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Scraps aiifl ?acts. I ? The Delaware peach crop promises a large yield this year. ? In Texas corn is selling from the fields at ten cents per bushel. ? Ireland is encouraged byprospects of un- ' usually fine crops. The potato crop is unu-1 sually promising. ? Over 50,000 persons hold ten-elevenths of j the registered national debt; the other elev euth is held byW. H. Vanderbilt. ? A mail rider and his horse, in Meriwether i county, Ga., were both struck by lightning aud killedl ast Friday. ? One division of thirteen clerks in the treasury department have contributed $500 to the Republican campaign fund, an assessment of 2 per cent, on their salaries. ! ? Gertrude, one of the Hood orphans, adopted by Mr. and Mrs. M. Joseph, of Columbus Ga., died on the 5th instant at Warm Springs, Meriwether county. ? Col. Pelton, nephew of ex-Governor Tildan nnrl ujlirt iroinoit cnmo TintnripfV Hv hlS connection with the Presidential campaign of 1876, died in New York last Thursday morning. ? McCorrajck & Go's., elevator, containing 50,000 bushels of oats, 10,000 bushels of corn and 2,000 bushels of wheat was burned last Saturday night. The fire was probably the work of an incendiarv. The loss* is fully $50,000. ? New Orleans once ranked among the largest cities of the country. * It still grows, but has already dropped from the fourth or fifth place to the ninth. Its census just completed, shows a total population of 215,239, against 197,911 ten years ago. ? Gen. Walker, the superintendent of the census, says that sufficient returns have been received to indicate the total population of the country, which, he thinks, is about 48,000,000, which is an increase of 9,000,000 since 1870. ? Sacred concerts are given at Long Branch ami Coney Island every Sunday night. A sacred concert consists of twenty per centum of oratorios played in waltz and polka time, twenty per centum of "prayers" from operas, twenty per centum of sentiment, and forty per centum of "Pinafore" and "Sbco fly." ? The meteor which astonished Macon a few nights ago was found embedded in the forks of a tree several miles from town. It seems to have fallen with great force, burying itself so deep in the tree that it had to be cut out with an axe. The meteor is about the size of a man's head, and is an amalgamation of iron and stone. ? An authority on horsemanship says that it is folly for a lady to put herself iuto stays so tight that her figure is not flexible while she is on horse-back. A stuffed doll, he says, ~ 1. - - I '3 r\nf on o Kai-oo nnr ftnv MJUI1IU lie V CI UC p u v uii a iiviQV) uv? ?j woman who is not so loosely dressed that she can lace her own boots and put up her own hack hair. While the lady is on horseback the circulatiou of her blood should never be impeded. ? Many people are under the impression that England stands at the head of all th$ Continental nations as regards the number of periodical publications. Sucb is not the case. Germany heads the list with 3,778 ; England follows with 2,509, and France comes next with 2,000. There is then a falling off America boasts of 9,129, being more than the three nations above named put together. ? Owen Buck, of Oceanica, Md., had a vicious, kicking horse, which he was anxious to sell. While trying to make a bargain with a probable purchaser, he remarked : "That horse is so gentle that my little girl could go up behind him and twist his tail, and he wouldn't raise a hoof." The girl overheard this lie, took, it for the truth, tried the experiment on being left alone with the hoise, and was killed by a kick. ? The Rev. Barnas Sears, D. D. L.L. D., of Staunton, Va., died at Saratoga, N. Y., on the afternoon of the 6th instant, aged 77. Dr. Sears had long been promiuent in educational matters, was the author of several books on educational subjects, and was for many years president of Brown University at Providence. When George Peabody gave the fund to provide education in the South. Dr. Sears was made its manager with an advisory board of trustees. He then went to live in Virginia. He went to Saratoga about a month ago for his health. i-\_ J__ : r ... 1. r<l ? v/u i uesuay tveuiug ui mot **cc&, view Etis, negro, shot and killed Joseph H. Estis, white, a young farmer near Cascade Village in Pittsylvania county, Va. The altercation grew put of an alleged assault by the deceased upon a female relative of Clem on last Saturday evening. The girl was getting vegetables 1 in the garden of the deceased against his prohibition and he forcibly ejected her. In their rencontre on Tuesday Clem attacked the deceased with a shot gun on his own premises and killed him. After receiving the fatal shot Joseph H. Estis shot his assailant with a pistol, woiinding him seriously in the leg. Clem was arrested, is now in custody and will be lawfully tried. He was formerly owned and brought up by the father of the deceased. ? Mr. Stodard, second mate of the brigantine Fortunate, which arrived at Halifax, N. S., on the 15th instant, reports that one night while passing along the coast of Florida, on a recent voyage, a singular phenomenon appeared just after dark. Two columns of fire were seen, seemingly about a mile atfay. They were about fifty yards apart and rose to the height of nearly 500 feet when they arched towards each other, but did not meet. They burned with a steady, dull red color, and did not emit any sparks, but at the arching portions emitted tremulous rays or pencillings of light similar to the aurora borealis. They appered in sight all night and gradually faded away as daylight came. The weather was beautifully clar and not a cloud was visible during the entire night. On the following day there was a tremendous thunder storm, accompanied by a gale of wind, but no rain. ? Atlanta, Ga., enjoyed last week, for the first time, the novelty of a colored juryman in the Superior Court of Fulton county, and so peculiar was the sensation that the news agent sent the following dispatch to the Associated Press, under date of the 7th instant: To-day in the Superior Court the first negro iuror was called. He served with eleven well-known white citizens, was made foreman of the jury, and brought in a verdict of guilty against a colored man charged with burglary. In the next case he was refused by Asa Gunn, colored, charged with murder, who said he wanted no nigger to try hira for his life. The incident