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? The third Lodge of Knights of Honor
now in that city, was instituted in Augusta,
Ga., last Friday evening, and named the
"Benner Lodge," in honor of the gallant army
officer, Lieut. Benner, who gave up his
life in working for the yellow fever sufferers
along the Mississippi.
? The only proper way to manage politics
is to let the office seek the man ; but offices
have become so stupid of late years that men
are obliged to run after them, and often a
number of men run for the same office, in the
goodness of their hearts, thinking the places
would not otherwise be filled.
? The proposed amendment to the constitution
of Mississippi, making the payment of a
poll tax of not less than 81 a necessary qualification
for voters, and providing that the
1 1 11 1__ 3 X _ J A. _ 3 i! 1
proceeds snau oe aevoiea to eaucatioaai purposes,
was defeated at the recent election. It
is not certain that the amendment received a
majority in a single county.
? Mrs. Diana Haines was made insane in
Mount Gilead, Ohio, by a false report that
she was heiress to $100,000, the sudden elation
and disappointment unbalancing her reason.
She tried to commit suicide and was
sent to the asylum. Lately $700,000 was
really bequeathed to her, but she will not believe
it.
? Two parties of medical students in Vermont
went out after the same corpse. The
first to arrive on the ground ambushed themselves
and let the second party exhume the
corpse, then rushed upon them with wild
shouts of "body snatchers1" and "arrest
them!" and when their rivals had fled, carried
off the corpus delicti at their leisure.
? Zack Chandler has been sufficiently ameliorated
to call at the White House. He
feels especially happy over defeating the
Democrats in his own Congressional district?
the only one they held in Michigan?says
that the Republicans can elect Grant or
Blaine in 1880, and considers Bayard the
only candidate with whom the Democrats
can make a respectable canvass.
? Since the ghouls stole A. T. Stewart's remains,
a strict watch is kept over the vault in
which the body of Commodore Vanderbilt reposes.
The vault is believed to be secure.
There are two iron doors to it through which
a person must pass, and these doors are secured
by heavy bolts, locks and chains. William
H. Vanderbilt has had the coffin in which
the remains of the Commodore are inclosed,
walled in with mason work.
? The Charlotte Democrat says with much
truth : "If Congress will pass a law to break
up what is known as the "Cotton JfcUxchange"
in New York, it would do more to benefit
cotton raisers than anything else. As long
as a set of men are allowed to assemble in
New York each day and combine to fix the
price of cotton among themselves, without regard
to the supply or demand, our farmers
will not often receive a fair price for their
cotton."
? Thomas Conroy, a shoemaker at Tanner's
Falls, Pa., hammers away at bis last, rather
than return to Ireland to accept the fortune
of $25,000 his father left him, but which he
refuses to accept from bis uncles, who falsely
accused him of being a Molly Maguire, because
he would not marry the rich young woman
they picked out for him. Conroy left
Ireland in disgust, came to America and married,
and takes no notice of the annual notification
from his uncles' lawyer to come and
get his money.
? The will of Alexander McGill, of Alleghany
City, Pa., has just been filed. It is
dated Jannary 1, 1878, and leaves his property,
worth $30,000, to certain relatives for
life and to three aunts in Ireland, or the survivors
of them, when the American heirs die.
If there are no heirs surviving in the old
country, the nmney is to go to the President
of the United States, to be applied in furthering
the interests of the national Democratic
party. If the President is not a Democrat,
the money is to remain on deposit till a Democratic
chief Magistrate has been inaugurated.
? A case of interest to patrons of railroads,
was decided on Tuesday in the United States
Court at Cleveland, Ohio. A citizen of Ashtabula
county sued the Ashtabula Railroad
for refusing to accept a round-trip ticket
which had a printed stipulation that it was
good for the round-trip only, upon which he
had "stopped-ofF." The court held that the
plaintiff'in accepting the ticket accepted the
stipulations printed upon it; that the ticket
Viorl Koon iocnort nt a rorlnppH ratp in flonsidpr- I
atiou of a continuous trip only, and that the
plaintiff had no case.
? That law is an expensive luxury sometimes,
is well illustrated by the following case
reported by the Carthage (ft. Y.,) Republican:
"Great are the virtues of the jury
trial as illustrated by the case in our justice
courts last week. The amount in controversy
was 87. To adjust the matter it required
the drawing of 53 jurors, the administration
of nearly 100 oaths, the windage of 4 lawyers,
the services of 5 constables, the consumption
of 3 whole days and a portion of 3 nights, the
taking of 50 or 60 pages of testimony, and
all this to reach the conclusion?no cause of
action."
? A Washington dispatch of the 14th says :
Interest in the attitude of the administration
toward the South continues unabated, and
fresh arrivals of individuals from that section
with further supplies of outrage, are reported.
The President, however, insists that the determination
to enforce the election laws involves
no change in his position ; nevertheless, the
Republican leaders continue so to view it.
The hope is expressed by this class that the
South Carolina cases may be tried before
Judge Bond, as they are satisfied in that event
there will be no tempering of justice with
mercy.
? In a late interview, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
recently elected to Congress from the
Richmond, Va., district, expressed his views
as unalterably in favor of hard money, and
held the opinion that long before 1880 the
"Solid South" and "Solid North" will be forgotten.
He is reported to also have said:
"The South is now as close a part of the
Union as is New England. Virginia has the
same interest in the general prosperity of the
country as Massachusetts, and her representatives
and the representatives of the whole
South will be found as active in the support
of all measures tending to the general good 1
of all sections, as the gentlemen from Maine |
or Vermont."
? The New York Sun publishes a table, i
embracing the cash subscribed publicly and i
through tbe authorities of the various cities j
and the committees appointed by them, in aid ,
of the yellow fever sufferers. The total ag-1
gregates $1,325,600, exclusive of all private, i
religious aDd society subscriptions. Of this j
amount Baltimore is credited with $55,600 ;!
