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f craps and Jacts. ? The New York Herald suggests that Congress remain in session until something practical is accomplished. A prompt adjournment would strike the country just now as the most practical thing that could be done. ? Fortress Monroe is the largest single fortification in the world. It has already cost over $3,000,000. The water battery is considered to be one of the finest pieces of military engineering in the world. ? The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company is having all the scenery and structures along its line photograhed. The artist engaged in the work has a special train for his use. ? A colored witness in Pittsburg said he didnt't board with Mrs. Reynolds, he "batched" there. Further investigation proved that batching meant "I buys de wittles, Mrs. Rey 1. . T i. 1 ooll /Iof IlUiUH COUK. tJUI, JL fitL lUCUi, <U1U UCjr unv 'batching.'" Of course he was a "bachelor." ? Lieutenant Flipper, the colored cavalry officer who was court martialed and dismissed from the service on charges of embezzlement aad conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, has lost his last chance. The President has approved the sentence, and he is dismissed from the army. ? Reports from all parts of the country represent business as in an unsatisfactory condition. Trade has generally fallen off, and the great strike of the iron workers is beginning to have its effect. On the whole, the crop reports are favorable, but the prospect seems to be that business will be dull during the Summer. ? The sub-committee of the House Committee on Elections, in charge of the contested election case of Smalls vs. Tillman from the Fifth District of South Carolina have adopted a resolution declaring that Smalls was duly elected and is entitled to the seat, and reported to this effect last Tuesday, despite the fact that Tillman's majority was 8,038. ? Great Britaiu, in 1848 imported 37,000,000 jx>unds of coffee, and in 1881, with ten millions more of population, got along with 3*2,000,000 pounds of coffee, adulteration making up the defifcit in quantity, with a lamentable falling off in quality. Not only chicory, but turnips, carrots, and cabbage stalks are known to be used as adulterants. ? The New Orleans Times is pleasant and we trust prophetic when it says: "If the weather is only warm enough during this mouth and July, we can yet secure that G,000,000 bale crop, which, with the promised magnificent yield of grain, cattle, fruit and vegetables, will leave the South much better off financial ]y than did our great cotton crop of 18vS0-81." ? Guiteau baa selected the Rev. W. Watkins Hicks, a Washington clergyman, as his spiritual adviser, and imposes upon him the responsibility of preparing him for death. Mr. Iiicks is considerable of a politician, formerly residing in South Carolina and Florida, and was chairman of the delegation from that State in the Chicago Convention. ? A colored man of Cardington, Ohio, named Archer, shot three persons the other night, came very near being lynched, and while in jail had his farm building and house burned down by an excited mob. The whole difficulty grew out of his anger at his fellow citizens because they refused to call him Mr. Archer, on which account he has been on bad terms with his townsmen for many years. ? Lena Sherman, a reputable girl of Iowa, had a lover who proved to be a horse thief, and was sent to the penitentiary. To provide the money necessary to procure her lover a new trial, Lena stole a horse, sold it, and with the money procured the liberation of hei lover, but was herself sent to prison for the theft. The romantic story ends with her pardon by the governor. ? J. G. Bigelow, counsel for Sergeant Mason, visited the White nouse last Friday and snbmitted for the President's inspection a review of the case of his client and his reasons for believing that the sentence of the court martial is void. Private Secretary Phillips ln*t fKA m.iffor Kufnen fhfl yji uiiiioru \aj inj hid uiauivx wiv* v wuv j. *vmi dent at the earliest opportunity and assured Mr. Bigelow that it would receive due consideration. ? Affairs in Egypt are moving forward rapidly. It is now estimated that 250 Europeans were massacred in Sunday's riot; the number of rioters killed is said to be insignificant, but that is probably an error. The Europeans used their firearms freely, shooting from the windows, and men in the streets who were wounded were doubtless carried off by friends who did not report their death. It seems to us that prompt measures and a show of great force can alone secure quiet. ? A fire with singular consequences occurred at Boston Highlands last Saturday. The burning building was a cotton waste mill in which was packed a large amount of cotton waste. The waste being thoroughly soaked from water by the engines became so heavy as to burst the walls, which fell upon several fireman, who were considerably injured, one of whom it is thought will not survive. The building was of wood, forty by eighty feet, and three stories high. ? The longest line of. fence in the world will be the wire fence extending from the Indian Territory West across the Texas Panhandle and thirty-five miles into New Mexico. Eighty-five miles of this fence is already under contract. Its course will be in the line of the Canadian River, and its purpose is to stop the drift of the Northern cattle. It is a bold and splendid enterprise and will pay a large per centage on the investment. The fence will be over 200 miles long. ? On Saturday morning sixteen business houses were burned in Gadsden, Alabama, involving a loss of 50,000; insurance 810,000. B. B. Kyle loses six store houses worth 85,000, on which there is no insurance. M. McCarty, J. H. Kennebrew, H. J. Douthit, W. W. Stevenson, N. W. Whisenot, W. P. Powers arirl Tv W "Fulrrhiim are the ot.her nrinoinal losers. Great exertions were required to prevent the spread of the flames to the Baptist and Methodist churches. ? In a New Orleans Court, last Friday, Judge Billings rendered an important decision in the cases of Alfred Slidell and others against A. M. and J. M. Davidson and others, putting an end at least to a dispute which has existed in and out of Congress for the last seventy-five years. This decision gives to the State of Louisiana 123,000 acres of swamp land which have been claimed by the Slidell heirs and others for the last twenty years. It also put at rest the rights of about two hundred settlers who have been 011 the lands during the last seventy-five years and made valuable improvements. ? The revenue derived from the liquor traffic, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, was 187,323,850, or nearly $7,000,000 in excess of the previous year. The increase in the sale of fermented liquors is enormous. In 1872 the number of gallons of beer manufactured was 208,462,237. Last year, the breweries of the United States turned out 14,311,028 barrels, or about 443,641,808 gallons?the increase from the year previous was nearly 30,000,000 gallons. The amount of capital invested in this business