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Straps and ?acte. I ? Under the five .per cent, land bill, Louisiana would be entitled to about $72,000; Arkansas $171,000 and Florida $20,000. No other Southern States are included. The bill, if it should become a law, would take from the treasury at least five million dollars. It has passed the Senate, but there is some doubt of its passing the House. ? The use of labor saving machinery is in- 1 creasing annually in the South and proportionately will the capacity for production increase. When she is supplied with the ma-! chinery, as she will be in due course of time, she will produce, with the same or less labor , than she now employs, twice the amount she now does. There is no limit to her capacity. All she needs is the means. ? A New Orleans dispatch of Friday says the Mississippi liiver is very full, but declining slowly at Vicksburg. The decline at New Orleans since the highest point, March 27th, is only twenty-six inches. The water is still running through very bad crevasses in this State, and very extensive areas of the plantations are still inundated. Alarm is occasion ed by the reports of a rise in tributary rivers l>etween St. Louis and New Orleans. ? In consequence of the sickness of one of the jurors the trial of the Malley l>oys and Blanche Douglass for the murder of Jennie Cramer has been postponed until the 13th instant. The trial has occupied seven or eight weeks, and as yet the prosecution has failed to connect the defendants with the death of Jennie Cramer, though it is very evident that their abominable course toward the poor girl was the leading cause of her death by suicide. ? Hon. A H. Stevens' ankle is fast recovering from the wrench given it in his recent accident. Curiously enough, the similar fall which he had two years ago brought a compensation with it. A tumor had been forming for some time on one of his knees. It had grown serious enough to demand surgical attention, and an operation for it had been determined on. The fall, however, gave nature a chance to remove it. It burst and went completely away. ? Answers to one hundred letters addressed to prominent men of the Southern States by the New York Time* satisfy it that the Democratic party of the South is a unit ou national questions ; that the independent movements* fostered by Arthur are failures, and that generally throughout the South is found indifference to or denunciation of the administration. All of which indicate that Mabone stock, whether the original Virginia preferred or the Mississippi or Georgia common, is an unprofitable political investment. ? Tuesday of last week was observed throughout the North as memorial day. The memorial observances were in keeping with those of former years. President Arthur who was m ixew iorK, pnn.icipin.rn ui tuc rAwwca there, as did also ex-President Grant. An elaborate programme was carried out at Gettysburg. The weather was uniformly favorable. One of the incidents of the day at Baltimore was the decoration of the graves of the Confederate dead by Wilson Post, Grand Army of the Republic. ? A bachelor named Tait, residing near Wabash, Indiana, has for many years declined to dispose of any of the wheat produced on his farm. The idea has taken firm lodgment in his mind that he is to be married and the father of a large family, and he is just as ambitious to raise large crops and store them up as the average American citizen is to accumulate mountains of gold and silver. Mr. Tait is further possessed of the idea that a great famine will visit the land in the far-off future, and that he will then need every pound of his wheat to supply the wants of his family. ? In tin New York Court of General Sessions last Friday, Charles B. Ransom pleaded guilty of keeping a gambling house, and was fined $250. Albert F. Smith, George Middleton. Georcre Moreau and Luther D. Eaton, also indicted on the same charge put in a similar plea, and were each fined $350. These are the gamblers who won monev amounting to $40,000 from George W. Thompkius, cashier of the banking house of Hatch & Peters, 25 Pine street. The money was the property of the firm who brought suits against the gamblers for its recovery, but the suits have been settled, the money having been repaid. This fact operated in mitigating their sentences. ? The lot-owners and trustees of the Glenwood Cemetery, Washington City, have received a communication from Mrs. Weiklehara, granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson; stating that if a suitable and sufficient lot in the cemetery be conveyed to the United States for the burial of her grandfather, and such of his family as may hereafter be removed there, or buried there, she would procure the removal of the remains of Jefferson to that place at as early a day as may be practicable and convenient. Immediately action was taken and the trustees ordered a deed to be executed, conveying the ground selected in fee simple to the United States for the purpose expressed. ?The New York Herald takes a sensible view of Southern manufacturing in the following paragraph : In the seven states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and the two Carolinas there has been au increase of three hundred and sixty-one thousand in the number of cotton spindles during the past year. This addition to the -* : UMUUIilULUrillg UiUUSLiica Ui iuo ouuvii icpicsents, it is estimated, a capital of nearly ten million dollars, which is certainly a most encouraging condition of affairs. There is no reason why the South should not be able to manufacture cotton goods as cheaply as New England. It has greater advantages in the way of climate and labor, and it also saves the heavy cost of transportation on the raw article. If the South is wise there can be little doubt that the great cotton factories of the country will in less than a quarter of a century be on the other side of Mason and Dixon's line. ? At 1 o'clock on the 31st of May, Reuben Lucas, a Choctaw Indian, paid the death penalty near McCurtan's store, San Bois county, Choctaw Nation, for the brutal murder of Thompson McKinney. The execution was according to Indian laws, the condemned man being shot. Lucas showed little feeling. He said he was glad the time for his death had arrived, and that if his wishes had been consulted he would have been executed thirty days earlier. He freely admitted having i killed McKinney and expressed no remorse , ? xi? .1 a tt? ior me ukwi. lie was luacn n uui piisun a few minutes after twelve o'clock and escorted to a plot of ground three hundred yards : away. He showed no signs of fear, looking about him indifferently. The preliminaries i were hurriedly completed and the signal given. < The first discharge was fatal, Lucas dying in a few minutes. About two hundred s'pectatora were present, including many friends and relatives of Lucas and his victim. The execution was the most notable that ever occurred in the Choctaw Nation. ? Garibaldi died at Caprera, Italy, last Friday evening, of bronchitis. He