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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 11th, the considers
ticn of Mr. McDonald's bill to authorize th
use of the troops in certain cases, and to r<
peal the election laws, was resumed. Mi
Hill, of Georgia, began speaking on the bil
at 12.85, saying he intended to reply to pei
sonal allusions, but not to retaliate nor t
make a personal attack on any Senator. H
then went on to explain that his vote in th
Georgia convention was against secessioi
but the secession resolution was adopted b;
the Convention, and after that it was only
question of whether the citizens of the Stat
should uphold its solemn action iu the Coc
vention. He, therefore, signed the ordinanc
of secession after its passage, as did all bi
colleagues, though one third of the member
voted with him against it. Mr. Blaine gav
notice that he would reply to Mr. Hill a
another time. Mr. Beck, from the appropri
ation committee, reported back, with sundr
amendments, the legislative and executiv
bill, which was ordered printed and put o:
the calendar. After executive session, th
House judicial expense bill was laid befor
the Senate and referred to the appropriatio
committtee. Adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Stephens, from the coir
age committee, reported a bill for the ado{
tion of the metric system of weights, measure
and coinage. Printed and recommitted. Mi
Carlisle from the Committee on Ways an
Means, reported the Senate bill allowing vie
egar factories which were established an
operated before the first of March, 1879, t
continue their business by the use of alcoho
ic vapor, even when within 600 feet of th
distillery or rectifying houses, which are pre
hibited by the existing law, under regulation
to be prescribed. The bill was passed. Mi
Carlisle also reported a bill directing the Ai
torney-General to adjust or compromise th
claim of the United States under the will c
Joseph J. Lewis. Passed. (This is the cas
in which J. J. Lewis, formerly of Hobokei
N. J., left an estate of about a million do]
lars, to be applied to the reduction of the m
tional debt.) Proctor Knott, of the Hous
iudiciary committe, submitted the committee
# report upon the presidential veto message c
the military bill. [A full synopsis of the r<
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bill relative to the removal of cases fror
State to Federal courts was referred to th
committee of the whole, with the understand
ing that it should not be brought up agai
during the present session. The army apprc
priation bill was then taken up. On motio
of Mr. Johnston^ of Virginia, section 9 regarc
ing army appropriations was stricken ou
Mr. Baker, of Indiana, moved to strike ou
the sixth section relating to the compensatio;
of the army when used at the polls. M]
Garfield then made a speech upon militar
interference, in which he said the only mil
tary interference he had ever seen was whe
he voted at Chattanooga for Governor of Ohi
in 1862, with shells from the serried enemie
of the United States bursting over his head
He said the idea that the army is a polic
force was so absurd that he hoped no membe
on his side of the house would give the leas
reason for the belief that he favored it b
holding that section 6 repealed, suspended o
modified any statute now existing. Mr. CI)
mer replied to Mr. Garfield, saying that i
April they had been called revolutionists
yesterday they were denounced as nullifies
and to-day the gentleman (Mr. Garfield
blandly regarded that the 6th section of th
pending bill, which was in effect icfentica
with the 6th section of the vetoed army bil
was meaningless and of no effect. Remark
were also made by Mr. Cox, of New Yorl
and Mr. Baker, of Indiana, and the genera
amendments proposed and rejected. Th
Committee then rose and reported the bil
with amendments adopted in the Committes
which were agreed to, and the bill passedyeas
172; noes 31. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 12th, Mr. Beck offei
ed an amendment in the nature of a subst
tute for the legislative, executive and judicia
appropriation bill. The substitute does nc
change the amount of the appropriation, bu
is intended to improve the form of the bil
Ordered to be printed and referred to th
committee on appropriations. Mr. \Vallac<
from the committee on appropriations, r<
ported, without amendment, the House bil
making appropriations for certain judicia
expenses. Placed on the calendar. The bi.'
continuing General Shields' pension of $10
per month to his widow and children was t?
ken up. The amendment by Mr. Dawe
granting $50 per month to Mrs. Fletcher Wet
ster was adopted. Mr. Logan supported th
bill, and warmly eulogized his late frienc
General Shields. The resolution offered b
Mr. Bayard was adopted, ordering to b
printed for the use of the committee o
military affairs the papers and proceeding
in the original Fitz John Porter case. M:
Blaine called up Mr. McDonald's bill an
proceeded to reply to Mr. Hill's speech of th
previous day. He read the resolution whic
Mr. Hill tried to have substituted for the s<
cession ordinance in the Georgia Conventio
of 1861, and said the effect of the amendmenl
which it proposed to make to the Constiti
? would ask action upon it. Mr. Murch, of
>f Maine, from the committee on public builda
ings, reported a resolution for the investiga<"
tion of the mode of construction, &c., of all
o
e public buildings of the Government, with
power to sit during the recess, at Washington
i- and other cities. Under the point of order
* made by Mr. Garfield, the resolution was referred
to the committee of the whole. The
^ House then took up the bill providing for the
delivery to Samuel Lord, Jr., receiver, of
- four $1,000 South Carolina bonds, now in the
Treasury, which were captured during the
war while hypothecated by the Bank of
e South Carolina with the British Consulate
> at Savannah. Referred to committee of the
* whole. The Senate bill relating to jurors in
the United States Courts was then considered.
*- Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, by instruction of
0 the judiciary committee, moved an amende
ment providing that in the selection of names
e of grand and petit jurors, the clerk and com'?
missioner shall not have regard to political
Y affiliation, race, color, nor previous condition
a of servitude, but solely to the qualifications
? prescribed by law. Mr. Conger, of Michii
gan, desired to move the reference of the bill
? to the judiciary committee, but was prevent8
ed by a call for the previous question. The
? Republicans then refrained from voting, and
? after an hour spent in a fruitless call of the
t House, it adjourned.
i- In the Senate, on the 13th, the army bill
Y was read a second time and referred to the
e Committee on Appropriations. The legislaQ
tive appropriation bill was taken up as ree
ported from the Senate Committee on Approe
priations. Mr. Windom said the House Legn
islative Appropriation bill was incomprehensible.
