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Scraps and facts.
Rhode Island is the most densely pop-!
ulated State in the Union.
Colonel Boudinot wants the Choctaw !
Indians represented in Congress. He thinks
they are as good as negroes.
There are 800 paper mills in the United
States, with a capital $40,000,000, and producing
annually $70,000,000 worth of paper. I
A saloon keeper in Louisiana has just ;
been compelled to pay $1,200 damages to a J
woman for selling liquor to her husband.
New York city is overstocked with |
Delaware peaches, the price of which has I
fallen from $1.25 to 15 cents per crate.
To prevent her lover from "going back'* |
on his promise, a Detroit girl always intro- '
duces him to her friends as "my intended hus- !
band."
Yellow fever made its appearance in
virulent form at Pascagoula, Miss., on Sunday
of last week. Up to Friday thirty cases |
were under treatment, and seven deaths had
occurred.
A local colored caudidate for State
Senator down in Mississippi says : "If dese i
white men who fess to be 'publicans want our j
votes, dey must come clean over and be one 1
of us?yes, by ganny, dey mus' be niggers wid
us."
The people of Ohio had a sad experience
of the effects of infiatiou as applied to
the river streams of the State. The currency
overflowing their banks has been more than \
sufficient to "move the crops," and vast tracts i
of country have gone into liquidation. 1
A number of post masters in all sections
of the Union have been recently re- i
moved for improper transactions in postage !
stamps, whereby their salaries were increas- ,
sed?among them David Johnson, postmas- I
ter at Union C. H., South Carolina. '
No two sides of the human face are ]
precisely alike. It is the same with the every I
limb: no pair of limbs are fashioned alike. 1
Oue hand is almost always larger than the ,
other ; so with the foot, the leg and the arm.
But the greatest of all marvels is this : never
were two human faces alike.
A convention, composed of colored ed
itors of uewspapers and other distinguisneu 1
representatives of the colored race, was held ,
in Cincinnati last week. The prevailing sentiment
was in favor of united action on the
part of the colored people for the enforcement
of all the rights secured to them by law.
A one-legged ex-Confederate soldier
begged the authorities in Atlanta to send him
to thestationhouse to prevent him from starv- 1
ing. And yet our memorial shafts pierce the j
skies, aud hundreds and thousand of dollars
are thrown away upon the leprous lizzard
eaters of the South Sea Islands.
Some inquiring statistician has figured
out that of the present Congress, composed of
336 members, 200 are lawyers, 50 merchants,
r? il _
and tne rest ecmors ana iarmers. in me
United States there are 40,000 lawyers and
1,500,000 farmers; therefore, there is one ,
lawyer in Congress for every 200 of that (
profession, and only one farmer for every
130,000, as the latter class, in reality, only
number 18 in our national legislature.
The Esquimaux have an ingenious i
way of killing bears. They sharpen the ends (
of a piece of whalebone, a foot or more long, I
then bend it double and wrap it closely in i
fat meat, which is exposed to the air till it i
freezes. These treacherous pellets are thrown
to the bear, which bolts them whole. They
thaw in his stomach; the bent whalebone
straightens, and the sharp points pierce his
vitals whenever he attempts to move.
The perpetrators of the 847,000 robbery
in the Treasury Department at Washing- !
ton, have at length been detected. The pack-1
ago of money was stolen by a clerk named Halleck,
who says he was instigated to the
deed by a saloon keeper named Ottman.
They are both in prison. Fourteen thousand
dollars of the stolen money have been recovered,
and attachments have been served on
Ottman's property, which it is thought will be
sufficient to secure the remainder of the stolen
sum.
At Detroit, Mich., are situated the
immense car works of the Pullman Palace
Car Company. They cover an area of several
acres, and in them nearly six hundred
workmen are employed. Everything appertaining
to the construction of the cars of the
Company, with the exception of the iron
casting, is done in these shops, and from them
the completed cars for use in this country are
turned out, whilst those that are to be used in
Europe are shipped in sections, in charge of ,
gangs of workmen, to their place of destination.
It is thought in Tennessee that the
Governor will appoint Gen. Wra. B. Bates to
the seat of the late Andrew Johnson in the '
Senate. Gen. Bates was a close competitor
of Mr. Johnson, the latter winning only by
a very small vote. He was a Confederate ,
officer. Among others mentioned for the
vacant seat in the Senate are ex-Governors
Ishara G. Harris and John C. Brown. It
is said that Gov. Porter has stongly intimated
that the claims of those who sought the ap- '
pointment while the late Senator's body remained
unburied, will be entirely ignored by
him. i
Uertam avaricious ana enrerprismg
citizens of a certain Minnesota county, the
authorities of which had offered a liberal
price per bushel for grasshoppers as a means
of exterminating those greedy invaders, were ,
not content with what they could make in an j,
honest way, numerous as the hoppers were, I,
' but invented and executed a plan for roasting
and thus doubling the size of the insects j
and making two bushels out of one. And
their rapacity for lucre increasing with their
gains, these sharp gentlemen went into the adjoiniug
and adjacent counties, where they cap- ,
tured untold bushels of the insects, which \'
they hauled home and roasted to double their !
measuring capacity, and then sold them 1
to the authorities.
A wild boy was lately captured uear '
Austin, Texas. He was first discovered wal-!'
lowing in a pond ot shallow water, ana wnen
approached he broke like a quarter-horse,
running about a mile before he could be over-;
taken by ineu on ponies. Hiding up near, the |!
boy was lassoed, wheu a fierce contest ensued,
. the strange beiug striking, kicking and lung- j
ing about in a most fearful maimer, and ap-: i
parently being frightened almost to death.
Finally he was overpowered, tied and taken ,
to the house of the man who first discovered :
him. His body was covered with hair about
four inches long, and from size and appearance,
he is supposed to be about twelve years
old. He is unable to talk, but possesses reasoning
power, and now follows his captor
about like a dog.
