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KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL.
The Carolina Spartan suggests that the
, proper steps be taken to celebrate the Centenj
nial of the battle of King's Mountain. This
g we regard as decidedly well timed. No more
important battle was fought during the whole
of the Revolutionary struggle, and yet its importance
is but little known.
The victory gained on the 7th of October,
^ 1780, by the Americans on King's Mountain,^
frustrated all the plans of the British, and
led ultimately to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis
at Yorktown, on the 19th of October,
1781.
King's Mountain is in York, and it would
be strange if the people of this county would
not feel a deep interest in the Centennial celebration
of the battle fought upon its summit.
We feel sure that they do feel deeply interested
in it, and are ready to do their part in preparing
for such a celebration. The same is
true respecting the counties of Chester, Spartanburg,
Union and Lancaster, S. C., and
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N. C.; but the celebration of KiDg's Moon-,
taian shooid be by the American Nation, and
not by the people of any particular States.
The descendants of Revolutionary soldiers are
scattered all over the vast territory which we
call the United St^es. From the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from the Gulf of Mexico to the
British Dominions, they form an important
part of the population, and still cherish the
memory of those days when Massachusetts
and South Carolina stood side by side and
struggled long and manfully for the same
cause.
The following is the paragraph of the
Spartan:
It is time to be thinking about the centennial
celebration of the battle of King's Mountain.
This must be a national affair. The
battle field, is in South Carolina, and it becomes
our State to take the initiative in this
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movement, vv e are sure mat our sister estate,
North Carolina, will second the move, and we
would suggest that Mecklenburg's celebration,
on the 20th insL, would be a favorable opportunity
for an expression of opinion. South
Carolina is anxious for the celebration. Let
us begin in time, so that we may make the oc ?,
casion worthy both of 1780 and 1880. The
descendants of Campbell, Cleveland, Shelby,
/ Sevier, McDowell, Lacy, Hawthorn, Ham+ '
bright, Williams, Chronicle, Robb, Boyd,
and many others, brave men who stormed the
mountain peak, will rally with rejoicing on
the 7th of October, 1880.
To which the Charlotte Observer, of last
Saturday, remarks:
We are authorized to say that, in pursuance
of a suggestion reprinted in yesterday's Observer,
from the Spartanburg, S. C., Spartan,
a resolution will be submitted to some one of
the public meetings which will be held in this
city during the celebration of the 20th, proposing,
on the part of the people of this section
of North Carolina, to join with our friends
in South Carolina in the celebration of the
centennial anniversary of the battle of King's
Mountain, on the 7th of October, 1880.
Such a proposition will, of course, meet with.
a hearty response, and we are almost prepared
to say, even now, in advance, to our
friends across the line, that North Carolina
will do all that should be done in furtherance
of the celebration of the event indicated.
It will thus be seen that the press of two
States is already becoming interested in the
subject, and it is only necessary for our own
people to put the ball in motion to ensure a
grand celebration of this notable event in the
war for American Independence.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Southern Home says the recent advance
in the price of cotton has induced many
farmers in Mecklenburg county to plant the
staple on a larger scale than ever.
? In Davidson Superior Court, last week,
Barber was acquitted of the murder of Hayden,
his brother-in-law, on the ground of selfdefence.
The homicide was committed in
the early part of this year.
? The Salem Frew says a colored genius
of Winston, claims to have invented a
machine that has run 75 weekB without
stopping, by "perpetual motion," and that
. he asks $200,000 for his invention.
. ?The Raleigh Observer announces the
death of Mrs. A. W. Knox, ot that city,
daughter of Col. Pride Jones, of Hillsboro,
and niece of Col. Cad Jones, of Rock Hill,
S. C. She was buried at Hillsboro, and her
funeral was more largely attended than any
that has occurred in that town for years.
? The Lenoir Topic tells of a Caldwell
county sheep having become entangled in a
lot of briers and being held there for three
months with nothing to eat except what it
could gather immediately around it. it was
alive when released, as was also the teller of
the story at last accounts.
? Last Friday, Alphonso Davis and Henry
A. Andrews, white, and Louis Carlton, colored,
were hanged at Hillsboro on conviction
of burglary. It is estimated that fully ten
thousand people attended to witness the execution,
which took place in the open air during
the prevalance of a heavy thunder storm.
? The Charlotte Observer of Tuesday says:
We are inexpressibly shocked and grieved to
learn that last night about 11 o'clock, Mr. B.
Frank Wilson was found dead on the floor of
his room, at the residence of his father, Mr.
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Joseph JDL. YYiiSOQ. JLne pnysiciaus uave uui
yet determined the cause of his death, and up
to the time of this writing it is a profound
mystery.
? At the last term of Tyrrell Superior
Court, Abell Mann, aged 85, was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary, for manslaughter.
His twin brother, Eli, who has
been his constant companion all his life, wants
to go with him. This is an unusual crime for
a man of that age, for penitentiary records
show that the .great majority of homicides,
and even of other crimes, are committed by
men under 30 years of age.
? The Charlotte Observer announces the
death of Mrs. Tiddy, nee Miss Lucy Ramseur,
wife of Mr. William Tiddy, of Lincolnton.
She died quite suddenly and unexpectedly i
last Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock. She
had been very ill for several weeks, but was
thought to be much better. Her Christian
virtues and many amiable social traits endeared
her to many persons in Charlotte where
she was engaged several years in teaching.
