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and partis. ? ? The fund raised for the widow of Lieutenant Benner, who died of yellow fever last year, has been so invested as to yield her an income of $600 a year. In addition, she has a fine home in Rogers Park, Cook county, III., ten miles from Chicago, paid for. ? A steamship recently landed at New York with over 600 steerage passengers, the most of whom were Russians, fleeing from the hardships of that country. The Russians alone represented a capital of over $400,000. Among them were sixty families, having two hundred and thirteen children. ? A fearful storm of rain and wind prevailed at New Orleans aDd along the Louisiana coast on Monday of last week. Fortyfive coal boats moored above the city, were i i ..j .x snAA Ann TLT U.. suuk, loss esumaieu at 9iw,uw. .huubw uy the score were unroofed and blown down, trees torn up and prostrated, and chimneys leveled with the ground. ? The fact that the West is harvesting extraordinary crops this year is strikingly illustrated by the amount of the grain receipts at Buffalo during the month of August. Although the record for that month in 1878 was very heAvy, the receipts for August this year exceeded it by nearly a million bushels, the aggregate footing up 12,427,644 bushels. ? The Maine Radicals are sorely pressed for original campaign lies. But their last effort is a masterpiece in its way. It is charged that several men were recently beaten almost to death in Georgia because they were Methodists! When it is remembered that about one-half of Georgia is of the Methodist persuasion, the uniqueness of this lie challenges ^ admiration. ? The Postmaster General has ordered that an actual daily count be made in all the postoffices in the United States from the 1st to the 7th of November of all letters, packages, postal cards, &c., deposited for transmission in the U. S. mails. Publishers of newspapers are requested to furnish postmasters with the number of papers mailed by them within the limits of time specified. ? A Tennessee darkey preacher held forth recently as follows: "You girls call your sweethearts 'darlings,' and you men call yours 'daisies,' and you girls are afraid to come up here for fear some other girls will get off with your 'darlings,' and you men for fear some other fellow will get away with your 'daisies,' and," said he, "between this 'darling' and 'daisy' business, lots of you Diggers is going straight to hell." ? The Minnesota Republicans, in State Vvla/1 4-Ka Aa\r a V^UII veil WUU HMCUIU1CU, U1C VUIU unj UUV(/>VU a very decidedly conservative platform. While declaring faith in the Republican party and giving it due credit for all it has accomplished, they say : "We desire to cultivate feelings of good neighborhood with our fellow-citizens of the Southern States, and rely much on conciliatory treatment and mutually frendly intercourse to produce those good relations which, in all respects, would prove benefieial." ? The Wilmington Morning Star says Gen. Hood lost his property by speculating with ex Governor Warmoth's party in Louisiana State consols. He has had no regular era' ployment since January 1st. He married Miss Anna Maria Hennen, a very elegant and handsome lady. She was the daughter of an eminent lawyer of New Orleans, who died some ten years ago. Mrs. H. was educated in Europe, aud the New Orleans papers say her character was very lovely. She died six days before her husband. m ? The August report of the Tennessee Agricultural Bureau, shows that cotton has been somewhat damaged in that state, by cold rains, but not so much as to materially affect the crop. Prospects were never better. Corn prospects have been wonderfully improved by recent general rains. The acreage is so much larger than heretofore that the crop will far exceed the usual average. The tobacco acreage will not be as large as last year, but tWU Clll'aiiipiilClllO liatu t/vul VA|/Viiuvu ?u uv*?v? ing many of their brethren and families to places of safety, in musing and providing for the sick and burying the dead?business is suspended, wages are stopi>ed, and sickness and death are making sad havoc in their midst. This appeal is made with the greatest reluctance in view of the generous outpouring of substantial aid which met similar appeals in 1873 and 1878 ; but with sickness and distress ujion every hand, with wans of distress and cries for help coming up continually, their treasury exhausted and the sad prospect of a continuance of the dreaded scourge of yellow fe- j ver, for a period of at least two months to I come, their only resource is an api>eal for help i from our more fortunate brethren who are j spared such a dire calamity as now scourges j their stricken city. All contributions should be sent to Marcus Jones, Grand Patriarch of j the State and President of the Special Relief Committee, 1. O. O. P., Memphis, Tennessee. | Of course the appeal for charity will not j be permitted to go unheeded. During the: present epidemic, the people of Memphis; have acted nobly and self-sacrificing, and , not until dire necessity compelled have they 1 asked a cent of contribution for relief; and j now that assistance is asked, the more favored sections of the country, we feel assured, will respond with that liberality and promptness that so distinguished every section of the Union during the visitation of the disease last year. Already, Jay Gould, the banker of New York, has authorized the Howards to draw on him for 85,000, and more if it should be necessary. Twenty-five new cases were reported on Monday?15 white and 10 colored. There ' were also on the same day 11 deaths. The weather was reported clear and pleasant. I the quality is better, with prospects of a good crop. The peanut acreage has increased. With a favorable season the fall crops are generally flattering. ? This is the way swindling horse jockeys operate in Philadelphia : They have a stable ostensibly for the purchase and sale of horses. When a countryman enters to look at the stock, a practically valueless horse is offered to him for $150. A bystander offers $200, but the dealer angrily says that he will not sell to this man at any price, having had a previous quarrel with him. The bystander draws the countryman aside and says: "Buy the