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f traps aud Jact*.
Iu Wyoming Territory there is a bar
room to every one hundred and eighty inhabitants^
Twenty cigars a head is the number
annually manufactured for every man, woman
and child in the United States. Forty
years ago two was the allowance.
Thirty-nine lashes on the bare back, is
proposed iu New Jersey for any mau who accepts
an otfice, the duties of which he knows
himself incapable uTperform.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
have recently discharged about two
thousand men from their workshops as no
longer needed. The whole number of em-1
ployees will then be about ten thousand.
The carpet-baggers claim that every j
iminigrantis a carpet-bagger. There is about
the same difference between the honest immigrant
and the carpet bagger, as there is between
the farmer who raises a crop and the
rogue who steals it.
Postmaster Jewell has written to the '
managers in Alabama, in answer to some applications
for office, that he must hare good
men for responsible places, aud that he prefers
good democrats to bad republicans. Alabama
can't quite understand the change.
The old rule used to be steadily to prefer bad i
republicans to good ones.
It is creditable to American enterprise
that the second attempt to send peaches to j
England has been attended with complete ;
success. The fruit being in good condition j
on arrival and having readily found purchas- ;
ers in London, peach-growers are uow assured !
of a larger market for their fruit, which will
doubtless be produced iu greater quanity to :
meet the foreign demand.
A decision has just been rendered by j
the United States Court, upon what is some
times known as the civil rights law of 1866.
The object of the law was to impair the efficiency
and destroy the power of the State
Courts, by permitting the trausfer of causes,
on the flimsiest pretexts, to Federal tribunals.
After a lapse of nine years, a case has finally !
gone from Kentuckey before the Supreme '
Court, and by that tribunal the law is declared
to be unconstitutional.
The new constitution adopted by the
Alabama convention forbids aid by the state
to internal improvements; it gives negroes
the vote and squelches the right of secession ;
it limits state taxes to three-fourths of one
per cent.; it abolishes the board of education
and office of lieutenant-governor; makes the
legislative sessions biennial; limits them to
fifty days; reduces judicial salaries twenty
five per cent., and separates the time of holding
state and federal elections. It is to be
submitted to the people for action on the 16th
of November.
The term "grass widow" is said to be
a corruption of "grace widow," the former
expression being merely a barbarism. "Grace
widow" is the term applied to one who becomes
a widow by grace or favor, not of necessity,
as by death ; originated in the earlj
ages of European civilization, when divorces
were granted but seldom and wholly by the
Catholic church. When such a degree was
granted to a woman, and the papal receipt
stated "Viduca de gratia," which, interpreted,
is "widow of grace." In the law of the F rench
it would read, "Veuve de grace," or "grace
widow," "veuve" being translated as "widow."
The cotton factories and dealers in the
staple, of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va., have
issued a circular to planters sending cotton
to those markets, to use ouly "two widthB of
bagging" in packing a bale, dispensing with
side strips," so that the cotton can be seen,
and also to make the bales as large as possible.
Put up in this way, they say that cotton
will not only fetch a larger price, but save in
i?? n ?\ /I Uonrllinn tko ov nonoo Kmnrv
ill bliv ucigub auu uauuiiug, uii^ vapouou vvuig
the same for a small bale as for a large one.
^ The usual practice with many of covering up
the bale with bagging is objectionable, and
subjects to deduction for tare.
f The almost unmarked grave of Edgar
Allen Poe, author of "The Raven," was
opened in Baltimore a few days ago, to lay
the foundation for the monument about to
be erected by his admirers. At a depth of
five feet, the coffin was found, in good preservation,
after lying there nearly twenty-six
years. The lid was removed and the skeleton
was seen, almost in perfect condition, and
lying with the long bony hands reposing one
*V. upon the other, as they had been arranged in
death. The skull bore marks of greater decay,
the teeth from the upper jaw having become
dislodged ; but those in the lower were
all in place, and some little hair was still
clinging near the forehead. Beyond what
has been described, nothing was to be seen.
The Cincinnati delegates to the National
!}<-\urrt TruHo in their rennrt tr? thp
Chamber of Commerce of that city, recommend
the Chamber to use whatever influence
it might have with members cf Congress to
the end that the General Government may
purchase existing lines aud manage the whole
telegraph business of the couutry. A resolution
was offered in opposition to this, declaring
that the chamber does not commit itself
in favor of the project of the National Postal
Telegraph. This question, which has been
the subject of many discussions in the Chamber,
came up for final disposition on Friday
last, and a resolution committing the Chamber
iu favor of the postal telegraph was carried
by a considerable majority.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Bulletin says : "The treasury department
has discontinued the purchase of
silver for the present on account of the high
price. It is probable that the operation of
the scheme for silver resumption will be deferred
until after the meeting of Congress, in
order that it may be modified by further legislation.
There are grave doubts entertained
here as to the feasibility of the plan, and some
high authorities fear that the retiring of fractional
currency would produce great annoyance
to traders because of the danger of hoarding
and melting of the silver given out to supply
the place of the small paper change. The
secretary of the treasury will make some im
portant suggestions regarding the scheme in
his annual report."
The sale of President Grant's thoroughbreds
took place at St. Louis on Thursday,
and the unaccountably low prices which they
realized was the subject of comment among
the three hundred persons who attended. As
as a sample of prices, it may be stated that
the Nellie Grant team, Lady Morgan and
Queene, which costs?1,100, brought ?112.50;
Kate Haynes, a thoroughbred brood mare;
?45; Helen, an elegant sorrel mare, ?80;
Topscy, the well known mare presented to the
President in 1867 by the Russian ambassador
at Washington, and kept by the President
ever since as a brood mare, ?50; Butcher
Maid, a pacing mare, ?60; Vicksburg mare,
which was announced as the animal on which
Gen. Grant rode in his Vicksburg campaign,
was knocked off for ?56; "Old Joe," the
President's saddle horse before the war, and
now aged and infirm, ouly brought ?10. It
is considered certain that President Grant has
sacrified a large sura of money by the peremptory
sale of his thoroughbreds.
