Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 30, 1878, Image 2
Scraps anil Jacts.
? Queen Victoria was sixty years old last
Friday. She has been on the throne nearly
forty years, having been crowned on June 28,
1838.
? Stickney, the circus actor, says it is impossible
to turn a triple somersault with safety.
What say the politicians to this proposition
?
? Statistics show that South Carolina supplies
nearly half the rice produced in this
country. Georgia is next, or nearly seven
million pounds ahead of Louisiana. Nearly
all our rice comes from these three States.
? The telephone has been introduced all
along the mountainous portions of the Central
Pacific Railroad, the boxes being placed
only a few miles apart, so that track-walkers
can report whenever they pass them.
? Ex-Governor Hendricks does not sanction
any attempt to oust Mr. Hayes from the
Presidency. He says that Congress made a
fiual settlement of the question when it adopt
ed tne report or toe Electoral commission.
? "Gerrymandering" has been reduced to a
science in New Hampshire. In the six cities
of that State 8,990 Republican votes elect
sixty-two Representatives to the Legislature,
aud 7,470 Democratic votes only elect fourteen
Representatives.
? The late earthquake in Venezuela was
attended by a terrible destruction of property
throughout the country. A remarkable development
of heat attended the convulsion,
causing the river waters to grow warm to such
a degree as to scare the fish out of their natural
element. The sudden heat was probably
due to the tremendous friction of the earth's
orust disturbed by the subterranean forces.
? When Richmond fell, Governor Smith
drew 821,000 from the bank and paid the State
officers, whom the United States has sued.
Solicitor Rayner, of the United States Treasury,
directs these suits dismissed. "Virginia,"
the opinion says, "was not herself in rebellion,
and the United States has no more
right to this money under the rule of conquest,
than to her State House or State Library,
or the Virginia statue of Washington."
? The annual decoration of the graves of
Confederate soldiers and sailors at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, took place on the
afternoon of the 23rd instant, under the auspices
of the Maryland Society of the Army and
Navy of the Confederate States. Bishop
Peterkin made an introductory prayer, and
General Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, delivered
the address. The afternoon was bright and
pleasant, and about five thousand were present.
The committee decorated the monument
to the Union dead in the same cemetery.
? While no formal resolution has yet been
passed to that effect, it is generally understood
that the Republican majority of the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections will
report that Senator Butler of South Carolina,
is not entitled to the seat which he holds in
the Senate, but that it belongs to Corbin, the
Republican contestant. The report, when
made, will, of course, be accompanied by a
minority report in favor of Gen. Butler. It
is not likely that any action will be taken on
the report at this session, neither is it likely
that Gen. Butler will ever be unseated.
? The crop prospect in all parts of the
country are most flattering, and even the
large yield of 360,000,000 bushels of wheat
and 1,340,000,000 bushels of corn last year,
promises to be exceeded this year. The re
ceipts of grain at New York are steadily increasing,
and during the week just ended
have been no lees than 1,710,900 bushels of
wheat; 1,446,184 bushels of corn; 370,243
bushels oats; 27,620 bushels barley and 152,694
bushels rye; besides 83,486 barrels of
flour. And our harvests, more valuable than
our gold or silver mines, are annually adding
enormously to the wealth of the country.
? On the evening of the 19th instant, Miss
Melissa Smith, daughter of Mr. Wra. Smith,
of Hatteras Island, Dare county, N. C., was
drowned from the new lighthouse, which is
surrounded by water. Miss Smith was on the
point of retiring, and had thrown open her
door to get the sea breeze. As she lifted the
pillow from her bed it fell from her hand and
rolled into the stairway, the slide being drawn,
and in attempting to pick it up she slipped
and fell, her head striking the iron steps.
She fell into the water, gave three piercing
screams, and was carried out by the surf
just as her father came to the door. She
was a beautiful girl, the belle of Dare county,
and known as the light-house keeper's pretty
daughter. She was to have been married on
Wednesday, and had parted with her betrothed
ouly half an hour before her death.
? The appointment of Ben Butler on the
committee to investigate the Florida election
does not give eutire satisfaction to the Republican
party, if we may credit the followiug
Washington dispatch to the Baltimore Sun:
The Republicans are expressing much dissatisfaction
with the appointment of Gen. But
Ier on the investigation committee, lvir.
Hale states that Speaker Randall came to
him on Saturday to consult with regard to the
Republican representation on the committee,
and it was understood that Mr. Dunnell, who
had been a member of the Florida Investigation
committee at the last session, was to be
appointed. Afterwards, Mr. Hale says, the
Speaker came to him and Baid that General
Butler's name had been substituted for that of
Mr. Dunnell. The Hayes Republicans say
the Speaker was bulldozed by his Democratic
associates in to putting Butler on. It seems
that Mr. Hale ha3 of late become very intimate
at the White House, and has been the
recipient of some patronage, from which he
fancies himself to be the special champion of
the President. He therefore thought that he
should be allowed to name the Republican
members of the committee of investigation.
A Massachusetts Republican, friendly to the
President, said that as the committee now
stood there were only three Republicans on
it; that Ben. Butler would act in perfect accord
with the Democrats in the investigation,
and would attend the caucuses of the Republicans
to learn their secrets and report them
to his Democratic allies. The anti-Hayes
Republicans are, however, well satisfied with
Butler's appointment.
