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? The cotton crop of Egypt averages 200,000,000
of pounds annually, her exportation
of which about 25,000,000 pounds, while her
cotton seed sold to England amounted to about
$10,000,000. The war cuts off this supply.
? The number of locomotives on the 104,325
miles of railway in the United States at the
commencement of the present year is stated
by Poor's manual as 20,110, an increase of
2,187 over the number reported one year previous.
? A severe drought prevails in Jamaica, and
the coifed"and pimento crops are suffering very
much. The water commissioners for Kingston
shut off the supply of water daily from
10 a. m. to 3 p. m. The sugar crop is the
largest that has been known for many years.
? Guy Smith, a twelve year-old boy, was
tried at St. Louis last week for the murder of
his father, and convicted. Hequarrelled with
his brother on the 7th of July for which his
father punished him, and then in a rage he
got a shot gun and shot his father, inflicting a
wound which caused death in a short while.
? The telegraph reports four executions last
Friday?Merrick Johnson, colored, at Fernandina,
Florida ; Harrison Jackson, colored, at
.Jacksonville, Florida ; Armand Coleman, colored,
at Mobile, Alabama ; and Walter II.
Yeates, at Chatham, Virginia. They were all
hanged for murder.
? Horace Shields, colored, was convicted at
Chattanooga, last week, of borrowing an utnhrollu
from nnntlipv flnlnrpd wntleman. and
failing to return it, for which he was sentenced
to the penitentiary for one year. Somebody
must have been borrowing umbrellas from that
judge.
? Last year, according to the statistics,
Michigan marketed 2,330,000 tons of iron ore,
15,000;000 bushels of salt, 4,000,000,000 feet ol
lumber, and more charcoal and copper than
any other State in the Union. She has more
water front than any other State, her minerals
are inexhaustible, and her timber exceeds that
of any State in profit ion to territory.
? The New York Post's commercial article
of July 31st says : "Applications were received
in New York to-day from North Carolina,
to sell oats from that State in this market.
This is another unprecedented feature in the
grain trade. Everything goes to show thai
the South will have the largest crops of all
kinds of grain ever raised there."
? Ford, the yonng man who killed Jesse
James, is having a royal time in Chicago with
the $10,000 he received as a reward for murdering
the outlaw. At the rate he is living
bis money is not likely to last long; but possibly
he thinks he can replenish by hunting up
another outlaw to shoot. There are still several
left in Missouri, though the State does not
value them at $10,000 apiece.
? A Philadelphia physician named Tiedemanh
was recently called on to prescribe for a
woman who bad takeu a dose of poison. lis
promptly wrote out a prescription and demanded
$2 before banding it over, which the
woman wus unable to raise, wnereupon the
doctor deliberately tore the proscription tc
pieces, turned on his heel and walked off,
leaving the woman to die.
? A boy ran away from his home in Baltimore
some weeks ago, and several days afterwards
a boy answering his description was run
over and killed by a train in a Pennsylvania
town. The remains were fully identified as
those of the missing boy, arid were exhumed,
taken to Baltimore and buried by the heart
Hmlrun naronta A fpw dnvs iltrnt.lip SllT)l)f>SPd
dead boy rushed home and into his mother's
arms, having tired of wandering and returned.
? A dispatch from New Lexington, Ohio,
says the unprecedented rainfall of last Friday
night produced a sudden and mighty flood in
the narrow valley between Rendville and Corning.
The water literally swept everything before
it, the railroad track, cars, houses, barns,
fences and live stock being borne along together.
The wire3 are prostrated and the railroad
track so damaged as to preclude all communications.
The loss of property is variously estimated
at $100,000 to $300,000.
? Since serfdom was abolished in Russia the
gold mines of Siberia have lost much of the
value formerly set upon them, for the cost of
working them has been thereby increased.
Between 1826 and 1850 was the period of their
greatest prosperity, in spite of the fact that in
more recent years the number of mines has
l>een largely augmented. The official estimate
of the average value of the yearly production
is now $30,000,000, but it is l>elieved that this
sum is too high by one-fourth.
? In Augusta, on "Wednesday of last week, a
colored workman named Walker, while pitching
brick on the scaffolding around the top of
the King Mill, slipped and fell to the ground, a
distance of about fifty feet. While falling he
caught hold of a piece of the scaffolding, jerking
it out, and causing some of the brick* on
the scaffold to tumble about his head. He
struck on the top of a lime barrel when he
reached the ground, and smashed it to pieces.
No bones were broken, but it is thought that
the man is injured internally.
? Leon Bernard embezzeled a large sum of
money in Belgium and absconded, winding up
in Canada. He employed a lawyer to work
up his case and try to get a pardon, on condition
that he would return a portion of the
plunder. The lawyer started for Belgium,
had an interview with the King, made known
his object, and verv much to his surprise was
thrown into prison as an accomplice to the
rogue. This was rough 011 the legal gentleman,
but goes to show how conniving with
thieves, for a fee, is regarded in that country.
? A Grenada, Miss., dispatch of Saturday
says : Six miles north of Grenada, on the
Kirkman plantation, Capt. Thos. Kirkman on
Thursday night went to the quarters of a colored
woman, with whom he has lived for several
yeare, and killed her and her four children.
Each was killed by a single blow from
an axe. Kirkman, after the murder, took an
eighth of an ounce of morphine, coolly undressed
and went to bed in the same room with
the dead. When discovered he was still alive,
though no hopes are entertained of his recovery.
? High Point, on the line of the "Richmond
and Danville Railroad will this fall be the
rendezvous of a sporting club, and on Novemtier
ltfth the Eastern Field Trials Club trials
on quails will come off near that place. Entries
to Derby closed July 1, to all-age and
mHmltfrs stake. Novpmlier 1. Fred N. Hall.
(if New York, is secretary of the club. This
lield trial is to lie a large affair and is already
attracting the attention from sportsmen in
all parts of the country. The railroads are
giving special rates for sportsmen and will
carry dogs free.
? One of the curious industries of the country
has its principal home at Newberne, X. C.
This is the manufacture of wooden platters,
plates and trays, The timber used for this
purpose is supplied by the neighboring swamps.
A huge log is rounded by a circular plane
and then put into a machine which, with great
accuracy and swiftness, cuts off thin strips
of wood. When these strips have been cut
into square pieces and thoroughly dried they
are made pliable by steam. In that condition
they are moulded in the shapes desired.
