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jjf(taps and Jacts. ? A Kentucky man, to avoid all risks, has joined eight different churches. ? The best European observers predict that either peace will be signed, or all Europe will be in arms before the 1st of September. ? It is estimated that ten million of dollars will not more than repair the damages done by the strikers. ? A gentleman who has taken note of such things, has carefully estimated that the working classes of the United States have, during the last four years, lost 8600,000,000 by engaging in strikes. ? General Forrest recently had a reunion of the men who formed his escort during the war. He was physically prostrated ; said he did not expect to live long, and hoped to meet them in heaven. ? The New York Democrats have never been more confident. They not only manifest the most positive faith that they will elect their general ticket this fall by a large majority, but they expect to get a good working majority in both branches of the Legislature. ? Walking a thousand miles in a thousand hours having been repeatedly done in England, is now looked upon as slow. A pedestrian named Gale now proposes to walk four thousand quarters of a mile in four thousand consecutive periods of ten minutes each. ? The New York Financial Chronicle says that the low price of cotton and cotton fabrics have so increased the consumption of the staple, that the mills are unable to meet the demand. This condition of things is likely to continue, unless prices be run up to a poiut which shall check consumption. ? Planters in Mississippi, according to the St. Louis papers, are trying to obtain farm laborers from the cities. They want them from October to January, picking cotton, and will pay 81.50 per day. White labor is scarce, and land-owners are anxious for immigration into the State. . ? A young man who is evidently without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity, is constructing a raft on which he expects next month to ride over Niagara Falls. The raft is being constructed on scientific principles, but no doubt the young man will be drowned in the common way. ? The mother of ex-Governor Chamberlain, who lives at West Brookfield, Mass., had a severe shock of paralysis last Wednesday. Her daughter, Mrs. S. N. White, after visiting her on Thursday, while returning home, was thrown from her carriage and had her arm broken in two places. ? At a meeting of colored Republicans, held iu Alexandria, Va., a resolution was adopted that the legislative bodies of the United States of America, Congress included, have devoted too much time to wide-mouthed professions about the happiness and prosperity of the dear people, and too little to the accomi'-i i. l:?4 pnsumeubui iuc uujctt ui iucu puicooiuuo. ? Dr. Erasmus Wilson, the first authority id England on cutaneous disorders, has been investigating the number of hairs in a square inch of the human head, and estimates that it contains, on an average, about 1,066. Taking the superficial area of the head at 120 square inches, this gives about 133,920 hairs for the entire head. ? There is nothing more cruel in the history of politics than the way Grant has gone back on his sore-head friends at home. Just as they were organizing a grand anti-Hayes aud pro-Grant party for 1880, he writes home from England that he is a first-class Hayes man, believes in his policy and applauds his undertakings. ? The King of Dahomey has resolved upon a grand sacrifice of five hundred human beings by way of a thank offering for an end of his trouble with the British. If the King of Dahomey had been a good political economist he would have sacrificed the five hundred before the trouble was ended, by setting them fighting with the Queen's troops. ? The fun now in the White Mountains is snowballing. Within view of one of the hotels is a big snowdrift, which is piled up on one side of Mount Jefferson. Unless the summer should prove unusually hot, the greater part of it will probably glisten there in the sun all the season. The drift is about 500 feet in length, 175 feet in breadth, and when sounded last week was fourteen feet in depth. ? The number of men employed by the great Trunk lines are as follows, and from them some notion of the vastness of the strike may be gathered. The New York Central and Hudson River employs 15,000 men : the Lake Shore and Michigan Central, 10,000; The Erie, 15,500; the Baltimore and Ohio main and leased lines, 16,000; and the Pennsvlvania with its leaseholds, 27,500. ? A promise should be given with caution and kept with care. A promise should be made with the heart, and remembered by the head. A promise is the offspring of the intention, and should be nurtured by recollection. A promise and its performance should, like a true balance, always present a natural adjustment. A promise delayed is justice deferred. A promise neglected is an untruth told. A promise attended to is a debt settled. ? The National Republican, the administration organ at Washington, speaking of the railroad strikes, has the following to say of the South: "One happy circumstance connected with the present troubles of the nation is the patriotic spirit which has been displayed in the South. If it should become necessary for the President to call for volunteers to suppress the present disorders, the men who lately wore the gray would respond with no i i *1 i .i ui..~ ? less uiaei ibj in ali mi use wuu wure iuu uiue. ? A recent history of American uniforms brings to light the fact that the gray of the Southern Confederacy, was the regulation dress of the American armies which fought at Chippewa and Niagara in 1812, and was adopted at West Point in commemoration of those victories. It is still quite extensively worn by Northern regiments, and is the prevailing color in all military schools, and for economy and quietness is doubtless preferable to the blue. ? The King of Gaboon, the oldest native Prince on the African coast, died about the beginning of May at the advanced age of 100 years, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Andaunte, who at once broke up his father's harem and cashiered the women to the number of 120, liberated all the deceased king's slaves and abolished the sacrifice of human beings at religious rites. He also informed the traders on the Gaboon river that he will take immediate steps to facilitate and open up the trade of the river and roads leading to the interior. ? The Charlotte Observer, of the 19th ultimo, says: "A colored man who says that he has recently returned from a trip to Liberia, is in this city at present, and is expressing his opinion very freely as to the country which some of the colored people from the South seem to regard as an Utopia. He says there can be no where on the face of the earth a more unhealthy country. A man forty years old, going from