Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 18, 1878, Image 2
Jwaps and Jfacts. 1
? New Jersey' is the largest window glass j
manufacturer in the Union. There are 106 {
factories in the United States altogether.
? A young lady at a ball in Dublin Castle |
displayed her charms so freely that a lookerou
turned to Chief Justice Doherty with:
"Did you ever see the like of that since you
were born?" "Well," said the Judge, "cer-1
tainly not since I was weaned."
? Commissioner Raum, replying to a com- I
munication of a member of the British Parlia- i
ment, states that there are upward of 166,000 i
liquoi dealers in the United States, and that i
the consumption of malt aud alcoholic beverages
is about 8596,000,000 worth per annum.
? It is unofficially stated at Paris that, in i
the distribution of awards to be made at the
World's Exhibition, Americans will obtain
more prizes than the citizens of any other
country, in proportion to the number of exhibitors.
I
? A farm sixty miles long and ten wide, in
one tract, mostly fenced, is that of Miller &
Lux, cattle monopolists of California. They
have 80,000 head of stock, own 700,000 acres
of choice land, and are rated as worth $15,000.000.
? The editor of the Troy Times refuses to
believe in Gov. Hampton's Blackville speech,
unless the Democratic clubs disband and allow
the Republicans to walk over the course.
The Times is as implacable as Grant, who
has taken the time and trouble to write all
the way from Europe that he believes Hampton
is a traitor.
? A late decision was recently made by a
Western girl. It was during the marriage i
ceremony. When asked whether she would
have this man to be her wedded husband, she
distinctly answered, "No!" She had just detected
the fumes of whisky in his breath, and 1
was frightened off at the last moment. A
wholesome fear.
? The "Chinese Sand Pear" is the name of
a variety of pear now being cultivated with
great success in Southern Georgia. It is said
to be subject to no disease or insect, to bear
at the rate of 1,000 bushels per acre, and to
ripen a month earlier than other large pears?
the fruit being in market about the first of
August?and consequently commanding fancy
prices.
? From present indications, the growing
cotton croD will be nearer a surplus crop than
any raised in the cotton producing States
since the war. It is predicted that a large
proportion of the planters will gather grain
enough to support their places during the next
year. As a consequence, the pleasing assurance
is given that the planters will have
more money next winter than they have had
at any time since the close of the war, and
we may confidently anticipate a brisk business
season in the South.
? Wendell Phillips is credited with having
said, recently: "As matters stand to-day, with
no keen interest in any question except finance,
the South has the choice of the next President.
Conciliating the West by her concurrence
on finance, she holds all the cards.
Unless a radical change is wrought in the
coming year, a western Democrat on a soft
money platform will be the next President,
and some Southern Confederate leader, civil
or military, will be Vice-President."
? Gov. Wade Hampton's speech at Blackville,
on the 4th of July, has made quite a
sensation in the North. Quoting some of
the more notable passages of the Governor's
address, the New York Express says: "Such
are the sentiments which the people of the
South every where respond to most heartily.
And so long as such utterances ring out from
one end of the South to the other, and extreme
Republicans like Colonel Higginson
are forced to confess that the Democratic
rulers treat the colored people with remarkable
fairness, it is easy to see why the Repubiivtttra
uespair or success.'
? The Tennessee crop report shows the average
wheat yield to be four and a half bushels
per acre. Total yield of the State, 6,750,000
bushels. The oat crop is better than ever
known. Not more than a two-thirds tobacco
? 211 Ua kni?nA/l ft*?A /lo mo/torl
(JTUJJ Will UC 1IUU3CU. vj i o;sco QIC uaiuug&u
by too much rain. There has never been a
better prospect for corn. Cotton averages
from 60 to 110. The average peanut crop is
75. There is a marked increase in the shipment
of fruit and vegetables to Northern
markets. Ten thousand barrels of Irish potatoes
were shipped during the past four
months.
? The latest discovery in California is that
the great seal of the State has been counterfeited,
aud that the fraudulent impression is
borne by deeds under which thousands and
perhaps millions of acres of land have been
sold. A great number of school land warrants
are said to have been forged and sold
on the strength of this seal, and an immense
amount of land taken on forged Indian scrip
and soldiers' warrants. The Chronicle expects
an "appalling amount of litigation" to
result from this. It says that hundreds have
been concerned in the frauds, and thousands
have been victims, and among the perpetrators
were men who hold prominent positions
and have enjoyed the best reputations.
? Terrible tales of suffering from the famine
continue to reach us from both China and
South America. The latest reports from the
Asiatic Empire are too horrible for contemplation.
Reliable missionaries send the sickening
word that not only have the dead become
an article of food, but that the people are actually
killed openly to be served up like ordinary
meat on table. The famine has not yet
been stopped in the Province of Ceara in Brazil,
and horrible sufferings are reported from
the neighboring State of Bolivia. The usual
rains have not fallen in the latter countries,
nor in China nor Brazil, and crops are destroyed,
while the absence of roads prevents
assistance from being easily forwarded from
provinces not quite so unfortunate as that of
Cocharaba.
? A recent traveler in Palestine was astonished
by the number and preservation of
roads built in the Roman era. They were
laid out ou all maiu routes, and were con- j
structed so perfectly, that in many sectioos j
they endure to-day as well as if finished not j
long ago. The countrjr of Palestine was one]
of the most difficult sort to carry a system of!
roadways over, and yet its obstacles were sur- j
mounted with the least possible expenditure i
of labor. Every route was curbed on each I
side by lines of stones, projecting from one to |
two feet above the surface of the soil; between
these boundaries the avenue was paved; |
streams were crossed by bridges, whose style '
remains preserved alone in those of Italy to
the present hour?as, for example those of ,
Venice ; valleys were traversed by viaducts ; !
and causeways carried the line up or down
mountain sides, either by piers of masonry, or 1
in channels sufficiently wide, cut out of living ,
rock. Often zig-zags and steps were resorted j
to in climbing steep ascents. Whenever the
street passed over solid rock, the wear of!
chariot wheels in the course of time made ruts,
which remain to-day as plain and deep as
when the last car passed over.
