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Jtoapsi and Jfaris. ? America raises wheat 2,000 miles from her ports of export, conveys it by rail to the point of shipment, and transports and sells it at a shilling a bushel less than it costs the English to grow it. ? The Methodist pastor at Oconto, Wis., has informed his congregation, officially, that he will not preach again until they pay him enough of his past due salary to buy a suit of clothes fit to wear in the pulpit. ? A dispatch from San Francisco, says that Dennis Kearney, the notorious labor-agitator, has proposed, in a speech, to burn Grant in effigy on his arrival, and the prospects are that if it is attempted, San Francisco will be the scene of another disgraceful spectacle. ? An Iowa lady took her little child into a cemetery, for the first time, and upon showing him*' the marble figure of a lamb upon a grave, was at once appalled and delighted to hear him exclaim, "I suppose an old sheep is buried there." ? A little boy, the sou of an orthodox Presbyterian, recently listened attentively to some conversation in regard to Jesus having been a Jew. At last he could stand it no longer and broke out with: "Well, I don't see how that could be, when God, His father, was a Presbyterian." ? The report of the cotton crop up to August 31st, in Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and South Carolina, shows an unfavorable prospect up to that time. None of the States report more than the average, and several fall considerably below it ? A man was found dead at Newpoint, Ind., with a bullet in his head. A hint at the manner of his death was given by the evidences of an interrupted game of poker. In his hand were four kings, while four queens lay near by, having probably been dropped by his exasperated antagonist and murderer. ? The report of the National Commissioner of Education shows that the annual expense -?Vv?a nrtk oa!r? nunila in I Airnof JJGJ LUJJUU 1VI puuiiu OUUUUIO puuil9) IO XVJ TV Ml in North Carolina, being one dollar and thirty-nine cents. The highest cost per capita is in the Cherokee tribe of the Indian Territory, where it reaches thirty six dollars. ? As illustrating the change in the course of trade, a member of the largest jewelry firm in the country says that their imports from foreign countries are not 10 per cent of what they were six or eight years ago. They have ceased importing silverware altogether, and on the other hand are exporting large quantities to meet foreign orders. ' ? After three weeks of investigation of the official conduct of K. W. Renfroe, treasurer of the State of Georgia, a special committee of the House of Representatives has reported "^-^^esolutions that he be at once impeached for hig^ crimes and misdemeanors. It is claimed that Treasurer Renfroe has been drawing interest on the public money and appropriating the same to his own use. ? The postal card just issued by the Post Office Department is thus described: It -has two stamps?one at each end?and space for two messages. The sender occupies one of these, and the return correspondent the other. One stamp is canceled at the office from which it is sent, and the other from the office to which it is returned. The cards will soon be in general circulation. ? The Pittsburg Southern Railroad, extending from Pittsburg to Washington, Pa., a distance of over thirty-six miles, has discarded the telegraph instruments for the telephone in the transaction of business, including the running of trains. It is said a whisper in Washington can be heard in Pittsburg. Several Western railroads have also resorted to the use of the telephone instead of telegraphic instruments. ? A meeting of cotton manufacturers, at nk/Mil ?rti?M milliAn onm/Hoo morn vriiiuu auuut iuui ujuiiuu opiuuiw iv^/?vsented, was held at Oldham, England, on Friday last. It was resolved to adopt short time by working alternate weeks, or three days in each, for one month. Fifty companies, operating two million spindles, have decided to go on short time immediately. The reason for this move is that the price of cotton is relatively higher than the price of * manufactured goods. ? One of the most original and extreme cases of swindling ever recorded, was brought to light in a San Francisco court the other day, where it was shown that the plaintiff had had the date on his mother's tombstone changed, in order to make it appear that she had died a year earlier than was the fact, as under the law then in force the mother's half of a piece of property went to the children. The date given as to the time of her death was six days prior to the time a change in the law was made. ? It is said that President Hayes receives about a bushel ofletters a day, most of which are based on the assumption that the White HoHse is an intelligence office. He is asked all manner of questions, and the stream of inquiries seems endless. Letters from Europe inquire about relatives iu this country, while others ask as to the financial standing of business men in Washington, for statistics about intemperance and immorality, and one writer lately had the assurance to ask the President to name the man he would prefer as his successor. ? A strong feeling of animosity is growing y-' up between Russia and Germany, and there are politicians and journalists on both sides who make no secret to their wish for a trial of strength between the two countries. Germany is certainly taking precautions that seem to provide for the worst. Ten thousand workmen are laboring on the fortifications of the Fortress of Thorn, which is called the Strasbourg of Germany's eastern border. The Fortress of Posen has also been immensely strengthened and enlarged, and can now accommodate a large army. A considerable part of the indemnity payments made by .France has been expended upon these iortincations and in furnishing them with enormous stores of provisions and ammunition. ? There has recently been a controversy among railroad engineers as to the speed of trains, some contending that it was impossible to go at the rate of a mile a minute. One day last week, a test was made on the fast train on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Philadelphia and New York, which makes no stop for a distance of 80 miles, between Germantown