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s-ftajus and Jfatte. 1 ? An elephant, traveling in a car next the locomotive on an Indiana railroad, opened the tank, drank all the water, and so com-1 pelled the traiu to stop. ? It is curious that some people think a newspaper should entertain the same political opinions as themselves. They claim the right to think as they please, but deny this right to any other man. ? Cyrus W. Field, a few days ago, erected a monument over Major Andre's grave, and the people of Tarrytowo, out of revenge, are having a statue sculptured in honor of Andre's captors. Thus run3 the world away. ? The astronomers say that on the 25th the big planet Jupiter, will reach its perihelion. its nearest annroaeh to the sun. and a few days later it will be as near the earth as it can come. Then look out for a great storm and sudden changes of temperature. ? Henry Herbert Crane livejJ childless at Grafton, Ohio, until he was 65. Then his young wife gave birth to twins. The joyful father hired a band of music and marched through the village bearing a banner on which was inscribed the word, "Victory." ? American mills consumed during the past cotton year fifteen per cent, more cotton than they did in the preceding year. The Southern mills took eighteen per cent, more, showing that they are still gaining on the Northern mill*. ? F. E. Patrick, of Charlotte, has been successful in a suit against the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company for $5,000 damages, for refusing to allow him to operate a cotton compress on their platform, as he claimed to do under his lease. ? In the United States Court at Knoxville, Tenn., on the 15th, Ex-Postmaster General Key presided. An announcement has been made that amnesty has been granted to all defendants charged with violation of the internal revenue laws previous to January 13, 1880. Under provisions of the amnesty, about 250 offenders are released. ? A papyrus manuscript recently discovered in the cave of a hermit near Jerusalem, and said to be the work of St. Peter, has been submitted to a committee sent out by the Biblical Society of London, and they have come to the conclusion that the papyrus is in reality the work of the great apostle. They have offered 8100,000 for the document in vain. ? The site of the forthcoming World's Fair in New York is not yet determined, but the - w ? ;j_ J. ...:u proDaDUities are tnai iuormngsiue rHm win oe Belected. This is an uncompleted park, beginning about five hundred feet from the northwestern corner of Central Park, containing a little over forty-seven acres, and lying between 110th and 123d streets. ? San Francisco society is deeply iuterested in a report that Miss Flood, to whom U. S. Grant, Jr., was engaged, has jilted the young man. He appeared in public with a girl described as not "over nice," and when Miss Flood heard of it she terminated the engagement The property loss to young Grant is something like 82,500,000. ? The Holyoke (Mass.) Gazette says: It is stated upon excellent authority that in this neighborhood there is a lady who has built a house out of a fund made by selling rum to her own husband. He is a drinking man, and so his wife struck the bargain with him that if he would (Jrink, he must agree to buy all the liquor of her. She thus pocketed the profit, instead of regular rumsellers. ? There was not much doubt iu the minds of the mob at Clinton, Dakota, that Ben Day ought to be hanged. He had committed the ntirvitul nrimp r\f ofpnlincr a hnrSP hilt, hfi w,;,,v ? b ? > ? urged persistently that he only meant to borrow the beast, and fiually said: "If I was guilty I'd want to be hanged ; and, anj'how, 'tisn't worth while to make much fuss about it. Just toss up a dime, and if it goes agin me, then I won't say a word ; but if I win you're to let me go." The proposition was accepted, and Day won. The increase in the growth of cotton has been remarkable. In 1867, we marketed two million bales; in 1870, three millions; in 1874, four millions ; in 1879, five millions. The crop marketed for the year ending August 31, 1880, is 5,760,161 bales, and it is considered that the crop now being picked will exceed six millions. In the fifteen years since the war we have increased the crop threefold. And thus it is that the South is rising from the ashes of desolation, and is making such rapid strides to power and op' ulence. Prior to the war, the crop never reached four million bales, except during the year 1860, when it ran up to 4,669,770 bales. ? Ice is being imported all the way from Norway and sold ;n New York City ac prices lower than the c mestic article. It is too i ,L! c? v_ :??,A line mis season lur ie iiupuiiuuuu ui iuc tu be engaged in very t tensively, but the experiment has deraon9t ated that there need be no fear of the ice mom. *olists hereafter. The resources and enterprise of this country are too much for monopolists of every class. Last spring, ice dealers in New York combined to raise prices and keep them up, vainly supposing that as they had possession of the supplies ou hand, they could dictate terms; but American enterprise has foiled them, though it had to go to Norway to do it, and in the future there will be no "corners" in ice in New York. ? The New York Bulletin says it seems to he settled now that the mammoth steamer