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^crajrss and Jacts. 1
? A ball of pop-corn lies in the British
Museum in Loudon with a label on it reading
as follows: "An article of food in America
greatly liked by the negroes in the South- j
eru United States."
? The name of Mrs. Til ton has been quiet- |
ly dropped from the roll of Plymouth Church,!
the cause assigned being that her recent con
fession of adultery with Henry Ward Beecher
^ is a slander on her pastor.
? According to the report of their State ,
Agricultural Bureau, the Tennesseeans are
counting on a yield of at least 8,000,000
bushels of wheat this year. Oats, grass, corn,
cotton and apples are also looking very well
in that State, and tobacco is the only crop
that isn't up to the mark.
? Colonel Wild, a Swis3 artillery officer I
serving in the Russian army of the Caucasus, j
in a letter published in a Zurich paper, says
that the Russians have lost more men by war j
typhus since the conclusion of peace thau !
they lost by battle throughout the entire
campaign in Asia Minor.
? Rockwell, a notorious Mormon, has just'
died at Salt Lake City. He was under in- j
dictment for participation in the murder of;
the Aiken immigrants in 1857. There is a
suspicion that he was foully dealt with by
some of his old associates in crime, who fear
ed a confession on his part.
? The laboring men in some parts of Mis- J
souri have set their faces against labor saving j
machinery of all kinds, and openly threaten j
that if the self-bindine machines are put into !
the field by farmers they will burn them, and j
that the grain stacks of all farmers who em- j
ploy the machines will be burned also.
? The investigation under the Potter reso- j
lution is progressing in Washington. A num- (
ber of witnesses hfive been examined, as to h
the election in Louisiana, their testimony go-11
ing to confirm the fact already patent to every ['
body?but for which there is now no redress? |;
that fraud was perpetrated in the counting of;1
the vote of that State. j,
? Paris critics claim that the new two-man- { !
ual pianos recently exhibited in Paris will
supercede those now in use. In the two-manual
instrument two grand pianos are placed 1
one over other, and in the top piano the man- j
uals are reversed, the bass notes being where
the trebles usually are, and vice versa. Thus \
the performer can play without crossing his
hands, and can play bass or treble, as the case
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may oe, oa two pianos simultaneously.
? Another desperate fight occurred between j
white and colored miners, at Coal Creek, near 1
Covington, Indiana, last Saturday, resulting ''
in the killing of one negro and wouuding '
two others; also in the wounding of two s
whites. The negroes made an attack with
rifles, firing upon the whites wherever they
could find them. They also attempted to
burn the buildings in which white men took
refuge. About fifty arrests have been made,
mostly negro miners.
? A Camel ranch is owned by D. Mather,
of Bastrop, Texas. He claims that camels
are uo more trouble to raise than horses or
cattle. The colts for three or four days are
rather tender and require close attention, but
after that they take their chances with the
herd. They are extremely docile, and as the
females give birth to a colt every year they
are profitable, the animals selling, when reared,
at from 8200 to $500 each. Mr. Mather
says a well broken camel will travel more ,
than one hundred miles a day.
? An odd affair is reported from Hartford,
Conn. The wife of a worthy clergyman
thought her pretty servant girl was becoming
too affectionate toward the owner of the tenement
where they lived, a widower, who occupied
rooms in the same building, aud, in a
fit of indignation, said : "Pack up your
things and leave the house." The girl left, !
but returned in the afternoon and said, "I am :
M ra. uun pauk uj) juui things ttlltl |
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ic?yc xxijr iiuuic. quo turn lujiinwj tut? lauvilord,
and the order was enforced.
? Wiiliam Cullen Bryant, one of the greatest
of American poets, and forty years editor
of the New York Post, is dead. He was born
in Massachusetts in 1794, and was, therefore,
nearly, or quite, 84 years of age. He was a
man of genius, and many of his productions
are fine spieiraens of natural, graceful, simple,
pure English. He has long taken rank
among our foremost poets. Not equal to Longfellow
or Poe, and, possibly to two or three
others, his productions shed, however, a peculiar
glory upon American letters.
? Some of the leading Democrats of the 1
couutry, among whom are Gov. Hampton
and Alexander Stephens, of Georgia, doubt
that there is sound policy in the investigation
of the Presidential frauds. They think that
the agitation of the facts already known,
through the press and on the stump, would
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nave uecu an tue uajulai uie j^cuiutraid ueuueu.
To this opinion other prominent Democrats
dissent, and say that to give a proper prominence
to the subject, a thorough investigation
must be made as the great issue upon which ,
the Democracy will fight the next campaign. !
? The Macon (Ga.) Messenger says it has |
reliable information that the Russian govern- j,
uient has offered to purchase from the Geor- I
gia Central Railroad and Banking Company j
their new and elegant ocean steamships, the j,
City of Macon and the City of Savannah. I
The authorities of the road have replied to j |
the offer saying that the road was willing to i
dispose of the steamers, naming the value j
placed on them, and there the matter rests i
for the present. These steamers are now j
making regular trips between Savannah and j
New York.
? The United States consul at Canton, j
China, reports that a terrible tornado passed i
over that city on the 11th of April, causing j
great destruction of life and property. It j
came from the sea in the shape of a water- j (
spout, passing through the crowded part of;,
the city. The track left by the tornado was
600 feet wide. Many houses were destroyed
in the foreign settlement, but no lives were ] (
lost. In the native city, 10,000 persons were i (
killed. It required several weeks to remove (
the dead bodies from the narrow streets. The j
weather was very hot and the decomposing i (
bodies caused many to fear the outbreak of a .
pestilence.
? Miss Emma Bartlett, dealer in saddles and 1
bridles, died in New York on last Thursday. !
