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f craps and Jacts.
It is to be regretted, although it could
hardly have been expected to turn out otherwise,
that the experiment of shipping peaches
to England by steamer has proved to be a
failure.
It is estimated that Europe to-day has
an array of 9,000,000 of men, at a cost per
annum of $700,000,000. What a tremendous
tax is this upon power aud misgovernraent of
the world.
The Graphic Printing Company, of
New York, made a proposition to pay the
Internal Revenue Department 825,100 a year
for the exclusive privilege of printing the
two-cent stamps on checks and other documents.
The Commissioner has accepted the
novel proposal.
Gov. Leslie, of Kentucky, recently apnni
n fori Q a Ol/l /lnno rv> *\ /*?-? Uio nfoflP A knn
|/v*ui.v\? uiu u^-vaiup uu uio oiau a uuj
thirteen years old; and later he has added to
his staff" a son, aged six mouths, of George T.
Duff, the assistant secretary of State. The
baby ranks as colonel, and the governor declares
that he is more ornamental and fully
as useful as any adult whom he could have
chosen.
The steamship Nova Scotia, which arrived
at Baltimore last Thursday evening
from Liverpool, brought Foley's bronze statue
of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, the famous Confederate
leader. It was presented to the
State of Virginia bv Hon. Berresford Hope,
M. P., and other Kuglish gentlemen. The
statue cost 840,000, aDd will be erected in
the capitol square at Richmond, Va., near
the equestrian statue of Washington.
Money is so plentiful in Massachusetts
that one savings bank at Northampton recently
refused to accept deposits on account,
and a Springfield bank has had to send money
away for investment. Despite the hard
times, the savings deposits are increasing, j
though the deposits are smaller in amount
than usual, evidence that people are becoming '
impressed with the necessity of economizing
rigidly.
The Duke of Abercorn, Lord-lieutenant
of Ireland, at a speech at an agricultural
fair, the other day, represented the condition 1
of Irish industry as most prosperous. The 1
harvest is uniformly abundant, labor is iu
high demand, emigration falling off, and ,
crime decreasing. The investments of the ,
Irish people in government bonds and banks
i . U ? I J ..C I'O if\
now amount tu uic nanuduiuc suui ui ctuiu,*
000,000.
Years ago, when the middle-aged men
of to-day were boys, Horace Greeley wrote :
"It is a great source of consolation to us that
when the public shall be tired of us as an editor,
we can make a satisfactory livelihood at
setting type or farming, so that, while our
strength lasts, ten thousand blockheads, taking
otfeuse at some article they do not understand,
could not drive us to the county poor house."
And so many a man becomes truly independent.
The Atlanta Herald states that Gen.
Joseph E Johnston has been appointed and
has accepted the position of commander-in
chief of the army of Egypt. Only a short
time since, and for the third time, was he
tendered the position. This time it was urged
upon him so strenuously that he at length
consented, and is making his preparations
to go over and assume his position immediately.
He is to get $100,000 to prepare .
himself an outfit, and to receive the sum of
$25,000 aunually for having supreme control
of the army of the Khedive of Egypt.
The New York Tribune says, the general
impression in that city is that the Tilton-Beecher
suits are at end, at least as far Mr.
Tilton is concerned. One great difficulty
seems to be the want of money. Some friends
of Mr. Tilton, a short time after the former
trial, evinced a desire to get up a subscription
in his aid, but the project has apparently fallen
through. It is stated that Mr. Tilton's
counsel feel that they did their duty to their
client by working for him through the first
trial, and they are unwilli^to go on further
in the matter without compensation. There
has also been a little bigkering between some
of the counsel and their client, and this
Jl has caused the counsel to become a little lukewarm
in the cause. It is stated authoritatively,
that under the preseut circumstances,
should the matter be brought to a trial again,
the former counsel will not act.
Recently there was a wholesale hanging
at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Six men at the
same time and place expiated their crimes on
the gallows, in pursu inceof sentence pronounced
at the last term of the Uuited States
( VtnrI A mnnor thorn ivprp thrPP white men.
'
two Cherokees, aud one negro. All were I
young ruen between eighteen and thirty. Most i
of them had wives and children. They all |
showed nerve aud refused to make any con- .
fessiou. One said he was as anxious to go as
the spectators were to see him go; another said ^
he was game, and would die game ; two said
nothing,and the remaining two declared that
they were innocent. Five of the six professed i
religion, two becoming Presbyterians, two ;
Catholics, and one a Methodist. Some of ,
them were well connected and well educated,
and under favorable circumstances would in
all probability have made useful members of
society ; but falling under evil iuHueuces and
becoming associated with lawless frontier ]
men, they became highwaymen, horse thieves
and murderers.
Keely, of motor fame, looms up again
in the letter of a correspondent of the New
York World, describing a visit to the remarkable
man aud the appearance of his workshop.
It was strewn with broken models aud pieces
of machinery twisted as though a Titan had
played with them. Being asked what force
curled up iron in this way, Keely recited the
familiar phrases "latent power in water,"
"multiplication of force," "generation of vapor"?leaving
the questioner exactly as wise
as he started. The chieHy interesting part of
the letter is a passage containing some bits
of description not previously made public.
Keelv is fortv-five vears old. From boyhood
he has had an affinity for mechanics. At 12
lie made a steam engine; at 14 he made
another; then he became a clerk in a drug
store, then a locomotive engineer, and then a
gymnast. He has been blown into the water
from a steamboat, has made two balloon ascensions,
lived out West in Minnesota, been a ro- {
ver, a troubadour, a restless seeker after some-1
thing new and strange. With his friends he I
displays his spirits like a fawn. He will toss 1
a cigar to the ceiling and catch the right end
in his teeth, fling across the yard a weight,
that would break the backs of three ordinary j
men, vault a fence, create a devil in his work- :
shop, and tranquilly toy with him while con-!
