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Sfwaps and facts.
? The true rendering is: "When Greeks
joined Greeks then came the tug of war." It
occurs in a play called Alexander the Great,
by one Lee, act iv., scene 2.
? A special to the Baltimore Sun, from
Ohio, reports that the Republicans there have
made gains recently, and expect to carry the
State by a handsome majority. The reasons
given are unusual Democratic apathy, in neglecting
to register, and the withdrawal from
the ticket of some of their leading legislative
candidates.
? Butler intends, it is stated on the authority
of one of his friends, to introduce a bill into
the next Congress for the purpose of increasing
the army. The plan outlined includes
the idea of inserting a clause in favor
of restoring to the regular positions in the army
the old officers who entered the Confederate
service.
? The planters in Mississippi are on a strike.
Meetings have been held and resolutions
adopted to the effect that they will not
permit their cotton to pass into the hands of
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merchants wno auvauueu iuoiu mcauo w piuduce
it, at a less price than fifteen cents per
pound. Shipments of cotton by the Jackson
Railroad have almost ceased, and the movement
is causing a good deal of uneasiness in
New Orleans.
? And now the news comes from Washington
that Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman,
has been weaned on pacification soup.
He has appointed to a position iu the Treasury
Department, Major E. Griswood, of Baltimore,
who was on the staff of General Winder
in command of the Southern prisons during
the war. It is a long stride for John to make
such an appointment, but then he has a long
reach.
? The amount of bank notes issued during
the present month is $1,325,540, making it
necessary to retire under the law of the United
States notes to the amount of $1,061,232.
The Secretary of the Treasury has determined
not to sell gold this month as has heretofore
been done to meet their liability, but to retire
the United States notes from the current
balance in the Treasury, which is ample for
that purpose.
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? m winaoam couiuy couri, ai -Draiweuuro,
Vermont, last Thursday, Ophelia Snow
reoovered a verdict of $2,800 against Daniel
C. Carpenter & Son, hotel proprietors, and
prominent citizens of Preadsboro, on account
of injuries received by being thrown from a
wagon in consequence of her husband being
drunk. The liquor was purchased of the defendants,
and as the suit was a test case under
the Vermont liquor law, it excited great interest.
? As a result of the schism in the Republican
party of New York, as developed at the
State Convention last week, a call is published
for a National Liberal League Congress to be
held in Rochester on the 26th, 27th and 28th
of October. The platform will be a total
separation of Church and State, National protection
for national citizens, and universal
education the basis of universal suffrage.
The question of nominating a President and
Vice-President for 1880 will be considered.
? Advices received from Turkish sources
represent that Plevna has been revictualled
and reinforced, and that the rainy season having
set in, army operations will soon cease for
the winter. A Vienna dispatch reports that
the Russian council of Ministers has been discussing
the question of peace, and that all the
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manifestly absurd. The war is as far from an
end now as when it commenced, unless the
great Powers intervene to stop hostilities.
? The French seem to be easily pre-eminent
in finance. The Bank of France was allowed
by law to resume specie payments when
the Government indebtedness to it should
reach 300,000,000 francs, on the first of January,
1879. Only 10,000,000 of the required
sum remains to liquidate, which the government
could readily pay, but retains simply to
fall within the letter of the law. The Bank is
as ready to resume as the Government is abundantly
able to pay. Really the French financiers
are marvels in their way.
? The grand jury of Kemper county, Mississippi,
following the advice given to them
V?tr tKo npMiHinff indcrp in hie nhnrcrp nn the
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opening of the fall term of the court, has returned
no less than thirty-one indictments
against the parties concerned in the Chisholm
aud other homicides. Six of the indictments
are for murder and twenty-five for beiug accessory
thereto. It is stated that so far as the
officers of the law are concerned, there is a determination
that justice shall have its due
course.
? A petition, which has already been signed
by more than nine hundred New York bank
presidents, merchants, manufacturers and
business men generally, and which urges the
Senate to confirm the course of the House of
Representatives in repealing the bankrupt
law, is now in circulation in that city. The
petition itself is a remarkable document, containing
as it does the autograph signatures of
many of the most eminent men of the mercan/
tile community of New York. The reasons
assigned for the proposed repeal, are that the
law affords an opportunity for fraud, and that
it is differently interpreted in different places.
? Because the colored brethren are encouraged
to go to Liberia so that they may have
slaves of their own and tap gum trees for
champagne, the Chicago Tribune cruelly says:
"Men who can be cheated by statements of
this description, ought to emigrate ; they are
not fit to vote and govern in a State of the
American Union." A few years ago, when
the Tribune's friends were persuading these
same negroes into "forty acres and a mule"
and the "Freedraan's Bank," they were ever
so good to remain as voting machines. Since
the colored man has ceased to be a power in
the South, his former Radical chums now deliberately
consign him to perdition.
? The third resolution adopted by the Maryland
Democratic State Convention, makes
the following reference to the administration
of President Hayes : It is a cause of congratulation
to the country at large and especially
of pride and satisfaction to the Democratic
party, that its peaceful policy of home rule and
non-intervention in the civil affairs of the
States. has become a cardinal rule of action
even in an administration whose title to office
is not derived from an election according to
constitutional methods, but exists by the adjudication
of a tribunal unknown to the constitution,
but whose award has been acquiesced
in by the peace loving people.
