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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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:
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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
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? 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,;
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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
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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
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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.
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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