Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 08, 1882, Image 2
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
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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 ^
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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
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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
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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 :
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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
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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