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,f top* m& Jactsi. Avoid standing before a fire-place, or where a current of air can strike you, during a thunder-storm, as nearly every casualty from that cause can be traced to something of the kind. According to the census of 1870, the ! conuty debts of the United States amounted to 8187,565,540, the city and town debts to $ >28,244,520, and the State debts to 8352,866,698?making in all the sum of 8868,676,758. There is talk in Western Texas of establishing a new State, provided the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Nueva Leon and Coahuila can be anuexed. San Antonio is the proposed capital. The Radicals are said to be in majority in Western Texas. Rev. James M. Henry, of Clarksville, Pike couuty, Mo., claims to have invented a Hying machine which can move through the air at the rate of 100 miles per hour. He has been working forty years on the problem, ami claims to bave solved it. The Riehmoud Enquirer says that Gen. John S. Preston's address before the alumni of the university of Virginia was, in many respects, remarkable for its billiancy and its bad taste; for its petulance and its pomposity ; for its intolerance and its treason. The Adams Express Company have notified Secretary Bristovv that they will not carry national bank notes after thirty days at the preseut rate of 25 cents per SI,000. Railroad robbers are becoming so numerous, that they consider the risk too great at that rate. The half-yearly report, up to July 1, of the New York Commissioners of Emmigrati'>n, which was made recently, shows a decrease of immigration during the first six mouths of this year, in comparison with that of the same period in 1874, of 23,662. A New Orleans man claims to have invented a process by which cotton can be manufactured into silk. He has gone to France to introduce his iuventiou to the silk manufacturers, aud its adoption, it is predicted, will largely increase the consumption of cotton. The Cotton States Congress, receutly in session at Raleigh, made a sensible recommendation to planters: To raise their own provisions. It is now well demonstrated that no planter can buy his corn and meat and keep out of the hands of the sheriff. Beecher's paper the Christian Union, has lost 30,000 subscribers, it is said, through the sad conduct of the reverend editor. Few men can run a religious family newspaper and a horrible scandal at one and the same time successfully. Even a "Life of Christ" must suffer, under the circumstances. A bale of new cotton was received at New Orleans on Wednesday of last week, from St. Landry Parish, La. It was classed middling fair to fair, new classification, weighed four hundred pounds,and was sold at tweuty-five cents per pound. The first receipt of Louisiana cotton last year was ou August 12th. The official report of the Beecher trial occupies three volumes, with an aggregate of 2.750 pages, all taken down in short hand. Four stenographers were employed on the case, with eight assistants to aid them iu wri ting out, ana two omer writers io maae summaries and put in the flourishes. Fred. Douglass, in a Fourth of July address at Hilsdale, Pa., advised his race to cultivate independence." The cultivation of independence is well enough, but they should not make it a specialty. They should reserve a mere garden-spot for independence, aud devote the far greater amount of the acreage to the cultivation of corn, cotton, and cabbage. One of the largest manufacturing institutions in the country?the Atlantic Cotton Mills ofLawrence, Massachusetts?closed recently ; 1,250 operatives were thrown out of work, and will lose at least 880,000 in wages. The reason, according to the Chicago Tribune, is a surplus of manufactured goods which cannot be sold abroad. A letter to the Baltimore American contains the information, that the grass-hop pers have made their appearance near Mountain View, Frederick county, Maryland, where on one farm the writer had found them swarming the wheat field, where they had destroyed every blade of the grain, having also devoured the clover and rye in adjacent enclosures. Near Atlanta, Ga., last fall, a negro < ?- --? p?l.. 1)11111 a COOp, SIX ieei uy stveu, luiu nruiuii no put a dozen partridges, the ground being first covered with grass. During the winter they thrived, in the spring they mated, laid eggs, and hatched out several broods of young, and the negro now has about sixty young partridges, all doing well. They are tame, healthy, and seem to be contented. It rained at Savannah on the 5th. The I Jasper Greens, of the Georgia militia, in danger of getting wet, were invited to take shelter at the barracks of the United States soldiers. The Greens gratefully sought the proffered cover. After the shower, the United States Troops saluted the Georgia boys, and the Georgia boys saluted the United i States troops. And thus was the bloody chasm again closed up. The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal j church, south, have just decided that the sale of intoxicating liquors by the large or small j quantity, where there is a reasonable pre- j sumptiou that they are to be used as a bever- j age, is a violation of the rule requiring the j avoidance of the appearance of evil and the i doing of harm. The Augusta conference, i therefore, calls upon the members of the ! Methodist church to separate themselves from this traffic and requests pastors of the different churches to "judiciously yet firmly" enforce 1 the ruling of the bishops. ThePostoffice Department has adopted a new design for postal cards, prepared at the printing Department of the Treasury. On the upper left hand corner is the raouograra j U. S., ccross which, in a scroll, are the words 1 "Postal Card." On the upper right-hand corner is the stamp, nearly square, instead of elliptical, the sides of the stamp being com-! nosed of fasces and the top and bottom of band scrolls, the top one having the. legend I "U. S. Postage," the lower one, "One Cent." i In the centre of the stamp is the profile of the ! Goddess of Liberty. It will be printed in! black upon cardboard of the Eau de Nile color, and will soon be ready for issue. A young gentleman of Baltimore, unmindful of the fate of Icarus, has invented a j Hying machine in which he proposes to cross j the ocean during the present summer. The machine appears to be a combination of the bal- j loon, the wind-mill and steam-launch. The voyager rides in a boat containing a small steam engine, which is used for moving the "wings" of the balloon and steering it through ! the air. The boat is attached to the flying machine with a rope, and thus is drawn through the water. It is said that Mr. G. W. flail (of the firm of Gail & Ax, tobacco dealers,) will furnish the inventor, Mr. Schroder, with the money to build one of these flying ; machines, and the contract for the same has already beeu giyeu out. Dun, Barlow & Co.'s mercantile agency, | in their circular just issued, announce the ! total number of failures throughout the country for the past six months to have been i:_? 