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9and .facts. ? A colossal statue of the late Andrew Johnson is to be set up as a monument to his memory near his old Tennessee home. It is of white marble and is being carved in Phila* delphia. ? A vessel left a Scotch port recently with five hundred hogsheads of wine on board. It is intended to take a twelve months' voyage, the object being to improve the wine by a passage through the tropics. ? At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of the United States, of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, recently held at Baltimore, a proposition to change the name of the body to the Supreme Lodge, I. O. O. F., was lost by yeas 74, nay8 61?Dot a two-thirds vote, as required by the constitution. ? Henceforth, no man need labor through life under the burden of an ill-shaped nose. A London philanthropist advertises a "nose machine," which, "applied to the nose for an hour daily, so directs the soft cartilage of which the member consists, that an ill-formed nose is quickly shaped to perfection." ? The demand for boots and shoes is taxing the capacity of the New England manufactories to the utmost. Some of the large buyers are already in the market replenishing their stocks, and advices from all points at the South and West indicate a very considerable increase of business. ? The adjustment of damages caused by the strikers at Pittsburg, is said to be ae follows: Railroad company, $1,500,000; freight destroyed, 81,000,000; elevator, $150,000; Keystone Hotel Company; $100,000; Pullman Car Company, $80,000; private individuals, 8100,000; total, $2,930,000. ? The lynching of two negroes, the other day, in Iowa and Illinois, Republican States, leads the Courier-Journal grimly to remark that "neither white nor colored men are any longer safe outside of the Southern States. If the troops are not too busy in Pennsylvania, let them be sent at once into Iowa and Illinois, not to mention Ohio." ? Governor Hampton and President Hayes both made speeches in Louisville, Kentucky, recently. Hayes complimented Hampton and Hampton complimented Hayes?in fact, Hampton fully endorsed and approved Hayes' administration; to which the Charlotte, N. C., Democrat pertinently asks: "Now, how is it that some people can praise Governor Hampton as the very essence of prudence aud propriety, and at the same time keep up a constant abuse of President Hayes ?" ? A terrific cyclone visited Galveston, Texas, and vicinity, last week, inflicting damage to property estimated as follows: The government works in Bolivar channel, including a portion of fleet, ?75,000. Galveston, Houston and Henderson railroad, loss of track and bridge, $20,000. Gulf, Colorado and Santa F6 railroad, loss of track and bridge, $20,000. Cotton presses $18,500. Com-1 1 a. oo kaa d.tl pitueu uuiiuiugs iu iuc uiijr, ^,uuu. jjatu houses on beach, $3,500. Twenty school schooners capsized, loss $5,000. Private buildings and property, $10,000. ? Brigbam Young's death was under discussion at an English dinner-party, when a young lady rather startled the guests by advancing a bold proposition that the principles of Mormonism should for the future be reversed. "The times," she said, "are so bad, and fashions so expensive, that it is absurd for one man to have four or five wives; whereas, if each woman had four or five husbands, see how much cheaper it would be for each husband and"?the point which seemed most to commend itself to her?"how much better wives could dress." ? The proposition to admit women to a veice in the election of vestrymen, appears to have met with no favor in the Illinois Episcopal Convention last week, the subject having been ordered to lie on the table indefinitely. The fair sex in the church in that State is thereby relegated to what Mr. Canon Knowles spoke of as that "lovely obscurity which the true soul alone could appreciate," and to the congenial occupation of "rearing babies for the glory of God." If the ladies should ever have a vote, and Canon Knowles should ever be a candidate for Bishop, he'll be sorry he made that speech. ? At the re-union of the Federal soldiers at Marietta, Ohio, the principal feature was the presentation of a gold medal to Major Thomas G. Jones, of Montgomery, Ala., formerly on the staff of Gen. Gordon. This medal is the gift of Massachusetts soldiers in honor of Major Jones' remarks on the Union dead on decoration day in Alabama. The presentation speech was made by Geo. William P. Richardson, who commanded a Federal brigade, and lost an arm at the battle of Port Republic. He is a native of Shenandoah county, Va. Major Jones' speech was in excellent taste, and excited great enthusiasm. ? Gov. Wade Hampton's speech at Rockford 111., has caused a great sensation and adds another woe to Jim Blaine's burden. The Missouri Republican says: "Whether Southern influence in national politics is a thiDg to be desired or deplored, it is a thing not likely to be prevented. There is no resisting the grand patriotism of theRockford speech. Hampton is coming to be recognized as a man to be proud of in the North as well as the South?in Illinois as well as South Carolina. There are Northern orators who can play on special Northern feelings better than he ; but there is Jno northern man who ? P can elicit mure nearly reapuuoe iruui tue uju American spirit." ? With what severity the famine in India is pressing upon the natives it is happily impossible for Americans to imagine, A native Hindoo, who signs himself "Dharwar," describes some of the scenes of suffering, incident to the calamity, in a letter to the Times of India. He speaks in his letter of people eating seeds of the bamboo and tamarind and the leaves of forest trees, baited with a little salt and eaten with coarse bread, three parts of which are dust and chaff. In one of the towns, says the correspondent, the poor people lick the patravalees, the leaves from which the others have eaten their food, devour mapnopeels and rotten fruits cast into the gutter, and dispute the garbage of the city with its dogs. ?A Chattanooga, Tenn., dispatch of the 23rd, gives the following gloomy account of the effect of a freshet in the Black Warrior valley: The abundant crops cf cotton, corn and fodder, in the valley of the Black Warrior, Alabama, have