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Jtoaps and Jatte. ?The new Legislature of Kentucky contains 5 Republicans and 33 Democrats in the Senate, and 11 Republicans, 2 Independents and 86 Democrats in the House, and one district to be decided on account of a tie vote. The Democratic majority for Governor is about 48,000. ? Governor Murray, of Utah, suggests as a means of exterminating Mormonism, the abolition of the plan of governing Utah by an elective legislature and the substitution of a legislative council, to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. There is nothing in the Constitution that prohibits this form of government for a territory. ? The Mercantile Agency of R. G. Dun & Co. reports that the business failures for the week ending last Friday, throughout the United States and Canada number 170, as compared with 182 last week. The distribution was as follows: New England States 22, Middle States 21, Western States 57, Southern States 23, Pacific 12, New York City 6, Canada, 29. ?Dorsey's exposures, a summary of which is published on the first page of this paper, demonstrate one thing beyond the possibility of a doubt, and that is that Garfield was elected by the use of money contributed by Gould, Huntington and other Wall street stock jobbers. The confession does not make Dorsey any more respectable but it shows up the corrupt gang he trained with. ? The town of Cassamicciola on the Island of Ischia, which was recently destroyed by an earthquake, is rapidly being rebuilt. Already 154 wooden houses have been erected and occupied. It has been decided to name the streets of the town after the King and Queen of Italy. At Forio, another of the desolated towns, houses have been erected for the accommodation of 52 families. ? The story of the lynching of Joseph Fulford, white, and Harry Bradley, colored, a mnwlai* 41ia' fn of Poin_ 1U1 111C 111U1UUA \JX lltv 1U1XUU1 O YY Alv ^ at iHWUbridge. Ga., published in these columns last week, is confirmed, and in addition, Reuben Robinson, colored, who was also implicated in the horrible affair, was lynched last Thursday. A colored woman under arrest was discharged for lack of evidence to convict her. ?In speaking of railroad accidents and the earth's rotation, R. Randolph shows that the definitive force arising from the earth's rotation is entirely too small to determine derailments, and also that as an exceess of right-handed derailments has been credited solely to North and South tracks this proves it to be wholly immaginary, for the deflective force at any latitude is the same for all directions. ? A Waco, Texas, dispatch of last Saturday says: "Information has just reached here that on Thursday afternoon a cyclone struck Oglesby, demolishing the station house ana stores and scattering goods all over the prairie. A man was blown a distance of two hundred feet. A young man named Harris, at Pecan Grove, Coryell county, on the same afternoon, was struck bv lightning and killed." ? The Iowa Republicans are in a muddle. They are splitting on the prohibition question. The State convention adopted a strong prohibition plank. This has aroused the ire of a number of leading Republicans who openly assert that they will oppose the ticket, and do all they can to defeat it. The outlook for the Republicans is not very cheerful while the Democrats are hopeful and hard at work. ? One of the queerest sentences ever imposed on a criminal was that given to William Hannah, found guilty before Judge Krehel, of St. Louis, of selling liquor to Indians. Hannah pleaded ignorance of the law as an excuse, saying he could not read or write. Judge Krehel sentenced him to the county jail till he could learn to write, and sentenced another criminal to jail till he should have taught Hannah the art. In three weeks both men were discharged. ? At Luling, Texas, on the loth instant, Lawrence Denmon met the Rev. R. G. Sewell on the street, and drawing a navy revolver fired at the minister four times, inflicting wounds which in a short time caused his death. The causes leading to the shooting are of domestic nature and can only be published on the trial of the case. No one blames Denmon and yet Rev. Mr. Sewell is regarded as the victim of a conspiracy as he asserted in his ante-mortem statement. Both parties are highly connected. Sewell was a Methodist clergyman and a local agent of the American Bible Society. ? It is seriously announced by a correspondent of the New York Times that Mr. Tilden will undoubtedly be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, and that his recent purchase of a team of fast horses from Kentucky is accepted by Democratic politicians at Saratoga as a final settlement of the question whether he intends to "run" for the Presidency next year. On the other hand, the Louisville CourierJournal soberly avers that Mr. Tilden is not a candidate, and will not be a candidate under any circumstances, and that Mr. McDonald, of Indiana, is his first choice for the nomination. ? Mrs. Ubalto, the widow of a soldier of the late war. had $700, all she possessed, on deposit in the Beaver (Pa.} Savings Bank. Hearing that the bank was snaky she visited it on Priday of last week, and demanded her money from Mr. McCreery, the President. He informed her that the bank had failed and he could not pay her, whereupon the widow drew a revolver and leveled it at him. The President reconsidered and paid the money down, whereupon the widow fainted from the strain on her nerves. But she pocketed the money and walked off with her little son, who had accompanied her to the bank. ? A Galveston, Texas, dispatch of Friday says: This city is on the verge of a water famine. The cisterns are drained, gardens are dried up and the effect of the drought is plainly to be seen in products of the vegetable market. For weeks past many persons have been depending upon the liberality of their neighbors for water enough to drink, having exhausted their supplies. Now most of those who were well provided at the beginning of the dry season are almost completely without a supply. An indication of the extreme want to which some persons are driven is found in a notice nostra in front of the best known and most popular restaurants in the city, "closed until it rains." A slight rain has fallen, but not enough to change the situation. ? Thd Philadelphia Press says: A panic is feared in secret by a great many, and discussed in public by a few; but in the present condition of prices and of trade it is only possible if the banks begin a wholesale couS traction of'loans on commercial paper, and this is followed by like contraction in loans on bond and stock collateral. The New England failures which have already taken place have led to the first step, to how great an extent no one knows; but the New York Tribune says commercial paper is being refused "where a refusal would have been thought impossible a few weeks ago." This is likely to nave a serious result or not, precisely as, in the turn over of credit incident to