Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 19, 1880, Image 2
Jtoaps and ?factj?. |
? There are 2,100 convicts on the :rolls of
the Texas penitentiary.
? An English firm sold 8,000 fire-proof
safes in Turkey, before it was ascertained that
the filling was only sawdust.
? Nearly every county in East Tennessee
has a normal school in operation during the
summer months.
? Jefferson Davis expects to gather about
1,000 bales of cotton from his plantation in
Mississippi this year.
? A Boston inventor has made a machine
which makes thirty seamless paper boxes a
minute.
? At Dayton, Florida, there is not a drop
of liquor sold, except upon a physician's prescription,
and license fees are $500, besides
resnonsihilitv for damages.
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? Senator Bruce and his wife are at Saratoga,
at a stylish house kept by colored people,
for the better class of people of their own
color.
? A woman walked from Omaha to San
Francisco in three months, just "to see if a
woman could do it," although she had plenty
of money and a husband and children at the
end of her route.
? It is thought that Ireland will be rapidly
depopulated by emigration. No less than
100,000 young Irishmen are expected to ar
rive in America aud go Westward bsfore the
next snow fall.
? A colored preacher of Cobb county, Ga.,
has a novel way of collecting his salary.
When his members have not the money, he
puts them to work on his farm until they
work out their assessments.
? A negro barber at St Louis studied law
at night for several years, and was finally admitted
to the bar. He now works in the
shop on Saturdays and Sundays, and practices
with considerable success in the courts
on other days.
? A mob, supposed to be Teunesseeans,
broke into the jail at Athens, Alabama, Saturday
night, took therefrom a white mun
named Bailey, who had murdered his wife in
May, 1879, and hanged him to a tree in the
courthouse yard.
? The Railroad Gazelle reports the construction
of 2,424 miles of new railroad thus far
this year, against 1,122 miles reported at the
same time in 1879; 900 miles in 1878; 751
miles in 1877; 1,010 miles in 1876; 538
miles in 1874; 1,872 miles in 1873; and 3,
'161 miles in io/z.
? In Bavaria, a man who allows himself to
be killed in a duel, is considered as a suicide.
Not long ago an ex officer of the army fought
with a Bavarian Count and shot him dead.
The police forbade a Catholic celebration of
the funeral, and the corpse was handed over
to one of the Munich hospitals for dissection.
? From returns received at the census office
lis learned positively that no State in the
Union shows a decrease in population. Three
counties in Vermont show a decrease, which
gave rise to the report that the State had
fallen behind ; but full returns show the population
to be 034,455, an increase of about
4,000 siuce 1870. This is the smallest per
- cent, of increase reported from any State.
? Dr. Tanner says: "I know that I am right
about hffw long a man can live without eating.
The accepted theory is wrong. I knew
that it was wrong, and I have proved it.
There is always a strong feeling against overthrowing
auything which has been believed in
for a long time ; and in establishing the truth
of my idea I have to contend against this
fooling nf nnnnait.inn whioh I exDected."
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? Gen. Walker, superintendent of the census,
says it will be some time before he is
ready to issue special figures of population
&c. Alter the first review of compilation is
made, it is subjected to two revisions, and until
such revisions are made, the data is not
considered accurate. It is estimated that it
will take three years at least to complete the
entire compilation of the census.
? A St. Louis dispatch of the 11th, says
that the President of the colored relief board
of that city has advices that ten thousand ue- !
groes will emigrate from Mississippi and Louisiana
within the next two months, and will
arrive there en route for Kansas and other
Northern States. About forty per day for
the past mouth have been cared for at St.
Louis, by the board, and forwarded to their
various destinations.
? Gen. Robert Toombs is not the only
Georgian who is debarred from the rights of
American citizenship. Among the men excepted
under the provisions of the general
amnesty bill, was Gen. Henry R. Jackson,
who at the age of twenty-three years was a
colonel in the United States array, then a
Federal Judge, an ex-United States minister
to Austria and afterward Judge of a Confed
erate States Court. Gen. Jackson is now
living in Savannah.
? A letter to the DesMoines (Iowa) Regis
ler, from a responsible citizen, S. A. James, of
Sigourney, gives the information, on the authority
of an eye-witness, who is also a responsible
man, that the notorious Bender family,
four in number, were captured soon after
the discovery of the murder of Colonel Yorke.
The eye witness says that the four were stood
in a row facing nine riflemen and were told
their fate ; that Kate was plucky to the last,
and called upon their captors to "shoot and
be damned," and that the four were buried at
the comer of the four counties of Labette,
Wilson, Neosho and Montgomery.
? The census office clerks at Washington
are excited over the appointment of two colored
women as clerks there. While none of
the white male and female clerk3 in the census
office has filed any protest against them,
it is generally understood that all are opposed
to workiug in the same room with them, and
the chief clerk of the office has not yet been
able to make up his mind to what particular
duties and rooms he will assign them. Colored
male clerks are to be found in almost all
the departments, but colored female clerks are
rare, though there are a few in the treasury
department.
? The Cumming (Ga.) Clarion tells of a
case of amatory bull-dozing as follows: James
C. went to Dawsonville and procured license
for himself and Miss Laura H., without consulting
her or her father?never having said
one word to her about marrying. He showed
tVin 1 looncD orirt fnlrt hpp t.Vmf. bpr father
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had given her up, and he was ready to marry
her. She said : "I don't want to marry, and
if I do, I won't have you." He told her she
would have to take him then or forever be debarred
from the privilege of marrying, for
there could never be any more license granted |
for her until he died, and if she did not mar- I
ry him he would burn the license and leave !
the country.