was born in 1807, and condemned to death for conspiracy against the King of Sardinia in 1834. Escaping to France he offered his services to the Itey of Tunis, and in 1836 lie offered his sendees to the Republic of Rio Grande, where he was taken prisoner. In 1847 he was one ; of the defenders of Rome against the French, and on the defeat of the Revolutionists fled to Staten Island, New York, where he manu- , factured soap. He fought with the Italians in the war against Austria, and in 1800 invaded the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, King Fran- : cis II abandoning Naples on Garibaldi's approach. His next service was in leading a ( Hungarian revolt in which he was wounded. In 1867 he invaded the States of the Church, ' and was decisively defeated by the French 1 and Pontifical troops. In 1870 he offered his sword to the French Republic, and had command of soms irregular forces. When Rome was occupied as the Italian Capital it was expected that Garibaldi would rest content, but , he then began agitating for a Republic and for the recovery of the Italian or Trentine ( provinces of Austria. i ? Says a New York letter : ''Every body is ( now waiting for the crops. All calculations i are based on the agricultural outlook. If the harvest is a rich one, it is expected that there i will be another area of heavy trading in the ( speculative markets and a continuation of what are termed "good times." Should the crops be short and inferior, it is the universal 1 opinion that a period of great depression will : be upon the country. The backward Spring, ] which does not even now exhibit signs of , warmth, is making the prospect for farmers ^ less cheering every day. While fruits and vegetables have been seriously damaged and in many places ruined, grain has not yet suffered < materially. The present cool and rainy weath- 1 er will soon settle the question as to the crops, however, if there is not a change. Spring wheat will be very backward, in any event, and a great deal of corn will have to be replanted. Frosts have fallen in nearly all of 1 the Western and Northwestern States. It is * on these rather uninviting prosi>ects that spec- c ulators and legitimate traders alike are basing i their hopes for a return of activity. Over r $23,500,000 in gold has gone to Europe since . February 1st. The bank reserves, last week were $17,500,000 lower than they were at that ^ date last year, and are decreasing rapidly, just t at the point where large accumulations usually t provide for the heavy drain which comes when \ the crops begin to move." s lite forkvillc (?iu)uiw.; YORK VIELE. S. C.: ; THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 8, 1882 j THE WORK OK CONGRESS. Without a doubt, the greatest fraud inflicted upon this Confederation of States is the ln>dy | of men, ycleped the United States Congress, as- . sembled m >v asm 11 gum \_my. Some person of a mathematical turn of mind has calculated that this grand body of ( national deadbeats costs the country at the ( rate of twenty dollars a second for every hour , they hold their profitless, not to say disgrace- ( ful sessions. This is an enormous tax upon the pockets of the jieople and a strain upon their patience for which there seems to be no remedy. Spoils! Spoils! is the only watchword, and the highest conception of patriotism, states- | manship?or substituting a more common- ( place term, legislation?which these Solons exhibit is the passing of an occasional appro- ( priation or "deficiency" bill, with plenty of stealing and pickings, or the devising of some means by which the present small Republican majority may at least be maintained, if not increased. "With a Republican Speaker of the most bitter partisan stripe to rule from the chair in favor of his own party, regardless of precedents established when the majority of the House?no matter of which partycould rise above the level of the political trickster, it is no difficult matter to "legislate," at the rate of twenty dollars per second, with 1 a view to accomplish any petty partisan scheme that may originate with the majority. To this end has the work of the House more conspicuously tended for the past eight 01 ( ten days, by changing the rules in an important manner ostensibly to prevent the making 1 of dilatory motions pending the discussion ol a question, but really to permit the Republi- ' can majority to unseat Democratic members , in favor of Republican contestants. 1 By this process Mr. Dibble has been ousted to make way for E. W. M. Mackey. We do not ' complain simply because this is a case involv- J ing representation from South Carolina. The principal is the same, whether the parties are < from Maine or Texas. It is the adoption of I gag law?something that would not be at- 1 tempted in the British House of Commons? 1 to which we object. Mackey contested the , seat of Mr. O'Connor, elected from the Char- | leston district in 1876. Pending the contest i Mr. O'Connor died. Mr. Dibble was elected i as his successor, and it is under these circum- I stances that Mr. Dibble is compelled to retin 1 to make room for his Republics contestant, without a superlicial examination of the tes- , timony?much of which offered by Mackey is I alleged to be a forgery. After paving the way in the case of Dibble, 1 the House has "legislated" more rapidly, j and since the decision of his case has deci- | ded in favor of Bisbee, Republican, against . Finley, Democrat, from the Second Congres- i sional District of Florida; and in favor of J Lowe, Greenbacker, against Wheeler, Dem- ^ ocrat, from Alabama. The decision of the ( remaining contested seats from South Carol i- ( na, in favor of the Republican contestants, is i a foregone conclusion. THE SOLID SOUTH. The Xew York Times prints fifty answers to c the following questions addressed to one hun- t dred editors of Democratic newspapers at the I county seats in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, c Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caro- t Una, South Carolina and Texas : \ 1. Is the policy of the Democratic party t managers in harmony with the general senti- f roonf nf rwmnlo of vrmr district, V If that ^ UirilV V4 VUV a. j V ??? ........ . policy excites any dissatisfaction, is it chiefly j directed against principles or persons sustained by party leaders ? v 2. How do your people regard the Adminis- f tration of President Arthur ? o 3. Is there in your neighborhood any decided expression of opinion in regard to the tariff V \ If so, what is its exteint and nature ? t The Times summarizes answers to the first c question as follows: That the South is still e solid in its affiliation with the Democratic ^ party, may be laid down as made absolutely j certain by these observations. The masses e still look to the Democracy as upholding their * best interests, material and political. On all > National issues the people are a unit. Per- f? Imps one-fourth of the letters speak of dissat- v isfaction with the methods of leaders, but 'v writers are careful to state tlmt the jieople are *-11 1 J4.V. n/iinluo o.l/l will ill iuii imruiony mm ju un,ii'iw ?n? ..... . forget all local differences in defending them, t Only in two responses to the first clause of the J1 question is the answer made: "Not entirely so." ' Local issues in two or three States' legislation q are not entirely satisfactory to the whole of j, the party as, for example, the Stock law in e South Carolina and Prohibition in North Car- ^ olina have divided the party, but this division " is a State matter, and would be lost sight of in considering a National issue. They oppose \j the Republicans as seeking an alliance with t the colored man and putting him in power n over them. They assert that the ignorance ^ of that race unfits it for control, and its su- ? premacv would annihilate all hoi>e of prosper- e ity. Of replies to the second question, the Times says, in all letters of references to the hopes of the South from Garfield's Administration t seem likely to fail. The people however, 1< trusted that President Aithur would carry I) out the policy of his predecessor. But disaj)[jointment has followed, and more than half s the letters speak of him as a narrow partisan, ? seeking only the interest of his party ; as one < from whom nothing beneficial to the South can q come. Appointments to office in the South, n as a rule, are a great cause of dissatisfaction, a and are regarded as showing that President " Arthur is not friendly disposed. From the ^ three States of Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar- ^ kansas only come expressions of praise, and g these are almost entirely due to the Mississip- a pi levee proclamation, and even these are gen- h erally mingled with words of distrust. An- 0 swers to the third question show that, with " ?ne or two exceptions, little discussion of the j tariff is reported among the jieople. Many o writers say the question is not understood by ^ the masses; one that they have no conception 0 of what "tariff" means. The truth appears ? to be that they are too busy to take any inter- n est in the matter, and, being chiefly agricultu- ;l ralists, the subject naturally attracts much b less attention than in other sections of the eountry. About thirty letters say that where c: there is any discussion at all the feeling is in ^ favor of tariff for revenue only, with such in- a jidental protection as would necessarily fol- f, ow. lc INTERFERING WITH REGISTRATION. fc The supervisor of registration at Charleston ^ ras arrested twice on Tuesday of last week, or refusing to allow the United States deputy ^ uarslials to remain so near him as in his judg- fa nent to impede the free registration of voters, a n each case the supervisor waived an examilation, and gave bond for his appearance at he Novemlier term of the Court. The super- risor bases his action on the decision of Uni- U ed States Judge Iluglies of Virginia, defining he powers of deputy marshals. Two city po-, tc ice were also arrested on the charge of ob- (4 truction. No complaint of unfairness in the nanagement of the registration has been made cl >n either side. re These arrests were made at the instance of ai 'ostmaster Taft, and on Thursday the tables vere turned by the arrest of Taft upon a war- ir ant issued at the instance of Mr. Fred. Ilor- b icy, the supervisor of registration, charging 3l ;hat "W. X. Taft did on the 30th day of May, [882, at the registration precinct in the Fourtli b iVard, unlawfully, wilfully and with force and a: inns assault and intimidate interrupt and in- a; ;erfere with .1. N. Nathans, J. K. Adger, I. L. Tobias and other persons, white and si jolored, qualified to register at the said pre- If ;inct, and being then and there present in C ;he exercise of their i>olitical rights, to wit, fi the right to register peaceably and quietly and without hindrance and as qualified electors." t' The warrant was served upon Mr. Taft as e lie was walking down Broad street, and he n Accompanied the ollicer to the office of Justice d Edings. Here he demanded an examination, ti He gave bail in the sum of 81,(XX), Mr. G. I. . Cunningham being his surety, to appear at 11 g D'clock the next day for a preliminary exami- c nation, which took place at the time appoint- t ed. By agreement between counsel it was ad- s mitted that, if examined, three citizens whom n lie was charged with assaulting would testify that he had not interfered with or injured o them at the registration of voters. Other wit- v nesses were examined, who testified to the t boisterous and intimidating character of Taft's e conduct. The Magistrate ruled that, while d no positive case had been made out, there was ii evidence to warrant him in sending the case to the grand jury, and Taft was released on o bail. c * tlz. rr _ t THE IAWAKDAESS UE IT. s In a vigorous leading article the New York World denounces the revolutionary conduct of n the Republicans in the Mackey case, and points p out the inwardness of the Speaker's recent ruling: r "Nothing quite so outrageous in its con- j tempt for parliamentary law and legislative p order has ever been done even by a Republican majority of the House of Representatives as il the revolutionary proposition which was car- h ried through on Monday by revolutionary J means. The proposition was an amendment j of the rules of the House by which dilatory ? motions shall not be permitted in cases of , contested elections. The rules themselves prescribe how they may be amended, and they n also prescribe how they may be suspended. The Republicans, under the unscrupulous de- e eisions of Robeson's man Keifer, violated the p first of these provisions and evaded the other, f in order to get to work at unseating a Democrat upon what the Democrats charged to be a P case crooked by a special committee through s the suppression of evidence. t "Of course, as Mr. Carlisle urged during the s iebate, if the majority can do away with dila- a tory motions upon one question they can do so upon any other question. A rule that dilatory motions shall not be permitted in the case r?f appropriations would t>e even more valuable to Robeson and Keifer than the rule which has b L>een adopted. Nothing more will be necessa- f ry to rush a job through the House, whenever y i bare majority is got to favor it, than the . passage of such a rule. Keifer has shown that his rulings are as much at the service of (' Robeson as the rulines of Blaine were at the r< service of the Fort Smith and Arkansas Rail- b ioad. Wljen the factious Democrats under- p take to stop one of Robeson's jobs, a new rule, fcl suspending as many rules as may be necessary for Robeson's purpose, will be forthcoming, 0 tnd the rules which are supposed to protect if :he minority, and which the votes of two;hirds of the members present are required to n suspend, will be abrogated whenever their al> jj ogation suits the convenience of the bare ma- . ority of a quorum. 