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9craps and Jacts. One hundred and five Mormon mission- 1 aries are to be sect out this winter to preach j the gospel of polygamy to the 63,000 superfluous women in Massachusetts. From the 1st of September, 1874, to ! the 1st of September, 1875, ninety-eight gin houses were burned in Georgia, as we learn from the Savannah News, three-fourths of; which were destroyed by the torch of the 1 incendiary. Senator Bayard, of Delaware, tells an 1 Augusta editor that the people of the South have but faint conceptions of the distress at. the north ; that, in his opinion, where one j southern man is suffering from poverty, ten | northern men are suffering much more. A distinct shock of earthquake was j felt at Knoxville, Tenn., on Friday morning ! last, causing buildings to sway. It produced a rumbling sound like an explosion, comiug from the west and rolling gradually to the ! ooot- TKo otinot iraa the heaviest fiver felt i there, lastiug ten seconds. In 1870, the German women decided that thereafter they would never use chignons ; and other French modes and fashions. The i decision was maintained during the war, but' that ouce over, and the fashions mill again started, the German fair sex couldn't withstand j the pressure, and again applied in the proper quarter for bonnets and dresses. The male purists of Germany are quite beside themselves over this feminine fickelness. Mail advices from Europe give a melancholy account of the depression of trade in Germany and its effect on the industrial classes. Serious distress is anticipated among the working classes during the winter, and there are fears of a financial crisis. Accounts of the failure of the Russian crops add to the discouragement of the outlook on the conti-1 nent. It is said that never before has a failure been so general in Russia. Casts of spirit hands are the latest novelty in Spiritualism. A dish of melted wax is put under a table, and curtained in from view. The medium and others sit with their hands on the table. After a while the curtains are removed, and a mould of wax is found, as though a hand had been pressed into the soft wax. Plaster is then poured into the mould, thus making a cast. Believers expect that spirits' faces may thus be modelled. An exchange tells us that when the election returns came in at Sardis, Miss., the scene beggared description. The people were wrought up to the highest frenzy of excitement and enthusiasm. Staid and sober mn onH ahontpd through the streets, i Boufires lit up the town, while the heavy booming of guns was heard in every direction, heralding the glad tidings of one of the greatest and most glorious victories that ever came to an oppressed and tyrant ridden State. A suit is iu progress in New York to decide the most merciful manner of killing hogs. The suit is brought against Mr. Bergh's animal society by a hog butcher, who complains that the society interferes with his business. Mr. Bergh charges that the plaintiff's system is to pass a chain rouud a hind leg of a hog, run it up sharply at the risk of dislocating its leg, and causing unnecessary pain, cutting its throat, and throwing it into the scalding vat before fairly dead. The case has not yet been decided. While the net receipts of the government from newspaper postage under the reduced rates, with strict prepayment, are less than before, and less even than was anticipated, the government is itself getting quite as much money. The reason is, that most of the newspaper postage is now paid at the large offices, where no commissions are allowed, whereas, before, it was largely paid at small offices, where the postmasters were entitled to a lartre ner eentaee. The total receipts for news ? O" I paper postage for the last year are about 81,000,000, and the government nets about 8800,000 of this. In New York, last week, the old Astor estate, located on Fourteenth street, near Ninth avenue, consisting of eight lots, was sold, realizing only 846,306. It was valued at 880,000, and ten years ago 8129,000 was ottered for the property. On the same day, at a sale of some valuable uptown lots, the bidding wa3 dull, and the prices obtained for the property that was really sold were, in most cases, but little above the mortgage thereon, and represent about fifty per cent, decline from those that could be obtained in 1872. This is a portentous fact, the full significance of which did not escape the attention of other large real estate owners who attended the sale to look on. Dr Hunter McGuire sends to the Richmond Dispatch a long account of "Stonewall" Jackson's last illness. He gives the following as the general's last words: "About halfpast one he was told that he had but two hours to live, and answered again feebly but firmly, 'Very good ; it is all right.' A few moments before he died, he cried out in his delirium, "Order A. P. Hill to prepare for action !' Pass the infantry to the front rapidly !' 'Tell Maj. Hawks'?then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished. Presently a smile of ineffable sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and then he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, 'Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade ot the treesand then without pain or the least struggle, bis spirit passed." Commenting on the recent elections, the BostOD Advertiser says: "Let the President permit the foolish friends who wait on ' his smile ahd subsist on his patronage to start a third term agitation, and the majorities of Tuesday will vanish like Tuesday morning's snow. Let him go to work to set on their feet again the former republican leaders whom the party revolted against and overthrew, and there will follow another revolt. worse thau the first. It is not on account of J longing for them that the party is restored j to favor, but because of confidence that they ! are permanently retired. Let the Senate at- j tempt to re-establish national control of the! politics of the Southern States, or suggest new force bills, or give its days and nights to j speech-making 'for buncombe,'or persistently { neglect the legitimate and pressing