this country there, will live two weeks; a young man can live longer, but he will never have any health. The people hava a disAnse nf the feet which causes their toes to fall off and kills about half of them, j while the other half go limping nearly all the j time. This man represents Liberia as the most God forsaken country imaginable ; good , only to stay away from." ? Attorney-General Devens, in a recent let-; ter to tbe committee, expressed his inability j to attend the Colored Convention, appointed to meet at Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday j last, and declares that he sympathizes with : the negroes in every effort to improve their j own race and cultivate kindly relations with ; the white race. Fred Douglass, in a letter of similar purport, says: "There must be no conflict between the white and colored races of this country?and there need be none if there shall be cultivated on our part a proper appreciation of the fact that we are, owing to our circumstances, less the rulers than the ! wards of the nation ; that in wealth, numbers ! and cultivation, we are far in the rear of the I white race; that the government under which we live was framed by white men ; that the school-books which we are now only beginning to study were made by white men ; that we are to follow rather than lead. On the other hand, let the white race lift themselves to the level of justice and give a fair chance in the race of life." YORKVILLE, S, C.: ~ THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 2, 1S77. "FLUSHING" THE THIEVES. The work of arresting Republican ex-officials in various portions of the State has been progressing quite lively for several days past. It will be remembered that ex-Treasurer Cardozo was arrested on the 21st ultimo, charged by the investigating committee with having misappropriated public moneys belonging to the State. On this charge he was bailed in the sura of $20,000 to appear for trial at the VUtUUU bUUj UJ I/Iio WUIU VI VIVIIV?M? >^vw sions for Richland county. Subsequently, other charges were about being preferred against him, when, acting upon the principle that prudence is the better part of valor, he disappeared, and has thus far evaded arrest. Cardozo is reported to be in Philadelphia. On Wednesday of last week, ex-Governor Moses, and ex-Speaker Lee were brought to Columbia, having been arrested?the former in Charleston, and the latter in Aiken? charged by the investigating committee with fraud in signing false pay certificates while they were in office. Immediately upon their arrival in Columbia, they were carried before Justice Marshall. That officer, finding his court room too small, adjourned to the Circuit Court room. JudgeS. W. Melton appeared for the prisoners; Mr. Abney, the solicitor of the circuit, and Mr. L. F. Youmans appearing for the State. A recess was agreed upon by counsel until 4 o'clock, wheD a further recess of an hour was taken, that counsel might confer together. Upon the reassembling of the court, at the request of the solicitor, the bail of each of the prisoners was fixed at $10,000, a preliminary examination having been waived. The prisoners' counsel asked that they be allowed until 8 o'clock to give bail, which request was granted; but failing to obtain bondsmen, they were both committed to jail. Just previous to his being committed to jail, Moses wrote a letter to a friend, in which he alludes to his arrest in the following manner : "For the last five years I have been singled out by many of the leaders of the Republican party as a scapegoat, on whom has been thrown all of the odium which should have been distributed among most of those leaders. I have borne it all, because I loved ray party .1 T 1 J 1X> U f.? more innu j. iuveu iiijaen. ncicanci iuj uiot duty on earth will be towards myself and my family, and ray first step in the performance of that duty shall he to make atonement to my State for whatever errors, shortcomings, or even sins, may have been apparent in my political career. Self-defence can shame no honorable man, and a just resentment against those who have sought to iujure us can only be esteemed as part of a noble nature." From these utterances, it may be inferred that the ex-Governor, if permitted to do so, would be willing to go before a court of justice and tell all he knows about the rascalities of the Republican leaders since the day they first obtained power in South Carolina. The next important arrest was that of A. 0. Jones, former Clerk of the House of Representatives, who was brought before Trial Justice Marshall on Thursday, charged as accessory in the two cases against Moses and Lee. While in custody under this charge, another warrant was issued for him, charging various frauds in connection witii the public printing. Bonds for his appearance for trial were required?in the aggregate sum of $25,000?in the different cases, and in default of bail, Jones was committed to jail. morn onrl fnr. ^JA'tJCUaiUl V. M . 1UUUIUUUIVIJI f wuu JV? merly Presidentpro tem. of the Senate, against whom charges have been preferred, came to Columbia, and appearing before Justice Marshall, offered to surrender himself as an inoffensive victim of the committee's persecutions. He was informed that he could go free on giving a $5,000 bond for his appearance at the next term of the Court of General Sessions. He failed to give the bond, and was committed to jail. We understand the charges against Montgomery implicate him in the false pay-certificate swindle. A warrant was prepared for the arrest of Josephus Woodruff, formerly Clerk of the Senate, preferring charges against him similar to those made against Jones, ex-Clerk of the House. Woodruff was in Charleston, and hearing that a warrant was in preparation for his arrest, he went down to the wharf and succeeded in procuring the use of a Custom-house boat and had himself conveyed aboard of the revenue cutter which was stationed off the bark Cuba at quarantine. He was introduced to the officers, as it appears, under an assura I 3 I J ^ ~ eu name, auu reruaiueu uu uuara iur sumc time. Later in the afternoon the steamer Virginia, Capt. Hunter, came steaming down the bay, evidently by precoucerted arrangement, and on reaching the neighborhood of the Cuba she blew her whistle and hove to. The stranger (Woodruff) then stated to Captain Freeman that he desired to board the Virginia, and asked if he would not put him aboard of her. The captain replied that his positiou as an United States officer would not allow him to comply with his request, but that Woodruff's friend, who had come with him, could put him aboard, if he saw fit, with the Custom-house boat. Thi3 course was finally adopted, and Woodruff thus safely secured his passage for Philadelphia. The person who accompanied Woodruff to the cutter was introduced as Mr. Woodruff, and the siraon-. pure