the opening of the Fall trade, this contradiction of loans brings weak places to light. ? Three negroes, named Younger, Keene and Evans, were arrested in Pittsylvania county, Va., for the murder of Mr. Sheppard who was returning to his home from Danville with the proceeds of a sale of tobacco a few nights ago. They were taken to Danville and placed in confinement. Fears being entertained that an effort would be made to lynch them, a company of white and one of colored military were ordered to guard them. Saturday night a band of 250 men took the line of railroad from Danville to Chatham, the county-seat of Pittsylvania county, with a view of capturing the prisoners if found on the train. Not finding them they proceeded to Danville, but when near ^ that town learned that their coming had been heralded in advance and also that two military companies surrounded the house in which they were confined. As this was more than they cared to tackle they dispersed without further ceremony. Monday morning the prisoners were taken to Chatham jail by the sheriff under escort of a military company. ? A prominent Representative, who was in Washington the other day, said that it was very evident that Congress would be called upon at its next session to legislate in regard to the question of the control of the telegraph system, which works so successfully j n Europe. ''So that we can hand ie the mat ter as thoroughly as possible," he said, "I propose on the first day of the session after the House is organized to introduce a bill making it a penal offense for any Senator, Representative or official of the government to accept a telegraph frank from any telegraph company. As it is now, he continued, "there is^carcelv a Senator, Representative or prominent official who has not the privilege of sending what telegraphic messages he may want by using deadhead franks, which are freely supplied by the telegraph companies. When a man has a book of these franks in his pocket he is unable to consider the telegraph question, or any oth- , er question in wnicn the telegraph coinpanies are interested, in an independent man- J ner. Cutting off the telegrapn-frank busi- 1 ness will, even if the postal telegraph system is not adopted, correct an abuse which ' has been growing constantly in the past few 1 years." j ifcr ?0*feviUe (Jhtquim. j .YORKVILLE, S. C. : ( * THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23,1883. J THE DEATH OF JUDGE BLACK. i Judge Jeremiah Black died at his home j in York, Pennsylvania, at 10 minutes past 2 o'clock last Sunday morning. Although ] not unexpected, his death was sudden and ( was a shock to the community. On Satur- i day morning he seemed somewhat better, f but the improvement was too slight to jus- 1 tify hope for his recovery. An unfavorable \ change began about 4 o'clock in the after- ( noon, and he gradually grew worse, but re- 1 mained conscious almost to the end and i died peacefully. From the beginning of his ] illness Judge Black believed that he would never recover, and was perfectly resigned. The funeral took place at 5 o'clock P. M., on Tuesday, Dr. Powers, of the Christian church, Washington, officiating. , Shortly before Judge Black died he said to his wife : "How can I fear to cross the dark river when my Father waits for me on the ' other shore." And added: ".Would I were as comfortable about all I leave behind i unfinished in this world." And then he i breathed the following earnest prayer: "Oh, thou beloved and most merciful Heavenly Father, from whom I had my being and in ! whom I have ever trusted, if it be Thy ; ""11 "... fKof T win giauii mail uij auucnug tuu uuu wav A I speedily be called home to Thee : and oh, bless and comfort thee, my Mary." The Home of Judge Black and wife at : York has long been one of the most inter- j esting in Pennsylvania. The life of the , venerable pair has been charming in its \ simplicity, and a multitude of friends had ' fondly hoped to see them round out their ! age to four-score years in their delightful 1 rustic retreat. Judge Black has been at the 1 bar more than fifty-three years, and he as- j cended the Bench in 1842, in the judicial district where he first won distinction. He 1 was twice elected Chief Justice of the Su- \ preme Court of his State, and at the end of ; six years of service in that oifice he entered ( President Buchanan's Cabinet, where he i remained the power behind the throne 1 throughout the Buchanan administration. Since that time he has not held office, but ' his opinion on public questions has car- | ried great weight, and his professional prac- ( tice has been extensive, embracing cases of < vast importance. His death endsthe career i of one of the foremost of our public men. j NATIONAL MILITIA. Adjutant General Drum, of the United * States Army, has a scheme for the organ- j ization of the militia of the country Into ? a body to be known as the national mi- ) litia. This is a subject to which he has i given much attention, and which he deems * of great importance. He has addressed a circular to the adjutant general of each of ( the States inquiring what proportion of ( their quota of troops, in a call for 200,000, ( could be furnished in forty-eight hours. < The information received from the State of- ( ficers addressed, will, itissupposed, form the * basis of a special communication to Con- j gress on the subject of a national militia, i General Drum is as earnest as ever in the advocacy of the organization of the State * troops on a uniform basis and their .nainte- ' nance in such a degree of efficiency that they | could safely be depended on as a reserve j force to. the regular arm v. He savs that i this is practically the case now in several of 1 the States, such as Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and California, but he thinks the militia as a body would be much improved by a little concerted action. He emphasizes the need of trained and able officers, and would pay special, attention to this point. The bill to reorganize the militia on a national footing was favorably considered in committee last winter, but made no further progress. Its advocates, however, believe that the scheme grows in popularity as it is better understood, and that it will consequently show mbre strength in Congress in the future. Onegreat argument advanced in its favor is that the establishment on asound footing of a national militia will tend to do away with the necessity of a standing army of any considerable size. THE LOUISVILLE EXPOSITION. Reports from the Louisville Exposition i are of the most encouraging character as to j the success of the exhibition. Although not yet fully opened, and the space for Ameri- 1 can departments not yet entirely filled, the attendance has been satisfactory and it is 1 steadily increasing. On the first day the en- , trances were over 15,000, the next three days thev exceeded 5.000 : on no day have they j fallen below 2,500. The city is rapidly fill- ] ing up. The exhibitors are very busy, and the work has progressed rapidly. All the . engines are now at work. The art gallery \ is open and thronged day and night. The electric railway is regularly and satisfactori- 1 ly worked. The Exposition travel is begin- ; ing to affect railroad earnings most favorably. For the first week in August the i Liouisvine ana isasnviue earnings are szuy,1170, against $224,795 last year, a gain of 20 : per cent., though passenger rates are reduced to one fare for the round trip. The outlook is represented as most encouraging. 