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jiftaps and Jfacts. I ? The masonry of the Washington monu- g ment is now 370 feet in height, and the iron ^ work is 20 feet higher. It is thought that 400 feet will be reached this year. i. ? The Northern residents of North Caroli- , na will hold a convention at Wadesboro, r November 14th, to give expression to their g views regarding the treatment they have I received from tneir Southern neighbors. ( ? In seven of the Northern States impor- j tant elections will be held this Fall. Tney ( are Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, g Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa and Minnesota. ? All of these hold their elections in Novem- c ber, except Ohio, which votes in October. ? ? There is the highest economy in main- ] taining good roads. Thousands of dollars I would be saved yearly in mules, horses and ] TVkllino* ct/v?lr if t,hf> rnads wpre smooth and ^ solid all through the year. Every interest 1 in the State is injuriously affected by bad 1 roads. s ? It is announced that the recent attempt s to "bull" the Confederate bonds has col- 1 lapsed. There was never any basis for the ( attempt, for the Confederate securities are absolutely as dead as Thotmes or Sesostris, ( who have been mummies for three or four < thousand years. ? The business failures throughout the United States and Canada, during the seven days ending last Friday, reported to It. G. Dun & Co., number 168, against 159 last week, distributed as follows: New England States 15, Middle States 23, Southern States . 50, Pacific States and Territories 25, Canada * and Provinces 28, New York City 19. ? The Lincoln (N. C.) Press says that for several days last week the commissioners of Gaston county were engaged in a settlement with ex-SheriffG. W. McKee. Their committee reported him due the county something over $2,200.00. On the settlement last week, Mr. McKee produced a receipt for $1,700.00 which the treasurer, Mr. J. A Davenport, swears is a forgery. ? The New York Tribune says that while x Blaine is undoubtedly the most popular man in the Republican party, and stronger now than he has ever been, it is well known > that he has peremptorily refused to be con- 1 sidered a candidate, or to let his friends ^ work for him. He has oeen out 01 pontics for two years, has found congenial employment, and has no desire to engage in politi. cal strife again. ? In the savings bank which was founded in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, one year ago, with a view of encouraging industry among the inmates by giving them a per centage of their earnings and depositing it in the bank, there is about $9,000 to their credit already. Since the bank has been started the convicts have earned by overwork about $25,000, and have sent over $12,000 to their families. ? A committee waited on Jay Gould last Friday on behalf of the New Orleans Exposition to request his subscription to that enterprise. He referred them to Capt. Hays, general manager of his roads at St.Louis, who will subscribe what he thinks proper. C. P. Huntingdon hassubscribed $25,000,and President Baldwin of the Louisville and Nashville Company has recommended a liberal subscription. The committee reports $150,000 subscribed, and this with what has been raised in New Orleans, it is said will ensure the success of the exposition. ? The buildings for the Louisville exposition are now complete, the space is being occupied by exhibits, and on August 1st the exhibition will be ready for inauguration. The applications for space already filed insure an exposition so complete as to satisfy the most exacting, and every day is adding so largely to the list that the question of space is a serious problem. The round trip ^+r\ fLo T nnicvillp py. , ruics uuiii viiaiiuib^ iv utv v.. v position will be one fare. Over the Lynch- | burg route the rate is $23.35. Through Atlanta $27. The rates over the Warm Springs . . route is not yet announced. J ? The other day in Washington, a "crank" appeared in the Interior Department who t said he had come from California and had ( an invention for producing rain. He was ( unwilling to go into particulars, but said ( that he reached an upper cold current by , means of balloons, ana brought it down to a warm strata of air. He thought in this 1 way the desert of Sahara could be made in- t habitable, and the discontented Irish could g be removed there. In some way his pat- { ent was designed to avert the catastrophe ^ to the earth, which the Californian said was predicted in Peter 2, chapter 3. ? Bishop Knudson, a Mormon of Utah, ^ has just been arrested, charged with placing 1 dynamite under a bed and blowing up his -< two wives. The particulars of this extraor- ] dinary occurrence have not been received, c but is is very evident that the Bishop married the wrong two. The "extreme ineas- 1 ure" of marital discipline only shows to ? what a man may be forced by two wives, i Dynamite as a peace-maker may not be an ( advisable engine, but it is probably an effec- ( tive one, and is altogether preferable as a masculine measure to the feminine vitriol. ! We exoect to hear presently that the un- 1 married or only moderately married men 1 of Utah have lynched the Bishop. ? Third Assistant Postmaster General Haz- ( en has issued a circular to postmasters } throughout the United .States in whfch he j says that the reduction of postage to two cents on first class domestic mail matter will 1 go into effect October 1. He instructs post- A masters to limit their requisitions for three t cent stamps and stamped envelopes to the i actual needs of their" offices, so as not to { have a stock of unused stamps on hand. He ^ wills attention to the fact that the head of Washington has been adoptecbfor the new ( two-cent stamp, and the head of Jackson * sirai lar to that on the present two-cent stamp I has been adopted for the new four-cent stamp. 1 The new two-cent stamp will be issued on ? September 1">, and stamped envelopes on September 1, but they are not to be sold be- J fore October 1. There are no other changes in the rates of postage. < ? Wreaths and votive offerings taken t from the tomb of an Egyptian King, where i they have been drying for 3/>00 years, have < been experimented upon. Under judicious r manipulation in hot water the dry cells " swelled into their original plumpness, and the leaves, attached to a card board and * treated like recent specimens, were sent to ? Sir Joseph Hooker at Kew and exhibited f at a late soiree of the Royal Society. Not r only were the forms of the leaves so far re- , stored that they could be botanically iden- . fiflcn-l hut tho intrirKitp vpnntinn of thp * flower petals could be plainly traced, the * coloring of lilies, larkspurs and other ilow- t ers were displayed, and even the distinct- j ive odors of some specimens were preserv- , ed. In general these old leaves and grasses . were the same as of similar specimens today. ' ?The following regulations with regard h to baggage will be in force and effect at all 1 stations of the Associated Railways of Vir- 1 ?inia and the Carolinas on and after the i rst of August next: No piece of baggage \ weighing "more than two hundred and fifty pounds will be accepted for transportation as baggage, nor will it be checked or trans- 1 Sorted in the baggage cars. If passengers t esire to carry on the passenger train more t than two hundred and fifty pounds of bag- j gage, they will have to divide it into sepa- s rate packages of less weight each than two " hundred and fifty pounds. They will be 1 allowed one hundred and fifty pounds free, '< and will be charged excess baggage rates ( on all over that amount. House-like "Sar- < atogas" and capacious sample cases will not ( be objected to, as they will be rated and charged for the same as freight of like cuar- * aeter. 