Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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and facts, jj - i li The strongest side of a piece of timber j ri is ihat which iu its natural position faced the ' north. S The South, with its tobacco, sugar, cot- ' ton, peas, corn, and potatoes, ought to be the richest country in the world, and with a mod- * ified agricultural system, it will soon be so. 1 It is said that the horses and carriages ^ owned and used by the people spending the 1 y summer in Newport are worth at a low esti- j mate 81,000,000. j .Sixty railroads, with thirteen huudred | c] cars, were supplied with more than three | C( thousand Bibles by the American Bible So- ; ciety during the past year. I jc From all quarters of Mississippi, the j e< cpiin rpnortQ pnntimip trnrtrl. Ill manv ueich- pi ""'1' .V fc>^ J O 1 ? borhnods the corn crop is now entirely safe; ai on all sides the cotton is reported as healthy, j rt but backward. p( The Xew Bedford Standard, says that j in "the NVamsutta Mills corporation, owing to I m the depression in trade caused by the extreme j m low price of goods, has decided to close all the j V mills for the month of August, or until busi- i gi ness warrauts starting again." ! ai A Dutchman's definition of the game of1 " keno: "Dat ish von leedlegarae all de fellers ^ sets round mit der dables, and put puttous on 1? pasteboard cards mit figgers on dem, and E den by-and-by von feller he says, Geeno, and "" den all dem uder fellers say "Oh, hell." The publication of the rebellion re- ^ cords, ordered by the last Congress, will prove r to be very costly. Five ocatavo volumes have already been prepared for publication, each volume consisting of about eight hundred pages. The entire work, it is estimated, will require one hundred volumes. The Missouri Constitutional Convention on Wednesday adopted an iron-clad oath for parties who have been elected to office in that State, which, uttered truthfully, will de- ~ stroy the use of money for election purposes, and send every man to the official baton his own merits. T The reports from all sectious of the country give a very discouraging account of the crops. While the cotton region in the cc South is suffering from a protracted drought, tli the grain fields of the West are well-nigh de- 01 lnged with raius and Hoods. The crop prospect, which two months ago was so promising, ty is now dismal enough. is "Amen ! amen !" shouted a Cedar Rap- m ills parson, at the elegant remarks ot a stranger 01 atthecarap-meeting. Suddenly the parson turn- ,l< ed hiseyeson the man, andjumping, up scream- ia cd, "Catch him, brother, catch him ! He's the pi three card monte man that got my last cc month's salary." This is the fact, and the ol monte man is now in jail at Cedar Rapids. w The Macon Telegraph, of the 28th ult., r says: "We received a despatch from Albany last night, stating that "Welch, Cook & Bacon received the first bale of new cotton to- di day from Primus Jones, of Baker county." d? This is the first Georgia bale received this . year, and much earlier than the earliest of . last year." P In the vicinity of Montgomery, Ala., PF the drought is playing havoc with corn and S1( cotton. In some places there has been no de rain since May, and the crops are an utter dt failure. In the greater part of the cotton 80 belt no rain has fallen iu from four to six jQ' weeks, and the thermometer is ranging from 94 to 98. It is estimated the crop has been s? cutoff from twenty-five to thirty three per ^ cent. af Attorney-General Pierrepont has replied re in response to the question whether he had re- dt cently received any accounts of ku-kluxing gt outrages, that he had received none since he ?t had occupied his present position. The num- , 1 ? -C 1- * " ~ ? ~ ? */? Jo n r\f on 1 Q rcrG ^ uer UI UppilOtUlUUS iui pai nun ?o uub OW ?? ?,- . as heretofore, the circular issued several f "months ago by the Attorney General on that ,n subject being more rigid in its requirements pt than the former course. ch The Oglethorpe, Georgia, Echo, says : in "At the surrender Mr. James M. Smith, of h this county, was left like the great mass of gu our people, with very slender means in hand. He went to work with a will, and, this year, J from eighteen acres in wheat he harvested 425 *r< bushels ; had two acres in oats and harvested es 125 bushels; has 1,600 acres in cotton, from to which he expects to realize 800 bales cotton ; $c 1,000 acres in corn, from which he expects to obtain 20,000 bushels corn and at least 30,- ^ O00 bundles fodder. The whole crop will not aggregate him less than Si 5,000." Col. Blanton Duncan has, as attorney for the ticket-holders, made a demand on the wl managers of the Louisville lottery for the bal- ai anee of sixty-two per cent, of the prizes un- or paid, declaring that the consent of the ticket co holders was not given to the reduction of the su amount of the prizes. He has also renewed his application, previously unnoticed, for an ?f official list of the prizes drawn and the unsold 0 numbers, also of the approximates, and states I in his letter that the office has issued at least id two lists, both purporting to be official, which th do not accord with each other. h? Recent statistics show that the Southern States have 187 mills, 10,447 looms, 497,627 spindles, and last year consumed 58,995,519 pounds, or about 147,491 bales er 400 pounds ai ? ' l* ' 1kno .IO nf millc rimninor ; til CUl'U. MCUJgift uao -X4i VTA 1I1W lUtKV) wuu.w^ , 2,934 looms and 139,330 spindles, and con- I su suined 18,522,399 pounds or 46,307 bales. I ru The next State to Georgia in consumption is q South Carolina, which consumes 7,134,558 j m pounds, and the next is Alabama, with 6,- f 490,790. followed closely by Tennessee, with 0 6,276,153, and North Carolina, 6,032,673 ; st Virginia, 5,434,025 pounds, and the rest are ! ui under 2,000,000, except Missouri, which takes . pi 3,481,373 pounds. j It In a conversation with a reporter of the i Fond du Lac Xexcs, ex-Senator Carpenter, of j Wisconsin, said : "In my opinion, Gen. Grant j. will be the caudidate of the Republican party j 1C for a third terra. I can see no possible way : w of avoiding it. He will undoubtedly be the j ai candidate of the Republicans next year on a () hard money platform. This situation affords h, him the exact pretext