? A Washington dispatch of the 11th says
Mr. Ramsey, Secretary of War, has as yet i
made no official decision abou t the case of j
Cadet Whitaker, at West Point, recently !
found guilty of self mutilation by a board of?
inquiry. It is understood, however, that he
will grant the cadet a court-martial. Whita- j
ker's friends are said to have urged Mr. Ram-!
gey to grant a court-martial, and have filed
papers with that request, both at the War
Department and at the White House. They 1
protest that Whitaker is innocent, and that to
approve the findings of the board of inquiry,
without giving Whitaker a chance, would
mark an iunocent man guilty for life. On
the other hand, it is averred that a court-martial
would please the Republican leaders, who J
would attempt to make party capital out of!
the trial.
? While an Edison or a Bell makes lasting 1
fame and mints of money, there are thousands
of humble inventors who are starving. A
particularly sad case of this kind comes from
Williamsburg, New York. John Henry Suhr >
believed he was just on the point of inventing
a valuable process for making l>etter vinegar
at less cost than at present. He was given a
'room at the Manhattan Vinegar Company's j
works, in which he experimented. Things at
Jjome were very pressing. A child died, an-'
other one was dying and his wife was very ill. |
Suhr was destitute and starving. He worked :
night and day, hoping to make enough money !
to give his family a sei voyage to bring health J
to them. At 4 o'clock last Saturday morning i
there was an explosion at the vinegar works
and the whole establishment was burned
down. The charred remains of Suhr were
found among the ruins of his inventions, and
thus the tragedy was ended.
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YORKVT LLE, S. C.;
THURSDAY MORNING. AUG. 19. 1880.
THE PLURALITY PLAN.
So palpable are the objections to the majority
rule in making nominations by the primary
nlnn nnH sn unadaoted is it to the
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surroundings in York county, that we deem
it necessary to call attention to only a few of
the reasons why the plurality rule should be
adopted.
First, as to the uncertainty of securiug a
nomination on tLe first'balloting, in cases
j where there are more than two candidates
for the same position, probably rendering
it necessary to hold a second election ; and
the manifest unfairness which would inevitably
be the result of the second. We will
suppose that A, B and C are candidates for
the same office. A receives 800 votes, B receives
600, and C receives 500. Under the
majority rule C would be ruled out, and the
contest would be v/ith A and B, under a
second election, in which the people would
take little interest, having tired of the thing,
and probably not one-third of the strength of
the party would be cast, owing to the apathy
of the voters, which would result in a minor
ity making the nomination?probably a
smaller number than that voting for A in
the first election ; while in the first election,
had the contest .been between C and A alone,
the largest vote might have been cast for C,
who, with two opponents, received the smallest
vote.
We favor freedom and fairness at the
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tem of popular election by which the will of
the entire people can be obtained so as to give
entire satisfaction to every voter. Yet it must
be admitted that the plurality plan, by which
our State and county elections are determined,
and which plan has been adopted, we believe
by ail the States, more nearly "Secures fairness
than any other. It is the recognized
mode of making the-final decision in the
election of officials and representatives, and if
it can be regarded as equitable in a final election,
we cannot see why it should be otherwise
regarded in the primary or nominating election,
as it would just as effectually close the
door to dissatisfaction as any other method.
The evil results of the majority or two-thirds
rule have been recently demonstrated in our
sister State, Georgia. In the Democratic State
Convention, Colquitt received 220 votes?
127 votes being divided among fouropponeuts,
clearly showing that the majority was with
Colquitt; but as the delegates all stood firm,
and no names were withdrawn, because Col
quitt failed to receive 11 more votes than he
did, no nomination could be made, and the
Democratic party of Georgia is to day rended
in twain, the factions under antagonistic
loo flora Wp lmnp t he Democracy of York
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county will profit from the lesson taught them
by a State?the principle being the same in
either case.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Candidates before the primary election in
Union county, are announcing in favor of
the stock law.
? A bale of the new crop of cotton, raised
in South Carolina, was sold in Augusta, Ga.,
last Thursday, and on Friday a new bale
was sold in Darlington.
? Mr. W. G. Beck, a well-known and popular
salesman, committed suicide in Columbia
on Tuesday of last week, by shooting himself
in. the head with a pistol.
? At a barbecue at Goudeysville, in the
northern portion of Union county, last Thursday,
a difficulty occurred between a man by
the name of Bullock and his son, the father
stabbing his son six times, from which he will
probably die. The old man is now in jail
awaiting the result of his son's injuries. The
cause of the difficulty was whisky or too
many candidates.
? The Columbia correspondent of the News
and Courier telegraphs, under date of the
13th: "I have information from a reliable
source that Chief Justice Willard has requested
Governor Simpson to delay qualifying
as Chief Justice until October l3t, in order
to allow the former time to dispose of the
cases he has heard ; but that the Governor
will adhere to his intention of qualifying !
September 1st, and that Lieutenant-Governor
Jeter will then qualify as Governor.
? Warrants have been issued for the arrest
in Kershaw county of W. E. Johnson, J. M.
Cantey, T. J. Ancrum, Jr., A. D. Goodwyn
and R. G. Ellerbe, on charges of violating
the Statutes in relation to duelling by participating
in various ways in the recent CashShannon
duel. The warrants are based upon
the affidavits of D. G. DuBose, of DuBose's
Bridge, Cypress township, Darlington county,
and were issued by Trial Justice W. S.
King, of Darlington couuty. Sheriff Doby
has notified the parties that he has warrants
for their arrest, and it is expected that they
will appear and give bond for their appearance
at the October term of the court for:
Darlington county.
