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Straps and .facts. ? A letter recently written by Jefferson Davis in regard to the yellow fever at Memphis, closes with the following sentence: "The noble generosity of the northern people in this day of our extreme affliction has been felt with deep gratitude, and has done more for the fraternization of which many idly prate, than would many volumes of rhetorical assurance." ? "If it cost anything," says a thinker, who pleases us, "to go to church, people who never go now would run around like wild men for free passes." The remark resembles that made by Madame DeSteal, who said in effect that if water was only a3 rare and as dear as wine, it would be the most exquisite beverage known to humanity. ? Apples are so plentiful in New Hampshire and prices so low, that the farmers cannot afford to pay for picking them. Barrels, on the contrary, are in such demand that when some thieves entered a barn in South Seabrook the other nigbt, they emptied the apples upon the barn floor and carried off only the barrels. ? The bark Azor, belonging to the Liberian Emigrant Association, arrived in London on the 6th instant. She experienced quue a rough trip, however, being for seventeen days in very rough weather, with a gale of wind blowing daring a large portion of the time. She will leave London for Charleston, on the first of November. ? "Honest" John J. Patterson is a political prophet of no mean ability. He gives it as his opinion that the Democrats will carry every county in South Carolina except, possibly, Beaufort, and is positive that not a single Republican will be elected to Congress. He unkindly adds that "President Hayes is responsible for all this?his Southern policy has crushed out the Republican party of South Carolina." ? Gen. Jos E. Johnston is having some trouble with an independent who is opposing him for Congress, in the Richmond, Va., District. A circular, addressed to the IrishAmerican voters of the district, has been issued, which charges that General Johnston had two young Irishmen, of Hayes' Louisiana brigade, shot just after the first battle of Manassas, for some slight insubordination, in spite of the earnest entreaties of Beauregard and others. It further states that a brother of one of the men vowed vengeance, and shot Johnston through the shoulder during the battle of Seven Pines. ? It is quite probable, as the London Spec tator suggests, that gas will survive the electric light, just as horses have survived the introduction of railroads. It may develop more highly special utilities, as for cooking and lighting interiors, however practicable electricity may be for streets. But at present it costs twelve times as much to light the new avenue of the opera at Paris by electricity, as by gas. The above journal says that the greatest rival to gas in London is "paraffin, which is hawked about all our back streets daily like milk." ? A private letter from Mogador, gives a <Uo~f.ii on/imint nf thf> famine in Morocco. ICdllUI UVWUmv v? ? *. It say9: "The famine here to the southward has been, and still is, something frightful. You may see living skeletons of men, women and children groping in foul refuse heaps for hideous bits of offal. Down at the Waterport, poor starving wretches are constantly scratching and sifting sand, dust and mud for stray grains of rice or barley, Beggars swarm in the streets, corpses are often seen, and smallpox is horribly rife among the poor folk, who all huddle together. Sick, sound and dead may be 9eeu lying together in foul fetid dens." ? Secretary Sherman says that there is not the slightest anxiety in his mind regarding the success of resumption on the 2nd of January npxt. On that day the assistant treasurer, in New York, wttl De prepared to pay coiu for greenbacks, in suras of fifty dollars or its multiple, to all who come. He said it would be impossible for speculators to make auy trouble or embarrass the government in carrying out the law. It is possible that they may carry gold up a point or two, but this will not interfere with resumption. The Secretary says there are now in the vaults in New York over $100,000,000 in gold coin, to say nothing of silver, and that by the first of January there will be at least $135,000,000 of coin to begin resumption with. The Secretary wishes that every important question of the government were as easily disposed of as the resumption of specie payments. ? The Springfield Republican very justly thinks that it will not do for the North, any longer, to hold up its hands in horror over the disposition of the South to indulge in lynch law. It is only a few days ago that a negro, guilty of an aggravated assault on a white, girl narrowly escaped lynching in Ansonia, Conn.; about the same time Stephen Wade, a black man of 60, out in Drake County, Ohio, was taken out of bed and shot down by a party of masked men for stealing ; a few weeks earlier a mob in Sandusky, Ohio, took a negro murderer from the officers and hung him to a lamp post; and now comes the latest and most shocking case from Posey county, Indiana, where four negroes were hanged, and one negro and three white men shot to death. Judge Lynch has left the South and gone on the New England and Western circuits. ? The eannv Scotchman is wary and pru dent even in his dealings with Divine Providence. At the Glasgow Presbytery, a fortnight ago, a motion came up under the rules for the appointment of a day of thanksgiving for peace and for an abundant harvest. The Afghan complications having broken out suddenly, and peace being by no means assured, the author of the motion suggested that it would be well to postpone thanking the Almighty for peace while the present state of things lasted. The word "peace" would have been removed from the motion, but for the prompt application of the Scotch love of hair-splitting, by which it was unanimously resolved that the thanks to the Almighty for peace should be offered on the express understanding that the peace was the peace of Berlin, and had no reference whatever to the present complications and impending war in Afghanistan. ? A New York letter of Tuesday says: "The indications are that planters will lose a good deal of money on their cotton crop, while the factors and merchants will escape. Receipts are now pouring in upon this and foreign markets; a decline has already taken place that no one dared to predict two months ago, I and on this declining market the heaviest receipts of the