Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 04, 1875, Image 2
Straps audi ?acts.
Ou Tuesday last, elections occurred iu
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Mississppi and Wisconsin.
England is importing calicoes from the
United States. So say the English papers ;
and they remark that the goods are finer and
bitter than those made at Manchester.
American brooms, from their superior
make and finish, have attracted attention in
Europe, and heavy shipments of the article
are now made to England and Germany.
The busiuess at preseut is remarkably good.
At the Democratic procession at Aberdeen,
Miss., last week, 2,000 mounted voters
of Monroe county were in line, including 400 g
colored men, and at Holly Spriugs, the next ,
day, 1,000 colored voters marched in a Dem- ;
ocratic procession. j
Nine million eggs of the California ! .
salraou have been shipped from the United
States hatching house, on the McCloud river,
California, to the fish commissioners of the
various States, to be hatched out and plauted
in appropriate waters.
An officer of the regular army laughed
at a timid woman because she was alarmed
at the noise of the cannon when a salute
was fired. He subsequently married that _
timid woman, and six months afterward he
took off his boots in the hall wheu he came
home late at night. ^
A gentleman in Washington on familiar
terms with the President, in the course
of a conversation the other day, said : "Mark o
my words, Gen. Grant will, by some means c
or other, before the end of next spring, be be- ?
fore the country as a Presidential candidate on
a hard money and non-sectarian school plat- F
form, and the Republican convention will be ?
compelled to take bira up." i:
The other day a Vicksburg wife went [
into the country on a visit, without saying j
anything to or leaving word for her husband.
He was uneasy on returning home, and made 1
inquiries among the neighbors. "Gone !? J
missing!" exclaimed one woman; "why, I
should think you'd be uneasy about her!" "I f
am," he replied, wearing a sorrowful look, "for 1
some one has got to split the wood to get
breakfast with !"?Vichburg Herald.
A lady who has had considerable experience
in treating diphtheria, recommends t
" It.. 1
the following recipe, wnicn sne says uus uev- i
er been known to fail to effect a complete s
cure, even in the most malignant cases. Take .
as much of the bark of alder root as can be
grasped between the forebnger and thumb,
same, quantity of dogwood and persimmon c
root bark, and one ounce alum. Boil down 5
in a pint of strong vinegar to half a pint, c
Before cooling, add three tablespoonfuls cold j
water. Sweeten with honey. Use as a gar- r
g]e- t [
A Vicksburg wife informed her hus- t
band the other morning that she was work- j
ing herself into the grave for the want of aj
hired girl, and as he went out she leaned c
back and fell to weeping. The children were t
making a noise iu the hall as he passed out, i
and he called out: "You want to stop this
racket! Your mother won't live a week, v
and when you get a stepmother here next
spring she won't put up with any such fool- v
ing!" When he came home to dinner his *
**- 1 A r? rv\ llrt onrl aid " Fan'f ! f.
Wilt? Ultl I11III Y> 1 tii a guiiic, oiai ouiu *?u v
ours a cozy home, Richard, with only our p
own little family to look after." t
It is stated in a circular published by g
Dun & Co.'s Mercantile Agency on the 20th g
ultimo, that the business failures in the
United States from January 1 to September c
30 of the present year have amounted to 5,334,
with a total liability of $131,171,000. A 1.'
comparative statement shows that the failures ' h
for a sirailiar period in 1874 araouted to $116,- c
429,000, in 18.3 to $171,374,000, and in c
1872 to $90,794,000. Of the failures this R
year, South Carolina is charged with 118,
aggregating a liability of $2,554,518. In J8
Georgia, during the same time, there were 1
123 failures with $4,318,430 of liability; in ti
North Carolina 44 failures with $671,429 t
liability, and in Florida 12 failures with $241,800
liability. j
The New York Herald pronounces the ,
Moody and Saukey meetings a phenomenon,
and acknowleges its inability to account for c
the attractions which draw immense crowds, t
Moody's sermons and Sankey's songs are not ii
different from the sermons and the songs to p
be heard in hundreds of churches in New e
York and Brooklyn, while the sermons are
far inferior to those of the average New York .
i tii? c
preacner. iney couiuiu uuuung iie?>, wc i
Herald, says, while they are destitute of pol- n
ish, 6how no theological training, and are in s
niy sense learned or able discourses, such as r
Hall, Storrs, Beecher and many others pro- j j
duce. But still the people crowd to hear the 11
preacher, and there is an awakening in
the community on the subject of religion. 1
The Herald gives it up. It can not account e
for it. J
? An interesting fact is mentioned by the a
Cincinnati Gazette in connection with the loss }
and estimation of fractional currency as as- u
certaiued from the Treasury Department fig- g
ures. It is well known that the Government ^
is really the gainer by a large amount by the
disappearance of small notes and currency, ^
but the figures regarding the three and five u
cent issues of fractional currency, when it is o
remembered how many of them are required c
to make a dollar, are particularly interesting.
The issues of these notes by the Government .
ceased in April, 1869, at which time there
had been issued 8602,000 of the denomination c
of three cents, and 85,700,000 of the five cent t
series, and although over six years have elaps- a
ed there are still outstanding S92,000 in three s
cent notes and over 81,870,000 of the five j,
cent issue.
