Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and Jfacts. ? The mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, has tendered his resignation, to take effect the next time he gets drunk. ? Mules know bnt little about the weapons of defense used by human beiugs, but they generally go into a fight well heeled. ? An undertaker in Berrien county, Michigan, is testing in the court his right to disinter a body in order to recover the unpaid-for coffin. ? Governor Vance, of North Carolina, attributes the destruction of the pure agricultural fair system to horse racing, three card raoute, and prize candy. ? Ex-Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, was recently admitted to practice in the United States Courts for the Eastern District of the State of Georgia. ? The Philadelphia Bulletin, Republican, complains that the colored voters of that city generally supported the Democratic candidates at the last election, and thereby caused the defeat of the Republican ticket. ? The same vote that elected Mr. \V. H. Sims to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi by nearly 100,000 majority, abolished the office to which he was elected. To Mr. S. this is the most barren victory ever won. ? Madame Bonaparte, of Baltimore, now over ninety years of age, has become very feeble and does not venture out of doors. There are apprehensions that her roraaotic and most eventful career is fast approaching its close. ? The Illinois State Board of Agriculture reports that the corn crop in that State, this year, is 301,646,473 bushels. At thirty cents a bushel, which is a low average, the crop brings to the farmers $90,493,941. The acreage planted was 8,935,411, the average product, per acre, being over 33 bushels. ? Gen. Ben. Butler proposes to know whether or not the rights and privileges of a member of the House of Representative have been violated by the incarceration of Robert Smalls, colored M. C., in South Carolina. The Phil* ? ? -'-I!- 1.~ tknt adeipnia limes iroaicaiiy reiuai&s uiat wo General can see how very disastrous it might be if it is made possible to throw into jail every Congressman who has ever received a bribe. ? Says the Piedmont Press: Two men, Bruce Yount and A1 Kale, were disputing last week near Catawba about a pistol being loaded, when the former to prove that it was not, held up his hand and pulled the trigger? but to his surprise it fired?the ball passing through his hand and through the neck of the latter. Both feel fully satisfied now, and have no doubt aS to its being loaded. ? A Washington dispatch says that strong efforts are being made by the more Radical Republicans of South Carolina, to have the President withdraw the nomination of Northrop as District Attorney for that State. It is stated, on most excellent authority that the action of Senator Patterson in the ButlerCorbin contest is in accordance with his views expressed long before his trouble came upon him. ? During the last five years, West Point has had 522 cadets. Of these only 11 were the sons of rich men ; 465 were in moderate circumstances ; 86 very much reduced in worldly gear, and 10 indigent. The sons of farmers numbered 93; merchants, 54; army officers, 38; mechanics, 44; physicians, 40; civil officers, 16; editors, 5 ; bankers and brokers, 11 ; clerks, 13; manufacturers, 12; Congressmen, 2 ; and politician, 1. The sons of stablemen, nurserymen, tanners, speculators and undertakers numbered 2 each, as did laborers, judges, inventors, real estate agents and artists. ? The Chicago Times publishes a list of fifteen hanks and eighteen insurance companies which have burst in Chicago within a few years, and which, it declares, "were proved, by an examination of their remains, to have been little better than swindles." Among the banks it mentions the Franklin, which could not pay 10 per cent.; the Bank of Chicago, with liabilities about one-third of a million, and assets nothing; the State street Savings Bank, with liabilities 840,000 and assets $200, and so on through the list. The insurauce companies make no better show, the highest dividend mentioned being 16 per cent., the lowest 0. ? Although the Rev. Dr. E. T. Baird has been legally acquitted, and the statement made that he was not guilty of "intentional misconduct," the Southern Presbyterian Publication Board has not recovered any of the money which he "unintentionally" got rid of. Nor has explanation been made as to whether it was "unintentionally", that the reverend gentleman fled and concealed himself. Neither has light been shed on the muddled question of bow and why be was allowed to mix up his own money matters with those of the board, without any of the rest of the board haviDg so much as a suspicion that anything was wrong. ? The attempt to break the will of the dead Vanderbilt will probably not succeed, as it will not be easy to show that he was not of sound disposing mind when he made the will, but the developments in the trial place the favorite son, William H. Vanderbilt (who gets ninety-five million of the hundred million left) in a particularly unpleasant attitude. According to the testimony, he not only played a part of disgusting servility towards his father, but, in order to further advance his purposes, be allowed his mother to be consigned to a lunatic asylum, and, it is alleged, contrived to have a profligate woman, tool of his own, installed in her place to secure control over his father and prompt the bequeathal of the immense fortune to this particular son. ? A disturbance occurred last week among the miners near Deadwood, Dakota, in which the civil authorities were powerless to command order, when Company C, of the Seventh Cavalry were ordered to the scene. The miuers entrenched themselves in a mine, while the soldiers supported the sheriff and his posse. No violence ensued, as the miners would not attack the soldiers, nor were the soldiers inclined to fire on the miners. Finally a little neat strategy was resorted to. A quantity of brimstone was procured and set fire to in the mine in which the miners were entrenched, all but two of the apertures of the mine being closed. This had the effect of running the miners out, and in a short while the last one emerged and all surrendered. ? Washington letter: "The President and Mrs. Hayes decline all invitations to the theatre and places of amusement. Managers feel that they have lost good advertisements, since they can no longer notify the public that the President and family will occupy a nricnfA hnv durinjr the nerforraance on cer J"""*" o I tain evenings. