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Jtoaps and
? In struggling to make a dull brained boy
understand what conscience was, a teacher i
asked : "What makes you uncomfortable after
you have done wrong?" "Father's leather
strap," feelingly replied the boy.
? The only company in the world that
makes fish-hooks by machinery, is at New
Haven, Ct., and has a monthly capacity of
4,000,000 hooks. A New York house has
just given an order for 5,000,000 hooks, and
another large order has been shipped to
Berlin.
? The Wilmington, N. C., Star, states that
"it has been only a year or two since pine
straw first became an article of export in this
market, and now, we learn, it is almost impossible
to supply the demand for it. It is
shipped North, where it undergoes certain
preparations, and is then used for stuffing
mattresses, in the place of oakum, and for
other purposes, besides yielding a kind of oil
in the first process to which it is subjected.
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? rue legislature or v/i eguu una poaacu a
constitutional amendment providing for woman
suffrage in that State. The amendment
will be submitted to the people for their verdict,
and if the women of the State really desire
suffrage they, no doubt, have sufficient
influence over the men to induce a majority
to vote for the amendment. The
West seems to be much more favorable to
the enfranchisement of woman than the East.
? The Rev. John W. Kennion, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., has put in operation a system for
dispensing freely coffee and bread in the
streets most frequented by the needy and intemperate.
He has a four-wheeled cart
In the front is a basket capable of holding
thirty loaves of bread, and in the rear a ten
gallon urn to hold the coffee. A flag displaying
the words, "Coffee and bread free
to all," flies from the front of the cart. The
system is to be supported by the charitable
people of New York.
? A gale blew dowu a circus tent at Argenta,
Ark., and two lions escaped from their
broken cage. The beasts bounded through
the frightened assembly and disappeared into
the darkness. The rare opportunity of a
lion hunt was not embraced by the inhabitants,
who all got behind securely fastened
doors as quickly as possible. The circus employes,
however, provided themselves with
torches, pursued the fugitives, frightened
them with the flaring lights, and drove them
into a cage.
? Belknap and Mrs. Greene eloped together,
at Melrose, Wis. They drove a good horse
rapidly, but had not got more than ten miles
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Greene bad hastily mounted and started in
pursuit. The race was long and exciting;
but the husband at length rode alonside the
pair, cocked a pistol and commanded a halt.
Belknap was abject with terror. "You may
have your wife, Mr. Greene," he said. "I
don't want her; you don't think I have chased
you like mad to get her back! Oh! no.
But I'll take ray dollar and a half that she's
got in her pocket." The money was given
up and the elopemeut proceeded quietly.
? Mrs. Arnold, the sole surviving sister of
".Stonewall" Jackson, now lives at Buckhannon,
West Virginia. She was throughout
the war a faithful Unionist, nlthough every
member of her family except one?a
young nephew?were secessionists. For her
brother she entertains the reverence of an
undying love aud affection, and she insists
that it was with extreme reluctance and profound
misgiving that he took up arms against
his country. He declared that he never
would go outside of Virginia to fight; he voted
against, the ordinance of secession in old Virginia,
and urged his sister to use her influence
to keep West Virginia fast to the Union. A
profoundly religious man, he was wont to say,
even after he had taken up the sword : "If
we are right, God will prosper us ; if we are
wrong, God will destroy us."
? The next President will probably have it
in his power to appoint a majority of the
Judges of the United States Supreme Court.
Justices Hunt and Clifford are both suffering
from paralytic strokes, and it is not probable
they will remain upon the bench much
l/incTpr cvpii thnuch thev nartiallv recover
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health. Justice Swayne is 75 years old aud
Justice Strong is 72. It is said that both of
them contemplate retiring, as they have the
right to do. Justice Miller has been on the
bench twenty years, and is 65 years of age.
He, too, has the right to retire. Justice
Bradley is 67, and will probably remain on
the bench for some years yet. From this it
appears that should the party which succeeds
the present administration in power desire to
effect a change in the Supreme Court, it can
he done without the necessity of legislation
to that end.
? Some mention has been made of the efforts
to iutroduce Chinese labor into Louisiana
by the planters of that State. Movements
have been actively made to ship Chinese
laborers from Cuba, and arrangements
had been made for several ship loads. But
the Chinese consul at Havana appears to be
acting in concert with the Spanish authorities
to throw obstacles in the way. The Spanish
officials charge four dollars to each Chinaman
for a passport, and the Cfciinese consul
charges four additional. This practically
puts an embargo on the deportation of the
Chinese, whom, it is understood, the Spanish
authorities do not wish to leave the island.
The I<ouisiana interests are, however, in earnest,
in the matter, and as soon as Mr. Evarts
gets through with campaigning and is ready
to attend to the business of the department
of State, he will be asked to make the proper
representations in the matter. The Louisiana
people say they would be very glad to take a
few thousands of the Chinese who are giviug
the Pacific coast citizens so much trouble and
anxiety, but it would cost at least ten times
as much to bring them from that section, and
this is the reason why they are compelled to
look to Cuba to get them.
? There has just been turned out from the
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a new locomotive of peculiar construction,
intended for the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad. Eugene Fontaine, the inventor,
claims that this locomotive can be
made to go ninety miles an hour, while the
machinery is run no faster than that of an
ordinary locomotive traveling at the rate of
sixty miles an hour. The machinery is all
on top of the boiler instead of under it. The
driving wheel rests on another wheel, which
in turn rests on the track. This lower wheel
has two rims, one a foot smaller than the
other. The outer rim touches the track, and
the inner or smaller rim supports the driving
wheel. The motion of the driving wheel
thus communicated is magnified by this arrangement
so that the lower wheel turns
one-third faster than the driving wheel, and
so the speed is increased. The smaller rim
of the lower wheel bears to the larger rim a
relation similar to that of a very large hub
to any wheel. Of course any rate of motion
communicated to such a hub is greatly magnified
at the periphery of the wheel. In the
same way the motion of the driving wheel
in this case is magnified by the peculiar arrangement
of the wheel it rests upon. Mr.
