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?he |j0ifeviUc (ftqntm. YORK VII. LE, 8. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1884. RATIONAL EDUCATION. We have received from Senators Hampton and Butler pamphlet copies of their remarks in the Senate on the Blair Educational bill, which has been the absorbing question in the Senate for the past three weeks, debate on which was closed last Monday night, the vote resulting in the passage of the bill. Senator Hampton favored the bill, and Senator Butler opposed its adoption. An outline of the argument of each Senator is in our Congressional summary on the fourth page of this issue, it having been crowded out of last week's paper, for which it was prepared and put in type. While these worthy colleagues differ in opinion as to the wisdom of this measure, their constituents feel that each is actuated by disinterested motives and for what he conceives to be for the best interest of the country and his section. Senator Hampton is with a majority of the Senators in approval of the measure; while Senator Butler may congratulate himself on being with a respecta ble minority, among wnom are names nu less distinguished for patriotism and statesmanship than Bayard and Pendleton. While the provisions of the bill point to centralization, should it become a law, time only can determine the wisdom of the measure. +??- > THE CINCINNATI RIOT. Quiet is restored in Cincinnati, though the condition of affairs in that city for several " days was terrible, and was but the natural outgrowth of a lax administration of justice, liable to occur in any section of the Union where the popular feeling prevails that the laws against the more serious grades of crime are not properly enforced. With one hundred and fourteen men on the criminal calendar of the Cincinnati Court charged with murder or bein? accessory to murder, and seventy of the offenders in jail at the time of the outbreak, there is little wonder that when a confessed murderer is found guilty by the jury only of manslaughter, that an indignant people should deem it time take the law into their own hands. It is a desperate remedy for a desperate disease, and a dispassionate view of the question leads to the irresistible conclusion that fearful as was the application, good results will follow. We are informed that the Courts of Cincinnati are working, and while no special complaint has been made against the Judges, it is apparent from reported proceedings of the last few days that the leniency not to say laxity, with which they presided previous to the riot, has changed to a more decided regard for a rigid and fearless enforcement of the laws. This is a wholesome fact, dearly as it was brought about. We do not advocate mob law, however. There is but one crime on the calendar, in which we advocate the intervention of Judge Lynch, and then the proof of guilt should be positive and unmistakable. But we doubt not the better class of citizens of Cincinnati despaired of Justice resuming sway in their criminal courts so long as quiet acquiescence seemed to approve of the wholesale corruption of shyster practititioners and packed juries, and the popular indignation found vent in what is popularly denominated a riot, but which was really an uprising of the people in their majestyjust such as in the same circumstances, might be expected in any populous community. The Cincinnati Xews-Journal justifies the outbreak of the people in the following words: "No community was ever more outraged or overrun by murderers, thieves, bunko steerersand other kinds of lawbreakers than this has been, and so long as juries and lawyers can be secured who will undertake to shield such characters as are now in our jail awaiting to go through the form of a trial, nothing better than such a verdict as was secured in the Berner case need be expected. The whole community feels outraged over the way the criminal laws have been administered of late in this city, and while every good citizen deplores the necessity for mob law, no one can help but admit that the written laws of the land seemed to KAAA?v>AinAnAt^f!Tra in fHiqnrimrnnnit.v I liaVC UCW1I1C Hi through the power and influence of what are called the criminal classes, and the temporary elevation of Judge Lynch to the bench seems necessary, and, therefore, justifiable." PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 31st, Senator Butler presented a memorial from the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, S. C., relating to silver coinage, revenue, marine service and light ships. Call called up, for the purpose of speaking upon it, his bill providing for the organization of the Patent Office into a separate department. At the conclusion of his remarks, the Senate went into executive session and when the doors were re-opened, adjourned. In the House, under the call of States, Nichols of Georgia, introduced a resolution, reciting the fact that for several days the city of Cincinnati had been menaced by a mob of vigilance committees and kuklux organizations, which have subverted the law of the land and disturbed public tranquility in repeated efforts to lynch certain persons confined in jail at Cincinnati charged with crime, resulting in the loss of many lives and the destruction of much property, and requesting the Sherman Committee of the Senate to inquire into the circumstances connected with these outrages, and report by bill otherwise. The bill for the redemption of the trade dollar came up, but pending discussion, it went over without action. Robert Smalls, colored, of South Carolina, took the oath of office as Representative to succeed the late E. W. M. Mackey. Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 1st instant, the chair presented a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the recent resolution of the Senate, information relating to the war tax of 1861, showing the amount due and unpaid and from what States due, and stating that the rule adopted in regard to said tax has been applied alike to all the States. The House Dill to release the American Baptist Home Missionary Society from the conditions of the sale of the Marine Hospital building at Natchez, Miss., was read three times and passed. The Blair Educational bill was then taken up. Senator Lamar sent to the desk and had the clerk to read some extracts from an address by Dr. Mayo, of Boston, recently delivered in Vicksburg, in which Dr. Mayo assures Northern Senators that it is impossible for the South, out of her own resources, to supply means of educating their children in such a manner as the necessities of American citizenship require. The address strongly advocated the passage of the bill. Blair read a letter from a distinguished professor of South Carolina and the resolutions of the National Education Society in support of the bill. He also gave statistics showing the relative educational conditions prevailing in the Northern and Southern States before the war. Mr. Beck inquired of Mr. Blair how much it would help intelligent suffrage of the Sixteenth Amendment recently reported to the Senate (as Beck believed, from Blair's own committee,) should be adopted?how it would help intelligent suffrage if all the negro women of the South were given the ballot. Blair replied that he would not mind discussing the subject with the Senator, but not in this debate. The negro women, he said, were superior to the negro men, and he did not know that there was any question of the superiority of women among all races. Adjourned. In the House, under the call of committees, a number of bills were reported, among them one by Rogers, of Arkansas, from the Committee on postoffices and post roads, tc pay certain southern mail contractors. Referred to Committee of the Whole. The bill for the retirement of the trade dollai was then taken up, after some immaterial amendments, the bill was passed by a vote of yeas, 198; nays, 4G. In the Senate, on the 2nd, after the transaction of some unimportant business, the Blair Educational bill was taken up and debated for three hours and a half, wher the Senate adjourned. In the House, the Indian appropriatior bill was discussed ; and a message was re ceived from the President recommending an appropriation of $100,000 for the protec tion of the levees of the lower Mississippi In the Senate, on the 3rd, the chair pre sented a message from the President simi lar to that received in the House on the pre ceding day, relative to the levees of the lower Mississippi. The Blair Educationa bill was taken up, and Pendleton, of Ohi( spoke at considerable length against it, bas ing his opposition on Constitutional grounds Pendleton was followed by Beck, wh( spoke ostensibly on the Educational bill but confined his remarks mainly to ques tions relating to the tariff. In the House, on motion of G. D. Wise of Virginia, the joint resolution was passec authorizing the Secretary of War to loar flag's and bunting to the Mayor of Richmond to De used at the fair to be held in thai city in aid of the home for disabled Confed erate soldiers. Cox, of New York, present ed a memorial of the New York Mercantile Exchange and merchants and citizens o: New York, protesting against the passage of any bill which will enable the Govern' ment to receive trade dollars in any othei way than by purchase at their markel no Poforfnd Tho Tnrlinr vaiuc ao uuiiivu* xwivi?\.u? a hv appropriation bill was debated until adjournment. In the Senate, on the 4th, a joint resolution was properly referred, making an appropriation of $100,000 for the protection o; existing leevees on the lower Mississippi The regular order was dispensed with, and the Educational bill was taken up. Bayard spoke in opposition to the bill. He said that it had been his intention to cast a silenl vote on this measure, but the debate had more and more shown the interest and importance of it. Just in proportion as its imSortance and necessity had grown upoi; im, so had his desire to find a justificatior for it. But he thought that it was seldom that a measure could be broughtbefore Congress that would have such an effect on oui form of government as the bill now before the Senate. It was a proposition to tax the people of the United States to support the education of the respective States. It was? proposition accompanied with a conditionthat condition being that in the proportion of ignorance existing in the States the money was to be expended. Under that condition the money was to be expendeel by the General Government. Acting as a representative men, executing a great trust o) public power under the limitations of ? written charter?not only Undertivil Obligating hut nmlnr thnsp nf rphVinn added?il was the duty of men to look carefully tc their votes in this body. Bayard read fron: a newspaper with which he said theSenatoi from Rhode Island (Mr. Anthony} was connected in speaking of the Blair bill, an editorial said the passage of it would be ar ultra constitutional, though a necessary, au thority, as a logical consequence of the enfranchisement of the negro, and that the schools would have to conform to the views of the General Goverment. Bayard assent ed to thosfe views so far as concerned the ultra constitutionality of the bill. Nevei before, he said, had the conflict betweer duty and inclination been so great with hiir as now. He said he knew the South. He had given thought to the condition of its people, and had observed their struggles after the war. He had observed the flowei of their manhood slain, their strong mer and warriors crippled, the desolation of theii homes, the upheaval of their social system But there was one cause more devastating than all others, and that was that after tin ploughshare of desolation had done its wort and at the moment when every self-govern ing agency that the law could supply was coming into operation, the party in contro of the General Government adopted the unhappy policy of interdicting every vestige of self-government in the South until it was absolutely annihilated. He did not cite this for the purpose of reproach or recrimination, but merely as a part of history. He had come into public life since the war, and his main object in doing so had