? The Democratic State Convention of
Pennsylvania, was in session in Pittsburg, on
the 22ud and 23rd instant. The platform
adopted charges the Republican party with
being responsible for the financial distress,
the misery and want that now exists. It
says the present hold of the Republican party
upon Federal power was secured by fraud,
perjury and forgery. Its laws are unjust and
its practices are immoral. They distress the
people and destroy their substance. The
only remedy for these evils is in an entire
change of policy and the dethronement of
those in power. The platform also declares
that further contraction of the volume of
United States legal tender notes is unwise
and unnecessary. Gold, silver and United
States legal tender notes, at par therewith,
are a just basis for paper circulation. A
close connection of the Federal Government
with the business interests of the people
through National Banks tends to a monopoly
and centralization, but in changing the system,
the uniformity of notes, security of the
note holder, and protection of the capital invested,
should be for the Treasury notes issued
iu exchange for bonds bearing a low rate of
interest, as the best form in which the credit
of the Government can be given to paper currency.
Labor and capital have equal demands
upon and equal responsibilities to law.
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Commerce and manutactures snouia De encouraged,
so that steady ecaployment and fair
wages may be yielded to labor, whilst safety
of investment and a moderate return for its
use belong to capital. Violence or breaches
of order in support of the real or supposed
rights of either should be promptly suppressed
by the strong arm of the law. After advocating
a higher tariff* on various articles of
American manufacture, the platform continues
: "Thorough investigation into the electoral
frauds of 1876 should be made; the fraud
.should be exposed, truth vindicated and
criminals punished; but we oppose any attack
upon the Presidential title as dangerous
to our institutions and fruitless in its results.
Andrew H. Dill was nominated for Governor
on the third ballot.
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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1878.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 21st, Mr. Ferry, of
Michigan, said he waB instructed by the majority
of the committee on finance to report
back the House bill to forbid the further retirement
of U. S. legal tender notes without
amendment, and to recommend its passage
He gave notice that he would call it up for
consideration to-morrow. Placed on the cal
endar. The bill placing Gen. Shields on the
list of retired officers, with the rank and pay
of Brigadier-General, was resumed. After a
I long debate Mr. Thurman moved to strike
out all after the enacting clause and insert a
provision placing Gen. Shields' name on the
pension list at one hundred dollars per month.
Rejected, yeas 31, nays 31. The question
then recurred on the bill as amended, placing
Shields on the retired list with the rank oi
Brigadier-General, and Grant with the rank
of General, and it was rejected. Yeas 30,
nays 34. The House was engaged all day,
in committee of the whole on the army appropriation
bill.
In the Senate on the 22nd, Mr. Davis, of
West Virginia, called up the resolution sub
mitted by him a few days ago, authorizing
J the select committee appointed to investigate
the finance reports, books and accounts of the
Treasury Department, to continue its investigation
and sit during the recess of the Senate,
which led to an extended discussion. A bill
was reported to the Senate, from the committee
on Indian Affairs, authorizing the East
ern Band of Cherokee Indians to bring suit
in the Court of Claims against the Cheroke*
Nation and provides for a judicial controversy
pending since 1835. The claim is for a
pro rata share of moneys arising from sale,
by the Western Nation, of land and other
property which the Eastern band maintained
belonged to the whole people of Cherokees.
The Eastern band are authorized to employ
one or more attorneys by contract, subject to
the approval of the Chief Justice of Court ol
Claims, to prosecute the suit, and directs the
Secretary of the Interior to pay incidental
expenses. The bill provides that the United
States shall be made a party to this suit and
be represented by the Attorney-General. Senator
Lamar made a lengthy speech on the
Southern Pacific Railroad bill. In the House,
Mr. Harrison, of Illinois, offered as a ques
tion of privilege a resolution extending the
Potter investigation to Oregon and South
Carolina, and declaring it is not the intention
of the House, through such investigations, to
annul or attempt to annul the decision of the
Presidential question as made in the fortyfourth
Congress. The vote resulted yeas 71,
nays 50. The question of no quorum was
raised on the Democratic side. When Mr.
Harrison withdrew his resolution, Mr. Wilson,
of West Virginia, moved to extend the
power of the investigation committee to any
State where there may be well grounded allegation
of fraud. Mr. Cox, of New York,
moved to refer Mr. Wilson's resolution to the
Potter Committee, which was defeated by a
vote of 115 to 89, and Mr. Wilson's resolution
was then adopted without division.
In the Senate on the 23rd, no business of
special public importance was transacted.
Mr. Windom, of Minnesota, from the committee
on appropriations, reported on the
legislative, judicial and executive appropriation
bill, with several amendments. Placed
on the calendar. In the House, Butler's bill
to supercede all newspaper advertising for
the Government by the publication of an official
advertiser, passed by a vote of 109 to
77. The bill provides that the advertising
sheet shall be published weekly, sent to subscribers
free through the mail, and distribu
ted free of cost to every public library, to the
clerks of district courts, county clerks, &c.
Printing to be done by the public printer.
In the Senate on the 24th, Mr. Edmunds,
of Vermont, from the select committee to
take into consideration the state of the law
respecting the ascertaining and declaration
of the result of election of President and
Vice-President of the United States, said that
he was directed by the committee to make a
report in part in favor of the bill to amend
sundry provisions of Chapter 1, Title 3, of
the Revised Statutes of the United States, rei
latine to the Presidential elections, and to
provide for and regulate the counting of
votes for President and Vice President, and
the decision of questions arising therefrom.
The bill was placed on the calendar and Mr.
