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f (tapsi and Jarts. ? The word Sioux means "cut throat." ? There are in Turkey over 40,000 persons in prison for debt due the government. ? California farmers say they can raise almonds enough to supply the market. ? A Massachusetts jury has decided that a dog-owner shall pay $8,200 to the father of the bey who was bitten. ? Twenty-three horses died from sunstroke, and hundreds were disabled from heat in >Jew York last week. ? The London Punch thus comments on the Presidential canvass: "Democratic platformRe-form; Republican platform?Re-form." ?A Stockton (Cal.) gardener has succeeded in producing black roses, by grafting slips of dark red roses into an oak tree. ? The boat in which Washington crossed T\^lMmm??? 4A 1*A n/\nf 4/v ikfl hArttonniol tllU l/ciawmoj id tu uo ocui vu bug wubvuuiui. The owner has juat had it painted. ? The Democratic majority in the Oregon Legislature is large enough to send a Democratic Senator to Washington without any trouble. ? The North-western German journals do not seem satisfied with the nomination of Hayes and Wheeler. They denounce them as Know-Nothings. ? Seattle, Washington Territory, has a gambling saloon whose large sign is constructed entirely of silver trade dollars. It contains about 800. ? In France, out of a population of 36,000,000, only 2,000,000 live on the revenue of accumulated wealth, the balance depending on the produce of labor. ? The constant rains during the past few days in middle and southern Ohio, have caused J CODSiuerauie u a mage iu iuo giumug fencing, railroad tracks, and in many instances to live stock. ? The Ohio Liberal, General Brinckerhoff's paper, published at Mansfield, favors the election of Tilden and endorses the St. Louis platform. The Liberal is the organ of the Liberal Republicans of the State, and last fall supported Hayes for Governor. ? Rev. C. A. Kendrick, a Baptist minister of Columbus, Ga., who seduced a young lady of his flock, was recently tried and convicted of the offense and sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars. He paid the fine and was released. ? The oil region of Pennsylvania has dropped out of general notice, but that business there is steadily prosecuted, is shown by the fact that 196 wells were bored in June. The average daily yield of these new wells was about fourteen barrels apiece. ? The Conkling Club at Utica, New York, boasted of a membership of seven hundred before the Cincinnati Convention. After the convention adjourned a meeting was held to change it to a Hayes and Wheeler Club, and then only seven members were present. Where have the 693 gone? ?An action has been brought against the Equitable Life Insurance Company, by a Brooklyn stockholder, to wind up its attain. The complaint alleges gross mismanagement and speedy insolvency. The Equitable is the largest Life Insurance Company in America. ? Mr. John Morrissey is offering very heavy bets on Tilden's election and does not find takers. A bet is a fool's argument, it is true ; but when wise men do not close with the offer and take the money, it is sometimes because the wise men think the fool is on the winning side. Is it because all Republicans are too moral to win Mr. Morrissey's money that they do not "back their judgment" on Hayes? ? Various statements have been made concerning the sentiments of the German press upuu the Oiuciuuati ticket, but the following, from an apparently impartial source, is the fullest yet published : Twenty daily German newspapers, including the Baltimore Wif&er and Washington Journal, heartily support the Republican national ticket. Twelve German newspapers are Democratic, nine Catholic-Democratic, nine Independent, one So cialist; the tendency of two is undeveloped. ? So soon as the news of the disaster to Gen. Custer's command reached Atlanta, Ga., the Cleburne Rifles, the crack volunteer company of that city, unanimously authorized their captain to tender their services to the secretary of war for the purpose of avenging Custer's death. The secretary replied by wire, thanking the Cleburnes for their patriotic offer, but stating that at present there is no authority for accepting the services of volunteer soldiers. ? The Springfield Republican, the staunchest, and by far the most influential of the friends of the South among the journals of New England, talks right out in this fashion: "The one thi ug the democracy cannot possibly afford, this year, is a revival of this wretched and infamous business of killing negroes down South. They can put a stop to it before it goes any further, if they will; and they bad better be doing it with some energy. Every dead negro in Mississippi or Louisiana or South Carolina, this summer ana tail, means a loss of live white voters in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. The argument from humanity is powerfully reinforced in this case by the argument from eulightened selfishness." ?The members of Governor Tilden's household, at Albany, are his sister, Mrs. Pelton, a sedate, matronly widow lady; her son, Col. Pelton, and his wife and daughter, the latter a little lady of twelve summers, who has lived with the Governor since she was two years old. So it may be seen that the bachelor Governor and prospective bachelor President, is as pleasantly surrounded, socially, as most married gentlemen. He has his pets, and they all seem to encourage and repay his kindness. In the event of bis election, should such be the result of the coming canvass, Mrs. Pelton could not fail to prove as graceful and accomplished a hostess in Washington, as she is universally acknowledged to be in Albany. She has resided with the Governor since his inauguration, and being as affable and entertaining as he is himself, she has contributed in no small measure to the enjoyment of his guests. ? The Hon. James N. Tyner, of Indiana, the new postmaster-general in the place of Hon. Marshall Jewell, was born at Brookville, Iud., January 17, 1826. He became a lawyer by profession. From 1857 to 1861, he was secretary of the State Senate, and in 1860 he was a Republican Presidential elector. In 1861 he first became connected with the post-ofiice system, serving as a special agent of the department from that year to 1866. At a special election in 1869, he was elected representative to Congress in place of Daniel D. Pratt, the present commissioner of internal revenue, who had just been elected to the Senate. He served three full terms in the House, being twice re-elected, retiring in March, 1875, without having been a candidate for the present Congress. During his last term he was a member of the committee on appropriations. On leaving the House last year he became second assistant postmastergeneral. ? Visitors