11 "Mr. Randall, who co-operated with the & Republican leaders in framing the existing ti ules of the House and who has led the Dtfno- b :rnts steadily in this new contest for the su- 8, )reraacv of law, made this perfectly plain." PLANT PEAS. e The importance of planting plentifully of J1' :ow peas cannot be urged too strongly upon 1 he farmers of the country, and now is the uoper time to plant them. By some it is ilaimed that the cow pea is our "Southern ilover," a great protector of the soil, a most 'aluable fertilizer, and an excellent forage ; hat it will drive out noxious weeds and grass; 01 erlilize the soil at little expense, preparing he land for other crops, and withal is a prof- ' table crop for market. The Abbeville Medium, vhicli from time to time gives sound advice on w arming topics, urges as follows the planting if this important crop : tx: c : ;< + U I n YdTillJtfU. ID l/UU uniT unii^ uuuv vill put this country ahead. Cotton will not nake us independent. The first object with n: >ur farmers should be to raise enough to w sat 'and thus Income self-supporting. The ti 'lien system" and all cotton go well together, mt when the year closes the farmer has noth- p ng to show, for what might have been consid- ^ red clear and profit has already been expend- ?' (1 for necessaries of life. So it goes on from K ear to year and the country makes no process. The sons have to take up the task p vhere their fathers left off. They have only in inheritance of poverty and hard work upon ' rasted and impoverished land. * This should be remedied. One method of m eclaiming land and making it hold its own is Si 0 put it in cow peas. The cow pea is an im- 4 lortant crop. They are good for the table eg nd all kinds of domestic animals. They always command a good price in any market. at ['lie vines will make the best of forage and if 3lowed in will enrich the soil lietter and cheapr than any commercial fertilizer now offered e> or sale. There is a large and constant de- y naiul for cow peas in Central America and p he crop has come up to the dignity of an imortant article of export. Our soil is admira- ^ ily suited to its production anil this is the best b' ime to plant. Our farmers should take the w aatter in hand at once for they can shortly i* ecome independent by a judicious rotation of 01 rops. Oats-may do wonders, but the cow pea s the thing to make a fortune with ease and jv ertaintv. ' tl a GREENIUCKISM IN THE STATE. The Columbia correspondent of the Charles- M 011 Xeios and Courier communicates the fol- |k swing respecting the movements of the Green- ta ackers in the State : In 1 had a talk yesterday with Maj. T. H. Rus- v; ell aliout the condition, prosjiects and inten- ja ions of the (treenback Labor party in South ea Carolina. Maj. Russell is the foreman of the ? Greenback paper in this city, and seems to be 1 < ~ii.i L ,.t M,? til uite confident 01 me uuiuuur suutcao m ? ew party movement. lie says that there are p? t present Greenback clubs in Greenville, Oco- ar ee, Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, Williams- 0f urg, Chesterfield and Fairfield counties, and hat other clubs will be formed as soon as racticable. There are as yet no county or- ' animations. These will no doubt be formed d( s the movement progresses and the people M ecome more thoroughly instructed as to the* br bjects and purposes of the new party. The lembers of the State executive committee are f. . Hendrix McLane, of Columbia, chairman ; | i. W. It. Rlair, of Kershaw, W. W. Russell, c'] f Anderson, E. B. C. Cash, of Chesterfield, ca r. P. Clayton, of Fairfield, and Brown, hp f Aiken." The organization of the executive j1{! ommittee will be completed this summer, and f0 he committee will probably meet in the course f a month for the purpose of consultation ta nd to take such steps as may be considered w est. to A State Convention of the party will be gc ailed, and it is not unlikely that a full State ;ii; icket will" be put in the field. Candidates ' ' rill also be nominated for Congress, and an 1 ctive canvass of the State will be undertaken a^ ir both State and Federal offices. It is not I on nnwn whether candidates will bo nominated | co ?r Congress in all the districts, but in the ' wer part of the State the race for Congress ! ill certainly l>e made. I do not know who the leaders of the Green- . ick party will be, but the ai>ostles of the new ] kith are doing all within their ]x>wer to get , strong foothold. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The corner-stone of a new Odd Fellows' I: 'all is to lie laid in Chester next Tuesday. ; ? A cotton seed oil miil will soon be added ; < ) the other manufacturing enterprises of ! reenville. I' ? Mr. R. B. Wilson, who has a peach ormrd near Ridge Springs, in Edgefield county, ialized ?2,500 from his peach crop last year, ' rid expects to do better this year. ? Wilson Jones, colored, who rents a farm i Chester county, will make this year 3,000 ushels of oats, from seventy-five acres, and j X) bushels of wheat from thirty acres. ? There is complaint in Pickens county of a ad stand of cotton. Some have replanted nd a few others have ploughed up their cotton nd planted their land in corn. ? A rattlesnake forty-four inches long, with ; >ven rattles, was killed last Wednesday by ! uaac Bull, a colored man on t he farm of i Captain W. K. Bachman, about three miles I rom Columbia. ? In an affray lietween Green Jackson, and | 'rank Lynn, at the Ilaile Cold mine in Lanaster county, on the 22nd ultimo, Jackson eceived a wound from which he subsequently ied. Lynn was arrested and will be tried at he June term of Court. ?Col. C. B. Hammitt lias disposed of his old mine, located near Pacolet Springs, to a orapany of Northern capitalists, who conemplate working it to its full capacity as oon as the necessary arrangements can be aade. The price paid was ?27,500. ? Colonel Thompson, State Superintendent f Education, has effected an arrangement rith all the railroads in the State by which eachers visiting Columbia to attend the Teach-rs' Institute in July will pay two cents per nile each way. He has issued a circular of nstruction and inforlnation on the subject. ? The Columbia Y"eoman says: A gentleman f a mechanical turn residing in Lexington ounty has completed the invention of a coton picking machine which is said to be a uccess. It has been tested to some extent, lid found to answer the desired purpose. A aodel is being made in Columbia, and a atent will be applied for. ? The entire assessment of 1881 on the railoads of the State for the expenses of supportug the ollice of railroad commissioner has een paid. Five of the roads have paid the ssessmentsfor 1882. The Ashley River Road ias paid $4.80, the Charleston and Savannah 207.{;0, the Cheraw and Chester ?23.20, the Northeastern $375.55, and the South Carolina 1,012.25. The Charleston and Savannah and he South Carolina railways paid their assessaents under protest. ? Says the Edgefield Chronicle: The recent old weather injured the cotton crop in many arts of this county very seriously but the ruit crop remains uninjured, and the jlrosect is that there will be more fruit this ummer than for many years past, and this ogether with the enormous grain crop of this eason will offset the short crops of last year, ?5 -'A !