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Scraps and Jacis.
? A professional tea-taster gets a guinea at
hour, and at the expiration of three years if
a mental and physical wreck.
? The Providence (R. I.) Journal mention!
that over 300 stores and more than 1,80(
tenements are vacant in that city.
? A Mississippi land owner sells land t<
colored men on condition that they shal
plant one acre of corn to two acres of cotton
? The remains of Custer and those who fel
with him are to be removed, by order of thi
War Department, to some accessible place o
rest.
? A one-armed private watchman in St
Louis has just become the father of four chil
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u rcu at a v>?i tu< av 10 u?vutv?g w umj ?mm
the victim of this catastrophe is very poor.
? Mr. Tilden's interview with that "citizei
of Alabama" is pronounced a mythical af
fair. He has made no public utterance o
his feelings and opinions concerning the Elec
toral Commission.
? In order to prevent the loss of juice oi
staining the fingers when seeding cherries
pour warm water over the fruit before takinf
out the seed. The juice is congealed by thi
warm water, but not injured in any way.
? In a recent speech, General Joseph E
Johnston said : "The contest of four year
decided the question to the satisfaction of al
American military men that militia or volun
teers were the men to be depended upon."
? War helps a great many trades. A pa
per concern in Ohio has an order for 250 torn
of paper for cartridges for Turkey, and t
Pennsylvania town is shipping about 60(
tons of spelter to Europe as fast as it can b<
made, also for cartridges.
? Gen. "Beast" Butler always has a sur
pnse of some kind in store for the public
and nnw he is point? West. It is said that h<
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intends emigrating to a Colorado town, tun
sheep farmer, and come to Congress as Sena
tor of the Centennial State.
? A Massachusetts Republican, on a visi
to the Columbia, S. C., Legislature, was sur
prised at the fine voices and easy oratory an<
correct English of the negroes, and equall;
surprised at the lack of pith and logic ii
what they had to say. . They did most of th
talking, jumping up and airing their elocu
tion continually, but the weight of though
was all with the whites.
? Reports from all parts of Ohio and Ic
diana point to a remarkable yield of the graii
'crops. The condition of wheat is almost ud
precedented. It is estimated by farmers tha
the product will equal if not exceed the mem
orable year of 1864. A large acreage o
corn is planted and is doing finely. Sligh
frosts were experienced in some sections du
ring the recent cold spell, but the damage i
inconsiderable. The prospect of iramens
crops of all kinds and high prices is makinj
the farmers buoyant and hopeful, and givinj
an impetus to trade in the cities.
? It will be remembered that several month
ago the remains of ex-President Lincoli
were stolen from the tomb, the object as wa
conjectured, being to secure a reprieve fo
some convicts in the Illinois penitentiary, th
reprieve being made the condition on whicl
the remains would be surrendered. Two mei
named Hughes and Muller were accused o
the crime and have just been tried at Spring
field. The jury returned a verdict of guilty
and the prisoners were sentenced to one yea
each in the penitentiary. JNotice or motioi
for a new trial was given.
? Referring to the collapse of h;gh price
(speculative) in wheat and flour, the Mis
souri Republican moralizes thus: "No lam
was ever yet injured by cheap food ; it is i
blessing which every land constantly strive
for. Cheap food means health and content
ment for the people, while dear food bring
with it privation, suffering, beggary and dis
content. It may be very pleasant for specu
lators to buy wheat at $1.50 and sell it at $2
but it is anything but pleasant for hundred
ortKousauas of poor families to have to pa;
at the rate of $11 a barrel for flour tha
ought to be sold for $7."
? The Memphis Avalanche prints an inter
view with Governor Stone, of Mississippi, ii
relation to the Kemper county massacre, ii
which the Governor states that he has don
_ll in his power to bring the guilty ones t
trial by requesting Judge Hanom, circui
judge, to call an extra session of his court fo
that purpose, and that under the laws of th
State the Executive has no power to do any
thing in the matter. He had gone to DeKai!
as soon as he heard of the riot, but when h
arrived the rioters had dispersed, and nothiu]
was left for him to do except to go and se
Judge Hanom and ask the judicial officers t
take steps to bring them to trial. The Gov
ii Li ii j: !_ :c .
ernor inougni a exceeuntgiy uuuunui u ;
juiy in Kemper county would convict th
rioters all of whom were well known and re
side there.
? Expenses at the Black Hills are thus giv
en by a correspondent writing from the towi
of Dead wood : "Dead wood is a pretty livel;
town. I judge there are about 5,000 to 7,00
people here. Blacking boots, shave, cigai
driuk, &c., are 25 cents each. Flour Frida;
was 817 per 100 pounds, Saturday it ad
vanced to 821, Sunday, 825, and to-day i
sold for 830 per 100 pounds, or at the rate o
860 per barrel. There is very little in towc
which is the cause of the rise. Coal oil
when they have any, sells for 82.50 to 83.5'
per gallon. Board is cheaper in proportion
being only 50 cents per meal by the week
and beds 81.30 each. The streets are alway
crowded. Lots of Chinese here, owing t
washing being 25 cents a piece. There is i
' saloon in almost every house. Gambling goe
on publicly.
? If those who take an interest in the "wa
in the East" will remember that there ar
two Russian armies and two Turkish armie
in the field; that the Russian army which i
now preparing to cross the Danube is com
manded by the Grand Duke Constantine
that the Turkish army which is defendiug th
line of the Danube is commanded by Abdu
ICerim ; that the scene of hostilities in Asii
is more than a thousand miles distant fron
the scene of hostilities in Europe; that th
Russian army which is threatening Kars am
Erzeroura is commanded by Grand Duk
Michael; that the Turkish army which is de
feuding these places is commanded by Muhk
tar Pasha, and that the news which come
from St. Petersburg is more reliable than tha
which comes from Constantinople, they will
by a careful reading of the press despatche
from day to day, be able to keep the run o
the campaign.?Baltimore American.