The elections to take place during the
present month, make up quite a formidable
list. On Tuesday elections were held in Ohio,
Iowa and Nebraska. A full list of State
officers and a Legislature were chosen in Ohio,
and in Iowa the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor,
Judge of the Supreme Court, Superintendent
of Instruction, one half the members of
the State Senate, and the full House of Representatives.
Two amendments to the Constitution
were also to be voted on; one authorizing
woman suffrage, and the other brings the document
into harmony with the amended Federal
Constitution by striking out the word "white."
The election in Nebraska was for three Judges
of the Supreme Court and six regents of the
State University, and for a few members of the
Legislature, to fill vacancies. More important
than these will be the vote on the proposed
new Constitution for the State. Octo
| her 20, California will hold its judicial elec-1
I tioii, choosing at the same time its Superinten- i
i dent of Instruction. Octol>er 25, elections j
! are to be held in Oregon and Colorado. In j J'
I Oregon , the election is a special one, to. fill the i
vacancy in Congress caused by the death of j.
. Hon. George A. La Dow, Democrat. The
j election in Colorado will be for the choice j H
of members of a convention to prepare a Con- b
j stitution preliminary to the admission of the j P
i Territory as a State into the Uuion'on the
i Fourth of July, 1876.-'TbtHinah?teetTon of fro
| the mouth will be held in Missouri, October ^
30, when the new Constitution, adopted in |
convention iu August last, will be submitted y
to the vote of the people. ' " *1 " _
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 01
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? Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was on n visit
to Charleston last week.
? The Greenville County fair begins on the 01
9fbh instant.
? Mr. Everett Page, of Marion county, lost
five children from diptheria in one week.
? Greenville county lost 89,720.01 by the !j!
failure of the South Carolina Bank and
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Trust Company.
? Several farmers in Marion county have
refused as much as $30 and $35 per acre for ^
their lands.
ri
? On and after to-morrow, the game laws ^
of this State authorize the shooting of partridges
and other game.
? Governor Chamberlain has appointed
Col. M. R. Delany one of the trial justices
for Charleston county. ^
? A great many deaths have recently occurred
among the colored people in Abbeville
from consumption.
? The census returns show an increase of
population, in five years in Greenville, of
10,000; Beaufort, 9,000; Chester, 6,000; Ma- 1
rion, 9,000; York, 7,000; Richlaud, 11,000.
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? The municipal election in Charleston last ^
week, resulted in the success of the Cunningham
ticket. The majority for Cunningham ?!
as Mayor, was 2,202.
? The Union-Herald has been informed that 8fl
st
the jail of Laurens county was destroyed by
fire on Thursday night of last week. Two ai
prisoners, all that were in the jail, escaped. f1
? Mr. Julian A. Selby, the proprietor of 1C
the Columbia Phcenix, has filed a petition in j?1
the United States District Court for voluntary
bankruptcy. The indefinite suspension m
of the Phcenix is announced.
cc
? The contract for grading the Cheraw and
Chester Railroad, from Lancaster to Cheraw, ^
has been let to Capt. Ellis, who was one of ^
the contractors on the line between Chester ^
and Lancaster. The contract is to be com- ,
pleted within twelve months.
? Chandler, a conductor, and a traiu hand
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on the Air Line Railroad, have been arrested
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and bound over in bonds of $500 each, to
appear at the November term of the United ^
States District Court in Columbia, to answer
the charge of putting three colored men oft' C(
t.h(> train at Gaffnev's Station, several weeks 111
ag0' h
? The following persons were admitted into
the University on the State scholarships at
the recent examination held by the State 11
Board of Examiners at Columbia: York ?
county?L. K. Wagoner. Chester?B. F. *c
Hartwell. Union?C. McBride. Laucaster?
T. Phelon. Fairfield?G. C. Tucker. Spar- u
tanburg?E. T. Cannon. P
? A specimen of the flying fish was caught
in the waters near Charleston last week. The P
fish measures fourteen iuches long and fifteen P
inches across from tip to tip of the wings. w
The body and wings are both covered with Cl
tiny scales of every color of the rainbow, and c(
in the sunlight the fish presents all the ap- P
pearances of a gorgeously tinted butterfly.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. rt
? Prof. Hensler,a music teacher well known 1'
| in various sections of the State, died recently ^
in Memphis, Tennessee. 1
? The Federal Court is in session in Greens-1tc
boro. There are on the docket 100 criminal j ^
cases, 8 libel, 12 civil and 22 in equity. Itc
| ?Two aged aud highly respected citizens j C(
of Guilford county?Archibald Bevill, aged I C(
78, and William Permar, aged 96?died last j 01
week. jC(
? Col. P. Douan, who has earned consider- ni
able reputation as editor of the Lexington i hi
(Missouri) Caucasian, is announced as the ! P(
future editor of the Raleigh Sentinel. ! in
? The State fair commenced in Raleigh on ' P<
Monday. The attendance is good, and there ! st
i is a larger quantity of machinery on exhibi- j T
! tion than ever before. The stock department P'
I is also well represented. te
j ?The question of constructing a narrow
; gauge railroad from Mt. Airy via Danbury, i hi
j Madison, Greensboro aud Asheboro to Che- j ^
i raw, S. C., is under discussion by the people j C
i along the proposed route. ei
? A recent interview of a correspondent of rc
the New York Herald with Gen. Clingman j
on the subject of finances, is attracting cou- ,ju
siderable attention throughout the country.! IJ
Gen. Clingman seems to be an inflationist. ' in
! ?The post-offices at Castinia and Cottage ' si
Home?the former in Gaston and the latter ' w
in Lincoln county?have been discontinued, ai
very much to the annoyance of the people of F
those neighborhoods. ! in
j ? Edgecombe county is evidently a good J ai
field for fox hunting, as we learn by the Tar-, C
boro Southerner, which says that a party of ol
| huntsmen caught sixteen in three consecutive cl
days last week. And the weather was unfa- h
vorable for foxes at that. r<
I ? Gov. Brogden has pardoned William Ell- tl
wood, who was sentenced to have been hanged il
. in Charlotte on Friday last. Ellwood was w
tried and convicted on the charge of shooting I
a roan named Sanford at King's Mountain m
Gold Mine, over a year ago. The killing was tl
not denied, though the defense pleaded that j
it was done accidentally and without malice, tl
The petition for pardon was signed by a large li
number of citizens of Cleveland, Rutherford a
and Mecklenburg counties, including the jury ( o
i who tried the case. I s<
LOCAL AFFAIRS. j
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
, H. Clawson, Assignee?I ^Bankruptcy?2d
General Meeting?III the Mutter of Chelsea j
Robbins, Bankrupt. * ,
S. K. Thomson and T. S. JefForys, Assignees?
In Bankruptcy?2d General Meeting?-In ;
the Matter of James MeKlwee, Bankrupt.
