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Jtoaps and darts. ? Gen. R. B. Vance, brother of Governor Vance, has been renominated to Congress by the Democrats of the 8th North Carolina district. ? The Indianapolis Herald, Republican, says with Orth as the Republican nominee for Governor the Democrats no longer have any doubt about their ability to elect their ticket. ? The Hon. Dan Vorhees, it is announced, notwithstanding his alleged squirming, will do battle for the whole Democratic ticket in Indiana during the coming campaign. ? The Independent Greenback party has nominated Samuel F. Cary for Vice-President rtn Pofop Pnnnpr'a vi7v> Spnninr RnnfVi u" * ~vw - r - -- , ~ ? ? declined. Gary has accepted. He ran for Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio with Allen. The Cooper ticket is a fixed fact. ? West Tennessee proposes to present the name of ex-Governor Isham G. Harris for the seat of ex-President Johnson in the Senate, now filled by Judge Key. His neighbors and friends will work untiringly and unceasingly for his election. ? The Republican executive committee held a session in New York last Thursday. After reading reports from every State, and appointing a finance committee, headed by Zach Chandler, adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. ? President Grant is said to have remarked the other day that he should go to England in March to visit his daughter. He thought he might travel in Europe lor a year or two, and then return home by way of China and California. ? The Democratic Convention of Georgia assembled in Atlanta on the 2nd instant. Gen. A. H. Colquitt was nominated for Governor by acclamation, and all dissensions in the party were thereby healed. At night Gen. B. H. Hill made a speech before an immense concourse of people. ? Thp r!in/?inriftt.i Enmrirer an us "Thorp ia no opposition to Governor Tilden ioside the Democratic ranks in Ohio. A few of the brilliant gentlemen who have been in the back-ground, voting the Republican ticket for the past three years, are cracking their whips a little." ? Governor Gustave Koerner has made his estimate of the relative division of the German vote for the State of Illinois. He says, according to his observation, he is convinced that at the very least three-fourths of the German voters dWllinois, outside of Cook county, will vote for Tilden. ? The election in Memphis last Thursday was unusually quiet, little iuterest being manifested as the Republicans had no ticket for county officers. J. J. Rawlings was reelected county treasurer, C. L. Anderson sheriff, and Thos. A. Logwood, Judge of the Criminal Court. ? The National Democratic committee met in New York on the 3rd instant, and approved of the work done by the executive committee in organization, and adjourned to meet September 13th. The executive committee remains in constant session at the headquarters, Everett house, until after the election in November. ? The train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, leaving Pittsburg last Thursday with military for the Centennial encampment, was added to on the main line and the Northern Central Branch until it numbered one hundred and teu cars, in eleven sections, and carrying over 5,000 passengers, being the largest passenger train ever run over the road. It arrived without an accident. ihe United States is now the principal granary from which the food deficiences of Europe are annually received. During the first half of last year we contributed fifty-eight and a half per cent, of the total amount of wheat imported into Great Britain, and the prospect now is, in view of the successive bad* harvests abroad? the United States will export a larger per cent, of cereals to Great Britain and the Continent than it did in 1875. ? The new Cotton Factory at Atlanta, Ga., which is nearly completed and ready for operation, will be one of the largest in the world. It will contain 21,500 spindles and 500 looms, and when in full operation will give employment to over five hundred operatives. Despite the fact that in the Northern manufacturing districts many of the cotton mills are at a stand-still, it is noticeable that the Southern factories are working on full time, whilst new factories are rapidly springing up. ? Detectives are now on the track of a man named Parker, an associate of Mosher and Douglass, who is believed to have a knowledge of the whereabouts of the missing boy, Charlie Ross. It has been ascertained that up to a year ago Parker was living with a French woman in Boston, and that the pair had with them a boy answering the missing boy's description. The last heard of Parker and the woman was that they were on their way towards Canada, since which time, despite all the exertions of the police authorities, no clue has been obtained to the whereabouts of either man, woman or child. ? In taking the vote on the articles of impeachment, on Tuesday, Mr. Ferry, as presiding officer of the Senate, was compelled to put the question to himself as a Senator, as follows: "Mr. Senator Ferry ,^iow say you, is the respondent, W. W/Belknap, guilty or not guilty of a high crime, as charged in this article ?" and then answered "ftt guilty," giving his reasons therefor. There was some talk among Senators before the vote, was taken as to what course the presiding officer could pursue upon the call of his name as Senator, but when it was called, he promptly put all comment at rest by propounding the question as required by the rule, and then giving his answer as a Senator. ? The advent of the grasshoppers in Northern and Middle Georgia is causing planters considerable trouble and exciting lively apprehensions for the future. The fact that they are identical with the locusts that have devastated Nebraska and other States in the Northwest during the past two or three seasons is sufficient ground for serious alarm, and unless prompt and effectual means for their extermination are resorted to, the damage they will inflict upon next year's crops is incalculable. Their presence in Georgia at this season, and in such large numbers, can only be accounted for on the supposition that their eggs were imported in grain purchased in the West, and this supposition is strengthened by the fact that the insects made their first appearance in fields