at the Centennial, during the last fortnight, have been treated to a weather experience that has hardly had a parallel within the century. Taking the mean temperature at Philadelphia from June 24 to July 5, : it was up to a truly Centennial pitch, the mer-' cury hovering very closely about the hundredth degree, and once, upon the Sunday preceding the glorious Fourth, taking a leap above it. Upon no day within that period did the maximum of temperature fall below 93 ; degrees, and on several occasions it mounted 1 to 99 degrees. Since 1790 the mean temperature of June has exceeded that of the past month but four times, and when we consider that the early portion of June was comparatively cool, we can form some idea of what we have had to endure recently. Foreign visitors ought to get a rather exalted idea of our Cen tennial weather, and perhaps the commissioners from tropical countries will rather smile at our pretensions to living in a temperate atmosphere ihr fortwillc YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1876. THE HAMBURG AFFAIR. On the first page of this issue we print the statement of Gen. Butler, in which he explains his connection with the Hamburg affair ; and on the inside columns will be fouud the official report nf Attorney-General Stone. This report, while calm and apparently dispassionate, is made up from information derived mainly from Prince Rivers, and consequently gives only one side of the story as seen by Rivers and bis associates. A thorough judicial investigation may present the whole matter in a different light. We are glad to know that there is no foundation for the statement that the bodies of the slain militia-men were multilated after beiug killed. This story is entirely disproved by investigations of a correspondent of the News and Courier, who was on the ground soon after the occurrence. As will be seen in another column, Treasurer Cardozo made the state raent at McConnellsville, last Tuesday, that Gov. Chamberlain has been summoned to Washington in connection with the affair, which, according to late Washington advices, will probably be made the subject of Congressional inquiry. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The proceedings of the Senate on the 10th were unimportant. In the House a resolution was adopted calling for full information regarding the Indian war. Mr. Faulkner offered a resolution referring the Chinese immigration question to a select committee. Objection was made by Mr. Townsend. Mr. Banning submitted the following statement showing the distribution of United States troops: "There are at present in the army 26,979 troops located as follows: 4,216 be/latoakmnnf of Wflflf. PaiHt. lUUglUg IU IliC VI^IUUU UiVU U uv II wwv A w?u? J 7,936 located in the Territories; 3,718 in Texas; 3,334 in other Southern States; while in the field operating against the Indians there are under Gen. Terry only 1,123, and under Gen. Crook only, 1,790?making in all 2,913. The remaining 4,000 are located in Northern cities and forts." During the discussion over the report, a spirited coloquy took place between Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, and Foster, of Ohio, which, however, was amicably adjusted. Adjourned until Wednesday. In the Senate on the 12th, the chair presented the House bill to amend the Pacific Railroad acts. After a spirited contest the ? " T_ .L. question or reierence went over. iu tueuoninap impeachment case the prosecution closed its evidence, except that of Mr. Evans. The defence commenced examining witnesses as to Belknap's good character. Gen. Hancock was called, and it was announced that he was too sick to attend, when the court and the Senate adjourned. Tn the House, Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee, offered a resolution reciting that there was a military commission appointed by a special order issued from the post of Bethel, Department of Tennessee, in 1862, to investigate the amount of damage done by the Confederate raid on Henderson Station, and that a large amount of money was collected from the citizens to reimburse the Government, and directing the committee on expenditures in the war department to ascertain the amount collected, and from whom and to what use it has been applied. Adopted. A bill appropriating $200,000 for the construction of military posts on the Mussel Shell and the Yellow Stone rivers passed. The bill for the protection of the Rio Grande frontier was discussed without action, and the bill opening the Black Hills to settlement was recommitted. In the Senate on the 13th, the conference report on the silver bill was reported and ordered printed. Mr. Boutwell submitted a resolution to print 4,000 copies of the testimony and report of the special committee which recently investigated affairs in Mississippi. Mr. Bayard submitted an amendment to provide for printing views of the minority. Both resolutions were referred to the committee on " * fko im. 00 printing. Alter a buuit ocbaiuLi, uid iiupeachraent court adjourned to the following day. The bill appropriating $200,000 for military posts on the Yellow Stone river and Mussel-shell shoals passed and goes to the President. In the House a joint resolution to adjourn on the 25th instant was referred to the committee on ways and means. The report of' the election committee, declaring neither Buttz nor Mackey entitled to a seat from South Carolina, was ordered printed. The conference report on the silver bill was adopted by a vote of 129 to 75, after a debate which occupied the entire day. It provides for the exchange of ten millions of s.Ivt for ten millions of legal tender notes; authorizes the purchase of silver bullion for coinage to an amount not exceeding $2,000,000 in hand at one time, and limits the amount of silver coin and fractional currency in circulation to five million dollars. In the Senate on the 14th, Jones, of Nevada, spoke in opposition to the report of the committee of conference on the silver bill. The report of the committee was adopted, and the bill goes to the President. The conference report on the bill to amend the bankrupt act was adopted by both Houses, and it goes to the President. The following is the amendment adopted: Section 5,108, Revised Statutes, is hereby amended as follows: "At any time after the expiration of six months from the adjudication of bankruptcy, or if no debts have been proved against the bankrupt, or if no assets have come to the hands of the assignee at any time after the expiration of sixty days and before the final disposition of the cause, the bankrupt may apply to the Court for a discharge from his debts. This section shall ap ply in all cases heretofore or hereafter commenced." The impeachment court adjourned to Monday. The