She commenced business with a capital ofj
SI 75, and died the manager of a manufactory j
giving employment to 100 hands. Some
years ago she traveled over the couutry sell- i.
ing her wares, and it is told of her that du- 1 |
ring one visit to Chicago, she entered into a |,
drinking bout with five men who called ,
to provoke her, made them tipsy, and sold ;
them ?2,000 worth of bridles. Miss Bartlett
never weighed more than 84 pounds, was in
no sense a beauty, but looked, acted, and ,
talked like a man. She shaved regularly'
three times a week.
? The American Art Journal points out the
objects often introduced by great painters into j '
their works long before the period in which '<
such objects existed. Thus Raphael intro-;
duces a hewn stone step into the expulsion
from Paradise, and a book bound in the neat-'
est manner into the picture of Elymas struck <
blind. Albert Durer introduces a tent bed- j
stead, a cooking range and China candlesticks (
into his "Birth of the Virgin." In one of
Vandyke's pictures the Apostles wear sea
boots, and Paul Veronese depicts Italian peasants
in felt hats and plumes contemplating
the "Adoration of the Magi." A Spanish ar- j
tist represents Abraham about to shoot Isaac ,
with a pistol.
? A San Antonio (Texas) dispatch of the
13th, says that on the previous Saturday Gen.'
McKenzie and Col. Slater, with a strong
force, crossed into Mexico in pursuit of raiders,
and that uight, forty miles above Eagle;
Pass, were obliged to recross into Texas.
They telegaphed for reinforcements, and twenty
companies of cavalry, a section of artillery
of two Galling and two rifled guns, were sent
to reinforce them. It is believed that the en- i
tire force recrossed into Mexico. The troops J
have fifteen days' rations, a heavy traiu and
two experienced guides. On the day previous
to the above occurrences Gen. Nuncio was
killed by Escobedo's soldiers near Piedras j
Negras. Gen. Nuncia was in command of
the government troops at Piedras Negras. His
death will prove a serious loss to the Diaz ,
cause on the border.
? An artesian well, now partly completed
at Pesth, Hungary, has reached a depth of j
1,000 yards, and will be the deepest of its 1
kiud. It is iuteuded to supply hot water; at i
present that which is obtained has a heat of
161 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is expected that
lower strata will furnish water at 178 degrees. ,
The most curious feature about this well is the ;
addition to it of automatic machinery for ;
boring, the water power for which is supplied j
by the well itself. By this means the boring j
has been conducted at double its previous j
rate. The notion is entertained that the j
abundaut supply of warm water may be used j
m.UInstlnx trAiiinnl nlanta in tKio rrnrdeilS I
Ill Is U 1 LI vatiug ^iwtivw ? VMV
of the neighborhood.
She Uorhvillc ^oquiitr.
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HAYES'TITLE AFFIRMED BY THE HOUSE.
In the House of Representatives, last Fri
Lav Mr- Rurehard. of Illinois, anticipating
the report of the committee on the judiciary,
sustaining the President in his title, moved to
suspend the rules and introduced a resolution
to the same purport. The resolution is as
follows:
Whereas, at the joint meeting of the two
Houses of the Forty-Fourth Congress, convened
pursuant to law and the Constitution,
for the purpose of ascertaining and couuting
the votes for President and Vice-President
for the term commencing March 4, 1877 ;
upon counting the vote Rutherford B. Hayes
was declared elected President, and W. A.
Wheeler was declared elected Vice-President
for such term ; therefore,
Resolved, That no subsequent Congress or
other House has jurisdiction to revise the action
of such joint meeting, and any attempt,
by either House to annul or disregard such
action, or the title to the office arising therefrom,
would be revolutionary, and is disap
proved by this House.
The resolution was adopted by 116 yeas to
21 nays. Those voting no were Blackburn,
Bliss, Boone, Bragg, Cook, Cox, Elam, Fuller,
Hamilton, Hardenberg, Hendle, Hewitt,
May ham, Phelps, Pridemore, Robertson,
Smith, Southard, Springer and Warner.
Subsequent to the adoption of the resoluUnn
the fr>l Inarm or nrnPPPflinprS finSUetl
D
Mr. Hartridge, of Georgia, rose to a question
of privilege, and presented the report on
the memorial of the Maryland Legislature,
aud the bill introduced by Mr. Kimmel in
relation to the President's title. He said this
report was agreed upon that morning, but as
the chairman of the judiciary committee, Mr.
Knott, was sick, and, as he desired to present
a dissenting report, it was not proposed to
present the report until nest day, but in view
of the fact that Mr. Burchard had brought
the matter to the attention of the House, he
felt absolved from all personal obligations to
Mr. Knott, aud would now present the report
of the committee. The report and resolutions
were then read. The previous question was demanded,
and the resolutions were adopted by
a vote of 234 to 14. The following voted in
the negative ; Blackburn, Bliss, Boone, Cook,
Cos of New York, Hamilton, Henry, Kim
mel, Mayham, Pridemore, Robertson, Smith
of Georgia, Springer aud Warren.
THE AZOIt HEARD FROM.
The Charleston News and Courier of Monday
publishes the following cable telegram
received from its special correspondent who
accompanied the emigrant ship, Azor, from
Charleston to Liberia :
Sierra Leone, West Coast of Africa,
May 19, via Madeira, Saturday, June 15.?
The Azor arrived here to-day. For too many
of the hopeful immigrants who sailed from
Charleston on Easter Sunday, the voyage has
been disastrous. Indeed, at one time there
was reason to fear that the Azor would be
nothing less than a floating charnel-house.
The first days of the voyage were wholly
uneventful. Capt. Holmes organized a police
force, and required every part of the vessel to
be kept clean. There was no grumbling at
this. The submission and docility of the emigrants
cannot be too highly praised. Soon,
however, the need of an experienced physician
began to be felt. Even before the ^4zor
sailed, measles had made its appearance, and
this malady spread rapidly. This was not so
U?/-l kAti?AttA?? on oKin ffiwar noueod ktt f kn
UftUj uu?cyci, ao cui j/ * vi vnuovu uj wiiu
clone coufiuement between decks, the- scanty
accommodations, and, above all, by the want
of water. The sufferings of the immigrants
were intense. They had not been accustomed
to practice self-denial, and soon exhausted
the limited daily supply of water. There was
great waste, despite the efforts of the oflicers.
