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Jtoaps and farts. ? The recent General Presbyterian Assembly in Chicago, voted against the use of unfermented wine in communion. ? It is estimated that the school fund of the State of Texas will be $30,000,000 when the school lands are all sold, and the annual income will be $2,800,000. ? By the laws of Florida, no man who has lost an arm or a leg, no matter how or when, or from what cause, can be taxed for any business he may enter into, always excepting the liquor business. ? Mothers-in-law should raise a monument to the late John B. Felton, of San Francisco. He left one-half of his property to his wife, one-quarter to his mother-in-law, and onequarter to his children. ? Alex. H. Stephens says that Mr. Hayes "holds the executive office by a legal title that can never be successfully assailed, and mtMiUf *% /\ 4 4 /\ Vv mtanflrvnnj UT a K aI/^O wmuu uugut uui hi uo (jucstiuuou. uc uviuo it by a judicial decision rendered by the highest judicial tribunal ever constituted in this couDtry." ?There is a genuine educational revival in North Carolina since the Democrats came into power. One of their first acts was to establish two normal schools for the training of teachers, one for each race, and the newspapers give abundant proof that the people are very generally waking up to the advantages of the common school system and anxious to improve it. ? Dead dogs are really an odd kind of merchandise : yet there is a firm in San Francisco which purchases at fitly cents each, the dogs slaughtered at the city pound. The skins are removed and sold to the tanners, the hair is disposed of to the plaisterers, and then the carcasses are thrown into a great boiler, and there kept until the bones are separated from the flesh, and these are sold to the sugar refiners. The grease that rises to the surface is made into cod liver oil?at least, so it is stated. ? The Postoffice Department have awarded contracts for carrying mails on routes recent- , Jy advertised. There were 9,000 bids received for 650 mail routes. The department accepted bids and let contracts for 550 routes. Fully three-fourths of the contracts have been awarded to professional bidders, who | have do facilities for performing their service, but who rely upon sub-letting or selling the contracts at a profit to themselves. The contracts have been let at from fifteen to twenty per centum lower than heretofore. ? Last Thursday, the 21st of June, will long be a notable day in the annals of crime in Pennsylvania. For the first time since Penn laid the foundations of the State, eleven men were haDged in one day. Six were hanged iD Pottsvillc and four in Mauch Chunk and one in Wilkesbarre, for murders committed as members of the notorious band of assassins, commonly known as Mollie Maguires, which organization had for its ostensible object the protection of miners' labor and wages against the tyranny of capital. ? Mr. John M. Powers, one of the pioneers of telegraphy in North Alabama, amuses his children with a telephone that can be made in a few minutes by any one, and by means of which conversation in an ordinary tone may be carried on between parties a hundred yards or more apart. Knock both ends out of two tin cans?old oyster cans will do? paste letter paper tightly over one end of each can, through which insert the end of common wrapping twine, although a silk line would be better; tie a knot to prevent the string from slipping through; extend the string as far as you can without allowing it to touch the ground or any intervening object; place your mouth at the open end of the can and a slight whisper will be heard at the other end of the line, where a similar arrangement of the string through the can and paper must be made. ? "Ben" Montgomery, a remarkable colored man, has just died in Mississippi. He was once the personal servant of Col. J. E. Davis, the brother of the Confederate President. Montgomery had extraordinary ability, and while a slave he was accustomed to attend to the greater portion of the large estate, owned and managed by his master, and after the war purchased from Mr. Davis, at a cost of $350,000 in gold, the Hurricane place and Brierfield, the former home of President Davis. He subsequently purchased from Mr. Wood, of Jefferson county, Mississippi, the Ursine plantation, which made him the monarch of Hurricane Island, excepting the Palmyra place, formerly owned by General Quitman. He was a thorough business man, and had too, it is said, the presence and address of a cultivated gentleman. He was fairly educated and was well read in current literature. Hiatwn sons, known as business men of in tegrity, inherit his possessions. ? Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken, in the News and Courier, says: We heard a friend in Columbia say, not long since, that quite a noted horse in that city had recently been shot, because he bad broken a leg. We once had a colt to break its near hind leg; we swung it up in canvas for a few days, bandaged the leg well, and for many years rode that auiroal as a plantation horse. The New York Tribune says, that three months ago a citizen of Utica, New York, had the misfortune to have the left bind leg of a very valuable mare broken, midway between the fetlock and the back. A veterinary surgeon suspended the inare in a canvas sling in such a way that she could rest occasionally upon her sound legs ; the broken limb was then set, bound with hickory and leather splints, and a heavy leather boot wrapped outside of all; and the mare did well, never missing a meal. After three weeks a plaster of Paris bandage was substituted, and in seven weeks the mare was well and ready for the turf, upon which she had made her 2.40 record, and had no sign of the fracture. ? A New York letter says: "It has been announced that Mr. Henry C. Bowen, of the Independent, is to have a grand Fourth of July celebration at his residence at Woodstock. Conn. The real purpose in view, as 11 learn from good authority, is to afford an opportunity to Mr. Blaine, ex-Governor Chamberlain,and other prominent Republicans who are dissatisfied with the President's Southern ^ policy, to speak their mind on the subject. Mr. Blaine, it is understood, will deliver then and there the speech he had prepared for the extra session of Congress, while Chamberlain will