[. F. Adiekes? Ladies' Hats?Gents' Hats.
. C. Pressleyand A. E. Henry?Fair Warning,
lark Brothers?Gasb Prie.es?Canned -Goods?.
Tolweco and Kiiutl?Rice?liorso and Mule 1
Shoes?Pearl Grist.
r;-Strfmss?Fall and Wfnfer Announcement. 1
7. H. A J. P.Herndoti?OurStoek ol'Groceries?
Shoe Findings?Leather?Cheese?Canned j
Goods?Fish?Money?Powder.
L,B. Allison, Clerk of Bpard of County Coin-j
niiskioners?Annual Meeting,
ttauger A Edmond, Richmond, Va.?Manufac- j
turers of Portable and Stationary Engines, j
Boilers, Ac
ulbott A Sons, Richmond, Va.?Shockoe Mr- !
eliine Works.
7: L Clawson?To all whom it may Concern,
jiseph fl.. MrLpau, Judge of Probate?Citation? j
T. J. Clinton, Applicant?F. S. Clinton, de- '
ceased.
fylie A ^gurs, Chester, S. C.?Fall and Winter !
Goods.
. DEPARTURE OF $K. DICKSON.
Rev. Henry li. Dickson, late pastor of the j
resbyterian ciiurch at this place, aud who |
as accepted the call of the pastorate of the i
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irst Uutcn iteiormeci cnurcn 01 urooKiyu,
ew York,.left here 011 Tuesday morning last
> enter upon the duties of his new field.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas and General
essions for York county, his Honor Judge
'. J. Maekey presiding, convened at 10
clock A. M., on Monday last.
His Honor, on instructing the grand jury,
1 verted to the fact that they had heretofore
een so fully instructed as to their powers
nd duties, and understanding their duties so
ell, a formal charge was deemed unnecesiry.
There was, however, one point to which
b had not called the attention of the grand
iry, and that was a complaint which comes
oin every portion of this circuit and from
tery quarter of the State, viz.: a general
implaint of the practice of buying cotton
id other agricultural produce by storekeep 8
during the night time. This practice of
juntry storekeepers leads to stealing, creates
state of uuquietuess, and imperils the prospery
of the very class who depend upon agri
iltiiral productions for their prosperity,
he keeping of stores is not the source of
ealth to the people of South Carolina,
hough a lawful business and necessary to
ipply the wauls of the people?and storesepers
must and shall be protected in their
ghts?yet they must be careful to so conduct
leir business as not to imperil the rights of
;hers, and not to produce any condition of
isquietude among the people. In the judgent
of the Court, a large number of iguoint
men?men without hats or shoes?are
rought before this bar to answer for the
left of farm produce, stolen to enrich some
ore-keeper dressed in broad cloth, who
ands an iudifferent spectator to the proceedigs,
but annually ships fifty or one hundred
lies of cotton, raised on one acre of ground !
he ignorant negro suffers, and the white man,
ho is the most guilty of the two, escapes.
rflMnfiai" ota/4 until taiirliur a n t linri t tr itapirlpa
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;herwise, it shall be the law ou this judicial
rcuit to ruake it indictable as a public nuitnce
for any store keeper to so conduct his
ore as to imperil the quiet of a community ;
ad the grand jury are instructed to indict
:iy man, no matter how high he may stand
i the community, who buys agricultural
roducts after night, even if he buys them
orn a man of equal respectability who
iay be known to have raised them. The
jpidity of store-keepers, the court feels
mstrained to remark, is not the only cause
'the cotton stealing so much complained of
iroughout the country. One great cause is
tat the laboring class of South Carolina are
le poorest paid and the poorest fed of any
.borers on the face of the globe. Planters
lould lend their aid, as oue corrective of the
nl complained of, by dealing more liberally
ith their laborers. From the scanty suplies
and low wages received by the laborers,
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it? resuu id a struggle uuinccu mu >auuivic
mscieuce and their appetites. The farmer
lay argue that he offers his price for labor
ud it is optional with the laborer to accept
; that if the price is not satisfactory he can
a elsewhere. But as applied to the larger
umber of the laborers of the State, such arumeut
is unreasonable. They must work
ir the support of themselves and the families
ependent upon them. They cannot "strike"
or form combinations, as do the working
eople of the North, but are dependent upon
le planters, without the power to obtain emloyment
elsewhere. They would be comelled
to remaiu here, even if their wages
ere but fifty cents a month. In these cirtmstances
they will endeavor to better their
mdition dishonestly, which consigns them to
rr\i ri . . , l ...a_
rison. Llie uourt trusts mat complainants
F the crime of cotton stealing will be more
beral with their laborers iu the matter of
itions, and also give their hands time by day
ght to sell such produce as they may have
?r sale. If otherwise, the Court will instruct
le jury not to convict the purchaser. It is
i the pecuniary interest of the planter to en*avor
to prevent cotton stealing. It has the
ndency to lower the price of the cotton. The
)ttou-stealer seldom realizes more than one
int a pound for the cotton he sells after
ight, when he ought to have four or five
mts, at the least. It has been shown in
umbers of instances that the cotton thief sold
is stealings for something to eat, which imds
the Court to remark that in the future,
i the trial of such cases, if it is made to apiar
that the thief was driven to the act by
arvation, the sentence shall not crush him.
he Court is ready to co-operate with the
2ople in closing every store in the county af:r
nightfall, if the owners are guilty of buy
Ig COllULl Ul ULIICl HI I ill jnunuut^ imjiiujjbiij ,
Lit even that will not stop the practice unless j
le laborers are better fed than at present. 1
nder the present 9ystem in this respect, labor-'
8 are half-starved and employers are half-'
)bbed.
