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?traps and ,facts. ? Pennsylvania has pensioned all veterans of the Mexican war resident within her borders, and a similar act was passed by the legislature of Texas at its last session, after a hard struggle. ? The wife of the defaulting ex-treasurer, Vincent of Alabama, has sola all her furni- j ture and jewolry, realizing therefor $15,000 which she has turned into the State treas- ! uryrto make good a part of what her hus- j band stole. ? Turkey has notified the United States j authorities that her commercial treaty with this country will terminate March 13, 1884. After the termination of the treaty, the importation into that country of American meats, lard and other produce of alike character will be prohibit^!. ?The business failures throughout the country for the week ending last Friday, as reported to the Mercantile Agency of R. G. Dun & Co., number 186, against 173 the previous week. Of these the New England States contributed 24, Middle States 26, Western 53, Southern 35, Pacific 18, New York City 11 and Canada 19. ?On the 14th instant, Secretary Teller paid to Chief Bushyhead, of the Cherokee Indians, the $300,000 appropriated Dy tougress for lands ceded to the United States to the Cherokee Nation; The money will lie distributed only among the Cherokees and their descendants, in accordance with the decision of the Cherokee Council. ? The jury in the Star Route cases ended the six months that cost the government about $200,000, on Thursday by acquitttng Brady and Dorsey and the other defendants. The friends of the thieves applauded wildly, and the court room and streets rang with cheers. The jury stood three for conviction and nine for acquittal on the first ballot, and | the three gave way. ? The court in Washington has dismissed the bill of Lawyer Bigelow against Bettie Mason, wife of Sergt. Mason, and discharged the order restraining Mrs. Mason's bank account upon payment to Bigelow of $400 counsel fee for his services in behalf of Sergt. Mason. Bigelow claimed $3,000, and sought to attach the fund raised by popular subscription for "Bettie and the baby.'' ?Just before the close of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars of the World, last Friday, at. Halifax. N. S.. the report of the commit tee on the color question was adopted. The report rejoices, in the vindication of the fundamental principles of the order by the institution of the order in fourteen out of fifteen Southern States of America. The session then closed. ? The famous "Island No. 10," in the Mississippi River, no longer exists, and the place where it stood is onlv known by a slight ripple in the water. Before the war it contained 400 acres, a fine residence, a splendid orchard and all the concomitants of a prosperous plantation. During the war the snores were lined with batteries supported by 7,000 men. ? China is making extensive preparations for war. A difficulty between that country and France is brooding, and the probabilities are that it will result in an open declaration of hostilities by one side or the other. It does seem that Europe is never at rest unless some one of the Continental powers is engaged in an aggressive and destructive war. ft is a pity tpat such a spirit cannot be curbed. ? The fine rains in Virginia and North Carolina (he past week have been of great benefit to all crops. The putting out of to* ? l i- '"U ? r. ?*nnT rvannyal On/I uacco piauus IIUS UCCU VCl^ ?i?v. the prospects are that the crop will be as large and of equally as good quality as last year. Wheat has been improved very much within the past two weeks, and while the crop will not be as large as that of last year, the quality will be better. Corn is also in a flourishing condition. ? In the U. S. District Court of Texas, at Austin last Thursday, an opinion was render/ ed in the criminal prosecution under the civil Act of Congress of March, 1875, for a penalty of $500 for excluding Laura Evins, colored, from the ladies' car on the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. Nine similar cases were disposed of. The court held the law as unconstitutional and that the things alleged were cognizable by the State tribunals only, also that the Act was an infringement on the rights of the several States. ? Advices of last Monday from Western Missouri and Kansas, say the heavy rains, for the past few days, have raised nearly all the rivers and small streams in that section, and the indications are for unusually high water in the Missouri River. The town of Coming, four miles North of St. Joseph, on the Missouri River, is inundated and several houses are entirely swept away. About four miles of the railroad are under water. All the railroads in Western and Central Missouri, with the exception of the Missouri Pacific, are badly washed and trains are generally abandoned. ?The Czar has made a bad beginning and Russia's prospects for govermental reform *?*- * "fliviJnijtKiUnri un> nrlnnmvr in Uliun 1119 UUUllUlOUUi'lV/iA WAV/ J deed. One of his first official acts after the coronation was to remove from office the Mayor of Moscow, for publicly expressing the hope that the Czar would institute constitutional government in his empire. The Kussian throne, at best, rests upon a slender pecarious foundation, and such an official beginning shall but hasten the downfall of her Autocratic Monarchy, and from the ashes of its gigantic and solemn ruins will spring up, phoenix-like, theliving principles of progressive Republicanism. Ninety millions of oppressed people will greet the change with shouts and acclamations of joy! ? Dr. John F. Carter, editor of the People's Advocate, Dadeville, Alabama, was shot and killed in that place by B. B. Sturdevant, son of ex-Probate Judge Sturdevant, on the nighi of the loth instant. Carter had been making some severe strictures on Judge Sturdevant in his paper, about which young Sturdevant called to see him. C'arter ordered him off, threatening to make nis little son whip him, when Sturdevant advised him to do his own fighting. Carter then drew a pistol and commenced shoot - - !??? A HA ing at oiuruevam, vmu ictumcu mc mv, one ball taking effect just over the right eye, from the effect of which he died about 10 o'clock the same night. Sturdevant is unhurt. ?John Barnett, on trial last week at Mt. Sterling Kentucky, for the murder of Vaughn Hetton, was permitted to withdraw his plea of not guilty and plead guilty. The prosecution then offered testimony to show facts of the murder. The widow of the murdered man told how her husband was shot in his bed and fell dead upon a sleeping infant at her side. The jury fixed the punishment at imprisonment in the Penitentiary for life. Five of the seven jointly indicted with Barnett, namely, Newton Yarlo, John Becraft, William Becraft, John Gibbs and Elliott Wadkins, also pleaded guilty and received a like sentence. Indictments have been found against three others called as witnesses for Barnett, nameely, James Morrrison, Wiliam Hodge and Alonzo Becraft. ? A Minneapolis, Minn., dispatch says that ex-United States Senator John J. Patterson