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Straps and ?fafte. I ? It is remarked that President Garfield's ! Cabinet is the first one since the war which has not contained a soldier. ? At the rate at which the buffaloes are being slaughtered, they will soon be swept from the face of the great West. Over 100,000 were killed last winter for their hides alone. ? Boston is talking about a world's fair in 1885, using as a nucleus the grounds and buildings now being prepared for the minor expositions this fall. ? Over twenty-three thousand dollars was t>aid for a herd of .Tersev pnneiatinrT r?f f ? J -~? V. six bulls, fifteen cows and twenty-one heifers, sold in New York on Thursday. The Alphea bull Polonius, brought, alone, four thousand six hundred dollars. ? The cotton crop in the province of Behera, Lower Egypt, is seriously endangered, the new pumping machinery not having answered the anticipations, and the dredging of the ! canal having been neglected. Four thousandenforced laborers are now working in the canal. ? By the "Star Route Service," is meant that kind of mail service performed by -stage coach, horseback, buggy, etc., or in any authorized manner other than by railroad or steamboat. Of course, therefore, this term covers an immense amount of service. There are no less than 9,225 "star" routes. ? George H. Williams, the only representative of the negro race in the Ohio Legislature, has fallen heir to $50,000, by which he will be able to retire from business and politics and devote himself to the history he is writiug, covering a period from 1620 to 1880, and entitled "Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens." ? The Rev. F. D. Moore, son of the Rev. Dr. Moore, formerly of Richmond, Va., has been suspended from his connection as pastor of the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church of Covington, Ky., by the Presbytery. This action is caused by his declarations that the Bible coutains no authority for the observance of the Sabbath day. His congregation sustain him. ? The tide of immigration runs higher than ever. The arrivals at Castle Garden, during April, were 59,500?over 105,000 for the first four months of the year?25,000 more than for the same period last year. The Old World is reinforcing our army of workmen more rapidly than the European Powers are able to recruit their armies of soldiers. The immigrants are a sturdy, healthy class, with money in their pockets and hands capable to work. ? The New York Herald, which tried hard to work up enthusiasm over the proposed world's fair'in that city, has become dis heartened -over the prospects. It declares that "the idea is not popular, nor does it grow in popularity," and its conclusion is that "the wisest plan now is to,abandon it altogether." The Herald seems to be but voicing the conclusion to which the people of New York City, who were most interested in the proposed show, had arrived at several weeks ago. ? Wheat farms on this continent are rather large, but that of Dr. Glenu, in Colusa county, California, is the largest in the world. It extends over 60,000 acres, at least twothirds of which are annually laid down to wheat. The produce amounts to more than a million of bushels every harvest. Such a farm requires plenty of labor, and we find that it supports a thousand horses, with an equal number of brood mares for raising stock ; 130 gang plows, and other implements in proportion, and seven small villages, which are the headquarters of the foremen, mechanics and laborers, who number altogether about 500. ? A correspondent, writing from Atlanta, Ga., has obtained a large number of reports directly from farmers in all the Southern States, from North Carolina to Te*as and these show a considerable increase in the acreage planted in cotton this season over that of 1880. In the immediate neighborhood of Atlanta, the increase is about 25 per cent., and throughout northern and middle Georgia averages about 20 per cent. Upon direct application to the commissioner of agriculture, it was ascertained that the amount of fertilizers inspected in Georgia this spring has been 25 per cent, greater than that inspected last season. Nearly all the farmers of whom inquiry has been made, stated that they have applied the same quantity per acre that they have done in previous seasons. ? The Washington Post of the 30th ultimo says: "James B. Campbell, of Charleston, will take the field in the Second Congressional District of South Carolina as an administration Democrat, under the call of the Governor of that State fof a special election to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Hon. M. P. O'Connor. The likelihood is that he will be elected. If he is, it vyll somewhat complicate the contest which E. W. M. Mackey is making for that seat. Mackey will, of course, not enter the field against Campbell, as if he should be defeated, his right to contest the seat under the former election would not be recognized. This contest promises to be one of the most complicated and interesting ever brought before the House of Representatives." ? The Adjutant General of South Carolina writes as follows to the managers of the Yorktown Centennial: It is the intention of Governor Hagood to.attend with five members of his staff, and all the dignitaries of our State mentioned in the concurrent resolution expect to be present on this august occasion. The General Assembly has appropriated $5,000 to defray expenses. We expect to proceed from Columbia, S. C., in a special train, containing the entire delegation, either to West Point or Norfolk, where we will be met by a steamer chartered exclusively for the use of the State of South Carolina. We expect to reach Yorktown early on the morning of the 18th of October, and there disembark our troops and put them into camp. He also asks for a location for a battalion." ? Mr. Edward M. Boykin, emigration commissioner for the State of South Carolina, has been in correspondence with Superintendent Jackson, of Castle Garden, for some time past, with