Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 13, 1882, Image 2
Jtoaps and Jads. '
? The steamer Scioto was sunk in the Ohio *
river on the 4th. It is said that many of the ;
officers and passengers were drunk, and by the
incapacity of the officers of the vessel, the
accident occurred. Several lives were lost.
? During the three months of last spring ,
the number of suicides reported were three
hundred and eighty-eight. Of these, three
hundred and fourteen were men, and seventyfour
were women?more than four to one.
? Short narrow-gauge railroad routes are
becoming popular in Pennsylvania. Within
sixty days charters have been granted at Harrisburg
for railroads of three feet gauge with
an aggregate mileage of 169 miles, the entire
capital stock of all the roads being $1,370,000.
? On hearing a brainless millionaire say
that he gave $10,000, every year in charity as
a religious duty, the Bishop of Peterboro said
that it was largest insurance against lire he
ever heard of. His Grace evidently thinks
charity, not honesty, is the best "policy."
? The "Rev." Mr. Hicks who bas made so
much of Guiteau, is a member of the Methodist
Church. He once lectured at the North
on Lincoln and then traveled South with the
same lecture, with the name of Gen. Lee
in place of President Lincoln's. He made
money by his lecture.
? The fast mail train which was to have
l>een put on the Richmond and Danville Railroad
two weeks ago has never yet started on
its tri|>s and it is now understood that it will
not be soon. There is some sort of a hitch in
the contract, and the Postmaster-General has
ordered the whole thing to be dropped indefinitely.
? A serious accident occurred on the railroad
between Long Branch and New York
last Thursday. The accident was more notable
from the fact that five millionaires were
killed, and a good many poor people wounded.
Gen. Grant was aboard the train, and went
down into the stream with the wreck of the
smoking car, but was extricated by the exertions
of a newsboy.
? The Graphic truly says the internal revenue
reduction bill, which passed the House,
ought to be entited "An Act to present the
sum of $28,Oi(K),000 or thereabouts to holders
of the national bank stock and manufacturers
of cigars, patent medicines and matches,"
for this is just what it does; will put that
amount of money into the pocket of this very
limited class of individuals, and it will benefit
nobody else in this wide word.
? Governor Stone, of Mississippi, has pardoned
one Thomas H. Cook, who was under a
ten-years' sentence for manslaughter, upon
his written promise to abstain from the use
of intoxicating liquors and from the carrying
of concealed deadly weapons for the term of
ten years from the 28th day of January, 1880.
The pardon is to be void if Cook shall, within
the time 8i>ecified, use as a beverage intoxicating
drinks or carry upon his person concealed
deadly weapons.
? The cotton planted on the overflowed lands
i along the Mississippi River, after the water
l??id ia nnra in full hlnrvm and will
yieid, it estimated, an average of a bale to the
acre. The ground has been enriched by the
overflow, and crops planted have grown with
wonderful rapidity. The destruction of stock/
however, was so great that many have not
been able to replace theirs in time to plant,
and for this reason much of the land remains':
idle. /
? There has been great commotion in Wash-X
ington over the star-route prosecutions. It/
was thought that Col. Bliss and Attorney- ,
General Brewster had played traitors, but Mr. ,
Merrick says he is satisfied that Bliss has been
acting honestly. Perhaps the result may show 1
thas Merrick is in error. New developments '
have taken place which may involve other distinguished
Republicans not yet indicted. The ,
grand jury has been called together to pass
upon the evidence and find true bills. The ?
management of the cases has been peculiar, i
We shall hope, for the honor of the government,
that, by no trick or subtei*fuge, any '
guilty man may escape. The public treasury '
should be protected, and public cases should
be fairly and honestly tried.
During the great floods in Louisiana there [
was seen one day moving through the aisles ,
of shadow among the tall gum and oak trees,
whose foliage made a green roof for the voyagers,
a little raft some twenty feet long by
nine feet in width. In the bow sat a young
wife of twenty, holding her child. In the 1
centre there was a heap of plain country furniture.
Behind this were piled pots, kettle
and pans. On her right, with sad features
and doleful faces, were four deer hounds,
and behind them, resting on the beds, an old
shot gun and rifle. Pulling at the oars was
the husband. Hardly two inches out ot water,
the flat moved along and passed out of sight.
It represented all the worldly goods of a
young planter saved from the flood. lie had
some forty-eight miles to go to reach his
former home.
? Mrs. Garfield's home was closed to all but
immediate friends on the day Guiteau was
hanged. From an intimate acquaintance of
the family, a coi resj>ondent learned that for
several days preceding the execution, Mrs.
Garfield refrained from reading the pajiers,
in order to evade recitals of the events leading
up to the concluding scenes of the national
tragedy, and in the meantime occupied herself
with matters that would lead her mind
away from the subject. Her friends also
studiously avoided all reference to the execution
in the presence of herself and household.
On the day of the execution she had every
hour crowded full of little duties and diversions
for herself and children, and in the company
of a few friends occupied her time with
matters as remote as possible from even a
suggestion of the execution, and to all outwntvl
nTinpnratipp \vn? nlilivimis nr indiffprplit
to the final act at Washington.
? A horrible crime was committed in Cincinnati
last week. Henry Cole, a lawyer, shot
and killed his wife, his daughter and himself.
According to a Cincinnati newspaj>er, the pistol
which he used is the very weapon with
which Edward S. Stokes killed JamesFisk, Jr.
It is said to have been presented to Mr. Cole
when he resided in New York city. Under
the old common law, any personal chattel
which was the immediate occasion of the death
of a reasonable creature was known as a deodand,
and was forfeited to the sovereign, to
be applied to pious uses. The law of deodand
was abolished many years since, but there
would be at least one element of good in its
restoration. A man of weak nature in possession
of such a weapon might find something
attractive in the idea of adding to its tragic
interest. Every weai?on used in the commission
of crime should be confiscated by the
State and placed where it cannot serve a second
unlawful purpose.
? With the present year is inaugurated a
new era in the South, if we are to judge by
the magnitude of the new manufacturing enterprises
that are springing up all over the
land. Old mills have been revived and hundreds
of new ones are already built, or are in
the course of building. During the month of
June, twenty-two car loads of machinery were
slipped from Boston to points in the South,
i over the Richmond and Danville railroad, disno
<Wllr\w<a VrmrfpfH f?:ir Innrls fnr
Pelzer, 8. C.; six for Concord, N. C. ; one
for Hickory, X. C.; and one for Clifton, S.
C. This is the shipment of machinery for
one month alone, and though it may be considered
a pretty fair showing it is nothing at j
all compared to what is to come. The Bos-1
ton machine shops have notified the Southern
transportation lines that they are now working
to fill orders for 300 car loads of machinery,
all of which is to be deliverd at the mills
in the South by early fall. In bringing the
mills to the cotton, the South has at last
struck the key note to prosperity.
