Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 03, 1882, Image 2
^crapis and Jfattsi.
? The new national bank notes are to be
about the size of the others, but will be choc-!
olate brown in color on the back instead of
green. The front will contain a line vignette 1
of the late General Garfield.
?tlov. St. John, of Kansas, states that pro
hibition is progressing so well in that State i
and others that he believes in fifteen years the
law will be made a national one.. In Kansas
a stimulus has been given to business of all
kinds.
? Illinois has the lead in railways, followed,
but not closely, by Pennsylvania and Ohio.
New York, Iowa, Texas, Indiana, Michigan,
Missouri, Kansas, "Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Georgia come in the order named. South
Carolina^tands number 25 in the list olStates
and Territories.
? The net earnings of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad for the past year were
?283,014. The fixed charges were. ?294,000,
and there was consequently a loss of $10,385.
The operating expenses were swelled by outlays
for steel rails, &c., otherwise the net
: p. ?q-io
rilllljiljin nuuiu utvvc ?vAu,wt>>
? A man in Georgia lost a gold collar button
two years ago, and recently the missing jewerly
was found in the fat of the digestive organs
of a slaughtered cow. How the cow got
under the bureau in the bedroom, where a detached
collar button always rolls, is an inexplicable
mystery.
? Arabi Bey, if report be true, is not only
the Dennis Kearney of the Nile and the Billy
Mahone of Egypt, but he is also the General
Pope of Africa. It is stated that in his account
of the bombardment of Alexandria, addressed
to the natives, he announced that eight ironclads
were burnt, four captured and two sunk.
That reads very much like Pope's dispatches
during the war.
? Shoe Heel, N. C., has a curiosity that
would be entered for big money in Barnum's
museum. It is a cross-eyed dog, the property
( f Capt. H. R. McKinney. His eyes are so
cross that if you lay two pieces of meat on the
ground in front of him he can't pick up either,
but will bite the ground all around them.
Fact, as men of veracity assert.
? Duelling should never be encouraged ; but
if people will fight, the example of uapt. Aivero
and Maj. Cordova, of the Second Mexican
Regiment, is to be commended to them. These
gentlemen went out to fight and both were
brought back dead. So honor was satisfied
on both sides and peaceable people relieved
from future terrorism on the part of both fireeaters.
? Hon. Alexander H. Stevens will go into
the campaign during August and September.
He will visit all parts of Georgia and will
speak from his rolling chair. In consideration
of the fact that Mr. Stephens will have but
little if any opposition, the spirit he shows in
making an active canvass, under the great
physical disadvatages, is an example worthy
the consideration of younger and healthier
men.
? Swimming plates are one of the latest novelties.
They are described as Hat disks of
light pine wood, from eighteen to twentyeight
inches in circumference, and are adjusted
to the hands and feet by straps in such a
way as not to interfere with perfect freedom
of motion. It is claimed that the swimmer
can propel himself seven feet further at a
stroke with these plates and carry from forty
to fifty pounds weight.
? The postoffice department has on its pay
roll about 1,000 cats, which are regularly in
its employ throughout the country, and are
paid for their services with food and shelter.
These estimable creatures make themselves
veiy useful by keeping rats and mice out of
the mail matter. Their number and the cost
of their maintenance are strictly accounted
for, and when any one of them declares a divi1
dend that fact is duly reported, and provision
is made for the newcomers.
?It was charged during the Franco-Prussian
war that both sides fired poisoned bullets. An
exchange says : "Wounds not always dangerous
in themselves, sometimes proved fatal or
Q lnnrr time tr? Dr Gl'DSS. Of
Paris,.has found out the cause. Modern
breech-loading rifles are so constructed that
the bullet conveys with it a portion of the hydrocyanic
acid which the explosion of the lewder
has caused to accumulate in the barrel.
The poisoning of the wounds was accidental,
not intentional/'
? Hon. Judah P. Benjamin, ex-Secretary of
the Confederate States, is now the acknowledged
leader of the bar in England. Fleeing
from the Confederacy, he reached Great Britain,
and in six months was admitted to the
bar and published a l>ook, "Benjamin on
Sales." At first he struggled, making only
.?'300 the first year, ?.'400 the second and ?,'1,000
the third. Now wealth is pouring in upon
him, and recently he had one half of all the
appeals to the House of Lords from England
Ireland and Scotland.
? There has been a heavy decline in flour,
owing to the large arrivals, accumulating
stocks and material decline in the prices of
grain at Western points. A settled tiour
market is not looked for before the latter part
of August. As prices are expected to be
much below those of last year during the
coming season a large foreign demand is anticipated.
The news that the duties on flour
at Havana have been considerably reduced
will undoubtedly have quite an inspiriting
effect in the flour trade.
? The Chicago Tribune cries out for law reform
in Illinois,, and cites a case in point
which hung on for ten years. The amount
woo fMWl fnv U'hinll qlim flip Fy
Jll VUlfUU TlrtO AVI U iiivii ww.?. ? >/
press Company was sued by a man named
Boskowitz. The Tribune concludes as follows
: "How much cheaper it would have
been had Boskowitz and the Express Company
played a game of euchre in 1872 for the
><8,000 ! The uncertainties of fifty-two cards
are not to be compared with the uncertainties
attending the workings of what we call "an
enlightened system of jurisprudence.' "
? There is one way for accounting for the
unfortunate financial condition of Egypt. All
Europeans in that country are favored by exemption
from taxation. English, French and
Italian merchants own the finest cotton and
sugar plantations and employ hundreds of
hands without paying one para of tax to the
State. This concession was obtained by Napoleon
in 1799, to run one hundred years, and
it has been respected ever since by Governor
and Pasha. It is not strange that the
native Egyptians, who are ground down unmercifully
by taxation, should have so fierce a
hatred of the privileged Europeans.
? Commissioner Raum reports to Secretary
Folger that the entire collections of internal
revenue for the past fiscal year have been accounted
for and turned into the treasuiy.
The whole sum collected was $146,520,273.71.
During the past six years the sum of 8748,831,071
has been collected from this-source without
loss by defalcation. The expense of collection
for the past fiscal year will not exceed
$5,108,300, being less than 31 per cent, of the
whole. The combination among illicit distillers,
in some parts of the country, to evade
the law have been broken up, and the relations
existing between the tax-payers and the revenue
officers are harmonious.
? In Utah the wholesale persecution of the
? C-*" iiiniinrnvofoil tiiwl Qrrotirrd.
