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Straps and <f arts. Bonner, of the New York Ledger, owns eighty horses. The Grand Lodge of colored Masons in Boston has received official notice of its recognition by the Grand Lodge of Germany. It is reported that prominent English raerchauts have chartered the steamer Great Eastern to run betweeu Liverpool and Philadelphia during the Centennial. Nearly two hundred persons were discharged from the various bureaus of the treasury department, in Washington, on Thursday of last week. The Legislature of Tennessee proposes to tax every bachelor over thirty years of age in the State, the sum of ten dollars, for the "privilege" of remaining unmarried. The latest "corner" is in canary seed. Tin price has been run up from ?3 to $10 per bushel, and next year's crop is said to be already sold. Shameful, if true. The American Grocer declares "that there is scarcely a single class of goods put up and sold in this country which is not short of the weight or measure claimed for it." The New York Tribune states that it had Gen. Preston's address at the University of Virginia in type several days before it was delivered, but did not print it wheu it was delivered, because the faculty and trustees appealed by telegraph to have it suppressed. The Iowa Leader tells a story of a well known life insurance agent, who approached Hammond, the revivalist, on the subject of insuring his life. Hammond said that he could not afford to turn his attention to such a temporary and worldly subject, but if the agent could insure his soul it might be worth while talking. The agent slowly shook his head and said it was impossible; his company did not carry any fire risks. A young lady tried to sit down in a street car, but was pinned back so tight she couldn't. An old lady peeped over her specs and asked her, "How long have you been afflicted that way'?" The young lady blushed and made "a break," sitting down sideways, and holding her knees together so tight that she looked as if she had on a one-legged pair of breeches. The old lady noticed her sitting in this sidewise, cramped position, and whispered, "Bile, I spose; I've had 'em thar myself." A curious feature of the Beecher trial and its concomitants is theone which embraces the allegation that Mr. Beecher would have been acquitted but for an imprudent remark bv the foreman of the iurv. The three Til ton jurors had been wearied into an agree- | raent to yield to the persistency of the nine j Beecher jurors, aud had consented to agree to a verdict of acquittal, when the foreman aforesaid, Mr. Chester Carpenter, imprudently remarked that "his son-in-law had made a bet on the result of the jury's deliberations," whereupon the three Tiltonians relapsed to their normal obstinacy and rufused to be Beecherites. On opening a bale of cotton at the mill of one of the largest Liverpool spinners, the other day, much surprise was manifested at the discovery within of a box of lucifer matches bearing the following label: "Superior telegraphic matches, manufactured by Capples Marston, St. Louis, every box warranted." The matches were of the ordinary kind, and on one or two of them being tried they were found to ignite with the greatest readiness. The cotton came to Liverpool from Mobile, and the most serious consequences might have resulted had the least amount of friction been applied to the lucifers duriug the voyage, or even after the cotton had reached its destination. Rowell's Newspaper Directory shows the failure of one thousand newspapers in this country during the last year, the loss to publishers, subscribers and advertisers amounting to over eight million dollars, the Republic, of New York, alone losing half a million. Among those who went into the newspaper business and lost heavily thereby, were 275 merchants and adventurers, 315 school teachers, 57 lawyers, 4 blacksmiths, 33 plasterers, 10 farmers, 200 fanatices of ...i/tno nloococ nltiotod uritti litpmrv leaninca. vaiwuo v-mocv/o muivovu ???? * ?>< *.j o~? 100 ambitious, but visionary young men, who drew upon their fathers, and thus suddenly exhausted large margins of the paternal capital, aud 6 lottery men. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes: "It is very gratifying to record that for the first time in the long period of the ten years which have elapsed since the close of the war, those who sit in high places exhibit no disposition to stir up political feelings against the South. This is the first summer since 1865 that this city has not been made the head quarters for the dissemination all over the country of the most malign slanders upon the Southern people. It seems safe to say that this unhappy business is at last at an end. The Southern people must have some feeliug of this kind, for all the intelligence which comes here from that section represents the aspect of business affairs as most hoDeful." The Detroit Free Press describes some of the startling incidents attending the destructive tornado which swept over that city last week as reported by telegraph. Its track was perhaps one hundred and fifty feet wide and within that limit nothing could resist its tremendous force. Houses were taken up high in air, shaken into fragments, and in many instances scattering over territory a mile in length. Indeed, flying pieces of timber were seen whirling aloft fully two miles from the place where the work of demolition began. Where one moment stood a row of substantial houses, the next witnessed a scene of devastation impossible to realize, with scarcely a vestige of the buildings in sight, so utterly were they swept off the face of the earth. Everywhere were heard cries of the wounded, whose bleeding and multilated bodies were pitiful to look upon. A boy was caught up and carried into the topmost branches of a tall elm, and he fell dead to the ground, a distauce of fifty feet. A little babe, seven months old, was found dead in the street. A widow had gone up town to visit her father, and, when she returned, her house was nowhere to be found. It had been carried bodily at least two hundred feet, torn to atoms, and scattered far and wide. Two horses were carried over a barn and Hung to the earth dead, and numerous smaller domestic animals were made to perform some most astonishing gyrations. Incident upon incident illustrating the pccu" ? 1?i ? ..