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are very devout Methodists. The White House and its inmates are exceedingly popular. There is a refreshing absence of pretension and formality. The President and his wife have courteous, cordial manners, which spring from kindness of heart. They are quick and ready in conversation, so that there are no awkward pauses. They are not afraid to converse freely, and do not appear to put any restraint upon their utterances, as though they feared misrepresentation. This, too, is a contrast to the last rernme." ~ O ? The admission in the Houae of Representatives of Mr. Metcalfe, of Missouri, reduces the Democratic majority to thirteen. There are now 291 members, of which 152 are Democrats and 139 Republicans, with one Congressional District unrepresented?that of Colorado. The Senate now stands, with the new Democratic Senator from Indiana : Republicans, 38 ; Democrats, 34; Independent, (Mr. Davis, of Illinois), 1; with three vacancies ; 2 from Louisiana and 1 from South Carolina. With Mr. Sharon, of Nevada, absent and counting Mr. Davis with the Demcrats, with whom he has voted on some questions, the Republicans have but two majority. The Senate has not been so closely divided for forty years. Granting the Republicans a ! majority of four, or even five, it will be no: ticed that three votes are only required to de' stroy their vote on almost any question that { may arise. ihr ffltMle inquirer. YORKVfLLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 29, 1877. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The 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. Oursubscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, I A/J^UiAnal nharrvn fn fhn CllhtinHhAr. >YUUUUl nUUIUVIlAi vumgu vw 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. GREAT FRESHETS. The greatest freshets recorded in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and North and South Carolina, since the remarkable freshets of 1870 and 1872, have occurred in those States within the past week. The loss of property and the injury to business in consequence of the interruption of communication have been great, and it may be several weeks before bridges can be replaced, the roads put in good running condition, and transportation of freight and travel resume the usual course. Not only is telegraphic communication greatly interrupted, but the mails have been delayed beyond any precedent we have ever known. There has been no full mail delivered here since last Friday, nor since that day, until Monday mnmincT unrl Tuesday evening, have anv Da pers, except those of Columbia and Charlotte, been received. The confused coudition of the mails is of course attributable to the interrupt tion of the roads, and cannot be helped. The trains of the Chester and Lenoir road have made their regular trips between Chester and Gastonia ; and it is but proper to say that the fault of the mail service is with the roads with which this road connects. Some idea may be formed of the extent of the floods from the following, which we condense from telegrams of the 26th: At Harper's Ferry the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers were twenty-six feet above low water mark, and three feet higher than in 1870. All property on Shenandoah street was destroyed. At Charabersburg, Pa., there was a destructive flood, the Cunococheague creek rising flfteen feet above the ordinary level, and doing damage to the extent of $30,000. The bridge over Potomac river, near Williamsport, Md., was swept away. The Petersburg and Weldon Railroad bridge, at Weldon, N. C., is gone. Also, three spans of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad bridge at the same place. ?* ? T\ P HArvAnto f ko PivfAmon *jreurgetu?Yii, xj. v., icpinw *. uiumu^ river higher than since 1872, with an extensive loss of property all along its course. All the streams in the neighborhood of Charlottesville, Va., were greatly swollen, and the adjacent farms seriously damaged. Rivanna river was as high as in 1870. A portion of the iron bridge is gone, and the remainder badly damaged. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad is badly washed and all trains are stopped. At Danville, Va., the Dan river overflowed to nearly the highest mark ever known there. The damage to property in and about the town is more than $100,000. Everything bordering on Dan and Big and Little Sandy rivers was swept away. The Virginia and Midland Railroad at that point was sub merged and much damaged. The iron bridge over Staunton river, on the same road, was swept away, and the road-bed washed in many places. The gas-works in Dauville were submerged, and a number of houses were swept away. At midnight, Monday night, the excitement at Richmond was most intense. The people residing and merchants doing business below the St. Charles Hotel, on Main street, the point reached by the water during the great flood in 1870, were moving goods from stores and other places of busiuess. The streets were alive with vehicles of every kind and people engaged in the work of removal. The water from the region of Lynchburg showed its effect on the river, which rose at the rate of eighteen inches to two feet per hour. In the extreme lower portion of the city the water reached 17th street, and was in a few feet of the market, on Main street. A Lynchburg dispatch, dated 10 o'clock on the same night, says the river at that point was as high as in 1870, and still rising steadily. The bridges were all carried away, and the damage to all kinds of property is 1 ?1 . T7 immense, ide James river ana me ivanawha Canal, between Lynchburg and Richmond, will probably sustain mo9t serious dam^e by the overflow of the river and consequent breaking of its banks. The flood of 1870 caused a loss to the canal company of several hundred thousand dollars and a suspension of traffic for months, and the disaster is likely to be repeated. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 19th, a number of bills?most of them of a private character? were introdued and referred to appropriate committees. On motion, the Senate receded from the amendments to the army bill, in which the House non-concurred, and the bill goes to the President. The Senate then agreed i to Mr. Davis' resolution for a committee of ; five to investigate the system of book-keeping ! in the Treasury department, with a view of j removing alleged discrepancies, after which j the Senate went into executive session. In I the House, the bill in reference to the Paris | Exposition came up, the first thing, and kept ! its place until the hour of adjournment. Af1 ter a funny speech by Cox, of New York, the ! general debate closed. A motion to strike out the enacting close, (which would be equiv! alent to a defeat of the bill,) was made by j Mills, of Texas, and was rejected by a majori! ty of 40. All who voted for the motion were ; Democrats. An amendment was adopted, on motion of Mr. Steele, of North Carolina, requiring four of the Commissioners to the ExI position to be practical agricultui ists. | In the Senate on the 20th, the bill for naturalizing the Indians was postponed until ! December. After executive session, Mr. Tn;:rman submitted a resolution that the commitj tee on privileges and elections be discharged | from the further consideration of the credentials of M. C. Butler as Senator from South Carolina. Objection was made by several Senators, and after a lengthy debate the further consideration of the resolution went j over. The House spent the whole day in the ! discussion and voting on the amendments I proposed to the Paris Exposition bill, and ! finally passed the bill by a majority of 14. j It accepts the invitation of the French government; provides for the appointment of commissioners from each State and Territory ; allows the use of one or more vessels of war, and appropriates $150,000. In the Senate on the 21st, several private bills were considered, and in the afternoon, Mr. Conkling, for the Republican Senators, demauded an immediate vote on a motion of Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, to lay on the table the resolution of Mr. Thurman to discharge the committee on privileges and elections from the further consideration of the credentials of M. C. Butler, as Senator from South Carolina. The Democratic Senators opposed this motion, and to carry the matter over until the next day, Mr. Thurman submitted a motion for an executive session which was agreed to?yeas, 30; nays, 29? Mr. Conover, of Florida, and Davis, of Illinois voting with the Democrats in favor of the executive session. After the executive session, Thurman's resolution to discharge the committee on privileges and elections from the further consideration of the Senatorial contest from South Carolina, was discussed, without action, until adjournment. Mr. Allison, of Iowa, from the committee on finance, reported, with amendments, the House bill to authorize the free coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore its legal tender character. Placed on the calendar. The House was occupied all day with the consideration of the deficiency bill appropriating $500,000, the principal items for which are to pay judgments of the court of claims and the salaries of postmasters. No definite action was taken on the bill. The session of the Senate on the 22nd was devoted to a discussion of the resolution to discharge the committee on privileges and elections from the further consideration of the contested case from South Carolina, which resolution was voted down. In the test vote, Conover and Patterson voted with the Democrats. Mr. Windom, from the committe on appropriations, reported, with amendments, the House resolution in relation to the Paris exhibition, which was placed on the calendar. The Senate then adjourned until Monday. In the House, the motion to reconsider the vote of yesterday, defeating the amendment of Mr. Waddell, of North Carolina, appropri atiug 870,000 for mail routes other than railroads and steamship lines, was defeated, and the deficiency bill passed without that provision. Bills were introduced dy Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, for the payment of the full value of cotton seized by the Treasury officials after May 1865, and by Mr. Vance, of North Coroliua, for fast mail service between Washington and several Southern cities. The debate on the bill to repeal the resumption act, was closed by a strong speech in its favor b> Mr. Ewing, of Ohio. The House adjourned without final action on the bill. In the House, on the 23rd, a number of private bills were offered and referred to appropriate committees. The bill repealing the resumption act was then taken up. There were fourteen amendments pending when the House began to vote, and all of them were negatived, except one offered by Mr. Fort, of Illinois, as a substitute, and which had actually been accepted by the committee on banking and currency. The bill was finally passed by a vote of 133 to 120?the vote being more sectional than political. In the Senate, on the 26th, Wadleigh, from 1 J the committee oq privileges auu emuuous, submitted a report, accompanied by a resolution, declaring \V. P. Kellogg entitled to a seat from Louisiana, for six years, from March 4, 1877. Pie asked present consideration of the question, but objection was made, and the resolution went over. Merriraon submitted a minority report, signed by Hill, Salisbury and himself, in favor of seating Spofford. The House bill repealing the resumption act was read by its title and referred to the committee on finance. The remainder of the session was consumed in considering the contested case of Mr. Butler from South Carolina. SENTENCES OF CARDOZO, ET AL. At the opening of Richland Court of Ses sions in Columbia last Monday morning, Judge Townsend read his reasons for refusing new trials iu the cases of Smalls and Cardozo, which were filed with the Clerk of the Court. He also overruled the motions in arrest of judgment in the same cases and read his reasons for doing so. Mr. Melton excepted to the rulings iu both cases. His Honor then passed the following sentences : That Robert Smalls be confined at hard labor in the penitentiary for a term of three years. That L. Cass Carpenter be confined in the county jail for two years and pay a. fine of 81,000. That F. L. Cardozo be confined in the county jail for two years and pay a fine of o a nnr\ J ?* A?nSMnf!/\n aP + n?A ?oo *a If Ct,UUU, 21 Liu at una c Apu aoiuu ui mu jbuio, > the fine be not paid, an additional year of imprisonment. In passing the sentences, Judge Townsend addressed each of the prisoners at considerable length, dwelling upon the enormity of their crimes, and impressing upon all that the convictions were not procured through political influences, or for political objects, but that the trials were entirely devoid of any political feelings or significance. After the sentences were pronounced, Mr. Melton entered a general exception to the judgment of the Court in the case ofF. L. Cardozo and the case of Robert Smalls. And at the request of Judge Carpenter, who was absent in Washington, he also entered an exception to the judgment in the case of L. Cass Carpenter. Mr. Melton submitted motions to suspend the execution of the sentences pending the appeal in the cases of Cardozo and Smalls, and Mr. Conner consenting to them, they were passed. By consent of Attorney-General Conner, Smalls was allowed to go on bail pending the appeal, the amount to be fixed on consultation. After further argument, by consent of Attorney-General Conner, orders were made admitting Cardozo and Carpeuter to bail, pending appeals, in amounts to be fixed ou consultation. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. * ? * n* l l _ i l .i 1_ ? At ttie election in rvicniana jasi wees, Capt. John H. Kinsler was elected Senator, and John C. Haskell, Esq, Representative. There was no opposition in either case. ? The value of all taxable property in Kershaw county, before the war, was said to be about $20,000,000. Now, it is estimated at about a million and a half. ? A correspondent of the Register, suggests the name of Gen. James Conner for the vacancy on the Supreme bench. The suggestion is an eminently good one, and we earnestly hope that a sufficient number of the members of the legislature may adopt the suggestion and thus secure his election. ? An accidental fire occurred in Columbia on Monday of last week, by which the hospital building and medical stores belonging to the 18th Infantry of United States troops, were entirely destroyed. The fire originated from the fireplace in the building. The medical stores were insured to the extent of $3,000. ?The Lancaster Ledger says there will be no opposition ticket in the race for the Senatorship in that county, made vacant by the resignation of Clinton. John B. Erwin, Esq., and Col. John D. Wylie are mentioned in connection with the position. ? The Marion Merchant and Farmer tells the following Btory: "Two of our enterprising citizens, who had a joint claim against another, took a hog valued at $6 in part payment. After getting possession, they left it io charge of a third party until proceedings io partition could be had. They have since agreed as to the disposal of their respective interests, but now comes in a claim for keeping the hog, which completely upsets their calculations. The third party wants pay at the rate of 25 cents per day for the keeping, and his bill amounts to upwards of $20. He is willing to take the hog, at a valuation of $7, in part payment, or to surrender it to the owners on payment of the full amount. They were willing to let him keep the hog if he would give them a receipt in full. But this he was not willing to do. The case was settled by the owners paying to the party who ha* been keeping the hog, $4.75 in cash, and surrendering all right in the property." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Another batch of fifty convicts have been put to work on the Western N. C. Railroad. ? A firm in Hickory have shipped Bixty car loads of dried fruit this season, making a total of 1,100,000 pounds. ? The will of Miss Ann Sterling, a luna * .1 .i. _ C I J. tic Who (Ilea ID V^narioue a iuw weeab ago, its to be contested. ? The Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina, will convene in Raleigh on Tuesday, the 4th of December. ? Mrs. Margaret Gray died on the 10th instant, in Cabarrus county, at the advanced age of 116 years. ? W. J. Wiley, of Charlotte, has been appointed mail agent on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, in place of W. M. Mishaw, colored, removed. ? Dr. W. R. Sharpe, of Davie county, a physician of high standing and reputation, came to his death on the night of the 21st instant, by taking a fatal dose of morphia instead of quinine. ? Rufe Lowrance and Dick Smith, both colored, have been found guilty of murder in Mecklenburg Superior Court. The former moved for a new trial, and the latter was sentenced by Judge Kerr to be hanged on the 14th of December. ? When Judge Cloud adjourned Wilkes Superior Court, the other day, he refused to discharge the grand jury, but instructed them to remain in session until they found bills against every road overseer in the county who had not put up sign boards and worked the roads. ? Thaddeus A. Davis, white, who was con victed at the spring term of Forsythe Superior Court for burglary on the jewelry establishment of Messrs. Welfare & Yates, in Salem, and sentenced to be hanged, and the case carried to the Supreme Court, where the verdict was confirmed, was re-sentenced on last Thursday by Judge Cox. He is to be hanged on the 14th of December. ? The Statesville Landmark says that Henry Stikeleather, a thrifty and energetic farmer of Alexander county, came to Statesville to attend the stupendous humbug known as "Cole's Circus," with a large amount of money in his possession. He was enticed into the "side show" by the sharpers and swindled out of every cent he had in his possession and all ' he could borrow from his friends. Soon after his loss he became very much depressed in spirits. He is now a raving maniac in the Alexander county jail. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. South Carolina Senatorial Question. A Washington dispatch of the 22nd, says the pressure is tremendous on the Senatorial question, and the impression prevails, should the question be forced at an early day, the result will be the seating of Butler from South Caroliua, and Kellogg from Louisiana. It is known that Senator Conover, of Florida, will vote throughout for seating Butler, from South Carolina, and, as at present advised, will vote for seating Kellogg. Conover's friends say of him that his action in these cases is entirely of his own volition, and must not be construed that he is going over to the Democracy. They claim for him that he has maintained a consistent record, and will be firm notwithstanding the pressure brought to bear upon him, and while a Republican, he has the honesty and courage to do that which his own judgment dictates is right. He believes that General Butler is entitled to his seat as duly elected, and will, therefore, vote for him as persistently as he did for Mr. Pinchback. A dispatch of the same date says the committee on privileges and elections voted on that morning six to three?a strict party vote?instructing the chairman to report in favor of seating Kellogg for the long term. The committee has also directed Butler and Corbin, the contestants from South Carolina, to prepare their papers for immediate investigation. Sad Case of Drowning. On Fridav niehtlast. as we