Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 06, 1875, Image 2
Jtoajrs and Jacts.
The scourge of New York, this season,
seems to be diphtheria, the number of deaths,
from this cause, last week, reaching forty-six,
or at the rate of nearly 2400 a year.
A copy of President Andrew Jackson's
proclamation on the nullification act of South
Carolina in 1831, neatly printed on fine heavy
, silk, was found recently among a quantity of
old papers in a New Haven junk-shop.
It is estimated that there are in the
world steam engines aggregating the power of
14,400,000 horses, of which the United States
owns one-third of the engines, or 4,800,000
horse-power.
"Now let us talk about your business
affairs," said a practical Connecticut girl to a
young fellow after he had proposed marriage
to her in a long address filled with expres
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sions 01 passionate love.
Young Splint, M. D., accounts for the
sraallness of his practice in this way. He
has lost several patients, he says, because his
staunch conservative principles never allow
him to effect a.radical cure.
* A widow, being cautioned by her minister
about flirting, said she knew it was
wrong for maidens and wives to flirt, but the
Bible was her authority. It said "widow's
mite." She was flirting awfully at the last
accounts.
A man in Nevada, who has been named
for the Legislature is now practicing for
that position. He can already drink two
quarts of whisky per day, accepts a five"
hundred dollar bribe without wincing, and
^ can hurl and inkstand at a hat on a desk and
knock it off nine times out of ten.
Judge Blatchford, of the U. S. Circuit
Court, in New York, has decided that a voluntary
petitioner in bankruptcy is entitled
^ to his discharge without showing a percentage
^ of his assets, and without the assent of his
> creditors, upon debts contracted prior to Janj
uary 1, 1869.
?During the quarter ended March 31, there
arrived at New York 12,449 immigrants, including
8,328 males and 4,121 females, 1,953
being children. From Germany there were
4,069; England, 3,239; Ireland 2,086; Scotland
684; Wales 82; France 535; the rest
representing almost every other nation. They
all represent about 300 different occupations.
Mr. ISeecher, in his sermon last Sunday,
gave notice that one hundred new converts
would join his church on the next Sabbath.
He said that he would not have mentioned
this except in praise of the Divine
Master, and as an indication that through
His fatherly care, current events, instead of
driving off those desirous of coming in, had
sanctified and strengthened the church.
Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour is reported
as having expressed the opinion that
the Democratic nomination for the Presidency
will hardly, go outside a group of four
gentlemen?Samuel J. Tilden, Sanford E.
Church, Thomas H. Hendricks and Allen G.
Thurman. Warm and intimate personal
friend as he is of Gov. Tilden's, he is not able
to say whether that gentleman wants the
nomination or not.
J-JA'VJU*. JUUgllBIl, Ul VUUUCt'U^Ul, wuu
hasjust returned from his tour of the South,
^ says of the people of Texas that "they have
seemingly forgotten that there ever was a war,
and from every act and expression I glean
the information that they welcome anybody
who will come here to better their condition,
regardless of any political association. It is
a very rare thing for them to refer to a man's
politics ; not half so much as we in New England
do."
An enthusiastic potato grower has discoverd
that the esculent can be raised at any
season of the year so cheaply that new potatos
need never be a luxury. Salt is the agent that
is to assist in this desirable style of production,
in and out of season, and the tuber will come
to the_table already seasoned. This is like
feeding a sucking pig on brine to flavor the
flesh, a plan often resorted to by ancient
Britons. Who says moderns do not know how
' to do these things ?
? A desperate conflict between lawless men
and civil officers, took place near Wilkes'
barre, Pa., last Thursday, in which two of the
latter received severe wounds, one of them
fiemg probably fatally shot. This was followed
by an assault by the sheriff and a posse
of a hundred men upon the house occupied
by the desperadoes and barricaded by them,
and after a stout fight the house was brokeu
into and the outlaws overpowered and arrested.
A recent Washington telegram says:
"Ex-Senator and ex-Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Sawyer, was just after the war internal
revenue collector at Charleston. On
leaving that office he was indebted to the government
some twenty thousand dollars. Repeated
invitations to settle his deficiency have
been unheeded by Mr. Sawyer. Suit will
now be brought against his bond to compel
restitution. Mr. Sawyer, it will be remembered,
belongs to the band of Christian statesmen."
The Memphis papers say that complaints
are pouring in from all the surrounding
counties of the fearful destruction of
horses and mules by buffalo gnats. Many
small planters, especially colored ones, are
ruined by having their ouly horses and mules
killed and being unable to replace them at
a time when they are so badly needed.
The Ledger publishes a letter from a planter
near Macon, Fayette county, which says not
less than two hundred horses and mules have
died during the past three days within ten
miles of that place.
The over-dressed school girl is attracting
attention all around. The Washington
Star responds as follows : "There seems to
be need for the censure by some of the papers
of the growing tendency to extravagance of
dress in school children, by which a spirit of
caste in clothes has been introduced into the
school rooms. The thing has gone on until
children whose parents can at best afford
them but very plain dressing, which is always
most proper, are made to feel an inferiority
altogether out of place in our public school
system, which is professedly based on equality
?
The Chicago Inter- Ocean has been giving
comprehensive reports of the condition of
the growing crops. The outlook for winter
wheat in those sections most largely devoted
to the cultivation of this cereal is not encouraging.
There will be much less than an average
crop, and in many localities less than
half a crop. Spring wheat is not yet all sown;
but, so far as reported, generally promises
well. Oats, rye, barley and clover have suffered
to some extent, while the fruit crop,
except apples, will be almost a total failure.
The cold weather during the winter, blighting
winds and the heavy frost of April 16
and 17, were the principal damaging causes.
