Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jfaaps audi ^facts. The production of poultry in the United States i9 not less than 250,000,000 pounds annually, worth $50,000,000, and eggs worth as much more. It is generally the case with bad boys, philosophically remarks Miss Anthony, "that they look like their mother and act like their father." "No, sir," said a weary-looking man on the street car, to an individual by his side, "I wouldn't marry the best woman alive. I've been a dry goods clerk too long for that." The legislature of California has Dassed a law forbidding any discrimination against the female teachers in the matter of pay. In future it must be equal salary for equal grade. There is a mail route in Montana over which the sum total of seventeen letters passed last year. The route costs the Government ?500,000 per annum, or ?30,000 per letter. It is said that in Memphis the demand for morphine has become so large that the local druggists are considering the propriety of not selling the article unless on the order of a physician or to a well-known citizen. The Washington Republican is in a very bad humor with the hotel-keepers of that city, because they allowed Spotted Tail and his select company of savages to sit at the table with white people. The price of canary seed is reported as being 6ve times higher this year than last, owing to the failure of the product in the Canary Islands and some parts of England and Switzerland. The desertions from the United States array for the ten months of the present fiscal year, ending April 30, were 1,721, against 4,506 for the year ending June 30,1874, and the re-enlistments 1,779, against 699 for the year ending June 30,1874. A resolution to the effect that neither a State or the federal Government has the constiutional right to dissolve the Union, was rejected in the Missouri constitutional convention last week by a vote of 48 to 9?a decided vote affirming the right of a State to secede. A committee has been formed in Elmira, New York, of which ex-Congressman H. Boardraan Smith is the head, to make arrangements for the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead, nearly 3,000 of whom are buried in the Woodlake Cemetery there. At a meeting of the board of Directors of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, held at Bryan, on the 2d instant, the salary of the president of the institution was fixed at $4,000 and a committee was appointed to confer with Jefferson Davis and tender him the position. General Sherman has recently published his autobiography. General Grant is said to have replied, in answer to an inquiry of the secratary of war, that he had read Sherman's book, but was disappointed in it, as it seemed to involve the conclusion that he (Grant) was not in the war at all. The New York Herald thus notices the arrival of C. P. Lesliein New York : "Mr. C. P. Leslie a member of the South Carolina lpcislatnre is at Rarnnm's hotel. Mr. Leslie is thepersoD who was reported in Wednesday's dispatches as having left South Carolina because of legal complications arising out of his career while land commissioner during Gov. Scott's administration." A few days ago a boy in New York city was convicted of theft. He had stolen twenty-five cents. The righteous judge sent him to state prison for two years. On Thursday the keeper who killed a lunatic on Ward's island, by a blow from a stick, was fouud guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. From this it would appear that thetheftof a quarter and the killing of a lunatic are crimes of equal gravity in the great metropolis. The procession in connection with the Centennial celebration of the battle of Bunker Hill, at Boston, to-day, promises to be of imposing dimensions. All the Massachusetts militia, ahout 6,500 men, will be in column, and half as many more are oxpocted from other States. Civic organizations numbering 10,000 men have already reported their intention of being present, besides the various trades, who will send wagons with men working at their respective vocations. As an illustration of the service rendered to commerce by the introduction of improved mechanical apparatus, the following statement regarding the famous Bute Docks at Cardiff is of interest: At those docks the machinerv for lifting out ballast and DUttincr in coal is said to be so efficient that a steam collier of fifteen hundred tons can enter the basin at high water on one day, discharge her ballast, take in a full cargo of coal, aud leave at high water the following day, thus unloading and loading up in less than twentyfour hours. All the crop accounts from the South are decidedly encouraging, and the present outlook is very favorable for abundant yields of all the great staples in this section. Considerably more grain has been grown than in past years, and it is doing well. The superior condition of labor this year is also noticed in nearly all the reports from the South. In some localities it is declared to be fifty per cent, more efficient than last year, in spite of the fact that wages rule considerably lower. The year promises to be one of great prosperity to the South, even if prices rule somewhat lower than heretofore. Mr. Charles Leland, of Philadelphia, has just published a book, in which he produces a massive argument to prove that Christopher Columbus did not first discover America, nor did any of the adventurers to whom the school books ascribe the feat. He declares emphatically that a Chinese Buddhist priest named Hoei-Shin, in the year 400, returned to China from a voyage, and stated to the wondering Celestials that he had discovered a great country across the sea, which he had named Tusang. He described the natives in such a way as to identify them with the American Indians, Peruviaus and other races. If Mr. Leland can maintain his theory, as he appears to be able to do, our school geographies will have to change the answer to the question, "Who discovered America?" from "Columbus" to "Hoei-Shin." William H Talcott, buyer of the silk department of H. B. Claflin & Co., was placed under arrest in New York last week, on a warrant based on affidavits from the United States District Attorney, charging him with knowingly receiving and selling goods which had been smuggled through the Customhouse. The accused was held to answer in the sum of 810,000. Mr. II. B. Claflin and Mr. J. J. Donalson, another partner in the firm, are his