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Scraps a?fl Jacts. ? Alabama's white population now exceeds the black by 200,000, and 30,000 votes. ? Jeff. Davis' brother, General Reuben Davis, is a candidate for Congress in Mississippi. ? Elopement, marriage, twins and a divorce, have all happened to an Indiana girl in one year. ? Ireland gained 7,186 in her population in 1877, notwithstanding the emigration was 38.503. ? Wisconsin has just passed a law legalizing the marriage of any man and woman who simply agree to live together as man and wife. ? Among the mechanical toys at the Paris Exposition are dolls that swim, dive and tread water, after the most approved human style. ? "What's that man yelling at ?" asked an Illinois farmer of bis boy. "Why," chuckled the boy, "he's yelling at the top of his voice." ? H. S. Eastman, founder of Poughkeepsie Business College, is dead. Many of the business men throughout the South, who have attended the institution, will regret to know r\f \Tw T?ootmon'o rlomtcc* liCCll VI lUli uaobuiuu 0 uviuiovi ? Every once in a while we hear of a California woman killing a bear. This is all right. But we challenge the world to ran sack the pages of history and show us where a woman has ever got away with a mouse. ? All claims against the estate of Isaac M. Singer, of sewing machine fame, have been adjusted to the satisfaction of all parties, without recourse to litigation. More than $9,300,000 was distributed among five wives and twenty five children. ? An unwillingness on the part of the elder Disraeli to pay forty guineas, caused his son, the Earl of Beaconsfield, to become an attendant at Christian churches. The former belonged to the Portuguese synagogue of Bevis Marks, in London. He was chosen president of the synagogue, but declined to serve. The penalty for the declination was forty guineas. This he declined to pay, and withdrew from membership rather than comply. Being a free thinker and a Jew by race rather than religion, he immediately attended an Episcopalian church with his family. At his death a friend paid his fine, and he was buried in the Jewish cemetery. ?The Cincinnati Commercial of the 15th, has a four column article, giving the crop statistics of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, showing that the farmers are in the midst or at the close of the wheat harvest, which is unprecedented in quantity or quality. The grain, with few exceptions, is being gathered in good condition. The average was largely in excess of the previous years, and this applies equally to the other cereals, which promise more than an average yield. Corn is backward, owing to the low temperature of the spring. Under the warm and refreshing showers of the past two weeks, it is growing rapidly and looks promising. Fruits are in less abundance, but the quality is fine. ? Honest John J. Patterson's recent movements are thus recorded by a Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Times: Senator Patterson, of South Carolina, has inst returned from a two week's visit to the Camerons, of Pennsylvania. The trip was made without unnecessary noise, for it is said that Govenor Hartranft, although again and again besought to do so, would not promise not to surrender Patterson on a requisition from the Governor of South Carolina. It was said during the winter, after Patterson's convalescence from bis severe illness, that exSenator Simon Cameron had invited him to spend a few weeks with him in quietude and rest; that the invitation was accepted, but that Patterson hesitated to make the trip, having heard that a requisition would be issued for him to return to South Carolina to answer the six or eight indictments still pending against him. While the Seuator remains in Washington he cannot be disturbed, being constructively in attendance upon Congress, during which he is protected from arrest under a decision made by the court in Washington last winter. ? Under date of the 22nd instant, the Department of Agriculture issued a synopsis of crop reports showing the condition, July 1st. In corn, almost fifty million acres were under cultivation, a slight decline from 1877, the falling off in the west being greater than the increase in the east and south Texas. The increase was 10 per cent, on 200,000 acres. The condition is 95 in South Carolina ; in the Gulf States, and the States west of Missouri, 100 or above. Forty-five of the seventy-two counties report the standard Southern crops remarkably promising. Of winter wheat a large crop has been gathered in the South with conditions of growth unfavorable, hence the low figures in that section bring down the general average to 101. In Spring wheat, the condition of the whole area together is 106. Of rye and barley, in the South, except Alabama and Texas, a small amount is grown, and is inferior in condition, though high elsewhere. Nineteen-twentieths of the tobacco crop was raised in twelve A/Wi/lUlArt AT RlUlSkVt O KA O O ^AIIAODQ ITHairCO, tllU UUilUltiUU UI nuivu aio ?(7 tunvno KeDtucky, Virginia, IliinoiB, 93 ; Missouri and Massachusetts, 101; Tennessee, 89 ; Ohio, 105; Maryland and Indiana, 92; North Carolina, 94 ; Pennsylvania and Connecticut, 100. ? Prof. F. W. Clark of Cincinnati University, F. W. Smith of New York, H. A. Crenshaw of Louisburg, N. C., J. Lowe of Savannah, Ga., and Isaac Lowman of Baltimore, have just returned to Asheville, N. C., from a visit to Bald mountain, having given it a thorough investigation. They report that the mysterious noise is simply a rock slide on a grand scale, and is not confined to Bald mountain proper, but to a spur on the south 8>de. It is caused by a gradual giving away of the bed rock, and a small portion of the mountain, that is nearly perpendicular, gradually seeking a firmer foundation. In doiBg so it has severely shaken some huge boulders, splitting many of them as if cut with a knife, grinding some nearly to powder, ami was the cause of the rumbling and loud noises heard occasionally the past few years. They will, no doubt, be heard occasionally for some years to come, or until the rocks are firmly settled. The splitting of the rocks has formed a cave, not wide but high, and the gradual spreading of the rocks at the bottom to a better foundation has caused the ground and rocks at the top of the slide to open, showing a cavity from two to four feet wide in some places, and about seventy-five deep, and nearly a hundred feet in length inside the cavity or split. Prof. Clark says that there is no volcanic rock in that part of the country, and the slide could not have been