horse for $150. I'll take him off your hands at $200." This seems to offer a chance to make $50 without risk, but the victim, after paying the $150 for the beast, does not see any more of the promised purchaser with the $200. ? Life in Memphis is described as being only a little more wholesome than death. Yellow flags are displayed at every turn and crossing. The hospital sign was counted in eight places along one short square a few days ago, and since then two others have been added. The curfew bell now tolls at 9 o'clock, and after that hour the streets are deserted. In the last epidemic a crowd of whisky-drink.ing nurses and seltzer-water doctors kept the town alive. In this epidemic the only sign of life is the eucarapment of colored troops on the bluff. The reveille and the 5 o'clock matinee, when the band plays, are, as a correspondent says, "the cheerful characteristics of the present campaign. Fire alarms last week relieved the monotony, bat since the watchtuines9 01 tne auinoriue9 nas Deen redoubled, even the torch doesn't flicker." ? Laziness, or at least slowness in the discharge of their ofhcial duties, seem to be a besetting sin with judges in all parts of the country. At the convention of the American Bar Association in Saratoga, President Broadhead made an address on the new California Constitution, and the only part of his speech that elicited cheers from his hearers was that where he said that hereafter judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts in the Golden State will be required, before being permitted to draw their salaries, to make affidavit that no cause in their courts remains undecided that has been submitted for ninety days. This provision of the Constitution originated with the lawyers of San Francisco. Many attorneys thought it showed disrespect for the bench, but it seems to be the opinion of the profession in the country at large that something of the kind is desirable. ? Rotaan Catholics believe that of the apostles of Christ, the remains of seven are in Rome; namely, Peter, Philip, James the Lesser, Jude, Bartholomew, Mathias and Simon. Three are in the Kingdom of Naples. Matthew at Salerno, Andrew at Amalfi, and ! Thomas at Ortono. One is in Spain, James ; the Greater, whose remans are at St. Jago de j Compostello. Of the body of St. John, the | Evangelist, there is no knowledge. The j Evangelists Mark and Luke are also in ; Italy?the former at Venice and the latter Padua. St. Paul's remains are also believed ! to be in Italy. Peter's are in the church of i Rome, which is called after him, as are also j those of Simon and Jude. Those of James flip T^?spr and nf Philin are in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Bartholomew's in the church on the island in the Tiber called after him, while Mathias' are in the Santa Maria Maggiore, under the great altar of the renown- i ed basilica. ? Martha Hickling is described by the local reporters at Hillsboro', Texas, as "a prairie rose." She was tall and fair and her blue eyes were most bewitching. Some months ago Alva Woods, a tall, handsome, dark-1 haired man of 30, wooed and won the rose. Pie proved a villain. Miss Hickling's parents, matter-of-fact people, brought suit in the Hillsboro' Court. As the trial progressed the counsel for Woods saw that they had not the ghost of a chance to save their man from ' the penitentiary ; he had done what is known j in Texas law as a penitentiary crime, and so they proposed that a settlement be made by the immediate marriage of the parties. The ! judge was glad to perform the ceremony at once, and on Thursday, in the presence of a great crowd, Miss Hickling and Mr. Wood i stood before the bar. The response made by ' the groom was a sonorous, "I will." But when the question was put to her she exclaimed "No!" tossing aside the hand of her seducer and regarding him with flashing eyes and unutterable scorn, "I wouldn't have him to save him. He has done all he could to blast me, body and soul, and I wouldn't have such a villain!" The reply, so different to what was expected, utterly astonished the judge, jury, lawyers and the crowd of spectators. The case was concluded with a verdict Tqvqo rnrl V*qq Kor rAVPnorP yi 5""^) auu fe*?* in consigning him to the penitentiary. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," as the poet remarked. $he farhviUc (inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 11, 1879. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plaiifly, give poRt-offico, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ol postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-offieo here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. GEN. HOOD'S CHILDREN. When Gen. Hood died he left eleven children, the oldest only 10 years of age, and the youngest twins of three weeks. The oldest child afterwards died, and the mother died only a short wKile before her husband. Soon after the.death of Gen. Hood, it was stated that his life was insured for $50,000, and that this amount would come to the children at once. Desiring to be perfectly assured on this point, and feeling that if the report were tmA there was no use in collecting funds for the children, the editor of the Atlanta Constitution telegraphed to the New Orleans Picayune for precise facts, and received the following dispatch in answer, dated the 2nd in-1 stant: , "General Hood left absolutely nothing. The benevolent association, the army of Northern Virginia and other parties here are at work preparing to raise a fund for the support of the children. With his dying breath he bequeathed his children to the soldiers of the South." The bequest of Gen. Hood is being accepted by the cbuntry, and from all sections a generous response is being made to the call for help for the orphan children. On Friday $1,000 was subscribed in Atlanta, Ga., the list being headed by $250 telegraphed by Ionian, Swan & Co., of New York. Gen. Toombs gives $100 to the fund, and says he is willing to gives $100 a year to them as long as he lives. H. I. Kimball gave $25. Baltimore, Richmond, Columbia, Charleston, and other citizens are contributing liberally to the same object. It is understood that the money is to be invested in securities by three trustees. THE FEVER IN MEMPHIS. There is no abatement of the yellow fever in Memphis, and as past experience proves, the most trying month of the season?September?is yet to go through. During last week there were 43 deaths, 33 whites and 10 blacks. For -the week there were 172 new cases? 