He preferred the form of the vetoed bill,
i- and to test the sense of the Senate, moved to
>- recommit the bill that the committee might
& be able to report a bill in the usual form,
r. Mr. Houston opposed the motion on account
d of the delay it would cause. The form of the
i- bill was also severely criticised by Allison,
d Conkling and Blaine. The latter said that as
o the bill came from the House it actually ap1
propriated nothing, and that if a person did
e not know what it was he would think it had
h been taken from some joke book. Initspresis
ent form it was simply disgraceful and ought
r. to be kicked under the table. Mr. Wint
dom's motion to recommit was lost, yeas 23,
e nays 32. The bill was then read for action
>f on committee amendments. At the end of
e each clause the criticism of the form of the
i, bill was renewed, assertions being repeatedly
l- made that it was so vague and mixed that not
body could tell what it appropriated or meant,
e An amendment was adopted appropriating
's fifteen thousand dollars for the Bureau of Ed>f
ucation, after which the bill was read the third
i* time and passed. Adjourned,
e In the' House, Mr. Morton, of New York,
n from the ommittee on foreign affairs, ree
ported, by unanimous consent, a bill to allow
I- any telegraph company to land ocean cables
n on the coast of the United States. In the
>- course of a brief colloquy it was stated that
n this is the same bill as was reported by Ferl
nando Wood in the last Congress, and that it
t. is a general bill intended to cut off all preit
vious class legislation. It is subject, however,
to the terms of such grants as have been herer.
tofore made by Congress, for laying and mainn
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i- The bill authorizing allowance for loss by
n leakage or casualty, of spirits withdrawn from
o distillery warehouses for exportation, was reis
ferred to the committee of the whole; also,
1. a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Trease
ury to examine and settle the accounts of
ir States growing out of money expended for
it military purposes during the war of 1812.
y Adjourned.
r In the Senate on the 14th, the army appropriation
bill was reported back from the comn
mittee on appropriations with sundry amend;
ments, and placed on the calendar. The
3, Senate took up the Mississippi river improve,)
ment commission bill. The morning hour
e having expired, the bill went over, and the
il Senate took up and considered in committee
1, of the whole the supplemental judicial apis
propriation bill. Wallace explained the bill.
i, A long debate was had over the section reil
lating to the method of drawing jurors and
e repealing the test oath, the points raised beil
ing substantially those discussed on the Ba3,
yard bill, lately passed, containing the same
- provisions. Wallace, having charge of the
bill, siid he did not wish to force a long sesr
sion and suggested that the vote be taken at
i- 4 o'clock Monday. Conkling opposed the
il naming of any hour for closing the debate,
it There was no disposition to talk for the purit
pose of delay, bat the debate should not be
1. limited. The debate on the jury clauses was
e renewed. The Democratic argument was that
;, while the present law provides that jurors iD
3- United States courts are to be chosen, as far
il op rtrpptinohlp in the Ramfi manner as in the
tl highest courts of States, Federal judges take
tl advantage of the exception, as far as practi0
cable, to make the rules of the court on the
i- subject to suit their own views, and Judge
3, Bond was especially spoken of as one who in)
variably chose Republican jury commissione
ers under his rule of court. The other side
1, argued that any abuse of the discretion vesty
ed in them exposed the judges to impeachie
ment. At 5.10 the Senate adjourned,
n In the House, the morning hour was conis
sumed in voting upon dilatory motions, and
r. the bill relative to political contributions went
d over without action. Buckner, chairman of
e the banking and currency committee, reporth
ed a bill requiring a reserve of the national
3-1 banking association to be kept in standard
n gold and silver coins of the United States in
a ; lieu of lawful money. Printed and recorai-1
mitted. The House then resumed the considr
i eration of the pleuro-pnueraonia bill. The
!t bill was recommitted to the committee on age'
riculture. Herbert, of Alabama, who had
!r charge of the next business in order, the Sene
ate bill repealing the test oath, stated that
11? i
ir after conversation witn certain jftepuoncan
e members, he would not press a vote on it ton
day, but hoped to obtain a vote on Monday,
i- j Tho Sepate amendments to the supplemental
e post route bjU were concurred in. Young, of
,t Ohio, asked leave to offer a resolution for the
n I appointment of a select committee to inquire i
i- J into the cause and effect of the recent pxodus
e from Southern to Western States. Goode, of i
\ Virginia, objected on the ground that a comi
mittee had that subject under consideration, i
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Judge Mackey will deliver a Masonic address
at Lancaster C. H., on the 24th day of
June?St. John's Day.
? Dr. Wade Fowler, of Union county, has
recently thrashed out over four hundred
bushels of oats from six acres of land?663
bushels to the acre.
? The Ninety-Six Guardian wisely says :
"A movement should be inaugurated to kill
out those dead beats who lounge around country
post-offices and rob regular subscribers of
their papers."
? The Abevflle Medium intimates that the
place of Col. D. Wyatt Aiken as Congressman
from the Third District, is coveted by
other persons, and that he will have competion
for the position at the next election.
? In Kershaw county they are boasting of
the "champion husband." He hitches himself
to the buggy and hauls his wife around to
visit her neighbors. He is afraid to risk her
precious person with a horse or even a mild
tempered ox.
? A Northern Adventist preacher has made
his appearance in Kershaw county, and
preached at one of the churches there on Sunday
of last week. He had pictures along
with him to show what kind of place Paradise
would be after the second coming of Christ.
