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iind ^acts.
? A Charlestown, West Virginia, dispatch
says that the U. S. Court now in session there
has 181 indictments against moonshiners before
it. It is likely there will be three or
four hundred before the close of the session.
? The New Orleans papers announce that
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is seriously ill, and that
her husband is fearfully prostrated by anxiety
and care for his wife, coupled with the
recent death of his son, Jefferson Davis, Jr.
? Mr. Kedfield, of the Cincinnati Commercial,
who has kept close track of South Carolin
politics, writes from Columbia that "there
is a sensible diminution of bitterness between
the races. The contrast is so great, when I
remember the campaign here two years ago,
that I cannot write without mentioning it
again and again."
? Electricity is making rapid strides to supplant
even steam. The use of steam saws in
felling standing trees has been introduced
withiu a few years, but now, by connecting
with platinum wire the two poles of a galvanic
battery, the wire becomes instantly red
hot, and in a few minutes burns its way
through the largest tree.
? The Washington Star says : After the
1st of January next, as an aid to the resumption
of specie payments, it is very likely that
the Treasury department will send, to parties
desiring it, the standard silver dollar in quantities
of $1,000 and upward, free of transportation,
in exchange for like sums of greenbacks
deposited with depositary banks.
? The Russian Invalide puts the number of
troops engaged in actual fighting during the
last war with Turkey, at 282,000 infantry,
37,000 cavalry, or 393,000 men, with 1,288
field guns. The artillery used 204,923 charges,
and the infantry and cavalry 10,057,764
cartridges. The Turks are reported to have
lost altogether nearly 150,000 killed and
wounded.
? Ben Butler, according to a Western newspaper,
was once engaged to a young lady of
Waterville, Me., and to break off' the match,
which for some reason displeased him, hit
upon the notable expedient of going upon a
feigned spree and jamming an inoffensive citizen's
hat over his eyes. The reckless inebriate
was promptly arrested and fined ; the
girl wrote a letter repudiating him ; her father
threatened to kick him out of doors if ever
he ventured near the house, and the wily
young man chuckled greatly at the success
of his innocent stratagem.
? The power of the national banks to issue
small bills, below $5 in amount, has always
been limited to one-sixth of their circulation,
and never has aDDroached that figure, as
bank officers do not like to do so much signing.
Even this authority expires with the
resumption of specie payments, so that after
January 1, the national banks issue no more
notes below $5, and it is said to be the intention
of Secretary Sherman to make room for
silver dollars by withdrawing some of the $1
and $2 greenback, of which the usual circulation
is about $50,000,000.
? On last Thursday night the body of the
late A. T. Stewart was stolen from the family
vault in St. Mark's church-yard, New York
city. The burial casket was left in the vault,
and the supposition is that the body was
stolen in the hope of a large reward being
offered for its recovery; in which expectation,
if such was the object, the vandal
thieves were not mistaken, as Mrs. Stewart
has offered a reward of $25,000 for the recovery
of the body and the conviction of the
thieves. She also offers to pay a proportiona
te sum for the recoveny of the body.
? The year 1878 will be a memorable one
in the annals of human misery. Famine and
pestilence have done their own work in some
of the most populous regions inhabited by
mankind. India and China have been devastated
by both. War has added its terrors
to scourge and starvation. The yellow fever,
which has afflicted the South, is mild by comparison
with the outbreak of cholera, smallpox
and malignant fever now carrying death
into all parts of the Empire of Morocco.
Such wide spread miseries rarely manifest
themselves.
? Mr. Moody is laboring in Baltimore.
Chief among the evils in the churches, he said
in a sermon last week, are church choirs?
ungodly men and women who often have
good voices, and often drunken organists. Mr.
Moody denounced the methods employed in
raising money by church fairs. Lotteries,
voting and raffles were encouraged. The
youug men now, instead of going to a low
gambling den, could go to God's Church and
gamble. Actually, at one church fair, the
sum of twenty five cents was charged for the
privilege of kissing the handsomest young
woman in the church?presumably to help
the work of God.
? Of the State Legislatures that were elected
on the 5th instant, seventeen will, this
winter, choose United States Senators. Besides
these there are seven States which had
already chosen their new Senators, where the
Legislatures have already been elected. Of
the States which will send new Senators to
take their seats on or after 4th of next March,
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Oregon,
Ohio and South Carolina will exchange
Republicans for Democrats ; Colorado, Illinois,
Kansas, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
York, Vermont and Wisconsin, Republican,
and Indiana, Georgia, aud Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Missouri and North Carolina,
Democratic, will make no change in the
politics of their Senators. Of the thirty eight
States, twenty-four have now Democratic
Governors and only fourteen Republican.
? The United States Senate consists now of
thirty nine Republicans, thirty-six Democrats,
and one Independent?David Davis, of Illinois.
This makes a total of seventy-six Senators.
Three Democrats have been elected to
succeed Sargent of California, Mitchell of
Oregon, and Matthews of Ohio. Dorsey of
Arkansas, Spencer of Alabama, Connover of
Florida, and Patterson of South Carolina,
will certainly be replaced by Democrats.
These changes, if none others occurred, would
leave the next Senate with thirty-two Republicans,
forty-three Democrats and one Independent.
Connecticut has elected a Republican
in the place of Senator Barnum ; Pennsylvania
has gone Republican, which means
that Senator Don Cameron will be re-elected.
No other changes are probable, and the next
Senate should therefore stand; Democrats
42, Republicans 33, ana independent 1.
? The Memphis Appeal appears in its old
four-page form, and announces at the head of
its editorial columns, "The Epidemic at an
End." It hopes that by the 9th of November
the business men of Memphis will be on
the tide of prosperity again, and adds: "The
claims of life are so many or so pressing that
but little time can be spared for tbe indulgence
of the luxury of woe. The living
claim and need our instant attention. Happy
for us that it is so. Were it otherwise,
grief would be a calamity only surpassed by
the plague in which it had its origin. The
treadmill of life will not stop, no matter who
falls. Tbe ranks thinned to-day are strengthened
to-morrow." This is the right spirit in
which to emerge from the great calamity, and
we are glad to hear the keynote of returning
life and hope pitched in a tone of so much
strength and fortitude.