The factory is now making 100,000 plates a
day, according to a report, which it is hard to
believe.
? A wonderful evidence of the skill and ingenuity
of modern science is exhibited in the
construction of the new iron railroad bridge
over the Dan river, at Danville. Without in
the least disturbing the old wooden bridge, the
workmen are going ahead building the new
iron bridge up through the wooden bridge as
it were, using the same pillars njjon which the
wooden bridge rests. The iron bridge is now
about half finished and yet there has been no
interruption of travel. As soon as the new
bridge is completed the old wooden one will
lip torn awav from it and there will stand a
handsome iron structure, over which will be
laid three tracks, one for the Virginia Midland
cars and two for the Richmond and Danville.
? The attempt to connect Senator Butler
with the massacre of prisoners in the Hamburg
riot is a dismal failure. Senator Butler's
own testimony explained how the mistake
might have been made innocently, but it
is utterly wrong to revive or perpetuate it. A
prominent Pennsylvania Democrat, who had |
read Congressman Miller's speech, writes to a
friend, under date of July 28, as follows :
"When I was South a year ago I stopped off
at Hamburg, which is just across the Savannah
River from Augusta. Every one, every
decent person there, placed the blame of the
riot on the negroes who wantonly shot an. innocent
white man who stood at the entrance
of the railroad bridge. Also that Senator
% Butler's presence there was in the capacity of
I i>eace-maker. There can be no honorable future
for a party who will wilfully pervert the
facts to create a feeling at the North against
one-half the people who are just as good and
more honest than ourselves."
? The following is a passage from a letter by
I Frances E. Willard, describing scenes at one
! of the voting places at the recent election in
I Iowa : "There was no more 'telling1 work
than that of the young ladies and the children.
They stripped the gardens of their choicest
flowers, made them up into bouquets and gave
them out to men who agreed to vote for the
amendment. I saw many a man in his shirt
sleeves wearing a bunch of dowers, the symbol
of home's sweetness, love and purity. I saw
colored men whose whole faces were one smile
of delight as fair fingers proffered them a sprig
of violets and mignonette because they said
they would vote for the amendment. 1 saw a
rough farmer in 'stogy boots'carefully putting
his flowers aside, 'to take home to my wife,1
he said.111
?bc ffovlvilte inquirer.
YORKV1LLR. S. C.:
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1 THE STATE CONVENTION.
Full proceedings of the State Democratic
[ Convention which met in Columbia on the 1st
; instant, are given in this week's issue of the
Enquirer. At the time we went to press
. last week the ticket was incomplete, and we
t could only give the names of the nominees
1 made on the first day of the Convention.
For the head of the ticket but two names
i had been prominently mentioned, one of whom
, it was generally conceded would be the chosen
, standard bearer, and either of whom would
have led the party to an honorable victory;
but the Convention, fresh from the people,
saw proper to ignore all slates previously form1
ed and unite upon a man whose name hud
| never had the remotest connection with the
office, but one on whom all sections of the
, State could heartily unite?a name possessing
a tower of strength, and which will send a
1 thrill of enthusiasm from the mountains to
the sea. Deservedly popular among all classes
of our people he will command the undivided
support of the Democracy, while with the
colored people, in whose behalf he has constantly
labored, as Superintendent of Public
Education, he is universally popular, and from
that class will command a large vote. lie has
the esteem and admiration of the large body
of that class, and in harmonizing all disaffected
elements of the white people, it is not probable
that the Republicans will place in the
field a candidate against hiin. The balance of
the ticket, too, is a good one?names that
will command the respect of the entire poople,"
and around which they will rally as one man.
Upon the whole, the Convention acted wisely,
and its work meets the universal approbation
of the jK-ople.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.
Side by side in the Reform Siynal are the announcements
as independent candidates for
Congress in this the Fifth District, of Col. E.
B. C. Cash, of Chesterfield, and ex-Judge
Mackey, of Chester ; Col. Cash leads the van,
and without committing himself to any special
platform, declares himself a candidate
"without any variations." The gist of his
card is that while he claims not to be a Greenbacker,
he endorses the speech made in Sumter
on the 22nd of July, by J. Hendrix Mc
Lane, the Apostle of Greenbackism in .South
Carolina, and "will work with that or any
other party to rid this State of the thieves, tyrants
and cowardly murderers who are crushing
out the life and liberty of our people.1'
lie then produces extracts from the Grand Army
Journal, published in Washington City,
which paper has private advices to the effect
that Col. Cash will be a candidate for Congress
at the approaching election, and warmly
commending him as an Independent Democrat
in whose success "to rescue his native State
from the clutches of the Bourbon leaders he
has the best wishes of Hon. A. S. Wallace,
Judge Samuel W. Melton, Hon. A. Blythe,
Hon. Simeon Corley, Col. Thomas Cavendar,
Hon. E. M. Bray ton and dozens of other Kepublicans."
Judge Mackey's announcement, under the
grandiose heading of "The Unholy Sacrament
of Fraud," is more elaborate than that of Col.
Cash, and is made "in obedience to the wish
of a large number of his fellow citizens who
speak from the ranks of the people." He occupies
nearly three columns of the Siynul for
the promulgation of his views upon State
questions, and though grave and solemn, written
in ornate prose, it partakes somewhat of
the rondo style, "going round and round, returning
upon itself," the refrain, which is no
more nor less than Judge Mackey, occurring
regularly and inevitably at frequent intervals.
He recognizes this call of himself by the i>eople
"as a protest against the disastrous misrule
that now upholds itself in South Carolina
under the falsely assumed name of Democracy."
He then proceeds to charge the Democracy
with notorious violation of the sanctity
of the ballot ; repelling capital from this State
as the deadline of American civilization ; j
claims that "the colored citizenship do not
and will not challenge white supremacy ;" '
and says: "When this is the true issue, ij
I shall stand on the line of my race and march !
| to fate abreast with it. But the colored peo-!
| pie have not attempted to assert their race ma-1
j jority by even nominating a State ticket since ;
j lH7d. I advocate for theiu a fair representa- j
j tion in the legislative and executive depart- j
ments of the government. This is needed as
a measure of repose for the State, and is de- i
| maiuled by every consideration of policy and ;
! justice. I would still keep the reign in the j
! lunula of flip wliifp v:ipp lint. I would irivfi flu* '
: colored people comfortable seats inside of the !