? Gen. A. C. Jones, who has just returned
to Washington from an extended tour through
the Southern States, under the auspices of the
Department of Agriculture, represents that
everything throughout the South bears the
appearance of growing prosperity, that cities
are reviving their former trade, that the country
is rich in diversified crops, plantations and
farms have the look of thrift. The people
have more heart and hope than at any time
since the war, and the colored population is
at work with good wages, contented and happy.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and South
Carolina will not only furnish the country
with their great staples, but in a short time
will supply the markets of the world. Gen.
Jones will soon make a formal report to Com
miseioner LeDuc.
? At the close of the present Congress in
1879, the terms of the following Senators will
expire: Spencer, Republican, Alabama ; Dorsey,
Republican, Arkansas ; Sargent, Republican,
California ; Chaffee, Republican, Colorado
; Barnum, Democrat, Connecticut; Conover,
Republican, Florida; Gordon, Demo
crat, Georgia; Oglesby, Republican, Illinois;
Morton, Republican, Indiana; Alison, Republican,
Iowa ; Iugalls, Republican, Kansas ;
McCreary, Democrat, Kentucky; Dennis,
Democrat, Maryland ; Bogy, Democrat, Missouri;
Jones, Republican,Nevada; Wadleigh,
Republican, New Hampshire; Conkling, Republican,
New York ; Merrimon, Democrat,
North Carolina; Matthews, Republican,
Ohio; Mitchell, Republican, Oregon; Came
roD, Republican, Pennsylvania; Patterson,
Republican,South Carolina; Merrill, Republican,
Vermont; Howe, Republican, Wiscon|
sin. The Louisiana seat now in controversy,
! becomes vacant in 1879. Of the outgoing
Senators, eighteen are Republicans and six
Democrats.
forfevilk inquirer.
~YORKVIL,L,E, S. C.:
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions for Union county, is iD session this
week?Judge Mackey presiding.
? Mr. George D. Hope, formerly well
known throughout the State _as a grocery
merchant in Columbia, died in Georgia on
Tuesday of last week.
? A very large crowd of people is expected
in Columbia, during the Fair of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society. The
fair begins on Tuesday, the 13th of November.
? On Wednesday of last week, about forty
persons were killed and wounded by the explosion
of a boiler of the Charleston Mining
and Manufacturing Company, near Bee's Ferry,
in the vicinity of Charleston. Five persons
were killed outright.
? A correspondent of the Spartanburg Herald
mentions the fact that Governor Hampton's
great-grandfather taught school in Spartanburg
county, and that his remains are
buried not far from the line between Greenville
and Spartanburg.
? The expenses of assessing the taxes in
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Uconee county tniB year, amouiueu iu uui
$131.50. Last year to $297.50. A few years
ago it cost $500. The Auditor thinks that
next year he can make the assessment for $50.
The return? this year number about 3,000.
? The Spartanburg Herald learns that arrangements
are being made to lay off another
town in that county to be called "Hampton,"
in honor of Governor Hampton. It is located
on the Air Line Railroad, just half-way
between Spartanburg and Gaffoey City, and
about eleven miles from each, and six or
eight miles from the Cowpens battle ground.
? The work of grading the Greenwood and
Augusta Railroad, was commenced on
Wednesday of last week. The breaking of
the "first dirt" was attended with imposicg
ceremonies. A large number of penitentiary
convicts are employed on the work, and the
DrosDects of the road are very encouraging.
? HughS. Thompson, the Superintendent
of Education, has notified the School Commissioners
of the several counties, that the
proceeds of the poll tax collected in each
county, must be applied to the payment of all
past due school claims of that county, without
reference to the school district in which said
tax is collected.
? Mr. J. Durham Currence, of Clay Hill,
York county, while recently at Charlotte,
visited the editor of the Southern Home. The
editor, in mentioning the fact, says: "Mr.
Currence is well up with the times, is 68 years
old, and can pick his hundred pounds of cotton
and follow the plow all day long. It is
seldom that we see a man of that advanced
age, so full of vigor and activity, both mentally
and physically."
? The names of quite a number of persons
are already being mentioned in connection
with the Judgeship of the seventh Circuit,
made vacant by the appointment of Judge
Northrop as U. S. District Attorney. Should
he desire the place, we predict that Gen. W.
H. Wallace, of Union, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, will be the lucky
man. The vacancy will be filled at the approaching
session of the legislature.
? The State Agricultural Society offers a
premium for the best six dishes cooked by
any young lady at the approaching fair, and
the Secretary would be pleased to be advised,
at least by the first of November, as to the
names and post offices of the contestants, so
that suitable arrangements may be made in
ample time. The details of th^e contest will
be announced hereafter, and in the meantime
young ladies who propose to compete for the
premium, would further the matter by informing
the Secretary, Thomas W. Holloway,
Pomaria, S. C.
? At Spartanburg, on Tuesday night of last
week, James Maud Elford, son of Joseph Elford,
of that place, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head with a pistol.
which resulted in his immediate death.
A correspondent, writing to the Columbia
Register says: "He had retired to bed somewhat
early, and after a short time got up, took
his piBtol, and lying down again, remarked to
his wife, who was still up, that he intended to
| shoot himself. In a moment, the sharp re|
port of the revolver verified the fearful ani
nouncement, and the deed was done. It
i seems that he had contemplated this some
time ago, when he remarked to an intimate
; friend that he had tried to kill himself the
| other day, but the pistol snapped?for the
! first time he ever knew it to fail. Maud El:
ford was a young man, some twenty-eight 01
I nine years old, of steady, quiet habits, and
j was liked by every one who knew him."
