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f traps and Jfacts. ? Treasurer Wyman has issued notice j that the supply of one dollar United States Treasury notes is exhausted and no more 1 can be shipped, and that the two dollar notes will be exhausted in a couple of days. ; No more can be furnished to the business; community until an appropriation is made 1 for printing them. ? Frank James arrived at Huntsville, Ala., last Friday, in custody of the Federal authorities. He is to be tried upon the charge of robbing the paymaster of the riv- j er Government works at Mu&sel Shoals of I $5,000 in March, 1881. Dick Liddall, who; was convicted of the same robbery, a year j ago, will testify against James. The appearance of James tallies exactly with that of the robber given by the paymaster. ? The local option law, authorizing the i people of each locality to decide for them-1 selves whether they will permit or prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks in their midst, seems to be making headway in " - ? 1 -? ?- - ;-j: ? A:? .ungianu, ami iub imiicuuuu? mc umi n will not be long before the law becomes general over there. The temperance movement is making rapid strides among the Britains. ? About twenty-five firms in this country make a business of publishing school books. They do a business of perhaps $8,000,000 a year. Only three of the school book publishing houses are south or west of Philadelphia or Baltimore. Two-thirds of the business is done by five firms. It costs each of the larger firms something like $200,000 a year for agents and other expenses under ! the "introduction account." ? Miss Haikwalth, a very much esteemed young lady of Dayton, Ohio, was found apparently dead 011 January 10th and was buried. Her life-like expression however left an impression of doubt upon some of her friends, and they had her body exhumed. The body had turned over on its side, handfuls of hair had been torn out and the flesh was bitten from the fingers, and thus she died in her grave. ? The sub-committees of the committee on privileges and elections of the U. S. Senate, appointed under Mr. Sherman's resolutions, are investigating tne auegeu political outrages in Copiah county, Miss., and Danville, Va. The sub-committee on the Mississippi case is sitting in New Orleans, and that appointed to investigate the Danville affair is taking testimony in Washington city. No new facts have been developed by either investigation. ? The business failures during the week ending last Friday, reported to It. G. Dunn & Co., number for the United States 240 and for Canada 52; total 298 as against 278 the preceding week?an increase of twenty failures. The casualties arq comparatively light in the New England, Middle and Southern States. In the Western States t and on the Pacific Coast failures are still very numerous, while an increase even over the heavy figure of last week is noted in Canada. In New York city the assignments are generally un important. ?If the bill recently reported from the House committee on Pensions which provides for the payment of pensions to soldiers of the Mexican and Indian wars, becoraerfa law it is estimated that the cost of the Government will be abont $1,370,490, and that the average life of each pensioner will be about fourteen years. There are living to-day 11,000^survivors of the Mex ican War, ana wno juugm m uie Florida, Creek and Black Hawk wars, making a total of 14,276 soldiers who will receive pensions if the bill becomes a law. ? Thomas Benton, colored, was hanged at Plaque Mine, La., last Friday, in the pres* ence ?f 2,000 people, for the murder of Robert Duggar, on July, 8th 1883. After prayer with his spiritual advisers, Benton resumed his cheerfulness and walked arm in arm with the ministers and mounted the scaffold. He bid the crowd good day and said he was ready to go; that he had nothing against any one and hoped to meet them all in Heaven. His neck was broken. When the drop fell, a moan ran through the crowd rttad one woman shrieked and some fainted. . ? JamesG. Smith, Chief of the Division in the office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department^ who was detailed last summer by the Secretary of the Treasury to examine into the postal methods and accounting of the Governments of England, France, Switzerland and Germanv, has just presented his report to the Sixth Auditor and it has been transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General. Mr. Smith finds many features in the postal systems of the European Governments worthy of adoption into our own administration, and has recommended several changes of a radical character in the existing system. Last Thursday morning Jacob *Worthington, a wealthy farmer of Madison, Fla., awoke and found that his two. children, a team cf horses and $500 in money hail been stolen. Suspicion pointed to a white laborer who was missing, and an armed band started in pursuit. The fugitive was overtaken at Devil's Glen, on the Chattahoochie River. He sought shelter among the rocks ? and defied his pursuers. Several shots were fired at him, when he placed the children before him and threatened to kill them if he- was molested. One of the pursuers named Oxendine, of Thomas county, GeorSia, an ex-Confederate sharp shooter, rought his rifle quickly to his shoulder and shot the desperado dead, the ball passing between the two children, who were recovered upharmed. ? A difficulty, resulting in the killing of a young mau named Edward B. Philpot, occurred at the engine-house of the Clinch Fire Company, of Augusta, Ga., about 1 o'clock last Friday morning. A ball was in progress at the engine-house, during which two couples, one waltzing and the other promenading, struck against each other. Words ensued between the two young men, who finally left the hall and went down stairs into the engine room, where the difficulty was renewed, resulting in one of them, Chas. C. Greer, stabbing the other, Edward B. Philpot, near the heart, inflicting a U'ftnnrl whifh r-miQpd flpflth in flboilt TWentV minutes. Greer gave himself up to the police. He is a master-machinist in the Central Railroad shops and came to Augusta from Macon. Philpot was an employee of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. ? In Greene county, Tennessee, last Friday night, the wife of James Hunter was shot and instantly killed by some person who fired from the outside of the house. Mr. Hunter and his wife and other members of the family were sitting around the fire. Mrs. Hunter was in a rocker, when a gun was fired through the window, three bullets passing through Mrs Hunter's head. It is supposed that the murderer intended to kill James Hunter, but the wife, in rocking to and fro, received the shot intended! for her husband. Mr. Hunter is a wealthy j farmer and had just received a large amount i of money. Two brothers, named Moon, who are suspected of the murder, were can-j tured below Greenville, coming towards : Knoxville. They had a rifle carrying the j same sized bullet as was found in Mrs. Hunter's brain, and their footprints correspond with those found near Mr. Hunter's j window. ? Hot Springs*Arkansas, is still excited over the killing of the Flynns, who were all gamblers, by a party headed by a New ! Orleans gam bier named I)oran. Jack Flynn ? 