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f traps and (facts.
The grand-daughter of Thomas Jefferson
is in Washington, seeking employment
for herself and son.
A. T. Stewart is said to contemplate
building a hotel at Washington after the plan
of the Grand Union at Saratoga.
All the attorneys on the Tilton side of
the great scandal case are Democrats ; on the
Beecher side, Republicans.
The way the Chicago saloon-keepers
evade the civil rights act and keep out Sambo
is to put up a sign, "Drinks $5, subject to
discount." The discount for white men is
84.85 per drink.
Old John Bender has confessed. He
savs his son and daughter rnmmiftpd all
the murders. This is even a more notable
sacrifice than Artemus Ward was willing to
make. He only offered up his wife's relations.
The will of Benjamin F. Beekraan,
of New York city, which has just been probated,
gives the widow the interest on $10,000
while she is his widow, and the entire 610,000
if she marries again.
The secretary of the treasury has decided
to return to the old method of redeeming
mutilated United States currency, under
which a deduction was made proportioned
to the portion of notes missing. The change
will take place on the 1st proximo.
All is not lovely among brethren of
the Grange. The Patrons &f Husbandry in
Iowa are splintering up into independent fragments.
The reported grievance is that the
Grange has lost all confidence in the national
officers* and that the finances have been
mismanaged. It is stated that thelate exhibition
of the financial management of the National
Grange will lead to a general withdrawal
and abandonment of the concern.
Prof. Donaldson contemplates .a balloon
voyage from New York to London next
autumn, the expenses to be paid by Wm. K,
Belknap, of Cincinnati, George L. Bruce, of
New York city, Nathaniel Grey Hadaway,
of London, aud Narcisse Pelletier, of Paris.
These gentlemen are to provide $40,000 for
the expenses, and give the Professor $20,000
- if he makes the trip from New York to London
within forty-eight hours, or $10,000 if he
takes seventy-two hours.
There is likely to be a good deal of
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campaign. Governor Allen, according to the
Republican journals, indulges in profanity to
that extent that it passes out under the door
of his room in a blue fog whenever he becomes
excited. The Hon. B. F. Wade has always
had the reputation of being an expert in the
same way, and Mr. John Robinson, the circus
man, whom the Republicans have nominated
for Mayor of Cincinnati, is-said to use expressions
which would knock the bark off of a
hickory tree.
Vast quantities of property are being
destroyed by the war in Cuba. In Trinidad
twelve estates, producing over eight hundred
thousand hogsheads of sugar, have been burned,
aud in Villa Clara and Cienfuegos more
than forty thousand hogsheads of the same
commodity have been lost by inroads of the
patriots. To this destruction of property
must be added that in Sauga la Grande, consisting
of twenty-seven large sugar estates,
and also the sugar ware houses at Sierra
Morena and Carahutas, numbering over sixty
vast structures, well filled with sugar, waiting
for transmission to Havana and other ports.
A man named Merritt, from Troy, N.
Y., has been prowling around the island of
Dominica, in the West Indies, and has discovered
something which very nearly resemhles
the Bible descrintinn nf hpll Tt. is a hnt
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tomless lake of red-hot water boiling savagely,
half a mile wide and two miles in circumference.
In the centre, the seething mass shoots
far into the air, and the arid, desolate shore
is laved by steam. The water is heavily
charged with sulphur. Merritt is the only
American who has visited the horrible place.
An English company is going to try to manufacture
sulphur at the burning lake.
The high water at the recent flood
washed about four feet of earth from teu to
fifteen acres of laud lying along the Tennessee
. river, near Louisville, Blount county, Tenn.
When the water subsided a strange spectacle
was presented. The whole of the denuded
area was covered with skeletons. Some were
straight, some reclining, some doubled up, and
6ome in a sitting posture. There were the
osseous forms of infants, of children, and of
full-grown persons, over one thousand forms
having been counted. Persons who have
lived in the vicinity of this mysterious cemetery
for more than half a century never heard
of any human bones being discovered there
before, and the skeletons are not found in a
mound nor in what annpars to hp an artifipial
formation of earth.
Pfnchback, although avowing in Washington
that he was delighted with the Senate's
action in his case, wote to his friends in New
Orleans in an entirely different strain. One
colored statesnffcn received a letter fairly
bursting with wrath at Gov. Kellogg, and full
of threats against that patriot's life. In it
Mr. Pinchback requested that his return, during
the latter part of this week, be made the
occasion of a triumphal ovation ; that a "spontaneous"
public reception be arranged, and
that he be met at the depot with a procession,
torchlights and brass bands, and escorted like
a conqueror to his home. All of the expense
he would pay himself. With this demonstration
as a send off, he proposed to begin, at
once, the formation of a new party, whose
chief purpose would be the destruction of
Kellogg, Packard, Casey & Co.
The New York World publishes a list
of empty buildings and offices on Broadway,
between Bowling Green and Fourteenth
street, which it says is "really startling."
Along this central thoroughfare, out of 850
numbers, 280 display the renting card occasionally
for a single office, and in not a few
cases for the whole building. Besides these,
the notifications of deskroom to let are very
frequent, indeed, showing a general desire in
many quarters to lighten the rent. The side
streets from Broadway, and which, for many
styles of business, are fully as good as the
main street itself, also show a good many
offers "to let." Canal, Crosby, Green, Grand,
Spring, Mercer, Warren and Walker streets,
liHtrp mnnv finp stnrpq nnH lnfta waitinor fnr
occupants. While thedwelling-house property
is holding up well, the stores and offices are
falling right and left. The World says the
dullness does not seem to be confined to any
special section of the city, or any particular
business. It is a general business stagnation,
a sort of after-wave of the panic of 73.