? The Intelligencer mentions that several
patches of wheat were threshed in Anderson
county last week. The following fine yields
are noted : Dr. S. M. Holland's, 1$ acres, 55
bushels; Mr. E. VV. Byrum's, li acres, 60J
bushels; Mrs. V. Burress', li acres, 34 bushels;
Mr. P. Spellman's, 1J acres, 63i bushels.
? At a meeting of the directors of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, held
in Columbia last week, reports submitted to
them show that the net profits for the eight
months ending 31st of May, 1879, show an
increase of 874,000 over those for the same
period last year.
? The trustees of the widows and orphan's
benefit fund of the Knights of Honor, of Cam
tiou would have been to extend slavery ove
every foot of territory in the United States. 1
also pledged Georgia to co-operate with th
seceded States, and to hold forts and othe
Federal property within her limits until th
Atlanta Convention should decide whethe
she should gecede or not. This Mr. Blain
said showed that Georgia was already i,
rebellion. With reference to the retalis
tory war measure, framed by Mr. Hill, h
said that it was so worded as to assume tha
every Federal soldier coming on Souther
soil came to incite insurrection, and to pur
ish him therefor. It was, he said, a measur
foolishly offered and wisely withdrawn. Mi
Hill replied that Mr. Blaine had said notb
ing to which a sensible man need reply.
True, a statement of facts had not satisfied
- him, and he would make no other answer.
On motion of Mr. Lamar, House bill for the
appointment of a commission for the iin*
provement of the Mississippi river was taken
up, but without acting thereon, the Senate
went into executive session, and afterwards
adjourned.
In the House, a bill was reported from the
z committee on civil service reform prohibiting
officers or claimants against, or contractors
under, the United States, from contributing
' money for political purposes. Mr. Stephens,
= of Georgia, gave notice that during the day
? he would report from the committee on coin>f
age a bill in relation to the trade dollar, and
den, on Tuesday of last week, paid to Mrs. d.
M. Gayle, the sure of two thousand dol.ars,
being the amount which accrued to her
through the death of her late husband, Jos.
M. Gayle.
? In consequence of the extortion practiced
by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company, in the matter of freight
charges, the merchants of Winnsboro propose
to establish a wagon train for the purpose of
hauling cotton from Winnsboro to Littleton
depot, on the Columbia and Greenville Railroad.
The price now charged on a bale of
cotton from Winnsboro to Columbia is $2.30.
? R. Lovat Fraser, aged about twenty-eight
years, committed suicide at Georgtown on
Thursday last, by shooting himself with a
pistol. The ball entered his left breast and
passed through the heart, causing death within
half an hour. The jury of inquest rendered
a verdict that the deceased "came to
his death by a pistol-shot wound, inflicted by
himself, and, in the jury's opinion, while in a
state of mental aberration."
? It is stated" in Charleston, that while exGovernor
Chamberlain was in that city recently,
a large number of colored men met
one evening and sent a committee to invite
their former leader to address them on topics
of interest before the country at this time.
Chamberlain, however, declined to do so, and
duriug his whole stay in this State was very
cool to those with whom he had been very
intimate as long a8 he could make anything
out of them.
? Judge Wallace is holding court at Edge
field this week. Four murder cases are to
be tried during the terra, as follows: Cases
growing out of the riot between the Toneys
and Booths last August, including about one
dozen defendants ; Scurry Coleman indicted
for the killing of Trial Justice Taylor, in
1876; a negro woman indicted for killing a
child; and a negro man for stabbiog another
at a meeting.
? The crops of small grain harvested on the
farms around Winnsboro this season have been
unusually fine. Of wheat, Mr. W. R. Garrison
made 270 bushels on eight acres?an average
of 33$ bushels to the acre; Mr. G. H.
McMaster gathered 39 bushels from one acre;
Abraham Monroe, colored, 21 i bushels from
two-fifths of an acre ; and Fred. Steele, colored,
31* bushels from an acre and a half.
Of oats, Mr. J. F. McMaster made 200 bush
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cis irom rour acres, anu mr. u. xv. xjeuuixcu
900 bushels from twenty acres.
? The Siraras Memorial Association of
Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday afternoon,
of last week, in White Point Garden,
the principal pleasure resort of the citizens of
Charleston, unveiled a bronzed bust of the
distinguished Southern writer in whose honor
the association was formed. The bust was
executed by J. Q. A. Ward, and is of heroic
size, resting upon a massive granite pedestal.
It was unveiled by two of the grand-daughters
of Mr. Simms. An address was delivered
by Hon. W. D. Porter, of Charleston.
? Mr. E. Frank Lyles, of Fairfield county,
aged about nineteen years, son of the late
Capt. E. F. Lyles, was killed in the vicinity
of Monticello by the accidental discharge of
his gun, on Thursday last. Mr. Lyles stopped
to rest on a fence, where he was seen sitting
by some negroes working a short distance
away. He had been there but a few
moments when the discharge of a gun was
heard, and the negroes saw him fall. Upon
arriviug at the fence, they found him dead, the
contents of the gun having entered his head
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Hendersonville can now be reached in
sixteen hours from Wilmington by railroad.
? A stringent law prohibiting the carrying
of concealed weapons, will go into effect
on the first of next month.
? Gen. J. M. Leach was admitted into the
Presbyterian church at Lexington, last Sunday.
? The trustees of Wake Forest College
have elected Rev. E. T. Winkler, D. D., of
Alabama, to the presidency of that institution.
It is not known whether or not he will accept.
? A colored minister in Cleveland county
refused to supply a certain church because
the congregation declined to give him a
mortgage to secure his salary during the coming
ministerial year.
? The Shelby Aurora regrets to learn that
some of the farmers of Cleveland county
planted more cotton than they could cultivate,
and have been compelled to give the grass
full control of a portion of their crop.