: car of modern progress, instead of trying to 1
j crush them under its wheels.''
i With this sop to the colored voters, he pro-1
j ceeds to attack the election law enacted by the
, last Legislature ; the general stock law ; the
excessive pay of members of the Legislature,
and the meagre remuneration of teachers of
the common free schools ; while "to cap the
climax of extravagance, they have recently ,
appointed thirty-three supervisors of registration,
who for about sixty days' service receive
each live hundred dollars, or at the rate of
over eight dollars j>er day." I
lie then criticises "the same spirit of false
Democracy in the National Congress, exerting
its baneful influence upon the fortunes of our
I?eople," and closes with a modest allusion to
his past services to the State, both In the tented
field and the less exciting pursuit* of civil
life.
LOCAL A7FAZES. j?
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. p
j Rev. R. D. Mallary, A. M., Prasident?Shelby j a
Female College. I p
The Pirates. i r
Withers Ailickes?Our Stock. j 11
Herndon Brothers?Wagons?Belting. : V
i T. M. Dobson?The List Chance. ! f.
Fire Wood Wanted. ] ,
i Coicock, Miller & Co.?Common Sense Engines? t
Grocery Business. t
John R. Ashe?A Word in Season?Groceries? n
j Dry Hides. u
W. C. Latimer?New Goods.
Dobson A Parish?Lightning Cross-Out.Saws, Ac. ];
; J. 1). Uwin, Clover, S. C.? Let Us Itemize. r
! C. E. Spencer?Town Ordinances. |
i Charleston Military Academy. j fi
i R. H. Glenn?S. Y. C. Sheriff's Sale. : S
TOWN ORDINANCES. j v
The town council publish in our advertising : f
i columns this week two important ordinances, |
adopted on the 3rd instant?one 111 reierence ;
to'bycicle riding on the pavements ; and the | ^
other in regard to the sanitary condition of the ! t
town. | c
SJIEI.II Y PKlMAI.i: COLLEGE. g
Attention is directed to the advertisement S
of the above institution, located at Shelby, N. t
j C. The President, Rev. R. D. Mallary, late t
' of Georgia, is well known in that State as a t
| capable instructor, and enters upon his duties
' as head of the Shelby College under the most 1'
favorable auspices, and with the assurance of ^
j imparting a high character to the school.
AMUSEMENT AHEAD. 1
As will be seen by announcement, the York- J
ville Philharmonic Society proposes to present '
Gilbert and Sullivan's famous comic opera, c
the "Pirates," to a Yorkville audience on t
Friday evening, 18th instant. The piece has e
been under rehearsal for sometime, and besides s
the opportunity offered for an evening's fine ?
amusement, the object for which it is given is
a worthy one and should enlist the hearty sup- c
port of all our citizens. c
CHURCH NOTICES. J
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. u
Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will till his regu- ]
lav appointment at Tirzah next Sunday, on 1
which day communion services will be held. ?
Preaching to commence on Friday at 11 A. M.
mi 1?. ...ill 1. ?... 75 T rp '
JLlie pasiur win uc ussisttu uy nrvs. jl. ^
Chalmers and C. E. McDonald. a
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, i
Services at the usual hours, morning and even- i
i?K- [
Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss. Services next r
Sunday at 10| A. M. and Si P. M. s
A YORK NEGKO IN LIMBO. '
Wm. Gilbert, a York county negro, who for
several years has been connected in the capacity
of servant with the post at Fort Leavenworth,
made a dying visit, a month ago, to "
the scenes of his infantile wailings ; and with ^
quite a military mien, in faded uniform, he e
disported himself with the air of a soldier just ;
from the front, until the minions of the law J
picked him up, on the charge of having stolen c
a sum of money?some two or three hundred
dollars?from an olHcer of the post. He has
been forwarded from Columbia to Fort Leavenworth
in charge of a United States marshal, t
BOILER EXPLOSION. *
About 5 o'clock last Monday morning the
boiler of the locomotive "Davega," on the 1
Chester and Lenoir Railroad, exploded, killing c
the negro fireman, Ilarvey Wallace, whose '
body was blown to atoms. The explosion occurred
at Maydon, the present terminus of the f
road. The locomotive was in charge of Mr.
Gregg Beard, engineer, who, however, is fully e
exonerated from all blame. lie left his engine t
on Saturday night with three gauges of water, ?
and the supposition is that the fireman after P
firing up at an early hour on Monday morning,
fell asleep, and on waking up, found the water 1
exhausted, and not knowing what else to do ^
( turned 011 a new supply, which caused the ex- 8
plosion. Besides the damage to the engine,
one end of a passenger car was badly shat- *
tered. ^
RUNAWAY ^ACCIDENT. g
On Monday morning last, when Mr. William
Oates and his daughter, Miss Maggie, 011
their way home from town had nearly reached
the residence of Mr. J. W. Neil, about three ^
miles from town, 011 the King's Mountain
road, the mule attached to the buggy became ^
frightened at a calf lying in a clump of bush- ^
es. The frightened animal ran for some distance,
and being unmanageable threw one side j
of the buggy 011 an embankment, precipitating ^
the occupants from the vehicle. Mr. Oates ^
was badly, though not seriously bruised. The
young lady sustained more serious injuries
than her father. They were taken to the resi- p
dence of Mr. Neil, where they received all the ^
attention they required, and Dr. J. F. hind- j
say was summoned to attend them. In the j
afternoon Mr. Oates was able to be removed y
to his home, near King's Mountain battle- y
ground. His daughter is yet at Mr. Neil's,
unable to lie removed. B.
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. F
John M. McNeel, Chairman of the Demo- to
cratic Executive Committee of this Congres- p
sional District, has issued the following no- 11
tice, ordering the Congressional Convention c<
for the District to be held in Chester, on Tues- e<
day next, the 15th instant: si
As Chairman of the Democratic Executive r<
Committee of the Fifth Congressional District,
having the deciding vote, there being a
tie between the other members of the committee
as to the place where the Congressional
Convention for the Fifth District should be
held, and in accordance with resolutions passed
by said committee at its meeting, August
2nd instant, I hereby order that a Convention E
for the purpose of nominating a Democratic
candidate for Congress from the Fifth Dis- L
trict be held at Chester, S. C., on the 15th p
day of August at 4 o'clock P. M., and that tj
said Convention be composed of forty-two (42)
delegates from the various counties, as follows, ^
to wit York 10, Chester 8, Kershaw 8, dies- M
tertield 0, Union 2, Spartanburg 2. R
Joiin M. McNekl, Chairman. n(
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The sixth annual joint summer meeting of &
the State Grange and State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society will be held in Anderson,
commencing on Tuesday, August loth, at 10
[ o'clock A. M. By action of the executive a(
committee of the Agricultural Society each
County Agricultural Society in the State is
requested to send up a delegation equal in
number to the members of the House of Rep- ^
resentatives from said counties. The read- w
ing of the following essays have been provided m
fnv .
