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^ctaps and Jfarts. | ? Only three editors attended the meeting i of the Editorial Association in Newbern, N. C., on the 16th ultimo. ? The Charlotte Observer has the most gratifying reports of the growing crops in Mecklenburg county. ? Dr. Charles J. Fox, a prominent citizen of Charlotte, N. C., died on the morning of the 28th ultimo, aged about 65 years. ? W. W. Jenkins, son of the State Treasurer, has been appointed postmaster at Charlotte, N. C. ? The 101st anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, was duly and appropriately celebrated in Charlotte, N. C., _ iL . ftAit ..li* ob me zum uiumo. ? H. A. London, of Pittsboro, N. C., has sent to the Centennial 340 pennyweights of gold, recently taken from his celebrated mine in Chatham county. ? Gen. D. H. Hill's name is brought prominently forward as the Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina. ? It has been decided in Iowa, that a man who elopes with another man's wife, can be tried for the offense of receiving stolen property. ? At a sale of short horn Durhams, near Chicago last week, a herd of sixty-five were sold and realized a total of over $70,000. The average price for cows was $1,136, and for bulls $814. , ? Twenty United States prisoners, recently convicted in North Carolina of whisky frauds, ' were received at the Albany penitentiary on Thursday last, and assigned to their several tasks. ? Two years ago, H. W. Edmunds, paying teller of the Second National Bank of Boston, was discharged because he could not account for $10,000. The missing money was found last Thursday, in the crevice of a safe into which it had slipped. ?In Mecklenburg N. C. Superior Court, last week, W. H. H. Houston, indicted in two cases for forgery, submitted and was found guilty in both. Sentence of ten years at hard labor in the penitentiary, was pronounced in one case, and judgment suspended in the other. ? A member of the Ways and Means Comraiteee is authority for the statement that the committee will recommend the adoption of the bill to repeal the bank-check stamp tax, which would cut off 81,500,000 from the revenue. ? The senate committe on banking and currency, have agreed upon Randall's bill, authorizing the further issue of silver coin. It provides for the issue of 820,000,000 of silver coins, and also for the purchase of silver bullion not exceeding, at one time, 81,000,000. ? Rev. Thomas L. DeVaux, editor of the N. C. Presbyterian, died in Wilmington on the 23rd ultimo. Mr. DeVaux was a native of South Carolina, where he first officiated as a minister of the Presbyterian Church. He edited the Pi-esbyterian nearly four years previous to his death. ? intimating the strength ot the republican candidates for the Presidency, the Cincinnati Commercial says: "We think it settled that Bristow will have the largest vote on the first ballot, and that be will be rapidly reinforced from Tennessee, Ohio and New York, acquiring a preponderence and momentum that will give him the nomination." ? A Chicago woman applied for divorce on the ground that her husband kept secret from her before marriage the fact that he had lost all his toes from one foot. The plea was considered insufficient, as it appears she took the man for better or worse, and had a right to examine his toes before the contract was completed. ? The Southern Presbyterian furnishes some instructive figures showing the comparative cost of certain "unnecessaries," from which it appears that the country pays 870,000,000 annually for dogs, 8610,000,000 for tobacco, and 82,200,000,000 for intoxicating liquors. The figures are given for the purpose of contrasting the respective items with the sum annually paid salaries to ministers of the Gospel, which is given at 86,000,000 only. ?The national debt was said to be a national blessing ; but it has been reserved for a Massachusetts pastor to explain how the debt on his church is a blessing?and not in disguise, either. He says: "We have a debt on our church. It has been there for a long time. It will dou btless be there for a long A- -? ? A* ? ? ?? \\) nnb r\ nAr?. LllLie LU CUUIC. fT lieu nc aic aoauu iu wutribute to any object, we refer to the debt. It has thus saved us a great deal of money? more than the debt itself, many times over." ? Hon. Thomas L. Jones, of Kentucky, has ' introduced a bill in the House to charter a railroad from Charleston, S. C., to Chicago. 1'he proposed road passes through the middle of Kentucky. The bill provides that the Government is to guarantee the bonds of the company, payable in fifty years, to the amount of ?30,000 per mile, the principal and interest (at 5 per cent.) payable in gold. The bill will not come up for passage until the next session of Congress. ? A letter from Z. Mott, one of a company of Cincinnatians who left for the Black Hills some time ago, dated at Kearney Junction, May 21st, states that the Indians are on the war path, killing miners at a fearful rate. He says out of forty-two men at Dearwood, twenty-seven have been killed by savages and five other men were killed and scalped within three miles of Custer City. There is plenty of gold, he says, northwest of Custer City, but it is impossible to get at it on account of the Indians. ? A noticeable feature of the steamship departures from New York is the large number of passengers going out, especially in the steerage. The applications for passage, weeks ahead, are so numerous at some of the companies' offices,that they may have to take into consideration the exDediencv of putting on the extra steamers which were withdrawn early in the season, in consequence of a falling off in business. This is altogether contrary to the anticipations touching the volume of this summer's travel to Europe, which generally prevailed awhile ago. ? The Western Union Telegraph Company has begun the work of laying the telegraph wires under ground in New York City, as an experiment. Iron pipes to hold one hundred and twenty-five wires are being laid between the Cotton Exchange, the telegraph company's buildings and other points. Pneumatic tubes of brass, for the transmission of written messages by the air blast, are also being laid. If these experiments should demonstrate the practicability of carrying the wires underground, the advantages to be obtained from the system will certainly lead to a rapid extension. ? It is believed that the Senate Committee on postoffices and post roads will recommend the restoration of the franking privilege to members of Congress, where their coramuni- J cations are of an official character, and the j abolition of the official stamp now in use by j the executive departments, and restore the ! privilege to the heads of the bureaus the same j as it existed before the repeal of the law. j Experience has demonstrated that instead of j the stamp system being a saving to the gov-1 erument, it is an expense to thfrftacilnt in-1 - volved m printing tne sharps. The abuse ot I the privilege is shp^^o be as great under the stamping syf**m as under the old law."