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? Postmaster Howe recommends the abo- ,
lition of postage on newspapers, and the re- j
commendation is regarded with some favor in ,
Congress. He thinks that the deficiency which .
will be caused in the department by the abo- '
lition will be made by certain economic measures
instituted. (
? The path of destruction of American tor- i
nadoes has averaged 1,085 feet in width accor- <
ding to sergeant Finley. The storm cloud '
moves at the rate of 12 to 00 miles an hour, <
while the wind within the vortex sometimes i
reaches the tremendous velocity of 800 miles <
an hour?392 miles being the average. I
? In the Presbyterian General Assembly 1
West, at Springfield, 111., last Thursday, a 1
dispatch conveying fraternal greetings from
the Presbyterian Assembly in Atlanta was j
read. It was received with great delight aiid :
referred to the committee on correspondence,
who returned a most cordial response.
? It iBthe observation of the editor of^ the '
Macon (lia.j leiegrapn mat me oouwein
negro lias an amazing appetite for rum, and
can drink enormous quantities of liquor at
all times with comparative impunity. This
capacity is so marked that it it has been given
out that "no case of delerium tremens has
ever been developed in a pure blooded negro."
? The soldiers in Fort Hamilton are aggrieved
at the menial employment imposed
upon them by the officers. They say they
have to run errands for servant girls, clean
out cellars, cut wood, dig gardens and do all
sorts of dirty work, not for Uncle Sam, but
back at the private residences of the officers
in the villages near by. There have been
twenty-two desertions in the past two weeks.
? Special telegrams of Friday from forty
principal points ranging through the great
grain-producing belt from the Mississippi river
at La Crosse, Wisconsin, through the Mississippi
river at Memphis through Minnesota
to the grain fields of Dakota, are to the effect
that the acreage of wheat is 30 per cent, less
than 1881. The plant is looking healthy and
although somewhat backward gives promise
of a good yield.
? The old log cabin which Washington made
his headquarters when a surveyer in the Valley
of Virginia still stands intact over the spring
at Soldier's RestN Clarke county. Soldier's
Rest was built by Gen. Daniel Morgan, of
Revolutionary fame. When bruised and bloody
from the numerous fights with which he was
wont to celebrate court-day in the neighboring
town of Rerryville, he would retire to the
old spring-house, where his wife would bathe
his head and bind up his wounds. The old
cabin is now used as a dairy.
? Doesn't complain: A man who had been
carried to a Philadelphia hospital while suffering
from the effects of a severe contusion was
asked if he had been treated kindly while there.
"Considering all things," he answered, "I
think I have no right to complain. They amputated
both of my feet, removed my collar
bone, cut off my right arm, trepanned me, took
out a piece of my under jaw, sawed my left
hip bone in two, and were about to excavate
five or six ribs when a fire broke out in the
establishment and the police got away with
the rest of my body in safety."
? It is reported that District Attorney Corkhill
will have a post mortem examination
made of Guiteau's brain to see whether there
was any ground for the plea of insanity. This
may be a mere report without foundation, for
we fail to see what the district attorney has
to do with it, but if it should turn out upon
the examination that the man was really insane,
what then ? It will not be a pleasant
reflection to think that the government hanged
a crazy man to gratify a thirst for vengeance.
If the insanity test is to be applied, would it
be more rational to do it before strangulation ?
?A Washington dispatch of Friday says it
is understood that Secretary Lincoln has ap- 1
proved the recommendation of Judge Advocate-General
Swaim for the mitigation of the
sentence of Lieut. Flipper, who was convicted
of gross violation of army regulations and sentennAH
t.n dismissal from the service. The
President will not act upon the case until he
has had time to dispose of important questions
of State now claiming his attention, but
it is learned that he is disposed to grant the
mitigation on the recommendation by the
judge advocate-general in this case.
? The Tombstone (Arizona) Epitaphoi Thursday
publishes an account of a fight at Igos
Ranche, on the line of the Arizona and New
Mexico Railroad, near the Sonora border.Much
ill feeling exists between the American
railroad laborers and the Mexicans. A few
evenings ago a number of Mexicans, with their
families, encamped near Igos Ranche. The
American laborers, being drunk, attempted to
force the Mexicans to give up their women.
This was resisted, and an affray followed, in
which seven Mexicans were killed and several
wounded. A number of Americans were (
wounded, and it is thought three will die.
? The only practicable method of enabling .
Guiteau to escape the gallows next month '
seems to be for his lawyer to get some Justice
of the Supreme Court to give him a certificate !
that he shows prima facie reasons, based on
the alleged lack of jurisdiction in the District ;
Court, for the hearing of an application for
a writ of habeas corpus. As the Supreme
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a statement from one of the Justices might be
used to influence the President to grant the 1
assassin a respite for four or five months.
But it is very unlikely that the Supreme Court
will undertake to interfere in a case that has
been so thoroughly settled.
? Intelligence received at Petersburg, Va.,
to last Saturday, from various sections of
Virginia and North Carolina represent that
in consequence of the recent wet and cold
weather, the cotton and corn crops have become
a perfect failure and most farmers are '
plowing up their crops with a view of replant- ;
ing. Owing to the scarcity of seed the cotton
crop will be necessarily short. In some coun- (
ties corn cannot be purchased at any price,
and the people are actually suffering for the
necessaries of life. The outlook for a good 1
peanut crop is very discouraging. The wet i
weather caused the seed to rot, and farmers (
are ploughing them up to put the land in corn.
The loss the farmers have sustained is incal
culable.
? The Southern States seem to be entering {
on a period of unexampled prosperity. In
1880 the value of the leading agricultural pro- *
ductions, as compiled from the statistics of <
the Agricultural Department, were : Cotton, 1
#280,266,242 ; com, $229,492,648; wheat, $58,- 351,285:
rye, $2,274,669; oats, #24,462,137; .
potatoes, #6,603,534; tobacco, $23,946,762; hay, 1
#18,212,724; rice, #5,500,000; sugar, $12,500,- *
000; molasses, #8,000,000. The fisheries of 1
the South are so valuable that a member of the ;
United States Fish Commission predicts that ]
the mullet fisheries of Florida will become as <
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land. With such resources the South should i
soon become the most prosperous section of 5
the Union, and second to none as a manufac- j
turing center. ?