- 1? 1 ?HI Und fn rrivo nU It IS UUpCU Will ItTciu uui laiuitiu i?u ^nv aore attention in future to grain and fruit rops and less to the cultivation of cotton. ? Says the Greenville News: "Our foreodings regarding the extra session are already ulfilled. The changing of the counties, (which rill increase taxes and create infinite dissatisaction) and the repeal of the registration law which would be a square back down) are aleady broached as subjects to be considered eyond the redistrictiiig. The fence law will robably be reopened. Candidates for re-elecion will be loaded to the muzzle with means f obtaining local popularity. A long session i inevitable; a disastrous session is probable." ? The Kershaw Gazette says: The summer leeting of the State Grange and South Carona Agricultural Society, which will be held i Anderson in August next, will be one of reat interest. It will be an excellent opporunity for our farmers to exhibit to their rother farmers from all parts of the State pecimens of the small grain crops. Let tliern dect small sheaves of wheat, oats, barley, tc., and put them away for exhibition on iat occasion,-and show to those who come ow well suited our soil and climate are to le production of small grains. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Governor Jarvis has ordered a special irm of the Superior Court to be held in Gaston aunty, July 10; Judge J. C. L. Gudger to reside. ? There is a cannery in operation in Newerne, with a capacity of 8,000 cans per day, hich, at the proper seasons, puts up vegetans and oysters, and this year it is also caning berries. It is expected that it will put p peaches this Summer. ? Rev. Tlios. H. Pritchard, IX IX, one of the iost talented ministers of the Baptist Church, ho was several years pastor of the First Bapst Church of Raleigh, and who has for the past iree years been President of Wake Forrest ollege, has accepted a call to the pastorate ' the Broadway Baptist Church, Louisville, entucky. ? The following figures in regard to the rotestant Episicopal Church in North Caroli*, were reported at the late convention: amilies 3,043, souls 13,388, baptisms 590, 1 arriages 120, burials 301, communicants6,055. inday Schools 85, teachers 159, scholars ; 090; contributions 804,032.50, rectories 86, itimated value 800,500; churches 80, valued 1 ; 8250,870. Total value of church property, 122,938. j ? On Tuesday of last week a post mortem Lamination was held by T>rs. Gentry and ( rilcox of Ashe, under the authority of the , oroner, upon the lxidy of a little girl, 11 ? sars old, the daughter, of a Mr. Testerman, < ving in Helton townsip, Ashe county. It ' as suspected by the neighbors that she had i ;en foully dealt with by her father, and two j three hundred people gathered to witness < le examination, which, however, proved that le little girl had been allowed to drink about pint of whisky, resulting in her death. ? The Gastonia Gazette is informed that \ 'r. O'Neil, of Ilolly Oak, Mass., while pros- 1 jefcing in the neighborhood of King's Moun- ^ .in, one day last week, fopnd a crystal which ( is been pronounced to be a diamond of great 1 due. He thinks it is only a fragment of a rger stone that now -lies secreted in the trtli near the spot where lie picked it up. , e also discovered a very rich gold vein in ie same neighborhood. Mr. O'Neil is prosscting for a Northern Company of capitalists id he is said to be good judge of minerals every description. - The Lenoh Topic relates the following ;rue snake story:" An extraordinary incisnt happened last Sunday at the house of r. Peter Roueche. He was sitting on the ick piazza reading, while his little son, less j an two years old, was playing around in the [ out yard or front piazza. Jie nearu me lild laughing and presently the little fellow ,me running through the house in great glee, iving in its hands a copper head snake. lie id grasped it with one hand about three or ur inches below the head, while he held its j il with the other hand. The reptile was ' riggling to get away, but the little child was ( o well pleased with its play thing to let it,"! i. The father was greatly astonished and 1 irmed, but made a lightning dash at the f ake and sent it out into the yard. It was J out 20 inches long, and, as is well known, ( e of the most dangerous serpents of this e untry. 1 e LOCAL AFFAIRS. j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. H. McCorkle?Notice to Farmers. t R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-Sheriff'.s Sales. loa. F. Wa'lace, C. C. Pis.-Clerk's Sale. Withers Adickes?Fowler's Fly Fans, Etc. W. C. Latimer?The Best Bargains and lowest J Prices ever Offered in Millinery. Dr. John May, Agent?The Comer Drugstore. Herndon Bros.?Fruit Jars?Fish?Hams?Meal ! and Hominy?Canned and Bottled Goods? j Arica Roastod Coffee. P. M. Dobson?The Bon-Ton Millinery Store? My Dry Goods Department. T. M. Adams?Headquarters for House Furnish- ] ing Goods?New Goods?Glass Fruit Jars? , Fresh Garden Seeds?Grockery and Glass- i ware. S. A. McElwee, Chairman of Board ofCommis- ! sioners of Election?Election for State Senator. W. B. Smith, Acting County Chairman?Primary Election. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. At. the mppfinrr of the Jenkins Rifles last Tuesday night, the following commissioned j officers were elected : Captain?.1. It. Lindsay ; J Lieutenants? R. A. Parish, J. G. Ward law. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The cotton shipments from Yorkyille, for the week ending last Monday, were 10 bales, making a total of 7,*22*2 hales since September 1st. SALES DAY. There was but a small attendance of people from the country in town last Monday?salesday for June. The only piece of property sold was the following, by the Clerk of the Court: At the suit of L. A. Johnson, administrator of W. J. Good, deceased, vs. A. M. Henry; 150 acres of land, sold as the property of defendant. Bought by J. II. Good for $-200. REGISTRATION*OF PHYSICIANS. The last Legislature passed an Act requiring all practicing physicians in this State to register their names with the clerk of the court for the county in which they reside on or liefore the J 1st of May, ultimo. Twenty-three physicians have registered in the Clerk's oflice of York, two of whom reside in North Carolina, but have a practice in this county. CHURCH "NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. 