The fact that several important sewing j
machine patents are about to expire has led j 11
to the irapresion that the price of the ma- '
chines would be materially reduced: A re-1 p
porter of the New York Tribune, however, i f
b?a infarvipwpd the leading corananies and I a
*'k"w 4*""" " t""o r | o
ascertained that such will not be the case. t
The number of patents relating to sewing ma- j
chine interests is large. Some have expired, i u
and others are nearing the end of the terra ! s
for which they have been issued. Neverthe-, a
les3 there is a sufficient number of new pat-'s
cuts being grauted from time to time to more
than counterbalance those that lapse. Inven- I _
tors are continuallay discovering improvements,
and those of any value are caught up ,
by the great companies, because they can
afford to pay the highest price for such pat- 1
ents. The improvements generally are made f
by the workmen in different factories. t
The will of Isaac M. Singer, the dead jmillionaire
sewing-machine man, now being c
contested by one of his three wives, reveals a t
remarkable matrimonial experience. Mr.
Singer first married a woman, Catharine by j
name, by whom he had two children. Divorc-11
ed from her for adultery, he'soon married Mary u
Ann, and by her had ten children, eight of i
whom still survive. He claimed that he
had a divorce from her also, and certainly he
presented another woman as his wife to the t
public, Isabella, by whom he had six children. a
By two other women, to whom there was no '
pretense of marriage, he had eight children, e
making twenty-six in all. The patriarchal 1
Singer left an estate which is said to be of the 11
value of 83,000,000, and distributed it among f
his children, legitimate and illegtimate, with t
a quite impartial hand. The second wife c
contests the will, on the ground that Isabella, f
the last ostensible wife, whom he called the
mother of his only legitimate children, was 1
never legally married to the testator, and is c
not entitled to dower. The suit is in the ?
hands of the lawyers. {
A number of leading colored citizens t
of Philadelphia have issued an address, re- ;
counting the indignities which they have been
subjected to by the Union League of that J
city. They say the colored voter is voiceless
in the primary selection of law-makers; he
is unrecognized by the leaders, save when 1
votes are wanted; his brethren of culture are 1
ostracized; those who have won position in !
:he respectable professions are unnoticed, and
;ven property owners and heavy taxpayers !
ire assigned by the league to places in the I
ear, as hewers of wood and drawers of water
or the leaders, who appropriate the honors ;
md emoluments. "Here and there is thrown |
i messengership, or a bill poster's commission, !
>r some menial place, but when he aspires
:o the council chair, or to the Legislature, j
>r to a seat in a State convention, he is j
nocked with contempt for his pretensions." I
rhe signers to the address declare: "Though ;
lonscious of being in a sad minority, we feel '
t to be our duty to aid in effecting the defeat
md overthrow of that dictatorial band of
nen, nominally of both parties, but without
rue allegiance to either, which now rules and
)ppresses our city and is disgracing and deitroying
the Republican organization."
Ike ?0tfeviUc (Jjnquim.
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rHUKSDAY MORNING, NOV. 4, 1875.
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AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES.
There are not a few persons, especially in
he South, who are fully persuaded in their j
ninds that agriculture, simply and alone, is
lufficient to make a people rich, great and
jowerful. With this class of persons, agriculure
is every thing, and all other avocations
>f life are regarded as nothing. Without
aying one single word disparagingly of agri:uItureor
of the agriculturist, we question the
ustness of this conclusion. No occupation is
nore honorable than that of tilling the soil;
>ut for a nation to be engaged in nothing but
illing the soil, is neither a mark of prosperiy,
nor of a high state of civilization. On the
:ontrary, it is proof positive, judging from
he history of the past, of a low state of civlization
and a want of national prosperity.
The most degraded savage lives, like the
vild "beast, on what the forests and streams of
mter nrndtioe snnntaneouslv. The 6rst sten
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oward advancing his condition is to dig and
ill the soil with a rude stone or wooden imdemeut.
The next is to reduce the beasts of
he field and employ them in his service. By
;radual progress, he adds to his stock of artiicial
conveniencies, until he ultimately beomes
extensively engaged in manufacturing.
The history of the past teaches, most cleary,
that agriculture and manufacturing go
iand in hand in national progress. By agriulture
alone, England and Scotland never
ould have attained their present position
raongst the nations of the earth. It may be
afely said that by wisely engaging in agriculure
and in manufacturing, England has atained
her present enviable position amongst
he nations of the earth.
It is not necessary that time he spent in ilustrating
and enforcing this position. It will
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aui'CUlCU os tuiict'i, uy an wuu aic at an
onversant with the rise and progress of uaious.
We see it most strikingly illustrated
n the history of America. Massachusetts is
ioor in soil, compared with most of the Southrn
States ; still her progress in all the arts of
ivilization has been fully equal to auy of the
Southern States. The difference in progress
oust be attributed to the fact that Massachuetts
is extensively engaged in manufacturing
aw material into those articles used by a civlized
people. It will be readily granted that
he indications of nature must be followed in
his thiug. The South never can eugage so
xtensively in manufacturing as the North,
fhe natural facilities are wanting. But to
.cknowledge that nature has done more for
Massachusetts, so far as the facilities for raanifacturing
are concerned, is by no means the
arae as to say that the South has no manuacturiug
facilities. This would be a palpate
uutruth. The South possesses all the natral
facilities to manufacture, at least so much
f her raw material as is required for home
onsumption.
The advantages which accrue from manuacturing
are many. It has a tendeucy to inrease
the number of the inhabitants and also
o make them energetic and industrious. On
n average, one-half of the Southern people
pend their time in absolute idleness, and a
arge percent, of the other half labor with but
ittle energy. A manufacturing people gradlally
become an economical people. Everyhing
is saved. If it will not subserve one
turpose it will another. The waste and reuse
material is saved and converted into j
omething that is useful. A market is crea- ]
ed for everything. At present the South !
eeds nothing more than economy. There is J
carcely a family in the South but wastes, J
nuually, more than is necessary for its sup- j
upport.