She had been married a little over a year and
leaves a young child.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 14th, Mr. Vest gave
notice of his intention to introduce a bill pro
? ? Indian info
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a State, and providing for its admission into
the Union. His resolution making inquiry
as to whether any part of the Indian Territory
had been purchased by the United States
With a view of locating Indians or freedraen
thereon, was agreed to. The Senate resumed
the consideration of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. Mr. Kernan
addressed the Senate advocating the repeal of
the test oath and in opposition to the use of
the army at elections. The Senate afterwards
adopted an amendment for paying the arrearages
of pensions, with that portion of the
ten million of dollars in the Treasury kept as
a special fund for the redemption of fractional
currency.
In the House, after the passage of the bill
allowing the expenditures for the purchase of
sites in connection with the improvement of
the Kentucky and Great Kanawha rivers,
Mr. Warner, of Ohio, attempted tv have his
silver bill continued; but facing to obtain the
necessary two-thirds vote, the business of the
morning hour was taken up at 12.05, being a
bill in regard to the transfer of cases from
State to Federal Courts. After the morning
hour, the silver till was taken up and discussed
until adjournment
In the Senate on the 15th, Mr. Cockrell introduced
a joint resolution authorizing and
requesting the President to open a correspondence
with the Republic of France with
a view and for the purpose of negotiating a
proper treaty of reciprocity and commerce
with that Government, on terms alike honorable
and iust: three Commissioners to be ap
pointed on behalf of the United States preliminary
to making such a treaty. Referred
to the committee on foreign relations. The
Senate resumed the consideration of the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill. Mr. Beck explained the provision of
the bill as amended, stating that the increase
by the Senate was $94,500, making the entire
sum of $18,541,000. Among the amendments
were $18,000 for mints, $27,0t)0 for interior
department, additional to that appropriated
in the bill for these purposes. He
suggested what reforms should be made by
the redaction of the number of store-keepers
and gaugers under the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, so that $100,000 annually could
be saved. He thought that hundreds of
thousands might also be saved by readjusting
the machinery of the Customs Department
In numerous cases the expense of collecting
revenue far exceeds the receipts. He hoped
the committee on appropriations would con
suit with the proper committees of the House,
so that at the next session of Congress they
should have data on which to act intelligently.
He would prefer to have reforms made
now instead of waiting till the Democrats
came into power, which they expected to do.
Mr. Hampton rose to a personal explanation.
He said the Senator from Minnesota,
Mr. Windom, in his recent speech, stated
that he (Mr. Hampton) had put into the
Democratic National platform of 1868 the
plank declaring that the reconstruction acts
of Congress were usurpations and unconstitutional
and void. Mr. Hampton said he had
time and again denied that he did not, before
the Ku Elux investigating committee. He
was satisfied the Senator did not intend to do
him injustice. Mr. Windom said he did not,
but during the campaign he saw what purported
to be the speech of the Senator, in
which the Senator said, "That was my plank
in the platform. I wanted nothing else, for
when the great Democratic party had pledged
themselves to that?when they had declared
that these acts were unconstiutional, revolu
tionary and void, I was willing to wait in
patience until that party would triumph and
Apply the remedy in their own good time."
Mr. Hampton replied that he could not say
whether he used that language or not; if he
did, it was in the sense that he approved the
words, and repeated that he did not put them
into the platform. Senator Thurman then
addressed the Senate, mainly in reference to
the clause of the appropriation bill relating
to elections and trial by jury.
In the House, Mr. Orth argued against the
bill to amend the statutes relating to the removal
of cases from the State to United
States Courts, and was followed by Mr. McLean,
of Missouri, in support of it. The
pending motion was to lay the bill on the
table, which was negatived. The previous
question was then ordered with the subsequent
agreement that this order would only
apply to the first section of the bill, which
provides that gold coins shall be a one dollar
piece or unit of 25 8 10 grains, a quarter
eagle $2.50, a -.hree dollar piece, an eagle,
and a double eagle. The section was agreed
to. The question recurred on the second
section, which provides that the silver coins
shall be a dollar, or unit, a half dollar, a
quarter dollar and a dime; that the weight
of the dollar shall be 412} grains troy, the
weight of the half dollar 12} grammes, and
! the weight of the quarter and the dime onehalf
and one-fifth, respectively, of that of the
half dollar; also, that the silver dollar in the
Treasury, when reduced in weight by natural
abrasion more than one per cent., shall be recoined.
This section, after some discussion,
was agreed to, and the third section, which
provides that any owner of silver bullion may
deposit the same at any mint to be formed into
bars or into standard dollars of 412} grains,
for his benefit, was taken np and the House
soon afterwards adjourned.
In the Senate on the 16th, Mr. Maxey introduced
a bill authorizing the Secretary of
War to purchase sites for forts and posts in
Texas. The President pro tern, laid before
the Senate, a message from the President of
the United States in reply to a resolution of
the 7th, requesting information relative to
alleged unlawful occupation of a portion of
Indian Territory. He transmits a copy of
his proclamation and copies of the correspondence
and papers on file in the war department
touching this subject. On motion of
Ingalls, it was resolved that the secretary of
the treasury be directed to report to the Senate
what amount of legal tender notes have
been presented and redeemed in coin since the
1st of January last, and what amount of coin
he considers himself authorized to retain in
the treasury to maintain specie resumption.
The Senate then resumed the consideration
of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation
bill. The bill was discussed at
great length, Mr. Eaton taking the principal
part and arguing strongly in favor of the
theory that the war did not change the government.
In the House, a resolution was reported
from the committee on rules, by Frye, for the
appointment of a standing committee of nine,
to which shall be referred all bills, resolutions,
petitions, Ac., affecting traffic in alcoholic
liquors. An argument in opposition
was made by F. W. Hood, of New York, on
the ground that under the proposed authority,
this committee might arrogate to itself
powers which did not belong either to it or
to Congress, and might, under the plea of
morality, undertake to interfere with the
revenue of the government, derived from the
tax on spirits. He had no objection to having
the whole subject referred to a committee.
