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Jtoaps anil Jarts. ? It is a good sign, when you go into a youpg man*8 room, to find a well-thumbed Bible lying upon the table. It is a sign that there are pious servants in the house. ? It is now estimated that the total number of visitors to the Centennial Exhibition will reach 7,000,000, and that the commission will be able to pay stockholders fifty per cent, of their subscriptions. ? The number of desertions from the United States army, for the last five years, aggregated 30,000, of which number 2,500 deserted in 1875. This is one-tenth of the nominal force of the army?that is, one man out of ten in the ranks deserted last year. ? Philadelphia furniture dealers send "confidential" letters to clergymen of the city, askinrr t?i ha nnt nnnn tha trnalr r?-f naronnn whn uvy -r? ?- ? ? ? r ' ? are soon to be married or have been recently. This is truly business enterprise. Wonder how much commission the clergymen charge! ? A mercantile firm at Spirit Lake, Iowa, have adopted a new method of doing business. No books are kept. When a customer desires credit, he goes to the desk and bor. rows the. money, for which he gives his note, payable with interest. He then buys his goods and pays for them. ? The new fashion in Brooklyn is said to be to call a pastor at a very high salary, nominally, with the understanding that he is to remit a certain portion of it. In this way the congregation gets credit for more than it does, and the pastor for more than he is worth. ? Five young gentlemen, students at Princeton College, New Jersey, have left the cellege and gone home because a colored theological student in the divinity school, which is not connected with the college proper, has been allowed to attend Dr. McCosh's lectures on psychology. ? Perry Morgan, alias Perry Cureton, charged with attempting to commit a rape on a young white lady, in the vicinity of Jonesville, Union county, about the 10th ultimo, was arrested in Greenville county, on Monday of last week, and lodged in jail. He was captured in a cotton field near Bates' Factory. ? The railroads running into Philadelphia are doing an enormous Centennial business. The Pennsylvania Road alone has averaged 14,000 passengers a day for the last two weeks, the number on some days reaching as high as 30,000. It is very creditable to the management of the road that with all this travel, not a single passenger has been hurt on it since the Centennial opened. ? The inevitable "pool selling on the elections" has commenced, and will be kept up briskly until after November. Ohio and Indiana receive the attention of sporting men at present. The other evetaing, at Mr. Morrissey's, the Democratic candidate in Indiana sold for $100 and the Republican for $90. The Democratic candidate in Ohio sold for $35, and the Republican for $100. ?Some days ago, the appointment clerk of the Treasury Department at Washington, wrote to Frederick Douglas, asking him if he had any personal interest, as was reported, in a certain colored employee who had been selected as a victim for decapitation, remarking that if he was retained it would be at the expense of a more efficient employee. Mr. Douglas replied as follows: "I have no special interest in him, and if I had, I should say at once,advance and do your duty. The govUnn A 1 1A ILA UAAI ll AAn uruiueuL uos a ngut iu wit; ucatBcivi^c it u?u obtain without regard to the wishes of the friends of particular individuals." ? There was recently, and still is, an old gentleman in Maine, who had four sons and one daughter, and in the same neighborhood was another old gentleman, who had one son and four daughters, making ten sons and daughters in all. And what did these two rascals dQ, but turn right in, and from time to time, get up five weddings ; the four sons and one daughter of the one marrying the four daughters and one son of the other. The spectacle of five married couples and but two mothers-in-law, exhibits a state of beatitude that is "rarely seldom" to be seen in this weary, wooden world. ? At the election in November, Texas votes simply for Congressmen and Presidential electors. Under the new constitution. State of fleers were elected last Spring, all of whom hold over. The Fifteenth Legislature, which has at last adjourned, fixed January 1, 1879, as the day of the meeting of the sixteenth, so there will be no need of electing members for some time to come. The Democratic Congressional nominations have all been made. Five of the present delegation?Reagan, Culbertson, Throckmorton, Mills and Schleicher?have been renominated r,nd will undoubtedly be returned with but little opposition. Texas will give Tilden and Hendricks at least 100,000 majority. ? Recently, at Saratoga Springs, New York, while Harper, the clown of Barnum's Circus, was passing up Broadway, a little jo^ild slipped from a three story window, and A U nn /-] 1 /\n m rvrrrn f Vv r\ wnvrnnn Anf UT A * - uctvuiuug tunaiu tiiu pa v cuicuu naiper.^t the instant, and, as it would seem, providentially, caught sight of the child as it left the window above, and, with the alacrity of a cat, placed himself in position to break its fall. When it came down to him he caught it with a firm grasp, and not only broke its fall, but held it from going to the pavement. The act was bold and dangerous, but successful. The athlete suffered some little injury, but not enough to speak of in connection with so extraordinary a feat. ? It is acknowledged on all hands that now, New York is getting its full share of Centennial trade. The hotels are literally crammed, the various places of public amusement, night ^ after night, have every seat occupied, the horse cars and cabmen are taxed to the utmost ^^of their ability, and the merchants, wholesale and retail, for once, admit that they have as much business as they can well attend to. Mauy of them are obliged to keep open their stores until late in the evening to accommodate customers. Never since the war have the streets and avenues presented so busy an appearance. Broadway looks like the old times, and the boulevards up town, as well as the parks, are Dot less lull of life and animation. The most extraordinary balloon adventure on record has just happened to the aeronauts of the Alexandra Palace Company, London. Having attained a height of 8,000 feet, they three times crossed the Thames, and