been to dc what might be in his power to bind up tne wounds of civil war in his country to assist in the restoration of all the States to theii proper position of equality in the Union, To that end he had opposed every measure which he had deemed unequal or unjust, He had beeu in this Chamber when not ti single true representative of the interest and sympathies of the Southern people was found in it, and when such representations as existed was in truth, scandalous misrepresentation. How different a condition existed to-day. The people of the South were represented according to their will, and the courageous and large-hearted public opinion of the country had risen too high to permit again such an overthrow of liberty as had taken place a few years ago. He was grateful to God that this had come, but this could not affect his theory of the Union. That was unchanged. It was a Union of equal States, what Madison called "the Compound Republic of America." This bill, in his opinion, invaded the harmony of our political system. He then entered 011 an elaborate argument, supporting it by copious readings from the Federalist and other early authorities, to show the unconstitutionality of the bill, claiming that Congress had nc power to tax the people at large to educate the people of any one State. He concluded by saying that the concession to Congress ol the power assumed in this educational bill would be to start the country on a course which must end in the withering of the States. Gibson, of Louisiana, followed in an argument upholding the Constitutionality of the bill. Morgan, of Alabama, made a lengthy argument against the biil. At the conclusion of his speech, Butler submitted, in order to have printed, the following amendment, which he intends to propose tc the bill as soon as it is in order to do so: "The money to be provided for in this bill shall be raised by a direct tax to be levied annually upon each of the States of the United States, which shall be apportioned among the several States according to the respective members." In the House, the Indian appropriatior bill was considered, and finally passed, aftei which the House went into Committee ol the Whole on the private calendar. Cook of Iowa, presented to the House, through the netition box. a paper signed by about fifty citizens of Avery, Iowa, which car hardly be termed a petition, since it opens with the words "we, the undersigned sovereign citizens, hereby respectfully command you, our servants," demanding the passage of a bill to construct a double track steel railway from New York to San Francisco and declaring that not another dollai should be lent to national banks or squandered on canals. After this the House took a recess until 7 o'clock for the consideration of pension bills. In the Senate on the 5th, some amendments were proposed to the Blair Educational bill, and it was agreed that debate should close on Monday. In the House, the agricultural appropriation bill, appropriating $430,590, was passed. In the Senate, on the 7th, debate on the Blair Educational bill did not close until 11 o'clock, P. M., when it was read the third time and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 11 nays. Those voting in the negative were Bayard, Butler, Coke, Groome, Harris, Hawley, Maxey, Miller of California, Morgan, Pendleton, Saulsbury?11. The bill ah passed appropriates $77,000,000 to be distributed among the States in proportion to theii illiteracy on the basis of the census of 1880, the payments of money to extend over a series of eight years. The amount to be distributed the first year is $7,000,000, second $10,000,000, third $15,000,000, the sums then to decrease at the rate of $2,000,000 annually until the eighth year, when all the appropriations shall cease. LOCAL A77AZHS. ; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , T. M. Dobson?That Grand Opening. , R. D. Bigham?Photography. M. Strauss?Not Disappointed. ' Hunter <fe Oates?At the Mammoth. J. R. Lindsay <fc Co.?50 Suits. W. E. Stoney, Comptroller-General?Tnsuranc License. | T. B. McClain ?fc Co?Once More. ' H. F. Adickes?Dry Goods. Withers Adickes?Received This Week. W. C. Latimer?Millinery. 1 T. S. Jefferys, Agent?Navassa Guano. * Blind Tom. 1 R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. SALES-DAY. Sales-day, on Monday last, passed oil' quietl; ? without incident. There were no official sale? [ and the attendance of people from the oountr ! w:yj small. PERSONAL MENTION. 1 fVVe were pleased to receive a call on Tuesda t last from Mr. Ralph D. Avery, second son c > Major J. Win. Avery, formerly a citizen of York ville, but now residing near Norfolk, Va. Youn ] Avery left Yorkville thirteen years ago, an . from a more lad has grown to the proportions c . a handsome young man. He is on a visit to re! i atives in this and other sections of the State. 1 DEATH IN GASTON COUNTY. } (Mr. John G. Lewis, a prominent citizen c Gaston county, N. C., died at Gastonia, on Sui day last, aged about 70 years. Mr. Lewis was prominent and well known citizen of his count} ' having held several positions of public trust, on of which was clerk of the court, the duties c which he discharged for a number of years. Th [ immediate cause of his death was the effects of I severe cold which ho contracted last fall. ' SUPREME COURT DECISION. Win. W. Gnffney vs. Daniel Peeler et al. Judgment below n versed and ease remanded for a new trial. Opinion by Mi Iver, A. J. ? This was an appeal by the Plaintiff, W. W f Gaffney, to the Supreme Court from the judp 5 ment of the Circuit Court of York, dismissin his complaint, which was to recover possessio of the Peeler (King's Mountain Iron Company t tract of land, in this county. The Supreme Coui i sets the judgment below aside, and awards a nei trial, on the ground that under the proof th plaintiff was entitled at least to the interest r Daniel feeler, .Jr., tone 01 me jreeiei nam,/i said land. f C. E. Spencer and J. H. Rion for appellant | Hart A* Hart for respondent. | DEATH OF AN AOED MAN. I We have received intelligence of the death r t Mr. Ebenezer W. Smith, which