The resolution was advocated by Frye and
Stephens, and was further opposed by Reagan,
of Texas, on the ground of unconstitutionality.
The House continued the discussion
of the Warner silver bill.
In the Senate on the 17th, the consideration
of the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill was resumed. Among the
amendments agreed to was one offered by
Voorhees, from the joint committee on the
library, appropriating $5,000 for the purchase
of works of art. During the debate on
an amendment on the subject of clerks in the
postoffice department, a colloquy occurred between
Saulsbury and Windom, in which the
latter said he would not join the former in
his wish to economize expenses by reducing
the army, which is required for the protection
of the frontier from attacks of Indians. Saulsbury
remarked that he had argued that he
would not so use the army as to bring odium
upon it by surrounding the polls with troops,
and requiring its officers to perform duties repugnant
to their sense of honor. Windom
asked what amount voted for the army had
been expended in the use of troops at the
polls? Saulsbury could not say, but remembered
that in '62 Federal troops were Bent
to the polls in Delaware. The colloquy was
continued at length. At 2:45 p. m. the Senate
went into executive session, and when the
doors opened adjourned.
In the House, pending debate on the
bill to amend the law relating to the transfer
of cases from the State to the United States
courts, the morning hour expired, and the
House resumed the consideration ofthe Warner
silver bill. Belford's amendment, con
fining the privilege of free coinage to silver
rained in the United States was defeated?
yeas 67, nays 12(J. Hiwing otierea an amenament
to Springer's amendment. It provides
that the secretary of the treasury shall issue
and deliver to each depositor of silver bullion,
certificates to an amount equal to the
value of such bullion, and that silver dollars
coined from such bullion, to the extent of
forty per cent, of such certificates, shall be
held for redemption thereof, and the remainder
applied to the payment of interest and
principal of the public debt The certificates
so issued are to be redeemed at par for all
dues to the United States, and be used in payment
of the current expenses of the government,
and are to be redeemed in standard gilver
dollars. This amendmnt was adopted?
yeas 106, nays 105, the speaker casting the
deciding vote amid applause on the Democratic
side. Springer's amendment as amended
by Ewing was then rejected?yeas 88,
nays 171. The House, at 4:40 adjourned
until Tuesday.
EDITORIAL^INKLINGS.
Beecher la the Sooth.
The noted Brooklyn pastor delivered
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of last week. He was greeted by an audience,
of four thousand people, at his lecture in Exposition
Building. He was presented to the
meeting by Mr. Keating, of the Appeal, and
his lecture was frequently interrupted by applause.
At its close, Mr. Beecher presented
Mr. Keating with a check for $250, to be by
him distributed between the orphan asylums
of Memphis. The Chattanooga and Atlanta
engagements have been cancelled, and Mr.
Beecher will return to Brooklyn on account
of physical inability to fulfill them. While
in Memphis, Mr. Beecher was treated with
the utmost respect, and -his coming was the
occasion of excursion trains being put on all
the roads leading into Memphis. All were
crowded with people from West Tennessee,
North Mississippi, North Alabama and Arkansas.
The Chisholm Murderers.
Congressman Mooney, 01 Mississippi,
in a recent speech in the House of Representatives,
made the following statement as to
the present status of the indictment against
the murderers of Chisholm, in that State, two
years ago, which will be remembered not only
as a deed of unparalleled atrocity, but also
by the brave conduct of Chisholm's daughter,
who was also brutally killed in the defence
of her father:
In the October term, 1877, the first term
of the Circuit Court held after the murder of
Mr. Chisholm, the grand jury, after investigating
the Chisholm caie, found six indictments
for the murder, and twenty for the
crime of beiDg accessory to the murder. In
the March terra which succeeded, the District
Attorney having charge of the prosecution,
moved a continuance, for the reason that wit;nesses
material to the case of the prosecution
were absent. Those material witnesses were
the widow and son of the murdered man. In
the September term which followed, the yellow
fever prevailed all over the Stale of Mississippi,
and the courts were pretermitted, not
only in that county, but in all the counties in
"my district, and I believe in every district in
that State, except, perhaps, the First district.
When the Judge, in view of the public anxiety
for the trial of those men for the murder
of Mr. Chisholm, went, despite the ppavalence
of the fever, to hold his court in DeKalb
county, he was petitioned by the Board
of Health of the county, and the petition was
signed by every member of the bar in the
district, to adjourn the court until the next
regular term. He did so in response to this
petition. When the next terra of court came,
in March, 1879, the prosecution again moved
for a continuance, averring that witnesses
material in the prosecution, Mrs. Chisholm
and H. C. Chisholm, were absent. There
have been two continuances?both of them
at the request of the prosecution. These are
the simple facts in that case.
An Important Decision.
Judge Hughes, of the United States
Circuit Court of Virginia, has just rendered
an important decision concerning miscegenation
in the South. Edmund Kinney, colored,
and Mary Hull, white, after going to
Washington city to get married, returned to
Virginia to live. They were tried in the
State court for violating the statute prohibiting
intermarriage of races, and sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary. They were
brought before Judge Hughes on a writ of
habeas corpus. The writ was refused, on the
ground that the United States courts have no
jurisdiction over questions of marriage. The
opinion holds that the laws of marriage are at
the sovereign control and will of each State,
unaffected by any provision of any article of
the constitution of the United States; that
the absolute and entire power over these laws
is necessarily left all over the world, and in
this union of States, to the government of local
society; that the law under which the.
parties were convicted was with* the unrestrained
legislative power of Virginia to en
act it, and that it is not prohibited by any
provision of the national constitution. As to
making contracts, the opinion holds that section
1977 of the Revised Statutes, which secures
to all persons within the United States
the right in every Stats to make and enforce
contracts, <fec., can only refer to contracts lawful
under the law of States wherein it is proposed
to enforce them.