Cotton seed?feeding and fertilizing value.
By J. B. Humbert, Esq., of Laurens. n]
Cereals, grasses and forage crops?kinds j
with varieties adopted to the South, methods | p(
of planting, culture and preserving. By Capt. j
\\\ U. Childs, of Columbia. it:'
Farm implements and machinery?our ! c
wants. By. Col. Wm. II. Evans, of Darling- j w
ton. [ E
Live stock?varieties, economical feeding j (a
on Southern products. By Col Thos. J. Moore, J tj1
of Spartanburg. j f1
After the readme of each essav the custom !
is to invite a free and full discussion of the i'of
same. ; ec
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FINE FKU1T. jjj
Mr. J. Warren Purseley and Mr. J. M. Rob- ,,j
insou have each favored us with fine specimens ! th
of peaches from their orchards. Mr Purseley \s bj
specimens were of the Old Mixom freestone l):l
variety, noted alike for size as well as tlavor. jT
One of thein measured 1U inches in circum-1 y(!
ference and weighed 10 ounces. Mr. Robin-1 f0
son's v/ere the Chinese cling, a ])each of re- j
inarkably fine flavor, that attains the highest wi
perfection in this climate. j
Mr. It. A. Latham favored us on Saturday rp|
with a basket of large, luscious peaches from tj(
his orchard. Of these, one variety is a curi- re
osity hi its way. It is a freestone, and ripens vo
t different periods. Twigs which he brought
1 have on them large, ripe peaches, unripe
eaches half the size of those that are ripe,
nd yet another size no larger than Damson
lums. These last named ripen about the
rst of October. The trees bearing this fruit
r'ere raised by Mr. Latham from seeds proured
at Ashville, N. C. ITis trees are now in
heir second year of bearing. He cannot tell
he variety, but knows-this to be a peculiarity
f the trees from which he planted the seeds.
Mr. J. D. Carothers presented us with a fine
irge water melon, on Monday.
Sheriff Glenn has our thanks for a basket of
ne peaches from his orchard near town. The
heriff is an enthusiastic orchardist and meets
nth great success in the cultivation of choice
ruit.
A NAVAL CADETSHIP.
By the following letter, of the 4th instant,
rom Congressman Evins to Col. A. Coward,
t will be seen that there will probably be a vaant
Naval Cadetship from the Fourth Concessional
district as constituted before the
itate was redistricted, and that applicants
herefor are requested to present themselves
>efore the board of examiners at Chester, or
he *22nd instant:
Col. A. Coward : I have just received *
etter from the Secietary of the Navy thai
2adet Midshipman Dewey, who is credited tr
ny Congressional district, failed on Naviga
ion at the graduating examination in .Turn
ast, and had been recommended for reexami
lation on the 22nd of September next. Th(
Secretary further informs me that "it is deem
d advisable by the department to have thf
:andidate to succeed tmn' at the Academy or
he 22nd of September'next, so that he can lx
ixamined as to the qualifications for admis
ion, and should lie pas3, he will then be elli
jible for an appointment, which, however
:annot be given him until the case of Cadel
didshipmaii Dewey is disposed of .and a va
:ancy created. The examination of the can
lidate whom you may nominate will be sub
ect to these conditions." As the time is sc
ihort before the candidate has to report al
Vnnapolis, I have determined to ask tin
3oard who conduct the examination for tin
iVest Point Cadetship to examine also at tlu
ame time, applicants for this appointment,
! thought at first I would give the appoint
nent to the one who stood second in the com
letitive examination for the Military Cadet
ihip, but as the ages for admission at the two
Academies are so different, I found that woulr
lot do. I hope it will add very little to tin
abors which you have so kindly undertaker
0 perform, to examine the applicants whc
nay present themselves for the Naval Cadet
iliip. I enclose you herewith full instruction!
ouching qualifications, &c. Respectfully,
J no. II. Evins.
The notice given is short, but for this Col
ilvins is not responsible. The candidate foi
1 Naval Cadetship must be between 14 and If
'ears of age. Cadet Midshipmen are appoint
id only once in six years, and we hope, not
vithstanding the short notice, some worth]
routh of Spartanburg, Greenville, York, Lan
:aster or Fairfield county may be able to wir
lie prize.
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
A note from Clover informs ns that within
he last ten days that section has been visited
vith fine rains and crops tire splendid.
On account of sickness in the family of th<
rincipal, the high school at Clover did nol
pen at the time appointed, and probably will
lot open until the first of September.
The same old story of fine crops reaches us
rom Black's Station.
George Hampton, a citizen of Black's, bul
ngaged as quarry-man at the cotton factor]
eing built on Trough Shoals, on Pacolet Riv
r, was severely injured by the premature ex
losion of a blast, on the 1st instant.
Quarterly meeting at Canaan Church, neai
Hack's, closed last Sunday. Rev. J. M,
Carlisle, Presiding Elder, preached an able
ermon at Sunday's seaidice.
On the complaint of Perry Morgan, Tillmac
larry was up before Trial Justice Camp at
Hack's last Saturday, charged with assault
nth attempt to kill, and bound over to the
essions Court in a bond of $500.
As an outcome of the independent candiday
for Congress of Charles R. Jones, editor ot
lie Charlotte Observer, a new Democratic
ally is to be started in that city. The first
umber is to appear on the 20th instant, uner
the editorship of Hon. A. M. Waddell,
irmerly a member of Congress from the Willington
district. It seems that the Charlotte
iemocracy prefer as an editor of their paper
man who has been to Congress, instead of
ne who wishes to go.