? The Washington Star says: "Mrs. Sco-1
ville went to the jail on the day before the i
execution, about 2 o'clock carrying a bouquet i
of ordinary size with a large white rose in the !
centre, and this she requested should be sent ;
in to her brother. At the time Guiteau was j
engaged with Mr. Reed and Rev. I)r. Hicks !
in arranging his earthly affairs, and Mr. 1
Woodward, the "death-watch," was standing j
over him when the flowers were passed to him. j
Guiteau took them in his hand, and in an- j
swer to his question the answer was given : I
"They are from your sister," at which he !
looked astonished for a short time and then 1
his eyes filled with tears. The bouquet was
then set in a cup on the small table. It was
soon known to the deputy warden that the j
bouquet had been sent in, and it was removed
carefully. The central flower of the bouquet J
was found to be thickly covered with a fine ,
white powder, and on the least movement j
particles would fall therefrom. The officers j
thereupon determined to subject the bouquet j
to chemical analysis. The flower in question
is kept under lock and key for the present,
as also another flower from the same bouquet.
The first one has a dirty green corolla, just
as it appeared when first noted, and the flower
proper has a sort of waxy look. The other
has a natural look." The supposition is that
the white powder on the large rose was intended
for the condemned man to swallow
and terminate his life by poison; but what
part he took in the scheme will probably never
be known.
$hc fertile inquirer.
YORKV1LLE. S. C\:
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 13,1882
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The name of lion. 11. II. Massoy, of York,
has been favorably mentioned elsewhere in the
press of the State, as one that is suitable in
all respects to fill the office of Secretary of
State, and we are pleased to endorse what has
been said of him in this connection.
Mr. Massey was an active and efficient member
of the memorable State Democratic Executive
Committee of 1870, and from that time he
has constantly represented York county in the
Legislature, in which body he is recognized as
a working member, of great influence. He is
also a member of the Board of Directors of
the Penitentiary, to which position he was elevated
by the General Assembly, and in that
capacity he has done much to change that institution
from a burden?which it had hitherto
been?to a source of revenue to the State.
We are sure that the State Democratic nominating
convention will not be able to find a
more i>opular nominee for this place on the
State ticket, as is clearly evinced by the unanimity
with which his name litis been brought
| forward through the press in different portions
of the State.
VOTING POPULATION OF THE STATE, j
The following statement of the number of i
white and colored males of voting age in each j
county of South Carolina has been obtained i
from the census offifee in advance of publica- |
tion, and is furnished to the Charleston News
and Courier by its Washington correspondent.
The statement has been extended and verified,
and should prove interesting at this time.
* - ? ? $ I "g
Counties. - c ? ~ ~ 3 ~ - c
i '?> ?> I c?
> P P
' > O r-i =
I
Abbeville I 3,000 5,053 8.0.53 2,0.53
Aiken (2,873 3,112 5,985j 259
JlnderHon j 3,805 2.010 0,501 j 1,22!?
Barnwell i 3,131 4,775 7,906 1,014
1 60.1 0 127 6.820; 5.434 I
Charleston 7,89! 16.733 24,0.'G; 8,840
Chester i 1,785 3,1 III 4,8961 1,320
Chesterfield....! 1,902 1,317 3.219 585
Clarendon.! i 1,407! 2,372 3,779: 90")
"Colleton 2,700-" 5,173 7,879, 2,407
Darlington 2,841 4.013 0,854: 1,172
^Edgefield 3,590 5.048' 9.23S 2,058
"Fairfield 1,033 8,908 5,001 j 2.335
Georgetown.... 852 3,449 4,301 2,597
sClreenville 4,891 2,834 j 7,725 2,057
Hampton 1,401 2.427 3.8281 | l,02<i
Horry 2,174 910 3,090i 1,258
vKei-shaw 1.712 2,57l| 4,283 859
"Lancaster 1.085 1,G33| 3.318 52
Laurens 2,627 3,218: 5,840 1 5h0
Xoxinttton 2.34G 1,4201 3.772: 920;
Marlon 3,417 3,160 6,577 ; 257;
Marlboro' 1,778 2,353 4,131; j 575
dewberry 1,956 3,542( 5,498; j 1,586
Oconee 2,389 764 i 3,153; 1,625
Orangeburg 2,780 5,459! 8,239' 2 079 1
Sickens 2,149 7121 2,861; 1,4:37 |
Richland 2,297 4,201; 6.501: | 1,907
Spartanburg 5,701 2,707 j S.4081 2,994!
"Simiter 2,273 4,980 7,253' ! 2,707
'Union 2,278 2.491! 4.769 j 213
Williamsburg. 1,659 2.703 4.422; ! 1,104 J
^ork 3,216! 3,2471 0,463| j 31 j
Tmajs 80.9110' 118.889! 205,78!)' 12.414 44,403
Note?The figures given for Charleston are
for the old county of Charleston, now divided
into Charleston and Berkeley counties.
According to tfie census there are eight
counties in the State in which the whites have
a majority of the population. These counties
are Anderson, Chesterfield, Greenville, Ilorry,
Lexington, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg, j
but by this statement there are ten counties !
which have a majority of white voters, Laneas- j
ter and Marion being added to the list. Lan- i
caster has 1,033 more negroes than whites, j
and yet there is a white voting majority of 52. j
Marion has an excess of 3,325 negroes, but 257 j
more whites than negro voters. Several otner i
counties where the negro population is much ,
larger than the white show the voting strength
to be almost even. Laurens has 5,0:32 more
negroes than whites, but a negro voting majority
of only 580. Aiken has 2,240 negro majority
in population, but only 23b majority in j !
voters. Clarendon has 0,020 more negroes i
than whites?the negro population being double
that of the white?but a negro majority
of only 905 in voters. Marlboro'has 4,542 negro
majority, but only 575 excess of negro voters.
Union has a negro majority of 3,048 in
population and but 213 in voters. York has :
2,047 more negroes than whites, but only 31 !
negro majority of voters.
THE REVENUE KIEL. i;
The following is the text of the bill as it j ]
passed the House of Representatives amend-:
ing the internal revenue laws, in which shape j
it will probably pass the Senate: ;1
lie it enacted, etc., that on and after the j j
passage 01 tins act, except as neremueiore pro- j j
vided, the taxes herein specified imposed by j
the internal revenue laws now in force be and ; ]
the same are hereby regaled, namely:
.The stamp tax on bank checks, drifts, orders |
and vouchers. |
The tax on the capital and deposits of banks j
and bankers under section 3,408 of the Revised I
Statutes of the United States as amended.