? Congress having fixed the first of Septem- [
bernext, as the date of the expiration of the
bankrupt law, many persons have seized and
are still seizing the interval to take the benefits
of the law before its existence terminates.
Asa consequence, a great increase in the l
number of bankruptcies is reported. The
statistics of failures in New York alone, for
the six months ending in June last, show that!
the number was 514, with total liabilities in j
excess of 839,000,000, the assets being but
little more than $11,000,000. In the year
1877, in the same city, there were 847 failures,
the liabilities amounting to over $54,500,000,
and the assets to S20.500.000. It is apparent1
from theabov- exhibits that the latest failures
showed the smallest amount of assets, and
from this fact the conclusion may be drawn
that struggling firms were using up their substance
in the hope of tiding over their diffi-.
culties until the arrival of better times.'
When the bill for the repeal of the bankrupt !
law was introduced, the fear of its passage, or i
perhaps, the belief that it would pass, forced ,
them to face the situation and to take ad van- (
tage of its provisions, which, in many respects,
were more favorable to the debtor class than
the local laws on the same subject.
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YORKVILLE. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1S78. '
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? It is said that there are $210,000 of un
paid taxes cow due in Charleston. J
? It is rumored that H. B. Claflin & Co., '
the great dry goods firm of New York, pro- ;
pose opening a branch house in Charleston.
? A bear, five and a half feet long, weighing
300 pounds, was killed in Aiken county a
short time ago.
? According to the Camden Journal, there
are 237 candidates in Kershaw county, with i
several townships to hear from.
? A number of prominent Republicans are
up for Congress in Charleston, but it is said
that Senator Taft rules the roost. i
? The Radicals of Richland county expect j
to hold a nominating Convention in Colum- j
bia on the 7th of August. It is reported that 1
R. B. Elliott will be nominated for Senator, j
? Ex-Senator George Mclntyre has been j
again arrested and lodged in Walterboro jail, !
on the old charge of defalcation while Treas- j t
urer of Colleton county. t
? The directors of the Langley cotton facto- i
ry, located in Aiken county, have declared a r
dividend of four per cent, out of the earnings t
of the company for the past six months. t
? The Peoples' Savings Institution of I
Charleston has taken out an attachment s
against the property of the South Carolina
Railroad in Augusta, based on a judgment ^
obtained against the csmpany for $7,000.
? During Court in Georgetown, last week, t
Judge Thompson passed sentence of death r
upon six prisoners convicted of murder. a
They are all to be hanged on Friday, the 23d v
of August next. t
? R. Erasmus Allison, Esq., in a well-writ- 8
ten card, in which he displays much sound 8
sense, and unselfishness in au eminent degree,
declines to permit his name to come before r
the primaries of Lancaster county as a can- t
didate for the Legislature.
? A meeting of the stockholders of the 1
Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow ,
Oauge Railroad waa held at Kingstree, on ?
the 2d instant. $32,708 of the stock was re- c
ported as having been subscribed, and the t
company was organized with a fall board of r
directors. ? 1
? Robert Smalls is understood to have al- 1
ready declared his intention of being a candidate
for the next Congress, and ex-Judge *
Wright is to locate in Beaufort for the pur- 1
pose of becoming a member of the next Gen- f
eral Assembly from that county. *
? William Springs, a revenue official, was
convicted at the recent term of the Circuit *
Court for Greenville county, of stealing a
watch from a negro. The theft was perpetra- r
ted during a pretended raid in search of illicit 8
whisky. Springs has been sentenced to three 1
years imprisonment in the State penitentiary. |
?Maj. T. W. Woodward, who had been nora* k
inated for Congress for the Fourth District I
by the Fairfield Democracy, declines to be a c
candidate on the ground that the safe and gen- 1
eral inclination on the part of the people of (
this State to re-elect incumbents who have pro- c
ven faithful to their trusts is shared in by the ?
voters of the Fourth Congressional District. 8
He adds: "In leaving the coast thus clear to c
my old friend and classmate, Col. Evins, and
tenderiug my congratulations, which he knows s
can come from my heart, even under present v
circumstances, I also take occasion to say *
that in 1880 he may look for opposition.
There is a large class known as farmers, men *
who till the soil and do the voting. They, in '
the unreasonableness perhaps of their ideas, 1
are beginning to think that they have con- J
tributed to the personnel and commissariat of e
the army long enough to be eutitled to more e
staff officers at headquarters." <3
? A large number of the prominent Repub- 8
lican politicians of Charleston county were e
recently closeted with Sheriff Bowen in his ^
office in Charleston, and a caucus of several ^
hours' duration was held. From a conversa- u
tion with a number of Republicans after the 1
caucus, a reporter for the News and Courier }
learned that it is the wish of a majority of c
the Republicans of Charleston county that ^
the Congressional question shall be excluded ^
from the deliberations of their County Con- j
vention. With much candor they r,ay that c
the State executive committee of the party is a
demoralized and broken up. So far as the a
county nominations are concerned, it is very {
evident that the present intention of the Re- f
publicans is to run a straight-ou -. Republican j ^
ticket; but with regard to the Governor and j t
State officers, the unanimous opinion at pres- i f
ent, is that they will offer no opposition to the ; 1
Democratic nominees. This intention, of II
course, is based on the assumption that Hamp- i
ton and the other State officers will be renom-11
inated by the Democratic party. c
? The Spartanburg Spartan has been au- 1
thorized by Hon. John H. Evins to announce I
that a competitive examination for the cadet-, e
of Wpst Point. Military Academy for 11
OW.y ,
tbe Fourth Congressional District, will take 1
place at Columbia on Wednesday, the 31st j s
day of July, instant. Hon. Hugh S. Thomp- !?