he wanted, and to oj which he referred when he wrote his third- !. term letter as 'circumstances not likely [to oc- n cur.' I think Judge David Davis, of the United States Supreme Court, will be the C Democratic candidate on a greenback plat- w form, and that greenbacks will win." i ( The Galveston (Texas) New says no ! _ one who has been in the habit of visiting the j rj tulmrfin tliat. hftrhor for anv length of time can have helped noticing in the past e< the immense quantities of grain imported from ? the Western States by way of New Orleans, ti Thousands and tens of thousands of dollars CJ were annually drawn from the inhabitants of jj Texas to pay for the articles. Times have at tj last changed in this respect. Texas not only . now raises enough grain for her own consump- 1 tion, hut can spare some for her less fortuuate neighbors, and instead of seeing the wharves of C Galveston filled with huge quantities of grain, a imported from abroad at immense cost, is now tl heard the shrill whistle of the locomotive as jit draws loaded trains to vesels for export. A recent debate in the English House j of Commous has given Englishmen a peep through the .Sultau of Turkeys' keyhole, f England seems to have a right to look into -1 the .Sultan's affairs. It has lent him a hun- n died million of pounds, has defended him in e the Crimea, and has entertained him in Lon- < c don. The Sultan, it seems, appropriates an income of two million pounds, while the in-1 come of his whole couutry is only seven mil- u lions. The shores of the Bosphorus are stud- v ded with his vast palaces, and every day at din- d ner the Sultan, who dines alone, has one hun- w dred and seven dishes provided for him. He h maintains eight hundred wives, three huudred i and fifty eunuchs, and eight hundred horses. Thirty thousand oxen annually are provided for the Sultan's kitchens, and other live stock v and poultry in proportion. A San Francisco correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes : Every mouth 2,500 1 .Mongolian laborers are added to 90,000 al-1 u eady on this coast. Our statesmen are! i uzzled to foresee what effect the interming- j :ng of so great a number of an uncongenial , ace may exercise socially and politically on tiis section of the Union. Already they reulate the wages of labor?not only onjaub- ,' c works, but in factories and in our house- j * olds. They monopolize washing and vege- : J able peddling; they control cigar-making, j < oots and shoes, underwear, &c. ;they are tin- 1 j niths, watchmakers, carpenters, brooin- ; takers, fishermen, and gardeners; they are ery expert in woollen fabrics. It is aniaz- ( tg how quickly they learn to use American 1 tachinery. They are excellent cooks and * tiaraber servants; they are expert money- i junters, in banks. In fact, they can turn 1 leir hands to almost anything. They are f idnstrious, expert at bargaining, and very 1 ;onomical. As house servants they are eanly, but apt to strike for higher wages, ' nd vacate without notice. Dishonesty is ' ither too frequent, but the notions of Euro- 1 ean domestics are exorbitant,and housekeep- a i? would be impracticable without China- t O 4 ien. Chinawomen never hire out. China- v en show no disposition to regard politics, j le never saw a Chinamen tipsy, but they imble universally, and exchange knocks j j' uoug themselves. A shilling goe3 further j J tan a dollar with Americans, and though t ley are quick to strike for wages, they work t r whatever offers rather than be idle. ! c very man can read aud write. n Mte ffiwfevtUc j yorkvii7le7 s. c.i * HURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 5, 1875. jC flow to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name ; ' the subscriber very plainly, give post-ollice, ! . unity and .State in full, and send the amount of j ie subscription by draft or post-ollice money j t dcr, or enclose the money in a registered letter, j Postage.?'The Knquirkk is delivered free of istage to all subscribers residing in York conn- j c r who receive the paper at post-olliccs within the j i unity; and to all other subscribers the postage paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no c latter where they receive the paper, aro not liao for postage, it being prepaid at the post-ollice c jre, without additional charge to the subscriber. 1 Watch the Figures.?'The date on the "address- ^ Dei" snows 1110 lime 10 w hich uic niiustnpuon m lid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis- 1 intinued, the date m wit be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that c ir terms for subscription, advertising and job- ; t ork, are cash in advance ' . DEATH OF ANDREW JOHNSON. f Ex-President Andrew Johnson died of heart c sease aud paralysis, at his daughter's resi- c' ?nce, in Carter county, Tennessee, at 2 c clock last Saturday. He had been com- ' aining somewhat of ill health during the v ist mouth, but felt no serious apprehen- F 3ns. On the Wednesday previous to his a sath, he took the morniog train to visit his 3 lughter, with whom Mrs. Johnson had been 8 journing for the past six weeks. He rode J1 a hack from Carter's depot to her residence. 1 me miles distant, and seemed in good spirits. ^ n his arrival he ate a hearty dinner, and c 'ter a few minutes of general conversation n tired up-stairs and conversed with his grand n lughter, Miss Lillie Stover. While thus en- e iged his tongue refused utterance, aud to her " eat consternation, he fell from his seat to a '? TT ' I ?..A C 6 Iioor. Xieip was lusiaiiiijr suiumuucu, anu u most as soon as lie was raised, he expressed, distinctly, however, that his right side was tralyzed. After being taken to his bed- b lamber, and when the family spoke of send- ? g for a physiciau, he forbade it, saying that a i would soon recover. On this account the 0 mmoning of medical aid was deferred twen- w -four hours, when Dr. Jobe was called iu jj Dm Elizabethtown, two miles distant. The a ;-President conversed imperfectly in regard u domestic matters, and did not seem con- p ious of his approaching dissolution. But rj s case was beyond the skill of physicians, p t 7 o'clock on Friday night he became un- '? nscious. Mrs. Patterson, his daughter, aud p ndrew Johnson, Jr., arrived an hour later, w th physicians from Greenville, Drs. Brey p id Taylor; but he did not recoguize any