11. P. Franks, Pastor. Services in the Church at Yorkville, at the usual hours, morning and evening. Associate Beformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. THE MAY INSTALLMENT. The .county treasurer's books for the collection of the May installment of State and county taxes, were closed on the 31st ultimo. The collections amounted to #0,805.1X5.4, as follows : For State purposes, $.".,702 55 6 Ordinary county purposes, 2,395 39 9 nauroau purpuat** . u. ? School purposes, 1,596 89 1 Poll tax, 164 50 0 Total $9,865 96 4 This is 31,831.39.7 less than the amount collected in May of last year, the collections of last year amounting to $11,097.30.1. SENATORIAL ELECTION. Lieutenant-Governor Kennedy has issued writs for an election on the 20th instant of Senators in York county to fill the two years unexpired term of Judge Witherspoon, and the one year of the vacancy created in Chester by the death of .Senator Walker. The official notice of the Commissioners of Election, ordering the election in York county, is published in our advertising columns to-day. Also, a notice by W. B. Smith, acting County Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, calling a primary election on Monday next, 12th instant. As maybe seen, the names of Col. Cad. Jones and Maj. J. F. Hart, are in nomination before the primary election. PERSONALMENTION. We were pleased to receive a call, Tuesday morning, from Mr. Cephas J. Kee, well known as the former proprietor of the Kee House in J Gastonia, N. C. Mr. Kee has just returned from a visit to his son-in-law and family, Mr. Samuel W. Mobley, who has been living in Brazil for the past fourteen years. Mr. Kee sailed from New York on the 9th of January, and on his return arrived in New York on the 27th of May. It requires from 25 to 30 days to make the voyage from New York to the Brazilian coast. Mr. Kee was not favorably impressed with the attractions of Brazil. Fruit and coffee growing seem to be the leading industrial pursuits in the section he visited. LIST OF JLKOKS. The following is the list of petit jurors drawn last Tuesday, to serve at the next terra of the Circuit Court for York county, to convene on the fourth Monday of this month, his Honor Judge Wallace, to preside : Benjamin Bote^K-colored ; S. II. Epps, Frank Moor<?7~C0Wfed; M. R. Nichols, Junius W. ThomSffnrW. J. Creighton, B. I). Springs, W. B. Drennan, I. M. Wallace, D. J. Good, W. A. Milling, John R. London, W. S. Belk, J. Randolph Wallace, James A. Glenn, E. A. Crawford, Charles W. Hope, John Whisonant, John T. Whitesides, W. S. Byers, Andrew pii'fUrrnlnicfl ^No.ali G'.istrm, rolorpri ; I>. J. SmitTvJames S. Gourley, 1). J. Stanton, Alfred Moore, E. P. Love, P. K. Mull, Mack Fewell, colored; W. P. Ilobbs, "Wj'lie Davie, colored ; \V. A. Barron, W. M. Whitesides, J. E. Lowrv, Scott Fee, colored ; J. X. Roberts. TIIE BICYCLE. The bicycle has made its appearance on our streets. Mr. Mclver Law has been practicing with one for several days, and is beginning to show some expertness in its management. Two or three other young gentlemen have orlered bicycles, and, for their encouragement, we quote the following from the Charlotte Observer, only recommending some other day li c in., f? ???j, . Ullctll OUlIUtlj iui nutu piav/iiv/c . Last Sunday, Messrs. Gilmer and Pharr, two the best bicyclists in the Charlotte club, mounted their iron steeds and put out for a ipin through the country road to Davidson I'ollege. The distance is 22 miles, and they made it in one hour and forty-eight minutes, rnd considering the fact that the road is heavy in many places and there were hills to pull iver, this is good time. It is freight train schedule. i A BEFITTING TESTIMONIAL. The following testimonial of the employes md agents of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad is a just tribute to the worth of a kind, faithful and competent official, deserving alike the I jomniendation of the men under his control, j is well as the public at large : Yokkville, 8. C., June 3,1882. | Caft. James Mason, Suj/t. C. A L. Rail-! -oa<l: Dear Sir: In consideration of the jniform kindness and respect, given us during ,'our past administration as Superintendent of ;he road, and in our social intercourse with ,'ou as a gentleman, we, the uudersigned emtloyes, feel it our duty to express our appreeia,ion and gratitude, and will endeavor to main:ain that regard which it has been our priviege and pleasure to enjoy. Respectfully, Ed. Thomas, Master Machinist. .Tames B. Smith, Engineer. T. P. Beard, Engineer. J. K. Marshall, Conductor. A. E. McConnell, Station Agent. II. IL Beard. Exnress Acrent. J. Ed. Jefferys, Master Car Repairer. J. H. Fayssoux. Station Agent. V. B. Smith, Station Agent. X. B. Alexander, Station Agent. F. C. Meruit, Section Master. I i DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. The York County Democratic Executive Committee held an important meeting in Forkville, on Thursday, the 1st instant. The meeting of the County Convention was ixed for Thursday, July 20th, at 12 o'clock, J., in the Court House at Yorkville. The convention is to consist of 42 delegates, to be lected (with their alternates) at the several leriinv jYTPrinrtii, on Saturday. .Tulv 15th, at 2 o'clock I'. M., by the Democratic voters. The members of the Executive Committee will appoint three managers for each precinct to hold the election for delegates and alternates?each 1 member appointing for the precincts in his territory. The apportionment for representation was lixed as follows: Rock Hill, 6 B'airsville, 2 Yorkville, 5 McKlwee's Mill, 2 Fort Mill, 4 Coates' Tavern, 2 i Bethel, a Flay Hill, 2 ; MeConnellsville, Clover 2 1 Black's Station, :t Bethany I i Hickory Grove, a Clark's Fork, 1 Bullock's Creek 2 Buffalo, 1 The Committee adopted a resolution recom-; mending that the Convention increase and re-' apportion the membership for future Conven- j tions; and increase the number of the Committee to 1(5, one for each precinct. It was the sense of the Committee that the j election for State Senator for York county should be deferred to the time of the next general election. CONVENTION OF STOCKHOLDERS. Yokkville, S. June 1, 1882. The stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir narrow iT.iugt; nun roan v^oiiqmuy iuei< in annual convention at 12 o'clock M., this day, in the town of Yorkville,.andtheconvention was organized by calling W. B. Wilson, Esq., of Yorkville, to preside, and appointing A. G. Bryce, of Chester, and B. (J. Cobb, of Lincolnton, secretaries. The following gentlemen were appointed a committee to verify proxies, viz. : J. ?S. Wilson, of Chester; James Mason, of York ; and II. W. Motz, of Lincolnton, who reported 2,720 shares of stock represented by proxy, and '122 shares in person, which being a majority of the stock, the chair announced that a quorum was present and declared the meeting duly organized and ready for the transaction of business. The reports of the President and the Treasurer were then read, and on motion were referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Cobb, of Lincolnton ; Dobson, of Yorkville ; Bulkhead, of Catawba ; Faucette, of Lenoir ; Matthews, of Gaston; and Wilson, of Chester; who reported that they had examined the reports as carefully as they could, and asked that the said reports lie received as information and tabled. Mr. G. W. F. Harper offered the following resolution, which, after amendment, was adopted in the following form : Ii&solved, That power be and the same is hereby conferred by the stockholders on the President and Directors to secure the