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Jtoajisi and jfattsi. : ? A large importation of Irish potatoes has arrived in New York indicating a large crop in the ould country. They can be sold at a ! profit from $2 to $2 50 per barrel, and com-1 pete with the American potatoes, the price of which has been up to ?3 per barrel. ? The precision of modern engineering is forcibly illustrated by the recently accomplished feat of piekiug up a long unused ocean cable from a depth of 2,000 fathoms. To find such a thread two miles under the ! sea is a great achievement. ? Baron Von Steuben said to a Cincinnati j reporter : "Mr. Blaine is the loveliest, most ! dignified, and at the same time the most cor- | dial man I have met in this couutry. It is I no wonder to me that this nation honors him I as one of its greatest men, and I have not the j slightest doubt that his popularity will in* j crease as time progresses." ? Paris Figaro devotes one page of its sup- j plerneut of the 15th ultimo to Yorktown. i One paragraph says : "Since the days of [ Yorktown, upon what shores and in what \ country have we not given of our blood and j gold ? We have aided Greece, Turkey and Italy. The United States, of all these, is the only one whose gratitude has survived a hundred years." ? A sensation of Broadway, New York, on Thursday, was a team with a dead driver. A truck horse was noticed trotting along as though he were pretty much his own master, despite the fact that he was apparently guided by the truckman, who held the reins. Presently it -was perceived that the driver was dead, and some one stopping the horse, the driver tottered and fell. ? The Hotel Pelham in Boston, a building 96V69 feet and seven stories in height, was recently moved back in order to widen Tremont street without disturbing the occupants or the furniture. The use of flexible tubes kept ' * up the gas and water connections, while the entire structure, weighing four thousand tons, was moved thirteen feet six inches. Nearly three months were spent in preparations, but the actual moving was accomplished in four days. ? Esta Williams took the prize at a fair at Otturawa, Iowa, as the most beautiful girl in the county. She subsequently married John Caruahan, who lived for seven years very happily with his distinguished wife. Then he was overwhelmed by her elopement, without warning, with his own father, who took with him about $30,000, leaving his wife (John's mother) with nothing but a small farm. The runaway pair were traced as far as St. Joseph, Mo., but not caught. ? The mania for constitutional amendments is raging this year iu several States. Colorado will fix the place for her capital; Maryland decides upon the time of electing judges ; Minnesota has three amendments to vote upon: providing for equal taxation, prohibiting special legislation and regulating the pay of legislators ; Nebraska votes on the elective franchise for women, while Wisconsin will pass upon biennial elections and sessions of the Legislature. ? A number of extensive cotton dealers in Memphis have sent to Northern rolling mills for quotations of No. 30 sheet iron, to be used for coveriug cotton bales. The present hemp covering is used solely on account of its cheapness, but as it admits sand and moisture, it causes considerable waste of cotton. If adopted, each bale would require a sheet 76 by 44 iuches, weighing 22 pounds; and a crop of 6,000,000 bales would require 66,000 tons of sheet iron to cover them. It is likely to come into use as a covering for cotton. ? A number of Eastern business men, who have recently traveled extensively iu the West, ascertained by thorough investigation that, while the corn crop has been very poor, the recent rains have brought out pasture growth afresh and to such an extent as to more than offset the short corn crop. An open winter is universally looked for, aud in the event of this expectation being realized, next spring will find the agriculturalists and cattle raisers ahead with a new "boom" on hand, despite the present loss and shortage on crops. The corn aud oats needed for food for cattle, hogs, Ac., will be more than supplied in value by the spring wheat planted on the ground so well prepared by the recent storms. ? The following elections were held last Tuesday: "Wisconsin elected a Governor, part of its Senate aud Assembly. Colorado elected judges and county officers. Nebraska elected a Supreme Court Judge. Mississippi elected a Governor and State officers. Connecticut elected a Governor and part of State officers. Minnesota elected a Governor aud State officer?. Maryland elected her Comptroller and part of Legislature. Pennsylvania elected a State Treasurer and county officers. Massachusetts elected a Governor and State officers. New Jersey elected members of the Legislature. New York elected a Secretary of State, Attorney-General, Treasurer, Comptroller and one Judge of Court of Appeals. Virginia elected a Governor and Legislature. ? Ex-Congressman Rainey, of South Carolina, at a reception given in his honor in Washington, a week ago last Thursday night, declared his purpose to give his party friends in Congress a chance to test their professions j of love for the colored man, by offering them the opportunity to nominate him for clerk of the House. Two years ago, when the Republicans were in the minority in the House, they gave to Rainey the empty honor of their nomination for that office. The announcement was conveyed to him by Mr. Garfield. Now they are again iu the majority in the House, and Rainey proposes to put their professions to the test, by offering himself as a candidate for the same nomination at a time when a i nomination is worth something. The public j will await with some interest the result of j this practical test of Republican professions j of a desire to honor and advance the colored ! mau. ( ? The Boston Herald has the following on Mr. Blaine and the country at large: Mr. Jiiaine s "vigorous toreign policy, as manifested in several directions, will make him a ?. hard man to follow in the State Department in the minds of those who admire dash, decision and self assertiveness in