? A Nashville merchant's wife gave him the (
following startling letter the other day, with !
instructions that it should not be opened until ;
he got to his place of business : "I am forced {
to tell you something that I know will trouble j
you, but it is my duty to do so. I am de- '
termined you shall know it, let the result be I
what it may. I have known for a week that j;
this trial was coming, but kept it to myself j{
until to-day, when it has reached a crisis and ,
I cannot keep it any longer. You must not j
censure me too harshly, for you must reap the j
benefits as well as myself. I do hope it won't I:
crush you. The flour is all out. Please send I;
me some this afternoon. I thought by this
method you would not forget it." The hus- [ *
band telephoned forthwith for a barrel of the j j
best flour in the market to be sent to his j .
home, instanter. j
? The New York World of Monday has spe-! ^
cial dispatches from New Orleans, Galveston, | <
Memphis and Mobile, which it is claimed have ! ~\
% been carefully prepared, showing the present
condition and prospects of the ccfton crop. ' r
The reports sums up as follows : If the season ' 5
from the present time until cotton picking be- j t
gins is an ordinary one the outlook is that j
there will be a considerable increase in the j
amount of cotton grown in Alabama and Tex- 1
as over last year, and quite as much, notwith-! j]
standing the overflow, in the States of Arkan- i
sas, Louisiana and Mississippi. The reports ]
from the Atlantic coast and Northern belt t
may not be expected to be quite so favorable t
as those from the Gulf States, but the whole f
situation at this time may be regarded as \
promising a yield in excess of that of the cur- e
rent season last year, and approximating no \
doubt the largest ever raised. j 0
? Illinois has a sensation. Mrs. Lay of Sand- c
wich is dead from starvation, a victim of de- c
jeption and fanaticism. Her husband had I
jet himself up as a .religious prophet, and he j
published a magazine called the Prophet's
Warning. He claimed to be a modern Elijah, ,
*nd he succeeded in bamboozling some fools 1 ^
in the North, his poor wife among them. lie i
made his wife believe she would give birth to \
a holy child if she fasted a certain number of t
weeks. She had a son who was a prophet also, j
Between father and son the woman died. The ,
Chicago Inter-Ocean of the 22nd says: "This
son looked forward to his mother's death as c
one of the possibilities of the scheme, and the j
world is treated to the astonishing spectacle f
of a demented woman starving herself at the j
instigation of and under the encouragement
of her son, and with the connivance of her 1
husband. The woman died. The question J
of what shall be done with such men now de- 1
mands an answer." The North looks down 1
nuinfnl pnmmisspr:itinii niton "the 1)001"
South," and yet the self-same complacent \r
North seems to be the chosen home of hum- j
buggery, knavery, delusion, superstition, fa-!
naticism and general badness.
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YORKVILLESC.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1882
LATEST ABOUT GU1TEAU.
A Washington letter says that Guiteau appears
to have lost some flesh during the past
three or four weeks, and the color lie then had
is fading from his cheeks. Having within a
few weeks allowed his beard to grow, his appearance
is somewhat changed. Just now he
seems to put his entire dependence on Air.
Reed, his counsel, and he seems to be confident
that Mr. Reed will succeed in securing a
respite, and perhaps a commutation of sen
tence ; but, like Mr. Reed, he is reticent asio
what the next move will be. He never mentions
the name of Scoville, and seems to have
dismissed his relatives from his mind.
It would seem that in the case of Guiteau
the postal law against sending scurrilous matter
through the mails has been suspended by
common consent. Daily there are quantities
of letters and postal cards of this kind received
for him. There are comparatively few letters,
his correspondence being almost altogether
by postal card, and about nine out of
ten have some soothing reference to the scaffold,
hell, satan, etc. These scurrilous cards
are never delivered to Guiteau.
District Attorney Corkhill says there is but
one move which Mr. Reed can make before the
courts, and that is to apply for a writ of Juilcus ;
corpus. He says that no court can grant a
writ de lunatico inquirendo, as has been suggested
might be done. 1
THE NEW COMET. |
Prof. Sharpless, of Haverford College, has i
been observing the new comet with particular 1
interest. He says it reached its nearest point 1
to the earth Tuesday?about 88,000,000 miles. ^
When first discovered by Prof. Wells, of the .
Albany University, on March 20, it was 150,- j
000,000 miles distant from the earth. Its or- <
bit carries it much closer to the sun than to 1
the earth. On June 10 it will have arrived at j
its nearest position to the sun, calculated to be ^
about 5,000,000 miles. It is visible now to the ,
naked eye, being in the constellation Cassio- <
peia, and at midnight is about midway from
Hia lmrizitn to Polaris. It will remain visible '*
to the eye for about two weeks longer, from '
shortly after midnight until the break of day. t
As seen through the telescope it has a nucleus j
equal in brightness to a star of the seventh
magnitude. It is of unusual size, Prof. Sharpless
says ; how large he has not estimated, but
it whisks its tail not less than half a million 1
miles long. Prof. Sharpless says the comet is
remarkable, first, for its exceptional size, and 1
secondly, because it will approach nearer to '
the sun than the majority of comets have done. (
It is now on its way down to the Southern
hemisphere, from which it will be best seen, *
especially from South America. When seen 1
there it will be in its greatest brilliancy, which 1
naturally increases as it nears the sun. Un- 1
fortunately, the conditions were not as favorable
for observing this comet as they were for
the one of last Summer. The professor says 1
astronomers have agreed upon the fact that 1
this is an entirely new comet, and not the *
comet of 1815, which is announced to appear
this year. That may ap]>ear later. The orbit
of this differs in too many resjjectsfor it to be f
accepted as that comet. 1
A\ INTERESTING MDRDER CASE. 1
The case of B. F. Scott, colored, and Mrs.
Wilson, white on trial at Chesterfield Court- 1
house, last week, for the murder of Odom I). 1
Wilson, the husband of Mrs Wilson, termi- (
nated by a verdict of acquittal as to both the <
prisoners. The story of the crime is as fol- i
lows: i
On Saturday night, December 17, 1881,
Odom D. Wilson, a white man, formerly of 1
Fayetteville, X. C., but for the last four years <
a resident of Chesterfield county, while seated t
at supi>er, surrounded oy his wife and swen *
children, was fired at by some party or parties 1
from the outside and instantly killed, five
buckshot lodging in his head. The deceased ?
tiad recently figured before United States t
Commissioner Ladd as a defendant in one 1
case and as a Government witness in other 1
cases for violation of revenue laws, and had A
been bound over for his appearance at the ^
United States Court in Charleston. He expressed
some fear as to his safety to Commis- fl
doner Ladd, having, as he stated, heard c
;hreats made that he would not be alive to c
ittend Court. In the February following B. r
F. Scott a colored man, was arrested in North rJ
Carolina on the charge of having committed c
:he murder, having been found with the dead
man's wife, with whom he had gone off a (
short time after the killing. In March the |
jrand jury found a true bill against Scott,
ind subsequently Mrs. Wilson was also indict-' 1
id as an accessory with Scott in the murder (
)f her husband. The trial was postponed un- t
.il the recent term of the Court in order to ]
illow the State to secure some absent witness- a
*s. Great interest was felt in the trial owing
;o the fact that Mrs. Wilson, a white woman, c
vas accused of assisting in murdering her 5'
lusband in order to have closer relations with c
i colored man, a condition of things that v
ivould excite a feeling of horror anywhere.
