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Scraps and Jacts. ? A Michigan Grange is disciplining a mem- j ber who married the daughter of a brother Granger without his consent. ? The Danville Times, after having inter-! viewed one hundred and two tobacco planters, expresses the opinion that not half a crop of the weed will be raised in the five tobacco sec- ; tions of Virginia and North Carolina. ? The Piedmont Air Line, the Great South- i em Despatch line, and the Virginia and Ten- i nessee Air Linej all of which are running in j connection with the Old Dominion steamships, have decided to advance their rates from New : York to all points in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. ? Latest harvest advices from Russia, Aus-1 tralia Ttavaria and Saxnnv are tr? t.Vip. pffap.t that these countries will have full average j crops. The crop of England, France, and the remainder of Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, North Italy and j Koumania, are all rather below the average. J ? The War Department directs Col. Ruger, upon assuming command of the department of the South about September first, to transfer the headquarters of the Department to Atlan-! ta. The companies of the Second Infantry, in the Department of the Gulf, will be transferred to the Department of the South, and the companies of the Sixteenth Infantry, now in that Department, will be transferred to the Department of the Gulf. ? William Craft, whose escape from slavery thirty years ago made such a stir in Massachusetts, is in that State soliciting aid for a manual labor school which he has established near Savannah, Georgia. After the passage of the fugitive slave law, he was married to Ellen Craft by Theodore Parker, who gave them a revolver as a wedding gift, to defend themselves against their masters. He has spent seven years in Dahomey in the employ of a society for breaking up the slave trade in Africa. ? A dispatch from London says that beef recently shipped to England on the steamer Abvsinia. arrived there in excellent condition f - ? - -w and brought good prices in the London and Liverpool markets. The meat was as tender and fresh as if killed only a couple of days previously. It was bought up at less than half of the prices charged for English beef., Regular ice compartments have been provi-1 ded on several steamers, and arrangements j made for shipping five hundred cattle a week to England. ? A dispatch from Montgomery, Alabama, under date of the 23d instant, says: "The third and most destructive crop of caterpillars have made their appearance in great numbers throughout this section, and farmers are apprehensive of the almost total destruction of the cotton crop through the prairie belt. Efforts are being extensively made to stop their ravages by use of poison, but many are discouraged and thiuk all efforts in vain. The next ten days, if the late continuous rains continue, will decide the fate of the crop." ? Sixty years ago occurred "the year without a summer." Frost occurred in every month of the year 1816. Ice formed half an innli fViint in Mau snnn foil tn tho Honth nf ten inches in Vermont, seven in Maine, three in the interior of New York, and also in Massachusetts in June; ice was formed of the thickness of common window-glass throughout New England, New York and some parts of Pennsylvania on the 5th of July ; Indian corn was so frozen that the greater part was cut down and dried for fodder in August, and farmers supplied themselves from the corn produced in 1815 for the seed of the spring of 1817. ? The Germans are Democratic this year. They have, in round numbers, twenty thousand votes in Indiana, fifty thousand in Ohio, fifty thousand in Wisconsin and sixty thousand in Illinois. The vote will exceed this estimate in each case. These are decisive States. Ohio and Indiana are specially potential. The National Democratic platform has two declarations which cannot but invite the German vote. The Democratic platform says: "We denounce the policy which thus discards the liberty loving German and tolerates a revival of the Coolie trade in Mongolian women imported for immoral purposes, and Mongolian men held to servile labor contracts." Here the distinction is finely and plainly drawn between importation and immigration. Open our ports to the willing and anxious comers from all the world, but let us have nothing but honest immigration. This is one point which will widely command the German vote for the Democratic ticket The Democratic platform has also a declaration in favor of "the liberty of individual conduct unvexed by sumptuary laws." The Republican party, in almost every instance where it has had opportunity or necessity to take a position upon this question, has placed itself in opposition to "the liberty of individual conduct unvexed by sumptuary laws." The Ger-: man, who is "liberty-loving," and who does j like to be "unvexed by sumptuary laws," will not overlook these points. ? Not the least important of the matters to be settled by the approaching fall elections, is the political complexion of the next Senate. The terras of twenty-six of the present body [ will expire on the 4th of March next. Sixteen of these are Republicans, one is an Independent, and the remainder are Democrats. The Democratic Senators whose terras expire on the date named, are from States that will make them their own successors, or else return other Democrats to fill their places, while a considerable change is almost certain in those States at present represented by Re-1 publicans. The New York Tribune admits r^nt the Rennhlinana nan nnlv hnne tn retain ?? j ?r~ ? j their control of the Senate by a very slim ma-, jority; and even the most sanguine of the j Kadical organs apprehend a loss to their par-1 ty of three or four Senators. But they probably do not half coiifess their fears. They | forget that Texas and Mississippi have put in Democrats where Republicans flourished; j that Louisiana will follow suit if given a fair chance; that Spencer will probably be forced,. by irrefutable disclosures, to resign his repre- j . sentation for Alabama to a better man ; that New Jersey and even Wisconsin are shaky on Republicanism; that Colorado may think it best to come out with the Reform movement as a starter, and that even prostrate South Carolina is aroused from her slumbers and resolved