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Straps and ^acts. ? New York's charity is indeed princely. So far, that city has contributed the enormous sum of ?363,000 to the relief of sufferers from yellow fever in Southern cities. ? The Father Ryan, whose death at Chattanooga, of yellow fever, was announced last week, is not Father A. J. Ryan, the poet priest, whose home is in Mobile, Alabama; but Father P. Ryan of the Nashville Diocese. ? Texas crops, whether of cotton, grain or hogs, have all turned out well, and, with exemption from yellow fever, planters and farmers, as well as merchants, are in buoyant spirits. ? A London firm advertised recently for a collector, work hard and wages low, and received over eighteen hundred replies, nearly all from men of apparently good education and many of them from gentlemen. ? Kausas and California stand side by side ingrain crops the present year. From the eighth place as a wheat state in 1876, Kansas jumps to the first place. Her crop of wheat _ 11 L OA AAA AAA I 1_ _ 1 _ J _ i? win oe over oo,uou,ouu ousneis, ana or corn 100,000,000 bushels. ? The Greenback movement is an uncertain but growing political power in Pennsylvania, and a correspondent of the New York Times, who has looked the field over, is convinced that it will cost the Republicans a number of their seventeen Congressional districts. ? Speaker Randall is reported as saying that he regards the political situation at the present time as exceedingly uncertain, not to say critical. He regards both the old parties as trembling in the balance, though he has no doubt the Democrats will win a majority of the States in the coming elections. ? The Levant Herald says that the word Pasha means "the feet of the Shah," and that the application of it to officials, is as old as the time of Cyrus. He called his judges his "tongues," his police agents his "ears," his tax-gatherers his "hands," his officers charged with the administration of internal affairs his "eyes," and his warrior chiefs his "feet." ? Among the heroes who have sacrificed their lives to save the sick and suffering in the South, should be classed Dr. Robert H. Tate, of Cincinnati. He was born a slave in North Carolina?served through the war as a servant in the Confederate army aDd studied medicine after the surrender. He volunteered to go to Memphis and died while doing his duty nobly in that death-beleagured city. ? A St. Louis dispatch of the 3rd instant . says that Lieutenants Benuer, of the Eighteenth Infantry, and Hall, of the Thirteenth Infantry, who have charge of the expedition for the relief of the fever sufferers along the Mississippi river, between Memphis aud Yicksburg, arrived in that city on the preceding night. Both are Northern men and never had the fever; but have been stationed in the South and do not fear the scourge. ? Some important elections take place this month and in November. On Tuesday last, Ohio, Iowa and Indiana, elected State officers and Congressmen, and in November, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and other States, hold elections. The contest and parties in all the States named are considerably mixed. Colorado voted on Tuesday of last week and elected an entire Republican ticket. ? The Washington Star of Saturday says: "Five convicts have escaped from the new state prison of Massachusetts. Their trunks are checked for South Carolina. Recent events have doubtless given them the belief that in the Palmetto state, they will beBafefrom the minions of Massachusetts law. There is no positive assurance, however, that the southern State would not heap coals of 6re on the head of her northern sister by delivering up the prisoners." ? The case of Rev. Dr. E. T. Baird, exsecretary of the Presbyterian board of publication, charged with appropriating funds of the church to private uses, and using the Dame and credit of the committee of publication in borrowing and raising money for private purposes, by giving notts signed by him as secretary, has beeu disposed of by the East Hanover Presbytery, at Richmond, Va., by his being reinstated in the communion of the church, but suspended from the ministry. ? Under date of the 2nd instant, the contractor for carrying the mails between Fort Worth, Texas, and luma, Arizona, reports to the Post Office Department that his coaches have been attacked and robbed twenty-seven times in the past six weeks by Mexican bandits. In one instance, where the coach contained 700 pounds of silver, the robbers overpowered the passengers and driver, seized the vehicle and horses, and drove away with the plunder. He has secured from the War Department an order for troops to accompany the mail coach, so as to prevent such lawlessness. ? The Civil Rights bill does not work any better in the public schools of New York, than in the hotels and bar-roms of that city. For years the colored children have been kept out of the white schools by the stereotyped statement that the classes were "full." A few days ago, however, artihce was met with artifice, and two colored girls gained admission to one of the best female schools in the city. White parents are withdrawing their children, and the trustees are in a great stew over the matter. In the meantime, the man and brother asks them in the language of the great Tweed, "What are you going to do about it ?" ? The Memphis Avalanche complains bitterly of the conduct of the blacks who persist in remaining in the city, daily crowding the rooms of the relief committee, and thus continuing a burden to the already almost crushed community, when opportunities for work are awaiting them in abundance in the country. It says : "All over the Southland the fields are whitening with cotton ready for the picker, and yet these able-bodied, healthy men and woman stand here in Memphis and draw free rations. That is not j all. Brave white men are standing here to- i day at the peril of their lives, to keep these j DeoDle from starvation. There does not seem i to be auy remedy. The blacks will not leave I the city and work in the fields as long as they ! can obtain free rations, and the whites have ! not the heart