been entirely swept away. The river suddenly rose sixty-three feet, ' " - ' " ? - A 1? I ?. ?l~l k ? O O if mOO wmcn 19 WIIU1U IWU ICCl U1 AO Ulgll ao lb tvuo in the terrible fre3het of June, 1872. The planters in that vicinity bad just commenced picking cotton and had not hauled the corn and fodder from the fields. It is estimated that 30,000 bales of cotton have been destroyed. Most of the planters are ruined, and it is doubtful if the actual necessaries of life can be secured now. The town of Tuscaloosa is about at the head of the devastated section. The merchants had advanced heavily on these growing crops. ? The Louisville Courier-Journal, describ* ing the manner in which the appearance of Governor Hampton was greeted in that city, says: "The President,as has been his custom, introduced most of the speakers himself, and next brought forward Gov. Wade Hampton, whom he referred to as a noble, patriotic man. The enthusiasm on Hampton's appearance was most intense. It might be said to have reached fever heat. It was fearfully contagious. To the observer it looked as if the crowd intended to keep on cheering him for an hour. Cheer after cheer rent the air, and again it was repeated, until finally the crowd must have become exhausted and was compelled to quiet. The gallant South Carolina Governor was overwhelmed by the exhibition of kindliness and even devotion to him. At last he was given an opportunity to proceed." ? The extra session of Congress, which begins on the 15th of next month, is likely to WXWWwWX WNWWrtWrtXWWV "be of uousual interest. WJiile the message of the President is expected to be brief, and confined to the special business for which the session has been called, the House will have to elect a Speaker, the Senate will have to act on the appointments made by the President Bince it adjourned, and there are threats by Republican politicians that the question of the confirmation of these appointments will become the occasion of an organized war on the President and his Cabinet. Should these expectations be realized, the extra session will be exciting, and may last till the regular session meets. The army estimates are said to be ready to be presented to Congress when it meets, and it is thought there will not be much trouble or delay over the array appropriations. The fortunate determination by the President that the army shall not be used to interfere in Southern political affairs, will remove all opposition which had arisen at the last session from that source to the army ap propriation bill. It is conjectured that there will be enough Republicans to act with the Democrats in both houses .to repeal the tenure-of-office act. ?orhviUc (Sfotquiw. YORKVILUE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 27, 1877. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Oursubscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. r?.l> ?Tt mnof Ho rti?Hnr>Mv linHorstood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. THE EFFICACY OF ADVERTISING. Two or three weeks ago, Mr. B. T. Wheeler, of this place, advertised a plantation for rent, and the next week, he advertised a cotton gin for sale. Each of these advertisements was answered by not less than a dozen persons, and he had no difficulty in finding a tenant for his farm, as well as a purchaser for his gin. Last week Mr. J. W. Dobson advertised for a milch cow, and before the close of the week received some twenty or more offers. We mention these incidents as only a few of many to show the potency of advertising any business dependent upon the public for support. Any business can be extended and increased by placing it prominently before the public in the newspapers of the day. This is a fact which many will admit, yet it is only the smallest number of business men who are wise enough to benefit themselves by advertising in their home paper. And again, some who do, act upon the principle that the amount thus expended is a mere gratuity bestowed upon the paper thus favored by their patronage. A greater mistake they could hardly commit. The paper containing their announcements goes to hundreds of families, is read, perhaps, by thousands of readers, and the advertisements it contains are silent but potent soliciting agents, ever before the reader, who does not give them the rebuff" he would likely bestow upon the traveling salesman. The cheapest way in the world to become famous and the only sure and cheap way to extend your business? to receive orders and secure trade from persons whom you do not know, and who may live at a distance from your place of business?is to advertise your wares and let the public know what you have for sale. A atranoflr whn rends a naner. alwavs draws the 1 ? f - V conclusion that a business not advertised in it does not exist in the town. Said a witty Frenchman, "Even the churches admit the necessity of advertising, else why do they ring the bells proclaiming that services are about to begin ?" THE SCHOOL AMENDMENT. * L ^ riftnrtrol A OCQ rn K1 XT nf AL lilt? 8C391UU Ui bllC VJCUCiai x\oauiuwij v? 1874-5, a joint resolution was passed proposing an amendment to the constitution of South Carolina, providing for the levy of an annual tax for the support of free schools in the several counties of the State. In accordance with the requirements of the constitution, this proposed amendment was voted on at the last general election, and, as a result, a very large majority of the voters of the State cast their suffrages in favor of its adoption. At the last session of the General Assembly, the amendment came up for final action. In the Senate, the opposition was insignificant, only four votes being given against the passage of the bill. In the House, however, the opposition was so determined, that in order to prevent the defeat of the bill, quite a number of its friends voted to postpone final action on it until the next session. The proposed amendment requires the Boards of County Commissioners of the several counties of the State, to levy an annual tax of not less than two mills on the dollar upon all the taxable property in their respective counties?which amount is not to be increased unless by special enactment of the General Assembly?for the support of public schools in their respective counties; the money so collected to be held