The fever spread rapidly, and before we
reached this point, which is a colonial settle ;
ment on the West Coast, belonging to Great j
Britain, twenty-three of our ill-fated emi- |
grants had died. I have never seen a sadder ]
sight thau when their remains were commit- i
ted to the deep. The Dames of the dead will I
go to you by the first mail steamer that touch |
es at this place. This dispatch I forward by I
way of the Island of Maderia, from which I
point it will be sent to you by ocean cable.
My own health is good. Capt. Holmes has 1
been unremitting in his attention to the immi- |
grants. I cannot praise his vigilance, thought- j
fulness and judgment too warmly. Despite j
the loss of life the immigrants are in good j
spirits, and filled with joy at the prospect of!
soon reaching their destination.
A. B. Williams.
In connection with the above dispatch, the |
News and Courier remarks: "The full accounts
of the voyage will not reach lis proba-'
bly for two or three weeks. Mr. Williams
caused his dispatch to be taken up at Sierra
Leone by the first mail steamer, and to be
couveyed to Funchal, Madeira, where there
is a telegraph station. From Funchal the j
fateful words went to Lisbon and thence to j
London. From London the message was
sent direct to Charleston. Early on Saturday
morning the dispatch was filed at Funchal. \
Before noon it had reached Charleston, and :
through the Associated Press, at our instance,'
had made itself known to the whole American
public. It is perhaps as well to mention,
right here, that no other newspaper in the;
world has sent a reporter with, or through,'
the Azor to Liberia, and that the telegrams
and letters of Mr. Williams will be publish- |
ed, at Grst hand, in the News and Courier
alone." 1
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Barnwell is to have a new Court House,
to be finished within a year.
? A large sized black bear was recently
killed in Williamsburg county.
? The total amount of taxes collected by
the county treasurer of Lancaster on the first
installment, was $1,110.00.
The Port Royal Railroad was recently sold
at auction and bought by the Union Trust
Company, of New York, for 8500,000.
? Congress has appropriated two hundred
thousaud dollars for the improvement of
Charleston harbor.
? The revenue officers charged with the murder
of Ladd, in Pickens county, have been
admitted to bail.
? The Ledger reports the cotton crop of
Lancaster county as looking well. Corn,
what was left by the bud worm, is growing
rapidly.
? A live rattlesnake which had been buried
iu a box at Walhalla since the 29th of
last October, was dug up on Tuesday, and
after eight mouths' of close confinement, was
found to be full of life and vigor.
? An incendiary attempt was recently made
to fire the office of the Register at Gaffney
City. Had the attempt succeeded, three
stores, a tin shop and private residence would
also have been destroyed.
? The Augusta Chronicle learns that on last
Monday evening a negro named Gus Harris,
was killed in the public square at Edgefield
Court House, while Court was in BeBsion, by
Brooker Toney, white. The cause of the difficulty
is not stated.
? The people of Townville, Anderson county,
where the opposition last summer to the
new fence law was stronger than anywhere
else in the county, now that they have tried
the plan, are almost unanimous in its praise.
Most of the beneficial results which the advocates
of the change predicted would follow
are fully realized.
? The confidential clerk of the State Treasurer
informs a correspondent that it seems
nnotnin mmiinl, mnnmi Ujill hp mm!T1CT in til
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pay in full every appropriation made by the
last General Assembly. The bulk of the
spring taxes is in already, and the Treasury
office presents the appearance of a bank. The
Treasurer and his clerks are now busy consolidating.
? The centennial anniversary of the siege
of Fort Ninety-Six, and the Continental success
at that British stronghold during the
Revolutionary struggle, was celebrated at the
spot where the Old Star Fort stood, near the
present town of Ninety-Six, with due and imposing
ceremonies on the 18th instant. Governor
Hampton and other prominent State officials
participated.
? Savs the Spartanburg Herald: Mr. S.
T. Poiner, on coming up from Glenn Springs,
the other day, was thrown from a buggy at
the narrow place in the road at Golightly's
Gorge and came near being thrown down the
steep precipice. He fell on the edge of the
precipice, bruising his face badly. Had he
fallen two feet farther he would have gone
over a precipice of thirty feet.
? Speaking of Judge Hudson, who presided
at the Circuit Court of Newberry, last week,
nniro "TbA nrnoi^inrt T11 fj.Td _T
tuc lie/ Ut/U( 3?JO AUG |71 VOIUIllg U U"5V) W?
H. Hudson, of Marlboro, is one of the newly-elected,
and has been but a short time on
the bench. His rulings gave entire satisfaction.
There is no doubt that he is a good
lawyer. His only fault as a Judge, in our
humble opinion, is that his charges and instructions
are too prolix and too frequent."
? The Marion Merchant and Farmer claims
for that county the model colored farmer in
the State, the Rev. Silas Cook, who commenced,
when freedom came, with nothing
except a large family to raise and support,
going to work with a will, and attending to
his own business strictly. He has bought
and paid for a two-horse farm, built a frame
house in good style, and has to-day one of
the best crops, both corn and cotton, in the
county.
? Mr. Wm. E. Bryan, a young man residing
at Edgeheld Court House, shot himself
with a pistol in his room, in the village, at
half-past ten o'clock a. m., Friday. The ball
eutered the right temple, and passed to and
lodged in the left temple, causing death in a
* i rr. 1 Pa _ j .1 j i_
rew nours. ne ieii tetters auuresseu to nis
mother, the Edgefield Rifles, Dr. Bland aud
others. In one of those letters he assigned
pecuniary embarrassment as the cause of his
coramittiug the rash act. He was a most estimable
young man and was very popular
wherever known.