undertake to show that the Southern States are now entirely in the hands of "Rebels," and that nobody is to be blamed for it but the President. Gen. Butler has been invited also, but his friends here say 'he is too astute a politician to be found in such company.' Mr. Bowen, it may be added, is making extensive arrangements to have the speeches published in the city papers, and to have the Associated Press give them as wide circulation as possible on the day after they are delivered." ? Frederick Douglass, United States Marshal of the District of Columbia, many years ago a slave on the eastern shore of Maryland, visited bis old home and his old master at St. Michael's, Talbot county, recently, with a ! large party of colored excursionists. The | boat arrived at an early hour in the morning,1 and as soon as convenient Douglass called at Capt. Auld's residence, where he was received ? - -"* nr* /I A 1U_ by Judge William JUL. i5run, uapt. Auia s son-in-law, who addressed him as "Marshal! Douglass." "No, no," expostulated the mar-1 shal, "I am Marshal Douglass in Washing*! ton ; here let me be Fred. Douglass again." I ' 'I come, first of all," he said, "to see my old master, from whom I have been separated for forty-one years; to shake his hand, to look into his kind old face, and see it beaming with light from the other world. I have had great joy in shaking that hand, in looking into that face, stricken with age and disease, but aglow with the light that comes from an honest heart, and reflecting the glory from the spirit-world, upon whose border he is, and where we shall soon meet again. Forty-one years ago I left him. I left bim, Dot because I loved Caesar less, but because I loved Rome more." Mr. Douglass stated that in his book written soon after his escape be bad ( made some statements that lapse of time and reflection bad caused bim to feel he bad better have left unsaid, and for aught that be 1 said that was unjust to bis old master, or had ; wounded bis feelings, he begged bis forgiveness. Capt. Auld told him that be bad never j expected to keep bim in slavery ; that be ( knew forty-one yea re ago be was too smart to be a slave, and that when be sent him to Baltimore, instead of selling bim South, it was with the expectation that he would achieve 1 bis freedom. Douglass called upon Captain I Auld again in the afternoon, just before starting to the boat, to bid bim good-bye, aud , when they parted both men wept. ike IjarfcviUe (Bvptwr. j YORKVILLE, S, C.: , i THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 28,1877. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, < county and State in full, aud send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of J postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the post- i age is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable I for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address- | label" shows the time to which the subscription is , paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis- ' continued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job- ' work, are cash in advance. j THE FENCE LAW. The probability is that an opportunity will ( soon be given the voters of the several town- ( ships in each county in the State, to declare for or against the proposed change in the fence , law. It would be well for each voter to give this Rubject that consideration which it merits. ( It is not a political question at all, and politics should not be dragged into it. At the , Bame time, it is a question which concerns all ( classes in society, from the humblest laborer to the highest official. ( ijetore deciding as to tne rignt or wrong, advantages or disadvantages, contemplated by the law, it should first be distinctly understood what the proposed law contemplates effecting. Clearly, nothing more is proposed to be done by the new fence law than is done by the law now in force. At present, every planter is required, by law, to enclose his crops and thus secure them from the depredations of his neighbors'stock. The proposed law?the law respecting the adoption of which the voters of the several townships will be called in a short time to vote?contemplates protecting the crops of the planters of the country by requiring the stoik to be enclosed. It is true that the law, as it now stands, does not compel any one to fence his fields, but necessity does. The law now in existence regards all unfenced lands as common pasture grounds. In order that the planter may be able to receive damages in the eveut his crops are destroyed by his neighbors' stock, his crops must be secured j iitKqf !q pallor! t(a lawful fpmnft " The proposed law does not contemplate forcing any man to keep stock ; but it contemplates forcing every stock owner to prevent his stock from depredating upon his neighbors' crops. It-is clear that the proposed law takes away from no citizen any right which he now has or can have. All it aims at in this respect, is to protect the rights of all at the least possible expense to the individual. To say that no disadvantages would follow a change in the fence law of the State, would be unreasonable. No man can change the location of his front gate, or of his stables, or of any of the fences or buildings on his plantation, without experiencing some disadvantage. Notwithstanding this fact, every farmer makes many and great changes on his farm. Before he made the changes, he was fully aware of the disadvantages which he would experience. Why did he, in view of these disadvantages, still make the chaDge? Simply, because the advantages were more in number and greater in magnitude than the disadvantages. He was willing to Buffer a small loss that he might acquire a great gain. This is the question which is presented to the mind bv the proposed change in the fence , law. Which can be fenced the easier, the , crops or the stock ? The law grants every j land owner the right to enclose every acre of j land he owns. The law, so long as this coun- ( try remains a civilized land, never can pre- ( vent him from doing this. The only excep- , tion to this general rule is in case public roads , pas3 through a man's farm. These roads he ( can not stop. They belong to the public, and f are kept open for the public good. I There is no need that time and space be , consumed in attempting to prove that it will ( cost the country far less to fence the stock than it does to fence the crop. No one who knows anything about the facts in the case, will call this statement in question. LesB than ? one-tenth of the lands that are cultivated, I and, consequently fenced, will be more than sufficient to pasture all the stock in the State, i One hundred rails will go farther in fencing 1 the stock, than will a thousand rails in fenc- ] ing the crops. This would be a clear saving of niue hundred rails in a thousand. Let it < be remembered in this connection, that, in 1 themselves, rail making and fence building f are profitless labor. There is nothing in them s that is productive. Corn and cotton will grow as well and produce as much in a field ( without a fence, a3 in a field enclosed with a j marble wall. All that the fence is designed < to do, is to protect the crop from being des- 1 troyed by domestic animals. 