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craps and Jacts. ? A State convention of leading colored men assembled in Raleigh, N. C., last week, for the purpose of devising means for the advancement of the moral, educational and material interests of the race. ?The amount of sugar consumed in the U. States last year was 638,369 tons, of which 561,369 tons were imported, and only 77,000 were of domestic production?nearly eight times as much foreign as domestic. ? In Texas, recently, a Judge broke down with emotion while sentencing one Longly, a notorious desperado, to be hanged for murder. Longly was surprised at this, and remarked, on going back to jail,"I feel sorry for the Judge." ? Gilman, the New York forger, recently oantanxoil trw nunifpnfriarV ff?P five VearS. is a nephew of Henry Ward Beecher. On the occasion of one of Beecher's pulpit harangues, he admitted that he had just emerged from another "cave of gloom." ? Leading Pennsylvania Republicans admit, since the result in Ohio, that the Democrats will carry Pennsylvania by several thousand. Much depression in political circles exists in consequence of the unexpected large majority of the Democratic ticket in Ohio. ? The grain crop of the United States this autumn is a vast increase over that of any preceding year in the history of the country. It amounts in the two principal cereals? wheat and corn?to 325,000,000 bushels of the former, and 1,280,000,000 of the latter, according to the estimates of the New York Produce Exchange. ? Within a few miles of the fortunate town of Evansville, Ind., are a three-legged dog, a pet hog with no eyes, a man who is about to marry his daughter-in-law's sister, two other men who have wedded each others daughters, a young man who has espoused the mother of his deceased wife, and several variations of the Enoch Arden type. ? Fourteen States have yet to hold elections this fall. Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin vote on the sixth of November, and Georgia on the 5th of December. Id addition, Illinois elects county offices on November sixth. ? During the month of September, Greensboro, N. C., shipped 306,800 pounds of dried fruit, one-third of which went to Chicago. The balance was distributed between Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, Providence R. I., and Richmond, Va. The value of the dried fruit crop of Iredell county, this season, is estimated at $30,000. ? It is related of the Rev. Samuel Nott, who died in Franklin, Conn, aged 98, recently, that he preached, when past 95 years of age, a sermon he memorized forty years before. In the evening he repeated it to the same congregation, remembering the sermon distinctly, but forgetting that he had delivered it in the morning. ? Augustus G. Bartlett, who is white, brought a suit in Chicago for divorce from his wife, who is black. They had been married two years, and had lived together peaceably ; but he had gradually grown tired of the notoriety that the contrast in oolor gave them. His accusations against her, however, were found to be groundless, and the case was decided against him. ? About 250,000 pistols have been made at Norwich, Conn., this year. Orders are increasing, and many of the works are running day and night. The Bridgeport cartridge works make some 700,000 cartridges a day. They have supplied Russia with 40,000,000, Turkey with 70,000,000, and have just got an order for 80,000,000 from Italy. The Russian and Turkish inspection officers have been working side by side at the factory. ? The Ohio Legislature will contain 15 Democratic majority in the Senate and 27 in the House, making 42 on joint ballot. Last year the Republican majority was 3 in the Senate and 19 in the House?22 on joint ballot. The Labor Reformers have two members of the House from Toledo, both of Republican antecedents, and Mahoning county has a Democrat elected by a fusion with the Workingmen and Greenback parties. All the others are straight out Republicans or Democrats. ? Rev. E. T. Baird, late Secretary of the Presbyterian Committee of Publication of the Southern General Assembly, who was indicted in the Hustings Court of Richmond, Va., for embezzlement ef the funds of the committee, was put on trial on the 17th instant. After examination of the three principal witnesses, Judge Guigon stated that he saw no * ? J! 3 iLL necessity lor iurtner proceeuiugs, auu mis opinion was coincided with by the prosecuting attorney. The jury, therefore, without leaving their seats, rendered a verdict of "not guilty," and then the accused was immediately discharged. ? After giving an account of the arrest of ex-Treasurer Parker in Jersey City, the New York World says: "Ex-Congressman L. Cass Carpenter, of Columbia, who fled from South Carolina soon after the inauguration of Gov. Hampton, and against whom an indictment was returned by the Grand Jury, has since been hiding in and about New York, and it i9 understood that the officfers have been on the lookout for him. It may be stated that he was seen on Broadway, yesterday, (not far behind H. H. Kimpton, ex-Financial Agent of South Carolina,) and that probably exTreasurer Parker can give some clue to his whereabouts." ? A gigantic swindle has recently been brought to light at Kansas City, Mo. J. R. Ham, Edward L. Stephens and George W. Miller were arrested there on a requisition of Governor Hubbard, of Texas, charging them fnrrrincr land titles and issuing fraudu- I TT.HJ 0 lent deeds for large tracts of land in Texas. It is charged that several thousand acres of land have been sold to innocent purchasers by these parties, involving the interest of both the State of Texas and the United States. It is also charged that no less than thirteen court-houses have been set on fire and burned, during the last year, to destroy evidence that could have been used against these fraudulent land speculators. ? The Nez Perces crowned their last struggle with some striking instances of generosity and humanity which make us ashamed to talk of the superiority of civilized over savage warfare. All along they have refused to scalp or mutilate our dead soldiers, or to kill the wounded who fell into their hands, though our Indian allies have scalped their dead. They have also released women and children. Soldiers now relate that in Miles' last fight, the Nez Perces spared the wounded throughout the battle. They roamed over the battle-1 field at night where our wounded, unrescued, j ~?:ii l?n tliam in hrnkfin Flapdish to I otlli lay j auu i>viv* vuv?m ??