caused by an earthquake. !No other part of the mountain similarly formed, or of the adjoining mountains, is affected. ? The heat on the loth was prostrating in its effects, aud more destructive of human life than any similar solar wave that has ever before been known in the United States. The total number of deaths in St. Louis from the heat was 54. There was an awful mortality among infants, and the sufferers from the heat included all classes. Merchants and children were prostrated. Although the mercury ranged high, reaching 100 in many places, the cases of sunstroke in the west decreased, there having been but 22 at the city dispensary in St. Louis to 6 o'clock, and but four deaths. The scenes there were of the same general character as heretofore, and the four physicians and their assistants in attendance were kept very busy in administering to the wants of those taken there for treatment. The general mode of treating the cases is ice to the head, ice-water showers, rubbing the body with ice, and administration of such medicines as the different cases demand. Twenty-four bodies which had been at the morgue Monday without being claimed, were buried in the potter's field late Monday night. They were terribly swollen and discolored, and presented a most horrible appearance. At Milwaukee, Wis., the thermometer registered 96 at the signal office on the same after noon. The southwest breeze which prevailed during the day died out at sunset, and the weather was very hot and oppressive. About 20 cases of sunstroke were reported, 3 of which resulted fatally. The heat at Chicago I was on the increase, but a cooling southwest j breeze rendered it less fatal. Only one case j of sunstroke, and that in a very mild form, ' was reported. forfeville flhtquitw. i ' j YORKVILLE. S. C. s THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1878. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The convention plan of nominating candidates has been adopted by Kershaw county. ? Laurens had an open boll of cotton on the 6th instant. ? The Rev. Mr. Dunwoody denies the published statement that Wise, the Colleton murderer, died cursing God and man. ? Greenville county has adopted, by a large majority, the primary election plan of nominating candidates. ? All lands forfeited to the State can be redeemed by simply paying the taxes for 1876 and 1877, if it is done before the end of this year. ? A white woman was committed to the jail of Union county, last week, charged with having drowned her infant in Fair Forest creek. ? A sufficient amount of iron has been obtained to complete the Cberaw and Chester Railroad to Fishing Creek, eleven miles from Lancaster. ? According to the Camden Journal, some sections of Kershaw county are suffering for rain ; but generally speaking, the crops are in fine condition. ? In the Clio and Red Bluff sections of Marlboro, the crops are reported to be in a fine condition, while they are generally good throughout the county. ? The Democrats of Lexington are in fa vor of three dollars a day for members of the Legislature, and say that their repesentatives and senator must accept no free railroad passes. ? Two of the colored convicts on the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad have recently died from sunstroke. The force are now at work just above Dorn's Mine. About seventeen miles of the road have been graded. ? A Washington dispateh of Monday says petitions have been received at the internal 1 revenue office for the pardon of fifteen illicit 1 distillers of Pickens county, all of whom are uuder bail. The cases will be duly considered. ? The Charleston County Convention met last Monday, and adopted a platform reaffirm- { ing the principles upon which the campaign ( of 1876 was conducted. Hampton was en- , dorsed and a call made for the re-nomination of the whole State ticket. , ? Charleston is about to realize Robert Y. : Hayne's dream of direct communication with , the great West. The track of the Spartan- , burg and Asheville Railroad reached the j summit of the Biue Ridge a few days ago, and the work will be steadily pushed to com- | pletion. ? The Spartanburg Daily learns that some time ago, W. L. Waldrop, residing near Cross , Anchor, submitted sores upon his leg to be lick , ed by his dogs, who a day or so before, had a , fight with other dogs in the neighborhood. The dogs have not, it seems, given any evidence , of hydrophobia, and yet the unfortunate man , is reported to be suffering with the most ter- , rible case of hydrophobia. , ? Says the Spartanburg Daily: On Satur- , day morning the Air Line train struck the body of a colored man named Ben Hill, : which was lying upon the track. From sub , 44.? ?i sequent inquiries into iue umiwr, auu DAaiur , nation of the corpse, a strong suspicion was impressed upon the minds of those present that i the man had been murdered and his body ! laid upon the track for the purpose of making a false impression as to the cause of his death. ? On Monday last, as is telegraphed from Columbia to the Nexus and Courier, Governor Hampton recalled his recent proclamation of fering a reward of 8500 for the apprehension of Lewis R. Redmond, and a counter proclamation to this effect has been prepared and forwarded to the proper authorities in Pickens county. It is now probable that Redmond will come in at once and surrender himself for the purpose of standing his trial for killing Duckworth, and for all other offences with which he stands charged. ? John Locklear and Neal Locklear, two of the old Lowry gang of murderers and outlaws, who for so long a time infested Robeson county, N. C., were tried in the Sessions Court of Marlboro county, last week, Judge Pressley presiding, charged with the murder, in that county, of Frank Bryce, au Irish , peddler, in February last. The trial was commenced on Monday morning, and was not concluded until Thursday, resulting in the conviction of both the accused. They were sentenced to be hanged on Friday, the ; 23rd of August, proximo. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. Jonas Cline has been sheriff of Catawba county for thirty years. ? A reliable farmer estimates that the wheat crop of Iredell will fall one-third below the average. | ? At the recent stockholders' meeting, uoj. ! Thomas M. Holt was reelected President of the N. C. Central Railroad. ? The fossil remains of a huge mastadon | have been recently exhumed from a swamp 1 near Newport, in Carteret county. ? Gen. J. M. Leach has been nominated by the Democratic party as candidate for State j Senator from Davidson county, j ? The 8umter (S. C.) Light Infantry is on a visit to the sea shore at Smithville. They ! were handsomely received by the military of | Wilmington on their arrival at that city. ! ? R. M. Croora, a Republican, is announced ! ! as a National Greenback candidate for Congress from the Wilmington Congressional dis- j , trict. ! ?The Congressional convention in the | | Charlotte district, which met at Monroe on i the 15th instant, nominated Col. Walter L. j Steele for reelection. i ?The Congressional District Convention I for the eighth district has been called to meet j at Asheville on the 8th of August. There is I no doubt of the renomination of Gen. Vance, j ? The Lincoln Progress says the severe , drought which has prevailed in that section ! : for the past month, has injured corn and cot- I ! ton to such au extent that these crops will, fall far short of an average. ? The general election in North Carolina ' takes place next Thursday, when the people will vote for Chief Justice and two Associate i Justices of the Supreme Court, two Superior Court Judges, State Solicitors, members of the Legislature, and county officers. ? James Laxton, who was convicted at the Spring term, 1878, Iredell Superior Court, of rape, and sentenced to be hanged on the 28th day of June, and who was respited until July 26th, has again been respited until the 27th of September next. ? The Raleigh,. Observer intimates that James E. O'Hara, the colored nominee for Congress in the second district, has never been naturalized. He was born in the West India Islands. O'Hara was nominated on the thirty-second ballot. The last beat was between him and Humphrey. ? The big tunnel on the Western North Carolina Railroad lacks only 300 feet of being through the mountain, and the work is progressing at the rate of four feet per day. At this rate the tunnel will be completed in seventy-five days, and then Asheville will be reached with little trouble. ? Colonel John R. Winston has announced himself as a candidate for Congress in the Greensboro district as a representative of the i National party. Heretofore, he has been a , atminnh Humnnpftt C5nl Winston was a iral lant Confederate officer in the late war, and , made a daring escape from Johnson's Island, ( where he was held as a prisoner; fled into Can- ] ada, and from there returned to his command, after reaching Nassau, from which place be j sailed to Wilmington in a blockade runner. ? Thecase of John H. McElwee vs. Black- , well, the manufacturers of the Durham to- , bacco, has been decided by the Commissioner , of Patents, in favor of Blackwell. McElwee | claimed that he was entitled to the "trade , mark," which consists of the word "Dur- | ham," and the figure of a bull. It is decided j that McElwee's claim, wbicb was based upon ' partnership relations with J. R. Green, de- I ceased, was not well founded, but that Black- I well has the sole and exclusive right to the 1 trade mark. , ? The State committee of the Republican ' party of North Carolina, through their Chair- j raan.Tbos. B. Keogb, have issued an address j to the Republicans of the State, in which < they say the committee have decided not to 1 call a convention for the nomination of a 1 State judicial ticket?the only State officers to be voted for at the election in August next. , Regarding the nominees of the Democratic party, the committee say: "In the nomina- I tion by the Democrats of Smith, Dillard and Ashe as Judges of the Supreme Court, we ' witness a defeat of the ultra and proscriptive 1 element of that party, aud a triumph of the i moderate and conciliatory wing. We desire , to recognize and encourage the spirit thus i manifested and to express our confidence in 1 the gentlemen named for the Supreme Court 1 as regards their ability, impartiality and a courteous recognition of the rights of all classes of citizens." , MERE-MENTION. ' < An agent has been appointed by the War Department to collect Confederate records of . the war, which are not in the Confederate archives.* The South Georgia peach crop is a failure. Dr. Mary Noxon, homce phatic physician of New York, makes $30,000 i year. Eight million beeves are heiug fattened for the Eastern market in eight West srn and Southwestern States. There are 500 mutes in Georgia, but ouly 70 at the State Institution. Hon. Alec. Stephens was born in 1812, and is consequently about BOyears of age. Peter Bresnahan, now jailed at Canton N. Y., and to be hanged tomorrow, confesses to three murders besides the one of which he is convicted and under 3entence. By the terms of peace acceded to by Turkey, that power loses 65,000 square miles of territory in Europe. The Sultan jtill has direct control of 60,000 square miles. The World, predicts that the cotton crop of 1877-78 will be 4,700,000 bales, the largest since the war. Rev. J. O. A. Clarke, of Georgia, is enraptured with Mrs. President Hayes. He says the lady is "the joy and glory of the nation." The Texas Democratic State Convention, last Saturday, nominated Hubbard for Governor. A. H. Curtis, a prominent colored politician, was thrown from his buggy at Marion, Ala., last Saturday night aud instantly killed. He was State Senator and an aspirant for Congress. The first bale of this season's I cotton arrived at St. Louis last Saturday, from Schulenburg, Fayette county, Texas, consigned to the St. Louis Cotton Exchange. It was graded strict low middling and sold at auction for 31 cents per pound. It will be taken to ' New York aud thence sent to Liverpool. j ku-kluVpardons. ! The following article appears as a promi- j nent editorial in the Charleston News and i Courier of the 18th, and seems to be a semi- j official announcement. From its tenor, we conclude that a proclamation will be promulga- j ted in due time, while in the absence of such ' published proclamation, persons, who, on ac ( count of ku-klux prosecutions, have absented themselves from their homes, will be permitted to return without fear of further molestation by United States Courts, so long as they conduct themselves as law-abiding citizens. The following is the editorial to which we allude: We are authorized to say that all citizens in South Carolina, accused of offences under the ku-klux law, who have left the State on account of prosecutions against them, pending in the United States Courts, may now return with safety to their homes, where they can reside without fear of further molestation, upon a single condition that they be peaceful and law abiding citizens. Governor Hampton himself gives the assurance that there is no longer any risk of further prosecution