business of the nation, and the party will fail of securing ! popular approbation next year." So it wasn't an endorsement of Chaudler after all. A drunken woman performed an extra-! ordinary surgical operation upon her husband, j in Cleaveland, Ohio, recently. Both were un-1 der the influence of liquor at the time, and had been on a spree all day, which finally resulted in a terrible fight. The woman received a bad ! beating, and, infuriated beyond reason by J drink,planned and executed a most diabolical I revenge. She first induced her spouse to go to bed, and then, procuring some chloroform,; saturated a handkerchief and held it to his j nostrils till he was entirely unconscious. She next procured an old carpenter's saw and soon i had cut one of the man's legs off a little' above the ankle joint. With grim satisfac-; tion she watched his life blood ooze away, j but was aroused from her reveries by some 1 neighhors, who, seeing the situation at a glance, tied up the bleeding member, the man j remaining unconscious all the time. He was ' taken to a hospital, and is not expected to ! live. The female fiend has been arrested and : is now lodged in jail. The Schroeder aerial ship, upon which j work has been in progress in Baltimore during ! the past summer, is reported to be fast ap- J proaching completion, and Mr. Schroeder is confident that the first ascent will be made in ' the course of a fortnight. This air ship is eighty-five feet long, nine feet high and eight' feet wide, resembling a long steamship hull,; with a variety of steering apparatus. This is to be attached to an immense balloon in such a way that it is impossible for the balloon to : get out of a perpendicular position. Tbe ship , has two masts, fore and aft, which reach up to the equator of the balloon. The contemplated route is from Baltimore to New York, and thence perhaps to Europe. It has been estimated that an average speed of sixty or sev enty miles an hour can be kept up in a moderate current of air, while in stronger currents the speed will be less, although greater, even, then than that made on our best railroads. The inventor is confident of success, and he has kindly invited representatives of the press to accompany him on his first trip. ^orkviUc inquirer. ^TORKVII.I.E. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 18, 1875. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer 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 ;o noff) n.r r?iV>lisilior Our subscribers, no matter where thev 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.?'The dateon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the dale must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that onr terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Legislature will assemble in Columbia on Tuesday next. ? A company of northern gentlemen are in Spartanburg prospecting for a shoe factory. ? Mr. Martin McLaurens, of Union county, is the father of twenty-eight children, all boys. ? The streets of Union have been provided with lamps, which are lighted every evening, about dark, and are kept burning all night. ? The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Kailroad, will be held in Columbia to-morrow, the 19th instant. ? Governor Chamberlain has issued a proclamation setting apart Thursday, 25th instant, as a day of thauksgiving and prayer, and recommending its observance by the citizens of the State. ? The board of county commissioners of Abbeville, have decided to grant no license for the sale of spirituous liquors outside of incortftmiaond rillfttrps throughout that o? o county. ? The town council of Winnsboro' has recently paid Mr. Caldwell, eleven hundred dollars for damages sustained t& his person by reason of falling into a cistern on one of the streets of that town. ? The regular annual meeting of the State Tax Union will, under the call of the President, be held in Columbia, on Tuesday, November 23. The State Tax Union is composed of three delegates, from each county union. ? The annual meeting of the South Carolina Conference, M. E. Church South, will begin in Orangeburg, on Wednesday, 15th of December. Bishop Keener, of New Orleans, will preside over the conference, and more than two hundred delegates are expected to be present. ? A meeting of citizens was held in Winnsboro last week to protest against the extortion practiced by the Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta Railroad against the interest of Winnsboro, Chester, Rock Hill and all shipping points on said road. A committee, consisting of Messrs. H. L. Elliott, D. R. Flenniken and P. Bacot was appointed, who were charged with the duty of ascertaining whether or not the rail road company had transcended its charter by charging the sura of 82.25 per bale on cotton to Columbia?a distance of thirty-five miles; and 82.50 per bale to Charlotte?a distance of seventy-five miles The committee will report at a future meeting. ? The Fair of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society in Columbia, closed on Thursday last. The Register says: "The exhibition in the various departments was fully up to that of previous years, while in the eyes of many it excelled that of former occasions. The agricultural machinery and implements on exhibition are of the best kind, being serviceable aud of the latest patents. The quantity of farm and plantation products is large, and embraces every variety, including those of the vegetable garden. Stock of all kinds is well displayed. The stalls for the show of horses, mules and cattle are all occupied, and the pens tor sheep, goats, hogs and pigs are nearly all filled. Turkeys, fowls and the like are bountiful. In the main building is a splendid array of machinery, tools and mechanical inventions, beside a display of hardware, wood ware, leather manufactures, &c. In the ladies' department, there is a bountiful and magnificent display of femiuine handiwork, in the needle line and culinary art, painting, wax work, Ac. There is a handsome display of carpetings, shoes, jewelry, &c. In short, every department is fully represented by exhibitors, and as far as a display is concerned, the fair is a success." But while this was the case, the absence of visitors was very marked. But few strange faces were seen on the grounds duriug the exhibition, and in this particular the fair was a failure. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? At an auction sale near Greensboro, last week, good corn sold for 83 to 36 cents per bushel. ? At the last terra of Gaston court only one person was sent to the penitentiary?a negro for larceny?who was sentenced for five years. ? George W. Grice, who, only a few weeks ago, was elected President of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, died suddenly in Portsmouth, last Thursday morning, from apoplexy. ? A number of the employes of the Carolina Central Railroad Company have sued the company for wages due them for several months past. About a dozen judgments have been granted. ? Capt. Plato Durham, of Shelby, died at his residence in that town on Tuesday of last week. Mr. Durham was a member of the recent constitutional convention, and was personally the most popular man in his county. ? The youth, Sam Johuson, who recently 1 ,n 1 1 -- ' Ktt ofoKKinor Kllieu ni8 oroiner 111 ouuouuij, u} him, was adjudged by tho court, last week, to be guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to five months' imprisonment in the county jail. ? In the Baptist State Convention which assembled in Shelby last week, there were 250 delegates from all sections of the State. Judge Kerr was choseu President of the body. The organization of the Baptist Church in North Carolina dates back to the year 1728, and at this time numbers 116,000 communicants, with three nourishing colleges?one male and two female?under their denominational care. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. K. Roberts, Chairman?Report of the Board of County Commissioners for York county. J. N. Robson, Charleston?Commission Merchant and Dealer in Fertilizers. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. P. Moore, Applicant?John Burris, de- ! ceased. J. II. Clawson, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?2nd General Meeting?In the Matter of Samuel Anderson, Bankrupt. C. J. Kdney?Fresh Bed. F. Christm'an?For Sale. : W. II. & J. P. Herndon?Our Book-keeper is Road}' and Willing?Seed Wheat. John C. Kuvkendal?Drugs and Chemicals?Davidson's Atomizer?Perfumery?The Run Continues?Flavoring Extracts?Concentrated Ley?Magic Balsam A Smart Thing?Pocket Cooking Stove. M. Strauss?Just Opened?At Positive BargainsShoes. Clark Brothers?Cash Prices?Guano Notes?Last Notice?Plow Steel. T. M. I)oDson ?k Co.?Just Received?Window Shades?Roll Hinges?Crockery?ShoesBoots?Shirting?Guano Notes?Axes?Alpaca?Coffee Mills. SUDDEN DEATH. We learn that a bar-tender?a German named Robert Vanderhoff?in the employment of Wm. Gibson, of Fort Mill, dropped I suddenly dead a few days ago. An over indulgence in whisky is supposed to be the cause of the death. YORKVILLE FEMALE INSTITUTE. The fall session of Yorkville Female Institute will close to-morrow evening, (19th instant,) with a vocal and instrumental coni cert by the young ladies of the institution? exercises to commence at 7 o'clock?to which the public generally is invited. ACCIDENTAL FIRE. W. K. Hamilton, living at Pinckney Ferrv in this countv. had the misfortune to lose ^ W * by fire his kitchen, stables and corn crib, on the 1st instant, involving a loss of $800. The crib contained about 500 bushels of corn, which was also destroyed, though, fortunately, no stock was lost. The fire is supposed to have originated from the cooking Btove in the kitchen. CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD. We briefly announced last week that a contract had been entered into with the Roane Iron Company, of Chattanooga, Tenn., for a sufficient amount of iron to lay the track of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad from this place to Dallas, N. C. Dr. Davega, President of the Company, who, in behalf of the corporation, entered into the contract, has returned from Chattanooga, and from him we learn that the required amount of iron is to be furnished and delivered on cars I ready for shipment, between the 20th of Dej ceruber and the 1st of February next. A I contract has also been made with the Tredegar Iron Company, of Richmond, Va., for fastenings and spikes with which to lay the iron. The fastenings are of the most approved pattern in use, being known as the Fish-joint. Steps are now being taken to ee< *1 . 1 cure the cross-ties, ana we presume me worn of laying the track, connecting this place with Gastonia, on the Air-Line Railroad, will be commenced as soon as circumstances will permit. It has not yet been definitely determined whether the work of laying the track will . be commenced at Gastonia or Yorkville. SAD CASE OF DROWNING. On Weduesday of last week, Rev. Charles E. Butler, colored, and a colored girl named Anna Littlejohn, were drowned while attempting to cros9 Gilkie's creek in Union county. They had left this place on Tuesday morning, and reached the ford of the creek, which stream was much swollen by recent rains, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday. Though warned against making the attempt to cross, they drove in, when the mule hitched to the buggy immediately disappeared under the water, dragging the buggy and its occupants with it. Butler did not rise after going under the water, but his companion rose to the surface one time and made an ineffectual attempt to reach a pole with which a boy on the bank of the stream endeavored to rescue her. Failing to reach the pole, she floated about a hundred yards down the stream and sank. Her body was taken out of the water on the same evening. Butler's body was recovered the next morn ing, about three-fourtbs ot a mile neiow tne ford. After the recovery of his body, it was found that his neck had been broken, which is supposed to have occurred immediately after the catastrophe. The mule, after floating down the creek and lodging against a watergate, where it remained for several hours covered by a raft of drifted timber, was taken out alive, and not seriously injured. The buggy was also recovered, as well as every article iu the possession of the unfortunate occupants, except Butler's watch and one cushion of the buggy seat. The girl's home was in Uuion, C. H., where her remains were taken for burial. Butler's remains were takeu to Spartanburg, his former home, for interment. Butler was well known in this community, having been for two years pastor of the colored Methodist Church in this place; and by his upright conduct and correct deportment, he gained the esteem of all who knew him. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, November 15, 1875. Mr f-v W. MeNeel. of the neighborhood ! I ' -- o I j of McConnellsville, while in our town on I Tuesday, informed me of a late dastardly atI tempt of some villain to destroy his gin house. ; The building, filled with cotton, was set on : fire about two o'clock in the day, and would ( | have beeu soon consumed, had not the fire j been discovered in time to prevent so unfortu-' nate a result. The laborers on the place ral- J lied to Mr. McNeel's assistance, and by hard i work succeeded in saving the house, with the greater portion of its contents. The cotton i l destroyed was in the seed, and amounted to ! j about fiftpei^ hundred pounds. Mr. McNeel attributed the burning to a negro man in the neighborhood, who bore him some enmity,and ! who had boen heard making incendiary threats | against his property. The supposed inceu- J diary is a relative of the negro who murdered, j a few months ago, a brother of Mr. McNeel. i I Mr. McNeel tells me that he sleeps in his gin | house every night. The condition of affairs that compels such a course of action, is deplo- J rable. It is the result, in a great measure, of i 1 an improper administration of the laws by ! courts of justice, and a lavish use of the pardoning power by the Governor of the State. There is considerable complaint, among the i farming community, of stealing by the col- ' ored element. One farmer reports a loss of [ seven wagon loads of corn. He tells me that a negro, who lives near him and has no ostensible way of making a living, has corn for sale. In every portion of the county there , are lazy, vagabond rascals, who sleep during the day and Bpend their nights in stealing.' Their supreme indifference to the laws makes them very bold in their thieving operations, i Their indifference would immediately disapi pear if they felt any fears of punishment in doing wrong. Governor Chamberlain makes beautiful speeches, and still more beautiful J promises, but if he will stop his practice of pardoning thieves, and thus encouraging i robbery and rascality, he will improve very I considerably his standing in the estimation of the people. Our town has been visited of late with an abundant supply of rain. When the land is in proper order, farmers will be busy sowing wheat and other grain. I think there is a disposition among them to sow a greater j quantity of grain this year. Tin-. low price [ of cotton will be attended with i;he good result of inclining farmers to plant a larger provision crop in the. future. Tliey are, at. the present time, discouraged at the low price ! of the fleecy staple, but the future may prove ! that it was one of those blessings that some-! times appears in a disguised form.. On Thursday, a case was reported to Trial Justice Sanders, which, as the damages claim- j ed will amount to more than one hundred ! dollars, will be carried to the Circuit Court, j The plaintiff in the case is Mr. W. C. Hill, of, Carmel Hill, who charges Mr. Garland Smith, of the same neighborhood, with unlawfully seizing his cows and refusing to deliver them ! into his possession. The defense of the plaintiff is that the defendant does not enclose his , plantation with a lawful fence, and therefore j has no right to seize his cattle for trespassing upon his land. He charges Smith with threat- j ening him with personal injury in the event ; i.f kio oHomntinrr tr\ rolooao Ilia AflftlA from ' the confinement in which they were held. The ! defendant claims that the plaiutiff's cows de- j stroyed a considerable amount of his cotton, [ and for this reasou he had the right to seize and hold the cows uutil the piaintiff made good the damages inflicted by them. The plaintiff desires to obtain his property, not only without rendering pecuniary satisfaction for any damages inflicted by them, but to secure from the defendant satisfaction for damages inflicted by him. When the case comes up for trial, the hinging point will be upon the character of the fence that enclosed Mr. Smith's place. If he can show, by testimony, that he had a lawful fence at the time of the breaking in of the plaintiffs cows upon his grounds, the jury will find in his favor; if not, a verdict will undoubtedly be rendered against him. Rev. Mr. Houston, in a very interesting lecture in the Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening, gave his views upon China, where he has been engaged in the missionary work for many years. He disabused the minds of his hearers of the generally received opinion that the Chinese were a people wholly destitute of intelligence and refinement The lecturer spoke of the great progress made and still making by the Roman Catholic Church in China. In the number of conversions this Church, he said, was fast outstripping the Protestant Church. Mr. Houston ? f* * ni.! spotceor tne immense popuianon 01 imma, and announced the surprising fact, that if scattered over the world, every third man would be a Chinaman. At the close of the lecture, a collection?the usual accompaniment of meetings of this character?was taken up. On Friday afternoon, the returned missionary entertained the little folks with an exhibition of curiosities from the heathen land. Messrs. W. H. Hardin & Co., who for some time have been selling off'at cost prices, disposed of some of their goods on Friday at auction. Though the customary red flag was hung at the door of the establishment, and the echoes of the streets awakened by the ringing of a bell, still the crowd that assembled was small, and were rather spectators of the scene, than buyers of dry goods. The auction continued for a little while, when the members