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Scraps and Jarts. j! ? The Board of Directors of the Greenville j and Laurens Railroad have held a meeting t at Greenville and resolved to begin the \ work of construction at once. It is expect- , ed that the road will be completed some j time next Spring. j} ? Col. T. M. R. Talcott, general superin- i ( tendent and manager of the Richmond and |' Danville Railroad, has resigned, after fifteen , years' connection with the road. He is sue-! ceeded by Col. A. R. Rives, first vice president. The change is owing to the new man- j, agement of the road. ? It is a'curious coincidence that the Dem- , ocratic candidate for Governor of Ohio is too j I sick to make speeches, and that the Repub- j lican candidate for Governor of Iowa is ( threatened with death from epilepsy. A ( man who goes into politics ought to have a { hard head and a tough stomach. ' { ? The latest news from Limestone county, i Tex., is that the war between the cattle men i and the wire fence cutters is still raging. < Two men are known to have been killed. < It is estimated that $30,000 worth of wire i fencing has been destroyed, and that land ; in Limestone has depreciated in value on j that account, nearly $200,000. ( ? The drought in New Orleans has dried 1 up thousands of cisterns, and a system of ( flushing the gutters with water from the j water works has been stopped, it is alleged, ' for the purpose of allowing the Water ( Works Co. to take advantage of the situa- ( tion and force people to patronize it. A wa- ( tor riot is thought to be impending. < ? The o3rd semi-annual Conference of the I Mormon Church met in Salt Lake City last \ Saturday, the sessions being held both morn- : ing and afternoon. The morning session was addressed by Apostles Taylor, Young and Grant. The number of Mormons in ' attendance was large and the meetings ' showed the determination of the church to . stand by polygamy. ? New Orleans has escaped this year without a single case of yellow fever?the first time in many years, and a fact almost exceptional, since a few sporadic cases are always expected. There is, however, a great deal of malarial fever in the city and vicinity, probably due to the drought and the (frying up of the water in the swamps, bayous, and lagoons. Out of 138 deaths the past week 16 were of malarial fever. ? The New York Globe (colored organ) sums up the work of the Louisville convention as follows : "As we go to press 3 days of the convention have been consumed, and the labors Derformed are satisfactory us. Mr. Douglas' brave and incisive speech has been spoken and sent broadcast over the land, arousing the people to a sense of their 1 dutv ; the republican party has received a < cold-water bath, and President Arthur has ! been drowned in the bath-tub." 1 ? It is stated at Richmond, in Mahone i circles, that Governor Cameron has contrib- j uted $1,500 to the Coalition campaign fund. t What Mahone has himself contributed for ^ the same object is notstated. It is supposed that all the other leading Mahoneites have 1 made equally liberal donations for conduct- s ing the campaign. Mahone has sent out an t address to the people of the State. The State ( debt and other dead issues are relied upon to hold his followers together. Seventy-five . thousand of these circulars have been sent ' broadcast throughout the whole common- 1 wealth. { ? The Postmaster-General decides that the ' reduced rate of postage that went into effect i on the 1st instant, applies to domestic mails < or.'*? onH r?r?f frkmnile fr?r fhrpitrn nnnntrips : V/lIi J f CWliVt 14V/V W *v* a\/. J but becomes the rate of letters to Canada in consequence of the fact that under the existing postal arrangement between the United 1 States and that country the domestic rate of < the country of origin applies to the interna- ( tional letters exchanged between the two j countries with the exception of Canada, ( therefore, the rates of postage named in the , foreign postage table of the "Postal Guide" for August last continue to apply on and af- 5 ter Ootober 1st. i ? A Washington dispatch says that on ' last Friday the New Orleans National Bank, i through its counsel, instituted suit for $100,- < 000 damages in the District Court against j the Postmaster General on account of the ( lattter's order of September 19th, forbidding the delivery to the bank of registered let- { tere and the payment to it of money orders by reason of its relation with a lottery com- 1 pany. The bank's bill of complaint sets ] forth that the order contained defamatory ^ and libelous matter and was intended to charge the bank with fraudulent practices ana illegal action in ana aooux transacting ? its banking business and to have its eusto- ' mers believe that it was procuring money ( by fraudulent practices. ? A Bridgeport, Conn., dispatch says that I Wm. Lewis is anxious now to be arrested and free himself from the odium thrown upon him by the papers, the detectives and ] the verdict of the Coroner's jury, which was ] not a verdict of accusation, but one of suspi- < cion. He has said to grand juror Crawford: j "I want the public to Know that I am inno- , cent, and I think I cannot do it in any better way than by standing the fullest trial, . which I want to do." The authorities not 1 only display no fear that he will run away, but also no inclination to place him under ] arrest. Judge Lockwood denies that he has } been retained to prosecute libel suits against ] Rev. Dr. Houghton and against New York and New Haven papers for statements and charges made against Lewis. ? Prohibition has made its way steadily ^ and rapidly in Georgia. Ten years ago it 1 had but little hold. Now the sale of liquor < is prohibited in the whole or part of 71 coun- < ties, leaving less than half the counties in ( the State in which the sale is restricted. ( The Legislature just dissolved has made ' nine of these counties non-liquor counties by j enactment, and provided tor elections in thirty odd more. It also passed a bill mak- 1 ingit a crime to sell liquor to a confirmed drunkard or a drunken person, after notice ] not to sell has been served by one of his i relatives. Under local option prohibition < has shown unusual strength. It has been 1 beaten notably in onljr two counties. Its 1 friends contend that five more years will see the six larger cities of Georgia the sole strongholds of liquor, environed closely with prohibition suburbs. ? Just before the fight at Petersburg, Gen- < eral B. F. Butler, while out in front of his ' lines with his staff, came near being cap- * tured by a picket squad of the Seventh South Carolina Cavalry. Some days afterward a ! member of that regiment was captured by 1 Butler's men, and by the General's orders J brought into his tent. Gen. B. asked the 1 man what would have been done had he J (Butler) been taken by his comrades a few j days previous. The man replied that while he was a prisoner he declined giving any 1 opinion. Butler