There are about one-third more buildings now
open to rent than there were a year or a year
and a half ago. The temporary rentals
which are made,are in many cases at a reduction
of between thirty and forty per cent.
The first blow at civil rights has been
struck, and in the language of the ring it is a
crusher. It comes, too, from a quarter which
adds to its force. A judge of the United
States Circuit Court has declared the bill unconstitutional,
and directs the district attorney
and the grand jury to disregard its provisions.
This decision was pronounced at
Memphis, Tennessee, on the 22d ultimo. It
appears that several alleged violations of the
law in Tennessee had been brought to the attention
of the grand jury and of the district
attorney. The law provides for the punishment
of the district attorney and other officials
who fail to prosecute such cases, and
the grand jury wished to know their duty in
the premises. They accordingly requested
enlightenment from the court, which they received
in the shape of a charge reviewing this
statute and pronouncing upon its constitutionality.
The judge declared the act unconstitutional,
and instructed the jury that they
had no right to find bills for violations of its
provisions. The denial of the full and equal
enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages
and privileges of hotels and theatres to
colored people is not an offense of which the
courts of the United States can take cogni
zance, or upon which Congress can legislate. I
Hesays this is a|matter which comes within,
the exclusive control of the State governments. '
It was universally conceded prior to the adoption
of the recent amendments to the constitution
that Congress had no power to frame
such legislation, and he denies that either the
thirteenth, the fourteenth or the fifteenth
amendments to that instrument has since given
such power. He sustains his position by citations
from the celebrated Slaughter House
case, recently decided by the Supreme Court
of the United States. He is anxious to have
the matter tested and requests parties aggrieved
by his opinion to bring suit at once,
in order that the statute may receive the interpretation
of the highest judicial tribunal of
the country. Judge Emmons, who delivered
the charge in question, is a pronounced Republican,
and his circuit includes the States
of Ohio,'Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.
He was appointed from Detroit, Michigan.
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? The Laurens Railroad is to be completed
by the first day of July.
? A plough manufactory, on a large scale, is
soon to be started in Spartanburg by Mr.
Mark Cooper, inventor of the Cooper plough.
? Union has been put in telegraphic connection
with the rest of the world by the completion
of the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph
line to that place.
? A bale of cotton weighing 802 pounds,
was sold at Spartanburg on the 15th ultimo.
It was "packed" in the neighborhood of Cross
Anchor, in that county.
? Messrs. Perrin & Hall, of Abbeville, are
collecting the bones from dead animals in
that vicinity, preparatory to the establishment
of phosphate works in that town.
? John E. Webster has been elected Intendant,
and Nathan Lipscomb, Robert M. Gaffney,
T. Davenport, Kendrick Humphries,
Wardens of the town of Gaffney's.
? The Times says that business is so dull in
Union, that the merchants employ their time
in throwing dice at ten cents a throw, to pay
their clerks, while the clerks are kept busy
keeping an account of the game.
? The Fairfield News mentions that L. W.
Duval, the sheriff of that county, has not
been heard of in three weeks, and the opinion
is freely expressed that he has forever shaken
the dust, nf Winnshnrn from his feet.
? At the recent election in Lancaster, Capt.
i N. B. Vallandigham and H. L. Belk were
elected County Commissioners, and John W.
Twitty, Esq., Probate Judge. The Governor
having ordered the election postponed, it is
possible that another election will be held.
? James Reid and Madison Pendergrass,
of Chester, couvicted of "neglect of duty as
county commissioners" and for "breach of
trust with fraudulent intent," were last week
lodged in the penitentiary?the former for
two years and the latter for three months.
? The tax bill passed by the Legislature
which has just adjourned, foots up thirteen
mills for State purposes. Governor Chamberlain
did not return the bill to the Legislature
previous to its adjournment. At the next
session it is thought he will return it with his
veto.
? A special dispatch from Sumter to the
Charleston News and Courier, under date of
the 23rd ultimo, says : "An unfortunate difficulty
occurred last night, in which Butler
Spears, colored, formerly a member of the
Legislature, and now chairman of the board
of county commissioners, was severely beaten
by Joseph M. Skinner, white, a young lawyer
of this place. Afterward Spears attacked
Skinner with an iron plough-heel pin, when
Skinner fired upon Spears, wounding him badly
twice in the thigh. A crowd of excited
negroes attempted to seize Skinner, but he
was safely lodged in the town guard-house,
and afterward placed in the county jail.
This morning Spears is improving, and expresses
great sorrow for the difficulty, and at
his request Skinner was released. The cause
of the difficulty was an attempt of Sheriff
Tindall to introduce social equality at his
house, between Spears and Skinner. Growing
out of the first affray there was another
fight between Ned James, colored, and J.
Rembert Harvin, white, a youth of sixteen,
which resulted in the death of James by a
stab with a pocket-knife in the hands of
Harvin."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Shelby will be connected by telegraph
with Wilmington in a few weeks.
? The Legislature passed an act changing
the time of holding the State elections in 1876,
from August to November. The law applies
only to that year.
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I OUIlg JMillHl, WUU SlUW J-lCttJ, IU utaiuoville,
for which offense he was convicted last
November aud sentenced to the penitentiary
for five years, was pardoned by Governor
Brogden last week.
? Prof. John Word, known as one of the
oldest dancing masters in the country, died in
Greensboro, on the 19th instant, aged 77years.
He actively pursued his profession until within
a few days of his death.
