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J? craps and .facts. ? The Fall trade in New York is about over, and is reported not to have proved satisfactory in any branch of business. ? The San Francisco Morning Call says the Chinese of California have sent home, since 1850, gold to the amount of $400,000,000. ? The Supreme Court of Virginia has pronounced illegal and finable in that State, matrimonial alliances between whites and blacks. ? There is no telling how pure and spotless is the ermine of a Judge who decides a case in your favor. ? The prize for the best bale of cotton exhibited at Paris, has been awarded to Memphis. The same bale received a grand testimonial, as being the best in the world. ? Special deputies have sent reports to Washington that they have recently captured seven illicit stills and fixtures, and nearly 8,000 gallons of mash and a quanity of whisky, in Yadkin county, JN. U. ? Hon. A. M. Waddell, Democratic candidate for Congress in the Wilmington, N. C., district, is seriously ill at his residence in that city with congestion of the lungs. ? Judah P. Benjamin, who was Secretary of State of the Southern Confederacy, has just forwarded 8500 from London for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers at New Orleans. ? The receipts of cotton at all the United States ports, thus far this season, are considerably more than double what they were up to this date last year. ? Dr. Happoldt, of Morganton, N. C., who went to Vicksburg as a volunteer physician to the yellow fever sufferers, died in that city on the 12th instant. ? The Statesville American learns that about 500 hogs have died recently in that portion of Iredell county, N. C., between Granite Hill and Sherill's Ford, of cholera. ? A Mecklenburg farmer informs the Charlotte Observer that he planted his cotton for 7 cents, and until it sinks below that price he cannot be made to lose any money on it. ? The 18th annual exhibition of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, was held in Raleigh last week. There was a large attendance of people, and the Fair was a success in every particular. ? The Supreme Court of the United States has just decided, in a case that went up from Charleston, that a municipal corporation cannot tax the bonds which it issues. Justices Miller and Hunt dissented. ? Sayler and Goss, Democratic candidates, irbn mors defentad fnr OnnarPM in Ohio last week, will contest. The majorities against them were very small, and they claim that they will be able to establish sufficient frauds to reverse the result. ? The success of the Democrats in Indiana will greatly advance Mr. Hendricks' prospects for the Presidential nomination. The Indiana Legislature will have six Democratic majority on joint ballot, thus securing the re-election of Mr. Yoorhees to the U. S. Senate. ? A very careful Bridgeport man always carries a bottle of whisky in his pocket as an antidote for rattlesnake bites. He is now over fifty years old and has never once died of a rattlesnake bite, and he attributes bis escape to the antidote. ? It is estimated by those who are interested in buying cotton at a low price, that the crop for the present year will be in the neighborhood of 5,500,000 bales. Should this estimate prove to be correct, it will be the largest crop ever grown. ? There is some apprehension that Secrest, the convicted wife-murderer, may make his escape from McDowell jail, as letters have been opened by the jailor, written by Secrest's friends, urging him to be of good cheer, as all would be right in a short time. ? The summing of the deaths by yellow fever, in the entire Mississippi Valley, uiakes an aggregate of 10,000 up to the present time. This is heavy, but there were 10,000 in New Orleans alone in 1853, and Buenos Ayres, in 1871, lost over 14,000. ? With the reassembling of the United States Supreme Court, the old complaint is renewed that it is overburdened with work. It is now three years behind on its docket, and has the Credit Mobillier and Union Pacific 5 per cent, cases among the most important of those awaiting decision at this session. ? A Virginia merchant of undoubted honor was recently refused credit in New York, because, as he was informed, his partners might believe in repudiation, and the only safe method with a people that even seriously discuss repudiation, under any other name, is not to trust them. ? The Lenoir Topic learns that among the convicts at work on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, is one of unprepossessing ebony ap 1 f k ?u_ i_ T pearauce, ageu iu yearo, wnu teouo xjauu, Greek, GermaD, French and English without difficulty, and never went to school a day in his life. ? The perambulating Italian, who traveled around exhibiting a bear, met his death a few days ago near Weldon, N. C. The report comes that the man was intoxicated and unmuzzled the bear to feed him, and for some offense only known to the beast, he attacked his keeper an^l killed him. ? Revenue Agent Wagner, of North Carolina, has gone to Tennessee under orders from the Internal Revenue bureau. Col. Wagner conducted the raids in North Carolina, which have resulted so successfully to the government. He goes to Tennessee to advise with Collector Woodstock in the conduct of the raids on the moonshiners in his District. ? Thomas H. Drew, one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Richmond, Virginia, has just died, at the age of 93 years. As a deputy United States marshal he summoned, in what is now West Virginia, the jurors in the celebrated Aaron Burr trial. He was also one of the fortunate spectators who escaped from the burning Richmond theatre in 1811. ? November 5th, Congressional "elections will be held in the following States: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Lousiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. ? W. W. Priester, of South Carolina, a cadet in the Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte, N. C., shot and killed Tom Harley, a colored cook in a restaurant of that city, on Thursday night last. The difficulty originated in a disagreement about a plate of fried