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Scraps and Jfacts. J ? In Leadville, Colorado, last Friday, the j j mayor and city council were arrested and , lined $250 and sentenced to ten days in jail 4 for contempt of Court. The police, judge and city attorney were removed and new men i api>ointed in their places. J ? Fifty-one families of Russian refugees who I: landed in Philadelphia a few months ago have sailed from New York for Europe. Of the 000 refugees who went to Philadelphia, only onethird found employment. The rest were supported by charitable Hebrews, and as a last resort they are sent back to Europe. ? Intelligence received from various counties throughout Virginia represent the harvesting about over. The yield of wheat is the largest and best the State has been blessed with in many years. New grain is now coming into market. The l>est quality sells at $1.35 per bushel. r ? Mrs. Lincoln, widow of the late President, died in Springfield, 111., at a quarter past 8 o'clock last Saturday night. She had been ill ( lor a long nine, a iew aays ago sue grew worse, and on Saturday evening she suffered a shock of paralysis, and from that time lay in a comatose state till she died. ? On Friday last a rencontre occurred in Lunenburg county, Va., between Joseph Addison, a young Baltiraorean, and David Garland, of Richmond, rival lovers. Adison received a wound from which he died 011 Sunday morning. Garland is under arrest. The name of the lady who was the innocent cause of the fatal affair is withheld from the public. ? The wonders of the telephone will never cease. During the fight at Alexandria Tuesday a telephone was attached to the Alexandria cable at Malta and the bombardment was distinctly heard 011 that island, although it is situated near the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, and is fully seven hundred miles distant from the scene of the conflict. ] ? Five important Moscow firms have formed j a syndicate for the promotion of cotton cultivation in Central Asia, and for the introduction of Russian cotton fabrics in Central Asia 1 and into Russia generally. The syndicate pro- s poses to engage American ex]>erts in order to 1 improve the system of cultivation. The stat- j ute of the syndicate has already been ajv- , proved by the Ministry of Finance. ? Ex-Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, presided at the Democratic County Convention in Indianapolis last week, and made a speech 1 declaring his belief that "if the Democrats i carry Marion county they may carry Indiana, 1 and if they carry Indiana they may carry the j United States. The Republicans all over the j country are divided. In Pennsylvania confusion and disorder prevail. I have never before I seen better prospects for Democratic success.'' ' ? Over 10,000 immigrants arrived at New 1 York last week. Among the arrivals 011 one ] of the steamships were 115 Russian refugees, who come provided with drafts for small j amounts which had been furnished them by , the London committee. Most of them are bound for the South or West, and the drafts 1 are payable at their destination only. The < refugees are also provided with "through rail- 1 way tickets, so that they will not be obliged \ to remain in New York any length or time. j ? At Texarkana, Ark., last Thursday, light- ( ning struck a new three story brick store, and the shattered walls fell in a mass on top of a frame building known as the Paragon Saloon, ' burying everything beneath the ruins. It was < raining in torrents at the time and there were i heavy showers until about 10 P. M. The ] lamps in the Paragon Saloon set fire to the j ruins from underneath. Every man and water bucket in town was brought into use and 1 water was thrown on the fire, but it finally 1 broke out beyond all control and burned two 1 frame buildings next to the Paragon. There ( were about thirty men in the buried building, j all of whom jierished. ^ ?The political situation in Maine is decided- j ly mixed. With five tickets in the field the , real fight is between the Fusionists and the 1 Republicans. It is two months yet to elec- 1 tion, but the cami>aign is already at white i heat. Governor Plaisted confidently -expects j re-election and Colonel liabie, the Republican j standard-bearer and one of the Governor's councilors, as confidently exacts the triumph of the Republicans. The election is of more ' than usual importance, for it involves not on- < ly the election of a Governor, State ofiicers, i and the political complexion of the Supreme ? Court, but four Congressmen, the Legislature, j and the successor to Senator Frye as well. . This is a prize worth contending for. ? In Egypt, according to the most recent 1 statements, are, roughly given : Italians, 14,- c 000 ; French, 14,000; Austrians and Germans, p 3,500 ; English, 3,500 ; other nationalities 1,- i "on . en yvi The "Rnrni*>?Tis nrfi trener- : WW 9 iW(U) UVfWV* AUV AJM.vfv.,..., ? 0 J ally violent opponents of tlie Egyptian National party, headed by Arabi Pacha. The French are nearly all speculators in Egyptian ' stocks. The English for the past seven years c have recognized Egypt as their heritage. The s Italians are divided, owing to jealousy of the e pretensions of England and France. The | Americans, Belgians and Swiss, not an inconsiderable colony, accept and sympathize with ^ the National movement. The English are the r most declared in their hostile sentiments, as e they feel much chagrin and disappointment at the National movement as deferring the pos- i session of their exacted prize. ? Secretary Frelinghuysen says, in answer to inquiries as to the safety of our officials and ( countrymen at Alexandria, that we have no (] Consul in that city, but that the Vice Consul j, is a resident of position, being a rich Israelite; that one of the members of the Court at Alexandria, Judge Bacheller, is in this country on >' leave, and he understands that the only two [ American Judges have gone into the country. ; About a month ago one vessel from the Medi- \, terranean squadron was sent to Alexandria e for the protection of American residents, and 0 as the danger increased two other ships were t sent thither from the same squadron. About j ten days since, inquiry having been made by r the American Board of Foreign Missions, Secretary Frelinghuysen telegraphed to the j Vice Consul asking as to the safety of missionaries. He received an answer to the effect i that they were all either on our vessels or had r gone into the interior. lie trusts, therefore, s that American residents at Alexandria have (. suffered no harm. v ? A Phoenix, Arizona, dispatch of last Thurs- ji day says: Last Saturday evening eleven men t under Capt. Lacy left (Jlobe to intercept the t hostiles who are now out and to prevent them t from depredating in the valley. Last Monday o they were surrounded by seventy-live Indians a at Middleton ranch, Pleasantville, and all their t animals were driven off. No one was injured L and the party are working their way back on I foot. A representative of the Tucson Star, li now here, has interviewed Alonzo Bailey, a o merchant of Globe who has just arrived., lie savs there are not less than 15G hostiles out on the war path and that they have their wives and children with them. The hostiles belong ( to White Mountain Indians, and Bailey who =! lias had large experience with them, says they have gone out to stay. The outbreak luis been 1 expected for the last six weeks and confirms ? the threat made to Col. Brackett some time n ago, by the Chief of the White Mountain tribe, that unless they were allowed to go and live t in Pleasant Valley, they would leave the res- j ervation. The first killing in the outbreak j was on the Gth inst., and matters appear now s very serious. t ? In 18G7 a number of ex-Federal and exConfederate officers went to Egypt and enter- i ed the military service at the invitation of the > Khedive, and it is now conceded that as far as jj the Egyptian army has any efficiency it is their t creation. Prominent among these were Gen- r eral Charles P. Stone, of the Federal army, e who was defeated at Ball's Bluff; Generals n W. W. Loring and Raleigh E. Colston, Col- j 1 onel Thomas G. Uhett, General Joseph E. * t * * ?