bondsmen. Talcott waved an examination. The District Attorney charges that he purchased 8400,000 worth of silks from one of the persons whom it is alleged has been smuggling goods through the Customhouse. Talcott is well known to the dry goods merchants throughout the city, and the news of the arrest created quite a sensation among them. If anyone wishes to grow fleshy, a pint of milk taken before retiring at night will cover the scrawniest bones. Although nowail --1 - f 1 days we see a great many nesuy jcmtwca, jci, there are many lean and lank ones who sigh for the fashionable measure of plumpness, and who would be vastly improved in health and appearance could their figure be rounded with good solid flesh. Nothing is more coveted by thin women than a full figure, and nothing else will so rouse the ire and provoke the scandal of one of the "clipperbuilds" as the consciousness of plumpness in a rival. In cases of fever and summer complaint milk is now given with excellent results. The idea that milk is "feverish" has exploded, aud it is now the physican's great reliance in bringing through typhoid patients, or those in too low u state to be nourished by solid food. It is a scrimp the milk pitcher. Take more milk and buy less meat. Look to your I berli milkmen, have a large-sized, well-filled railk i and pitcher on the table each meal, and you 1 c;tv will also have sound flesh and light doctors' b'"8- I the ' The New York Tribune says: The! third term discussion is dying out in a way the , 80m< President and his friends did not expect. j His letter is almost universally accepted as ; of C meant to keep him on the track, but as really I six 1 taking him off. The gun, well charged for p03e duck or plover, recoiled and kicked the owner | ver(j ; over, the people and the party are very | . , i prompt to take Gen. Grant at his word. Even Ju ? j office-holders who, a month ago, didn't dare to ?erai j whisper about other candidates, now confi- liev< ! dently declare that of course Gen. Grant was be ( ! never in the field, and proceed with their ar- j miss rangeraents for their friends. His informal j peng | declaration that he is not a candidate removes ine auiuiuisirutiuu terrorism uuuu which parI tisans had been dumb. His informal hint. Pn-V ; that he could still be persuaded is privately 1 wou j laughed at and publicly ignored. The game and j is played to the end. He can step down and | ? | out. jury j - , bill iSi&e UarferiUe inquirer. to? j ^ (^er' YORKVILLE, S. C.: for 1 ; was THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1875. j and How to Order the Enquirer.?Writo the name . j i of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of I ? the subscription by draft or post-office money ! nua order, or enclose the money in a registered letter, j Postage.?The Enqxjirkr is delivered free of ; cour postage to all subscribers residing in York conn- i .. ty who receive the paper at post-offices within the j 11 county ; and to all other subscribers the postage j jVetf is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no I matter where they receive the paper, are not lia- man ble for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office were here, without additional charge to the subscriber, j Watch the Figures.?1The date on the "address- i man label" shows the time to which the subscription is ! the paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis- I continued, the date must be kept in advance. i c^CC Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that ; cons our terms for subscription, advertising anajoo- ; p work, are cash in advance i x>ut ?~r???? ? | art SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. j entii ? There is a store in Charleston where cast- ! nail off clothes are rented for funeral suits. I but ? The News reports that the crops in Fair-. Can field county are in fine condition. ! men ? Rev. Wiley Jones, a Baptist minister, and j ble i Mr. John Neal, died in Lancaster county, i the last week. ! grou ? Greeuville boasts of a boy eight years of mon age who can recite the whole shorter catechism of il of the Presbyterian church correctly. life < ? Mr. C. P. Pelham, who for some time has been the political editor of the Columbia Phcenix, has retired from the position. ^ ^ ? Cotton "squares" have appeared in the fields in the vicinity of Society Hill, Darling- ^ ton county. hjg ( ? The entire cost of the new United States Court House and Post Office, in Columbia, j . including the grounds, will be $415,000. ? William Griffin, charged with the murder j of John Hicks, was tried at Union Court ture House last week. A verdict of "not guilty" j ? j i? x: was renuereu vy me juij- I c ? Major C. D. Melton, who has been to New . 1 York on business connected with the approaching trial of ex-State Treasurer Niles ^ G. Parker, has returned to Columbia. I , ? The South Carolina Conference of the j M. E. Church meets at Orangeburg on the loth of December. Bishop Keener will pre? i LI 1CL side. ? A gentleman in Marion county has a col- ^ j ored man in his employ who chopped out twelve acres of cotton for him in three days, . is pr being an average of four acres per day. r ? From the 1st of September, 1874, to the ^as^ 1st of June, 1875, there were shipped over , the Greenville Railroad from the town of Newberry, 24,647 bales of cotton. ?a ? ? The Lancaster Ledger learns that nuraer- ^ * 0U9 indictments will be given out at the next term of the court against those persons who have been buying corn and cotton at night. ? The grand jury of Charleston have presented M. McLaughlin, E. C. Miller, and Ii. sara< N. Gregorie, formerly County Commissioners wa , of that county, for official misconduct and e , sons Tho< ? The News and Courier correspondent says that in Columbia, political combinations are abundant, and slates have been made up for riL the next Governorship, United States Senatorship and Judgeships. ? The grand jury of Union county have found a true bill against Alf. Walker for the murder of Rev. J. C. Miller. A dispatch 8a sidei from Union says that the commencement of ^ the trial was appointed for Monday last. ? The Barnwell-Blackville war still rages. j.8 * The Clerk of Court and County Commission- ^ j ers have moved to Blackville. The Sheriff ^ and County Treasurer still remaiu at Barn- e^' well. , ? Judge Carpenter has declared the act of . the Legislature unconstitutional which directs J.' 1 bing that the poll tax