year will soon begin to fall. Awhile ago the planters could have sold their crop in this market on contract delivery at eleven cents and over per pound, while today cotton is down to 9.60(a>9.70; but then they would have had to run the risk of the solvency of the party buying when the contracts became due. It is said the advance of j twenty-five points on one day last week was engineered to help some out who were long of ' "* - ? "I TL cotton, ana tnus avert xaiiure. iuc u?i day the advance was all lost, and prices have j been downward ever since. The uncertain position of the market will throw the export I business into a few hands, and the darkness overhanging the market will be increased by the shyness of buyers of exchange in dealing with commercial bills." ? A New Orleans dispatch to the New York i Herald reports the discovery of a secret political organization in Louisiana, composed of such leading Republicans as Anderson, Wells and Kenner, of returning board notoriety, some disaffected Democrats, and what is known as the National party, having for its object the carrying of the November election against the Democrats at all hazards. Jt is claimed this secret party was organized in 1877, and that its members are sworn to obey orders, and not to assist, trade with or vote for any but a member of the organization. To more effectually achieve its purpose, it is said there is a minor organization, styled the Red j Warriors, who are bound by the strictest penalty to do the bidding of the chief without question, and in case the killing of any one is determined, members draw for the mission by ballot. Among other desperate things alleged to be in contemplation, is the seizure and destruction of the ballot boxes at the approaching election, should it go against thein, and the Beizure of the armories and State arsenal at a given signal. There is doubtless much that is sensational in the Herald's dispatch, but there is no secret about the fact that the leading Louisiana Republicans have agreed to support what is called the National ticket, hoping thereby to make a successful diversion against the Democratic nominees. ^arkviUc inquirer. ^ ? j YORKVILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 31, 1878. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Radicals of Orangeburg County have nominated a full ticket. ? Col. Leonidas W. Spratt, a native of York county, but whose home is now in Florida, is sojourning temporarily in Aiken. ? The agent of Dr. Carver, the champion rifle shot of the world, is negotiating for an exhibition place at the Fair Grounds, in Columbia, during Fair week. ? Maj J. W. Tench, who was nominated in Union county, as an independent candidate for the Senate, has declined to allow bis name to be used. ? The Eighteenth Infantry, United States Army, which was stationed in this State for several years, has been ordered to the West for operations against the Indians. ? The Abbeville Rifles have passed resolutions to challenge all companies, north of Columbia, to a competitive drill to take place at the State fair. ? D. P. Humphrey, colored, one of the Radical nominees for the legislature in Darlington, has deserted that party and joined the Democrats. ? The Radicals have nominated E. W. M. Mackey as a candidate for Congress from the Second District. M. P. O'Conner Esq., is the Democratic nominee. ? A gentlemen in Kershaw county, has in his orchard, apple trees that have flowers for the third crop, the second crop having already ripened and been gathered. They are of the early red June kind?three crops in one season. ? At the democratic gathering in Spartanburg last week, the notorious W. Magill Fleming renounced Radicalism and douned a red shirt. He made a speech in which he urged the unanimous support of the Democratic ticket. ? Peter Humphrey, Radical white nominee for the Legislature, and Wm. Lockhart, white nominee for county commissioner, in Darlington county, were serenaded at Tiramonsville, on Tuesday, with tin pans, cow bells and skedunks. JLockhart stabbed two ot the serenadere, but only slightly. ? It is said that the winter schedule of pas senger trains on the through lines, which goes into euect on toe ivtn or novemoer, is to De very fast. There will be, for instance, only three stops between Charlotte and Columbia on the night trains, to-wit: At Rock Hill, Chester and Winnsboro. ? Three of the former confederates of Redmond, the famous moonshiner, made a propo sition to the United States officials, that for the sum of $1,500 they would undertake to capture and deliver Redmond up to the law. The proposition was communicated to the authorities in Washington, and the AttorneyGeneral has decided that there is no fund which could be made legally available for such a purpose. ? It would be well enough for the farmers to remember that the lieu law expires by limitation on January 1, 1879. It is not likely that the law will be re-enacted, and our far mere should set about preparing for the change by putting in heavy crops of wheat and oats. ? The Union Bank, of Columbia, was reorganized last week, with the following gentlemen as officers: Col. W. C. Swaffield, President; Directors, W. B. Stanley, S. L. Leaphart, John S. Wiley, W. K. Bachman, W. C. McGregor, and B. I. Boone. ? A Washington dispatch of the 26th says: "Propositions having been made by parties in South Carolina charged with violation ol laws in regard to the exercise of the elective franchise, the following has been sent by Attorney-General Devins to the United States attorney at Charleston : 'I want no trafficing or guarantees, but a judicial investigation of an outrage alleged to have been committed upon unoffending people in the exercise of their rights as citizens of the United States.' The propositions alluded are supposed to be those made by Coghlan, in Court, and rejected by the Democrats, the particulars of which we published last week. ? Attorney-General Youmans was in "Washington last week. A special dispatch from that city says : "The trial of the imprisoned United States revenue officers in South Carolina (the Ladd murderers) was the subject of a discussion between Attorney-General Devins and Mr. Youmans. The latter said that he would probably argue the case on behalf of South Carolina. Gen. Devins said that he would be very glad to have the case argued fully, and to defend the position taken by the Federal Government in relation to these officers. It is probable that Circuit ! Judge Bond will preside