New York, $395,000; Philadelphia, $132,000; j
Chicago, $90,000; St. Louie, $85,000; San j
Francisco, $60,000 ; Boston, $55,000; Washington,
$39,000 ; Richmond, $9,000 ; Wil-1
mington, Del., 5,000; Wheeling, $5,000. The j
foreign contributions aggregated $39,000 additional,
of which Liverpool is credited with
$15,000 and Paris $14,000.
? A sad incident of the recent election '
comes from New York. Mr. Alexander
Smith, of the 12th district, who was elected to j
succeed Clarkson N. Potter, died in the very
hour of his victory. He had been sick but j
two days, and while bis friends were cheering
over the result, he was breathing his last. On
learning of his success he smiled, and pressing
the hand of his informant, be said; "You
must thank my supporters for me, for I shall
have no opportunity of thanking them myself."
He was a man of unflinching integrity and
considerable business ability, and his loss is
deeply regretted by friend and foe alike. He
had a large carpet factory at Yonkers, and
employed seven hundered hands. One of
his employees said : "He gave us better wages
and treated us better than any other factory-owner
in Yonkers."
? There's many a man languishing in pris
on in Germany to-day, who has been guilty
of nothing worse than a grim pleasantry. A
cabman at a public house, a few days after
i Nobeling's attempt, expressed his opinion that
; kings and emperors were not much good to
anybody. They cost a deal of money, he
1 said, and nobody was the better for it. A
policeman in plain clothes pounced upon the
cabman as soon as be bad uttered his sentiments,
and Be is now in prison and will remain
there for two years. About the same
time a lad of sixteen exclaimed, "I wish the
Emperor had been shot in 1870 ; then we in
' Alsace should not now be Germans." The
boy was condemned to imprisonment for two
1 years and six months.
?he forMle ^nqutm.
YORKVILL.E. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 21,1878.
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THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature of South Carolina will
meet in Columbia on Tuesday next. The
Democratic majority of the body, on jointballot,
will be 142. The political complexion
of the two houses is as follows: Senate?
Democrats, 29; Republicans, 5. House of
Representatives?Democrats, 121; Republi
cans, 3. Of the Senators holding over, three
are colored Republicans, viz.: Williams, of
Georgetown ; Duncan, of Orangeburg; and
Bird, of Fairfield ; and two white?Taft, of
Charleston, and Collins, of Beaufort. At the
recent election, Beaufort elected three colored
Representatives, who, with the above colored
Senators, three colored men elected from
Charleston, and one each from Colleton and
Sumter, will make eleven colored members in
the Legislature, six of whom are Republicans
and five Democrats.
GOVERNOR SIMPSON.
Under date of the 13th instant, Governor
Hampton publishes his proclamation, transferrinc
the office of Governor to Hon. W. D.
Simpson, Lieutenant Governor. In his proclamation
announcing the transfer, Governor
Hampton says:
It is my duty to make public announcement
that serious injury, resulting from a painful
accident, has produced physical inability 011
my part to discharge the powers and duties of
the office of "the Governor of the State of
South Carolina," and that the Constitution of
this Commonwealth in such case, devolves the
same upon the Hon. W. D. Simpson, Lieutenant-Governor
of this State.
It is my pleasure to add that the honors and
burdens thus transferred by the organic law
of the land, could be transferred to 110 more
worthy or competent hands.
In conformity with the proclamation of
Governor Hampton, Lieutenant Governor
Simpson has assumed the duties of Governor,
making official proclamation of the fact, in
which he says:
In making this announcement, no words
can express the sorrow which pervades this
entire Commonwealth at the occurrence of
this calamity to our beloved Chief Magistrate
and State; a sorrow shared more largely by
110 one than him to whom the honors and burdens
of this high office have thus been transferred.
It is generally conceded that the cares and
responsibilities of the office of Governor?
whether temporarily or permanently?could
devolve upon no more worthy man, as successor
of the patriotic Hampton, than him to
whom the office has thus been transferred "by
the organic law of the State."
It is not probable, in view of the circumstances,
that Governor Hampton will qualify
as Governor for the second term to which he
has just been chosen by the people of his
State. The Legislature, to assemble next
week, will undoubtedly elect him to the position
of U. S. Senator, to supply the vacancy
to occur in the Senatorial representation from
this State on the 4th of next March ; and,
much as the people may regret to lose the
services of their "beloved Governor," it will
be a source of pride to them to know that
they are represented in the councils of the
nation by one so patriotic, conservative, noble
and good.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Acting-Governor Simpson has appointed
Thursday next, the 28th instant, as a day of
thanksgiving and prayer.
? The editor of the Columbia Reg'uler acknowledges
the receipt of a check for 851.10
for the relief of Lieutenant Benner's family.
? The Supreme Court of the United States
has decided that the bonds issued by the
county of Pickens, in aid of the Air Line
Railroad, are valid obligations of the county.
? The total vote of Beaufort county in the
recent election, was 5,385, of which number
only 476 votes were cast for Governor
Hampton.
? It is rumored that Nash, Hurley, Whipper,
Elliott and others of their stripe, will
soon be arrested upon evidence obtained before
the investigating committee.
? The Cheraw and Chester Railroad is now
carrying the mail, three times a week, from !
Chester to Cedar Shoals. Petitions are in
circulation for an extension of the mail route
from Cedar Shoals to Lancaster C. H.
? Anderson Burns, a negro minister in the
M. E. Church, was tried and convicted in i
Columbia, last week, on the charge of mur-1
dering his wife in the lower part of Richland :
county last summer, and throwing her body |
into a well. Burns was sentenced by Judge
Pressly, to be hanged on the first Friday of:
May next.
? A number of citizens of each of the coun- j
ties of Charleston, Richland, Orangeburg I
and Sumter, have recently been arrested on
charges preferred against them of violating 1
the election laws of the United States. In j
every instance, the affidavits upon which the
warrants were issued, were made by members
of the Radical party, and all the per-!
sons arrested are Democrats. All the cases
i will come up for a hearing at the United
States Court, which convenes in Columbia the ,
latter part of this month.