A Richmond dispatch of the 17th, gives
the following as the latest phase of the case:
The counsel for Mary Susan Hull, the
white woman confined in the penitentiary for
violating the State laws relative to the intermarriage
of races by leaving Virginia and
marrying Edmund Kinney, a negro, has
filed a petition in the United States District
Court praying for a writ of habeas corpus. It
is of course expected that the writ will be refused,
when an appeal to the Circuit Court
will at once be taken, when it will be heard
by Chief Justice Waif.e or Judge Bond, or
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both, uoum seems to exist as to me appelate
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to review
the recent decision made in the Kinney
case by Judge Hughes, sitting in the Circuit
Court There could be no doubt, it is
said, of its jurisdiction under the act of 1879,
if the writ of habeas corpus had been awarded,
and petitioner afterwards had been remanded
to the penitentiary as was held by tbe Supreme
Court in the Yerger case. Jurisdiction
to award a writ in a case where the parties
are confined contrary to the Constitution
and laws of the United States, was first conferred
upon the Federal Court by an act
passed February 5th, 1867. But the year
following Congress passed an act taking from
the Supreme Court jurisdiction in all cases
arising under the act of 1867, and so the law
has since remained. The object, therefore, in
filing the petition of the woman in the District
Court, is to secure a review of the decision
of Judge Hughes by invoking the appellate
jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. A motion
for a rehearing in the Kinney case has also
been entered.
DIOCESAN CONVENTION.
[Reported for the Yorkvllle Enquirer.J
The. Convention of the Diocese of South
Carolina met in Christ's Church, Greenville,
on Wednesday of last week, the 14th instant.
The attendance of the clerical delegates
was smaller than usual; but the number of
lay delegates was quite large?particularly
from the up-country parishes.
The opening sermon was preached by the
Rev. John Johnson, of St. Phillip's Church,
Charleston, from the text, Col. ii: 3?"In
whom are hid all the treasures of wisdon^and
knowledge." The subject of the sermon was
science consciently ana unconsciently bearing
testimony to the truth of the Bible and the
religion of Jesus Christ The sermon occupied
over an hour in its delivery, and was listened
to with great interest by a large congregation.
After the administration of the Lord's Supner
and the dismissal of the conizrecration.
the convention assembled for business. But
little was done the first day beyond the appointing
of the usual committees and the
bearing of the reports of the treasurers of
the Bishop's and Convention's funds.
On the second day, after the morning
prayer, a sermon was delivered by the Rev.
J. E. Jackson, of St. Luke's Church, Charleston,
in behalf of the society for the advance ment
of Christianity in South Carolina?a
time-honored and most useful missionary organization,
to which all of the churches
throughout the up-country have been at times
largely indebted for liberal assistance rendered.
At the close of the sermon, the Bishop read
his usual annual address, in which, after paying
suitable tributes to the memory of three
of our older clergy, who have been removed
by death, be gave some statistics of work done,
and noted several; matters of general interest.
The election of various committees and
boards theo followed, and the transaction of
other regular business hot of very .great importance.
At night a missionary meeting of the Convention
was held, at which the Board of
Missions made their annual! report, and the
reports of the different missionaries employed
were also read, or certain portions selected
containing special items of interest.
On Friday morning, the committees appointed
on the* first day, made their reports.
Steps were taken for the benefit of the Walterboro
sufferers, and the assistance of Rev.
| E. E. Bellinger and ins afflicted congregation,
in the rebuilding of their church, now
in ruins. Some of the unfinished business
was also disposed of.
Resolutions were passed in acknowledgement
of hospitality and kindness received
from our Greenville friends and entertainers,
and after a few words of exhortation and
cheer from the Bishop, followed by prayer
and the Benediction, this very harmonious
meeting adjourned, to meet again next May,
iu St. Philip's Church, Charleston.
We were glad to find Christ's Church,
Greenville, in quite a flourishing condition,
under its popular and beloved Rector, and to
hear from the committee on the state of the
church of the decided progress and growth
made, particularly throughout the Piedmont
belt. R. P. J.
after the Vetoes.
Id a recent letter from Washington to the
News and Courier, Mr. McKinley gives the
following as the present political situation
at the capital since the veto messages of the
President:
Whatever may be thought concerning the
delicate position in which the Democrats in
Congress have been placed, either by virtue
of the President's vetoes, or of their own
doings during the extra session, this much
may be safely added byway of compensation,
that the Republicans, despite* their triumphant
bluster, do not feel by any means satisfied
with the posiltidn in which they have
placed themselves. What that position is
and what it involves isiiow pretty-clearly understood
by the people?thanks to Messrs.
Hayes, Robeson, Chandlef, Logan and others;
and, now that the smoke of the Congressional
debate has drifted away, some of the Republicans
find that they have been led to the
edge of a political precipice, and they would
gladly retreat if they could do so. In spite
of some blundering, the Democrats are apparently
masters of the situation. The Republicans
had it in their power three days ago,
to do their antagonists infinite harm by the
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simple process 01 neaping quiet, um, cmiw
with their first victory, they persuaded, or
compelled, Mr. Hayes to a second veto, and
are now hopelessly committed to the unpopular
and indefensible doctrines which he has
announced as to the use of troops at the polls
or wherever else he may see fit to send them !
