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Sf\ways and ^acts. ? During the last year the United States sent one hundred and five million yards of cotton goods abroad ; ten times more than was exported the year before. ? Hon. Alexander H. Stephens writes to a friend in Washington, D. C., that his health is better now than it has been for the past twenty years, and he has no doubt but that he will be returned to the next Congress. ? A blunt philosopher says that the proper time for a girl to marry is after she has counted up her cash and found that she can support herself in case her husband turns politician. ? Calvin Anderson, a negro of Bellbuckle, Tennessee, was the wrong man for a lynching party to attack. He killed the man who carried the rope, and wounded two others. They were glad to let him go. Bully for Calvin ! ? On the night of the 23rd ultimo, a farmer near Faribault, Minnesota, shot and instantly killed a tramp, whom he caught in the act of setting fire to the harvesting machine in his wheat field. He gave himself up, but was instantly released. ? Prof. Grote, of Georgia, Wm. J. Jones, of Virginia Point, near Galveston, E. H. Anderson, of Mississippi, and Professor Cornstock, of Cornell University, have been appointed by the Agricultural bureau at Washington, observers to study the cotton worm during the present season. ? William Howchins, who resided near Fluvana C. H., Va., on the 22nd ultimo, murdered his wife, mother-in-law and one child, and then committed suicide. A son 7 years old saw his father commence on his mother and he took the baby out of the cradle and fled to a place of safety. ? Prof. B. S. Hedrick, who, in 1856, was removed from a professorship in the N. C. University, on account of his Abolition sentiments, and who now holds the position of Examiner in the Patent office at Washington, is under investigation charged with a failure to be governed by official regulations, and with using official stamped envelopes for private purposes. ? The ticket of the Texas Democrats, nominated at the Austin convention, stands as follows: For Governor, Chief-Justice, 0. M. Roberts; lieutenant-governor, Jos. D. Sayres ; attorney-general, George McCormach; controller, Stephen H. Darden ; treasurer, F. R. Lubbock ; land commissioner, W. M. Walsh. The convention was composed of 1500 delegates, and was in session over a week. ? Those newspapers which are too proud or too obstinate to retract any unjust or improper language which they have admitted to their columns, should pro6t by the example of an exchange, which gives notice as follows: "If any subscriber finds a line in his paper that he does not like and cannot agree with, if he will bring the paper to the office and point out the offending line, the editor will take his scissors and cut it out for him." ?Ex-Governor Woodson made a speech at the Missouri Democratic Convention in which he said : "The man whom the Democrats had elected to the Presidency, when the crisis came, proved himself unequal to the contest. If he had had the courage of Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, and had stated to the people of the United States, 'You v t i .. i i ? rr? _ nave eiectea me to me nrsc omce iu yuur gift, and, by the eternal God, I will be President,' he would be President." ?Patagonia is a very attractive country. Its climate is of the coldest, its men are of the tallest, and its women are of the ugliest specimens of the human race. Its mice are likewise gigantic, and the natives display an ineradicable propensity to tell lies. This delightful country is destined to become very important, in consequence of the recent discovery of gold therein. From the Cordilleras to the Atlantic, from Santa Cruz to Terra del Fuego, the country teems with gold. ? From the records of the War Department at Washington a statement has lately been compiled, showing the total number of meu who served in the Federal armies during the late war, their nativities, etc. The total number of men in the late civil war, on land and sea, was no less than 2,762,401?considerably more than one third of the whole white population of the Confederacy. Of these 104,943 were in the navy, 178,895 were colored troops, and 370,000 were re-enlistments; leaving 2,110,000 white soldiers for land service. ? The particular machine which excites the ire of communistic tramps in the West is a new self-binding harvester, which is described as a marvel of inventive genius, combining with the reaping of the grain the binding of it into bundles?thus dispensing with the manual labor always hitherto indispensable in harvesting. The manufacturers of the machine fiud their sales completely stopped in the West by the demonstrations of the workingmeu. Farmers who receive anonymous notice that their barns will be burned if they dare to purchase one of these enemies of - J ? ? ? macKiru, v e i y uaiuiaujr luuuiuumuu lUvu orders rather than run the risk of incendiarism. ? The Pennsylvania Railroad Company objects to the forwarding of coin from the Pacific coast to Washington and New York on government account as mail matter of the third class over their several lines, because of anticipated overloading of the cars, the additional responsibility and the transportation of the additional number of employes required as guards. The post office department, in answering the objections of the road, writes that coin is properly mailable matter, within the law, and if sent through the mails, the department, as far as it can consistently, will observe the wishes of the road, and, if after consideration, the company declines the business, the department will make other arrangements. Under Mr. Sherman's scheme for transporting gold as third-class mail matter, a four pound package, or 81,000, will cost only 64 cents from San Francisco to New York. The extra cost will fall on the postoffice, however. ? The Washington relics, for the purchase of which Congress made an appropriation of 812,000 at the last session, are expected to arrive at the Patent Office early next week. This collection, which is quite large, embraces several articles of furniture, chairs, two bedsteads, marble-top table, account books, ledger in which Washington kept his own accounts of profits and losses ; portrait of Washington by Trumbull, from which copies have been taken ; china