474 QJft . ii.tW I, Willi imillUlltrs aiuuiiutitig kvs vi^iviv, 869. Of these failures Maryland furnished 08, with liabilities aggregating 81,098,135; j Virginia and West Virginia 103, liabilities 81,383,684; District of Columbia 9, liabilities 858,100; Delaware 14, liabilities 8124,500. This is considerably less than the average of the previous four years. Though the expectations whiph were indulged at the beginning of the year as to a general revival of business have not been fulfilled, the circular takes a cheerful view of the future. Reports from all the chief centres of trade indicate much that is encouraging. A Npw York corespondent tells the followiugstory about female smuggling. The Custom house inspectors lately noticed a lady on one of the English steamers who appeared much overdressed. She was one solid mass of furbelows and frills, and over her elegant black silk costume she wore an India shawl, which completely enveloped her person. She was stopped and escorted into the searcher's room, where the female in attendance j "went through her," and was rewarded by ; finding on her person more than 85,000 worth i of jewels, laces and gloves. The gloves were; found sewed up in the inside lining of her bustle, and the lace inside a large braid of false hair which she wore. Her undergarments were all made to contain various articles, even her corsets being made to do service in cheating Uncle Sam. The guilty woman cried bitterly. She is a lady well connected, and was allowed to go free upon payment of the sum total due the government. ?hc fJorfeviUe (fruquim. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1875. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-oflice, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money j order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Kn^uirkr is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where thev receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being propaiu at the post-office here, withoutadditional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?1The dateon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the (late must he kept in advance. Cash.?It must bo distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job work, arecasn in advance THE PARKER CASE. The case of the State vs. Parker, which has been on trial before Judge Carpenter in Columbia for qoore than a week, was closed at 5 o'clock on Monday last, at which hour the Judge finished his charge and the jury retired. At 10 o'clock on that night, the jury gave notice that they had agreed upon a verdict, but it was 11 o'clock before everything was in readiness to receive it, which was rendered as follows : "We find for the plaintiff in the ' sum of seveuty-five thousand dollars." Mr. j1 Youmaus, counsel for the defendant, excepted j ( to the verdict and gave notice of a raotiou for 1 ( a [Jew ti mi, Although we doubt if tho above sura, or even a much smaller amount, could be col- 1 lected from Parker, and while, by some technicality of the law he may eventually be re- 1 leased, yet we confess to an agreeable surprise 1 at the result of this case, and do not despair 1 of the good time coming when our State Gov- 1 eminent may be rid of thieves, and that those who occupy positions of public trust may be made to know and feel that they can no longer ' rob and plunder the people with impunity, j The conviction of a Republican office-holder , before a Republican Judge, the case proseeu- i ted by a Republican Attorney-General, and a < majority, if not all the jury Republicans, has ' taught this important fact, aud the lesson will ' not be without its salutary effects. Attorney-General Melton was but in the , discharge of his duty as a public officer in i conducting the prosecution, yet he is entitled I to the thanks of the people for the bold and j fearless position he took in the very incipiency of this trial, and the skillful manner in j which he conducted it to the close. It is , generally known that just prior to his arrest, j Parker was making arrangements to leave I the State for parts unknown, which fact being I made known to the Attorney-General, that ' officer caused his arrest to be made in auother case, by which he could be held long enough ' to allow time for the preparation of the ne- i cessary papers in the case which has just been i tried. The Attorney-General was ably assist- i ed in conducting the prosecution by James | H. Rion, Esq., of Winusboro. The Attorney-General's argument lasted six hours, and being the closing argument for the State was heard by an immense crowd of j listeners, all of whom pronounce it a masterly effort, and a complete expose of the frauds j charged upon the defendant. He spoke first j of the plunderers of the Republican party, who had come from the victorious Union j array as a baud of robbers to rob the dead i and dying people of this prostrate State. He | spoke of the disintegration of the Republican j party, owing to the corrupt men who had been | put in office, and who claimed to represent that party, but argued that the principles of the party, when justly administered, are such I as to conserve the best interest of all the peo- | . ^ /* .1 11 pie to rid the fttate ot tnese roooers, or wnora the defendant is a fitting representative. Af- j ter alluding to the attack of defendant's counsel upon the press, which the speaker thought had beeu remarkably lenient with the defendant, he then made a long and exhaustive ar- i gument upon all the importaut points involved | in the case. The charge of Judge Carpenter is spoken of as a fair and impartial statement of the case, enforcing the general principal that if j the jury found by the evidence that the cou-1, pons had been paid and sent