The tax on the capital and deposits of nation- j
al bankers, under section 5,214 of said Revised !'
Statutes, not including the taxes on the capi- i I
tal and deposits of siiid banks, bankers and |
national banks for the six months'period end-; ,
ing in the case of national banks on the :50th j.
day of .Tune, 1882, and in the case of other j,
banks and bankers on the 51st day of Mav, j [
1882. ' j;
The tax on matches, perfumery, medical !
preparations and other articles imposed by j:
schedule A, following section .'5,457 of said ,
Revised Statutes.
Section 2.?That from and after the 1st of ,
May, 1883, dealers in leaf tobacco shall pay ,
812; dealers in manufactured tobacco shall !
pay 82.40; all manufacturers of tobacco shall ,
pay 80; manufacturers of cigars shall pay SO.
Peddlers of tobacco, snuff and cigars shall ,
ivnr omjoiol fuvoc tie fnllAWC Hw?
first class as now defined by law shall pay $1.1; ,
peddlers of the second class shall pay $10; '
peddlers of the third class shall pay $7.*20,
and peddlers of the fourth class shall pay :
$."{.00. "Retail dealers in leaf tobacco shail !
pay $*250 and thirty cents for each dollar on '
the amount of their sales in excess of $500.
Sec. 3.?That on cigars which shall be man- <
nfactured and sold or removed for consumption
or use there shall be assessed and collect- i
ed the following taxes, to be paid by the man- ;
ufacturer thereof:
On cigars of all descript ions made of tobacco ;
or any substitute thereof, $4 per thousand. <
On cigarettes, weighing not more than three 1
pounds per thousand, 75 cents per thousand. ;
On cigarettes weighing more than three pounds 1
per thousand, $4 per thousand. ]
Provided, That upon all original unbroken i
packages of checks, matches, cigars, cheroots <
and cigarettes held by manufacturers or dealers
on the passage of this act, on which the 1
tax has been paid, there will be a rebate or .<
drawback to the full amount of the reduction. 1
It shall la? the duty of the Commissioner of ]
Internal Revenue, with the approval of the <
Secretary of the Treasury, to adopt such rules i
and regulations and prescribe and furnish <
such blanks and forms as may be necessary to
carry this act into effect. !
THE EUROPEAN WAR CLOUD. j 1
The indications are that the war cloud which
has been gathering for several months in Eu- J
roj)e may burst any day. The note of prepa- (
ration at first feebly sounded by England now 11
grows louder, and that power is unmistakably ;'
preparing for a war, the first gun of which may j
be the signal for the commencement of the j
greatest struggle in which she has engaged ;
since the Crimea. Late cable dispatches tell!
of orders sent to arsenals for seige trains to be i
ready in forty-eight hours, with field hospital,
telegraphs, torpedo cables and all the paraphernalia
of warfare. The authorities of the war
office are busy maturing plans for the invasion
or r.gypr, uespite me ^vrwui s itssciuun jk ma
harangue to the troops at Alexandria that
invasion has often been threatened by Europe,"
but has always come to nothing and that he
is not afraid of England alone. It is a strange
fact however, that even in military circles,
doubts are entertained whether the government
really means to tight. As usual, when
England engages in military operations, the
question of calling out the reserves immediately
arises- Owing to the impossibility of
placing even 20,000 troops in the field it seems
likely that if the Egyptian crisis requires something
more than mere sword rattling the volunteer
force will he used for garrison work. We
copy from the Baltimore Sun an interesting
article which will give the reader an intelligible
idea of the foreign situation.
POLITICS*IX CHESTER.
They had a meeting of the "Farmers' Club"
near Chester on the Fourth. Judge Mackey
was present and in the course of his sj>eeeh
asked whether any of his audience opposed his
plan of dividing the otlices with the negroes.
Several of his hearers promptly expressed their
dissent from his doctrine. The Judge's part
of the affair and the sequel thereto are thus
related by the Bulletin:
Judge Maeky began his remarks with a history
of the struggle for independence, but in
the end dropped down to now-a-days politics
and warmly advocated his coalition theory
quite at length, in the course of his remarks
the Judge said : "I speak for peace between the
races on the basis of white supremacy with a
free ballot and fair count; but if the colored
people resolve to mass themselves against the
whites, I stand by my race, and shall march
abreast with it on the line of white civilization,
to he maintained inside the law if we
can, outside if we must." Mr. G. W. Gage
of the Bulletin, followed and quite ably cornbatted
the coalition nronosition of Judge I
Mackey, eliciting close attention and closed
amid applause. In the course of his remarks
Mr. Gage in order to show the inconsistency
of Judge Mackey's present course, stated that
the Judge had challenged the vote of Dublin
I. Walker at the last election because lie had
been convicted in the courts. This was instantly
denied by Judge Mackey, who upon
the conclusion of Mr. Gage's si>eech took the
stand and spoke about ten minutes positively
denying the assertion. Several of the audience
reasserted the charge in his face, and the lie
was exchanged.
Some parties in the audience then got into
a difficulty, but after a voluminous exchange
of profane compliment, order was again somewhat
restored. W. A. Sanders, Esq., was
then called out and he read an affidavit by
Mr. J. B. McFadden, supervisor of election
at Chester precinct in 1880, setting forth that
Walker's vote was challenged then by Judge
Mackey. Mr. Sanders said that he was standing
by when the challenge was preferred, and
asserted that Judge Mackey challenged Walker's
vote because he had been convicted in the
courts. J udge Mackey vehemently denied the
charge, and continued denying it, while it was
reasserted by the speaker and a chorusof voices
from the audience. A difficulty then took place
between Mr. Sanders and Mr. G. B. Stokes,
and others, on account of remarks made about
the former. Considerable confusion ensued,
but quiet was again restored, not sufficiently
though to admit of further speaking. Amid
the confusion Mr. J. B. Stokes made the most
WeiCUIlIC itlllllMIIll'eiliriJli lillcll/ umnei nuo imiij ,
whereupon a stampede was made for the tables.
A FATAL AFFRAY AT CAMDEN.
Special dispatches to the Charleston News
and Courier give the following account of a
personal rencounter and its fatal termination,
in Camden, on the 4th instant:
Major L. W. It. Blair, the Greenback candidate
for Governor in 1880, was shot and instantly
killed in Camden, July 4th, about 11
o'clock, in a personal encounter with Capt. J.
L. llaile. The circumstances connected with
the affair are as follows :
For some time past there had not existed
very good feeling between Blair and Haile,
and meeting each other on the street to-day,
Capt. llaile was accosted by Major Blair, who (
asked him (Haile) if it was true that he had
been making certain statements concerning ,
him, (Blair.) Capt. Haile promptly replied '
that he had. Whereupon Major Blair called
llaile a ''damned liar." llaile then asked .
