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f craps and ^arts. j! ? Au attorney, about to finish a bill of costs, j I wa? requested by his client, a baker, "to make j j it as light as he could." "Ah!" replied the i, attorney, "that's what you may say to your] foreman, but it's not the way I make my ' bread." ? A few weeks ago, the Boston Commercial j Bulletin gave a full and complete list of the j cotton factories in the South, showing the total number of new spindles there in 1880-81 to be 361,000, representing, with 25 per cent, for operating capital, a total investment of i 812,214,000. ? Late intelligence received from several counties in Southern Virginia, represent that considerable damage is being done to the wheat and oats by small insects, known as ; "white midgets." Previous to the appearance I of these insects wheat and oats gave promise of the largest yield ever known in years. , ? The old brick building at the south-west corner of Seventh and Market streets, Philadelphia, in which it is claimed that Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, has been purchased by the Pennsylvania National Bank. The old building will be torn down, and a bank structure erected on its site. ? The peculiar costume of the dwellers in Arizona is thus graphically described by a "tender foot:" "In ordinary weather he wears a belt with pistols in it. When it grows chilly he puts on another belt with pistols in it, nknri if hannmoa roall v (fftld hp t.hrftWS a Win cheater rifle over his shoulder." ? A case to test the validity and constitutionality of the Virginia law governing sample merchants, was brought before the United States District Court, on Tuesday, at Norfolk, Va., by a combination of Baltimore merchants. The law imposes a tax of $250 and $300 penalty on sample merchants. Virginia, North Carolina and Texas are the only States imposing such a tax. ? If Ex-Governor Frank Moses is wise he will employ his leisure time during his imprisonment on Blackwell's Island in getting up evidence about the Congressional election in South Carolina next November, so that in case the house of the forty-eighth Congress should be Republican he can get a seat. As the Latin poet has beautifully observed, "In the penitentiary prepare for Congress." ? A large company of well-to-do representative negroes of Mississippi have recently left that State, bound for Chihihuaha, Mexico. They will prospect in the mining and agricultural regions and if the country suits, and they can secure the property cheap and the Mexican Government ip friendly toward them, they will settle there and be followed in the Fall by 200 of the best colored families in Mississippi. The plan is to establish a colony. ? The death of Garibaldi has brought trouble to the newspapers in Austria and Italy. One Treste journal, the Independent#, having put on mourning for him has been confiscated by the Austrian authorities, while a body of students have wrecked the office of two Rome journals, the Voce delta Veritu and Cassandria, because the latter spoke disrpectfully of of him. Thus the press is between opposing fires on this subject. ? People who are in the habit of chipping. punching and otherwise mutilating coin will be interested to know that the penalty is the severest sort. A grocer was last week tried in the Courts of New York city on the charge of mutilating coin and was sentenced by the Judge to a term of one year and ten months' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $1,000. This punishment is indicted ander the provisions of the bill General R. B. Vance had pasaed-through Congress to punish mutilators of coin,- and this man is about the first unfortunate to fall under it. ? In a recent letter to some friends in Charleston, S. C., General Fitz Lee amusingly writes: "South Carolina has, for lo! these many years, \ been camped in my affection. When a Cadet at the United States Military Academy my room mate was a South Carolinian. During the war two gallant fellows, the one a native and the other an adopted son of South Carolina, served on my staff, while being a cavalryman made it my duty to run in the some direction for four years with your Hampton and your Butler, whether they were marching after the enemy or the enemy marching after them. Oh, yes! some day I am coming to South Carolina. I have never had the honor to cross the boundaries of your State." ? The Columbia Register truthfully remarks : A man who says he is not able to pay for a paper ought to go at once to the County Court and have a guardian appointed for him. Remember that a newspaper is worth more to a family than a three months' school. A family that takes a paper lives as it were, in a house set upon a hill, from whose windows one can see all that is going on the world. Friend, don't say you are not able to pay for your paper. Say you don't like the paper, or say you would rather live in ignorance ; or declare that you do not want your children to learn anything; but don't say you can't pay?because to say you can't pay is to say you are no man, have no backbone, and ought to be in the poor house. ? The announcement is made that a new telegraph company, with a capital of $21,000, uuu lias Deen organized, an unicago, inai wum has actually begun on its lines in the East, and they are to be pushed rapidly West, connecting all the principal cities. Elisha Gray, electrician, gives the following facts in regard to it. The principal stockholders are the Hon. Geo. D. Roberts and S. B. White of New York, the Hon. John B. Alley of Texas, Collector Beard of Boston and Governor Foster of Ohio, who with his friends holds large blocks of the stock. The lines are to be operated with Gray's patents. It is to be known as the postal Telegraph Company. Materal reductions in telegraph tolls are promised. Seven hundred thousand dollars has already been paid in for preliminaries. ? In reference to the proposed removal of Jefferson's body, Jefferson M. Levy, of New York, the owner of Monticello, recently said : "The spot where Jefferson was buried was selected by himself, and there are peculiar reasons why his wishes should be respected. When Jefferson and Dabney Carr were young men they made an agreement that which ever of them should die first should be buried by the survivor under a certain oak tree at Monticello, which was a favorite with them both. Dabney Carr died in France in the time of the Revolutionary War, and after the war was over Jefferson, in accordance with his agreement, had the body of Carr brought to this country and buried under the oak. When Jefferson died he expressed in his will a desire to be buried in the same secluded spot beside his friend. He also left directions as to the monument to be erected over him. His wife and children were buried in the same spot of .1 mi.A lino nori/1 Jf .JO I grOUUU. J. IIC nniiuuiini taiuiij iino u?u III no i a burying ground ever since." ? Speaking