occurred at hi 1 home in Jefferson county, Alabama, on the 24t of last month. At the time of his death Mi Smith was in the 94th year of his age, he havin i been born on the 16th of December, 1790. W 1 are not certain that he is a native of York count} 1 though he lived here for a number of years, an " for a period of twenty-four consecutive j'eai was superintendent of the York county poc house. He was familiarly known by everybod as "Abo Smith," and for his many good qualitu ' of head and heart was highly esteemed by a L who knew him. In 1855 he removed from Yor l county to Jefferson county, Alabama, where h continued to reside until his death. In 1881 li paid a visit to his son, Mr. J. Harvey Smith, < k Chester, spending several daysamonghis friend in York. He was then remarkably active for on f of his age, having full possession of hisfacultie I a?d bidding fair to complete his five score year ' ESCAPED CONVICT ARRESTED. frho Charlotte Observer of Saturday notes tli arrest, near that city on the previous day, c ' Benjamin Franklin Magill, colored, who som time ago escaped from the South Carolina pen: tentiary, ho having been sentenced to mat mai, " tution for eleven years for burglary comniitte in Yorkville, but escaped from the penitentiar after serving out only a small portion of the set , tence. That a burglarious negro of that nam j hails from some part of South Carolina, we ar . not prepared to gainsay, for they do abound i ? this State ; but this one is evidently not fror [ York. A careful search of the criminal record I of this county from Jul}*, 1873, fails to revet I any such name ; nor do our officials have recol ; lection of such a person. If sentenced from thi I county, be was then known by some other narai 3 However, our penitentiary authorities wi f doubtless welcome his return to that asylum fc 1 the friendless. South Carolina never goes bae r on a prodigal son. r CHURCH NOTICES. } Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Set : vice to-morrow, (Good Friday,) at 7.45 P. & - On Saturday at 10.30 A. M. On Sunday, (Eastei 3 in the morning and evening at the usual hour: 1 Sunday-school in the afternoon, at the usur hour. ' Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastoi ? Services at the regular hours morning and ever 5 ing, next Sunday. BaDtist? Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Th [ pastor will preach at New Bethel next Sunda morning. Services in the Church at Yorkvill | at 4 o'clock P. M. Communion after sermor l Sunday school at 3 P. M. " Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. F Lathan, Pastor. Services at Tlrzah next Sunday [ Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pasto) Services at Mt. Vernon, next Sunday at 11 A. M [ King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. John [ son, Pastor. Services at Canaan at 11 A. M., an j at Zion at 3 P. M., next Sunday. * BETHEL PRESBYTERY. Bethel Presbytery met in Rock Hill on Frida; [ evening last, at 7.30 o'clock. The opening ser [ mon was preached by Rev. J. II. Thornwel! . the retiring Moderator. The business of Satui urdav was principally of a routine nature. 0 [ Saturday night a missionary meeting wa . held, presided over by Rev. G A. Trenhoh [ in which interesting addresses were made b, ; Revs. English, Webb, Ratchford and Saye. 0 1 Sunday evening a Sunday-school mass meetin I was held and the meeting was addressed by Re\ S J. Lowrie Wilson and Rev. R. A. Webb. Mon * day's proceedings were mainly devoted to dig cussing overtures. Delegates were elected t S the Presbyterian General Assembly as follows Ministerial?Rev. D. IS. Jordan and Rev. C. F Hemphill. Elders?A. H. White and Job ' Spratt. The most important business transac * ted on Monday was the election of an Evangelis ' of the Presbytery, which resulted in the choic of Rev. J. C. McMullen. The attendance c Ministerial and lay representation was large, an< I tho deliberations of Presbytery harmonious Presbytery adjourned on Monday to meet nex with Catholic Church. t FIRE AT ROCK HILL. ! fThe Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta freigli and passenger depots at Rock Hill, together wit] ' the cotton platform and about one hundred bale 1 of cotton were destroyed by fire on Wednesda; j night of last week. The fire was discoveroi aim tit, 10 o'clock, and when first seen was burn ing among a number of bales that were on th j ground near the platform. A heavy wind, whiel , had been blowing all the afternoon, was prevail ing when the discovery of the tiro was firs l made, and by the time the alarm became general . the freight depot and the cotton platform wer f burning. The flames spread rapidly and wer ( quickly beyond control. From the freightdepo i the fire crossed the track to the passenger depol G which, with its contents of books, tickets, tele l graph instruments, etc., was burned. The cot 5 ton on the platform, about ono hundred bales was all burned. It belonged to Col. J. M. Iv; 1 and, we aro informed, was fully insured. A ca ! ! load of guano and one of lumber were also de : j stro}'ed. The latter was uninsured. The loss t " | the railroad and tho telegraph companies is abou ' ; 810,000, which is covered by insurance. Th 1 light of the fire was seen at this place. Citizen ' of Rock Hill with whom we havo conversed oi 1 the subject, express the opinion that the tiro wa accidental. . I ADJOURNMENT OF COURT. I f uia /.nntinnpft indi?r>n?if inn ; ; v/u auuuuui >x ***? ?? ; Judge Aldrieh was under the necessity of ad journing the Court of Common Pleas on Thurs . 1 day last. He presided with commendable pa > tience considering the painful neuralgic afllictioi with which he suffered, and with which he wa L prostrated for two weeks immediately precedinj his arrival here. ! I The only case of public interest heard in th ' Common Pleas was that of B. F. Boyd vs. J. E | B. McLean, which was an action against the de ' fendant for employing a laborer under contrac | to work on plaintiffs farm in the year 1883. Un der the charge of the presiding Judge, the eas 1 turned upon two questions : 1. Was the plaintiff, under his contract, enfi * tied to the entire time and service of the laborer so as to establish the relation of master and ser i vant ? 