The jury after being out for a little over c
me hour returned a verdict of not cuiltv as
;o both of the defendants and an order for 11
;heir discharge was then granted, but before d
iheir leaving the prisoners' dock they were 8
earrested by Deputy United States Marshal \
ilobert E. Evans upon a warrant issued by r
Jnited States Commissioner Ladd, charging
;hem, together with Albert Brewer, Daniel j ,
HcClendon and Richardson, with interfering j 'J
vith, intimidating and removing a United i 'J
states witness, which witness was Odorn J). j f
>Vilson, the deceased. u
After a hearing before United States Com- J p
nissioner Ladd all the parties arrested except j '
ieott and Mrs. Wilson, were discharged and 1
?ound over as witnesses, and the two were { n
mmediately started to Charleston for trial j ^
n the District Court. Mrs. Wilson in making o
ler statement, concluded it would be best to i ]
lisclose all she knew about the case which ! 0
mplicated Scott very deeply, and Scott after i
istening to her story, doubtless concluded ?
hat he too would do likewise, and proceeded
o tell what he knew which implicates the f<
ormer. The two who have been so closely p
mited up to now are equally arrayed against c
ach other and it may be that the guilty party '
gill yet be reached. The case will be one
>f the liveliest and most interesting accounts j c<
d one of the most cold blooded murders ever j 0
ommitted.
THE JEANETTE'S SURYIVORS.
The steamer Celtic, having on board four
mrvivors of the Jcanette exjiedition, arrived at;
Sew York last Saturday, A number of wait- j
ng friends of the hardy Arctic voyagers, tern-,
torarily staying in the city, were taken down |
he bay to meet them on board the steamboat;
fork-beck. Among them were the parents of
mutenant Danenhower and a number of officers
of the American Geographical Society.
Vs the Celtic approached the Birkheck a tall,
'nil-bearded, dark oonplexioned man clothed
n dark material and wearing guarded eyeglasses
was seen on her deck waving his hat.
V joyful cry went up from the lips of father
md mother as the two boats came together.
Lieutenant Danenhower jumped aboard the
Birkheck and was clasped in his mother's arms,
riie scene was most affecting. After congratulations
the lieutenant conducted his weeping
parents to his cabin on the Celtic, where he
ntroduced them to his fellow sufferers. The
party remained aboard the Celtic listening to
the recital of the dreadful sufferings in the
far north, and the sorrowful tale of Commander
DeLong and his men until the steamier
reached her dock, where Lieutenant Danenhower
was surrounded by congratulating
friends who had gathered in anticipation of
his coining to give him hearty welcome.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, which convened in
Nashville 011 the 3rd ultimo adjourned last
Friday, to meet in Richmond, Va., in May,
1880. The latter days of the conference were
devoted to routine business merely. The following
are the details of the last day's proceedings
:
The report of the committee on revisal, besides
submitting a recommendation that the
word "South be eliminated from the name of
the Church, proposed to change the name from
Methodist Episcopal to Episcopal Methodist.
Dr. Bennett moved that action be indefinitely
postponed, and an animated and lengthy discussion
ensued. Judge J. Walker Tucker made a
strong speech against the change, and said
that to change the name would appear as if
the Church was ashamed of her record. Dr.
Miller advocated the change, because in the
eastern country the word "South" had its bad
effects and was the means of keeping a large
number of people from joining the church.
When that prefix was stricken out, the Church
would increase more rapidly in memliership
than ever.
Dr. Anson was not in favor of indefinite
postponement, but was in favor of sending the
petitions to the annual Conferences because
he believed if they did that they would be defeated.
The line between the two divisions
had not been obliterated and he believed the
change would do 110 good.
Judge Whitworth favored the change because
the question on which separation was
based was dead, and he thought if the name
was changed 400,000 negroes in the .South
would join the church, but would not do it as
long as it retained its present name.
Dr. W. R. Brown, of California, wanted the
name changed because it was objectionable to
Western people.
Dr. Kelley favored the change on the same
ground.
Dr. Potter opposed the change and said that
the logic of the whole argument meant simply
to go bodily back into the Methodist Episcopal
Church. They could not obliterate their history
without going bodily to the other side and
this he was opposed to.
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UV. JIUrri l JlJ I cnu mc iiiuuning 111 lieu Ui.
tlie report to the committee, and moved its
adoption: Resolved, that the matter of changing
the name of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South to the Episcopal Methodist be
referred to the various annual Conferences by
;he Bishops during the ensuing four years, and
;hat they report the result to the general Conference
in IBM, and further resolved that the
name of the church if changed shall be MethDdist
Episcopal Church of America.
l)r. G. E. Evans, of Georgia, moved to
imend by making the name Methodist Episcopal
Church of Christ.
This amendment was not accepted, and the
substitute prevailed by a rising vote of 105
:o 40.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Abbeville is suing Edgefield for $250, excuses
of building a line fence.
? Conrad M. "Wienges, of Sumter, out of
.vhose suit against Capt. Ellerbe grew the comdications
that led to the Cash-Shannon duel,
lied on the 21st instant.
? An alligator was seen in Keowee River on
;he 10th instant, by Mr. Laurens Ilaynes,
vho lives on the farm of Mrs. M. M. Cary,
ibout eight miles from Seneca. This is the
irst one ever seen in this river.
? There are ten Federal prisoners in jail at
Walhalla, charged with violation of the Inter-1
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lai itevenue laws 01 umieu oiuies. mwc :
)ersons are unable give the bail required of
hem.
? The Right "Worthy Grand Lodge of Good
Templars of the World, representing seventytix
Grand Lodges, over six thousand subordilate
Lodges and about three hundred thousmd
members, was in session in Charleston
ast week.