of the present year be ap- * plied to the payment of school claims due be| fore 1st of November, 1873. ? i ?Capt. J. B. C. Smith, who during the late I war was au officer of the 12th Regiment, S. I C. V., has recently returned to Lieut. H. A. j Johnson, of the 3rd Maine Infantry, a sword ' j j j that the latter had in his possession when he | ; was captured by the command of Capt. Smith, J , I on the 4th day of May, 1864, at the battle of; L18? i the Wilderness. | 01 ' ? Rev. W. S. Pluraer, D. D., professor of i didactic and polemic theology in the Colum- i Tl bia Theological Seminary, resigued his chair 1 grov on Friday last, in that institution. Rev. J. ; New L. Girardeau was elected to fill the vacancy, writ Rev. Plumer resigned the position heretofore attei i held by him, in order that he might occupy ry fi : another chair in the same institution. use, ? The Columbia correspondent of the News i for and Courier says: "The interrogatories for of ? the commission to examine Kimpton in the N. C Parker case have been completed, and served ces.* . on Parker's counsel. They make 30 or 40 rels i pages of foolscap. The counsel for the do- last | feuse have until the 19th to frame cross-inter- Stat rogatories. Comptroller Dunn has gone to has New York in the interest of the approaching tioni trial." j bill. ? Recently a difficulty occurred on Mr. C. mad C. Sartor's plantation, four miles below Union,, end between two colored men, named Anderson who and George lieaty?not brothers?about feed- the ing the stock. George went to his house, not man tttinlrmnr thnt ftnvt.hinor more would be said srIo , w..no....b j D about it. Just after supper Anderson went to uigli George's house and called him out. On hav< George's opening the door, Anderson Bred at be d him, the ball striking him in the lower part It of the face, inflicting a shocking wound, from Join which it is expected he will not recover. An- Grei derson fled, and has not as yet been arrested. Mas ? The Washington Light Infantry, of the $47, ' city of Charleston, left that city on Friday the last for Boston, to take part in celebrating and the Bunker Hill centennial to-day. Before who leaving, the company was presented with a to r< handsome State flag, the gift of Gov. Cham- ishc tin. This flag will be carried to Boston j presented to the first regiment of that j which, during the Easter Fair held in ! rleston some two months ago, presented j Washington Light Infantry with a hand-J ; stand of colors. They have at last had a term of the Court !ommon Pleas in Laurens county. The ' mndred cases on the dockets were dis- j d of, and one hundred and forty-three jury j icts were rendered. The aggregate of the ' raents rendered foot up, in round num-1 , over 8200,000. Of this sura it is be- ! ?d that not more than five per cent, can collected, if so much. The counly com-! ioners, when called upon to pay the ex- | "" *1.^ i 'nil.. tkft aU 1111 ^ U3 Ui UI& VUUll, 1C|IU11CU nig Uiu nuu | ing cry, "no money," or not enough to ; all. The judge informed them that he ; Id give them one day to make a allowing, j tell why there was no money. On Wednesday of last week, the grand j of Georgetown county returned a true i against C. C. Boweu, Sheriff of Charles-! county, and Eli G. Grimes, for the mur- j of Col. William Parker White, at George- j i, in 1804. Bowen was represented by a j lidable array of counsel, viz : United i cs District Attorney Corbin, Mr. Wilson I ier, of Georgetown, R. B. Elliott, of Aiken, ; T. Whipper, of Beaufort, and S. A. Swails, j Williamsburg. The State moved to conc the case until the next regular term of murt, or until a special term to be called lie purpose of trying it, but the motion resisted by the counsel for the accused, after hearing argument, Judge Shaw de1 to fix Tuesday, the 22d instant, for the Mr. C. Werner, an old German citizen of rleston, and well-known throughout the itry as an ingenious worker in iron, died mt city 011 Friday last. The Charleston 8 and Courier says of him : "He projected y splendid designs iu iron, most of which > swept away by the great fire of '61, and * i- - J 1.1! 1 J y remain 10 acioru our puuuc piuues mm residences of our wealthy citizens. He uted all the massive iron-work used in the truction of the State house in Columbia, perhaps the most perfect specimen of his was the famous palmetto tree, composed rely of iron, copper and brass, built origiy for the Crystal Palace in New York, which was bought by the State of South )lina and dedicated to the Palmetto Regit on their return from Mexico. Inimitain execution, and almost excelling nature, tree until recently adorned the capital inds at Columbia. The tornado of last tli felled it to the earth, and the echoes 3 ruin have scarcely died out with the )f the great designer." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. John Barnes, of Catawba county, claims e one hundred and twenty years of age. Rev. Brantley York, who has been blind a number of years, is slowly recovering lyesight. Mr. L. Drucker, an old resident of Char!, died a few days ago. The t.emnorance organizations of Char ? ? I o i have disbanded, and their lodge furniis offered for sale. The United States Circuit Court, and the [ erne Court of the State are now in sesat Raleigh. The Board of Directors of the N. C. Rail, in session at Company Shops last Undeclared a dividend of six per cent, on capital stock of the Company. Judge Mitchell, of the 10th judicial dis, contemplates resiguing at an early day, ccountofhis advanced age and feeble th. The Charlotte Democrat says that wheat oving fine iu that section ; the oat crop never better, and the growing crops of duds are very promising. The Democrats of Randolph hava nomid Dr. J. M. Worth and Rev. B. Craven, ident of Trinity College, as candidates he State Convention. The upper portion of Mecklenburg county visited by a heavy storm of rain and hail it 4 o'clock last Saturday afternoon. The 3 storm also prevailed in Cabarrus, and j especially heavy at and about Concord. The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Mawas in session in Raleigh last week. 5. W. Dewey, of Charlotte, was made the rid High Priest for the next twelve ths. The next meeting will be held in rlotte. The Charlotte Observer reports two refailures in that city. McMurray & Dacotton brokers and wholesale and retail ers in dry goods, have failed for a con able amount. The other failure is that le firm of Koopman & Rothschild, dealn milinery and ladies'dress goods. Both ie firms ascribe their misfortunes to the tings of the usury law, passed by the last islature. In the Federal Court at Raleigh last Fria case came up from Northampton counn which a negro was charged with roba letter after it had beeu taken from the office and before it beeu received by the essed party. The Court held the negro ;table, giving the opinion that the taking j letter from any road box put up along ' highways for the carriers to drop the ity mail?iu other words, no matter where j better is, if it be stolen and broke open re it is delivered to the proper person, the person is indictable for robbing the :ed States mail. MERE-MENTION. lie first barrel of flour made from wheat; rn in 1875, was sent from Augusta to York, and was sold for $50. A er in the Augusta Constitutionalist draws ition to the fact that many of the ordinare insurance policies are vitiated by the j on the premises insured, of kerosene oil illuminating purposes. The widow j Stonewall Jackson is living in Charlotte, a, iu exceedingly straitened circumstan- j Louisiana will raise 200,000 bar- j of rice this season, or twice as much as year. Judge Nelson, of the United j es district court at Winona, Minnesota, I given an opinion sustaining the constitu- j ftlity of the supplementary civil rights Tom MeGchan, an Ohio desperado, j e famous a few years ago by the tragic of his counsel, Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, * nArvtA nm nfa nf* iOSL II13 illU HI CAjlltlllUli^ ouiug |/uujbo v* trial of McGehan, for the murder of a named Myers, was assassinated in his on at Hamilton, Ohio, on last Saturday it. Grasshoppers are reported to 2 appeared in swarms in Nebraska, and to estroying everything before them. , is now claimed that the terms of General nston's surrender to General Sherman at snshoro, were written by Confederate Post ter Gcueral Reagan. A package of 500 was stolen from the counting room of United States Treasury one day last week,, everybody in Washington are wondering could have done it. Iowa is going jvive capital punishment, which she abol-' d two years ago. Female preachers in Maine are officially recognized as competent to solemnize the rites of matrimony. The Supreme Court of New Hampshire decided in favor of Prie9t and Proctor the Democratic Senators who had been previously declared elected by the Governor and Council, and the seceding members have returned to their seats. Gen. Dulf Green, a prominent politician in the days of President Jackson, ! and editor of a paper in Washington city, at1 that period, died in Dalton, Georgia, last Thursday. A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Penn., says j there is no change in the situation at the | mines, and no likelihood of the men in that j region going to work soon. The presence of j the military is deemed necessary to preserve order. The first case of illicit distillation, under the recent seizure, was tried on Saturday at Evahsville, Indiana, being that of Bingham Bros., who were tried on one j charge?that of running their distillery in i the absence of a storekeeper. The verdict was in favor of the government, and a fine of SI,000 was imposed. Among the commissioners selected to treat with the Sioux Indians for the alienation of the Black Hills, is Bishop Havens, of Georgia. He has not yet accepted. Atlanta is excited over two converted gamblers. They are preaching of their former wickedness and present righteousness. editoriaiTinklixgs. The Prospect in Louisiana. The situation in Louisiana seems to be improving, both politically and materially. A ?c*nt letter from that State presents the following cheerful picture: "A new era of agricultural prosperity seems about to dawn on Louisiana. Corn, cotton, cane and rice are alike splendid. Old planters tell us that they have never seen such crops at this season, and if they fulfill their promise this year, will do much to reestablish the old time prosperity of the State. Even the gardens send forth such vegetables and fruit as I have never seen before. I don't know if the conditions of the atmosphere favorable to vegetation are equally favorable to mental and moral development, in fact I have always been taught the contrary, but certain it is that this spring there seems a decided impetus given to every project for the improvement of the State. The government still hampers at every turn, but men seem deter mined to do their best in spite of the evil rule. The hill 'Difficulty' has been hard to climb, but I do believe it will be crossed at last." As in confirmation of the above, the New Orleans Picayune says : Louisiana appears to have reached the bottom of her troubles, and to be on the ascent again. There is no disguising or misunderstanding it, the future looks strangely bright and hopeful. Politically, we may be consided as having shaken off our worst embarrassments. Financially, both State and city are improving. Agriculturally, the news from every quarter of the State is cheering and reassuring to a degree almost unprecedented. The Texas Border Troubles. Advices from the Texas frontier would indicate that troubles continue between the herders of that State and the Mexicans along the Rio Grande. A dispatch from Brownsville dated the 12th says that on the morning of that day, Capt. McNeely, of the State troops, with a few of his men, pursued, and, after a forced march of twenty-five miles, overtook a band of twelve cattle thieves about twelve miles below Brownsville. They showed fight, and in the engagement which ensued the whole band of raiders were killed. Capt. McNeely lost one man killed. Ho captured two hundred and fifty head of stolen cattle. A fi-nni frii 1 unot_on r?f t.hft 8fimr> rljite says: Gen. Steele and Maj. Dwier left yesterday for Rio Grande City. Capt. McNeely and part of his company are below watching for the raiders now on this side. Mexicans report the crossing of fifty beeves below here Wednesday. Sergt. Hall went to Bagdad to see the beeves which Geu. Cortina is shipping to Cuba. Many of them have American brauds. A large pile of hides with American brands await shipment, and men assisting in theirshipmentsay the beeves were stolen from Texas. About 100,000 pounds dried beef ready for shipment is undoubtedly American, as Mexicans don't raise half enough beef to supply their own market. Sergt. Hall was closely watched and succeeded in taking note of only about twenty