? On last Thursday evening, Johnson's jewelry
store, on Eighth avenue, New York city,
was robbed of $2,000 worth of clocks and
watches in the presence of a large number of
passers-by. Shortly after 6 o'clock two men
entered the store. One closed the door while
the other, with a revolver, kept in their places
Mr. Johnson, the proprietor, hie clerk and a
customer. Two others smashed the large
plate windows and packed in two bags the
stock exposed. While thus occupied, two
others arrived with pistols and ordered the
passers-by to move on. The property having
been packed up, the thieves, protected by
their companions, moved quietly to a butcher's
cart in waiting at the corner, and drove
rapidly away. The two who had kept pos
session of the store, receiving a preconcerted
signal, turned on the throng and fired their
pistols in the air. A stampede of the people
1 followed, and the thieves all made their esI
cape.
She fjetMIc tfajnim.
YORKVILLE. S. C,:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 14, 1878.
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ACCIDENT TO GOV. HAMPTON.
In the recent unfortunate accident which
befel Governor Hampton, he has the sympathies
of the entire people of the State, and
the wish that his suffering may be of short
duration, permitting him to resume the active
duties of the responsible position to which,
only a few days before the unfortunate occurrence,
he was called for a second time by
the almost unanimous voice of his people.
The latest intelligence we have of the Governor's
condition is in the following Columbia
dispatch to the News and Courier, under
date of Sunday night:
The Governor is doing as well as could be
hoped, considering the nature of his injuries.
He has been able to sleep without the use of
anodyne, and there is 110 immediate danger of
such a degree of inflammation as to necessitate
amputation or complicate his case. He receives
all the attention that skill and anxious
solicitude can suggest, and his advisers and
friends are encouraged to believe that his
wounds will heal naturally and kindly, though
it is anticipated that some time will elapse
before his final recovery.
THE ELECTIONS.
The elections on the 5th instant resulted
in the selection of a majority of Democrats
by the States voting for members of Congress
alone, and in the Southern States voting for
members of the Legislature as well as Congressmen,
the Democrats were successful.
Pomlino'. <tolanratinn tn Cnnaress is
uuutu vaiuiiuno uvivgwi-.vi. ?v w?0-^
solid Democratic?O'Connor being elected
from the Second and Tillman from the Fifth
district?the only two districts which have
been considered doubtful.
North Carolina elects Democratic delegates
in every district, except the First and
Third. In the First, Martin, Republican, is
elected over Yeates ; and in the Third, Russell,
Republican-Greenbacker, over YVaddell.
In New York the Tammany Democracy
was defeated?by the exertion, it is claimed,
of Mr. Tilden, whose efforts were directed
against it?though this is not signihcant as
between a Democratic and Republican contest.
Twenty-two Republican and eleven
Democratic Congressmen were elected in the
State, and the Republicans have a majority
of the Legislature.
In Missouri the Democrats gain three Congressmen.
Minnesota is carried by the Republicans
on both Congressional and State tickets.
Louisiana is Democratic, and a solid Dera
ocratic delegation is claimed from the State,
with possibly the exception of the Third district.
As usual in Louisiana, however, it
will be some time before the official count is
known.
The returns from Alabama indicate the
election of all Democratic nominees except
possibly in the Eighth district, where the
race is very close between Garth, Democrat,
and Lowe, Independent.
Mississippi is reported solidly Democratic.
^ - * > ? ?t. iL. ___
<Ja toe west siae 01 me oiaie me vuie was
light, io consequence of the epidemic and
quarantine. In the city of Jackson only 27
votes were cast.
Vermont voted unanimously Republican,
except in the Third district, which elected
Bradley Barlow, a bolting Republican and
Greenbacker. The new Legislature will elect
a United States Senator, which will afford a
lively contest on account of the large number
of aspirants.
The vote of Congressmen is close in several
districts of Wisconsin ; but as the Republicans
will have a good majority on joint ballot
in the Legislature, it is conceded that the
State also elected a majority of Republican
Congressmen.
New Jersey has turned a complete political
somersault. Five out of the seven Congressmen
elected are Republicans, and the
Republicans have both branches of the Legislature
by a small majority on joint ballot.
In Wisconsin the Republican candidate for
Governor is elected by a plurality of 30,000.
The Legislature is strongly Republican.
Delaware elected John W. Hall, Democrat,
Governor, and Edwards Martin, Democrat,
to Congress. The Republicans ran no
candidate for either of the above offices, the
only opposition, which developed but little
strength, being the Greenback element.
Kansas voted Republican, electing two, and
probably three Republican Congressmen.
Vlrt.Mo oIoa(o o T .orriola t ii rp Dpmfiprfihfl in :
x iuitua gigvM ? <uvgiwi?*vwtv ,
both branches, and Democratic Congressmen,
except in the Second district, which is ;
so close that probably nothing but the official
count can determine the result.
Kentucky elects two Independent candi-;
dates to Congress, and all the remainder of,
the delegation Democrats.
In Nebraska the Republican State and
Congressional tickets are elected by from
8,000 to 10,000 majority.
Virginia elects a Democratic delegation to ;
Congress, excepting from one or two districts, j
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is elected in the
Richmond district.
Nevada goes Republican.
Maryland sends five Democrats and one'
i Republican to Congress,
j Texas elects one Greenbacker to Congress
| from tbe Fifth district. All the other mem!
bers of the Congressional delegation are Dem1
ocratic. A few Greenbackers and one or two !
j Republicans, are elected to the Legislature, j
The latest official returns from Pennsylvania
give Hoyt, Republican, for Governor,!
59,774; Dill, Democrat, 38,484. It is esti- j
mated that tbe Republicans will have a ma- i
jority of 40 on joint ballot in tbe Legislature.
In Illinois the election was close. The
Democrats concede that the Republicans
i have a working majority in the Legislature.