Edmunds gave notice that he would ask the
attention of the Senate to its consideration
one day next week. The bill to appoint an
additional circuit judge in the second judicial
district, comprising New York, Vermont and
I Connecticut, was passed. Mr. Morgan, of
j Alabama, submitted an amendment to the
j legislative appropriation bill appropriating
i $5,000 for the purpose of investigating the
j history and habits of the insects injurious to
| the cotton plant, and the best means of prej
venting or destroying the same. Referred to
I committee on appropriations. Mr. Burnside,
j of Rhode Island, from the committee on eduj
cation and labor, reported adversely on the
! House joint resolution to provide for the enj
forcement of the eight-hour law, and also
from the same committee adversely on the
Senate bill to regulate hours of labor. The
| pending bill allowing ihe Eastern band of
! Cherokees to sue in the court of claims for
their share of the Cherokee funds, involves
i the distribution of from $600,000 to $1,000,
000 among some 1,800 Uherokees located in
North Carolina. The Government holds
J some 85,000,000 belonging to the Cherokee
Nation, the bulk of which is located in the
Indian Territory. Those who moved claimed
that those who remained forfeited their rights
| to the tribal proportion. In the House, Mr.
I Elam, of Louisiana, from the committee on
I Pacific railroads, reported a bill repealing
section 22 of au act incorporating the Texas
Pacific Railroad Company, and declaring
! that it had forfeited the rights, privileges and
I lauds granted under that section to the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge 3nd Vicksburg Raili
road Compauy, aud re-enacting that section
in favor of the New Orleans Pacific Railroad
Company. It was ordered to be printed and
re-committed. The House committee on Indian
affairs have agreed to report favorably
i dq the bill establishing the Territory of Okoi
loboma. The elections committee have com
pleted their reports in the contested case of
1 Richardson against Rainey, from South Carolina.
The Democrats of the committee sign
a report recommending a new election, and
the Republicans sign a report, declaring that
Rainey, the sitting member, is entitled to his
seat.
In the Senate on the 25th, Mr. Sargent, of
California, called up the concurrent resolution
declaring that the provisions of the existing
treaty between the Empire of China and
the Uuited States in allowing unrestricted
emigration to this country from China might
wisely be modified so as to subserve the best
interests of both Governments, and inviting
the attention of the Executive to the subject,
Passed. Mr. Vance, of North Carolina, from
the committee on coinage, weights and measures,
reported a bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to constitute Superintendents
of Mints or Assayers in Mint offices, Assistant
Treasurers of the Uuited States. Passed.
General Gibson's bill, appropriating $183,000
for repairing and conducting the New Orleans
Mint, which passed the House and is
now pending in the Senate, is likely to become
a law if Secretary Sherman will not
oppose it. In the House, the army appropriation
bill occupied the House all day in
committee of the whole, and progressed to the
end of the bill, when an amendment was offered
as an additional section, transferring
the management of the Indians to the War
Department. After a loDg discussion on the
point of order, the chairman (Springer, of
Illinois,) decided the amendment to be in order.
Without voting on the amendment,
however, the House adjourned.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Green corn has made its appearance on
the tables in Columbia.
? June apples and peaches have made their
appearance in the Charleston market. Apples
sell for $5.50 per crate, and peaches for
$9 50.
? The statement is made by the Columbia
Register that a well-informed Republican
says his party was never better organized
J than it is at present in the lower counties of
the State.
? The Carolina Spartan says that Mr. Tilman
R. Gaines, of the immigration firm of
Gaines & Yingling, New York, was in that
town last week, while on his way to locate a
colony of immigrants in Pickens county.
? An able and distinguished lawyer of the
Abbeville bar is engaged in writing the Life
of George McDuffie, one of the grandest men
ever reared on American soil, one of our few
great men who left a lasting impression upon
the century in which he lived.
? The Special Court created by law to decide
the liability of the State upon the unrecognized
Consolidation Bonds and Stocks will
re assemble in Columbia on tha 9th of July
for the purpose of bearing argument on the
Bond cases.
? Bills of the Bank of the State to the
amount of 829,757.57 have been tendered to
the county treasurer of Charleston during
the present month in payment of taxes. The
total amount of coupons of unrecognized
Consolidated bonds tendered is 85,280, and
the amount of taxes paid in United States
currency is 848,100.
? Three prominent members of the Columbia
bar?ex-Judge Samuel W. Meltou, G.
Washington Clark, Esq., aud Col. John T.
Sloan, Jr.?left that city last Tuesday for
Europe. The three gentlemen go direct to
New York by rail, and thence sail for the
continent. They will visit the exposition now
in progress at Paris, and afterward visit Germany,
Spain and Italy.
? Two families of colored people, number
ing seven persous in all, who went to Charleston
some months ago, to go to Liberia on the
emigrant ship Azor, have returned to their
home in Lancaster, and it is said that there
are raauy others who are longing for home,
but have not the means of getting there.
The families alluded to are named Cunningham
and Baylie, respectively.
? Governor Hampton recently restored to
the widow of Gen. Custer a field glass belonging
to the deceased soldier, which was
captured by some of Hampton's men at the
battle of Braudy Station during the late war.
Mrs. Custer returned a letter to Governor
Hampton, saying that she would doubly appreciate
the relic because it had been the
property of two brave men, and she added
that her husband had been an admirer of
General Hampton.
? George Williams was arrested by Sheriff*
Thompson, at Columbus, Polk county, N. C.,
on a requisition from Governor Hampton,
and brought to the Spartanburg jail for confinement,
charged with the killing of Titus
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ago, near Glenn Springe. George Williams
has been over in North Carolina, ever siuce
the killing, and has been engaged preaching
politics and religion?the former being his
forte. He says he has suffered no remorse on
account of the killing.