Woodruff was addressed as Mr. Fraser. ! This would have thrown the captains of the j cutter and the steamer off their guard, even if they had suspected that anything was wrong. Neither of the captains knew the real character of their visitor. He had a pleasant voy- j age to the city of Brotherly Love; but on his arrival there was met by a detective, who had been previously telegraphed, and his arrest was effected before landing from the vessel. An officer, with a requisition from Governor, Hampton, left Charleston last Friday morning for Philadelphia, and has safely returned I Woodruff to Columbia, aud his case was to have been heard by Trial Justice Marshall last Tuesday. Charges have also been made against R. j H. Gleaves, who was Lieutenant-Governor from 1872 to 1876, for the fraudulent issue of pay certificates as ex officio President of the ! Senate; but he has absconded from his home in Beaufort to avoid arrest. Henrj E. Hajne, ex-Secretary of State, j has also fled from his home in Marion, to avoid arrest on charges likely to be brought against him. /;. The Columbia correspondent of the Newt and Courier telegraphs that paper under date of last Sunday night, that ex-Governor Moses has been closeted with the investigating committee for the two previous days,"and his r'ev^ " elations have been of much interest in enabling the committee to follow old trails and open new ones. On Saturday, in company with one of the committee, Moses went in search of a certain box of papers which, locked up in the drawer of one of his pieces of furniture, had been sold with it and had passed into other hands. The furniture was traced to its purchaser, when it was fouud that the drawer had remained undisturbed in consequence of the loss of the key to the lock, and the bundle of papers was recovered intact and tiifnart hoop tr? tho nnni m i ftpn. Thpsp nanern lUUIW UfV "liW ? " I 1 are said by Moses to be a perfect bonanza of facts of interest to the public and to the parties most concerned. Their coutents will appear in due time. It has not been stated heretofore that in the long list of fraudulent pay-certificates which have formed the basis of the recent numerous arrests, the names of the payees are all fictitious and invented for the occasion ; instance, C. L. Frankfort, whose initials in reverse order are those of Cardozo, for whose benefit that particular certificate was drawq in the general division. Other like tell-tale combinations occur. Search in the several counties for owners of these pretended names has utterly failed. It is stated in Columbia that several of the fugitives who have fled this State and justice within a fortnight, have made their way to Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, under the assurance that no requisition for them will be honored. The strength of their refuge will be tested. THE ATTITUDE OF THE SOUTH. The Cabinet has held daily sessions since the strike of the railroad war assumed serious proportions, and will continue to do so until the necessity has passed. The President and the Cabinet members all express the opinion that it will not be wise to relax in the least the vigilant watch over the rioters until all opposition to the railroad operations shall cease. Last Friday there was also brought before the Cabinet the subject of the anticipated Indian outbreaks in Alaska, in consequence of the withdrawal ofthe Federal troops. It is believed that the reports of this matter have been much exaggerated in the interest of parties who wish the troops kept in Alaska tliiiii' nrinoto <rain Kilt iiq a mAnSlirA ftf IUI IlliVil pi 1 TUW gMIU | VMW Mw * > < V? v.. V w. precaution, orders were issued that two of the revenue cutters now on the Pacific coast shall be despatched to Sitka to restore order, should the Indians make any hostile demonstrations. A member of the Cabinet, after the meeting Friday afternoon, said the good effects of President Hayes' Southern policy had been remarkably exemplified. He said if the President had concluded to uphold Packard and Chamberlain it would have necessitated the retention of a considerable number of troops in both Louisiana and South Carolina. In | consequence of the disturbances in the North at this time, the President would have no alternative but to remove the troops. Their removal would have been followed by a popular uprising against Packard and Chamberlain, , and the spectacle would then have been pre- i sented of the government having to cope with a rebellion in the North and a rebellion in the South. As it was, the government, for the first time since the war, found itself entirely relieved from any fears as to public trauquil- 1 ity in the South. The President himself feels very much cheered by this reflection and by the evidences which have so freely cotne from the South of its active sympathy with his efforts to precoma tVio noftri? nf t.hfi nmint.rv. The wllirlitrip DV" ""v l"'""" " J - p o of time brings about some strange things. If, as is happily not now anticipated, the President should be forced to call for volunteers, there is no question at Washington that the quota of the South would be made up in an incredibly short time, and Southern soldiers would be found aiding in putting down a rebellion on Northern soil. SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT. On Wednesday of last week, a serious accident occurred on the Georgia Railroad, by which the engineer lost his life, several passengers were hurt, and railroad property i destroyed and damaged to the amount of $10,000. The accident occurred in a deep cut, which is also a curve. As the locomotive rounded the curve three cows were seen on the track, but too late to stop the train. The engine struck the animals, and was turned completely across the track. The baggage car followed pell mell, and was literally piled upon the engine. Thesecoudand first class ' coaches were crushed into the wreck, and the whole formed a mass of broken timbers and iron. The eugineer, Mr. Zach Armstead, was killed by the baggage car. His body was ( nearly roasted in the wreck. The train caught ( rtn fipo anH the hnomraire par. the Reennd-rlass , u" ",v ? D3~0' car and two first-class coaches were consumed, j On the train were Companies B and C of the j 18th Infantry, en route for Jefferson Barracks, j Indiana. Of these only Lieut. Benner, who j was in the second-class car when the accident j occurred, was hurt. The cars containing the j soldiers and their baggage were not injured, i All the contents of the baggage and express . cars were entirely destroyed by fire. A por- , tion of the baggage was very valuable. One gentleman?Dr. Crawford, of Atlanta?lost j his trunk containing 820,000 in bonds and | valuable papers. He offered 85,000 to any j one who would save his trunk, and finding < that the offer produced no effect, he offered a \ soldier 87,000 if he would rescue the trunk from ( the fire. The devouring flames, however, had j completely enwrapped the baggage car, and ' nothing whatever could be done. The United | States soldiers rendered efficient service after | the accident, in aiding in the transfer between , the up and down trains. This is another of the evils resulting from roaming stock. Had the locomotive killed ' oneofthose cows and safely passed along, th" J #.f tkn rtant utamM korta rviorl/a I ' ttgrifcYCU UWUCl lit va?u WT? vrvrvjava &?t?vw iuuu^ doleful complaint and instituted a suit against the company for damages; but his three stray cattle can endanger the lives of hundreds, cause the death of one, the crippling of others and the loss of thousands of dollars, and there is none to complain. ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEN. LEACH. General Leach, of North Carolina, has written a second letter on the political situation, and defining his relations therewith. 1 The General addresses his letter mainly to j those of his party who affect to believe him | untrue to the faith, and in his treatment of I i the various points presented, shows that he < occupies a high, conservative position. Gen. I Leach is a veteran in politics, and in this com- J bat disports himself like a giant among pig- ' mies. The concluding paragraph of his letter j is as follows : I I stand by ray former letter in my cordial i support of the administration when right, and ' in opposition when in my judgment it is I wrong. Can't a man do this and still be a I good Democrat ? I can, and will. The Pres- j > ident, be it said to his honor, has restored con- j ? stitutional liberty and local self-government ? to two sister States; and ray distinguished j t friend, (and I am proud of his friendship,) I 1 the noble Hampton, peacefully took his seat iu ' \ the executive chair, where he sits with so i much dignity and justice, redeeming, day by r day, his patriotic pledges. The President is also making heroic and honorable efforts to s reform the corruptions and extravagance of ] the civil service system, and everybody knows j the Southern Democrats must support him, or i 'give atd~to violent radical extremists; which 1 they will never do. Am I not right t And . thus I mean to stand, as I think, by and with i the patriotic, peace-loving people of the i State?approving the right, condemning the 1 wrong?denouncing sectional agitators and t reBtlessiextremists, whether North or South, i whether a Blaine or a Bourhou. ] j. m. Leach. i THE RAILROAD STRIKE. , We devote considerable space on the fiiat j page of this issue to the great strike on the i railroads of the North and West, and continue a report of the scenes attending the most memorable demonstration ever made by the J working men in the United States. , The events of Thursday are as follows: i Every large shop in Toledo, Ohio was closed. < The strikers took possession of a stand at a j meetiug called by the citizens, and incendiary | speeches were made, but there was no des- i truction of property. Twenty ringleaders of ] the strike were arrested, and no further | trouble is anticipated at that point. i At Reading, Pennsylvania, the mob raided j on the depot, and during the riot ten persons were killed and fifty wounded. The citizeus j asked for troops to afford protection. At Syracuse the strikers held the eastern portion of the city, though later in the day a j compromise was effected, and the discontent- < ed men will resume work. I At Newark, N. J., the engineers of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western road 1 strnnk hnf. nn riotnns deiuottatrations occurred. 1 At Evansville, Indiana, the hands on the Sl Louis and South-eastern Railroad also struck. The managers of the roadB centering at Indianapolis, Ind., haviug quietly submitted to the stoppage by strikers, matters have been quiet in that city. The order of the strikers is that all the roads shall run one train a day, each way, carrying the mails and passengers, hauling as many coaches as may be necessary. No express or other freights to be allowed. Gov. Williams issued a proclamation at noon, commanding the enforcement of the laws, and calling upon the sheriffs of the various counties to use their utmost endeavors to prevent violence and preserve the peace. At Detroit, Michigan, the engineers and firemen of the Central road struck, an effort to compromise having failed. No disturbance occurred. ' - - . At San Francisco the Citizens' Committee was engaged all day organizing. It assembled at 7 p. m., in Agricultural Hall. W. P. Coleman called the committee to order. Almost immediately a fire was reported in the Pacific Mail dock, in the lumber yard. One hundred men, armed with clubs, were dispatched to the scene, followed soon by one hundred more. The remainder were tolled off* in companies, by wards, and, with the exception of two hundred, moved to the City Hall to await orders from the Chief of Police. Sixty were sent to disperse the crowd on Sixth and Howard streets, engaged in smashing Chinese houses. All the committee men were armed with clubs in addition to pocket arras. Fire engines were in the lumber yard. A man detected in cutting the hose was shot dead There was a fire on Stockton and Broadway, and a detachment of vigilant8 was sent there. Thecentral portion of the city remained quiet. By 1 P. M., crowds were mostly dispersed and the vigilante were masters of the situation. The dri- 1 ver of a hose carriage was shot dead, and two other citizens were killed by innumerable stone and club wounds. Four thousand public arras and one thousand revolvers were distributed amoug the citizens organized for the purpose of enforcing order. The differences on the Erie Railroad were adjusted and trains commenced running between New York and Salamanca and Dunkirk. The managers of the Alton and Chicago road suspended all trains until protection of men and property is assured. At Baltimore the grand jury made 21 presentments for rioting. In the case of the four parties charged with being the originators of the riot and assault on the 6th Regiment, bail was fixed at $6,000. Neither party gave bail. Of 63 parties held for the action of the grand jury, 20 gave bail in $3,000. Of 70 parties held for further hearing 20 gave bail in $1,000. Court then adjourned. At Poughkeepsie a detective arrested Van Hoeseu, the leader of the Albany riot, and hurried him in shackles to Troy jail. Five companies of the 18th regiment reached Washington, three of which were dispatched to Cumberland. Gen. Schofield as suraed command in Washington and Gen. Hancock proceeded with troops to Pittsburg, his object being to protect the workmen in repairing railroads at that point. At St. Joseph, Mo., the railroad men held a mass meeting, and resolved to stop the freight trains on all roads uutil increased wages are