1 FOREIGN IMMIGRATION. Major A. J. McWhirter, Commissioner of Immigration for the State of Tennessee, has addressed a communication to the various Commissioners of the other States, inviting them to meet him in convention at the Louisville Exposition to form a permanent organization, and to take steps to divertimmigration to the South. As it now i$, the Western States, whose immigration bureaus are well provided with money, as well as the railroads having lands in the West, hold out such inducements to immigrants and so advertise the advantages of the West throughout Europe, that nearly all the im- J migrants are induced to go in that direction. A combination or organization of the South- , ern States might offset this, and enable the great advantages of the South to be better i known and advertised abroad. ? The caterpillar has made its appearance 1 in nearly every portion of Beaufort county. The same pest has also appeared in portions of Barnwell and Richland counties. THE ROAD QUESTION. A continuation of Senator Butler's articles on the public roads of the State will be found on the first page of this issue. We propose to publish Senator Butler's letters en this important subject, as rapidly as we can. We are pleased to notice that they are ittracting general attention throughout the State, and whether or not the views expressed by him are generally concurred in, his letters are timely and will have a beneficial effect in awakening the people to the importance of good roads. Discussing Senator Butler's poll tax proposition, published last week, the Anderson Intelligencer says: Senator Butler has done the State valuable service in promoting the discussion of our public road system, and has we think, ifrnpL- fhp L'pv.nntp tr? tho putnhlishmpnt of permanently good roads. We do not agree vith him in the details of his system, but it seems to us that the only way to establish horoughly good roads is to improve our )resent laws, and supplement them with a special fund for permanent work. Senator Sutler proposes to reduce the number of lays persons shall be liable to road duty, md to collect a poll-tax for road purposes. We favor retaining the present road law and unending it, so far as to require the Comnissioners to call out the hands for twelve lays in each year, and require them to ,vork ten hours each day, with the right to ,'ommute for wagons and teams where the jverseers desire, with penalties for not properly working. This amount of labor could lo"a great deal to improve our roads. Such i change would more than quadruple the ,abor now done upon our roads, for usually ibout six days' work is required, and the hands on these six days do not average five hours per day labor. There are, however, eertain places in our roads which can only i x i ? ??,1? T? Jt? put in guuu uruci uy cuiiaiuciuuic caucuiiture of money. Therefore, some mode of raising the necessary fund must be adopted. Senator Butler's idea of a poll tax can not be resorted to without first amending our State constitution, and this, in our opinion, it is unwise to attempt. It can only be done by rlirect taxation, and we believe that it is in the interest of the people to raise a smajl sum each year to be spent in McAdamizing these buggy-breaking and stock-injuring points in our highways. TWELFTH REGIMENT SURVIVORS. Condensed from the Register. The fifth annual reunion of the Survivors of the Twelfth Regiment S. C. V., was held in Columbia last Thursday. A special train with the larger portion of the survivors arrived about 9 o'clock at the depot of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, where the companies of the Palmetto Regiment, under command of Captain It. N. Richbourg of the Richland Volunteers, had assembled to receive them. As the cars rolled up to the station, the Columbia Flying Artillery, which company presented a creditable appearance, announced the arrival of the visitors by firing an appropriate salute. The survivors formed on the east of the road and the escort on the west, the latter in open order. As the battle scarred veterans marched to their position Wallace's band (which had headed the battalion on its march to the road) struck up "Dixie," and the rebel yells which rended the air and the wild gesticulations made by the veterans showed that the good old soul-stirring music Df "Dixie" could warm the blood of age anew and strengthen the sinews of the crippled and weak soldiers who had given their best life to the service of their country. The veterans took position in the rear of the infantry and front of the artillery and cavalry, with J. R. Harvey of Company C, from Fairfield, bearing the tattered and torn battle flag of the 12tli Regiment. The old battle flag of the 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, flanked by the battle flag of the Columbia Rifles, carried by Mr. Fred. Brown, and the flags of the Governor's Guards and the Volunteers, was borne in the procession, between the two infantry companies. This flag is of solid blue silk, on the obverse of which is a wreath in white surrounded by a palmetto tree in white and i crescent in the upper left corner. The flag is proof of the storms of shot and shell through which it had been gallantly borne, with here a bullet hole and there a great *ap made by a shell. Marching to the Columbia Hotel, the miltary and their guests assembled in the spacious dining hall, where Captain Richoourg, in a few patriotic sentences, extended i solaierly greeting and hospitable welcome :o the veterans of the 12th. Colonel Cad. Jones, of Rock Hill, responded in feeling terms, expressing the grati:ude of the survivors of the 12th for their iordial reception. He said that.to be welcomed by all the military of the capital iity of the State is an honor which is simply )verwhelming. Standing in the presence )f the old 12th he would not say it is undeserved. You touch the heart of a soldier? nove him as with the voice of a trumpetwhen you applaud his military services. We rejoice to see the young men of the State coming to the front with arms in their lands. The presence of arms is the greatest preservative of peace. A new condition of iffairs requires new men. We retire among the spectators, content to offer j)ur good wishes and to applaud those who act well their part. Twn nnrl twentv vears a^o. before some o you were born, we organized at or near this ity, with the 13th and 14th Regiments, for the war. If we failed in the great struggle, may I not claim for the 12th, as for every jther regiment