at the trial, and not j District Judge Bryan." ? Last week, Hon. James B. Campbell, who j at the late session of the legislature was one of i the Senators from Charleston county, announced himself as an independent candidate for re- , election. Since the announcement was made, | the Radicals have taken him up and nomi- j nated him on their ticket. Mr. Campbell is j a democrat, one of the oldest lawyers in ! Charleston, has frequently been a member of; the legislature, is self-willed, indifferent to the clamor of those who disapprove of his course, and will, in all probability, run the race inrougn. jl ne uum uumiutttcu iui me ; legislature by the Charleston Radicals is j composed of twelve negroes and six white j democrats. ? On Thursday and Friday, District Attorney Northrop, with United States Commission-' er P. Wiggin and two constables, arrested the following citizens of Williamsburg county: ' G. P. Nelson, T. M. Gilland, J. S. Heyward, J. G. Smith, R. D. Norton, Henry Davis, I G. J. Graham, W. D. Fitch, Hugh Cooper, Dr. 8. D- M. Byrd, John Frierson, Dr. J. S. James, \Vm. >f. Joinder, W. J. Lee, P. W. Sessions and J. A. Kelly, Under advice, an examination was waived, and bonds were given by all the parties for their appearance at the next term of the United States Court. The affidavits were mostly made by ignorant I negroes and the charges are all under sections, i 5,508 and 5,520. The most of the persons. I arrested are charged with interfering with . Swails in his advocacy of Rainey for Con| gress. The others are arrested for giving I Swails notice to leave the county. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. | ?The mountains of Western North Caro| lina are covered with snow. | ? The grading of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad will be finished to Lenoir by the middle of December. ? Robert Lurasou, Abrain Maberry and L. A. Mason, have been appointed storekeepers and gaugers of the Sixth North Carolina District. ? W. H. Priester, of South Carolina, who recently shot a colored waiter in a Charlotte restaurant, will, it is understood, return to Charlotte and surrender himself to the authorities. ? Jim Laxton, colored, was hanged at Statesville, last Friday, having been convicted of rape, alleged to have been committed rtawoAn AC O itjkito fDAmon in PbM Wpll UU tuv V/l U If IJ I IV ttvsu?i*u *u WW?%?>I w?? county, od the night of April 14, 1876. ? Nathan Waters, who murdered Richard Johnson, in Ricbuiond county, last April, and made his escape, has been arrested in Cuthbert, Georgia. Governor Vance has issued a requisition upon the Governor of Georgia for the fugitive. ? A Washington dispatch of the 26th inst. says: The Attorney General, in accordance with the recommendation of the acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has granted the petition of some four hundred persons in North Carolina indicted for violation of the revenue laws; they will be allowed to plead guilty to the charges against them, but sentence will be suspended during good behaviour. They promise to abstain from further violation of law themselves, and use their influence to prevent others doing so. ? Vance and Merriraon are the names most prominently spoken of for United States Senator, to be elected by the next Legislature of North Carolina. As a singular coincidence in the light of subsequent events, it is mentioned that in 1861 Vance went to Raleigh as captain of a company, and that the present Senator Merrimon was also a private in the same company. Judge Merrimon, however, was soon appointed commissary captain, and Vance was elected colonel of the 26th regi ment. ? The Charlotte Observer says that at the sale of the property of the late Sheriff Rhyne, of Gaston county, last week, things sold at prices which indicated that plenty prevails in our neighboring county. Mules, some ot them pretty old, sold at prices ranging from $80 to $115, six months' time; corn sold at 37i cents per bushel, six months'.time, snd other things in proportion. The people appeared to be happy and prosperous, and but little was heard of hard times among the Gastoniaus. ? The Wilmington Sun learns that on last Friday eveuing, a young man, eon of A. M. McEutyre, put the torch to hie father's store, which was situated about four miles from Moss Neck, and burned it to the ground, together with its entire contents?except possibly that of the money drawer. Young McEntyre recently married a young woman to whom his parents seriously objected, and after the marriage his father would not admit the pair into his door. This exasperated the boy and he started forthwith to the store, a mile distant, and destroyed it. The incendiary has not been arrested. ? At Lumberton, on Thursday last, Miss Amelia Linkhawe, approached a young man by the name of Ed. Hartman, at his room in the hotel, and demanded to know if he intended fulfilling his promise to marry her, she alleging that he had effected her ruin upon promise to marry. Hartman persistently refused to marry her, when she drew a revolver and shot him, the ball entering his breast and lodging in his back. The wound was at first supposed to be mortal, but the ball has been extracted, and the physicians entertain hope of his recovery. Soon after the shooting, the young woman gave birth to a child. Owing to the critical condition of the wounded man, his assailant was bound over in a bond of $5,000. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Affairs in Mexico. Some time ago it was reported from the Rio Grande, that four or five thousand Mexi cans were marching from Monterey for the border. It was also stated that the object of the advance of so large a body of Mexican soldiers was to oppose Uuited States troops wheuever they crossed into Mexico in pursuit of thieves. The War department thought that such was the object of the advance, until rresident Diaz miormea tms government tnat instead of being sent with the intent to interfere with the punishment of raiders, the troops were to cooperate with the United States forces in putting them down. That this is really the case, is corroborated by information received at the War department. It is also learned that Gen. Trevino, commander of the Mexican troops, is under orders to exterminate, if possible, the Iudians with whom stealing and plundering on American soil has almost become a second nature. Another order of his is to prevent Mexicans from crossing the Rio Grande and stealing cattle and whatever they can lay their