1 The man who owns no land can not say, "This new law is hatched up for the purpose i of preventing me from owning any stock." < In every well regulated government, labor I and capital are mutually dependant upon i each other. As the fence law now exists, the I landholders of the country can as easily prevent those who have no laud from owning stock, as they possibly will be able to do if the change is made in the law. Every laud- i holder has the right to fence up all his land, i and thus keep all stock, except his own, off j his lands. Every property owner knows per- j fectly well that whatever has a tendency to crush out the laboring class of a country, i destroys the value of property. Some persons object to any change being made in the fence law because they will not . be able to pasture their fields after the crops i are taken off them. This objection is based i on the incorrect deduction that the law proposes to prevent the farmer from fencing his i fields. That would be tyranny. There is not i a legislature of any State in the L n;*ed States, that dare make such an enactment. It would j be a violation of the laws of individual rights, guaranteed by the constitution of the United States. The day will never come in South Carolina when a man will not be permitted-to put a fence around any and all of his fields and pasture them aB much and as long as he pleases. The proposed law only contemplates permitting him, as he sees fit, to fence or not fence, his fields; and simply requires him, in order to protect the rights of others, to enolose bis stock. Let every voter, before he casts his vote for or against the proposed law, put the advantages likely to result to the county, by the proposed change in the law, in one eud of the scales, and the disadvantages in the other, anc then cast his vote in favor of that law, the advantages of which are greatest. On cool reflection, it will be found that the great disadvantage which will result from the prac-. tical adoption of the proposed fence law, will be nothing more than a temporary inconvenience?the same kind of inconvenience which a man experiences when he removes old, rickety steps from his froot door, and puts up new 3tep8; or takes the leaky roof off his house and puts on a rain-proof roof. It says & great deal in favor of the proposed law that whereBver it has been tested, it has given general satisfaction. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Judge Kershaw opened court at Edgefield on Monday of last week. ? The Baptist Theological Seminary, at present located at Greenville, is to be removed to Louisville, Ky. ? The contract for the State printing has been awarded toCalvo & Patton, of Columbia. There were seven bidders for the work. ? Governor Hampton has appointed exLieutenant-Governor Gleaves as one of the trial justices for Beaufort county. at n n 1 iL _ J _ ? Mr. Andrew v>rawiora, ine democratic candidate, was last week elected Judge of Probate for Richland county by a majority of 494 votes. ? In obedience to an order of the Supreme Court, C. W. Buttz has been ousted from the Solicitorship of the first circuit. Mr. W. St. Julien Jervey has been appointed to fill the vacancy. ? In the Western part of the State, madlogs are reported as quite numerous. At Honea-Path, in Newberry county, one day last week, four hogs, one cow, one calf and three logs that had gone mad were killed. ? Capt. W. C. Coker has been nominated is the democratic candidate for Senator in Darlington county, in place of Wbittemore, resigned. It is rumored that the radicals will not make a nomination. The election was appointed for Tuesday last. ? A petition, signed by citizens of York, Chester and Lancaster counties, asking for ;he establishment of a semi-weekly mail route from Yorkville to Lancaster, via Rock Hill, ias been forwarded to the post-office departnent. ? The Darlington Netva says that the inflates of the poor house of that county, for ;hree days last week, were without the necessaries of life, and that several were going about uegging for something to eat. This condition >f affairs has been caused by the inability of ;he county commissioners, elected at the last ilection, to give the necessary bonds. ? E. M. Brayton, who has recently been ippointed Internal Revenue Collector for this state, has obtained his bond in the sum of 5170,000, which has been carried by himself n person to Washington. His sureties, it is taid, all reside in Atlanta, Georgia, and they lave volunteered to increase the amount on lis bonds if necessary, to any sum that may ae desired. ? In the Court of General Sessions for Dharleston county?Judge Reed presiding? David Pearce and George Stevens, colored, jonvicted of the murder of J. Evans Edings, Jr., were sentenced to be hanged on Friday he 13th of next month. The murder of Ediugs was a deed of peculiar atrocity. He was waylaid and shot from an ambush last winter for the purpose of robbery. The crime, ;hough committed in a lonely place, was ;raced with unerring accuracy to the accused, who could not deny their guilt, and after a 'air and impartial trial will pay the highest Density known to the law. ? An election was held in Charleston coun;y on Tuesday last, for seventeen representa;ives in the lower branch of the General Aslembly. The persons selected by the Derno:ratic County Convention as candidates, are VIessrs. C. H. Simonton, G. Lamb Buist, C. jr. Memminger, B. H. Rutledge, John