descended in a large meadow near Eltham, Kent. They were justletting off the gas when a large bull charged them, bellowing furiously. They threw the two last bags of sand out of the car, and barely escaped through the rising of the balloon. The bull scattered the contents of ? the saod bags over the ground, and his horns, 1 ?? m rlio r?i?onnol vatiQ aof ' DeCOOlILIg tsuwugiw 1U I>ue giuj/uut tv^w, wv the grapnel free, throwing one aeronaut out i of the car through the jerk. Fortunately he succeeded in clutching the netting, and, with ; bis companion's assistance, was hauled into j the car before it had ascended many hundred ! feet. They then sailed away for a mile, and descended in another meadow. ? The Pennyslvania Columbian and Democrat, furnishes the following in regard to John J. Patterson, who misrepresents the honest 4 people of South Carolina in the Senate of the ^3 United States: "Senator Patterson is a Penn^ sylvanian from the Juanita Valley, a small, dirty tool of General Cameron, who was engaged in "the bribery business exposed by Dr. | lJoxyer iQ 1863, and who purchased his own J seayin the United States Senate from a negro Legislature in South Carolina?a little red. hetiMled rascal who knows enoGgh to be a dirty tr'irMkster. and to be capable of any meanness, buS nothing manly. He was once a member j of R>ur Legislature?one of the meanest there? i for many years hung around that body peddler of members' votes for a consideraand an operator in things so base and that no man of any pretention to chartNlL engage in them. In the Federal ?K<^ou^s^nothing more than an extra vote for Cameron, and a scavenger of filthy jobs that even the ordinary carpet-bagger spurns. Yet, undier the rule of the Republican party, this creature has the power to put the government to large expense to help him to political advantage and triumph, and to this end to draw the standing army from its legitimate and honorable duties to become the instrument to enable him to cheat the people out of their natural rights." (Smquirtt. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 5, 1876. Howte Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-offlce, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription'by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a reentered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residiug in York county who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the papor, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?Tbo date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood thaj our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork. are cash in advance SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?It is stated that the corn crop in Lexington, will be larger than it has been for years. ? Governor Chamberlain returned to Columbia on Wednesday of last week. ? The State Fair at Columbia, will open on Tuesday, the 14th day of November. ? Ice, one-fourth of an inch in thickness, is reported at Anderson on Monday last. ? Within a period of two weeks, recently, Mr. Jefferson Roach, who resides in the vicinity of Rock Hill, lost three children from diphtheria. He has but one child left, au infant of a few mouths. ? The Winnsboro New and Fairfield Herald have been sold to the "Winnsboro Publishing Company," who will hereafter issue a weekly paper to be called The News and Herald. Mr. John S. Reynolds, formerly of the King's Mountain Military School, will control the editorial department of the new paper. ? The office of the Assistant United States Treasurer, at Charleston, was closed on Saturday last in accordance with orders received from the department at Washington. The acting Treasurer, Mr. T. R. Stickney, received orders to turn over all the funds in his possession, amounting to $200,000, to the People's National Bank, which has been designated as the Uuited States depository in Charleston. ? No definite information has been received in Columbia in regard to the number of persons killed and wounded during the disturbances at Ellenton, in Aiken county. As yet only one arrest has been made on account of the riot, that of a negro named Jabez Price, who is charged with having participated in the tearing up the Port Royal Railroad. He has been lodged in Aiken jail to await an examination. f I ? Col. Coleman and Capt. Kirkland have finished the survey of the road from Alston to Columbia, having located two excellent routes to Columbia. One of these routes is a high and dry one, running along the ridge and connecting at the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad depot; and the other ' "* -1"?? J 11 >-?l fa unnnnilln an/1 ilea tuuug a Liu paiaiiu iu iuo vjuccufiuo uuu Columbia Railroad, connecting at the depot of that road. It has not been decided as to which route the road will take, as either will do. ? Col. Thos. G. Bacon, well-known throughout the South as a devotee of the turf, died at his home in Edgefield county, on Monday.of last week. Colonel Bacon was the youngest son of Edmund Bacon, the able lawyer, and the famous wit (Ned Brace) of the "Georgia Scenes " He was a soldier in the Florida war, and commanded in the Conf lerate war the gallant 7th Regiment, one of the four first sent to Virginia from South Carolina. After the war he served as State Senator, and in several other political positions. ? The Charleston News and Courier says: ,(WKinnor Viae Vtomin nrnnoorlinoro in I | U1|IJL/V* uu?g vwguu vvvvvtiugw u vuv ?VWMVW Supreme Court to test the right of Judge Reed to hold the office of Judge of the First Circuit, the office to which the General Assembly thought it had elected Whipper on "Black Thursday." The proceedings are by Quo Warranto. Only Chief Justice Moses was present when the Supreme Court last met, and he adjourned the Court until the middle of October, when, it is presumed, the case agreed upon by ex-Governor Moses and Judge Shaw, and Whipper's Quo Warranto, will be disposed of. Chief Justice Moses cannot sit when the case of Moses and Shaw comes up; but he can sit upon the case of Whipper, and a decision in either case will cover both cases. Which will come up first?" STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? Mr. W. E. Rose has hoisted a Hampton and Tilden flag over his hotel in Columbia. ?The Democrats of Sumter have nomina ted six white and six colored men for legislative and county offices. ? The