bands on. Gen. Trevino has arrived at Padras Nagras, where Gen. Ord has gone to pay him a visit. The two generals will consult as to the best plan to be pursued to establish and maintain order, and the best methods of carrying out the plan after adoption. Considerable importance is attached to this new phase of the Mexican muddle. It is thought to be likely, with both sides cooperating, to put down raids?not one side doing all the cooperating and the other saying it is willing to cooperate, as has heretofore been the case?that the end of these raids is drawing near. The consultation between Generals Ord and Trevino, if harmonious and successful, may result in the decline and fall of the greaser. The President Speaks in Maryland. President Hayes was an invited guest at the Cumberland (Md.) county fair. On being escorted by the military and citizens to the fair-grounds, a welcoming speech was made by Governor Carroll, after which the President delivered an address, congratulating his hearers upon the presence of peace throughout the laud, saying we are rapidly moving forward to the period when all sections are to have equal rights?the States equal rights under the Constitution and all citizens equal rights. The President spoke of the depression caused by the panic five years ago as passing away, and he believed the prosperity of agriculture throughout the country would extend to other branches of industry. The President alluded to our ability to undersell European countries iu many things they have heretofore furnished us, as among fhe indications of our national prosperity, | and concluded by saying that the good credit of the United States is valuable to every man in the United States engaged in any industry, because enterprises that give employment to labor can go forward only by capital, and capital can be lent out only on good credit. What we want is good dollars and inducement to put them into business. If I know myself at all, my view is that as more human beings are engaged in labor with .hands than any other way, they are chiefly to be considered in Governmental affairs. [Applause.] That is my opinion all the time. In traveling, our safety depends on the honesty and fldelity with which the common laborers perform their part. If on the railroad there be detective machinery or carelessness, our lives are endangered. So our National safety depends on honest labor ; therefore, the best thing to do is to keep our credit good and our currency sound and stable. The Recent Terrible Storm. A tempestuous gale of unprecedented severity swept over a portion of the Atlantic coast early last Thursday morning. On the New England coast much damage was done to shipping, and several lives were lost. The signal corps station at Cape Henry reports that the American ship A. S. Davis, of Searsport, Maine, loaded with guano, from Callao, and bound to Hampton Roads and Norfolk, ran ashore at 2, a. m., ou the 23rd, eight miles South of the station. The vessel and cargo are a total loss. The crew of nineteen men were all lost wit^h, cue exception. Nine of the bodies were washed ashore. In the city of Philadelphia, incalculable damage was done by the wind, which at 2.45 a. m. was blowing at the rate pf 25 miles an hour in a westerly direction. It gradaally increased in fury, obtaining a velocity of 72 miles an hour. Not in many years, if ever before, has there been so much damage done in the streets, public squares and along the river fronts. Many of the public school buildings are damaged. Over forty churches of all denominations were more or less damaged by the demolishing of steeples, <fcc. The sheds for departing trains at the Pennsylvania Railroad depot, in West Philadelphia, were demolished, involving a loss of forty to fifty thousand dollars. The large depot at the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, at Washington avenue wharf, was reduced to ruins, and the south side of the Pennsylvania grain elevator, in the immedinfp virinitv. was blown in. Two snans oi the Schuylkill bridge, on the Beading Railroad, fell in, stopping ail travel. Numerous disasters to shipping are reported. Seven persons were killed in the city and about seventy-five injured. Detailed reports, made up next day after the storm, show that by the storm in the city, 384 dwellings and stores were unroofed and otherwise injured and several were completely demolished. In addition to these, there were badly injured, 31 churches, 23 schools, 35 factories and warehouses, 5 hotels, 2 elevators and 50 other large buildings, such as depots, ferry houses, mills and railroad offices. The fatal accidents were six, and those seriously injured number thirteen. By the same storm three vessels and several lives were lost on the Chesapeake bay. Among the vessels lost was the Empress. Her crew consisted of twenty-one men. She was first struck by the gale between 12 and 2 o'clock in the morning, and soon became unmanageable, and drifted towards Bamen [oluuJ? A largo oca owcpfc over her and stove in all the joiner work. Her commander, Captain Barker, one of the wheelsmen, and one of the colored passengers were rescued by a passing vessel and taken to Chris field. Six of the crew v/ere taken off by a boat from the steamer Shirley, of the same place, by a line which lies ashore on Bamen Island. The Shirley was unable to save any of the others, and is unable as yet to get off. Her upper saloon was carried away, and she rapidly Blled with water and sank. The scenes at the wreck are described as being horrible in the extreme. The nine men taken to Cbrisfield were the only persons saved, so that the loss of life must have teen great. MERE. MENTION. Billings, indicted for the murder of his wife at Ballston, N. Y., an account of whose trial, in which the jury disagreed is on the iirst page of this issue, has been admitted to bail in a bond of $30,000. An attempt was made last Thursday to assassinate Alphonso, King of Spain. The would-be assassin has been arrested. The young kingh^s requested that he be not executed, but imprisoned for a term of years. The Government is now buying gold bullion with greenbacks at par. The ratio of taxation in New York City, for the current year, has been fixed by the board of aldermen at $2.55 on the 8100 of valuation. Eleven Catholic priests have died in Memphis this summer, in the discharge of duty. The story that Mr. Tilden is engaged to be married to a St. Louis lady, is contradicted by a member of Mr. Tilden's family. Information