son, Dr. B. W. Taylor and Louis LeConte, j t
Esq., have kindly consented to act as aboard , t
of examiners. Those who desire to compete j t
for the appointment are requested to notify J t
Hon. Hugh S. Thompson of the fact at as | 1
early a day as practicable. Applicants must | ?
reside in the Fourth District, and their atten* j \
tion is specially called to the following qualifi-! i
cations: Tbe age for the admission of cadets j j
to the Academy is between 17 and 22 years, c
Candidates must be at least five feet in height, j 1
free from any infectious or immoral disorder,'t
and generally from any deformity, disease or | 1
infirmity which may render them unfit for; c
military service. They must be well versed jp i (
reading, in writing, including orthography,
and in arithmetic, and have a knowledge of
the elements of English grammar, of descriptive
geography, particularly of our own country
; also, of the history of the United States.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Hon D. F. Caldwell is an independent
jandidate for the State Senate from the Senatorial
district composed of Guilford and Alamance.
? John Warren, of Stokes county, claims
.bat he recently killed a rattlesnake measurng
six feet long and six inches in diameter,
[t had twenty-seven rattles and a button.
? The republicans of the second Congressional
district have nominated James E.
J'Hara, colored, in place of C. H. Brogden,
white Republican, present Representative.
? A mound has been recently discovered
A?1 :n~ r..n Tn,i;a?
jear ^fcueviiiu, tun ui uuiuau uuuco, xuuiou
tottery, &c. The discovery revives a hope
hat it will lead to some trace of the famous
ost colony that landed at Roanoke in 1587.
? A number of citizens of Orange county
publish a card requesting Jo9iah Turner to
>ecome a candidate for Congress in the Ral:igh
Congressional district, without regard to
\ nominating convention. Col. Jno. R. Winiton
is an independent candidate for Congress
in the Greensboro district.
? The contest for the senatorsbip of Gaston
tnd Cleveland counties will be a very warm
me, Messrs. J. W. Gidney and L. M.
Toyle, each claiming that he is entitled to the
lomination and is the favorite of a majority
>f the Democrats in the two counties, will
some before the people for election. They
vill canvass the county together.
? W. P. Stowe's dwelling, in Long Creek
ownship, Mecklenburg county, was destroyed
>y fire on Saturday night the 7th instant,
rhe fire caught from a stove in the kitchen
vhich adjoined the house. Besides his bouBe
ind nearly all his furniture, Mr. Stowe lost
lis crop of wheat, which had just been
hreshed.
? The Lincoln Progress records the death,
>n Friday last, of Franklin Hauser, a very
vorthy citizen of that county, who suddenly
jecame deranged in the early part of the
veek. Previous to his aberration he had
jeen arrested by revenue officers, over which
le was so grieved and distressed that he spent
nany sleepless nights, resulting in derangenentof
the mind, and death.
? Col. Wm. Johnston has withdrawn from
he Congressional race in the Charlotte dis,rict.
He says he finds the general sentiment
n favor of returning Mr. Steele, the present
nember, a second term. He also complains
hat the nominating convention was called
00 early to obtain a proper expression of the
)rimary meetings, and give him time to make
1 proper canvass.
EDITORIAL^ INKLINGS.
L Sympathetic People.
At Blackville, on the Fourth, during
he celebration aud exercises pertaining to the
eunion of Hart's Battery, there was present
i peripatetic pill peddler, who expected to
vork up a good trade on that day, but was
lot permitted to exhibit his wares, and had to
tow them away for futures. What then enued
is thus related by a correspondent:
The peddler was told, "You have enough
lills there to work all South Carolina." "One
iox will do that, my inend. "now so i
uquired the interviewer. "Just let Hampton
ake one and you'll see," responded the pUI
nan. As quick as lightning there was a
lickory over R whnnldor. with th** small ond
it an augle of forty-five degrees, and a pedller
under a wagon ! The riot act was about
0 be read, but within a few minutes quiet
eigned, when the discovery was made that
he peddler was a staunch Hampton man!
Phe South Carolina Cotton Crop.
The report of the Charleston Exchange
or June is based on 75 replies from 29 counies.
The early part of June is generally retorted
too cool, and in several counties too
vet. The latter part of the month was all
hat could be desired. Fifty-eight report the
veather for the month favorable, and seveneeu
less favorable than last year. No roateial
damage has occurred from rains, although
1 severe hail storm prevailed in several counies
on the 9th of June. No change is retorted
in the extent of the acreage planted.
Stands, except in a very few instances, are retorted
from good to very good, and forming
rad blooming well, except in some of the
tpper counties, where the plant has not yet
:ommenced to bloom. The condition of the
:rop is reported by 64 better than last year,
ind about ten days earlier; by 7 about the
ante, and by 4 not as good ; 7 report cotton
>u sandy lands dying from a disease called
'sore shin," and 4 report damage from cut
vorms and lice. Reports upon the whole are
rery favorable for a good crop.
few Party Movement in Charleston.
Major Delany, and a few other colored
nen of prominence in Charleston, are organzing
a party movement in that city, supposed
o have for its object the uniting of the colored
Republicans against their former white leadirs.