in the county treasuries of the respective counties, to be distributed among the several school districts in proportion to the number of pupils attending the public schools, and paid out exclusively finr thp snnnnrt nf Duhlic schools as reouired | ? ?rr r a by law. It also provides for the assessment of one dollar on each poll, the proceeds of which are to be applied to educational pur; poses. J In our judgment, the best interests of the | State require the adoption of this amendment by the House of Representatives, at a very early day after the meeting of the General Assembly. Every one who has given the subject any attention, will recognize the fact that the educational interests of the State are , in a sad condition, and that something should be done, without delay, to bring about a better state of affairs in this respect. When i the free school system was first adopted in the I State, perhaps the majority of the white peoj pie were opposed to it. While they paid | taxes for the support of free schools, many would not avail themselves of the advantages ' they offered; but attempted, even in their impoverished condition, to give their children distinct educational facilities and totally to ignore the free schools. Now, however, the ! case is quite different. The majority of the I people?the whites as well as the blacks?are not only willing to accept aid from public school funds in educating their children, but demand and expect that aid ; and many have reached the conclusion that they will educate their children in the public schools, or they will not educate them at all! This is a deplorable condition of affairs; but there is some apology for it in the fact that a large majority of the people of the State are unable to educate their children by their owd unaided efforts. Admitting that, thus far, the public school ! system of this State has been productive of but meagre results, in comparison with the amount of money which has been appropriated for the purpose?much of which has been stolen and misapplied?still we are not warranted in concluding that a public school system cannot be made efficient and productive of good results, and thus prevent thousands of children throughout the State, from growing up in ignorance. In many of the States of this Union, and in Europe, public schools have been and are being conducted with the best results, and why not here? Should the proposed amendment become a part of the constitution, the levy of two mills 1 upon the dollar of the value of the taxable property of this State, will realize about $260,000. The assessed value of the taxable property of York county is 84,854,684. Two mills on the dollar upon this amount, is $9,719.36. The taxable polls are, in round numbers, 3,500, at $1 each. This, added to the amount likely to be realized from the two mill tax, would give York county, for public school purposes, about $13,000. The number of children in the county, between the ages of six and sixteen years, is about seven thousand. Not more than two-thirds of this number, on an average, would be likely to attend school regularly. This would give something over four thousand children to be educated with $13,000,or a fraction less than threedollarsto each pupil. With this sum of money, proper economy and judicious management, a great amount of good could be accomplished, as we are assured, that for the sum mentioned, one hundred teachers could be employed, and the public schools kept open for at least five months in the year. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. t?-? ni I J rui.?M ? xvev. jur. i: turner una reiuiueu tu v/uiumbia. ? Chief-Justice Willard has gone North on a visit. ? On last Thursday there were five hundred and twenty two convicts in the State penitentiary. ? Governor Hampton arrived at Columbia on last Saturday afternoon. ? A farmer in Pickens county has an acre of land from which he claims he will gather sixty bushels of corn. ? Gen. Connor has given an opinion that the school claims are not the subject of investigation by the committees appointed to investigate county indebtedness. ? A hail and rain storm visited the neighborhood of Gowdcysville, Lockhart Shoals and other places in Union county, on Tuesday the 11th inst. The hail stones were very large?some seen as large as a goose egg? and did some mischief to corn and cottou. ? A special dispatch to the Charleston Jour ml of Commerce from Chattanooga, where President Hayes was stopping at the tifbe, says there is "the best authority" for stating that Judge L. C. Northrop will receive the appointment of United States District Attorn n ? i r? ? 1? ney ior ooum Carolina. ? The Columbia Register has issued a supplement, embracing the programme and premium list of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. The fair will begin at Columbia, on Tuesday, the 13lh day of November, and continue until the following Friday evening. Since the war, the annual fairs have been but poorly attended by the people of the State; but judging from the efforts being made by the citizens of Columbia, the inducements will be of such a character as to I lrtMMnltf Komna fKo inforoot njKInK anmiallfr of taigcij JUf 1IO bllO mv^tvov n uivu uuuumiij MV tached to the fair years ago. ? The Columbia correspondent ef the New and Courier, gives the following as the present status of Associate Justice Wright: "Mention having been made on several recent occasions of the supposed fact of the resignation of Associate Justice J. J. Wright, I took occasion, this morning, to investigate the rumor, with a view to determining its truth. Application at the offices of the Governor and Secretary of State resulted in the information I that no such resignation has been filed in either of these departments, which formality is necessary to give it effect. But this is not all. Further investigation in certain quarters developed the fact that Wright will resign, aud has declared his intention of doing so to at least two of his most trusted friends and advisers. His plan, which is simple and profitable in the extreme, is to hold on to his office and its salary until just before the Legislature reassembles, when he will hand in his resignation, and save himself the cost and exposure of a formal impeachment and trial, which he knows full well can have but one result. He is absent from Columbia at present, and, as is well known, has not had the 'cheek' to attempt to sit on the bench for several months past." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Within the past month, one firm in Hickory has shipped North 160,000 pounds of dried fruit, and 250,000 pounds have been shipped from High Point within the same time. It is thought that the shipment from Salem will reach nearly 2,000,000 pounds. ? Says the Charlotte Observer: "Mr W. S. Moore, the valedictorian of the last graduating class at Davidson College, has a flourishing school at Steel Creek township, this county. Davidson College sends out more preachers and teachers than any other educational institution in the land." ? Says the Charlotte Democrat: The bogus noauuer in which the "Southern Underwriters' Association," at Raleigh, was conducted, should be a warning to persons engaging in the Insurance business. The "Southern Insurance Company" (which swindled many of our citizens by the use of respectable business names as references) deceived many of the business men of Charlotte and misled them. We learn that those who are swindled propose to sue the persons who were referred to by the advertisements in the way of referen ces. If that is done, people will be more careful how they permit their names to be used as references. ? Says the Hickory Press : The latest and most original plan for making brandy that we have heard of, is now being used by one i Mr. Jeffers, of Lincoln county. Mr. J. lives ! near Beattie's Ford, is a tenant on the farm of Messrs. Goodson and Payne, aud his modus operandi of getting brandy out of apples, is as follows : The apples are put into a wooden trough aud crushed by the use of a maul, a wash-tub is used to hold the pomace, a 15 gallon wash-pot takes the place of a "still," has a wooden "cap," has borrowed and uses Major Graham's long tin bugle horn for a "worm," he "singles" into a stone jar and "doubles" into a jug. The capacity of this distillery is two gallons per day. It will take a new system of revenue to reach this manufacturer of the "mountain dew." LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith?A Card. J. M. Adama?Encourage Home Industry?Notice. T. C. Robertson, County Treasurer?Tax Notice. Kennedy Bros. & Barron?Bagging and TiesCheese?Candy. # TAX NOTICE. Treasurer Robertson gives notice that he will, on the 1st day of October, commence the collection of the balance of the taxes due for 1876. See bis list of appointments in our advertising columns. NATIONAL COTTON EXCHANGE. We are indebted to Capt. R. C. Kerr, of New Orleans, for a copy of the Official report by the National Cotton Exchange of America, of the cotton crop of the United States for the year 1876-77. This report estimates the crop for the above year at 4,035,083 bales, against 4,195,671 for the year 1875-76. GAMBLING ON SUNDAY. Last Tuesday a number of negroes, among them two women, were arraigned before Trial Justice Lewis, charged with gambling on Sunday. After a hearing of the case, Jake Anderson, Newton Anderson, Greene Anderson and Anderson Garvin were bound over for trial at the next term of the Court of ftonprnl ftpdnionn. ? THE JENKINS RIFLES. The volunteer militia company organizing in this place, under the above name, has now forty active members. Efforts are now making to increase the number to fifty, in order to be ready for inspection by Adjutant and Inspector General Moise, in Yorkville, on the 12th of October. A sufficient number of guns and accoutrements to arm and equip the company have been turned over to Capt. Coward by Lieut.-Colonel Hannibal White, of the State National Guards. The arms are known as the Remington improved breechloading rifles, and were formerly in the possession of a colored company of this place, attached to the State National Guards. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: James Clark to Minerva A. Clark. Tract of 224 acres in King's Mountain townsnip. Consideration not given. J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to Andrew Jackson. Tract of 75 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $1,005. James Brian to Martha J. Bell. Tract of 187 acres in York township. Consideration not given. Julia B. Graham to E. H. A bell. Tract of 121 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $1,010. J. P. Moore and H. Burris to E. N. Crawford. Tract of 25 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $125. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to John F. Wilson and J. R. Falls. Lot and buildings (King's Mountain Hotel property) in Yorkville. Consideration $2,010. , Cornelia Craven to W. B. Metts. Tract of 44 acres in York township. Consideration 8350. ? HOI FOR LIBERIA. Last Saturday, June Mobley, a colored citizen of Union county, made a speech in the Court House here to about 150 or 200 hearers of his own color, on the subject of emigrating to Liberia. The points he made in his argument favoring an exodus of the colored people from the United States, were, that white men and negroes cannot live together as citizens; the negro must always be under the white man? "take his place in the kitchen," to use the speaker's words. No country can be prosperous unless the cultivators of the soil own it, which the colored people cannot expect to do. He now sees no way by which a colored man i_ .L. cj? can prosper ta iu? uuiwu oumcs. uc miu he htis dooc all be can to live here, and knows that he cannot remain contented and satisfied. He also argued that the repeal of the lien law would operate against the colored land-owner of limited means, who, to raise supplies, would be compelled to mortgage his land, and if he was unfortunate, he would then lose his home. He read, at considerable length, from a circular containing a description of the promised land, and giving a glowing account of the fertility of the soil, its natural productions, the exports of the country and the salubrity of the climate, which, he said, was no hotter than that of South Carolina. We suppose, really, it is not as "hot" in Liberia for some persons as it is here just now ; though probably the Liberian advocate is not among the number. He advised his hearers not to be precipitate in making preparations to go to Liberia. He only described the couutry