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J> craps and |acts. !| H j J ? The Georgia Legislature, which has only i j six Republicans in it, has reapportioned the ! State so as to give six of the ten districts a p colored majority, although the white major- p ity in the whole State is large. ? Gov. Critenden. of Missouri, is reported I fc to be considering tne question of calling an s extra session of the Legislature, either to J amend the Downing Sunday law so as to ^ make it apply to St. Louis, or to prepare a t prohibitory amendment to the constitution, s ? News comes from London that the Vicar b of Stratford-upon-Avon has signified his a willingness to allow the remains of Shak- r speare to be exhumed. The object in dis- t turbing the remains is to compare the skull h of the poet with a bast and portraits of him. d ?According to Commissioner Evans, there 11 orill ha moan oh In arc in North Gcrolina find V Tennessee as long as there are mountains in b those States. He says he does not think (> illicit distilling can ever be fully stopped in -1 those mountain regions. a ? Information has been received in Wash- ? ington of the death at Santa Fe, New Mex- ~ ico, of J. Alexander Tyler, the youngest j son of the late President Tyler. At the time of his death he was a clerk in the gen- eral land office, and was away on his vacation. ? Three towns on the island of Java have been destroyed by volcanic eruptions and a tidal wave. Intelligence from the devastated district last Thursday, the following day after the occurrence, gives the number of persons killed by the eruptions and tidal wave as not less than seventy-five thousand. ? The Texas cotton crop of this year is estimated at 1,086,000 bales, a falling off from last year of 464,000 bales. Drouth affected the crop. Texas has suffered severely from scarcity of rain, while farther north there was an abundance of it. Still there will probably be a fairly large crop. ?At the recent Mormon Conference in Salt Lake City, some 200 missionaries were t sent out, making 360 for the year. Of these, 1AA r?n +a +Vio Cnufhorn Qfo-finc wKonoo 9HO IW gv; IV HIV kJVUVU^AU IT liV/iiW ?VV converts have been forwarded recently toColorado. Some idea of the despotism of r Mormonism may be seen in the fact that p with a population of 125,000, there are more \ than 22,000 church officials. g ? A dispatch from Mammoth Hot Springs, a Wyoming, dated last Saturday, says: The n march of the Presidential party of 3o0 miles is finished, the last camp-fire has been lighted 0 and has burned to ashes, and to-day the par- u tytakesthe train awaitingthem seven miles t from here, and starts for Livingstone, on the c main line of the Northern Pacific Railway. n Thence they will proceed via St Paul to + Chicago, where they will arrive on Tuesday morning. ?All the claims for rebate of the tax on to- ^ bacco, snuff and cigars, numbering 44,580, z and amounting to $3,589,030.58, have been c filed at the commissioner's office in Wash- c ington. The work of scheduling the claims is being rapidly pushed, and tne commis- n sioner says that when Congress meets it is probable that matters will be in a shape for a prompt legislation. No appropriation was r made for this purpose when the law was erv f acted, it not being known how great an c amount would be required. t; ? The Boston industrial exhibition was c iormaiiy opened at noon last Monday, rne ? seats on tne floor and the galleries were + all filled with people who waited the opening. At 12.05 tne procession of speakers and P specially invited guests started from the b northern entrance and marching with the d band went to the platform in the main hall. r A voluntary was played on the organ by Leavitt, after which President Bradlee introduced Rev. Horton who offered prayer. " After another selection by the band Mr. Bradlee made the opening remarks and af- o terwards introduced Mr. Charles Francis 5 Adams, Jr., who made the principal address. ?R. G. Dun & Co., of the Mercantile Agen- n cy, say that the business failures through- 0 out the United States and Canada as report- ^ ed to New York, number for the seven days v ending with the 31st ultimo, 186, as com- u pared with 165 the week previous, showing an increase of 21. The increase is on the o Pacific coast, in the New England States }] and in the West. In New York city but " one assignment was recorded, that of Ha- t< vens Bros, in the lumber trade. Thedistri- n bution was as follows: New England States tl 26, Middle States 26, Southern States 31, o Western States 52, Pacific States and Terri- P tories 22, Canada and Provinces 28, New r< York city 1. u ? As the time draws near at hand the j] progress of the contest in Ohio is watched with keen interest by the entire country. As usual both sides seem confident of vie- . tory, but as a matter of fact the issue is an " extremely doubtful one, for the liquor ques- r< tion has divided both the Democratic and S Republican party. At one time Democrat- n ic success seemed fully assured, but local ? issues have, it is asserted, weakened the ^ Democrats in some of their strongest coun- J? ties. On the other hancj, the Republicans 11 are losing ground also, and, although they 0 talk confidently of success, are secretly very e uneasy. Ohio is still a "doubtful" State. ? On Friday last, the Postmaster General r( issued a circular letter to postmasters which r( states that under the act of March 3d, 1883, e no clerk or employee in a post office who is 0 paid in whole or in part of the allowance v made from postal funds for clerks in postoffices, can oe employed in the transaction of money order business. The attention of . the postmasters is specially called to this section of the statute, and thev are notified tj that they are not entitled to the money or- * der commissions unless the clerical work in the money order department is performed by them or by clerks employed solely in n that department and paid out of such com- t< missions. ti ? A sensational tragedy was enacted at tl Elgin, 111., last Thursday. Edward Joslyn, p a son of Col. E. S. Joslyn, a citizen of stand- a ing, shot and killed Etta Buckingham, a young woman of pleasing address. Joslyn had been paying attention to Miss Buckingham for the past year, the natilre of a which has created some comment, and he a has latterly displayed evidences of fierce e, jealousy. He attempted to enter her room on Thursday morning and, being denied , admission, forced his way into the apart raent. There was a scuffle, two revolver si shots were heard, and the young woman d fell dead. Joslyn then shot himself dead ? with the same weapon. Joslyn was a neph- r( ew of Judge M. L. Joslyn, Assistant secretary of the interior. f ? The case of Thomas Shields, for the mur- . der of Joseph G. Sifcton, at the Ore Knob mine, in Mecklenburg county, a short time e ago, was called in tne Superior Court of si Mecklenburg last Thursday, and was set for t< trial to-day. The Journal-Observer