the management of our foreign affairs. The manner in which he has madfc himself felt in that office, and his admirable bearing under all the trying circumstances, from the terrible 2nd of July to the present time, have unquestionably 1 strengthened his hold on the party and raised j him in the estimation of the country. The j question, What is to be done with Blaiue ? | will be a very interesting one as time goes on. ! He will be a rather formidable persouage for! the President to turn loose; and, outside of! the State Department, it canuot be learned j that there is anything he wants. His pro- I iected Southern tour does not look as though j he had determined to retire from politics. I But there is 110 occasion for worry. The j i gentleman from Maine always had a faculty | of taking care of himself. j ] ? At the session of the Connecticut Teach- i er's Convention, in Hartford, a week ago last , Friday evening, Rev. J. L. M. Curry, of Rich- ' mond, Va., general agent of the Peabody ' < Educational Fund, read a paper on "Educa- j j tion in the South," in which he claimed that j the illiteracy of the South was dangerous to the : j Republic, butthatastheNationalGovernment. had foisted the greater number of the illiterate 1 voters upon the Southern States by enfran- j i chising the negroes, it was its duty, and a j | measure of political economy, to assist the i South in supporting the public schools. The South has 5,000,000 of a school population. ' It would cost $40,000,000 annually to edu- < cate on a system equal to that of the public i Bchoolsof the North ; but it was useless to talk of raising that sum in an impoverished section. He said that in the South "Bwarni9 of neglected children are growing up into hordes of ignorant, idle, and, too often, depraved and godless men and women. The education of these people will repay the General Government in a more thorough development of industries, in fewer demands of poverty, in better social order, more intelligent use of the franchise, and in checking improvidence, waste and vice. f flt'Mle tSruquim. YOKKVII.LE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 10, 1881. Ilow to Order the lEnquirer.?Write the name nf th? siihsfriher vorv nlainlv. irive nost-office. county ant! State, in full, and send the'amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ol postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to al! other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they rec eive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?Thedateon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers ;lo not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kej>t in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? During the month of October, 2,410 bales of cotton were sold at Lancaster. ? Rock Hill Lodge No. 1,406, Knights of Honor, has paid the benefit fund of $2,000 to Mrs. Peter Ihrie, whose husband, a member of the lodge, died in Winston, N. C., about two months since. ? The Seucca Journal says : "A movement is on foot to establish an orphans' home in each county in the State, and the matter will be brought to the notice of our next Legislature. As we have been informed, the idea is to levy a tax of one mill on the property of each county for the support of the orphan homes, and to locate said homes in the most convenient places in each county." ? The Johnston Monitor, in giving some of the workings of the credit system in connection with the lien law, relates the following : "In one instance, as we have been informed, where a colored man has had three horses 1--^ r L * .v. aT t>-? ArfftO ffO Ul&CLl 11UU1 1I1LL1 U? 1UIUU1U3U1C U1 uiuilgugv, which mortgage was given to secure advances, there was charged in the account thirty dollars for candy! Ths money paid for this one item of candy .would have procured bread for three hands for twelve months." ? The Abbeville Banner publishes the account of a boiler explosion which occurred in that county a week ago last Tuesday, by which two persons were killed. "The explosion is accounted tor in this way : The engineer had been arranging something about the engine which was out of gear. The register indicated 120 pounds to the square inch, and the steam was escaping from the safety valve. Being annoyed by the escape of the steam, he threw a log chain over the lever of the safety valve, which closed it. In a few minutes, as might have been expected, the boiler burst. The boiler is believed to have been perfect." ? In the Court of General Sessions at Newberry, recently, a nan was put on trial for carrying a pistol concealed about his person. There was no conflict as to the facts. The defence seemed to rely on the fact that a small portion of the pistol was visible. Judge Al? * i .1 . .t / .? il - J. 1.1.~ ancn neia mat tne met tnac a pari 01 me weapon was visible, to-wit: the small eud, did not bring the case outside of the statute. That the spirit of the statute is, that no matter if a part be visible to one man, yet it might not be seen by another who was equally near, and to be not a concealed weapon, it must be in such a position that all who are near enough can see it. The jury found the defendant guilty. ? The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina met in Columbia on the 2nd instant, and organized by electing Rev. W. P. Jacobs, of Laurens, Moderator, and Rev. S. M. Morris, Clerk. The following named delegates were present from York and Chester counties: York?Rev. L. R. McCormick, Rev. F. L. Leeper, Rev. J. G. Hall, Rev. R. E. Cooper, Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson, Rev. J. W. Spratt. Elders-W. B. Allison, F. M. Walker, W. H. Stewart, P. Garrison, J. F. Workman, S. Leroy Adams, J. M. Lindsay. Chester?Rev. G. A. Treuholm, Rev. D. Harrison, Rev. J. C. McMullen, Rev. J. II. Save, Rev. W. T. Matthews. Elders?James Hemphill, William Bagley, W. .13. Robinson, J. E. Craig, J. J. Anderson, Minor Montgomery, T. M.Carlisle J. G. Lowry, E. M. Atkinson, R. S. Hope. The reports from the Presbyteries were very encouraging, and they dwelt earnestly on the need of still more work and greater efficiency in establishing new churches and extending the field of labor. The Synod accepted the retransfer of the Theological Seminary from the General Assembly, and elected six directors for it, namely, the Hon. James Hemphill, of Chester; the Rev. J. B. Mack, D. D., of Columbia; the Rev. W. J. McKay and Judge T. B. Fraser, of Sumter; the Rev. T. H. Law, of Spartanburg; and W. A. Clark, Esq., of Columbia. Four others have been appointed by the Synod of Georgia and two by the Synod of Alabama. The next meeting vVill be held at Abbeville C. H., on the 18th of October, 1882. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? New corn has made its appearance in the Shelby market. ? North Carolina makes a fine and creditable exhibit at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition. ? The North Carolina M. E. Conference will convene in annual session at Durham an the 23rd instant. Bishop Wightman will preside. ? The Rev. A. L. Stough, of Shelby, has been selected by the King's Mountain Bapnst Association to devote his entire time, during the next year, to missionary work within ;he bounds of the Association. ? Says the Durham Recorder : One of our ;ountyraen came to town last week to pay )ff his fertilizing bill. He brought his whole ! 3rop and sold it, arid he lacked 89.00 making enough cotton to pay for the guano used. ? Says the Lincoln Progress of Saturday: Capt. Waddill has finished the grade of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad through town, and the iron is already laid across Main street into Mr. V. A. McBee's lot. There is only iron enough on hand to go three quarters of a mile farther, but the watch-word seems to be "On to Newton !" ? The colored industrial fair at Raleigh, last week, i9 pronounced a success, and the exhibit an exceedingly creditable one. The opening address was made by Governor Jarvis, who was followed in encouraging and flattering remarks by Mayor Mauley, of Raleigh, Commissioner of Agriculture Mc Gehee and others, each of whom congratulated the colored people on the success of their fair. ? Says the Concord Sun : "The agent of the American Colonization Society, Washington, D. C., has been in our midst, and as a result a number of our colored families are sell ing their all and getting ready to leave for, I distant Liberia. They will sail from JNew I York on the first of December. Their "ship money," amounting to about $245, has already been forwarded. This does not include their railroad fare to New York." ? The Charlotte Observer announces the death, on Friday night last, of Mr. John R. Johnston, oue of the wealthiest and most respected citizens of Lincoln county. He died of paralysis, having been stricken upon the left side, a week previous to his death. He was a brother of Col. William Johnston, of Charlotte, and died at the homestead of the Johnston family one mile from his birth place, where he has spent his.life of 66 years. ? Says the Statesville Landmark : "Within the past mouth the Western North Carolina Railroad has laid down at Statesville, fifteen car loads of corn from Chicago. This corn is delivered here at 90c. per bushel. All of it is for purposes of distillation, and it is to the credit of the distillers that they have, in view of the supposed short crop in North Carolina, looked beyond the borders of the State for corn to convert into whisky." MERE-MEJiTION. Owing to short crops in northern Russia, that section of the empire is threatened with famine. Dudley, the new Pension Commissioner, asks for an appropriation of $120,000,000 to meet pension claims for the next fiscal year. The President has designed Thursday, the 24th inst., as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer. There was an inch of snow on the mountains in the vicinity of Mauch Chunk, Pa., last Friday, and the ther? ?- ? */ * 1 O Jnryffloa KalntV muiueter was uunu lu ?n utjjiiw uvivn zero. Navigation is opened on the Cumberland river, after a suspension since August 1st, on account of low water. A dispatch from Tucson, Arizona, says the Apaches are reported to be committing depredations in the Sahuaripa district in Sonora, Mexico. Five women, two men and one child have been killed by them. The trial, before a court martial, of Lieut. Flipper, for embezzlement, is progressing at Fort Davis, Texas. A heavy frost last Thursday night killed the top crop of cotton around Paris, Texas. Another crazy man, calling himself John Wolling, has presented his claim, in the shape of a dispatch communicated by the Holy Spirit from Almighty God, to the Presidential chair. He was promptly committed to the St. Elizabeth Asylum before he could have an opportunity of "removing" the present incumbent. :**The invisible agent in Confederate bond speculation is said to be Judah P. Benjamin. Exn I? ???? oenaior v_/uukiiug js icjjuilcu wu uo ou ill, and his condition so very feeble, that his friends do not care to discuss it. He is threatened with kidney disease. Intimations are given that Secretary Blaine will shortly make an extended tour of the South with an eye to possible future contingencies. The Western Union Telegraph Company has directed that all messages on business concerning the Garfield monument shall be sent free. 'The United States array lost nearly ten times as many soldiers by desertion as j by death last year, the respective numbers being 2,361 and 248. A Newark (N. J.) bank cashier played the confidence i game on the stocholders and directors so successfully, that during the last twelve years he got away with $2,000,000. When his defalcations were discovered, last week, there was virtually nothing left but the bank building, the safe and three postage stamps. It is said that small pox is raging in Richmond, Va., to an alarming extent. It is cstij mated that the recent overflow of Mississippi j River has caused damages between Keo! kuck, Iowa, and Louisiana, Mo., amounting j to $2,930,000. Win. Petty, recently convicted of stage robbery, at San Antonio, Texas, has been sentenced to ninety-nine years' iinprisonmeut in the penitentiary. A New York letter says : "It is no secret that Mr. James intends to retire from the Cabinet in order to assume the presidency of a banking