Corn planting has barely begun. The grasshoppers
have made their appearance in Minnesota,
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. In
the latter State they are already devastating
the gardens, while the States subjected to
their ravages last year hope for relief this
season by the migration of the pests to other
H^Hiliftli&i?&.Yet not cursed by them.
Another American has distinguished
himself abroad. His name is Holtum, and he
has lately been attracting attention at the
Folies Bergeres, in Paris, by having a can
non ball fired at him and catching the ball
in his hands. This prodigious feat was witnessed
nightly, and although the actors present
avowed that there was no trick, Pierre
Veron, of the Monde Illustre, would not believe
it. He said that the cannon ball must
be thrown to Holtum from the stage. The
latter made a bet of five thousand francs
that he would perform the feat under conditions
which left no room to doubt, and when
the bet was taken, Veron designated Mabille
as the place for trial. All the journalists of
Paris were invited, and they found Holtum
there before his cannon. It was examined
with minute care, and the heavy ball passed
from hand to hand. "I am no longer in my
own house," said Holtum ; "you are master
here, and you must watch over all the arrangements."
Having carefully aimed and lashed
his cannon, it was charged, and Holtum
took his place against a plank target some
ten yards away. This was to show that the
ball was solid, and the force of the powder
great enough to send it through the plank.
Holtum got the aim of his gun, and then
placed his head in a certain position against
the plank, giving the command to fire. The
ball just grazed the hair and broke through
the plank, rolling some twenty yards further
| on. The same ball was picked up by the
journalists, who again charged the cannon
aud sent home the ball, and this time Holtum
caught the ball in his hands as neatly as he
does nightly upon the stage. He won his
bet, and no one seemed disposed to accept his
offer of 3,000 francs to any one who would
perform the same astounding feat. The
physical force required may be enormous,
but Holtum showed his strength by tossing
up cannon balls as if they were so many
oranges. The only precautions taken are
very simple ; he wears very thick leather
gloves, and covers his breast with many thicknesses
of thin paper to form a sort of cuirass.
This looks like a very dangerous feat, particularly
the first part of it, where Holtuiu
places his head against the target half an inch
below where the ball will probably strike. If
the powder should chance to be defective,
some day there might be an accident, snapping
his head very neatly off.
?0*Mle (inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
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"SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There are twenty-one lawyers located in
the town of Newberry.
? The May term of the Circuit Court for
Fairfield county, commenced it sessions at
Winnsboro on Monday last.
? T. W. Parmale, recently appointed Superintendent
of the State Penitentiary, has
entered upon the discharge of his duties.
? The county commissioners of Kershaw
have determined to grant no licenses for the
sale of intoxicating liquors.
? Since the first day of January last, 609
crop liens have been recorded in the office of
the Clerk of the Court for Marion county.
? The store of White & Finger, at Valley
Falls, Spartanburg county, was broken open
last week, and about S700 in money stolen
from the safe.
? The new board of County Commissioners
for Lancaster county, qualified on Monday of
last week, and entered upon the discharge of
their duties.
? Neagle's bridge, at Columbia, was advertised
to be sold on Monday last, by the sheriff
of Richland county, at the suit of Lewis Merrill
vs. J. L. Neagle.
? The real estate of Ridgeway, in Fairfield
county, on the line of the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, is assessed at forty
thousand dollars.
? Dr. Vampill, of Marion, who is largely
engaged in grape culture, lost his entire prospective
grape crop for this year, by the recent
cold "snap." He has about 60,000 bearing
vines.
? The dead body of an Irish peddler was
found some days ago, at a point a little above
Tucker's Ferry, near the Laurens and Newberry
county line. The man had evidently
been murdered.
? Union conuty boasts of a colored citizen
who owns a fine tract of land, four mules, all
necessary farmiug implements, cows, hogs, &c.,
and has over $2000 out bearing ten per cent,
interest.
? There are now at anchor in Port Royal
harbor, five vessels of the "Key West Squadron,"
to wit, the Colorado (flag ship), Worcester,
Dictator (monitor), Pawnee and Pinta.
? On Tuesday of last week, Gov. Chamberlain
returned to Columbia from his recent
trip to Massachusetts, where he went to attend
the centennial anniversary celebration of the
battle of Lexington.
? The News mentions that Sheriff Duval, of
Fairfield, who mysteriously disappeared some
time ago, has returned to Winnsboro. He
claims that he has been in Georgia under
medical treatment.
? The Phccnix learns that John, aged ten,
and Minnie, aged eight, children of Isaac W.
Finney, of Clinton, Laurens county, were fatally
poisoned on Sunday, by their parents
accidentally giving them morphine for quinine.
? Some of the colored people about Abbe
| ville have organized a secret society known
| as the "Union Mechanics and Laborers' Sociei
ty." They have a number of mysterious
i grips and pass-words, and their object is to
use the organization at the next election.
? Miss Ann Pamelia Cunningham, whose
j funeral obsequies took place in Columbia on
! Tuesday, was for several years principal regent
of Mt. Vernon, and it was through her
persistent efforts that the Home of Washington
was recovered and made national property.
She was the daughter of Col. Robert
Cunningham, of Laurens county,
i ?The Lancaster Ledger of last week says :
; "The contractor, Maj. Ellis, has sub-let three
miles of the grading on the Cheraw & Chester
j Railroad, between Cane creek and the Catawba
river. A force of thirty or forty hands
commenced throwing dirt there on Monday
last. We hear that the work on the Chester
side of the river is progressing satisfactorily,
about eight or ten miles of the grading being
nearly ready for the cross-ties to go down."
j ?The Charleston News and Courier publishes
a table showing the number of tons ol
fertilizers shipped over the South Carolina
I Railroad for the past six years, to wit, from
! the 1st day of January, 1870, to May lsl
1875. The average shipment for the six seasons
was 32,475 tons. The shipment of the
i present season is less than that of 1870 and
1873, but is in excess of the average shipment
for the six years. The following arc
the number of tons for the six seasons : In
. 1870?38,253 tons; 1871?18,677 tons:
1872?29,136* tons; 1873?42,399 tons
1874?31,728 tons ; 1875-34,660 tons.