says: e "Shields' counsel wanted the case moved to Gaston, but the State objected and wanted & it moved to Lincoln. After hearing the ar- * guments of counsel, Judge Gilmer finally b decided to try the case at this court. Shields d made an affidavit that he could not get jus- i< tice in Mecklenburg county on account of r, the newspaper reports of the murder and of ( his father's habeas corpus trial, and other matters that had tended to prejudice the n community againts him. This affidavit, T: however, ne afterwards withdrew." tl ?Esau Smith, colored, was hanged last t< Friday, at St. Joseph, La., for the murder e IT' A OnfVv 1 C7.trio ui Xidau xutv/au, uu ^ui, iuiu. m.i ( neck was broken by the fall and he died a without a struggle. Immediately after com- f mitting the murder, Smith escaped to Mis- 1 siseippi, but was captured and brought back, t He was tried by a jury of his own race at \ the October term of the District Court, in li 1875, was convicted of murder and sentenced i to be hanged. Soon after his conviction he broke jail and remained at large until June , last, when he was arrested at Vicksburg 11 and taken back to St. Joseph. Since his F last incarceration he has made several at- a tempts to break jail, succeeding at one time r and making his way for a distance of half a ( mile before being recaptured. ? Regarding the Speakership, a late Wash- ^ ington special says: "Ex-Speaker Randall is expected in this city this week. He will I remain a day or two and then leave for r West Virginia to visit Senator Kenna. Re- t cently Mr. Randall made an investment in t the mineral lands in West Virginia. All a of the available information worth any- j, thing clearly indicates that Randall is far T ahead in the Speakership race, and that Cox, not Carlisle, is second. Mr. Randall's * /fiends, jjt the estimate of his strength, give s oth of the Cincinnati Congressional votes o Carlisle. Cox is supported by Hill and Vilkins, and Carlisle by Frank Hurd and Jen LeFevre, and the balance of the Ohio elegation is believed to be for Randall. A ?tter recently received from a Wisconsin olitician says: 'Randall will have the support of the Wisconsin delegation.' " ? King and Evans, two of the negroes sensnced to be hanged for the murder of Mr. ihepard, in Pittsylvania county, Va., last uly, have confessed that they saw Sawney founger shoot Shepard. King says that hey saw, as he was driving along the road, ihepard counting his money. Tney took a y-path and got ahead of him. Younger sked Shepara to let him ride and when he efused he fired at him five times. They hen ran off and as they went Y ounger threw lis pistol away in the bushes. Evans at fi rst lemed that he knew anything about the riurder, but afterwards admitted that he ras along with the others. He said he had een a quiet, peaceable man till he was led ff by Younger. They both declared that l ounger has told them that he had to run way from Wast Virginia because he killed , man there. Ike ?fltfetiUe (frtujttiw. YORHVILLE, S. C. : THURSDAY MORL.NG, SEPT. (i, 1883. THE STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFF. On the outside of to-day's paper we print he "Standard Schedule of 'just and reasonble' passenger and freight rates," and the rules and regulations made by the Rail oad Commission," under the Railroad Act assed at the last session of the Legislature. Ve print the entire report of the Commision, except the "Classification of Freight," nd "Estimated Weights," which we do iot deem essential to a full understanding f the report. We also print in another colimn a petition to the Railroad Commission hat was signed by a number of the merhants of Yorkville, in which complaint is nade of the discrimination against them by lie rules and regulations in the matter of reight charges, and especially with regard o the transportation of commercial fertiliers between Charleston and Yorkville. In onnection with the petition of our merhants the reply is given. Our merchants do not complain that the naximum rates fixed by the Commission re too high, or that they are not "just and easonable" for the distance which the reight is to be transported; but they do omplain that itis not "justand reasonable" hat the Railroad Commission should disriminate against this town by furnishing he opportunity for the railroad companies o charge different amounts to competing lOints, the distance 01 tne naui in eacn case eing about the same. To illustrate. The istance from Charleston to Yorkville, by ail, is estimated at 218 miles. The distance rom Charleston to Rock Hill is about 215 ailes. The Railroad Commission has fixed he maximum freight charge on a ton of ommercial fertilizer from Charleston to forkville, at $6.50. For the same service d Rock Hill?the distance being about three liles less?the maximum charge is $4.70, r a discrimination ?gainst Yorkville of 1.80 per ton. Section 2 of the Railroad Act provides that it shall be unlawful for any such person r persons so engaged as aforesaid [engaged ii the transportation, shipment or receivlg of property by railroads in this State] d make any unjust discrimination in its ites or charges of toll or compensation for ic transportation of passengers or freight , f any description, or for the use and transortation of any railroad car upon its said , Dad, or upon any of the branches thereof, or pon any of the railroads connected or working in connection therewith, or which ; has the right, license or permission to perate, control or use." Section 3 of the same Act makes it un- i iwful for any railroad "to charge, collect or i sceive for the transportation of any passener or freight of any description over its 1 lilroad, a greater amount as toll or compenition thanshallatthesametimebecharged, Dllected or received by it for the transpor- 1 ition of any passenger or like quantity of eight of the same class being transported ver any portion of the same railroad of 1 ^ual distance." '* * * "The provisions f this Section and the two preceding Sec- t ons shall extend and apply to any railDads, the branches thereof, and any road or : Dads which any such person or persons so ngaged as aforesaid, has the right, license r permission to use, operate or control, wholly or in part in this State." In Section G it is provided that the Comlission "shall make such just and reasona- ; 1/v 1 ac nr?