The Republican, Democrat, Greenback, Na1
tional, Socialist and Prohibitionist parties
1 each had tickets in the field, and consequent
ly ballots were badly scratched throughout
the State, causing returns to come in slowly.
The Seventh district elects Morrison, Democrat.
Tennessee gives the Democrats an increased
representation in the Legislature, and with
the exception of the First Congres9onal dis;
trict, elects Democratic members of Congress.
Marks, Democratic candidate for Governor,
received more votes than both biB opponents.
Massachusetts elects ten Republican members
of Congress and one Democratic. Ben
Butler, Independent Greenback candidate
for Governor, is beaten by Talbot, Republican,
by 30,000 majority.
Rhode Island, Iowa and Connecticut voted
Republican.
Arkansas has gone Democratic, with the
r^Dt.;uD Q rnontinn nf nno or fivo rliafripfjj from
puooiutw vavv|/vivu v/* vmv v* w ...
which complete ruturns have not been received.
The Territories send Republican delegates
to Congress.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A large number of colored men voted
the straight Democratic ticket in Richland
county.
? Chief supervisor Poinier gives notice that
supervisors of election, outside of the city of
Charleston, are not entitled to pay for their
services.
? The Spartan says that the planters of
Spartanburg county, although the price of
cotton is low, contemplate putting in larger
crops next yea? fhan ever before, as they cannot
make anything by raising grain farther
than for home consumption.
? Every county in the State, with the exception
of Beaufort, has elected Democratic
members to the Legislature and county officers.
In Beaufort county, there are abouft
twelve negro voters to one white voter. The
next Legislature will be composed as follows:
Senate?Democrats, 29; Radicals, 5. House
?Democrats, 121 ; Radicals, 3. Majority of
Democrats on joint ballot, 142.
? The election in Charleston county resulted
in the entire success of the Democratic
ticket, by a majority of 5,855. The Democratic
majority iu the city was 5,527. The
Radical majority in the country was 671.
Id the city of Charleston, J. B. Campbell, the
Independent candidatate for Senator, led his
ticket by about 200 votes. The majority
in the city against him, however, was 6,128
votes.
? Peter Froeman, a Hollander by birth,
who killed his partner?F. W. Dunkan?in
the boating business near Beaufort, nine
months ago, escaped to Liverpool, where he
was arrested and returned under extradition
treaties to the United States, was killed last
Sunday morning on the Port Royal Railroad,
near the Augusta depot. He leaped from
the window of a car while the train was in
motion, and being heavily manacled, fell under
the train and was crushed horribly.
? Ex-Governor Chamberlain was indicted
in the Court of General Sessions at Columbia,
on Wednesday of last week, for conspiring
with C. P. Leslie, H. H.Kimpton, J. L. Neagle
and Niles G. Parker to cheat the State by
purchasing a tract of land in Charleston
county, at a certain price, and returning it to
the State at a price much larger than that at
which it was actually purchased. Chamberlain,
Parker and Neagle composed the Advisory
Board of the Land Commissioner, Kirapton
was the Financial Agent of the State,
and beagle was Comptroller-General. The
purchase in question is that of a tract of laud
(aud water) in Hell-Hole Swamp, Charleston
county. It is utterly worthless except for the
timber there is upon it. The tract was offered
in the North for months for $15,000 without
finding a purchaser. It was bought by the
r.ftnH Commission for 830.000. or less, and
was charged to the State as costing 8120,752.
The Grand Jury found true bills against the
persons indicted, but a nol. pros, was entered
as to Neagle and Parker, who will testify for
the State. Chamberlain telegraphed Attorney-General
Youmans last Friday, expressing
his readiness for trial at any time. Mr.
Youmans replied that the present Court of
Sessions being about to adjourn, he would
not be ready before the March terra, and that
reasonable bail would be allowed meantime.
Chamberlain replied, expressing his readiness
to give bail, and so the matters stands.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A Mr. Dorsey, of Morganton, died recently
in Asheville, under the influence of
whisky. During the war he was a lieutenant
in the Eleventh or "Bethel" N. C. Regiment.
? Rev. B. J. Horton, a colored preacher in
Rutherford county, has been arrested on a
charge of bigamy?having left a wife in South
Carolina, which State he left eighteen months
ago.
? Miss Linkhaw, who shot Mr. Hartraan,
in Lumberton, several days ago, has been
committed to jail to await her trial for the
murder. Her two brothers-in-law and under
bond to await trial as accessories to the crime.
? The N. C. Baptist State Convention was
in session in Charlotte last week. About 150
ministers and lay delegates were present, and
the sessions were harmonious. Rev. J. A.
Mundy, of Warrenton, preached the opening ;
sermon.
? Ex-Cadet Priester, of Barnwell county, j
South Carolina, who, three weeks ago killed
a negro waiter in a restaurant in Charlotte,
had a hearing before Judge Schenck at Liucolnton,
last Friday, and the Judge, sitting as
a committing magistrate, discharged Priester
from custody, the motive of self-defence being
fully made out.
? The Charlotte Observer of Sunday says :
Last Monday night, as is learned from a private
and reliable source, Mr. Wesley WycolF,
a citizen of Catawba county, was shot dead i
in his yard, near Catawba Station, on the i
Western North Carolina Railroad, by a par- !
ty or parties unknown. Nothing has been
learned of any of the circumstances surrounding
the case, and so far as is yet known, J
no cause for the deed can be imagined by his
friends, nor has suspicion pointed to any par- j
ticular person.
? A questiou that has vexed the people of J
Hickory has been settled to the satisfaction
of that public spirited town?the location of
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. The Press
says : Capt. Dwight, the engineer, is now surveying
the route and the convict force will be ;
brought near Hickory to work as soou as the
grading is completed to Lenoir, which will
perhaps be uboutsix weeks hence. The road
will cross the Catawba river about three miles
northwest of Hickory, and about a half mile
above the toll bridge, will enter the town on
the west side, and run through the town parallel
with the Western N. C. Railroad.