institution which Mr. W. II. Vanderbilt is about to establish not far from the New York Central Depot." Ex. Senator Plrttr it is rrenerallv helieved. will succeed | } - ? ? / " j Judge Robertson as collector of the port of ! New York. The great Western Railway j Company of England is excavating a tunnel j under the river Severn which is to be four j and a half miles long. Herr Von BisJ marck, son of the German chancellor, will it I is reported, be appointed German minister at j j Washington. A bill providiugfor a naj tional bankrupt law will be reported by the j I Senate judiciary committte in December [ [next. A party of fifteen New England j manufacturers who represent $45,000,000, j and run 1,500,000 spindles, visited the Atlan- ! ta exposition last week and propose to re- i J main in the South about three weeks. One I ; of the wonders to Northern visitors to the I Atlanta Exposition is that apparently so little j interest is manifested in its success by South! erners, and especially Georgians. SecJ retary Blaine was recently interviewed by a j New York Herald correspondent and unequivocally asserted that the Cabinet, after January 1st, would be Grant from top to bottom. It is rather a coincidence that: I counsel for Sergeant Mason, who attempted j Guiteau's life in the jail cell, will, in the trial of his client, enter the plea of insanity. Mason will not be tried until the case of Guiteau has been disposed of. The Cuban sugar crop is reported to be larger than for several years. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. Latban, School Commissioner?School Notice. T. S. Jefferys, Agent?Ix>ok Sharp. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. 0.?Sheriff's Sales. Colcock, Miller <fc Co.?New Firm. A. W. Ingold, Reporter?Knights of Honor. M. Strauss?Call and See. F. Happerfield, Town Treasurer?Town Tax. J. M. Adams?A Revolution in the Tin Business. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis,?Clerk's Sales. Hunter, Gates <fe Co.?We Would Call. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The shipments of cotton from the depot at tliis place for the week ending last Monday, amount to 554 bales. Total shipments since September 1st, 2,179 bales. TRIAL JUSTICE APPOINTED. The Governor has appointed Joshua D. Gwiu, of Clover, a -trial justice for King's Mountain township, in place of Z. D. Smith, resigned. GARFIELD MONUMENT FUND. The designated time for receiving subscriptions to the Garfield monument fund expired last Monday. The amount subscribed id this place was 80.UU. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The series of meetings at the Presbyterian Church at this place closed last Friday night A8 a result of the meetings there was an accession of 41 to the membership of the church?32 by profession and 9 by letter. j?i,? UNITED STATES COURT JURORS. Of the grand jurors drawn last Monday to serve at the November term of the United States Circuit Court, which convenes in Columbia ou the 28th instant, the following reside in York county : John M. Clinton, John L. Watson, J. Bolivar Scott. "HANDY" POSTAL BOOK. A valuable little work, entitled "Handy Book of the Postal Service of the Charleston (S. C.) Post Office," has just been issued by W. N. Taft, Postmaster of that city. Besides showing in a concise and convenient formthe general postal facilities that may be bad at Charleston, the book contains much postal information of a general character, and will prove a "handy book" of reference to the business man. TAX COLLECTIONS. The total amount of tax collections for this county, at sun down on Tuesday, including the May collection, aggregate $63,904.11.3. Notwithstanding the hard times con sequent upon the short crops, Ac., the people of York have paid up their taxes with near about the same promptness as in previous years?there being only about $5,750 remaining unpaid. Delinquents are reminded that the extension of time expires to-day, after which the penalty will attach. penitentiary uonvicts. On Tuesday last the following convicts, sentenced at the recent terra of York Circuit Court, were taken to Columbia by the Sheriff of the county, tb be committed to the penitentiary : Toney Bennett and Charles Childers, housebreaking, sentenced for life ; Lewis Brumfield acrd Peyton Berry, larceny, each for one year ; John Crawford and Margaret Dancy, miscegeneration, each for one year. Of these prisoners all are colored except Margaret Dancy. ciiurcii* notices. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Methodist Episcopal. Services at King's Mountain Chapel next Sunday, in the forenoon, by Rev. Dr. Griffith, and at night in the church at Yorkville. Church of the Good Shepherd?Episcopal? Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at the usual hours, .morning and afternoon. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Tirzah, preaching on Saturday. Communion service on Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. A NEW FIRM. The announcement appears in our advertising columns to day of a new firm?Messrs. Colcock, Miller & Co., who have bought out the grocery department of Hunter, Oates <fe Co., and will continue the business iu the same house as heretofore occupied by their predecessors. The gentlemen composing this firm require no recommendation at our hands. Mr. J. D. Colcock is well known as an affable, accomplished business man, of several years' experience in the mercantile business; - wn i i * ? J ? Mr. Sam. L>. Miner nas oeeu conuecieu wnu the house siuce it was first established, under the firm name of S. X. Miller & Co.; ancl Mr. B. N. Moore, who constitutes the "company" of the firm, is well and favorably known as a popular salesman, lately connected with the house of H. F. Adickes, Jr. These gentlemen have the energy to prosecute an extensive and prosperous business and to make their enterprise a complete success. SALES-DAY. j Monday last?sales-day for November?was a rainy, wet and disagreeable day out of 1 doors, but notwithstanding this fact, there was a very large attendance of people in town. The following property was sold by the Clerk of the Court: ' A tract of land belonging to estate of