2. Did the defendant induce the laborer ti leave plaintiff s employment? 1 The jury, by their verdict, answered both thes questions in the affirmative, and awarded the" d plaintiff three hundred dollars damages. I ti The bearing of the recent Act relating to land- | c : lords and laborers was discussed by counsel, but t I it was not passed upon by the Court in the in- : a structions given to the jury. The case rested ; c upon a prior Act in reference to enticing servants ! or laborers. | c e W. B. McCaw and Hart A Hart for plaintiff; j c C. R. Spencer for defendant. ' ^ medical'society. The York County Medical and Surgical Socie- I ty met in the Court House in Yorkville at 11 j o'clock A. M., on Monday last, 7th instant. In the absence of the President, Dr. W. B. ( Waring was called to the chair. . v The Secretary, Dr. T. A. Crawford, proceeded ( i to call the roll of members, after which he read f J the minutes of the proceedings of the last meet- ( ing. His report of the last meeting was adopted. The committee appointed at the last meeting to revise the constitution and by-laws of the y Society asked for an extension of time in which >f to perform that duty, which was granted, the :- time appointed for receiving their report being ( g at tho next meeting of the Society, to ho hold in j d October next. I >f Motion was made and adopted that the Secre- j I- tarv bo instructed to notify all members whoso ( initiation foes are not yet paid, that unless tho ^ same shall be paid by the next meeting, their names will be dropped from the roll. ( i A paper was read in reference to the Sims memorial fund, and Dr. J. R. Bratton was ap- ( f pointed to receive any subscriptions that might ( g l)e made to that object. ^ Dr. R. Andral Bratton was nominated for e membership of the Society and unanimously j 1 elected. Several subjects of interest and importance to the profession were discussed to the mutual benefit of the members, after which the meeting ad- ( s- journed to meet on the first Monday of October ' r[ I SUMMARY JUSTICE. We received last week, but not until after our ^ n forms had gone to press, the details of a shocking crime committed near Rock Hill on Tues .t day, 1st instant, and the speedy retribution ! v visited upon the guilty wretch by the outraged . ? citizens as soon as the facts became known. C ( About 1 o'clock P. M., on the day named, a n colored boy about 18 or 19 years of age, named Frank Elliott, outraged the little six-year old ( . daughter of Mr. W. A. Fewell, who lives about three miles north-west of Rock Hill, inflicting severe injuries. Soon after the commission of tho horrible crime, the child went to the house >f from the barn where the brute had enticed her, is and in agonizing words told her parents, with . h childish simplicity of what had happened. While i r. the injured and suffering child was being propg erly cared for, immediate seach, was made for e Elliott by Mr. Fewell. The negro, who had not r, left the place, was found without much delay d and he was immediately arrested. On being s confronted with the crime by Mr. Fewell he ?r stoutly denied it and said the child received her y injuries by falling down the steps. Mr. Fewell is seemed inclined to give the negro the benefit of , 11 his denial, instead of ending his worthless life k on the spot, as he would have been justifiable ie in doing, and decided to take him to Rock Hill ie and let the matter undergo judicial investigation, >f before Trial Justice S. M. Fewell. On arriving ' Is at Rock Hill, about f> o'clock, P. M., the fiend 1 ie was turned over to Constable T. C. Beckham, , is who at once took him into the justice's office. On coming before the magistrate, after an examination of the brute's clothing, which was 1 found to be saturated with blood, he made a free 1 ^ and full confession, acknowledging the commis0 sion of the deed and giving a description of its 1 j_ accomplishment. The revolting details of the ' j_ horrible crime soon spread over the town, and ' ^ in a short time the entire population becamo 1 greatlj'enraged and excited. Crowds of angry \ and determined men gathered on the streets, ' and it was plain that their mutteriugs foreboded ' [Q a just and speedy retribution for the gravest n crime that can be committed against the laws of ' n God or man. [s The officers perceiving the danger threatening ! q their prisoner, made preparation for protecting him, and as a precautionary measure, until the ; necessary preparations could bo made for startj ing with him to the jail in Yorkville, decided to ' [j confine him temporarily in the guard house. 1 About half past 6 o'clock' tb0 officers started with j. him to the guard house; but before the door could be opened and the prisoner turned in, the excited crowd overpowered the guards and took 1 possession of the negro. Ho was pinioned and I - taken to a grove on the outskirts of town, where 1 [. he was hanged to a tree, just at the setting of the r) sun. Attached to his breast was a placard beari. ing the inscription: "Our daughters we will 1 d protect." About midnight Trial Justice Fewell acting as r. coroner, impanelled a jury and hold an inquest. ( i- The verdict was that the deceased came to his ! death from strangulation by a cord being placed 1 e around his neck by porsons unknown to the , y jury. After the inquest, the body was turned 1 e over to Berry Elliott, the father, who took it out j l. to his home for burial. , TIIE SPRING TRADE. ' An unusually wet and somewhat backward i Spring, notable, too, for disaster by wind and < storm, has at length yielded to genial weather, s and with the advent of the vernal season, when : (j nature is assuming a floral and emerald garb, i all classes and conditions of humanity are re- < minded that certain purchases must be made in order to meet the requiremements of the changed t y condition from bleak and cheerless Winter to 1 - warm and rosy Spring. The stylish young gent 1, feels the want of a suit of new clothes of the I - latest