? Greensboro voted on the prohibition question
last week, a majority of the voters deciding
against the sal^of liquor in that town, j
This is the third consecutive year Greensboro j
has adopted prohibition.
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doing business in New York, are reported to
have failed. The cause is attributed to spec-,
ulation in cotton futures. The same 6rm, j
only a few days'ago, made $100,000 in prof-1
its on cotton ; but an anxiety to add to this !
already large sum brought disaster to them.
? Walter Grouse, aged 11 years, son of the
captain of the Salem Brass Baud, D. T. |
Grouse, made bis debut on a cornet, in the
band which headed the funeral procession of
Mr. Steiner, of Salem, on Tuesday last
? A batch of penitentiary convicts at work
near the Moore county line, on the railroad between
Greensboro and Fayetteville, attempting
to escape last Thursday, were fired upon
by the guard, and four were killed and four
wounded.
?Uounsel of the negro MctJorKie, wno was
convicted of murder of a white man with
whose wife the negro was on terms of criminal
intimacy, at the recent term of Alexander
court, and sentenced to be hanged on the
15th of August, did not appeal to the Supreme
Court. They said their client had had a fair
trial and they could see ao ground for appealing.
This is the first instance of the
kind on record. A correspondent of the Salisbury
Watchman says the defendant, McCorkle,
at his own request, was permitted to
address the court, which he did for a short
time. In his talk he did not either admit or
directly deny his guilt?reviewed and complained
of some of the evidence against him,
and that his life was being taken away unjustly,
&c. Sarah Wyecoff, wife of the murdered
man, was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life, as an accessory to the deed.
EDITORIAlTlNKLINGS.
The Exedns and the Cotton Crop.
The Philadelphia Record, speculating
on what may possibly be the effect of the negro
exodus upon the cotton interests of the
country says: a'
Should the next cotton crop of the United
States fall twenty-five per cent, short in consequence
of the exodus excitement it would
entail a loss of a million and a quarter bales,
which, at lli cents per pound, would exceed
the sum of $22,500,000. It is not probable
there will be a loss so great, but those who
are fanning the exodus excitement for partisan
ends expect to make it greater. Little
they care how much suffering they cause the
poor negroes whom they are inducing to
leave their fields of labor to go in search of
the "promised land," and the more distress
they bring upon the white planters the better
pleased will they be; little they care if
all the cotton mills in the country are "shut
down" in consequence of the high price of
cotton and the two hundred thousand men,
women and children employed in these mills
and in the establishments which they feed are
thrown out of employment for three months
in the year; little they care if every man in
the country is obliged to pay two dollars for
shirts, such as are now sold for one; little do
they care if India, Egypt, Mexico and Brazil
should be able to produce cotton cheaper
than us, and the item of $200,000,000; the
value of the annual exportation of cotton
from the United States, should dwindle to
nothing.
Senator Hampton Interviewed.
The New York Tribune has recently
been interviewing Senator Hampton. From
the Senator's views we extract the following
in regard to the South and the Presidency,
and the negro in politics:
There is another thing which ought not to
be overlooked?that while the South is whollv
Democratic and constitutes the strength of
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the Democratic party, we do not intend to ask
a place upon the Presidential ticket for a
Southern man. We want the party in the
North to place two good men on the ticket,
and we will support it for the national success
of the Democratic party. With reference
to the personal choice of the South for
particular Presidential candidates, I do not
think the South has any. I believe that there
has been a feeling that in justice to the old
ticket it should be renominated. There are
many reasons, however, which may be urged
against this, and the refusal of Mr. Hendricks
to be put in nomination again seems to
render it impossible. I don't think the South
cares a copper who the next presidential candidate
may be, as long as he is a strong national
man. They do not care where he
comes from or what his financial views may
be. ;
There is a great deal of misapprehension in
the North as to the political condition of the
negroes in the South. They seem to think
that a colored man is bound to be a Republican
because he is a colored man. But I
know personally many colored men in South
Carolina who have always been consistent
Democrats, and have suffered in consequence.
There are only 75,000 white voters in my
State, and 90,00Q colored voters. The latter,
therefore, hold the balance of power. When
I was elected Governor there were only 119,500
votes cast, and only 213 scattering votes
were thrown against me, and I was undoubtedly
elected by the colored voters, who at
that time had all the machinery of the elec
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rel or a fisticuff fight at that election. The |
Republicans could not put a ticket in the
field because the colored people were satisfied.
The Cotton and Grain Crops.
The June returns to the Depar tment
of Agriculture at Washington indicate an
increase in the area planted in cotton of somewhat
over two per cent. * The per centage, as
compared with the average of 1878, is as follows
: North Carolina, 47 counties reporting
106; South Carolina, 18 counties, 100; Georgia,
71 counties, 102; Florida, 12 counties,
97; Alabama, 28 counties, 103; Mississippi,
39 counties, 100; Louisiana, 18 counties, 98;
Texas, 58 counties, 107; Arkansas, 40 counties,
101; Tennessee, 18 counties, 103. The
average condition is not so high as last year,
being 96, while in '78 it was 99. The stand
is generally good, but some two weeks later.
Reports on the crop of winter wheat show
the average condition at ninety against nine- f
ty-eight last year. The Pacific coast is con-f
siderably over the average, Oregon rising t6
104. The South Atlantic States average
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ninety-six, ooutn Carolina reporting iuu, uu^ i
Georgia 112. The States north of the fifto
river average ninety-five ; Indiana reaches
103. New England averages ninetf-four.
The Southern inland i-jtates average Eightyeight.
The Middle States average eighty-six.
The Gulf States average eighty-three. The
trans-Mississippi States average seventy-nine.