Great Eastern is going to New Orleans, the merchants of that city guaranteeing her a cargo of Mississippi valley products. The New Orleans Democrat of the 13th, with reference to the matter, says: "We learn that one single cattle owner on the line of railway frow New Orleans to Houston has offered to freight the great ship himself. This gentleman's herds number three hundred thousand head, and there are estates equally large further toward the Rio Grande." The expectation is that the Great Eastern can he utilized for promoting British and Irish emigration to Louisiana and Texas. There would seem to be no question as to the feasibility of bringing the big ship through the jetties at any state of the tide. ? Duels have been fought with many ! strange weapons, and the choice of strange | weapons has sometimes prevented duels from ! being fought. An event of the former sort j came off in Chicago on Saturday night, : which, so far as we know, is unique in its j wav and at all events was conclusive. Two workmen who were unloading ore at the ; Steel Foundry in Ashland avenue, began to j quarrel. They grappled each other, and j then, neither having gained any special advantage, they parted, each seized a kerosene lamp from a bracket, and with savage impre-1 cations dashed it at the other's head. In an instant?since both lamps reached their mark and broke at the same instant?both com- j batants were wrapped in liquid fire. Their ! comrades rushed to try to put out the flames and save the men's lives, but they were too 1 late. Both men died next day. The expe-! rience of these poor victims of passion is wretched indeed, and its only compensatory feature is that it is unlikely to be widely followed as an example. ? The largest sewing machine in the world has I lately been finished. It is of the Singer type. The machine weighs over four tons, and iu some respects is of new design, uniting much simplicity of construction with great strength of parts. It is adapted for general manufacturing purposes of the heaviest sort, although specially made for stitching cotton belting, au article which is now taking the market as a cheap and serviceable institution for gearing, and the ordinary leather belting. The mate- ( rial used is of great strength and toughness, and is sewed together in plies or layers, up to an inch in thickness. The belting, in being sewed together, is passed through heavy feed rollers some niue inches in diameter and more than eight feet in length, getting stretched and pressed in the process. There are two needles at work with shuttles, and the shuttles can be removed from the bottom without disturbing the overlying plies of belting. The rollers between which the work passes are actuated by reversible worm and cam motions, and the I machine has, in addition to these roller feeds, i what is known as a top feed motion, suitable | for a lighter class of work. The stitch, as in , the ordinary sewing machine, can be adjusted from one eighth inch upward, and the pressure of the rollers :>n the work passing through ; the machine can be regulated at the will of the operator. The machine, which is driven by steam, has been made for a maufacturing 6rm in Liverpool.?Scientific American. Ihc forlkviUc (Shtquiw. YORK VTL17ETS. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. SEPT. 23. 1880. How to Orderthe 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 ot 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.?Thedateon the"addrosslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribe rs do not wish their papers discontinued, the dale must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. THE PRI1HARY ELECTION. On Thursday last the Democratic voters of York county participated in their first primary election. Previous to the election the county had been thoroughly canvassed by the various candidates for nomination ; they had full opportunity to publicly express their views from the stump, and to miugle freely with the people, thereby giving every opportunity by which the voters could judge of their respective merits and aid them in forming an intelligent conclusion as to who should serve them in the legislative halls and the county offices. That conclusion was arrived at, and emphasis given to it by the silent but potent ballot on Thursday, and as it is the voice of J the people, there is none to gainsay it. Of the perfect success of the primary system in , nominating candidates, no dispute can be | made, and the friends of the system in York nr,a\T kaim funap tn pnrxrratulate them WUJIl'J III UJ IIUIV VWUWW vx.-e selves on the satisfaction which it has given the people. Of course all the voters did not secure their choice, and many gooi^ men failed to secure nominations, yet those who were nominated were selected by a majority of the voters by a free ballot, and no complaint can be made, as is so common after nominations have been made by a convention. As yet, since the election, we have not heard the first complaint raised as to the primary system, or the manner in which the balloting was conducted. That the people manifested proper interest iu the election, is shown by the vote given? it aggregating 2,210 against 2,997 in the general election of 1878, and falling below that vote only 787 ; so if these 787 failed to vote for no other reason than their disapproval of the system, there is a very respectable majority who have shown by their action that they approve of it. But this test caunot be applied to those who failed to vote, as it is known that many voters were out of the county, others did not take the trouble to go the polls, and the colored vote, numbering only 89, is much below the Democratic strength of the colored voters of York. We publish this week a tabulated state - .... ? 