Immense quantities of small silver coin 1
are being accumulated at the sub-treasury at .
Boston, with a view to its substitution, at an J
early day, for the fractional curreucy now in
use. The express companies are delivering
the precious metal by the ton, and some ap- j
prehension is expressed as to the effect of pla- j.
cingso much weight in the vaults of the sub- (
treasury, which are situated directly above
the main postoflice room in the new Boston ;
postofiice. With a view to secure the safety 1
of the vaults beyond the peradventure of a j
doubt, Supervising Architect Potter has di- i
rected that additional and heavier iron beams |
be placed under the section upon which they :,
rest. There is at present contained within j
their walls no less than one hundred and !
twenty tons of silver, representing a value of ''
SI 0,000,000. j I
While other products of the earth have ' 1
diminished by the ravages of storms and insects,
the oil crop in Pennsylvania appears to i
be embarrassing the operators and operatives
by its very richness. The yield has been so
profuse that the supply has far exceeded
the demand. The despair of the operators in
their inability to keep prices up is said to 1
-~-diave extended to the operatives, who, it is
sdlegPdy-Jiaye resorted to communistic devices i
to save themselves from the threatened trou- J
ble. One conspiracy is declared to have
been discovered to burn up 6,000,000 barrels !
of oil above ground, and another to plug up j
all the wells. In the face of this curious con- J
dition of things, hundreds of new wells are !
being drilled which will prove an infatuation
of a very costly description. There is
already said to be euough petroleum in store
in the oil regions to last the world six months. |
At last accounts the dealers and operators, I
although they had had several consultations, j
had failed to find any way out of their dilem- j
ma, except by absoluteshutting down of all the
producing wells, and this they fear to do on
account of the lack of good faith hitherto
shown by operators in keeping such agreements.
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?me upjrvju?
YORKVI1VLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 19, 1875.
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PLAYING GOVERNOR.
During any temporary absence of Governor
Chamberlain from the State, Lieutenant-Gov?fllrtoTToa
pi a oa in ovnloin hv PYfiroisinc
CI IIU1 \JI 1 t-t* ?iiovg vv-? VA|/?M*44 vj 0 I
his supposed authority in the interference of
the due execution of the law upou any colored
criminal of note who may chance to be
under judicial sentence. It will be remembered
that a few months ago, while Governor
Chamberlain was temporarily absent from the
State, Gleaves postponed the execution of
Bunch and Hardee, two colored murderers
under sentence of death at Charleston, which
action raised some legal points; but as it
was only a respite, we believe that no action
was taken in the matter. Now, however, the
Lieutenant-Governor has arrogated to himself
the right to set aside the sentence of a Court
of law and exercise the prerogative of a sureri/\TTAI?nAT*
KtT AAmmtlttnff t ll d QOH t"0 fl {*d
CUUUgU UUVWUUl) yjj WUIIUUVIU^ i/uv wvuvvifvv
of Joe Gibbes, another Charleston murderer,
from the death penalty to twenty years' imprisonment
in the penitentiary. Against this
conduct of his Lieutenant, Governor Chamberlain
protests, and has addressed a letter
upon the subject to Judge Reed, of the
Charleston circuit, in which, after recounting
the facts in the case, he says :
"The action of the Lieutenant-Governor as
above stated is, in my judgment, wholly without
authority of law, and hence null and void ;
and my purpose in addressing you at this time
is to call your attention to what I consider
the necessity of action on your part, if you
agree with me in regarding the action of the
Lieutenant-Governor as unauthorized and
void.
"It is proper to add that at the time of leaving
the State I informed the Lieutenant-Governor
by letter of my proposed absence, and
that I should be in direct communication with
my office in case any necessity for the official
action of the Governor should arise.
"You will remember, also, that the question
of the right of the Lieutenant-Governor to act
as Governor during the temporary absence of
the Governor was directly involved in the recent
cases of Hardee aud Bunch, in Charleston.
In those cases, however, the action of
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the .Lieutenant-liovernor extenaeu omy to me
postponement of the execution of the seutence.
In the present case it extends to the change
of the sentence, and involves the right to exercise
all the powers of Governor. It presents
a case, therefore, which compels me to
seek a judicial determination of the questiou
involved, and to this end I beg to call your
attention to the case, and to say that, in my
judgment, your Honor should regard the action
of the Lieutenant-Governor as null and
void, and proceed to enforce upon the said
Joseph Gibbes the sentence of your court,
subject to such action by the Executive as he
may take whenever the case may be submitted
to him for his action."
The letter of Governor Chamberlain to
Judge Reed, will, we suppose, have the effect
to bring to a square issue the question involved,
in which there can hardly be a doubt
that the position taken by the Governor will
be sustained.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOKS.
At a meeting of the legislative committee
of five upon the text books for the public
schools of this State, held in Columbia last
Thursday, the following series was adopted :
Readers?Sheldon's 1st, with charts; 2d, 3d,and
1th; Franklin's 5th and lith.
Spellers?New American Primary Speller.
Pronouncing?New American Etymology.
...... A .SMiiimtif. .
?H<llIlUill<llirm ? ruun ."? X liiuaij aiiviiiuvwv, i
Fetter's Now Intermediate; Felter's New Practical
; Loom is' Elements of Geometry ; Loom is'
Treatise on Astronomy.
Geographies? Mitchell's New Primary Geography;
Guyot's Physical Geography, with [
Mitchell's Outline Maps.
Grammars?Swinton's Language Primer;
Swinton's Language Lessons; Swinton's Lan- i
guage School Composition ; Smith's Grammar.
Penmanship?Williams i Soutlierland's series,
eight numbers.
Histories?Butler's Pictorial History of the
United States ; Nelson's Outlines of History ;
American Child's Pictorial History of the United
Sbites.
Composition and Rhetoric?Parker's Aids to
English Composition.