? Sixteen hundred liens have been filed in
the clerk's office of Charleston county under
the amended law, and of this number about
twelve hundred have been given for supplies,
and four hundred for rent and guano. The
Net us and Courier says that "the sura of
money represented by these liens will aggregate,
at the lowest estimate, more than one
hundred thousand dollars for advances alone,
and still our agricultural people are living
economically and doing the very best they
can. They are just one year behind, and
what they make this year will go to cancel
the obligations incurred in the production of
the crop, and so they are never easy, are |
never up with their accounts, and are getting j
j poorer and poorer every day. The number of j
; liens for this county will probably be greatly j
j iucreased before the time is up. The hardest '
part of the year is yet to come. Hundreds
' of liens and mortgages have been recorded in
j the clerk's office for Charleston county since '
| the passage of the usury law at a stipulated
' yearly interest of ten and twelve per cent." j
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
1 ? On Tuesday of last week, there was a
severe rain and wind storm, accompanied
with thunder, lightning and hail, in Raleigh. |
| ? John H. Smythe, colored, of Wilmington,
! has been confirmed by the Senate as U. S.'
I Minister tc Liberia.
? A Raleieh eentleman is raisinc moles on
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his farm near the city for the sake of their !
skins, which are valuable,
i ?Chief Justice Waite will preside at the
U. S. Circuit Court, which meets in Raleigh
on 1st Monday in June.
1 ? Henry Roberts, colored, was hanged at
Shelby, last Friday, for the murder of a nej
gro near King's Mountain Station in the ear- j
| ly part of the present year.
? In Mecklenburg Superior Court, last
week, Clark Gormley, colored, formerly a
Senator in the Georgia Legislatuee, was conj
victed of larceny, and sentenced to nine years
in the penitentiary.
? The recent term of the federal Court at
Asheville, Judge Dick presiding, was for sev-1
eral days "ngaged in the case of W. H. Deaver
and W. D. Green, the latter of Rutherford,
charged with conspiracy in attempting
to injure Henry Summitt, of Gaston county.
The jury rendered a verdict of guilty.
? The grist and flouring mill of Crow, Davis
& Norwood, known as the old Wilson
mill, situated in Union county, was destroyed
by fire on Saturday night of last week. The
fire was first seen, about 9 o'clock, emerging
from the roof, and it is believed to have originated
from the friction of the gudgeoBS.
Three hundred bushels of corn were destroyed
with the mill, and the total loss is not less
than 84,500.
? The Winston Sentinel says that ex-Sheriff
John Martin, of Stokes, was shot and killed
by Jas. Smith, a noted desperado of that county.
Mr. Martin was one of the magistrates
of Stokes and had issued a warrant for the
arrest of one of Smith's brothers, who it seems
was talking of resisting, and Mr. Martin was
trying to persuade him to submit quietly,
when James Smith walked up behind him
and ehot him in the hack. He made his escape.
? The celebration of the Twentieth of May
iu Charlotte, was participated in by a larger
number of people than for many years past,
excepting the Centennial celebration in 1875.
The address of Col. J. P. Thomas is spoken
of as an elegant and eloquent production, and
was highly complimented by all who heard
it. The display of the military and fire companies?seveu
of the former and three of the
latter?was grand and imposing, and everything
passed off pleasantly.
? Speaking of the Twentieth of May celebration
in Charlotte, the Observer pays the
following neat compliment to a Columbia
military company : "The feature of the afternoon
was the drill of the Governor's
Guards in front of the Central Hotel. It was
witnessed by a large crowd, and was conceded
to have been the best ever seen in Charlotte.
This company won the prize offered
last fall at the Columbia Fair for the best
drilled military company, and it fully sustainits
splendid reputation Monday afternoon."
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Democratic Prospects.
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Under tne aoove caption tneuoiumma
correspondent of the News and Courier telegraphed
that paper, last Friday night, as
follows:
Col. J. H. Rion, member of the National
Democratic executive committee from this
State, arrived in Columbia to-night from
Washington. The meeting of the committee
there was well attended, thirty-five States being
represented. New York and some Southern
*States did not appear. No doubts were
expressed in regard to a Democratic majority
for the next Congress, both Senate and
House.
The committee think that Grant will be
run by the Republicans in 1880, as capitalists,
communists and fanatics can unite on
him. No Democratic candidate has been definitely
iudicated. Thurraan, Hancock, Hendrix
and McCIellan were named. Governor
Hampton was mentioned as the favorite for
Vice-President. The committee endorse the
Potter resolutions, but discountenance any
attempt to unseat President Hayes. They
only desire to expose fraud and prevent a
repetition of the same in the future. The
committee will publish no address.
A Sudden Cliauge of Sentiment.
It acerus that since the passage of Mr.
Potter's resolution authorizing an investigation
of the Florida election, some doubt has
arisen as to the policy of the programme as at
first contemplated. Indeed, there has been
such a change of sentiment in Washington
on this subject, that a good raauy long headed
Democrats boldly declare that the party
has an 6lenhant on its hands. Thi8 chance
of sentiment is attributable to the fact that
members are hearing from their constituents.
The large majority who write on the subject
say that thsy deprecate the agitation of the
Presidential question; that no matter what
is or may be its ultimate end, it is calculated
to distract the country, to destory that
confidence to which the people were fast returning,
and worse than all, in a political view,
to firmly unite the Republican party, which
had fast been going to pieces for the want of
some live issue upon which it could once more
rally.