completion and equipment of the company's line to the town of Lenoir, in Caldwell county, X. C. ; and to that end, the President and Directors may exercise any of the powers of the company embraced in the eighth Section of an Act of the Legislature of North Carolina, entitled "An Act to charter- the Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company,"ratified the8th day of February, 1S72. and which is now, by the Articles of consolidation, a part of the charter of this company : Provided, That the pow ers conferred on the President ana lioara ot Directors by the terms of this resolution, shall extend to that part of the company's road extending from Newton to Lenoir, in North Carolina, and to no other portion of said road, or its business : and, Provided further, That any action by the Board of Directors under the terms of this resolution, be submitted to a special meeting of the stockholders, for ratification, the said meeting to be called by the President, when necessary. A committee on nominations, consisting of one from each county in which the road is located, was appointed to nominate officers of the company for the next year. The chair appointed the following gentlemen as said committee : Messrs. Joseph Wylie, of Chester ; L. M. Grist, of York ; Jonas Hoffman, of Gaston ;E. Cliilds, of Lincoln; Bulkhead, of Catawba ; and E. W. Faucette, of Caldwell, who reported the following nominations : For President?W. Holmes Hardin, of Chester. Fur Directors?S. II. Smith, J. L. Agurs, of Chester; James F. Hart, Jos. F. Wallace, of York ; L. A. Mason, of Gaston ; V. A. McBee, of Lincoln ; S. M. Finger, of Catawba ; and G. "W. F. Harper, of Caldwell ; all of whom were elected by a viva voce vote. On motion of L. A. Mason, the next annual meeting of the stockholders was ordered to be held at Newton, on the first Thursday in June. 1883, to which time, subject to special calls, the meting then adjourned. W. B. WILSON, Sen., Chairman. A. G. Bryce, ) secretarips B. C. Conn. (^cretan(>i>TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. IMPORTANT TETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Yorkville, S. Cm June 5, 1882. To the Democratic Voters of York: County : You find in another column of this issue ol the Enquirer, a summary of what was don< by the County Democratic Executive Committee at its meeting on the first instant. You will observe that the Committee deemed it expedient, owing to the disintegration or dissolution of the "Clubs" under the primary system, to provide for an election of delegates and alternates on the "precinct" plan. Each precinct should be fully represented in the Convention called for the 20th of July, the delegates to which are to be elected on the loth ol July. At the election, every Democratic voter may vote?the managers of election being the judges of the voter's qualification. The Convention is to be an important one. It will have to consider the perfecting the "precinct" plan, J.i lieu of the "local club" system ; tin increasing the membership of Conventions, and re-apportioning the same; and the increasing the number of the Executive Committeeone for each precinct. It will have to elect a County Chairman, and a v.sw Executive Committee ; and elect delegates to the State and Congressional Conventions. It will have to fix the day for the next primary election, oi refer that to its Executive Committee. It is to be hoped, then, that the work to be done will be appreciated, and a Convention of earnest workers assembled on that occasion. Respectfully yours, G. W. S. IIart, T \oir? T?v rVvrn End of the Scott-Wilson Case.?In the United .states District Court at Charleston, last Thursday, Benjamin F. Scott, colored, and Mrs. Mary Wilson, white, who were tried arid acquitted in Chesterfield county two or three weeks ago upon a charge of murdering Odoni Wilson, the husband of the latter, and who were re-arrested and confined in jail in Charleston for trial on a charge of conspiracy to intimidate United States witnesses and prevent them from testifying, were brought into Court, and ex-Judge C. P. Townsend was requested by the Court to defend the prisoners. After a' consultation with the prisoners, Judge Townsend announced that Scott would enter a plea of guilty as to the third count and not miiltv as to the first and second counts, and that Mrs. Wilson would plead not guilty as to all the counts. The count upon which Scott pleaded guilty is conspiracy to intimidate other witnesses than Odom Wilson and prevent them from testifying. He pleaded not guilty of all connection with the murder of Odom Wilson. The district attorney accepted Scott's plea, and agreed that Mrs. Wilson should be discharged on her own recognizance to appear for trial whenever required so to do. Scott was then called up and was sentenced by the Court to two years at hard labor in the penitentiary. In delivering the sentence of the Court judge Bryan impressed upon the culprit the gravity of his offence, telling him that it was an offence against Justice itself. The -Judge also brought out very strongly the point that Scott stood before the Court charged only upon the count to which he had pleaded guilty, and the sentence which had been indicted of course did not have any reference to the charges connected with the removal of Odom Wilson. Scott is a very ill looking, dark mulatto, and Mrs. Wilson, while she might have possessed some charms twenty years ago, is by no means handsome now. She was dressed in black, with a spring bonnet trimmed with blue and with a pink ribbon round her neck, pinned in the throat by a brooch having in it the likeness of her murdered husband. The oldest of her children is seventeen, and the youngest two years. She proposes to return to her former home in Anson county. N. ('. MR. DIBBLE'S ADDRESS. The following is the substance of Mr. Dibble's remarks in his own behalf in the contested election case between himself and Mackey: Mr. Dibble said that he came to an office he did not seek, one that he had publicly declined, but which he had taken because a constituency demanded representation. He came here for their rights and for their rights he projtosed to speak. He gave a detailed history of the progress of the so-called contest for his seat and a full statement of his long struggle to obtain justice from the committee and an investigation of the evidence. One by one he disproved the numerous Republican statements tending to misrepresent the action of the committee and to make it appear that he had received fair treatment and the u.vestigationhe had asked for. He had read by the clerk a report on a former contested election case sustaining his assertion that true Ai'i/li.iinn iinf hp nht'liliprl ill Sllf'.ll CHSCS j on exparte statement without cross-examinal tion. Much merriment was occasioned by ! the reading of the names of the signers of this report, for one was J. Warren Keifer. As to Ilalselv's affidavit, he stated with much emphasis that lie had challenged Mackey to put his assertion of forgery into writing. [Mackey and