Walterboro' News, Radical, admits that one hundred colored men have joined the Democratic clubs in Colleton. ? Thirty-two colored men have joined the Indian Hill Democratic Club, in Abbeville county. ? Uriah Portee, a colored citizen of Richland, a former County Commissioner, has declared for Hampton. ? A colored Democratic club was organized in St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston county, last week with eighty members. ? D. D. McColl has been renominated as the Republican candidate for Solicitor of the r 4.u iUUIbU Utll'UAU ? J. H. Rainey, colored, has been renomiinated as candidate for Congress from the first district, beating Whittemore and Maxwell. ? Fifteen colored men have already joined the Diamond Hill Democratic Club in Abbeville county, and the prospects for a further increase of this number are decidedly good. ? The Beaver Dam Democratic Club of Sumter county, has adopted resolutions looking to a discrimination in favor of Democrats in renting lands, making advances, and giving employment. ? In a recent speech at Darlington, Gen. Hampton said: "Not one single right enjoyed by the colored people to-day shall be taken from them. They shall be the equals, under the law, of any man in South Carolina." ? While at Cheraw, Gen. Hampton announced from the stand, that he had good ftut^ority for saying that there was only one white man in Chesterfield county that would vote the radical ticket in November. ?The Columbia Phoenix is informed that ex-Senator E. S. J. Hayes, of Lexington, and his brother, B. I. Hayes, heretofore strong Republicans, have declared for Hampton and reform. ? The State Democratic Executive Committee have appointed Major Theodore G. Barker, Elector for the State at Large, vice General John A. Wagener, deceased. Maj. Barker has accepted the position. ? A notice has been posted at Belton, in Anderson county, warning colored Democrats, some of whom were named, not to join any more processions; threatening to flog them or drive them out of the country, and giving them three weeks to leave. ? Ex-Governor Scott has been "interviewed" by a reporter of the Union-Herald touching his fealty to the Republican State ticket. Scott says he is friendly to Mr. Chamberlain, but there are names on the ticket that he don't see how he can support. ? The Nexos and Courier savs the Barnwell Republicans are coming over in force. E. M. Sumter, who had been a member Df the Legislature for years, will use all his influence to elect the Hampton ticket. Thomas Bonner, an influential colored man, will do the same. Robert Thompson, William Nix, Jr., F. Hunter and Lymus Williams, also unite themselves with the party of Reform*'and Honest Government. ? The Charleston Nem and Courier publishes the following list of prominent Republicans who have declared for Hampton : M. I. Browning, of Orangeburg ; A. B. Knowlton, of Orangeburg; Judge T. H. Cooke, of Greenville; J. P. M. Epping, of Beaufort; D. B. McLaurin, of Bennettsville; Judge C. P. Townsend ; Senator J. M. Smith, of Barnwell ; Judge T. J. Mackey, of Chester; Senator Andrews, of Orangeburg; W. E. Rose, of Columbia; Maj. M. R. Delany, of Charles toil; B. L. Brisbane, of Beaufort. GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS. ? The election in Colorado, on the 10th of October, will have uncommon interest, from the fact that the Legislature then chosen will elect two United States Senators, and also the Presidential electors of the State.. The Legislature of South Carolina, it will be remembered, formerly elected the State's Presidential electors. ? The Baltimore Sun says that a number of Southern Republican politicians have been in Washington, within the last few days, again asking for funds from the National committee. Secretary Chandler repeated to them that nothing can be done for the South at this time, as every cent which can be raised must be sent into Ohio and Indiana. After the elecin fLnna f OTA fifafot O YCk AT7DI* fVlPn VlP blULiO 1U bUUOU vnv UDWvvo maw wvw?| vmwuj mw said, the South should haveBome money. ? The New York Tribune, of Saturday, publishes the following news: "The feeling at the Democratic National headquarters is sanguine. Democrats who are in communication with all parts of the country, say there is abundance of Democratic enthusiasm, which is almost ready to swell the "Tilden wave." They say there are at present six hundred Democratic Clubs in working condition in the State of New York, while there never have been heretofore more than two hundred clubs working in a Democratic campaign. Next week Tammany Hall may hold a ratification meeting, and other demonstrations are on font. Democrats,assert that if the vote were cast to-day Ohio, 4s well aslndiana, would proclaim for Tilden. The campaign, as fought on paper, they declare, shows that Indiana is good for 8,000 majority, but as small figures were prodigally dropped in the computation, they will not be startled, they say confidentially, if Indiana rolls up 12,000 majority for Tilden. Some Democrats are giving an earnest of their determination to stand by "Tilden and Reform" by putting their money into the political pool. It is asserted, on the best authority, that John Morrissey has already staked 820,000 on the succees of the Demo| cratic ticket in Indiana. Within two days ; he has also made two bets, amounting to $6000 that New York will give 40,000 Democratic majority, and has paid, in addition, $400 pledge money in a $4,000 bet of the same character, the money to be deposited before the October elections. Democrats say that Robinson's candidature is growing in favor and influence." MERE-MENTION. The Indians at Spotted Tail Agency have signed a treaty of peace. On concluding the treaty, Spotted Tail remarked that all the troubles with the Indians have been caused by the Great Father and his children. The United States Government has sent a vessel to Spain to convey Tweed to the United States, which action has caused considerable comment in Washington, inasmuch as Spain will now have a right to ask the extradition of Cuban patriots in this country. On next Tuesday, the 10th instant, elections will be held in Indiana, West Virginia, Ohio and Colorado. Gen. Braxton Bragg, died suddenly in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday of last week. He was in his usual health up to the moment of the attack. The cause of his death was syncope, induced by organic disease of the heart. The Georgia State election was held yesterday. Seventeen millions in National Bank notes were, issued from January 14, 1875, to September 28, 1876. The postage on letters to Brazil, is now twenty-one cents for each half ounce? newspapers four cents each. Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana, the democratic candidate for vice-president, was fifty-seven years old on the 7th of September. Rev. Wm. Young, of Arkansas, has been accepted by the Asso ciate Reformed Church as a missionary to Egypt. .There were seventeen yellow fever interments in Savannah on Saturday, and sixteen on the previous day. A half million dollars in Russian gold reached New York last Thursday, on account of the Menonite emigrants recently arrived in this country Corn is being sold in portions of Illinois at twenty cents a bushel. Marshal Wallace Interviewed.?-The election law of the United States provides for the appointment of supervisors of elections and deputies. The former are appointed by the United States Commissioners. In making these appointments, the commisioners are bound to choose one from each political party, in order that both parties shall be equally represented at the polls. The deputies are appointed by the United States Marshal, who uses his own discretion in these appointments. A reporter called on United States Marshal R. M. Wallace, in order to ascertain from him how he intended to make these appoint; raents, and elicited the following facts: The Marshal stated that it was left with him entirely whom he should appoint; that there were certain counties in the State in which i he would appoint none but Republicans; that ; he did not think that he could trust a Demo| crat in those counties. There were other I counties in which he would make the ap; pointments equal between the two political i parties, and that there were certain other I counties in which he did not deem it necessaI ry to make any appointments whatever. When asked why it was that he intended to choose from but one political party in certain of the upper counties, he replied that he was responsible for all deputies appointed, and would not feel authorized to choose from the Democrats in those counties, for they have openly announced that no Republicans would vote there, and he did not see how he could trust the Democrats in those counties ; and he would not assume the responsibility upon himself, as he was in a great measure -accountable -for the actions of- all deputies whom he might appoint To the question, whether ir the chairman of the Executive Committee for each county should recommend certain parties for apapointment he would approve of the same and commission them, he answered that he would investigate the matter, and ff the parties were such as he thought could be trusted, he certainly would, and that he would be glad if the Democrats of each county would send in the names of parties whom they wished to to recommend to those appointments, so as to give him an opportunity to investigate.? Journal of Commerce. SPEECH FROM JUDGE MACKEY. HE DECLARES FOR HAMPTON AND REDEMPTION. Judge Muckey, by invitation, addressed the Tilden and Hampton Club in the court house at Chester last Saturday evening. Soon as it became known that he was to speak, the house was packed with white and colored citizens. He arose anid deafening cheers? I Droclaimed himself still a Republican, but not of the band that has been despoiling and ruining the State. Just here it is due the Judge to state that this was not the first time be had declared his purpose to support whichever ticket promised genuine reform. Early as the first of August he made such declaration, and has since repeated it here and elsewhere?had proclaimed at Republican meetings before Chamberlain's nomination and in his presence, that unless they put in the field as good a ticket as the Democrats, be would support the Democratic ticket with might and main. He stated that the distinctive features of political parties are not in their titles, but in their platforms, and that the chief points of differefice between the Democratic and Republican parties had blended?their names were a matter of convenience, and that Hampton was virtually on the Republican platform. The Democratic ticket afforded the only hope, the only guarantee of honesty, integrity aud equal justic&to all, and was bound to sweep the State. Hfhesitated not to take his position with those who are moving to redeem the government of South Carolina, and would canvass for Hampton from the crest of the Blue Ridge to the salt water. The Judge depicted forcibly the folly and inevitable doom of the colored population in their attempt to array themselves solidly against the native whites with whom they are to live and to die. Foreign adventurers, political leaders of the negro, regarded South Carolina simply as a camping ground from which they could and wonld flee at their convenience and leave the deluded negro to his fate. But the other day, while the soil of South Carolina ui?j ?r u was uriuaiug up iua uiuuu vi uci wuiauud, white and colored, Chamberlain, instead of being at his post and struggling to allay passion and violence, was making a visit to his home in Massachusetts. He was approached on the train by the Judge and entreated to return to Columbia and exert himself in behalf of peace and order, but all in vain. Now, Governor Chamberlain might be found somewhere under the North pole; whereas if Hampton had been Governor, he would, under similar circumstances, have been at his post ready, at the peril of his life, to protect the humblest citizen, white or black. By facts and figures he was prepared to show that the stealings of the last eight years would be amply sufficient, without the collection of a cent of taxes, to run tfce government for as many years in the future. The prosperous condition of the negroes in Virginia, Georgia and other Southern States was contrasted with his impoverished condition here in South Carolina. He predicted that the first effort to restrict negro suffrage would be made by the North. The board of State canvassers,com posed of officials and candidates in opposition to the Democratic party, was passed in scathing review. The speech called forth repeated cheering and was listened to throughnut milti morVoH ottontinn ond nn mntinn r?f Mr. J. D. Means the thanks