learn from the Charlotte Observer, Michael Hoke, Jacob Sumner and Harrison Grice, young men of j Lincolnton, N. C., were crossing Clarke's | creek, which isju9tonthe outskirts of the ! town, the waters from the recent rains being ; very high, when the boat which they occupied J suddenly capsized. Youug Grice sank bei neath the water and wasseen no more. Messrs Hoke and Sumner clung to the capsized boat j and were carried some distance down the ' stream, when fearing they would soon be driven into the full current of the south fork of Ca| tawba river, they agreed to catch upon the I branches of the first tree to which they were j borne. Accordingly, wheu they had been car ried a quarter of a mile down the river, in the directiou of the opposite bank, and were borne I against a tree, they abandoned their frail bark j and swung to the limbs, while the boat, relieved , of its weight, shot from under them like an arrow. Mr. Hoke lodged high up among the branches, Mr. Sumner below him, and in ; this perilous situation they hung suspended ! by the arras, calling for help, which did not 1 come, and talking with each other about their peril and the probabilities of escape from , their frightful surroundiugs. At the end of an hour, Mr. Sumner said to his companion | that he could hold out no longer ; that he j was growing weaker and weaker and would 1 ' have to release his hold upon the limb.! "Take care of yourself," were the last words | ho uttered, and theu he sank and the waves j closed over his already almost lifeless form.; Mr. Hoke cluug to the branches of the tree until 7 o'clock next morning, when, with much difficulty, he was rescued from his peril- j ous situation. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Hunter & Oates?To be Found. L. M. Grist, Administrator?Application for Discbarge. W. H. <fe J. P. Herndon?That Note is RunningBran?Fulton Market Beef?Andirons?Our Stock of Flour, Ac. John C. Kuykendal?Probable Reduction?On Wednesday Nights?Something New?Especially for Ladies' Use?Fine ChewingTobacco?Tonsorial?White Spindle Oil?Staple Drugs, Ac. H. F. Adickes A Sons?Fancy Groceries, Ac. Witherspoon A Spencer, Plaintifl's Attorneys? Notice to the Defendant, P. Baity Grist. C. E.Spencer, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to the Defendant, Robert M. Davis. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger.?In Bankruptcy.?Application for Discharge in the Matter r\ Austin A Shockley, Bankrupts. A. I. Barron?Attention! Nancy L. Craig, Administratrix?Application for Discharge. THANKSGIVING. Thanksgiving sermons will be preached toi - i i_ ./ t_it - aay, at me usua> nours 01 worsmp, iu mo Episcopalian and Presbyterian Churches. COHBIN vs. BUTLER. We have received by mail, a printed copy of the reply of Judge T. J. Mackey as counsel for M. C. Butler, Esq., to the statement of the case of D. T. Corbiu, who contests the seat of Mr. Butler. Judge Mackey's argument covers 14 printed pages, and presents Mr. Butler's claims in a terse, clear and able manner. CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD. The recent weather, which has been so trying to railroads all over the country, has inflicted but slight damage upon the Chester and Lenoir road. Only one wash-out has occurred on the road, which is at a stream between Gastonia and Dallas. It will probably be several days before the trains can resume their regular trips between those places. DEATH OF AN AGED CITIZEN. Mr. Hubert McCreight, aged 71 years, died on the 20ih instant, at his residence in this nnnnto ohnnt nino milpa anilfh rif Rofife Hill. V 1 ? ? Mr. McCreigbt wis a quiet, upright citizen, a member of the A. R. Church, and as an unusual circumstance, it is mentioned that he died in the same house in which he was born, having lived in it all of his life, with the exception of one year. HEAVY RAINFALL A heavy fall of rain occurred in this section, commencing on Wednesday morning and continuing for intervals until Sunday night. As a consequence, the water-courses overflowed and much damage was inflicted upon property?especially fencing, bridges, Ac. The bridge across Clark's Fork creek, on the Howell's Ferry road, was swept entirely away, and several others were more or less damaged. Not the least sufferers by the freshets were the Railroads?both the Air Line and the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, an account of frightful accidents on which are given in another column. INTERESTING SKETCHES. In the beginning of the next volume of the Enquirer, we will commence the publication of a series of historical sketches of the old aud famous churches (irrespective of denominations) in South Carolina, in counecI tion with which will also be biographical sketches of the noted characters who figured I in the early church history of the State. Besides these sketches, we will also, during the i (taam nnkliak Kl nrrra nViino I ntpfpIlM ft ntim. I | J CQi ) UUU1IOU UIWctui/uiVMi u?v?w?Vw w. ? ber of Revolutiooarj officers and soldiers, who were conspicuous in the Revolutionary history of South Carolina and adjoining States. These sketches will be written expressly for the Enquirer by Rev. Robert Lathan, and will prove of much interest to our readers. THE CM C. & A. RAILROAD DISASTER. In addition to the vivid account of the accident on the C., C. & A. Railroad, copied from the Charlotte Observer, our Rock Hill correspondent also furnishes a very interesting account of the same catastrophe. Besides the facts stated in those articles, we learn from passengers who reached here Tuesday evening, that at least two passengers on board the ill-fated train are still missing? one named Greene and the other Arthur. We could not learn the resideoce or destination of either of them. The debris of the wrecked train and trestle had not all been removed at the date of our latest information, and the supposition is that if the abovenamed passengers were lost, they are under the sunken cars. SUDDEN DEATH. On Friday night last, a white man named John Fleming, who had come on the C. & L. Railroad to temporarily fill the place of Mr. Dooly, section-master on the first section of the road between this place and Chester, came to his death in a sudden and inexplicable manner. He and one or two of the sectionhands, colored men, came to town that evening, and from the evidence elicited before the coroner's inquest, it would seem that Fleming had been driuking some while in town. Late in the evening, Fleming and his companions proceeded on a dump car for the shauties, five miles from town, and after arriving