/1 nlnfir\r\o no mnxr Kq nooocco_ i uics auu luguiaixvuo <vo iuuj kjk, uvvvg.xi v for preventing unjust discriminations in he transportation of freight and passengers n the railroads in this State." In view of the action of the Railroad Commission in connection with the freight rates 3 Yorkville, after reading the foregoing exracts from the Railroad law, we are led to tie conclusion that while the railroad comaniesare prohibited from discriminating gainst persons or localities, the power to do , 3 is vested in the Railroad .Commission. If ' tiis idea be correct, in order to secure "just ( nd reasonable" freight charges, we must pply to the railroad companies for the needd relief. The reply of the Railroad Commission to tie petition of merchants of Yorkville is ingular. Our merchants complained of the incrimination against this section by the Standard Freight Tariff" and the rules and Emulations made by the Commission. In eply to their complaint, the Commission iforms them that while the rates on fertilcers from Charleston to Yorkville, are highr than they were last season, the Commisicn has fixed the maximum rate ?1.30 per Dn less than the railroads could havechargd last season if they had seen proper to do o! The railroads last season, charged only 5.oo per ton on fertilizers from Charleston D Yorkville; but the Railroad Commission, ouutiess imnKing tnai tne compensation i not sufficient, have authorized the railoads to increase the charge to $6.50. The Commission "assumes" that the "rate comlittee" of the railroads will make lower ates, as heretofore. We respectfully submit hat the Railroad Commission, in its reply d themerchants of Yorkville, has not touchd the point of complaint. Our merchants omplained that there is a discrimination gainst this town when it is proposed to auhorize a charge of $6.50 for transporting a on of fertilizers from Charleston to Yorkille, a distance of 218 miles; when for the ike service, the charge to Rock Hill, a disance of about 215 miles, is only $4.70. Our understanding is that the Railroad aw, at present on the Statute books, was >assed principally to protect Charleston .gainst the alleged discriminating freight ates adopted by the Richmond and Danville Combination. When we find that the rates nade by the Railroad Commission are ligherthan those made by the railroad comlanies, that the discrimination is made uore oppressive, and it is "assumed" that he railroads will make lower rates than he Commission has done, we think it is bout time to inquire if it will not be to the rite rest of some sections of the State for the jegislature, at its. next session, to repeal he Railroad law and abolish the Commieion. THE TRADE OF CHARLESTON. The News and Courier was issued in double sheet form last Saturday, a larger portion of the space being devoted to an annual review of the trade and commerce of the city during the year just closed. The ex-j hibit is an exceedingly gratifying one, not j alone to Charleston, but to the entire State. A great impetus has been given to manufacturing enterprises, and every other branch of industry in the old city has felt a quickening impulse. The city debt has been reduced and the value of city property has increased from 20 to 140 per cent, during the year. These two facts speak volumes, and there is no surer indication of a wise management of municipal affairs than .is contained in the sentence conveying the above information. A business of $75,000,000 has been done, and a large number of new undertakings of different kinds have been started. The local manufactures employed 6,500 persons, and the value of these products was over $9,250,000. The phosphate and fertilizer business has been the largest ever known?the amount of Carolina phosphate exported and manufactured being 350,000 tons. The export of cotton and naval stores 1 has been the largest ever recorded, with one exception. The full statement of the ; cotton mills show that 4,500 persons were employed in the mills of the State, and that ( the value of the annual product was $6,000,000. i JAVA'S^DISASTER. The volcanic disturbances in Java follow- 1 ed very curiously and swiftly upon the earthquake or land subsidence of Ischia. 1 The latest calamity is the most terrible. ( The whole island is of volcanic formation, and along its coasts of 606 miles are some < fifty active volcanoes, from 4,000 to 12,000 feet high. It must have been a grandly terrible spectacle when no less than twenty of these mountains were simultaneously in , eruption, belching forth fire, cinders, rocks 1 and sulphurous mud. The sea meanwhile, ' as if in sympathy with the hell on land, 1 boiled and raged, forming enormous tidal j waves and multitudinous water spouts. 1 We are told that "the mountains cracked and smoked, and the villages were cloven i open ; showers of stones, mud and lava be- < strowed the plateaus; the forests on the 1 northern hills were set a fire, and immense { tidal waves rushed up the shore, meeting f the lava flow and checking it on the moun- ] tain sides and on the sheltered nooks, ob- 1 literating fishing hamlets and rich planta- < tions. The island of Serang was utterly 1 destroyed?sunken beneath the sea, and not j a soul escaped to tell its story. At Anger the } European and American quarter was buried < beneath rocks, mud and lava from the era- i ters, and then the waters rose and engulfed the ruins. There were more than 2,000 j lives lost there, and at Bantam some 1,500 more." j The total loss of life must reach 100,000 < persons. The principal sufferers appear to be Chinese, who perished by inundation. , Crops were destroyed, light houses sub- s merged, the geographical aspect of the coast ? changed, and one great mountain sunk out of sight. A peculiarly romantic episode was the almost complete destruction of a thousand idolatrous temples. Commercial men predict that the disaster will have a depressing effect upon the product of coffee, tea, sugar and cinchona. THE WESTERN CYCLONE. Over his own signature, S. Whitten, Mayor of Rochester, Minn., publishes the following statement to the public regarding the terrible cyclone that visited his city on the 21st ultimo: On the evening of August 21st a terrific cyclone struck our city, completely demolishing 135 dwellings and totally destroying their contents. A large number of others were unroofed and otherwise damaged. In the city, 19 persons were killed, (this is strictly accurate) and about 100 wounded, several of them fatally. The ruined houses were nearly all owned and occupied by mechanics and laborers, who have lost everything they had in the world except the cloth- s intr uDon their persons and the naked lots. I In many cases the heads of families are in- . jured. The cyclone entered the county at its western border, and in its course destroyed the crops and buildings on about 40 farms. Others lying contiguous were damaged, and five persons were killed outside the city. The relief committee has a detailed list of 124 families, in the city alone, entirely destitute. We appeal to the public for aid. The leading business men of the city are all heavy losers, and cannot, therefore, do as much for the sufferers as they would wish. They have, however, contributed liberally. None of the public buildings have escaped damage. One school building is destroyed, the courthouse is unroofed ; the churches are seriously injured, one of them, the Methodist, demolished; the elevators and warehouses are all wholly or partially in ruins. Provisions are plentiful. Money, clothing and carpenters are needed. One hundred thousand dollars expended in tools, lumber, etc., for the penniless would scarcely put them on their feet sufficiently to enable them to help themselves. All contributions are placed in the hands of a thoroughly organized committee of twenty-one citizens, and may be forwarded to the Mayor. ??? ???Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. THE LOUISVILLE EXPOSITION. Louisville, Ky., August 29.?This beautiful city is in holiday garb, and has been so attired since it has been the central attraction to the west and south, combining, as it does, so many distinctive features of both sections. It was an eminently proper location to assure the success of a great Southern Exposition, and is drawing largely uponthe , products not only of the south and west, but 1 the north, and even Europe, as well. A s fact that does not seem to be generally ^ known, is that the Exposition was origina- c ted and brought to its present degree of sue- 11 cess entirely by private hands. There has I not been a cent contributed towards it by the < ' State of Kentucky, nor even has Louisville, 1 as a corporation, contributed any money. 1 It is the work of private individuals, aided c to a great extent oy the different railroads * centering here. 51 When I arrived here ten days ago, the * Exposition was hardly under way, and in x the matter of articles for display, it is even 1 now growing, accessions being made to the 1 list every day. A greater portion of the machinery is up, and is kept running day s and night. The night display is quite as s satisfactory to the visitor as that witnessed A in daylight. The electrical display, in fact, 1 claims the mostengrossingattention. There a are two varieties of light used for illumina- J ting the buildings and grounds?the Brush * and United States, and the Edison. Edi- ( son's incandescent lamps hang like myriads ofminiature stars, ana uispense tneir sieaay, mellow illumination everywhere. One of r the electrical displays is the circular railroad I line built arouncl the park, run by a current, manipulated along the third or central rail. The engine is controlled by a lady, who regulates the speed of the train and gives the passengers patronizing the line nearly a mile of good scenery and an easy ride. The engine which supplies nearly all the steam power required at the Exposition, is Reynolds' Corliss?an engine of six hundred horse power. The driving wheel of this monster engine is 24 feet in diameter, 52 inches across the face, and it weighs thirty tons. The engine runs as "steady as a clock," and moves the miles of shafting without the least exertion. The art building is the most attractive \ feature of the Exposition, and on its walls are some of the finest paintings in the United States. These are loaned by their owners, and to the liberality of many gentlemen of the northern cities are the visitors indebted for this magnificent display of art. Some of the rarest paintings in the country? usually seen only in private galleries?are here on exhibition. These paintings are all insured by the Exposition managers, and d on one of them the valuation is placed at t $80,000. t The musical attraction is also deserving r of mention. A massive reed organ?perhaps the largest organ of this kind in the country?is played upon twice a day, mainly, I suppose, as an advertisement of the builders, but it draws a large audience ev- j ery day, notwithstanding. Music is fur-1 nished at the expense of the Exposition by the Seventh Regiment Band, of New York, which was engaged at a cost of $35,000, and it is stated that Gilmore's band of the same city, has been engaged, to come on in a few j days, at the same price. Yesterday was the horticultural display, and no less than lifteen thousand plates of I the most tempting and luscious fruits adorned the tables. To-night there is to be a! grand pyrotechnic display. The first month of the Exposition is draw-' ;.ng rapidly to a close, as it win De just one month next Friday since the entrance doors were first thrown open. During this time the attendance has Ibeen most satisfactory, the number of visitors having been about Iof),ooo, which fully met the expectation of the managers. l. g. g. THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. The closing exercises of the State Normal Institute for white teachers, in session at Columbia, took place last Thursday. The usual morning exercises were given and at 12.45 the programme for closing was begun. The chapel of the College was crowded with teachers and visitors. Governor Thompson, who was present by invitation, was then introduced and gave a talk of ten minutes to the teachers. He spoke with his accustomed earnestness and grace, congratulating them on their progress, assuring them of the interest of the city and State in their work, and giving them briefly some excellent advice as to their course as teachers. Col. Coward, State superintendent of education, next made a delightful address on the cultivation in chilqpen of a taste for the beautiful. He showed how this might be [lone in all schools, and the good and refining influences of such instruction upon all cholars. Like Governor Thompson, he was closely followed by his audience and warmly applauded. President Shepherd addressed the teachEirs in farewell. He extended to the citizens of Columbia for them the expression of their sincere appreciation of the kindness which had been shown them, and said that they would carry away a grateful, happy Find radiant memory of their stay. Very briefly but earnestly he expressed his hope I hat the teachers had become duly imbued with the appreciation of their moral as well ;is intellectual responsibilities, and he warn...1 X 1 _ Li _ X* XI .1 cu mem in parang 01 me uunger which threatened the State and the South in the obliteration of the high mental and moral characteristics of our people. Without a ectional thought he declared that he believed that these characteristics should not lie effaced by the substitution of other standards. The individuality of our people must not be blotted out, and the teachers formed a i;reat agency to prevent it. He trusted that they would use their power in this respect, md teach their charges to love and rever?nce Southern genius and Southern ideals. His words were vigorously applauded. The audience now joined in singing "The tweet Bye-and-Bye," and after a benedichirm K\r tlio TTa\t Mr Afortin flio Tnttt.it.ntA nf L883 ended. The institute this year has seen very successful. The number of teachers enrolled was 240. A Bit of Unpublished History.?A Washington letter to the Chicago Times >ays: A distinguished ex-army officer is responsible for a bit of unpublished history, tie occupied a position at the time to know >vhat he is talking about. "Gen. McClelan's fatal mistake," said this officer "was lot in retreating before the enemy, but listening to the advice of politicians. Just ifter the memorable Democratic Conven;ion in Chicago, in 1864, when McClellan >vas nominated for the Presidency and the ,var declared a failure, President Lincoln >vrote McClellan a long letter. You will emember that several days elapsed before [Jttle Mac formally accepted the nomination. Lincoln asked McClellan to decline :he nomination. 