? The accounts from California are ver
dismal indeed in regard to the bad crop prog
pects in that State, the ruin wrought by whicl
is to be added to the bursting of the silve
raining bubble. Doubts are expressed if th
entire San Joaquin valley will yield 100,001
bushels of wheat and barley, which yielde<
last year about 10,000,000 bushels. A Cali
fornia correspondent of the New Yorl
Graphic writes under date of May 18: "A1
the news from the Pacific coast is disastrous
I will give it as my deliberate opinion tha
we will have a famine in this State befor
the season is over. The drought has killec
all our crops, and nearly destroyed all ou
cattle. This is the second great drought sinci
the settlement of California, and the memor;
of those two will always be a cloud upon th'
business horizon of this wonderful State, fo
capitalists will not invest money in ranche
and cattle, and run the risk of a burning sea
son, when all their possessions will be de
voured and annihilated by the sun and dust
I fear you will soon hear of more busines
disasters of a most gigantic character fron
this coast Things were really in an un
wholesome state when Ralston died, but th'
difficulty was then averted only to end ii
greater calamity and panic. It is a fact tha
people who were millionaires six months age
are to-day eager to secure situations as wait
ere and farm laborers. The drought atao
nearly ruined the Stata, but occurring simul
1 taneously with the bursting of the mining
bubble, it has proved more than the people of
:; the State can stand. Starvation literally
j i stares the whole farming population i'd the
j face, and in a few weeks more they will have
; neither meat, fruit nor grain."
fjflrkville inquirer.
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YORkVlLLE, S, C.:
! THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1877.
f SOUTH
CAROLINA NEWS.
? There are now 450 convincts in the peni
r I tentiary.
' ?The Sumter Watchman complains of the
I presence of grave yard thieves in that town.
? Ex-Governor Chamberlain left Columbia
on Wednesday night of last week for New
j York.
1 ?The little baby boy now entering life
* craves no higher shibboleth to fame than the
initials "W. H."
? The President of the Greenwood and Au3
i gusta Railroad has applied to the Legislature
) for two hundred convicts.
3 ?The people residing in the vicinity of
Pleasant Valley, Lancaster, are circulating a
- petition for the formation of a new county.
? ? The stands of cotton and corn in 3arn3
well county are equal to any previous years,
1 but they are three weeks later than usual.
? The United States South Atlantic Navy
t squadron is ordered to rendezvous at Port
. Royal for drill by the middle of the present
1 month.
f ? Judge Mackey says that "Hayes has been
3 flabbergasted by Patterson, and has countere
marched on the path of administrative re~
form."
? Maj. A. C. Spain is suggested as a suitable
person to represent the people of Darlingn
. l c
a ton iq trie state senate, id piace 01 tmiuei.
more, resigned and absconded,
t ? Port Royal harbor having been made a
i- naval station, the Secretary of the Navy has
^ decided to send a sectional dock and erect
1 machine shops for the repair of naval vessels.
? A concurrent resolution has been introe
duced in the House of Representatives re^
questing J. J. Wright, Associate Justice, to
g resign. Wright's friends say that it is not
likely that he will do anything of the kind.
8 ?In Columbia last week, a company of
1 colored men, to the number of twenty-seven,
? met and organized a company of infantry, to
e be known as the Hampton Light Infantry,
j The following is a list of the officers elected :
i Captain, Wm. D. Turner; 1st lieutenant, E.
f Henderson ; 2d lieutenant, T. H. Kershaw.
? The Columbia Register mentions that
' President Hayes last week offered the Solicij
torehip of the United States Treasury to Judge
Samuel W. Melton. The proffer of the office
s was made to Judge Melton by telegraph, and
was promptly declined. It is stated that the
i Judge's practice is too lucrative for him to
1 think for a moment of giving it up for the
s sake of a paltry government office, which only
' paid 84,000 per annum.
?A destructive fire occurred at Union, C.
. H., about 12 o'clock last Sunday, commenc1
ir?r? in W T? Ttrinr<Ta ft. (~Y? 'a patfthliahrnpnf
,, ...fe ... ? bb" ~ '
s burning them out, and the following : J. T.
f Hill & Co., J. M. Gibbes A Co., Dunn & Co.,
1 J. P. Jacobi, R. F. Briggs, W. E. Nease,
W. R. Davis (the buildings belonging to D.
G. Fant), Mrs. W. D. Humphrey, Spears &
3 Cotton, \V. H. Wallace, and the estate of
e Giles Sharp, together with the railroad shops,
0 depot, and considerable rolling stock. The
t estimated loss is from ?75,000 to S100.000.
r The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is
e supposed to have been from carelessness. The
^ insurance will amount to from ?30,000 to
e ?40,000.
1 ? The Darlington News furnishes the fol6
lowing story : "Where affairs are managed so
0 recklessly as to allow lunatics to sit on the
jury, it is not to be wondered at if crime goes
e unpunished. Such was the case with the
Court here last week, though not discovered
until Saturday, when the jury was being era.
panelled for the last case?State against J. R.
q Wadford for murder, when a certain colored
y man, who bad set on the jury and heard sev?
eral important cases during the week, was
1 called to be sworn, the counsel for the defence
7
j_ objected to him on the ground that he was
t insane. The judge ruled that the fact would
f have to be proven before he could be objected
i mliAn f U rt /lAiinanl r\rrvnAO^nrl
?f tu UU tuat glUUUU) VTliCU tuo WUUO&l piv/u^ucu
'? to question him as follows: "Thomas, how
^ about the war debt?" Juror?"I paid it."