has been received from Overton county, Tenn., that citizens are petitioning for the suppression of illicit distilling and dispersion of armed bands of moonshiners. Among the victims of the yellow fever in the vicinity of Memphis, wan Jefferson Davis, Jun., who died recently. At a political meeting in Philadelphia, on the evening of the 23d, some one threw a large stone at Speaker Randall, who was addressing the crowd. The Speaker's escape was very narrow, as the stone struck a door immediately behind him. An experienced lawyer says that when a witness spits frequently, the chances are that he is lying. There is talk of building a monument to the memory of the late Lieut. H. H. Beuner. Our Wonderful Petroleum.?Twenty years ago this article was little known. The fi rst artificial well was suuk in August, 1859, we believe. Now there is an aunual production, in this country, of about 15,000,000 barrels, and more than 860,000,000 worth is exported to other countries annually?our exports ranging in importance according to valuation?first, cotton ; second, flour and grain ; third, hog products (lard, harns and salt pork); and fourth, petroleum. There are more than 10,000 oil wells flowing or being stink, and probably over 810,000,000 invested in the business, in one way and another. Fit-! teen million barrels (40 gallons to the barrel) | of this earth-yielded oil would fill 9,600,000,000 lamps holding half a pint each, or about j seven such lamps for every man, woman and child on our globe. If these lamps were j equally distributed, so that every four per- ' sons could have one, and allow half a pint of oil to burn three evenings, on an average, | (short nights included) the 15,000,000 barrels J of oil would light up the whole human race for a period of three months, or a fourth of; the population of the globe for a whole year.' All this has come to light, from the bowels ! of the earth, in less than twenty years, during which time we have not only used all the 1 petroleum we have wanted ourselves, but have sent to other lands nearly $500,000,000 worth, at the low custom bouse valuation. What other stores of light and comfort lie yet undiscovered in this wonderful world of ours?? ' Country Gentleman. -THE FEVER SCOURGE. Reports to the Surgeon-General of the Uni- i ted States Marine Hospital service, at Wash* ington, show the following up to Saturday last, 26th instant: At New Orleans there were 699 cases of fever and 299 deaths. Totals, 12,881 cases 1 and 3,864 deaths. Port Hudson, La?The report to October 20th gives thertot^i cases of fever at 755 ; total deaths, 10, including four resident physicians. *-The fitst caseofthefe- * ver occurred September 9th ; the first death September 13th. Mobile?71 cases and 17 deaths. Totals, 164 cases and 49 deaths. c Ocean Springs, Miss?No deaths; 8 new 1 cases in Ocean Springs and 9 cases in the < country not previously reported. Totals, 145 i cases and 29 deaths. Pass Christian?44 j cases and 5 deaths. Totals, 170 cases and 18 deaths. Water Valley?Totals, 146; 66 j new cases. Brownsville, Tenn?16 deaths. s Totals, 560 cases and 152 deaths. Cbattanoo- { ga?80 cases ana 23 deaths. Louisville?-4 cases aud 7 deaths. Totals, 131 cases and 61 j deaths, including refugees. Decatur?23ca- j ses and 14 deaths. Totals, 178 cases and 40 j deaths. Hernando?32 cases and 7 deaths, j Totals 165 cases and 63 deaths. Morgan Ci- j tv?7 deaths durinc the Dast week. Totals. i 510 cases and ninety-four deaths. Cincin- i uati?No new cases in the past three weeks and but one death. St. Louis?At quarantine for the past week, three residents admitted, died of the fever. One patient previously re- c ported, also died. Cairo?For the two wqeks t ended yesterday, there were .44 cases and 6 j doubtful cases. Deaths, 15?Total, 75 cases and 41 deaths. Memphis?For the week . ended 24th, there were 50 deaths. Total deaths, 2,932. Plague Mine?Total cases to ( October 20th, 1,159; deaths 120. Baton < Rouge?For the past week 170 cases and 15 1 deaths. Total, 2,340 cases and 144.deaths. Pprt Gibson?The fever spreads into the coun- t try, and there have been about thirty deaths in the past week. The colored people of the * country repel friendly aid offered them for * fear of having fever brought to them by nur- 1 ses, while they are dying from it without knowing it is fever. Greenville?To noon, ( October 11th, 301 deaths, 21 of which were ( in the country outside of Greenville. No ca- * ses or deaths for the past week at Port Eads, Southwest Pass and Key West. f Monday night's reports indicate that the fever is abating at all the infected points. 1 At Memphis there were but six deaths in the I city and suburbs. At New Orleans' there f were 21 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. , At Chattanooga, one new case and one death, both colored. At Mobile, for the twenty-four ? hours ending at noou Monday, there were 3 new cases and 1 death. Heavy frost has ap- ( peared at Memphis, Vicksburg, Cairo and ^ Chattpnooga. At New Orleans the weather t on Monday was clear and pleasant. i Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ( LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. ] Rock Hill; S. C., October 28. f Our town continues to improve, not only in appearance, but iu many other material respects. The completion of the new brick 8 houses fully reaches the public expectation. 1 Unique in design and execution, they com- J pare most favorably with any other houses of c like dimensions : in fact, thev would be an ? ormanent to any city. Oar attention has ( been especially attracted by the unusually el- ? egant finish of the front of the store-room of Messrs. Roach & Rattaree?a real bronze 1 green, trimmed with gold bronze, the shades so tastefully harmonizing that the work cannot fail to command the admiration of all c who chance to see it. t The merchants all say that since moving into their new stores, they have had no reasou to complain of a lack of trade. Notwith- c standing the low price of cotton, the receipts r continue heavy. Six thousand bales, and up- c wards, have been brought to this market since r the season opened Wednesday was the day appointed for the speaking of the candidates for the Legisla- e ture. The day was rainy und cold, and con- e sequently but few were present to hear the ^ speeches. Owing to the inclemency of the t weather, we had to assemble in the Hall, t Speeches were made by Messrs. Greene, Mc- t Neel and Garrison. Their speeches were li short, and similar