Jones to Perry Ferguson. A tract of 126 acres in Bethel township. Consideration 8450. ~ T. B. Withers to A. M. Kee. Lot in Fort Mills. Consideration $150. J. P. Creighton, agent for Wm. Sturgis. Thirteen and three-fourth acres of land in CafniuKa tnipnoViin rinnaidopqtifin 81 3 7ft VUII WM bV If WUW*V?V?*?ViWM V*v" ** Same to John Rives. Fourteen and three* fourth acres in Catawba township. Consideration $14.75. John W. Avery to J. B. Williams. House and lot in Yorkvilie. Consideration $900. Sarah P. Jones to Iredell and Allen Jones. A tract of 438 acres of land in Ebenezer township. Consideration $4500. A. M. Black to W. L. Roddy. Lot in j Rock Hill. Consideration $35. -A John B. Mintz to Thomas Martin. Six- 1 teen acres of land in Cherokee township. f Consideration $86. : J. P. Creightou, agent of Wm. Sturgis, to .T V \fnPrtrlHpn Fnrf v.aounn q nrna r\P S V* ? mv?v?v?. A v? wj gvfvu ?u?vo VI iaUU in Catawba township. Consideration $<|6. Martin J. Jackson to Pamela A. L. Jackson. Half-interest iu 150 acres in King?? ? Mountain township. Consideration $450. Thomas L. Johnson to John Rattarce. Lot 1 in Rock Pill. Consideration $2dj. 9| Jarpes F. Hunter to Vf. D. Phillips. Lot | < in Fort Mills. Consideration 8200. , J. S. White to Eliza Mathis. Half inter- | est in a house and lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 850. < Henry Massey to J. W. Ardrey. Lot in Fort Mills. Consideration 8165. W. C. and T. P. Black to John Smith. g Niuetv-three acres in Broad River township. Consideration 8325. ^ J. H. Clawson, Assignee of J. N. McCall, 4^ Bankrupt, to B. R. Miller. A tract of 193 acres of land in Bethel township. Consideration 8772.