t] ic, and after seven hours and a half of uu- ^ nsciousness he peacefully breathed his last, g rrouuded by his wife, children aud all his c andchildren, except the son and daughter g ' ex-Senator Patterson. g The announcement of the death of ex-Pres- '[ ent Johnson created a profound excitement c roughout the country, and public meetings b Koon tiolrl in Mi? nrincinal cities North. .T rest and South, in which recognition was h ven to his exalted chaiacter as a statesman, j| id sympathy expressed for his family in n teir bereavement. President Grant also is- ti led an executive order, that the executive w ansion and the several departments of the tl overnmeut at Washington be draped in ourning until the close of the day designated J r his funeral; that all public business be (] ispended on that day ; and that the war and C ivy departments cause suitable honors to be t lid on the occasion to the memory of the il- t istrious dead. I The remains of President Johnson were re- h jived in Greenville on Monday. The Mason- I fraternity took charge of the body, which I as enfolded in a beautiful silk National Hag, t ad in one hand was placed the constitution. ( >n Tuesday he was buried with Masonic ^ onors, Governor Porter, with other executive a Seers, aud a large number of prominent cit- <1 ens attending the obsequies. t Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, N. ^ ., December 29th, 1808. He lost his father ' lieu only four years of age. and at the age ^ f ten, he was apprenticed to a tailor iu his ^ ative town, with whom he served seven years. ^ [is mother being unable to afford him any c lucatioual facilities, he never went to school a day in his life, though while learning his ade, he resolved to make an effort to eduite himself. By the greatest perseverance e had acquired the ability to read by the .me his apprenticeship was completed, and at le age of 16, after having completed his full j jrm of apprenticeship, he went to Laurens ^ !. H., in this State, where he was employed . * I r_ s a journeyman for nearly two years, ne i lien returned to Raleigh, where he worked J ^ a short while, and in 1826 he set out to j j jek his fortune in the West, taking with him | is mother, who was dependent on him for upport. He obtained work at Greenville, Y'nnessee, remained there twelve months, | larried, afterward went further westward, j ventually settling at Greenville, where he ; ommenced business. Up to this time he had j aerely acquired a knowledge of reading, but)1 nder the instruction of his wife, he learned | 1 writing and ciphering, after the labors of the j ( ay were over. The first office which he held i, ras that of Alderman of the village, to which , ] e was elected in 1828; he was re-elected in I i 829, and in 1830 was chosen Mayor, which j i lositiou he held for three years. In 1835 he j 1 fas elected to the Legislature. In 1840 he i! erved as Presidential elector for the State at j arge on the Democratic ticket, canvassing a J arge portion of the State, and confronting J j ipon the stump several of the leading Whig I j orators; in 1841 was elected to the State Sen- \ f ate, and in 1843 to Congress, in which, by t successive elections, he served until 1853. IJ During this period he was conspicuous aud ^ active in advocating the annexation of Texas, Ihe tariff of 1846, and the war measures of c Mr. Polk's administration. In 1853 he was t dected Governor of Tennessee, and re-elected <i n 1855, after a severe contest. At the expi- a ation of his second term of office as Govern- v >r, in 1857, he was elected United States Sen- j itor for a full term, ending March 3, 1863. ! _ J)n the re-election of Mr. Lincoln to the Pres- i I dency in 1864, Mr. Johnson was chosen Vice- j j President, and, upon the assassination of the i brmer, became the Chief Magistrate of the ? American people. i * At the expiration of his presidential term, j? ic returned to his home in Greeenville, Tenn., I ! a >ut the active life to which he had ever been j iccustomed would not admit of his seeking | hat retirement generally longed for by those vho have reached the goal of public honors. n 1872 he made an unsuccessful canvass for j 9 he election of Congressman at large from | ^ Tennessee, but which defeat only nerved him ' <1 o further efforts, and last winter the Legisla ure of his State elected hira United States ; senator. In the extra session of the Senate, ! it the close of the last Congress he appear-, d d and took his seat, participating to some ex- ! entin the discussion of questions before that 1 a tody. ; In his varied political career, he no doubt : \ ommited many errors,and particularly while | crving the unexpired presidential term of10 dr. Lincoln, his policy toward the South and j lis attitude to the party which placed him in ! c tower, were deemed by many as detrimental 1 j( o the interests he wished to subserve, yet honsty of purpose was never denied him, and he i n las ever borne the reputation?rare in these ' g lays?of an incorruptible statesman. NORTH CAROLINA*CONVENTION. b The election for delegates to the Constitu- |1 ional Convention, provided by enactment of j he last Legislature, takes place to-day. The ^ [uestion is, with the slightest exceptions, one ^ ?f party. The prescut constitution was framed >y a convention composed almost exclusively P ?f Republicans?white and black natives and :arpet-baggers?and, according to our recol- 1 ection, contained but 12 Democrats or an T i-Republicans, who, of course, were poweress. The Constitution aud the Code of Pro- ^ :edure under it, are modeled after those of P he State of New York, and while many rad cal changes from the old time ways, distaste- 1 ill to the people, are introduced, it is also ^ laimed that many features of the present c onstitution are not adapted to the wants and ionditions of the people. Mainly, iu3tead of P he ignorant and incompetent trial justices e vho have jurisdiction all over the State, the >eop!e desire to return to the courts of pleas ,nd quarter sessions, which gave universal ^ atisfaction from the foundation of the State ^ ;overnment. The township system is also ob- e scted to. These, among mauy other ohjec- ^ ions, give the people plausible grounds for lesiring a change. The canvass has been e onducted with an unusual degree of excite- Cl [lent, both parties having put forth