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Scraps and Jacts.
Said ore man to another: "If it wasn'
Sunday, how much would you take for tha
lumber ?" "If it wasn't Sunday, I'd tell you,1
was the very proper reply.
In New York they are betting two t<
one that the trial of Beecher will result in ?
disagreement of the jury, while the wager
are even as to the relative chances of a ver
diet of guilty or acquittal.
The case of Tilton vs. Beecher is near
ly at an end. It has paid the Western Unioi
Telegraph Company $750,000 in addititiona
newspaper tolls. It has consumed more spac<
in the public prints than an entire Presiden
tial campaign.
Fourteen hundred steerage passengers
leaving New York in one day, to return to Eu
rope is, says the New York Herald, an even
of no small significance. The significant
of the event finds emphasis in the estimat*
that the immigration arrivals this year in Nev
York will be 50,000 less than they were ir
1874.
The latest speculation as to the myste
rious robbery of the United States treasury
throws the strange transaction further intc
the past. It is now asserted that as no settle
raent was had for three years it became necessa
ry, in view of the one approaching, to accouni
for some fifty thousand dollars short. A
mysterious robbery balances the account.
California is now actually suffering
from the too sudden influx of population, anc
her papers are discussing the question, whai
is to become of the people who are inconsider
ately rushing into her borders. Indeed, th<
wave of emigration toward California jus
now, is spoken of as one of the most singulai
in the history of the movement of population
because there is no apparent reason for it.
How to make glass that is not brittle
recently discovered for the second time, was
discovered for the first time when Tiberius
was Roman Emperor, as recorded by Pliny,
but Tiberius feared the invention would de
prive gold and silver of their value, aud, hav
ing learned that the inventor was the sole de
rtnaifrtrtr nf* fKn uonrof Kn noncnrl m fA Ko rlo
I/vunvtj vi tilv ovvtvvy uw vuugvu uiui iv vv v?v
capitated.
Within the past five years there havi
been built and put into operation a number o
narrow-gauge roads in this country of thirty
six inches. A striking and conclusive fad
about these roads, according to the Chicagi
Railway Review, is that not one of those in ful
operation at the dato of the panic has gon<
into bankruptcy, and that every one has
promptly paid its interest obligations from nei
earnings, and had left some surplus to th<
credit of income account.
A Washington dispatch says: "Th<
clerks of the interior department have beer
assessed one per cent, on their salaries for t
fund which is now being raised here to be usee
in the Ohio campaign. As the name of the
higher officials of the department appear or
the list as subscribers, the clerks who hav<
been called upon lack the courage to refuse
All this is in direct violation of the ordei
of the President prohibting political assess
rnents upon the department employes.
A dispatch of Prof. Jenney from thi
Black Hills, reporting that no gold had beei
discovered thus far, confirms the belief of (
i . n i .1 i ii i l
large poruon or sooer-tninaingioiKS, to wnon
the stories sounded rather romantic. Tin
whole region is of a recent geological structuri
from the known gold fields of the world. I
is barely possible thai Prof. Jenney may dis
cover traces of gold farther west, but it ii
doubtful enough to deter any reasonable beiuj
from seeking wealth where the chances o
scalping are much surer than those of wealth
On Monday and Tuesday nights of las
week, very heavy frosts fell in many section!
of the North. In the lower portions of Nev
Jersey the frost was so heavy that it could b<
scooped up in the hand, and fruit and vegeta
bles have been materially injured. In Nev
York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maim
and New Hampshire the growing crops hav<
been damaged, but to what extent has noi
been ascertained. Heavy, cold rains are re
ported from California, entailing great damag<
to cut and standing grain, but pleasant weatb
er now prevails.
Atone of Moody's recent revival meet
ings in Loudon, he called on all those who wish
ed to go to heaven to rise. A jolly Jack Tai
nresent did not resDond to the invitation, bui
remained in his seat. Thereupon Moodj
asked if it could be possible he did not wish
to go to heaven also. "Yes, your honor," re
sponded Jack, "I wish to go to heaven.'
"Then why don't you rise with the rest?'
"Because," replied Jack, very slowly, anc
surveying the whole company with a scrutin
izing glance, "because I ain't going to shi[
with such a looking crew as this!"
A fearful suicide occured in Paris th<
other day. Gerard Anthoine called his little
boy, aged six, to him, and said : Little one
you have often wished to play with this pis
to)," showing the child an old pistol." "O
yes, papa." Well, we will play with it now,'
and loading the weapon, the father handec
it to the boy. "Now, look," he said, "I wil
get down on ray knees before, you ; you wil
point at me right between the eyes aud pul
the trigger; you'll see how funny it is!" anc
he knelt down. "Aim well in the head, be
tween the eyes," he said again; "but firs
embrace me." The poor child embraced hii
f ither, then pointed the pistol as told, anc
fired. Gerard fell back dead, and the boj
seeing the terrible result, ran out of the roon
sobbing.
A negro revivalist named Andrew Coot
is said to be as effective with his own race
in Mississippi, as Moody and Sankey are wit!
white nennle. He is a Dowerful fellow, phy
S I i sically
and vocally, and the scenes thatattenc
his fervid exhortations are described as beinj
the acme of religious excitement. A corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial attend
ed one of his meetings. After a harrowing
sermon, that wrought the impressible hearers
to intense feeling, he made the following ad
monition and appeal: "Now, bredren anc
sisters, we want mounahs heah, to-night
Nofoolin'. Ef you cau't mouhn for your sins
don' come foolin' round dis altah. I knows ye
You's tryin' mighty ha'hd to be convartet
'thout bein' hurt. The Lord 'spises mockery
Sometimes you sinnahs comes foh'rd an
holds your head too high a-comiu. Yoi
come foah you's ready. You starts too soon
You don't repent; you's no raounah. You'
foolen 'wid de Lord. Yon come struttin' uj
to the altah ; you flop3 down on your knees
an' you peeps fru your fingahs, dis way, an
you cocks up you eahs to see who's raakinj
de bes' pray'r. You's 'tirely too peart fo
penitea's. You's no mounahs. Efyoucome
heah to fool, you bettah stay away. Bettah g
to hell from de pew asleepin', or from you
cabin a swearin', dan from the mouuah'
bench a foolin'.
