Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 14, 1883, Image 2
Straps and partis. {
? The prize for the best essay from the lit- \
erary class of the Vanderbilt University, j
was awarded to Miss Marj- S. Conwell, a f
grand-daughter of the late Bishop Soule. t
She was successful against a class of 121 male s
students. "This," says the Inter-Ocean, "is c
a feather.in the young lady's bonnet not put t
there by a milliner." ^
? Queen Victoria's dropsical symptoms \
have assumed such an alarming character, i
according to information received by the r
Boston Herald's correspondent from authen- .
tic sources, that the doctors only permitted c
the trip to Scotland to relieve her of the \
melancholia caused by her enforced relinquishment
of outdoor exercises. It is ex- ;
pected that she will soon be a confirmed,
bed-ridden invalid.
? The Manufacturer's Record shows that j
in two vears the value of the agricultural
products of the South ha." increased over
$214,000,000. In those two years, the Southern
product rose from 29 to 37 per cent, of
the whole country. Only 60,000,000 acres
of the South's 600,000,000 are under cultivation,
and yet the products were valued at
$875,000,000 it is predicted that within a decade
this may be increased 50 per cent.
? A meeting of Irishmen was held in New n
York recently to take steps to collect funds J
to aid in defending ten persons who are in ;
Gal way prison for murder. It was announced
tnat the committee in England ha v- "
ing charge of the defence had been warned a
by the Government to cease their labors in 0
the way of collecting money. Itwasaccor- r
dingly necessary to take action. A committee
was appointed to make collections in aid 0
of the object. ?
? New Jersey is beginning to bestir itself t
on the subject of grade crossings, and makes s
the alarming discovery that, since 1869, or a
in the past thirteen years, there have been 1
1,902 persons killed by the cars at grade 1
crossings in that State. This, too, is only (J
the official report, and if New Jersey is like s
other States, the reported railroad butcher- tl
ies are only a fraction of those that actually r,
take place. There are few needless dangers
in the community which receive less 0
serious consideration than grade crossings. v
Everv one of them is a chance for somebody f.
to be killed. " \
?It is rumored in Dublin that the Invin- :
cibles have been extensively using poison
in removing obnoxious persons. The police
are investigating a number of cases of sus- ,
picious deaths which have occurred in the ^
past few years, especially the case of a hotel i
keeper named Jury, of Dublin, who died a \
fortnight after the Phcenix Park murders, i
From disclosures by the informers, the au- r
thorities do not doubt that Jury was poison- p
ed. The reason alleged for the poisoning
is that he inadvertantly opened a letter ad- I
dressed to Tynan, who was staying at Jury's 1
hotel. The letter contained directions in 2
regard to a secret society. ^
? The gold and silver product of all the
mines in the United States during 1882, was .
$79,300,000 ; a decrease from 1883 of $1,600,000.
$67,300,000 was added to the metallic {
currency of the country during the year. 17 c
of the States and territories produced gold, c
and 11 of the 17 silver also. California is j
the greatest gold producer, although show- ?
ing a heavy decline since last year, while \
Colorado leads on silver. The smallest production
of gold of the 17 was in Wyoming, ]
$5,000. the next Virginia. $15,000, and the i
third South Carolina"whose mines produced c
$25,000 worth of gold. Georgia produced f
$250,000 and North Carolina $190,000. s
e? Under date of the 9th instant the Postmaster
General has decided that under the %.
recent Aet of Congress directing the re- c
acyustment of the salaries of certain post- *
masters where it was not done under Sec- c
tion 8 of the Act of June 1866, no postmas- e
ters are to be included within this legisla- o
tion unless they waited to receive the oien- *
nial readjustment of their salaries upon the .
basis fixed by the act of June 19,18o4, i. e., 1
the actual quarterly returns for two years, 1
where such readjustment would have been c
a loss of ten per cent, compared with a re- c
adjustment on the basis of their average
quarterly returns for twft years. ^
? It is stated, from official documents, that
there are in round numbers, 60,000 Indians
in the United States that live on reserva- ?
tions, and may be called civilized. They i
are growing fewer in numbers each year, j
Yet the cost of their keeping and education -]
increases. From 1855 to 1868 the government
spent for Indians $49,000,000; from
1859 to 1883 there was spent for Indians J
$91,000,000. The excess is about $42,000,000. 1
There is spent now annually about $10,000,- t
000 on Indians, or about $160 per capita, e
counting men, women and children. We j
dare say that about one half of this sum
sticks to the fingers of men who have made
the "development" of the Indian an exact
as well as abstract science.
?Sulieman Daoud, charged with setting
fire to Alexandria, Egypt, during the bom- t
bardment of that city last summer, was f
hanged last Saturday. The execution took v
place in the midst of the ruins of the great '
square. Sulieman had to be almost carried 1
to the scaffold, and he was nearly comatose c
from fright. He wastinally hanged. Some c
persons who were present at the execution \
say he died before the drop fell. On his way
to the place of execution the condemned c
man murmured that he had been victimized ^
by Arabi-Pasha. A heated debate occurred J
in the English House of Commons on Thurs- 1
day, relative to the approaching execution, t
a number of members opposing it, and urg- c
ing the government to telegraph requesting
a stay of the execution.
? An Alabamian declares that the farmers J
for one hundred miles around the manufac- 1
turing region of. Alabama, have been usher- t
ed into a new life?by comparison, one of
luxury. Birmingham is the nucleus of a c
country raising now large quantities of
small products, such as fruit and vegeta- *
bles, sold there or through the facilities
its existence offei^ in finding a Northern v
market, which until lately was not known, r
He is in favor of letting the tariff alone and c
abolishing the internal revenue system, and c
adds that the iron industries of Alabama, e
no more than those of Pennsylvania, could .
live a day without protection. The proxim- *
ity to coal gives Alabama an advantage. ^
Pennsylvania matches this with superior c
coke and transportation facilities. d
? The national convention of colored men c
favored by Fred Douglass and others, which L
was first called to meet in Washington, it is i.
now designed shall be held in Louisville, .