* I ? An exhibition of the Oestberg fire extin-: guishiug apparatus took place it Berlin recently in the presence of the Emperor, the Empress and other distinguished persons. The inventor is a Swede named Oestberg.! Capt. Aldstrom appeared in a peculiar-look-; ing costume, made of the Oestberg invention, I and walked into an immense fire made of wood, saturated with petroleum. The heat of the fire was so intense that no one else could approach within eighty paces without 1 being burnt or scorched. The captain how- i : ever, walked around in the glowing pile per- 1 feetlv undisturbed, leaning on the burning \ wood and finally quietly seated himself on , the coals. He remained in the fire for fifteen ] minutes, and on coming out every one press- , ed round to see how much he had been in- J jured. He was unharmed, and in spite of the Emperor's asseveration that he had seen i enough of so dangerous an experiment, Capt. i Alderstram went again into the fiery oven, j On finally emerging, he took off the suit and , appeared in red flannel. ?he fjMfeville <?aquim.| ? I YORKVII.LE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNINff, JUNE 1, 1876. i PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. ] In the Senate on the 23rd, a resolution was ( adopted directing the Secretary of the Treas- , ury to furnish a detailed estimate of the amount required to execute^the House bill amendatory of the law pensioning soldiers , and sailors of the war of 1812. Mr. Robert- . son, of South Carolina, presented the resolutions of the Charleston Chamber of Com- , merce, remonstrating against the admission of , rice free of duty as proposed by the Hawaiian j treaty. The House went immediately into ( committee of the whole on the naval affairs , bill. Some five amendments were pending , regarding navy yards over which there are . local struggles. Mr. Randall spoke in favor , of his amendment looking to establishing ] naval stations at Tybee island or Cockspur < island. The amendment was agreed to by a ( vote of 97 to 34. The committee rose and the bill passed. The remainder of the session was devoted to the Indian appropriation bill. ( In the Senate on the 24th, a bill establish- ^ ing the rank of paymaster-general as briga- , dier-general, passed. The naval committee , reported adversely on the petition of Capt. A. Roe, of the United States Navy, for reimbursement of property in Virginia, lost or destroyed during the war. The House joint i resolution was passed requesting the President i to take such steps as he may deem proper to se- j cure the pardon or release of Edward 0. Mc- 1 Condon, now confined in an English prison. After executive session, and with no result in I the impeachment of Belknap, the Senate ad- i journed. In the House, the Southern laud i bill went over without action. Harris, of the i committee on elections, renorted James H. ] Rainey, the sitting member from South Carolina, duly elected. Other contested cases were considered, after which Wilson, of Iowa, offered a resolution directing the committee on commerce to enquire into an alleged combination of leading railroads for the purpose of controlling traffic. The resolution was adopted and the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 25th, a number of private bills were reported favorably, and a bill was introduced removing the political disabilities of Dr. Thomas H. Williams, of Maryland. After executive session the Senate adjourned. The House refused to concur in the Senate amendments to the bill appointing receivers for National banks, and asks a committee of conference. The election committee on the contested case of Buttz vs. Mackey, from South Carolina, report in favor of. referring the case back to the people. ] In the Senate on the 26th, the committee i on appropriations reported the legislative ap- i propriation bill, with nearly all the new fea- , tures put in by the House stricken out. The j House resolution calling on the Secretary of i War for the number of troops stationed in ( the Southern States, at what points and for , what purposes, met with objection from the ; Republican side, and could not be entertain- i ed. After executive session, and one of the , impeachment court, without result, the Senate adjourned. In the House, Luttrell introduced a resolution reciting a newspaper article i stating that 8300,000 had been expended by the Pacific coast to procure the passage of : the Hawaiian treaty, and directing the com- ! mittee on ways and means to investigate it. 1 Adopted. A number of private bills passed < and the House adjourned. ! The proceedings of either House on the j 27th, were devoid of interest. i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Judge Mackey delivered an address before the Lancaster Sons of Temperance on 1 the 26th ultimo. ?One hundred and thirty-eight cases of mandamus regarding taxes, were brought before Judge Shaw at Sumter. ?Great preparations are making at Charles- 1 ton for the proper celebration of the Fort 1 Moultrie Centennial, on the 28th of June. n ni 1? UUVCiUUi Viiamuciiaiu uao uoucu an a\xdress to the people of the State, inviting them to consider the 28th of June, the one hundredth anniversary of the battle of Fort Moultrie, as a public holiday. ? The name of Larkin Holloway, one of the negroes who was lynched at Abbeville, last week, for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Harmon, is among the recently drawn petit jurors to serve at the term of the U. S. Cir- : cuit Court to be held in Columbia next November. ? There are four hundred convicts in the 1 State penitentiary. At a meeting of the ' board of directors of the institution, held in Columbia last week, it was determined to hire about two hundred of the convicts to work on the railroad between Columbia and Alston. 1 ? John A. Bangle, who resided in Newberry, and has for a number of years been ekeing out a miserable existence, receiving medi- j cal attention and food from the charitably in-' clined, died in that town last week. Since j his death, it has been ascertained that he had j1 iu bank and in secret places of deposit, thir- j1 ty-five hundred dollars in money. ? It is now said that Niles G. Parker, after :' being released by Judge Mackey, made his 11 ncnono Kv ttiP assist an ee of Joe Crews, who { first carried him on a hand car to his (Crews') j place on the Greenville and Columbia Rail- j road, and froiu thence by train to Martin's j! depot, and by buggy to Laurens Courthouse, i From Laurens he went by private conveyance j' to Morganton, N. C., then to Morristown, j Tenn.,. on to Nashville, St. Louis, &c. ! ( ? A letter dated Walterboro, May 21, to j i the Charleston News and Courier, represents ! < great Restitution and distress in Colleton 1 county. \Three townships have reported one < hundred twenty-five families, averaging ! 