CTtTJlllIt > Hits urril uuu onui.f,..
ments nave been made testing the constitu-;
tionality of the Edmunds Act. If the decision
should be adverse the Mormons have determined
not to submit at any cost. The po-:
lygamists, from the President John Taylor
down, with apostles, bishops and elders in the
most extreme part of their domain, have sep-!
arated from their wives and are living openly I
with one only. All polygamists have, under
orders, resigned from all municipal offices, I
and monogomists, as strong in the faith as
those deposed, have l>een commisioned in their
places.
? The Star route trials have been pushed to
one good result, at least, whether convictions
are secured or not. The entire crew from
Brady to Dorsey stand convicted before the
bar of public opinion, and the Bepublican 1
party after all its professions of reformation,
and all the valiant words of Grant and Hayes,
all the "let no guilty man escape" and" all
that epigrammatic heroics which usually cover
up what ought to be disclosed, stand responspible
for a new ring which rivals the Credit
Mobilier, and, in many respects, involving a
smaller amount, is worse than thatstuj>endous
villainy. It has now been so clearly demonstrated
to the American people that reform
within the party is impossible, that Democracy
will be asked in 18S4 to take the lid off
and show what lies below closed under its
hatches.
? On the north-western outskirts of Chicago,
last Friday evening, a workman took a 1
can of powder from the magazine and opened
it with a cold chisel. There was 2,500 pounds J t
of powder in the magazine. The workman | ?
left the door open and stood close to it while ' ,
opening the can. A spark from his cold i
chisel exploded the can, blowing the work-!
man out of further danger from the explosion ! *
of the 2,500 pounds remaining in the maga- 1
zine, which followed immediately. The magazine
was blown into fragments so small that ,
they can't be found and did no harm. The .
force of the explosion threw down several I'
people and some bones were broken; and a iJ
great deal of glass was demolished, but no j
lives were lost. i
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THURSDAY MORNING. AUG. 3. 1882 j]
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i
A PLEASANT HEALTH RESORT.
Incident to the development of the Pied- ,
mont Belt by the construction of the Air-Line j
Railroad, perhaps no private enterprise along
that entire line has more completely met with
popular favor, and consequently proved a perfeet
and deserved success, than the opening to (
the public of the All-Healing Springs, the J
curative properties of whose waters, as we (
shall presently see, have been known for more
than a hundred years. The success of this
health and pleasure summer resort, now in its (
second season, is gratifying in more respects (
than one. It is encouraging, first, to know (
that our own section has within its borders native
citizens of sufficient energy and capital ,
to inaugurate such an enterprise, in view of '
the many discouragements by poor remunerative
returns on capital invested in similar
property. And secondly, it is no less gratifying
to know that our own people are beginning
to show a nroner appreciation of home '
o ? * - efforts
in this direction, notonly by bestowing
their patronage upon pleasure resorts springing
up in their midst, but that they are also
beginning to recognize and admit the fact that
our own favored country has all the natural
advantages?both as to health-giving waters,
favored climate, pure air and attractive and
picturesque scenery?claimed by the boasted
and aristocratic resorts farther North.
The All-IIealing Springs can confidently
claim all these advantages. They are situated
in the south-west corner of Gaston county, N. (
C., two miles from the Cleveland county line,
three miles from the York county line, five
miles west of Gattonia, four miles east of
King's Mountain Station, and thirty-five miles ,
south-west of Charlotte. The nearest point
from the Springs to the Air-Line Railroad is
two miles, though railroad passengers reach
the Springs in hacks, which run regularly from
King's Mountain Station and Gastonia.
The Springs are situated at the base ofCrowder's
Mountain, the highest j>eak of which
rises to an altitude of near two thousand feet
above the sea level and eight hundred feet
above the level of the surrounding country.
This mountain is of the same range as King's
Mountain, and the i>eak rising so majestically
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Ill U'OHl Ul lilt! IlUlfl 13 U131HUL 1IUIU VUV
cle of King's Mountain 2? miles. Crowder's ;
Mountain, and Crowder's Creek in the same
vicinity are so called from the name of a
settler in that locality during colonial days. ,
The company controlling the projierty is
composed of the following gentlemen : C. W.
Garrett, John J. Garrett, H. II. Garrett, Dr.
F. M. Garrett, I. W. Garrett, II. Y. McAden, ,
Phil. S. Baker and Freno Billing, the three
last named having acquired an interest by (
subscribing stock in the "All-IIealing Springs |
Company," the immense body of land?13,000 I
acres?embracing the springs, having been
owned since 18(52 by Garrett Brothers. These
gentlemen were wealthy and extensive cotton (
planters in Edgecomb county, X. C. When ,
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.^ewuem ien aim uiun (fuinin uw mc ^uun I
Carolina coast were being taken by the Fed- ,
erals, there, as in South Carolina, the people |
of the exposed localities who had the means
"refugeed" to the interior. Garrett Brothers j
owned a large number of slaves?fine material i
for future citizens?and to whom they were <
so fondly attached that they did not want i
them to fall into the hands of the Philistines, i
So they decided to heed the advice of that |
eminent Abolitionist, Horace Greeley, and |
Go West. Passing through middle Carolina |
they kept on beyond Charlotte, and hearing of
the CrowdeCs Mine Iron property, which had <
only been recently sold by Major B. F. Briggs.
they negotiated with the new purchasers for |
the property and bought it, for the purpose of i
giving employment to their slaves in the pro- t
duction of iron for the Confederate Govern- ;
i ment. Here they remained until the close of j
i the war. # ,
Occasionally, during tins occupancy of the (
i property citizens of the surrounding country <
spoke to Dr. Garrett of the wonderful medi- 1
| cinal virtues of the springs near C'rowder's j
Mountain ; but at that time his mind was too I
much occupied with other matters to even ;
give a thought to the subject, and at the
termination of hostilities, the Doctor and one I
or two of his brothers returned to Edgecorab i
count}', resuming their former avocations, be- i
stowing little thought upon the Crowder's I
Mountain property until the location of the ?