? It is understood in Columbia that Che au
thorities of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Kailroad have positively declined to
pay its portion of the assessment for the sal-'
ary of the railroad commissioner this year. ;
Last year the South Carolina Railroad was the .
only one which did not contribute its propor-!
tion, but the amount in question and its assessment
for this year were paid several weeks ago. I
The Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta, ,
Savannah and Charleston, Greenville and
Columbia, and Northeastern Railroads have
all now responded to the inquiry of the railroad
commissioner, but upon various grounds j
have not paid their portiou of hi9 salary into
the treasury.
? Last Monday was the one hundredth an
niversary of the death of Baron DeKalb, who
was killed at the battle of Camden. The
last resting place of the hero of the Revolution
is marked by a monument in front of the
Presbyterian Church at Camden, the cornerstone
of which was laid by General Lafayette
in March 1825, a dispensation having beep !
granted him by John Geddes, the then Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge A. F. M. of this
State. On the occasion of the interment, the
remains were borne by six Revolutionary offi
cere?Col. Anderson, Major Whitaker and
Captains Mayrant, Nettles, Stark and Brown,
and was escorted by a procession composed of
the military and civic societies, headed by
Gen. Lafayette and suite. The battle in
which the brave DeKalb fell was fought on
the 16th of Abgust, 1780. He was second in
command of the American forces.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A. A. N. M. Taylor, for twenty-five years
a well known merchant of Charlotte, died
in Greenville last week, aged about 55 years.
? The Winston Light Infantry have informed
the Adjutant General that they will
take forty men to King's Mountain.
? Ex-Governor Brogden is an independent
Republican candidate for Congress in the
Goldsboro district. This may cause the election
of a Democrat in that district.
? A Wilmington dispatch of Thursday
says a heavy rain fell in that section last
week, damaging the prospect of the cotton
crop very materially.
? Stephen Richardson, colored, who killed
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his motner in-law ana atiempieu iu &iu ma
wife and father-in-law in Wilmington, on the
night of July 19th last, has been convicted
of murder in the Criminal Court, and sentenced
to be hanged on the third day of September
next.
? Rev. Dr. A. Rauson, of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church, died at his
home near Huntersville, in Mecklenburg
county, on Wednesday of last week. The
Charlotte Observer says he was a faithful and
useful worker in the cause of religion, his
sterling character and theological attainments
giving him a commanding influence in
his church. He was in his fifty-ninth year.
? Gen. Bryan Grimes was assassinated near
his home in Pitt county on the 13th instant.
The murderer is supposed to be a negro or a
white man against both of whom Gen. Grimes
was an important witness in an arson case.
Gen. Grimes was a prominent citizen and
reached by his high soldierly qualities the
rank of Major General in the Confederate
army.
? The botanical depot at Statesville is said
to be the largest in the world. The firm which
controls it now has in stock 1,700 varieties of
roots, herbs, bark, seeds, flowers and mosses,
and all sorts of plants for herbariums in
quantities of 50 to 35,000 pounds of each
kind. They pay the collectors, who are chiefly
Cherokee Indians, either in cash or goods,
and last year disposed in this way of $400,000
worth of merchandise and shipped 1,800,000
pounds of roots and herbs, a good portion
of which was shipped to Europe^
EDITOltlAL INKLINGS.
SAijtJi Carolina Cotton Crop.
Under date of the 9th instant, the
Charleston Cotton Exchange has issued the
following report of the condition of the cotton
crop in South Carolina. The report is based
on 75 replies from 29 counties :
The weather for the month of July is reported
by 55 as favorable to very favorable ;
by 2 as about the same, and by 18 as unfavorable
; the weather for the season to 31st
July is reported by 46 as more favorable, 8
as about the same, and 21 less favorable.
No lands are reported as abandoned except
by one correspondent; the crop is reported
us forming, blooming and boiling from well
to splendid by 70, and stands poor and plant
very small by 5. The present condition of
the crop is reported by 55 as good to fine and
from better to much better than last year, 10
about the same and 10 in a poor condition, 1
small and worse than last year. There are
several reports of lice, but no damage done
nor apparently expected, the plaut being too
forward. Rust is reported in several sections
and also shedding, and fears are entertained
of damage if we have rather too much drought
durin? the month of August.
I)r. Tanner's Fast.
On Thursday last the physicians stopped
keeping a record of Dr. Tanner's condition
since his fast ended.
At 6 o'clock P. M., on the 10th, the attending
physicians took some of the Doctor's blood,
and the microscope demonstrated the rapid
disappearance of the fungus growth that was
seen in the corpuscles thirty hours after the
end of the fast. "The process of death,"
Prof. Tuttle said, "had already began to eaf.
Now the pores had all gone and is making*
new flesh and blood of a quality that may, as
he contends, lengthen his life. So much
for the medical uses of the fast." "Dr.
Gunn's deductions from the records that were
kept during the fast are that there was an
actual waste from the kidneys of eightyeight
ounces, and that three hundred and
twenty eight ounces were thrown ofTby respiration
and perspiration in the forty days, or
a little more than eight ounces a day lost
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tnrougn uie sam aim tuc mugs. xsi. *??ner's
weight at 7 o'clock this evening was one
hundred and forty-seven pounds.
The "Array of Occupation."
Recent movements of the so called
"Array of Occupation," furnishes an engrossing
topic at this time. It is a crusade of
Americans, headed by Mr. Earnest Dalrymple,
who, announcing himself as a Pennsylvanian
and a patriot, called upon his countrymen,
last winter, to rally to his standard
for the purpose of redeeming Mexico from
the thraldom of the Latin race, and blessing
it with Anglo-Saxon civilization. To
further this holy mission, he pointed his followers
to the mines of Mexico and other tempting
prizes as rewards, and his preliminary
orders, as issued by his adjutant-general, bade
them form companies in all parts of the
Uniou, and wait for his word of command in
the autumn, telling them when and where to
assemble.