78 whites and 94 colored. The total number of cases to date is 1,005, of which 272 were fatal. This statement proves that the disease is assuming greater proportions than many would be led to suppose by the weekly reports heretofore made. To add to this ca lamity, is the further fact that the funds of the charitable and benevolent associations of the city are exhausted, and an appeal is made to the country for assistance. The Howard Association has appealed to the charitable in the following address : "The Howard Association, of Memphis, after having battled for the past two months with the dread destroyer in their midst, find every dollar in their treasury exhausted. Several hundred sick and convalescent are to be provided for and a large number of nurses are to be paid. "We were hopeful in the beginning that with the fund then on hand at the outbreak of the epidemic, we would be able to provide and care for the sick that would be thrown on our hands; but the fever has continued to spread, and with two long months yet before us, no alternative is left but to apply to the charity of the nation for substantial aid. The generous people throughout the Union will not fail to respond to this call for help. We feel that we are performing a sacred duty to the impoverished and distressed people among whom our lot is cast. The bounty of the common peo pie was snowereu upon us in io<o, anu to must; same willing givers we appeal. If help is not speedily furnished, we will he compelled to abandon the work we have been engaged in, leaving hundreds to suffer and die for want of a Howard's helping hand. W. J. Smith, Acting President of the Howard Association." The Odd Fellows' Special Relief Committee of Memphis, now in Columbia, Tenn., have also made an appeal to the members of that order in which they say: All of the available funds of five lodges and SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The youngest child of Judge Hudson, died at Bennettsville on the 2d instant. i ? Rev. Dr. W. S. Plumer recently celebrated his 78th birth day. ? Judge Pressly is holding court at Abbeville. ? It is expected that Senator Hampton will return to Columbia in a few days. He has been summering in Virginia. ? There are ten Lodges of colored Good Templars in the District which includes Newberry. ? The survivors of the Confederate cause in EdgeBeld propose to erect a monument to the memory of their fallen comrades. ? Mr. A. D. Ray, of Gaffney's, has a beard five feet four inches in length. He has not shaved since the war, aud his beard keeps on growing. ? The management of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad has given notice that no Sunday excursion trains shall be run on that road. ? The Democrats of Barnwell have nominated Dr. W. B. Rice as a candidate for theHouse of Representatives, in place of Mr. Hartzog, deceased. ? On the first Monday, Tuesday and Wed-' nesday of this month, more thau six hundred tracts of land were sold by the county auditor of Colleton county, for delinquent taxes. Most of the tracts were forfeited to the State. ? Rev. Dr. Meynardie is gradually improving from his late severe injuries, occasioned by the railroad accident near Ridgeway. Several months will probably elapse before he can resume the discharge of his duties. ? Seven of the townships of Anderson county recently voted on the question of making a subscription in aid of the S&vaHnah Valley Railroad. Each township gave a majority in favor of the subscription. ? Senator Butler, who was chairman of the committee to investigate Congressional I fn Vila hnmn in F.Horpfip.lH last week, from Newport, R. I., where the committee has been in session for several weeks. ? The Sentinel says that in Barnwell county there are some four or five candidates out for clerk, as many for sheriff, and supposes that there are about four or five hundred persons who desire to represent Barnwell in the Legislature. ? The grand jury of Aiken, at the recent term of court, express, in their presentment, the opinion that the act of the Legislature creating the county board of equalization is unwise, and recommend to the senator and representatives of the county that they use their influence to have it repealed at the next session of the General Assembly. ? The Yeoman says that a bad looking white man named Ross, who claims to have been sent to Columbia by the Republicans of Washington, is to be seen about the street corners of the former city, haranguing to knots of idle negroes. The Yeoman is also informed from a trustworthy source, that an effort will soon be made to re-organize the Young Men's Republican Club, of Columbia. TKo fnlInwincr in crivpn as tllP. Clause for the assassination of Alexander Bryce, jr., recently, in Oconee county: "The difficulty is supposed to have been the result of a business transaction between the deceased and a man named Moore. Several years ago, Bryce's friend Moore was lodged in jail under criminal charges of some kind, and it is alleged that Moore applied to Bryce to sign his bail bond, which Bryce refused to do until Moore assigned his titles to a tract of land, as security against loss. Moore has not been able to get possession of the land since, and he has become exasperated at the perpetrator of the wrong. Bryce's brother-in-law, Jesse F. Cox, is presumed to know the assassinating party, J and rumor says that Moore and his brother and a third party did the shooting. Robert Cobb, Henry Long, Robert Dunlap, Massiah Cobb, Americus Moore and Riley Moore, white men, have been arrested and lodged in jail in Oconee county charged with the murder." ? The Abbeville Medium, of ?the 3d, has the following: "Another very valuable discovery has been made on Judge Thomson's Little Mountain plantation?a deposit of the richest and purest platinum. This is a very rare and exceedingly valuable metal. Speci mens of the stuff have been sent JNorth, but no returns have yet been received. The metal is a shiny substance, something like lead before it becomes discolored by contact