1 ? The following from the Savannah News ' explains one cause of the demand for can- 1 celed postage stamps: "Several weeks ago an advertisement appeared in our columns over the signature of one of our enterprising business firms, offering to pay at the ( rate of 15 cents per hundred for two thous- ( and cancelled 3-cent postage stamps. In t the interview with one of the partners it was 1 learned that the stamps thus purchased will be used for educating a young China- ( man now under the protection of a lady in t Washington, I). C. Through friends here i this order was placed in the hands of the 1 firm. The stamps are converted into cash ( in China, where a certain coloring is greatly ( in demand. This coloring the Cninese can- 1 not obtain except from our three-cent stamp. : The stamps are subjected to a boiling ] iprocess which extracts the desired color, j The proceeeds of their sale are applied upon the fund for the education of the youth. s WWWWWW wwwxwwwwwv v | Many charitably inclined people in this! ountry are thus collecting stamps .md transnitting them to our missionaries in China, vho derive considerable revenue from their ale, which is used for the promotion of 1 heir missionary work. ( ? A Galveston dispatch of the 18th gives j ( he following particulars of an outrage com- j 1 nitted at Laredo, Mexico: On Monday l light, the lGth instant, the American Con- ( iuI's office was entered by a mob of Mexi?ns and Mr. Shaw was attacked and beat>n nearly to death. The furniture and pa- ; iers belonging to the Consul were destroy- i ;d. The information has created a profound i iensation at Laredo. The citizens deplore ( i rupture between the two governments, but :onsider the insult so bold that the United . states must resent it. An employee of the 1 Mexican National Railway, who arrived at ] Monterey on Wednesday -night, says that s Mr. Shaw, after being beaten senseless, re- j rived sufficiently to crawl to one of the pub- ] ic hotels and give an account of the outrage, )ut in a few moments he again became insensible and at last reports was still uncon- * scious. Later information regarding the 1 - -***-; n/innnnf ic CfimDwllflf I t lUUir SU^S U1C ilUUVC IHLUUIIl. to gu.i.vn.m. V jxaggerated. s ?be ^flrbviUc (ghnpurer. YOKKVILLE, S. C. : g THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20,1883. J COLORED MEN IN COUNCIL. J On the fourth page of this issue will be f ound, in full, the proceedings of the Color- j ;d State Convention, held in Columbia, last g veek. York county was not represented. ( 3ut whether this was owing to a lack of or- ^ ionization of thecolored man's party in this i lounty, or to the reason that the colored peo- j )le of York have no grievances, we are un- ( ible to say. We are inclined to the opinion, < lowever, that even though there is a lack , )f political organization among the colored { >eople of York, yet were their organization , us perfect as it were in the flush days of ( Radicalism, they could have no such cause < )f complaint as is formulated in the resolu- } ;ions adopted by the Convention last week. ( Is to the colored man's rights and privieges in York, we know that he has more reedom of the franchise than has the white working class of the Xorth. He goes to the jolls in York and deposits his ballot with>ut let or hindrance, and there are none to nake him afraid. His rights in the courts are protected by ivery safeguard known to the law. There 1 las not been a negro tried in York county , 'or any offence since the ascendancy of the Democratic party, in which he did not have j ?very protection of the law that would have >een accorded a white offender under sim- ' lar circumstances, wnne meir represenui;ion 011 the juries is proportionate to that of ;he white race, considering their qualifica;ions. Every jury drawn in York county ^ s represented by the colored race. On the ^ iresent grand jury there are four colored ? nen, of the eighteen; and of the petit jurors irawn for the last term of the Circuit Court . ;here were eight colored men, and a similar lumber was drawn to serve on the petit uries at the March term. They have also the same advantages of ;he free public schools of York that are mjoyed by the whites; the principal differ- , ;nce being by far the larger number of colorid men pay only a per capita tax of one dolar for the support of the schools, while the ! vhite tax-payers pay a tax on their proper- ^ ;y, in addition to the pea- capita tax for the ame purpose. The schools in this county . ire open to the colored children, as freely as ] o the white, and the same attention is be- ( .towed upon them to ensure efficiency as is fiven by the county school commissioner to 1 he white schools. So that the arraignment, J ts it applies to York county, will not hold. j Sow truly it applies to other sections of the ( state, we are not prepared to say. But t ,vhat we say of the situation in York is true, ( is is unmistakably evinced by the amicable \ elations existing between the races in this : :ounty. The colored people of York are \ jontented, in the full enjoyment of their f political rights and privileges, in which it 1 s not the purpose or desire of the white J jeople to molest th a. AVe doubt the good results to accrue to the j colored people by this convention. The 1 land of the politician is to be seen in its de- t iberations; but the tirade of bitterness ind falsehood promulgated in the address 1 vill fall upon the country without effecting j he results intended, but may operate in j becking the progress which has been so rap- t dly making towards entire good will be- < ween the two races. The ostensible object j )f the Convention was to select representa;ives to the proposed general convention to j >e held in Louisville, Ky., next .September. j What this convention will do, remains to be ( ;een. Representative colored men of the j -s S'orth have discouraged such an assemblage. ! ' Two important corrections should be made \ ^ >{ the proceedings of the Columbia Conven-1 t ion as published in this paper, though the i eport is correct, the inacuracies having been ! :aused by the members of the Convention. ! t rhe committee sent by the Convention to j' vait upon the Governor misstated what| j ook place in their interview with him. I j since the report appeared in print, the Gov-11 jrnor has explained that after hearing the 1 > l?l; 1 i.u? ?,1 a+lw. i tfbUIUllUIlb mill liiu uuuira ui iuc tiuuiuian | )f the