1 '11 L I meat of the balloting, trom wmcn it win De seen that the following nominations were made: Senate?I. D. Witherspoon, Esq. House of Representatives?Dr. John G. Black, Iredell Jone9, B. H. Massey, W. H. Stewart. County Commissioners?Dr. J. B. Allison, John M. Jackson, Andrew F. Lindsay. County Treasurer?Hyder A. D. Neely. County Auditor?Wm. B. Williams. Clerk of the Court?Joseph F. Wallace. Probate Judge?Joseph A. McLean. Sheriff?R. H. Glenn. School Commissioner?Rev. R. Lathau. These nominations having been made by the people, it only remains for them to give confirmation to the act by giving the ticket a hearty and unanimous support ou the 2nd of November. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? There are six British steamers in the port of Charleston, loading cotton for Europe. ? It is said that there are 2,000 cases of broken bone fever in Charleston. ? Arrangements are in progress for building a telegraph line between Lancaster and Chester. ? In the First District, the Radicals have j nominated the notorious Sara Lee, colored, of; Sumter, as a candidate for Congress. ? Charleston, Beaufort and Richland counties have more forfeited lauds than all the balance of the counties of the State combined. ? The Anderson County Fair will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 20th, 21st and 22nd of October. ? Mr. S. G. Garner, a prominent citizen of the lower part of Richland county, and a brother of Mrs. John M. Rawlinson,of Yorkville, died at his home about 9 o'clock last Monday morning. ? The recent Republican meeting at Beau-1 fort is represented as having been quite a tame affair. There were not more than three hundred voters present, and there was very little enthusiasm displayed during the meeting, which was quiet and orderly. ? It is given out that a convention will be held at Chester to-raorrow, Friday, for the purpose of nominating a Republican candi-i date for Congress in the Fourth District. It I is generally supposed that Absalom Blythe, J of Greenville, will be nominated. ? The Democratic Executive Committee of Charleston has called a convention to decide the question of primary or convention. The primary plan proposed allows twelve repre-1 sentatives to the city and five to the country.1 The primary is the best plan for satisfying all parties. ? Governor Jeter, at the request of Solici-' tor Sellers of the Fourth Circuit, has ordered Attorney General Youmans to attend at Darlington Court House ou the first Monday in October, to assist the Solicitor in conducting the prosecution in the Cash Shannon dueling cases. ? Col. Lipscomb, Superintendent of the penitentiary, and Mr. John C. Seegers, one of its directors, sold in Columbia on Thursday last, twelve bales of cotton, averaging 500 pounds each, for 11 cents. This is the first installment of a crop of 240 bales, raised on 1 the Big Lake Plantation, twelve miles below 1 Columbia, by convict labor alone, without j other cost to the State than the feediDg and guarding of the convicts. Besides this large crop of cotton, about 7,000 bushels of corn will be made, and a large lot of hay and fodder gathered. ? The argument in the case of the contested Chief-Justiceship, before the Supreme Court in Columbia, was concluded on Friday last. Col. McMaster read the printed argument of Judge Willard in his own behalf. The court adjourned until the 4ih Monday in November. It is expected that a decision will be rendered in the case at an early day. ? In the primary election for Lancaster county last Saturday, the following nominations were made: Representatives?Captain Amos McManus and R. E. Allison, Esq. ; Sheriff?Mr. Johu P. Hunter; Probate Judge?Hon. George McC. Witherepoon; County Commissioners?Messrs. Frank Adkins, W. Q. Caskey and H. N. Clyburn. ? Gen. Q. A. Gilraore arrived in Charleston on Sunduy last on his annual tour of inspection of the river and harbor improvements of the South Atlantic States. He vis? -? T ?_ .t. t 1 1 uea me denies in me naruor uuu eApicoccu himself thoroughly satisfied both with the work and its effects. He says that the shoals are already deepening in precisely the manner he anticipated and desired, and he thinks that the results thus far obtained give gratifying assurance of the complete success of the great undertaking. The work will be steadily pushed for |vard as long as the money lasts and by that time an additional appropriation is tkfped for. ? The Supreme Court has recently decided that a "Scotch" mortgage?one giving absolute possession with right to make title in case of forfeiture of mortgaged property?can be enforced in this State. The following is the clause of the ^liortgage upon which the decision is rendered : "But in case of non payment of the said bond with the interest thereon, or any part thereof, &c., then and in such case it may be lawful for the said T. Moultrie Mordecai, his heirs and executors, administrators, and