? Dr. J. T. Dent, who was charged with
killing young Leckie, of Columbia, at Leesville,
Lexington county, a few weeks ago, was
! brought up for trial before Judge Townsend,
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J week. The case was called at 9 a. m., and
I the jury returned a verdict of not guilty about
i half-past 10 p. m. The evidence showed that
an aggravated assault had been made upon
Dr. Dent by Mr. Leckie, and the killing was
; justifiable. The charge of the judge was decidedly
favorable to the defendant. The jurI
ors were unanimous in favor of acquittal, and
! ten of them favored rendering a verdict of not
guilty at once, but the other two preferred re|
tiring to the jury room, to talk over the mat1
ter, when in about twenty minutes a verdict
was rendered. It is universally conceded that
' where an individual uses a whip on anothj
er, he takes his life in his own hands. The
sympathies of the entire community are with
the parents of the deceased, but the verdict
of the jury is generally commended.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY NORTHROP. t
Judge Northrop, of the Seventh Judicial <
Circuit, has been appointed District Attorney <
for South Carolina, in place of Wm. Stone, \
resigned. Judge Northrop is well known ]
throughout the State. Although a pronounced ]
Republican, and having been to some extent ]
identified with the Republican Government i
in this State, there have never been any j
charges of fraud or corruption preferred a
against him. Elected to his position by a i
Republican Legislature, and being a strict (
party man himself, he nevertheless had the 1
manliness to acknowledge the rightful claims <
of Governor Hampton to the office to which ?
the people had elected him, and was among
the first to make that acknowledgement
public. Judge Northrop is a native of the <
State?we think of Charleston?was a Con- <
federate soldier and served faithfully through- t
out the war. He is a gentleman of charac- (
ter and ability, and we feel assured will dis- 1
charge the duties of his office fearlessly and
impartially, showiog neither favor nor affection
to any. According to Marshal Wallace's
interpretation of Southern character, it
may be urged that only a Democratic appointee
would give satisfaction to our people,
and we doubt not there are many who would
have preferred that the place should be filled
by a Democrat; but that could hardly be
expected of the appointing power if men at
all competent can be found in the Republican
party. In this case the President has done
the next best thing be could, by appointing a
native citizen, whose character and ability
fit him for a position, the duties of which we
doubt not he will fill honorably and acceptably.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Diphtheria is committing some ravages
in Wilmington.
? Samuel Walker, a prominent citizen of
Randolph county, died at Asheboro on Friday
last.
?A fire in Goldsboro, last Jb'riday morning,
destroyed property to the amount of 840,000,
including two stores and a carriage factory.
? Dock Davis, an escaped felon from the
jail of Haywood county, was recently shot
and killed by a man attempting to effect bis
capture.
? All the iron for the Milton and Sutherlin
Narrow Gauge Railroad, has arrived at Sutherlin,
and the work of laying the track will
be commenced immediately.
? During the past year, six associations of
the Baptist Church in the State, have reported
over 1,000 baptisms, 616 of which number
are reported by the Chowan Association.
? The Gastonia Herald reports a difficulty
Kofroppn twn mtizann nf DaIIrb on Saturdav
night of last week, in which one of the party, ]
Mr. W. F. Holland, was seriously stabbed in 1
the neck with a pen knife. f
? The State Agricultural Fair will be held 1
in Raleigh, beginning on the 15th instant. j
Preparations are making to render it more 1
attractive than it has been any year since the '
war. e
? Says the Gastonia Herald: Girls should ?
be very careful how and what they bore holes ?
in their ears with. Dr. Hunter informs us t
that some few days ago he took off* the lobe c
of a woman's ear a very large tumor, which j
weighed four and a quarter pounds. I
? Mr. Thomas J. King, a Sampson county '
man, was in Goldsboro Tuesday, lugging a j
heavy sack containing about $22 in old fash- <
ioned coppers, paid him by another Sampson '
county man in payment of a debt. The sack t
weighed 27 pounds.
? Says the Charlotte Democrat: At Caldwell
Superior Court last week, after the Grand
Jury were drawn and before they were sworn,
Judge Cloud asked them each one "if they j
had paid their taxes for the previous year," j
which being answered affirmatively, he then (
asked "if they were free-holders 7" when
three were directed to stand aside.
? The number of convicts now in the North
Carolina penitentiary is 325, of whom 315
are males and 10 females. The color division
shows 51 white and 274 colored. Convicts
on the public works are, Western N. C. Railroad,
367 males and 28 females. On the
Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad, 175, all
males. On the Georgia and North Carolina
Railroad, 44, all males. On the Chester and
Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, 19, all
males?making a grand aggregate now undergoing
penal servitude in the State, of 958?
920 males and 38 females.
? James M. Justice, formerly of Rutherford
rnnnf.v hut who recentlv moved to Hen- '
dersonvilie, met with a fatal accident at Co- '
lumbus, the county seat of Polk, on the night .