then said that he had ask- f ea the question from curiosity, and would ' protect the man, no matter what his reply 1 should be. The Confederate then said: J "Well. General. I think that in the event of : your capture by our men you would never ! be heard of again." Butler laughed hearti- ] ly, thinking it a fine joke. 5 ? A member of a manufacturing firm that J employs five hundred men told the Senate j comm ittee, the other day that the knowledge . he possessed he got by reading the newspa- j pers, and not from books, and that by reading the papers he kept himself informed on j the literature and current events of the day. \ Thousands of other prominent businessmen j would make the same acknowledgement if j questioned on the subject. The tendency of all literature is toward expansion, so j the most industrious reader of books can ] scarcely in a lifetime become well informed; j newspapers, on the contrary condense nearly ( everything into as few words as possible. ] Were a student to attempt to give tne polit- r ical, social, religious and literary history , of the world for a day he might do it in far , more elegant style than the newspapers, j but his story would occupy the reader's ] time for at least a week. The newspaper is the true American university. ? ? A disastrous fire occurred at Dallas, Texas, last Saturday. It broke out at 11 ] o'clock in a steam cotton elevator. The j flames spread rapidly and soon the cotton ] yard of the City Compress, occupying a ; block of ground, immediately adjoining the ] elevator, caught fire and was consumed, s At 12.30 the elevator fell with a crash. The . flames-rapidly spread, and soon the cotton ! around the compress caught and was rapidly ' burned. The elevator contained wheat and ] oats to the amount of 30,000 bushels, all of I which was destroyed. There were proba- j oly 4,000 bales of cotton consumed. Promi- i lent insurance men estimate the loss at ,000,000, and the insurance at say $750,000. 3f course this is mere guess work, as noth-: ng definite can be obtained. Business is! ilmost suspended and the whole town is | excited. The fire department responded promptly, but it was nearly half an hour! oefore the engines got regularly to work, * md then the water supply was inadequate., 3ne of the engines seemed to be entirely worthless. ? At the opening of the Orphans' Semi-j lary, at Clinton, on the 2nd instant, Governor Thompson, who was present by invita:ion, delivered an address. .He at once aunched into the midst of his subject, a plea for education as the province of the State. It would be impossible in this short eportto give even the bare bones of this iiscourse. It bristled with thoughts, ran over with brilliant sallies and illustrations, md though applauded to the echo was yet i calm, thoughtful and energetic appeal :o our people to educate their children, and :o press forward along that line continually. Jur people expected much from our Governor. They felt at the close of his address ;hat they had received and learned much md had been lifted hiaher by the noble idvice given. The encomiums passed up-1 )n the address have been of the most enhusiastic kind. In the course of his dis ussion he specially advocated industrial raining, and urged that the experiment be tried on the premises of the Tnornwell Orphanage. He instanced the history of )ther places and institutions. This advice )f the Governor chimed in with the feelings if the trustees of the orphanage and it is probable that the first step towards giving i thorough industrial training as a part of ;he orphanage work will ere long i>o enered upon. (The ilovluiUc inquirer. VORKVILLE. S. (. : THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 11, 1883. THE SPEAKERSHIP. A canvass of the incoming House of Representatives in regard to several leading luestions has been made by the Chicago Tinier. Letters were sent to all the members-elect of the House of Representatives tsking their opinions of the policy and practicability of attempting next winter ;o secure further tariff legislation, their ^iews of the repeal of the compulsory provisions in the silver coinage Act, and the suspension of the issue of silver certificates, md their choice for Speaker. Many of the Congressmen were also asked their opinion )f internal improvements and river and larbor bills, and of forfeiting land grants :iot earned within the time fixed by the granting Act. Many of the persons to vhom this last question was put either misunderstood it or are singularly ignorant if the tacts. Several Republicans favor Keifer for jaueus candidate for the Republican complimentary vote for Speaker, because it is inly a mere form, or because it would be liscourteous to refuse it to him. Of the preferences expressed, eleven are for Ilis;ock, seven for Reed, one for Reed or Keifer, and three for Robinson, of Massachusetts. Some friends of Mr. Carlisle have made a canvass of the next House on the Speakership, but some of the Carlisle men ire claimed with a? least as much reason for ither candidates. There is believed to be i good deal ol hopes in the estimate of the Carlisle men. Pensylvania Democrats are issunfed to be for Mr. Randall and New York members for Mr. Cox. As to the latter, Cox can count positively on only fialf the members from his own State, though others will vote for him on the first ?r second ballot. The canvass, summarized, jives to Carlisle 91 votes, and to Randall 23, South Carolina being put down 4 for Carlisle and 2 for Randall. The following views were expressed by three of the South Carolina delegation: Representative Dargan writes: "I favor further tariff legislation. My first choice for Speaker is Mr. Carlisle; my second choice Mr. Cox or Mr. Springer. In my udgment there should be no further compulsory coinage of silver. I am opposed to ill legislation giving artificial aid to ship Duilding or any other industry." Representative Tillman says: "I am opposed to any attempt at tariff revision by i Democratic House while the Senate and President are Republican. It would be not >nly impracticable, but impolitic, in view >f the Prsidential election. I favor ununited coinage of silver, and would oppose the repeal of the compulsory provisions if the silver coinage Act or the suspension >f the issue of silver certificates. My first choice for Speaker is Randall, and my second is Cox, because they both favor the ibolition of internal revenue; whereas, the Western candidates all advocate the retention of the internal system." Representative Hemphill writes: "I believe the tariff ought to be and can be reformed. As to the silver question and the speakership, I have not yet determined jpon any course definitely." RANDALL'S VIEWS. Hon. Samuel J. Randall addressed a Democratic meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, last Saturday night. Among other things he said : The tendency of the Republican party is { to a consolidation of government approaching monarchy. The Democrats favor the iistribution of power and oppose centralization, because it is dangerous and imperils the rights of the people. As a Democrat, I Favor the total abolition of internal revenue. 