? The News and Courier says : It gives us!
pleasure to announce that the bronze bust of
our distinguished litterateur, William Gilmore !
Simm8, has been paid for, and is now in the 1
hands of the subscribers. Arrangements will
soon be made to place it in position. It is a
memorial worthy of the great poet, novelist I
and historian of South Carolina, and as a
work of art will bean ornament and a source
of pride to our community.
? In regard to Governor Hampton's condition,
the Columbia correspondent of thelites
and Courier telegraphs the following, under
date of the 15th : "I have been at great pains
to obtain the following authoritative and conclusive
statement as to the Governor's condition
: The Governor's physicians do not consider
him so well to-day as there has been
slight fever, but, at present, they feel no alarm
about his case. He rested well last night,
and expressed himself as feeling very comfortable
to-day."
? The tenth annual Fair of the State Ag
ricultural and Mechanical Society of South
Carolina, was held in Columbia last week,
commencing on Tuesday, the 12th, and ending
on Friday, the 15th. The attendance
was quite large and the exhibits more numerous
and superior to those on any similar occasion
since the war. In regard to the agricultural
department, the correspondent of the
News and Courier says: "The most prominent
feature of the present exhibition, as it is
likewise the most important and most desirable
on all similar occasions, consists in the
excellence of the display of farm produce,
farming implements aud fine stock. In these
three eeveral departments the showing that is
made for South Carolina would reflect credit
upon the agricultural interests aud enterprise
of any State in the Union. It is seriously to
be questioned, indeed, whether finer specimens
of grain, fruits, vegetables, cane, corn, cotton,
hay, roots, &c., could be found in any other
representative collection of similar articles in
the cultivated world."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The case of George Pethel (white) for
poisoning his wife, has been removed from
Iredell court to Mecklenburg.
? The sum of $10?proceeds of a festival
given by the young ladies of Pittsboro?has
been sent to the family of the late Lieutenant
Benner.
? William Rainey, colored, was hung at
Warrenton on the 8th instant, for the murder
of Jim Taylor, colored. He admitted the
killing, and said the sentence wasjust.
? H. C. Secrest, who was to have been executed
at Marion last Friday, for the murder
? " 1 1 L. 1 i_l
or Dis wire ana step uaugiuer, iiub iuucu uu
appeal, through counsel, and consequently
the execution did not take place.
? The long and trying law case of Blackwell
vs. McElwee, has at last been settled in
the Court of last appeals in such cases, at
Washington, by a decision that McElwee
cannot register his Durham bull trade mark,
which he has long claimed as a right.
? The Carolina Fair, held at Charlotte last
week, was a decided success, considering the
difficulties under which the Association labored.
Very near one thousand entries were made,
and there was a large attendance of people.
The address was delivered by Gen. Leacb, in
his usually entertaining and instructive style.
? The two South Carolina negroes?Jasper
Neely and George Graham?who were recently
shot in a row in Steel Creek township,
Mecklenburg county, have since died of their
iojuries. After the shooting, they were removed
to their homes in York county, and
after their removal, died.
? Governor Vance has issued his proclamation
appointing Thursday next as a day for
thanksgiving and prayer, and requesting
the people to "commend their professions to
the Lord by liberal gifts to the widows, orphans
and deserving poor, of the abundance
which the past season has brought us."
? The Greensboro Patriot is authorized to
announce that a general amnesty has been
granted by the Attorney-General of the United
States to all persons in that section of the
State, guilty of violating United States revenue
laws in relation to spirituous liquors, upon
condition that they come into court and plead
guilty, and pay or secure the co9ts.
? Governor Vance has recived a letter from
Hon. JesBe J. Yeates, Democratic candididate
for Congress from the first district, stating
that Martin's majority had been reduced to
thirty-nine votes, and that he would be able
to show fraud practiced on the part of MarI***-*
fwiAncln ouffinianf f a a*to ronm a
LIU auu UIO lllUiuo, ou UJVIV.U V uy v/f vivvtuv
Martin's alleged majority.
? Messrs Melke and McKenzie, brothersin-law
of Miss Liukhaw, who fatally shot
Ed. Hartman, in Lumberton a few weeks
ago, were arrested a9 accessories to the crime
and carried before Judge Ashe, on Friday of
last week, on a writ of heabeas corpus. Melke
was discharged, but McKenzie was retained
for trial. Miss Linkhaw is confined in the
Lumberton jail.
? The Charlotte Observer 88ys that on Saturday
last, \V. J. Black, a merchant of that
city, was arrested and taken before United
States Commissioner Pittman, on the charge
of violating the revenue laws, the specific
charge being that he re-filled tobacco boxes
after a portion of the tobacco had been removed.
The Commissioner, after fully investigating
the case, decided to bind him over to
the Uuited States Court which convenes in
Charlotte in December.
? The Charlotte Home of Friday says:
"An affray occurred iu the Merchants' and
Farmers' National Bank in this city, in which
Dr. J. H. McAdeu, L. W. Sanders and J. R.
Holland, all took part. President McAden
and Mr. Sanders had a difficulty about a business
transaction, and Cashier Holland, in attempting
to bring matters to a peaceful ter- j
miuation, got into the fracas himself. Only
a few blows were passed before the parties
were separated.
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
The annual report of the Postmaster-General
has been published in advance of the
meeting of Congress. Among the recommendations
contained in the report are the following
:
That necessary authority be given by law
to enable the Postoffice Department to accept
the general rules of the Postal Union respecting
the payment of indemnities for registered
articles lost or destroyed. That foreign books
by mail be made duty free is another recoin
mendation. i t is suggested that it be made the
duty of the Department to give and take receipts
for registered matter only when requested
by the sender. It is pointed out that the
Department cannot be expected to be solf sustaining.