The drought has been- felt more or less severely
in all parts of the country. From the
South come some complaints of winter kill- :
ing, and from the north and west of the Hessian
fly. Grasshoppers have also been heard
of beyond the Mississippi. i
The average of wheat sown last spring is i
about 4 per cent, increase over last spring.
On the Pacific coast, California reports over
10 per cent, increase, while New Orleans falls
off 1 per cent. The trans-Mississippi States
and New England have increased 5 per cent. (
Texas retains her previous acreage. Of the ;
States south of the Ohio river, Ohio and In- j
diana make no reports of spring wheat. The , j
other three States fall off 3 per cent. Minne- j <
sota increases 9 per cent., while Iowa de-11
creases 1 per cent. The Middle States fall j
off 10 per cent. The condition of spring i1
wheat is about the same eis winter wheat?90
per cent.; all States being below the average.
The crop has been subject to the same climat- j
ic influences as winter wheat. Ia the Terri-1.
tories wheat raising has advanced westward ;'
more rapidly than statistical inquiries have 1 j
been able to reach. There is a vast increase,
which must be left to subsequent inquiry.11
The department has information that one j \
county in Dakota, which, last year, sowed but J
fifty acres, has, this year, under vigorous j (
growth, over 4,000 acres. In many other ;
cases an immense increase is reported. I ]
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Hunter A Oates?Inducements Extraordinary.
Herndon Brothers?Wanted.
Hart A Hart, Plaintiffs' Attorneys?Notice to the
Children and Heirs, and the Administrator
of Jane Barber, deceased.
J. H. Clawson, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?Dividend
Meeting?In the Matter of Jeremiah
Moss, Bankrupt.
S. S. Smith?Administrator's Sale.
Dr. James A. Glenn?Dental Surgery.
Dr. J. B. Patrick?Dental Notice.
M. C. Dixon?Piedmont Nurseries.
H. F. Adickes A Sons?Croquet?Laces?Dress
Goods?Gloves?Leinon Sugar,
Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Cuffs and CollarsAprons,
Ac.?Piques, Ac.?Mitts, Ac.?Ties,
Shoes and Hats?Collarets, Ac.?Churns,
JtiucKets, ate.?LiOOKing uiasaes, <xc.
PIEDMONT NURSERIES.
We would direct attention to the advertisement
of M. C. Dixon, proprietor of Piedmont
Nurseries, Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Dixon
is a thorough business man, and will fill orders
according to promise. As will be seen, he
proposes giving those who order direct from
his nurseries, the benefit of the traveling
agent's expenses and commissions.
RE-UNION OF SURVIVORS.
There will be a re-union of the survivors of
the Twelfth S. C. Kegiment, C. S. A., in
Winnsboro, on Saturday, the 28th instant, one
object of the meeting being to take initial
steps toward having a celebration in August.
Companies A, B and H, were from York county,
and to the survivors of those companies,
as well as all other survivors of the regiment,
an earnest invitation is extended to be present.
Ample preparation will be made for their accommodation.
IMPROVING THE YORK DRUG STORE.
Dr. Kuykendal, who, these long sultry afternoons,
receives the full effect of the rays of
the sim, since moving to his new quarters, has
overcome the difficulty by erecting a neat,
substantial wooden shelter in front of his
drug store. This is considered a decided improvement
on the canvas awning. He is also
having the interior of his store repainted and
beautified. Those who doubt the efficacy of
paint should contrast his building, as now finished
on the exterior, with what it was before
he took possession of it.
DENTAL NOTICES.
The attention of those requiring the services
of a dentist is directed to the respective no
rices, in our advertising columns, ui nwwio
Patrick and Glenn. These gentlemen visit
Yorkville regularly, and are well known to our
people.
By the way, an error, made by the writer
himself, occurred in the advertisement of Dr.
Patrick, announcing his present visit to this
place, published last week and week before.
He will not be here at the time stated in that
notice. He intended to say that he would be
here on the 15th' of June, instant.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
At a regular meeting of the Jenkins Rifles,
on Friday night last, the following non-commissioned
officers were appointed by Captain
Glenn, to serve for the ensuing year:
First Sergeant, Rufus A. Parish; Second
Sergeant, William H. Herndon; Third Sergeant,
Henry C. Strauss; Fourth Sergeant,
Wm. I. Witherspoon.
First Corporal, H. H. Beard ; Second Corporal,
J. N. O'Farrel; Third Corporal, William
Allison; Fourth Corporal, Samuel L. Miller.
The Adjutant-General has issued an order
postponing the inspection of the Fourth Brigade
at Columbia on the 4th of July, till Fair
week in November.
YOUNG SOUTH CAROLINA ABROAD.
Among the recent graduates from North
Carolina schools and colleges, we find the following
South Carolina names:
Davidson College?B. Palmer Reid, Reidville;
Arthur P. Brown, Liberty Hill; James
A. Wilson, York county.
Carolina Military Institute, Charlotte?T.
S. Carter, R. E. Wylie, Lancaster; Albert
Gilbert. Abbeville; J. B. Guess, Barnwell; A.
K. Sanders, Sumter.
State University, Chapel Hill?A. Springs,
York county.
Peace Institute, Raleigh?Miss Alice B.
Kinloch, Miss Laura G. McCants.
. In the list of graduates from Wofford College,
Spartanburg, last week, we notice the
name of J. Lyles Glenn, Rock Hill.
THE CROP PROSPECT.
Wheat thrashing has commenced, and from
persons in charge of thrashers, we learn that
the crop is yielding very well. York will produce
more than an average crop this year,
which may be attributed to the favorable season
and the further fact that more than the
usual amount of land was seeded last fall.
The best yield we have heard of from any lots
about town, is reported by Mr. Lon. Rose,
who raised 55$ bushels on 1$ acres.