A number of bills were given to the grand 1
iry, when the cases of the State vs. J. B.!
[ubbard were called. Hubbard, while act- J
ig in the capacity of a United States Marlal
and revenue detective, in March, 1874,
as charged with committing various excesses,
id the first case called was one in which \V.
Massey was the prosecutor, the charge beig
false imprisonment. Mr. Massey was exiniiied,
but without proceeding further, the
ourt instructed the jury to return a verdict
F not guilty, as Hubbard was iu the dislarge
of his duties ; and though he conducted
imself improperly, yet there was no law to |
2Rch the case. The fact that Massey was on
le premises and had in charge the alleged I
licit whisky, was sufficiently presumptive to ,
arrant Hubbard in making the arrest. ,
[ubbard, the Court admitted from the testilony,
had acted cowardly; but unfortunately,
lere is no law to punish cowardice.
The next case, in which A. J. Martin was
ic prosecutor, charged Hubbard with ma*
cious mischief?the act being the killing of
hog, which, as was shown, was not a part
f the property of the distillery which was
sized on the occasion, but loitered around
the premises from "instinct." It could not be
proven that Hubbard killed the hog, or that
it was killed by his order, and the Court,
therefore, instructed the jury to return a verdict
of not guilty.
The next case against Hubbard was one
charging him with petit larceny ; but no witnesses
appearing against him, the case was
stricken from the docket.
Frank Harnbright, colored, charged with
assault and battery, pleaded guilty, and inasmuch
as he has been in jail three months, the
Court sentenced him to imprisonment for
three days.
In the case of State vs. Johu Ratterree,
charging him with having bought a stolen
oxen, a nolle prosequi was entered.
State vs. Andrew Moore, assault and battery,
with intent to kill. The prosecutor in
this case was Peter Harris, a Cherokee Indian,
who had received a cut in the face from
a knife in the hands of the defendant; but it
was shown that the wound was indicted in
self defense, and the jury returned a verdict
of not guilty.
State vs. Charles Moore, colored; horse
stealing. Pleaded guilty.
State vs. Robert Wilson, colored; grand
larceny. Pleaded guilty.
State vs. James Davis ; rape. The defendant
and prosecutor were both colored. Verdict,
not guilty.
State vs. Jefferson McConnell, colored ; assault
and battery. Verdict, guilty of assault.
State vs. J. Albertus Hope and Mary Elizabeth
Hope, for the poisoning of Mary J.
Castles. For prosecution, Mr. Solicitor Mackey,
assisted by T. J. Bell, Esq. For prisoner,
I. D. Witherspoon and W. B. Wilson, Esqrs.
The following jurors were impaneled: E. F.
Blake, Robert Coonrod, Daniel Williams, L.
R. Pearce, W. R. Burris, J. C. Hoke, A. E.
Hutchinson, Peter Garrison, T. S. Neely, S.
D. Barron, John Hammell, B. P. Boyd. A.
E. Hutchinsou, foreman.
The evidence was not closed at 12 o'clock
Tuesday night, and the trial is progressing at
the time we go to press.
MERE-MENTION.
Jefferson Davis delivered an address at the
agricultural fair at Hopkiusville, Kentucky?
his uative place?last Friday At a
wedding in Dalton, Georgia, recently, the ice
cream was flavored with peach leaves, and of
the persons who ate of it, three died. Fires,
occasioned by gasses evolved from the tobacco
by a peculiar atmospheric phenomena, destroyed
a number of tobacco barns and a large
quautity of the weed in Robinson county,
Tpnnpwspe last, wp.ek. The directors of
the Mississippi Valley Trading Company are
iu conference with the executive committee of
the National Grange concerning direct trade
in Grange products. TheSupreraeCourt
of the State of New York has refused to vacate
the order for Tweed's arrest, or reduce
his bail from 83,000,000. In Cincinnati,
2,000 horses are suffering more or less
with cough and swelled glands. The
fund for an equestrian statue of Gen. Lee, at
Richmond, now amounts to $20,000. The
proposed Democratic Convention in Louisiana
is discountenanced by nearly all the leading
Democrats of the State, and it is probable
that the project will be abandoned. There
is still trouble between Rev. Mrs. Olyncpia
Brown Willis and her congregation at Bridge
port, Connecticut; but it isn't because the
Rev. Olympiahas been too intimate with any
of her sisters. A new and unkuown disease
has killed 1,000 hogs in the vicinity of
Columbus, Ohio, within a month. In
the circuit court of Columbia county, Georgia,
Judge Gibson instructed the jury to the
effect that an officer who shoots a man whom
he is trying to arrest for a petty offense, is
guilty of murder. Westervelt, couvicted
of being implicated in the abductiou of Charley
Ross, has been seutenced to seven years'
solitary confinement. General Toombs
delivered an address at Warrenton, Georgia,
last Thursday, on the currency question,
taking strong ground in favor of hard money.
The horse disease is rapidly spreading in
sections of Pennsylvania. Atlanta, Georgia,
has a population of 32,000.
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Illness of Mr. Stephens.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of
Tuesday contains the following in reference
to the recent illness of Hon. A. H. Stepheus:
Information was received in this city yesterday
that Hon. A. H. Stephens was very ill
at his residence at Crawfordville. Mr. Stephens
was quite ill last Wednesday, but recovered.
Saturday he was again attacked,
and more severely than before. From parties
who came down on the passenger train of
the Georgia Railroad we learned that Mr.Stephens
was suffering excruciating agony yesterday.
A dispatch was forwarded to Dr. H.
IJ. Steiner, requesting his preseuce as soon as
possible. He left last evening for Crawfordville.