j Air-Line Hailroad, when the completion of 1
that line prompted the Doctor to look after {
the interests which this important work (
of internal improvement had so suddenly i
"brought out of the woods" to one of the t
leading thoroughfares of the South. i
It was now that Dr. Garrett began to listen 1
to the wonderful stories of the medicinal prop- t
erties of "the Springs." . The statement of l
Mr. Baker, an elderly gentleman, who knew 1
of cures performed by these waters for fifty \
years; and when a young man had learned s
traditionally that they were used as "medicine t
waters" by the aboriginees, and that it was a n
place of resort by the white settlers before and c
during the Revolutionary war, gave some \
ground for faith in the stories. And it may I
here be remarked that this story has been con- v
firmed, as strongly as can be, by circumstan- 1
tial testimony, timbers and other evidences of a
habitations around the springs many years 11
ago, having been found under the ground, in I
making excavations for the present improve-1 v
ments. The stories of the neighbors were con- j ]i
firmed by the statements of physicians?nota- j s
uiy i>r. .1. >v. iracy, 01 King s Mountain, and o
])r. A. P. Campbell, of Clover, who unhesita- a
tingly certified to thecurative properties of the li
waters. The several authentic statements in- o
duced I)r. Garrett to subject four of the wa- r
ters to chemical analysis, which gave the fol- f<
lowing results: e
Spring No. 1, known as "All-IIealing"? ii
Sulphur, a trace : iron, a trace : arsenic, no- a
ably ; lithia, a trace ; magnesia, potash, lime
ind other basic oxides in minute quantities.
Ynalysis by Prof. Wilson, 1878.
Spring No. 2?Iron carbonate; sulphur,
race ; arsenic ; lime ; magnesia and traces of
lasic oxides. Analysis by Prof. Wilson, 1878.
Spring No. 3?Sulphur, notably large ; iron,
narked ; arsenic notably ; magnesia, potash
md other basic oxides. Analysis by Prof,
flanna, 1881.
Spring No. 4?Sulphur, notably large ; iron,
narked ; arsenic, notably ; magnesia, potash
ind other basic oxides. Analysis by Prof.
[Ianna, 1881.
These springs burst from the base of Crowd?r's
Mountain, and the location of their origin
unbraces in a small area at least one hundred
iprings, all apparently of different minerals. It
ins been found necessary, however, to lit up
>nly the above four, which by their resjiective
lumbers are known as No. 1?Lithia, or "AllHealing,"
by reason of the curative virtues of
its waters in so great a variety of cases ; No.
I?Chalybeate or iron; No. 3?White Sulphur;
No. 4?Red Sulphur. These springs are nice
ly fitted up under shelter, ana their suppiy 01
water, bursting from the mineral substances
heneath, is inexhaustible. With commendable
foresight the hotel was located within an easy
walk of these rejuvenating and health restoring
fountains, and guests can at all times
juaff the waters fresh from the Springs without
inconvenience or a laborious walk in reaching
them.
The success of the waters last season more
than justified the exudations of the proprietors?especially
the water of Spring No. 1,
which is deservedly called "All-Healing," the
water of which, used according to the direction
of Dr. Garrett, in connection with the
other waters, is confidently recommended for
avery form of skin disease; dyspepsia, in all
its forms; constipation ; sick headache ; scrofula
; ulcers ; syphilis, and all cases of general
iebility. Peculiar cases that had tried the
celebrated Hot Springs, in Arkansas, without
relief, have found prompt benefit from these
waters, and among several notable cases that
have been cured by them since the place wjis
opened as a health resort, may be mentioned
lyspepsia, in its worst form ; pruritus vulva;;
uterine cases in general; red eczema ; psoriasis,
or scaly eruption on the head ; ulcers of
the mouth from dyspepsia, and all cutaneous
or scrofulous diseases; constipation ; chronic
dysentery; catahr; and all cases of general
Iebility. As to the effect of the waters upon
dyspepsia, Dr. Garrett will guarantee them to
effect a cure in all cases where the coat of the
stomach has not l>ecome ulcerated.
With his characteristic liberality, and that
ill in:iv eniov the benefits to be derived bv the
use of these Springs, without money and without
price, Dr. Garrett extends a free invitation
to all the people of the surrounding country
to come and partake of the waters at any
and all times ; and as showing the reputation
the Springs have with the people fully conversant
with their rare medicinal qualities, it
may be mentioned that they are visited l>v
hundreds daily. On Saturday last there were
not less than five hundred visitors who came
for the purpose of drinking and using the waters.
The medicinal qualities of the waters having
been thus set forth, a few words may suffice
in explaining the object of the proprietors,
which is to establish a sanitarium adapted to
the means of all. While, with the waters and
other health-restoring facilities, will be furnished
any luxury or expensive line of fare
that the most wealthy or extravagant desire
may demand, at the same time superior accommodations,
both as to the tables and
rooms, will be furnished to those of limited
means. The management fully recognizes the
fact that there are hundreds of worthy men
and women all over the country who could be
benefitted, and in many instances confirmed
invalids be restored to health, uy access 10
these waters, did their means permit. To accommodate
this class as well as those more favored
by fortune, is one object of the proprietors.
Here the poor invalid may live and derive
the benefits of the waters at but little more expense
than if at his own home ; and the wealthy
invalid or festive pleasure-seeker may secure
imy comfort or luxury his inclinations may
require, and neither trespass upon the other.
While it is not a place of amusement for the
dissipated or vicious, every facility is afforded
for solid recreation at a cost within the reach
of all.
Connected with the hotel, but at a sufficient
distance from the sleeping apartments to prevent
annoyance, is a house fitted up for innocent
amusements. In it is a large dancing hall,
provided with a string band ; a billiard room,
bowling alley and gymnasium.
The hotel proixir is constructed with the
view of securing every comfort and convenience.
Broad piazzas extend the entire length
af botli sides the main buildings, affording
pleasant promenades at all hours ; the rooms
commodious, airy and comfortable; the dining
room, with a capacity to seat -200 guests, large
ind ventilated with automatic fans, rendering
it cool and pleasant; bath-rooms convenient;
the best cuisine that can be drawn from the
surrounding country, supplemented with luxuries
from abroad ; a newness and most commendable
air of cleanliness and tidiness which
pervades the whole surroundings; the pure,
bracing atmosphere and picturesque scenery,
may well suggest in this romantic spot the
Fountain of Youth for which Ponce DeLeon
searched in vain.
Although this is only the second season?
low in its height?and the season of last year
ivas inaugurated under i?eculiar disadvantages,
;he success of the establishment, as intimated
it the outset of this article, is gratifying, and
ts success as a growing and permanently pop
ilar place of resort may De considered assured.