Fontaine believes that his locomotive, if it
were not for the increased resistance of the
air, could be run at the rate of 107 miles an
hour. He expects it to make DO miles an
hour easily.
? The local district telegraph service in
New York, besides transmitting messages and
light parcels by messenger boys, has recently
made itself useful in two novel and nnexj>ected
ways. The company has undertaken
to wake persons at any hour through the night
or early morning who require to be up and
stirring at a specified time and s bo fear to
oversleep themselves. For instance, if a person
wants to take an early train, and it is absolutely
necessary he should be at the depot;
in time, all that he has to do is to go to the
nearest district telegraph oflice, register his j
name and address, deposit a fee of ten cents,
ami state the hour at which he v/ishes to be i
called. He may then go to. sleep with the
assurance that he will not miss his train unless
it be through his own fault; for at the
appointed time a messenger will be at his
door to roua^him, who is under orders to remain
until the person to be waked responds to
the call. But the principal persons who require
to be regularly called at an early hour,
are said to be milkmen, car drivers, conductors,
printers and stablemen. These pay for
this service 6fty cents a week each, and some
who lodge at boarding houses leave their pass
key at the office, so that the messenger can
enter the house and ascend to their rooms to
announce that it is time to get up. Another
novel use of the District Telegraph service is
the detail of a messenger boy to wait for a
lady who has gone to an evening party, or to
a lecture, or art school from which she will
have to return after dark, and escort her
home.
?hc farMIr inquirer.
YORK VIL<LE. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 4. 1880.
BY TELEGRAPH
THE ELECTION LAST TUESDAYT
South Carolina.
Chester, November 2, 11.30 P. M.?The
election passed off very quietly in this county,
and a large vote was polled. Authoritative
reports from four precincts give a handsome
Democratic majority. The Greenback ticket
had no supporters. Chester box stands, Democratic,
736; Republican, 137. The town is
ringing with enthusiasm over the success.
Oflicial remi ts f rom Lancaster represent no
opposition to the regular Democratic ticket.
SVmter, November 2.?The election passed
off quietly in this county, as far as heard from.
All Democratic candidates are supposed to be
elected.
Charleston, November 2, 11.30 P. M.~
Returns from most of the counties in South
Carolina ensure the election of Hancock electors
and four Democratic Congressmen, with
the Charleston district in doubt. Charleston
City returns will not be complete until morning
; but the estimated Democratic majority
in the city is about 5,000. The election in the
city was quiet.
The vote of Charleston county is expected
to be close.
North Carolina.
Charlotte, November 2.?The election is
progressing quietly. Both parties will poll
their full strength, which will exceed that of
1876.
New York.
New York, November 2.?Sixteen arrests
were made to-day for illegal registration, and
forty-six warrants were issued for alleged reenters.
The Democratic advisory board procured
warrants for the arrest of thirty-two
colored men who were registered without giving
any residence other than the Pullman cars
in the Pennsylvania Railroad depot. The
United States Commissioner decided that this
was a legal residence, whereupon the Democrats
determined to ignore the Commissioner's
decision, and proceed under State law. Ilence
the issue of warrants.
New York, November 2, 11.30 P. m.?
Two hundred and ninety-one election precincts
give Grace, Democrat, for Mayor. 42,521;
Dowd, Republican, 41,181.
Brooklyn, November 2.?Returns are complete
from 19 wards of this city, giving Garfield
35,455, Hancock 41,648. Hancock's majority
6,193. It is believed that Hancock's
majority in King 3 county will not exceed
10,000.
Buffalo, November 2, 11 P. M.?Fiftynine
election districts out of ninety-six in
Erie county, give Garfield 16,897; Hancock
14,059?a Republican gain of 2,195.
Auburn, November 2, 11 P. M.?Seven
wards in this city give Garfield a majority of
447.
Brooklyn, November 2, 11 P. M.?Complete
returns from the First Ward of this city
give Garfield, 2,273; Hancock, 1,720. The
vote in 1876 was Hayes, 1,908; Tilden, 1,624.
Albany, November r, 11 P. M.?Eight
wards in this city give a Democratic majority
of 265, being a Democratic gain of 1,278.
According to returns on the Union Telegraph
Company, Hancock's majority in the city of
New York will be 25,000 to 40,000. The vote
so far shows a Democratic loss of no per cent.
New York, November 2, 11.30 P. M.?
Four hundred and fifty election precincts in
this city give Hancock 78,905; Garfield, 57,375.
Abraham Hewitt is overwhelmingly elected
to Congress.
Alabama.
Eufala, November 2.?The Presidential
vote at this place was Hancock 1,035; Garfield,
442. Oates, Democrat, for Congress,
1075 ; Matzoon, Republican, 381.
Iowa.
Muscatine, November 2.?This city and
county give a Republican majority of 1,000.
Connecticut.
Hartford, November2, 11 P. M.?Ninetythree
towns in this State give Garfield 31,305;
Hancock 28,381. This includes all cities except
Hartford, New Hanover and Bridgeport.
Hartford gives but 225 majority for Hancock?a
loss of 050 on Tilden's vote. The
Democrats concede the State by from 2,000 to
3,000.
Massachusetts.
Boston, November 2.?A very heavy vote
was polled in this city with increased Republican
majorities. Complete returns in this
city give Hancock 27,059; Garfield, 25,524.
Eighty-two cities jmd towns in the State give J
Garfield 30,970; Hancock 19,702.