and silver ware ; shaving case, candlesticks, two pictures of Martha Washington, books containing memoranda of surveys of his private property in different parts of the State of Virginia, in Washington's own hand, and many other interesting relics. These are to be deposited in the patent office for exhibition. They have, for many years, J L_ aL. T been most sacredly preserved uy iuo UATVICUUC Lewis family and its descendants, of Clarke county, Va., which family inherited them all from Nellie Custis. ? The Washington Star of Friday says: Those who seem anxious to hurry up a war with Mexico, and come to Washington periodically to help it along, feel constrained to announce just now that the time has about come for the war policy to develop, and that MacKeusie's reported raid across the Rio Graude at this time is the germ from which will spring the looked for war. The theory is that MacKensie will push far enough into Mexico to find the regular troops, have a brush with them, and retreat across the Rio Grande, and from this war sentiment will develop in this country which will demand reparation on the part of Mexico for the indignity. As Mexico has nothing to give which will be considered ample reparation for firing on our flag, war will therefore be an inevitable result. It may be added, too, that there are not a few army officers who really believe that this government is anxious for the occasion to pursue an aggressive policy toward Mexico. If as reported, MacKensie has with him across the Rio Grande over 800 men, it ! is about all of the effective fighting force | along the border. There have been no re! ports from the Texas frontier, which go to j show that the Mexicans have been more predatory than they have been in the past, heuce the crossing of the Rio Grande with a good j sized army is accepted as a menace to Mex| ico, and one which is expected to be resisted. iihr fcrMIr #ttquiw. YORKVliLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 1, 1878. THE LiAVU JUinvcn The decision of Judge Kershaw, refusing the motion to transfer to the United States Court the case of the revenue officers indicted for the murder of young Ladd, seems to have created as much excitement in some portions of the North as if the Judge had officially promulgated an ordinance of secession for immediate adoption by the people of South Carolina. There is no doctrine either new or startling in the decision of Judge Kershaw. The same position, in precisely similar cases, has been taken by Circuit Judges in North Carolina, and there is now in the United States Supreme Court, on a writ of error from the State Supreme Court of North Carolina, the case of an internal revenue officer indicted for murder, which case Judge Kerr of the circuit bench refused to transfer to the United States Court. In this case, as in the Ladd case, the accused averred that the alleged offence was committed in the discharge of his duties as a United States officer, and therefore the case was cognizable only in the United States Courts. Judge Kerr, however, maintained that the crime was murder, committed in North Carolina, in violation of the laws of North Car olina, and under the laws of that State he should be tried. From this decision an appeal was taken, and as we have said above, the question is yet undecided. No greater absurdity could be conceived than to suppose that Judge Kershaw desires a conflict with United States authorities, or that he would go outside of his plain duty as a judicial officer to precipitate trouble between the State and United States Govern ments. He rendered his decision from purely conscientious motives, governed by the law as he interprets it, and in which interpretation it is safe to say he would be sustained by every member of the South Carolina bench?or for that matter the judiciary of every State in the Union. The determination of the Revenue Department to protect its officers, no matter what excess or crime they may com rait while presumed to be in the discbarge of their duty, is one thing; and a plain, simple construction of the law as it applies to a case of murder committed in violation of the laws of a sovereign State, is quite another. The difference between the propositions is simply that in such cases the United States Court is organized to acquit; while in the State Court the accused would be on the same footing of any other individual put upon his trial for murder. We published the salient points of Judge Kershaw's decision soon after it was rendered. In this decision, the Judge used the following language: "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 be desired, its judgment sustaining the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts would be faithfully supported in this State. Should it determine against the jurisdiction, the I whnlft nnpRt.inn m?v he taken to the SuDreme 1- J r 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." Surely there is nothing in these words of a defiaut or rebellious nature?nothing to justify the New York Tribune in the charge it makes that Judge Kershaw is "defiant," or that South Carolina is "insolent, overbearing and insubordinate." The Tribune, the Tines and other papers of the same ilk, may quiet their fears as to the augury of a rebellion in South Carolina, simply because one of her Judges construes the law as it is written. The same Judge points to a solution of the question, should, as he evidently apprehended, a couflict of jurisdiction arise. And in its final arbitrament, which must be as he suggests, the courts and the people of South Carolina will sub mit with "entire fidelity." This ought to be eminently satisfactory to the most exacting self-constituted censor of South Carolina to be found among all the pizerinctums of the North who discover a mare's nest in nearly every public event that transpires in the State. The New York Post takes a sensible view of the subject as follows : The spirit in which some of the telegraphic press correspondents and some of the Northern newspapers treat the threatened conflict of jurisdiction between the Federal Courts and the South Carolina State Courts, seems to us to be unfair, and, in its way, mischievous. So far as the facts appear they are these: Certain persons who happen to be officers in the revenue service are held by South Carolina State Courts to