arrived at the Nicollet House in that city on Friday of last week accompanied by a young woman, whom he registered as Miss Rogers and represented at the hotel as his niece. He asked for adjoining rooms and was given, instead, rooms on opposite sides of the hall. On the morning following his arrival the ex-Senator left for Fargo, Miss Rogers remaining at the hotel. The exSenator returned to Minneapolison Monday, and again became importunate in his demand for a connecting suite of rooms, and was placed under a ban of suspicion, which was confirmed when he innocently left an order for a 5.30 o'clock call to No. 28, utterly unmindful of the fact that he was assigned to another room. Soon after 10 o'clock it svas discovered, however, that he was joint .occupant of No. 28 with Miss Rogers, and ;the couple were ordered to leave the house. Toilets were hastily made, trunks hurriedly .packed, and uncle and niece were supposed i to have ieft on a train for St. Paul, but took iinstead, a hack for the Clark House, where -.a hackmaaa represented that he had an old gentleman ana his niece, who had just arrived an a late train and wanted two rooms. They were at their .disposal, and particular-; ly impressing his desire ?>r two rooms, the ; ex-Senator was assigned to No, 6 and Miss j Rogers to No. 4, Soon afterward the discovery was made that one rooin had SU(i-' denly seemed sufficient, and the ex-Senator was again invited to take a walk. The next morning he took Miss Rogers under his protecting care and the two sought accommodations in one of the hotels in St. Paul. ?hc fotfetiUe flbujwiw. YORKVILLE. S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1883. THE MILITARY CONVENTION. The millitary convention of the State volunteer troops, comprising all branches of the service, met in the Senate chamber in Columbia Thursday night. There was a large representation, nearly every military organization in the State having delegates present. York county was represented as follows: Lieut J. G. Wardlaw, of the Jenkins Rifles; Allen Jones, Lieut. R. T. Fewell, Catawba Rifles; Lieut.-Col. A. H. White, Palmetto Regiment. The convention was called to order by Col. Marshall, of the Palmetto Regiment, who made a telling speech setting forth the objects of the convention. After the conclusion of Col. Marshall's remarks, Genend lzlar was elected chairman, General Moore of Hampton, Col onel Bruns, of Charlestion, Captain Mclver, of Darlington, Captain Jones, of York, Colonel Norwood, of Greenville, and Captain Richbourg, of Columbia, were eleeted vicepresidents; Captain . Rutledge of Charleston and Captain McGhee, of Abbeville, secretaries. The most important thing done was the offering of a memorial by General McCrady, of Charleston, setting forth the grievances of the volunteer troops of the State and asking for additional appropriation for the support of the militia; also for the passage of an act requiring all maie citizens between fifteen and forty-five years to perform militia duty or pay some stated amount to its support. Colonel Marshall offered a list of proposed changes in the Militia law. The following are the main points: All men between eighteen and forty-five to be subject to duty, such as serve to be exempt from road and jury duty, all not serving tn nav n tax of one dollar each for mili t?J ? --- tia support; the number of companies now existing not to be increased, except in so far as to allow one company of volunteer troops in each county, the maximum size of companies to be 100 and minimum 30; in case ofdisbandmentthe places of companies to be supplied by the Governorand adjutant general. In the event of war the senior officer of volunteers present to assume chief command; the adjutant-general to receive $2,100 and have the rank of major-general; officers to be examined in each county by two judges appointed by the adjutant-general, and no commissions to be issued until the officer passes a satisfactory examination. Besides the adjutant-general there should be two major-generals and four brigadiers of volunter troops, to be elected by their commands. Gen. McCrady's memorial, and Col. Marshall's draft of proposed changes in the militia law, were referred to a committee of fifteen, and the convention then adjourned until Friday. On reassembling, Friday morning, Capt. W. St. Julien Jervey, chairman of the committee on memorials and resolutions, submitted a report of which the following is the substance: The Committee on Memorial and Resolutions report that they have carefully considered the several papers, resolutions and memorial referred to tnem and recommend the adoption of the accompanying memorial, and that a committee of the Convention, to consist of seven members, shall be appointed to draft and prepare a bill carrying out the views of the memorial and providing for the exemption from taxation of all property owned and used for military purposes by the volunteer troops of the State, and that the resolutions referred to this committee be referred to the committee hereby recommended to be appointed for their consideration in the drafting of said bill; and that the said committee be charged with the duty of attending before the General Assembly at its next session and procuring the introduction of the bill to be prepared by the committee and urging the passage thereof, and of any other measure tending to the assistance and advancement of the volunteer troops of the State, or in the wisdom of the General Assembly as may be deemed practicable. The memorial drafted by Gen. McCrady is a lengthy paper and prays for a general revision of the militia laws of the State, on a basis calculated to strengthen the efficiency of the service. It concludes as roiiows: Your memorialists therefore pray your honorable bodies to take the matter into consideration and to so amend the law as to require those of age to render military service, either to perform the duty or to pay a commutation which will support the organization of those who do. Or if this is deemed impracticable by your honorable bodies, that your honorable bodies will devise and enact some law whereby those who do the duty will not be put to the expense of maintaining their organizations. The report was unanimously adopted, and in accordance with its recommendation that the President appoint a committee of seven to whom to refer the memorial and resolutions, the chair then announced the following committee: Colonel Marshall, Palmetto Regiment, Columbia; Lieutenant Hyde, Sumter Guards, Charleston; Captain Sinkler, Eutaw Light Dragoons, Berkeley; Captain Bonham, Abbeville Rifles, Abbeville; General Richardson, Third Brigade, Sumter ; Lieutenant Wardlaw, Jenkins Rifles, Yorkville; Captain McBee, Butler Guards, Greenville. , By invitation, Governor Thomjjson was present, and was called upon to address the : convention. lie responded amid renewed applause to the invitation, stating that he had received notice last evening of the invitation extended to him to attend the Convention, but he was too fatigued to accept in person at that time, and he had just left an important meeting of the