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Sf (tapis and J arts. One-fifth of the population ofNew York are Germans. It is estimated that over 85,000,000 worth of cotton has been lost this year by not beiDg picked. The statement is made that the farmers of Michigan owe the merchants of that State So,000,000. An Indiana Court has decided that a girl may, if she wishes, simultaneously sue fifty young men for breach of promise. The subject of Brigham Young's imprisonment has been under discussion in cabinet meeting, and the case was referred to the attorney-general for investigation. There were 86,000 bales of cotton accumulated in New York on Wednesday of last week ; the same as the amount on hand last year on that day. The centenary of Cristafori, the inventor of the Diano. which occii rs next Mav. will be celebrated by an international concert at Florence. A wife and mother, aged 16, has been granted a divorce in Sioux City. The Judge told her to be careful, for he would not grant her another divorce until she was 18. A lazy man's churn has been invented in Vermont. It is adjusted to a wagon, and all a man has to do is to drive down for the mail, and when he gets back the butter has come. An adjourned meeting of pork packers was held at Keokuk, Iowa, last week, with a large attendance from different points, lieports were made indicating that the crop is equal to last year. A mammoth steer from Oregon is already en route to the Centennial. It stands nineteen hands, or six feet four inches, measures twenty feet from tip to tip, and weighs 5,00 0 pounds. Dr. David Creed, probably the only surviving member of the jury which tried Aaron Burr for treason, is at present a resident of Chillicothe, Ohio, and enjoys excellent health, though over ninety years old. Six criminals, two white and four colored, are under sentence of death in Louisiana, and the Governor has signed the death warrants. Two of them are to be hanged on the 19th instant, and four on the 26th. Arrangements are in progress for a fast mail from Washington to New Orleans, by -C T-w 111- m 1-..- iflanfa way 01 JUauvuie, oiianuti? auu iiwautu, which will save, perhaps, nine hours between the termiual points. The Oxford University Press has just published the smallest Bible in the world. It measures 4*x21x* inches, and weighs, when bound in limp morocco, less than three and one-half ounces. The type of this dainty little volume, though necessarily very minute, is clear and legible. A gang of burglars effected an entrance into an office in New York, one day last week, and cut a hole through the side of the safe. They then discovered that the safe contained papers of no value, and further, that the safe was not locked. In their disgust, the thieves hauled the papers out of the safe aud scattered them about the office. A Connecticut Yankee, whose father. doubtless, sold basswood hams and maple nut megs, took the first premium on barley at his couuty fair, the other day. The grains were so large and plump that every other exhibi tor was compelled to hide his diminished head It afterwards leaked out that the unusual size of the grains was owing to their having been judiciously soaked in water before being exhibited. The New York Daily Bulletin infers from the price of cotton, which is now a frac tion lower than before the war, from the wa ges of the principal classes of factory employes which are as low as they were in 1860, and frorr me uecrtlaseu pi'lUU Ul wuui,?wtMm 13? oui/n the price of I860, that, what it calls the "bot torn" has been got at, and that the prices 01 material and labor have reached a normal state, to be followed by the "process of recov ery. A rich and eccentric Belgian, residing at Vermond (Aisne) lately wrote to his rel atives to come and see a coat he had ordered They, imagining the invitation meant a break fast, went, and were astonished to see a series of coffins, which the original was trying, one after the other. He had caused them to be ? ? nnr?Kni? A1 ftornnt imnc?rc Aj mauc UJ a UUIIJUVI Ui UIUVIVUW JVIUVIW. *?. last he found one which suited hira, laid down in it, took some poison, and expiree suddenly. The manufacture of a barrel of petrole um into a 6xed gas, says the Anthracite He cord, can be accomplished at a less cost thai into refined oil. Numerous works for this purpose are now in operation, and more ar< being erected, while the cheapness with whicl they can be built and operated puts gas works and the advantage of a cheap and good gas light, within the reach of the smallest comrau nities, instead of confining it to the cities, ai is and must be the case with coal gas. John King, of Tennessee, is very bus} asking questions about what has taken plac< during the last thirteen years. He had i farm in Tennessee iu 1862, and the soldiers o both armies made themselves cordially at horn* on his premises. So he removed, with al his produce, to a cave in the Cumberlanc Mountains. A storm threw down a rocl which closed the mouth of the cave. There in he lived for thirteen years in the dark eating from his produce and drinking froa a spring. The other day a railroad company blasting for a tunnel, blasted hira out. Gen. Beauregard, in a letter to tin New Orleans Picayune, relates how the name "Stonewall" came to be applied to Gen. T. J Jackson : "During the battle of Manassas about 11 o'clock a. m., when that gallanl and meritorious officer, Brigadier General Barnard E. Bee, was endeavoring to ral ly his troops in the small valley in rear ol the Robinson house, he noticed Jackson's bri gade, which had just arrived and taken posi tion a little in rear of him, in a copse of small pines bordering the edge oftbe plateau, when was about to be fought the first great battle of the war. Bee, finding that his appeal was unheeded by his brave but disorganized troops, then said to them, 'Rally, men rally See Jackson's brigade standing there like e stone wall.' Those words gave the appella tion to that brigade, and thence to its heroit commander." The Associate Reformed Synod of the South, held its annual meeting at Due West, S. (J., on .September 26. ine most iropor taut action taken at this meeting was a deliverance on the subject of communion with other denominations. A variety of opinions had