as others described I it to him. To satisfy himself and others of the truth of these reports, he is going to visit Liberia soon, on a tour of inspection, and on his return he promises to give a correct report of his observations. At the conclusion of his speech, which consumed over an hour, he called for a small contribution to defray his expenses to Chester, and also gave those who might desire to go to Liberia, an opportunity to signify such intention. We learn that 26 of those present furnished their names as willing subjects to return to the land of their great grand-fathers. MERE-MENTION. The yellow fever is epidemic at Fernandina, Florida. The Democrats of New Jersey have nominated Gen. George B. McClellan as a candidate for Governor. W. Henry Fox Talbot, chief inventor of photography, died last week in London, aged 77. Mrs. Gaines, who recovered by law immense property in New Orleans, offers to compromise with the city for 82,400,000, payable in ten years without interest. Louisij ana's sugar crop for this year is calculated at ! 200,000 hogsheads, which, if realized, will be the largest crop since the last year before I the war, 1860, when it was 221,726 hogsI heads. A dispatch from Stanley, Afrii can explorer, announces that his expedition ! arrived at St. Paul de Loanda on the 22d of I August, in a gunboat sent by the Portugese : Government. Stanley's followers were prostrated by dysentery, fever and ulcers. The | official returns from the State election in J Maine, give the Republican candidate for Governor a majority of 11,830. Thirty | odd thousand emigrants have come to America since January 1st, one-third of whom are i Germans. Irish emigration has largely di1 minished. The official report of the bat tie of Big Hole, Montana, with the Indians, on the 9th of August, gives a list of 29 soldiers killed and 40 wounded. Among the killed is Lieut. J. H. Bradley, who was at one j time stationed at Yorkville. A Constantinople dispatch of the 21st says that on that day a great battle was fought at Biela, in which the Russians were completely defeated. Their I loss is stated to be 4,000 killed and 8,000 ! wounded. A Radical United States Senator says Ohio I will go Democratic this year by 40,000 ma jority and the State of New York by 100, 000. The next annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will be held at Austin, Texas. At the Walnut Street theatre, in Philadelphia, on Friday night last, the audience cheered the portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and hissed the portrait of President Hayes. Two white residents of Lagrange, Georgia, have given $1,000 to found a free school for the negroes, and the colored people have raised an equal amount for the same purpose. The rice crop of Louisiana increased from 20,000 barrels in 1866 to over 175,000 barrels in 1877. The yield for this year is estimated by the New Orleans Democrat at nearly 170,000 barrels on a decreased acreage. The officers of the United States army stationed at Atlanta, Ga., have bought the plot of ground upon which General McPherson was killed during the civil war. The spot has been marked with a Farrott gun hrmly set id tne ground, and the lot has been euclosed with a substantial iron fence. Jack Wilson is a colored resident of Meriwether county, Georgia, who has bought and paid for 700 acres of land since the war. He will make this year sixty or seventy bales of cotton, 1,500 or 2,000 bushels of corn, has ten or twelve mules all in fine condition, and raises his own meat. EDITORIAL^INKLINGS. Hayes and Hampton. Writing to the Cincinnati Commercial, from Louisville, H. V. Redfield makes the following allusion to Hampton : "The lion among the Governors in Louisville is Hampton of South Carolina, who receives the mest enthusiastic applause whenever he opens his mouth iu public. The tenor of his speeches aud private conversations is all in favor of reconciliation, brotherly love aud a restoration- of confidence between the North and South. I have heard it suggested more than once to-day, that Hayes and Hampton would make a Presidential ticket which would sweep the whole country." An English Yiew. The Loudon Times, editorially commenting on President Hayes' tour through a portion of the Western and Southern States, says: "In little more than half a year, the President has succeeded in beating down a compact mass of prejudices, and in allaying a host of conflicting passions. The visible triumph of his policy is now being assured. Jble has this week begun a journey through the Southern States, which is intended to show that the work of pacification is uot far from completion. The Federal government has no intention of interfering in the local administration of the Southern States. The Southern States have no desire to disturb the great achievements of the civil war which have been embodied in the constitutional amendments. The removal of the objects of contention makes it easy to reestablish friendly relations betweeu people who respect each other, and the sympathetic meeting of the President and General Hampton is an omen of the coming time when the North and the South will no longer be separated by the lines of division which the civil war had traced." Judge Mackey at LaurensTllle. * j?. _r .l. A CUrreapuuuBUI* u? bun uuiuuiuia -tkcyiater, writing from Laurensville, gives the following account of Judge Mackey's method of dispatching business on the sessions docket, in cases where the accused are unable to employ counsel. We would add that Judge Mackey adopted the same course in similar cases the last term he presided at this place: His Honor has effected a great saving of time in two particulars, viz.: He does not arraign prisoners charged with offenses less than capital, nor does he assign counsel in such cases. He himself represents the prisoner in such cases, so far as to ensure a fair trial. He holds that he has no right to assign counsel to defend prisoners charged with anything less than capital punishment, unless the counsel could be paid by the public. He stated it as a remarkable fact that the General Asaemhlv. thouffh Detitioned to that ef feet, every session from 1868 ap to 1876-7, and though avowing special championship of the poor and the laboring classes, had uniformly refused to provide for allowance of counsel