With reference to the recent minority
report of the special Commission on Railway
Transportation in connection with the aggregate
payments for the mail service, that the
South had more than her proportion in 1860,
and less in 1876 ; the Postmaster General says
that from thi3 it might be inferred that there
had been unjust discrimination against the
Southern roads in the adjustment of pay for
carrying the mails, but such is not the case.
The rates of pay are the same on all the
roads on which the amount and character of
the service are similar. It,-is true that greater
rates of pay are allowed elsewhere than in
the South, because the service is greater. On
one route from New York City, the average
daily weight of mails is thirty-six tons, while
no road South of Maryland carries more than
six tons of mail a day, and the same disproportion
exists between nearly all the Northern
and Southern Railroads,
LOCAL A77AIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
j W. J. Stephenson, Clerk of Board?Report of the
Board of Count}- Commissioners of York
County.
I T. M. Dobson & Co.?Ready-Made ClothingSinger
Machine?Cloaks?Shawls?December
15?Yarn?Overcoats?Piedmont Sheeting?Boots
and Shoes?Gents' Hats.
Hunter it Oates?Ready-Made Clothing?Ladies'
Cloaks?Sewing Machines. ! (
Kennedy Bros. Barron?New Orleans Molasses?Fish?Groceries?Pretty
Dress Goods.
M. Strauss?My Stock.. i
J. L. McGill?Pay Up.
Henry F. Johnston?G rape Vines.
Colgate & Co's New Soap, ,
SECOND GROWTH STRAWBERRIES.
James K. Wagoner lias presented us with a
cluster of strawberries, the growth of a second
crop produced by his vines.
RETURN OF Dr. BRATTON.
Dr. J. Rufus Bratton, who for several i
years past has been residing iu Canada, returned
with his family on Monday evening
last to his old home in Yorkville. '
CONDITION OF Dr. LOVE.
We are informed that the condition of Dr.
Love, of McConnellsville, whose severe illness
from paralysis we noticed last week, has not i
changed for the better.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS'REPORT.
The annual report of the County Commissioners,
published this week, makes a credits- i
ble showing for these officials. The retiring
board have well earned the plaudit of the
people, "Well done, good and faithful servants."
?
ONLY HALF CONVERTED.
Ex-Congressman A. S. Wallace wae in
town quite early yesterday morning, having
driven in from home in time to meet the train
for Chester. Although he has not yet donned
the red ehirt, it was noticeable that the Lew
reins with which he controls his favorite sorrel
are of a brilliant crimson.
GIN HOUSE BURNED.
On Wednesday, of lost week, between dusk
and dark, the gin house of Mr. William Burris,
near McConnellsville, was destroyed by
fire. There were in the gin-huilding 36 bales
of cotton, which were also destroyed. The
loss, which in building and cotton is about
82,000, falls upon Mr. Burris, his two sons,
and three colored tenants. The fire is supposed
to be of incendiary origin.
ILLNESS OF fir. R. J. LATTA. ,
We regret to record the illness of Mr.
Robert J. Latta, who has been confined to
his room for the past three weeks with
fever. Ouly a few weeks ago he received the
appointment of chief engineer to survey and ,
locate the route of the Ninety-Six Railroad,
and had just entered upon the work when he ,
was attacked. Though still confined to his ;
bed, he is improving, and hopes to be able to |
resume the duties of his position as engineer {
in a short while. I
PIANOS AND ORGANS. I
Prof. W. L. Johnson, of the firm of Daw- j
son & Co., Charlotte, and traveling for the I
large piano and organ house of Horace <
Waters & Sons, New York, will spend sev- 1
J on.ni;n.n?<. Hotol
oral UHytj III lUlliVlllc,, b.l jLvumiuawu a uuwi,
next week. Persons desiring pianos or organs
during his stay, can purchase from him at
wholesale rates. He will also do any tuning
or repairing of old instruments in a workmanlike
manner and at a reasonable price. Give
him a call.
Rev. C. H. WILEY.
This eminent divine visted Yorkville last
Tuesday in the interest of the Bible cause,
which he represents as superintendent for
the district composed of North and South
Carolina. Owing to the very inclement
weather Tuesday evening, he did not deliver
an address on the subject of his work, as had
been announced he would do. A meeting of
the Bible Committee of York county was
held yesterday, however, and such action
taken as is likely to awaken renewed interest
in the Bible cause.
? 1 '
REVOLUTIONARY HEROES.
A correspondent of the Charlotte Observer,
writing from Whitaker, in this county, makes
the following mention of the burial places
of two distinguished heroes of King's Mountain
:
J,.
It isnot generally known (for history does
not give the names of all in command) that
Col. Fredric Ham bright, a German, and one
| of the main actors in the battle of King's
Mountain, is buried within a mile of Whitaker.
He died in 1817. Major Williams,
who was wounded in the fight and died from
the effects of it, is buried eight miles west of
Whitaker, in a private place.
PAST HIS THREE-SCORE AND TEN.
Our venerable friend and townsman, Uol.
Win, C. Beatty, celebrated his seventy-fifth t
birth-day yesterday. Though past man's al- g
lotted three-score and ten, Col. Beatty is men- '
tally aud physically as active as a man of J
fifty, and he now attends to the daily routine 1
of his business with the same promptitude J
and alacrity that ever characterized him as a g
close student and diligent lawyer. Though \
there are older citizens iu town?James Jef- ?
ferys, Esq., and Mr. Stanhope Sadler?Col. 1
Beatty is the oldest citizen "native and to the J
manner born." In November, 1875, Col. *
Beatty and his esteemed lady celebrated their j
golden wedding, and that they may be spared I
many more years of usefulness in this life, is ?
| the wish of their numerous friends. 1
?
SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS. ,
In that popular paper, the Savannah a
Weekly News, of November !!3, will be com- f
menced a new serial story of absorbing inter- >
est, entitled "Afterward," from the gifted pen
of Mrs. Ophelia Nisbet Reid, whose charm- 1
ing stories, "My Mother's Daughter" and J
I "Mrs. Dare," have added such literary inter- t
j est to this deservedly popular journal. s
Its charming stories by Southern authors, c
| the able contributions of its numerous corres- r
{ pondents, together with its agricultural de- (
[ partment, its careful compilation of the news i
of the day, foreign and domestic, its rename
market reports, editorial comment, and choice
miscellaneous readings, makes the Weekly
News one of the most instructive, entertaining
and valuable newspapers in the South.
MERE-MENTION.
An accidental fire at the Virginia peniten;
tiary in Richmond, early last Friday morni
ing, destroyed a large three-story brick building
over two hundred feet long, in which
were a cooper shop, carpenter shop, shoe factory
and machine shop. A first-olass
locomotive caii now be bought for $7,000.
The price three and four years ago was $24,000.
Gen. C. C. Augur, of the U. S. j
Army, has accepted th? trusteeship of the
Benner fund. Mr.'Corbin, Gen. Grant's
brother-in-law, has been interviewed, and ;
says that while he does not think Grant "hankers"
after the Republican nomination
in 1880, he will probably deem it his duty to '
accept it if it is tendered to him. Secretary I
Sherman denies the statement that one and
two dollar United States notes are to be
withdrawn from circulation. Owing to
the severe illness of Bishop Pierce, that disi
tinguished divine will not be able to preside j
i over the deliberations of the approaching Vir-1
ginia Conference, The Interna] Revenue i
Commissioner, in his forthcoming report, will
oppose the proposed reduction of'ihe tax on tobacco
from 24 to 18 cents per pound. aV"1
the last session of the New Jersey legislature, i
the Democrats had a majority of nine. At <
the next session the Republicans will have a
majority of seven. Among the members <
elect to Congress who have already gone on i
to Washington, is Hon. A. H. Stephens, of <
Georgia, who arrived there last Saturday. I
The Grant movement, which is more ira- |
aginary than real, does not meet with much <
favor in the New York Cathedral fair. His 1
vote for the sword to be presented to the 1
most popular general is 22, against 515 '<
for Joe Johnston of Confederate fame, I
and 634 for Hancock of the Federal ar- <
my. Contributions to the Benuer fund 1
were received by Gen. Augur, last Friday,
from Baltimore and Chicago, amounting respectively
to $900 and $700 Dispatches
from Memphis report a complete revival of
business since the abatement of the plague.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Outrage Mill in Louisiana.
District-Attorney Leonard, of Louisiana,
left Washington last Friday, for home.
He was summoned to Washington for consultation
with the Attorney-General concern- :
ing the prosecution of political offenders in
Louisiana and to receive instructions. He
left after having had long consultations with (
Mr. Devens. He also saw the President. He j
took bis instructions with him. They are, it
is understood, not specific, but very rigid gen- (
eral instructions. He is to go ahead and 5
prosecute all who have violated the United <
States election laws, against whom he can
procure evidence. He is to prosecute vigorously.
A reporter recently asked Senator
Kellogg for an approximation of the number (
of cases which can be found against election ,
law breakers in Louisiana. The Senator replied,
"The Lord only knows how many there
are. There are any numbers of them."
Polygamic Marriages.
The first of a series of cases involving
the right of the Mormons to contract polygamic
marriages, came up for argument last
Thursday in the United States Supreme
Court, in the shape of an appeal from the
Supreme Court of Utah. The case is of gep- ,
eral interest because it presents to this Court (
for the first time the question of the constitu- (
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when it assumed the guiee of religious du- ;
ty and is held as an article of faith. Coun- ]
3el for the prisoner contend that Congress is (
restrained from such prohibition hy the first (
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, which provides for religious freedom. |
Counsel for the United States argue that this
rigid interpretation of the Constitution would
prevent Congress from punishing auy crime in 1
the territories which would justify itself by
an appeal to religious conviction and so lead
:o remediless disorder. The decison is await* 1
?d with interest,
fellow Fever Items.
Refugees are returning daily to New
Crleans, though the medical fraternity have *
lot yet declared the city safe.
The Board of Health of Mobile invites all :
absentees to return, and states that the city is t
low as safe as any in the land. j
Speaking of the nurses on duty at Mem- j
phis, a correspondent says: "The colored
lurses made up in faithful attention all they
acked in intelligence, and their record is one
;o be justly proud of. The best nurses are 1
laid to have come from Savannah, Ga., and c
Port Royal, S. C," *
The Louisville Courier Journal puts the s
lumber of deaths from yellow fever through- k
>ut the country during the late epidemic at (
13,921. A. B. Farquhar, proprietor of the j
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works at York, 1
Pa., writes to Surgeon General Wood worth 1
hat the vellow fever eDidemic of this vear ?
* ' * I
ias cost the country about $175,000,000, esti- i
nating from the best data he c&d gather, and t
hat in common with a large number of *
prominent gentlemen and business men of the r
:ountry, he feels a great interest in the inves- ji
igatiou undertaken by the yellow fever com- *
nission. ^
Democratic Address. j
The Democratic State Executive Cora- '
nittee has issued the following address to the [
jarty in South Carolina: c
The State Executive Committee extend to 1
he Democracy of South Carolina their warm- J
>st congratulations upon the magnificent vie- c
ory achieved in the recent election, which f
las been as peaceful as it is triumphant, j
[t i3 especially gratifying that so many thou- e
ands of the colored people of the State have c
inited with us in perpetuating home rule and 1
jood government. We extend to them our J
nost cordial appreciation of their good sense *
ind patriotic action, and we would impress c
jpon our people the necessity of continued j
inity and harmony. We have achieved grand \
'esults, and 6very true Carolinian's heart re- t
iponds with gratitude, hut much remains to t
)e done. We must keep our armor bright J
md girded on, and our ranks closed up, to *
neet any exigency the future may develop. H
ind now that the campaign is over, and its ^
vork done, we feel that we cannot lay aside a
>ur active duties without expressing profound I
'egret at the distressing accident which has t
>efallen our beloved Chief Magistrate. This '
iloce mars the completeness of our triumph,
'n his suffering he has the sympathy of a ^
grateful people to cheer him, and their fer- N
rent prayers that a kind Providence may c
oon restore him to his wonted vigor and use- \
u In ess. >
Senator Cockling- and the President.