that had beeu planted in Western wheat. ? The latest intelligence from the Black Hills indicates the breaking up of the Indian forces that have been confronting Gen. Crook. Gen. Sherman is advised, under date of the 3d, that a quartermaster's train was attacked at Elk Horn, on the Fetterman road, west of Fort Laramie. The wagon master was kitted and the teamster wounded, three wagons were burned ; the balance of the train arrived at Fetterman. Red Cloud's son and others have reached Red Cloud Agency. They had beeu in the Rosebud fight. All the information indicates the breaking up of the forces in front of Terry and Crook. Chief Rain-in-the-Face reached Standing Rock Agency Wednesday. Many small bands are in the neighborhood of the Missouri River Agencies, waiting to come in. They will only be received as prisoners. A singular feature of French finances is shown by the avidity with which a large loan has just been subscribed in Frauce for the city of Paris. The sura required was 120,000,000 francs?824,000,000?for which, it is stated, there is no less than fifty-four times the required amount subscribed for. The interest on the loan is to be four and a half per cent.; but the amount to be paid is but about seventy per cent, of the face of the bonds to be issued. There is one feature with these French loans which popularizes them greatly with the people; it is, that a certain number of bonds are to be redeemed at par annually, to be drawn by lots. This gives a fair rate of interest, with the chance of an early redemption at par. The avidity, however, with which this loan has been taken, j shows that France is one of the richest coun' tries in the world. ' ?Court opened at midnight, sharp. Judge Lynch sent his messengers to the Canon City Jail, and the prisoners, two Mexicans, were brought to the bar. What had they to say for themselves? Well, they had done it, but 1 a woman had put them up to it. She had ; told them that the Oregon horse dealer had a | large amount of money in his belt. He hired them to go with him on his trip, and the night >1 after they left Canon City they had murder! ed him while he was asleep, smashing in his ; skull with a large stone. Each accused the j other of striking the fatal blow. Judge Lynch | found the blood stains on the clothing of each, j and abruptly sentenced them to be hanged at | once. One of them was strung up under a ! bridge with a pair of leather lines. The oth| er, after a desperate attempt to escape, was i hanged to a tree in the Mexicau quarter of ; the town. The trial and execution occupied scarcely an hour, and the docket having been cleared, the court adjourned. Justice in CanoD City may be blind, but it can scarcely be said to have a game leg. ?he fotlmUc ^nquirrt. ~YQRKV1LL,K, S. C.i THURSDAY MORNING, AUG, 10,1876. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The Senate, on the 31st, passed a bill auI thorizing an increase of 2,500 men in the cavalry regiments to operate against the hostile Sioux Indians. TheSenate committee reported the river and harbor bill, which has been entirely remodeled, bringing its expenditures within five millions. In this shape it will go to the committee of conference. In the House the bill appropriating ?150,000 to the purchase of supplies for the Indians, until the regular Indian appropriation shall be made, passed. A message was read from the President pointing out his objections to the sundry civil appropriations bill. The Senate, on August 1st, agreed to the report of the conference committee on the Military Academy appropriations bill, and it now goes to the President for his signature. At 12 o'clock the Senate proceeded to vote upon the articles of impeachment against Belknap, late Secretary of War. Belknap was not present, but was represented by Mr. Carpenter of hij counsel. Upon the first article of impeachment 35 Senators voted guilty, and 25 not guilty for want of jurisdiction. T" 1 a_ J fix T> J T>_*U inose wno voceu guilty were: .uayaru, jl>uuuj, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cockrell, Cooper, Davis, Dawes, Edmunds, Gordon, Hamilton, Harvey, Hitchcock, Kelly, Kernan, Key, McCreery, McDonald, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morrill, Norwood, Oglesby, Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Sargant, Saulsbury, Sherman, Stevenson, Thurman, Wadleigh, Wallace, Whyte and Withers. Those voting not guilty were: Allison, Anthony, Boutwell, Bruce, Cameron of Wisconsin, Christiancy, Conkling, Conover, Cragin, Darsey, Eaton, Ferry, Freeliughuysen, Hamlin, Howe, Ingalls, Jones of j^gyada, Logan, McMillan, Paddock, Patterson, Sp~en5er, West, Windom and Wright. Mr. Jones, of Florida, declined to vote on the ground that the Senate had no jurisdiction. The presiding officer announced that twothirds of the Senate have not voted guilty and therefore the respondent was acquitted on the charge in the first article. Nearly all those voting not guilty made brief statements that they did so through want of jurisdiction. The Senate then proceeded to vote upon the I second article, when 36 Senators voted guilty, and 25 not guilty. Failing of a two-thirds vote of guilty on the articles of impeachment, Belknap escapes conviction. Mr. Maxey, ?- j:J ?* I WLIU UIU iiUL ttusnci UU LUC lliOL 1U11 tan, VU| ted guilty upon the second article. Those j Senators who voted not guilty repeated their reasons for doing so, being for vart of jurisdiction, as stated upon the first ron call. In j answer to a Senate resolution, asking for ini formation regarding the Hamburg riot, the I President transmitted a letter from Governor I Chamberlain to him, and his answer thereto, on the report of the Attorney-General of | South Carolina. The President's letter was ordered to be printed. In the House the bill to coin silver dollars and make them legal tender in any amount came up in order, but I was continued. In the House on the 2nd, the silver bill 1 was again called up, but filibustered over. ! The impeachment managers reported the result of the trial to the House. The House ; went into committee of the whole, on motion I tion of Mr. Lamar, of Mississippi, who proI ceeded to make a lengthy speech on political subjects. The bill providing for the sale of 1 the Osage ceded lands passed and goes to the j President. j In the Senate on the 3rd, the joint re3olu; tion authorizing the Postmaster General to : accept from the Pacific Mail Steamship Comj pany mail service between San Francisco and i China passed. A bill limiting and fixing the .QIr?no1 .Qorrrinn naaaor? Ttio TTaiicp wqa appil JigllMl UVi V 1 V?V> J/WUvJ^/U. A AAV# AAVUUV ?