assigns, the said Alexauder Robinson doth hereby empower and authorize the said T. Moultrie Mordecai, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, to grant, bargain, sell, release and convey the said premises, with the appurtenauces, at public auction or vendue at which sale they, or any of them, shall have the right to become the purchasers of the said premises, on such sale to make and execute to the purchaser or purchasers, his, her or their heirs or assigns, forever, a conveyance in fee of the said premises, free and discharged from all equity of redemption," &c. POLITICAL NOTES. ? Massachusetts has one hundred thousand voters disfranchised because they are too poor to pay the poll tax. ? Official returns from all the counties in Arkansas except five, give Churchill, Democrat, a majority of 52,000 over all parties for Governor. ? Ex-Lieuteuant-Governor A. J. Eansier, colored, of Charleston, has written to Hon. M. P. O'Conner, announcing his purpose to vote for hira and to induce as many Republicans as possible to follow his example. ? Col. J. R. Winston, of Greensboro, has announced himself as a Greenback candidate for Congress in that district. In the same district the Democratic and Republican parties each have a candidate. ? Acklen, of Louisiana, bolted the nominating convention, the other day, which chose Gen. J. S. Billiu for Congress. The New Orleans Picayune hopes that under 110 circumstances will Mr. Acklen ever be permitted to appear upon the floor of Congress as a representative of any portion of Louisiana. ? An Augusta dispatch of Monday night gives the following as the latest summing up of the election in Maine: Election returns, so far as received, give Governor Davis a plurality of about 200 votes. There are still several towns and plantations to hear from, and there are some discrepancies in the returns received by telegraph which make it difficult to ascertain the exact result of the election. It is evident, however, that the vote is close, and it is quite probable that only the official canvass of the returns will decide who is elected. ? The contest in Georgia for Governor between Gov. Colquitt and Mr. Norwood, both Democrats, has become very bitter, and their respective friends are much excited. At Macon last week, says the Messenger, "for two hours the Governor of the State of Georgia was jeered at, hissed at and insulted in the grossest manner. To such an extent was this carried on that Hon. A. 0. Bacon, himself a Norwood man, called upon the crowd to remember the Governor's high official position, and to behave themselves in accordance with the demands of common politeness and hospitality. It was all in vain, however." ? The constant wail of the Radical National Executive Committee for more money is something surprising. That the Republican party has far more wealth among its members thau the Democratic party is universally conceded, while the assessment of office holders, even to female clerks and the scrubbing brush brigade, is an open scandal. And yet it is an open secret that the party treasury is empty. Is it that the astute capitalists foresee defeat and refuse to squander money fruitlessly, or is it that immense sums are required to check the Democratic flood tide ? Either hypothesis makes a bad showing for the party of moral ideas. ? The Alabama Greenbackers have rei ii._ c? i?nr>i ureu appureuwy nuui uusiucss. nave determined not to put an electoral ticket in the field. Representative Lowe, of the Eighth District of Alabama, who was elected two years ago as a Green backer, has determined not to be a candidate again, as he foresees overwhelming defeat. The split among the Louisiana Republicans, which resulted in the sending of two delegations to Chicago, has iucreased in bitterness. The wing representing the supporters of General Grant threaten to put up a second electoral | ticket. There are already two State commit- ; tees, each claiming to be regular. With two electoral tickets in the field, the Democratic i majority in Louisiana would be simply overwhelming. ? Virginia politics are still in a muddle. A dispatch from Richmond under date of Friday last says: "The Conservative Cora-j mittee considered last night the Readjustee', proposition providing for a primary election to settle the electoral ticket question, and at1 11.30 sent a communication to the Readjus- 1 ters' committee, in which they agree to the primary election plan, but propose a modifi- j cation of details so as to provide that only white qualified Democratic voters shall be allowed to vote in the primary. 