1'here is no occasion for the existing inter-! rial taxation. We do not need money. The j surplus each year about equals the amount j collected that way. The government has I 110 right to collect more money than is nec- [ 3ssary for its effective economical adminis-! tration. Internal taxation fosters monopolies like those of matches and whisky. It is a machine which reaches the ballot box ind threatens to overthrow our institutions. J [ would remit the support of the government to the old mode of levying a tax 011 imports so that it would at least incidentally protect American manufacturers and American labor so as not to have to compete with European pauper labor. The Ohio platform proclaims the true business policy of the tariff. Various States have adopted it and the National Convention will adopt it, and the Democrats will elect a President 011 it. Free trade and a prohibitive tariff are utter Follies. If you want an illustration of Eng)tc?V* <W\o lr\r\lr virmr TVplnnrl I IIOII A1 v\/ HClViV iVV?k iVI/ J^VVA x&viiuuu X A VV I trade would reduce America to the distress- j 2d condition of Ireland. We never can j have free trade, even after our debt is paid, i The government will require enough of j money to till the gap between European j pauper labor and American dignified labor. Capital and labor should be co-operative and i reciprocal, but if we must have legislation, j I prefer to have it for labor. Capital is: jtrong?labor weak and needs assistance.! Labor should be an equal partner in the i profits on the products of labor. The Re- i publicans have not only been extravagant j in the use of public funds, but have done i ^reat injustice to you, all joint owners of the j public domain. Nearly all of the country idded to our union has been acquired by Democratic administrations and through Democratic policy. Since the close of the war the Republicans have given away a hundred and seventy-five million acres, a hundred and forty millions of which were [jivon to six corporations. FIXING THE FREIGHTS. On Wednesday afternoon of last week, the following letter from the Railroad Commissioners was received at this place by the persons to whom it is addressed: Office of Railroad Commissioners, | * Columbia, S. C., October 2. j' Messrs. Clark Bros., T. M. Dobson, Dobson & Parish, and others, Yorkville, S. C.: Gentlemen?Referring to our letter.of the 31st August, I am directed by the board to say in further answer to your communication of the 28th August that the commission conceded to the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad the privilege of treating the Cheraw and Chester and Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroads as distinct roads. When the attention of Mr. Haas, traffic manager, was called to the fact that to charge sum of the locals on these roads would operate injustice to the business of certain localities, he replied that he would obviate the difficulty by making joint rates, and afterwards informed the board that such rates had been made. Those constituting the management of said roads having now refused to make such rates as will effect the desired purpose, it becomes necessary, in order to prevent injustice to certain localities, to withdraw the privilege hitherto given the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to the Cheraw and Chester and Chester and Lenoir Railroads, and to treat sum roaas us part 01 xne unarioue, Columbia aiul Augusta Railroad. The enclosed Circular No. 7 speaks for itself. Yours, very respectfully, M. T. Bartlett, Secretary. The following is ''Circular 7" referred to above, issued by the Railroad Commissioners on the 2nd instant: 1. Freight Rule shall apply to all freight passing from one point to another on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and the Cheraw and Chester Railroad and the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. 2. Section 7 of Circular 2 is repealed, and the relations of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad and the Chester and Lenoir Railroad to the Standard Freight Tariff are hereby made the same as that of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, as fixed by Circular 2, Section 2. 8. A charge of one-half cent per 100 pounds may be made for transfer of freight at Chester to and from the Cheraw afid Chester Railroad to the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railra^, and to and from the j Chester and Lenoir Railroad to the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. 4. The passenger class of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad and the Chester and Lenoir Railroad is hereby changed from Class C to Class A. This Circular win he puonsneu as required bv law, and will go into 'effect October 25, 1883. This means that the narrow gauge roads will hereafter be considered part of their leasee, the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railread, and subject to the same rate of freight and passage as that road, an allowance being made for the cost of transferring freight from one car to another at Chester. This puts the stations on the narrow gauge roads on the same footing as stations 011 the main line of the Charlotte Itoad. As explanatory of paragraph 1 of the circular, we copy "Freight Rule 3," alluded to therein : 3. In the application of the "Standard Freight Tariff' for the purpose of transportation, main lines, branches and connecting railroads, when operated together or controlled by one company, shall be regarded as parts of one road, and the rates snail be computed as upon parts of one and the same road. The following is Section 7 of Circular 2, repealed by the 2nd paragraph of the above Circular, No. 7: 7. The rates fixed by the "Commissioners' Standard Freight Tariff" are maximum rates, which the railroads shall not exceed. They may adopt lower rates; but if they do so for one, they shall for a like service, adopt the same reduced rates for all persons; nn/1 If fKntT v lnoo vo f no /Mi/i <11114 11 L1IC7J li-V ItOO ItVWD llV/lil stiition, they shall make a reduction of the same per cent, on all stations along the line of road, (except as provided for by Rules 9 and 10) so as not to discrimitate against any person or locality. Paragraph 4 of Circular 7 changes the passenger class of the Cherawaud Chester Railroad and the Chester and Lenoir Railroad from Class C to Class .1; in other words, the fare is reduced for passengers 12 years old and over, from 4 to 3 cents per mile; and for those over 7 and under 12 years' from 2 to lAcent per mile, from and after the 25th instant. On the 4th instant the Commissioners issued Circular 8, which says that on the following roads, on all classes, the rates fixed by the "Standard Freight Tariff" for ten and twenty miles, shall, for these distances, apply as a maximum : The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, CHeraw and Chester, Chester and Lenoir, Cheraw and Darlington, Cheraw and Salisbury, Columbia and Greenville, Central of Sontli Carolina, Laurens, Northeastern, Spartanburg, Union and Columbia, and Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta uauroaus. ?ms lowers me rates for hauls of twenty miles and under on nearly every road in the State. Circular 8 also contains the following, which we copy: 2. To Freight Itule I add the following: "Stations not over two miles beyond the upper limit of any ten mile group may be included in such group." With this addition Jtule 1 will read as follows: "The Commission is required by the 'General Railroad Act' to determine'what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances,' and 10 miles has, therefore, been fixed as the usual limit for a change of freight rates; but the railroads may, if they so desire, for intermediate distance, adopt rates also intermediate between those given in the table. Stations not over two mites beyond the upper limit of any ten mile (/roup may be included in such (/roup." 3. The following changes have been adopted in the "Standard Freight Tariff" for distances over 100 miles on Classes 1, 2 and 3: MILKS. 110 120 130 140 ir>0 100 170 ISO 100 ('lass 1 59 01 02 03 04 05 00 07 OS ('lass 2 50 52 54 50 57 58 50 00 01 Class 3 44 45 40 47 48 40 50 51 52 MILES. 200 210 220 230 240 250 200 270 280 Class 1 00 70 71 72 73 74 75 70 77 Class 2 02 03 04 05 00 07 08 00 70 Class 3 53 54 55 50 57 58 50 00 01 MILKS. ii!io :?io ai<i ::-jo aao :wo Class 1 7S 79 SO 81 82 88 84 Class 2 71 72 7.'$ 74 7"> 7ii 77 Class 8 02 08 04 0f> 00 07 08 4. Bran and Mill Stuff will be classed as follows: In less than car load, Class 1). In car loads, Class (). It is but justice to the Railroad Commissioners to give them the benefit of the statement that they have never intended points [ on the narrow gauge railroad to be injured j in through rates, and that they have waited until the issuance of Circular 7 in order to afford the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad authorities opportunity of themselves making reasonable through rates. As they failed to do so, the Commissioners have themselves carried out their original rliicifo All tl-iof +hf? lmuinocu pfinimn. i nity of Yorkville desired, was that so far; as circumstances woidd permit, they should ; have equal chances with competing points, i The rate* never entered into their cause oft complaint. The Question of Color in the! Courts.?Last week, in the Court of Gene-' ral Sessions of Orangeburg county, Peter Andrews, a colored school teacher, was tried for assault and battery with intent to kill W. J. Frederick, near Branchville, on the , Gth of June last. The accused was colored and the person assaulted was a white man, and the counsel for the defence urged the jury to forget the race and color of the interested parties. In charging the jury Judge Witherspoon said: "When I hear the question of race and color referred to here in the courts, it occurs to me to ask if, it is necessary that after eighteen years we i should be continually reminded 'that we' cannot and must not indulge in prejudice? Is it necessary? Has not the natural prejudice that grew out of the changed condition of things had time to wear away? Is it not time now that we should cease all this reference to race and color in the courts ? If the jurors are prepared to rise superior to prejudice, then there is no propriety in referring to these matters. I hope that I j am addressing a jury whose sense of justice ! is above and will rise superior to any in| fluences outside of this wise." The case j was a clear one and the jury found the pris-1 oner guilty of aggravated assault and bat- j tery. Sentence, nine months in the Peni-1 tentiarv. ENGLAND'S CAPITAL CASE. Gen. Roger A. Pryor sailed from New York last Thursday for England, having been retained as counsel to defend Patrick O'Donnell, whose trial for shooting James Carey, the informer, will begin on the loth instant in London. Ex-Judge Fullerton, of New York, has also been retained as counsel for O'Donnell, and will arrive in London about the JflJth. U'Donneu wm ue aeienueci by able British counsel, butbeingan American citizen,his American sympathisers have deemed it advisable to employ counsel in this country. A large fund has been raised in the United States to aid in the defence. Mr. Sullivan, of O'Donnell's counsel, recently gave a London paper the following summary of O'Donnell's defence: Till the day after he reached Cape Town, O'Donnell says he never for a moment suspected Power to be Carey. Seeing him to be an Irishman, like himself, he chummed with him and was kind to the children, because they seemed to be in misery. He was further attracted to Carey by his occasional moody, mysterious manner, and thought he was possibly a political outcast escaping. The day after they left the Cape it was rumored that Carey was abroad. O'Donnell was overcome by the idea that he had been giving his hand to and chumming with such a villain. He lay awake all night moaning and groaning at the thought, unable to believe or disbelieve. He had had?as the I Crown witness, Greenhough, not forthcoming here, testified at the Cape?plenty of opportunities for throwing Carey overboard on the way out had he suspected his identity. In order to draw Carey out, and contrary to his usual abstemious habits, he drank rather freely the next morning (Sunday) with Carey. The informer, suspecting something, changed his manner to O'Donnell, and on going into the saloon for beer, said : "What have you done with your pistol, O'Donnell ? It made me nervous when you fired at those flying-fish." 0'D.onnell replied, (lying:) "I sold it; but why are you afraid? Only a man who had something on his conscience would be afraid of that"?or words to that effect. Meanwhile Mrs. O'Donnell, not wishing to he dragged into the row, had left them. Carey took a hectoring tone, and, as some men who had been previously sitting sprang to their feet, he said, "O'Donnell, you are too ready to go off half-cock," and grappled O'Donnell, who took Carey's collar hy his left and paralyzed hand. Carey and' he then each put their hands in their pockets and drew out -f v ~ .? ..A A niA?:/U^ piSLOlS. \L came 1XUIXI U pill L ui ^vinci , where people don't wait to inquire into a I man's intentions when his pistol is against your forehead,' I said," relates O'Donnell, "and I fired with my right hand. Carey's revolver went off' and dropped on the floor. Its owner staggered forward, stooping to pick up his weapon. Seeing this, J fired again. Tom Carey then picked up his father's pistol." Mr. Sullivan is hopeful of convicting Tom Carey of perjury on this point, and in regard to his utterance to O'Donnell after the shooting. He has applied for a postponement of the trial to allow time for Greenhough and the officers of the Kin/aus Castle, whom he will subpoena, to arrive. He hopes to secure the services of Charles Russell to assist him in the defence. Three hundred pounds toward the expense of O'Donnell's defence was received from .tYiiierica on rriuuay. 