As to the attitude of the leaders to Govrnor
Hampton, the following paragraph is
[uoted from an interview with Major Delany,
howiug the estimate placed upon the Govrnor
by the leaders of the movement:
As to the charge made against him, that he
lad made an inflammatory speech against
Governor Hampton, and advised the running
/-. . 4 . i n . i i r rv
it a Straight-out black State ticket, iviaj. ueany
says that the report is ridiculously false.
iVhat he did say was, that it would be unneessary
for him to tell his colleagues that
iVade Hampton would be their choice in the
lext campaign, because the Democracy oj
Hampton was the Republicanism of Abraham
Lincoln, which was, in turn, the Democracy
if Thomas Jefferson. He said, further, that
ny colored man who voted against Hampton
it the next election, after witnessing his course
or the past two years, was not worthy to be a
reeman. The advice given at all the meetngs
and caucuses was, that the colored men
hould confer with the native whites whom
hey knew they could trust, and keep aloof
rom the broken-down leaders of the Repubican
party.
['lie Eastern Congress--Peace at Last.
The peace congress that has been siting
at Berlin, has finally agreed upon a treaty
>f peace by which Turkey's possessions are to
>e parcelled out and divided among the powirs
of the Old World. The treaty goes into
iffect one month after being signed. It conains
sixty clauses, and is reported to be the
ongest ever known. England gets for her
hare of the spoils the island of Cyprus, and
ilready the government is busy with the deails
of military and civil establishments in
hat islaud. The appointment of a postmaster
and other officials for the government of
he island is announced. Sir Garnet Wolsey
ias already under consideration a scheme of
i financial company for introducing railvays
on the island. Arrangements are being
nade for laying a new sub-marine cable to
Alexandria, which will give direct communi:ation
with England. Among the schemes
>rought to the surface by English occupaion,
is that of the Euphrates Valley Railway,
rhe Duke of Sutherland and others are in
ictive communication with the government
>u the subject, and it is stated that if with
in a reasonable time it appears that the An
glo-Tarkish Convention is successful, it is possible
that the country will be asked to give a
guarantee for the proposed railway.
The Itlue and the Gray.
The committee having in charge the arrangement,
for the re union of Union and
Confederate Soldiers and sailors at Marietta,
Ohio, on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of September
next, have issued a circular of invitation
to the veterans of both armies in which they
I say:
"The re-union represents no political party,
; no army organization, no section, but is a
j gathering of veterans of all armies, and all
branches of the service in the late war. To
the veteraus of the Confederate army a sincere
greeting is extended, as fellow-citizens
of a common country, and they are cordially
invited to join in this National re union. It
I in halievad that, errant interp*t will ha added
to the occasion by their presence, and that, io
the renewal of the memories of a common experience
of suffering and achievement between
the men of the opposing armies, there
will be muthal pleasure. It is believed also
that in an exchange of sympathies and sentiment,
a nearer acquaintance and a better understanding
will be promoted, and devotion
to tho interests of a common country stimulated."
A similar reunion was held in the same
place, last year, with an average daily attendance
of twenty thousand persons?the President
being among those present. Congress
has assisted the scheme by a loan of artillery,
muskets and tents. The President and Cabinet
and such Union and Confederate commanders
as Sherman, Scohfield, Joseph ?.
Johnston, Sheridan, Crook, Beauregard,)Hood
and Miles will probably attend this year.
Hampton's Speech at Blackvllle.
The speech of Governor Hampton at
Blackville, on the Fourth, has attracted considerable
attention outside the limits of the
State, and with few exceptions it has received
favorable criticism from the press of both
parties. Tne New York Herald 9peaks of
the Governor and the sentiments of his speech
as fol lows:
"The people of South Carolina, white and
black, are fortunate in the possession of a man
like Governor Hamp ton, who is not only just
and honorable himself, but has the courage
to telil his people the truth. He is perfectly
right iu what he told them. South Carolina
is on her trial, and it is quite possible, if her
people permit the baser sort of politicians to
control the elections, that they shall find
themselves flung back into the woful condition
from which the wisdom and courage of
Governor Hampton and those who stood by
him rescued them. We are sorry to think
that such suggestions as Governor Hampton
alluctes to in his admirable address could bs
for 11 moment tolerated anywhere in the
State; but it is pleasing to see that his stern
rebuke of them and his repeated reiterated
assertion that he and those who were chosen
to the State offices with him mean to redeem
to the last iota every promise made to the
blacks, were received with repeated and continued
applause. It belongs to the honest
and honorable citizens of South Carolina to
stand by those pledges, and to put down every
rascally attempt to violate or evade them.
The honorable fame of their Slate is at stake
in this matter. But this is not all; they may
rest assured that any attempt to prevent the
blacks from voting, or from having their
. votes honestly counted, or to treat them in
any way unjustly, will be carried all over the
Northern States, aud will surely bring back
upon them the plague of misrule from which
they have but lately escaped."
The Murderers of Ladd.
In the Circuit Court of Greenville, last
Monday, Judgo Korehaw filod his decision
refusing to transfer to the United States Court
the proceedings against H. P. Kane, William
Durham, R. P. Scruggs and G. W. Moose,
revenue officials, indicted for the murder of
Amos Ladd. The opinion is able, clear, cogent,
and concludes asi follows:
The prisoners' counsel have, with great propriety,
come into this Court, to invoke its aid
to the iurisdiction of the Circuit Court, to
which they would resort. Holding the views
expressed herein, it is my duty to refuse their
motion.
It is much better for the peace of society in
the disturbed sections of this country, where
these revenue troubles have prevailed, that I
am enabled to reach this conclusion. Nothing
tends more to maintain the supremacy of the
laws; and to enlist in their support the hearty
good will of the people than the assurance of
a regular, orderly and uniform administration
of justice through the regular and accustomed
channels. On the other hand, the interposition
of extraordinary and unusual modes of
dispensing law and justice tend to shake the
confidence of the people in the integrity of
its administration. Nothing so effectually
provokes to lawlessness and disloyalty to all
law.