-> - ? ? ??0 fear nothing?that they never shot men who j did not resist. In one case a blanket was put | by them, it is said, under a wounded lad's head ; and Lieut. Jerome, who was captured , the first day, says they gave him a deep rifle pit to stay in, so that he might be protected from the bullets of his friends. These are the people we call savages. ? Twice within the last week, has the New 1 York Graphic stated that the South has gain-1 ed thirty-five Representatives in Congress as a result of emancipation of the negroes. We have heretofore had occasion to correct asim-1 ilar blunder originating in some other part of the North. It may, therefore, be set down as the belief of the Northern people as a mass, that the negroes were, none of them, represen-;! ted in Congress before their emancipation. This is a fair inference ; for if the intelligent: classes represented by the New York papers know no better, it is certainly logical to con-; elude that but few of our Northern brethren are any better informed. For the second, third, or perhaps the seventh time, we state that by emancipation the South gained only .about one-third as many Representatives as our Northern friends suppose she did. In round numbers there were 4,000,000 of slaves. Of these 2,400,000 (three fifths) were represented whilst they remained slaves. It is evident, therefore, that 1,600,000 is the number newly represented; and as it requires over 130,000 to send one Representative, it would seem to be a pretty plain proposition that the South cannot have gained more than a dozen Representatives as a consequence of the freeing of the whole number of slaves.?Richmond Dispatch. ?he fetMIr Acquirer. YORKVILLE. S. C.T~ THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 25, 1877. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, . J o.-.- <-..11 A (I.O mnnnnt ill' COUnty anu OUilt) iu lull, ami ncnu ? ic cuuu... ?. the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirkr is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 16th, a large number of bills and petitions were presented and referred to appropriate committees. Among the petitions were many from various parts of the country in favor of increasing the ^ ?"* ? lallA* on rntora "\f * compeusauuu ui wij icnoi iu?io. ?> Beck, of Kentucky, introduced a bill for the removal of all disabilities imposed by the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Beck also introduced a bill to repeal the act of July 2, 1862, and such sections of the revised statutes of the United States as perpetuate the iron clad oath. Both bills were referred to the judiciary committee. A resolution continuing the committees of last session until further orders, was adopted. Bailey, of Tennessee, presented a petition of the Southern Methodist Publishing House, of Nashville, for an indemnity for use and consumption of its property in 1864-65. Referred to the com mittee on claims. In the House, after a struggle for the precedence, the case of Rainey, of South Carolina, was taken up, when Mr. Cox sent to the chair, to be read, papers from Governor Hampton. Mr. Hale spoke at length in favor of seating Rainey and Cain, while Cox, of New York, Bright, of Tennessee, and other Democrats argued that ? " 1 _ iL. the question should ne rererrea 10 me cummittee on elections, as in the Kentucky cases some years ago. Mills, of Texas; Potter, ol New York ; with Banks and Butler, of Mas sachusetts; and Hale, argued that inasmuch as Rainey and Cain presented a prima facie case, they were entitled to be sworn in and then to have the question of the validity of their rights referred ta the committee. The House took the latter view by a vote of 181 to 88, and Rainey and Cain were accordingly sworn in. Objection was withdrawn , in the case of Darrell, of Louisiana, and he was sworn in. i In the Senate on the 17th, Mr. Beck intro 1 duced a bill authorizing the payment of 50 per centum of customs duties in legal tender notes. Referred to the committee on finance. Mr. Thurman presented the credentials of Henry W. Spoflford, elected United States i Senator for Louisiana for six years from ' March 4th, 1877, and asked that they be read and Mr. Spofford now be sworn. The credentials having been read by the Clerk, Mr. Mitchell moved as a substitute for Mr. Thurman's motion, that the credentials be referred to the committee on privileges and elections. Quite a lengthy discussion on points of order followed. In the House, Elam and Robert- ' son, Democrats from Louisiana, were seated 1 by a vote of 144 to 119. These gentlemen 1 took the modified oath. Pacheco, Republi- ' can, of California, was also seated. The Colorado case was opened, when the House ' adjourned to Saturday, with the understanding that no business was to be done that day. 1 The Senate, on the 18th was occupied exclusively in debating the senatorial case from Louisiana, involving the seating of Spoffbrd, ( when finally his credentials were referred to 1 the committee on privileges and elections. 1 In the Senate, during the morning hour, on the 19th, a number of bills were introduced, nmnnor them one bv Mr. Merrimon of North Carolina, to amend section 146 of the ' revised statutes, relating to vacancies in the offices of the President and Vice President. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, submitted a resolution instructing the committee on pensions to inquire and report by bill or otherwise, reducing and properly adjusting salaries and fees of pension agents. An amendment, submitted by Mr. Ingalls, directing the committee to inquire into the expediency of abolishing all pension agencies and having pensions paid from Washington, was agreed to and resolutions passed at the expiration of the morning hour. The Senate resumed consideration of the resolution, submitted by Mr. Thurraan on the previous day, to discharge the committee on privileges and elect.ons, from further consideration of the credentials of J. P. Eustis, as United States Senator for the State of Louisiana, for the term commencing March 4th 1873, and Mr. Thurman spoke at length in favor of the claims of Mr. Eustis. Adjourned until Monday. In the Senate on the 22d, Mr. Beck introduced a bill to repeal section 3 of an act to - i * ? _ provide for the resumption or specie payment, approved July 14, 1875. Mr. Hereford, of Virginia, introduced a bill to repeal the act providing for the resumption of specie payments. Mr. Jones, of Nevada, introduced