of the dull times in New York, and giving a reason therefor, a letter from that city says : "The present extraordinary rise in the price of meats and vegetables, and indeed of almost all articles of food, to "the rates of war time" has had the most depressing effect upon other lines of trade in this city and vicinity. This is especially true of such of the clothing and dry goods houses as have been largely dependent upon the mechanics and skilled and unskilled laborers. As a prominent clothier said this afternoon : "Trade is dull with us. How can you expect it otherwise when the great middle class and the laborers have to spend all they can make to provide food for their families, when the butcher will hardly cut a piece of meat short of a dollar? Our house depends in a great part upon the patronage of these classes, and they spend far more in proportion to their income than do the rich, and the food question has produced great dullness with us. Most of 1 ? ?? lfi n/lrn/1 1 i tiOQ Tlrtolm lilt? Ut/UiC19 ill UU1 1U1C A11U iviliui^u iuico uitiivv the same complaint." ?Gen. Howard says of the large number of vacancies in the corps of cadets at West Point that shortly after he entered the academy he had correspondence with the Secretary of War upon the subject, and had shown that for the last five years there had really been an increase in the number of each year's graduating class?the average being fifty-four, whereas previous to that it bad been fortysix. Gen. Howard believes thd existing vacancies are the fault of the people; that the people should understand that a good academic education is required for an applicant to pass the West Point examination, and not an ordinary education. The applicant might stand the first year, but after that he will find the examinations rigid and severe?in fact, so severe that the ranks are rapidly cut down by the findings. The General ridicules any idea of making the West Point examinations easier, claiming there is a necessity for a higher class of military education, so as to keep the Institution up to a high standard. He is also ! apposed to a five years' course of studies, as it j had been tried once, and was found to be so 1 severe and exacting that the cadets could not; stand it. The Board of Visitors will consider ' the matter in their report. (The f orfeville ^nqitivrr. YORKVILLE, S C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1882 ; How to Order the Enquirer.?YVritetheiiame I of tho subscriber very plainly, Rive posi-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ot postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers tho postago is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to ihe subscriber. Watch the Figures. ?1The date on t lie "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is 1 paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must he kept in advanre. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that o fc., Lnlicnntinn nftv-Mrtisillir and lob work,are cash in adranoe. THE ELECTION. An election having been ordered on the 20th instant, to elect a Senator to represent York county for the unexpired term of Judge Witherspoon?which will be borne in mind is for two years, and not merely for the special session, as some persons seem to think?it is highly important that every Democratic voter do his duty on that day. We have it from authority claiming to know, that the Republicans will have a candidate in the field. It is generally conceded that they are fully organized, and the unanimity with which they have registered, clearly demonstrates that they are fully alive to the importance of being ready to vote, and only the word a _ J 4.1. from their leaders is necessary 10 seuu un-m to the polls en masse next Tuesday. True, but little time has been given for this election, but if the Democratic voters will but make the effort, and each one feel that on him the result depends, the victory can be gained. Let it not be thought that because this election is snapped upon the people at an unusual time, that it is of no importance. The result of next Tuesday's vote will decide who shall be York county's Senator for the next two years. If every Democrat will do his duty, that Senator will be Major James F. Hart, the chosen candidate of the Democratic party ; but if lukewarmness and supiueness rule the hour ; if the white people remain at home, the day will be lost, and when it is too late the white people will find the most important Legislative representative of the county a man not of their choosing. THE PRIMARY ELECTIOJi. The primary election, last Monday, to nominate a Democratic candidate for State Senator, to fill the two years' unexpired term of Judge Witherspoon, resigned, was probably the least exciting and most quiet nominating election ever known in York county. Coutrary to the wishes of a large majority of the voters of the county, and iu direct opposition to the action in the premises of the county executive committee, but conveyed perhaps too late, the State Democratic executive committee recommended the election. Several days after this action?at least a week?the Lieutenant-Governor issued his writ of election, directing it not only to the wrong person, but mailing it to Rock Hill. The delay thus occasioned in forwarding the writ to the Courthouse?if Yorkville may be dignified by the appellation of a Courthouse town?limited still further the short time given in which to put iu operation all the machinery necessary to nominate a candidate, by either the convention or primary system. It was indeed fortunate, and is regarded as a matter for congratulation, that the Lieutenant-Governor did not direct his writ on further?say to Pineville, N. C. It was received here on Tuesday evening of last week, and immediately after the fact became known that the document was received, the resident secretary of the committee went to work to notify the Acting County Chairman. There was not time to summon the various members of the Committee. The Chairman lives at Clover, ten miles distant, and, unfortunately, was away from home, and did not receive the notice until late Tuesday night. He started for Yorkvilleat three o'clock Wednesday morning in order that the determination might be unuoo +A tlm nnnnln CUUUUUUlCaiCU tlllUUgW bun j;i m t/nv J/I.U1/4U of the county last week. Under all the provoking circumstances the chairman acted with commendable promptness, and for any cause of dissatisfaction, if dissatisfaction exists, the blame is not with the county chairman. Only two candidates were placed in nomination through the press, and the light vote cast is attributed to the fact stated at the head of this article, that the people regarded the election at this particular time as inopportune and unnecessary?inopportune, as being in the midst of the busiest season of the year with the farmers ; and unnecessary, inasmuch as the Senator could have been