allowed. The roads thus blockaded are the Hannibal and St. Joe, the St. Louis, Kansas and Northern, the Kansas City, St. Joe and Council Bluffs and the St. Joseph and Denver. i A meeting of the strikers was held at Al- 1 bany, when Mr. Vanderbilt's reply to the 1 committee was presented. He said it was not ( n question of money, but honor and principle, s and he could not promise to do anything for them now. A committee of six was then ap pointed to confer with the brakemen and firemen relative to quitting work. The of- j ficers of the meeting were directed to publish ( a notice in the newspapers of the city request* { ing the West Albany workmen to keep away from the shops until the differences between 1 the workingmen and the officials of the road I were settled. After a speech from a workman c named O'Neil, the meeting adjourned. \ The Governor of Illinois having made a [ formal application to the rreaiaent tor troops, to quell the disturbance in Chicago, at 11:40 the artillery left their quarters for the scene if conflict, at the corner of Halstead and Sixteenth streets. One report says they opened in the mob with grape and canister, though this statement does not seem to be confirmed. The mob was dispersed after the troops went upon the ground. A revised'njft gives nineteen killed during the disturbances in that 2ity. ' . The events of the strike in the several States 3D Friday are reported as follows : At Louisville everything was quiet. The citizens md militia were in perfect organization. In Pennsylvania a strike on the Lehigh Valley Railroad became general. Governor Harti&nft, with a body of regulars and militia., proceeded from Harrisburg West. At Reading, business has resumed its wouted aspect, and all trains are running. Arrests of ringleaders continue to be made there. In Philadelphia, the police, while attempting to n break up a meeting, were stoned by a crowd ^ if 2,500 people. Several shots were fired, p ind a desperate fight ensued. Many were s Iiurt, and one boy was killed. At Harris- Jj burg a number of hands have resumed work p in the railroad shops, and trains are moving t, ;ast and west. A train carrying military, i) passed Altoona without trouble, the soldiers 0 Iriving away every striker who opposed them, rhe railroad has commenced moviug freight I iast from that place. A dispatch from Scran- J ;on says: "Idleness now reigns supreme along g ;he Delaware, Lackawanna and Western r, uain line and at all of the company's mines, rhe latter are flooding rapidly. An effort ias been made by the coinpauy's officials to ? lave the pumps worked, but those whom they j waited upon for that purpose were iminedi- v itely called upon by delegations of strikers,, Jl? ind informed that if they attempted to.touch j, he pumps it would be at the peril of their | e< ives." At Bethlehem, a gang of repairmen i J.J vere driven from their work, and the super-! g utendent forced from the engine, which was ] si un on a side track and the fire withdrawn. . | J1 At Chicago the disturbance had somewhat j rt', ubsided. The Mayor, however, has issued a fi proclamation, in which he says : "Citizen organizations must continue in force, and on no account relax their vigilance, as the cause of the trouble is not local and is not yet removed. All such organizations should form themselves into permauent bodies, continue on duty and report regularly as heretofore." Orders have been issued to policemen authorizing them to shoot down any man who interferes with them in the discharge of their duty, or who is belligerent as a rioter.' The fears of an outbreak st Springfield' have subsided. At Peori a umber of the leaders of the mob were arrestsd by the police and lodged in jail. Their followers were deterred from attempting to rescue them by a few blank shots. The trains went out, escorted by troops. A dispatch from Galveston, Texas, dated Friday, says: "The employees of the Texas Central Railroad, at Corsicana, struck at oon yesterday, and no freight trains were allowed to pass that point. The strikers are jrderly, but determined. Many of them have ?one on the special police for the express determination to protect life and property. At a conference of the train hands at Hearne last night, an agreement was made to prevent the passage of freight trains, and that no one should be permitted to interfere with railroad property." A dispatch of the same date from St. Louis, ?inoa fVio fnllmuinff oppnntit. nf t.hfi nmnrrflnfiM 6 in that city: The citizens being finally armed, equipped ind organized, have commenced work. Twelve companies with breech loading guns took their various positions. General Noble, with 100 men under Capt. Silas Bent, marched to Union depot which the rioters have virtually field since Tuesday. The battalion dissolved in companies with loaded guns and charged the crowd with fixed bayonets, driving them cut of the depot and yards. Their apparent leader was arrested. The authorities announce that the depot will be held and interference with trains there prevented. Guards will be furnished for all factories the proprietors of which wish to resume work. The executive committee of the working men's party is in session at Fifth and Beddle streets, and a large crowd surrounds the hall, but no orders have been issued. The committee has telegraphed to the leuders of the organization in other cities asking for advice. Many of the large business houses remain closed to day, but will open to-morrow. The streets are less crowded, and there is a general impression that the worst is over. The Missouri Pacific road has commenced running freight traius both ways, and announces that that road is open for business. The St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern road has not yet decided whether it will follow suit. A heavy rain, during the early part of the day, has had considerable to do in dispersing the crowds and dampening the ardor of the mob element. The latest intelligence from the different localities affected by the strike, indicates that the worst is over. In New York city there was no excitement on Saturday so far as related to purely local interests, although themerchants were anxious concerning the transportation of freights. A Pittsburg dispatch of the 28th says: 'This morning Gen. Hamilton, with about me hundred and fifty regulars, arrived in this - - rn i 2ity; tneir arrival caused a sensation, iney brought with them some 50 strikers as prisoners. As the train approached Johnstown during the night, the strikers misplaced and wedged the switch which threw the cars from the track, resulting in injuries to one soldier ind the engineer. Gen. Hamilton deployed tiis men and before the crowd of strikers were iware of the movement, the regulars had cap ;ured about 50, and, surrounding them, kept ithers at bay. -In this position they awaited oew transportation, and soon after