caused much comment, and the addition of the names of intelligent colored men to jury levies in State courts is generally ap-; nroved. I ? In Danville, Va., last Friday night, ! Thomas Dejarnette entered a disreputable : house and inquired for Mollie Dejarnette, an j inmate thereof. She appeared, recognized ! him as her brother and at his request went! with him to a private room. A few minutes | afterward repeated pistol shots were heard ; from the room. The police were called in and found the door fastened. They broke it; down and discovered the girl lying on the , floor weltering in blood, her brother standing ! by her- pistol in band. He immediately con- j fessed having shot her and averred he had i done it to wipe out the disgrace of his family ; by his sister's couduct. He surrendered him- j self to the officers and has been committed to jail. He declares his willingness to accept the penalty of the law. A medical examination Bbowed that the girl was shot in , five places, two wounds at least being neces-1 sarily fatal, and that she cannot survive. I 8he protests that her brother was right in j taking her life, and hegs that he be not pun- ! ished. On their separation after the tragedy j the brother and sister embraced with fnutu- j ,al forgiveuess and tears of grief. The girl is i only 17 years old and went wrong but a few j months since. She is remarkably intelligent i and fine looking. Her brother is about 20, ! and i9 a railroad agent and telegraph opera-1 tor at Brown's Summit, a station on the Rich* j mond and Danville Railroad. The mother is the widow of Dr. James Dejamette and lives iu Caswell county, N. C., near Danville. iitc ?0rMlr (sFwjuiwJ YORKVIJLLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15. 1880. 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 in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free oi 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 "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. SOUTH (CAROLINA NEWS. ? The population of Abbeville county by the recent census is officially given at 40,764, ? Mi'oa .Tnlin Jackson, daughter of "Stone wall" Jackson, is visiting at Cheraw. ? The Spartan Rifles are reorganizing for the Cowpens Centennial. Mr. Ed. Bacon was elected captain. ? H. H. D. Byron has been appointed internal revenue gauger for the District of South Carolina. ? Fifteen arrests were made in the town of Spartanburg on Saturday of last week. Disorderly conduct and gambling were the general charges. ? After the first of August, Benuettsville, Central, Gaffuey City, Johnson's Depot, Society Hill and Winnsboro will be money order offices. ? Dr. James Beruey, a physician of Charles ton, died in New York last Friday at the age of 67. His body was sent to Montgomery, Ala., for interment. ? The graud jury of Richland county recommeud that all liquor licenses outside the city of Columbia be fixed at $500 per annum and that the recent laws against gambling be rigidly enforced. ? The census gives the following populations to the towns named : Edgefield, 809; Union, 1,350; Orangeburg, 2,150; Winnsboro, 1,500; white population of Spartanburg, 1,700. ? Major John J. Salley, the oldest of a large family of brothers, fell dead from apoplexy at Orangeburg C. H., last Friday. tie was aged 12, ana ms nome was suuuusia miles from the Court House. ? The Democrats of Uoiou couuty, iu a meeting held at the Cgurt House ou the 5th, decided that the primary election for that county shall be held on the 24th of August, and that no Republicans should vote. ? Henry Manham's residence and store house, in Marlboro county, were struck by lightning and reduced to ashes one day last week. All the furniture, jewelry and a large supply of provisions were destroyed. ? The County Democratic Convention of Newberry county met at the Court House on Thursday last. There was a full attendance, aud rules for conducting the primaries were adopted. ? Speaking of ihe crops in Fairfield, the Winnsboro News and Herald says: The drought is breaking up over the whole county. But the early corn is generally gone. Much of it will not make a bushel to the acre. Cotton is healthy but small. ? The negroes of Newberry had a kind of celebration of the "Fourth," the principal feature of which was a parade through the streets by a party in funtastic costumes. The Natioual colors were conspicuously absent from the procession. ? Nine miles from Greenville last Saturday, a negro named Henry Blassingame was killed by Frank Nelson, white. According to the testimony before the coroner's jury, Blassingame was the aggressor. The slayer sent word to the coronsr that he would appear and surrender himself to the authorities. ? The Knights of Honor of Darlington C. H., is the strongest organization in Darlington county. They have under construction one of the largest wooden buildings in the town, which will be a convenient and handsome one?over 100 feet in length, with the lower story for a store, and the upper one to be arranged with stage and other equipments for a firs^-class opera hall. ? The Anderson Intelligencer of the 8th says: The most cheering reports of the crop prospects come to us from every section of the county. Cotton everywhere is looking very fine, and with favorable seasons will make an unusually fine yield. Only the most forward corn has suffered in the least for rain, and as yet that has not been injured to any considerable extent. The farmers all say they never had better prospects, and are consequently in high spirits. ? The storehouse together with all the stock of merchandise and Dlantin? supplies of Mr. J. W. Peebles, Sr., near Lawtonville, j were consumed by fire on Wednesday night j of last week. It is supposed that a burglary ! was committed about 12 o'clock P. M, and ! that the building was then fired to cover up j all traces of the crime. Suspicion points to several negroes in. that neighborhood. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Democrats of the Eighth Congressional district have re-norainated Hon. R. B. Vance. ? That portion of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad west of Greensboro has been located to Germantou, in Stokes county. ? It is rumored that ex-Governor Holden, Republican Postmaster of Raleigh, will support Hancock. ? At the late meeting of the North Carolina Press Association, ex-Governor Holden was unanimously elected to write a history of journalism in that State. ? The campaign in North Carolina promises to be exciting. The first speech by Governor Jarvis was made at Burgaw, Pender county, on the 5th. ? Levi F. Furr, of Stanley county, was killed by a runaway team near Charlotte one day last week. The other occupants of the wagon were only slightly injured. ? In Greensboro, on Tuesday of last week, Samuel M. Houston, a young mechanic, while under the influence of liquor, committed suicide by shooting himself in the bead with a pistol. ? The First Regiment of the North Caroli na State Guard will spend the first week of August in encampment at Fort Macon. The Secretary of War give9 them the use of the fort and barracks. ? At a meeting of the Raleigh Light In-j fantry on Tuesday of last week, it was unanimously decided to attend the King's Moun- j tain Centennial next October. The Charlotte Grays, and the infantry company at Shoe Heel have also recently decided to attend the celebration. ? New North Carolina State Bonds have been selling in New York at 71 to 75 cents on the dollar. They are likely to be mate-1 rially increased now, the committee on securities having recommended that they be placed on the "regular list" of the Stock Board of New York. They will be regular ly called and known on the Stock Board as North Carolina "consolidated four per cents." ? The suit of the American Union Telegraph Company against the Wilmington and Weldon, and Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Companies for the right of way along the lines of said roads, was decided in favor of the Telegraph Company last Thursday, hy Judge McCoy at chambers in Wilmington, and commissioners were ap pointed to assess damages. An appeal from the decision was overruled, but the case will go to the Supreme Court under a writ of certiorari. ? The State Republican Convention met in Raleigh on Wednesday of last week, and nominated the following ticket: For Governor, R. P. Buxton of Cumberland ; for LieutGovernor, Rufus Barringer of Mecklenburg ; for Secretary of State, R. M. Norraent of Robeson ; for Treasurer, Aaron D. Jenkins of Gaston ; for Auditor, R. H. Cannon of Hertford ; for Attorney General, Augustus M. Moore of* Washington county ; for Superintendentof Public Instruction, A. R. Black of Moore. Oliver H. Dockery of Richmond and Geo. B. Everett of Forsythe, Electors for the State at large. ? POLITICAL NOTES. ? The Greeubackere profess to be con6dent of carrying Maine, California, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Texas and Mississippi. \ ? The Indiauapolis Sentinel predicts that Indiana will elect the Democratic ticket by double the majority of 1876. N ? Since 1860 every presidential candidate of the Republican party has been a Western man, and every presidential candidate of the T\ i. .uemucruLs au ninsiem mau. ? The Chicago Times advises Hancock to hold on to that commission as major-general, and says Garfield knows enough to bold a senatorship in hand until he has captured the presidency "*i the bush. ? In the reorganization of the Indiana State Democratic central committee, Governor Hendricks has been placed on the committee, and Hon. W. H. English will continue as chairman. ? The Philadelphia Prm calk for the withdrawal of Simon B. Conover, the Republican nominee for Governor of Florida. It sajs his nomination has cast a blight on the Republican campaign in that State. ? Gen. James B. Weaver, Greenback candidate for President, inaugurated the canvass in Alabama, by speaking at Scottsboro, in that State, last Monday. He professes to think his chances of election are equally as good as those of Hancock or Garfield. ? The early elections this year are the following : Alabama, first Monday in August; Arkansas, first Monday of September ; Vermont, first Tuesday of September ; Maine, second Monday of September; Colorado, first Tuesday of October; Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia, second Tuesday of October. ? Colonel Forney, the veteran Philadelphia editor, intends to support Gen. Hancock for the Presidency. Forney has long been one of the staunchest Republicans in Pennsylvania, and his influence is very great. His advocacy of Hancock will go far toward making Pennsylvania a Democratic State in the pending campaign. ? Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock is a grandson of John Hancock, the renowned signer nf the Declaration of Independence, and President of the Continental Congress and of the first Confederacy. He was probably named for Gen. Winfield Scott, who won proud laurels in the Indian and Mexican wars, and who was a candidate for the Presidency, against Franklin Pierce, iu 1852. ? At a meeting of the Kearneyites in San Francisco on the 4th, there was a stormy scene between the Greenback and Democratic wings of the agitator's followers. A crossfire of cheers and gipans was the result, and at the close the Democratic faction made a rush for Kearney, amid cries of "Hang him," etc. He was protected by the police, put into a hack and driven off. ? The Baltimore Gazette reports that a gentleman who arrived in Washington from the White Sulphur Springs Friday, says that Senators Cameron and Blaine, who are there, have nothing whatever to do with each other. The evident bad feeling between the two Republican leaders is the subject of much gossip aud comment at the springs. It is reported that on one occasion Mr. Blaine directly snubbed the Pennsylvania Senator. ? Among prominent Republicans who have recently declared to gi-e their hearty support to Hancock, are Hon. E. Joy Morris, of Philadelphia ; Leonard W. Jerome, ofNew York ; George Bullock, a prominent manufacturer of Pennsylvania; Col. Frank G. Noyes, of \TOW H nmnshird unH Gen. Rnsenerans. The "?I' 1 latter is residing in San Francisco, and will be heard from frequently in the California canvass. ? Mr. Weaver and his friends expect to poll the full Greenback vote in Wisconsin for their electoral ticket. This is pretty close on to thirty thousand, and much more than twothirds of it coines from the Republicans. Hancock, it is claimed, will poll very nearly the full Democratic vote, as not more than five thousand will, it is thought, vote with the Greenbackers. This calculation would give the State to the Hancock electors, and prominent Wisconsin Republicans freely admit that the situation is not at all encouraging for their side. ? On Thursday last, Hon. Alec. Stephens, by invitation, addressed the citizens of Augusta, Ga., making a stirring campaign speech in tavor of the election of Hancock. His words leave no doubt that he is thoroughly in accord with the Democratic party, State and National. He hails in the nomination of I Gen, Hancock a return to the era of good j feeling and an effacement of sectional bitter- j ness. He recognises in it the signal for a strong, aggressive and united assault upon . that party which has abused its power and J established most pernicious principles in home affairs ; and he realizes that by the ranks of; an undivided Democracy must that blow be i dealt which shall strike dowu the euemies to ; the Constitution and reestablish those principles of the fathers. Mr. Stephens' arraign-1 ment of the Republican policy, as personated 1 by Gen. Garfield, was strong, and his appeals | for Gen, Hancock, patriotic and effective. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Pinafore. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pleas.?Notice to Creditors of King's Mountain Iron Company. Also, to Creditors of Nancy B. Warren, deceased. Also, to Creditors of Dr. R. L. Love, deceased. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales. W. T. Massey, Secretary?Notice. M. Strauss?Great Bargains. ' Latimer & Hemphill?And Still WeContinuey/ Jas. Mason, Sup't.?Change of Schedule. / t J. M. Adams?Did You Ever. / / Hunter & Oates?The Biggest Boom of All. / John C. Kuykendal?Turnip Seed Paragraphs. Hart <fc Hart, Plaintiffs' Attorneys?Notipfl to Defendants. // Application for Charter. // I. D. Witherspoon, Chairman?C6nnty Convention. R. Lathan--Free School Notice. D. S. Thorn burg?To the Public. BROAD RIVR*R TOWN8HIP. From Mr. E. F. Bell, census enumerator for Broad River township, we learn that the population of that township is 2,246. PICNIC AT CLAY HILL. The people of Clay Hill and vicinity will have a picnic at that place on Thursday next, the 22nd instant, for an invitation to which we return our thanks. ?* _ COTTON SHIPMENTS. Since the 1st of last September, up to the first of July, there have been shipped over the Chester and Lenoir Railroad from the depot in Yorkville 6,594 bales of cotton. HAIL STORM. A hail storm occurred in the vicinity of Clover last Saturday, which was very destructive to the crops in it/5 path. Some of the fields were so badly damaged that from this cause alone not more than a third of a crop can be expected. CALL OP A PASTOR. At a meeting of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church of this place last Thursday evening, for the purpose of formally making a call for a pastor of the congregation, Rev. T. R. English was unanimously chosen. Mr. English has been ministering to this church for several weeks past and during his residence here has made many warm friends. THE KING'S MOUNTAIN MONUMENT. The Raleigh Obsercer. says that 011 last Saturday a warrant for $1,000 was drawn on the State Treinsurer on account of the appronriivt.irm hv that State for a monument at King's Mountain. The Charlotte Observer of the same date says: "Mr. F. A. MeNinch came up from King's Mountain yesterday, where he has been for several weeks engaged \in constructing the King's Mountain Centennial Monument according to contract. lie reports the stone all on the grdhnd and the moiiUment half completed. It will be finished some time before the centennial celebration." \ YHE YORK DEMOCRACY. An important meeting of the York Democratic Executive Committee was held in the Court House Nlast Tuesday, the proceedings of which are published in this issue. From Miese it will be seen that Saturday, July 24 is the day appointed for the reorganization of Clubs and electing delegates to the County Convention. The election on the question of primary or convention will be held on August 7, and the County Convention will assemble/ August 21. The chairman of the committee/ also publishes a notice relative to the Congre* sional nominating Convention. / CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: \ \ Episcopal?Church of the Good Shepberd-4 Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The Rectbr. is) in attendance upon the Greenville Convoda: tion, which met in Rock Hill yesterday. He1 will officiate in the Church of Our Saviour at Rock Hill on Sunday. Sunday-school at 3? P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Tlios. Gilbert, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia in the forenoon ; at Yorkville in the evening. Sundayschool in the afternoon. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Sunday-school at A. M. Services at 104 A. M. * T"? _ ? m T? T7?., *.1 Ortc+ZM. jrresoyterian?nev. ?. iv. .caiguau, xiwiui. Services at the usual hours, morning and afternoon. Sunday-school in the afternoon. PINAFORE. Yorkville is to have a representation of Pinafore on Friday evening, 23rd instant, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to beneficent objects. To properly present this operetta on the amateur stage requires a good deal of labor ai:d perseverance on the part of the manager ana the actors; but this has been overcome, and as the best musical talent in town will be employed, it may be safely predicted that the entertainment will be a success. We are assured by the management that nothing shall be lacking in the way of stage effects and instrumental accompaniment to render the representation complete. See advertisement. ? - GEN. SUMTER'S BODY SERVANT. Near Pattonville, Lamar county, Texas, there lives an old negro man known as "Uncle Mack Sumter," who claims to have been a servant of Gen. Sumter of South Carolina, during the Revolutionary war. A gentleman recently visited the old negro, whom he rep resents as polite and agreeable, and greatly respected by the people of Lamar county, who have confidence in the old man's statements, lie gives the following as his history, which may be of interest to South Carolina readers: I was waiting-boy for Gen. Sumter. I drove his family carriage. After Gen. Sumter's death I belonged to his son Tommie Sumter. Gen. Sumter had no daughters. At his death he was buried in the garden on his own premises, about thirty miles from Camden. I saw Gen. LaFayette when he visited Carolina, and helped to spread the sheets for him to walk upon in the streets of Camden. Gen. Sumter wore his hair about fifteen inches long. It was very white, and he kept it plaited. Massie Touimie Sumter's eldest son killed