to send some worthy son to fill the chair of her great Calhoun. These and other changes render it likely that the administra-; tion of President Tilden will open with a Congress, both houses of which are in full sympa- j thy with his great mission of Retrenchment, and Reform.? Charleston News. ? Dr. H. V. Redfield, in a letter from Alabama to the Cincinnati Commercial, a Republican paper, furnishes some striking figures of the recent election iu that State, and from which he arrives at the conclusion that "the ? J _i? IL- T> time nas passea wneu me xtepu uuuauo v?u i wield the colored voters of the South as a compact body." For instance, Marengo i county has heretofore been one of the Republican strongholds, and up to the late election it never failed to roll in a Republican majority of from 2,000 to 3,000. The population of the county is 6,000 whites and 20,058 colored. This means that the Republicans outnumbered the Democrats more than three to oue. In 1874, the Democrats polled 1,808 votes and the Republicans 3,432. Last week the Republican vote dwindled down to 1,306 and the Democratic swelled to 2,598; for the rea-1 son that fully 1,000 colored men voted the 1 Democratic ticket, and another thousand did not vote at all. Bullock county contains 7,223 whites and 17,257 blacks. In 1874 the Republican ticket in that county had 2,503 votes, and at the recent election it had but 600, a falling off of nearly 2,000, whilst the Democratic rote ran up*from 1,584 in 1874 , to 2,919 in 1876. As there are only About j 1,200 Democratic votes in the County, it is evident the bulk of the black vote Went to-the i Democrats. In Hale county, containing .^^^4^800 whites to 17,000 blacks, the Democrats made a net gain of 2,338 votes, fully 1,500 blacks voting with the Democrats. These are but a few of the counties cited in proof of the wonderful change which has taken place in Alabama. Dr. Redfield, who is a Republican, predicts that Governor Tilden will carry Alabama by a majority of not less than 25,000. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, AUG, 31,1876. PROPOSED RALLY AT KING'S MOUNTAIN. A writer in the Charleston News and Com?' ? Kn ffln finlrl af Iv in^Q T'lCT tuat LlIO vaiiblCUV/iu vt Aviug wr Mountain, be made the scene of a grand ratification meeting, in which the Democracy of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee may participate. The suggestion is a good one, and eminently practicable, as the locality can now be reached by railroad from all points. As nearly one hundred years ago, King's Mountain was the turning point in the < fortunes of the struggling colonies, while fighting for independence, might not the proposed ratification meeting, held on the same historic ground, prove to be the turniug poiut in the present struggle against vice, corruption and fraud ? The 7th of October is the anniversary of the battle, and we would suggest the 7th of next October as the most appropriate day for the meeting to be held. Who will take the initiative steps ? The following is the communication to the News and Courier, and if the suggestions therein contained are acted upon, preparations should be commenced at once: In view of the necessity of fully arousing the Democracy of upper South Carolina in tho coming election, would it not bo well for the State Executive Committee to appoint a ratification meeting to be held some time during the next month on the battle-field of King's Mountain? Let a Democratic encampment be formed on the vory ground whore, nearly one hundred years ago", the British wore defeated. Let two days be devoted there to the cause of reform. Let Tilden and Hampton, Vauco and Colquitt aud Porter, be invited to attend as representing tho Union, and the four neighboring States, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tonnossee, whose sons united at King's Mountain to hurl back the oppressor from Southern soil. Or, if this be too extensive a programme, it might be better, as North and South Carolina were more immediately interested in that battle, for our executive committee to co-operate with that of North Carolina, and on this historic spot to ratify the nominations of Tilden, Hampton and Vance, tho standardbearers of Democracy and reform. York. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A bale of new cotton was sold in Wiunsboro on Friday last at 10s cents. ? The granite of which the custom house is to be built at Nashville, Tenn., is to be taken from Fairfield, in this State. ? Mr. D. H. Russell, who lives near Pendleton, has a stalk of cotton which has 480 squares and bolls upon it. ? Gen. John A. Wagener, one of the Dem ocratic nomiuees lor rresiaeutiai j&iecior for the State at large, died at Walhalla, on Sunday morning last, after a short illness. ?The corn crops throughout Georgetown and Williamsburg counties, are looking finely. It is estimated that the corn crops in both counties will average twenty bushels to the acre. ? Honry E. Scott, formerly of tlic bunking firm of Scott, Williams & Co., died in Columbia, from congestive fever, on Wednesday of last week, after an illness of ten days. ?Kershaw county boasts of a planter who has been farming for forty years and has never bought a grain of corn. He is out of ; debt and lives well. ? A mortgage for three million dollars was recorded last week in the Clerk's office, at Abbeville, from the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, to Hamlin Beattie, L. D. Childs and E. H. Frost, trustees. ? Judge Shaw has written a letter to mem-1 bers of the Sumter bar, in which he declares that he will not surrender bis authority as Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit to F. J. Moses, Jr., under the pretended election in ; December last, until overruled by a proper judicial tribunal. ? Governor Chamberlain has appointed Col. Low, of Columbia, chief constable for the State, with Messrs. Tomlinson and Lord as constables for Charleston county, and Mr. j Bolivar as constable for Orangeburg. These ; appointments have been made in view of pos- j sible trouble with Whipperand his adherents. ! ? Mr. W. A. G. McWhorter planted an j acre of German Millet, in Anderson county, j this year, and gathered a crop of 16,140 i pounds from it. It was sown in drills eight- j een inches apart, and received no cultivation, j Some of it was more than five feet high. This