It is most important that this conflict of
jurisdiction should be fairly settled. If this
decision should be reviewed by the Supreme
Court of the State, which is greatly to bedesi/ed,
its judgment sustaining the jurisdiction
of the Federal Courts would be faithfully
supported in this State. Should it determine
against the jurisdiction, the whole question
may be taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States for final arbitrament, and its
determination would be final and conclusive,
and with entire fidelity be sustained by the
courts here.
A resort, however, to the compulsory power
claimed for the Circuit Court might trans
fer the question from the quiet arena of the
courts to the executive departments of the government,
and lead to great irritation and consequences
greatly to be deprecated. The motion
is refused.
MERE-MENTION.
Mike Shaw, convicted of murdering his
wife, was hanged at Milledgeville, Ga., last
Friday. Hon. Thomas Murphy, of New
York, he who made a present of a cottage at
Long Branch to President Grant, has made an
assignment to his creditors. Liabilities over
8500,000. Hoedel, who recently attempted
the assassination of the Emperor of Germany,
was, on Thursday last, sentenced to be
beheaded. The reports of the different
Cotton Exchanges for the month of June
may be considered on the whole as very favorable.
Present indications point to a full
crop. The collector of the third Georgia
district reports to the revenue department
that during the past fiscal year he seized 169
distilleries, over 1,000 gallons of illicit spirits,
200,000 gallons of mash, and 1,500 gallons
of wine. A dispatch from Chicago
says that on last Friday Lieut. Jno. A. Rucker
was drowned in the White Cafion, at Camp
Supply, Arizona, in an unsuccessful attempt
to rescue Lieut. Austin Henley from the water.
Both are known as amongst the best
and bravest Indian fighters in the 6th cavalry.
On Monday, the 29th instant, we
i are promised an eclipse of the sun, which will
! be partially visible in this region.
The only medical college for colored people
is in Nashville, Tenn. It has an ample
endowment. Russia estimates her total
: war expenditure at 988,000,000 roubles, or
I about $790,000,000. Since the close of
j the late civil war, the Marietta (Ga.) Field
\ says, nearly a half million pounds of bullets
| have been gathered from the battle fields near
that town. One man has shipped 64,000
I pounds. There may be a Republican gain
j of one vote from Massachusetts in the next j
I House of Representatives. Last Monday!
\b reported to have been an intensely hot day
in all sections of the Union. Sixteen fatal
cases of sunstroke occurred in three cities?
St. Louis, 9 ; Little Rock, 2; Quincy, Illinois,
5. Robert W. Lowe, white, was shot
and killed by Calvin Anderson, colored, near
Bell Buckle, Tennessee, last Monday morning,
while Lowe, with fifteen others in disguise,
were trying to break into Anderson's
door. The first white man whipped under
the new law which was just taken effect
in Virginia, occurred at Hampton on Saturday.
The sentence was executed by a negro
constable. The party whipped was a sailor
from Baltimore, who was convicted of stealing
an anchor.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
PtrcsjTwn fi fl .Tnlv 1R7fl
There has been an accession to the list of
caBdidates for the Legislature. In addition
to those of whom the readers of the Enquirer
have already been informed, I must
mention the name of Col. J. S. Wilson. He
has reluctantly yielded to the wishes of his
many friends in allowing his name to be presented
to the voters of Chester county. He
was a member of the House of Representatives
before the war, and by his good practical
sense and sound judgment, displayed his
fitness for the position. He has the qualifications
requisite lor making a very acceptable
law-maker?one whtf would represent his constituents
wisely and well.
A meeting of Pomona Orange will be held
at Feasterville ou the 17th of this month.
The meeting will be one of importance, and
a large attendance is desired and expected.
This expectation will doubtless be realized,
as the meeliug will fake place at a time
-when the grangers will not be much engaged,
and can consequently leave home without inconvenience.
Of course they will take their
wives and pretty daughters with them, and
thus have an enjoyable time, which is not possible
without the presence of the ladies. The
gathering of the grangers at Feasterville will
be followed by an effort to revive the organizations
of Patrons of Husbandry in this county,
which for some time have given no evidence
of life and activity. If no financial
fldvflntacrpfl are derived from helnmrintr to.
and attendance upou a Grange, the social
pleasures are great and simply invaluable. In
the country where the situation is such that
friends see each other so seldom, it is well for
them to meet, with their wives and daughters,
and sons, too, and have a good time. Results
of a very desirable nature often flow from
such assemblies. Every Grange that has
virtually ceased to exist, should be revived
and put in a thorough working order.
W. H. Hardin, Esq., President of the Cheraw
and Chester Railroad, returned last week
from Richmond, where he had gone for the
purpose of buying material for constructing
box cars. He bought wheels and castings at
satisfactory prices from the Tredegar Iron
Works Compauy. The wood work will
be done by mechanics of our town, who will
be glad to be employed. Mr. Hardin will
soou have his road in running order to Fishing
Creek. He will be able next fall to accommodate
the farmers of the eastern portion
of our county in transporting their cotton to
market. All the cotton this side of the river
he can easily bring to Chester. Mr. Hardin
is pushing forward the laying of the track,
and the equipment of the road with all the
rapidity admitted of by the limited resources
of the Company. He is slowly but surely
driving ahead in the direction of Lancaster,
and will, one of these days, give the people of
that town railroad communication with the
outside world.
A large fishing party from this place went
to Lock hart's Shoals oo .Thursday. Taking
an early start, they arrived at their destination
about 10 o'clock, and immediately be?