Convention, he said in reply that while j t t was true that there had been abuses under 11 lie system of hiring convicts, the informs-! ion in his possession, based upon official re-; t jorts, did not warrant the very strong lan- t juage of the resolution. The abuses refer ed to were not so much due to cruelty on i i he part of the contractors as to the evils in- < ieparable from the system itself. It is diffi- c :ult, if not impossible, to ensure the safe- 1 ceeping and preserve the health of convicts * n camp by the means available in the Peniiary. i> The Superintendent of Education also j i nakes an explanation of the interview with 1 he committee that waited upon him, in j j hat he proposed to visit the colored conven- I j ion at Louisville, next September. He , stated to the committee that he expected to 1 < ittend the educational convention to be held j ] it that place, to discuss the measures for se-! j mrintr national aid for education. The mat- , ? i j :er that he expects to bring to the attention < )f the legislature, in his annual report, is i lot the resolutions which the committee laid 1 jefore him, as appears from the report, but 1 he constitutional provision as to compulso- j1 y education and the limitation of the |' school age. j r [I The August Encampment?The en-; jampment of the Palmetto Regiment near |. Columbia in August has been abandoned, as ,1 ;he majority of the companies have failed i1 :o signify their willingness to enter into it.! Various causes have arisen to render the < mcampment unfeasible this year, at the j i irne proposed, chief among which are the j i ndustrial and agricultural pursuits of those ( vho compose the regiment, beside other t irafts upon the time and means of the offi- t ;ers and members which have already en- i ( ;ered into their expenses for the current i >*ear. The proposition met with hearty ap- i proval, but was considered impracticable at i present. Next year, however, an earlier t start will be made and a successful conclu- f ?ion reached.?Columbia Register. < THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE. ! thi The impending strike of the telegraph op- j Pu ;rators occurred at noon last Thursday. The ; novement was expected, and consequently j m( iccasioned but little surprise. The strike j th< loes not include all the operators, but a suf- to icient number have struck to seriously em- ; ^01 jarrass the operations of the telegraph lines covering the entire Union. In somp cities 0^! work is suspended altogetlier, and such is fu] ;he case in many of the smaller towns, while pe n very few places, especially on the lines of no ;he Western Union, is the working force ad- Hn jquate to the amount of business. The lumber of operators engaged in the strike sj1; s put down from at 15,000 to 19,000, and com- an arises the largest number ever engaged in a of similar movement in this country. They ire under an organization known as the J Brotherhood of Telegraphers, and the stri k ? j)a ,vas entered upon maturely and deliberately, te^ ind, as is stated by the strikers, with the en "ull determination not to yield a single poin t ox if their demands. These demands, briefly V1< stated, are as follows : 1. The total abolition of Sunday work as 0y sompulsory duty, unless compensated as ex- th< ra service. m( 2. Eight hours shall constitute a day's pr) vork, and seven hours a night's work. *p( 3. Both sexes shall receive equal pay for rei ?qual work. co] 4. A universal increase of fifteen per cent. pr( m all salaries now paid to be granted. th< These demands were formally presented eat o the company by a committee of the Broth - qu ;rhood and rejected. Upon the rejection, r vord was given, and instantly it was flashed ill over the United States, which was the ^ iignal that the strike had truly commenced. in{ Public sentiment is generally in- favor of cei lie operators. The case of the chief opera - fro or in Charleston is given as an illustration by >f the situation in nearly all the principal ^ ? jfflces. After he quit work he said to a re- m{ jorter for the News and Courier: "We have ieg truck in obedience to orders from the ex- ed icutive committee of the Brotherhood, to Pr< ,vhich we all belong. My individual griev- l)r< inces are these: I have worked faithfully or the company since I came here as chief (|e jperator in 1875, and 1 am now receiving mj >27 per month less in salary than I received ho ,vhen I came here, and the office is doing *h< louble the volume of business with the lame force. The salaries of the operators, oo, have been cut down from $115 to $85. ' We don't think that we have been treated ight. We have nine hours' work in the an lay and seven hours in the night, the force jeing divided into day and night squads." Another version, as given by the operators, m< s to the following effect: "The Western e.n Union lines can be replaced for $20,000,000. nc rhe stock is $80,000,000. Therefore the pubic is levied with tolls enough to pay eight per cent, aiviaenas on $ou,wuu,uuu ui slock vhich don't represent one cent of actual in/estment. Managers who pay themselves /ery fat salaries and squeeze out of their patrons enough to pay $4,800,000 on 'water' Pr' n the stock, can afford to pay us, the bone re.s ind sinew of the concern, liberal wages for iur work, which is wearing, responsible and * requires long years of practice at merely lominal pay to fit us for it." * As to the duration of the strike there are , various opinions. The strikers say they in;end to hold out to the bitter end, and they ire backed by the trades-unions all over the ^ rountry; while the Western Union, with 11 ts extensive resources in money and busi- ?r< less influence seems equally settled in the J10 ietermination not to yield to the operators' ^ lemands. The chances are that the com- ~y pany will win. ' The strike and its probable effects are variously discussed by the daily press. The ' Augusta Chronicle advances the idea that j lay Gould will make it pay as a stock- J,V1 obbing operation. That paper of Friday "j says; , The end of the trouble is not nigh. A imminent Northern operator when asked Pei f the company could afford to allow $100,- th< )00 a day to slip away from them, answered: en "Why, I am surprised that none 01 you TIi lewspaper men tumble to the stockjobbing noney that Jav Gould can make out of the itrike, even if he lets the strike go on twen- ^v.r y days and loses ?2,000,000. Since Satur- 'in lay the mere rumors of a strike have sent an he stock down from 81t to 79. If a strike M< :omes there is no knowing how low it will cal jo, and when it gets way down don't you fus orget that Jay Gould's brokers will gather ba< t in. Of course the telegraph service of W he country will be largely crippled all this ser ime, and a good many operators win aiso to ie financial cripples and willing to go back th< >n any terms. Even though they should ie taken back on their own terms the sud- r len rise in the stock will make a fortune iic 'or Jay Gould and his crowd, beside which tin he $2,000,000 loss in receipts will be as a oo( lrop in the bucket." se( "Do you think the company can find ope- his ators to take the place