of the firm concluded, from the small number of bidders and the extremely low prices at which the goods were selling, to close the 9ale. At the present writiug money is not sufficiently abundant in our town to make an auction sale interesting or exciting. Dr. A. H. Davegareturned on Friday from Chat tanooga, where he had gone for the purpose of making an arrangeaient with the Roane Iron Company, of that city,for securing iron for the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, of which he is the President. He was successful in making the arrangement, and the iron is to be delivered between the 20th of December and the 1st of February, 1876. Dr. Da vega returned home by the way of Richmond, where he purchased the spikes and fastenings for the road. An arrangement will be made with contractors for furnishing cross-ties, and rnur] Jo in roa/4in?QQ fnr thp irnn if. will be laid at once. Notwithstanding the many and great obstacles that have been in the way, Dr. Davega has never despaired of success, and when Chester and Gastonia are united by rail, to hira must the glory be ascribed. The completion to the Air-Line will doybtless be followed by greater efforts to carry the road on to Lenoir. On Saturday next, a meeting of taxpayers will be held at this place for the purpose of appointing delegates to the State Tax Union that assembles at Columbia on Tuesday of the following week. It is to be hoped that the meeting on Saturday will be large and enthusiastic, showing to our authorities that the people know and feel the present tax J ! _ _ IP to De unmeasuraoiy nign ana oppressive. 11 the tax-payers of the State make a powerful and determined effort, I believe they can compel the Legislature to reduce the rate of taxation. To accomplish this desirable result, they must shake off the apathy that has so entirely taken possession of them. Saturday was a great day in Trial Justice Gourdine's court. A cow, belonging to Mr. Marion Chisholm, that entered the premises of John Young, colored, and destroyed some cotton, was the occasion of the litigation. The attorneys in the case, S. J. Couch, Esq., and W. A. Sanders, Esq., spoke with all the energy and earnestness that a case of greater importance could have elicited. The colored population, whose sympathies were excited in favor of their injured brother, crowded the office of the Trial Justice. After a patient hearing of the testimony and the argument, he decided in favor of the plaintiff. Mr. T. C. Gaston, a good lawyer, and one of our substantial citizens, after a brief visit to Sumter, returued on Friday with a fair bride. The fortunate young lady was Miss Lee, of that place. An entertainment, in honor of the happy couple, takes place this evening, when the congratulations of friends will be warmly extended. Business has been dull in our town to-day. The amiability of merchants is not increased thereby. Qui. MERE-MENTION. Jefferson Davis has accepted the Presidency of the American Department of the Missippi Valley Society of London. His duties will be to direct attention to the development of the commercial, agricultural and mineral resources of the Valley of the Mississippi. A man in Ohio recently accomplished ninety miles, in nine hours and five minutes on an improved velocipede of London manufacture. In the approaching Congress, the House of Representatives will be overwhelmingly democratic, and will, of course, elect a democratic Speaker, who will be the first one chosen from that party for the last eighteen years. Vice-President Wilson, while sitting in a barber's chair in Washington, the other day, had a slight attack of apoplexy. On Wednesday of last week, one hundred tons of mail matter was weighed and forwarded from the Kew York nost office. Carl Schurz will here ( after reside in New York. He has recently been unanimously elected an honorary member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, in recognition of his distinguished services in behalf of hard money. An historic flag, the one borne by the Confederate steamer j Shenandoah during the war, is now on exhibi- j tion in Richmond. A lawsuit between Chicago minstrel managers shows that the j foremost performers are paid from $100.00 to $150.00 per week, besides traveling expenses. The Great Eastern is being refurnished, at an expense of one hundred thousand dollars, for Centennial trips. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Fort Mill, s. C., Nov. 15, 1875. < The cotton crop in this section has been . ] gathered and nearly the whole of it has been , J sold. If the crop generally haa been as thor- J, oughly sold as it has been here, I do not see i anything to prevent the price of the staple < from advancing, for there will certainly be a (J scarcity of the article uutil next crop. Du- j ] ring the past fall 1,800 bales have been sold ! i at this place, notwithstanding our buyersj have been laboring under the unjust, not to ' say tyranical, discrimination of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company. i Thnnwh the distance from Fort Mill to Char f . lotte is only sixteen miles, yet the freight on J a bale of cotton from here to that place is two j dollars, while the freight on a bale from j Charlotte to New York is only one dollar and I i ninety cents. This attempt to force cotton on a particular line, by unjust and discrimina- 1 ting freight tariffs, has operated to the detriment of the road by the decrease in freights, not only of cotton, but merchandise and oth- ( er articles, which shippers now have consign- i ed to Charlotte. Freights for Lancaster, which, heretofore were consigned to Fort J Mill, are now consigned to Charlotte, and 1 from thence hauled to their destination in wagons, the shippers properly declining to patronize a road so blind to its own interest, and which has such little regard for the ac- \ commodation of the public. Morgan. ' ? ---? m The Bankrupt.?It is estimated that of the number who launch their barques on the stormy sea of commerce, nine out of ten become bankrupt. Many things conspire to effect this result. Prominent among them is i "living beyond your means," exhausting your financial strength. So