( MW VVWM ; pied in receiviug reports of committees relaj tive to the complications of various officials ; in the whisky frauds. In the House on the 4th, the XVIth amendj ment to the Constitution, known as the i "Blaine School Amendment," was adopted J by a vote of yeas, 166; nays, 5. The amcnd1 ment is as follows: j Article W/t: No State shall make any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibi: ting the free exercise thereof, and no money rais| ed by taxation in any State for the support of I public schools or derived from any public fund therefor, nor any public lands devoted thereto, [ shall over be under the control of any religious j sector denomination, nor shall any moneys so raised or so devoted be divided between religious ] sects or denominations. This article shall not I enlarge or diminish tho legislative power in Congress. The last sentence is the one added by the judiciary committee. Mr. McCrary, of Iowa, a member of the judiciary committee, favori ed the original proposition, but opposed the ' substitute as a nullifying clause. It amended the Constitution and denied to Congress all power to legislate on it afterwards. Mr. Lord advocated it and said that Mr. Blaine had i stated to him over and over again that the ! amendment as drawn by him conferred no | legislative power whatever on Congress. In the Senate on the 5th, the bill for count: ing the Presidential vote was called up but laid over informally. Morton moved to take up the resolution to print ten thousand copies ' of the President's Hamburg message and accompanying documents. Mr. Thurman hoped it would not be taken up because it would give rise to a very useless debate. There was more important business before the Senate than printing papers, as they were electioneering documents. The usual number of copies ! of this message had already been printed for i the use of the Senate, and so far as the infor mation was needed for the purpose of legislation, a sufficient number of copies were before the body. The only object in printing this ten thousand copies was to circulate them as electioneering documents. The motion to take up the resolution was agreed to?yeas, 30; nays, 15, a strict party vote. Mr. Morton said he agreed with his friend, that there was but one object in having these documents printed, and that was to circulate them among the people and to convey to them information upon this subject. During the debate, which lasted all day, Mr. Thurman said all the officers of South Carolina were Republicans. Mr. Patterson said he wished the Senator could go ? A??.*Ua? in Uio ofnfamanf o nrl a Q XT U> 11 LLIU 1UI tliCl ill Ik IO ObU (iCIUWUV UUU OUJ I)t*v jurors of the State were also Republicans. Mr. Thurraan said when any man said that because a juror was not a Republican he could not render an honest judgment he libelled his State. Mr. Patterson denied that any person had ever been punished in South Carolina for a political murder. Mr. Thurman said probably the case had never been made out to warrant a judgment of guilty. Mr. Patterson replied they had been so made out frequently. Mr. Thurman?"That is the Senator's assertion against the jurors' oath. I prefer to take the jurors' oath." The debate lasted all day. After a short executive session the Senate adjourned. In the House, after a lengthy and animated discussion Cox's bill to repeal the resumption act was passed by a vote of 106 to 86. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Grasshoppers are sitting on the sweet potato vines in .Newberry. No damage yet. ? The crops near Ninety-Six are very flourishing. ? Sentiment in Lancaster is said to be in favor of an early completion of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad. ? A brutal negro, who attempted to murder his child, bv roastiner it before the fire, was tried last week, in Spartanburg, and found guilty. ? The County Council of Grangers, of Abbeville, met at Level Land on the 26tb. Eleven Granges were represented, and the meeting was very interesting. ? A man named Francis McGann, has been arrested and committed to jail in Laurens, charged with the murder of Joe Crewe. There is an apparent mystery in the affair, leading to the belief in Laurens that there is a trick in the matter. ? The Anderson Sun calls for a narrow gauge road between Anderson and Easley Station, on the Air-Line Railroad, a distance of twenty-five miles. The road might be pushed seven miles further to Pickens. The _l-i j ? u..:w eonn nnn WI1U1C l UttU UttLl UC UUU U JLUi ViIVVjVV/V? ? The Methodist District Conference at Dial's Church, Laurens county, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, attracted over a thousand persons. The services were very impressive. One thousand dollars were subscribed to the endowment fund of Wofford College. ? Col. Coleman and Capt. Kirkland left Spartanburg on Monday morning, for Alston, with an efficient corps of engineers, and will commence at once the survey of the route from Strothers, or some point on the Spartanburg and Union railroad, to Columbia. ? Mr. J. W. Gamble, of Florence, has a lot which he sowed this year in oats that yielded 10,000 pounds to the acre. After the oats had been cut he planted the same piece of land in corn. The corn was just five weeks old last Tuesday, and would average five feet high, the stalks being stout in proportion. ? At the recent court in Spartanburg, Ben Gist and Miles Sanders, colored, were found guilty of manslaughter; William Ferry, colored. of bure-larv. errand larceny, arson and assault with intent to kill; Scott Gorhara of highway robbery, resisting a public officer and assault with intent to kill, and a number of others for various offences. ? Five thousand negroes assembled at Abbeville last Friday, to see the hanging of Coleman, the colored murderer. Whisky flowed freely, and the negroes were very noisy and turbulent, the only cause assigned therefor being that Coleman had been reprieved, and the crowd was