a bill to authorize the coinage of a dollar of 4125 grains of standard silver, and for other purposes. Mr. Edmunds' resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of seven Senators, whose duty it shall be to take into consideration the statute law respecting the ascertaining and declaration of the result of elections of President and Vice President of tl& United States, and that said committee have power to report by bill or otherwise, was taken up. Mr. Edmunds moved to amend by adding the words "and that said committee have power to confer and act with any committee of the House of , 1 ' m u xr Ko ^Vinrcrprl with Kepreseniauvra m?u iu.?j ?b? , the same subject." The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution passed as amended. A number of other bills of no special | importance were introduced and referred to the proper committees. The House was oc- (' cupied the eotir.e daj with tjie,contested seat i from Colorado. J SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Gen. Beauregard has been invited to attend the State Fair at Columbia. ? The Columbia Register says that the largest part of the 18th Infantry is expected to return to Columbia to go into winter quarters. ? The names of about a dozen persons have been suggested for the senatorship of Richland county, made vacant by the resignation of Beverly Nash. ? The Presbyterian Synod, which was in session in Columbia last week, adjourned on Saturday. The next annual meeting will be held at Spartanburg. ? At a recent meeting of the citizens of the town of Georgetown, the town council, in its corporate capacity, was instructed to subsorihft fiftv thousand dollars to the capital Btock of the Georgetown and Chester Railroad. ? At the recent term of the Circuit Court for Darlington county, a number of negroes were convicted of arson and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for various terras. One was sentenced to ten years, one for twenty years, and four for life. ? Ex Treasurer Parker arrived in Columbia from Jersey City, on Wednesday of last week, in charge of Special Officer Ronan. Parker, it is understood, will turn State's evidence and tell what he knows about stealing generally. ? In tbe Orphans' Court at Baltimore, last Friday, letters of administration on the estate of the late ex-State Senator John Y. P. Owens, of Laureus, who died in Baltimore on the 5th of September, were granted to bis brother, James T. Owens and a Baltimore lawyer?Frank Gosnell. Bond 810,000. ? The political complexion of the State Senate, in which the Republicans had a small maioritv last serin?, has been so far changed by the resignation of Senators against whom corruption has recently been proved, that when the Legislature reassembles next month more than two-thirds of the Senators will be Democrats. A Columbia dispatch says: "Should Patterson be expelled, Gov. Hampton will probably be chosen to succeed him in the United States Senate." ? The regular fall terra of the Court of General Sessions for Richlaud county, commenced its sitting at Columbia on Monday last, Judge Townsend presiding. It is understood that the cases of ex-officials indicted for plundering the State will not be taken up until after other business of the Court is dis posed of. The joint investigating committee is still in session, working day and night, uuearthing fraud and detecting the perpetrators. ? With regard to the vacancies in the State Senate, the Columbia Register of Sunday says: "When the Legislature adjourned on the 9th of last June, the Senate stood as follows: Democrats, 16; Republicans, 16. One vacancy then existed, caused by the resignation of Whitteraore, which was filled by the election of Mr. Coker. This gave the Democrats a majority of one in the Senate. Then came the resignations of Maxwell, of Marlboro; Nash, of Richland ,* and Gaillard, of Charleston ; whose places will undoubtedly be filled with Democrats. Following these vacancies, it is reported that Corwin, of Newberry, and Green, of Beaufort, have joined the grand caravan of ex-statesmen, and tendered their resignations to the presiding officer of the Senate. It is also hinted that Swails ef Williamsburg, is on the ragged edge, aud will most likely abandon the pursuit of politics in a ,U?_. A nntkor itiialrn Ronotnr in t.tiA 311U1 I bliuo. AUWVUOI uuuujr wuuvw?| >m v person of Cliutoo, from Lancaster, will probably vacate the Senate chamber, and the reverend rascal Bird, from Fairfield, is not certain that he will return at the next session. Admitting that these vacancies will occur, and that Democrats will be substituted in every instance, the Senate will be composed of 25 Democrats and 8 Republicans?including, among the latter, Mr. Cochran, of Anderson. Some of these rumors may prove untrue, but we think it is safe to predict that tbe Senate will be controlled by a Democratic majority of two-thirds, when it re-assembles next month." MERE-MOTION. The Senate is full, with the exception of Morton and the excluded Senators from Louisiana and South Carolina. Gen. Harlan, of Kentucky, an old line Whig, has been nominated to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court bench. The cele-1 bration of Burgoyue's defeat occurred at Schuylerville, N. Y.f on the 17th, with an immense attendance. The speaker and officers wore badges ornamented with devices made of palmetto sent from South Carolina for the occasion. James P. Cowardin, one of the editors of the Richmond Dispatch, died last week in Washington City. Senator Morton has been removed from Richmond, Indiana, to Indianapolis. One of the most beautiful women of New York is now in the Bloomington Insane Asylum, the disease being superinduced by the use of enamel on her face. A colored baby carried off the 6rst prize at a Greensburg, Indiana, baby show last week. The Florida orange crop promises to be the largest on record. Georgia has 26,199 more women than men ; South Carolina 35,828 more. Bad for the matrimonial market. The only man defeated on the Republican Legislative ticket in Cleveland, Ohio, was the colored nominee. That's something for colored men to think about. The new chaplain of the House, Dr. John Poisal, was once a shoe-maker. He was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, and is nearly blind. The longer we live the more we learn. A man never wakes up his second baby to see it laugh. The President, with Evarts, Thompson and Key, will attend the State Fair at Richmond, Va., on the 30th and 