Natural Sciences.?Appleton's Science Primers,
six numbers; Hooker's Child's Book of Nature;
Dalton's Physiology and Hygiene; Gray's "How
Plants Gro\v ;" Gray's School and Field Book of l
Botany ; Steele's Fourteen Weeks in Chemistry; i
Steele's Fourteen Weeks in Physiology; Steele's j
Fourteen Weeks in Geology ; Dana's Geology.
Bookkeeping?Bryant's & Stratton's, (same as j
before.)
Natural History?Fenney's Natural History of j
Animals, with Charts.
Dictionaries?Same as before.
School Register?Same as before.
Object Lessons?Calkin's Series, with accom- j
panying Charts.
Miscellaneous?Townsenu's Analysis 01 uon- '
stitution ; Townsend's Analysis of Civil Govern- |
inent.
Drawing?DoVero Foster's Drawing Books.
The matter of preparing a descriptive geo- j
jraphy and map of South Carolina, to be
placed in Mitchell's Geography, was referred ;
to Senator Robertson to have the work attend-:
sd to, which was very proper, if that edition j
of geography shall be used.
To Governor Chamberlain was referred the j
matter of enforcing in all the schools the text
books above mentioned, so as to produce :
uniformity. If the Governor has this author-!
ity, we hope he will not exercise it, insomuch '
is it is claimed that the action- of the board
has been peculiarly partisan, which is es
pecially noticeable in the selection of readers. 1
We do not care who may be the author of a
school-reader?whether he be from the North,
East, South or West?nor are we interested in J
the publisher ; but we do claim that all read- j
ers and similar text books for school children i
should be entirely free from partisan or sec- j
tional feeling, or any matter calculated to!
place either section of the country in a false I
position. Unfortunately, too many school- o
readers by authors of superlative loyalty, a
whose works seem to have been designed es- c
pecially for the benighted South, find their ; n
way into our schools. The effect of such ' v
books is pernicious; and as reasonably would d
if be for the Governor, in the exercise of his tl
power as one of the committee on text books, ; ji
to prescribe the religious tenets or the politi-! tl
cal creed to be uniformly adopted in all the p
schools of the State, as to designate the par- i tl
ticular books to be used. The committee j o
have the uudisputed right to recommend any ; a
books they may see proper ; hut the attempt a
to make the use of any prescribed books obli- si
gatory upon teachers of the public schools, is h
an ill-timed movement. h
CAPTURE AM) DISCHARGE OF PARKER. \ h
Ex-Treasurer Parker, with whose escape .
from Columbia jail and subsequent capture :
near Camden, our readers are familiar, has ' ^
c
been returned to his old quarters in the jail, |
and in the future will be kept under stricter ,
surveilance. In a statement to the Columbia j
reporter of the New and Courier, Parker j
says that after reaching the ground by means 1 ?
of the lightning rod, he was completely un- j
nerved by the fall received in the descent, j ^
He also failed to fiud the men and horses who j
I
were to meet him and take him away. He :
walked about town until 11 o'clock, when he '
went to the house of a friend, who, however, ^
refused him admission. He then went out
into the eastern suburbs of the city and took j
shelter in the house of a colored woman. Here .
he struck up with Andy Johnson, a colored 1
man, whom he took into his confidence, and ^
on Saturday, suspecting that Johnson wanted ^
to betray him, he compelled him, by threats,
to go with him, and the two set off on Saturday
night, and walked sixteen miles to Gra-, D
ham's Turnout, where he took a chill and :
could walk no further. He then hired a |
wagon of a man named Brown to take him to { C
Camdeu. Brown betrayed him, and he was 1 w
captured as stated. Parker says he never rr
would have attempted to escape if he had not j
been pushed up to it by his friends. The phy- i tl
sician who attends Parker has announced j 2
that. Parker is injured internally bv his fall I 4
from the lightning rod. His kidneys are j
ruptured. b
Parker's aiders and abettors in the escape are a:
represented as being quite uneasy, suspicion li
having attached to several, among them a
number of officials and private individuals, h
It is but proper, however, to state that from I
the 6rst, Sheriff Dent's name has never been ti
breathed in connection with the affair; and b
on Thursday Parker published a card in the
Union-Herald in which he says he had no as- C
sistancefrom the sheriff or any of his employes, a
nor had these officials any kuowledge of his V
plans for escape. I:
Of Parker's accomplices in making his es- C
cape from the jail, four, viz.: Andy Johnson, Ii
Mattison, Richardson aud Fannie Ford, are
now under bond, to answer at the next term t!
of the Court of General Sessions, and if ru- >
mors are to be credited, several other persons a
in Columbia will, at an early day, be arrested a
on a similar charge. Touching these rumors, r<
the Columbia correspondent of the News and T
Courier telegraphs to that paper under date
of last Thursday as follows: s<
"It is not well to speak of matters which, n
to prove successful, must be conducted sub w
rosa; but this much is sure, that within one j
short week there will be one of the biggest legal
hauls in this town that there has been for w
many a day. It must come; it is ridiculous ei
to suppose that an intelligent community can Cj
be gulled into the belief that a man so astute, d
so cunning as Niles G. Parker, should have
ventured an escape, backed simply by an ig- z<
norant negro, and a man who is an acknowl- 01
edged murderer. What does Parker mean q
when he says: 'I would not have attempted
to escape if I had not been pushed up to it by r<
my friends.' Frieuds, indeed, who, when he ^
came to their doors an outcast, a fugitive, c<
with nowhere to lay his head, drove him off t<
and shunned him as they would a pestilence. S(
These advisors, these pushers up to the escape,
well may they tremble, for as dangerous as it
was for them that Parker should be in jail before,
it is doubly so now. Such treatment of "
an outcast friend is not calculated to seal the r(
lips of the sufferer agaiust the crimes of his g
accomplices." Ii
In a subsequent dispatch the same corres- w
pondent gives the following particulars re- g
garding the arrest of Fannie Ford and Wil- T
liams: e,
"Fannie Ford, the colored woman at whose Ii
house Parker sojourned after his escape from Ci
jail, and from which he departed on the Saturday
night preceding his capture, was arrested
Friday afternoon as a material witness ^
against Andy Johnson and other prominent
men in the oommuuity believed to be impli- "
cated in the escape. She was released on a
bond of $500 to appear as a wituess against CJ
all the parties already arrested, and it is st
thought will prove a material witness against a;
others that may be arrested shortly. Wil- g
liams, one of the men who captured Parker, ,
was arrested on the same day, on a charge of
selling liquor without a license. It appears ^
that Williams was arrested last February 011 P
the same charge, was committed to jail in de- a!
fault of ?1,500 bail, and that afterward the u:
bail was reduced by Judge Bryan to ?500.