4 1 .-..1 /\f fRn of
..'Yl Lilt! <11111 Hit 1 lUCCllliy III mo ouoon.iioiuoio
f the Clieraw and Chester Railroad, lield at
Jchburg, on the 1st instant, the following
oard of directors was elected : M. J. Hough,
. Q. Caskey, Ernest Moore, N. G. B. Chafee,
. O. Darby, Joseph Wylie, I. N. Whitesides,
7. T. D. Cousar, J. M. McDaniel and D. A.
Williams. The president's salary was reduced
om ?2,000 to ?900 a year and the secretary's
ilary was reduced from $500 to $200 a year,
'orty thousand dollars of second mortgage
onds were authorized to be issued for the
urpose of building a bridge over the Catawba
:iver and funding the tloating debt of the
Dmpany. The result of the election is regard1
an entire upheaval of the protectorate asimed
by the Richmond and Danville Rail>ad.
The new board of directors has elected
h J. Hough, Esq., of Lancaster, as president.
_ . ? -?
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Democratic Executive Committee-elect
let, pursuant to the call of the County Chairlan,
in the Court House, on Monday last, at
s 3i.
Present: It. II. Glenn, County Chairman;
. L. Smith, John D. Hamilton, W. Meek
aulkner, D. A. A. Watson, W. Beatty Smith,
avid T. Lessley, Brevard D. Springs, J. C.
hambers, Dr. W. G. Campbell, W. S. Adams,
J. B. Wilson, Jr., G. W. S. Hart, and R. T.
iggins ; the latter representing John. L. Rai?y.
The Committee organized by electing G. W.
Hart, Secretary and -Treasurer.
The following additional rules for conductig
primary elections in York county, were
Tered by G. W. S. Hart, with a motion to
lopt the same :
1. Each member of the Executive Committee,
r his First or Second Vice-Chairman, in his
)sence,) shall appoint three managers for the
imary election at his precinct, and deliver
? one of them, as Chairman, a certificate, in
riling, of the appointment. Any two of the
anagers shall constitute a quorum.
2. The managers at each precinct shall furish
the ballot-box. Atthe opening of the polls
le box shall be, emptied, and exhibited thus
qthj to any person present. It shall then
- ?' ?1 nlaoa 4-I?a
! ClUSt'll, illill 3U it'lliiVlll Ulltii tnc tiuoc ui tut;
)llS.
3. The managers shall keep a poll-list and
,lly list, aiul for this purpose may appoint a
erk.
4. The ballots used may be either printed or
ritten, or partly printed and partly written,
ach ballot must have thereon the names
nd offices) of all the candidates for whom
ie voter intends to vote. Each voter who deres
to vote for members of the legislature
id County Commissioners, must vote for the
,11 number to be elected ; otherwise, so much
his ballot as relates to those offices will not be
uinted. The County Chairman and Secretary
' the Executive Committee shall cause to be
inted a sufficient number of tickets, containng
the names of all the candidates who file
e required pledge within the time prescribed
rthe Committee, and who (at the same time)
iy to the Secretary one dollar each to deay
the expense of printing the tickets. Said
jkets shall have, at the top, instructions to
iters to erase the names of those candidates
r whom they do not desire to vote.
r>. All iiersons known to be in full sympathy
ith the Democratic party, who will be qualid
to vote at the ensuing general election,
all be entitled to vote at the primary election,
lie managers, or any bystander, shall be ended
to challenge any voter, and put any j
levant questions to him as to his right to j
te, and the managers shall determine his'
right to vote, and may accept or reject the
i vote thus offered.
6. At the close of the polls, the managers
shall immediately count the votes, and tlieh
make out a return, in duplicate, and endorse
1 on eaoh their certificate in writing, signed by
them, that the return is correct. The return
. shall show the whole number of votes cast,
j and the number received by each candidate.
! One shall be retained by the chairman of the
; managers, and by him preserved for thirty
(<10) days. The managers shall place the other,
with the certificate of their appointment,
! the poll-list, tally-list and ballots, in the ballot-box,
and shall close the box and securely
> seal the same, and write their names over the
| seal. The box shall then be delivered to the
member of the Executive Committee for the
1 precinct (or the First or Second Vice-Chair
man, as the case may be.)
7. The Executive Committee shall meet, on
a day fixed at the time the primary election is
ordered, to canvass the returns and declare
, the result. Having canvassed the returns,
they shall admit any or all the candidates
. before the committee, and shall proceed to hear
and determine all contests and protests, if
any, and to declare the election or order such
J I fur-Hini. nlusifir.il <1Q mov 1 in nrv.iflo rififPSSIll'V llV
iUi WltUl tn,utiuu (tn Ult?j ?r\j iiuiuv Jivvvwm**^ ~j
i a tie or the result of any contest or protest.
} 8. This pledge is required of each candii
date : "I am in full sympathy and affiliation
with the Democratic party, and being now a
candidate for nomination by that party, make
\ this pledge : I will give to its nominees, when
' chosen, my best efforts and most earnest sup'
port to secure their election in the ensuing
| general election." The Executive Coramit1
tee shall publish the list of candidates who file
the pledge within the time prescribed by the
..Committee, and only such may be .voted foi
in the primary election.
5 9. Tbe State law governing general elec\
tions shall furnish the rule in all matters not
covered by the foregoing rules, or by the Articles
adopted by the Convention, July 20,
1882, or by subsequent resolutions of the Ex;
ecutive Committee.
The rules having been read, and the motion
to adopt them being seconded, the motion was
. put and prevailed.
) On motion of Dr. W. G. Campbell, it was
5 Resolved, That the primary election be held
J on Monday, the 2oth day of September next,
2 the jk)11s to be opened at 9 A. M., and closed
2 at 5 P. M.
2nd. That the Executive Committee meet
" in the Court House on the following day at IS
" M., to canvass the returns and declare the re'
suit.
| On motion of L. L. Smith, it was
3 Resolved, That the Chairman and Secretarj
{ appoint meetings at which the candidates maj
) be present, and publish the same in the York.
ville Enquirer and the Rock Hill Herald.
j On motion of J. C. Chambers, it was
Resolved, That all candidates are hereby required
to file the pledge on or before Monday,
the 18th day of September next.
r On motion of Dr. W. G. Campbell, it was
3 Resolved, That each candidate, at the t.imt
of filing his pledge, be required to subscribe
five dollars to the campaign fund.
2nd. That each member of the Executive
7 Committee raise all the funds he can, on or be
- fore the day of the primary election,
l On motion of W. Beatty Smith, the Committee
adjourned to meet again on the 26tl
day of September next, unless sooner called to
gether by the Chairman.