If the South is desirous to make rapid and j
lermanent advancement, she must engage in j
manufacturing in connection with agriculture, j
?he difficulty in the way is the want of capi-;
al,or rather it is a want of inclination on the ;
>art of capitalists to invest their capital in
his way. There is an abundance of unem-1
doyed capital in almost every section of the 1
>outh to manufacture all the raw material of I
bat section. The difficulty is, those who have
his capital in their hands will neither use it
hemselves in manufacturing, nor let it out to
thers to be so used.
MERE-MENTION.
President Grant has issued his proclama-1
ion appointing Thursday, the 25th instant, as
t day of national thanksgiving. It is j
stimated that 18,000,000 hogs will be slaugh- j
ered in this country between now and the i
tew year. In twelve States which have
iad elections this year previous to the elecions
of last Tuesday, the Republicans have
arried eight. A rattlesnake with forty
attles has recently been killed in Wilkerson
ounty, Georgia. The official majority
>f Hayes over Allen, for Governor of Ohio, is (
>,549. Mr. John Mackey, of San Fran:isco,
from raining and other interests, has an
innual income of nearly ten million dollars,
ren years ago he was a laborer at four dollars
>er day. Georgia annually imports I
>500,000 worth of wagons. A man in
Fngland has performed the wonderful feat of
riding on a fifty-inch velocipede from Tun- i
oridge to Liverpool, a distance of about two
hundred and thirty-four miles, in eighteen '
hours and thirty-five minutes. Brigham
Young has been ordered to prison for contempt
in not paying alimony to Ann Eliza. The
board of education of Union Hill, N. J., have j
voted to prohibit the reading of the Bible in
the public schools. Violence is threatened if
the law is obeyed. Intelligence received '
from various portions of Indiana, Missouri, i
Illinois and other States reports thousands of
hogs dying of cholera. One million
bushels of peanuts were eaten in the United
States last year. There are six thousand
and eighty-four more women than men in
Massachusetts. The Florida papers report
an almost entire failure of the sponge
crop. Telegraphic despatches of Sunday
night report sno}v and sleet at Des Moines,
Iowa; rain and thunder at Memphis; a ter-j
rible storm, unroofing the State House, at
Little Rock, Ark.; a strong north-easterly
"'-"n1 'NJoiw Vnrlf onfl n fiirSiiiia storm at
Kingston, Ontario.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Not long ago a grape shot was cut out of
a piue-tree on the Cowpen9 battle ground.
? The Governor has accepted the resignation
of S. W. Ruff as one of the trial justices
of Fairfield county.
? B. N. Ward has been elected Senator from
Horry county, in place of T. C. Dunn, elected
Comptroller-General.
? In Lancaster county there is a colored mau
six feet five inches in height, and a colored
woman six feet seven inches high.
? The Baptist State Convention of South
Carolina will meet in Spartanburg on Wednesday,
the 24th of November.
? Col. A. H. Waring, well known throughout
the State as an insurance agent, died suddenly
in Florence, last Monday, from apoplexy.
? The State fair in Columbia offers a premium
of 8300 to the county that has the most
creditable exhibition of articles at Columbia
on the 9th of November.
? During the month of October, 2,965 bales
of cotton were received at Rock Hill. From
the 1st of September to the 31st of October,
the number reached 3,965.
? The News and Courier correspondent
mentions that the various committee-rooins,
offices, &c., in the State-house, are beiug
cleaned. Wagon-loads of abused furniture
are being repaired, and the grounds are being
put in order for the coming Legislature.
? Maj. J. W. Tench informs the Union Times,
that he raised five hundred bushels of wheat
the past season, from which he made one hundred
barrels of flour, and from the flour, bran,
shorts, etc., will realize one thousand dollars.
Maj. Tench proposes to sow for one thousand
bushels this season.
? Mrs. D. W. Jordan, of Camden, raised
three bales of cotton upon one acre of ground
last year. She has grown this year upon the
same lot a crop which is expected to yield
from three aud a half to four bales of cotton.
She used, in both instances, seed which she herself
selected and improved through a series of
years.
? In their presentment at the recent term
of the Circuit Court for Lancaster county, the
grand jury place upon record their appreciation
of the presiding Judge of this circuit as
an able and fearless jurist and a courteous
and dignified presiding officer; and "unanimously
express the hope, if in accordance
with his own wishes, that the Legislature at
its next election will return him for another
term to the office, the duties of which he has
so impartially and justly discharged."
? On Wednesday of last week, Governor
Chamberlain Dardoned Samuel J. Dawkins,
convicted of bigamy at the June terra, 1875,
of the Court of General Sesions for Union
county, aud sentenced to undergo seven
mouths'imprisonment in the county jail. He
has been confined in jail in accordance with
the sentence since February last. His peti
tion is endorsed by I. G. McKissick, H. H.
D. Byron, J. S. Mobley, Gen. W. H. Wallace,
and the solicitor and judge of the court in
which he was convicted.
? The Charleston News and Courier mentions
that there were in that port on Saturday
last, six steamships, nine ships, twenty-one
barks, five brigs and fifteeu schooners. Of
these twenty-five were under the Hag of the
United States, seventeen with the flag of
Great Britain, five of Spain, six of Norway,
two of Germany, and one of Russia. Twelve
were loading for Liverpool, four for Havre,
one for Antwerp, two for Rotterdam, oue for
the Continent, three for Barcelona, and the
balance for coastwise ports, ready for sea or
waiting.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Charlotte races will take place on
the 17th, 18th and 19th instant.
? Mrs. Anne Ruffin, widow of the late Chief
Justice Thomas Ruffin, died in Ilillsboro last
Thursday.
? Major J. C. Winder has been elected Superintendent
of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad.
? Madame Parque, the colored Haytien lecturess,
has just served outiu the Burke county
jail, a sentence for cruelty to her child,
and is again lecturing.