brands. On Sunday morning Gen. Cortina left Bagdad with seventy-five men. Above here cattle-stealing is terrible. Oxen are driven off almost daily. It is reported that Geu. Cortiua's resignation has been accepted. The supreme government is determined to remove him from the frontier, but he does not intend to go. Report says that Geu. Steele gave orders to the rangers not to cross the Rio Grande ou account of the exasperated feeling of the Mexicans, and the danger that they would lay waste the country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande before a force could be sent there to check them. The war feeling is strong on the Mexican side. "(Jor. Chamberlain is a Necessity." Under the above heading the Winns- . boro News, (conservative) gives expression to the following views: We are deeply interested in Gov. Chamberlain. We are anxious to see a man of his ability prove himself worthy of the talents intrusted to him. But there is an element of selfishness commingled with this interest. Governor Chamberlain is a necessity. He, alone, in the State has power at present to check frauds, foster honesty and restore order i out of chaos. His vetoes are terrible scourges | on the backs of the thieves, and never fail to j evoke howls of rage and despair. By him j corruption can be forever crippled. Should j Gov. Chamberlain lose the mastery he will be ' trampled in the dust, aud with him will be j destroyed the last barrier that has beeu j reared against crime during the past six J months. Ignorance, beastiality and villainy ! will usurp the throne, and rendered savage 1 by previous disappointments, will make the last state of South Carolina worse than the i first. By losing the confidence of the honest j people of the State, and thereby losing the j vote in the Legislature which has heretofore ; firmly supported every measure of reform, j this mastery will be lost by Gov. Chamberlain, and while the State will, be ruined, he j will Kn fnrovor hnrind in disPTRCC. "uv lv,v,v' " "~-~0 Every taxpayer will await with anxiety the result of these pending prosecutions. They I must succeed. And every step at present j taken to weaken the power of the Governor j will render thern more difficult of success, j The thieves, who are now badly frightened, will again pluck up courage, and by them- j selves raising the cry of "stop thief," will so divert the public attention that they will succeed in escaping. Let us, therefore, as friends of reform and justice, forbear from making any comments until the Governor shall have had reasonable time to carry his plans of reform iuto execution. Should he j then fail it will be time to denounce him as ! an impostor. The Needier Trial. Evarts closed his argument in behalf of Beecher?which occupied seven days in its delivery?on Tuesday evening of last week, j and on the next day Beach, counsel for Tilton, commenced his argument, with which the summing up of the evidence pro and con will close. The case has become monotonous even to the scandal-mongers of Brooklyn ; but at its conclusion, it seems, new revelations are promised, in which Gen. Butler is to prominently figure. The letter-writers say that Gen. Butler feels very much dissatisfied with i the treatment he has received at the hands of Beecher, his counsel and Beecher's friends, and that he is very anxious to find out when the suit for libel against Moulton and Tilton is to be tried. It will be remembered that previous to the present trial Moulton and Tilton were indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy and libel against Beecher, and that they were held for trial, Mr. Woodruff furnishing bail. In this matter it is understood that Butler has an interest in behalf of Moulton, and the General is desirous that the case be called up at once. When this case comes to trial the revelations promised will exceed anything that has yet come to light, for the correlative information in the possession of Moulton and his witnesses will then be all brought out. What this information is is known only to Butler, and upon its force he feels perfectly willing to go before any jury, confident that his client will come out of it not only unscathed personally, but will be proven to have acted toward Beecher with the greatest macnaniraitv and honor. Mrs. Tilton, Bowen and others will then be called upon to testify, and startling developments are anticipated. "lint Few Die and None Resign." If the above remark, as applied to office-holders by Thomas Jefferson, possessed a Bmack of pungency at the time it was first uttered, how poignantly must its truth be felt by expectant seekers of official patronage at the present day. The large and respectable class ofour fellow-citizens who think the State needs their services, no doubt feel that the mills of the gods grind slowly ; and if it is sad to witness the impatience with which an impecunious spendthrift awaits the demise of a wealthy relative, how serious, indeed, is the picture preseuted of a restless office-seeker with nervous qualms and cadaverous mien, waiting, waiting, for a severance of the tenacious chords that bind to the object of their affection the "few" only who "die." That impatience must occasionally give way to action in such cases is apparent to the student of physiology, who readily understands why nerve tension in certain cases should be relaxed ; and we think the applicant alluded to in the following extract from the Union-Herald of last Thursday is not only excusable for his apparent haste, but entitled to the sympathy of all the "outs" and the commiseration of all the "ins." Says the Union-Herald: "There were no appointments, resignations, removals or pardons at the executive office yesterday, but there was au application in writing for a position not yet vacant, and, perhaps, may not be. The applicant modestly writes that an office-holder in his county is quite sick and is expected to die, and he wishes his application filed for the position of the dying office-holder. This information may have the effect of stimulating the sluggish energies ofsome of the outs who are patiently waiting for something to turn up or somebody to be turned out. They can hereafter watch with pleasure the declining health of some f-agile auditor, or carouse with some frolicsome treasurer, in hope that he may drop into a drunkard's grave. Verily a new opening is made for the ambitious office-seeker." Terrible Earthquake in South