Agricultural board in order to make his acknowledgement of the courtesy shown him. He was pleased with this voluntary assemblage of the representatives of the millitary department of the State, and trusted that they would succeed in their plans for the im-1: provement 01 me mniua ana xnai ineir uc- : tion would be embodied in such form as to m meet the approval of the General Assembly.!: He would do anything possible for him to : do, either officially or personally, to aid in 1 accomplishing the purposes of this Convention. He would cheerfully and heartily 1: give his assistance to any measures which may be devised for the maintainance of the ; citizen soldiery of South Carolina, on whom ! we rely for defence against a foreign foe or : from domestic violence. No large force of; < militia was required to make the Volunteer :: Troops effective, and no burden of taxation ;: was necessary. But he would hot go into ; details. He again expressed his hearty sympathy for the objects of the Convention j1 and the gratification he felt at seeing the 1' large and cheerful response made to the call : for this assemblage; and not by law, but by [ voluntary actions and means. He repeated : his sympathy with the movement and : promised to give careful attention to all J measures for the improvement of the mili- i J tia of the State. He trusted that the Convention would accomplish much if not all that was desired; that their efforts would be harmonious, and that their labors would j; result in such practical .suggestions as would i redound to the lasting benefit of the State 1 and her volunteer troops. Members of the j i convention followed Governor Thompson : in short speeches, and the convention then |! adjourned. 1 THE C., C. & A. RAILROAD. President Haskell, in response to a re quest for information in regard to the pre posed issue of $3,500,000 of bonds by th Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad which issues will be considered at the meel ing of the stockholders which is called fc the 27th instant, said the present bondei debt of the road is $2,698,000 bearing intei est at 7 per cent., or about $189,000 a yeai The proposed issue of $3,500,000 to take u the old debt will bear interest at 6 per cent making $210,000 a year. The exchange wil be at par, leaving about $800,000 surplu proceeds of the new bonds, which surplu may be devoted to the improvement of th road. Col. Haskell estimates that $400,00 will put the road in flrst-class order. On hundred miles of old rails remain to be re placed by new. The advantage of the new issue of bond is obvious. The road now expends anni ally from $7">,000 to $10(1,(KM) of its income i improvements, and yet cannot makemone; enough to complete them. The $400,00 which it is proposed to expend when th new bonds are sold, will suffice to put th road in good condition at once and save th annual drain which now goes on. The ar nual interest charge will be trifling com pared to the one of which it takes th place. The disposition of the remainin $400,000 of the surplus capital is not decidec If bonds are not issued to that amount th interest under the proposed plan will b $3,000 smaller than that now paid. OHIO POLITICS. The Republican Convention of Ohio non: inated Judge J. B. Foraker as the candi nf +Viof nnrhr finr Onvornnr .Tilda \Ult\- VI I'llUV V^T 1VA v-? \y T V4i>v* W Foraker is in the prime of life, being on! (16 years of age. He served in the Unio Army, having been a captain on the sta of Gen. Sloeum, of New York, during th war. The nomination is enthusiasticall; received by the Republicans of Ohio, wh are confident of his election. The Prohibitionists of Ohio, met in Con vention at Columbus, on Thursday,, an nominated for Governor Ferdinand Schun] acher, and for Lieutenant-Governor, 1 Ogden. The Democratic Convention of that Stat meets to-day.' The indications, so far, ar that Judge George Hoadley will be th nominee for Governor, as Hamilton count is solid for him, and a number of othe counties have instructed their delegate to support him. He is regarded as a ver strong man, and popular among the Gei mans, whose counsel he was in the conteste liquor case. He bears a spotless reputatior The probabilities are that he will be th successful aspirant. THE liKJKEN VILLE JKAUEIJX. We copy from the Greenville News a fu! account of the recent unfortunate affair i that city?unfortunate in a double sens( first in the ruin of the fair name of a beauti ful and accomplished young lady, and se< ondly in the failure of the injured girl1 parent to visit upon the author of her rui instant death when seeking to avenge he wrongs. According to her statement, th circumstances attending her ruin are n less reprehensible than the brutal method of the ruffian who would accomplish b; force what in this case, it is ehargeci was effected by overpowering reason witl draughts from the intoxicating cup. In deed, the latter crime is the more shockini of the two, and invites no less certain an< speedy punishment than is prescribed in th unwritten law o? all enlightened commu nities for the despoiler of female chastity b; force. This man Floyd occupied a respec table position in society and availed himse] of his social standing to insidiously accom plish what the more brutal, but no less dc praved ruffian would have sought to dc prompted by the sudden passion of lust, am the opportunity of a defenseless victim His crime is therefore attended with mor aggravating circumstances, and demandei snminnrv nunishment. Commenting unoi " ?; X e A tlie affair, the News, published at the seen of the occurrence, and probably alive to al the facts of the case, uses the following lan guage which will meet with public endorse ment everywhere : "There is but one opinion in this coininu nity regarding the affray of yesterday. Tha opinion is that Mr. Kay aid exactly wha he should have done, and the News coin cides in it. The guilt or innocence of th< man who fell under the injured father' Eistol is not a proper subject for discussioi ere. It is universally conceded that then was evidence enough to justify the shooting We repeat again what has been said so oftei before in these columns. We hope never t< see the day when public opinion will tolerat* ni?KtTYionf Kut fhnf nf nnwrlpr nnr an Y (ULflUaillVUV WUV V44WV W* .. v%w? %*..v bail between the relatives and betrayer of j wronged woman. We hope it will always remain a part of our inflexible unwritter law that a man who betrays a woman put himself beyond the protection of the lav and takes his life in his hand, and tha prompt and terrible retribution upon hin is a sacred duty for the protection of woman hood, and the vindication of manhood." THE AYENGINU BULLET. The killing of N. L. Dukes by younj Nutt on Wednesday of last week, at Union town, Pa., was the natural sequel to the ter rible tragedy enacted there in Novembej last, when Dukes cruelly took the life of Capt A. C. Nutt, after shamefully disgracing ant dishonoring his daughter. The son felt tha he had a sacred duty to perform in avenging his father's death, and he slew the slayei with a premeditation and deliberation wliicl make, in the eye of the law, a complete cast of murder. But young Nutt will have tht sympathy of the community, and a jurj will be found to acquit him, 110 doubt, iu easily as one was found to acquit Duke; when he slew the father. The fate which overtook him was precisely the fate he had a right to expect. The failure of the couri to punish Dukes for his crime gave the sor a quasi right to feel that it was incumbent upon him to take the law into his own hands The circumstances of the killing are thu; described in a dispatch dated the 13th: James Nutt, son of the late State Treasurer. Captain A. C. Nutt, deceased, shot and killed N. L. Dukes, his father's murderer, this evening, lie shot five times, all the balls taking effect. Dukes died instantly. Dukes had been frequently warned o; his danger in remaining at Uniontown and *- ? 