- ? ! /| , 1 Xir..Un? I O .jonnsion s Adjutant ueuenu, vvuiuuei ?y?h,gi , < II. Jenifer, of Maryland, and Dr. Edward j i Warren of Baltimore, all of whom served in ; a the Condederate army, and Colonel C. C. Long, i S of Maryland. It was not long before the , v American officers began to feel a hostile pres- J p sure, and they gradually abandoned the service ' a of the Khedive, until General Stone is now j s the only American officer of prominence in c the Egyptian army, and it is extremely doubt- t ful if he will be i>ermitted to retain any im- n I>ortant command if a religious war grows out of the present situation. Colonel Jenifer, af- li ter some years' service, returned to Maryland n and died several years ago ; Dr. Warren after tl obtaining great distinction in the medical de- f< partment and having the title of Bey confer- si red on him by the Khedive, was obliged to, o abandon Egypt because of his injured eye- G sight, and is now an eminent physician in Paris, France; Colonel Long, after i>erform- 11 ing much arduous service returned to this n country and lectured in the principal cities, b He is now in Egypt, but not in the army, ei General Colston is engaged as a military intructor in an academy near New York city, vhilst General Loring, who conducted almost ill of the important defenses of Alexandria s now living in Florida, where he began his nilitary career fighting the Indians. JUr fovfevillc (Srnqnirrr. YORKVILLE, S. C.l rHURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20,1882. How to Order the Enquirer.?Writethe name >f the subscriber very plainly', give post-ofti -o, jounty and State, in full, and send the amount of he subscription by draft or post ofliee money >rder, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York eoun;v, who receive the paper at post-offices within he county; and to all other subscribers tin* postige is paid by the publisher. Our suliscribers, no natter where they receive the paper, are not liable or po-tage, it being prepaid at the post office here, ? *? ibo wii lwf?rilter. A IUJ< Hit ilUUIU?'lllti ruui^c %? HIV Watch the Figures.?Thedatoon the"addrossabel" sliovys the time to which t lie subscript ion is laid. If subscribers do not wish their papers disjontinued, the date muxt be ke/it in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that >ur terms for subscription, advertising and jobarork, are cash in advance. THE NEW COUNTY MOVEMENT. A gentleman of Gaffney City was in town last Friday, consulting the records and looking up such documentary testimony as he leemed necessary to aid in establishing it lew county, by slicing off a portion of York uul tacking it to one corner of Spartanlurg, whereby the required area may be ob:ained, the county-seat to be at (laffney City, with a costly Court-house, jail and other necessary and expensive public buildings ; i complement of county officials and other necessary fixtures and appurtenances, such as is needed in organizing, establishing and running a first class county according to modern ideas and improvements. Whether his investigation went as far back as theorginal patents granted by George II I., or whether, in the AuJitor'soffice it wasconfined only to ascertaining the financial standing of the tax-payers in that portion proposed to be sliced from York, we ire unable to say; but we suppose the examination was thorough and exhaustive and liighly satisfactory as to the ability ot the people to meet their quota of the expense of erecting public buildings and equipping the machinery of a county government with which ;hey are already supplied at home, and against leaving which all the traditions and associations of the past cry aloud. The projectors of the scheme are liberal, lowever, as we learn they propose to cross )ver the natural boundary and take a belt from five to six miles in width on this side of Broad River, running from the south-western imits of the county, parallel with the river, ;hus subjecting the people of the included section to all the inconveniences of having a urge water course between them and their jounty seat, placing a large number of them further from the proposed Courthouse than hey now reside from Yorkville ; while not a few in the extreme corner of York would find a ;rip to the mountains of North Carolina about is easy as a journey from their homes to Gaffley City. While, to say the most, only a small lumber of people in York would be benefitted n any sense of the word by the proposed new ;ounty, a large majority by far would be acuially inconvenienced as to distance from their :ounty seat, to say nothing of the river they vould have to cross by ferry at nearly all seasons of the year, GafFney is an enterprising own, and for its citizens we have admiration: )ut we do not think the people of Western York you Id willingly consent to be thus deprived >f the facilities they now possess, simply to ;ratify the ambition of (iaffney in its aspirations to surpass its less emulous sister towns n the same section. But is not the gentleman acting just a little lustily ; or does lie wish to get the inside track if all possible competitors in the movement of licing York into shoe-string counties ? Wliatver his motives, his zeal is only equaled by lis haste ; and his hasty action may be implied by the injunction contained in the dieetions for cooking a rabbit?first, you must atch him. There is a good deal yet to be done, however, lefore the proposed new county can be estabished. First?the people will be called upon ,t the next election to vote 3'cs or Xo 011 a Constitutional amendment proposing to reluce the area of counties from the present ninimum of 0*25 square miles, to the mininum of 400 square miles, if, at the election, a majority of the voters voting thereon, vote so on this proposition, the question will probacy be ended ; but should such a majority vote n favor of it, it may then be ratified by the Legslature, a two-thirds vote of all the members lected being necessary. So the consummation if the proposed scheme is yet some distance in he future; but emulating our friend's example, t is not too early for those opposed to the novemont to set ahout securing its defeat, ,ud the first step to attain that object is o vote against the proposed Constitutional .mendrnent. Let those who do not wish to ie burdened with an onerous tax for which to equivalent in the shape of a public necesity is returned, see to it that their ballots ontain the word No on this proposition: rhile voters in the section of the county not imposed to be sliced off should bear in mind hat they too are as deeply interested ; for as he area of the county may lie diminished, in he same ratio will the taxes of those left in the Id county be increased. The proposition is . two-edged sword, cutting both ways?the axes 01 1UOSC lmown lit uu" new iamiiilj nil] e increased for years ; while of necessity the mrden of the county government will fall leavier upon the smaller population left in the Id county. JUDGE* WALLACE. From the following letter published in the 'harleston jYf?