is estimated at $400, 000,000 and the number of breweries, according to the latest statistics is 2,7(51. ? German undertakers do not exhibit their wares, as is the custom in America. Coffins are made by them to order when wanted. This custom prevals throughout the European Continent; it is only in the large cities than any stock of the commodity is kept on hand, and then in an unobtrusive fashion. A few years ago an enterprising undertaker in Basle, Switzerland, started business in the American style and put a couple of small coffins in his window. Crowds gathered to stare at the unwonted sight, and before the end of the week the police gave notice to the shopkeeper "that the unseemly exhibition" must cease. ? A North Carolina dentist has written to the friends of Senator Ilill, of Georgia, the theory that the mercury in the amalgam had poisoned the nerves of the teeth, and finally the bone, as Mr Hill had several amalgam filliugs in the jaw that is affected. The dentist wrote that he had many similar cases. This is mere theory, but it has intelligent support from the fact that the bone is now coming out and the pieces that have come out will be submitted to a careful examination. All that can be done is to hope that the North Carolinian's theory is true and that there is 110 cancer. Mr. Hill left the Springs because he was not able to drink the water in sufficient quantity to be benefitted and he wished to be carried to his home. ? The following important railroad cases have i^cently been decided in North Carolina : The suit of Mrs. J. Whisnant vs. Air-Line railroad company, which has been before the I Mecklenburg Superior Court, has been'com- j promised, the company paying Mrs. Whisnant; | ?0,250, she to withdraw all claims. At the 1 time of the accident Mr. "Whisnant and others were in the last car of the train, which in ' some manner became detached, and the rest j of the train went on, leaving the car standing | on the track. It was suggested by some; of the employees of the road that they had i beter get out as another train was soon , due. Not fearing any danger they all remained i except one colored hand, when soon the j train came thundering around a curve and ' rushed upon the car, crushing it, and kil-' ling them instantly. The debris took tire j directly and burned the bodies as to be nearly | unrecognizable. Mrs. O'Donnell, widow of i Mike O'Donnell, the engineer who was killed i last January, near Lexington, by his engine i running into a rock slide, sued the It. & D. It. for ?25,000 damages. The case was tried at Salisbury, last week, having been moved from j Lexington, Judge Mills L. Eure on the bench. ' The jury gave a verdict in favor of the widow i for ?12,000. The railroad company appealed j from the verdict, and will take the case to h. higher court. The company tried to coinpro- J mise with the widow, offering to give her j $100 per month, and pay all the expense of j educating her children, as long as she remain-! ed a widow. The most able and. brilliant j legal talent of the State was employed, and j each side of the case was argued in a style and with the forensic knowledge th.nt characterized the davs of gown and wig, with the green baize ?lie ?arfevilTc (?n<jttiM'. YORKVILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 22, 1882 KEMSTRICT1NG THE STATE. As the time for the special session appvoach1 es, the question of redistricting the State so as ; to secure the greatest political advantages, or , the surest safeguards against Republican dominion, becomes the absorbing topic. "We suppose that every member will have a scheme of his own, in addition to the various plans ' already submitted in advance by different J newspapers that have given the subject some attention. Of course, gerrymandering will be . resorted to, and as the New Englanders first originated this plan, and as it is still the fai vorite method of the Republicans in the North and West to retain political control, we do not 1 see how the truly loyal who magnify every act of the South Carolina Democracy into rebellious and revolutionary conduct, can consis. tently raise objection. It is a conceded fact i that in redistricting the State it is not obligatory to regard county lines. In forming Con1 gressioual districts, counties may be divided. It is only necessary that the territory of the Congressional district shall be contiguous or | adjoining. Such is the practice irr the North, , where it is rendered necessary to nullify Demoi cratic majorities, and we see no reason why the party in power in South Carolina may not " oJmilot. nloti it! nr/lor tA milliftr Rlufl* C% OlUilUH J'ACAAA AAA. VlUbi v\; Ar.t.vu "Republican ascendancy. In support of tliis theory the Charleston JVetos and Courier says : In redisricting South Carolina in such man| ner as conforms to the law and, at the same ! time, masses the heaviest negro vote in a sin; gle district, the Legislature will simply follow t Republican examples in the North and in this . very State. And there is this paramount rea- j son for such a policy in South Carolina : The formation of a Black district lessens the power of the negroes to elect thieves and demagogues to misrepresent us in Washington. To that extent, it is a victory of civilization over political barbarism. It has been urged that it is prudent to concede two districts to the colored people. We do not think it necessary. If it were necessary, the basis of the second Black district would naturally be Fairfield, Sumter, Newberry, Chester, Richland, &c., where the colored population is heaviest, after the exclusion of the seacoast counties. But Sumter Orangeburg and Richland are relieved in a large manner, of the colored vote by the formation of the single Black district we have outlined, and the other colored counj * - * a. r\ A:^ lies can De annexed 10 ueuiocrauc cuuiium ou j as to make them sufficiently safe. We are averse to surrendering two Congressional districts, and see no imperative need of it. The JVetcs and Courier then gives a scheme of the seven districts, all of which except one it unhesitatingly says can he carried by the Democracy. For the Fifth district, according to this scheme, the following territory is proposed : York, Chester, Lancaster, Chesterfield, Kershaw and a part of Richland, including Columbia. THE UTAH COMMISSION. An Act was passed by Congress a few weeks ago empowering and requiring the President to appoint a commission, on which both political parties shall be represented, for the purpose of investigating the Mormon question and reporting to Congress the most practicable plan for suppressing polygamy in Utah. On Friday last the President nominated the commission which is composed of three Republicans and two Democrats?Messrs. Ramsey, Paddock, Godfrey, Carleton and Pettigrew. Ex-Senators Ramsey, of Minnesota, and Paddock, of Nebraska, are well known to the public by reason of the national positions they have occupied. G. F. Godfrey, of Iowa is a Republican and a lawyer. He entered the | army as a lieutenant in the second regiment of Iowa Infantry and rose to colonel of the Eighth Iowa Cavalry. At the