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Sf.ftaps and farts. | ? ? Tainted milk recently killed 117 persons in Loudon. The fatal disorder was scarlet fever. ? The wheat product of California is estimated at 20,000,000 bushels?only the half of last year's yield. ? The widow of one of the Mollie Maguire victims begged of the sheriff the privilege of pulling the bolt that would send her husband's murderer into eternity. ? Tight lacing killed a young in New York the other day. The present fashionable attire for females is said to contract and distort nearly every muscle of the body. Doctors will thrive while this folly exists. ? The Galveston News thiuks the next census will show a larger increase in population and production in Texas than in any other State, and doubtless double the returns for 1870, when the population was only 818,579. ? Torpedo balloons are proposed by a correspondent of the Scientific American. The idea is to float the balloons over the enemy, and drop the torpedo by means of electricity oont noop a rciro Tt is r>nlr>ulatari that, a eitv could be totally destroyed ia this way by dropping a sufficient quantity of nitro-glycerine. ? Parson Newman lectured at Washington last Sunday evening, and during the discourse introduced a prophecy of Daniel in the words, "But tidings out of the east and out of the north still trouble him." &c. It was the purpose of the lecturer to show that Daniel had reference to the Turks, but before he could make the application, an excited personage in the rear of the audience exclaimed, "By jingo, he means Hayes!" ? The Springfield (Mass.) Republican of the 27th ultimo, says: "Colored Congressman R. H. Cain, of South Carolina* addressed a large audience at New Bedford last night, eudorsing the President's Southern policy, and stating that he had already begun to weaken the class distinctions, aud is opening the eyes of both whites and blacks to the fact that the prosperity of the South demands the unity of the interests of all classes. His remarks were received with loud applause." ?The name of the terrible "Mollie Maguires" comes from Ireland. Some fifty years or more ago a poor old woman in Ireland had her cottage pulled down over her head by Vipr InnHlnrH. Her name was Mollie Masruire. and she died of grief and exposure. Thereupon her sons and some neighbor lads formed themselves into a secret band, and vowed and took fierce revenge on Irish landlords in general. The band spread rapidly, and they called themselves the "Mollie Maguires," and Irish coal miners brought the name to America. ? They are not accustomed to executions in Gilmer county, Georgia. When the time approached last week for hanging a man who had been convicted of murder, the sheriff resigned rather than do the honors of the occasion, and no one could be found who would accept the office. The coroner, who it seems "was an old friend of the condemned man," finally undertook the job. With happy thoughtfulness for the convenience of the spectators, the gallows was built as close as possible to the village bar-room. ? The Hon. Marshall Jewell says he discovered during his recent visit to Washington that the "bummer and dead beat element were conspicuous by their absence," the atmosphere about President Hayes not being congenial to them. Mr. Jewell thinks the financial outlook very hopeful,and heexpresses that opinion as a business man actually engaged in business. As for the Southern policy "it may be said that it is not a policy?it is a ^ necessity. Bayonets will do to stand on a little while, but you can't sit on them as a permanent thing." ? The new 850 gold coin, which is to be struck from a die now in course of preparation by the officers of the government Mint, will not, as has been supposed, be the first coin of that value struck in the United States. In 1851 850 gold coins were issued at the United States Assay Office in San Francisco. Millions of dollars of this denomination were coined and weut into use, but they gradually disappeared, for the reason that they were intrinsically worth more than 850 in gold by reason of the silver they contained in excess of the standard. Thus they came to be used for mechanical purposes, or they were sent to the Mint for recoinage. One of these coins can be seen in the foreign and domestic collection at the Mint in Philadelphia. ? A New York letter of Tuesday says: "The London telegrams to-day are interpreted, as showing that England is slowly but surely drifting into the Russo-Turkish war. The bankers and brokers appear to be much better informed as to what is really going on in Downing street than the journals or their correspondents. It would appear, beyond doubt, that a British array will be on its way to Egypt before the lapse of another week, and that unless Russia gives in writing some guarantee as to Constantinople, there will be serious work for that array before the summer is over. At all events, these are'the convictions of almost every broker and banker in the street, ana me runner uavanee ru uie guiu prcunum reflects the feeling at the Exchange. The grain and provision markets are in such a condition just at present as not to be affected by probabilities, but the moment these are succeeded by certainties, it is believed a revival of speculation will be inevitable." ? It is estimated by a competent Treasury authority, that the total amount of gold and siver in the United States at this time is $225,000,000. The increase during the fiscal year ending June 30, is supposed to have been not less than $45,000,000. The imports of gold and silver coin and bullion have aboutequaled the exports, and as the balance of trade is becoming more and more pronounced in favor of the United States, it is believed that the accumulation of specie in this country will j continue during the ensuing year at a more rapid rate than heretofore, so that when the time fixed for resumption comes around, there will he an abundance of the Drecious metals available. Dr. Linderman, the Director of the Mint, expects to spend some time in California and Nevada during the summer, investigating the capacity of the principal gold and silver mines, in order to determine upon the supply of the precious metals which the j government can count upon for coinage pur- J poses. ? Another "Granger" case, embodying some ' interesting points, has been decided by the i United States Supreme Court. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad company are the plaintiffs in error, and contest, the constitutionality of the railroad law of Iowa. The decision is against the company. It affirms the right of the State to fix rates unless pre-! vented by the terms of the charter. It does I not allow the plea that the failure to use this i power for twenty years had any effect on its existence, nor does it allow the plea that the road having been leased, and its revenues pledged to its bonded creditors, its resources j cannot be reduced by the State. Thus the J law is all on the side of the State. Meanwhile a correspondent of the Chicago Tribune , has gone carefully through the receipts of this road, to show that in each year the farm- i ers have actually had to pay some 8700,000 J more for transportation than Derore tne i^eg-1 I islature interfered, because the trunk line, of which this is a link, has raised its through ! rates. The company itself, on the other hand, has suffered severely. ? Apropos of the Saratoga Jewish excitement, a New York letter says : "The truth is that there have been wiser men thau Judge ; Hilton. He failed as a judge; as a park ! commissioner he was the tool of Sweeny and j the Tweed King; he is failing now as a dry goods merchant. Mr. Seligman's references j to the condition of the Stewart business, bit- j ter and angry as they were, had much truth ' in them. Only one man out of a million had j tbe ability to build up that business. Any { fool can ruin it. Instead of leaving to Wm.' Libby and Mr. Stewart's other life-long: partners the practical management of a business which he cannot understand, Hilton is constantly endeavoring to introduce 'improvements.' The combats that take place between him and the old partners in the Chambers street store, are said to be of almost daily occurrence, and are so violent that they are the scandal of the whole establishment. Indeed, Hilton and Libby, I am told, have seemed more than once on the point of coming to blows. This is enough, of itself, to demoralize a business, and it has sensibly declined since Stewart's death, for this and other reasons." ftothvUk &nquiw. YORK VILLE, S, C.; THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1877. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and 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 postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date muxt. be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Governor Hampton was expected to return to Columbia last Monday. ? According to the report of Treasurer Leaphart, the balance in the State Treasury .1 -r t son oka 1 o on me own ux uuue, was ?ov,uuua?. ? It is said that D. T. Corbin has gone to Europe, and will not return before the 1st of October. ? Thirty young men, residing in the vicinity of Lowndesville, Abbeville county, are making arrangements for emigrating to Texas next fall. ? A. N. Talley, of South Carolina, has been appointed mail agent on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, between Charlotte and Augusta, in place of Mr. Lyles, removed. ? Thos. F. Clyburn, Auditor, and W. B. Dunlap, Treasurer, appointed by Governor Hampton to their respective offices in Lancaster county, have given bonds and taken possession of their offices. ? The notorious John 3. Hubbard, United States Deputy Marshal, was arrested in Columbia, on Tuesday of last week, and committed to jail, in default of bail, on a charge of assault and battery upon a gentleman in Pickens county, several weeks ago. ? The Rock Hill Herald, of the 28th ultimo, says : Secretary of State R. M. Sims has been in town for the last two days, looking after his orchard, which is one of the finest in the up-country. Daily shipments of peaches are being made from this orchard to Northern cities. ? Mr. James Anderson has resigned the superinteudency of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and the Wilmington, Columbia aud Augusta Kailroads, to accept a similar position on the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad. His resiguation will take effect on the 15th instant. ? Crops are promising in Lancaster. The Ledger says: The wheat harvest is in its glory. All that talk about "sprouted wheat, and we are ruined," has been dispelled by the genial rays of a scorching sun the past few days. The average yield is above former years and everybody has great cause to be thankful. ? Some very fine yields of wheat have been obtained by citizens of Anderson. Mrs. Bellotte made twenty-three bushels on threequarters of an acre; Judge Murray got thirty bushels and three pecks from one acre ; O. H. P. Fant, Esq., made twenty-seven bushels on one acre, and Mr. J. B. McGee made forty-five bushels from three acres. ? The Aiken Courier-Journal claims to have at its office a piece of oak rail, two feet in length, which was cut, split and laid in a fence in Lexington county, nine-five years ago, or just after the close of the Revolutionary war. It is heart wood and sound, and though not petrified, is about the weight of marble granite. The rail was cut and placed in the fence on the first clearing of the plantation by the father of the present owner, the former of whom was then about 20 or 21 years of age. ? The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier gives the subjoined information in regard to the provisions made for promi aent South Carolina "carpet-baggers": Col. J. P. Low has been appointed civil engineer in the construction department of the United States Treasury. His immediate duty is the supervision of the work on the Albany (N. Y.) Court-house. Capt. G. A. Darling, late county treasurer of Richland, has a third class clerkship. Ex-Congressman Hoge is, or will be, made head of a bureau in the Treasury at Washington. Worthington, Collector of the port of Charleston, will not be removed before December 1st. Mr. T. C. Dunn will succeed him. ? Speaking of the recent term of the Circuit Court for Edgefield county, the Advertiser thus alludes to Judge Kershaw, who presided, it being the first court he has held since his elevation to the bench : "From the very first day of the session the court has been unceasing and indefatigable in its work ; and as the grand jury well remarked in the close of their presentment, 'we humbly thank Almighty God that in His infinite wisdom and mercy He is again allowing old-time judicial purity, ability and courtesy to be exemplified in Edgefield.' As for Judge Kershaw, he has simply * knrtlr f-imo ftf Wq rrl I q uj pnrl uruu^ui uava wiuv v* n ? ?