a view of securing desirable settlers for South Carolina from among the throngs of immigrants who are now arriving at this port by every steamer. The offer which Mr. Boykin was authorized to ^nake on behalf of his State was a liberal one. German or Swedish people were preferred, he said, and large families, with girls and boys of from 10 to 18 years, were especially wanted. The traveling expenses of the immigrants will be paid to South Carolina. They will be given houses and garden plots free, fair wages in the cotton mills and other manufactories will be guaranteed, and for those who are farmers, a certainty of work at good pay is promised. Superintendent Jackson was asked to make the selections, the choice being left to his judgment. He has picked out seventeen families, mostly Germans, who will be sent to South Carolina to-day.?New Vnrl 7 ? The big bridge, between New York and J Brooklyn, has been for over ten years in : course of construction and is not yet done. ! Another bridge, which was long ago planned j to connect the two cities, has now been begun ! and will be finished, if all goes well, in three I years. This is to be a comparatively inex-; pensive structure, because instead of re- j quiring a sixteen-hundredfoot span, as is i the case with the big bridge, it will use the- [ rock foundation of Blackwell's Island as a resting place for two piers. The bridge will; cross from Seventy-first street to Ravenswood, a suburb which was formerly occupied by the mansions of the wealthy, but which ' was sadly damaged by chills and fever and by ! the bad smells of the oil refineries and other manufacturing industries of Hunter's Point. The floor of the new bridge will be about i one hundred and eighty feet above high I water in the East River, which will allow 1 considerably more room for passiug vessels s than will be afforded by the floor of the big bridge. The whole length of the new bridge will be 2,052 feet and its longest span 734. * It is to furnish roadway for all sorts of ( vehicles, including steam cars and locomo- t tives, making connection between the rail- c ways which centre at the Grand Central Depot, and those which wander to and fro over c Long Island. As this bridge is a private undertaking, and there are no chances for pub- t lie stealage in connection with it, it will prob- , ably be pushed to speedy completion. It will cost about $5,000,900, which will be about oiy-fourth the cost of the big bridge. ' She futMle ! YORK VILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 12. 1881. ---?. = How to Order the En juireir.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-ollice, eouuty aud State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose He money in a registered letter. Postage.?Th inquirer is delivered free el postage to all sut cribers residing in York county, who receive t..e paper at post-offices within the county; aud to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where the* receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it beii.g prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the d(ue must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. THE DEAD LOCK BROKEN. In the United States Senate on Thursday, immediately after the reading of the journal of the previous day, on motion of Mr. Dawes, at 12.05, the Senate went into executive ses sion. Several nominations were confirmed, including that of W. W. Phelps, of NewJersey, to be Minister to Austria. The consideration of the Chinese immigration treaty was resumed, and pending Senator Miller's remarks in favor of its ratification, the President sent a message to the Senate withdrawing all the principal New York nominations, except that of Judge Robertson. The message was simply a withdrawal, containing no explanation or comment. The nominations withdrawn are Stewart L. Woodford, as United States Attorney for the Southern District; Asa W. Teuney, United States At torney for the Eastern District; Lewis F. Payne, United States-Marshal for the Southern District; Cliuton D. McDougall, as United States Marshal for the Northern District; John Tyler, Collector of Customs for the District of Buffalo, N. Y. After the reading of the message, the Senate transacted a remarkably large amount of business in its executive session, clearing the calender of the treaties, and also taking final action on 88 nominations. The first matter disposed of was the Chinese immigration treaty. After nearly three hours of debate, it was ratified without amendment, by practically a unanimous vote, there being only two Senators recorded in thd negative. The Chinese commercial treaty was taken up, and after a brief discussion, was also ratified without amendment and substantially without opposition. The Seuate next ratified, in quick succession, the extradition treaty with the United States of Colombia, the Consular Convention with Italy, the Convention with Mo rocco and a treaty with Japan, relative to the reciprocal duties,of the United States and Japan, in cases of shipwrecks upon their respective coasts. A number of Southern nominations were also confirmed. The sudden withdrawal of the New York nominations created a geueral sensation in New York, it being understood to be an open declaration of war by the President upon the Conkling wing of the Republican party. The nomination of Robertson for collector of the port of New York is distasteful to Conkling, who has labored to defeat the confirmation by the Senate. Now the President has withdrawn all his other nominations in that State, among thera some of Conkliug's friends, and declares that all the New York nomina. tions must stand or fall together. This is a bold stroke by the President, which, however, might have been made at an earlier day, and in his position he will have the moral support of the majority of the Democratic Senators. Senator Bayard upholds him iu his action, and since his withdrawal of the nominations, is reported to have said : "We, the Democratic Senators, can never forget that Mr. Garfield is the President of the United States, aud that to his office are attached functions and responsibilities, duties and prerogatives, that we are bound to see are protected from embarrassment, so far as our sense of public duty shall dictate." He says he believes "the Democrats will refuse to aid in any attempt to deprive the President of his just power, or to degrade him and his office." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. Hayden, of Rutherford, N. C., at an 1 early day, proposes to commence the publication of a weekly paper at GafFuey City. ? Fully six thousand gallons of whisky 1 have been sold at Blackville, in Barnwell ' county, since last November. ? The acreage in cotton in Kershaw county < is said to be the largest ever known to have ' been planted. ? The Senate has confirmed the appoint- < ment of W. N. Taft as postmaster at Charles- < ton. ? The Reporter says that the prospect is < good for harvesting the largest crop of oats ( ever produced in Chester county. < ? The jail at Spartanburg ho been empty J of prisoners for two weeks, and there have i been no sales by the sheriff fo$ the last three I months. i ? The superintendent of immigration con- i tinues to receive favorable reports from those i farmers who have engaged immigrants. He i is daily in receipt f new orders. 1 ? Mrs. Graham, the wife of James Graham, z one of the oldest < :f:sens of the town of Ches- i ter, died in that pi ice on Wednesday of last t week. 1 ? The board of directors of the Peniteutiary s have instructed the superintendent to employ z counsel to recover against lessees of convicts, ( the penalties incurred by them for escapes. i ? A Charleston correspondent of the Au- i gusta Evening News, says that a wealthy s New York gentleman has subscribed $130,000 1 for improving Sullivan's Island, and that 1 other capitalists are taking steps to build a t arge hotel there, and generally to make it a s econd Coney Island. i ? At the meeting of the State Board of ^ Examiners in Columbia, on Thursday last, 1 jreenville was selected as the place at which ; j he Normal Institute will meet. The session f if the institute will be held during the month 1 if August. f ? The Abbeville Medium is responsible for he following tough story : "A negro boy vho lived on Mr. J. C. Lites' place, in this ( :ounty, while going to bis work riding a ( nule, went into a rpire. The mule was taken from the mire with difficulty, his head only aeing visible when discovered. No traces of . the boy have as yet been found." i n , ? / rv nr__i 17*. ' ? ine Doara or trustees or .uue west remale College met on Monday of last week, aud directed Professor Kennedy to act as chairman of the faculty, and to take general charge of the College far the present. Dr. Lindsay will continue his services in the institution, giving special attention to the classes heard heretofore by Dr. Bonner. ? The Kershaw Gazette says that there is a negro woman living in the Swift Creek section, in that county, about 65 years of age, who has exhibited rather a peculiar phenomenon recently. Her daughter died, leaving an infant a few mouths old. The old woman took charge of and began to nurse it, whereupon milk flowed freely, and she is now nursing three babies. ? Some time ago, Mr. H. C. Brawley, who resides iu the western part of Chester county, wrote to his relatives in Ireland and recommended them to come to that county. On Thursday last nine of them arrived at Chester?three of them being young ladies, four young men and two boys. It is understood they all contemplate making Chester county their future home. ? The Spartanburg Spartan of last week says : "The longest cotton row in the county, or in the State, perhaps, was laid off by Mr. E. H. Huff, who works land of John H. Montgomery, Esq., two miles north of town. It is 9,760yards long; and the rows being three and a half feet wide, this row contains a fraction over two and one third acres. Its length is a little more than five and a half miles. It would require about six hours to run round this one row of cotton." ? The superintendent of education has engaged Prof. H. P. Montgomery, colored, to take charge of the Colored Normal Institute this summer. Prof. Montgomery is re commended by Gen. Armstrong, of Virginia, and Dr. Ruffner, the superintendent of education of that State, as having had large experience in such instruction. The session of the institute will be begun about the middle of July, but the location has not yet been decided upon. ? The Register is informed by a Columbia cotton buyer, who has just neturned from the western portion of Fairfield county, that the prospects for the cotton, corn and wheat crops there are as fine as"he ever saw them. Some of the cotton is up aud in some places the coru has been run around once. The farmers have plenty of hands and their fields are in fine condition. He spoke especially" of the plantation of Mr. A. Williford, two miles west of Winnsboro, and said it would do other farmers good to see it. ? A Spartanburg dispatch of the 9th, to the Columbia Register, says : "The preparation of the stand and about the monument is about completed. The naval flags used at the unveiling of the Farragut statue in Washington arrived here to-day, and will be used at the unveiling. About five hundred visitors have arrived and more are coming in on every train. An immense crowd is expected. Lieutenant Daniel Morgan Taylor, of the TTnifnrl Q + atna A rmr iq Viora vuifK hia nmfKpp Governor Hagood and a number of other distinguished citizens of the State, have also arrived." ? The Greenville News of the 4th instant says : "Hon. J. H. Evins, our Representative in Congress, has taken quite a prominent part in the Midland railroad extension movement. We regret that his convictions of his duty, by which he was doubtless governed, have placed him in the position he has occupied on that question. Entertaining the kindest feelings for him personally, and generally approving his public course, the people of Greenville will not again give their aid in electing