The growing crops are reported as doing
finely. True, in some localities of the county,
cotton was retarded by the cool weather in
Mav! but recent rains and the genial warmth
of the sun have given it a good start, and the
plant is now looking vigorous and healthy,
with good stands. Cora is also promising.
Never, at this season, have we heard as little
complaint from the farmers as the present year.
THE WRONG HAN.
On Saturday last, a stranger arrived here
who registered at the King's Mountain Hotel
as S. J. McElroy, Seneca City. He answered
very cleverly the description of Edwards, the
escaped murderer from Union county, for
whose apprehension a large reward is offered.
Those who were on the alert for the refugee
from justice, closely watched the actions of
Mr. McElroy, every movement he made only
confirming their suspicions, and they came
to regard him quite too dangerous a character
to be at large. But finally, when the subject
was delicately mentioned to him, and he
was requested to show the scar over one eye
which he so deftly concealed with his hat, he
lifted that article of head-gear, and like the
strawberry mark on the arm of Box, it wasn't
there. He proved to be quite an innocent
man, engaged in a legitimate business, and
waca amused at the excitement he
iuxfxnnocently created^ -SHOOTING
WITH "iNTENT TO KILL.
Reuben Sliedd, colored, alias Reuben Goins,
of color, after a somewhat protracted retiracy
from "public conspicuity," has again appeared
before an admiring constituency in his
favorite role of a persecuted man, for whose
innocent blood his numerous enemies thirst as
the hart panteth for the brook. It will be remembered
that on the occasion of Reuben's
last public appearance, about four years ago,
lie preferred charges against two citizens, alleging
that they had conspired to kill him and
had already prepared his grave, so that after
his yielding up the ghost at the hands of
bloody assassins, there would be no unnecessary
delay in the funeral, but he could be
quietly committed to mother earth by the lurid
glare of a torch lighted on the brink of
the yawning pit, and none would ever be the
wiser as to his sudden disappearance. But
the charge?"grave" as it was?could not be
sustained. Reuben's life was shown not to be
endangered, and the grave which had such
terrors for him proved to be only an excavation
made by a man who wanted to start a
gold mine. Consequently, the complaint was.
dismissed by Trial Justice J. K. Wagoner, also
colored; and ever since that famous at
tempt at prosecution Reuben has remained
comparatively quiet, until recently, when he
discovered that some one had shot at him with
intent to kill.
As we understand the facts in the case,
3ome cats were fighting in a dark corner on
Liberty street last Thursday night. Reuben
was standing near the scene of the feline quarrel,
but on the opposite side of the street.
About that time, some one?who, it is not
definitely stated?passing along Main street
near the intersection with Liberty, could not
resist the temptation to draw his nimble pistol
and fire at the cats. At least this is the
generally accepted theory of the firing; but
Reuben, doubtless looking for a grievance,
liere seized upon the opportunity, and sounded
his favorite alarm of attempt to kill, and
shouting murder at the top of his voice, hastened
to his house to get his trusty fire-lock
in readiness, determined to defend himself
until the opposite bank of the last ditch were
reached, if necessary.
While sitting in his door, inspecting his
"weepin" and parleying with members of his
family as to the advisability of madly rushing
forth to battle, a suspicious noise, as of an
approaching enemy, was heard in the yard.
Reuben's courage having already reached the
sticking point, in voice of thunder he demanded
to know who was approaching. Thrice
did he repeat the challenge, and no response
being given, he blazed away, swearing by the
beard of Ishmael that he would sell his life as
dearly as possible. The detonating report of
a musket, a howl and a low, deep wail followed
in rapid succession. Reuben felt relieved,
and while deliberating over sending for the
coroner and manfully surrendering himself to
the officers of the law, a light was brought,
and investigation revealed that in his mighty
wrath, Reuben had shot and killed a neighbor's
favorite dog.
PER80NAL MENTION.
Mr. Robert J. Herndon returned last Saturday
morning from North Carolina, havingbeen
absent to play as one of the leaders with the
"Salem Cornet Rand at Chapel Hill and Wake
Forest commencements. We are glad to learn
that our young townsman acquitted himself
creditably on a leading instrument with this
old and proficient musical organization.
Miss Belle B. McCaw returned last week
from Virginia Female Institute, at Staunton,
where she has been at school the past collegiate
year.
Rev. W. A. Rogers, pastor of the M. E.
Church at Winnsboro, spent Saturday and Sunday
in Yorkville, the guest of his kinsman, C.
E. Spencer, Esq.
Mr. John E. Mason, a student of 'Davidson
College, returned last Friday to spend his vacation
at home.
Mrs. Webster, of Spartanburg, is on a visit
tn her father \fr .T "Eil JeffervR.
Mr. J. Dunn Colcock arrived in town on
yesterday morning, after an absence of several
weeks.
THE CHURCH E8 NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will he held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Church of the Good Shepherd?Rev. R. P.
Johnson, Rector. Morning service, 10$, A.
M. Evening service at 8 o'clock. The Rector
will preach to the inmates of the poorhouse
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
M. E. Church?Rev. T. E. Gilbert, Pastor,
Services at 10$ A. M., and 8 P. M. Prayer
meeting, Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock.
Subject of moruing discourse next Sunday,
Christian magnanimity. Subject of evening
discourse, No night in Heaven.
Presbyterian Church?Rev. L. H. Wilson,
Pastor. Services at 10$ A. M., and 8 P. M.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday evenings at 8
o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
Robert Lathan, Pastor. This church will be
closed next Sunday, in consequence of the absence
of the Pastor, who will fill his regular
appointment on that day at Tirzah. preaching
at 11, A. M., and 1, P. M. The subject of his
morning discourse will be the duty of parents
to children ; and the subject of the afternoon
discourse, the duty of children to parents. '
CHESTER AND KING'S MOUNTAIN.