It appears that three hundred recruits for
this Grand Army of Occupation, as it is officially
styled, are now enrolled in the vicinity of
Austiu, and known as the First Regiment of
Texas Cavalry, Col. Armstrong commanding ;
and that recruiting is still going on briskly.
It further appears that the department commander
of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and
California, is Gen. F. W. James, of the Texas
militia. What Dalrymple is doing all
this while is not clear; but since he intimated
in his circulur of last winter that,, not j
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being a military man, ne raignc uoi mae me |
field in person, he is perhaps ensconced safely
in Pennsylvania, arranging for the division
of the Mexican mines after the conquest.
On the Path of the Indians.
A dispatch of the 13th from Santa F6 '
says that information from El Paso is to the
effect that seventy-five or one hundred Indi- j
ans, either from Victoria's own band or those
from Mexico who had aided Victoria, and j
who have been hovering for the pa6t few
days between old Fort Quitman and Early
Springs, crossed the Rio Grande near Quitman
early this morning aud headed south into
the State of Chihuahua. Col. Buell, commanding
the Mexicau troops in the field j
against these Indians, has been notified by j
courier, and will endeavor to cut them off. j
A column of Indians, numberiug about one !
hundred, constituting the main portion of
Victoria's force, passed the Rio Grande later
in the day. They evidently found Col. Grierson's
command after the fight in Rattlesnake
Cafion in possession of the watering places,
and passed north and had to retreat. Gen.
Hatch thinks that Indians will try to get
through the line into the Miembores or Ma*
galion mountains. To prevent this he has
disposed the troops under Col. Buell's command
along the road from Fort Cummins to
the river. Col. Buell's headqurters are now
atSlocura's Ranch, about the centre of the
lines.
A dispatch of the 14th from array headquarters
at Quitman, Texas, says: "The Indians
are all around us. It is impossible to
get word to Gen. Grierson. The Indians are
driving off stock and murdering every one
along the route."
South Carolina Agricnltnral Report.
The monthly report of the State Department
of Agriculture for July, the material
portions of which we published last week,
concludes as follows:
"The outlook for our farmers is now very
pnrviiirnorinfr. With favnrahle seasons a fine
crop of cotton will be made ; probably corn
sufficient for home consumption, with a surplus
for market, will be gathered ; the unusually
large production of oats will be of great
benefit in reducing farm expenses; the other
crops are in fair condition, and with no
unusual disaster, our planters will be in a
better condition, financially, to begin the new
year, than they have been for some time
past."
Replies received in answer to the inquiries
from the commissioner of agriculture as to
the adoptiou of the "fence law" in the different
counties and the? result thereof, show
that the "no fence" or "stock" law has been
adopted in the counties of Abbeville, Chester,
Newberry, Spartanburg, Union and York,
in twelve out of fourteen townships in Fairfield,
and in all but five townships of Greenville
county. General satisfaction is reported
at its operation in these counties. Aiken,
Barnwell, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington,
Edgefield, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry,
Lexington, Marlboro', Marion and Orangeburg
counties have either not voted upon the
subject or have decided to continue the old
oratom \Ta roQr\i\naoa K a Koon rPnoivpH
from the counties of Anderson, Beaufort,
Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens,
Pickens, Sumter and Williamsburg. The commissioner
concludes from the replies that the
present law giving each county option in the
matter, is possibly the best suited to all people.
The South and the Census.
A Washington dispatch of the 11th
to the Baltimore Sun, says there are unmistakable
signs that the Republican leaders intend
to try and force a new enumeration of
the census in several of the Southern States
under the plea that gross frauds "or irregularities"
have been pr??ii?ed. Iu eyneete--'
tion that the South would show a considerable
increase over the census of teu years ago, the
Republicans, many months before the census
supervisors were appointed, started the cry
that there was a conspiracy on foot among the
Democrats to secure larger representation un
der the apportionment than they were justly
entitled to by means of a fraudulent enumeration.
Now that the returns of the census South
are coming in freely and showing very heavy
increase in many localities, the Republicans
renew their cries of fraud, and demand that
a new enumeration shall be taken. A prominent
officeholder said to-day that he was advised
that the President was convinced that
some of the Southern States are not entitled
to the large increase shown by the present
census, and that steps ought to be taken to
rectify the matter. This would iudicate that
the President intends to be a willing instrument
in the hands of (he Republican leaders
to dispute the returns sent here. Of course
nothing can be done at present, but the complete
returus will have to be examined at the
census bureau before any definite action can
be taken in the matter. It is clearly the
purpose of the Republicans to try and deprive
the South of the heavy gains in her population,
but there is not the slightest doubt that
they will signally fail to accomplish their
ends.
On the same subject, touching South Carolina,
the New York Times publishes the following
letter from E. G. Hoffman, one of
its correspondents:
President Haye9 appointed Pride, Breeden,
and Hammond, supervisors in defiance of the
protest of leading Republicans. It was claimed
in Washington that Pride and Breeden
were Republicans, but, strangely, nobody
recognized them as such in this State. Hammond,
a cousin to Wade Hampton, had the
reputation of being of the South Carolina
vernacular, a "red-hot" Democrat. The latter,
of course, appointed only the most prouounced
of his political creed enumerators,
though many capable Republicans applied
for the positions. Pride did the same, and
Breeden appointed a few Republicans. There
is some excuse for the two latter on account
of the scarcity of intelligent Republicans
in the country, but the same cannot be said
in Hammond's case. Nine tenths of the
enumerators, it is alleged, were unadulterated
Bourbons. When admonished that frauds
would be perpetrated under the plan determined
upon, President Hayes expressed
doubts, and informed the South Carolina Republican
leaders that if frauds were practiced
he would have another census taken.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, August 17.?Reports from different
parts of the county represent the crops
in a better condition than was expected a few
weeks ago. While it was feared the late
rains would be drtmaging to the corn crop,
it is now quite promising. Cotton is also
promising, though there are some reports of
the shedding of bolls, and with no further
mishap the yield will be good.