elected at the regular election next fall, when the party would have been thoroughly organized. The white people of York are ever vigilant to the true interests of the State ; but at the same time they have other cares and responsibilities besides keeping up political excitement to the detriment of other material interests. We publish in another column the result of the primary election, by which it will be seen that Major James F. Hart has received a majority of the votes cast, and is, therefore, the regular Democratic nominee. The nomination having been made, it is now incumbent upon the Democratic voters of the county to poll their full strength and see to it that he is duly elected. JL'HE itOCK 11 ILL .FACTORY.?un Hie OUlll ult., the stockholders of the Itock Hill Manufacturing Company held their annual meeting at this place. From the report of the president of the company, A. E. Hutchison, we learn that operations at the factory were commenced on the 12th of May, 1881, with only a few hundred spindles, and that the number was gradually added to unt il by the 1st of September following the mill had a total of 6,240 spindles in operation. Up to the date of the report (May 1st) the company had purchased and worked up 1,382 bales of cotton, averaging 449 pounds per bale, the total cost of which was ?62,373.87. It has sold 1,495 bales, or 479,708 pounds, of No. 20 yarn. The total cost of buildings and machinery on hand up to May 1st, was $124,000. The company has paid out in wages to hands and operatives ?13,462.40. The report shows nineteen tenement houses for operatives, four of which have six rooms each, four three rooms each, ten two rooms each and one eight rooms. At present the mill has 7,904 spindles?1,663 having been put in oi>eration since May 1st of this year?and there is room to add 5,096. Since the recent addition of spindles, there has, of course, been a considerable increase of yarn, and last week, as a result of the week's work, the company shipped forty-four bales. The results of the operations of the mill to May 1st show a very satisfactory profit to the stockholders, who believe that the second year's operations will show a much larger i>er cent., the machinery being in good working order now and every thing moving on smoothly and nicely.?llook Hill Herald. GUITEAU. is Guiteau received, with outward composure, tl the announcement of the failure of the last ef fort of his counsel to secure a rehearing of his is case. He proceeded to denounce the Court in b: banc as cowards and cranks, and said God had cj revealed to him that he was to be taken care if of. "God," he said, "works through human n agencies, and President Arthur is to be the & agent to save me if necessary." f< Charles II. Reed, in company with a notary public, visited the jail last Friday, to secure & Guiteau's signature. After an attentive read- ^ ing of the i>etition Guiteau signed it, remark- fling that it would be of no service as the case d was closed in his opinion, and he added that c< his only hope lay in the President's interces- ti sion. Reed explained that it was necessary is to first exhaust every legal resource. Guiteau * has finally consented to see a clergyman, and tl he was attended on Friday by Rev. Dr. Hicks, el of Tabernacle Church of Washington. The ^ interview lasted one hour, and the prisoner i' was much affected and earnestly joined in the t< prayers offered by the minister in his behalf. t< The assassin is reported as likely to break & quite down before the day of execution. The local papers are beginning to publish daily bulletins of the assassin's physical condition. a One of them says: ti ! "Jail officials say that the fact becomes more v | apparent every day that Ouiteau is failing, t! i mentally and physically. His condition yes- d terday was startling in the extreme, and fore- j bodes a total collapse l>efore the 30th of June, jj A certain sign of physical and mental disintegration is the failure of a person's appetite in 1 a case like this. Guiteau's appetite is failing. He has become taciturn and uncommunicative e since Lawyer Reed's visit yesterday, and spends \ the entire time between rising and retiring, in ^ lying stretched out on his cot, pondering, i>er- , hai?s, on the few intervening days between life and death. He will surely fail before hanging P day, in the opinion of those who see and know t him, and the jail officials will have to carry a him to the scaffold and prop him up until the t fatal drop falls. Abject fear is taking posses- g sion of him. The Guiteau library, collected by theassassin since his incarceration, remains untouched. He cannot read or write, now I that death stares him in the face." 7 Warden Crocker, who has the immediate j, charge of Guiteau in the Washington jail, , when asked what his demeanor would be on the scaffold, said: "That depends upon cir- a i. T? i.K? lw.ll TI CUniSlilUCfS. li Ultrje niiilli uc ii inigo i>iunu present it will nerve him to Spartan firmness, d If, on the contrary, lie shall be executed in a that corridor over yonder (pointing in the di- a rection of the scaffold), with no spectators beyond the prison authorities, he will die like a craven and we will be compelled to drag him from his cell." 1 The subject appointed for discussion by the i Medico-Legal Society of New York, at its last t meeting, was the report of the committee on coroners, but the members overlooked that a .topic and branched off into the legal and mor- c al responsibility of Guiteau, the assassin. s Mr. Clark Bell, the chairman, opened the dis- > cussion by reading a paper on "The Duty of j the President Toward the Murderer." Mr. ] Bell declared that there was no human pun- , ishment sufficient for Guiteau, provided he < was sane, and that no power can save him from the gallows except the hand of President t Arthur. The speaker held that 110 scientific examination had really been made, as the experts examined were in the pay of the Govern- ( ment, and that the question arose whether a | board of experts ought not to examine the assassin before his execution. ( "The verdict of the jury," said Mr. Bell, "is of no account as to his mental state. The 1 jury believe Guiteau to be insane?a majority < of the legal profession entertain the same view. { Of course, any action of the President in this i direction would meet with a storm of disap- 1 proval, but it seems just that the Chief Magis- < trate should appoint a commission of experts < to determine the assassin's mental state. Gui- f teau fears solitary confinement worse than t death. It is not the duty of this society to * shrink from a public duty. If Guiteau is exe- i cuted without examination by experts it will 1 be a cause for regret." ! SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?The Columbia Register says that Colonel Butler is preparing to enforce the law against ( certain fertilizer companies who are selling ? their guanos and manipulated fertilizers in the 1 O*-/.