America. Recent advices from South America convey intelligence of a terrible earthquake in the Valley of Cucuta, on the 18th of May, by which two cities were destroyed and 16,000 lives were lost. A letter dated Salazar, seveu '"""lino A.rtrv, rinniita on flip 19f.ll ciwfiS t.hp. lCUgUGO HUIU VMWUVM) uu v**w following particulars: At 10 A. M., yesterday, 18th, a severe earthquake visited this city and region. In this city a large part of a church fell, several houses were destroyed and some people killed. The city of Cucuta is entirely destroyed, only a few families being saved. The German drugstore was set on fire by a ball of fire thrown out of a volcano which is constantly belchiug out lava. This volcano has opened itself in front of Sautiago in a ridge called EI-All,o-de-EaGirach. San Cayetano was destroyed and Santiago in a larger part. In Gramalote there was great destruction. Arboleda, Cucutilla and San Cristobal are nearly destroyed, principally the four last. The population of these towns, estimated by persons well acquainted in that region, more or less, is as follows: San Cayetano, 4,500; Santiago, 2,000; Gramalote, 3,000 ; Arboleda, 5,000; Cucuta, 5,000, and San Cristobal, 16,000. The section of country above referred to embraces the regions round about where Colombia and Venezuela join, the Colombian portion embracing the State of Santander. It is in some respects the most productive part of this republic, and the coffee of this section is famous all the world over. One of the destroyed cities, San Jose de Cucuta, the city of the most importance or any iu mat scumuu, was founded by Juan de Marten, 1534. It was a port of entry, if an inland town can be called a port, and here was established a customhouse. The population of the city at the time of the disaster was estimated at about 18,000. It had a large commercial business, and was a great depot for coffee and cocoa for shipments either through the Venezuelan ports or down the Magdalena to this city. The shock was felt sharply in Bogota and adjoining sections. The Assassination of Dr. Shell. On the 8th of November, 18G8, Dr. Shell, a highly respectable citizen of Laurens county in this State, was assassiuated, which eveut, in consequence of the feverish excitement then prevailing in that couuty, caused quite a sensation. While white men were arrested and dealt with for alleged acts of kuklux violence on the persons of freed men and Republicans, no steps were taken by the authorities to investigate the mystery attending the murder of Dr. Shell, and the affair was suffered to pass uunoticed at the time. Recently, however, two negro men, charged with participating in the crime have been arrested in this State, and last week a negro named Abram Johnson, alias Dial, was arrested iu Washington City, charged with being accessory to the murder; and if confessions are to be relied upon, which it is said these negroes have made since being arrested, we may look for a startling solution of the condition of affairs iu Laureus a few years ago, which will place several white Republi/>.,? nnllt^onu in nn unenviable lisht. and ta" - 0 . implicate thera as instigators of crime charged to the ku-klux organization. The Greenville News in detailing the arrests above mentioned, makes the following statements : Captaius Alley and Burnett arrested, on Thursday evening last, about 5 o'clock, thirty-two miles below Greenville, in Laurens county, John (alias Shanghai) Bolt (white) and lodged him in the Greenville-jail. Our readers have heard more or less of these arrests for the past six weeks, and we now propose to state who they are, what they are arrested for, and what they say they know. John Bolt, the last man arrested, is charged with being concerned in the murder of Dr. Shell, of Laurens, in 1868. When arrested he was plowing in his fields. When the officers started him from his home, his wife said to him : "Now, John, you reveal the whole story?I know it, and I will tell it if you don't." John, however, ouly states that he believes Joe Crews and Adam Crews had the murder committed. He was recognized by Wright Sullivan and Parks when carried into jail, as one of the men they had been plotting the murder with. Wright Sullivan (colored) is charged with the murder of Barton, of this county, and of having been engaged in several robberies here ; and confesses to be one of the gang who waylaid and killed Dr. Shell. He says he was paid forty dollars by the party to do his part of the work, and that the murderous party was led by Adam Crews in person. Abraham Johnson, alias Dial, (colored), is charged with being connected with the murder of Dr. Shell, and was arrested in Washington City. He is quite reticent but says, > "It warn't all niggers who were engaged in j the killing of Dr. Shell." The next is a ne-; ; gro named Parks, who admits that he was present at the murder of Dr. Shell, and fired ; his gun in the air, to get the promised reward, j He gives a full statement, and claims that; Joe Crews is the man who engaged the party j to commit the murder. There are a few others to be arrested, and j I Capt. Alley is looking after them. At all events, the officers have already sufficient evidence to convict Joe Crews, and his son, Adam Crews, of instigating the murder, and they will be arrested immediately, charged I with the commission of the horrible crime ; j and it may as well be said here, the citizens j of Laurens have never been wrong in their ; suspicion of the instigator of the murder of i Dr. Shell. They have predicted during the i past seven years that Joe Crews put up the ! job. They now have the most conclusive j evidence. We have heard it from the lips ofj some of these prisoners ourself. They are | suffering in jail for the acts of Joe Crews, and ; there is no telling how much trouble he has j brought upon the poor, unfortunate negroes. ! It will be recollected that Joe Crews has caused to be arrested a number of the prominent citizens of Laurens, at various times charged, on the most flimsy evidence, of ku-1 klux murders. He has terrified and run off; a large number of persous?all of which it has loug been supposed was done to cover up I his own bloody tracks ; but he is now exposed to the public as a monster of the deepest dye, ! and it is to be hoped that he will be punished in proportion to their great crimes. The negroes of Laurens whom he has ruled with an iron rod, and intimidated and made to do his