John 1 M. Howe, deceased, at the suit of Alex. Fewell, to foreclose mortgage, containing 861 acres. Bought by Mrs. Ada R. Witherspoon, at 818.50 per acre. ! Tract belonging to the estate of Abner j I Stewart, deceased, containing 120 acres?sold , for partition?bought by Mrs. Hannah , ! Greene, for $302. J Tl./I C,11,m.inr. oolao ward mn?lp>hv thfi SheT A UU uuxwc HV1V HCMV.? ~ J iff: Tract levied on as the property of David H. Smith at the suits of R. M. Cross and others ; 30 acres. Bought by R. M. Cross for 835. All the right, title and interest of Thomas P. Black, deceased, in two tracts of land in York county, one tract containing 50 acres, and the other 149 acres, levied on at the suit of John G. Black, assignee, against Joseph Black, administrator of T. P. Black, deceased. Bought by Dr. J. G. Black for 81,670.00. MIDLAND N. C. KAILKOAD. Mr. Robert J. Latta, of this place, who with Col. F. Gardner, has been engaged with the engineering corps of the above road, has ; returned home, the engineering party having been dismissed for the present, after making [ surveys from Salisbury to Goldsboro, aud lo-, eating a portion of the road. Speaking of j the progress of the work on this road, the j Goldsboro Messenger says: The work of grading has been accomplished to a point some seven miles from Goldsboro, aud within about two miles of the John ston county line. We learn that about 400 hands are at work, and Mr. W. G. Brown, who has charge of the construction Jforce, is pushing it with all possible dispatch. The contract for the bridge across Little River has been awarded and no time is to be lost in its completion. It is to be a temporary structure, to be replaced at a later period by au iron bridge. We have been shown by Capt. J. W. Andrews, the courteous and gentlemanly engineer and assistant superintendent of the Midland, drawings and specifications of several imposing buildings now in contemplation of being put up by the Midland at or in the vicinity of Newberu. They are intended for extensive machine shops, car shops, engine and boiler house, &c. The estimated total cost of these structures is to be about $30,000. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Ex-Governor Scott Acquitted. On the 24th of January last, Robert K. | Scott, ex-Governor of South Carolina, at Napoleon, Ohio, shot and killed Warren G. Drury. Scott was indicted for murder in the second degree and has been on bail. Dru ry was a clerk in a drug store, and on the evening of j the murder was taking care of a young son of j Scott's, who was drunk. Scott went to get his son, and says that Drury refused to admit him to the bed room, and made a movement to draw a weapon, whereupon Scott drew and fired the fatal shot. He claimed that the killing was accidental. He was put upon trial at Napoleon last week, when the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. The Sections Fraternizing. One of the happy effects of the centennial period, has been the bringing together of the two sections, the people commingling with each other, and thereby becomiug acquainted. The representative people of the North and South have too long been strangers to each other, the antipathy having been encouraged by politicians whose only stock in trade was a misrepresentation of our people that they might profit thereby. The meeting of citizen soldiers from both sections at Yorktown, the visit of a Connecticut regiment to Charleston, and the happy manner in which they were received in that city, as also the consideration shown them in every southern town on their return home by rail, and the opportunities afforded uorthern visitors to the * ii _? n xi... ? x_ l iL Atlanta motion Jiixposiiiou 10 iearu iue resources and capabilities of the Southern States, will do much towards restoring fraternal feelings between the two seections. In regard to the fraternization of troops at Yorktown, a New Hampshire paper says: "The position assigned the New Hampshire battalion was between the South Carolina troops and those from Virginia. The battalion, after breaking ranks, had permission to make the most of their time and opportunity, and they were soon out of the New Hampshire camp into those of the South Carolinans and Virginians, who received them cordially. Trading of badges and buttons now commenced, both by officers and men?the South Carolinians giving in return a neatly made Palmetto tree. The New Hampshire boys will never forget the courteous and cordial manner in which they were received by the men composing the different military organizations of these two representative Southern States. The band went over to the quarters of the commander of the South Carolina troops and gave him and his staff several fine selections, ending the serenade with their favorite, "Dixiethis called up the whole regiment, who echoed back their loudest cheers. The South-western Cotton Crop. The New Orleans Democrat of Saturday publishes the following summary of a number of special dispatches concerning the condition of the cotton crop in the States named: Alabama.?Rain and frost have occurred. The weather is fine and cool and good for r?ir>lrincr whir<}i will snnn llfi nvfir. Arkansas.?The cottoD crop in some sections of the State is all gathered, but not yet marketed, in consequence of rain lately, but the rain has damaged the crop very slightly, except to interfere with picking. The crop estimate is now smaller than it was a month ago. Farmers are holding back their cotton for better prices. Florida.?The weather is good for picking, which is nearly finished. Two-thirds of the crop has been marketed. Georgia.?The past week has been favorable for gathering. The dry, hot weather has caused the cotton to open unusually fast, and it is being picked as fast as it opens. Very little of the crop has been marketed, the planters being too busy. A heavy frost occurred on Thursday, but did no damage. Louisiana.?The weather has been rainy, and very little field work has been done. There has been no change in the yield. Most of the crop has been marketed, and the balance is being rapidly shipped to market. Mississippi.?Cotton has been damaged somewhat of late