They have bu? one chance to escape, and
that is through some possible Democratic
blunder. The second veto was probably designed
to accomplish nothing more nor less
than to exasperate the Democrats to the point
of making such a blunder, or in other words,
of refusing the appropriations. It is not at
all possible that the Democrats will refuse
to grant^the necessary supplies for the departments,
but it is possible, at least, that they
may refuse to pass another bill for the support
of the army. Many of the members are
certainly opposed to granting a cent for this
purpose, and the reasons they assign in behalf
of their position are certainly creditable to
their manhood and self-respect. But it would
surely be bad policy to put the stick iiito the
hands of our enemies wherewith to break our
cwn heads, and it would be exceedingly bad
policy to do just what they most desire us to
do. They now most desire to have the Democrats
refuse the usual appropriation for the,
army, and they are trembling for fear that
wise counsels may so far prevail in the Democratic
ranks that the usual timely plunder
(upon which Grant said he could always rely)
will not be made this once.
I was assured to-night by a distinguished
Northern Democrat, that all the appropria
tions will be granted, as, he declares, there is
a sufficient number of Conservative Democrats
who would vote with the Republicans
rathef than see these appropriations fail upon
the final vote. The cry of revolution must
be stopped, he said, and the only way to stop
it is by passing every one of the appropriation
bills. We have got the issue in just the
shape we wanted it, he continued, and we
must keep it clean and sharp for use.
I have heard of one or two prominent Republicans
saying, "out of school," that they
cannot afford to go into the next campaign
on the issue as it now stands, and, upon
the other hand, I have been assured by a
prominent member of Congress, from one of
the doubtful States, that the second veto will
lose the Republicans 1,000 votes in his district
alone.
A proposition that the Democratic majority
in Congress shall issue an address to the
President and to the country in relation to
the present state of affairs and relative attituae
of the two parties, is being seriously
sUcniiaaasl on/1 mar he carrier! int.n effect.
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Such aa address would reach all classes of
citizens, and would enable the Constitutional
party to enlighten thousands of Republican
readers whose only source of information, so
far, has been Republican newspapers. It
could not fail to exert a powerful influence
for good if it were carefully and temperately
written, and would be unanswerable, provided
the army appropriation bill is passed
first.
THE ADYENTI8T MURDER.
The New York Sun says that Mrs. Freeman,
mother of the little child who was killed
as a religious sacrifice by its father, in
Massachusetts the other day, is dying, and
investigation shows that the probabilities are
that she will live a short time only. She is
weeping and starving herself to death, although
she does not seek to commit suicide.
Confined alone in the cell on the upper floor
of the barn like building, she has, siuce the
first Sunday after the killing of Edith, wept
constantly day and night. She has tried to
eat, believing tbat it was her duty to do so,
but in the ten days of her imprisonment she
has eaten less than would make an ordinary
meal. When the Sunday passed and her little
girl was not resurrected, as she firmly believed
she would be, Mrs. Freeman at once
admitted that she and her husband had made
an awful mistake, and with this acknowledgment
the maternal instinct that pleaded so
strongly in prayer that her child might be
spared, has returned. She has said that she
could not have consented to the sacrifice had
she not firmly believed that Edith would be
restored to life on the third day. She also
says that it was revealed to her husband thirty-six
hours before the sacrifice, that Edith's
immolation was demanded. He went to the
barn and prayed for hours that God would
take the cup frbm him, and she at length
went to the barn and, kneeling on the bay
beside her husband, put her around his neck,
and both of them prayed to be spared the necessity
of doing tbe act, but they got no peace
until they determined to do it. Her sorrow
is most distressing now. She is in entire possession
of her reasoning faculties, and the
jailor's wife thinks it would be a mercy if she
be bereft of reason. She moans, "Oh, my
little darling, Edith, my darling child, how
could God have permitted us, who loved Him
so and tried to follow Him, to do such a
wrong;" and then she bursts into the most
passionate sobbfng that lasts for hours. The
seraphic look that was on her face when she
was brought before the judge is gone. Her
face has wasted, leaving her cneek bones
prominent, and both are bright red with a
hectic flush which indicates fever. Her otherwise
white face and bloodless lips, and her
great eyes that are red with weeping, her tottering
step and her inability to eat or sleep,
are regarded as indications that very soon the
reserve nervous strength will be exhausted,
and that she will rapidly decline. Her love
for the baby and her remorse have overshad
owed her religious faith.
Her husband, who is also in the same pris
on at Barnstable, knows nothing of this. He
is perfectly self-contained and contented, and
eats and sleeps well, still confident that God
commanded the act. He says that he does
not want any pettifoggers to defend him for
notoriety, but that if an eminent lawyer of
Boston or New York woald take his case and
conduct the defense on the principles of the
right of every man to follow the honest convictions
of his conscience, he would accept
such defense. Justice Hopkins, in his verdict
given as coroner, and now filed, says that
Edith Freeman's death was caused by the
act of her father, who premeditated it, and
who committed it without provocation, abetted
by the mother^ and that such act was done
because both honestly believed that they were
commanded by God to do it to illustrate their
faith. The justice believes that if any lawyer
dares go before the court and argue that
the act is consistent with a belief in tne literal
or supernatural teachings of the Bible, and
liable to be, therefore, repeated again, one of
the most remarkable points will be placed before
the courts of Massachusetts which they
have ever been called on to consider.