fees to such as were too poor to provide themselves with counsel. The Judge's policy works a wonderful saving in the time of the court. The Army of Northern Virginia. The following tribute to the Army of Northern Virginia is from the pen of the gallant Gen. Harry Heth, in his contributions to the Philadelphia Times: Consider what the army of Northern Virginia had in one year accomplished. In 1862, 80.000 strong, it attacked the Federal army 100,000 strong, and after seven days' fighting drove that army to shelter under its gunboats. Following up this success, after a series of engagements, Pope was driven across the Potomac. Then followed the battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam,) when possibly the fighting capacity of the army of Northern Virginia never shone brighter. .Its numbers reduced by fighting, fatigue and hard marching, to less than 40,000 strong, it gained a drawn battle against its adversary, who numbered about 100,000 men. Then came Fredericksburg, where, with its ranks recuperated to 78,000, it hurled across the Rappahannock river an adversary who had crossed with 110,000. Then follows that most daring and wonderful battle, Chancellorsville, where it again triumphed, 50,000 strong, against its adversary, numbering 132,000, compelling him again to seek shelter behind the Rappahannock. After such a series of successes, with such disparity of numbers, is it wonderful that the army of Northern Virginia and its great leader should have believed it capable of accomplishing anything in the power of an army to accomplish? One of Chamberlain's Letters. While Chamberlain seems to content himself by denying the allegations oontained in Parker's confession?published last week? the public will conclude that something more than a mere denial is necessary to clear his skirts of the crime and corruption laid at his door. To prove the ex-Governor's sincerity, let him demand an investigation, and if he is declared innocent, he will only appear more r>ni.a Kir kiia utihipprinn tn t.he furnace. The following letter written to Kimpton by Chamberlain, while Attorney-General, in January, 1870, would aeem to convey proofs at considerable variance with his oft-repeated asseverations of innocence: "My Dear Kimpton : Parker arrived last evening, and spoke of the G. & C. matter, &c. 1 told him that I bad just written you fully on that matter, and also about the old B'k Bills. "Do you understand fully the plan of the G. & C. enterprise? It is proposed to buy 8350,000 worth of the G. & C. stock. This, with the $433,000 of stock held by the State, will give entire control to us. The Laurens Branch will be sold in February by decree of court, and will not cost more than $50,000, and probably not more than $40,000. The Spartanburg and Union can also be got without difficulty. VVe shall then have in G. & C. 168 miles, in Laurens 31, | and in S. & U. 70 miles?in all 269 miles? j equipped and runniug. Put a first mortgage of $20,000 a mile on this, sell the bonds at i 85 or 90, and the balance, after paying all1 1 outlays for cost and repairs, is immense; over $2,000,000. There is a mint of money in ! ; this?or I am a fool. I "Then we will soon compel the S. C. R. R. I to fall into our hands and complete the con- j nection to Asheville, N. C. "There is an indefinite verge for expansion of power before us. "Write me fully and tell me of anything! you want done. My last letter was very foil. < "Harrison shall be attended to at once. * "I don't think Neagle will make any trouble. Parker hates Neagle and magnifies his inten- , tions. Yours truly, , "D. H. Chamberlain." ( What They Say of Hampton. Alluding to the recent visit of Governor Hampton to Illinois, the Augusta Chron- ' tele says: j "The Governor of South Carolina has cer- , tainly become as famous a politician in the | time of peace, as he was a cavalry leader, in ] the time of war. His speeches daring the , campaign against Chamberlain were fall of , seuse, patriotism and most electric eloquence. , Since that time he has appeared upon several theatres of action, and always as one of the j central, if not the most conspicuous, figures. ( He took the North by storm, some months ago. He has captivated the West by bis manly j speech at Kockford, Illinois; and now his voice rings trumpet-tongued over the land and over , the seas as a leader of Southern opinion of , whom all men of good will may be justly ( proud." Of Hampton's speech in Nashville, in com- I pany with the President, the American says i editorially: 1 "In his manly utterances yesterday, he did 1 not mince matters ia his approval. Policy, said he, is a misnomer. What we call 1 'the policy'is a sound statesmanship. In his ' course in South Carolina daring his canvass, in the perils of that conflict, in his anomalous 1 and difficult position after the election, and as a national man, whose local career assumed national dimensions. Gov. HamDton has not made a mistake. Those who knew him as a dashing and gallant cavalry officer, a brilliant soldier, no doubt little expected that he would be found equal to all emergencies, familiar with the fundamental law of the land, able to steer through the most perplexing difficulties, involving difficult legal points and intricate constitutional problems, besides the extremely delicate and critical relations of the people of his State. Through them all he looked to the end with the unerring eye of a statesman, and went forward by a direct and plain road, never swerving or mistaking bis way. In his approval he has not been effusive or crowded to the front with compliment. It was unnecessary. When the occasion arises he makes his approval emphatic and pronounces upon its efficiency, fullness and sincerity, when he says it is not 'policy,' but statesmanship. , Such an expression by such a mao?marked , for prudence and caution?means a great deal." Disastrous Fire in Washington. Shortly before noon last Monday a fire broke out in the conservatory above the model room of the Patent Office building, in Washington, and in half an hour's time the entire upper portion of the west wing of the building fronting on Ninth street, was in flames. Before the flames had communicated < to any other building the firemen succeeded ' in arresting their progress?not, however, until after considerable