to drive them out." ? The Tallahassee Floridan says the Indi- j ans who were taken from Florida last spring to Hampton Institute, at Hampton Roads, I Va., are said to be doing well. All the young men in school are expected to work on the farm connected with the institution, and are paid for their labor. One of the Indians, true to his early training, refused, saying, "Braves no work ; squaws work." The Gen- i eral did not force the rule, but when Satur day came all but this "brave" were paid and went to the city to spend their money. He j was greatly displeased, but Gen. Armstrong replied. "No work, no money." He still persisted, "Braves no work ; squaws work." The General next deprived him of his drawing ma-; terials, of which he was very fond. After a few weeks he decided that it was best to work, j and has now become obedient. ? The September report of the condition of the growing crops shows a general average 1 condition of 90 in the cotton crop, against 86 ( last year. The State averages are as follows : j North Carolina, 86; South Carolina, 80;' Georgia, 81; Florida, 91; Alabama, 92; Mis-' sissippi, 89 ; Louisiana, 83; Texas, 101; Arkansas, 98; Tennessee, 91. As compared with 1877, there is an improvement of 4 per cent., i the whole improvement being in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. The other States report a lower condition. The corn crop is reported 92 against 91 in 1877. Wheat is reported 87 against 92. The wheat acreage is one-sixth larger than in 1877, and the crop will probably exceed last year's, reaching 400,000,000 bushels. The oat yield, it is estimated, will be as large as that of wheat. The twelve .largest tobacco States, representing about 95 per cent, of the total product, report the September condition of the crop as follows: Kentucky, 68 ; Virginia, 90; Missouri, 87 ; Tennessee, 94; Marylaud, 88; Pennsylvania, 90; North Carolina, 97 ; Ohio, 82, Indiana, 90; Connecticut, 115 ; Illinois, 79; Massachusetts, 109. The general average of these States is 81 against 80 in August. The Connecticut valley has had a prosperous seaBon, and reports a large crop of excellent quality. The Chesapeake region falls about 8 percent, below the average. fJwMIr inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 10, 1878. A SCARE AT WASHINGTON. The following Washington dispatch to the Associated press, would indicate that the administration is either frightened at the prospective overthrow of the Republican party, or, as we would fain hope, has been misinformed as to the conduct of the campaign in South Carolina. Of what may have been done in the way of iutimidation in Sumter nountv. as is alleged, we have no personal knowledge, nor have we seen any proof that Republican meetings in that county have been intimidated. But granting that they have been molested, we cannot believe that such conduct meets the approval of Governor Hampton, and so far from being a party to it, we incline to the belief that it would meet his unqualified condemnation. We know? and all familiar with Governor Hampton's past acts know?that he does not even passively countenance the intimidation of voters, Democratic or Republican, white or colored. The following is the dispatch : "The President and Attorney-General have received full details of the organized attempts to break up Republican meetings in Sumter county, South Carolina, and prevent any political action by members of that party. Two of Governor Hampton's aids have been prominent in it, one named Earle and the other Dargan. These attacks upon Republican meetings have been continued since July, and have been made by armed men?several times by State militia in full uniform, and with State arms in their hands. The President is convinced, from rei>orts received, that Governor Hampton is a party to it, so far, at least, as not to care to take any steps to stop it. The President has requested the Attorney-General to examine the question and see what steps, il' any, can be taken by the United States officers to punish these offenders. After consideration it has been decided that section 5520 of the Revised Statutes will enable the United States Marshal to make arrests in case of any further disturbances, provided the Republicans, in calling their meetings, will give public notice that they are for the purpose of giving support and advocacy of some particular l>erson who may be named for Congress. The Attorney-General, by direction of the President, has addressed a letter to DistrictAttorney Northrop, in South Carolina, instructing him, in connection with the United States Marshal, to see that any and all persons who attempt to disturb meetings held for the purpose of supporting Congressional candidates, are arrested and taken before the United States Commissioner and bound over for trial under section 5520, and to employ a sufnocon fn flip QriVfif. Utl^Ill |A/OOC IV V11VVV titv itt&vwvt It is the intention of the Administration to test its i?ower to ]>rotect its citizens under this section at the first opportunity which presents itself in Sumter county, where all the outrages have been conducted under the special direction and with the most active assistance of two of Hampton's aids. PROGRESS oT THE FEVER. Weekly reports, ending on the 5th instant, to the Surgeon General of the Uuited States Marine Hospital Serviee, show the following number of cases and deaths for the week, at the places named, as well as the total number since the inception of the disease : New Orleans?1,754 cases fever and 360 deaths. Total, 10,218 cases and 3,060 deaths. Southwest Pass?5 deaths. Morgan City?155 cases aud 18 deaths. Total, 300 cases and 40 deaths. Baton Rouge, Friday morning at nine o'clock?524 cases and 32 deaths. Total 1,417 cases and 78 deaths. ' Plague Mine?242 cases and 10 deaths for week ending September 21. Total to that date, 547 cases and 63 deaths. Pass Christian?26 cases and 3 deaths. Total, 59 cases and 6 deaths. Mississippi City?12 cases and 2 deaths. Total, 20 cases aud 3 deaths. Canton, Mississippi?Total number of cases to the 4th, 720, and deaths 113. Dr. Semmes reports the fever milder. Material nearly