A sample of the feeling expressed by the
people is contained in a letter received by
Carter Harrison, of Chicago, who reluctantly
voted for the resolution. He was elected to
Congress as a Democrat by a light majority.
He has always had the support of an organization
numbering 200, known as the Congregational
Society. The President of the Society
has advised him that, in consequence of
hia vote for the Potter resolution, he would
not henceforward receive its support. The
Southern members generally have received
letters from home which undisguisedly assert
that the re-opening of the Presidential sore
is a political mistake, and that the Potter resolution
doeB not meet the approval of their
people. What they want is rest, wholesome
financial legislation, and laws passed calculated
to restore confidence between the sections
and one another.
The Truth about Bald Mountain.
The enterprise of the Charleston New
and Courier?not content with sending a
commissioner to explore the wilds of Liberia?has
developed itself in another, though
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North Carolina's object of periodical excitement,
Bald Mountain. Mr. McKiuley, of
the stuff of that paper, was detailed to visit
the mountain, and the following is the report
he makes, dated at Spartanburg, last Sunday,
and may be relied upon as a truthful statement:
I left Spartanburg last Thursday morning,
and after a fatiguing ride of forty miles
through the mountains, reached Bald Mountain
next day. Finding it impossible to reconcile
conflicting rumors, or to ascertain the
truth by inquiry, I procured guides and asceuded
the peak the same afternoon. But
one man had ever seen the fissure, and him I
could not find. After a long and painful
search, however, we finally chanced upon the
object of our que8t, and found it to be a
crack about one hundred yards in length,
about four feet in width, and of unknown
depth. The crevice, which runs nearly due
east and west, is parallel with, and but a
short distance from, the brow of the precipice,
which marks the southern boundary of
the mountain. That it is of recent origin
was plainly to be seen, and is further proved
by the freshly torn root3 of the trees growing
near it. Careful investigation leads me to
the conclusion that the crevice merely marks
tbo separation of a very large section of the j
cliff from the body of the mountain, and that |
the break will result, sooner or later, in a
land slide, differing only in point of extent
from others like it and of frequent occurrence
in this locality. There has been no appear-:
ance of smoke, nor smell of sulphur, and the
mountain experienced its last ague at least a
year before the crack appeared. Whether or
n- t the latter was caused by the former is a
thing no felltfw can find out.
The Plans of the Democrats.
Hon. G. D. Tillman, of this State, has
been watching closely the drift of public
questions and political manoeuvring in Washington,
and it is interesting to know what his
conclusions are. He says the Democrats are
shaping their policy, so as to carry, if possible,
the next House. It is regarded as highly
important that the next House and Senate
both should be Democratic in case there is no
election by the people in 1880. The purpose
of the fraud investigation under the Potter
resolutions, Mr. Tillman thinks, is really to
make a clear case for the pending elections.
The Democrats wish to make it so plain that
the most blinded partisan can see the fact of
a fraud. This consideration is the true secret
of Republican opposition to the investigation
in the face of the repeated declarations
of many of their leading papers and
men that Mr. Hayes is in office by a wellknown
fraud. The Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel thus gives Mr. Tillman's views as to
the necessity of the Democrats being wise
and cautious:
"The rock of danger to the Democracy is
lest they prove too much and become intoxicated
with success, so much so that they might
fall into the eager claws of Mr. Dana, of the
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President which would be a little short of
revolution, if it were uot actually the thing
itself.
"It is computed that there at least fifty
Democrats in the House who couteuaplate
that possibility, while there are three or four
Republicans who want a strict investigation
of Florida and Louisiaua, not to displace Mr.
Hayes, but to disgrace him.
"The Democrats of an ultra type ought to
be extremely cautious when they see a man
like the editor of the New York Sun attempting
to "rally" them, and when Senator Conkling
and General Benjamin Butler appear as
sympathizers?especially as both men are reported
to have said that they would fare better
with Tilden than with Hayes."
Practical Sense and Humor.
The frequent humorous remarks by
Governor Vance, in his public addresses and
on other occasions, which flashes of wit always
obtain greatest prominence in reports of
his speeches, naturally enough lead those unacquainted
with the man to suppose that he
never indulges a serious thought. Such,
however, is far from the fact. Underneath
the current of jocularity which ripples on
the surface, there is, in the mind of North
Carolina's favorite statesman, a steady, neverfailing
stream of good, practical sense, which
reveals itself when occasion requires. In a
recent address before the Grangers of Alamance,
at Company's Shops, the Goveruor
said : "Our youth must he taught, and they
must learn to labor. We have too much
Greek and Latin and not enough of agricultural
chemistry." He then briefly reviewed
the English system requiring every male person
to learn a trade, and continued, "Our
young men can be made to learn to love agriculture,
but we musL work differently ; we
must lead them and they must follow. Much
education spoils workers, because they are not
practical farmers." This, by the average
raiud, will be accepted as sound doctrine ; and
no lesB true we fear, is the proposition which
he humorously laid down in his address at
Charlotte on the Twentieth, paying a tribute
to the women. Closing his remarks in eulogy
of the sex, be said :
To the womeu of the land, God bless them!
was much praise due that the fires of patriotism
were kept ever burning in the hearts of
men. They are foremost in every good work.