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Lam a dispatch received Sunday night, The striking miners divided their fori three parties, and simultaneously al the troops and the Corning miners < ridges extendiug along the north and side of what is known as Mine No. says their columu on the north side wi two hundred strong and well armed, were halted by the troops, when the began as above stated. The miner opened fire from both ridges, but sc and fled precipitately after the troo] fired a few rounds. They made an afterwards to organize and make ? onslaught, but did not succeed. The ing miners are said to be returning t homes at Straitsville and Shawnee number of them engaged in the attack troops is said to be five hundred. The South Carolina Census. A Washington dispatch of th< says many mysterious statements hav< made respecting the method adopted perintendent Walker to test the accur, the South Caroliua census returns. N them convey a clear, definite view Gen. Walker explains, in terras as as itself. He has prepared a uum cards. Upon a series of them are trans the census returns for a single family fo: 1870 and 1880. They are carefully pared. If they are consistent, shov proper increase or decrease in acco with natural laws, they are pronouno rect. If, on the contrary, the card foi and the card for 1880 contain details enumeration of the family in question the card for 1870 contains a meagre a of it, or none at all, the obvious iufere that the enumerators in 1870 were d< However, no deductions will be madt auy discrepancy discovered until it ht investigated. For this purpose special are sent to the locality from which th pected returns came, and the family members were not returned in 1870, 1880, is examined. The agent does not uutil he can give an account of the 1 of the families he has examined for th twenty years. Of course it will not i many such investigations to demonstn accuracy or iuaccuracy of the census of Gen. Walker iuclines decidedly to the that the census of 1870 was defective expects his theory to be sustained by t suit of these investigations. The Cotton and Corn Crops. Under date of the 15th, the D of Agriculture at Washington publish following statement showing the condii the cotton and corn crops on the 1st in Cotton?Average condition of cotto I l] 2 h < 3 J# 1 ! i t j 2 ? ! s p I. D. Witherspoon. >| . < '31 W 1 r*- ' John G. Black. P J. C. Chambers. ? Jolui P. Gage. ts P ? 0 Peter Garrison. ? M ? jt W. Porter Good. 25 5 ? James F. Hart. 2 Hj ^ Iredell Jones. 5? a lienj. 11. Massey. \ up ! Wm. H. Stewart. j James B. Allison. 2 Alex. M. Black. P ||j W. II. Carroll. | O ft] Ephraim L. Glenn. j p Ira Hardin. S P" nj 1 ? M John M. Jackson. ^ _ _ JJ ~ . kJ| Andrew F. Lindsay. 0 . ^JT | A. Frank McConnell. | K Jeff V. McFadden. ? p Wm, A. Robinson, r. ?r ^ 53 James Scoggins. _ I. Milton Wallace. H Calvin Whisonant. S % M W. W. White. p. r ===== o p James M. Hope. p p^j J. Ernest Lowry. ' u? % o Q Robt. D. MeKnight.|>; H ? 3; kJ Hyder A. D. Neely. jj James A. Wallace. q ======= ij y Ehvood F. Bell. Jjjj* William S. May. 2 i ^ 5: t| John M. Sherer. ^ j Q > H Wm. B. Williams. 2 H 2 P C. Scott Wilson. o rfr ? vj A. Springs Withers. ? Wm. E. Envin. r (Q % O Wm. II. McCorkle. 0 M c " cj +" Joseph F. Wallace, w n William B. McCaw. s? B g o" Joseph A. McLean. ? | ^ v< M Robert H. Glenn. S S5 Win. J. Stephenson, q John B. Good. 'n ^" ? I * Robert Lathan. ^ ====? M White Voters. w CO 2 fYl Colored Voters. -K q Aggregate, white and colored voters. I tember 1st is 91, showing a decline of 1 per : cent, since the August return, but an increase ay says over the condition reported September 1st, ct, the 1879, of 6 per cent. ' arui! State averages and decline during the j month are: North Carolina 100, a loss of 6 ,ib uii t pg,. cent . gouth Carolina 93, a loss or 5; blished Georgia 95, a loss of 3; Florida 91, a loss of ered to, 5; Alabama 86, a loss of 13; Mississippi 88, a f musk-! loss of 11; Louisiana 88, a loss of 11; Texas ept up 97, a loss of 13; Arkansas 95, a loss of 11; are in Tennessee 90, a loss of 17. Complaints of ' too much rain, rust and boll-worm are very 8a/8 : general. 88 Ta ^orn'?The average condition of the whole stacked country is 91, a decline of 7 per cent since jn two the returns of August, and 4 per cent, lower south than September 1st, 1879. The New Eng3. He lftnd and South Atlantic States fall short of is fully average about 21 per cent. The Middle, Thev anc* ^ac'^c States are above the aver_ . ^ age. The great corn regions of Mississippi, S on both slopes, show a marked deficiency, s then The northern portion of the Atlantic slope attered reports damage from drought. To the southps had ward there was sufficient rain. The State of 1 effort Texas reports a very high condition, viz.: 121. mother Ohio River, the States of Indi., ana and Illinois report great injury from drought. Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska ,o their report the same. TKip loe The Approaching Centennial. on the ,pke Charlotte Observer furnishes the following information respecting tb& apiol proaching centeninal celebration at King's 2 loth *? . . , Mountain: 3 been ? ? , , by Su- -News comes Irora Jimg s Mountain mat - the preparations for the centennial celebra?e lion are going forward rapidly. The monuoue of ment js approaching completion, and is proof it. nounced by those who have seen it a credit simple to the association. The local committee is ber of go^g ahead with the work of preparing ' the icribed grounds for the grand military display, and ! r 1860 people are making preparations for the , ' entertainment of the large crowd that is com- expected, ring a Col. p# Thomas, of the Carolina Militardance ry Institute, is chairman of the committee ! ed cor- on troops of the Centennial Association. 