Mackey's men sat and heard this, but they did not say anything.] In regard to the question of succession he said that it was not denied that Mackey had taken many and changed many affidavits after Mr. O'Connor's death. If, as the committee declared, he (Mr. Dibble) had inherited that case, Mackey had no right to do this without consulting him and obtaining his ]>ermission. Mr. Miller had shown what he claimed to be tissue ballots voted by the Democrats in Charleston county. Mr. Dibble, alluding to this, exhibited the ballots used in his own county, Orangeburg. They were on plain white paper with no design. He sent to the clerk's desk what he denominated a genuine tissue ballot, an original one. The clerk read from it the name of E. W. M. Mackey for Congress, and the full Republican ticket. |The ticket was held up and inspected with much satisfaction and amusement by the Democrats. Republicans looked sheepish when Mr. Dibble suggested that they should compare it with the Democratic tissue, they would find it thinner and smaller.] As to the right of the county canvassers to judicially canvass the votes for Congressman, he read the decision of Judge Willard, which had been the law in his State until after the last election, and which expressly allowed it to be done. Mr. Dibble showed fully the efforts which had been made in South Carolina to attract the colored people to the Democratic party, the representation given them in the schools, the privileges, and the good government, and proclaimed the fact that the colored Democrats were a reality and a rapidly enlarging one. 'T will say to that sideof the House," said he, "that when they gave the ballot to the colored man they by that act gave power to the white man. It was meant to injure us, but it will do us good. That colored vote we will control, and control it by kindness and fairness, not by oppression." In concluding Mr. Dibble said : "Standing here by the free choice of the people of the Second District and anticipating that, by the avowed action of the majority of this House a gross wrong is to be inflicted on my people, 1 say deliberately and earnestly that I have not had that fair treatment in this contest which the litigant is allowed by law. By this tribunal, which is the highest judge in this case, this tribunal which should act by law and precedent, is ordained a precedent which future Congresses will disclaim and which will be looked back to with regret. I have nothing to request grace for. I only ask that which 1 believe to be a riguc. jiui i expect it to be denied. My people have a right to their proper representation. If they are to be represented by one whose record of the past culminates now in forgery, it is not by their consent, but by the will of this House." [Great applause.] Mr. Dibble's speech is spoken of in "Washington as one of the best arguments heard in Congress for a long time. He was under much disadvantage. Two hours were needed to reply to all the mistatements made in the case and lie had only one. But lie put the . s brand 011 Mackey. At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Dibble left the seat which he had tilled so well for six months. POLITICAL NOTES. ? Gen. Hancock is spoken of as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvaoa. ? Under the new rule forced through the House of Representatives by the Republicans to prevent dilatory motions, it is conceded that ;dl contested seats will be decided favorably to the Republican contestants. Alexander H. Stephens denies that he authorized the telegram saying he would accept the gubernatorial nomination of the Independent party in Georgia. He adds that he would accept the Democratic nomination for Gover nor, ann no otiier. ? The Maine Greenbackers have nominated Solon Chase as candidate for Governor, adopted a straightout Greenback, anti-monopoly, anti-national bank platform and resolved to cut loose from fusion and sail henceforth under their own flag. ? "When Chalmers was a Democrat the Republicans used to characterize him as "the j tiero of Fort Pillow." Now that he has turn- ' ed Independent the same Republicans allude to him as "General J. C. Chalmers, who has resolved to fight the Mississippi Bourbons." ? Says the New York World alluding to the gag law adopted by the Republican majority | in the House of Representatives: "It is a I little funny to see the Republicans repudiating the rule drawn up by the martyred Garfield for the protection of minorities. That, >f course, was when the Republicans were in a minority." ? Since Col. "Win. Johnston's defection to the Democratic party has become manifest, the North Carolina papers are reproducing the ticket on which he was a candidate for ; Governor in 1862. The ticket reads as fol- ^ lows : "North Carolina Confederate Ticket.? ? Its principles?An unremitting prosecution of the War; Complete Independence; Eternal Separation from the North ; No abridgement of Southern territory ; No alteration of Southern boundaries; No compromise with enemies, traitors or tories.?Jeff Davis, our Army ana the South.?For Governor, William Johnston, of Mecklenburg." ? Says the Mobile ltcfjister: When the elections take place it will be seen that neither Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina nor Louisiana is doubtful. In Mississippi the only man off is Chalmers, and we can replace him with a good Stalwart colored voter who can be converted to the Democracy whenever we need the additional vote. In Georgia our deluded friend, I)r. Felton, was unable to capture Mr. Stephens. In Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana we hear of no defections, and in Alabama the Democracy will carry their ticket by a million majority, more or less. We are all now of one opinion. The lion and the lamb are lying down together, and the lamb is not inside of the lion. The Southern Drummer.?The traveling salesman or "drummer" is one of the chief features of the mercantile business of thp South at present. I do not think I traveled an hour by railway while in the Southern States without the company of at least one of these men, nor stopped at any railroad without meeting one, and usually there were several of them present at such places at the same time. It must be said that most of these young men are kind and obliging to their fellow-travelprs?to everybody, indeed ; and the complain ing indifference with which they accept the miserable fare of Southern eating-houses and hotels may claim a degree of respect, though they are commonly treated better than anybody else on the road. (The clerk of the pretentious railroad hotel at Montgomery, Alabama, added 50 per cent, to my bill when he learned that 1 was not a drummer.) I was interested in observing and studying this class of young men, and in learning how they regarded their own life and occupation. There are a few elderly men of excellent character, on *- , the road, but most of them are young, and are somewhat peculiar. Many of them regard themselves as the real merchants and principal business men of the country, and