But for them the custom of strewing flowers
each year upon the graves of our heroes
would long since have passed away, and but
for their presence here to day nine-tenths of
the men now here would be going about their
every-day business. The speaker had been
given credit for very great familiarity with
the Scriptures; indeed, it bad been said of
him that he knew more of the Bible and
practiced less of it than any other man in
the State. But however that might be, he
had lately fallen upon an interpretation of a
certain Biblical text which he did not find
laid down by any of the commentators. It
is said that in heaven there is neither marrying
nor giving in marriage, and this he conceived
to mean that there were so many more
women there than men that there could not
be found men enough to go 'round.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
A BLAST FROM BLAIRSYILLE.
Blairsvii.lk, S. C., May 27, 1878.
We fear that the Enquirer has already
grown weary of the spirit of "horn-blowing"
now infesting the little villei of York county
to such a fearful extent, and on account of
this we hesitate to let off our steam. But
some of our best citizens have hinted that our
burg is a small one, and will ever remain so,
if we fail now to raise a blast of some kind.
And believing that our people are doing Bome
things worthy of notice?like the fly on the
coach wheel?we are ready to exclaim "Behold,
what a dust we raise!" Hence you
will pardon us for intruding upon your attention
one other diminutive ville, noted
as much for its antiquity as anythihg else;
having its origin in a settlement made by
Captain Johu Blair about the year 1796,
half-way between the nine and ten-mile posts
on the Union road, south-west of Yorkville.
This is Blairsville proper; but since then she
has spread over a much larger area, and almost
every one that gets his mail out of
Blairsville post-office, believes that the most
interesting portion of the place is at his house
and no where else. Therefore, we will not
make any specific boundary, lest we might
err and offend.
We have any number of gcod-natured,
healthy-looking inhabitants, most all of Irish
descent; and this accounts for our health and
fine spirits. We are not all uon altogether
temperate; but enough so considering our
location?only one hour's journey from Yorkville,
with the Shelby road coming into our
midst directly from Vance's country of corn
and wine. And this is so pure that it never
causes a man to do worse than go squirrel
hunting in a buggy.
Farming seems to be uppermost in the
minds of our people, as you can sec many
broad acres stretching far to the right and
left, dotted with the tiny leaf of the fleecy
staple ; and as far as the eye can reach,
waving fields of golden grain, almost ripe for
the sickle, fill the view and gladden the heart
of despondent man.
Nor are we behind our sister villes in other
pursuits adpated to the necessities of the human
race. We have three steam engines?
one of mammoth size?to do effective stationary
work, carrying a huge circular saw j
with the chisel tooth that never aches, and i
makes lumber of all kinds abundant and |
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cneap. me oiuera are ui oiuaner eapaeiLjr, i
suitable to move from house to house, to alleviate
the labor of the husbandman in preparing
his produce for immediate use and for j
market. To all of which are attached grist |
mills of the different improved styles, making |
the staff' of life common to all who faithfully
serve the curse of man's disobedience. We !
have cotton gins, thrashing machines, sewing
machines, blacksmith shops, wood shops and
store houses plentiful to lighten the distended
parse and send the customer on bis way, rejoicing
over the panic in prices. We have
two 9hoe and boot shops, with as good work-\
men ia this line as the State affords?both
excellent performers on the violin, and can !
and will stock cradles of all kinds?grain '
cradles, of course. Here we are also blessed
with a sufficiency of skillful medical talent, j
one Doctor of Divinity, and a speciality in
Elders. So, if we go untreated, either phys-;
ically or spiritually, it will be sheer negli-j
gence of our own?not of the locality.
Stationed among us also is a servant of the
Uuited States in the capacity of a mail-carrier,
Gut stop! He oomesin the list of that
omni-present, miserable class of beings called
bachelors! What shall we say about them ?
We can neither define nor decline them. We
never know where they are; and if in any
case at all, we'll name it the "gone case," for
we are told all these old, condemned animals
want Pullets!
As for the young ladies, their domestic
qualities and good looks, it's no use to blow
| about them now?they are nearly all taken.
The continued demand for them proves more
than we can say. Only a few left, and they
: are doubtless promised.
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cur accomplishments comes into our mind in
the shape of a well-regulated school, with its
number of gleeful children, and its very ef,
ficient teacher, laboring to dispel the clouds
of ignorance and teach the "young idea bow
to shoot." Education is an object of the
first importance to every individual, and we
sympathize freely with all sections debarred
the wholesome privileges of such an institution.
Here is the cradle of liberty?Truth,
Justice, Self-government! Tear it down, and
the glory and grandeur of the greatest nations
vanish as a vapor before the morning
sun.
All in all, old Blairsville is a happy place,
and its citizens are wide awake, to the man.
The spirit of emulation has laid hold upon
us?the one trying to outdo the other in
goodness and usefulness. And if not overtaken
by the sad fate of "Mother Frog" in
the meadow, we will grow; we will increase ;
we will swell, till all who go and come, will
know by our size what we ought to be called.
We are going to raise plenty to eat; then
the rest in cotton, let the price be what it
may. We can't do anything else, unless we
raise sheep. To this, there is one serious impediment?dogs
preying upon the flocks. Our
law-makers can stop this by passing a law
imposing a tax or license of one dollar on
the owner to each of the canine species kept.
Then we will have more bread, more sheep,
more eggs, and less of hydrophobia.
CORNU.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
IMTPD PDAU WUIT t VPD)U
JUtil I lilk JL IIVJI If ll&t AttAiir
Whitaker's 8. C.f May 27, 1878.
The western portiou of York county was
visited last Tuesday, by two destructive hail
storms. The most destructive passed over a
portion of Clevelaud county, II. C., uorth of
Whitaker's and moved in a south-easterly direction.
