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Scraps and Jacts.
? General and Mrs. Grant, with their son
Jesse, will sail for Liverpool from Philadelphia,
on next Thursday.
? There are forty-five cotton factories in
Georgia, all in active operation and paying
dividends, either in money or stock.
? Jennuie June Croly and Mme. Demorest
are going to Europe for two or three months,
and will bring honae the fashions at first
hands.
? Allen Hannah was married in New York
to Miss Hannah Allen. Miss Hannah Allen
is now Mrs. Hannah Haunah, and that's
what's the matter with Hannah.
? One of the last utterances of Parson
Brownlow was a declaration in favor of Hampton
for President in preference to any Northern
Democrat.
? An oil painting of Governor Hampton has
just been sent to Germany to be lithographed.
More than 5,000 eopies have already been
ordered by his admirers. So says the New
York Sun.
? A Republican paper states that Packard's
mfitronolitan Dolice. before evacuating the
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Louisiana State-House, destroyed over one
thousand stand of arms by sawing off the
stocks, <fcc. Only about two hundred rifles
were found fit to be used.
? The owner of the American side of Niagara
Falls, is to be classed either with the
great geniuses c great lunatics of the age. He
proposes to sell the Falls to drive cotton
mills with, and has written to the GovernorGeneral
of Canada and Queen Victoria about
it.
? The San Francisco newspapers tell of a
case of what they call spontaneous combustion
of a human being. The story is that a
toper, presumably saturated thoroughly with
alcohol by long drunkenness, lighted his pipe
at a gas jet. Instantly his mouth was ablaze,
and he was burned inwardly so that he died.
The coroner began an investigation.
? The impression prevails in commercial
circles that the speculators for a rise in breadstuffs
have overdone the business, and will
quite likely come out losers. Very little of
the grain, purchased to meet the expected foreign
demand, has been shipped. Should the
war prove a brief one of a single campaign,
and involve no other European powers than
the Dresent contestants, there will not be suf
ficient demand for American grain to justify
a natural advance in prices.
? Experienced life insurance operators say
that it costs in advertising about 8125 to get
an average religious newspaper to inform its
readers that any given company is "one of
the best$250 is the figure for the observation
that "this company is unsurpassedand
about 8500 will lead to the devout exclamation,
"To insure in this company is a Christian
duty. Pastors, urge it upon your flocks."'
These statements show how experienced life
insurance operators will lie?when they feel
funny.
? A Washington dispatch states that a bill
is in course of preparation, and will be introduced
in the House at the extra session, reducing
the army to 10,000 men, and thereby
effecting a saving to the government of many
millions. Now that the Indian wars are at an
end?and it is the opinion of Gen. Sherman
and Gen. Sheridan in conference there on the
suoject mat we win nave iju wore vi tuoiu?
and the troops are to be used do loDger for
police duty in the Southern States, the advocates
of retrenchment claim that there is no
need of a standing army of the present size.
? Mr. G. S. JBellis, a Northern settler residing
near Littleton, N. C., has an orchard of
some twenty-five or thirty thousand peach
trees, embracing over one hundred different
varieties. He is goiDg North to make arraugemeDts
for his shipraeuts and sales. He
ships altogether by rail, and expects to realize
$40,000 or $50,000 by his sales. He has also
large strawberry fields and a fine vineyard.
His success in fruit-raisiDg in the old North
State has aroused the iuterest of the people
there in that culture.
? The Rochester Chronicle, the leading Republican
organ in western New York, says:
"We are in receipt of numerous letters from
Republicans in regard to the Southern policy
of the President, and we are frank to say that,
neither in conversation nor in correspondence
have, we found, throughout this section of the
State, any universal commendation of that
policy. It is acquiesced in?it is accepted as
an experiraeut?it is taken on trial?it is received
with tremulous hope at the best. Often
it is bitterly denouuced, being esteemed a surrender
of principle."
? Paris fashion writers agree in asserting
that a radical chaDge in ladies' dress is already
inaugurated. Waists are made shorter, and
the skirts fall in graceful folds. Our dressmakers
declare that they cannot make these
dresses hang well and produce the desired
effect without stiff underskirts of some kind,
and to meet these wants some of our enterprising
manufacturers have introduced new,
light and elegant crinoline skirts and bustles.
These differ greatly from the large, clumsy
hoop skirts formerly used, for they are in
Princesse shape, which is close and flat at
front and sides, and gracefully sweeping out
at bottom of the train.?Ladies' Journal.
? Rev. John Miller was tried before the
New Brunswick Presbytery, at Trenton, N,
J., last week, on the charge of heresy. The
Presbytery, by a unanimous vote, sustained
the following specifications and charges:
First. He teaches that the soul is not immoral
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IUI , 111 it I ttl LUC ueui.ll U1 tUO uuujr 11. uiraauu
becomes extinct until the resurrection. Second.
That Christ as a child of Adam was
personally accounted guilty of Adam's sin ;
that like other children of Adam he inherited
a corrupt nature, and that he needed to be
and was redeemed by his own death. Third.
That he teaches that there is but one person
in the God-head. A resolution was adopted
suspending Mr. Miller from the ministry ol
the Presbyterian Church until such time as he
shall make manifest to the satisfaction of the
Presbytery, his renunciation of the errors he
holds, and his solemn purpose no longer to
promulgate them. Mr. Miller said it was
simply a moral intellectual impossibility for
him to renounce his views, and gave notice of
an appeal to the Synod.