^Sfing and amazing with an iron logic the I
opmi^ui of a gray headed engineer who has
dropped in to make fun of the motor. He;
*' fact, a queer fellow. lie may be the !
greatest .^3Cover or the greatest crack brain J
of the time.
. , -A.pro?>?s oi recent financial crash !
in California, a > an *'-.,ciseo correspondent]
js led to remark that no?, o^en the prolific ,
soil aud auspicious climate of ^-bfornia can
maintain, on a large scale, or for a m.,r t*uuc
the all-prevailing extravagance in expt-ij! j
tures which there obtains. The whole scale ,
of living is pitched too high, while that ofj
work is pitched too low. There are too many ,
diamonds, too many 8500 gold watches, too I
many 8200 silk dresses, too mauy horses for
which 8500 and upwards have been paid.'
Nowhere are the women as expensively dressed.
Theatres thrive even iu the little towus.;
A liquor shop is the first place of business
established in any settlement, aud it is gener- j
ally the best fitted and patronized. Those of
San Francisco are the most showy and costly iu
the country. The practice of drinking seems |
to have fastened itself on all classes. No one
can be elected to any popular office who does i
not practice the habit of promiscuous tippling.
It is said that Senator Jones' claims j
to the gratitude of his constituents arises from
his procuring the new twenty-cent coin to be |
as this enables a gentleman to invite <
his friend to drink at the minimum rate. Th
liquors drank are mostly from the East
though much of them from abroad ; singu
larly enough, the excellent native wines an<
brandies being neglected. Racing tracks ar
plenty, likewise, all of them have appurte
nances complete. There are plenty of evi
dences on all sides of this same indiffereno
to thrift. A newspaper sells at five cents ii
the streets of 'Frisco, but at ten elsewhere ii
the State. Boot blacking is a "bit." Ca
conductors return their tickets as change fo
twenty-five cents. A hack from steamer o
depot to hotel is two dollars and a half, am
woe be to the intrepid traveller who venture
to insinuate that it is too much.
Ike inquirer.
YORKVILLE. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 16,1875
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IUlt3C71l^CTlX 1 A lX?Vi/A/JUUU*
We publish elsewhere a lengthy account o!
the recent disturbance in Mississippi, being
the version given of the affair by the Clinton
Clarion, published at the immediate scene ol
the occurrence. As is the case in nineteentwentieths
of the disturbances which occur at
political assemblages all over the country,
whisky seems to have been at the bottom oi
the present riot. True, a colored marshal
interposed to prevent a party of young white
men?already, no doubt, inflamed with liquor
?from drinking near the grounds of the barbecue,
and an altercation with fatal results
ensued. This, in some quarters, and by men
who know better than to make the charge, is
construed as a war of the races, the whites
against the blacks, and a revival of the spirit
cf rebellion predominating the entire South,
and which the sapient politicians of the North,
who are ever ready to make political capital
at the expense of the best interests of the
whole country, declare, with the most solemn
hypocritical canting, to be the premonitions
[)f another attempt at secession, for which
the white people of the South are constantly
watching and waiting. The back-yard organ
?the political scavenger?printed at the National
Capital, seizes the opportunity to lay
all the blame of the unfortunate occurrence
in Mississippi, not aloue to the whites, but tc
the spirit of secession which it alleges stalks
throughout the land in broad day-light. Such
an assertion is too absurd to demand contra
diction. No such feeling exists in the South,
nor is there that spirit of animosity on the
part of the whites toward the blacks which
certain Republican politicians are ever ready
to parade on the eve of an important election.
We do not deny that there are violent, rash
and senselessmeu in the South?just thesame
as in some other sections of the globe?and it
is fair to conclude that had the marshal who
attempted to exercise his authority at Clinfnn
hpfin ft white man. he would have met
with the same treatment by the party with
the bottle as the colored marshal received.
We, however, are not the apologists of the men
who persisted in violating the rules laid down
for the government of the meeting. They
did wrong, aud when remonstrated with, they
should have peacefully obeyed those in authority.
But to couple the action of these
reckless, and perhaps drunken men, with an
alleged desire of all the whites of the South
to bring on a war between the races, or tc
precipitate another rebellion, is not only un
just, but betrays a weakness deserving commiseration
rather than censure.
Governor Ames, we regret to see, is alsc
disposed to put the case before the authorities
at Washington as a conmct Detweeu me races,
and has already telegraphed for troops,
A8 yet, however, Attorney-General Pierrepoul
is not disposed to heed the Governor's demand,
and it is not probable that an insurgent
proclamation will be issued, or that
troops will be sent to interfere. Justice demands,
though, that the guilty ones in this
riot should be puuished, and we have nc
doubt but the whites of all parties would, il
called upon, aid the State authorities in thai
behalf.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Bamberg, one of the most thriving towns
on the South Carolina railroad, received sixty
bales of new cotton ou the 4th instant.
? The game laws authorize the shooting oi
partridges aud other game birds, on and after
the 15th day of October.
? According to the State census, the total
population of Beaufort couuty is 43,061, viz.;
7,179 whites and 35,882 colored.
? Rev. C. Bruce Walker, for many years
- ' " * ' r\ 1 L!.
rector of the Jkpiscopai Lmurcn 111 v^oiuiuum
died very suddenly near that city ou Sunday
morning last.
? The indications are that there will b(
quite a light crop of cotton in Fairfield. Thf
lower part of the county suffered considerably
from rust.
? Reports from every section of Lancastei
county represent that the cotton crop has fal
len off, during the past two weeks, at leasl
one-third. In many sections picking is undei
full headway.
? Acoutract has been closed with the Aii
Line Railroad for the transportation o:
one hundred car loads of machinery for tin
Camperdown Factory, at Greenville, froit
Lynn, Massachusetts.