The melon and fruit trade is flourishing
now. Our market is stocked with melons
and peaches of all grades and prices.
A Grange meeting was held at Armenia
Church last Thursday. The Chester Light
Dragoons, Capt. T. M. Sanders commanding,
paraded there, and a number of candidates
were present; but as it was a social
and agricultural meeting, they were not permitted
to bring their claims before the people.
Last Saturday night some one was discovered
in the jewelry store of E. C. Stalin. The
thief was fired at several times by Mr. Hugle,
the clerk in charge, but effected his escape.
Mr. Stanhn has return from his trip to
Europe and appears much improved.
Mr. R. Brandt left last week for New
York.
Mr. S. B. Meacham, of Charlotte, was in
town last week, and speaks of going into business
here.
Among recent improvements and others in
progress, may be mentioned the store room of
Mr. Brandt, and Dr. Lylc's dwelling, both of
which have been remodeled and greatly improved
ir. appearance. Mr. S. B. Lathan is
building a handsome residence, and Mr. S. K.
Marks has finished and moved into his new
house?all on Saluda street.
Work on the Cheraw and Chester Railroad >1
is progressing, and it is expected that trains
will run through to Lancaster by the middle i
of next October.
The health of our county is very good
now. One of our physicians recently remarked
that it is "distressingly heajthy." ]
Chester. i
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. M. Adams?All Right Coek?Hot Blast.
Rev. W. G. White?Yorkville Female College.
E. A. Falls?Plantation for Sale.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?
J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pleas, ApplicantJacob
Etters, deceased.
Latimer <fe Hemphill?Our Stock of GroceriesCigars?Robber
Belting.
Withers Adickes?Hardware, Ac.?MackerelMolasses?Cotfee
and Sujgar.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?
J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pleas, ApplicantMrs.
Catherine Blair, deceased.
Mrs. M. H. Metta' Home Female Institute.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?
D. M. Hall, Applicant?Mary Jane Ray, deceased.
A. F. Hambright and others of the Committee?
King's Mountain Centennial.
Herndon Bros.?For sale.
NEW POTATOES.
Mr. W. J. Gordon has our thanks for a basket,
of fine sweet nntatoes. the first of the sea
son.
THE 8TATE CAMPAIGN.
A number of appointments for the Democratic.State
campaign have been furnished to
the press for publication. Among them we
note the following: Spartanburg, September
14 ; Union, September 15; Chester, September
25 ; York, Monday, September 27; Lancaster,
September 28. Meetings will be held at
the above places and dates, for which speakers
will be provided.
FINE PEACHES.
The peach crop in this section is very fine
the present season, not only as regards quantity,
but also the quality of this luscious fruit.
We are glad to observe that the colored people
who own land are not neglectful in providing
themselves with fruit of good and standard
varieties, and in this respect, considering their
ability, they are not behind the white people.
Some of the finest peaches we have seen this
season were presented to us by Allen Beatty,
a worthy and industrious colored man.
ABOUT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We have received through the post-ofiice an
anonymous communication requesting the announcement
of a gentleman as a candidate before
the primary election for the House of
Representatives. We decline to publish the
announcement for two reasons: First, because
it is unaccompanied by a responsible
name ; and secondly, because no provision is
made for paying charges for the same. In no
case will we publish the announcements of
county candidates free of charge.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
We leam that on Thursday last a colored
preacher named Pillar, employed in the neighborhood
of Ebenezer in the eastern part of the
county, as teacher of a colored school, was
struck by lightning during the rain storm of
that afternoon, and instantly kiHed. lie had
dismissed his school at New Hope (colored)
churclvaiid was on his way home, not seeking
shelter from the rain, and just as he entered
Ebenezer the bolt struck him. Trial Justice
S. M. Fewell, acting as coroner, held an inquest,
the verdict of which was in accordance
with the above facts.
CHURCHES NEXT 3UNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Methodist Episcopal?I$ev. Thos. Gilbert,
Pastor. Services at Philadelphia at 11 o'clock
in the morning, and in Yorkville, at 8 o'clock
in the evening.
Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev.
R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at
the usual morning hour, and at 8? P. M. The
Rector will preach at the poor house, at 4 p. m.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular
appointment at Tirzah next Sunday.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours' morniner and
evening.
Rev. Dr. GRIER.
Rev. W. M. Grier, D. D., President of Erskine
College, Due West, S. C., filled the pulpit
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church
at this place, last Saturday and Sunday, preaching
two sermons each day. While he was favored
with large congregations each time he
preached, the Sunday morning service?on
which occasion the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper was celebrated by near 100 communicants?was
largely attended by men and women
of all denominations, attracted by the reputation
of the able and eloquent divine. Nor
were any disappointed, if we may judge from
the favorable comment evoked by his efforts.
FEMALE ^SCHOOLS.
By reference to our advertising columns, it
will be seen that two female schools will be ope^t
ed in Yorkville next month. Rev. W. G. White^
a riaHvo r>f fliio hnf fnr a faxxr upsrs naat; a
citizen of Kentucky, has leased for a term of
years the buildings of the Yorkville Female
Institute, and will endeavor to restore the
school to the standard of excellence for which
it was noted in its most prosperous days.