? The Mariou Merchant and Farmer mentions
the following remarkable case, occurring
near that town : "About four years ago, Mr.
Cade Thomas, who was then in robust health,
accidentally sucked a piece of green cedar
leaf, about two inches long, down his oesephagus
into his lungs. It has ever since caused
considerable irritation and considerable hemorrhages.
Recently he purchased some lung
medicine, (we have not heard what kind,)
aud after taking the third dose he put up an
unusual hemorrhage, and also the piece of
cedar, which, when cleansed of the blood and
matter that had coagulated rouud it, looked
just as it did when swallowed.
? The grand jury of Charleston county, in
closing their presentment to the Court of Sessions,
last week, made the following allusion
to Judge Mackey, who presided : "The grand
jury congratulate your Honor, upon returning
to your native place, that you come
clothed with judicial honors which you have
so worthily won aud gracefully worn, and
most heartily do they endorse the sentiment
of your Honor in causing to be removed from
the scenes of the court-room the prisoner's
dock; fully agreeing with your Honor that
the badge of guilt should not be placed upon
auy person until he has been found guilty by
a jury of his countrymen. Returning our
thanks to your Honor for the courtesies you
have shown to us individually and as a body,
we tender them, our last, but not least, official
duty at this term."
STATE POLITICAL ITEMS.
? There are nine candidates for sheriff of
Marion county, and no vacancy.
? The Edgefield Advertiser contains the an
nouncements of thirteen candidates for office,
with a few more precincts to hear from.
? Hon. J. H. Evius, was unanimously endorsed
and renominated for Congress by the
Spartanburg county convention. Their delegates
to the State convention were instructed
to vote for the renomination of the entire
State ticket.
? The executive committee of the Democratic
party of Barnwell met at the Court
House on Monday of last week, pursuant to
a call of the chairman. From reports sent
in from the various Clubs, it was shown that
847 white Democrats had voted for "Convention,"
and 426 for "primaries," so that the
Convention plan will be adhered to.
? The Abbeville Frees and Banner says the
report that General McGowan when elected
to the Legislature, will seek higher office
than member of the Legislature is a mistake.
He runs at the solicitation of his friends, and
he will serve them in that capacity. He does
not run on his own motion, but at the request
of the various local club3 who have nominated
him. He is in opposition to no particular
candidate.
? Governor Hampton was invited, some
; days ago, to address a meeting at Cincinnati,
Ohio, in opposition to any attack on Mr.
Hayes' title to the Presidency, and declined
in the following reply: "Though I cannot
flatter myself that any address from myself
could exert there such an influence as you
imagine, I should most cheerfully respond in
person to your invitation, with the hope of
aiding to preserve the tranquility of the country,
if my duties would allow me to do so.
But I shall have to be absent from the State
just now for a week or ten days, and this will
nrpvent mv vinitinor vnnr eitv at the time in
dicated. I join you in the hope that the peace
of the country may be preserved, and that
all its constitutional institutions may be maintained
in their integrity."
? A Lancaster correspondent of the Columbia
Register, noting the incidents of Court
week, says: The candidates were in clover,
and the voters are complaining of sore hands;
a ncd, a beck and a wreathed smile were the
order of the day. It matters not whether the
voter has a horny hand, so he give it with his
vote in it. The lesson of Scipio Nasica of
old, who lost the edileship by offending a
plain countryman whom he took by the hand
and asked for his vote, but finding his hand
very hard, said : "Prithee, friend, do you
walk upon your hauds," has a significance in
our day aud time. The exchange of these
amenities is pleasant, however, and harmless,
and the fortunate man, if he observes the ancient
custom, can, with as much truth as sentiment,
claim that he is "fresh from his people."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A little son of Capt. James 0. Moore, of
Gaston county, lost his life the other day, by
falling into a well on his father's premises. \
? The case of George Pethel, charged with
the murder of his wife, removed from Rowan
to Iredell, was continued and set for Tuesday
of the second week of the next term.
? Robert Davis, of Wilkes county, was bit
ten by a large black spider, while at work in
a field on Friday of last week, and died from
the effects of the bite on the following Monday.
? Sarah D. Johnson, of Iredell county, who
was convicted last summer of infanticide and
sentence commuted to ten years imprisonment
in the penitentiary, died in that institution on
the 2nd instant. She was the only white female
coufined.
? In Iredell Superior Court, last week, Jim
Laxton, colored, convicted of rape upon a
white woman, was re-sentenced?his case having
been taken to the Supremo Court and the
decision of the lower court sustained?and
Friday; the 28th of June, was fixed as the
date of his execution.
? Noah Cherry, Harris Atkinson and Robert
Thompson, all colored, the murderers of
the Worley family, were hanged at Golds
boro, last Friday, in the presence of 6,000
people. They proclaimed their innocence to
the last, and were very bitter towards the
prosecuting attorneys.
? The next Senatorial election in North
Carolina bids fair to be an exciting contest.
The friends of Governor Vance will urge him
for the position, while Mr. Merriraon, the
procont Senator, doeires to be his own successor
for another term. To this end, he has issued
a lengthy card to the public, reviewing
the manner in which he obtained his election,
and attacking the system of discipline in the
Democratic party, known as the caucus system.
He also thinks he has been grossly
maligned and misrepresented by Governor
Vance.
? The State Democratic Convention for
nominating candidates for Chief Justice and
A BQpr>iatp Jnstines of the Sunreme Court, met
in Raleigh on Thursday last. W. N. H.
Smith, the present incumbent by appointraeut
of Governor Vance, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Justice Pearson, was
nominated for the Chief Justiceship, and
Thomas S. Ashe, of Anson, and John H , Dillard
, of Guilford, were nominated for Associate
Justices. So far as we learn from the State
papers, the nominations give general satisfaction
to the party. The Convention also unanimously
confirmed the nominations made by
the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Judicial Districts
for Judges of the Superior Court?the
nominees being as follows, respectively : J. C.