Ky., although the colored men there say J
it is not a fit place for the gathering, because s
all the principal hotels and the best portions
of the theatres are closed to negroes, and o
the delegates will be able to find neither v
^ the accommodations nor the amusements
which they might desire. One of the repreWK
sentative colored men of the city, the editor v
W& of the Louisville Bulletin, says that he fa- h
? vors holdimr the convention in IndianaDO- c
K lis, Ind., because as he says in that city the o
m colored man is treated right, and can go in- n
| to the best hotels if he desires, and can ,
get the best seats at the places of amuseW
ment if he is willing to pay the regular F
" price for them. t
? A Mississippi planter, writing to Brad- r
street, says the plain truth is that cotton has
not been and, under the present sytem, cannot
be produced for less than 9 or 10 cents
per pound, actual cost. Take the average
price paid to planters, and th ey do not re- ?!
ceive more for their cotton than the oost of 1
production; hence as a class they have not t
made any money for the past ten years. I
He says a change is inevitable, and that the f,
planters must either produce other things c
or make cotton at a less cost. Many farm- .
ers have gone to stock raising on lands fitted
for that purpose. Improved implements v
are solving some labor difficulties. The ii
financial condition of Mississippi planters is t
not good, but it has been improving lor two r
years, not because they have been making
money, but because they have lived harder ^
and economized more severely than any one s
imagined was possible, and there seems to c
be a determined effort on their part to get i
out of debt and stay out. cl
? The jury of the Hustings Court of Dan- s
ville, Va., in the case of wm. T. Dodson, ^
indicted for the murder of James Read, on
April 23rd, to whom the case was submitted ~
Friday evening, have given a verdict of t
murder in the second degree, and fixed the t
punishment atfive years in the penitentiary. \
The jury was obtained from Petersburg, it c
having been found impossible to get a jury j
in Danville. Dodson seems pleased at the .
verdict. A second jury was immediately 1
empannelled, consisting mostly of members <
of the bar, before which Dodson plead guil- s
y of house burning, in his attempt to burn
he house in which Read's body had been
>laced, his object being to create the im ression
that he, himself had been burned,
lee the country and thus defraud the life
nsurance companies for the benefit of his
amily, and by this jury he was sentenced
o three years in the penitentiary. The
ame men were empannelled on a tnird inlictment,
and by them, on a plea of guily
of embezzlement of the funds of the warelouse
in which he had been employed, he I
vas sentenced to two years. Pink Harley,
ndicted as an accomplice of Dodson in the
nurder, was discharged on a nolle prosequi.
She feehviUe ^uquieet.
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PHURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 14^ 1883.
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CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY.
The annual commencement exercises of
llaflin University, a school for the colored
routh of both sexes, located at Orangeburg,
vere conciuaea on rne evening 01 me oin
nstant. The exercises were attended with
nore than usual interest, as the year just
losed has been one of unusual success and
irosperity in the history of the University.
The average attendance duringthe year was
!72, and during the winter term 347 students
vere enrolled.
The forenoons of Monday and Tuesday
vere devoted to examinations of the differ>nt
classes. On Wednesday, which was
ommencement day proper, quite a large
irowd assembled to witness the exercises.
Vmongthe visitors were Col. Asbury Cowird,
State superintendant of education, and
Jen. James F. Izlar, of the board of trusees.
The morning was devoted1 to the readng
of the standing of the students, and to
lelivering the different prizes. There were
bur graduates in the normal department,
uid five in the oollege department proper.
The speeches were all very creditable inieed,
and some of them were remarkable for
he good sense they contained, and the exlellhet
manner in which they were delivertd.
The diplomas were presented to the
graduates by Dr. Cook, with a few appropriite
remarks to each of the graduates. All
he exercises were interspersed with excelent
music by the students under the charge
>f Prof. Anton Berg, who has charge of this
lepartment of the college.
The exercises were closed with an address
>y Col. Coward to the graduating class and
tudents. which did honor to the distin
fished speaker. His remarks to the gradmtes
were particularly eloquent and im>ressive
and called forth frequent applause.
The benediction was pronounced by Dr.
)unton, and the large assembly quietly dis>ersed
to their homes. The friends of C'lafin
may well congratulate themselves upon
he prosperity and success which has attendd
the institution the past year, and the
iright future it promises in the improvenent
and elevation of the colored race.
THE IRISH ASSASSINS.
.Timothy Kelly, convicted of participaing
in the Phoenix Park Murders, and the
ifth and last remaining of the convicts,
vas hanged in Kilmainham jail at 8 o'clock
ast Saturday morning. There was a large
rowd of people outside the prison, but no
listurbance. It is believed that Kelly died
vithout making any statement.
Mr. Varian, member of the Prisoner's Aid
Society, called upon Earle Spencer, Lord
lieutenant, late Friday night and gave him
lis personal assurance that at 8 o'clock on
ne nigni ine rncenix rtirK muruers were
iommitted Kelly was present at a meeting
?f the society. On Saturday morning Vaian
stood in front of the jail and stated
hat he expected every moment to hear
hat Kelly had been reprieved.
The authorities, expecting that a great
rowd would collect at the jail duriug the
(xecution, adopted as extensive precautions
or the maintenance of order as those taken
vhen Joe Brady was hanged. Police surounded
the prison. Marines, dressed as
ivilians, mixed with the crowd, and two
ompanies of troops in readiness for any
mergency were within the gate adjacent
o the hospital. The crowd was very quiet,
lowever. A number of women in the
rowd fervently read the prayers for the
lying. When the black flag was hoisted
ver the prison some persons in the crowd
ittered shrieks and a young woman fell on
ter knees and called the curse of God upon
ames Carey, the informer. The crowd
oon dispersed.
Kelly received the sacrament at 6:30
n the morning of the execution and knelt
vith the priest in prayer. To the last morient
he maintained a calm demeanor, but
v&s very pale. His parting interview with
XI 1 LVirl.itf iifn.i trAMT
lis JllUUItrr UI1U menus Uli J. Iiua4y was vcij
lainful. Saturday morning he gave a lock
f his hair and some flowers to Canon Kenledy
and requested him to hand them to
lis mother before his death, lie repeated a
>romise which he had made to his mother
hat he would leave no statement or letter
egarding the murders.
THE CLERGY AND TOBACCO.
At the last session of the Presbyterian Asembly,
an attempt was made to prohibit
heological students who receive aid from
he educational board from using tobacco,
t was considered by some that it is unjust
3r these young men to receive the benefion<-.Anf
thp fhnrch in order to helD them
hrough their course of study, and then
raste in expenditure for smoking or chewog,
the money which is bestowed upon
hem. Most c>f the students do not receive
nore than one or two hundred dollars a
'ear each, from the board. The youth who
mokes or chews in the week to the extent
fa quarter of a dollar a day makes a serious
nroad on this fund. The great trouble in
lealing with this habit on the part of the
tudents was found to be that most of the
irethren composing the committee in
harge of the matter are habitual smokers
hemselves, and, according to the story
old on them, had to lay their cigars on the
\1ndow sill as they sat down to discuss the
[uestion- The resolution they passed, adnonisbing
economy on the part of theologcal
students, carefully avoids the mention
>f tobacco, but recommends that students
hould not squander the money given them. \
CROP REPORTS. , s
Under date of last Saturday the Depart- j J
j ment of Agriculture at Washington reports j J
| an increase in the cotton area slightly ex- jc
; ing 3 per cent. Florida and Tennessee fail 1
by one point to maintain their area and 1
there is a decrease of about 10 per cent, in r
the cotton districts of Virginia and Miasouri.