~i Jiar action or me siorm-mouu are icmteu, and over fifty persons are reported seriously, if not fatally, injured. The diary of the proceedings of the I leecher jurors after being locked up, which Mr. Juryman Hull says he has nearly completed, ought to sell like hot cakes as soon as if. is giveu to the world. It is full of personal allusions, many of them humorous, and gives, among other things, a few of the discomforts experienced by twelve men locked up together. Smoking, eating, drinking, talking, sleeping, telling stories and playing a game called the "jury game," served to pass the time away pleasantly. Flate is said to have "jumped on the tables, Happed his arms and crowed like a rooster." Thyer sang comic songs and danced jigs, and was the life of the whole assemblage. In fact, Thyer seems to have been the jolliestof the twelve, always in a good humor and full of fun. There were walking matches and ruuning matches around the room, in which Mr. Jeffrey was the most athletic competitor. The only question in dispute throughout the eight days of the session was the veracity of the witnesses, and that was a matter in which individual opinion could alone have weight, and the difference of opinion seemed to be irreconcilable. The sessions for argument were not held at any regular hours, but frequently during the day and often during the night. One night, Mr. Hull thinks that at least every hour a ballot was taken. The jurors slept as well as they could in chairs, ou the table and under ! desks. One or two had mattresses sent them ; by their families. Everything during the i eight days was entirely harmonious, and a i number of the jurymen have formed personal I friendships which will be permanent. jibe fJtwMle tSmqutm. YOKKV I LI.K. S. C'.: ! THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15,1S75. | j How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name , i of the subscriber very plainly, give post-oflioe, ! ! county anil State in fiill, and semi the amount of ; I tli.-? uiihucrititimi Iiv draft or nost-oftiee inonov ! j order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. | Postage.?1The Enuuikkr is delivered free of j I postage to all subscribers residing in York conn- j I ty who receive the paper at post-offices within the ' j county ; and to all other subscribers the postage j is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no 1 matter where thev receive the paper, arc not lia[ ble for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office ] J here, without additional charge to the subscriber, i j Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address- I I label" shows the time to which the subscription is i j paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis- I I continued, the elate must be kept in advance. 1 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that i I onr terms for subscription, advertising and job- I ! work, are cash in advance ' CHAMRERLA1X AM) THE PARKER FRAUD, j ; The testimony of the witness, Ladd, in the j J Parker suit, would indicate that the sunt of! I S50,000 in coupons had been laid away for | Mr. Chamberlain; but to a question by the ! | Court the same witness said that he did not j ; know whether Mr. Chamberlain ever received \ i a dollar of the coupons ; and further, the wit- ' I ness was not aware that Mr. Chamberlain ; I knew anything about it; that Mr. Parker did ! not make any statement to the witness that ' Mr. Chamberlain was aware of the transac tion. In those days Mr. Chamberlain, our pres- { ent Governor, was certainly in very bad company; but the statements of the wituess i would seem to relieve him from auy responsi- j > - * :?!. .1 I [ onuy in connection wnti uiu siujcu wupun^ I The efforts at reform, which, with apparent ! sincerity, Governor Chamberlain has becti !: ! making ever since his inauguration, would 1 | lead us to hope?to believe?him innocent of j any complicity in the transaction ; aud our I belief is confirmed by the following extract j which the News and Courier produces from a I letter written by the Governor on the 11th of I last May, when the charge that Governor ! Chamberlain was mixed up with the coupon frauds had not been made. In the letter in question, Governor Chamberlaiu said : "The whole coupon business, for which Parker is now held, was new to me 'till last February. I never heard of such a transaction 'till then. Who were in it, I cannot tell, but I do know who is not." This statement leads us to infer that Governor Chamberlain , does not fear the most rigid examination of his past official conduct, or any acts of his while connected with the i Scott government. ?EX. PRESTON'S ORATION. The oration of Gen. Preston at the UniverI sity of Virginia on Thursday of last week, fell | like a wet blanket upou the auditory. His | effort resulted in disappointment, not only to his hearers, but the sentiments embodied in his address have been coldly received throughout the country?meeting only derision or condemnation from all parties. The burden of Gen. Preston's address was abusive invectives of the North, the Northern people and their institutions, which may be gathered from the following extracts: "Not space, or time, or the convenience of any human law, or the power of any human arm, can reconcile institutions for the turbulent fanatic of Plymouth Rock and the Godpraying Christian of Jamestown." The people of New England, according to Gen. Preston, are rotten in root and branch. "The Mayflower freight, under the laws of England, was heresy and crime; the Jamestown emigrant was an English freeman, loyal to his country and his God, with England's honor in his heart and English piety in his soul." The Pilgrim Fathers left England for "the lucre of traffic the Southern colonists "to obtain a more perfect law of liberty." The robes of Washington were "stolen and misfitted" on the shoulders of the elder Adams. ' The people of New England are "adverse to the principles of English constitutional liberty and of English religious freedom." And for Southerners to visit the North "is to crawl on our bellies to negro and New England temples, and at the outer gates pray them, not to give us back our happy homes, not to give us back our slaughtered children, not to give us hack our perfect liberty, but to let us be of1 them, that we, too, may celebrate at their altar I with warbled hymns and forced hallelujahs, and breathe for them ambrosial odors, our base and servile offerings." In this strain General Preston spoke to the | youth of the South at a time when nearly every heart was beating high at the approach J of a true peace and fraternal reeling between i the people of every section of the Union ; and it is not surprising, therefore, that even those j at whose invitation the address was delivered I regarded it as out of time and place. To such | an extent did tiws feeling prevail