I ? Judge Reed, of the Charleston circuit, has
' made a decree authorizing the sale of the Sa
'' vannah and Charleston Railroad, for a sun
not less than 81,500,000. Of this amount
' 81,100,000 is applicable to the payment o
the six per cent, mortgage guaranteed bond
i1 of 1856, and the seven per ceDt. first mort
gage bonds issued since the war (amounting
together to about a million dollars) and t<
the payment of coupons, etc. The remaining
8400,000 will be applied to the payment o
' the funded Interest bouds (State guarantee
i and the eight per cent, bonds and other claims
; The State, under the decree, will be responsi
ble for any amount of guaranteed bonds no
i provided for out of the proceeds of the sale
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
1 ? A new postoffice, to be known as Byers
| ville, has been established 10 miles south o
; Shelby, in Cleveland county.
| ? The Statesville American learns that Jno
I Young, a public-spirited and useful citizen o
j Iredell county, fell dead while walking in hii
yard on Wednesday of last week.
T\ ?!j *nv.JI___ T>..ixi.^
| ? ivaviu -L/uuiuy, 01 xtaieigii, me uiucs
; printer in the State, and half-brother of C. P
| Pelhara, Esq., of Columbia, is dangerously
! sick.
? Gaston Superior Court is in session thi:
week. The most important case for trial ii
that of Ellwood, charged with murder, whicl
case was moved from Cleveland county.
? The Charlotte Democrat says the whea
crop in that section is not damaged to hal
the extent as was supposed when the heavy
frosts occurred.
? S. C. Horaesley, who has been on a visi
to Texas for the past 8 or 10 months, returnee
to Shelby last week. The Banner report
him to be remarkably well, and as jovial a
ever.
? The Shelby Banner says that T. P. Wells
of that place, has in his possession a swore
that is thought to have belonged to Colone
Ferguson, who was killed at the battle o
King's Mountain.
? The Winston Sentinel says the revenui
, officials are wantonly, and in violation of law
destroviner whiskv distilleries in Yadkii
J - 0 ^
county. It learns that Solicitor Dobson in
: tends to indict them.
? Publication having been made by mis
| take that the Legislature had passed an ac
I giving assistance to soldiers of the Confedera
cy who lost limbs in its service, the Raleigl
Capital states that no such act passed, thougl
' it did pass the Senate.
? The effects of the storm last Saturday af
. ternoon were severe as far east as Concord
In that town the roofs of several houses wen
damaged or blown entirely off, and at Char
lotte a few houses in the suburbs were blowr
down.
? In the municipal election at Raleigh, las
Mouday, the Democrats carried eleven out o
seventeen aldermen. The aldermen elect t
Mayor. This is the first time since the wai
that the city has gone democratic, durnara
Salisbury, Hillsboro, Charlotte, Hendersor
and Warrenton elected the Democratic ticket
? Cleveland county will have a banner a
the Mecklenburg centenial celebration ap
propriately inscribed as a memorial of th<
victory at King's Mountain. This battle wai
fought on the 7th of October, 1780, and wai
a crushing blow to British rule in the Caro
linas.
? Owens, the murderer of Cheek, is to b<
hanged in Lincolntou on the 28th of May, in
stead of the 26th, as we stated last week
Since sentence was pronounced on Owens, h<
has made a confession, which is printed in the
Lincoln Progress. From this confession il
would seem that liquor was the prime cause ol
the commission of the deed. We will endeav
or to print the material portions of the con
fession in our next issue.
? The Statesville American has been al
some pains to ascertain the extent of damage
by the recent cold weather, to the wheat crop
in that section, and learns from farmers it
different counties, that the injury is by nc
means exteusive. Early wheat has sustained
partial damage, but that late sown, corapri
sing three-fourths of the average crop, ha*
sustained no damage at present visible. Tlx
same paper reports that the apple crop ir
the mountain counties will be a fair average
but peaches and cherries are lost.
? Judge Brooks of the United States Dis
Uict Court, in addressing the grand jury ol
the court sitting at Elizabeth City last week
said that the criminal features of the civi
rights law in which they, as a grand jury
were interested, was unconstitutional. H<
said he agreed in opinion with Judge Em
raons, a distinguished Judge of the Circuil
' Court, who had recently charged the granr
I jury of his circuit that the law was unconsti
tutional. The charge of Judge Dick, of tlx
Western circuit, recently delivered to tlx
grand jury at Greensboro, is substantially
the same as the construction placed upon tlx
law by Judge Brooks.
MERE-MENTION.