of the strikers?" St* "No, sir, not in three years. The super- e\\ ntendents all over the country will find it gri lard work to get first-class men to work de heir heaviest wires. The idea that stu- wl lents from the plug factories can fill the tin fill is ridiculous. This is going to be a con- he :est between the old operators and the com- an mny. Neither one can get along without ref he other, and the question will be decided ne 11 favor of those having the longest finan- bei ;ial wind. I wish I was as confident as ste iome that Gould will be winded first. If coi ;he men and women will work together his md not weaken for a month, they can have co hings their own way forever after, but if spi ;hey yield, the Western Union will be more ur< irbitrary in the future than ever before. pu "There are a great many poor operators in ad lie country," the gentleman continued, of 'and how can it be otherwise when such po: idiculously low salaries are paid." He ey< hen quoted an accident on a Connecticut inf ailroad the other day, caused by the blun- pu lering of a youthful, underpaid and over- tru vorkeil telegraph operator. The New York Herald reviews the situa;ion and after discussing the strike in its 9^ lifferent aspects, takes up the company's 'duties and obligations to the public." Af- wa er stating th^se in general terms, it goes on ( o say: jje In view of these considerations there are Y:' mposed upon a great telegraph company ke] ibligations to the public which cannot be sea lisregarded and duties which cannot be neg- am ected. It is bound to give the people ha< lever-failing facilities for communication, tie it cannot close its offices and stop its instru- tio nents for any cause which human foresight die mil diligence can overcome. A strike of a 1 ts employees is no excuse ill law for any ] mreasonable cessation of its service. It kil i riu nay reiuse ine uciimnus ui we it >ut it must procure other operators to take at heir place without unreasonable delay. It pas sot only is bound to t'ultill its paramount va ibligations and discharge its duties to the mn )ublic by keeping up its service, but it can pr< ie compelled to do so by the courts. The Le aw to this effect has been clearly, explicit- wa y and emphatically declared by the Supreme Jourt in the case of the railroad strike of 1 ast summer. These principles and this Th aw are as applicable to a telegraph as to a cor ailroad corporation. The obligations and bei luties of each to the public are alike. In tot leither case is a strike of employees any ex- fin :use for failure to perform those duties. The W: mblic interests are paramount and must am ie regarded. o'c The New York Time* presents the follow- an' ng views, leading to the question, "Shall he government control the wires^ There are three parties concerned in the SU1 jontest between the telegraph companies to, md their employees, the general public hav- ( ng quite as large an interest in the resultas 0cc iither of the others. Neither the officers of bic lie companies nor the executive committee h( if the Brotherhood of Telegraphers seem H( lisposed to give proper consideration to the an, ights of the public in the matter, and both | 0u ippear to treat it as exclusively their own tffair. This is a mistake. The business of ? elegraphing is carried on under charters ha rom the State, and it has such an intimate doi onnection with the material interests of dm 3 people that it might properly enough be i t unaer the direction of public authority | far as to make regularity of service se-1 re. Any difficulty in its private manage- ; ?nt which shall interfere seriously with ; ?. convenience of the public or occasion loss ; the business community will give new ' cb to the demand for Government control ! the entire business. It behooves both the j tnpanies and the representatives of the i *anization of operators to recognize to the [lest extent the rights and interests of the ople in their contest. The question of urs of labor and of wages is one which, | der present circumstances, they must set-1 between themselves; but they have 110 fht to adopt measures of coercion which all involve widespread embarrassment d loss to the community. A general strike telegraph operators or of railroad workers^ ght to be a legal impossibility, and it is""' :ely to be made so i f any rash action should taken now. The public cannot afford to ve this business at the mercy of the conit over wages and hours of labor between lployersand employed, as if it were their elusive affair. 1Some means must De proled for settling such controversies with a Dper regard to the just claims of both les, and without disturbing the business those who are not directly concerned in ? controversies. In the absence of such )ans duly provided and of legislation to ?vent telegraph strikes, these people Duld proceed with extreme caution, and nember that the public is likely to be itrolled by its self-interest, and not to )ok with patience any effort to paralyze 2 facilities for commercial inter-communi:ion as a means of coercion in a private arrel. The striking operators held a meeting in ?w York on Monday at which about five ndred persons were present, of whom :y were ladies, and great enthusiasm was mifested. Encouraging reports were reved from many points and dispatches im all over the South and West were read the chairman. At several points in the uth the offices were entirely vacated, as the case of Charlotte, N. C., where the inagerandall hands have struck. All lawsnesswas forbidden, and it was announcthat the Brotherhood would assist in the osecution of any one destroying telegraph operty. Every one seemed to feel conent that the strike would soon be brought a close and the company accede to the mands of the strikers. Addresses were ule by several members of the Brotherod and by John Gowpens, president of 2 Trade and Labor Union of New York. GEN. CROOK'S CAMPAIGN. A. curious story originated in Mexico to 3 effect that the recent raid on the Indis in that country by Gen. Crook was dis;rous to his command, and that he and 5 soldiers were really captured by the red m. This minor brought about a conferee between Gen. Crook and the Secreta'S of War and of the Interior, and Comissioner Price, head of the Indian bureau. r. Price asked Gen. Crook whether or t it was true, as had been reported that had been practically captured by the liricahuas, and had only succeeded in tting back by bringing them with him, omising to put them on the San Carlos servation, whereupon Gen. Crook explainthat trusting to the faithfulness of his lache scouts, he did not take a large ough contingent of white troops, and s Apaches proving unfaithful, he was in t water from the time that he crossed 3 border. He realized that only the most litic course would prevent him and his lite soldiers from being massacred, and it he must employ cunning measures in ler to get back with the semblance of nor, so he marched right on surrounded watchful foes. The scouts insisted on riding all the duties of the march with 3 white soldiers, and Crook had to let ?m do as they desired. Arrived at the refuge of the fugitive laches, Crook used his