of the 17th ultimo. He was attending Superior
Court for that county, before which he
had several important causes?one of them
involving a conflict between the State and
Federal authorities. It was noticeable during
the afternoon that he was drinking heavily,
and at an early hour in the night he
walked off the second story balcony of Hill's
Hotel, sustaining injuries which rendered him
insensible from the time of the accident to
his death, which occurred on the 19th. In
addition to the local reputation he sustained
as a lawyer, his name became familiar to the
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prosecutor of the kuklux, who were tried in
Raleigh at the Fall Terra of the United States i
Circuit Court, 1871. He was about 40 years <
of age, and in early life carried on the wagon '
making business in the town of Henderson- '
ville. (
MERE-MENTION. ]
1 Major-General A. L. Pearson, commander '
1 of the Pennsylvania State troops during the '
strike, has been arrested at Pittsburg on the '
charge of murder. The charge sets forth '
| that one Stoppel, sitting in his own door, ;
' was killed by the 6re ordered by Pear- <
1 son. Pearson was recognized in a bond of
1 $10,000. By the explosion of a locomotive I
! I on the Louisville and .Nashville Kailroad, i
' last Thursday, besides the loss of three men, i
'; several fine race horses were killed. An i
j Austin dispatch says that several regiments <
I will be organized immediately for active ser- i
vice on the Rio Grande. Gen. Ord, of the i<
j U. S. Army, has gone to Austin to consult J'
i, with the Governor. The Pope has been j 1
, I contemporary with all the Presidents of the j'
; \ United States, being seven years old when > 1
[j Washington died. He bids fair to hear ofM
; | some more Presidents. A man writing j
,! from Saco, Me., says: "In three churches in ' <
i J this town, we have not a man who dare vote i
11 the Democratic ticket for fear of being per- 1
secuted and ruined in his business." Mis- 1
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Binaries now id Airica snouia De wuaarawu : .
I j and sent to Saco. ! I
, Mr. Hayes is the first President to visit f
1 Georgia since that State was visited by Wash* <
' ington. Nat Pierce, who was confined <
;' in Carrolton, Alabama, jail on the charge of j'
;! murder, was taken from his cell last Thurs* j
day night by about twenty masked men and J i
i j hanged. The failures during the past! I
l | threo months were $1,300,000 more in amount i
; I than the failures for the corresponding period j 1
I last year. During the year just closed, I ]
;he Doited States sold 105,000,000 yards of
:otton goods abroad; ten times more than was
jxported the year before. Dr. Newell,
ffho is to ruD against General McClellan, in
New Jersey, is described as an allopathic
Dhysician and decayed politician. The
Philadelphia Times rises to observe that the
Dearly unanimous opinion of the Southern
Dress is that President Hayes is fully reconitructed
and ought to have his disabilities renoved.
Gen. Forrest is rapidly recoviring
from his severe illness. He appears to
Dave adopted the planter's life with great en;rgy.
He has many hundreds of acres plantsd
in corn and cotton.
Judge Barnard Hill died suddenly last
rhursday evening, while sitting on the bench
is presiding Judge of the Superior Court of
Drawford county, Georgia. The Virginia
zopars circumvent the Moffet bell punch by
Irinking from a private bottle at home?belind
the door, of course.,*,*,V"A new cattle
lisease, quite violent, has appeared at FreeDort,
Illinois, and it is said that several citizens
have been poisoned by it, but none family.
Two iron mills, at Pittsburg, Pennylvania,
employing 3,000 men, have resumed
vork. The Philadelphia Times urges
he appointment of a Southern man to the vajancy
in the Supreme Court bench. Two
Maryland Judges have been indicted for
Irunkenness. The list of official candi1L.1
,1 r... j u_ L?1
muse?-Limb jo, tuuse put jurvraiu ujr iuaiduai
VfacMahon, President of the French Repubic?for
election to the Chamber of Deputies,
s composed principally of Bonapartists. A
jorrespondent of the New York Sun, writing
Tom Ohio, predicts that the Democratic maority
will not be less than 18,000 and that
Stanley Matthews' place will be filled by a
Democrat. The Philadelphia Chronicle
lominates Gen. McClellan for President and
iVade Hampton for Vice President for the
ilection in 1880. The N Y. Graphic says
;hat New England has in her savings banks
;he enormous sum of $750,000,000. The
Sew Orleans papers congratulate their people
that not a single case of yellow fever has
>ccurred there this season?a fact which they
ittribute to the severe cold of last winter,
vhich destroyed the germs of the disease.
Senator Sharon, Republican, of Nevada,
vrites that he will not be able to attend the
>xtra session of Congress, on account of private
business. Morton, Republican, of Indiina,
and Dennis, Democrat, of Maryland, will
>oth be absent on account of sickness A
lisDatch from Fort Clark, on the Texas front
er, says that Col. Shatter crossed the Rio
jrrande last Sunday with six hundred men
md two Gatlin guns, to extricate Bullis from
lis dangerous position. One thousand Mexisans
left Piebro, Negros, Saragossa and Ville
S"ueva on that day. Their destination is untnown.
A delegation of colored men
rom South Carolina have waited apon the
President and asked him to favor the colored
>eople of the State by appointing E. W. M.
Vfackey as Collector of the port of Charleston.
rhe President made no promises. It is
itated that the Secretary of War will, in his
isnual report, recommend an increase of the
irmy, at the discretion of the President, to
he maximum of 40,000 men. In the
;ase of the United States vs. ex-Senator Sawrer
and others, charged with conspiracy to
lass a fraudulent claim against the Governnent?tried
in Washington last week?the
ury rendered a verdict of guilty. A bill of
ixceptions was filed, pending the hearing of
vhicb, Sawyer and his partners were commit*
,ed to jail.
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
A dispatch from St. Paul, dated the 29th
iltimo, says:
"Owing to the Indian Superintendent Kim1
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ic Missionary, to leave White Earth on account
of violation of the agency rules, the
Priest took refuge in the church and rung the
)ell to summon the Indians friendly to him,
ind with them is now holding the churoh in
irmed resistance to the authority of Kimball.