A well informed Washington corres
pondent, alluding to the expected returi
of President Grant from Long Branch t
that city this week, says: "When the Presi
dent reaches Washington, matters in relatioi
to certaiu Federal office-holders in the Soutl
will come before him in such a shape as to re
quire some new appointments in that sectior
although it is possible that action may be delay
ed longer in consequence of the investigation
which are now in progress in regard to th
conduct of these men not being sufficient!
advanced. The very plain, decisive manne
in which the new attorney-general speaks c
f the improper practices of the men who wer
sustained and encouraged by his predecesso
is received with much gratihcation by th
representative Southern men who come her*
It has recently been given out in quarter
close to the President that he thoroughly aj
proves of Mr. Pierrepont's determination t
r weed out the unsrcupulous partisans win
r have now held for several years the swor
of Federad justice in the South. The Pres
dent is said to be convinced that the 'Soutl
eru policy' into which he was betrayed twelv
months since was a great mistake, and h?
resolved to substitute for it that policy <
fraternal love and reconciliation which ha
been so heartily taken up by the people of th
: North and the people of the South. Thi
t intelligence of the President's deterrainatioi
t will, of course, be received with marked ap
' proval all over the country. Senator Ran
som,of North Carolina, who came here yestei
3 day, fresh from his people, says that in th
i South the kindest feeling universally prevails
g i He says, that the centennial celebrations wil
i play the most important part in permanent
ly removing all the animosities engenders
by the war. The President can also exert i
" powerful influence in bringing about thi
1 result, and by the time the series of centenuia
1 celebrations are at an end the North and thi
3 South will be knit together in bouds close
" and more enduring than those which hel<
them a hundred years ago."
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LETTER FROM EX-GOV. SCOTT.
^ Lieutenant-Governor Gleaves having ad
dressed a letter to ex-Governor Scott, asking
I an expression of opinion by the ex-Goveruo:
) on the future of the colored race, the lattei
1 writes a length}'letter, which was originally
5 published in the Columbia Phoenix. The let
3 ter has attracted the attention of the Stat<
^ press, evoking favorable criticism in som<
quarters and unfavorable comment in others
; The Charleston News and Courier labels it i
i bid for the United States Senate, and curtl]
i dismisses the subject, without so much as pre
I senting the writer's views, while the P/ucni:
5 thinks "there is, perhaps, no one amongst U;
' more truly the friend of the colored man, o
who is better qualified to speak on the subjec
r of his future than ex-Governor Scott."
Whatever may be the motive that prompte(
the letter, we must admit that it contain
5 many truths frankly stated, and abounds ii
1 much sound advice to the colored people
1 which they would be wise to heed, and whicl
* is also worthy the consideration of the whites
B The captiously-inclined may couclude tha
t ex-Governor Scott was slow to learn th<
truths to which he gives expression, but thej
3 are none the less important on that account
r We subjoin the salient points of the letter,
f The writer regrets that he cannot present {
picture that will altogether meet the hopes o
^ the colored people. He fears they have beei
3 too confident in the belief that there is in tin
f United States a party, or a considerable clas
^ of white men ready to sustain the coloret
' people merely because of their previous bond
7 age. He then reviews the history of emauci
4 pation, in which he says that only an incon
I siderable number of the old abolitionists fa
I vored an emancipation policy, while others o
that class were willing to consent to a perpet
1 uation of slavery by consenting to a dissolu
' tion of the Union, only demanding that tin
North should not be held responsible for it;
continued existence. The emancipation proc
lamation, he argues, was issued as a militan
necessity. The blacks were liberated, not s<
r much as a favor to their race as for the pur
1 pose of crippling the Confedercy. Says th<
7 ex-Governor:
' "As the war progressed it was found tha
] the slave property of the South was tin
, most valuable of any in supplying the Con
. federate army with the necessary means foi
carrying on the war. The proclamation o:
emancipation, and the consequent encum
} brance of immense numbers of emancipate*
slaves, caused their organization iutoan armec
5 force. That is to say, the immense number o
5 emancipated slaves fleeing into the Unioi
? lines could not well be provided for as pri
" vate citizens ; and, as it was necessary to fur
? nish them with some means of subsistence
they were enrolled as soldiers."
' He regards the reconstruction acts as mis
I takes. Had the Government been actuate*
with a desire to practically benefit the South
' it would have organized provisional govern
I ments economically administered, and estab
* lished schools to educate the ignorant?espe
L cially the blacks, until they were better qual
* ified to govern themselves. Instead of doinj
' this, they laid a most onerous tax on cotton
T which took from each State vast sums o
1 money direct from the agricultural class, t<
which the freedmen all belonged. No mean
i were provided for the education of the freed
men, although theUnited States Government
i by having recognized slavery, was as clearli
- responsible for the ignorance of the slaves a
1 the slave-holders themselves.
I He claims that the blacks were enfranchise*
- with citizenship and the right of the ballot
- not as a matter of justice to the negro or be
; cause he was believed to be able and compe
! /?Aimrnmnntn in flia copoflo/
' tCUb tU U1 ^w > ii Hi\-t 11 Lea it* viiv uwvv*v\
- States, but as much, perhaps, for the purpose
1 of punishing the white men who had refusei
to accede to the plan proposed, aud also t<
, maintain Republican supremacy in the South
J He says it was then clear to his mind tha
1 j the men who owned all the property and pos
; sessed the largest intelligence would neve
' | submit to this mode of establishing govern
J | ments; nor could he conceive of any iutelli
' gent class of men who would not have givei
s J to such a mode of establishing government
? amongst them as violent opposition, perhaps
| as did the white men of the reconstructs
' States.