him to Congress, should he desire re-election. It is folly for them to add the strength of official position to a gentleman so directly opposed to their interest." ? Mr. G. A. Neufier, of Columbia, has beeu employed by the Commissioner of Immigration as interpreter, in connection with the duty of taking charge of immigrants until places can be procured for them. The Commissioner is constantly receiving orders for farm laborers and mechanics, and in nearly every in stance the immigrants are giving satisfaction to the persons who have employed them. The Register, in this connection, says : "Mr. R. W. Shelor, of Tugaloo, Oconee county, who took five families of immigrants, writes that so far he is well pleased with them, and he judges of their satisfaction by their willingness to do and learn. While they cannot speak the English language, they aptly understand by signs and objects, and proprietor and employees are learning *the language from each other. Mr. Shelor writes they do promptly and well whatever is showu them." ? Judge Thomas Thomson, after an illness af a few hours, died at Abbeville C. H., on rhursday last, of heart disease. Judge Thomson was about 67 years old. He was af Scotch descent, and a native of Long Cane, Abbeville county. The Greenville News says : "He studied law in Mr. Burt's )ffice, and subsequently became his partner. ( Judge Thomson was one of the lawyers who mnoble their profession by their sincere respect for, and devotiou to it. He was always i i hard student and commanded a practice i ;hat yielded him a handsome return, he accu- | nulatinga considerable property, principally i n real estate. In war, as in peace, be was , eady and eager to do his duty always, com- , nanding a regiment from this State, and < ieepiug to the end the reputation he won, as i brave, patriotic and earnest soldier. He vas the possessor of that strength of charac- i er that surpasses all talent, aud conquered ? lis way upward in the world by force of hard, < iteady work, directed by an indomitable will, i tud supported by a perseverance that never I jailed a halt until the end determined upon 1 yas attained. He was a thoroughly strong < nan with well, clearly defined ideas, and ] iteadily pursuing a straight, upright course, lonestly and fairly beating down obstacles by i lis own resolute strength. The people of the i rntire State acquiesced most heartily in his i election as Circuit Judge a few years ago, j1 inderstanding that the office was not only a 1 vorthily bestowed honor, but that he would ^ lonor it and do the State and the cause of 1 ustice honest and able service. The regret 1 it his loss will be equally as unanimous. A 1 earned and a just judge, a good citizen and i strong man is lost to the State." 1 RAILROAD FACTS AND RUMORS. ? It is stated, upon what seems reliable au;hority, that negotiations are now pending for ;he lease of the Carolina Central Railway by the Richmond and Danville combination. ? A correspondent in the Daily News, writing from GafFhey's, says that the citizens of that place have raised $300 to make the railroad survey from Shelby to their town. They telegraphed to President Barbour that they were ready at any time to have the work done. ? The Charleston News of Friday, says : "We are informed that the Danville or Clyde Syndicate have leased the Spartanburg and Union Railroad for ninety-nine years, at 850,000 a year. The Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad, with the Knoxville and Cincinnati connections, will naturally go next." ? The Spartan of last week says: "Influential friends of the road from Spartanburg to Augusta, have been busy for the last few days getting up the petition to the couuty commissioners to order an election in the county as to the subscription of 875,000 in aid of that road. Up to this time there are about 500 signatures to the petition." ? In Atlanta, the case of Henry C. Tanner vs. the Air Line Railroad Company, has ended with a verdict of 814,440.50 for the plaintiff. This was a suit brought by Henry C. Tanner for 815,000 damages for the loss of a leg, which was run over by the cars while he was in the employ of the Air-Line Road as conductor. The accident occurred at Gaff uey, South Carolina, in October 1879. ? Under date of the 6th instant, the Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association of Philadelphia, has published complete returns from the manufacturers of the production of iron and steel rails for the year 1880. In his report he states that the production of all kinds of rail in the United States in the year 1880, far surpassed the production of any previous year. It reached the enormous quantity of 1,461,887 net tons, or 1,385,212 gross tons. This is 31 per cent, more than the production of 1879. ? The Lancaster Ledger of the 4th instant says : "Several hundred shares of the stock of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad was purchased at this place last week by Mr. W. H. Hardin, the president of the road, for a nominal sum. We understand that he claims to be purchasing the stock for parties beyond the State, who (he says) have promised a sufficient loan to build the river bridge, repair the trestles, &c., provided they can get a controlling interest in said stock. These parties, require this before they will invest in the second mortgage bonds of the road, which have been recently orderd by the directors to issue." ? The joint committee on the railroad laws of South Carolina, met iu Charleston last week. Arrangements were made to hold another meeting in Charleston on the 15th of uext month. It was determined that notice of the next meeting should be given by advertisement, and that an invitation should iq like manner be extended to all the railroads r,t Qfofo onil tr\ oil nnrtioa Vinvinor r>nm. VSA Wills UlUkVy HUM WW Mil |/w? vivw IIM . vv.