Maine.
Portland, November 2.?The vote of this
city is Garfield, 3,782; Hancock, 3,288 ; I
"Weaver, 78.
Fifty towns in the State give Garfield 23,- j
979 ; Hancock 19,051; "Weaver 054. The same
towns gave in September a Republican vote of '
23,088, and a Fusion vote of 20,802. The 1
Kenebec Journal says the State has gone Re- j
publican by 4,000 to 5,000, and perhaps by !
larger gains over the September vote.
i
Georgia.
Atlanta, November 2,11 P. M.?Hancock !
will carry Georgia by 40,000 majority.
Colorado.
Denver, November 2.?The election in this
State was quiet, and a heavy vote. The lie-1
publicans are confident.
Tennessee.
Chattanooga, November 2,1) P. M.?Total
vote of this city 2,025? the largest vote
ever polled in the city. The Republicansclaim
the entjre ticket by 500 majority.
Ifeyr Hampshire.
Concord, November 2, 0 P. M.?Ten towns
in this State give Garfield 1,027 ; Hancock
>,243. The same towns, in 1870, gave Hayes
1,637; Tilden 1,204. Returns indicate election
of Bell, Republican, for Governor, and a full
Republican Electoral ticket.
Concord, November 2,11.30 P. M.?Forty
towns give Garfield 6,339, and Hancock 5,386?a
net Republican loss of 105.
Concord, November 2, 12 P. M.?Sixty
towns give Garfield 9,447 and Hancock 8,255?
a net Republican loss of 41.
Ohio.
Columbus, November 2, 11.30 P. M.?One
hundred and two precincts show a net Republican
gain of 1190.
Hamilton county shows a net Republican
gain of 757, indicating a Republican majority
of 5,000.
Illinois.
Chicago, November 2, 11 P. M.?Fifteen
townships in all, outside of Chicago, show a
net Republican gain of 390.
Indiana.
Indianapolis, November 2,12 P. M.?The
total vote of this city is 19,418?71 less than
the vote of October. In 110 towns the net
Republican gain is f>, indicating a Republican
majority in the State of about 500, making a
Republican gain of 473.
Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, November 2.?Seventeen
out of thirty-one wards in this city show a
Republican gain of 0,000.
Arkausas.
Little Rock, November 2.?The indications
are that Hancock will carry this State by
30, (XX) majority.
Florida.
Tallahassee, November 2.?The indicacations
favor the election of Bloxham, Democrat,
for Governor, and Davidson, Democrat,
to Congress from the First District.
Michigan.
Detroit, November 2.?Fifty precincts
give Garfield about 3,500 majority?a Republican
gain of 1,900.
Maryland.
Annapolis, November 2.?The vote in this
city shows a Republican gain of 154. TVilmer,
Republican, for Congress, has 85 majority.
Virginia.
Richmond, November 2.?Fifty-two precincts
in this State, including Richmond, give
the Democrats, 9,394 ; Republicans, 0,010 ;
lleadj usters, 1,958.
'Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, November 2.?Four precincts
of this city show a Republican gain of 740
over the vote of 1870. Fifty-seven towns give
a Republican majority of 4,325?a Republican
gain of 947.
Kansas.
Four Scott, November 2.?The entire Republican
county ticket is elected by 300 majority.
Garfield's majority will probably be
500.
THE LATEST.
New York-, November 3, 2 A. M.?The
Herald says: As we go to press the following
States are rei>orted sure for Republican National
ticket: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusettes, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Vermont, "Wisconsin?with a total Electoral
vote of 207. The Electoral votes of California,
New Jersey, Colorado, Nevada and
Oregon, may also, the Herald thinks, go for
Garfield.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There are now 113 students in attendance
upon the Williamston Female College.
? The Governor ha9 appointed Col. John
Scoffin as adjutant and inspector general, in
place of Gen. E. W. Moise, resigned.
? Mr. V*. H. Norman, of Cross Keys, Union
county, has five acre9 in cotton, from
which he expects to gather ten bales of the
usual size.
? Mr. Burdett, of Oconee county, is now
105 years old, and voted his first Democratic
? . -n i oil x
UCKet in JUiilgeneiU couuty over eigiwy ycaio
ago, and lias voted the Democratic ticket ever
since.
? C. U. Shepard, Jr., chemist of the department
of agriculture, has submitted the results
of an analysis of samples of ore taken
from a mine (named reserved) in York County,
which show a yield of gold of from 813
to 833 per ton of 2,000 pounds.
? The Board of Directors of the South
Carolina Penitentiary, have contracted to supply
30,000 cubic yards of granite for the
Charleston jetties at 55 cents per yard. A
816,500 job for convicts within the penitentiary
walls is a very good arrangement.
? The Columbia Register of Sunday says:
"In response to an inquiry suggested by the
County Treasurer for Charleston county as to
the construction of Section 9 of the Supply
Act of February 20, 1880, Attorney General
Youmans has given his opinion to the Comptroller
General, that County Treasurers cannot
refuse to receive taxes till after November
15 , that they must receive the same without
penalty till that day, and that the penalty
attaches November 16. Consequently,
County Treasurers have been instructed that
November 15 is the last day that taxes can
be received without penalty.
? The Charlotte Observer of the 26th says :
On Sunday, Col. A. B. Springs received a
telegram stating that his gin house at Fort
Mill, S. C., which he knew contained fifty
bales of cotton was burning, and supposed it
had been destroyed. Yesterday he went
down and learned that it had escaped in a
manner almost miraculous. It had been set
fire by inserting a match in what is called the
cat-hole of the door; but fortunately the
flames were only commuuicated to the seed
cotton which naturally burned slowly, and
the fire being discovered before it had made
any headway, was with some difficulty partially
smothered and the cotton removed from
the building. There seems to be no room for
doubting that it was the work of an incendiary.