on account of former offences. Scattered about in different parts of the United States, and in Canada, there are a j number of Carolinians who were charged with : being implicated in crimes alleged to have been committed by the ku-klux in 1870 71. There was no hope for a fair trial. Hired witnesses stood ready to furnish any sort of evidence that prosecuting officers required. It was only natural that those most conscious of their innocence should flee, when the choice was between flight and Albany Penitentiary. These refugees have waited with eickening hearts for any change in the positiou of af fairs that wonld enable them to go bacn to ( their abandoned homesteads. The time has ? come. Through Governor Hampton, once J again, despair will be changed into hope, . and sorrow will become joy. Amnesty for i the ku-klux offenders is not, however, the 1 only good work in which Wade Hampton , is engaged. < An earnest effort is making by Governor ' Hampton to secure a general amnesty for the , illicit distillers in South Carolina. Word has < been sent by him to York couuty, that if the j distillers there will come in and bind them- ] selves to stop their unlawful work, and if the ] citizens generally will engage to discounte- j nance the illicit manufacture of whiskey, he , will exert his personal influence,to the utmost, I to have the prosecutions against such offen- j derfl stayed or dismissed. About twenty-five , illicit distillers have already availed them- i selves of the Governor's offer, and if it be \ found that it works well, the plan pursued : jp York will be extended to all other counties, i The statements herein made, concerning the I ku-klux offenders, now jn Tejjaa autj else- ] where, and concerning the illicit distillers,, | are made by us by authority, aud can be relied on implicitly. By the involuntary absence of the ku klux refugees and the hunting-down of the distillers in the mountains, infinite loss and trouble have beeu caused to South Carolina, without advantage to the United States Government. It is the aim of Governor Hampton to change all this. The most difficult part of the undertaking is accomplished, and its completion will not long be delayed. Surely sucb practical relief as this is more valuable to the people than the gratification of spleen and spite. The desire of Governor Hampton is, to blot out the stain of the times that are far behind us, the period of agitation, profligacy and contempt of law, and to give the whole State a fresh start, relieved from the moral depression and physical burden of mis-government and its environments. This he can do, if the people co-operate with hint in rebuilding the social and industrial fabric on the foundation of obedience to law, respect for authority and equal rights and opportunities. THE LADiTMURDER. The decision of Judge Kershaw refusing the motion to transfer to the United States Court the case against the revenue officers charged with the murder of young Ladd, has, Eta was to be supposed, attracted the attention of the Cabinet. The result of the Cabinet conference is announced to be that the Attorney-General would direct the United States Marshal to take out a writ of habeas corpus for the transfer of the prisoners. As will be remembered, the charge is made that Ladd, while standing in hiB own rlcor, was shot down by one of a party of revenue officers, who were sea rching for Redmond. It is alleged that Ladd was making do demonstrations whatever, but, to the contrary, was standing quietly in the door, having no arms of any description in his bands. Hie revenue officers, however, contend that Lhey acted in self-defence, as will be seen from the following Washington dispatch to the northern newspapers: "The State and United States Courts in South Carolina will soon be in open conflict unless the State Court yields. On the 17th instant, Judge Kershaw Anally refused to allow a transfer of the case of four revenue officers, indicted by the State authorities for murder in the United States Court. These officers while in search of the noted outlaw, Redmond, who had aided do the release of illicit distillers from the jail of Pickens county, and was himself largely engaged in the purchase and sale of illicit spirits, arrived at the house of one Amos Ladd, a driver for Redmond, when Ladd attempted to shoot one of the officers, and only failed because the l:_ ... 1? k. JIIJJ UU 1113 I'1116 ItUlCU IU CAjJIUUC. UC1U1C UO could renew the cap, one of the officers shot hiiu to save his own life. All official experts and the evidence taken ehovr it to have been i clear case of self-defence. The revenue officers at once surrendered to the local authorities, and were promptly indicted for murder, thrown into jail and refused bail. A prolonged attempt has beeu made by the commissioners of internal revenue to take their case to the Federal Court and release the officers from arrest. This has been stoutly relisted by the State authorities, and Judge Kershaw has finally refused to transfer, after i full hearing of the United States attorney in the matter. His decision is long, but its main point shows its character. He accepts the theory that the act of killiug was done in lelt defence, and then holds that this makes it i personal act, and so not done in the capacity of a reveuue officer attempting to execute the revenue law, but the act of a citizen of a Itate assuming to protect himself. After full consultation with Attorney-General Devens, it was decided to direct the United States officers in South Carolina to proceed, under lection 643 of the Revised Statutes, to transfer the case to the Circuit Court of the United States, and under a writ of habeas corpus to take the prisoners into the custody of the United States marshal. This act is very ipecific as to the method of transferring such :i case as the present. Upon affidavit aod petition from the United States attorney, the Circuit Court takes cognizance and directs I he State Court to send up the record, and from that moment the proceedings in the state Court must cease. If the defendants ire imprisoned, the United States marshal, irmed with a habeas corpus from the Federal Court, is directed to take the prisoners into bis own keeping, and hold them subject to the jrder of the United States Court. There is i very bitter feeling throughout the whole iection where this case is pending, and the general sympathy of the citizens and local state officers is strongly against the revenue ifficere. The commissioner of internal revenue is determined to protect bis officers to the full extent of his