I He argues that Congress acted unjustly to
r ward the Union men of the South, who wer
s compelled to orgauize the governments am
o accept the responsibility of their acts. Troop
r were withdrawn while the whites were chai
s fing under the new order of things, and Con
gress did not seem to care whether the gov
i-1 ernments were successful or not.
q In defense of these governments, he says th
o old abolitionists who had striven for emanci
i-, pation a quarter of a century, now turnei
n : their sympathy from she blacks to the white
li aud deuouuced the carpet-bag government5
! He says the acts of tho carpet-bag official
i, were misrepresented, and as a result, the lie
r-; publican party, instead of being a success ii
s | the South, has proved a failure over the en
e tire country. Another difficulty exists in th
y | fact that many Republicans are opposed t
r ; colored citizenship, and have refused to mak
if all men equal before the law. They believ
e this is a "white man's government," "aud,
r says the ex-Governor, "if this class combine
e with other hostile elements, you will find
;.! party in the United States sufficiently stronj
s to eliminate the colored man entirely fror
)- auy part or influence in politics."
o He is pleased to see that at last the Derac
o crats of the South are adopting a conciliator
d policy toward the blacks, which policy he b(
i- lieves will be pursued ; and he says the tru
l- i policy of the colored man is to promote frs
e ternal relations with all classes of men.
is He then concludes as follows :
>f1 Tho laying aside of all prejudices that gro<
s out of your former relations as master and
e slave, must establish mutual confidence and
s enable you to put the control of public affairs i
a in the hands of the best men of both races, ;
i- and cannot but lay the foundation of a pros- j
i- perous future that will not be surpassed by |
- any section of the United States; whilst the j i
e maintenance of a separate and distinct organ- !
i. ization, based upon color and opposition to i
1 the former slaveholders, must eventually lead j
;- to a complete wreck of whatever prosperity i
i you have attained?for time certainly has de- j
a j veloped the tact that you cannot depend upon i
3 | the influence of Northern politicians to sua- j
1 j tain you in any couflict that may arise from \ j
b your "race, color or previous condition of ser- |
r vitude." I have frequently heard your peo- !
1 pie demand political recognition and repre- !
sentatiou, iu proportion to your numbers, on j
; the same ground that the adopted citizens ofj (
this country from Ireland, Germany and j
other foriegn countries claim it. In this you !
_ forget that the second generation of Irish and 1
German? are Americans, and have no peculiar ;1
traits which distinguish them from other j
American citizens. But your race have been i <
here for more than 250 years, and still they j i
are Africans; and, should you remain 1,000 !
years more, you will still be Africans, al- 1 .
though you will be American citizens. You
must remember that you are a separate and ]
.. distinct type of man, and that this country is j
full of the deepest prejudice against all races j i
other than the Caucasian. 11
You should also remember that many of; |
* the leading Republicans of the country, in the j
" earliest history of the reconstructed State !
!f governments, passed through the South, and, j
f returniug to the North with the most terrible !
f statements of the opposition of the Southern I
j- people to the National Government and their j
? * - 11
- bitterness toward tne colored man, assumeu . i
0 the most radical grounds in and out of Con- ;,
! >' gress for political purposes. And yet, after the ! ,
- lapse of a few years, the same parties have re- \
p visited the South, and have returned to the j,
1 North presenting another phase of the picture, :
s completely vindicating the white men of the '
South and condemning the colored man. i
t This revolution in feeling and judgment can
- only bo understood as au indication of the
revolution that has taken place in the politi- j
- cal opinion of the North, which is now ready i *
to hold you responsible for their own folly and !
- mistakes, and to unite with the white men of j
r the South in your elimination from the field j i
r of politics. And so we find that all these men, ,
r who a few years ago, were the most violent in
favor of the negro, are now practically his
f most uncompromising opponeuts. This shows (
a want of knowledge of human nature. They
- should have known at the time that it was 1
i not possible to take a man out of the cotton i
. field and make him a statesman, any more (
x than you can make a just man out of those (
who adopt that line of policy.
With the past and the present as I have
presented them before you, what is the duty
c of the colored people of the South in the fus
turc? I would say, in auswer, that whatever
r is to your interest is unquestionably your duty,
t The question, therefore, is : What is your in- ,
terest? I hold that your true interest is to
, stand aloof from all political parties. You
have little to hope or expect from a union
s with any political party, any further than its
1 men intprpssf. pan hp. snhserved hv affiliating ;
v y " -v*"" w* ""
, with you. With this uncertainty as to their
i support of your interest, and the absolute ,
certainty of the opposition of every politician
t who believes that he can succeed in his politiB
cal ambition without your aid, and that he
can make more by opposing than by supporting
you, my advice to you is to maintain an '
independent position. If you quietly stand <
by and see those combinations made by which
you are to be sold out, you will make a fatal
j mistake. If you are to become the subject of |
barter among political parties, my advice to
' you is to become a party to the sale yourj
selves. You can make better terras with your
masters than can the old time Abolitionists; 1
for if they make the sale, you gain nothing i
by it in the way of political power ; but, if |
you yourselves enter into a combination, you ,
f can reasonably hope to secure some share of
political power and influence for yourselves
and your posterity. Do not tie yourselves to
^ any party which will be certain to sacrifice
j you whenever it has accomplished its own pur- <
_ pose; but say to all parties in the future that .
f you will support men instead of parties?that ,
j you will support the men in whose honor you
can trust, and who will guarantee the largest ,
, representation for your people, and in whose
guarantee you can put the greatest trust for I
t the protection of your rights as American
mtizens. This course will cause men of all
' parties to seek your support and influence.