Mrs. Metts' Home Female Institute will
also open with new teachers, the principal of
which has taught for several years successfully
in Mobile, and is highly recommended; while
the musical department will be in charge of a
lady graduate of the Conservatory of Music
in Paris.
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SUHVIVOR8* ASSOCIATIONS.
The meetings of the York County Survivors'
Association, and the Survivor's of the Twelfth
S. C. Regiment, in this place to-day, promise
to be an interesting event. Besides the members
of the Associasions, who will attend in
large numbers, we may also expect a large attendance
of people generally from this and
adjoining counties, who will be attracted by
the ceremonies of the day. If the weather
permits, Gen. McGowan will deliver his address
in the Female Institute grove, to which a general
invitation is extended to all who may wish to
hear it. Hon. M. C. Butler will also be here.
Besides the Cadets of King's Mountain Military
School and the Jenkins Rifles of Yorkville,
the Lee Light Infantry, of Chester, and
probabl ythe Catawba Rifles, of Rock Hill, will
form the military attractions, and music will be
furnished by the Rock Hill and the Yorkville
Cornet Bands.
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Aunxvuu i <UA?/mu vvruuu\?u.
We liave received a circular from Benj.
Sloan, Secretary of the Faculty, announcing
that South Carolina College of Agriculture
and Mechanics will be opened for the instruction
of the young men of the State, on the
5th of October, in the buildings of the old
South Carolina College, at Columbia, with the
following Faculty, viz.: Wm. Porcher Miles,
LL.D., President, and Professor of English
Literature; James Woodrow, Ph.D., D. D.,
Professor of Geology, Mineralogy, Botany and
Zoology; Benj. Sloan, Professor of Mathematics
and Natural Philosophy; William
Burney, Ph.D., Professor of Analytical and
Agricultural Chemistry, and Experimental
Agriculture. Tuition will be free to all.
Room rent for the year $10. For further information,
apply to the Secretary at Columbia,
S. C.
CENSUS REPORTS.
We are indebted to Col. C. J. Pride, Census
Supervisor of the First District of South Carolina,
for the following correct returns of the
population of the counties composing his district
:
1870. 1880. Increase.
Abbeville County, 32,028 40,856 7,928
Anderson County, 26,466 33,594 7,128
Chester County, 18,805 24,264 5,459 ,
Edgefield County, 43.332 45,861 2,529 I
Fairfield County, 21,012 27,786 6,774
Greenville County 25,019 37,306 12,287
Laurens County, ..22,536 29,431 6,895
Newberry County 22,666 26,499 3,833
Oconee County 11,252 16,273 5,021
Pickens County 11,492 15,010 3,518 i
Spartanburg County,.26,775 40,373 13,598
Union County, 19,248 24,059 4,811
York County 24,773 30,722 5,949 '
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Total of Counties,..306,304 392,034 85,730
City of Greenville, 3,135 6,167 3,031 1
City of Spartanburg,....2,696 3,964 1,295
The pay roll for enumerators and other employes
in this district, was $17,465.69, and the
average pay of enumerators was $98.^50/'' ' ]
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PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss Dasie Gist is visiting at Bowling!
Green.
Miss Maggie Glenn is visiting the family of
Sheriff Glenn.
Miss Cora Clark has returned from her visit
to the country.
Miss Lizzie Ross is visiting the family of'
S. A. McElwee.
Mr. Walter Moore has returned from his 1
visit to Chester.
Mr. G. W. S. Hart is making a visit to :
Petersburg, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Griffith are visiting the pa-1
rents of the latter.
Mr. Hezekiah M. Gilbert has returned from
his visit to Sumter.
Miss Nannie Glenn has returned from her
visit in the country.
Miss Mary H. Witherspoon has returned to
her home in Sumter.
Misses Mary and Jennie Neil, of Rock Hill,
are visiting Mrs. Latta.Mrs.
H. F. Adickes, Jr., has returned from
her visit to Spartanburg.
Mr. R. J. Latta and sister have returned
from Cleveland Springs.
Major S. P. Hamilton, of Chester, was in
town this week on professional business.
Mrs. Spears and Mrs. Herndon, of Georgia,
are visitincr the familv H. F. Adickes. Sen.
C. E. Spencer and family have returned
from their trip to the mountains of North
Carolina.
Miss Jennie Cody is visiting friends in Charlotte,
and will extend her trip to Salisbury,
N. C., before returning home.
Rev. A. "W. "W alker preached at Philadelphia
Church Sunday morning, and in the Methodist
church at this place, Sunday evening.
Miss Lizzie Ratchford and Mr. John Brison,
of Gaston county, and Mrs. T. L. Houser of
Lincolnton N. C., are visiting the family of
R. Frank Clark.
POLITICAL NOTES.
? The Greenhackers of Michigan have
placed a full State ticket in the field.
? The Democratic State Convention of
Texas has nominated Gov. O. M. Roberts
for re election.
? Both candidates for President have twenty
letters in their names, and one or the other
will be the 20th President.
? The Republican conference at New York
was rather despondent. The South was practically
abandoned, and Maine, Ohio and Indiana
were regarded as the pivotal States.
? Gen. Rosecrans is enthusiastic for Han?i
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CUL'K) UllUUUgll VjnI iiciu was uio aujuwur
General. He writes from San Francisco that
the PaciBc Coast is ablaze for the Democratic
nominees.
? The Democrats of Tennessee are "cTivuJecr
into two factions.?0De, which is in the majority,
favoring the payment of the State's
just indebtedness ; and the other comprising
repudiationists. Both factions have nominated
candidates for Governor.