!' Counsel?"Are you engaged to Queen Victog
ria?" Juror?"Yes; we are gwiue to be
0 married in a short time." Counsel?"How
a much are you worth, Tom?" Juror?"My
s papers say four millions." This convinced
the Court that the man was insane. Later in
r the day the same man walked into the Courte
house with a carpet-bag suspended on his
s shoulder and took a seat beside the jndge."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
; ? The residence of Dr. J. A. Ray, of Kirk's
e Mountain, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday
1 night of last week.
a ?Commencement exercises at Trinity Col
lege will begin on the 13th instant. Goverj
nor Hampton is to deliver an address on the
e 14th.
i- ?The residence of Prof Alderman,of Greens
boro Female College, was destroyed by fire on j
8 { the morning of the 30th ultimo. Every arti- |
' | cle of apparel and furniture in the building, |
g excepting a few chairs, was destroyed,
f ? Col. W. H. Thomas, ex-agent of the band ,
of Cherokee Indians in the western part of j
y North Carolina, and who commanded a body
i. nf Indians on the Confederate side in the late
i war, has become insane, and last week was
r i placed in the lunatic asylum.
8 ?James P. Wilson, who surrendered himj
selfto the authorities of Mecklenburg county
.' for the murder ofNathan C. Clayland, corac
mitted in Charlotte twenty-three years ago,
1 and was sentenced by the Court, last week, to
' five year's imprisonment in the couuty jail,
' has been pardoned by Governor Vance,
j ? The board of aldermen elected in Wil-;
_ ! mington last March, took charge on the 1st
2! instant. The board consists of six Democrats
y and four Republicans. This is the first time
e the city has been under Democratic control
r i since the days of reconstruction. The new
8 board elected John Dawson as mayor.
?Thirty-four replies from twenty-four counties
in North Carolina scale the average of
s the cotton crop at slightly under last year's,
a The weather has been decidedly unfavorable.
- Replanting is very generally necessary, ma-.
0 king the crop two or three weeks later. LaJ
j bor is plentiful, and much cotton land has
been planted in corn.
' ?At Greensboro, last Thursday, Judge
c Pick, of the Federal Court, refused to remand
i- i the Ashy county prisoners to the State Court
f I
from whence it had been taken to the Federal | <
Court on a writ of certiorari. This will be re- '
membered as the case in whieh Judge Schenck I
of the Superior Court, refused'to obey thfftfrrit (
of Judge Dick, of the Federal Court, transferring
from the State to the Federal Court
the case of a revenue officer indicted for j
murder.
MERE-MENTION. . i \
Four steamers sailed from New York last Saturday,
having among their freight 170,000
bushels of corn, 70,000 bags of wheat, 40,000 1
boxes of cheese, 2,000 bales of cotton, 8,000
packages of butter, 2,000 cases of canned ^
goods, and numerous other items. A <
large number of destructive fires, destroying
an immense amount of property, have occur- t
red in various sections of the Union within ^
the past week. Among those killed in 1
the Kemper county, Mississippi tragedy was
A. McClelland, a British subject, who had |
been summoned by the sheriff as a part ofthe j
posse comitatus on the day the Chisholras were 1
arrested. A curious international question
may be involved in the circumstance. Rumor
has it that the President favors what he
calls the Jeffersonian system in diplomacy,
that there should be changes every four years.
The President does not consider that a tenure
of eight or ten years creates a claim for continuance
in office. John S. Motley, the
American historian, died in London last
Thursday. Lydia Sherman, sentenced to
the Connecticut States prison for life for poisoning
her husband and six children, has made
her escape from the prison at Wethersfield.
She had served about four years and a
half. A Washington dispatch says that
Judge R. B. Carpenter is in that city endeavoring
to secure the appointment of District
Attorney of South Carolina. ExGovernor
Packard is lying in New Orleans I
dangerously ill of congestive chill. Fletch- ]
er Harper, the last of the four composing the i
original firm of Harper & Brothers, publishers, J
of New York, is dead. The American min- I
ister at the city of Mexico has been instructed 1
to notify that government that frontier depre- I
dations must be stopped. At Lexington, I
Kentucky, on Friday, the first of twenty-four |
cases in the great lottery trial in progress 1
there was decided, and a fine of $5,000 was
imposed on Henry Miller, agent of Simmons, ,
Dickinson & Co. Ex-President Grant (
is the lion of the day in England. His re- 1
ceptions in Liverpool and London were the <
grandest ovations extended to any foreign vis- *
itor in recent times. The village of !
Onoeta, Schoolcraft county, Michigan, was (
destroyed by 6re one night last week, with
the exception of a school house and a church, j
Seven hundred people are homeless. The
drought in Alabama is becoming serious. No
rain has fallen for several weeks, and corn
and cotton are suffering.
editorialTnklings.
Rather Rough on Butler.
In reference to the situation in Louisiana,
Ben Butler has written a letter to Marshal
Pitkin, of that State, charging that
bribery was resorted to by the adherents of
the Nicholls government in order to ensure
success, and that Mr. Wayne McVeagh was
mainly instrumental in distributing the aforesaid
bribes?placing them where they would
do the most good.
To this mild insinuation McVeagh replies.
After denouncing the main statements of
Butler's letter as base and cowardly falsehoods,
he closes with the sentence: "I had no
money of my own to spare, and it is only a
military commandant at New Orleans, in
time of war, who can safely appropriate any
considerable quantity of the property of others
to his own use."
The Mexican Question.
General Pillow, who was a prominent
officer in the Mexican war, has written a letter
to the President giving his views at length
11. ~ ihn M.iAfi
Oil cue preseuc aafieuc ui cue lucAiuau ijucs- ;
tion. He claims that the only reasonable
boundary between Mexico and the United
States is the Sierra Madres mountains and the
river that runs near them. He gives as a
reason for so thinking, the fact that as the
boundary line now runs, it is impossible to
punish marauders, because the Mexicans are
better mounted, and understand the country
so well that pursuit would be useless. To follow
them on their own territory would be a
virtual act of war, and he thinks it much better
for the United States to secure and annex
by treaty with Mexico, the Northern States
that lie between the Sierra Madres and the
Rio Grande. General Pillow's suggestions
will be duly considered by the Cabinet. A
Washington dispatch of the 2ud instant says:
"The unexpected change in the Rio Grande
border policy, in taking the coutrol from the
State Department and virtually entrusting
the whole affair to General Ord's discretion,
excites the filibustering element. They seem
to think that Gen. Ord has private instructions
to act with vigor, and that some kind
of war with Mexico is determined on. It iB
known that the manager of what is called the
Sonora movement has two of his most trusted
aids following General Ord to the border to
watch the events and for other purposes." 1
The School Question.