down by Kimp-; ( ton to Parker, and those coupons were the same missing ones, that Parker was responsi- j; hie for the whole amount claimed by the State. ( The fact that they were divided among other \ parties made no difference. The next case against Parker, for alleged1 misappropriation of moneys belonging to the Sinking Fund, is also set for hearing this , j week. - -*> THE BEECIIER BUSINESS. Since the conclusion of the great trial, Beecher has been the recipient of very many marked attentions by his congregation as well as ministers of other denominations. His salary, as pastor of Plymouth Church, has been ostensibly raised from $20,000 to $100,000 for the present year, though this action is merely a plan resorted to by his flock for the purpose of raising funds to defray the expen-! ses of the trial. In support of the resolution raising the above sum, Fletcher Raymond, who introduced it to the meeting, said tho congregation must stand by their pastor in , this crisis, as the reputation of their wives and daughters was at stako?a proposition that can hardly be contradicted. And even with the sustaining influence of Plymouth Church, Mr. Beecher's innocence is not clearly established, though Tilton may have failed to es-, tablish his guilt. By the way, according to a mass of information on the subject, invited by the New York Herald, from every State in the Union, it seems that the faith in Beecher's innocence is stronger in South Carolina than among the various classes consulted in any other State. Among the side issues to the case, the most importaut is the action for slander brought' by Beecher against Frank Moulton. Moulton is clamorous for the trial to take place, while it is quite probable that the plaintiff will do all in his power to stave it off. Moul-1 ton says that either he or Beecher is guilty of perjury, and when this slander case is tried that fact can be determined, and the guilty one must be punished. The Woman's Journal is authority for the \ staterueut that Mrs. Tilton is about to insti- ! tute a suit for divorce, though the story is j contradicted by another to the effect that Miss j Florence, the eldest daughter of the estranged ' couple, is making an effort to reconcile her j parents to live together again. A CAROLINA KU-KLUX MADE PH. D. Under the above beading, the Charleston j, Nexus and Courier publishes a racy and read* ! able letter from J. A. Leland, formerly Princi- j i pal of Laurens Female College, who details ' scenes through which he passed within the j last few days at Williams College in the Berk- i shire Hills of Massachusetts. In 1834, Major | ( Leland was a student in the above institu- I tion; but when the old South Carolina Col- | lege was reorganized, he was transferred to |1 that seat of learning, from which he graduated, and for the first time in forty-oue years he visited Williams College ou the occa- ( sion of the recent commencement exercises, | where, he writes: ".Never have I been so j much cheered with kindly sympathies and ( hearty greetings since those 'levees' I used to j hold in the old jail in Columbia for the reception of some of the best ladies and geutlemeu of that place, during my four-weeks sojourn there as a ku-klux prisoner. The ladies of Columbia never allowed me to eat one morsel of jail food the whole time I was with them, and these Massachusetts sympathizers anticipated all my hotel aud cigar bills, and even the hack hire to all the famous places in 1 the viciuity, including the famous Hoosae Tunnel. As to their public reception, and the enthusiastic greeting accorded me, ray ' modesty will not permit me to write. I must * content myself by sending you one of the shortest aud most moderate of the many ac- J counts in this land of newspapers. It is taken 1 from the correspondence of the Troy Daily Times of the 8th instant, and is as follows: 'Cyrus W. Field, Horace Briggs, of Buffa- ^ lo, and John A. Leland, of Charleston, S. C., were elected members of the Society of Alum- 1 ni. One of the most noticeable features of the i meeting was the election of Mr. Leland. He ( was a member of the class of 1836, but did not graduate. He announced himself as an old South Carolinian and a rebel, but in a speech full of humor and pathos, renewed his 1 old loyalty to the Union and to Williams 1 College. Speeches were also made by ex-Goveruor Washburn and David Dudley Field, j Mr. Leland, as representing the South and : the restored Union, was received with great . enthusiasm.' " A rasolution was adopted that the soldiers and scholars of Williams College extend their cordial sympathy to the people of the South, after which speeches were made by ex-Governor Washburn and others. Of Governor Washburn's speech Major Leland says : "Iu a glowing speech which I cannot attempt to analyse, heexhibited more liberality, 1 generosity and sympathy toward the South 1 than any other speaker. In her present abnormal condition, he congratulated South ( Carolina on having such a man as Governor { Chamberlain at the helm of the State ; paid a . very high tribute to his statesmanship and art/1 nnrlnroD/l Vila intorr. .imwuguiaiicu auuiij j ?*ii V4 vuuvmovu u(w .uw0 rity of character and moral worth to the full3st extent. In a private conversation after- ? ward, I thanked him for his speech, and said that the commendation he had bestowed on the private character of Gov. Chamberlain Fully compensated for all the dust I had inhaled in making this July trip to this distant point. That we all acknowledged his eminent ability and rejoiced in his fearlessness and nerve in the administration of the tangled affairs of our State ; but were somewhat hesitating as to the extent of confidence we could place in the man. That from his past political associations we were often restrained by the old adage: Timeo Danaos, et dona ferentes. He replied that he had known him from his youth up to the preseut; that he was professor at the law school at Yale when he was a student, and that he did not know a public man of higher integrity of character, or of more honesty of purpose. That the Ethiopian would change his skin and the leopard his spots sooner than Daniel H. Chamberlain would violate a public pledge, or act a double part for his own private end--; and I may add that these sentiments have been uniformly repeated by all the literary associates of Gov. Chamberlain with whom I have chanced to meet. God knows that I