consequently disappointed in their expectations of witnessing an execution. ? The grand jury of Spartanburg county have presented Solicitor Flemming on the charge of nol prossing eighteen indictments, mostly for violations of the liquor law, and ~ ^ooo ro n?! n o -fVrvm fKirfofln reueiviug tauciui itoo lau^iug A?VIU vui?vwu to sixty-four dollars. He nol prossed for fifty dollars an indictment for retailing liquor without ^ license to H. B. Hall, who, it will be remembered was subsequently killed by United States authorities sent to arrest him. ? The Rev. R. W. Hemphill, D. D? died at Due West, Abbeville county, on the 28th ultimo, at the advanced age of seventy years. He was a son of the Rev. John Hemphill, D. D., who took a conspicuous part in the affairs of the Associate Reformed Church, in the early part of the contury, and was himself long engaged in ministerial labors. He leaves a widow and four children, one son a minister, .two engaged conducting the Abbeville Medium, and one daughter living in the West. ? Ed. Williams, colored, stole the rations of some laborers working on Sheriff* Berry's plantation, in Marion, last week. Being captured, he compromised on twenty-seven lashes instead of goiug to jail. The first blow was with a buggy trace, which brought him up standing and declaring he"couldn'ttBtand any more of dat sort." A knotted hamestring was then selected and Ned again placed himself in position, but one blow from this produced a similar result. Peach sprouts were the last concession. Ned was this time bucked and twenty-five laid' on with a will. When rr.ioQc.ifi ha mndp. tracks for Sumter. All the parties were colored. ? Says the Lancaster Ledger: The Radicals had a political meeting at Steel Hill, on Friday last, which was unfortunately visited by a few young white men, of the vicinity, a part of whom during the day, got into a difficulty with the negroes, which at one time threatened to be attended with very serious results. Much praise is given to two prominent colored men, viz.: McCamy Alexander and Hampton Mobley, for their conduct in assisting in rescuing the young men, and in their efforts to prevent bloodshed. Two or th'ree whites were badly beaten by the negroes. STATE POLITICS. ? The county executive committee of Kershaw have called a convention for the 11th August. All the precincts in Kershaw are organizing. ? Gen. W. W. Harllee, of Marion, will, at an early day, address the citizens of Timmonsville and its vicinity on the political questions of the day. ? A discussion is going on in-Newberry whether to call a new county convention fresh from the people to nominate a county ticket, or to let the old convention nominate. ? A labor reform club at Hodge's, in Abbeville has one hundred and fifty members. The Democratic club at that place numbers two : hundred and twenty-four straight-outs. ? Between seven and eight hundred white voters, a little over one-half of the entire number, have been enrolled in the Democratic clubs in Fairfield. ? The county convention of Fairfield instructed its delegates to the State Convention to present Gen. Bratton as a candidate for the Gubernatorial nomination. ? The Kershaw Gazette says all the whites are straight-out. It says, also : "We understand from a prominent Republican that a straight-out black ticket for county offices, in this connty, is not at all improbable." ? "Democrat" in the Carolina Spartan wishes the nominations for Spartanburg county to be made at once, so that the candidates can stnmn the eountv durinor the idle season. and not in the fodder pulling time. ? The Radicals of Blackville recently passed a resolution that the party "fully approved the actions of the Hon. C. P. Leslie as member of the General Assembly," and acknowledge him as "the only man who can hold the party together in Barnwell county." ? At a reform meeting held near the Orangeburg Road, in Colleton county, the 2d day of August, the following resolution was passed: Resolved, That we, the citizens of Colleton county, in mass meeting assembled, being desirous of good government and reform, do endorse and recommend the reelection of D. H. Chamberlain for Governor of the State of South Carolina. ? The citizens of Brown Town, Darlington, organized a Democratic club, on the 27th ult, with Mr. A. C. Stewart as president, and other officers. Sixty voters enrolled and the regular constitution was adopted. Three colored men attended the meeting, and one made a speech, declaring himself disgusted with the Radical party aud his desire of joining the whites for reform, if assured of a preservation of his rights and liberties. ? Dr. Neagle is a candidate for the Legislature in Richland county. He says that if the people want reform they must come to him. If they elect him, he promises to make a bonfire of $325,000 in Blue Ridge scrip, which cost him $92,000 in cash. He will place it upon the altar of his country and make a burnt offering of it. This is very well; but the Doctor fails to tell us what he mill mni rln ahmilrl Via ho alootorl ? Pleasant Hill township, in Lancaster, organized a Democratic club on the 29th. Mr. Evan Rollings was elected chairman. Officers were elected to serve for six months, Mr. Alfred Andrews being chosen chairman. It was unanimously resolved, that we, the members of this club, do agree to cooperate with the citizens of this State who are truly endeavoring to accomplish wholesome reform in our State administration. The club then adjourned to meet on the last Saturday in AuguBt. ? The name of George W. Williams, of Charleston, having been proposed for Governor of the State, on the Democratic ticket, that gentleman writes a letter declining the honor. He says he would not exchange the independent life of a civilian for the office of Chief Magistrate of the United States. He alsosayB that in his judgment the Democratic party ought not to make a nomination for Governor, and that he honestly believes that Governor Chamberlain can do more for South Carolina, in and out of the State, than any other man. ? NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The health of Wilmington is better this season than it has been for several summers past. ? Two young ladies, named Murray, in Granville county, were killed by lightning, last week. ? James E. Boyd, of Graham, is