1 six in family, all without bread. The mer- i chants of V^alterboro declare their inability I to advance supplies, and a meeting of the i people i i to ok held on the 5th instant to 1 make efforts fiM^taining relief. < ? The LancflR grand jury, in their pre- < sentment, made^?fellowing reply to Judge 1 Mackey's apolo^Hk'The grand jury desire to l express to the C^B^heir due appreciation of 1 the unqualified <|^BjK)cr made by his honor < the presiding judge, of any purpose to impute to their body or any member thereof any corrupt br improper motive in any action they may have deemed it proper for them to take in the discharge of their official duties at the last term. The grand jury are at all times, and ever have been, ready to co-operate with the Court in the due enforcement of the criminal laws of the State, according to their best abilities." ? Governor Chamberlain has issued commissions to Judges Reed and Shaw for four years from the date of their election. Under these commissions the term of Judge Reed will expire on December 11, 1878, and that of Judge Shaw on February 12, 1879. The *? mitk tliO commissions ure given 111 UlUUi utility *n?n mw Executive judgment that, under the Constitution, a Circuit Judge once in office, and however elected, holds office for the full term of four years. The former commissions were only for the unexpired term of the predecessors of Judges Reed and Shaw, expiring in August next. This action of Governor Chamberlain puts the claim of Whipper and Moses in its proper shape. They have no commissions, and Judges Reed and Shaw, whose offices they seek, have commissions running two years and more. ? McEvoy, the condemned murderer of Maj. Gregg, at Graniteville, several weeks ago, is said to manifest the most stolid indifference to his fate. When he received the sentence to be hanged on the 30th of June, uot a muscle quivered. He has sent for his fiddle to the jail, and he passes the time playing on it, asserting that he will eventually avade the penalty of the law. It is said that a colored lawyer will appeal to the Supreme Court in behalf of McEvoy, although it is said the latter, when he heard that an appeal would cost two hundred dollars, swore that he would not give that amount to live fol-ever. Hie Episcopal clergyman at Aiken has visit3d the condemned man several times, but his id monitions are treated with scorn, and McEvoy indulges in the most profane abuse Df him after he leaves. From all accounts, the murderer seems to be one of those men whom it is best to have out of the world as speedily as possible. MERE-MENTION. Six inches of rain in some portions of Colorado, and three feet of snow in others were reported last week. Frost was so severe in Massachusetts last week as to kill strawberry vines. Hon. J. A. Crawford, of Langston, Georgia, was stung on the head by a bee last Thursday, and died in two minutes. Secretary Bristow asks for troops to enforce the revenue laws in one of the counties of Missouri. John Jones, late Treasurer of Georgia, has been indicted for withholding over 8100,000, said to be due L- T>L~ TV, [/lie OlttlU. J.11C lien uciacj x/ciuuujanv/ resolutions favor hard money and Joel Parker for the Presidency. The New Orleans Picayune says twenty-nine negroes were killed in Wilkinson county, Miss., during the recent troubles there. It seems that politics did not jnterinto the difficulties. California Demjcrats are divided between Hendricks and Tilden. A gold mine in Georgia was sold last week to an English company for 5140,000, cash down. Recent heavy mctiou sales of dry goods in New York jndi3ate a healthy state of trade in the metropolis. The resolutions of the Michigan Democrats declare for hard money currency, rhe delegation to the St. Louis Convention stands sixteen for Tilden and six for HenJricks. The Washington Chronicle calls lustily for a repeal of the two-cent stamp tax jpon checks. Nine cadet-midshipmen, 01 the second and third classes, have been required to resign or suffer ejectment for stealing. The latest foreign advices indicate that a war is imminent between the great powsrs of Europe?Russia, Germany and Austria Dn the one side, against Turkey, aided by France, England and Italy on the other. The trouble arises on account of the persecutions af Christians by the Turks. ? ? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Changes in the Cabinet. Last week, President Grant made the following nominations: Attorney-General Pierrepont, Minister to England ; Judge Taft, the new Secretary of War, to be AttorneyGeneral ; and J. Donald Cameron, of Pennsylvania, son of Simon Cameron, to be Secretary of War. The Senate confirmed the nominations immediately and without debate. The action of the President in appointing Cameron to a position in the Cabinet was a surprise to the Washington politicians. It is charged that Grant favors Conkling as the Republican nominee for the Presidency, and that he gave Cameron a position in his Cabinet with the view of strengthening Conkling's chances iu the Cincinnati convention. This, of course, displeases the adherents of Blaine and Morton, both of whom aspire to the Presidential chair, and the latest movement of the President promises to spread disintegration in the ranks of the Republican leaders. Republican Political Notes. The Alabama Republican Convention met in Montgomery on Wednesday of last week. Morton was declared the choice of the Convention for President. The Kansas State Convention declare in favor of Blaine. The Missouri Convention, in session in St. Louis on the 25th, declare for coin or paper convertible into coin. For President, the delegation stands: Blaine, 14; Morton, 12; Bristow, 3; Conkling, 1. The delegates to the Cincinnati Convention, chosen in the Nebraska State Convention, were instructed to vote for Blaine. In the Minnesota State Convention, a resoI"*'"" ,?>??. o/lnnforl urith thrpp rl 1SSP11 titl(r lutiwu nao uivu v?