31st instant. Col. 0. P. Fitzsimons, of Augusta, has been appointed by the President, Marshal for the State of Georgia. The appointee is a democrat. The Republican majority in Iowa is stated to be 30,000. It is said that of the ten thousand office seekers who have appeared in Washington since Congress assembled, nine thousand hail from Ohio. Of the members of the National House of Representatives, 175 are lawyers. Senator Kernan predicts that New York will go deraonrafiV at thft ftleetion next month by 50,000 majority, and that after 1879, his colleague, like himself, will be a democrat. An artesian well in Saint Louis, has attained the ; depth of three thousand and eight hundred feet. In the year 1876, the citizens of the United States expended $735,000,000 for intoxicating drinks. It is said there will be an earnest effort j made to secure a repeal of the bankrupt law | during the present session of Congress. A | deputy internal revenue collector in the third j Georgia district is reported $4,000 short, and a special ageut has been sent from Washing-: ton to lake the matter in charge. Sena-1 ?? rn?niia koa intmrlnpprl ft hill npnsinninp i iu1 lugaho iiuo iuv?vumvv?. ? ! 0 . certain soldiers of the Mexican war, giving I 88 a month to all the survivors, including I those who served sixty days and their wid-; ow8. Mr. Tilden was expected to have arrived in New York from his European tour on last Tuesday. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. M. Dobson <fe Co.?Ho! for Hampton?Cotton, 15 Cents?Millinery Goods?Fair Warning?Cash?Pretty Hats?Mottoes?Bloom of Youth?Corsets?Don't Read This. M. Strauss?What Everybody Says Must be True. John C. Kuykendal?Harris' Fertilizer?Not Particular?Novelties?-A Bonanza?Rejoice, Afflicted?Condensed Milk?Blue Stone? Staple Drugs. W. H. & J. P. Herndon.?Our Stock?Cotton. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationMary McCarter, Applicant?Samuel L. McCarter, Deceased. B. F. White.?Caution Notice. H. F. Adickes <fe Sons?Some of the New Things Under the S(o)ns. Hunter and Oates?Clothing and Dress Goods. Doty <ft Walker.?Here is Your Mule! Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationJoseph F. Wallace, Clerk of Circuit Court, Applicant?Jane Barber, Deceased. E. M. Brayton, Collector?United States Internal Revenue Sale. Dr. J. B. Patrick, Jr.?Dental Notice. IHU-Ti SUKIiUtiOi Jack Campbell, an industrious colored citizen, has sent us a sample of sorghum syrup of his own make, which compares favorably with any we have seen this season. CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS. Hon. John H. Evins, member of the House of Representatives from this District, has favored us with a copy of the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1876. We are also indebted to him for regular issues of the Congressional Record. NEW POST OFFICE. The Postmaster-General has ordered the establishment of a new post office, at Creighton's Store, six miles south east of Yorkville, on the mail route leading from Yorkville to Rock Hill. Tirzah is the name of the new office, and Mr. W. S. Creighton has been appointed postmaster. YORK COUNTY INVESTIGATION. The York county investigating commission was in session on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. On Wednesday a number of witnesses were examined on points relating to the county subscription to the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, and at about 2 o'clock the commission adjourned to meet at Rock Hill to-day. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. On Sunday evening last, a little son of Wm. Z. Kell, living about seven miles from town, accidentally shot himself while handling a pistol. The ball lodged in his right foot, where it yet remains. Dr. Jackson was called to the relief of the sufferer, but owing to the nature of the wound, was unable to find the ball by the usual method of probing. i IN TEXAS, SURE ENOUGH. A letter from Mr. Joseph W. Colcock announces his safe arrival in Texas. Not long ain/to ran nlirnninlo^ Vila rlonnrllirA fnr New OIUWO HO VUIUUIV1VU Mlsj UW|/WI w av. York; but after arriving in that city be changed bis plans and sailed for Texas. He is connected with a ootton house in Denison, and we are pleased to learn that his prospects in the Lone Star State are very promising. He wishes it understood that he is in Texas now, and no joke. THE PINES OF YORK. A gentleman who has been devoting some attention to forest growth, has observed the present year that the pines are entirely destitute of cones?something which he never before noticed. In no section of York county, in which be has been this season, has he seen a pine cone of this year's growth. He asks for information which perhaps some dendrologist can supply. Is the circumstance noted of unusual occurrence, or is it a peculiarity of the pine not to bear fruit every year ? SHOOTING SCRAPE. By a letter from Fort Mill, we learn that one day last week two colored men?Stephen Jefferson and George Adkins?had an altercation, in which Stephen shot George with a shot gun, inflicting a severe wound in his side and shattering one arm at the elbow. At the time the letter was written, the attending physician was of opinion that amputation of the wounded arm would be necessary. On arraignment before trial justice Powell, Stephen pleaded guilty, and in default of bail was committed to the jail in Yorkville. 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 J. Shaw to Rebecca E. Shaw. Tract of 75 acres in Catawba township. Consideration 8250. George W. Laflfait to W. Blackburn Wilson. Tract of 59 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $350. Hannah Stephenson to Mary Stephenson. Tract of 53 acres in Broad River township. Consideration $100. it. ti. ijrienn, onerin, 10 iu?. uauc lumci. Tract of 400 acres in York township. Consideration $300. TAX COLLECTIONS. The County Treasurer informs us that since the 1st of this month he has received about $15,000 of the taxes, which was paid in by 3,156 tax-payers. There are a large number yet to settle their taxes, and the Treasurer suggests that all who would avoid the penalty should be prompt in making payment during the last days of this month. The law does not provide for an extension of ti me without the penalty attaching, and the Comptroller-General will not be likely to assume the power of extending the time on his own responsibility, especially in view of tlje fact that the fiscal year ends on the day limited for the