oysters, though according to the sworn statements of witnesses, Priester acted in self-defence when he fired. Priester made his escape. ? In New York, last week, a company was formed with a capital of $400,000, to produce light, heat and power by electricity. The new company will operate under the patents recently granted to Edison. The result of Edison's invention, by which it is expected that electricity will take the place of gas in every house, is sending down the price of gas stocks. ,N'ew York city gas company stocks, which Sk)ld at $95 two months ago, sold at auction for 878, on Tuesday. ? The suits brought by the State of North Carolina against the revenue agent, Wagner, and some twenty other Federal Revenue officers on charges of excesses of authority in making arrests of illicit distillers, and others, which suits were moved from the State to the Federal court, were tried before Judges Bond and Dick, of the U. S. Circuit Court, at Greensboro, N. C., last week, and resulted in the acquittal of the entire party with one exception. The result of these trials would seem to be that internal revenue officials are not amenable to the law for any crime they may commit while in the ostensible discharge of their duties. ? A Richmond (Va.) dispatch states that the grand jury, in the United States District Court there, has reported indictments against between ninety and one hundred assignees in bankruptcy, who have failed for the years i 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878, or for j some one year or more of these years to make the annual report required by Section 16 of the amendatory act relating to proceedings in bankruptcy, approved June 22,1874. These proceedings were instituted in consequence of | letters from the attorney-general's office com; plaining that the reports had not been made. The penalty is a fine not greater than 8500 and imprisonment not greater than one year. ihe (JNquim. YORKVILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 24, 1878. WW ?... ? ~ ?kA numn nun IU UIUCI IIIC XJU^UII^I ,? iuc mo uniuv of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood thai our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. THE SUMTER TROUBLES. On Thursday last, T. J. Coghlan, the Republican Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Sumter county, sued out before Sam Lee, as United States Commissioner, four warrants for the arrest of four citizens of Sumter, for the violation of chapter 7, title 70, Revised Statutes of the United States. The gentlemen named in the warrants are Messrs. E. F. McCutchen, J. E. Schwerin, L. W. Phillips, and John W. McCoy. The offence alleged was assault with intent to kill the said Coghlan. The defendants were ta ken to Charleston, and on Saturday last ap peared before United States Commissioner Warren R. Marshall for preliminary exaroi nation. Gen. E. W. Moise, Col. John. J. Dargan, Col. Edward McCrady, Jr., and Col. Samuel Lord, Jr., were announced as counsel for the defendants. The United States district attorney appeared for the Govern ment. By agreement between the counsel, the case of the United States vs. John W. McCoy was first called, and the commissioner, after hearing argument, ruled that the examination was merely preliminary, and he would hear only an ex parte statement of the case from the witnesses of the prosecution aud would not > *? i.i._ j_r near any Lesurauuy ior me ueieuue. vieu. Moise stated in this connection that they would not press this point with reference to Mr. McCoy, as he was satisfied the witness for the prosecution would clearly fail to connect the young mau with the offence charged, the fact being that on the day of the alleged outrage, he was eleven miles away at the death-bed of his sister. After reading the affidavit against McCoy, a number of witnesses were examined, when Coghlan, having obtained the cousent of the commissioner to make a statement, came forward and said : While I have every confi dence in the district attorney and yourself as officers of the United States, I am at the same time not disposed to pursue anybody with vindictive feelings. I am perfectly willing to let the matter drop, but I must have one proviso, and that is that the Republican party be allowed to hold their meetings in Sumter county in peace, and that they be not intruded upon, or as it is called, a division of time be demanded, unless by the consent of the Republican party. If the gentlemen who represent the defence will grant me this assurance, I"will agree to drop the matter and will be satisfied. The commissioner stated that the conditions offered by Mr. Coghlan were such as were not admissible for his consideration. I( there was to be a compromise in the matter, be would prefer it to be arranged out of his presence. After considerable argument on both aides as to whether the cases should be continued, the defence insisting upon going on at once, and urging the hardship that a I AAn^!nn?r?AA riTAti 1 rl iBAwlr ?r\ tKQ V/Uuuuuautc nuuiu nui a IV HIV uwivuuwuw, the commissioner decided to continue the other cases until Tuesday, the 29th instant. The question of bail then came up, and the district attorney very unnecessarily pressed the imposition of a bail that, under the circumstances, would be very hard for the defendants to secure. After hearing argument, the commissioner fixed the bail at $200 each, and to cap the climax of the farce, Coghlan, the prosecutor, went on the bonds of the defendants as security for their appearance at the time specified. Coghlan, the prosecutor, was once sheriff of i Sumter county, when he first joined the Radicals. He is an Irishman by birth, and must be near 80 years of age. He has been living in Sumter for a long time, and in 1870 left the Radical party, for which he was roundly abused by them, and joined the Carpenter and Butler movement. Afterwards he was j appointed trial justice, and held this position j until Hampton came into office, when he was j removed. There are warrants now out charg- j ing Coghlan with twenty-three separate j crimes and misdemeanors, and his anxiety to : compromise, under the circumstances, is not: peculiar. THE FEYER MORTALITY. Reports to the Surgeon General of the Ma- j j rine Hospital Service, for the week ending last Saturday, show as follows: New Orleans?During the week ending i Friday, 967 cases, 235 deaths; 89 cases and ! 