? The town council of Anderson grants li
quor licenses to bar-rooms upon the couditiot
that they do not permit miuors under sixteei
years of ago to frequent their establishments
0l 'ell them spirituous or malt liquors unlesi
accomp>?ie(] by a father or guardian.
? The gra^ jury 0f Aiken have returnee
"no bill," in the te^eof Probate Judge Henry
Sparnick, charged wiik official misconduct
The finding causes much comment in Aiken
Political considerations are said u have infiu
enced the result.
? The Union-Herald says that Gen. Join
B. Dennis has been notified that he must pay
$268 to the postmaster at Chester, that bein|
the amount of the deficit in the mouey orde
accounts of Richardson, the late Postmaste:
at Chester. Dennis was oue of the suretie
on Richardson's official bond.
? Mr. Caleb Bouknight, who ha3 been th?
treasurer of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au
e | gusta Railroad ever 9ince the road waa put un:
der coutract?embracing a period of more than
'! twenty-five years?has resigned that position.
! He has not, however, severed his connection i
I with the company, but will hereafter only dis- I
. | charge the duties of Secretary,
e ; ? The Marion Star says : "The cotton crop |
i . in this county, from all we can learn since
3 j 'picking' has commenced, will fall short fully
r | 33 per cent, of the amount anticipated one:
r | month ago. The wet weather in August and
j j the outbreak of the rust since the dry spell
9 (22d August) set in, are the cause of this distressing
failure. On many of our best farms
j not more than a half crop will be gathered."
? Mr. S. Bobo, agent of the South Caroli'
j na Manufacturing Company, has just com:
pleted a sale of 3,000 ares of the Rolling Mill
property in Spartanburg county, including
the shoal, mill site, &c., to "The English
Manufacturing Company." This company
will subdivide the land into tracts of 9ix acres
i each, and will sell them to Euglish and j
American settlers, men of small capital, who |
are also to take stock in the company. Steps
are already being taken to erect a lumber
| and saw mill, and machine shops, preparatory
to building. The company own
- some 14,000 acres of land adjoining the tract.
] NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
f ?The State University at Chapel Hill,
. which has been closed for several years, open|
ed last week with 80 students.
> ? Thomas Gladdon, lying in Shelby jail
r' on the charge of murder, is said to be dying
of consumption.
; ? Basil C. Manly has been elected by the
- board of Aldermen to fill the unexpired term
| of the late Mayor Separk of Raleigh.
? The Charlotte Observer chronicles the 1
. death, on Sunday of last week, of Benjamin
Morrow, an old citizeu of Charlotte, and a
native of Lancaster county, S. C.
? On paper, Henderson appears to be the
largest incorporated town in the world, being
' no less than 140 miles square. By a small 1
clerical error iu the act of incorporation, the
word miles was substituted for rods.
? The Fayetteville Gazette is informed by
' the contractor that the Florence and Fay\
etteville Railroad is within sixty days of
? <* ?.a?HI- ci? tr??i
completion irom rayeuevine iu ouuc ucci.
This will connect Fayettevillc with the Caro!
lina Central Railroad.
? The Shelby Aurora says it is impossible ,
for the Caroliua Sewing Machine Company, (
1 of that place, to fill all the orders they are
receiving for the machines they manufacture.
1 The machine is said to give entire satisfaction
1 to all who have used it. (
? Flynn Bradshaw, who was one of a party
1 indicted about a year ago on the charge of ,
' dealing in counterfeit money, and whose trial
was still pending in the Federal Court at
Statesville, died suddenly on Tuesday of last
week, while attending a public sale near his
home in Rowan.
? The Charlotte Observer learns that on the ,
4th of last July, Thompson Houston, an old (
citizen of Mecklenburg county, was shot and
killed at Maysfield, Texas, by a man named
Culbreth, said to be a former citizen of Fayetteville,
N. C. Culbreth is at large, and the
Governor of Texas offers a reward of 8250
for his apprehension.
1 ? William LI 1 wood, who was convicted or
murder at the last term of Mecklenburg Su'
perior Court, and who appealed to the Su'
preme Court, which tribunal sustained the
1 verdict of the Court below, wa3 resentenced
last week to be hanged on the 8th day of October
next. The friends of the coudemned ,
man are making an effort to secure executive
clemency in his behalf. (
? The Lincoln Progress records a shooting
altercation which occurred in that town on (
Wednesday of last week between Cyrus Timraons,
of Charlotte, and John Jetton, of the
former place. Timmonswas badly wounded
by a ball striking below the left eye, which (
rangiug downward, lodged in the back of his
neck. He was removed to Charlotte and
will probably recover. Jetton was committed
to jail.
> MERE-MENTION.
i Several promiuent persons have been ar- 1
i rested at Decatur, Alabama, on the charge of
i dealing in counterfeit money. A terrific
thunder storm passed over Illinois and other 1
portions of the North-west last Friday even- '
iug, inflicting considerable damage to prop- 1
> erty. English iron-masters have bought 1
I large tracts of laud in the table-lands of Ten.
nessee, also large areas of coal lands adjacent :
, to the iron mines, and are about to develop, 1
; on a large scale, the mineral resources of that :
. region. The farmer's convention, in ses.
sion at Cincinnati last week, adopted a plat- !
, form demaudiug the immediate repeal of the 1
. resumption act of the last Congress, the rei
peal of the national banking law, and that the 1
i government shall supply national paper di- 1
f rect. Jefferson Davis addressed the De- 1
; Soto, Mo., Agricultural College, last Thursday,
and was well received, but there was no i
notable demonstration. The Texas Con- i
stitutional Convention is composed of seventyfive
Democrats and fifteen Republicans.