%?<? *? MUM O'Neal, and Glover and Aldrich. Aud could we say more ? God bless him for a Christian Judge and gentleman, as he is! And the people of Edgefield will forever remember him as the man, who, after years of sorrow and humiliation, brought back to them the light and glory of better days." ? S. P. Black, a young man respectably connected, was arrested and committed to jail at Orangeburg, several days ago, charged with playing a confidence game on a merchant of that town. In Columbia he procured a money package envelop of the Southern Express Company and directed it to himself at Orangeburg, filling in after the printed words, "said to contain" 8275. In due time the package reached Orangeburg, the young man having also gone there, and after asking for the package, declined taking it out of the office just then, giving as a reason that if he did, he would spend the money before night. His landlord in the meantime commenced pressing him for his bill, but still making some pretext for not opening the package, he induced a merchant to advance him $15 on it, and hold it until next day, wheu he would open it. Soon after the merchant paid the charges on the package and advanced $15 to Black, the young man was seen wending his way on foot out of town. This excited the merchant's suspicions and be took out a warrant and put an officer in pursuit of Black, who was overtaken and arrested four miles from town. The envelop was opened in presence of the trial justice, and found to contain two slips of blank paper and a fictitious letter, evidently in his own hand-writing, but purporting to be from the Shaffer Manufacturing Company, of New York. The young man has been leading a wild and reckless life for one of his age. ? L. Cass Carpenter, ex-Revenue Collector - - ? ? 1 . I.. and formerly editor or tne uoiumoia juauy Union, was arrested in that city last week, on the charge of altering two treasury war^nts from $55 and $95 to $655 and $695. In the preliminary examination before Trial Justice Marshal, Treasurer Leaphart testified as to the identity of the warrants upon which the action was based, which were the originals on file in his office. The amounts as appearing in the altered warrants were for $655 and $695 respectively. H. L. Tappan testified that he was clerk in the treasurer's office in 1872, at the time the warrants were paid. They were paid to Carpenter or his agent, and were for Carpenter's benefit. The receipts are in his name. Woodruff and Jones testified to the genuineness of their signatures in approval of the accounts upon which the warrants were paid. They could not testify to the original of each or either; but admitted that they would not have approved the accounts in such a form for such large amounts. They believed the figures had been altered. Mr. Jasper C. Koath, an expert of banking experience, testified that the figures had cerAAnnA/] no V*n frnm UlllJJjr ueeu uimugcu, an no p>o*ou, >iu.~ vv and 95 to 655 and 695. Two additional warrants were then produced by the State, both in favor of Carpenter, and for the Barae work, to wit.: for publishing the law relative to regulating insurance and licenses, and these bad likewise been tampered with and increased from the original amount of $540 and $720 to $1,540 and $1,720. The amounts in all these papers are in figures and nowhere in writing. The defence introduced no evidence, but demanded a trial, and the case was ordered to the higher court. Carpenter was admitted to bail in the sum of $3,000, his wife and L. B. Johnston, of Sumter, being his sureties. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Five prisoners escaped from the Greensboro jail last Thursday night. ? Alamance county has six cotton factories with 14,200 spindles and 274 looms. ? Work ou the Mount Airy and Greensboro Narrow Gauge Railroad was commenced at Mount Airy on tbe 20th ultimo. ? George C. Tanner, for a considerable '* .U- A ? J lengtn or urae couaucior on mo Auauw auu Richmond Air-Line Railroad, has been appointed Consul to Belgium. ? The Statesville Bank has filed a petition in bankruptcy, asking to be declared a bankrupt. A counter proceeding is in preparation, seeking the appointment of a receiver. ? The Statesville American reports the recent capture, by revenue raiders, in Yadkin county, of 33 illicit stills, a large number of hogs, and several barrels of whisky. No prisoners were taken and nobody was hurt. ? Mr. E. H. Britton, of Charlotte, formerly editor of the Carolina Times, published at Columbia, S. C., but for many years past connected with the Charlotte press, suffered a stroke of paralysis last Thursday. ? The Lincolnton Progress says that on Wednesday of last week, Pinckney Robertson, a lad of thirteen years, living four miles south-east, of the town, was thrown by a mule and killed. ? Deputy Marshal Franks, whose case has been undergoing investigation at Washington for several days past, has been remanded to North Carolina for trial. Franks was held AAA i._:i r__ l:. ?ko Ill $0,UUU UUII lur 1110 Ujljicoi ani^c uciuis tnu November terra of the U. S. District Court for North Carolina at Asheville. ? Judge Buxton has decided against enforcing Prohibition in the town of Monroe, Union county, in regard to the result of the late election, where the sale of intoxicating liquors was voted against by one majority of the citizens, and which election was contested by the license men. The question must now be decided by the courts. ? Says the Lenoir Topic: A few days since, the dead body of Mr. Thoraa3 Farmer, who lived on North Fork of New river, in Ashe couuty, was found about 250 yards from his residence. Mr. Farmer bad been at work on his farm, and was murdered while on his way home in the evening. His son-in-law, a man named Shepherd, has been arrested on suspicion. ? A citizen of Gaston was