? The Cincinnati papers are giving accounts
of the opening of the new Southern Railroad
from that city to the Kentucky river, where
there is said to be the highest railroad bridge
yet built. It is 275 feet high, having three
spans, the middle one 375 feet long, and the
others 300 each, the total length being 1,125
feet. There is a bridge in Switzerland which
is 254 feet high, but with spans only 144 feel
long, and one at Varrugas, in the Andes, 255
feet high, with spans 125 feet long. The
piers of this Kentucky bridge, except those al
lirooaiyn, are tne largest in tne country, tut
stone work being 130 by 47 feet, and the bast
of tbe iron work 117 by 28. The frame if
all wrought iron and was built out from tbe
abutment toward tbe centre of each span
The fastening of the junction points was ac
complished in a novel way. One sunshinj
day having expanded the framework, the con
necting bolts were fastened, and so much se
cured ; then a second day of sunshine having
given all the expansion the bridge was capa
ble of, the bolts were made fast permanently
At the opening the other day the bridge was
subjected to seven severe tests and stood then
all admirably.
? A New York letter says: "The Russo
Turkish war affords a fine opening for a larg(
number of experienced army officers, whc
served duriug the recent civil war, both it
the Northern and Southern armies, and wh(
have, of late, been complaining of inertia
There would seem to be authority for th<
statement, ?ow that the opportunity wil
speedily be improved. The Turkish array of
ficers who arrived here the other day, it if
whispered, had other business besides the in
spection of arms in the American manufac
tories. They want men who know how U
use tbe arms as well as the arms themselves
and to that end it is affirmed, at the clubs
I that they have made very advantageous of-1 |
fers to several well-known military gentlemen (
who served with distinction in the armies of
the Potomac and the James, and that these
have been promptly accepted, and in such a
way as not to expose either of the parties to
i the contract to the charge of violating the i
: neutrality laws. Just after the civil war, it 1
will be remembered, a good many ex-Confederates
tendered their services to the Khedive
of Egypt. Some of them have been in his
i service ever since, and it is probably at their '
instance that the present proposals are made."
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Rer. E. L. Patton has been elected
professor of Greek in Erskine College, Due
, West.
? A light frost visited Laurensville and vicinity
on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
of last week.
? In Marlboro county, last week, J. W.
Covington killed an eagle, measuring six
feet nine inches from tip to tip of his wings.
? The Charleston News and Courier has
been authorized to withdraw the name of
Hon. W. D. Porter as a candidate for Chief
' Justice.
? Writs have been issued for a new election
of Representatives in Fairfield on Monday,
the 14tb, to fill tbe vacancies caused by the
resignation of Gibson and Bird.
? The vagrant law is being strictly enforced
in Union, and a large number of vagrants and
gamblers have been arrested and either
lodged in jail or compelled to leave the
county.
? The Chesterfield Democrat, of the 4th instant,
says: "For several days we have had
remarkably cool nights for the season, but
not sufficiently cool to injure the fruit, a
bountiful crop of which is now very promising.
Corn and cotton planting is nearly finished,
much of it being already up."
? Adjt.-Gen. Moise is preparing a bill to
authorize tbe Governor to form the white rifle
clubs of the State into volunteer regimeuis,
with companies of sixty men each. The colored
companies will remain as they are in
the National Guard. State arras will be furnished
those companies, in the n v militia,
who are unequipped, within thirty days.
? A brutal murder was committed last Saturday
two and a half miles from Blackville,
on the road leading to Barnwell. The murdered
man was one Thomas Karns, an Irishman
who has been residing in Barnwell county
for the past six years. A white man
named Darling Nevils is charged with the
commission of the crime?his object being
robbery?and he has been lodged in jail to
await his trial for murder.
?The chairman of the committee of inves
tigation in the case of Associate Justice
Wright, has informed the Columbia correspondent
of the News and Courier, that the commitlop
will recommend the declaring of
Wright's seat vacant, but are still undecided
as to the form in which that recommendation
shall be made. The prevailing sentiment is
to recommend the House to declare the seat
vacant, and call upon the Governor to fill the
vacancy. Doubts, however, are expressed as
to the legality of this course.
? The bill regulating the compensation of
, county treasurers and auditors, which, last
Friday, passed to a third reading in the House
of Representatives, allows commissions to
county treasurers as follows: Three per cent.
! upon the first $10,000; two per cent, upon the
next $10,000, and one-half of one per cent.
, on all amounts over $30,000, provided the
, same shall not exceed $800 or less than $500
i per annum, except Charleston, where corarais
sions shall not exceed $2,000. The salaries of
the county auditors are as follows: Charleston,
$2,000; Abbeville and Richland, $800
each; Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Beaufort,
i Chester, Colleton, Darlington, Edgefield, Fair;
field, Greenville, Laurens, Marion Newberry,
Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Sumter and York,
! $700 each ; Chesterfield, Clarendon, Georgetown,
Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington,
Marlboro, Oconee, Pickens, Union and Wil?
liamsburg, $400 each,
i ?Three of the ten Lowndesville murder1
ere?Wightman Allen, John Allen and Jenk
1 Whitener?were hung at Abbeville Court
| House on Friday last in the presence of about
, 1,500 persons, but very few of whom were
negroes. The sentences of the remaining
seven, convicted at the same time, were comi
muted to imprisonment at hard labor for life.
The following are the facts which led to the
1 conviction of these negroes: "On the night
| of Monday, December 4, 1876, Clayton Al|
len and Theodore Baker, two respectable
! j white men, being on horseback, and having
in charge one Osborne Rhodes, a negro crim-1
; inal, who had been released from jail, on con- j
' | dition that he allow these gentlemen to take i
1 him to Georgia, were fired on by a band of!
' negroes in the outskirts of Lowndesville, Ab- J
? beville county, in this State. Allen was in-!
,' stantly killed and Baker slightly wounded. !
> j Sixteen negroes were arrested for the crime, 1
. ; and twelve brought to trial, two having turn- i
" ed State's evidence and two being discharged
for want of proof. They were defended by
ablecouusel, and the jury before whom they
, were tried consisted of eight blacks and four
! j whites; but after a full, careful and impar.
tial consideration of all the evidence and ari
guments, the following ten were found guilty,
1 viz.: Gilbert Burton, Edwin Prince, Capers
Allen, John Allen, Hutson Cosby, William
Johnson, Jenk Whitener, Wightman Allen,
' Eli Hunter and Asbury Allen."
J NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Richard C. Badger, of Raleigh, has been
3 appointed United States District Attorney for
I Eastern North Carolina.
? During a severe storm on Sunday of last
5 week, the building of the Randalraan Cotton
Factory, in Randolph county, was struck by
j lightning, and fire communicated to the card>
ing rooms. Mr. Randalman and some of his
, employes happened to be near at the time of I
the occurrence, and succeeded in subduing |
the flames before serious damage resulted.
? The Charlotte Democrat learns that a
very rich vein has been struck in the Wells
Mine in Gaston?so full of gold that the owner
is afraid to leave it for even a day at a time.
The mine was only recently opened by a
Northern capitalist, and it is said that he has
found it so valuable that he is staying on the
ground himself watching operations.
? A terrible tornado visited Raleigh on
Sunday of last week. Houses were not only
unroofed, but more than a dozen blown down
and wrecked. Store houses, Bank buildings,
the Court House and Capitol Square fencing,
and fruit and ornamental trees, were swept
down, crushed and ruined. Notwithstanding
the destruction of property was great, no lives
were lost.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS. J
Parson Brownlow.
The death of Hon. W. G. Brownlow, (
of Tennessee, recalls the following characteris- j
tic anecdote of the "Fighting Parson (
Years ago he became so sick that he was |
thought to be in mortal danger. Bishop
Capers, and other ministers, came to see how J
e leu WUtJII l'UUiriiiii?u mill cttiuikj. xuv
prelate inqured of the "fighting Parson" how (
he felt with grave prospects before him ? 1
Brownlow answered: "Well, Bishop, if I j
had my life to live over again, I could im- j
prove it in many respects, aud would try to
do so. However, if the books have been ,
properly kept in the other world, there it a
email balance in my favor" He lived long 1
afterward, but the improvement was not per- 1
ceptible. We hope the "small balance in his I
favor" did not turn out a tight squeeze. J
Ante Bellum Mail Claims. i
A circular, issued from the Post Office
Department, directs that in claims for service <
on mail contracts, rendered in the Southern 1
States previous to the war, application must !
be made to the Second Assistant PostmasterGeneral
by the contractor or his executor, as <
money cannot be paid to assignees. The ap- i
plication roust show the character and extent i
of service, length of route, how much in each I
State, if it extends over more than one, and
the periods for which the claim is made. All i
evidence in writing or print which the claim- i
ant may have, must accompany the claim.
The facts must be verified by the testimony
of two witnesses who were postmasters on the i
route. If this is impossible, two other disin- .
terested persons who received their mail at
either of the terminal points on said route, i
All applications and statements must be made
under oath, and the credibility of persons j
making oath must be certified to by the per- i
son before whom the oath is made. When ]
an oath is made before a Justice of the Peace, j
his official character and siguature must be i
certified to by the Clerk of the Court of Record
in the county where the oath is made. ]
Tragedy in Mississippi.
Our Southern exchanges contain the j
following particulars of a terrible tragedy (
that occurred in Kemper county, Mississippi,
on the 29th ultimo :
On Thursday evening, John W. Gully, a
prominent citizen of Kemper county, was assassinated
by an unknown party, and there
was iutense excitement. Every means were ,
resorted to to discover the perpetrators. Saturday
two colored men made affidavits that !
Benjamin Rush, a white man, did the deed, '
and that Judge Chisolra, who ran for Con- 1
gress on the Republican ticket in the third
district at the last election, his son and Gilmer
Roseubuum and Hopper, a prominent
white Republican, knew of and instigated the
crime. Chisolm and son were arrested and
imprisoned at DeKalb. Mrs. Chisolm and j
daughter insisted on sharing their confinement.
Sunday, Chisolm sent to Scooba for
Gilmer, for whom a warrant had been issued.
Gilmer came and on arrival was arrested, but
just as he arrived at the jail he was set upon
by a mob and killed. The jailer was then
overpowered by the mob, who immediately
attacked Chisolm, mortally wounding him and
killing his son. Miss Chisolm, in defending
her father, shot and killed Dr. Rosseli and
Mrs. Chisolm severely wounded young Gully, ,
a son of Gully who was assassinated. Miss
Chisolm was also seriously wounded. Rosen- 1
baura aud Hopper were carried to the woods
by a mob to extort from them the whereabouts
of Rush, the alleged assassin of Gully. When
last heard from, some weeks ago, Rush was iu
Arkansas. It is supposed that Rosenhaum
and Hopper were hanged. It is reported
that a horrible state of affairs exists throughout
that section, and people are wild with excitement.
Other hangings will probably follow.
Whittemore's Attack on the News & Courier.
In the Seuate, on the 1st inst., Whitte
a. _ _ nMitiilana firot aalr.
more rose lu a (juesuuu ui jjuvucgc, u>o? mo??
ing that his remarks should be spread on the
journal. He then opened a bulky manuscript
and read a speech intended to injure the character
and reputation of the editors and proprietors
of the Charleston New and Courier.
In the coarse of his remarks, which were in
reply to charges of corruption made through
the columns of the News and Courier, he
read several letters addressed, by either Mr.
Riordan or Mr. Dawson, to Josephus Woodruff,
Clerk of the Senate, in connection with
the publication of the Acts of the Assembly
in the Charleston News. The sum and substance
of these letters is that they were ad- 1
dressed to Mr. Woodruff in a familiar style,
and that the proprietors of the News agreed j
to do the printing for a certain price, and pay
Mr. Woodruff a commission of 20 per cent,
on the gross amount of bills for collecting
the same.
On receiving a telegraphic report of the
speech, Mr. Dawson was prompt to hasten to
Columbia for the purpose of asking of the
Senate a searching investigation of his acts
as a journrlist, in connection with the insinuations
intended to be conveyed by Whitteraore's
speech. Mr. Dawson also replied to
Whittemore's attack, which reply was read on
the floor of the Senate by Mr. Crittenden.