their ut- 11 aost strength in the contest. At the last a lection, the Democrats carried the day by a ^ lajority of about 8,000, and it is highly prob- '' ble that they will elect a majority of dele* ates who favor the proposed amendments. p RECENT HEAVY* FAILURES. t( During the past week financial circles have jeen excited over the announcement of a C( umber of heavy failures, most prominent ? moug them being that of the banking house f Duncan, Sherman & Co., of New York, p * ? * ? /?? i :i 'hose liabilities are oetweeti nve aim six mu- v oiis of dollars. The failures subsequently g( nnounced were not precipitated by the fail- u re of Duncan, Sherman & Co., nor is it ]e robable that many business houses will be se- ft iously involved thereby, though a slight de- 0| ression hits been felt throughout the country. tc 'lie heaviest losers, perhaps, are the Trenton 0| ianking .Company, of Trenton, N. J., who u ill lose ?100,000 ; and Campbell & Cassels, ankers, of Toronto, have suspended until ,iey can hear the fate of Duncan, Sherman & fr !o's. foreign bills. The indebtedness of the C( rm is about equally divided between this w ouutry and Europe, a good proportion of the a jreign liabilities being bills of credit in the w ands of Americans traveling in Europe. ? 'he disaster is generally attributed to two w auses?first, the large amount of unavaila- sj le assets leftou their hands by the failure of ] ay Cooke in 1873, from which nothing could j.1 e availed ; and secondly, to heavy operations S( .1 the purchase of cotton which proved unrofitable. The house has made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, among diom are many private individuals who had t( heir funds on deposit. j.i Of other failures reported are the following: o ohn Mason Co., sugar importers of Philadelphia, liabilities $200,000 ; M. Y. Dunn & fi 'o., grocers, of New York, failed for 855,000, w hough they claim to have assets amounting t( n SOO 000. ,T. B. Ford tfc Co.. Dublishers, of w ^ewYork. The liabilities and assets of this n louse are not given. Their business is main- ti y confined to the publication of Henry Ward Jeccher's works, for which, it would seem, S here is no great demand at present. The 11 Commercial Warehouse Company, of New u fork, liabilities $1,500,000, caused by heavy fi .dvances on Cuban crops, which early rains n lestroyed. The Ames & Bardwell Manufac- h uriug Company, manufacturers of pocket- t< looks, <fcc., at Northampton, Massachusetts, labilities between $175,000 and $200,000. ; si ichmale & Treweiltcr, brewers, at Marion, N. I k f., liabilities $75,000. C. C. Fellen and H. ' o 5. Bogert, brokers, of New York, suspended j I in Saturday, in consequence of recent trans- ; k ictions in Duncan, Sherman & Co's paper. j a THE PARKER CASE. Further action in the criminal prosecution f , if Parker has assumed a tangible form. The ^ lecessary papers have been prepared by the I Vttorney-Geueral charging Parker with grand ^ arceny in the theft of a thirty dollar coupon ! rom the Treasury of the State. This charge, J? t is said, can be sustained by evidence pro-1. aired in Columbia, obviating the necessity of j c making evidence at a distance by commission. Under the head of "Parker's Prospects," the Jolunibin correspondent of the News and j Courier writes: Although public interest in the Parker case . lias sunk down to its level, there is still a *ood deal of speculation as to what the law- f ycrs are going to do. Is Parker to remain in jail all the summer, or how? There are very t few facts in regard to this matter, except that 1 the judgment for 675,000 which was found for the State during the recent term of the jourt has been filed, and that the papers in 1t the criminal prosecution against Parker are ' being prepared. The next thing in order is v the execution of the judgment; but as Parker f is not known to own auy real estate, it is hard j: to tell what they will execute upon, unless they v jxecute upon the person of the defendant. It ^ is very generally believed that Parker's coun- j 3cl are holding off until Judge Carpenter and the attorney-general leave the State or city for a summer vacation, when they will move F Parker's release on a writ of habeas corpus, be- r ore some other circuit judge or before two rial justices, taking the ground that, under he constitution, no man can be imprisoned or debt. If such a move is made, the State rill, it is believed, fight it hard, and will rely >rincipally on Section 20, Article 1, of the state Constitution to sustain them. This sec- j ion reads: No person shall be imprisoned for | lebt, except in cases of fraud. The complaint j ,nd every paper in the case charges Parker j vith fraudulent abstraction, so it would seem, hat the rule would apply. At any rate, *arker does not propose to go to Europe this eason, nor even so far as the springs. Ilegarding the intimation above given that i Writer may, in the absence of Judge Car-1 lenter and Attorney-General Melton, attempt o procure his release on a writ of habeas corns, the Union-Herald says editorially: "The isiuuation which has been thrown out, that dvantage will be taken of the absence of udge Carpenter and Attorney-General Mel3U from the State, to bring the case before i nother Circuit Judge or two Trial Justices,; n order that Parker may be released, we ' hould think entirely groundless. These genleinen cannot afford to make an opening for uy such proceeding." -- SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Diptheria is prevailing among the chilren of Charleston to an alarming extent. ? Of 7,000 voters in Beaufort county, there re only about 2,800 poll taxes collected. ? The recent census shows that the town of I Jnion has a population of 1,209. ? Eleven new brick stores are now in course ! f erection in Greenville. ? An illicit whisky distiller in Pickens ounty tooled the revenue omcers hy assum-. ug his wife's clothes. ? During several days oflast week, the ther- j aoineter in Columbia stood at 99? in the j hade. ? Twenty thousand dollars have already; icen subscribed by the people of Camden for ' he building of a cotton factory. ? A new post office has been established at "ingersville, in Spartanburg couuty, and Mr. j V. H. McMillan appointed postmaster. ? The Grand Division of the Sons of Tern- ! erancc of South Carolina will meet in Anerson, in