by rain, but the weather now is fine. Frost occurred on Friday morning. Picking will be finished by December, if the weather continues as at present. Tennessee.?The weather during the past week has been unfavorable for picking. The crop will be gathered by November 27th. About three-eighths of the crop has been marketed. Texas.?A heavy frost occurred on Thursday. The cotton crop shows no change. Worms still continue. The yield is now calculated at five-eights of a crop. Ninety per cent, of the crop has been picked and half of it marketed. An Important Railroad Enterprise. r /\t n \ m . n l__j. 1_ l iie i^enoir ^in. vj.j xopic 01 jasi weeu. gives some very encouraging news with regard to the Bristol and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. Says the Topic : "During the whole summer the people of Watauga aud Caldwell have watched anxiously the progress of the surveying party | under Capt. Dwight, which has been seeking a ' grade across the Blue Ridge for the "Imbo- J Jen road." Now, the light seems to shine. ' Major Harper received a letter last week from Gen. Imboden stating that Captaiu Dwight's survey was perfectly satisfactory, ' md that it proved conclusively that a road j) :ould be built across the mountain along the j proposed route." The Bristol (Tenn.) Courier also has the 1 bllowing information on the same subject: j" "Subscription books were opened and a j lufficiency of stock having been subscribed, a ( neeting of the stockholders was held at the j ifficeofthe mayor of Bristol, October 25. , The company was permanently organized J ^ tnd the following board of directors elected : or one year : Joseph R. Anderson, A. D. Reynolds, J. D. Imboden, George W. Gibson i md R. C. Smith. At a meeting of the board ; i ?f directors, held October 27th, Gen. J. D. i t imboden was elected president for the ensuing !. fear. Full power was couferred upon the j >oard of directors to take the necessary steps jc md adopt measures for the speedy construe ion of the company's railroad and for its j e iquipraent and operation. The president is i f ntirely confident that he can consummate i c legotiations, within 00 days, that will insure a apid work on the road during the coming i rear. He has lately returned from an exten- i ive examination of the country, and finds that t barter and Johnson counties, Tennessee, and \ Mitchell and Watauga, N. C., compose a region next to, if not equal, to the Lake Superior Iron and Copper District. The mineral wealth between Bristol, Tenn., and Lenoir, N. C., a distance of 113 miles by the railway survey, is so vast that cupitul is eager for its development. Wilmington is now certainly settled as the Atlantic seuport to which the j mad will be built." Rape and Summary Punishment. A negro named Robert Williams was i lynched near Pelzer, in Greenville county, on Friday last, by a crowd of people from Greenville and Anderson counties, for the commission of rape on Bessie Bladen, a white orphan child, about nine years old, residing in the vicinity of Williamston. A correspondent ot the Greenville News, writing from Pelzer, under date of Friday last, gives the following | particulars of the affair: She was a ward of the Rev. John Attaway, of Williamston, being in Greenville on a visit, and ou her return home her condition was discovered. She then confessed and detailed the horrible circumstances of the crime which was committed by Robert Williams, colored, in a cotton field, in which they were at work together. He had threatened to cut her throat if she told of it, and terrorized her into silence. Last night he was arrested, and this morning he was taken to Williamston and identified by the child. He was taken from the guard house at that place by citizens of Anderson and Greenville, and brought back, being marched through here about 11 o'clock today, attended by probably 100 men of both colors. He was notified of his impending' fate and acted very coolly, calling a colored man to him, to whom he confessed bis crime, and proffered a request for a preacher which was grunted. Just across the Saluda River, in the woods, he was hanged to a tree that inclined over a hillside, being put on a horse, which was driven from under him after the rope had been properly adjusted. He died very easily and was stolid and unmoved to the last. There was not the least excitemeut^ or disturbance, the wholeaffair being conduct-ed in a quiet and business style. After Williams was dead the party dispersed, leaving him hanging. The coroner was telegraphed for, the hanging occurring at about noon, and Trial Justice Hawthorne came down from Greenville, arriving at the scene tonight and finding the body hanging stiff and straight among the trees in the moonlight with the feet almost touching the dead leaves on the crouud. The remains were cut down aud the jury empannelled, S. T. Hammond being foreman. No witnesses were examined, and after viewing the body a verdict of death by hanging at the hands of unknown parties was rendered. Williams was a dark copper colored negro about twenty-two years old apparently, his face being smooth aud beardless. In death his countenace did not look like that of a bad man, but like the oily, smiling aud deceitful smile of a negro. His dress and general appearance was that of the ordinary country field hand. He was five feet ten and well built. The features were not at all distorijd, the neck being probably broken, as a regulation hangman's knot, artistically arranged, was used. The dead man was formerly a citizen of Greenville. Little is known of him in this section, but he is said to have a wife and two children. He requested to be buried in the colored burying ground at Greenville. The body now lays on the hillside near where it fell, the colored people refusing to go near it. A box is beiug made and white men will bury it where it is. Williams' victim is in a precarious condition, and physicians are attending her. An operation was performed on her this morning. The Ninth Massachusetts Rcgiuieut. The commission appointed by the Adjutant General of Massachusetts has arrived in Richmond to inquire into the charges of misconduct on the