rivers and harbors appropriation bill was discussed until adjournment The House proceedings were unimportant. In the Senate oq the 15th, the entire session was occupied with the consideration of the rivers and harbors appropriation bill, without action. In the House, Mr. Williams, of Michigan, introduced a bill granting a pension of fifty dollars a month to the widow of General Custer, and also a pension of eighty dollars a month to the father and mother of General Custer. Mr. Terry, of Virginia, eulogized the career of General Custer in the late war, and hoped that his side of the House would be unanimous in paying this tribute to a brave man. The bills pensioning the wife and the I parents of the deceased officer were passed without a division. The conference committee on the army appropriation bill have agreed that all legislation for the reorganization of the army and the reduction of the officers' pay, shall be committed to a commission to investigate and report at the Dext session. The House went into committee on the bill for the protection of the Texan frontier. There was a long discussion, but no action, and the House adjourned. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A Marion county doctor is practising gratuitously until the times improve. ? Charleston is afflicted with thirty base ball clubs. ? T. M. Graham, of Chester, has been appointed a notary public. ? A contract has been given out for the building of a Catholic church at Greenville. The building will be iJb by /U teet. ? Judge Northrop has rented a residence, and has decided to make Spartanburg the home of himself and family for some time to come. ?The Broadaway Democratic Club of Anderson county, declare for a "straight-out" Democratic nomination "for every officer of the government, from the President down." ?The democrats of Cross Keys, in Union county, have adopted a resolution that their delegates to the "nominating convention" be instructed to earnestly insist upon and support a straight-out democratic ticket. ? It is positively asserted that W. J. Whipper, who claims to have been elected Judge of the Charleston Circuit', and F. J. Moses, jr., who sustains the same relation to the Sumter Circuit, have each qualified before Chief Justice Moses. Whipper, immediately after qualifying, started for Washington in compliance with a message from Senator Patterson, who is now working with all his might . l\ 1 _1 10 Organize me uurrupi eieujcuio ui lug Jivnur cal party in this State, in opposition to Governor Chamberlain. ? Governor Chamberlain, at Beaufort, on Friday last, addressed a large crowd, composed mostly of colored people. In that county there are two factions of the Radical party, one headed by Thomas Hamilton, a colored representative in the legislature, who endorse the Governor; and another headed by Sammy Green, one of the most corrupt members of the legislature and now State Senator, who oppose him. Lieutenant-Governor Gleaves refused to be present on the stand. Resolutions endorsing the Governor were adopted against the protest of the Green party. Green 1 i t_ L..1 x i! attempted to speaa, uui tue ujeeuug iciuocu to hear him. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? There is a colored man at the Randolph Poor House 101 years old. ? Governor Vance opened the campaign in North Carolina last Friday at the invitation of the Tilden-Vance Club of Raleigh. ? Giles J. Patterson, Esq., of Chester, S. C., has been elected a Director in the Merchants and Farmers' National Bank of Charlotte, vice C. L. S. Corpening, deceased. ?A heavy storm prevailed in Statesville on Tuesday afternoon of last week. It blew down the colored Methodist Church, which was in process of erection, lifted the roof off the depot of the A. T. and 0. Railroad, and did other damage. ? A destructive occurred in Statesville on Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock. It originated in the sash, door and blind factory of P. C. Carlton, and destroyed thiB with all the tools and machinery which it contained. An adjoining building belonging to L. M. Barringer, was also destroyed. The total loss was $3,000, of which Mr. Carlton sustained $2,500. No insurance. ? The Republican State Convention, in session in Raleigh, last week, made the following nominations: For Governor, Thomas Settle; for Lieutenant-Governor, William A. Smith ; for Public Treasurer, W. H. Wheeler ; for Secretary of State, J. W. Albertson ; for Public Auditor, John Reilly; for Attorney-General, T. L. Hargrove; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. C. Carson. State Electors on the Republican Presidential ticket?O. H. Dockery, Daniel L. Russell. ? ffl.?KE-JH?JX nun. The National Republican Committee has met and organized for the campaign. Indians heretofore friendly are reported to have joined Sitting Bull and the Sioux, emboldened by the success of the latter. "Castle Garden," the landing place of emigrants arriving at New York, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night of last week. On the 12th, President Grant notified Postmaster General Jewell that his resignation would be acceptable, and it was immediately tendered. J. N. Tyner, of Indiana, has been nominated and confirmed as his successor. Eight hundred Mormons from Europe left New York for Salt Lake City last week. Some of them are reported as having eight wives. Forty cases of sunstroke occurred in Baltimore on Wednesday of last week, ten of which were fatal. The rivers and harbors appropriation bill, just passed in Congress, gives ?732,000 to the Northern, and $253,000 to the Southern States. On Wednesday of last week the Democratic committee waited on Governor Tilden and informed him of his nomination. He promised a formal letter of acceptance in a few days. The Southern military companies that visited Philadelphia on the Fourth were received with marked enthusiasm. The Southern Railroad, from Cincinnati, is promised to be completed by the 1st of July, 1877 The Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture reports an average crop of cotton in that State. Three German brothers killed four men in Newark, N. J., last Friday, and were themselves stoned to death while attempting to swim across the river and escape. Henry Watterson, of the Courier-Journal, will run for Congress in the Louisville, Ky., district. It is rumored that Bristow will be the Republican nominee. Colonel Pennepacker has been assigned to the temporary command of the Department of the South. General Crook has fifteen * * -* ? . . 