'.)ver 1200 guests visited the springs last season
and probably a larger number have already
jeen there the present season, the average
permanent guests being about ninety }>er day,
Tom all sections of the country, who form an
igreeable society.
The responsibility of its management is en-1
;irely upon Dr. F. M. Garrett, who is present
ill the time, and unsparing in his efforts to
render guests comfortable, and make them
'eel at home. In this department lie is ably
issisted by ('apt. W. .1. Pinchbeck, whose affability
and obliging disposition render him a
general favorite with all the guests. Indeed,
Japt. Pinchbeck has never failed in but one
nstance to gratify every want and demand of
lie most captious and querulous guest. This
vas an old maid, a confirmed dyspeptic. She
aid not been at the Springs long enough for
he waters to have any appreciable effect upon
ler nervous system, and she was incessant in
ler demands for attention. Her every wish
vas gratified with a promptness and alacrity
>urprising even to herself. She evidently
bought that ('apt. Pinchbeck was equal to
my emergency. So when a thunder storm
ame up on me seconu evening aiter ner arn'al,
she sent in great haste for the Captain.
Ie promptly appeared and asked her pleasure,
vhen in the most confiding manner she asked
dm to please stop the thunder and lightning,
,s it was shocking to her whole nervous sysem.
The Captain tells this himself.
But I)r. Garrett does not propose to stop
nth the establishing of a sanitarium and
Measure resort at this romantic locality. Beiiles
the line mineral property 011 the vast body
f land under control of his company, there
re also fine agricultural lands, and he is now
aboring to settle upon these lands a good class
f immigrants. He has already perfected ariwigements
by which a colony of seventy-five
amilies of Germans will settle at the Crowdr's
Mountain Iron Works, to engage in worktig
tins fine deposit of ore, the mechanic arts
nd agriculture ; and he is in correspondence
with the representatives of two French colonies?one
in Ohio, and the other in Canada?
with reasonable hopes of inducing them to locate
upon this land in their search for a more
genial clime. The success of the immigration
scheme, in which Or. Garrett is heartily interested,
the resumption of work at the Orowder's
Mountain and Yellow Ridge rolling mills,
belonging to this property, and the starting up
of the mills at the Auman Ore Bank, adjacent,
which is contemplated at an early day, by a
Pittsburg company, will not only reclaim an
immense area of land hitherto regarded as a
burden to its owners, and which was absolutely
idle from 18G5 until the completion of the
Air-Line Railroad, on account of its inaccessibility,
but also give an impetus to this entire
section, exerting a beneficial influence for
miles around.
It. is contemplated, too, to open a female
seminary at the Springs, the prospectus of
which has already been issued. This school
will continue for nine months of the year, the
first session of which will open on the first of
January, 1883; but this institution and the
location as a pleasure resort will in no manner
conflict. The seminary will be#of a high grade,
but rates for tuition and l>oard will l>e fixed at
a price within the reach of any person who
may desire to give his daughters a first-class
education. It is claimed by the manager
of the property that witli the facilities at his
command he can supply all the requirements
of a first class seminary 25 per cent, lower,
both for board and tuition, than is now charged
at the best average schools of this class, and
on this basis he 'pr^Wses to establish the
school. It will be in charge of Itev. P. H.
Fontaine, a graduate of the University ol
Virginia, and a gentleman well known as an
experienced and successful educator, who will
be assisted by a full corjw of competent instructors.
We have thus briefly penned our impression?
of "All-IIealing Springs"?-what the resort
has accomplished, what it is t9-day, and what
may be the future beneficial results of the establishment
; and if you are not prepared tc
take our word for what is said, go there and
spend a few days for health and recreation,
and thus see for yourself.
THE TWELETH REGIMENT REUNION.
The fourth annual reunion of the Twelftli
rjofrimanf Si C\ V M^Uiiwnn's 'Rricrnrlp wit!
be held at Rock Hill on the 17th of August.
Preparations are in progress for the reception
and entertainment of the survivors and theii
friends who are to be present, and who will
be warmly welcomed and kindly cared for.
Tiiese gatherings of gallant men who worth
ily wore the grey are pleasant affairs. Thej
draw together both young and old. They re^
vive and keep fresh and green the treasured
memories and stirring recollections of the past,
There is no bitterness in the breasts of tin
survivors jus they talk together of the dearlj
remembered days when they marched Ijeneatl;
the Southern Cross, as they tell of the trials oi
the wejiry march, the terrors of battle, of the
cherished comrades who now sleep the unbro
ken sleep of the slain. The cup they quaff is
one of kindness, whose crystal depths reflect
mjmy a fond ?ace?many a familiar scene,
brave boys, whose merry laugh w:is the verj
music of mirth, the cheerful camftfires around
which they gathered when their hearts beal
high with hope and happiness and when then
thoughts were of the loved ones in their deai
Carolina homes.
To recaJl the glories of the past does nol
perpetuate the angry passions engendered bj
the war, which the Southern soldiers struggled
to forget at its disastrous close. The excellent
example-that has been set by the Twelfth h
well worthy of emulation by the survivors
of other commands, who it is to be hoped will
have reunions, at which comnides, many oi
whom have not seen each other since the dark
and disastrous daysat Appomattox andCreens
boro can meet and renew old associations
The Twelfth Regiment won imperishable renown.
Its fame extended throughout tlx
army. The das!) and daring the men displayed
were grand. They were heroes among the
heroic Army of Northern Virginia. Thestur
dy sons of Fairfield, Lancaster, Pickens, Richland
and York were represented in its ranks,
The regiment was mustered into Confederal
service in August, 1801, although many ol
the members were in the field before the surrender
of Fort Sumter, and performed dutj
on. the coast until April, 1802, when it was
ordered to Virginia. This gratified the men,
who longed to share in the glory which was
being won by other commands from Carolina
in the Old Dominion. It formed part of the brig
ade commanded by the gallant Maxcy Gregg,
with the brilliant history of which its services
are closely interwoven. The Twelfth distinguished
itself in every battle in which it tooh
part. It was an inspiring sight to see the
regiment advance toward the enemy's guns.
The steps of the men were as firm as theii
breasts were fearless.
It lost three colonels, Barnes, Miller and
Bookter, many line officers and hundreds ol
other gallant and devoted men. The grayhaired
hero, Col. Cadwalader Jones, of the
"House of York," commanded the regiment
until ill-health commanded him to retire,
When the brave Bookter fell, Lieut. Col. T.