The increase is 8 per cent, in Texas, 7
in Arkansas, 5 in Louisiana, 3 in Alabama,
2 respectively in South Carolina and Missis- s
sippi and in Georgia. The Department recorcf
of the area in 1882 was 16,276,000 acres. 1
Returns now indicate a breadth of 16,780,000
acres?an increase of 504,000acres. The area ^
by States is in thousands of acres. Virgin- f
ia 55, North Carolina 1,050. South Carolina
1,619, Georgia 2,873, Florida 258, Alabama }
2,610, Mississippi 2,278, Louisiana 932, Texas c'
3,035, Arkansas 1,188, Tennessee 807. Missouri,
Indian Territory and the other States j
contribute the remainder. Planting has a
been late and replanting to till defective
stands more general than usual.,
The cold and wet April, followed by a cold .
nnrl vprv rlrv Afn.v. with frosts from Mav
20th to 24th, continued the attempts to fill
the gaps up to the date of the report and in ^
the Gulf States belated plants had not ap- 1
peared on the first of June. Persistent efforts
have been made to perfect the stands 1
throughout the cotton belt. The low tem- t
perature and rains of April have delayed
planting and retarded the growth. *A11 re- 3
turns make the season late, th" * nge being 4
from one to three weeks. Muia favorable
weather in lower latitudes begins already to j
brighten the outlook. There were counties c
in rCorth Carolina in which one-sixth to <
one-third of the cotton was not up. The
frost of the 23d of May, which extended ^
nearly or quite through the area planted r
was especially injurious. On the Northern a
border in South Carolina the cold nights and
drying winds during May greatly reduced ,
vitality and the weather of the first week of *
June was scarcely warm enough for cotton. ^
Similar causes produced like effects in Georgia,
somewhat modified by milder temperature,
yet one correspondent claims from 11
personal record the worst season for cotton in c
twenty-seven years. In the remaining
i-t- - 1 xt*v* fhnn
olhltjs uie MJIIipeilVLlUC Jinn uccu iuiyci man
usual. There is frequent report of the pres- c
ence of the aphis wherever the plant is in t
worst condition. The caterpillar made its o
appearance on the . 14th of May in Butler
county, Alabama, twenty days earlier than I
ever known before, and Robertson and Vic- c
toria in Texas report their presence. It has A
been generally too dry, but serious injury is I
nowhere reported, .though threatened in
Southwestern Texas, especially in Guada- [
loupe, Medina, Lavaca, Somerville and ?
Lima. Notwithstanding these drawbacks c
there is a fair stand of medium vitality and i
usually clean clean culture. The average of r
condition is represented by 86 against 89 in
June of last year, which was lower than for g
several years, though improving constantly t
afterwards. The averages of condition are: g
Virginia 81, North Carolina 81, South Caro- a
lina 85, Georgia 85, Florida 94, Alabama 87, c
Mississippi 86, Louisiana 91, Texas 89, Ar- a
kansas 87 and Tennessee 78.
WHEAT, OATS AND BARLEY. ^
The condition of Winter wheat is report- g
ed lower than in May throughout the entire r
area, with few exceptions. The decline c
amounts to 4 points in Connecticut, 14 in r
New York, 2in Ohio, 8 in Indiana^ 15 in II- c
linois, 7 in Missouri. It is slight in Michigan
and generally throughout the South.
The general average of the condition is 75 j
against 83 in May; in June, 1882, it was 99. ?
For Winter wheat it is by States as follows: c
Connecticut 92, New York 63, New Jersey s
101, Pennsylvania 97, Delaware 83. Mary- I
land 98, Virginia 93, North Carolina 95, H
Georgia 96, Alabama 95, Mississippi 83, a
Texas 86, Arkansas 80, Tennessee 85, West
Virginia 88, Kentucky 77, Ohio 60, Michigan
80, Indiana 67, Missouri 70, Illinois 51, Kan- c
oa i:r do an 'niKnon
sas OX), UUllUIlllll OO, UlCguii i;v. 11I?C ?ig- ,
ures indicate the condition of the growing ^
wheat without reference to loss of area, by ?
showing up the Winter killed areas. The *
Spring wheat area has been increased about ?
half a million acres or nearly five per cent. I
Iowa reports a reduction of 2 per cent.; 1
Minnesota makes an increase of 5 percent., ^
Nebraska of 7, Dakota of 40 and Montana c
of 5. The Spring wheat States have an I
acreage of nearly ten million acres. The
condition of Spring wheat is everywhere f
high, averaging 98 per cent., the same aslast t
year. The area of barley increased 5 per '
cent. The total acreage is about 2,850,000 u
acres. The condition averages 97 per cent. I
The increase in the area in oats is 4 per J
cent. ; the area is nearly 19,200,000 acres. J
The condition is high, averaging 90 per u
cent. r
v
Arrest of the Check Raisers.?The J"
Atlanta Journal gives the following account ?
of the arrest of Bechtler and his confeder- j
ates who raised a check from $20 to $1,200
and succeeded in getting it cashed in Shelby
some weeks ago, an account of which we
have heretofore published : .
The train that came in from Roswell this 1
morning brought in Officer J. J. Green, of r
our police force, D. D. Suttles, Sheriff of r
Cleveland county, North Carolina, and J. T.
Bostick, Magistrate of Shelby, N. C., who
had in custody C. G. Bechtler and R. A. D. J
Hardin, both charged with forgery. A his- 0
tory of their crime, flight and capture is here "
detailed.
On the 18th of May the two persons in cus- 0
tody, together with one J. A. Mason, all re- F
sidinginoraboutShelby, North Carolina,en- b
tered that town for the purpose of making a
raise. The night before the morning of the d
18th, Bechtler and Hardin had stayed all \
night at the house of Mason's father. While t
there, Bechtler had got into a conversation o
with old man Mason, and learned that the old t
man had a claim against the railroad company
thereabouts. Bechtler offered to collect I
it for him the next day, and suggested S
that if the younger Mason were sent with ?
him, there would be no difficulty in getting h
the claim. The old man assented, and the ft
next morning Bechtler and Hardin set out d
with the old man's son towards town.