The Columbia correspondent of the
New and Courier furnishes the following in
regard to the proposed future management of
the public schools of the State:
In an interview with the superintendent of
education, I learn that it is his intention, immediately
after the adjournment of the Legislature,
to issue a circular to the school officers
throughout the State informing them of
what acts have been passed affecting the public
schools, and also making the apportionment
to which each county will be eutitled
under the appropriation bill. The superintendent
of education informed me that he
will manage his department on a strictly cash
basis, and that he will insist upon county officials
closing their schools as soon as the money
to which they are entitled is exhausted.
In some counties schools have already been
open for a longer time than the appropriation
for this year will pay for, while in others little
or no work has been done in the schools.
This state of things is due to the fact that
until May 1st there has been this year no re- i
cognized head of the educational department. |
The probability now is that the appropriation |
for schools for this year will be about 8200,000.
In those counties in which the amount
apportioned on this basis has already been ;
exhausted, the schools should be closed at!
once. The law by which the district school ,
tax has heretofore been levied has been repealed.
Eud of the Ellenton Trial.
The United States Circuit Court has
knar> nnnouoil frvr oqitopqI rlai'0 nf f~!hnrlpatnn
ivi OUTV1U 4 UMIJT W V* W ?vwvwu I
in hearing the trial of a number of persons t
from Aiken county, charged with violating the
enforcement laws. The case has generally '
been designated the Ellenton riot, with the 1
particulars of which our readers are familiar. |
Judges Bond and Waite presided. The case t
was given to the jury at half past 10 o'clock \
last Friday, after a charge by Judge Waite i
which has been characterized as able, fair and s
impartial. The jury failed, up to 6 o'clock j 1
P. M., Saturday, to agree upon a verdict, at' c
which time Judge Waite directed the bailiff t
to bring them into Court. The following
proceedings then ensued : \
As soon as the jurymen were seated, the 1 c
slerk Called the roll, and all answered to their
aames.
Judge Waite then asked : "Gentlemen of
Ihe.jury, haue you agreed upon ageoeralveriict
?"
Mr. Williams: "No, your Honor."
Judge Waite: "Have you agreed upon the
guilt or innocence of any party
Mr. Williams: "We have not."
Judge Waite : "Have you agreed upon the
guilt of any one /"
- Mr. Williams: "No, sir." ?
Judge Waite: "Have you agreed upon the
nnocence of any one /"
Curtis: "Yes your Honor, we have."
Judge Waite: "Gentlemen,you will return
:o your room, and return your verdict to the
3ourt." ' ' ' w =
The jury retired to their room, and in less
;han two minutes returned into court, and
Mr. Williams said : "The jury agree unaninously
as to the innocence of Mr. Abner W.
Atkinson."
Judge Waite then ordered the clerk to en;er
a verdict of "Not guilty" as to Abner W.
Atkinson, and a mistrial as to the other defendants.
Then, turning to the jury, Judge Waite
._:J. nri ? .1 J:? ,}
iaiu ; ureuueuieu, j^ou are uismaigcu num
?urther attendance on the court, and I desire
,o thank you for the patience you have exlibited
during the entire trial."
Judge Bond informed the attorneys for the
lefence that he would require the prisouers to
jive bonds for their appearance for trial at
he next term of the court. New bonds were
lot made out, as the bonds first given were
imple and sufficient.
It is known that the jury stood six to six,
he whites all voting for uu acquittal and the
legroes for conviction. Several votes were
;aken, but the result was never changed.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, June 4, 1877. ,
A difficulty occurred a few days ago between
Mr. Garland Smith and Mr. L. L. McLemore
and his son, which resulted in the serious
injury of Smith. They are from the
Broad river side of the county, and at the
time of the eucouuter were returning home
'rom town, where they had spent the day in
the trial of a case in which McLemore was
the defendant, and Smith a witness. The
testimony of the latter excited the wrath of
McLemore, which afterwards led to the difficulty,
which was witnessed only by the participants.
Smith is charged by McLemore
with beginning the fight by striking him on
the head with a pistol. McLemore, aided by
us sod, who was present, resisted the attack,
ind while making a free use of rocks, inflictid
upon his opponent a wound with a knife,
which may prove mortal. Upon a warrant
ssued by Trial Justice McDonald the McLenores
were arrested and placed in jail.
At a meeting of the Chester Rifle Club on
ast Tuesday evening, it was decided to give
in entertainment at an early day with the
new of raising money to cancel the indebtidness
of the company. A committee was
ippointed to see and secure the assistance of
he ladies. Their cheerful cooperation may
>e coufldently expected. The ladies of our
,own, when requested to aid in obtaining
'unds in behalf of any good object, always
:omply. And when they set their hearts and
lands to work, they generally succeed in acjomplishing
the end desired. The hope is
mtertained that the entertainment, which will
irobably be of a kind to delight soul and
lody, will be productive in raising not only
.he requisite amount for extinguishing the
ieht against the Rifle Club, but in obtaining
what is needed for purchasing additional uni'orms
for members of the company.
Mr. William Wilson, of the neighborhood
>f Blackstocks, was in town on Thursday,
ind reported to Trial Justice Sanders the
jurning of two houses on his place which, he
hiuks, was the work of negroes employed by
lim. At the time of the fire the houses were
jccupied by negroes, and were, it issuppoBed,
lestroyed by others of their race hostile to
hem. Certain parties are suspected of the
turning, and if Mr. Wilson can obtain suficient
evidence, he will procure warrants for
heir arrest.