passing a graveyard, in that county, last Sunday, when he noticed an old, gray-headed colored man emerging from it. He asked the old man what he had been doing over there, and was told that he had been over to see "old mas ' ?r. i I n ter's grave." "it nas oeen leveu years since de war," said the old darkey, "and I has never yet missed a Sunday goin' to see it." ? Joseph Thornburg, of Gaston county, who was convicted of illicit distilling at the late term of the Federal Court at Statesville, sentenced to serve a term in the county jail by Judge Dick, and who made his escape from prison, Tuesday night of last week, has received a pardon from President Hayes, and is now at home with his family. When Thornburg escaped from prison, h? could have had but small hope of Executive clemency, and when granted, the President did not, of course, know of his self-obtained liberty. ? The Charleston News and Courier pays the following compliment to a North Carolina lad : "Ten years ago a poor white boy drove a wagon into Spartanburg, S. C., from the mountains of North Carolina. Two days ago, amid the plaudits of the spectators, he j was graduated at Wofford College. By in! dustry, energy and economy he saved and kept enough to pay his way, and earned and received his diploma. What Mr. Z. T. Whitesides, of Rutherford, N. C., has done j thousands of others can do, if they are equal| ly willing to labor and practice self-denial. The Commonwealth that has such sons may well prize them as her most precious jewels." ? A Washington dispatch conveys the fol, lowing information concerning the government prosecutions against violators of the internal revenue laws in North Carolina: During the past six weeks, Senator Ransom, of i North Carolina, has been appealing to the President and Secretary of the Treasury for an amnesty for all his people charged with violating the internal revenue laws. The Senator has been in the city for several days on this matter. It is said he has con| eluded on an arrangement with the internal revenue department by which all cases in North Carolina can be compromised with the Government. Under certain restrictions the terms are understood to be satisfactory to General Leach, John N. Staples and Thomas B. Keogh, who are attorneys for the whisky and tobacco men of North Carolina. The terms will be made known as soon as the formal arrangements are completed with the attorneys. ? Speaking of the prospects of extending the Chester and Lenoir Railroad into North Carolina, the Hickory Press says : Dr. A. H. Davega, President, and Capt. Dwight, Engineer of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, were in town a few days ago. They represent the work on this road progressingly rapidly. There are 40 convicts at work now and they are proving to be of much advantage. The grading on the road to Lincolnton will be nnmnlotJ in oVtnilt oivtv fiftVfl ? then the ^UUjpiVlVU I i< MWWUb ui? %>J J ? forces will be put at once on this side of that town. The engineer will begin the survey through this county on next Mouday. His first surveys will be on the east side of Clark's creek, to ascertain the cost of building the road by that route from Lincolnton to Newton. A number of surveys will doubtless be made before the final location. This road will be of great advantage to Catawba county, and we would be glad to see it completed into her borders at an early day. MERE *MENTION. It is understood that Mr. Tilden has engaged passage on a vessel to sail for Europe on the 18th instant.***! Fifty Jewish business firms of Cincinnati have resolved to withdraw their trade from the house of A. T. Stewart & Co., on account of Judge Hilton's behavior towards Mr. Seligraan. The latest estimate of the losses by the fire in St. John's, N. B., places the figures at a little over 820,000,000. At a banquet in London, recently, Lloyd Garrison, the New England abolition agitator, praised Grant's Southern policy, and said he thought President Hayes I - - . - ? - * 11* iL. bad taken a talse step in yielding 10 me South. The damage by the storm at Chicago, last week, was about $20,000. In Morgan county, (III.,) the wheat crop was damaged $100,000. President Hayes and a portion of the Cabinet visited Boston last week, and were received with great enthusiasm in that city, as also along the route. Mrs. W. W. Belknap has taken up her residence in.Keokuk, Iowa, and is the leader of society in that burg. The once proud and haughty Secretary of War live-i in seclusion. Dr. J. C. Ayer, with a fortune estimated at $15,000,000, is doomed to spend bis time in an Eastern insane asylum. Counsel on both sides have agreed to his retention there for an indefinite period. A gentleman planting near Savannah, sold, a short time since, his crop of cucumbers on the vine, on three acres of land, for $1,250 cash. The State of Kentucky pays a dollar for a fox's scalp, and this year nearly all the taxes in Adair county have been paid with scalps. Wm. G. Leduc, of Minnesota, but formerly of Ohio, has been appointed commissioner of agriculture, vice Watts, resigned. Leduc took hold on the 1st instant. Cadet Henry 0. Flipper, colored, has beeu assigned to the Tenth regiment of cavalry, vice Fuller, transferred. +. ? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Governor. Hampton In New York. The New York World of the 26th ultimo, referring to Governor Hampton's visit to that city, says: "Governor Hampton, who has declined all public demonstrations during his visit to this city on official business, last night accepted a dinner at the Manhattan Club, on the invitation of a few personal friends. The company included Mayor Ely, Major-General Hancock, Mr. Belmont, the President of the club, A. J. Vanderpool, Esq., Mr. Hugh L. Cole, Assis-1 tant Corporation Counsel, Ex-Mayor Wickham, Chief Justice Curtis, of the Superior Court. Judgo Rapallo, of the Court of Ap peals, John T. Agucw, Esq., Judge Ashbel Green, Colonel Lathers, Mr. Cyrus Yale, C. C. Baldwin, Esq., and Edward Patterson, Esq. Mr. Tilden, who was unable to be present, sent a note, in which he took occasion to express his deep sense of the services rendered by the Governor of South Carolina to the cause of public order aud reunion. The South Carolina CorrHptionists. The committee of investigation having unearthed some of L. Cass Carpenter's villainy, are now, according to the following Columbia dispatch to the News and Courier, engaged on a new scent: The committee of investigation are as busy as beavers, and while good policy requires as little as possible to be said of their present movements, I am warranted in saying that they are laying the wires for a first-class sensation, which will become public at an early day?probably during this week. The members are now working separately, and far apart outside of Columbia, and all are confi' ' " ' ' -- *1 - ? 