started with their prisoners for this city, where the captured rioters have been placed in the arsenal to await the action of the United States government." A subsequent dispatch from the same city furnishes the following war like item: The first train that arrived in this city presented a formidable appearance. In front of :he two engines was a gondola car on which was mounted a Gatling gun defended by a detachment of State Fencibles. The engineers and firemen on the locomotives were under a strong guard of soldiers, having orders ;o shoot them if there was the slightest hesi- . ation in discharging their duties. Upon :heir arrival here they quietly disembarked md were marched to the West Pennsylvania lospital grounds, where they are now encamped. A Baltimore dispatch of the 28th says the itrikers refuse to accept the terms of the Balimore aud Ohio Railroad. The company, lowever, have determined to start their trains with military protection. They claim that .he strikers do not number one-mnin or tneir 3mployes and are confident of their ability to -un a full complement of trains. Monday's dispatches indicate that the itrike is over, and that opinion prevails at he War Department. Trains are now runling regularly over most of the roads, and it s thought business and traffic will resume ;heir wonted channels in a few days at far.hest. The insurrection?for such it must be ermed?began at the comparatively insiglificant town of Martinsburg, West Virginia, ind rapidly spread until it embraced the ter itory of ten States, of which the Governors >f six called on the President for Federal asn'stance to put down the rioters. #41 DAVENPORT'S PRESERVING FLUID. We copy from the Dallas (Texas) Cbmnercial, the following account of a dinner resently given by Dr. Davenport, the discoversr of Davenport's preserving fluid, the right o sell which patent in York county has been iurcha8ed by Messrs. Hunter & Kuykendal, >f this place. All the viands of the dinner vere dishes prepared from articles that had ieen subjected to the Doctor's preserving irocess: Dinner ax Dr. Davenport's.?At a din- 1 Kir nil. ?sr? pstimnhlf> citizen. Dr. iu giyvu uj vw> tv.j 9 Davenport, many prominent gentlemen were >resent and were received with the usual cour- ' e&y. The geutlemen present were: Our 1 District JudgeBuford, ex-Lt. Gov. Crocket, Mayor Cabell* Dr. Potter, Mr. Kinnard, Mr. franklin, Col. Wilson, Col. Sworr, Master of 1 Grangers, of Dallas county; Dr. King, Mr. J iimmons, Mr. O'Connor, Judge R. H. West, J Maj. G. N. Aldriedge, Maj. Trezevant, of the > irm of Crawford and Trezevant, for sundry 1 States; Col Barkerville, of the firm of Hawhome & Barkerville, who have some several States; Mr. J. N. Russel, agent for Missouri; 1 Mr. H. Garrett, agent for Nebraska. These j atter gentlemen have fully tested the merits >f the patent, and have on their own faith ta* 1 ;en hold of it. ' The doctor exhibited his remarkable and 1 rery simple discovery for the preservation of 1 ruits, vegetables and meats, which is done at ' . mere nominal cost. To him the entire world 3 indebted for a discovery based on scientific ! irineiples more so than any ever revealed, ' aving millions annually in the economy of 1 1 4 '? MAniAna notnral ^ iving oy me preservation vi ?u<>uo iroductions in their season, to be kept for any J ime and used at their convenience. His abil- 1 Ly and honesty will not be questioned by any 1 ne who knows hini. : Ex-Governor Crocket, Col. P. G. Sworr, ' )r. King, Major J. A. Simmons, and Mr. j Cinnard were present as a committee of Gran- : era, who, after dining, made the following 1 eport: 1 Dallas, Tkxas, July 12, 1877. 1 To the Editor of the (himnereiat:?We, the un- ] ersigned committee of the Dallas County Coun- { il of Husbandry, appointed to investigate Dr. i . W. Davenport's proo.oss of preserving meats, ' egetables and fruits, beg leave to report that we I ave examined with care the preparation of a j irge variety of meats, vegetables and fruits, and i ave eaten of the same, to ascertain how they mnpare with the natural, fresh articles, and find 1 int the l>ecf, pork and mutton are as good und <. esh as any we have ever tasted: that beans, r reen corn, cabbage, tomatoes and okra, with but * light exception, taste as natural and as sweet as lose freshly gathered ; peaches in various dishes; ( lack berries and raspberries were fouhd as juicy l ud as >iweet as those but a few hours gathered . oiu the tree or bush. We therefore report that J< the process is a great success and a valuable discovery to the people of the entire country. R, G. Sworr, ") J. M. Crocket, V Committee. D. KINO.. ., J The undersigned, citizens of Dallas, take pleasure in stating that they dined with Dr. Davenport on this the 12tb day of July, and will add their testimony to what has been already stated. In regard to the preserving qualities of Dr. Davenport's process for the preservation of meats, vegetables, fruits, etc., we attest all that has been said, and assure thepublio that we could not discover any difference between those preserved and those fresh, and whether of meat, fruits or vegetables. N. M. Burford, Judge District Court. R. H. West, Judge County Court. G. N. Aldredoe, County Attorney, Capt. A. Harwood, Clerk County Court. Col. George Wilson. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. A BEPLY TO "MAUL AND WEDGE." Whitaker's, 8. C., July 28,1877. Mr. Editor : I see that Mr. "Maul and Wedge" has taken the other side of the fence, and from the way he handles his huge maul, we may expect to have the fence law subject split in quarters before having a chance to vote on that question. The writer of the communication is evidently 4 rail-maker by trade, and has apprehensions .bf being thrown out of employment after the adoption of the proposed change. Now, Mr. Maul and Wedge, if this is the ground of your complaint, we hope you will not despair. If the fence law should carry in any of the townships that are soon to hold their elections, some mau can get a contract for mAkinor rails and huildinc fence to enclose *w" *"" ""*"0 "~~ ~ ^ o ~ the townships, which will be a good job and pleasant work while it lasts; and we hope Mr. Maul and Wedge will avail himself of the opportunity to be thus presented, and which, we trust, will be his last chance to pursue his favorite avocation. Fo?when one of those boundary fences is built, it will never be necessary to repair or rebuild it The adjoining township, in which the law is not in force, seeing the advantages to be derived from the no-fence system, will speedily adopt the same, and soon the occupation of Maul und Wedge, like Othello's, will be gone. The discontented rail-maker says "the fence law is another dive to make the hireling a slavebut he does not tell us in what way this dire calamity is to be brought about. We are all slaves now, and by our own act. We