? The Charlotte Southern Home reports a
fight between a number of negroes on the
plantation of Mr. James Neely, in Mecklenburg
county, in which State lines were drawn
and the Palmetto darkies were badly whipped, |
and two of the number probably fatally
wounded. Some time ago, a number of the
Ranalesburg negroes went over to a festival
in York county, S. C., and got the better of
I their neighbors. This event has long rankled i
in the South Carolina darkies' heart, so on 1
last Tuesday night, they charged a "cakewalk"
over the North Carolina line, and the
two States drew hostile weapons and went to
firing. The South Carolinians found the enemy
too strong and fieri, leaving two of their
number, Jasper Neely and George Graham,
fatally wounded, and their deaths are constantly
expected. Milton Grier, of North j
Carolina, received a flesh wound in the leg.
A number of shots were fired, and it is difli- <
cult to tell who did the fatal shooting. The
Observer of Friday says the wounded men !
were still living, but it is thought they could
not long survive. Their South Carolina companions
went over, Wednesday, to move them
to their homes, but the physician in attendance
would not permit this, on the ground that
removal under the circumstances would sure- !
ly result fatally. J
MERE-MENTION. !
During the season that has just closed, >
more than two thousand Mormons have left
Liverpool for Utah. There was a slight
snow in New York on the 6th instant, the
first of the season. The Ocean House at
Cape May, and several adjoining buildings, j
were destroyed by fire last Saturday. The j
Georgia Legislature convened in Atlanta on j
Wednesday of last week. Among the first i
bills introduced in the House is one substan- <
tially establishing the Moffett bell-punch law j
in Georgia. Even bets are being made in J
London that England and Russia will be en- ;
gaged iu war in less thaA one year. The |
export of apples to Europe this year is enor- t
mous. One vessel recently loft Boston with J
5,000 barrels. A son of Peter Cooper i
was last week elected Mayor of the city of I
New York. Musicians and organ-grind- {
ers have beeu permitted to resume their oc- :
cupations in New Orleans, a sure proof that (
the epidemic is abating. Thirty one Pro
testant ministers and Jewish rabbi died of
yellow fever. Mr. Corcoran, the wealthy
Washington banker, has donated $50,000 to \
the Southern Historical Society, the ex-Confederate
institution at Richmond, Va. The ]
Surgeon General's abstract of sanitary re- )
ports for the week, shows that the fever has ]
comparatively disappeared, there having been 5
hut eleven new cases at New Orleans, thirty- '
five at Mobile, nine at Chattanooga, and
thirty-three deaths at Memphis for the week
ending last Friday night.
editoriaiTinklings.
Polygamy and the Utah Women.
A meeting of Mormon women, held in
Salt Lake City last Friday, adopted an address
to Mrs. Hayes and the women of the
United States, reciting the long continued
evils of polygamy which are becoming worse
than ever, and portraying strongly the debasing
influences of its existence, sanctioned
as it is, by powerful authority in the Territory.
The Mormons are rapidly extending their
settlements in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico
and Wyoming. They have the balance of
power iu two territories and are, without
doubt, plotting for it in others. The Utah
women call upon the Christian women of the
United States to join them in urging Congress
to empower its Courts to arrest the further
progress of this evil and delay the admittance e
of Utah into the sisterhood of States until (
this is accomplished.
Responsibility of Confederate Officers.
In the Supreme Court of the United
States, last week, the following important de- a
cision was rendered, Mr. Justice Harlan de- f
livering the opinion of the court: c
Ford vs. Surget. In error of the Supreme c
Court of Mississippi. In this case it is held J
that the destruction of cotton by officers of c
the Confederate army, in obedience to rebel a
military orders, was such an act of war on e
the part of the military forces of the rebellion 1
as would relieve the persons executing the F
order from civil responsibility of the suit, at t
least to any owner at the time voluntarily residing
within the lines of the insurrection.
But this conclusion is not based upon any au- e
thority conferred by the acts of the Confederate
Congress, for it is sa.id they could give no
warrant whatever. It rests upon the beliger- g
t 1 . . t r J1 A. _ __ a
ant rights conceded to tne uonreoerace array,
such conce8sioa placing the soldiers and offi- v
cers of that array, as to all matters directly t
connected with the modes of prosecuting war,, ?
"on the footing of those engaged in lawful
war."
Ohio Ku-Klux.
A Cincinnati dispatch of last Friday ^
says there is great excitement throughout ?
Duke county, Ohio, over acts of violence re- cv
cently committed upon a number of residents ?
of that county. Some months ago a man ?
named Grier was murdered beside his wife J
at Palestine, by a band of Regulators. Af- a
terward, a man named Quackenbush was or- a
dered to leave, and did so. On the 8th of
June last, thirty men went to the house of ^
Steve White, colored, and kidnapped bis son
William, whom tbey took to Winchester,
where he was convicted of grand larceny, h
and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. 11
He afterwards secured a new trial. At the ?
same time the elder White received notice ?
from the Regulators to leave the country; '
not heeding the notice, he was shot dead in ?
his house by a large body of mounted men. i<
The grand jury found true bills against John ?
A. Kichie, Jacob JBirdie, wra. onuraate, ai- t,
bert Dickey, Solomon Ferguson, Oliver Mor- fl
gan and Robert Hait for kiduapping White.