F. Eicken, F. Melchers, B. O'Neill, D. W. Erwin, T. B. Hacker, R. D; White, R. Barnwell Rhett, 0. E. Hall, J. C. King, J. C. VIcKewn, S. C. Echard, B. K. Kinloch and Henry Harper. The three last named are jolored roeo. This ticket embraces all classes )f the community, and was selected with a ;iew to securing a representation of the va ious elements. The Radicals nominated a ;icket upon which was placed the names of leveral prominent democrats, all of whom, lowever, declined to allow their names to be jsed. The democrats appear to be sanguine >f success. ? ? ? NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The wheat crop in all sectious of the state is reported to be more abundant than it ias been in any recent year. ? John Henry, colored, has been arrested md lodged in the jail at Dallas, charged with orging a pass on the Chester and Lenoir ftailroad. ? The appointment by the President of John D. Hyman, colored, as collector of in;ernal revenue in the second district, creates a jood deal of dissatisfaction, uot only in that lection, but throughout the State. ? J. C. Gorman, of Raleigh, late Adjutantaeneral of tbe State militia, has been arrested n Washington and held to bail, charged with libelling J. (jr. Hester, the detective, by publishing a denunciatory letter in the National Republican. ?In Ashe county, a few days ago, the dwelling house of John Greer, of Laurel Springs, 3aught fire and was burned entirely down, burning to death a little girl, a granddaughter of Mr. Greer's. The fire was caused by the use of kerosene for kindling. ? Governor Vance has issued his pardon to Wm. A. Poston, of Salisbury, who was convicted at the late terra of Rowan Superior Court, for an assault on his wife, and sentenced to six months imprisonment, besides being fined $300. He was only pardoned of the imprisonment sentence. The wife was the prosecutor in this case, and it was on her petition and womanly appeal that the pardon was granted. ? Says the Reidsville Times: "The first Jew we ever heard of in the penitentiary is in at Raleigh. He is in for murder. His name is Weill, and he was sent from Union county. He was Marshal of the town of Monroe, and in attempting to arrest a man, the man resisted aud he killed him. He is in for ten years. Weill is a fine looking young man of excellent administrative ability, and is now en gaged as a book-keeper in one of the departments." r ?J. A. M. Coble, of Guilford county, owns a mule which is regarded as a great curiosity. The animal is not much larger than a big Newfoundland dog, and yet he can out trot anything iirtbe State, as his owner claims. The editor of a New York sporting paper declares that he is truly an unmatched mule. He can make his mile inside of 2.30, and is only just now undergoing training. His owc?r has an offer Of $2,500, for him on his , time of 2.30, and a hundred" dollars additional for every second he falls under that time. ? Bald Mountain is again on the rampage, if we may credit the following from the Philadelphia Press: "Dr. Griffith of our city leaves this week for North Carolina, where he has discovered and is working mines of black oxide of manganese, asbestos and gold, and he informs us that the burning mountain, as it is now called, in McDowell county, has become so hot, and keeps up such subterranean noises as to have obliged the people in its vicinity to chaDge their residences. He says his horse refused to pass over the ground as he approached the mountain. His belief is that it is of volcanic action, and that it will sometime emit volcanic fire, and that the heat is not caused by chemical disintegration of iron pyrites or sulphuret of iron." EDITORIAL^INKLINGS. Politics in the Departments. Under date of the 22nd instant, the President hits issued the following circular to officers of the Government: Sir: I desire to call your attention to the following paragraph in a letter addressed by me to the Secretary of the Treasury on the conduct to be observed by officers of the General Government in relation to the elections: "No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions or election campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is uot denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political purposes on officers or subordinates should be allowed." This rule is applicable to every department of the civil service. It should be understood by every officer of the Geueral Government, that he is expected to conform his conduct to its requirement. Very respectfully, R. B. Hayes. Chief-Justice Waite. ? Soon after the adjournment of the U. S. Circuit Court at Charleston, at which the Ellenton riot case was tried, a statement originated in Washington to the effect that Judge Waite, after his return to that city, complained of the lack of attention paid him by the citizens of Charleston. Judge Waite, on reading the statement in question, immediately i .1 / it a A n _______ penned tne iouowing note 10 ex-uovernor Aiken, of this State: Washington, D. C., June 18,1877. My Dear Governor : I have to-day seen for the first time aD article which, as I understand, has gone the rounds of the press, to the effect that I was not satisfied with the special attentions I received while I was in Charleston. Most certainly I hope ray friends will not believe me guilty of any such foolish complaints. I have never said a word from which any such inference could be drawn, and no such thought was in my heart. It has annoyed me exceedingly. My daughter is as much annoyed as I am with this newspaper paragraph. I am, as ever, very sincerely yours, M. R. Waite. More "PlcayHnisli" than He Thought. It will be remembered that during the recent Bession of the Legislature, Senator Gary, of Edgefield, was among the most strenuous advocates of the "salary grab," asseverating that he did not represent a picayuuish constituency, and that they would not complain if the members paid themselves ten dollars per day. In this the Senator was slightly in error, if we may judge from the following resolutions recently adopted by the tax-payers of Norris township, in the Senator's own county: Be it Resolved, That we, the "pieayunish" tax-payers of Norris township, Edgefield county, in mass meeting assembled, clinging to the patriotism of ante bellum days?a patriotism that was not bought and sold at the public treasury?do condemn any bill that appropriates