\s ami ('onrirr of last Monday, t will he seen that Judge Wallace pereniptoily declines to allow his name to go before the itate Convention for nomination for Governu*: Suggestions of my name in connection with he nomination of Governor by the approachng Democratic Convent io"n having appeared 11 the newspapers, I think it right that 1 hould make a public statement in regard to he matter. In the early part of the present year a feeing of discontent existed in some parts of the state among good men who were strongly optosed to certain conspicuous enactments of he Legislature. Time and opportunity for eflection have satislied these that every genial election in South Carolina involves more nomentous issues than are supplied by the iegistration Act and Stock law, and that hey cannot, in good conscience, because they re opposed to certain Acts of the Legislature, rnperil good government by indifference, or ctive opposition to the only party in the itate that can secure it to its people. And now, nth insignificant exceptions, our gallant and ! atriotic people are united with respect to the pproaching political contest. The political ! ituation in this State points with absolute J urtuintv tn the easv election of anv nominees hat the Democratic Convention will nonii- j ate. The duties of my present oilice are in the I ne of the labor of many of the best years of1 jy life. I trust I will be pardoned for saying j liat an exjierience of nearly five years in i>er-; )rming them has prepared me to render more j ibstantial service to the State in my present : Rice than I possibly can as a candidate for : overnor. These re?usons together with others which eed not be stated, but which are imperative, j ?quire me to decline to allow my name to go I t'fore the Convention for nomination for Gov- j rnor. W. II. Wallace, i A JiEW POLITICAL TERM. As an outcome of the recent redisricting . of South Carolina, it is probable that "Dibble" will take the place of "Gerrymander" in the political slang of the day. It is amusing to read the hitter comments of the Republican press, which overlooks the beam in its own eye in its eagerness to pick the mote from South ! Carolina's optical organ. South Carolina is reI districted according to a plan suggested by j lion. Samuel Dibble, which plan Mr. Dibble ! discovered in Republican Pennsylvania. But according to the New York Times, the plan, when applied to South Carolina avowedly for the purpose of (terpetuatiug honest government, bec omes a new political monster. That paper thus bewails the situation : The otherwis 3 honorable name of Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, one of the signers of the Dechiration of Independence, is forever linked w'th the unique monster which was delineated on the map of his State, when he was its governor ai 1 the jMilitical leader of one of ?wt.?I?An 4-*\ ../menonnf n Pnnrri'acoiAnill ita j'clllica, i/cr e* v?.^ trict. The process of so dividing a State into districts as to give the party in control of the I Legislature the greatest practical advantage in Congressional representation has been known as gerrymandering ever since thisachievement of the Massachusetts governor. There has always been a somewhat j>eculiarassociation between the Stales of Massachusetts and South Carolina, but it has been one of antagonism rather than rivalry. Hut the Massachusetts of 1812 has been outdone by the Soutu Caroli- j tin of 1882, and we tire in need of a new name | for the monstrosities with which Mr. Samuel Dibble has covered the map of his State in the late redisricting. The convolutions of the Seventh District put to utter shame the comparatively symmetrical contour of the original gerrymander. It should be known as the Dibble, without prefix or suffix, which is sufficiently suggestive of the name of the very king of infernal monsters. CROPS IN THE STATE. The following is a condensation of the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, giving the condition of the crops in the State for the month of June. Theestimatesgiven are based uiiou 182 replies, covering every county in the State: One hundred and sixty-three correspondents report the weather favorable ; nineteen unfavoral . Cotton.?There has been a decided improvement in the condition of cotton since the 1st of June, owing to the unfavorable seasons for the past month. The plant has not fully recovered from the effects of the cool Spring and ilie sianu is generally n*purteu ?us wiu? an average. Some correspondents report that cotton has improved 15 per cent, since the middle of -June. In some counties it could not lie kept free of grass on account of the labor necessary to harvest the grain crop. In those sections it is needing work badly. Where labor is plentiful the crop is in line condition. Some damage is reported in Aiken, Darlington, Edgefield, Kershaw, Sumter and Marion counties, from cut worms. In Marlboro county the correspondents of the department say that the plant is growing well but not fruiting proportionately. The correspondents throughout the State are, with few exceptions, of the opinion that, notwithstanding the injury the plant has sustained by the cool Spring and the defective stands, that with favorable seasons the crop will be an average one. The condition is reported in Northern Carolina at 85; middle Carolina, 18; lower Carolina, 05). This is an average for the State of 02, against 87 on the first of June of this year and 81 for the 1st of July, 1881. Corx.?The corn crop, with scarcely an exception, is reported in fine condition. The seasons have been remarkably favorable for this crop and a large yield is anticipated. The condition for the State is reported at 104 against 05 for the corresponding period last year. Peas.?The acreage in peas lias lieen increased 11 per cent, over last year. The condition is reported as 105, against 01 on the 1st of July, 1881. The report concludes: The outlook is indeed encouraging. The fanners are more hopeful than for several years. The wheat and oat crops have been safely harvested and housed and the yield of both has been bountiful. One correspondent in Laurens county says: "The yield of small grain is the best ever known. We have oats and wheat enough to feed all our stock and people for twelve months, and if we do not make a bushel of corn we will not suffer for the necessaries of life." Another correspon-1 dent in Marlboro says: "A farmer in this locality threshed*525 bushels of oats from four acres of upland." Another in the same county reports that 1*25 bushels of oats per acre were threshed from a number of acres of common pine land. The cotton crop promises to be an average one at least, the corn crop gives promise of an abundant yield and the rice has I so far sustained no serious injury. The smaller crops, sorghum, sugar cane, peas, potatoes, &c., are all promising. The farmers have worked hard to overcome the failures of last year, and from the present indications their efforts will be crowned with success. STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? The total number of registration certifi cates issued in Spartanburg county is 5,238, of which number 3,031 are white and 1,327 colored. ? According to the. report of the supervisor of