have felt, and feel now, no inclination to blarney Governor Chamberlain or any of the Radical party of South Carolina, but I put the above on record as'an act of simple justice to our Governor, and with the sincere hope that the statement may strenguieu nis nanns in carrying urn those measures of reform for which we al* ! ready owe him much, and that it may increase ' the confidence of my Conservative fellow- s citizens in D. H. Chamberlain as a man." Major Leland closes his letter by saying i that he has "seen and felt this real tidal wave ' of a genuine reconstruction, this ground swell ' of the popular heart, from Maine to Texas. ' The people arc rising in their majesty, and ' those political contrivances for party macbin- ' ery, those petty and vulgar tyrannies for mere < party ends, must cease. This great country will shake them off 'like dew drops from the * lion's mane.' So mote it be." < THE HATCHET BURIED IN MEMPHIS. > The Memphis Appeal contains an extended 1 account of the celebration of the Fourth of i July, in which ex-Coufederate Generals, < Forrest and Pillow figure quite prominently in proceedings conducted by the Pole Bear- 1 era, a colored organization of Memphis. In 1 response to invitations, Generals Forrest and s Pillow, and other prominent geutlemen, at- i tended aud delivered addresses pertinent to < the occasion, and full of the spirit of harmony j t J ? ? -v i ...?/.?? tl'A ItnA Pd/ino rionatinl I 1 UUU punuu UUIWCCU tllC IUU iUtti}, vj< ui J Forrest was the recipient of a boquet as a to- ] ken of reconciliation, and the following is an J account of the presentation proceedings, as i reported by the Appeal: President Ilenley, of the Society, addressing Gen. Forrest, said : "Gen. Forrest, allow ( mc to introduce to you Miss Lou Lewis, who, :( as the representative of the colored ladies, will ! present you with a bouquet to assure you of t the sincerity they eutertain for the objects of: ^ this occasion [cheers] and as an offering of i peace." Mies Lou Lewis then advanced to where ! { Gen. Forrest was standing and presented the 1 bouquet with the following remarks: "Mr. Forrest, allow me to present you this j j bouquet as a token of reconciliation and an ! j offering of peace and good will." [Applause.] j f Gen. Forrest received the bouquet, and in , response said that for the past twelve years he ' had been misunderstood by the colored race, j' This was the first opportunity he had had ! J during that time to say that lie was their I friend. He added : "I will say to you and to the colored race j that the men who bore arms and followed the } flag of the Confederacy are, with very few ex- [ ceptions, your friends. I have an opportuni* i1 ty of saying what I have always felt?that I i am your friend, for my interests are your in-. 1 terests, aud your interests are my interests. I < We were boru on the same soil, breathe the j same air, and live in the same laud. Why, ( then, can we not live as brothers ? I will say j that when the war broke out I felt it my duty . to stand by my people. When the time came I did the best I could, and I don't believe I , flickered. I came here with the jeers of some :? white people, who think that I am doiug, i wrong. I believe that I can exert some influence, and do much to assist the people in <j strengthening fraternal relations, and shall do ^ all in my power to briug about peace. It has j always been my motto to elevate every man? depress none. [Applause.] I want to elevate you to take positions in law offices, in stores, on farms and wherever you are capable of go- t ing. I have not said anything about politics e to-day. I don't propose to say anything about j, politics. You have a right to elect whom you v please ; vote for the man you think best, and I think, when that is done, that you and I c are freemen. Do as you consider right and houest in electing men for office. I did not j 1' come here to make you a long speech, although i I invited to do so by you. I am not much of j g a speaker, and my business prevented me from ' p preparing myself. I came to meet you as j friends, and welcome you to the white people. I want you to come nearer to us. When I can serve you I will do so. We have but 0 one flag, one country ; let us stand together. I We may differ in color, but not in sentiment, c Use your best judgment in selecting men for k rcffW RnH vote as vnn think ri^ht. Manv t things have been said about me which are X wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can *contradict. I have been in the heat of battle fi when colored men asked me to protect them, q I have placed myself between them and the c bullets of my men, and told them they should 0 be kept unharmed. Go to work, be indus trious, live honestly and act truly, and when you are oppressed I'll come to your relief. I , thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for this op- 81 portunity you have afforded me to be with 1 you, and to assure you that I am with you in g heart and in hand." [Prolonged applause.] 1 f( SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ^ ? Mr. C. V. Carrington, for many years con- ^ cected with the Greenville Railroad, died in Solumbia on Thursday last. ? The Rev. T. H. Pope, for many years T pastor of the Baptist Church at Greenwood, iied in that town on the 8th instant. ti ? The colored soldiers who served in the de- b inrtment nf Smith Carolina durincr the war. t! propose to form a veteran association. a ? Capt. John B. Cousart, Messrs. J. T. B. fi Jauthen, Eli D. Crockett and John Steele, of a Lancaster, died last week. d ? The agricultural department at Washing- p ;on has taken measures to stock Broad river tl ,vith shad, having placed 90,000 spawn in w ,hat river last week. tl ? Mrs. James Latta, a native of Pendleton, tl ind wife of James Latta, deceased, died at d ,he MLghany Springs, Va., ou Wednesday of ri ast week. a ? The Union Times calls attention to the p 'act that wherever the demand is made, trial F ustices are required by law to furnish an o temized bill of any costs they may claim. o ? The old city waterworks of Columbia, are p ulvertised to be sold by the Sheriff of Rich- C and county, at the suit of the Carolina Naaonal Bank. A ? An election will be held in Fairfield Ci :ounty on the 24th of August for a Sheriff to S ill the unexpired term of L. W. Duvall, a vhose resignation was accepted at the last lerra of the circuit court. tl ? Last week, J. P. F. Camp, the defaulting t1 ? m rt/i i Pi Jounty Treasurer or spartanourg, was carried ;o Newberry, and by Judge Moses admitted ,o bail on his giving security in the sum of V >ne thousand dollars. 