1% .#? >w.?..! ?/vn t/v 4 Ua nlannll ao of
tuutk tuciuoci vcd tu buc picaouic ui uoijiug.
Their mode of entrapping the unsuspecting
victims was by means of the seine. The enjoyment
of catching fish was soon followed
by that of eating fish. The party enjoyed
swimmiug to their hearts' content. They returned
home on Friday, highly pleased with
their trip to Lockhart's Shoals.
Trial Justice McDonald held an inquest on
Thursday, over the body of Siphers Jaggers,
colored, who had died from disease, but who
was alleged to have died from a wound received
at the hands of William Holly, on the
4th of April. A jury, composed of both
white and colored, under the direction of the
acting Coroner, made an investigation of the
matter on Wednesday. The testimony in the
case, showed that the wound received by the
deceased had entirely healed, and that his
death was occasioned by disease. Notwithstanding
the conclusiveness of the testimony,
the colored members of the jury persisted in
believing that the death of the deceased was
due to a wound inflicted by William Holley.
The mixed jury of inquest consequently failed
to agree upon a verdict. On Thursday, Mr.
McDonald impanneled a jury, composed entirely
of whites, who, after hearing the testimony,
decided that the death of Siphers Jag
gers was produced by disease. The negroes
are said to have exhibited great excitement
and bitterness of feeling upon the occasion.
The Chester Division, Sons of Temperance,
which virtually ceased its existence several
months ago, has revived, and reentered upon
the discharge of its humane and noble work.
The officers for the ensuing quarter are W. T.
D. Cousar, W. P.; H. C. Rothrock, W. A.;
W. I. Clawson, R. S.; N. B. Alexander, A.
R. S.; E. M. Secrest, F. S.; W. E. Walker,
Treasurer; W. H. Elliott, Conductor; W.
F. Buchanan, A. C.; S. C. Walker, I. S.; D.
| 0. Neal, 0. S. It is fervently hoped that the
Division has taken a lease of life for niuetynine
years, and will continue throughout this
period of time without a single suspension of
operations. It has reorganized with twelve
members. The advocates of the cause of
temperance have a field here for the display
of all the energy and zeal they can command.
May their labors be crowned with abundant
success. Instead of "nothing but leaves,"
may they come in due time bringing their
"golden sheaves" with them.
The monthly plume drill of the Lee Light
Infantry took place on Friday afternoon. Mr.
John Walker was successful in winning the
plume, and will have the pleasure and honor
of wearing it for the next month, if no longer.
The Republican leaders of this town held
a private meeting last week with the view of
"taking sweet counsel" together. What action
was taken, or what course determined
upon, has not reached the public ear. There
is very little doubt of the fact that a tremendous
effort will be made to carry the county
for the Republicans at the coming election.
Unity and harmony among the Democracy,
with constant, untiring work in behalf of their
candidates, will be followed by the desired
result. Dissensions and divisions in their
ranks will surely lead to a Republican victory.
Rev. Mr. McCoy, a student at the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, preached last
evening at the Baptist Church upon the subject,
"Will the heathen be lost without the
gospel ?" The affirmative side of the question
was well sustained by arguments from !
nature and the Bible. In closing, he earnest- j
ly exhorted sinners to believe, and accept!
the offers of salvation, or they would be lost,'
with a more dreadful punishment than that j
of the heathen.
W. M. Oliver appeared before Judge Mack-1
ey to-day on writ of habeas corpus, charged |
with the murder of a German, Shultz, at!
Ridgeway a few days ago. He was discharg- j
ed on a bond of one thousand dollars for his j
appearance at the next terra of the Circuit i
Court at Winnsboro. He claims that he act- j
ed in self-defence.
The weather continues hot and dry. Gar- j
dens and crops are in great need of rain.
Qui. I
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. W. Olawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application
for Discharge?In the
Matter of Allen Pool, Bankrupt.
A. B. C., Asheville, N. C'.?Situation Wanted.
Walsh <ft Wright, Managers, Augusta, Qa.?The
Paper to Take.
M. Strauss?Lower than the Lowest.
J. M. Adams, Tin Man?Grand Excursion?Gran- I
ite Iron Ware?Pot Ware.
George H. O'Leary?Removal.
Kennedy Brothers <fc Barron?Warm Weather, ;
Sleepy Times?Churns, Ac.?Dress Goods? i
Turnip Seed?Sundries?All We Want.
RATTLESNAKE KILLED.
On Friday last, Mr. Thomas O'Farrell kill- ;
ed a rattlesnake near town, on the Charlotte
road, with five rattles and a button.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Hon. J. H. Evins has placed us under obligations
for a number of public documents
recently received from him.
change or Truck house.
The Arlington Hook and Ladder Company
have secured a room in the Sadler building,
on Main street, for keeping their truck
and ladders.
episcopal Visitations.
Among Bishop Howe's appointments for
the next three months, the following are announced
: Chester, Thursday, September 26;
Rock Hill, Sunday, September 29; Yorkville,
Tuesday, October 1.
dry weather.
Within the past week showers have fallen
in portions of the southwestern and the eastern
sections of the county but generally the
crops are suffering for want of rain. In this
immediate section the season continues unfavorably
dry.
sunday-school convention.
We are requested by J. Ed. Jeffreys, County
Chairman, to state that there will be a convention
of the Sunday-schools of York county,
at the Court House in Yorkville. on the first
Monday in August next, at 10 o'clock A. M.,
for the purpose of electing delegates to the
State Sunday-school Convention, which will
assemble in Greenville on the 21st and 22od
of August. All Sunday-echools in the county
are requested to send delegates.
democratic' committee.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
York county, met in Yorkville ou Wednesday
of last week, pursuant to a resolution adopted
by the last County Convention, for the purpose
of drafting a Constitution for adoption
or rejection by the various Democratic Clubs
of the county. The Constitution, as prepared
by the Committee, is published in this issue
of the Enquirer. The Democrats of the
county?especially the headB of Ulubs?are
interested in this document, and we would
suggest that fhey preserve this paper for reference.