that the i more objectionable points were replied to by ' Governor Kemper, of Virginia, and Senator; Bayard, of Delaware, who took ground dia- i metrically opposed to Gen. Preston's position, [ and the "Star Spangled Banner" was afI terward played by the band for the first time i since I860, and received with tremendous en-' ! thusiasm. The Charleston iYews and Courier I comments upon the address quite severely,: ! closing with the following remarks : Gen. Preston is no longer a spokesman for I the people of this State. With a small class ! of equally sincere and equally unreasonable men his words will have some weight, because i thov exnre^s a stubbornly cherished opinion; | v but he, aiul such as he, however venerable or respectable, are no longer leaders in this land | of active purpose, high emprise and liberal 1 opinion. The men who control South Carolina, although their strength has never been : fully felt, are the men who were young when i the war began, and went into the army and j 6tayed there. Of the older men there were two classes: those who were physically unfitted for the marching and fasting of active service, and the much larger class who were first j in war?and first out of it. For those who were i really unable to do more than they did, there ! is the most kindly consideration. Their errors are not treated as crimes. For those who i promised more than they performed, there is ! indulgence and repose?as long as they re-! main in the rear. Neither class can mould i public opinion in this .State, or in any Southern State. Early in Virginia, Toombs in ; Georgia, Preston in South Carolina, cannot | arrest the march of events. The men who j fought through the war, and have grown up since the war, are not blinded by prejudice. They love the South devotedly; they honor , the Confederate dead. But they respect the brave men whom they met in battle on a hundred fields, and they see and know for themselves that there arc just as good Christians, just as gallant gentlemen, in the North as the South, and they cannot doubt that there are , fanatics in the South as in the North. WenI dell Phillips, in Massachusetts, is the complc-1 ment of John S. Preston in South Carolina It is best for the old leaders that they remait in honorable privacy. Their words, the wordi of 1860, are out of time and tune. This is on< country, this is one people. We know it, anc feel it. Surely, then, we should pity thosi who closed their eyes in the darkness befori the dawn, and waken not, though the light o the new day makes beautiful the land. Only a few years ago the oratiou of Gen Preston would have been accepted everywhere as proof conclusive that the South was unre concilcd and irreconcilable. It would hav< served as an excuse for vexatious legislation and as a pretext for insults and wrongs with out number. But we have changed all that TUrt n.iitlnn mill rrait f I a ail rr? I'i ao QTlfl milr amusement, but will do no harm. TRIBUTE TO THE LATE JOHN' II. ADAMS. Youkvillk, S. C., July 11, 1875. At a meeting of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Yorkville, held immediately after the close of the morning ser vices this day, J. M. Ross was called to the chair and J. F. Wallace requested to act as Secretary. The following preamble and resolutions, which had been previously adopted by the Session of the Church, were submitted and unanimously adopted : In the removal, according to His wise and sovereign providence, of brother and co-Elder John H. Adams, the Session, while submissive to the dispensation, deems it proper to place on record their tribute to his memory and worth. Mr. Adams was born of pious Presbyterian parentage, near Bethel, in York county, in flip v-pnr "1811 At. ahnnt. the ape of twenty one years, he connected himself with the Bethel Church, then under the pastoral care of the Rev. James S. Adams. In the year 1842, the Yorkville Presbyterian Church was organized, and his membership was transferred to the new church, his name standiug first on its roll of membership. On the 10th day of June, 1842, he was elected and ordained a deacon in this church, and in March, 1861, was elected and ordained as oue of its Ruling Elders, in place of John 8. Moore, deceased. During his long aud honorable connection with this church, his uniform piety well fitted him for the highest duties for which he had been set apart. Ilis life was one of remarkable purity. While suffering a full share of earthly crosses, a serene faith and trust in the wisdom aud justice of Him who chasteneth, seemed to sustain him. In the late years oi his life, a sufferer from disease, he was submissive aud resigned. In the last days of his illness, he bore abundant ttslimony to the supporting grace of God under his afflictions. He said frequently, on his death-bed, that he had lost sight of the world, and enioved the comforts of an unwa vering faith in the salvation of the Lord Jesus. In his public and private relations, he was firm in his convictions of right, and modest in maintaining them. His benevolence was large, and the worldly means acquired by a long life of industry, were used generously for the advancement of public and private charities. He passed serenely to the rest prepared for Christ's faithful followers, on July 3rd, 1865, being in the 64th year of his age. The followiug resolutions were adopted : 1. That in the loss from our councils of our beloved brother and co-Elder, John H. Adams, the Session lias suffered a bereavement, and that we deeply realize the solemn admonition to ourselves to be watchful and diligent in our Master's service. 2. That we commend his name, his faithful walk and pious example as worthy of remembrance, and that a blank page upon our ruinntnc inenrihpfl fr? Iiiq nomo On motion, it was unanimously adopted that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Yorkville Enquirer and the Southern Presbyterian. On motion, the meeting adjourned. J. M. ROSS, Chairman. J. F. Wallace, Secretary. TRIAL OF EX-TREASURER PARKER. At a special term of the Circuit Court for Richland county, convened in Columbia on the 6th instant, Judge Carpenter presiding, the case of the State vs. Niles G. Parker, extreasurer, was called. Attorney-General Melton, Jno. Wiugate and Col. Jas. H. Rion appeared for the State, and Melton & Clark, Bachman & Youmans, and S. L. Hoge for the defense. We compile from the Charleston News and Courier and the Columbia Phoenix the following proceedings had in tne trial: After the formation of the jury, consisting of five whites and seven blacks, which was effected with but slight opposition, AttorneyGeneral Melton opened for theState occupying the attention of the court for nearly two hours. His remarks were confined chiefly to an explanation of the nature of the different bonds issued by the State during and since the war, dwelling on the conversion bonds, and the nature of the frauds committed by Parker in this connection, and promising to show the court and jury, by the evidence, that Parker had appropriated over ?400,000 of unpaid coupons. A commission, containing the testimony of H. II. Kimptou, Dorley Randall and Clarence L. VanZandt, was read, after which the Court adjourned until 10 o'clock next day, (Wednesday.) On Wednesday the evidence for the State was opened, ex-Governor Scott being the first ? I 4 ? ? ?vl.. rtn'l ? ctons! A o a *v\ r? f WltllUSb |JlilUCU U|/U11 uiu OCC4U14. 