there, Fleming sat down in front of his shanty, and directed the colored men to procure some fuel and build a fire for him. They went some distauce from the shanties to gather up some wood, being absent about twenty minutes. When they returned, they found Fleming lying upon his face, and supposing he was overcome by his potations, attempted to move him into the house, when on lifting him up, they found that life was quite extinct. Next morning, Trial Justice James S. Lewis was notified of the occurrence, when, acting as coroner, he impanneled a jury of inquest, who, after fully investigating all the facts, returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death "by misfortune or accident." The deceased was an entire stranger here, havinc been on the road but a day or two, and none of the hands whom he superintended knew his name. From a letter to his address, which reached here after his death, and was opened by proper authorities, it appears that he was formerly employed on the lower end of the North Carolina Central Railroad. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. C., November 26. This section of the country has been for several (laj's past visited with very heavy and almost incessant rains. I do not think, however, the rains have been confined to this section, but have been more general than otherwise. The various streams ! areconsiderably swollen, and many of the creeks | were for .several days impassable. I atn told that! the Catawba river is now at its highest and threatens a very destructive overflow. Much cotton, | that doubtless would have opeued, Is now irrevo- | cably lost. A terrible accident occurred, on Friday after-i noon, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 1 Railroad. About 44 o'clock, P. M., the engine of : the up-train arrived hore with the alarming intel- J ligence that the whole of the train ofcars had fallen | in South Fork creek by the giving away of the trestle. Immediately the whole town wasarous- I ed. One hundred or more men, white and color- ' ed, got into box cars, which fortunately happened i to be standing on the track, and attaching them to the engine, proceeded with all speed to the j scene of the painful disaster. Eu route they were i compelled to cross two trestles. When the first I one was reached, the engineer?Win. Fetner by ' name--stopped bis engine, when be and tbe fireman dismounted, and tbe engineer sent tbe fireman in advance across tbe trestle. Tbe engineer tben put on sufficient steam, as be supposed, to run tbe engine to tbe otber side, expecting, when it crossed tbe stream, tbe fireman to stop It and take charge oi it. But when about half way over the trestle tbe train stopped! What was to be done?tbe engineer at one end of tbe trestle and the fireman at the otber? A young man?Hampton Owens?went from a box car over the tender, and mounting the engine, ran it across. All this transpired to tbe total ignorance of many on board, who unanimously pronounced tbe conduct of the engineer as cowardly. He bad just made a miraculous escape, by opening, to its uttermost capacity, the valve of bis engine, when be felt the trestle giving away under him, and seeing the cars totteriug over, bis engine was thus torn loose from the falling cars. By such delays as that above described, those going to the rescue of the wrecked passengers were an hour making the distance of only ten miles. This necessarily threw them until 5} o'clock, which was dark, when thescene of horror and dismay was reached. It was one of those scenes which baffles description. The trestle and the train were each a perfect wreck?a mass of ruins?resting upon the bosom of the raging waters. Hundreds were gathered from all directions, on either bank of the creek, with willing hearts and bands to rescue, if possible, the unfortunate sufferers of the fearful disaster. It was agonizing to listen to the cries for help from the victims of the fearful wreck, who had extricated themselves and floated down the stream a short distance and were clinging to trees with the wildest feelings of despair that their strength would not hold out until help came. Upon the banks stood the anxious crowd, devising every means within their power, to render the necessary aid. Many plunged heedlessly into the surging waters, "with lusty sinews, throwing it aside as did the tired Ctesar the turbid waters of the Tiber but found the current too swift to allow them to reach the victims. It was dark and raining. The lanterns were insufficient to give light to render action available. The engine and cars were sent back to the river to procures boat, and in the meantime a temporary raft was constructed of cross-ties lashed together. Three brave men ventured upon the raft and launched it; but the raft was borne at lightning speed down the swift current, was capsized and threw the men into the stream to seek trees, as did those whom they were trying to save. Mr. Godwin, the owner of the boat, did not hesitate to lend his boat, and volunteered his services as well as the services of his boatman. Again upon the scene, armed with boat and boatman, soon the tide was successfully stemmed, and the sufferers, one by one, were landed on the shore. Some, however, I should have stated, had floated to trees near enough the bank to be laKen oui some urae Deiore ine lkjhi wm piucured. Among these was Mr. John G. Steele, of Rock Hill, who sustained a most serious injury by having his knee cap dislocated and crushed. The number of passengers on board was eighteen. Thirteen living have been rescued. Among the killed is Mr. James F. McLaughlin, of Charlotte, N. C. Others are still missing. It is hoped, however, they have drifted farther down the stream, and made their escape. The escape of any, under all the circumstances, was most wonderful. It seems but the intervention of a most kind Providence. Truly, "in the midst of life we are in death." The survivors were rendered the necessary medical aid, by Dr. J. W. Fewell, assisted by Dr. R. M. Williamson, both of this place. The Railroad company are now repairing the trestle. Our town has received but comparatively few bales of cotton, though prices are somewhat belter than they have been for some time past. A colored man, who called himself Martin Lindsay, came to town on last Friday and offered the samples of four bales of cotton, which he sold to J. M. Ivy & Co., at 10.15. He was sent by them to the depot to show their cotton-weigher the four bales, when he pointed out that namber, which the weigher haa previously weighed for another man. Thereupon