from the Palmetto State, 'Thou cans't not say we did it ?" On whoever else or wherever else the fault may rest, it was not ours. The Palmetto regiments made their mark sarly in the contest. On our march to Maryland, after the Second Manassas battle, I billed at a blacksmith shop to have a shoe nailed on my horse's hoof. I met there Gleneral Talliaferro, of Virginia, who had stopped for the same purpose. Being only a bit of a Colonel, he did not know me. As I introduced myself he remarked : "The palmetto in your bonnet is sufficient introduction." I will not detain you from your purpose to extend your hospitalities, but will only iay, in plain old Carolina language, we thank you for this distinguished reception and the kind manner in which your welcome has been extended. Colonel Jones' speech was received in jolly good humor and with repeated applause. The military were then marched out of the hall and the survivors fell aboard of the collation which had been prepared for them with the relish of camp veterans. After sufficient time had elapsed for the satisfaction of the early appetite of the guests the battalion was reformed and, headed by Wallace's band, marched to the front of the Asylum, where the parade was dismissed, and in vehicles, on horseback and afoot the ?rowd made their way to the Schuetzen Platz. A rest of half an hour was had, when the band took position in the hall up stairs and played two or three airs, while the muli-a.i/fn .>t.c.n.riKlA/] f/s lioar fins it nil i ml lid. LltUUC aoociuuitu vv iiv/m* V..V ?... ?v. dress. Colonel Davis, President of the Association, in a brief address, coupled with touching allusion to the two battle flags and their brave defenders and bearing testimony to the gallantry of the soldier who had consented to deliver the annual oration, introduced the Orator of the Day. Col. Armstrong then arose amid a storm of applause and delivered his address, which we will publish in full next week. At the conclusion of the address, the band played Dixie, and the assemblage then retired to "take something" each according to his taste, and the time was whiled away in renewing old acquaintances, fighting the battles of the war over again, showing how "the rebs got left" there, receiving introductions, singing, viewing the glass ball shooting, and other amusements, until dinner was announced. Four long tables were spread, around which about six hundred hungry mortals gathered, and they needed no second bid ding to the least 01 Daroecueu muuou unu pork, hash and rice, bread and potatoes, onions and tomatoes. But few awaited the second table, and one man, who had been left at some previous barbecue, secured a dish full of eatables hot from the pit and retired to a spot beneath a tree where he devoured the last morsel that his dish contained. The band furnished music during the time of dinner. Dinner over, the crowd separated to various parts ol the grounds to enjoy them 1 selves, and the survivors assembled in the | hall to hold the annual meeting of their as-1 sociation. The survivors in atteriflance numbered j ;^bout one hundred and fifty? and the loss of ; arms, legs, eyes and other injuries and scars ; I were witnesses of their gallantry and of j their devotion to duty which spoke with ! the eloquence of an hundred tongues. Some j of these battle-scarred veterans carried: wounds which made one feel as if the escape 1 from a soldier's grave had been of a hair's j breadth, but they have survived to wear j each sear as a badge of honor. Col. Davis called the meeting to order, j and the association proceeded to business. The following officers were elected: President, Colonel W. H. McCorkle, of Yorkville ; First Vice President, Captain J. C. B. Smith, of Richland ; Second Vice President, Captain N. B. Vallandigham, of Lancaster; Third Vice President, W. G. Iteid, of Rock Hill; Fourth Vice President, J. M. Moody, of Walhalla ; Secretary and Treasurer, Lieutenant J. It. Boyles, of Fairheld ; Corresponding Secretary, J. R. Harvey, of Fairfield. Colonel James Armstrong, of the First Regiment, was elected an honorary member of the association, and he acknowledged the compliment in appropriate terms. A proposition was made to have a brigade reunion, which elicited considerable discussion, and a motion was adopted that Colonel Jones, Colonel Davis and Captain Kinsler of the 12th, confer with representatives of the 13th, 14th, 1st and Orr's Rifles for th(* selection of an orator and the appointment of the time and place of reunion. Winnsboro was selected as the place for the reunion of the 12th Regiment in August, 1884. rinnovol MotiirifQiiH tirois *\v> nt^/1 uuituiai iTxauxgauit ? ao ttuitvi un aiiu made a short speech in which he briefly referred to the record of the 12th, and took occasion to call to their attention the fact that the roll of the 12th, which had been called for from his office, had not been completed, three companies remaining unaccounted for. He urged upon the survivors the discharge of this sacred duty. He referred to the organization of the State troops at the present time and expressed hope of a great improvement in numbers and efficiency when the subject was properly presented to the Legislature. Mr. D. J. Carter, of Lancaster, introduced resolutions of heartfelt thanks to the members of Company I) and the citizens of Columbia generally for their hospitality on this occasion; to the Governor's Guards, Richland Volunteers, Columbia Flying Artillery and Richland Light Dragoons for their escort and courtesies extended; to Wallace's band, for the music furnished; to the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company for courtesiesextendedtothe association, and to the retiring President of the association for the faithful discharge of duty. Colonel Jones seconded these resolutions In a handsome and feeling address, in which he gave full utterance to the hearty appreciation of the surviVors of the cordial and lavish entertainment given them. He gave assurance of a lasting recollection by the survivors of their reunion in Columbia. Colonel Davis also contributed to the expressions of thanks to those who had so free fy and bountifully entertained the survi- I vors. The meeting was then adjourned and the day's celebration came to a close. A large number repaired to the depot to await the departure of the train at 7 P. M., and many remained over for a few.hours in the city Friday morning. DR. HAYGOOD SPEAKS AGAIN. Before the Chatauqua (N. Y.) Assembly, on the 17th instant, the Rev. Dr. Atticus Or. Haygood, of Oxford, Georgia, president of Emory College and also president of the John F. Slater fund, delivered an address, taking for his subject, "How he makes his way in the world, or a Southern man's report concerning the negro." In introducing Dr. Haygood, Dr. Vincent said that the problems of the war had been settled and men from the two sections now met in fraternal alliance. The Chatauqua platform was a free platform, and the speaker was asked to say what he pleased. Dr. Haygood said