*-r\ ttfLIaL nva KolAiir fl?o ofunrlnivl mifirsm- t HUHC VT 1IIV.I1 aic UCiUlT VIIV uvaaiumu m*> teed by them. ? Says the Spartanburg Spartan: Several inquiries have been made of i>erson8 living in various parts of the county as to the intentions of farmers in regard to sowing small grain this fall, and they all reply that the people have made up their minds to sow as much or more than they did last year. This is encouraging. Let every one sow a few acres of wheat and oats. Encourage the tenants to do this. You need not make any less cotton while you raise an abundance of grain. ? The South Carolina Press Association, adjourned after a pleasant business meeting at Marion on Wednesday and Thursday of last i week. Before adjournment, a committee was ? appointed consisting of Messrs. McKerrall, C. Irwin Walker, Bradley, Hoyt and McSweeney, . to meet in Columbia during the session of the 1 State Democratic Convention, for the purpose j of consultation with the Executive Committee ( with a view of preserving harmony of action i between the press of the State and the Democratic party. ? The State Supreme Court adjourned last ( Friday until the fourth Tuesday in November, ( unless sooner convened by the Chief Justices, t The following is the order of the circuits at t the November term, 1882, and the days as- J signed to each : Fourth Circuit, Tuesday November 28, two days ; Fifth Circuit, Thursday c November BO, four days; Sixth Circuit, Thurs- a day, December 9, two days ; Seventh Circuit, t Tuesday, December 12, eight days; Eighth Circuit, Tuesday, January 9, 1883, four days; a First Circuit, Tuesday, January 16, six days; c Second Circuit, Thursday, January 25, two jj days; Third Circuit, Tuesday, January 30, two days. The special docket will be called on \ the following Mondays of the term, to wit: I" I December 4, 11, 18, January 15, 22 and 29. \ ? The Chester Reporter of the 8th gives the 1 following particulars of a horrible death : Samuel Burris, a good man and a valuable cit- c izen, met a sudden and horrible death on Mr. ? Kobert S. Hope's place on Wednesday last. 1 He came from his work at dinner time riding t sideways on his mule. Asking for the crib ? keys, some one approached to hand them to him, when the mule bolted and threw him. j, His leg became fastened in the chains and the mule dashed off at full speed, dragging him several hundred yards. Life was ex- 1 tinct when he was reached. His arm was c broken and every one of his ribs wrenched from the spine. Burris was a member of Zion s Presbyterian church, and has been for years t the leader of the music therein. His loss will f be severely felt by the church and community. F He leaves a widow and several children. c a ? * j POLITICAL NOTES. ? Since Mr. Stephens has declined to become b the candidate of the Indej>endent party for v Governor of Georgia, he is appropriately called 1 a reorganized Democrat. v ? Mr. Blaine has written a letter, declining j to permit the use of his name as candidate b for Congressman at Large from Maine, and a expressing a desire to retire to private life. !> ? Lowe, of Alabama, who now occupies General Wheeler's seat, has lost his voice and ? is suffering from throat affection. Ilis health f seems to be shattered ; and the predictions o are that he is not long for this world. a ? The sub-committee on elections having in j1 charge of the South Carolina contested election 1 | case of Smalls against Tillman has decided I that Mr. Tillman, sitting member, was not b j elected. The status of Smalls' claim has not r yet been fully determined. t ? The Bourbon editor of the New York (l Tribune affects to see "something very much 8 like rebellion going on in South Carolina." e This is true. It is a rebellion against the a i enemies of the Constitution, and the North li joining the South in the movement. Let le Tribune enlarge its Held of view. ? Unless the most extraordinary diligence practiced, in the House, the appropriation ' ills and other absolutely necessary business mnot he disposed of liefore the 4th of July, attention is given to nothing else between ow and that time. The prospects for an 1 irly adjournment of Congress are not, there>re, so promising. ? Gen. O'Neal, the Democratic candidate )r Governor of Alabama, is a brother of the ite Judge O'Neal, of South Carolina. He is t years old. Ilis standing as a lawyer, solier, politician and citizen seems to have been mspicuously brilliant, and "in his nominaon," says the Montgomery Advertiser, "there i no taint of sectionalism." ? Ohio Republicans are trying to trim on le liquor question by taking it out of the lection an submitting it in the form of a Contitutional amendment. The Pond bill, which nposed a specific tax upon all liquor dealers, igether with an enactment requiring saloons 5 be closed on Sunday, has been killed by the upreme Court. ? The election in Oregon last week went Republican by an increased majority. The verage Republican majority on the State icket is 1,800. M. C. George for Congress -'ill have nearly 3,000 in the State, which is lie largest majority ever given to any candiate. Moody, for Governor, will have about ,000 less than George. The Republicans ave the Legislature by a certain majority of 0, which may be increased to 13. ? A Republican joqpaal virtually acknowldges that there is no chance of splitting the otes of the Solid South. They want to be on he winning side once in a life time, and are opeful that the hour of the Democracy is aproaching. A gentleman who has traveled hroughout the South for the past six months nd mingled with all classes of jieople assures he Republican journal that this is about the ituation. ? The North Carolina Liberal and Anti'rohibition Covention met in Raleigh on the th instant. Col. Wm. Johnston, of Charotte as chairman of the Anti-Prohibition Commission, called the Convention to order, ,nd was made permanent President. The legroes were awarded a share of Vice-Presilents and Secretary, and of the committee -ppointed on resolutions. The Convention -dopted resolutions against the existing gov rumen t ot tne Mate, ciemanning a rree uauui tnd fair count; demanding the repeal of the 3rohibition act sumitted to the people last August and rejected ; favoring a liberal sysem of public instruction by the State and National Governments, and urging an application of the fund arising from the tax on ipirits to common schools under the superrision of the State. Oliver H. Dockery, liemblican, was nominated for Congressman at arge ; and for Supreme Court Judge, Geo. N. Folk, heretofore, Democrat was nominated. Superior Court Judges for the different disiricts were also nominated. Bad Cotton.?The Board of Managers of ;he New York Cotton Exchange takes time >y the forelock, by addressing to the planters )f the South the following circular: "Whereas, numerous complaints have been nade about the waste