? The white people in Fairfield county are
egistering to a man. This is an example
.veil worth the imitation of good citizens of
ivery other county in the State. Those who
lo not register cannot vote. The duty of
egistering under this condition of things is
mperative.
? Up to Thursday last the Supervisor of
Union county had issued 2,750 registration
iertificates, leaving at least 1,250 for registraion
in the next thirty-six days?about tliirty:ight
a day. Of the number already registerid,
a large majority are negroes.
T" ITriinn AAiinfr flra unCO'icrMl
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severe cold weather is playing havoc with
he cotton plant. It is either dying out or
ooks so sick and unpromising that many are
eplanting. It is generally conceded that the
veather thus far this Spring lias been tbe
vorst for cotton known for years.
? We learn from the Herald that 1,164 adlitional
spindles, with the accompanying mahinery,
were recently put in the Kock Hill
:otton factory. The total number of spindles
low in the mill is 7,904. Its capacity is 12,000.
rhe balance will be added as soon as practi-1
able.
? Says the Greenville Neu-s: Farmers from
Jreenville county and upper Laurens say that
iever since the war have they seen such a fine
irospect for grain, and are quite enthusiastic.
Jotton is somewhat "dashed" by the cool
emperature which has passed over us recenty,
but the stand is by no means a bad one,
nd the chances for a good crop are very enouraging.
Less fertilizer has been used this
ear than for many seasons before, and if tiie
rop turns out as well as exacted, the falling ,
rill probably be greater still next year.
? The registration books in Columbia were
losed on Thursday afternoon. The total
lumber of voters who had registered to that J
ate is 2,066, of whom 1,217 are colored and ;
49 white. The colored majority at the four :
oting precints in the city, according to the t
eturns, is 368. This majority includes a
Teat many colored voters who live in Colum-'
ia township, but outside of the city limits. J
.'lie registration is about 800 votes short of
ornier registrations, and the voters who have ,
ot registered are supposed to l>e about equaly
divided between the whites and blacks.
? Says the Kock Hill Herald: At the last;
leeting of the council on the night of the
uotinn u-jis tiiken in the case
f tlie town council of ltock Hill against J.
I. London, charged with a violation of the '
rdinnnce prohibiting the storage or keeping
f certain fertilizers within the incorporate
niits after the first day of May, the counsel
jr Mr London having taken out a writ of
rohibition before Judge I. I). "Witherspoon at
hambers at Yorkville on 17th instant. The
rit is made returnable at the June term of
ourt, when the constitutionality and validity
f the ordinance will be tested.
? The following order made by the Supreme
Court on the 24th ultimo is of interest to the
legal fraternity: "It is ordered that Rule IX
be amended by adding thereto the following
words: "But this court will not consider any !1
fact which does not appear in the 'Case' as ;,
prepared for argument in this Court; and, J,
therefore, it is altogether useless for counsel to j?
embody in their arguments or in the state-;;
ment of facts preceding the points and author-;:
ities required by this rule any fact which does ,
not appear in the 'Case' as agreed upon or
settled. Nor will any fact stated in the ex-1
ceptions or grounds of appeal which does not I
appear in the 'Case' be considered by the j.
Court. If counsel desire to add any facts to '
those stated in the 'Case' they must either I
obtain the written consent of opposing coun- 1
sel to the insertion of such additonal facts, or
they must, upon due notice, move this Court,
before the argument commences, to recommit
the 'Case' to the Circuit Court for amend- j '
ment." '
? Says tlie Lrtcington Dispatch on tlie sub-1
ject of forming a new county from portions
of Fairfield, Newberry and Lexington : "We .'
hear that many signatures to a petition to cut j
off the Fork for tlie formation of a new j
county, with {tortious of Newberry and Fair-1
field, were placed therein through a mistaken i
I idea that taxation would be reduced by such a \
result. From ' what we can hear we are led
to believe that the prime movers in tlie matter I
are office-seekers who would have no chance of
filling any position as long as their election
is subject to the approval of the voters of the
county as it now stimds^and it would seem to
us to be the part of wlraom with those whose
signatures have been given under a false impression
to their names have stricken off at
once. Counter jietitions are now being circulated
and are receiving the signatures of the most
substantial citizens of the Fork. This is as
it should be. We cannot think that the most
prominent men of that section would wish to
see the county split lip when 110 advantage is
to l)e obtained thereby. Petitions against the
separation are also in circulation here, and
will be in the other parts of the county in a
few days. Outside of the Fork the county
is unanimously against the split, and we look
to see the move an utter failure.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A report from Washington is to the effect
that a Boston syndicate will succeed Best in
his vast railroad operations in North Carolina.
? Mr. Chess Miller, a Vorkville boy, has
been elected captain of the Hornets' Nest
Riflemen, of Charlotte.
? Judge Schenck lias moved his family from
Lincolnton to Greensboro, in which, latter
place he has bought projierty and will make
his future home.
? Major Reed, colored, living four miles
from Greensboro, has been arrested on a
charge of killing his wife. lie had beaten
her and a post mortem emamination showed
i. ruptured artery near the heart and bruises
011 the heart which caused death.
J ? The General Synod of the Lutheran Church
South was in session at Charlotte last week.
This body embraces, the Synods of North and
South Carolina, Virginia, South-west Virginia,
Mississippi and Georgia, .representing about
19,000 communicants and 129 ministers. Of
these 5,500 communicants and 30 ministers are
in South Carolina.
? A good many fanners in Rowan and adjoining
counties are plowing up their cotton,
and planting corn. The cause of this was the
cold weather which killed the germ of the
cotton. Some few discovered it in time to
put in a fresh crop of cotton. Wheat and
oats crops are all that could be desired in reason.
? By a popular vote last week a township in
Guilford county adopted the fence law, to
which the Greensboro Patriot says: Other
sections of the county are moving on the fence
law question. Prejudice and ignorance is
rapidly giving way and in two year's time, we
hazard nothing in the prediction, the law will
prevail throughout the county.
? A severe storm occurred in Morning Star
township, Mecklenburg county, last Thursday.
The rain fell in torrents, the land was badly
washed and the corn, cotton and wheat were
damaged. During the storm the barn on the
plantation of the Tvev. ,Jno. W. Abernathy,
was struck by lightning and entirely destroyed.
All the horses and live stock were saved, but
the forage, of which there was quite a quantity,
was burned with the barn.