The Marquis De tJaux was recently snoi
' {in a duel at St. Petersburg. With the excep
tion of his title and wealth he was only noted
as being the husband of Adalina Patti, one ol
the most famous singers of this generation
j who was born in Charleston, S. C. A
j disastrous conflagration occurred in Oshkosh
' Wisconsin, on Wednesday last, by which 8
: third or more of that thriving young city ol
' the North-west was reduced to ashes. Th(
i loss is estimated at 82,500,000. The resig
nation of Attorney-General Williams has beer
accepted,and Judge Edwards Pierrepont has
been appointed in his stead A Georgia
freed man, at the close of the war had $150
| has supported a wife and Ave children, and bj
a steady cultivation of the soil is now worth
1 $4,000 in land, stock and money True
bills have been found against over a hundred
members of an Atlanta, Ga., society for pri
vate gambling. Tranquility is for th(
present restored in Texas in the vicinity ol
Corpus Christi. There is no information oi
any raiding having been doue or crimes com
mitted in that vicinity for several days. Al!
companies of citizens have disbanded, bul
federal troops are scouting through the infest
> J ed districts on the frontier. The pro
gramme of the French Government is to place
. a grandson of Gen. LaFayette at the head o!
i the French commission to the Philadelphia
; centennial. Barnwell Rhett, who foi
some time has been a resident of Huntsville
, j Alabama, will soon remove to Dallas, Texas
for the purpose of resuming the journalistic
profession. A negro preacher at George
. town, Delaware, murdered his wife a fev
[ weeks ago, and to evade arrest conccalec
i himself in the loft of his meeting house, when
he was the unwilling auditor of the murderet
; woman's funeral sermon. The borde;
troubles with Mexico were made the suhjec
> of deliberation at a recent Cabinet meeting
1 and it is probable that reparation will be de
. manded of the Mexican goverraent at an ear
. ly day. Three United States prisoner
,, confined at Abingdon, Va., on a charge of il
; licit distilling, were released from jail, las
; week, by a band of disguised men who forci
bly entered the building,
i i Dispatches from various points in
-1 west encourage the hope that thecold weather
1 has killed the grasshoppers. On and
., after May 1st, 1875, the cotton brokers of
f Boston have decided to adopt, as the rate of
3 brokerage on cotton, fifty cents per bale. A
r baby in Milwaukie, Wisconsin, has been
r | christened "Zero," in honor of the cold Sun3:
day upon which it was born. The Pennl
sylvania Railroad has declared a dividend of
f four per cent. The government sells a
) million and a half of gold on the first and
. third Thursdays, and a million on the second
- and fourth Thursdays of May ; five millions
t in all. The United States Hotel, at Sar.
atoga, was sold on Saturday for the sura of
8350,000 cash. The Patrons of Husbandry
in Alabama number 700 granges,
* with 28,000 members.
THE STORM* OF ^SATURDAY.
About the same hour the storm of Saturf
day visited this section, a fearful cyclone was
3 raging at Columbia and in that vicinity. The
TJninn-Herald describes it as one of the most
t destructive hurricanes that ever passed over
. that section. At a quarter past 5 o'clock,
j J large hail stones comraeuced to fall, and the
storm roared furiously. The red, angry
s lightning flashed out from the darkness in
s terrible grandeur, the trees were bent to the
i ground, and every portable thing was flying
before the storm king, after which the hail
t changed to rain, and came down in torrents,
f The storm came from the west, from which
jr quarter the wind had blown all day, and traveled
nearly due east. The squall lasted
t about thirty minutes, during which time the
1 air was thick with blinding dust and sand,
s and limbs and leaves of trees wrenched and
s revolved in whirling eddies. The extent of
damage to property in Columbia is succinctly
i, given in the following telegram to the News
1 and Courier:
1 Fortunately no life was lost and no serious
f injury reported except in one case. The destruction
of property was considerable, but not
ruinous to any one person. Huge trees were
5 uprooted in every direction and signs, awn'
ings, bill-boards, fences and walls blown down.
1 Many dwellings have been seriously damaged
- by the rain which was driven through the
smallest crevice and soaked through the walls,
. in some instances causing the plastering to
t fall and in others injuring to an extent sufficient
to compel replastering. Many houses
narrowly escaped being crushed by falling
^ TI?a whsvnt aamiaiia ininmt mna /tnn fa
ti cca. JL lie must sci iuuo iujuij nao uuuc t\j
1 the Presbyteriao Church. Its fine steeple
was prostrated and blown down. This roof
'. is a huge mass of ruins crushed in by the falling
timbers. The rear wall is sprung and the
ornamental parts of the church badly dam2
aged. The steeple evidently fell its full
length along the top of the building and roll1
ed off on the south side, where the fence and
wall were broken down. Some portion of the
t debris fell into the church-yard, breaking the
f tablets which marked the resting places of
the dead. It is estimated that it will take ten
thousand dollars to repair the damage. The
roof of the Statehouse was torn off at the west
wing, a door blown out, and a chimney hurled
to the ground. The cast iron palmetto tree,
in front, was prostrated, and the ornamental
work surrounding it broken down ; the strong
bolts and hooks which held the tree up were
torn out of their places and straightened out.
The tree was divided into three parts. Other
injuries to buildings are reported as follows:
Squier's store and residence, Kinard's resi
denoe. Dr. Woodrow's residence and Drintiue
office, Carroll <fe Spellraan's carriage factory,
j the Lunatic Asylum, the buildings of the
Fair Grouod9, and the Penitentiary, (it was 1
here that a man was seriously hurt in the (
' back,) Crawford's warehouse, City Hospital,
; unfinished ; the City Market, Altee's store,
; the car shed at the Greenville and Columbia 1
t Railroad, Graham's gin house, Dr. Wallace's
p residence, and Geo. Davis' residence, near ;
the racecourse. Slight damage was also sustained
by Fine's restaurant, George Syramer'9
store, Col. Dodamead's office, Col. Pearce's 1
resideuce, the South Carolina Railroad de
pot and the Republican Printing Company
, office. At Batesburg, on the line of the
, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
, buildings were destroyed. The track of the
railroad was washed away near Graniteville,
1 and hands have been ordered to rebuild it.
1 The roads leading to Columbia were blocka- 1
ded by the riseof small streams and prostrai
ted trees. Trees which have stood the storms
? of half a century, and which had grown to im- 1
, mense size, were snapped like pipe-stems and
hurled to a considerable distance. A colored
' man was lifted off his feet and carried thirty
or forty yards. After the storm had passed
' that sign which was placed in the heavens af- 1
f ter the subsidence of the Hood made a beauti,
ful appearance and a grand sunset, and many 1
| colored rainbows were hailed with delight.