In sections on the track of the storm,
the crops were nearly entirely destroyed.
Heavy rain aud severe wind accompanied
the hail, and a considerable amount of timber
was uprooted, and fruit trees aud fencing
blown down. Several out-buildiugs were unroofed
and a few demolished. The storm extended
from Weaver's Bridge, on Buffalo
creek, in Cleveland county, N. C., to King's
creek, in York county, a distauce of some 7
or 8 miles, its breadth being from one-half to
one mile. Cotton is said to be totally destroyed,
and all the farmers in the devastated
section who happened to have or could
procure seed, have replanted their cotton. It
is hoped the coru was not so severely injured
but that it will grow out and do well yet.
There are uumbers of fields of wheat and oats
on which the crops were completely ruined.
The fruit crop was also partially destroyed.
In many places hail drifted against fences
to the depth of ten or twelve inches, remaining
until 10 o'clock next day. The farmers
in this county suffering most from the effects
of the storm are Dr. A. F. Hambright, A. C.
Hambright, James Clark and William Howell.
The other hail storm passed over Black's
Station and moved in a north-easterly direction.
It extended six or seven miles in length,
and from a half to one and half miles in
width. Though not so destructive as the one
first mentioned, it inflicted considerable damage
upon timber, fences, growiug crops and
fruit.
The crop prospect in this section is not so
flattering as the farmer would desire. Cotton
and oats are about equal to the expectations
of the farmer; but wheat is not. It is
low aud uneven, with short heads, though well
filled so far as we can learn, however, and it
is hoped there will be a pretty fa:r yield yet.
The farmers on bottom land have failed as
yot to obtain a stand of corn. On much of
this land there is not more than half a stand?
owing to the continued cool weather at
the most critical period of germination, and
the subsequent presence of the bud worm,
which has worked great havoc. The few recent
warm days were hailed with delight by
the tillers of the soil, who hope the weather
will continne warm for a while, so as to cause
the destruction of that pest, the bud worm,
and enable the farmers to secure a good stand
of corn in due time.
Last week, Capt. W. T. R. Bell of King's
Mountain, with some other able temperance
advocates, visited Whitaker's and addressed
the people upon the subject of temperance.
We are informed that the addresses
were able and impressive, the result being the
orgauizing of a temperance lodge with a membership
of some thirty or forty. This is a
good thing in the right place, and it is hoped,
whatever may have been the inclination of
the people on the temperance question heretofore,
that they will be temperate henceforth.
A Farmer.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
NOTES FROM CLOVER.
Clover, S. C., May 25, 1878.
Our little town is trying to keep up with
the times. We have a telephone, though
rudely constructed, in successful operation.
It connects the stores of Carroll & Co. and
W. B. Smith, a distance of about one hundred
yards. The clerks in the respective
stores, and the lovers of ease, can now sit
back in the shade and hold sociable converse
at an unsociable distance.
Mr. Samuel Campbell took charge of the
railroad pump at this place, last Monday.
Mr. Campbell is well known and highly respected
in this part of the couutry. Unfortunately,
he is totally blind. His blindness
was caused by a wound received in the head
at the battle of South Mouutain, in 1862.
Notwithstanding this serious physical infirmity
under which he labors, he displays a commendable
disposition in the effort to earn
bis bread?and one worthy the emulation of
muny who dodge the responsibilities of this
life on less slender pretexts than the affliction
of Mr. Campbell.
A few more bales of cotton have been
shipped from this place since our last report.
A heavy rain, accompanied with hail, fell !
here one day this week. Fortunately, the
hail was light and did no damage.
We hear of great complaint in this vicini...
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short while ago, the prospect waa favorable
for an abundant crop; but now the people
are greatly discouraged, and fears are entertained
that the yield will be small.
The question of primary elections is the |
theme of tne day, with our people; but we
must acknowledge that we do not understand !
the subject. We have asked several for a j
full and explicit explanation, but in vain. In j
fact, they are like your correspondent?they j
feel interested, but cannot gather the information,
from what we have seen on the sub-i
ject. Will you be so kind as to give us a
full explanation ? Vox. j
Afcy"" Friday is a day of days. It is a singular
coincidence that President Hayes received his
nomination at Cincinnati on a Friday. It
was on a Friday that the bill creating the
Electoral Commission was passed; on Friday !
the Electoral Commission gave its decision in
the matter of the last disputed State, and on '
Friday was it that the couut was completed
and Hayes declared to be President. Now it,
is on Friday that the Presidential question is
again re-opened by the investigation committee,
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. P. Wallace, 0. C. C. Pis.?Notice to Creditors
of A. J. Peay, deceased.
Wilson A Wilson, Plaintiff's Attorneys?Notice
to Andrew J. Roberts, Defendant.
J. S. McKenzio?McKenzie's Mills.
H. W. Hope A Co.?Bargains?Tobacco?ReadyMade
Shirts?Ready-Made Clothing?Shoes
and Hats.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?The Mill?Summer
Time is Coming.
Clark Brothers?Groceries?Coffee?Sugar?Molasses?Flour?
Bacon?Grain Cradles?Protection?Hams?Millet
Seed?Notice.
John C. Kuykendal?A Favorable ComparisonPrices?Important
Letter?Very Full?Remarkably
Cheap.
Grand Entertainment.
Wrn. W. Jenkins?Milch Cows for Sale.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First
Meeting of Creditors?In the
Matter of Edward Lipscomb, Bankrupt.