? General D. H. Hill, of the Southern (
Home, has been invited to deliver an address (
at the Hickory Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair, which begins on the 10th of next mouth, j
? James Norwood, of Hillsboro, received at
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the State f air premiums 10 uie umuuui. ui
seven hundred dollars, covering awards for
fine stock, agricultural products and essays on
the best modes of farm management.
? A number of distinguished gentlemen?
among them representatives of several leading
newspapers?joiued Judge Settle in his
annual fox hunt, which he commenced last
week in Rockingham county.
? The Court House at Dallas, which was
accidentally burnt a few months ago, has I
been rebuilt, and is now finished. Judge:
Schenck will hold Court there for two weeks, j
if business requires it, commencing on Mon- j
day next.
? At the first meeting of creditors of the
Bank of Mecklenburg, held in Charlotte on j
Saturday of last week, 8135,180 of approved
debts were represented. Col. E. A. Osborne '
was unanimously chosen assignee of the late
bank, and has entered upon the discharge of
his duties.
? The colored people of Wilmington pro-j
pose having a fair in that city on the 27th,
28th and 29th of December, under the aus- j
pices of the "Industrial Fair Association."
Addresses will be delivered by ex-Congress-!
man Elliott, of South Carolina, and 0. H. I
Dockery, of North Carolina.
? An enormous amount of business was j
transacted at the recent term of the United
States District Court at Statesville. The
counterfeiting cases against a number of persons
arrested over a year ago, were disposed
of by a nolle prosequi?the Government not j
being ready for trial.
? In Lincoln Superior Court, last week,
John Jetton was tried for shootiug and wound-1
ing Cyrus Timmons, of Charlotte, last sum-1
mer. Jetton was convicted and sentenced to t
imprisonment for one year, and at the end of '
that time, if he does not leave the State l*or- 8
ever, he is to be arraigned and tried for nu- *
merous other offenses. j
? The noted ku-klux hunter, Scoggins, of a
Rutherford county, is serving out a sentence t
in the county jail for assault and battery with I
intent to kill. Last week, says the Shelby 1
Banner, two petitions were in circulation in '
Rutherford?one to get Scoggins out of jail, t
and the other to keep him in. The latter pe- j
tition received the larger number of signa- c
tures. I
EDITORIAL INKLINGS. I
The School Book Commission. q
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At a meeting of the school book com- j ^
mission, held at the Governor's office in the '
State House, on Wednesday of last week, all j
the members of the board being present, J.
D. Robertson denied all the charges that have | 8
been made against him connecting him with j '
corrupt practices in the adoption of certain i ~
books in the free common schools of this .
State. The board appointed the Governor u
and Secretary Shrewsbury committee of investigation,
whose business it shall be to ex- j 81
amine into the matter and report to the ; ^
board. The commission also reconsidered its i
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action in regard to changing the school bocks, j |
and their proceedings will be laid before the
next General Assembly in the form of a re- 8,
commendation. o
The Jackson Statue. b
The statue of General Stonewall Jack- h
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son?the gift of a number of English gentle- jj
men to the State of Virginia?was publicly ..
unvailed in Richmond on Tuesday of last q
week. The parade and ceremony incident to v
the occasion formed the most important pa- il
geant ever seen in that city?it being estima- a
ted that not less than 50,000 visitors from all n
sections of the Union were in attendance. 3
The line was formed on the streets bordering
on the Capitol Square at about 10 o'clock, q
A. M., and by 11 the column began its march, a
On arriving at the ground, prayer was offer- a
ed by Bishop Doggett, after which Governor r
Kemper delivered an address, accepting the [
statue in the name of Virginia. Governor
Kemper was followed by Rev. Dr. Hoge, who ^
delivered an eulogistic oration. At the con- 8
elusion of this address, General Jackson's on- ti
ly child was introduced to the immense au- I
dience, who was received with deafening v
cheers, and at the same time Mrs. Jackson ^
placed a wreath upon the statue, when the a
enthusiasm of the multitude burst beyond all j
bounds. The ceremonies were concluded by n
the singing of an anthem, accompanied by J
the combined bands that were in the procession.
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The Crop Prospect. si
The report of the Agricultural De- a
partment for October has been published. t<
The report represents the wheat crop of the p
present year as being a short one, the deficien- G
cy having been augmented by a marked de- r<
terioration in the quality. The Southern t<
States, except Virginia, have increased their 6
production, some of them from fifty to seventy-five
per cent. The total depreciation is ir
62,000,000 bushels. Crop is estimated at I
246,000,000 bushels. The corn crop will be tl
comparatively large in quantity but poor in p
quality, except in the Southern and Pacific I
States. The result cannot be stated until tl
next month. The rye crop falls short of last p
year, which had an average crop. The oat n
crop is five per cent, greater than last year, w
Barley and buckwheat are eighty-seven per if
cent, of lust year, and about an equal reduc- h
tion in quality indicated. The potato crop 0
promises to be extraordinary, both in yield
and quality. Tobacco on the whole will be e(
two per cent, above the average. New York ti
is two, Pennsylvania ten percent, above the li
average. The great central region, includiug w
Maryland, 100; Virginia 106; West Vir- ^
ginia, 98; North Carolina, 105; Kentucky, (
116; Tennessee, 95. On the whole an unu- Cl
sual crop will be realized, though in some e
counties injuries from frost and other unto- h
ward influences are complained of. The sea- si
son has been mostly very favorable for ma- e
turing and curing the plant. .