collection of taxes. THE FALL TRADE. So far as we have heard an expression of opinion by the merchants of Yorkville, the fall trade has opened quite satisfactorily. Trade was good last week, and particularly ? tl.nni.li a mat i n alonddn h Ho v UU Ottbuiuaj, tuuugu o nvv) v.Mj , the various stores were thronged with customers. One merchant says his sales amounted to more on that day than on any one day during the past five years. Trade has also been good the present week. Our merchants are well prepared with ample stocks to meet the demands of their customers, and we speak sincerely when we assure purchasers that they can find as many inducements in Yorkville as in any surrounding market. Our advertising columns are bright with attractive ad ? ? ?Li: IJ J -11 vertisements, wmcn ine puunu wumu uu won to consult?remembering, always, that advertisers are the most liberal dealers. FATAL ALTERCATION. We learn that on Friday night last, an altercation, terminating fatally to one of the parties, occurred near the premises of Alexander Fewell, Senior, about two miles from Rock Hill. As related to us, the particulars are about as follows: Two white men of the neighborhood?James Ingram and Robert Rainey?had been to Rock Hill on the day mentirmed. and started from that place to gether on Friday evening. While on the road, it seems that a quarrel originated between them, and when about nearly opposite Mr. Fewell'8 residence, where Rainey was employed, and where he intended to stop, Ingram seized him by the neck with one hand, and with the other fired a pistol, the ball e grazing Rainey's abdomen, infiioting a slight ? wound. As soon as Ingram's weapon was * discharged, Rainey drew a pistol and shot j Ingram through the breast, killing him in- ( stantly. We further learn that a jury of in- ; quest rendered a verdict that the shooting a was justifiable. No official proceedings of the f case, however, have as yet reached the Clerk's c office, and we relate the facts substantially as we have heard them verbally from different e sources. t YOKKVILLE FEMALE INSTITUTE. 1 The regular monthly reviews of all the 6 classes in the above institution, will continue through the present week. Patrons of the jj school are not only invited, but earnestly re- f quested to attend these exercises. The month- i ly record and standing of each pupil will be ? read on Friday, (to-morrow/) the exercises ' commencing at 9 o'clock in the forenoon and c closing at 2 P. M. ^ We are glad to learn that this school is in a so flourishing a condition, numbering, as it t does, nearly sixty pupils. The teachers de- i serve success for their industry and persever- 1 ance, and it is hoped that the patrons will ! show their appreciation of the efforts being ? made to build up a first-class school in our j midst, by attending the exercises this week, ? and thus, by their presence, give encourage- s meet to both teachers and pupils. * The Principal of the Institute is prepared 1 to accommodate boarding pupils in the schoolbuilding, where they would have all the ad- * vantages and comforts of a home, and we > would call the attention of parents at a dis- * tance to the fact that this school affords all t the facilities of any similar seminary in the c up-country. 1 WINNER OP THE PLUME. 1 On Wednesday night of last week, the annual plume drill of the Governor's Guards, of Columbia, took place in the Opera House t in that city. As will be seen from the fol- t lowing account of the contest, copied from 1 the Columbia Register, the plume was award- c ed to Private W. Arthur Metta as being the best drilled man in the company. Mr. Metts 1 is a native of Yorkville and received a mili- t tary training in King's Mountain Military f School. The Register says: \ Precisely at 8 p. in. the curtain was "rung up." \ and eighteen picked members of the company, In i command of their soldierly captain, stood in the , shape of a crescent, (the width of the stage pre- 1 venting their presenting a straight front,) ready 8 to contend for the "white plume," which is year- . ly accorded to the best drilled man in the company. At the word of command the platoon was put ? through the manual, the curtain lowered, ana as 1 soon as the judges could decide who had proved , to be imperfect in Upton's tactics, it was raised again. Only eight remained to enter the second c contest, and after they were put through a similar I course of sprouts, the same proceeding was gone t through with, and at the third raising of the cur- . tain only three remained for the final struggle. 1 Again the devoted three were put upon their ( mettle, when, after a rigid test. Private W. Arthur ( Metts was declared by the judges the best drilled man in the company, and in consequence was en- c titled to wear the plume for one year from date, c Private Metts, who was quite exhausted, after g the arduous drill, in a brief and sensible speech, . announced to the audience that he had not ex- J pected to be the victor, else he would have pre- * pared a speech for the occasion, but as he was j greatly fatigued, be was unable to do more than thank them for the applause, which, to- j gether with numerous bouquets, were lavishly 1 bestowed upon hiin. The judges on the occasion c of the drill were selected from among the officers fl of Columbia's two crack infantry companies, as follows: Lieutenants C'hilds, Jones and Williams, j of the Governor's Guards, and Captain O'Neale ( and Lieutenant Rowland Keenan, of the veteran c Richland Volunteer Rifle Company. ???IM 8 EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Yice-Presldcnt and the South. ? The Philadelphia Press contains a Washington dispatch of the 15th instant, detailing the views of Vice-President Wheeler on the President's pacification policy. Mr. Wheeler believes the new policy to be judicious. His ^ remarks, summarized, are briefly as follows: j Notwithstanding the action of the Re- ^ publicans in Ohio, Mr. Wheeler still felt that the course of the President in regard to the 0 Southern States was most judicious; that he ^ did not regard the President's course as a pol- o icy, but as a principle of vital importance to a the future peace and prosperity of the whole n country, and that he feit more assured of the wisdom of the President's course than ever h before. During the past summer be had op- I portunities to ascertain the views of the Re- t publicans, not only in New York but in all * parts of the country, and he knew that the r feeling was such that had this course not been b pursued, it would have cost the Republican p party thousands of votes. He felt confident b that the President would be thoroughly vin- t dicated in time to prevent any serious disas- v ter to the Republican part}. He further p said that this was a time when the party n could afford to do a little drifting for the e sake of principle. But before the next Pres- A idential campaign, the President would be C fully so vindicated in his course that the h party would work together in harmony, f strengthened by the more liberal element of fi the Democracy, who are as much opposed to b the ultra views within their own ranks, as the I discontented Republicans in his party were s with the action of the President. u T Patterson's Case in Coart. 