1 T v ? 1 1 4-1% -/v/> lintl nontii imu kiiicu mice men ni?cvv uv,fore they encountered each other, one of Flynn's victims having been an editor. Flvnn ruined Doran's business and attempted to assassinate him. Doran returned to ! New Orleans, organized a band of seven other desperadoes and after waiting a month went to Hot Springs and attacked the Flynns, killing one of them and two outsiders. The Chief of Police is a partisan of Doran, and the Sheriff of Flynn, and "each is trying to obtain possession of the opposition gang. Meanwhile the citizens have organized a military company and are warning the roughs of both factions to leave. Doran's mission to Hot Springs was known to all the New Orleans gamblers who waited about the telegraph offices for two days before the attack on the Flynns to get the news of it. ? Hon. Joseph C. S. Blackburn, who has been elected I". S. Senator from Kentucky to succeed Senator Williams, whose term expires March 4, 1885, is in the forty-sixth year of his age, having been born in Woodford county, Kentucky, October 1, 1838. He is an orator of national reputation, and ! is a favorite with the Democrats of Bqjti- j more, where he has made several address- j es In behalf of his party. Mr. Blackburn i commenced the practice of law at Lexington, Ky., in 1858, but in a few months moved to Chicago. In 1860 he returned to Kentucky, and at the breaking out of the war entered the Confederate army as a private. He afterwards joined the staff of General William Preston, as aid-de-camp, and distinguished himself for daring in several engagements. At the close of the war Mr. Blackburn settled in Arkansas, but in 1868. returned to his native county, where he engaged in farming and the practice of law. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1871 and 1873; was elected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh Congresses, and was re-elected to the forty-eighth Congress as a Democrat, receiving 16,799 votes against 5, 692 votes for Hord, Republican. Ibc ffltMle inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. V. : THURSDAY HORNING^ FEB. 21, 1884. EX-MAJtSHAL BLYTHE. In an interview with the Greenville correspondent of the Xeics and Courier, ExMavshal Blythe expresses the confident belief that he can meet the charges preferred against him by the government examiners, allusion to which we made last week. His general defence is that he followed strictly the customs of the Marshal's office, and that the departures from the strict letter of the law were for the convenience of the creditors, and could work no injury to the government or to individuals. As to the charge that he presented false accounts for approval, he says: "These accounts were generally made at great distances from me, were sworn to by the deputies, and certified to by the commissioners as correct; and if I had 'gone over the figures and items,' I could not have detected any fraud if any had existed. Among the commissioners were Hawthorne, Heyward, Poinier, Barrett, Melton and others equally above reproach. I take it that most of the matters herein designated frauds were charges which they and the commissioners thought they had a right to make." Of the action of the examiners when they visited him in Greenville, and their subsequeut report, he says: "When the examiners came here, I thought it was to correct and improve the methods of the marshal's office. I gave them every facility. In fact they made but little examination into my office, but took the facts as stated by myself and my clerks. In their report of them, however, they have not given one word of explanation. They admitted that the department had no system, but that each marshal acted for himself. They admitted that I had made improvements on the methods of my predecessors who had no trouble in any way. The report, therefore, was a surprise to me and I shall await-pa-1 tiently the judicial investigation Mr. Blythe's personal standing has always been-High, and in 1880, when he bore 1 thejlepublican standard through this Con- 1 sessional District, he made a favorable impression upon his political opponents, and for his own good reputafion, as well as for the honor of the State, we hope the judicial investigation, upon which he relies, will prove that he is not in so bad a posi- 1 tion as the report of the government examiners would indicate. THE PROTEUS COURT OF INQUIRY. The report of the Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Arctic relief steamer Proteus, , was transmitted to the Senate last Thurs- . day by the President. It finds Lieutenant ( Garlington guilty of error of judgment in not waiting longer at Pandora Harbor after the sinking of the Proteus, in order to con- j nect with the consort steamer the Yantic and make a depot of supplies, but it com- . mends his general conduct of the expedition before and after this event, and says that the error described occurred in the ex- . 'iJflRnnlt ond nniKii'i] flienrotinn CiflOC Ui UlAlKUIt (UIU WUUWMMft Mawv.ww, J for which he should not be held to further accountability. To Gen. Hazen the report gives credit for zeal and good intentions, but finds grave errors and omi&sions in his actions, which are described at length, numbered from 1 to 9, forming a severe arraignment of that officer. While awarding credit to General Hazen, chief signal officer of the army, for the best intentions in devising measures for the rescue of the command of Lieutenant Greely and for an earnest desire, which it was impossible that he should not have entertained, to restore those adventurous men to their country and homes after two years of exile from the world of humanity, and while further commending the study and care of General Hazen and of his assistants in the signal office in 18811, in the preparation of the outfit and men of the expedition of that year and the selection of the men composing the expedition, the Court is of the opinion that in many particulars and in some of the gravest moment he failed in an adequate comprehension of the necessities ot the case and of the measures and means essential to meet them. Tilt ntsitiia rLuuua. The destruction by the western floods? ' the overflow of the Ohio river and its tributaries?will surpass that of last year. It is 1 estimated that not less than 100,000 persons ' are rendered homeless by reason of the ! overflow, driving them from home and 1 shelter. The distress is spread over a vast 1 area of country. From Pittsburg, Pa., to ( the mouth of the river, about 1,000 miles, 1 the valley of the