Friday was a great day among the cbilIren
and teachers of the Presbyterian and
Baptist Sunday Schools. Early intheraornng
did they begin their preparations for the
lay's amusement. The members of the Baplist
School selected Bethany Church grove as
the place for the holding of their picnic, and
thither directed their course in gayly decorated
wagons. The members of the Presbyterian
School took their departure in a special train
For Philadelphia on the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad. The anticipations of happiness of
.he children and teachers of both schools
were, of course, fully realized. They passed
he day as pleasantly as their hearts could
lesire.
A considerable number of ladies met at
the Cotton Hotel on Thursday afternoon for
,he purpose of consulting on the propriety of
jiving a public entertainment in behalf of
the Chester Rifle Club. They unanimously
lecided in favor of giving the entertainment,
[t will take place on the 25th of this month,
rnd will, undoubtedly, be a grand affair,
fhe entertainment will consist of different
eatures; sucb attractions will be presented
is will please both soul and body. As the
entertainment will be given in behalf of a
vorthy object, and as its success admits of no
loubt, a large crowd is confidently expected.
On Friday Trial Justice Sanders made a
jrelirainary examination into the case of Edvard
Gregory, charged with malicious tressass
in killing hogs belonging to Mr. E. J.
Worthy. The accused was released on bond
;o appear at the next term of the Court of
jeneral Sessions.
A case was tried before Trial Justice Sanlers
on Friday, in which J. H. Westbrook,
jlaiatiff, charged D. P. Waters with malicious
respass in killing a cow. The former was
epresented by J. A. Bradley, Esq., and the
atter by T. C. Gaston, Esq. A jury of six
vere empanneled to hear and decide upon the
;ase. The testimony established the fact that
he cow was killed, but that it came to its
leath at the hands of a tenant of the defending
The jury, in finding their verdict, diaigreed,
three being in favor of the plaintiff",
ind three in favor of the defendant. The
jarties then agreed to leave the matter to the
lecision of the Trial Justice, which was renlered
in favor of the defendant.
G. H. Smith, who was injured in a fight
vith L. L. McLeraore and his son, has greaty
improved, and is considered out of danger.
The McLeraores, who were arrested and
ilaced in jail to await the result of Smith's
njuries, have been released on bond.
Rev. Mr. Stringfellow, of Columbia, officiaed
at St. Mark's Church yesterday. He
ireached an excellent sermon at the morning
ervice from the words, "Into Thy hands, 0
Father, I commend my spirit." After dwellng
upon the greath truth of the personality ,
>f God, in opposition to the materialistic
deas of the present day, he earnestly exhortid
his hearers to follow the example of!
Uhrist, who made his life as well as his death j
i sacrifice unto God. At the evening service i
lis sermon was based upon the words, "I go I
,o prepare a place for you." In forcible and j |
jeautiful language he demonstrated the reali- j;
,y and glories of heaven.
St. Mark's Church has been subjected of
ate to a considerable amount of repairing,
ind, as a consequence, presents a fresh and i
iretty appearance. The improvements, how- !
sver, are not yet completed, as the ladies of <
lie congregation are apparently animated i
vith the resolution to continue the good work j
intil the building has been put in thorough ! i
ind beautiful order. They give another en-;
ertainment this week for the accomplishment'
if this object. <
The dry weather continues to the detriment
if gardens and crops. I
1 have been honored by his Excellency ' i
?Vade Hampton with an appointment to the i
iffice of Notary Public. Qui. |
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Lb- K. Armstrong, Administrator?Application
for Discharge.
Hart <fe Ha'rt," PiaintifTs Attorneys?Notice to Defendants.
J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In Bankruptcy?In
the Matter of A. M. Jackson, Bankrupt.
Weed Sewing Machine Company?Prices Reduced.
M. Stranss?Great Reduction.
W. F,.<fc John Barnes?Barnes* Foot Power Machinery."
Kennedy Bros. <fe Barron?Just arrived.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Foreclosure of Mortgage
Sale.
Smith & Roach?Beer! Beer!! Beer!!!
PERSONAL.
We have been pleased at receiving a call
from John S. Reynolds, Esq., of the Winnsboro
News, who is on a visit to oar town.
THE CATAWBA RIFLES.
A military company with the above name,
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was organized ai jcujck xiui nisi wesn, auu
the following gentlemen elected officers: Allen
Jones, Captain ; A. H. White, 1st Lieutenant
; L. M. Davis, 2d Lieutenant; W. J.
Poag, 3d Lieutenant, and R. T. May, Orderly
Sergeant.
OFF FOR TEXAS.
On Monday evening last, two of oar young
townsmen?Messrs. J. Pink Herndon and
Joseph W. Colcock?started by railroad to
seek their fortunes in the far Southwest, their
destination being Sherman, Texas. These
young gentlemen possess fiue business qualifications,
aud have the best wishes of hosts of
friends.
THE COLUMBIA REGISTER.
We direct attention to the advertisement
of the Columbia Daily JRegitter, to be found
in another column. The Register is now the
organ of the Patrons of Husbandry of South
Carolina, the Grange department of the paper
being under the supervision of Colonel
James N. Lipscomb, Master of the State
Grange.
THE FENCE LAW.
We publish in another column of this issue
the Act of the Legislature to authorize county
commissioners to submit to the qualified
electors of their several counties, a proposition
to alter the feDce law. There are several
changes in the Act from the form in which
the hill was originally introduced, as published
a few weeks ago. In its present shape the
bill has passed both houses and been ordered
for ratification.
SALES-DAY.
There was but a small attendance of persons
in town last Monday?sales-day for June.
The only real estate sold by the sheriff was
the King's Mountaiu hotel property, which
was bid off by John F. Wilson, for $2,010.