1- - C : aent 01 Deing ou uib imun ui nu^uikaui masters, It may be said, once for all, that the committee, in whole and in part, are actively, intelligently and tirelessly carrying < ut the business entrusted to them, as the result will show. The Journal of Commerce has the following dispatch on the same subject: Senator Cochran's committee spent Saturday in the examination of the records in the State House, and another haul is in the near future. As the utmost secrecy is necessary to accomplish their object, they decline to be interviewed. I can state positively, however, that a sub-committee of two has already left here to investigate certain county treasurers and commissioners. Mr. Sheppard, of the committee, is expected to-morrow, which will ensure an effective workiug majority of the committee here besides those on the wing. A member of the committee states that some recenily prominent gentlemen will have to take refuge in flight or go to the penitentiary. IOWA STATE CONVENTION. *"* _ O T The Kepublicao state uonvenuou or xowa met in Des Moines, last Thursday, and over nine hundred delegates answered to roll call. The Opera House was crowded to the utmost, and admission was granted only to holders of tickets. Governor Packard and Gen. Badger, of Louisiana, occupied seats in a private box to the left of the stage. James F. Wilson, of Credit Mobilier fame, was elected temporary I Chairman, and the morning session was devoted to examining credentials and perfecting an organization. In the afternoon a permanent organization | was effected, and Hon. James F. Wilson, of Tama, in taking the Chair, said that the problem before the Convention was that of what not to say. [Applause.] This somewhat dismayed the Convention, which, instead of listening to the common resolutions, proceeded j to nominate candidates. John H. Gear, of Burlington, was nomina-! ted for Governor on the first formal ballot,j | which was regarded as the first blood for the i anti policy men. j Several attempts were made to get in the [ report of the committee on Resolutions, bat j j the Convention seemed to dread the report, i 1 and, instead of hearing it, proceeded with the selection of candidates. Hearty applause! greeted every effort to stay back the commit-1 j tee's report. There was but little contest be- j I tween candidates, but intense excitement pre-' vailed throughout the day in regard to the platform. Hod. Frank J. Campbell was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor. Day for Supreme Judge, and Von Coellin for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Amid the most intense excitement there came the inevitable report of the committee on platform, as follows : 1. That the United States of America is a nation, and not a league. That, by the combined workings of the National and State governments, the rights of every citizen should be everywhere secured. Failure to secure them is criminal neglect. 2. The Republican party has done the work of preservation of the Government to which the nation owes its life, and the work of the Republican party is unfinished. 3. Permanent pacification of the South, and complete protection of all citizens in the free enjoyment of all their rights, is a duty to which the Republican party stands sacredly pledged. The power to provide for the enforcement of the principles embodied in the nnnafihthAnal a mort/lmanla ia Doato/1 klT lCUCUt UUUOblbUllUIJai aiUCUUIUOIlbO JO VVCbVU UJ the amendments in Congress; and we declare it to be the solemn obligation of the Legislative and Executive Departments of the Government to put in immediate and vigorous exercise all their constitutional powers for removing any just causes of discontent on the part of any class, and for securing to every American citizen complete liberty and exact equality in the exercise of civil, political and public rights. To this end, we imperatively demand of Congress and of the Chief Executive, a courage and fidelity to these duties which shall not falter until the results are placed beyond dispute or recall. 4. The public credit should be sacredly maintained, and all the obligations of the Government honestly discharged, and we favor the early attainment of a currency convertible with coin, and, therefore, advocate the gradual resumption of specie payments by continuous and steady steps. 5. The silver dollar having been a legal unit of value from the foundation of the Federal Government until 1873, the law under which its coinage was suspended should be repealed at the earliest possible day, and silver made, with gold, legal tender for the payment of all debts, both public and private. We also believe that the present volume of currency should be maintained until the wants of trade and commerce demand its further contraction. The other resolutions are local in character. The reading of the platform was greeted with mingled hisses and applause, and it was moved to add the following to the third resolution : "That the so-called Southern policy I of the Executive will accomplish the results It \ ?9 above enumerutea. The following was proposed as an amendment: Resolved, That the so-called Southern policy which has been inaugurated and pursued by the present National Administration, is in accord with the principles of the Republican party. Both these resolutions were greeted with groans, hisses and shouts of derision, which continued for several minutes. The uproar that followed was never equaled before in an Iowa convention. Nearly the entire Convention roBe to their feet and remained standing. Loud calls were made for Packard, but he merely bowed in response and refused to speak. Motions and counter-motions