F. Clyburu of Lancaster became colonel. He
was the youngest and one of the boldest and
best regimental commanders in the army,
lie was in charge of the Twelfth when it made
that famous and brilliant charge at Spotsylvania.
Gens. Gregg, McGowan, Perrin and Conner
spoke in the highest terms of the fighting
qualities of the Twelfth.?News and Courier.
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EGYPT AND COTTON.
The Egyptian question and its direct, as
well as indirect bearing on the great staple
continues to attract considerable attention in
cotton circles, and the general impression
seems to be that the outlook is indefinite.
Apprehension also still exists that notwithstanding
the precautions taken in regard to
the Suez Canal, its navigation might yet be
interrupted before the present troubles are
terminated, which would be quite a serious disaster
to East India European trade, and particularly
to that of England, which country
received 5,414,050 tons in 1881.
The total shipments of cotton from India
since January 1, have been 1,630,000 bales,
against 973,000 for the same time in 1881.
The total shipments from India in 1881 were
1,310,000 bales, and the year before 1,2*26,000
bales. From these few figures can be estitiulated
how disastrous .to English commerce
it would be if" the long and circuitous
route around the Cape of Good Hope had to
be resumed. As far as regards the shipments
from Egypt, they amounted to over 407,000
bales, equal to 600,000 bales of our cotton,
for the season ending September 1, 1880-81,
and 464,000 for for 1879-80. September 1,
1881, to July 22, this year, they amounted to
422,1*21 bales, against 399,574 for the same
time last year. Consequently the situation
really resolves itself into the following positions
: First the status excites little apparent
apprehension ; second, the result of a generaL
war, it is believed would cause a material depression
of cotton; thirdly, the interruption
of Egyptian shipments of cotton may yet create
enhancement of values, while disaster to
the Suez Canal might drive up cotton even beyond
the most sanguine expectations. Therefore,
taking tiie position altogether, the future
outlook for American cotton seems favorable
with one exception, a general European war,
which though apparently hardly probable, is
however, possible, owing to the jealousies between
the powers in regard to Egypt; consequently
what is called European consent may
in case of emergency be dissolved.
The time of gathering the Egyptian cotton
crop is a little earlier than ours, hence it
would only be the new crop that may be materially
affected by the war, as the bulk of the
old crop has already been shipped.
Cotton is cultivated in Egypt in two different
ways, one called "Misgain" and the otner
Bali." in tne Iirst case irrigation uegins as
soon as the seed is in the ground, by steam
pumps and other means, and is continued in
regular intervals for some time every twentieth
day, later on every tenth or twelfth day.
The field thus worked produces generally an
average crop of four to five cantars of cotton
jier acre?a cantar being 98 pounds. Fields
bordering 011 canals, which dry up during the
low Nile, or those belonging to the smaller
planters, who possess 110 means of artificial
irrigation, are planted Bali; they are solely
irrigated by the Nile, and consequently the
result of the crop is dependent 011 an "early
supply of water from the Nile.?N. 0. Democrat.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
S. A. McElwee?Beef Market.
Hunter, Oates ?fe Co.?Since the Reduction in
Prices.
M. Strauss?It Is Astonishing.
W. T. R. Bell, Principal. King's Mountain, N. C.
Attention, Boys!
J. M. Adams?Fresh Turnip Seeds?Tobacco, Cigars
and SnuIf?Steak Hammers.
T. M. Dobson?Dobson Selling at Cost.
Withers Adickes?New Goods this Week.
FINE RAINS.
This section was favored with a fine rain on '
Monday night, and within the past week rains j
have been general throughout the county.
THE FIRST COTTON BOLL.
We received last Friday an oj)en boll of eotfmi
ntlii/iVi nrmir An \fr T \f Grant's farm
near Hopewell. The note accompanying it
| represents the condition of the cotton crop
satisfactory, and corn the most promising it
has been for several years.
| THE STATE CONVENTION.
The State Democratic Convention assembled
in Columbia on Tuesday. By a dispatch received
on Tuesday night we learn that Hon.
Hugh S. Thompson received the nomination
, for Governor ; Hon. J. C. Sheppard for Lieutenant-Governor
; Miles for Attorney-General;
, Richardson for Treasurer; and Stoney for
, Comptroller-General. The remainder of the
, ticket was not completed.
SUDDEN* DEATH.
"We regret to learn of the death of Lorraine
. Walker, of Rock Hill, which occurred sudden(
ly at Cleveland Mineral Springs, on Tuesday
last. The disease that terminated his life was
! inflammation of the bowels. Mr. Walker was
i well known from his connection with the
I house of J. M. Ivy & Co. He was a young
man of superior business qualifications, and
much beloved and respected by all who knew
i him. He leaves a young wife, who, in her deep
, affliction, will have the sympathy of a large
; circle of friends.
COL. WILSON IN KERSHAW.
> The Camden Journal of the 27th ultimo
says:
i The dull routine of our office business was
broken on yesterday when Col. W. B. Wilson,
of York county, honored our sanctum with a
.r.alf n.,1 Wilcrvn ia ntio nf flip mnqh nrnminpnt'.
V UIV? KSXJl, TV liuvil IU V1IWU& V?(V >M?v? ? .M... w...
1 lawyers of the up country, and by a long life
i of character, capacity and rectitude has endeared
himself to the people of his section. He
' has occupied the most prominent positions of
. honor and trust in his county, and to day is
unanimously indorsed by his people. Col.
Wilson is a candidate for Congress from this
Congressional District, and we know of no
* one in the confines of the Fifth District that
could more ably fill the position. He has
every element necessary for such work, and
we feel satisfied that he would l>e an ornament
[ to the State in the high role of Congressman.
' We wish him success.
i church notices.
Baptist?Rev. W. L. Brown, Pastor. Ser!
vices at Union Church at ll A. M.; at the
j church in Yorkville at 4.30 P. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
t Lathan, Pastor. Services will commence on
r Friday night at 8 o'clock. Communion sert
vices on Sunday. The pastor will be assisted
; by Rev. W. T. Waller, of Charlotte.
1 Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
There will be no services in this Church next
Sunday.
r Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
I Pastor. In the temporary absence of the pas:
tor, who is away on a short vacation, his next
| appointment at Philadelphia Church will be
I supplied by Rev. J. L. Tillman, who will coml
mence a series of meetings at Philadelphia today,
and continue including next Sunday.
stockholde'rs' meeting.