ability." For the Yorkville Enquirer. PUBLIC SCHOOL EXAMINATION. The friends and patrons of the school conduotsd by Mr. E. Castles, assembled on Friday the L9th instant, at the academy near the road leading 'rom Yorkville to Black's Station, about three railes from Yorkville. The trustees of this school lave evidenced a deep interest in educational maters, by selecting a central location and erecting a mbstantial frame building; and they also exhibted good judgment by inviting Mr. E. Castles? in experienced and competent teacher?to take 3harge of the school. This school continues ten months of the year; supported half the time by?the public fund, and she other half by contributions from l.he patrons, rhis is in the right di action?an example worthy )f imitation. The exercises began at 9 A. M., on Friday, by in introductory address by Mr. Castles, theteachjr, which was well deliyered, and could not fail >f creating a stimulus in favor of renewed efforts m thesubjectof educating the youth of our coun ry. The examination showed rapid advances and a horoughness in all the branches as far as the pueils had been instructed. The dialogues were .veil acted. One commendable feature was oblerved; the little girls and boys spoke out clear md distinct, and were heard with clearness by an uidience of more than five hundred. Masters Gordon, Neal, Conner and Johnson spoke with a jomposure worth}' of riper years. At the close of the morning exercises, Rev. L. A. Johnson occupied ten minutes in reminding she pupils that education w implies not only a tnowledge of tho sciences" but also in learning ;o overcome the bad tempers ol the heart and ivoiding evil habits while young. The audience was then invited to partake of refreshments, which were well prepared and in ;reat abundance. Such a display of beef, chicken, nutton, cake and fruit preparations, has seldom >een witnessed. Many baskotsful of fragments emained. This part of the country has suffered severely from drought; but the display of edisiles on this occasion demonstrated that the coun,ry still has life. The Yorkville Silver Helicon Band was present, md contributed largely to the enjoyment of the jeeasion. In the afternoon, Master James Bell was introluced,and read part of an essay which was well .vritten. The regret was, that he did not conclude t. After this, Mr. J,. C. Chambers was introduced md delivered a fine address on the duties we owe ;o our mother State, by encouraging agriculture, jy precept and example; by advancing the inter)st of education and practicing good morals ; hat education not connected with pietj-, was only i power for evil. The address was listened to ivith interest by many, and would have gained he attention of all; but little mischiof-making Ikipid was on hand, and woe betide the orator ind his subject when this nimble god appears upon the scene?whether he be a Demosthenes or Chrysostom. Whether this little apparition was ?ecretly gathering quivers in the forenoon, as preparatory to the afternoon assault, or whether they had been previously collected, "this deponent saith notbut that he was master of ceremonies will hardly be questioned. At the touch >f his wand, words grew soft and tender; longlrawn sighs were tuned into the sweetest cadences. The broad grin was metamorphosed into an inevitable smile ; the indifferent air, the abstracted look, were changed into a glow of inetfable sweetness. At his magic touch, eyes flashed burning quivers into the citadel of the affections, hissing as they went, like red hot steel into an ice pool, and there they stuck, bubbling and sputtering, fuming and smoking, until the owner of the citadel was writhing and squirming, almost daggering, and wondering much whether he was himself or somebody else, he summoned all the CJracesto his aid. The yielding prisoner obeyed his mandates in the obsequious gesture, in the toss of the fan. Blushes, white as snow and red is crimson, came and went at his bidding. Cruel sovereign! thy mythical form eludes detection; yet prancing steeds and stubborn Balaams and rattling wheels bore away anguished hearts that Feit the fury of thy invisible missiles. But when tj|0 gossamer wet) was woven and raised like a canopy on high, bpnpath whose shades two hearts, by sjlkep shreds weret)ound, then Cupid and his train of Graces flitted away. h. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. S. Withers, Secretary?Democratic Club Meet* ing. T. M. Dobson & Co.?Down Go the Prices. Fannie L. Dobson?The Temple of Fashion. J. F. Wallace-Clerk's Sale. A. B. Crosby, President? Blairsville Democratic Club. Hunter <fc Oates?Great Clearing Out Sale. Clark Brothers?OurStock cf Groceries. John C. Kuykendal?At Different Prices?In A Pickle?All They Ought to Be?Under Obligations?In a Nutshell?Corn. Application for Re Charter. ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. Don't forget to observe the eclipse of the sun next Monday afternoon. According tc the calculation of the astronomers, the eclipse will be total, partially visible in this latitude, REFRESHING SHOWERS. Several copious showers have fallen in tbii section since Friday, proving highly beneficial to the growing crops, which were beginning to suffer from the effects of the drought. In some portions of the county there had been no rain for nine weeks. Other sections of the county are still suffering for want of rain. CORRECTION. In article 1st of the constitution for the government of Democratic clubs of York county, published in the Enquirer of last week, there is a typographical error. It should read: "There shall he a ueroocratic club at each of the election precincts in York county, at which the general election in 1876 was conducted," Ac. TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. The board of examiners have granted teachers' certificates to twenty-two applicants as teachers of common schools. Of these, four received certificates of the second grade? two of the applicants being white and two colored. The board note a marked improvement in the attainments of teachers?especially in history?during the past year. The present system, requiring teachers to undergo a written examination each year, will, it is thought, have a tendeucy to elevate the standard of education. It is understood the system of examination will be more rigid each successive year. PERSONAL MENTION,. Ths venerable James Jefferys, who is now in his 78th year, has gone to the Springs in Cleveland to recuperate his health, which has been feeble for several months past. Mr. Jefferys is accompanied by his daughter, Miss Mattie, and