in substance to those made f by them at other places and reported in the 1 Enquirer. '' ! p Hon. I. D. Witherspoon delivered a most f stirring and effective address. He handled j the would-be independent candidates with e ungloved hands. Several of the leading col- v ored Republicans were present and seemed v much impressed with the truth of the plain v statement of facts made by the speaker. Mr. J. R. London, President of the Hamp- 0 ton Democratic Club, called upon Hon. F. (. A. Conner, formerly of Abbeville county, 1; and once a member of the Legislature from t that county, who responded in a short but 11 amusing speech, in which his comparison ot 6 the Hampton government with that of Cham- ^ berlain, was excellent. His anecdotes, in il- r lustration of Radical rule, were very appro- c priate, and rendered his address enjoyable as d well as effective. n Mr. Witherspoon threw down the gauntlet c to eastern York, as coming from the western " side, that the west would have the banner precinct of the county. We accepted the challenge, and will endeavor to disappoint ^ our western constituents on the 5th of No- y vember. The feeling of rivalry will doubt- p less have a tendency to infuse both with re 1< newed energy and enthusiasm in the glorious contest. We expect to poll a much larger Democratic majority for the State and county j( tickets than we did 1876. a The Terpsichorean Society, of this place, d newly organized with a full and new set of a officers, gave an entertainment last Friday d night. It was quite a success. The orderly and decorous manner in which the entertain- t< ment was conducted, reflects great credit upon f the Society. Such social gatherings among tj the young ladies and gentlemen, enable them q to while away the long winter evenings in a most pleasant and agreeable manner, and is ever conducive to the refinement, elevation r and cultivation of the heart9 and minds of all n participants. Lux. \ ^ ? , For the Yorkvillc Enquirer. 1,1 b school lahii51tior?. Mr. Editor: On Friday evening, the c 25th instant, your correspondent was present ^ at a pleasant entertainment given by the pu- ^ pils of the Chestnut Academy, which is un- ^ der the control of Mr. E. P. Castles as prin- v cipal, and is located about 31 miles northwest of Yorkville. The pupils acquitted themselves in a handsome manner, reflecting unusual credit on the training and skill of the principal. Among those participating in the w entertainment, were J. C. Dickson, D. C. a Clark, R. L. Wilkerson, E. A. Dickson, R. E L. Wallace and Masters Conner, Neel, Jack- d son and Craig, together with Misses E. J. ai Thomasson. Alice E. Jackson, M. S. Dickson, ? Josephine Derrer, Laura Clark and Sue E. Clinton. Each individual was well repaid ^ for attendance, and for a long time will be ^ remembered some of the laughable scenes B enacted, and notably the burlesque of the h< doctor, which was inimitably rendered by Master Campbell Roberts. The patrons are manifesting great interest in the success of!, the school, and the principal is evidently em- j ' ploying his best efforts to attain the desired " end. Nemo. se For tlie Yorkvillo Enquirer. ' ^ - N CLAY HILL DEMOCRATIC CLUB. ' t} At a meeting of Clay Hill Democratic ju Club, on the 26th instant, the following resolutions were adopted: 1. That we endorse the nominations and m pledge our support. I 2. We utterly discountenance all independent candidates, and look upon them as ene-1 mies to the Democratic party. ta D. T. PARTLOW, President. tl W. J. Neely, Secretary. B i T: __ XaOCAXi AFFAIRS. < I $TEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ( P. M. Dobson A Co.?Cash Store Still Leads. * Dannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion, tf. Strauss?Notice the Prices. ' 3. F. Adickes A Sons?Our Stock. ... ? F. F. Wallace, Administrator's Sale, r. A. McLean?Card to the public. t [. D. Witherspoon, Chairman?Meeting of Executive Committee. Prank Edwards?Estray Hogs. C r. M. Hambright.?Notice. / Si) PER VISOR S*OF ELECTldlC^-" i Mr. 8. T. Poinier, the chief supervisor of j slectious, has made the following nomina- . ions for supervisors of election in York sounty, in behalf of the Democracy. The ! lominations have been confirmed by Judge . Bryan, of the United States Circuit Court: j Yorkville, J. W. Dobson. Hickory Grove- , D. C. McKiuney. Black's Station, Henderion Martin. Buffalo, VV. D. Gaston. Beth, 1 iny, J. Randolph Wallace. Clark's Fork. 1 T O (n no A Wo 1 I a nn Plnit Will William T I ;aui^ J.x* fi c* iatvi \jiaj xxi sij it iiiioiu v? i Neely. Fort Mill, Win. H. Stewart. Rock Hill, Allen Jones. Coates' Tavern, A. M. Black. McElwee's Mill, James A. Erwin. VIcConnellBville, John D. McConnell. Bulock'e Greek Church, J. Waddy Thomson. Blairsville, A. B. Crosby. Bethel, Samuel S. smith. Clover Station, J. W. Beamguard. LOCAL BBIEFS. The County Chairman requests a meeting >f the Democratic Executive Committee and he Presidents of the Several Clubs, on next Monday. See advertisement. On Tuesday evening, the Rock Hill Silver hornet Band, under the leadership of that (lever and accomplished gentleman, Mr. Irelell Jones, reudered several selections of excelent music in the piazza of Rawlinson's Hotel. Miss Alice Hopper has sent us a twig conaiuing half a dozen horse apples of second ;;rowth, which had attained the size of guinea ggs. Mr. Robert Warren has also sent us iu apple of the same kind. ' ! Attention is directed to the fact that by a :hauge in the election law at the last session >f the Legislature* the polls will be opened on ruesday next at 6 o'clock, A. M., and closed i.t 6 o'clock, P. M. ' / On the afternoon of the 23rd- instant, a louse in the "California" section of town, be- I onging to Mrs. Beard and occupied by a ' amily of colored people, caught ou 6re?the * esult of accident?and was entirely consum)d. # 1 < We were pleased to receive a call last Mon- < low frn m Pan *\To?11 P P noo alnrr nf Qtataa. 