'You have an opportulity,' he wrote 'to render a great service to mur country. It is extremely desirable hat the Administration should notbe changed. Nothing will strengthen our cause so nuch as to have an uncontested election, it will do more to bring about a speedy ternination of this terrible war than any one hing. Of course you cannot concur in the esolution adopted by the Democratic Con rention, that the war is a failure, as you ertainlv cannot hope to be elected if you iccept the nomination. If you comply with ny request I shall not forget the service, i'ou can rely upon me for a reward deservng of such an act of patriotism.' Lincoln's etter," continued the officer, "was very ong and was written in a friendly spirit, ['lie writer had no other end in view but hat of benefitting the country. Frank P. 31air, brother of Montgomery Blair, was lie bearer of the letter. McClellan was dis>osed to follow its advice and probably vould have done so had not Tilden and a lumber of New York politicians got around lim, and flattering his vanity induced him o refuse and write his letter of acceptance. The world knows the result. It was fun or the Democratic politicians, as it kept heir party together, but it was death to dcClellan. McClellan did not resign his ommission until after the election." The Railroad Tariff.?We have not ime to make a thorough and general comlarison of the commission's rates and those vhich the railroad has heretofore, been iliarging at various points in the State, but is far as we have been able to make such omparison, the following is the result beween Rock Hill and Charleston : On coton the rate heretofore charged by the raiload has been 58 cents per 100 pounds ; the : ommission's rate is G3 cents per 100 pounds, in increase of 22J cents per bale of 450 lounds. On bagging and ties the rate here- I ofore charged lias been 32 cents per 100 lounds, while the commission's rate is 38 1 ;ents. On dry goods the rate has been 90 1 ?nts per 100 pounds, while the commision's rate is ?1.19 per 100 pounds. On ferilizers the rate has varied between ?5.10 md $5.50 per ton ; the commission's rate is 4.80. From this it will be seen that so far as :Lock Hill is concerned?and we think the :ime is about true of all towns between .'olurabia and Charlotte?the work of the om mission will enable the railroads to exict still higher rates of freight between the loints named, notwithstanding the signifiant fact that the rates heretofore charged lave been so exorbitant as to have well nigh irohibited business with Charleston. Of i oursesuch a result is a sad disappointment t c the agricultural and mercantile public in ill this region, and.guless we have misin- < erpreted the tariff of the commission?and 1 ve hardly think we have?the result of their ' abor is even worse than a failure to a large mrtion of the people of the State. . What is to be uone about it we cannot ! ay ; but it seems to us that if the commisioners lfave raised freight rates where they ( vere already oppressively high, then, as >aid servants of the people, they should rise ind explain. We suppose that the business nen in this and other towns will endeavor o have justice done them.?Rock Hill IlertM. ( Have We Been Bettered ??The ltaiload Commission has at last made their re- 1 >ort fixing the rates to be charged for pasenger and freight traffic over the railroads i ii this State. They have modified their I: iriginal rates very materially, the altera- , ions being uniformly in favor of the railoads. This was, of course, to be expected, ; is the modifications were made on matters ! trgued before them by the several railroads 11 the State. The Commission has reduced 1 lie passenger fares on the South Carolina, 1 he Air Line, the "W. C. & A., the C. C. & , ancf the Central railroads to three cents. )n the Augusta and Knoxville, the Sparanburg and Asheville and the narrow gauge 1 oads, the charge will be four cents; on all ' ither roads it will be :U cents. This is only ] l reduction of about half a cent in fares. < >Ve do not know how the freights will , vork?some of our people think we have lot been bettered. At another time we ! hall probably have something to say about 1 lie freight tariff.?Anderson Intelligencer. < ? A number of colored people of Green- < dlle county have formed a "Farmers' Aid \ iociety." The object of the society "is to i liscusi agricultural matters and enlighten . hemselves upon all information pertaining J o farmers and to elevate and improve their 1 aee." I i LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Win. McGill, I. E. Floyd and L. A. McGill-Not ice to Trespassers. Jos. F. Wallace,!'. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sales. WittkowskyA Buruch, Charlotte, N. ( '.?Wholesale Anuouneement. Hunter A Oates?We are Daily Receiving. ' 11. F. Adiekcs?We Have Received. Look Out for J. M. Adams. Kennedy Brothers A Barron?Dry Hoods and Millinery. M. Strauss?Rare Chance. T. M. Pobson?That Chewing Tobacco. W. C. Latimer?Northern Markets. Withers Adickes?The Wants. Dobson A Parish?Powder, llerndon Brothers?The Tropic. Stove. J. Ed. Jefferys A Co.?Funeral Goods. Clark Brothers?Wagons, Bagging and Ties. F. Happerfield, Intendant?Town Tax for 1888. TAX COLLECTIONS. The collection of the taxes due for the year 1882, was resumed on Saturday, and will continue until and including the 20th day of October. So far the payments this month have been light. SALES-DAY. On Monday last, sales-day for September, the sheriff sold the tract of land formerly set apart to Mrs. Isabella Williams as a homestead, containing 302 acres. Levied on as the property of Philip Williams, deceased, at the suit of J. It. Williams and others. Bought by C. E. Spencer for $92"). SAD DEATH. We learn that in Rock Hill on Monday afternoon last, Mr. Ira 13. Hall, a citizen of that town, died from the effects of an overdose of morphine. Mr. Hall was a young man, and until recently was employed as the book-keeper of Mr. J. It. Allen. A year ago he was married to Miss Anna, a daughter of Dr. R. H. Hope, to whom his untimely death will be a sore affliction. BARN BURNED. We learn that on Monday night last, the barn and stables of Mr. Josephs. McKenzie, who lives near Riddle's mill, in the Bethel section of this county, were destroyed by fire. With the barn and stables his corn crib was burned, and also three mules and a horse. We have not learned further particulars of his loss, but suppose all the contents of the buildings were also destroyed. We were unable to learn the origin of the fire. COTTON SALES. The sjiles of cotton in the Yorkville market, for the cotton'year ending August 31, 1883, amount to 9,029 bales, which may be aggregated as follows Shipments by railroad, 8,041 * i-i-i : it i dy wa^uu iu hui^uuuiiuuiuhu.