It may be a matter of interest. to know
that the above is not the first adventist "sacrifice"
that baa been offered up by religious
fanatics in New England. In 1849, just after
the excitement caused in the whole country
by the predictions of the end of the world
and the "second coming" by Elder Miller,
a sect of these Adventists held meetings in a
retired part of the city of Hartford, and here
one of their preachers announced that he had,
through divine revelation, received a command
to sacrifice his wife, who would be restored
to life on the third day. His congregation
were fully convinced of his authority
in the matter, and the wife yielded herself
joyfully to the sacrificial knife, or rather axe,
for with that rude implement he severed the
poor woman's head from her body in presence
of the assembled congregation and their prayers.
He was arrested by the police, who
broke in upon the strange conventicle, while
praying over the dead body, and when borne
away invoked the wrath of heaven upon
these minions of the cruel law. The result of
this extreme act of fanaticism was that the
main actor was sent to an asylum, while his
dupes, startled by the horrible scene they had
witnessed, were gradually restored to their
senses, and no other exhibition of the kind
has been made, although the Adventists still
keep up their organization, until this sacrifice,
under similar circumstances, of his daughter
by Freeman.
^" TTinU a rvnpoAn nf rnmo
AV? ill uiQU) a pgiouu vvu t ivi>vu v* v?*m?v
punishable by death, is permitted to choose
the mode in which the death penalty shall
be inflicted. In Provo City, last Friday,
Wallace Wilkereon, convicted of a murder
which he committed two years ago, was executed
by being shot to death, he having chosen
that mode in preference to hanging. His
execution is thus described : The condemned
man evinced great nerve, and sat in a chair
facing three guns, distant about thirty feet,
without either bandaging or closing bis eyes.
His wife spent the last night and lip to within
half an hour of the execution with him.
The scene of the parting was very affecting.
He made a set speech, expressing thanks to
the officials and others, stating that he had
no ill-will towards any one but the person
who swore falsely on the trial. He hoped
that God would forgive him. He bade goodbye
and shook* hands with a few of the officials
and others. Then be took a position on
the chair, and at a signal from the Marshal,
three concealed marksmen fired. He leaped
from the chair, exclaiming: "Oh, God 1" fell
forward on his face, and continued writhing,
breathing a few gasps for twenty-seven minutes,
when the physicians pronounced him
dead. There were about twenty-five people
in the jail yard and probably two hundred
outside the inclosure.
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Ships from yellow-fever afflicted ports,
are already quarantined at Now York, deaths
from the fever having occurred on the trips
to that city.
Z.OCAX. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADTEBTISEMENTS.
EL F. Adickee A Sons?Dress Goods?SundriesLadies'
Goods?Books?Shoes?Coffee.
C. G. Parish A Co.?Flour?6,000 Pounds of Baoon?Hoes?Plows?Canned
Goods?1Tobacoo
and Cigars?Oil?Millet Seed?Crockery?Tin
Ware.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Fashionable^Millinery.
T. M. Dobson?Where can I Get T
Andrew Jackson, Judge of Probate?Citation?
J. F. Wallace, Clerk of the Court, Appli.
cant?Mrs. E. S. Dunlap, Isaac L. Dunlap,
Rufus J. Dunlap, and James P. Dunlap,
Deceased.
John C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs.
Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Rest for the Weary?
Our Beat?Ready Made Clothing?Crockery?Looking
Glasses?Hats?Boots, Shoes,
Hardware?German Millet.
T. S. Jefferys, Agent?Agricultural Machinery.
John H. McConnell?Wheat Thrasher for Sale.
Entertainment by the Ladies' Auxiliary Cemetery
Association.
A. F. Hambright and others.?Fair Warning.
Dr. J. B. Patrick?Dentistry, ?
James Mason, Superintendent?Schedule of the
C. A L. Narrow Gange Railroad.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application
for Discharge?In the
Matter of A. C. Merrick, Bankrupt.
protracted meeting.
A protracted meeting was commenced in the
Methodist church last night. The pastor will
be assisted by Rev. A. Coke Smith, of Greenville,
who will remain until after Sunday.
prop. 8chmitt.
This distinguished musician has returned
to Yorkville and proposes to teach pupils on
the piano, organ, violin, flute, etc. He will
also repair and tune instruments at short notice.
His rooms are at Rose's Hotel.
dr. j. b.vatrick.
Attention is directed to the advertisement
of Dr. J. B. Patrick, surgeon dentist, who
gives notice that he* will visit Yorkville about
the 15th of July for the purpose of practicing
his profession. Dr. Patrick has already acquired
a fine reputation here as a dental surgeon.
agents por the enquirer.
The following named persons are authorized
to receive the names of subscribers to the 'Enquirer
and give receipts on payment of subscriptions
:
T. Gid Culp, Esq., Fort Mill, 8. C.
George T. Schorb, Chester, 8. C.
Capt. Ed. M. Mills Rock Hill, 8. C.
Joshua D. Gwinn, Esq., Clover, 8. C.
W. D. Simpson, Blaokstocks, 8. C.
tran8fer8 of'real e8tate.
The following transfers of real estate have
been recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
Joseph F. Wallace, Clerk of the Court, to
J. W. P. Hope. Tract of 306 acres, (Brian
land) in York township. Consideration $1,530.
Joseph F. Wallace, Clerk of the Court, to
M. L. Thomasson. Tract of 152 acres, (Brian
land) in York township. Consideration
$699.20. ;
entertainment next week.