South Carolina and the Centennial. j
Governor Chamberlain has issued a ^
proclamation to the people of South Caroli- S
na, urging upon them to make the necessary S
preparations to take part in the Centennial ^
celebration at Philadelphia next year; and in ^
compliance with the request of the Central a
Centennial Commission at Philadelphia to
appoiut a State Board of Centennial Commis- ti
sioners, to have in charge the perfecting of tl
such arrangements as they may adopt for 3
promoting and securing the proper representation
of South Carolina, her resources, history
and industries, at the celebration, he has ^
appointed the following citizens of this State ^
to constitute the said Board of Commissioners: 0
Col. W. L. Trenholm, of Charleston; e
Oapt. Jacob Small, of Charleston ; Hon. Jno. tl
R. Cochran, of Anderson; Col. D. Wyatt s|
Aiken, of Abbeville; Col. Thomas Taylor, 0
of Columbia; Hon. Reuben Tomlinson, of g.
Charleston ; Col. C. W. Dudley, of Bennettsville;
Prof. F. S. Holmes, of Charleston; C<
Hon. D. R. Duncan, of Spartanburg. H
The Governor suggests that a meeting of 8<
the Board be held at the earliest practicable
day, with a view to arrange for such local 18
county and city organizations as may be ad- n
visable ; and to this end he has requested
Prof. F. S. Holmes, of Charleston, to commu- rt
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nicate with the other members of the commis- n
sion, and to fix a time and place for such
meeting. n
It is understood that Commissioner Gurney,
appointed by Governor Moses, and who is ob- n
noxious to many, from the fact that he is not ^
a native of the State, though he refuses to re- n
sign, will not take an active part in the exhi- e'
bition. The above board of Commissioners Cl
appointed by Governor Chamberlain, will w
have sole charge of the matter, and be in no e:
way directed or controlled by Commissioner ^
Gurney. ^
The Agricultural Society of Abbeville has
already taken steps to secure representation ^
at the Centennial, so far as that locality is : w
concerned, having adopted a resolution to the I q
effect that South Carolina should be repre- I w
sented there in all the products of her fields,! o
factories and mines. j ?
A Matrimonial Romance. jVj
The Atlanta correspondent of the Au- j n
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel relates the fol- h
lowing nice little matrimonial adventure, il
which occurred at Grantville, Georgia, last ^
week: j 0
"Mr. Frank Ferryman, of Atlanta, was j 8
married to Miss Alice Norwood, of Grantville.
Among the attendants were Dr. Beaseley, of i
Lagrange, and Miss Lucy Pope, of Washing- ii
ton, Ga., a young lady well-known throughout p
Upper and Middle Georgia. Dr. Beaseley il
had met Miss Pope only two weeks before yes-11
terday, but within that period, it seems, had > b
formed quite an attachment for her, a3 the v
sequel will show. Reaching Grantville a few I v
hours before the marriage, he sought Miss | c
Pope, and, without unnecessary delay, offered v
himself in marriage and was accepted with- t
out unnecessary ceremony. The next ques- n
tion was, when they would be married. The a
minister and friends being present, they agreed h
hat they would be married the same day
nth Mr. Perryman aod Miss Norwood, by the
ame minister. Dr. Beaseley hastened off on
i passing train for a marriage license. Reurning
shortly he took his stand with Miss
5ope in the company of attendants, and they
icted their parts as groomsman and bridesnaid
during the marriage ceremony of Mr.
'erryman and Miss Norwood. The moment
he ceremony was concluded they stepped forward
together, presented to the astonished
ninister their marriage license and requested
o be married, and were immediately joined
d the holy bonds of wedlock in the presence
if the wondering company. Dr. and Mrs.
Seaseley were in the city yesterday, receiving
he congratulations of their friends here. Miss
^pe was well known in this city and was
|uite a popular helle wherever she went.
?hey returned yesterday by the Atlanta and
Vest Point Railroad to Dr. Beaseley's home,
'all Hats and Bonnets.
A fter long weeks of alterations and conultations,
the bonnet question is happily setled
and doubts and hesitation are at an end.
''or the benefit of our lady readers we give
he following as the latest decree from afash >n
writer in New York :
Three different shapes will be the most
ought, and so economical is fashion that last
ear's felt shapes are easily remodled and rerimmed
at very little cost. The picturesque
nd artistic Rembrandt is revived in felt, and
he soft broad fur brim has an upward turn
t the left side. The trimming is a scarf of
oft silk, ostrich plumes, an antique ornament
f filigree or chased silver, and low at the
iack a cluster of shaded crimson roses. This
lat should be black. The Montaguard hats
ave stately high crowns, nearly covered with
luffy feather ruches and nodding ostrich tips,
orming an elegant and striking appearance,
"'he familiar round-topped Derby is also reived
; notwithstanding its extreme simplicity
L is not inharmonious in its aspect. There
re beside toques of old-time popularity rather
oore flaring than before,and the dressy, handome
wide-brim felt of cream color, and fawn,
nd white shades, worn set back on the head,
nd thereby forming an aureole with its brim,
"lie facing is of light creamy silk, shirred,
nd beneath is a roll of velvet with a flat bow
bove the forehead ; in this may be placed a
ose, cluster of white pinks, carnations or geauium
leaves, at pleasure. The modified
lounets are as graceful as they are admirable
or good taste. The brim is of the flaring
- ' - --1- ? ? ~ I*"4 In nr%m lint* dnrJ f Kn
HIU SllttJJt;, UUt UIC uunu 10 siuaiici auu nit.
ides resemble the long-forgotten modest cotnge
bonnet, in fitting the head so closely,
libbon strings are attached to the backs, and
romen who hoped to protect their ears this
nuter will find their hopes useless. The ribion-strings
are simply to be crossed behind
tid carelessly brought forward for ornamental
isplay. Black lace is also used in the same
lanner.
'ardon of a Defaulting Official.