a grave suspicion arose, and Martin Lindsay was sent to the lock-up on a warrant issued by Trial Justice Fewell. Upon investigation, and by his own confession, it transpired that be owned no cnttsn, and that he is the identical man whosome timo ago sold twelve bales in Chester in the same manner, received a check for the same, but unfortunately for himself loitered too long before presenting his check at tb6 bank, and learning that he had been detected, made his escape to try the same game here. A commitment was issued, and he goes to the county jail to await bis trial at the February term of the Court of Sessions. Saturday, the town was filled to overflowing with white and colored?mostly colored?the greater part of whom came to see the "Great Pacific Circus;" but to th??ir sad disappointment, the show did not come. There seemed to be very little trade, notwithstanding the immense crowd. There were several sales at public auction. A horse and a mule were sold to foreclose a mortgage of J. Brady to J. M. Williford. The horse sold for 8101, and the mule for 813. There were also some other minor sales at public outcry. Lux. TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. On last Friday, at 3.30 p. m., the northbound psssenger train on the Charlotte, Columbia nnri Anornsfa Railroad, wan nrecinita ted in South Fork creek, ten miles south of Rock Hill, by the giving away of the trestle, on account of the undermining of the foundation, in consequence of a heavy freshet in the stream, caused by the heavy rains of last week. The Charlotte Observer of Sunday contains a graphic account of the accident, from which we take the following : Under the excitemeni which followed such a terrible and fatal accident, with the marvelously narrow escapes of each individual, it has been with the greatest difficulty that the whole story could be collected, and even yet many tragic occurrences have doubtless not been related. So sudden and awful was the accident, that scarcely any of the passengers are able to tell anything beyond the story of their own adventures and rescue. Many of these are thrilling beyond description, but as it will be impossible to give them in full, we must confine ourselves to a general account of the catastrophe, as collected from all sources. The train, with about twenty passengers?all males?arrived at South Fork creek, coming towards Charlotte, at 4:12, p. m. Captain William Kline was conductor and William Fetner, engineer. There were only three cars, the baggage and express, the first-class passenger and the second-class passenger. There were only five persons on the first-class coach which was behind, the remainder being in the second class car. The engineer approached the trestle somewhat cautiously, but seeing two negroes and a white man ou the opposite eide, having apparently just crossed it, he proceeded at the rate of about ten miles an hour. The trestle is about fifteen feet above the creek bank, and about two hundred feet long. The water had risen to within about six feet of the top. Just as the hindmost car cleared the bank and was directly over the channel of the creek, and before the engine had reached the opposite bank?at the moment when the entire 1* *1- ? I a I?. iL! I train was airecuy aoove ine seeming auu roaring waters, the first intimation of the approaching disaster was given. The engineer felt a sudden jar, and, quick as thought, jerked open the throttle. With this the engine bounded forward, broke the coupling of the next car, and in an instant had cleared the trestle. The passengers felt a sudden jar, and then came the terrible realization that they were gradually sinking. Another instant and the water burst through the windows upon them, and for a moment hides from sight the struggle between life And death. There was little or 110 crash, and the first sound which greeted the ears was that of the screams of the passengers. Instinctively every man leaped for the windows, and one by one they began to appear upon the tops of the cars. The upper side of the track had given away first, and hence the cars began to turn over. The iron being fastened together by Fish-bars, the track still clung together, even after the timbers had been torn from beneath it. Hence the gradual sinking. Finally the upper rail gave way entirely, and the i,hree cars were soon almost completely submerged, sinkiugdown among the tossing and breaking timbers. At this moment the scene is represented as baffling description. Many of the passengers were struggling to escape through the wiudows; others had already left the car and were being carried rapidly down the stream, sinking for one moment beneath the water, and the next rising to be violently struck by the timbers; others still clinging to bushes and endeavoring to lift themselves above the water. A few had climbed upon 1 the floating timbers, and two or three bad lodged in branches of trees. Messrs. R. Y. McAden and John L. Morehead emerged from the windows of the middle car alrnostsimullaueously. As they were endeavoring to free themselves from it, the car was washed against the track, which was still being held together by the Fish-bar iron. They were gradually being crushed between the iron and the car, when suddenly the iron broke and they drifted down stream until they caught in trees. Conductor Kline stood on the top of the last coach until it sank, and then plunged iuto the water and was found a half mile below the scene of the wreck. 8. A. Woodruff escaped from the rear car before it left the track, and got to land by climbing up the irou until he came to the part of the trestle which bad not given away. - The front of the express ear lodged within fifteen feet of the bank and was only partly submerged, and the messenger, George Bateman, had no difficulty in getting out on top of his car and thence to the bank. William Horah, baggage master, and William Ozment, news agent, were on the platform of the middle car and leaped off as soon as the car began to sink. The former swam to the bank and the latter lodged in a tree ear the wreck. i mi n , /? .1 _ _ inese lew accouuis or toe manner in wnicn some of the escapes were made, give some idea of the scene. In fifteen miuutes after the occurrence, the news had spread for several miles over the country, and people began to flock to the bank and endeavor to rescue the unfortunate passengers. Mr. Joe Burdell, formerly an engineer on the railroad, happened to be near the scene of the accident, and directed the efforts, displaying a presence of mind and courage which have