1 . i860 He said Thursday that he had reason to < of the believe t'iat there would be a creditable ... representation of the military of Virginia, , while Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia ccount a? the centennial. He had just had a call ' nee is from Lieutenant King, of the Richmond (Va.) 1 erelict. Howitzers, who bad been sent out by his com- j' i from pany to make preparations for the encamp- | ts been ment- The company had thought of camp- i ing in Charlotte, but he suggested that the { a?en managers of the celebration would expect j e 8U8" them to be on the ground, and that would in ^ whose all respects probably be the most desirable or in place. Col. Thomas said that the North return Carolina State Guard would not attend in a ( listory body, but Adjutant General Jones had ex- \ e past pressed the hope that there would be a full j 1 equire representation from this State, and he had | ] ite the uo doubt there would be. The South Caroli- j '1880. na military would also be well represented.! belief He thinks the outlook for the centennial : 5, and encouraging, and speaks in the highest praise '( he re. of the efforts of Mnj. W. J. Houston, of the ! 1 Air-Line, who has done more than any one t else toward the success of the celebration. lepart- Condition of the Cotton Crop. 1 es the Under date of the 18th instant, the, J tion of New Orleans Democrat publishes the follow- 1 stant: >ug telegraphic reports from 52 central points j s n Sep- in the cotton districts of Alabama, Arkansas,' 1 Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Tenlessee and Texas, giving the condition of the cotton crop up to September 17. Louisiana.?Returns from 12 parishes re- 1 port unfavorable weather in all but one; 6 c report rotting of the boll and a decreased ' yield in consequence; 4 report labor sufficient \ for cotton likely to open, and 1 reports it A deficient; 2 estimate the yield at half a bale J per acre, 1 reports half as much as last year, ^ md no change since last report. The boll i worm has made its appearance in 4 and the 1 caterpillar in 1. In several places the weath- ^ er has improved during the last two or three j days. * Arkansas.?Returns from four districts re- j ceived show that the.crop has been damaged ] by rain in 3, and half a crop is estimated in J 1. Labor is scarce in 2 and plenty in 1. The crop is opening well in 1. Picking go- | ing ahead well in 1. The yield is half a bale to the acre in 1 county, two-thirds in 1, threequarters in 1, and one-third iu 1. Mississippi.?Returns from 7 points re- ( port fine weather since last report and 5 re- 1 fiort unfavorable. Some reports complain of osses from rain equal to from 20 to 35 per cent. Oue estimates the yield at 500 pounds . to the acre, 1 at 1,000, and 1 at a bale to four , acres. Picking has progressed well in 1 and is retarded in 2 by rain. Labor is in demand in 2. There is a report of forms shedding iu 1 county. 1 Alabama.?Returns have been received i froua 9 districts. Three report the condition * of the crop unchanged since last report, 5 report favorable weather, 4 unfavorable and 2 bad weather early in the week, but improved ( since, 1 estimated one third of a crop. 1 two- ( thirds, 1 three fourths and 1 one-half. Worms | have appeared at three points, in one of which , they have indicted little or no damage. One reports labor scarce, 4 labor sufficient, 5 picking good, 4 damaged by -storm ; in 1 cotton opening well. * Tex as.?Reports have been received from 1 6 districts. Excessive rains are reported in i 5, fair weather in 1. Disasters by worms are < reported from 3 counties, and no worms in 1. ( Prospects not so good in 1 and about the same ; in 1 as last week. One reports no change. Georgia.?Reports from 2 districts have been received, in both of which worms have indicted serious damage; just half a crop in 1, 10 per cent in the other. One reports too much rain, the other the crop opening rapidly and twenty days earlier than last year. The change is general in Northern Georgia and Alabama. 1 Florida.?Returns from 2 points show no 1 change in one aud more favorable weather in the other section. The incoming "Cotton generally shows the effects of the late storm. , Tennessee.?The reports indicate favorable weather and cotton opening rapidly with . sufficient labor. The estimated product ip , four hundred pounds per acre. , Ben Batter's Speech at Pittsburg. j Gen. Ben. Butler and Col. John W. ( Forney arrived in Pittsburg, Pa., last Saturday afternoon. Paul J. Carson, ex-deputy sheriff, together with a number of other color- ] ed men, called upon Gen. Butler, who in re- ' sponse to speeches by Mr. Carson, said be I had done nothing, but what he conceived to ] he his duty. The war was not begun for the emancipation of the slaves, because, as all would remember, at the first proclama- J iron of President Lincoln troops were called' out to retake apd repossess the United 9tates j in property which had been seized from them, ] and to execute the laws. After reviewing 1 his career from 1860 to he continued : For the sixteen yeara^iince the war I have acted with the Rpptfnlican party in the hope ! that they^wrfuhl extend that protection to the.coltffed men of the South that I deemed 1 ought to be done. I tried to get it done in Congress,- but it was not done. I fought the campaign for Hayes in 187*'- under the promise of the platform and party leaders that' it 1 1 11-1 i ?i. ? . .1 li* snouid ue none, ami wimi is me rcauni mc very first act of the Hayes' administration was to turn over the States of Louisiana and South Carolina, where it was claimed that there were