? A new post-office has been established in
Mecklenburg county, on the line of the Caro-1
lina Central Railway, seven miles from Char-1
lotte, called Paw Creek?T. T. McCord, Post-j
master.
? The Central Executive Committee of the j
Charlotte Centennial Celebration is working
vigorously to further the object of the celebration
and to awaken in every quarter of the
State the liveliest interest in the affair. We
wish them the greatest success.
? On Monday last, three colored penitentiary
convicts who)were working at the quarry
near Raleigh, attacked the guard under:
whose command they were working, and
dealt him two severe blows on the head with 1
a hatchet, and seizing his gun, they made
: their escape. The guard died a few hours af|
ter being wounded.
j ? The Sheriff aud all other county officers
j of Carteret county, in any degree responsible
I for the execution of the death sentence, have
resigned, in order to avoid the disagreeable
duty of hanging a negro, who was to have
been executed last Friday. On this account
the convict has been respited until September
3rd, by which time a new Sheriff and county
officers will be elected.
? The tornado which swept over a portion j
of South Carolina and Georgia, extended as |
far north as Raleigh. Passing over Chatham
and Randolph, property in those counties sustained
heavy damage. Chatham Superior
Court was in session at Pittsboro, and so vio-1
lent was the storm, that the judge adjourned :
the court, exclaiming, "Gentlemen, we will j
leave the verdict of this case in the hands of
God." The roof of the Court House was
blown off, and a portion of the timbers fell in,
but no one was injured. The Presbyterian
church was completely ruined, and several
other buildings were blown down. It is stated
that $50,000 will not repair the damage done
to the factories and mills in Randolph county.
? Says the Asheville Pioneer: A Deputy
Marshal, while searching for illicit distilleries
in Yancey county, came across one superintended
by a woman, who stoutly resisted the
officer in levying on the contraband property.
She denounced the revenue laws as oppressive
and the tax as a fraud. The officer attempted
to reason the matter with her by
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little grain was raised in the country, and
thereby snatched the bread, which is the staff
of life, from the mouths of starving women
and children. "Sir," exclaimed the she-boss
of the boiling cauldron, "bread may be the
staff of life, but whisky is life itself." This
was a stunner, but her life-preserver was destroyed.
MERE-MENTION.
The funeral of Charles Sumuer cost Massacbusettss
?29,250.40. Mr. David Dickson,
well known as a successful farmer, and as
the originator of the "Dickson Cotton," died
at his home, in Oxford, Georgia, on the 16th
ult., after an illness of several weeks. Russia
has twelve thousand miles of railway in
operation. The citizens of Augusta have
contributed six thousand dollars to aid the
sufferers from the late tornado, which has devastated
several counties of the State, from the
Chattahoochee to the Savannah river The
Irish Societies of New York, Brooklyn, and
other cities are taking steps to hold public
meetings in order to express regret for the
death of John Mitch el. Col. Dudley
W. Adams, worthy master of the National
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, has purchased
six hundred acres of land in Florida with the
intention of establishing an orange orchard.
Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, has
been raised to the dignity of a Cardinal. A
member of the Illinois Legislature has introduced
a bill providing that "any person asking
another to drink any intoxicating liquor
shall be fined not less than 820 and not more
than 8100." Recently a telegraphic
message was sent as an experiment from Hari
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vara ^onege 10 oau rrauciscu uuu imua.?a.
distance of eight thousand miles?in the space
of two-thirds of a second. The object of the
experiment was to ascertain as exactly as
possible the least space of time required for
the transmission of the fluid through long
lines of wire. The stockholders of the
Merchants' and Planters' National Bank, of
Augusta, have decided to close that institution,
on the ground that it does not pay to
run it. The Alabama legislature adjourned
on Tuesday of last week after having
been in session one hundred and one days,
during which over five hundred laws were
enacted. The petroleum supply of Peunsylvania
is apparently inexhaustible, and new
wells are being sunk every day, despite the
fact that the crude article commands but one
cent per gallon.
Mr. Tweed remarks, after mature deliberation,
that it is a good deal easier to get into
prison than out of it, and the courts sustain
his opinion The loss of a set of false teeth
did not prevent a marriage at Cairo. The
bride tied a handkerchief over her mouth and
told the minister to "go aheath." John
Mitchel was buried in a church-yard at Newry,
Ireland. Over 10,000 people attended
the funeral. The Post-office Department
has determined to enforce the rule prohibiting
postmasters from selling postage stamps outside
of the territory within the delivery of
their respective offices. Violations of the rule
have already resulted in the discontinuance
of a number of post-offices. The special
session of the Senate adjourned last Wednesday.
The last act of the Senate in executive
session was to table the nomination of Don
Pardee to be United States Judge for the
District of Louisiana in place of Durell.
The Delaware Legislature passed a bill
providing that hotel-keepers, railroad companies,
steamboat owners and others may provide
separate accommodations for any class
of customers obnoxious to their customers or
passengers. Mexican bandits are reportII
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several Americans near the border have been
murdered. The widow of John Mitchel,
the Irish patriot, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
On Saturday she received calls of condolence
from intimate friends of her husband. Both
the United States military and hostile Indians
, have gone for the miners now trespassing in
the Black Hills, and General Ord hopes for
their sake that the troops may reach them
first. Eighty convicts in the Indiana
State prison made a desperate attempt to escape
last Friday, and were forced to their
quarters at the muzzle of the rifles in the
hands of the guard.
Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, prominently
mentioned as the next Democratic
candidate for the Presidency, has engaged the
finest suite of rooms at one of the principal
hotels in Washington, for the entire session of
the next Congress. Tom Scott, the President
of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Company, is making arrangements to start a
train every hour in the day between New
York and Philadelphia. Ninety minutes is
to be the running time between the two
cities. The English admirers of Gen.