1-A?l.. ?Ai/l Ln tirniim fnmni'n f A?* in IltJ IHltJiy ftilltl J1C ?uuiu icuiaiu mtiv vyi n the cemetery. It is said that he had experienced a fear of the son of Captain Nutt and was never on the street after night. Today James Nutt was seen practicing with a revolver at his home, and this evening about half-past seven he was standing ncai the postofftce when Dukes came along. A> Dukes was passing he turned his head, and noticed young Nutt just as he stepped from the doorway and fired, the shot taking effect in Dukes' side. Dukes started to run, when Nutt followed and shot again. By this time Dukes wat on the postofftce steps, when he received another shot and fell inside the door. Nutt followed and fired two more shots int< Dukes' prostrate body, one taking effect in the neck. Dukes was dead before anyone could get to him. The revolver that did the work is the same that Captain Nutt carried on the morning of his death. Young Nutt gave himself up and was committed to jail. A coroner's inquest was immediately held, the jury returning a merely formal verdict that N. L. Dukes came to his death by shooting at the hands of James Nutt. Popular feeling runs high in favor ol Nutt and against his trial by the tribunal which acquitted Dukes for the murder ol young Nutt's father. It is sp*'1 .hat Nutt recently told his mother that Duues had met him in the street and had laughed in his face. Upon Dukes' body was found the same revolver with which he killed Captain Mutt and a large bowie knife. Iloii. H, W. Playford and A. I). Boyd, ' prominent lawyers have been retained to >_ defend Nutt. Dukes' friends sought to re. tain Hon. Charles E. Boyte to prosecute Nutt, but Boyte refused. It seems doubtful e whether any member of the bar in Fayette l> county will appear against Nutt, and the i b-! task will fall upon the District Attorney. J SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. .. ?The tenth annual meeting of the South Carolina Press Association will be held at ** Gaffney City on the 3rd of July. P ? The Palmetto Lumber Company, of ? Georgetown, has suspended, throwing 200 j 11 men out of employment, is ?A gentleman from Rossville informs the ! is Chester Reporter that there have been about e twenty deaths among the negroes on lower ^ Little Rocky Creek in the last six months. ^ ?Mr. J. W. Rush celebrated his ninetieth birthday at Blackvilie, recently. There are " 190 persons in the family, ancl of these 134 were present, s ? The white Baptists of South Carolina i- have (J40^ churches, and o8,782 communi ii cants ana ine coiorea impusis numuer ;m,y KM). I{) ? 1). B. Free, a promincntcitizcn of Union, fell on a driving wheel band in his mill on Monday of last week, and was dangerously, e perhaps fatally, injured. e ?The Edgefield Advertiser, after contemi plating the enormous estimated cost of the [- Carolina, Cumberland (Jap and Chicago e Railroad, evidently despairs of seeing it ? built in this century. I ?A negro calling himself Dave Jackson ' was arrested and lodged in jail at Lancaster e last week on suspicion of being Lum Cooley, e who murdered Jtobert Bennett, in Jackson county, Georgia, in-October, 1881. Jackson is held by the sheriff of Lancaster for identification. i- ? The Washington-Light Infantry, with a i- select number of distinguished guests, left e Charleston Saturday by the City of Atlanta v on their pilgrimage to Connecticut. The y detachment numbers about forty men, all n told. ^ ?The oldest dry goods house in Columbia e has been forced to succumb to financial presy sure ; the house failing being the firm of C. o Bouknight, Executor, & Co., successors to R. C. Shiver & Co. An attachment was levied on the stock by II. B. Claflin &Co., to whom " the firm owe about $9,000. The indebted^ ness of the house is about $86,000 with noml inal ottco+c i\f <LlO OOO , """ ?Abbeville Medium: Mr. James R. Cunningham tells us that there is a drop of blood e in every cotton leaf. In fact he showed us e one in every leaf of a cotton stalk in his hand. We never knew it before and cannot understand it. Perhaps it means that all y farmers who raise too much of the staple * are sure to "bleed" when they come to s sell it. y ?The Pickens Sentinel says: "Mr. Ballin, r_ a special agent ofthe Department of Justice j at Washington, was at this place several days last week and the week before, inves' tigating the conduct of revenue officials. e Of course he gave us nothing for publication, but rumor has it that considerable crookedness was discovered, and especially among the deputy marshals." 11 ? There are several cases of typho-malarial n fever in the town of Marion and a case re> ported of scarlet fever. The Merchant and ' Farmer says: "This sickness is the result of want and vigilance on the part of the citizens in the first place, the health board in s the second, and the town authorities in the n third place. They are responsible, for wither out such negligence there is no local cause e for such fevers in Marion." 0 ? Winnsboro News, Saturday: The case . of W. D. Aiken vs. the County Commissioners of Fairfield was, on Friday, the y loth instant, tried before Justice Cathcart? 11 Messrs. Ragsdale & Ragsdale appearing for h the plaintiff and Col. J. H. Iiion for the de1. fendants. The action was on account of al? leged injury to the plaintiff's buggy from ^ the bad condition of one of the public highways. The jury found for the defendants. e The plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court. l_ ?Spartanburg Herald: Two indictments y have been lodged against John \V. Garrett, foreman of the Grand Jury of this county, Lf for retailing lager beer without a license. He set un a saloon at his 'spring on Lawson's Fork, and claims that he or any other man has a right to sell this beverage, and >, that the State and county laws and officers J cannot restrain him. At least, we under,, stand that is the ground he takes. That g matter will no doubt, be tested at the next term of court. He has employed W. Magill Flemm\ng to defend him in the prelimi1 nary hearing of these cases. e ' ? The Camden Journal says: "On the af- , 1 ternoon of the 7th instant, last Thursday, a | - fearful thunder-storm visited this section, clo. ing much damage. Two and one-half inches of rain fell in about one hour's time. The streets were so flooded that a batteau could " have been floated in them; bridges were ( J; washed away on all sides; cotton fields were . 