>?v votes, expressing a preference for Blaine, but the delegation is not instructed. The platform of the Illinois Convention remits the currency question to the National Convention. Mr. Bevcridge addressed the Convention, endorsing Blaine. The delegates, however, were uniustructed by resolution. A resolution declaring it impolitic to send Federal office holders to the National Convention was rejected. The resolutions adopted by the New Hampshire Convention leave the delegates to the National Convention uniustructed. rronble in the Rice Region. For several days past the negro laborsrs in the rice-growing district on Combahee, j pAllrtfAn nnnnfv koun Konn /in q ofpllro in ! Ill V>UiiClUU WUUIJ, HUTU v/u wumv, . sonsequence of a reduction of wages, as is alleged by some of the discontented ones; while )ther accounts attribute the dissatisfaction to the system adopted by the planters of pay-1 ng wages in tickets or "checks." To obviate ,he innumerable difficulties arising from keep- j ng accounts with the laborers, the planters mve been in the habit of paying them in the 1 ivening for each day's work performed?fifty ;ehts being the wages of a hand. But recent-1 y, owing to the Hawaiian treaty, admitting 1 ice from that island free of duty, the planters 'caring unremunerative prices in the future, j letcrmined to reduce wages to forty cents I per day, for which, in the scarcity of fractional. currency to nifeet their daily demands, they ! gave checks. These two causes are probably ! afrthe bottom of the trouble; though a writer ! in the News and Courier of Friday, characterizes it as a political movement agitated by ; evil-disposed white men. Whatever the cause, the movement has assumed serious propor- tious, the strikers marching from place to place and forcibly compelling even those who !' are disposed to work to join them. As a'1 consequence, all work is suspended in the rice ; fields. Nonviolence between the whites and ! blacks has been reported. With the view of having the ringleaders of the disturbance ' arrested and brought to trial for any viola- 1 tionsof the law of which they may be guilty, j' Gov. Chamberlain has appointed R. H. Col-1 cock, Esq., trial justice at Green Pond in | Colleton county, and instructed the Sheriff of, i that county to proceed to the scene of the dis- 1 turbances and exert all of his official powers in putting an end to all illegal action on the rmrt. nf the st.rikerH Rock Hill Presbyterian Church. Our Rock Hill correspondent having i, given a version of the compromise recently | ( effected between the Presbyterian Church at j j Rock Hill and W. P. Russell, wliich was af-1 I 1 terwards published in the News and Courier, ! j and being to some extent erroneous, Mr. Russell makes the correction, which, in justice to j | him, we republish from the News and Courier. I To the Editor of the News and Courier : In the issue of your paper of 20th instant, I notice that you say: "The suit of VV. P. Russell, Esq., of this city, vs. the Rock Hill Pres- i byterian Church, has at last been adjusted. ] The case was to have been tried at this term ( of the court in Columbia, before his Honor Judge Cooke, presiding, but a compromise was effected between the parties to this effect: The original demand of Mr. Russell against ( the church was 81,280 ; he agreed to take 1 therefor 81,000, and pay the cost of the ac- ! tion. It is, doubtless, a very satisfactory ar- ( rangeraent of the matter." This statement of the adjustment is in every particular incorrect. The original demand ( was only 81,159 23, and was compromised by our attorneys without our knowledge, after j we had arrived in Columbia, and notified 1 them through our bookkeeper that we had ! i arrived with our books and was ready to go i into court. The compromise was for 8950, as stated to ' us by our attorneys, and the church to pay all taxed costs, including our lawyers' fees in Charleston, and the mileage and per diem of ] our witnesses from Uharleston. we expected a verdict for ?1,159.23, with one per cent, per ; month from October 3, 1874, and expressed our surprise and regret that the matter had been compromised in this way, after we had arrived in Columbia, in obedience to a tele- 1 gram from our attorneys, without consulting 1 us, but we gave way to their course of action. Please do us the justice to publish this cor- i rection of your statement, and oblige. Yours, respectfully, W. P. Russell. Bast End Hasel street, May 22, 1876. PRESIDENT'S REPORT To the Annual Convention of the Stockhold* ers .of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, held at Lincoluton, N. C., on the 11th of May, 1876. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, I Chester and Lenoir N. U. Railroad Co., Chester, S. C., May 10, 1870. To the Stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir N. 1 G. Railroad Company: Gentlemen: Ah President of your road, en- 1 trusted by you, in conjunction with the Board of Directors, with the management of its affairs, it is incumbent upon me to render you a report of the operations and transactiops of the past year* Gross earnings ror year ending May 1, 1870, $17,148 37 Operating expenses, 10,159 49 Net earnings $ 6,988 88 In regard to the work done upon the road and its present condition, I refer you to the report of the Chief Engineer. From that report, it appears that the road-bed was graded ready for the superstructure in August or September last. It may seem to you that the road-bed being ready at that time, the laying of the track and completion of the road, so as to make it available for traffic, has been unreasonably delayed, and that you should have been, before this, reaping some advantage from your expenditure. That it is not so, none of you regret more than I do. This delay has not arisen from the want of assets upon the part of the Company, but from the difficulty of making the assets available, they consisting, for the most part, of the bonds issued in aid of the road by the counties of Chester and York?the individual subscriptions having been expended upon the roadbed. The stringency of the monetary affairs, particularly of our Southern section of the couutry, has rendered it difficult to dispose of the bonds at a fair valuation, and your Board of Directors has been averse to disposing of them at a sacrifice. That your road has not been sooner ready for traffic, has not been from want of effort upon the part of the Board of Directors. Shortly after our annual meeting, a proposition was made by a stockholder of Chester, to furnish the iron and fastenings, and cross ties, and lay the track from Yorkville to Dallas for $5,400 per , mile. Your Board was disposed to accede to this proposition, although they thought it too high, and appointed a committee to arrange the details of the contract; but they failed to agree to the J conditions demanded by him, deeming thorn injurious, if -not destructive, of the interests of the Company. ] Negotiations were attempted with some parties ( in Now York to exchange bonds for iron, but this also, after, at one tithe, promising fairly, failed of success. Nor was it until November, 1875, that a i contract for iron was effected with the Roane ; Iron Company, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the rate of ?