4XO n/ limbters relating to the alleged frauds he could give no evidence, though on the nature and classes of State bonds and stocks generally he was very fluent. Treasurer Cardozo was the next witness called. The main point of his testimony was that after he commenced the funding process, he observed detached coupons coming in to be funded, and he wanted to verify the intererest account on the ledger, so he went into an examination and had the coupons counted, and found that they were over ?500,000 in excess of what they should be. He said also that he had no way of distinguishing among the coupons in the treasury vaults those that had been paid from those not paid. Mr. J. L. Little, bookkeeper in the treasury office during Parker's term, was next called. He testified that he had, at the instance of Parker, cancelled a large amount of coupons which had been turned over by Kimpton to Parker, and at about this time Parker had given him two packages, amouuting to nearly 6500,000, which he (Parker) took out of his private safe and told him to cancel and mark them "paid." The importance of this point is that the amount of coupons in these two packages taken from Parker's private safe, which were put in bundles and filed away in the treasury vault, and which arc produced in evidence, corresponds exactly with the interest account on the ledger marked "paid." The State claims that these coupons were the unpaid coupons sent back by Kimpton to Parker, and which he mixed up with the others, had cancelled and ordered to be entered ed as "paid," pocketing the money, amounting to nearly $.100,000. After hearing the evidence of Mr. Little, the court adjourned. On Thursday the trial was resumed with the cross examination of J. L. Little. The treasury books were put in as evidence, and the testimony of Little was mainly devoted to the explanation of the entries. The object of the defense in this was to prove that the aggregate of interest accruing, from 1868 to 1871 was largely in excess of the amount paid. The testimony was long and tedious, and proved nothing of importance. Henry L. Tappan, chief clerk in the treas urv office during Parker's term, was next called. His testimony was the clearest of any yet given, and brought out the following facts ; He knew of about $145,000 of conversion bonds being sent to Kimpton in December 1870; knew also of one package of coupons . being sent from Kimpton to Parker. The 1 i coupons Parker ordered hira not to cauc( 3 aud he (Parker) bad put them in his priva 3 safe. Did not know whether they were pa 1 or unpaid coupous. No one had access i Parker's safe except Parker. Knew th: 3 Parker owned three or four coupons, whi< f! were in a tin box where he kept private p I pers, but he did not know of his owning . large amount of coupons. Did not kno 3 anything of the fraud charged upon Parke - i Capt. James O. Ladd, the next witnes 3 was called, but could not be found. The a , torney-general requested that an attachmei -1 should issue, and the Judge instructed tl ! sheriff to arrest him aud keep him in custod I until morning. In consequence of the a! sence of this witness, the proceedings wei ' blocked, and the court adjourned until 1 ' : o'clock Friday morning. On Friday morning James 0. Ladd, tl i missing witness of Friday, who had been ca] . : tured, and produced in Court, was the fin . i witness called for the plaintiff, and his test k i mony proved to be the most interesting to tl: ' auditors and important to the State of an ' | that has been thus far produced. He wi I hook-kueper first, and then chief clerk in Pa , j ker's office, from November, 1868, till Janui >1 ry, 1871. The rule regarding coupons tin I had matured before the bonds to which the j were affixed were issued from the Treasur; ' was that such coupons should be detache and filed in the office. The witness state i that he had no business relations with Pa !; ker, other than those of an official characte ! 1 uu to 1871; knew nothing of his own know ! edge, or by Parker's admissions of Parker having abstracted over $450,000 of coupot: 1 from the Treasurer's office at any time. I May, 1873, while at the dinner table, talkin about defendant's proposed trip to Europ* 1 Parker turned from the table and opened h: ! safe and showed to witness packages whic Parker said coutaiued 8150,000 worth t coupons. There were five or six packagei each containing 825,000 worth of coupon ' excepting one, which contained 850,00( Parker told witness that he had got these coi pons at the final settlement in New York wit Kimpton ; that they were his part of $450 000 worth of coupons, which were distribute* as follows: Kimpton, 8150,000; R.K.Scot 850,000; J. L. Neagle, 850,000; Governo D. H. Chamberlain, 850,000, and Parkei S150.000. Witness stated that Parker sai at that time that he did not know that Goi , D. H. Chamberlain had ever received a cec of the coupons. In June or Julv. 1873. Parker went to El */ ' . rope. In May, 1874, witness had anothe conversation with Parker, which was abou the funding of the coupons ; witness wa asked to assist in funding some of them, an consented. Parker said that W. B. Gulicl Esq., would fund coupons for outside parties and asked witness to see him in that conne< tion, which witness did, by writing him fror Charleston. After this, witness had anothe conversation with Parker, in July, 1874, whe witness asked defendant what had been don about funding the coupons. Parker replia that Senator Y. J. P. Owens would fund thee for liira. The cross-examination of this witness d< veloped no new facts, the greater portion c it being in explanation of his own privat affairs as related to Parker. Judge Carpenter, after Captain Ladd ha left the stand, recalled him and wished hir to state again what Capt. Parker said abou the coupons that were to be divided amon Scott, Kiinpton, Neagleand