of the club were voted to the Judge for his address. The Hell Gate Explosion.?Hell Gate, or Hurl Gate, a narrow and rocky pass in the East river, seven miles northeast of New York city, which has been a great impediment to navigation, was opened last week, by means of blasting the rock with several tons of dynamite and other powerful explosives. The work of preparing for the explosion had been under way for several years, and on Sunday afternoon of last week, by means of electricity, the blasts were discharged. Much damage to adjacent buildings had been apprehended from the detonation, but the water beneath which the charges had been placed, operated as a resisting-medium to the shock, and consequently no damage whatever resulted to property in the vicinity of the explosion. The work was conducted by Gen. Newton. The explosion is thus described by a correspondent: A roaring, reverberating sound was heard, taking every one by surprise. A very palpable vibration of the earth followed, lasting about two seconds, a streak of water suddenly shot up at Hallett's Point, to thirty or forty feet in height, and was succeeded by a massive column of black water, full of stones, loose rock and dirt, which rose to the height of ten or fifteen feet, many pieces of rock being thrown seventy feet high. There was no paralyzing shock, no stunning or tremendous detonation, no earth convulsion, and nune of the spectators experienced the grand terrifying spectacle they had expected. All was over inside of three seconds at the furthest. As the water subsided, a huge wave of dark, muddy water rolled from Hallett's reef towards the New York shore, but its force was soon spent, and before it reached the shore it was incapable of damage. The spectators were so surprised at the apparent insignificant result, that many were inclined to believe that only a portion of the terrible dynamite had exploded, and that their ears would yet be stunned by the deafening report of a greater explosion, but no further noise was heard ; the mine had indeed been fired, and the work of seven years had culminated. The crowds, however, still lingered expectantly, their eyes turned in the direction of the spot where the cloud of white foaming MiaArt n TwaniAllol XT TTOICi IJOU 1IOCU a IOTT Ui I LI U ICO ?J>i Cf i\juiaxj The effects of the explosion were felt but very slightly on the steamers and tugs. It was as if they had Btruck a log and experienced a trifling shock. On Ward's Island and Blackwell, where the city officials and invited guests were assembled, the shock was very distinctly felt, but no damage was done. Four guard boats had been placed at various points on the river to keep the channel clear, and the spectators on these boats felt the tremor very slightly. There was no palpable shock after the explosion, and after some little display of enthusiasm the crowds began to disperse, the cars and carriages that had conveyed them to the scene were again filled to suffocation, and the various river steamers AMAtn/lA<] \Tor?*? nAixiAno fnftlr Krtflf WCIC OIOU UlUlTUCUl XTiauj piOUUB vuvu WMV to Astoria, as it was expected the severe shock would be experienced there. As showing the effectiveness of the explosion, Gen. Newton, in a communication to the commissioners of pilots, says thereof at Hallett's Point has been swept, and the summary of facts is as follows: From one hundred and eighty feet distant from the shore line to the line of the buoys, the bottom slopes gradually from eight feet of depth at mean low water, to twenty feet outside the line of b joys. Nothing less than twenty feet of depth at mean low water was observed. The divers have been examining the reef and report a thorough break up. LOCAL AFFAIRS. CHURCH CALENDAR. Services for Snnday, October 8th, 1870. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. L. H. Wilson, Pastor. Servioes at Yorkville at 10J o'clock, a. m., and 8 o'clock, p. m. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. J. E. Carlisle, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia, at 10} o'clock a. m., and at Yorkville, at 8 o'clock, p. m. ' i; EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. R. P. Johnson, Pastor. Services at Yorkville, at 10} o'clock a. m., and 5 o'clock, p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John J. Smith?Hams?Flour?Molasses?SaltHominy?Green Apples?Cheese?Canned Peaches?Crackers. Misses Massey & Smith?Fall Millinery. Smith & Wesson's Fire Arms. W. B. Metts, Chairman Executive Committee? Grand" Rally at Yorkville, on the 13th in stant. J. M. Ivy, President?Wade Hampton at Rock Hill, on the night of the 12th instant. W. H. & J. P. Herndon?Fruit?Hams?Collars?Coffee?Cheese. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Judge of Probate SalesSheriff's Sole. Hugh Gelston and others?Trespass Notice. J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In BankruptcyIn the matter of T. W. Sturgis, Bankrupt. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationMrs. Jane Miller, Applicant?Franklin I^Xillor deceased. J. A. Ratchford and R. S. McConnell?Brick for Sale. J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Notice to Creditors of the estates of R. H. Full wood, Samuel Wylie. FROST. The first frost of the season visited this section last Monday morning. Vegetation was slightly affected, and the temperature is quite cool. SALES-DAY. There was quite a large attendance of people in town on Monday last, the occasion being sales-day and the beginning of the fall term of the Circuit Court. . The only property sold was the laud of R. M. Sims?a tract of 225 acres?sold under foreclosure of mortgage, at the suit of J. I. Middleton & Co., and bought by Iredell Jones for $1,100. PUBLIC SPEAKING. On Tuesday night political speeches were made in the piazza of Rawlinson's Hotel, to a considerable crowd of both races who assembled to hear the issues of the day discussed. W. B. Williams, Esq., first spoke, and was followed by T. C. Gaston, Esq., the Democratic nominee for Solicitor of this judicial circuit. I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., followed Mr. Gaston, and at the conclusion of his address the meeting adjourned. DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. On Thursday last, a Democrat meeting was held at Bethany, at which there were present near one hundred whites and about thirty colored persons, who turned out