himself by cutting his throat. His second son was named Francis Marion, and his third De'.arge. His three daughters were named Fannie, Natherly, and Tifannie. I was sold by the Sumter family to Junnie Diz, who gave me to his daughter Sallie Knotts. I was then sold to Mr. Sampson, and by him to Starke Messels, who brought me to Texas. At one time during the war, while I was a boy, I was carrying water to Gen. LaFayette from the spring, and not accustomed to seeing so many men together, I did not move quicklv unniifrh to suit Gen. LaFayette, and he slapped me with his sword. After Gen. Sumter was taken sick lie imagined he was still in the army, and he had me to bring his horse "Postboy" and hitch him close to the door, where he could see him all the time. "Postboy" was a yellow horse with flaxen mane and tail. I think from what Massa Tommie told me, when he gave me away, that I am 115 years old. PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Eliza Riddle, of Zeno, is visiting relatives in town. Dr. Miles J. Walker is at the home of his father in this place quite sick. Misses Mamie Currell and Annie Rawlinson have returned home from Virginia, where they have been attending school. Miss S. R. Pendleton, who was engaged as a teacher in Mrs. Metts' school for young ! ladies, has returned to her home in Virginia. I We were pleased to meet J. S. R. Thomson, | Esq., of Spartanburg, who with his family was here several days last week on a visit. Messrs. Sam. L. Latimer, W. R. Carroll, John M. Rawlinson, Sam L. Miller, and j Misses Fannie Miller and Freddie Alexander, 1 and James Jefleries Esq,, and daughter Miss Mattie, are at Cleveland Mineral Springs, Mr, W. Spenser Currell is home 011 a visit, having been teaching in Tennessee. We learn that he has accepted a fellowship in Washings ton-Lee University and will enter upon the duties of a teacher in that institution at the beginning of next session, The advantages of Yorkville as a summer resort are l>eginning to be recognized abroad. Besides families already noticed as having come from a distance to spend the summer here, last week Mrs. Kent Bisell, five children and nurse, and Misses L. M. ! Sanchez and M. B. Sanchez, of Augusta, arrived and engaged boarding for the summer with Mrs. Metts. Dr. "VV. R. Vaughn, of Gordonsville, Va., principal of the female school in that town, was here last week. He has been recently elected prinppStTofVlie Limestone Female ?Cnool n^lJartanburg cbunty, and his visit to this^fate was for the purpose of seeing the todstees of that instituuqn with the view of deciding whether or not t<5 aceepl LlflTpo^ sition. YORK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Democratic Executive Committee of l orK county met in tne uourt House on ruesday last, agreeably to the call of I. D. "Witherspoon, County Chairman, every member except two being present. The Chairman read the proceedings of the County Convention, held on the 3rd of last May, and stated that among other objects of the present meeting of the committee would be to determine upon a plan of submitting to the Democratic voters to decide upon which they would adopt, the convention or primary system in making nominations for candidates to be voted for in the coming election. The Chairman then read a communication from W. T. Massey, Secretary of Ebenezer Democratic Club, asking recognition by the Executive Committee of that Club and admitting it to reprentation in the meetings of the Executive Committee. After discussion of the subject, Mr. J. R. London submitted the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the committee present from Elienezer Township Club lie invited to apj>ear before the Executive Committee and submit their claims to the Executive Committee for representation as a Club in future county conventions. The representatives of Ebenezer Club were then invited to the meeting, and after their appearance in the room, Mr. London offered the following which was adopted: Resolved, That li. C. Pressley. Esq., elected by the Ebenezer Democratic Club as a member of the Executive Committee, be invited to the meetings of the committee, as a matter of courtesy, until the question of his admission as such member of the Executive Committee be decided by a county convention. Mr. Pressley addressed the meeting, urging the claims of the Ebenezer Club to representation on the committee, and after a full discussion of the subject, it was agreed that Ebenezer Club should submit a plan of ;wljustment to the Rock Hill Club, and if this plan should be accepted they would then withdraw their claim to representation for the present. Thff next business announced was the election of. a secretary, to which position Dr. Jno. C. Kuykendal was unanimously elected. The following plan was then adopted for ordering an election 011 the question of primary or convention plan of making county nominations, under resolution of the convention, May 3, 1880: 1. That the various Democratic Clubs assembled at their usual places of meeting, on Saturday, July 24, 1880, at 3 o'clock P. M., and reorganize by electing officers for the approaching campaign; clubs organized during #be venr 1880 to retain their organization. 2. That on Saturday, August 7,1880, at the usual places of Club meeting, there shall bean election to determine by a majority vote the mode of nominating county officers; the polls to be opened at 9 o'clock A. M., and closed at 4 o'clock P. M., when the managers shall publicly count the votes and declare the result. Each vote cast shall be written or printed, as follows: "For Convention," or "For Primary." 