one cent over a reasonable pay (which we consider four or five dollars per day) to the members of the General Assembly for their services. Resolved, That while we feel grateful to the legislators who have shown their sympathy for the burdened taxpayers by opposing the extravagant appropriation bills, we will never forget those who have favored them, and will try on next election day to find men who will represent the true interests of their State, | and who will be satisfied with less than the fancy sura of 810 per day. West Polut Military Academy. The closing exercises of West Point Military Academy took place on Thursday last. The New York Herald's report says: "Diplomas were given to each of the seventy-six members of the class, not one being 'found,' as the cadets say. The class was in many respects one of the most remarkable ever graduated. It was larger in numbers than any ever before known in the history of the institution. It contained in its ranks the first colored cadet ever graduated, and in general ability it was far above the average. Mr. William M. Black, of Lancaster, Pa., who graduated first, bad won his way to the head of the fourth class after entering the institution, and thereafter maintained that position in each successive class through which he passed?never having been displaced. Benjamin I. Butler, son of Benjamin F. Butler, graduated No. 54 ; John Bigelow, Jr., son of the secretary of State of New York, came out No. 46, aud Henry D. Flipper, the colored cadet, graduated No. 50. As the colored youth stepped forward and received his diploma with a dignified bow, Gen. Sherman clapped his hands approvingly, and his example was at once followed by nearly all the visitors and officers present, until there was an almost universal round of applause. Flipper, it is needless to say, was not I seen to blush, but acknowledged the com pi i' ment by modestly inclining his head. He i was the only cadet applauded." Is Speculating in "Futures" Illegal ? The Charlotte Democrat of last Friday contains the following paragraph as the sequel to speculating in "cotton futures" by a prominent house in that city : The fine plantation known as "Davis' ; Farm," and owned by Stenhouse & MacauJey, i of this city, was to have been sold on Saturi day last, the 16th instant, to satisfy a raort| gage held by one Maitland, of New York; ; but the sale was stopped by a temporary injunction granted hy Judge Schenck, on the complaint and affidavit of J. E. Stenhouse, that the debt due Maitland was incurred by | speculating in "cotton futures," a species of gambling and trickery unlawful and illegal. The case was argued before Judge Schenck at LincolntoD on Wednesday last, by Dowd & Walker for Stenhouse, and Sbipp & Bailey for Maitland. The injunction was dissolved, and we presume the property will now go to sale. We learn that the evidence showed i that there was a more substantial contract between Stenhouse and Maitland than one usually based on the purchase and sale of ; "cotton futures." If the transaction had rest! ed solely on the miserable cheating and gamj bling operations known as "futures," we think i Judge Schenck would have stopped the sale i of the property until investigation was had in the Superior Court. The large losses recently sustained by many of onr citizens should be a warning against gambling in what is known as the purchase and sale of "cotton futures," or speculating in the price of cotton without having the article on hand for delivery. Hampton's Opinion of Hayes. In a published interview of Governor Hampton by a reporter of the New York Herald, the following is given as the Governor's reply to the question, "What do you think of President Hayes?"? "I have no hesitation in saying that I like him. He is a true man and evidently understands the wants of the entire country. Politically, in a party sense, many of our people, and I among the rest, may differ with him; but why should we antagonize one who has done so much to secure our welfare? When I saw him in Washington he asked no compromise ; I required none. I simply asked him to remove the troops from the State House, and on my guarantee of pnblic order he did so. You know what has been the result, and mifyht. Tinvo rnmn voam rota hurl nnr nmnlfl B"" j ?o~ I X united on a common platform. There is a great deal of talk about Mr. Hayes hating been fraudulently elected. It was the Democrats in Congress who made the Commission, and the Commission having given its decision it becomes the citizens of the United States to accept the verdict of that body. We of the South certainly have no right to complain of the policy which he has observed in the treatment of our section. When a people have endured with so much fortitode and forbearance political evils which entered into and affected their domestic and business life, it poorly becomes them to throw obstructions in the path of a new ruler whose aim appears to be the reconstruction of the entire country upon a basis which means peace and prosperity throughout the land." Indians ob the War-Path. Dispatches from Portland, Oregon, with advices from the Indian war in Idaho, report that in a recent fight with the Walla?r it T i _ n i an lj: vy ana inaians on oaimon river, uonnero of Col. Perry's couitnaod, including Lieut. Heller, were killed. The Indians were better armed than the troops, and appeared in greater numbers. It is claimed that the Indians killed every white man on the Salmon river, but spared the women and children. The soldiers were driven from White Bird to Mt. Idaho. A dispatch from Boise City gives the following brief account of the engagement : ''Our informant says, by citizens who were in the fight, he is assured that the troops, though they allowed themselves to be decoyed into an ambush, displayed, throughout the action, the utmost gallantry and fought like tigers. About twenty-five or thirty soldiers were killed in the same number of minutes. mi ? _ xr?.1 tj.i e i_ 1 Lie siiuatiuu iu nuriuei 11 iuuuu it?r cauccud in gravity any Indian outbreak in our day, and it will tax the beat resources of the Government and of the people. Howard's official report of the battle Saturday gives thirtythree men and Lieutenant Heller, of the 21st Infantry, killed. It is thought that a force of 500 men will be necessary to dislodge the Walla-Walla warriors. Volunteers