registration' the white majority in Marion is 1,058. The Marion Star says: "So Democracy is safe in Marion, if the Democrats themselves don't kill it by divisions and quarrels in their own family." ? Col. E. II. Cash has announced himself as an Independent candidate for Congress in the First district and says that he will demand a fair election and will hold the ballot box stutters personally responsible if they undertake to count him out by means of tissue ballots. ? As regards registration in Edgefield county, the whites and blacks are about equal in number. About thirty-live hundred of each have registered. Hut this does not make both colors equal at the polls, for at least five hundred of the negroes who have registered?and moie probably?are Democrats. ? Says the Greenville Xcu-s : "The Greenville Democracy is very wide awake and very much in earnest. The two years of rest has not put the party to sleep or divided it. When the roll is called every man will be found in his place in ranks ready to answer to his name and do his duty. ? In the Fifth District there are five candidates: (Jen. .John H. Krwin and Col. John D. Wylie, of Lancaster; Mr. John J. Hemphill, nf ('Imutur W H W il?in Klsn iiiifl fY?l Asbury Coward, of York. These are new men and will coine in conflict with no one who is now a member of Congress. ? The ltiehland County Democratic Convention, last Saturday, adopted the convention system instead of the primary plan of nominating county officers and members of the General Assembly. This amendment was adopted by a vote of 37 to 20, the whole membership of the convention being (54. ? It is reported in the newspapers that Senator Fishburne was over inCamden "investigating'' the killing of Colonel Blair. It is stated that lie applied to the United States Commissioner for a warrant to arrest Captain Ilaile, but the Federal otlicial declined to act in the matter. ? The Chester Bulletin of last week contains an item to the effect that Judge Mackey says he will not ''advocate his plan of harmonizing the white and colored races until the colored people of the county hold a Convention, and j offer to support the entire white ticket 011 condition that the colored people shall have a failrepresentation on it." In the Chester County Democratic Convention last Monday, eight delegates were elected to the State Convention and eight to the Congressional Convention. The former were instructed to support Gen. Bratton for Governor, and the latter are understood to favor the nomination of J. J. Hemphill for Congress. The primary system for nominating county officers was adopted. ? In the Orangeburg County Democratic Convention last Friday, resolutions were j adopted condemning all Indejwndent move-1 ments, and declaring such to be Radicalism | in disguise. Resolutions were also adopted reassuring the colored people that they should j have representation in proportion to theiri strength in the Democratic party, and the , executive committee were instructed to pre-! pare an address to that end. ? The Columbia correspondent of the Neirs I and Courier, speculating on the probable nominees by the State Convention, says the race for Secretary of State will be decided between Major D. F. Bradley, of Pickens, and Mr. 1J. II. Massey, of York. Dr. W. B. Rice, of Ram- ( well, and Col. It. C. Howard, of Union, have also been spoken of in connection with this office, but in all candor I must say that I do not think either of them will be nominated. They are both excellent men, but the chances are against them. , ? Speaking of the Second Congressional district, the Edgefield Advertiser says: The negro majority in this district is set down at 5,000, and it is considered by some the pnly doubtful one of the six generally accorded to the Democrats. As for ourselves we consider it a most excellent district, and if we do not send honest old George Tillman back to Congress from it, then we ought to be driven out of the State. There are fully 5,000 Democratic negro voters in said district, and by the time of the election there will be a great many more. Old George Tillruan back to Congress from the Second District. Let that be a part of Kdgefield's religion from this time henceforward. ? "J. C. II." writes in the Neirsand Courier: In case the trustees of the South Carolina College should act as I have suggested and elect Col. Thompson president of the University, and in case he shoulcLacpept the position, it will be necessary to bring out good men for superintendent of education. Two gentlemen have already been mentioned for the office: Dr. G. 11. Lartigue, of Barnwell, and Mr. Charles Petty, of Spartanburg. They are.both good men. Mr. Petty is esj>ecially well qualified for the office. lie has for years taken a prominent and active part in educational matters, he has been a teacher of acknowledged ability, and he would bring to the discharge of the duties of the position thorough familiarity with the educational wants and necessities of the State. ()ther things being equal, such offices should be filled by those who are most conversant with the duties they will have to meet. More of tiie Guiteau Business.?Drs. Sowers and Ilartigan, who assisted Dr. Lamb in the Guiteau autopsy, have published their report. They preface it with a statement of the difficulty between Dr. Lamb and themselves and give a narrative of the circumstances attending the publication of Dr. Lamb:s report, all of which has heretofore been published. The description of the post-mortem condition of the organs coincides substantially with that given by Dr. Lamb. The lungs and heart were removed by Dr. Lamb before the brain was examined, and the severing of the large blood vessels left that organ bloodless, which Drs. Sowers and Ilartigan regard as an unfortunate mistake. They also say that Dr. Lamb did not provide himself with proper appliances for measuring and weighing the portions of the body subjected to tbese tests. In fact the brain was weighed in scales belonging to the jail. From the. description of the brain given in the report it seems to have 1 ? ?j.. oeen normal. opuuuii is cajhcaacu t?o w whether Guiteau was sane or insane. An analysis has been made of a portion of the bouquet which it is alleged Mrs. Scoville attempted to convey to Guiteau the day before he was hanged. It is asserted that a large quantity of arsenic was found in the flowers. Concerning this alleged attempt to convey poison to the condemned man, Mrs. Scoville denies positively that she put arsenic in the bouquet which she sent to Guiteau. She says she did not wish her brother to escape the gallows by such means. The story was manufactured, she said, to excuse the brutality which had excluded her from the cell of her brother. She expressed the determination to continue the legal agitation of the subject until her brother's insanity had been demonstrated. Airs. Scoville has written a letter since the execution, descanting on her brother's insanity and offering his bod# for sale, in which she says : Some people think the Guiteau business is ended, but, as the shout went up from the crowd as the signal announced that Charley Guiteau was hanging in mid-air, I said the Guiteau business has just begun. The Stalwarts have put their foot in it. Why ? Because many people believe that every official, from the President down, knew he was as crazy as a loon. It would have been cheaper for the Stalwarts to have taken care of Guiteau. Their purpose, as I understand it, was to allay any suspicion of any