Senator Conkling is reported to believe c
'implicitly with President Hayea that the
south has not returned in kind, the geuerous 1
reatment it has received." The Senator is s
laid to hold that, so far as the southern poli- a
:y of the President is concerned, he can not j1
jow undo what he has done, if he even so ^
lesires; that his southern policy exhausted i
tself, so far as it could be called a policy, 1
vhen the President gave South Carolina and ?
Louisiana the benefit of home rule, but that 1
he President is now beginning to realize f
vhat leaders in the party, from the very be- ?
ginning apprehended, that the south, in con- p
lideratiou of the boon of home rule, will not ?
idrainister the 14th aud 15th amendments to j
he constitution in the spirit in which the t
ramers of those articles intended tbey should f
>e administered : that all the harm that the ?
. . ... 1'
epublican party sustained in its divisions e
)ver the wisdom of the President's policy has s
ieen felt to the uttermost, and that the very
act that the President is not satisBed with a
he result of his dealing with the south, is the 1
jest evidence that the party can readily be 1
e-united on the basis that the laws of the |
jountry must be enforced and the constitu-' ^
ional amendments which apply to the freed-11
nen not only be accepted, but likewise hon- t
;stly interpreted. *
riie Next Congress. 1
In the present House, the Democrats j r
lave 156 members and the Republicans 137, ^
jiviug the former a majority of nineteen. The j a
'eturns so far indicate that the Democrats 1;
lave elected this fall 146 members, and the ^
Republicans 132, and the Greenbackers 11. j a
California, which is entitled to four members,' r
does not elect antil next September. This
will complete the 293 members of'which the
bouse is composed. In the presefit Houfe^
CaliforniaTs represented'^ two Delrhocrats
and two Republicans. One of these Democrats
was seated by the House An. an, aJJsged
majority of four votes over the Republican
opponent. If, in September next, California
should elect two Democrats and two Republicans,
the new House wiU stand 148 Democrats
to 134 Republicans, and eleven Greenbackers,
giving the Democrats a majority of three
over both. It is known, however, that from
their former political affiliations, that eight of
these Greenbackers will vote with the Democrats
on all party questions, and three with
the Republicans. This will increase the Democrats
to 156, and the Republicans to 137,
leaving the Democrats with a majority of
aineteen, which is precisely the majority they
now have. The recent elections give the
Democrats a majority in nineteen States, and
the Republicans a majority in eighteen. If
the House should be called upon to elect the
next President, the Democrats would have a
majority of one, supposing California equally
1 LI .' 'J.' . L..i
jiviueu ana unaoie lo voie; out 11 mat amie
should elect three Republicans in September,
then the election for President would result in
<1 * "
ei tie vote.
Preparing for Resumption.
As opening the way to resumption, the
New York Clearing House Association have
decided upon the following plan of action
after January 1st, 1879 :
First, to decline receiving gold as special
deposits, but to accept and treat them only
as lawful money; second, to abolish specipl
exchanges of gold checks at the clearing
house; third, to pay and receive the balance
between the banks at the clearing hrrbse
either in gold or United States legal tenders ;
fourth, to receive silver dollars upon deposit
only under special contract to wittfdritw the
same in kind; fifth, to prohibit payifcent uf
balances at the clearing house in silver certificates
or in silver dollars, excepting as subsidiary
coin in small sums, say under $10;
Bixth, to discontinue gold special accounts hy
notice to dealers on the 1st of January nest,
to terminate then. ' i *
Hon. A. H. Buckner, of Missouri, chairman
of the House committee on, banking
and currency, has arrived in Washington.
During the last session of Congress, Mr. Buckner,
both in committee and in the House,
acted with the inflation wing of the Democratic
party, aud moreover was a prominent
member of the silver league. Notwithstanding
this fact, however, bis constituents nominated
in opposition ta him, a greenback candidate,
but he (Buckner) was returned to the
46th Congress with a reduced majotftyi
Judge B. does not seem disposed to cbaog?
bis views with respect to the feasibility of re...
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is Geo. Ewing and other prominent greenbackers
in their prediction that resumption
ueans ruin. He favors & double metalic
itandard ; the establishment of postal savings
janks and the substitution of legal tender Tot '
lational bank notes. The jud^e does not ap)rehend
that the session of Congress just enluing
can pass any measure, which will interfere
with Secretary Sherman's plan of reumption,
but he does thiuk th it the discrim
nation agaiust the silver dollar as set forth
ibove, in the plan of the New York Clearing 1
louse Association, will evoke a spirited debate.
t > ' ,
CHANGE OFPOLICT. <
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The Washington Republican of the 13th
nstant, publishes the following as the views (
>f the President iu regard to the situation in j
he South: ' i
In answer to a question as to whether the (
Southern policy had been discussed in the ,
iabinet, the President is reported to havfetfaid:
'That is a mistake; the time for discussion ^
las passed. It is now too late for anything
>ut the most determined and vigorous action. ,
rhe determination was reached several days '
igo, and the deliberations of the cabinet on
his subject since then liave been comparativey
brief and confined mainly to the considera,ion
of the duty of the attorney-general in
he premises."