^ plaints against them, and to all persons interested in the subject, to submit to the committee at that meeting any suggestions or communications they might desire. Senator Smythe was directed to prepare a draft of a bill covering the legislation ou the subject of railroads for the State. ? According to the Railroad Circular of John A. Hamilton & Co., of Baltimore, the Richmond and Danville Railroad system embraces the following roads, all of which are owned or leased for a long term of years : Richmond and Danville Railroad, Richmond to Danville, Va., 140 miles; Piedmont Railroad, Danville, Va., to Greensboro, 49 miles; North Carolina Railroad, Goldsboro via Greensboro and Charlotte, N. C., 223 miles; Northwestern N. C. Railroad, Greensboro to Salem, N. C., 25 miles; Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line, Charlotte to Atlanta, 269 miles; Atlanta and Charlotte narrow gague branches, 70 miles ; Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, Charlotte to Augusta, Ga., 191 miles ; Columbia and Greenville Railroad, Columbia to Greenville, 143 miles; Columbia and Greenville branches, 85 miles; Spartanburg, Union & Columbia Railroad, Alston to Spartanburg, 68 miles ; Western North Carolina Railroad (completed), Salisbury to Asheville, 140 miles. Total 1,403 miles. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Observer says that it is understood that the liauor dealers of Charlotte are de A termined to contest the legality of the action of the board of aldermen in summarily revoking their licenses. ? The County Commissioners of Cabarrus, Harnet, Bladen, Sampson, Robeson, Richmond aud Cumberland counties have all refused to grant license to any one to retail liquor. ? The board of county commissioners of Guilford county, on Saturday last, after hearing counsel on both sides, declined to grant any further license for the sale qf spirituous liquors in the county. This makes Greensboro, as well as Guilford county, "dry" beyond question. ? At the elections on Monday of last week for municipal officers, the prohibitionists carried Lincolnton, Shelby, Gastonia, Mooresville, Cherryville, Huntersville, Concord and Dallas. In Raleigh the issue was a party one, and the Democrats elected a majority of the aldermen. The board elects the mayor. ? The fifth monthly bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, contains two pages devoted to silk-worm culture, by Prof. Kerr. There are forty-one illustrations showing the growth of worms, from the to the moth, and it seems to be a complete chart and guide for those engaged in this ! work. ? Dr. Grissom, superintendent of the N. C. Asylum for the Insane, writes to a friend, ilnder date of April 26th, as follows : "DeJarnette is under treatment here and is unquestionably of unsound mind. I am prepar- J iug a report of the case for the medical pub- ' lie that will, I think, convince every reader i with capacity enough to appreciate, and hon- j csty enough to acknowledge the truth when i presented." ? We learn from the Democrat that the lewly elected board of Aldermen of Charlotte lot having qualified, the old board, on Wedlesday of last week held an extra meeting ind adopted ordinances revoking, from and ( ifter the first day of June, 1881, all liquor 1 licenses heretofore granted, and also prohibit- ' ing, after that date, within the city, the sale J (either at retail or wholesale) of wines, brandy , fruit or alcoholic bitters, Bpirituous or malt liquors, or any intoxicating liquors, as a beverage; also, making it a uuisance for any 1 person to keep for sale, or use as a beverage, any of the articles above mentioned. It is stated that this action was taken hy the old Board in consequence of a determination on the part of the anti-prohibition aldermen, recently elected, not to attend the meetings of the new board, so as to leave it without a quorum fur the transaction of business. The new city charter provides that the old board shall remain in office until a new board is qualified and takes possession of the city government. Hence the action of the old board. ? Ou the day after the municipal election in Charlotte, a personal difficulty occurred in that city between R. Y. McAden, prohibitionist, and Harry Markey, anti-prohibitionist. From the Observer's report of the affair, it seems that Markey had taken offence at a reply made to him by McAden, when the former approached the latter on the day of election and offered to bet as to the result. The next day Markey stationed himself near the bank of which McAden is president, and announced to several persons, in an excited manner, that it was his intention to intercept the latter as he emerged from or came to the bank* and force him to retract the iusulting words with which he had addressed him during the election excitement the day before. This threat came to the ears of Mr. McAden, and, while disavowing his intention of paying any attention to it, he provided himself with a pistol, saying that he would defend himself if it became necessary. Later,^ as Mr. McAden was approaching his place of business, he was intercepted by Markey, who began to divest himself of his coat, telling him that he (McAden) had insulted him the day before and he had to retract or take a whipping. Mr. McAden tried to pass, at the 8ametime exhibiting his weapon, when Markey struck at and closed with him, crying at the same time "shoot, g?d d?n you ; shoot!" Mr. McAden levelled the pistol at his breast and pulled the trigger. It snapped. The hammer caught on Mr. J. W. Kendrick's coat sleeve, who was sitting near at the time, and heariug the excited language, sprang up and arrested the pistol hand in the nick of time. In doing so his coat sleeve slipped between the hammer and the cap, probably saving Markey's life. Mr. J. H. McAden, who also had intimation of the difficulty impending, also came up and assisted to wrest the pistol from his brother's hand. In an instant, hundreds of persons surged around the still struggling men. Prohibitionists and antiprohibitionists, thinking it some difficulty in which the friends of one or the other side were being imposed upon, rushed up in an excited manner, and the affair wore a threatening aspect for some minutes. Further difficulty