Stonewall Jackson have presented a bronze
statue of the Christian hero to the State of
Virginia. It is said to be a good likeness, as
well as a fine piece of work.
On Thursday last, Louis A. Middleton, editor
of the West Point (Miss.) Times, was shot
and killed by D. L. Love, editor of the AVest
Point Citizen, for publication of an offensive
article by the former. Love made his escape.
Gen. Custer is to lead another
exploring expedition to the Black Hills as J
soon as the weather opens. The eleventh i
cavalry and a due proportion of infantry, and
perhaps a battery of Gatling guns, will compose
the command. There were six hundred
and four deaths in New York city during
the past week. General Spinner,
Treasurer of the United States, has resigned, i
to take effect on the first of July. Photographs
have been obtained in Paris four
feet three inches long by three feet four inches
in height. Eucalyptus trees, raised from
seed and only one year old, are already from
. eight to fifteen feet high in Los Angeles coun
ty, California. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn's
charge to the jury in the famous Tichborne
case has just been published. In size
it equals Gibbon's "History of the Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire." The
cold weather cracked apple trees in Northern
New York from the roots nearly to the limbs,
so that a person may see completely through
them.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Louisiana Affairs.
Prior to the adjournment of the Senate,
a resolution was adopted endorsing President
Grant's action in the affairs of Louisiana.
The resolution, it is claimed bySeuator Christiancy,
who voted for it, does not recognize
Kellogg us the legal Governor, but only as the
executive power. The Uongressiouai adjustment
of the much vexed question provides for
certain State legislation, and in couformity
thereto, Kellogg has issued a call for an extra
sessiou of the legislature, to meet in New Orleans
on the 14th instant, for the purpose of
carrying out the plau of adjustment. The
subjects for legislation are limited by the call
to six, as follows: First. Adjustment of the
political difficulties. Second. Revenues of
the State and modes of collection and disbursement.
Third. Amendiugof the funding
bill so as to change the constitution of the
Funding Board, and prevent the funding of
illegal obligations. Fourth. The Bnancial
condition and government of the city of New
Orleaus. Fifth. The^relief of the commerce
of New Orleans from excessive port charges
and fees. Sixth. By request of a delegation
of merchauts to incorporate a board of .trade.
Gen. Auger has arrived in New Orleans
from Texas, and assumed command of the
troops in Louisiana, relieving Gen. Emory,
who left for Washington last Saturday.
The North Carolina Convention.
The Convention bill passed by the Legislature
of North Carolina provides that the
said Convention shall meet in Raleigh, on the
6th of September next. The Convention is
peremptorily called, it not beingoptional with
voters to vote for or against the Convention
at the time of voting for delegates. The action
of the Convention is to be restricted, aud
it shall have no power to change the existing
Constitution on homestead and personal prop
erty exemptions, mechanics' and laborers' lien
and the rights of married women, as now secured
by law ; nor to vacate any office or term
of office now existing, until the same shall
expire, or be vacated under existing laws,
though the Convention may recomnieud the
abolishment of any office when the present
term therein shall expire; nor shall said
Convention adopt or propose any amendment
or scheme of compensation to the owners of
emancipated slaves, nor for the payment of
any liability incurred wholly or in part in aid
of the late war between the States, nor to the
restoration of imprisonment for debt; nor
shall they require or propose any educational
or property qualification for office or voting;
nor shall said Convention pass any ordinances
legislative in their character, except such as
are necessary to submit the amended Constitution
to the people for their ratification or
rejection, or to convene the General Assembly.
The Constitution, as amended, shall be submitted
to the people for their ratification, and
shall not be binding until the same shall have
been ratified.
Amended Charter.
The recent Legislature of North Carolina
passed the following act, amendatory of
the act to charter the Carolina Narrow Gauge
Railroad Company, which subsequent to the
granting of the charter was consolidated with
the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company:
Section 1. The General Assembly of
North Carolina do enact that section 1, of
chapter 130, Public Laws of North Carolina,
1871-72, be ameuded by striking out all the
words from and after the word Lincoln in
line 11, of said chapter, in the printed copy
thereof, page 173, of said Laws, up to and
preceding the words, "thence to the town of
Lenoir," in line 13 of said chapter, page 174,
of said Laws. Whenever the people of Catawba
county shall subscribe thirty thousand
dollars in solvent subscription to the capital
stock of this road, this act shall be of no effect,
provided such subscription is made before
the road is graded to the bounds of Ca?
tawba county, from the Lincoln side, or on
the side from Caldwell. Provided the comnanv
shall release the DeoDle of Catawba
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county from any and all obligations, or liabilities
incurred, and refund to tbem all moneys
with interest thereon that have been advanced
for the furtherance of this work. Provided
further, That the subscription on the
part of Catawba county and the citizens thereof
shall not be expended outside of said county,
except by their consent.
The object of the Act is to eneble the Company,
if they so determine, to complete the
road from Lincolnton direct to Hickory,
without going via. the town of Newton.
The Great Storm.