scarcely ever been equaled. The engine was immediately sent to Rock Hill lor assistance, and a party was made up there, headed by Dr. T. C. Robertson, who came to the scene as fast as steam could bring them. Before their arrival, the people in the neighborhood, on both sides of the stream, had rescued several of the parties who were nearest the banks. By this time it had begun to grow quite dark, and the only guide to the efforts of those who were endeavoring to rescue their unfortunate fellow beings, were the cries for help which were heard in almost all directions. Rafts were constructed, and brave men embarked on them in the hope of passing near enough to some of the men to take them from their perilous positions in trees, clinging to bushes and floating about on logs. Several were gotten out by this means. Ropes were thrown to others, and several were rescued by men who swam horses into tho stream. The rapidity with which the water surged through the bushes and trees, and the large quantity of timber constantly being swept down the stream, rendered methods of assistance extremely perilous, but those engaged in the work seemed to lose sight of the danger, and did not hesitate to run any risk. Some time after dark the engine brought a boat from the Catawba river, which was also the means of savin? several. Finallv. the last man that could be heard of was rescued about 10 o'clock, having remained in the water since four in the afternoon. As fast as the men were taken from the water, they were carried to.the houses io the neighborhood, where every attention possible -? was given them. \-t, Nearly all those rescued were more or less injured, but none very seriously. > Mr. John G. Steele, of Rock Hill, had a leg injured; conductor Kline had a severe flesh wound in the arm; William Ozment, a severe gash in the head; W. J. Orr, several severe bruis-" es; R. Y. McAden, considerably mashed atid bruised in back and sides. The others, so far as known, wereouly slightly bruised. The only dead body thus far found is that of James F. McLaughlin, of Charlotte, discovered on top of the car crushed between timbers which had lodged there. He was first seen and recognized by the party from Charlotte, about 4 o'clock yesterday morning. So securely was he fastened and so heavy were the timbers, that it was with difficulty that the body could be rescued by the combined efforts of four or Ave men. His back and neck both broken and his skull crushed. The water iu the stream was rapidly falling when our latest intelligence was received, and no news has reached us of the fiuding of any more bodies. Conductor Kline thinks, from an examination of his tickets, that no one is lost, but as there were several persons returning from the stockholders' meeting who did not have tickets, he is uncertain as to the exact number on the train. Fourteen of the passengers have been seen, but as there were certainly more thin this on board* it is feared that several are loetr Communication with the other side of the stream is bad, and possibly several persons might have beeu- taken to houses on that side and not been heard from. J ' ACCIDENT ON THE AIR LINE ROAD. About the same hour of the same day on which the above accident occurred, there was also one on the Air-Line road, not so frightful in its details, yet of a distressing character. The dav train for Atlanta. Conductor Lar eodoD and Eugineer Thus. P. Smith, left Charlotte oo time, about 12:45. Mr. Smith is well known as one of the rapid rnnnera of the Air-Line, and Friday afternoon he pulled out of Charlotte with his steady hand on the throttle valve of the No. 3, the last one of the new Baldwin engines, which the company has just received, with a gay heart and with no thought of the tragic end which was just before him. A heavy freight train had preceded him not more than thirty minutes, and what forbodings be might have had in consequence of the heavy weather, were doubtless put at rest as he ran his race, by the absence of danger signals along the line. He was running about thirty miles per hour, and the rain was pouring in torrents. Two minutes before the accident occurred, while turning a sharp curve near Wright's Station, sixteen miles from Charlotte, while leaning r l:. L L. n i irum ut? uau wiuuuw, uu siguauea 10 a friend in the ladies' coach, who was looking ahead, and pointing to the water which was coursing through the ditches, shook his head, as if to say, "I do not like it." But the train did not slacken its speed. In a mo* meut the crash broke in upon the buzzing of the car wheels. Passengers were jolted out of their seats, and some, who turned their heads, saw the massive thirty*two ton engine roll over and over like a child's plaything. The two front cars were thrown from the track ; thanks to the automatic brake the hindermost car was checked in time aud did not leave the rails. What injuries were inflicted on the passengers were very slight, and tbey dam q a/mi All ten/I a an/) 11 ru?n Ko amann/1 nvtv bwvm wwwiav muv* ?|#vu iuv |IUUUVI? XU take the situation was the work of a moment. The engine was upright on its wheels at the foot of the embankment, not parallel with the track, but at right angles with it. It had made two revolutions in its descent. The top of the cab was crushed down, the smoke stack ? was gone and likewise the bell. The locomotive was covered with mud, but was standing upright upon its wheels and was tenantless. The fireman was soon found at a considerable distance from the track. He was standing in the tender, when the crash came, and he, with the wood in the tender, was hurled far from the line and escaped with painful bruises, but not serious injuries. The engineer could not be found, and search for him was atonce instituted. This was for some time pursued without avail, but by and by a foot was seen protrudiug from the earth. It was even so. He had been literally and eutirely driven into the earth, head, body, arms and legs. He was dragged out with all possible speed and carried into one of the cars. The mud was removed, as best it could be done, from his ears, eyes, nose and mouth; the blood spurted from his ears and he gasped three times and died. The track was torn to pieces for a distance of fifty yards or more. Trains on both roads are running from terminal Doints to thn wppokn ? _ r ? .. Mwvt ?IHU9lO||IUg passengers and mail. Time is money ; emphatically so when Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup frequently cures colds, coughs, etc., in less than a day. Price, 25 ceuts a bottle. Sold everywhere,