The reply is brief, but covers the whole
ground, in which it is claimed that the printing
was done at much below the regular prices
for similar work ; that the commission of 20
per cent, allowed to Mr. Woodruff on such
moneys as he should collect, was legitimate
and sanctioned by practice common in the
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business ; and that the familiar manner in
which Mr. Woodruff was addressed, in their
business correspondence, was owing to the
fact that Mr. W. had long been a reporter in
Charleston, and thus became on intimate
terras with Mr. Riordan, with whom he had
been associated.
Stonewall Jackson's Sister.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Leader prints
the following in relation to Gen. Stonewall
Jack6on and his sister, the statement being
derived from a lady who was, previous to the
war, an inmate of the latter'a family:
"They were orphan children, and were
brought up together until he went to West
Point. Like most orphan children, they were
unusually attached to each other. At a later 1
time she married and settled in Beverly, Va.,
where her husband carried on a farm or plantation.
Her brother, the General, frequently '
visited her, and during these visits he would I
invariably go to the quarters of the slaves for
the purpose of exhorting them on the subject i
of religion. Frequently the great soldier !
would be seen on his knees in the midst of
he lowly children of Africa, offering earnest out
jrayers for their salvation. When the war Rai
iroke out, this singular difference between the tin
iffectionate brother and sister transpired, the
Dne espoused the cause of the South and be- on
janae the greatest of all Confederate generals, cap
xrith a world-wide reputation for consummate rioi
nilitary ability, and laid down his life on the whi
>loody field of Chancellorsville. The sister, I
n spite of the opposition of her brother, un- Chi
nfluenced by bis brilliant achievements and Sat
;he opposition of her husband and her rela- Re'
;ives, sided with the cause of the Union, and i dial
'emained true to that cause to the end of the cor
*ar. So great was the feeling engendered ber
igainst her, that she eventually separated 1
Vom her husband and moved to Springfield, Sat
Jhio, and resided with a daughter who had Est
narried a Union officer." was
MERE-MENTION. [q-C
Hon. John Forsyth, the well known and did
listinguished editor of the Mobile Register is Rlead.
The President has issued his proc?
. HAP
amation convening Congress in extra session
in the 15th of October next. Reports
Tom fifty points in Ohio indicate the peach nes
;rop seriously injured. The statistical moi
jureau claims an excess of exports over im- ed
xirts, during the past nine months, of 8155,- re8<
)00,000.'*" Senator Christiancy of Miohi- ^
jan, has written a strong letter to Senator
Hill, of Georgia, cougratulating him upon t^e
,he restoration of kindly relations between Wi
;he North and the South. W. W. New- thit
tomb, the well-known negro minstrel, died in 1
tfew York last week. The Delaware 26,1
peach crop bids fair to yield 20,000,000 bas- we<
Sets of splendid fruit. It is rumored
from Washington that'the President will visit rj
Richmond and Petersburg during the sum- 8eiT
mer, and probably extend his trip further foil
South Chin Mock Sow, a Chinaman, Hi!
was hanged in San Francisco last Friday for Mc
the murder of one of his countrymen last
December.
Crazy Horse and other hitherto hostile In- an(
iians, have surrendered at Camp Robinson, Da
making, in all, 3,600 hostiles who have sur- Ri<
rendered, many of whom were never before on Cri
their reservations. A widow in Iowa, *D<
whose husband was burned to death while
under imprisonment for drunkenness, has ob- q0
tained a judgment for 86,000 against the man ]jui
who sold him liquor. Col. George H. wa
Butler, a nephew of Ben, recently appointed ed
au agent of the post office department for the
Black Hills, has been removed. The ^
pension agencies in the South are all discon- ^
tinued, except at Richmond, Louisville and Du
New Orleans, with which the rest are consol- We;
idated. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama vol
aud Florida are attached to the district of wh
New Orleans. Kellogg remains in Wash- no.'
ington and says he will contest the seat of
Senator Spoffoid. Advices from the war ^
in Turkey indicate that the Russiaus are ap- for
proaching the Danube slowly but formida- his
bly. The Southern Cultivator says the ure
position of no farmer will be safe who does Xh
not raise provisions for home supply the pres- pU|
ent season. for
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ,
LETTER FROM CHESTER. yes
Chester, May 7,1877. ^or
A number of criminals, convicted at the au<
last terra of the Court, of various offences,
bad hardly taken their departure for the peuitentiary,
when others, charged with the commission
of crime, were brought in town and has
lodged in jail. John Moore and Alex. Cald- the
well, cobred, were arrested and imprisoned 0f|
last week, accused of stealing bacon from <
Dr. Moffatt Wylie. They will remain in their . '
present undesirable quarters, unless they can
give bail for their appearance at the next ...
term of the Court of General Sessions. ^
As the eleotion for Senator from this coun- ty,
to fill the vacancy created by the resigna- ^
lion of D. I. Walker, takes place next week, ^
it may be well to give the names of managers
at the different polls: Chester?J. C. Mc- ^
Fadden, G. A. Dreunan and W. M. Holmes ; gaj
Lowrysville?Grandison Williams, J. S. Guy nu
and Henry Lowry; Chestnut throve?C. U ? .
Gill, L. D. Poag and Alex. Kelsey ; Rich ?
Hill?J. M. McDaniel, J. S. Drennan and
Toney Jacobs ; Torbit's Mill?I. McD. Hood, ?'
Sr., J. (J. Fleuniken and Henry Torbit; Car- '
mel Hill?Dr. W. M. McCollum, Wm. Wise 'eL
and T. C. Worthy; McAliley's Mill?T. P. ??J
Carlisle, J. C. McAfee and Levi Sanders ;
Moffat's Store-R. B. Mills, J. W. Caldwell ne
and James White; Boyd's Store?T. P. Mc- ^
Keown, J. E. Johnston and Squier Boul- ?
ware; Rossvilie?C. H. Ragsdale, J. R. Gulp
and Tilman McCrorey ; Landsford?W. W.