1 xaj jiwui iw?. iiciu ju. x icooicji m uwnwo- ? nlle, N. C., a minister in theSecond Presby;ery of the Associate Reformed church, who vas appointed at the last session of the Syn)d as a missionary to Mexico. Mr. Preaaley vill take his departure for that country?his le8tination being the City of Mexico1?in a ew weeks. Thos. Wright, colored, wbose home is about iix miles from town, on the Thome's Ferry 'oad, was committed to jail by Trial Justice Lewis, last Saturday evening, on the charges >f attempting arson on the premises of Farmir Frank, also colored, add malicious mis* ihief to Farmer's property, the nature of the >ffence being an attempt to kill a mule by lutting its throat. A GOOD SUGGESTION. A communication in the Augusta Chronicle, ?ver the signature of "Confederate Soldiers," irges that a fuud be raised by contributions n the South for the benefit of the widow and :hild of the late Lieut. Benner. Hon. Patick Walsb, of Augusta, is named as treasurer >f the fund, to whom contributions may be emitted. - ' Heartily endorsing the suggestion coutaiutd iu the communication, the Chronicle says iditorially: "Such action is entirely just and proper. rVhat would be more fitting, then, than that he Southern people should express their gratiude and admiration by raising a fund for hose whose protector gave up life in their belalf ? When the relief ship started on its peilous voyage down the Mississippi rivqr, bearug medicine to the sick in the death-beleaguered towns and villages of the infected region, food to the hungry and clothing to the F laked, no human law made it the duty of e lieutenant Benner to share the dangers of the a AjJcuitiuu* ou itu. an 10 njiuwii tu u?, tueic trere 110 ties that bound him to the Souths He d iras an officer of the Federal army, and in the * yar between the sections} doubtless drew his word in defence of that side which he believ- 0 d be the side of right and justice. But in c bedienceto a higher law, which comes from 11 rod and is found in the Code of Heaven^?a t iw which commands us to love oue another, t 0 minister to the sick and needy?this brave t nan took his life in his hand and journeyed t own the river of death. Exposed to the poi- a on t hat tainted every breeze, he sank and died, 0 ut not before he had been the means of doing P nuch good to the people to whose relief he e ame. Surely there was never more knightly t eed than this, more of a heroic self-sacrifice, f ior was there ever nobler deatli in the noble c ause of humanity. The memory of such a n nan should be honored for all time to come, t le has proven that the age of chivalry has e iot passed, and that greener laurels can be n athered in the charnel house of pestilence han on the stricken field. But while the f outh admires and honors, she has a duty to I1 erfonn. It would be a blistering shame to " it the wife and children, of this martyr to | umanity suffer because of his heroism. God * lone can bind up the bruised and bleeding 6 eart, but the Southern people can secure the f ived ones against physical suffering, privation i] nd want. That they will do this we do not P oubt. Let them in every town and city raise fund for the family of the brave man who v led in their behalf. a To the above remarks of our Augusta con emporary, we would simply add that Mrs. p lenuer, who resided with her husband in p his place some five or six years, is a worthy, ^ Christian lady, and deserves the sympathies of tj he people in whose behalf her husband sac- ti ificed his life. The Southern Relief Com- a littee of the Chamber of Commerce of New rork, have very properly appropriated from n he relief funds in their hands, $3,000 for the enefit of the widow and his children, and in- q ite other relief committees throughout the tl ountry to contribute for the same purpose ^ rom unappropriated balances in their bands. ^ 1 letter from Gen. Hancock warmly endorses a; iieut. Benner's family as "essentially deser- g ing the consideration of charitable and ^ atriotic people." p] THE MEETING LAST TUESDAY. J1 Notwithstanding the inclemency of the ^ eather last Tuesday?for not uulike the day i w . i i- _ il _ e. 1 11.. tl. ppoinieu ior tue lonucr grnuu ioiijt ui uic >emocracy of York on the 23rd ultimo, the ^ ay was cool and rainy?there was a large j* d enthusiastic outpouring of the people hi ora every section of the county, who came > honor the noble Hampton aud uphold by n, leir presence the cause of Home Rule and t( [ouest Government, in which great measures 91 e is the chosen leader of his State. ^ Early iu the forenoon, the streets were hi ironged with the yeomanry of the county? jjjj orsemen and footmen, nearly all wearing ni le typical red shirt, emblematic of that en- ui inguined nether garment so often and fran- di cplly waved by Radical politicians of the ^ orth?all in flne humor, hilarious with en m tusiasm and overflowing with ardor, as if tl ist entering upon the campaign uow so near- ^ r closed. aj Besides the citizens who formed the im- vv ense cavalcade, extending nearly the length ^ - Main street, there was also present, as in- g, ited guests of the Jenkins Rifles, the Spar- ai ,n Rifles, Capt. Bacon, of Spartanburg; le Catawba Rifles, Capt. Jones, of Rock [ill; the Cadets of King's Mountain Mili g< ary School, under command of Sergt. Younans, who, with the Jenkins Rifles, Capt. Gardner, formed in battalion near the public quare, under command of Major A. H. rVhite, and while the procession of Red 8birts vas forming, were reviewed byCol.Scoffin.of he Governor's staff, Assistant Adjutant Gensral. After the review was over, the pro:ession, under command of Sheriff K. H. jienu as Chief Marshal, and preceded. Jay the forkville Silver Helicon Band?Mr. Robert J. ilerndoa,'leader?moved, the military standug at parade rest until the entire column )assed. After all the Clubs that had formed n line on Main street had passed the hattalon of infantry, the Hampton Club, of Rock Hill, accompanied by the Rock Hill Silver hornet Band, Mr. Iredell Joues, leader, and he Rock Hill Colored Cornet Band, Lee IVbite, leader, joined the procession at the ntersection of Liberty and Main streets, and rith this accession to the marchimr column. lie entire length of Main street, from Adckes' corner, north, was literally filled with narching horsemen who, in their enthusiasm, ent the air with shouts and huzzahs. 