Blair to retract his language, which Blair re- (
fused to do. llaile then left Blair, and walk- (
ed a few steps and entered the county treasu
rer's office followed Dy jsiair. upon entering
he closed the door, and in a minute or two returned
with a ritie and pistol. Blair was then
standing in a few feet of the door, and was
again requested by Haile to retract his offensive
language. Blair still refused to do so,
and putting his right hand in his bosom advanced
towards Ilaile. Ilaile then fired at
Blair three times, the balls taking effect in the
right lung and through the heart. Blair fell
dead. The cause of the encounter was purely
personal.
Immediately after the shooting Capt. Haile j
re-entered the tax office and sent for Sheriff
Doby, in order to surrender himself. A large
crowd of negroes assembled in front of the
building, and at one time it was thought that
an effort would probably be made to mob Capt.
Ilaile. Upon Sheriff Doby's arrival he summoned
a guard and conveyed the prisoner to
the county jail. I
The body of Major Blair was removed to the ,
town hall where an inquest was held and the
following verdict rendered : "That the de- \
ceased came to his death by wounds inflicted
by a gun in the hands of James L. Haile." ;
The body of Major Blair lay in the town hall :
until about 5 o'clock when it was conveyed to I
nis late residence, about three miles from Cam- ,
ten. The funeral services took place in Cam- J ,
ten on the following day.
After Capt. Ilaile had been regularly committed
to jail upon a warrant issued by the
sorouer, his counsel, Major W. Z. Leitner and (
Mr. W. M. Shannon, made application before
Judge Kershaw for a writ of habeas corpus,
l'lie application was beard at G o'clock 011 the
lay of the shooting. Judge Kershaw admit- :
Led the prisoner to bail in the sum of live
Lhousand dollars for his appearance at the
^rjacinuri iui iu kjl iuc twc uuini
secured by three or more sureties. In the or- \
ler leave was granted to the solicitor of the j
Fifth circuit to apply at any time for a recom-;
initment of the prisoner upon giving four j
lays' notice. This proviso was made from j
the fact that the solicitor had been informed !
by wire of the intended application for bail j
nid no answer had lieeti received from him. |
The Courthouse was well tilled during the j
bearing of the case, and immediately upon the j
jrder being made Capt. Ilaile gave the required j
bond and was released from custody.
Capt. Ilaile is a prominent and popular citi- j
ten and a native of this county, and resides
within a few miles of where Major Blair lived. !
A correspondent of the Greenville -Acics '
?ives the following version of the origin of the i
lilliculty : j
It seems that on Saturday, the 1st instant, i
Uol. Blair went to a meeting of the Beulah ;
Democratic Club, (of which he was once a j
member and from which he withdrew in 1880,);
irmed with a Winchester rille.
In order to avoid any argument or unpleas-,
intness, Mr. Ilaile, who was called to the j
hair, caused the persons who desired to enroll
themselves as members of the club to come j r
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Col. Blair was one, as all parties agree, for the I
l?urpose of preserving the unanimity of the <
meeting ; and did by that means succeed in 1
organizing the club peacefully and quietly. j t
I have been informed to-day that Col. Blair !?
knowing that Mr. Ilaile, who lives some miles i
south of this town, was in Camden, was seen !
I>y a gentleman on the road by which Mr. j >
liaile must return to his home late on Sunday t
evening, and that he then expressed himself as j 1
feeling aggrieved at the treatment he had re- i 1
jeived the day before at Beulah. 11
A meeting of the so-called "People's Rights" i 1
larty was advertised to take place to-day at' j
the Courthouse, at which Col. Blair was to
speak. About 10.45 this morning Col. Blair
;iud Mr. Haile met at the door of the ollice of
the county auditor and treasurer, when some
conversation ensued, in which Col. Blair said
to Mr. Ilaile, that he (Ilaile) would have to
back down, as he (Blair) was "cock of the
walk" to-day, and afterwards cursed Capt.
Ilaile for "a d?d liar" and attempted to strike
him with a heavy hickory stick, which he habitually
carried. Capt. ilaile was unarmed at
the time, but stepi>ed back into the treasurer's
oflice and spoke to several parties saying,
"Blair is after me to-day," or something to
that effect, Col. Blair waiting at the door in
the meanwhile. Capt. Ilaile then took up a
Sjiencer repeating rille and walked to the
door. Col. Blair ran his hand in his breast
apparently in the act of drawing a pistol,
whereupon Capt. Ilaile fired u|>on him.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The bank of Chester has declared a semiannual
dividend of 4 per cent.
? The Lancaster Ledycr chronicles the marriage
of Mr. Thomas Paine, aged 21, to Miss
Cato, aged 11 years, both of that county.
? Mr. S. B. Lumpkin, the new postmaster at
Chester, has entered upon his duties. The
oflice is next door to I)r. Davega's drug store.
? The Rev. IV. P. Martin died at his residence
near Helton on the 1st, aged ST. He
was the oldest Mason in the Slate, and served
sixty years in the ministry.
? The Colored Teachers' Institute is now in
session in Columbia. The attendance of
teachers is large, and the exercises are satisfactory.
? In Abbeville county the vexed question as
to how the negro was to rbe disposed of at the
primary election was settled by the passage of
a resolution that all Democrats of two months'
standing be allowed to vote.
?The house of a colored woman living on
the plantation of Gen. Stackhouse in Marion
county was struck by lightning on the 30th
ultimo. Two children were instantly killed,
and the mother and an infant in her arms
seriously stunned.
? John Clyde, a bright mulatto, formerly a
clerk in the Charleston post office, but recently
a route agent on the Northeastern Railroad,
has been arrested, charged with robbing the
mails. Seven women are said to be at the
bottom of his troubles.
?There are-in Lancaster county thirteen
Methodist, ten Baptist, six Presbyterian
and three Associate Reformed Presbyterian
rn ? 1 *l.? +1.^,.a ia
VylluruHI'S, H1IU, ilium LUC , UICIC in luvm
in the county for more churches and room in
each church for more members.
? A distressing accident occurred at Society
IIill a few days ago. A son of Mr. Withers,
who was a cadet of the Charlotte Military
Institute, was playing with a bayonet, when
it flew up and entered his left eye. The wound
brought on brain fever and he died Tuesday
morning.
? There are some colored people living near
Abbeville, says the Saluda Arijiis, who are
evincing some strange notions in regard to
the celebration of the Lord's day. On Sabbath
proper they continue their accustomed
labors, and act as tliey do on other days in the
week, but when Tuesday comes around, tliey
cease work, put on their best clothes, and
engage in singing and other exercises common
with colored people on Sunday.