The meeting of the stockholders of the
Chester and Lenoir Railroad, at Lincolnton,
on Wednesday night of last week, for the
purpose of entertaining Gen. Jmboden's proposition
to lease or purchase the unfinished
portion of the road between the towns of
Newton and Lenoir, was attended by a num;
ber of the stockholders, and a quorum of
stock was present; but Gen. Imboden failed
to attend. His absence was occasioned by
5 sickness in his family, and of course there
\ was nothing done in the- matter of entertain
t ing his proposition, rne lonowing resolution
was adopted and the meeting adjourned :
, Resolved, That when this meeting of the
> stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Nar
row Gauge Railroad Company do adjourn, it
; shall be to meet at Lincolnton at 8 o'clock P.
i M., on Thursday, August 17th, 1882, and that
J. B. Imboden be notified that said meeting is
: to be held to consider the contract for which
this meeting has been called.
\ THE ROAD LAW.
; As a matter of information to a number of
? persons interested, we publish below a sum;
mary of the road law as now of force in this
State under existing statutes and amendments
:
1 All able-bodied males between the ages of
1 sixteen and fifty are liable annually to work
the roads not iess than three nor more than
1 twelve days, under the direction of the road
" overseer, or pay one dollar per day in lieu of
" such labor.
The persons warned are entitled to twelve
hours notice of the place and hour of working,
and of the kind of tool to be used ; and any
one who neglects to apjiear, or refuses to
i work, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean,
or, and upon conviction before a trial justice
shall be fined not less than five dollars nor
, more than ten dollars, or be imprisoned in
jail not less than five nor more than twenty
, days. The residence of any person who has
, a family shall be held to be where his family
, resides ; and that of any other person where
i he boards.
Members of the State and county boards of
. examiners, members of the board of assessors,
school trustees, teachers and students of
schools and colleges, ministers of the gospel,
millers engaged in grist or merchant mills that
are kept open six days in each week, officers
of the lunatic asylum, and the warner (for
five days) are exempt from road duty.
MORMON CONFERENCE.
The last issue that we have received of the
Beaver City (Utah) Utoniun contains the minutes
of a meeting of "the conference of
"the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, held in Morgan ton, Burke county, N.
C., June 30,1882."
There were present on the stand John Morgan,
President of the S. S. Mission, George
" 1 ^ *J i A* - vr r\ nAM?AHAnno
| rassey, i'resiueni 01 me v.*. vujucicu^c,
J and the following Elders : James M. Barlow,
W. II. Bakes, W. C. Burton, C. J. Brain, J.
S. Carpenter, 0. M. Fulmer, Jas. Jenkins, W.
II. Clayton, John Barlow, John M. Easton,
Wm. H. White, E. M. Dalton and It. A. Robinson.
After prayer, President Passey spoke of his
j position as a servant of God being very imI
portant; desired to hear from the elders present,
and closed with a sincere prayer for the
| advancemet of truth. Elder Dalton expressj
ed his feelings, spoke of the penalties attending
the preaching of any other than the true
I gospel; dwelt at some length upon the princi|
pies of faith. Elder White was pleased to be
: assembled with so many of the servants of
| God; showed the necessity of proving all
i things ; spoke of the poor being rich in faith ;
: exhorted the Saints to be diligent and faith1
iv 1 .1 i. nf tlio
| iuj. .rresiueiii .juiiii j.uuig<ui ojjurc ui mu
I good resulting from our meeting together;
said the work of tiie Lord is progressing and
I the Elders feel well; made a few remarks on
| prayer; referred to the prayer taught by our
Saviour; said the kingdom spoken of had come
and would progress till it should till the whole
j earth. He wished the Elders to magnify their
calling, but to give all the glory to God. Elder
Easton considered it a privilege to preach
and administer in the ordinances of the Gospel;
said he thanked the Lord for the knowledge
| of the same and was satisfied that the work
would increase, despite the actions of govern!
ments.
I After singing and the benediction, Confer
ence took a recess. The afternoon session
was devoted to remarks from the various j
elders similar to those above quoted. Among e
the speakers was Elder Carpenter, who "re- 1 *
ferred to the gospel as being a perfect law
of liberty, and dwelt for a few moments upon A
the first principles of the gospel and the bless- f
ings attending upon ol>edience to them." t
The conference was in session the following i
day, when the "general church authorities j
were presented and sustained, as at the last '
annual conference at Salt Lake City." The j
following statistics of the conference were l
announced: i<
I Total number of officers and members, .....f?0 J
Baptized since last Conference .....49 1
Children blessed since last Conference 12 j
In the concluding exercises, Elder Barlow 1
"made some very interesting remarks con- '
cerning the gathering of Israel in the last 1j
days, bore his testimony to the truthfulness of ! .
the Latter-day-work and concluded with a short,
address upon new revelation and its neces-: j
J sity." 11
From this condensation of the proceedings,
which contains the names of "Saints" whose j
names are familiar to the people in the upper |
part of York county, it will be seen that the ;
disciples of Joe Smith are making progress!
in this country.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Greenbackism is reported as stone dead in J
Hampton, Marlboro' and Marion.
? The Anderson fanners speak of the crops
as the best they have ever had.
? Edgefield county produced 1,800,000 bushels
of red oats this season. |
? Col. Wm. Y. Fair, of Newberry, has ]
threshed this season 1G,000 bushels of grain.
? The crops in Union county are drying up !
for want of rain.
? Oats are selling in Chester for three bush- .
els for a dollar, and wheat at seventy-five cents
a bushel. !
? The crops in Georgetown county are said :
to be in a better condition than they have been !
since the war. :
? Nearly every county in the State will ]
make nominations for county offices by the <
primary system.
? During the last scholastic year there were
100 public schools open in Lexington county? |
73 for white and 27 for colored children.
? South Carolina gets, by the river and harbor
appropriation bill $375,400 for the improvement
of her rivers and harbors.
? The institute for white teachers assembled
in Columbia last Tuesday, under the provis
ions of an Act of the Legislature authorizing
the State Superintendent to provide for such
annual gatherings of the teachers of the State.
? In the Fourth Congressional District there
is no dearth of candidates, if reports be true.
The following Colonels will be in the field : J.
H. Evins, Spartanburg; B. W. Hall, Laurens;
I. G. McKissick, Union ; T. W. Woodward,
Fairfield ; L. F. Youmans, Richland ; W. II.
Perry, Greenville.