exhausted. Ocean Springs?18 cases, 4 deaths. Total, 78 cases and 22 deaths. Pascagoula?1 death. Mobile?13 cases, 6 deaths. Total, 30 cases and 17 deaths, Vicksburg?70 deaths. Total, 349. Brownsville?77 cases and 20 deaths. Total, 274 cases and 86 deaths. Chattanooga?43 cases and 18 deaths. Total, 84 cases and 44 deaths. Nashville?6 deaths?all refugees. St. Louis?2 deaths at quarantine ; none in the city. Total deaths, quarantined aud city, 41. Memphis?199 deaths during the week ended 3rd instant: Tntal Heaths to that date. 276277 " Grand Junction?First case (refugee) occurred August 12. Total cases, 120; deaths 52. Louisville?During the week, 7 cases and 5 deaths. Of these, 5 cases and 3 deaths were among inhabitants residing near the Louisville and Nashville depot. No alarm exists, as it is believed there that the fever will not spread beyond its present narrow limits. The small number of cases seem to warrant this belief. Total cases to date 102, mostly refugees, as previously reported ; total deaths, 41. Cairo?Three cases and one death since October 2nd. Cincinnati?From September 28 to October 2, two cases (one a refugee) and one death. Grenada?Eighteen cases of yellow fever are under treatment; the number of deaths is not deBnitely ascertained. Water Valley?For the week ended September 28, 18 cases and 10 deaths. Total number of cases to that date, 39 ; deaths 17. Key West?No cases of fever or deaths from September 21 to October 4. At New Orleans on Saturday there were 52 deaths and 85 new cases. The latest intelligence indicates that the scourge is spreading. A dispatch of Monday night from Port Gibson, Miss., says the fe-1 ver has appeared on several plantations in the vicinity of that place. The total deaths in the country around Port Gibson are 51. For the twenty four hours ending at noon on Monday, there were 49 deaths and 182 new cases in New Orleans. The following reports of deaths and new cases are for the twenty-four hours ending Monday evening, unless otherwise stated : Donaldsville, 3 deaths; new cases, 23. Bay St. Louis, 9 new cases; 4 deaths. Morgan City, 20 new cases; to day, over 140 down. Jackson, Miss., 50 cases to date ; 9 deaths? all white. Osyka, 8 new cases; 1 death. Biloxi, 23 new cases ; 2 deaths. Thibadeaux, 30 new cases; 1 death. Port Barrow, 1. Boule Sacramento, 1. A Memphis dispatch of Monday night says the demand for nurses at the Howard Association on Monday was in excess of the supply. The prevailing warm weather has tended to favor the spreading of , the disease and reports from the interior gi^e ; ; gloomy accounts of the condition of affairs. ; 1 Appeals for physicians from adjacent towns ! which have been responded to, left a scarcity ; , of medical men in Memphis, and the demaud j j for their services is increasing daily. Twenty; six deaths during the past twenty-hours end- j ; ing 6 o'clock Monday night. There were al-: | so twenty-two additional death? outside the city limits for the same period. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Judge Wallace is holding court at Kingstree, and Judge Pressley at Edgefield. ? Over three hundred negroes voted at the recent primary election in Pickens county.! ? Charleston claims to have done a busi-1 ness of ?44,000,000 last year. ? The Radicals of Richland are talking, about getting up a meeting, on which occasion all hands are to wear blue shirts. ? According to the recent decision of Judge Bond, the mortgage debt of the South Caro- j Una Railroad is ?6,000,000 and its floating; indebtedness nearly ?1,200,000. ? Mr. John H. Fisher, the recently ap- j pointed receiver of the South Carolina Ruil- | road, assumed control on Weduesday of last j week. ? Down in Colleton, the Democratic candidates are assessed $25 each for campaign purposes, and if they fail to "come down with the stamps," they are expected to step down and out. ? Eighteen car loads of cotton from Charlotte, N. C., arrived in Charleston on Friday last. It was sent by way of the C. C. & A. Railroad to Augusta, and thence by the Port | Royal Railroad and the Charleston and Savannah. ? Ex-Solicitor C. W. Buttz has returned to Charleston, and wants to represent that district in Congress. From all the present indications it appears that there will be a triangular Republican fight between Taft, Mackey and Buttz. ? A Greenville dispatch of the 3rd instant says: "A. J. Hinkle, one of Redmond's raiders, who was convicted at the last term of the United States court, and was serving out his term in the jail here, died to-day of typhoid fever." ? Mr. Jeremiah Wise died at his home in Union on the 23d ultimo, at the advanced age of eighty years. He was the village grave digger, having dug nearly all the graves of those who have died in the town for the past twenty-five years. ? Work on the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad is progressing rapidly. Twenty-one and a half miles have been finished, and only seventeen miles are to be graded betweeen Greenwood and the Savannah river. The work is also being pushed on the Georgia side. ? There is a parrot on Wentworth street, in Charleston, whose enthusiasm for Harap- j nnd Hfrniurht-nnt Dttmnrrafiv is made known by incessant cheering, aud passers-by never fail to hear him proclaiming, "Polly is a straight-out Democrat!" "Hurrah for Hampton !" ? Chills and fever prevail to such an extent on all the plantations bordering on the Catawba River and the large water courses in Laucaster county, that it is with great diffi culty that farmers can procure labor to pick their cotton. In some instances all work has beeu suspended on account of sickness. ? Last week, at a Radical meeting in Hampton county, at which the democracy claimed a "division of time," a Democratic colored constable and some colored Radicals got into a dispute and a fight ensued, in which one of the Rads got his throat cut and a severe wound across the back. The Democrat made his escape. ? A letter from New York to a citizen of Beaufort in this State, says : "Who do you suppose came to beg for money yesterday to buy food, and this was the second time he had come? Poor devil! I felt sorry for