Ohio is flooded. Some villages have been swept away, and in the cities the loss and distress are very great. At Cincinnati the river formed a vast lake ten miles lonir. and at least two miles wide. The destruction and destitution in West Virginia and Kentucky are as great as in < Ohio. Congress lias opportunely come to < the relief of the distressed people, by making a liberal appropriation to be expended for provisions, tfce., and much more is also being done by private contributions. j A Vein of Tin* Ore Discovered.?The , rumors that have been heard for several days past to the effect that the searching partie's efforts at King's Mountain had been rewarded by the discovery of the coveted vein of tin bearing ore, were yesterday ! | confirmed by parties who arrived in the city direct from King's Mountain. The vein was discovered by Captain Iiell and his party several days ago, but they covered it up and endeavored to keep it quiet until they perfected all their arrangements for , properly bonding the land. The vein is four or five feet thick, but how deep or how long is as yet unknown. When all the bonding arrangements are completed -the ' work of developing the vein will be pushed forward, and its probable extent investigated. There is no doubt of the fact that it i is a real tin ore vein, the ore being exactly similar in weight and appearance to that sent to the Charlotte mint for assay, and from which a quantity of pure tin was reduced and left at the' Observer office for inspection. The vein has been found and the prospects for a tin mine at King's Mountain are promising. The property upon which the vein has been found is bonded by Judge Averv, Dr. C. W. Dabney, C'apt. W. T. R. Bell and Mr. J. T. Claywell.?Charlotte Observer, Friday. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 11th, a communication was received from the Secretary ol War, transmitting, in compliance with a recent resolution, a statement showing the number of soldiers of the late war who served in the Union army one year; how many two years, and how many three years, and the amount of money required to equalize the bounties of those who served in the said war. Senator Pendleton presented the credentials of Hon. Henry B. Payne, Senator elect from the State of Ohio for the term beginning March, 1885. Senator Sherman sent to the desk, and the clerk read a telegraphic dispatch from Richard Smith, of Cincinnati, saying that Congress should make an immediate appropriation of $101),000to relieve the sufferers by the floods in the towns between Pittsburg and Cairo; adding that Cincin nati needed nothing, but that otner piaces were almost helpless. The telegram was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. A message was received from the House announcing its continued disagreement with the Senate 011 the Greely reliel bill. The question at issue between the Senate and the House was an amendment of the Senate providing that the expedition should be composed exclusively of volunteers. After debate, the Senate decided", by a vote of 29 to 22 to recede from its amendment. Senator Butler offered a resolution, which was agreed to, directing the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to inquire into and report upon the condition ol the Government tea farm in South Carolina, whether it had been abandoned by the Government, and if so why and by what authority, and whether the experiment of tea culture had been fairly and fully made. In connection with the resolution Butler presented a letter from John 0. Minor with accompanying papers, which were also referred to the committee. The Senate, after passing some private bills, went into executive session, and on the doors being reopened a message was received from the House of Representatives' announcing the passage by that body of the joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to issue rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Ohio River and its tributaries, and making an appropriation of $300,000 to relieve the sufferers by such overflow. The joint resolution was read three times and passed. The Senate then adjourned. In the House, under the call of States, a number of bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. Oates, of Alabama,.restoring to the pension rolls the names of those dropped therefrom onaccountof disloyalty. A resolution was offered by Mr. Young, ol Tennessee, directing the Secretary of State to make proper inquiry in regard to the murder of II. P. Cooper, Michael O'Brien and Geo. II. Stieff, in Mexico and to ascertain whether or not it is pr'oper to ask any redress therefor at the hands of the Mexican Government. A joint resolution wasadopted, appropriating $300,000 for the relief of sufferers by the overflow of the Ohio River and its tributaries, after which the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 12th.,-41 lengthy discussion ensued on Mf.'Voorhees' bill to prohibit officers and employees of the United States from contributing money for political purposes. At the request of Mr. Voorhees, the bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, as he objected to its reference to the Committee on Civil Service, ol which Hawley is chairman, on the ground that when trying a case before a Judge whom he knew to be against him, he always took a change of venue. After a short executive session the Senate adjourned. In the House the Naval Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, the entire session being devoted to discussion of the bill. In the Senate, on the 13th, the Chair announced the affixing of his signature to the joint resolution relating to the Greely relief expedition. After the consideration of some private bills, the Senate took up as the special order for the day, Senator McPherson's bill reported by Senator Bayard lrom the Committee 011 Finance, to provide for the issue of circulation to national banking associations. The bill provides that upon the leposit of any United States bonds bearing interest in the manner required by law, any national banking associaton making the same shall be allowed to receive from the Comptrollerofthe Currency circulatingnotes if different denominations in blank, registered and countersigned as required bylaw, not exceeding in amount the par value of the bonds deposited, provided that at 110 dme shall the total amount of such notes is sued to any association exceed the amount vt such time actually paid in or its capital stock. The bill repeals all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with its provisions. Senvtor Sherman offered an amendment providing that if any of the bonds drawn should :>car a rate of annual interest higher than Ihree per cent., additional circulating notes should be issued equal in amount to one-half the interest accruing on such bonds before their maturity in excess of three per cent, per annum, such amount to be ascertained md stated by the