1 t . hundred men, with wnom it is expected ne will successfully wage the war against the Sioux. The Southern military visitors j to Boston enjoyed a grand entertainment at the house of Mr. Baker last Friday. Resolutions have been adopted by the Tammany Hall Democracy, endorsing the nomination of Tilden and Hendricks. Haywood Grant, I a negro, was hanged in Rome, Georgia, last : Friday, for arson. Among other crimes he I nnn&coarl ojqo tVia mnrrlor nf flan TTinrlmnn I bUUiVXX}gU II UU vuu U4M4UU1 V* vivu* % n til-Li . * j at Helena, Ark., a few years ago. Gen. j Custer, and five of the officers with him, were I insured, under a special contract, in sums agj gregating $40,000 for the six men, which will be promptly paid. Gen. B. F. Butler has abandoned the idea of becoming a candidate for Congress this fall. Western adj vices say that the Government does not realize | the magnitude of the Indian war. It is asserted that the Sioux have seven thousand | warriors. The deaths in New York, last i week, numbered 1,298, against 858 the preI vious week. The increase is attributed to the ! heat. LOCAL AFFAIRS. CHURCH CALENDAR. Serrlces for Snnday, July 23rd, 1876. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. L. H. Wilson, Pastor. Services at 10i o'clock, a. m., and 8 o'clock, p. m. EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. R. P. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Yorkville, at 10} o'clock a. m., and 5 o'clock, p. in. ?I : ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. M. Dobson & Co.?Groceries?Millinery Goods. Gents' Straw Hats?Meal Bags?Bleached Shirting?Shot Guns?Ready-Made Clothing?Initial Paper?Looking Glasses?Quilt Lining?Blaok Alpaca?Coffee Mills. W. H. <fe J. P. Hern don?German Millet?Turnip Seed?The Watt Plow?Coffee?MolassesTubs, Buckets, <&c. S. A. McElwee?Land for Sale. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-SherifTs Sale. MAIL AGENT APPOINTED. Mr. John T. Grist, of Yorkville, has been appointed mail agent on the Chester and Lenoir N. G. Kail road, between Chester, S. C., and Dallas, N. C. REMOVED TO CHESTER. Mr. F. M. Galbraith, who for the past seven years has been Conductor on the railroad between this place and Chester, having severed his connection with the road, has removed to Chester. "THE BENEFACTOR." | We bave received the brst number ot anew paper bearing the above title, issued from Rock Hill, S. C., by James Bynum, Esq., editor and proprietor. The Benefactor is a very handsome 24-column sheet, replete with entertaining and instructive matter, and published at 81.26 per year to single subscribers. The enterprise has our best wishes for its success. NEW LOCOMOTIVE. A new locomotive has just been added to the rolling stock of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. The new engine is nf more bandsome style and imposing appearance than those previously put on the road; weighs 14} tons; has 40-inch driving wheels, and is capable of a speed, with safety, of twenty miles an hour. It is named "V. A. McBee," in compliment to one of the North Carolina directors of the road. TENNE88EE MILLET. Mr. James Jamieson, of Chester county, near the line of York and Chester, has sent us several stalks of Tennessee millet, which he successfully cultivates, and finds to be ? ? a ? a . i mi /% ?i splendid tood tor mock, mis variety 01 millet is from seed sent to this county some years ago by Capt. John H. Meek, of Tennessee. It grows luxuriantly, and seems to be rather coarser, with larger and fuller head, than the German millet. The stalks brought us by Mr. Jamieson are over five feet in length. BURGLARY AND LARCENY. We learn that on Tuesday of last week, the house of Alexander Thomas, near Golloway's mill, about ten miles north-west of this place, was entered and robbed of a number of articles, including a pair of boots, three dresses belonging to Mrs. Thomas, and her best shoes. A quantity of milk was drank, and some bread remaining from the previous meal was eaten. The bureau was also broken oDen and pillaged, and a few dollars in money taken. The robbery was committed in broad daylight, while Mr. Thomas and his wife were in the field at work. Two notorious characters, Alf. Kennedy and Ben McGiil, freedmen, well known to the Court of Sessions, and who have been lurking in the neighborhood of Mr. Thomas, are suspected with being the robbers. LIEUT. G. D. WALLACE. We have just seen a letter written to his father in Washington city, by Lieut George D. Wallace, after the desperate fight with the Sioux on the 25th ultimo, from which letter, for the gratification of his many friends in this section, we make the following extracts : Yellowstone River, July 2, 1876. I have just crossed the river, and now stand on our battle-ground of August, 1873. * * * Our noble regiment is almost obliterated ; but a merciful God has spared a few of us. Of the five companies that were with Gen. Custer, not a single man is left to tell the story of the massacre. We entrenched ourselves and kept the Indians off. We did not have five hundred men, and were surrounded by all the hostile Indians of the West, who were splendidly armed and well disciplined. * * * We will have to remain here some weeks for the purpose of recuperating. In the meanwhile, Gen. Crook, with a strong force, is coming to clear out the Sioux. * ? G. D. Wallace. EXPERIMENTS WITH GRAS8ES. Our townsman, Mr. Joseph Herndon, has, the present season, experimented quite successfully with grasses, the results of which, we think, will prove of interest to the planting community. Mr. Herndon sowed threefourths of an acre in German millet, which, on being mowed, yielded 4,000 pounds. He also put two acres in Hungarian grass, the yield of which was over three tons. Mr. Herndon is fully convinced, and we think with sufficient reason, that our farmers cannot do a better thing each season than to appropriate a small quantity of ground tooneor the other of these grasses, as being the surest means of obtaining an ample supply of long forage for the winter feeding of stock. Suppose, next spring, each and every farmer of York county were to sow one acre in millet, the benehcial results would be almost beyond computation ; and yet how easily it could be done. Either of these seeds requires one bushel to the acre, costing $5. The grasses will grow luxuriantly on any ordinary upland that will grow twenty bushels of corn to the acre, and the only cost, in addition to the seed, is the labor of planting, mowing and curing, which latter is done in the same manner as the curing of hay. Mr. Herndon estimates his crop of millet as worth $60; and his crop of Hungarian grass as worth $90, which will do very well as the yield of less than three acres. REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING. A mass meeting of the Republican voterB of York and Chester counties, was held at McConnellsville, in this county, on Tuesday last. There were present some seven or eight hundred persons, including a large number of the substantial white citizens of that section, who were attentive listeners to the speeches. Notwithstanding the large crowd assembled, evOHO inn. naaaod nfF norrAnahlv And harmoni- I J r?