the nominee of the Republicans for Congress in the Greensboro district, in opposition to Hon. A. M. Scales, Democrat. ? A snake has been killed, in Granville county, twenty-seven inches long, and having twenty-one letters of the alphabet on its back and side. ? Hon. John Pool, late Senator in Congress, has, by Gov. Brogden, been appointed State Superintendent of Education, to reside at Raleigh. ? The negroes of Hyraan's Congressional District contemplate nominating him or an other negro for Congress against Brogden. If this be not done, Judge Thomas will run as an independent candidate. ? The Supreme Court's opinion in the case of Messimer, of Rowan, convicted in Iredell county of murdering his mother-in-law, will cause his re-sentence at the November term of the Superior Court. ? A new lead has been struck in Mr. J. H. Wilson's gold mine, near Charlotte. One hundred dollars were taken from a bushel of dirt. The vein is said to be two feet in width. Gold raining is again looking up in the State. ? Says the Statesville American : Copious rains in this section have revived the drooping hopes of farmers, the past week, and plenty will abound. The growing corn, cotton, tobacco, and other green crops is immensely benefitted. ? One hundred hands are employed at the King's Mountain Mine, about 75 at Crowder's Mountain, 25 at Thomas Grier's mine in Gaston, and 20 at the Ferris mine near Charlotte. Mr. Grier runs at 10-stamp battery, and a 5-starnp battery is being run at the Ferris mine. The machinery at the last named mine is worth $10,000. ? Columbus Caid, a colored man from Charlotte, was killed last week in Henderson county, by the caving in of a cut on the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad. He was covered completely, and when his body was extricated an hour after, it was standing erect and lifeless. Another negro was buried up to the neck, but was released without injury. After this a good many laborers got frightened and left work. ? The Charlotte Observer claims that Lieut. John Ireland and private Cad Andrews, of Company E, Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, captured Governor Hayes at Chancellorsville. Lieut. Ireland got two horses and I a sword from Governor Hayes, and since the j war has returned the latter to its owner. UpI on his capture Gen. H. was carried to the j the headquarters of Gen. Pender, of North j Carolina. The facts can be established by I il_?? mlm kalnnrrort tn tVio I gtJUtmillCil 111 ViiaiiUbb^ niiv uvtvu^wi w vmv Thirteenth North Carolina. ? Judge Dick of the United States District Court of North Carolina, has ordered published the rules of the court, in order to protect accused persons from' persecution by Federal officials. The rule provides that every order of arrest for violation of the revenue law must be issued and the case heard by the nearest commissioner, who must advise the : accused of the charges against him, of his right to employ counsel, and his liberty to refuse, without prejudice, to answer questions as to his guilt. Where offences'are committed by two or more persons, at the same lime, only one warrant.and one indictment shall issue. The fees of deputy marshals must be approved by the commissioner, and any mar! shal treating prisoners rudely or harshly will i be dismissed. LOCAL AFFAIRS. CHURCH CALENDAR. Services for Sunday, Angnst 13th, 1876. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. L. H. Wilson, Pastor. Services at Yorkville at 104 o'clock, a. m., and 8 o'clock, p. m. EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. R. P. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Yorkville, at 104 o'clock, a. m., and 5 o'clock, p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales. John J. Smith?The Corner Grocery?CandiesCincinnati Beef-Bran?Hams?Coffee. James R. Kennedy?Dissolution. F. E. Smith?Caution to Trespassers. B. F. Briggs?Equalization Board. James A.Glenn, D. D. S.?Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist. W. H. <fc J. P. Ilerndon?Cotton Gins?The Watt Plow?Bolting Cloths?Sole Leather. W. H. McCorkle. Agent?The Corner Store?The Corner, Again?Goods at thd Corner. T. M. Dobson <ft Co.?Partly Made Shirts?Millinery Goods?Great Sacrifice?Groceries. GERMAN MILLET. Dr. Massey, of Fort Mill, informs us that it was German millet from which be made the fine yield of hay alluded to in our last issue. PERSONAL. We were pleased to receive a call last Monday from Dr. T. C. Robertson, editor of the Rock Hill Orange, who was in attendance upon the County Democratic Convention. TILDEN'S* LETTER. Gov. Tilden's letter acceptiug the nomination for President has just been published. It is a lengthy paper, which we will endeavor to place before our readers next week. SALEs'.D^f. With the exception ofTThorse, sold under execution, no other property was exposed to sale by the Sheriff last Monday. There was a very large attendance* of people in town, from every section of the county, having been t? .1? tv r\ auracvea uy me vxmniy ueioucrauc vouveution. . IMPROVED PLOW. Mr. Edgar P. Williams has shown us the model of a plow he has recently invented, which may be termed a plow and cotton chop per combined. Attached to the beam are A number of revolving hoes, which chop out the cotton at regular intervals while the plow is making two furrows?one next to the cotton and the other breaking the middle. Should it come up to the expectations the inventor, it will prove a labor-saving implement. SURRENDERED HIMSELF. On Wednesday afternoon of last week, Anderson Wallace, of color, came to Yorkville and surrendered himself to the Sheriff under the following circumstances: According to his own statement, about three weeks previous to the above day, he had an altercation in Fort Mill township with a colored man by the name of Ned Stewart, of Mecklenburg county, N. C., and during the fight he cut Ned with a knife. Ned returned to bis home, and in a few days died. So soon as Anderson heard of Ned's death) he came and surrendered himself to the Sheriff, and is now in jail awaiting the result of the coroner's inquest. The deceased was a citizen of North Carolina, in which State the inquest was held, and the papers have not yet been forwarded to the authorities of this county. ROCK HILL REPUBLICAN MEETING. We have been furnished the