Tom Carter, the policeman here, and Jim
Greenwood, went on his bond, and he was re- p
leased. He was told by Parker's coachman ^
that money was being used against him to get C(
him put in jail, 'because some big mens is
thought he knuwed too much.' Williams' aj
sureties afterward gave him up, and he was rp
arrested on the old charge. I)r. Geiger went
on his bond, and he is at large again. Williams
says that Andy Johnson, Parker's trav- a'
eling companion, told him some important u
facts concerning those implicated in the es- tc
cape. This fact got abroad, and hence the w
arrest. Williams savs he has been informed h
that it was the object of some prominent men ft]
here to get him in jail and then pump him as
to what he knew and try and buy his silence. .
He promises some interesting disclosures soon. 13
The sheriff says he is determined to ferret out h<
the whole matter and arrest every man impli- e?
cated in the escape. Thus far four?Matti- oi
son, Richardson, Johnson and Fannie Ford? g8
have been put under bonds. Parker is guard- C?
ed night and day by a special guard."
I'AUKEK RELEASED. ^
As a finale to all the proceedings and ex- 0j
traordinary incidents of the prosecution of jj
Parker, that individual was released on Mon- j tj
day night last, by Judge Mackey, on a writ of d
habeas corpus, before whom the petition of the ' bi
prisoner was returned. I d'
After hearing argument on both sides, j V1
Parker being represented by Bachmau, You- j jt
mans, Wilkes and Elliott, and the State by j '
Attorney-General Melton, assisted by Mr. j
Wingate, Judge Mackey proceeded to deliver
his decision. He first stated the case upon ?
which the judgment had been found, and then
went fully into a comparison of the New York , w
and South Carolina constitutional law. He gi
then went back to the Augustine age, and T
ventilated himself on the nature of the writ!
of habeas corpus, and finally decided as fol-;
lows: First, that Parker was not held under jc
a legal order of arrest, as the order of arrest
issued in the sinking fund case had only been ri
used in the way of a detainer to bring about,
auother charge; that this was a prostitution of
law, and further, when the sinking fund case ! jj(
was stricken from the docket, the order of ar- tl
rest became null and void. Second, that the n
rder of arrest issued in the case of the State
gain9t Parker, had been made on the original
oraplaint; that this complaint was amended so
laterially as to render the original complaint
oid ; that, in accordance with the law, the orer
of arrest based on this complaint died with
he complaint. Third, that the verdict of the
jry had been for a judgment for $75,000;
hat Parker had made affidavit that all his
roperty was in the limits of the State, and
hat a levy had been made ; that the verdict |
f the jury had been only a judgment ordering
n execution upon the defendant's property,
nd that his person could not be touched ; that
nch execution had been made, and it was il*
3gal longer to hold the defendant, and that
e had been illegally held since the first levy
ad been made. The judge then went back |
d an explanation of the old English law of j
ii prison men t for debt, and wound up with a
anegyricon the writ of habeas corpus. In j
onclusion, he said : "The court will, in view j
fthe law and the facts set forth in the peti- |
ion for the discharge of Nilea G. Parker from
Ire custody of the sheriff of Richland county,
rant the order of release, and it is ordered
liat he go heuce without bail."
After the decision had been rendered, and
'arker had left the Court House, he was arested
by Constable Lorrick on a warrant
barging him with grand larceny to tire
mount of 8150,000 of coupons. Parker was
len taken before Justice McCord. The cound
for the State were not present, and counsel
rr prisoner waived an examination, demandlg
bail in a small amount. The Justice fixed
le bond at 82,000, which being signed by
[rs. Parker, George Waterman and P. F.
'razee, Parker was again set at liberty. It is
rought that Parker will seize the opportunity
ow given him, and make good his escape.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There are at present confined in the South
'arolina penitentiary, 308 prisoner's?25
hites and 283 blacks?including three wolen,
one with an infant.
? The population of Columbia, according to
le recent census, is 14,455. White males,
,534; white females, 2,506; colored males,
,576 ; colored females, 4,829.
? Messrs. Butler, Gary and Sheppard have
een employed by the citizens of Edgefield to
ssist Solicitor Runkle in prosecuting the
Idgefield officials.
? The Boston Light Infantry Association
as accepted the invitation of the Washington
/ieht Infantry, of Charleston, S. C., to par
cipate in the centennial celebration of the
attle of Fort Moultrie on June 28, 1876.
? Governor Chamberlain has removed H.
!. Brawley, trial justice of Chester county,
nd appointed Chaneey L. Cherry and Wm.
Vorthy trial justices for the same county,
le has also appointed George W. Curtis Jury
!ommissioner for Chester, in place of Carter
loss removed.
? The Ledger says that at the late terra of
he Circuit Court for Lancaster county, jury
o. 2. composed of nine intelligent white men
nd three colored men, was presided over by
n illiterate colored man, who could neither
2ad nor write, by direct appointment of Judge
'. J. Mackey.
? The Lancaster Ledger states that a negro
joundrel, near Fort Mill, wrote an insulting
nte to a resnectablo vouner ladv one day last
eek, proposing a conference. The young lay
handed the document over to her father,
ho appeared upon the spot designated and
mptied thirteen buckshot into the villain's
ircass. At latest advices the negro was not
ead.