1 washed up very badly, doing considerable I damage TO ine growing crop; iue uui urup B has been injured a great (leal, as many peos pie had their oats already cut down and ( * lying on the ground, where they were soakB ed through, and the continued rains since ' have not allowed them to dry, but instead j 1 have caused them to rot. The damage to . 3 the crops is so great that it cannot well be B; estimated." ( i The Gallows in South Carolina.? ! s The hanging of Solomon Hewitt and Wm. 1 Hardee, botn colored, took place at Conway, 1 i the county-seat of Horry county, last Fri- 1 r j day. The morning of the execution Hewitt fc j ate but little breakfast while Hardee re- ] l fused everything but a few crackers. Hew- ' - itt denied all knowledge of the crime for J which he was to be executed and also of 1 the cutting of Ben McMillan, their fellow J prisoner, at the time of their recent esr cape from jail. At 10.30 o'clock, the cord * 1 holding the trigger was loosened, and Hew- J itt died without a struggle in fifteen min- 1 utes. Wm. Hardee was brought upon the 1 r gallows at 11 o'clock and also denied all 1 f 4-U a mo li/i io rrnr_ 5* IvllUW lOUJ^C Ui UICUIIIICIVI Ilium Jiv 1.J f,nl ing up his life or of the cutting of McMil- 1 t lan. He made a long rambling speech, ( r asking for a drink of water and for a chew ^ ' of tobacco and time to chew it. lie talked '< all the time, begging that when he was < 1 buried the black cap might be untied. As J the trap fell he exclaimed, "Oh, Lord, have ( mercy!" lie died hard and struggled sev- J eral minutes. Life was extinct in ten min- f utes. The crime for which these men paid the extreme penalty of the law was one of those j brutal, cold blooded murders which are so 1 terribly frequent in the sparsely settled t portions of the South. ^ The murdered man, I Jeremiah Stalvey, was the proprietor of a s little country store situated in a wild coun- | try about fourteen miles from Conwayboro, ' in Horry county. He was an old man, be- 1 tween sixty and seventy years of age, and ' lived in a little dwelling house a few e yards from his store with his wife, who was eighty-one years of age. The motive for the crime was the robbery of the store d and the securing of a pocketbook which v the old man nearly always carried with 1 him, and in which, it was said, a large sum t 1 of money was hoarded. J The murder was committed on the night t of the 28th of last October, and suspicion o i-.-i .is J.1-- ?:i*., t Kn. V 1CU tlirCCUy UJ IIIU J^UUt^ paiucn. v/11 Ij\>1 ing confronted with the crime, Hardee > confessed all, implicating Hewitt, and their s conviction and execution only awaited the a > due course of the law. f i The Law Down South.?Seduction in u i Southern society lias ever meant death in ti certain circles of life. There is no time to d I parley when a stain has been put on a fam- t' i llyname, which will be a deadly whisper tl 1 of reproach through generations of men o ; and women after. Nearly every old family / > has a skeleton of some kind in the closet, a i but the virtue of our women has been to,us v ( for generations dearer than life. The man n I who violates this sacred social instinct, then, takes his life in his hand and should ti die the death. The man who even comes si fairly under the suspicion of wrong must tl justify his conduct beyond all cavil or marry e the injured woman. He should not leave a ? her?he should not be permitted to leave o i her to carry alone, a polluted name among o " honorable men and women. If he has been ti i the means of bringing reproach upon her a ' good name he should not be allowed to w ; sneak from her side like a coward and a ; leave her to take the hisses of mankind, a i while per chance he marries a pure woman T ' and assumes an honored position in society, r< Join her in her shame or die is the sentence tl of our society, and it is a righteous one before God and man.?Columbia Register. ' w THE GREENVILLE TRAGEDY. A FATHER'S VENGEANCE. (ireenvilie News, Friday. One of those sad and unfortunate affairs ; which now and then destroy the happiness j of a household, and arouse the sympathy ' and passions of a whole community, has | been made public by a serious shooting affair which occurred yesterday between L. W. Kay and L. W. Floyd in the office of the latter in the store of Lipscomb & Russell, on Main street, between McBee Avenue and Washington. The distressing story which culminated in the shooting is as follows: Mr. Floyd has been a frequent visitor to Mr. Kay's house, where he has been pacing considerable attention to Miss Lilie Kay, a very beautiful young lady of about 17, nrliA it! fVio rlonnrVitiii* Afr T<To\r Af IV I u in; 10 iiic uuugiiivi v/i ^ Harrison was also an admirer of the young lady, but his suit met with an unfavorable response some time since, and he has not visited her for some time. Mr. Floyd accompanied Miss Kay to various entertainments, and went buggy riding with her several times. Recently the conduct ot both parties has excited suspicion, and Mr. Harrison, who thought that she still had a claim upon his protection, began to watch the couple. On Friday night of last \\veek, Mr. Harrison alleges that he in company with others, saw Mr. Floyd and Miss Kay enter Mauldin's building, corner of Main and "Washington streets, in the upper story of which Mr. Floyd's room is situated. Mr. Harrison stated that he followed in a few moments, and approaching Mr. Floyd's room heard his voice and that of Miss Kay. The next day Mr. Harrison told friends what he had seen, and this information was soon imparted to Mr. Kay. His daughter and Mr. Floyd strenuously denied the truth of Mr. Harrison's statement, but Mr. Kay immediately began a careful and rigid investigation. He questioned Mr. Harrison closely, and the friends of Mr. Floyd endeavored to persuade Mr. Harrison to retract, but he averred that he had made a true statement, and refused to deviate one iota from his original version. Several friends of Mr. Harrison, who accompanied him on Friday night last, confirmed his assertions. This reduced the matter to a question of veracity between Mr. Floyd and Mr. Harrison. Several interviews were held for the purpose of inquiring into the matter of adjusting the affair amicably. On Wednesday Mr. Kay got Mr. narrison to accompany nun xo me store of Lipscomb tfc liussell," where Mr. Floyd and a number of his friends were. Mr. Kay repeated the statement as lie had heard it, and asked Mr. Harrison if it was true. Mr. Harrison replied in the affirmative. Mr. Floyd told Mr. Harrison that he had told an untruth, using, it is said, an epithet and making a motion with a stick as if about to strike Mr. Harrison. Mr. Harrison drew his pistol and Mr. Floyd drew his, but the friends of Mr. Floyd seized Mr. Harrison's arm and wrenched the pistol out of his hand, while Officer Carter caught Floyd's arm. This created much excitement on the streets, but no publication was made of it, the JVews desiring to suppress the unfortunate affair