he was to speak of seven millions of people now living. All negroes were not alike, there being as much difference between classes of negroes as between grades of whites. The census showed that negroes increased largely. There might be seventy millions a hundred years hence. When God set the negroes free he also set the whites free. There were no infidels among the negroes. They had a simple trust and belief in God, heaven, hell and judgment. The negroes did most of the manual labor of the South. The colored brother was in his glory as a preacher. Many of them did much good, some did harm. The negroes' very blunders were pathetic. There was a good deal of hardheaded philosophy in the negro. There was very little danger of Romanism in the South. Negroes did not believe in the celibacy of preachers. Cartoonists had done m uch to degrade the negro preacher. Without the negro preacher the South would have been much worse off than it is. There were a million ana a nan 01 negrues m uie churches, mostly Methodists and Baptists, and their religion was genuine. Negroes must lead and help negroes upward. They had an instinct for doing their own work in their own way. Wisdom did not do any thing for man, but helped him to do it. Of the total school population in the South 47 per cent, were negroes. The race was making great and real progress. Northern papers quoted what wrong-headed Southerners say rather than what the right-headed say. The generous North had sent twenty million dollars into the South since the war. John F. Slater lays down a round million. The Church in the North had yet to do its work, now hardly begun. The South was unable to do its work. She was greatly changed for the better and was milking a reasonable rate of progress. Prohibition was the hope of the negro. Georgia had local option, and the saloons in fifty-nine counties had been closed. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?The new Southern Telegraph Company has opened its office at Charlotte and is doing a big business already. ? A passenger train arriving at Charlotte from Atlanta, last Thursday morning, at .'1 o'clock, ran on a siding and collided with a freight engine. Fireman W. S. Farris, of Atlanta, was killed. No one else was hurt. The engines and the mail car were badly damaged. The accident was caused by an open switch. ? Ex-Governor Win. W. Holden has published a card formally withdrawing from the Republican party, and stating that he is not a member of the Liberal party. ExGovernor Holden has occupied a prominent place in North Carolina politics. He was for a long time editor of the Standard, the Democratic organ for twenty-five years previous to the war. lie was appointed provisional Governor and then elected Governor. Being impeached he left the State and became one of the editors of the Chronicle at Washington, D. C. For the past four or live years he has lived in Raleigh in retirement. ? The Charlotte Observer of Thursday says: I Cnl TTiim C .Tnnes lpft. vesterdav for Dal las, Gaston county, to assist Mr. George Bason, attorney for Mr. Davenport, in the big suit now being tried by the commissioners of Gaston county, between ex-sheriff McKee and treasurer Davenport, the particulars of which have been given to our readers. The trial was commenced about one month ago, and it is stated for an actual fact that the end of the first chapter has not yet been reached. It is a vastly complicated affair and requires skill to unravel it. The trial so far has been conducted privately and the people have been unable to get at any of the developments. It has excited a good deal of feeling in Gaston among the friends of the parties involved. Sow Oats ! Sow Barley ! Sow TunNil's!?The corn crop being almost a total failure, the importance of sowing abun dantiy is macie tne more patent, ui cuurse this necessity is known to no one better than the farmer, and we feel that urging the matter may be unnecessary. But should there be one waiting for advice or to be urged, let us exhort him to sow as soon and as often as is practicable ! Sow oats, barley and turnips.?Newberrj/ Herald. LOCAL AFFAIRS. th< . : mi NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. > al T. B. McClain?Card of Thanks. tir MaryO. Miller?Administratrix'Notice. jg J. B. Allison, Clerk of Board?Roads and Bridges. J ., Herndon Brothers?Wagons?Hams?Flour?i 1 Molasses. ' j gC' The Swift Specific Co.?Swift's Specific. ! de Dr. J. Bradfield?Woman. | i T. M. Dohson?Bibles and School Books. J. Kd. Jefl'erys A Co.?New Furniture. | W( J. E. Lowry?Horse Power Again. > J. M. Adams?Butcher Knives?Kerosene Oil. . John It. Ashe?New Goods. 111 W. C. Latimer?Fresh Arrivals. th' Enquirer Office?Watch Found. j)e W. H. McC'orkle, Agent.?Notice to Farmers. ey ORDINATION. Rev. A. Prentiss, Deacon, will be advanced to the priesthood on this day (Thurs- _ day) by Rt. Rev. W. B. W. Howe, Bishop \IX> of the Diocese, at the Church of our Saviour, _ Rock Hill. ar< PICNIC. ~ There will be a picnic, to which a general ? invitation is extended by the managers, at _ J. C. Watson's old store house, six miles ar; north of Yorkville, near Zadok postoftice, on thi Saturday the 2oth instant. Ch THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE. t~ After a duration of just four weeks, the w( telegraph strike ended last Friday by the mi strikers abandoning the contest and declar- _ ing the strike to be a failure. Hundreds of bii the strikers throughout the country have by lost their situations, which were filled during the strike, and nearly all of them are W1 anxious to be reinstated at the prices paid flf before the strike was inaugurated. 2,1 "ROADS AND URIDGES." j? The attention of all those interested isdi- ?1TC rectecl to the advertisement of the county ^ commissiouers, under the above heading. _ In addition to the formal notice, the com- th missioners request us, in calling attention fie to it, to say, that it is their full intention to ^ enforce the law to the letter, and supervisors of roads and bridges are notified that ^ they will be expected and required to per- sa form every duty devolving upon them. hi PERSONAL MENTION. j~ We were pleased to form the acquaintance so of F. F. Covington, Esq., a popular and bj rising young lawyer of Marlon, who spent w last week here on a visit to his brother, Rev. th J. E. Covington. While here, Mr. Coving- *h ton availed himself of the opportunity to ^ visit various sections of the county, and he ai expresses himself as delighted with our jo bracing climate and the general evidences cu of prosperity which he witnessed wherever f? he went. in PEABODY SCHOLARSHIPS. OS An examination will be held at the office th of the State Superintendent of Education in FJ Columbia, on the 30th instant, to supply four "( vacancies in the number of Peabody scholarships allowed this State at the Nashville q Normal College. The examination will em- la brace spelling, reading, penmanship, gram- ui mar and analysis, geography, civil and physical arithmetic, algebra and United States