9 ?At the last regular meeting of the Marion ir iteara fire company, of Charleston, they re- i' lolved unanimously to visit Philadelphia dur- C( ng the ceutennial, and appointed a commit- ^ ee of seven to perfect arrangements to that gj md. b ? In the United States Court, Charleston, last ^ veek, John S. Aucrum, colored, tried on an in- w lictment to attempt to vote under a fictitious js lame, was convicted and sentenced to pay a 'j ine of $1000 and be imprisoned two months n jail. T ? The Abbeville Medium advises the people >f the State to appoint their own Commission- C1 ir to the Centennial Exposition, and says it P linnlrl Ka thp rtuf.v <?f ftVArv onnntv in the state to contribute something to the general C( jollection. P ? The war between the rival towns of Barnveil and Blackville has been again renewed. ^ Ju the 14th Judge Maher granted a manda- c nus to compel the county officers, who had previously removed the records to Blackville, ^ :o return to Barnwell; whereupon the Blackirillians appealed to the Supreme Court. ? The Grange mentions that the Rock Hill n Manufacturing and Industrial Association, e with a limited capital of one hundred thous- ti tnd dollars, has been chartered by the clerk a if the court. This company was the original . Building aud Loan Association to which the Legislature refused a charter at its last session. a ? It is stated that Barnwell county has a S genuine case of Siamese twins. A woman in ^ fl that county recently gave birth to two chil- . iren who are joined together by a ligature rery closely resembling that which united the H oodies of Chang and Eng. At last accounts, ft die twins were alive and doing "a3 well as ir jould be expected." '*< ? Collector Carpenter, of the third South T Carolina District, reports to the internal rev- | ;nuc department the recent capture of hve il- o icit distillers, the seizure of four distilleries, n ind the destruction of one still. He says that ti within forty days he has seized fifteen distille- ti "ies, captured ten men and destroyed a large 1 juautity of illicit whisky. ? Mrs. Jane T. Butler, relict of the late Dr. Wm. Butler, died in Greenville on Sunday of ast week. The deceased was in the seventyiixth year of her age, and had been a sufferer 'or many years. She was the mother of sixteen c, jhildren, eightof whom are now living, among tl ,hem Gen. M. C. Butler and G'apt. 0. N. But- 111 er. She was the sister of Commodore Oliver ? H. Perry, who won the famous battle on Lake ^ Brie- t, NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. c ? The Shelby Banner says the heavy rains )f the past ten days have done considerable tj lamage through that section. w ? The United States troops heretofore sta- ei ,ioned at Marion have been removed to Mor- s( janton. f( ? . j II ? Lzekiel Alexander, an esteemeci citizen i ; 61 )f Mecklenburg county, fell dead on the 15th tj nstant, while engaged in threshing wheat. j f ? Mr. Randolph W. Hill, son of Gen. D. j ft R. Hill, sailed on Saturday from Wilmington ' e< .'or an ocean voyage to Liverpool, Glasgow a tnd other points for his health. j j> ? The Lincoln Progress says that A. P. j | lihyue & Co. are erecting a cotton factory on Dutchman creek in Gaston county, and that ft die work is progressing as rapidly as possible, tl ? The railroad bridge across Buffalo is now tl in condition for trains to pass over it safely,' ^ ind within three weeks it is expected the ^ railroad will be completed to Shelby. ? The Shelby Aurora says that T. P. Wells g has one of the finest vineyards in the State, tl :ontaining over one hundred varieties of S grapes. He expects to make ten or twelve ?' thousand gallons of wine this year. 11 ? Cadet Mark Bridgers, son of Hon. R. R. Bridgers, of Wilmington, died suddenly at t] Annapolis, Maryland, on Saturday morning \ af last week. He was just sixteen years of c tge, and was an unusually promising lad. j o ? The grand jury of Wake county have inlicted the officers of the Richmond and Dandlle Railroad, for changing the gauge of the ^orth Carolina Central Road, in violation of he act of the last General Assembly. j ? Mr. Johnstone Jones is again in the edi- ( orial chair, having taken control of the Raligh Sentinel, which he will conduct until after he election, Mr. Turner having temporarily 1 withdrawn from the paper on account of his andidacy for the Convention. ? Rev. B. Craven, President of Trinity Col- ' ege, who wa9 nominated by the Democrats of 1 landolph, for the Convention, declines on the I ;round that politics is incompatible with the irofession of a minister of the gospel. M. S. iobins has been nominated in his stead. e ? John Hall made an attempt on Saturday t flast week, with two men named Gregg and soon, to rescue his brother, \V. H. Hall, a ? onderaned prisoner in Asheville jail, but was p illed by the guard, who were on the lookout, r t is rumored that Boon was wounded. ? Joseph Beckley, who drugged Mr. James 5oyd, of Chester, S. C., in Charlotte, Jast v ill, and then robbed him, and who subse- D uently removed his case to Cabarrus, was 0 onvicted at the recent terra of court in Con- y ord, and sentenced to ten years' hard labor n 1 the penitentiary. 8 ? The Cotton States Congress, after a ses- ^ ion in Raleigh of three days, adjourned on D 'hursday last. Col. D. E. Butler, of Georia, was elected president; Col. J. D. White>rd, of North Carolina, secretary; R. M. j, ,im9. of South Carolina, treasurer. Nash fl ille was selected as the uext place of meet- ^ 1g> 1 EDITORIAL INKLINGS. b he Postage Law in Court. p A curious case, involving the constitu- c onality of the amended postage law has been is rought in the Uuited States Circuit Court for o le district of New York. A gentleman offers b book for mail transmission to Philadelphia s om that city, postage at the old rates being C ffixed. Being refused, he applies for a man* t< amus to compel the postmaster to receive the ackage. The argument of the applicant is mt the sundry civil appropriation bill into r hieh the amendment increasing the rate on g: lird class mail matter was inserted, was not ie bill for raising revenue ; that amendment id not provide ways and means for raising g evenue; that the Senate has no constitutional