close of the war he engaged in the practice of law at Des Moines, Iowa, where for several years he held a position as receiver of public moneys and subsequently served several years as assistant district attorney. He is about forty-two years of age and is regarded as a man of marked ability. Ambrose B. Carleton, of Terre Haute, Ind., is a lawyer by profession and a Democrat in politics. He was formerly the law partner of Senator Voorhees, and at various times lias been a member of the Indiana Legislature, Circuit Judge and professor of law in the State University. He is about 50 years old and is said to enjoy a high reputation for legal ability and literary attainments. James It. Pettigrew, of Fayetteville, Ark., has been a member of the Legislature of that State and is now journal clerk of the United States Senate. His appointment to a place on the commission has been strongly recommended by Senator Garland and other Western members of the Senate. He is a man of middle age a lawyer and a Democrat. The nominations were all referred to the committe on the judiciary. ? . . ^ * LABOR TROUBLES. Since the first week in May labor at the North has been very much disorganized by | reason of strikes, principally in the rolling j mills and other iron interests. An estimate i of the striking workmen at the different mills I aggregates 45,.752. Trouble has been apprei liotwloil lint ne vpt Tin uwrinna pnllieinn line nn. ' curred. At Cleveland, Ohio, troops, with ar- j tillery are held in readiness, and the rolling mills are fortilied. The families of striking workmen occupying houses or tenements belonging to the mining or mill property have been notified that as soon as the time expires for j which rent has been paid in advance they must i vacate. It is thought, unless harmony is soon j restored a general eviction will take place, j There was a parade of the strikers at Pittsburg on Saturday, which was the largest labor demonstration ever made in this county, the j immense column containing fully 25,000 men. | The parade was orderly, and 110 disturbance 1 occurred. SENATOR HAMPTON. Senator Hampton lias addressed a letter to the Neics and Courier in which he expresses his anxiety to retire from public life ; depicts our peril in the coming contest as great as in j 1870, and deprecates Independentism as worse than Radicalism. His letter concludes as fol-: lows : If mistakes have been committed by the rep-! resentatives of our party, the people hold in I their own hands the absolute power to remedy i whatever evil has been done. No error that j has been committed by their party can justify ; any man who has the interest of the State at j heart in deserting its ranks, for all needful j reform can be had within its organization, j I regret therefore beyond expression to see dissatisfaction in any quarter, because of opposition to some of the measures adopted at the last session of the Legislature. Without roHoofinor in flm olifrlitocf /l/mnofi nnnn flip UMQ. (lorn or patriotism of that body, I think their action in repaid to the Registration and Stock law was unfortunate, but my opposition to these laws is no reason why I should desert the only party that has given honest and good government to the State since the war. My conception of Democracy is that the majority should rule, and those who oppose the measures mentioned will have the opportunity | of ascertaining at the next election on which ; side the majority stands. Should it be the | popular will that these laws should be repealed : or modified, the next Legislature can take ac| tion in that direction. We may rest assured ! that no redress of any evil can be had by the ; restoration of Radical rule, and in the present J condition of races and parties in the State, an i Independent is, it' possible, worse than a Rad; ical, for he is an enemy "who steals the livery j of Heaven to serve the Devil in." In the great j tight we are making to preserve the civiliza; tion of our State, he who is not with us is | against us, and no specious pretence of love j for the "dear people" can hide the cloven foot. I Let me, therefore, as one who has had every ; political aspiration more than gratified, and who seeks nothing save the prosperity and welfare of his State, urge our people most earnestly to stand firm and to keep united. Let every lover of his State register at once and be ! ready to vote. Let us nominate our best men ! for all the offices. Let us adopt and carry out | in good frfith the principles which gave us suc! cess in '76, and we shall again be successful, j I venture to offer this advice to my fellow-citizens, because of the trust and confidence with ! which they have honored me ; because of my anxious solicitude for the preservation of good government; because my public career is drawing to a close, and above all, because I clb not wish to see the great principles and the I pnmu chuhe tor which hihvc men m>i ugfcicu au j zealously, and devoted women prayed so ear| nestly in '70 lost by apathy, indifference or i treachery in '82?or ever. - ? STOCK LAW IS WILLIAMSBURG. The Williamsburg Democracy are greatly harrassed by stock law dissensions, and have in County Convention after a lengthy discussion adopted by a vote of 24 yeas to 20 nays, the following resolutions as the cure for them : Whereas the law enacted at the last session of the General Assembly of South Carolina known as the "No-fence law" is manifestly detrimental to the interest of a great number of the citizens of Williamsburg county, and is giving widespread dissatisfaction to a great many of the people by its harsh and oppressive measure. Therefore be it Resolved 1. That it is the sense of this Conj vention that the County of Williamsburg is j not ready for the advantageous operations of such a law, and that if some relief is not obi tained it will operate very unjustly upon a ! great number of the citizens of the county in ! requiring the sacrificeof large stocks of cattle, 1 sheep, &c., it being well nigh impossible for ! the owners to prepare such extensive pastures, | and they cannot be sold except at a great pecuniary sacrifice. 2. That it is the further sense of this convention that it would be advisable for the ! Democratic party of Williamsburg county to [ nominate gentlemen to fill the offices of Senator and representatives to the General Assembly who are opposed to the "No fence law," and who will pledge themselves to do all in their power to obtain the desired relief for the people of the county. 3. That if such candidates are nominated for said offices, every member of this convention solemnly pledges himself to use his utmost endeavor to procure their election. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Arrangements are being made for a harvest thanksgiving at Ninety-Six on the Fourth of July. ? Mr. J. C Kennard, of Ninety-Six, has raised twelve thousand bushels of oats this season, ? Mr. W. S. Allen, of Edgefield, is so well pleased with the results of his grain ctop, that he declares it his intention to increase it next fall. ? D. J. Carter, Esq., editor of the Lancaster Ledger, has accepted the nomination of the Democratic party for Representative in the Legislature to fill a vacancy. ? At the Greenback meeting at Richburg, Chester county, last Friday, nothing was accomplished. On Saturday at Rossville a club of about fifty was formed ; nearly one half of them colored. ? In the Abbeville Circuit Court, last week, the jury in the case of the State against Chas. Pepper, John Young and Joe Armstrong, charged with the murder of William Maddox, after two hours' deliberation brought in a verdict of not guilty. ? Major Twiggs, to whom the contract for grading the Savannah Valley Railroad was * _ 1- ...uu .. given, will commence worK tins weea wnn * force of one hundred and fifty hands and work in the direction of Anderson. He will push work with vigor. ? Colonel I. G. McKissick and Captain John R. Jefferies, two of tiie legislators of Union county, are opposed to taking up any bills at the extra session except tiio redisricting of the State. It-is hoped that a majority of the memliers will be of like mind. ? Col. John D. Wylie, raised on three-anda-half-acres, near Lancaster, C. II., 548 bushels of oats, or 15G 4-7 bushels to the acre. The oats were heavy, overran the standard weight, and amounted to G33 commercial bushels, or 181 bushels to the acre. The Beview vouches for the correctness of this statement. ? The United States District Court for the Western District, which meets in Greenville on Monday, August 7th, will probably be in session several weeks. It is stated that more cases have been bound over to this term of Court than for many years and the end is not yet. ? The Circuit Court of Lexington county was in session last week, Judge Witherspoon presiding. Of his ability as the presiding officer of the Court, the Dispatch says : "This is the first visit of his Honor Judge Wither spoon. lie presides with dignity and courtesy, and lias made a most favorable impression on our bar and citizens." ? Says the Newberry Hei'ahl: "When the Legislature meets on the '27th it will find itself confronted with two questions outside of its regular business of redistricting the State; one will be the formation of new counties, the other the repeal of the registration law. It should pay no attention to either one of these questions, but should attend to the special business for which it was called, and then adjourn. ? The corps of civil engineers, under Col. Fleming Gardner, are now occupied in making a permanent location of the short line from the Fee Dee Bridge in Marion county, to Fayetteville, N. C. The work is being carefully conducted, and it is believed that it will be the preliminary to actual operations in the construction of the road via Fayetteville to Wil-1 rm.urn,and VVolilnn l?;iilrnad ! aun, A UU "if llllllli^ivii Wiivi ?I V. authorities are extremely reticent and make no pledges, but the impression is gradually 1 deepening that they mean business. ? Col. John P. Thomas, of the Carolina -j Military Institute at Charlotte, N. C., has ' l>een elected superintendent of the Citadel i Academy at Charleston, which position he has ( -? : ~ # , accepted. The Columbia Register of Sunday says: For some time past applications have been coming in to the Governor for benficiary cadetships in the Military Academy, and since the meeting of the Hoard of Visitors on "Wednesday last ten more have lieen filed. The applications come from nearly every county in the State, showing that already an , interest has been created in the success of the institution. ? Heed, the colored aspirant for the ollice of postmaster at Sumter, dislikes being called the "Sumter crank," and says: "1 have never borne that name till since I have asked for the small position of postmaster at Sumter, and I will state that I have done business in the community merchandising for several years to a large amount on Main street, near the Court-house, and owing to the bad crops last year It exhausted me in my business, and now I ask for the position of postmaster of Sumter, which every citizen has a right to do, and if the President will give me the appointment he will only be doing his duty to a citizen of his country." This is a true copy of a part of Reed's letter, and it ought to satisfy the President of his duty, if he does not know it already. ? At the earnest request of John B. Bacholder of Boston, who has been commissioned by Congress to compile an account of the battle of Gettysburg, and of Congressman Aiken, Col. Joseph X. Brown of Anderson has gone to Gettysburg to give information to the historian as to the position occupied by McGowan's Brigade on the day of the memorable battle at that poifit>during the late war. Colonel Brown was the officer in command during the greater part of the battle and can give more and better information as to the part this brigade played on that occasion thon any other living man. ? A correspondent of the Columbia Register writes as follows of a historic spot: The old Star Fort, two miles south of Ninety-Six, near the line of Abbeville and Edgefield counties, and wjliere fifty years ago stood the then important town of Cambridge with her 3,000 inhabitants is a scene of much interest to passing travelers, and indeed its consequence in the history of the Revolution, together with the romance and wonderful traditions handed down from settlers of the unobliterated landmarks that are still to be seen in the vicinity, combine to lend a consecrated charm to this once home of our ancestors, around which "roamed the untamed buffalo, horse and savages." ? In reference to redisricting the State the Carolina Spartan makes the following suggestions : "When the extra session meets in Columbia there will be about a hundred plans for redisricting the State. Now it would be well if our legislators would consider the negro majority and make their districts so as to give them two Representatives. This can be done by putting the counties with large numbers of negroes together. That will leave five districts which the Democrats can control, provided they do not break into factions. This will be better than cutting the State into shoe strings. It may seem hard on the Democrats in the black counties, but they cannot expect any plan to be carried out which will give all the districts to the Democrats. Let us learn something from the mistakes of the past. ? The State Sunday-School Convention of South Carolina will meet in Camden on the second Wednesday (12th) of July. The following topics will be discussed : Benevolence of the Sunday-school, objects, developments ; normal class, character, benefits ; music, character, value; infant class, government, instruction ; literature, papers, libraries ; increased attendance, plans, efforts; conversions in the Suuday-school, special measures; youths ignoraut of A B C, management, instruction ; teachers' meetings, time, method; county Sunday-school conventions, practicability; reports of county Sundayschool secretaries; special features of your Sunday-school, promising, otherwise. Those who expect to attend the convention are expected to prepare to participate in the discussion of the above topics. A full attendance