history. }j! In a circular to County Superintendents a, of Education the State Superintendent says: _ "It is deemed very important to fill these C. vacancies with the best material available, a; and I would request, therefore, that you da will get your county papers to publish a no- m tice of the examination, so that the State he may receive the benefits offered by the schol- at arships." th RENOUNCING THE MORMONS. -JJ We liave received from the writer, the jn following note, under date of Whitaker's, th in this county, 15th instant, with the request hi to publish : F( Whereas, we Alexander Wiley and wife Sally Wiley, have been decoyed and led in- P to the Mormon church, we find it to be a c corruptible body, based upon Joe Smith's works, holding steadfast to polygamy and serving the devil by baptizing some oneelse In their stead. We have taken this method of renouncing any further relations with a| their so-called religion. The apostles of the ^ ( church are but wolves in sheep's clothing. tJ A word of warning. We say that peace and as happinessean never exist where JoeSmith's ^ works have any sway. Take the true doc- 5. J trine of Christ for your guide and not the work of human hands. st< Alexander Wile v. , Sally A. Wiley. ^ ? jm CHURCH NOTICES. Ill Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, at Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville, at 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M., next Sunday. ^ At Philadelphia Church on the same day at w 3 P. M. th Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. No service next Sunday ^ at Tirzah, in consequence of the absence of the pastor, who will make a ministerial visit ^ to Coddle Creek, N. C. at Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, sti Services next Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., and 8. P. M. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Commu- th nion immediately after preaching. Sun- sti day-school at 10 A. M. Prayer meeting on M Thursday evening at 8.30. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector. Services next Sunday in the Church of the ^h Good Shepherd, morning and evening, at ei the usual hours. Bishop Howe will make his ca annual visitation to this parish on that day. th 9 THE NEW POSTAL NOTES. W! The new postal notes which are to be used ed after the 3rd of next month, in the transmission of small sums of money through the qi United States mails, have been completed by ]u an engraving company in New York, and of are now being shipped to all money order offices in the country. ?cj Every book containsoOO postal note forms, with the address of the postofflce printed ^h on each note. The pages of the books are cr perforated, so that when the notes are torn co MnwintM +a oviatif ik a n m aim to fr\r 111 uut aiuus lciuuiu i\j tuc amv/uuio aui l? which they were issued. A note can be filled out by a postmaster for any amount not js exceeding $"), at a cost to the sender of three th cents for each note. The notes are made co payable to%"the bearer" and they can be w< used as fractional currency in any place to fa^ which they are sent. To guard against the j| use of the notes before the law authorizing wj their issue goes into effect, C. F. Macdonald, g0 superintendent of the money order system lif at Washington, has caused to be pasted in in, each book of forms the following notice: "The postal note business will commence on Septembers, 1883. Under no circumstances whatever are any postal notes to be issued ^1 from this book before that date." Pr The notes are nrinted on nure linen bank note paper of the best quality, chemically or( prepared in such a manner as not to' be affected by moisture or exposure to light, jJP while it is sensitive to the action of acids or other liquids often used by forgers. The foi color of the paper is a pure lemon, and the ad front surface is printed over with an under- to lying tint of golden brown?a combination selected a*> being the safest and most suita- ^ ble for the purpose. The water-marks in rit the paper, twisted in the form of a figure 8, I Tr have the words "U. 8. Postal Note" in du- j fa* plicate?reading from both left and right, j *1C These water-marks can be seen only when i ?i the note is held up between the light and ^ the eye. Three printings are required to j , complete the note. In the underlying tint tj1( is a vignette consisting of a classical female head wearing a helmet, which was engraved i I)n from the portrait of a postmaster's pretty j ve daughter. Much of the tint is made up of I j?y miniature photographic designs, containing the words "United States Postal Note" re- ],j, peated many hundred times, and engraved Nva so finely that one can read the words with be* 3 naked eye, while it would be difficult to ike a counterfeit. Winged wheels, with lalo from behind make up a portion of the it. The back of the note is elaborate and printed in a dark green. In the centre is e monogram "U. S.," engraved with a ometrical lathe. The monogram is imbedd in an intricate cycloidial lace work of lite line cutting, the tracings for which >re done also with the geometrical lathe, rhe impression exists that these fractionnotes are to be issued by all postoffices in e country. This is erroneous. They will issued only by regularly established monorder offices. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. -A hunting party in Georgetown county it week killed six deer. -The ladies of Bethlehem, Chester county, 2 raising money to build a new church. -The pillars of the permanent railroad idge for theCheraw and Chester Railroad er Catawba river, are being built. - Capt. Dawson, of the News and Courier, rived in New York from Liverpool on e 12th instant, and reached his home in larleston last Thursday. - The first bale of new cotton from Hampti county was received at Brunson, Barnill county, on the loth instant, for shipent. It was grown by Maj. L. F. Hughes. -In the State Normal Institute,at Columa, two hundred names have been enrolled - the secretarv. and there is everv indica )n that the attendance, before the close, ill equal if not exceed that of last year. -Greenville News: The Huguenot Mills this city have just received an order for )00 bales of its goods. This is certainly ost flattering, and shows that the ruputa)n of the Mills is becoming established >on a high basis. The Mill now has as uch work as it can handle. - About 8 o'clock last Thursday night, at e house of Mr. Itilah Grant, near G'nestersld C. H., John Peavey killed James H. acey. Stacey was the son-in-law of Mr. rant, and Peavey was boarding at Mr. rant's house. Ill-feeling had existed befeen the parties for some time. Rumor ys a woman was at the bottom of the troue. -Camden Journal: From what we can arn from the iflivsicians. all of those per ns in Camden'who were poisoned recently t eating ice cream, and who were so ill hen our last report was published, are on e convalescent list now, though a few of em are still very weak. They all show gns of having passed through a