In the United States District Court at Atlanta,
Georgia, last week, eighty-three persons i
f were convicted and sentenced for violation of 1
' the iuterual revenue laws, principally for illicit
distilling. A company of United i
1 States troops have been ordered from San
i Francisco to Nevada, on account of trouble <
with the Indians. Ex-Treasurer Spinner
> has accepted the Republican nomination for
p Comptroller of the .State of New York. A i
' schooner was sunk on Lake Michigan, Satur- I:
1 -- ' ' OO lln/u, r.irthf. | '
nay morning, uuu uvea iuh. ,,
J niug struck an oil tank at Oil City, Pa., last j
- Saturday, causing a?200,000 fire. Pres- j i
' ident Grant and his family will resume their j
J residence in Washington on the 20th. Not. i
j long ago, A. K. Davis, the Lieutenant-Gov- j
! ernor of Mississippi, pardoned W. R. Spears, i
t of Vicksburg, while his trial was in progress | <
: for the killing of Colonel Miller; and now 1
j Spears is defending Davis for bribery. In ;
i a short time a postal train will commeuce
f i running between New York and Chicago,
; | which is expected to make the run between
i the two cities in twenty-two hours. The runj
ningtirne will be at the rate of forty-five miles i
au hour. J i
1 j Vice-President Wilson begins to sec and
l say that the Democrats are going to carry the
, | country next year. The colored Baptists
3 i of Georgia intend to found a normal and the- !
1 ological seminary in Atlanta. They have 1
1 ^ adopted the Centennial plan of dollar sub-!
r scriptious, from their own people, to secure
,. the necessary amount. There was heavy |
. frost at Port Jarvis, New York, on Friday !
-; night last. The will of Isaac M. Singer,.
i of sewing-machine fame, was presented to the
i surrogate of Westchester county, New York,
J on Saturday. His property is estimated at
j 89,000,000 in the United States and 84,000,r
000 in Europe. Since January last,
r there has been un actual contraction of legal
s tenders and national bank notes to the amount1
! of 818,000,000. The circulation of the
s Bible in Turkey has been authorized by the
-. Porte. I
LOCAL AFFAIRS. ?
n
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. h
J. C. H., "Enquirer" Office?Wanted to Purchase.
"
Q. W. Estes, Chairman Committee?To Contrae- I
tors.
Samuel Howell?Executor's Sale. 8'
W. H. McCorkle?Administrator's Sale.
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL. 0
We learn by letter from Fort Mill that El- ^
der J. M. Garrison, of the Baptist denomina- P
tiou, has just closed a meeting of fourteen w
days' duration at Buffalo Church. Elder Cl
Garrison was assisted by Messrs. Dixon and a
McSwaiu, and their labors resulted in the bap- 0
tism of seventeen couverts. w
YS
FALSE REPORT. a
The Raleigh News learns that Jacob Mull, jj
of Catawba county, N. C., while peddling t(
liauor in this State, was arrested by revenue | o
officials, and attempting to make bis escape, j
was shot by one of the officials and mortally Cl
wounded. Mnll was arrested in this county, Q
and is now iu jail at this place, but he was I y
not shot or otherwise wounded by the officer ' q
who made the arrest. j 7
CENSUS OF YOKKVILLE. | n
The ceusus of the corporate limits of York- ^
ville, taken by direction of the town authori- w
ties, has just beeu completed by Dr. A. L. w
Moore, who was appointed for that purpose. ^
According to his report, the population is ! ^
1,311, of whom 691 are whites and 620 are l'
blacks. The number of white males over 21
years of age is 140; blacks, 128; white fe- w
males over 21, 193; blacks, 176. Number of n
white males under 21 years, 161; blacks, 152 ; ^
white females, 197; blacks 164. On comparison
with the census taken by E. M. Rose in
September, 1869, the population of the town rl<
has increased 208. At that time the popula?:?
? 1 mQ ,?u Am fKoro worn whit A I ^
tllili was u1 nilv/111 viiviv IIVIV n M.?v
males, 331; white females, 380; colored males,
163; colored females, 229. The number of n
white malesover 21 years of age was 151, and w
of colored males over that age, 67. These figures
show a decrease of 11 in the number of ?
white males over 21 years, and an increase of ?
blacks over that age of 61. 1
" is
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, September 13, 1875. t<
The September term of the Court of Gen- 0
eral Sessions and Common Pleas for this jt
county will begin its sitting next Monday. 0
The petit juries were drawn a few days ago, 8|
and will be composed of an equal number of ti
white and colored members. A number of t<
criminal cases of importance will come up for f
trial during the term. Among those are the C(
cases of Dublin Walker, the colored Senator 0
from this county, charged with the issuing of d
a fraudulent school certificate; of Isaac Cas- d
ties, colored, charged with intimidation at n
the late election for sheriff; of C'has. West, r,
colored, charged with illegal voting at the 3j
same election, and of Samuel Anderson, col- 0
ored, charged with committing rape. Walker b
will be represented by Gen. W. A. Walker, of tl
this place, and ex-Congressman Elliott, of 0
Columbia; West, by ex-Congressman Elliott, 0
and S. J. Couch, Esq., of this place, and Cas- tl
ties, I think, by the same attorneys. The vil- ti
lain, Anderson, will probably have the assis- rj
tance of some lawyer, though the assistance, u
from the plainness aud aggravated nature of
the case, can do no good. The affidavit of the t<
uncle of the child who was so foully wronged, j|
will be sufficient to convict the defendant, tl
though the legal attainments of an O'Couor tl
or Erarts were exerted in his behalf. The Q
villain deserves to dangle 'mid heaven and p
earth ; yet imprisonment for life is the extreme
punishment of the crime chargeable in his 3j
case. Of course, the Judge will give him the h
limit of the law. c
The number of bales of cotton shipped li
from this place from September 1, 1874, to c
September 1, 1875, reached the neighborhood tl
of 18,000. This is not so great as the ship- ri
raent from September 1,1870, to September 1, a
1871, when about 20,000 bales were shipped.