? Abraham Lincoln is Tedi'ed with having
made the following declaration during the
war: "I tell you, geutlemen, that if his life
and strength are spared, I believe that General
Hancock is destined to be one of the
most distinguished men of the age. Why,
when I go down in'the morning to open my
mail?and I arise at 4 o'clock?I declare
that I do so in fear and trembling lest I may
hear that Hancock has been killed or wounded."
? It is the fashion to depreciate Mr. Hayes,
the President de facto, but we are reminded
by the Philadelphia Record that in 1863,
when he and Garfield were each offered a
Congressional nomination, Hayes wrote from
the army to his constituents: "I decline the
nomination. Any man who would leave the
front at this time to accept a place of safety
in the rear, ought to be shot.". Gen. Garfield
took another view of the matter, and afterward
took his seat iu Congress, where he has
remained ever since.
? Speaking of Republican prospects in
South Carolina, the Washington Republican
says : We have received several letters from
South Carolina Republicans giving, as we
think, excellent reasons why the campaign
in that State should be confined to Federal
questions and candidates. We do not desire
to interfere, by advice or otherwise, in the
Uocal affairs of other communities, and we
have therefore refrained from publishing
much that appeals to our judgment as true.
We will venture, however, to advise our National
Committee that any money sent to
South Carolina to aid a canvass in that State
is absolutely wasted. Blaiue might plant
and Conkling might water, but the Democratic
election managers will give the increase
of Democratic majorities.
? After a session of six days, the Georgia
nomnprofio State Convention failed to make
a Domination for Governor. The two-thirds
rule was adopted ; and although ou the thirtysecond
and last ballot, Colquitt received 220,
and 127 votes were divided among four names,
58 being the highest received by either of
the four, no nomination cbuld be made, and
the convention adjourned after the majority
adopted a resolution recommending Colquitt
to the people. The minority have organized a
State executive committee and a campaign
central committee, and nominated Hon. T. M.
Norwood, who accepts the nomination. The
Democracy of Georgia is badly divided, to
say the least of it, and the disintegration is
augmented by the two thirds rule, which prevailed
in the State Convention.
BUTLER'S REPLY TO CASH.
Since the appearance in the papers of Col.
Cash's "open letter" to Senator Butler, the
Senator has been interviewed upon the subject
by a correspondent of the New and Courier,
a report of which is as follows:
Columbia, August 12.?Having occasion 1
to visit Edgefield, your Reporter called upon 1
? ? a.~? 1> >?41am nttk q s\i\t\tt of pnl pqflk'fl '
oeuatur JJUtlCl nii/U a vi VVK V/MWI1 U |
letter as it appeared in the National Republican,
and inquired if he had anything further
to say about it.
The Senator had not seen the note to the
Postmaster at Washington, and when he had
read it, smiled and remarked that he bad
ever objected to the publication of the letter
; on the contrary, was quite willing that
it should be published. Col. Cash was entitled
to have his say, and now that he bad
delivered himself, he hoped he would be in
a happier frame of mind. "But," said the
Senator, "just how it could injure the Democratic
party I cannot see, and therefore cannot
understand why any paper should have
refused to publish the 1' tter on that account.
If Col. Cash finds the Radical party more
congenial?appearing from his note to have
fallen out with the Democratic party?it is
entirely proper for him to seek comfort in its
ranks. Such a consummation appears to be
in accordance with the 'eternal fitness of
things.'" j
Reporter : Have you anything to say,!
General, in reply to the charges which Col. J
Cash brings against you ? |
Gen. Butler : No, except to say that1
they are purely imaginary. Not a word of
truth in any of them. Of course, I do not!
say whether his charge, that I am a coward,!
is true or not. It is never safe to pass judgment
on any man's courage. I have seen j
some people terribly disappointed in that;
regard, and Col. Cash may find it so in j
this case; but we cannot always tell. j
Rep. : Have you ever had any moneyed j
transactions with him ? What does he mean |
by "the privilege of inserting your hands in ; s
his pockets," Ac., Ac. I (
Gen. B.: Why, it means that the man
is crazy, or something worse. I never had a
moneved transaction, or endeavored to have
one with him in my life, nor any othe: busi- *
ness transaction. So he has drawn entirely
on his imagination for this statement Nor
did I ever "piteously apply" to him about
the "lottery," as he calls it My own and
Gen. Gary's connection with th.it business
has been explained again and again, and was ?
about the same as that of Gens. Beauregard
and Early with the Louisiana lottery. The
difference is, that theirs has been a success ;
ours was a stupendous failure. Our attempting
such an enterprise, under the circumstances,
was a piece of ineffable stupidity ; but I
had no occasion to apply piteously to Col.
Cash or anybody el?e about it, and, therefore,
his statement in regard to it is without foundation
in fact. Like every man who makes
such a mil-take, I felt disgusted with myself
about it, but I am not in the habit of complaining
of sympathy being withheld as Col. A
Cash does in my case. C
Rep.: He says that you'had "recently ^
I 1 J_J ?_ "L1!^ _ 1? I __ 1
Deeu orantieu in puuuc ua a imr, auu uujj
suught redress by returning the offensive epithet."
Did such ait occurrence ever take
place?