Mrs. T. S. Jefferys and her daughter, Miss Annie. Miss Jennie H. Coward returned last week from Charleston Female Seminary, in which institution she has been a pupil the past ses sion. We were pleased to receive a call last Mon| day from John S. Reynolds, Esq., one of the genial editors of the Winnsboro News. Miss Willie McCorkle has returned from a visit to Greenville, where she has been spending several weeks on a visit to friends. Dr. J. H. Witherspoon, of Laurens county, is on a visit to his friends and relatives in this place. A COUPLE OJF ACCIDENTS. On Friday afternoon, Mrs. Curry, an elderly lady, living on the upper end of Main street, while in the act of passing through a gate of the fence between herownaud an ad joining lot, perceived that the gate?a heavy one?was falling, and to avoid being struck by it, made a hasty step, lost her footing and fell to the ground, dislocating her hip-joint. She did not realize the extent of her injury until Sunday morning, when Drs. Lindsay and Jackson were summoued, who rendered necessary surgical aid. On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Ben. Moore and a young friend started to take a ride in a twoseated buggy, Mr. Moore occupying the rear seat, which was insecurely fastened. The horse gave a sudden start, throwing Mr. Moore backward, and losing his equipoise, he fell, his head and shoulder striking the ground, and the seat falling on his breast. He was stunned by the fall, and badly contused on the head, breast and shoulder, but will be well enough to leave his room in a few days. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County'Auditor since our last report: Thomas L. Johnson to M. J. O'Neal. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $75. T r 1? A J i. M:t, 0. jueanuer auuhjh iu xtjiiiuu x cgiaui. Tract of 38 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $220. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to E. S. Darwin. Tract of 330 acres in Broad River township. Consideration $1,148.80. A. R. Smith to Wm. L. Roach. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $350. John T. Lowry to N. L. Bell and others. Tract of 125 acres in York township. Consideration $29. W. A. Barber to Allen & Barber. Tract of 74 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $74. John Nichols to Jus. J. White. Tract of 50 acres in York township. Consideration 8100. R. E. Coulter and John Nichols to John H. Barry. Tract of 98 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration 81,000. James L. Guy to Mary Porter. Tract of 44 acres in Bethesda township. ConsideraI tion $221. LOCAL BRIEFS. Mr. James A. Hogue has presented us with some tomatoes of his raising, which were really fine?the largest measuring 12 inches in circumference. The Democratic Club of Yorkville precinct will meet in the Court House at 4 P. M., next Saturday. A full attendance is desired. The office of the Southern Express Company at this place has been removed to a room in H. W. Hope & Go's, store. Last Sunday was pronounced by many the warmest and most enervating day of the summer. Even after the shower that fell iu the afternoon, several persons were almost prostrated by the oppressive heat. On Moneveuing there was quite a perceptible change in the temperature, and the weather is now pleasant. Mr. D. M. Campbell, of Bethel township, raised, this season, 67 bushels of oats from one acre. | Mr, James Brian is delivering at the depot ; in this place a lot of 39 bales of cotton, sold | to a Charlotte firm at an average of $10 08. The picnic given by Cedar Grove school, ! in the vicinity of Sandersville, last Friday, is | represented as being a pleasant affair. An ; address wt.s delivered on the occasion by G. j \V. S. Hart, Esq., of Yorkville. As will be seen by advertisement in anothj er column, the Clerk of the Court will exI pose to saie, on sale-day in next September, the real estate that had been owned by the York Gas Light Company, "on which is situi ated a tank, retort and gas-main, together with the gas-meters, iron conducting pipes and other fixtures to be found in the houses aud laid in the streets of Yorkville." - : EDITORIAL INKLINGS. " y Ylsit to Roan Mountain. From a letter received from Baker* ville, N. C., dated the 18th instant/ we extract the following account of a visit by the writer to Roan Mountain: > On yesterday we visited the Roan Mountain, where we spent the night on top, or near the top, a distance of 6,367 feet above the lev el of the sea. Roan Mountain is an uplift in tbe heart of the Western North- Carolina ' mountain system, overlooking the Unakas on the north, and the Blue Ridge on the south; a paradise for the artist, tbe tourist, the botai nist, the geologist, the antiquarian and the ini valid?the most beautiful mountain in the ( world. The mountain top is a beautiful grassy prairie of one thousand acres, dotted over ' with red rhododendrons, azalias and mouolain hpftfhpr in nlnmnfi frnm a vard to ten acres in area, set io the beautful greensward 1 fringed with rich balsams and spruces, grow1 ing from beds of most luxuriant mosses. Here ; are deep woods, tangled thickets, wild glens i and great cliffs of naked granite hundreds of i feet high, with deep, dense gorges beneath ) them, whose Btillness a human's footfall has rarely broken. The water here is clear and cold, being only thirteen degrees above freezing point Beautiful brooks teem with moun( tain trout. The summer temperature is from 45 to 74 degrees, the air balmly and bracing. It is, indeed, a. healthful, pleasant, and beau tiful summer resort. Herds of horses, cattle, i sheep and hogs roam over the mouutain in view of the hotel, which was erected by Gen. Wilder for a family resort during summer; but the mountain being so largely visited by persons from a distance, be says be was compelled to surrender it, and it is now being used as a hotel for the traveling public. J. F. W. King's Mountain High School. ? From a letter in the Raleigh Observer, we extract the following paragraph in reference to the commencement exercises of King's Mountain High School, loeated in Cleveland county N. C.: The exercises of the day were opened with prayer by Rev. H. T. Hudson, of Shelby, after which an anthem was sung: "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof," which, accompanied by the sweet tones of the organ, was excellent. The most of the day was taken up in orations by the young gentlemen, and essays by the young ladies of the school, interspersed with music on the piano by the music pupils, all of whom acquitted themselves with great credit. The