were thrust in by the Convention in hopelessly unparliamentary language. Finally, after a struggle of several hours, the resolution approving Hayes' policy was referred to the committee, and reported back with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed, which was done, and the original report of the committee was adopted as the platform. There was a desperate contest over the temperance resolution, which was finally adopted. Much dissatisfaction exists. Greenbackers and Temperance men threaten a bolt and tbe organization of new parties. The Convention adjourned amid a scene of unparalleled confusion. Commenting upon the action of the Convention towards the administration of President Hayes, the New York Times makes tbe following common sense remarks: "But the common sense which keeps the majority of Republicans from rhapsodizing about a policy of reconciliation that really reconciles nobody, also induces them to discountenance efforts to reopen a question which in its old aspects is effectually closed. Be it ; right or wrong, beneficial or disastrous, the President's Southern action is irrevocable. We cannot hope to accomplish anything useful by prolonging a controversy which is more | likely to irritate than to heal the wounds from which the Republican organization suffers. The resentment of ex-Governor Packard is not unnatural. When, however, he [ carries to other States the story of his sacrifice, and uses it to foster divisions in tbe parI ty, he falls into an error not less egregious than that which impels him to promise the speedy overthrow of the Democracy in Louisiana. Everybody knows that as matters now stand, there is no more likelihood of a Republican majority in Louisiana than in Alabama or Mississippi, and Mr. Packard impairs his usefulness by making the delusion a pretext for arraying a Republican convention against the Administration." Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM TEXAS. Sherman, Texas, June 26,1877. Thinking the readers of the Enquirer might be interested in a short sketch from the Lone Star State, I will give them my experience here since I came, and how the country is progressing. I left my old home on the afternoon of the 4th of June, to seek my fortune in the far South-west. I arrived in Henderson, Rusk county, in the eastern part of the State, on Saturday, the 9th. I found the crops?corn more especially?very fine, this side of the Mississippi river. Cotton is not doing so well in that section as in this. I found the town of Henderson a very pretty little place. Buildings of all kinds are going up rapidly, and there seems to be a big prospect for a fall trade. The Overton and Henderson Railroad is just completed, and now the merchants are ecstatic over the idea of killing a good portion of the Longview trade in cotton. Henderson, like most little towns in Texas, is growing rapidly, and has five large counties from which to increase her wealth. They calculate shipping about twenty or twenty-five thousand bales of cotton this fall. That section of Texas does not raise a very large quantity of ? formora devote most of their at UUllUll) ?? V?IW >MV?V VWVW.W ? tention to corn, oats, wheat and stock raising, (the latter not so extensively carried on, as here in the west.) They are all doing well, and, unlike our farmers of South Carolina, are all out of debt. I remained one week in Rusk county, when I left for Dallas, and found that city quite a business place. There was a continual bustle, and all the appearance of life and prosperity. The residences are nearly all single story, and very neat in outward appearance. The business houses are principally of brick, two and three stories. The Court House is a fine structure, built of granite, and having a large conservatory on top, for the purpose of a town clock. Having heard of our estimable friends and citizens of our Palmetto State, Mr. E. C. McLure, formerly of Chester, and editor of the Reporter, and Mr. Dargan, of Wiunsboro, I called to see these gentlemen. Mr. McLure has been elected to the office of Magistrate for Dallas county, and the "Judge" looks him self, as he sits on the bench for thirteen months in the year, having cases brought before his court. The courts are in session nearly all the time, and justice seems to predominate in all, sending countless numbers of unlawful men to the penitentiary, there to serve out different terms, at hard labor. Mr. Dargan is an adjuster in the insurance business, and seems to be doing well. After remaining in Dallas two days, I took passage for Sherman, where I now am. I came over some of the grandest country the eye ever rested on. The towns of Terrell, Will's Point and Minneola, on the Texas and Paciffc Railroad, are all destined to be places of note. They are built on the prairie, and in splendid farming sectious. The wheat crop is excellent and will yield from twenty to forty-ffve bushels per acre. Corn has a magnificent appearance, and there will be a large crop this season, as this country has not known the want of rain, having been blessed with good rains all the year. Sherman is built just on the edge of the prairie, and leaving this place and traveling in a westerly direction, one comes in contact with the finest farms in the world?well cultivated, and producing anything any other country can produce. All kinds of fruit, grain, cotton and Bugar cane, grow bountifully on the prairie. The greatest trouble with the farmers on the prairie is to secure rails for building fences, and wood for fuel?some having to haul it ten and twelve miles. Cattle raising is a very profitable business in this section. Going beyond this county, though, there is a band of robbers who make it their business to steal cattle, and there seems to be no remedy or redress. I would advise allyoung men who entertain the idea of "Going West," to remain at home until the fall, unless they have plenty of money to go into business when they do come. Young men who come here, unless well known by residents, stand a bad chance of getting into business. It is a good country for capitalists to come to, as there is a great field for labor, either in fanning or merchandising. J. P. H. ? ? Correspondence or the Yorkville Enqnirer. T.FTTF.R FROM CHESTER. Chester, July 