The President has always thought that his
xriicy would win back the South. He was
isked how he accounted for the 'result in the
ace of the fair promises of the South. "That
luestion," said he, "leads to a discussion of
vhat has latterly been termed the Southern
>olicy of the administration. .When that polcy
was fir st inaugurated, it was with an eariest
desire to conciliate the Southern leaders,
o round off the sharp angles of a sectional
lifference arid to soften the asperities of poitical
strife. No one will deny- that the afc
empt to enforce this policy was most earnesty
made, nor that it was carried out with a
onscientious desire to accomplish the result
or which it had been inaugurated. Of the
ersonal and partisan sacrifices I made in this
lfort, and of the consequent interruption of
:ertain relations which had' previously existed
etween myself and some of my supporters, I
lave nothing to say just now. But it appears
hat the leaders who made those. pledges
ither did not exert themselves to kqqp them
r were unable to do so. In faef.J^^unjreuctaritly
forced to admit that the expeririient
vas a failure. The first election ofiniporance
had since it was attempted, has 'proved
hat fair elections, with free suffrage for every
roter in the Soutlv, are an impossibility under
he existing condition of things.,?!! "It is not
>ecause the Republican party appeals as the
ulferer in these results that I complain,"
ontinued the President; "it is becaqstj free
uffrage arid freedom of iwlitical right's have
>een interfered with that I am called upon to
ake cognizance of these disturbances. If the
acts were exactly reversed, and if the repubicanshad
committed the.outrages upon the
lemocrats, my duty would be the same. If
vill not do for me, or for any official before
vhom these questions may come, to treat them
itherwise than in a non-partisan way. The
artisan press will naturally take a partisan
dew of the case, and I will be held to account
or aiding the republicans?the stalwarts, I
nean?in flaunting the bloody rhirt, as it is
tailed."
Mr. Hayes 'saitPfurther: "I can't expect to
lold the office I do without being kicked and
tuffed a little, you know, .but for all. that I
hall do my duty as the Chief Magistrate of
ill the people, democrats and republicans
like, and if; in the faithful execution of the
aws, justice shall deriiand the punishment of <
liia or that man, whatever hie political con- ?
lections may be, I shall not be deterred by i
lartisan criticism. All that I know is, great;
rimes have been committed, and it is my duy
to aid in the punishment of ,the criminals." ,
The President said that ^'GoVernor Hamjiton, ,
or example, has tried repeatedly to repress (
lie violence which has characterized the cam- .
taign in South Carolina,' and failed. Such relublicans
as Judge Lee and Mr. Bainey and .
x-State Senator Swails, of that State, , bay? j
.(lvised me of these facts. They say that r
Iampton cannot control tlie 'red shirts,' as
hey call them, and they have rei>eatedly in- 1
onned me of speeches he has made deiirecatirlg j
iolence in the conduct of the campaign. And i
t appears that! Gov. Nichols in Louisiana, is .
ainesGy opposed to these proceedings or the
ame kind of violence.in his State." (
As confirmatory of the above/: the usually ;
iccurate Washington correspondent of tbe
Baltimore Sun telegraphs that paper as fol- t
ows:
It is ascertained that the purported inter- 1
lew with the President is a correct reflection <
if the present view and policy of the adminisration
as regards the South. The statement <
hat the President said, in express language,
hat he was convinced his Southern policy was
, failure is understood, however, not to have
ieen authorized, although his apparent deteriunation
to reverse that policy might be un- <
lerstood as an admission to that effect. ' In <
he language of a member of the Cabinet, the ]
dministration is determined that every vio- '
ation of the election laws in every part of the J
louth shall be ferreted out and the full penal- ,
y of the law visited ui>on the perpetrators, j
nd those that are sent to the penitentiary j
nay be sure that no pardon of the President j
will intervene to prevent the serving out the
full terfaa of sentence.
A-number of "pudding" tickets, so-call in
alleged to have been used by the Democratsed,
Sb'tTth Carolina, hhf& been sent to this city.
Several gentlemen have taken samples of them
to the White House for inspection by the
ftesideilt. "Hel fexaihiuefl''thfcm with I much
interest, and was anxious to know the manner
of their fraudulent use. If he had sent for
one of the Cincinnati ballot box-stuffera whom
he has released, he could be.initiated into all
the njysteries^ of the businessv The "stalwarfs^Tn
" tfie "Republican party thihlf'now
that the President has thrown himself into
their arm& One of them said to-day, after
reading the President's views as given last ^
night, that the old-line Republicans had not
seen anything emanate frorfi the White House
since Lincoln's proclamation emancipating the
slaves, which would give them so much pleasure.
A number of stalwarts were at the
White House to-day, including Representative
Harry White, of Pennsylvania, Postmaster
Snowden, of Philadelphia, Col. Mosby,
Col. Keogh, chairman of the North Carolina
Republican Committee, Commissioner Raum,
Postmaster-General Key and others: The
ProaJ/lnnf nno vlrr tho at%fivA /lotr +/\
X 1U01UUI1U UV T V^V/U ligailJ IIIC Ullblic UOJ tu
conversation with these gentlemen, and was
warmly congratulated by some of them on his
change of views.
The President took occasion to observe that
he does not consider that there will be any
change in his policy, because his policy has
always been to uphold the constitution and
the lawsand enforce the ecual rights of all
citizens. Col. Mosby said to-day;tnat in his
opinion the battle of 18$0 is already fought and
won, and Grant is the man. The new crusade,
which it has been determined by the Republican
leaders shall be inaugurated against the
"Solid South," has now formally been entered
upon. Of one thing these, leaders are convinced,
that the best way for them to secure a
"Solid North" is to keep up a "Solid South."
This is the plan upon which the last two campaigns
of the Republican party were conducted.
Mr. ZacKanali Chandler managed the
eampaigiif ihj A8T<j. When Southern Republicans
afcjMred^o him for fundrfne refused.
He was frank and open in assigning his reasons.
want. We want a solid South, and then we
will have a soKd North." Mr. Chandler's'sonin-law,
Mr. Hale, managed the campaign of
1878, which has just closed. He conducted it
on the same principles exactly, but was. more
diplomatic in liis language. When the Southern
Republicans came to him for money, he
talked sweetly and said he would see what
could be done; and nothing was done. It is
said;: by' the ''way, tliat the Republican-campaign
committee did aid the cause in the
South to the extent of printing tickatai for
Jere H^l^pn, the colored man who ran ip the
fourth district , of Alabama, and perhaps it
was not the fault of the: committee that half
of the tickets were Stolen before they reached
Mr. Haralson. ^
Correspondence of the Yorkvilte EnqvlVer.