of delegates is expected as well as a large number of others interested in the cause. New Counties?More Offices.?A correspondent of the News and Courier, writing from Columbia last week, stated that at the coming extra session of the Legislature there would probably be an effort made to create a few more new counties in the upper part of the State. This is no time for any such useless and expensive legislation. Nine-tenths of the tax payers of the State will be found opposing it, its a scheme calculated to increase taxes and in various other ways complicate the working machinery from which parts are to be cut. It has been frequently charged that the Democratic party of the State has from the day it came into power, displayed a very decided aptness for creating new official places for ante helium soreheads and their descendants, and as the people have already shown a disgust for the system of creating offices outright by legislative process, they are not likely to lose sight of the fact that the business can be successfully continued by the new process. In summing up those who are now anxious to see the white people once more solidly arrayed against all the isms calculated to break down the party, can very well locate the point from which all loss of activity has sprung. Representatives?sentinels keeping watch over the liberties and fortunes of our people, and who have the cause of Democracy at heart, should not lose sight i of this expected effort, but stand solidly to crush everything tending to fall with addi- . tional force on the shoulders of their people. , It has already been hinted that the county of Barnwell would probably share the same 1 fate as some of the upper counties when the ] new process was fairly under way. Can any sane man see the necessity of such a thing in the face of the strongest and most pronounced : opposition to it, and when nothing can be gained but a few new county offices, to be sustained by taxing the people? We have ] very little fear for Barnwell if such an effort < should be made ; we know too well the senti- < ment of the people; again the Democratic ( party has nothing to lose?such a thing would ! unquestionably smother hundreds of votes, j The counties of South Carolina are small ; enough now, so when the extra session con- j venes, and is .announced ready for business, 1 we hope the members will find in the message ot uov. iiagoou a clause suincieiiL ?j put a i damper ou this improved system of new office | creations?burdensome to the jieople and use- j lesss politically.?Barnwell Sentinel. Vitality and Vigoii in the Democua- j cy.?Is tliere vitality and vigor enough left in . the Democracy to recuj>erate under the slaiiders and abuse heaped upon it by the myr- * midons of power ? This is a pertinent inqni- 1 ryjust now. One of the subtle devices of the t enemies of the Democracy is to say that the Democratic party is dead, or it has not life and j vigor sufficient to recover. And weak-kneed ; and disaffected Democrats give ear to this 1 shallow artifice. It is true that the Democra- * cy has been kept out of power a long time. < But that has been by trick, stratagem, fraud, ( and usurpation by the party in power. But a u good cause, involving the welfare and liberties of the people, is never to be given up on account of defeat. Summer soldiers and sun- ' shine patriots will falter and blunder, and de-1c sert in an emergency. But the true patriot j 1 and philanthropist will die in the last ditch ; ] before he will surrender to the enemies both of ! ( the people and their liberties. The progress ( and development of free institutions have had trt noca nvor u lrmnr roinrh. and hlnndv rnad I ' V\J I'liou v. ??? ? -""01 ?-D"l J 7 , and against the opposition of ill-gotten power, , ( and the chicanery and fraud of unhallowed \ ambition, resisting it at every step. i f The Democracy is the party of the people. ' -i The term itself signifies a government of the ; l>eople. Those who want the reign of one I man, or of a few over the many, will of course 0 oppose it in every shape and form, and by ? every device, fair or foul. But truth and c right must finally prevail, and then the faith- <; ful will have their reward, not only jn honors _ justly due them, but in the approval of a ' tjood conscience in a great cause, worth more r than all the offices, honors, and emoluments, I of the government.?American Kerjirter. ' 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. A. Glenn, D. S.?Will be in Yorkville during j tbe Term of Court. T. M. Dobson?The Bon-Ton Millinery Store? | Bargains in the Dry Goods Department. H. P. Adiekes?We are Ottering (Ireat Bargains j in Laecs, Ac. J. Bolton Smith?Jewelry, Clocks, Millinery, Ac. : F. E. Smith?Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. | ('lark Brothers?Headquarters. J. M. Adams-Gray Enameled Ware. Hunter, Gates A Co.?Wo have a Small Stock of Millinery Goods, Ac. W. C. Latimer?A Handsome Stock of Dry i Goods?Special Bargains. COTTON SHIPMENTS. j The shipments of cotton from the depot in j Yorkville, from the 1st of September last to J date aggregate 7,'247 bales against 7,1)07 bales ! for the same period last year. IN LUCK. The friends of Mr. W. M. "Warlick, former ly publisher of the Yorkville News, will be pleased to lenrn that he is now the largest land owner in Quitman county, Texas?what is known as the Iloyle estate having come into his possession. UNITED STATES JURORS. The following are among the grand and petit jurors drawn on the 4th instant, at Charleston, for the November term of the United States Court : Grand Jurors?Win. 15. Allison, York ; Purvis Alexander, colored, W. I>. McKeown, Chester. Petit Jurors? Daniel Williams, Smith's T. 0., York ; .1. Madison Ross, Chester. THE FIRST COTTON BLOOM. The first cotton bloom of the season was received at this office bust Monday morning, and with it was also a cotton boll, both having been plucked on Wednesday of last week, by Mr. J.J. L. (till, who, however, lives at Crove, Lamar county, Texas. He writes that the cotton crop of that State is generally in good condition, and that all other crops are better than they have been for eight years. WIND STORM. A high wind, accompanied by some rain, prevailed here about noon last Saturday. Several trees in the northern and north-western suDurDs were blown uown. j ne storm came from a westerly direction, and, as we leant by a letter from Black's Station, was quite severe in that town, damaging more or less several buildings, and completely demolishing one in course of erection. There was also a heavy rainfall at Black's Station. CHURCI!*NOT!CR8. ' Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Revv R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services in the Church at Yorkville, at the usual hours, morning and evening. Presbyterian?"Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. TURN IP CULTURE. Sheriff Glenn exhibited a turnip the other day, which from its fine appearance and unusual size, attracted the attention of all who saw it, and led us to enquire the mode of culture by which it was produced. It was of the Flat Dutch variety, weighed 4J pounds, and measured 24J inches in circumference. It was raised by Madison Simril, colored, near Clay Hill, in this county. The ground in which it grew is a sandy soil with clay bottom. It was well manured with a compost made of cooton seed, stable manure and pine leaves. The ground was broken with a bull-tongue in the latter part of February, and in the early part of March the seeds were sown in drills and the crop was cultivated with a hoe, having been worked over several times, the result of which was most satisiactory, as tue sample exhibited clearly shows. SAVE THE FRUIT. This is a great fruit and berry year, and we trust that the people of this section, where it is for once so abundant, will devote attention to the importance of dried fruit as a staple article. It always finds a ready sale and has the entire country for a market. Evaporators for drying it artificially can be purchased by persons owning orchards or who have facilities for obtaining fruit, and hundreds of thousands of pounds ought to be dried. Where evaporators cannot be procured, much can be done by simply sun-drying the fruit, as our mothers and grand-mothers did. There never was in any year so much fruit in York county, as the present, and by only a little labor and expense our county people can have dried fruit all the year, for use or sale, as they may desire. The people need all the money they can make, and here a good plan to gain a little capital is offered them. Blackberries ought to be so dried, * * ? r-... ..n as well as appies anu peauues, iui an ui ?juui a ready sale can be found. TIIE ELECTION. The election hist Tuesday for Senator, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Witherspoon, passed off very quietly throughout the county. Major James F. Ilart was the regular nominee of the Democratic party, and Col. C. J. Fade the Republican candidate. But little excitement was manifested by either party, and as will be seen by the returns, neither voted its full strength. This, perhaps, is not owing so much to apathy of either, as the limited time?less than one week?in which the canvass was conducted ; and the further fact that with the farmers, botli land-owners and tenants, this is an unusually busy season, preventing many from turning out. The following is the vote as returned by the managers yesterday : Prkcinct?. J.F.Hart. C. J. Pridr. Total. Black's Station, 82 60 142 Bethel 124 35 159 Bethany, 50 8 58 Blairsville, 129 14 143 Buffalo 37 ... 37 Bullock's Creek Ch.,.. 82 ... 82 Clay Hill, 9t 104 288 clover, 114 37 151 Doates' Tavern 00 185 275 Mark's Fork 31 20 51 Fort Mill 108 43 241 Hickory drove, 86 2 88 MeElwee's Mill 37 80 117 McConnellsville, 87 25 112 Rock Hill 342 329 671 York ville, 421 208 629 Total, 2,004 1,240 3,244 llnrt's Majority, 764. PRIZE DRILL. The animal prize drill of the .JenKins itmes, 'or the honor of wearing the white plume for :he ensuing year, took place in the Court [louse last Friday night, and was witnessed jy a large audience, in which the beauty of the own was well represented. The interest of the occasion was enhanced \ jy a similar contest entered into by a detachnent of the corps of Cadets of King's Moun- J ;ain Military School. The referees in both j :ontests were Col. A. Coward, Major J. It. Gardner, Capt. J. It. Lindsay and Lieut. R. ; 1. Parish. A mystic drill by a squad of the Jenkins ; titles, who entered the contest for a silver j :up, was had. The squad, under command of ! Aeut. J. G. Wardlaw, consisted of 1st Sergt. ! I. C. Strauss, 2nd Sergt. W. II. Ilerndon, ! Corporal S. L. Lowry, corporal Paul G. Mc- j ?orkle, Corporal J. M. Hope, J. II. Timmie, j rValter B. Moore, Jackson Beard, Linwood i )wen and S. B. Lathan. The manual of arms j vas cleverly gone through with by signals ; rom the drum, and the prize awarded to Mr. : iValter B. Moore. The detachment of cadets, under command ( if Lieut. J. M. Jenkins, of the faculty of the ichool, then entered the contest. They * onsisted of Sergt.-Major M. C. Willis, 1st (< lovfrf Tiimna Allan Oml .Ssnrrrt- .1 "F. McGoW- ! n, Sergt. A. Willis, Sergt. II. 11. Cantey, Cor- ^ oral II. II. F. Chapman, A. G. Hart, Paul j Iratton, W. D. Rutherford, R. C. Shands, W. ' C. Gonzales, and II. Y. Vance. After a spirit- (t ed contest, ill which the cadets displayed considerable proficiency, the prize, a white plume, was awarded to .Sergt. M. C. Willis. The next contest was by the squad of Rifles for the white plume. The men displayed fine proficiency in the drill, and the contest was long and close, until narrowed down to Sorgts. Herndon, W. 15. Moore and Corporal McCorkle, with whom there were four trials before the contest was finally decided,in favor of Sergt. Herndon. The prizes were delivered by Col. A. Coward, whose remarks on the occasion were felicitous, and were greeted with continuous ap plause. Miss Zoraida Ingold and Mr. John X. O'Farrel were elected honorary mem Iters of the company at its last regular meeting. BnHBBnBOBBBJ AGRICULTURE IX THE STATE. Col. Butler, of the State Department of Agriculture, has consolidated the reports 011 the condition of the crops for the month ending June 1, 1882. The result is gratifying, and shows a most encouraging condition of the farming interests of the State. The estimates given are based upon 175 replies, covering every county in the State. "With very few exceptions the correspondents report that the weather has been unfavorable for cotton and corn, but favorable for other crops. The following is the reported condition of the leading crops : COTTON. On the 1st of May the correspondents reported that 47 per cent, of the crop was up. The growth of the plant during the past month has been greatly retarded by cool weather, and in some sections it has been seriously injured from the same cause, necessitating replanting. The stands are therefore not good in any section of the State. The plant is generally reported as unhealthy, small and looking badly. The condition compared to an average is reported for the State at 87 against 92 for the corresponding period nisi year. CORN. Corn lias also been affected by the unfavorable seasons, the plant not being in as healthy a condition nor the growth of the plant as hard and vigorous as it would have been with more propitious weather. .Some damage by "bud" worms is reported, but no serious injury has so far been sustained from this cause. The present prospects indicate an average crop at least, with favorable seasons. The condition is reported at 9!) against 84 for the same date last year. WHEAT. "Wheat was rapidly being harvested at the date of the reports to the department of agriculture, and the prospect was 8 per Cent, above an average yield. This will give for the State 1,743,090 bushels. OATS. The yield of oats will be almost unprecedented in the history of the State. The acreage was, perhaps, larger than for any previous year, and 30 per cent, above an average yield is anticipated. Based upon the estimates that have been made the yield for the State will be 8,479,528 bushels. RICE. The rice crop has felt the effects of the cool nights. In the low country the growth of the plant has been severely checked, and it is looking yellow and sickly. The birds have given considerable trouble in some localities. The condition of this crop for the State is reported as 93 against 83 for the same period in 1881. RYE AND BARLEY. A 111 1. 