was avoided, however, by the good offices of the police, who were promptly on the spot and- placed the principals under arrest. The Mayor was notified of the affray and had the parties brought before him as soon as possible. The parties made their statements, and several witnesses were examined, when Markey was fined $20 and costs for the assault, and placed under a bond of $500 to keep the peace. Mr. McAden was bound over to the Inferior Court in a bond of $250 for drawing a deadly weapon. Mr. B. F. McAden, who was with his father when he was attacked, and also drew a pistol and attempted to use it, was placed under a similar bond. THE CAPTURE OF PRIESTER. W. H. Priester, the parricide, was unexpectedly arrested in Greenville on Sunday last, while on his way to his father iu-law's home, about twelve miles from that city. It will be remembered that immediately after the commission of the deed, Priester made his escape from home with a horse and buggy. When first heard from after his escaDe. he had passed through Waynesboro, Ga., on Wednesday of last week. While in that place he represented to a friend that he had killed two negroes in South Carolina and was leaving home on that account. He sold his horse and buggy at Waynesboro and left on the train ; but afterwards, it seems, he decided to attempt to visit his wife in Greenville county, and this attempt ended in his arrest in Greenville, the particulars of which are given in a dispatch of Sunday to the Ntm and Courier as follows : "William Henry Priester, who slew his father near Allendale, recently, was arrested here this morning. He arrived at Greenville, .where he is well known, by the 5.40 A. M. train from Charlotte, took a street car into the city and stopped at the Exchange Hotel. He requested the porter not to disclose his presence, although the porter did not know him, and while he washed his face and hands, sent to ascertain if a livery stable was open. Remaining at the hotel for only a few minutes, he proceeded to Hill house's stable and arranged for conveyance to the home of his father-in-law, Mr. W. T. Long, about twelve 1 miles from the city. "Several young gentlemen having recognized Priester, notified Policeman Carter, who arrested him at the stable as he was preparing to depart in a buggy. When first approached he attempted to pass for his twin brother, but soon after his arrest acknowledged himself to be William Henry Priester. He was confined in the city guardhouse all the morning, and was this afternoon delivered to Sheriff Gil? ?" MyvtM/v?tA<] hi rn /\ f l>n /lAlinftr iai] icaill, VYI1U JCIIJUVCU U1IU tU II4C VWUUWJ juti, and telegraphed the news of bis arrest to the sheriff* of Barnwell. "Priester asked about his father, and receiving the reply that he wa3 dead and buried, he completely broke down and wept bitterly. His wife, who has returned to her parents, was sent for by Priester's earnest request, and was permitted to see him in the jail this afternoon. Priester wears a wild and haggard expression and declines to converse, except briefly with intimate friends and former schoolmates. "His wife, who speaks of him in the kindest terms, expresses herself convinced of Priester's insanity, tho first symptoms of which, she says, developed themselves about three months ago. Mrs. Priester also states that the statement to which publicity had been given, that Captain Priester had requested that his son be hung, is not true; that the old gentleman, before he died, forgave the deed, but asked that i if his son should be captured, he be dealt with 1 in a manner to protect his fellow-men, hint- j ing, doubtless, to his confinement in the asy-1 lum. "Mrs. Priester's statement has, to a very ! greatextent, assuaged public sentiment against the prisoner in this community, where she and her father and family enjoy the highest es- j teem." In this connection, the following particulars I of the murder, given in a letter from Allendale, under date of the 2nd instant, will be read with interest: "It seems that the report, no doubt inadvert mtly, puts some of the burden of this sad and heartrending misfortune to the credit of the wife of the heartless perpetrator. Mrs. Priester is a most estimable woman, and has won the hearts of those whom she has been among so short a time by her Christian virtues. So far as the report refers to her husband not being able to live amicably with his wife, it could not h^ve been intended to convey the idea that any of the fault could be attributed to her. But the converse, she has been the most long suffering, with the burden that she has had cast upon her by an unworthy husband. She had resolved two or three times to leave young Priester and return to the house of her father, but Captain Billie Priester prevailed upon her not to leave his son, as it would no doubt be his ruin. She remained only in the hope that she might, by enduring everything, worK some improvement in me young man. His reckless ingratitude reached its highest point, and she resolved to stand it no further, and on Thursday morning, at the breakfast table, she requested ^he Captain to remain a moment, as she desired to see him. Young William Henry Priester, the husband, was at the head of the table opposite his father, and on hearing the above remark said, "I propose to hear that conversation." Capt. Priester replied, "Certainly, my son; I have no objection." Young Priester went up stairs to his room and came down to where the Captain and Mrs. Priester were standing, and when within five or ten feet said, "Father, I'm going to kill you." "0 no, my son," said Capt. Billie. "What for ?" He got no reply further than a ball, which the Captaiusaid is the one he thought passed through his stomach, entering two inches to the left of the navjel and coming out about the same distance from the spinal column. The Captain said he closed in on his sou, after the first shot, and caught the pistol, but found that the shock from the first ball was such that he could not control the unnatural arm of his eon. The next ball he thought was the one that entered the left side and penetrated into the region of the spleen. (This ball went through the spleen.) A third ball lodged in the left wrist, and a fourth in the left thigh, and the fifth struck a buck-horn handle knife in his pants pocket, tearing it up and lodging in the iron sides. Capt. Priester said Aat he was shot so rapidly that he could not save ? 