We trust that the attack will be but
temporary. The people, not only of the
Eighth District, but ofthe whole country, will
anxiously await news from Liberty Hall.
The Storv of the Tramp.
We published last week a statement
taken from the Cincinnati Enquirer, to the
effect that a tramp recently committed to a
station-house in that city, represented himself
as Major-Gaueral W. H. Wheeler, formerly
of the Confederate Cavalry. This gave rise
to the supposition that if the tramp were not
an impostor?which was the most probable
theory?that the leader of "Wheeler's Cavalry,"
the most thoroughly debased organization
in the Confederate Army, had really
come to want. But the Augusta Chronicle
dispels the story related by the Enquirer. The
Chronicle says the name of the Confederate
cavalry leader is Joseph and not William,
and that while he is neither a tramp nor a
drunkard, he is in business at New Orleans.
On the subject of the same story the Columbia
Register states on the authority of Col.
Rion, of Winnsboro, that "Geu. Wheeler is
not in a destitute condition. He is not the
victim of intemperance. He has not been to
Ohio. He is living very quietly at Cortland,
North Alabama, practicing law successfully,
running a farm profitably, and a part owner in
a store in the place which has a good trade."
Exhibition of the Kcely Motor.
There was a private exhibition of the
Keeley motor at the inventor's residence, in
Philadelphia, on the 2nd instant, in the presence
of a number of prominent gentlemen, including
Vice-Admiral Wollesley and Capt.
Gore Jones, of the royal navy. The Times
says:
XTooln olinmo/l <-> fVlO QO t iofWt.t f>n f?f
iUI J OIIVITCU IV liiiw w?v>w<fwv>" w
all, that he had the power of producing, in a
few moments, and out of the simplest elements,
a very considerable elastic force; so
great, indeed, that being applied to a large
lever, heavily weighed, the unprecedented
pressure of 1,750 pounds to the square inch
was indicated by the gauge. But as this
force was not continuous in its action, as was
shown from the fact of the gauge declining
from 1,750 to 500 pounds in half an hour,
the suggestion was made by one of the British
naval officers that possibly this force could
not be made constant, and therefore would
not be calculated to do actual 'work.' The
English officers declined to express any opin
! ion, for the reaaon, as they declared, that thej
j knew nothiug about it; they simply saw cer
tain results, but were utterly unable to ac
count for their mode of production. Mr
Keely declares that as soon as he gets hi;
i new machine, the last piece of which is prom
| ised within a week, he will be enabled to re
; new the mysterious power developed at tin
exhibition, and, indeed, increase it forty-fold
1 if necessary." f ;
1 North Carolina Convention.
! By a resolution adopted in the conven
i tion, the judicial committee was instructed t<
j report a suitable bill looking to the adjust
I ment of the public debt. It is geuerallj
| thought that the special tax bonds will be re
pudiated in whatever ordinance may be adop
' ted on this question.
j Among the ordinances passed are the fol
(lowing: Depriving magistrates of jurisdictioi
i under the present law, awl leaving the matte
| of jurisdiction in the hands of the Legiala
ture. Prescribing the mode of removing i
i circuit judge, by a specified majority of th<
Legislature, instead of going through the for
! mulity of an impeachmeDt. Providing fo
the publication of the amended Constitutioi
1 in pamphlet form?100,000 copies to be print
ed and distributed instead of publishing i
| through the newspapers. To provide for th
i employment of convict labor on public work
i or highways, and the farming out thereo
where and in such manner as is provided h;
law. To provide for the appointment by th
Governor to till vacancies in certain offices
Authorizing the General Assembly to pre
scribe ihe manner of electing Judges of Court
inferior to the Supreme Court, and limitin]
the term of office of Judges to not more thai
eight years. A resolution prohibiting th
marriage of whites with negroes to the thin
generation.
Mr. Thome, the "infidel" member, intro
duced a resolution to abolish certain tests o
eligibility to office, and authorizing womai
suffrage. Referred.
The Convention adjourned on Monday
after a session of thirty-one working days
The public debtquestiou was not interfere)
with, though several ineffectual attempts wer
made to repudiate the special tax bonds.
I The Cotton Crop.
The Memphis Cotton Exchange pub
lishes the following report of the conditio!
of the crop to September 10th. The repor
contains one hundred and twenty response
of the average date of September 10. O
these, 17 report the weather warm and dry
43 clear, dry and cool, with occasional show
ers, 60 wet and cold, 54 report serious dam
age by rust, 27 blight, 60 rot, 35 injured b;
storms, 49 no damage. The total damage re
ported for this department is 10? per cent
The commencement of the picking seasoi
average September 17th. Thirty-five repor
progressing well, 85 progressing slowly, 3
report the crop opening slowly, 62 retarde<
by sickness, 20 in Mississippi retarded by pc
litical troubles with frost at the same date a
last year, 16 report that the crops will b
about the same as last year, 95 better, 10 no
so good. Estimated better crops than las
year, 24 percent. Ninety report laborers wel
disposed and will harvest crops unless de
terred by sickness, 51 report sickness of va
rious kind, 23^report negligence from politi
cal causes, 8 report many laborers abandon
ing the crops, 5 report pickers waiting fo
higher wages. 80 report frost at the averag
date of September 20th, 2 report crops kille*
in the Mississippi bottom, 78 report no dam
age, 40 report frost, 110 report that wheal
m-a nHOQOfio Kotto Kaon anrl will hfi flnwi
IJC aiiu gl aoowi UUT v. wvwu mmu ?> WW wv ...
this fall, 44 estimate the same acreage as las
year, 53 increased acreage, 18 report non
raised. The estimated average increases 21 pe
cent, in the aggregate for North Alabama
There are 16 responses ; one reports dry, warn
weather, 3 cloudy and cold, with occasiona
showers, 12 wet and cold, 8 report seriou
damage by rust, 10 damage by storms, 3 n
damage. Estimated average damage 9 pe
cent., the average date of commencement c
picking was Sept. 18. One reports progress
ing well, fifteen slowly, cause sickness am
slow opening with frost at the same date a
last year, 5 estimate crops about the same, J
less, eight better, average estimate 6} per cenl
better, 14 respondent to other iuterrogatiou
that laborers are well disposed to save crops, i
report delay from sickness, one reports sora
abandonment on account of low prices, ou
reported pickers waiting for higher wages, !
report frost Sept. 20th, but no damage, 3 re
port no frost, all report that wheat, rye am
grass have been sown this fall, 8 say abou
the same as last year, 1 reports less, 7 raor
than last year. The estimated average in
crease is 5-3 per cent.