murderous work, will, no doubt, feel great relief at having his bad influence over them broken. He has caused the negroes great trouble, and has brought several of them to bitter grief, and they are now satisfied he is not their friend. The Greenville News of Sunday contains the depositions of Wright Sullivan and Albert Parks, two of the alleged murderers of Dr. Shell, which were taken as evidence in a preliminary examination before F. B. McBee, Trial Justice. These men both swear that they were of the party that shot Dr. Shell, and that they were instigated to commit the deed by Joseph Crews, who paid them money for the same. The Union-Herald of Thursday says: "Joe Crews left for Laurens this morning looking as wise as a serpent and having two detectives for his companions." This is somewhat ambiguous. Whether Crews took the detectives, or the detectives took Crews, can only be guessed ; but we presume a few J Ml _l aays Will ciear up wig mjcitij. THE LATEST MARVEL. The new motor, which is to supersede steam, if it works as its discoverer expects, continues to attract the attention of mechanics all over the country, and it ought to be settled pretty soon whether it is really going to amount to anything or not. John W. Keely, of Philadelphia, is the inventor, and what he claims to have discovered is a vapor produced from water and air without the intervention of chemicals, galvanism, electricity or heat, with a force equal to a pressure of from 20,000 to 30,000 pounds to the square inch. This seems impossible, though after all it is not so very much wonderful than the application of steam and electricity; but some mechanical experts who have examined Keely's invention, think it is going to prove all that he claims. The vapor is of such enormous power that it has been difficult to invent apparatus which would allow the production of a sufficiently small amount, and to facilitate its reduction to a force that could be practically applied; but Mr. Keely thinks that he has overcome both these difficulties, and claims that he can run his machine as easily as an ordinary steam engine. The apparatus consists of a generator, three feet high, two feet long and a foot deep?a receiver of wrought iron, with a capacity of twenty gallons, and a feed pipe which conveys the vapor to an ordinary steam engine, in which it cau be used without any material alterations. The bore of the feed pipe varies in size from the eighth ?'nAU 4-^ oi#*za r\f a Iftllffl n OT.nP.Pfl ]&. tllG UI ail lUUli LU bug OI4V VI M nu.v?i..g , latter being all that is required for a ten horsepower engine. Notwithstanding the enormous power of this vapor, however, the discoverer claims that an explosion would do far less damage than an ordinary boiler explosion, because, as soon as the vapor came in contact with the outside atmosphere, it would instantly revert to its original elements?air and water. How this remarkable vapor is produced, as well as some other points about the invention, Mr. Keely doesn't propose to tell till lia Koa rmt the naf.pnts for which he has applied, both in this country and abroad, but a number of skilful mechanics, who have examined the machine as far as he will allow, believe it will accomplish all that is claimed for it, and business men in various cities have pledged a large amount of capital for the purchase of the invention, if its practicability is established. It is needless to enlarge upon the effects of the invention, if it should accomplish what is expected by its believers; it would simply revolutionize many of the world's industrial interests. But we imagine that most people will not place much confidence in it till it has demonstrated its power beyond question. Condition of the Cotton Chop.?The I department of agriculture is now receiving the ' June returns of cotton, which will form the j basis of the estimates of acres of the present j crop. During May preliminary returns were j received from 316 cotton counties. In sixty-three couuties in Georgia the area averages the same as last year, as also in the districts represented in North Carolina, Florida and Texas. A reduction of one per cent, appears in thirty-nine counties in Alabama, of two per cent, in eighteen counties of South Carolina, of three per cent, in thirty-eight counties of Arkansas. The average reduction is eleven percent, in Louisiana and seventeen in Tennessee, but there are only twenty conn- ! 1 ties represented in each, and the iun returns , in June may make a different showing. The season is reported late in nearly every i : instance?from ten days to two weeks general. ly, but in some cases three and even four weeks. ! More than two-thirds of the returns make the j j season too wet, especially in the time of plant-; and and germinating. In some districts the , past two weeks have been too dry. The stand is reported good in a majority of the returns from North Carolina, South Car- j ! oliua, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and j j Texas, rather above the average iu Arkansas i | and Tennessee, and is scarcely an average in , Louisiana. The condition is represented below the average in Florida, Tennessee and | Arkansas, slightly below in Georgia, Missis- > ; sippi, Louisiana and Texas, and an average in i Alabama and in the Carolinas. The Tax Gatherers?Ten county treas- j ! urers have so far made settlements with the ! 1 comptroller-general, as follows : , Counticx. Tax Paid. Nulla Bona. - ? " '-rt 01 US ADUCVI1JC, QOf ,-t/ir.oL v? ; Anderson, 48,235.89 142.28 j ; Barn well, 40,342.18 270.92 j Chester, 30,190.3:1 370.48 Colleton, 23,430.79 350.55 ] Kershaw, 22,203.02 201.84 i Newberry, ? 45,328.73 143.41 Oconee 10,514.04 28.56 ; Union, 31,055.42 133.84 ! I York, 49,651.08 254.30 Total 8371,123.30 82,303.34 A calculation will allow that in the counties enumerated 99.38 per cent, of the entire tax assessment has been collected and paid over , to the State treasurer, leaving only 62 of one per cent, uncollected. We do not believe that i a State in the Union can show a clearer re-1 i cord. I LOCAI. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. H. Adams?Cotton Sweeps. M. Strauss?Special Bargains?Great Inducements. Application for Charter. J. A. Carroll?Pure Liquors and Wines. J. F. Lindsay, Chairman Executive Committee? Yorkville Female Institute. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy? Application for Discharge?In the Matter of B. M. Winstock, Bankrupt. RAIN AND HAIL. J On Saturday afternoon a heavy rain fell 4 here and in the vicinity, accompanied with a considerable quantity of hail. We learn that *! some lands were badly washed by the rain, though generally the crops were benefitted, while they sustained but slight damage from " the hail. We also had a heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon, accompanied with fierce wind. THE CROPS. From every section of the county we hear favorable reports of the growing crops. Though backward, by perhaps two weeks, as compared with a few preceding years, good stands of cotton have been obtained, and the plant, as well as corn, is vigorous and growing well. The wheat harvest has opened, and the yield bids fair to be good. The only difficulty is, our farmers do not sow enough of it. MARRIAGE OF Rev. Mr. DICKSON. The nuptial ceremonies of Rev. J. Walter Dickson, Pastor of the M. E. Church at this place, and Miss Annie M. Schorb, sole nnized on Thursday evening, were attended with many pleasing incidents, which we trust nmy prove ominous of their future earthly happiness. As a graceful tribute to the fair young bride, her friends decorated the church in a most tasteful and appropriate manner with festoons of flowers and wreaths of evergreen ; and the happy couple had the best wishes of the large concourse who assembled to witness the rites. FORT MILL ITEMS. An escaped convict named Babe Phillips, from the penitentiary in Columbia, was captured at Fort Mill on the 4th instant, and returned to the institution from which he had escaped. By the enterprise of the citizens of Fort Mill and vicinity, a bridge has been built and just completed across Sugar creek on the Lancaster road, which will prove a great convenience to the public. It is in contemplation to build a Masonic Hall in Fort Mill, with an academy on the first floor. The edifice will be of brick, 40 by 60 feet. William Wright, an aged citizen, died at bis residence in Fort Mill on the 9th instant. a A fine rain fell in that section on Saturday afternoon. Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, June 14th, 1875. Landsford, on the Catawba river, was the scene of a gay party for several days last week. A number of gentlemen from this place, deaialnn tUn nloooiiHi /if a fialiinrr evpiirainn set Qllllig bll? pibuoiu v w? m - , out oil Tuesday for the river, armed cap a pie. As the rain of the preceding day had occasioned a considerable chilliness in the atmosphere, prudence advised the taking along of a due quantity of spirits to counteract the injurious effects of any bodily infirmities that might arise. But not only as a remedy for, but as a preventive of disease, was the juice of the corn carried along. Besides the indispensable stimulant, the party laid in a good supply of substantials before their departure. They were joined at the river by a number of gentlemen from Lancaster, whose spirits were equally as good as those of their Chester companions. Three nights and two days were spent upon the fishing grounds, and most happily was the time passed. The naturalness of "camping out" was felt by those who had served in the war, and the trying scenes of the past were recalled to memory thereby. An indulgence in the pleasures common to fishing excursions was heartily enjoyed by the gentlemen from the two towns. Their assaults upon the finny tribe resulted in the capture of a goodly number of the latter, which, after proper preparation, were highly relished by their captors. A full and graphic account of flio intra r\f til pact rlnvs ftlld nichtfl Wuuld """ J a probably be incompatible with the wishes of my friends. They returned on Thursday with the feeling of great satisfaction with their brief experience upon the Catawba. Mr. S. W. Porter, who was in business in Yorkville two years ago, and who is now connected with the house of John S. Fairly & Co., of Charleston, was in our town last week. He is a modest and unassuming gentleman, and is sure of making friends wherever he goes. DuriBg the late struggle between the States he was an officer in the Macbeth Light Artillery, with which I had the honor to be associated, and was highly esteemed and admired by all the members of the company. The house of John S. Fairly & Co., with which Mr. Porter is connected, is reliable, and - ??? marita tkn natrnnnnf t.hft Ill CVCij ttaj iiiuivw viiv v. ? ? merchants of the up-country. Mr. R. Brandt is making an extension of his beautiful building on Main street. This is designed for the workmen in the furniture department of his business, which, under his wise and skillful management, is assuming extensive proportions. Mr. Brandt is a live, enterprising gentleman, into whose lap kind fortune promises to pour an abundance of worldly goods. Messrs. Allen & Barber, of Rock Hill, are thinking of building on their vacant lot adjoining the post office. A handsome structure on this spot would set off the looks of our town immensely. Chester is walking steadily along in the path that leads to material greatness and glory. May no insurmountable obstacle beset her pathway. Grading on the Chester and Lancaster Railroad is progressing with satisfactory rapidity. A way is being prepared for the coming of the iron horse, whose snorting and shrieking will awaken the echoes of hills and valleys, that have known no such awakening since the beginning of time. The grading party at this end of the line have reached the vicinity of Rich Hill, and will probably meet the grading party from the other end about the first of October. If President iiaseicine is successful in selling the bonds of Chester and Lancaster counties, issued in aid of the road, he will be able to buy the iron, lay the track, and have the road in complete running order by the beginning of the new year. The second ice-cream festival of the season, under the charge of the ladies of the Baptist Church, came off last Wednesday evening. The balmy and beautiful evening occasioned a good attendance, and the attractions of the entertainment were of a highly pleasant nature. The married ladies receive their friends with cordiality, aud the young ladies fill orders with promptness and grace. The latter do not confine their sales to the refreshing beverage of ice-cream ; they are provided with beautiful bouquets which they part with at reasonable, yet profitable prices. The fair young waiters find no difficulty in effecting an opening of purses among the gentlemen, who,