Temperance Hull, on Wednesday, he 11th day of August. ? The first rain for over six weeks fell in lean fort last Thursday. It was tccompanied y hail, hut was welcomed, on account of the iarched condition of the crops, nevertheless. ? James B. Betts, formerly a member of he firm of Bancroft, Betts and Marshall, of Charleston, dealers in dry goods, died in that ity on Friday last. ? The Winnsboro' IVetcs says: "From all ortions of Fairfield county crops are reported xcellent, and without a disuster our county nil make enough com to do next year." ? The crops in many sectious of Williamsurg county have been nearly ruiued by the j rought. Crops that a few weeks ago were xceedingly promising are now almost a total ! lilure. ? An orphan boy in Lancaster county, sevuteen years old, runs a farm of nine acres in ottou and twelve in corn. The present estilate put upon his crops is five bags of cotton nd two hundred and fifty bushels of corn. Ie has had no assistance but from two of his i ttle sisters who did some of the hoeing. ? The Northern newspapers, of all shades i f political opinion, are unanimous and hearty 1 1 their commendation of the sentiments ut;red by those gallant leaders, Generals [ampton, McGowan and Logan, at the rejtit reunions in this State of" the soldiers of \ The Lost Cause." ? A committee has been appointed by the atrons of Husbandry, at Phoenix, in AbbeilIe county, to collect facts which will de:ribe and illustrate the agricultural and natral resources of that county. When colicted, they will be published in pamphlet irm and gratuitously circulated. The scope f the pamphlet will embrace a wide range of >pics, and will exhibit the agricultural and Lher advantages of the county in a favorable ght. ? The sea-islands in the vicinity of Charles' ? . '-i _ i :li_ )U antl Deiow mat point are suuenug lerriuip' orn the effects of drought. Both corn and jttou are destroyed, and the sweet potatoes, hichare an important food crop, will prove fuilure, as the "slips" cannot be planted hilethe weather is so dry. In Beaufort and iluffton the cisterns are exhausted and the ells very low, there having been no rain nee the first of Jiuy. The Columbia UnionIerald is assured that the colored people in lese localities will be reduced to the verge of arvation this fall. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Nine prisoners?one of them under senmce of death?escaped from the Greensboro lil on Wednesday night of last week. Two j ftheni afterward vountarily returned. ? The Supreme Court of the State has reised to grant a new trial to William Ellood, who was convicted of murder at the last ;rm of Mecklenburg Superior Court. Ell ood will accordingly be sentenced at the extterm of Court, and hanged, unless execuve clemency is exercised toward him. ? Last season there were shipped from alem, to Chicago and other points, over three lillions pounds of dried blackberries, for | liich the shippers received an average of j fteen cents per pound, or nearly a half i lillion dollars?or as much as they would j ave received for 6,000 bales of cotton at fif- ' jen cents per pound. ? Governor Brogden has commuted the' inteuec of death in the case of Reuben Wil-! erson, white, of Beaufort county, convicted i f murder, to imprisonment in the State : 'eni ten tiary for two years. The prisoner ' illed a man who had carried away his wife j nd all the prisoner's household goods, in his 1 bsence, and appropriated thera. ? An altercation occurred between Capt. Vra. H. Day and Maj. T. L. Emry, at Weion, on Monday of last week. The difficulty , riginated while several gentlemen were dis- j ussing the subject of buying the literary ! iroperty at that town. Several shots were red, but no one was hurt. Day is under ond to keep the peace, while Emry has rosscd the State line, and is threatening to hallcnge Day. ? Judge Brooks of the U. S. District Court,. as made the following order in regard to tho Id Bank of North Carolina : "It is ordered iy the Court that all persous Having neocs irovable against the Bank ofNorth Carolina, lankrupt, in bankruptcy, shall prove and file 1 he same according to law on or before the 5th day of October, 1875, and no debts shall >e proven after that time." ? Says the Winston Sentinel: "Last week" Sheriff Jones, the Radical candidate for Con- . ention in Yadkin county, was on his way rom the hustings in his liquor wagon in comlany with several of his friends who were ery much intoxicated; they met a man by he name of Jenning about Boonville cm the 'onesville road, who reproved them for their lisorderely conduct, when Hedrick drew his listol and shot Jennings, killing hiin out-j ight. Hedrick has been committed to jail." I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ! Southern Life Insurance Company. L. M. Grist?Fire Wood Wanted. ; W. J. Kidd?Flour and Corn Mills for Sale. , I Minor Catheart?Runaway. The York Drugstore. T. M. Dobson A Co.?< Jroeeries?Shoes?SlatesSpool Cotton?Hoopskirts?Carpet Bags? Low Prices?Carpeting?Down?Hats?('as- ; i si meres?Night Dresses?Furs?Summer | Shawls?Guns?Ready-Made Shirts. G. H. O' Leary?Saddles?Bridles and Harness? < Whips and Umbrellas?Repairing. John G. Milnor A Co., Charleston, S. C.?Dry Goods, Clothing, Straw Goods, Ac. < D. F. Fleming A Co., Charleston, S. C.?Boots, | Shoes and Trunks. . I SAVINGS BANK DIVIDEND. Messrs. Jefferya & Metts, as agents for the receiver, Dr. John Fisher, are now prepared to pay, at their office in this place, a i dividend of ten per cent, to the depositors in the Yorkville branch of the Citizens' Savings Bank. PERSONAL. Our popular young towusraan, Mr. J. P. ? Herndon, has accepted a position in the wholesale hat house of Messrs. T. M. Horsey & Brother, of Charleston, and is now canvassing the State in the interest of that firm. ( Messrs. Horsey are among the most reliable of the Charleston houses, and we congratulate ' them upon having secured the services of so ( energetic a salesman as we feel assured Mr. Herndon will prove himself to be. It ETHEL 1IUKY1NU-UROUND. j Wo have been requested to state that the people composing Bethel congregation have decided to commence, on Monday next, the 9th instant, to enlarge and otherwise improve ; the burial ground at Bethel Church. All who have relatives buried there, or who are otherwise interested, are expected to render assistance, either by furnishing labor or wagons and teams. It is thought the work can he accomplished in two days. THE WEATHER. The last two weeks of July will long be remembered as the hottest term known in this section for several years. Although around Yorkvillc an abundance of rain has fallen during the season, yet some portions of the county have suffered from drought, and we learn that in the vicinity of Kiddle's Mill tKn nnltnn nltinta ti a v a hop 11 Kiwi 1 <J scorched. I/I1U WbbVU |/iuuuu taM? v ww?? Rains have fallen there, however, within the past week. The "Indian Land" section of the county has also suffered seriously from the effects of dry weather and the unprecedented ' heat. Since Sunday we have had cloudy weather, with one or two genial showers, and the temperature has moderated considerably. 