Neither the building nor the cotton
was insured.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The epizootic has made its appearance in
Wilmington and Charlotte.
? It is stated that a number of Mormon !
preachers have recently been laboring in
Stokes county.
? In the Federal Court at Statesville, last
week, Sylvester Lomax, late mail carrier on
the route from Wilkesboro to Jefferson, was i
convicted of robbing the United States mail.
He was sentenced to three years imprison
ment at hard Jahor in me Aioany remteuim-1
ry.
? In Raleigh, on Friday night of last week,;
James Collins, a well-known printer, aged
about sixty years, died from an overdose of;
morphine. He went home Thursday evening, j
and in apparent good health. About 10 \
o'clock he complained of a pain in the chest
and asked his wife for a dose of morphine. J
This she gave him, but the quantity was too 1
great, and he soon fell iuto a stupor from !
jphiph the physicians were unable to rouse !
him, Jn t/)is stupor he remained until his;
death.
? Says the Oastonla Qnxeitg pf Saturday :
Last Tuesday evening, about twG houre he* I
fore the regular passenger train returned !
from Yorkville, which was loaded with about
50 excursionists, Willie Petty, Jr., a boy
about twelve years old, discovered the bridge
over Crowder's creek to be on fire. The wind
was blowing and the fite began to make considerable
headway, when Willie, with great
presence of mind, ran to the creek, at the
same time taking off his hat, filled it with
water and ran at once and carried it to the
blazing fire and dashed. it upon it. After repeating
the process several times he managed
to extinguish it.
? The Charlotte Observer says : While the
imposing ceremonies were in progress at King's
Mountain on the 7th of October, a very quiet
little ceremony was going at Fort Defiance,
in Caldwell county. At this point are interred
the remains of Gen. Wm. Lenoir, a participant
in the battle, and one of the most
prominent men in the early history of the
State. There also still resides a grand-daughter
of his, Miss Sarah Lenoir. This lady is
far advanced in years, but is still vigorous in
mind aud body, and spent the greater part of
that day in decorating and beautifying the
grave of her distinguished ancestor. There
are still several other grandchildren of Gen.
Lenoir still living in the State, two of whom
are Col. Walter Lenoir, of Watauga, and Mr.
, ? a *
Rufus Lenoir, of Haywood.
? The Greenville Express gives the following
account of the ; ftfc/ward freaks of the
foreman of the Greene county grand jury:
The grand jury \yas s^oru in and sent below
to go to work. The foreman went to work
with a will on a bottle of whisky. He got
as drunk as a biled owl, discharged all the
witnesses, telling them that he was running
that part of the Court and that she stood adjourned
until next term, and that they all
might go home and come at some other time.
Tuesday, our genial, jovial, good Solicitor,
Swift Galloway, discovered that the grand
jury had passed no bills and he could not
even get witnesses to answer, and an investigation
disclosed the above state of facts. Friend
Galloway is a very pious man, but it is said
that the scripture be quoted oq the occasion
was few and far between. The Judge jailed
the said foreman for contempt of Court.
MERE-MENTION.
Bishop Daniel S. Doggett, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, died at his resi
deuce, iu Richmond, Va., Wednesday night
of last week, after a protracted illness. The
deceased was one of the ablest divines in the
Methodist church. .'"Mrs. Holliman, of
Thomson, Ga., went down in a well to commit
suicide on Sunday last. The water was too
cold, however, and she screamed for help vig
orously until hauled out hy a rope.,****""The
Territory of Montaua has already produced
upward of 8147,000,000 in gold, and 86,000,
000 in silver. An association has been
organized in the western part of Pennsylvania,
with headquarter in the City of Pittsburg,
which has for its object the erection of
a new State out of a portion of the Keystone
State to be called the State of Allegheny.
Gen. Longstreet, Minister to Turkey,
reached Liverpool on Tuesday of last
week. The Democracy of the city of
New York, have nominated William R.
Grace as a candidate for mayor. The
widow of Abraham Lincoln arrived from Europe
on Monday, and is quite ill at the Clarendon
Hotel, New York.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
King's Mountain Centennial Association.
The King's Mountain Centennial Association
held a meeting at Gastonia recently
for the purpose of settling up the business
connected with the recent celebration. Members
of all leading committees were present,
and it appeared from their reports that the
association is on a firm financial basis, having
some funds left over, after defraying all the
expenses of the celebration. It was determined
to build an iron railing around the
monument and construct a dwelling house on
the mountain near by for the keeper of the
monument, who is to be selected hereafter.
The association is a perpetual organization,
and it has been determined to maintain it,
holding meetings from time to time as may
be required for this purpose.
New Use of the Cotton Plant.
The Fayetteville (N. C.) Examiner of
recent date speaks as follows of the new use
to which the cotton stalk can probably be
put. The idea suggested is worthy of experiment
:
Mr. John Kirkputrick, of thiscounty, called
at our office a few days ago with a strong
piece of twine, about the size used for tieing
iir? norr>plti r.f irnnds. This t.winfi was made
from the fibre of the cotton stalk bark. The
stalk was immersed in water and the woody
portion rotted, leaving the fibre. Its strength
is undeniable if this string can be taken as a
fair sample. The stalks should be gathered
for this purpose before frost falls on the plant.
Much has been said about jute and its
adaptability to our soil and climate. Would
not the cotton stalk answer in its place ? Mr.
K. is of the opinion that ropes, strings and
all sorts of bagging can be successful'y manufactured
from the cotton bark fibre, and we
see no reason to doubt it.