to bear the affairs of State discussed. Speeches were made by W. B. Williams, T. J. Bell and I. D. Witherspoon, Esqrs., and every thing passed off harmoniously. On Friday night, an enthusiastic demon* stration was had at Clay Hill, on which occasion there was an imposing torch-light procession and a band of music. Over three hundred persons were present, about seventyfive of whom were colored voters. The meet- , ing was addressed by Messrs. Witherepoon, Hart and Bell, and adjourned at a late hour, the proceedings having been conducted in the most quiet and orderly manner. DEMOCRATIC MAS8 MEETINGS. By reference to advertisements in another fsoluinn, it will be. s ten that th^re will be a,; ? ^ - - ? Ti.xL grand jjemocrauc demonstration in xvock Hill, on Thursday night, the 12th of October, on which occasion a number of prominent speakers, including Wade Hampton, will address the people. On the following day, Gen. Hampton will fill his regular appointment to address the people of York county at this place. Exten-., sive arrangements are making to render this the grandest political meeting ever held in York, and we hope every voter in the county will avail himself of the opportunity thus presented of seeing and hearing Carolina's noble son and the other distinguished speakers who will be present. APPOINTMENTS FOR GEN. LEACH. Hon. J. M. Leacb, of North Carolina, who was expected to address the people of York i county at Eock Hill on the night of the 12th, J < and at this place on the 13th, has written to f a gentleman here regretting that it will be 1 impossible for him to be in this State at the times above designated; bat he makes the < following appointments to speak in this State, which appointments he will be enabled to fill, ' accompanied by distinguished speakers of < our own State : 1 Rock Hill, Tuesday, October 24, 1 Yorkville, Wednesday, " 25, ] Chester, Thursday, " 26, I Newberry, Saturday, " 28, Subsequent to the above dates, Gen. Leach will also speak at Greenville and Spartanburg. Gen. Leach is one of the most powerful stump-speakers in the Old North State, ' and by invitation has already been with Gen. i Hampton at Cheraw and Bennettsville. The < people of York, of both political parties, will not regret the time devoted to heariDg him, aod we trust there will be a large turn out of white and colored voters at Rock Hill on the 24th, and at this place on the 25th. CIRCUIT COURT. Intimidation of Voters?Attorney-General Taft's Order reviewed in the State Court. The October term of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for York county, his Honor T. J. Mackey presiding, convened at eleven o'clock last Monday. In charging the grand jury, his Honor stated that he had heard, but had no facts warranting the imputation, that armed organizations exist in this county, having for their object the intimidation of voters for the purpose of controlling the approaching election. While nothing of this kind had occurred in York county for the past five years, and while the citizens were never more peaceably inclined, it is the duty of the Court to instruct the grand jury to enquire if such organizations do exist; and if they find they do, to report the same flio Pnnrf vhila if find t.hftf; thflv 1 "" *"w v"#?"? ^ j ! do not exist, likewise to report the fact. The ( Court announced its readiness to move at , all times to secure an inviolable ballot, and to j maintain the law supreme, without the guidance of an executive officer at Washington. His Honor then stated that his attention , had been called to the recent order of Attorney-General Taft, which he characterized ( as the most formidable and audacious act of political intimidation at present within < the knowledge of the Court; and said that the Judge of a Court who would permit the 1 provisions of that order to be enforced in his "A.ilil ha fa 1 an fa his /111 fir Ro mM it WUWUib) nuuiu uv imou w umi uuwji is the duty of the Courts aod of every citizen of the State, to aid the United States civil and military authorities when such aid is required; but the law fixes a limit to the authority of J an executive officer, and when he transcends 1 that limit he himself becomes amenable. The circular of Attorney-General Taft, continued his Honor, in effect expunges the law and its | duly constituted tribunals, and substitutes the i will of a subordinate United States officer therefor. The law is ample to check intimidation of votere and to punish those guilty of intimidatl6n ; and the rights of no voter shall be trampled upon, no matter what his political sentiments, or race or color may, .Unifcd States Marshals and Deputy Marshals will not be permitted, on this judicial circuit, to carry out the provisions of the order of the Attorney-General to the extent^ of_ disregarding the duly issued process of the State courts; and should they offer resistance to judicial authority, adequate force would be invoked to maintain that authority, and the Court would assume the responsibility. He who acts upon the provisions of that circular will do so at his peril, if he violates the constitutional or legil rights of the humblest citizen. The circular of the Attorney General, in directing U. S. Marshals to disregard the State officers in the execution of their instructions, virtually proposes that every Marshal and Deputy Marshal shall be constituted a supreme tribunal, whose acts, however flagrantly violative of the constitution and laws of the State, shall not be subject to review by the Courts of the State. The President of the United States even, cannot suspend the writ of habeas corpus for a single hour in time of peace, unless specially authorized thereto by the Congress of the United States; yet the Attorney General assumes to empower a Det Uy Marshal, not only to suspend this great safeguard of personal liberty at'will, but U> annul, for the time being, the whole body of criminal statutes of the State, enacted pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the United States for the due protection of the life, liberty and property of the citizen. His Honor also instructed the grand jury that it constitutes intimidation for an employer to threaten to discharge his employes unless they vote a certain way; and that it is likewise intimidation if a laborer refuses to work unless his employer votes a certain way. Iredell Jones, Esq., was appointed foreman