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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
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? 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
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? 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 (
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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"
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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. ]
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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,