terrible deal, being very thin ancl weak, and most as pale as death. We are all reiced to see that no more deaths have ocirred, for at one time it seemed impossible r some of them to recover, their suffergs were so great. -Says the Wilmington (N. C.) Star: It is serted by those who ought to know, that e ''Short Line" railroad from Wilson to lorence will certainly be built. It is only ;cessarynow that the proposition have the rmal endorsement of the Board of Directors the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad )mpany, the meeting of which has been deyed by the absence of Mr. Walters, who is lfortunately detained in Europe by a se>re attack of rheumatism. Mr. Walters is lown to favor the movement, and from all e can hear we are led to believe that the lilding of the new line may be considered certainty. - Dr. F. W. P. Butler, a son of Senator M. Butler, while out horseback riding with young lady friend at Lancaster, last Monty, met with a distressing accident which ay result, it is feared, in his death. The >rse he was riding became unmanage>le and ran away with him. He was rown off and as he struck the ground, the >rse fell on him, crushing him badly, causg concussion of the brain. He was in an sensible condition Monday afternoon and e doctors had but little, if any, hopes for s recovery. Dr. Butler has been living at jrt Lawn, Chester county, sometime past, here he was a great favorite with the sople. orrespondeuce of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM UNION. Union, S. C., August 20.?Last Thursday ternoon, between the hours of 7 and 8 clock, Mr. John Belew met a tragic death, le following are the circumstances, as far I have been able to gather them. Henry mg, alias Belew, colored, his wife and son +Ha rvlonfo+inn r\ f lcirilt;r, iV/.C IVIUUII..") uix uic ]/iaiiiativu v/i r. John Belew. Their house is only a few sps from his residence. iHt seems that ese tenants had been burning or otherwise tstroying or misplacing some fence-rails, r. Belew had told them that the rails ust be replaced, and on that day, in the isence of Henry and C'harner, Mr. Belew ent to the house and took a clock, saying at he would hold it until he was paid for e rails, or the rails replaced. Nancy, ife of Henry, protested, and made several reats. When Henry and Charner return1 to the house, between 7 and 8 o'clock, ancy was still raging mad and abusing r. Belew. Mr. Belew went to their house speak about the matter, knowing that the en had returned. Nancy continued to iuse Mr. Belew and he became angry and ruck her. Henry then took up the quar1, and in the midst of the quarreling, uirner jumped up from the table, and with large hook-bladed pocket knife cut Mr. dew in the left side, making a gash about ree inches long, penetrating the body and riking the heart and lung, from which r. Bel^w expired in a very short time. The news of the killing reached here that ght, and much excitement was felt by the tizens. Quite a number went in search of e murderers that night, but failed to find ther of them. The next morning, Henry me to town and surrendered himself to e sheriff. Charner was arrested on Friday Glenn Springs and brought here. Nancy as also arrested and all of them were lodgl in jail to await their trial at the Octo " JI x _j? n~ :r term 01 me uoun ui cessions. tuiuuci mpson Gregory empanelled a jury of intest on Friday, but up to this writing he id not filed the inquisition with the clerk the court. On Saturday night, a large body of mount1 armed men rode into town and proceed[ to the jail, broke down the doors and arched for the prisoners, but it seems that e sheriff anticipating such a step, had seetly transferred the prisoners to another unty for safe keeping, thus thwarting the irpose of the would-be lynchers. > The crops are much improved since the ins of the past week. The crop prospect more favorable than some reports from is county would indicate. Cotton and rn in the western, northern and north3stern parts of the county willyield a very ir average crop. .Much of the upland corn completely lost?burnt up?but much of e crop that appeared to be irrevocably lost ill come out considerably and make a very od sized ear of corn ; for while there is e in growing corn, there is hope of it makg something. Tim. . POLITICAL HISTORY. The defeat of Stephen A. Douglas, in the larleston national convention, in I860, was obably the immediate cause of the war tween the States. On this point, GovernRou. Butler savs: 'It was not the slavery question that broke i the convention. The South Carolina delation went out before the balloting began, uth Carolina went out because the pl&t m of the majority of the committee was opted which denied Congress the power admit slavery into the Territories which ight in time desire to become free States, the convention the majority adhered to eir demand for a slavery code for the Terories and a protection to the slave trade, le minority adhered to the resolution uned by Mr. Douglas, which left all ques>ns relative to slavery in the Territories the decision of the Supreme Court." Speaking of the same convention, Gov. itler also says: 'I voted seven times for Douglas, and, for 3 sake of harmony and unity of the party, well as the country, then voted for Jeff, ivis. He was not a candidate in the conntion, but I took him up because I felt that nominating a truly representative man in the South all trouble would be averted, i the strength of this principle I voted for n fifty-seven times, and the fact that he is a representative man of the South has ?n sufficiently proven since." AGRICULTURAL NOTES. | ? The Camden Journal says: "We believe j from what we can learn that the cotton crop of this county will be at least 25 per cent, short this year, and the corn crop 50 per cent, less than the usual crop, all owing to the drought." ? The Newberry Observer says: "Taking the county over the crops will scarcely ex! ceed two-thirds at this time; they might come under it. But there is time yet for i great improvement, and the rains of the 1 last day or two will help the prospects wonderfullv." ?The Lexington DLtualc/i says: "In consei <juence of the continued drought, eight weeks in some parts of the county, crops arefgenI erallypoor. Old corn has been badly injured and young bottom corn has begun to suffer. ' Cotton hasalso suffered materially and many : bolls have been shed." ? The Abbeville Medium says: "Unless we get a real good season in a few days we will all be in a deplorable fix. The gardens are ruined and have nothing in them. Corn is not doing any good and the crop will fall far short of half a crop. Cotton is almost East redemption and scarcely enough will e made to pay for the guano used. Oats and wheat were both failures, and the people generally are without a sufficient supply of food for the starving stock." ? Special reports up to last Friday to the Savannah JYewx, from forty counties in the cotton belt of Georgia and Florida continue the complaints concerning the drought, rust, worms and caterpillars. The general tenor of the reports bespeak a probable falling off in this year's yield, as compared to that of last year, of between 30 and 50 per cent. Picking n&s commenced in some sections, but will not be ^eneraL before September 10th. Labor continues as a rule fairly plentiful and of medium quality. MERE-MENTION. 