been prevailing in the Church on that sub ject. At the meeting in 1874 a committee was appointed to examine the standards and practice of the Church, and report at the next regular meeting. This committee, after much prayerful deliberation and many references, reported a regulated form of communion. Each sessiou is authorized to superintend the administration of the sacrament, and is allowed to dispense it to persons whom they regard worthy, whether of the Associate Reformed Church or not. This report was adopted almost unanimously. As it has been a disturbing question for a number of years, its settlement was a matter of gratification to the entire body.?X. Y. Observer. A Washington telegram says: "The Southern Republicans who arrive here seem to be more interested in the question of the next Presidency than in any intermediate matter. Some of them are talking very favorably of Governor Hayes, of Ohio, as a candidate, while it is certain that there is a movement on foot in behalf of Chief-Justice Waite. The Southerners say that the candidate must be a Western man, and that lie must be a man against whom there are 110 animosities within the party. Prominent among those engaged in this movement are Judge Settle, of North Carolina, and Judge J Hugh L. Bond, of Baltimore, who have recenti ly made a Western trip in the interest of Mr. : Waite. It is claimed that this movement j is not unfavorably regarded at the White , House. ?be ffltMle (inquirer. YORKV1LLE, S. C.t ' THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 11, 1875. How* to Order the Enquirer.?\Vrite the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-oflice, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription bv draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Knuuihkr is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by tnc pnnnsner. uur sunscrioors, ih> matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?'Thedo/con the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is 1 paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must he kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobi work, are cash in advance RECENT ELECTIONS." The elections last week, in the different States mentioned, resulted as follows: New York.?The Herald says: It would seem that the Democratic State ticket is elect, ed beyond a doubt, although some of the Republicans in the interior claim that when all the returns are in, if the Democrats have any majority at all, it will not reach 5,000. It gives the Legislature thus: Senate, Republican, ' 22; Democrat, 10; Assembly, Republican, 74; Democrat, 53; Independent, 1. ' Kansas?Returns from 76 of the 103 legislative districts show the election of 39 i straight Republicans aud 37 opposition, classed under the heads of Democrats, Inde; peudents and Reformers. Last year only 26 members went into the opposition caucus, 1 showing that the contest this year had been considerably closer than it was theu. The Democrats also elect a Senator in the district where there was a vacancy, aud also elect a District Judge in the Fort Scott district, beI ftn/i r\ C tlt.aa TTQ no 1us ku,w i Wisconsin.?The Republicans elect the 1 Sta'.e ticket by a majority ranging from 2,000 to 5,000. The Republicans also carry the 1 Legislature by three majority on joint ballot. [ New Jersey.?Thirty-nine Republicans . and twenty-three Democrats have been elected ; to the General Assembly. The Republican , majority on joint ballot is 17?being a Re> publican gain of 34. Pennsylvania.?Hartranft, Republican, , is elected Governor by about 20,000 majority. Minnesota.?The latest estimate shows ! that Pillsbury, Republican, for Governor, has ' about 10,000 majority. The Legislature will be two-thirds Republican. [ Mississippi.?The Democrats have carried r the State, electing the entire ticket in nearly every couuty. They have about 30 majority in the House aud 6 or 8 iu the Senate, and i elect the entire Congressional delegation with the exception of the sixth district. Massachusetts.?The Republican State r ticket is elected by a majority of 20,000. The r- ttct/ttvauj 'Ti nvt! 1TZ Teprcscrrtcittrvo?omtf the Democrats 57. Virginia.?A large but not a full vote polled. Members of the House, and one-half the members of the Senate were elected?the , result being generally favorable to the Dera. ocrats. Maryland.?John Lee Carroll, Democrat, is elected Governor by a majority of 15,000. ' The Legislature will stand 58 Democrats to [ 23 Republicans, in the House, and 20 Demo[ crats to 6 Republicans in the Senate. ( SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Port Royal is to be made the chief naval station of the North Atlantic fleet. ? The shock of au earthquake was felt in i Columbia and the western part of the State, i on the uight of the 2nd instant. 3 ? The grand jury of Charleston county 1 have found true bills against Martin R. De| laney, for breach of trust and grand larceny. ? Gen. James Chestnut, President, gives 3 notice that the State Tax Union will meet in Columbia, on the fourth Tuesday of this f month. 2 ? The colleges of Due West are in a most prosperous condition, about ninety students 4 having already matriculated in the Female | College and more than sixty in Erskine. 1 ?The freight depot of the South Carolina c Railroad, at Aiken, was accidentally destroy* ed by fire on the night of the 2nd instant. ' The entire contents, except ten bales of cotton, 1 were destroyed. ' ? The postmaster-general, after an exauii; natiou of the facts, has entirely exonerated ; David Johnston, late postmaster at Union . Court House, from the charge of illegally > trafficking in postage stamps. | ?H. A. Smith, ex-Treasurer of Fairfield, was tried in Winnsboro this week, on the f charge of embezzlement. The jury failed to . agree, and the solicitor gave notice for a new trial and a change of venue. I ?Says the Union-Herald of Tuesday: "Mr. ! Richard Tozerdrove his new road locomotive ; up Main street to the fair yesterday, having i iu tow two other engines and a large farming I machine, all of which made an attractive i spectacle. " j ? The contract for furnishing necessary sup51 plies of various lauds for the use of the penj itentiary, for the ensuing year, has been awarded to Messrs. Gary & Tappan, of Columbia. It is estimated that the expenses of . j the penitentiary will be full fifteen thousand i ! dollars short of those of last year. > j ? The Governor has pardoned Eli C. Lang' i ley, convicted of malicious mischief at the ' | February terra, 1875, of the Court of Sessions , for Lancaster county, and sentenced to two . years'imprisonment iu the penitentiary. The j act coBsisted in maiming a horse. His petii tiou is endorsed by the prosecutor, most of ; the jury, all of the county officers, the solic1 itor and the judge. ' ? A meeting was held at Walhalla on Tues1 day, the 2nd instant, for the purpose of revi( ving the old Blue Ridge Railroad scheme, and devising plans for its completion. The meeting was largely attended, and delegates j were present from Georgia and North Caroli| na. Enthusiastic speeches were made by 1 General McGowan, of Abbeville; Judge 1 Cooke, of Greenville; Col. Rucker, of GeorI gia, and Mr. Murray, of Anderson. Resolutions were adopted of a practical nature and the meeting adjourned to meet at Knoxville, I Tennessee, on the 20th of January next. I ? Not ten miles from the city of Greenville, lives an old gentleman and his wife, the pareuts of five children, all sons. There never was a daughter born to these people ; never a death in the family. The youngest son is over twenty-one years old. Every one of these sons are married and have children. | Each and every one are members of the Bap; ti9t Church; their wives are members of the 1 same church. The old people are members of the same church. Not one of those sons was ever known to swear an oath, or to be unduly under the influence of liquor. ? Governor Chamberlain has pardoned Jas. Reid, convicted at the March term, 1875, of | the Court of Sessions for Chester, of breach of , trust with fraudulent intent, and sentenced to 1 two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. His petition is endorsed by A. S. Wallace, G. W. Melton, W. A. Walker, S. P. Hamilton, John J. McLure, James M. Brawley, Giles J. Patterson. John Lee, S. J. Couch and Samuel McAliley. Judge Mackey recommends the pardon on the ground that he is sufficiently punished ; that he has restored to the county the property converted to his own use ; that he is in ill health, and is sincerely penitent. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Snow fell to the depth of three inches in Watauga county on the 17th ultimo. ? Mr. Caleb FroDeberger, formerly of Shelby, died in Charleston last Friday morning. ? The Baptist State Convention assembled in Shelby yesterday. ? The United States Government has established a weather signal 011 Ben's Knob, in Cleveland county. ? Rev. A. L. Stough, pastor elect for the ensuing year of the Baptist Church in Shelby, has moved his family to that town. ? A house was accidentally burnt in Transylvania county, several days ago, in which five children perished. ? The proprietors of the Welch Hosiery stills at Waterville, Conn., are moving in the matter of erecting a cotton factory at Newberne. ? Rpu .T R Manic, nastor of Rockv River ' Vf ? I y church in Cabarrus county, has received and accepted a call from the Presbyterian church at Fort Mill, S. C., and will remove to his new field of labor some time next month. ? It is thought that the North Carolina Annual Conference, which convenes in Wilmington on the 1st of next month, will take some actiou in regard to the celebration of the centennial of Methodism in North Carolina, which occurs next year. ? In the United States District Court, in session last week at Wilmington, John Hewling, charged with taking a letter from the mail at Lurabertou, was found guilty and sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment in the Albany penitentiary. ? Thomas Gladdon, convicted of murder in Cleveland county, and whose sentence was commuted to ten years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, has been transferred to that institution. He is represented to be in the last stages of consumption. ? The case of Tommy Strange, indicted in Haywood county for the murder of a man nomor) \ftirr?v onm mitted last summer, has been moved from that county to* Buncombe, and the trial will take place next March. In the case of young Bridgers, indicted as an accomplice, the Court granted a nolle prosequi, and he was released from custody. ? Speaking of Gov. Chamberlain's recent Charleston speech, the Raleigh News (dera.) says: "He expresses a very clear view of constitutional limitations and the true functions of government. Reading his speech without reference to the speaker, the reader - wiM tie iiiiwola wik ika uo!r veyed." ? Three little brothers became involved in a quarrel in Salisbury, last Saturday morning, when the oldest boy, about 13 years of age, stabbed his brother, aged 4 or 5 years, under the left shoulder, the knife completely severing the left lung. The unfortunate little sufferer lingered in agony until Monday morning, when death relieved its agonies. The I vounc "Cain" now lies in the Salisbury jail, J o - - bail being refused him. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Indians of North C'arollnA. A tribe of Cherokee Indians still exists in the higher range of the North Carolina mountains, the members of which were not included in the treaties of 1819 and 1836. In these treaties, effecting a transfer of the Indians in the South to tracts of land west of the Mississippi, a fragment of the Cherokee tribe was left on their native land. The fragment then numbered about 1,500 souls, and they have increased in population until they now number about 11,000. They still occupy their original territory, a mountainous region called Qualla, watered by the Tuckaseegee aud Oconalufta rivers. For a whole generation this people were under the control of a white man, who exercised a dictatorship. This man was Col. Thomas, and was known among the Indians by the name of "Junaluskie." Previous to the war, he figured conspicuously in North Carolina politics, having been elected to the Legislature a number of times. He also managed to possess himself of every foot of the Indians' territory, and his creditors seized it and sold it under the tnmmor Thn nnnrfn of North Carolina. however, recoguized the case as one of swindling