Later intelligence confirms the report
we gave last week of the hurricane, so devastating
in its line of march through North
Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia. A
late despatch from Augusta furnishes the following
particulars of the storm in that vicinity:
The path of the tornado was from two to
six hundred yards wide. The cyclone was
cylindrical in shape, and rotated with fearful
velocity from north to south. The front
cloud was black as night, and a half mile
high. The rear was illuminated by a bright
light. It traveled nearly due east, veering a
little to the north. After devastating Camak,
the tornado seems to have divided, one portion
going east by.north, and crossing the Savannah
river above and below Augusta, both
proving equally destructive, layiug waste evein
tKoif trartlr T-Tinrp frees were bro
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ken like reeds, and, in some instances, carried
three quarters of a mile. The tornado was
preceded by a dull, heavy roaring, asof heavy
artillery in the distance. It spent its greatest
fury in about three minutes. An eye-witness
says the senses were utterly deadened and appalled
; there was a crash, a roar, aud the
mingling of a hundred terrific and unearthly
sounds. Houses were demolished, and noble
oaks that had withstood the storms of a century
were snapped in twain. A wail of distress
comes up from the devastated district,
embracing eight counties in Georgia and two
or three in South Carolina. The destruction
of property is immense, aud the list of killed
and wounded appalling.
Senator Johnson's First Speech.
On the 22ud ultimo Senator Johnson
made his first speech in the United States
Senate, his subject being the Louisiana question.
His appearance iu the Senate hall is
thus described by the Washington Star:
He was dressed with his usual care and
neatuess. His hair, which, though quite gray,
is still sufficiently luxuriant to cover every
part of his head, was nicely brushed. He
was dressed in black frock coat and pants
and a black velvet vest, across which was suspended
a small gold chain. He wore, as he
did when in the White House, a standing collar
and a black stock. On his desk had been
placed a half a lemon and a glass of water.
At about four minutes after noon Mr. Johnson
rose and silence fell upon the large audience.
He begau speaking in a low but distinct
tone of voice, which steadily swelled in
volume until it filled the entire chamber Foi:
sometime after he began speaking he made no
gestures, but stood between two desks, with a
hand on either. He soon warmed up with
his subject, however, aud assumed his old and
well remembered style of oratory. As usual,
he occasionally made a grammatical slip, but
this was scarcely noticeable, none of his inaccuracies
of speech being of a marked character.
He spoke without notes, and frequently
! consulted several books of reference which
| lay on his desk. After Mr. Johnson had taj
ken his seat he was warmly congratulated by
a number of Democratic Senators.
Mr. Johnson's speech has been variously
i commented upon by the leadiug papers, by
i none ofwhich it is characterized as a patriotj
ic or dispassionate address. Tift Tribune says
| it will not bear comparison with either of the
several speeches made during the recent ses,
sion of theSeuate from Senators of whom less
i was expected ; and the Herald says the speech
| was virtually an impeachment of Grant.
The Operation of the Civil llights Law.
i The Washington correspondent of the
; Baltimore Sun gives the following as his obj
servations of the operation and probable effect
of the civil rights law :
As the scare over the passage of the civil
rights bill is subsiding, the fact is becoming
very clear that it is much more of shadow
than of substance. The letter of Gen. Butler,
who has, of course, the right to speak
with high authority, and the various judicial
interpretations of the provisions of the bill so
far given have narrowed down its scope exr^actA
i n rrl T7 Ttin r>nimnn nf TTllitpH fitftt.P.Q
| Circuit Judge Emraous, delivered at MemI
pliis, on the 22ud ultimo, has attracted much
attention in legal circles. Judge Emmons is
a citizen of Michigan and a pronounced republican,
and his decisions have always carried
great weight. An eminent member of
the bar of the Supreme Court has said that
any innkeeper or theatre proprietor, fortified
by this opinion of'Judge Emmons, need have
no apprehensions in violating such provisions
of the civil rights bill as appiied to his business.
Eating houses, bar-rooms, barber-shops,
billiard saloons and the like have already, by
decisions of United States judicial officers in
other parts of the country, been declared not
included in the provisions of the bill, and no
appeal therefrom has been taken.
It is noted that Judge Emmons in his opinion
also denies the power, of Congress to impose
regulations upon common carriers. As
to this, however, there has for several years
been no great difficulty in any one, white or
black, securing such accommodations in public
conveyances as he is willing to pay for.
No case has as yet arisen under the jury
clause of the bill, nor has any colored man
been summoned to serve on a jury in the
courts of any State where he had not that
privilege anterior to the passage of the bill.
So far as the Department of Justice has information,
Maryland is the only State in which
he rlirl not also have that privilege before the
passage of the bill, where a negro has been
put on the jury of a United States court. It
is anticipated that before long a case may
arise under this jury clause, and when it does
it will come before the Supreme Court for review.
Senator Carpenter and others equally
learned in law, say there can be no possible
question of the Supreme Court pronouncing
the clause unconstitutional. This completes
all that is left of the civil rights bill. The
negro demagogues in Washington who were
so prominent in speech and in print demanding
the passage of the civil rights bill, are becoming
intensely disgusted as they slowly begin
to realize what a delusion and mockery
it is.
TOO MUCH CAPITAL REQUIRED.
The old story about the necessity of establishing
manufactures is being told by the
press and the people in every part of the
South. All agree that home manufactures
would multiply Southern wealth, increase the
supply of money, relieve our depressed agriculture,
and improve our general condition.
But the invariable reply is, too much capital
is required. The Missouri Republican, in
discussing this question, says :
"It takes far less capital to start a raanuin
o ftjwnrahlo nlapp t.han is imjLpined ;
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the business requires labor more than it requires
capital, and there is not a county in
Missouri out of fifty that can be named that
doss not possess unemployed labor enough to
stock a dozen factories. Successful manufactures
are not generally established; they
grow from small beginnings. If a company
of foreign capitalists were to go into a county
of this State, erect large buildings, fit them
up with approved machinery, and invest one
hundred thousand dollars in a particular industry,
the probabilities are that it would
fail; but if the citizens of the same county
were to embark in the same industry on a
small scale, with eight or ten thousand dollars,
employing such labor as they could get
in the vicinity, conducting their operations
with economy, feeling their way as they went
along, and enlarging their business as the demand
for their fabric increased, the experiment
would probably grow into a prosperous
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industry, employing proncamy one nunureu
thousand dollars. It would make its own
capital, and then invest it in an enlarged
business. The enterprise would expand with
its annual profits. Other enterprises would
be attracted by its success, and in a few years
the place would be recognized as a thrifty
manufacturing community. This is the history
of nearly all the successful industries in
this country, and it is full of encouragement.