The Presbyterian congregation held religious
I services to-day in the Opera-house. Great regret
is felt at the destruction of the beautiful
steeple of the Presbyterian Church and of
I Werner's elegant monument to the State and
I her noble dead in Mexico.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
( The Revival of Nationality.
' The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says that, upon the conclusion of Gen. Bartlett's
eloquent speech in behalf of peace and
union at the Lexington centennial banquet,
he was approached by a stranger, who said to
t him: "General, I am a Southerner; I was a
good rebel; but now I am a true Union man,
I and I only needed to hear such words as yours
f from a Northern man's lips." The Republican
, thinks the cheeks of some of the legislators
. present must have tingled while Gen. Bart,
lett was reciting the incident of the return, by
i a Confederate officer, of the captured colors
f of a Massachusetts regiment, and expresses
i the opinion that the speeches of Gen. Bartlett
and Gov. Chamberlain will do more toward
i restoring the Union and its flag to the old
\ place in the affection of the Southern people,
i than all the enforcement legislation that has '
, been had since 1865.
' The Bowcn Libel Suit.
i As we stated last week, the prosecution
i of the Charleston News and Courier by the
1 State for libelling C. C. Bowen, present Sher- ,
IH'rvP r^o rlootnn onrtpH in ft mifltrifll.
i There were eleven jurors in favor of acquital,
f and one in favor of conviction ; and it is
f stated that the one juror, who from the first,
insisted on a verdict of guilty, was the only
I 'juror taken from a list of additional jurymen
t furnished to Judge Reed by Bowen himself.
Under these circumstances a mistrial is equiv
alent to a verdiet of uot guilty, on which fact
5 we congratulate the proprietors of the News j
f and Courier as a sigual vindication of the
i course of that paper in exposing the villainies '
r of the Bowen ring, which for several years !
, has had control of political affairs in Char- j
, leston ; while the result may be considered J
j as no less a victory for the advocates of good
- government throughout the State.
7 As a sequel to the libel suit, on Thursday j
1 last, Bowen was arrested on the affidavit of ,
3 Eli G. Grimes, charging him with instigating j
1 the murder of Col. White, and after a hearing j
r before Judge Ileed, the accused was admitted
t to bail in the sum of 84,000 to appear at the |
, next terra of the Court of General Sessions
- for Georgetown county, where the murder of
-1 Col White was committed,
s The Case of Ex-Treasnrer Parker.
The attorneys of ex-Treasurer Niles G. |
t; Parker have filed answers in both the cases I
-1 against him, and it is probable that the matj
ter will come up for a hearing at an early day
T\ in the Circuit CiTilrt ot-j1VhHilun4r^gJ]Jch is i
now in session. In his reply to the charge of
erabezzeling the funds of the sinking fund commission,
he denies that the act of the Legislature,
which constituted the commission, was of
force at the commencement of the action
against him. Heavers that the plaintiffs are
not the members of the commission, and consequently
are incapable of suing as such. He
denies also that T. C. Dunn is the comptroller-general
of the State, and calls for proof of
certain other allegations. He winds up with
saying that he did not embezzle and fraudulently
misapply any moneys, but fully and
fairly accounted for all moneys which came
into his hands as treasurer. He also raises
the technical point that the cause of action
stated in the complaint did not accrue within
four years before the commencement of this
action.
His reply to the charge of fraudulently substituting
invalid coupons as vouchers, for
those that are valid, consists, in the main, of a
general denial of all the charges. He says :
"That in the discharge of his duty as State
treasurer, while holding that office, he did, in
pursuance of Jaw, pay out of moneys in his
hanrta na treasurer. the interest on certain
bonds before that time issued by authority of
the State; but by reason of having been no
longer treasurer, since about November, 1872,
and by reason of his incarceration in this action
ever since its commencement, and bis
consequent inability to examine the records
of the treasurer's office, he is unable to state
on what bonds he paid the interest, or its
amount, or the dates of his payments."
.Judge Kelly and the South.
Judge \V. D. Kelly, a republican member
of Congress from Pennsylvania, and who
since the inception of the reconstruction
measures at the close of the war has borne an
unwavering hatred and spirit of vindictiveness
to the South, has just returned to bis
home from a six weeks' tour through the
Southern States, and according to a correspondent
of the New York Tribune, he now
bears most emphatic testimony against the
southern policy of his own party in the last
Congress. The correspondent says:
When asked what he thought of the political
condition of the South, Mr. Kelly used
these words: "The vote I most regret, during
my fourteen years' service in Congress, is that
which I cast last winter in favor of the force
bill." He further said that so far as his observation
went, during his extended tour,
there was no more necessity for the use of
federal military force than there is in Pennsylvania
or Ohio. He talked with Confede*
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rum BUKUtTlB, Willi liunnciu uicii, ucgiuM,
carpet-baggers, and travelers, and he was surprised
at the good feeling existing. He said
he should hereafter take little stock in Southern
outrages, especially if they are reported
as occurring in the sections he visited.
He says, so far as he saw?and he went
with his eyes and ears open?there was no
feeliug of fear or distrust on the part of the
colored people, and he could not for the life
of him see what use there was for force bills.
He was very glad to have made the trip, for
it has enabled him to understand the condition
of the South better than he has ever understood
it before.
He said it was not the ku-klux that was
ruining the South, nor was their unhappy
condition to be attributed to the hatred by
the Southern people of the people of the
North, nor was any political question involved
; he thinks the whole trouble in the South
arises from financial and industrial causes,
and he believes that the South will not ira
prove and advance until the Forty-fcurth
Congress repeals the financial legislation of
the Forty-third. Until the industries of the
country are revived, and we are forced to live
within our income, the South will grow worse
instead of better.