1 After parading the principal streets, the jolumn returned to the public squa/e^ from which point, preceded by the military,'they narcbed to the speakers' stand. The stand was erected on a vacant lot of about six acres, rear the the Female Institute, and as a tribute to the cause in which it was built,'the lalies of Yorkville, with that true devotion for which they are so eminently characteristic, restowed upon it the most skillful decorations with evergreens and flowery that art could luggest, while conspicuous in front, wreathed with evergreen, was the legend in bold letters: 1876.?HAMPTON.?1878/ . ; i Despite tbe rain, which had been'fating all the forenoon, a large number dt ladies were already assembled when tbe procession cached the grounds, and their numbers were sonstantly augmented, until all the seats provided were filled, while still many others renaiued in their carriages. After inspiriting music by the bands, supdication to the Throne Grace was offered ly Rev. Thos. E. Gilbert, pastor of the M. E. Church, when - .'racij; Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, Chairman of the bounty Democratic Executive Committee, addressed the assemblage with a few remarks, regretting the absence of Governor,Hampton, ind giving as the reason be was not here tolay* the urgent demands for bim in the lower [>art of the State. He said the Governor had > M1 Lt kia IMM Ufllt** Ia Ua ItAMA ,eiegr?piicu in uiiu uio iuauuujr w uc ucre nuu lis regrets, though he felt that tp visit York tit ;his time oa a political errand' would be like a i- *.-V' " ' ,i. .> ?<? i U"?i7]'?y ihysician calling on a patient who was dot ? lick; that York?one of the banner counties )f the State?was not so much in need of his lervicee as were other counties, though, he regretted he could not be with them to day. Vfr. Witherspoon, however, promised that if he people of York will put down local dfelensions, and give the Democratic ticket a najority of which Hampton might be proud* le would have the Governor here to see them ill, on some more propitious day Within a nonth, if he hid to constitute air the ladies ) resent a committee to go with htm to Coumbia for. the purpose. Mr. Witherspoon hen congratulated the Democracy on the >resence of so. many ladies, who, despite the ucleueut day, graeed the meeting with their jreseuce, and after thanking "the IhdieS for he zeal they manifested iir the cause of good jo vera men t, introduced HON. J. H. EVTN8. Mr.> Evins sympathized with the county hairman and the people on the absence of. the oved and heroic Hampton, a single blast from vhose bugle is worth a thousand men. The peaker would indeed have felt like the "last use 01 summer, were uul uiueis pieseiit, ueides himself, to address the meeting. After _ ^tending congratulations on the presence of jl he ladies, and complimenting the manner in vliich the stand was decorated, he akx> ex- ^B tressed his pleasure at meeting so large and ^B nthusiastic a multitude of his fellow citizens, B ,t wliich display of patriotism, however, he B ras not surprised, knowing, as hte did, the ar- jBfl lor with which the people of York went B hrough the campaign of 1876. '",i x The speaker then briefly sketched the history f the different party organizations in;the ountry since the formation of the. Government, dwelling with severity upon the rule of he Republican party, and charging upon it he misrule and had government inflicted upon he country during the period when that pary was in power?a party founded on sectionalism and hate. He then argued that the Demcratic party offers the only protection to the eople from encroachments of the Federal Govrnment?it being the party of the constituion which gave to this country liberty and ree institutions. Its principles stand by the onstitution and they perpetuate the government of our fathers. No President of this pary ever disgraced his high position, nor did ver a Cabinet officer under Democratic administration develop into a Belknap. During the darkest hours of our history, the )emocratic party of the North stretched out ts hands to relieve the South from the grindtig tyranny of Grantism. A review of the < tepnhlican party could develop nothing but m raud and corruption, whether a State or Fed- B ral administration, while the only vitality of he party was sectional hate?its founders beag fanatics unworthy to associate with any arty. Turning to the colored people, several 6t mom were present,, me speaser gave a ciear nd succinct history of the causes that led to heir emancipation, reminding them at the ame time that President Lincoln, the chainion of the abolition party, while President, roposed an amendment to the constitution arever preventing interference with slavery s it then existed in the States, and proving to hose he was addressing that their emancipaion was only the result of military necessity, nd their subsequent enfrancisement was done nly to strengthen the Republican party, whose iatiers hud no farther interest in the colored ian after securing office by his vote. He then ontrasted bur own State Government under iampton with that of Scott, Moses and bamberlain, and asked his colored hearers if tiey could not perceive the difference, [to inch was made the response, yes I yes!] rhen, the speaker continued, that good laws rere worthless to a people unless faithfully nd honestly executed, and challenged a siule instance in which Governor Hampton has liled to make good his promises to the colori people. He then showed to the colored peole that it is as much to their interest as to re interest of the white people that we should ave good government, contending that as the hitea prosjiered, under Democratic rule, so ould the blacks. The speaker next argued the' importance of mtinuing South Carolina a redeemed State, ud appealed to the State pride of the people > go to the ffclls as freemen, to vote as freelen, and to stand by their proud old mother, [e urged his hearers to let 110 one beguile them kto votin? for anv excent the reorular nomi ees on tjie Democratic ticket. Since coming ) Yorkville, he had heard that a Republican r an independent ticket would yet lie placed 1 the field, which ticket might possibly conlin the names of some good Democrats ; but b urged his hearers not to vote such a ticket, iserting that in the light of events and with le experience he has had, he would vote for a tan who had wronged him, if a regular nomiee, in preference to a friend, if an indepensnt candidate. He, however, felt that it was nnecessary to make such an appeal, almost ithin the shadow of King's Mountain, to the >118 of noble sires, who stained that soil with leir blood in defence of liberty; yet it was is duty to remind the i>eople that we are not jt 011 solid ground, and cannot afford to jeoprdize, by local dissensions and preferences, hat we have only recently gained. In closing. Col. Evins made a fine allusion ^ > the liberality of the Northern people in the M reat distress of the afflicted cities of the South, id contrasting the dark period of the war id its attendant subsequent bitterness, with fl le bright future yet before our State, said we ^ lould place our hope under one country, one A