The variety of the uses of the cotton plant
is something marvelous. Cloth from the
wool; oil from the seed; paper from the
hulls; oil cake from the kernels; bagging
from the fibre; and great quantities of valuable
manure for the improvement of farms,
these are to be the results of this the most
valuable plant ever given by nature to man.
Day of Thanksgiving.
President Hayes issued the following
proclamation on Saturday last recommending
the 25th instant as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer:
At no period in their history,since the United
States became a nation, has this people had
so abundant and so universal reasons for joy
and gratitude at the favor of Almighty God,
or beeu subject to so profound an obligation
to give thanks for His loving kindness and
humbly to implore His continued care and
protection. Health, wealth and prosperity
throughout all our borders, peace, honor and
friendship with all the world, firm and faithful
adherence by llie great body of our population
to the principles of liberty and justice,
which has made our greatness as a nation,
and to the wise institutions and strong form
of Government and society which were made
to perpetuate it?for all these let the thanks
of a happy and united people, as with one
voice, ascend in devout homage to the Giver
of all good.
I, therefore, recommend that on Thursday,
the 25th day of November inst., the people
meet in their resnective places of worship to
make their acknowledgment to Almighty
God for His bounties and protection, and to
offer to Him prayers for their continuance.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set ray
hand and caused the seal of the United States '
to be affixed. Done in the City of Washing- j
ton, this 1st day of November, 1880, and of1
the independence of the United States the one '
hundred and 6fth. R. B. Hayes.
By the President,
Wm. M. Evarts, Secretary of State.
The Southern Cotton Crop*
Under date of the 30th ultimo, the
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New Orleans Democrat publishes telegraphic
reports from thirty-nine central points in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Geor-'
gia, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri and Ten- j
nessee, showing the condition of the cotton
crop up to and including the 29th inst.:
JyOijjejana?Eight reports have been re-1
ceived and all note bad weather for picking
on account of the storms during the past two
or three days. Estimates of the yield are
from one quarter to one third of last year's in
two places, a slight increse in three and about
the same as last year in three. Labor is reported
scarce in two places and ample in
one. The receipts and shipments are generally
behind last year's.
Mississippi?Twelve reports have been received,
all denoting rainy weather and consequent
interruption to picking. Receipts are
comparatively light. The estimated yield in
seven places will average 25 per cent, less
than last year and will be nearly the same in
others. No complaints on account of labor
are reported. The quality of the cotton has
been improved in some places by the rain.
Texas?Reports have been received from
six points, three or which note an interruption
to picking on account of rain, two report
splendid weather and one.raiu with no serious
damage. The prospects have been improved
by the fine weather, and estimates favor .a
general increase over last year from 15 to
50 per cent. Picking ha^aeen lively throughout
the State so far as reports have been received.
Alabama?Reports from six places denote
a little change from last week. The weather
has been fine for picking until the general
rain storm on the 28th inst. Estimates of the
yield are 25 per cent, in one, about the same
in one and an increase in one. Planters are
generally busy saving their crops.
Arkansas?Two reports have been received.
Picking is progressing rapidly#in one and in
terrupted by raius in the other. The yield is
a half less than last year in one and 15 per
cent, less in the other.
Vagaries of Inventors.
A recent. Washington letter says:
Inventors of perpetual motion and flying
machines have been scarce of late years. At
least they have not turned up at the patent
office as frequently as they did six or eight
years since, when there were nearly a doften
applicants for the supposed reward of 810,000.
which is thought to be kept there for the
successful inventor of either of these machines.
Of course there is no reward at the patent
office for those inventions and never was, but
this does not prevent persons from applying
for it. A young Englishman, named Rich
ards appeared at the patent office to day with
what he claimed to be the ouly perfect flying
machine yet invented. There have been
numerous patents issued for flying machines,
but none of them have been of any practical
value. The machine offered by the young
man fn-rlovr woe nnf linlllfd' tllP nfllPl'Q t.hftf.
III a Li IWUUJ ?? UO tivv UUIIIIV biiv w??vi w * >
from time to time appeared, consisting of an
immense pair of wings, which were operated
by a double spiral spring contrivance of rub
ber. The theory was that one spring would
wind up while the olher spring was playing
out, and that the machine would keep flying
after it was once put into operation by being
thrown from a high place. The enthusiastic
inventor was prevailed upon by some of the
employes of the patent office to give the machine
a toss, so that they could see how it
would work. The inventor, being perfectly
confident of the workings of the machine,
took a position on the maiu portico, faciug on
F street, and begun the preliminaries. The
machine was not large enough to carry him
with it, though he said it could be made
large enough to carry a man or a man's
weight with ease, or even more if desired. A
large crowd was attracted by these prepara
tions. At the proper moment he threw it
into the air, having attached a cord to it so
that it would not fly away too far. It made
several bird-like motions and then plunged
towards the ground, striking the pavement
with much force, dislocating the machinery
and breaking the spring. The crowd laughed,
but the iuventor gathered up the crushed
mass, and said after he made some little improvements
and fixed up the breaks, he would
come around again and give another exhibition,
being confident of success nex^tiin^
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
The general assembly of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United States, after
a session of several days in New York, adjourned
on the 2Gth ultimo. The last days
of the session were marked by the disposition
of the following business:
The committee on the state of the church
reported on the subject of;mission work:
"?i -i- u __x u.i.
YV mie we wouju I1UL uimiiJieu, uui isiuci iucrease
all appliances and hasten instrumentalities
for carrying the blessings of the Gospel
to the Western States and Territories;
while the aborigines of this land, mostly found
there, are receiving our sympathy and aid,
and arousing increasing zeal in their civilization
and evangelization, why is that Southern
dioceses, depressed and impoverished, receive
none of the church's benefactions and
are left to carry on their mission work with
little more assistance than can be secured
within their own limits ? Why is it that these
four million of the colored race, now clothed
with the elective franchise, eligible to all
places of trust, to our legislatures, to seats in
Congress, and acting in many instances as
teachers of the young, should awaken far less
enthusiasm nd call forth not one moiety of
the liberality that the Indian does ?"