111c jnisuuci is jaunty and unconcerned, though his legal advisers warn him against taking matters too easily. ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? 8. C. Godley, a merchant of Walterboro', has committed suicide. ? The Fall session of the Citadel Academy at Charleston opened on Tuesday of last week with full numbers. ? The Greenville Fair opened last Tuesday, to continue for three days. The prospects have been extremely flattering for a successful exhibition. ? Lynch, of Sumter, who recently left his wife and ran away with a factory girl 10 years old, has been sent to the penitentiary for two years. ? E. Jenkins, who killed a negro named JocClyburnin Lancaster, about two weeks ago, has been tried and acquitted, the defendant establishing a plain case of self-defence.' ? Chester lie porter: lie v. Geo. A. Trenholm has declined the call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church of Chester. His congregation, the Second Prsbyterian Church of East Nashville, refuses to release him. The Edgefield Chronicle is very anxious for the Gaffney City and Ilutherfordton Road to run by" Edgefield, and thinks that the subscription, of $150,000 by the townships in Edgefield county through which the road would run would be a good investment. ? In the Union Court of Sessions, last week, Henry Long and his wife, and their son, Charner, were tried for the murder of Mr. Relew, last summer, a full account of which we published. Henry Long and his wife were acquitted, and a mistrial entered against Charner Long. ?The assessment of real estate in Kershaw county this year exceeds the assessment last year by $49,785. In the same county only about $4,200 taxes have been collected?$2,500 of the May installment, and SI ,100 in September. The taxes for the county amount to $32,583,18; so that there still remains uncollected about$29,000. ? Joseph B. Clark, who was charged with an attempt to commit an outrage on the person of Mrs. Boganat Hade's Gold Mine, in Lancaster county, was tried in Lancaster last week. The case occupied three days. The result was a mistrial, and the prisoner was remanded to jail to await a new trial. The case excited great interest. ? Major T. S. Mills lias shown the Chester Reporter a letter from Latham, Alxander & Co., of New York, informing him that several estimates on the cotton crop of last year are within 244 bales of the true figures. Maj. Mills' estimate, as it will be remembered, was within 028 bales of the mark. So the Major is ruled out and Chester dosen't get the prize. ? The Abbeville Medium tells the f<> 'owing story of the rare quality of the w'.isky sold in that town : "\\ ins. Weston, colored, came to town on the 25th of September and took a good drink of whisky. It made him drunk, and he has been drunk ever since. lie will eat nothing, but imagines that he is surrounded with piles of good fat bacon, lie hasn't the jimjams, but seems to border on insanity." ? Chester Reporter: The Associate Reformed Synod of the South will hold its next annual session in Chester, beginning on Thursday, 25th instant. The Synod is made up of the pastors of churches and one elder from each congregation. About one Ln?t<-1 ??A/1 /lAlAoiifnu AVAAAI nrl f A nHnnrl iiuiiuini illU tv/ iuu nvi the approaching session. The citizens of the town will be asked to entertain the i members of Synod during their stay in our midst, and we know that they will respond promptly and cheerfully. ? Marion Merchant and Farmer: A nephew of Judge Pressley, named David Adams, who has been in Marion a day or two, on Thursday morning became deranged to such an extent that lie imagined lie had the control and direction of a vast scheme i of some sort in Florida, and among other acts telegraphed to Florence for a special ( train to carry him thither; also ordered < all trains 011 the road between here and Savannah to he switched off to permit his ; rapid passage. He used .Judge Pressley's name to insure success. The special train 1 from Florence arrived, but we have not ' heard whether or not further inconvenience < to the road resulted before his demented 1 condition was discovered by his friends. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. Coward?Toxt Books. R. Lathan?Public Schools. T. S. Jetton s, Agent?Cotton ami .Money. Heriulou Huothers?Stoves, Ac. Dobson A Raaish?Mackerel, Ac. Hunter A Oates?Come and Rav lTs. ColeoekA Miller?New Hoods. T. M. Dobson?Dolmansand the HlobeShirt. R. II. Hlonn?Sheriffs Sales. James Mason, Div. Sup.?Change of Schedule. M. Strauss?Competition is the Life of Trade. Withers Adickes?New Hoods. W. ('. Latimer?An Artistic Display. Jos. F. Wallace?Clerk's Sales. Heo. W. S. Hart?Assignee's Sale. John W.Jones?Plantation for Sale. S. K. Miller?The Valley Mutual Life Association J. C. Crazier, Blair's, S. C.?Wanted. COTTON RECEIPTS. Cotton has been coming in very freely since Friday, and is in brisk demand at from 8? to 10.08. ? THE RAILROAD. The trains are now running through from ! Newton, N. C1., to Lancaster, in this State, j thougli at present postal service by the U. S. Mail Agent extends only from Newton to Chester. In the course of two or three weeks the road will be extended from Newton to Hickory. CONVICTED OF ARSON. Policeman A. F. McConnell has returned from Edgefield Court, to which he had been .summoned as a witness in tne case 01 .hod Grant, colored, charged with arson, and whom Mr. McConnell arrested in this place last July. Grant was convicted of the crime and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. TEXT BOOKS. In our advertising columns, this week, will be found two important circulars?one from the State Superintendent of Education, and the other from the County School Commissioner?relative to the text books to be used in the free common schools of the State. The books prescribed are to remain in use for five years. PENSIONERS IN VOHK. According to a statement recently published, there are twenty-one United States pensioners in York county, receiving an aggregate monthly rate of $108.00. There are 472 pensioners in the State, all but about a half a dozen soldiers or the widows of soldiers in the late civil war, .the aggregate monthly pay to whom is $3,931. FIRE. Between 3 and 4 o'clock last Monday afternoon, the cribs and stables of Mr. Geo. J. Steele, near McConnellsville, in this county, were burned. There were about 1 An aI* aamm 4-lw* nwS be on/1 n /mon_ J.UU UUSIICin VJUII1 m lii^ auu <w vjuuutity of fodder was also burned. None of the family were at home at the time of the occurrence, and the supposition is that the fire was incendiary. THE STATE FAIR. Mr. Thos. W. Holloway, Secretary and Treasurer, has our thanks for a complimentary ticket to the State Fair, to be held in Columbia, commencing on the 13th of November next. x We also acknowledge