CHANGE OP DEPOT AGENT.
Tho Directors of the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad have elected Mr. Horace H. Beard
depot agent at Yorkville, in place of Capt.
John R. Gardner. It is due to Capt. Gardner
to make the statement that the change
was made for no reason affecting his qualifications
as a business man, or his efficiency as
an agent, which positiou he has most acceptably
filled for three years; but simply as a
matter of economy?the company having determined
to combine the duties of agent with
those of telegraph operator, which latter position
was held by Mr. Beard.
BEGINNING* TO BUILD.
Mr. G. H. O'Leary has torn down his old
shop, on Main ntreet, preparatory to building
a larger and more commodious house where
the old one stood. The work of building will
be commenced immediately. The new house
will be a two story brick, with 38 feet front
and extend back 60 feet. The first floor will
be used as a saddle and harness shop and
show room, and the second story will be fitted
up as a residence for the owner. Mr. i
O'Leary has moved his establishment to the
Bratton building on the corner, opposite the
Court House, where he may be found until
bis new house is ready for occupancy. (
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The Lodge of Knights of Honor, instituted
at this place nearly two years ago, is in
a prosperous condition, with a good member- |
ship. At the last meeting of the Lodge the i
following officers were installed for the en
suing six mouths: Dr. J. F. Lindsay, Dictator;
J. F. Wallace, Vice-Dictator; I. D.
WitherspooD, Assistant Dictator; Dr. J. C.
Kuykendal, Treasurer; Col. A. Coward,
Chaplain; H. W. Hope, Reporter; T. C.
Dunlap, Financial Reporter; J. J. Hunter,
Guide; J. G. Ferguson, Guard; A. Cody,
Sentinel ; C. E. Spencer, Past Dictator.
On Tuesday last, a "Lodge of Protection," ;
Knights aud Ladies of Honor, with a mens- |
bership of 23?ten ladies and thirteen gentle- i
men?was instituted, with the following offi- i
cers: W. R Jones, Protector; Mrs. W. H.
McCorkle, Vice-Protector; T. C. Dunlap, J
I Secretary and Financial Secretary ; Dr. J. C.
Kuykendal, Treasurer ; Colonel A. Coward, j
Chaplain; Mrs. H. W. Hope, Guide; Mrs.
W. R. Jones, Guardian ; John G. Ferguson, i
Sentinel; John F. Lindsay, C. E. Spencer,
R. J. Latta, Trustees; Drs. J. F. Lindsay *
and L. Alexander, Physicians.
CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD.
A meeting of the Directors of the Chester
and Leooir Railroad was held at Newton,
N. C., on the 10th instant, almost a full board
being present. I
The citizens of Caldwell county were rep- j
resented by a delegation, who gave assuran- |
cos that they were ready to ;ake the convict t
labor provided by the State of North Caroli- i
na, and proceed to complete the grading and
trestling between Newton and Lenoir, the lat- c
ter place being the terminus of the road, i
Authority was given for the transfer of this J
labor to the Caldwell branch, so soon as the ]
Catawba county grading shall be completed.
It is understood that the transfer will be ]
made immediately. (
The town of Hickory was also represented j
by a delegation, proposing that if the road be (
located by that town, it would grade and tree- ?
tie the line between that point and Newton?a 1
distance of some nine miles. Farther time t
was given the citizens of Hickory to provide
the necessary guarantee upon their proposal, j
The President of the road was authorized, t
in his discretion, to consolidate the office of
foloomnVi nnprfttnr and fttrent. at Yorkville. if 1
_r.. o ? . - | the
same could be accomplished at a saving of,
expense to tbe company. ;
The board then adjourned, subject to tbe J
call of the President. i
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THE BANNER COUNTY.
If there ever was a county upon which all
the gods had fixed their seal to give assurance
of a county, it is that of old Richland. Du- '
ring the time which tried men's souls, her '
citizens rushed with one accord to fill the '
public offices, regardless of consequences and
indifferent to personal sacrifice. Recognizing
the superior fitness of the Richlanders for the
vicissitudes of office, the other counties advocated
their advancement to the posts ofi
danger with modesty and without reluctance. j
In his anxiety to serve his State, one Rich-i
lander made great sacrifices, became Gover-.
nor, and led the forlorn hope, which was I
made up largely of such Richlanders as will
stick to their posts, like the boy on the burning
deck, till they die or receive orders to vacate.
Another planted himself on the brick
parapet of the Lunatic Asylum, aud still another
on the stone battlements of the penitentiary.
Two of them were placed on duty in
the Temple of Justice, where, all danger
scorning, they will be "supremely" happy to
remain. No position has proved too arduous
for them, and they have stood up manfully,
whether the duties were those of a secretary,
clerk, phosphate inspector, executive committee
roan, attorney-general, treasurer, school
superintendent, or door keeper, and no board
has yet been found so hard that the Richlander
could not discover somewhere about it
"a soft side." While we are not disposed to
pluck from the administration a single one of
its many ornaments, we consider it high time
to remind our people of the unfairness of allowing
the burdens of government to be
borne almost exclusively by this band of selfabnegators.
However auxious they may be
to be relieved, such is their devotion to duty
that they will never, of their own accord,, shift
the burden of responsibility. For two long
years these burden-bearers have toiled on and
on in the interest of the State, and with unremitting
promptitude have confronted the
treasurer on pay day, until the whole thing
must have grown monotonous. A grateful
people should see to it that their labors are
not protracted beyond their strength.?Columbia
Democrat.