The difference is due not only to the larger t<
cotton crop of that year, but to the fact that w
a considerable amount of cotton was sold
last year at Blackstocks, which formerly was
brought to this market. In passing, I might
state that Blackstocks, with its reliable and
enterprising merchants, promises to become a *
1-1'"nnnoMnfoklo nnto Tho rmmhpr nf
plate KJi V/UIIOIUVIUUIV uww. AUW v.
cottou bales shipped yearly from Chester n
before the war was iu the neighborhood of
23,000. Col. J. S. Wilson, one of ourpromi- c
ent cotton buyers, thinks the amount of cot- 0
ton grown in the county exceeds that before c
the war, though a large amount finds its way ^
to other markets?Blackstocks, Rock Hill r
and Black's Station on the Air-Line Railroad. a
He is of the opinion?and he bases his opin- J
ion on the reports of farmers?that the pres- t!
ent cottou crop of the county will reach about ^
the same number of bales as that of last year. e
The meeting at Landsford, to devise ways *
and means to stop the illicit traffic in cotton ^
at night, met accordiug to appointment. Rev. ^
A. B. Brown was chosen Chairman, and Mr. n
1
W. H. Edwards, Secretary of the meeting. ?
A committee of five was appointed, which, .
after due deliberation, reported in relation to 11
the subject under consideration. The pream- *
ble and resolutions that were submitted to and
adopted by the meeting, were of a sharp and ! ^
vigorous nature, and provided for the taking v
of measures that will be very apt to result in 8
the accomplishment of the desired end. w
Among the resolutions was one providing for | J
the appointment of a committee of twenty cit-1 e:
izens whose duty will be to remonstrate with t 0
all persons in the neighborhood who traffic ; ei
in farm produce after night, and, if possible, J
obtain a pledge from them that they will,, h
iu the future, abstain from the carrying on | P
of this traffic. Another resolution was, any i w
merchant or dealer of Landsford township, j w
who refuses to give the pledge, will be regard-: J
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ed as doing a dishonest business, ana win ue ;
"entitled to a full share of attention." This | d
is a very significant declaration, and means j ^
this and nothing more, that the good people , v
of Landsford are determined upon stopping j w
the nefarious business of cotton stealing and T
cotton selling at night. This they will do and ^
should do, by mild measures if possible, and tl
others not so mild, if uccessity demands. .So , (?
midnight dealers in stolen cotton would make
an exhibition of wisdom in desisting from oi
their iniquitous practice before some dire pun- [ n:
ishmeut overtakes them. Another resolution ' It
was, that all merchants and traders of Lands- j si
ford township, who deal in farm produce, be p
requested to keep a book, which Bhall contain V
the amount of farm produce they have bought w
or procured ; also, the names of the persons tl
selling or bartering the same. There was a si
considerable colored element in the meeting,! V
which opposed the adoption of the resolutions, t(
which, however, were passed by a majority I IV
vote. Offense was taken at the absence of a
representation of the colored element upon 1 n
the committee appointed to see the merchants ci
aud state to them the views and wishes of the b
meeting; but as there were uo colored raer- h
chants or traders iu the township, it was p
deemed wise aud expedient to have the com- it
littee composed entirely of whites. The farlers
of other portions of the county, who
live suffered from the night traffic in cotton,
rould do well to follow the example of their
iandsford brethren in taking measures to
top it.
According to the late census, the population
f the county of Chester is 24,227, of which
,228 are whites and 16,999 are colored. The
opulation of the town of Chester is 2,719, of
'hich 1,655 are whites and 1,064 colored. Acording
to the census, the total number of
cres under cultivation last year, by the whites
f the county, was 72,705, of which 83,041
rere in cotton, 25,715 were in corn, 4,994 in
'heat and 6,504 in oats. The number of
cres of other products that were in cultivaon
I do not deem it necessary to give. The
3tal number of acres under cultivation, by
ie colored population of the county, was
3,159, of which 6,085 were in cotton, 4,943 in
orn, 861 in wheat, and 1,107 in oats. The
umber of pounds of cotton produced last
ear, by the whites of the county, was 5,688,39;
the number of bushels of corn was 240,69;
of wheat, 29,100; of oats, 43,392. The
umher of nounds of cotton Droduced the same
ear by the colored population of the county,
'as 863,550; the number of bushels of corn
as 41,318 ; of wheat, 4,771; of oats, 6,426.
'he number of tons of fertilizers used last year,
y the whites of the county was 3,214; the
umber of tons used by colored was 352.
'he number of pounds of butter made by the
whites was 117,394; by colored, 26,400. The
umber of pounds of wool by whites was 3,330;
y colored 152.
On Friday, two white men were arrested at
llackstocks, who were supposed to be connec2d
with the late burglary at Winnsboro.
'heir arrest followed the testimony of a nero,
who lies in the Winnsboro jail, and who
as turned State's evidence upon the other
lerabers of the thieving band. One of the
hite men was taken to Monroe, N. C., where
e is charged with the robbery of a store; the
ther was taken to Winnsboro, wbere he will
e kept in confinement until the meeting of
ie Court of General Sessions, when he will
e tried. It seems that an avenging justice
i on the track of the band of robbers, and
ill eveutually overtake them. So may it be.
The merchants of our town are beginning
) wend their way Northward for the purpose
f buying fall and winter goods. From the
iformation I hs.ve been able to gather, I am
f the opinion that they will not buy beavy
x)cks. The financial condition of the counry
is so unsettled that they are not disposed
) incur the risk of making heavy purchases,
'he question, which is agitating the entire
vi * II
ountry, whether we shall nave a greenoacx
r a national bank currency, is extensively
iscussed in our town. Our people are deciedly
in favor of greenbacks, and are vehelently
opposed to the contraction of the cur2ncy
with the view to the resumption of
pecie payments. They see in the continuance
f the present policy by the government, the
ankruptcy and ruin destined to fall upon
be South and the entire country. Instead
f contraction, we sadly need an expansion
f the currency to a sufficient extent to meet
le "wants of trade." And if the signs of the
jues fail not, I believe that the people will
ise up in their might, and say by their votes,
ext year, that they will have expansion.