of jury No. 1 and Peter Ross, colored, foreman of jury No. 2. The following cases on the sessions docket have been disposed of up to the time of our going to press: State vs. John Avery and Sarah Wilson, colored; assault with intent to kill. Verdict? Sarah Wilson not guilty; John Avery guilty of assault and battery. State vs. Jefferson Hall, colored. Burglary and larceny. Verdict?guilty. State vs. J. W. Clack; violation of contract. Verdict?not guilty, under instructions of the Court, with the following entry 8n the docket: "The act to punish agricultural laborers for violating their contracts is unconstitutional, cull and void." State vs. Solomon King, colored; assault and battery. Verdict?not guilty. State vs. Junius Massey, colored; grand larceny. Verdict?not guilty. State vs. James Watson, colored; assault and battery. Verdict?guilty; but recommended to the mercy of the Court Sentence? one hour in jail. State vs. Dock Ward, colored; rape and assault. Verdict?guilty. Motion for new trial. State vs. Andrew Tate, colored; housei u! j i t?i i. j :w? oreaaiug auu j&rceuy. r icauui guubjr. State va. M. W. Mendenhall; bastardy. Verdict?not guilty, with the following entry on the docket: "The evidence clearly showing that the defendant, Milton W. Mendeubalk.is even above sunpjoion as to'ike offense charged." State va. Butler Askew, colored; assault with intent to kill, and assault and battery. Verdict?not guilty. State va. Robert M. Davis, receiving stolen goods. The defendant having fled the State, on motion of the Solicitor, his recognizance is estreated on payment of one-half the bond and the costs of prosecution, tLe bond being in the sum of $300.00. State va. Charles Moore, colored, alias Bill Murphy ; house-breaking and larceny. Pleaded guilty. State va. same; grand larceny. Verdict?guilty. State vs. John A. Hill, colored; malicious mischief. Verdict?not guilty. State vs. James Davie, colored; assault with intent to kill. Verdict?guilty of manslaughter. State vs. Henry Webb; grand larceny. Verdict?guilty. State vs. Jas. P. Black; bastardy. Ver3ict?guilty. At the time we go to press, the trial of Anlerson Wallace, colored, charged with murier, is progressing. The presiding Judge, luring the present term, hss exercised his usual degree of industry and perseverance, prolonging each daily session to a late hour in the night. From the Charlotte Observer, 30th ult. GOV. CHAMBERLAIN "INTERVIEWED." The train from the North on the R. & D. R. R., on Tuesday, was ten hours behind time, ind passengers going South were compel! 3d to lay over here until the regular schedule time for the next train South, over the C. C. & A. R. R. Among the passengers thus detained at Charlotte, was Gov. D. H. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, who was en route from Washington. It having been reported that Mr. Chamberlain had just visited the Capital with a view of inducing the Federal Administration to send more troops into South Carolina, we decided to interview that gentleman and learn the truth or falsity of the report. Sending up a card, we were invited into the parlor of the Central Hotel, and aftor waiting a short time Gov. Chamberlain enter3d the room, with a fatigued look, which he attributed to the fact that he had been traveling day and night for the past day or so. After the usual civilities, we opened a conversation somewhat as follows: Reporter?Governor, it is reported that you have recently been to Washington, to urge the Federal Administration to send more troops to your State, in the event that they may be needed during the politcal canvass which is now going on. Governor?I have been North solely in the interest of my family, and some private business. My visit was to Massachusetts, and I 3topped in Washington as I went through for only a few hours, but my business in the Capital had no political significance. Rep.?There are now at the depot a coma ti i * 1 J* t_ _ / - pany 01 r eaerai soiaiera, wao, xor some iime have been stationed at Fort Macon in this State, and it is reported on the streets that they are to go into South Carolina as yonr escort Gov.?This is certainly untrue. I was not even aware that the troops were here, and they certainly are not under my command, or control. Rep.?It has been reported that you left South Carolina, when you went North, because you thought your life was in danger, and that more Federal troops were necessary in South Carolina. Gov.?This is all false. I never said any such thing. I do not fear bodily harm from any one. Many prominent democrats are my personal friends, and I believe man^rof them will support me in the coming election. You will remember that, the democratic P&rty in South Carolina, prior to the assembling of the State Democratic Convention, were opposi H. I.., ????i ed to aj?Sr nomination, and'though it was decided to nominate "a straight oat" ticket, I am still of the opinion that many of the rank *and file will still rapport me. Rep.?Do you apprehendaay violence before, or at the time of the election ? V t * Gov.?At the time I. left GolumfbU^ some J ten days ago, I certainly did not apprehend any considerable amount of trouble, but I do 1 not know what changes may have* takeo/place since that time. *1 shall ceVtainly do all I ' canto^presemthe peace, arrd ontftttHtooftfer. z>? 13... nn - Mki:.u xvcuj?iiuv uuvchjv^ VIIvuuiwir j ed, a few days ago, a statemen t taken from tbe v A Auditor of the State of South Carolina, V Aj*? "vf?wAmt ? had been expended, principally i&d6rw??a administration, for arms and ammunition. & Are not those arms in the hands of the milt- Ni I tia still? - -1 Gov.?Yes, but that simple fact will not necessarily, bfiog trouble. I regret to say j that these arms are principally in the.hands i of negro militia, because at the, time the militia was organized the whites refused to,. go ^ into the organization, to be commanded by negro; officers yet tbe white people of the State are equally well armed. Their rifle and sabre clubs are nearly all well iarmed, but while there may be some despera%mea on both sides, I cannot believe that either party would seriously contemplate any overt act which would lead' to.* collision, as such a oonflict would, necessarily,, be had for both parties. The democrats have every thing to gain by punning a pacific oouree, and while there may be occasional disturbances like the ej affairs at Hamburg and at Aiken, I do not believe there will $ any general disturbance Rep.?So yon deny that ad4^ona|.. trapfa < are being sent to your State now, through jruur limueuro. Gov.?