On Saturday, Marshal Shafer procured assistance
and arrested the entire party. Wm. v
Shumate is worth $50,000. Since the killing ?
of White ten prominent citizens have received
orders from the Regulators to leave thecoun- J
ty, under penalty of death. Mr. Putnam, a jj
colored lawyer of Palestine, received such
notice and, fearing his life was in danger, immediately
left. (
[Communicated.] "
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC. ti
He that is without fault, let him cast the i<
firsi. stone. Some weeks ago, when a friend 5
was in our town from Yorkville, as it hap- s
pened, a Republican meeting was held by the 'v
colored people the next day. I unfortunate- [J
ly had it thrown up to me that I had gone to n
the meeting with my friend, who was accused ['
of being an aspirant for the office of Probate "
Judge. I failed to attach any importance to v
a rumor so false, feeling satisfied that no | ^
friend would believe any such report. As it | v
emanated from such a filthy, irresponsible *
source, I considered it beneath my notice;
but on the 5th, I am informed that I cast a
vote for Hampton alone. A great deal ofjti
talk came out of that action, mostly from a ?
misunderstanding, the same as caused the >i
circulation of the other repcrt. I am satis- *
fied that I have no real friend that would be-;
lieve me guilty of any act that would pro- ; c
mote the Radical cause in South Carolina. |
T like nnv RfinRible man. accented the reeu- i
lar nominations?whether the men were my ! b
choice or not. My real friends know that fj
any questionable action on my part was not a
actuated by any impure motive, but was sira- i?
ply the result of a mental hallucination. I v
am no sore-head?no disappointed aspirant? >
nor a would-be Independent. I had too much 1
self respect, in addition to the respect for my *
country and my friends. We see that a ?
slight ripple upon the bosom of the placid v
waters of our political lake became an ocean 11
wave in the minds of a conscientious and con ,
sistent people. I hope this statement will be
sufficient to relieve the minds of the public
of any false impression. John P. Gage. : "
Rock Hill, Nov. 8, 1878. 11
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YEARS will be retained, and, as in the past, the \
efforts of the Proprietor will be directed to making j
it an attractive and interesting family journal.
We havealready in hand atiumberof ORIGINAL
SERIAL STORIES, written expressly for the
ENQUIRER, which will be published in the next
volume; besides which, we shall bestow upon the ]
Miscellaneous and News Departments the same
care and attention that have already given the 1
ENQUIRER reputation for interesting variety ]
and accurate statement.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION?FREE OF POSTAGE. ?
Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each subscriber,
per year, $2 50. Money may be forward- i
ed at our risk, by dralt, post-office order or regis- .
tered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk.
Write names plainly, giving post-office, county
ind State. Address all letters to
L. M. GRIST Publisher. Yorkvllle, S. C.
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PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. J
By a favorable arrangement with the different ]
manufacturers, weare enabled to make the following
liberal and unDrecedented offers of Premiums I
for Clubs. These premiums have been adopted .
by us with special reference to securing only articles
of value, which will prove serviceable'to ?
those procuring them. The regular retail price is j
given with each, and they are just as good as so
much cash to those who receive them. All the
articles are put down in ourschedule at manufacturers'
regular retail prices, and cannot be bought
with cash any lower than the price here given, f
Premiums Nos. 1, 2 and 3 will be delivered
through the mails, to persons entitled to receive 8
them, free of cost. The other Premiums will be
lelivered at the expense, for freight charges, of
;hose receiving them. In cases where Premiums t
jan be delivered at our publication office, arrange- ,
ments may be perfected for reducing the freight
charges on small articles to a nominal amount.
I'he charges for freight on the Sewing Machines,
Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums will be from
New York; and on the Cooking Stoves from (
3reensboro, N. C.
READ THE LIST.
No. 1.?For a club of 3 subscribers, at $2.50 t
3ach, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER 1
KNIFE, worth $1.00. .
No. 2.?Fora clubof8subscribers,at$2.50each,
we will give one copy of the family edition (cloth I
Dinding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICriONARY,
the publisher's prico of which is $3.50
3er copy. Or for $4.50 we will give a copy of the {
Bible Dictionary and send the Enquirkk one year
m any single subscriber not in a club.
No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 \
?ach, we will give a copy of the ENQUIRER one <
pear, or a set of six treble silver-plated TEA J
SPOONS, worth $3.00.
No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50
3ach, we will give one set?six of each?Hard
Ru bber- Handl e T A B LE K NIVES A N D FORKS,
;he manufacturer's price of which is $5.00. ^
No. 5.?For a club of 16 subscribers, at $2.50 e
?ach, we will give either a treble silver-plated .
SYRUP CUP, worth $0.00; or a set of six treble ?
diver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth $6.00. t
No. 6.?For a club of 18 subscribers, at $2.50
jach, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER '
DISH, worth $8.00. l
No. 7.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50
3ach, we will give one set of six solid cast steel I
3val-handle TABLE KNIVES, and one setof six ,
:reble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's
price of which articles is $10.00. (
No. 8.?For a club of 30 subscribers at $2.50 t
3acb, we will give a full set of extra superfine, '
mil oval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with t
iilver-plated blades, and a full set of treble silverslated
TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price
)f which articles is $15.00. t
No. 9.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 _
jach, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING 11
STOVE, with pipe and a full set of fixtures, the *
Manufacturer's price of which is $30.00.
No. 10.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 f
sach, we will give one three-quart, treble silver- t
dated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting of
}IX pieces, worth $40.00. 0
No. 11.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50
tach, we will give one WEED SEWING MACHINE,
Walnut Plain Half-Case, withonedraw- '
>r, the manufacturer's price of which is $45 00. ]
TERMS AND CONDITIONS. (
11
It is not necessary that the names of a club
hould all be at the same post office. Names may
>e taken at any number of places. One name d
or two years will be equivalent to two names for
ine year each. "
The time lor completing clubs under the above
iffer is limited to the FIRST MONDAY OF
>1 ARCH, 1879, by which time the names with the '
ash, should be returned to the office, though g
lames may be returned at any time between this
,nd the above date. No premium will be deliv
red until the requisite number of names has tl
>een returned, and the full amount due for them
laid. P
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at g
he expense of those sending them.
In sending names, write plainly, giving coun- *
y, post-office and State. ?
All subscriptions will be discontinued at the 3
x pi ration of the time paid for.. a
All subscribers to the Enquirer will receive ?
he paper free of postage. ?
Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must a
;ive full directions as to whom and how they l
hall be delivered.