The Indians are considerably excited, and
lonsequently Kimball telegraphed to Fort
Snelling for aid. The Indians are not aggressive,
but watchful and suspicious. They
lave other minor grievances, which will probibly
necessitate troops remaining in the visinity
of White Earth for some time."
The following dispatch from Gen. Sheridan,
;o the Adjutant General at Washington, conveys
the latest authentic intelligence relative
,o military movements in the Indian country:
Gen. Terry, under date of Fort Shaw, Monaua,
September 27, telegraphs as follows:
'On the 21st, Major Ilges, of the 7th Infantry,
commanding at Fort Benton, received information
that the Nez Perces were approachug
Fort Claggett. He immediately started
iown the Missouri with bis command, one
:ompany, and 40 or 50 citizens. He now
eports from Cow Islands, under date of Sep,ember
24th, that on the day previous the Inlians
crossed the river at_that place and atacked
a small detachment on duty there as
i guard over the property and stores of engineers
at work on the river. This detachnent
of twelve soldiers was entrenched, and
vith the aid of four citizens, succeeded in
Iriving the Indians off. During the night
he Indians burned about fifty tons of freight
ying at the landing, and at 10 o'clock on the
Mth moved off, going up Cow creek in the
lirection of the Pass, between Bear Paw
nountain and Little Rocky range.
The route taken by the Indians crosses the
*oad from Fort Benton to Fort Walsh. The
jommission to visit Sitting Bull will, there-'
'ore, have to wait until it is ascertained that
the wav is clear, or a sufficient force can be
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collected.
At the Indian council in Washington last
Friday, the determination on the part of the
Grovernraent was indicated that the Indians
shall come to the Missouri river this winter,
with the promise that their lands shall be surveyed
and they may select their homes next
pear. It appears from the President's speech
that the adherents of Crazy Horse and Lame
Deer have gone North, and the President intimates
that it is necessary at present to herd
friendly Indians with the view to fierce war
igainst hostiles, which term includes all who
ire not under the control of agents. Stores for
the Indians have been sent to the Missouri
river, and the Indians have the alternative
jf going to their stores or going without them,
rhe Indians seem apprehensive that if they
leave their homes for'the Missouri river, they
will not be allowed to go back. The indications
are not favorable to an early termination
of the Indian troubles.
The further conference with the Indian
delegations, which was to have been held Sat
arday morning at the Executive mansion,
tvas postponed until Monday. The Indians
tiave not yet agreed on their response to the
President, and will hold another council on
the subject. They cannot yet reconcile themselves
to their removal from their present lo;ations,
and are much depressed by the policy
of the government as expressed by the
President on Friday.
The council closed on Monday, the government
insisting that the Indians should move
bo the Missouri river, where their supplies are,
oext spring. They are promised permission
to move on the reservations they have selected.
LOCAL A7FAZBS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Chicago Scale Company.?Down with High
Prices.
W. B. Allison, Executor.?Land For Sale.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Millinery Goods.?New
Goods! New Goods!
W. I. Clawson, Plaintiff's Attorney.?Notice to
Robert Patterson, defendant.
John C. Kuykendal.?The York Drug Store.?
Attention! Jenkins Rifles.
Latimer A Hemphill.?Cotton at 11 cents?Guano
Cotton?Biving8ville Yarn?New GoodsRubber
Goods?Crockery.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon.?Grindstones?Bagging
and Ties Cheese?Cotton against Guano.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationCalvin
Whisonant, applicant?John Bolin,
Sr., deceased.
E. C. Stahn?New Jewelry Store in Chester.
Wylie A Agurs?Great Attractions in Chester.
W. P. Hobbs?Town Property For Sale.
H. F. Adickes A Sons.?Our New Fall GoodsBagging
and Ties?Sugar and Coffee.
H. W. Hope A Co.?Special Notice?Make me
leei uuuu,
J. W. P. Hope?Notice.
Kennedy Bros. <fc Barron?Boots and Shoes?Women's
Shoes.
SALES-DAY.
There was but one sale by the Sheriff last
Monday?the property of S. N. Dunlap, sold
under foreclosure of mortgage, and bought by
W. B. Wilson, Jr., for $126.
JENKINS RIFLES.
We are informed that the muster roll of
the above company now numbers fifty men.
They are drilling nightly and making other
necessary preparations for inspection by Adjutant-General
Moise, who is expected here
for that purpose on the 12th instant
"BAPTISM OF CHRIST."
We have received from Elder B. G. Covington,
a lengthy reply to an article under
the above caption, which appeared in the Sabbath
Reading department of the Enquirer
a few weeks ago. Mr. Covington's article
came to hand too late for this issue; but it
shall appear next week.
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TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate have
been recorded in the office ot the uounty Auditor
since our last report:
Wrn. L. Sandifer to Robert E. Guthrie.
Tract of 71 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration
$355.
T. A. Moore to Samuel G. Brown. Tract
of 327 acres in Broad River township. Consideration
$100.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to W. B. Wilson,
jun. S. N. Dunlap'sinterest in a tract of land
in Catawba township. Consideration $126.
COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS.
The commission, composed of Col. Cad
Jones, S. E. White and Wra. C. Black, appointed
for the purpose of investigating 4he
indebtedness of York county, met at the
Court House on Tuesday, and organized by
electing Col. Cad Jones, Chairman, and appointing
James Wilson, Secretary. On approaching
a member of the commission for
such information as they might see proper to
make public, we were told that the deliberations
were secret. We learn, however, that
after issuing subpoenas for about forty witnesses,
to appear here on the 16th instant, the
commission adjourned to that day.
STATE FAIR.