the reception of an invitation to the fifth annual Fair ball of the Chester Fair, to be given at the Central Hotel, in Chester, on Thursday evening. lKth instant. _ TAX COLLECTIONS. County Treasurer Neely lias collected, up to Tuesday evening last, the sum of $28,8^8,43 4, of State and county taxes, including the May installment of $10,940,383. The total collections.to date are as follows: State $11,194.34 1 C anty 7,06S.lt) s Seliooi 4,714.03 2 Railroad 4,000.72 3 Polls 1,490,00 0 " per -cut 370,14 0 Total $28,858.43 4 ECLIPSES DURING OCTOBER. During the present month there will be two eclipses, one of the moon and the other of the sun. That of the moon will take place at two minutes after 1 o'clock, A. M., the 10th, and will be visible in the United States and on the Pacific coast. The eclipse will last about one hour and fifty-two minutes, and only about 8-100ths of the moon will be obscured. The phenomenon is remarkable for being the only lunar eclipse visible in this latitude during the year. An annual eclipse of the sun will take place on the 30th, visible on the Pacific ocean and partly on the Pacific coast. As the ring of sunlight surrounding the moon's dark disk will be invisible here, the event is of little importance. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Itev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and 7 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Robert Lathan, I). D., Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services at 10.30 A. M., next Sunday. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, Rector. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 7 P. M., to-morrow; Saturday at 10.30 A. M., and on the same day at 7 P. M. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered at Sunday morning's service. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. H. B. Pratt, of Lancaster. "EVERYBODY'S FRIEND." The above comedy, in three acts, by J. Stirling Coyne, was rendered in the Court House last Tuesday evening, by local amateur talent, to a large and delighted audi- 1 ence. The play is a good one, abounding in many hits at the foibles in married life, and the weakness of human nature generally, , and it was presented in a very creditable i manner. The acting was free and without 1 restraint, and each character was well sustained. Felix Featherly, a young married ( xi 1 urn tru J mail, <1 J^t'IllIt'IIlclII III UlC^illlt icnuir^ (iiHdjn 1 ready to attend to the affairs of others, but ? never having time to look after the intriea- < cies of his own business, is the hero of the plot, and the character was capitally person- ! ated by II. K.Jenkins, Esq. Mr. Icebrook, , an embarrassed suitor of Mrs. Swansdown, < was well presented by Dr. R. A. Bratton, 1 while the character of Major Wellington i DeBoots?a swell English officer?could not 1 be improved upon Mr. W. B. Moore's rendi- t tion. The characters of Trap and Fanny were well presented by Mr. lngraham Wil- ] son and Miss Mary Lou Coward respec- 1 tively; 3Irs. Featherly by Miss Camilla < Coleman ; Mrs. Swansdown by ATiss Jennie ] Coward; and Mrs. DeBoots by Miss Fannie Gaillard,all of whom acted well their parts. , The entertainment was a decided success, as 1 the delight of the audience clearly evinced. ( Zest was given to the occasion by the orches- ( tral performance of the Yorkville string | band, under the lead of Mr. A. Springs j Withers as first violinist. A neat sum was ( realized, which is to be appropriated to re- j pairs of the Episcopal church. t c The Law as to Liens.?At the recent 11 term of the Circuit Court for Laurens coun- j ( ty, Judge Hudson presiding, in the trial of! i ix question of setting aside an attachment i t under a lien warrant, he let fall some inter-! t esting remarks about lien warrants. The j t Judge said that it is the practice generally j in the State for holders of liens to make a < simple affidavit before the clerk of his (the ! lienor's) "belief" of a debtor's fraudulent in- i tention, and out went the warrant. That it r was a common practice to do this where the t. lebtor happened to be behind time, even t without any fact being stated in the affida- e vit that would show a fraudulent intent. I That the law required in the affidavit a statement ofsuch facts as would show fraudulent intent. That under the prevailing prac- j tice hardly one out of every hundred lien warrants would stand if assailed. His Hon-! or's remarks on this subject were listened to with an interest increased by the fact that an issue between a lienor and lienees had only a day before been tried, the result of which gave back to the lienees the entire proceeds of property sold, leaving the sheriff to get from the plaintiff, as he best may, a large bill of cost for executing the lien warrant by gathering a crop. The sheriff has posted public notice that hereafter he will not execute any lien warrant unless the costs are paid to him in advance. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Florie Moffat, daughter of Capt. John N. Moffatt, of the late Confederate States Navy, died in Wilmington, on September 28th. ? A train of seven Gyspy wagons are doing the country along the Carolina Central Railroad, and heading towards Charlotte. ? Gov. Jarvis says it is a mistake about Gov. Butler presenting him with a Hock of Cotswold sheep, but Gov. Bigelow did present him with a superb Winchester rifle. ? The Democrats of the First North Carolina District have nominated Thomas G. Skinner to fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the death of W. F. Pool. ? The Baptists ofShelby have, during the past year, paid nearly $2,200 for church expenses, and besides have paid $3,000 toward flir* nrvllnrrn flinrn ? Union county Superior Court is in session this week, anil during the term the case of the State against .J. 11. Stevens and W. S. Ringstatf, charged with the murder of W. P. Clyburn, in Monroe, about two years ago, will be tried. ? Greensboro Workman: From an authentic source we learn that there have been in all about 22 deaths from diphtheria within a radius of some three miles in Orange county, within the last few weeks. Sixteen of this number were buried at one church?Chestnut Ridge?four at Hebron and two at Hawfields. ? The attention which the North Carolina exhibit at Boston attracted, has resulted in the receipt by the Agricultural department, of numbers of letters from Massachusetts people, asking for information about the State. The State has on exhibition one hundred and fifty varieties of wood, which feature alone attracts considerable attention. ? The third annual conclave of the Grand Coinmandery of the Knights Templar for the State of North Carolina met in Charlotte last Tuesday. Grand Master Hon. Robert E. Withers, ex-United States SenafWxto "\7Jnio + 1**^ lunpliocf r*ffiniol nf fVirx order in the United States, has accepted an invitation from the Grand Master to be present. ? On the recent election of Mr. James B. Magill to the position