are arriving at Fort Sopwai, and Gen. Howard is collecting forces enough to make sure work before pushing toward the final Indian position. The country about the scene of operations is very difficult cf access, with rough roads and deep canons. The Mexican Question. The following is telegraphed to the New York Herald from Washington, and is thought to reflect the views of Secretary Evarts with reference to Mexico: Though time has not elapsed sufficient to define what the policy of the Administration will be in detail, it can be positively stated that the whole force of the Government is to , be exerted toward the acquisition of the Northern States of Mexico. The Secretary of State, however, disclaims that the massing of evidence of the losses of American cattle raisers on the frontier is at the instance of the present Administration. His predecessor sought, under a resolution of Congress, to as- ! certain to what extent our people had been robbed, and that information was submitted j by the Commission to Congress. If additional statements were forwarded to the State Department, it might be as a sequence to the labors of the Border Commission four or five years ago, but not at the invitation of the i present Administration. Of course there is , - - -i - ? 1 it. ? ?r T ? suosequeni returns ui cuuumuu auu jiciu ncic still lower, forecasting the scarcity which has occurred. The average for winter and spring wheat together is this year 100, winter wheat being above that figure aud spring wheat below it. The following is a summary of the report: There are 277 counties reporting winter wheat in full uormal condition, 494 above 100, and 183 below it. Of the spring wheat counties, 92 report 100, 117 above, and 100 thirty-seven below. The State averages are as follows: "Maine 101, New Hampshire 102, Vermont 102, Massachusetts 100, Rhode Island 100, Connecticut 103, New York 108, New Jersey 100, Penusylvania 98, Delaware 97, Maryland 103, Virginia 109, North Carolina 100, South Carolina 97, Georgia 108, Florida 100, Alabama 96, Mississippi 107, Louisiana 103,Texas 110, Arkansas 106, Tennessee 91, West Virginia 107, Kentucky 108, Ohio 115, Michigan 109, Indiana 112, Illinois 105, Wisconsin 97, Minnesota 95, Iowa 102, Missouri 110, Kansas 99, Nebraska 103, California 50, Oregon 99. Returns from Cali5 ?/!??.?Kolf rtf o full or An frnm Hpfi imuia lUUltovg Utt.i v? * * v.wr cieney of winter rainfall. Fewer injuries from \ insects and rust are reported than usual. In the Ohio valley nearly every return is favora- ' ble. In Pennsylvania and Tennessee the ' slight depreciation is caused by the Hessian fly. < Contrary to the statement made above, that ; California is below the average, the following j report of the wheat crop in that State comes from another source: , It seems certain that the State will have a ] surplus of 800,000 tons of wheat for export, < which will briug from 2 to 2} cents per pound < at San Francisco. The new wheat is already ! coming in, and the first sales are at $2.40. < By reason of the suspension of Friedlander, 1 the great wheat king, who always took care t to have a lot of ships on hand for the export i season, and because of the false cry that there ! was to be do surplus for export, there is great scarcity of ships at Sao Francisco to take the : grain away, and freights are likely to be high. The rate is now ?2 5s per ton to England: _ Some of the especial stories of great crops this season are almost startling, as usual. Governor Bid well's Town of Chico, in Northern California, threatens to have'a surplus of 50,000 tons of wheat, which at 2} cents a j( pound would bring in $2,500,000; and Colusa county will have 60,000 tons to export, for 0 which it expects $3,000,000; and another man has 15,000 acres under the sickle, and j counts on $500,000 as his share. Civil Bights in a New Phase. L One evening last week, Joseph Selig- c man, a wealthy Jew of New York, went to Saratoga, and as has been bis custom for years, stopped at the hotel belonging to the estate of the late A. T. Stewart The manager of the hotel refused him admission, sayiDg that he was acting under orders from Judge ? Hilton, Mr..Stewart's executor, who had giv- y en instructions to him to entertain no Jews at c the hotel hereafter. Mr. Seligman returned to New York in high dudgeon, and penned a i very sarcastic note to Judge Hilton. The c Judge says in reply that the proscriptive or- j der was made at the instance of Mn. Stewart. \ Though he contends that such guests as Mr. , fifllicrmnn Hriva mifltnm from firat-alaas hotels. . and that they are Dot desirable at any of the t watering places. Ad indignation meeting, a composed of the Jews of New York, has been held, and besides the social problem involved, the affair may lead to financial intricacies between this Government and the Rothschilds bankers, of Europe, as intimated in the following Washington dispatch: Information received here indirectly from the Rothschilds, but undoubtedly with their sanction, places that firm in the position of opponents to our four per cent, loan, and all our credit, if Judge Hilton's insult to Joseph Seligman means an entering wedge to the social proscription of the Jews in America. It is evident, from these statements and hints, that the Rothschilds are angrily excited about the matter, and ready, if this is intended as even a social menace from the American people, to stand aloof from any further connection with American financial transactions, national, municipal or corporate. The Jews here say that they are bound to prosecute the Saratoga matter under the Civil Risrhts bills. o - - B on account of the misapprehensions and injury to our business interests that might result, if the Jewish capitalists of Europe should get wrong impressions about it deep-seated enough to cause lastiug prejudice. Secretary Sherman denounced the act of Judge Hilton in severe terms. The general impression here is, however, among Jews and Christians, that Judge Hilton is running his hotel upon a personally sentimental, rather than a business basis, and that he does not express the sentiment of the American people, or the theory of our Government in his action, and our officials advise his prosecution to the fullest extent of the Civil Rights law. On Saturday morning all the Jewish Synagogues in New York were filled to an unusual extent, it being anticipated the rabbis would have something to say concerning the subject of the controversy. In most of the synagogues the subject was not touched. The exceptions were the congregations of Bethel, Lexington avenue and 55th street, the Temple of Emanuel, 5th avenue and 43rd street, and Sheavith Israel, No. 5, West 19th street. The pastors of the separate churches declared that the importance of the subject had been greatly magnified, and that no great principle was involved, the whole subject being simply a personal controversy between two individuals. ? ?