Correspondence oi the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, 8. C,, July 15,1878.
The weather for the past week or more has
been absolutely so very warm, that a feeling
of lassitude pervades the human system to
such an extent as to render mental or mauual
labor almost impossible. The farmers in this -? '
immediate vicinity say that rain is badly
needed. The cotton is just beginning to fire
a little, and corn stands greatly in need of
rain. In fact, all nature seems to wilt and
wither under the scorching rays of the day
god.
Notwithstanding the intense heat^the citizens
of our Bister town, Ebeuezer, gave a benefit
to the Catawba Rifles on Wednesday evening.
The company assembled there about
6 p. m., and paraded?going through the evo
lutions and manual in a most becoming manner.
After the drill, each member repaired
to his assigned place for supper. After supper,
the entertainment commenced with a series
of charades. The actors and a< tr sses
were the young ladies and gentlemen of Ebe- v
nezer and the immediate neighborhood. They
performed their respective [>arts in a most
creditable and highly amusing style. The entire
evening was a roost enjoyable one?a
complete succes?and I am proud to say that
to the ladies is the credit due for this most
pleasant aud long to-be-remembered occasion.
I am told that the handsome sum of $60 was
realized, which will greatly relieve the financial
embarrassment of the Catawba Bifles? ?
especially those of the company who were so
unfortunate as to lose their uniforms in the
receut fire. They deserve the countenance
and encouragement of every good citizen, as
the organization is composed of the best material,
baviug that pride of character, pure
nobleness of purpose and love of country which
has ever characterized the true and tried sons
of South Carolina. I must not forget to
mention the fact that the Rock Hill 8ilver
Cornet Band, composed a most Btriking feature
in the Ebenezer entertainment. The
chariot, drawn by four stylish steeds, with
heads bedecked ttrilh little flags, moved ami
seemed to keep time to the lively strains
of music?all of which was a very great attraction
to the spectators. The Band discoursed
the sweetest and most inspiring of
their music, thus rendering themselves, as ever,
(col nr\ m a nn OimK A/*r?ooinna M...n ???
vwrSfvcssw \/M ouvu uvwnoiuuoi ilAAUJ WWW
doubtless made to feel that the Band is indispensable.
Captain Iredell Jones gave a soiree, last
Friday, at bis residence known as "Strawberry
Hill," "Lovers' Retreat," "Bachelor's
or Widower's Haven." The evening was a
lovely moonlit oue. The young ladies aud
gentlemen who attended, had a most delightful
drive, by moonlight, of one-and-ahalf
miles. Inspired by the loveliness of the
night, time passed pleasantly and swiftly by?
too swiftly for those assembled. But such is ft
life. Such joys must have an end.
One of the newly finished store-rooms of
R. Morrison is uow occupied by J. M. Howe
& Co., with a full, new and complete stock of
liquors, wines aud cigars.
R. J. Hagans & Bro. have just received a
new and elegant billiard table, which will
Lend greatly to relieve the monotony of our 7
town, and adding to its amusements, enable
many 10 wnne away me auu summer Hours.
Mr. Murray, a gentleman from Charlotte,
dow has a thoroughly organized brick yard
Dear this place, and is making 16,000 bricks
daily. The bricks are made by the newly
improved style of machinery, and are prouounced
the best that are made. With these
bricks will be built the store houses of Messrs. *Ivy,
London, Roach and J. J. Hagins A
Bro.
The insurance companies have at last paid
up the policies, greatly to the relief and satisfaction
of the insured. Those who lost their
housed now feel a little more in the spirit of
rebuilding, though not depeudent upon the
insurance for means.
Capt. W. L. Roddy has been under the
painful necessity of haviug one of his horeee
killed?it haviug ran away with a wagon sevsral
days ago, and fractured one of its forelegs.
The young men and ladies propose having
i picnic on the banks of the Catawba, on
Wednesday, the 17th instant. It is destined
so be a grand alfair, and, doubtless, the last i
>f the season. Lux. ;
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer*
LETTER FROM SANDERSYILLE.
Sandersville, July 13,1878.
Sandersville is situated in the south-eastern
?art of Bullock's Creek township, immediatey
on the Chester and Rutherford road, near
he county line of York and Chester, seven?en
miles south of Yorkville, and eleven
niles north-west of Chester.
We haven't much to boast of in the way
>f fine buildings and public institutions; ?
leither does your correspondent claim tba^
sandersville is a town; yet we have about
150 inhabitants within a radius of a mile.
We have one store, and one cburch (New
oetnei; commonly Known as tne "ForK ot the
Jreek" (from its peculiar location, being imuediately
between the north and south prong
>f Susiebole creek) where the word is preachid
faithfully once a month by the Rev. A. P.
Pugh. Also, a school for both sexes, where
he young idea is taught how to shoot.
As to our steam power, we have only one
)ortable engine, which does the ginning and
hresbing for the community.
The land is productive, yet it is rather
iroken, diversified with hill and dale, and
veil watered. The air is salubrious and the
iountry healthy, and we do not often need
he services of a physician. We have, howiver,
a regular M. D. among as, who has long
lince quit practicing, not for the lack of repitation,
but because his services are so sellom
needed. So should any young saw bones
alk of locating in Sandersville, he may conslude
that it is a bad place. Within the ralius
I speak of, there are four persons the to,al
sum of whose years is 288.
We have no officers among us, neither mu?
licipal, county, State or United States. Not ?
iven a postmaster, though we sorely need one,
is the post route is open to Sandersville. As
t now is, some persons have to go to McConlellsville
for their mail.
The citisens are so law-abiding that they