It proves that foreign money and imported
labor are not necessary to the development of
a healthful and profitable system of manufactures,
and that willing labor, energy and determination
are the chief prerequisites. Manufactures
are gregarious; there is a sympathy
between industries that causes them to group
together. A busy community-irresistibly attracts
both capital and labor; au idle community
repels them. It is a sheer waste of time
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tor ail 1016 population llJ JJUIUI iu men ueu
soil, fine timber, water power and beds of
coal and ore, and call on somebody in the
East or in Europe to come and work up these
cheap materials into fabrics; the solicited
labor and capital will not come, because they
will argue that, if the boasted advantages
really exist in the vicinity, the resident population
would improve them. But let that
population go resolutely to work to make
fortunes out of their own resources, inaugurating
manufactures on a small scale, putting
in a little money and a plenty of work,
employing all the idle persons in the vicinity,
and managing their business with frugality
and judgment, and they will be surprised and
delighted at the result; their example will be
noted abroad; the hum of their operations
will resound far and wide, and the wealth
and immigration that avoided them before
will eagerly come forward to assist them."
Crime in New York.?The New York
Express has au admirable condensation of the
first annual report of the Board of Police
Justices, embracing the time between November
12, 1873, and October 31, 1874; and from
this record we get a very excellent idea of
the detected crime that stalks gigautically
abroad in the Northern metropolis. Before
the Police Courts of New York city, during
the time above specified, 84,821 prisoners
were arraigned, of whom 60,213 were males
and 24,608 females. Of this host of criminals
35,565 were discharged, either on ac|
count of police blunders or failure of parties
I aggrieved to prosecute. Eliraiuating the ele|
ment discharged, the startling truth is reI
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i VCCHCUj bliuv VI ll|V uw.%. 7
j 16,345 were females, the larger number of
; whom were arrested for crimes against tem1
perance and decency. To the fell spirit of
: intoxication must be attributed more than
: half the causes of sin and punishment, the
I list of "drunk and disorderly" being 27,208
| males and 13,574 females. This statement
I only includes those drunkards who "violated
| puplic decency," and does not embrace the
! thousands who get drunk and contrive to
keep free from a row and out of the gutter.
It is shown that 71 per cent, of crime in New
York city can be directly traced to the abuse
of spirituous liquors.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
I Henry D. Eraser, M. D., Secretary?Medical Association.
! Kinsman Brothers, Charleston, S. C.?Matzoth !
Matzoth!!
I T. E. Harper and L. B. Brown, Executors?Executors'
Notice.
F. S. Frischeis?House and Sign Painting.
J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In Bankruptcy?In
the Matter of Ohadiah Sarratt, J. S.
McSwain, Bankrupts.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First
Meeting of Creditors?In the
Matter of J. It. Castles.
J. H. Clawson?Notice of Appointment as Assignee?In
Bankruptcy?In the Matter of
R. H. Bradley, Bankrupt.
I J. H.Clawson, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?Notice
to Lien Creditors?In the Matter of It. II.
Bradley, Bankrupt.
Jane McCleaVe?Caution.
J. R. Wallace, P. M.?To whom it May Concern.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The April terra of the Circuit Court for
York county will convene ou Monday next.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Our thanks are due Hon. A. S. Wallace
for a number of valuable public documents.
RETURNED.
Mr. Frischeis, house-painter, who has been
absent from Yorkville during the winter
months, has returnecfcfor the purpose of resuming
his business.
DEATHS OF CITIZENS.
On Friday last, two well-known citizens
died at their homes in this county?Mr.
James McElwee, near Bethany church, and
Mr. Green Gordon, near Bethesda church.
GONE NORTH.
Mr. H. Fred. Adickes, principal clerk in
the house of H. F. Adickes, started to the
northern markets last Monday morning, for
the purpose of selecting a stock of goods for
the spring trade. Fred, is a young gentleman
of fine business qualifications, and in his selection
of goods, we doubt not, will fully sustain
the reputation of the house he represents.
TREASURER AND AUDITOR.
Governor Chamberlain has re-appointed
Mr. John L. Watson as Treasurer, and John
G. Enloe, Esq., as Auditor of York county.
Both the appointees have faithfully discharged
their duties in the past, and from the ranks
of the Republican party in this county, no
appointments could have been made that
would have given more general satisfaction to
the people.
EASTER ELECTIONS.
At the customary Easter meeting of the
congregation of the "Church of the Good
Shepherd," (Episcopal) the following gentlemen
were elected to serve as Wardens and
Vestrymen during the ensuing year:
Wardens?Col. A. Coward, Col. Wm. B.
Wilson.
Vestrymen?W. B. Metts, John C. Kuykendal,
Dr. L. Alexander, John S. Reynolds.
Delegates to Diocesan Convention?Col. W.
B. Wilson, John C. Kuykendal, W. B. Metts
and Dr. L. Alexander.
The Convention will be held in St. Philip's
Church, Charleston, on the 13th of May next.
THE SEASON.