The committee, in concluding their remarks
on the subject, invoked the attention of the
whole church to this inconsistency and inequality
in the sympathy and charity of the
church.
The committee further report: "We think
we see in some of the clergy a disposition to
conform to the tastes, sentiments and opinions
which once were neither consistent with ministerial
fidelity nor approved by the wordly
minded. Places are frequented, amusements
are indulged in and opinions are advocated
which make them popular perhaps witl those
who gladly welcome them as companions,
but have no respect for their instructions or
admonitions. To escape the imputation of
being puritanical they approach, if they do
not enter, the realm of wordly conformity,
levity and indifference." The report was
adopted and sent to the House of Bishops.
Rev. Dr.. Schenck, of Long Island, from
the joint committee appointed to take measures
for increasing the fund for the relief of
families of sick and disabled clergymen, presented
a report, asking that the committee be
increased and have permission to sit during
the recess, and suggesting that each clergyman
reserve from the offertory in his church
not less than one per cent, nor more than ten
per cent, for this purpose.
A message was received from the House of
Bishops providing thut conviction of any
minister before a civil court for any offence
shall not preclude the church from taking action
in regard to such offence. It was referred.
Hon. W. Burgwin, of Pittsburg, chairman
of the joint committees on constitutional
amendments, on canons and prayer book, to
whom was referred the report of the joint
committee of the two houses on shortened
services, submitted a resolution providing for
amendment of the book of common prayer,
as follows: . '
"That on days other than Sunday, Christmas
day, Epiphany, Ash Wednesday, Good
Friday and Ascension day, it shall suffice if
the minister begin the morning and evening
prayer at the general confession or Lord's
prayer, preceded by one or more of the sentences
appointed at the beginning of the
morning and evening prayer, and end after
the coliect for grace, or collect for aid agaiost
perils, using so much of the lessons appointed
for the day, and so much of the psalter as he j
shall judge to be for the euificatiou of his
hearers. Also, that on auy day, when the
morning and evening prayer shall have been
duly said, or are to be said, and upon days
other than those first aforementioned, it shall
suffice, when need may be required, if the sermon
or lecture be preceded by at least the
Lord's prayer and one or more collects found
in this book. Provided, that no prayers not j i
set forth in the said book shall be used before j i
or after such sermon, nor any portion of the ,
order for the administration of the Lord's'
siipper or litany be used as separate and independent
service; and provided, that no ope
of these services shall be disused habitually."
After an animated discussion, Rev. Dr.
Schenck moved as an amendment, that all after
the word "provided," in the last section,
be stricken out. This also led to ?, prolonged
discussion, but the report was finally adopted,
with Dr. Schenck's amendment. The vote
stood?clerical, 41 ayes, 5 nays ; lay, 36 ayes,
3 nays.
A message was received from the House of
Bishops nominating Rev. Dr. John Adams
Paddock, of the Diocese of Long Island, as
Missionary Bishop of Washington Territory,
and the House of Deputies, in secret session,
confirmed the nomination.
The Committee on Canons repoited a resolution
declining to concur with the House of
Bishops in changing the existing canon with
regard to reinstatement of clergymen who
have abandoned the church. The resolution
was adopted.
Rev. Dr. Beers, of the joint committee on
securing a Missionary Bishop for each territory
ia which there is not at present a Bishop,
reported ia favor of the proposition. This
report was adopted, together with a resolution
appointing a committee of twenty-one to act
as an auxiliary to the Board of Managers of
Missions, and to create a Missionary Bishop
fund. A resolution from the Committee on
Amendments to the Constitution, declaring it
? . ? ... j
luexpcuiem m ine preseut wiuu LU umniu utc
constitution, so as to require future legislation
to the canon, was adopted. Hon. Mr. Burgwin,
of Pittsburg, from the Committee of
Conference on Disagreements of the two
Houses, as to the resolution concerning the
ratification of the amendment of the Book of
Common Prayer, reported that they had
agreed to restore one portion of the clause
st'ricken out by the House of Deputies at its
session of Tuesday. This was the clause forbidding
the use of any prayers other than
those in the prayer hooks.
Rev. Dr. Philip Brooks, of Massachusetts,
preseifted a minority report, in support of
which, he said he saw no reason why the
House of Deputies should recede from its action
of the previous day. "The right," he
said, "to use extempore prayers was inalienable,
and any attempt to restrict it would be
odious to a great part of the church." On a
vote being taken the report of the minority
was rejected by the following vote: Clergy?
ayes, 26; noes, 12; eight dioceses divided;
lay?ayes, 11, noes 25. The majority report
was then adopted, and the subject will now
be passed to the Diocesan Conventions for
ratification.
THE ClVlNDIANS.
A late issue of the Cincinnati Enquirer
contains the following thrilling account of
the killing of Jackson, the freighter, by the
Utelndiaus:
Mr. James Selover, who has just returned
from Colorado, thus relates the present Indian
difficulty there, which is threatening to take
hold of politics: "I was at Gunnison, fifteen
miles from the late Ute emeute. It was a
horrible occurrence, and cannot fail, notwithstanding
what Carl Schurz says, to drive the
Utes out of the Territory. A wagoner, called
out there a freighter, was hauling goods overa
distance of one hundred miles or more.
His name was Jacksou, and he is represented
as being a hard-working, respectable man.
With hira was his son, and nobody else.