We have received from Thomas W. Hoiloway,
Esq., Secretary and Treasurer, the Premium
List of the State Agricultural and Mechanical
Society for the ninth annual Fair, to
be held at Columbia, beginning on Tuesday
November 13th and ending ou Friday. The
list is a neatly printed pamphlet from the press
of the Columbia Register, and from a persual
of its contents we are gratified to learn that
the proepeot ie very flattering for a successful
exhibition of the products and resources of
the State.
YORKVILLE FEMALE INSTITUTE.
We note with pleasure that the above institution
of learning is in a prosperous condition?numbering
over fifty pupils, which we
believe is a larger number than has been in
attendance at any one time since the war.
This is the the second year the Institute has
been under the management of Mr. Jones,
and the success of the school is no leas gratifying
to himself than the friends of education
in the community. He is ably assisted by
Mrs. Clara D. McLean, Miss Fannie Miller
and Miss Sue F. Lowry, accomplished and
faithful teachers in their respective departments.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Mr. Joseph A. Adams, of Clover, and Mr.
A. Frank Woods, of town, have each favored
us with some Sue sweet potatoes. Of those
presented us by Mr. Woods, one weighed 2?
pounds, and one of Mr. Adams' weighed 3?
pounds.
Mr. L. H. Porter has also sent us a jug of
sorghum of very fair quality. We observe
that farmers throughout this, as well as the
adjoining States of Georgia and North Carolina,
are renewing their attention to this crop,
which, since the war, has been somewhat neglected.
In war times sorghum was considered
the correct thing at the breakfast table, and a
good quality is as palatable now as it was
then. We are glad the farmers of York are
awakening to the importance of producing
this and many other home supplies, which a
true course of economy certainly dictates.
We learn that C. P. Sandifer's crop of two
acres of cane, yielded 200 gallons of syrup.
This is equivalent to the same quautity of
molasses, the market price of which is from
$120 to $180.
THE FALL TRADE.
The merchants of Yorkville are now receiving
their fall purchases, which, we learn,
are unusually heavy, in anticipation of a brisk
demand. In the dry goods line Messrs. T. M.
Pobson ft Co., Hunter ft Oates, H. J*'.
Adickes ft Sons, Latimer ft Hemphill, H. W.
Hope ft Co., and Kennedy Bros, ft Barron,
all have ample stocks and can suit the wants
of all classes of customers.
In connection with all the above houses, except
that of Hunter ft Oates, a good assortment
of family groceries is kept.
Clark Brothers, who deal exclusively in
groceries and plantation supplies, have a full
stock.to which they constantly receive fresh
accessions.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson and Misses Massey
& Smith will be better prepared than ever to
decorate the feminine heads with the most
perfect gems of head-gear ever introduced in
Yorkville. We have not had time to inspect
the handsome array of millinery goods to be
found in either of these establishments; but
we overheard one lady say to another that
the styles are "just lovely," which is the most
expressive superlative now in vogue, and
means a great deal in ladies' vernacular. on
the all-important subject of dress. We need
hardly advise the ladies to call and inspect
the nice things oil exhibition and tor sale in
the millinery stores; but if they fail to do so
it will be their own fault?or more likely, the
fault of their frugal husbands, who have to
economize all they can in order to meet their
cigar and tobacco bills.
Mr. Herndon, of W. H. & J. P. Herndon,
who deal exclusively in groceries and heavy
goods; Mr. M. Strauss, dry goods and clothing;
and Mr. Kennedy, of Kennedy Bros.
& Barron, general merchandise, are now in
the Northern markets making their purchases, i
John C. Kuykendal has always a fall and <
fresh supply of medicines, drugs, chemicals '
and paints, and can furnish anything from
"hybegial cordial" to wine of lactopeptioe, to
say nothing of many other mysterious com* 1
pounds, the names of which we cannot just ]
now recall. 1
Speaking of physic brings to mind the sol*
emn warning that life is short, which leads us
to remark that Frank Happerfield has received
several car-loads of marble, and is prepared
to furnish any style of tomb-stone or '
monument that may be desired.
Those in want of agricultural machinery,
steam engines, bolting cloths, cotton gins and 1
presses, sash, doors and blinds, pumps, Ac.,
should give T. S. Jefferys a call. He has on
hand a fine display of plows, and other agricultural
implements.
Mr. J. M. Adams, manufacturer of tinware,
will 611 all orders, wholesale or retail,
with a good article of home-made work.
Col. W. H. McCorkle sells the Elliott cotton
gin, and will insure your property against
fire.
Mr. 6. H. O'Leary has a full stock of
saddles and harness of his own manufacture,
and also keeps a fall line of furniture. Of
the latter he has recently received a new sup*
ply of really handsome articles.
All the above hoases advertise, thereby inviting
trade and showing a desire to sell, and,
we need scarcely add, evincing further a disposition
to sell at short profits. It is a fact
beginning to be generally understood among
buyers of all classes, that he who advertises
most liberally, sells the cheapest.
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
KcClellan for Governor of New Jersey.
The nomination of Gen. McClellan for
Governor of New Jersey was the most remarkable
illustration ever seen of a great
convention, nearly 1,000 strong, suddenly going
almost unanimously for a man who had
not been dreamed of for a nomination, when
the convention met. His name took the
whole crowd by storm, and such a scene ensued
as was never before witnessed in a State
convention. His election is regarded as a
fixed fact.