L. Gudger, A. C. Avery and Jesse F.Graves.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The State Penitentiary.
Of the seven hundred convicts in the
State penitentiary, nearly one hundred are
white. In regard to the management of the
institution, the Columbia correspondent of the
Cha rleston Journal of Commerce says:
"Despite the bad feeling that seems to me
to exist between Superintendent Parmelee
aud the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
everything runs along smoothly, and the
management of the Penitentiary seems to give
universal satisfaction. Investigations have
been made with a view of ascertaining whether
the affairs connected with the Penitentiary
have been properly conducted. I am glad to
say that Colonel Parmelee, the Superintendent,
has emerged from these investigations
with flying colors. He made a clear, straightforward
exhibit of the workings of the institution,
the financial management, etc., aud
all felt convinced he had discharged the onerous
duties pertaining to his position with rare
fidelity and business tact, and that a more
efficient officer than he could not be found."
A >ov rhase or tho t'oior Line.
The color line has broken out in a very
violent form at Waukegan, Mich. Baby
shows have just reach the rural part of Michigan,
and Waukegan announced, a few weeks
ago, one of these fascinating inventions of modern
limes, advertising for babies of all kinds,
without regard to race, color or previous condition.
After the fashion of Northern baby
shows, every persou visiting the show was allowed
the privilege of voting for the baby he
or she considered the best and handsomest.
But what was the horror of the Waukegans
when the fight was over and the votes were
! counted, to find that a colored baby had won
| the prize by a large majority. The shock
| that this discovery gavo the Waukegans is, of
I course, impossible to describe. A feeling of
| intense disgust, almost of horror, pervades the
j breast of all the mothers of the town, who
! have failed as yet to discover the practical
I joke?ballot-box stuffing?played on them,
j They are Allied with ire and venom, and
have become vigorous bull-dozers and white
leaguers. It is generally thought that the
Wauhegan baby show will lose that town to
j the Republican party for the first time since
j its corporation, a score of years ago. The
mothers of Waukengan think that they understand
the Southern negro question now.
The Hostile Indians.
: A San Francisco dispatch of the loth
, says intelligence has been received in that
city conveying the information that a settlement
of whites at White Horse Meadows,
Grant county, Oregon, are threatened by a
strong/force of hostile Bannocks. It is also
stated in a dispatch from Boise City that Major
Downing, who was on his way to his com- 1
mand at Sheep Ranch, has received orders to
return to Fort Harney, in consequence of in- ?
1 formation received that Egar, the Piute I
: chief, was at the head of 400 warriors and j j
i resolved to go upon the war path. This j
band is composed of Indians who have left ! j
j the Malheur agency. Some of the military
I officers at Boise City recently interviewed
i Tampiago the Indian now under sentence of
! death for the murder of Alexander Rhoden.
a
I Tarabiago says the Bannocks are led by Buf- ^
| falo, Horn and two other Indians, and states ^
i that their plan was to rendezvous at Juniper
i Mountain and at Sheep Ranche, get the Pi!
utes to join them and then proceed northward
I to Salmon river. Tumbiago has been in 0
Annfinamanf oanarat rrwtnfVia Kilt Kia Dfnrv la ^
WUllUCUItUII DUIVIUI ?,u """"J |>
corroborated by other information,and proves
that the outbreak had long been contempla- ^
ted. The settlers of Bruneau and the adjacent 8<
vicinity have abandoned their houses and I ^
| gone to Boise City for safety. The settlers on i ^
Boise City and Carson City stage road in Ba- j ^
ker County, Oregon, for a distance of sixty J a
miles, have also left their homes and sought ' ^
places of safety. It is stated that Gen. How- j ^
ard, who has about one thousand troops at ^
his command, is in pursuit of the hostiles.
Got. Hampton at Claflin University. t(
The closing exercises at Claflin (color;
ed) University, Oraugeburg, on tho 12th instant,
attracted a large and flattering au- P
dience. The address was delivered by Dr. I
Meynardie, of the South Carolina M. E. p
Conference. Among the invited visitors were v
Governor Hampton, Superintendent of Edu- f<
cation Hon. H. S. Thompson, Bishop Haven h
and others. These distinguished gentlemen f
were introduced, and briefly addressed the si
audience. In the course of his remarks to v
the students, Governor Hampton said that t
"his desire has ever been to see the colored c
people thoroughly educated that they, in I
common with their white neighbors, might d
become a progressive people?making good p
citizens, who should labor for the best inter- b
est of our entire country. Whilst education c
was necessary in order that this progress
might be had, still it was impossible to be
guod and reliable citizens without becoming v
at the same time a good and religious people. e
Good morals must be coupled with educa- ?
tion, or the desired end could not be attain- ^
ed." Commenting upon which, the Orange- t|
burg Times says: a
"The colored people in Orangeburg, as j,
well as elsewhere in our State, have been
very favorably impressed with the liberal
and consistent course Governor Hampton has
pursued, and if no evil circumstances surround C
them between now and the election, he will ii
receive the entire colored vote of Orangeburg, c
So much for consistency of conduct, liberal 0
political seutiment and integrity of character. t|
Let the people learn a lesson here, and the solution
of the problem involving the colored r'
vote will have been found." a
The June Cotton Report. ^
Under date of the 17th instant, the Ag- ^
ricultural Department makes the following
report of the condition of the cotton crop: '
The percentages as compared with the acreage
of 1877, are : Virginia, 100; North Carolina,
101; South Carolina, 103 ; Georgia, 102 ; a
Florida, 100; Alabama, 104; Mississippi and S
Louisiana, 101; Texas, 106 ; Arkansas, 98 ; n
Tennessee, 98. The condition of the crop is c
better then in June of last year. The fig- fi
iirps indiratinp-it are the same as in 1877. in S
' o - f
Virgiuia, Georgia and Louisiana, and higher fi
in all the other States. They are as follows : a
Virgiuia, 88; North Carolina, 87; South Caro- tl
lina, 99 ; Georgia, 101; Florida, 98 ; Mississippi,
98; Alabama, 101; Louisiana, 98; Tex- w
as, 104; Arkansas, 98 ; Tennessee, 97. The ti
general average of condition is 99. The stand v
is generally good. In limited districts it is d
imperfect in consequence of the planting of s<
seed of impaired vitality. The season is ear- tl
licr than the last by an average of ten days.