Junction and Jersey City. Five miles were passed over in exactly 4 minutes and 55} seconds. At another point three miles were made in 2 minutes and 36 seconds. No extra speed was made on this train, which consisted of four cars, containing 163 passen-1 gers. The engineers of the Pennsylvania j Kail read assert that there are a dozen trains 1 a day that make a mile a minute on every trip. ? In a London letter to the New York Sun, J Mr. Charles A. Dana gives interesting par-1 tieulars relative to the crops in Europe, from ! which we gather that the prospect is even j worse than has hitherto been supposed. In- { cessant rains, from the commencement of the . season, have produced most disastrous results especially in the British Islands. The best j of the crops in most favored localities are j below the average. In many places the scarcity will be such as to produce great suffering, j As to the great cereal, wheat, it is poorest of1 all in England and Ireland, where the yield cannot pay more than half its cost. In France there will be, perhaps, about threequarters of a good average. The same is true of Western Switzerland, Southern Germany and Holland. But the United Kingdom will have to seek for its supplies elsewhere. In Russia, on the other hand, an immense wheat crop is reported. ? It seems that postage stamps, as well as flowers, have a language. Thus, according to I the Albany Times, when a postage stamp has ; been placed upside down on the left corner of the letter, it means, "I love youin the I same, crosswise, "My heart is another's: straight up and down, "Good-bye, sweetheart, I good-byeupside down in the right hand corner, "Write no morein the centre at the top, "Yes;" opposite at the bottom, "No;" on the right-hand corner, at a rig"bt angle, "Do you love me?" In the left-hand corner, "I hate you ;" top corner, on the right, "I wish your friendship;" bottom corner, on the left, "I seek your acquaintance;" on a line with the surname, "Accept my love;" the same, upside down, "I am engaged;" at a right angle in the same place, "I long to see you ;" in the middle, at the right-hand edge, "Write immediately." While this is all very good as far as it goes, those who put a postage stamp on any but the upper right-hand corner of an envelope, must hold themselves responsible for all the swearing of the postoffice clerks. ihc fJarfeviUr inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 18, 1879. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money irra 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-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the"addressiaVu?i" ahnwt the timfl tn which thesubscriDtion 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. THE YELLOW FEYER REPORTS. Twenty-three new cases of yellow fever were reported in Memphis on Saturday?10 white and 13 colored. Four deaths occurred on the same day. The total number of new cases reported for the week was 132?whites, 62 ; colored, 70. The total number of deaths officially reported for the wbek is 48?whites, 32 ; colored, 16. At the closing of the report on Saturday night, there had been 1,136 cases in Memphis, since the first appearance of the disease. There was but one new case reported on Sunday. Donatious continue to reach the Howard. Association?among them 81,500 from John H. Morgan, Secretary of the Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis, and a second donation of 85,000 from Jay Gould, of New York. Nineteen new cases were reported on Monday?12 white and 7 colored, and 8 deaths. Donations to the Howard Association aggregated 8715 on Monday. The weather was reported clear and cool, the thermometer indicating 74 to 76 degrees. Dispatches from Greenville, Miss., report the prevalence of malignant fever at Concordia. Several deaths occurred there last week, and the surrounding neighborhoods have quarantined against the town. THE COTTON CROP OF 1878->79. The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, of New York, has completed its statement of the cotton crop of the United States for the year ending September 1st, 1879, from which it appears that the total crop for the year reaches 5,073,531 bales, of which 3,467,565 bales were exported, 1,568,960 were consumed by spinners in the United States, and a stock of 59,110 bales was on hand at the close of the year. The weight in pounds of the cotton product is 2,400,423,837, or an average of 473 pounds to the bale. The crop of the year just closed is the largest ever produced in the United States', being 249,761 in excess of the crop of 1859 '60, which was nearest approached by the crop of 1876-'77, the crop that year amounting to 4,485,423 bales, or 338,297 bales less than the crop of 1859-'60. The crop of the year just closed is credited to the different States as follows: Balcii. Pounds. Texas 582,118 292,421,156 Louisiana, 1,187,365 548,562,630 Alabama 362,408 180,453,815 Georgia 704,752 336,871,456 South Carolina 507,021 232,671,936 Virginia 568,383 264,741,433 North Carolina, 135,815 61,905,835 Tennessee, Ac., 1,025,669 482,795,576 Total crop, 5,073,531 2,400,423,837 Of the new crop and its marketing, the Chronicle says: With regard to the crop which has just begun to reach the ports, it is too early yet, even if we were disposed, to give any definite estimate. The Agricultural Bureau reports indicate up to this date a condition promising a less yield than the present year. There is, however, a large class who dissent from that conclusion, as it is thought that the Mississip pi Valley is pretty sure to at least make good the losses in other sections. One thing is certain?for nobody questions it?and that is that the date of the maturity of the crop in the various States is still (after all the summer changes) about as we indicated it was in our acreage report of last June. It must be classed as a late crop, whereas the one which has just been marketed must be classed as an early crop. Yet the plant is by no means every where equally late. In the Atlantic States and in the upper portion of the Gulf States, the difference between the two years is most marked. In the lower half of Alabama there is less difference, while in portions of Mississippi and Louisiana it is fully as forward as in 1878. In Texas the drought has hastened the maturity, so that in a part of the State the crop is probably in advance of last year. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Maj. A. Burnett Rhett, of Charleston, died at Flat Rock, N. C., on the l?|th instant. o?i. J J ? Fk.. \\T Xf ? JLue auuueu uctuu vji j-/i. >?. cio^n, a member of the House of Representatives from Kershaw county, is announced. ? Ex-Judge J. P. Reed has had an operation performed for cancer in the face, and at last accounts was doing well. ? It is unlawful to shoot, kill, or otherwise injure partridges until after the 15th day of October. The penalty for a violation of the "game law" is a fine and imprisonment. ? A bale of new cotton was shipped from Cokesbury on Thursday, sold the same evening in Greenville, sent to Batesville Factory on Friday, and made into yarn on Saturday. I ? Col. A. M. Speights, in the Greenville) City Item, nominates Gen. M. W. Gary, for j Governor, and Maj. T. W. Woodward, for! Congress from the Fourth District. ? Mr. J. W. Rykard, of Abbeville, has ' patented an improvement in clock machine-1 ry, by means of which a clock will run without winding, or will wind itself. ? The Register says that the trade of Co lumbia is opening brighter this season than for many years. Seven hundred and eleven ' bales of cotton were sold in that city last week. ? At a recent meeting of the creditors of the Citizens' Savings Bank, held in Columbia, Mr. Louis LeConte was chosen as trustee, in place of John Fisher, deceased. The United States Court has confirmed the choice. ? Prof. Bib.'\ov writes to Columbia that he has found on a plantation, situate within four or five miles of Augusta, Ga., a rich bed of true, marketable coal, ten feet in thickness, also silver, copper and lead. ? Information has been received at Union C. H., that the notorious Bob Sartor, for whom there was & bench warrant issued at the March term of the court for that county, for murdering his wife, has been captured and is in jail at Charlotte, N. C. ? The Intelligencer says that, recently, John Baskins, colored, on a plantation in Anderson county, picked 302 pounds of cotton in one day. In addition to picking the cotton, he walked three-quarters of a mile for his dinner. ? In Darlington county, on Sunday of last week, sixty-eight persons were baptized at New Hopewell Baptist Church, colored. The baptism consumed one hour and three quarters, and was witnessed by about one thousand persons, white and colored. ? A number of negroes residing in the vicinity of Cheraw, recently held a meeting and adopted resolutions binding themselves, their wives and children not to pick cotton for less than fifty cents per hundred pounds, under penalty of a whipping ; a member of the organization to apply the lash. ? A farmer in Abbeville county, who a few years ago had a place valued at eighteen hundred dollars, well stocked and in a good state of cultivation, has had all his possession, personalty and realty, absorbed by liens, and is this year paying six to eight bales of cotton rent for the same, the titles having entirely gone out of his hands. ? The committee appointed at a public meeting held in Chester last August, to confer with Governor Simpson in regard to his appointments to the offices of treasurer and county auditor for Chester county, had an audience with the Governor a short time ago. He extended to the committee a kind reception and informed them that the appointments of auditor and treasurer of the county could not be withdrawn. ? The following resolution, adopted by the State Board of School Examiners, recently in session at Columbia, was accidentally omitted in the published report of the proceedings : "Betolved, That any County Board of Examiners may, in its discretion, recog nize certificates of qualification granted in other counties as evidence of qualification to teach in the public schools, without subjecting the holders of said certificates to another examination." ? The grand jury of Fairfield county, in its report to the Circuit Court, now in session, has this to say about the present system of trial by jury: "We honestly believe that a new law in reference to the trial by jury is now needed. Under the present system one villain upon a jury is equal to eleven honest men, and may in all cases, even of the most flagrant nature, defeat the ends of justice and run the county to endless expense by making mistrials from term to term. If sixteen jurors were drawn, with twelve to agree, the difficulty might be remedied ; and without some change we fear that trial by jury, as at present practiced, although the boasted bulwark of civilization, will be brought into ridicule." ? The Lancaster Review gives the following account of the killing of Dr. J. J. Horton, by James Bennet, in that county, on Mon^ day of last week: "James Bennet, it seems, was a tenant of Dr. Horton, and in the division of the fodder a dispute arose as to the delivery of the fodder, whether at the house of Dr. H. or in the field. Bennet refused to - - - - - * mi _ _ deliver the iodder at the house, inis occurred a few days before the killing. On Monday morning Dr. Horton sent his wagon to the field for the fodder, where he and Bennet met, an altercation there took place, and after some words had passed, Dr. Horton struck Bennet two or more blows when Bennet fired two pistol shots, the ball of the first entering the upper part of the thigh and cutting the femoral artery of Dr. Horton and killing him in a few seconds. Mr. Bennet is now in jail to await his trial. Both parties were highly respected in their neighborhood, and both men of family. The parties were both sober men, and, unlike most homicides, liquor had nothing to do with it." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? One hundred bales of new cotton were sold in Raleigh on the 11th instant. ? Col. John A. Gilmer, of Greensboro, has been appointed, by Governor Jarvis, Judge for the Greensboro Circuit, in place of Judge Kerr, deceased. ? Senator Vance is one of a committee of United States Senators going out to Kansas to investigate the charges of bribery against Senator Ingalls. The committee will sit at Topeka on the 2Uth instant. ? Cabarrus county has adopted the stock law by a vote of the people, and the county commissioners have appointed a committee to contract for building a boundary fence and erecting gates. ? Governor Jarvis has commuted the sentences of A. M. Bradwell, white, and Thomas Roseboro, colored, who were to have been hanged at Statesville to-morrow for burglary, to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. ? Work on the Spartanburg aud Asheville Railroad has been suspended for several weeks on account of a controversy between the contractors for building the road, and their creditors. All matters in dispute have been referred by Judge Dick to A. Burwell, of Charlotte, who will report thereon to the United States Court at its regular term, at Charlotte, in December. Either party can then except to the report. If there are no exceptions, the controversy will be speedily settled and the completion of the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad to Asheville assured. If there are exceptions, and the case goes to the Supreme Court of the United States, Hendersonville will be the terminus of the wrvo/1 IVv** montt Trnoro frv nnmo IV/au IVi iLiunj jUMig wv/ vviuv* # POLITICAL NEWS. ? The Radicals in California elected the governor and four Congressmen. Kalloch is mayor of San Francisco. The other city offices are divided between Kearneyites and Republicans. ? The Philadelphia Times counts up fortyfour persons already named for the next Presidency, eight of them prominently. The list includes twelve senators, six representatives in Congress, three Cabinet officers, three governors and two journalists. ? John M. Langston, the Minister to Hayti, is earning his salary of $5,000 a year by , stumping Ohio for Foster, or rather for John Sherman, who appears to be his favorite for j the Presidency. The Hartford Times calls attention to the fact that although Langston ! has held the office of Minister to Hayti for j over two years, he has spent but three months :. at the post of duty. ? The State Convention of the National Greenbackers of Massachusetts, assembled in j Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Friday last, and organized by the election of Gen. Horace B. I Sargent as president. There were present 976 delegates. Mr. Sargent announced that the campaign was to be conducted on purely State issues. Several speeches were made and the usual committees appointed, and the convention took a recess. In the afternoon session a State ticket was nominated, headed by B. F. Butler for Governor, and Wendell Phillips for Lieutenant Governor. ? Alonzo B. Cornell, the Republican candidate for Governor of New York, was born in Ithica, Tompkins county, January 22, 1832. His father, Ezra Cornell, was one of the originators of the vast telegraph system of this country and founder of Cornell University. Young Cornell left school at fifteen. He occupied various official positions up to 1 QAA arVi on* Vi a ran -f*\r T inn 4 on ant O^VArnnr A UUTj nilVU UU AMU il/I JUiCUbWUHUV WI v? MW? of New York on the Radical ticket, and was defeated. Since then, and until last year, he has been employed in the New York Custom House. He is quite wealthy. ? The Republican State Convention of Maryland, assembled at Baltimore on last Friday, with full delegations, and organized by the election of Milton G. Uruer, of Frederick, as president. The usual committees were appointed and a platform adopted, which merely restates the position taken by the Republican party generally with regard to the army at the polls, the Federal election laws and the questions raised by the*last extra session of Congress. The proceedings throughout were harmonious, and resulted in the nomination of a full State ticket ? The letter of Gen. Grant to Admiral Ammen respecting the presidency of the' Nicaraguan Canal Company, is exciting much comment in official circles. The most important part of the letter, however, has not yet been given to the public, though it has been read by several of the more intimate friends of the Admiral. In this the General speaks in very plain terms of the Presidential question. The General takes the same position respecting this subject that he did in 1868. He will make no effort to secure the nomination, and will only accept it if he be convinced that his return to public life will serve fVin 1 rival olcment <ir t.hft intprpsla Af t.hft P.finn *"w ??*?- ? try. He would only accept the nomination as a sense of duty, and not as a matter of desire on his part. EDITORI ilT INKLINGS. Condition of the Crops. The Agricultural Bureau, under date of Monday, publishes the following report of the condition of the crops at that time: Returns show a heavy decline in cotton daring the month of August. The general average is 85 against 91 for the month previous. The following are the State averages: North Carolina 83?a loss of 3; South Carolina 81?a loss of 1; Georgia 82?a loss of 5; Florida 85?a loss of 2; Alabama 84?a loss of 16; Mississippi 89?a loss of 9; Louisiana 87?a loss of 2; Texas 66?a loss of 3 ; Arkansas 99?a gain of 3; Tennessee 107?a gain of 20. The condition, as compared with last year, is 5 per cent lower, and one per cent, lower than in the same time in 1877. The decline in Alabama and Mississippi is caused by two much rain, causing rust, shedding of bolls aud insect injuries. In Texas the decline is from drought The average condition of corn, for the whole country, on September 1st, was 95 GQ in A nrwnof T io onmoiwKQt. haftar agaiudb ?7u lu au^uoit a v 10 oviuwi ><w? vw?w? than last year at the same time. The Chlsholm Murderers. What are known as the Kemper county, Miss., murder cases are now on trial at DeKalb. Several persons are indicted for Conspiracy and the murder of Judge Cbisholm, his daughter Cornelia and his little son. Full particulars of the affair were published in these columns immediately after the occurrence, and if the facts were as stated, a more shameful, brutal and atrocious crime has seldom disgraced the calendar of any State. Chisholm may have been a bad man?of that we do not know?but he was confined in the jail of Kemper county, surrounded by his wife and children, who went into the jail, hoping their presence would shield him from the wrath of an infuriated mob. But the attack was made, and in their efforts to protect their father, the son and daughter were killed, as well as Judge Chisholm himself. For the