2,1877. A son of Mr. James Kee, of this county, shot a negro hoy, a few days ago, while engaged in stealing apples. The wound is serious, and may result fatally. On Wednesday Mr. Eee appeared before Trial Justice McDonald with his son, who gave bond for hi^ appearance at the next term of the Court of General Sessions. While the negro boy is inexcusable, as he had been warned against stealing apples, Mr. Kee regrets the affair exceedingly. A man by the name of Donaldson, who had been working in Greenville, and who stopped here for some reason or other, was arrested and placed in jail several days ago. Along with him was a woman, whom he represented as bis wife. The arrest and commitment were based upon information conveyed in a letter from a Trial Justice of Greenville, to the effect that Donaldson had kidnapped tbe woman who was with him. He denies the charge and says that she came with him from Greenville of her own accord. She was with him for several days before his arrest, aod appeared to be well satisfied for one held contrary to her own consent. Donaldson is a married man, with two children, of a knowledge of which fact the alleged kidnapped woman admits to have been acquainted. Donaldson was brought before Judge Mackey this morning on the writ of habeas corpus. He ordered the prisoner to give bail for his appearance at the next term of tbe Court of ! General Sessions at Greenville. Failing to give bond, the order of the presiding Judge was that the prisoner should be committed to jail for four days, at the end of which time to be discharged if the authorities at Greenville had not taken him away. The target firing by the Chester Rifle Club came off, according to appointment, on Wednesday. The scene of the amusement was in a grove in the vicinity of the residence of the late G. W. Melton. Tbe shooting was very good, considering the little practice of the Company. Mr. I. N. Cross made the best shot, and, consequently, won the medal. Mr. John Blake and Mr. Samuel Walker made a tie in the second best shot. To determine the matter they fired another roond, when Mr. Walker came off victor, and carried off the aas>s\nrt nri.o ahintl TOfla ft Sllupr Clin nrPflfint, OVVUIIU |/l lilV| If MIVU TIM*# mm |.. ed the Company by Mr. R. Brandt. The prize* were presented to the happy winners by Captain C. S. Brice with appropriate remarks. The Chester Rifle Club festival came off on Wednesday evening, and was a great success. The parlors and balls of tbe Cotton Hotel were filled to overflowing with a large and merry crowd. They talked and danced and promenaded to their heart's content. The tables, which were spread with delightful viands, both solids and sweets, were presided over with grace by pleasant and interesting ladies, both matrons and misses. Iced lemonade flowed abundantly from "Rebecca's Well," which was the more enjoyable from the exceeding heat of the evening. The music was excellent, and to its sweet strains happy dancers kept time. They banished their troubles, and for a time reveled in the joy that is found in tripping the "light fantastic toe." Rock Hill was represented by some young men, who were gladly welcomed. Con sidering the extreme scarcity of money, tne festival was a financial, as well as a social success. The amount taken in reached $138. More than twice this sum was realized at an entertainment, given in behalf of the same object about a year ago, when money was more plentiful. On Wednesday, there was a heavy rain in the lower portion of this county. Land was considerably washed in places. There was also a light rain here. While crops are looking well, grass is also flourishing. Dry weather is needed to enable farmers to kill it. Tho vnfpra of ihfl various townshiDS of thi8 * ? . county will soon be called upon to decide io reference to the momentous question offence" or "no fence." The colored people are, for the most part, opposed to any change in the present fence law, but, with the help of some colored votes, the whites expect to triumph at the polls, and in the future be troubled with no more fencing, save that of stock. There are two or three townships in which the negro vote predominates to such an extent that the wise measure of no fence may be defeated. This is the day appointed by the School Commissioner of this county for opening the public schools. The whites of our town will j be favored with two public schools?one un-1 der the charge of Mrs. Thomas DeGraffenreid, and the other under the charge of Miss Lizzie Corowell. These ladies are well qualified for teaching, aud will render faithful and efficient service to the State. The delay in opening the public schools occasioned some dissatisfaction with the Hampton administration among the colored element They were disposed to believe it was inten tional, and not in consequence of the force of V circumstances over which the Democracy bad no control. Their feeling of dissatisfaction will, in all probability, pass away with the opening of the public schools to-day. With better teachers, and more faithfhl service rendered by thora, the negroes will be pleased with the excellent management of the public schools, and will rejoice in the accession of the Democratic party to power. f ,j ' Rev. Mr. Loomis delivered an interesting address at the Court House on Saturday, be- ^ jj fore the trustees of the public schools, upon j the subject of education. His address contained suggestions which, it is hoped, will be | attended by immediate practical bene6t. Mr. Loomis, who is a Northern gentleman, has been a resident of our town for several years, in ctiarge of an institution founded by a wealthy Presbyterian lady of the North for the education of colored children. He is an excellent citizen, and is highly esteemed. He has been instrumental in doing much good among those with whom be has been laboring. I referred in my last correspondence to a foolish report that was in circulation in regard to the reappearance of Q. L. McNeal, deceased, upon earth. Notwithstanding the apparent good foundation upon which it rested, it is untrue. The deceased is not likely to revisit the scenes of bis mortal life, unless he appears in a spiritual and invisible form. The Presbyterian congregation of this place are to be congratulated