They had encamped for the night, when there
came riding up to- them at full speed two
Indiane, each with a Henry rifle, and one was
the son of the chief of the Ute band. These
Indians were drunk aud horribly abusive.
They damned the white meu for dogs and
slaves, and demanded that they go fetch water
for them to drink. The white men in
that country are not fond of slaving for Indians,
but the old man said to his sou : "Never
mind ; get the pail and go dip them some
water and bring it to them." The Indians,
still sitting on their targes with their rifles
across their knees, drank the water, and then
continued: "G?d?n white dogs ! Make fire
and cook supper for Injuo," following it by
every epithet the Indians could recolject from
white men, and at the same time significantly
tapping their rifles. The old man said to bis
son : "We might just as well die right herfe
as to be cursed and ordered about any more.
Go get your rifle, son." The rifle lay in the
wagon box at the tail of the wagon, and the
boy took out the rifle and sighted it on the
wagon tongue, only intending to shoot as a
last resort. But the chief's son, looking
around and seeiug the boy at aim, instead of
starling off, in which case he would not have
been harmed, slipped the tfibe of the breech
of his rifle and felt for a cartridge, showing
that he meant to shoot the boy and his father;
but before he could get his gun raised the boy
shot him dead, and the other Indian rode off
at full speed. Theu these two men, who had
been quietly attending to their business, had
to mount their horses and ride to the nearest
post and Indian agency, four or five miles distant.
They had not been there long before
the Utes came galloping op, and the Iudian
agent, a fellow named Berry, deliberately
gave both that man and boy over to the Indians,
who took them away and tortured them
to death. They hung them up by their feet,
mutilated their persons, and after inflicting
various cruellies, cut their throats. Such a
condition of things, existing in a country as
vigorous as Colorado, with about a half million
of people now, and with a capital town
of nearly fifty thousand inhabitants, inflamed
the population to the highest degree. The
Indidn agents were arrested and will be tried
forgiving up these men. The people are goiug
to have no more of the Utes in Colorado.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester S. C., November 1.?During the
past few weeks our people have been busy
with politics. They are fully aroused, and
intend to put down all opposition to the
Democracy. Before this reaches your readers,
the decision will have been made at the
ballot-box, and Chester will then be able to
show that she has done her full duty.
Last Wednesday was a grand day at this
place. The Red-shirts formed the largest
procession that has been seen here for many
years. Senator Hampton, Col. Evins and
other distinguished speakers addressed the assemblage
at the Fair grounds. A large number
of ladies graced the meeting with their
presence. At night there was a torch-light
procession and speakiug on the public square
by Col. Evius, Judge Mackey, Hon. J. J.
Hemohill and others. Everything passed off
quietly, and all weut home feeling that the
election would be carried peaceably for honest
Government.
The Chester County Fair was a success,
and was well managed. On the second ^ay
of the fair, Hon. J. M. Leach, of North Carolina,
delivered an address, on the fair-grounds,
which was an admirable effort. Owing to
illness of the secretary, it is impossible to give
a list of the premiums in this letter.
Cotton is continuing to come in plentifully.
The highest quotatiou is 10 cents.
The tax-books closed on Saturday last
Many persons were unable to pay, but it is
said the time will be extended.
We had two days of rain last week. The
weather is now cool and bracing.
A special term of the Circuit Court will be
held here on the 15th instant, Judge Hudson
to preside. The following petit jurors were
drawu to serve at that term: J. H. daggers,
John Dickson, T. L. Gladden, W. B. Simpson,
Bristow Grier, J. H. Wilson, W. D. ;
Fudge, J. N. Hardin, J. C. McFadden, H. 1
M. Ross, S. B. Nail, Pleasant Caldwell, Win.
Hollis, F. D. Kennedy, J. H. Westbrook, Harrison
Murray, L. H. Dye, R. B. McFadden,
B. A. Grant, J. S. Darby, F. B. Worthy,
E. V. Lee, Win. Allen, J. S. Hall, J. P. Gaston,
J. M. Brakefield, Peter Agurs, O. John- ]
ston, John Hamilton, S. K. Marks, D. H. j
Goble, W. T. D. Cousar, F. T. Gibson, L. D.
Poag, T. B. Woods, W. F. Coleman. ]
Chester.
X. OCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. C. Robertson, Treasurer York County?York
County Bonds.
J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?Allen
B. Crosby, Applicant?Dennis Crosby,
deceased.
J. L. Moss?Administrator's Notice.
Q. A. Gillmore, Lt. Col. of Engineers, U. S. A.?
Improvement of Savannah River.
Rev. S. Lander, Presiden'?The Williamston Female
College.
J. R. Gardner?Gin-no Contracts.
Miller A Lindsay-New Goods Just Received?
Apple Butter?Fi uit?Molasses?ShoesSugar
A Coffee.
J. M. Adams'?The Grandest Invention of the
Age.
M. Strau-s?The Verdict.
Dr. John May, Agent?The Corner Drugstore.
Withers Adit-ken?Canned 'Goods, Ac.
T. M. Dobson-The New York House has for
Sale.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion.
Hermann Hulwinkiie, Charleston, 8. C.?Factor
and General Commission Merchant,
EIPIZOOTY. j
The epizooty, in a mild form, has attacked J
several horses in this place and vicinity.
FINE TURNIPS.
Mr. J. A. Hopper has our thanks for a basket
of tine turnips. ^
YORK COUNTY BONDS. ^
By reference to the advertisement of T. C. \
Robertson, County Treasurer, it will be &?en
that coupons No "of York county bonds, will
l)e paid on presentation of the same at the
banking house of T. S. Jefferys, of this place.
SHOT WHILE BEING ARRE8TED.