??
1 STATE POLITICAL ITEMS.
? The Edgefield candidates now numbei
' over sixty, and some of them have beer
I caught buying candy to treat the childrer
with on their rounds.
? Col. Thompson is constantly receiving
numerous letters and telegrams, both fron
k within and without the State, congratulating
' him upon his nomination fur Governor. II(
is answering them as rapidly as possible.
? Speaking of the candidacy of Col. Cast
and Judge Mackey in the Fifth Congressional
District, the Chariot.(on News and Couriei
says: The gauntlet is thrown down by Cast
> and Mackey, and the Democracy must take
it up and make a bold fight. With a candi!
date who, in manhood and character, repre.
sents worthily the people of the district, the
' Democracy will beat both the opposing can|
didates so badly that they will not lie tempted
to try their fortunes again in that quarter.
? The Greenville News pays the following
. deserved tribute to Gen. Bratton : "Although
, Gen. John Bratton was one of the 'regular
candidates,' and was fiercely opposed, there
has been no breath of unkindness uttered
against him. Friends and foes have combined
to praise the solid worth and nobility of
character, the unquestioned ability and unobtrusive
modesty which are his prominent
characteristics. Nobody in the State doubts
that he is a noble, true and good man. The
only question has been of his availability."
? A mass meeting of Independent Democrats,
Greenbackers and Republicans was held
at Florence last Thursday. Among the speakers
was Col. Cash, of whom a correspondent
of the News and Courier writes as follows:
Col. Cash's denunciation of the legislature
for passing the Anti-Duelling, ltegistation
and Redisricting laws and for extravagance
and pxtra sessions was strone and bitter.
Ilis speech was interlaraed a good deal with
profanity, which hurt its force. There were
white Independents and Greenbackeis here
from this county, Marion and Willimsburg.
It is hoped reconciliation will be effected before
the election. Col. Cash said he had not a
word to say against any man nominated 011
the State ticket?"They are good men, but
are in d?n bad company."
? The Democracy of Spartanburg met in
Convention last Monday, Col. J. S. It. Thomson
presiding. The primary system of nominating
members of the Legislature and county
officers, including auditor and treasurer, was
adopted, and Tuesday, the 19th of September,
was fixed as the day for the election. Resolutions
were adopted ratifying the nominations
made by the State Convention. The
following delegates were elected to the Congressional
Conventions: Fourth District, D.
It. Duncan, J. S. R. Thomson, .J. B. Cleveland,
N. F. Walker, G. W. Nicholls, II. L.
Farley, S. J. Simpson and J. K. Jennings.
Fifth District, M. S. Lynn, B. F. Bomar.
Resolutions were passed endorsing the course
of the Hon. J. II. Evins, and instructing the
delegates to the Convention of the Fourth
District to urge his renomination.
?
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
A PLEASANT PICNIC PARTY.
It was the good fortune of the writer to at
I tend a picnic given by the social people or tne
vicinity of Hickory Grove at Smith & Wilkerson's
mill on last Saturday. Sirius was reigning
in all the tyranny of his ardor on that day,
but had not sufficient power to deter a large
number of fathers, mothers, bachelors, maidens,
and swains from attending. The locality was a
sylvan retreat that doubtless the woodnymphs
themselves envied us. The township of Bullock's
Creek furnished two string bands for
j the occasion whose rivalry supplied incessant
j music the day long. Under a sylvan bower on
a platform prepared for the occasion the gay
youth "tripped it on the light fantastic toe"
to the music of the band at intervals during
the day.
But "who was there?" I imagine I hear
some one ask. Suffice it to say, that Euterpe,
Terspichore, followed in their train by brighteyed
Mirth erstwhileycleped Euphrosyne, were
I present and presiding, and the knowing ones
j doubtless imagined they could catch a glimpse
j of the arch boy, Cupid, armed with bow and
j quiver, ever and anon, coyly peeping from
some snug retreat, and faithfully executing,
his mission of waging eternal war upon the :
hearts of unsuspecting youth.
The table w;is provided with all the great
variety of delicacies the imagination of woman
, could invent, or the abundant season pro!
duce. Taken all in all, the occasion was one
of enjoyment and pleasure, marred (if it can
I be so termed) only by a slight shower of rain j
which caused the party to take shelter under >
l the saw-mill shed of Messrs. Smith & Wilker-[
son, who for the entertainment of the visitors ;
made an exhibition of the operation of their
machine in the sawing of plank and shingles,
with which the sojourners seemed to be highly
pleased. It is certain your correspondent was j
pleased as well as instructed. May such oc-!
casions increase and niuitiply is the prayer of
Tramp, i
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1
j ? Forty-five thousand bushels of oats have 1
been shipped from Ninety-Six, in Abbeville
sj county. : i'r . <
i ? The Barnwell Railroad has been ironed for 1
one and a quarter miles, and the work is push- :
ing on. to Barnwell. r . <
i ? There is more corn planted in Kershaw !
county this year than during any other year
' since the war, and it now promises a better i
yield than was ever known before.
1 ?Mr. "Winthrop Williams, of the comptroller-general's
office, in his examination of the
books of ex-Treasurer Mills, of Chester,'for
I the fiscal year 187D-80, finds a deficit of 84,405.
? The Governor, after full and careful consideration,
has decided to refuse the pardon
' of Robert Parker, convicted, in Aiken county,
of murdering his wife by poisoning and sentenced
to be hanged on the 25th of August.
? A fire in Spartanburg last Saturday destroyed
the interior of a two story brick building,
belonging to Simpson Bolio. The builditicr
wm used as :t hsikerv. Loss between
82,000 and $3,000.
?Congressman Richardson is at home on
leave of absence and will probably not return
, to Washington during the present session. !
1 He has the appearance of a man who has worked
hard. Though in good health, he is thin!
ner than when at home last.
? A little son of Mr. S. P. Wilson, of Anderi
son, was killed on the 20th of July. While
t playing on a pile of lumber he fell off and a
heavy plank struck him on the back of the
head and fractured the skull, from the effects
. of which he died in a few minutes. lie was
. about six years old and was quite a bright 1
child.
? New cotton was picked, ginned and spun
on the morning of the 31st ultimo at Saluda
1 factory, in Lexington, county. The factory
1 has telephonic connection across the Congaree
river with Columbia, and as the yarn startI
ed for the railroad to go to Philadelphia the
' news was telephoned. The cotton was grown
[ on factory ground.