1 : A 4-1 iVlUlUMgll UUl/ llUlf (11 Lt'll 11UII 11(1.-5 UCCII JJIVCJJ to the cultivation of these crops, one per cent, above an average yield of both crops is expected. The condition of the sorghum crop is reported at 90, and sugar cane at 100, POTATOES. The acreage in sweet potatoes has been increased 12 per cent, over 1881, the number of acres devoted to this crop footing up 40,380. The condition of the crop is 3 per cent, better than an average. The acreage in Irish potatoes has also been increased 124 per cent, over last year ; and the number of acres planted in this crop in the State is given as 3,610. The condition of the crop is 13 per cent, above an average. ORCHARDS AND GARDENS. The prospect for an average yield of the various fruits is given as follows : Apples 02, peaches 111, pears 02, grapes 103, berries 107. The gardens are nourishing all over State, and the condition is 10 percent, above an average. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. Estimates based upon the reports of the correspondents of the department published in the March re]>ort, show that 75,452 tons of fertililizers were purchased during the present season. The respective amount of each grade or brand of fertilizer is given as follows : Tons. Ammoniated 31,567 Acid phosphates 24.W0 Kainit 14,074 Chemicals 4,z7l 75,452 Of the total amount consumed 19,500 tons were used for composting with home-made manures, cotton seed, &c. The use of kainit has been increased in 1882 2 per cent, over 1881. The number of tons used in 1881 was 12,204, and in 1882 14,074. The Democratic Majority in the next House.?Since the unseating of three Democratic members of Congress by the Republican majority, Southern Democrats have been somewhat discouraged over the prospect, feeling that if the next House should be Republipiin the mninritv emboldened bv their sue cpss this session, would unseat every Southern Democrat against whom a contest would l)e made. Consequently in a number of the Southern districts there were small inducements for Democrats to make the race for Congress unless it could be shown that there were reasonable prospects that in the next House the Democrats would be in the majority. The fact that this anxiety and discouragement existed was made known to a number of Southern Democratic members of Congress, and these latter immediately went to work to allay the apprehensions of their people. After consultation it was determined to make a thorough canvass in order to ascertain the prospects for a Democratic majority in the next House. This has been done by two prominent members of the House and the result of their canvass has been sent to the State Executive Committees in several of the Southern States. It figures out a Democratic majority of at least fifteen over all in the Forty-eighth Congress, and bases this majority on gains in fifteen or twenty States, principally in Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, South Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, California, Missississippiand New York. While there are prospects of gains in such States as Massachusetts, Maine, New Hami>shire and Wisconsin, the gentlemen who made the canvass preferred footing up the gains without taking these States into consideration, as they were desirous of counting gains only where they were assured.?View York World. Radical Gekuymaxderixg.?The Xewberry Herald publishes opportunely some extracts from the proceedings of the Reconstruction Convention in 18(58, concerning the ordinance to divide the State into four Congressional Districts. B. F. Randolph said : "It would not be wise for me, nor do I think it necessary, to give the reasons why the committee arranged the districts as theyare. The matter is known to you all." W. J. Whipper said : "I was upon that committee. There is j in the arrangement a majority of loyal voters j in every Congressional District. If the change j is made proposed by the amendment you give i the Fourth Congressional District a disloyal i majority of sixteen hundred. If that is the ! desire of this body, or those who favor the I amendment, then make it ; but if you wish to ' preserve a loyal majority in each Congression- j al District, adopt the Ordinance as it came j from the committee." C. C. Bo wen said.: "When it is evident by the proposed amend- j ment to deliver into the hands of the opposite i party one member of Congress, I must say I j protest." A. Bryce : "Who is the opposite party V" C. C. Bowen ; "I know of but two i parties in South Carolina?the Republican and the Democratic party. I think it is due to ' Mm nnnni? ni' tim state at larcre to adont the sommittee's report. We have no business to j jeopardize the interests of any class of loyal voters in the territory over which we have ; control." This was the first gerrymandering in South , Carolina, and it should be borne in mind, with the reasons given for it, by the State Legislature, in redisricting the State this month. The Legislature has no business to jeopardize the interests of the white voters of the State. THE LIQUOR QUESTION. The Liquor Dealers' Protective Union recently addressed the following card '*t<> the public generally and the Legislature in partieI ular : In view of the fact that the Governor has j called an extra session of the Legislature we have concluded, in our own behalf, to present a few facts to that body which we deem, as | citizens, business men, taxpayers, and Demo! crats, are worthy of their consideration. In 1S70, when every man who loved the 1 State was appealed to. to do his whole duty in | an effort which was by many of the wisest and : truest men in the Democratic party deemed a | useless tight, the men in the liquor business ! throughout the State did as much from first to i last as any other class of business men in the j State, and in numbers of instances they did a ; great deal more than some who have since . profited by the victory won in the summer and fall of that memorable year; and in every camI naicrn of anv importance since that time we I have been ardent workers in the in the interS est of good government in the State, and we j are, therefore, at a loss to see how and why it ! is that the last Democratic Legislature should have seen proper to trample upon us and our rights as business men in the manner which it did, by injecting into the Statutes the objectionable clauses which are direct flings at us as men and at our business. Taking into consideration the large amount of taxes which the liquor men pay into the State treasury, (greater, including licenses, than any other class of business men in the State,) we cannot conceive why it is that the men whom we have helped into place and power should desire to thus discriminate against us. As the campaign of 1882 will shortly open we deem it our right and privilege to request all liquor dealers