part of members of the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, on the recent occasion of their passing through that city en route to Yorktown. It is understood that the testimony taken at Richmond aud other places will be withheld from publication until the commission makes its official report. Onthe subject of the disgraceful conduct of the regiment, a prominent citizen of Boston writes to the Richmond Dispatch as follows : "The reported disgraceful action of the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment in Richmond is attracting so much attention, both in Bostonand in Richmond, that I am prompted to tell you of the feeling of the better class of citizens here in regard to the matter. When the Yorktown celebration was discussed, a few of those enthusiastic individuals who always - * _1 i. - P _1_ il. : warn 10 see ine eierueiu ui wuicu uie regiment is composed represented on such occasions, proposed to send the regiment to Yorktown as a "representative" body. Thereupon money was solicited from the friends of the organization, and it was sent as the "representative" body. But representatives of what ? It represented simply certain rum sellers and the cheap politicians who raised the money to defray the expenses. The regiment went to Yorktowu to "have a good time" with other people's money, and it was not expected that it would be a credit to the State. I venture to say that not one good citizen was at all surprised when it was learned that the regiment was in disgrace. Nothing better was expected. Now, the people of this State are thoroughly disgusted with the organization, and regret exceedingly that the disgrace should be charged to the whole Commonwealth when it belongs to a few rowdies who are not capable of upholding their own honor, much less the honor of Massachusetts people. The Independent Corps of Cadets, which escorted the Governor to Yorktown, was sent by the State, and was the only organization which truly represented the State; and as to their acting like gentlemen and good soldiers on the whole trip, there is no question. An investigating committee has been appointed to go to your city and inquire about the charges made against the Ninth Regiment, and it is determined that any miscreants shall be severely punished. The better class is heartily ashamed of the regiment, and fruatu that the eif.17.ens of Richmond will not judge our people by a few unpriucipled fellows for whom we have no word of excuse." A Richmond dispatch of Saturday says that the commission concluded taking evidence in that city on Friday evening. On Saturday the commission visited several places, where, in the course of the investigation, it ivas developed members of the regiment had damaged property and committed other wanion acts, and at 5 o'clock will leave for home. There is nothing to base an opinion on as to what recommendation the committee will make in their report, as they have made no statement whatever in regard to the matter. A.11 astonishing amount of testimony has been aken by the commission. The quantity and jharacterare much greater and more damagtig than was even anticipated by previous epresentations. Confederate Bonds in Washington. A reporter of the Washington Poet has nterviewed a number of officials and others n Washington on the subject of the sudden lemaud for Confederate bonds, and the folowing is the substance of the information he ibtaiued: , A prominent ex Confederate was interview- 1 id on the subject. "I think," he said, "we j fellows have millions of gold to our credit iver in Europe; how much ouly the Lord ind Judah P. Benjamin know. The trouble s those confounded Englishmen won't give < t up. I think the Bank of England ought ' o be garoisheed in the name of the surviving ' iravesof the Confederate army. The good Lord kDows that the gold, be it 82,000,000 or $200,000,000, as is variously estimated, would come mighty handy to ino&t of us. 1 burned up all of my bonds, save one, when we surrendered to Sherman, after I had wasted half a day in vainly endeavoring to exchange a $1,000 bond for a bottle of whisky. My advice to the people of the South is to sell." A call was next made on the Treasury Department. Treasurer Gilfillau said that he knew nothing about the Confederate bonds save the single fact that they would not figure in his forthcoming debt statement. The custodian ia charge of captured and abandoned property said that there were stored away in the Treasury building not less than $50,000,000 of these Confederate bonds, all properly signed and ready for delivery ; they had been captured by the Federal troops, at Richmond and elsewhere, during the latter days of the civil war. "Why don't you sell them ?" asked the Post reporter. "At $4 on the $1,000 the sale would put 8200,000 into Uncle Sam's strong box ?" "Couldn't think of such a + " vAnlio/1 fVi/i nnoln/)l'<in "tlJfl tX/Qnf tllACA 1/U1U??) 1CJJ1IGU tliU WUCbVUlUli ) II w nMMV vnvwv bonds to pay off Southern Congressmen." Judge Lawrence, the law officer of the Treasury, was next consulted. "This movement in Confederate* bonds," he said, "is a genuine surprise. The movement, if it means anything, means that the parties who are purchasing these bonds, English bankers, I am informed, intend to garnishee the Bank of England. At the collapse of the rebellion, there was considerable money in the Bank of England to the credit of the Confederate States. I have heard the sum estimated all the way from $800,000 to $10,000,000. By every principle of the Law of Nations, that money belongs to the United States. Acting on this principle our Government, some years after the collapse of the rebellion, made repeated efforts to secure the money. For that purpose, Mr. Raynor, now Solicitor of the Treasury, was sent to England, but his mission was an unsuccessful one. I have heard that he was told that if the American Government claimed the assets of the defunct Confederacy, it must also assume the liabilities. Anyway, Mr. Raynor came home without the money. The purchasers of these so-called Confederate bonds evidently expect in some way to capture th&t gold locked up in the Bank of England. I