complicity anywhere in the murder of Garfield. IIow have they sucv Tiip cnnvsft thev have taken has been the very one to arouse suspicion. Now, Mr. I licks, I appeal to you to take such a course as will protect the President, and through him the Stalwarts, from any suspicion in the future. I should be very sorry to have the Republican party wrecked by a suspicion. My poor, crazy brother was just crazy enough to take a hint conveyed to him by artful politicians, and carry it out successfully; just crazy enough to impart his secret to one who would never he suspected of heing his confidant, and who did not himself realize the imi>ortance of what he was told, but who conveyed it to one who did not realize the whole purport of the revelation, especially when taken in conjunction with several letters conveyed secretly by this same person for the ]>oor, crazy man from his cell to his sister. He took this way of l>estering her. Murder will out, and this came out after the poor fellow was in glory. I have some letters from Charles which I shall very soon have published. I have a mortgage of $500, now overdue, on my household goods, and I am negotiating with a clothing firm to buy Charles' hat, &c., for enough to meet the interest. Starvation and want stare me in the face, unless 1 can realize something from his effects. The most important part of his estate is the copyright of his book and the market value of his poor body. Nothing but dire necessity induces me to think of my brother's body as an article of traffic, but as it has already been desecrated, I now offer what remains of his mutilated body to the highest bidder for cash. My feelings have already been shocked and lacerated beyond restoration. ! Now I desire to have you surrender to my le- : gal representative, in Washington, my brother's remains, copyrights and everything left by ' him. | Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. < ? 1 LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION. i Black's Station", July 17.?We have had, 1 up to this time sufficient rain for the growing ' crops, and they are luxuriant. ! At the meeting on last Saturday, pursuant to order of the Democratic Executive Coin- < mittee, to elect delegates to the county con- 1 vention to be held on the 20th, the following i were elected : William S. Byers, Benjamin .J. I Cold, John G. Black. Alternates?W. J. < McGill, Elijah Hardin, Robert Plexico. i The feeling is decidedly in favor of the pri- i mavy plan of nominating candidates for office, and in giving ample time for the discus- ] s sion of all questions of legislation, and for a ; I full explanation of the course of the last Leg- J l islature regarding some of the Acts passed by j s that body. Perhaps a perfect understanding : < of this subject by the people will strengthen j < and solidify the Democratic party. Conduct-; i ing the campaign with sufficient time to ob- i tain the sentiments of the people through the ' i primaries, will be conclusive and satisfactory j s as a verdict rendered by the jieople. j 1 Col. W. 13. Wilson is much favored in this j ( section of the county for Congress. Xot be- j s cause he is a York county man ; but on ac-; c count of his merit and eminent qualifications j t do we take a pride in presenting him as a can-1 didate, knowing that he will serve the Con- f gressional District and the State with ability r and honor to himself and his constituents. t un last ."Niuiruay morning, miss name nai-1 a taree, a daugliter of James Rattaree, (who lives 1 near Rock IIill), and Miss Alice Whisonant: u were thrown from a-buggy by a runaway mule ' i which they were driving. Miss Whisonant s escaped unhurt ; but Miss Rattaree received s some injuries. Dr. J. G. Black was summon- j a ed to attend her, and pronounced her injuries : g serious, but not of a fatal character. j \ In the Trial Justice's Court at this place the s following cases were recently disposed of : I). t J. Moss ; assault aiul battery on the person of t Mingo Ileywood, colored. The jury failed to I ]; agree. Ab. Black, colored ; assault and bat-! t tery 011 the person of Mingo Ileywood. Found : C guilty and sentenced to a tine of S2 and costs, j c or fifteen days in jail. The fine and costs were . s paid and the defendant released. Ego. i 0 LOCAL AFFAIRS. '? ; i! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. James B. Allison, Clerk?Bridge Notice. ' W. Holmes Hardin, President?Stockholders' 51 Meeting. 0 Ernest Lovry?The Famous Acme Harrow. 1 Call on J. M. Adams. r H. F. Adickes?For Sale. ! ] Hunter, Oates & Co.?Tremendous Tumble. V T.M. Dobson?The Emporium of Fashion?Look ? Out for the Mule. Withers Adickes?Mackerel. j c COMPETITIVE* EXAMINATION. Ir Hon. J. II. Evins has appointed Col. A. i Coward, of Yorkville, Col. Jas. II. Ition, of js Winnsboro, and Dr. S. E. liabcock, of Chester, j j; the board for conducting the competitive ex- ^ animation for the West Point cadetship, at j Chester, on the 22nd of August. Counties composing the Fourth District, as it existed ] t before the redisricting of the State, are con-j | cerned in this competition. ^ anniversary address. t J. Stanyarne Wilson, Esq., of Spartanburg, liiis accepted an invitation to deliver the address before the Cadets of King's Mountain Military School on the occasion of their anniversary celebration of the battle of King's i Mountain, on the 7th of October next. It has been decided to have the celebration exercises this year in Yorkville, instead of going to the battle ground, as has been the custom heretofore. 1 church notices. j Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville, at the usual hours, morning and evening. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and even- 1 ing. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss. Services next ' Sunday at ICR A. M., and 84 P. M. Sunday- ' school at 5 P. M. yorkvili.e high school. j Kev. Mr. White having reunquisneu me ie- ( male college building, J. A. Wilson, A. lb, us principal, will open in it a "Iligh School ( for Hoys and Girls," on the 4th of September ; next. Air. Wilson is a graduate of Davidson ^ College, a native of this county, and is well known as a successful and competent teacher. , With him will be associated Egbert W. Smith, ] A. B? also a graduate of Davidson, and who j comes highly recommended by the entire fac- ] ulty of Davidson College. These gentlemen will be assisted by Miss Sallie OTI. Dickson , and Miss Annie K. ltawlinson, the former of whom is well known by her connection with i the College as an accomplished teacher; and ( the latter as teacher of private schools, has , given eminent satisfaction to her patrons in ] Yorkville. The school will be under able , and competent management, deserving sue- ] cess. ] COUNTY CONVENTION. 1 The following are the delegates, so far as ' we have learned, elected last Saturday to the County Democratic Convention, to meet in 1 Yorkville to-day: ' Yorkville?S. A. McElwee, Dr. J. F. Lind- ? say, It. E. Gettys, J. A. Latta, J. Bolivar Scott. Mr. John F. Oates was the only alternate elected?as alternate of S. A. McElwee. Bock Ilill?F. II. Brown, J. X.Steele, J. C. Witherspoon, Allen Jones, John liattaree, J. A. "Westbrooks. Alternates?C. P. Sandifer, W. S. Moore, A. E. Smith, F. B. Thoinasson, Wm. C. Wherry, M. II. Williams. Black's Station?Wm. S. Byers, Benjamin J. Gold, John G. Black. Alternates?W. J. McGill, Elijah Hardin, Robert Plexico. McConnellsville?Tolin S. Bratton, Dr. W. G. Campbell, E. T. Love. Alternates?E. A. Crawford, F. D. Williams, F. It. McKnight. Hickory Grove?D. C. McKinney, J. C. (Chambers, J. L. Davies. Alternates?W. C. Whitesides, J. E. Leech, J. T. Howe. Bethel?S. S. Smith, G. L. Riddle, W. R. J. Staunton. Alternates?J. J,. Adams, W. E. Campbell, J. C. Patrick. PROPOSED RAILROAD LEASE. The following is a copy of the proposed contract by which Gen. Imboden, as the representative of a Northern Syndicate, proposes to lease or purchase so much of the unfinished 1 portion of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad as lies between the towns of Newton and Lenoir, j in the State of North Carolina. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Chester and < Lenoir Railroad will be held in the town of 1 Lincolnton, N. ., on Wednesday next, 26th j instant, for the purpose of considering the . proposition, with a view to its acceptance or i rejection : < Memorandum of .agreement made and entered iuto, this the fifteenth day of July, A. D. ' 1882, between John D. Imboden, of Virginia, ? of the first part, and the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company of the sec- '< oiul part, witnesseth : < That the said Imboden, acting on his own i behalf and his associates, an incorporate Syn- ' rli/ioto nf rtili'/ons nf Vpiv Vnvk" anil P^misvl- I vania, hatli this day bought from said Railroad ? Company so much of its uncompleted line of > road as lies between the towns of Newton and 1 Lenoir in the State of North Carolina, to- ( gether with all franchises, rights, rights of 1 way, excavations, embankments, masonry and t all property and cori>orate rights, powers and 1 franchises of said Company, belonging to and 1 appertaining to it, between the said towns of s Newton and Lenoir, ui>on the following terms 1 and conditions, that is to say : The said Imboden, his associates or assigns, 1 shall, within four months from the date of the 1 ratification of this contract by a special meet- t ing of the stockholders of said Company, (to 1 which it is to be submitted for ratification be- 1 fore becoming valid as to said Railroad Com- :l pany,) commence work, with an adequate force, upon that part of tha line so purchased, I lying between the towns of Hickory and lie- c noir, in the State of North Carolina, and I shall complete and have the same in operation i for the transportat ion of passengers and freight ; within eight months from the time work is 1 so commenced ; and said Imboden, his asso- P ciates or assigns shall, by further construction t or otherwise, effect, secure and complete a (l connection with said Chester and Lenoir Rail- j1 road at Newton, within twelve months after 1 the party of the second part shall liave com- 3 [)leted its track to the said town of Newton * md put and have the same in full operation to e said town. r And if the party of the first part adopts and li jonstrncts any other than a three foot gauge e upon the line from Newton to Lenoir, a third rail, giving a three-foot gauge, shall be laid j 1J diereon, if the same he required, by the party ; b )f the second part and the actual'cost of the ! v same be paid by the said party of the second 3 ;>art. 0 If the said Imboden, his associates or sis- b signs, shall fail to commence work within the :i ame aforesaid and complete and put the said 111 'oad in full operation within the time above . t specified (unless their work has been stopped : b )V delayed by litigation or accidental causes, 11 )i combinations or obstructions beyond its v easonable control) then this contract of sale j jj1 md conveyance shall become null and void, ; ' md said imboden, his associates or assigns, I v (hall forfeit all work done by them on said ;11 ine, and the same shall revert to saiu itauroau | Company without any claim on the part of t< aid Imboden, his associates or assigns, at law j >r in equity, to any right, interest or property herein, or to any part thereof. j 0 It is further agreed that said Imboden, his JlJ issociates or assigns, shall pay to said Rail-!. oad Company, annually for the period of nine- " y-nine years from the period of completion of tl aid line of road, the sum of t wo thousand dol- w ars eacli year as the consideration of this : la igreement ; said payment not to commence ! mtil twelve months" after the completion of tl aid part of the line sold and conveyed. But hould said Imboden, his associates or assigns, c( it any time hereafter prefer to pay a sum in e> ;ross in lieu of the annual payment herein pro- j p< rided for, they shall be at liberty to discharge ; a< aid annual payment, by paying said Railroad j te Company the gross sum of thirty-three thousand II hree hundred and thirty-three dollars ($33,333) in myable either in money or in first mortgage ; tl Kinds of the Watauga and Caldwell Railroad si Company, (after its completion) or such other ft ompany as may own said line in its place and tl tead ; the said annual payments to be a charge d< n the property, rights and franchises sold and w onveyed under tliis contract, unless the same s released or discharged as herein provided. It is mutually agreed, by and between the 1 larties hereto, that no discrimination by or ' against one or the other, in the transmission | ir delivery of freight or passengers on the j ines of road operated by either of them esi>ectively, shall be tolerated or allowed ; nit a full, free and amicable interchange of aisiness tratllc shall at all times be practised j md encouraged by and between said railroad :ompanies, or their successors or assigns. The party of the second part agrees that ipon the completion, by the party of the first! art, of the work herein contemplated to make uch other and further assurances, deeds and onveyanres as may l?e necessary to transfer lie absolute right and title to the franchise md property aforesaid to the party ol' the first tart, his associates or assigns. In faith whereof, witness the signature of he said Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge tail road Company, by W. Holmes Ilardin its .'resident, and the corporate seal of said comtany, attested by its Secretary, and the signaiiru !inrl sphI of the said John I). Imboden. The Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, By | Seal of ) W. Holmes Hardin, (<:. a l. n. ci. r. r. lo. ) President. Vttest: J. J>. IMBODRN, fL. S.j James Mason, Secretary. wmmmmm?mmmmmmmmm SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Dr. Jack Dent, of Lexington, is in jail, laving during a spell of delerium tremens last veek burned a neighbor's house and barn and ired his own premises. ? Says the Columbia Eiujle: Mr. W. E. [lose has finally come off successful, after ;hree trials, in the noted case brought against lini by Benedict^ Neagle and Carpenter. He was sued as endorser on a note which he says :ie did not sign. There will likely be an appeal. ? The Columbia lleyiater finds that cotton production in the South increased 37 per cent, luring the four years immediately preceding the war, per cent, during Grant's second term, and 37 per cent, under the Hayes administration, from which it argues the effect M political tranquility on our business affairs. ? At a special meeting of the Medical Sosiety of South Carolina', on the 12th instant, ifter a full hearing of all the facts in connection with the death of Mrs. Loughton Reid, while under the influence of chloroform administered by Dr. R. A. Kinloch, her family physician, that physician was fully exonorated from all blame as to the cause of the death of liis patient. ? Deputy Collector J. F. Elisor and a