and nobbiest pattern; the fashionable I n young Miss begins to realize the absolute neces- t 3 sity, admitting no delay, in the purchase of a n new Spring hat. She also wants ribbons and y laces, and seemingly an endless amount of other , n fixings deemed by her essential to the enhance- , cr ment of feminine loveliness ; the matron, having , r. outgrown the vanities of girlhood, and apprecia- s i- ting the realities of this life, casts aside the fani cies of her younger days and provides the more 0 substantial wants of those growing up around : her ; while the paterfamilias, having a care for all, and generally having to foot the bills incurred ri by the numerous wants above alluded to, contents himself with only the substantials and the it barest necessities of life. Yet all have their e wants, and all must besupplied. The merchants if of Yorkville, alive to this important fact, are d making ample preparations to meet the Spring ] ). trade, and alroady their goods are beginning to , t arrive. Indications point to a good trade this ] season, and as usual with the merchants of York- ? ville, thoy are making every preparation to meet not only any demands that may be made on t | them, but the competition as well, of any neigh- t 1 boring market. Their stocks are full, and it is E 8 noticeable that in the lines of dry goods and ] ^ dress goods of all descriptions the grades are < superior to anything that has heretofore been j oflered in this market, while prices are lower \ ? than the prevailing prices of less desirablo goods last season. The dry goods stores of Yorkville { " are establishments in which our own people and r j those tributary to this market may feel a pardon- ] able pride. They are arranged with all convcn- t e iences, and the merchants show admirable , 0 taste in tho displaying of their goods, whilo j ' stock is kept neat and clean and is always in a f ' merchantable and desirable condition. No less j can be said of our grocery and other stores, j Every article to be found in first-class houses ( can be obtained in this market, and without r relying upon interested parties for the asser- s r tion, wo feel safe in saying that prices here } will compare favorably with those of any neigh- r boring town. We say this for the benefit of t our readers at a distance, feeling assured that e the inducements of our market are sufficient f a for them to give it a trial. We made the rounds c 11 of the town yesterday, and notwithstanding the j 8 pressuro on the farmers, which would necessa- j rily render business dull to some extent, we t found the merchants busy and all represented f i, trade either as good, or better than at any pre vious year at this season. For those who adver- f - tise their waros through our columns wo feel it r - due to say a few words, calling attention to the t a inducements they present. g s John It. Ashe, near the depot, keeps a full g line of family and fancy groceries and fertilizers, and in the dry goods department he has an am- . e pie stock of standard goods. He, in company 1 i. with his brother, also conduct, a general store " - at McConnellsville. * s t W. C. Latimer, opposite Mr. Ashe, has a full { - line of dry goods, clothing, fancy goods and j o millinery, and in the adjoining store room has ? an ample stock of family and fancy groceries. { He makes a specialty of dross making and mil- ] ' ' linerv and shows a fine stock of goods. C | Hard by is F. Happerfield, with a fine assort- ^ o | ment of groceries and staple dry goods. He also j conducts the marble business in all its branches, c e' and in this department of his business he pro- ( luces as fine work as is shown anywhere. Ho ' loes not exactly pursue a customer from tho radle to tho grave, but while he can provide he necessities to sustain life, he can also engrave is neat an epitaph as the most fastidious would lesire. The grocery store of Walker it Wall, in the >1(1 Masonic building, is a new house, and here >verything is fresh and of good quality. A point vitli this house is to have on hand only fresh ?oods, while the quality is of the best. In addiion to groceries they also have a full assortment >f farmers' supplies, tobaccos and cigars. Across the street from this house, in tho "Harris Hotel*' building, are J. Ed. Jefierys it Co., lealers in furniture and funeral goods. They ;arrv a large stock, and in the line of furniture an supply any article from tho cheapest to the inest ounlitv. Thev also have a full line of oof ins and caskets of all grades of workmanship ind finish, and under the supervision of Mr. refferys calls for undertaking will be promptly ittended to. The next house visited was that of Latta Brot h3rs, dealers in family and fancy groceries, agrijultnral implements, Ac. They also have a full lino of fertilizers, and to those who know the ;wo worthy brothers composing the firm, it may be concluded that "the long and short of it" is 3inbraced in any assertion respecting their goods that they may make. On the same side, a short distance north, is the axtensive dry goods store of II. F. Adickes. Besides a large stock of dry goods, dress goods, clothing Ac., he has also a full lino of books and stationery. His stock of dry goods is worth an inspection, and in the room adjoining the dry ?oods store, ho displays an elegant stock of millinery and other articles in that line. In the same building is the grocery store of Withers Adickes, He is enterprising and thorough going, and can turnish anything usually ?old in the grocery line. While he has a full mpply of heavy groceries, he makes a specialty of fancy stock, carrying a full line, and all kinds of tropical and domestic fruits in their season. Opposite the Adickes' building is a new establishment of L. Lowry Smith, who carries as largo x stock of fine and desirable groceries as can be round in any up-country town. His assortment is full, and the remarkably neat manner in which (lis goods are kept attracts attention, ne uas an slegant line of canned and fancy goods, and an ample stock of heavy groceries and hardware. In connection with the same house is Smith A