36 deaths have occurred in the last twenty four hours; totals, i2,182 cases, 3,630 deaths. | No cases at Port Eads or Southwest Pass , during the week. j Morgan City?Sixteen deaths; the number 1 I of cases was incorrectly given in the last re-! ' port; total cases to date, about 432, deaths ! 87. j Mobile?Fifty-six cases and 12 deaths; totals, 93 cases and 32 deaths. Decatur?Seventy-three cases and twelve 1 deaths; totals, 155 cases and 27 deaths. Ocean Springs?Twenty-five cases and 11 death; totals, 128 cases and 29 deaths. Pass Christian?Thirty-two cases and 4 deaths; totals, 126 cases and 13 deaths. Bay St. Louis?Fifty-two cases and 12 deaths; totals, 338 cases and 68 deaths; the fever is on the decrease for want of material; the cases are now more malignant. | Friar's Point?Eight cases and 2 deaths ; totals, 21 coses and 6 deaths. Baton Rouge?302 cases and 16 deaths ; j totals, 2,170 cases and 218 deaths. I Vicksburg?Thirty-two deaths in the city ' | and 64 in the county of Warren, outside the j city; total deaths, city and county, 1,074. Holly Springs?Cases 1,117, deaths, 285;! I about 200 cases are under treatment; the fe- i _____________ ver is spreading into the surrounding couni try ; a slight frost occurred on the night of I the 16th. j Grenada?Four cases and 2 deaths; the fever is spreading into the country ; in fourteen, families containing 97 unacclimated per| sons, 41 cases and 2 deaths have occurred du| ring the past week ; total deaths in Grenada i and adjacent country, 327. j Hernando?Fifty cases and 23 deaths; sev| eral one to three miles in the country; totals, ! 133 cases and 56 deaths; a slight frost was 1 observed this (Saturday) morning. Chattanooga?One hundred aud one cases and 30 deaths. Paris, Tenn.?No cases or deaths for a week; frost has occurred and no further trouble in etnpftted. St. Louis?Four deaths at quarantine in the past week. Louisville?Fifteen cases and 5 deaths; totals, 127 cases, 54 of which were natives, 89 cases and 34 deaths among refugees. Key West?No new cases during the week ; one death on the 12th instant; totals, 37 cases aud 17 deaths. Bolton?Total cases 117, deaths 31; first case August 12th. Pascagoula?Total cases at quarantine to October 12th, 5; deaths, 2. Scranton?Total cases to October 12th, 5 ; deaths, 3. Crystal Springs?The fever is confined principally to the country around Dry Grove and Lebanon church. No cases have yet occurred within the limits of the village of Crystal Springs. During the past week 31 , cases and 8 deaths; totals, 112 cases and 44 I deaths. Memphis?For the week ended the 17th, |108 deaths; total deaths, 2,892. Dr. Thornton, in charge of the Marine Hospital Service at Memphis, has the fever. Milan?the first case?a refugee?occurred August 26th ; first case among the inhabitants October 12th; total cases to Friday, 3; deaths 3. Cairo?No report of cases or deaths has been received. No reports are received from Plaquemine, Port Gibson, Mississippi City, Greenville, Spring Hill, Water Valley, Biloxi, Canton, Brownsville, Teuuessee, Grand Junction, Hickman aud Gallipolis. Mobile?To noon Friday, 14 new cases and 3 deaths. There has been frost all aloug the Mobile and Ohio road as low down as Manoillo 10 miloc frnm Kora Monday's dispatches from New Orleans report the weather in that city clear and warm ; 31 new cases and 44 deaths. In Memphis the weather was growing warmer. Fourteen deaths were reported on Monday. In Chattanooga 3 deaths and 7 new cases were re ported. Reajees continue to return in spite of all warnings, and an increase of new cases is expected. Weather warm and cloudy. At Vicksburg the weather was cool and clear; thermometer 78. Four deaths are reported in the city and two in the country. At Gallipolis, Ohio, there were 2 deaths on Monday, and 6 cases, all of which are convalescent. A heavy frost renders it probable that there will be no further spread of the disease in that locality. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Uuion county fair will be held on the 29tb, 30th and 31st of October. ? The Republicans of Hampton county have nominated a ticket with only one white man on it. ? The Medium asserts that the Radicals have determined to put out a ticket in Abbeville county, and contest the coming election with all their power. ? Richard Tozer, of Columbia, has built a very fine engine, painted it red, and calls it "the red shirt." It is for exhibition at the coming State Fair. ? The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad will sell tickets to the Fair in Columbia for two cents a mile each way. ArtiI. r i 1 ill I a l cieaior exnioiuon, we learn, win oe reiurueu free of charge. ? David Johnson, Jr., who was confined in the jail of Union county for the killing of VV. M. Palmer, of Union C. H., has been taken before Judge Aldrich, at Chester, and admitted to bail in the sum of $5,000. Johnson is the Democratic nominee for Judge of Probate for Union county. ? A consignment of one hundred and fifty live possums was recently received in Columbia from Walhalla. They arrived by the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and were consigned to a colored caterer of Columbia, who proposes to put them up, fatten them, and deal them out to customers. ? On the 10th inBtant, in the United States Court at Charleston, Judge Bryan refused a motion to release, on bail, the murderers of Amos Ladd, until due notice had been served upon the Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit, as the representative of the State of South Carolina, against whose laws the prisoner had offended. ? A case was argued in the Supreme Court at Washington, last Monday, from the Circuit Court of South Carolina, involving the question of the validity of the revenue bond scrip of this State, issued in 1872, in exchange for bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, ' guaranteed by the State. Decision not