- 8 MERE-MENTION. c Clerk Adams has completed his roll for o the next House, which shows a majority of s eight full pledged Democrats. Accord- e ing to the calculations of a tramp, there are n noiniug 10 preveui, lue uuiaeus ui ic&os num sending forward statements of their losses which might be the Bubjectof further investi- ( gation hereafter. It is understood in official ' circles that Lerdo has the moral support of > the Administration so far as it can be unof- j ficially extended, and that the ultimate hope i is, that it will be for the interest of Mexico ] to cede to the United States so much of her , territory as lies north of the line based upon the natural conformation of the territory, and extending from the lower part of Texas in a southwesterly direction, and terminating , at the twenty-second parallel of latitude. | The late Commissioner of Pensions, Mr. At- | kinson, resigned to accept the position of , Surveyor-General of New Mexico, with the I mirnnao r1rt? nf looking after rich mineral I lands in Northern Mexico. The movement | to bring these lands under the domiuion of j our flag was encouraged by General Grant, j and ihe belief here is that the pressure will | be greater in that direction than that which ( wrested the Black Hills from the reservation of the Sioux. i The Wheat Crop. I The June report of the department of ' Agriculture indicates a better prospect than j usual for wheat. The report of June, 1870, | made the average for the country 13 per cent. ' below the standard of normal condition, and < t . c j:.: j ..:?u . stockholders. This was the roan who under- *LI took the extirpation of the murderous gang. C Through a dectective agency he secured the d! services of an intelligent and plucky young A man, who adopted the disguise of a miner, w worked for months in the mines, and sought ^ ind obtained membership in the organization. He made himself acquainted with their se j* crets, mastered the facts concerning a number b of their crimes, and reported to his employer, si A large number of arrests followed, and L one of tbe parties became frightened and turned State's evidence, adding whatever was g( lacking from the detective's story. Mr. Gow- ^ en's special police prevented a rescue of the . prisoners, and when the trials came on the chain of evidence was complete. Convictions followed, and though the accused raised mon- a ey and fought the cases in all the courts, Mr. ri Gowen followed, as relentless as Nemesis, uo- a til the laws's delays were exhausted and the day of execution fixed. It is stated that Mr. Gowen's success has completely destroyed thj ? organization of Molly Maguires, which so long ^ spread terror through the coal regions of * Pennsylvania. * a 2,2UU cross-ties to a mile of railroad, and 61 a telegraph poles. The damage to the cotton crop on the Arkansas river by the recent t| floods is estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 d bales. A conflagration at St. John's, \ New Brunswick, last week, destroyed property a to the amount of $15,000,000, and rendered 15,000 people homeless. About sixty lives c were lost. The President has recognized 8] W. L. Trenholm as Vice-Consul of Russia a at Charleston. Keneth Rayner, though h a native North Carolinian, claims citizenship g) in Mississippi. His appointment (as Solicitor j, of the Treasury) in Official designation is a charged to the latter named State. Gen. a Sherman has instructed Gen. McDowell to u pursue the hostile Indians and punish them ^ wherever caught. There was a slight g frost in the vicinity of Toledo, Ohio, last Fri- f( day night. . THE "MOLLY MAGUIRES." ? Tkn nvAnliliAn loaf TklTM^a V tko r*nn. 1 V 1UG GAGVUUUU) lOOV A u u i ou w j | vi vu? vwu j Jeraned "Molly Maguires" in Pennsylvania, is li the last act in a romantic and dramatic chap* fr ter of crime and retribution. What waa the j, jrigin of the band is not yet definitely known. Whatever it was, and whatever may have been the original purpose, it is very evident ? that for the past ten or twelve years their ope- 0 rations have been restricted to the coal re- o! gions of Pennsylvania, aud their object has been to establish a reign ef terror there which q lid infinite mischief to the owners of the mines and to the peaceful and law-abiding 01 imong the miners. For years they pursued ? their career of violence and murder undetect- ci 2d. Those not members were panic-stricken a tuddid nothing to bring them to justice. The c] aauds of the officers of the law were paralyzed tf by fear, and the Mollies did as they pleased. They dabbled in public affaire, controlled 111 elections, and acquired a political influence 111 which added to their power, and gave them tc friends and protection among men who should m bave been the first to hunt them down. At ? last the time came when one bold and reso- p, lute man determined to break up the band. ^ He knew that in so doing he took his life in bis hand, but his purpose never wavered. 81 The Reading Railroad is practically the only ?' railway outlet from the coal region of Penn- U jylvania, and it is also the owner of the most tl valuable of the coal fields. This corporation a) bad suffered a great deal from the operations )f the Molly Maguires, and it was the Presi- , lent of the company who determined to wage war upon them. Mr. F. B. Gowen, the Pres- D( Ident, was formerly a prominent lawyer of the tl Philadelphia bar. When he was elected he si would only consent to give up his profession g; )n condition that he should hold his office for w ten years, at an annual salary of $40,000. He j 3as been worth teu times that amount to the _ BY TELEGRAPH. DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES. ?' nd # [Special dispatch to YorfctfU*-Enquirer.] r Charleston, June. 27. The election in Charleston went Democratis by six thousand majority. The Reparians did not turnout ^ ? "V Coker was elected Senator in. Darlington, n place of Whittemore. Coker is a Demorat, and said to be the strongest One in the ouuty. ? * . i . ?