murder of the daughter Henry J. Gulley has just been tried, and the jury, after being out half an hour returned, with a ver-1 diet of not guilty.' Wo presume the others charged in the indictment will also go through the form of a trial during the present session of the court. The Labor Question in England. It is estimated in London that at least 20,000 persons in the north east districts of England, where so much distress now prevails, have been thrown out of employment during the past three years. There are thousands of empty houses in Darlington. Stockton and Newport are also seriously affected. The climax of distress has been reached at Middleboro. The Mayor of that town has written to the Home Secretary as follows: "Trade has not revived here, and the great distress in the district has so seriously affected those who previously subscribed to relief funds, that our local resources are not to be depended upon. I am, therefore, obliged to ask for government assistance." In addition to the above, much distress is occasioned among the operatives by reason of strikes. The number of cotton operatives on the strike at Ashton is estimated at from 8,000 to 11,000. The streets are crowded by unemployed operative. But little excitement is manifested.,; Serious cor?pIications are also arising in the cotton industry at Preston. The operatives at the mills of Horrockseis, Miller & Co. are expected to submit to a five per cent, reduction of wages, notice of which was posted last week, but the operatives at the Sovereign Mills have struck. The Preston operatives' association has issued a protest accusing some of the masters of exceeding the reduction mutually agreed on, and recommending a curtailment of production. A Terrible Disease In fcieorgia. Yorkville, Georgia, correspondence of the Atlanta Constitution, details the ravages of a fearful disease which for the past month has been raging in Polk, Paulding and Haralson counties, of that State, near the Alabama line. The correspondent says: The physicians are baffled, and the people are dying with unusual rapidity in this famously healthy section. I have asked several physicians what this disease is, and they all say they do not know. One thing is certain. It is fearfully fatal, and seems to continue to spread. One very strange circumstance is that it attacks young men alone; but one old man has yet died. Over fifty young men, in the full flush of manhood and strength, have fallen victims to the terrible disease. It appears to be a sort of epidemic typhoid fever, but has several symptoms different from those of regular typhoid fever. As I write, Clarke White is being buried, and I saw his corpse. He suffered terribly, and just before he died the blood oozed out of his mouth and ears; his tongue turned very black and swelled terribly. The disease is fearfully fatal. I know one prominent physician who had twenty-nine cases, and not one recovered, though all received the most careful treatment. The people here are justly ter rifled at the ravages of this fearful malady. God knows what it is, but it is causing sorrow in many a household and spreading fearfully throughout the neighborhood from which I write. Physicians hope that the approaching cool weather will check it. A later dispatch from Atlanta says the above report is not exaggerated. Within a few days over fifty men have died in an exclusively rural population, mostly young men. Those attacked with it suffer horribly, the tongue turning black and swelling to double its size, and the blood oozing fVom the mouth and ears. After death the bodies become spotted and discolored. The course of the disease is run in a few days. The greatest alarm and distress prevail, and the disease is steadily spreading. The physicians pronounce it spotted typhus fever. Corruption in Maine. The Augusta, Maine, correspondent oi? the New York Herald depicts in the following language the means adopted by the Republicans for carrying the State of Maine in the election on Monday of last week: Beyond the argument on the stump, distribution of political literature, bulldozing of employees and United States pensioners, the Republicans employed a lever which was more powerful and effective than all the others combined, namely, money. They evidently had a large fund, and they expended it judiciously and to the best advantage. It was raised at home, and the national committee gave permission to the State committee to draw upon it for as large a sum as might be necessary to buy the State. . All Republican State and national officials were assessed five per cent, on their salaries, while all the candidates were "mercilessly bled to raise an immense corruption fund. One of the mail route agents on the train from Bangor to Portland was assessed $42 50 on his salary of $8-f0, and I suppose he paid it, for he is still running on the train, and that would not be possible had he refused. A country postmaster in this district, with a salary of $45, was forced to disgorge $2.25 as his share of the fund. Voters were bought in this city like sheep in the shambles, and the same was true in other cities and many of the larger towns in the State. The price paid for votes varied and was somewhat smaller than in former years.- I am told that $5, $10, $15 and $20 were paid, and in some intances $25 and $30, and even as high as $45 were paid fnr a ainnrlo vnta in fKo nlnw HiatriMs The ? IVfcV VHV V1VWV V?