with the air. The discovery was made by Mr. B. D. Cade, who has followed the vein in a distinct . marked development three or four hundred yards. The vein runs northeast and southwest, and is definite and conspicuous. A good laborer can take out about four pounds of the metal a day, which is worth five hundred dollars a pound. If the metal is pure platinum, and there is every present indication that it is, it will at once be seen how surpassingly rich the deposit must be. Mr. Cade is now running a five years' lease on Judge Thomson's plantation, and is pushing his mining operations with great energy and with exceptional success." ? Sometime ago, Professor Bibikov, of Columbia, made the announcement that he had discovered coal in the vicinity of Graniteville. Forthwith, Professor Holmes, of Charleston, denied the truth of the story and undertook to ridicule the supposed claim of Bibikov to having made a new discovery, asserting that the supposed coal is nothing except brown lignite, the existence of which had been known for years, and that it is com paratively worthless. Nothing daunted, Bibikov procured a quantity of the mineral, and with a crudely improvised apparatus, produced gas that burned with a bright flame. Not satisfied with this, he proposes to test the matter on a larger scale, in relation to which the Columbia Register says: "We un derstand that negotiations are pending De- j tween the Columbia Gaslight Company and I Professor Bibikov, for the purpose of having ! the city illuminated for a single night with , gas made from lignite, by way of an experiment, to ascertain the value of that article as . a producer of light, and that the consummation of the plan is delayed by the expense j of digging the lignite and bringing it to the ' city. The quantity necessary will be two tons, and the sum required to lay that quantity ! down in Columbia is not large." ? Niell W. Blair was tried and convicted before Judge Mackey, at Camden, last week, on the charge of murdering W. Adamson in a drunken brawl at that place on the 9th of last month. He was sentenced to be hanged , on the 17th of next month. The doomed man heard his sentence with seeming tranquility, and, with the permission of the Court, made the following brief address, during the delivery of which he exhibited the deepest emotion : "With me, I suppose all is ended. If I killed William Adamson, 1 did not know it. My heart is innocent if my hands are guilty. In fact, until I was told of it, I did not know that I had done it. I would not have harmed a hair of his head had I known what I was doing. I did not think the evi dcnce sufficient to take my iife. I bad hoped for a lighter punishment; but the jury have Been fit to do otherwise, and ? am willing to die. It is as natural to die as to be born. I leave them to their God and their consciences. To your Honor, I must thank you for the impartial manner in which you have done . your duty in this case. To the solicitor, I ] must say that I admire his great force and ' power, but I regret that this talent was against \ me. I have Oo hard feelings against him. To the noble and good men who have so < ably defended me, may God bless them. My prayers will be for them during what little time is left me. To the public, I ask their forgiveness and prayers.'* NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Lincoln county is taking steps to vote on the fence question. in ill - -P 1 i.!._ T..,l_? ? Alter an liuiess 01 several uiuums, uuuge Kerr died at Reidsvillo on the 5th instant. ? The papers record four murders having 3 been committed in Ashe county last week. 1 ? The shoe shop in the Slate penitentiary is turning out about sixty pairs of shoes per day* . i ? The bullion assays at :;he United States 1 assay office in Charlotte during the month of j August, amounted to $7,936.45. i ? It is estimated that llyde county alone < lost 100,000 bushels of corn by the recent storm on the North Carolina coast. ? J. J. Sharp, of Sharpsburg, was indicted in fil'ty-two cases at the last terra of Na3h ( court. In one case he was indicted for selling , cider and giving brandy away. ' ? The trial, in Mecklenburg Superior Court, 1 last week, of George Pethel for the murder of , his wife by administering poison, resulted in the acquittal of the accused. ? The name of the post office, lately known as Woodluwn, in Gaston county, has been 1 changed to Mount Holly, to conform to the name of the village where the office is situated. ? Mrs. Potts, the pedestrienne, arrived in Charlotte, last Saturday evening, on her return trip. She has until the 12th of next month in which to walk from Charlotte to Philadelphia. ? A man named E. R. Williamson was jailed a few days ago, at Greensboro, for defamation of character by postal cards. He had been paying attention to two young ladies, one at Chapel Hill and the other at Henderson, and had become miffed at their treatment of him ahd took this method of revenge. The card to the Chapel Hill young lady was sent from Raleigh and signed! fictitiously, telling her that her infant was dead, that he had seen it buried, and thought she would like to know the fact. The card to the young lady at Henderson was about the same, sent from Chapel Hill,.and signed "Mary Swaim," the name of an old negro woman there. ? Says the Charlotte Observer, of Sunday: An affray, which may yet prove fatal, occurred at Tiddy's paper mills Friday evening, between two wagoners, who do the hauling from the mills to the railroad station. Both men were drinking. Dave Camp wanted George Deal to stay on his wagon instead of attempting to help unload it, in order that the manager should not discover their condition. This Deal refused to do, maintaining that he was as sober as Camp, and a quarrel ensued. Deal's wife came up and took him away, but Camp followed and threw a stone at him, striking his forehead, and fracturing the skull bone. Two doctors were sent for, but on the first examination were not able to determine whether or hot there is a chance for Deal's recovery, though orfe of them expressed the opinion that it was very doubtful. Camp left as soon as he found that he had injured Deal seriously, and has not been captured. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Foreign Cotton Market. A Loudon trade circular of the 3rd instant gives the following as the condition of the stock of cotton in Europe, and predicts a raise in price: The extensive curtailment of production has at length told upon manufacturers' stocks. This has been specially the case as regards goods suitable for India. The demand from the East has also increased, and some fair contracts have been made for future delivery. The home trade, however, owing to bad harvest prospects, has participated only in a small degree in the increase of business, and manufacturers in this department are still burdened with considerable stocks. During the recent depression the consumption was probably reduced to 40,000 bales, and it may now be about 45,000, bales, but the recent advance in raw material will check the tendency to increased consunkption unless it is followed by a corresponding advance in Manchester of which there are no indications at present. The scarcity of American cotton is aiw>h that, qninnors are obliged to turn their at tentiou toother descriptions, particularly some finer qualities of Surat,.of which there is now ample choice. The Bombay crop is exceptionally good, as also the Bengal, but the Continent is taking nearly the whole supply of the latter. On the continent there is the same exhaustion of supplies as here. The continent will thus be an eager buyer at the opening of the season in American porta, and it is possible that the scarcity will be so great that a further advance may be established for a time, especially in spot prices of American. The Sorrender of CornwAllis. A large meeting of the citizens of York county, Va., was held at Yorktown last Friday for the purpose of adopting preliminary measures looking to a grand National celebration of the coming centennial of the surrender of Cornwallis in 1881. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Robt. H. Powers, and addresses were delivered by M. Glennan, Robt. M. Armstead and Judge R. L. Healy. - i i 1 ? A preamble and resolutions were aaoptea 1 lookiug to the due observance of the coming anniversary, recommending to the military and civic societies of the State and the municipal ( authorities of the cities of the Commonwealth, ^ the propriety of participating in the coming , celebration, and calling on them to cooperate 1 in initiating the movement on the 19th of 1 October next that will lead to the grand centennial celebration 011 the 18th of October, 1 1881. The Governor of the State is requested to issue a proclamation recommending to the people the propriety of the movement and , inviting the Governors of other States to take I ^ such action as may conduce to this object,! and to paticipate with the people of Virginia . < in the same. The secretary of the navy is : 1 asked to order the vessels composing the < fleet, which is to be reviewed in Hampton ] Roads in October, to be present in York River j j in front of Yorktown, in order to take part ^ in the celebration, and the secretary of war that the troops at Fort Monroe be permitted , to participate in the military demonstrations. ] It was further resolved that it is recommended that delegates from all the States be 1 appointed to meet in Philadelphia on the'1 coming anniversary in order to form a na- 1 tional association, the object of which is to ] bring about the successful celebration of the 1 centennial; that the meeting heartily concur ^ in the recommendation, and request the ap- ^ pointment by the Governor of delegates to at- } tend the same. j ] ZiOCAXI AFFAIRS. . i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Withers Adickes?On the Way?Sugar and Cof- ' fee? Kerosine Oil?Salt?Rice and Pearl , Grist?Tin and Solder?Glassware and Crockery?Spices, <fec.--Soda Crackers?Just 1 Received. F. M. Adams?Look Out?Fire ftack?Galvanized Sheet Iron?Squirrel Cage. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?New Millinery Goods. r. M. Dobson?Wait for Dobson. Somalia Craven?Store Room for Rent. < I. C. Chambers, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to Defendants. Latimer A Hemphill?New Goods, New GoodB. r. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the Matter of Nat. B. Morgan, Bankrupt. Wilson A Wilson, Plaintiffs' Attorneys?Notice to Defendants. Herndon Brothers?4s Right?Meal?Flour?Sugars?Bagging and Ties?Coffees?Bacon and Hams?Boots and Shoes?Oats, Oats. R. H. Glenn S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. JUDGE OF PROBATE'S OFFICE. Governor Simpson has duly commissioned Joseph A. McLean as Judge of Probate for 5Tork county, in place of Col. Andrew Jackson, resigned, and Mr. McLean has entered upon the discharge of his duties as such officer. HOUSE BURNT. On Wednesday afternoon of last week, an unoccupied house on Madison street, belonging to Joseph Hemdon, was discovered to be in flames, and before the firemen could reach the scene, the house was well nigh consumed. The origin of the fire is unknown. AGENTS FOR THE ENQUIRER. The following named persons are authorized to receive the names of subscribers to the Enquirer and give receipts on payment of subscriptions : r. Gid Culp, Esq., Fort Mill, 8. C. George T. Sohorb, Chester, 8. C. Capt. Ed. M. Mills,...'. Rock Hill, S. C. Joshua D. Gwinn, Esq., C'lov< r, S. C. ( W. D.Stanpson Blackstoiks, S. C. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correspondents and contributors to the press should bear in mind that their proper names ought, in all cases, to accompany their articles?not necessarily for publication, but as an evidence of good faith on the part of the writer. tSome creditable verses, over the signature of "A Friend," received this week, are declined until we are furnished with the writer's name. RETURN OF THE EXCURSIONISTS. Those who availed themselves of the opportunity afforded by the Seaboard Air-Line route for an excursion to Norfolk, Va., have returned, well pleased with their trip. A majority of the excursionists went to Baltimore, and some of them to New York, and all speak in the highest terms of praise of the management of the line over which they traveled, and the hospitable entertainment they received in Norfolk, as guests of the merchants of that city. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: Alexander Williford to John R. Allen. Tract of 42 acres in Catawba township. Consideration SI,200. Samuel E. White, Assignee, to J. H. McAden, President Merchants' and Farmers' National Bank of Charlotte, N. C. Tract of 2G6 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $1,735. Mary Ann Peeler and others to J. Newton Peeler. Tract of 695 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $135. CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. . . Services will be held in the churches i*5xt Sunday as follows: Methodist Episcopal?Rev. T. E. Gilbert, Pastor. Services at 10$ A. M., and 8 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Associate Reformed?Rev. Robert Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his appointment at Tirzah,*next Sunday, preaching in the morning and afternoon. Church of the Good Shepherd?Rev. P. Johnson, Rector. Services next Saturday even mg at 8 o'clock, ana sunaay morning at xoj, in which Bishop Howe will officiate. The Bishop will vist the Church of Our Saviour at Rock Hill on Sunday evening. EXTENSIVE LAW LIBRARY. J. H. Rion, Esq., of Winnsboro, whose reputation as a lawyer is second to that of no legal mind in the State, has recently added to his already extensive collection of law books, a large number of rare and valuable works which were a part of the law library of the late Chief Justice Moses. These books are a great acquisition, adding much to the value of Col. Rion's collection. He has now nearly four thousand volumes, probably the best private law library in the State. We see it stated in the Columbia. papers that Col. Rion has also recently bought the office in Law Range, Columbia, known as the law office of the late Hon. Wm. F. DeSaussure. THE ELECTION. The vote on Tuesday the 2nd instant, to fill the vacancy in the members of the House of Representatives from this county, occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Green, was light throughout the county. The following is a tabulated return of the vote at the different precincts: Precincts. Deal. Scattering. Yorkville, 166 0 Rock Hill, 125 0 Fort Mill, 78 0 McConnellsville, 45 0 Bethel 28 0 Clark's Fork, 13 0 Black's Stntion, 56 5 Hiekorv Grove 52 0 Coates' Tavern, 17 0 Buffalo, 20 0 Blairsville, 31 2 Clover 47 0 Bethany,*. 18 0 Clay Hill 00 0 McElwee's Mill, 3. 00 0 686 7 No managers' returns were received in due form from Clay Hill and McElwee's Mill; but the poll-lists and ballots, showing 33 votes to have been cast at the former place, and 18 at the latter, were received. The returns being informal, they were not included in the above, which would increase the vote for Mr. Deal to 737. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERY. The First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South, met, according to adjournment, at Amity Church, in Iredell county, N. C. Twenty-seven members were present and nine absent. From the congregational reports, it appeared that the past year had been one of great progress. Several churches have received an unusually large number of accessions. The (Jhurcli in Chester has so increased as to be ?Klo fr. toL'o a lvjut/vr t.lift wlinlfi of his time. iunc tv uimv w |/??./wwk ?..v Tn the Presbytery there are several other pastoral charges, consisting ottwo congregations, which are beginning to think of doing, at an surly period, the same thing. The First Presbytery has a number of missionary stations, some of which are assuming the proportions of respectable congregations. Two young men?Horace Rabb and \V. 0. u'ochrane?were licensed as probationers, and two?John T. Chalmers and ? Stephenson? lelivered trial exercises as specimens of progress in the study of theology. Mr. M. W. Pressly was, at his own request, taken under che care of the presbytery as a student of theology. The next regular meeting of the Presbytery will be at Little Steel Creek Church, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. i Amity Church, with which the Presbytery met, was originally a part of what is now inown as New Stirling. About 1789, the Rev. Peter McMullan began to preach in the region of country north and north-west of ; statesville. The result was the organization )f several churches. In 1803, the Rev. Wil- < iam Blaakstock1" settled as pastor of two of i chese?Old Stirling and Rocky Spring. In i L810, Mr. Blackstock's wife died, and in 1811 i le returned to South Carolina. The Rocky 11 Spring Church dwindled down and nearly died, but is beginning to live again. Old Stirling was merged into New Stirling, and from it a number of churches were, in progress of time, organized, and are now the rivals in prosperity of the mother. ? SEVERE RAIN AND WIND STORM. This section was visited on Monday afternoon by a severe storm of wind and rain, preceded by thunder. Although the wind was very strong and blew violently foA few minutes, no damage was inflicted in this immediate vicinity. In Bullock's Creek township, and at McConnellsville and Gutbriesville, the Btorm was very severe, inflicting serious damage ,to crops and fencing, blowing down timber and in a few instances injuring houses. The storm was also particularly severe at Rock Hill, as we learn by a letter just received from that town. The letter says: "The cloud gathered in the north-west, about 4 o'clock, and came down upon us with alarming rapidity. The wind preceded the rain but a moment, and seemed to lift every particle of loose dirt from the earth, making a dense and blinding cloud?such as we never witnessed before. Several trees were blown down, by which some horses, mules and buggies narrowly escaped being crushed. The newly-completed frame work of Dr. W. B. Fewell's house was blown down, tearing loose every joint, tenant and brace. The entire work was completely demolished, thougli we are happy to know that the timbers are not so seriously damaged that the frame-work cannot be put together again without inconvenience." DEATH OP Hiss LUELLA 8MITH. Our community was deeply pained on Thursday morning last at the intelligence, received by telegraph, of the death of Miss Luella Smith, of this place, daughter of the late J. Bolton Smith, Esq., which occurred on weanesoay of last week at the residence of her uncle, Mr. C. R. Smith, in Harverhill, N. H. As lately as the 25th of August?only ten days previous to her