They will meet your people with a feeling of
p liberality, and will concede to you such a representation
as will be compatible with good 1
j government. I advise this policy because I
j believe it is for your best interest, and also for ,
p the best interests of the country. If you
] pursue a different course?if you unite your
political fortunes with any party, and that
party is defeated, you can have no reason to
hope that the party which you oppose will
concede anything on the high moral ground ,
of justice to your race. Recent events make
it highly probable that great changes are
likely soon to occur, not only in the administration
of many of the State Governments,
but in the administration of the National
Government itself.
JUDGE WRIGIIT REPLIES TO THE ABOVE.
Since the publication of ex-Governor Scott's <
letter, J. J. Wright, the colored Associate
' Justice of the Supreme Court, has answered
it in the Union Herald. The reply is more
conspicous for thrusts at the ex-Governor's
administrations aud his official conduct generally
than for argument controverting the
points taken. Judge Wright compares the
action of Governor Scott, the trusted friend of
the freedmen, and who stepped from the
1 freedman's bureau to the gubernatorial chair, 1
t to the conduct of Brutus, who betrayed Ciesar
. in the hour of his extremity; but he says it is
. a mistake to suppose the African Ciesars of \
1 South Carolina are going to cover their heads i
2 and give up the ghost, as did the Roman <
1 Ciesar of old. He asks why ex-Governor i
) Scott did not speak at the time, and counsel ,
. the unfortuuate and iguorant negroes if he
t looked upon the enfranchisement of the col
ored people as a serious mistake, and says the
r ex-Governor displays consummate ignorance
- in believing the true policy of the government ' i
would have been to organize governments in ji
i I the Southern States with an executive ap- :
s ! pointed by the President.
j On the point which it is claimed originated \
i j the war, if it did not grow out of the slavery ;
j question, Judge Wright inclines to the opin- :
i- ion that it was because some persons are ale
i ways ready for hostilities, their object being
.1 j plunder. In regard to the expression of Gov- ;
s i eruor Scott that in his judgment it required ' (
> but little wisdom to have seen that recoil-1,
- struction under such circumstances would be ;'
- likely to be attended with the most serious j
mistakes, Judge Wright replies: "It is true j
c the great masses of our people in the South
i- are illiterate, and what the masses have;
:1 learned of the theory of government aud how ,
s : to govern has been learned mostly by expe- !1
i. rienee. The experience of our people in this !
s j State teaches them that persons whom they 1
s- j had placed confidence in should be laid aside
n as unworthy of their confidence. Ex-Gover- {
i-1 nor Scott has been out of office about four
e years, and reconstruction in South Carolina j
o 1 is now certainly a success."
e ! Pie then says: "It is true that the members ,
e | of the General Assembly during Scott's ad"
ministration were inexperienced, as he says,
s ' and that is one reason why he succeeded in
a getting nearly every bill passed that hedesir-!
g 1 ed. The only thing that the 'old abolitionists';
n j (who are referred to by the ex-Governor)
j blamed us colored people for is for elevating
>- just such men as hira to such high and rey
j sponsible places."
5-1 With the ex-Governor, Judge Wright be- j
e lieves that it is not the desire of the whites of
l- ! the South at this time to sorely abuse and op-1
J press the colored people, and he says: "The
! outrages and abuses which have been hcretoiv
; fore heaped upon us have been done to cause
us to let a certain class of men alone, and as
we let that class of men alone, so they (the
Southern whites) let us aloue, as they have
not troubled us much since ex-Governor Scott
has been out of office."
In conclusion the Judge says: "I desire to
say I hope that the thrust that is made at the
"old time abolitionists" as to selling us out
will be considered by them as it is by us?
that is, as comiug from a bad source ; and I
hope that they will understand also that the
reason why there is such an attack made upon
them is because we have heeded their admonitions
and refused to be bought and sold by
governors or ex-governors."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There is an old lady living ten miles from
VVinnsboro, who, though sixty-two years of
age, has never seen the town.
? C. D. Hayne, State Senator from Aiken
county, has been arrested on a charge of official
misconduct as commissioner of election.
? J. Wells Simpson, of Laurens, an exclerk
of the court, died at his residence in
that county on the 10th instant.
? In Edgefield there has been a drought of
six weeks' duration. Cotton and corn are
mfferini? terriblv.
o j
? Daniel B. Kirkland, Esq., for many years
an office-holder in Fairfield, died at his residence
in that county last week. His age at
the time of his death was aboutseventy years.
? A colored man in Lancaster was bitten
recently by a rattlesnake, when his arm
3welled and he soon became delirious. A
pint of whisky restored him.
? The Port Royal and 'the Savannah and
Charleston Railroad owe Beaufort county
?8,881.34 for taxes for the past and present
fiscal years.
? A colored raiuister in Abbeville, who
had been Beecherizing, submitted to a severe
whipping from his parishioners and then left
the county, rather than submit to a trial.
? A party of colored boys at Hodges, Abbeville
county, deliberately stoned n young
companion to death, a few days ago, in imitation
of Stephen.
? Coroner Belden, of Lancaster, held an
inquest a few days ago over the body of a colored
woman, who dropped dead while working
in the field. The doctor called it "heart
diseasethe negroes called it "tricked."
? Judge Reed has discharged the rule
against Sheriff Bowen, issued last week, requiring
him to show cause why he failed to
execute the sentences of the Court in sundry
cases, the return of the sheriff being deemed
aAtiefrtntnrv.