is a very large yield, and makes the crop a very profitable one. STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? One township in Sumter county has a democratic club of 116 raemberrs. ? On Saturday last, a colored Democratic Club, with thirty members, was formed at White Oak, Fairfield county. ? A liberal Georgian has contributed 8200 to the Edgefield Democratic Committee, for campaign purposes. ? Last week, a colored Democratic club, with thirty-four members, was formed at Aiken. ? Capt. C. J. Iredell, of Columbia, has or ? ?i - ? j T-V ganizea a coioreu x/eiuuuraui; uuu iu mau city, which numbers one hundred and forty members. ? A Tilden and Hampton club has been formed at Gaffney's, on the Air-Line Rail- j road, and quite a number of negroes joined at j the first meeting. ? A Republican meeting, advertised to take place at Beaufort last Wednesday, was postponed, as nobody was present to listen to the speakers. ? In South Caroliua, the Republican majorities in successive State elections have been as follows: In 1870-33,594; in 1872?33, 305; in 1874-11,589. ? At a recent Republican meeting held in one of the lower counties of the State, the following resolution was adopted : "Resolved, That we extend to the Democrats our invitation to be absent from our meetings in future." ? A colored Democratic Club has been organized with forty members in one township of Marion ' county. The Merchant and Far- j mer says that quite a number of colored men have declared their willingness tosupportthe Democratic ticket. ? Anderson county, in 1874, gave Green, on the fusion ticket, 2,534 votes. It is now said that there are 2,800 men members of Dem0?cratic clubs in the same county, orJjT other words, a white organizatione^ee'eding the entire previous vote by 266/"'"^ ? X planter in RioKTand county, who era* ploys ft large number of hands, has informed the Columbia Register that two-thirds of the hands on his place have declared for Hampton. He says the announcement surprised ? - .. . C. ; > . him as much as it could have surprised anyj body, as he was not aware that he had more than two Democrats on the place. ! ? The Democratic Club of Newberry met on Tuesday night of last week. Five colored | men joined and there is a prospect of more | being added to the list. All the members of I the club seemed to be aroused to the vital questions now at the stake, and appeared to take a deep interest in the organization. ? The following Democratic nominations have been made in Spartanburg county: ! Senator?Gabriel Cannon ; Representatives? j Dr. Compton, Col. E. S. Allen, Chas. Petty, I John W. Wofford ; Clerk of Court?F. M. Trimmier; Sheriff?W. Wash. Thomson ; Probate Judge?George W. Nichols; School Commissioner?E. M. Chapman. ? T. B. Johnston, a Republican of Sumter county, could not get a hearing at a Republican meeting recently held in that county. He was told by some of the colored men that be could no longer mislead them; that he had lied to them, and created discord between them and the white people, from whom they received a living. Many colored men of that section have openly avowed their adhesion to the Democratic party, and are zealously working for its success. ? The following appointments for General Hampton and the nominees of the State and electoral ticket, have been published by the Executive Committee of the Democratic party: Anderson,September 2d; Walhalla, September 4th ; Pickens, September 5th ; Green I ville, September 7th; Spartanburg, September 9th; Union, September 11th; Laurens, September 13th ; Newberry, September 14th ; Abbeville, September 16th. Other appointments are to be announced hereafter. ? At a meeting of the citizens of Abbeville, last week, a Committee of Safety, consisting of Gen. McGowan, J. S Cothran, W. J. Smith, J. T. Robertson and \V. R. White, was appointed under the following preamble and resolution :"As a general election is approaching, and the excitement therewith may lead to disturbances, involving the good order of the town and the safety of the lives of the citizens, Resolved, That a committee of five discreet citizens be appointed, whose duty it shall be, in connection with the town council, in cases of sudden emergency, to give directions and take all necessary measures to preserve the the peace and protect the lives and property of the citzens of the town, and to this end full power is hereby given them." ? The railroad employes of Columbia have formed a democratic club. A large number of workingmen, among whom are many colored laborers, have joined the organization. An old gray-haired man, formerly a slave of General Hampton, is a member, and on the -* - 1 I* J1 _ J occasion of the organization aenverea an address. He said that "he had almost raised Wade Hampton from the cradle up, and that he had, from his infancy to the present day, always fouod Wade Hampton possessed of a pure and noble nature. He assured his hearers that Gen. Hampton was incapable of doing a low or mean act. He said nobody could come before him, white or black, and say that Gen. Hamptod would violate his word with any man. Gen. Hampton had promised to be the Governor of all the people in the State, and he knew the man too well to doubt what he said. For his part, the colored people could do as they pleased, but he was going to stand by Hampton, not only until the sun went down on election day, but until the sun of his life was set." ?StiKTM QJMlhiA NEWS. ? Superior Court for Mecklenburg county convened last Monday. ? Judge Watts is seriously ill at his residence in Franklinton. ? Rev. Wra. Hooper, formerly a professor in the State University at Chapel Hill, died in that town last week at an advanced age. ? The new cotton factory in process of erection by G. \Y. Swepson, on Haw river, will be in operation by the 1st of October. ? Sweet potatoes grow spontaneously in Mitchell county. One of this variety, known as the wild sweet potato, was recently dug weighing sixty pounds! ? George Davis, aged about 75 years, near Cherry mountain, Rutherford county, committed suicide last week, by shooting himself with a gun. ? Major Gee, who had command of the Federal prisoners at Salisbury, during the late war, died at Quincy, Florida, a few days ago. ?There are one hundred and forty brandy distilleries in operation in the counties of Wilson, Pitt, Edgecornb and Martin. And still