1 Chattanooga, Tenn., was severely shaken up by a small cyclone on Thursday, but suffered no serious injury. The mackerel catch is a failure this season, and prices have risen 100 per cent. Four hundred kegs of giant powder were exploded by a collis ion til wincnesier, Jvy., on rriuay. one engineer could not be found at all. Several other men were killed. The Kimball House, burned at Atlanta, Ga., last week, will probably be rebuilt by a joint stock company headed by Pullman, the sleeping , car magnate. There were fifty deaths from cholera at Alexandria, Egypt, last Saturday. Plymouth Church has voted to extend Beecher's vacation so as to allow him to lecture in the South. The Democratic State Convention of Massachusetts will be held in Springfield on- September 26. A quarantine against the importation of Egyptian cotton into Switzerland has been ordered and the prohibition has called forth many protests from various quarters. If the authorities persist in enforcing the prohibition thirty-five thousand persons who are employed in manufactories where this cotton is used will be thrown out of work. The directors of the Louisville Exposition have positively refused to open the gates on Sunday. It is a big show but they think six days in the week enough to see it in. The watermelon season in New York is virtually at an end. The receipts from Southern ports have been 414,838 melons, which were sold at wholesale at from 62 to 9 cents apiece. The colored people of Columbus, Ga., have refused to send delegates to a meeting in Atlanta, for the purpose of electing delegates to the National Colored Convention at Louisville. The Gallows.?Taylor Banks, colored, was hanged at Scottsboro, Alabama, last Friday, for the murder of Turner Wood in the fall of 1880. Banks made a full confession of his guilt a few days ago. He ate a hearty breakfast and smoked a cigar while being taken to the gallows on his coffin. He was firm and collected. He declared that he had made his peace with God and was ready to die. He died without an apparent struggle. L)eno Casal, a white-headed man, was hanged in the jail yard at Little Itock, Arkansas, on Friday, for the murder of George Barnes, time-keeper in the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Shops at Argenta, opposite Little Rock. At Grdbnville, in this State, Ben Perry, colored, was hanged on Friday, for the murder of Perry Anderson. The murder for which he was hanged was committed on the outskirts of Greenville, on Sunday night, April 22nd. Perry, after committing the murder, surrendered himself to the sheriff. He was tried and convicted at the June term of the court of General Sessions and sentenced to be hanged. Efforts were made to have him reprieved, petitions to that offonf hnvin<r hppn sprit. tr? thp Gnvprnnr within the last few days. The prisoner had given up all hope of a reprieve and made preparations for his fate. Thursday night was almost entirely spent in prayer. Friday morning he ate a light breakfast and passed the morning in meditation and prayer. Spiritual consolations were given him by Rev. J. B. Middleton of the colored church. The doomed man was composed and spoke cheerfully and encouragingly to his fellow prisoners. The scaffold was in the jail yara, and at 12 o'clock the prisoner was conducted to it. At the scaffold he stated that he had killed Anderson because Anderson had first struck him with a stick. The remainder of his talk was about his religious feelings, expressive of his being pre pared for death. At 12.25 the drop was sprung by Sheriff Gilreath. The body hung 28 minutes, when life was declared extinct^ but bis neck was not broken ana ne aiea from strangulation without struggles. The body was given to his wife for interment. ? The Federal CoErt at Greenville. The following sentences were passed by Judge Bryan, in the U. S. District Court, at Greenville, last Saturday: John G. Campbell, convicted of retailing liauor, four months in the Greenville jail and one hundred dollars tine. W. L. Gossett, working in an illicit distillery, one mouth in the Greenville jail. William Tilly, same, two months in the Greenville jail. Jesse Tilly, same, two months in the Greenville jad. Hoke Barton, same, one month in theGreenville jail. Judd Terry, colored, same, one montn in the Greenville jail. Marshall Sample, colored, same, one month in the Greenville jail. J. C. Alexander, same, one month in the Pickens jail. All of the prisoners, except Terry and Sample are good looking young white men. The past three days have been taken up in the trial of the Gilmores, charged with counterfeiting. The Government closed its case on Saturday, and the testimony for the defence was begun. The grand jury, of which Col. C. J. Pride, of York, was foreman, made tneir presentment last Thursday and were discharged. They say that the jail in Greenville is too small for the accommodation of the U. S. prisoners confined there. They also suggest that it would be both wise and profitable for the government to erect at some suitable place in the Southern States a prison to which all offenders against the United States laws could be sent, instead of their being incarcerated in small county jails, or prisons so remote as those of the Northern States. The erection of a United States Court House at some point in the Western District, is regarded as a necessity, and warmly recommended. _ Senator Mahone Interviewed.?Senator Mahone, of Virginia, was in New York last week, and talked freely with a reporter for the Tribune. He predicts the defeat of the Democratic party in 1884, no matter whom they may nominate. He says Virginia "would consider it a blessing to have Arthur continued in the administration of the government" for the reason that he has done more to eliminate the sectional prejudices existing between the North and the South than any other man since the war." He says the tariff will be the issue in the next presidential campaign first and last, and that the Republicans will stand firm for protection on iron. He has no fear of the next Congress tampering with the tariff, though it may improve it by raising the rate on certain tilings. He says the South is growing more in lavor of protection every year, and that Virginia above all is a protective State at the rate of 200,000 votes to 80,000. Gen. Mahone strongly favors paying off the government debt as a good thing. The schools of the South are making goal progress, while Southern industries arethriving well and trade is moderately brisk.. He thinks the government ought to take thetelegraph, for the reason that it is part of our postal system, and the government should make it as equally accessible for use to rich and poor as are the mails.