?Says the Columbia Iier/ister of Sunday:"Hon.
W. Porcher Miles has tendered his resignation
as President of the University to the
Board of Trustees 011 account of the pressure
of private interests upon his time and attention.
Simultaneously with this announcement
comes the statement that prominent
friends and supporters of the institution have
named Colonel Hugh S. Thompson, the efficient
and popular State Superintendent of Education,
as the man to succeed Mr. Miles.
Colonel Thompson's tact, energy, experience
and sound administrative and organizing ability
would have a fine opportunity for their full
development at the head of this institution."
? The News and Courier of Monday gives the
following particulars of a big robbery in
Branchville : Mr. Louis Pearlstein, a prosperous
merchant of Branchville, reached this city
late Saturday night in search of bis clerk, a
j
young man iiiimeu j>iiLi;ucn, wnu, iui. x c?mstein
says, lavs robbed him of about Sl,iJOO.
Mitchell, it appears, had been intrusted with
the management of a branch store owned by
Mr. Pearlstein about four miles from Branchville,
and also exercised a supervisory management
of Mr. Pearlstein's crosstie business. A
day or two ago Mitchell collected together all
the cash he had at the store, amounting to
3ome ?500, and then collected about $800 from
the South Carolina Railway authorities, which
was due Mr. Pearlstein for erossties. He then
vanished, and the defrauded proprietor is now
on the lookout for him. Mitchell was seen in
Charleston on Saturday, but left here on Saturday
night, and his present whereabouts is
unKiiown.
MOTIVE FOU INTERFERENCE IX EGYPT.
A large portion of the; American press afflicts
itself in contemplating what it calls the
"wickedness" of England and France "in interfering
in Egypt to secure the payment of
loans," the bonds of which are in the hands
of a few great capitalists, and the proceeds of
which were squandered upon objects in which
the Egyptians had no concern. But what are
the facts ? The main object of the present interference,
as of the institution of the joint control
by Beaconsfield in 1879, is political rather
than financial. It is absurd therefore to protest
that the Egyptians are being ground down '
in order "to minister to the greed of international
loan-mongers." But putting out of
view the necessity England is under of look- ]
ing after the great water-way to India and <
the interest in all North African questions ,
which the possession of Algiers, Tunis and !
part of Central Africa gives to France, it is ;
worth while to recall the financial acts of 1
Egypt's history within the last half-dozen 1
rears. Ismail, the former Khedive, borrowed (
noney unstintedly at very high rates of inter- (
>st from Euroi>ean lenders, mainly French .
inanciers, and part of the funds so obtained
ie spent in building railroads and other works, '
which to-day make a good return for the
japital invested in them; the rest he squan- 1
lered. The failure of the Khedive to pay in- I
;erest on his debt brought with it, beside the j
;stablishment of the Alfglo-Trench financial
jontrol, what Uen. Alahone would can a reauustraent"
of the Egyptian debt. Tlie sum
otal was reduced and the interest 011 the re- ]
nainder was cut down to four or live per cent. 1
Hit* annum. Notwithstanding this "scaling," ]
Egyptian securities, after England and France j ,
,00k charge of Egyptian finances, improved in ,
,'alue and passed for the most part out ol'the '
lands of the French capitalists, who had up 1
;o this time been the principal holders, into 1
he keeping of English investors, lint, as said ; c
xifore, it was not the cries of bond-holders j
hat led Lord Beaconsfield to consent to the (
\nglo-French control. In his day, as now, it
,vas held that a bad financial administration of 1
Egypt would probably lead to internal troubles, j *
followed by intervention on the part of Turkey j 1
>r some other power, and it was to institute I j
inancial reforms that would prevent the re- j \
mrrence of political complications that the 1
oint control was established. In this the |J
:ontrol has proved a success, and has greatly j *
(meliorated the condition or tne ugypuan j
icasantry. The land in Egypt is owned by the i
State, and the rent is paid as a tax. Under ' j
,he old regime the amount of the tax was j
jontinually being altered, the collectors were !
usually corrupt and extorted extra sums for j
lie benefit of their own pockets, and, to add j(
,o the embarrassment of the taxpayer, the j 1
ax was levied at the beginning of the year, j 1
lefore the farmers had gotton in their crops, i f
The consequence was that local usurers ex- x
ortcd .'JO to 40 per cent, on loans made for
layment of taxes. All this the control has A
hanged for the better, so that the fellah is t
lot to-day overtaxed. When the land subject;
o the State tax sells for from $15 to $20 per ,fi
tcre, it is plain that the burden upon it can- i
lot be considered excessive. The London 1
Truth holds that the Egyptian farmer, in; r
rie\v of the excellence of its annual fertiliza- f
ion by the Nile, and the small proportion of 1
lis earnings exacted under the system estab- t
islied by the Anglo-French control, is "far i
ess heavily taxed and far better off than an s
English farmer holding the same acreage." c
Uammnre Sun. c
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. A. Wilson, A. B., Principal?Yorkuille High
School for Boys ami Girls.
Q. H. O'Leary?Executor's Notice
R. Lathan, School Commissioner?School Notice.
T. M. R. Talcott, Geticral Manager?Circular.
R. H.Glenn, H. Y. C'.?Sherilf's Sale.
T. S. JefTerys?Portable Presses.
T. M. Dobson? Just Ilisten to Ilim one Minute.
Call on J. M. Adams.
Kennedy Bros. &. Barron?Cotton Gins.
CALL DECLINED.
Scion Presbyterian Church, in Winnsborn,
extended a call to the Rev. .J. Lowrie Wilson,
who has l>een pastor of Bethesda Church in
this county for the last twelve years ; but the
call was declined. Mr. Wilson and his church
refuse to be separated.
FISH CULTURE.
I)r. W. M. Walker bids fair to meet with
gratifying success in cultivating the carp in
his pond 011 his farm near town. He stocked
his pond last winter with about forty young
fish, not larger than a man's finger, and they
have now crown un to a size that would make
an angler's heart rejoice could lie take from a
stream a similar fish with a hook.
1)11 Y WEATHER.
A general complaint of want of rain reaches
us from nearly every section of the county.
In some localities there has been no rain since
May, and as a consequence corn and cotton
are suffering much for want of moisture. We
learn that several branches have dried up
earlier than last year, when the severe drought
prevailed; and wells in town are already
beginning to fail.
COUNTY CONVENTION.