? At the meeting of the N. C. Fruit Growers'
Association, in Raleigh, last week, it was
stated that there would be shipped of peaches
this year from Manson 12,000, crates, from
Littleton and Gaston 20,000, from Kittrell
1,500, from Franklinton, Ac., 500, from Salem
10,000. Also that of grapes the shipments
would be : From Raleigh 11,000pounds, from
from Kittrell 10,000, from Henderson 00,000,
from Middleburg 4,000, from Itidgeway 100,000.
No estimate is given for Greensboro,
whicli ships large quantities.
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THE EXTRA SESSION.
[Columbia Rrgipter.j
"We are glad to see that the Governor will
call an extra session of the Legislature for ;
redisricting the State. With this in view, '
we hope such of our members as have the
time and sort of talent necessary will give the ;
matter their attention before they come heref
so that there will be some well devised and :
judicious outline of the work to be done framed <
by intelligent and informed minds in different
sections of the State. Men who have alike !
studied a question, if they are alike desirous of j
reaching the best solution thereof, are always ]
more likely to understand each other and to ]
come to some good agreement on what is judi- :
cious and safe. It would be highly proper, }
too, for the State Executive Committee to .
gather and arrange such information in the
premises to which resort might be had.
f Clmrleston New* and C'otiricr.J
Governor Ilagood has convened the State
Legislature in extra session, the day fixed for ]
the assembling being Tuesday, June 27. The
time is well chosen, and will give the people '
an opportunity to know and understand what (
shall be done before they shall enter upon the <
work of the political campaign. ;
The object of the special session is to divide j
the State into seven Congressional districts, (
instead of live, so as to provide for the two j
additional members of Congress to which the
State is now entitled. Unless tins were (lone , 1
two Congressmen would have to be elected at 1
large, by the vote of the whole State, and
there is a general agreement of opinion that
this would have been dangerous, as well as ,
unfair. The smaller the districts the nearer i *
are the Congressmen to their constituents, | <
and the better able are they to become familiar ! c
with their wants and wishes. It is, moreover, | (
for the interest of the State to strengthen <the
Democratic party. This was demanded 1
by the conduct of the Government in the
political trials in Charleston. The State must f
be Democratic, or pass into the hands of the c
Indej>endents, who are only Republicans "writ: 1
large." The choice is between the rule of the ^
white man and the rule of the negro. If /
there was ever any middle ground, it was j
washed away by the juggling and lawlessness |r
in the United States Court. It is, also, the I ^
sentiment of the State that unqualified sui>- u
port must now be given to the National Demo- j
cratic party. There will be no lukewarmness s
in the Congressional elections. The National
Democracy and the South Carolina Democracy p
are shoulder to shoulder again, and will re- ''
main so. The large gains on which the Re-. ^
publicans depend will not be scored in this j
Xt.jitp.
The Legislature, once assembled, can trans- s
act any business that may l>e thought neces- ^
sary, but it is the general desire that the
Legislature shall confine itself, as closely as
possible to the work for which it is convened, t
and .this, we trust, will be the determination v
of the members. We do not wish to see un- p
due haste in redisricting the State, on which ,,
so much depends, but the members can prepare
themselves, in advance, for the reapportionment
and have the material ready for the }
committees to consider. This will save time, h
and facilitate a wise conclusion. i
LOCAL A77AZHS. h
i
NEW AH VERT IS E MEN TS.
W. B. Williams, Auditor York County?Reas- <
sessmontof Real Property. I
W. J. Jones?New Flouring Mill.
I. B. Barron?Fair Warning. f
J. N. Roberts?Beef Market. (
John R. Ashe?The New Store. i.
r. M. Dobson?The Bon-Ton Millinery Store. '
Hunter, Oates A Co.?We Have a Large Stock of 1
Spring and Summer Hoods. i |
M. Strauss?The Secret.
W. C. Latimer?Dry Hoods.
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COTTON SHIPMENTS. |,
Tlie shipments of cotton from the depot in (
Yorkyille, for the week ending last Monday, j
were 14S bales, making a total since the first j (
[)f last September, of 7,212 bales.
CLOVER ACADEMY.
Our attentive Clover correspondent, writing
under date of last Monday, says the Spring
session of the above institution closed on
Thursday last without display, except as to j
the examination of the several classes, which I
was highly satisfactory to all the patrons present.
Miss A. M. Dielil, the able assistant, is
now on a visit to her relatives and friends at
New Windsor, Maryland.
TAX COLLECTIONS.
County Treasurer Xeely gives us the following
statement as the total collections of the
May installment of State and county taxes,
at the close of business last Tuesday :
For Stale purposes, $-,407 90 7
Ordinary eonnty purposes ..2,152 57 1
Railroad purposes, 1,722 22 0
School purposes, 1,435 00 0
Poll tux, 100 00 0
Total, $8,877 90 0
CHURCH NOTICES.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Latlian, Pastor. Services at 10} A. M. Sunday-school
at 0 A. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and evening.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church in the
P..rannAii in fill. I 'linvnli in Vnrlrvillo in tlm
evening.
Baptist?Rev. IV. L. Brown, Pastor. Services
at Union Church at 11 A. M., and at
Yorkville in the afternoon at 4 o'clock.
SAI) AFFLICTION.
It is always a painful duty to have to record
the death of any one in onr community, but
the sudden death, on Thursday afternoon last,
of Mrs. Sal lie J. Kuykendal, wife of Dr. John
C. Kuykendal, is surrounded by circumstances
which intensify its sadness?she having been
taken away from two idolized children at that
age when they most feel a mother's presence
and need her watchful care, and a sorrowing
husband upon whom the sudden dispensation
falls with crushing effect.
Mrs. Kuykendal was aged 35 years. She
was a modest, retiring, gentle woman, a devoted
wife and mother; and charitable almost
to a fault, her sympathy ever went out with
the distressed and afflicted. An humble Christian,
she was earnestly religious; a zealous
member of the Episcopal Church, to the tenets
of which she was strongly attached. Iler remains
were followed to their last resting place
on Friday afternoon, by a large concourse of
sympathizing friends, who assembled at the
Church of the Good Shepherd, to witness, as
the last sad rites, the beautiful and impressive
burial service of her church, conducted by the
Rev. Jos. Blount Cheshire, of Charlotte. The
afflicted husband and children have the warmest
sympathy of every one in this community
in their deep sorrow.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
One of the most encouraging indications of
the times is the large amount of agricultural
machinery that has been sold to the farmers of
this section. The farmers of York are quick
and ready to perceive the advantages of ininwinliiiionr
f/M- formimr nilAI'ilfmilQ HTlfl
iii point of adopting labor-saving appliances, if
all reiM>rts be true, they are far ahead of some
of their sister counties. Dealers in this town
have sold for use the present season nearly a
dozen reapers, all of which will l>e put in operation
within onlyji few miles of town. These
machines have already demonstrated in this
section their value and importance in agricultural
operations, and the success which has attended
them will ensure their general adoption
another season. Due impediment to the sowing
of more small grain in this section is that
both seeding time and harvest come at times
when the cotton crop cannot be neglected, the
entire force of the farm being required for this
money crop. But with the cultivator to sow
the seed, and the reaper to harvest it, either
machine performing the labor of a dozen hands,
at no expense for rations, and not exercising
the right of suffrage to the detriment of the
land-owner, the cultivation of grain crops
in the upper part of the State at least can be
1~
Jiiciue an canj juauci
PROGRESS OF REGISTRATION.