Rev. Mr. Leard, who was at one time pas)r
of the Methodist Church at this place, is
i town on a visit to his son, and preached in
be Methodist Church yesterday. He is at
be present time connected with the North
'arolina Conference, and is stationed at
Lutherfordton.
Mr. George W. Melton, of this place, will
pend the coming winter at Charlotte, where
e will engage extensively in the purchase of
otton. He has become associated, I am reably
informed, with a New York firm, and
WitoSnn. am All a IflrnOI" oaala
LIU LdUfSlUlCvS uujriug lASLWV/u uu ? iiiigui OVHIV,
Ilis winter, than heretofore. He will be rep*
esented in this market by Mr. N. B. Alexnder.
There were several bales of new cotton in
jwn on Saturday. The price has a downward
tendency, which is not pleasing to farmers.
Ruse is injuring cotton in some places.
Qui.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS,
reights on Cotton.
A meeting of a number of railroad
lanagere was recently held in Charlotte, for
tie purpose of establishing standard rales on
otton by three of the leading lines running
ut from that city, to be in force during the
oraing season. The Charlotte, Columbia and
Lugusta Railroad and its connections, were
epresented by Maj. A. Pope; the Richmond
nd Danville and its connections by Captain
ohn R. Macmurdo ; and the Carolina Cenral
and its connections by Capt. F. W.
Ilarke. The meeting, before it adjourned,
stablished the following schedule of rates :
'rom Charlotte to Wilmington, 81.60 per
ale; from Charlotte to Richmond, 82.00 ; to
forfolk, 82.75; to Charleston, 81.75; to Ballore,
82.85; to New York and Philadelphia,
3.30; to Boston and Providence, 84.00.
'hese will be the standard rates, and will be
i force from and after the 6th instant,
ho Georgia Troubles.
A dispatch from Augusta says that
udge Johnson's Court convened at Wrights
ille last week for the trial of the alleged nero
insurrectionists, and bills of indictment
ere found against eleven of the accused,
oe Hicks was put on trial first, and, after
shausting nearly three panels, a jury was
btaiued. One witness swore that the prisonr
stated that there would be hot times in the
iture; that there would be fighting, and that
e would hold his gun level. There was some
roof that the prisoner said that the lands
ould be divided and each colored man
ould get bis forty acres and a mule. Judge
ohn8on charged the jury that the evidence
as not sufficient to convict, and that no verict
against the prisoner should be rendered,
.fter an hour's absence the jury rendered a
erdict of not guilty. All the other prisoners
ere discharged. The court then adjourned,
his ends the prosecution except against the
vo leaders, Morris and Murkeson, who, it is
lqught, have left the State,
corgia Emigration Scheme.
A large meeting, composed exclusively
f colored people and a few scheming white
ien. was held in Parker's Hall, Columbia,
ist Monday night, for the purpose of expresng
opinion and taking action upon the proused
emigration movement of the negroes in
Washington and Wayne counties, Georgia,
ho propose to leave the State on account of |
le recent troubles there. C. M. Wilder, pre-;
ded, and speeches were made by Judge ,
Wright, F. L. Cardozo, H. E. Hayne, Sena>r
Nash, Judge Mackey and ex-Governor!
loses. With the exception of Gov. Moses,'
II the speakers approved the object of the !
leetiug. The ex-Governor thought great
ire should be observed before additional laor
should be invited into the State. Resoitions
were adopted providing for the apointment
of a committee of six, whose duty
shall be to confer with a committee of the
proposed emigrants, and that the said com- t
mittee be requested to extend a hearty wel- ]
come to all such persons who may feel dis- <
posed to come. t
The Shooting of Joe Crows. 1
The assassination and attempted mur-1'
der of Joe Crews, of Laurens, last Thursday, ! <
is the topic of much excitement in that sec- 1
tion. Crews and a companion named Bollin,
were riding in a buggy on their way from i
Laurens to Newberry, and when about four <
miles from Laurens, about sunrise on the j(
morning of the 8th, they were fired upon by ;1
some persons concealed behind a fence. The 1
Greenville News says two shots were fired, the <
first only taking effect. The mail rider, who <
passed the spot where the shooting occurred, >
saw two men lying in the corner of the fence,
but could not tell whether they were white or I
black. Five shots struck Crews?one about '
the collar, and two on each side of the back <
bone. Bollin was struck by one shot on the 1
right shoulder blade, and not hurt much.
When the first gun was fired Joe Crews
fell into the buggy floor and exclaimed to
Bollin, "Great God, Charlie (Bollin) I'm
killed." Neither Crews or Bollin saw the
men who did the shooting.
Governor Chamberlain has offered a reward '
of one thousand dollars for the apprehension |
and delivery in any jail in the State, of the
persons engaged in committingthe crime, with 1
proof to convict.
Pw/vmo wArvunonnt VllQ
JUUltt ItUUJUUlB I1UU1 uicno icpivouui Uiu
condition as quite critical. His body is partially
paralyzed, and no hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
The North Carolina Convention.
The North Carolina Constitutional
Convention was organized on Tuesday of last
week, by the election of Dr. Edward Ransom,
Democrat, as President. He was elected on
the fourteenth ballot, and on the following
day, the Convention commenced work in earnest.