as long as possible. On Wednesday evening Mr. Floyd, who, Mr. Kay says, hail promised to do nis daugter justice, suggested a conference with Mr. Kay. Accordingly in company with a friend Mr. Floyd went to the sheriffs office in the Court House. Mr. Kay, who was not yet convinced of Mr. Floyd's guilt, went there, and selected one of his friends to be present and hear the interview, Sheriff Gilreath was also present. One or two propositions were made, but the conference broke up without enact j-i-i lug auyuiuig. The affair was in the meantime a matter of public talk and various opinions were expressed in regard to it, every one agreeing however, that Mr. Kav should hold Mr. Floyd to strict account if he was convinced of his guilt. Mr. Kay said that he did not wish to kill an innocent man and wanted to secure irrefutable evidence before he resorted to extreme measures, although some parties censured him for not acting more quickly. On Wednesday night Miss Kay made a statement in which she said that Mr. Floyd had accomplished her ruin. H. O. King, a relative of Mrs. Kay arrived Wednesday night and at once gave his assistance and advice to Mr. Kay. Yesterday morning Mrs. Kay sent a message to Mr. Floyd requesting him to come, to her house, as she wished to ask him something. This Mr. Floyd refused to do. Shortly before eleven o'clock Mr. Kay and Mr. King went to the store of Libscomb & Russell. J. W. Lipscomb, J. A. Russell, T. W. Davis, James Perry, Thomas Whitmire, and Wm. Hunt were in the store. Mr. Floyd was seated at his desk in his office, writing. His office is in the back part of the store, the right hand corner as one enters the store, and is separated from the store by a high pine railing. A window on the back yard opens into Mr. Floyd's office. As Messrs. Kay and King entered, some ane said "Look out Floyd, Kay has come." Mr. Kay stated that he wished to have a private talk with Mr. Floyd and hoped that those present would excuse him for a few moments. Mr. King took a position close to the steps and stood near the rear :loor, which is a few feet from Mr. Floyd's cffice. Mr Kay went into this office. Mr. Floyd arose, pushed back his chair and faced Mr. Kay, who, in a tone of voice inludible to those in the store, asked Mr. Floyd if he would marry his daughter. Mr. Flovd renlied that he would not. Fir ng then began, the two being about five feet apart. It is impossible to say who fired ;he first shot, as they both fired almost simultaneously. Both men used Smith & Wesson's thirty-two calibre revolvers. The irst bullet from Mr. Kay's pistol struck Mr. Floyd, and he reeled back and fell against ;he window sill. Mr. Floyd's pistol was in he lower coat pocket on the right hand side, ind he cocked the weapon while it was still in the pocket, and discharged it in that Dosition, the ball passing through the pocket and corner of the coat and entering Mr. Kay's right breast pocket, went through i thick package of papers in that recepta:le, and then out through his coat. Mr. j Kay then receded until he got to the door >f the office. Here T. W. Davis ran for- ( vard and seized him, but not before he had j ired again, aiming at Mr. Floyd's head, j dr. Floyd was then partly behind his desk. , dr. Davis was then attenpting to hold Mr. : Kay. Mr. Floyd then fired again, but as . dr." Davis was between him and Mr. Kay ] he bullet took effect in Mr. Davis' left arm, s >assing entirely through and lodging in a , tairway on the opposite side which leads j o the room above. Mr. Davis abandoned ] lis hold on Mr. Kay, and Messrs. J. A. f tussell and \\ . nuni seizeu nun, luremg , dm toward the back door. Here Mr. Kay C ndeavored to fire again, but as the hamner was descending it caught in Mr. Hunt's land, cutting it somewhat, and failed to lischarge. At the' back door an effort cas made to wrench the pistol from Mr. Cay's hand, but without success. While he struggle with Mr. Kay, was in progress, r. A. Lipscomb ran to Mr. Floyd, who by his time had gotten to a pile of flour sacks, utside his office nearer the front door, and ras leaning against them, and forced him lehind them. Mr. Floyd freed himself ufficiently to get Mr. Kay in range and gain fired. This ball passed through the r ear frame boarding of the store and lodged n a barrel in the back yard. Mr. King came p at this and warned Mr. Hunt not to inarfere further. Mr. Ttussell closed the oor quickly, and Mr. Hunt stepped inside he store. Messrs. Kay and King then left he premises, the - former going to the office f Sheriff Gilreath and giving himself up. Lfter remaining there for a time, he was flowed to go as no one would swear out a 4. It i *vi onrl oci liarl i rciritUIli U^iUlinu mill) anu no uiv ?juv/i|ii xuui * o rightto detain him without such a paper. 1 In the meantime Mr. Floyd had been t iken up stairs in a room in the second tory. Dr. Earle arrived and examined .) !ie wound he found that the bullet had e ntered about one inch below the naval 1 nd ranged around the right side of the t uter membrane of the abdomen, passing o ut just above the hip bone, being thus en- t rely a flesh wound. It bled profusely, o nd the underclothing of the injured man J as saturated with blood. He was soon o fterwards taken to the Exchange Hotel on 1 litter, and assigned a comfortable room, fi he wound is quite a severe one, but is not tl jgarded as necessarily fatal. The track of ji le ball is about six inches long. ci Dr. Rowley dressed. Mr. Davis' arm. It h as discovered that that member had been J slightly fractured and that the ball had passed through near the wrist. Mr. Davis was certainly unfortunate, being shot in the endeavor to secure peace. He received j f. the bullet intended for Mr. Kay, and no 1 doubt saved him from a fatal wound. I, Mr. Kay was naturally excited and overwhelmed with distress. He said that he \ became fully convinced that Mr. Floyd was 1 b the man to hold responsible for his daugh- '{ ter's dishonor, and had acted accordingly, with the full determination to avenge her p wrong if Mr. Floyd refused to make reparation. ' V Mr. Floyd is a native of Newberry and has heen a resident of this city for quite a T number of years, being engaged in the busi- *, ness of a mercantile broker, and is quite wealthy, having quite a respectable fortune, j Mr. Kay has been a resident of Green- 1 ville a long time, and has been a Shite Conj stable for a year or more, being a most ex- i J I onllonf /-vffnnot* Wo uroo of ono ti'mo /\n flio ! V?V11V.11V '/liiVyV, I A J.V >? U?3 UV V?1V/ H1HVJ V** V??V> I police force. He is very well liked and he | and his family have always been highly respected by the community. They cer- ri tainly have the sympathy of our people in v their affliction, and many expressions of deep regret are heard on all sides. Miss Kay is quite an accomplished young lady, unci has always been very popular. She . was the author of a very well written essay J1 on music, recently published, and which b was a meritorious composition, and showed that she is a most fluent writer. No legal proceedings are likely to be taken against Mr. Kay, unless Mr. Floyd's h wound results