The approach of spring weather is backward
this season, and the past few days were
raw, damp and chilly; more suggestive of
snow and ice than the genial sun and refreshing
showers which we are wont to expect at
this jreriod. Since the first of February a
greater amount of rain has fallen in this vicinity
than has been known for the same period
in many years. Farming operations have
been much retarded thereby; but with this
exception no serious results have followed.
While various sections of the State have suffered
immensely from flood and tornado, York
r?rmntT7 Ima in the m*in. ese&ned the ravaeres
of either.
^TR^SFKRS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following are the transfers of real estate
recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
G. W. Melton to J. H. Smith. Tract of
750 acres, in Catawba township. Consideration
$5,200.
Wm. R. BurristoT. P. Moore and H. Burris.
Tract of 140 acres in Bethesda township.
Consideration $875.
R. H. Glenn, sheriff, to John Nichols. A
tract of 290 acres in Ebenezer township.
Consideration $1500.
A. H. Moore and others to Joel R. Smith.
Tract of 101 acres in Cherokee township.
Consideration $116.
J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to A. M. Black
and Wm. White. Tract of 42 acres in Catawba
township. Consideration $210.
J. M. Lowry to John R. London. Tract
of 549 acres in Catawba township. Consid
eration 85,497.
T. L. Johnson to R. T.May. Lot in Rock
Hill. Consideration 840.
Ann White to John M. and Allen Jones.
Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 810.
W. B. Smith to A. P. Campbell. Tract of
, 69 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration
8345.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, March 29, 1875.
The court continued its sessions throughout
the week, the latter part being devoted to
civil business. Monday and Tuesday were
spent in the trial of the case of State vs. Ellison
Robins, Anderson Whitener, Eli Whitener
and Prince Darby, all colored, charged
with stealing two bales of cotton from the
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barn ot Mr. vaienuue aikiusuu. hu oaae,
during the present term, not even that of the
State vs. the late County Commissioners, has
occasioned so much interest, the court-room,
from the beginning to the end of the trial,
being filled with interested spectators. The
facts of the case are briefly these: On the
night of June 15th, of last year, two bales of
cotton were stolen from the barn of Mr. Valentine
Atkinson. Early the next morning,
Mr. Atkinson discovered his loss, and immediately
began looking for some clew that would
lead to the discovery of the robbers. The
desired clew was found in the form of a wagon
track, a short distance from the bam. To
this poiut it was supposed the cotton had been
taken, placed upon the wagon, and carried
away. The wagon track was followed by Mr.
Atkinson to the house of Ellison Robins,
| where the stolen cotton was found, and idenI
tified by Mr. Atkinson, as his property, from
| a private mark placed upon the bales. The
! wagon upon which the cotton was taken away,
proved to be that of Anderson Whitener.
The fact of the cotton being found in Ellison
Pnkino' nnaaoauirvll and the fact of AnderSOn
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Whitener's wagon being used to carry away
the cotton, were the principal points leading
to the indictment of the accused, and were
i surely sufficient to secure their conviction by
, a jury. The counsel for the defendants,
Messrs. C. S. Brice, J. ?T. Hemphill, and T.
C. Gaston, who labored for tHeir clients with
a zeal worthy of a better cause, endeavored
| to prove that they were at their homes on the
night of the alleged stealing, and suffering
from a painful illness. Yet it was proven
on the stand that Robins and Whitener were
seen the next morning after the stealing, at
an early hour, either at or near a store of illi
repute, where it was supposed they proposed
| selling the cotton they had feloniously taken.
i The jury brought in a verdict of "guilty," in ^P|
regard to Anderson Whitener, but were unable
to agree in regard to Ellison Robins and
the other defendants. The counsel for An- J
! dereon Whitener made a motion for a new
; trial, on the ground that important evidence
I in favor of his unfortunate client had just
been communicated to him, which, if corrob- ^Hj
orated by testimony, would, in his opinion,
affect the decision of another jury that might
sit upon the case. The presiding judge gave I
his reasons, at considerable length, and with I
great force, for refusing to grant the motion. 1
A. M. Mackey, Esq., of Wiunsboro, who conducted
the prosecution in behalf of the State ^^B
with considerable skill, says he has no doubt JB
of the conviction of Ellison Robins at the
next trial; for the reason that he will insert V
in the indictment another count, charging B
him with receiving stolen goods, which can
be established without doubt, and upon which A
a verdict of "guilty" is sure to follow. It is I
to be hoped that he will succeed in placing I
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in the good cause of bringing criminals to
justice have been crowned with success, as
the county jail and State penitentiary will
abuudantly testify. Anderson Whitener was
sentenced by the presiding judge to five years
imprisonment, at hard labor, in the State.
penitentiary.
I must not omit to state that the grand
jury brought in a true bill against Dublin .
Walker, late School Commissioner, and the 1
present Senator of our county, and Ben Mi- fl
chael, Julius Stevenson and Henry Blake, 1
late public school trustees, charged with offi- J
cial misconduct. Among the criminal acts of
which they are accused, is the issuing of fraudulent
school certificates. They have given
bonds for their appearance at the September ^
terra of the court, when their trial will take
place. As the accused are all colored, and *
prominent political characters of the county, - I
their trial will excite great interest, especially 1
among the colored population. J
The time of the court, from Wednesday un- M
til the close of the week, was consumed in the V
trial of civil cases, of which it may not be '
necessary to speak with any particularity.
Of these, the greatest importance is to be attributed
to the case of Felix Whitlock vs. the
estate of Franklin Whitlock, deceased, which,
from the commencement to the conclusion,
occupied almost two days; yet, it did not excite
any interest, save among the parties to J
the suit. The plaintiff was ably represented J
by Major S. P. Hamilton, who succeeded in ^
securing a verdict of $880 in favor of his client.