1 THE CHARLESTON FALL TRADE. Theopening of the fall trade in Charleston is announced in our columns this morning, by two leading houses in different lines. Messrs. John G. Milnor & Co. have long been extensively engaged in dry goods, fancy goods, clothing, hats, etc., and our merchants, who i do not already deal with them, would do well < to cultivate their acquaintance. In the boot . and shoe trade the nametf of D. F. Fleming i & Co. are as familiar household words. They < need no recommendation from us; but like all sensible business men, they believe in the 1 power of printers' ink, and heuce their card. ' Charleston has quite a number of other jobbing houses who might find it to their inter- , est to consult our Agent, Mr. Roswell T. ( Logan. i SALES-DAY. The following property was sold on Monday last, sales-day for August: ( By the Sheriff, under writ offi. fa., tract of | land on which J. H. Sutton resides, contain- < ing 531 acres; bought by Jas. Sutton for ?50. ' Under order of Judge Muckey. to foreclose mortgage, in the suit of R. T. Allison vs. J. I B. Allison, one undivided half interest in a ' lot in Yorkville; bought by R. T. Allison for < $500. . i J. H. Clawson, Assignee, sold the follow- | ing property: i Tract of 199 acres, belonging to bankrupt ! estate of J. R. Castles ; bought by J. N. Mc- . El wee, Sr., for $1,343.25. i Tract of 250 acres, belonging to bankrupt I estate of A. C. Suttou ; bought by A. C. Sut- i ton for $75. I SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. ' We would direct attention to the circular { address of the ahove Company, and also 1 their advertisement, to be found in our columns this week. As will be seen, the 1 Company has constituted at this place a local 1 board of trustees, and in the circular address ' the objects contemplated by the board are ' fully set forth. The Company is the strong- ; est life insurance company in the South, nlnlmlrr. fn Imuo oaaofa to t.hp Amount, of! 1 tlUIUIlllg VW UltTw wvwwww ?v/ ...V 82,000,000 ; and from our information as to its resources and the plan upon which its busi- 1 nes9 is conducted, we have no hesitaucy in re- 1 commending it as worthy the patronage of those who may desire to avail themselves of ' the benefits of life insurance. Mr. John C. * Ivuykeudal is the local agent for this place, ' who will be pleased to furnish any informa- 1 tion that may be desired. 1 TRANSFERS OF HEAL ESTATE. , The following are the transfers of real estate recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: L I). H. White to L. E. Faulkner. Lot in '. Fort Mill. Consideration 875. M. Duffy to Lewis Hoyle and others. Lot [. of 3 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration 810. . J. S. It. Thomson and others, Assignees, to A. E. Hutchinson. Three lots in Rock Hill of the bankrupt estate of Kerr & Roach. Con- j sideratiou 85,385. G. W. Moore to Joel R. Smith. Lot at j j Black's Station in Cherokee township. Con- j sideration 85. Wm. Gibson to Raymer Gibson. Lot in t Fort Mill. Consideration 8400. D. L. Pratt and others to Elijah Nix. j Tract of 450 acres in Bullock's Creek town-. ship. Consideration 85,000. S. J. Kimbrell to George Saville and oth- i ers. Lot for a church in Fort Mill. Con- j sideration 830. j R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to R. T. Allison, j ( One-half interest in lot in Yorkville. Con-; j sideration 8500. f . ' CAPTURE OP HORSE-TIIIEVES. ( l Oil Wednesday last, a negro rode into town j < on a valuable horse, which he offered to sell ( for 8125. No one seemed desirous of pur-J1 chasing, when the negro reduced his price!' to 8100, and finally fell to 875. The suspi- j J cions of Sheriff Glenn, which were aroused at j I the moment the horse was offered for sale, J were now fully couffrmed, aud when the negro ' i was about pursuing his journey, that officer < detained him, preferring not to let him pro- 1 ceed until he should give a satisfactory ac- j count of himself and the horse in his posses- f sion. After remaining under detention a i short while, the negro, who gave his name as < Charles Moore, and claimed to be from North 1 Carolina, confessed that he had stolen the i horse on that morning from Dempsey Blake, i who lives near Smith's Turnout in this coun- I ty. This information haviug been obtained, a i warrant was procured for the arrest of Moore, . and after a preliminary hearing before Trial Justice Wagoner, he was committed to jail on the charge of horse stealing. Mr. Blake was notified of the arrest of the thief, and he came on and recovered the horse, which he identified as his own. Ou the night of the 2Gth ultimo, a white man named John E. Austin, of Union County, N. C., took from the premises of John Caldwell, who lives seven miles westof Yorkville, a mule, which it seems was a subject of oontention between the two parties. Austin rode the mule to King's Mountain station on the Air-Line Railroad, where he was intercepted, and after an investigation of the case he was committed to Dallas jail, where he awaits a requisition from the Governor of the State. A negro uamed Henry Grier, alias Whiteside, of this county, has been arrested for aiding and abetting Austin in taking the mule, and at the time we go to press an investigation of the charge is being had in the Trial Justice's Court. MERE-MENTION. From Alabama the report comes that drought is ruining corn and cotton. In some portions of the State thev have had no rain since May, and the crops are failures. A severe rain and wind caused heavy loss at