Parker, but raor especially to Mr. Chamberlain. Capt. Lad again repeated that upon the occasion, and ii the conversation referred to, Parker said $50 000 had been set aside for D. H. Chambei lain, but he (Parker) did not believe Mi Chamberlain ever heard of it or received cent of it. The witness then stepped out. J. C. McKinney, chief clerk in theTreasi rer's office, was next examined. The coupon then exhibited to him were the same counte I u month n^n *n nc rundccl tor i J. P. Owens coupons as follows: 13th Jun< 11874.824.000: 16th Juue, 1874,8100,000 I 18th June, 1874, 848.001 ; 24th Juue, 187-i 8114,000?total, 8286,001. He had funde< for Y. J. P. Owens the coupons that were noi produced in Court. T. C. Dunn, Comptroller-general, testifie that the coupons identified by J. C. McKir ney were the same funded for V. J. P. Oweni Witness got them from the-Treasurer, an examined a part of these coupons personally He was one of a committee, consisting of hirr self, Nash, Meetze, Brayton, Humbert, Hayn and Whittemore. He then gave a classificf tion of these coupons, as made by this com mil tee, the total of which was 8285,000. Whil testifying in relation to another point, th Court adjourned until 10 A. M., Saturday. The proceedings of Saturday were opene with the following remarks by Attorney-Gen eral Melton : \To.. if nluooo tlio fVmrt. voatprrl.iv aftei noon, just before the session of the court clos ed, I was informed, very much to my surpris* that one of the jurors, Gen. Stolbrand, wa one of the sureties on Mr. Parker's bond a treasurer. That would have been sufficien ground, if it had been known, to have objec ted to the juror, because while I would no take the position in this case that a verdic against the defendant in this case would b conclusive against the bondsmen of the d< fendant, yet it makes at least a strong prim facie case against them, and has the effect c j placing Gen. Stolbrand iu a position where h j is compelled to sit in judgment upon his ow; j case. I was very glad to get Gen. Stolbran on the jury, as he is a clear-headed man, am j I hope your Honor will not understand m as attaching any blame upon him in the mal ter. I have taken occasion, however, to ir quire into this subject, and while I have nc seen the bond, yet I am assured that Gei Stolbrand's name is upon it. I am extrcmel anxious that all our laborious work in th: case shall not go for naught, and I am willin that the jury, as constituted, shall go on wit | it. I shall beg that the Court will enter upo | the minutes of the court my statement whic | I make here, which is that in the event of | verdict against the defendant, the State wi j not take proceedings against any of the bon | sureties, and I do this in order to relieve Gei i j Stolbrand of all embarrassment. Judge Carpenter ordered the statement t , he entered upon the minutes, and advise j Stolbrand that he was now placed in a pos j tion entirely relieved from all embarrassmen I Comptroller Dunn's testimony, which ha been partly heard on the previous day, wt i : resumed, and occupied nearly three hours i i a laborious examination of the general inte ' est account, as recorded in the treasurer's o j fiee, the most important points of which wei i j to show the correct statement of interest du I by the State up to November 1st, 1871; thf , ; there was not so large an amount of interei 11 due in that year as claimed by Parker ; an | that the books of the treasurer had bee i cooked up at the time the alleged steal wji committed in order to pave the way for th ' payment of the coupons at the treasury wliei ever the State should resume the payment c its interest. The prosecution hold that th 1 real debt was S150.U00, the interest flue 1 1871, while the defense claim that 8600,00 was the real debt. W. R. Jones, who had been a clerk in th i Secretary of State's office from April, 187( to April, 1873, was next examined, fie coul only give the dates as to when amounts c : different series were funded. Senator Y. J. P. Owens was next callet i but did not answer. The Attorney-Gener.' ? stated that he had issued a subpoena for M Owens since the 28th of June, and he was ai i sured he had received it. He merely wer , through the form of calling the witness fc I the purpose of showing the court that it wr not the intention of Mr. Owens to be presen Maj. W. R. Gulick was next called. II ; stated that he had received a letter from M ' J. 0. Ladd with reference to funding coupon : This was about June or July, 1874. He di i not fund any coupons for Mr. Ladd. He ha , a conversation about June or July, 1874, wit II Mr. Parker with reference to funding detachc se coupons. The conversation related to I :1, (witness*) funding some coupons, which Pai te | er said he held. He did not think that Pi id | ker gave him the amount of coupons he h to to fund. Parker told him that he had ma at: an arrangemeut with Senator Owens to do t ;h ; funding of those coupons for him. a- J T. M. Minton, T. S. Cavender, Hardy So a : mon, T. McC. Stewart, and J. G. Thomps w ! were next severally examined, which, how< ;r. | er, resulted in little else than to show tfc ?, i Parker was endeavoring to have coupe t- | funded and bonds traded ofF at various tim at j after the settlement with the financial agei le I and that in every instance Parker sought ly j keep himself out of sight. I)- i Governor Scott was recalled hy the Sta re j to answer a question as to the number of bon .0 he had signed. To this questiou he repli j that under the separate acts of the Genei ?e , Assembly, there were S3,700,000 in additi p- to the $500,000 which had been burned I st him. This S3,700,000 when taken frc ,i- ?9,514,000 gave the amount of conv< le i sion bonds be had signed. He further si y i ted that about a year ago he had receiv is i about $12,000 of consolidated bonds t'rc r- j Parker. These he had sold and had no raea i- ofstating their numbers, it AfterGovernor Scott had left the stand, y was again recalled, when the attnrney-genei y, said: "Governor Scott, a statement has be d made by Mr. Ladd that Mr. Parker told hii d in May, 1873, that $450,000 of coupons we r- taken in the settlement between the financi r, board and the financial agent. That tl 1- amount had been divided out. That 1 's (Parker) took 8150,000 of them ; that M is Kimptou ?ot $150,000; that Dr. Neagle g n $50,000 ofthem ; that $50,000 were turni g over to Mr. Kimpton for Mr. Chamberlai s, and that you got $50,000." Gov. Scott a is swered that he had never heard of the matt h until he had heard it a short time ago as if mere report. He positively knew nothing s, such a transaction. There was never an in s, raation to him that there was a division. I ). would scarcely have picked up the coupons l- he had seen them lying about the Statehous h He certainly had never received a dollar, at ,- when the time came he would account for e d ery dollar he ever had in coupons or bone t, On the conclusion of Gov. Scott's examin r tiou, the Court adjourned until Monday mor , ing, the prosecution reserving the right to i d troduce other witnesses, if it should be deei 7. ed necessary. 