A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, n
vho will be credited with every name sent, so rhat
the number returned by any person can be
-scertained at a moment's notice. a
THE TIME OF CLOSING. ]
Club-makers, and those who may wish to form 2
lubs, should bear in mind that the offers we here
resent do not invite competition for Premiums, 1<
is in the case of working to secure the larghst y
!lub. Each club-maker sending the requisite
lumber of subscribers will obtain the Premium 3
1 / --At ?a rnuAitmA _
iljeruu Hir mu njitnriiieu n uiu uoi. iiinuiu^uun- l
iver, for completing a club is limited, under the
>resent offer, until the FIRST MONDAY OF t
dARCH, 1879. Names may be sent in at any _
imo prior to the above date. Send the names J
s fast as obtained, accompanied with the cash, (
,nd the Premium will be delivered when the
equisite number of names has been returned.
DESCRIPTIVE LIST. Our
Cooking Stove Premiam.
The elegant Cooking Stoves which we offer as Premium?,
re manufactured by Messrs. Sergeant fc McCauh-y, at Greens- :
oro, N. C. These Stoves are made of the best Scotch pig met- a
I, with heavier and thicker plate than tiny other stove In the J
mrket, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and
ard usage. They are of a handsome pattern and neat finish, 1
nd warranted equal in points of nppearance, durability and au- 1
erior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured in the ?
Jnlon. The stove we have selected to give as a Premium Is the
irgcst size made by the manufacturers, and with each one will s
e furnished, without charge, three joints and one elbow of pipe, j
nd nil the necessary cooking utensils, viz.: one ham boiler, one
ulge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, one
wg frying pan, one round griddle, one pair waffle irons, twosheet on
bread pans, one scraper and one lifter. Over xive thopa
nd of these stoves are in use In Virginia and North and South jj
.'arollna, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will cj
c shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct k
rom the manufactory in Greensboro, N. C
Sewing Machine Premium. |
The superior Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium, is
in well-known Weed Machine and is manufactured by the 3
Veed Sewing Machine Company, Hartford, Conn. It Is adapt- {j
d to all the wants of family sewing; It can be readily compre- jj
ended by anyone; It runs easily; is always ready; will do any ?
nd all kinds of sewing with less chnnging and fewer extra at- ?
tchments; is self-adjusting; is a two-thread Machine, making n
Elastic Lock-Stltch; stands solid and firm, has a neat case ~
nd convenient drawer. Several of these Mnchincs, during ?
te pnst year, have been delivered to persons who have returned le
requisite number of names. "
Smith's Bible Dictionary.
This Dictionary Is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the j?
fniverslty of London, and the most eminent lexicographer in
te world, who, in its preparation associated with himself over ?
eventy distinguished divines and authors, of hoth Europe and ?
liscountry, In the greattask of preparing a comprehensive Die- jlonaryof
the Bible, mid supplying a want long felt by the rellg- ,.
ins public. The result of these labors appenred in three large 2
nd very costly volumes , a wonderful monument of learning. ?
m abridgement of this great work, for popularuse, made by Dr. S
mlth himself Is the one we have arranged to furnish our sub- ?
crllicrs. The book contains every name In the Bible respecting ?
. hlcli anything can be said. It embraces the results of historic S
esenrch, antiquarian Investigation, the study of languages and 2
lalccts, and the discoveries of the modern travelers and explo ?
ers In the Holy Land?Robinson, Hawllnson, Ferguson, Lay
rd. Offert and Stanley. The book is printed from new stereo- gype
plates, on good pf.per, and is appropriately Illustrated with u
ver 125 Engravings of beautiful Scones, Ancient Cities, and
Temorable Plnces of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and
aluahlc Maps. It contains nearly 800 closely-printed, doubleolutnn,
octavo pages, including 24 elegant full-page, Steel and ~
Vood Engravings. It is printed In type of a heavy, distinct, and
cry legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary Is
[3.50. *
A
Three-Quart Communion Set.
Churches unsupplled with a Communion Set appropriate to
lie requirements of the sacred rite of administering the Lord's
litpper, can, by our Premium arrangement, secure a fine, treble n
liver-plated three quart Communion Set of six pieces, with litle
trouble, and, comparatively, at no cost. The number of sub- ?
erlbers required in order to secure this valuable and elegant Series
can he procured in almost any congregation ; and the mem o
ers who may be thus called upon to contribute their share ot
le expense, will receive in return more than the value of their h
nnirlhiiilnn in n v??nr>? Hiihaprliitlnn !n iIih nanpr.
81
Our Siilver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. 1
Willi the very liberal offer which we are enabled to make, a
enutifully fnrnlsln d table la now within the reach of almost ev- e
ry house-keeper; and here la an opportunity, of which, If the
ulies avail themselves, they may secure, with but little trouble, p
valuable act of Silver or Cutlery. Those articles arc mnde for
s by Cbas. E. Huntineton, the successor of the Lucius Hart ?
lanufacturing Company, 22 Fulton street, New York, and are U
warranted to be of the best material. ?
Value of our Premiums. ^
We would Impress upon every one the (bet that nil of our
'remlums are first-class goods, and the prices attnehed to them f{
l our lists arc the regular retail prices at which the articles sell
y all dealers and the mnnufnsturers themselves. It Is only by
te most advantageous terms given us by the manufacturers that
re are enuhled to make the liberal offers we do, and we guaran- t(
:c every article to be exactly as represented.
A Club and an Extra Copy.
g
For a club of ten subscribers pnid In advance at the regular
lub rates, we will give, lnstend of n Premium, nn extra copy of C'
te paper to any who may prefer that arrangement; hut In concquenee
ofthe liberal Premiums we are now offering, we cannot 0
fford to give an extra copy to the club-maker who receives .!
ny Premiums enumerated on our list.
LOCAX. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
F. M. Deal?Seed Oat8 for Sale,
tf. L. Dunlap?Administratrix' Sale.
I!. L. Williford?Notice.
Dannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion.
VI. Strauss?Bottom Prices of Calico, etc.1
rohn C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs.
r. C. Robertson, Treasurer?Notice.
Latimer & Hemphill?Groceries.
r. M. Dobson & Co.?Look at the Goods.
3. F. Adickes & Sons?More Goods.
L. M. Grist, Proprietor?The Yorkville Enquirer.
tt. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's 8ales.
SUDDEN DEATH.