Standing committees were appointed
by the President, and about one ' undred and
twenty-five ordinances were introduced to
amend the present constitution. The principal
ordinances introduced and referred were to
reduce the number of Supreme aud Superior
Court judges, and to make them elective by
the General Assembly, instead of by popuJar
vote; fixing the pay of members of the General
Assembly at $300 per annum ; reducing
the number of county commissioners ; fixing
the term of Governor aud State officers at
two years, instead of four; providing a nonsuspension
of the writ of habeas corpus ; for
separate schools for white and black children;
modifying the appointing power of the executive;
fixing the salaries of governor and
State officers ; abolishing the Senate branch
of the Legislature; prohibiting convicted
felons from holding offices or sitting on juries,
and providing for the compromise of the
public debt. The only resolution introduced
by the Republicans was one for adjournment,
sine die, which lies over under the rules. A
majority of the committees are Democratic,
with the ablest men of the convention as
chairmen on the most important ones. An
ordinance was introduced by Mr. Badger,
Republican, of Wake, providing for the removal
of ex-Governor Holden's political
disabilities. Referred.
C'u Saturday, the principal ordinances introduced
were for the abolition of the office of
lieutenant-governor, prepayment of poll tax
as a qualification for suffrage, abolition of the
township system, and restoration of the Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to prohibit intermarriages
of the races, fixing civil rights
and social equality law from a Democratic
standpoint. The Republican side of the house
introduced only two ordinances, one of which
was that no convention should hereafter be
called unless the question was submitted to
the people. The calendar was taken up, and
a resolution to adjourn sine die introduced by
a Republican and voted down.
Pennsylvania Democratic Convention.
The Democratic Convention of Pennsylvania,
in session at Erie, last week, nomi'
n n t_; Tk^
natea uyrus r. rerenmg iur vjuvcmui. iuc
following platform was adopted:
Hesolved, That we hereby declare our unfaltering
devotion to the fundamental principles of the
Democratic Government as enunciated by Thomas
Jefferson in his first inaugural address, to wit:
Equal and exact justice to all men of whatsoever
state or persuasion, religious or political; the support
of the State governments in all their rights
as the most competent administration for cur domestic
concerns, and the surest bulwark against
anti-republican tendencies; the supremacy of the
civil over military authority; economy in the
public expense, so that labor may be lightly burdened
; the honest payment of our just debts and
the sacred preservation of the public faith; freedom
of religion ; freedom of tne press; freedom
of persons under the protection of the great writ
of habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially.
Second. That the wide-spread depression and
suffering whicia affected every business and employment
that is capal.de of boing touched by legislation,
show, beyond a doubt, the ignorance,
inelliciency and wickedness of the leaders of the
party that'has ruled the State and nation for a
period of years, and call for their immediate and
permanent removal from the places which they
have so long dishonored and disgraced.
Third. That the undue multiplication of public
officers, and the inordinate increase of salaries
and emoluments of office, are among the many
evils which Radical rule has forced upon the
country, and favoring an economical administration
of the Federal and State Governments, so
that the people may be as speedily as possible relieved
from the burden of taxation with which
they are now seriously oppressed, we call upon
our Federal and State representatives to strive,
by all proper means, to reduce them both to the
very lowest practical number and amount.
The fourth, fifth and sixth resolutions refer to
State affairs.
Seventh. That the contraction of the money
currency and circulating medium heretofore
made by the Republican party, and the further
contraction proposed by it, with a view to the
forced resumption of specie payments, bas al- .
ready brought disaster to the business of the country,
and threatens general liankruptcy. We demand
that this policy be abandoned and that the
volume of money be made and kept equal to the
wants of trade, 'leaving the restoration of legal
tenders to par in gold to be brought about uy
promoting tlio industries of the people and not by
destroying them.
Eight. That the policy already initiated by the
Republican party of abolishing legal tenders, and ,
giving the national banks the power to furnish
all the currency, will increase the power of an al- {
ready dangerous monopoly, and the enormous l
burdens now oppressing the people, without
compensating advantages, and that ail the national
bank circulation be promptly and permanently
retired, and full legal tenders be issued in I
their place. <
Ninth. That the public interost demands that
the government should cease to discredit its own (
money, and should make its legal tenders receiv- I
able for all public dues, except where respect for j
the obligation of contracts requires payment in .
coin.
Tenth. The extinction of the present national j
hanks and the establishment, in their stead, of a j
system of free banks of discount and deposit, un- ,
der such regulations as the States respectively
may prescribe, and no paper money except such 1
as may be issued directly and upon the faith of <
the Federal Government, affording practically a ,
currency based on a gold and silver basis and .
other property of the whole people of the country. 1
Mr. Davis* Agricultural Address.
In his address before the agricultural
fair at De Soto, Mo., on the 7th instant, Juf- 1
ferson Davis expressed much pleasure in meet- j
ing the people of a section of the country with j
which he was well acquainted many years
ago, and rejoiced at its growth and prosperity. ,
He came not to discuss those questions which <
vex the millions aud disturb the harmony 1
which prevails among the people. If there f
are any who still entertain feelings of malice, 1
or cherish bitterness on the account of the
past, let us withdraw from such. He declar- (
ed that whatever might be the machinations |
of politicians, the views of policy, and designs <
the State craft might desire to consummate
in regard to the future, the people of the
great Mississippi valley are one, and muut al- 1
ways remain one people in interest, in destiny 11
ind in social forms and material progress
No man, no course of policy, no deep designs
)f ambitious men, could ever dissever them in
ill the future. They would surely stand together.
The great river bound them together
iy ties stronger than any that politics could
jver invent, and from the scource to the
nouth, the people who dwell in the valley
nust be united. He then spoke at considerible
length upon the vast agricultural resources
of the country, and the future development
)f thecommerce of the Mississippi valley, and
ts great advantage and importance to the nation.
He predicted that the time would soon
come when fleets of iron barges would float
lown the mighty Mississippi, bearing a commerce
greater than that of the whole world.
But a little while ago, and in view of the vast
possibilities of this great valley, he advocated
building a university which should serve to
confer the highest education upon the young
men of the valley. The great population
which must soon swarm in this rich region,
will lead or be led, according to the status
which they may maintain m mental culture.