him in bis abject misery, aud gave him enough to carry him through the day. The fellow was your ex-Governor Moses. He pretends that he wants to return toSonth Carolina, but has not the means to return." ? Recently, in Lancaster county, Mr. David W. Montgomery, an industrious farmer, living about four miles from the village of Lancaster, committed suicide by taking strychnine. He told a servant what he had done, but before a physician could reach him he died. When asked what caused him to take the poison, he merely remarked, "Uod's not pleased with me." It is thought that his mind had been impaired by recent excessive drinking. ? Governor Hampton returned to Columbia last Saturday, where a large aud enthusiastic demonstration awaited him?the Red Shirt Democracy of Richland having assembled in Columbia on that day. The meeting was addressed by Governor Hampton, Gen. Kennedy, Senator Butler, Attorney-General You mans and ex-Judge Cooke. With the exception of the Hampton day in Charleston, it was the largest gathering of people that has yet greeted the Governor since the opening of the canvass. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? John Blackman, of South Carolina, aged about twenty-one years, died in Raleigh on the 1st instant. ? Governor Vance is announced to deliver an address in Philadelphia on the 24th instant. ? Sergeant Dennis O'Donaghue has arrived in Charlotte for the purpose of opening and taking charge of the United States Signal j Station established at that place. ; ? Twenty-three convicts were recently sent ' from the penitentiary to Lenoir, where they will be set at work on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. ; ?J. A. McCallum, who left Wilmington on i the 10th of September as a volunteer nurse, died of yellow fever, iu Memphis, on Thursday last. 1 ? A pine tree that grew in Bertie county, was recently sold to the Dutch government for $600. It squared 36 inches at the base j and 30 inches at the height of 80 feet. ? Dr. Anderson S. Elam, one of the very oldest citizens of Cleveland couuty, died on the 25th ultimo, at the advanced age of 90 years. ? The Goldsboro Messenger announces the, failure of two large mercantile firms of that j place?John H. Powell & Son aud Gregory | & Galloway. Dealing in cotton futures is as-' signed as the main cause of the failures. Tko f1V*a vlriffn flhoamw at ofpa nn t.hfi All JL 1IV> VilUHUl/tW V/VUWl vwr V. w v,.w ? ? , thority of a farmer, that not less thau a thou- j saud hogs have died of cholera, within the; last few weeks, in the Hopewell section of i Mecklenburg county. ? The Republicans of the Raleigh district have nominated ex-Judge Reade for Congress. Besides the regular Democratic nominee, Josiah Turner is an independant candidate in the same district. ? It seems impossible for Bald Mountain to ' keep still. A correspondent says that on the 19th ultimo, about 5.15 P. M., a shock like | that of an earthquake, was felt at Flat Rock,j i which shook houses, and made a report like I the discharge of artillery. It is supposed to have been caused by some change in the position of the irrepressible Bald Mountain. ? Mrs. Vance, mother of Governor Vance, died at the residence of her son, Gen. Vance, on the Swananoa river, in Buncombe county, on the 4th instant. Mrs. Vance was a very aged lady, and had for several months past been declining rapidly. ? The Memphis Appeal says : Among the j many volunteers who have come to our assis- j tance, none have rendered more valuable services than Mr. R P. Waring, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C. He fills a responsible position in the nurse department of the Howards. ? Revenue Agent Chapman telegraphs from Statesville to the internal revenue department, that on the 30th ultimo, Captain A. C. Bryan had just returned from a raid on South Mountain. He captured aud secured twenty-seven packages of about one thousand gallons of whisky and brandy, two stills and three caps, three stillworms and ten bushels of meal, and destroyed four thousand gallons of mash and beer and one hundred gallons of low wines. He was fired upon and Special cud Deputy Long's horse was killed. MERE-MENTION. The subscriptions in Paris for the sufferers by yellow fever, amouut to over 812,000, of which the French President contributed 81,000. Senator Thurraan was to ken suddenly ill, while addressing a large meeting at Bel-Air, Ohio, on Monday night of last week. His condition since has but slightly improved. The State Republican Convention of Texas met at Dallas on the 1st instant. The platform adopted endorses the Republican National platform of 1876, and the administration of President Grant. South Carolina received $3,600 of the Peabody educational fund during the past year. The Boston Journal says that Kimpton has concluded to return voluntarily to South Carolina, he having been promised good treatment. At Cleveland, Ohio, on the 3rd instant, F. G. Minor, convicted of grave robbery, was fined $100 and costs of the prosecution, and sentenced to four months in the work house, by Judge UpdegrafF, of the Po lice Court. For the month of September, 1878, the failures and liabilties in New York were fifty per cent, less than for September, 1877. In New York, on the 3rd instant, U. S. Grant, Jr., called on Mayor Flv and said hp had received instructions ? VI ? from his father to hand the Mayor a check for $500 for the fever sufferers, which direc tion he then fulfilled. Sixty-five recruits have recently been forwarded to Bismarck, Dakota, for assignment to the Seventh Cavalry. Previous to the appearance of the yellow fever in Memphis, it had a population of 40,000. The population is now reduced to 2,500 whites and 6,000 negroes. The shock of an earthquake was felt at Newburg, N. Y., on Friday last. A rumbling noise preceded and succeeded the shock, which was heavy enough to rattle windows and awaken people from their sleep. 'Honest" John Patterson was at Salt Lake City on the 24th ultimo. The Bank of Glasgow, (Scotland) failed last week with a deficit of three million pounds sterling. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Army Bill. An order has been issued by the War Department, explainjug the posse comitatus i clause of the army bill passed by the last Congress. The order quotes the clause of the constitution and the same acts of Congress understood as intended to be exempted from the operation of the posse comitatus clause and adds: "Officers of the army will not permit the use of troops under their command to aid the civil authorities as a posse comitatus or in execution of the laws as authorized in the foregoing enactments. If time will admit, the application for the use of troops for these purposes must be forwarded, with a statement of all the material facts in the case, for the consideration and action of the President; but, in case of sudden and unexpected invasion, insurrection, or riot, endangering the public property of the United States, or in case of attempted or threatened robery or interruption of the United States mails, or other equal emergency, officers or the array may, 11 iney think a necessity exists, take such action before the receipt of instructions from the seat of government as the circumstances of the case and the law under which they are acting may justify. In every such case they will promptly report their action and the circumstances requiring it to the adjutant general, for the information of the President." The Charleston Republicans. An enthusiastic Hampton meeting was held at Bonneau's Station?a Republican stronghold in Charleston county?on the 3rd instant. It is stated that there were at least 3,000 colored men, all wearing the typical red shirt, and wild with excitement over Hampton. The vast multitude was addressed by a number of distinguished Democratic speakers, all of whom were well received. Governor Hampton's speech was received with every evidence of delight and approval on the part of the colored people, to whom it wss chiefly addressed. He told them frankly that if it had ever occurred to them that the colored race would ever again control this government, they would find themselves mistaken. The only way they could get a show in the control and management of the State government was to put on a red shirt, and join the Democratic party. ["We will!" from a thousand throats.] The Governor, ! after giving good advice to the colored voters, proceeded to show up the rascalities of the people who had heretofore been their leaders. Those tell-tale checks on Hardy Solomon's hank were read, showing how much each sen-1 ator and representative received for his vote, ! among them one in favor of J. C. Tingman, a great Bowen worshipper in that section of i the county. Tingrnan's pride was $25. This : was received with yells and laughter. When , the Governor referred to the fact that the greatest danger of disfranchisement the colored people had to fear, lay in the Northern Republican party, an aged colored man in the crowd shouted, "We'll call on you to pro- J tect us if they try it." The Governor an- i swered promptly, "And I will, as I have al- j ways endeavored to protect the rights of the colored men." Hampton's Day in Charleston. Wednesday, the 2nd instant, was Hampton's day in Charleston, on which occasion nearly all busiuess was suspended, and the city througed with visitors. The Governor arrived on the Sumraerville train at 8:40, a. m. He was met at the depot by a committee consisting of Major Buist, Mayor W. W. Sale, T. Barker Jones, Cupt. F. W. Dawson, Messrs. John Gonzalez, Sam'l. Sanders, G. N. Tharin, C. C. White and J. Ancrura Simons, j Upon the arrival of the Governor, he was escorted to the Charleston Hotel, where the speakers had breakfast. As soon as the procession was formed the speakers proceeded in carriages to the Citadel Green in the follow- i ing order: 1. Carriage containing Governor Hampton,1 Rev. J. A. Charabliss, Hon. G. L. Buist and Iiieuteuant-Goveruor Simpson. 2. Carriage containing General Butler, Mayor Sale, Gen. Hagood and Mr. T. Barker Jones. 3. Carriage containing Gen. Moise, Hon. M. P. O'Conner, Capt. C. C. White, and Mr. John Gonzalez. 4. Carriage containing Mr. Jas. G. Gibbes, Mr. Samuel Sanders, Mr. G. N. Tharin and Mr. Hugh Ferguson. Upon the arrival of the procession at the Battery, the speakers addressed the meeting in the following order: 1. Governor Hampton ; 2. Lieutenant-Governor Simpson; 3. Senator Butler ; 4. Hon. M. P. O'Connor ; 5. Gen. Hagood ; 6. Gen. E. W. Moise. The speeches were all excellent, and went off in fine style before an enthusiastic multitude. At night a grand demonstration in rront ol the Uharieston Hotel was carried out to the very letter. The speakers were Col. James G. Gibbes, Senator Butler, Governor Hampton, Hon. M. P. O'Connor, Gen. Moise, Lieutenant-Governor Simpson and Gen. Hagood. Death of Judge Shaw. Judge A. J. Shaw died at his home in Sumter, on Wednesday of last week, after an illness of two months. In regard to him, the Newt and Courier says : The death of Judge A. J. Shaw is a severe shock to the public, and a grievous loss to the State. None had a better war record than he ; but he was as liberal as brave, and accepted the office of Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in 1868, upon the urgent representation that the public good demanded of him the sacrifice of private interest and personal inclination. A split among the Republicans led to his election as Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, and at the general judicial election, in 1875, the notorious F. J. Moses, Jr., was elected to succeed him. It was held that no lawful election of his successor could be had at that time, and Judge Shaw, at the instance of the Bar of the Circuit, declined to surrender his office. This was in August, 1876. When the Democracy came into power the question of the validity of the electiou uf Judges held in December, 1876, was still unsettled, and a case was made against Judge Shaw, the point then in issue being whether the election must be vive voce, or by ballot. Judge Shaw was singled out, inasmuch as he was a Democrat, and the State Government could not, therefore, be suspected of discriminating against him. The decision of the Supreme Court ousted him, but he was