? The grand jury of Clarendon County have
presented the County Commissioners for paying
medical bills for persons who are not
paupers, and do not properly come under the
classification of "indigeut," and also for paying
money for work not done.
? The Lancaster Ledger says that about
twelve miles of the road-bed of the Cheraw
and Chester Railroad have been completed
ready for the cross-ties. Work will soon be
commeuced on every section of the line between
Lancaster and Chester.
? Gov. Chamberla'n has appointed Carter
Ross and D. H. Gilmore, commissioners of
election for Chester county, to supply vacancies
occasioned by the resignation of B. G.
Yocum, and the removal of John Lilley.
Matthew White, of the same county, has also
been appointed a notary public.
? A terrific hail storm passed over the lower
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Uorn and cotton were greatly injured, and in
some instances cabins were destroyed. Maybinton,
in Newberry county, and vicinity,
also had a visit of a similar nature, with like
results.
? Alf. Walker, convicted at Union Court
House last week of the murder of Rev. Claudius
Miller, has been sentenced by Judge
Moses to be hanged on Friday, the 6th day
of August. Owing to defects in the indictment
under which Walker was convicted, it
is probable that the case will go to the Supreme
Court.
MERE-MENTION.
The people of Atlanta will celebrate the
Fourth of July in the good old way. Hon.
A. H. Stephens will deliver an oration. Gov.
Smith and the State officials, the Judges,
members of Congress and the citizens generally,
will participate in the affair. During
the present year, eight clerks have been arrested
in the Boston post-office, charged with
robbery. Jefferson Davis has been invited
to deliver an address before the Bartholomew
County (Ind.) Agricultural Society this
fall, and will accept. The New York
Tribune says the "indications, as they present
themselves to the thinking men, are that the
political revolution will be consummated in
1870, and the Democratic party will come
into power in the nation." The number
of persons killed on the railways of Great
Britain last year, was 1,425, and the number
injured, was 5,050. Five thousand shoemakers
in Canada have been discharged from
work. The depression in the trade is attributed
to the importation of ready-made work
from America. The town of Sydney,
Indiana, had an earthquake sensation last
Friday. The shock was so severe as to throw
the shelving of a drug store to the floor, and
the citizens generally rushed to the streets in
alarm. Governor Allen has been nom
inated for reelection by the Democratic party
of Ohio, and Samuel F. Casey is on the same
ticket for Lieutenant-Governor. Failures
to the extent of $22,000,000 occurred in
London last week. There are reports
from Lexington and LaFayette couuties,
Missouri, of the appearaneeof millions of toads
and grasshoppers. The toads appal the farmers.
The Supreme Court of New York
has granted an order releasing Tweed from
the penitentiary; but he will be immediately
arrested on charges involving bail to the
amount of $3,000,000. The locusts have
left Kansas, and the very promising crops of
that State will be saved. The graduating
class at West Point, this year, numbered
thirty-three, of whom three were from
Southern States.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A new tri-weekly stage line has been established
between Mount Airy and Salem.
? A lady near Mount Airy was bitten by a
spider one day last week, from the effects of
which she died.
? A heavy rain storm passed over the village
of King's Mountain on Tuesday of last
week.
? A farmer in Surry county has planted
250 acres in tobacco, requiring 1,250,000
plants.
? On Monday night of last week an accidental
fire destroyed an extensive flouring
mill and the machinery of a handle factory ia
Rowan county. Loss about $15,000.
? Twenty-five barrels of illicit whisky were
seized in Yadkin county and sent to Statesville
last week by a number of revenue officers, accompanied
by a detachment of troops.
? Garvin, who shot and wounded Kistler in
Charlotte, two months ago, and was sentenced
to six months' imprisonment, has been pardoned
^y Governor Brogden.
? Judge Schenck, before whom a test case
was tried, has decided that the usury law, as
passed by the late Legislature, is constitutionally
valid and binding upon national banks
as well as upon private individuals and cor-1
' porations.
? The Ellwood family, living in Rutherford '
and adjoining counties, have inherited an estate :
in England, from which after expenses are :
paid they will realize about 8150,000. The
j young man, Ellwood, convicted of murder at I
! the recent term of Mecklenburg Superior j
J Court, is one of the heirs.
I ? In Wilmington, the other day, a fight oc- !
| curred between two negroes, in which one was j
I killed. The negro justice who investigated j
i the case, caused the murderer to be taken to |
! where the dead man lay, for the purpose of
j touching the corpse, under the force of a negro
| superstition that blood would flow from the
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j proposed miracle was a failure, but the ac|
cused was committed to jail,
j ?Elijah Gibson, who lived near Laurel
Hill in Richmond county, was killed by his
son last Thursday under the following circumstances
: The father came to his home drunk,
and was very abusive to his family, treating
: them in a fearful manner, and beating one of
j his daughters, actually gashing her by his terj
rible blows. His son, who had been sent for,
! attempted to allay his drunken wrath, but his
own life being endangered, he struck his fathi
or on the head with a rake, which fractured
| the skull, and he soon after died. The comj
raunity view the matter in the light of justifiable
homicide, and no steps have been taken
to arrest the young man.
EDITORULIXKLIXGS.
i The Crop Prospect.
| The department of agriculture, in its
! cotton report for June, presents a bright outI
look and a better prospect for a full crop than
j has been exhibited at this season for the past
t^t-- ortma funf f u a v\ l"qo t_
| nve years. rue repuit oayo umu mt.
! ened redaction in area has not taken place,
| nor has the reduced area of the last year been
I much eularged. The reported increase is between
one and two per cent. The comparison
with last year is as follows : North Carolina,
102; South Carolina, 106; Georgia, 96 ; Florida,
99; Alabama, 104; Mississippi, 102;
Louisiana, 101; Texas, 108 ; Arkansas, 102;
Tennessee, 92.