When they had reached the suburbs of the d
village Bechtler called a halt, and producing
a cashier's check of a'Greenville, S. C., ?
bank on the Fourth National Bank of New j
York for $1,200, dated January 8th, gave it r
into the hands of young Mason and instruct- /
ed him to present it at H. D. Lee & Co.'s i<
bank in Shelby, and they would immediate- 2
ly hand him over the money. He further n
told him to state to the teller of the bank a
that the check came from J. A. Simmons,
agent of the Mica Mining Company, in s1
Mitchell county, and that the reason the '?
check had not been presented before was be- S(
cause the money nad not been needed. a
Still further he instructed the green young v
man to ask for $900 in cash, and the balance a
in the shape of a check for $800, payable to 'r(
A. Baker. The two men remained in the a
brush outside of town until Mason should jj
return, which he did shortly, bringing with ^
him the $900 in cold cash and the $800 check 0
as directed, and stating that there had been ^
no difficulty in getting the money. They f,
started back towards old man Mason's, but j1
before reaching there they succeeded in ?
dodging the youth, who went home alone. |
&970 wns found on the nerson of Bechtler. rr
His wife was arrested on a warrant and ^
lodged in jail. (j
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Shot by an Avenging Brother.?Jo- p
seph G. Sitton, Superintendent of the Mary- ^
land and Charlotte Copper Mine, in Mecklen- p
burg county, N. C., was shot and killed r.
while in Ids room at his sister's house near
the mine on Tuesday of last week by Thos. ^
L. Shields, brother of his sister's husband. M
Shields walked into the room, accused Sitton p
of having betrayed his (Shield') sister, a
girl of sixteen, and demanded that he marry
her. Upon his refusal, Shields stepped C
to the door, picked up a double barreled snot ii
gun he had left outside, and shot Sitton v
through the head, killing him instantly, b
He then got his valise, which was ready u
packed, and went to Charlotte where he an- ri
nounced the killing, delivered himself to the ii
fn loil xiro ixrino* nvumino. A
Ullivcia nuu >VC11V IV J?11) ?xi
tion. Me declined to give any particulars J
of the circumstances leading to the tragedy,
but reiterated that Sitton had ruined his p
sister and refused to marry her. A coro- T
ner's inquest was held on the following day,
and the verdict was that Sitton "came to his
death by the criminal act of one Thomas L. n
Shields, by a shot discharged from a gun in d
the hands of the said Shields." The jury tl
also reported Shield's father as an accessory /
before the fact, and he was subsequently arrested,
and after a hearing on writ of habeas o
corpus was admitted to bail. s<
The affair creates considerable excitement \
in Mecklenburg, there being two sides to the
1
tory. The sister of Shields, whose honoi
le desired to protect, bitterly denies thai
here has ever been any improper conducl
>etween Sitton and herself. Sitton was an
inmarried man about 80 years of age, and a
lative of Due West, S. C., where his paents
now live.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The May weeds are waist high on the
treets of Barnwell.
? The crops in Barnwell are reported to
lave suffered very much for want of rain.
?South Carolina graduates one cadet al
?Vest Point this year. Mr. Davis, of Fairield,
who stands number four in a class of 52.
? The monument at the grave of Gen.
darion, in Berkeley county, was partially
lestroyed by a recent storm.
? Mrs. G. It. Rains, the widow of the late
'"en. Gabriel R. Rains of the Confederate
:rmy, died at Aiken on last Saturday.
? The sales of cotton at Lancaster have
mounted, since the first of September tc
1,007 bales.
? A cannon ball weighing four pounds was
>icked up in the old British fort near
Ninety-Six last week.
? It is against the law to fish with a net
>etween the 1st of May and the 1st of Sepember
in South Carolina.
? In the recent big cotton fire in New York
Messrs. J. M. Ivy & Co., of Rock Hill, had
48 bales burned, but it was fully insured.
?A- drug store in Barnwell county has
langingin its southeastern corner over a lot
if patent physic the sadly suggestive legend,
'Nearer my God to Thee."
?Col. Thomas L. Jones, who was recently
iefeated, or cheated out of the Democratic
ionization for Governor of Kenttickey is
, native of this Statev;
? Fred Nix, the noted Republican poliician
of Barnwell county, lost two of his
hildren last week from diphtheria, bothdyn
the same day.
?The Lancaster Ledger says: A white
nan, named Smith, is suspected as the inendiary
who fired the barn of Mr. W. D.
lyatt at Pleasant Valley.
? More than thirty persons, white and
olored, have been arrested by the town auhorities
of Anderson for the non-payment
if the street tax.
?Mrs. Martha Boyce, wife of Rev. James
Joyce, D. D., associate editor of the As.voiale
Reformed Presbyterian, died at Due
Vest on the 4th instant. The deceased had
teen for years quite helpless wit;h paralysis.
?The story of the child of one of theTurksh
bear exhibitors having been killed and
tartly devoured by one of the bears in Lanaster
county, the other day, is contradicted
>y the Lancaster papers. The Turks have
lot been in Lancaster for several weeks.
?In Berkeley county the law against liquor
elling in the country districts is resisted on
he ground that the prohibition of liquor
elling in the country is discrimination
.gainst one class of citizens in favor of anither.
Judge Wallace sustained the law,
,nd the case goes to the Supreme Court.
? Rev. J. N. Craig of Holly Springs, Miss.,
vho was recently elected by the General Asembly
of the Presbyterian Church, which
net at Lexington, Ky., to the secretaryship
?f the commission of home missions, was
lastor of the Presbyterian Church in Lan
ttSlCI 1UJ ICI1 Ul twelve JCtll.-J.
? It is a fact not generally known that the
listinguisheel divine, Dr. McTyeire, of the
d. E. Church South, was born and raised in
he. Sleightown neighborhood in Barnwell
ounty. He owns considerable land in that
ection, and frequently visits the place ol
lis biith, and on every such occasion he
pends for presents lor his renters fully the
.moujitmany of them pay as rent money.
? The total receipts of the first instilment
?f State taxes up to June 8th this year
mount to about $25,000 more than those ol
he corresponding period of last year. It is
stimated that if this ratio of increase coninues
the receipts of State taxes payable in
day will reach, by the end of this month,
171,000. This will be over one-fourth ol
he total amount of State taxes due this
rear, and will be a very considerable inrease
over the ratio of May payments ol
irevious vears.