1/? __j it* ?1? a:? nimseil, UUU Lilts Ulii_y umig lie um naa lu hold on to the pistol and change the range untij it had been exhausted by the cruel hand, and then he thought he struck his son with his stick. Peter, a twin brother, who had left the table for the store, hearing the shooting and the screams of Mrs. Priester, reached the house too late to render his father any assistance in the struggle. Capt. P. went to his store some two hundred yards off, and undressed himself, got in bed aud sent for Dr. Kearse. Dr. Kearse, arriving as soon as*possib!e, made an examination and reported to Capt. P. that he would be frank with him and state his precarious condition. He told him that he had but a short while to live, and that he had better arrange his worldly affairs and prepare to meet his God. Capt. P. did not seem the least alarmed, but thanked the doctor for his candor, and stated that his own opinion was that he could not ^ * 1 L:? *ti live. ur. ivearse remameu wun mm uutu late Friday eveuing, after all-signs of life had almost ebbed off, aud Capt. Wra. Priester died at 11 o'clock at night, lamented by every heart that esteems a man who has a heart. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION. Black's Station, S. C., May 9.?The progress made in manufacturing in the South within the past few years is remarkable, and every enterprise of the kind is an important addition to the resources and capabilities of our country. One year ago, there was not a cotton factory iu our county. Now two have been commenced, one of jyhich, at Rock Hill, is nearly, if not quite, ready for operations, and the other, near this place, will, in less than a twelve month, be completed. The company building near here, is organized under the firm name of J. A. Deal & Co., and is to be known as the Cherokee Cotton Manufacturing Company. Their mills will be situated on Broad River, where the old King's Mountain Iron Works were located, at the head of Ninety-nine Islands. This valuable water power is made by the King's Mountain range, through which the river wends its precipitous course. The islauds that beset it here are numerous, and beautiful as the water spreads out amongst them. Some of these islands are from 50 to 100 acres in extent, on which are fields under cultivation. The similarity of Doolittle creek, that empties, into the riVer here ; the mountains, that ascend perpendicularly from each bank, their stone brows fringed with the laurel, ivy and mountain pine, and the rushing waters at their base, reproduce in miniature the scenery on the French Broad, in North Carolina. The Cherokee Manufacturing Company have, at considerable expense, graded a road on the mountain side, parallel with the creek up to the site of the factory. A strong force is now engaged in erecting the building, which will be 100 feet long, 50 feet wide, and three stories high. It will be built with brick. The company propose, as soon as the building is ready, to put in 3,000 spindles, which they will afterwards increase to several thousand more. Neat cottages for the operatives will also be built near the factory. The entire work is under the personal supervision of J. A. Deal, .fcisq., who, Irora nis luiorraatioo, skill and business tact, will ensure its success and profitableness to its owners. In connection with the mountain range above alluded to, a fact of interest might be raeutioned, and that is, thut sheep thrive and keep fat all the year round, in the open woods, and are peculiarly free from disease. Some thirty years ago, an intelligent gentleman of this section, observing this fact, and knowing also that this climate is identical with that of Spain, where the Spanish Merino flourishes and is so priced for its silken fleece, procured a lot of full bloods from that country, which thrived well here, and grew as fine fleece as if in their native clime. It is a well known fact that our climate has an influence over the quality of the wool of sheep. Other localities of the Piedmont region of this State may have a similar effect. It is hoped the State Commissioner of Agriculture will investigate this matter, and use his influence in developing sheep husbandry, which in this section might be made a profitable industry. For this season, up to the present date, Gaffiiey City shipped 10,000 bales of cotton and received 2,000 tons of fertilizers. This place also shipped 10,000 barrels of lime. Black's Station shipped 1,700 bales of cotton and received 221 tons of fertilizers. fiftoon hneinpaq hnilSPS and five x ncig aig utbwu i/wwixvvw resident cotton buyers at Gaffney City ; at Black's there are four business houses. Gaffney City sent delegates to the meeting of the directors of the N. C. Midland Kailroad, at Winston, and citizens of the place have subscribed $25,000 in aid of the enterprise, provided the road is located via that place. An experimental survey will be ma<je to that point. Euo. MERE-MENTION. Maj. W. J. Houston has been appointed assistant general passenger and ticket agent of the Atlanta and Charlotte, Richmond and Danville and North Carolina railroads, with , headquarters in Atlanta. The deathrate of Chicago is greater now than it has been at any time for many years.' Baton Rouge and New Orleans bave licensed gam-< bling houses at $50, and $100 per month each. Thirty-one applications for divorce are recorded on the docket of the Georgia Superior Court at Atlanta. Sixty-eight millions of dollars have been invested in railroads and mining enterprises in Mexico within the last seven months, by the capitalists-of j the United States. I XiOCAXi AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R, H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C Pis.?Clerk's Sale. J. M. Adams?New Goods?Wooden Ware?Pot Ware?Hardware. T. M. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion?New York House. M. Strauss?Not Through Favor, But Merit Alone, Kennedy Bros. A Barron?The Beautiful. Latta Brothers?Family Groceries and Plantation Supplies. SERENADED. The members of the newly elected town council were serenaded on Monday night by the colored brass band, nearly all of whom voted the prohibition ticket. PROHIBITION IN ROCK HILL. By resolution of the town council of Rock Hill, adopted on the accession of the present board several weeks ago, the bar-rooms of Rock Hill were closed on the 1st instant. COWPENS CENTENNIAL. < The Principal and Cadets of King's Mountain Military School, left on an extra train yesterday morning for Spartanburg, to participate in the Cowpens centennial. EARLY STRAWBERRIES. Mrs. R. G. Whitesides, of Hickory Grove, favored us with a basket of strawberries, on ^ Saturday last?the first we have seen this season. Mrs. W. is very successful in the -J cultivation of this delicious fruit > ' .< PERSONAL MENTION. Rev. R. P. Johnson, G. W. S. Hart, Esq., and Mr. A. Springs Withers, are in Charleston, attending the Diocesan Convention. Dr. John May has gone to the northern markets to make purchases for his drugstore. CORRECTION. We were* misinformed as to the name of Mr. Lowry, the young gentleman whose death we noted last week. His name should have been printed William K., instead of Richard K., and it should have been stated that lie was the son of the late Dr. Richard Lowry, who died in Memphis. YORKV1LLE FEMALE COLLEGE. Rev. Geo. Howe, D. D., of the Theological Seminary, Columbia, will preach the commencement sermon before the young ladies of ' Yorkville Female College, on Sunday, the 12th of June. The literary address will be delivered by Hon. William Porcber Miles, President of the South Carolina University, \ on Thursday following. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. On Friday evening last, Mr. Horace Burns, a young white man living about two miles south-west of town, accidentally shot himself in the left leg, above the knee, with a pistol. He was sitting down loading the weapon, and after adjusting the cap, the hammer of the lock slipped from his thumb, with which he was holding it back, aud the pistol was discharged, the load entering his leg and inflicting a wound. Dr. Hugh G. Jackson was summoned to dress the wound, which he pronounces not serious. CONTRACT AWARDED. The contract for building a bridge over Big Sugar Creek, where the Providence road Crosses that stream, two miles east -of Fort Mill, was awarded by the commissioners of York and Lancaster, on Thursday last, to L. N. & T. G. Culp, of Fort Mill, whose bid was ' $245, the bridge to be completed by the .1st of July next, though the contractors promise that it shall be finished at an earlier date. This is known as Barber's Bridge. Sugar Creek is the dividing line between York and Lancaster, and the expense of building the bridge will be equally shared by each county. FINISHED TO LINCOLNTON. The track of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad is laid to Lincolnton, and the locomotive and freight cars now extend their regular daily trips to that point. Passenger coaches will be placed on the new portion of the road one day this week ; but not until the track is lined up and made perfectly secure. Since the south bound train now starts from Lincolnton, its arrivals at all stations this side of Dallas will be about half an hour later than heretofore. Mail service will be extended on the road in a few days, the papers necessary to efl'ect this object having already been forwarded to the proper officials of the postal , service. THE JENKINS RIFLES. Do not forget the entertainment to be given in the Court House on Friday evening next, for the benefit of the Jenkins Rifies. We have already stated that the object is to aid the company in the purchase of a new uniform, which is greatly desired, not to say needed, in order to give the company a fine military appearance. To maintain a military organization in our town, under existing circumstances, some encouragement must be extended the members by the citizens, and here is now presented a fine opportunity and a fitting occasion. The piece to be presented has been well received in other places, we are informed, and the lady and young Misses and Masters having it in charge, have been laborious in rehearsing with the view of rendering it here in the most acceptable manner. Let a full house greet them. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The election for Intendant and Wardens of Yorkville, passed off quietly and without the least excitement on Monday last. Two ; tickets were voted, one unequivocally repre- senting the anti-license party, and the other bearing the legend "Strait-out ticket?No licence," but being somewhat vague as to . what was implied by the latter clause. Two hundred and thirty-seven ballots were cast, and the vote was as follows: f PROHIBITION TICKET. INTENDANT. C. E. Spencer, ; 154 WARDENS. Frank Happerfield, 152 G. W. S. Hart 145 Allen White, 120 Nelson Davies, 109 "STRAIT-OUT-NO LICENCE." INTENDANT. J. R. Gardner 82 WARDENS T T? CoKai?Vi j! p." w."h<rpe,' A. P. Wood 90 W. T. Barron 52 So, from the above, it will be seen that the ticket unmistakably representing the prohibition party, was elected by even a larger majority than had been hoped for. Of the names on the other ticket, it is due to Messrs. Hope and Barron to say that they posted a notice at the polls, declining to serve if elected ; and we are further requested by Mr. Barron to say that his name was used without his consent. Mr. A. Frank Woods also, when the existence of the ticket was first called to his att -ntion on Monday morning, disclaimed any knowledge of it, and said the use of his name was unauthorized by him. We have also been requested by Capt. Gardner to say that he objected to the use of his j