Comptroller of theCurren:y on the 1st day of July of each year hereil'ter. Senator Bayard spoke at some length in favor of the bill, lie was followed by Senator Sherman in support of the bill with [lis amendment. The debate was also participated in by Senators McPherson and Aldrich. After an executive session, the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Ilarmer, of Pennsylvania, presented petitions in favor of pensioning Union soldiers who suffered in Andersonville, Bibby, Belle Isle, or other Confederate prisons. The remainder of the session, until 5.10 P. M., was devoted to the consideration of the Mississippi contested election ease of Chalmers against Manning. In the Senate, 011 the 14th, the bill mak?ll .,..1.1:,. ?,wl llljj <111 JJUUlll/ iu?uo auu ui^u ti uji? pWv routes was passed. The consideration of the bill relating to national bank circulation was resumed. Beck spoke at some length in favor of the bill. Morrill opposed it at equal length. In fact, nearly all the speeches delivered during thediscussion have been long. Several amendments were offered and advocated in speeches of greater or less length by Morrill, Aldrich, Vest and Morgan. Morgan's amendment provides for the use of State bonds in the same manner that United States bonds are now used as security for national banking circulation. Plumb was about to address the Senate upon the bill reported from the committee, when the Senate, went into executive session, and when the doors were re-opened adjourned. In the House, the consideration of the Mississippi contested election case of Chalmers against Manning was resumed, and considered until the hour of adjournment. In the Senate, on the loth, the consideration of the bill relating to national bank circulation was resumed, and Senator Plumb addressed the Senate in regard to it. The rapid extinction of the national debt, he said, was going to destroy the national banks as a media of circulation. All measures before the Senate to retain connection between the banks and the currency were a tacit admission of the fact. Plumb concluded by offering an amendment providing that whenever a national bank surrenders its circulation the Treasury shall issue greenbacks to an amount equal to the surrendered national currency. Bayard and Jones, of Florida, spoke briefly in opposition to i Plumb's views. A vote was then taken on i . the amendment heretofore submitted by j Sherman, providing that if any of the bonds J deposited bore interest higher than 3 per (i cent., additional notes should be issued . ] equal to one-half the interest in excess of 3 j ' per cent, accruing before maturity. This [ was voted down?7 yeas to 42 nays. The J s House joint resolution appropriating the j [ further sum of $200,000 in aid of the suffer. ers by the Ohio floods was read three times I and passed. After executive session the : . Senate adjourned until Monday. ; In the House after the adoption of a joint j > resolution appropriating the further sum of $200,000 in aid of the sufferers by the Ohio ! . floods, the Miasissippi contested election case | ! was resumed, and a lengthy debate ensued on the adoption of the majority and minor. ity reports of the Committee on Elections? i the former favoring Manning, and the latter : Chalmers?and the action of the House re suited in continuing the contested seat vacant until the case is decided on its merits. Adjourned until Monday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Candidates are cropping up in Laurens and Pickens. Four aspirants for Sheriff are reported in the latter county. ? Harrington Hawkins and his wife, an aged couple, of Edgefield county, died last week of measles. The wife died on Tuesday and the husband on Friday. ? The annual inspection of the First Regiment of Cavalry will be held at Hampton on the loth of March. There are eight companies in the regiment.? The wife of the 'Kt. Rev. W. 11. W. Howe, Bishop of this diocese, died in Charleston on \\ ednesday of last week, and was buried from St. Philip's Church on the following day. ? Mountain Shoals is to be the name of a new town, in Laurens county, on the line of +I10 rirnonvillp T.jiiirons nnrl Savannah Railroad. Fifteen lots were sold there last Saturday, at from $20 to i?5G for half and one acre lots. ? Perry Abraham and Catherine Stepp, ! colored, have been arrested and committed ( to jail in Greenville, suspected of being the . perpetrators of the murder of Mrs. Edna Black, in that county, in the month of ' August, 1878. ? It is stated that the Raleigh and Augus1 ta Railroad, which will reach Cheraw duringtheyoar, is to be pushed rapidly through to Columbia. When completed it will place Cheraw within three hours of the capital, i nstead of twenty-four, as at present. ? The Governor has issued a writ of election to the Comissioners of Election for the counties comprising the Seventh Congressional Districts for the election of a member of Congress to fill the vacancy created by the death of E. W. M. Mackey. The election is to take place on the 17th of March. ? Henry Davis, of Oconee county, is a 1 remarkable man. He is in the 91st vear ot ! hisage; had has bacon for sale every year for fifty years; never planted a seed of cotton . in his life; raises his own tobacco, never having, bought but one and a half plug; has plenty of money; is a native of Anderson county. 1 ? Bennettsville expects to come out of the wilderness shortly. The 8un -ethd Monitor ' says: "The ttout.?'ourolina Pacific Road i will he completed to Bennettsville by next November. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Road will be completed as far as | Shoe Heel, N. ('., within the next sixty days." ? Near Batesburg, Lexington county, on Sunday of last week, Stanmore Walker shot and dangerously wounded his brother-in, law, Jesse Scott. They had a quarrel last summer about a very trivial matter and . were not on speaking terms. Walker, riding by Scott's, deliberately shot him in his own yard without notice or warning. Walker cannot be found. ? The Sumter Watchman, printed at the home of Mr. Tuomey, nominated by the President for the position of U. S. Marshal | for .South Carolina, speaks in tne mgnesi terms of that gentleman's qualifications for the office. Although the nomination has not been confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Tuomey receives daily, hundreds of applications for appointment to office. ? About the first week in January Laura . Kinard, a maiden lady aged 40 years, living alone with her father in Newberry county, was found in the house badly burned and dead, and under circumstances that gave rise to strong suspicions of foul play, or at the least that she was the victim of malpractice by her father, who is an eccentric sort of man, and an herb doctor. Efforts were made to obtain an analysis of the contents of the stomach of the deceased; bus the coroner failing in this, the jury of inquest have returned