it is in the physical mart, possessed of strength and anticipations of a long life, we launch out in quest of pleasure. We live beyond our means; undermining our constitutions by extravagance in eating and drinking; by disregarding the natural laws of health, and ere we are aware of it we are bankrupts in body?dyspepsia and rheu 1 * -L.ti 1 matisra, or liver complaint, or snaitereu nerves, or iidney disease or dropsy exhausts our physical capital and we are unable to meet the heavy drafts upon our constitution. But you may resume. Check your extravagance and by the aid of Tutt's Pills, your broken constitution will be restored and the drafts on the exchequer of health will never be dishonored. ^financial aitb Commercial. YORKVILLE, November 17.?Cotton?Extremes 9 to lli. Sales for the week 255 bales. . NEW YORK, Nov 15.?Cotton dull. Sales 677 bales at 131 @138. Futures closed quiet. Sales 31,000 bales. November, 138 ; December, 12 31-32 @13; January, 13 1-32@13 1-16; February, 13 5-32 @133-10; March, 13 5-16@13 11-32; April, 13i@!3 17-32; May, 13 21-32@13 11-10; June, 13 13-10? 1327-32; July, 133-32@14; August, 14 3-32@144. CHARLESTON, November 15.?Cotton dull. Middling, 12i. LIVERPOOL, November 15.?Cotton quiet and unchanged. Middling uplands, 6|d. JAUGUSTA, November 15.?Cotton dull. Middling, 12$ @12}. CHARLOTTE, November 15.?The cotton market closed quiet on Saturday last. The sales for the week were not so large as the week before, only 1,010 bales changing nands. The quotations remain about the same as last week's: Middling, 12J@12S ; low middling, 12} ; good ordinary, lli @lli, and lower grades 10 to 12i. Country Flour, $3.25@$3.50 per sack from wagons; Corn, 05@70 cents per bushel; Meal, 80@85 cents; Oats, 60 to 65 cents. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, November 12.-The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending to-day: 1875. 1874. Receipts at all ports for the week..l49,962 160,041 Total receipts to date 1,062,574 955,547 Exports for the week, 87,227 111,987 Total exports to date, 420,566 382,171 Stock at all United States ports...521,724 474,777 Stock at interior towns 73,347 81,120 Stock at Liverpool, 586,000 557,000 American afioatfor Great Britain, 132,000 198,000 chesTer market report. corrected weekly by the board ok trade. CHESTER, S. C., November 15, 1875. Cotton?Middling, @ 121 Low Mjddling, @ lli Good Ordinary, @ 11 Bacon?C. R. Sides, 16 @ 16i Bulk C. R. Sides, 151 @ 16 Shoulders, @ 13 Uncanvassed Hams, @ 18 Canvassed Hams, @ 20 Lard?"p lt>., @ 20 Butter?ft lb., @ 25 Eggs?"ft dozen, @ 25 Candles?Wax, lb., @ 50 Sperin, ^ lb., @ 50 Adamantine, lb., 20 @ 25 Coffee?Old Government Java, 40 @ 45 Rio 25 @ 35 Sugar?A, 124 @ 14 Extra C, 12 @ 13 Crushed, 15 @ 16 Granulated, 13 @ 15 Corn?$ bushel, old * @115 ft. bushel, new @1 00 Oats?'pi bushel, @ 80 Flour?Family, sack, @5 00 Extra, ft sack, @4 50 Super, ft sack, @4 00 Hay?Timothy, @2 00 North Carolina, @1 50 Iron?Bar, 6 @ 7 Swedes, 0 @ 10 Mountain Moulds, 7 @ 8 Mackerel?Kits, No. 1, 2 50 @2 75 " 44 2, 2 00 @2 25 Molasses?New Orleans, ft gal?bbl @ 90 44 44 44 44 retail,... @1 00 Muscovado, 44 44 bbl., @ 65 44 44 44 retail,... @ 75 Syrup, 1? gal.?bbl @ 45 44 44 44 retail, @ 50 Nails?tOd to (5()d "j? keg, 5 00 @5 50 4d to 8d keg, 5 50 @6 00 Oils?Kerosinc, gallon, @ 50 Train, 44 44 @1 15 Linseed, 44 44 1 15 @1 25 Lubricating44 44 1 25 @1 50 Shirting?Brown, ^ vard, 9 @ 11 4-4 44 44 11 @ 124 Osnaburgs 44 44 15 @ 18 Prints, ,4 44 8 @ 10 Yarn?^ bunch, @1 50 Rick?ft lb 124 Potatoes?Irish?North Carolina @1 00 Sweet, @ 75 Qtppt Plnur TA Ih 10 (n\ 11 Cast " " ''...25 @ 30 Salt?-p sack, @2 00 Bauoino?Domestic, yard, (3) 18J Borneo 44 44 (a) 1HJ Dundee 44 14 @ 14 Tiks-^ tt. 6 @ 7 Financial. NEW YORK, November 15.-Gold, 1.14@U43. Special Itoticcs. Religious Services Will be held at the house of Mr. A. D. Harvey, on Friday, the 2(ith instant, at 2 o'oloek, P. M. W. W. RATCHFORD. November 18 48 2t Religious Notice. Service will commence at 10 o'clock, Saturday morning next, 20th instant, at the Associate Re- ] lormeu c nurrii, in xoraviiie. 1110 xjuru ? ou^por will be dispelled on Sabbath. R. LATHAN, Pastor. November 18 48 It Stonewall Jackson. We understand that the well-known publishing house of D. APPLETON A CO., of New York, have nearly ready for publication the LIFE OF STONEWALL JACKSON, fully illustrated by views and portraits, including the orations and scenes attending the unveiling of Foley's Statue of Stonewall Jackson, at Richmond. We advise { all, especially disabled soldiers and women out of work, to write to the publishers at once and secure an agency, as the work is to be sold by subscription. It will have a large sale. i November 18 48 It To Druggists, Hardware and General Mer chants. | I carry in stock from 1,000 to 3,000 boxes of j 1 window glass, (the largest stock in the South,) embracing all sizes, from 4x6 to 40x60 in single j or double thick and polished plate. Standard ! brands of French and American make. Stained, Cut, Ground, Enameled, and Church Glass. Putty by the bladder or ton. Glaziers' Points, Knives, I Diamonds, <Sc. Above arc imported direct from the factories and I guarantee bottom prices. Send for latest quotations. Truly yours, P. P. TOALE, i Charleston, S. C. J November 11 40 tf ] Green's Augost Flower. *] It is natural for people suffering with Dyspepsia md Liver Complaint or any derangement of the Kgestive organs, such as Sour Stomach, Sick -| Headache, Habitual Costiveness, palpitation of J ;he heart, Heart-burn, Water-brash, gnawing and ai liming pains at the pit of the stomach, Yellow b Skin, Coated Tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, fee., to put off from day to day, buying an article ' lhat they know has cured their neighbor, friend or tl relative, yet they have no faith in it until it is too late. But if you will go to the York Drug Store ~ ind get a bottle of Green's August Flower, pour immediate cure is as certain as you live. Sample Bottles of this medicine can be obtained p for 10 cents to try its superior virtue. Regular size 75 cents. Try it; two doses will ~ relieve any case. I October 21 25 eawly ^ HYMENEAL. Marrikd?In Fort