The following is ji correct statement of the
progress of registration in York county up to
the closing of the books 011 Tuesday evening
last. As will be seen the colored voters have
a majority, to this date of 200:
Wlillo* Colored. TotnK
Rock Hill, 305 426 731
Coates' Tavern 04 157 221
MeElwee's Mill, 50 SO 14S
Fort Mill 220 211 431
Clay Hill, 81 120 201
Bethel, 130 03 229
Clover, 115 73 188
Bethany 01 22 113
Clark's Fork, 32 17 40
Black's Station 171 51 222
Buffalo, 36 7 43
Hickory Grove, 101 156 257
Blairsville, 112 132 244
Bullock's Creek, 90 133 232
MeConnellsvillo, 1?5 235 340 1
Yorkville, 150 155 305
Totals 1,877 2,077 3,054
1 r?I-" l">"? ../-.I- .**>f vomlcfiii'uil nrn ro.
V UIC13 WIIU IUIYC IIUl jn i^iobciru uiv *v r
minded tluit the opportunity will he presented '
it the Court House every day (except Sunday) ,
luring the present month, for those (it on;/pre:inct
in the count;/ to come forward and register;
uul any failing to register will not he permit
:ed to vote at the next election. This is unejuivocally
the law, and applies equally to ev- 1
?ry citizen of the State. If you fail to regis- j
;er, you cannot vote at the election next No-, 1
member. 1 ,
a .
MIlilTAKY INSPECTION.
The annual inspection by Adjutant-General j j
danigault, of the Jenkins llillesand the Cadets i,
)f King's Mountain Military School, took place I,
>11 the parade grounds of that institution at 5 j
>'clock P. M., on Wednesday of last week. <
riie Jenkins Hi lies, :?4 strong, Capt. J. 11. j 1
Lindsay, marched from their armory to the 1
jarrison parade grounds, where, joining the j
:adets under command of Lieut. Jno. M. Jen- J ]
tins, a professor in the school, a battalion j
vas formed, which under command of Col. j Jo
ward went through the battalion drill. The j
fi.aiwlrilloa uuivji-'itplv nr?n 11 if-_
>uiii|/aiiirn hcic uiuu uiiuv.u i?w>j , ?Uxjv , ^
ing themselves handsomely, botli in battalion ,
mil company drill. 1
After the drill the companies were inspected j I
eparately by Gen. Manigault. Both compa- *
lies passed a creditable inspection. Having c
inished the inspection of the cadets, Gen. (
Janigault made them a short, but very im- ]
iressive address. Alluding to the Act of the r
ast Legislature granting a charter to the in- j 1
titution by which the corps of cadets is at- 1
ached to the military organization of the *
itate, he expressed hisgratification at meeting ?
hem for the first time, and finding them so a
/ell prepared in their military exercises. He ! n
romised them the fostering care of his de- 1
artment in seconding the efforts of the Prin- a
ipal to keep the corps well equipped with all *
he appliances necessary to thorough military
astruction ; and, in conclusion, urged them
r> value the opportunities they now enjoy, and r
,o improve them diligently, not only as a duty
lo themselves, but also to their State.
After inspecting the Jenkins llilles, he adIressed
them in terms highly complimentary
to their equipment and proficiency in the
school of the soldier. With the exception of
me company, which had been in constant j
[>ractice for more than a month, in anticipa- \
tion of a competitive drill, he said he found
this to be the best drilled company he had yet
inspected. Ife was gratified to find their arms
w well and carefully kept, and congratulated
the town upon having in it so fine a military
organization.
After his address, the company called Col.
Coward and Major J. K. Hart, each of whom
responded in short but felicitoussj>eeches.
While here Gen. Manigault was the guest of
Dr. J. ltufus ilratton.
CO K KKSI'OtVDRNCK.
The following correspondence fully explains
itself :
Youkville, S. C., May 2(5, 1882.
Con. A. Oowahd, Commandinti Officer, K.
M. M. S.: Dear Sin : We' desire to thank
you most sincerely for the use of the guns lent
us last fall. Having failed in the endeavor to
perfect the organization of our juvenile company,
we will, of course, not need the guns
any longer, and return them all this afternoon.
We have five dollars in our treasury, and enclose
this amount, which, jvrmit us to present
to the corps of Cadets to aid them m purcnasing
a painting of Gen. Mieali Jenkins. Uespectfully,
Jasper Light Infantry.
col. coward's reply.
Yorkville, 8. C., May *27,1882.
To the late Members of the Jasper Light Infantry:
I have received your letter of the2Gth
instant, with the stated enclosure. I sincerely
regret to learn that you have been unable to
carry out the purpose of your organization,
and that the guns can be of no further use to
you.
Your considerate disposal of the fund in
your treasury reflects the highest credit upon
your public spirit. For myself and for the
corps of Cadets of this institution, I beg to
tender unfeigned thanks, and to give assurance
of our high appreciation of the motive which
prompted your gift. Very truly, your friend,
A. Coward, Prin. K. M. M. S.
POLITICAL NOTES.
? Stevens stock has fallen about seventyfive
per cent, in Georgia, among the ''Independents"
since he has announced that he
will accept only a Democratic nomination.
** * i* J.? j. 1 Ai._
? me ltepiumcans analgia, iiuu me inuependent
Republicans in Pennsylvania have
tickets in the held, ten candidates and all the
ten lawyers. The bar seems to be on top in
that State.
? Government clerks at Washington have
been notified that they will be assessed as
usual for Republican campaign purposes. In
view of Mr. Arthur's peculiar notions as to
Civil Service Reform, they will probably pay
up without much delay.