? Wellington Stepp,aged 17, a son of Rev.
C. Stepp, was drowned while bathing in
he mill pond of Mr. J. R. Hutchinson, near
iowensville in Greenville county, on Satirday
last. He started to swim across the
ond, which is about one hundred and fifty
'ards wide, and on reaching the middle ol
t sank, mysteriously, and was drowned beiefore
assistance from his comrades could
each him. It is supposed he was attacked
vith cramp on getting into the cold curent
of the middle of the pond, and thus
ost control of his limbs. His body was reovered
after draining the pond, and was
liter red on Monday.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Southern Telegraph Company promses
to have an office open in Charlotte withn
six.weeks.
? Fifteen car loads of steel rails for the
Tiester and Lenoir Railroad passed through
Charlotte last Saturday.
? Gen. A. J. Dargan, of Wadesboro, a
irorainent lawyer and one of the landmarks
f the Pee Dee country, died last Friday,
ged about G3 years.
? According to the report of the directors
f the mint, the mines of North Carolina
iroduced last year $190,000 in gold and $25,00
in silver.
? Gaxtmia Gazette.: A very bad type ol
lisentery has existed in this section tor several
days and has proved fatal to many ol
he little children. The disease is mostly
f a typhoid form which makes it difficult
o control.
? Heavy rains are reported on the Western
sorth Carolina Railroad. A washout near
ialisbury, surprised a freight train, but no
erious damage was done. The locomotive
iad been detached from the train and was
deling its way carefully along, when it went
own. Very little rain fell about Concord.
? The Charlotte Journal-Observer of Monay
says : The two fast trains are to be put
ack on the Air-Line Railroad to-day. The
chedule of the trains will be as follows:
fo. 50 leaves Charlotte at 2 a. m., and arives
at Atlanta at 2 p. m. No. 51 leaves
Atlanta at 3.10 p. m., and arrives at Charjt-te
at 3.40 a. m. No 52 leaves Charlotte at
.10 p. nr., and arrives .at Atlanta at 1.20 a.
i. No 53 leaves Atlanta at 4.50 a. m., and
rrives at Charlotte at 4 p. m.
? Rufus Reed, a colored man of Charlotte,
timulated by the Apparent success of the
'urkish nomads, now making their grand
Duthern tour, bought a bear a few weeks
?;o and started out through the country
ifl. Uni n?i sinnrlu v Ti.nfiis or so much
s was left of him, returned to Charlotte for
epairs. He and the bear had had a fight
nd the colored man only saved his own
fe by cutting the bear's throat. Heed was
3rribly mangled. His fingers were bitten
ff, and part of one foot and one entire
eel, together with a big piece of meat
om his'leg, were missing. He states that
iinself and the bear were in a room toether,
when, for some unaccountable cause,
Iruin became enraged and jumped on him.
'he two fought around the room for some
me, when finally the bear got the man
own in a corner and was about to make
tort shrift of him. Already one of Reed's
ands had been torn into fragments, and
ne bear had the other hand in his mouth.
Leed managed to grasp a knife in his laceited
hand and drove it into the bear's
iroat, when the beast rolled over dead and
le battle was ended. But for the knife
'hich Reed fortunately had with him, the
ear would undoubtedly have killed him.
Resurrected Correspondence.?The
olumbia lief/ister of Sunday has been let
lto the secret of a rich correspondence
diich took place just gfter the last election,
ut which was never laid before the public
ntil now. The exact wording of the cqrL'spondence
is not given, but it is accurate
1 substance. The first letter was dated at
Jkcn, S. C. and read as follows:
. Hetidrix McImm, Columbia, C.
Dear Sir: Who is Governor? Some
eople say you are, some say Thompson,
'lease let me know. Yours truly,
I. D. Durham.
The reply was short, sharp and, as Arteius
Ward would say, "Sarkastic." It was
ated at Columbia and signed by a friend of
ie would-be Governor:
lev. /. D. Durham, Aiken, S. C.
Dear Sir: Who is State Superintendent
f Education ? Some people say you are,
mie say Coward. Please let me know,
'ours truly, J. Hexdrix McLane,
per .
j Xj ocal affaies,
I ?
'! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
1 ; MeElwee <fc Darwin?We Will Do It.
L i W. E. Stonev, Comptroller-General?Insurance
' i License,
i J. Spratt Wright?Fair Warning.
North Carolina Millstone Co., Charlotte, N. C.?
"Moore County Grit."
, j T. S. Jefferys. Agent?Machinery.
J. M. Adams?Headquarters for Stoves?Wooden
Bowls?New Goods?Beeswax.
> Kennedy Brothers & Barron?Country Cloth.
W. C. Latimer?New Goods.
May & May?The Corner Drug Store.
' Withers Adickes?Crockery and Glassware.
T. M. Dobson?To be Given Away.
W. M. Walker, D. I). S.?Dental Surgery.
, R. Lathan, Chairman Board of Examiners?
School Notice?School Trustee.
DENTAL SURGERY.
Hr W Af Wo lL-oi bos nssncintPfl with
him in the practice of dentistry, Dr. A. Y.
> Cartwright, a young | entleman who comes
? recommended as bein j well skilled in the
profession. Their car l is published in an1
other column.
THE MILITARY CONVENTION.
; Lieut. Joseph G. Wardlaw is in attendance
upon the military convention which assembles
in Columbia to-day, as a delegate from
the Jenkins ltifles. The object of the convention
is to memorialize the Legislature to
provide for the better organization of the
| State militia.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
During a slight shower on Wednesday af|
ternoon of last week, lightning struck on
; the premises of Mr. David L. Black, who
lives a mile and a/half east of town, and
killed a fine Polaiul-China hog, which was
i rooting around the spot, where, only a few
minutes before th< bolt struck, a valuable
horse had been fe ?ding. Without endors!
ing the doctrine of Fatalism, Mr. Black concludes
that by taring a notion to ride to
town at the momqnt he did, he saved the
life of a horse. \ \
ANOTHER FIN4WI1EAT PATCH.
We noticed a week or two ago a fine patch
of whent. in tmvn balonffinir to Mr. Robert
1 J. Latta. Our attention hsls been called to
j another, which we have riot seen, though
we have seen heads of grain taken from it.
This field was sown by Mr. |J. B. Scott, near
Philadelphia Church. It is beardless, and a
' hybred known as Landreth's White Wheat.
The heads on exhibition jneasure 71 to 8
, inches in length, are well jfilled and represent
a fair sample of the field.