The sale will not affect the present management
of the hotel, which will be continued
by the popular hotelist, Mr. J. M. Rawlinson,
who, as travelers say, provides the best table
between New Orleans and Philadelphia.
ENTERTAINMENT AT ROCK HILL.
We learn that the Rock Hill Dramatic Association
will enact Bulwer's beautiful play,
the "Lady of Lyons" and "Toodles" at Holler's
Hall in that town Tuesday night, the
12th instant. The proceeds of the entertainment
are to be applied to the purchase of instruments
for a brass band. An entertainment
given by the Association a few weeks
ago was quite a success, and we have nodoubt
but the promised performance will be equally
meritorious and attractive.
DRY WEATHER.
Quite a drouth prevails throughout the
county, no rain having fallen since the 27th of
April?a period of forty days. Cotton and
corn are suffering for want of seasonable
showers. The oat crop will likewise be short
from the same cause. Wheat continues promising,
and should nothing untoward befall
the crop, there will be a fair yield. A gratifying
faet is that more of this crop was seeded
last fall than has been planted in York county
any year since the war.
JENKINS* RIFLES.
The volunteer company forming in this
place is to be known as the "Jenkins Rifles,"
in perpetuation of the name of the gallant
Gen. Micah Jenkins. An organization of the
company was effected on Tuesday evening,
and the following officers were elected:
Captain?Asbury Coward.
First-Lieutenant?George H. O'Leary.
Second-Lieutenant?J. R. Gardner.
Third-Lieutenant?John J. Smith.
Secretary and Treasurer?A. S. Withers.
BRIDGE AT CROWDER'S CREEK.
A contract has been given the Baltimore
Bridge Company for the erection of a bridge
across Crowder's creek, on the Chester and
Lenoir Railroad, in place of the trestle over
which the trains have been running since the
road was put in operation. Capt. Sumner,
superintendent of the road, informs us that
the bridge is to be constructed in the most
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approved and sunstanuai siyje 01 iruw
bride," and will be placed id position at as
early a day as practicable. We also learn
from the superintendent that the grading on
the road between Dallas and Lincolnton is
progressing quite satisfactorily.
AN AGED CITIZEN.
The proverbial healthfulness of this section
of the country is well attested by the large
number of elderly people in our midst. We
could enumerate scores of persons whose sands
of life, though having already run the full
time allotted to mortality, are not yet exhausted,
nor soon likely to be. Among those, we
call to mind Mr. Daniel Seahorn, of Broad
River township?in the "Bluewater" portion
of the county. Mr. Seahorn is ninety-six
years of age, and is able to chop firewood and
do many chores about the house; be reads
without the aid of glasses, and is in good
health. Notwithstanding his extreme age, he
feels a lively interest in the political welfare
of his country, and last fall walked from his
residence to Hickory Grove to hear Colonel
Evans and other candidates speak.
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Railways.?It is a fact not genarally
known that the United States has more miles
of railway than Russia, Turkey, Germany,
Austria, Great Britain, France and Italy comL!
1 rv%;iflo?A aP tka former Hairier
UlU^Uj LIIC luiai UIJicogD \Jt illiu iu? IUV4 w<ug
nea-ily 80,000 miles, against 76,620 miles iu
those couutries. Of the above named countries
Russia has more thao double the population
of the United States. Germany about
two millions greater, and Great Britain,
France and Austria, severally, but a few millions
less than this country.
4ST A Kansas editor rejoices in the wisdom
and mercy of Providence because the blackbirds
are eatiug the grasshoppers. Providence
? Good land, because there isn't anything
else in Kansas for them to eat. If the
grasshoppers were only big enough they'd eat
the blackbirds, under the same compulsion.
J6T The Carolina Spartan learns from one
t>f the Spartan burg merchants that since the
1 st of last April 37,188 bushels of corn have
been imported into that town from the West
and sold to the farmers of that section. The
amount of flour and bacon imported is even
greater in quantity and cost than the corn.
BY TELEGRAPH^ i
THE STATE CAPITAL" !
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE.
THE PUBLIC DEBT. \
THE VACANT JUDGESHIP.
[Special Dispatch to the Yorkvillc Enquirer.]
Columbia, S. C., Jane 6,1877. '
The committee of free conference to whom *
was referred for adjustment the differences
between the two houses in reference to the {
appropriation bill, submitted their report last ]
night, which will be considered to day, with ?
decided prospects for harmonious results. The
committee recommenu a levy ox seven rams i
tax, but no part of the interest or State debt
is to be paid until examined by a commission
to be elected and approved by the next Legislature.
The payments recommended to be
made are as follows:
First. Necessary current expenses of the
State Government.
Second. Interest due this year on consolidated
bonded debt.
Third. Such other liabilities of the State
as the commission shall decide to be valid ^
and recommend to be paid, subject to tbe ap- ,
proval of the next Legislature.
Should the seven mills tax be insufficient, 1
the Governor ia to be authorized to borrow i
one hundred thousand dollars. *
Should the recommendation of tbe commit- ]
tee of conference be adopted, the Legislature
will adjourn next Thursday or Friday. j
The Senate having refused, on Saturday, <
by a tie vote, to concur in the House resolu- i
tion to elect a Judge to fill the alleged vacan- '
cy in the fifth (Carpenter's) circuit, an effort 1
will be made in the Senate to-day to secure .
the adoption of the resolution. I. D. w. j
I
TUP PPVrP T.tV " ' 1 I
The following is the full text of the "feoce
law," as it passed the legislature, and in this
shape has been ordered for ratification :
AN ACT to authorize County Commissioners to
submit to the qualified electors of their several
counties a proposition to alter the Fence Laws,
and to provide for effectuating the same.