" LETTER, r?6k CHESTER. I "
Mi,. Chester, S. C., November, 18.
Rev, Dr. Hart well, a returned missionary
from China, preached at the Baptist Church on
Tuesday evening. The sacred edifice was 1
filled with a large and attentive congregation.
The subject of the sermon was fellowship witli
Christ. After stating and dwelling upon the
virtues essential to the enjoyment of this fellowship,
Dr. Hartwell concluded with an announcement
ofj and enlargement Upoti, another
indispensable requisite, viz.: Our duty to
do all in bur'power to^adVance the Kingdom
of Christ throughout the world; This gave
him an opportunity of speaking of mission
work 'In foteigto lands; especially, in China,
where h^ hid' labored with great devotion for
many years. He told of the great and good
work that had been accomplished in the conversion
of heathen in that benighted land.
His heart, he said, had often been saddened
since his return by questions of Christians as
to the genuineness of heathen conversions.
These conversions were, he said, as genuine as
those of the unconverted in this land. His
dwii eyes had witnessed such evidences of divine
grace in the hearts of converted heath
sns as the divine Spirit alone was capable of
producing. Missionary effort had been attended
with blessed results, for in proportion
to tbe means employed, a greater number of
conversions, he said, had been effected in China
and other foreign fields, than in .civilized
countries. He closed his interesting sermon
by urging his hearers to contribute, to the misnonary
fund. During the singing of a hymn
i collection was taken up in behalf of the
cjood cause. Before concluding the services,
Dr. Hartwell read one of the parables and
jang the long metre doxology 'in the Chinese
language. , (.
The Lee tight Infantry, undey the qorntnand
of J. K. Marshall, left here on Tuesday
for Colunibia, mid returned'on Friday. "/They
jpent their time V&y pleasantly 'in beholding
the sights of tlie city; and the things visibleat
the Fair^u They had no opportunity of showing
their proficiency in the march 'and mam
ual, as theirs was the only company visiting
tlie Capitid, and-, consequently, there were no
competitive drills. Hie Governor's Guards,
if Columbia, entertained them quite liandjomely
one night. Our "boys," with their
military brethren, were doubtless extremely
lappy when they finished with the "punch."
Mr. W. K. Wix, an industrious and. successful
farmer from Halsellville township, gave
me a sweet potato last week weighing seyep
pounds. The potato crop has been excellent
this year in our county. A better crop was
probably never grown. Potatoes are ?o abuniant
that the price per bushel'is only about
thirty cents, and some sales of this desirable
vegetable have been made at lower figuuea. <
business continued; exceedingly /dhttdnring
the past week.> An old merchant pf our, town
^ * !...4 1,^ ?t? l.?^? t
Lcujaiikcu.bu iiac tuoi/ uc iicvui iui^w uuaineaa
to be so depressed at this season of the year. .
riie 'cktise of this deprteriion ft tUb row price ^
yt cotton, and' the small ahiount hovr'selling!
riie prospect for an improvement in:-the price
is not bright* though holders of "the fleecy
jtaple. are jcontident of a rise, j .. >,va
, A trial of a cpse. in which, Hj C. Brawley
nid some of his employees were the prominent
parties, was held before Trial Justice McDouild
oh Friday. The colored men bM'b'&ht suit
for the recovery of the money dtie*vthem for
their labor. "Mr. Brawley'held that he was
not bound to pay them for the reason of their
laving left him. The testimony shewed that
lie discharged them because of their refusal to
nbey an order of his. The jury found in favor
oi the plaintiffs." r' 1 :
Ilevi E. 0. Steele preached his farewell sermon
at St. Mark's Church on. yesterday, He
lias been, called to the rectorship of the Episcopal
Church at Florence, and lias accepted
the call. ,, |ie leaves tq-day for Charleston,
where he will spejid.a few days liefore enteripg
upon the discharge of his ministerial duties.
He t akes with him the best wishes of thfe Utile
flock in Chester, of which he has been the
;ood sliepherd during the past year.
The Court of Common Pleas for Chester
county met to-day, pursuant to adjournment,
Judge AldripU presiding,., The Court will.be
m session during the entire week.
A leading cotton raiser of Hale connty, A
Alabama, has introduced .upon his plantatiun _ ^jj
ib'e thousand English ."sparrows, iu the bojie
;hat' Utief ^ wiirprovfe 'eiffeptual destroyers of
;he cottoq wyrm,'
Few aveiaffare of the importance of check?
... . i.l - a .....
g a cougn or common' eoiu in its nrsc siaget
Fh&t wbieh'ta tfte beginning would yield to
i mild remedy, if neglected, soon preys u'pod
;he lung#. > Dr. Bull's Cough Syrop affords
ostanti rfeliefl" PrM*i 25 ?enta. - '
-.I jfmaiitial anb Cctmttmial'
YORKVILLE, November 20.?Cotton, 7Jto 8*.
CHARLOTTE, November 17.?Cotton?Ex ;remes,
7J to 86.
NEW. YORK, November 18.?Cotton quiet and
iteady. Middling uplands, 9 7-16.
CHARLESTON, November 18.?Cotton quiet.
Middling 9J.
LIVERPOOL, November 18.-CoTTON.-Mfdlling
uplanda, 5 9-16d.
Financial. ... . <
NEW YORK, November 18.-Gold $O.OOJ.
. 'Comparative Cotton Statement*
NEW YORK, November 15.-Tbe following is ^
;be comparative cotton statement for the week
inding to-day: 1878. 1877.
Receipts at all ports for the week, 176,878 192,150 9H
rotal receipts to date, 1,359,288 1,102,597
Exports for the week, 127,358 91,557
rotal exports to date, 630,762 399,592 V
3tock at ail United States ports, 514,029 579,371
Stock in all interior towns, 104,480 74,679
Stock at Liverpool!- 282,900 37.1,000 1
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