On Saturday last, in the neighborhood of
Blairsville, Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Glenn,
assisted by J. E. Carroll and Robert T. Riggins,
attempted to arrest Isaac Castles, colored,
on a warrant sent to the sheriff of this
county from Chester. Isaac at first denied
his identity, but when it was fully established,
he drew a Colt's revolver and attempted to
fire at the posse, when Carroll fired his pistol
at Isaac, inflicting a slight wound. He was
then arrested and brought to this place find
committed to jail.
SALES-DAY.
On Monday last?sales-clay for November?
the following property was sold:
By the Sheriff, by virtue of a writ of fieri
jactas, lanasoi j. jn. Aicriiiwee, jr., *\m u" j
tract, containing 40 acres, at the suit of J. N. J
McEiwee, Sen., and others. Bought by M. J. 4^
McElwee for ?610.
By J. F. Wallace, Clerk, the Tolbert lands
in Cherokee township?39 acres?sold for par- u
tition. Bought by Benjamin Tolbert, at ?4.10
per acre, cash.
Real estate of Robert Cairnes, sold by the
Clerk, in obedience to judgment and order of
foreclosure of mortgage. Tract of 100 ac res,
bought by S. M. Scott at ?10 per acre, cash.
Tract of 245 acre;? bought by B. T. Wheeler, s *
at $3 per acre, cash.
THE ELECTION.
The election on Tuesday passed off quietly
without disturbance in the county. Both parties
voted their full strength, thr Republicans
turning out in full force, apparently under per- .
feet party discipline, and organization, and
voting the National Republican and Republican
Congressional tickets. They made an effort
to put a legislative ticket in the field, but as
the nominees were not inserted on the printed
electoral and Congressional ticket furnished
the colored voters, they did not take the time
to write them, and hence that branch of the
ticket went by default.. The Greenback ticket,
as will be seen, had but?a slight support.
The following is the aggregate of the vote
in the county?Democrats in Roman, Republicans
in small capitals, and Greenbackers
in Italics: ,
foe president.
Winfield S. nancock 3<X)7
J. A. Garfield ..2352
? j
ton uuvj5k.>un, jm
Johnson Ilagood .......3859
_ for. congress. *
John H. Evins 3854
Absalom Blythe 2347
J. Hendrix McLean -. 6
foe solicitor.
T. C. Gaston ...3785
foo|8knator.
I. D. Witherspoon.. 3779
Jona. McEhcea .... 24
for representatives.
John G. Black ..,3780
Iredell Jones < 3777
B. II. Massey 3769
W. H. Stewart ; 87G0
J. W. Whisonant 27
Thomas Hunt ?.- 3
Silas Hawkins 1
J. R. Faris . 74
for clerk of the court.
Joseph F. Wallace '. ' 3803
for sheriff.
Robert H. Glenn .3812
foe judge of probate.
Joseph A. McLean .3798
for school commissioner.
? - -
Robert Lathan auo
for county commissioners.
James B. Allison .3774 ? ^
John M. Jackson . 3779 ^
Andrew F. Lindsay 3774
Rohert M. Wallace 74 ^
J. W. A. Hartness 75
R. Hardin 47
John Martin 74
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Yes .3632
No 148
Total vote of the county 6269
CIRCUIT COURT.
Circuit Court convened on Wednesay morning,
and was in session until Friday evening,
during which time the sessions business was
disposed of, and his Honor adjourned the
Court of Common Pleas until Monday next,
the 8th instant.
The following cases were tried :
State vs. Edward White, colored; disturbing
a religious meeting. Prosecutor, Thomas
J. Grier. Mr. Solicitor Gaston for prosecution
; Mr. James Wilson for defence. Verdict,
not guilty.
State vs. Elijah Sutton, colored; robbery.
Prosecutor, Jake Gates. Mr. Solicitor Gaston
for prosecution; Mr. Bell for defence. De- ,
fendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years.
State vs. Samuel Crawford, colored ; murder.
For prosecution, Mr. Solicitor Gaston ;
for defence Messrs. Hart & Hart and Shand &
Culp. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to be hang- ^
ed on the 27th of December, 1880. The murder
of which Crawford is convicted will be remembered
to have been committed in . this
county between the hour3 of 9 and 10 o'clock,
on the night of the 19th of August last. On
that night the prisoner entered the house of
the deceased, on the premises of J. J. Miller,
7 miles east of Yorkville, and with open knife
in hand commenced carrying out a previously
made threat to kill Tate and some of his family.
Tate's wife and sister received two
wounds each, after which they succeeded in
getting out of the way. Not long after the
wounds of these persons had been dressed by
Dr. Miller, who was immediately called to
their assistance, and soon after the doctor bad
left, he was attracted back to the house by
loud screaming, and returned to find Tate fatally
stabbed by Crawford. On the following
Monday Crawford surrendered himself to the
sheriff, since which time he has been in jail.
He hails from Union county. On his trial he
was ably defended by his counsel?Mr. J. F.
Ilart, of the Yorkville bar, and Mr. Culp, of
Union, each making an eloquent appeal for
him.
State vs. Jacob Massey, colored; assault
and battery. Prosecutor, Hall White. For
porsecution, Mr.'Solicitor Gaston ;for defence,
J..C. Witherapoon. Verdict, not guilty.
State vs. Dawson Biggers, colored ; assault
with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Stephen
White. Mr. Solicitor Gaston for prosecution.
Verdict not guilty.
State vs. Wm. H. White; assault with intent
to kill. Prosecutor, Joseph Leech. Mr.
Solicitor Gaston for prosecution ; J. C. Chambers,
Esq., for defence. Verdict not guilty.
State vs. Simon Cooper and Charles Campbell,
colored; arson. Prosecutor, Dr. T. C. Robertson.
For prosecution, the Solicitor,