an- ' nounced. ? The Radical Convention of Richland county, met in Columbia on Tuesday of last week, and nominated the following ticket: Senate?Andrew Lee, white. House?A. W. Curtis aud E. M. Weston, colored, and W. R. Marshall, white. There being evident dis- j satisfaction, the selection of the two other Representatives was left to the Executive Committee. County Commissioners?W. T. Roberts, V. T. McLaughlin, Pelhara Jones, all colored. School Commissioner?Cap. Carroll, colored. ? Mr. C. D. Page, of Rochester, N. Y., pat- . entee of au improved lime kiln, and Mr. Waver W. Foreacre, recently of the freight department of the Atlanta & Charlotte AirLiue railway, have formed a copartnership 1 and will at once commence the manufacture of lime on an extensive scale at the celebrated lime works located at Limestone Springs, ( South Carolina. These are the only lime ( works of any consequence on the Piedmont Air Line, and the product is said to be superior for both building and agricultural pur- I poses. , i ? On Tuesday of last week, the Democrat- j ic Convention of Charleston, nominated the : following ticket?twelve representatives from the city and five from the country, three be- ; i ing colored: For State Senator?General' Rudolph Siegling. For Representatives?G. \ Lamb Buist, J. Francis Britton, C. R Cassi- j dy, James M. Eason, S. C. Eckhart, W. T. , Elfe, John F. Ficken, John Gonzalez, Wra, j Henderson, C. R. Miles, A. S. J. Perry, B. H. Rutledge, C. H. Siraonton, James Simons, Jr., Rev. Wm. Smalls, George R. Walker, J. Wiggins. Probate Judge?W. E. Yincent. County Commissioners?T. A. Hugenin, W. H. Cain, Phil. Fogarty. School Com missioner?Rev. P. F. Stevens. ? In Lancaster county last week, the Republicans made the following nominations: For the Senate?Joseph Clark, Esq. House? W. F. Swarengin, Wm McKenna, colored. School Commissioner?T. S. Riddle. Judge j of Probate?John W. Twitty. County Commissioners?J. W. Collins, R. Elliott, J. H. j McMullan, colored. The Ledger is author- j ized to state that Clark declines the nomination for the Senate; Riddle the nomination ' for School Commissioner; and MeMullan the nomination for County Commissioner. Swarengin publishes a card in the Ledger, declining the nomination for the House in which he says : "I am still a*Republican in sentiment and am grateful to my Republican friends for nominating me for this high position, but must decline, as I believe, if I were elected, I would not be allowed to take my seat." Twitty, for Judge of Probate, and Elliott for County Commissioner, being nominees of the Democratic party, were merely endorsed by the Republican convention. ? At Union C. H., on Friday last, A. E. Alexander, alias VVm. White, was arrested on suspicion of having stolen two mules from J. N. Caudle, of New Salem, N. C. The man was held until Mr. Caudle arrived at Union, but in the mean time a Mr. Faggart, of Cabarrus county, from whom two mules had been recently stolen, went and ideutified two which the man had sold to Mr. Aycock, of Union county, as his. The proof against Alexander was conclusive, and he was committed to Uuion county jail, where he awaits a requisition from the Governor of North Carolina. He was at once identified by Mr. Caudle and hie companion, Mr. Ingold, as a plausible stranger who taught school a few weeks in New Salem, last summer, after which he suddenly disappeared, but was seen in possession of Mr. Caudle's mules on the night they were stolen. He would not confess to the theft of Mr. Caudle's mules, though he intimated that he could tell where they might be found. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Reports of the Grain Crop. Official agricultural reports to the Bureau of Agriculture, received up to the 18th instant, place the average of the corn crop at 95; an increase of 4 over the September average. New England and the Middle and Gulf States show a small decline. The South Atlantic States maintain their September condition, while all indicate an improvement. The out turn of the crop will not vary largely from thirteeu hundred million bushels. The October returns of wheat do not materially change the statistical aspect gf the crop.,. The final returns will not be made until the December returns have been tabulated. The New England and Middle States indicate a slight advance upon the previous yield. The Gulf States indicate a still more decided advance, owing to the superior crop of Texas. The South Atlantic State? and the Southern inland States show a very heavy decline, which, however, is more than compensated by the general increase in the Mississippi Valley and on the Pacific coast. The yield on the whole will be in advance of last year, and from present indications will exceed four hundred million bushels. The indications favor an oat crop larger than the crop of 1877. Thnrman on the Ohio Election. Senator Thurman, who has been quite ill, has nearly recovered, and in a recent interview wjith him, on the political situation in Ohio, he is reported to have said ; I hoped for a better result, but was prepared for a worse one. This is the first year *> mhlnh t h n iooiiau moon V> r\ n ri <4 in nunu buc IDOUCO uctnccu tiic pcupic auu the catioDal banks was sharply defiued, aud it put all other issues almost out of sight. The corruptiou that iu the last thirteen years has brought so much disgrace to the natiou ought to have been sufficient to overthrow the Republican party, but the minds of the people were pre occupied by the currency question, and they took but little interest in any other. Questions of political economy or monetary science would seem to be dry themes for discussion before a.popular audience, and yet no other themes excited so much interest. On being asked if the currency clause of the platform weakened the party, he answered, "Not at all; instead of being weakened by our platform?I mean the platform of our last State convention?we are greatly strengthened by it. Had we faltered in this question, we would have been beaten far worse. But why talk about being beaten ? Add the vote of the Nationals to that of the Democrats, and is not the Republican