a verdict that she came to her death from burnipg and from other causes unknown. ? Union Times: On the 7th instant, as Foster Garvington, colored, was taking plank from the saw, at Tucker's saw mill, in Santuc township, a plank struck the saw ' and knocked him down, throwing him across the saw while it was running. His leg was cut off just below the body in a shocking manner, and one arm and a hand were dreadfully mutilated. Medical aid was procured as quickly as possible, and every care and attention was given the unfortunate man, but all were unavailing, and he died Thursday night. ? Two Mormon apostles are on mission work in the north-eastern part of Spartanburg county. They generally seek the dark corners, where there are no post offices and where the people do not read. Speaking of their movements in Spartanburg, a correspondent of the News and Courier says: "They find entertainment with the kind, good people of the neighborhood where they are working. It is a very difficult question to settle as to what ought to be done with these men. They are not disturbers of the peace ; they do not attract crowds; in fact they move about quietly and cautsously. There is, therefore, no chance to have them up before the magistrates, and what is to be done with them is a question not easy to answer. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? There are forty prisoners confined in the Charlotte jail. ? Charlotte is already making arrange-1 ments for a grand celebration 011 the 20th of next May. ? The employees in tlie internal revenue offices in North Carolina number 009, and ! their annual pay foots up $574,000. ? At a meeting of the Carolina Fair As-1 uociation and citizens of Charlotte, last Sat- j urday, it was decided not to hold a fair of the Association until the fall of 1885. ? The Gastonia Gazette of last Friday, announces the death of Mr. Wilson Parish, of ' Crowder's Creek, which occurred last month, j Mr. Parish was a native of York county, < S. C. ? Several Northern sportsmen are ex pec-1 ted at High Point soon. They have paid j the State and county tax 011 4,0U0 acres of 1 1??'1 f#M* IKn nnvilntvo i\f 1 J ill HI 111 111111/ V1Y/II11 l/^y 1UI mv< v>? i shooting birds upon it. ? Lincolnton Press: Mr. Abo Mauney, of; Beaverdam, Gaston county, armed himself I last week and went forth to shoot wild tur- } keys. After dark he started home and los-! ing his way fell into an abandoned gold | mine, where he remained until the next j day, when some persons working in a sul phur mine near by, heard his calls for help and rescued him, unhurt, but very hungry. ? On Christmas night of 1882 an old man named Lee Penick, from Gaston county, while walking on one of the streets of ChaVlotte was suddenly shot down and seriously j wounded by a young man named Worj Chester Ilicks. Penick recovered from his i wound, and Ilicks returned to Charlotte last , week, having been absent ever since the :! shooting, and was committed to jail for the , I crime. I ? The remains of about 400 Confederate I soldiers have been removed from their forI rner resting place in the Methodist burying ground in Greensboro, and, deposited i in "Memorial Square," at the new city cem;1 etery. We learn that the ladies of the me; raorial association will soon commence to turf the grounds preparatory to decorating the place with shrubbery of various kinds. In due time it is contemplated to erect a suitable monument to the memory of the i deceased soldiers. 1 Ij ocal affairs. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS'. ., < n unter it Gates?Bargains, Bargains, Bargains. < M. Strauss?Great Bargains. Parish <fe McKnight?A Cyclonein the Dry Goo?l.s Business. * ! Withers Adickes?Fertilizers. ; ] T. M. Dobson?How are You, Old Chap? T. B. MeClain it Co.?Clothing. J. N. Roberts?Notice. 1 _ HEAVY RAINFALL. ' A heavy rainfall, accompanied by high ' wind, thunder and vivid lightning, occurred ! on Tuesday night. The rain was almost ' continuous for nearly three hours, and the . streets were more deeply Hooded than at any time during the past winter. V AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR. * J A movement has been inaugurated to establish a Grand Council, in this State, of the American Legion of Honor. To obtain this result it requires ten subordinate councils and a membership of 1,000. A census of! the councils in the State is being made, and j 1 if thev are found to contain the requisite j i membership, application will be made for ] the organization of a Grand Council. 1 V FOUND GUILTY. In the Sessions Court of Fairfield, last Friday, before Judge Aldrich, Jim Gillespie and Henry Lane, members of Lewis , Broomfield's gang of burglars, were tried and found guilty of grand larceny, the of- ' fense charged being the robbery of P. Landecker's store in Winnsboro, in January : last. Gillespie and Lane were sentenced by the Court to ten years each at hard labor in tjie penitentiary. ANOTHF.R MURDER. The Charlotte Observer, of last Saturday, reports as follows the stabbing, with fatal < results, of one farm hand by another, in < York county, recently: i Monroe.Springs, a colored farm hand in the employ of Mr. A. C. Springs, at Fort j Mill, died night before last, from the effects of a stab in the back of the neck, inflicted by a colored companion. Monroe was at a festival three weeks ago when he got into a difficulty with another negro, who drew a 1 knife and stabbed him in the neck. Monroe i was carried home and the negro fled. Both ; negroes were in the employ of Mr. Springs, > and a few days ago he received a message from the murderer, stating that "if Monroe gets well I'll come back, but if he dies good bye to ole Caliny." Our informant did not know the assassin's name, but the authori- i ties do, and they think that he is a little previous in bidding "Caliny" goodnye. churcii'notices. I Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, j Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville i next Sunday, forenoon and evening. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night, conducted by Rev. L. A. Johnson. Sundayschool at 3 o'clock, P. 31. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Robert Lathan, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday. J Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington", Pastor. Services in ..the church at Yorkville, at 11 A. M., next Sunday. Sunday-school at Union at 2 o'clock, and the ordinance of ! baptism at 3 o'clock, P. 31. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and j ouoninor novf Hnnilnv. , VfV..4..b, . Episcopal?Rev. Aug. Prentiss, Rector. Morning and communion service, next Sun- 1 day, at 10.30 A. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. . M. Evening service at 7 P. M. ^ THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. /Next Sunday's services in the church of : the Good Shepherd, in this place, will close the parochial relations of the Rev. Augus- . tine Prentiss with this parish, he having accepted a call to the Episcopal churches in i Elkhart and Mishawka, Indiana. Mr. Prentiss entered upon his duties as Rector ; of Yorkville and Rock Hill parishes, in ; 1882, conducting his first services in the ; church at this place in the month of July, ' in that year, since which time he has been 1 a faithful, zealous and beloved laborer in J the parishes in which he labored. Highly ( gifted with intellectual powers, a close stu- ] dent and ardent in the work of his Master, < he bids fair to become a shining light in the ] church. During his association here with the people of all denominations he made a most favorable impression, and he takes , with him the best wishes not only of his ( own vestry, but of all with whom he became acquainted. "NVe learn that he will leave about the fourth of March for his new field of labor. MAIL CONTRACTS. We have been furnished by Hon. J. J. , Hemphill with the recent awards of con- { tracts by the Post Office Department, for { carrying the mails in this vicinity for four ( years, from the 1st of July, 1884, as follows: ] RouteNo. 14,182, from Yorkville, by Bethany and Clark's Fork, to Yorkville, twice a Atuoi-Hofl tn H n finjt.lpman at S14(i per annum. ] lloute No. 14,183, from Yorkville to Bullock's Creek, three times a week. Awarded '< to James J. Horton, at ?240 per annum. Rotite No. 14,184, from Yorkville to Hope- i well, three times a week. Awarded to H. j F. Horton, at $249 per annum. Route No. 14,185, from Yorkville to Garibaldi, N. C., twice a week. Awarded to W. ] 0. Glover, at $240 per annum. j Route No. 14,180, from Yorkville to Char- i lotte, N. C., twice a week. Awarded to S. D. Castleman, at $.'330 per annum. Route No. 14,187, from Yorkville to Rock Hill, twice a week. Awarded to ?S. D. Cas- , tleman, at $156 per annum. ? Route No. 14,145, from Gaffney City to Etta Jane, three times a week. Awarded to S. D. Castleman, at $306 per annum. Mr. If. F. Horton, to whom was awarded the route from Yorkville to Hopewell, is a resident of Bullock's Creek township, in ( this county. Mr. W. (). Glover, to whom 1 was awarded the Garibaldi route, resides in Gaston county, N. C. Of Mr. J. J. Horton, j to whom was awarded the Bullock's Creek ( route, we can gain no information ; nor do j we know anything of Mr. 8. D. G'astleman, to whom the other routes were awarded. ' We suppose he is a professional mail con- ' tract bidder, residing in another State, and j intends to sub-let his contracts. , 7 SERIOUS SHOOTING SCRAPE. j On Friday night last, James It. Hoyle, of , Clover, in this county, was committed to s the jail in this place on the charge of shoot- ] ing and seriously wounding J. It. Strick- < land, in that town, on Friday afternoon, j Hoyle keeps the hotel in Clover, and also carries on the business of house painting. Strickland, whom he shot, was in his em- < ployment as a journeyman painter. The facts pertaining to the difficulty, as j we are able to gathor them, are substantial- 1 Jy as follows: Hoyle has the contract for painting the Presbyterian church, and < Strickland was engaged to work upon it. J On the day of the difficulty both men were ! ( in/im. +i,o ;ntinnnpp nf linnnr. Strickland I , V..V, ... , lmcl been at work during the forenoon, and ! after dinner resumed work, continuing un-: til about 2 o'clock, when ho quit work and | walked down the street, lloyle met him | near the railroad crossing south of the cle-: pot, and commenced using abiftive language j to Strickland. Finally he seized Strickland ; and struck him two or three blows with his f. fist. Strickland then took hold of Hoyle j and lloyle drew his pistol. Strickland then ! let loose of lloyle and fell back a step or i two. lloyle then put his pistol in his pock-1 et and they clinched again, but soon separated, and then Hoyle again drew his pistol! and fired, the ball entering the lower part of j the breast, a little to the right of the centre j! of the breast, and lodging, the physicians j think, in the region of the liver. Immediately after the shooting, Hoyle I talked off towards the hotel, and Strickland r went into W. B. Smith's store and asked for < water. Perceiving that Strickland was 1 ibout to fall, Mr. Smith and others caught j liold of him and laid him down. I About this time Hoyle, with pistol in < hand, started for the store in which the wounded man was lying, but just as he en- 1 tered the door, Trial Justice Bell, who had , ' Mine up in the meantime, wrenched the; j pistol from his hand. ] lioyle was subsequently arrested and ! i committed to jail by Trial Justice Bell. < Strickland was taken to his room, and 1 Drs. A. P. Campbell and J. R. Latimer call- j 3d In. Probing failed to find the ball. Both ! ( physicians pronounce his condition precari- < 3us, though he appeared to be resting well 1 on Tuesday. I' r . )C NATIONAL EDUCATION. Col. A. Coward, State Superintendent of . Education, returned last Monday evening } from Washington city, where he had been ( in attendance upon a meeting of the "De- } partment of Superintendents" of theXation- i 3.1 Educational Association. ( rryt A* f X*-5_ J X- X ~ i? XL- ~ f me meetings or mis ueparuueiu. ui mu . Association were held in the Congregationil Church and presided over by Hon. B. L. ] Butcher, of West Virginia. Three sessions ] were held daily on Wednesday, Thursday i and Friday of last week, and in attendance ! were a large number of gentlemen from all ! parts of the country identified with educa- ( tional interests?among them Mr. Bicknell, | editor of the Boston JXlucational Journal; ] I)r. Curry, agent of the Peabody fund, and others. During the sessions of the Association, a . number of addresses were delivered on educational subjects?one by Major Bingham, j of North Carolina, which attracted general : attention, presenting, in a true light, many interesting facts concerning Southern work 1 and Southern education before an audience | but little acquainted with either. , One principal object of this meeting in . Washington was to bring the attention of ; Congress directly to the question of Feder- 1 al aid in the work of eliminating illiteracy from the masses, especially in the Southern States. A hearing was given to a committee of the Department of Superintendents, i 1 A1- ~ An uy nit? xiuusc iiipu nfiiiuc v^i/iiiuiiii^u.? vu Education, on Saturday. This meeting lasted five iiours and was addressed by Dr. Bicknell, of Massachusetts; State Superin- , tendent Orr, of Georgia; Col. Coward, of ' South Carolina; Mr. Holcombe, of Indiana; and Mr. Armstrong, of Alabama, who pre- ' sented the subject in earnest arguments. ( Col. Coward speaks of this meeting of the j Association as pleasant in every feature. Discussion was frank and pleasant, and the < interchange of views harmonious and un- I biased by political matters. The next meeting-of the Association will ; be h^k' at Madison, Wisconsin. SOUTHERN MORMONS. 