? Upon the recommendation of many citi;ns
of Lancaster county, of several public
fficials, including Senator Clinton and Thos.
lyburu, clerk of court, and on the special
jcomraendation of his honor Judge Mackey,
le governor has pardoned Geo. Redding,
evicted of larceny at the February, 1875,
?rra of the court for Lancaster county and
mtenced to one year's imprisonment in the
enitentiary.
? It is said that in eight years there have
een but eleven burials of whites in Winnsbo),
while in the san:.e time the burials of neroes
aggregate one hundred aud forty-seven,
n a small section southeast of Winnsboro,
here there were seven hundred and fifty neroes,
there are now but two hundred and fifty,
he negroes are dying of consumption, a disise
formerly almost unknown among them.
Jleness and bad living seem to be the chief
ruse of the mortality.
? The preliminary proceedings have been
iken, and are now before Judge Mahei: at
lam well for his signature, to try by a suit in
le nature of a quo warranto, the title of Mr.
>unn to administer the office of Comptroller eneral.
The ground taken is that the con*
itution requires that the Comptroller-GenerI
be elected by the qualified voters of the
tate, and that Mr. Dunn has never been so
ected. The case is made in the name of the
.ttorney-General for the State, on the coralaint
of the Hen. James B. Campbell, and
lieges that the incumbent has "intruded into,
surped and unlawfully holds arid adminisirs"
the office.
? A colored woman, named Sarah Jones, at
leech Island, gave birth a short time ago, to
dored Siamese twins. One of the children
a perfectly developed female, large for her
onnooronnQ aP ViO.'ilf.h.
Ulili H I 1/1A t vl/l J UllV/u u4 iivivi wm?
he other, who is a male, is but imperfectly
sveloped, has only the rudimentu of limbs,
ad does not eat, depending for sustenance
pon its sister. These two beings are joined
tgether by a wide baud, in the centre of
hich one of the lungs of these strange sreaires
seems to be located. Touch the male
id the female will shrink ; pinch it and she
ill cry. Reverse the operation, and still it
the female who manifests sensibility. The
sad of the male is small and misshapen, the
irs presenting more the appearance of those
an animal than a human being. The pul"CUnorf
on/} *}>?? or>f nf rpsniration
ItlUUO Ui tuo uuai u uuu uuv MWV w - ? J ?
in be plainly perceived in the ligament
lining the bodies. This ligament, if such it
in be called, is joined to the girl at the end
F the breast bone and to the male lower down,
t is broad and thick, covered with skin like
ie rest of the body. Whether there are two
istinctive sets of vital organs, or whether
oth are dependent upon one, has not yet been
etermined. The latter opinion seems to preail,
however. It is apparent, at any rate, |
mt the male receives nourishment through j
s companion.
An Inch of Rain.?Rain is caught and I
leasured in such a way as to give what would j
ave been the actual depth of water on the !
irface if it had not soaked in or run off". An |
eh of rain is of more consequence than i
ould be generally supposed. On an acre of
round it amounts to 6,272,640 cubic inches, j
his gives 22,622.5 gallons of water, which i
ould fill a cistern capable of holding 360
ogsheads. Reducing it to weight, it would i
mount to over 113 tons. A trough 121 feet j
?ng, 10 feet high, and 3 feet wide, inside |
leasurement, would just contain an inch of,
lin from an acre of ground.
86rThe Wilmington, N. C. Star hasdiscover1
a man who went to take the train several
ours before it was due, on the supposition
iat "5 A. M." meant 5 minutes after midight.
LOCAL A77AZES.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. q
Prof. John B. Patrick, Principal?Greenville
High School.
J. I. Bonner?Duo West Female College. Cl
T. M. Dobson & Co.?Feathers?Calicoes?Bivingsville
Shirting?Shoes?12J cents?Cloth
Shoes?Bleached Shirting?Ladies' Every b
Day Shoes?Salem Jeans?Meal Bags?Carpeting?Bibles?Smoothing
Irons?Mouse
Traps?Black Alpaca?Powder and Shot? g
Shot Guns?Bed Ticking?Roll Hinges? ,
Plane Irons?Handsaws?Nails?Axes? D
Groceries.
W. H. <fe J. P. Herndon?Rubber Belting.
John C. Kuykendal?Iodo Bromide Calcium Com- W
pound?Benzine?Pepsin, Cinchona and y(
Strychnia?Pocket Cutlery?Found?Cora ^
Lee Cologne?Briar Wood Pipes?The Noxious
Weed. f,
G. L. Riddle?Riddle's Mills. "
L. Cass Carpenter?United States Internal Reve- r
nue.
PERSONAL. gc
We were pleased to meet, a few days ago, tl
?T. C. Hardin, Esq., editor of the Chester Re- ]a
porter, who passed through Yorkville on his
return from the Springs in North Carolina, g;
looking remarkably well after his brief vaca- u
tion from editorial labors. ai
ESSAY ON SOUTH CAROLINA.
We are indebted to the author, Col. J. P. F
Thomas Snnerintendent of Carolina Military d
Institute, for a copy of his essay on South J
Carolina, entitled "South Carolina in Arras,
Arts and the Industries: A View of the Past, lj
Present, and Future of the Commonwealth." g
The pamphlet is handsomely printed and will A!
be read with interest by our people. A few g
copies are for sale at this office. Price 50
cents. tc
TRANSFERS OF*REAL ESTATE. ^
The following are the transfers of real estate 11
recorded in the office of the County Auditor w
since our last report: ^
William J. Anderson to Mary R. Herron.
One-half interest in 125 acres land in Bethel ^
township. Consideration $780. ^
J. H. Clawsou, assignee, to J. N. McElwee, ?|
Jun. Tract of 199 acres in Broad River ^
township. Consideration $1,343.