Mrs. Mary G. Patterson died suddenly on
Friday last at the residence of her son-in
aw, Mr. S. Rufus Moore, of this place.
Mrs. Patterson was the widow of the late Wyitt
Patterson, of Liberty Hill, Kershaw coon;y,
and at the time of her death was in the
>7th year of her age. Her remains were
aken to Liberty Hill for interment.
PARALYZED.
We learn with regret that Dr. Robert L.
Love, a practising physician and an esteemed
jitizen of the McConnellsville neighborhood,
vas attacked with paralysis on Friday night
aat. The attack occurred while he was in
attendance on a patient, and was so very severe,
that he is speechless and unable to move
iny part of his body except one of his feet.
Fears are entertained of a fatal result.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Mr. T. M Whitaker, of Yorkville, is at
he State Fair in Columbia, having in charge
leveral fine race horses.
Mr. William Oates has sent us a sweet po;ato
weighing 7i pounds. It is of the Southirn
Queen variety.
The festival last Friday night, for the ben)6t
of the Knights of Honor was quite a suejess.
A handsome sum was realised, which
s to be applied to furnishing their hall.
Mr. Richard Hare, formerly a citizen of
u..* ~c vrk??
i maviiju, uub uuw ua iucnuiau, iuioof, 1100
iad an attack of yellow fever, contracting
be disease while acting aa nurse. At latest
iccounts he was recovering.
Treasurer Robertaou gives notice in our
idvertising columns, that Capt. T. S. Jefferys,
vill pay the coupons of York county bonds,
vhich were due on the first day of January,
1878.
YORK COUNTY ELECTION.
The election ou the 5th instant passed off
rery quietly throughout the county?not the
ilightest disturbance of any kind having
)cen reported. There being but one ticket in
he field, of course there was little excitenent,
and the polls were attended only by
Democrats?the Republicans abstaining alnost
entirely from the precincts. At Yorkrille
there were but 26 colored votes cast
which were for the Democratic ticket) and
here were very few colored men in town from
be country. It is estimated that about 200
lolored votes were cast throughout the couny
; but as the election commissioner received
irders not to make an official record of the
rhite aud colored votes?a departure from
>revious custom?the poll-holders did not reurn
the number of colored voters throughiut
the county.
The subjoined tabular statement gives the
'ote by precincts for all the officers except
jieu tenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Comptroller-General, State Treasurer, Superotendent
of Education, Attorney-General
,nd Adjutant-General. For these officers we
leem it necessary to give only the aggregate
ote.
A comparison of the voting of last week
nth the voting in this county two years ago,
hows that the vote this year is 182 larger
ban the white vote polled in 1876, and while
he aggregate of white and colored votes
oiled two years ago, was 5,717, the aggreate
vote polled this year is 2,997, being
,720 less than in 1876. Hampton's vote this
ear is 182 less than he received two years ago, ,
nd his vote this year falls 13 below the agregate
vote polled. For Congress, two years
go, Evins received 3,223 votes; this year
is vote is 2,952, being 271 less than bin foraer
vote. The highest Legislative candidate
or the House of Representatives, two years
go, was Mr. Hutchison, who received 3,244
otes; this year Mr. McNeel, the highest
andidate for the same position, receives i
1,911, being 21 more than was cast for the
awest candidate on the ticket?Mr. Massey?
rho, when elected two years ago, received
1,223 against 2,890 in the present election. ,
tar school commissioner, Mr. Lathan's vote
wo years ago, was 3,235 against 2,976 this
ear. For probate judge, two years ago,
3ol. McLean received 3,280, and his compettor
2,395; this year the vote cast for Col.
fackson, (without opposition) is 2,925.
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lil^S32^g!5si86Ss5sa^ Peter GarrMon. | j
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Is?aai~sggs?gggag BenJj EmI
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5 Andrew Jackaon. ? '
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Beside* the above tabulRted vote, the following In the aggre- I
ite county vote polled for State officers not included in the |
.bular statement: j
t.-Governor?W. D. Simpson, 2,958
ecrctary of State?R. M. Sims, 2,938 I
upcrliitendent of Education?H. S. Thompson, 2,955 j
omptrollir-Ccneral?Johnson Hngood 2,946 j
djutant-General?E. W. Molse, 2,953 j
tate Treasurer?S. L. Lenphart, 2,955
ttorney-General?L. F. Youmans i 2,954 j
YORK MARBLE YARD. j
There are few men in any line of business i
lore deserving of success than our energetic
eighbor, Mr. Frank Happerfield, proprietor
f the York Marble Yard. We have often 1
ad occasion to make mention of the fine j
pecimens of work turned out at his establish- j
lent?some of these specimens being truly |
laborate works of art?and it affords us i
leasure to note that Mr. Happerfield receives
rders for a class of work that has previously !
een ordered from Northern establishments. 1
j
le now has in hand a monument of this de-1 (
sription, and is also about closing a contract i
>r a still more expensive one. ! <
Persistent advertising and a determination , I
> succeed by doing work in a fine, artistio ' j
tanner, and at the lowest prices at which a 1
ood quality of marble can be afforded, have '
ombiued to give Mr. Happerfield a good run j
f custom to which he is surely fairly en-1
tied. He has just received a large stock of i
fine marble, and is prepared to furnish anything
in his line from the cheapest head stone
to the most elaborate monument. Those in
want of such work would do well to consult
him and procure his estimates.
R Alt ROAD SCHEDULES.
A change of schedule on the Richmond
and Danville Railroad went into effect Sunday
night last. The trains on that road will run
as follows: No. 1 will arrive at Charlotte At
12 25 a. m.; No. 2 leaves 3.45 a. m.; No. 3
arrive 10.50 a. m.; No. 4 leave 6.55 p. m.