In reference to the omission of Chester among
the counties invited to participate in the preliminary
meeting at King's Mountain on the
25th of July, the committee publish the following
card:
We notice in a paragraph in the Charlotte
Observer headed "Talking with Judge Mackey,"
that the judge regrets that Chester county
was left out of an invitation to counties in
South Carolina to send delegates to our centennial
meeting. We desire to say that our
meeting advertised for July 25th was intended
to be merely initiatory in character, and that
at that meeting we expected to pass resolutions
looking to general representation at the
centennial. But the proposed July meeting
has already assumed proportions far beyond
our expectations, we, tnererore, aesire now
to extend through your paper a general invitation
to every cpunty in both" States of North
and South Carolina to hold meetings and send
delegates to the July meeting, and we assure
all friends of the King's Mountain centennial
movement, everywhere, that they will be welcomed,
whether as visitors or delegates, to
that meeting.
Come one, come all I Senators Vance and
Butler have both signified their intention to
be with us. W. T. B. Bell,
B. F. Dixon,
T. J. Walkeb,
W. A. Mauney,
Phillip 8. Bakeb,
Committee.
TRAN8FER8 OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfeis of real estate have
been recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
Julius Mills to J. G. B. Neely. Lot at
Smith's Turnout. Consideration $50.
Joseph P. Moore, Assignee, to James L.
Guy. Tract of 492 acres in Bethesda township.
Consideration $2,144.71.
J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to Margaret
E. Bussell. Tract of 43 acres in York township.
Consideration $40.
Margaret E. Bussell to Joseph F. Wallace.
Tract of 43 acres in York township. Consideration
$505.
Permelia Glenn and others to Jno. F. Glenn.
Tract of 80 acres in Bethel township. Consideration
$1,000.
M. A. McConnell and others to J. P. Moore.
Tract of 121 acres in Bethesda township.
Consideration $740.
Hugh Burris to J. P. Moore. Tract of 157
acres in Bethesda township. Consideration
$950.
John O. Darby to W. L. Goforth and others.
Tract of 2,510 acres in King's Mountain
township. Consideration $4,000.
J. W. White to F. H. Barber and others.
Tract of 167 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
$846.
Daniel Lindsay to Mary A. Beckham. One
lot in Yorkville. Consideration $50.
C. J. Bobert8on, Executrix, to H. F. Adickes,
Jr. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration
$5
j. W. Neil to Bobert W. Shaw. Tract of
90 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration
$400.
John McGill to Wm. M. McGilL Tract of
250 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration
83,500.
John McGill to N. E. and B. M. Plexico.
Tract of 249 acres in Cherokee township.
Consideration $2,000.
John B. Whitesides to John McGill. Tract
of 249 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration
$2,000.
E. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to W. W. Jenkins.
rn - ^ ' cif\f\ AAMAA fAtirnahm
JL raci ujl 2w (u>1 co ill jl kji rv wniiom|/t wu
sideration $1,401.
B. F. McSwain to W. A. Mauneyand others.
Tract of 143 acres in King's Mountain township.
Consideration $300.
L. M. Davis to M. E. Davis. One lot in
Rock Hill. Consideration $1,000.
MERE-MENTIOft.
The President has sigued the bill for the
exchange of subsidiary coins into lawful money,
and to make such coins a legal tender in
all sums not exceeding ten dollars. The
ex-Confederate General Longstreet had bis
pocket picked of a gold watch and chain in
Gainesville, Ga., a few days ago. John
Brown, Jun., is going to Kansas to help the
colored refugees. There are 39,679 post
offices in the United States. Mr. Alexander
H. Stephens will, it is said, spend the
summer in Quincy, 111., as the guest of Gen.
Singleton. Ex-Senator Stanley Matthews
is reported as expressing the belief that President
Hayes will be re-nominated. The
talk among Washington Democrats now is
that if Ewing carries Ohio, he will oecome the
most prominent candidate for the Presidency
entertaining greenback views. A fire
j at Point Breeze, Pa., last Thursday, destroyed
135,000 barrels of crude petroleum and
40,000 barrels of refined oil. There are
i now at Atlanta, Ga., six companies of the
Fifth U. S. Artillery, and five companies of
the Thirteenth Infantry. ""A Cuthbert,
Ga., belle sleeps with her jaw on a hickory
, nut to promote a dimple. "There was a
baby show in New York last week. A prize
of $100 was offered to the handsomest infant,
and $50 to the fattest baby. A Northern
tobacconist has manufactured what he
calls the "Bob Ingersoll cigar." It burns
well at the end. Coffee growing has
proved successful with a few planters in
southern Florida, and its cultivation there
promises to be extended. The Democracy
of Ohio have nominated for Governor, Thos.
Ewing, now member of Cougress, aud for
Lieut Governor, A. V. Rice. They were both
Generals and served throughout the "war for
the Union." The Democrats are jubilant
over the nominations.
ATROCIOUS CRIME AND LYNCHING.*
A /inmuuinAnflailt ftf ftlA HrPPrivillp Rtlm
XX WlA^O[A>UUV?IV v* WMV V* WM ? ? -? ?
terpriu and Mountaineer, under date of June
11th,. details the following particulars of a
horrible crime perpetrated in Spartanburg
county:
On Thursday,'June 5, a nice looking young
woman passed through Vernonsville, Spar*
tanburg county, making inquiries for a Mr.
Woodward, stating that her name was Woodward,
that she had two sisters living'with
Benjamin Morgan, near "The Traps," in Pickens
county; that she was looking for Mr. Woodward,
an uncle, or Paschal O'Shields, and
that she had walked from Pickens. She was
dressed in a neat black dress, with brown
straw hat, and striped shawl on her arm.
She was directed to Jefferson O'Shields, at
Reidville. From the stores she passed on
about a half mile farther, asking for Woodward.