J. H. Clawson, assignee, to A. C. Sutton.
Tract of land in Fort Mill township. Con- 11
sideration $75. ^
J. A. Carroll to J. L. & R. F. Clark. Two
lots in Yorkville. Consideration $800.
J. L. & R. F. Clark to J. A. Carroll. Two
lots in Yorkville. Consideration $800. *c
IMPORTANT TO MEDICAL STUDENTS. *
The trustees of the Louisville Medical College,
(Louisville, Ky.,) have, in accordance
with the provisions of their charter, establish- ^
ed a beneficiary system, whereby any young gj
man studying medicine, and being unable to ^
pay for his education, may receive a beneficiary
scholarship, which relieves him of pay- cj
raent of the professors' fees. The public will c(
be pleased to learn that this well-known Col- ^
lege has abolished all fees for its diplomas, ^
the faculty being thus wholly uninterested, .
pecuniarily, in the result of all examinations ^
for graduation. For full particulars, address
Dean of Louisville Medical College, 163
Second street, Louisville, Ky. C
Any medical student in this or either of
1-1 X. _ _
the adjoining counties, unaoie 10 pay jur a | c<
course of lectures, and who would wish to i ti
avail himself of the offer of the above institu- gi
tion, would do well to communicate in person 0
with the proprietor of the Enquirer. J
DEATH OF J. G. ENLOE, Esq. t
John G. Enloe, Esq., of this place, died at 8C
the residence of Col. W. B. Allison, in this M
county, at 7 o'clock, P. M., on Thursday last. w
He suffered for several years from a compli- w
cation of diseases, and for the past few months
had been confined to his room. On Thurs- -A
day morning last, thinking he would be ben- fi
efitted by a short ride into the country, he
accompanied Col. Allison to his home, where, w
suddenly becoming worse, he died on that af- 0'
ternoon. Mr. Enloe was in the 63rd year of w
his age. He was well known in this county, Ju
having filled several positions of public trust. ^
At the time of his death, he was County Aud- b
itor, with which office he had been connected 01
almost ever since the organization of the pres- hi
ent State government, and of which he was 8I
the incumbent for the past four years, discharging
his duties with fidelity and satisfac- ^
tion to the people. We but express the sentiraent
of the public by hoping that the Gov- b<
ernor, in filling the vacancy caused by Mr. d:
Enloe's death, may choose a successor of equal Ul
capability. ic
LITERARY* SOCIETY. 8*
The Cadets of King's Mountain Military w
School have recently organized among them- w
selves a literary society, named in honor of hi
the distinguished co-founder of the School, b;
the "Micah Jenkins Society." This organi- sc
zation bids fair to become a permanent fea- D
ture of the institution, and to perform a most
important share of its work. Primarily de- lii
signed to cultivate debate and composition, it to
will, in addition, be of incalculable service to tb
its members in the attainment of other ends in
germane to its leading purpose. The acquire- of
meut of ready and correct use of language, of fa
a logical, systematic method of thinking, and 5,
of self-possession in debate; the frequent in- U
terchange of views upon themes specially in- la
terestiug to students ; the promotion of agree- se
able social relation among the members, and If
the profitable employment of leisure hours? fii
these are some of the ends which the society wi
aims to accomplish. There is ample material Si
in the School for the attainment of these ob- ra
jects, and we doubt not the Cadets will enter be
into their work with zeal and energy. In ve
common with the many friends of the institu- 1?
tion, we congratulate them upon their organi- th
zation, and shall watch with interest the pro- dt
gressof the "Micah Jenkins Society." at
The first regular meeting was held under jo
very encouraging auspices, on last Friday pc
night, when the following officers were in- m
stalled: President?John S. Wilson; Vice- to
President?Robert J. Lindsay; Secretary and M
Treasurer?H. W. Culp; Assistant Secreta- to
rv?Withers Adickes: Janitor?L. M. Wil- th
t/ ?
liamson. | in
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. ! p
Mt. Vernon Grange, August 14th, 1875. j jn
At a meeting of the above Grange, held on : q
the 2nd Saturday of August, the following j 8j(
preamble and resolutions were unanimously :
adopted: w.
Whereas, it has pleased an all wise Provi-'
dence to remove, by death, from our midst,
Mrs. Ida Jones, one of our best and highly
esteemed members and officers; and whereas,
this Grange, whilst cheerfully submitting to "v
the Divine will, desire to give some expression io
to the sense of the loss they have sustained, pj
as wall as to testifv to the nersonal qualities ,
and virtues of the deceased ; therefore, be it ^
Resolved, 1st. That in the death of Mrs. a
Ida Jones, Mt. Vernon Grange has lost a
good and useful member and officer; and the gi
Society and whole community in which she at
lived and moved, one who, by her gentleness, WJ
good sense and Christian charity and faith, I ar
promised to be a bright and exemplary orna- <
raent. w
2nd. That the usual badge of mourning be m
worn by the members and officers at each or
meeting for three successive meetings, and xi
that a blank page upon our minutes be in- j
scribed to her memory. ,
3rd. That we extend to all the members of .
the bereaved family our most heartfelt syra-, n
pathies in their hour of severe trial and afflic- i W(
tion. I re
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?-Win. Horah was seriously stabbed in
harlotte, last week, by a man named Perdue.
? Considerable damage was done to the
rops in Rutherford by heavy rains last week.
? A number of Iredell farmers lose heavily
y the recent bank failure in Charlotte.
? The Treasurer of Gaston county had
2,000 on desposit in the Bank of Mecklenurg,
which suspended a few days ago.
? The crop prospects in Cabarrus county
ere never better than during the present
ear.
? A negro brakeman was run over by a
eight train and instantly killed at High
'oint on Wednesday night of last week.
? Wm. A. Craven, of Randolph county, was
intenced by Judge Kerr to twenty years in
le penitentiary for burning his mother-iniw's
barn.