q nthnrit.tr to rirnvidfi man auras fnr that rmr- r ose; that being the sole prerogative of the g louse, and the postal amendment having riginated with the Senate aud been grafted g n the bill which was not oue for revenue t: urposes, is unconstitutional, rop Reports for July. ^ The July returns to the Department of ij Lgriculture show an improvement of the otton crop during June in all the cotton tates, except Texas. The State averages are s follows: 8 North Carolina, 95, an improvement of iree per cent.; South Carolina, 99, improved kvo per cent.; Georgia, 97, improved six per " ent.; Florida, 101, improved seven per cent.; d Jabama, 102, improved one per cent.; Mis- t< ssippi, 103, improved three per cent.; a Louisiana, 103, improved ten per cent.; Texas, c 3, declined three per cent.; Arkansas, 104, ^ nproved fourteen per cent.; Tennessee, 109, nproved ten per cent. Some portions of the n otton area were effected with drought, which, n owever, was less injurious to cotton than to fi ther crops. Its injuries were mostly corapen* a ited by the opportunity it afforded for the e etter working of other crops. In Texas cut 'orms, cotton caterpillars aud grasshoppers . ere injurious in some localities. A few dated reports also mention cotton lice, but t lsect depredations so far have not affected t le crop to any extent worth estimating. r lie Necro Problem. The Chattanooga Commercial depre- a ates the course of a portion of the Southern h ress in advising the colored population to p migrate westward, and argues that such a ii 3urse is unchristian, and impossible. The ii resence of the colored race in our climate, c le Commercial contends, is inevitable, and b ie sooner their moral, intellectual and physi- p al condition is improved, by properly instiJted measures, the better. The Commercial S jrther remarks: "The part of wisdom, then, is to foster and J ncourage self-reliance, steady labor, frugality h nd all other virtues among the race. And o less should we see that it is enlightened and levated in the scale of humanity. Such _ reatmeut iusures not alone more intelligence, * nd therefore more intelligent labor, but re- t, loves the danger that always threatens free g istitutions where the voter is sunk in igno- ? ance. D "Upon this subject the press of Tennessee is ^ unit. We are far in advance of any other tate in the South?and of many in the forth?iu our Christianity, as exemplified in 8 ie treatment the ex-slave has received from t ur people. The most industrious, enlightened h nd deserving colored men in the State feel a nd appreciate this, and are opposed to the c jolish emigration scnemes, wnicn are ueiuier lore nor less than small speculations of raillads aud their agents." 0 he North and the South. 8 The New York Heriild closes an article ' n the Fourth of July with the following re- 1 tarks bearing upon the relations existing be- a ,veen the North and the South and the atti- ^ ide of each section during the rebellions of ^ 776 and 1861: r "It has of late been customary, to express a n ish that the centeunial, with its preliminaes, may restore the old fraternal sentiments n etween the South and North. Such senti- g lents are wise and timely, and they are cer- s' tin to gain strength with the approach of the ? sntenuial festivities. But we apprehend that le repeaters of this wish or this advice see P 3 yet only a part of the strength of their case, j f1 t is not merely that Massachusetts and South ! j( Carolina stood side by side in '76, powerful as j '* lis appeal to early recollections is and ought j Jj ) be. The strong point is?and before trie 11 lose of the centennial year the North will C( cknowledge it?that our Southern brethren 11 ave a livelier appreciation of the patriots of le revolution than is possible to us. What S e inherit as a tradition, they have experi- P need as a reality. They have been them- Cl lives in the position of rebels. They, too, have j ?' jught for independence, and while so fight-! w ig, they nourished their hearts and strength- | ied their fortitude by constant meditation on le deeds and the heroes of the revolution. ! 'he position into which we of the North were irced for the maintenance of the Union tend- C J to put us out of sympathy with revolution- i ry spirit. We learned, for the time, how ' ^ overnmentsfee! that are rebelled against, and j >st our former admiration of rebels. Up to ( r le outbreak of our civil war, there was not a ! g" jbellion in Ireland, or in South America, or jr i Greece, or in Hungary, or in any part of, c, le world, in which the warmest sympathies of. C( lis country were not freely giveu to the re- j ^ els against their government. The South e: ontinues to retain this feeling, and as danger 1 q ) the Union is forever past, there is no reason r hy we should not relight the partially extin- j," uished torch at the Southern altar, where ^ le fire has been kept steadily burning. Our <. nuthern brethren will ultimately ackuowl- t| Ige that we did them an invaluable service 0 i frustrating their attempt and making its 1 spetition hopeless; and, on the other hand, we i mil yet acknowledge that they acted from le noblest sentiments to a mistaken object., Ve have something to gain from them in the J apacity to enter into the spirit which achieved j d ur independence." I c ZiOCAZI AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Toseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? A R. Banks. Applicant? Rev. Win. Banks, deceased. r. M. Elliott, Winnsboro, S.C.?Cotton Saw Gins, Z. G. Parish, Agent?Good Tobacco?Lemon Sugar?Smoking Tobacco?A Little More Cider, too?Confectioneries?Starch?HamsDry Goods?Glassware?Concentrated Ley. J. K. Roberts, Chairman?To Contractors. COUNTV COMMISSIONERS. We have been requested by the County Commissioners to give notice that there will tot be a meeting of the Board until the first ilonday in August next. ERECTION OF A FLAG-STAFF. Col. Coward has recently caused to be erectid on the grounds of the King's Mountain Miliary School, a flag-staff seventy-two feet in leight, on which he will raise a United States lag of the largest size. The flag for the purlose has been ordered, but has not yet been eceived. HOT WEATHER. The warmest days of the present season rere last Saturday and Sunday, the theroometer indicating 95 degrees in the shade n the afternoon of each of those days. Toward evening on Sunday the temperature moderated considerably, and on Monday a hower fell, cooling the atmosphere and renlering it more comfortable to sweltering humanity. BOOK OF POPULAR RESORTS. We have received from the author and pubisher, John B. Bachelder, his annual stand,rd work on "Popular Resorts, and How to leach Them," just issued for the season of 875. The volume is elegantly printed and found, and contains 152 engravings of noted daces in the United States; and while it gives learly the information required by the tour3t, it also forms a valuable descriptive work n popular and historical localities. The iook is furnished at $2 per copy. Orders hould be addressed to Geo. A. Foxcraft, Jr., Jeneral Agent, 41-45, Franklin street, Boson. TRANSFERS OF*REAL ESTATE. Ttio fnllnojinrr are t bp transfers nf real estate ecordetl iu the office of the County Auditor ince our last report: J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to A. E. Hutchison. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 500. Same to same. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $580. Same to Mrs. C. L. lyuura. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 37.50. J. B. Alderson to J. C. Russell. Tract of 0 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideraion $300. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Wm. and Thos. IcGill. One-half interest in a tract of land a York township. Consideration $1,000. DISTURBANCE AT KOCK HILL. We learn that on Monday last, a disturbnce occurred in Rock Hill, which had its rigin in the turbulent and noisy conduct of party of negro excursionists, who came own from Charlotte on the railroad. The isturbance, as we are informed, was confined o the excursionists, who were quarreling mong themselves, until a special police force, onsistiug of colored men, was detailed by Iayof London to restore order. The policelen were resisted, wheu a number of white len went to their assistance, and a general ght ensued. Pistols were fired recklessly, nd two bystanders?a young gentlman namd Fewell, and a negro woman?wereslightly rounded, the former haviug been shot in the sg, and the latter in the hand. Several of hose eugaged in the difficulty were hurt, hough none seriously, and a number of arests were made. The above are the facts as nearly as we can scertaiu them. We learn that the Sheriff ias seut a deputy to Rock Hill for the puriose of making some arrests on warrants placed q his hands, and that there are also warrants a Rock Hill for the arrest of Joseph Massey, olored County Commissioner, who seems to ie the only colored person of Rock Hill irailicated in the disturbance. OUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTENNIAL. At the solicitation of the editor of the few York Herald, Governor Chamberlain ias written a letter to that paper on the subjet of the representation of South Carolina at he Iuternational Exhibition to be held at 'hiladelphia next year. The Governor thinks here is at the present time a wicie-spreaa ana ;enuine interest felt by the people of this itateiu the Centennial, but from causes which :eed not now be stated little has yet been lone toward a practical expression of this inerest. The Governor says: "It is but just to ay that no State has a better right to appear here than South Carolina upon the score of ier Revolutionary record. She was early nd constant in her adherence to the colouial ause; her soil was the scene of numerous onfiicts, and her partisan leaders supplied ne of the most brilliant chapters in the great truggle. A high authority has declared that the romance of the Revolution was found in he Carolinas.' These early glories are again ppealing to us all. Nowhere is it truer than iere that the chords of memory are 'touched y the angels of our better nature,' aud are espouding in toues unfamiliar to our ears in lore recent times," aud concludes as follows : To one point I am glad to bear wituess, amely. that if there is a want of present pro - :e c reSS 111 Mie WUTK. iiere, ui 11 uuutu ^aiunuo. ball finally fail to be properly represented at 'hiladelphia, this result will not arise from be indifference of the people at large, noresecially from any sullenness of spirit or hoslity toward the Centennial celebration, but , will be occasioned by other causes, which it i easier to understand here than toadequater state to the country.. My hope and belief, owever, is that before the great occasion imes on we shall have devised ways and leans to present the proofs of the past, presut and future character and greatness of our tate, when America shall meet at Philadelhia to take note of the results of the first snipleted century of her national life. The bject is so grand and inspiring, that no State ill be found wanting, especially one of the Old Thirteen." Very respectfully, D. H. Chamberlain, Governor of South Carolina. Commenting upon the letter of Governor hamberlaiu, the Herald editorially remarks: "We fear that the means of South Caroliear but a slender proportion to her patriotic ood will. While she is rich in Revolutionay memories and distinguished names, the misovernment of recent years has left her poor 1 resources. But the wealth of a State is no riterion of its patriotism and valor. The Duntrymen of Wallace or of Tell would not ave made an imposing figure in a Centennial xposition of art and industry, and South !arolina may rival either of them in the poety of heroism. Where in our Revolutionary istory can we look for parallels to her Suuijr and her Marion ? Bryant's noble song of Marion's Men" is one of the many spirited lings inspired by the romance of South Carlina's part in the Revolution : Well knows the lair and fricndlj' moon The hand that Marion leads? The glitter of their rifles, The scampering of their steeds. The Draytons, Pinckneys, Rutledges, Midletons and Gadsdens were men of high ulture and statesmanlike views, as well as devoted patriotism, and South Carolina was also illustrious by her Moultrie, Laurens, Horry, Pickens, Williams, the Hammonds and many others who rendered signal service in the Revolution. The Philadelphia Exposition will of course be no representation of the Revolutionary services of the States. Of the thirty-eight which will participate in this Exposition only thirteen have any Revolutionary j memories at ail. South Carolina was the peer of any of the thirteen, but she cannot take her famous battlegrounds to Philadelphia. She will do what she can and do it heartily, for no State will be in more complete sympathy with the occasion. MERE-MENTION. The Democratic State Executive Committee of Missouri have published a resolution declaring that as an act of justice to the Democracy of the West, the next National Democratic Convention should be held at Saint Louis. It is claimed that more people were killed and wounded in celebrating the Fourth of July, this year, than in many of the first class battles of the war. The rear portion of the City Hotel at Lynchburg, Va., fell on Wednesday of last week, killing one lady. A riot occurred among labor r i r 1 . 