speeches of the young gentlemen were excellent and showed that much thought and inquiry had been expended on the subject of their discourses. The medal was awarded to E. P. Mendenhall, of York county, S. C., for the best speech, taking into consideration both oratory and composition, though the contest was hardly won. VV. M. Plaxico, of York county, 8. C., delivered the Valedictory in a touching and masterly mauner. Most of them stood a splendid examination, many of them obtaining first distinctions in their studies. In the afternoon, after the school exercises were over, the Rev. Dr. Ross, of South Carolina, who had been chosen by the Delta Society of the school to deliver the annual address on this occasion, did justice even to himself. Dr. Ross is an eminent divine of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, and his address was worthy of the author. His remarks were a fine elucidatiou of tbe history of our country from our independence to the present time, showing that ignorance in nations as well as individuals led them into error, and that if we would have good, virtuous and well established governments, their subjects must be intelligent ones. The Liberia Emigrants. We print on the first page of this issue Mr. Williams' second letter to the New? and Courier, which will be found highly interesting. Siuce that letter first appeared, tbe officers of the Liberiau Exodus Association have received an official report of the voyage of the Azor from Charleston to Monrovia, signed by ex Senator GaOlard and W. J. Bowen, the agents of the association who went out with the emigrants. Speaking of this report, the News and Courier says: The report is short, and corroborates tbe marlfi hv Mr. Williams in everv material particular. The mortality among the emigrants is reported.to have been 19 up to the time of reaching Sierra Leone, two in the port of Free Town, and one on the trip to Monrovia, making in all 22 deaths. The report further states that the provisions and water ran out, and that it was at the request of the emigrants themselves that Captain Holmes put into Sierra Leone. A letter has also been received by M. O. Camplin, living at 122 Calhoun street, from the Rev. Santonio Francis Flegler, the colored missionary who went out with the emigrants. The letter is dated Monrovia, June the 19th. The letter places the number of deaths at twenty-five, and states that they were entirely due to the carelessness of the emigrants themselves. In this connection the Rev. Flegler says: "None of the cabin pas sengers were sick otherwise than from sea sickness. Some of the children had the measles, which disease was the final doom of all we lost." He further says: "The soil here at Monrovia is the finest that the world can produce anywhere, and the hills fronting the ocean are the highest that this crowd have ever seen. The water here is as good as you can find anywhere, though it is not very cold, so far as I have tasted it. The crops here grow all the year round." The writer says nothing of the reception of the emigrants at Wnnmoio an/1 crivaa nn nfl.rt.icu lara concern , ?> e> i lug their proposed movements. ? m THE POTTER INVESTIGATION. The Washington Post gives the following as a summary of the election investigations under the Potter resolution: The Potter Committee have proven beyond successful rebuttal, things firmly believed to be true, but not absolutely proven to be true, to-wit: That the electoral votes of Florida and Louisiana, which were given to Hayes belonged to Tilden. Leaving out of consideration the State of Florida, which no honest man will deny to have been stolen, we will take up Louisiana. As to this State the Potter Committee has clearly proven: 1. That a conspiracy was entered into by certain Republican leaders, the object being to hold no election in East Feliciana, Grant and other Democratic parishes. 2. That the fact that no Republican votes were cast in East Feliciana was not due to intimidation, as alleged, but was owing to Anderson's advice to the Republican leaders not to vote, as it would have a better effect than all the affidavits that could be produced. 3. That for a period of two days after the election, the Republican leaders admitted that Tilden and Nicholls bad carried the State by a heavy majority. i 4. That when it became evident that the election of Hayes depended upon the result j in the State, deliberate preparations were ! made for the purpose of defeating the will of ' ? J -x *1 IL the people as expressed ai me puiw. 5. That in pursuance of this plan, protests, > forged and altered to suit the occasion, were ! made for the parishes of East and West Feliciana, whereby a Democratic majority of over tweutyeight hundred was changed to a Republican majority of five hundred. 6. That the supervisors of the above named parishes were prevented by promises of reward, made by John Sherman and others, from exposing such forgeries. 7. That on Lhe 27th day of November, when the Returning Board proceeded to sum up the result of their labors, it wns discovered that while Packard and a Republican Legislature were elected, Hayes was defeated. 8. That after the above date, aud in order ; to secure the electoral vote for Hayes, forged protests were made for Richland and other parishes, and the returns from Lafayette and other parishes so changed as to increase the Republican vote. 9;'That affidavits bearing fictitious names, sad the names of dead men, were manufactured in the Custom-house, and upon such affidavits various Democratic polls were thrown out* . '8 I ? i i f f i . 10. That the acts above recited were known to some of the "visiting statesmen," and received their approval. j / 11. That the electoral vote of the State, as counted before -the two Houses of Congress, was a forgery. ;, - , . 12. Tbat John Sberrbun, now Secretary of the Treasury, and at the time the personal ? representative of Mr. Hayes, was guilty of subornation of perjury. 13. That the leading parties necessary to completion of the fraud were promised by him protection and reward. 14. Tbat the Fraudulent President, in fulfillment of Sherman's aud Noyes' promises, hat rewarded with office every tcowidrel connected with the great crime in both Florida and Louisiana. 15. Tbat Stanley Matthews, a Republican Senator from Ohio, and Justice Harlan, a Judge of the Supreme Court, had guilty knowledge of the fraudulent transactions by which the vote of Louisiana was stolen, and personally interested themselves to reward , and protect the criminals. 