following resolutions adopted by the Republican meeting at Rock Hill on the 2d instant, with the request to publish: Resolved By the Republicans of York county, in mass meeting assembled, That we do hereby ratify the nomination of Gov. R. B. Hayes, of. Ohio, and the Hon. William A. Wheeler, of New York, as the worthy candidates of the National Republican party for the offices of President and VicePresiaent of the United States, and we pledge our earnest and undivided support. Resolved, That we recognize in Governor D. H. Chamberlain, the wise statesman, the fearless and just and incorruptible Chief Magistrate, and the faithful and unsullied Republican, and we pledge ourselves to work and vote for his triumphant nomination and re-election. Resolved, That we greet the Hon. A. S. Wallace, to-day, with our Well done, good and faithful servant! and we will support him, with heart and hand, for re-election as our member of Congress from the Fourth Congressional District. Resolved, That we return our thanks and gratitude to the Hon. J. H. White, Nelson Davies and T. K. Bates, our representatives in the Legislature, for the faithful and earnest manner in which they have discharged their duties during their term of office, and ask that our County Convention renominate them. AFFLICTION OF Mrs. AND Col. COWARD. Our people were made sad on Sabbath afternoon by the announcement that Robert E. Lee, infant and only son of Col. A. Coward, was dead. On the preceding day the little child was violently attacked wkh cholera infantum, and after a painful illness of twentyfour hours, his little frame sunk beneath the power of the disease, and his spirit fled. A train of circumstances rendered this child peculiarly dear to his parents and sisters. He was the only son, and his parents have, in the ? e /-i-J i 11-J Wise providence 01 uou, ueeu uaueu upuu lu bury a number of children in tender infancy. The child was of an interesting age?about fifteen months old?just beginning to prattle. On Monday afternoon the remains were conveyed to the cemetery and laid in the long row of little graves filled by little brothers and sisters. A large concourse of citizens, with sad hfarts, followed the bier. Instinctively, the men who stood around the grave removed their hats from their heads, and remained in mute silence while the grave was filling. The sorrowing parents and sisters of the deceased have the sympathy of the entire community. REMAINS OF MRS. TOLAND. On the 27th ultimo, the remains of Mrs. Mary A. Toland were received at this place, having been sent from San Francisco, California. Mrs. Toland was the daughter of Capt. Edward Avery, of Ebenezer, in this county, and the wife of Dr. H. H. Toland, of Columbia, who for several years past has resided in California. When Dr. Toland removed to California, Mrs. Avery enjoined upon him that in the event of her daughter's demise, he must send her remains for interment in the family burial ground at Ebenezer, in this county. Twenty-five years ago Mrs. Toland died. Her body was embalmed and kept for some time in a fire-proof building, though for most of the time it remained in Dr. Toland's own chamber. The casket containing the body was consigned to Dr. J. M. Lowry, of this place, and on the 31st ultimo, the remains were conveyed to Ebenezer and buried by the OIUC Ui JlTJLID* Xi. V Ci J J bUC UiUVUOl VUV uvvvmuvwi A large assemblage of the kindred and friends collected at the graveyard to do the last honors to the dead, and witness the interment of a body from which life had fled more than a score of years ago. CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD. At a meeting of the Directors of the above Railroad Company, held in Chester on Friday last, arrangements Were made to issne mortgage bonds for the funding of the floating and other debts of the road, authorized by the stockholders' meeting on the 20th of July last. The Directors, exercising the discretion allowed under the stockholders' resolution, pro- j vided for an issue of bonds to the amount ef ( $200,000 only, instead of the $300,000 au-, I thorized. The remaining $100,000 of bonds I will Dot be executed or issued, except as new road-bed is hereafter constructed; and if then issued, to au amount not exceeding $4,000 per mile of such newly-constructed road. The action of the Directors satisfactorily adjusts all differences of opinion entertained in the stockholders' meeting on the subject, and augurs favorably for the extension of the road beyond Dallas at an early day. Last Thursday the Superintendent of the road, with a committee selected from among the stockholders, passed over the road, giving the track a careful inspection. The rails having been lined and the road-bed ballasted the entire length of the new portion of the road, it is pronounced to be in as good condition in that respect as any new road can be, and will be opened for passenger traffic at an early day. The passenger coaches will probably be run the entire length of the road this week. YORK DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Pursuant to the call of Major James F. Hart, County Chairman, the County Democratic Convention of York county assembled in the Court House at Yorkville, on Monday last, for the purpose of appointing five dele-, gates to the State Convention. J. F. Hart, Esq., presided as Chairman, and C. E. Spencer, Esq., acted as Secretary. The following delegates were enrolled : Bethany.?T. P. Whitesides, J. J. L. Gill, L. L. Smith. Bethel.?W. B. Smith, S. S. Smith, J. L. Adams. Blairsville.?Samuel Blair, James M. Hope, Robert Hayes. Black's Station.?Henderson Martin, W. H. Carroll, R. M. Plexico. Clay HilL?R. T. Gillespie, Andrew Stewart. Fort MxU.?J. W. Marshall, S. E. White, W. H. Stewart. McConnellsville.?A. L. Nunnery, E. A. Crawford, E. N. Crawford. Pride's Mill.