In some districts the crop is no farther ad- b
vanced than as usual at this date; in a few e:
localities a difference of three or four weeks a
is claimed in favor of the present crop. The ii
comparatively low condition in North Caro- p
lina is due to wet weather and cool nights. 'I
In South Carolina and Georgia planting was tl
unusually early with seasonable weather, un- e<
til the first week in May, since which time ^
there has been little rain, and drought is gen- r<
erally reported. In several districts in Geor- a
gia the best prospect for many years is claim- g
ed. Iu Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, tj
rains have been frequent and in some districts ^
injuriously heavy. Very favorable weather .
has been enjoyed in Texas. Few insects are
reported. The cut worm was a partial cause 8<
of defective stands at many points on the
Atlantic coast, and plants are beginning to T
be infested with lice, in limited areas west of
11hp Missiasinni. The iniurv has been very
slight. Fields are unusually clean in cufture,
and labor is increasing in efficiency.
Revenue Murder in Pickens.
In addition to the account printed on
the first page of this issue, of the killing of D
Ladd, in Pickens county, by revenue officials, T
we also give the following from the Pickens
Sentinel:
On Sunday the 9th instant, about 1 o'clock,
four revenue officials by the names of Mouse, D
(or Moose,) Durham, Kane and Scruggs, (we
do not know their initials,) went to the house
j of Mrs. Ladd, a widow lady, living in the
| mountainous section of this county, and brul
tally murdered her son, Amos Ladd, a young d
i man, aged about 21 years. We have not the
! full particulars of this most atrocious and
i fiendish murder, but will give briefly ouly
what has come to us, as we consider it, well
authenticated, and reserve fuller particulars r(
I for a future time, when all the facts can be w
properly broughtout. It appears tbat the young j .
j man was standing, or rather leaning, against ' 11
the door facing, when the revenue officers rode , w
up, or walked up, (we believe they were walk- j tl
, ing,) and deliberately shot him dead on the j p
! spot without making known to him their i w
design. The youug man fell out of the door I j
j lifeless, when the official said to his brother, j ,
| "Who have we shot?" The reply was, "You 1 0
have shot ray brother." The officers then
turned and left the house, but concealed IB
i themselves on a small hill near the house di
in the brush, and remained there for some , aj
time, for what purpose it is not known. e,
They then, went to the store of Mr. King, ' j
some four miles off, where they endeavored
to hire a conveyance to Easley Station. Mr. w
King told them that he could not carry them
that evening, but if they would wait until
morning he would carry them. This, they jy
said, they could not do, as they had business
of importance to attend to and must go that
niurht Thp.v then hired one mule from him,!
"*b" *" ? ??^ ^ t
and Kane rode rapidly for the station, passing 01
through this place by a back way about dusk, j
and arriving at Easley just in time to take di
the 9 o'clock train going north. He gave a jc
negro ten cents to carry the mule to the livery
stable, with instructions to send it back to t ,
Mr. Baylis Hendricks, at this place, where
the officials had told Mr. King they desired 9'
the mule to ride to. j lo
i It appears that two shots were fired at
Ladd, the first talking effect and killing hiro, a
while the second missed. From this fact, and , y
the fact that he rode off Mr. King's mule, and g
left immediately on the train, it is supposed he
did the killing. The other three went across
the country towards Greenville on font, and h1
at this writing we know not where they are. tc
LOCAL A7FAZHS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
\ W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First
Meeting of Creditors?In the
Matter of Henry C. Rothrock and T. B.
Withers, Bankrupts.
W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger.?In Bankruptcy.?Application
for Discharge?In the
Matter of wm. Couch, Bankrupt,
ohn C. Kuykendal?The Store-House of Nature?India
Cholagogue?No Heading?Bitter
Wine of Iron They That Sleep.
I. Strauss?New Qoods.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
We are indebted to Hod. M. C. Butler for
Dumber of public documents, among them
Report upon Forestry, prepared under the
irection of the Commissioner of Agriculture,
y Franklin B. Hough.
BETHPL DEMOCRATIC CLUII.
Bethel Democratic Club was reorganized
n Saturday, the 8th instant. On the asseraling
of a number of citizens for that purpose,
Ir. J. C. Patrick was called to the chair, and
). M. Wallace, Esq., was requested to act as
Bcretary. George L. Riddle was elected
'resident; L. K. Armstrong, First Vice'resident;
S. S. Smith, Second Vice-Presient;
and D. M. Wallace, Esq., Secretary
nd Treasurer. S. S. Smith, S. D. Stowe and
. C. Patrick were chosen as delegates to the
Jounty Convention. The sentiment of the
Hub was in opposition to the primary mode
f making nominations. The Club adjourned
3 meet on the 22od of July.
REPENTANT "DISTILLERS.
In a letter from our Black's Station corresondent,
we learn that recently, S. T. Poiuier,
J. S. Commissioner, was in that place for the
urpose of meetiug several persons charged
nth illicit distilling, who pleaded guilty beare
him to a violation of the United States
utemal revenue laws, and asked clemency
rom the general government, pledging theraslves
also that in the future they would not
iolate the revenue laws, but would adhere to
hem as law-abiding citizens. They were reognized
to appear at the next term of the
district Court, to be held at Greenville. We
o not understand, however, from our corresondent
that those persous, or any considerate
number of them, are citizeus of York
ounty.
DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION.
Let it be borne in mind, that in accordance
nth the recommendation of the County Excutive
Commiitee of the Democratic party,
recinct meetings of the several clubs will be
eld on Saturday next, to elect delegates to
kn Pminto Piintpnf.tnn which will ansemhlfl
t the Court House on the Tuesday followig,
at 11 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose
f electing delegates to the State and Conressional
Conventions; the election of a
Jounty Executive Committee; for determin]g
the mode of nominating candidates for
ounty offices, (whether by primary election
r by convention,) and also the perfection of
be county organization. The precinct repesentation
in the County Convention will be
s iollows: Bethel, 3; Bullock's Creek, 4;
Joates' Tavern, 2; Fort Mill, 4; Hickory
Jrove, 3; Rock Hill, 6 ; Bethany, 4 ; Black's
tation, 4 ; Clay Hill, 2; McCounellsville, 3;
'ride's Old Mill, 2; Yorkville, 5.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION.
The picnic and celebration by the teachers
nd children connected with the Methodist
unday-school was a pleasant affair. The picin
fnnlr nlano nn Fridav. bv a railroad ex
ursion to Philadelphia Church, a few miles
rora town, in which, besides the Methodist
unday-achool, there were representatives
ora all the other Sunday-schools in town ;
nd from those who participated, we learn
iat a pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
On Sunday the regular duties of the school
ere dispensed with, and the day was devoted
) commemorative exercises, during which a
ery interesting and instructive address was
elivered to the younger members of the
ihool by Mr. J. E. Beard, of Columbia, a
leological student in Wofford College.
In the evening a large congregation assemled
at the Church to witness the celebration
xercises, which were appointed to commence
t 8 o'clock. After singing "Happy Greetig!"
by the choir and members of the school,
rayer was offered by Mr. Beard, when Rev.
'. E. Gilbert, pastor of the Church, delivered
le opening address, in which he briefly sketchi
the history of the Sunday-school cause in
rork county, making a happy allusion to the
3vered and venerable citizen, who 49 years
go, with the cooperation of a few others, oranized
the first Sunday-school in York counj,
and, in fact, west of Columbia. After
le conclusion of Rev. Mr. Gilbert's remarks,
le following programme, in the order premted,
was enacted :
Music?"Sunday-school Battle Song."
he Cross?An allegorical representation, intro* ! ?/*
Kirrwn "fiarfl ma at. tha I
UUUIU^ II1D tlj UIU| K^U V V IMV ?? ...v >. .
Misses Connie Russell, Ella Jefferys, Emma
Craven and Masters Lawrence Garvin, Eddie
Hope, Frank Happerfield and Meeke Hope.
The Boy who told a Lie"?Recitation.?Master
Mason Ferguson.
The Boy who never told a Lie"?Recitation.?
Master Johnnie Palmer.
Music?"Angry Words."
ialogue?"Sweetness of Early Piety."?Missea
Connie May and Jessie Owen,
wenty-third Psalm.?Recitation?Miss Ettie
May.
Music.?"Suffer little Children," Ac.
Would you like to be a Sun-beam ?"?Recitation.?MiRS
Lula Beard,
ialogue?"Obeying Orders."?Masters Peyton
Darwin, Allen Gilbert, Hartwell Merritt and
Gregg Beard.
Music?"Swell the Chorus!"
Intemperance"?Recitation.?Miss Annie Corkill.
ialogue?"Ten Commandments."?Miss Cornelia'Craven,
Isabella Garvin, Ella Hope and
Masters Bobbie Jefferys, Dannie Thomas and
Bright Beard.
Music?"Sweet By and By."
The programme was sustained in a manner
iflecting the highest credit on the children,
ho so well acted their parts for i,he edificaon
and instruction of their hearers. Nor (
as the music the least attractive feature of |
le occasion. Miss Alice Owen, the accom- i
lished organist, presided at the instrument I
ith her accustomed skill, to which her high- 1
r cultured soprano voice lent an additional '
larm. ,
At the conclusion of the exercises, Rev. L.
[. Wilson, pastor of the Presbyterian church, i
elivered an address to the school?equally
pplicable, however, to the older persons presit?replete
with gospel instruction and diine
teaching, after which the congregation
as dismissed with the benediction.
LOCAL *HRIEFS.
A seasonable and refreshing rain fell on
[ouday and Tuesday nights.
The second session of the scholastic year j
King's Mountain Military School wiil close (
i Saturday next.
Dr. Meynardie will preach in the Metho- <
ist Church at this place next Sunday even- 1
'gSales
of cottou during the past week, in j
lis market, 63 bales. By reference to the | ,
jotations, it will be seen that prices are | |
toking up. | i
Mrs. C. J. Robertson, favorably known as ' <
teacher, has been engaged to teach in the j 1
orkville Female Institute and Graded 1
chool.
The following non-com missioned officers (
ave been appointed for the Jenkins Rifles, i i
i serve for the ensuing year: Orderly Ser-11
t.
geant?R. A. Parish ; Ordnance Sergeant?
W. H. Herndon; Third Sergeant?W. P.
Good; Fourth Sergeant?J. A. Latta. Corporals?Withers
Adickes, C. G. Parish, H.
C. Strauss, Kirk Lowry,
An intelligent canvasser who has visited
all portions of this county, says that for industry,
enterprise, thrift and intelligence, the
farmers of York are superior to those of any
section be has ever visited in a Southern
State.
A Dramatic and Literary Association has
been formed in York ville, comprising thfe leading
amateur talent of the town, with Col. A. M
Coward, President; Mr. W. R. Jones, First Director
; Mrs. Clara D. McLean, Second Director
; Miss Hannah E, Grist, Third Director;
and W. P. Good, Esq., Secretary and Treasurer.
In point of dramatic and musical talent
Yorkville is behind no town of its population
in the State ; and with the material of which
the Association is composed, we predict for it
a successful and long-continued career.