? Col. John 11. Abney left Columbia last
Friday evening for Camden, to prepare for
! the defence of Capt. Haile, who is to be tried
at Camden in September for the killing of
Col. Blair, Col. Abney having been retained
as leading counsel for the defense. Judge
r Mackey has been retained to assist in the
. prosecution.
? Preston Coon, a tenant on Mr. Team's
place, West Wateree, during a quarrel on
. Wednesday of last week, with Warren Taylor,
, a hired hand, shot Taylor with a load of number
seven shot, inflicting a wound from the
effects of which it is thought he cannot re5
cover. Preston was lodged in the Winns5
borojail.
, ?Says the Edgefield Advertiser: We have
II been far to the north, to the south, to the east,
to the west, in our county, and we think we
. can securely say that the corn is made?ali
most absolutely safe. And it is very abun.
dant. There will be more corn made in
Edgefield this year than for mauy a year before.
And the cotton prospect at present is equally
flattering.
r ? Miss Carrie Lester, second daughter of
l Mr. George Lester, living below Prosperity, in
t Newberry county, was seriously burned by
fire while igniting the same from a kerosene
, can last Monday evening. She lingered in
| great pain until ! o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
r when she was released by death. Miss Lester
> was about seventeen and an amiable and lovely
young lady.
, ? The United States District Court convened
in Greenville last Monday morning,
. Judge Bryan presiding. A number of old and
x new cases of violations of the internal reve,
nue laws were discontinued. Over one hundred
informations were filed, principally illicit
whisky cases, and pending the organiza- :
, tion of the juries the Court adjourned for the
day. Heavy dockets await the opening of
I business, and it is probable the term will last
six weeks.
. ? The Kershaw Gazette learns that a little
| son of Mr. Levi Moore, who resides near the
. Kershaw and Fairfield line, died from eating
, a small quantity of concentrated lye last
C'.>4-,ifoj nlcurinrr in thp vard wllPVP
Oiil Mi ua y iiu tt uo ii4 v..x/ j ?..w.v
a servant was engaged in washing, and inno<
cently ate some of the lye which was being
. used. He lived only a few hours. This
should be a warning to those persons who
insist upon having so dangerous an'flfticle on
their premises.
? During the trial of an assault and battery j
. case before Trial Justice Anderson, of George- <
town county, recently, the jury failed to
agree. When dinner time came the trial
justice went home and left a deputy sheriff in
charge of the jury. The officer got hungry, (
and finding the jury still unable to agree, he ;
ordered a mistrial and discharged them withn.niti
nrr fnr +llQ rofllVIl nf t.llfi t.l'ial iUStiCe. 1
UUl >T CUtlli^ IV'i biiv 4W?... ?
The lawyers are now trying to find the exact
status of the case.
? Deputy Collector Elisor and a party of
deputy marshals raided on Terry Creek, near
Panther Mountain, in Greenville county, last
Thursday night. They destroyed three stills,
over four thousand gallons of beer, captured
one barrel of whisky and about seventy gallons
low wines. The stills were all within a radius
of three miles. The stills were hot, showing
they had been in operation during Thursday.
,The raiders did not succeed in capturing any
prisoners.
? A Columbia dispatch of Sunday to the 1
News and Courier says : This afternoon while \
cat' le were being driven into the Penitentiary 1
five convicts made a break through the gate (
and ran in among the cattle. The guard im- 1
mediately fired at them and wounded one, (
Henry Gibson, from Edgefield, and recaptured *
him. They also recaptured two others, Pleas- 1
ant Miller, from Abbeville, and Jerry Voight, *
from Orangeburg. The two others, Parks *
Cooper, from York, and Henry Davis, from 8
Anderson, swam to an island in the river and 1
are supposed to l>e there still unless drowned. '
They are both naked, having left their clothes 1
on the bank. Guards are stationed so as to 8
prevent their landing on either side of the riv- *
er. All of the five are sentenced to imprison- 8
ment for life, except Gibson, whose sentence t
was for ten years. He is so badly shot that r
the surgeon thinks he will die. t
GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES. S
? There is a considerable number of Liberal ^
and Independent candidates in North Caro- t
lina. v
Amtimid nf ttip Rpnnhliean nartv of ! rl
Georgia have united upon a State ticket, head- A
ed by Gen. Gartrell for Governor.
? Congressman Oates, of Alabama, a one- ^
armed veteran and a practical statesman, [j
said in a recent speech that out of the 1,300 o
colored voters in his county 000 vote the n
Democratic ticket from choice and interest. b
? It required 159 ballotings to decide the
Democratic nomination in the Fourth Con- ^
gressional District of Georgia, and then it n
was made unanimous. Hon. Hugh Buchanan, b
the present Representative, was nominated. f<
I ? Over two hundred delegates from different P1
I parts of Massachusetts assembled in Boston,
Wednesday, to form an organization to resist
prohibitory legislation. It is the purpose of \
the league to establish branches in all the hi
cities and towns of the State. si
? Gen. J. M. Leach, of North Carolina, CJ
publishes a letter, formally severing his alle- jj?
giance to the Democratic party. lie promises ^
soon to give his reasons for the step, and to pi
publish at length his views on the political T
questions now before the people of his State. p<
? The Augusta Chronicle predicts that there '^!
will be hot contests in several Congressional n)
Districts in Georgia, and says : We are uot se- ^
cure beyond all peradventure in any District, tl
The Democratic party must reunite enthusias- a
-- i
:ically and not take for granted that there
will be "a walk over" anywhere.
? The twelfth Congressional district Demoiratic
convention of Illinois met at Mt. Sterling
on the 3rd, and after the 1,304th ballot
adjourned to meet at Beardstown last Tuesday.
The last ballot was substantially the
same as the first.
? The election for Governor, State officers
and members of the Legislature of Alabama,
passed off quietly last Monday. There was
very little excitement. But few Republicans
were running for the Legislature, and the re
turns so far received are meagre.
? There is a growing popular impression
that the Republicans will find evidences of
popular reaction when the congressional elections
are held. This feeling finds expression
iti the newspapers and is voiced by far-sighted
politicians. Certainly the best Republican
leaders at Washington see and Ijewail the
mistakes of this session of Congress. The
veteran ex-Minister Washburne has been interviewed
by the Chicago Times, and looking
at the situation as an outsider, he says: "I
fear that the Republicans will lose many mem- "1
bers in Pennsylvania, New York and Western
States, and the great question is whether
there can be Republican gains enough made
in the South to offset the losses in the Northern
and Western States."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? James Johnson was run over and instantly
killed last Thursday on the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad near Battleboro, N. CM
while attempting to step from one car to
another.