-J. F. Workman, J. A. Erwin, J. L. Moore. Broad River.?J. C. Chambers, J. B. Whitesides, D. C.'McKinney, J. L. Davis. Rock HilL?P. Garrison, R. A. Steele, T. C. Robertson, W. B. Wilson, jun., R. T. May. Yorkville.?I. D. Witherspoon, W. B. Williams, W. J. Stephenson, C. E. Spencer, J. F. Hart. The Chairman announced that the Conven tion was ready for business, when, on motion of T. C. Robertson, a committee of one from each township was appointed to make a nomination of five delegates and five alternates to attend the State Convention which meets in Columbia on the 15th instant The following committee was appointed: Rock Hill?T. C. Robertson, chairman; Yorkville?W. B. Williams; Broad River? J. B. Whitesides; Pride's Mill?J. F. Workman ; McConnellsville?A. L. Nunnery; Fort Mill?S. E. White; Clay Hill-Andrew Stewart; Black's Station?W. H. Carroll ; Blairsville?Samuel Blair ; Bethel?J. L. Adams; Bethany?T. P. Whitesides. After retiring for consultation, the committee returned and reported the following names fordelegates and alternates: B. H. Massey; alternate?S. E. White. Col. Cad Jones ; alternate?J. M. Ivy. J. F. Hart; alternate?T. J. Bell. Andrew Jackson ; alternate?J. J. L. Gill. Robert Plexico; alternate?J. C. Chambers. I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., then offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the delegates selected by this meeting to attend the State Convention, are hereby instructed to exert their influence to postpone action by tho Stato Conretitioa for the present, and to recommend the re-assembling of the delegates composing the said State Convention, upon the call of the State Executive Committee. After the above resolution was read, Mr. Robertson of the Rock Hill delegation, read the following, which he DroDosed to submit as ? ?o' ? ? being expressive of the sense of the Democratic Club at Rock Hill: Resolved, That it is the sense of the Rock Hill Democratic Club that the State Democratic Convention, which assembles in Columbia on the 15th instant, should adjourn without nominating State officers, subject to the call of the State Executive Committee. The question of Mr. Witherspoon's resolution recurring, after some discussion, the vote was taken by townships. The resolution was adopted, only two townships?Clay Hill and Fort Mill?voting against it. The following resolution, offered by C. E. I Spencer, Esq., was adopted : Resolved, That should the State Convention decide upon action, the delegates thereto be appointed to represent this county in the Judicial Convention of the Sixth Circuit, and iiof tkav ho innfrnnted to endeavor to have the matter of Domination of Solicitor of this Circuit referred to the Bar of the Circuit. The following resolution, offered by W. B. Wilson, Jun., Esq., was then adopted. Resolved, That the Democratic Executive Committee for York county are hereby instructed to take a census of the voters of the county; said census specifying the name and place of residence of each voter and at what election precinct he is in the habit of voting. That each township be charged with the taking of its own census, under the direction of the member of the executive committee for said township; and that such member appoint a committee of ten in the township to assist; and that the Secretary of this meeting furnish each member of the executive committee with a copy of this resolution. The following resolution, also offered by Mr. Wilson, was adopted: Resolved, That the Democratic precinct clubs be instructed to appoint committees, each of a suitable number, not less than ten, to be known as "Working Committees," whose duties shall be the supervision and management of the approaching campaign within their respective precincts. J. C. Chambers, Esq., offered the following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the primary Clubs recommend suitable candidates for county offices, and also for members of the State Legislature, subject to the approval and ratification of the County Convention. No other business being presented, the Convention adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. C., August 7,1876. After several weeks of very hot and dry weather, we have recently been favored with abundant rains, and the crops are now look ? - .1 e lDg promising id cuuixajuouuc tuoicui, uw withstanding they had begun to fail. I notice with pleasure the fact that Mr. A. Friedheim 1 building an addition to his store-house. Japt. L. M. Davis has finished' a lovely gothic-roofed cottage. Such improvements indicate quite a degree of prosperity in our town. On Wednesday last, according to announcement, a Republican mass meeting was held here. Quite a number assembled to listen to the political speeches delivered on the occasion. Gov. D. H. Chamberlain, Judge T. J. Mackey, Hon. A. S. Wallace and others, addressed the assemblage. The Governor was first introduced by J. Hannibal White, chairman of the district. The Governor spoke at some length, contrasting the principles of the Republican with those of the Democratic party. He spoke feelingly of his every effort to discharge his duty as Governor as far as lay within his power. He was followed by the Hon. A. S. Wallace, Judge T. J. Mackey and others. The Judge was very entertaining, as usual. The other speakers were attentively heard. The day passed off quietly. Although the bar-rooms were permitted to remain oppn all '*< day, there was comparatively little drunkenness. On Saturday an enthusiastic Democratic meeting was held here for the purpose of ! electing delegates to the County Democratic | Convention. Mr. J. L. Moore, Chairman, explained the object of the meeting. Thereupon some heated political discussions were indulged in by several of the gentlemen presJ ent?some favoring one line of policy and * some a plan directly the opposite. The following-named gentlemen were chosen delegates to the County Convention: R. A. Steele, P. Garrison, W. B. Wilson, Jan., Dr. T. C. Robertson and R. T. May. On the same day the Grange Lodge had a most sumDtuoug dinner, which, however, was not partaken of by any but members of the ** fraternity. Lux. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Keely Motor Eclipsed. The story of the Keely Motor, which, a year ago, promised to revolutionize the mo* tive power as applied to machinery, having been dropped by the newspapers, the following is stated by the Griffin (Ga.) Press and Cultivator: r We referred in our last issue to Dr. Potter's "new motor" or propelling power gathered from space, and applied to machinery. It is unfortunate that we do not understand the subject sufficiently clear to give that explanation its importance demands. We saw the machine model, and witnessed its magic-like workings, and from this examination we gather : First It is based on natural laws, and is, therefore, easily understood and is of universal applicability. Second. It is operated by electro magnets, in contradistinction to permanent magnets. Third. It is really selfpropelling and its power is increased with. each revolution of the driving wheel. Fourth. Wherever steam or any other motive power can be used, this will more than fill their r place, with no danger to those who manage the machinery and with but little cost, as all nature fully supplies the material. Fifth. The first cost in preparing the whole for practical use, is much less than similar preparations, when water or steam is to be used. Sixth. It is far more easily to put under the absolute control of the operator than any other power. These are only a few of the advantages hinted at. This is no catch-penny ! ? - a . 11 i? mi _ macnine, bui a aemonstraoie laci. xoe aoove has reference alone to power. This is not by a vast deal the only or even the greatest advantages arising from this late discovered theory. From the same process light can be procured at a cost of fifty times less than by any other means. The cost of gas, the danger of the different fluids, etc., makes this single item enough to immortalize the discoverer as a benefactor to his race. His theory of the constitution and decomposition of water is entirely original and new. Though he diverges from the old theories, he abundantly , sustains himself at every point, by copious extracts from known and recognized authorities. The doctor's work is all in manuscript, all of which he read to us, after we had examined his model. Thus we form our judgment from our own knowledge of the forces used by him. Th? Homhnrir Vflrdiflt. ?-The following are the Dames of the parties i implicated by the coroner's inquest in?the riot * at Hamburg: r AIKKN MEN. R. J. Butler, Dr. Shaw, Rev. John Mealy, Thos. Butler, A. P. Butler, Henry Oetaen, Win. Briggs, Jdhn Butler, Harrison Butler, Luther Reese, Dunbar Lamar, Pierce Butler, Craytou Matheny, Cornelius Benson, Aaron Tyler, Charles Coffin, Thos. Shiver, John Crawford, Robert Gardner, Jack Vaudiver. Charles Kernaghan, Walker _ Matbeny, *tanlr Taylor,--(colored,) IftalaKvMwr< ahal, (colored,) George Vincent, Arthur Johnson, Dr. Hugh Shaw, George Busel. John Busch, Leroy Hammond, Jas. Hammond, Jas. Smith, John A Smith, Thos. Smith, Daniel Glover, Robert Mor- A gan, John Lamar, Samuel Page, Luther Ransom, ' Thos. Plunkett, Frank Kramer, John Oliver, Benjamin Vandiver and Pleasant Spinall. EDGEFIELD MEN. M. C. Butler, Benjamin Tilman. Charles Glo- fr ver, Frank Settles, Joseph Merriwether, John J Swearingen, Jas. McKie, Tol. Glover, George L Adams, Jas. Lanham, Wm. Glover, John Roger \ and Augustus Glover. GEORGIA MEN. ; . J Thos. W. Carwile, Wm. Robertso n,Jas. Clark, Dish Ramey, John Smith, Garland A. Snead, Jos. D. Twiggs, Robert Chafee, Kinloch Chafee, Leopold Myers, Wm. Pemble, John Bridges, Capt. Conway, Munty Tarver, John Damisb, Hezzie, Hezzie, Geo. Hood, James Glover, Wm. Antignac, Nick Bullineau, Polk Thomas, Daniel Hertz, Jacob Hertz, Mike Conner, Babe Bowers, Sam Wbaley, John McNaer, John Kirk Patrick and John Twiggs. . ^ Of the above, R. J. Butler, Henry Getsen, ^ Thos. Butler, Harrison Butler, John Lamar, Tbos. Oliver and Jobn Oliver, are charged with murder in the first degree. All the others are charged with being accessories before the fact. T!,e penalty, upon conviction, is ^ the same in either case, but the accused may be bailed in the discretion of the presiding judge. ** It is charged in the verdiot that Moses Parks was killed- by R. J. Butler; James Cook by Henry Getsen, Thomas Butler and Harrison Butler; A. T. Attaway, Daniel Phillips, Hamp Stevens and Albert Minyard by John Lamar, Thomas Oliver and John Oliver. Warrants for the arrest of all the parties named above were issued by Prince Rivers, trial justice, and placed in the hands of Sheriff T 1 e AM ' A II tkiun ma: dOraSD, 01 A1K6U WUUljr. All ui vucoo natrants charge the accusal with having committed the crime of murder. The Augusta Chronicle of 8aturday says that all the South Carolina parties above named met the Sheriff of Aiken county at the residence of Col. A. P. Butler on Friday and were formally arrested. They were to proceed to Aiken C. H. with the Sheriff on ^ Saturday and go at once before Judge Maher, who, it was expected, would grant them bail. Sherman on the Military Organisation. Gen. Sherman'was before the military committee last Thursday, and interrogated on the subject of the present military organization. In regard to the disposition of troops, in the Southern States, the following statements were made by General Sherman: The Chairman : There were on the 8th of July, 3,334 troops in the Southern States. Could not reinforcements be made up from them ? General Sherman : Some have been ^ drawn from Virginia and some from North and South Carolina. There are now some 3,000 troops in the South, outside of Texas. Texas has more troops than any other part of the United States. They are along the Mexican border and the Indian border, but there are more within the settled parts of the-State. 'pl. nu.: n? ?> nf JLI1U vimiiuiau . jl/uco uui> iuo ivviwuvu w* President Lerdo De Tejada and the departure of Cortinas diminish the danger in that quarter? Sherman: Cortinas has got back, and it is worse than ever. He is at Matamoras getting up a new revolution. The Mexican border is in as bad a state as it can be. j The Chairman: Could the army in the Indian country be properly reinforced by the 3,000 men now located in the Southern States outside of Texas ? Sherman: I understand from the highest authority that these troops * are needed there by marshals and revenue officers for the maintenance of public peace, etc., that is as far as I have a right to go. Mr. Hurlbut: Some are in garrisons along the seaport forts. Gen. Sherman: Yes, there are some <400 in the forts at Fortress Monroe, which is a school of artillery and has really nothing more to do with the South than with * Maine. Gen. Sherman adds that every time that we propose to withdraw troops there is an effort made by the Governors and members of Congress to keep them there. He does not believe there are more than 200 men in * Mississippi. I suppose there is no conceal_ i