John L. Humbert, who was convicted
ist January in the Court of General Seaions
for Orangeburg, of official misconduct
s County Treasurer of that county, aud senmeed
to imprisonment for one year and to
ay a fine of 81,000, has been pardoned by
Governor Chamberlain. In the document
jmittiug the remainder of the terra of senrace,
and the balance of the amount of the
ne not collected, the Governor says:
"Application was made to me for a pardon
1 this case immediately after the trial, which
felt obliged to refuse on the obvious ground
lat the example would be hurtful to the
ublic. The application being now renewed,
have reexamined the case, and I now reach
le conclusion that the public interests will
ermit me to grant the pardon. Nearly two
lonths of the eleven months during which he
ould be confined have passed, and the sherF
of Orangeburg county certifies to me that
e has collected, by levy and sale of the prisner's
property, $705.60 of the fine. The
risoner is very young anu was wuuny wiuiut
business experience when he was appointi
treasurer. His friends assert, and I think
ruly, that he has profited pecuniarily very
ttle, if any, from his defalcation, aud that he
as exposed to great and peculiar temptation,
le has a wife and child dependent on him
>r support, aud he gives evidence that, if
ow released, he will make an effort to beDme
a good citizen. The great reason, howver,
for my present, action, is that the law
as been euforced and punishment inflicted
jfficieut, in my judgment, to set a wholesome
sample.
I may add that the present petition bears
ne names of Hon. R. B. Elliott, A. B.
[uowlton, Esq., J. H. Livingston, Esq., Rev.
l. Webster, Win. A. Hayne, Esq., H. L.
hrewsbury, Esq., Hon. J. J. Wright, of the
upreme Court, Hon. H. E. Hayne, Hon. W.
t. Nash, Hon. Samuel W. Melton, attorneyeneral,
Hon. F. L. Cardozo, W. R. Jones,
Isq., and many others of equal prominence
nd weight.
Mr. Solicitor Buttz endorses the applicaon,
and his Honor Judge Reed concurs, on
:ie ground that his punishment has already
t.i l /? _
ccompnsnen ineenn or justice,
ortherners at the Georgia State Fair.
Among the notables at the Georgia
tate Fair in Macon, were Hon. Thomas F.
layard, of Delaware; ex-Governor Hawley,
f Connecticut; Judge W. D. Kelley and
x-Mayor Fox, of Philadelphia. Each of
lese gentleraeu, on being introduced from the
leaker's stand by Gen. Colquitt, President
f the Association, made short, appropriate
leeches. The remarks of all were well rejived,
and especially did Gen. Hawley Crete
considerable enthusiasm. After a hand)me
introductory, in which he stated that
the title of the South to Independence Hall
i just as good as the title of the North," he
;marked as follows :
"From all that has been said, a stranger
light surmise that some 'unpleasantness'
ad existed between us in former times. And
lis was true. It had been his fate to comlaiul
a brigade in Florida and meet our
- ? ^ *l?awoi wofo nn rnoHa
ItJIiU KjUI U 1 l/t IIICIC. x uti nuw mv/ v?
0 entrenchments, and we had an ugly fight.
?ut of five thousand men that went in with
le, eighteen huudred were killed and woundJ.
Yankees can fight well, and Colquitt
ould tell you all about it. I don't know
hether we were whipped, but that invading
xpedition stopped right there?and Colquitt
idn't follow, or he might have finished us.
always liked him from that day.
"They say Barney Fianigan was in comland
; but Colquitt and his Georgia boys
ere those we had to deal with. I don't know
hat Colquitt thinks about it, but I have had
uite enough of such work. Now, however,
'e are under the same flag again, and have
ne common country ; and, if matters are not
xaetly as they should be, why let us make
1 em so. Let us establish justice and fraternity.
'he North won the fight; but the victory will
ever be complete until we have won your
earts. Come, then, to Philadelphia. What
? the past fifteen years were blotted out?
Ve have eighty-five years still left to talk
ver, and it is high time that all estrangement
hould cease."
To which the Macon Messenger adds:
"Thus terminated these unique and deeply
iteresting exercises. They were doubly
leasant and significant, because a practical
llustration of that peace and fraternity beween
quondam foes, which, thank God, is
eginning to restore the era of union and good
.'ill between the North and South. Weonly
fish that every citizen in this wide country
ould have heard Gen. Hawley to day, and
ntneas the cordial relations subsisting beween
himself and General Colquitt. When
sen like Colonel Colquitt, Girdon and Cook
re willing to bury the hatchet, who should
esitate?"
XiOCAXI AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. P. Herndon with T. M. Horsey <fc Bro.?Fur,
Wool and Straw Hats.
T. M. Dobson & Co.?We blow our own Horn.
M. Strauss?Raglans, Overcoats, <fcc.?Trunks?
Twice a Week?Balmorals.
B. C. Feemster and others?Bullock's Creek
Township.
W. H. McCorkle, Intendant?Town Ordinance.
COMMITTED AS A LUNATIC.
L. W. White, a white man, and for some
time past an inmate of the county poor house,
being deemed a lunatic, was committed to
jail on Monday evening, at the instance of the
County Commissioners, pending an application
for his admission into the State Lunatic
Asylum.
THE CHARMS OF MUSIC.
n .?. 1: j .L: u L_ .u?
yjui btretw were euiiveueu tins ween uy wie
dulcet though inspiriting strains of the handorgan,
which, in the skillful hands of Count
Di Zialitidiniri, assisted by Monsieur Catarrhines,
caused the air to reverberate with selections
from some of the best masters of the
old Italian school. We believe the Count is
the resident orgau-grinder of the city of
Charlotte; but occasionally he ventures out
and gives the suburban towns an opportunity
to enjoy his renditions in the divine art.
A PLEASANT PARTY.