Be itenacted, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. That upon the written application
of seventy-five of the taxpayers of any
township in any county of this Slate, who
may desire to substitute the fencing of stock
in lieu of fencing the fields, it shall be the 1
duty of the Commissioners of said county to I
order an election in said township between the t
110th and 20th of August, or the 10th and 20th i
of December in any year, thirty days' notice 1
thereof being given in one or more of the
newspapers published in said county, specify- (
ing the time and place or purpose of such ]
election, aud the form of ballot to be used at |
such election, and to appoint three managers |
of election, who shall, without compensation, <
hold and conduct said election, and immedi- 1
ately upon the close thereof make return I
thereof to the Commissioners of the county, <
who shall declare and publish the result of <
said election in one or more of the newspapers 1
published in said county; provided, however, i
that, thn nlnrn nf vntinir ilpsicrnaf pd hv the (
?v ^ "J
County Commissioners shall be as near the
geographical centre of the townships as circumstances
will admit, and if a majority of
the qualified electors of said township voting at
said election shall have voted for the adoption
of this Act, then the same shall be and become
of force in said township, on the first
day of Jauuary next succeeding such election,
and from and after that date, all laws now existing
in regard to the erection and maintenance
offences in said township shall be null
and void ; and it shall not be lawful for the
owner or manager of any horse, mule, ass,
gennet, swine, sheep, goat, or neat cattle of
any description to permit the said animals,
or any of them, to run at large beyond the
limits of their own lands in said township.
Sec. 2. That upon the written application
ofseventy-five tax-payers in each township in
any county in the State, it shall be the duty
of the Commissioners of the county for said
county to order an election to be held in each
township in the county on the same day, in 8
the manner, and under the regulations of the
foregoing section ; and if all of the townships 1
in said county shall adopt this Act, then the '
same shall be of force in said county on the 1
first day of January next succeeding said *
election, and all the provisions of this Act, 1
applicable to townships, shall apply to the ?
countv: but if all of the townships shall not ^
adopt the Act, then the same shall be of force 1
in the townships in which the same shall be
adopted by a majority of the votes cast at said
election in said township.
Sec. 3. If any of the animals enumerated in
the first section shall hereafter be found at s
large, or upon the lands of any person other c
than the owner, in said township, the mana- c
ger or owner of said animals shall, if he be a ^
citizen of said township, be liable for all dam- t
age done by the said animals to the owners of c
the crops or the lands upon which they tres- I
pass. i
Sec. 4. In case of trespass, as aforesaid, the
aggrieved party may make complaint to a r
Trial Justice, or Justice of the Peace, of the a
county in which the trespass was committed, H
who shall issue his warrant immediately, re- t
turnable within five days from the date there- c
of, and at the same time and place named in
the warrant the case will be tried, and the s
amount of damages sustained by the complai- *
nant be ascertained, and judgment given for f
the same with legal costs, as in the case of i
other warrants. v
Sec. 5. Whenever any township or county ?
shall adopt the Act, and it shall become ne- 1
ceesary to protect the lands in said township t
or county from the incursion of stock or cat- ?
tie from any adjoining township or county,
the Commissioners of the county are author- b
ized to erect fences along such lines of the b
township or county as are exposed to such in- c
cursions, and for that purpose to enter upon g
the lands of any person in said township and t
to erect such fence thereon, without being c
guilty of auy trespass whatever. And the r
said Coramissiouers shall have power and au- t;
thority to construct fences across any public p
or private road : Provided, That proper gates ii
are established on such public or private ti
roads ; and to levy aud collect a tax upon the
property of said township or county to defray a
the expenses of erecting and maintaining said c
fences, said tax to be collected at the same b
time and in the same manner as other State t<
and county taxes are levied and collected. U
And the County Commissioners are authorized n
aud empowered to make such arrangements a
with the owners of property contiguous to and t<
on either side of the township or county lines
as may accomplish the object of protecting a
the county or township from the incursion ii
of cattle or stock. h
Sec. 6. The laws now of force in regard to d
the erection and maintenance of fences shall b
apply to any fence erected in pursuance of the
foregoing section ; and all persons disturbing tl
or injuring said fences Bhall be punishable as I
provided in said laws; and cattle breaking fi
said fences shall be dealt with as provided in b
said laws. I 1<
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of any person ;
or persons driving stock, such as cattle, horses, ' a
mules, 8heep,or hogs, through the public roads b
of any county, to so herd and drive the same ( r
that they shall not be allowed to enter upon t!
or work injury to the lands or crops of the cit-, n
izens of said county. | C
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of each and j
every employer in any oounty or township' 1
which shall adopt the provisions of this Act,
a furnish each and every employee hired I y
liar with pasturage for as many head of stock
lb..may be agreei^poD, not exceeding two
lead of cattle to every field hand in amount.
Provided that such employee shall perform
ris proportionate amount ef labor tokeep. up
the enclosure of such pasture.
Sec. 9. That none of the provisions of this
\ct shall apply to thecouoties of Hprry, Coleton,
Beaufort, CHarleston,'Wiliiamsburg or
Sieorgetowo. ? A
THE SOUTH ULBOUWA, LEGISLATURE. I
Monday^ May 28. ^
In the Senate, on taking the chair, Pres- I
dent Simpson read the following communi;ation
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To the Hon. W. D. Simpson, President of the
Senate :
Dear Sir?I respectfully tender herewith my
esignation as a State Senator from the county or
Darlington, to take effect at close of present extra
session. Very respectfully, <fcc.,
B. F. Whittemobe.
At the close of the session, an election
vill be ordered to fill the vacancy.
The House amendments to the bill to proride
for filling vacancies in county offices and
X) regulate the holding elections therefor,
were concurred in aud the bill passed to an
ict.
At the night session, the appropriation bill
was taken up. Senator Gary withdrew bis
motion to strike out the enacting clause of the
bill, and the Senate, then resolved itself into
i committee of the whole for a general discussion
of the, bill by sections.
Taft (Rep.) moved to amend Section 1,
ifter 46th line, by adding "for the clerk of
the county auditor of Charleston 11,000."
Adopted. Mr. Jeter amended Section 1, 24th
line, by raising the salary of tbe'clerk of the
ittomey-geDenil from $900 to $1,200. Adopted.