Republican governors elected by the negro voters, or else Hayes was not elected. He gave the governments so elected over to the Deraecrats, and from that hour, for four years, not one thing has been attempted to be done iu behalf of the colored men, nor indeed anybody else. There has been, it is true, a little attempt to stop the illicit distilling of w'.isky and brandy in the South, and a few men have been caught and let go, and some men have been killed by lawless distillers, and their murderers have not been punished, so that there has not been proper protection for the men who live down there; that being so, in the best interest of the Smith ?nH the best interests of the colored men, I propose to have a change.. If the Republican party cannot provide this protection in 16 years, I do not propose to allow them 20. Gen. Hancock has said that he will enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments in their letter and spirit, and nobody who knows him will doubt that he will stand by that promise, if elected and given power, and nobody doubts that the Democratic party will have the power to protect the negro if they get into power, and their leader has said he will do so. I propose to try this experiment for four years, and then if the Democrats cannot do better ' than Hayes has done, I shall turn round and help kick them out at the end of four years. One thing is certain, I cannot be more pow- j erless during the next 4 years to give the , colored men proper protection than I and every other man has been in the past. ^ * ttAr r%r a vrirfl 1 AUltTtl lAKUlililA iiXiKO* ? The people of Rutherford county are ( talking strongly of voting a tax to build a j railroad through the county. . ( ? A lump of gold weighing 21 pounds was j taken out of the Christian mine, in Mont- \ goraery county, recently. s ? Eighty cases of typhoid fever are report- J ed at and in the vicinity of Randalman's ~ factory in Randolph county. ? Rev. H. M. Tupper, president of the a Shaw University, colored, is making efforts to rj establish a medical school in connection with ( the University. j ? Wm. McGuillard has been arrested by a t special agent of the po9toffice department, a charged with robbing the Morganton postcffice. y ? Some bold robberies have recently been perpetrated in Salisbury by professional burglars. One house was entered and a lady in- t mate chloroformed while the burglars went a through the rooms. j ? Mr. R. Y. McAden, of Charlotte, is now engaged in building a laige Cotton Factory f it Lowell, in Gaston county, which, we are j nf^rmed, will have 10,000 spindles. About s hirty hands are at work on the building. ? Henry Williams, charged with the murler of Harrison Kinder, both colored men, vas convicted in the Catawba Superior Court ast week, and sentenced to be hanged on d Friday, October 22, 1880. h ? N. B. Taylor, said to be a desperate n character, confined in the Moore county jail p >u the charge of murder, made his escape on s< Friday night by boring through the top of a he building. a ? Says the Raleigh News and Observer: e The Iredell Blues of Statesville, are going to C ICing's Mountain, thirty-six strong. The New- d cern Grays and the Elm City Riflemen are tl ilso going. It is probable the Raleigh Light o Infautry will take fifty men there. a X. OCAX< AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. leanregard Hill, Blairsville, S. C.?Strayed or Stolen. tourt House?23d of September. rfrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion. os. F'. Wallace, Administrator?Notice. J. T. Wheeler?Timely Notice. V. A. A D. W. Barron. Executors?Notice. iatimer A Hemphill?Guan^Cotton. \ M. Dobson?The New York House. Vithers Adickes?Fall Stock. ")obson A Parish?Wheat Bran, Ac. r. S. Jefferys, Agent?Cotton for Guano. fames Scoirgins, Chairman?Outside Poor. Bart A Co.?New Goods, New Stock. V. Williford?Land for Sale?Land at Auction. Application for Charter. Jeo. W. S. Hart, Secretary?The Nominations, f. M. Adams?'The "Planter's Premium" Cook. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?The Fall Trade Opened, dunter A Oate*?Almost Our Entire Stock, r. C. Knykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. Ltftta Bros.?Bagging and Ties?Bacon?Cheese, J. H? Beard A Co.?Bacon?Flour?Crockery. GONE TO* MARKET. Mr. W. II. Herndon, of Herndon Bro9., started to the Northern markets last Monday after10011. TARGET~SHOOTING. On Friday last the Jenkins Rifles bad a tarjet shooting for the black plume, which was won by private Richard Russell. SALES OF COTTON. Since the 1st instant there have been about [.000 bales of cotton sold in this maris st. This s in excess of the'sales to the same date last leason. the picnic last friday. The picnic at Philadelphia Church last Frilay was a pleasant occasion to those who par;icipated in it. Rev. Mr. English, pastor of ;he Presbyterian Church, delivered an address, which is highly spoken of by those who heard it. sketch of k1ng'8 mountain. "We have just issued, in pamphlet form, a sketch of the Battle of King's Mountain, by Rev. Robert Lathan, and will fill orders for the same at the following rates: Single copy, 15 cents; per dozen, $1.50; per hundred, 9.00. Orders by mail will be promptly filled at the ibove prices. bitten by a snake. On Friday last a colored boy aged 7 years, lamed Harvey, son of Oliver Thompson, who lives on Mr. J. Leander Parish's place, was bitten on the right foot by a pilot snake. The bitten limb commenced to swell immediately, but by liberal draughts of whisky, and the external application of spirits turpentine to the wound, no serious results ensued. our clubb'ing rates. To clubs of two or more names, entered on our books and paid for at the same time, the enquires will be furnished one year for $2 to eacli subscriber. Single subscriptions, $2.50 per annum in advance. All persons who subscribe for one year, between this date and the first of October next, will be entitled to a chance in our prize drawing. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The York Democratic Executive Committee met on Saturday last at 10 o'clock A. M. There were present I. D. Witherspoon, chairman, G. W. S. Hart, secretary, and J. C. Pat- . rick, D. A. A. Watson, W. B. Smith, D. C. A McKinney, R. E. Sadler, A. L. Nunnery, 1 John R. London and A. K. Smith. The committee proceeded to tabulate and ik?Tare the vote of the primary election from the managers' returns, and then after son e general discussion and conference upon the progress of the campaign, adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. Services will held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. There will be no services at - ; Tirzah next Sunday, the pastor being in atteidance upon Synt d. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gilbert, Pastor. In consequence of the absence of the - . pastor, there will be no services in this Church ^ next Sunday. Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at the 1 1 1 usual nuurs mummy auu iiuciuwu. Presbyterian- Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. THE MEETING NEXT MONDAY. Let it not be forgotten that Monday next is the day appointed for public speaking in Yorkville by the Democratic State canvassers. In every county in which they have spoken since the opening of the canvass, they have been met by thousands of the Democracy, and it is desirable that York shall not be behind her sister counties in making a suitable demonstration in honor of Hofne Rule and Good Government. It is not known definitely who will be the speakers, except that Gen. Hagood will be among them. As the standard-bearer of Democracy in the State, he deserves, and we hope he will receive, an enthusiastic reception. T. S. JEFFKRY8' BANKING HOUSE. Mr. T. S. Jefferys, banker, of this place, has just had a Hall time attachment lock placed on the inner door of his safe. On closing at night the lock can be set to open at a given hour next morning, and until that time arrives, the lock is not only burglar proof, but bids defiance to the man who set it. It is a J marvel of skillful mechanism, and shows to M what extent the ingenuity of man is taxed to fl circumvent the efforts of thieves and burglars. Mr. Jcfferys' hanking house has come to be an institution in our town. Besides providing ^H| the funds for paying for the larger proportion of the cotton sold in this market, he also does an extensive business in the way of furnishing exchange. Exchange on New York in ]H| furnished by him in any desired amount, and at rates making Ino more expensive in sums of $50and under, than the money order system 1 of the post-office. TREMAINE'S SUN PICTURES. Mr. Tremaine will give a series of exhibitions of his sun pictures, in the Court House, jominencing to-night. This is not what is isually termed a "magic lantern" exhibition, out to the contrary is spoken of by our exohanges as being large, magnificent views, as < learly perfect as art can make them. They vere photographed by Mr. Tremaine himlelf, and he has spent many years in preparaion for the exhibitions that he is giving, rhey embrace a tour from New York to Jeusalem, and give a clearer and more correct dea of the old world than can be gained in my other way than by an actual visit to them. Che exhibition is strongly endorsed by Prof. Carlisle, of "VVofford College; Dr. Wightman, >astoi of the Methodist Church at Spartan>urg; Dr. Manly, pastor of the Baptist Church ,t Greenville; Prof. Ligon, of Carolina Col ? T i i-x ?J egia'ce msuiuie, Aiiuersun, auu uiau^ utun veil-known gentlemen throughout the State. The Winnsboro Neics of Tuesday, speaking if this exhibition says: Mr. Tremaine closed his Sun Picture Exhi>ition at this place on last Saturday evening, ,nd a large and delighted audience witnessed he last trip on the route from "New York to erusalem." The Sun Pictures as exhibited ?y Mr. Tremaine, are new and original, and ar outdo the old fashioned-style of panoramic xhibitions. The journey from New York to erusalem by these pictures is a grand and intructive sight, and well worth taking. See advertisement. ME31E-MENTION. Gen. Bushrod Johnson, who served with listinction in the Confederate army, died at lis home in Illinois on the 11th. He was a ative of Ohio. It is estimated that 30,000 eople in Kansas are destitute of food in couequence of the failure of their crops for two easons in succession, while thousands of them re without clothing. Trouble is threatning between white and colored miners in 1 )hio. The whito miners are endeavoring to rive the colored operatives away. In ae Circuit Court of Kemper county, Miss., n Wednesday of last week, Henry Virgil nd Houston Guiley were tried for the mur