Marietta, Ga., on Friday last. Buildings were prostrated, and the whole country is submerged in water. A cyclone passed through Harrisburg, Indiana, last week, killing 6ve women and children, and destroying several building3. Protracted rains have greatly damaged the crop prospect in the Southern parts of Ohio and Indiana. Corn is overflowed and drowned out, and the harvested wheat is sprouting in the sheaves. The amount of the indemnity from Spain, growing out of the capture of the Virginius, has been received by this Government and is ready for distribution. Jefferson Davis declines the presidenoy of the Bryan (Texas) College, which was tendered him at a salary of $4,000 per annum. The New York Times says that the Plymouth Church officials intend to raise $80,000 of Beecher's salary by a mortgage on the church in which he officiates. Judges Trippe and McCay, of the supreme court of Georgia, have resigned because they cannot live on the meagre salary attached to the office. They have formed a law partnership, and their retainers in a few days exceeded the whole salary of a judge. Dis patches of the 2nd iostant from Memphis, Cincinnati, Columbus (Ohio,) St. Louis, Indianapolis, Chicago and New York, report heavy rain storms and high waters iu the respective sections. Crops, in some places, are completely submerged and a complete loss. EOITORIALINKLIXUS. A Nice Point iu Law. The Ilaleigh News gives the following account of an opinion of the Supreme Court :>f North Carolina, rendered last week by Judge Pearson, which involves a nice point, and by which decision the young men of the jay will no doubt be governed : Judge Pearson, of the Supreme Court, ou Monday reudered an opinion which is interesting under certain circumstances. In this :ase the parties had made a contract of ;? ?i ....i.? j uarrmge,uuti uii me uny jucvujiis m uiamugc the woman executed a deed of gift of her real estate to the value of ?3,000 to her stepmother, without the knowledge of the man. A.fter the marriage the husband sues for the recovery of the land hack to the wife upon the ground of fraud. The court held that the deed was fraudulent, intended to deceive the nan, and the step-mother is ordered to confey back the land to the wife. The Press at the Capitul. For several days last week the Columbia Phcenix failed to make its appearance, which fact was accounted for by the withdrawal from its force of workmen of the pressman and five compositors. These gentlemen ?ive as the reason for their action that their services were not "promptly remunerated." [mmediately after their withdrawal from the Phcenix office, the seceding typographers commenced the publication of a daily under the title of the Columbia Register, a very creditible sheet, handsomely printed, containing the telegraphic reports, and which promises to be independent in its political course. The price )f the new candidate for public favor is ?7.00 per aunura. On Saturday the Ph(enix made its reappearance, with no other explanation of its temporary suspension than the following brief statement: "Owing to circumstances beyond our control, the publicatiou of the Phoenix has been suspended for-several days. We expect to resume its publication next week." The Union-Herald gives notice that from ind after the 1st instant its subscription price will be reduced to $5.00 per annum. The Charleston News and Courier has es;ablished a branch office in Columbia, having issigued to that point a special reporter to look after the local affairs of the city, which !>re telegraphed for publication each night, and placed before Columbia readers early the following day. rhe Great Litigants. Since the conclusion of the TiltouBeecher trial the principal parties to the suit tiave quietly fallen back to their normal positions. Beecher is happy under the increased imount of his yearly salary, and has gone to the White Mountains. He has recently dedined an offer to deliver twelve lectures in the West at $500 each and all his expenses paid. Tilton, though without the patronage and lattery of a wealthy congregation to sustain "tim koo oKnOpilu tA U'nrL' TKo Rrnnlr. yn Argus says that on the very day that Judge Neilson delivered his charge to the ury, Tilton resumed those labors necessary to he maintenance of himself and so much of lis family as the late terrible ordeal has left lim. In proof of the application, industry, ind remarkable fertility of the man, it is only jecessarv to state that the preparation of a lew book, which he began on the day abovenentioned, has so far progressed that he exDects to be able to put it to press by the midlie of this month. The title he has selected or it is, "A Legend," and it will make an oc;avo volume of between two hundred and fifty ind three hundred pages. Mr. Tilton, however, does not seem disposed to give up his case against Beechcr. On Monday afternoon lis counsel, Judge Morris, served a notice on Shearman & Sterling, attorneys of record for Beecher, to he prepared to answer in a new ;rial on the first Monday in September. Mr. Morris says they have some new evideuce, ind he thinks the case can be ended in ten lays. Death of General Pickett. General George E. Pickett died in Norfolk, Va., on Saturday last, after a brief illiess. General Pickett was one of the most conspicuous officers in the Confederate service, having on the outbreak of the late war, resigned his position of Captain of Iufantry n the United States army, to accept a posi;ion in the army of the South. He entered the Academy at West Point in June 1842. At the end of his curriculum, | be was duly graduated and assigned to duty | with the army, then in Mexico, with the rank i of brevet second lieutenant. The youthful soldier advanced with Scott's column upon | the City of Mexico, and was one of that brilS liant group in which Jacksou, Magruder and 1 McClellan shone. He participated in the bloody battles of Contreras, Cherubusco> ! Moliuo del Key and Chapultepec, and was i twice promoted, at the latter place being advanced to the rank of captain. At the end ; of the war Capt. Pickett was assigned to duty in the Territories, at the head of his company, I the Ninth Infantry. It was ou the Pacific I coast that Capt. Pickett added new lustre to his record, for he was ordered to hold the famous Island of St. Juan. This he did with coolness and tenacity. Opposed to him he found three or four British men-of-war sent to :li m&e lurciuie [JUBSeasiUM WI tuc tomuu ujr VJIUf ernor Douglas, whose arrogance came near 1 precipitating the two great English-speaking ! races into war. In this position Capt. Pickett not only showed the resolution of a good soldier, in face of overwhelming odds, but tact and judgment. For his services in this grave busiuess he was recommended by Gen. I Harney for a brevet. Pickett remained on ! the Pacific coast at the post he had made ! celebrated until 1861. The cloud of war had ! now overspread the sky, and having resigned his commission, he made his way across the i plains to give his sword to his native State, i His subsequent career as a brave and gal' lant officer, and a leader in whom his men j had the utmost confidence, is too fresh in the minds of the people to require recapitulation at this time. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, August 2,1875. The colored population were considerably excited the two days preceding the election. On Monday a Republican meeting was held in the Court House, at which Judge Mackey and ex-Postmaster Richardson were the speakers. The former occunied his time nrincinal .. 1 - I I ly in exposing Richardson's misdoings, while the key note of the latter's harangue was fidelity to the Republican party and its candidates. He revived the ku-klux ghost, but it wouldn't scare "worth a cent." Wednesday was a day of great excitement. Early in the raorniug, wagons, with cloth adornments bearing the inscriptions, "Honest John Walker" and "Give us Honest Men," and filled with the colored band and colored men of the Walker persuasion, drove through our streets. The welkin rang with merry sounds of music, and continuous cries of "hurrah for Walker." Several rounds of the streets were made by the procession, their shouts becoming louder, as the sun poured down his scorching rays. Stores were closed, and proprietors and clerks entered with zeal into the contest in behalf of the Conservative candidate. The closing of bar-rooms prevented an indulgence in intoxicating liquors to any very great extent. Still, as it will always be the case when political excitement is great, there was some "popskull" floating about, which got the better of its unfortunate victims. The colored vote at this box was not so large as it has been on some occasions, and the reasou for their absence was attributed to the advice of their leaders?to vote at the country boxes and thus escape the Walker in fluence. The scheme, however, was only partially successful, for there was a large number of negroes in town, a majority of whom voted the Walker ticket. Wednesday's election was the first time since reconstruction that the color line has been broken in this county. The enthusiasm of the colored element for Walker equaled that of the whites, and their vote is indicative of their willingness to unite with the whites in the effort to obtain a good and honest government. A good feeling prevailed throughout tjie day between Conservatives and Republicans. Party zeal did not overreach itself in a single instance in interfering with the freedom of the ballot box. Though the whites worked like beavers, every man. white nr colored, was allowed to vote according to his own good will and pleasure. Xoone had the slightest inclination to deny to any voter the right of casting his ballot as be chose. The excitement of the election was, as might have been expected, attended with some animated and angry discussions. A difficulty between two negroes, growing out of political differences, occasioned a disturbance, which at one time threatened to assume alarming proportions. One of the colored combatants received a dangerous wound from a pistol shot in the abdoraeB, which may prove mortal. The police authorities soon appeared upon the ground, and succeeded in quieting the disturbance. Walker, the Conservative candidate, obtained a majority over Richardsou at the town box of five hundred votes. He also ran exceedingly well at those places in the county where the whites made an earnest effort iu his behalf. At Lowrysville, Walker received 95 votes; Richardson, 138 votes. At Lewis' Turn Out, Walker received 65 votes; Richardson, 125 votes. At Torbit's Mill, Walker, 30 votes ; Richardson, 58 votes. AtCarmel Hill, Walker, 138 votes; Richardson, 202 votes. At Moffat's Store, Walker, 59 votes; Richardson, 139. Rich Hill gave a majority of 34 votes for Walker, and Rossvillegave him a majority of 14 votes. Landsford gave Richardson a majority of 58 votes. The Conservatives secured the election of VI... I !?!. P *.?,v meir canaiaaie oy a majority ui ueany two hundred votes. This is certainly a great revolution in political sentiment, when it is remembered that the Republicans have frequently carried the county by a majority of about fifteen hundred votes. This result is partly to be attributed to Richardson's unpopularity among the colored element, but in a far greater measure is it due to the earnest, vigorous etforts of the whites, and especially those of the town of Chester. The victory was celebrated on Thursday night by a grand torch-light procession and the firing of cannon. The route of the procession was up Centre, through Main, down Gadsden, up Valley and down Main streets. The grand illumination, the roar of artillery, the stirring sounds of music, and the huzzas that filled the air, combined to form a scene that will not soon be forgotten. The proces* j sion halted on Main street, when repeated calls were made for Judge Mackey. The Judge responded with readiness, and made a speech that called forth frequent cheers. He spoke j of the crossing of the political chasm in the union between the races, and the happy rei suits flowing from that union. He was followed by Mr. T. C. Gaston in a few appro1 priate remarks. James Walter, colored, then ! mounted the rostrum, but, as he himself said, was "too far gone" to make a very edifying address. The jollification then ended, and the crowd dispersed. The crops in the greater portion of this 1 county are greatly in need of rain, though there are some sections that have been favored with abundant rains. Refreshing showers fell in our town on Friday evening and yesterday afternoon, which, while they delighfully cooled the atmosphere, were not sufficient to meet