A number of Misses, assisted by young gentlemen,
will give an entertainment, consisting
of charades and music, in the Court House on
Friday night of next week, the proceeds to be
applied for the benefit of the sufferers by the
tornado at Walterboro. The pbject is a worthy
one and should enlist the sympathies of
the public. The charades will be under direction
of Miss Wade, and the music will be
conducted by Mr. A. Springs Withers and his
accomplished sisters.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Chester
and Lenoir Railroad was held in Newton
on Thursday last; but in consequence of there
not being a quorum of stock represented in
the meeting, no business was transacted. The
meeting adjourned, after which the Directors
appointed a called meeting to be held at Dallas
on the 26th of June-; but as that date will
conflict with the Circuit Court for York county,
it is probable?two of the Directors being
officers of the Court?the meeting will not be
held until some tin^e in July.
ENTERTAINMENT TO-MORROW NIGHT.
The entertainment to be given to-morrow
evening by the Ladies' Auxiliary Cemetery
Association is in behalf of an object which
should appeal directly to every citizen of the
town. The ladies forming the auxiliary Association
propose to labor with assiduity until
suffifiient funds are raised to properly enclose
the grounds of the resting-place of our dead.
To this end they should have the hearty cooperation
of our people, and we feel sure a
literal patronage will be extended to the entertainment
to-morrow evening. See programme
in our advertising columns.
SALE OP BLOODED STOCK.
Our townsman, T. M. "Whitaker, of Whitaker
& Wilson's sale stables, sold in Lexington,
Ky., last week, his fine blooked mare, "Notre
Dame," for $1,000. "Notre Dame" is ten
years old and is a colt of "Lexington" and
"Novice." She is a half sister of the famous
racer "Parole" whose dam, "Maiden," 7 years
old, was recently sold for $10,000, and a full
sister of "Norfolk," sold by Col. A. J. Alexander,
for $15,000. "Notre Dame's" turf record
is not uncreditable, though she was owned
by Mr. Whitaker principally for a brood
mare, and from her he has raised four fine
colts.
8. C. MILITARY AlAUMI.
We have received from C. I. Walker, Secretary
of the Association of Graduates of South
Carolina Military Academy, a neatly printed
copy of the historical sketch of that institution,
written by Col. J. Thomas, a graduate
of the Academy. The sketch was presented
to the Association and is published by it, a
limited edition having been printed. The
contents are: Origin of the Arsenal and the
Citadel Academy; their rise and fall; the j-e- j
suits achieved; roll of board of visitors; roll
of cadets in the Academy at the end. The
pamphlet contains 100 pages and is sold at cost
of publication, viz.: paper covers, $1.00;
bound in cloth, $1.50. Copies may be had of
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston.
FIT ONLY FOR A CONGRESSMAN.
Not a few hereabouts will endorse the following
remarks of the Southern Home, touching
the great Senator from Georgia. The
Home seems to "draw it lightly," which, however,
only broadens the sarcasm, in the allusion
to Gordon's "failure" as an agent, and the
hint that it would pay other people if the distinguished
gentleman would confltffc his talents
to the Senate chamber:
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, has failed as an
agent for the Southern Publishing Company,
as an agent for the Southern Life Insurance
Company, and as a lessee of the Georgia Convicts.
It would pay him, as well as other
people hereafter, should he give his undivided
time and attention to his Senatorial duties.
Most men have not the ability to make a good
insurance agent and Senator at the same time.
At least people who have lost money thereby,
don't think so. "Let the shoemaker stick to
his last."
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr. Wm. H. Colcock, of Spartanburg, is
paying a visit to his relatives and friends in
this place.
Mr. Robert J. Herndon will start to Salem,
N. C., to-morrow, for the purpose of joining
the Salem "Band, to play with them during
Commencement exercises at Chapel HilL
Mr. Robert Latta returned from Alabama
last week, whither he v(ent after completing
the preliminary survey of the Ninety-Six
Railroad. He has not entirety recovered from
the severe attack of illness which confined
him to his bed several week last winter. He
now has an engagement on the Cheraw and
Chester Railroad.
Mr. A. J. McCoy returned, last week, from
the Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis-'
ville, Ky., from which institution he has just
graduated. As will be seen by our Chester
correspondence, on Sunday evening he was ordained
a minister of the Baptist church. He
has accepted a call as pastor of three churches
in "Williamsburg county, and will leave next
week to enter upon the discharge of his duties,
BRIEF MENTION.
The Yorkville boys speak in glowing terms
of the hospitable reception they received in
Columbia last week.
Mrs. Mary Jefferys, our neighbor across the
street, favored us with a dish of fine strawberries
on the 14th.. ? ,
There will be an important meeting of the -i
Jenkins Rifles in their armory to-night. Eve
ry member is requested to aiienu.
Mr. Josiah T. Davis, a worthy and highly
respected citizen of the Bethel neighborhood,
died quite suddenly last Friday afternoon. He
was aged about 76 years.
An excursion train ran to Gastonia on
Tuesday and returned that night, for the accommodation
of those who desired to attend
the Mecklenburg celebration at Charlotte.
Rev. J. M. Boyd, pasior of Rock Hill Methodist
Church, preached in the Methodist
Church at this place last Sunday night. Rev.
T. E. Gilbert, pastor of the M. E. Church here,
filled Mr. Boyd's pulpit on the same day.
On the plantation of his grand-mother, Mrs.
Neely, Mr. W. B. Moore killed a coach-whip
snake last week, which measured 7 feet in
length and at the largest part of the body 3}
inches in circumference. He stuffed the skin,
and it is quite a curiosity.
Treasurer Robertson is now filling his appointment
here i'or the collection of the May
installment of State and couhty taxes. He
informs us that his collections throughout the
county have been very light. Up to this time
he has not issued four hundred receipts.
The temperance lecture delivered in the
Court House last Friday night, by Rev. A. H.
Lester, was an effort well worthy of that gentleman's
fine reputation as an eloquent and impressive
speaker. He came at the invitation,,
of the Lodge of Good Templars.