or national bank party in a minority of thousands in the State ?" The President's Southern Policy. The Washington Star of Thursday afternoon contains the following editorial in reference to the President's present attitude towards the South: It can be authoritatively stated that there is no truth whatever in the statements variously made that the President had decided, or is about to decide, to change what is known as his "Southern policy." The President contemplates no such change. The principal reason for the statement is supposed to be the letter written by Attorney-General Deveus, which will be sent to the District-Attorneys of Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina, directing them to enforce the United States electiou laws. This letter was written after such facts had been laid before the President as clearly proved that, under the existing circumstances, no fair election could be held in those States. There was s.mple proof that such was the case before the President and his Cabinet, and upon this the l itters to the District-Attorneys were based. The President regards the enforcement of the laws as having no political aspect whatever. It is only the National Government performing a duty required of it. If a similar condition of affairs should arise in New York, or any other State in the Union, as exists in South Carolina, Louisiana and Alabama, the United States Attorneys for those States would be directed to see that the election laws are complied with. Effects of the Fever. Speaking of the effects of the fever on the Southern country, the Louisville CourierJournal says : It is estimated that the actual material loss to the region of country scourged by the yellow fever, thus far, is uot less than 8200,000,000, and this is, doubtless, a very low estimate. Splendid stands of cotton will be lost for want of hands to pick it, while the cessation of business in cities and towns, and on the railroads, and rivers, has occasioned enormous losses which cannot now be computed. Beyond expression, this has been a terrible year for the people of Lower Mississippi Valley. Some people taJK in a rneiancnoiy way, and express the belief that the South will be utterly, irremediably ruined. That is an impossibility. The South has been swept by the flood, pestilence and the sword, yet she has come up out of the depths with a 6rra step and a hopeful heart. Temporarily crushed, the South may be, but destroyed, never. There is reason to rejoice that the yellow fever has spread so little east from the Mississippi. It is leaving a broad, black mark from Cairo to the Gulf. It is a terrible mark, to be sure. It is a trail marked by graves. Yet, out of the deeps of this woe those communities will come with renewed strength. If it were otherwise, we might indeed abandon hope for the South. The people have too much at stake, and the business of the valley is too great. Its demands will speedily set all the machinery of trade in motion again. The heart only aches in contemplation of the weeks of death and misery which must elapse before this plague-storm's horror will vanish. War of Races in Lonislana. Telegraphic dispatches, on the 16tb, from New Orleans, Natchez and St. Louis, reported that on the day mentioned, 2,500 negroes surrounded Waterproof, in Tensas parish, La., threatening to burn and sack the town. Fighting?in which a number were killed?was also reported. The Natchez Dem i ocrat of last Saturday, gives the following account of the affair: We have what we believe to be accurate information in reference to disturbances in Tensas parish. The reports which have been circulated so extensively have been extravagantly exaggerated. On Monday last, the negroes in large numbers passed through Waterproof, 011 their way to a mass meeting some miles above town, and in. passing through, some of them were very insulting and threatening in their language. The citizens of Waterproof, doubtless, had good cause for apprehension, and a messenger was sent to this city asking for aid to save the lives and honor of women and children, and property of the town. A meeting at once assembled at the armory of the Firth Infantry, and, under the advice of the most prudent men in the community, a company of persons, numbering about one hundred, volunteered to go to Waterproof and learn the true state of affairs, prepared, if necessary, to protect lives and property. A steam ferry boat was procured, and the party left about twelve o'clock, and reached Sargent landing about daybreak. The canuon was fired to announce their approach to the people of Waterproof, some three miles distant. Several persons from the shore came to the boat, and the pleasing information was given that there probably was no need for armed assistance. To convince themselves, however, the party proceeded to Waterproof with their boat, where they were met by the authorities of the town, and the information received at Sargent was confirmed. At the urgent invitation of the people of the town, the party went ashore and were entertained during a portion of the day, and returned last night at about 12 o'clock. The editor of this paper used every effort to satisfy himself in regard to tha facts, and he found nothing to induce him to believe that any negroes had been' killed. Three persons were found in the house of Fairfax, on Saturday evening last; when Captain Peck was fired upon and killed^ two of whom are thought to be mortally wounded. There is no evidence that any conflict occurred other than the one which took place at Fairfax's house. A gin-house on Burns' place, owned by Moss & Wise, was burned, and with it some sixty or seventy bags of cotton. When the party from this city arrived and a blank charge was fired from a six-pounder, the greatest consternation prevailed among the negroes in the parish, but when they, found out who composed the party and from whenee they came, they seemed very much relieved, and seerued very glad to fiud they were from Natchea. The C. C. and A. Railroad Purchase. < A special meeting off the stockholders of the Richmond and Dinville Railroad' Company was held in Richtpond on