The Democratic voters of the county are reminded
that Saturday next, the 15th instant,
is the day appointed for electing delegates to
the County Convention to meet in Yorkville
on the 20th. Dy notice of the Secretary of the
Executive Committee, it will be seen that the
election will he held at each precinct from 2
p. m. until 5 p. m., and will be conducted by
three managers for each precinct to be appointed
by the member of the Executive Committee
in whose territory the precinct lies,
fin.' viroir beptoiiaTK.
The Episcopal congregations of Rock Ilill
and Yorkville have been without a rector evei
since the death of Rev. R. P. Johnson, about
the first of last May, until recently they have
secured the services of Rev. Augustine Prentiss,
of Augusta, Ga.. who lias been ordained
as a Deacon. Jle olliciated for the first time
in the Church of the (rood Shepherd at this
place last Sunday, and his discourses at both
morning and evening service were able and
instructive, evincing a depth of fervor in bis
calling, a degree of theological attainment and
a command of language that give abundant
promise of a faithful and able servant in the
Master's vineyard.
THK KLKtTIO.V I.AW.
The Act of the special session of the Legislature
amending the election law, has reference
only to establishing new voting precincts
where needed, or providing for definite places
to hold elections, where the ordinary designation
was obscure. The following is the paragraph
relating to York county :
York.?Hickory Grove, Black's Station, Buffalo,
(at Moore's Cross-roads,) Clark's Fork,
(at McGill's Store,) Bethany, Clay Hill, Coates1
Tavern, McElwee's Mill, (on Fishing Creek,)
McConnellsville, Blairsville, Bullock's Creek,
fat McNeil's Store,) Bethel, Fort Mill, Rock
ilill, Yorkville and Clover Station.
By this it will he seen that Bullock's Creek
precinct will be at McNeil's Btore, instead of
tiie cnurcn, as rormeny.
CHURCH NOTICKS.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. It. P. Franks,
Pastor. Services on Saturday and Sunday at
King's Mountain Chapel. There will he two
services on Sunday, on which occasion the
presiding elder will preach, and administer the
sacrament of the Lord's Supper at the close of
the morning service. The presiding elder
will preach in the church at Yorkville, on Sunday
night.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. Services at 1<B A. M. Sunday-school
at 9 A. M.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
There will be no service in the church at Yorkville,
next Sunday. The pastor will preach at
Clover on that day.
Baptist?Rev. W. L. Brown, Pastor. Services
at Union Church at 11 A. M. ; at the
church in Yorkville at 5.30 P. M.
Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss. No service
next Sunday. Sunday-school at 51 p. m. ; first
bell at 5. Service in the Church of Our Saviour
at Rock ITill.
RKNOUNU1NO THK MORMON FAITH.
"We have received for publication a letter
from E. M. M. Green, of Black's Station, in
this county, renouncing his further connection
with the Mormon church. He writes that he
"has once been a Mormon, but is no longer
one." lie exposes inepractices01 me cnuruu,
but conveys no information concerning its
creed not already known. On the subject of
polygamy, however, Mr. Green writes: "The
Mormons believe in the practice of polygamy.
They believe this to be a holy order recently
revealed from heaven through the medium of
an angel to Joe Smith. They teach that this
practice is in accordance with God's will, and
that no one can ever come into the immediate
presence of God and there remain peacefully, except
they be joined together in the holy wedlock,
according to the Mormon order of marriage ;
for they teach if you are married for time and
all enternity by the latter day saints, you will
be man and wife in heaven, the same as on
earth, and in heaven live peacefully together,
enjoying the immediate presence of God and
ill the blessings that will go to make you
mmfortable in that world of eternal bliss;
while those who are not married according to
this order, will only be ministering angels to
those who have been sealed in the Mormon
faith."
Such is what we understand to be Mr.
jreen's exposition of the Mormon doctrine as
relates to the polygamy feature of the church.
Hut if the Mormon propagandists adhere closey
to those points while laboring among the
in regenerated Southern people, it is not probible
that they will be successful in obtaining
11 any converts. We all remember the man
who hastened to apply to the courts for a
livorce because he had heard there were none
11 heaven, and there are other men who dedare
that they would have no desire to go to
luradise if they thought their wives would be
;here; while we could count a score of lmslands
who wouldn't dream of having the
luptial knot so closely drawn as to bind them
;o their wives for all time in the next world.
1 man brought up in the Mormon faith might
leek for bliss in this direction; but the strict
South Carolina monogamist would prefer takng
his chances as "ministering angel" to a
iretty girl.
A Doctor's Blunder.?The following case
)f using chloroform with fatal results is re)ortcd
from Charleston under date of July 4.
:t should be a warning against the too frepient
resort toamestheticseven whenadminis,ered
by a skillful physician, as we suppose
vas the case in the instance here cited. Says
he dispatch :
Mrs. Loten lteed was buried a few days ago.
5he was a young married lady of social promnence
and her death resulted from the careess
use of chloroform. Owing to the efforts
>f the physicians to keep the matter quiet the
acts have but just come out. Mr. Reed, the
msband, did not know that there was anyhing
the matter with his wife until he was
nformed of her death. She has been ailing
lightly for some time and the family physi:ian
told her that a simple and not dangerous
iperation was necessary. A day was fixed for
i the 0)>er:ition ami Dr. It. A. Kinloch appeared j
at lier house, on Logan street, accompanied by j
i Doctors Simons and Pelzer, who desired to
witness the operation. Mrs. lteed, however, refused
to allow them in the room, saying that
Dr. Kinloch alone should j>erform the operation.
Simons and Pelzer therefore went into
the parlor, where they were told by Dr. Kin- j (
i loch that after he had put Mrs. Heed under i (
; ihe influence of chloroform thev could come '
j into the chamber. In a few moments they
j were told to come in, and as they entered l)r. 1
Kinloch remarked to Dr. Simons : "You had
1 better look after the chloroforming." Dr. Si
1 moiis (lid so. He wont to tlie bedside and j
' placed his finger on Mrs. Heed's pulse. It had \
' ceased to beat. She was dead and the frantic j
| efforts of the doctors to apply restoratives were j
futile. A message was sent to Mr. Heed that i
his wife was dead. It was given out that the j
lady had died from natural causes in order to j
shield the reputation of the physicians and j
prevent an inquest. The facts, as they have
come out, have made a sensation in fashionable
society. Dr. Kinloch has always enjoyed
a high reputation as a physician and surgeon.
Ilis careless use of chloroform is not understood.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The bullion assays at the Charlotte mint
during the month of June amounted to
2:54.75.
? The management of the Midland North
Carolina Railway by W. J. Best, was endorsed
by the recent meeting of stockholders.
? The new cotton mills of Messrs. 4V. E. &
J. II. Ilolt, of Company Shops, have been put
1 in operation and are turning out some excellent
and finely finished goods.