RAIN?THE CROPS.
[ A fine rain fell last Sunday afternoon,
which was the first of any consequence with
. which this immediate section has been fa,
vored since the 8th of May. There have
been good rains in other sections of the
i county. Drouth.is confined only to certain
localities, and the rain of Sunday was gent
eral. Cotton and corn are improving. Hari
vesting is in progress. The yield of small
grain crops will not be so large as last year;
but the quality?especially of wheat?is
equally as good.
' KNIGHTS OF HONOR BENEFIT.
i An order to the Supreme Treasurer,
; Knights of Honor, for $2,000, the amount of
[ Capt. J. R. Gardner's benefit, was received
; by the Reporter of Home Relief Lodge, of
which Capt. Gardner was a member, last
; Monday morning. It is just two months
since Capt. Gardner's death. This proves
the promptness with which the order meets
? its obligations. Were the beneficiary in
town to sign the necessary papers, the full
amount of the benefit would be forwarded
j- by the the Supreme Treasurer within a week.
ILLICIT LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
> The arrest of Adam Fewell, colored, last
Saturday morning, charged with retailing
spirituous liquors, created considerable consternation
among those who have been thus
violating the law for some time, and the consequence
was that before daylight Monday
several colored individuals fled the town,
fearing arrest upon similar charges. We
learn that it is the intention of the town
council to suppress this illicit traffic, and
the sooner offenders profit by the warning
' the better it may be for them.
NOTES FROM UNION.
1 "Nicolo" writes, under date of the 11th:
"The new Presbyterian church in this place
is completed and will be dedicated next
. Sunday, the 17th instant. The dedication
sermon will be preached by Dr. J. L. Girardeau,
of Columbia. The new church is a
1 beautiful structure of Gothic architecture
and it adds greatly to the general appearance
of our town. We are very sorry, in'
deed, that the Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson, of
York county, cannot attend the dedication.
Pie is very much loved by the Union people,
1 and we were anxious to have him on that
' occasion. We had a nice rain here on yesterday,
which was needed. The wheat crop
in this county is reported as being fine.
PRISONERS IN JAIL.
The following prisoners, all colored, are
now in the county jail awaiting trial in the
next Court of Sessions for the offences
charged: David McFadden, burglary and
larceny; Henry Blalock, assault and battery
1 with intent to kill; Meek McCully, attempt
to rape; Martha Smith, burglary; Jack
; White and Laura Johnson, burglary, larceny
and arson ; Elizabeth Dye, infanticide;
Thomas Matthews, housebreaking in the
day time; Adam Fewell, retailing spirituous
liquors without a license. Elizabeth
Dye was committed last week. Besides the
above prisoners awaiting trial, Frank Johnson,
colored, and Robert Orr, colored, are
in jail serving sentences of Trial Justices'
Courts.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel
on Sunday at 11 A. M., and in the afternoon.
In the church at Yorkville at night.
Episcopal?ReV. A. Prentiss, Rector. Services
in the Church of Our Saviour at Rock
Hill, next Sunday.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10.30 A. M.
Sunday-school at 0. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday, at "> o'clock, P. M., until further
notice.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at 10.30 A. 31., and 8 P. 31.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor.
: .A TTninti novf
OUrVlL'CS ill LllC icguuu nwuio Hi. DI11UII
Sunday. Prayer meeting in the church at
Yorkville, every Tliursday evening at 8.
a card from maj. woodward.
Having published, as a matter of current
news of the day, the alleged correspondence
between Mr. Cash and Maj. Woodward, in
justice to the latter.gentleman, we copy from
the Greenville News of last Friday, the following
card which fully explains itself:
Winnsboro, S. C., June
To the Editor of the News: In a late issue
of your paper appeared what purported
to be a "correspondence" between Mr. W.
B. Cash and myself. Some who read this
publication have expressed surprise that
my name appeared as a participant in any
such issue. For the benefit of those, who
I are evidently casual readers, and who cer
tainiycio not Know me personally, j. uesire
to state that I have never written Mr. Cash
a "note" nor a line in my life. What is
given as my "note of the 17th," was a mere
endorsement upon the back of his note,
which was returned, and, as appears, was
addressed to no one. I certainly did not intend
it for a note to Mr. Cash, and was
much surprised and deeply mortified that
papers, including your own, should have
dignified this affair into a "correspondence."
This is the only concern which this matter
has given me, and I ask, as an act of justice
that you and others who may possibly
have been misled by your heading of
"correspondence," give this, my version.
Sincerely do I hope that I obey rules of
society, and recognize principles of ordinary
politeness and propriety, which will forever
i prevent me from appearing as a participant
in any such "correspondence."
Very respectfully, T. W. Woodward.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
On Monday last, J. C. Chambers, Esq.,
: discovered the dead body of a colored man
named John Dye, Jr., lying in Bullock's
j creek. He immediately gave notice of the
fact, and Coroner Caldwell impannelled a
jury of inquest, who, after obtaining all tjje
facts they could, returned a verdict that the
deceased came to his death, on Saturday
night or Sunday, from accidental drowning.
He had been in bad health for some time,
illlU llji LI 11 Cv 111 1UU1 uup piCTJCUUlg 1I1D
death was delirious. From the fact that in
his clenched hand was a piece of vine, corresponding
with a broken vine within grasp
of the foot-log, the supposition is that he
attempted to walk across, and lost his footing
and caught the vine for support. The
vine broke and he fell into the water ai\d
was drowned.
THE PALMETTO REGIMENT. 5
The Lee Light Infantry, of Chester, has
perfected a reorganization by the election
of the following officers: Captain, Julius
Mills; First Lieutenant, Charles A. Brice;
Second Lieutenant, Thomas N. Berry;
Third Lieutenant, John W. Dunovant.
The roll has thirty-nine names. The inspection
of the Lee Light Infantry will
take place in about twenty days. This
company, when under command Capt. J.
K. Marshall, was one of the finest in the
Fourth Brigade, and will, no doubt again
take a high position. According to the
Columbia Register the companies of the
Palmetto Regiment now number as follows,
rank and file:
Governor's Guards 44
mcniana voiumcerM
Columbia Flying Artillery 31
Richland Light Dragoons 27
Cordon Light Infantry 44
Catawba Rifies .'. 42
Jenkins Rifles 34
Lancaster Grays 43
Edisto Rifles..' 43
Palmetto Rifles 31
Lee Light Infantry 38
41,1
RECENT DEATHS.