Tuesday of last week. Concerning the recent purchase by that Company of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, the Richmond Dit patch furnishes the following outline of the proceedings: !i A very large quorum of the company, beiue found to be Dresent in Derson and o t i iTT . ; proxy, the president submitted, on behalf of. the board of directors, a report setting forth the object of the board in the call of the meeting, at this time, to be the consideration by the company of an arrangetaent recently entered into, which the president and directors had deemed highly important and advantageous to this company, in connection with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company. The connecting traffic eastward of the latter company having for the last four vears been entirely diverted from the roads of the Richmond and Danville Company by combination with the road running east from Columbia, S. C., to the coast, had, of course, injuriously affected the interests of the Richmond and Danville Railroad in tbie traffic. The object and effect of the arrangement contemplated was to restore this trade to its former and natural channel via Charlotte, N. C., and the lines of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. This, the president reports, has been effected in connection with parties largely identified as stockholders and the owners and operators of the chief connections of the company's lines, and so as not to involve any increased liabilities of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. The arrangement provides for a permanent establishment of renewed business relations between this company's roads and that of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, that were before and can hardly fail $.gain to be highly advantageous to each and to the large communities which they respectively accommodate. For the Yorkvillc Enquirer. TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF YORK TOWNSHIP. In less than two weeks from the appearance of tliis address in the Enquirer, the fate of York county, politically, will have been sealed for "better or for worse." Does it remain to be said of her citizens, in and about Yorkville, that the people of York township fell Short of their duty in suppressing Radicalism ? Can it ever be said of Yorkville and the community around it, that if she had done her part in the noble work of reform, the result had not been an inglorious defeat of the Democracy of our county, in 1878? Let the answer not be the sounding of the monosyllable no, simply, but let it be acted rather. Let our work be so thorough and unselfish that no one could even suppose that anything bad been left undone. We say it unhesitatingly, the only danger we have to encounter is that growing out of the socalled independent movement, which, it is alleged, is contemplated by some in our county. But, fellow citizens, what is this, after all, but a Radical trick ? The leaders of the corruptionists fan the flame of disaffection, for what ? Simply to break down our party organization, and to prepare the way for 1880. And the i J ?. 1:.? ? . u lnaepeuueut cauuiuaitrs cipcvi. ^ct men main support?from what source? From that party which has been the fountain head df all the corruption in our State for the past ten years. Will you, the honest voters of York, aid a scheme which is so bare faced?contrived as it is in trickery, and laid in selfishness? We cannot think so. In conclusion, if any of you have doubts upon this subject, j come out on the 29th instant, and listen to the words of counsel which our noble Governor will address to you and ail bis fellow citizens on the occasion of bis visit here, and then, on the 5th of November, go to the polls and do what your better nature will prompt you to do, and all will be well with York and her Democratic ticket. By order of the Club Committee. C. E. Spencer, Chairman. f. October 21, 1878. For the Yorkvillc Enquirer. BETHEL DEMOCRATIC CLUB. [ At a meeting of Bethel Democratic Club, 1 held on Saturday, October 19th, the folloW-'l ing resolutions were unanimously adopted: j Resolved, That we see in the independent j candidate from the Democratic ranks, an en' emy to his party and his country and a subverter of honest government and home rule, and that we take this method of publicly expressing our unqualified condemnation of all BJch candidates and their supporters. Resolved, That Bethel Democratic Club, i places itself squarely for the nominations , made by the conventions; that we will give! ; this ticket our hearty aod earnest support, and will use all just and legal meaus in our power , to contribute to its success on the 5th of November. G. L. RIDDLE, President. < I ' D. M. Wallace, Secretary. LOCAL AFFAIRS.! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John C. Kbykendal?York Drtfg StoreNotes. M. Strauss?Important News?New Stock. Herndon Bro.?The Confectionery?Fruits, Ac.? Notions, Ac.?Cigars?Cider?Coffee?Sugar?Cheese. ; - . t <? W. B. Metts?Guano, Guano. Hunter AOates?Miles' Shoes, Ac. C. E. Spencer, Register?In Bankruptcy?Notice to Lien Creditors?In the Matter of Benson F. Hardin, Bankrupt. C. E. Spencer, President?The Yorkvilie Democratic Club. R. H. Glenn, Captain?Attention ! Red 8hirta. T. C. Robertson, Chairman?Managers of Election. J. A. McLean. P. J. Y. C.?Notice to Creditors of . W. I. Clawson, deceased. > -DEATH OF MRS. CHAMBERS. The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Chambers, who died at Oracle Lake, Florida, on the 15th instant, were brought to Yorkvilie for interment on last Monday afternoon. Mrs. Chambers was the widow of the late Samuel Chambers, formerly of Yorkville, and an aunt of Mrs. Stanhope Sadler of this place. At the time of her death, she was 78 years and 9 months of age. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT BENNER. We regret to learn of the death of Lieutenant H. H. Benner, which occurred at Vicksburg, of yellow fever, on Thursday last. Lieutenant Benner was volunteer commander of the Government relief boat Chamber*, which was dispatched down the Mississippi river with supplies for the afflicted people in the infected districts. He was well known in this community, having been stationed here a? an officer of the 18th Infantry for nearly six years, aud while among our people made many friends. MILITARY BALL. On Tuesday night next the Jenkins Rifles will give a grand military hall in honor of Governor Hamptou and the distinguished gentlemen who will accompany him here. The Catawba Rifles, of Rock Hill; the Spartan Rifles, of Spartanburg; and the Lee Light Infantry, of Chester, Hive been invited, and the committee of arrangements authorize us to extend a'general invitation to ail the ladies who may visit Yorkville, on that day, to remain for the ball. Excellent music will be provided, and the Jenkins Rifles will use every exertion to render the occasion creditable to themselves and worthy of the distinguished personage in whose honor tWhall is to be given. ARREST OF A FUGITIVE. J. Sinclair Qitick, who is alleged" to be a fugitive from justice in the State of'HTfli'lh Carolina, was arrested near Clay HiU, in this county, by Sheriff* Glenn, on Tuesday night last, on warrants issued from Chesterfield county, in this State, The warrants were re: ceived on Tuesday evening, and the arrest was promptly made that uight. * Quick is ubw in jail at'tbis place awaiting the order 6f *(he authorities of Chesterfield. He is a Bright i . , .! , ?f ?'! ' "1'JI '' I' -I mulatto, is intelligent and has figuredI to some extent in politics in Marjboro county. He was also a delegate from this county to the Republican State Convention held in Cotambia last summer. ? . .. .. '/ . JOURNALISTIC. , The Evening Sentinel is the title of a new evening paper published by Messrs. Walsh & Wright, of the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist. Although the Sentinel is issued from the Chronicle office, it is in nowise connected with that paper, being under editorial management of James R. Randall and Pleasant H. Stovall, the former of whom is well and favorably known to the reading public of the South. The design of the publishers is to render the Sentinel the best evening paper of the South. Subscription price $4 per annum. The Charlotte Observer now appears in a new dress, having recently purchased a complete outfit of new type,And so improved the general style of itti: makeup, that in typographic appearance it compares favorably with any paper in the South, while it is ably conducted in the editorial aod local departments and .'urnishea the latest telegraphic intelligence from all parts of the world. The Observer is published by Charles R. Jones, editor and proprietor, at $8 per annum for the daily issue. * ' LOCAL BRIEFS. ' The first frost of the season was noticed last Saturday morning. It was not sufficient- j ly Bevere to kill vegetation.; A young lady up street rejoices in receiv? ing attention from two beaux, and sings "Sweet boy and boy" all the time: The Yorkville Silver Helicon Band have been engaged to play at the Democratic meeting to be held at Clay Hill next Saturday. ' A very pleasant feature ip connection with the exercises of the Methodist Sunday-school, was the presentation by the pastor, Rev.' T. E. Gilbert; of a beautiful Methodist Hymn book to Miss Connie May, as a reward for her success in collecting missionary money. "Ah! this looks like living," remarked a man passing through the cemetery last Sun I day, and contrasting the elegant tombstones and monuments therein with some of less imposing style in other places. "And like dying, tod," replied liis practical companion,; 1 * J Mr. J. Leander Adams has presented ns with a sweet potato of: the "Southern Qugeq" variety, measuring 26 inches in circumference and weighing 8 pounds. Major Jatnes:Fi: 1 Hart has also sent ua three potatoes, aggregating 17h pounds in weight, as a sample ofhiscrop. Treavan Crosby, an industrious freedman, near Blairsviile, has sent ua a fine specimen from his crop. >. Mr. J. A. Glenn, of Mill Creek, in this county, has a pumpkin vine on his plantation; which measures six inches in circamference at the root, covers an area of sixty feet in diameter, and bears 49 phmpkins, averaging in weight 2o or 30 pounds each. The ground which produced this remarkable vine is upland, and was in cultivation prior to toe ivevoiuuoDary war. .'} I.- . --I v. HAMPTON'S DAY. 1 A meeting of the County .Executive Com- I mittee was held last Monday for the purpose i of effecting arrangements for the proper cele- i bration of Hampton's day in York county? < next Tuesday, the 29th instant. ^ j The following committee of reception and ,1 arrangements was appointed, viz.: Col. W. B. j Wilson, Maj. James F. Hart, J. F. Wallace, l Esq., C. E. Spencer, Esq., Dr. J. B. Allison, i Jno. C. Kuykendal, J. J. Hunter, W. P. j Good, Esq., Capt J. R. Gardner and T. M. I Dbbson. . , < Captain R. H. Glenn was chosen as Chief i Marshal for the day, and he names the fol- | lowing gentlemen of the various Clubs as his i assistants: Yorkville, J. R. Witherspoonj 1 Rock Hill, Wra. Poag; Fort Mill, T. G. Culp; Clay Hill, J. C. H. Duff; Bethel, i L. K. Arrastroug; Bethany, L. L. Smith; i Black's Station, W. S. Byers; Hickory Groye, M. R. Smith; Blairsville, A. B. Crosby; ! McConnellsville, J. E. Lowry ; McEIwee's i Mill, W. S. Adams ; Coates' Tavern, Wylie Roddy. The Assistant Marshals are request- i ed to report to the Chief, at the Female College, at 9.30 o'clock A. M., uniformed with 1 black coats and red sashes. The mounted clubs will assemble on the vacant lot in front of the Female College, at 10 o'clock, from which poiut the column will move on parade. The procession will march through >tbe principal jstyeets, accompanied by. tbef Rock Hill and Yorkville Bands, and returning, will escort the Governor and speakers from Rawlinson's Hotel to the speakers' stand. The other portion of the programme not here, given will be aunounced from the stand by the Chairman of the Executive Committee. It is desired that next Tuesday shall be the grand day of the campaign, and the Democracy of York are urged to rally in their full strength, and give the Governor such a reception from the old King's Mountain District. as he has not met outside of Charleston during the campaign. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: J. F. and E. J. Stewart to Maggie J. Howell. Tract of 11 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $120. James Hoey to John A. Kidd. Tract of 204 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $1,020. , , ... Isaac T. Faris to J. D. Gwinn. Lot of 1 acre in King's Mountain township. Consideration 815. J.J. Millar to F. E. Miller and-others. Tract of. Meres in Y<ock tpwnshiip.*/ Consideration $1,500 J. D. F. Duncan to John. Moore. , Jjot of , 14 acres in Cherokee township. Considers^ tion $15. John D. Keli to, Samuel A. Kell. His in- |(^ tereat it) tract of 500 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $230. Johu T. Spencer to John Ratareb. Lot of 1 acre in Catawba township. . Consideration /.*.] nil - ?'jJ .1 ' John S. Poag to J. W. Steele. Tract of. 483 acres, in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1,000.' James Jackson to Miles Smith. Lot in Clover. Consideration $5... - :> Miles Smith to James Jackson. Lot Clover., .Consideration $8. James Jackson to Eliza A. Knoz^, Lot in Clover.. Consideration lov,e and affection./ r i__- tv' n it ti rv /. i< donu u. voruwau to a. el. vjornwaii. Tract,of 298 acres, in Catawba township. qfiiwa i' J. IX Johnson to Henry Massey. ^Tfact of 198 acres in Fort Mill township. ' Cbnaid-; / tUI 4 eration 8o. t MJ Henry Masaey to C. E. Spencer, ^ract of , 209 acres in Fort Mill township.. Considleration $30. , 'v.ao a Z J?* Joseph F. Wallace to James E. Bratton. One,half interest in Harris Hotel lot in Yorkville. Consideration 868.25,. , Janoes E. Bratton to J. A. Carroll.. One_a R- Eitv.4 .vWlenger. > Tract of 60 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $300. .tfi-i iivi. v?., ?;w. jl H. P. Spencer, to John Shortbous^ij^llniqht; of 55 acres,in Catawba^wpahip. Consideration $278. ' i ' .ijidi, jsuji? . John V. McCo^le to 'WV B. .fytysoo, ,Jfpn. Tract of 50 acres in Catawba township. ,Copn: sideration $300. ,, 7r, ,, i State of Syuth Carolina to Thomas S. par-, ten. Tract bC 65 . acres and lot No. 5,, jn, Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $98.00. R. Patterson to Robert E. Guthrie. Tract of 100 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration 81200. f, . .i:"| Villi ) THE COUNTY CANVA88. The couuty canvass is progressing satisfactorily,And, inasmuch as there is no opposition ticket iu the field, quite harmoniously. The next appointment after the meeting at Black's Station, on Tuesday of last week,'was at Blairsville, on Thursday. The meetid^h-i' as had beeu anticipated?was the largest ind most enthusiastic of auy that has yet been held in the county. Not less than 300 rapunted men were in the procession, who, beaded by thii Yorkville Silver Helicon Band, made an imposing display. After tbe parade the horsemen dismounted aud repaired tti the' speakers' stand; which had' been erected In a beautiful grove, and handsomely decorated with flowers and! evergreens, the work of. the I fair daughters of Blairsville aud vicinity. The number in attendance was variously estimated ?t about 400, including a large number of ladies, who graced the meeting with tdeirpresence. - , The meeting was called to order by.;W,-i Waddy Thomson, Esq., and after a meek and devout supplication -had been offeredvup to the Throne! of: Grace by Rev. R. A. Ron, Mr. Thomson addressed a few remarks to the as-" setablage, welcoming, on behalf of the, Peraocracy of Western' York, their visiting., friends, congratulating them on the patriotism and unfaltering devotion to principle of the good people of South Carolina, aod^pledging that on the 5th of next November, Builook's Creek would prove the bannbf pfocinct of York county. He also said the Victory * ... ..u-i I'fV ) we are about' to attain is one of greater jmportance tban that of. two . years ago, as all then won is now. in our. keeping, the responsibility of which our people feel, and, on the day of election, standing together in a way-' rior bkbd of bothers, will nobly discharge; their Gdty 4k 'patriotic citizens. After' extending an 'invitation to anyrRepablican speakers who .might, be,present, assuring such, i if any there, were, that, they should be oour--' teously received in the> stand and permitted to speak, Mv.Thomeon closed by again welcoming the Viskibg fYiendsand speakers in attendance. Th^re was no response to the., invitation extended to members of,the Rer, publicau party, and Mr. Thomson introduced as the first speaker, Mr. Greene, who briefly addressed tbe people, taking very heaity'tfce same ground as that in his speech at Clover, on the previous Saturday, a report of which we published .last week. \ Mr. B. H. Massey followed Mr. Greene. This was the first meeting be bad been able to attend, owing to sickness and a death in bis family. He was glad to meet so large and enthbsiastic a body of people, and was before them in obedience to a. call of the ill i # -- ' j ' i i' ' 1 county convention, which had nominated him for refileotion to the House of iRepresentatives. He favored retreocbment and reform in every manner where it cod Id properly be practiced, and was also in favor of reducing ,the pay of members of the L^gislft-^ Lure to three dollars per day. He was QJfr,; posed to reopening the State University, for the present ; aod was also opposed to levying ^ an additional tax to that now of force for free1' public school purposes.'' 'He then spoke of; the importance of a united Democracy in the comipg election, and while not an officeseeker in any sense of the term, hoped : the people would <$ncentratefod the ticket nominated by the Democratic Convention, and . forever bury Radicalism in York county.'1 Mr. Peter "Garrison followed Mr. Massey| speaking in the same strain of his former speech, already reported. After Mr. Garrison closed, Mr. G. L. MoNeel was introduced. He announced himself ^H| a nominee of the county convention for the House of Representatives, and though he confessed mature years, he acknowledged iH himself but teu days old iu politics, and, 6g therefore, could not be expected to entertain 1