the people are not happy. ? A statement just made at the Auditor's office, shows that the total listed value of real estate in North Carolina, is $92,357,120. Of this amount $17,047,321 is in town property. ? The Mobile Register announces the death of Capt. P. U. Murphy, formerly of North Carolina, who was an officer in the United State Navy up to the breaking out of the late war. ? The Uhariotte uemocrai says: "urrassboppers have attacked several plantations in the surrounding country, in some instances stripping the fodder from the corn stalks. Mr. J. W. Wads worth has one field of corn completely riddled by the pests." ? E. A. Propst, of Rowan county, says the Salisbury Watchman, is now producing from fifteen hundred to two thousand pounds of seed cotton per acre on land that ten years ago would not yield a bushel and a half of corn. He has brought it up by sowing down clover, plowing under green crops and fertilizing. GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS. I ? Hiram Revels, colored ex-United States Senator from Mississippi, has declared his purpose to support Tilden and Hendricks. ? At CHillman, Alabama, there is a colony of Germans, mostly from Ohio, and at the recent State election 134 out of the entire population of 152, voted the Democratic ticket. ? Ex-Secretary Gideon Welles is a Tilden man. He thinks the Governor's letter "is the product of an able mind?a statesman and a politician who will give us an energetic and capable administration." ? The San Francisco Examiner says that in the estimates made of the States which will support the National Democratic ticket, the three Pacific States?California, Oregon aud Nevada?should be counted as certain to give their electoral votes to Tilden and Hendricks. ? Ex-Governor Harris, of Tennessee, who i . 1- e . L Was l&8t wees uuiuiuttieu iui eicuiur at migc on the Democratic ticket, has written a letter declining, because his candidacy might be made use of to the injury of the Democracy, he having been conspicuous as a secessionist. Senator at Washington has received a letteN^ora a prominent gentleman of New EngIantTwh^e reputation is national, and who is not n rrfhrrgrftti w which he says that the feeling of discontent^11 'he country, and the pressure of the times, isllPun^ to elect Tilden. . i ? Advices recived by the Democratic**?11* i gressioual committee from Indiana, state? * V the campaign has opened in that State with remarkable vigor. The meetings are large j and enthusiastic, and the election of Williams . for Governor is predicted by a very decided majority. ? The leading Germans of Chicago, Republicans and Liberals, have issued an address pronouncing for Tilden. The address is signed by Edmund Jussen, (a brother-in-law of Carl Schurz,) Gen. H. Dilger, F. Bauraann, Edward Rummel, Philip Stein, and several hundred other German Republicans and Liberals. ? Mr. Thurlow Weed, a prominent Republican politician of New York, writes to a friend in San Francisco under date of July 20: "We go into the Presidential canvass under great disadvantages. Here all business is paralyzed. Tens of thousands of men are out of employment. The administration is weak, to say the least of it, while Congress, with its Democratic House, is worse than weak. Tbe people waot a change/' EDITORIAL INKLINGS. "Dividing the Time." The Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic party, has issued the following circular in regard to joint disj cussions at Republican aud Democratic meetings : ; The Executive Committee, in view of the ; requests made of the Republican party at a | recent meeting, for the division of time in discussing the questions at issue between the parties, aunouuce that we deem it due to the voters to have a full, fair ahd free discussion on all such occasions, and express our willingness to extend tbe same right to Republican speakers whenever they desire, and a respect ful hearing at our meetings. And to this end we urge the Democratic party to observe every decorum and propriety in attending tbe ! meetings of the opposite party. The object of | the Democratic party is peaceful and unj trammeled discussion, that the people may be| come enlightened on the issues of the day. A. C. Haskell, Chairman. I Commissioners of Election. ? Under date of the 25th instant, Gover' Pkomkflrlain kao iftdllpH t.hft fnllowinc I UVi vumuuviiwIU www D | proclamation relative the appointing of com' missioners of election for the various counties: It will be my duty to appoint, on or before the 7th proximo, three Commissioners of Election in each county in the State. It is jufl and proper, in my judgement, that each political party should be fairly represented in i these several boards, and I, therefore, purpose to appoint, as a general rule, on each ' board, two representatives of the Republican party and one of the Democratic party. In ! all CAses I intend to appoint only fair-minded and just men. I, therefore, invite suggestions and recommendations as to these appointments from both political parties. I shall decline to appoint candidates for office as Commissioners of Election ; and if those 6rst appointed shall j thereafter become candidates, I shall expect I their resignations as Commissioners of Elecj tions, and I shall feel warranted in making removals for this cause. D. H. Chamberlain, Governor of South Carolina. MEBE-MENTION. It is said that A. T. Stewart & Co., and H. B. Claflin & Co., are each making prepara*1"> MfoklioKmont nf di-u onnHfl VlDIIRPfl UUUO 1U1 bug gobQuiiouujvuii v? j ^w%?