The case of Thomas House vs. A. M. j
McMullen, which has been on the docket sev- ]
eral years, was tried on Saturday, the jury & A
rendering a verdict in favor of the plaintiff*. fl
The juries were discharged, and the court ad- 1
journed sine die on Saturday, after a long and I
laborious session of two weeks' duration. On I
Thursday, Judge Mackey will meet tbe mem- _ <
bers of the bar for the purpose of attending
to business of an equity nature.
The peach crop of this year in this county
will be extremely light, in consequence of the
heavy frosts of last week. A gentleman, who
lives in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, tells me
that after a careful examination of his peach
blooms, he found that they had been hopelessly
injured. This will be distressing information
to those persons who possess palates inclined
to the enjoyment of "peaches and
cream."
Rain fell in abundance in our town last
night, and doubtless extended throughout the
county. So this will be another lost day to
our farmers, whose agricultural operations
have already been seriously retarded by an ^
excess of wet weather.
Messrs. R. D. Galbraith & Co., have kindly
furnished me to-day's quotations of the following
articles as ruling in the Chester market:
Cotton, middling, 151; low middling,
13J ; good ordinary, 14 ; and ordinary 121 to
13. Bacon, 13 to 14; lard, 18; corn meal,
$1.40, and flour $3.75 to $4.50. Qui.
ELECTION OF COMPTROLLER-GENERAL.
The Columbia correspondent of the Char"
J si 1?
leston lyews ana courier, uuuei umc ui mo
23d ultimo, writes as follows in regard to the
election of Comptroller-General:
There was little else done in the General
Assembly to-day beyond the election of a
comptroller-general to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Congressman Hoge.
The election was in every respect a curious
one. There were at least a dozen candidates, "
and it was thought that at least as many ballots
would be necessary. Then, too, there
were a variety of influences at work, and a
variety of tactics resorted to. Dr. Neagle's <
champagne and turkey dinner, spread in his
palatial residence, and attended by at least
seventy-six of the mahogany colored members
of the General Assembly, was said in
the newspapers to have been a most recherche
affair. With their legs under the ex-comptroller's
mahogany, and quaffing the ex-comptroller's
wine, they recalled the flush times of. ^
four years ago, remembered how the ex-comptroller
never was mixed up in the bond business,
and fully made up their minds to vote
for him on the morrow. And so, when the
joint assembly met, the impression was very
generally entertained that the ex-comptroller <
roalb- miop tho pnnrsfl in snite of the
Conservative votes. The joint assembly
having been organized, and the members hav- '
ing been limited to five minute speeches
(blessed rule) the business was begun by the *'
nomination by Boston of Mr. N. B. Meyers.
Davis, of Charleston, nominated M T. C.
Dunn, whom he rather equivocally described
as a man who would dive down to the lowest
depths of infamy and do justice to the State. v A
Senator Jervey nominated Mr. J. L. Neagle, *
whose connection with the Republican party
in its earliest history and whose official career
in the past entitled him to the support of all
true Republicans. Mr. Hirsch nominated
Mr. J. S. Fillebrown, who was eminently qualified
to discharge the duties of the office. Mr.
Cochran nominated Capt. J. L. Little, whose
character and integrity were unquestioned.
Mr. J. A. Smith nominated Mr. C. J. Stollbrand
without saying anything in his favor.
Mr. Hamilton nominated Hon. G. A. Trenholm,
but withdrew the nomination upon a
statement from that gentleman that he would
not consent to allow his name to be used.
Then there was some more speaking, after
which a ballot was taken with the following
result. In order to give your readers an op- m
portunity of judging of the real strength of J
the respective candidates, I give the vote as
it stood when the last name on tne rou was
called and before the members began to i
change, as they always do, to tbe winning
side. It was as follows :
For Dunn?Senators Andrews, Bowen, Clinton,
Donaldson, Duncan, Evans, Gaillard, Hayne, ^
Jeter, Johnson, Jones, Keith, Maxwell and warley.
Representatives Allman, Andrews, Austin,
| Barker, Barnwell, Bomar, Bradley, Brayton,
Bright, Cannon, Coit, Coker, Collins, Cosgrove,
Crittenden, Couch, Davis, Doiley, Duncan, FarI
row, Gaillard, Gaitlier, Gantt, Gary, George,
Grant, S. Freen, C. S. Green, Guffln, Hayne,
j Henderson, Holland, A. H. Howard, Hudson,
Humbert, Hunter, Jackson, Johnson, A. H.
I Jones, P. E. Jones, Jordan, Keith, Leslie, Lewis,
I Livingston, Meetze, Milton, Morgan, Muller,
I McLaughlin, Orr, Pinckney, Ramsey, Reedish,
i Redfearne, Rice, Richardson, Richmond, Rush,
; Russell, Scott, Sessions, H. Simmons, A. Sim;
mons, Sloan, Steele, Sumpter, Trenholm, Vandiver,
Vanderpool, Wallace, Weatherly, West,
bury, Wideman, Williams, Woodrufl, Woolfe ?
; and Wright?92.
For Mejrers?Senator Smalls. Representatives .
Boston, Brabham, Bridges, Burkmeyer, Free- " ^
! man, Gibson,Goggins, Harriott, W. M. Holland,
Jefferson, Miller, Peterson, Robertson, Simons, ^
A. Simpkins; P. Simkins, Spencer, Thompson, M
I Thomas, Weldon and Willis?23. fl
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