<UI I IVIAJI ? buying was carried on to some extent on both sides, but the Republicans had a fund fifty times as large as their opponents, and easily outstripped them in this race. It is an encouraging thought that after next year, if the biennial constitutional amendment be adopted, as now appears to be the case, the moral sense of the people will not be offended by the disgraceful spectacle of vote-buying but once in two years. The New York Democratic Convention. The Democratic State Convention of New York met in Syracuse, last Thursday, ajid adopted a platform reasserting the principles of popular liberty laid down by the founders of the Republic, holds to the Constitution and the rights of the States under the Constitution, and opposes the tendency c>f the Republican party to centralization .and consolidation. It declares that this Republic is a nation to the extent and for the purposes defined in the Constitution, hut that the Democrats will resist all attempts to transform it into an Empire. It deprecates the efforts of the Republican managers to revive sectional feuds, demands honest elections and an honest count, and says: "Never again, by fraud or force, shall the popular will be set aside to gratify unscrupulous partisans." It condemns the use of Federal patronage to influence 3lections, and expresses shame and sorrow at the disgraceful repudiation of all the professions of civil service reform by the Executive and its supporters. It favors gold and silver as the constitutional money of the country, but condemns the speculative methods of the present secretary'of the treasury, the favoritism shown by him to particular banks and syndicates, and the extravagance permitted in connection with his refunding schemes. It condemns the action of the President and the Republicans in Congress with regard to the questions debated in the extra session, and declares that the Democrats will continue to uphold the system of untrammeled suffrage absolutely free from Federal force or supervision. After the adoption of the platform, the Convention proceeded to make nominations. Samuel Hand, of Albany, presented the name of Lucius Robinson, which was greeted with cheers, hooting and hisses. C. W. Brooks, of New York, put in nomination Gen. Henry W. Slocum. [Great applause.] After speeches against the nomination of Robinson by F. Grady, of New York, and J. McGuire, which wor? frpnnp.ntlv interrunted bv hisses and aD* ..WW ? W-J J r -J . plause, Mr. Cowan, of Albany, presented the name of John C. Jacobs, the chairman of the Convention, and asked the secretary to put the question of his nomination by acclamation. There was an almost unanimous response of ayes, and long continued cheering, after which the secretary declared Mr. Jacobs nominated. The latter, however, declined to accept, and decided that the nomination was informal and irregular. Great confusion and" excitement ensued, but at four o'clock, when quiet was restored, the' roll was called for a vote. After twenty had voted for Robinson, the Tammany delegation withdrew, and the remainder of the Convention nominated Robinson by 243 to 58. After the withdrawal of the Tammany delegation, and the nomination of Lucius Robinson for Governor, the Convention took a recess until 7.30 P. M., and upon reassembling completed the ticket as follows: For lieutenant-governor, Clarkson N. Potter, of Westchester; for secretary of State, Allen C. Beach; for comptroller, Thomas W. Olcott; for State treasurer, James Mackin; for attorney-general, Shoonmaker, jr. A resolution was offered to unseat the Tammany delegates who had bolted, and admit the contesting delegations as the regular representatives of New York city, but it was tabled. On the same day, the Tammany delegation held a meeting. S. G. Courtenay called the delegates to order by saying that seventy thousand voters in New York and twenty thousand in King's county had met there to vindicate their manhood. He spoke very bitterly of Governor Robinaon, referring to him as the man "owned by the Great Trickster of Cipher alley." He said that Robinson had thrown down the gage of battle and the delegates present had accepted it. The Hon. David Dudley Field was then elected president, and made a Drier speecn, saying that the Regular Convention had tried to force the nomination of Governor Robinson down their throats, but it could not be done. Mr. Dorsheiraer then presented the name of John Kelly as the Tammany candidate for Governor, and recommended the ap-' pointment by the chair of a committee of fifteen with power to take such steps with regard to the remainder of the ticket as they ; should think proper. Ex-G8vernor Hoffman has written a letter 1 withdrawing from the Tammany Society, and , declaring his intention to support Robinson. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Pegram <fc Co., Charlotte, N. C.?Citizens of York County. J. C. Patiiok-Administrator'8 8ale. John C. Kuykendal?It will be Borne in MindAs a Preventive of Smut?Some Seasonable Seed?Something Saved?Middle Man Manipulated. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Grand Opening of Millinery, Ac. Withers Adickes?Just Arrived. Herndon Bros.?Don't Pass Me By?Fish for the Million?Bagging and Ties?Wanted?Cotton against Guano?Boots and Shoes?Boys' Boots. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Mr. Barron has returned from New York?Oar GroceryGuano Notes. James Scoggins, Chairman?Road Notice. W. C. Owen?Merchant Tailoring. Dr. William M. Walker, D. D. Dental SurJ. N. Roberts?Meat Market?Removal. The New American Sewing Machine. TAX COLLECTIONS. The county treasurer's books for the collection of the second installment of taxes were opened last Monday. As yet the payments have been very light. AGENTS FOR THE ENQUIRER. The following named persons are authorized to receive the names of subscribers to the Enquires and give receipts on payment of subscriptions : T. Gid Cnlp, Esq.,..- v Fort Mill, S. C. George T. Schorb. ......Chester, 8. C. Capt. Ed. M. Mills,. Rock Hill, 8. C. Joshua D. Gwinn, Esq........... Clover, 8. C. W. D. Simpson, Blackstocka, 8. C. PERSONAL MENTION. Messrs. "Walter Barron and Wm. C. Latimer returned Friday from -the northern markets. Mrs. J. M. Ivy and daughter, Miss Lucy, of Rock Hill, were here last week, guests of Rev. R. P. Johnson. The following young ladies left Tuesday afternoon to attend schools in Virginia: Misses Willie Miller, Katie Johnson, Jennie Coward and Mamie Currell, to Winchester; Miss Belle McCaw, to Staunton, and Miss Bessie Gist, to Gordonsville. TRANSFERS OF* REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report:" Eliza J. Steele to E. F. Hamilton. Lot of 2 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $40. S. K. Marks to E. F. Hamilton. Tract of 10 acres in Catawba township. Consideration eoK James G. Plexico to S. S. Plexico. Tract of 70 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $500. DEATlf OF A GOOD MAN. ^ We regret to learn of the death of Mr. Archibald Barron, which occurred at his residence near Thorn's Ferry, in this county, on Monday afternoon last. Mr. Barron was a man of great moral worth. In every good cause he was prominent. A man of great industry, good judgment and indomitable perseverence, he accumulated an abundance of this world's goods, which, however, he did not hoard, but dispensed with a generous hand. To every laudable enterprise, and especially to the enterprises of the church, he contributed s liberally. At the time of his death Mr. Barron was about 80 years of age. BISHOP* HOWE. This eminent divine reached Yorkville last Friday afternoon on his annual visitation to the churches composing this diocese. Services were conducted in the Church of the Good Shepherd on Saturday evening, in which the Bishop officiated, preaching from Matthew xi: 28?"Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden and I will give you rest." In the Sunday morning service he also preached from 1 Peter i: 6, 7. Clothed in simple but chaste and eloquent words, we have seldom heard more impressive sermons. The Bishop left Sunday afternoon to officiate that evening in tiie (Jhurcii or uur saviour at hock itui. CHURCHES NEXT^SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Methodist Episcopal?Rev. T. E. Gilbert, Pastor. The pastor will fill his appointment at Philadelphia in the morning. Services at Yorkville at 8 o'clock P. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock?subject of lectures, "History of Methodism." Associate Reformed?Rev. Robert Lathan, Pastor. Services will be held in this church on Saturday, at 10$ o'clock A. M. Communion services on Sunday at 10$ A. M. Services also at 4 o'clock P. M. Presbyterian Church?Rev. L. H. Wilson, Pastor. Services at 10$ A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday-school in the afternoon. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8$ o'clock. Church of the Good Shepherd?Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The Rector will fill his regular appointment at Rock Hill next Sunday. THE THEORY OF ADVERTISING. It is not the habit of the Enquibkb to beg for advertising, nor to accept propositions for that class of work without a fair equivalent. But while we do not constantly flaunt before our readers and the public such suggestions as "best advertising medium in the South "circulation unequaled by any paper in the State?advertising low," and similar expressions ad nauseam, we nevertheless believe in the efficacy of advertising, and would commend to business men the rule that a specified amount, as a part of their yearly expense, could not better be invested than by a system of judicious advertising. Of the merchants of Yorkville we have no complaint to make on this score. Most of them are liberal advertisers, and as prudent business men, if it did not pay them to advertise their business, it is not presumable that they would do so. Their liberal advertising is the liest evidence that they appreciate its importance. But lest there should be advertisers who do not feel that they meet a prompt return for the outlay expended, for their encouragement, and as a hint to advertisers generally, we copy from an exchange the following remarks on the "theory of advertising:" Some advertisers think that because an advertisement which appears to-day is not followed to-morrow by an appreciable increase of sales, the advertisement has done no good and the tiieory of advertising is false. Though it is impossible to insert a notice that shall not be read (let any person put a three line card, 'Wanted?a dog,' in the obscurest comer and be convinced of this) it is not to be expected that the moment a person casts his eye upon an advertiser's announcement he sets out for the advertiser's store. He may not at the time need any article in the merchant's line, nr ho mav ripal with another house. But if the representation is attractive, he will almost inevitably, whenever he needs anything of the kind announced, turn to the paper where he saw the card and give the advertiser a trial. The merchant should regard his outlay for advertising as he would that for painting his building or putting up a sign-board?as a necessary charge upon the whole year's business, the effect of which is not to be perceived immediately. Men do not sow wheat one day and harvest it the next. The man who has begun to advertise must keep on advertising if he desires a continual increase in the volume of his business. He may keep a steady number of satisfied customers, but the chances are that some of these will be detached by seeing the advantages of other dealers persistently advocated. He will certainly not attract new patrons. They will go elsewhere, just as they would seek another store than his, if, on coming to his door, they found it locked and the shutters up. MERE-MENTION. The election in Maine on Monday of last week result^ in the election of a Republican Governor and Legislature. Jefferson Davis has been invited to make an address at the Owen county (Ky.) Fair. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange puts the cotton crop of the United States, for the year ending August 31, 1879, at five million and seventy-four thousand one hundred and fiftyfive bales. The late rise in cotton has checked the production of cotton goods in England. Niagara river, under the lower suspension bridge, has recently been meas ured, and is found to have a depth of seven hundred feet The Georgia Senate has pased the "tramp bill," making it a penal offence to beg or wander aimlessly in any county in the State. A woman in Belfast, Maine, habitually punishes her little . child by sticking needles into its scalp and putting drops of boiling water on its arms. The flouring mill industry in the United States employs 90,000 men in 125,000 mills, turning out yearly about 50,000,000 barrels" of flonr, of which 4,000,000 are exported to foreign countries. An exchange suggests the organization of a society for the prevention of cruelty to pianos. The legitimate result of the repeal of the duty on quinine is uow being felt in a substantial manner. At first, home manufacturers refused to supply the market, except at a higher price, but the imports increasing, the price of the drug has fallen twenty-five cents per ounce, and will undoubtedly go yet lower. Correspondente of the Yorltville Eaqairer. LETTER FROM CLOYER. Clover, S. C., September 15,1879. As it is the aim of your