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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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?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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.