death?bright and cheerful in youthful anticipations, she left her sunny home in Yorkvilleto visit relatives in New England, and though she was not feeling well when she left here, none were prepared for the sad intelligence of her sudden demise so soon after reaching the end of her journey. When she started on her trip, she had symptoms of fever, but feeling that they would give way to the excitement of travel, she decided to start, only, as the sequel unfortunately proved, to develop the germs of the disease with fatal consequences. Her only brother and widowed mother have the sympathies of the entire community in the hour of their deep and 3udden affliction; and it is a consolation to know that though she died far from home, yet she was not among strangers nor those who failed to administer to her every want and soothe her dying pillow. The fear of yellow fever presented itself to the people of Haverhill, and we learn that for a while her sickness and death created considerable alarm; but we would assure them that their fears are groundless. A case of yellow fever was never known in this section of South Carolina, nor are there any now nearer than Memphis, Tennessee. PER80NAL MENTION. Miss Alice Smarr is visiting Miss Lizzie Hope. Miss Mary Allison is visiting relatives in the country. Miss Minnie Lowry is visiting friends in Lancaster. Mr. P. T. Youmans, of Columbia, is visiting Yorkville. C. E. Spencer, Esq., and family, returned Friday morning. Miss Irene Harty returned to Charlotte yesterday morning. Mr. A. Springs Withers has returned from Cleveland Mineral Springs. Miss Willie Alice McCorkle left on Monday afternoon for a northern trip. T. W. Clawson and family have returned from Cleveland Mineral Springs. Mrs. John T. Grist, of Dallas, N. C., made a visit to her friends here last week. Jacob Battle, Esq., and" family, of North Carolina, are visiting relatives in Yorkville. T. M. Dobson started to the Northern markets last Monday to make his fall purchases. Hon. I. D. Witherspoon visited Columbia last week, returning home on Friday afternoon. Miss Missouri Williford retifrned, via Yorkville, yesterday, on the way to her home from the Springs. Withers Adickes is visiting Atlanta with the view of buying a stock of groceries in that market. Miss Florence Gist, of Arkansas, and Miss Eunice Gist, of Union, S. C., are visiting the Misses Crenshaw. After a three weeks' visit to Yorkville and in the vicinity, Miss Hattie West returned to Chester last Friday morning.' We were pleased to receive a call, last week, from Rev. B. G. Covington, of Fort Mill, who was on his way to attend the meeting of York Coimty Baptist Association at Black's Station. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Friday morning last, the dead body of J. Legrand McCarter, a respectable citizen about 60 years of age, was discovered near the ford across Allison's creek, on the Lincolnton road, about six miles from town. Trial Justice Lewis, on being notified of the fact, proceeded to the spot, and acting as coroner, impannelled the following jury of inquest: W. H. McCorkle, foreman; J. M. Jackson, D. P. Boyd, D. L. Black, H. W. Smith, C. M. Parrott, John F. Wilson, John Knox, W. D. Moore, J. R. Wallace, James Graham, W. B. Williams, William Wood and M. E. Lugand. Mr. A. Cody, who discovered the dead body, was examined, and testified that he found the deceased between day-light and sunrise on the morning of the 5th, near the railroad trestle. He was then dead, lying flat on his back, with his hips elevated. Witness did not know the deceased, and did not examiqe him, except to satisfy himself that he was aeaa. ?y iwiwjs, who was working near the trestle, left there about dark the previous evening, and could not tell how long deceared had lain where found. L. L. Packard testified that deceased left his (witness1) house after sundown the evening before, and started for C. McCarter's house. Before starting, he ate a hearty supper^, and after discussing the different roads, concluded to go by the bridge. Witnm told deceased that the last time he crossed by the new ford he considered it dangerous?that he had better turn and come under the (railroad) bridge and cross at the old ford. Deceased listened attentively, and said he was glad witness had told him, as he did not know they were working on the embankment. Deceased then bid witness farewell and went off. This witness also testified that he examined the dead body of the deceased, and found on his person, in his pants pocket an old Spanish dollar, one five-dollar and two one-dollar bills, rolled up in paper, his spectacles and case, two keys, and some other articles; and from the dirt on the stirrups and on the horse's side, he would judge the horse must have fallen and thrown the deceased. Deceased was sober when he left deponent's house. Joe Ligon, a hand engaged at the trestle, ' * 1 'j ?5 ^ was also examined, dui couia give nu concerning the death. II. G. Jackson, M. D., testified that he had examined the deceased, and gave as his opinion that he came to his death by a fall, and perhaps that the horse fell on him and crushed him through the chest. No other witnesses were examined, and from the foregoing, the jury returned as their verdict that the deceased "came to his death on the night of the 4th instant, about 8 o'clock, near the railroad trestle across Allison creek, while attempting to cross the said stream, by being throyra from his horse and the horse falling upon his person." MERE-MENTION. A dispatch from Yokohama says that Gei eral Grant will reach 8an Francisco about the 21st instant. It is said that ex-Judge Carpenter, who figured in South Carolina during the flush days of Radicalism, is making a fortune in Lead vilie, Colorado. How, it is not stated ; but if common rumor is to be *. credited, it is by gambling. "It is suggested that the office of Captain-General be created by Congress, and that Grant be elected to the position. Ex-Governor Fran! lin J. Moses, jr., it is said, has married a very wealthy widow of New York, and is living in ease and luxury. He has reformed. Fourfifths of the National Bank circulation is in the Eastern States. The Boston banks alone HAM AAnf ko Antlra All*. liovc uvci incivu |ici tcuu ui i?uc ?uujv v<*culation of the