Finally, abandoning all hope of finding
the person sought, she turned towards
Reidville, asking directions. She arrived at
the house of John J. Moore as they were sitting
down to dinner. She accepted an invitation
to eat, and departed. Mr. Moore accompanied
her a short distance to the main road,
when Bhe took her final leave, nothing more
being heard of her.
On Sunday, 8th instant, two men passing
the road noticed an unusual number of buzi
rt> p r\?x : i 1 L
zaras just on irom it. vsu moupiug nuu iuu?iog
that way they saw something unusual,
and then first recognized the smell of carrion.
They went towards it, and discovered
the body of the woman. The buzzards had
picked out her eyes, the body was much
swollen and discolored, the clothes were
thrown up about her waist, ber tbroat was
cut from ear to ear and into the backbone, a
bullet hole was in her right -breast, worms
crawling in countless multitudes in every
cavity?the hair was kept in motion by them.
God grant I may never again see such a
sight I
T. P. Gaston summoned a jury, but night
set in before much could be done, and the inquest
adjourned until sunrise this morning.
To the credit of the jury, be it said, nearly
every one stayed to help watch the corpse,
which could not be moved. This morning
they finished, with a verdict?"Death by
Snshot and incision in throat, by person unown."
Suspicion, however, was soon directed to
Moore, the man who accompanied her-from
the house to the main read, and he was arrested
and committed to jail in Spartanbuig.
Subsequently?on Monday night last?he was
taken from the jail by a body of men and
summarily executed, the full particulars of
which we copy as follows from the Spartanburg
Herald of yesterday:
"Further facts having since been discovered
tending more conclusively to convict Moore
of the diabolical act, public indignation rose
to the highest pitch, and on Monday night a
body of mounted men, estimated at between
two and three hundred, approached the town
about 11 o'clock at night, for the purpose of
taking John J. Moore out and hanging him.
News of the approach of the body of armed
men was whispered about town date in the
evening, and considerable excitement was
created. Sheriff Thompson endeavored to get
up a posse comitahu to guard the jail, and a
collision being apprehended, efforts were made
to induce the mounted men to desist from
their purpose. Their minds, however, were
made up, and they rode into the town, and
surrounding the jail, demanded the prisoner.
The Sheriff, 6nding that he could not get &
posse eomiiatus sufficient to protect the prisoner,
secretly took the prisoner out of jail, under
guard, and had him carried off and secreted
just outside of the limits of the* town. .
The mounted men searched every cell and
room in the jail, and upon being satished that
the prisoner had been carried off, they scat
tered in every direction and conupuea ineir
search until they found the prisoner under
the Chinquepiu trestle of the Air-Line Railroad,
one mile from town, where 8heriff
Thompson had left him in hsnd-cuflb, under
guard, with orders to take the cars on the 12
o'clock train towards Charlotte.
"Taking possession of their prisoner they.
rallied their forces and rode through the town
with their prisoner and carried him off to the
spot where he had committed his diabolical
deeds and hung him, we are informed by a
person present, at 7 o'clock this (Tuesday)
morning, in the presence of about one thousand
persons, among whom were two' sisters
of the lady whom he had tourdered, who aftrived
from Pickens yesterday. He was permitted
to take leave of his ftmily and was
placed in a buggy under a tree upon a limb
of which the rope was tied and adjusted round
his neck. He was then given permission to *
speak and made a few remarks denying his
guilt aud saying?"That he didn't blame
them, thinking as they did, for what they
were about to do; but hoped that after he
was dead the right man would be found and
they would say that John Moore, fof once,
spoke the truth." When he closed his remarks,
the buggy was driven from under him
and his body hung until life was extinct
"Thus ended the career of John J. Moore,
a man of notoriously bad character?perhaps
the worst man that ever lived in Spartanburg
county?a man who, himself, haa admitted
that "he had committed eveiy crime known
to the law except suicide." It is a monument
to the peace and law-abiding character
of our people that he has been permitted tolive
in this county, implicated, as he haa been,
in so many crimes and rascalities."
Correspondence of the Yorkvilie Enquirer.
LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION.
Black's Station, 8. C., June 17,1879.
Our Jown was thrown into considerable excitement
this morning about a dog that passed
through, exhibiting signs of having hydrophophia.
An effort was made to kill it, but it
escaped.
The mountaineers around here, and many
who are descendants of that gallant band who
fought at King's Mountain, are interested in
the much-talked-of Centennial celebration of
that battle, to take place in October, 1880.
" J- J -
a rom its nature uuu uiituuisutuwo, uu ocui
in American history deserves more notice;
yet there is no monument to mark the placenothing
but a rude slab with the names of the
fallen heroes inscribed upon it. The name of
Col. Williams, which is well identified, should
have as much as a plain marble shaft. John
B. Mintz, on whose place this gallant officer
is buried, leaves a grove of trees on the bank
of Broad river, only which now mark his resting
place.
Mrs. Potts, who is on a pedestrian tour,
for a wager of $6,000, from Philadelphia to
New Orleans and back, the round trip making
a total distance of 2,400 miles, reached here
last Friday evening at 7.15. She stopped at
the boarding house of Mr. Ira Hardin, declining
a chair which was proffered her, and
taking a seat upon the steps, saying it was the
easiest position after walking, affording better
relaxation to the muscles. She remained there
until supper was announced, and after partaking
of her meal, she took, up the Yorkville
Enquirer, with which she seemed much interested.
When Mrs. Potts left Philadelphia,
she weighed 115 pounds, but at Gastonia, on
Friday, she weighed only 105, though she
thought the scales on which she was weighed
at that place were inaccurate, as she claims to
have improved in weight and strength ever
since she started out.
She left Philadelphia on the 12th of May,