fatally, which does not seem (] probable. MERE-MENTION. c Gen. Crook has returned from his Indian raid, having captured 240 prisoners. A million ami a half tons is the estimated wheat crop of California this year. At c Granitevitle, Ga., last week, a boy plough- t ing in a field turned up a gold watch and j chain, supposed to have been buried there t during the war. Nearly $100,000 worth of buildings have been erected in Morristown, Tenn., during the last year. Miss Bragg, of Bonham, Tex., the niece of General Braxton Bragg, saturated her clothes r with coal oil, set them on fire, and was burn- q ed to death. Twelve persons own one t quarter of Scotland, and seventy own anoth- v er half. There is a report that Queen * Victoria is to abdicate ana that the Prince ? of Wales is to become recent. The Re- n publicans of the First District of Alabama nave nominated Philip Joseph to the Congressional vacancy, caused Dy the death of Thomas II. Herndon. Henry W. li Blair is the Republican nominee for Uni- I ted States Senator from New Hampshire, r and Hon. Harry Bingham the Democratic (_ candidate. The election will probably be exciting. Ex-Governor Charles J. Jen- ^ kins, of Georgia, died last Thursday night, ^ at his home near Augusta. It is evident, from recent exposures, that much of the kaolin and cotton seed oil shipped from the South is returned in various tood adultera- r tions.*"**" The town of Joliet, Illinois, has c imposed a high license tax of $1,000, and the people are delighted with it. Arkansas .( has only two cottou factories. Spence, 1! the postmaster of Ypsilanti, Michigan, has I been arrested for embezzling .$1,800 of post v office money order funds. The Prohibi- q tion Convention of Maine met in Bangor, a on Thursday last, 40 delegates being pres- . ent." A Galveston dispatch says that court is now in session at Llama, Texas, and State troops have been sent there to preserve the peace. Thirty murderers are to be tried, and trouble isexpected. /"An accident, from the giving way of the stairs a | of a public hall at Sunderland, England, oc- tl curred last .Saturday afternoon, and 186 chil- It dren were crushed to death. Four of the men charged with using dynamite in rj London, have been convicted, and three acquitted. The four men found guilty were J sentenced to life-long penal servitude. ^ NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. i) ? At the meeting of the Board of Trustees h of Trinity College, last week, the Rev. Marcus L. Wood was elected President of the College. Mr. Wood is presiding elder of the Cnarlotte district. ? On the night of the 13th, one hundred armed men rode into Kinston, to lynch Guilford .Soon, a negro, but the sheriff and w citizens were guarding the jail, and the mob 01 departed quietly. n: ? Eight Mormon missionaries who have Si Kiinn .it n-nrl.- in tlin woafprn rmrf r\f "Vnrfh Carolina, have had to flee the country, and are said to have taken refuge in Polk coun- J ty, Tennessee. The people of North Caroli- ^ na have decided that they must find other pastures than in the "Old North State." di ? Mr. T. B. Mikell. of Sumter, S. C., a hi student at Davidson College, died on Tues- oi day of last week, after an illness of about a week. Pie was 18 years of ageand was very popular among his schoolmates, who admired him for his genial disposition and his tj. many good qualities of heart and head. The body of the deceased student was sent 01 home to the afflicted parents on Wednesday. M ? It Is generally believed in Charlotte, and throughout Mecklenburg county, that the di killing of J. G. Sitton by Shields was afoul tl( and brutal murder. The evidence will prob- p( ably develop the fact that the accusation of ? his sister's seduction was only a cover, and that his real purpose was to annihilate Sit- "l ton's testimony in a case pending against w him for house-burning. The feelings of the ni community have assumed a dangerous and d< restless shape, and fears are entertained that ' > * :t- j- t- - t y i nc Lr. " tne siayer may yei oe lyncneu. anuria ui . counsel will doubtless be made to have the A venue changed, on the grounds that he can- P? not have a fair trial in Charlotte. re The French Broad Route.?The newly opened French Broad route, we are glad to learn, is already doing a big busi- p ness, and some rival lines are looking at it with queer eyes. Heretofore travelers an have been compelled to go round by Chat- 3 1 tanooga or Lynchburg in order to come South, and to reach the Northwest from ^ any of the Southern States. The comple- .' tion of the Western North Carolina road ; down the French Broad River Valley and ini the Louisville and Nashville opens a direct Fr through line by which Florida can be reach- ev ed for the winter, and by which the Warm ] Spring, in Madison county, a noted summer t . resort, and that portion of this State, West p of the Blue Ridge, which is the Switzer- 1 r land of America, and is rapidly growing ^ into prominence as a place for summer Se travel and recreation, can be reached by all er rail travel very soon. Cars will be put on ] it Charleston, S. C., which will run through to Louisville by way of Statesville, N. C., ^ uul over the Western North Carolina Rail- bu road with out change. It now Appears that scl the French Broad route, through the Blue Itidge at the Paint Rock Gap, is the key :o the passenger travel and freight from the rreat Northwest to the South, and from the , Southern States to the Northwest. The A Itichmond and Danville Company believes y" ;he 44 miles of its road down the French "ei Jroad river by Paint Rock is destined, by P.u virtue of its geographical position, to be- "S :ome enormously advantageous to the ' vhole country. Great benefits are expect- . ei ;d by the people of this State from this in? hrough line, which has been one of their na; lobbies for the past thirty years.?Char- an; otle Observer. & Another Retributive Pistol Shot.? bul )n last Saturday morning, the Rev. Renj. not P. Jenkins, Jr., shot and killed the Rev. pie r. Lane Borden, President of the Mans- a n ield, Louisiana, Female College. The tel- dir graphic account of the affair says that the bee lev. Mr. Borden had seduced a young lady the rieiul of Jenkins. The difficulty occurred tioi 11 front of B. T. Jenkins's store. Jenkins jn } ised a revolver, and fired five or six shots, the )ne shot took effect in Borden's leg, one ble truck him in the heart, shattered his 0cc; catch into fragments, and one struck him 0ut n the forehead just between the eyes. He the ived about two hours, but never spoke af- oug er the shooting. ren The greatest excitement prevails, but resj enkins has the sympathy of the entire ommunity. Jenkins and his brother, C. ? 