Memorial Day in Angusta.
Memorial day was observed at Augusta,
Georgia, on the 26th ultimo with unusually
imposing ceremonies. There was a large
parade and procession, and the corner-stone
of the monument to the Confederate dead was
laid. The orator of the occasion, General
Evans, said:
Let us do nothing to keep alive the passions
of war. To study its lessons is prudence; to
profit by its teachings is wisdom ; but to stir
up the old animosities is madness. The voice
of this monument will not be for war but for
peace. It will say to us: "The Confederacy
has expired. Its great life went out on the
purple tide of blood that flowed from the
hearts of its sons. We have buried it?we
do not intend to exhume its remains. We
were utterly defeated, and we dismiss our resentments.
Sadly we parled with the dear
old cross of stars which we followed through
many a storm of shot and shell; but we take
with the true hand of Southern honor the staff
that holds the flag of Stars and Stripes." I
respond with truest feeling to-day to the fraternal
words of Gen. Bartlett, spoken at the
centennial of the first battle of the old Revotion.
After the conclusion of the address,- the
JLadies' Memorial Association aecoratea who
flowers the graves of the Confederate and the
Federal dead in the Augusta Cemetery. A
notable incident of the proceedings was the
presence of the Band of the 18th U. S. infantry,
which, by permission of Col. Black, went
from Columbia to participate. Speaking of
the exercises at Augusta, the New York Tribune
says editorially:
"Whatever the politicians may be about, it
is very clear that the soldiers of the late war
are drawing nearer together. The magnanimous
and patriotic utterances of the Union
General Bartlett at Lexington find a fitting
response in the loyal and patriotic remarks
made yesterday by ex-Confederate General
Evans at Augusta, Georgia. When such
words as those of Gen. Evans are received
with favor by an audience of ex-Confederates,
we can have no fear that the people of the
South have not resumed their devotion to the
flag and their loyalty to the Union. And
what better evidence of good faith and earnest
of good intention could they give than the
decoration of the graves of the Union dead,
who lie side by side with the dead of their
own army ?"
Compliments to tiencrni Kartell.
General W. F. Bartlett, formerly of
Massachusetts, but now of Richmond, Va.,
was complimented with a serenade last
Wednesday night by the citizens of Richmond,
in recognition of the manly and patriotic sentiments
uttered by him in his speech on the
occasion of the Lexington and Concord centennial.
A large number of ex-Confederates,
including general, field and staff officers, were
of the party ; and Gen. Bartlett, on appearing
before the company, was addressed by exConfederate
Bradley T. Johnson. In response
to the complimentary terms and thanks in
which Gen. Johnson's remarks were couched,
Gen. Bartlett said :
While I appreciate deeply this mark of
your esteem and approval, I cannot allow you
to give me undue credit. I cannot allow you
to suppose that it required any courage to
1 -1 ' - -??/!!?? ?? ? *- T Avin/afAn tUn f riltK fr Vl<1 f
leil lilt: ttuuieuuc at jjc.\iugt\iu tno ihuku
came to my lips. Had it been my lot to tell
them unpleasant truths that might mar their
joy or excite their indignation?had I been
forced to admit that the war was not yet over,
that a Northern man could not live peaceably
at the South and be true to his connections,
that the men of the South having appealed to
the dread arbitration of the sword bad, regardless
of hour, refused to abide by its stern
decree, then I grant you my task would have
been heavy, my courage would have been
tested. But, sir, the truths that I uttered
were the' *?tidings thev received I
on that day of jubilee, and what you now approve
and confirm has already been mo9t
heartily indorsed by the people and press of
the North.
I only spoke the hopes and feelings of ray
people. The chord of love and harmony was
there, and only waited for the touch. The
chief defect in the fabric of our union, which,
while it existed, rendered a perfect harmony
; of interests impossible, has been rudely swept
away, leaving a structure more permanent,
more full of glorious possibilities than our
fathers dared to hope for. To cement this !
new union on a sounder foundation, and avail
ourselves of the promises of the future is a !
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solemn tasit wen uneu iu mcoc tenicumai
years. A9 soldiers who fought the battle out
in good faith, you can wield the strongest influence
for peace and right. Your worst enemies
at the South are the few men here and
there who talk more bravely than they fought,
and it is the same at the North, but the people
there are tired of these politicians "whose
voice is still for war"?are fast replacing them
by men of less selfish purposes, whose views
are bounded by no narrow lines of State or
section or party, but who desire justice and
prosperity for all. The war through which
we passed developed and proved ou both sides
the noble qualities of American manhood. It
has left to us soldiers, once foes now friends, a
memory of hard fought fields, of fearful sacrifices,
of heroic valor, and has taught a lesson
to be transmitted to our children that divided
we were terrible, united we are forever invincible.
? ?
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
A CARD FROM c7c. MACOY, ESQ.
Chester, S. C., April 28th, 1875.
Mr. Edilor: The statements, insinuations,
innuendoes, etc., contained in your Chester
correspondence of date April 19th, signed
"Qui," as far as they relate to myself in connection
with the joint resolution of the General
Assembly in regard to the past indebtedness
of Chester county, are without the least
foundation in truth; and I am much surprised
that your correspondent, with whom I am well
acquainted, and for whom I have entertained
a high regard, should have published this
matter, which is intended to cast odium and
suspicion upon a public officer, without first
having ascertained its probability or truth.