Monday last being the anniversary of the
fiftieth wedding day of our esteemed fellowcitizen,
Col. Wm. C. Beatty and his estimable
wife, intimate friends of the venerable
couple, to the number of about thirty ladies
and gentlemen, assembled at the Colonel's
residence in the afternoon for the purpose of
celebrating the occasion of his golden wedding.
So quietly had the details of the affair
been conducted, that the host and hostess were
quite taken by surprise, which, however, was
none the less gratifying to them as a mark of
respect and consideration by their friends.
SALES-DAY.
On Monday last, sales-day for November,
the following property was sold :
By order of the Judge of Probate, the
Sheriff sold, for partition, the lands of Josiah
Faris, deceased?265 acres?which was bought
by S. S. Faris at $2.00 per acre.
Under writs of fi, fa., the Sheriff sold the
land of W. L. Castles?216 acres?which
was bought by Mrs. Sarah Castles for $300.
J. H. Clawson, Assignee, sold three parcels
of land belonging to the bankrupt estate
of Cad. Jones, which was bought by the bankrupt
at one dollar for each tract.
FIRES.
About 4 o'clock last Saturday morniog, a
house on the lot of Robert Wright, and only
about twenty feet from his dwelling, was discovered
to be on fire. The building was used
as a store-room, and at the time it was burnt,
contained about 3,000 pounds of seed eotton
and some farming tools. The house had not
been uulocked for a week previous, and from
the hour at which the fire occurred, and the
fact that the flames issued from the inside,
the owner is of opinion that the fire was the
work of an incendiary. About half the cotton
in the building was saved, though in a damaged
condition.
On the next day, about noon, the kitchen
of Dr. Lowry was discovered to be on fire;
but fortunately the flames were extinguished
before serious damage resulted.
ESCAPE FROM JAIL AND CAPTURE.
About 5 o'clock on Saturday morning last,
Jacob Mull, confined in tbe jail at this place,
and awaiting trial in the U.S. District Court,
on the charge of violating the internal revenue
laws, made his escape from the building,
but was recaptured on the same evening.
I With a key-hole saw, Mull cut the iron bar
confining the door of his cell, from which he
walked out into the "debtor's room." In the
floor of this room, with a one-inch auger, he
succeeded in boring out a hole large enough
to admit his body, through which he lowered
himself to the second floor, and from a window
of that story, descended into the street.
The confusion incident to a fire then progressing
on Robert Wright's premises, not far from
the jail, and to which the Sheriff had gone,
was favorable to Mull in the execution of his
plan ; but the escape was soon detected by the
Sheriff's young son, who immediately notified
his father. The Sheriff, with a goodly number
of assistants, at once started in pursuit,
and knowing the direction the fugitive had
taken, it was an easy matter to surround him.
The people of the neighborhood were also retn
tnnno Innlr.ftllt DO t h P St) Pf i fF If fl f>.?
IjUCOlCU IV ftOVJ/ 1* IVWl* VMWJ MW ?.?v
his prisoner would have to emerge from his
hiding place before many hours. Sure enough,
at dusk, Mull eutered the house of a freedworaan?Charlotte
Wright?liv'"<g about one
mile west of town, and asked for his supper.
The old woman, stimulated by the promise of
a reward of twenty-five dollars, which the
Sheriff had offered, delayed the preparation
of the meal until she secured the assistance of
a neighbor, who with a gun, detained Mull
until the Sheriff could be notified. In due
time, that official appeared upon the scene
and escorted the prisoner back to his old
quarters.
The Sheriff is of opinion that the saw and
auger used by Mull, as well as the anger used
by some of his fellow prisoners three weeks
ago in an attempt then made to escape, were
conveyed to them in a bundle of clothiog received
several weeks ago by Mull from his
home in North Carolina, and which was inadvertently
passed into Mull without being
inspected.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, November 1,1875.
Tuesday of last week was a disagreeable
day. The wind blew violently, scattering the
dust in every direction, especially into people's
eyes. The day was mild, and fires were
dispeused with. The amount of cotton in
town was not large. Farmers are disposed to
hold for higher prices. They are impressed
with the idea that there will be an improvement
in the price of cotton before a great
while. Buyers do not give them many words
of comfort, respecting a rise; still they believe
it, and, furthermore, are guiding their
conduot in accordance with this belief.
Judge T. J. Mackey returned last week
from Lancaster, where he had been engaged
several days in holding court. He reports a
complete frustration by him of the plans of
operators of that county in stolen cotton. Orders
were issued by him directing the proprietors
of several suspected stores to purchase no
farm produce at night. The consequence, according
to the Judge's report, was the closing
of the doors of these establishments. The
same order was served upon a man in this
county. His answer was that he had made no
purchases at night since the recent sitting of
our Court. The Judge's charge and the report
of the grand jury, in reference to the practice
of buying cotton at night, had impressed him
with a sense of the propriety of abandoning
that practice. A Laucaster operator in stolen
cotton, after Judge Mackey's prohibitiug order,
moved his establishment across the line
into Kershaw county, and began vigorously
the prosecution of his iniquitous occupation.
The farmers in the vicinity complained to the
Judge, who directed them to go in a body to
his store, and tell him in a very positive manner
that he must stop his nefarious business.
If the injunction was not obeyed, to pay a second
visit, and proceed at once to the good
work of demolishing his store. This is the
kind of treatment these rascals deserve.
Revs. R. E. Cooper, J. S. White and T.
W. Irwin, held a recent meeting at this place
in reference to the work of sustentation in
Bethel Presbytery. They also had under
consideration the propriety and expediency
of obtaining an evangelist for the Presbytery.