Jordan, C. W. McFadden and R. G. Burnes. ?u{
The Democrats have two, and the Republi- ajj
cans one, among the managers of each box.
The campaign, though it will be of short ^
duration, will be conducted on the part of the jav
Democracy with spirit and energy. Judge
T.J. Mackey will speak on Thursday of this ^
week at Carmel Hill; on Friday at Rich ftQ.
Hill; on Saturday at Blackstocks, and on
next Monday at Chester, in advocacy of the
claims of the Democratic candidate. "
Notwithstanding the hard times, some
building is going on in our town. Several ?*
houses are in process of erection, or undergoing
repairs. Those belonging to the first class
are two structures?one adjoining the Metho- '
dist Church, and the other in the vicinity of
the Baptist Church. These buildings, when
completed, will be of great improvement to ?01
the portions of town in which they are loca- ln
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Lea. ine nouse in jumi uiicoici, uuuupicu iui ?
several years by Maj. James Pagan, has been .
put in a state of excellent re])air, and pre- ^
seuts a beautiful appearance. The Episcopal P1"
Church is also undergoing the ordeal of ren- v i
ovation. When painted, and other improve- ao<
ments have been effected, it will compare fa- *or
vorably in appearance with other church .
buildings in our midst. Probably there is no 8811
town in the State which has exceeded Chester k
in the number of new houses erected and oth- |
ers repaired since the war. a'
The Chester Rifle Club held a meeting at
their armory on Friday afternoon. Captain 8e?
C. S. Brice, who had returned from Coluinbia
the same day, spoke of an interview with da'
the Governor and Attorney-General, in ers
which he had been informed by those officials tre
- * -- -*?-c .1 f
tn&L U Wfl8 IDG lntentioa OI LUC AUiinuinimtion
to organize the militia of the State as "ha
soon as practicable. The Chester Rifle Club es8
will form a part of the militia. Capt. Brice C(>1
advises the formation of a battalion to be fr?
composed of the volunteer (white) companies
of Chester, York and Winnsboro; this bat- t?(
talion to be tendered to the Adjutant-Gener- or
al as part of the militia, and to be reviewed an<
by the Governor, in Columbia, once every pfj
year. The Rifle Club decided to take part 'n?
in the celebration of Memorial Day. The feD
arrangements for the celebration have not yet tre
been perfected, though the two military com- er8
panies of our town, with the citizens general- stri
ly, will doubtless unite with the ladies in ap- rp8
propriately celebrating the day marked with lis!
such sacred and endearing recollections. to
The Chester Sabre Club met on Saturday, ert
and re-elected officers for the ensuing year. exI
Theelectiou resulted as follows: W. A. Walk- fen
er, Captain ; T. M. Sanders, First Lieuten- an(
ant; J. B. Cornwell, Second Lieutenant, and cot
Robert Love, Third Lieutenant. This is a the
large company and composed of excellent em
material. the
Dr. A. H. Davega returned on Saturday eitl
from Raleigh, where he had gone to obtain raa
the couvicts furnished by the State of North coi;
Carolina for work on the Chester and Lenoir '1?
Railroad. He brought twenty-seven con- J
victs, under charge of a guard, to Dallas, the
They will be put to work at once, grading ap|
the road between Dallas and Lincolnton. the
When not employed, they will be kept in a tur
stockade, which will be under the charge of ish
Mr. William Clawson, of this place. tie
Mr. Rush, a Baltimore drummer, walked pre
of a window on the second floor of the
ilroad Hotel on Friday night. At the
e of his misfortune, he was laboring under
erroneous impression that the Hotel wm
fire, and was endeavoring to make his ese
from the building. His wounds are sets,
but not dangerous. He represents a
isky house in the "Monumental City."
lev. John E. Carlisle, of the Methodist
urch, having recently married, returned on
urday with his bride, who is a daughter of
r. Dr. Jones, late President of the Metho;
Female College at Columbia. They were
dially welcomed at the parsonage by mems
of the congregation,
rhe Democratic Club of Chester met on
urday at the Court House, C. S. Brice,
|., presiding. The object of the meeting
) the election of six delegates to the CounDemocratic
Convention, that meets here
lay for the purpose of nominating a can*
.1 ^ . n A
ate tor the state senate rrom tnia county.
A. Love, C. S. Brice, J. L. Agure, John
there, Malachi Grayson and William Sana,
were elected delegates to the Conveni.
The last two of the persona named are
ired. This is an evidence of the willing*
s and determination of the Chester Decracy
to recognize the claims of the colormembers
of the party. The following
)lution was unanimously adopted: Re<ed,
That it is and be the sense of this
ib, that the interests of the county and the
mocratic party would be best subserved by
nomination and election of Gen. W. A.
ilker to fill the vacant Senatorship from
i county.
dr. Peter Halsell, an old and worthy citiof
this county, departed this life last
sk. Qui.
Chester, May 8.
rhe Democratic County Convention asibled
yesterday at the Court House. The
owing delegates were present: Carmel
II?H. C. Brawley, J. H. Hardin and J. M.
Collum ; Lowrysville?Grandison Willis,
Robert Hope and J. G. Lowry ; Lewis'
rn Out?Julius Mills and W. H. Crain ;
zlewood?W. F. Coleman, D. T. Marion
1 S. M. Wylie; Torbit's Mills?Daniel
nlap, John Hamilton and W. J. Henry;
ih Hill?John Knox, O. Barber and Jack
tig. Halsellville, Rossville, Blackstocks
i Landstbrd were not represented in the
nvention. The names of the delegates
m Chester have already been given. The
nvention sat with closed doors. Maj. Jua
Mills presided, and your correspondent
3 chosen Secretary. A motion was adoptthat
a majority of the votes of the delees
be sufficient to effect a nomination. On
tion of J. L. Agurs, Esq., General W. A.
alker was nominated to 611 the vacancy in
s Senate occasioned by the resignation of
iblin I. Walker. No other nominations
re made, and Gen. Walker received every
:e of the Convention with one exception,
ich was given to Capt. 0. B irber. The
nination was made unauimous. A comLtee
was appointed to inform Gen. Walker
his nominatiun, who, soon appearing,
inked the Convention in appropriate terms
the honor conferred upon him. It was
intention, he said, to vote for those roeasis
which would benefit the whole State,
e Convention then adjourned. The Reblicans
have not yet made any nomination
Senator, and the general impression is
it thev will not do so.