? The State Republican Central Committee
of Georgia met in Macon on the 23rd and
elected John II. Devereaux, of Savannah,
Chairman, over II. P. Farrow. A resolution
endorsing Alexander II. Stephens for Governor
was tabled. A Convention for the nomination
of State ollicers was called for August
3d, in Atlanta.
? The California Democrats are determined
to make all the political capital possible out of
the Chinese question. At a meeting of the
Central Committee last week a committee was
appointed to draft resolutions on the subject,
and it was voted unanimously to fire 100 guns
from the highest peak in San Francisco in
honor of the ten years's restriction bill.
? The Atlanta liepvbUcnn admits that the
"new movement" in Georgia?comprehended
a coalition of Independents and Republicanshas
not proved a success. It says: "Apparently
the Democrats are as solid now as
they have ever been, while the Republicans
who were to have been strengthened by the
hnlf-orc from tin* other nartv. are themselves
divided."
? The Hon. James Chestnut, who is understood
to have been appointed one of the Tariff
Commissioners, is a well known public man in
South Carolina, having represented the State
in the United States Senate, and having been,
also, a member of the Confederate Congress.
Gen. Chestnut is a highly accomplished gentleman
of the old school, moderate in his opinions
and a close student of public affairs.
? The National Committee of the Greenback
Labor party was in session last week at
St. Louis Mo. Jesse Harper of Illinois was
Chairman. Fourteen members and twentyeight
proxies were present. West Virginia
was the only State not represented. It was
moved and carried that a committee be appointed
to formulate an address to the people,
of which two million copies should be printed.
? Full returns of the municipal election at
Petersburg, Va., last Thursday were not made
up until 4 o'clock Friday morning. .J. J. Jarratt,
Readjuster, was elected mayor, over F.
A. Archer, Democrat by a majority of 1,05b.
The entire Readjuster ticket for city oflicers
was elected. Democratic councilmen were
elected in three wards. The 1st and 6th
wards elected colored justices of the peace and
two colored councilmen.
? Dr. J. J. Mott, Chairman of the North
Carolina Republican Executive Committee,
says he is in favor of a coalition between the
Republicans and the Anti-prohibitionists, who
hold a covention in Raleigh on the 7th of
.June, and he does not want to see anyone
go to the Republican convention who is not
in favor of such a coalition. To which the
Winston Sentinel, (Democratic Anti-Prohibitionist)
says the Prohibitionist convention is
nothing more or less man a itepuuncan convention,
held under the direction of Dr. Mott,
under a false name, and warns Democrats to
beware of being taken in by this fraud.
MERE-MENTION.
Patrick county, Va., is threatened W'th a
corn famine. A witness in the Ma Hey
trial testified that "there is a good deal of difference
between a Methodist and an Irish picnic.".
An Iowa minister has adopted a
scale of prices for marrying. He charges four
cents per pound for the groom and two cents
for the bride as a wedding fee. ?Two noted
Texas train robbers were arrested last Saturday.
The wheat prosiiect in the Northwestern
States is unusually promising. ?The
stockholders of the defunct Boston Pacific J
Bank lose the $2,000,000 they had invested in I
that concern. Representatives of matri-1
monial insurance companies are jieregrinating I
through Ceorgia and taking in unsophisticated
young men. The total number of im- i
migrants arriv ing in this country for the fiscal j
year ending dune 1st, it is thought will reach ,
>00,000, and those that have come have all!
found ready employment so far at reasonable
ivages. The Washington monument has j
cached a height of 200 feet. It is to be 500 <
feet high. (Jen. Rosser, formerly of the 1
Confederate cavalry, has been arrested at 11
Winnepegon the charge of retaining certain ;
dans and profiles of the Canada Pacific Rail- i
oad, with intention to defraud. He was re- <
eased on bail. The new bridge for the t
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, over the t
fames River, taking the place of the one de- j
itroyed by fire some time ago, has been com- (
deted and will be used by through trains in a 1
ew days. The Secretary of War has re- i
:eived information that Payne and twenty- t
line other colonists, while attempting recent- 1
y to invade Indian Territory, were captured >
>y troops sent out from Fort Reno and taken
jack to Kansas. The authorities have not (leaded
what disposition to make of them. ? A
esident of Iowa received $10,iM)0 the other
lay. That night burglars broke into his
muse, bound him and blew his safe into fragnents,
but found nothing. He had carelessly
eft the money in his trousers pockets ; a safer
dace than the safe, as it turned out. Ten
vickapoo Indians, living on the reservation in
Vtchison, Ark., were naturalized by the I'nied
States Court at Topeka, last Friday,
,nd are now full-Hedged American citizens
inder recent Act of Congress. Albert
Lroung, who was recently arrested for writing
, letter to Gen. Sir Henry Ponsonby, private
ecretary to Queen Victoria, threatening the
ife of her Majesty lias been sentenced to ten
ears' jienal servitude. The Presbyterian
leneral Assembly at Atlanta closed up its
outinework and adjourned last Monday night. )
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE FISHING CREEK COTTON MILLS.
Rock Ilrrx, S. 0., May '20.?It was my
pleasure, a few days ago, to visit the Fishing
Creek cotton mill. I had visited the spot frequeiitly
prior to the commencement of the
factory building, and in my opinion feel satislied
that no place is better suited for the erection
of such a building as now adorns the site,
and for the purpose of its erection. I am
glad to say that the architect and artisan have
taken every advantage that the situation
afforded. The factory building is one of the
handsomest, and the most substantial in the
South, having a granite foundation six feet
wide, with all the other material used of a
corresponding character, making the structure
well worthy of the dignified name of "Cotton
Mill."
Operations were commenced on Wednesday,
the Kith of May, by the accomplished superintendent,
Mr. Wm. II. Steele. Mr. Steele is
thorougldy educated in the business, having
spent many years in the Piedmont mills, serving
under the direction and instruction of his
father, who was then, and is now, the superintendent
of the Piedmont mills, in Greenville
county, this State.
The work in the Fishing Creek cotton mill
was commenced with 3,000 spindles. The
entire machinery used is of the very latest
and most improved quality. It runs steadily
and smoothly and with the most perfect accuracy.
Samples of the thread show uncommon
smoothness softness, regularity and strength.
The superintendent is now engaged in adjusting
the machinery so as to he able to
make any size thread, from No. 0 to 20. The
present supply of water is sufficient to run
twice as much machinery as the house will ?
contain ; but of course the supply will of necessity
be run short during the summer months.