~-& ?j ously. There was not a harsh word uttered on the ground, nor were there indications that any one present bad indulged to the slightest extent in intoxicating drink. Gov. Chamberlain had been announced as the principal speaker, and when the train from Chester arrived without him, and the fact became known, there was a general expression of regret, not only by the Republicans, but also by the Democratic voters?many of the latter declaring that they were attracted to the meeting mainly by the desire to hear Governor Chamberlain, in person, give an account of his administration and define his present position. The meeting was called to order by Senator J. Hannibal White, and after prayer by t>? a n it r? t i ivtjvi a. jltulluu, iiuu. r u. vjqiuumj, uiaic i Treasurer, was introduced. He said that under the circumstances, he felt a Eeculiar embarrassment in attempting to speak? aving been unexpectedly requested but a few hours previous to address those who had assembled to hear Governor Chamberlain. He did not covet the honor of attempting to represent Governor Chamberlain; something, in fact, which no one else oould do. He regretted the absence of Governor Chamberlain, but felt assnred that the cause of his absence would be regarded as sufficient excuse by all good men, he having been summoned by the authorities in Washington to that city in connection with matters pertaining to the Hamburg massacre. The Hamburg affair, said the speaker, seemed to be a development of the plans of the Conservatives to carry the approaching election in this State by intimidation. But Governor Chamberlain has met the plan on the threshold, which statement, he hoped, would be sufficient excuse for his absence. The speaker was also glad to know that the conduct of a few Conservatives in Hamburg has met the condemnation of nearly all the good men in the State: and it will be a good day for South Carolina when such acts are universally condemned. The special object of this meeting is to ratify the nomination of Hayes and Wheeler, the Republican candidates for President and Vice-President. The speaker was pleased to see so large an attendance at the meeting, and he was equally pleased to see so many white men present, to hear a political HiacimRinn which fact, whether thav avmna thised with the object of the meeting or not, Is a good augury for the State. It is the liighest privilege of the citizen to participate in the selection of our national ruler, and he was pleased to have the white voters hear arguments in favor of the Republican nominees for President and VicePresident. The speaker then proceeded, in an elaborate argument, to advocate the claims of Hayes and Wheeler. The speaker next adverted to State questions. Stating the fact that the Conservatives had called a State Convention to assemble in Columbia next month, he asked, What can be their policy? What candidates will tbev nominate? If they propose to lighten the burdens of the people by reducing taxation, which seems to be the paramount question in this State, is not Governor Chamberlain, so far as he has the power as Governor, doing this very thing? We all feel the burden of taxation; we all want taxes light, and when collected, we all want them properly applied. The speaker then illustrated that taxation bears as heavily upon the humblest laborer as upon the wealthiest citizen. He thought Chamberlain would be the nominee of the Republicans for Governor. [Loud cheering.! He would not say that all Republicans would support him; but he believed that a majority of the citizens of South Carolina, irrespective of party, would give him their support. Notwithstanding the call for a Democratic Convention, the speaker believed that if it assembles and straight-out nominations are made, when the time comes to vote, the rank and tile of the white voters of the State, if permitted to exercise their free choice, will cast tneir ballots for Chamberlain. In the call for a Democratic Convention, the speaker urged that the Democratic party had contradicted their former expressions. They had froquontlv said they only wanted a good government, and by the admissions of their press and public speakers, Governor Chamberlain had given to South Carolina as good a government as itis possible for a Governor to accomplish that purpose. The speaker admitted that there are some Republicans who oppose Governor Chamberlain. There are bad men, said he, in the Republican party. But they are in the miuority ana are unable to dictate the policy of the government. They are likewise unable to control Governor Chamberlain, and by him have been defeated in ( their plans. The speaker believed that Chamberlain would be nominated for re-election by Republicans, despite his enemies in the party. He also felt it but an act of j ustice to say that the representatives of York county iu the Legislature, have always been steadfast friends of Governor Chamberlain, and supported him in his policy. Ho also en- ! dorsed the representatives of York county as being faithful to their trust. Mr. Cardoso next spoke of his own dnties as State Treasurer, and excited therisibilities of bis hearers when he said that in the days when he was compelled to hold the lock of the money-box with one hand and push otf the robbers with the other, he was sustained by York's representatives. He nlnooH hr oairincr that attemnta had been made to impeach Juijge Mackey in order to drown his voice in the approaching campaign; bat these efforts had signally failed, the Judge having been sustained by Governor Chamberlain, and was here present to uphold the Governor's claims. i Senator White then read a telegram from Hon. A. S. Wallace, regretting his inability to attend the meeting. Judge Mackey next addressed the meeting. He spoke in a humorous strain, to the amusement of his hearers of both parties. He advocated the claims of Hayes and Wheeler; but eon- < ceded that Tilden is a pure man and a noble reformer, though he is bearing the wrong banner. He spoke of Chamberlain as being a wise and sagacious Governor?the peer of any Governor South Carolina has ever had. He appealed to the i people to judge Chamberlain by his record. He urged Republicans to lift up their voices in advance of his nominatiou; to proclaim that they are willing to accept him as their stcndard-bearer?the champion of reform, who is true to the principles of the Republican party, and who was Lravo enough to lay lain hands on tho-"-robbers of < the State?men in the line of his own party?and tell them to stand back. The Judge was facetious over the action