answer for alleged offences against State laws. It having been intimated that a writ of habeas corpus would be sought in the United States Circuit Court for their release, a South Carolina judge has said that if the United States Court shall transcend its authority, in issuing a writ of the kind, it will become his duty to disregard the writ as an unlawful interference. This utterance has been called "South Caro! Una's threat"?a characterization which is j wrong at both ends, the declaration is not a j threat, and it is not South Carolina's. It is ; merely the declaration of a judge that he will j act, in a certain hypothetical case, in accordance with his understanding of the law, resisting, by legal means, what he believes would be a violation of the rights and a trespass upon the jurisdiction of his court. In this resolution he is clearly right, whether his j interpretation of the law is sound or un! sound. That point, once raised in this way, j would be decided by a higher tribunal, and | no harm whatever would be done. Such ' conflicts of jurisdiction between State and j Federal Courts have arisen before, and will { arise again, not in South Carolina alone, but i in all parts of the country. They are like all other legal questions, aud in South Carolina as in New York they can be settled in a legal way. Their arising does not mean rebellion, murder or sudden death, whether in South Carolina or in Massachusetts, aud the whole course of Governor Hampton's conduct in office has given the country the best possible assurance that, however bitterly the lawyers may wraDgle over nice questions of jurisdiction, the wrangling will be confined to the wordy warfare of the bar. To represent a merely legal dispute of this kiud as a sort of covert rebellion is to misrepresent it, to the hurt of the public weal. As showing the present status of the case, the following is telegraphed from WashiDgtoi under date of July 26 : A decision was reached to-day in regard t< the South Carolina revenue cases by thi President, which will have the effect of raisinj a square issue between the Federal govern sent and the State government of South Car olina. Special counsel Earle arrived here to day from South Carolina to consult with At torney General Devens in regard to the case After Cabinet meeting was concluded, Gener al Devens and Mr. Earle had a long confer ence with the President, when the case wai j thoroughly discussed in all its bearings. Ii was decided to call Secretary Evarts to th< conference, and to hear his view as to the law and the duty of the general government un der the circumstances. Secretary Evart* took the position that the Federal authority must maintain its sovereignty and its right tc dispose of the cases before its own courU without interference by the State authorities and that Government should proceed to acl at nnfic nnHur aontinn fi-13 nf thp rnviapH sl ftf. utes, and to have the cases removed undei 9aid section to the Circuit Court of the United States. After further discussion and interchange of opinions the President decided to accepl the view taken by Secretary Evarts, and not to let the cases go to the Supreme Court oi the State on appeal. The necessary instructions have been given to carry the decision into effect. Mr. Earle left here to night foi Baltimore to see Judge Bond, who is the United States Circuit Judge of South Caro lina, and to arrange with him to go to South Carolina at once and hold a special term ol court, so that the cases can be removed from the State Court, and the imprisoned revenue officials released on bail. Great interest is manifested in these pro ceeding8 here by Federal officials, and the belief is shared by many that Judge Kershaw will not acquiesce in the step about tc be taken, and that the State officials will nol surrender up the four revenue officials to the United States Marshal in response to the summons of the Circuit Court. If this course is pursued an open conflict and a resort ti armed force on the part of the Federa. authority would seem to be inevitable. It is no secret that both the President and Attorney General Devens have been inclined for a day or two to allow these cases to go to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina, on appeal without resorting to the alternative agreed upon to-day. Both of these individuals have wanted to avoid a conflict if possible aud Attorney General Devens in speaking oi me case saiu ne saw uu reasuu iui uiiug iug about an issue with the State government. He was disposed to take the conservative course of letting the case be disposed <?fby the South Carolina courts in regulai order, and thns avoid any feeling between the Federal and State officials. The calling of Secretary Evarts into the case, however, has led the President to adopt the other course, and to risk an issue with the State authorities. It became known to a considerable number of Republicans that the President was inclined to let the State Courts settle these cases, and no little feeling was produced in consequence, which would have manifested itself ii the President had not adopted Secretary Evarts' view of the matter. It was freely charged by Republicans to-day that the President aud Attorney-General Devens were exhibiting cowardice in dealing with this question, and that they were afraid of Governor Hampton aud the effect of an issue with him upon the country at large. Republican poli Liciaus are now thoroughly satisfied with the line of action agreed upon, and say that if the State authorities attempt to resist the Federal authorities in attempting to carry into execution section 643 that it will have an excellent effect throughout the North, aud greatly strengthen the Republican party in the approaching Congressional campaigu. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Forty-one candidates are making things lively in Edgefield county. ? Greenville county has adopted the primary election system. ? Edgefield has open bolls of cotton and boasts of thirty-two Democratic Clubs. T> 1*" T.ir?U> T nTnnf wn n nAtr mililo. J.UC uuiuuu JLJigut JLUiautiji a ucn mmi?ry organization in Winnsboro, had their first parade with armB last Thursday afternoon. ? A cavalry company has been organized at Hanging Rock Mineral Springs, composed of citizens of Kershaw and Lancaster counties. ? The Democrats of EdgeBeld will have a grand celebration on the 12th instant, commemorative of the inauguration of the red shirt policy on that day two years ago. ? The Kershaw County Democratic Convention unanimously adopted a resolution recommending the renomination of Col. Evins for Congress. ? The widow of Henry Timrod, the poet, has been warmly recommended for an office in the postal department by Governor Hampton. ? The work of constructing the Charleston jetties will not be commenced before fro6t, So Gen. Gillmore writes to a friend in Columbia. ? Wade Frazier, colored, convicted of forgery at the February term of Court for Lancaster county, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in the county jail, has been pardoned by Governor Hampton. ? The Union Times records the death of Mr. Hamlet Jefferies, of that county, which occurred on the 28th of June, in the 48th year of his age, after suffering for many years from paralysis and disease of the heart. ? Last Wednesday evening, Center Gibson and John Wade, of Winnsboro, got into a difficulty, in which Gibson struck Wade in the head with a hammer, iuflicting a painful but not dangerous wound. ? The crops in Sumter county were greatly benefitted by the rams of last week. Up to that time, hut little water had fallen upon the parched earth, but now the prospect is brighter and more encouraging. ? Capt. S. S. Kirkland has completed the survey of the proposed branch of railroad, to be built from Edgefield C. H. out to the line of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, a distance of 7 miles. | ? The central and eastern part of Spartanburg county is suffering much for want of rain. Gardens have failed, early fields of corn are almost past hope, cotton has stopped I growing on red land, and the prospect is not at all hopeful for the farmer. : ? A Washington dispatch says that a private I i-.. ;?i .1 c n i:?? | lener receiveu mere lruui oouiu uaruuuu, mj timates that E. M. Brayton, collector of in! ternal revenue at Columbia, ia working to se' cure the Republican nomination to Congreaa 1 from the Third district, j ?The Columbia correspondent of the News i and Courier prefers some serious charges ! against the contractors of the Greenwood and j Augusta Railroad. From the statements , coming to the correspondent, it appears that ; the convicts employed on that road are overI worked, insufficiently fed and clothed, and finally killed as the slow result of the firstnamed causes combined. A rigid investigation is deemed necessary. ? The publication of the Charleston Journal of Commerce was suspended on the 24th ultimo, after a vain struggle of nearly two years. It is understood that Col. Rhett, who j was its editor, has left, or will at an early i day, leave the State permanently. ? A regiment of infantry, the first since the war, has been organized iu Kershaw county, j It is composed of six companies, and the field officers elect are E. B. Cantey, of Cam i den, Colonel; Dove Segars of Lynchwood Lieutenant-Colonel. These were elected with3 out opposition. 3 ?On Friday night of last week, the barn I and stables of Levi Burkett, wbo lives about six miles from tbe town of Sumter, were struck by lightning, which ignited the building, burning seventy-five bushels of corn and five horses and mules. Mr. Burkett is a good citizen and a thrifty farmer, and this is truly a heavy misfortune upon him. ? Says the Colleton Democrat: "The wife of Josiah Bright, a colored man living upon a plantation known as Cook's Hill, near Waltorboro, was aroused from sleep, a few nights ago by feeling a pressure on one leg, and was almost startled out of her wits to find a rattlesnake wrapped round the limb. It was fortunately removed without difficulty and with! out injury to her. The snake had five rat. ties and a button. ? The Republicans of Aiken and vicin ity held a meeting last week. There were no whites present except Democrats, and, ' strange to say, they allowed the meeting to l proceed without even Attempting to bulldoze a single voter. The purpose of the meeting was to to elect delegates from Aiken township i to the county convention, which assembled on the 31st. Amid much uproar and confu! sion they finally elected seven delegates to | represent them in convention, p ? The Lancaster Ledger states that Mr. C. i A. Helms, the mail contractor and carrier i between Lancaster Village and Pineville, in Mecklenburg county, fras arrested the other day by Special Deputy United States Marshal ! W. McK. Mittag, on complaint of Special Detective Henry Booth, charged with having violated the postal law. Mr. Helms waived a . preliminary examination, and in default of > an $800 bond was committed to stand his > trial at the next sitting of the United States Court. ? In the Pickens county convention, last I week, the primary election plan of nominaI ting candidates was adopted ; also, unanimous, Iv, a resolution urging the renomination of , Congressman Aiken. Resolutions were adop! ted declaring that no member of the General ' Assembly should accept a free pass on rail roads ; that the Legislature should not sit over ; thirty days ; that three dollars a day is pay enough; that the representatives from the . county turn over to the county any pay iu I excess. Hampton was endorsed, and the ' platform of 1876 was reaffirmed. 1 ? On Wednesday morning of last week the ' Liberian bark, Azor, arrived in Charleston, having made the voyage from Monrovia in thirty-six days. The Azor brought Mr. Wii liams, the special correspondent of the New? and Courier, and fifteen colored passengers i who went to Liberia under the auspices of the , Liberia Colonization Society, but on the first opportunity that presented itself decided to return to the United States. Recent issues of the News and Courier contain several u? XX.. interesting letters wnuei* uy un. n unauio while in Africa, descriptive of that region. ? The Union TYmesoflast week says the heated term culminated on Saturday night at that place in one of the most terrific storms of thunder and lightning, rain and wind, seen there for many years. The wind lasted nearly three hours; the rain fell in torrents, and the lightning appeared to be almost one continuous sheet of flame, so vivid and quick did the flashes come, while the thunder was deafening during the whole time. One oak tree was struck by the lightning, in Mr. i Gulp's yard. The storm blew down a great deal of corn, but no serious damage to the , crops is reported. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Orders have been issued at Washington for the establishing of a weather signal station at Charlotte. ? Mrs. Sarah E. Blakely, of Cherryville, Gaston county, advertises for a lost husband. When last heard from he was in Brazos county, Texas. He left home five years ago. ? A small colored boy by the name of Neill McCollum, confined in the county jail of Richmond, at Rockingham, tried to escape by setting fire to the building. The building was burned down, but none of the inmates were injured and none escaped. ?On last Friday, says the Salem Press, dur1 ing a thunder storm Miss Louisa Crouch, in the employ of Mr. Joe Jones, of West , Bend, Yadkin county, met with a sudden ! death. She was engaged in ironing aud had stepped to the door, when a tree located near the house was struck, and she also instantly > killed. ? The Winston and Mooresville Railroad was organized at Mocksville, on the 17th ulf \ rv-? r\ Tko rl i a t A Ko norrnn? n>a 1i rro anrl Ill 111 \J? X HO I V/HVI IO l>U V\l UUtlUH gMUgU MUM run direct from Winston to Mooresville, on the Charlotte and Statesville Railroad, crossing the Western North' Carolina Railroad about 13 miles above Salisbury at or near Rowan Mills. Mr. James 0. Moore, the engineer, estimates that it can be built and equipped for 86,000 per mile. It will develop a rich section and advance the prosperity 1 of the people along the line and adjacent country. MERE*MENTI0N. Galveston, Texas, reports the receipt of two bales of the new crop of cotton for the past week. At a picnic in Lewis county, Ky., last Thursday, Thomas and William Blaukenship were stabbed to death by Daniel and Joseph Morgan. In the melee ten or flfteen persons were wounded. Daniel Morgan is under arrest. Joseph fled. The Potter investigating committee have adjourned to Atlantic City, N. J., where they are still engaged in the pursuit of knowledge respecting the Presidential count. The military commission authorized by act of last Congress to make certain recommendations re, garding the military arm of the service, are , I now holding their sessions at White Sulphur I Springs, Va. Senator Butler, of South Cari olina, is a member of the commission. It i is stated by a Chicago authority that 30,000 boys and girls are patrons of drinking saloons, and many of them are drunkards. Western crops are still reported to be unprecedentedly heavy. Minnie Warren, the wellknown dwarf, died at Fall River, Mass., on 1 the 20th ultimo. The New Orleans Picayune publishes a statement that fourteen cases t of yellow fever have occurred in that city, this season, seven of which were fatal. According to the reports of the Liberian Colonization Society, more than 20.000 colored 1 people have been sent from the Uuited States ' T.ihoriu Thfi Snniftiv has been in oDera . vv j l , tion about fifty years. In New Orleans, J the price of ice has been raised from ?25 to I $00 per ton. It is computed that in the various States in which Congressional elecj tions are pending, about seventy nominations have been made, many of which are new material. John Shepoo, a third party suspected to be concerned in the murder of Eu* > gene Sullivan, of Portsmouth, N. H., over i. eighteen years ago, was arrested last Saturday. A Fort Clark dispatch of the 27th j ultimo, says that on the night previous some Mexicans from Los Vacos, Mexico, fired shots 1; into San Felipe, Texas, in retaliation for hav ing been pursued the day before by Captain ? Kelly, U. S. Army, who took from tbenasome. ' stolen stock. Great excitement prevails. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. F. M. Galbraith, Deputy Collector?Internal Re1 enue Sale. W., H. <fe J. P. Herndon?Breakfast Bacon -GlaJ Fruit Jars?Flour. W. B. Wilson, Jr.?Notice of Af'pointment i Assignee in the Matter of Drakeford, Ma sey & Co., Bankrupts. S. E. White?Notice of Appointment as Assign) In the Matters of T. B. Withers, and Rai mond Gibson, Bankrupts. Jno. Thad. Johnson, Dean?Atlanta Medical Co lege. T. M. Dobson <fe Co.?A Great Victory. Dr. L. Alexander?Physician, Surgeon, <fec. Q. A. Gillmore, Lt. Col. of Engineers?Improv) ment of the Harbor at Charleston, S. C. W. H. McCorkle, Intendant?Town Ordinance. J. A. McLean, P. J., Y. C.?Notice to the heirs < Elizabeth Ray, deceased. ATLANTA MEDICALCOLLEGE. The advertisement of the above college &| pears in this issue. Those couteraplatiog ei tering the professiou should investigate ii claims. Its faculty have earned an enviabl reputation for skill and energy in teaching. TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfer of real estate ha been recorded in the office of the County At ditor since our last report: Moses Taylor and others to the Atlant and Charlotte Air-Line Railroad Compan] Right of way through York county. Consic eration for entire right of way from Charlott to Atlanta, 16,960 shares of stock, and $4 240,000 of first mortgage bonds. MORE* RAIN. This section was visted with good rains o Sunday and Monday nights. Though the r< cent rains came rather late for early cori they will prove highly beneficial to the grov ing crops. In some sections of this coui ty?particularly the portion bordering o Mecklenburg?the drouth haa prevailed t such an extent as to be compared by tb older persons to the famous dry summer c 1845. From what we can learn, the rain c Monday night was general throughout th county. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. The Democratic State Convention aaseir bles in Columbia to-day. Of the delegate chosen to represent York county, we learn th following will attend: Col. W. B. Wilson Mr. Peter Garrison ; Col. W. B. Metts, altei nate of Major James F. Hart; Mr. R. 1 Gillespie, alternate of Mr. J. Leander Adatoi We have not learned who of those chosen a "i n/4 n Lorn o too mill onmnnQfl th* pi iUUijjaio auu unvvo nin wiupvyou ?uv ?? mainder of the delegation ; but the count} we doubt not, will be fully represented. A will be remembered, by resolution of th County Convention, the delegates to the Stat Convention will represent the county in th Congressional Convention to meet on tbesam day. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. On last Monday evening, Mr. W. W. Fore acre, who is connected with the Air-Lin Railroad, started from Dallas to Gastonia ii a buggy, accompanied by Mr. Rufus Dobsoc Soon after starting, a storm came up, accom panied by thunder and lightning. A bol struck in close proximity to the buggy, com pletely stunning them and causing them t fall from the vehicle to the ground. The; remained in this condition several rainutestheir horse in the meantime having takei fright and run away?when Mr. Dobson be came conscious, and looked after the welfar of his companion, who was seriously hurl and is yet confined to his bed. Mr. Fore acre was in Yorkville on the day of the oc currence, and went from here to Dallas 01 the afternoon train. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Ben. Moore, who was badly hurt by i fall from his buggy on the 21st ultimo, ha very nearly recovered from the injuries h received. Mr. Robert E. Guthrie, of Gutbriesville is on a visit to Warm Springs, in Madisoi county, N. C. Mr. John F. Wilson is rusticating in tb mountain region of North Carolina, lookinj fnr a nnnl nlopp | ivi m vwt |/??awvt Mr. J. T. Dargan, of Dallas, Texas, will his family, is visiting his sister here, Mrs Clara D. McLean. Mr. Withers Adickes has hied himself awa; to the Cleveland Mineral Springs. Mr. W. H. Snider has gone to Hot Springs Arkansas. WATER CIS TERNS. The Town Council have begun the com mendable work of supplying the streets wit! cisterns to be used as reservoirs for water ii case of fire. Two fire engines, said to be o good pattern, and capable, with, proper ap pliances, of rendering efficient service, have for years, been useless property to the town (imply because they are not adapted to for cing water from deep wells, the only resourc l'or water at command of the firemen. I is proposed to obviate this defect in the fir department; and in doing so, we think tb Council will be commended by the citizen generally for their course in adopting th most improved method of constructing th cisterns. One, on Main street, near th< post-office, is now about completed. Its ca pacity is 9,000 gallons. It is virtually i huge jug sunk into the ground. It is buil with brick, laid in water-proof cement, and i intended to be water tight. The design i to supply it with water by pipes counectinj with the guttering of adjacent houses, an< from the quantity already emptied into it bj the partial rains that have fallen since thi introduction of the conduits, no fear need b< entertained of difficulty in securing an am pie supply of water. The cost of the cistern now nearly comple ted will be about $200. It is the intention o the Council to continue the construction o them as rapidly as the finances of the towi treasury will permit. LOCAL BRIEFS. A special meeting of the County Demo cratic Executive Committee will be held ii Yorkville, at 11 A. M., next Monday. The Town Council publish this week ar important notice relative to the running a large of dogs on the public streets, betweer the 3rd instant and the 15th of next October The ascendancy of the Dog Star, which oui worthy Mayor deems a Sirius matter, is th< cause of the trouble. Last Monday was hot and oppressive be yood any day of the summer. One day las week, a Philadelphia!! who was here, prog Dostioated that on account of the eclipse, thi temperature would be so cool as to rendei overcoats comfortable ; but had he remainec with us and witnessed the sweltering human ity in town, he would have hung his head ii shame at the utter failure of his prediction. The applicants for the cadetship at Wes Point from this Congressional district were t< have been examined at the office of the Stat< superintendent of education in Columbia yes terday. We learn that about thirty appli cants have been reported to the chairman o the examining board. Among thein is on< young gentleman from Yorkville. Owing to the obscuration of the sun b] clouds, the eclipse could not be witnessed hen last Monday afternoon. Mr. A. Springs Withers having resignet the office of secretary of the Yorkville Democratic Club, the office has been consolidated with that of treasurer, which is filled by Dr. 7~ J. C. Koykendal. W MORE RAILROAD LITIGATION. is On the petition of Dr. A. H. Davega, late 9~ President of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad )e Company, Judge Mackey has issued a rule to 7~ the Company, requiring them to show cause 1-. why a receiver should not be appointed to administer the affairs of the Company, and ^ has also granted a restraining order temporarily enjoining the Company from applying { the receipts of the road, except for operating expenses. In his complaint, the late President of the y. road alleges that in order to obtain possession j. of the road between Dallas and Yorkville, tg after being finished by the contractors, it was [e necessary to borrow a sum of money with which to pay the said contractors; that to meet this emergency, the Directors of the s Company, on the 8th of June, 1876, duly passed, at a meeting, the following resolution: "Resolved,, That the Treasurer of the Company be, and is hereby authorized to borrow the sum _ of six thousand dollars, in such sums as he can obtain, at a rate of interest not exceeding ten per 7. cent, per annum, payable on the first day of Jani uary next, and the note or notes of the Company be executed for the amount so loaned." * That the plaintiff, with Charles S. Brice, ?* James F. Hart and HenniDg F. Adickes loaned to the company $7,000 as provided in said resolution, and took the notes of the Comn pany for the said sum of money, in the payi* rneot of which, when the same fell due, the i, said Company made default, and the plain* r- tiff and James F. Hart and H. F. Adickes, i- (C. S. Brice having departed this life,) at the n June term last past of the Court of Common 0 Pleas for York county, obtained judgment e against the Company for $8,294.85 upon ?f which execution was duly issued. That on >f the said 8th of June, 1876, the said Board of e Directors, at its said meeting also passed the following resolution: "That to secure the payment of said note or notes, at maturity, the net receipts of the road i- from freights, passengers and mails, accruing jg and received on and after the 1st day of October next, are directed to be set apart in the hands of e the treasurer, and are hereby pledged for the . payment of said