Cannon amended 8ection 1, line 33,"by ,
raising the salary of the attendant on the
Supreme Court from $100 to $200. Adopted.
Meetze amended Section 1, line 64, by raising
the contingent expenses of the Supreme
Court from $200 to $450. Adopted. Taft
t 1 . -?- 1*^1 _ , + A ? LJL . ,!?)* .
imenaea oection i, nne i?, oy aaaiog "ror
the porter of the office of the secretary of
3tate $150." Adopted. Gary moved to
imend Section 1, line 64, by cutting down the
Governor's contingent fund from $10,000 to
85,000. This amendment provoked a hot debate.
Senator Gary could see nothing for
which this amount could be used. Jeter said
it was to pay the State constabulary and rewards.
Taft said that the Jaw that authorized
the State constabulary had been repealed,
and Cochran said the counties paid the
rewards. Bo wen said that in 1850 the Governor's
contingent fund was $10,000, aud the
salaries for the members of the General Assembly
were $21,000; and yet the Senate had
to day increased this $21,000 to $100,000 and
ret make a great fuss over $10,000, which
was to be placed in the hands of an honorable
gentleman, who would account for every cent
if it. The amendment was then rejected by
i vote of 17 to 9. Mr. Witherspoon araehdsd
Section 1, line 31, by raising the salary of
the clerk of the Supreme Ceurt from $700 to
11,000. Adopted. On motion of Taft, the
lalaries of the watchmen of the State-House
were raised from $300 to $400 each. Section
I then passed. _
HrJTMaxwell (Rep.*} moved to strijte out
the fifth subdivision; of. Section 2 anf) insert a
irovision of $15,239.38 for the salaries of the
irofessors of the University. This was postioned
to the third reading. Cannon amend
id Section 2, line 10, by inserting a provision
x) pay $6,000 due Burns A S mucker, add
51,000 due to a Chicago house, to be paid out
)f the 060,000 appropriated for the support
>f the Lunatic Asylum. Loet. Jeter moved
:o cut down the appropriation for the Lunatc
Asylum from 060,000 to 050*000. Adopted.
Section 2 then passed. Section 3 also
3&8sed. Cochran moved to amend Section 4
>y making the appropriation for the schools
5200,000 exclusive of the poll tax. Adopted.
Gary moved to strike out the entire section
1 (making the school appropriation.) He
;hougbt the poll tax enough. Not agreed to.
Vfeetxe (Dera.) amended the same section by
idding the following : ''Provided that no oth;r
tax shall be levied or collected for the
naintenance of public schools in any county
)f this State." Adopted. Cannon added the
bllowing: "Provided that this act shall not
je construed to repeal the act to provide for '
last due school claims, passed March 3,
1874." Adopted.' *
On motion of Bowen the appropriation for
ichools was then cut down to $150,000, exslusive
of the poll tax, and the Senate then
idjourned.
In the House, the joint resolution to rati;
y the constitutional amendment in relation
o public schools, was continued to the next
lession.
A concurrent resolution to raise a commislion
to examine the condition and managenent
of the State charitable and penal instiutions
was agreed to. The resolution relative
o convict labor, and appointing a committee
o inquire into the system of hiring them out,
vitb instructions to correspond with various
States for the purpose of obtaining informaion,
Ac., was agreed to.
The fence law was read a third time.
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Tuesday. Mav 29.
Ik the Senate, the consideration of the
ippropriation bill was resumed. On motion
if Taft the following was added at the end
if section 4: "The county treasurers of the
rarious counties are hereby authorised and
equired to pay school claims, arising under
leficieucies, out of any surplus fuuds iu their
lands in the order .in which they arise." *
Adopted.
Taft moved to strike out section 5, which
nakes the appropriation for interest, and subtitute
the following: "That the sum of
175.000 be, and the same is hereby appropriited,
to pay deficienoes of salaries for the fiscal
year ending October 31st, 3876."
Gary moved to indefinitely postpone this
unendment Taft hoped this amendment
rould pass; he was uot in favor of making
ireferred claims of the claims of foreign credtors;
he thought that the senators might as
veil make up their minds to the fact that the
State would have to pay the Bonanza claims.
The holders of these claims could compel
heir payment by litigation in the United
States Court.
Meetze (Dera.) said that at first he had
>een of the opinion that the public debt should
>e paid, but after mature deliberation he had
ome to the conclusion that it would be a
rose injustice to the home claims to pass
hem by and pay this foreign debt. The State
ouldn't pay them both, without being bankupt.
He admitted the force of the Constitu
ion; but when the very existence of the peole
was at stake, he, like Tbad. Stevens, was
1 favor of "camping outside of the Conati*
ution."
Crittenden (Dem.) was in favor of Taft's
mend men t. He thought that the Goverfior
ould effect a loan to pay the interest on the
onded debt; or the State could fund the in*
srest This would be a saving of $195,000
3 the taxpayers this year. Taft's amend*
ient was then adopted by a vote of 15 to 12,
nd the section to pay the public debt went
jmporarily by the board.
Myers (Rep.) offered the following amend*
ient as Section 10: "That the sum of $6,000,
* so much be necessary, be, and the same is
ereby appropriated to pay the balance of per
iem, salary and mileage of the officers of
oth houses for 1876." Adopted.
Livingston (Dem.) moved to reconsider
he vote whereby Section 5 was stricken out.
ly reference to the rules he found that if a
ree conference on this matter should fail, the
ill would fail, and the session woald be pro*
mged over a month longer.
Taft (Rep.) thought that when the com*
littee on conference was appointed it would
e time enough to consider the question of
eceding. He thought that it was the fear
hat the House would conour in this amendlent
that induced the motion to reconsider.
Irittenden, (Dem.) agreed with Taft.
Ou the motion to reconsider, the vote stood
4 to 14, and the President voted in favor of