posse j{ deputy marshals made a raid on Terry and Beaverdam Creek in the upper portion of Greenville county last Friday night. They anfnrpd and destroyed one still, fourteen hun :lred gallons of mash and beer and fifty gallons of distilled spirits at one place and a quantity of mash, about fifteen hundred gallons, at another place, the still having been liuriedly pulled out. No prisoners were captured, though in both places the stills had been in operation within twenty-four hours. ? Rev. M. L. Ball, a worthy Baptist minister of Mayesville, in Sumter county, seems to nave sufferd much persecution of late by the dleged incendiarism of his property. Soon ifter settling in Mayesville, in June 1881, i school house which he had erected was jurned ; it was rebuilt and ready for occupancy, when again, in August last it was jurned; and 011 the lltli instant his elegant private residence was burned. Each of these ires occurred between 1 and 2 o'clock in the .noming, just as the through freight train was irriving from Florence to Mayesville. These :oincidences, the efforts to destroy character ind projperty, and the time and circumstances ittending the three consecutive fires, have combined to produce an intense excitement in :hatcommunity. No one believes for a monent that the incendiary is a resident of Mayisville, but that it is some one of the outside jnemies who can take advantage of the trains tinning at night to come unseen, do his work, md escape unseen. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. In the Senate 011 the lltli the river and harjor appropriation bill was debated without eaching a vote. The proceedings of the House were devoted ;o the sundry civil appropriation bill. In the Senate on the 12th, the credentials >f Mr. Lamar as Senator-elect from Mississippi, for the term beginning March 4, 1883, were ead and filed. The river and harbor appropriation bill was then taken up, and the various imendments having been agreed upon, the jill was finally passed and the Senate adjournal. The House, in committee of the whole, considered the sundry civil appropriation bill, and ifter completing all but one page, adjourned. In the Senate on the 13th, a resolution was idopted directing the committee on library to mquire into the expediency of purchasing, edting and publishing the unpublished manuscripts, &c., of Andrew Jackson. A joint acnlnf inn wll it'll )l!IS IMlSSpd tllfi IlOUSe. ^VlUbiviif TIUIV*. .IMM 4- 7 impropriating $50,000 to enable the United states to take part in the International Exhijition in London, in May, 1883, was passed. )u motion of Mr. Morrill all pending orders vere postponed for one week. The revenue ax bill was taken up, but after short speeches >y Messrs. Morrill and Voorhees?the forner in favor of the bill and the latter in oppoiition to it, further consideration of the bill vas postponed. In the House the sundry civil appropriation nil was passed. Among the curious approbations agreed to is one of $15,000 to enable he President to carry out civil service reform. Vnother item appropriates $70,000 forthepur)ose of paying various sums to thirty contestints and contestees for seats in the House. In the Senate on the 14th, the pension apnopriation bill was ordered printed and laid >ver for future action. A number of special tension bills were passed?among them one ncreasing the pension of Elizabeth C. Custer, vidow of General George A. Custer, to fifty lobars per month, and one (a House bill) ;ranting a pension of fifty dollars per m&nth o Hetty Taylor Handridge, daughter of ITesilent Tr-ylor. The House pension bill was tmemkvi by the adoption of a general provis* M ^ xl.? ,4 aP n ^lniililo iitii?_ Oil prOlllUltfllg tilt' l'(l) IIICIll Ul Ot uuuuiv J/VUion. The discussion of the internal revenue ax bill was resumed, and pending the considration of an amendment offered by Mr. Heck, educing ten cents per pound the tax on manifactured tobacco the matter went over for xecutive session. Jn the House the general deficiency appronation bill, as amended by the Senate, was < iiken up. The last amendment in the bill ras that constituting a board of credit con- ( isting of the First and Second Comptrollers 1 1' the Treasury and the Treasurer of the Uni- j eel States, to whom shall be referred all claims nd the determination of allowances to be < lade growing out of the illness and burial of ; he late President, James A Garfield. An at- i nek was promptly made upon this amend- 1 lent, led by Blackburn in a long speech, in < hicli he declared that all claims embraced in i his amendment should be settled through the ; 'robate Court. When so settled Blackburn t as willing to appropriate any amount that < light be needed to reimburse (airfield's friends, i Liter a long debate the House, by a vote of 78 j ) 83, non-concurred in the Senate amend- t lent. A bill to pay Mrs. Garfield 350,000, less i ic amount paid her late husband on account ; f salary, was introduced by Taylor of Ohio ] ml, by unanimous consent, was passed. i In the Senate on the 15th, after some un- ] nportant procceedings, the consideration of l le pension appropriation bill was proceeded ? ith, the internal revenue bill having been ; ad aside informally. After several amend- ( lents were offered, discussed and voted down, f le bill was passed. 1 In the House, Cannon of Illinois, from the f immittee of conference on the legislative, ( cecutive and judicial appropriation bill, rented that the committee were unable to . rree. Cannon explained that the first mat- r t in dispute touched the salaries of the I oitse and Senate employees. Atkins of Ten- t jssee and Ilolman of Indiana insisted that 1 ie House should maintain its position on the 1 ibject, and, even were the hill to hang fire c ir a long time, should hold to the doctrine nit, as a co-ordinate branch of the legislative ? .'partment, it had the right to determine f hat the salaries of government employees ( should be. Holman declared thathe would rather see the bill fail than have the House yield upon this question. Cannon, Hiscockand Atkins were reappointed conferees on the legislative bill, and II iscock, Robeson and Cox of New York conferees on the deficiency appropriation bill. A resolution was adopted referring to the Committee on Civil Service Reform the question of inequalities of salaries between Senate and House employees, provided that 110 salaries have lieen increased. The House then went into committee of the whole on the Senate amendments to the river and harbor appropriation bill, and the result was non-concurrence in 150 of the amendments. THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS. The following letter in the New York Obtcrrrr from Hon. Victor C. Barringer, of North Carolina, American Judge in the New Court of Appeals of Alexandria, gives the clearest and perhaps the most truthful account yet published of the occurrences immediately preceding the bombardment of Alexandria by the English tleet. The letter is dated Alexandria, June 16 : ^ Grave disorders broke out here at 3.30 p. m. on the lltli inst. I hasten to give you some a details on which you may depend. There is much need of the truth, as far as it can be * ascertained, for no pains have been spared to sow, far and wide, misstatement and falsehood in resjiect to the incidents of last Sunday. r flno iif th<? KmW 1 Hivr a >1I1I^1C VIIU </ . vuv ..... Vurk dailies telgraphed to its correspondent at Cairo that it wanted picturesque news from Alexandria. This correspondent, a young Englishman, who was not in Alexandria at all 011 the 11th, applied to some of his young countrymen for the needful items of information. They practiced a cruel hoax on him; and, unless the managers of the New York press have been sharper than their correspondent, one can hardly estimate the amount of suffering which their picturesque news has indicted on our friends in America. The morning of the 11th opened beautifully in this city. The public tranquility never seemed more assured. We have had a troubled state of affairs for some weeks. The army, with Arabi Pasha at its head, was engaged in a bitter quarrel with the Khedive; but it was an internal dispute which turned purely on ruce. Arabi personified the Egyptians, while the Khedive symbolized the hated Turkish power. If the parties had been let alone, it might be interesting to speculate on the end and results of this controversy. Hut they were not let alone. About^ month ago England and France decided to intervene against Arabi , and in the interest of the Khedive. 