of the Democratic State Executive Committee, in their call for a State Convention next month, characterizing it as one of their blunders, aud as usual, made just at the proper time to be of advantage to the Republican party. He supposed they would nominate a ticket composed entirely of exConfederate Generals, which would naturally lead to the conclusion that all the private soldiers in the late war had been killed. He referred to the amicable relations existing between the two races in York county, and, in fact, the entire Sixth Judicial Circuit, which feelings, he hoped, would continue to animate both blacks and whites, and, so 1 far as he was concerned, he should do all in his power to promote that end. He complimented the people of this Circuit as being law-abiding, and closed by reviewing the record of the Repub- i lican party in South Carolina. Short speeches were then made by Jonathan N. McElwee, A. M. Mackey, Esq., Major B. F. Briggs and others. Maj. Briggs confined his remarks chiefly to Governor , Chamberlain, whom he endorsed in the most 1 emphatic manner. On the conclusion of the speaking, the following resolutions were offered by J. Hannibal White, and adopted: Resolved, by the Republicans of York and Chester counties, in mass meeting assembled, That we , iiail with pride and satisfaction the nomination, by the National Republican Convention, of Ruth- 1 erford B. naves, ol Ohio, for the office of President of the United States, and William A. Wheeler, of New York, for the office of Vice-President of the United States; that we recognize in them ; worthy standard-bearers to lead to victory in the coming campaign the Republican millions who uphold the great principles of equal rights for all men of all races, and the inviolable guarantee by A*-? A?TTMUAJ Qinioa tbai fKaoO mo VJUVOI UlliOllli UI IUU UillbGU UMtvco KUUk vuwuvj rights shall be peacefully enjoyed by every American citizen on every inch of American soil. Resolved, That we point proudly to Daniel H. Chamberlain as the Republican Governor of ' South Carolina, and we stand prepared to sup- < port him as the representative of equal rights and . administrative reform, through and by the Republican party of the State and Nation; and we 1 most earnestly trust that he will be again nominated for the high office that he has filled so well. | Resolved, That now, as in the past, we behold , in the Hon. A. S. Wallace, the faithful sentinel ' on the watch-tower of freedom, and we pledge ' our undivided efforts to re-elect him as represen- | tativein Congress from the Fourth Congressional District; for we know that the old Republican 1 war-horse will never tire or be beaten in the race. I After the adoption of the above resolutions, ' the following was offered by Mr. Lloyd, of 1 Chester, and adopted: 1 Resolved, That we, the citizens of York coun- ; ty, here assembled, do extend our thanks to the J Hon. J. Hannibal White, Senator from York, for i the manly and upright position he has ever up- < held and maintained as Senator aforesaid; and , - Ct X TT7U!l,? n I tnat we endorse aeuuujr rruiui w a pivimi pv>son to represent our county in the State Senate in i the forthcoming four years. We extend our thanks to the Hon. Nelson Davies and the others of our representatives in the House of Represen- ' tatives of the State of South Carolina. I After the adoption of the above resolutions, | the meeting adjourned and the crowd dis- 1 pereed. 1 For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. I COUNTY NOMINATIONS. < Fort Mill, July 17,1876. ' Mr. Editor : In view of the approaching 1 election to be held in this county for members ( of the Legislature and county officers, we beg ( leave to bring the following gentlemen before i the people and the Convention : < jFor the Senate?I. D. Witherspoon, Esq. * " ' r> /I- T 1 ?or the House OJ liepreseniunvca??. M. Ivy, Samuel E. White, C. E. Spencer, i Esq., . < County Commissioners?W. A. Moore, Esq., 1 Capt. J. Wilson Marshall, F. H. Brown, Esq. | School Commissioner?Rev. R. Lathan. Clerk of the Court?J. F. Wallace, Esq. Judge of Probate?J. A. McLean. This ticket is composed of some of the best , and most intelligent gentlemen in our county, and deserves the consideration of our people. With these for our standard-bearers in the coming county election, we can guarantee a large majority for the Democratic party, j We are tired of being represented by igno ranee and corruption, and for the public good demand of the people of York county the election of such men. Give us such a ticket, and you may count upon a strong majority from Fort Mill. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. A Colored Convention. \ The following is the copy of a circufto, a number of which have been recently-mailed at Columbia. It fully explains itself, and is said to have been instigated by the recent riot at Hamburg: "Dear Sir In view of the gross and unprovoked outrages that are being daily committed upon our colored brethren throughout the State, and the many dangers that threaten us on account of our devotion to Republican principles, I have deemed it my duty to invite you to attend a conference of some of the representative men of our race, to be held at Columbia on Thursday, the 20th instant, for an exchange of views upon the situation, and the adoption of such peaceful measures as may be deemed advisable for our protection and proper vindication before the country. I do most sincerely hope that the meeting may be favored with your presence. With the highest personal regards, I have the honor to be, yours truly, Robt. B. Elliott. The Slonx War. A dispatch from Cheyenne, dated July 13th, says that 50 miles north of that place two ranches were raided and twenty-two horses stolen. A large number of Indians are camped at the head waters of the Dismal, 40 miles north of Bird wood. Reports from Sioux City say the Indians there from the scene of Custer's fight, gave barbarous accounts of the treatment of the dead. An Indian named Rain-in-tfie-Face cut out Custer's heart, put it on a pole and had a grand war dance around it The Indians are jubilant and boastful, and hope to make better terms on accuunt of their success. Dispatches from Omaha contradict the report that Crook had met the Indians and sustained a defeat Nothing definite, however, has been heard from Crook up to the 13th. Washington dispatches say that recent intelligence from Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies, report the state of affairs there very uncertain, owing to the news of Custer's deThfl Interior Denartment is issuing nothing but corn and flour, having failed on beef entirely. Scooting parties have been withdrawn from the road between the agency and the bridge on the Sydney route. There is still