16. That Senator Morton and Gen. Garfield, both members of the Electoral Commission, knew when tbey voted to count the vote of Louisiana for Hayes, tbat it was both fraudulent and a forgery. 17. That Senator Kellogg, who assisted at the forgery of the Louisiana returns, has since been guilty of secreting the witnesses. 18. That not one of the criminals who assisted to perpetuate the colossal crime of the age has been punished; bat that all but two? numbering over a hundred?have been pro- """ vided with offices by Mr. Hayes' direct order or request, and in some cases by and through his continued and persistent interference. . Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. lettish tkuft lhestek. Chester, S. C., July 22,1878. A political meeting wan recently held at Hazel wood, at which Capt. O. Barber, one of the candidates for the Legislature, was present, and gave bis views upon the leading issues before the people. He expressed his opposition to the levying of a tax for the retirement of Chester county bonds issued in aid of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad. While he ftfclieve* in meeting the coupons' annually by taxation,' be is opposed to paying the bonds until their maturity. Capt. Barber expressed his sentiments in regard to the reestablish men t of the State University. If electod, any . measure, looking to the accomplishment of this object, will not receive his support. He denounced the bill passed at the last meeting of the Legislature, granting to a few companies the sole right of digging phosphate rock. In the expression of this sentiment he touched a responsive chord in the hearts of the farmers, for they have an 4 idea that the high price of guano is due to the existence of the present monopoly. If be beoomes a lawmaker, of oourse he will be a very brief time in utterly demolishing the obnoxious monopoly. Capt Barber also favored, in bis speech, a modification of the fee bill. In his opinion the compensation allowed lawyers and officers of the court is too high, and in behalf of the people be is de- *1 uirous of effecting a change. On the first Saturday in August another meeting will be held at Hazel wood; which all the candidates for the Legislature will be invited to attend, and express their views upon the questions agitating the public mind, as the candidate from Rich Hill has so frankly done. The list of Richmonds in the field for various county offices has been considerably increased during the past week. In addition to Mr. T. Butler Woods, who had been previously announced, Messrs. W. J. Luca^, J. T. Backstrom and James A. Sandeis, Jr., are each willing to serve the people in tne capacity of county auditor. Mr. I. McD. Hood is an aspirant for the position of county treasurer. While these offices are filled by appointment, the understanding is that those who receive the highest number of votes will be recommended by our representatives in the Legislature, and doubtless appointed by the Governor. In addition to the candidates previously named, Mr: J. H. McDaniel has entered the race for the position of Probate Judge, and Mr. C. H. Rxgsdale for that of School Commissioner. There are rumors of an intention of several other persons to lay themselves on the altar of sacrifice in behalf of the dear people. The desire for office appears to grow with the progress of the camp&ign. When the day for primary elections arrives, candidates will have become so numerous that voters will experience some difficulty in selecting their favorites from the long list. Cases of assault and batilery among the colored people are becoming quite frequent. Trial Justice McDonald is very busy pme day8 in the trial of these petty cases. The frequency of fights among this element is.-in a great measure due to the aiaount of leisure time they have on hand since the layiog-by of the crcpc. Having little or no woik to do, ? they find employment in assaulting each other, and very often assaults are made by busbands upon their wives, and vice vbrsa. * The quarterly meeting of Pomona Grange took place on Wednesday at Feaeterville. A large number of Grangers were present, including some of the prominent' men of Chester and Fairfield counties. The meeting was ( presided over by Mr. R. A. Love, who, by the way, is oue of our best farmers. The Pomo as assembled at 10 A. M., and, after some preliminary proceedings, interchanged views on agricultural topics. Gen. John Bratton, Capt James Legg, Maj. Julius Mills, Mr. R. T. Mockbee, and others whose names I have not heard, favored their friends with their opinions on matters relating to farming. Upon the arrival of dinner hour the meeting was adjournrd. and everybody?grangers and their families and invited guests?repaired to the tables, which were bountifully ladeo with tempting viands. These were enjoyed to the full extent by those participating. Appetites having been satisfied, the members of Pomona Grange reassembled, and were en- ? gaged in the discussion and transaction of grange business until a late hour of the afternoon, when the meeting ended. The company, numbering about one hundred, partook of supper, and then dispersed to their respective homes, deeply impressed with the beauty of the Feasterville girls, the hospitality of the Feasterville people, and the bril- ^ liant success of the Feasterville Grange meet- ^ ing. Pomona Grange will hold its next meeting at Purity Church in this county. Friday exceeded all the hot days of last week in the intensity of its heat. The thermometer registered ninety-nine degrees in the Bbade. Notwithstanding the almost unendurable heat, I have heard of no sunstroke^ in our town or county. A jolly crowd collected at Thome's mill, on Fishing creek, on Friday. They were entertained with speeches by Judge T. J. Mackey, n i T ci ii7!i J n ? A n .^i m. vyoi. j. o. v? iiBou aim i>apt. v. r>aruer. x ne last two being candidates for the Legislature, gave their views upon such questions as the people are most concerned about Both expressed their opposition to the levying of special taxes for the retirement of county bonds issued in aid of the Cberaw and Chester Railroad and the reestablishment of the Stale University. Fish in abundauce were cooked and enjoyed upon the occasion. A barrel of cider was tapped and drank at the expense of the candidates. A pleasant feature of the fish-fry was the presence of the ladies, of whom the elder were useful in the management of the tables, and the younger ^H| fascinating in the display of their charms. A fine rain fell in our town on Saturday H night. Different portions of our county have l also been similarly favored. The dry spell .