(Emphatically.) I do. I believe , that the civil power of;the.State will be* sufficient to preserve orderthroughout the State. Rep.?It is reported that the Democratic party of South Carolina are actually. contemplating the withdrawal of their candidates for Congress, and their Presidential electoral ticket, so that the Federal ad ministration may have no pretext whatever for any interference in the coming election. Is this so.?,, ^ Gov.?I think not. Such a stejj, to he of j any value, would have to be coincided in by f1 both parties, and the Republican party in South Carolina, certainly would not consent >7 to it. Rep.?What do you think of the nesalt of the election in your State ? ?r Gov.?We have about twenty-five thorn* ? and majority, ou a party vote, and we feel confident of carrying the election by, that majority. A good deal has been said about, k disaffections and schisms in oar party, but _-J they will have no appreciable resalt when the . vote is counted. I am pretty certain of get* ting as many white men to vote for. me, m will be taken from me from any cause. , Rep.?Will not the defection of suqfr men 1 as Judge Mackey and Judge Cooke carry awav some of your supporters? ^ Gov.?I have alreatfy told yob thit Inspected to oarry more white men for me, notwithstanding the pressure that will be brought to bear upon ,^hem, than will be alieoeted from me or from my. friends. Judge Cooke : brought one man into our party, apdj^affipHpose he will carry the same vote out. We can afford to lose both him and his vote. Rep.?So you think your State will elee yon by a handsome majority, and that the electoral vote will be cast, for, Hayes and i Wheeler? Gov,?I most certainly .do. There is po good reason why it should not be done. Rep.?I presume that your differences with Patterson and Elliott, and-the Moses and Whipper matter, would create dissensions in your ranks? Gov.?Elliott opposed my nomination very bitterly, but after it was done hb has givpn a f f cheerful support to the entire ticket Patter son has come over to4me, ana.iaa.in.oees ado - ; *Whipper matter wilt make no effect in tile. " campaign. The Democrats are very much united, but they will find, notwithstanding jA our differences, that, at least the rank and file of* the Republican party, on the day of . ' election, will be equally so. Rep.-rJSave you read General Hampton's Darlington speech, and bis reports of the progreas of the cara^aiguf' ' i Gov.?I have not I have, seen scarcely, 7 no South Carolina papers since I left: home, but J have a good idea cf the strength of the. . Republican party in my State; and I am satisfied that the Democrats cap make no in-. i roads upon our party, which wilt amount to anything in the count out' Rep.?Was the campaign of '72 or that of '74, a test of the strength of the two1 parties V, in yoor State? ... Gov.?la '72 Judge Carpenter waa rap- .. I ported by the -Democrats, but be canned a J considerable number of republicans, witk him. J In '74, Judge Green, a Republican, earned I quite a following with him, getting besides v the solid Democratic vote ; but like Judge Carpenter he fell far behind when . the, votes were counted out The Democrats have a \ straight tvct in the field, and the party lines, will be drawn rigidly, in the coming elecUonr. . ^ , as a matter of course the Republican ticket must come out a long ways ahead. Rep.?From all you era see and gather,' J do you think the Republicans can carry Hew York State? Gov.?Well, it looks that way just now^ Rep.?What do you think of the contest in Indiana and Ohio? Gov.?I think the contest in Indiana will be close, with the chances in favor of the.Re- ? publicans. There is no doubt about the resuit in Ohio. The Republican! will carry it by a good majority. ' Rep.?But, Governor, don't you thick that the German vote, that elected Hayes, over Allen, wiH be hard to control this year? Haw oil T AAnfnou fhof to a r?A/v) ^Aal 1 viw?i ?? VI?| x wuivog VUWII IU m ^wu wvus ^ mixed, bat I am confident, from information i that I have, that Ohio will go BejwbUcan. ip- ^ October, and by an increased vote i^ I^ovember. It fa Hayes' own State, and lie wdl be certain to carrvit. " ' . \ -jflH Thb Governor then asked a few questions about the campaign in this State, expressing I the opinion that the chances here were large- 1 ly in favor of the election of |he Democratic Jjfc. v J 8tate ticket, when the reporter withdrew,' to w % reflect on the Uncertainty of politioa and of J politicians. The Governor talked very guard- 9 edly, and oar questions were answered with \ great care. He touched everything gingerly, j and we can well compare his answers to the J trmucu uuiubcr nuu uiuvco uu uio w*wj wmu ,, the evident fear of flashing the partridges before the proper time. j Getting Desperate.?As theRadieila { see the power which they have heretofore wielded slipping from their grasp, their bate .<<?; and fury begin to show itself. Oar pet Red* ical, Scback Nasty Jim, alicu W. Mftgill Fleming, under the influence of liquor, has ' J been indulging in some: brave talk of late, showing that his hopes /or another term are fast departing. At one time, in the presence ^ of J. L. Dixon, John High and others?white I and black?he said: "We intend to cony the ] election, and if the Democrats, by intimido- A tion, should carry this election, there will not be many houses left standing." Again, in j conversation wita James weoaier ana r^sy Darwin, he said, in the presence of a number _ of negroes, "that he intended be elected if he had to wade to his arm pitsin Wood. The . white people had the arms, but we have the 1 matches, and I will lead the way." When asked if he would burn the women and children, he replied, "Yes, by -y pofcihem in, too." f To the credit of somoof the darkeys who were present, it.qan be said, that they tried to prevent Fleming from talking in such a manner. It is very true that Fleming has sunk so low as to be hardly worthy of potioe, bat it r? is well enough to pot euch lepgnsge on record, to show the animus of this dtimken nominee of a doomed party. In wio Veritas is an old and true saying, and the time may M come when such language, even spoken in a M braggadocio manner, will be remembered. m