^, ?i-x In hands of buyers, 214 Total 9,020 This is a fair statement of the bona fide sales, without duplicating any that may have been resold in this market, or other attempt to magnify the number of transactions, and under all the circumstances shows a record not at all discreditable to Yorkville as a cotton market. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville, at the usual hours, morning and evening, next Sunday. It is also contemplated to have service in this church every nightnext week. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R.-English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening, next Sunday. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M. Sunday-school at 9.30. Prayer-meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector. Services next Sunday, forenoon and evening. PERSONAL MENTION. The Rev Thomas E. Gilbert, for three years the pastor of the M. E. Church in this place, and whose pastorate here terminated in 1880, spent a few days here last week and the present week on a visit to friends. Mr. Gilbert was cordially met by a large number of friends who were glad to welcome him again to their midst. He conducted morn i ? ? ii? r in ni inganu evening service 111 me iu. uuua-u last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Dobson started to the northern markets last Monday, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Latimer on Tuesday, to make fall purchases of dry goods and millinery for their respective stores. Mr. Latimer is also accompanied by Mr. Earnest Beard, a salesman in his store. Mr. Wm. E. Rose, formerly" a citizen of Yorkvi lie, and now proprietor of Rose's Hotel in Columbia, paid our town a short visit last week, and returned to Columbia on Monday. ACCIDENT TO A YORK LADY. On Monday of last week a runaway accident occurred near Asheville, N. C., by which Miss Sophie Bratton, daughter of Mr. John S. Bratton, of this county, was seriously hurt. The particulars of the accident are thus given by the Asheville News: "Mr. Lovejoy, of Florence, S. C., was riding in a buggy with Miss Bratton, of York, S. C., and descending the west side of the French Broad on the Richmond Hill road. The road here follows the gorge of Smith's Creek. The railroad to Pigeon River does the same, and the two roads in this narrow pass cross and recross frequently. The even* ? ? / -! ? t- i. .1 iUA ing irum irignwmtHi tut? icum uj <t >va^un in the rear of Mr. Lovejoy's buggy. They ran, and Mr. L.'s horse also broke into a run down the hill, and both occupants were thrown violently out, Mr. Lovejoy first. He was not seriously hurt, and running forward found Miss Bratton insensible. She proved to have been seriously hurt, though not dangerously so, and was taken to her hotel and placed under the care of physicians. The horse continued his flight until he came to the bridge across the mouth of the creek; and the crossing being at right angles with the course of the road down the banks of the creek, and being unable to turn quick enough, he ran over the side of the bridge, fell into the river and was drowned. The buggy was badly broken." Miss Bratton, accompanied by her father and mother, and uncle, Dr. J. Rufus Bratton, passed Yorkvilleon the train last Tuesday morning, for her home- near Guthriesville. Her injuries are represented to be very painful. tVtJISllI UI LArncaa. In regard to recent publications in these columns on the subject of shipping whisky to this place by express, to collect on delivery, some erroneous opinions prevail, one of which is that the publications were preliminary to the prosecution of the express agent for alleged violations of the law, and another equally erroneous report which has found its way in print, is that the agent has actually been arrested and bound over to Court. We feel fully authorized in saying that there lias been no desire or intention on the 1 part of the town authorities to prosecute the express agent for past transactions that I came up regularly in the course of his busi-1 tiess as such agent, and in which he was in-1 nocent of wrong intention, although, as com-; pleting the sale in a prohibition town that; ivas begun in another prohibition town, he ; was clearly, yet as admitted, innocently vi- j elating the law prohibiting the sale of spir-' tuous liquors within the corporate limits ef Yorkville. The proposition was clearly . stated in the communication we published , calling attention to the evil. A man loea- j ;ed in a prohibition town where the sale of j iquor is clearly prohibited. He ships his iquor, C. O. I)., to customers in another j prohibition town, where the sale of liquor s prohibited. The express agent delivers SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Rev. J. B. Mack, D. I)., has moved his family from Columbia to Fort Mill. ? The shipments of cotton from Anderson during tne year ending August 31, reached 19,653 bales. ? Col. J. J. Howard, of Cartai.'vilie, Co., has donated his half interest in 435 acres of land in Oconee county to Adger College. ? Ten of the Lexington county anti-stocklaw rioters, in jail at Columbia, are charged with arson. All the others have been admitted to bail. ? Mary Richardson, a colored woman, living on the plantation of Mr. W. W. Klugh, it Coronaca, Abbeville county, died last week at the advanced age of 143 years. ? Special reports from every county in the State, except two,, published in the News md Courier last Saturday, show that corn ind cotton throughout the State are not likely to exceed two-thirds of a crop. the package, collects the bill, or completes the sale, and thus the law is not evaded or circumvented, but simply violated, and it I was only to stop this sharp game thatatten-! tion was publicly called to the subject. It ; is probable that if any more C. O. D. pack- < ages of whisky are shipped to this place and | sales completed by delivering and receiving ! j ' pay for the same, that prosecution will fol-;1 ilow- ' i THE NEW POSTAL NOTES. ' The fractional postal notes for the trans- i mission by mail of small sums of money ; were put on sale at the postofflce last Mon- i ! day. "We have heretofore given a full de- s scription of this latest innovation of the j postofflce department. The notes are printed in a blank form, spaces being left for the 1 names of the postofflces from which they [ were sent and at which they are paid. On ] the right hand side of each of the notes are three columns of figures, one for the dollars, j , containing the figures of 1 to 4, the second j for the dimes, from 1 to 0. and the third for ' cents from 1 to 9. The postmaster who sells 1 one of these notes will punch the figures in- < (Halting the amount for which the note will be received. For instance, if a note for ' $3.52 is wanted, the figure 3 in the dollars ; column, 5 in the cHmes column, and 2 in the < cents column, will be punched out. All j counterfeiting or "raising" is thus prevented. The