? The Lancaster Ledger of last week says:
"Since our last issue we have been favored
with fine rains, which were general throughout
the county. Cotton and corn is much
revived, and with continued seasons an average
crop of both is calculated upon by our
planters.
? The Rock Hill Herald of July 27th says:
Mr. John Ratterree owns a farm a short distance
from town and on last Monday he discovered
that millions of grasshoppers had attacked
a patch of corn, and were literally
tearing it to pieces. When they strike a
row of corn, they strip every blade, leaving
the stem; but they do not trouble either the
stalks or the ears. They are of various sizes,
from an inch and a half in length down to the
size of a bee. Most of them: are of a deep
greeen color, but.some are marked with a
dark red stripe. We have not heard of these
insects appearing in any other locality, and it
is rather singular that this one field should be
infested with them. They are perfectly wild,
and by going ahead of them and making a
noise they can readily be driven back. Adjoining
the corn is a wheat field from which
the grain has been harvested recently, and
there they can be found clustered together by
thousands.
? Says the Keowee Courier : Tiie crops con- ;
tinue to improve, as the seasons have been
such as to tax the highest productive power of 1
the soil. We do not know a place in the coun- |
ty where the corn has twisted even during the !
heat of the day, except for a few days in Wal- i
halla. Last week we had a slow rain for two j
days, and at this writing, Tuesday morning, a i
real season is falling and one can almost see
the com growing. Early corn is in the milk !
and would make an averagecrop without more J
rain and late corn is not apt to suffer, as August
is almost universally a wet month. The <
crop here is estimated above an average, opin- 1
ions varying from 110 to 1*20 per cent. With
a good wheat and an almost unprecedented
crop of oats, breadstuffswill be easy next year, i
The cotton crop is hardly an average, the cold i
Spring dwarfing the plant and reducing the
stand. The plant looks healthy and may yet 1
so take on the August crop as to give the faimers
an average yield. If so, the year for 1
fruit and growing crops will hardly have a 1
parallel in this county.
The Rock IIill Guano Ordinance.?As '
is well knowu to our people, the guano ordi- I
nance, as amended, went into effect on the '
first day of May. On that day, after the local
freight train had passed this place, Mr. J. R. '>
London, put four sacks of guano in the depot, (
consigning it to a purchaser at Smith's Turn J
Out, and obtained the Railroad Agent's re- J
ceipt therefor. At that time the local freight
trains then made only tri-weekly trips, consequently
the guano had to remain in the depot <
until the next local freight train would carry I
it off, which was on Wednesday morning, May <
3d. In the interim the Town Marshal discov- t
ered the guano in the depot, in violation of i
the ordinance, which required that "all ammo- 3
niated fertilizers be removed beyond the corporate
limits of said town on or before the '
first day of May," and which constituted each t
and every day or fractional part thereof that i
fertilizers should be allowed to' so remain, a r
new offence, imposing a line of not less than t
twenty dollars for each and every puch viola- ^
tion. Mr. London was ordered to appear be- I
fore the Town Council and show cause why t
the nenalties of the ordinance should not be 1
enforced against liim ; but on the 17th of May '
the counsel for Mr. London obtained a writ of v
prohibition from Judge Witherspoon, which S
was made returnable at the June term of s
Court. The motion was argued before Judge s
Wallace, who refused the writ, ou the ground l>
that the petition did not show on its face that
the Town Council had exceeded its authority
in passing the ordinance. Under this ruling,
Mr. London was ordered to appear before the t
Counsel last Monday night and show cause s
why he should not be fined. There were two 1:
cases against him?one charging a violation of ?
the ordinance on the 2d of May and the other r
on the 3d. The evidence of Mr. Hey ward, the a
Railroad's Agent, showed that Mr. London I
had put the guano in the depot after the de- v
parture of the local freight train, knowing tl
that it could not be removed until the morn- t<
ing of the 3d, his object being to test the va- v
lidity of the ordinance. Messrs. W. 13. Wil- I
son, Jr., and J. P. Gage appeared as counsel e
for the Town and Messrs. II. K. Jenkins and tl
J. J. Waters for Mr. London. The counsel lc
for the defense held that if there had been any o
violation of the ordinance, it was by the Rail- ft
road and not by Mr. London, who new tne
Railroad's receipt, dated May 1st, 'and in l?
whose possession the guano was when the or- a
dinance was violated. Mr. Wilson, for the ii
prosecution, argued that the question as to
whether or not the Railroad had violated the w
ordinance was not before the Council ; that it tl
had been violated by Mr. London in his not ft
having it removed as required by the ordi- p
nance, and in taking steps which he knew be- p
forehand would necessarily result in keeping ci
the guano here until the third day of May. b
The Town Council decided that Mr. London w
had violated the ordinance.in both cases, and di
he was lined twenty dollars in each. His coun- tl
sel appealed to the Circuit Court.?Herald, tl
July 27th. qi
> THE WAR IN EGYPT.
The latest European news is that trouble is
ixpected in passing the necessary appropriaions
for aiding England in Egypt through the
French Assembly. The London Times de:lares
that if England is allowed to do the
vork of saving Egypt alone she must rule it
ilone. Arabi protests against having Turkish
roups sent against him, and protests his allegiance
to the Porte.
At 1) o'clock on Tuesday evening a decided
ittempt was made to surprise the British outrnsts
under cover of darkness. A force of six
nindred men approached close to the British
ines, but when the Thirty-eighth Regiment
ipened fire the enemy retreated precipitately.
During the remainder of the night the Egyptians
continued moving about just beyond
ange. The attempt was preceded by reports
that Arabi Pacha was attempting to treat for
'onditions for his surrender, and that a white
lag was Hying over his entrenchments, probacy
circulated to lull the vigilance of the British.
Alexandria, July 25.?The military authorities
are of opinion that Arabi Pacha will
:iot attack the British. He is, hoNvever,
itrengthening his position hourly. At daybreak
this morning his men, many of them
without uniforms and driven like slaves, were
jeen working on the intrenchments. The Brit
sb 111 front ot ltemian are Deing reiniorcea
ivith 9-pounder guns and two Gatling guns,
ireat difficulty was experienced in moving the
juiis, without which it is impossible to assume
the offensive to Remlah. Directly a sufficient
number of heavy guns are placed in position,
m attempt will be made to dislodge Arabi
Pacha without exjiosing the troops. Gunners
uid guns from the fleet have been sent to the
front. The outposts of Arabi Pacha have retired
about 1,000 yards, and the British have
idvanced about 500 yards. There appeared to
ae some disturbance inside Arabi's intrenchments
during the afternoon.