personal influence th the scouts, asking them to induce the jiti ves to return to the United States. He d them he was a man of peace and honesHe would like to see wars end and ice come. He was willing to guarantee j fugitives a peaceful life on their old Testation if they would return peacefully, lis suited the fugitives. They knew Crook be honest and were willing to take his ?rd. The braves would not return with n, but they sent back some of the squaws d children rather as spies than as hostages, janwhile the braves are waiting the ratifiAon of Crook's agreement. When the re;al of Teller to permit the hostiles to come 3k to the reservation was telegraphed est some of the scouts got wind of it and it some of the squaws with the news Mexico. The fugitive braves may be on 3 war-path again. Phe Trial of Treasurer Polk.?Pubattention ought not to be diverted from 3 case of Marsh T. Polk, who stole $400, )to $500,OUU lrom tne Treasury 01 xennesi and attempted to escape to Mexico when i crime was detected. Prominent in his ite, politically and socially, being a neph' of a president of the United States, a iduate of West Point and an officer of the funct Confederacy, he has powerful friends 10 are endeavoring to deliver him from 3 penalty of his crimes. It is shown that had been robbing the State for five years, d his effrontey was most brazen when he used to pay the interest on the new Tenssee bonds, for which purpose $000,000 had sn raised by taxation. Not only did he ial the greater part of the money, but he rupted the officers sent to arrest him in > flight, and would have escaped to Mexihad not a second squad of detectives jrned his bribes. A more disastrous fail3 of justice than his escape from rigorous nishment is hardly to be conceived. In dition to powerful social influence, the aid public officers whose misdeeds he can exse is enlisted in his behalf, and the public e must be vigilant if the penalty is to be licted upon him which may deter other blic servants from the betrayal of their ists. The Gallows.?David Timberlake, colid, was iianged at Cincinnati last Friday rape on a colored girl nine years old. ; made a confession claiming that the girl ,s not innocent. ieorge McMillan, convicted of wife murr, was hanged at Canton, Ohio, on Friy. The trap was sprung at 11.1.",. lie >d without a struggle, his neck being broil. He was limp and lachrymose on the .flold, begging his friends to pray for him d his murdered wife and children. lie il an affectimr interview with his four lit children about an hour before theexecun. His last words were that he should s innocently, sacrificed by his father and >rostituto. Robert "Wilson, colored, who shot and led Frank B. Jtussell, in Memphis, mi., 011 September Ui)th, 1882, was hanged the county jail in that city at 15 minutes st 12 last Friday. The execution wasprite, only three friends of the condemned in, six reporters, the Sheriff and posse, as ivided by the law passed by the recent gislature, being witnesses. Wilson's neck s broken. Disastrous Fires in the State.?On ursday night last the Mollohon Row, isisting of five brick buildings, in New*ry, was destroyed by fire, involving a al loss of $50,000. The Observer says the i started in one of the upper rooms over j " ^ p- t ~\\7 nlnfvi inir affith i l i^llb CV/ tJ >V VUppWtiv o uwuuu^ own,, I was first discovered at 20 minutes to 11 , lock. The buildings were all two-story j 4 were occupied by thirteen merchants, 10 will find it difficult to procure stores, the stores in town being occupied. For- I lately there were no casualties. The in- i ance on the property destroyed amounts $43,450. Jn Friday morning another serious fire i :urred in Greenville, which destroyed the j >ck of buildings opposite the Mansion j juse, nearly up to the old Commercial itel. The fire originated in a barroom, 1 [1 five stores were burned. Loss $15,200, j which there was only $4,500 insurance, j Since we have the English sparrow, and ve tried in vain to get rid of him, a Lon-: n journal suggests that we now intro-1 ce an English novelty and try sparrow pie.' w LOCAL AFFAIRS. !VEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. T. Roberts?Yorkville High School. T.S. .Tefferys?Bursting of Boiler. Herndon Brothers?Fall, 18.H.T?Bacon. J. M. Adams?New floods?Cooking Stoves?'The Queen Oil Can. H. F. Adii-kes?We Ask the Attention. T. M. Dobson?Ts It Possible. W. Dave Crist?Irish Potatoes for Sale. Miles?Sterling. PICNIC. o? Saturday, the 4th of August, a picnic will be given at Major T. 1\ Wh Resides' j mill, live miles north of town, to which the I public generally are invited. YORKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the above school, to be opened in the Yorkville Female College building, on the first Monday in next September, by J. F. Roberts, A. B., as principal. COTTON. Cotton sales are nracticallv over for the present season, there being little, if any, of the staple in the hands of the farmers. The shipments from this place to Tuesday last aggregate 8,find bales. TAKEN TO NEWBERRY. Bob Grant, colored, arrested here last week charged with burning the gin house of Mr.'J. P. Coleman, in Newberry county, on the 17th of last April, was taken to Newberry last Saturday, by Mr. Coleman and Wm. Logue, who came on immediately after being notified that Grant was arrested. There is a reward of $">0 for the arrest, and evidence to convict, of the person or persons who burned Mr. Coleman's gin house. A COW BROKE ITS NECK. Mr. It. B. Robertson, who lives seven miles east of town, lost a fine cow the other day by the animal breaking its neck, lie had it "tied out" to graze, and by some means it became entangled in the rope with the result just named. Mr. Robertson says his loss may be a warning to others, against the practice of tying cattle out to graze, and he also says that he has come to the conclusion that it is more economical in the long run to fence in pasture lands. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector. Ser vices next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., at 6.30 P. M. Sermon at afternoon service for the children. Sunday-school at .3.30 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. It. English, Pastor. There will be no service in this church next Sunday. The pastor will preach at Bullock's Creek Church on that day. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Preaching at Union Church next Saturday and Sunday. Prayer-meeting at the church in Yorkville, on Thursday evening at 8.3(1. AUDITOR'S OFFICE. The date for listing taxable property closed last Friday. The statement has appeared in several of our exchanges that the taxable property in York has increased a million dollars since last year. This unwonted prosperity of our people was a cause of gratulation, and we called upon the auditor for a verification of the statement; but he says it is unauthorized. He does not know what the aggregate will be, nor can he know until his duplicates are completed, which will not be before September. ?ie says, however, that more persons have made returns this year than any previous year during his incumbency, and he' doubts not the aggregate value of property will exceed that of anv former vear. AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR. On Monday evening last, H. W. Hope, Deputy Supreme Commander, American Legion of Honor, instituted a council of the order at Clover, in this county, with twenty charter members. The council will be known as Clover Council. The following officers were elected to serve for the remainder of this year: W. Beatty Smith, Commander; J. W. Beamguard, Vice-Commander; George F. Ford, Orator; John J. Smith, Secretary; F. T. Pegram, Collector; Wm. M. Matthews, Treasurer; J. R. Barron, Guide; W. D. Moore, Warden; Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, Chaplain; John Knox, Sentry; L. K. Armstrong, Past Commander. Trustees?G. L. Riddle, J. Albertis Bell, Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick. MILITARY REUNIONS. On account of the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad at Newton on that day, the reunion of survivors of the Sixth Regiment, to be held at Chester, has been postponed from Thursday, August 2, to Thursday, August 9, when it will certainly take place. The annual address will be delivered by Major T. W. Woodward, after which the survivors will be entertained at dinner at the Central Hotel. Regarding transportation rates to the rereunion of the Twelfth Regiment at Columbia on the 16th of August, the Winnsboro Neics says: Mr. I). Cardwell, the Assistant General Freight and Passenger Agent of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, has written to Capt. J. R. Boyles, informing him that the Company will furnish on the 2Gth of August, the day of the reunion of the Twelfth Regiment at Columbia, a special train for the survivors wishing to attend. The fare is put at the extremely low rate of one cent per mile for the round trip. The schedule ol the proposed special will be arranged and published hereafter. A VALUABLE REMEDY. An exchange has the following paragraph which we copy for the benefit of our readers. The formula of the remedy was given to us by a friend a few years ago, and we know that for ordinary summer complaints, at tucks of colic, etc., it is safe and efficacious. | "We have had several applications recently for the recipe, and take- pleasure in publishing it with the high endorsement given it as follows: Now that it has been ascertained that the cholera which has appeared in Egypt, is the genuine Asiatic article, from which the worst is to be feared should its march Eastward not be stayed by strict quarantine regulations, cholera prescriptions are in great demand by correspondents, who write to the editor as if he were a personal friend and the family physician. For more than forty years what is known as the ''Sun chol- , era medicine" has stood the test of experience as the best remedy for looseness of the bowels ever yet devised. As was once vouched for by the New York Journal of Commerce, "no one who has this by him and ' takes it in time will ever have the cholera." Even when no cholera is anticipated, it is an excellent thing for the ordinary summer ! complaints, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, etc., ; and we have no hesitation in commending it. Here it is : "Take equal parts of tinct- | ures of cayenne, opium, rhubarb, essence of : peppermint and spirits of camphor. Mix well. Dos^, fifteen to thirty drops in a ' wineglass of water, according to age and ! violence of the attack. Repeat every fifteen or twenty minutes until relief is obtained." J DWELLING HOUSE BURNED. j 1 Between 12 and 1 o'clock last Sunday j} morning, the dwelling house of Rev. W. I' W. Ratchfortl in Bullock's Creek township, j and situated about two and a-half miles! i from Bullock's Creek Church, was destroy-11 ed by fire. Mr. Hatch ford had only recent-! ly completed the building of a new dwel- i 1 ling house, which was situated about sixty j< feet from the old building, and into which \ he had moved but a short time ago. About i 12 o'clock on Saturday night, the old house ' was discovered to be on fire in a room usu-! 1 ally occupied by a negro boy, but who was j ] absent at the time. The flames spread rap-: j idly and soon communicated with the newly ] occupied dwelling house, entirely destroy-' i ing both houses and a kitchen near by. The \v origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Ratch- ri ford lost bv the fire in addition to the build- " CI ings, nearly all his library, 90 bushels of C( wheat, a lot of bacon, the greater part of j tc the wearing apparel of himself and family, tl nearly all their bed clothing, together with i if most of his household and kitchen furni- | ^ tu re, etc. The loss is about $2,000. In at-i ^ tempting to remove the effects from the ; ^ burning buildings, Mr. Itatchford was se-! verely burned on one foot; and Mrs. Ratch- j ford on the left hand and the right arm. . For the present, his family will occupy a I p house within half a mile of Bullock's (.'reek R Church, belonging to Mr. (1. L. McNeel, and known as the "White" house. Mr. j* Itatchford will take immediate steps for t<( building another dwelling house. The loss is a severe one on Mr. Itatchford, who is v entitled to the substantial sympathiesof the p people. , t< MEETING OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES. j There was a meeting of the school trustees \ of York county, at the call of the County i; ocnooi commissioner, neia in ine touri House, on Tuesday of last week, 17th in- li stunt. All the school districts in the county J were represented except one?Xo. 8?us fol- 11 lows: , No. 1?Ira Hardin; No. 2? Dr. A. I'. Campbell; No. :{?J. Clinton Patrick; No. 4?J. W. ' Ardroy; No. 5?D. T. Lessley, C'apt. .1. F. Work- a man ; No. i>? It. E. Guthrie,*J. Leonidas Moore; No. 7?W. J. Miller, I). A. A. Watson; No. 9? ^ R. G. Whitesides ; No. 19?S. L. Davidson, Elias j, Inman, .Samuel Blair; No. 11?H. F. Adickes. 's The meeting was organized by calling L)f. g A. P. Campbell to the chair and appointing J. W. Ardrey secretary. v The Rev. It. Lathan, School Commission- C er, then read the school law, as it relates to 9 the duties of trustees, for the information 11 V of the meeting. The trustees then adopted the following ^ resolutions: v 1. That we establish one higher grade of teach- 41 ers' certificate of qualification for this county ] than those provided by the State; said grade to be known as Extra First Grade. 