in the staple of American cotton, more particularly of this year's jrowth, which has led to the belief in many nstances that it is caused by 'ginning' at a ligli rate of speed and the cleaning seed too closely ; thereby breaking the staple, and prolucing an excess of 'fluffy,' or what is known is reginned staple, thus lowering its chara;er and value, this Exchange would most earnestly call the attention of the planting nterest to the evil, and ask that efforts be nade to cure it. It is quite manifest that owering the value of cotton by imperfect landling, is injurious^ the interest of the south. Some of the damage complained of is raceable to the imperfect condition of the fins, necessary repairs not being made when ;hey are required. Farmers should underitand that it is the staple of American cotton ;hat enables it to be sold at a higher value ,han the product of India, and that so much is the staple is deteriorated it will be surely :elt in prices. Sand .and dust have been found n our crop this year in larger proportion than ever before; hence a great reduction in the srice has been made for it. No doubt the rery dry season had considerable to do with /heir presence, ancl lias caused low prices to le accepted for such, as sales, have been made it 2 to 2jc. and even more below the value of ,he same grade of clean cotton. It is said ;hat cleaners were exhibited at the Atlanta Exposition that would remedy the grievance, ind if it be true their adoption should besome general. In conclusion, the planter ihould be reminded that more care should be fiven to avoid mixing different qualities in ;he same bale, which is a source of great anloyance at the mills and leads to reclaimations igainst the sellers." Tiik Democratic Protest.?The followng is the full text of the protest of the I)emosratic minority in the Mackey-O'Connor conest. The document, signed by all the Demosratic members of the House, was offered, but lot received : Whereas, The minority of this House have leretofore, under the rules of the House, sucsessfully resisted the efforts of the majority to sonsider the case of Mackey vs. O'Connor, be:ause a proper hearing has not been granted ;o the contestee by the Committee 011 Elecions as to the allegations of forger}- and fraud n the evidence submitted by the contestant ; md, Whereas, The minority have offered to proved to the consideration of the case as soon is said allegations have been duly investigaed ; and, Whereas, The majority, in order to prevent < md avoid such an investigation, have proeeded to change the rules, in a manner not >rovided for in the rules by which alone they ' an or ought to be changed ; and, Whereas, The Si>eaker has made a riding vhich justifies a proceeding unknown to the irinciples of constitutional and parliamentary aw and subversive of the rights of the minorty> Therefore, The undersigned, representatives if the people, hereby protest against the proeedings of the majority and the ruling of the Speaker, as unjustifiable, arbitrary, and revo utionary, and expressly designed to deprive he minority of that protection which has been stablished as one of the great monuments of he elective system, by the patient and patriae labors of the advocates of parliamentary irivilege and civil liberty. A Fearful Scene in Reevesville.? Che dwelling of .lames P. Walters, of Colleton ounty was burglariously entered on Monday f last week, and a quantity of household oods was stolen. Certain suspicious circumtances led to the arrest, on the following afernoon, of Bill Williams, colored, who conessed his participation in the crime, and in irivate conversation with Mr. Walters impliated two other negroes, named Joel Frederick nd Moses Cane. Williams was taken to ieevesville and lodged in the guard house, at 1 o'clock that night, to await an examination efore Trial J ustice Appleby, next morning, at irhich it was understood he promised to pubicly reveal the names of his accomplices. At 2 o'clock, A. M., the citizens of the town yere aroused by the most agonizing cries of listress, and soon discovered that the guard louse was in llames. A large crowd collected round the burning building, but the lire had lreu/lv rrninerl nnph lionrlwiiv tlmt, sill efforts o extinguish it proved ineffectual. The unfortunate prisoner in the upper story, saddened by the knowledge of his impending ate, glared wildly between the iron bars of the nly window to the room at the men below, nd shouted piteously for assistance. He was, lowever, beyond the reach of human aid, and n a short time the building was entirely conumed. This morning a heap of ashes, in which the lurning coals still glistened, and the charred emains of Bill Williams, told the tale of the errible tragedy. The dispatch to the News nd Courier, from which we gain these facts, ays the fire was evidently of incendiary origin, nd the opinion is freely expressed that Fredrick and Cain, fearing the anticipated confesion of Williams, decided to destroy the only iving witness against them. LOCAL AFFAIRS, j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Colcock, Miller it Co.?Plantation Supplies. T. M. Dobson?The Bon-Ton Millinery Storo. ' Wilson A Wilson, Plaintiffs Attorneys?Notice | to John W. Simril, Defendant. R. Lathan?Notice. S. A. McElwee, Chairman Com. of Elections.? Election for State Senator. W. B. Smith, Acting County Chairman?Demo- ! cratic Primary Vote. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT. Governor Hagood lias appointed Win. B. McCaw, Esq., a Trial Justice for Yorkville, vice W. P. Good, Esq., resigned. A IIANDSOiME~PKESENT. Mr. James Mason, Superintendent of the j Chester and Lenoir Railroad, was the recipient, last Saturday morning, of a pair of gold spectacles?of the finest finish and best quality that could he procured"?presented as a testimonial by the employes of the road. PLUME DRILLS. There will be two competitive plume drills in the hall of the Female College to-morrow night?one by the members of the Jenkins Rifles, and the other by the corps of cadets of King's Mountain Military School. The hall will be thrown open for the reception of the public, and a general invitation is extended. FAKDON REFUSED. Governor Ilagood has declined to grant the petition of C. P. Jackson, of this county, for panion irom mip penitential^. uavnawu 10 <* young white man, and was convicted 1 the last term of the Sessions Court of stealing a watch and sentenced by Judge Cothran to the penitentiary for the term of two years. REGISTRATION. Voters who, from any cause, have not yet registered, are reminded that the Registrar's books will be opened at Yorkville during the remainder of this month, thus affording all an opportunity to qualify themselves for the right of suffrage in the election next November. The importance of registration is urged upon the white voters of the county. As has been truthfully said, the colored voters require no persuasion. ? COMPLIMENTARY. We gracefully lift our hat, and had we a dozen wives each and every one of them should doff their bonnets to the following complimentary notice copied from the Utonian, an exponent of the Mormon faith, published at Beaver City, Utah: The Yorkville (S. C.) Enquirer appears among our exchanges this week. The Enquirer is a well edited, beautifully printed independent newspaper, and withal a great credit to the town it hails from. CHURCH NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at 101 A. M. Sunday-school at 0 A. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel at 10.30 A. M., next Sunday; in the church at Yorkville in the evening. Baptist?Rev. W. L. Brown, Pastor. Services at Union Church at 11 A. M., and at Yorkville in the evening at 8.15 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. In consequence of the absence of the pastor, there will he no services in mis cuurcii hcai Sunday. A YOKKV1LLE MUSICIAN. A Holly Springs, Miss., correspondent of the Memphis Appeal pays the following high compliment to the musical ability of our former townsman and native of Yorkville, Mr. Jos. A. McLean, dr., professor of music in the Franklin Female College at Holly Springs : On Tuesday evening of this week Prof. Jos. A. McLean, assisted by Mrs. Jas. II. Watson, gave a musical recital at Masonic Hall. Prof. I McLean is at the head of the musical department of the Franklin Female College, and is a fine performer. The programme was strictly classical throughout and was well rendered. The admission was altogether by invitation, and the audience which was quite large, was the most select we have yet seen in this city. Each selection was loudly applauded and the entertainment passed off very pleasantly. THE CROPS. With the past few warm days, cotton is improving, though thece is much complaint of the poor stand and sickly plant. Corn is promising, and in some portions of the county this crop is "laid by." The harvesting of the oat and wheat crops continues with the most gratifying results to the farmers, ltarely has the yield of these small grain crops been equal, in this section, to the harvest of 1882. With favorable seasons, which must be taken into consideration in the cultivation of any crop, the result of last fall's seeding shows conclusively to the farmers what can beiaccomplished in this country ; and it is gratifying to learn that some of the most intelligent farmers have already expressed the determination to hereafter plant more grain to the exclusion of so much cotton. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. The following is the vote in the primary election, last Monday, at the different precincts in York county, for the purpose of nomina ting a Democratic candidate for State Senator to fill the unexpired term of Judge "VVitherspoon, resigned : Precinct*. Hart. Jones. Seat'rlng. Total. Black's Station, *18 34 ... 82 Bethel,....! 59 00 ... .09 Bethany, 18 00 ... 18 Blairsville, 22 1 ... 23 Bnfi'alo 17 On ... 17 .Bullock's Cr'k Church 31 .0 ... 3d Clay Hill 17 f> ... 22 Clover, .00 .0 2 57 jCoatea' Tavern, 00 23? ... 23 Clark's Fork, 3 ' .0 ? ... 8 Fort Mill, 20 51 ? ... 77 Hickory Grove, 40 5 ... 51 McElwee's Mill I 17 ? ... 18 McConnollsvillo, 22 2!) ? ... 51 Rock Hill, 15 270 '?... 291 Yorkville, 233 47 ... 280 Total, 008 503 2 1,113 TIIU- Mnunnv< I UU iuua?i>av.?>T? From what we arc able to learn, the Mormon "elders" who are trampoosing in the upper section of the county and the adjoining counties in North Carolina, are not meeting with much encouragement, though of course they have hearers at their "preaching" places, and have probably received some converts to their peculiar faith, who, to their great edification, no doubt, arc occasionally "blessed by the laying on of hands." Meetings have been appointed recently to be ! held at the house of one Emil Lougand, a j Frenchman, living on the lands of Mrs. E. M. ! Farris, about three miles northeast of Bethany j Church. Mrs. Farris claims the right to con-! trol the premises occupied by Lougand, and j some days ago she took legal steps to prevent | the assemblage of persons on her property by posting on the premises a notice to that effect; on Saturday the 3rd instant., the day pieced-1 ing an appointment to "preach" there by "el-1 ders" Carpenter and Burton. It is charged j that Lougand tore this notice down soon after j it was posted. But she also gave the "elders" I verbal notice. They passing by her house on [ Saturday afternoon she hailed them and made , known the action she had taken, and gave them notice that it was contrary to her will that they should hold any more meeuuga uu her land. With the most affected sanctimo-' niousness, one of them asked, "What ! do you object to the word of God being preached on your land ?" Contrary to woman's usual tactics in such cases, Mrs. Farris declined to argue the question, but peremptorily forbid the meeting. The "elders" went on, however, and on the following day held a meeting out of doors, about 100 yards from Lougand's house, but on Mrs. Farris'land. The meeting was slimly attended, there being but about a dozen present, some of whom were colored, but the exclusiveness of the Mormon Church prohibits social equality ; or in other words, j ''no colored sisters need apply." The course adopted by Mrs. Farris is the proper one, and should commend itself to the jieople as the best mode of ridding the country of these propagandists. ADDRESS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC FX- | ECUTIVE COMMITTEE. To the Democratic Voters of York County: Your Executive Committee adopt this method of impressing upon you the importance of casting a full vote on the 20th instant. Remember that yours is a wily foe, and that ' his strength consists in your apathy. You 1 have only to recur to the days of 1870 to have that fact to stand out in bold relief. We can not say when you will find that foe again at4-rv foo* ; + CJ lu/liiniiu lino/1 hnf tl??a u'D icii1|h11i^ tW 1C(U I I/O iiiuuviiiJ uvuu^ uuv vium ?i v know?it will be when you exhibit signs of being lulled into sleep, and it will come without ; warning. To you, then?to each one of you? we appeal, and say, work, work! Let the 20th be one of the marked days on your political calendar, and your nominee receive that vote which shall preserve to you the hardfought victory of 187G. Remember, too, his contribution to that victory, and let 1882 compare well with 187G. It is meet that it should do so. W. B. SMITH, Acting County Chairman. June 13, 1882. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. SCHOOL EXAMINATION. McConnellsville, S. C., June 12.?Knowing that education should be the most interesting and important topic that could occupy the minds of our people, I take pleasure in giving you a short account of the examination exercises of Mr. W. N. Elder's school at this place, on Wednesday last, 7th instant. The occasion was honored by a full attendance of the good people of McConnellsville and vicinity. The exercises of the day were commenced by a thorough examination of the whole school, from the A, B, C pupils to the classics. The pupils acquitted themselves with credit, showing the efficient manner in which they had been drilled by their capable and worthy teacher. After the examination of the school, dinner was announced. It is needless to say that the community lost none of their prestige for hospitality and knowing how to minister to the comforts of the inner man, for which it has been so long noted. After about two hours devoted to dinner and recreation, order was called, and the reading of compositions and spelling were commenced. The compositions were creditable to those who wrote them, and in one or two instances were very good. The speeches were very well rendered, and in some instances showed unmistakable evir\f ->nnui/-1<iv!>nio nrr?eni'if?!il nnvvni'S nil till1 part of those delivering thorn. Master Mannie Moore delivered the valedictory address in a manner that would do credit to older heads, both in matter and manner. The teacher, Mr. Elder, was introduced by Master Mannie Moore, in a few well chosen and appropriate words. Mr. Mr. Elder was listened to with marked attention as he dwelled upon the difficulties which surround the teacher, parent and pupil. His remarks were eminently practical, conveying much that was important and instructive to his hearers. Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson was called upon, who responded in a very appropriate address, delivered in his own happy and inimitable style, and after his address the exercises of the day were brought to a close. X. Moses in Misery.?Franklin J. Moses, the Republican ex-Governor of South Carolina, who has been confined in the Tombs for the past three months, awaiting trial for the charges against him for obtaining money under false pretences, was yesterday arraigned before Judge Gildersleeve, in the court of General Sessions. On February 17, last, Moses called on Dr. Nathan Bozeman, at his residence, 29(> Fifth avenue, and representing himself to be Dr. L. F. Steiner, of Augusta, Ga., said that he was 011 his way to Chicago, that he was a son of Dr. H. II. Steiner, both of whom are reputable and well known Georgia gentlemen. Dr. Bozeman believing the story of Moses, who said he desired to borrow only enough to pay his hotel bill here and his railway fare to Chicago, gave him a check 011 the Second National Bank for $32. Soon afterward Dr. Bozeman learned through Mrs. Roland Steiner that there was 110 such person as Dr. F. L. Steiner in Augusta, and no relative of that name in the family. From a description given by the Doctor's servant, Moses was arrested and identified as the man who called on him under the name of Dr. Steiner. He was committed for trial in default of #500 bail. Indictments were found against him for obtaining money under false pretenses; for obtaining #150 from Edgar W. Crowell, to whom he represented himself to be Anthony White, a merchant of Greenville, S. C., and on whom he passed a worthless check on the Greenville National Bank, and for swindling Wra. L. Hall, of No. 4 East Tenth street, to whom he pretended to give information that would lead to the recovery of a quantity of diamonds alleged to have been stolen by one Plin White. When arraigned, on the Gth instant, before Gildersleeve, Moses presented a very shabby appearance. Since his incarceration a short, scraggy, gray beard has grown and his appearance was anything but healthy. When called upon to answer to the three indictments he pleaded guilty to the first, charging him with defrauding Dr. Bozeman. He was immediately sentenced to six months in the penitentiary without remarks from counsel or judge, At the end of the six months Moses will be taken to Brooklyn, to answer charges against him ior swindling in that city, where he reprented himself to be a brother of Governor Colquitt, of Georgia. MERE-MENTION. Among the West Point graduates this year is Charles P. Elliott of South Carolina A bill has been introduced in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies providing for the immediate abolition of slavery in Cuba, and granting -1 -:..n Tlin nnms nf Cadets aiuvca uivii xi^nto, -..w t at West Point is 100; the full number should be 325. The Nation needs more oilicers. ?To say that 10per cent, of the capital invested in Southern cotton manufactures came from the North would be a large estimate. According to the liaihcay Aye, 3,480 miles of railway have been completed in the United States since the 1st of January last. There are 100,000 men out of employment in consequence of the labor strikes in the North On March 1st there were 84,000,000 gallons of whisky in bond, the tax on which would be ?75,000,000. Thirty-five deaths from yellow fever occurred in Havana during the week ending Saturday night. Surgeon Woodward, one of the physicians who attended the late President Garfield, is dangerously ill at Nice, Italy. Out of 350 cases of small-pox in the town of South Bethlehem, Pa., there were 110 deaths. Potatoes are quoted at $0 a barrel in Louisville, Kv. Jefferson Davis is expected to pass a part of July at a North Carolina Summer resort. Another operation was performed upon Senator Hill's tongue a few days ago, but the can- < cer that is eating away his life appears to . have got beyond the reach of the surgeon's m knife. A negro woman, near Lynchburg.-'" Va., threw her child in a well because it had small pox, and then ran off to the woods. The child is dead and the woman has the terrible disease. At Raleigh, N. C., on Saturday Dempsey Bryant, Jr., and J. II. Bell were found guilty in the Halifax election cases and , were each fined $500. The Enfield election J cases were continued. A woman in Chicago on Friday night poisoned herself and ' her four children, the eldest 12 years and the 1 youngest four months old. The Vicks- ! burg public schools are closed on account of I scarlet fever. ?The appointment of Jews as chief surgeons in the Russian army is forbid- ; den. except on receipt of express instructions 1 from the commander-in-chief. The House 1 judiciary committee has authorized Iiepresen- < tative Humphrey, of Wisconsin, to report to 1 the House a bill to establish a uniform system ; of bankruptcy, and to have it made the special i order for an early day in December. The I genuine Colorado beetle has made its appear- i aiiee in North Carolina, having been intro- s dnced with Northern seed potatoes which were < quite extensively planted last season. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE. A Heinous Crime Committed at Rock Hill. ARREST OF THE FIEND. rite Summary and Exemplary Work of Jtidge Lynch. VERDICT OF THE JURY. f CornwponiliMic'f of the Vorkville Enquirer.] Rock IIill, S. C., June 12.?Last night ivas one suited to deeds of darkness, retribution and grim, stern duty. The elements were at war, displacing all the powers given to the artillery of heaven. While thus engaged, another scene was being enacted?a tragedy In runl life?terrible, startling and fearful in its consequences. On the bright June morning of yesterday some innocent little girls and young ladies belonging to the number of operatives of the Rock Hill cotton mill, had strolled to an orchard of wild plums, about a mile above town, for the purpose of gathering the fruit and otherwise amusing themselves. Between 9 and 10 o'clock, their pleasures were suddenly ended by the appearance among them of a negro boy some 18 or 20 years of age. It seems that the larger girls had become separated from this group of little children leaving but one of the older ones in their midst, she being 15 years of age, rather tall, slender and comely, Miss Alice McDowell by name. The negro boy at once approached her and laid his hand roughly on her shoulder. The little ones tied, and screamed lustily, frightened almost out of their wits, while in the meantime the black brute accomplished his fiendish and most hellish designs upon this innocent maiden of fifteen summers. The screams of the victim and the children attracted the attention of the young ladies and the gentlemen in company with them, who were some distance off and out of sight. The gentlemen ran to the assistance of the poor girl, but reached her too late. The deed was done, and the fiend having fled, his victim was returned to her parents in Factory Row. The town was at once aroused as only such a flppd pan arouse a neoole. Men on horse and foot begun to searcli the surrounding country. The spot was reached from which a trail was struck by S. M. Fewell, Esq., and others, and followed with such unerring precision that no mistake was made .as to the correct course he had taken, his tracks being easily distinguished by a peculiarity of his shoes. At one place * it was discovered that the fiend had taken otf his shoes?probably to facilitate his flight. John Johnson was his name?a negro who formerly lived in Chester, but who now was making his home in Rock Hill. By a circuitous route he had made his way back to town, but his trail was never lost. He was found sitting at a street corner, appa- > rently unconcerned. But upon being arrested - \ he displayed some fear and agitation. He was taken by the officers before his victim, and she was asked by the trial justice if she knew that man. She replied, "/ do. I can swear to him any where, at any time, to be the man that committed the deed upon me." Her parents were frantic witli grief and rage. The crowd which by this time had % gathered around the house, was excited and clamoring for the life of the human fiend, who had forfeited it to the great unwritten law, the law of nature and the laws of the land. '. Both the perpetrator and the victim were subjected to medical investigation, conducted <* . byl)rs. J. W. Fewell and T. A. Crawford. ?'yS As the result of the investigation they pronoun- jjf . ced the foul deed as having been fully accom- ? i plished. Other testimony of the most convincing character was obtained, which formed an unbroken chain, and lastly came his full confession. At this the people grew wild with ^ excitement. j. Towards the close of the evening,- the shades of night having enveloped the earth, and the ? ' darkness accompanied by a most terrific thunder storm, the excitement seemed to subside, and John Johnson was locked up in the guardhouse. At about 9 o'clock, however, it was rumored that a large crowd of colored men had gathered at the guardhouse, as it was thought for the purpose of releasing the prisoner, or at least to prevent the white people from executing summary punishment upon him. The excitement of the afternoon was now intensinea. ? ne negroes were somewhat loud in their threats of protection. A guard was stationed at the guardhouse by the policeman in charge, and during their stay a further threatening demonstration was made by the blacks, at which time one Peter Eaves drew his pistol and said he would go in. Major Beckham, then on guard, said he should not; took Peter's pistol and put him inside as a prisoner, charged with carrying concealed weapons. The blacks still lingered near the door in crowds, talking and grumbling in their manner, until the guard on post was relieved by a detachment of the Catawba Rifles, when the blacks commenced scattering, and after a " while all had gone. Quiet being restored, the detachment of RLfles was relieved, and the former guard, consisting of Major Beckham, Samuel Gordon and policeman S. G. Keesler, took their places at the door. Rain was falling in torrents; the wind blew fiercely ; but excepting the warring of the elements not another sound was heard. All was silent until the town clock struck the hour of one, when suddenly, as if springing up out of , the earth, a large crowd of masked men rushed upon the guard, disarmed and pinioned them, obtained the key of the guardhouse, and after extinguishing the light entered and secured John Johnson, brought him out, and marched him to an oak tree near the Robertson House, on Main street, and there, from the limb of that old oak tree they launched -into eternity the aforesaid John Johnson, on whose breast they had fixed a placard bearing the inscription? : our women : : shall re protected. ! This is the first and only summary execu- * tion that has ever taken place in this vicinity ; and it was done to the entire satisfaction of all, except some of the colored i>eople, who do not seem to appreciate the necessity of thus bringing to justice an offender of the law?a base wretch guilty of the most atrocious crime known to tfie calendar. A jury of inquest was impaneled this morning by\s. M. Fewell, Trial Justice, acting comnoiy oonnami-of the following genHumpn / X, M. Davis, foreman : J. F. 0'Xeal.\ WT*"h.1 Drennan, W. It. Templeton, A. II. j ' * ? White, F. II. London, J. A. Williford, S. L. ! % Reid, J. B. Wilson, W. F. Downing, R. T. | Fewell, I). II. Stevenson. The finding of the jury is as follows: The ; said John Johnson came to his death by a ;ord or rope around the neck, which produced, liis death by strangulation, by parties unknown,' to the jury, 011 Main street, in Rock Hill,! 8. C., near Rotertson's Hotel, on the night of j the 11th of June, 1882." I would add, in justice to our ever-cautious \ md efficient trial justice, S. M. Fewell, that \ le had, unknown to but few, made arrange- \ .Dents with his constable to convey the scoun- \ Irel, John Johnson, to the jail in Yorkville \ ast night, when he supposed all would l>e ! isleep, thus preveuting any violence to him ;' lor under such circumstances every one feels ( that such a crime should be punished by lynch- ; - . nnr without imlrrp nr itirv. and hut rwentlv ' mcli a thing did" happen, under similar circumstances, in the town of Winnsboro^^_/