Mr. Henry Calvin Conner died at his
residence, about three miles west of town,
on Wednesday nigjht of last week, and was
buried in the Yofrkville cemetery on the
following day, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. T. It. English. Mr.
Conner's disease nvas consumption, undei
which he had tieen sinking for several
years. At the time ,of his death, he was
in the 40th year if his age. He was a native
of Chester county, but came to Yorkville,
an orphan, at an early age, and learned
the trade of coach painter, at which he
worked either as employee or as conductor
of the business i ntil a few years ago when
his failing heath warned him to seek other
occupation less c onfining. He then bought
a farm?the pla e of late his residence?to
which he movec. During the struggle over
the admission ojf Kansas as a State, in the
year 1855, Mr. Conner, then a young man,
went to that territory and acquired a resi
dence in order to enable him to vote with
the pro-slavery party in the organization ol
the territorial ; government. After the defeat
of the Lec >mpton Constitution he returned
to Yoriville. During the late war
lie served as a member of the Jasper Light
Infantry, 5th Regiment, and always bore
the reputationj of a good soldier. And as
he was a good soldier in time of war, he
was a good citizen in time of peace. Quiet
and unobtrusi/ve, but a man of sterling
integrity, he vnjoyed the conlidence and
esteem of-all Who knew him.
Miss Alice Smarr, daughter of Mr. J. D.
Smarr, of thisjcounty, died at the residence
of her aunt, Mrs. Love, in McConnellsville,
011 Saturday morning last, and was buried
at Bullock's dreek Church on Sunday, the
Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson preaching the funeral
sermon. Miss Smarr was an attractive and
accomplished!young lady, and the favorite
of a large circle of friends. She was aged
about 22 yeaijs.
In last wfeek's Enquirer, under the
heading of ''Sad Deaths," appeared the
name of John McGill Kennedy. In this
week's issue, we are called upon to chronicle
the death of his little sister, Carrie Jane,
which occured on Saturday night last.
It is but seldom that two deaths occur in one
family within a fortnight. Such, however,
is sometimes the case, and whenever it
does occur, it fills the reflecting of the community
with a solemn awe. This feeling
is intensified when the individuals snatched
away are, as in the present instance, a hoy
of fifteen years ana a sweet little girl of
only five summers. Verily man is born to
trouble as the sparks fly upward. Death
surely is a great evil, but by no means
the greatest of evils to which flesh is heir.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy not only have the
heart felt sympathy of this whole commuty,
but they have one inexpressible com?VA
4-lirx for?f twrckv f.ViP crflVPQ nf .Tnhn
and Carrie, they can shed tears of sorrow
without any sad reflections.
For the YorkvlJIe Enquirer.
THE BLACK'S STATION CONTROVERSY.
EditoR op the Enquirer: I see from
your correspondent's reply to "Citizen"
that he has asserted that ray statements
were all false, but he fails to show why they
are false. He simply denies ray statements,
and I simply say, they are true. Now, Mr.
Editor, I merely reply, in self vindication,
stating that I have had one object only
I ^ nnmontinn ototomonta mnrlo
I Ul'lUlU JI1C, V i/i. , UHVlVlltVUVU
I ill regard to our municipal election. I
[ have had, all along, no desire at all for
"personal controversybut as your correspondent
has signified his intention to end
this controversy, I forbear. Citizen*.
MERE-MENTION.
Maj. Nickerson, of the U. S. Army, who
recently fraudulently obtained a divorce
from his wife is to be courtmartialed for
conduct unbecoming a gentleman and an
officer, and the divorce decree lias been annulled.
The Augusta Chronicle says:
The owner of a hay farm near Augusta nets
from $7,000 to $0,000 per annum. Is there a
cotton planter within fifty miles of him who
does as well 011 less than MO acres ? The
Mexican revenues, which in 1879 were but
$16,128,000, rose last year to nearly $32,000,000,
and are expected to reach $40,000,000
this year. English capitalists are reported
to have "cornered" the largest remaining
tracts of black walnut timber in
this country. The remains of John
Howard Payne, which arrived from Tunis
in March last, after having been buried there
over thirty years, was interred in Oak Hill
Cemetery, Washington City, last Saturday
afternoon. Two brothers named Bar-1
ber, desperadoes, were lynched at Waverly.
Iowa, last Friday night. It is announced
from Washington that the President will
give his close and immediate attention to
the questiou of consolidating the internal
revenue districts. Argument was closed
in the Star Route trial last Monday. It was
thought the charge would be delivered and
the case goto the jury on Tuesday. The
full proceedings of the trial are to be printed,
and will make 6,000 octavo pages in small
type. mo mai 01 um u^iuunuc ^v/nspirators,
Dr. Gallagher, Bernard Gallagher,
Ansburgh, Carter, Whitehead and Wilson,
charged with treason felony, began in London.
last Monday morning. A dispatch
of the 11th, from McKinney, Texas, says
that late 011 Saturday afternoon a terrible
cyclone prevailed west of that place. The
Dockhill place was completely destroyed by
lightning. The case of Paul Strobach.
the Alabama United States marshal, on trial
in Montgomery, for swindling the government,
by rendering false accounts, was given
to the jury on Saturday night last, and, after
being out four hours, tney returned a verdict
of "not guilty," and lie was discharged. I
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
? The wheat crop in Union county is very
I hue. The ears are a little short but full and
j the grain plump.
i ?Mr. J. T. Hill, of Union, cut last week
from one and one-eighth acres of land 120
! dozen of heavy bundles of oats, which is
equivalent to 100 bushels an acre.
? The merchants of Greenville are making
large sales of agricultural implements to the
! farmers of Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderi
son and Pickens counties,
j ?The shipments of western corn to Cam I
den this season has been much less than in
i former years. Our farmers seem to be gradj
ually learning the importance of planting
something besides cotton,
j ? Three hundred and five crates of peaches
have been shipped, to date, from Williston,
Barnwell county. Heavy daily shipments
of cabbage and potatoes are being made to
northern and western markets.
? Abbeville Medium : "The weather which
has continued dry so long, makes it impossible
to predict how the crops of the county
j will turn out. Wheat is said to be very tine.
*1 Oats will not yield as much as last year.
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ger of the 'sore shin.'"
? The Carolina Spartan says that the wheat
t crop is better than reported last week. The
grain promises to be very plump and heavy
and tne yield good. Cotton is growing
slowly, the weather being too dry for a rapid
growth. Spring sown oats are very low, and
the grain will he light unless it rains this
week. Gardens are doing but little good.