? Complete returns of the election for delentno
to tl-io rVknotitntirmal CVtriVAntiflll foot
p 60 Democrats, 2 Independent Democrats,
ad 58 Republicans.
? Governor Brogden has appointed D. M.
'urches, of Iredell, a Judge of the 10th Juicial
District, to serve the unexpired term of
udge Mitchell, resigned.
? The editor of the Shelby Banner has later
been shown the pocket knife of Gen. Feruson,
who was killed at the battle of King's
lountain. The knife was taken out of his
rave seventy-five years after he was buried.
? A bigamist named Erney was committed
> jail in Charlotte last week on the charge of
aving two wives. He first married a lady
? Sumter, S. C., in 1873, and subsequently
ent to Salisbury, where he married wife
To. 2;
? In the counties named, the following are
le delegations elected to the Constitutional
invention: Cleveland?Plato Durham, Demcrat;
Gaston?James Huffman, Republican ;
[ecklenburg?Rufus Barringer and W. M.
lerr, Republicans.
? Ex-Governor Holden is the only man now
> North Carolina debarred from voting or
olding office, he having been impeached by
le Legislature a few years ago; and as it is
lairaed that his disabilities can be removed
oly by a convention of the people, the Char>tte
Democrat urges upon the members of the
pproaching Convention to restore the exfovernor
to citizenship.
? The Charlotte Home says the losses by the
ispension of the Bank of Mecklenburg are
Lrcrertban at first supposed, and will not fall
o
lort of $200,000, with assets inadequate to
leet one-tenth of the claims. Judge- Shipp,
ie assignee of the Bank, has published a
ird, in which he says that so soon as he can
jmplete a thorough investigation of the conition
of the Bank, a full and fair statement
ill be made. He further advises persons
iterested in the property not to heedlessly
icrifice the same.
?
EDITORIAL INKLINGS,
adet M. J. Jenkins.
Mr. Micah J. Jenkins, who was the suc3ssful
candidate in the competitive examinaon
for the West Poiut appointment in the
ift of Congressman Mackey, is a native of
'rangeburg, where he was born on the 3d
uly, 1857; consequently he is now but eighien
years old. After attending a primary
;hool, he became a pupil of the King's
[ountain Military School at Yorkville,
hich his father, Brig.-Geu. Micah Jenkins,
ith Col. Asbury Coward, founded. Both of
ie founders were graduates of the Citadel
cademy at Charleston, the former taking the
rst honor in his class.
Young Jenkins remained at Yorkville to
ithin a few months of graduation, and then
jtered the Charleston College, where he stayi
for two and a half years, reaching the
mior class. The physical qualifications of
ie young appointee, which were passed upon
y Dr. Robert Lebby, Sr., are of the highest
rder, his height being five feet seven and a
alf inches in his stockings. He is in all reacts
regarded as an excellent representative
F the youth of this State, and it is believed
?' U? .-III .nfloni nMulit nnnn himaplf ftnH
iat UO Tflift l<3AAt/\sV U?UIV U|/VM
ie lecord of his father, who, it will be reraemsred,
was one of the most promising brigaiers
of the Confederate army, and who was
fortunately killed at the Wilderness, durig
Grant's campaign in 1864, by being
lot through mistake of the Confederates,
ho fired upon Gen. Longstreet and his staff,
ith whom Gen. Jenkins was riding, the party
aving been mistaken for the enemy. It was
jr the same volley that Gen. Longstreet was
i severely wounded,
eath of Ex-Governor Graham.
Hon. Wid. A. Graham, of North Caro a,
died on Wednesday of last week at Saraga
Springs, New York. From 1833 up to
ie time of his death, he had been conspicuous
i State and national politics. He was a son
Gen. Joseph Graham of Revolutionary
me, and was born in Lincoln county, Sept.
1804. He was graduated at Chapel Hill
niversity, N. C., in 1824, and having studied
w was admitted to the bar at Newbern. He
rved in the State Legislature from 1833 to
136 and also in 1839 and 1840. He was
st known to the nation in 1841, when he
as chosen to fill a vacancy in the United
tates Senate, and served through the memohie
27th Congress. He was not reelected,
icause the Legislature of 1842-3 was of ad>rse
politics. In the vehement struggle of
144 he was chosen by the Whigs to breast
e shock of the Texas issue as their candiite
for Governor, and carried the State over
i able and popular opponent by 3,153 ma
rity, on a larger vote than was ever before
>lled. He was reelected in 1846 by 7,859
ajority, and declined a third term, retiring
private life. In 1850, on the accession of
r. Fillmore, he was called into the Cabinet
fill the post of Secretary of the Navy. At
e Whig Convention which met at Baltimore
June, 1852, and nominated Gen. Scott for
resident, Mr. Graham was named for Viceresident
on the second ballot. He had been
dicated by the entire Whig party of North
irolina as their emphatic choice for that potion.
Immediately upon his nomination,
r. Graham withdrew from the Cabinet, and
as succeeded by Mr. Kennedy, of Maryland,
r. Graham retired from public life after the
jfeat of his party at the succeeding Presimtial
election. During the civil war he
yent with his State," but was at heart a UnTT--..?
J-J.L-TT-:?r\
Disc, xie aiicuucu me uuiuu \juuycuuuu at
biladelphia in 1866, called to sustain the
ilicy of President Johnson. He was within
recent period appointed one of the arbitrars
of the boundary of Maryland and Virnia,
and was acting in that capacity at Saroga.
At the recent convention election he
is elected a delegate from Orange county,
id was understood to favor the object for
bich the Convention was called. His reains
were buried at his home in Hillsboro,
i Saturday last.
ie Western Rivers.
The western crops, although seriously
imaged by the recent flooding of the great
vers, are not injured to such an extent as
as at first reported. Statements have been
ceived at Cincinnati from the county seats
of 140 counties where the flood occurred, and
the prospects are much better than were expected.