The McAliley property io town was not sold
iterday by the Sheriff. The money was
thcoming from the defendant in the suit,
i the matter was settled. Qui.
' THE FENCE LAW.
The bill in relation to fences in this State,
i been engrossed for the third reading in
s Senate. The following are the provisions
the bill:
section 1. That upon the written applica
of fifty tax-payers of any township in any
mty in the State, who may desire to subute
the fencing of stock in lieu of fencing
: fields, it shall be the duty of the commisners
of said county to order an election in
d township, between the 10th and 20th of
igust, or 10th or 20th of December in any
ir, sixty days' notice thereof being given in
) or more of the newspapers published in
d county, specifying the time and place or
rpose of such election, and the form of bal^n
* mi ok n1n/iti'#\n an/1 fn onn/tinf
IU UC UOCU (lb OUVili OlCi>bii/U| uiiu ia/u|/j/wiuh
ee managers of election, who shall, without
npensation, hold and conduct said election,
i immediately upon the close thereof make
urn thereof to the Commissioners of the
inty, who shall declare and publish the ret
of said election in one or more of the
ivspapers published in said county ; and if a
jorityof the qualified electors of said townp,
voting at said election, shall have voted
the adoption of this Act, then the same
ill be and become of force in said township,
the first day of January next succeeding
:h election, and from and after that date,
laws now existing in regard to the erection
J maintenance of fences in said township
ill be null and void ; and it shall not be
vful for the owner or manager of any horse,
lie, ass, gen net, swine, sheep, goat or neat
tie of any description, to permit the said
imals, or any of them, to run at large bead
the limits of their own lands in said
rnship.
Bee. 2. That upon the written application
fifty tax-payers in each township in any
inty in the State, it shall be the duty of the
mmissioners of the county for said county,
order an election to be held in each townp
in the county, on the same day, in the
oner, and under the regulations of the foreng
Section; and if a majority of townships
said county shall adopt this Act, then the
ne shall be of force in said county on the
it day of January next succeeding said elec ,
and all the provisions of this Act, apcable
to townships, shall apply to the coua;
but if a majority of the townships shall
nrlnnt the Act. then the same shall be of
' ~rw 9 #?; #
ce in the townships in which the same shall
adopted by a majority of the votes cast at
rl electiou in said towuship.
Bee. 3. If any of the animals enumerated in
i foregoing Section shall hereafter be found
arge, or upon the lands of any person other
in the owner, in said township, the mana
or owner of said animals shall, if he be a
izen of said township, be liable for all
fnage done by the said animals to the ownof
the crops or the lands upon which they
spass.
3ec. 4. Whenever any township or county
ill adopt the Act, and it shall become necary
to protect the lands in said towuship or
inty from the incursion of stock or cattle
m any adjoining township or county, the
mmis8ioners of the county are authorized
erect fences along such lines of the township
county as are exposed to such incursions,
i for that purpose to enter upon the lands
any person in said township or the adjoin;
township or county, and to erect such
ce thereon, without being guilty of any
spass whatever. And the said Commissionshall
have power and authority to conuct
fences across any public or private
id: Provided, That proper gates are establed
on auch public or private roada; and
levy aod collect a tax upon the real propy
of said township or county to defray the
lenses of erecting and maintaining said
ces, Baid tax to be collected at the same time
1 in the same manner as other State and
mty taxes are levied and collected. And
i County Commissioners are authorized and
powered to make such arrangements with j
: owners of property contiguous to and on i
tier aide of the township or county lines, as j
y accomplish the object of protecting the j
inty or township from the incurson of cat-1
or stock.
5ec. 5. The laws now of force in regard to
erection and maintenance of fences, shall
ily to any fence erected in pursuance of i
foregoing Section ; and all persons dis- <
bing or injuring said fences, shall be pun-j
able as provided in said laws; and all cat-!
breaking said fences shall be dealt with as :
ivided in said laws. >
LOCAL affairs.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
John M. Rawlinson?Rawlinson's Hotel.
T. M. Dobson <fe Co.?How To Save Money.
Clark Brothers?Guano.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales. IT
Walter Greene and E. T. Harmon, Agents?Fruit x
Trees.
J. M. Adams, the Tin-man?To the Pnblic?Rags,
Beeswax, Old Pewter?Stamped Tin-WareCountry
Merchants?Wanted.
John C. Kuykendal?The Great Desideratum?If
Any be Sick with Asthma?Make Your
Tricks Early?An Attractive Outlay?Call
Especially.
Hunter A Oates? Dress Goods?Hats, Ac.?Cheap
Goods?Shoes?Cottonades?HardwareCrockery.
M. 8trauss?New Assortment.
T. S. Jefferys, 'Agent?The Buck-Eye Reaper
and Mower.
THE WHEAT CROP.
The wheat crop in this county is very promising
up to the present time. Should nothing
occur between now and harvest to blight the
crop, there will be an unusual yield. For the P
past few days the weather has been quite C
cool, with occasional rain, which has proved w
a drawback to cotton plants, but not seriously &
affecting other growing crops. The promise t0
of an abundant fruit crop continues good. w
SALES-DAY.
Monday was a cool, damp and disagreeable
day, and consequently there was a very small ^
attendance of people in town from the country.
^
The only property sold by the Sheriff, was
the land of Chesley C. Gwinn, sold under ex- cl
ecution, at the suit of Thomson and Jefferys, ai
and others, aod bought by J. U. (iwinn, tor ei
$385. gi
A NEW COUNTY PROPOSED.