in every county of the State to hold meetings, to be composed entirely of men interested in the trade, and .discuss the situation, and if found necessary to elect dele- * gates to a convention to be held at the capital of the State for the purpose of taking such measures as will protect our interest, and to demand that even-handed justice he meted out to us as it is to all other kinds of business men iii South Carolina. We claim that the time lnis come when we as business men should have such protection as is commensurate with the taxes we pay into the State and corporation coffers. The last two Legislatures of South Carolina have tieen guilty of class-legislation ; they have been unjust to us in legislating against us, and we believe their acts have been unconstitutional. They have certainly been unfair, unjust and offensive. A respectful consideration of this matter by the body which is to meet in Columbia this month is requested. That body will be composed of the men who perpetrated the wrong, and it is only right and proper that they should rectify that wrong and repeal the objectionable legislation against us. Liquor Dealers* Protfctive Untox. Immediately after the appearance of the above the Prohibitionists answered it with the following : "An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told." Ours is a very honest tale, and we will endeavor to tell it plainly, calling things by their right name. We have carefully read the remarkable Card published by the Liquor Dealers' Union. We say remarkable, because in many instances it is so, peculiarly so in the presumption displayed. It claims to be from the Liquor Dealers' Protective Union. The very name is suflicient to offend the sight and hearing of every lover of truth, morality, virtue and uprightness. The presumption displayed is really amazing. One would think that whisky and its dealers had been alone instrumental in ridding our State of Radical rule, and that their efforts had been so potent that they conceive it now to be their right to dictate to the members of the Legislature what they shall do, and to berate and abuse them for what they have done. We vastly mistake the character of the gentlemen composing that most respectable body of men who have met in that capacity for years, if they do not resent this most unparalleled piece of effrontery (we might almost say impudence) on the^art of that association, and teach them the full meaning of such terms as "unfair, unjust and offensive" when applied to gentlemen who represent a constituency, seven-eighths of whom are radically and eternally opposed to the run trallic with all its concomitant horviwo Tf icj ltirrl-1 tlnm fr\r> fUfl flhrtQHnn vnfpi'Q to let these men see that they represent a very small part of the respectable vote of the State. We suppose there is something of a threat contained in the reference to the campaign about to open, but that does not amount to much. They want to be rewarded for having simply done their duty in Seventy-six. Now, if the citizens think that what they say is the truth, and that they are entitled to reward, let's get up a petition to the Legislature to pension them off. We know many of the members would prefer indemnifying them with money than to do so by giving them permission to poison their children indiscriminately. A few items from the same issue of your paper in which their card was published will perhaps help to show how very important and respectable the traflic in liquor is : uI)r. Norman Kerr recently stated in Exeter Ilall, London, that of the thirty-four million cases of disease every year in the United Kingdom a large proportion arose from indulgence in intoxicants ; some seventy diseases are described as arising directly from alcohol. The estimated annual mortality caused directly and indirectly by drinking was given at one hundred and twenty thousand." Another: "A fine of two thousand marks, confiscation of all his stock of trade, and imprisonment for three years and a half, were imposed lately on a wine mer- < chant, in Neustadt, Germany, for manufacturing ninety thousand liters of "wine" out of water, glycerine, alcohol, gum arabic, almonds, sugar, fruit, &c. The defendant's counsel argued that the wine was intended solely for distribution among the merchants' laborers and the poor." May God deliver our countiy from all such charitable ghouls. And this is the traffic that these parties hold up their hands in holy horror because the gentlemen composing our Legislature tried to limit it in its power to debauch and demoralize the country V They claim to .pay a large amount J I into the treasury in taxes and license fees. j We claim that it would be the best financial scheme the State ever entered into if it would forever prohibit the manufacture, sale and importation of all alcoholic or fermented drinks. At present it costs the State ten dollars to undo the work d< ?ue by liquor to one received for the license or taxation of the damning stuff. Come now, members of the. Liquor Dealers' Protective Union, go slow, and keep cool. You cannot bully this Legislature or the respectable citizens of this State into fearing your power, or believing that your business is respectable. Prohibitionists. MERE-MENTION. Mr. and Mrs. George Scoville have had a violent quarrel in public, and Mrs. Scoville is suing for a divorce. The New York Tribune estimates the losses by strikers and employers in the Northern States at 81,250,000, and says that in wo weeks more the funds of the strikers will be exhausted. Twentyseven Democratic papers in Georgia oppose | the nomination of Stephens for Governor, and I about a hundred either favor or are non-com| mittal. A convention of colored men in ! Kansas has nominated Alfred Fairfax a col[ ored man, who runs ayarm, as their candidate [ for Congress. Augustus Belmont has sold In'a vipiiinr hnrsp? nrnl dpphired his intention to i retire from the turf. It is said that opium kills annually 1(50,000 Chinese. Twelve million bushels of corn were last year made into glucose in the United States alone.' Brewers were the largest consumers. A heavy gale last Friday night did a great amount of damage to roofs and chimneys in St. Louis, 4 and to shipping in the river. The wind attained a velocity of (3(5 miles per hour. ?The Supreme Court of Louisiana decides its law taxing traveling salesmen or drummers unconstitutional. Cash paid by mercantile houses for license in that State bust year will be refunded. Judge Lynch hangs more scoundrels than all of the other Judges on the bench. He swung three at one time last week. Republicans in Indiana are trying to profit by the the trouble of their Ohio friends and Keep me liquor question out ot the campaign. A A'ew York dispatch of Monday says nearly all the freight handlers in the railroad freight warehouses are on a I strike for an advance in wages from 17 cents to *20 cents per hour. Large accessions to the ranks of the strikers were made and very little freight is being moved. Ilenry Huddleson, colored, was lynched at "Winchester, Va., last Sunday night for outrageously assaulting a widow named Vaughan. J _Ji