The report of the condition is the most favorable
in the past five seasons, with the exception
of 1872. The order of procedure in
this respect is 1872, 1875, 1873, 1871, 1874.
Though the planting was late and the soil
generally too wet and cold for rapid germination,
the stand is comparatively good, and
the recent weather has been more favorable
to a rapid growth. The crop is also unusually
clean. The comparison with a crop of full
vitality and normal growth in all respects is
for the present month as follows : North Carolina,
92; South Carolina, 97; Georgia, 91;
Florida, 94 ; Alabama, 101; Mississippi, 100;
Louisiana, 95; Texas, 96; Arkansas, 90;
Tennessee, 99.
The Charges Against Joseph Crews.
The recent arrest of the alleged murderers
of Dr. Shell, aud their statements implicating
Joseph Crews and his son Adam as
accessories before the fact, have brought out
the following card, addressed to the UnionHerald,
under date of the 16th instant:
We request a place in your columns that
we may deny, in most solemn form, the false
and infamous charge of murder brought
against us by the men who confess under oath,
that they did the deed. The men who have
instigated those wretched criminals to accuse
us of having conspired with them in the cold
blooded assassination of Dr. Shell, in 1868,
have their own skirts dyed red with the blood
of the innocent, whom they slew for their political
opinions.
Dr. Shell had never inflicted any injury
upon us or any of our kindred. We had no
motive to seek his life. Those who know us
best will admit, unless blinded by political
hate, that there has never been anything in
our conduct to justify the conclusion that we
were capable of plotting the assassination of
a fellow-man. Hunted and persecuted as we
were for years in Laurens county, solely because
of our political opinions, and well knowing
who were the leaders in that persecution,
if we had been capable of seeking our revenge
along the path of the assassin, those
leaders would not be living to-day .to instigate
this most malignant and groundless charge
against us, which rests alone upon the statement
of the avowed principals in die deed of
blood.
We shrink from no judicial investigation,
and staud prepared to meet our accusers face
*r? fupp in thp rnnrts. Joseph Chews,
J. Adam Crews.
Adam Crews was arrested in Columbia on
Saturday last, on a warrant issued by Trial
Justice Irwin, of Laurens county, and lodged
in jail, the charge against him being complicity
in the murder of Dr. Shell. On Monday
he was brought before Judge Mackey on a
writ of habeas corpus, and after a full hearing
was released on his own recognizance in
the sum of ?300, to appear at the September
term of the Court of General Sessions for
Laurens county.
The Border Troubles.
The following additional particulars of
the fight between Capt. McNeily's detachment
of Texas troops and a baud of cattle thieves,
below Brownsville, on the 12th instant, in
which twelve of the raiders were killed, have
been received. The dispatch is dated Galveston,
June 15th, and says :
Private S. B. Smith of the State troops, who
was killed in the fight, was buried at Brownsville
yesterday. There was a large funeral
procession of soldiers and citizens. Col. Merriam
of the regular army and Col. Ford acted
as marshals. The deceased received a military
burial. Capt. McNeily was unable to pursue
the raiders under Ricardo Flores, because his {
horses were broken down by hard service. I
1 Gen. Cortina is incensed at trie Killing or nis ,
cattle thieves. The Mexican papers say that i
the raiders were assassinated while asleep. '
Capt. McNeily says if they were asleep he
! dont wan't to find any of them awake. Cor-,
j tina swears he will have revenge, and is arm- j
iug and has been preparing for a fight more i
i than a week, although he has received per- j
emptory orders to report in person at the City
j of Mexico. Gen. Ferireo left Monterey this
S morning, on the march to Mataraoras, with j
3,000 men. It is understood that he comes to I
! arrest Cortina. It is not known what the !
; brigand chief intends to do, but he is preparing j
; for some development, and will doubtless fight;
j Gen. Feriero if he thinks he can whip him.
j He may conclude, however, to cross over to j
this side of the border line, place himself ati
; the head of the squatters and lay waste the i
country, and then recross to the Mexican side j
i and get pardoned by the supreme government, j
| The troops here are on the alert, and the citi-1
j zens of Brownsville are adopting defensive
j measures. No one knows what a day or an
j hour may bring forth. There is no doubt at j
! all as to the accountability of the Mexican
authorities for the enormity of the outrages
perpetrated by the Mexicans, and for the dan- j
i ger now threatening the frontier.
Some of the Mexican officials are watching
G'ortina's movements with anxiety. Should
! he succeed, more than one of them will be!
marched to the Toguna and be shot. They
are earnestly trying to put him down, not for
: what he has done to Americans, but for what!
, ho may do to themselves.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. F. Lindsay, Chairman Executive CommitteeFemale
Institute.
J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?J. F. i
Wallace, C. C. C.?Applicant?George Bar- j
ber, deceased.
Great Bargains at Adickes'.
M. Strauss?How Cheap.
Rev. J. C. Clapp, A. B.?Catawba High School.
Great Excitement at Dobson's.
John C. Kuykendal?Fruit Jars?Both Truth and
Poetry?Something New?Special Inducements?Something
Novel?Country Merchants?Pure
Cod Liver Oil.
W. H. <fc J. P. Herndon?Flour?We?SugarMolasses?Hams?Bran.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
We have been requested to anuounce that >
there will not be a meeting of the Board of j
County Commissioners until the first Monday !
in July next.
DEATH OF FRANCIS DAVIE.
Francis Davie, a uegro politician, who has (
been conspicuous in the political affairs of the j
county, and who was a trial justice for a ;
number of years, died in Rock Hill last week.
CHANGE OF* SCHEDULE.
By a recent change of schedule on the j
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
the train arrives here now at 7 p. ra., instead
of 9, as formerly. There is no change in the
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hour ot departure irora tms piace. uumg
South, the Charlotte train leaves Chester at
11.02 a. m.t and goiug North, the Augusta
or Columbia train leaves Chester at 5.10 p. m,
NEW CHURN DASHER.