No conclusion of a definite nature was arrived
at in regard to the matter. The committee,
however, inclined to the opinion that
the mppins at. their dUnns*! had he?t. he deun.
ted to the cause of sustentation. The condition
of Rev. Mr. James, of Union, who has
recently been sold out of house and home by
the sheriff, came up for consideration before
the committee. Their warmest sympathies
were expressed for this good mau and faith;
ful preacher, and I have no doubt an earnest
! effort will be made by the Presbytery, through
their committee, to provide him a home.
Harvey Terry, Esq., of Columbia, who invested,
after the war, a large amount of money
in the bills of the old Bank of Chester,
has recently brought suit in the United
States District Court against a large number
of its stockholders. On Thursday the writs
were served upon the stockholders living in
our town. The summons reads as follows:
"You nre hereby strictly commanded, and firmly
enjoined that, all manner of excuses being laid
aside, you be and appear before the Judges of the
Circuit Court of the United States for the District
of South Carolina, at Charleston, on the first
Monday of November next, twenty days after
the service thereof; then and there true and perfect
answer to make upon your corporal oath on
the Holy Evangelists, to all such matters as shall
be objected against you in the bill of complaint
of Harvey Terry against the Bank of Chester and
John J. McLiure, Receiver, et. al. And also that
you do, on the rule's day next immediately after
the day appointed and expressed, file, or cause to
be fileel, in the Registry of said Court, your plea,
answer or demurrer, to the said bill of complaint."
The fear that the plaintiff will recover
judgment is causing some of the stockholders
to tremble in their boots. Others regard the
matter with perfect indifference. They snap
their Sogers at old Terry, and tell him to get
his money if be can. The bills of the old
Bank of Chester, which were bought up by
the plaintiff at a mere song, will have proven
a splendid investment if the Court orders
their payment in full. It will certainly be a
painiui spectacle to men to see tneir property
pass out of their hands for the purpose of redeeming
bills, which were overwhelmed with
ruin by the results of a disastrous war. It
is said that Mr. Terry is his own lawyer, but
the probabilities favor the engineering of the
whole affair by one of the Columbia lawyers.
The defendants to the suit will be represented
by very fine legal counsel.
On Thursday, Mr. Marion Cbisholm
brought suit for damages before Trial Justice
Sanders, against certain colored men for inflicting
such injuries upon his cow as to occasion
its death. Gen. W. A. Walker and J.
G. McAliley, Esq., were the lawyers employed
in the case?the former representing the
plaintiff and the latter the defendants. The
charge brought against the defendants was
established by the testimony. They, however,
endeavored to show that the cow came to
her death by eating an undue quantity of
peas ; but a post mortem examination of the
unfortunate cow revealing no sign of peas,
caused this allegation to fall to the ground.
The defendants, who were three in number,
were sentenced by the Trial Justice to an imprisonment
of fifteen days in the county jail,
or the navment of a fine of five dollars each.
and the costs of the suit. The latter alternative
was complied with, and they were discharged.
Dublin Walker and Henry Blake, charged
with and convicted at the recent sitting of
the Sessions Court of the crime of issuing a
fraudulent school certificate, and sentenced to
an imprisonment in the State penitentiary?
the former for a period of twelve months, the
latter for three months?have been brought
back to our county jail, and will serve out
their respective sentences here. Governor
Chamberlain was simply unable to stem the
tide of solicitation that flowed with an irresistible
force in favor of the prisoners. He had
the desire to stand firm and do his duty by
the State ; but, unfortunately, he did not have
a sufficient amount of that Andrew Jackson
determination in his character to carry the
commendable desire into execution. Judge
T. J. Mackey, who played a prominent part
- - - - ? * i i m i
iu obtaining the removal ot WalKer ana Diane
from the penitentiary to this place, says there
were some leading Republicans here who opposed
this removal, and that this opposition
was occasioned by the fear that some disagreeable
disclosures might be made by the
prisoners iu the event of their serving their
imprisonment here. These developments, he
says, will be brought to the light of day in
the course of a few months, and will produce
a considerable sensation. Hurry on the developments
with all possible speed ! The
public desire to become acquainted with the
names of the guilty parties, and with the
character of their actions.
With the exception of Saturday evening,
religious services were held in the Presbyterian
church on every evening during the past
week. Rev. Dr. Plumer, of Columbia, conducted
the exercises on Friday evening, selecting
his text from the last chapter of
Joshua, "Choose ye, this day, whom ye will
serve." The sermon was a solemn and earnest
appeal to the unconverted to embrace the
offers of salvation.
Jonathan Thompson, of this county, made
application, recently, to our Board of County
Commissioners, for pecuniary assistance.
When informed of their inability to grant
him any assistance, he applied for license to
retail spirituous liquors. The Commissioners
rightly thought if he was able to pay two
hundred dollars for the privilege of selling
whisky, he was not a proper subject for charity.
On Saturday, the citizens of Cedar
Shoals, where the said Thompson thought of
retailing whisky, presented a petition, through
their representative, Mr. W. D. Ingram, to
the County Commissioners, asking them to
refuse him license. The petition will meet
with a favorable response.
On Saturday, the homestead tract of W. J.
Culp, bankrupt, located on the waters of Catawba
river, and containing about three hundred
acres, was sold at public outcry. Mr.
Culp bought the tract for 82,350.
A daughter of Mr. Craig Kirkpatrick, of
our county, received recently severe injuries
in becomiug entangled in the running gear of
the gin ou her father's place. While it is to
be hoped that her injuries may not prove
mortal, they are pronounced by her physician
to be of a very serious nature.
Grouuds for a depot on the Chester and
Lancaster Railroad, and streets for a future
town, have been laid off at Fort Lawn, about
eight miles from Rich Hill, and a mile or so
from the river. The grounds, consisting of
twenty-five acres, which have been divided