propose to abolish some of our heretofore hard, slavish work?such as making rails, clearing up old fence rows, building fence, Ac., and devote our time thus occupied to the more profitable employment of enriching our lands, growing grasses and improving our stock. All this will be the natural results of the nofence system ; while those who derive the advantages will not object to Maul and Wedge building a miuiature Cbiuese wall around his premises, surmounted with a ten-rail fence, staked and ridered, pig tight, horse-high and bull-strong. We hope to hear from Maul and Wedge again, before the "inevitable injury" so dolefully predicted by him, falls upon us. It is refreshing, at least, to take theoretical lessons under men who advocate hard work, eveu though the work is profitless. It may be some encouragement to our friends in the adjoining township of King's Mountain to know that we will have an election in Cherokee township in December. We had hoped to vote on the question in August, but were too slow, and failed to procure the required number of petitioners at the proper time. Our friends of King's Mouutain township need not approheud any fear of haviog a fence to build on the line of the two town whips if they succeed io carrying the fence law there. We hope to be able to place it on the North Carolina line next December. F. H. D. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, July 31,1877. Considerable interest was manifested here last week in the great railroad strikes that were then prevailing in the North and West. No apprehensions were felt, however, of any trouble of this kind in the South. There is not that unison and concert of action among the laboring elemeut in this section of the country necessary towards bringing about a general strike. Judge Mackey recently showed me a letter received by him from Mr. H. G. Howard, of Michigan, whose father was at one time a member of the United States Seuate, and author of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution. This gentleman, though a Republican, entertains kindly feelings towards the South, and places no confidence, as hesays, in the uumberless falsehoods circulated at the North in regard to our people. He gives in his letter a gloomy account of the condition of the laboring classes at the North, and predicts, as the result of it, riots and bloodshed. He attributes this condition in a great measure to the financial policy of the government in contracting the curreuey. In showing the intense opposition to this policy, he refers to an anti-resumption club in Detroit that numbered fifteen hundred members after an organisation of but a few days. A reference was held on Wednesday, before United States Commissioner Hagood, in the case of Harvey Terry against' the stockholders of the old Bauk of Chester. Several persous, upon beiug summoned, gave testimony in the case. The testimony, however, was not as full and satisfactory as the plaintiff would have desired. Witnesses are not apt to be communicative when the information conveyed is calculated to result in their own injury. The plaintiff endeavored to obtain a knowledge of the whereabousof the books of the old Bunk, but was unsuccessful. Ex-offi cials of this departed institution, who were plied with questions upon this point, were in blissful iguurance as to the present abiding place of the books. The sympathies of our people are with the stockholders, who, they believe, have suffered sufficiently from the results of the late disastrous war, without being compelled to give the little they saved from the wreck, to one so entirely undeserving as Mr. Harvey Terry. They believe the profit made by him upon the bills in the dec* laration, by the bank, of a dividend of 33 per cent., ought to satisfy him. Consequently, he obtains little satisfaction, and less comfort here, when he favors ub with his visits, which he does periodically. He talks very confirfant.lv of paining his case. One of the best O O lawyers in the 8tate, he says, has told bim i that it will be decided in his fhvor. It is his ] intention to carry the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, if necessary. , Our municipal authorities destroyed, oo ( Wednesday evening, about 975 of fractional ( currency notes, issued, for the most part, by j the town during the Melton administration* This makes in the neighborhood of 91,000 i that have been consigned to the flames, by the order of the present town council. No i more Chester notes are being issued, and at j the present rate of destruction they will soon j pass out of existence. . < I On Thursday a case was tried before Trial < Justice McDonald, in wbich Dr. Moffat Wy> lie and a colored woman, who claimed one of t the Doctor's cows, were the parties. ; Though ' issisted by the legal services of T. C. Gaston, i Esq., she was unsuccessful in making out. a < 'ood claim to the cow, and the Justice 'de* 1 jided accordingly. i>; < The hot, dry weather of last week, had the J ilessed effect of removing the ; elongated ex- j jression of oountenance from the faces of the 1 armors, which had begun to settle upon them n consequence of the late superabundance of 1 ain. According to their own opinion (and ' they generally look at the agricultural pros- < ject through very blue spectacles} corn crops t ire not destroyed, and .qottou is not hurt so | )ad after all. If no unforeseen calamity be- 1 alls, our county will be blessed with a good t deld of both corn and cotton.!/It is true | hat some corn on the lowlands has been 1 vashefl away, out trie amoum is smart in i (oinparison with what is still standing and < Louriahing and full of promise. 1 A special meeting of the Direetors of the Chester Building and Loan Association ;was { leld op Friday morning. Some money, was s oaued at $2.25, which was not so high as I some previous lotus were made. When the financial prospect brightens, as it will probably soon do, Building and Loan stock will enhance in vaiue;'*. There is very little inclination to borrow money for building purposes during the present depression and uu- , certainty.' /-/>'? W. H. Hardin, Esq., is progressing in the good work of laying cross-ties and iron on the Chester and Cheraw Railroad. Probably a mile has been completed. ' The" engine belonging to the Company was plaeed-^m-tbe track on Thursday, which, in connection with their flat cars, will be used for some time in transporting cross-ties and iron to the laborers employed in laying the track. Mr. Dunbar Robison, who was a refugee from Charleston in our town during the late war, was here on Friday. Then he was only a boy; bow he is a fine looking man, with side whiskers. He is so entirely changed in appearance that his friends did not recognize him. He is now connected with a mercantile house in New York. Mr. R. M. Cross cut his millet last week. It turned out