I have not, at any time, or in any way, been
concerned in an arrangement or attempt to
imnnse claims of a doubtful character unon
the county of Chester, and I do not know that
others have, in the manner spoken of by your
correspondent. My own idea of the joint
resolution meutioned by your correspondent,
is that it was not gotten up as a fraudulent
measure. 1 do not believe that the member
who introduced the resolution intended thereby
to defraud the county of Chester, for the
reason that the claims must be examined by
the Board of County Commissioners, and the
joint resolution does not provide otherwise:
And further, he could not have expected my
assistance, inasmuch as I knew nothing of it;
had never been approached on the subject,
and could not be approached on such a subject.
Further, the member probably knew,
what I take to be a fact, that of all the claims
against the county, which your correspondent
states to be about $4,000, less than one-fourth
of the amount is in the hands of Republicans.
I do not know of any attempt, so far, to
establish fraudulent claims against this county.
Several claims have been presented, in
' nM/?nSaii\ria aC tKa lni nf PflQ.
pursuance ui mc pi <J *iciuno w MIV j-m. >v~
olution, and they have been turned over to
the Board of County Commissioners for examination.
But, so far, the Commissioners
have not acted ou these claims, for the
reason, as they state, "that they have no
blank checks, etc.," and for this reason solely,
they have not exumined or passed upou any
claim as yet, and have not refused payment
of any claim or claims.
My idea of your correspondent's story of a
[ supposed effort on ray part aud others, to impose
doubtful claims upon the county of Chester,
arose from the mutterings of some individuals
who desired a little cheap notoriety,
<fcc. An individual has the right to proclaim
his honesty, and to denounce corruption where
it exists, but should be careful of denouncing
it where it does not exist. Until your correspondent
can produce some proof as to his
charges, other than the suppositions of this or
that man, who knows only what he has heard,
and does not know where or from whom he
heard it, he should not make them; and where
they prove untrue, he will see the injustice of
the thing. Respectfully,
C. C. MACOY, Clerk Circuit Court.
THE COTTON*SUPPLY.
The total receipts of cotton at the ports
from the 1st of September, 1874, to the 24th
of April, 1875, were 3,284,706 bales, and for
the corresponding period of last year, 3,545,615
bales. This shows a decrease in receipts
thus far in 1875 of 260,909 bales. The total
shipments to foreign ports from the 1st of September,
1874, to the present date, amount to
but 2,225,239 bales, against 2,424,216 bales
for the same period last year, showing a decrease
in exports of 198,977 bales. At first
sight it seems surprising that a shipment of
cotton short by nearly 200,000 bales, together
with the prospect of short receipts from this
date until the new cotton year in September,
a9 compared with the same period of last year,
should exercise so little influence on the price
of cotton at home and abroad, for cotton is
to-day fully i cent a pound cheaper in Liverpool
than last year, and 24 cents a pound
cheaper than in 1873. The explanation, however,
is readily found in the dullness of the
market for cotton goods and in the diminished
consumption of cotton by foreign as well as
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domestic mills. Hie snipraenw rrom me united
States to Europe from the 1st of September,
1873, to the 26th of April, 1874, amounted
to 2,424,216 bales. The stdck of American
cotton in Europe and afloat was at that
time 1,247,000 bales, showing that Europe
used from the 1st of September to the 26th of
April 1,177,216 bales of American cotton.
Now let us turn to the present cotton year.
We sent to Europe from the 1st of September,
1874, to the 26;,h of April, 1875, 2,225,239
bales of cotton. On the 26rh of April the
stock of American cotton in Europe and afloat
was 1,142,000 bales, showing that Europe
consumed 93,977 bales less of American cotton
during this period of nearly eight months
than during the same period of the previous
year. In other words the unusual stagnation
of trade in cotton fabrics made our short shipment?short
by nearly 200,000 bales?less
felt than it would have been if the ordinary
amount of business had been done. But dull
as the cotton trade of Europe has been, with
consumption short by nearly 100,000 bales in
eight months, it is nevertheless true that the
visible supply of American cotton in stock in
Europe and afloat is diminished by some 40,000
bales, as compared with the same period
of last year. And it is but reasonable to assume
that should there be merely an indication
of a revival of trade in cotton fabrics in
Europe, which will naturally run chiefly on
the American staple, the short supply from
here would at once be felt. The present cotton
crop was over estimated by 400,000 bales
or more, for it was at one time supposed that J
j the supply would reach 4,333,000 bales, where1
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83 tlie most sanguine ijow retinue unioc uguivc
to 3,750,000 or 3,800,000 bales. It follows,
therefore, that the hopes for a plentiful supply
of cotton during the months of the present
calendar year depend entirely on the new
crop, half of which is not yet in the ground.
The vicissitudes of the new crop will, therefore,
be watched with great interest. If a re- '
! vival of trade should set in here and in Europe,
not only an average but a plentiful crop
for theyear 1875-6 would be required to make
good the comparatively moderate supply now j
on hand.?New York World. j x I
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. S. Jefferys?Assignee's Sale?In the matter of
J. D. Johnston, Bankrupt.
I. L. Gunhonse A Co., Chester?Spring and Summer
Goods.
C. G. Parish, Agent?Apples?Molasses?Bran?
J ell ies?Potware? Fi ne Ci gars?Teas?W ash
Pots?Flavors?Dry Goods or Groceries.
Yorkville Furniture Store?Bureaux?Tables?
Chairs?Mattresses?Bedsteads?Walnut
Suites?Wash Stands?Brackets?ClocksLounges?Notice.
L. M. Grist?Shingles Wanted.
Brainerd McLure, Chester?Bunk Stock for Sale.
R. M. Wilson?Notice.
Mrs. S. R. Herrington?Lost.
John C. Kuykendal?York Drug Shire Locals.
J. M. Adamis?Manufacturer and Dealer in TinWare?
Stove Fixtures?Repairing.
Edward Thomas, Superintendent?The Chester
and Lenoir Railroad.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Dress Goods?Fans?Shoes?