Georgia Negroes iu Convention.
A convention of colored people assem
bled in Augusta, Georgia, on the 7th instanl
! and continued in session for two days, for th
I e a. ?i *u..? r,c
j purpose ui reiuung tuc cuoi^w tuav ui& m
groes of that State intended insurrection am
to determine the best course for the coIore<
people to pursue. About fifty delegates wfer
in attendance. The proceedings, as reporte<
in the Chronicle and Sentinel, were not very
harmonious, nor did the deliberations of th<
body result in any action calculated to ad
vance the material prospects of the race.
The General Government was attacked fo
j the weakness of its support to the colore<
| people of the South ; a resolution condemn
i ing the President's appointments in the Stat
| was referred to the next political convention
a resolution of thanks to Judge Herschel V
Johnson, who tried the Washington county
prisoners, for the right spirit of impartiality
i and fairness he displayed in conducting thi
trial, was unanimously adopted; an emigra
tion bureau was appointed to gather informa
' tion as to the best localities within the Stat<
j for the negroes in the late insurgent countiei
[ to emigrate to; and au address was adopter
I stating that there was no foundation for th<
?? ??*?? * oAMAMta f L <-? # inot>n rvrvffar
j IU9U1 I CL'UUli icpuiw , biiau mcj tvwiu guuvvi
j up by the Bourbon Democracy for politica
' effect, and that the colored people of tlx
j State have no idea of insurrection. The ad
j dress also states that the negroes are not giv
en their rights; that the ku-klux is rampan
I in Georgia, and that colored men are not al
j lowed to sit on juries and do not receive th<
j protection of the courts. Regarding the ad
dress, and the convention in general, th<
Chronicle and Sentinel remarks editorially :
"A report, abouudmg in falsehoods, ha;
been adopted, and a tissue of audacious lie;
concerning the treatment of the colored peo
pie in this State put forth. No better contra
j diction of its slanders could be offered that
; the conduct of the whites in their treatment
of the insurrectionary movement a few week:
ago. Every impartial witness will say that f
very base return has been made for the for
bearance and leniency displayed by the whit<
people of Washington, Burke and Johnsor
i counties. The truth is, the colored people o
I Georgia have little cause for complaint. The}
I are protected in their rights of person anc
, property. The law makes no distinction ir
its treatment of blacks and whites. Th<
Courts are as free to one race as to the other
So far as we can see, the blacks throughou!
the State arc prosperous and contented. Theii
I industry is slowly but surely iucreasiug theii
wealth, and they are learning to save as wel
as to make. With the influence of a few bac
men of both colors removed, there will nevei
; be any bad feeling between the races it
, Georgia."
j ' Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, October 11,1875.
3 The return of our merchants from New
. York and Baltimore is being quickly followed
. j by the arrival of the new and beautiful goods
3' they selected aud purchased in those cities. |
t Mr. Joseph Wylie, who in the excellent taste
he displays in the selection of his goods, has
i not a superior in the State, has returned
1 home, aud the pile-ofboxoa-dafrout-of the
": extensive establishment of VYylie & Agurs,
5 give evidence of the fact that their coutents
" have safely reached tlieir''destination. The
j shelves are already filled with feueh pretty
- things as delight the eye, and if there are
? other arrivals of goods they must needs be
placed away in the cellar or upon the third
floor, where they will find a temporary rest
: ing-place.
1 Mr. I. L. Gunhouse is also a late ariival
r from New York, where he purchased a large
- and splendid stock of goods. I. L. Gunhouse
i & Co. is an old and established firm of our
e town, having grown with its growth, and
, strengthened with its strength. Their large
! and handsome store is certainly filled to overr
flowing with new aud attractive goods.
1 Mr. R. Brandt recently returned from a
visit to several Northern and Western cities,
t where he purchased extensively of jewelry
e and furniture. One of his stores is supplied
with beautiful watches, rings, clocks and dif?
ferent articles belonging to the jewelry line;
while'the other is abundantly filled with fury
niture. And furniture, too, of the most sube
stantial and beautiful kind; plain or expeni.
sive, as the purchaser may desire. But of all
>. the beautiful> things, the most beautiful are
8 the chromos that adorn the walls of both
stores. The lover of landscapes, or the "hu5
man face djvine," can obtain from Mr. B.'s
l ?il ?.J?? _ t
seiecuuiia a jjamimg uiui win enuicij iiaie
raonize with his ideas of beauty.
3 But if a man prefers the useful to the ornamental,
let hira goto the furnishing house
of Mr. William Striugfellow, who recently
f returned from the North, after making the
necessary purchases for his store. This is
what Mr. Stringfellow claims it to be?"a gentleman's
furnishing store." Here everything
'? in the way of under Or outer clothing can be
). obtained that a gentleman needs. Here suits
i can be obtained that will serve for matrimoe
niai occasions, or, if need be, plainer and
more substantial suits, intended for the business
of every day life.
The stranger in visiting our town could
spend a portion of his leisure time very pleasQ
antly in taking a survey" of the useful and
t pretty things in the various stores that have
s been mentioned. There are other stores in
f our town to which reference might be made
, did space permit. I may perform this pleas'
ant task at another time.