damage from fire and water was sustained. The upper part of the building and the left under the roof was roost- j ly filled with immense piles of papers and i documents from the bureaus in the lower part of the building, while the upper story proper under the left contained probably the finest collection of models in the world, which it is impossible to replace, as many of them date back to the early days of the Patent Office. There were also on the floor large numbers of i maps, &c., these ail being in wooden cases. The fire spread rapidly from one to the other. The floors of the building are on bncK arcnes, and consequently the lower part of the building was not reached by the fire, but the water played sad havoc with the books and papers below. Relics of General Washington and i the original declaration of independence were saved. Many other articles were carried from the model room. ' The fire is supposed to have originated from spontaneous combustion among a lot of nonpatented chemical material stored in the attie of the Ninth street wing. The damage to the i building is variously estimated from $300,000 to 8500.000. while that resulting from the loss of models and other valuables connected with .he Patent Office proper is almost incalculable. Many of the clerks are at work sorting j the papers which have been injured by water, j Arrangements have already been made to con- 1 struct a temporary roof to the boilding, and j the debris is now boing removed preparatory to its construction. The Iudlan War. According to intelligence received from I the Indian country, more fighting may yet be ' expected before the Indians go into winter ' quarters. A dispatch from Helena, Montana, dated the 23rd, says: I General Terry and the Indian commission | are expected to-day. It is generally believed t the commission will be a failure, and a devas- i tating Indian war will be the result. Sitting | Bull, with 1,000 warriors, is in the heart of < the Canadian buffalo country near Wood Mountains. Joseph's band is heading straight ( north, and in addition, 950 lodges of Yank- ( tons, 250 lodges of Uncapapas, 120 lodges of ( Santees, and 120 lodges of Assinabones are ( makincr their way to Canada. Nearly all of / the northern tribes are believed to be ready for revolt, and all can cross the Canadian bor- < der in three days, and would number over j 4,000 warriors, exclusive of Sitting Bull's | thousand, and all will join the latter* if , thought politic. Sitting Bull is amply sup- j plied with ammunition and the other tribes j are rapidly procuring it from the Canadians, , and all the Iudians profess utter contempt for | the United States troops and government j Sitting Bull told a Catholic priest he would ( never confer or have anything to do with j American officers, as they were all liars. { The following official dispatch, dated Fort < Ellis, 18th instant, has been received at i Washington: < Howard's cavalry, under Sanford, Otis' * battery and a company of scouts under 1 Fletcher joined Sturgis on the 14th. Sturgis' last report, dated Mussell Shell, is as follows: "We kept on the heels of the enemy yester- ( day, making thirty-eight miles, killing five ' Indians and wounding more. So far we have j compelled them to drop over 600 head of 1 horses." He reports his own horses much j jaded, but says: "I am going ahead this ' morning, and purpose to push them, until they drop their whole herd or we drop; and I think they will abandon nearly their last horse to day. Howard, with infantry and artillery, was north of the Yellowstone, below Clark's Fork, on the 16th, moving to Musseli Shell, via Baker's battle field." He thinks the remnant of the Nez Perces will be absorbed by the hostile Sioux. The Crows are fighting the Nez Perces, and have brought into the array several hundred head of horses. P. H. Sheridan, General. The Presidential Party. The President and his party extended their trip as far south as Atlanta, Georgia, from which place they returned to Washington via Lyuchburg, Va. The President, on account of his engagements?having previously * arranged to be in Washington on Tuesday 1 last?was compelled to decline invitations to 1 extend his trip farther South. A deputation j from Augusta waited upon him, urging him ( to visit that city, which invitation he was re- j luctantly compelled to decline. The Presidential party were met at Louisville, Ky., by ' Governor Hampton, who remained with them j until they reached Chattanooga, Tenn., when the Governor left them, returning to Colum- , bia, via Atlanta and Augusta. At the former i place he was prevailed upon to address the < orowd which had assembled to greet him, when he spoke as follows: My Georgia Friends?1 had hoped to make & flank movement and thus escape notoriety or prominence, hot I find that the Governor of Georgia has captured me, and I am forced to make an unconditional surrender. I am always proud to meet Georgians. My State has no truer friends than the people of Georgia. In the days of our peril?when we as well as the people of other Southern States were over a mine that might at'any moment be sprung by hostile hands?we knew that we had the sympathy of the people of Georgia, and could depend upon their most effective support. I have just returned, as you all must be aware, from a tour to the West, where [ went for the purpose of meeting and greeting President Hayes as soon as he landed upan Southern soil. I met him in Louisville. He was received there with the hospitality that is characteristic of Southern men and of Kentuckians. I was with him at Nashville and at Chattanooga, where he was met with the same hospitable welcome. I did it be* cause he deserves the thanks of the Southern people for dealing impartially and justly with us. I did it because, in carrying out the policy which he inaugurated, he brought about every reform that a Southern Democrat could consistently ask for. It is a strange fact that those who oppose him are of his own party, and they oppose him, not because he does not carry out the principles of reform as contained in the Cincinnati platform, but because he does. As a Democrat, I deem it bay duty to endorse him whenever he is right. ; I did not know until just before I left 4 Chattanooga that it would be possible for the President to accept the'pressing invitation which had been extended to him by the citizens of Atlanta, but upon learning it, I took ,A it upon myself to personally assure him that I the cordiality with which he would be'met ?