3. The election shall be conducted by two managers, members of the club, if practicable of opposing views, to be selected by the Executive Committee, and a third member to be eldeted by the Club at the last meeting of the Club prior to the election, any two of whom shall be^ a quorum. The managers, before opening the polls, shall furnish to the President of the Club a pledge in writing, upon honor, to conduct the election in such impartial manner as fairly to represent the wishes of a majority of the voters upon the issue sul>mitted. TIip managers or a majority of them, shall select a clerk from whom they sliall require a similar obligation. There shaUte a poll-list and tally kept, and preserved at eftch voting place. ^ 4. All Democrats, qualified by law to vote, and who are known by a member or members of the Club in good faith to have voted the Democratic ticket in 1876 or 1878, shall be entitled to vote at this election. All persons who have attained their majority since said elections, or who have since become qualified by law to vote, and who are known by members of the Club to be in full sympathy with the Democratic party, shall also be allowed to vote in this election. Before voting, the managers shall require each voter to male the following affirmation : I solemnly affirm that under the rules governing this election, I am qualified to vote; that I have not voted at any other precinct, and that I will abide by the results of this election and sustain the nominations made in accordance therewith. Any Democrat shall have the right to challenge the vote of any person whom he has good reason to believe is disqualified from voting. After stating his reasons for the challenge the managers shall decide upon the question, and such decision shall be final in the case. 5. The managers shall, under their hands, certify the result of the election from the poll and tally-list, and forward a certificate thereof to J. C. Kuykendal, Secretary of the Executive Committee, at Yorkville, by 12 o'clock M., on the following Tuesday, August 10th, 1880, that the Executive Committee may tabulate the returns and declare the mode of nomination adopted by a majority of the Democratic party in York county, voting in said election. The following resolution was offered by Dr. J. C. Kuykendal and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the Executive Committee recognizing the great importance of the coming election to decide the mode of nominating our county and Legislative officers, and l)elieving that a full and free expression of thttapinion of the voters, through their ballots, on the day of election will tend to allay any dissatisfaction with the result that might arise, if they, through neglect or indifference, should fail to go to the polls, earnestly urge the people to go out to their respective precints on the day of election, and by their ballots make the result?whatever it may be?the voice of the majority of the entire Democratic vote of the county. Jfo other business being presented, the meeting adjourned. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DUEL. The recent hostile meeting, which was unfortunately fatal to one of the parties, between Col. Shannon and Col. Cash, has created considerable excitement in the State, and is the subject of much comment by the press, not only in South Carolina, but in other States. This is due, probably, to the fact that there have been few fatal duels in the United States in recent years, and further to the advanced age of Col. Shannon who fell in this one, and also that there exists on the statue books of South Carolina stringent laws for the punishment of those who engage in the practice. In this case it remains to be seen whether or not the law will remain a dead letter. Besides the account of the affair published on the first page of this issue, we take the following from a letter of the 8th, written by a staff correspondent of the New and Courier, who visited the scene of the hostile meeting: At 11 o'clock last night, I called on Mr. G. J. McCown, one of Col. Cash's friends in the affair on Monday, at his residence ten , miles distant from Darlington Court House, j and secured the following statement of what; he witnessed on the duelling ground. Mr.j McCown said: I was off at some distance from the seconds when they met in the field to make arrangements. They stepped off the distance, I think Mr. Sanders did the step-1 ping. In about twenty minutes the priucl-1 pals walked and took their positions, Col.! Cash standing down the river which was south and Col. Shannon up the river. The prinoi- j pals stood parallel with the river, Col. Shan-, non's second being stationed to the right in : his rear and Col. Cash's second standing on the left opposite Col. Shannon's second. Col. Shannon wore a black alpaca sack coat, white / vest and light pants. Col. Cash had on a black frock coat, white vest and white pants. Before the word was given the principals bade their seconds good bye, shaking hands with them. Col. Cash kissed his wife's picture, which he carried in bis pocket. At the word one Col. Shannon fired, his ball striking two-thirds of the distance between himself aud Col. Cash, and on a direct line with Col. Cash's body. At the word two Col. Cash fired, htejball- striking Col. Shannon in the right 'Breast, about the nipple, and passed into the body about two inches above the heart. Col. Shannon stood some two seccuds or more in an erect position, and, turning to the right, dropped to his knees. After the usual formalities Col. Cash and his party left the held. Both parties seemed to. be very cool and collected. Col. Shaunou looked pale, but exhibited no fear. Drs. Wallace, Galloway and Lee at once rushed to Col. Shannon after the firing, and about five minutes after he bad fallen the wound was probed. He did not struggle and seemed to die without any pain. I was in about twenty steps of the parties when the duel took place. There were*bout one hundred people standing around from one to five hundred yards from the duel, nearly all of whom rushed to the ground on the discharge of the pistols and the fall of Col. Shannon. Col. Cash's son was stationed about five hundred yards from the field and watched the fight through his glasses. When the firing was done he at once repaired to the scene, meeting his father as he lelt the ground. After the duel, I stayed on the ground for perhaps ten or fifteen minutes. It was a very sad scene, and I never care to witness another. The fact that the duel would take place was known in the community the evening before (Sunday,) and every oue who heard of it went to the ground. So far as I know there were no officers of the law on the ground. The dueling ground is a kind of sandy barren with a stunted growth of trees aud bushes, near Lynches Creek or river, which runs almost due north and south. The day of the meeting was very pleasant and the sky was overcas-t with clouds which shielded the combatants from the fierce heat of the suu. Both parties went into the fight with a determination to kill his antagonist, and a double tragedy was only prevented by a lack of proper deliberation on Colonel Shannon's part, who fired without taking aim, but upon a line