(10 p?r ton of 2,240 lbs., they receiving in 1 payment the notes of the Company at twelve and 1 eighteen months, guaranteed by 29 citizens of j Chester and York. The whole amount of the < purchase was ?75,000. To secure the guarantors, 1 the Company deposited in the National Bank of 1 Chester, ?100,000, bonds of the counties of York, \ and Chester and executed a mortgage on the en- , tire road and road-bed from Chester to Dallas. 1 The bars and spikes were procured from the 1 Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, Va., upon , six months' time, the company depositing, as security, ?8,000 of county bonds. As some dissatisfaction was expressed by some 1 of the stockholders, at the refusal of the Board to i accept the proposition of a stockholder, without AnfAMi'Mni tnfA fhA rlnfoilo nf fho poitoo r?f rliaatrrpa. OllbUllllfj 41* l/V/ VUU VMV V..M.JW w. V.<UM&.WW inent, it will be sufficient, and I hope satisfactory ' to them, to know what saving has been made to | the company by this refusal which they depreca- , ted: Stockholder'* proposition was per mile, $5,400 00 ' Ptj'sent cost, rails per mile, $0,830 j F listening* and spikes per mile, 240 Ties per mile 450 Track laying per mile, 190 , Freight- 221 $3,931 00 Difference, $1,469.00 per mile, for26X miles, or a I total saving of. $38,928 00 The crosH ties it was found somewhat difficult to j, procure of good material. In order to expedite j' the work, forest pine ties were contracted for at a ' diminished cost. Of these there are some eight or i ten thousand. These will not last more than two | or three years. , The Depot buildings at Chester and the Air j ' Line Junction, have both been completed, and j | Mr. S. B. Lathan appointed Agent at Chester and j | Mr. James H. Fayssoux at the Junction. i . Satisfied that as soon as the road was open to | ' the Air Line for traffic, more tractive power would I be requisite, I have made arrangements for . another engine to be delivered on or before the ' 10th of June. 1 Owing to the financial embarrassment of the country, it has been found very difficult to dispose of the honds of the counties. There are about 8122,500 of them now pledged for the payment of iron and fastenings and other indebtedness of the company. Could these be sold at a fair valuation, it would discharge every obligation of the company, and leave it untramelled except for the amount due for the purchase of the King's Mountain Rail Road. At the annual meeting at Dallas, in Majr, 1874, a resolution was passed authorizing the issuing of mortgage bonds at the rate of85000 per mile. No action has as yet been taken in this direction. I i would respoctfully submit the propriety of doing j so now to your consideration. If we design car- I rying out our scheme of Road, we must devise! some plan for raising the necessary means. I do not think we should cease our efforts to keep the j work alive and moving. Should the work once stop, it will be more difficult to start it again. I Good faith to our friends in North Carolina, re-! quires that we should make every effort in our ! power to extend the road to its terminus at Le- I noir. I As you are all aware, there was an act passed | at the last session of the North Carolina Legisla- j . ture, amending our charter, giving us, upon the j | failure of subscription of the county of Catawba, ! 1 the right to run directly from Lincolnton to j t Hickory Station. The citizens of the latter place, j j with only one dissenting voice, have voted to | make a subscription, not exoeeding $25,000, to a ' road from Lincolnton to their town. If we can I c hold out a prospect to them of our determination ; j and ability to go on promptly, I have no doubt thev will willingly lend us their aid. Then let j * us nave no relaxing in our efforts; let us finish what we set out to do. Respectfully submitted. ; A. H. DAVEGA, President. < LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. M. Dobson <fe Co.?Bargains! Hunter A Oates?New Goods?Millinery?Ties and Bows?Yarn and Shirting?Shoes?Tobacco and Cigars?Cassimeres?Clothing and Hats?White Goods. J. M. Adams?Rags Wanted?Wanting?Stove Fixtures. W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Sweeps?Flour?Bran and Ham* John J. Smith?Look Out?Lard?Molasses?SeaFoam?Matches?Shot, AcJohn C. Kuvkendal?The York Drug Store. Jefferys A Metts.?Railroad Shares Wanted. THE POST OFFICE. The post office was moved last Monday to the room in the Jefferys building, next to the affice of Jefferys & Metts and opposite the store of H. W. Hope& Co. ELECTION AT FORT MILL. The recent municipal election at Fort Mill resulted in the choice of the former Board, viz.: T. B. Withers, Intendant; J. M. White, N". G. Bradford, B. F. Powell, R. G. Gibson, Wardens. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Last Tuesday afternoon, J. Patrick Palmer, who lives on church street near the Methodist :hurch, attempted to commits-' :de by swallowing elixir of opium. The erfects of the poison were detected soon after he had swallowed it. Drs. Barron and Kuykendal were jummoned to the relief of the rash man, and by promptly administering the proper autilotes he was soon placed out of daDger. CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD. The work of laying the track of the railroad. from OaHtonia to this nlace. which has been steadily progressing for some time, was completed last Thursday afternoon?the new track being connected with the old road at balf-past 6. Railroad communication is now open between Chester on the Charlotte, Colombia and Augusta rond, to Gastonia,on the Richmond and Atlauta Air-Line, a distance i)f forty-five miles. The first freight train, loaded with a consignment of cotton from G. W. Melton, of Chester, to his New York factors, Messrs. Hopkins, Dwight & Trowbridge, passed over the road on Friday last; and on Monday afternoon, after the arrival of the train from Chester, a freight train loaded with cotton for Messrs. Sanders & Blackwood, of Charlotte, was dispatched to Gnstonia, returning to Chester on regular schedule time Tuesday morning. Freight trains will be run regularly between this place and Gastonia, leaving here at 5:30 p. m., and returning at 7 next morning, on which passengers will be taken ; but regular passenger trains will not be put Dn the road until the track has been gone over by the section-masters. The track-layers, Messrs. Fry & Deal, resumed work last Monday at Gastonia, for the purpose of completing their engagement to lay the track to Dallas, a distance of four miles from the Air-Line road. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, May 29,1876. The announcement of the completion of the track-laying between Yorkville and Gastonia, and of the connection of these two points by rail, was received here with joyous emotions. While all classes of the community shared in the pleasure of the glad intelligence, the joy of the merchants reached probably a higher point. A reduction in freights loomed up before their delighted visions as the immediate consequence of the connection. One of our prominent merchants estimates the result of this reduction to be a saving of $50,000 per annum for this place, and he thinks this amount will be greatly increased in the course of time. Moreover the union of Chester and Gastonia by railway communication has tenJed to an increased demand for the bonds of Chester and York counties. Within the past tew days $22,000 of bonds of the latter county have been disposed of at satisfactory rates. Ihe present financial stringency is the only obstacle in the way of the entire absorption of the bonds of these two counties by their own citizens. No longer any doubt can be antertained in regard to the building of the road for which the bonds were issued ; consequently this feeling can no longer have an adverse influence upon the sale of the bbnds. Notwithstanding the present financial depression, I have no doubt, in consideration of the admitted safety and profitableness of the investment, that the bonds will be rapidly taken 11 n oris) tliat kafnra tlia ulnoo nf tha nranarit l4?/f UUU VIIUV MVIl/l V VUW VIWWV VMV |/? WVM? year the last York and Cheater county bond will have passed from the bands of the railroad company into those of buyers. Wednesday was a day full of joy to the pupils of the Baptist Sunday School. At an early hour in the morning, being comfortably fixed in buggies and wagons, they set out for Flint Hill, in the vicinity of Bethany Church, about four miles from town, where they arrived in due course of time, and at Dnce surrendered themselves, bodies and minds, to the pleasures of picnicing. The day was beautiful and of such a character as to seem specially adapted -to the amusement in which so many merry hearts gladly participated. The children of larger growth preferred seats beneath the shade of towering trees, where, in language proceeding both from the eye and tongue, they could hold ?uch communications as were most expressive sf the sentiments of the heart; while those of smaller growth found their happiness in playing games. The picnic was honored with the presence of some married ladies, who, besides keeping a tender watch upon the young folks, r._i : J: _ were very useiui iu arraugiug luc uiuuci iable in proper style. The delicious viands that were spread upon the festive board were enjoyed by a large number. The invitations so cordially extended by the members of the Baptist congregation to their friends in other churches were accepted, which accounted for the host of pleasure seekers at Flint Hill on Wednesday. It is probably unnecessary to say that this host were not only seekers, but finders of pleasure. From the time of tl^pir arrival upon the grounds until the hour of their departure, they were as happy as their hearts could desire. The day being spent, the merry throng reoccupied their seats in buggies and wagons, and directed their faces homewards. Arriving in town, they drove through the principal streets, with wagons *ayly adorned with evergreens, and voices of melody ringing in the air. Wednesday was also a pleasant day for the colored children of the town. With their friends, they formed in procession, marched tlown one side of Main street, then up the ether side, and continued the march to some juburban point, where they passed the day, I presume, agreeably. As the march was coniucted in single file, the line extended for a considerable distance. At the head of the Drocession, which presented a good appeari _j it- : ince, a oauner was carneu, wim iue lusunp lion, "The Cold Water Array." It is to be loped that the parents and teachers of the *ieing generation among the colored populalion, while displaying to their view a temperince banner, will not fail to teach them the ralue of temperance by example. In this vay only can the accomplishment of the delired end be secured. Amelia Johnson, colored, who, as was menioned in my last correspondence, was placed n jail for seriously cutting, with a knife, Magjie Wright, also colored, has been released on j rand to appear at the September term of the j Uourt of General Sessions. The condition j >f the woman that met with the injury is rap- , dly improving, and in all probability she will loon be entirely restored. My young friend, Mr. J. L. Hardin, fornerly of this place, and now of Charlotte, N. 1, has recently led to the hymenial altar one of Virginia'! fair daughters. He and bis bride were in our town last week, and were the happy recipients of congratulations .of friends. My young friend has acted with ?;reat wisdom in taking farewell of the single ralernity. He will discover, by experience, that single-blessedness "pales its ineffectual ! fires" when compared with the joys that are found in the holy state of matrimony. In obtaining a wife he doubtless feels that he has become an individual of greater importance in the world, which, in itself, is a highly pleasant feeling. The regular drill of the Chester Rifle Club ' took place on Friday afternoon. After meeting and forming in line at the armory, they nlarched through town to an old field, where ononf aKnnf an hniir in owonnhnflr varinnfl I ?"UJ ? b military manoeuvres. Vice-Presidents Marshall and McFadden were in command of the company. Orderly Sergeant Hutton, who I was in the 18th Regiment, U. S. A., for several years, showed bis thorough knowledge of military tactics in discharging the duties of drill-master upon the occasion. Theclubhas improved considerably, of late, in their manner of performing the different evolutions of the soldier, and with continued drilling will, doubtless, make greater proficiency in the art militaire. A car load of flour for Messrs. Wylie A Agurs and Mr. R. M. 'Cross, which was shipped over the Air-Line and Chester and Lenoir railroads, arrived at this place on Saturday. This was the first shipment of merchandise for this point over the new road. On the same day, Major G. W. Melton sent one hundred bales of cotton to New York by the same line. A game of liase ball was played here on Saturday between the Chester and Winnsboro clubs. The latter arrived in the afternoon, and were met at the depot by their brethren of the ball and bat. The two clubs, arrayed in their beautiful uniforms, proceeded to the scene of action, where they displayed their skill and grace in playing ball. At the end of the ninth inning the game stood twelve to twelve. Another inning was played to decide the question of championship, which resulted in a victory for Chester by a score of four points to none for their opponents. The game was hotly contested, and was witnessed '.l . . _i i :J Li_ wun luieresi uuu pleasure uy a cuusiueruuie number of spectators. Mr. S. B. Massey, who has been dangerously ill for several days, has taken a change for the better within the past few hours, and his friends are now hopeful of his recovery. For several days last week he was desperately ill, and his death was expected to take place any moment. He has been carefully nursed by members of the society of Odd Fellows, to which he belong.s It is to be hoped that the disease of dropsy, with which he has been afflicted, has reached its culmiuating point, and that he may now be considered on the road to recovery. Our town was favored with a very refreshing shower on Saturday evening. Gardens and crops were much benefited thereby. Qui. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. C.. May 30,1876. The regular May term of the Circuit Court for Laucaster has just adjourned, after a sitting of two weeks. Much business was dispatched during the time, greatly to the credit of the people of the county. There were but few cases on the criminal side of the Court. The pleasant associations of the Court and officers, during the entire time, was like that of other days. For two weeks past the weather has been that kind greatly to he desired just at this time of the year. With telling effect the sun has smiled warm and brightly upon the growing crops, ^be few gentlemen from the country, whose basiness called them to our town : during the week past, give glowing descriptions .of the condition of the crops. Should no accident befall them, they bid fair to be far better than for some years. The oat crop is, without exception, unprecedented. Mr. A. Williford has a field of the best and most beautiful wheat that has growu in South Carolina for full many a year. The wheat stands at an average height of 5 feet 9 inches. The land upon which it grows was, before Mr. Williford bought it, considered worn out; but he has improved it, since he has owned it, so as to make it productive of anything sown upon its soil. The land is known as the "Allen Robinson place." On the same ground alsogrows fine timothy and clover, ready for a most excellent pasture, when the wheat shall be harvested. The subject of labor to us has been one of more vital importance than any known to the j farming interest of our country. I say farmI 2?? *4 ?? ?/v4 AArtfiriA/] 4A 4UA4 lllg UUli 1l io uut iuuuucu tu turn. aloDe. The present system of labor adopted is one peculiar to tiie circumstances and necessities of our people. To some it has been profitable ; to others a shocking loss. Would that some wise head woulddevise some plan by which a great benefit would result to all. Foreign labor was introduced to substitute our present class of labor, but it was not conducive to the benefit of all?I might say of any?for the loss sustained by those investing in the project was enormous, with no remuneration. Consequently, it was wisely abandoned. Several of our townsmen and those of the country around, groan now heavily under the burden of useless expenditures, with no possible hope of any return, in the cause of immigration. One Charles McHenry, of guard-house notoriety, has disturbed materially the peace of our quiet little town for the past several days. He proposes to extract nails and corns from the feet of man; but he unfortunately has been so well corned himself during his stay here, that he has relieved but few in that respect. His nightly abode has been the guardhouse. He displayed several newspapers, all branding him with habitual drunkenness, which he claims Dreceded his arrival in the I towns from which they emanate. On Friday, the 19th instant, one William Greene, originally from this county, took the liberty of calling at the house of an old colored man named George Gilmore, living near Smith's Turn Out, and obtained from George j a horse he had there belonging to Hyder Wylie, of this place. Greene had learned from Hyder that the horse was at Gilmore's; so he went immediately to Gilmore's, saying i to him that Hyder had sent for the horse. He rode the horse to Chester, put up at Mr. Mc- i Ninch's stable, borrowed $10 from Mr. McN., ! and left for parts unknown. The horse has been recovered by the proper owner. Some unknown parties, on the night of the 1 27th, hungry for molasses, broke into Mr. A. 1 ' Friedham's warehouse. His loss he cannot I ascertain. i j Notwithstanding the scarcity of money, j Mr .T. .T. Hacins is having auite a Drettv cot ?? o a A ? i tage built. It is neat, convenientand artistic i in arrangement. . ] The regular spring meeting of the Presbyterian church began on Friday morning the 26th instant, presided over by Rev. R. E. ] Cooper, the pastor, assisted by Rev. J. B. i Mack, recently installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Fort Mill. The meet- i ing has been interesting and instructive. The usual pleasures were realized as ever upon such occasions. Lux. It is with Pleasure that I Add my Tes- i timony to the excellence of Dr. Jayne's Ex- i pectorant I have used it in my family for i several years, and c&n truly say that I know of no medicine equal to it for checking and i curing the Coughs and Colds to' which children are subject at all seasons of the year. I have also realized great benefit from it myself, and have recommended it to others, who al-1 < roost invariably have learned to value it 1 always prescribed it to the students under our I care when necessary, and the teachers willingly add their testimony to nfine in praise of : this medicine.?J. S. Edward*. Principal of Providence Conference Seminary, East Greenwood, R. I. _? t ATROCIOUS MURDERS. It is seldom that it becomes necessary to chronicle a more atrocious crime than the murder of John D. Harmon, aged seventyfive, and his wife, Catharine A. Harmon, aged 6fty, perpetrated at Winter Seat, in Edgefield county, near the Abbeville line,.on Wednesday night, the 17th ultimo. The murders were committed on Wednesday night, about 8 o'clock, it is supposed, 'iff the front or sitting room of Harmon's residence? a two-story structure situated oo the right*of J the road leading to Augusta, about a quarter A of a mile from the bridge crossing Hard La* bor Creek, and distant from the nearest neighbors about half a mile. The house was occupied by Mr. Harmon and wife alone, and one cabin in the yard was tenanted by tbe cook, Betty Perrin. About forty yards from the dwelling stood the storehouse, in which Mr. Harmon kept an old remnant of goods and supplies for his own private consumption. RR The murder was first announced on Thursday l morning by a negro man, Stephen Lake, who, according to his own story, had gone, as was his custom, to get the crib keys. The alarm was instantly given and a runner wis dispatched to the various neighbors with the i horrible intelligence. Eight or nine gentlemen repaired to the house and at once entered by the front door which was unlocked and by which, as was supposed, the murderers effected an entrance. >> i THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY7 f j The sight which