2. Before any teachers shall receive this Extra First Grade certificate, they must become com- o potent to prepare pupils for entering the Sopho- n more class ot any college in this State.. :l. That all Extra First Grade teachers be paid j ? un Saturday last, tne county commisioners of Spartanburg and of Union and the own council of Gaffney City, representing 40,000, met, and with the private stocklolders organized the Union, Gaffney City ,nd Rutherfordton Railroad Company by he election of the following directors: J. J. 1 irown, J. J. Camp, John C. Fowler, J. Itobo Farrow, J. P. Jeffries, P. O. Lemars, Vm. Munro, A. A. Sarratt, M. Simon, W. Vaddy Thomson and A. N. Wood. The iirectors then elected the Hon. Wm. Muno, of Union, president, and A. N. Wood ecretary and treasurer of the board. ? For some time past the people of Lawonville, Hampton county, have been sufferng from the depredations of negro incendiries, who, strange to say, have been perlitted by the Courts to go unpunished. An ndignation meeting of citizens was held few days ago, at which the non-enforceaeiit of the law was denounced in vigorous * grms, as was also the practice of bonding ersons awaiting trial for arson, concerning /hich the citizens declared that "should ny citizen in the future go on the bond of uch persons we shall feel constrained to avestigate the matter and visit upon the ead or such citizen a punishment which hall commensurate with his disregard of he peace and quiet of this community." ?At Columbia, last Thursday, Henry Hanig, the white overseer charged with cruely to convicts at Seeger's plantation, was rought before Justice Marshall. Hannig waived an examination and was committed d jail; but in the afternoon he was brought pon a writ of habeas corpus before Judge DAnUnm n ao wo/4 in Kn. CUIUS pur Uil V UII IIIU Uiuium V tivcin^ vji pupils; Provided, no such teacher shall receive c more than two dollars per day. or forty dollars per month. V 4. That all First Grade teachers be required to ^ stand a perfect examination in English grammar ^ and arithmetic, and be thoroughly competent ^ to teach, accurately, orthography, reading, writ- r ing, arithmetic, English grammar, geography r and history. 1; 5. That all First Grade teachers be paid seven c cents per day on the monthly average of pupils; Provided, no such teachers" shall receive more than one dollar and seventy-tive cents per day, or thirty-live dollars per month. 8 <>. That all Second Grade teachers be paid six r cents per day on the monthly average of scholars; t Provided, no such teacher shall receive more g than thirty dollars per month. 7 That Third Grade teachers shall consist of i those having a correct knowledge of arithmetic and are able to read lluentlv, spell correctly and write plain, legible hands* in addition to an- t swering the questions prepared by the State i Board of Examiners for such grade." t 8. That Third Grade teachers be paid five cents .. per day on the monthly average of pupils : Provided, "no teacher shall receive more than sixteen c dollars per month. c 9. That licensed teachers be paid from ten to S fourteen dollars per month, at the discretion of t the trustees. 10. The clerks of the several boards of trustees will hereafter qualify each teacher to nisor her " monthly reports. 1 11. That applicants for teachers'certificates be t examined orally by the county board of exam- ( iners, in addition to the written examinations re- t quired. f 12. We earnestly request and insist that the _ county board of examiners adhere strictly to the .; standard established for the examination of 1 teachers, and in no case may the standard be low- g ered, but in every instance strictly adhered to. 13. That in the employment of teachers, we g recognize no certificates except those issued by + the county board of this county, and the State ^ board of examiners. ? 14. We recommend that the above rules and f regulations go into effect and operation on the 1st a of November next, and that the county board of t examiners cancel all teachers' certificates ofqual- J irtcntion previously issued, on that date, and that ? said board meet as soon thereafter as practicable V for tho examination of applicants. J 15. We earnestly urge the people to supple- j ment the free school fund, by private subscrip- d tions, in order to continue the schools longer, r and that they send their children regularly. The trustees then adjourned, to meet at the call of the county school commissioner. t< ?????ii Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ KING'S MOUNTAIN NOTES. ii King's Mountain N. C., July 16.?I will ^ give you a few items from this place on ^ times and things. Business about King's p Mountain is dull at this time. We have v had an abundance of rain. Farmers have a had their hands full, they having had to si contend with more grass than I have ever ii seen during one season. Our water-courses h have been high. Some w,heat in the shock si was washed away, and corn was buried up tl in the mud, causing a good deal of hard labor. But our people went to work with n a will, and now have their crops pretty f well out of the grass, and as a general thing b" crops?cotton and corn?are tine. Wheat v threshing is going on in earnest. Wheat is t< fine as to quality. I don't think the yield u will be quite as large as it was last year, p but I think the quality will compensate for h the difference. The oat crop is far short of P last year's yield, but nearly an average crop ii was made. o Our people are farming in earnest. They h are adopting improved methods of fertil- t< izing, and using labor-saving machinery, a Everything in this section seems to be pros- 1< pering except our little town, which, from d some cause seems to be on a stand still. We e will soon lose two of our most prominent a citizens?Rev. E. E. Boyce and Mr. Grier Love. Mr. Love is an enterprising business e, mail and during the past two years had ex- p pended about $9,000 in buildings, including q a fine flouring mill and cotton gin. He has sj sold out nearly all of his property and is ^ going to Gastonia. J. B. (j TOM THUMB'S FUNERAL. J The funeral of Gen. Tom Thumb took t( place at Bridgeport, Mass, on the 18th in- ci stant. Every effort had been made to have w it as quiet as possible, and no display was a: made. The body, which had been embalm- ci ed, was inclosed in a walnut casket covered a: with broadcloth and trimmed with Masonic ai emblems. The plate bore the simple in- h scription : "Charles S. tstratton, aged iorty- cl five years." The services were conducted a by the Rev. Dr. Fairbanks. The Mayfiow- e< er Lodge of Masons escorted the body to the jo train which conveyed it to Bridgeport. ti Upon their arrival in Bridgeport, the remains were taken in charge by the encampment of Knights Templar, of which the famous dwarf was a member. Major Newell it thus relates the circumstances of Tom ai Thumb's death : ol "The General had been for the past two n< weeks somewhat indisposed. Sunday morn- hi ing early he came into my room, approach- bi ctl my bed, and, waking me up, crawled in- ii; to bed with me. After a little conversation ti he fell off into a little sort of drowse. Soon I) after hegot up and retired to his own sleep- le ing apartment. The General's brother-in- tl law went to his room at about 8.30 o'clock fo and announced breakfast. The General re- S< sponded, saying he would get up. The V brother had taken but a few steps from the Ci door when I heard a fall. I at once ran into n< the room and found it was the General, ly- ai ing partly dressed on the floor in the agonies ri :>f death. We at once lifted him upon the w bed, when he gave one or two spasmodic to breaths and died." J< It is related of the dwarf by one who knew ei liim well that his memory was very defi- m Mont and he had no conversational powers, it: 1 Ie never read books or newspapers, but em- L: ployed all his leisure in smoking or playing j is billiards. ; fU He dearlv loved a horse, and over dia- ; in mondshe went wild. He at one time own-1 dt ;>d a great many diamonds and horses. He ! bi smoked several strong cigars a day, but he ! 