Gen B.: Never. There is not a word of
truth in it. And I have only this to say as
to that. If Col. Cash will produce one respectable
or.reputable man who will say that
such a thing happened, if I do not prove
that he lies, I will make to him the most abiect
apology for any grievance, real or imaginary,
that was ever made to man. And
if he does not do so, where will he be ? Oh,
no, I have no objection to the publication of
the letter. Veyy hard things have been said
about me before, and I have survived them
and trust I will survive this. There are
some things that I might say about the publication
of my letter, but I shall not do so now ;
nor shall I indulgo in recriminations with
Col. Cash, or throw mud at him, but leave
him to his own consc ience, which I hope will
cause him to feel ashamed of his letter. He
was not in the "fetters of the law" when my
letter was written, to my knowledge, and
they do not appear to chafe much now. I
have nothing to retract of my letter, but
cannot see why Col. Cash should feel tpeeially
aggrieved, as no more mention is made of
him than others connected with the duel, unless
the "cap fits him" better than others, for
I A T x a_ 1.1 T 1_
WDICn 1 a ID UUl MJ UIUUIC. A UUjjf cipicoocu
my opioioD about a public transaction in
which a number of persons were engaged.
Why, have I not the right to do that. ?
The following is the note addressed by Col.
Cash to the postmaster at Washington, refer*
enceto which is made by Senator Butler:
Cash's Depot, S. C.t July 31,1830.
To the Postmaster at Washington:
On Saturday last 1 mailed a letter at this
.place, directed to T. L. Middleton, Washington,
D7C. TheTetteV contained my reply to
the letter of M. C. Butler, published in the
Charleston News and Courier, and was sent
to Mr. Middleton to have published in the
Washington papers?the papers in this State
refusing to publish, lest it might injure the
Democratic party. The Democratic party is
not taking any very especial care of me,
and I desire the letter published. If the
letter to Mr. Middleton has not been taken
from the office, please deliver it to any editor,
Radical or Democrat, in your city, who will
publish it. As I have not heard from Mr.
Middletcn, I fear he has left Washington and
has not received or taken my letter from the
office. Yours respectfully,
E. B. C Cash.
From the Greenville News, 14th.
KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL ASSOC! Atiav.
The Association met in the hall of the
Merchants' and Cotton Exchange yesterday.
It was called to order at 10 o'clock by Col.
A. Coward, Chairman of .the Committee. W. i
T. R. Bell, Secretary. The following members
of the Committees were present: Col.
A. Coward, W. T. R. Bell, Capt. J. M. Ivy,
Col. C. R. Jones, Col. I. D. Witherspoon,
J. S. Bratton, Wra. D. Jenkins, Dr. A. P.
Campbell, Dr. A. F. Hambright, J. W. M.
Harry, Emanuel Patterson, Col. J. P. Thomas,
Dr. Dixon, Major \V. J. Yates, Col. Brown,
S. A. Townes, \V. L. Cleve and, and W. G.
Whidby, proxy for Col. W. J. Houston.
The usual order of business was adopted.
Col. Coward made a report, in which he presented
a letter from Captain G. D. Bryan, ~
of the Washington Light Infautry, of Charleston,
enclosing a drift on New York from the
City Council of Charleston, for two hundred
and fifty dollars ; also a letter from Mayor
Courtenay, of Charleston. This letter elicted
a statement from Col. Thomas, who had also
received a. letter from him. Col. Coward
also called attention to a letter received from
Captain Wylie Jones in reference to the rules 1
to govern the prize drill on the centennial a
occasion. The letter received by Colonel
Coward was turned over to the Committee on
Troops. Col. Thomas, chairman of that committee,
reported that rules to govern said
drill would be adopted at an early day, and
then published.
The Secretary reported having appointed
agents, 30 far as he could, in the smaller towns
of the State of North Carolina. The Treasurer
then read an itemized report of the receipts
and disbursements of the association
up to date, which was received and filed.
The report shows a balance on hand of
8821.77.
Col. Chas. R. Jones reported that he had
postponed his visit to Raleigh and Wilmington,
as commissioned by the association, until
a later day iu the season, but it is still his intention
to discharge that duty.
Col. Witherspoon reported from Mr. Hap +.
perfield that he had obtained the marble '
for the face of the monument in Vermont, bad
ordered it shipped, and bad received free
transportation from New York. A letter
mjuo ron.oioo/t frntn Mni FTticrh fi. ThomtWon
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regretting bis absence from the committee.
The Coramiitee on Monument reported,
through Dr. Campbell, that the work on the
monument was going on favorably, and asked
that the contract be read. The contract was
read, and it was found that the specifications
were exceedingly indefinite in their nature.
Dr. Campbell concluded his report by recommending
that an architect be at once ap- ^
pointed to examine the work and report condition.
Adopted.
The Committee on Grounds reported,
through Dr. Dixon, that they had endeavored
to secure a suitable rendezvous at some point ~
3D the Air-Line Railway, but had failed to do
so. The ceremonies of the celebration would,
therefore, be entirely on the battle ground,
rhe committee had commenced the clearing
up of the ground, and proposed to clear off
from seventy-five to one hundred i cres. The
work was let out by contract and paid for
>o far in cash.
The Committee on Troops reported through
3ol. Thomas, Chairman, that North Carolina
will be represented by 35 or 40 companies
)f the State Guard. The South Carolina
Troops, were ordered by circular of Col. ^
Thomas, to report to him as one of the com*
nittee on troops.
There was no regular report from the Comnittee
on Police, but Col. Coward and Col.
(Vitherspoon stated that the Governor of
South Carolina would appoint special con*
itables with plenary powers. Col. Thomas
eported that Col. Johnson had not yet visied
Virginia, owing to a failure to receive
.rausportation. The Secretary .reported a
etter from one of the State Commissioners
>f Virginia, asking what had been done at
be meeting of the State Commissioners in
Charlotte, and asking to be placed in commu*
lication with those commissioners. The letter
was referred to Committee on Correspon*
lence. N
Col. Thomas offered the following resoluion,
which was adopted.
"Resolved, That the King's Mountain Cen*
ennial Association acknowledges the liberal
appropriation made by the City Council of^
Charleston to the purposes of this body. It
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