Mr. F. G. Whitlock completed the bridge
* over Sandy River at McAliley's Mill, last
y week, at a cost of $1403. This amouut ini
eludes repairs upon the stone pillars, which
# have been standing about twenty-seven years,
Q having been built in the year 1848. The
bridge just completed by Mr. Whitlock, is a
substantial structure, and will, without doubt,
* be received by the Board of County Commis
1 stoners. It la ZOU ieet in length. The old bridge
i- that was removed to make way for the new
s one, was built by Mr.. Whitlock in 1858, and
e has rendered good service for seventeen years.
t The cost of it was one thousand dollars.
t The Board, of County Commissioners have
not yet consummated the arrangement with
the National Batik of Chester, suggested by
'* the late grand jury, for raising money to meet
- the expenses of the late session of the Court
i- of General Sessions and Common Pleas. The
p probabilities are in favor of the perfecting of
the arrangement at an early day. The deposit
hy Treasurer Yocora of county funds in
? Hardy Solomon's Bank, and the consequent
* loss of the same, has been attended with coni
siderable inconvenience to the creditors of the
county. If the recommendations of the grand
B jury are enforced, Hardy Solomon and other
t members of the Ring will not have another
opportunity of filling their pockets at the exe
pense of the good and houest people of this
r county. The day, I tru9t, will soon come
when the rascals about Colu mbia will be driven
u from power, and thus be debarred the oppor1
tunity of laying their thieving hauds upon
8 money made by the very sweat and blood of
0 our people.
r " Rev. John Simpson, formerly of this place
,f and now pastor of a church in Western Vir1.
trinia. was in our town last week on a brief
visit to his friends. Before coming here, he
s had spent a short lime at Due West in atten3
dance upon the Associate Reformed Synod,.
to which body he had been appointed a dele
8 gate by his church. Rev. R. W. B'ice repre6
sented the Associate Reformed Church of this
e place in the Synod, and was the retiring raod?l
erator at the late meeting of the Synod.' He
2 is a brother of our fellow-townsman, C. S.
s. Brice, Esq., and is a preacher of considerable
j ability.
t The cause of temperance is blessed in the
e possession of some active and zealous spirits
i- at this place. Though places for the sale of
intoxicating liquors are on the increase, yet
these men are constant and untiring in their
h efforts to prevent any increase of the hosts of
intemperance. Their devotion to the good
'' cause they have so deeply at heart, is worthy
e of all commendation. At the last regular
'* meeting of the Sons of Temperance of Chester,
i the following gentlemen were elected officers
3 for the ensuing quarter: \V. A. K. Wilson,
e W. P.; W.H. Elliott, W. A.; W. I. Clawj
son, Jr., R. S.; W. P. McJllwee, A. R. S.;
W. T. D. Cousar, Treasurer; R. H. Cousar,
P F. S.; A. McCoy, Chaplain ; J. Iv. Marshall,
e Conductor; E. Thorapsou, A. C.; Samuel
- Evans, 1. S. and H. C. Rothrock, 0. S. Mr.
Sample Alexander, Sr., was the presiding ofr
ficer of the Division immediately preceding
j the election of Mr. Wilson.
Gen. W. A. Walker has received a letter
from Mrs. Julia R. Bachman, of Columbia,
0 and Treasurer of the S. C. Monumental Asso!
ciation, acknowledging the receipt of the pro.
ceeds of Major Hamilton's lecture in Chester.
j She says that "this monument to our heroes
, must be built, and the sooner the better. It
is here now, waiting only for funds to be displayed
to our admiring gaze. A contribution
of $100 from each county will be sufficient,
and we trust that those of us who remember
3 the services of our dead brothers, will give us
3 the meaus of erecting to their memory a suitable
monument to perpetuate their virtues."
It does appear that an amount of money so
small, and in behalf of so uoble a cause, merits
a prompt response from the various counties
of the State.
Rev. A. F. Dickson arid Mr. J. J. Stringfellow,
were the representatives of the Presbyterian
Church of this place at the meeting of
Bethel Presbytery, which assembled at Tirzah
Church, Union county, N. C., on Thursday.
The Presbytery was expected to eud
its session on Sunday. Rev. Mr. Sanders and
Mr. Joshua Walker left our ^owu ou Friday
to attend the meeting of Fairfield Associaciation,
which held a brief session at the
1 Runlist f'tinrph nt TTnmn ff
j At the last meeting of the stockholders of
; the C. C. & A. R. R. Company, a resolution
- was submitted by C. S. Brice, Esq., of this
i place, and adopted, providing for the appointt
meut of a committee of eight stockholders,
3 whose duty would be to examine into the fii
i nancial condition and management of the af-1
fairs of the Company, and report thereupon.
3: Mr. Brice, who was appointed chairman of
? ' the committee, has called for a meeting of the
f i committee at Columbia, on Tuesday evening,1
r; the 19th instant. Whether the report of this j
I j committee, concerning the management of the I
i i C. C. & A. R. R. Company, will be favorable
31 or otherwise, is more than I can say. Of this
. | fact, however, I am assured that with this
t1 management the merchants and cottou buy- j
r' ers of this place are not well pleased. The
p | freights to and from this place, on this road, I
1 are thought by our business men to be unrea-1
1 : sonably high and out of all proportion to
r J freights on other roads. A gentleman who is
l j now contemplating the establishment of a
i depot at this place for the sale of Northern
shingles, says that the freight on shingles from
Charlotte to Chester is greater than the
freights on the other roads combined. It is
pateaVthen, to every?eye, that such discriminatiou-agaiast
our town cannot but be- prejudicial
to its prosperity. There is no doubt of
the uxistence-of & strong feeling- of opposition
to the Southern Security Company, who owns
a controlling interest in the road from Charlotte
to Augusta, and who nmnggv it*) afjairs
according to their wishes, irtfespfeotive of the
-wiwhw and rights of the minority. Stock*holders,
and the public generally at this
point, would infinitely prefer, to. Jfeve the road
leased to ifie South Carolina Railroad Company,
to its remaining in tjie bands of the
present parties.
Trial Justice Qourdine, colored, opened his
office at this place last week. He hails, I believe,
from Charleston, and is very diminutive
in Btature. What he lacks in matter he
may make up in mind. \Quj.
MORE TROUBLE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Trouble between the blacks and whites of
Mississippi is again reported?this time from
the village of Friar's Point in Coahoma county.