The Rock Hill Herald, of Thursday last,
says : "The subject of a new county, with
Rock Hill as its centre, is now agitating the
minds of our people. A preliminary meeting {
of the citizens of the town and the surround*
ing country was held yesterday. It is hoped
that these efforts will be crowned with success,
as many of the people of York county are
put to unreasonable trouble and expense in w
attending Court." ^
THE COLUMBIA REGI8TER.
Col. James A. Hoyt, for the past sixteen ^
years editor of the Anderson Intelligencer,
has taken editorial charge of the Columbia ^
Register. Col. Hoyt is a bold and vigorous
writer, and under his guidauce we predict for c
the Register a new era of prosperity. j,
The Anderson Intelligencer, from which ^
Col. Hoyt has just withdrawn, and which, by
the way, is one of the best weeklies in the c
State, will be continued by Murray A Clink* tc
scales, who, for several years, have been part- K
ners with Col. Hoyt in its publication. ^
LOCAL MENTION.
? The annual convention of the stockhold- t<
ers of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge
Railroad Company, will be held at Chester
to-day. An extra train will leave the depot
at 8.30, a. m. Stockholders will be carried 6<
over the road, by this train, without charge. 0
? A special term of the Court of General u
Sessions and Common Pleas for York county, l(
will commence its sitting at 10 o'clock, a. m., 0
on Tuesday next, 15th instant.
? The Board of County Commissioners
will hold a special meeting, iu this town, on
Tuesday next, for the transaction of such bus* 84
iness as Requires immediate attention. 1
? Mr. John M. Rawlinson has perfected 8
arrangements for - re-opening the "King's
Mountain Hotel," on Monday next, as a house (
of entertainment.
. _ J
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. fa
The following transfers of real estate have q
been recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
M. J. Clark to J. Randolph Wallace. A
tract of 46 acres in King's Mountain township.
Consideration $675. q
Marv C. Simons to Samuel A. Glenn. ?
I * M
Tract of 157 acres in Bethel township. Con- n
sideration $1,500. d
J. D. Mitchell to J. A. Hill. Tract of 60 f<
acres in Bethel township. Consideration C
$242.
James R. Kennedy to W. C. Latimer and
J. S. Hemphill. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration
$270. b
Iredell Jones to Charles Springs. Tract of r<
83 acres in Catawba township. Considers- b
tion $450.
ti
PRISONERS IN JAIL. a
There are tweBty-four prisoners in the coun- (
ty jail, of whom twenty-three are colored, p
awaiting trial at the Court of General Sessions *
to be held next week. The following are their ^
names and the offences with which they are
charged: q
* L D.!t n U' AAvn Ran TnnOfl .
au| ifuhubuu, uiiin mvucunu) mm vuhw b
and Isom Buchanan?burglary and larceny a
of Latimer A Hemphill's store. t<
Frank Berry, Abram Poag, Lewis Steele, 8'
Jack Wallace, Jordau Campbell and Andy u
Barnes?grand larceny. '
Jim Houston?cruel treatment to a' child, fa
He is also charged with being an accomplice d
of the burglars of Latimer A Hemphill's n
store.
Mary Fisher?arson; attempting to burn
the Harris hotel properly. *
Jack Copeman?Larceny on J. D. Kell.
Emanuel Hill?Larceny of a coat from E.
Thomas. 1 ' :: p
Lem Russell?Assault and battery on po- m
liceman Neal, of Rock Hill. b<
Monroe Killian?Burglary and larceny on 41
T.S. Neely. ' jj
Henry Jordan and Richard Robertson? ^
RiirorlRfT *nd larcenv on J. J.Steele.
D-J ,
Dinah McCIellan, Chas. McClellan, Joshua 0I
Henry and Jenny Henry?assault and bat- vi
tery. ' "" G
Cad. Edkies is serving a sentence of 80
days for assault and battery?having been
sentenced by a trial justice; and James Caveny,
white, is in jail on a peace warrant.
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Woman's Rights In Louisiana. 01
ft!
On the last day of the session of the
Louisiana Legislature, Hon. Richard Henry
Wilde, Democratic member from New Or- T(
leans, presented the following: We, the wo- a<
men of Louisiana, petition your honorable tt
body to give us equality under the law. We j*1
call to the attention of your honorable body
that the women pay half of the taxes of the a|
State without representation, and ask this T,
email boon in acxnowieagrneni 01 our luieresb ic
in your success and our sufferings in the con- sc
tests through which you have passed. The ^
petition is signed by Mrs. E. E. Norton, Mrs. ^
N. B. Wheeler, Mrs. Peter Conrad, Mrs. M. n
P. Turner, and one thousand other ladies, all
of whom are owners of real estate in their gt
own right and pay taxes. The petition ol
brought General McMillan, Republican, to ?'
the floor, who asked the earnest attention of w
the House to this most vital issue of the day. tr
By unanimous consent the petition was re- f0
ferred to the Judiciary Committee, who will w
report back at the next session. Both politi- oi
cal parties are in favor of bestowing suffrage ' rc
upon women, aud, without doubt, at the next
session of the Legislature, a constitutional P
amendment to that end will be adopted without
opposition. The matter will then go to ^
the people for adoption at the next (flection fo
in November, 1878. at
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
HE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.
CONTUMACY OF THE RADICALS.
JUSTICE WRIGHT.
HIS REMOVAL PROBABLE.
?
NO APPROPRIATION BILL YET.
[Special Dispatch to Uie Yorkvllle Enquirer.]
Columbia, 8. C., May 0, 1877.
The Radical majority in the Senate still
areisfc in refusing to go into an election of
hief Justice until the House admits Mackey
ith the Charleston delegation. The House
immuiee are expecieu to rvpuri> wubj u?
morrow, but it is uot believed that Mackey
ill be admitted.
The action of the Radical majority of the
mate, if further persisted in, will likely inice
the House to withhold appropriation for
le pay of members.