? The King's Mountain gold mine is not
being worked at present, on account of pending
litigation ; but when this is ended, work
at the mine will be resumed.
? Bishop Northrop has contracted for the
1 building of a ?2,500 church in Salisbury.
! The ground was given by Miss Christine
! Fisher. She has also made liberal donation
! for the erection of the church.
' ? Col. Daniel Shook. Sr.. of Asheville. is 95
r years old, and lias had 224 descendants, of
' whom 103 are living?children, grandchildren,
great and great great-grandchildren. Ilis
eldest son is 70. He has lived 85 years in
the same house.
I ? The Democratic State Convention met at
: Raleigh on Wednesday of last week to nomi;
nate a Congressman-at-large, a justice of the
; Supreme Court and six judges of the Superior
- Court. The proceedings of the Convention
1 were harmonious, and the nominantions will
! generally give satisfaction. The Democrats
i seemed to be well organized and united, and
i no fears are entertained of their success in the
[ approaching election.
> ? On the subject of calling an extra session
i of the Legislature for the purpose of redis;
tricting North Carolina, the Raleigh Observer
says: "We notice a paragraph going the
rounds that the Governor of North Carolina
has again decided not to call an extra session
of the Legislature to redistrict the State. The
Governor of the State has never decided any(
thing about it. He submitted the matter to
i the four gentlemen who constitute the Coun;
cil of State some months ago, and a majority
of them refused their consent. The Governor
has no right to call the Legislature together
without their consent, if he wishes to do so
ever so much. The subject has never been
1 before the Council since."
1 ? Col. Clias. R. Jones, editor of the Charlotte
Observer, announces himself, through a
lengthy circular in his paper, an independent
candidate for Congress. The Raleigh Observer,
< the Democratic organ of North Carolina, virtually
reads Col. Jones out of the party as
follows: "Charles R. Jones, editor of the
Charlotte Observer, announces himself as an
independent candidate for Congress in oppo'
sition to the Democratic nominee when nomi'
nated. Col. Jones claims to be a Democrat
1 still, but Dr. Mott, we suspect has reached
; out his long arms, seized him by the hair, of
the head and lifted him in out of the wet.
Good bye, Charles R. Sorry to part with you.
' But this is a free country."
? At Statesville last Saturday, ex-Congressman
William Bobbins made a political speech
and commented on the administration of Dr.
J. J. Mott, ex-revenue collector. On Thursday,
W. L. Mott, son of Dr. Mott, assaulted
Robbins, injuring him severely. From this
sprung an assault by William Stockton, a revenue
officer, on Joseph Adams, the State
Solicitor, breaking Adams' arm. John E.
Osborne, a dry goods clerk, expressed indignation,
when C. S. Cooper, a brother of Thomas
Cooper, the present revenue collector,
abused Osborne roundly, when the latter drew
a pistol and fired twice at Cooper, wounding
him twice painfully but not dangerously.
The matter is to be investigated.
? About sundown on Thursday evening last,
Mr. Laban Williams, .aged about 17, a son of
Mr. Henry B. Williams, of Charlotte, while
out horseback riding with a lady friend, was
thrown from his animal and killed. The accident
occurred just beyond the Air-Line depot,
on the road to Biddle Institute, at the
spot where the bridge spans Town creek. It
seems that just as Mr. Williams and his companion
passed the railroad track his horse, a
young and frisky animal, took fright and
darted down the road 011. a wild runaway.
From the railroad to the bridge it is a distance
of about a quarter of a mile, and over
this road the horse sped along with Mr. Williams
bravely retaining his seat in the saddle,
and it was not until the bridge was reached
and the horse took a sudden turn, that its
rider was thrown to the ground. The bridge
is a high one and just before approaching it,
the road forks, one branch leading below
through the creek and the other going over
the bridge. The runaway horse was almost
011 the bridge when the martingales snapped
asunder and it took a sudden turn to
the right, plunging down the embankment to
the other road. As the horse whirled the
young man was thrown into the air and descended
011 his head to the hard road. An
examination snowed mat me top or ins neau
had been cnished in and his neck broken by
tlie force of the fall. The Charlotte Observer,
from which we gain the above facts, says the
deceased was a boy admired and loved by all
for the many good qualities of heart and head
which he possessed, even for one so young.
A general favorite with all, his sudden and
untimely death has caused a deep grief in the j
community.
Tjie Growing Cotton Crop.?The statis- .
tical returns of the department of agriculture |
at Washington for July, which are very full,
show that cotton has improved since the first 1
of June, its average condition being three :
points better on the first of July from Virginia
to Georgia, and west of the Mississippi
every State shows higher figures. From Flor- ,
ida to Mississipi and Tennessee the condition
has slightly declined. The general average is f
02, which is higher than in .July of 1873 and i
1874, and lower than in any other year of the i
past ten. It was 03 in 1877 and 1870 and 03
last July. This condition is due to the late, a
wet spring, and is rapidly and generally improving
under favoring skies. The figures 1
for the several States are: Virginia 85, North l
Carolina 00, South Carolina 08, Georgia 02, t
Florida 02, Alabama 03, Mississippi 87, c
Louisiana 00, Texas 07, Arkansas 00, Tonnes- fi
see 78. In Texas and South Carolina the con- t
dition is better than in July of 1881, and the j t
same as at that date in Louisiana. The draw- j r
backs reported are those of the past, and are j V
materially deficient stands, slow growth and j t
general backwardness. Hut there is a marked j
absence of present unhealthy condition. The ; t
returns are nearly unanimous iu indicating a t
I good degree of vigor aud rapidity of growth, s
I HI ? A' ... A-KJo ? ?? * 1 xr livoo nf timn fr\v
? 11113 1 <11 IrllCIC Uliljr 1WOOVI UUIl, 1171 UbTVM'|r- j
meat anil fruitage. Future favorable condi- j t
j tions may make good the deficiency, but unfa-: t;
vorable weather in July and August would i f:
; make a full crop impossible. I
WORK OF THE SPECIAL SESSION.
? ? THE
ACT RELATING TO THE COHE.
iVN A<rr to correct certain typographical errors in
the Code of Civil Procedure and in the General
Statutes, and to amend Section S04 of the same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same :
That the commission charged with the supervision
of the printing of the General Statutes
and of the Gode of Procedure be authorized
and instructed to correct the clerical error
in the enrolled Act entitled "An Act for
revising and consolidating the General Statutes
of the State," approved February, 1882,
whereby Section 200 of the Code of Procedure
was made to read as follows : "No defendant
may be arrested as hereinafter prescribed in
the following cases," so that the said section
shall re:id : "The defendant may be arrested
as hereinafter prescribed in the following
eases."