TRANSFERS OF*REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate have
hoan ropnrded in t.hfl nffinfl nf thfl flnuntv All
wvviJ .vvw.-v- ? J
ditor since our last report:
J. M. Robinson to G. L. Riddle. Tract of
122 acres in Bethel township. Consideration
8300.
James F. Hart to Frank Edwards. Lot
in York township. Consideration $24.94.
W. G* Finley and wife to R. J. Davis.
Tract of 49$ acres in Bethel township. Consideration
$520. _ --- "//
J. C. Hickliu to Samuel Wylie. Tract of
85 acres in Catawba township. Considera- )
tion $40. ^
Francis Davie to A. Friedhara & Bro.
Tract of 100 acres in Catawba township.
Consideration $350.
Charles Springs to A Friedham & Bro.
Tract of 83 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
$415.
Thos. L. Johnson to Silas Hawkins. Lot
of $ acre in Rock Hill. Consideration $50.
J. E. Massey to W. H. Ardrey. Tract of
45 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
$900.
Mrs. Ann E. Wright to Lewis M. Grist.
Lot of i acre in Yorkville. Consideration
$53.
James A. Withers to J. B. Withers. Tract
of 195 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
$800.
Mrs. C. J. Robertson, Executrix, to W. T.
T? T * C O * \T L_ *11 _ /~1__
x>arron. un 01 o acrw iu x or* vine. vx>u8ideratioD
$100.
J. A. McLean, Probate Judge, to Mrs. M.
E. Russell. Tract of 43 acres in York township.
Consideration $40.
Mrs. M. E. Russell to J. F. Wallace. Tract
of 43 acres in York township. Consideration
$465.
J. F. Wallace to Mrs. M. E. Russell. Lot
in Yorkville. Consideration $465.
James Poag to James Long. Tract of 65
acres in Bethesda township. Consideration
$500.
Nelson Davies to J. A. Carroll. Lot in
Yorkville. Consideration $64.
MERE-MENTION.
Gen. B. L. Bonneville, the oldest officer on
the retired list in the United States Army,
died at Fort Smith, Arkansas, last Friday,
aged eighty-five. The Republican State
Convention of Michigan elected Zach Chandler
permanent president. Charles M. Crosswell
heads the ticket for Governor. Chandler
was made chairman of the State central
committee by acclamation. Senator M.
C. Butler, of South Carolina, has sailed for
France as chairman of the committee of the
Franco American Treaty of Commerce, which
moato in PafSo nn tKo 7fh nf A imnal Don
lliCV/M IU JL 4*1 IO VU WUV V?? W? V>VU*
John C. Fremont, who for several years baa
been in obscurity and poverty, bas been appointed
by the Presideut to be Governor of
Arizona. One of the heaviest failures - ^
recently reported in the South is that of Cubbege,
HazelhurstA Co., of Macon, Ga., whose
liabilities are reliably reported by the creditors'committee
at $346,987; assets $41,784.
Walton, Whann & Co., of Delaware, are the
largest creditors. It is an undeniable fact
ibat where one person reads a sign on the
streets, one hundred will peruse an advertisement
in the newspapers. The latest reports
from Oregon give the State ticket to
the Republicans; the Congressmen and the
Legislature, and consequently a United States
Senator, to the Democrats.
Lieutenant Totten was run over by a car
and killed at Cold Spring, N. Y., Inst Friday.
Only the day previous he was graduated at
West Point. Hon. Robert Toombs ha?
telegraphed to Hon. A. H. Stephens: "In
your race for the Eighth District of Georgia,
I am with you to the last extremity." The
troubles in Cuba seem to have ended at last,
by the surrender of the insurgents, and Alfonso,
King of Spain, has issued a congratulatory
address upon the event. Both
houses of Congress agreed to a joint resolution
for adjournment on Tuesday last. The
proceedings for the past few days have been
devoid of public interest?being mainly confined
to the discussion of appropriation bills.
EMIGRATION TO LIBERIA CONDEMNED.
Apropos the first tidings of the emigrant
ship Azor, for which the public are indebted
to the liberality and enterprise of the Charleston
News and Courier, the following article
on the subject of Liberian emigration is republished
from the Boston Advertiser:
The recent action of the African Methodist
Con'ipretire, iu accepting the minority
report of the African emigration committee,
adverse to emigration, appears to be generally
endorsed by those who have given the subject
thoughtful consideration. The minority
reported against the project, on the ground .
that it originated in fears of injustice to the j
colored people of the South, and though the I
Southern people are, and probably will be,
subjected to injustice, their case rests to a "
great degree with themselves. The same
quantity of energy, enduring effort and selfdenial,
which would be necessary for success
in Africa, would overcome all grievances in
this country, and the natural causes favor development
in this country more than in Af- ?^
rica. America is the only country with
which they have any claim of alliance. A
short time ago the authorities of Liberia appealed
to outside powers for help, and they
expressed fear that the emigrants would be
driven out by the natives. The colored peo
pie dow have schools and colleges in America,
and there are millions of acres of rich
land opeD to them; they have many advantages
of schools, railroads, etc., that they
would not have in Liberia, and they only
bave to be industrious and frugal to attain
to wealth and command respect. The political
power of the colored race will, if used
discreetly, gain friends and give them the
consideration that is due them. They have
not had the opportunity to develop the character
that would fit them as a class to hold
the governing power. The colored man of
to-day, just freed, poor and illiterate, is not
Ll ' L LJ... .L.I I L
tap man lu suuuue mjui uuumry, uiuugu mo
time will come when he will be. The present
condition of Liberia does not invite immigration.
One of the best informed officials, in
in address delivered in Monrovia, calls it a
nation of mendicants depending on charity,
extravagant, indolent, and copying the bad
traits of the Old World. Odious caste distinctions
prevail, amounting almost to a condition
of slavery. The American Minister
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