country. A. B. Cornell was nominated for Governor of New York by the Republican Convention which met at Saratoga on the 3rd instant. James Wood Davidson is now a resident of New York city, and is one of the principal writers for the Evening'Pott. A shoe- , ? factory at Gainesville, Ga., turns out fonr hundred pairs per week/ A dispatch from Louisville says that there is a local case of yellow fever at Grenada, Mies. A son of Senator Yoorhees, of Indiana, is soon to begin stumping Ohio for Ewing. The Internal Revenue Bureau reports that 17,892,617 gallons of spirits were produced in 1879, against 56,103,053 in 1878. Fonr hundred and eighty women have thus far registered in Boston to vote for the school officew at the next election. Delaware has sent 1,031,000 baskets of peaches to the New ^ York market this season. Universalism is making strong efforts to gain a foothold in Atlanta, Ga. The Rev. W. G. Bowman, of North Carolina, has succeeded in organizing a church of that denomination there.* No less than 265 vessels have been chartered to move 10,000,000 bushels of grain from Baltimore. In a recent interview, Alexander H. Stephens said that the Georgia Democrats prefer General Hancock as a candidate for President The official vote of Kentucky for Ghvernor is, Blackburn, Democrat, 125,799; Evans, Republican, 81,882; Cook, Greenbacker, 18,954; Blackburn's majority, 43,917. The Democratic majority four years ago for Governor was 36,181. TORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. [Reported for tbe Vorkvltle Enquirer.] York Baptist Association met at Black's Station, on Thursday, the 4th instant, with quite a respectable attendance. The introductory sermon was preached by Elder B. G. Covington, from Proverbs, 18lh chapter and 29th verse. After the delivery of the sermon, the Association was called to order by the former Moderator, when religious exercises were conducted by Eider J. H. Booth. Elder D. W. Thomasson acted as Moderator, and Z. D. Smith as clerk, pro tern. Elders J. H. Booth and B. G. Covington were requested to act as reading clerks. Letters from the churches, composing the Association, were read, and the names .of delegates enrolled from the following churches, viz.: Berea, Enon, Fellowship, Fort Mill, Mill Creek, Pleasant Valley, Sugar Creek; Sandy Plain and Union. An invitation was extended to new churches to unite with this body. No application being made, the Association proceeded to the election of permanent officers ^ On motion, Elder D. W. Thomasson was, by acclamation, chosen Mod^ratoV, and Z. D. Smith clerk and treasurer. An invitation was extended to visiting ministers and brethren to take seats in the oody, when J. A. Huyt, proprietor of the Baptist Courier, published at -Greenville, 8. C., was cordially received. R. E. Porter and W. H. Carroll were received as messengers from King's Mountain Association; C. C. Gwinn, from Chester, and Elder J. H. Booth, from South Fork. Mr. J. A. Hoyt then presented before the Association the claims of the Baptist Courier, y after which the Association adjourned until to-morrow morning. September 5.?The Association met pursuant to adjournment. Religious servioes were conducted by licentiate J. F. Morris, after which the names of delegates from Catawba Church were enrolled. Elder L. H. McSwain was received as a visiting minister from King's Mountain Association. The Moderator then appointed the following committees, viz.: On Finance ; Requests and Queries; Time and Place of next Meeting ; Religious Exercises; and on recommending members of the Executive Board. The report of messengers to Corresponding ' Associations was received. The Moderator then proceeded to appoint messengers to the Corresponding Associations, as follows: Broad River, King's Mountain, Chester, Brown's Creek, Catawba, Moriah, Rocky River and South Fork. The Association then adjourned for preaching at 11 o'clock, A. M., at which hour religious services were conducted by Elder J? H. Booth,- who preached from Luke, 4tb chapter and 22nd verse. After the religious exercises, the Association was called to order, when reports were received from the following committees: Foreign Missions ; Time and place of next meeting ; Sabbath-schools; for appointing Messe'n- "s gers to the State Convention ; for appointing mem hers of the Executive Board. The various reports were received, after which the Association adjourned until tomorrow morning. Preaching at night by licentiate J. F. Morris. September 6.?The Association was called to order by the clerk, when the body was informed by a note from the Moderator, that owing to illness, he was unable to preside, when, by reauest, Elder B. G. Covington presided as Moderator pro tan. The following*reports were then received: ? Report of Executive Board; Report on Home and Foreign Missions; Report on Periodicals; Report on Ministerial 8upport; Report on 8aobath-schools; and Report on 1 Education. The following visiting ministers and brethren were received: Elder A. W. Lamar, Agent of State Mission Board ; Elders P. R, Elam and J. P. Ham brick, and brethren W. D. ^Gaston and J. M. Cobb as messengers from Ifinor's Mountain Association. Provision was then made for the publication of the proceedings of the Association ; after which a vote of thanks was tendered to this church and the community for the hospitality shown to the body. A vote of thanks was also tendered the Methodist church of Black's Station for the use of their house of _ worship, for preaching during the sessions of * the Association. The Association then adjourned until tomorrow afternoon. Services at night by Elder B. G. Covington, who preached from John, 3rd chapter < and 16th verse. September 7.?Services this morning at the Baptist church, by Elder A. W. Lamar, who preached from John, 20th chapter, 17th verse; at the Methodist church, by Elder B. G. Covington, who preached from Luke, 15th chapter, 11th to 32nd verse; and in the afternoon, preaching* in the grove near the Baptist church, by Elder A. W. Lamar, from Second Corinthians, 2nd chapter and 11th ?v_ verse. At the olose of the afternoon services, the Association adjourned to meet at Sugar Creek, York county, tv?R miles west of Pine: ville, N. C., on Thursday before the first Sunday in Octoberfl880, y / j