1 A party of Southern Mormon converts * passed through Atlanta on Wednesday on ( their way to Utah. The Atlanta Conxtitu- , 'ion, speaking of these emigrants, says : 1 The party consisted of Mormon converts * from Cleveland county, N. C. They were en route to Utah, under the leadership of ' Elder Davidson, a glib-tongucd Latter Day < Saint, who had persuaded them to abandon < their homes in the old North State for the \ polygamous paradise on the shores of Salt i Lake. Two of the men were middle aged, < two were stalwart young fellows, and the five women ranged in age from nineteen to 1 forty. All of them were rather good-look- 1 ing, well-dressed and apparently above the ' average in intelligence. * 1 But the Mormon leader, Elder Davidson, as he was called, attracted more attention ' than his simple victims. The elder was a 1 young man, not over thirty, with a handsome face, keen, flashing eyes and a black 1 mustache. lie was well dressed and would have been presentable anywhere. Elder Davidson had plenty to say for himself, but as his train was about to start, it was impos- ' sible to interview him satisfactorily. As 1 the train rolled out of the depot with the Jeluded converts and the impish guide who 1 had them in charge, the bystanders gave 1 expression to their views in strong and not ( particularly choice language. 1 V/ MASONIC MATTERS. rA.t the Convocation of the Royal Arch 1 Chapter of South Carolina, in Charleston, j en the 12th instant, the following officers j were elected for the ensuing year: G. D. Bryan, Charleston, M. E. Grand j High Priest; J. E. Breazeale, Anderson, R. i E. Deputy Grand High Priest; W. T. ] Branch, Abbeville, R. E. Grand King; ( Morris Clarke, Marion, R. E. Grand Scribe); < J. S. Connor, Winnsboro, Right Rev. Grand ( Chaplain; C. F. Jackson, Columbia, E. < Grand Treasurer; J. E. Burke, Charleston, E. Grand Secretary; A.H.White, Rock Hill, i Grand Captain of the Host; W. N. Chand ler, Winnsboro. Grand Royal Arch Captain; t L. F. Meyer, Charleston, Grand Sentinel. j On the same day the Grand Counci 1 of Royal and Select Masons met in the same city. 1 The Most Illustrious Grand Master read his 1 address, which was referred to an appropri- ' ;ite committee. His address shows that Cry p- , tic Masonry has not flourished in this State, but that there was some evidence of a revival of interest. The business was princi- 1 pally' matter of routine. The following: 1 ?rand officers were elected and installed for j the next ensuing year : ? A. H. White, Rock Hill, Most 111. Gr. 1 Master; W. W. Humphreys, Anderson, < Dep. Gr. Master; W. T. Branch, Abbeville, < Gr. G. of W.; C. F. Jackson, Columbia, Gr. Treasurer; D. 1). Moore, Rock Hill, Gr. < Recorder. 1 PROGRESS OF THE RAILROAD. The first train of the Chester and Lenoir : Railroad reached Caldwell county last Thurs- i Jay, and of the event, and the progress of j the road, the Lenoir Topic says: s On last Thursday, the track having been 1 laid and spiked down across the Catawba ] railroad bridge, a train of three loaded 1 aars and a locomotive was brought across ( into Caldwell county. Upon this train ] were Mr. James Mason, superintendent of theC. & L. Railroad, Major Waddill, con- ' druction master, and Major G. W. F. Har- j per, of Lenoir one of the stockholders and * directors who has worked in season and out * af season for the completion of this road, * ind Mr. J. P. Rosseau, superintendent of J the bridge building. Track laying was at s ance progressed on this side of the bridge J md it was understood that trains would ' run to Mull trestle, two miles into Caldwell, J an Saturday evening. \ \ THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. f An occasional correspondent of the JVeics aid Courier, writing from Columbia, on the 1 political outlook in this State, gives the fol- ^ lowing as the "indications" thus early in g the political year: > The probabilities are that there will be no s apposition whatever to the re-nomination s af Governor Thompson. A number of articles on the subject have appeared in the c county papers, but nowhere has there been i my suggestion of opposing the renomina- * tion of the present Governor, who has given t general satisfaction by the courtesy, intelli- 1 *ence and the unwavering fidelity with J ? which he has discharged the duties of his 1 ] important office. Thesingle objection made ! i to him is that of the Aooevnie 1'ress ana i Manner, which does not want any man as ; c Governor who is an enthusiast on the sub-1 ] ject of popular education. There is little I ( feeling of this sort in the State, and what is j t treated by the Press and Manner as an objec- s tion, is, in the eyes of most people, a strong 11 recommendation. If it were not, the Gov- j Brnor's opinions on the subject would not be i ( in objection to him, for the reason that the ; t Governor has no power whatever in the | ( matter. The State constitution makes it Ir obligatory to support the public schools, and : s it is the Legislature which has control of ] the subject, except so far as the Constitution 1 s prescribes the minimum tax that shall be! J levied. It had been hinted that Governor I. Thompson might become a candidate for ' Jongress this year, but there is the best authority for saying that under no circumstances will he accept the nomination for Congress, and that he will consider it a high nonor if he shall be renominated and reflected as Governor. There will be considerable stir in three of ;he Democratic Congressional Districts this summer. It is no secret that Congressman John H. Evins, of the Fourth District, is in Had health, and he will not be a candidate for re-election. The State has no better representative in Congress than Col. Evins, md his inability to serve the State any longer will be a serious public loss. There is no doubt that he has won the confidence and respect of the Republicans as well as Democrats as an able and hard working member >f Congress. He .is now serving his fourth term and would probably have been renominated if he could have been a candidate. There are several candidates in prospect. Richland has ex-Attorney-General L. F. Voumans and Col. Wra. Wallace. Fairfield is expected to put forward the name of Col. T. W. Woodward, but that jovial and unreconstructed crentleman declares that he will not be a candidate again. Greenville will have two candidates, Mr. James L. Orr and Ctol. W. H. Perry, the eldest son of ex-Govcrnor B. F. Perry. Spartanburg will probably enter asa candidate Col- D. R. Duncan, now the Circuit Solicitor, and who was the man who, as president of the company, carried the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad across the Blue Ridge. Union, like Spartanburg, will have but one candidate, md he will be Col. I. G. McKissick. There is plenty of room for speculation as to the chances of the several gentlemen spoken of, but not more than three of them are