met the gaze was most horrible. The room was filled with smoke, and tbe odor of blood and burning kerosene. To the left of a centre table, on which were 1 placed four lamps, a Bible and a vase of roses, I and upon which rested the bludgeon that had * ' ? y i i i # *jr I Deen used in tne muraer, lay ine Doay or mr. Harmon. The murdered man was lying on his back, with his head turned up exposing to view the ghastly gash in his throat, wnicli had been cut from ear to ear; with his right-hand raised above his body clutching a pencil; and with his left in the same position slightly nearerthe wound?the pencil touching the left hand, but pointing directly to the yound.'Between the knees of Mr. Hartnoh lay his hat, and near his feet his spectacles. About four feet from Mr. Harmon, near the fireplace and in the left hand corner of the room, lay the body of his wife with two gashes on her head, one on each temple, and her throat cut from ear to ear. She had fallen upon her front with her face slightly turned towards her husband, and had apparently died' without a struggle. The floor was dyed with gore?the blood from Mrs. Harmon's body j passing across the room and nnder the person ' of her husband. The fire, which had been kindled by the assassins for the purpose; of v covering up the traces of their hideous crime, was still burning when the room was entered on Thursday morning. It had been kindled with a garment saturated with kerosene and was slowly working its way. The 'oil had been procured from the store room in a ten. cm linn tin can which was suDDOsed to have ? r4 r , t ? contained about half a gallon of oiL, The ' dwelling and storehouse had been robbed of I everything of value in clothiDg, money jew- ] elry and provisions, in the search for winch' the fiends must have spent the greater portion ? of the night, and just before day set tnr kerosene on fire. ' THE INQUEST. { Dr. J. A. Barker, a trial justice of Edgefield county, living some twelve miles from the scene of the murder, was sent for, and made his appearance about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon. A Jury of inqacst was at otfed; impanelled, with Mr. John Callison as fore^ man. The bodies of the murdered victims were examined by two physicians and then . delivered to their friends. Mr. Harmon had been struck between the eyes with a dogwood club, peeled for the purpose, and the back of his head was found to be almost a perfect jelly. After these blows his throat han been A cut. Mrs. Mhrmon, ffam all apiwmraijca^*' -l had been killed entirely with the knife, v The evidence of Stephen Lake, Betty Perrin and ^ Larkin Holloway, all colored, was taken*. That of Stephen Lake was so conflicting that he was committed to jail at Edgefield. Among , the facts developed at the inquest wefc thede: That Mr. Harmon, on Wednesday, was in the . ' .11- i r _ rr^ii * neia aropping couon, ami ijutkiu uuuvwajr was ploughiug; that the latter, at eleveno'clock, dropped his plough, saying that, be was sick and would go home ; the next d?j, after the murder, his tracks were discovered leading to the spot, where ether lot marks were fonnd, and where a dogwood club had' been cut and stripped and the bark buried;! This club was found near the murdered cou*. pie, a blow from which had crushed Mr. Harmon's skulL The cook's story was that. she awoke late on Thursday morning, went lo the ? house and knocked, but failed to get any 'Answer ; then went to Stephen's house; and found him asleep. They then proceeded to the dwelling and Stephen went in through the front door, which was open, and in.tbe parlor found the dead bodies in a pool of blood, their t clothing and the floor saturated with kerosene, the latter on fire, the blood surrounding the bodies preventing the flames from burnihg them. The alarm was then given. ' ' The bodies of the murdered couple were buried in one grave at Rehoboth- Churoh-vons Friday afternoon, the funeral sermon. being preached by the Rev. R. P. Pranks. , , The inquest was adjourned from day to (Jay, the excitement in the community running very high, and fresh developments constantly resulting as to the fearful crime, culminating on last Tuesday morning in the : ! ; CONFESSION OF ONE OF THE MURDEBEB& *> ^ A negro named Austin Davis, alias 8am Perry, was caught Tuesday night below Edgefield Court-house. At first he denied all knowledge of the murder, but finding the proofs accumulating against him, he finally made a cleau Breast of the whole aflhir. The substance of his confession is as follows: "After working for one month for Mr. Hanmon, I left on Monday precediag the day of ' the murder and returned on the Wednesday following and met Lark Holloway on Harmon's place about 11 o'clock, A. 'M. We parted, he going to his house, and I retiring - "wB to shade to rest. He returned to me about one and a half hours' by sun and cut a'dogwood stick, (the same as exhibited to jury.) 1 asked him what he would do with it. He replied: 'You will see.' I then came to MrHarmon's residence, arriving about supper time. I sat on the stone steps a few moments, and went into the house. Next time T saw the dogwood stick it was in the dwelling -in? the hauds of Stephen Lake, I being in the house when Stephen Lake came in.- Mia Harmon was alone in the room when I entered., ? : Mr. Hannon came in shortly and says:'Well, Sam, you are back again. "I replied 'Yes, sir.' Mr. Harmon then asked me if I were going to work for him. I replied, 'Yes, ' sir, I suppose so.' He then asked me for how much 1 would work for him for two and a U/ili? MAAnika ataH n<v VIA TXT/M UOll LUUUUJOj OM?WU^ MV TTUUIU KUO 1UO at the rate of $100 per year. He got down his almanac, and with his lead pencil figured what it would be per day and per month ; and I whilst figuring, Stephen Lake came into the house and after him Lark Holl< way and Til* da, his wife, and 8tephen Lake's wife, 8usan. Bettie Perrin, (the cook,) came into the room at the rear door, at the same time. Stephen Lake took his position between Mr. and Mrs. Harmon, and when Mr. Harmon's attention was engrossed with his calculation, Stephen Lake struck him violently on the head*with the dogwood stick and immediately afterwards struck Mrs. Harmon, and repeated the blows upon the beads of each, both falling prostrate. Marshall Perrin and Jeff. Settles, at this time, came into the room, Marshall having a small pine stick in his hand, with which he struck ' Mrs. Harmon twice or three times, after she j was down. 1 remember seeing others at the \ door, names unknown. After Mr. Harmon I fell, Lark Holloway turned him over, and J CtnnUan T.alro niillod ruifctiin Irniffl nnH Mlthid I 'I throat Holloway then went to Mrs. Harmon and turned her over, and Stephen Lake out her throat also. After this I struck Mr. Hariron with this dogwood club, (same-as used by