It is contemplated to build the dam several
feet higher, thus providing against the con- ,
tingency of drought, and ensuring a supply of
water in the driest seasons. The fall is 20}
feet. With the quantity of water that the
aqueduct affords, rushing upon a forty-inch
turbine wheel, the motive power afforded is
tremendous.
The annual meeting of the stockholders was
held in the factory building on the 24th instant.
Mr. F. II. Iiarber was reelected president,
and also made secretary and treasurer of the
company, with an increased salary. Mr. .Tolm
Agurs, of Chester, was elected vice-president.
The old board of directors was elected with
the addition of Mr. Madison Heffiey. An
additional amount of ^?lo,0G0 capital stock
was subscribed by the stockholders, and the
minimum capitalfixed at $100,000. There is yet
?22,000 to be subscribed before bringing the
?? Iln If 4 a rtnnfom.
CiipiliU 11^ III lift 11JIIIJ 111 ll ill. n i o wnin.mplitted
to add to the equipment of the mill
2.000 more spindles and 80 looms, which will
fill the available space of the present buildin}?.
The prospect for the successful operation
of the mill is very bright.
The occasion of the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Fishing Creek Manufacturing
Company was a propitious one. Arrangements
had been made for a basket picnic. A
long table had been erected along the banks
of the creek, beneath the cool shade, of the
wide-spreading boughs of the beech and oak.
A large crowd assembled. The table was
bountifully supplied with temptingly prepared
delicacies and substantials. Xear by llowed *
the cool, crystal waters of an old rock spring ;
the same, doubtless that supplied water for
Lord Cornwallis and his men, as tradition has
it that he built the first mill at this spot,
where he went into winter quarters when on
his march to Vorktown, Va.
The youth and beauty of the three sister
counties graced the occasion, and the day was
a highly enjoyable one?especially to the young
ladies and gentlemen, the result of which may
be a union between the houses of York and
Lancaster, and for aught we know, of Chester
too. I sincerely hope that many such happy
days are in store for them, and that success
will ever crown the untiring efforts of the
president and his youthful but efficient superintendent,
and that ere long they will proudly
wear the champion's belt of all the cotton
mills in the South, with the motto engraved ^
thereon, "Excelsior!" Visitor.
Correspondence of the Vorkville Enquirer.
YORKVILLE NOTES AND IMPRESSIONS.
Kixard's, May 27.?To resume and conclude,
currente cuhimn, my brief series of notes
and impressions of your cosy little town, as indicated
in my last, is the work of this writing.
Inadvertently,* while alluding to the churches
of Yorkville, I omitted to mention the local
habituation of our Baptist friends. As a religious
habitue, this division of Christ's church
in the worUl has followed the banner of the
cross wherever it has been planted. The Baptists
have a church at Yorkville, the date of
the establishment of which I did not learn.
Among the colored churches, too, I found one
under the pastorate of a worthy young colored ^
preacher named McDonald, whose earnest
struggles for education I recognized during
my acquaintance with him at Sumter. I was
pleased to learn that he is doing good work
among the colored people of Yorkville.
It was with unfeigned pleasure that I grasped
the cordial hand of the honored head of
your long-established railitaiy school, Col Coward.
Pleasantly meeting with him, called up
a pleasing reminiscence of a previous meeting
during one of his visits to Sumter. We were
mutual guests at one of those?I had almost
said "inimitable fish frys" for which Cain's
Mill, in Sumter county, during the life of its
noble-hearted proprietor, Major R. M. Cain,
was celebrated. When the luscious "stew of
the finny tribe" and other luxurious edibles
had been fully discussed, we found ourselves
in a stew of a different character?an ominous
gathering together of the crowd?and we were
unexpectedly called on for political sjieeches,
the first attempt of the kind which either of
us had ever made. I know not what the people
thought of my maiden efforts; but the
Colonel and myself congratulated each other
warmly, and there seemed to be a mutual degree
of self-satisfaction. This was at the period
when the spreading fires of secession and
iPHDviifa state action were sweeniner with wild
impetuosity over our fair sunny land?the precursor
of which we were so wonderfully oblivious,
of that tideof fire, blood and sword which
was to sweep away, in its track of wreck and
desolation the very foundation and superstruct- ??'
ure of our whole industrial, social and politi- )
cal system. And what has God not wrought <
for us from this chaos of ruin and desolation !
lie that is failing to learn the lessons it teaches
is living to little purpose, and is but contributing
to the re-formation of another storm
cloud of disaster, which, if it be re-formed in
the same revolutionary heat of spirit, will
react with redoubled force and fury.
Besides Col. Coward's school, which I was
pleased to learn is well maintaining its established
standard of usefulness and success,
Yorkville has a female college conducted by
Rev. W. G. White, of the Presbyterian church.
Of this institute, I regretted that time and
circumstances did not permit me to learn
more thau of the high esteem in which it is
held in the community generally, as charged >.
with the difficult, delicate and all important
work of female education. /
Yorkville has all the elements of a Wellregulated
and successful commercial community
in embryo?a cotton market that ranks
with the best in the up-country, with the regular
expert,^individualized and liberal-minded
cotton buyer, ready and prompt transportation,
a basis of mercantile supplies competent
to the wants of the surrounding country, and
i banking institution with sufficient accommodation
to afford the sinews and life-currents
>f a vigorous and healthy activity. And with
:lio pervading utility of this banking instituuition,
conducted by its staunch and energetic
head, Capt. T. S Jefferys, with F. A.
filbert as assistant, I was sensibly impressed.
It is a receptacle and disburser of the peoile's
money, and as such is growing in conidence
and importance, and meritoriously so.
It is the monetary regulator of the community, '
vliich imparts system and promptness to its
inancial transactions, large and small. Yorkrille's
bank is one of the most important maerial
institutions of the town.
To individualize your merchants would be
nvidious. Among the things which came to
ny ears, however, was the general statement
bat Yorkville does much business in a quiet
vay, and that commercial men generally who I
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hat they hiive less trouble in making collet- m
ions than at almost any other point. m
As an indication of the growth and projec
ed improvements of the town, I learned that H
he house of Hunter, Oates & Co., a linn of
nterprising and successful young merchants,
rill build a large and commodious brick store flfl
hat will be an ornament to the town, and
hat Mr. C. G. Parish is also preparing to p|
mild a brick store house. With the former j?
louse I was pleased to meet my young friend, 9
dr. J. G. Wardlaw, of line character and $ \l
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