Mill township, on the 11th ^ instant, bv Elder J. M. Garrison, Mr. WILLIAM , H. WINDLE and Miss DORA ANN BLANKENSHIP. All of York county. OBITUARY, 1 Died?In this county, on the 9th instant, from dropsy, Mr. STANLEY FEWELL, aged about _ seventy years. Near Blairsville, in York county, on the 9th b instant, of diphtheria, POLINE ISABELLA, daughter of L. D. <fe Mary Lindsey, aged 2 years 8 mouths and 27 days. 1 FOR SALE. * Ioflfer at private sale, the following articles, viz: One Buggy and Harness, 1 One Saddle and Riding Bridle, One Set Wagon Harness, * Harrow, Plows and other Farming Utensils. The above articles will be sold separately or together, at reasonable prices. I F. CHRISTMAN. i November 18 4(J It FRESH BEEF. , THE undersigned, successor to S. A. McElwee, , would respectfully inform the citizens of Yorkville, that be will continue the business of butchering, and will have on the market EVERY Hi v of fho ufaiiH fnrmorlv npnnnicH hv Mr. Mc- I E1 wee.^FR ES HMOUNTAIN B feEFof th e best quality, which will be retailed at the lowest price at which a good article can be afforded. The mar- - ket will he open from 5 o'clock to 8 o'clock every morning. All bills for Beef will be required to be j Bettled monthly. C. J. EDNEY. November 18 46 lm ^ IX BANKRUPTCY. _ In the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. ^ In the Matter of 1 SAMUEL ANDERSON, \ In Bankruptcy. Bankrupt. J NOTICE is hereby given that A 2D GENERAL MEETING oi the Creditors of the above- , named Bankrupt, will be held before WM. I. i CLAWSON, Esq., Registerin Bankruptcy of said Court, in his office at Yorkville, South Carolina, , on the 2d day of December, 1875, for the purpose of declaring a Dividend of the Bankrupt's estate, and for the other purposes named in the twentyseventh section of the Bankrupt Act of March 2, 1867. J. H. CLAWSON, Assignee. 1 November 18 46 2t I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. ^ "imfHEREAS J. P. MOORE has applied to f y me for Letters of Administration on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOHN BURRIS, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. i These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next 1 Judge of Probate's Court for the said countv, to be holuen at York Court House on the 2rd DAY OF ~ DECEM BER, next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. 1 Given under my hand and Seal, this 16th day of J November, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and seventy-five, and in the 100th year of the Independence of the United ^ Statesof America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. November 18 46 2t J. N. ROBSON^ 7 68 EAST BAY, J COMMISSION MERCHANT , AND DEALER IN FERTILIZERS. Charleston, S. C., November 1, 1875. J HAVING been engaged for twenty years in the Guano Trade, with eminent success, 1 deemed it advisable to introduce Fertilizers under my , own name and guarantee. I have made arrange- J menls to have prepared a Guano under my inspection and control, called ROBSON'S COTTON " AND CORN FERTILIZER. This Guano is of t the highest standard. It contains, among other valuable ingredients, three per cent, of Ammo- : nia, one and a half per cent, of Potash, and four- ( teen per cent, of Available Phosphate. I also have prepared for me a COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE of the highest standard. These Fertilizers are compounded of the purest materials, and are manipulated and tested under the ( supervision of Dr. St. J. Ravenel, of this city, ] whose name gives a warrant for their high char- I acter and adaptation to our soil. I offer these Fertilizers to Planters on the following fevorable I terms: ( ROBSON'S COTTON & CORN FERTILIZER, S Cash, $46 per ton; on time, $53. t ROBSON'S COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE, 1 Cash, $30 per ton; on time, $35. Planters ordering immediately will be allowed to the first of April to decide which they prefer, f cash or time. An order for a car load or eight tons will be sent free of drayage; but for a less t amount $1 per ton will be charged. On orders for large lots from Grangers or dealers, a liberal discount will be allowed. I take this occasion to return my thanks to ^ those who have so largely patronized the Fertilizers hitherto offered by me, and in soliciting their favorable attention to "another, I pledge my best efforts to meet a continuance or confidence by keeping the highest standard of Fertilizers adapted to cotton and corn. J .November la so 01 W. H. & J. P. HERNDON. ' OUR 1 FLOUR cannot be beaten for the same money. J We have it at & and $4.50 per sack. Made out of good wheat. Our BOOK-KEEPER 1 is ready, at all times, to close your Guano Notes and Accounts. He IS very anxious for every one to go away and say, I ^ have paid my account and Guano Note without any interest on the Note. Please be READY i by the 1st of December, and say, when you walk out of this house, that you owe no man, AND { that the balance of your cotton you can hold un- til you are WILLING to sell it. Remember me, kind friends, 1 Respectfully, W. H. HERNDON. SEED WHEATT WE will not sell Seed Wheat on a credit. So please do not ask us. We sell it for $2.25 pet'bushel, cash. None for sale on credit. 4 W. H. A J. P. HERNDON. \ BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. S BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, of the nicest kind, a for sale at the Grocery of W. H. A J. P. HERNDON. MOSfEY g rS the thing to buy cheap Groceries with. This | is the place to buy them. P W. H. A J. P. HERNDON. 8l BROG3IS EVERY man who has a Gin ought to have one ^ of our yard Brooms to sweep his Gin house I door. W. H. A J. P. HERNDON. ^ M. STRAUSS. ~ JUST OPENED. ELEGANT styles <5f Prints, Furs, Shawls, Plaids and Hosiery, at the Store of M. STRAUSS. { AT POSfTIVE BARGAI^S. MEN'S Wear, such as Raglans, Overcoats and Business Coats, are offered at positive Bargains, by M. STRAUSS. J _______ ALL needing Shoos should give me a trial before purchasing elsewhere and paving much nore for thu same Goods. M. Si* RAUS8. J TOWN ORDINANCE. 