In this county the negroes outnumber
the whites, in votiug force, in the proportion
of three or five to one. Recently, however,
schisms have prevailed among the blacks,
and at the approaching election, which takes
place the second Monday in November, the
present officials fear they are destined to be
ousted. Several weeks ago there was trouble
about registration at a precinct back on Hopson's
bayou, 30 miles to the east of Friar's
Point. The disturbance was quelled without
serious results, except to excite the people of
the surrounding region. A couple of hundred
people went to the scene of the difficulty,
butupou arrival found everything quiet. The
row was all about a couple of fellows who
lived beyond the border of the county applying
to register, so as to vote illegally at the
ensuing election. This seems to have unsettled
the public mind, so that uneasiness has
prevailed and kept people on the alert ever
since. The sheriff of Coahoma county is a
yellow man named Johu Brown, a native of
Kentuckv. born free and educated at Oberlin,
Ohio, but living in Coahoma for several years
past. Six or eight weeks ago he caused a
former school-mate?a black man named
Smith?to emigrate from Ohio to Friar's
PoiDt. He had Smith nominated on his ticket
for Chancery and Circuit Clerk, and the
entire ticket was composed of darkies of the
most ultra type, only a single white man, a
son of Senator Alcorn, being on for the position
of <Qounty Treasurer. This ticket Sheriff
John Brown worked for with such vigor that,
three weeks ago, he caused to be purchased
several bags of buckshot, powder and other
ammunition to be used in an emergency?
which means- riot. He also announced to the
people that his friend Smith had to be elected
at all hazards, and he would sacrifice his office
rather than fail, to secure, this result.
When remoustrated and pleaded with in the
interest of peace and urged to ship the powder
and lead away, he emphatically declined.
This caused serious thoughts to pervade the
miuds of'white people, nearly all.of whom
went quietly to work to arm and prepare for
the worst, should it come to that,
The frequent visit to the house of Brown of
Wra. Pease, the black Brigadier-General of
militia for the District, failed to serve as a
pauacea for the uneasy condition of the public
mind. .A ticket in opposition to the other
one headed by Brown had been, prepared,
enmnnsed of half whites and half colored men.
A large proportion of Conservative colored
people purported this ticket in the interest of
tax payees, having become convinced that
white rtifcn ought to have a voice iu the management
of the county government. This
ticket is exceedingly popular among the Liberal
Republicans aud Democrats of all, colors.
This is the story given of the political situation.
The canvass has been very bitter, and
Senator Alcoru has exerted his influence
against the Brown faction, ami Brown, thinking
his defeat at the polls would be almost certain,
endeavored, it is alleged, to precipitate a
conflict, believing he would thereby turn the
tide, and the election would result ia his favor.
To this end, immediately after the adjournment
of a Democratic meeting, at which
Senator Alcorn (a Republican) spoke by invitation,
and severely criticised Brown, that
individual commenced distributing ammunition
among his supporters, at which the
whites became, alarmed; and, as it seems, not
without cause, as on the morning of the 5th
instant, the town of Friar's Point was attacked
by an armed band of negroes headed by Pease,
Brigadier-General of the colored militia. The
whiterf, however, were fully armed and pre??
- ?^ mUU A 1 .. n i\r|
parcel lur UOICUDC, nrii>u UCUULUI aiuviu uum
Geo. Chalmers in command, and the attack*
ing party were driven from the town. Ambushing
by the blacks, and desultory shooting
both parties, with a loss of three or four
negroes, and one white man, occurred afterwards.
As soon as the fighting commenced,
Brown made his way to Helena, Arkansas,
and denies having incited the disturbance.
He also says he will not return to Coahoma
county, as he learns the negroes there threaten
to kill him if he does. At latest accounts
Gen. Chalmers was pursuing Pease, whom he
is determined to capture; but from the following
telegram sent by Senator Alcorn to
Attorney-General Pierrepont, we may conclude
that the Coahoma war is virtually at
an end; |
"Having read several incorrect and sensational
dispatches touching upon the recent
race troubles at Friar's Point, I beg to assure
you that there need be no alarm for the peace
of the county. Several hundred armed negroes,
who had been incited by au ill-tempered
chief, marched on our town and were rapidly
repulsed by the whites under the lead of the
most prudent citizens, who have been following
the armed bands of negroes and dispersing
them with as little violence as possible,
and urging them to go home. The mob has
been dispersed and, I think, will remain quiet.
There is no question of politics in this
excitement. The whites, to a man, are for
defeuse. Those of the negroes who have been
misled are fast being reconciled. A community
of planters may be relied upon for kind
treatment of the laborers. The whites have
made no demonstrations of hostility against
the negroes of this couuty, but are anxious to
cultivate the most friendly relations. .My
name has been most ridiculously connected
with the matter, and I trust you will not give
credence to the share given me in this affair
by the telegrams. "Respectfully,
?T. L. Alcorn,
* r% a. J*
"United states senator.
Washington, October 9.?The attorney*
general of the State of Mississippi, ex-Senator
Pease, postmaster at Vicksburg, and District
Attorney Wells, of the Northern District,
called on the attorney-general this morning
to present to him the situation of affairs in
that State. They represeut that the recent
troubles are of a personal nature and are now
over,. They do not want Federal troops sent
into Mississippi. They set forth that if troops
aresent into the State the negroes will elect
to office meu plastered over with indictments
for various misdemeanors. If troops are not
sent into the State, they are of opinion the
Legislature will be lost to the Republican
party, but that the successful candidates will
be lovers of good order, and law-abiding and
patriotic legislators. They think the reverse,
however, will be overcome in time for the
Presidential issue, and that in that campaign
the Republican candidate will receive the
majority of the votes cast in the State. These
gentlemen presented a clear and comprehensive
statement of the causes which have led
to the unfortunate state of affairs in Mississippi,
Its present actual condition, and other
views as to the proper remedy for existing
evils. They represented that much of the
prevailing disorder arises from the inevitable
demoralization attending all great civil revolutions,
especially such an upheaval of the
social and political institutions of the South
as characterized the late revolution. That
the immediate causes which h ive led to the
recent outbreaks between the whites and ne