one company at the bridge. The commanding officer at Robinson thinks the necessities of the case demand a company at the post. It is not probab'e that the Indians will make trouble at the agencies, as that is their only city of refuge in case they are whipped. State Democratic Convention. The State Democratic Executive Committee met in Colombia on the 12th, and after adopting the following, adjourned: A convention of the Democratic party of the State of South Carolina, will be held at PnlnmhiA. nn Tnpjwlav. the 15th dav of Au gust next, at 8 o'clock, P. M., to announce a platform of principles, nominate State officers and electors for President and Vice-President, and to consider such business as may be brought before it. In accordance with the resolutions heretofore adopted, the Convention will be composed of delegates from the several counties in proportion to the number of members to which each county is entitled in both Houses of the General Assembly under the new apportionment, viz: Abbeville 6 delegates, Aiken 5, Anderson 5, Barnwell 6, Beaufort 7, Charleston 19, Chester 5, Chesterfield 3, Clarendon 3, Colleton 6, Darlington 5, Edgefield 6, Fairfield 4, Georgetown 3, Greenville 5, Horry 3, Kershaw 4, Lancaster 3, Laurens 4, Lexington 3, Marion 5, Marlboro' 3, Newberry 4, Oconee 3, Orangeburg 6, Pickowo 3, Richland 6, Spartanburg' 6, Sumter 5, Union 4, Williamsburg 4, York 5. The delegates will be required to present credentials from the central organization of their respective counties. Lr? Un AAtin^v riAnonn. JLIf ID iCUUUJUJUIiUCU bUAb iuo wuuvj vvufvu tion instruct their delegates to the State Convention, to hold congressional conventions at Columbia, at the same time, for the nomination of congressional candidates, and judicial conventions for the nominations of solicitors for their respective congressional and judicial district. James Conner, Chairman State Executive Committee. The following resolution, adopted by the committee, is published for the information of the county organizations: Resolved, That the committee recommend to the counties to make no nominations for county offices, or members of the General Assembly, until after the meeting of the State Convention. / Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM. CHESTER. Chester, July 17,1876. In my last correspondence I referred to a difficulty between two negro men, in which one lost his life. At that time I did not know their names. Anthony Wylie is the name of the one who was killed, and Wash Mobley, the perpetrator of the bloody deed. The unfortunate occurrence took place on the 8th instant, about six miles south of town, and was marked by the following prominent facts. While working in the field, their v wives, who were also present, oecame engaged in a fight. Wylie approached and separated them. Mobley thereupon swore and remarked to Wylie that he must not show "foul play against his wife." Wylie replied that he was not showing foul play, but only parting them. Mobley then addressed some very objectionable language to Wylie, and again accused bim of showing foul play. A fence intervened while this colloquy was going on between them. Wylie walked to the fence, whereupon Mobley raised a hoe and struck bim in the head, fracturing the brain. His death did not take place immediately, as I stated on last Monday, but on the second day after the horrible affair. Mobley was arrested shortly after the occurrence, and placed in jail. The prospect of his stretching a rope one of these days is extremely good. The verdict of the jury of inquest was that Anthony Wylie came to bis death by a blow inflicted by the hands of Wash Mobley. John Lilley, who was some months ago ? l i* 1 I J tried and couvictea 01 graaa mrceuy, auu sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of nine years, has been recently released from imprisonment in that institution,on the ground that the court before which the trial was held and conviction obtained, had no jurisdiction. This decision was arrived at by the Supreme Court, before whom the poiuts at issue came an a writ of habeas corpus. Upon his discharge from the penitentiary, Lilley gave bond for his appearance for another trial,on the same charge of grand larceny, at the next term of the Court of General Sessions in Chester county, and was coming back to this place, the scene of his political exploits, to engage, doubtless, with new zest, in his old tricks and ways. On the train that was bringing him here was Judge T. J. Mackey, who, upon his arrival at Winnsboro, got out, and finding an j:?..j .1 _r t :n ? omcmi, uirwiKU me arrest ui ijiiiqj, wuu km accordingly arrested and placed in jail in that town. He was brought here on last Tuesday by Chief-of-Police Walker. On Wednesday a preliminary examination was held in his case, the State being represented by A. M. Mackey, Esq., and the defendant by T. 0. Gaston, Esq. The examination was held in the Court House in the presence of a large number of spectators, the colored element vastly predominating. The charge against the defendant was that of grand larceny, based upon the alleged stealing by him of a cow belonging to Mr. A. L. Buchanan. Owing to the absence of a material witness,' Ben. Michael, the examination was postponed : until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Michael, who was suffering greatly from sickness, was present at the adjourned meeting of the court, j His testimony was damaging to the defend * 1 ant. Mr. Buchanan, the prosecutor in the , case, swore that pharles Simmons told him thatfce and Lillejr had stolen the cow. As the evidence was, in a great measure, of a hearsay nature, the Justice dismissed the case. A preliminary examination was then held in tbe case of. the State vs. John Lilley, charged with cheating and swindling. The prosecutor was Mr. I. J. McNinch, who swore that the defendant had obtained from him a mule, and paid him in fraudulent school certificates. Mr. David Hemphill, -ex-County Treasurer, being sworn, examined some of the certificates that had been assigned to Mr. Mclffiich by b the defendant in payment of the mule. He stated that payment of these certiorates had beeii made by him while in office. James Kinard, being sworn, gave substantially the same testimony as that given by him during " the Yocom trial. He went over the same old story of his being at Lilley's bouse, of Lilley waking him up at a late hour of the night, handing hiin a bundle of school certificates, and telling him to assort them in a certain way. He obeyed instructions, placing to* gether in a package those certificates, which, though they had been paid, bore no evidence of this fact. The certificates, thus assorted, were given to Lilley, who afterwards made use of some of them in buying a