4 In Washington City, on the 17th in- ^ stant, the case of the State of South Carolina p against John J. Patterson, was called before a Judge Humphreys, of the District Court, s The following is a report of the proceedings: F Gen. James Connor, attorney-general of the c State, and Mr. James Lowndes appeared for u the State of South Carolina, and Messrs. Shellabarger, Cook and Pelham for Senator Patteraon. The defence of Senator Patterson, as 4 stated in the pleadings, rests on the following 8 grounds : First, that Hampton is not Gover- ? nor; second, that there was no legal court, no ^ legal grand jury, and no duly elected judge; B third, that Chief Justice Willard, who order- 1 I ed the special term, was not the legal Chief 8< .Justice; fourth, that tbe General Assembly 1 which appointed the committee of investiga- 81 tion was illegal; fifth, that Chief Justice Wil- ? lard, Judge Kershaw and the grand jury " conspired against the rights and liberty of 0 Patterson, and that the indictments were the 8 results of the conspiracy ; sixth, that he was not a fugitive from justice ; seventh, that the c Constitution only allowed a State to demand ;j a fugitive from a State, and that the District ] ofColumbia not being a State, the Constitution ^ did not apply, aud the act of Congress author- ' izing the Chief Justice to surrender fugitives * was unconstitutional and void. No exemp- " tion on the ground of Senatorial privileges c was claimed on account of the indictments being statutory, which takes the case out of v owomnhnn C LUC UUUObltUbiUuai UA^uij/u*vu> After the papers were read, Gen. Connor requested the instruction of the Court as to ? who would be entitled to the opening aud re- e ply. After argument by Messrs. Shellabar- c ger, Cook and Connor, the Court decided that D the State of South Carolina was actor aud entitled to the opening and reply. The Court P further stated that in view of the importance ofthecase.it would require full argument, 'j which the engagements of the Court would A ? ** A ?fnnnon_rionaro 1 flnn. ^ NUl pur III11 I'll 19 W CC fV , HbbUlUCJ ViiuuutMi VVM | , or stated that hia official engagements would | '' prevent his attendance this week. The case f was fixed for the 31st. '' The Cotton Crop. " The report of the cotton crop for the ^ month of October, as furnished by the De- ^ partment of Agriculture at Washington, h makes the average condition nearly as high o as in 1876. It is 81.1 against 82.7 last year, I ! and 88 the year before. The decline in con- ^ | dition during September is less this year than Q ; last. The following are the statistics from p 1 the different States : r; I Georgia and Tennessee make the same av- c irage as in September, North Carolina higher, ind all the other States lower, though Arkansas declines but 1 per cent. The State >er centages areas follows: North Carolina, 15 ; South Carolina, 79 ; Georgia, 77 ; Florila, 88 ; Alabama, 88; Mississippi, 80; Lousiana, 77; Texas, 64; Arkansas, 98; Tennesee, 100. The weather has been favorable generally, up to the middle of September, exsept upon soils liable to suffer from drouth. !n portions of Arkansas and in more limited ireas in Texas, heavy rains prevailed in the arly part of that month, and from the 16th o the 20th a storm of great violence swept hrough the cotton belt to the borders of Tex* is, doing great damage by beating out the ibre, rotting the bolls, breaking down the riant and overflowing low lauds. A loss of it least ZU,UUU Dales is reported rrom overlows of the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Alabama. Between the 20th and 30th of September, rains were frequent, and in some ocalities nearly continuous, retarding or discontinuing picking. Rust is reported throughiut the belt, more in the east than in the rest, but in few places causing serious damige. The caterpillar has done less damage ban was feared, the most serious injury being n Texas and in Louisiana. In the more lorthern States of the belt they will accomilisb quite as much benefit as injury by relucing the redundant growth of foliage and lastening the maturity of fruitage. Picking ias progressed rapidly in the more western States, but has been retarded on the Atlantic incetbe middle of September by unfavorable reather. low Patterson Escaped Arrest. Mr. Ricbbourg, the gentleman who ras appointed to go from Columbia to Washngton as the bearer of the requisition for Tobn J. Patterson, explains very clearly how bat Senator managed to escape from the dutches of the law. The story is a Jong one, iut is briefly told by the correspondent of the Yew and Courier as follows: As soon as Mr. Richbourg obtained the lecessary papers for Patterson's arrest, he ilaced them in the hands of the marshal of he District, Fred. Douglas, with a request hat they should be executed promptly, ^onglas, who was in his office, received the locuments with the impertinent inqairy, 'Has politics anything to do with this mater?" To which Mr. Richbourg replied by eferring to the papers for any desired infornation, and soon after leaving Douglas' ofice, went direct to Patterson's house, near vhich he took his stand to await further derelopments. He had not been on the watch onger tban fifteen or twenty minutes, when le saw a negro boy come running down the loan* fimrn tlia dirantinn nf Dnnolat' nffiim VIQOb i&UUI VUU Uli VVVIWU V4 wwgiww W4MWW vith a note in his baud. The messenger was idmitted at the front door of Patterson's lopse, and after remaining a few minutes, vas discharged at the back door and made >ff in a new direction. A half hour later the narshal's deputies knocked at the front door, ind on inquiring for Patterson, were told that le was not at home, and that he had taken a sarriage during the morning and driven out >f the district. This occurred at about 2 >'clock. Patterson was not arrested until 5 t'clock next day, after his lawyers had made ill their arrangements to secure his release, he story of which is well known. Mr. Rich>ourg meeting Douglas at a l iter hour, reated to him the incident of the note and nessenger, and asked an explanation. Dougas placidly replied that Mr. Cook was in the iffice when he (Douglas) filed the requisition, ind he supposed that Cook (Patterson's lawyer) must have sent the note. Whether )onk or Douglas sent it, however, the evilence of collusion, somewhere, to keep Patteron posted and enable him to evade the offiiers of the law, iB perfectly clear. 