loan." Dr. Davega avers that the said judgment > of the plaintiffs is unsatisfied ; that the Com1 pany has a mortgage debt of $100,000 and a 8 floating debt of about 820,000, is wholly insolvent, <fcc., and prays that the net earnings f and receipts of the road be set apart for the 8 payment of said judgment, in conformity with e said resolution ; that a receiver be appointed e to take charge of the said road and all its property, to operate the road, and after paye ing the running expenses of the same, to apply the net earnings and receipts to the pay* ment of said judgment. The greater part of the amount involved was loaned by Bestty and McCorkle, executors of the Blair estate, who, having obtained judgment against the makers of the note, the makers in turn obtained judgment against the Company, and it is the payment of this latter judgment that Dr. Davega is demando iDg' Such, in brief, are the grounds upon which ^ the late President of the Company founds L?t* AAmnlainf Ho ia ono /\f aont lomon UIO tUUI piaiUbi JL&V BO VUW Ul IVUk ^UUVIWIUVU u who gave their joiut note for the amouot involved, and afterwards loaned it to the Ches8 ter and Lenoir Railroad Company, as set '* forth above. That he and his co creditors in this transaction should be paid, noue will deny. That they could and would be paid at a as early a date without the appointing of a receiver to supercede the President who superceded Dr. Davega in the control of the a road, is a fact equally patent It cannot be 8 denied that the road is now under more eco6 nomical management than it has been since the incorporation of the Company. No un > prejudiced person doubts the Bnancial ability 9 of the present chief head of the Company, and that if given time and let alone to conduct 6 its affairs, the present President and DirectZ ors feel that they can successfully meet the obligations of the Company. We further ^ have authority for saying it has been their intention, so far as practicable, to make the debt in question one of the p referred debts y of the Company. The cause will be argued before Judge '? Mackey, at Chester, one day next week. ?????a Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer. GRANGE MEETING AT FORT MILL. Fort Mill, S. C., July 26,1878. . ' I desire to give a history of the Pomona Grange, which met here on yesterday, the ' 25th instant, and in honor of it and the sur>, viving soldiers of Company "B," of the 8. C. i, Volunteers of the old 6th regiment, a grand >. dinner was served. The multitude consisted e of no less than one thousand people, from all , parts of the country, who, from the dawn of day to the late hours of night, kept our e little village iu perfect stir. People came io 6 perfect storms, from the westero portion of 8 York, to the eastern portion of Lancaster e county. e About 9 o'clock, a. m., the Grangers went g into secret session, and the crowd gathered in the beautiful grove around the Fort Mill Academy, where they enjoyed themselves, in 1 various ways, until the Grangers adjourned; 1 and then everything marched to the shakers' b stand, upon which stood Mr. S. D. Barron, of 8 York, iu readiness to address the audience, 7 which he did in a manner that gave much j credit to himself. Mr. Barron entertabed the audience for some time, in profound silence, with his interesting remarks. He made a 8 good sensible speech. After him, Col. Lips3 comb, of Newberry, Master of the State - Grange, was introduced and made a soul-stirring speech of about one hour long. Col. L. i . touched every point, and made the low-spiritf ed farmers of this community place upon f their grim faces a smile which was worn ail day. He gave much credit to young sunburnt 1 farmers, and flattered them very much to the young ladies who were present. He made them feel as if they were really something. But, on the other hand, be made the youth who wears kid gloves and his hair parted in 1 the middle, hang his head. He explained fully ever} point, and was often applauded. i At the close of his speech, the committee t of arrangements set to work, distributing the ] baskets, boxes, trunks, dfcc., which contained the eatables for the occasion. Dinner was announced, and the blessing invoked by Rev. r Douglas Harrisou, aud then all acted for 3 themselves. After dinner was over the Lancaster can didates assembled and discussed politics for t awhile. Lancaster was well represented in . this respect. I think at least a dozen caodij dates from that county were represented and electioneering as if they expected to get their f offices. If you remember, Lancaster county ' is under the primary system. Fort Mill has - always advocated the convention. But some i one from our neighboring town, through your columns, some time since, denounced it. wow t let our friend, "A Voter," cast his eye over } into Lancaster and see the trouble they are I having, and then look back into our own 31 county where everything is quiet and harrao'j nious, and ask himself which was right. -1 Fort Mill has been thoroughly canvassed by f the candidates of Lancaster county, and from 3 here they went to North Carolina. The truth of it is that they are so numerous that their f own county will not hold them. At two o'clock the Grange was called to3 gether and business of importance transacted. John R. London, of Rock Hill, was 1 appointed agent of York County Pomona Grange. Ad executive committee consisting of Wm. Whyte, Capt. Workman and T. G. Culp, were appointed, who meet in Rock Hill on next Tuesday, July 30th, to transact such business as may come before them. About three o'clock the young people bid adieu to the surroundings of the Dew Academy and retreated to the old Academy where they exhibited their skill of the fantastic toe until twilight let her azure curtain down, and pinned it with a silver star, when the crowd dispersed and went on their way home rejoicing. M. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. ! Yellow Fever Reports. Reports to the Surgeon General of the United States Marine Hospital service at Washington show thirty seven cases of yellow fever and seventeen deaths up to the 26tb ultimo, at New Orleans. There were no new cases at the Brooklyn navy yard from the 10th to noon on the 27th. Six new cases have occurred at Key West. During the week endiog July 13th there were ninetyfiAVAn deatha from vflllnw fever and twentv two from small pox at Havana. At Matanzas there was an increased ratio of deaths. In addition to the river quarantined the board of health quarantined ail through passeng> r and freight traffic from infected cities via railroad and stages. This cuts them off from Vicksburg and the line of the Texas-Pacific Road. The quarantine regulations will be rigidly enforced. In consequence of the existence of yellow fever in New Orleans, the board of health of Memphis have determined to establish a quarantine for boats from New Orleans at the foot of President's Island twelve miles below Memphis. A dispatch ^ from Portland, Maine, dated the 27th, says that the bark Norena, from Matanza for north of Hatteras, put into Fernandina with yellow fever on board. The second mate and one seaman were dead, and the mate and three men were sick. The Eclipse Observations. Gen. Meyer telegraphs from Pike's Peak: Observation of the eclipse successful. The corona was traced several diameters from the sun and seen five minutes after totality. A successful observation of the eclipse was taken at Denver. As the period of totality approached the sight was grand. During the obscuration the moon appeared like a huge black ball surrounded by a beautiful circle of light, and as the sun's light suddenly burst forth again the chickens crowed as though morning had dawned. A dispatch from Lake Charles, La., says the eclipse began there at 2:45, p. m., and ended at 4:45. The total eclipse occurred at 3:45, p. m., and lasted one minute. Clouds 11? -1 J -I - a . .? ? . occasionally uuscureu toe bud, nui id6 View at the commencement, for most of the duration and for the last half hour waa wholly unobscured. The observation of the eclipse at Fort Worth was successful. It was taken with twenty-six instrumeuts, notes being taken of the corona, cups, moon, limbs and all coi tacts but the last, which heavy clouds rendered a partial failure. At Charleston the eclipse was seen satisfactorily. The obscuration, which was only partial there, was of about three-quarters of the sun's surface and reached the maximum at 5:41 P. M. Chester and Lenoir Railroad. In regard to the progress with the grading of the above road, and the present prospect of its completion beyond Dallas, N. C., the Hickory Prcu of the 27th ultimo has the following: Under the management of the new President, Mr. Holmes Hardin, renewed confidence has been inspired in the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge railroad all along the line, which brightens the prospects of its early completion. Our friends in Caldwell county seem to be k moving emphatically in this railroad matter now. A meeting was held recently and a contracting company organized; G. W. F. Harper, Esq., elected Presideut and N. A. Miller, N. H. Gwyn, S. L. Patterson and R. L. Beall elected Directors. More stock was subscribed and ten per cent, of the amount by all the stockholders was ordered paid at an early day in order to get funds to begin aL ! me grading. On Wednesday morning Mr. Joseph Fry, the superintendent of the work, passed through Hickory with the convicts, carts and tools to begin the work in Caldwell?he having completed the grading to Newton. He now has a force of 60 bands, all of whom, he says, are very quiet and Attentive and that their work far surpasses that of hired labor. They will begin work 6 or 7 miles this side of Lenoir, the road having been previously graded that far. Capt Dwight, the chief engineer of the road, went up Monday to locate work for Mr. Fry. With the present force under the practical training of Mr. Fry, the work will now move on towarda Hieknrv ranidlv The grading was accomplished in a remarkably short time from Liocolotoo to Newton, and at the same ratio the time is not far distant when Caldwell county will complete her part of the work. An Incident in Naples. A correspondent of the Columbia Register, writing from Naples under date of the 10th ultimo, relates the following incident of recent occurrence at the Hotel Royal des Estrangers in that Italian city : Miss Mary Custis Lee, a daughter of General Robert E. Lee, arrived here a few days since ?n company with some lady friends from Malta, who registered at the above named hotel. It appears that during the night of the 8th of July, the mosquito bar around the bed ignited accidentally from a caudle, which Miss Loe had lighted. In a few moments the flames spread and caught the lace curtains, and the room was soon enveloped in flames, which Miss Lee heroically endeavored to suppress, but without success, and fearing that the hotel might be burned, she gave the alarm of fire, which soon was heard by eome gentlemen, who were occupying rooms on the same floor, when ex Judge Samuel W. Melton and Mr. W. A. Clark, of Columbia, S. C., were the first who came to the rescue of Miss Lee, and succeeded in saving her money and valuable jewelry from the flames. The morning following the fire, Miss Lee expressed her willingness to pay all damages, though the fire had occurred from accident. The proprietor taking advantage of the lady, demanded 2,000 francs ; which was a preposterous and enormous charge for the damage. A gentleman from Ohio, a Mr. Polaud, a guest of the hotel, who has been vice-president of an insurance company for a number of years, estimated the damage at $70. The friends of Miss Lee at once demurred to this enormous charge. The American consul, Mr. Duncan, at this place was exceedingly kind, and protested against the payment of any such sura. The proprietor now being foiled in his disgraceful effort to overcharge for damage oc currmg from accident, became insolent and spoke in a manner which reflected upon Miss Lee. The insult was quickly resented. Mr. Clark, of Columbia, S. C., struck him over the head with an umbrella. In a few moments the proprietor was surrounded by a number of Italians, who were clerks, waiters and attaches of the hotel, but they were met by Judge Melton, Col. John T. Sloan, Jr., Mr. D. A. P. Jordan, of South Carolina, and Dr. I. B. Roberts, of Georgia, who, by their J| courage and determination, caused them to M stampede and call for the police. A large H crowd soon assembled about the hotel. The ^ proprietor was denounced by Colonel Sloan for bis conduct towards Miss Lee; who challenged him to go into the garden and answer