31 never was an intemperate drinker. j co Ilis married life was truly a happy life, th Hie dwarf couple had more pleasant conju- be jal relations than the average of grown-up ri people. His wife knew how to handle him; m she had tact, and everything went smoothly, ci I le was a perfect man physically and had sfc nore strength than the average full-grown ve nan, but his muscles were hubby because he sa oukln't exercise. He would at first sit or de when at leisure, but the riding he idn't like, because wherever he went a owd of boys followed him. And he )uldn't walk much; it was difficult for him ) keep up with an ordinary man, and then lere was the usual interfering crowd pointlg at and sometimes jibing him. So he sat own, smoked, played billiards, ate and rew fat. He was always healthy and leasant. This sort of an existence could ave but one end. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Material is being landed for building the ermanent bridge of the Cheraw and Ches>r Railroad across the Catawba River. ? The Town Council of Johnston in Edgeeld county offers a reward of $100 for proof ) convict any one of selling liquor in that )wn. ? Dr. \V. C. Norwood of Hodges, Abbeille county, has given the first $1,000 of the roposed additional endowment of $40,000 > Adger College. -Sixty-five thousand dollars have been ibscri bed to the proposed cotton factory, at Jnion C'. H. and no subscription below $1,000 > on the list. ? Master Willie S. Parish recently rode is bicycle from Cheraw to a point beyond lennettsville, a distance of eighteen miles, ti less than two hours. ? All the early corn in and around Camden as been almost ruined by the drought. Vegetable gardens have also been parched nd dried up by the heat and dry weather. ? The families of Mrs. Hoyden and Mr. fan Tassel, of Orangeburg, were poisoned tst week from the eating of canned beef, t cat, to which a piece of the meat was iven, died from the effects. ? On the 1st day of September Columbia /ill have another bank?the Commercial. '. J. Iredell, the present cashier of the C'arlina National, and Mr. Levi Metz, of Lexngton, will be respectively president and ice-president of the institution. ? A South Carolina Baptist church conains in its old records trie mention of a roman being excluded from the church for doing too much talking in the neighborlood." Such a rule universally applied yould thin out our churches very much. ? The colored people of Winnsboro have rganized a "burying society." Any one nay become a member by subscribing to he regulations and paying ten cents monthy. The object is to distribute the expenses if burials over the whole community. ? A negro man named George Massey ehjle hoeing cotton in Lancaster county last veek, met with a serious and painful accilent, by which he lost an eye. A piece of lint rock struck by his hoe flew into his ight eye with great force, cutting it severey and causing complete and permanent loss ?f sight. ? l'iie uoiumma itegmer says: --n is esunated that the Charlotte, Columbia and Au;usta Railroad, under the tariff of the Raiload Commission, would lose $100,000 in the ransportation of cotton alone, taking it for ;ranted that the shipments over that road his season, would at least equal those of ast year." ? In Spartanburg, hist Saturday afternoon, wo men named King and Denson, claimng to be North Carolinians, presented to he National Bank a check for $75, on which vas signed the name of a Spartanburg merhant, Mr. W. C. Cannon. The banlc ofiiials recognized it as a forgery, which was oon proven, and the men were committed o jail. ? Eddie Penn de Vore, eldest son of Mr. '. Knox de Vore, a lad of some fifteen sumners, whilst out hunting in Edgefield couny, on last Saturday with a son of Mr. J. T. )uzts was accidentally shot by young Ouzts, he load entering the small of the back, rom the effect of which he died Sunday norning. Eddie was a bright and promisng youth and his untimely deatn is a grievous affliction. liUJCI. ouiiunui uuiiuaiii up^jcaucu iu wtalf of the State and Walter S. Monteith, ]sq., represented thfc prisoner. After readig the testimony taken down at the inquest / f the convict, whose death is alleged to ave resulted from a severe beating charged 3 have been given him by Hannig, and rgument by counsel, the prisoner was reiased upon a bail bond of three thousand ollars, Hon. John C. Seegers and C. C. Habrnicht, Esq., becoming bondsmen for his ppearance at the October Sessions. ? Aiken Journal, 18th: Yesterday at an nrly hour the citizens of Aiken began to )ok anxiously to the north of town at a re which hacl been burning in the woods ince Friday last. Everything being as dry s tinder and the fire being observed making . irectly for the town, a force of about fortyve hands was organized by the town aulorities at about 10 A. M. and dispatched > meet the approaching flames and avert a itastrophe to our thriving town. It was rell that this action was taken promptly, s the fire had actually extended within the irporate limits, burning a considerable mount of fencing within the Mitchell Park tid threatening other property. Willing earts and brawny arms soon mastered the estroying element and all danger was verted. It is estimated that this fire burn1 over fourteen hundred acres of land, iniring and destroying much fencing and mber. + ? ? ME RE. MENTION. It is said that more beer is drank per capa in Milwaukee than in any other city, id that the suicide rate there is double that ? any other city Thirty suits for damjes, aggregating over $250,000 have been > rough t against the trustees of the Brooklyn ridge. Elaborate preparations are beig made for the formal opening of the Naonal Mining and Industrial Exposition at enver, Col., to-day. Senator Warner Milr will deliver an address. Among le civillians designated by the President ran examination for an oppointment to a ?cond Lieutenancy in the army is Z. B. ance, son of Senator Vance, of North irolina. On Satuulay of last week, ?ar Helena, Ark., two colored men, one med with a musket and the other with a tie. fought a duel at twenty paces. Both ere mortally wounded. The inspecir under the new child labor law of New ?rsey has notified storekeepers that the nployment of little girls in their stores ust cease. The army worm has made s appearance in the Northern section of ancaster county Pa., in large numbers, and committing serious ravages in the tobacco ilds. An ineffectual vote was taken ; the New Hampshire Legislature last Frily for United States Senator, and the next illot was postponed to last Tuesday. A ontgomery, Ala., dispatch says that the itton worm is reported very generally in ait section. Tom Thumb was a mentor of the Knights Templar and was bured with Masonic honors. The Richond State says that the death roll of that ty is filling up with a rapidity that is quite artling, and the cause of it ought to be instigated. Gov. St. John, of Kansas, ys that State will raise this year 200,0(H),