Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 28, 1877, Image 2
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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? 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.
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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
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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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
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;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
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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.