Where there is a good stand of corn and cotton
there is 110 loss yet on account of the dry
weather. _
Wild Wokk of Wind and Rain.?A
Dallas, Texas, dispatch says that the storm
on Saturday night seems to have done its
work in narrow strips in sections miles
apart. At Cedar Hill, south of Dallas, the
farmers report that growing crops were
flattened to the ground, fences were blown
down and reapers and wagons standing in
the fields rolled over and over by the fury
of the winds. Near Hutchins Station the
destruction was so complete as to dishearten
the people, some of whom moved to
i town yesterday, having given up farming
and turned their attention to working as
day laborers. Wheat standing in shocks
was scattered to the winds, water in huge
streams flowed 011 the fields and cut jagged
ruts through what had been model stands
of corn, cotton and grain. Hail stones of
loyrra 0170 uriiro Lardrn/I nn 111 lnw rtlor>ou nnfl
UVl^V II V1V WUiilVWl V4X MIMV4
i left traces of the havoc tney wrought in a
number of dead bodies of sheep, calves,
; rabbits, dogs and birds, which are to be
seen on all sides. Fifteen miles west of
Dallas great trees were torn up and carried
1 long distances, orchards were twisted and
i stripped of branches and young fruit was
i strewn on the ground.
A heavy wind storm, accompanied by
rain, struck the southwestern portion of the
city of Springfield last'Friday evening,
unroofing several houses, blowing down
barns, fences, &c., doing quite a large
amount of damage. No one injured. Special
dispatches to the State Register from
Bluff's Chapel, Jackson, Berlin and other ?
points along the Wabash Railroad, west'
of the city, report the heaviest rain storm
that has fallen for years, the whole country
flooded and great damage done to the crops.
Hanged.?Elbert M. Stephenson was
hanged at Lawrenceville, Ga., last Friday
in the presence of 8,000 people, for the murder
of his aunt a year ago last August. One
Sunday morning Mrs. Stephenson was found
dying, with several bullets in her side. She
said her nephew shot her. Stephenson was
arrested while arranging his tent at a camp
meeting. He denied any knowledge of the
crime, but subsequently confessed that he
had lived in adultery several years with
his aunt, and that her son fired at him
and killed his mother. The woman lived
eight weeks and testified at the preliminary
trial. She said as she saw Stephenson running
across the yard with a gun in his hand,
she felt that he was going to kill ljer, because
sne was going 10 marry one xiirum iuuuk.
It was proven that her son was not on the
premises when she was shot, and no doubt
remained of Stephenson'sguilt. When sen|
tenced he began playing crazy, but without
shaking faith in his sanity. Thursday he,,
requested that a brass band should play
"Golden Slippers" at the gallows. His rerequest
was refused. Stephenson showed no
sign of emotion on the gallows. He sat with
one foot on the trap and played with the
rope as he called men by name and familiarly
conversed with them. Many persons
asked him if he was guilty, but he 'answered
equivocally and to the last neither confessed
or denied his guilt. At seven minutes
past one o'clock the drop fell. His neck
was not broken and he hung forty minutes.
His wife refused to receive his body. His
uncle took itand buried it in thesamechurchyard
where lies the woman he murdered.
The Indian Campaign.?Late advices
from Fort Bowie, Arizona are to the effect
that General Crook was in the Zahuarispa
district in the Southestem part of Sonora,
on May 27th, and that up to that time he
had-, had no general engagement with the
hostiles. This information comes through .
Mexican officers who commanded a small
detachment of Sonora State troops engaged
in scouting through Zahuarispa. The point
where Crook was met is about 250 miles
Southwest of the boundary line. A large
ranche was located there and a detail of
.American troops was engaged a procuring
a large stock of provisions. The hostiles
had scattered but were being followed by
Crook's San Carlos scouts. Crook was confl'lnut
tVinf Vila fnmoo Wftillri nvBWfimp
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hostiles in the heart of the mountains. General
Crook stated that the march from Bow- <
ispe South had been a severe one, but the
troops were in good condition. He was
aware of the disposition of the Mexican
troops in Sonora and Chihuahua, and expressed
satisfaction at the arrangements for
co-operation. On may 20th General Crook
entered the Sierra Madres again and pushed
South. These circumstances were communicated
to General Bandoth, commander of
the Sonora State troops, and also to General
Torres at Hernersillo.
A Shocking Murder.?A terrible murder
was committed on Wednesday night of
last week about three miles from Georgetown,
the unfortunate victim being H. H.
Rembert, a young man of that community,
about 23 years of age, and the murderer is
supposed to be Jerry Cox, colored. A correspondent
of the News and Courier, gives
the following particulars of the affair : Rembert
had taken Cox in the country with him
to buy beef, crossing the Sampit Ferry on
their way. On their return tney reached
the ferry about 12 or 1 o'clock Wednesday
night, when the fearful crime was committed.
Cox's statement is that young Rembert.
being unable to get the ferryman to
put liim over the river, attempted to swim
across, after having tied his clothes on his
back, and was drowned. Rembert's body
was found on Friday evening in the river
and was examined by three physicians the
next morning. The examination disclosed
the facts that the deceased had received an
ugly blow on the side of the head across the
right eye, that his neck was dislocated, and
that life was extinct before the body was
placed in the water. A knife belonging to
tho tlnnonspfl nnd monev sunnosed to belonir
to him were found on the person of Cox. i
The coroner held an inquest, and the ver- 9
diet of the jury was that the deceased came
to his death at the hands of Jerry Cox and
others not known to the jury.
Claims of Maimed Soldiers.?The
Comptroller General has begun the payment
of the claims of Confederate soldiers
who lost limbs or received other permanent
and serious injuries (provided for) in the
late war. The .State appropriated $7,(MM)
for these claims, and the Board to whom
they were submitted, consisting of the
Governor, the Comptroller General and
the Chairman of the State Board of Health,
have allowed a number sufficient to exhaust <
$6,310 of the fund. Claims in excess of the
appropriation have been tiled, and at the
next meeting of the Board, in July, the
remaining $G80 will be awarded when those
remaining over will be kept on tile until
the Legislature provides for their payment
novt wintov TIip nlnn nf iwivnienf, is that
which prevailed in Georgia, viz.: For an
amputation above the knee $100; below
the knee $75. For an amputation above
the knee $100; below the knee $75. For
an amputation above the elbow $00; below
the elbow $50. Other injuries are allowed
for according to their character. Blanks
are being sent to all those whose claims
have been passed upon for tilling and signing.?Columbia
lieymler, Friday.
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