COTTON SALES.
Cotton has been tolerably brisk this week.
On Tuesday 102 bales were sold at full quo
lauons.
JAMES BRIAN, ESQ.
The many friends of the venerable James
Brian, formerly Sheriff of York county, were
pleased to see him in town yesterday. Mr.
Brian has been in feeble health for several
months.
SALE OF OLD LOCOMOTIVES. .
We learn that the Tredegar Works, of
Richmond, Va., have purchased from the
Chester and l^enoir Railroad Company the
old locomotives formerly used on the King's
Mountain Road.
TAX COLLECTIONS.
Payments of the May installment of State
and county taxes have been quite light in
York county. Dr. Robertson, County Treasurer,
informs us that the amount paid to this
date is about (7,500.
FORT MILL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
At the recent municipal election in Fort
Mill, Mr. J. W. Ardrey was reelected Intendant,
and Messrs. J. J. Drakeford, R. B.
Bradford, A. J. Downs and Dr. J. E. Massey
were elected Wardens.
LIENS FILED.
Up to this date, there have been filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas 725 liens. Of these, only about 75 are
to secure rents. The others are for fertilisers
or advances?the number for these purposes
heinc about eauallv divided.
HARVESTING WHEAT.
The harvesting of wheat has already com*
raenced. Several patches about town were
cut Monday and Tuesday. We learn that a
farmer in the Clay Hill section cut bis wheat
last week, had it thrashed and sent a grist to
the mill. This is almost equal to Texas,
which boasted of new wheat on the 20th.
We have not learned how the crop in this
section will probably yield.
INVESTIGATION REPORTS.
We are indebted to Hon. John R. Cochran
for a printed copy of the "Report of the
Joint Investigating Committee on Public
Frauds and the election of Hon. John J. Patterson
to the United States Senate." These
reports are embraced in two pamphlets aggregating
272 octavo pages, and supply several
links in the long chaiu of testimony going to
establish the frauds and peculations of the
Republican party while in power in this
State.
THE WRONG JURY.
The official to whom we applied for a list
of the jurors in the case of Mr. McElmoyle,
tried before Justice Lewis on the 16th, erred
as to the names of some of them, he having
given us the names of a panel engaged in the
trial of a case disposed of just previous to the
bearing of the McElmoyle case. The jury in
this last-named case was composed as follows :
J. A. Carroll, foremau ; W. A Jefferys, J. E.
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Hemphill.
THE FIRST COTTON BLOOM.
The first cotton bloom exhibited at this
X. ,
office the present season was received last y
Saturday, it having been plucked on the
Monday previous. Gent'emen who saw it
were almost iucredulous, believing it was only
a clever imitation; but when we assured
them that it was a veritable cotton bloom,
sent to us by Mr. T. A. Carroll, of Gainesville,
Florida, tbey were rather inclined to
yield. Mr. Carroll writes that the field from
nhinh it. wna ffllran nun tit un tori nn ttio 1at
day of last March.
HON. J. H. EVINS.
The Wa8hiogtoD Pott?the Democratic organ
at the capital?of last Friday, contains
the following complimentary and jnstly deserved
editorial paragraph in reference to our
representative in Congress, Hon. J. H. Evini:
One of the most efficient members of the lower
House is Hon. J . H. Evins, of the Fourth district
of South Carolina, who has closely attended to
the business of the session, and developed the
possession of a high order of attainments. If he
is as available at home as he is useful in Congress,
the people of South Carolina will do well to keep
him in their service for another term. Swapping
good men for untried ones is a dangerous procedure,
and one that the Democratic party has greatly
suffered from. 1 *
ACCIDENT TO MR. SPRATT WRIGHT.
About dark, on Wednesday evening of last
week, Mr. J. Spratt Wright, who lives, near
Clay Hill, in Bethel township, met with a serious
accident. He was driving in bis sulky,
and about a mile from his residence, while
descending a steep hill, a wheel of the sulky
dropped into a deep rut, causing the vehicle
to upset. As Mr. Wright fell, one of his legs
caught between the spokes of a wheel, which,
with his leg thus entangled in it, made an entire
revolution, breaking both bones of the
leg below the knee. Drs. Miller and Glenn
were summoned to his assistance, who were
prompt in rendering necessary surgical aud
medical attention, and at our latest accounts
the wounded gentleman was resting as well
as could be expected.
LUSUS NATURJB.
There was recently born in this county a
pair of twins, who, had they lived, would have
been a greater curiosity and a more puzzling
question to physiologists than the famous
Siamese twins. On the 18th instant, a white
lady, living about 12 miles from Yorkville,
gave birth to female twins, who were connect- J
ed by a band or continuation of the skin, ex- ^
tending from the breast to the pelvis. On ae- V
count of the narrow width of the band, the 1
infants were drawn in position face-to-face.
They were both unusually large, and were
otherwise perfectly developed. Cue was still
born, and the other lived about an hour after
birth. The mother of these singular twins
has been married several years and borne
children, all of whom are bright, and well
developed, and distinguishable by no peculiarity.
RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES.
John Wallace and Pinckney Caldwell, who
were recently pardoned from the Albany penitentiary,
arrived in this county last Saturday,
and are now at their homes. W. L. Smith,
who was pardoned at the same time, obtained
employment in New York, where he decided
to remain. These men were incarcerated in
1872, under sentence of ten years, each, for
alleged ku-klux offences, and though they
could have been pardoned at a much earlier
date, without detriment to the public welfare,