on having secured the services of so excellent a preacher as the Rev. Mr. Trenholm, of Charleston. His sermons are very interesting, and forcibly and 4 eloqueutly delivered. J Rev. Mr. Sanders had intended favoring the Baptists of Rock Hill with services on | yesterday, but a telegraphic dispatch announcing the death of his mother, in Barnwell, pre- ! vented him doing so. Rev. A. B. Brown filled the Methodist pulpit yesterday in the absence of the regular minister?Rev. Mr. Carlisle. Judge r.J Mackey will deliver the address before the literary societies at Erskiue (Due West) College on Wednesday of this week. He has taken for his subject, the "Language and civilization of the Anglo Saxon." Qui. ? ' CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. Bill Kemble, Author of "Addition, Division and Silence," Expresses Views and Unfolds a Tale. Hon. Wot. H. Kemble, ex-State Treasurer, and for twelve years a member of the Republican National Committee from Pennsylvania, when asked by the representative of the Philadelphia Tune* how be regarded President Hayes' new civil service order, ^ said: How do I regard it? It is palpably insincere. It came from a President and a Cabinet who have never practiced it, and who can't believe in it now. The head of the Cabinet believes in being paid, snd well paid, for all he does. He defended Beecher for a liberal cash consideration, and that only. The tail of the Cabinet is a German who, as a rule, never makes a political speech unless he is paid for it; and, so far as I can learn, neither of them trouble themselves to inquire from whom the money is collected. Reporter?Do you mean that Mr. Schurz always requires pay for his political speeches? Mr. Kemble?Ves, I mean that Some time ago, I think it was in 1868, Mr. 8churx wrote out a fine speech, which he agreed to deliver three times a week for $500 per week for us, aud we took it in Peuusylvania to the extent of 81,500. We raised the money part ly by assessments on officials and partly by contributions from Republicans of means, but Mr. Schurz didn't slop to inquire who paid the money. He knew that somebody bad to pay it, and roust have known that officeholders paid part of it. I do not have faith in the sincerity of civil service reform that comes from such Cabinet officers. Reporter?But how does that prove the President insincere? Mr. Kemhle?The truth is that President Hayes is not satisfied with his own title to his y office. He wauts to avoid being called before the bar of public opinion to answer respecting it, and he is trying to divert attention from the question by an effort to make the world believe that he is belter than the party that elected him. The last election was the severest strain ever made upon the extreme resources of the Republican party, both in money and efforts, within the range of the best political skill. The Southern States were carried for Hayes by Federal officeholders, liberal contributions of money, aided by the army, and the civil service policy now- announced would have given Tilden not only South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, but Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Oregon, California and Nevada. There can be no Republican party in the South now, for unless, organized and sustained by Federal officers* it cannot be organized at all. Reporter?How conld Ohio and the other Northern States you name have been lost to Hayes ? Mr. Kemble?Hayes had everything at stake in carrying Ohio in October of last year. Had be lost that State there would have been a Tilden whirlwind in November that would have swept not only Ohio, bat Pennsylvania, _ Wisconsin, Nevada, Oregon and California; and Ohio was saved by President Hayes and fa his friends appealing to us for money to put into the contest. Secretary Sherman and Governor Dennison wrote the most importunate letters to us for money. The State that gives us a civil service President, a Cabinet officer, and any number of other officials, practiced civil service so far as not to pay their own money to the campaign, but they called upon Pennsylvania to do it for them ; and Secretary Sherman then appealed to men who he knew had profited by the government, received money from them, and has since rewarded the parties by profitable contracts. As to the President, his case is worse. We made assessments here in Philadelphia on officeholders, every dollar of which we sent to Ohio, in addition to other large amounts sent % there, and some of which was sent directly to President Hayes himself. It would be uncharitable to say that the President had not used the money for political purposes, as any other use of it would be a breach of trust that would warrant the Pennsylvania politicians in calling upon him for an account render. And ip 1875, when President Hayes was dragged through Ohio by the ears, the same appeal was made upon us, the same measures amnlairn/l f a soioo monotf f a oana kim ^ cujpiujcu w iwiTO ( iuuoj iu ao?o UIUJ9 aiJU B liberal contribution was made from this city just on the eve of the election that had much % to do with his narrow escape from defeat \ Reporter?Do you believe that the policy * will he enforced ? Mr. Kemble?Not long. The public will gladly sustain any administration in preventiug officials from unwarrantable interference in politics, and from being bled by political sharks ; but every Cabinet officer, excepting Key, holds his place as a reward for political services, and public sentiment will always sustain the promotion of men who fairly and j honorably earn their positions by party ser vices. The people do not care how much officials contribute for legitimate party purposes, either in efforts or money, but they do care that officers shall be honest and capable ; that they shall faithfully perform their duties, and that no .more men shall be employed to do government work than would be required to do the same work for an individual. That's the civil service the country wants; it is the best that any party can ever get, and those who profess to do more will find their 1 sincerity always doubted by honest men. An ^ unsuccessful policy of coarse can't last, and a literal-enforcement of the policy just announced by the President would be a disastrous failure,