at once re elected, \vithout opposition, by the Legislature, and held the office of Judge at the time of his death. A sound lawyer, painstaking and industrious, he was an ornament to the Bench. A conscientious Democrat, pure in his character and exalted in his views, setting to bis fellow citizens an example of unostentatious patriotism, he was a valuable and valued son of South Carolina. Dying in the prime of life and in the beginning of his usefulness, he will long be remembered as one who wore the ermine worthily, and helped, in no small degree, to give force and character to the Judiciary of the State, being indeed, for years, an oasis of experience and virtue in the midst of a desert of venality and ignorance. Governor Rice to Governor Hampton. Governor Rice, of Massachusetts, has sent the following reply, under date of the 23rd ultimo, to the letter of Governor Hampton, which we published last week : His Excellency Wade Hampton, Governor, Columbia, S. C. Sir?I received on Saturday last an extraordinary official communication, addressed to me over your signature, the contents of which I had read in the newspapers three days before. I beg to remind your Excellency that any attempted rebuke of Massachusetts by South Carolina, for the non-observance of constitutional or statutory obligations, is the refinement of sarcasm, which renders any other defence of the former State unnecessary. The treatment of the case of Hiram H. Kimpton, by the authorities of this Commonwealth, was uninfluenced by any personal or political considerations. Massachusetts had no quarrel with South Carolina, and no friendship for Kimpton, but was bound to extend to each their respective rights under the laws. Every courtesy, official and persoual, was extended to the representatives of South Carolina. Unusual care was bestowed upon the investigation and consideration of the case, and the decision was reached upon grounds of perfect impartiality, in accordance with the law and facts and with convictions of public duty. In communicating the decision to your Excellency, my statement that the object of the requisition did not appear to be for the purpose of trying Kimpton for the crime charged against him, but for a different purpose, was the simple recital of a fact contaiued in the report of the Attorney General, a copy of which was furnished with my letter to you, and in his opinion and mine, clearly established by evidence, your Excellency's letter requires no argument in reply. It is sufficient to say that it contains statements to mislead the public where the facts are unknown. Its language and uutiraely publication are offensive and unjustifiable. I decline to accept it, or permit it to be placed upon the files of the Executive Department of this Commonwealth. It is herewith returned. Your obedient servant, Alex. H. Rice, Governor. The Hostile Indians. A dispatch of the 4th instant, from O'Gallala, Nebraska, says that a courier who arrived there on that evening, from Captain Mauck's command, reports that the Indians were last seen on Republican river. They had killed every white man they came across on the route, stolen horses and committed other depredations. There are about one hundred well armed, well mounted warriors. 150 squaws and children are in the party. A dispatch of the same date from Denver, says the Indians east of that place and north of the Kansas Pacific are committing horrible depredations. At Buffalo station, seventeen men were killed. It is probable that the entire State militia will be called out. Information from Wallace, Kansas, referring to the Indiaus who left the reservation near Fort Reno, says: "Indians crossed the Kansas Pacific on Sunday, going north. When about twenty-five miles north of Buffalo station, they commenced killing settlers, and thus far seventeen bodies have been found along Sappa Creek. Indians do not go at all out of their way to kill white people, but if they meet a white man on horseback, kill him and take the horse. They are now 80 or 100 miles north of the Kansas Pacific with troops pressing them hardly. They have killed no women or children." A dispatch of the 4th, from Sidney, Nebraska, says: "Major Thornburg's command, about two hundred men, left on a special j train to day for Agallala to endeavor to stop ! the hostile Cheyennes. They will be joined ; at Julesburg by Lieut. Davis and command j from the South. Cheyenne prisoners, nura-1 beriug about 250 persons, including seventy warriors en route for the Indian Territory, I who were held at that place until the rene- j gades had passsd, were disarmed this morning and are now in camp at Sidney Barracks, guarded by Capt. Fitzgerald's company. The Indians first refused to surrender and trouble was anticipated, but when the troops sur-1 rounded them they gave up their rifles and j ponies,submitting to overwhelming numbers." j AST A novel substitute for the bankrupt law has been discovered in the village of Cochran ; iu Georgia. A firm made an assignment for i the benefit of its creditors, and then both partners ranaway. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. F. Wallace, C. C. Pla.?Clerk's Sales. Joseph A. McLean?Judge of Probate's Sales. R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sales. G. L. Riddle, Chairman?Annual Meeting. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationJos. F. Wallace, Applicant?James Brian, deceased. T. S. Jeffery8?Hoi The Farmer. Dr. J. B. Patrick?Surgeon Dentist. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. W. Allison, Applicant?Elizabeth Ray. deceased. H. F. Adickes ?fc Sons?Lowest Priced Stock. T. M. Dobson ?fc Co.?Our Col. McCorkle has Arrived. Kennedy Bros. <fe Barron?From New York. S. Wittkowsky?Charlotte Success. A. B. Crosby, Chairman?Public Speaking. SALES-DAY. On Monday last?sales-day for October? the Sheriff sold the following property: Lands of J. M. Moore, 800 acres, bought by J. P. Moore for 8800. Lands of Alex. Huff, 146 acres, bought by R. S. Moort for $125. RETURNED FROM BRAZIL. Mr. J. R. Baird and his wife, who went from this county to Brazil a few years ago, have returned, with the intention, we learn, of making York their future home. Their sons, whom they left in Brazil, will also return in about a year. ? ELECTED ENGINEER. Mr. R. J. Latta, of this place, has been elected chief eugineer for the survey of the proposed railroad from Ninety-Six, on the G. and C. Railroad, to Johnston's, on the C. C. & A. Railroad. Mr. Latta has accepted the position and will enter upon the work at aD early day. DEATH OF DR*. W. R. LOtVRY. Among the deaths from yellow fever, reported in Memphis on Sunday last, we regret to observe the name of Dr. W. Richard Lowry. Dr. Lowry was a cousin of Capt. J. T. Lowry, of this place, and was formerly a citizen of this county. He bad been a resident of Memphis for several years previous to his death. 0- - ? ? RAN OVER BY A DUMP CAR. On Thursday last, a dump-car, containing Section-master Merritt and one or two of his hands, while coming down a grade at rapid speed, about four miles from towo, ran over Mrs. Bestsy Whitaker, an aged woman, who lives near where the accident occurred. The woman was perceived by Mr. Meritt while some distance from her, and though he reasonably supposed she would step off the track in time to avoid a catastrophe, he made every effort in his power to stop the car, motioning to her at the same time to get out of the way ; but as she did not heed the signal, and the car could not be stopped.it struck ber, breaking one of her legs, and bruising ber considerably. As soon after the accident as the car could bestopped, Mr. Merritt returned to the injured woman, and rendered her such assistance as he could, sending i section hand on to Clover for Dr. Campbell, whom the old lady preferred should attend ber; but this physician being absent from home, Dr. Jackson, of Yorkville, was summoned, who rendered necessary surgical and medical atteution. No blame can attach to Mr. Merritt, as be is a prudent, careful man. The old woman herself says that she intended to step off the track before the car came up to her; but unfortunately she made a miscalculation as to time and distance. LOCAL BRIEFS. On and after to-day, trains of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad will arrive at this place an hour earlier than at present. The county canvass opens at Clover on Saturday next. All the candidates are expected to be present and address the people. There is a marked change in the tempera* ture of the weather. The mornings are cool enough to render fire comfortable. Mast is unusually abundant this fall. While it is good for the pigs, a severe winter is predicted. About 1250 bales of cotton have been sold in this market since the season opened, which number is in excess of the sales for the corresponding period last year. The Principal and Cadets of King's Mountain Military School, made their regular annual visit to the battle-ground of King's Mountain on Tuesday last. Mr. J. W. Leech, of Broad River township, informs us that Ann Laney, a negro woman employed on his plantation, picked one day last week, 303 pounds of cotton?being 178 pounds above the average of a good day's work. Attention is called to the change in the appointment for public speaking from Pride's or McElwee's Mill, to Smith's Turnout?the suggestion having been made in the County Convention, on Tuesday, that the latter place is the most accessible to a larger number of people. DEATH OF JAMES BRIAN, ESQ. The venerable James Brian, Esq., died at his residence, three miles north-east of Yorkville, on Friday morning last, in the 85th year of bis age; having been born on the 1st of June, 1794, in that section of York county known as the "Point," formed by the confluence of Crowder's creek with Catawba river. Mr. Brian was a soldier in the war of 1812, and besides the service thus rendered in defence of the rights and honor of his country, he also served his people in the civil walks of life, having filled the office of sheriff for two terras. He was first elected to that position in 1836, serving four years, and was reelected in 1844?the statute at that time prohibiting the sheriff of a district from serving two consecutive terms. During his entire tenure of office he discharged his public duties in a manner highly creditable to himself and eminently satisfactory to the people. A man of decided independence of character?never "bending the supple knee that thrift might follow fawning"?but having fixed principles for his guidance in public as well as private life ; of generous impulse; liberal minded and public spirited ; of undoubted integrity and stability of character, be commanded popular esteem and possessed the confidence of all with whom he came in contact. And though since 1848 he lived a retired life?that of a farmer?yet such was his hold upon the affections of the people, that he could have filled any public position in the county, previous to the war at least, to which he might have aspired. Mr. Brian married a Miss Susan Collins, of Lincoln county, N. C., whom he survived some six or seven years, and by whom he reared a family of seven children, only two of whom, however, are living?a son who resides in one of the Western States, and Mrs. Bell, wife of T. J. Bell, Esq., of this county. During the past summer Mr. Brian made a profession of religion and connected himself with the Presbvterian Church at Beth-Shiloh. " RADICAL PERSECUTION. We learu that on Saturday last, at a colored school celebration near Clay Hill, a number of colored persons who have affiliated with the Democratic party were present. These colored citizens were set upon by persons of their own color and badly abused for thus presuming to exercise the rights of freemen. The ringleaders of the disturbance were Prince Bigger, William Choate, Jim Watson and Joe Watson, for whom warrants were issued on Monday, and after a bearing before Trial Justice D. M. Wallace, in default of bail, they were committed to jail on the charge of rioting and assault and battery with intent to kill. In consequence of this disturbance and the proscriptive tendency of the colored people towards those of their own race who espouse the Democratic cause, the citizens of Clay Hill held a public