In bis letter of acceptance, Gen. McClellan
gives hia hearty approval of the resoluHn
AAn tronhnn in Ana nf
bllJUO UK MIO i/oiuwiamv wiifvunavuy iu vuw w?
which these words occur: "We denounce the
frauds and crimes by which our candidates
for President and Vice-President are prevented
from occupying the positions to which tbey
were chosen by a decided majority of the popular
and electoral vote."
The Prizes for Drilling.
Considerable discussion has recently
taken place concerning the prizes to be given
at the approaching State Fair to the best
drilled military company. After thoroughly
discussing the subject, the Columbia committee
have decided to give the following prizes
for competitive drilling:
First, a prize of 8400 for the best drilled
infantry company, open to the United States.
Second, a prize of $100 for the best drilled
infantry company in the State.
Third, a prize of $100 for the best drilled
infantry company in the State, exclusive of
Charleston and Columbia.
Fourth, a prize of 8100 for the best drilled
artillery company, open to the United States.
Fifth, a prize of 8100 for the best drilled
cavalry company, open to the United States.
Captains of all volunteer State troopa have
been added to tbe executive committee, moee
desiring to enter for the contest are requested
to communicate as soon as possible with Lieutenant-Colonel
Cathcart, chairman of committee,
at Columbia.
Delighted With His Southern Trip.
The President returned to Washington
last Tuesday morning, having extended his
trip as far Sooth as Atlanta, Georgia. The
first cabinet meeting after his return was rather
a congratulatory gathering, at which the
members took occasion to talk over tbe tremendous
ovation the President received in the
South, and surmise that only sunny clouds
await the future, inasmuch as the Administration
is beyond doubt in advance even of those
inclined to keep pace with the rapid strides
in the direction of reconciliation and genuine
peace. Hayes is very much elated over his
trip. His reception was so much more cordial
than he dared apprehend, that at times he
says he was almost dazed at the genuine, generous
welcome accorded him. He will from
henceforward settle down to business and remain
at his post, with the exception of a few
days he will spend in Richmond, next month,
at the opening exercises of tbe Virginia Agricultural
Society. He is strongly pressed
to visit Augusta, Georgia, during the Christmas
holidays, but it is not probable that he
will make the trip. The summer junketing
nowseems to be over. Since he has assumed i
the Presidency?according to his movements
as to tbe departure and return recorded in the
Star?he has been absent altogether fifty-sev
en days. Graut used to stay away a little longer,
but for the first six months of a new
Presidential incumbent, Hayes' absenteeism
is far above the average of any of bis predecessors.
Gen. Grant Heard From.
Gen. Grant has been recently interviewed
by an American correspondent at Edin
burg, Scotland. He says he shall remain
io Europe a year or more. He has special
reasons for so doing. He says he is a private
citizen and wants nothing whatever to do
with politics. If he were at home he would
give Mr. Hayes and bis policy all the support
he could, because, Bays the ex-President, the
ohject aimed at is a noble one and he hopes i
Mr. Hayes will succeed. To the suggestion
that many Republicans fear that the President's
course will destroy the Republican party,
Grant replied:
"Never fear. I have always, of late years,
had an abiding faith in the Republican party
at each election, not so much because it is
alway8 the strongest with the people, as because
always, just at the last moment, the
Democrats do some foolish thing and give the
victory to the Republicans. Now, mark my
I ?npHa will havft a Renublican President
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in 1880, because the Democracy cannot resist
its general disposition to kick over the milk
pail after it is filled. I told Judge Niblack,
of Indiana, so just before the last election,
! and he smilingly admitted the truth of what
11 said."
j To the question, "What do you think of
| the dissolution of Republican State organizations
in the South?" the ex-President anI
swered:
"That is one of the usual violent effects of
wise government after a scene of turmoil like
we had last Fall. For myself, I do not care
for party. You can always depend upon the
' good sense of the people of the United States.
{ They believe in the Republic. Their flag is 1
to the fore, with strong arms behind it al- 1
ways, and they are sentimental, loyal and
brave. They will never elect a high official
except upon a common sense basis. For that i
reason I believe?the Republican and Demo- !
cratic parties of late being so evenly divided?that
the people will be compelled to vote
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10 largo Ujajuribjr lur tuo lvcpuuuwau tauur
date, do matter who he may be, because the
' Democrats will do some silly thing that will i
| drive the thinking people from their ranks at
! the last moment. The modern Democracy
I
always does it. It has made me smile frequently
as I have thought of it; but there is
some fatality at work in the premises."
Altitude of Bepubllean Politicians.
A Washington letter of recent date gives
the following as the present attitude of Republican
leaders towards Mr. Hayes and bis
administration :
A very promiuent Southern Republican
dow here, who on bis last visit to Washington
was bitterly opposed to the President's poliey,
now says there is nothing left to him but to
give it his full support. He says that the politicians
of either party who attempt to stand in
the way of the Southern policy will, in a short
time, M left so far behind that they will*fiever
catch up. This view is eminently sagacious,
and by the time of the meeting of Congress,
it will have penetrated the brains of
most if not all of the Republican leaders, who
op to a very late penod were connaenciy expected
to attack the President's Southern poliey.
The remarkable spontaneous manner
in whioh the people of the whole country,
North and South, have rallied around the
President and given their hearty approval to
his efforts for an equal and fraternal Union,
is a sufficient admonishment that no breach
can be effected on that line.
There are enemies of the President in his
own party, however, who will not surrender
quietly, because in one particular the chances
of successful assault on him are well nigh hopeless.