and restored to the Indians the property. They have now ten thousand acre9 of land ; under oultivation, aud have built with their own means two ohurches. The only attempt j made to educate them has beeu by the State ! of North Carolina, nor have they ever sought j "Government aid" in any manner, j The Hrooklyu Scandal. ! The old scandal was partially revived , again last Friday, at a meeting of the Ply! mouth congregation, in the cases of Mrs. FranI cis D. Moulton and Deacon West, who had ' been notified by the examining committee of the intention of the church to drop them from ! the roll of membership for non-attendance. Deacon West was not present. Mrs. Moulton was present, with her attorney, Pryor,and also sixty members of the church, half of whom i were ladies. Pryor read an answer, writ teu and signed by Mrs. Mouiton, ana concluding as follows : "My absence is an enforced one, and caused by the crime of adultery committed by Henry Ward Beecher, the pastor of this church, with one of his parishioners, ! which I know to be a fact, through Mr.; | Beecher's confessions to me, the confessions I of Mrs. Tilton, and the conclusive evidenoe I of the crime from other sources. I appear i before this church in loyal obedience to the i sum noons which I have received, and I hereby I declare my disposition and desire to discharge i i all the duties devolving on me, as a member,; i that are consistent with my knowledge of the : adultery of the pastor and his false swearing i with regard to it." A silent vote was then i i taken, and the name of Mrs. Mouiton was i dropped from the roll of membership. It i ; is stated that a committee has been appoin, ted by the Congregational Association of, i New York and Brooklyn to inquire, on the I part of the society, into the truth or falsity j of the charges against Rev. Henry Ward^ Beecher. The committee, it is said, will en- 1 i ter upon the discharge of its duties at once. I * LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Thomas S. Croft?Executor's Sale. Ludden A Rates, Savannah, (Ja.?Southern Mi sie House. .. W. H. <fe J. P. Herndon?Seed Wheat?Bucl wheat Plour?November 1st, 1875. M. Strauss?Notice. R. II. (llenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Salos?Judge Probate's Sales?Foreclosure of Mortgag ; J. F. Wallace, C. 0. Pis.?Sale of Land. John Bratton and Relle M. McCaw, Executors Large and Valuable Plantation for Sale. J. Leander Adams, Administrator?Auction. CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD. By a dispatch received from Dr. Daveg President of the Cheater and Lenoir Railroa ; we learn that a contract has been conclude I with the Roane Iron Company, of Chattauo ga, Tenn., for a sufficient quantity of iron i lay the track from this place to Dallas, N. < THE CIRCUIT T"OURT. i .1 . u,..i... ?r c iearu timi uuuge itiuuivcj uoo graphed the members of the bar at this plai | that he will not hold a term of the Circu ! Court for this county on the 16th instar i (next Tuesday) as was announced at the a journment of the recent terra of the Court < General Sessions. LOCAL DOTS. Col. John M. White, of Fort Mill, wi married to Miss AddieE. Allison, at Concor N. C., on the 28th ultimo. Robert R. Hemphill, Esq., editor of tl 1 Abbeville Medium, has been elected an bono ary member of the Micah Jenkins Debatii Socifify, King's Mountain Military School ?IN-HOlFS*E BURNT. On Wednesday of last week, the gin-hpui of Joab Price, on the lands belonging to tl estate of R. G. McCaw, near Thome's Ferr in this county, was burnt, the fire originatii from a singular and unfortunate mistake one of the operatives in the building. . board connected with the hopper of one the gins being loose, the sou of Mr. Price d termiued to confine it to its proper place wil a nail,but in his haste drew from his pocketinstead of a nail as he supposed?a frictic match, which he struck with his hammer, at from the ignition of the match the lint caug] on fire, the flames spreading so rapidly th they could not be extinguished. Besides tl buildings, there were also burnt three gins, screw, a wheat fan, 9 bales of cotton and 1,2( pounds of cotton seed. SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The Synod of South Carolina convene according to adjournment, in the Presbyl rian Church in Yorkville on Thursday mor ing last, and was opened with an able at excellent sermon by the retiring Moderate the Rev. E. H. Boist, of Cheraw. Fort nine ministers and forty-two ruling eldersninety-one members in all?were enrolled d ring the sessions of the body. Theire we present, also, the Rev. Dr. Waddell, of Met phis ; Revs. M. H. Houston, of China; J. . Mack, T. P. Johnson, S. Taylor Martin ; Pr< A. D. Hepburn, of North Carolina; D. . Todd, of Mississippi; R. Lathan, of the . R. Church; and J. W. Dickson, of the I E. Church, who were invited to sit as corn ponding members. To the Rev. Thomas H. Law, stated clei to the Synod, we are indebted for the folio ing8ummaryof the proceedings: The Synod was organized by the e!ecti< of the Rev. R. H. Reid, of Spartanbu ** ? r\ m TT X county, as Moderator, ttev. I. Jti. l^aw, Spartanburg C. H., Temporary Clerk, and T. Hay, of Camden, Assistant Clerk. Su sequently the Rev. T. H. Law was elect* Stated Clerk, tcflM The vacancy caused 1 the death of the Rev. Wm. Banks. Three ministers were reported as havii died since the last meeting, viz. : Rev. Wi Banks, Rev. \V. States Lee and Rev. Gilbe Morgan, D. D. Committees were appointe who prepared and brought in suitable mi utes commemorative of these brethren. A committee, appointed at the last ineetii to consider and report upon the readjustme of the boundaries of the Presbytery corap sing the Synod, presented a report recoi mending that the Synod be divided into s Presbyteries, viz.: 1. Presbytery of Sou Carolina, composed of the churches in tl counties of Oconee, Pickens, Anderson ai Abbeville. 2. Presbytery of Enoree, consn ing of churches in the counties of Greenvill Spartanburg, Union, Laurens and Newberr 3. Presbytery of Bethel, consisting of churc pq in Ynrlr Chester and Lancaster counti< 4. Presbytery of Columbia, composed churches in Fairfield, Kershaw, Richlan Lexington, Orangeburg, Barnwell, Edgefie and Aiken counties. 