county correspondents, as a rule, to make reports, especially upon the crop prospects, we have refrained for a time, hoping thereby to be able to make, positive report; but even at this late bou*. we cannot, from the fact that the opinions of the farmers of this section are so widely different By some; the estimate is a half crop, and by others that the crop will be aftr* average one. This difference of opinion, perhaps, can be accounted for by stating that the cotton on . some farms was injured by rust, while on others it was not The first bale of the season was sold here by John M. Jackson on the 10th instant It was bought by W. B. Smith at 12 cents. It was closely followed by others, and as many as ten bales were sold here on Saturday,; ranging from 101 to 101. >... J. W. Lawrence and J. B. Robinson have erected a gin house at this place for the accommodation of the public. Their machinery and all else is in readiness, except the engine, which they are expecting every day. Minnie Lee, infant of Mr. O. F. and Mrs. Lily Ford, died suddenly on the 11th instant The afflicted parents have the sympathy of the entire commnnity. John Miller, doubtless the oldest roan in the county, white or. black* died near jihis place on the night of the 13th instant He was a native African, and. from what is considered a tolerably correct record, his age at the time of bis death is estimated at 118 or 119 years. His mind was remarkably clear until within the last year. He has often related the manner of his abduction from Africa. He said he and many others were on an island when a large vessel anchored near by. Two men came on shore, and after showing the natives a number of beautifhl trinkets, told them to accompany them to the ship, and they would show them many more beautiful things and make them some presents besides. Nearly the entire groap of natives went down to the ship, and after being .securely placed on board, the vessel sailed from their native shore. After landing in America, John took one of the kidnapped women as his wife, and as such they lived together until a few years ago, when she died. John had a distinct recollection of Gen. Washington, and could describe him perfectly as we are accustomed to regard him by his portrait He lived in Charleston during the war of 1812, and could v relate many incidents connected with that struggle. Vox. Correspondence ol the Ynrkville Enquirer. LETTER FROX ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. C., September 15. The busy fall season lias opened quite encouragingly to the business men of our town. F,or era of new ponds are dailv arri vine. Messrs. R. T. Fewell, of the firm of Ivy & Fewell, and J. R. Allen have returned from their trip to the northern cities, having purchased large and well selected slocks of * goods. Two hundred bales of new cotton were sold here last week at prices ranging from 101 to 101. The farmers seemed - pleased at the opening of the market They seem to have lived at home this year, and not so much from the warehouses of the merchants. They evidently have more money left than heretofore, after paying store accounts. This, we think, is an evidence of a prosperous people. We also dailv notice the fat and thriving condition of their stock.. Loads of hay and. fodder are offered for sale, showing that oar farmers have learned to utilize their meadow land, and that they are giving more attention to the cultivation of corn. Such home productions have a wonderful tendency to make the farmer independent. We learn that the gray sandy lands are producing far better crops than those grown upon red-clay lands. '1 he sandy lands are well fruited, while the cotton on red lands has run more to weed. The finest specimens of this year's crop which have been exhibited^ here, grew upon the Santuc lands?the Santuc section proper. We are told that these lands were of far less value twenty years ago, when they were offered for sale at from 50 to 75 cents per acre. Now but few acres could be bought for $10 per acre. I would mention one specimen of cotton grown in 8antuc by R. L. Crook, Esq., of which one limb of a stock contained thirty eight full grown bolls. We can give no better evidence of the high state of cultivation to which these Santuc lands have been brought The. North Carolina apple and produce wagons continue to visit our town in great nnmhers. notwitstandinff the increased railwav facilities for transporting their productions. > We like to see the covered wagons and hear the ear-bells jingle. They remind us of old and better days. The case of G. L. Garrison against J. A. Garrison was tried on Thursday last before Trial Justice Fewell. It was a suit for dam?J. A. Garrison having killed a valuwatch-dog belonging to C. L. Garrison. The jury rendered a verdict of $12 for plaintiff. We very much deplore such suits be- tween relatives and neighbors. All such unpleasantness should be avoided as far as possible, and be amicably settled without recourse to law. We hope, however, that this case will not be the cause of estrangement between the families. On the 10th instant, Doctors W. J. White and J. W. Fewell, assisted by Doctors Williamson and Crawford, performed the successful operation of amputating the legs of John Williams and Dick Young, both colored. The accurate dexterity with which both the operations were performed, reflects great credit iinnn these gentlemen of the medical fra teroity. The most eminent and experienced surgeons 'might well be proud of such saccess in surgery. The doctors, after a- thorough examination and consultation, concluded that the limbs of these two colored men could not t>e saved, and that amputation was the only resort to save their lives. The condition of John Williams' foot can hardly be accounted for. It may powibly have resulted from an unwise application upon the diseased member. That of Dick Young was a diseased anklejoint, the result of a fall from a scaffold some twelve months ago. We learn that these men, since amputation, are doing very well. They aft objects of charity, living in abject poverty. The physicians services were rendered aB an act of charity, and they have since given, free gratis, the necessary medical aid. We regret to learn that Mr. James M. Henkle died very suddenly at 9 o'clock list A