The wheat and oats have suffered
most. Of the former two-thirds of a crop
will be saved ; of the latter less than half can
be saved. Of corn there will be more than
an average crop, owing to the increased acreage.
Potatoes will yield largely, although
some few farmers complain of rot. At most
points the yield will be over the average.
The hay crop will not fall short of an average
in quantity, but the quality is not as good
as usual. The following report shows the
condition of the rivers on Sunday last:
During the past twenty-four hours the Ohio
river has fallen twenty-two inches at Cincin- jjfl
nati, and nine inches at Louisville. It has
risen four inches at Pittsburg. Reports have |H
| not been received i.om stations below Louis- !
ville. The river will probably fall slowly at w
all stations during Monday. The Mississippi ^
river has fallen nine inches at St. Louis and
six inches at Cairo. It has risen one inch at
| Memphis, two inches at Vicksburg, and
three inches at New Orleans. The river has
reached the danger line at Memphis, thirtyfour
feet, and is five inches below the danger
line at Vicksburg. The river will fall slowly
at stations above Memphis and remain stationary
or rise very slightly at Memphis and
stations below. The Missouri river has fallen
slightly at all stations. The Red river
has risen six inches at Shrevoport The
Cumberland has fallen one foot at Nashville.
Heavy rains have prevailed in the river sheds
of the Lofrer Mississippi, Cumberland and
Red rivers.
4 + '
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, August 16,1875.
Our county has settled down into a state of
normal quietness since the election. As there
is no motive for haranguing or stirring up the ?^
people, the occupation of the politicians is
gone. Some of them, disgusted with the un- ^
profitableness of the political business, have
gone to work after the manner of honest men.
They will display their wisdom in adhering to
their present course of action, even though.it
was forced upon them by adverse circumstances.
Mr. John W. Walker, Coroner, and acting
Sheriff at the present time, will give the
required bond, and in a few days be invested
with all the rights and duties attached to the
sheriffalty of the county. Assisted by Colonel
John A. Bradley, who, many years ago, was
elected Sheriff, and discharged the duties
thereof very satisfactorily, there can be no
doubt of a wise and discreet management of
the office during the Walker administration.
He was elected to fill out the unexpired term
of B. G. Yocum, Esq., after the appointment
of the latter to the position of Treasurer.
The struggle for the sheriffalty will be renewed
next year, and will be carried on with the
same zeal that animated the late contest I
will venture no predictions respecting the result
of the struggle; but when the Republican
and Conservative hosts assemble for the
fight, it is to be hoped that the colored element
will acain unite with the whites in the
-0
effort to secure the election of honest and competent
officials. Then will have arrived the
consummation of that happy event?the hearty
union between the races in behalf of good
and honest government.
The steady progress of our town is indicated
by the number of buildings in process of
erection. The improvements are, for the most
part, made by young men who contemplate
an entrance, at an early day, upon the joys of
matrimony. The money required for building
purposes is advanced by the Building and Loan
Association, which has become to our
town an important and indispensable iftstitu- '
tion. A number of houses already built here
owe their erection to the assistance of the
Building and Loan Association, and those -?
now building, or the majority of them, at
least, are depending upon the same strong
arm for support, There wili always be persons
in the community who will gladly avail
themselves of the advantages offered by the
Association, and, consequently, its prosperity
will, at all times, be so sure as hardly to admit
of a doubt.
On Tuesday afternoon our town was favored
with a heavy rain, accompanied by violent
wind. The heavens were enveloped with a
cloud that extended as far as the eye could
reach. The universality of the rain was
doubtless such that every man in the county
can say that he has had a sufficiency of that indispensable
article. The general opinion is,
that the crops throughout the county will be
very good if no calamity overtakes them. It
is probable that the crops in some places suffered
material injury from the drought, but
generally the rains came before any serious
harm had been done.
The bills of the Bank of Mecklenburg,
which are in the hands of parties at this place,
find few, if any buyers. People do not seem
to have any confidence in the ability of the
suspended institution to redeem its bills,
though the assertion that it has a sufficiency
of assets to meet its liabilities is stoutly made
in some quarters. The bills are offered at a
considerable discount, yet are not taken.
They are mostly held by employes and laborers
of the Chester and Cheraw Railroad Company.
The people of Lancaster were, as I
have been informed, holders of the bills of the
unfortunate Bank to a considerable extent at
the time of its suspension.
The picnic season seems to be prolonged indefinitely
in these parts. At the beginning "
of tbe season the different Sunday Schools of
the town gave entertainments of this character,
and of late our friends throughout the
county have been doing likewise. Lowrysville
and Rich Hill gave picnics on Thursday,
and of course both affairs were gotten up
handsomely and passed off* pleasantly. The
Grangers of Halsellville and that vicinity ex
hibited their hospitality on Saturday in giving
an entertainment at Beaver Dam Church,
and inviting their brethren of Bull Run
Grange, Blackstocks Grange, and Woodward
Grange,to participate with them in the enjoyment
of the day's festivities. Col. Wyatt
Aiken was expected to deliver an address
upon the occasion. He doubtless gave a satisfactory
explanation of some remarks made
by him in a recent speech at Winnsboro in
which he was represented by the newspaper
of that place as advising the farmers who had
given liens to run off their cotton, sell the
same, and pocket the money. The language
used by Colonel Aiken must have laid him
open to misconstruction, for 1 cannot believe
that he could be guilty of giving such advice.
He iB an honorable gentleman, and for that
simple reason would not have advised the
farmers to be untrue to the obligations they
had contracted with the merchants.
Prominent representatives of the various
Granges of the county assembled in council
at this place to day. As their proceedings
were covered with the veil of secrecy, the public
cannot be informed in regard to them.
The interest taken by grangers in their society
is not so great as it once was. The excellency
of the society does not admit of a doubt.
If it only results in the cultivation of the social
element among the farming community,
it wi'l have accomplished a great work.
Dr. A. H. Davega, President of the Ches