# in Chicago. Peach peelings, heretofore a waste product of the canning factories, are now employed in a distillery near Baltimore in making brandy. All but twenty-seven j Ute Indians, armed by the government to ; fight the Sioux, after receiving arms, desertI ed. Tho California Grangers have resolvedto ship grain on theft* own account. The New York Republicans have nominated exGovernor Morgan for Governor. Three : hundred thousand trade dollars per month are | being coined at San Francisco. The delj egates elected by the Methodist Church, ! North and South, to arrange for a re-union of | those large bodies of Christians, were in sesj sion for several days at Cape May, and sub' stantially agreed on a basis, which will' be made public in a few days. G. A. Tinklenburg has accepted the nomination of the Republican party for Governor of Missouri. The surplus wheat crop of Calii fornia this season is estimated at six hundred thousand tons. Sheriff Harris, of Crock I et county, Tennessee, has been arrested under | the enforcement act and held to bail in I $2,000. ! S. W. Crawford, a quack doctor in jail at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, charged with poisoning William Johnson, was taken from the jail by a mob last Friday night and hanged. The funeral of the late Speaker Kerr, at New Albany, Ind., last Friday, I was very largely attended. Gov. Hendricks ! was present. Gen. McClellan has writI ten a letter in which he announces his intenI tion to support Tilden and Hendricks. The j heaviest rain-storm for several years passed ! over Wheeling, West Virginia, last Thursday night, flooding houses and causing considers* i ble damage to property. A fire, destroy: ing $200,000 worth of property, occurred in Savannah, Ga., on last Friday night. One I hundred recruits left New York last Saturday | to join the troops in the West. A battle j between the Servians and the Turks, last ! Thursday, resulted in the Turks losing 15,000 , killed, wounded and prisoners. I Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. C., Aug. 28, 1876. A general and more material damage to the crops throughout this and other sections, has resulted within the past two weeks, owing l to the great want of a sufficient quantity of , rain. And even in sections where there has j been no lack of rain, the crops are failing. I am told the young cotton is casting a greater ! part of its forms than the old, and that even 1 full grown bolls are being Bhed daily. Several fine large hogs have died here with cholera, and others are dying. I know of but i one instance in which a cure has been effected, and that was by Mr. J. J. Qagins, who used kerosene and other ingredients. | On Thursday night the young men of this ' place and the surrounding country met, by appointment, in Hollar's Hall, and formed 1 - - _;u_ _i..u !.? { themselves into a Bociai nue-umu, mi wo | purpose of target shooting and other amusements of a similar character. Dr. T. C. > Robertson was called to the chair, and Mr. j Allen Jones was requested to act as temporary. secretary. Major T. C. Beckham was I elected president; Capt. R. H. McCosh vice| president; R. T. May and Allen Jones second 1 vice-presidents, and H. Ratteree secretary. The Club has no military character at all; ; but hopes to get up target shooting for prizes, pic nic parties, etc., for the amusement of the 1 members of the Club and their friends. On Saturday afternoon last, the Republicans held a meeting at Ebenezer, for the os' tensible purpose of electing delegates to their County Convention, which meets on the 4th of September. The Rock Hill colored brass band mustered but a meagre crowd of followers to attend the meeting. Several gentlemen of this place went to witness the proceedings of the meeting. An open political discussion j was freely indulged by Republicans and Dem- { ocrats. Several speeohes were made on both j sides, and many interrogations were put to the Republicans by the Democrats present, ask! ing for certain explanations. They bad held a meeting on the Saturday afternoon previous fprthaaame purpose; but great confusion and fWMfcitod among them, and no - : delegates were elected. Therefore, they had appointed the meeting just spoken of, which also adjourned in disorder, aud without electing delegates to the County Convention. Nest Saturday has been appointed as the day for the next meeting, to be held in this place, for the purpose of making another effort to elect delegates. I await the result. Lux. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, August 28, 1876. The organizatiou of the Tilden and Hampton Club on last Monday evening, was the | most enthusiastic event that has taken place in our town since the close of the late war. It reminded one somewhat of meetings at the beginning of that eventful struggle, when addresses were made by our public men for the purpose of arousing the people, and exhorting them to do and dare in behalf of their country. At an early hour on Monday evening, the Court House was filled with the Chester Democracy, with a small sprinkling of the colored element, who were present, for the most part, from curiosity. Mr. J. D. Means called the meeting to order, and then with the view of encouraging his hearers, and inciting them to the performance of good deeds, briefly and appropriately referred to those States that had shaken off the incubus of Radicalism and clothed themselves in the beautiful garments of reform and good government. After a few brief but appropriate remarks, be requested Mr. T. C Gaston to take the chair, which the latter did in a short and stirring speech. The evils of Radical rule were portrovod in vivid nnlnra Mr. W. A. R. Wilson " ;vu ? - and Mr. J. B. McFadden were chosen temporary secretaries of the meeting. Upon motion of Mr. J. D. Means, the secretaries obtained the names of persona present who desired to become members of the Club. Upon the performance of this duty it was found that 113 names had been secured. Some of these were the names of colored persons, to whom an earnest and pressing invitation had been extended to unite with the Club. At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Means arose and moved that a committee of five be appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws for the government of the Club. The adoption of the motion was followed by the appointment of the committee, consisting of Messrs. J. D. Means, J. J. Hemphill, W. A. R. Wilson, J. C. Hardin and C. E. Cobb. An election of officers of the Club was then in order, though some of the members were of the opinion that this work ought to be preceded by the report and adoption of the constitution. The feeling was almost unanimous in favor of an immediate election, which was entered into with the result given in my last correspondence. All the officers were elected by acclamation. The hour of adjournment bad now arrived, but before doing so, the Club called upon Mr. J. J. Hemphill for a speech. He responded to their call in an earnest effort in behalf of reform and the election of the Democratic candidates. He said that the policy of compromise with our political foes had been repeatedly tried, but with no good results, and