splendidly, averaging, it is thought, about three tons per acre. It was cut by the Buckeye Reaper. The congregation of St. Mark's were favored with services yesterday?Rev. R. P. Johnson, of Yorkville, officiating. He preached two excellent sermons, which were listened to with attention. Rev. Mr. Wiley, in behalf of the American Bible Society, organized a Bible Society at this place, at the Presbyterian Church, last evening. He was assisted in this good work by ministers of other denominations. Mr. J. J. Stringfellow was appointed agent here for selling and distributing Bibles. Persons in this eounty desiring Bibles, can obtain them at Mr. Stringfellow's store. The employes of the Chester and Cheraw Railroad struck this morning for higher wages. They have been getting $9l per month per hand, with rations consisting of four pounds of bacon, two pounds of beef and a peck of meal per week per hand. They certainly had no ground of complaint on the score of rations. The strikers are colored, and will probably go to work in a day Or so, when pinched with hunger. They are quiet and orderly, and manifest no disposition to resort to violence. At the Mayor's Court this morning two white womeu were found guilty of improper conduct. Tbey were ordered to leave town in twenty-four hours. Capt. C. S. Dwight, Chief Engineer of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, will begin the survey of the route between Chester and Union on Wednesday of this week. When this is done, an idea can be formed of the approximate cost of a railroad connecting these two thriving towns. Judge Mackey will address the citizens of Rock Hill on next Saturday upon the fence question, aua tnose or Anderson upon toe same question on the 8th of August. Upon his return be will present similar views before the people of Blackstocks and vicinity. The Judge is an earnest and enthusiastic advocate of the proposed change in the law respecting fences. Dr. Davega reports progress in the grading of the railroad between Dallas and Lincoln* ton. The convicts are doing excellent work, and are now within about three miles of the latter town. The reports in regard to tbdir ill treatment are without, foundation. Judge T. J. Mackey has been summoned to appear before the committee of inveatigation in Columbia. ' The jurors-to be selected in this coiinly for the approaching term of the United States Court to b4 held at Greenville, will be white, and will be men of good character and standing. This is a reform in the administration of justicethat is worthy of all commendation. Dr. Gill Wylie and bride arrived in town last night. They will return to New York in about ten days. Qui. ? ' ?J !?st '' Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION. Black's Station, July 28. The beautiful situation of our little village is interesting, located at the foot of Wbitaker's Mountain, on a high point of landL Within its limits are several limestone and chalvbeate springs, with their health-giving . properties. From the peculiar location, we have a constant and refreshing breeze, with a scenery interesting and beautiful.- From the top of Wbitaker's Mountain to the north-west, can be seen, veiled in the blue distance, the towering peaks of the Blue Ridge, pointing to the skies. Along the entire horizon, flanking us on either side, are Broad river, Buffalo and King's creek, with their numerous water-powers and rich valleys of. land, peculiarly adapted to grass and grain growing! The wheat crop of this year, on an average yield in this section, is from eight to,ten bushels per acre, with our rough and unimproved culture, and without the application of fertilizers. All of our home and commercial fertilizers, and the best attention of our farmers were devoted to cotton, although the sowing of small grain has increased in acreage.: Mr. William White, on King's creek, sowed nine bushels of wheat on about nine acres, and harvested and thrashed out 214 bushels of wheat from the nine bushels Bowed, and without any manures; the crop heiog the product of the natural eoil. . >. iian Treasurer Robertson was at our place OQ.ths 19th. He took in $1,066 of the tax due on the July payineut. . > . i . i ^ I T* n I tju tne iu(Dr iUT< tvouen iauiru, wuuij School Commissioner, met the school trustees of this township, according to, previous siptpointmeot. -He explained to^hem that,the Legislature had appropriated one hundred thousand dollars for.; school purposes, exclusive of the poll tax, which he did not know whether it would, be appropriated...to back dues, or for the present schools.* , The number of children within the proper age wasaacer-* tained to be, whites, 430; blacks,. 100when Mr. Lathan apportioned I28& to the, benefit of this township. He orged economy, fitness of teachers, and that they be. employed ,for tbe least that they could: be ; contracted for. His examination of the teachers wee .very close and rigid. None received:certificates but those that merited them. ,! The. people of York county may congratulate themselves on having a School. Commissioner so capable and well qualified for tbe trust imposed, on him. i . V'* ' 'L-afrVi.ij ,.! r There is a.party of hunters,i|f$ their pack of dogs, from, down the county,.encamped on Whitaker's Mountain, . Theygo out on a chase every morning and havq caught several foxes. ... . urm Ji On Saturday, the 21st, the Assessor listed the property for this township. The people, white and black, were eager to, pake their rp? hnrna no ther nrnra nrnmnf. tn nav their taxes. feeling that the administration of their State government, under Governor Hampton, wilt be fair and juat? and that the interest.of ;ay classes will b^e protected. , ,.;t )u>7/ The By rata Mining Goppany^hjpped 27$ tons of by rata via . Wilmington to Bastpu* The byrata is billed from here under the new ?ame of lead bloom/ A vessel sailed a (&]? 3ays ago from Wilmington for Boston laden fl with the stone from this place. These crude ires are to be manufactured North... Not only would the freight .be saved by mpoufactur- 1 ing it here, but a mure, inferior, ore could Iw manufactured profitably. Dr. Barton,, of Virginia, on a test of byrata, found that it ip in excellent fertilizer, equal to. land plaster. Fo show you how,ignorant our people are ,of >u? minerals and their uses, a citizen pf, this lection ground some of the byrata apd tried lpmould.it tot? ware, Geology .ought, to-be caught, in' a simple,.forip,..in our commou ichoojs.., Every fountain cliff, gulch or jwa,er formation, with a knowledge of the theory, would give an interesting -and practical tessqp, and would ,develop one of our greatest resources,pod one, jiu the, future that. we will depend upon for our wealth. ... .. 1 have just looked, and the thermometer is )4?. Imagine your, humble correspondent lilting at the<table with a piece of ice on bia )ald pate, gasping for life. Ego,