The House committee are still considering;
larges preferred against Justice Wright,
id may recommend bis removal by theGov nor
or address of the General Assembly, to
roid the delay and expense incident to imjacbment
No appropriation bill has yet been recomlended
by the House committee. L D. w.
,
Correspondence of the Yorlcville Enquirer.
LETTEB FBOM DUE WEST.
Due West, 8. C., May 7, 1877.
The Junior Exhibition of Erakine College
as held in Lindsay Hall, on the night of
le 4th instant. The speakers acquitted them*
ilves admirably well, presenting their pieces,
i the main, in an eloquent, clear and unemarrassed
tone. The audience was as large
i usual on such occasions, notwithstanding
je threatening aspect of the weather. The
blowing is the programme of the orations:
"(Coming Events cast their Shadows Before."?
. B. Bonner, Due West, 8. C.
"The Model Statesman."?J. Boyce, Jr., King's
[ountain, N. C.
"Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way."
. A. Douglass, Winnshoro, S. C.
"Labor Ipse Voluptas."?J. W. Franklin, Clln>n,
S. C.
"The Chevalier Bayard of the 8outh."?A. S.
Kennedy, Due West, 8. C.
"A Nation's Best Hope."?W. T. Matthews,
falfsville, N. C.
"Influence of Authors."?R. E. Robison, Colin
Plant, Miss.
The eetimatioD in which the speakers and 4
leir orations were held, was manifest from
le numerous rich and beautiful bouquets
mt up to them during the evening. Much
f the pleasure of the occasion must be attribted
to the Due West Cornet Band, who injrspersed
the exercises with choice selections
f music, rendered in the most artistic style.
A fearful hail storm occurred here and in
lis vicinity on the night of the 5th instant.
'he cloud formed in the north-west about sun
3t, and, accompanied with vivid lightning
nd a continual roar of thunder, presented a
rand but sublime appearance. Vegetation
iffered considerably by the hail, which fell
>r several minutes, stripping leaves from the
rees, and ruining much of the youog fruit.
'he growing cotton was not seriously injured,
aving been but recently planted, and conseuently
just coming up. J. B.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Tuesday, May 1,1877.
In the Senate, Mr. Cochran presented
lie memorial of the Anderson Board of
'rade, praying the passage of laws to preent
the several railroads of this State from
taking unreasonable charges, and from so ^
iscriraiuating as to injure one community
ir the benefit of another. Referred to the
lommittee on Railroads.
The bill to reduce the pay of commissionrs
and managers of election was considered,
nd received its second reading.
The remainder of the session was occupied
y Whittemore on a question of privilege, in
sply to charges of corruption made upon
im and the Clerk of the Senate, bj. the
lews and Courier.: He denied the charges
i toto, and preferred charges of corruption
gainst the proprietors of the New and
Courier. Nash also rose to a question of
rivilege in connection with charges made
gainst him by the Nevoe and Courier, and
iid he would,, to-morrow, speak further on
le subject ,,,,
Mr. Bowep said the charges preferred
gainst the clerk and Senators were of such
serious nature, that be felt it his duty to
love that a committee of five be appointed
i investigate the same. Whittemore said he
aould make the same motion.to-morrow^ afir
Nash's remarks; and Mr,Bowen't motion
as withdrawn to.alio* biro, tq,do so. A
In the House, the Speaker announced the
rilowing committee' to investigate the |Cbniiof
nf .titrlmr w mliht p
uvv vt vuvi^w ?? ii0uv? aw|/i wvummvw jwi
ort, Bradley/Palmer, Blue tad Yerner. '
Andrew,"(colored,)- of Sumter, who was
bsent yesterday, was called on to purge bim>lf,
of contempt before admission talus seat
.ndrewsdeclined to make Unrequired apolgy,
claiming that as he wae^npt member of
le House, he would not be in oo^mpt tfie
rouse insisted that the necessary apology be
lade, and a motion was made thitAbdrews
9 rejected nnless he did make it" Andrews
kid he would not tell a falsehood' for ? seat
> the Legislature., This,of course,..brought
own on bira nearly all the Republicans who
ad already passed through the. ordeal, and
le vote was taken, resulting 71 "to 23 in favor
f bis rejection. The following Republicans
oted'for bis rejection: Boston, Coleman,
reen, Keith, Miller, Minort, Meyers, Hamil>
and Ferriter. Ferriter moved a reconderation
of the vote; which motion was laid
a the table. This, under the. rules, settles
ie matter finally against Andrews. ,[t"
The special orderfor 1 P. M. being the mairity
and minority reports of the committee
a the rejection of Straker, of Orangeburg,
ad Thomas, of Newberry, on the ground of
pardonable treason, Hamilton moved to lay
ie majority report on the table. Xost by "a
ate of 48 to 28. Hamilton then moyed to
iopt the minority report, which recommends ?*
ie seating of these two Mackeyites. A de4te
followed, which was participated in bj
[amilton, Wells, Smith and Miller in favor
Fthe minority report, and Youmans, Gray
ad Conner against it. The Republicans ao* 4
Eincea no reasons wny loose arch conspira>ra
should be admitted, but confined themslves
to a recitation of the oft-repeated cry v 1
tat the Democrats had promised equal lights
> all. The Democrats took the ground that
tese two meu being the prime movers in the
>bellioo,and having much more intelligence
tan the common herd, should be held to a
ricter account. Mr. Conner, in the course
f his argument, read the infamous resolution
Fered by Thomas, during the deadlock last
inter, declaring the legal members to be inuders,
interlopers, insurrectionists, Ac., and
ailing upon the so-called Governor to use
irce to eject them. Upon this resolution, it
ill be remembered, followed the organization
*the constabulary force, composed of the
tughs of Charleston and Columbia, and the
isults that were heaped by them upon the
>emocrats in the hope of provoking a collisn.
Miller, of Beaufort, made the point in
is argument that the Democrats should reera
ber that they had but, very recently reeled
against the general government, and
lould appreciate the position of those now in
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