? The premium list of the North Carolina -
Agricultural Society for the fair of 1882, to
begin in Raleigh on October 10th, has been
issued. The list is unusually large and valuable
this year, embracing in all 1,345 premiums.
? There are rumors afloat that another
big railroad syndicate has been formed with
heavy capital, to buy the Midland North Carlina
Road and to undertake other railway
projects in that State. As a rule the wealth of
"railroad syndicates" exists only on paper, or
in toe fertile imagination of some one claiming
to represent them.
?Col. John P. Thomas has formally issued
his farewell address as superintendent of the
Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte, preparatory
to assuming the duties of superin- ^
tendent of the South Carolina Military Academy.
During his nine years connection with
the Carolina Military Institute there were
382 matriculates and 20 graduates. That institution
is now closed as a military school.
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
The Senate, on the 1st, was occupied with
the sundry civil appropriations bill.
The session of the House was devoted to the
Senate amendments to the naval appropriation
bill. A message was received from the President
announcing that he withheld his signa
tUi'6 irom whs river ciuu mu uui aHPluiiliai'iuu
bill because the amounts appropriated are
greatly in excess of those required for the fiscal
year just ended. The bill providing for
the printing of 5,000 copies of the report of the
Atlanta Cotton Exposition was defeated.
In the Senate on the 2nd, Mr. George introduced
a bill appropriating $200,000 to be expended
under the direction of the Mississippi
River Commission in the preservation and improvement
of the harbor of Vicksburg. Referred
to the committee on commerce. At
1.55 P. M., a message was received from the
House informing the Senate of the action of
that body in passing the river and harbor bill
over the President's veto. The pending business
was suspended and the veto message was
read. A vote was immediately taken upon
the question : "Shall the bill pass, the objections
of the President to the contrary notwithstanding
V" which resulted in passing the
bill over the veto by a vote of 41 yeas to 16
nays. Senators Hampton and Butler voted
aye. The sundry civil appropriation's bill was
then taken up and considered until adjournment.
In the House, Page of California, under
unanimous instruction from the committee on
commerce, moved to take up the river
- ' ? i-2ii J
ana naroor appropriation uiu uuu paaacu it,
notwithstanding the President's objection
thereto. On ordering the previous question
on the passage of the bill over the veto, the
vote by division stood 121 to 8, and Browne
of Indiana raised the point of no quorum.
The vote by the teller stood 137 to 19. So the
previous question was ordered. The House
then proceeded to vote with the following
lesult: Yeas, 122; nays 59. Of the South
Carolina members, Evins, Mackey and Smalls
voted aye; Richardson was paired.
in the Senate on the 3rd, the bill for the
reduction of internal revenue taxes was under
Jiscussion, but went over without action.
The session of the House was short, and
tvas devoted to bills of minor importance.
In the Senate on the 4th, the internal revenue
tax reduction bill was taken up, and was
iiscussed to some extent, but went over for
in executive session.
The House was engaged in receiving conference
reports on bills, and concurring or ^
nonconcuring in Senate amendments to sun3ry
bills originating in the House.
In the Senate on the 5th, the conferes on
;he naval appropriation bill reported agreement
and the bill was passed. A joint resolu;ion
appropriating ?33,000 for the pay of the
mileage of Senators who attended the session
jonvened on the 10th of October, 1881, was
inanimously passed without a word of debate.
The House was occupied, the greater part
)f the day with the conference report on the
iivil sundry appropriation bill. t
MERE-MENTION.
Aaron C. Burr, the adopted son of the relowned
Aaron Burr, died in New York re?ently.
The summer camp meetings in
Maryland were largely attended, and good
irder prevailed. The reports about yellow
'ever in several Mexican cities, and also in
jralveston and other cities in Texas are said
;o be much exaggerated. Scientific men in v
rapan are discussing the possibility of utilizing
- - ? IL A C*.
he internal heat 01 tne eurui. ^ ou.
amis jury decided that a drowned drunktrk
came to liis death, "while in a fit of volintary
insanity." It turns out now that
he massacre at Alexandria was rather of
Vrabs than Europeans. The reported casuilties
are 1,140 of the former and only 210 of
he latter. A small pinch of powdered
ilum placed in a bucketful of muddy river
vater will soon transform it to liquid crysal.
The liquor question is agitating Jlliiois
and making politicians, especially those
in the Republican side, very uneasy. The
irinting of the consus report of 1880 will cost
il,000,000. England owns 170,000 shares
if the Suez Canal, which cost her 817,600,- KX).
The present session of Congress is
he longest in twenty years except that in '70
irhich lasted till August loth. The Canaian
Parliament has sent an address to Queen
Victoria, asking her to accord home rule to
reland. It is estimated that the tornadoes
nd hailstorms that visited the Northwest in
une killed 150 people, wounded 400 and
amaged property to the amount of $5,000,00.
The political bearing of the jury
ow sitting in the star-route cases is said to
e as follows: Democrats 8, Republicans 3,
lahone readjuster 1. A Charlotte man
as been to Elberon, N. J., and has returned.
'lie Observer says that this high-toned summr
vnanrt- Hmrarpq ftv? ner dav. and reauires
ills to be paid daily. One day was enough
)r the Charlotte man, and he took his dearture,
not caring where he went. It is
;ated that there were fifty cases of yellow feer
in Brownville, Texas, last Friday. Ou
aturday last, in the Circuit Court at Chicago,
[rs. Scoville filed a bill for divorce against
er husband, alleging cruelty on two occaons
and passionate anger on his part as the
mse. Timothy Hurley, the well known
ibbyist and politician in Radical times in
outh Carolina, has turned up as the manager
f the Southern Land, Emigration and Imrovement
Company, rooms 75, 76 and 77,
emple Court, New York. At an Inde?ndent
meeting at Huntsville, Alhbama, last
iturday, an ex-United States marshal, a white
ian and Republican, shot and killed a promi3nt
negro politician. U. S. Grant and
fra, Henry Trescot have been nominated by
le President to be commissioners to negotiate
commercial treaty with Mexico.