He also urged the necessity of direct trade
with Europe, and asserted that specie resumption
was impracticable until our exports exceed
our imports. He also declared that Congress
had no authority to declare that specie
payment should be resumed at a certain
date, and in the present condition of the country,
more currency is needed. The gentleman's
speech was frequently applauded.
On Saturday, Mr. Davis also spoke at the
Caloway county fair, in the town of Fulton.
There was present a very large crowd, gathered
from all sections of that part of the State.
Mr. Davis was introduced by Governor Hardin,
and made very nearly the same speech he
delivered at De Soto.
Frumthe Clinton (MUv.) Clarion, Sept. 6.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIOT.
For several weeks it has been understood
that there would be a Radical mass meeting
and barbecue at Clinton, on Saturday last, 4th
instant, to which everybody, however, was invited
to be present, irrespective of party or
race, it was largely attended oy negroes,
there being fully two thousand present, who
had gathered from every section of the county.
Besides half a dozen or more white Radicals,
there were probably twenty other white
men. It is said that as the negroes marched
through Clinton they were singing songs to
the effect that they were going "to bory Clinton
and kill Democracy" that day.
THE GROUNDS.
The barbecue was given in a grove about
three-quarters of a mile west of Clinton. It
is bounded on the north by the Chilton place,
on the south by the railroad (running through
a cut about twenty feet deep) east by a public
road, and west by a very small branch down
a steep bill. From the Chilton plaee to the
railroad is about eight hundred yards, and
from the public road to the branch about
nine hundred yards. The speakers' stand
was very nearly the centre of the grove, prob-kl
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niljjr a lltuc ouutu auv4 ncou vi vue vvuvtv*
We are thus particular about the grounds so
that our readers may fully understand the
whole affair. The speaking had progressed
considerably. Judge A. R. Johnston, Democratic-Conservative
nominee for the State
Senate, had concluded his address, and Capt.
H. T. Fisher, editor of the Daily Times (Republican,)
had been speaking probably tea or
fifteen miuutes. A party of eight or ten gentlemen
having seut to Clinton for a bottle of
whisky while Judge Johnson was speaking, and
not caring to hear Capt. Fisher, left the grounds
to take a social drink. They walked down
the hill, crossed the little branch (which was
about two hundred and fifty or three hundred
yards from the stand) to the west side about
ten feet. Here there were twenty or more
small cotton wood or willow trees, but no undergrowth
whatever, and the limbs of the
small trees were from ten to fifteen feet above
the ground. Ou the east side of the branch,
we will say, there is an open place extending
to the foot of the hill. This opening is not
more than twenty yards wide.
ONE ACCOUNT OK THE DIFFICULTY.
When they stopped and were drinking, a
half dozen or more negroes, headed by one
who claimed to be a sort of committeeman, apDroached
them. The leader said that they ?
could not driuk there. They replied that they
had left the grounds on purpose not to violate
the rules, and that they were far enough
away. They were then ordered, in an insulting
tone, to go further. They declined to do
so, and one of them raised the bottle to bis
lips. The committeeman jerked it away from
him and was immediately knocked down by
the gentleman from whom he took the bottle,
and the light was commenced by the negroes
who accompanied the leader, firing into the
party of gentlemen.
ANOTHER STATEMENT
made by a colored man, and corroborated by
several white persons, is that a difficulty commenced
near the stand, by a remark which
was made by a while man on the speech of
Capt. Fisher, which was resented by a colored
man. A fight between them ensued. The
companions of the white raau bore him rapidlv
nwftv down to the branch. The colored
man and a number of others of bis race pressed
down upon then), the colored man swearing
thatthe "damn white man should not bit him
aud live." Charles Caldwell, Sr., the State
Senator, attempted to interfere and stop the
difficulty, without avail. The white man was
pushed across the branch, the negroes still
pursuing, leaped over the branch, and were in
the act of grappling the white man, when '
THE FIGHT BEGAN.
The white men drew their pistols and returned
the fire, and two of the negroes fell dead
side by side. One of them was the leader of
the party. The white blood was up. They
jumped the branch, crossed the open place,
and charged the retreating negroes. The negroes
returned volley for volley, and without
effect. A number of negroes were wounded,
but how many is not known. As the charging
party mounted the hill-top, the whole
mass meeting broke and ran, leaving wagons,
horses, mules, chairs, bats and coats.- They
scattered in every direction, as if a regiment
of cavalry was coming over the hill. When
the whites reached the top of the hill, they
found that, in the excitement of the charge,
they had emptied their pistols, and had no
more ammunition. They bore off to the'
south of the stand and toward the railroad
cut. While they were executing this movement,
promiscuous firing had begun immedi
it. - e?
itely around tnesiana, oeiweeu me iew nuiwo
there and the negroes. When the party had
gotten directly south of and about fifty yards
from the speakers' stand, they were joined by
the other white men, not more than ten in
[lumber. They were then moving a little
south of east, to get into the railroad cut and
to the public road leading to Clinton, where
it crosses the railroad.
THE RALLY OF THE NEGROES.
When this movement began the cry rang
>ut among the negroes: "Kill the damned
white men, they are running"Rally, rally,
Republicans," "Charge 'urn," Ac. About
three hundred negroes responded to the call,
ind led on by the Wilburns, young Caldwell
md others, they pursued, keeping up an incessant
fire upon the whites. The white men
iad now reached a small open field which
jkirts along the railroad. Quite a number of
them were wouuded. Up to this time the retreat
had been covered by a few who had
oined the party from the stand, but by the
time they bad reached the railroad, these also
lad exhausted the loads in their pistols, except
one who had reserved his fire.
THE CR088ING REACHED.
The gentleman with the loaded pistol took
lis stand upon it, and that one pistol saved
he lives of the whole party who were fortu