mule from Mr. McNinch. After the close of the examination, the Trial Justice directed the case to be sent up to the higher Court The defendant was sent to jail, and will there remain until the next term of the Court of General Sessions for this county, unless he gives bond for his appearance at that time to the amqunt of $600, with two good sureties. One thing is quite sure, and that is he will not be released on the same kind of bond that he gave in Columbia a few days ago. The Chester Rifle Club, at a meeting a few days ago, decided to visit Dallas in a body on the 20th instant. An inability on their part to obtain their uniforms in time, will prevent their taking the desired trip. mi v ,i_ . r_fli ... _ _ Its-;il* inougo me company win doc enjoy me pleasure of seeing their North Carolina friends on -?. Thursday, they will probably see them on some other occasion. They would be favored with a greater amount^ of pleasure at some time, when the intensely hot weather of the present season has moderated. On Thursdays colored base ball elnb from Winnsboro arrived in town, uniformed in gaudy style. In the afternoon they played a game with the colored base bailers of this place. The "Borough boys" beat. From the indifference which they manifested during the ^>lay to the intense heat of the sun, one would suppose that their heads were made of castiron. With hoes in their hands, and engaged in exterminating grass that abounds in the crope, the time would have been more profitably spent by them. * Mr. B. Means Davis, of the editorial staff the Charleston New and Courier, was in our town last week, and wrote an entertaining letter for his paper from this point His impressions of the political situation, considering the brief time that he remained here, were in the main correct Had his stay been protracted a few days, he would undoubted^ ly have discovered that the advocates oftbs. straight-out policy, in this county, are not so few as he would have the public to believe. His conclusion in the matter was doubtless: derived ftom interviews with gentlemen about town, where the co-operationists are over| whelmingly in the majority. Had he. met with and obtained views of gentlemen from the county, he would have become impressed with the conviction that the "straight-outs" are not "few in number." I say this in justice to those of this way of thinking, though I am unable to perceive the wisdom of the policy tbey urge with so great vehemence. Moreover, I (do not believe in the correctness of the declaration made by Mr. Davis that "the people generally advocate the acceptance of Governor Chamberlain." As far as mv acquaintance with the public sentiment of the county extendfl*4*0 certainly will not ,* be very acceptable to the Democracy, and if tbey are called upon to .vote for bim for the Governorship, tbey yyiil do so rpost reluctantly. Indeed, I doubt his ability to command the Democratic vote of the county, even though the leaders may pledge it. It seems an exceedingly difficult matter for the people to forget the fact that he was a prominent member of the Scott administration; and as such was a party to all the corruption and rascality perpetrated at that time. Major S. W. Melton, of Columbia, was fn our town on Friday and Saturday, for the purpose of looking into the affairs of the estate of his brother, Major G. W. Melton, deceased. The impression prevails that the estate, after the payment of the debts, will be found to be not worth a great deal. Hopkins, Dwight & Trowbridge, cotton, factors of New York, to whom the deceased shipped bis cotton, are said to be the largest creditors of A* the estate. They are said to be fully secured '/ by collaterals. J. J. McLure, Esq., will be the administrator of the estate. The weather of the past week was intensely hot. Day and night the heat was such as to tax to the uttermost the endurance of human nature. The weather has somewhat modera- a ted this morning, though it is sufficiently warm for all practical purposes. Farmers are comDlainin? ereatlv of the want of rain. A failure on its part to appear for a fear days, will tend to the injury of the crops. One * * portion of our county was favored with rain on yesterday, and present appearances of the clouds indicate fin early outpouring of the watery element at this place. Mr. F. M. Torbit, whose illness was referred to in my last correspondence, is still M * . lying in a very dangerous condition. His * physicians, Drs. Wylie and Watson, entertain ! but little hope of his recovery. Mr. sod Mrs. John Graham'buried one of their children last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Strieker also lost one of their children last week. ' ? * W. H. Brawley, Esq., formerly of Chester, and now of Charleston, is in town. He is . . ? thinking of making New York his future . home. Qui. x , . *' Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. WASHINGTON. Washington, D. C., July 14,1876. The thermometer, for the past ten days, has ranged almost continuously at from 96 to 110 in the shade. You who enjoy the blessings of a well ventilated and airy village, may thank your Creator that you are not hemmed up in a dirty, fussy, noisy city like Washington. The President seems bent upon continuing his old r6U as a popular sorpriser. Two days ago, he virtually dismissed Post-Master General Jewell, and. appointed one Tyner in bis stead. Jewell and Bristow endeavored to have the country regard them as "reformers," hence their unpopularity with the President A change has also been made in the office of Superintendent of Internal Revenue, by the removal of Pratt His successor has not yet been named. > The condition of the main street between the White House and the capitol?Pennsylvania Avenue?is now in a deplorable condition. It is one mass of mud puddles when it rains, and so uneven is this main thoroughfare that pedestrians only are to be found upon it. So much for the Shepherd district government, which robbed the Washingtonians out of mil- '? lions of treasure, aBd pampered in office a . graceless set of scamps."' The massacre of the brave Custer and bis followers in the Yellowstone country, is the absorbing topic of conversation in social and political circles here. Next to the Major Dade massacre, which ocenrred in Florida in 1838, the Custer mishap takes precedence. A young officer from your State, Lieutenant G. D. Wallace, of the 7th Cavalry, is said to have demeaned hiraaelf with remarkable courage under Reno, in the battle in which Cuater * fell. He i8 a young man of great accomplishmeats, and is highly esteemed in army cirolee for his cool daring and judgment. He was nominated to-day to a 1st Lieutenantcy by the President. Lieut G. D. Wallace is a son of Congressman Wallace, of your county.