am not of the opinion that they will succeed." Washington brokers report that trade in these bonds is brisk both in England and America. Washington promises to be the i principal purchasing point, but brokers -are . engaged in this trade at Boston, New York, Baltimore, Richmond and New Orleans. "The traffic in these bonds," said a prominent Washington broker, "daily .grows more respectable. Parties deal in them now that tunnl/t r>rkf h n XT a tnnehpH them ten dftVfl Horn. You need not be surprised if they obtain a standing in the Stock Exchanges of our leading cities." Alston, Fairfield Co., S.C., Feb., 1880. Dr. L. T. Hill: Dear Sir?I am proud to say that your medicine has done more for me than all the other medicines I have ever tried. I pronounce your Hepatic Panacea superior to all for Liver, Stomach and Dyspepsia. Yours respectfully, J. S. SWYGERT. For sale by Jno. C. Kuykendal. Commercial. YORKVILLE, November 9.-Cotton from 7 to 10}. CHA ILESTON November, 7.?Cotton quiet. Middli k, llitolH. LH ?RPOOL, November 8.?Cotton firm. Uplands, G 7- 16d. NEW YORK, November 7.?Cotton quiet. Middling, 11}. Futures closed weak. Sales 68,000 bales as follows: November, 11.46 to 11.48; December, 11.59 to 11.60; January, 11.78 to 11.79; February, 11.94 to 11.95 ; March, 12.10 to 12.11; I April, 12.24 to 12.25; May, 12.84 to 12.35; June, 12.41 to 12.46; July, 12.54 to 12.56; August, 12.63 to 12.65. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, November 4.-The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending to-day: "1881. .1880. Receipts at all ports for the week,..215,216 252,657 Total receipts to this date, 1,375,848 1,575,897 Exports for the week, 113,722 149,501 Total Exports to this date, 652,764 825,162 Stock at all United States ports,...696,602 704,271 Stockat all interior towns, 132,550 116,741 Stock at Liverpool, 509,000 407,000 American alioat for Great Britain,..161,000 251,000 < M?M?M OBHOWMMM?M?MM??M?????MMM??? HYMENEAL. Married?At the residence of the bride's parents, at Pleasant Ridge, Gaston county, N. C., on the 2nd ofNovember, 1881, by Rev. Mr. Johnston, of Lincolnton, N. C., Mr. WALTER L. WILSON, of Sumter, S. C., and Miss FANNY LOU CORBETT, daughter of Rev. W. B. Corbett. At the residence of the bride's father, on Wednesday afternoon, November 2, 1881, by Rev. L. A. Johnson, assisted by Rev. T. R. English, Mr. JOHN R. ASHE and Miss G. ANNIE, daughter of Capt. T. S. Jefforys. All of Yorkville, S. C. At the residence of the bride's parents, on Wednesday afternoon, November 2,1881, by Rev. L. A. Johnson, Mr. T. M. DOBSON and Miss MOLLIE E. SMITH. All of Yorkville, S. C. In Yorkville, S. C., on Tuesday evening, Novembers, 1881, atthe residence of Mr. S. R. Moore, by Rev. D. Harrison, assisted by Rev. T. R. Eng- * lish. Mr. T. H. DeGRAFFENREID, co-Principal of Fort Mill Academv, and Miss SALLIE PAT- j TERSON, of Liberty Hill, S. C. OBITUARY. Died?In Bethesda township, October 6th, 1881, Mr. JACOB MICHAEL MENDENHALL, in the thirty-first year of his age. The deceased was the second son of Mr. Robert and Mrs. Evalina Mendenhall?with whom he continued to live, in the old family home, until the time of his death. Modest and unassuming in his ways, he was beloved and esteemed by all who knew him. To the strictest integrity of character, was super-added the higher adornment of a Christian profession, which manifested itself in his daily life, and was his chief and only support when passing through the "Valley of the Shadow of Death." He united with the church of Bethesda, on the 13th of May, 1877, and continued a worthy and consistent member of the same until called home, as we trust, to the "Church of the First-Born" above. It was during the great revival meeting at Bethesda, when fifty-one precious souls were added to that church, that he was stricken with the disease which carried him off. It was on Saturday night, September 17th, after returning home mnooliinnt?row nfcrHInn whifth hiQVAn. 1I..1U ' J ---O erable father made public profession of his faith in Christ, and in which the unity of the family in the bonds of faith was completed?that the messenger of death knocked at his door. After lingering a few short weeks, during which he suffered intensely, the voice of the Master was heard, calling him home, on the night of October 6th. ~ m Thus has passed away from earth, and in the very prime of early manhood, one who filled well his sphere in life, and who will long be mourned by a loving, sorrowing household, and by a large circlo of sympathising friends. *" SCHOOL NOTICE. THE TRUSTEES AND PATRONS of School District, No. 10 (Bullock's Creek,) will meet me at Mr. Samuel Blair's, on Tuesday, the 15th instant. Those of School District No. 9, (Broad River,) at Hickory Grove, on Wednesday, the lGth instant. Those interested will please be promptly present at 10 o'clock, A. M. It. LATHAN, School Commissioner. November 10 27 It ~KNIGHTS OF HONOR. MEMBERS of Home Relief Lodge No. 389, Knights of Honor, are hereby informed that the NEW BENEFIT CERTIFICATES will be ready for oxchange for the old certificates at the next meeting of tho Lodge, FRIDAY NIGHT, 18TH INSTANT. Members are requested to at- 4 tend in person, and it is imperatively required that tho old certificates be returned before the now ones are granted. The exchange cannot be made by proxy, as the recipient's name must be witnessed by the Dictator and the Reportor. A. W. INGOLD, Reporter. T. C. Dux LAP, Dictator. November 10 45 2t _______ VT OTICE is hereby given that the Town CounjN oil of Yorkville, by resolution, have levied a tax of two (2) mills for ordinary purposes, and two (2) mills to pay the debts mentioned in the recent Act of the General Assembly, on all the taxable real and personal property within the incorporate limits of Yorkville, on June 1, 1881. Die tax will bo due and payable from October 1, 1881, to November 30,1881. t The Books, for the collection of the above tax, will REMAIN OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER U1TH, 1881. After thatdate the penalties provided by law will be enforced against all delinquents. F. HAPPEKFIELD, Town Treasurer. November 10 45 3t