11 In consequence of the illness of Mr. C. 1 Melton, the leading counsel for the defem ,r there was no session of the Court on Mouda SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. (j ? A meeting was held in Charleston la c, week for the purpose of organizing a socie 3, for the prevention of cruelty to animals. ? Mr. M. L. Owens, of Ilock Hill, has bei n appointed United States Deputy Marshal f T the District of South Carolina, n e ?There was a mis-trial at the Newber d Court, on the 9th, in the case of Arthur j n Glover, charged with killing Wm. Gomilli* in Edgefield, two years ago. The jury co ' a f tnn ?nU?4/\ nri/1 fftA /?aIa*?0/I rYi O fl 3131CU U1 tcu YYUIkC DUU mu WIV16U luvui e ? A disease very fatal to hogs has appear* in Horry county. It attacks the full grov d animals rather than the young. One sym n torn is, that the hair, when touched, strips < lfc as upon a scalded surface. ? ?The warehouse of the Langley Mauufa turing Company, near Augusta, coutainii 1 300 bales of cotton and several huudred bal t. of manufactured goods, was struck by ligl r- ning on Wednesday of last week. Loss fro $25,000 to S30,000; no insurance. a ? The Ledger says that sixteen miles oftl railroad between Lancaster and Chester w; s be completed by the lsj, of August, and tl d cross-ties and trestle lumber ready to I . laid down. All ot tne contractors Have De< paid up to date and money still on hand. B few of the county bonds have yet been sol j Col. Gardner, with his corps of engineers, a lV engaged in locating the other end of the rou between C'beraw and Lancaster, d ?The Executive Committee of the Bar well Tax Union, at a meeting held on Mo j day, of last week, resolved to indict C. r Leslie, the notorious ex-Land Commission* t. From the Barnwell Sentinel we learn th e Col. T. J. Couuts, the President of the Unio i- was requested to make the necessary aflidav This he did, and the papers on which to iss' e the warrant were placed in the hands of Tri Justice Patterson. Now, therefore, is ti d right time for Leslie to returu to South Car lina and stand his trial, as he professes to ready to do. The Barnwell Tax Union al - appointed a committee of five to inquire ai s- report what county officers have given sul 5? cient official bonds; also what officials a 8 guilty of official misconduct. 1 MERE-MENTION. 't The grand jury of King's .county ha :t found bills of indictment against Price ai e Loader, the alleged perjurers in the Beech 5- trial. Reports of casualties by lightnii a in all parts of the country are more numero this summer than ever before. The e 0 ecutive committee of the Grangers ha * * i i P. _ j | agreed to move tneir neanquariers ire (1 Washington to Louisville, Ivy. The ne e National Grange will also be held at Lou ville. Baltimore lawyers are amazed the vigorous memory and lucid logic of Re 5 erdy Johnson, now in big 81st year. Plis ph y sical strengtli, too, seems to puzzle them. I is stood and argued a case in court for a whc g day last week without appearing fatigued h the least. It has just been discover n ; that Robert Dale Owen, the spiritualist, 1 j crazy, and he has been committed to a lunai U j asylum. In Westerville, Ohio, the pc d | ular indignation against a liquor-seller was i. | great that, all other attempts to oust him ha j ing failed, an attempt was made to blow i 0 j his house with gun powder. A clergyman . i implicated in this Guy Fawkes plot, and ni | j of the most prominent citizens have been i d dieted. Mrs. Franees Parke Butler, grac is j niece of Washington, and the nearest relati n of the "father of his country," died in Miss r*! sippi, last week, at the age of 78 years. ^ j At a business meeting of the members ie Plymouth Church, last week, it was resolv Lt! to increase Mr. Beecher's salary for the ye ! ~ ~ ~ mn rni LI. L: 3t ! 1870 to S1UU,UUU. inia is to euauit; uuu d pay the costs of his trial. The four Ow n county (Ivy.) prisoners, convicted of ku-klu 18 ing, have been sentenced to the Fraukfc penitentiary for terras varying from two three years. The Governor of Kara e has written a letter strongly urging the Gc n ernment to abandon the policy of dealing wi 0 the Indians through the medium of treaties, ' with nations. The famous race hori ^ : Lexington, died last Thursday in the 2(j J year of his age. He had been quite blind i )f the past 20 years, but at one time ranked ; king of the American turf. Preside 3, Grant now rejoices in the appellation of gran d pap, his daughter Nellie (Mrs. Sartoris)havii r* | given birth ou Sunday morning to a fine b lt weighing 103 pounds. The Atlantic Gi ,r ton Mills at Lawrence, Mass.,and the Salm is Falls Company of New Hampshire, have ea t. closed for two months. The former mill e e ploys 1,250 operatives, whose wages for t' r*, months would aggregate 880,000. tremenduous storm of rain, thunder and ligl ^ ning raged at Portland, Maiue.last Saturdu h ' injuring several buildings, among them fo :d i church edifices. bis LOG All AFFAIRS. rk- . ar- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ad C. E. Spencer, Plaintiff's Attorney?To the De. fendant L. H. Gwinn. JohnC. Kuykendal?Buckingham's Dye?Estabhe lished Beyond Doubt?Sea Foam?'Turnip Seed?Elixirs and Fluid Extracts?Lactoi peptine?Cheap Chewing Tobacco. I T. M. Dobson A Co.?New Goods?Shirting?AlOil atnance Checks?Gauze Shirts?Shoes al 5V- Cost?Miles' Shoes?Dress Goods?Ready. Made Clothing?Hardware?Hats and Bonnets?Groceries?Beef Tongue?Potomac ?ns I Shad. es, j Yorkville Furniture Store?Bureaux?Walnut . Safes?Bedsteads?Mattresses?Hat Racks? ' ' Bed Lounges?Greensboro Stoves, to i W. B. Steele?Fair Warning. I J. Ed. Jeffervs?Cotton Gins, Wagons, Ac. .i.. | H. F Adickes?Cadet Grav, Ac. I R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-SheViff's Sale. 08 ! M. Strauss?My whole Stock. ed j SPECIAL DEPUTY COLLECTOR. 