with Col. Cash's body. Col. Cash is said to have drawn a fine bead on his opSnent, and was iu most excellent practice. e is a very expert shot, and can.cut a string with his pistol or hit a coin at an almost incredible distance. He comes from fighting stock, and does not know what fear is. Col. Shannon was also a man of most remarkable nerve and unimpeachable courage. He was at one time affected by a kind of nervousness or paralysis of the wrist which made his hand somewhat unsteady, but I have heard had entirely recovered from the affliction during the last year or two. Col. Cash will stand his trial. He has not left home to avoid arrest, and will not attempt to shirk any of the responsibility of his acts. He told me that he was ready to make a showing in the courts, and only asked the suspension of popular judgment until the case cau be properly and fully investigated. It is generally conceded tbat the strongest point of Col. Cash's defence will be the fact that he was the challenged party, and although public sympathy is most deeply affected by Col. Shannon's death, it is claimed tbat to a certain extent at least, he was the author of his undoing, and that he might have avoided the meeting which resulted in his tragic death. No one at first suspected that Col. Shannon had sent jhe challenge, ond ainna tkia funf Vina lippn mfldn miKlifl I hnvp noticed that it has been set down to Col. Cash's credit as a strong extenuating circumstance. A dispatch of last Monday from Society Hill to the Neva and Courier, says that on the afternoon of that day, Col. E. B. C. Cash, the surviving principal, was arrested in Cheraw by the Sheriff of Chester6eld county, upon the warrant of the coroner of Cheraw county, charging him with the unlawful killing of Wm. M. Shannon. Col. Cash has remained at his home since the duel, in no way seeking to avoid the expected arrest, and expressing his readiness for trial. editokiaiT inklings. The Bank Bill Scandal. There have been no new developments during the week in the office of Commissioner Coit. The counting of the bills has not yet been completed, although eight expert ac countants have been hard at work at it ever since the detection of the stealing. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier telegraphs on this subject, uuder date of Sunday night, that "it is impossible to state anything except rumors about the whole matter, and great injustice might follow from repeating in print the suppositious and speculations spoken of upon the streets concerning the matter. It is impossible to say what the result may be." The Court of General Sessions, Judge Hudson presiding, in session in Columbia for the past two weeks, adjournech Saturday until next Monday, by which time it is thought the -bank bill matter will be brought to the attention of the grand jury. The Edgefield Tragedy. Dr. Wallace Bland, who was wounded in an affray at Edgefield C. H., on the 12th of April last, with the particulars of which our readers are familiar, died at his residence in that town, on Monday of last week, at 6 o'clock P. M. After a pott mortem examination, he was buried on Tuesday by the Knights of Honor, of which he was a member. A. A. Cliaby, who fired the fatal shot which terminated the life of Dr. Bland was arrested, and also A. A. Glover, charged with being concerned in the affair, and on Friday, represented by Gen. Gary as counsel for Clisby, they made application beforo Judge Hudson, holding the Court of General Sessions in Columbia, for an order granting bail. A number of affidavits were read by Gen. Gary concerning the affray, and after argument, the Judge granted Clisby bail in $3,000, and Glover in $2,000. Normal Institute. tlueh s. 1 nompson, otate superintendent of Education, has issued the following circular under date of the 10th instant, which will be of interest to teachers : A Normal Institute will be held at Spartanburg, beginning August 3 and ending August 27. The exercises will be conducted by Prof. Louis Soldan, Principal of the State Normal School, St. Louis, Mo. Prof. Soldan will be assisted by eminent instructors in different departments. The course of study will include the branches usually taught in schools. Special instruction will be given in the most advanced methods of teaching and discipline. Tuition will be free. All white teachers of public and of private schools are earnestly invited to avail themselves of the opportunity of improvement thus offered. Board can be obtained in Spartanburg at prices varying from twelve dollars to twenty dollars a month. Arrangements have been made with nearly all the railroads in this State by which teachers attending the Institute can purchase round ! trip tickets at reduced prices. Tickets should 1 be bought before taking the train. The Crops In the State. From returns received by the State Commissioner of Agriculture at Columbia for > the month of June, the following extracts are made iu reference to the condition of the various crops: Com is reported much damaged by dry weather. Rain needed in every county. Hopes are expressed that late corn may make a full crop, but early planted com cannot, under most favorable circumstances, yield much above a half crop. The present condition is returned in the northern counties at 80, middle at 76, and southern at 83, basing an averag? crop at 100. Wheat has also felt the effect of the unprecedentedly warm and dry weather during June. In some counties it is regarded as a total failure, iu othere indifferent. The condition on July 1 is reported in the northern counties at 52, middle at 48, and southern 41. The cotton prospect is unusually fine ; the stand is good, and the dry weather afforded the planters ample opportunity to cleanse their crops. Rain would, however, add materially to its growth. The dry weather has caused a slight wilting, and correspondents in some counties reduced the average on this account. Other correspondents report it 5 to 10 ner ?