Mr. Frank C. Harris, formerly of this place,
is now engaged in selling a churn dasher of
recent invention, which is simple in construction,
can be attached to the ordinary churn, is
easily operated, and for the rapid production
of butter is superior to the old style dasher,
while the low price at which they are sold
places them within the reach of every body.
FINE FLOURING MILLS.
Among the many advantages enjoyed by
the people of York county, the facilities of
mills are not the least, and among the good
mills of the county may be classed that of J.
C. & J. J. Miller, on Allison creek. This mill
has been rebuilt, and is operated by an experienced
raill-wright. We have received a sack
of flour from the above mill, which is equal in
every respect to the best we have ever seen.
We doubt whether it can be surpassed. Who
is willing to enter the contest?
THE CHESTER LUMINARIES.
By invitation, the above band of musicians,
under the leadership of Mr. Brennecke, gave
a concert in this place last Thursday evening
for the benefit of Thornwell Orphanage at
Clinton. The programme for the occasion
was attractive and well rendered. As a violinist,
Mr. Brennecke has few superiors, and
besides those who perform the secondary
parts, he is ably assisted by Mr. James K.
Marshall on the flute, and Mr. Edward Evans
on the cornet. Mr. George T. Schorb, as a
character delineator, is irresistible. His negro
melody brought down the house, and his comic
lecture on "Vomans," delivered in broken
Dutch, was received with raptures of merriment.
Altogether the concert was a decided
success, and a handsome sum was realized in
aid of the object for which it was given.
YORKVILLE FEMALE INSTITUTE.
The first session of the present scholastic
year of Yorkville Female Institute, closed
last Friday evening with a concert given by
the young ladies of the school. Unlike the
-custom which obtains in most of the female
schools, the pupils were not aided by a variety
of instruments in the hands of professional
performers; but each young lady was placed
upon her own merits, and most handsomely
did the entire class acquit themselves in both
vocal and instrumental parts. Several pieces
of difficult grade were performed by four and
six hands, and the remarkable precision with
which each part was executed, gave sufficient
evidence of the qualifications of the accomplished
teacher in this department, Miss Sue
Lowry, who, besides being a fine musician,
seems to possess, in a remarkable degree, the
happy faculty of imparting musical instruction
to others. By reference to notice in our advertising
columns, it will be seen that the next
session will open on Monday, July 12th. ,
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, June 21,1875.
Chester was the scene of another spelling
bee on last Monday evening. The teacher,
upon this interesting occasion, was Mr. J. J.
Hemphill, who gave every evidence of his
fitness for the distinguished position. The
class was a large one, composed of about an
equal Dumber of the gentler and sterner sexes.
Though a gentleman carried off the prize, yet
justice compels me to say that, as a class, the
ladies exhibited greater proficiency in the art
of spelling. The difficulty of the words propounded
by the teacher was felt by a considerable
Dumber, who were forced to retire from
the stage of actiou extremely early in the
contest. Mr. R. D. Gaibraith failed to give
the correct spelling of "lorgnette," Mr. R. H.
Jordan, of "supersede," Mr. W. A. Wilson,
of "rhinoceros," Mr. Allen Leard, of "retinue,"
and Mr. W. S. Gregg, of "kaleidoscope,"
and left the spelling arena, with the delightful
satisfaction of having done all in their
power to place upon their noble brows the
laurel wreath of victory. "Picayune," "linsey-woolsey,"
"cymling," and other words
were missed by the young ladies, whose failure
to spell them was probably occasioned
by an excess of embarrassment on their part.
The name of the young man to whom the orthography
of "ticdouloureux" was not very
clear, merits mention, but I will deal compassionately
and withhold it from the public.
Some reason must be assigned for his failure,
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and what one so good as tuis, inai ne was
overcome by the host of sweet faces and
bright eyes that were fixed upon him ? Miss
Emma P., who won the prize at the first spelling
match, almost succeeded in winning it
again. Miss Susie H., Miss Susie J. and Miss
Belle J., also gave unmistakable evidence of
their spelling powers on Monday evening.
To Mr. John Buchanan was awarded the
prize, a handsome copy of Longfellow's
poems, by Mr. T. C. Gaston, in a neat, appropriate
address, for his superior qualifications
as a speller. Judging from the merry peals
of laughter that rang throughout the room,
the audience was highly pleased with the
second spelling bee of Chester.
Widening of pavements adds immensely
to the appearance of streets. The changes of
this character, that Valley street and the portion
of York street opposite to Valley, have
undergone of late, are great and will tend
not only to the convenience of pedestrians,
but to the enhancement of the value of property.
As an enlargement of pavements in
other portions of town is sadly needed, the
Town Council would secure the favor of many
citizens by effecting the desirable improvements
without delay.
The fire of patriotism did not burn sufficiently
strong in the hearts of any of our people
to occasion a visit to Bunker Hill, to join
with the immense multitude in the centennial
celebration at that historical place. Some,
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however, were absent for a few days last week
in attendance upon the commencement exercises
of the Female Institute of Greenville.
Saving the dust and fatigue of traveling, our
friends enjoyed the trip amazingly. Their
feelingof delight with the mountain city was
only equaled by their pleasure in forming
pleasant friendships. Chester is represented
at the Institute by a number of fair daughters,
who, of course, take high positions in
their classes. ^
An excess of rain?more than equal to the *
demands of the times?has fallen of late in
different portions of our county, especially on k
the eastern side. Some places were visited
with storms of hail, which were attended with
some injury to the crops. The hail fell with
particular severity and damage upon the plantations
of Mr. W. P. Carlisle and Maj. G. W.