Initial Paper?Rnadv-Made Shirts?ReadyMade
Clothing?Books?Kid Gloves?Valises?Miles'
Shoes?Hats?Hardware?Ladies'
Hats?Coffee and Sugar.
APPOINTMENT OF TRIAL JUSTICE.
J. A. J. Graham has been appointed a
Trial Justice for York county, in place of R.
L. Simmons, Esq., resigned.
I. L. GUNHOUSE & CO.
This enterprising Chester firm present a
bill of their attractions in the Enquirer to
day. We take pleasure io commending their
house, which is composed of reliable, enterprising
and liberal business men.
THE FIRE AT OSHKOSH.
We regret to learu that Captain Hyer, of
the 18th infantry, who is stationed at this
place, is a sufferer to a considerable extent by
the recent destructive fire at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
He owned valuable property in that
city, all of which was destroyed.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
First Lieutenant F. F. Whitehead, of the
18th Infantry, who has been stationed at
this place since the spring of 1871, has received
the appointment of commissary of
subsistence with the rank of captain, and
Second Lieutenant Benner has been promoted
to First Lieutenant Captain Whitehead
will report for duty at Washington.
FORT^HILL.
We learn by a letter from Fort Mill that
the Town Council of that thriving place is
having a great deal of work done on the
streets, and making other improvements for
the convenience of the citizens and the public.
The next election for municipal officers takes
place on the 23rd instant. The wheat and
oat crops io that vicinity are promising ; me
farmers have Dearly fiuished planting cotton,
but find that they will have much corn to replant.
WIND AND RAIN STORM.
About 4 o'clock last Saturday afternoon,
this town was visited by a severe storm of
wind and rain, which, so far as we can learn,
was general throughout the county. No casualties
are reported, though a great deal of
damage was sustained by fencing which was
hlown down, and the uprooting of trees and
destruction of forest timber. The storm in
this county seems to have been most severe at
Fort Mill. By a letter from that place, we
learn that D. H. White's gin-house was blown
down, and a house in course of erection by A.
A. Bradford was blown off the foundation and
the frame-work considerably wrecked. t In
that vicinity, also, the fences were scattered
badly and a great many trees blown down.
FERTILIZERS.
The increased demand for fertilisers in
York county over previous years, may be in
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ferred by the shipments over me vmesier ?uu
Lenoir road this season, as compared with
last. In 1874 the number of tons shipped
over the road was 662, of* which 511 tons
were sold in Yorkville, and the remaining
151 tons were sold at the stations between
this place and Chester. During the present
season 861 tons have been shipped over the
road to Yorkville, aud 103 tons to other stations
on the road, making a total of 1024 tons
shipped over the road this season. To this
may be added fully as much more, shipped to
Rock Hill and Fort Mill, and to points on
the Air-Line railroad.
MAY-DAY PICNICS.
May-day was duly celebrated by the young
folk hereabouts with picnic and other festive
parties. The Cadets at King's Mountain
Military School gave a ball at which their
friends were invited to participate in the festivities
of the dance. The pupils of the Female
Institute, with their young friends, enjoyed
themselves with a picnic party at the
McCawgrove in the vicinity of town, at which
Miss Bessie Mason was crowned Queen of
May, the ceremony being performed in knightly
style by Master Paul McCorkle. Under
the auspices of our young townsman, C. G.
Parish, an extensive picnic party enjoyed
themselves at Centre Church, about seven
miles north of town. A large number of
both sexes, preceded by the Colored Brass
Band, formed in procession and rode out to
Centre, where they were met by the belles and
beaux for miles around. Felicitous speeches
were made by Mr. Parish and Mr. Uampbeil
Jackson, and the gay throng enjoyed themselves
until a late hour in the afternoon.
SALES-DAY.
On Monday last, there was no property offered
for sale by either the Sheriff or the
Judge of Probate. J. H. Clawson, Assignee,
sold the following property belonging to the
bankrupt estates of the parties named :
Lands of Samuel Anderson?200 acres,
bought by J. M. Williford, at $4.75 per acre.
Lands of Jere. Moss?275 acre3, bought
by Miss R. C. Moss, at $3.15 per acre.
House and lot of Miles Johnson in Yorkville,
bought by Mrs. Josephine Johnson for
$425.
Lands of S. P. Sutton?225 acres, bought
by Hon. A. S. Wallace, at $2.00 per acre.
Lands of J. D. Johnson, offered by T. S.
Jefferys, Assignee, were withdrawn for want
of a sufficient bid.
On the same day, at Rock Hill, J. H.
Clawson, Assignee, sold the following property
belonging to bankrupt estates :
Lands of Thomas Whitesides?240 acres,
bought by Thomas Whitesides, at 50 cents per
acre.
Lands of J. A. Smith?230 acres, bought
by J. A. Smith, at 85.75 per acre.
Lands of W. J. Collins?125 acres, bought
by \V. J. Collins, at 81.75 per acre ; 25 acres,
bought by W. L. Roddy, at 810 per acre.
On Saturday last, J. H. Clawson, Assignee,
sold at Black's Station, the following lands,
situate in this State, belonging to the bank*
rupt estate of Obadiah Sarratt: Mill tract?
lot No. 1, 92 acres, bought by W. D. Gaston,
at 88 per acre; lot No. 2, 48 acres, bought by
same, at 85.40 per acre; lot No. 3, 194 acres,
bought by D. D. Gaston, at 84.05 per acre.
Home place?80 acres, bought by O. Sarratt,
at 82 per acre.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following are the transfers of real estate
recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
John Dulin to John L. Jackson. Tract of
110 acres in Bethel township. Consideration
$35?* ^
John B. Smith. Lot of 2