The Yorkville Helicon Band, most of whom
are members of the Jenkins Rifles, took their
instrument# with them to Columbia, and
thopgh they were in ranks during the proceed
sion, after it was over, they played in tjont of
the Capitol, the .Wheeler House and Rose's
Hotel, and the general verdict is that they acquitted
themselves creditably.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqeirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, 8. C.,*May 20, 1&79.
Your correspondent having been one of
the number who attended the dedication ex?*
fYdiimhi* lw*t. vmIt. I will irivA t
brief account of the trip.
On the morning of the 13th, the Lee Light
Infantry, Capt J. K. Marshall, of Chester,
accompanied by the Jenkins Rifles, Capt. J.
R. Gardner, of Yorkville, boarded an excursion
train for Columbia. The Catawba Rifles,
Capt Allen Jones, of Rock Hill, were
on board, and at Winnsboro, the Gordon
Rifles joined the party. A large number of
ladies and citizens were also along. Everything
passed off ,pleasantly during the trip,.
and we arrived at Columbia at 10.30 A. M.
The -military were marched up town, escorted
by the Governor's Guards and the Co*
lombia Silver Cornet Band. The men were
conducted to a hall, where refreshments were .
served# after which they, were dismissed until
3 o'clock, P. M., at which hour the discharge
of artillery signaled the large number of citizen
soldiery scattered through the city, to
form in linst
The procession marched np Main street
and returned to the Capitol grounds. The
JIB<\1M?* ItlAfl fi?%A
Uiopiajr ww uuv?
Arriving at the stand, Governor Sim peon,
in a short bnt eloqaent address, introduced
.Rev. Ellison Capers, who offered an impressive
prayer, after which John 8. Preston delivered
the dedicatory oration. Daring the'
delivery of the address the monument was
unveiled by four beautiful young, ladies,
daughters of slain Confederate wieners, and
the effect upon the large concouise of spectators
was8uch as to make tl^e occasion ever '
memorable to all who witnessed the ceremonies.
During my stay of. several days in the city,
it was my pleasure to visit the Columbia Female
College, where 1^ was most hospitably
entertained by the President, J. L. Jones, and '
family. The institution h in a flourishing
condition and has an able corps of instructors.
The calisthenic exercises, tangbt in the*
College, are arimirabla The young ladies
perform the different movements with the precision
of well-trained soldiers.
The Templeton Star Alliance Company is
in our town at present The Company num
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Dere twelve memoers, maie ana remaie. it is
a first-class theatrical troupe, the best that
has ever visited Chester. The drama of "East
Lynn, or Miss Multon the Governess," was
well rendered. Miss Alice Vane as Miss
Multon, and also in the character of Fernanda
de la Tour, displayed, in a high degree, her *
powers as an emotional actress. Isabel*Vane
as Paul,- and Fay Templeton as Jeannie, acted
well their parts, as, indeed, did every member
of the company. Mr. John Templeton .
performs admirably. His characters of Jobannes
Liederkrautz and Joe Cracker, the N.
C. Tar Heel, produced the greatest sensation.
They will appear in Charlotte this week.
A meeting of the. Directors of the Connty
Fair Association will be held at this place on
the second Tuesday in June. The Secretary
informs me that space will be given to eacQ
adjoining county for exhibits at the foir.
Among the prizes will be one of $100 for the
best drilled military company.
The business- of the Cberaw and Chester
Railroad is in such flourishing condition that
President W. H. Hardin has ordered another
locomotive.
Mr. David Moffat has now in progress the
building of a residence on Lacy street, and
will make Chester bis permanent borne.
Rev. Andrew J. McCoy was ordained as a
minister of the gospel at the Baptist chnrch
on Sunday night. Kev. R. M. Griffith delivered
the sermon, and Rev. L. C. Hinton
the prayer. Rev. R. W. Sanders presented
the Bible and Rev. A. W. Lamar delivered
the charge to the candidate. The whole ceremony
was beautiful and ipdpressive. Mr.
McCoy is a pious youag man, and wasreaied ..
in Chester and York counties! May the
work upon which he has entered be prosperous.
On Sunday night a child threw a burning
lamp on toe floor at the residence of Isaac
Heyman, near the depot By the prompt exertions
of Mr. William Lindsay, the flame
was-subdued and the building saved.
Mr. John C. McFadden informs me that
last week the eastern portion of the county
was visited by severe hailstorms which inflicted
great damage to many forms around
Lewisville. At the same time heavy freshets
washed away much of the planted crops.
We have had a great deal of rain throughout
the county recently, and now the formers
will be quite busy fighting grass.
Treasurer Julius Mills has collected over
$3,000 of the taxes due this month, which is
about equal to the coillections in other counties.
A large number of persons left here this
morning on an excursion to join in the Mecklenburg
celebration at Charlotte.
? Chester.
The officers of the steamboat companies
having headquarters in St Louis, and the
officers of steamers plying between tHat city
? J xr? rv_i j i : r. J . I
ami new vricauo, ueujr uaviug reiuocu tnuisportation
to colored refugees whenever the
latter had the money to pay. their passage.
Tbev also deny that there has been any generally
expressed disposition on the part of the
merchants and planters to withdraw their patronage
from boats which carry immigrants.
This has been done in a few instances, but *
the desire to prevent the negroes from leaving
the South is changing, and now the planters
do not DAAm to mm aholW thav Imva op not
The officers of the latest arrived boats say
they were not hailed by negroes, and do not
' believe there are any such numbers of refugees
on the river banks as has been stated.
They further say the excitment is fast dying
out and will close altogether in a short time.