notes may be bought of any value, < from one cent to $4.99. A charge of three i cents will be made in addition to the face j value of the note. ] THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. PETITION OF THE MERCHANTS OE YORK- \ VILLE AND THE POOR COMFORT THEY RECEIVED. | Yorkville, S. C., August 28,1883. ] To the Hons. M. L. Bonham, L. J. Walker, D. P. Duncan, Railroad Commissioners, Columbia, S. C.: Gentlemen: We, the ( undersigned merchants, doing business in 1 Yorkville, S. C., respectfully call your at- ( tention to the discrimination against this, ( and other points on the line of the Chester 1 and Lenoir X. G. It. It., in the application of the "Standard Freight Tariff'," reoently issued under your authority. We represent first, That almost the en- j tire bulk of fertilizers sold at this place } and other stations on the Chester and Le- , noir Narrow Gauge Railroad, come from . Charleston, S. C., and that in the applica- i tion of your standard tariff to this class of j goods, the freight on a ton of fertilizers from Charleston to this place, will be $6.50; whereas, Rock Hill, the same distance from Charleston, with which we come in sharp competition in the sale of these <*oods, under the Standard Tariff, getting the benefit of the "continuous haul" from Columbia, can lay down her fertilizers at $4.70 per ton, making, as you see, a difference of $1.80 per ton between places equally distant from the original shipping point. 2. That this discrimination will attach on all goods reaching us over the line of the C. C. & A. Railroad. We, therefore, pray that you will change the present construction of the Rules and Regulations so as to make Rule .'3, apply to the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, except that a charge of five cents per ton be allowed for the transfer of fertilizers in sacks and barrels, from the C. C. & A. R. R., to the cars of the Chester and Lenoir N. G. Railroad. In specifying this price, we submit that two hands can easily transfer, from one car to another, 10 tons per hour, and that the price mentioned is ample compensation for such service. Trusting that you will give f llliS illclLLCl Ult? cttlCll L1UI1 lliill WC Mil lift. it J deserves, we are, Very Respectfully, j a Office of Railroad Commissioners, s Columbia, S. C., August 31,1883. * Messrs. Clark Bros., T. M. Dobson, Dobson & Parish, and others, Yorkville, S. C.: Gentlemen : I am directed by the Board to 1 acknowledge the receipt of your petition in v respect to freight rates to Yorkville, as fixed 1 by the Commission, and to answer as follows: c The maximum rate allowed by the Com- c mission on fertilizers from Charleston to f Yorkville, to which you direct attention, is, \ as you say, $6.50 per ton, taking the sum of a the locals of the different roads. Last year, r by a like computation, the rate would have s been $7.80. So Commissioners' maximum f rate is really $1.30 per ton less. While t the sum of locals last year made the rate e $7.80 per ton, the roads in interest made a t joint rate of $5.55. t The Commission assumes that the rate a committee of the railroads, (which will li ke- s ly meet at an early day,) will, in fixing b joint rates, make allowance, as heretofore, t and therefore deem it best to defer a more definite reply until after said meeting. 0 Yours very respectfully, g M. T. Bartlett, Secretary. tl NORTti CAROLINA NEWS. n ? There is now reliable information that a Zeb Vance, Jr., who was cut and seriously wounded at Asheville, about a month ago, J' is rapidly recovering and will soon be well. 1 ? With the close of the cotton year end- ^ ing last Friday, the number of bales of cot- i ton received in Charlotte for the year, amount to 55,182. ^ ? The First Presbytery of the Associate tl Reformed Presbyterian church met at Elk h I Shoal, Alexander county, last Monday, af- d ter an opening sermon by Rev. Robt. La- p than, D. I)., the retiring moderator. U ? The Charlotte Journal- Observer says that 11 on Thursday, hearMt. Pleasant, in Cabarrus county, a schoolmaster was attacked by a man whose boy he had been obliged to whip. The schoolmaster defended himself c] as best he could and finally cut his assailant with his pocket knife so that he may die. y ? At an early hour last Saturday morning, 11 the gin house, grist mill and saw mill of c< Mr. Amos Rumple, located on the line of c< the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad, cl five miles from Charlotte, were totally de- yi stroyed by fire. The fire was accidental, J and it originated. it is supposed, from the y engine room. The total loss is &3,oOU upon a] which there was no insurance. tl ? Gen. Thos. L. Clingman, of Asheville, J' who has invented an electric light, has at st last scored a victory over Edison and has 0( been granted patents on his invention. He tl has secured patents on his light in the Uni- % ted States, France and Germany. Gen. is Clingman has been working on his light for es a number of years past, but on applying for sc a patent was fought by Edison, whoclaimed b; that it was an infringement. P< ? The Gastonia Gazette of Friday says: ^ "A young man by the name of Capers, who A has been employed by Mr. James 0. Beat- ^ tie, of the Pisgah vicinity, for more than a dj year, was found dead with his legs across t the track of the Air-Line Railroad above Wooten Station, in this county, last Wed- A nesday morning. We learn that his neck was broken and his body was otherwise (w mangled up. It is thought that he either ^ jumped off or fell from tne passenger train going West that morning." ^ ? Last June, a littleboy by the nameof Jes- er se Franks, was abducted from his parents at cc Prattville, Alabama, by a man named Hurd. tli rr)ia lif+ln fpllmv was taken to Wilson. N. sv C., by his abductor, where for some cause or hi other, he was deserted by Hurd, who proba- ai bly stole the child with the view of extort- o ing a ransom, but afterwards feared detec- = tion. After the desertion of the child by Hurd, the little fellow gave the name of his parents and their address, and a correspondence ensued, resulting in the return of the ? child to the loved ones who had mourned him as a second Charlie Ross. ? Randolph county presents the anomoly of being without a board of county commis- lai si-oners. At the last meeting of th<? county commissioners a petition was presented by a citizen for a license to retail liquor, and, as the law now makes it obligatory on the ,.e commissioners to issue a license, two of the Ft three commissioners at once resigned their Ai oftices, rather than do that which their con- H sciences disapproved of. They were consci- ? entiously opposed to the sale of liquor?did not think it right for the State to license an ? evil?and resigned their offices rather than sanction it. This is a most notable occur- c rence. Whoever before heard of a man re- a', signing an office for conscience sake ? Rg ? The saw mills around Florence are running to their full capacity to