expected to develop any considerable strength. s The present representative of the Third District is Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, who is serving his fourth term, and is a candidate for renomination. There is not much likelihood that he will be opposed in his own county, though it has been hinted that there may be aspirants there. Newberry will have a candidate in the person of the Hon. Ceorge Johnstone, who is chairman of the committee of ways and means of the House of Representatives of the State. Oconee and Pickens have suggested no candidates io far. It is reported that Anderson will put in the field Mr. E. B. Murray, the edit Dr of the Anderson Intelligencer, and one of the most active member's of the House of Representatives. The Second District is now represented by Mr. George D. Tillman, of Edgefield, and his re-nomination will not be opposed, it is thought, ip his own county. There may be opposition to him in Hampton and Barnwell, as well as in Aiken. In Barnwell State Senator Lartfgue is talked of as a probable candidate, ana from Aiken Representative G. W. Croft is named. The Fifth and Sixth Districts are represented by Messrs. John J. Hemphill and George \V. Dargan respectively. These gentlemen are now serving their first term, having been elected in 1882, under the Act re-distri^ting the State. They have given satisfaction to their constituents, and will be re-nominated without opposition J* affairs of ^the Seventh, or Black District, the Democrats, do not take much interest. There is no Talk of nominating a Democratic candidate in the district, and the Republicans will be allowed to fight it aut in their own way. Altogether the outlook for lively times luring the canvass for the nominations is ^uite promising, and it is not v^ry wide of the mark to suppose that there will be considerable activity on the part of the Republicans, during the two or three months immediately preceding the election. The inlicatious are that there will be no Republi >un nnnnsit.inn t? the eleetinn of the Demo "rrvv* ? ? ?? cratic candidates for State offices, or except in the Republican counties, to the Democratic candidates for county offices and the Legislature. The Republicans will naturally make an effort to carry one or more of tne Congressional districts and try to obtain i majority for their electoral ticket. Their chances in the latter respect will depend very much on the character of the Democratic candidate for President and the nature of the platform on which he stands. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ' LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, February 19.?A call has been extended by the Blackstocks Baptist church to Rev. Mr. Ebeltoft, now of Shelby, N. C. A worthy member of this church inlormed me one day last week that he and his brethren are quite hopeful of securingthe services cf this excellent minister. After finishing the course at Louisville Theological Seminary, he was called to the pastorate of the Baptist church at Mansfield, Louisiana, where he labored acceptably until failing health compelled him to resign. After waiting a while, he took charge 01 a church in Virginia,, but was again forced to resign on account'of bad health. He has for some time been engaged in some secular employment in Shelby, N. C.,* but now purposes to re-enter the ministry. If he ac- '' cepts the call tendered him, he will be in charge not only of the Blackstocks Baptist church, but also of the Hopewell Baptist church, near Richburg. Rev. L. C. Hinton, for so many years the pastor of the Baptist church at this place, ind afterwards the pastor of several Baptist churches in this county, entered on the pastorate of Sugar Creek Baptist church, York county, the first of the year. He will ?ive his whole time to this church, as the membership is quite large, numbering ibout four hundred. He has been kindly received by the members of the church and congregation, and his work in their midst promises to be greatly blessed. A meeting of the Directors of the Agricultural, Mechanical and Horticultural Association of Chester, Lancaster, .York and Fairfield was held at this place on last Wednesday. The President, Vice Presidents, md Directors constitute the Board of Directors. The officers of the Association are Gen. John Bratton, of Fairfield, President; Col. John S. Bratton, of York, Major T. W. Woodward, of Fairfield, Gen. John Erwin, ;>f Lancaster and Mr. Jesse Hardin, of Chester, Vice Presidents. The Directors are Col. It. A. Love, Mr. S. M. Wylie, Mr. J. II. Hardin, Col. E. T. Atkinson and Mr. W. IT. N'ance. The gentlemen present at the late meeting were Gen. John Bratton, Col. J. S. Bratton, Col. It. A. Love, Mr. S. M. Wylie md Col> E. T. Atkinson. Important action tvas taken at this meeting in regard to the premium list, which will he published in a few weeks, and then distributed. It was lecided to dispense with the silver premiums, and in its place give cash. It is believed that the revisement of the premium ist is such as will have the effect of increasng the exhibits at the next fair. It was ilso decided at the Directors' meeting to ;rect additional buildings at the fairgrounds. Col. J. S. Bratton, Col. E. T. Atkinson and R. A. Love were appointed a committee to supervise the erection of such buildings as ,vere needed. The matter of representation )y the Fair Association at the New Orleans Exposition was discussed at the Directors' neeting. It was proposed to call upon the State Board of Agriculture for aid to meet ;he expenses of transporting exhibits to and rom New Orleans. From September 1st of last year to February 1st ot this year 23,985 bales of cotton vere shipped from this place; during the lame time the year before 30,471 bales were ihipped. During last month 1,539 bales ,vere shipped from this place; during the ;ame month last vear 2.936 bales were ihipped. A number of our citizens have contributed juite liberally to the establishment of an ndustrial school to be attached to the Brainird Institute of which Rev. Mr. Loomis is he worthy principal. A workshop will be juilt with the amount contributed. Dr. A. i. Haygood, agent of the State fund, will provide the workshop, when completed, ,vith the necessary tools. Mr. J. Lyle Glenn has resigned the office )f Trial Justice at this place. Mr. \V. T. Robison and Mr. W. M. Leckie are applijants for the position. They have sent to :he Governor petitions signed by their respective friends. The. appointment will jrobably be made this week. Intelligence was received here on Saturlay of a destructive tire at Blackstocks on she night previous. Two stores with their .'ontents and a warehouse were consumed, rhe sufferers by the fire were J. E. Johnson & Co.,Coleman & Banks and Mr. Elmore Ivell. About 70 bales of cotton were destroyed, of which 24 bales belonged to Mr. Kell, and the rest to Mr. J. E. Johnson. I. E. Johnson & Co. were insured to the