5. Presbytery of Ha mony, consisting of churches in Chesterfiel Darlington, Sumter, Clarendon and Mai boro counties. 6. Presbytery of Charlesto composed of churches in Beaufort, Colleto Charleston, Georgetown, Williamsburg, M rion and Horry counties. It was orden that this paper should be published, and tl attention of the Presbyteries was special called to it, and the consideration of the ma ter was postponed until the next meeting Synod. The claims of the Theological Seminary Columbia were presented in an address fro the Board of Directors. Resolutions sustai ing the Institution and providing for the rai ing of additional funds to meet its expense through an assessment on the Presbyterie were adopted. And by a rising vote, tl Synod coucurred with the Board in urgir the Rev. Dr. Girardeau to reconsider his d clination and accept the professorship < theology, to which he was elected by the la Assembly. | The Synod also heard addresses from tl : Rev. Dr. Waddell, the; Assembly's Secretai J of Education, in the interests of the benefici ! ry education of candidates for the ministry I Rev. Prof. Hepburn, of Davidson College, i i behalf of that Institution ; and the Rev. V I P. Jacobs, concerning theThornwell Orphai ! age, of which he is the President, j But perhaps the most interesting exercii I of the whole session was the Missionary mee : ing, held Friday night. The Rev. M. I ; Houston, one of the missionaries of the ohurc to China, who has returned home for a seasc to recruit nis enteenieci neaitn, mane a vei | instructive and impressive address, which wi followed by stirring addresses from the Re I Drs. Plumer and Girardeau and Mr. Lindsa, A collection was taken up, amounting I $137.00. Quite an animated discussion sprang up i regard to Sabbath-schools, upon the coij9i< eration of an overture from one of the Pre byteries, requesting the appointment of a Syi oaical Sabbath-sohool Convention. The ma ter was postponed until the next meeting, an a special hour appointed for its consideratioi There was preaching, morning and nigh during the whole meeting. On Sabbath, th ministers supplied various churches in th town and the country around, and the exei cises were concluded by a very able, learue and eloquent sermon from the Rev. Dr. Gii ardeau, preached to a large congregation i the Presbyterian Church, on Sunday night. On adjourning, the Synod adopted resoli tions of thanks to the citizens of the town c Yorkvilleand vicinity for the kiud and get erous hospitality extended the members, am to the railroad companies who had conveye* them at reduced rates. The next meeting i9 to be held in Camden commencing at 8 o'clock, P. M., on the 25t of October, 1876. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 1 LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, November 8,1875. The probabilities are that James Reid, who <- was at one time Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Chester county, and , of after the expiration of his term of office,; e' | charged with and convicted of the crime of ? misapplication of the public funds, and sentenced to an imprisonment in the penitentiary for the period of twelve months, will be pardoned. The efforts that have been and are & still making in his behalf are great, and will i J doubtless be crowned with success. I do not believe that there will be any objection, from j the Conservative element, to Reid's release. to q As the amount of money, belonging to the county, taken by him was not large, and as j he has already served several months in the e" penitentiary, they are willing for him to come c? home. Especially is this feeling entertained j l,t j by the Conservatives since the virtual release '* | of Dublin Walker, who was found guilty of | the commission of a crime far exceeding in enormity that perpetrated by Reid. I say Walker's virtual release, for he has the limits of the jail yard, walks about nyith great freeHQ /Ir\m unrl ooomo tn Ko ti/all rorxr mail QQfiafipH W MV n VIJ, J d, with his condition. He is not troubled with the restraints that rest upon the other prisie oners, impressing every one with the convicr* tion that the greatest criminal need have no )g fears under the Chamberlain administration, provided ho io a political power ?mnng hi* own people. The leniency shown to Walker, ae by those in authority, is very clear proof that ie they cannot be depended upon to carry out yf the reforms so sadly needed by our unfortuig nate State. I honestly believe that the efof fects of this leniency will be very disastrous A upon the best interests of the State, for pubof lie officials will believe, and will act upon the e- belief, that they cau lay their hands upon th the public moneys with impunity, and if they ? are convicted of their crimes by courts of )n justice, a pardon awaits them at the hands of id the Executive. ht The earthquake that was felt throughout at portions of Georgia and this State, on last tie Monday evening, has given rise to a considera able amount of comment in the newspapers. 30 The shock and the rattling of windows occasioned thereby, was observed by a few persons in our town. It was so slight as to be d hardly perceptible, and was not accompanied (6? by the rumbling sound that followed the Q. shock at other places. It occurred at the same 1(j time?about ten o'clock?and was the effect )r| of the same earthquake, though at this place y. its force was nearly spent. _ At the last monthly meeting of the Buildu. ing and Loan Association of Chester, $1,200 re were sold at 2.35 premium. This organizan. tion has been instrumental in doing a great g work for our town. Through its assistance, a )f, considerable number of buildings have been erected, and others are now in process of erection. d. Still, building operations are not confined ;s- entirely to the Association. Mr. J. J. Stringfellow is erecting a house on York street, rk which will be an ornament to our town. It ur. will combine both comfort and beauty to a very great degree. Mrs. Rainey is also put3D ting up a very neat and pretty bouse upon rg the same street. It is rapidly approaching of completion, and will be ready for occupation J. in the course of a few weeks, b- In addition to her handsome private resieel dences and more handsome stores, Chester is 3y entering the field In