All passenger trains on the Air-Line and
Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta roads will
make close connection both ways with these
trains on the Richmond and Danville. Trains
Nos. 1 and 2, the night trains, will run
through from Richmond to Augusta without
break, changing engines, engineers, conductors
aud route agents, at Charlotte. That
road, as well as the Air-Line, will run double
daily through passenger trains, but the mail
on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road
will be carried on the night trains. On this
road, the trains will pass Chester as follows ;
Day passenger train going north, 4.46 p. m.;
going south, 12.47 p. m. Night train, going
north, 1.48 a. m.; going south, 2.20 a. m.
BIBLE SOCIETY MEETING.
We are requested by Rev. L. H. Wilson,
Chairman of the York county Bible Committee,
to say there will be religious services held
in the Presbyterian Church of Yorkville, on
Tuesday evening next, 19th instant, at- 7
o'clock, in the interest of the York County
Bible Society. Addresses may be expected
on subjects connected with the work, by Rev.
C. H. Wiley, superintendent of the Bible
work for the district of North and South Carolina,
and by others who may be present.
All denominations are invited to participate
in the exercises, and it is earnestly hoped that
the public generally will attend.
Friends of the cause from the various
churches in the country are also requested to
be present, as far as they can do so, as it is
the desire of the district superintendent, and
of others interested in this work, to revive an
interest in this cause, and to inaugurate an
ahxilialry movement in this couuty more earnest
and lasting than has heretofore been
06. i! JM: i *J?
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ACCIDENT TO GOT. HAMPTON.
While deer booting below Columbia with
a party of geotfetnen, last Friday, Governor
Hampton met with the misfortune to break
bis leg in two places below the knee, sustaining
painful injury, that will doubtless confine
him to his room for several weeks. The full
particulars of the unfortunate accident are _
given as follows, under date of last Friday
night, by the Columbia correspondent of the
Newt and Courier:
The Governor left Columbia on Wednesday
afternoon on his way to meet a party of
geutlemen who had arranged for a deer bunt
in the Wataree swamp next day, and invited
hiip to be present, bpendihg the night at
the residence of Mr. Speigner, a few miles distant
from the appointed rendezvous, Governor
Hampton, next -morniug, (Thursday,)
exchanged his horse for a young half broken
mule, aud proceeded alone towards the place
where he expected to join the other members
of his party. Just before reaching there,
however, the pack of hounds, already on hot
scent, passed within hearing, and the Gover
nor, leaving tne roan, toiiowen tnem umu ne
obtained a shot at the flying deer. Soon after
this, finding himself involved in the thicfc
undergrowth of the swamp, he leaned forward
and threw his bridle reins over a small limb
p>?liwia?y io jiiMi>inti?g.? At thin
moment, however, the miserable beast which
he bestrode suddeuly succeeded in releasing
the reins from the bough and dashed off
through the woods. Being unable to recover
the reins as quickly as was necessary to assure
himself against certain injury from violent
contact with the trunks or the pverhang- ^
ing limbs of t^he trees, Goveruor Hampton instantly
sprang from his saddle to the ground*
alighting upon^bi* feet, but, uufortuuately
with so much violence?bis weight too falling
mainly upon the right foot?that both, the
bones of the right Teg were fractured just
above the ankle, and the joint itself dislocated.
"Fiuding himself thus suddenly disabled
and left aTone in the tfepth of the swamp, the
mule, top, haviog disappeared on the instant,
and so deprived him of the only means of
seeking assistance, the Governor had recourse
to his hunting horn and the gun which be had
retained in his hand, and employed them for
early two long hours in the seemingly hopeless
effort to summon the help which he so
sorely needed, the direction of the chase
bad, .indeed, led ihp other gentlemen engaged
id its pursuit Jto wituiu neariDg 01 nie signals,
but these very common sounds naturally
enough failed to attract attention, until the
frequency of the reports of the gun io such
an unusual quarter led Col. Thomas Taylor to
Buspect trouble of some kind and to send a
colored man to inquire into the matter. This
most providential messenger soon discovered
the Governor lying on the ground in the condition
described and suffering great pain, and
quickly led the party to his side.
The trifling circumstance deserves to be
noted in t|ij? connection that after first admin-,
istering to his immediate wants, his sympathizing,
but admiring friends quickly observed
that the sufferer, with characteristic coolness
and nerve, bad utilized the time and amunilion
employed in his hours of signalling and
suffering, by firing at a distant markj which
mark, it was next ascertained, was fairly riddled
with balls; or as one of them afterwards
amazedly declared, "behad hit the bull's eye.
every time!"
It was dow about six o'clock in the afternoon.
The accident bad occurred about 4 o'clock
; but before a removal could lie effected,
it wa* found necessary to cut a rough road
through ihe swamp in order to allow the passage
of the spring wagon, which had been in
the meantime procured, furnished with a
mattress, and brought to the nearest point in
the road. .. .,j
This labor accomplished at last, the party
started to Columbia, sixteen miles distant,
and reached the Governor's home a little before
midnight. Medical assistance had been
summoned, and Dr. B. W. Taylor dressed the
injury temporarily. It was found that the
small bone of the right leg was broken about
six inches above the ankle ; and the larger
bone had been completely severed just above 1
its terminus at the ankle joint, and that the *
upper end of the lower section had swerved
from its nlace. and Denetratin? the surround
ing flesh, protruded into plain view. This
protrusion of the hone had caused considerable
loss of blood. The Governor was now left to
the care of his family and friends for the
aight. ' ,
At an early hour this morning, Drs. Taylor,
Trezevant and Talley, with the necessary apparatus,
reduced the dislocation of the ankle.
A great deal of force was requisite, the operation
being complicated by the attendant
fracture. The Governor was kept for some
time under the influence of chloroform, and
ilept almost all the remainder of the day.
The latest report just received is better than
was expected. If the wounds heal kindly, it
is expected he may be about on crutches at
the end of three or four weeks; if not, a longer
confinement is imperative.
The fact of the accident having occurred,
was not known in Columbia uutil a late hour
last night, and even then to only one or two
persons. It was quickly rumored and confirmed
this morning, however, and the painful
news, as need scarcely be said, occasioned
genera] and profound concern in all quarters
ind throughout all classes.
It was stated atone time that the surgeons
in attendance bad decided upon amputating