< ?r ^ t Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, June 26,1877. At a meeting of the Directors of the Cheser and Lenoir Railroad, at this pface, oh last ednesday, it was decided to locate the mat-i - * ?i? n m ;oioe ouopo ui me vajuipaujr ?i> vu?mw< George Wylie, colored, was brought before [rial Justice McDonald on Wednesday, charged with burglary and larceny in breakng into Mr. Robert Douglass' mill, and stealng some flour. The evidence, against him vas sufficiently dear to justify the Justice in committing him to jail to await. his trial at he next term of the Court of General Seeions. James Kennedy, colored, charged #ith >erjury, was brought before Trial Justice McDonald on Thursday. He is the fellow that, it the last term of the Court, upon the trial >f Carter Roes, charged with horse stealing, A iwore that Rom was at 8helby at the time the lorse was alleged to have been stolen, while ] convincing testimony established the fact that tie was here. The testimony, at least, was lufficiently convincing to warrant the jury in rendering a verdict of guilty. Kennedy gave bond for bis appearance at the next term of ;he Court of General Sessions. The probabilities favor bis conviction. T. J. Darby, whose arrest and commitment ?jail on the charge of forgery was mentionid in my last correspondence, was favored with an examination before Trial Justice McDonald on Wednesday. He was represented by G. J. Patterson, Esq. J. J. Hemphill, Esq., appeared for the Bank. The mother of he defendant testified that she had given ier son authority to sign her name to checks, rhis testimony put an extinguisher upon the sharge of forgery and settled the case in belalf of the defendant He was discharged 'rom custody. On Friday afternoon, while the employees >f Mr. J. L. Albright, drayer, were unloadng a barrel of molasses in front of the grosery store of Mr. T. N. Youngblood, a skid ;ave way, precipitating the barrel to the ground, and causing a rapid rushing out of ts contents through one of its broken sides. )ne hundred and thirty-five gallons of moasses flowed in a stream down the street, inrolving a loss of about $70. The engine was >rougUb uut, nuu n uircnui ui wnwi pmjrcu ipoo the pavement and street covered with nolasses for some distance. In a shorter ime than is required to tell it, a considerable iraonnt of money had taken its everlasting light This is a striking illustration of the oily of placing oar affections upon "filthy ucre." Dr. Gill Wylie, formerly of this place, and rho has for several years been practicing bis irofessiou in New York, has recently formed i partnership with Dr. Marion Sims, of that ity. As Dr. Sims is a celebrated physician, ur young friend is fortunate in becoming asociated with him. His good fortune is, howver, more manifest in his having formed a matrimonial alliance with an accomplished nd wealthy young lady of Massachusetts. i The Chester Rifle Company will indulge in J he amusemeut of target shooting on Wednesay of this week. Their entertainment on " Vednesday evening promises to be a brilliant ffair. A ghost story is agitating a portion of our ounty. Mr. George McNeal, who died a hort time ago, is said to leave the spirit land t times and visit the places that knew him ( ere. Members of his family, and other permns, assert, positively, that they have seen im. His appearance is made in the same ttire he wore when on earth. He walks round the place he lived at, and takes pleasre in looking at the horse he was accustomed > ride. This is a wonderful story, and I ive it as I have heard it, without vouching )r its truthfulness. A party from our town, consisting of two iterating young ladies and two handsome ouug men, spent two or three days quite deghtfully last week atGaetonia. After givig this place a thorough inspection, they ired a carriage and visited the various poiots f interest upon the mountains around. The ay party, with one exception, returned home n Saturday, blessed with pleasant memories f their pleasant trip. The propriety of building a railroad from heater to Union has been considerably disjssed here during the past week. At a public leeting at the Court House on Saturday, our itizens took counsel together in regard to the ^ latter. Dr. A. H. Davega was called to the liair, and Mr. John Buchanan chosen secre* iry of the meeting. After the object of the leeting had been stated by the chairman, a lotion was made and adopted that a commitleof nine be appointed to confer with the comiittee appointed at a late meeting of the citi C TT?- ? v*7u:i? .L? _1 JUS ui uuiuu. i? una mo auau uiau wsi prearing the committee, Judge Mackey was invid to address the meeting, which he did in his ^customed forcible terms. He spoke of the reat benefit accruing to both Chester and toion from their connection by rail, and of le ability of the people of these two towns id counties to build the road, if possessed of le determination requisite to accomplishing le desired end. He said that $140,000 was ecessary for the construction of the road, and tat the Company would derive material asstance from convict labor furnished by the tate. The committee appointed to confer ith the gentlemen from Union were Messrs. . L. Agurs, J. W. Wilkes, J. H. Smith, ;ichard Woods, J. S. Wilson, T. T. Castles, L S. Brice, T. J. Mackey and W. H. Harin. Upon motion of Capt J. L. Agurs, Dr. .. H. Davega, the chairman of the meeting, as added to the committee. The two comlitlees will meet at an early day at some oint on Broad River, and will, in all probaility, take such steps as will lead to the con* ruction of a railroad between Chester and rnion. Rev. Mr. Trenholm began his ministerial srvices at the Presbyterian Church yesterday, [e is a good preacher, and will give satisfacon. \fr Allan .Tnrdan vlin Vian Kaon a alnJont A**?l V w. | tTMV M??W WWU H D?MUVU? t West Point during the past two years, arived at home to-day. He presents a good ppearance in bis uniform. ^ The Bancroft Scholarship, of Exeter Acadmy, New Hampshire, has been given to Mr. araes Babcock, of this place. The honor as conferred because of his high charaoter, nd proficiency in his studies. Qui.