4^.4 Correspondence of the Yorltville Enqnlrer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, October 22, 1877. On the 5th of November, nine thousand cres of land, belonging to the Cheraw & Chester Railroad Company, and located in jancaster county, will be sold at Lancaster }ourt House. This land will be sold in tracts f 50, 100 and 200 acres, and the terms will aaatt tn knuora th? amnnnt. of FO OCM9J III/ VUJ V?B vv vmv w. ne-third of the value of the land purchased, nd note, secured by mortgage, for the reaaining two-thirds. The Presbyterian congregation at this place ave been worshipping, for a short tinle, at the Lssociate Reformed Church. This was due 9 the closing of their sacred edifice, which ?as in consequence of a thorough internal enovation it has recently undergone. Paint as been freely used, ana, as a result, the imrovement is very great. Some change has >een made in the,pulpit, which adds greatly 9 its appearance. As the painting, and other rork of a beautifying nature is about comileted, the church will be open for service on ext Sunday. Sacrament will be administerd on that day. In this solemn service Rev. ir. Trenholm will be assisted by Rev. Dr. lirardeau, who was the instrument, in divine ands, of accomplishing the conversion of the ermer, and placing him in the ministerial ofice. As Dr. Giradeau is acknowledged to ie one of the best preachers in the South, our 'renhvterian friends, and all others who de ire to attend, have in store for them a pleasire that cannot be too highly valued. Bethel >resbytery, at the recent meeting, gave its onsent to the call that was extended by the ession of the Presbyterian Church at this dace to Rev. Mr. Trenholm, who has so ably ,ud acceptably supplied the congregation for everal months. He will be installed to the lastorate in the course of a short time. The ongregation is certainly to be congratulated ipon an event of so agreeable a character. The Sheriff of this county will sell a number of tracts of land on the 1st Monday in November. The following tracts will be Did, unless sale is prevented by a compromise etween the parties concerned: A tract of 56 acres, belonging to \V. S. Chisholm, and ituated on the waters of Fishing creek; a ract of 164 acres, belonging to J. E. Robinon, and situated on the waters of Broad iver; a tract of 542 acres, belonging to Joeph Carter, Sr., and situated on the waters f Brushy Fork, and a tract of 173 acres, elonging to D. R. Stevenson, and situated n the waters of Rocky creek. The blackmith shop of Purvis Alexander, and some ots about town will be sold. Also, the groeries and other goods in the store of R. D. Sralbraith will be sold on the 29th instant, .'his list of sheriff's sales does not speak well Dr the prosperous condition of our county, 'here is no doubt of the sad fact that the ast majority of our people are heavily in | oK?- anrl nniilrl not meet their obligations if ailed upon to do so. At a late meetiog of the committee to inestigate the indebtedness of this county, lairus against the county amounting to $1,64.01 had been presented. Of this amount 1,039.20 were claims of jurors and witnesss, $804.99 claims of Sheriff and other offiers, and $119.82 claims of a miscellaneous ature. The superintendent of the North Carolina enitentiary, has placed at the disposal of the j theater and Lenoir Railroad Company, thiry more convicts to aid in the grading of heir road. The Company will, of course, acept the services of these convicts, and will ^mediately dispatch the proper persons to laleigh with the view of securing and bringig them to Lincolnton. Upon their arrival here they will be put to work, and doubtless ender the same valuable service that their rethren of the striped-suit fraternity have een and are still doing. Dr. A. H. Davega i my authority for stating that the grading f the road is progressing rapidly between lincolnton and Newton. The congregation of the colored Methodist Jhurch, was recently disturbed by a number f negro boys firing pistols in disagreeable roxiraity to the Church. They were araigned before our town authorities, and harged with committing the offence named, v but, with the exception of one offender, against whom the evidence of guilt was too clear to admit of any doubt, were discharged without pajinf'the penalty due the offence. Saturday was decidedly a big day in Chester. A constant stream of people, white and colored, poured joto town from daybreak until ten o'clock. The object of their coming was, of course, to attend the circus, and they certainly attended to the number of seyeral thousand. The procession, preceded by the band wagon, drawn by camels, and competed of gilded chariots, with horsemen in fancy attire, and wagons containing tbe adimals, was interesting to behold.' An elephant, with his master on bis back, and a lion-tamer amid ?he lions, were features of the procession. The crowd were considerably amused by the ridiculous antics of the clown riding a pony, Music, produced by steam, was listened to with astonished ears. A public performance, without charge, took place at the show grounds, uear the depot, at the cloee of the procession. This embraced some slight of,hand tricks, which were uninteresting. There were two exhibitions of the circus?afternoon and r.;?kf anr? as alronHv Raid, were well attend U,6U?? -MM, ? j ? . ~r~. ~ s^Y ed. The riding was good, the different feats upon the trapeze skillfully and gracefully executed, the clown "got off*" some laughable jokes, and the performance upon the whole gave satisfaction. The proprietors of bar-rooms were requested by the town authorities to close their bars on Saturday, but as the law did not compel them to close, and as they had paid their license for selling liquors, they did not choose to comply