The inspector of the Cadastre at Tautath,
speaking of the massacre there, says: "I saw
women carrying tied to bludgeons dismembered
arms and legs of massacred Europeans.
The soldiers and the rabble fought for loot.
A Bedouin sheikh, with twenty Bedouins,
saved the inhabitants of the Jewish quarter
uid took them to his village. Another sheikh
saved myself and party. The mob from Alexandria
murdered three employes of the Cadastre
and their families and burnt their
bodies with petroleum. The mob killed twelve
Ureeks. They tied the viscera of one of the
victims to the tail of a dog, and covered him
with petroleum, which was set on fire, amidst
cries of joy from the women and children.
The mob was repulsed eight times. Finally
two sheikhs arrived and dispersed it. The
three employes of the Cadastre, who, with
their families, were murdered at Tantab, defended
themselves bravely against their assailants,
many of whom they killed, until the
mob broke in' at the back of the house and
despatched them.
An officer who has deserted from Arabi
reports that the rebels, under the protection
of a flag of truce, are pushing forward the
construction of fortifications two miles from
Aboukir. He also states that formidable
preparations are being made around Rosetta.
The British troop ship Malabar and the men
of war Orien and Cygnet have left here for
Port Said. The Ottoman corvette Akkra has
arrived at Port Said. Advices from that
place report that the Governor or ismaua nas
lied to Arabi Pasha's lines.
The Raid on tiie Treasury.?The record
of the Forty-seventh Congress, about to close,
will be that of the most extravagant which has
assembled since the war, and it will, moreover,
have appropriated nearly three hundred millions
of the i>eople's money. Usually a Con- .
gress having the welfare of the people before
its eyes, reduces rather than inflates the estimates
of the heads of the several executive
departments. This is not to be credited to
this Congress, but rather the reverse.
Other than a few chronic cranks, who assume
to be watch dogs of the Treasury for
mere notoriety, no voice has been raised in ^
the interest of economy. The shibboleth
seems to have been : "There is lots of money
in the Treasury and we must get at it." Even
in the closing hours the Senate is insisting upon
being paid for mileage for its attendance
upon the special session last Fall, which is no
more nor less than a steal of so much per Senatorial
capita from the Treasury.
It is the extravagance of the session which
constrains the Senate in the dog day hours to
consider a tax and revenue bill, to make a
show of giving the people some relief from the
burdens of tax. The pending bill may make
soothing syrup cheaper to kill babies and cologne
less per pint for the fastidious, but so
far as any genuine relief for the people is concerned
there is nothing in it.
Thus far there has been voted by this Congress
$0,000,000 to erect public buildings in
all sections of the country. Some of these,
too, in cities where there is no United States
Court held or United States officers stationed.
One-third of the buildings provided for are
simply jobs to help Congressmen for re-election.
These favors have been distributed alternately
to Democrats and Republicans. They
get through Congress because they are logrolled.
To support the Postoffice Department will
take this year over 843,000,000 in addition to
a deficiency of $3,000,000 or thereabouts already
provided for. This is the department
which the great reformer, James, announced,
luring ms term as I'osimaster ueneriu, snuuiu
be made self-sustaining.
To pay pensions and arrearages 8100,000,000
in round numbers lias been voted.
The navy is to cost the people nearly $16,1)00,000
this year, and our army of 25,000 men
nearly 828,000,000.
The most monstrous, gigantic steal of the
session, however, is the river and harbor bill.
As this bill passed the House it appropriated
over $19,000,000, and the Senate, with its
usual generosity, has added enough to make
the aggregate $22,000,000. Money is voted
for rivers which ought to be macadamized,
and for streams so small that they are not geographically
located on the maps. The only
virtue in the bill is the appropriation for the
Mississippi River. This was made liberal so
is to catch Southern votes for the iniquities
3f the bill, and the bait was swallowed. There
ire premonitions that the President will veto
the bill. If he does, it will be the most creditable
act of his administration.
To better give an idea of the lavish waste
)f money, it is well to make note of the fact
;hat the present Congress, which has not taken
)ff a single burden of taxation, has increased
;he ordinary running expenses of the govemnent
$25,000,000 over what they were last
ear.
It may be asked, why such extravagance ?
rhe answer is that the House of Representa;ives,
which originates all appropriation bills,
vas purposely organized to waste the public
noney. The notorious cabal wh ich compassed
he election of Speaker Keifer did not reckon
vithout their host. They knew Keifer to be a
iliable man. They elected him Speaker, and
hen Robeson organized the House to suit
limself. Having sowed the wind, they are
low reaping the whirlwind. Mr. Robeson
vill be left at home ; and, if reports are true,
Speaker Keifer will have some difficulty, to
ay the least, in explaining to his constituency
ome of his official acts.? Washington correspondence
Cincinnati Enquirer.
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
In the Senate on the 24th, after the transacion
of some unimportant business, Mr. Alli011
presented a conference report on the legisitive
appropriation bill similar to that preented
in the House report. The report was
eceived and a new conference committee was
ppointed, consisting of Allison, Dawes, and
)avis, of West Virginia. The revenue bill
ras taken up the pending amendment being
bat by Mahone, to reduce the tax on tobacco
o eight cents per pound. The amendment
fas rejected?yeas IS ; nays 38, a number of
)emocrats voting no. The question next reurred
upon the committee's amendment to
lie tobacco section striking out the clause aliwing
a rebate to the amount of the reduction
n all the stocks on hand till the law takes ef\/?f
A ?l/\nfn/l l?r o ira!o rtf 07 f a Oft
:ut. iiuuj'iuu 17 a TWVC wi tu ??/.
I11 the House the conference report on the
igislative appropriation bill was presented,
nd 011 the call of States a number of bills were
ltroduced.
I11 the Senate on the 2otb, an hour's debate
as indulged, without action, upon printing
le reports of the tenth census, when the conirence
report on the river and harbor appronation
bill was presented and adopted. Hale
resented the conference report on the delliency
appropriation bill, which was accepted;
ut the Senate insisting upon its disagreement
itli the House bill, a new conference was orered.
The revenue bill was then resumed,
ie question being upon Hale's amendment to
le sugar duty section, to strike out the reuireinent
for government tests of the saccha