1. Jenkins, who was present, surrendered Sou o the sheriff. Jenkins is about 25 years par f age, and was ordained as a minister at wh he last session of the Annual Conference has f the Methodist Episcopal i.nurcn, soutn. ngr fe is a son of the Hon. Benj. T. Jenkins, Grc f this place, and has been preaching at self toeblin Station, on the New Orleans Paci- tioi e Railroad. B. T. Jenkins, Sr., is one of pro lie trustees of the college. The coroner's reli jrv rendered a verdict that the deceased pro ;une to his death by a pistol shot fired bv La< tenj. T. Jenkins, Jr., and exonerating 0. E. abl; enkins. insi Xi OC All AFFAIRS. NEW AOVEI1TISEMENTS. eorge H. 0'Leary, Executor? Application for Discharge. ,atta Brothers?Family Groceries arid Plantation Supplies. t. Strauss?Strictly Business. i. F. Adiekes?Seasonable Goods. . M. Dobson?A Splendid Gift. . R. Lindsay it Co.?Don't Fail. ook <)ut for J. M. Adams. lev. J. A. White, Principal, Black's, S. C.? Cherokee High School. f. A. Barron and D. W. Barron?Executors' Sale. aylor Manufacturing Co., Charlotte, N. C.?Our Cut-Off Engine. lunter it Oates?Mr. B. T. Moore?Bargains? Ready-Made Clothing?Gents' Hats?Dress Goods?Mourning (roods?Shoes for Everybody?A Great Tumble?Just Received? G roceries. ohn R. Ashe?To Merchants and Dealers. ILLNESS OF MR. J. W. P. HOPE. We regret to announce the illness of our foumcmon Afr T W P TTono LOpWlVU IV >?UOUiUll, V. ?T . * ,-Jio is seriously sick with cholera morbus. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The shipments of cotton from the depot, 11 this place, from September 1st, to the 19th nstant, aggregate 8,528 bales. K. HI. MILITARY SCHOOL. The last session of the school-year of 18823 of the above school closes next Wednesday. On Wednesday night a hop will be ;iven, complimentary to the graduating lass. EARLY COTTON BLOOMS. Our attentive friend, Mr. L. J. Huffman, if Anderson cdunty, Texas, sends us a coton bloom, which opened on theSth of June. Je represents the cotton crop in that part of he State as being exceedingly promising. rn *v i.? o v* aft ai n a var /in rv ? ci liiCi unAiii vivura. The harvesting of wheat and oats is progressing, and the condition of the crops is luite satisfactory to the farmers. Though he yield of wheat is not so large as last 'ear, the quality of the grain is equally as ;ood. The crop will prove more than an vAage one. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. At the last regular meeting of Home Reief Lodge Knights of Honor, Mr. T. C. )unlap, Financial Reporter, tendered his esignation, which was accepted. Mr. John r. Ferguson, Guide, for the current year, ras elected as Mr. l)unlap's successor, and Jr. H. F. Addickes was elected Guide. DRY WEATHER. Though there have been good and timely ains in most sections of the county, and rops generally are reported as in a growing ondition, in this immediate vicinity there s a gene'-al complaint of a want of rain. 5ut one shower has fallen here within six ,-eeks, and that was on the 10th instant, 'he consequence is that the growing crops re badly parched, and at present unpromdng. | PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Eugene Lowry, of Atlanta, Ga., son f C'apt. J. T. Lowry, is visiting his parents t this place. Mr. Lowry is employed in ie depot of the Air Line Railroad at Atinta. We were pleased to receive a call, last uesday, from Mr. II. F. Adickes, ofHuntsille, Walker county, Texas. Mr. Adickes i a son of Mr. John Adickes, deceased, who * us a brother of the late Henning F. Adikes, of this town. He is visiting relatives ere and will remain for two or three days. A VISIT TO TEXAS. Capt. Grist contributes to this number of le Enquirer a lengthy account of his remt visit to Texas, which is written more ith the view of presenting to the people f this section a true, unvarnished statelent of things as they exist in the Lone tar State, than to give a mere florid sketch F a railroad jaunt. He presents facts and gures as affecting the sections visited, hich may be read and studied with profit y those contemplating a change of resience from the comforts of a South Carolina ome to the hardships and inconveniences r life on the borders of civilization. KING'S MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. We have received, too late for insertion lis week, a lengthy and interesting account ine L'uiniueuL'eiuem/ eAcruisea ui xvmg s fountain High School, located at King's fountain, N. C. The commencement adress was delivered by Hon. A. M. Waddl, of Charlotte. There were eight comititors for the medal to be awarded to the ;st public speaker among the students; it our correspondent forgot to mention ho was the successful one. On Thursday ght there was a reunion of the former stu;nts of the school, at which an address as made by one of the number, Mr. J. A. nthony, who was followed by the princiil, C'apt. Bell, after which a sumptuous past was served at the Piedmont House. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, istor. Services at Yorkville at 10.30 A. M., id at 8 P.M. At Philadelphia Church at P. M., next Sunday. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Lathan, Pastor. There will be no serce at Tirzah next Sunday, the pastor hav g an appointment at Sharon on that day. ayer meeting at the church at Yorkville ery Wednesday at 5 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pas . Services at. 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M. ayer-meeting Thursday at 8. P. M. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor, rvices at 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M. Praymeeting at 8 P. M. every Thursday. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector. Serle to-morrow (Friday) at 6.30 P. M. On nday at 11 A. M. and 8.30 P. M., Sunday100I at 6. P. M. ROCK HILL ITEMS. From the Herald, June 14. )n last Friday little Mamie, the six-yeari daughter of Col. J. M. Ivy, fell off a ladr in the yard and the weight of her body lling the ladder over, it fell across her lit arm, breaking it just below the elbow, surgeon was called in and he set the broil member. The little sufferer Is now dof very well. She is peculiarly unfortii:e. this being the second time her right a has been broken within a year, iince our last issue nearly every section this county has been visited by rains, : in some places they were light and were ; of much value, while others have been nteously supplied for the present. From lile South and East of this place on in the ectionof Lancaster county the rains have tn especially fine and as a consequence re are many happy farmers in that secn. There has been a wonderful outcome ill kinds of croi)s during the past week, wheat in particular making remarkastrides, and with warm sunshine and asional rains, crops of all kinds will turn all right yet. Cotton is very small, but warm weather we are now having ;ht to bring it forward. The crops are uirkably clean everywhere, and in this lect the drought has been an advantage. Lieut. Garlington, the gallant young tth Carolinian who will command the ty going to the relief of Lieut. Greeley, 0 was left at Lady Franklin Bay in 1881, distinguished himself as an Indian iter ana strategist in the' Northwest, leley is probable safe enough. He himcalculatedon the failure of the expedi1 of 1882, and gave instructions that visions should be left as far north as the ef vessel could go. This was done, and visions were left within 300 miles of ly Franklin Bay. Garlington will proby sail to look for Greeley on the 20th :ant from St. John's, Newfoundland.