the erection of buildings to be devoted to amusements. In other words, ig our town will, before a great while, be the n. possessor of a bowling alley. Mr. J. L. irt Chambers is at the head of this new enterd, prise. Possibly, the pleasure may be mine to n- report, some day, the building of an opera house. Chester is continually taking steps i|; forward in the path of progress she has marknr, ed out for herself. io- Mr. Banks Thompson lost, by fire, several n- bales of cotton a few days ago. This, I beix lieve, is the first misfortune of the kind that th has befallen a farmer of this county during lie the present season. Heretofore, the destruc]d tiou of cotton by fires, incendiary or accideutjt al, has been greater. Ie, The spell of dry weather, which continued y. for several weeks, came to an end on Thursh day evening, and on Friday, rain fell to a 58. greater or less exteut. The day was raw and of cold, and was totally differeut from the mild, d, balmy weather that had prevailed for so long Id a time. The rain was very acceptable for one ir- reason, and not so desirable for another. It d, was greatly needed by the farmers to enable 1*1- them to sow wheat and other grain. Cotton, n, which, in consequence of recent violent winds, n, whitens the ground, did not need the rain, a- Still, with the exception of those men who ad have cotton on the brain, and who regard the be growing of corn and wheat secondary considly erations, the rain was doubtless hailed with it- joy and gladness. of Our streets, during the past week, did not present the aspect of life and activity that at characterized them during the preceding m weeks. This was due to a smaller amount of n* cotton offering for sale. The decline in the is- price does not please the farmers, and they is, are consequently holding for higher figures. !8, On Friday, a civil case of considerable inie terest came up for trial before Trial Justice ig Sanders. Mr. F. G. Wbitlock was the plaine tiff, and Mr. V. B. Wright, the defendant, of The main facts are as follows: In January, st 1872, Mr. Wright loaned Mr. Whitlock the sum of fifty dollars, for which the latter gave ]e his note. A short time ago, Wright brought ? suit to recover his money, aud judgment was ,. rendered in his favor. On Friday, Whitlock m sued Wright for 898. The claim of the plain/. tiff rested, in a great measure, upon services Q* rendered the defendant, which the latter endeavored to show by testimony were regarded by him at the time as only "neighborly acts.'^ j At the close of the testimony, the Trial Jush tice announced his intention of giving a writin | ten decision in the case on Tuesday. His of7 | fice was then vacated by the parties to the 13! suit and their friends, only to meet again on i the street with the view to effecting a more ^ satisfactory adjustment of the difficulty. Fortunately, there were peace-makers around, n , whose efforts were direct toward allaying i-1 the wrath of the belligerents. They yielded to s" | the mild, gentle voice of per&usasion, and 3" j mounting their horses, turned their faces (j I homeward, where they doubtless arrived safe, : ly, and probably, by this time, are fast friends tf i again. Mr. F. M. Cross, one of our cotton o buyers, in endeavoring to keep the peace, rei ceived an accidental cut from a knife in the rj j hands of one of the antagonists. The wound, ( , though painful, is not serious. n I The "cotton traps" in the vicinity of Cedar ! Shoals were visited by a revenue official last i- week, and were found to be carrvinir on an I >f, illegal busiuess in whisky. The proprietors | I will probably be prosecuted at the next term cj i of the court for violation of the internal rev- 1 j enue laws. , ! The committee appointed at the late meetIt j ing at Landsford to report the dealers in farm , I produce at night, have succeeded in "catching i up" with some of the guilty parties. It is to be hoped that they will be tried at the nexi term of the court, and if found guilty, punished as the offense deserves. Judge Mackey will now have an opportunity of putting his promises into execution. Will he do it? During the windy weather last week, a considerable amount of firewood and fencing, in the neighborhood of Landsford, were destroyed by fires. A field of cotton, containing twenty-five acres, and belonging to Mr. W. M. Massey, was also consumed. The fires were attributed to the carelessness of opossum hunters. Mr. McFadden has bought two lots at Fort Lawn, a station, and probably a future town, on the Chester and Lancaster Railroad. He is now building, and will begin merchandising at that place in a short time. I am happy to say that the information upon which I stated in my last communication that Rev. Mr. James, of Union, had lost his home on account of pecuniary embarrassments, was incorrect. Such is not the case. The information was thought to be from a source of an entirely reliable nature, and the statement was, consequently, made. In giv ing me names or me cuuimiuee on busicwlotion, from Bethel Presbytery, who recently held a meeting at this place, I failed to mention the names of Major James G. Lowry, of Chester, and Mr. Watt Brice, of Fairfield. The youngest son of Gen. W. A. Walker, of our town, departed this life on Friday. He was burled on Oaturdaj at Purity CkuNb. He was in the sixteenth year of his age at the time of his death, and has been an invalid for years. The extra train that ran between this point and Yorkville, on yesterday, carried a number of our citizens, who were desirous of hearing sermons from the great Presbyterian diviues of this State. They returned highly pleased with their trip. Sunday was a disagreeable day, and churchgoers stayed within doors without any sraitings of conscience. Qui. GOV. CHAMBEBLAIN IN CHARLESTON. Governor Chamberlain visited Charleston last week, the first time he has been to that city since his election ; and while there he was serenaded by the Independent Republican and the Palmetto Clubs, on which occasion he delivered a lengthy address. He declared that he holds the office of Governor as a public trust, and that the only just basis for a political party is a certain view of the manner in which the powers of the government should be exercised, and the principles and methods by which public affairs should ?