^ would be even more emphatic and enthusiastic than that with which he was greeted in Louisville, Nashville and Chattanooga. [Applause.] I thank you, my friends, for your kind reception to-night At a day not very far distant, I hope to meet you and be with you for a longer time. [Applause.] Correspondence of the Yorlcville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, Sept 24,1877. At a meeting of the Chester Rifle Club on last Thursday evening, it was decided to J_:l1 in oasiLi Blnlllr Tll.nl.. _ urill tUIOO CVCllIJ JgO IU cavu nvva ?wvow?j| ^ Wednesday and Friday?until the 11th proximo, when Adjutant General Moiae will be present, and inspect the Company. 8er? geant Hoi lister, who was in the United States H army for several years, and thoroughly post* ed in military tactics, will drill the Company, and thus prepare it for an inspection that will doubtless compare favorably with that possessed by the other volunteer companies, pf the State. If the inspection meets with the commendation of the Adjutant-General, the Chester Riflemen will decide to join the list of companies that will compete in Columbia for the prixe to be given to the best drilled volunteer company in the State. u Under the leadership of their good looking captain?C. S. Brice?they will, doubtless, cover them* selves with glory, and gladden the hearts of their many friends at home. Gen. W. A. Walker, a member of the eom* mittee to examine the bonded indebtednesn of the State, returned home last week, and will stay until after Court. He does not like the confinement occasioned by his present duties, but if his appearance is a true index of the state of his health, the life screes with him finely. He is becoming weary of his work at the Capital, and desires a speedy termination of the labors of the investigating committee, of which he is a member. He is very incommunicative in reply to questions bearing upon the developments of the committee. He contradicts the statement published in some newspapers that General M. C. Butler advised a discontinuance of the investigations in progress in Columbia, on the ground that they were regarded in the North in the light of persecutions, and, consequently, injuring the Democratic party in that section. The people of Chester are glad to know that Gen. Butler has not committed the act of political ? suicide charged against him. They earnestly desire the continuance of the investigations until a flood of light has beeu cast upon all the corruption and rascality iu connection * with the robbery of our State treasury, during the past ten years, and the names of. the guilty perpetrators fully exposed. Our people have no use, and never will have any use, for any man, no matter what his social or official position may be, who is opposed to an investigation of the corrupt acts of ex-State officials, and, I believe, this is the sentiment . of the people of the State. Our town authorities merit the thanks of the eif'tens for the orood. broad navement that has been made on tbe north side of Gadsden street. The pavement is a great improvement, and is visible evidence of tbe good work of the Agurs administration. The street hands are still at work upon it, and will complete it as soon as possible. Tbe filling up ind levelling of tbe spaoe in front of tbe National Bank of Chester, makes a fine appearance. Keep on, gentlemen, in the good way }f improving and beautifying our streets. Dr. A. P. Wylie took the Weder medal for the best peaches at the recent pomological exhibition iu Baltimore. He has given mnch time and thought to the cultivation of fruits )f all kiuds, and, as a consequence, is successFul in growing very fine varieties. New goods are beginning to roll into town. Our merchants are making large purchases For the fall and winter trade. It is earnestly hoped that the trade will correspond with tbe magnitude of the stocks intended to supply it. The injury sustained by the cotton crop in this county from the drought in August twill, it is thought, unfavorably affect business here this season. There is some consolation in the fact that farmers are not so heavily inlebted this year to merchants in the way of liens, and will have a lartrer amount of the proceeds of their orope at their own disposal. Cotton is quite backward this year. A prominent buyer of our town, by this time last season, had bought over two hundred bales of notton. Only a few constitute the amount of new cotton brought to town this season. During this year I have sent the Yorkville Enquirer to a considerable number >f persous in this county on my own responsibility, on receiving the promise that payment ! -1 _ _ .1 1 L . . _ J. - 1_ J or ine same wouia oe maae at an eariy a ay n the fall. I did this in opposition to advice from headquarters, believing that my subscrisere were honest and honorable men, and would io what they promised to do. The time has irrived for the fulfillment of these promises. Let every man that is owing me for his subicription to the Enquirer, report at my ofice, in the Davega building, and make paynent as soon as possible. I trust that there s no one who desires to read this paper at my expense. Dr. A. H. Davega returned from Lincoln;on on Friday morning. He gives an encouriging report of the grading in progress be* iweeu Dallas and Lincolnton. In three weeks ,he work will be completed to the latter place, ind the grading will immediately proceed in ;he direction of Newton. The convicts are easily managed, and rendering excellent service. The Chester Rifle Club paraded on Friday tfternoon, and made a fine appearance. They were commanded by Lieutenant J. K. Marthai. Professor Duncan, of Wofford University, illed the pulpit yesterday at the Methodist :hurch. His sermons gave evidence of profound thought and study. Mr. Joseph Erlich, who is staying at Mrs. ^ saran iieyman s, nad tne miatoriune to lose y {10.50 on yesterday. The money was taken from a trunk, which was locked. Bethel Association met on Friday at Calrary Church, and closed on Sunday. This was the 35th anniversary of the organization jf this Association. Rev. J. D. Mahon was ;*