of chief of the fire department of Charlotte, the Journal-Observer remarks: "There is but one opinion expressed about this selection, and that is that it is just aboutas good as the board of aldermen could have done. Jim is a wholesouled fireman, and is a man who will take an interest in the affairs of our firemen, and do what he can for the welfare of the department. His election gives general satisfaction." MERE-MENTION. On Thursday morning last, a fire occurred in Pittsburg, Pa., destroying the exposition building and other houses, valued at $150,000, and property belonging to exhibitors valued at $800,OIK). In the Massachusetts executive council, last Friday afternoon, the nomination of E. G. Walker, colored, to be Judge of the municipal Court of Charlestown District, was rejected by a vote of 4 to 4. Walker was immediately renominated by Governor Butler. Latta, the young North Carolinian who was arrested in Atlanta last week for forgery, is wanted at Jacksonville for the same offence. " A delegation of the North Carolina Press Association, numbering 25, arrived in Boston on Friday, on a visit to the Industrial Exposition. Judge Hoadley, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio, addressed a crowded house at Sandusky on mursuay. un me next uay ne was prostrated, and decided not to speak at Toledo, as had been arranged, but went to Cincinnati. There has been butone fall of rain in Yazoo county, Miss., since last spring. There is no water in the cisterns, and but for the river there would be much suffering. The Supreme Court of the United States convened for the October term on last Monday. All of the justices are expected to be present. The number of cases on the docket is 1,011, an increase of 54 over the number docketed at this time last year. A locomotive collided with a street car in Philadelphia last Friday, demolishing the car and wounding ten persons, three of them fatally. The failures throughout the United States and Canada for the week ending last Friday number 183 as against 180 the preceding week. The Augusta Chronicle says Jefferson Davis has made $100,000 out of his "Rise and Fall of the Southern Confederacy." Bartholomew Binus succeeds Marwood, deceased, in the cheerful occupation of hangman in England. Massachusetts has seventeen thousand names on the United States pension rolls The Massachusetts Independents have issued a circulr in which they say they deem it un wise at the present juncture to nominate a candidate for Governor, and recommend the Republican candidate, G. D. Robinson as worthy of support by all who sympathise with the Independent party. James McSteen was hanged last Thursday morning in the jail at Pittsburg, Pa. The'execution was conducted quietly and was witnessed by 200 persons. His neck was broken by the fall. His crime was wife murder. He had nothing to say on the scaffold. Secretary of War Lincoln is going to tiike the stump in Massachusetts against Butler. The Republican committee is also crying alound for "soap." They depend on "soap" to beat the hero of Tewksbury. There r 11: ? ~? - ono ilIW 111 .lilllJUl^ 1 j0?/0 Ulliro Ui lauivuvi vuiuvvi by the .State Board of Equalization at ?59,205,508. At Port Jervis, X. Y., Thursday night last, the thermometer went down to 20, and there was ice a half an inch thick. The corn crop in that region was destroyed. Educating ti-ik Negko.?Somebody introduced in the Georgia Legislature an educational bill which was rejected, although considered with some favor by a number of the statesmen of our neighbor State. It provides in general terms for the separate collection of the school tax from white and colored people, each race to receive what it pays for its schools. Whoever the sapient genius presenting this measure may be, he might to feel very heartily ashamed of his work. It is a hypocritical and cowardly beating of the Devil around the bush, and is intended to shift from the shoulders of the white people a responsibility and a duty. Georgia has not even the excuse of poverty?ever blessed poverty, which covers such i vast multitude of sins of incorporations ind other organizations. We expect some similar measure to be sprung on the South Carolina Legislature at tsnextsession. The demagogues will hardy allow such an opportunity for cheap notoriety and applause to escape them. We earnestly hope that whoever fathers or supiiiiv such ininuitv. will be sent to nri- i aite life at the double quick. The negro is I joor, dependent on us and ignorant, with ; mdeveloped and unknown capabilities. | ^Ve owe him an opportunity to improve his ; condition and elevate himself above the lev?1 of absolute ignorance. If we deny him hat opportunity we are false to our Saxon ;raditions of generosity and magnanimity, ! )lind to our own interests and recreant to >ur solemn pledges.?Greenville Xews. ? At the recent term of court in Hamp- i on county, in the case of B. T. Lawton, the ! 'X-county treasury, whose safe is alleged to i lave been burglarized and several thousand lollars stolen therefrom, an order was passid by Judge Wallace, giving the plaintiff, he State, leave to amend the complaint so as o embrace additional alleged breaches of the reasurer's bond, and by making additional mrties, if such be necessary, and in such >ther respects as plaintiff may be advised >y plaintiff's counsel, and referring the natter to C. J. C. Huston, Esq., as special eferee to take the testimony, and to report he same, together with an exact state of he accounts in the various aspects presented by issues and proofs to the Court, with cave to report any special matter. Jfimcial anb Commercial. YORKVILLK, October 10.?Cotton hi to 10.08. CHARLESTON, October 8.?Cotton steady; middling, 10S. NEW YORK, October 8.?Cotton steady; uplands, 103. Futures closed tirm, with sales of 108,000 bales as follows; October 10.73; November 10.77 to 10.78; December 10.88 to 10.90; January 11.03 to 11.04; February 11.19; March 11.33 to 11.34; April 11.44 to 11.40; Mayll.55 to 11.57; June 11.00 to 11.08; July 11.77 to 11.79; August | 11.80 to 11.88. HYMENEAL. | Married?At the parsonage, on the 4th instant, I bv Rev. R. Lathan, Mrj R. S. AIKINS and Miss | Iv ATE MITHAM. B<jth of thiscounty. OBITtlARY. Died?Near Fort Mill, on the 23rd ultimo, at the residence of A. Graham, Mrs. ELIZABETH COLLIER, aged 87 years 7 months and 23 days. PLANTATION FOR SALE. SITUATED on the York and Howell's Ferry road, 10 miles West of Yorkville, embraces 190 ACRES?10 Acres original forest, and 30acres rich bottom. Is in a high state of cultivation. Well watered, also a well of excellent water. Healthy locality, good neighborhood, good Dwelling and outbuildings, Gin-House, <3kc. Firstrate pasture and a large Orchard of Choice Fruit. Apply to JOHN W. JONES, Hickorv Grove, S. C. October 11 41 ' 3t WANTED. COTTON SEED, COTTON SEED. 1 WILL pay (15c.) fifteen cents cash per hushel for 10,Oik) Bushels .Sound Dry Cotton Need, ' Delivered to me at this place before the first of next November. Will exchange Cotton Seed Meal for Cotton Seed. J. B. FRAZIER, Blairsville, S. C. "C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD." OCHKDULK of Mail and Passenger Trains, lO from Newton, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking efl'ect at (i o'clock, A. M., Monday September 24th, 1883: GOING SOUTH. Leave Newton 0.00 A. M. Arrive at Maydon, 6.30 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 7.05 A. M. Leave Lincolnton, 7.15 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 7.43 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 8.10 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 8.25 A. M. Leave Gastonia,.....