*nL hetter than usiirI. Thfl returns show the condition in northern Carolina to be 99, middle 100, ami southern 97. The correspondents express much gratification over the yield of red rust proof oats. This variety has in every instance sustaimd its reputation. All other varieties proved a failure. Taking only a yield of the rtd oats, the crop is ten per cent, better than la: t year. Tobacco is reported in fair condition, but lack of rain has caused a failing off of about 20 per cent Fair seasons might yet bring up the deficiency. Rice in some places is suffering for rain,, but the prospects have net yet been materially injured. The condition of this important crop is at this time estimated in the northern counties at 93, middle 100, and southern 85. Millet, clover and grasses have been injured, but good seasons will bring them up to an average. The prospects for sorghum are good, with good seasons from th?s time. The condition for the State is rep^ ,ed at 100 per cent. It is not expected now that more than half i a crop of fruit will be gathered. Gardens have been seriously injured. Dairy products are reported 20 per cent, less than last year. /~ii: i o .. L..1 .i vups ui wuui nre.d per ceuu uetier mail last year. The Callows Last Friday. The extreme penalty of the law was visited upon six criminals last Friday, as follows; In Charleston (S. C.) Daniel Washington * alias Carter, a notorious negro desperado and leader of a gang of outlaws and horse thieves who infested Charleston and adjoining counties for several years, was hanged for the murder of Allen Collins, a colored witness who bad been summoned to testify against him in a horse stealing case. The murder was committed September 11th, 1877, but Washington was not; captured till the early' part of 1879. He was convicted and sentenced to death, but appealed and the appeal being decided unfavorably he was banged to-day. The execution was conducted in private and death was immediate. In his last moments he was attended by two Catholic clergymen. r? ?: A ii a. lii viuciuuau, Alien juiieei uie murde/er of Vellie Black, a prominent tobacco merchant of that city was hanged according to law in the yard of the Hamilton county jail at 12 minutes past 11 o'clock, and cut down dead twenty minutes later. The execution of the negro Alexander Howard, for the murder of an old white man, Babel Autry, in Sampson county, N. C., on the 25th of July, 1878, took place at Goldsboro, at 2 P. M., and was witnessed by about 2,000 people. Howard protested his innocence to the last and made a very long harangue from the scaffold, but the crime was fully proved against him by his own step-son, who, was an accomplice in the deed. At Waynesboro, Ga., Henry Ryan, colored, was hanged in the presence of an immense crowd of people, principally negroes. They came from every direction, many riding as far as forty miles. Ryau's crime was the murder of an elderly while woman for the purpose of robbery, and met with the execration of the people of the whole eouutry. On the day before the execution he made a full confession of his guilt, which he had previously deuied. During the past two weeks he inade several attempts to escape, but was detected each time. At 12 o'clock he was escorted from the jail to the place of execution by a company of cavalry, followed by a-concourse of about sewn thousand negroes. At the scaffold he made a long and somewhat remarkable speech to the crowd. He said : "I stand before the congregation. It is a very happy meeting to day. I am glad God is with me. I did this act and am very sorry for it I did it and am not ashamed to own it because God said he who goes back upou Him rill never reach His happy home. I have violated the law of Georgia and the law of God. God loves the degraded and the good. When I cloiie my eyes in this world Jesus comes to my soul. Bugs and ants have my body. I took the woman's money and gave her three licks over the head." Just before the black cap was put on, Ryan said "God-bye to all," to which the crowd responded"Good-bye." The drop fell at half-past 12 ^ 4 o'clock, and death ensued almost without a struggle. George Sanford and Richard Kee, both colored, were hanged at Osceola, Ark., for the murder of Armstead Penu, colored, on the 26th of November last. They confessed their guilt. CONDITION OF THE* COTTON CROPThe condition of the cotton crop in the different States is made up by the respective Exchanges of States named from reports to to the 9th instant: South Carolina.?The crop report of the Charleston Cotton Exchange, based on 77 replies from 30 counties, is as follows: The weather for the month of June is universally reported as very dry?no rain, in fact, having fallen except in some sections. A few report too many windy and cool nights, and the balance excessively hot. The weather for the season to the 30th of June is reported 88 more favorable by 33, about the same by 16 and less favorable by 28. Only a trifling amount has been abandoned and taking tho whole State, no more than in average years. The stands are reported as good to i very fine by 69, and poor by 8. Early planting is universally reported as blooming and forming well, but late planting has been so retarded by drought that it is quite small, and not yet blooming in some sections, but all report that with rain soon it may yet catch up. Present condition of crop as compared with lust year is reported by 4/ better, by 14 as about the same and by 16 as not as good, but all report tbe crop as exceptionally clean, long and dry, giving planters every opportunity of getting rid of grass, and generally keeping clean, eveu in increased acreage, which at date of our last report many thought it could not be accomplished with the limited * labor at command. North Carolina, and Virginia.?All late planting in those States is backward, owing to drought. Early planting is blooming and forming well, blooms beginning as early as the 20th of June. Forty-six counties report the condition of the crop as very good, 27 as lair, 7 as poor, 1 the same as last year, and 1 makes no report; 46 show a better condition than last year, and teu to twelve days ? earlier, 18 the same condition, and 16 not so favorable, owing to dry weather. Ten replies indicate a very foward and promising crop, show fair condition and prospects, but great need of rain, (the late planting, amounting to 15 or 20 per cent, of the crop, is suffering in consequence), 5 indicate bad and unpromising condition, and 29 make no replies. Lice are reported in one county. Mississippi.?Stands good and the plant i blooming and forming well. There is some little complaint of grass as comparred with last year, but otherwise the p eseut condition is as good to better, very few reporting it not so good. Op an average of the State, the present condition is good and compares favorably with last year. There is some complaint *