There are other openings in his armor
which they still hope to pierce. Baffled in
their opposition to his Southern policy, their
assaults will now be directed against the
character of his appointments, and against his
civil service reform policy generally. It is
confessed by some of the warmest friends of
the President that in these respects he is
not by any means invulnerable. It is bus*
ceptable of easy demonstration that the prom* ? ^
ises made in reference to civil service reform
have only very remotely been put in practice.
The case of the efforts which have been made
to compel the Ohio clerks to go home and
vote, affords a case in point. The President,
while at Knoxville, authorized a denial to be
sent of the report that he had personally expressed
the wish that the clerks should go
home and vote, and Secretary Sherman has
"indignantly" denied that personally he baa
kiiAiinkt antr nvaaonpo koaa nnnn fha aUalrfl
UivUj^u b Mil J ^iumuiv ww w*i uj/vu vuu viv
in this direction. All thii does not alter the
plain fact that high officials have urged upon
the clerks to go, and given them to understand
that it would he to their interest to do so, and
further, that such action would be agreeable
to the President.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, October 1, 1877.
June Mobley, at one time a prominent Re*
publican politician of Union county, spoke in
our town on last Tuesday on the Liberia emigration
scheme. He champiooed this scheme
in earnest style. Some time was consumed _
by him in speaking of the advantages of Liberia?the
productiveness of its soil and other
things appertaining to the country. He
then turned his attention towards showing
the dreadful condition of his colored brethren
in this State, and advised them to improve it
by emigrating to a better country. In speaking
of their poor, impoverished condition?
without lands, without money, and under the
power of the white men?he referred to the
repeal of the lien law, and said that had ah
their condition was, it would now be much
worse; that the few who had lauds, would be
unable to get provisions without mortgaging
their lauds; and the consequence would be
that in a year or so they would be mere ten- . " ,
ants. The speaker then dwelt upon the ways i
and means of reaching Liberia. The Steamship
Liberia Company was explained. Shares
were worth $10 each, and share-holders were
entitled to transportation to their new home
without additional,, expense. The ship, he
said, would be officered and manned by colored
men. for fear, if it was under the charare
of whites, they would run it into a slave, country.
While he did not care to be a slave, be
had no objection to being a slaveholder. One
reason in favor of emigration was that in Liberia
they could catch wild men, and make
slaves of them. The pith of MobleyY remarks
were in closing. He desired to go as a
commissioner to Liberia with the view of making
an examination of the country, and in
order to do so, bis colored friends most contribute
the money. Only those who aided in
sending him would be entitled to bearing his
report of the country on his return. Samaei
Williams, colored, was appointed agent to
collect money in behalf of this object. The
agent will probably have no difficulty in obtaining
subscriptions, but will not find itso
easy a matter to make collections.
Rev. Mr. Loomis delivered an address on
Tuesday night, at the colored Presbyterian
Church,:in opposition to the emigration movement.
It was his opinion that the negro
would not benefit his condition by going to
Liberia, and gave facts of a convincing character
to sustain this position. The letters be
read from missionaries respecting the country
were not such as to produce an inclination
to emigrate in that direction. He gave the colored
people some sensible advice to stay where
they are and be iodustrious and economical.
Giles J. Patterson, Esq., and T. C. Gaston,
Esq., also favored the colored people with
some good remarks, advising them to stick
and stay by the old State.
Messrs. C. S. Brice and J. J. Hemohill ar
gued before Trial Justice McDonald on Toesday
afternoon, the point whether or not a prelirainary
examination should be held in the
case of the State vs. I. Hey man and others,
charged with grand larceny in taking one
thousand and fifty dollars from J. Erhlich,
mention of which has already been made.
Mr. Brice took the ground that as the defendants
had entered into bonds for their appearance
at the next term of the Court of General
Sessions, the Trial Justice had no farther
jurisdiction over the matter. Mr. Hemphill
argued in favor of the examination, for the
reason that the defendants were entitled to it
in order that they might vindicate their character
and thas remove the grave suspicion
resting upon them. The Trial Justice decided
against holding the examination; so the
case is referred to the higher Court The
stealing of this large amount of money has
occasioned an unlimited amount of talk in
this community. Very little is known as yet
in reference to the stealing. A veil of mystery
envelopes the whole matter. This mystery
may be removed at the trial before the Circuit
Court, and the perpetrators of this base
act be known.
The Sessions business at the Circuit Court
will be confined chiefly to the trial of cases
of larceny and assaults committed by ne- ^
groes. Defendants of this character are easily
convicted, and there is very little doubt of
the fact that Chester will furnish a fresh
squad of recruits for the Penitentiary. There
are, I believe, only two cases on the Sessions
side, in which the defendants are whites. In
one, the parties are charged with breaking
open a mill and stealing wheat ; in the other,
they are charged with stealing money.
H. Henderson, who has been a barber in
our town for twenty-five years, has changed
his base of operations. He has left the valley,
and will henceforth be found on Main
square, in the building adjoining the Back.
Mr. Joseph Wylie has returned home, after
buying a heavy stock of goods. He confirms
newspaper reports of the activity of
trade in New York. The number of 8outh
era mercdants id tbe city is m excess or any
ever before witnessed by him.
The Chester Reporter office has been removed
from Gadsden street to the second floor
of the W. H. Hardin building, on Main street.
Success to our brethren of the quill, Messrs.
Hardin & Buchanan.
Our young men are embarking on the troubled
sea of business on their own account
Mr. E. C. Stahn, who was for several years
employed by Mr. R. Brandt, has become the
proprietor of his own jewelry store. He is a
young man of fine character, energy and per