Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 20, 1882, Image 2
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- :
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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.
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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. <
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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. '?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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