supply the ?reat demand for lumber there at pr&sent. rhere is a boom in building in Florence, and there are upward of fifty houses now in process of erection and completion. ? William Magill, of Due West, has an engagement in Philadelphia with one of the most celebrated musicians in this country. Mr. Magill is said to be the most skillful cornet-player ever in this State and has a *reat future before him. ? The Seceders at Due West, Abbeville county, have found that their church building needs many repairs. The cost will be *o large that they nave about concluded to build a new church entirely. It is to be of brick, much larger in size and in the latest style. ? The residence of Col. R. M. Sims, located lbout a mile from Columbia, was burned to the ground about 5 o'clock last Monday , morning. The origin of the fire is not known, but it is supposed to have begun in the frame kitchen attached to the house. Phe property was insured for $3,000. ? There were fifteen applications for the Peabody scholarships in the State Normal College of Nashville, Tenn., in the competitive examination at Columbia last Thursday. The following were the successful competitors: J. T. Crawley, Jr., of Spartanburg ; Miss Lulu Hook, of St. Matthew's ; Frank M. Sheridan, of Orangeburg; W. McS. Zimmerman, of Union. ? Newberry Observer: A young man riding a bycicle, Monday afternoon, accidently ran against Mrs. Sarah A. Pope, who was walking along the street. Mrs. Pope was thrown to the ground with great violence, ind her leg was broken above the knee ana ber hip joint dislocated. Mrs. Pope is quite in aged lady, being upwards of seventy, md the accident is a very serious one. ? Mr. D. A. Smith, of the Walhalla Conner, was badly hurt last Saturday at Bird's Crossing on the Blue Ridce Railroad hv the 3ars. Mr. Smith, when the cars stopped, stepped off on the platform, and just as he ivas in the act of stepping and had put his foot on the platform, tne cars jerked forward ind threw him back on the car, wrenching his back and fracturing two ribs. ? The numerous friends and acquaintances )f. Mrs. J. F. McMaster, youngest daughter )f Col. and Mrs. J. H. Rion, of Winnsooro, will be pained to learn of her untimely and inexpected death, which occurred in "VVinns)oro, on Wednesday of last week. She eaves a devoted husband and an infant son rnly a few hours old, besides many loving elatives and innumerable friends, to mourn ler death. ? J. T. Price, a young Pickens lawyer, is n disgrace. He was appointed postmaster or Anderson's Mills. He leftthis place and vent to Pickens Court House, where he itudied law. He appointed an assistant to lo the office work at Anderson's Mills. Mr. ?rice ordered stamps extensively, and sellng them at reduced rates, would report them is cancelled and pocket the money. This itate of affairs was discovered by a Governnent detective. The Sentinel says that Mr. frice has probably left for parts unknown. ? On Saturday afternoon of last week, Os)orne Nally, who lived in Anderson county, vas at work in a iield near his house with lis wife and niece. A heavy storm was oming up, and there were repeated flashes F1 UgULllllJg* JLUC tlUUU WU3 an lttl nil, uplarently, that Mr. Nally did not abandon vork. Suddenly there was a brilliant flash .nd he fell dead upon the ground. Plis liece was also knocked down, but revived ufficiently to rise to her feet again. It was ound that one of Mr. Nally's shoes had been orn to pieces, but beside this there was no nark of violence except a slight discoloraion of the skin on one side of the face. His wo companions were so shocked, frightened ,nd distressed, that they could do nothing for ome moments. Help was obtained ana the iody of the unfortunate man was removed 0 the house. ' ? On last Thursday, Paul Evans, colored, f Walhalla, a petit juror of the Unitea itates District Court, was dismissed from he Court on motion of the district attorney, ivanswasa juror in the trial of the Gillores, of Union county, who were tried and cquitted of counterfeiting. It transpires hat in the consideration of that case in the jry room, the vote for several hours stood 1 to 1 in favor of acquittal, Evans alone oting for a verdict of guilty. While hangng out thus for convicting the defendants, e stated several times to one of the jurors f the panel, intending his conversation to^ 4-U^4- 1. rv I, ~ A ~ ~ ^ O. tUIUlUCUUiU, lllclL lie J1UU 11U UUUUt l\J> lie innocence of the Gilmore boys, but that is object was money. This extraordinary eclaration on the part of Evans was reorted to district attorney Melton, who, afsr inquiry into the facts, pursued the course bove related. MERE-MENTION. Four negroes are in jail in Savannah, Ga., harged with the murder, last week, of a rerman and his wife who kept a small store 1 the suburbs of the city. The cholera mtinues to ravage Egypt. A naval jurt martial to try seventeen naval cadets, iiarged with hazing, is in . session on the lipSantee at Annapolis, Md. Ex-Chief ustice Moore, of Texas, died suddenly in Washington City, last Thursday, of cerebral poplexy. A call has been issued for le Republican State Convention of New ersey to meet in Trenton on the 18th in:ant. California's wheat crop of $60,X),000 puts her gold and silver mining ini le background. The.Keely Motor enine is reported to be at last finished, and it I announced that the trial trip will be made irly in September. During the past ason 800,833 watermelons were shipped y steamship from Savannah to Northern arts. The General Assembly of the mights of Labor of the United States is in sssion in Cincinnati. Desertions from le regular army are occurring every day, le men assigning as the reason that they id not enlist to use the shovel, the hod, or carry water and do farm drudgery. It said that the local option laws in "Can ad a ive reduced the consumption of spirits om 5,000,000 gallons annually to 1,250,>0. Information contained in 362 let i* i.1 If 1- i.?.? i. t ;rs irum uiu iueiupnis uisirici, emoracing J est Tennessee, North Mississippi, North rkansas and North Alabama, bearing av age date of August 28tli, give a very disluraging outlook of the cotton prospect in le territory named. Reports from PQnndvania indicate that the Democrats areipeful of carrying that State, and that they e not bothering themselves about how hio may go. .financial anb Commercial. YORKVILLE, September a.?Cotton 9 to 94. CHARLESTON, September 3.?Cotton iirm ; iddling, 9J. LIVERPOOL, September 3.?Cotton firm; uptids 5Jd. NEW YORK, September 3.?Cotton dull; upnds, 104. Futures closed steady, with sales of ,000 bales, as follows: September 10.09; Octo r 10.15 to 10.10; November 10.l'J to 10.20; l)ember 10.29 to 10.30; January 10.39 to 10.40 ibruarv 10.53 to 10.54; March 10.07 to 10.68; pril 10.79 to 10.80; Mav 10.90 to 10.92; June .01 to 11.03; July 11.10to* 11.12. . OBITUARY. Dikd?Of congestion, in Newborrv county, S. , August 3rd, 1883, Mr. JAMES A. ^"ALLACE, lative of York county, in the 45th year of his e.