meeting at Neely's Store, nn Monday, to exnresa their condemnation of such conduct. The following are the proceedings of the meeting as furnished us for publication : At a meeting of the citizens of Clay Hill, held at Neely's Store, on Monday, the 7th of September, 1878, D. T. Partlow, Esq., was called to the chair, and Perry Ferguson appointed secretary. By request of the chairman, Mr. B. C. Pressley explained the object of the meeting, when the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas, we the citizens of Clay Hill and vicinity, have met to consult for the safety and protection of our colored friends, who have l>een pursued and hunted down, on account of their political faith, by their own color of the Radical party; therefore, Resolved, That we feel it to be our duty to use all legitimate and constitutional means to protect the lives of the colored members of the Democratic party in our midst. Resolved, That we want peace, unity and good will to prevail among all classes, and will work for the attainment of this desired end. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be furnished the Yorkville Enquirer, with a request for publication. D. T. PARTLOW, Chairman. Perry Ferguson, Secretary. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. The County Democratic Convention, called for the purpose of making a nomination to supply the vacancy occasioned by the declina tion of Coi. A. Coward, assembled in the Court House on Tuesday last, and was called to order promptly at 11 o'clock, A. M., by Hon. I. D. Witberspoon, County Chairman. The Chairman briefly explained the object of the convention, and expressed the hope that the delegates would so guide their action as to give general satisfaction in making the nomination for which they had assembled. Dr. W. J. White Dominated for secretary of the Convention, W. H. Stewart, who was unanimously elected. On motion of J. C. Patrick, the chair appointed a committee of three?consisting of Dr. White, W. B. Metts and E. A. Crawford?to verify proxies of delegates, and report upon the same. In due time the committee reported fortyone delegates?one delegate from Hickory Grove failing to attend?as follows: Fort Mill?'W. H. Stewart, J. R. Harris, T. B. Withers, J. W. Marshall. Clay Hill.?D. A. A. Watson, Dr. T. W. Campbell. Hock Hill.?.Joseph Miller, A. F. Fewell, Allen Jones, J. A.- Westbrook, J. A. Giles, J. N. Steele. Coates' Tavern.?Dr. W. J. White, D. T. Lessley. Price's Old Mill.?Daniel Williams, Jas. A. Ervin. TWr("!nr>nfill*i'ill/> T)r T? T. T nva flanf T7! A. Crawford, A. L. Nunnery. Blairsville.?Samuel Blair, G. L. McNeel, J. L. Rainey, A. B. Crosby. Hickory Grove.?Joseph "VV. Leech, W. S. Wilkerson. Bethany.?A. P. Campbell, "VVm. McGill, L. L. Smith, James B. Wood. Bethel.?S. D. Stowe, L. K. Armstrong, J. C. Patrick. Black1$ Station.?C. B. Byers, W. D. Camp, W. J. McGill, R. A. Blanton. Yorkville.?J. W. Neel, J. C. Gwinn, W. B. Metts, J. F. Oates, W. T. Barron. The report of the committee on credentials was adopted, when Daniel Williams moved that the Convention suspend for a brief period, in order to give delegates an opportunity to confer with each other before proceeding with the regular business in order. The motion prevailed, and the chair announced a suspension of business for half an hour. At the expiration of half an hour, the chairman called the Convention to order, when On motion of J. C. Patrick, the rules adopted for the government of the Convention of the 23rd of September, were adopted for the government of this. The chair then announced that nominations were in order. W. J. McGill nominated G. L. McNeel. Dr. A. P. Campbell nominated Maj. James F. Hart L. L. Smith seconded the nomination, supporting it with remarks eulogistic of Major Hart, calling to mind the invaluable service to the party heretofore rendered by Major H., and warmly endorsing him as a gentleman well qualified to represent the people of York county in the General Assembly. No other nominations being made, the chair appointed L. L. Smith and Capt. Allen J Jones tellers, and the balloting proceeded with the following result: McNeel 28 Hart 13 The result being announced, the chair declared that Mr. McNeel having received the requisite two-thirds vote, was duly nominated to fill the vacancy on the legislative ticket caused by the declination of Col. Coward. It was then moved by Mr. "Smith, that the nomination of Mr. McNeel be made unanimous, which was accordingly done?every member except the nominee, who was a delegate from Biairsville?voting in the affirmative. On motion of Daniel Williams, the County Executive Committee were instructed to change the appointment of public speaking from McElwee's Mill, on Fishing creek, to Smith's Turnout, on the C. C. and A. Rail road. Dr. W. J. White offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the nominees of the Democratic party for the Legislature, be requested to attend all of the appointments made by the Executive Committee, and express their opinions upon the questions at issue before the country. Also, that the Chairman of the Executive Committee request speakers to attend with the candidates. After the adoption of the resolution, it was also moved to extend an invitation to the County Chairman to attend the various appointments for public speaking. No other business being presented, On motion of Mr. Metts, the Convention adjourned sine die. For the Yorkvillc Enquirer. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES. At a meeting of Hickory Grove Club, on Saturday, the 5th instant, the following reso lutious were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the Hickory Grove Democratic Club endorse aud will heartily sustain the nominations for the offices hereafter to be elected by the people of this county, recently made by the Convention which met in Yorkville on the 23rd of September last. Resolved, That we oppose and denounce all independent nominations, as unwise, impoli- S| tic, and fraught with coofusion and mischief, H and in the end calculated to defeat the Democratic party, and betray and destroy the best interests of our whole people. BKj