Melton, lying on the waters of Sandy river.
Our town felt the force of violent storms of
wind on last Tuesday and Wednesday. A
little more power applied to the wind, and the
result would have been a first class hurricane.
The storm on Tuesday was confined entirely
to wind, which revelled at a furious rate in the
dust of our streets. The apprehension or a
cyclone creates the feeling of extreme uncorafortableness
during .me continuance of a violeut
gale.
The action of the Town Council in removing
the fence on the lot on York street, belonging
to Dr. A. H. Davega, will doubtless
end in a lawsuit, the result of which will probably
be that the town will be called upon, in
due time, to meet a bill of damages amounting
to several hundred dollars. Dr. Davega
claims that the Council have committed a
trespass upon his property, in as much as they
did not give him notice of their intention to
remove his fence, as the law requires. He has ?
employed the services of C. S. Brice, Esq.,
and S. P. Hamilton, Esq., who express confidence
in their ability, when the case comes up
for trial, to secure a verdict in favor of their
client. Dr. Davega has served a notice upon
the Council, setting forth the illegality of their
proceedings, and demanding the return of
fence on his lot on York street to its former
place. Whether there will be a compliance
with this demand, or whether the Council will
determine to test the propriety of their course
before the courts, will remain undecided until
the return home of two of their number who
are now in Xew York. Present appearances
favor a settlement of differences in accordance
with the latter method.
It isoursad duty to chronicle the death of
Mrs. Mary McKee, widow of the late John
McKee, on Saturday morning, in the 84th
year of her age. The funeral services, which
were held on yesterday at Evergreen Cemetery,
were conducted by Rev. Mr. Walker, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her death
severs a liuk in the chain which connects the
present with the past She had passed her
long life in our town, and had witnessed its
growth from a place of a few houses to its
present proportions. Her identification with
our town was complete, having shared alike
in the good and evil fortune that has attended
it. The destruction of her home on Main
street, in the fire of 1870, fell with great severity
upon her in her decliuiug years.
Re\h Mr. Sanders, who was recently called
to the pastorate of the Baptist Church at this
place, entered upon his good work on yesterday.
The advantages of a theological course
at Greenville Seminary qualify him for a right
performance of his ministerial duties. May
his miuistry be crowned with abuudant good
results. Qui.
CENTENNIAL OF BUNKER HILL.
All accounts agree in eulogizing the celebration
at Bunker Hill last Thursday. Conspicuous
in the military pageant were several military
organizations from the Southern States,
among them the Washington Light Infantry,
of Charleston. Special dispatches to the
News and Courier give the following account
of their reception and treatment in Boston and
en route:
At a banquet given in New York to the
company on Wednesday, a letter was read
from Gov. Tilden, expressing regret at his inability
to attend, and welcoming the Washington
Light Infantry to the State in the most
cordial terras. A brief address was also delivered
by Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, who, it
will be remembered, at one time commanded
the post of Charleston after the evacuation by
the Confederates, and who is now on the Governor's
staff. An address of welcome was also
delivered by Col. Marshall Lefferts, of the
veteran corps of the 7th Regiment of the Natioal
Guard of New York.
The palatial steamer Providence, having oh
board the Old Guard of New York and the
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a band of music and hundreds of civilians,
left for Fall River at 5 P. M. The many demonstrations
of hospitality which had been
showered upon the Charleston visitors in New
York did not come to an end with our departure.
The trip was a pleasant one. Arrived
at Fall River, we were met by Dr. White, surgeon
of the First Regiment N. G. of Massachusetts,
who represented the Boston militia
at the late W. L. I. Fair in Charleston ; Capt.
J. C. Houghton, of the Boston Light Infantry
; Col. T. H. Roberts, of the First Massachusetts
Cavalry, and other representatives of
the Boston militia, together with an immense
concourse of civilians. At Fall River we erabarked
on the train for Boston, and the entire
route was a perfect ovation. Each member
of the W. L. I. was presented with a nosegay
by the ladies, and by the time we reached Boston'the
detachment was loaded down with
flowers. The reception at Boston was a grand
ovation. The visiting companies disembarxed
from the train amid the cheers of the
thousands who had assembled to receive them,
and as the old Eutaw flag was, for the first
time, unfurled the wildest enthusiasm prevailed.
The streets along the line of march
were lined with spectators, and flags were
displayed from every house top. The visitors
were reviewed by the Mayor of Boston and
cordially welcomed by Hon. Josiah Quincy
and Hon. John Quiucy Adams. Col. T. Y.
Simons, of the W. L. I., responded. During
these ceremonies the grand stand was crowded
with thousands of ladies who received the
visitors with demonstrations of the most kindly
feelings. After the reviewing, the visiiting
military were handsomely entertained at a collation
by the Boston Light Infantry. In the
afternoon we visited Bunker Hill in open carriages
and were received by President Eliot,
of Harvard College.
A second dispatch from Boston, dated
Thursday, says:
Of the large number of invitations extended
to the South Carolina delegation here, none
was more significant or more unusual than
that from Harvard University and its eleven
hundred students. Yesterday afternoon the
W. L. I., in open carriages, left the St. James
Hntel fnr Cnmhridce. and through everv ave
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nue the cortege passed, cheers and other public
demonstrations marked its progress. Arriving
at the entrance of Memorial Hall, the
detachment was met by President Eliot, the
faculty and an immense concourse of students
from every State and Territory in the Union.
The former welcomed the \V. L. I. in eloquent
and fervid language; referring to the great
names of many South Carolinians who had
graduated there, and bespeaking a kindly recognition
of the institution at the South, in
the future. His remarks were warmly received
by the W. L. I. Col. Simons responded,
in a most impressive speech, which was
received with approbation by the faculty,
President Eliot exhibiting emotion, while the