with the request They did a splendid business in their line, and the conse- A quence was an indulgence in die "ardent" to an undue extent by a considerable number of persons, of both colors. This led to some 1 I fighting, which was immediately stopped by the police putting the belligerents in jail. Rev. Mr. Obear, of Winnsboro, conducted services yesterday at the Episcopal Churcji. James Hemphill, Esq., was the lay representative of Purity Church at the late session of Synod that met in Columbia. The case of Rev. J. E. White, who was indefinitely suspended from the ministry at* the last meeting of Bethel Presbytery, came jip before the Synod. Mr. White, as I have been informed, concluded not todefendhis conduct before that honorable body, but to apologise. He has also concluded to surrender the parsonage of Purity Church into the hands of its rightful owners. A special meeting of Bethel Presbytery will be held at this place.in November for the purpose of receiving biff apologies and restoring him to the ministry. All persons indebted to me for subscriptions to the Yorkville Enquirer, are earnestly requested to make immediate payment. Settle without delay, and thus redeem past promises. Qui. HAMPTON*AT RALEIGH. Governor Hampton attended the State Pair in Raleigh last week, consenting to do so upon the urgent request of a delegation of eitizens who visited Columbia specially to extend the invitation. Of his presence in Raleigh; the Obterver remarked editorially: It is needless to say that his presence here is a great gratification to our people, for too man outside of her limits has a greater hold upon the affections of the'people of North Carolina than Wade Hampton. Soldier, statesman and patriot, he has proved himself to be a man of whom not only his State, but the country and the age in which he lives may well be proud, for his is one of the grand-" est, most perfectly rounded characters America has yet produced. ; Whether in prosperity, with money and lands and slaves at his command, or in adversity, dependent upon his daily labor for1 his daily bread; in peace, surrounded by all that wealth could command or intelligence and refinement desire ; or in war,- sharing every hardship with the humblest soldicfr ; as a free citizen of a free State, or as the leader of a forlorn hope in behalf of his people , against the most despotic of governments, he staqds out preeminently as a man to be loved, and admired. No wonder that his people are ready to follow him to the death. Nor woncler that they rally to bis standard without regard to race or color, or whether native or Northern born, for to them Hampton is the person- ?-qjj ification of all that is great and gobd in arts or arms or in government His word is to them as law written in eternal characters' topon their hearts. During the days when Under his command the people of oar sister State were straggling for their very existence, with but a word from bim and 8rmed men Would everywhere have sprung up ready for any deed of daring, no matter bow desperate, fot his people bad been outraged And oppressed and incensed until flesh and blood could scarce bear it longer, and yet with"*'' word from him the surging crowd that bad assembled to rescue their capitol, and that neither bullets nor bayonets could make qaail,'quietly dispersed, every man returning peaceably to bis own home. In the restraint he Hn> posed upon himself, in that hour of wrong and turmoil and outrage, to utter words of peace, and to teach lessons of moderation, he was grander even than when sabre in hand, at the head of his invincible legions, he rode in resistless charge upon bis enemies. Well may we say such a man belongs not -to his Btate' alone, nor even to his section,-but to the1 whole country. /-Ml As we declared in announcing his coining, no more welcome guest than Wade Hampton could come to North Carolina. Men of all colors and of every shade of political opinion "v. unite in giving a most cordial greeting to jjhe citizen who, in addition to being a peerless soldier, wears among his laurels the crowning honor of being the redeemer of his State, from a government that for corruption and oppression is without a parallel in history. But it is not merely as a famous soldier and distinguished oitizen that he finds the warm* est welcome in the hearts of the peopiej -but as their faithful old commander he will' be greeted by many from every portion of the State with whom he shared every danger and every hardship. The tie that binds him to these tm-u, and their name is legion, can be loosed only in death. On Thursday, Governor Hampton was in* troduced by Governor Vance to the vast multitude upon the grounds, and spoke as follows: My Friends of North Carolina I differ with Governor Vance in one particular, for I believe every man and woman in North Carolina is present to-day. It would take the, voice of a Stentor to be heard on this occasion. More than once have I been called upon to hear agricultural addresses at our annual fairs, and I have had the misfortune to make them ; myself, and I must say to the listener and speaker I have always found them great bores. I do not intend to inflict this bore upon North Carolina?an agricultural address to-day. When your Society sent a delegation to Columbia to ask me to come here, headed by one of North Carolina's gallant sons?General James M. Leach?he said he was going to stay until I consented to come. I did not intend to come here to-day to inflict upon those into whose eyes 1 had looked when in battle, an agricultural address. I came to grasp them by the hand. I have not forgotten them. The soldiers of North Carolina are as close to my heart as ever. There were no better soldiers in the late war than the soldiers of North Carolina. I always placed them where danger was the thickest, for I knew I could trust^the old tar-heel. These are some of the memories that bind me to the old North State. Then there are other associations. It was my good fortune to command North Car olina meu during the late war. 1 had the houor to fight the last battle in sight of this very sp t where I am speaking now. It was here that I sheathed my sword. That sword was never stained by cowardice or wrong. _ Though I wielded that sword as long as I could for what I deemed right, since its sur- . render I have never violated the obligation 4 resting upon me as a citizen of the Union. i I told the citizens of Illinois a few weeks ago that I fought the enemy as long as I could