1 am not concerned to pass judgment on this policy, or on the manner in which it was sought to be enforced. I assert, without hesitation, that up to this moment when the joint lleet anchored in this port, events in Egypt had not assumed any form hostile or offensive to Christians and foreigners. From that moment there were the elements of disorder, which a spark might set into a flame. And the spark might come from either direction?from the foreign population as well as from the native. For, if the latter felt affronted, and not awed by the moral demonstration made by two great powers, there was danger, on the other hand, that the roughs of the foreign ?nfltAllu unH rYiurrnifvintr JJUJHilil tlUlI, IlJiatarvJll? WIIUIIJ unu uiu^iMkj .?0 unduly the character of this moral display, would gladly seize the occasion to put upon a people ordinarily docile and submissive. It was hoped, however, that this danger was over-past. The Admiral commanding the fleet had promised in no event to land troops or fire a gun. Arabi, the real master of the country, had given the most solemn assurances of protection and safety. Dervish Pasha had just arrived from Constantinople on a mission of inquiry into the causes of the recent disturbances, and a general confidence was felt in the happy issue of his mission. The 11th came, as I have intimated, with a better lookout than we had had for some time. The city gave itself up to the us'ual round of i Sunday festivities and dissipations. About / the hour I have already indicated, in a quarter ^1 of the city where a good many beer-shops and bad houses are located, a drunken Maltese and an Egyptian got into an angry dispute. Tiie Maltese stabbed and killed the Egyptian. In a few minutes the fight was general along several streets in the neighborhood, and even into the Grand square, where I had a full Yiew of it from my balcony. It was from the beginning and to the end a tumultuous encounter, evidently without any head or organization. The natives werearmed only with clubs. They struck at random every man in the European dress whom they encountered, and so brutally were many of the dead mangled that it is evident the murderers, in many instances, lingered long over a body after life was extinct, or even paused in their mad career to beat the lifeless corpse. The combatants, on the Euro]>ean side, were generally armed with knives and firearms. Unluckily, they resorted often to the irritating and dangerous tactics of shooting down into the streets from windows and balconies?a species of warfare almost always as fatal to friends as to enemies. But where the roughs of the city?the low Greeks, Italians, and Maltese?came hand to hand with their foes in the streets and in the squares they rarely missed a deadly aim, and they lost no time in mangling what was already "dead, or mortally wounded. The fight raged till near 7 o'clock P. M. The work of pillage soon commenced ; but it was generally in a small way. The large shops were too strongly barricaded for clubs?the only weapon of the Arabs?to make any impression on them. The open beer-shops, the cafes, and showcases along the streets suffered without mercv. There was something comical in this part of the scene. One might see a child toddling along under the weight of a doll bigger than ^ itself; a woman bearing on her head a lot of broken chairs, the whole not worth ten cents ; a man with an armful of glass-ware, with which he would finally fall to the ground amid the wreck of his plunder. In one case a devoted Mussulman was seen carrying off a huge cross, evidently with much care, as if he expected some day to sell it to a good Christian, instead of smashing it to the earth, or using it to crack the head of some European. The native police, first on the scene of these disorders, participated in the sacking, and, it is said, even in the work of death. But about 7 o'clock the military in full force came forward, and in an instant there was quiet. After a residence of eight years I have never known a more tranquil night in Alexandria than that of the 11th. The delay in the arrival of the troops was painful, perhaps criminal; but after full examination, I must say that what has happened to us in respect to the police and military is not far worse than what is characteristic of these protectors of the public safety everywhere. They are always, and in all countries, too lat j on the theatre of action, and they too often share the sympathies of the rioters. The killed outright numbered fifty-six Euroj)eans of various nationalities?no American. As to the Arabs, it is very difficult to ascertain the number. Estimates vary very much. The best opinion is that they lost quite as many in killed as the Euroi>eans. The tvminrW nn hftth sirlps are about three to one i)f killed. Among the wounded are the English, Italian, and (Jreek Consuls, but none of them seriously. I have no time to-day for further details. Comment must be adjourned. If I have at ill succeeded in putting before you the facts respecting this lamentable day, you will see low silly it is to speak of the affair as a maslacre?nn indiscriminate slaughter of men, ivomen, and children. It was a riot rather? i regular street light?in which both sides >u fie red about equally. It is true something if religious fanaticism mingled with the notives of the combatants on either side; but t was at most a subordinate motive; and, hank God, it has been well punished, ami leither party has much to boast of. There ire many men, I know, who insist that the Moslems acted on a preconcerted plan, and inder the instigation of Araibi Pasha. I camlot share this opinion If Arabi and his folowers cannot do better than this, they are imply blunderers. I think rather that it was i thing of sudden heat, and wholly unexiiect>d. I could give you many instances of strong idelity and tenderness on the part of the Molaminedans during the fray, and I know that ;he mass of them deeply deplore the event and lread its consequences. V. C. B. The announcement made on the 10th, by Vdmiral Seymour to the Governor of AlexanIria that at an early hour of the next day the wmbardment of the city would begin, was lie loncr-exiipcted conclusion of a series of >olitieal events foreshadowed by articles we lave published from time to time, and pre:ipitated by the events narrated above. Down to September last Egypt was at i>eaee md prosperous beyond what had been known or many a century. Under Anglo-French ontrol the condition of the peasantry was