^. ..8.45 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Kiage, y.m a. a>i. AVrrive at Crowder's Creek, 9.08 A. M. AVrrive at Bowling Green, 9.17 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 9.30 A. M. Leave Clover, 9.35 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 10.15 A. M. Leave Yorkville, 10.25 A. M. AVrrive at Guthriesville, 10.54 A. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 11.03 A. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 11.25 A. M. .Vrrive at Chester 12.00 M. goino north. Leave Chester, 3.00 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 3.35 P. M. ^Vrrive at McConnellsville, 3.50 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 4.05 P. M. AVrrive at Yorkville, 4.35 P. M. Leave Yorkville, , 4.45 P. M. AVrrive at Clover, 5.26 P. M. AVrrive at Bowling Green, 5.40 P. M. AVrrive at Crowder's Creek 5.50 P. M. AVrrive at Pleasant Ridge, ; 6.00 P. M. AVrrive at Gastonia, 6.16 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 6.35 P. M. AVrrive at Dallas, 6.50 P. M. AVrrive at Hardin's, 7.15 P. M. AVrrive at Lincolnton, 7.45 P. M. Leave Lincolnton, 7.55 P. M. AVrrive at Maydou, 8.30 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 9.00 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Supt. JAMES MASON, Div. Supt. October 11 41 tf "text books. State of South Carolina, Ex. Department, Office State Superindent of Education. Columbia, S. C., September-13th, 1883. Circular No. 5. To the. School Commissioner of York County: SIR:?Copies of the list of Text Books adopted for use in the public schools of this State are sent you by mail. This adoption will remain in force for tive years from September 4th, 1883, unless changed by authority of the Legislature. Please distribute the lists among the several Boards of Trustees of your county. AVdditional copies will be furnished on application. By an Act of the Legislature it is made unlawful to use, in the public schools, any text-books other than those adopted by the State Board of Examiners. ocuooi commissioners aim scuoui omoers generally arc urged, therefore, to enforce as far as practicable the use of the prescribed books. The following Resolution has been adopted by the State Board of Examiners: Resolved, That the examination of teaehors before County Boards of .Examiners shall includes series of questions upon the theory and practice of teaching; and that "Methods of Teaching" by John Swett, and "Art of School Management,'' by J. Baldwin, be recommended as books of reference. In compliance with the terms of this resolution, the examination papers for January, 1884, will include a series of questions upon the Theory and Pructice of Teaching. Please take such action as may seem to you most effective to acquaint the teachers of your county with this requirement of the State" Board, in order that they maybe prepared to stand the examination. "Very respectfully, A. COWARD, State Superintertdent Education. October 11 41 It PUBLIC SCHOOL^ To the Teachers of the Public Schools of Yoik County: THE following list contains the Text Books adopted for the use of the Public Schools of the State for the next live years. It is important to the patrons of the Public Schools that these books and no others be used in said Schools. The attention of those persons who contemplate teaching in the Public Schools of York county, is specially directed to the circular addressed by the State Superintendent of Education to the County School Commissioners of the State. Sehooi teachers are warned that the examination of teachers will be at the Court House. No exception will be made to this rule. They are also warned that all certificates of qualification previously granted will lose their validity on the 1st day of November. Every one who expects to teach in the public schools must be examined in January, 1XS4. It is the purpose of the school officers to pay good teachers better than heretofore, and to raise school teaching to the dignity which it deserves. The School Trustees of the several School Districts 111 tne county nave resolved to respect no Certificates except those given by the State Hoard of Examinees or County Hoard of Examiners. R. LATHAN. LIST OF TEXT BOOKS Adopted for the use of the Public Schools of South Carolina for the term of live years from September 4,1S8H: Readers?Appleton's, McGuffey's, Reynolds', Swinton's. Supplemental?Monteith's Popular Science Reader, Johonnot's Geographical Reader, Shepherd's Historical Reader, Appleton's Reading Charts. Histories?Davidson's History of South Carolina, Derrv's United States, Swinton's Primary United States and Condensed United States, Swinton's Outlines of Universal History (in two parts.) Geographies?Applteon's Standard Series, Maury's Revised Series. Arithmetics?Robinson's Series, Sanford's Primary, Sanford's Intermediate, Sanford's Common School Analytical, Venable's Practical. Grammars?Sill's Practical Lessons in English, with Whitney's Essentials (for Highest Classes), Reed and Kellogg's Series. Dictionaries.?Webster's,Worcester's. Writing Books?Reynolds', Speneerian. Spellers?Swinton's Primer, Swinton's Word Primer, Swinton's Word Book, Swinton's Word Hook, Swinton's Word Analysis. Drawing.?Krusi's, Bartholomew's. Music?Song Bells, Song Wave, Wavelet. Agriculture? Lupton's Elementary Principles of Scientific Agriculture. October 11 11 It DOBSON & PARISH. MACKEREL. MACKEREL! WK have just received a large and full stock of Mackerel, in Kits, Quarter, Half and full Barrels, which were bought before the rise in the market, and are prepared to otter inducements in prices. Call and examine prices and quality. We will not be undersold by any one.. Our stock is now full and complete of everything; in our line. Bagging and Ties, Bacon, Flour,. Sugar and Coffee, at the very lowest market prices. Fine Cream Cheese, the best on the Market. Don't fail to give us a call. We are aiways; down with the lowest living prices. DOBSON A PARISH. WANTED. rpWKXTV Thousand Bundles of good Fodder , X for which we will pay the highest price, in: either goods or cash. Bringaloug your Corn and! get the highest price for it. DOBSON <fc PARISH.. BUGGIES^{F you want to buy a second-hand Buggy, ;c first-class Cincinnati Buggy, or a nice line Plueton, call on us. We will make prices to suit, DOBSON & PARISH.