4T a meeting of the Town Council, held on the 2oth ultimo, the following Ordinance was j )sh86(1 * h Be it Ordained by the Town Council of York- ? rille, S. C., that in order to raise supplies to derav the contingent expenses of said town, a tax i )f'TWO MILLS ON THE DOLLAR be levied A ipon all real and personal property within the :orporate limits of Yorkville. Said tax to be ? mid on or before the 20th of December next. W. H. McCORKLE, Intendant. J. R. Schorb, Clerk and Treasurer. 1 November 4 44 7t ?J ~WATCHE3, JEWELRY AND CLOCKsT uj F3R sale and repaired. Work warranted at R. hfl BRANDT'S Jewelry Store, opposite the Court an louse, Chester, S. C. r. M. DOBSON & CO. GUANO NOTES. ?ERSONS owing us for Guano will bear in mind that the Eagle and Pacilic Companies re charging one anil a half per cent, per month, iterest. T. M. DOBSON <fe CO., Agents. STOVES. tTR7"E sell the best Stove?the Tropic Cooking if Stove?for the least inonej', ever sold in lis market. Price $26 and $.'10, freight added. T. M. DOBSON <ft CO. WINDOW SHADES. ' [*7"E have a few of those nice and cheap Winf | dow Shades for sale. Call soon if you exect to get any of them. T. M. DOBSON & CO. CROCKERY. rHERE is a nice assortment of Crockery in our Grocery department, at reasonable prices. T. M. DOBSON <fe CO. MILES' SHOE& rOU can find an assortment of Miles' Child's, Misses' and Ladies' Shoes, as cheap as the heanest. T. M. DOBSON <fe CO. rubber goods. A NICE Rubber Overcoat and Leggins to match, \ all for a little money, can be found at T. M. DOBSON <fe CO'S. alpacas. rHE largest and best assortment of black Alpacas. at the lowest prices for the cash, can e found at DOBSON'S. ~~water-proof clottl rUST received, a lot of nice water-proof Cloth, for Misses and Ladies. T. M. DOBSON & CO. ready-made shirts. rMTE have the best Ready-Made Shirts in this r? market at $2.00. Call and be sure what we *y la so. . T. M. DOBSON A CO. roll hinges. [F you want Roll Hinges, DOBSON'S is the , L place to get them. just received ~ YARDS of Alamance Plaids, for every J day wear, for sale at DOBSON'S. ^ lightning saws. 1 rOU can find a Lightning Cross-Cut Saw, for a ' little spons, at DOBSON'S. meal bags. rOU can find a large lot of nice Meal Bags, at eighty cents a piece, at D0B80N'8. paper collars. rOU can find the largest stock and best assortment of Paper Collars, at DOBSON'8. bom 7 ' rHE best assortment of Boots can be found at DOBSON'8. shoes. 4 FULL stock of every day Shoes, J&rone dol lar and a nair, at iajttflujvo. shirting. rOU can buy fourteen yards of Coarse Shirting for one dollar, at DOBSON'S. bleached shirting. BLEACHED SHIRTING ten yards for a dollar, at DOBSON'8. ^ augers and chisels. fcTOU can find a good assortment of Augers and I Chisels at DOBSON'S. boys' boots. A GOOD assortment of Boy's Boots, full stock, II at DOBSON'8. coffee mills. rOU can find an assortment of Coffee Mills, at DOBSON'8. locks! alM, Stock, Pad and Till Locks for sale at DOBSON'S. > axes. K70U can find a nice assortment of chopping 1. and hand Axes at DOBSON'S. cotton flannel. | A7"OU can buy Cotton Flannel at 15 cents per I yard, at DOBSON'S. cotton cards. ITfrE have the best Cotton Cards. Call and see V H them. T. M. DOBSON A CO. J curtain lace! * kTICE Lace, for Curtains, can be found at the 31 Store of T. M. DOBSON A CO. sausage grinders. ?? SAUSAGE GRINDERS can be found at DOB- J 3 SON'S 8tore. CLARK BROTHERS JA8H PRICES AT THE GROCERY STORE OF CLARK BROTHERS. X)RN?from wagons, 75 to 80 1EAL? From wagons, 90c. to $1.00 1ACON?Bulk C. R. Sides, 15 to 17 Shoulders, 12$ jARD?Per pound, 20 JOFFEE?Rio, 28 to 33 IUGAR?A 13 to 14 Extra C, 12$ to 14 "LOUR?From wagons, |3,75 to 34.00 Retail, H.00tof4.S0 LAST NOTICEU rHE Books and Notes belonging to the lata firm of CARROLL, CLARK <ft CO., will be urned over on the 1st of December for collection. GUANO NOTES. . 1 LL Notes for Guano are past due, and 2 per ^ \ cent a month interest will be charged. R. F. CLARK, Agent. PLOW STEEL. ~T~~ READY-MADE Plows and Plow Steel for sale at CLARK BROTHERS'. CREAM CHEESE. rHE very best Cream Cheese for sale at CLARK BROTHERS'. SOLE LEATHER. " HEMLOCK Sole Leather, the best in town, can be found at CLARK BROTHERS'. HORSE AND MULE SHOES. A LOT of Horse and Mule Shoes for sale by \ CLARK BROTHERS. RICE. A LOT of Rice, new crop, on hand and for sale 1. at CLARK BROTHERS'. PEARL GRIST. A LOT of Pearl Grist on hand and for sale by \ CLARK BROTHERS. IRO^ ^ COLLOP, Square and Tire Iron, cheap for cash. 5 at CLARK BROTHERS'. CROCKERY^ A LOT of Crockery Ware for sale at \ CLARK BROTHERS'. ~ JOHN C. KUYKENDiJL^ BERTRAJVD FRERES' ~ "GENUINE imported Extracts for the Hand* JT kerchief. These goods are as fine and as per* }ct in odor as can be made. We have them on ae pour, and can furnish them to customers in ny quantity. Call at the York Drug Store. J. C. KUYKENDAL. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ~|UR stock of Drugs and Chemicals was never J fuller or more complete in all departments. 'hysicians are specially invited to examine our ock and prices. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. DAVIDSON'S"ATOMIZER, ? ? -J "COMBINING an elegant Periume Aioroizer ?uu J a Spray for Physicians' use. For sale at the ork Drug Store. J. C. KUYKENDAL. FLAY O RIIV GE XTR ACTS, [NOR cooking purposas, of all kinds and of the L1 best quality, at the York Drug Store. * J. C. KUYKENDAL. THETRUX CONTINUES )N Chewing and Smoking Tobacco and Cigars, at the York Drug Store. J. C. KUYKENDAL. MAGIC BALSAM. rACKSON'S Magic Balsam cures pains instanter. For sale at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. A SMART THING. L SPREAD Mustard Plaster. On hand at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. CONCENTRATED LEY LND Concentrated Milk can be had at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. "^OCKETCOOKING STOYE. L COMPLETE article. No humbug. Call ait the York Drug Store and see. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. COFFINS. _ IUST received and in my Shop, a large supply I of WOOD COFFINS AND CASKETS, of all zes and qualities, already Iximmed and finished i In appearance equal to metalic cases. Also, on ind, a full assortment of METALIC CA8ES id CASKETS. J. E. SMITH, Agent. October 21 42 tf '