the time had now come for the adoption of another method for securing those political blessings so ardently sought and desired by the good of the land. In referring to the intimidation once practiced upon the colored element by those of their own color, he said that the Democracy "Were determined that in the future, ample protection should be extended to any negro who desired to vote the Democratic ticket. The applause with which his remarks were received showed that they had struck a responsive chord in the popular heart. Mr. T. C. Gaston was called upon for a speech, and he, too, made a speech thpf stirred the Democratic soul to its lowest 4?pl)^ He said that the whites had borne Republican rule as long as they intended to beai^rfTt had brought them to the brink of ruin, and their only solution consisted in transferring the government into the hands of the Democracy. | At the conclusion of his speech; the Tilden and Hampton Club of Chester, which, I believe, was the first organized in the State, adjourned, after a most successful and enthusiastic meeting. Tuesday morning almost witnessed a difficulty between some negro Radicals on one side, and a colored Democrat, backed by some whites, on the other side. The offending negro had joined the Tilden and Hampton Club on the previous evening, which was considered by his colored brethren an act of. great iniquity and one deserving of immediate puuishraent. Tuesday morning was the time, and Main street the place selected for administering the whipping, but to their surprise and astonishment, they soon found the Democratic negro reinforced by some whites, who told him to staod firm, for they were at his back. It is only necessary to say that the negro Radicals deemed it the part of wisdom and prudence not to whip the Democratic negro that morning. The Chester Sabre Club, commanded by Gen. W. A. Walker, responded to the vail of the bugle on Thursday morning, and after forming in line on Main street, took up the march for an old held, where they drilled for some time. The company, when in line, presents an imposing appearance. The horse that General Walker rides is the one that bore him through the toilsome marches and the hard-fought battles of the late war. The noble animal has reached a high degree of proficiency in the cavalry drill. A Republican meeting was held on Thursday at a public school house, near Mr. Adam T. Walker's residence. Mr. F. B. Lloyd was the Republican light that shone forth with the greatest brilliancy upon the occasion. When the hour for the beginning of the speaking had arrived, a considerable body of whites, with two Democratic speakers, J. J. Hemphill, Esq., and C. S. Brice, Esq., put in their appearance. The Democratic speakers claimed the privilege of speaking, which was granted. After Mr. Lloyd's effort, which principally related to his own official record, Mr. Hemphill mounted the rostrum, and endeavored to show to his colored listeners the folly and crime of putting political power in the hands of rascals and robbers. He was followed by Mr. Brice, who read extracts from the Democratic platform to prove to the colored element their entire safety in trusting their rights and interests with General Hampton. At the conclusion of the speaking Mr. Lloyd proposed three cheers for Governor Chamberlain, which were given with such faintness as to provoke laughter even from his colored friends. Three cheers were proposed and given for Hampton, when the meeting terminated, with a decided triumph for the Democrats. A horrible affair took place on Thursday morning, about daylight, in the lower portion of the county, about six miles from town. Lucy Mitchell, wife of Miles Mitchell, became enraged with her husband, and obtaining an axe, struck him a blow on the back part of his head, that caused his death in about two hours. After being struck, be walked some distance to a negro house for the purpose of getting some one to dress the wound. Trial Justice McDonald, acting coroner, repaired the same morning to the scene of the sad occurrence. A jury of inquest was summoned, and after examination, their verdict was that "Miles Mitchell came to bis death by a blow Btruck with the blade of an axe in the hands of Lucy Mitchell." The perpetrator of the dreadful deed has been put in jail to wait her trial at the next term of the Court of General Sessions. The case of the State vs. John Dickey, R. P. Workman and others, of which mention was made in my last week's correspondence, has been settled, the prosecutors and defendants having agreed to a compromise. How blessed it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! A number of colored boys of this pjace have formed an organization under the title of the Bucket Company, which will serve as an auxiliary to the Hook and JLiaaaer company. The new company will add to the efficiency of the fire department. Rev. Mr. Stringfellow, assistant rector of Trinity Church,Colombia, conducted services in the Episcopal Church at this place on yesterday morning and evening. The subject of his discourse in the morning was ,4the unjust steward." The wisdom and prudence of the steward in providing for the things of this world was commended, while the means employed were condemned. The Christian was enjoined to observe the same wisdom and prudence in providing for the things of eternity. In the evening Mr. Stringfellow preached an excellent sermon upon- Christ's lamentation I over the city of Jerusalem. After speaking of the rejection of the offers of salvation by this historic city, he made an appropriate and beautiful application of the text to those individuals, who, having refused to accept of salvation, had hardened their -hearts and sinned away their day of grace. A large congregation listened with attention to the sermon. Rev. Mr. Stringfellow has taken charge nf thia nariaVi and in the future will nreach here on the second and fourth Sundays of every month. Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Yorkville, will continue his services on the third Saturday of every month. Rt. Rev. W. B. W. Howe will arrive at this place to-morrow, and will hold services in St Mark's Church on Tuesday and Wedne?day. The rite of confirmation will be administered on Wednesday evening. The Couuty Democratic Convention assembles at this place to-day. The farmers are complaining of dry weather at the present time. The crops in the vicinity of Landsford have been greatly injured. J. J. McLure was robbed last night of his watch, pocket book, and a suit of clothes, by some thief who entered his room. No clue has yet been obtained to the detection of the robbery. Qui. Chester, Aug. 29,1876. At the meeting of the County Convention on yesterday, it was decided that the Convention re-assemble on next Monday for the purpose of nominating candidates for county offices. Precinct meetings will be held throughout the county on Friday of this week, when the people will have the right of returning the same, or electing new delegates to the County Convention. Some opposition was expressed to the nomination of candidates on next Monday, for the reason that county nl.tko nni>U tn lu mnrii thnmnohlo nrraniMtd VIUUO vuguil .u uv ?VKV O? before proceeding to make nominations. Others took the ground that the best way to accomplish the organization of the Democratic party in the county was to place the standard bearers in the field without delay. This view was held by the majority, and it was consequently adopted. It was also decided to have a grand ratification of county nominations on Tuesday evening, 14th of September. There is no doubt that elaborate preparations will be arranged to make the event in every way worthy of the cause. A splendid pyrotechnic display, and addressee by distinguished gentlemen, will be the prominent features of the ratification meeting. The Chester Rifle Club, accompanied by a number of gentlemen from this place, will visit Yorkville to-day for the purpose of participating in the Democratic ratification meeting to take place to night. They go with the expectation of having a rousing time. A bale of new cotton was sold here this morning by William Pendergrass. It brought 101 cents. , . . The Tilden and Hampton club met last night. The constitution, the prpmijient features of which are promi3erdTproteoTtxj^and remunerative employment to the corohad members, was--adopted. After the adoption prostitution, a number of new members-were enrolled. The club now numbers "196 members. Ten colored men joined last evening. Qui. WHIPPER ON THE JUDGESHIP. After Governor Chamberlain issued bis recent proclamation regarding the judgeship of the Bret circuit, Whipper, the would-be judge of that circuit, while in Charleston a few days ago, was interviewed by a reporter of the Journal of Commerce, the result of which is given as follows: The opening question by the reporter was? "You've seen the Governor's proclamation I suppose?" "I have." "Well what do you tbink of it?" "Iv'e seen it for the first time to-day, and hav'nt considered it maturely; but I am at a loss to know of any law which warrants bis interference." ...... . "Do you still expect to take the judge's seat?" ??T knnfl a X UVJ^V w? "Do you intend to carry out your programme announced in your previous interview ?" "I said at the time, that I'd take the seat if the court was in session; but inoonaequence of the adjournment, that part of the programme cannot be carried out; but I consider myself, after the 26th, judge de facto and de jure, and shall govern myself accordingly." "You bavn't come to town with any view of making any demonstration on the 26th ?" "Oh! no, nothing of that sort. My family is in town, and I merely came down to see them." "To what time is the court adjourned ?" "November, I think." "Your hands are pretty well tied then?" "I will not so consider them after the 26th, so far as the judgeship is concerned. As I said in a former interview, I shall not hesitate to perform any of the functions of Judge in the Circuit after that time, unless on a more careful examination of the Governor's proclamation and the law, I find some law which warrants his action." "You have not, as yet, settled on any definite time to take your seat ?" "So far as the seat is concerned, not until a regular or special term of the Court." "Have you any idea of calling a special term ?" "I have not; unless in my judgment there is a necessity for it Nothing in reference to my judgment will create that necessity." "Do you know what the officere of the court will do in view of this proclamation ?" "I do not I hav'nt seen one of them." Upon being asked to make any statement that he saw fit in regard to this matterr Whipper said: "In a former interview, I stated, in reply to an interrogatory from you, that I ex* pected no violence. My opinion in that re* spect is materially changed. I think this pro* clamation will cause violence." , "Do you think it will cause violence pq the part of your adherents or Governor Chamberlain's, or both ?" "Not on the part of mine in the fir^ instance. I think it will encourage and embolden my oppo8ers and encourage them to commit violence; while on the other hand, it will not intimidate a single friend of mine." "Then you think that violence on the part of your opposers, will cause violence on the ?aih? Aiion/4o t paib VI JUUI llivuuoi "It undoubtedly will; but it will be under the color of law." "Where do you expect to derive a support from?a posse ?" "Most assuredly. That is, under the presumption that the Sheriff will obey me." "If the sheriff refuses to obey you, then you will have to resort to the higher courts?" "Certainly." Expressing the hope that this would be the consummation of the affair, and promising to omit all "trimmings" in.his report, the reporter withdrew, being escorted to the front door by Whipper. A knot of colored men mora atnnriincr nf t.hfl front Hoor as the reDOft er came out, treating the inmates of Whimper's house to a vocal serenade. ' . ? *'? r-~.ni tcir A persistent effort is being made to secure ihe division of California into two States. The proposed division is on the line of Santa Cruz county, giving fourteen couuties in the south for the new State, with 30,000 voters and $100,000,000 taxable property. Los Angeles is mentioned for the capital. LOOAL AFFAIRS. CHURCH CALENDAR. ^Services for SnBdAj, September 8rd, 1876. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, j Jte*.L. H.WiL?o*,E?rtpr.,>v ;.?,? Services at Yorkville at 104 o'clock, a. m.t and 8 o'clock, p. m. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. J. E. Carlisle, PasW. ' Services. at Yorkville, at 4d-o'clock a. m., and 8 o'clock, p. m. ' : v EHSCdpHiOBWCH, *'j ? " Rev. R. P. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Rock Hill, at 104 o'clock a. m., and 8 u / r>.iU a oonriT * Tif O PVflBVKn nWTTRPW AOOVVAai? A?U4. W? W aov M Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at Yorkville. at 10} o'clock, a. m., and 4} o'clock, p. m. l-f ."t-ti ; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Clark Brothers?Bagging?Cotton Ties?SaltFlour? Iron?Coffee?Bacon?Powder?'Tobacco? Lard?Nail a. M. Strauss?Shirts?Machine Needles?New Fall Goods. H. F. Adickes, Jr.?Fresh Groceries. Latimer A Hemphill?For 8ale. A. Coward?Notice to Trespassers. J. H. White, Chairman Fourth Congressional District?Republican Conventions. Miss Sue Edwards?School Notice. T. S. JeOerys, Agent?Cotton Gins and Presses. J. Dudley Jones?Lost. W. J. McGill?Notice to Trespassers. .. GEN. WADE*HAMPTON. v.r : . The interesting sketeh of Gen. WadaJEIampton, on the first page of this issue, was written for the Enquirer by J. Wood Davidson, Esq. J ^ THE PORT MILL RIOT. It is doe to say we were in error, in stating that several shots were fired-by the negroes who attempted to rescue Monroe Roddy from the hands of the constable at Fort'Mill. The negroes had no fire-arms, bat were prepared for their work with sticks and stones; Several shots were fired by the constable's pom bo- fore the mob could be induced to yield to the * dictates of the law. IMPROVED 8CH0OL DESK. Mr. JObes, Principal of Xorkvtlle f emale Institute, has shown as the model of a school desk, which, for simplicity of construction and comfort to the pupil, is an improrembnt on any desk we have yet seen. In the arrangement of the desk, Mr. Jones hits studied economy as well as utility, and he thinks they can be made after his model for three or four dollars each, affording good profit for the manufacturer. REL1GIOU8 INTELLIGENCE. '' A note from Rev.W. W. Ratchford friforms us that he has latently held a six days' meeting at each ofthe following chbrches, with the following results: Shiloh, on the 5th Sabbath in July; additions to the church, 5. Olivet, oh the '1st 4 Sabbath iu August; addition to the choroh, 9. Bullock's Creek, on the Second Sabbath in August; additions to the church, 33." Total, 47. ! THE SCHOOLS. The fall session of King's Mountain Military School, and of the Yorkville Female Institute will commence oh Monday next The faculty of the first-named School/wi^'rpmain the same as it was last sessioQ. tn addition to the teachere in the Female'Institute last session, Rev. L. H. Wilson and Mrs. ^SJara D. McLean are announced as members ofthe Board of Instruction. We hope each of these excellent schools will receive a pat: ronage commensurate with their facilitee for htb- ii us if-' imparting instruction. THE WEATHER AND.THE CHOPS, The first rain in this immediate section, for IweutySvus diiyaj. JUL OD.^rnna/fnftttqUUiogi? The crops for.$ few miles around ...YqfJt^le are badly parched, and cotton is shedding the bolls to a considerable, extent. In some, sections of the county there has been abundance of rain, and crops in these localities are promising, though there are neigh^rboodll, ip which, from the excessive drought, the .crop of cotton will be cut offat least ope half. The early-planted corn is well raatured.andiljis hoped late rains will revive that which gas planted late in the seasoD. ' ' ii- ' THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH* InitiAt The "Columbia Convocation" oft the Episcopal Church was in eenion in thia.plaoe from Wednesday untilFriday.evening of last week*, But few delegates were in attendance, and.thp greater part of the business transacted was ot routine charactjer.Rey. Bishop Hove, who presided over the deliberations of the Convocation, preached an excdieotaermoo on Satr urday evening, and another on 80nday . morning. On Sunday evening confirmed .-a class of seven candidates ibr, membership, presented by Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector of the "Church of the Good Shepherd"-*tf'this place. - V. CORONBR'8 INQUEST. *. ??!" W. N. Alexander, Coroner ofMeeUepburg county, has transmitted to the derk ^of^the Court of Common Pleas of this ooonty, the evidence and verdict of the jury of loftiest ih the case of Abe Stewart, who was stabbed few weeks ago near Fort Mill, by Abdenon Wallace. Abe returned to his home in Mecklenburg county and died a few days after the occurrence. The verdict of the jury, is to the effect that he came to his death at the-hands of Anderson Wallace. As will oe rememoer* ed, Anderson delivered himself.to the Sheriff of this county several flays ago,.and is nowin jail. "M&iii 'u TRANSFEHS OF'REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County An* ditor since our last report: > B. H. Moore and wife to Robert Morrison. Lot in Rock Hilt. ConsidflratiouTf2.U00. J. S. Cureton to J. M. Ivy. Tract. ol 830 acres of land in Catawba township Consideration $5,000. Leander Dobson to 8. N. Johnson. Lot of li acres in YorktbwiMihift. Consideration $30. MaryS. Johnston -toS E. Jane. Stewart. Tract of 11 acre* in Bethel township. Coo? sideration $6ff. T rr ? J A TAnAa ..Imuu. tA O ?1* VylftWBUU BUU A* wuvoy w J. M. Ivy. Tract of 215 acres in Bethel townshito. Consideration $860. ^ A. M. Jackson to James Ferguson. Tract jf of land in York township; Consideration f $250. .: < ' , , ' f M T. K. Mickle to Wm. McBaily and others. ? Lot of I acre in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $7. . " \ R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to P.'B. I itHri; Lot : W?%: in Yorkville. Consideration $500. g Trustees of Methodist Chnrch to Allen A :jg' . Vj Barber. Lot in Rook Hill, Consideration vr $250. Francis M. McAfee to Thomas. M. Thom. f "? assoc. Tract of 150 acres in King's Mouo. ? tain township. Consideration $200." Ruth B. Moore to John Smith.' Tract of $2 acres in Broad River township. - Consider*, tion $250. ? : Up Samuel E. White to S. A; Harris. Lot ia M:II 4/UA ? run mill, . , Jqhn M. Swann to R. E. Guthrie. Tttet of 1122 acres in Bethesda township.; Consideration 81,004. -a? Win. L. Sandifer to R. ?. dnthrie. Tract of 286 acres in Bethesda township. Consid* eration $1,685. ' i-ii* :..it . W. W. Thomson to: AJbertO.;MAN?i.aod Jessie Mv Thomson- Tract of 693 ac?ea,in Bullock's.,Greek township. Consideration 3616. T. B. Wither* to Mrs. Jafie Wright Lot in Fort MHI. Consideration 130. James M. Culp to John A. Culp - Tract