- rr? be conducted, it is not power or omce merely which a party should seek, but power and office must be sought as the means and opportunity of increasing the purity, the efficiency, the beneficence of the government. Holding such views, I conceive that the just bounds of party obligation are greatly transcended, whenever public office is used to promote personal or party ends to the neglect of the best interests of the whole people. He said further that he had refused to be a slave to the demand of a party ; that he had honestly labored to promote the common welfare of the people, and if any act of his, in the pursuit oi that aim, had hurt his party, then that party deserved to be hurt. He said, I rejoice to be able to add that in my judgment, the day is past in South Carolina, never to return, when good will be rejected or wrong accepted, because done in the name of any party. Here, fhi<Aii<vkniif AIIP Annntru man am no ctocnucic but uuguuuu wui wuuiiji iuvu Ml v more and more subordinating party interests to public interests?more and more regarding good government as an infinitely better thing than party power?more and more perceiving that in the long run that party will prevail, which keeps most steadily in view the faithful and impartial discharge of the great functions of government in the interests of all the people. Well, I, for one, welcome such a sentiment. 'I have valued my party because I thought it the best representation of freedom and equality, of civil aud political rights, of the ideas embodied in our Declaration of Independence, and our Republican form of government. My attachment to ray party, does not tend one step beyond this. That is the full measure of my party, fealty. He declared the State needed the harmonious working together of both races, which had been largeI J m ly secured id vjuanesiuu, auu tuai me iuiciests of the two races are identical. He said that a recognition of this fact, and a complete union of all who do recognize it, is the first step in the march of this people toward true and lasting prosperity. On the subject of taxation he said : . But, fellow-citizens, all other demands at the present moment are subordinate, merged in two great demands?first, for a great reduction of the burden of taxation throughout the whole State; and, second, for an honest expenditure of the public moneys for public ends. [Loud cheers.] These constitute good government for South Carolina to-day. These are the planks of the platform of the party with which I propose to march hereafter. These are the things which will open the way to that restoration and reconstruction which South Carolina most needs. One special word respecting the great subject of taxation. I undertake to say here tonight that no people in the Union pay their taxes with greater promptness and cheerfulness than the people of South Carolina. Such conduct entitles the tax-paying people of this State to have their voice heard on this vital question of taxation. They ought to be heard ; they must be heard. I say here to-night this people ought at once to be relieved of one-third of the taxes which they have paid for the last six years. I say that this can be done without the least detriment to any public interest. I can sit down with any man or body of men who will look at the subject with a desire to do their duty, and I can point out in detail, specifically Wom hu itpm fKp wav in whinh this r_an be done. If the Legislature, at its next session, will co-operate with me, I undertake to say that all our State taxation can be reduced below one per cent. And now, who is there bold enough to stand up here to-night and say that this ought not to be done ? No man, no man, dare avow such a purpose. [Long applause.] While hard times are pressing upon us, while nearly every man who listens to me, or lives iu the State, is practicing ecouomy, why should this public extravagance go on ? It is a wrong that should be prevented, without delay and without question, and what I say of the State expenditures applies, I believe, with equal truth to your county and city expenditures. The time has come when the public necessities should limit our public expenditures, and not the insatiate demands of individuals or combinations of individuals, who climbed into power to grow rich from the public treasury. The second great demand, I have said, is an honest ana frugal expenditure or the tunas which the people contribute for public purposes. If our taxes could not be reduced, the grievance would be far less if the people could feel that the taxes went to support public interests. If public improvements were the result of heavy taxation, if our public institutions showed the result of liberal and bouutiful support, if our schools flourished under the generous bounty of the State, we should be better able to endure the burden. But what shall any honest man say of all these great public concerns? Who will show me public improvements ? What is thecnndition of our public institutions of charity or correc- , tion? What shall be said of our public Bchools? Our public moneys are largely wasted, and that is worse even than the burden of taxation. In conclusion, he said : "The great results of good government, are impartial adminis-j tration of the law, an economical adminiatra-1 I tioo of public funds, moderate and reasonable taxation. All these blessings are within cur reach, if we Hre united and determined in demanding them. They are the chief public concerns at the present time. Whatever the changing fortunes of political parties in the nation at large, these things will remain, for years to come, the true aim of your people. It is a work worthy of our highest efforts, and we have aiding us in this good Work the auspicious era of our national centennial year. We do not kuow or feel, I think, how greatly, the hearts of the American people of both sections will be drawn to each other as the great celebration of our national birth-day cornea on. We have caught a little of its influence at Lexington and Bunker Hill, but the full tide will sweep over us at Philadelphia on the fourth of July next Then let us hope that under the full influences of those feelings which bound our fathers of the South and North to the great cause of American freedom aud independence, we may find it easy to go forward to the completion of their great work, the accomplishment of their hopes and aims, the perpetuation for all coming generations of a nation wherein universal and impartial freedom shall show its perfect work. The address was well received and loudy applauded. Jmancial anb Commercial. YORKVILLE, November9.?Owing to decline in prices, sales have fallen off during the past week. We quote 10!