0Q John T. Grist, Esq., has been appointed a by | Special Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, ira | for the Third Collection District of South ir* | Carolina, embracing the counties of Abbeville, j Anderson, Aiken, Chester, Edgefield, Fairj field, Greenville, Laurens, Lexington, Newng i berry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, Union and York. he RAIN?THE CROPS. During the continued rains of the latter en Q1 i part of the winter and in the early spring, the r0' I weatherwise predicted that we would have a al dry summer; but thus far in the season theii ns predictions have not been verified. This imhe mediate section, and throughout the county, ^r* instead of suffering from drought, has been visited with an abundance of rain?more, inn deed, than the farmers desired, could they n. have had their own preference?and the coner sequence is, that while grass may, in many a places, still contend for the mastery, and some damage has been done by the overflowing ol ^ low-grounds, yet the crops generally are in a very promising condition. Corn is looking !e remarkably well, and likewise cotton. Anid other gratifying fact we have learned from v- wheat threshers is that the wheat crop of the Is- county is larger than was that of last year. a- ? n- YORK MARBLE YARD. n- No artisan in our community is more deserviug of success, nor will any more surely reap the reward of talent and industry, than D* Mr. Frank Happerfield, the marble cutter in 3e> this place. Commencing some years ago in -y- a small, unpretentious way, he has, by the artistic productions of his cunning chisels, gained a reputation by no means confined to this locality. We have just inspected a monument for the grave of Mrs. Lizzie Neely Moore, deceased, wife of E. P. Moore, Esq., pn of Morgantou, N. C., designed and wrought or by Mr. Happerfield, which, in point of artistic style, cannot be exooiled. A strikiug feature ry of Mr. Happerfield's work is, that after carving a handsome tablet, shaft or monument, he 50 does not disfigure it with uncouth letters or D* disproportioned lines?a serious fault with a large majority of engravers?who seem to 5C* have no conception of the laws of symmetry "D as applied to the art of forming letters, and D" Imntt nlnncmn tn tho ooo * aiiaugiii? iiupo j/*t;?aoitig t\j ?*iw vj w. jff ? 8TKA.ii I;N(;I.NES. c. Gratifying evidenced of a progressive spirit 3g among our people meet us more frequently of eg receut years than formerly. The farmers are ,( . beginning to learn that there is true economy m in using improved and labor-saving agricultural implements, and a marked improvement ^ is shown on every farm where they have been jjj introduced. The steam engine is also beginning to take the place of animal power in the k propelling of agricultural machinery. This . ? luiivittvSvii w?i thv w i* ;1.? L~. ?w J 4>l?v 3n # ... ut mule will be fouud a decided improvement. ^ In this connection we mention that T. W. re Clawson, of this place, has lately put in opte eration a fine stationary engine, with which he runs a grist mill and other machinery; last week John Patrick was in town threshing with a machiue driven by a portable steam p* engine; and Daniel Carroll aud Thad. L. Carroll, living near town, have also recently >r ^ purchased a portable engine each for the purpose of increasing their facilities for expediting labor. ^ ROCK HILL ITEMS. From the Grange of last week, we extract I the following items of local interest: Mr. J. H. McFaddeu has informed us that while plowing his cotton, some ten days ago, go he noticed an insect which, upon examination, proved to be a species of grass-hopper. They were very small?not much larger than a re house-fly?and entirely unlike the common grass-hopper. They had totally destroyed several plants in their neighborhood. Mr. S. G. Keesler having taken the mai] ve contract between Rock Hill and Lancaster r)(j will carry, in connection with the mail, both er packages and passengers. For this purpos? Qg he has fitted up a handsome spring wagon ug which will leave Rock Hill every Thursday lX. morning and arrive at Lancaster the same ve evening, returning the next day. I[n Mr. J. A. Wiliiford was thrown from hie xt buggy on Saturday, while en route to a picj8> uic at Neely's Mill. The wheels passed ovei a? his right ankle and produced a serious frac!V. ture. y. Mr. McCorraick, who for two years has je filled the position of principal of the Rock (je Hill Academy, has tendered his resignation to jn the Trustees. ed CENTRE-CHURCH SCHOOL. is A public examination of the pupils of Miss tic Walsh's school, near Centre Church, in this >p. county, took place on Friday last, which was so quite creditable to both teacher and pupils, iv- evincing a system of careful and proper train* - - - - ? 1 x?-1 rpi up ing oy an eincieui, practical teacuer. lut is programme comprised the following exercises: ue Opening llymn and Scripture lesson, by the School. in- Prayer bv Dr. A. P. Campbell. ,j Instrumental and vocal music, compositions, and examinations in the different branches, alterve natolv. is- Compositions on the following subjects were read : 0c "The Best 1 can Do."?Miss Carrie Campbell. ? "Koine was not Built in a Day."?Miss Ida ed McKhvee. I "Tliero is no Place like Home."?Miss Lizzie Carroll. to "Winter Beauties."?Miss Rebecca Boyee. I "No Ono Lives to Himself Alone."?Miss Mole , lie Paris. ix- "Happiness."?Miss Laurie Fitchett. , I "Rain."?Miss Lizzie Jackson. >rt I "Winter."?Miss Sallie McElwce, to [ "Beauties of Nature."?Miss Maggie Campbell. iaa The subjects of the various compositions iV. I were well treated, and were marked for the ib practical thought and moral sentiment per as vading them. 3e,! The exercises closed with selections of rauth sic, in which, among others, Masters Tommie 'or a"d Hugh Jackson displayed remarkable as proficiency, considering their age and the nt short time they have been receiviug musical l(j. instruction. Qg oy | ? In the Superior Court at Raleigh, last it- week, an effort was made to indict the presidon ing Judge, Watts, on the allegation that he ch had taken a bribe from ex-sheriff Lee, indicted m- for embezzlement. The attempt failed, on no the ground of a prevailing opinion with the A I members of the bar, that the Judge could not it-1 be a party to taking proceedings against himty, J self. If there is any foundation for the charge, ur | it can be investigated only by a special court, I or through the process of impeachment. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Isaac Erwin, a worthy and respected citizen of Cleveland county, died on the 3rd instant, in the 80th year of his age. ' ?The Shelby Banner entered upon its fifth volume lust week. The Banner is ably conducted, and, we are pleased to learn, is in : a prosperous condition. ? On Monday of last week, the Long : Shoals paper mill of Messrs. Tidily & Broth. er9, in Lincoln county, was struck by light ning, though fortunately but little damage ^ was inflicted. V ? The Charlotte (Jbaervnr says: W. H. H. Houston, who has figured conspicuously in - that community for several years past, first as a large merchant, and next us a forger, is now i living in Illinois. , ?It appears that North Carolina furnishes i three-fourths of the dried blackberry crop of , this country?15,000 barrels out of 20,000 barrels raised. The crop of last year was ' worth half a million dollars to the State. ? One day last week lightning struck a telnnol near Tliiflfoiri and ran alnncr fho Cgld|iU fSWOb MV?4 M.WMg VMV ! wire to the depot in Shelby, striking nearly ?< . every post along the line, and tearing some of ! thera into fragments. ? The Shelby Banner learns that on Wed. nesday of last week, lightning struck and killed Miss Harriet Rippey, about a mile north of Shelby. The young lady's mother was stunned by the same shock. ? Ex-Sheriff Tim Leo of,Wake county, was tried last week in the Superior Court on the charge of embezzling county funds. In one . indictment the Solicitor entered a noi pros., , and in the other Lee was acquitted, p ? A white servant girl employed in the family of Dr. Piunix, of Lexington, attempted to , poison three members of the family?a young | man and two invalid children?by infusing poison into soup. Being detected, she con, fessed the act, and was allowed to depart in peace. ? The Lincoln Progress reports a destructive storm which visited King's Mountain, in Gaston county, recently. Mr. Falls was the greatest sufferer?his house having been blown off the foundation, and a fine field of wheat completely destroyed. ? The Cotton States Congress assembled in 1 the hall of the House of Representatives in i Raleigh last Tuesday. Gov. Brogden deliv1 ered a welcoming address, and T. H. Busbee extended the hospitalities of the city. On Wednesday night a banquet was served in i honor of the delegates. ; ? Applewhite, the last of the Robeson out1 laws, who was arrested in Goldsboro a short 1 time ago, has been fully identified and returned to the Columbus county jail at Whiteville, 1 from which he escaped about two years ago, while uuder sentence of death for murder. His arrest was effected by two colored policemen of Goldsboro, who received for the capture a reward of $5,000. ? The Raleigh New publishes the particulars of a horrible murder committed in Panther Branch township, Wake county, in February last, but which was not discovered until last week. On the evening of the 12th of the above month, Scott Partin, in company with his wife and child, left their house, Partin saying that they intended to go to Goldsboro. Partin having been seen in the neighborhood frequently afterward, but no satisfactory account having been given by him of his wife, suspicion was aroused and thorough search was made, resulting in finding the remains of thn mnrdnraA irnmin pnnmd !r>H in a SBRtnn not far from Partin's house. The body of the woman had been cut into 28 pieces and put in an empty guano bag, which the fiend bad endeavored to conceal by sinking in the , swamp., Only a portion of the child's.body , has been recovered. Great indignation exists in Wake and Johnston counties, and every exertion will be made to capture the murderer , and bring him to justice. ' editoriaiTinklings. Death of General Blair. Gen. Frank P. Blair died at midnight, last Thursday night, at his home in Saint : Louis, Mo., surrounded by his family and a few intimate friends. As the public know, 1 he had been in a precarious state of health > for several months, but under the blood trans fusing treatment he had begun to grow stronger, and was generally supposed to be steadily k improving. During a few days preceding His death he had taken frequent rides, and on the ' day of his demise, he walked down stairs. His death came suddenly, and notwithstand^ ing his low condition, was even unexpected. ? General Blair was noted for his fiery zeal 1 in any cause in which he was enguged, as also ' for his stubborn opposition to the powers of i reasoning or conviction. He was a politician ' of some note, and had served in various civil ! and military positions. His career in the late war is well remembered by our people. He 1 commanded the Fifteenth Corps, which, ac cording to Gen. Sherman's testimony, "always ' did its work well." The destruction of Fay etteville, N. C. was traced directly to orders given by Gen. Blair, and we see no propriety i in attempting to disguise the fact that the corps which he commanded?whether by his > own orders, or at the command of Gen. Sherman?contributed more largely than any other corps of the Union army to the incen i diarisra and destruction of property on the i line of march from Chattanooga to Savannah, i Charleston and Goldsboro, N. C. , At the conclusion of the war, Gen. Blair retired to his home in Missouri, and in 1868 i he was a candidate for Vice-President of the : United States on the Democratic ticket with ? ex-Governor Seymour. Shortly after his nomination, he published his famous "Broadi head letter," in which he denounced the reconstruction acts as unconstitutional and revi olutionary in their tendency, and promised * vigorous action for their overthrow, in the event of his election. This enunciation, while ' satisfactory to a majority of the white voters i of the South, was not well received by his own party of the North and West, and had the ** : effect to greatly weaken the Democratic tick| et in those sections. Notwithstanding the | bitter and relentless manner in which Gen. ! Blair conducted his part of the war on the i j South, he received a heavy vote from the very i J people who suffered most at his hands. i The Keely Motor, Again, j The Scientific American having recently I published an article indulging serious doubts i of the feasibility of the new motor premised i by Mr. Keely, that gentleman rises to explain i as follows, under date of Philadelphia, June 25th: | In view of a publication in the Scientific American, deriding me and my invention, I feel it to be my duty to depart from my intended policy of making no public declaration relative to my invention. I now publicly asI sert that I have produced the results which many persons have seen, in the precise mani ner heretofore stated?to wit, the introduction j of atmospheric air into my machine, a limited quantity of natural water direct from the hydrant at no greater than the ordinary hydrant pressure, aud the machine itself, which is sira> ply a mechanical structure. With these three II agents alone, unaided by any and every chera| ical compound, heat, electricity or galvanic