Sec. 2. That said commissioners be further
authorized and instructed to omit from the
published copies of the Code of Civil Procedure
the words occurring by clerical error in
Section 400 of the enrolled copy thereof as
follows: "Except to prove the fact of marriage
in case of bigamy, and except to prove
personal injury by the one to the other, or to
any infant child of the other."
Sec. 2. That Section 8t)4 of the General
Statutes as adopted in 1882 corresponding to
Section 880 of said Statutes as published, bo
amended by adding at tiie end of said section
the words "such a salary to commence from
the first day of November, A. 1). 1881."
Approved .July 5, A. 1). 1882.
CONCERNING PHYSICIANS.
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
Regulate the Licensing of Physicians and Surgeons."
Section I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now piet and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same :
That Section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to
regulate the licensing of physicians and surgeons,"
approved December 17, 1881, be, and
is hereby, stricken out, and the following substituted
in lieu thereof :
"Sec. 2. From and after the 1st day of
June, 1882, every person now duly authorized
to practice physic and surgery within this
State, and every person hereafter duly authorized
to practice physic and surgery, shall, before
commencing to practice, register in the
otlice of the clerk of the court of the county
where lie is practicing or intends to commence
the practice of physic and surgery, in a book
to be kept by said clerk, bis name, residence
and place of birth, together with his authority
for so practicing physic and surgery as prescribed
in this Act. The person so registering
shall subscribe and verify by oath or affirmation,
before a person duly qualified to administer
oaths under the laws of the State, an
ailidavit containing such facts, and whether
such authority is by diploma or license, and
the date of the same, and by whom granted,
which, if wilfully false shall subject the affiant
to conviction and punishment for perjury.
The said clerk of the Court to receive a fee of
twenty-five (25) cents for such registration, to
be i>:iid by the person so registering : Provided,
That any registration made in conformity
to the provisions of the Act herein amended,
are hereby confirmed and made valid.
Approved July 5, A. D., 1S82.
FORMATION OF NEW COUNTIES.
The Joint Resolution proposing an amendment
to Section 3, Article II, of the Constitution
of the State relating to the forming of
new counties, provides that at the next general
election the following amendment to the
Constitution shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State, to wit:
Strike out in Section 3, Article II, of the
Constitution the words, "but no new county
shall be hereafter formed of less extent than
six hundred and twenty-five square miles, nor
shall any existing counties be reduced to a less
extent than six hundred and twenty-five square
miles," and insert in lieu thereof the following
: "Provided, That no new county shall be
formed which has a population of less that one
one-hundred and twenty-fourth part of the
whole number of inhabitants of the State, and
an area less than four hundred square miles,
nor shall any existing counties be reduced to
a less area than four hundred square miles."
TIME OF HOLDING ELECTIONS.
The Joint Resolution proposing a Constitutional
amendment relating to the time of
holding elections provides that the following
amendment to Section II, Article II, of the
Constitution be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State at the next general election,
to wit :
That Section II, of Article II, of the Constitution
of this State, as amended, be, and is
hereby, stricken out, and the following inserted
in lieu thereof : "The'general election for
Senators and Representatives shall be held in
every second year, in such manner, at such
time, and at such places as the Legislature
may provide." _
CO N G Itt'SSISIU>AL SUMMARY.
In the Senate on the 5th, Mr. Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, introduced a bill amending
schedule E of title 33 of the Revised Statutes,
so as to levy upon manufactures, etc., made
from hoop, band or screw iron, or of which
hoop, band, or screw iron shall be component,
the material of chief value, the same duty that
is imposed on hoop, band or screw iron, from
which manufactures are made, etc. Referred /
to the Finance Committee. At *2:15 the bankruptcy
bill came before the Senate as untin- I
ished business. Mr. Ingalls, in charge of the
measure, expressed the conviction that in view
of the lateness of the session and pressure of
public business, no action could now be had
upon this important subject. He asked that
the bill and amendment be made the special
order for the first reading of December next.
The request was complied with and the subject
postponed until that time. The Senate bill to
create the Territory of Pimbina, was taken up
on motion of Mr. Sanders, the Senate having
refused by a party vote of 21 to 22 to table the
motion. Mr. Davis, of Illinois, voted with
the Republican side. Mr. Vest spoke in opposition
to the bill, but without concluding,
yielded for executive session.
The House was occupied with the naval appropriation
bill.
In the Senate, on the 6th, Mr. Morrill, from
the Finance Committee, reported, with amendments,
the House bill to reduce internal revenue
taxation. Ordered printed. The committee
have made no changes in the rate of
taxation proposed by the House bill, oi m the
list of exempted articles, but strike out the
proviso which anoweu auiawucicixuii iMUsntigco
of matches, cigars, cheroots and cigarettes,
and amend the bill to provide that the reduction
shall not take effect till after the first day
of May, 1*8:1
In the House, the naval appropriations bill
was discussed. Mr. Robeson, of New Jersey,
took the floor to close the debate on the bill.
In the course of his speech in defense of his
administration of the Navy Department Robeson
referred to the investigation carried on
by the Committee on Naval Affairs of the
Forty-fourth Congress, and, without mentioning
liim by name, alluded in terms of the
deepest contempt and insult to Whitthome, of ,
Tennessee. Speaking of the meu who headed
the committees in that Congress, he said that
"if there was a man who was accused of stealing
school funds in his own State, he came to
the front."
At these words up started Wliitthorne, and,
facing Robeson in the space in front of the
speaker's desk, exclaimed : "That is a lie,
whoever tells it or whoever repeats it."
Robeson : "I have alluded to no man by
lame. If any man recognizes himself by the
leseription, let him step forward and deny it."
The members congregated around the two
tentlmnen and there was a good deal of ex'itement
in the hall, but Robeson continued
n his attack on WhUthorne.
At the conclusion of liobeson's speech the na'alappropriation
hill passed?yeas 111), nays75.
Immediately after the passage of the bill
iVhitthovne was recognized 011 a question of
iersonal privilege. He proceeded to reply to
he charges made by Robeson against him,
haracterizing the statements made by that
;ontleman as untrue, andsaidthat in uttering
hem he (Robeson) stated to the House and to
he country, what was absolutely false. He
eferred to the administration of Robeson and
barged him with sharing the "swag" with
he firm of Cater & Co.
Several points of order were raised and moions
that the improper language of the genleman
from Tennessee be taken down were
ubmitted but not insisted on.
In conclusion Whitthorne said : "With all
lie responsibility which belongs to me, I atach
to the forehead of that member (Robeson)
alsehood and perjury."
Robeson replied briefly, to the effect that he