@12i, extremes. Sales for the week, 188 bales. CHARLOTTE, November 8.?The number of hales of cotton sold last week was 1,655, at 12g@ 12J for middling; 12i for low middling; 11} for good ordinaty; and 10@lli for lower griuiee. VIai??? fr?>m wrctgoiio 4A |WMf . JUUk-1 Corn, 60(0,1)5 cents; Meal, 65@70; Oats, 60 cents. NEW YORK. November 8.?Cotton quiet and steady at l3 5-16(?lH^ 11-16. ^ Futures closed quiet ana steaoy. saies zu.wiu oaies. inoverauer, i:tf @13 9-32; December, 134; January, 18 7-32; February, 13|; March, 139-16; April, 133@1*26-32; Mav, 13 5-16 r Jv le, 144; July, 144; August, 14 ll-32@ 14 13-32. LIVERPOOL, November 8.?Cottok.?Middling uplands, 6 15-l(kl. CHARLESTON, November 8.?Cotton firm. Middling, 125 ; low middling, 12|; good .ordinary, 113. AUGUSTA, November 8.?Cotton steady. Middling, 123; low middling, 124; good ordinary, lli. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, November 5.?The following Is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending to-day: 1875. 1874. Receipts at all ports for the week.,176,386 142,701 Total receipts to date, 912,612 796,506 Exports for the week, 71,394 65,875 Total exports to date, 333,339 270,186 Stock at all United States ports...487,732 452,928 Stock at interior towns 68,571 66,299 Stock at Liverpool, 596,000 588,000 American afloat for Great Britain,93,000 144,009 CHESTER MARKET REPORT. corrected weekly by the board qf trade. CHESTErTs. C., November 8,1875. Cotton?Middling, @ 12 Low Middling, @ 111 Good Ordinary, @ 11 Bacon?C. R. Sides, ?.16 @ 164 * " iel /a in isuiK U. n. oiaes, 10 Shoulders @ 13 Uncanvassed Hams, @ 18 Canvassed Hams, M 20 Lard?"0 lb., (g> 20 Butter?b lb., @ 28 Eggs?# doaen, ; 25 Candles?Wax, # lb., (a) 50 Sperm, # lb., ; @ 80 Adamantine, {ft lb...... 20. 25 Coffee?Old Government Java, 40 fa 45 Rio 25 @ 86 Sugar?A, 12i fa 14; Extra C, 12 ? 13 Crushed, 15 fa 16 Granulated, ......13 fa 15 Corn?IS bushel, @1 15 Oath?# bushel, fa 80 Flour?Family, {ft sack, fa5 00 Extra, # sack, @4 50 Super, # sack, @4 00 Hay?Timothy, fa2 00 North Carolina, @1 50 Iron?Bar, 6 fa 7 Swedes, 9 fa 10 Mountain Moulds, 7 fa 8 Mackerel?Kits, No. 1, 2 50 @2 75 " 44 2, 2 00 @2 25 Molasses?New Orleans, # gal?bbl fa 90 44 44 44 44 retail,... @1 00 Muscovado, 44 44 bbl., fa 65 44 ?4 retail,... <g 75 Syrup, # gal.?bbl.?.r. fa 45 44 44 retail, fa 50 Nails?lOd to OOd # keg 5 00 @5 50 4d to 8d 3ft kefir -.5 50 @6 00 Oils?Kerosine, gallon, (& 60 Train, * " @1 16 Linseed, " " 1 16 @1 26 Lubricating" " 1 26 @1 50 Shirting?Brown, TP vard, 9 <a 11 4-4 " " 11 <?t. 12} Osnaburgs" " 15 @ 18 Prints, " " 8 @ 10 Yarn?$ bunch, .. @1 50 Rick?*$ lb @ 12} Potatoes?Irish?North Carolina @1 00 Sweet, (2)1 00 Steel?Plow lb., ; 10 @ 11 Cast. " " 25 @ 30 Salt?$ sack, @2 00 Bagoino?Domestic, yard,.... @ 16} Borneo " " (3) 16} Dundee " " <? 14 Ties?$ lb., 6 @ 7 Financial. NEW YORK, November 8.-Gold dull and weak at 14j@14J. , ? Spraal To Druggists, Hardware and General Merchants. I carry in stock -from 1,000 to 3,000 boxes of ' window glass, (the largest stock in the South,) ! embracing all sizes, from 4x6 to 40x60 in single or double thick and polished plate. Standard brands of French and American make. Stained, , Cut, Ground, Enameled, and Church Glass. Put^y i by the bladder or ton. Glaziers' Points, Knives, Diamonds, Ac. Above are imported direct from the tketarles and I guarantee bottom prices. Sena lor meat quotations. Truly yours, T. P. TOALE, Charleston, S. C. November 11 46 tf How to Cdre Fever and Agae. If any person suffering with Fever and Ague, Intermittent or Bilious Fever, will call at the Drug Store of John C. Kuj'kendal and get a bottle of Ague Conqueror, their immediate cure is certain, and the chills will not come back (faring that season. It contains no Quinine, Arsenic or' other poisons, and after taking one-half bottle you will feel better in health than you have felt, perhaps for years. It entirely cleanses the whole system, parities the liver and other secretory' organs. Price fl.OOperbottle4 try it. uAak your Druggist about others who have used it. October 14 24 eawly HYMENEAL. I Marrikd?On the 28th ultimo, by Rev. W. W, Ratcliford, Mr. W. A. LATHAM and Miss M.E. HAYS. All of this county. On the'28th ultimo, by Rev. W. W. Ratchford, Mr. ROBERT H. BRADFORD and Miss MARY E. INGRAHAM. All of this county. In Gaston county, N. C., on the 4th instant, by Rev. J. J. Kennedy. Mr. J. LABAN WILSON and Miss SARAH JANE CRAIG, daughter of Mr. James M. Craig. On the'2nd instant, at the residence of the bride's i father, bv Rev. J. Walter Dickson, Mr. CALVIN 1 G. PARISH, of Yorkville, and Miss LAURA E. 1 FITCHET, daughter of Jamee Fitchet, Esq., of j this county. . In' Charlotte, N. C., on the 2nd inst., by Rev. fc. ' P. O'Oonnell, Mr. W. B. KIDD of Lewis' Yam' , Out, Chester county, and Miss ALICE J. PHELAN, youngest daughter of John Phelan, of f Charlotte, N. C. < i > ' In Yorkville, on Wednesday, 10th instant, ny Rev. R. P. Johnson, Mr. JOHN R. GARDNER, of Chriatiansburg, Va., and Miss LULA E.f daughter of Dr. J. M. Lowry, of Yorkville, 8. C.. OBITtTARY. ~ Died?On the 5th instant, of diphtheria, little ROBBIE JACKINS, aged one year. m.' stbauss. NOTICE, NOTICE. [7 ' PRINTS?a new assortment. t 1 BROWN SHIRTINGS?at ftetory prices. I BLEACHED SHIRTINGS-4-i, 10 cents a yard? BED-TICKING?25 cents for the very beat. DRESS-GOODS?at reduced priees. *' i SHAWLS?a large assortment. . FURS?just received. LADIES' GAITERS?$1.25, a goodarticle. CHILDREN'S SHOES-all sizes. MEN'S BOOTS AND SHOES-eome and see. READY-MADE CLOTHING-lower than anywhere else. HATS?for Men, Bovs and Children. MERINO SHIRTS?75cents. MERINO DRAWERS?75 cents. LADIES' UNDER-VESTS-high neck and long sigovgh i OTHER ARTICLES?astonishingly low. M. STRAUSS. . November 11 45 tf