1_ ers in Lawrence, Mass., last wees, uuriDg which a boarding house used by one of the parties was burnt, and two of the inmates perished. It is estimated that one hundred and twenty millions of postal cards will be needed this year. At the National Division Sons of Temperance, which met at Providence, Rhode Island, 94 representatives were present. A dispatch from Omaha , says that on the 15th instant a squad of soldiers shot two Indians and wounded others on Little White River reservation. The Indians are greatly excited, and all negotiations and work of the commissioners is suspended. Gen. Longstreet has been reviewing the archives of the war in the Congressional library at Washington, with a view to writing up his personal record at Gettysburg. Of the 255,000 headstoues to mark the resting places of Uuion soldiers in national cemeteries, 105, 000 are for graves of the unknown. During the past week the Atlanta board of trade has marked down the price of Hour fifty cents a barrel. The city and county debt of New York now aggregate the euormous total of 8214 a head for every man, woman and child in the city?thrice as much as any other city in the world. An open boll of cotton ,yjas left at the office of the Augusta ConstUulionaliit on Thursday last. "The Sultan of Turkey has eight hundred wives, and devotes to his own and their use ?2,000,000 out of the ?7,000,000 that constitute the whole income of the Turkish Empire. Long Branch is now familiarly spoken of as the summer capital of the United States. Florida killed ten thousand alligators for their hides last year. Yesterday, 21st day of July, was the fourteenth anniversary of the first battle of Manassas. "Only eleven cents for the heathen !" exclaimed a Georgia colored minister; "give it back, brudder Jones, the Lord nebber heard of dis one-horse congregation." Three bales of new cotton have been received at Galveston, Texas, .1 . 1_ witmn tne past wees. Donaldson, the balloon man, who made an ascent several days ago, in company with a Chicago reporter, aud has not yet been heard from, is supposed to have been drowned in Lake Michigan. Lady Franklin, the widow of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer, died in London on Monday The first bale of the new cotton crop was put up for sale at the Cotton Exchange in New York ? _ on Monday, and was bought by Merrill <fc "v" -? Co., at 18 ceuts per pound. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, July 19,1875. The colored population of the county will doubtless be kept in a ferment until after the day of election, which takes place on the 28th of the present month. The names of the Republican candidates were given in my last correspondence. Mr. John W. Walker, Coroner and acting Sheriff at the present time, will be the candidate of the Conservatives for the sheriffalty of the county. Their candidate for the meraher of the House of Representatives to fill the unexpired term of 8. J. McCullough, deceased, has not been nominated. There seems to be some difficulty in finding a good man who is willing to accept thenomiuation, even though his election could be assured. The principal objection is the length of the sessions of the Legislature, which compels the absence of a member from his business for several months. The whites are more interested in the Sheriff's election, and will be very well satisfied if they succeed in electing Mr. Walker, whose prospects are very good, notwithstanding the Republican majority in the county. Mr. Walker is popular, even among the colored element, a considerable number of whom have declared their inj tention of voting for him. Iudeed, there are those among them who have entered the political arena, and are using their influence in prevailing upon others of their race to vote for him. With the assistance of a good colored vote, Mr. Walker can be elected, provided the whites turn out on the day of election and give him their votes. Considerable ap! prehension is entertained upon this latter point. Some are of the opinion that the whites will not take the trouble to attend the polls on election day. A sulphur spring has recently been discovered in the vicinity of our towu. It is located on land belonging to Mr. John Withers, about i a mile from the Court House. A number of our people visit the spring daily and partake freely of the water. The taste and smell of j the water is abundant and convincing evij dence of its containing sulphur to a very great degree. This spring may have a very ; important bearing upon the future of Chester. ! When its medicinal properties beoorae known ' to the world, what will prevent Chester from j becoming a celebrated summer resort? It i seems written in the book of fate that our town i is destined to become a place of considerable ! importance. I AT?mi. ft P TTomiUnn of nin* town will probably deliver a lecture in Chester, and one | in Yorkville, during the month of August, upon the late war, for the purpose of assisting in raising a fund for the completion of a moiiuj ment to be erected at Columbia, to the rnerao: ry of our Confederate dead. He will, without doubt, present the subject in a most interesting and entertaining manner. When he appears in the capacity of a lecturer before the people of the two towns, let him be greeted with overflowing houses. Major Hamilton will deliver the lecture in accordance with the request of the Ladies' Confederate Monument Association of the State, who have not ' yet raised a sufficient amount to complete the monument according to the original design. The monument, in its uncompleted state, is expected to arrive in Columbia in the course of a few weeks, when it will be erected in due form and ceremony. When finished, it will be a tribute worthy of the noble dead, and of i the noble ladies of the Confederate Associa