Colcock, dealers in well-known brands of fertilizers. Across from Smith's corner, 011 the south side of West Liberty street, is the house of Hunger A Dates, though wo need not be so particular in locating it, as every body know the "Mammoth" by its stately proportions. In this large and elegant house is displayed a fine stock of dry goods, including everything in this line carried in a large and first-class establishment. The senior member of the firm has the reputation of being among tho most judicious buyers, and in making his purchases for this Spring, he says he has surpassed his selections for any previous season. Their goods are arriving this week, and by the first of next week they promise a fine display. This house has also in connection with it a complete millinery department, an opening in which they promise in a few days. Returning to Main Street, the next house we entered was that of M. Strauss. Mr. Strauss is an old and experienced merchant, a judicious buyer, and has the best stock this Spring that he lias carried since he began business here about thirteen years ago. His stock includes dry ?oods, dress goods, clothing, shoes, Ac., and is complete in all lines. Next door to Mr. Strauss is the house of Kennedy Bros. A Barron. They carry a full assortment of dry goods, clothing, hats, shoes, etc., and all kinds of plantation supplies, hardware and crockery. They do an extensive business, ind as agents for several improved agricultural implements are doing tho farming community a real service. Next door north is the store of T. B. McClain k Co., who have a superior stock of dry goods, hats, boots, shoes and groceries. Their stock in all lines is complete and of excellent quality. Next door is the grocery store of Caldwell A Dickson, who have an ample stock of family and fancy groceries, canned goods, tobacco and cigars. Their goods are fresh, and of excellent inn lit.V ? J ' Thedry goods store of J. R. Lindsay A Co. is next. This house is under the management of Capt. J. R. Lindsay, a young merchant of fine ability, and he carries a superior stock of dry goods, dress goods, clothing, notions, fancy goods and crockery. Dobson it Parish, dealers in groceries and plantation supplies, have full lines in their stock of heavy and fancy groceries, hardware, cutlery, agricultural implements, Ac. The next house is that of T. M. Dobson, whose Jisplay of dry goods of all kinds, clothing, hats, ihoes and fancy goods cannot bo surpassed. In this house he also has a full assortment of hardware and cutlery, books, stationery, Ac., while in rear of the dry goods department are his millinery and rnantua departments. In these branches of his business, presided over by Mrs. Dobson, he is the pioneer in Yorkville, and ho well sustains the position with which he commenced the business. Mr. Dobson takes the cognomen of the "Old Chap," and he is .as sharp is the oldest of them. He thinks it will require \ column of the Enquirer in which to tell his dory every week hereafter, and as he is always 5n the alert for something new, he may be right. He promises to have something in store soon that will bo entirely now and novel, and captivate every lady who sees it. J. M. Adams, the tin and stove man, continues :o enlarge his business, and he now has an establishment that is creditable to himself and the town. Crossing the street from Mr. Adams', we next risited the grocery store of Riddle A Pegram, --1- - 1 " 1 cjfi-vr.lr aT fomilv nn(1 PTO kV IIU UUYU iV iUi^c atirv/iv ksx ??v. - 0 ;eries, plantation supplies, agricultural hardware, tobacco and cigars. These gentlemen are mccessors to Clark Brothers, and to the conservatism of the old firm they add the dash and enerprise of energetic young men who are deternined to succeed. Next door south is that of Herndon Bros., lealers in groceries, hardware, and plantation mpplies and fertilizers. Connected with their Dusiness is also a bakery and confectionery. Next on our rounds was the house of G. H. DLeary, manufacturer of saddles and harness, ?nd dealer in furniture, engravings, chromos and Dric-a-brac. Mr. O'Leary has a wide reputation ts a manufacturer of saddles and harness, and lis stock of furniture is large, including all ityles and qualities. Parish, McKnight it Co., next on the north lido of Mr. O'Leary, have a large and varied itock of dry goods, dress goods, hats, boots, ihoes, clothing, heavy and fancy groceries, Ac. Mr. Parish, the active man of the firm, is always in the "go" for something on which to develop lis enterprise, and when he fails to sell an article t will bo because there is no demand for it. The next and last store wo visited was the Irugand paint store of Dr. John C. Kuvkcndal. rhis is beginning to be regarded an old estabished house, with due deference to the proprieor, the reputation it has gained giving it a somewhat venerable air. Hero can be found, in jreat variety all kind of drugs and medicines, 111(1 SKlMIUl, COIUpUltJIU {Ulilllliui'ni.i iu munv up inscriptions; while the stock of paints and lainters' materials and brushes is large and :omplete. The banking house of T. S. Jeflerys is an inititution which we cannot omit to mention ; and icsides a general banking and brokerage busiless, Mr. Jefferys deals extensively in agrieulural machinery and fertilizers. Though not a cheerful paragraph on which to dose our ramble, wo find that we have ended >ur jaunt at tho undertaking establisment of ramcs E. Smith. Without stopping to criticaly inspect his goods we will take his word for it hat they are of good quality and in all styles, rom common to finely finished work. We have thus indicated to a slight extent the acilities of our merchants, and next refer the eader to their various announcements on the lext page. It is a maxim that will always hold food that liberal advertisers are liberal sellers. giaT It is known that ol persons were killed j n the Cincinnati riots, and about 200 are mpposed to have been wounded. From the *' ? A1? ?r\f 4-Vi /-v i*Iatnio lasuaiues me wiiiiuushiuh vi mulvu . ihown as follows: Four-fifths of the wounded and killed have Irish and German lames; nine-tenths of them are mechanics tnd laborers; five are colored; a third of hem are under twenty-one years of age. it is safe to say that the frantic crowd was :omposed generally of Irish and German vorking men, many of them youths, with i small infusion of colored people. The >nly business men, except several bar-tenlers, who were hurt were spectators. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The corner stone of the Court House for ; Marlboro county was laid at Rennettsville j on the 27th ult. This is the third Court I House erected on the same spot within a century. ? The municipal election in Columbia, on Tuesday of last week was the quietest ever known in that city. Mayor Rhett was reelected, there being no opposition to the > Democratic ticket which his name headed, i ?The people of Oconee county are now j provided with storm pits and feel more , comfortable. The proprietor of the Keowee Hotel is engaged in preparing one 1 large enough for the accommodation of his , guests. ? Candidates for legislative honors and i county offices are coming to the front rap- ' pidly all over the State, and the country ! press is teeming with ''addresses to voters" and cards of nomination, and so there is no danger of the offices going a begging. ? On April 1, 1859, Hugh Wilson bought a half interest in the Abbeville Press and Banner and he celebrated his 25th anniversary last week. He has prepared a review of some of his history during his quarter of a century in the publishing business. ? At the recent term of Greenville Circuit Court, Alfred and James McCullough, convicted of the murder of Ephraim Saxon, were sentenced to be hanged on May 16th. Riley Anderson, who murdered Leon Griffith and an infant, was also sentenced to be hanged on the same day. ? A little daughter, about ten years of age, of Mr. W. N. Payne, who lives at Central, was killed by the explosion of a lamp on Friday night of last week. In passing from one room to another with the lamp in her hand, it exploded, set her clothing on fire and burned her to a crisp. ? E. L. Roche, Esq., assistant of the Commissioner of Agriculture, has telegraphed Colonel Butler that he left New Orleans Wednesday night on his return to South Carolina, after completing every arrangement for the South Carolina exhibit at the New Orleans Exposition. ? Mr. W. F. Smith, who lives near Bethel Church in Greenville county, says that he measured hail stones which fell at his house on the evening of the recent cyclone that measured nine inches and nine and a half, respectively. They were picked up fifteen minutes after the hail, ana were rough like an Irish potato with knots on it. ? During one or two days last week extensive forest fires prevailed for several miles along the railroad between Columbia and Winnsboro, the fire being on both sides oi rne iracK. two dwellings auu eigm-ur ten barns and outhouses were burned. No lives were lost, though many were endangered. ? Parish Smith, colored, died near Rome, Ga., the other day. He was 10G years old last December. lie was born in Virginia, but spent most of his younger and middle life in South Carolina. He was born in the year 1779, and hence was six years old when the Revolutionary war ended, and was 22 years old when Washington died. ?The white man who has been turning Union county upside down by pretending to be a prophet and to possess the power of healing all diseases, has left. His departure was sudden and was not wholly unconnected with a visit from a committee of citizens and volunteer prophecies regarding what might occur if he remained. ? Louis R. Redmond, the noted moonshiner, has arrived at the penitentiary in Columbia, having been transferred to that institution from the Albany penitentiary. He is represented as poor in health, having wasted from an athlete mountaineer to an emaciated invalid, caused by lung disease contracted soon after his exposure to the rigor of a northern climate. ? A fearful hurricane prevailed at Columbia on Wednesday of last week. Trees were uprooted, miles of fencing leveled, gardens destroyed, windows demolished and outhouses blown down throughout the city. The iron roof of the State House that cost $5,000 was blown off, and the palmetto monument was greatly damaged. For miles around Columbia the damage by the storm was also severe. ? The Republican County Convention of Abbeville county met at Abbeville C. H., last Saturday to elect delegates to the State Convention. I. L. Guffin went up from Charleston, to control the Convention and secure the election of Arthur delegates. It seems, however, that the Abbeville Republicans are in favor of Blaine, and they ignored Guffin and his mission. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, April 7.?Our community was considerably surprised last week over the late marriage of T. J. Barber, of this county, with Miss Annie Tate, of Hendersonville, N. C. Barber has a wife and four children living a few miles from this place. After his marriage, he lived here for several years, being a clerk for Curtis and afterterwards for Ratterree. He then became a drummer for Webb, of Charleston. While drumming at Henclersonville he met with Miss Tate, who belongs to one of the best families of North Carolina. Passing himself off as a single man, he won her affections and then married her. In deeply wronging one laay ana crueny aeceiving another he ought to be severely punished. As he has gone to parts unknown with his second wife it may be that he may escape punishment Several weeks a?o the Clerk of the Court at this place received a letter from a party at Hendersonville making some inquiries about Barber, but as he did not know the object of these inquiries the letter was not answered. Last Wednesday was an extremely windy day. The wind blew violently and incessantly the entire day. On the plantations of Messrs. J. W. Wilks, John Simpson, Robert Lipny, R. A. Love, Robert Dinglas, W. C. Gladden, Hilliard Cloud and others, there was more or less wood and fencing destroyed. On Mr. Cloud's place a negro cabin was burnt down, but there was no loss of life. On Thursday John McMillen, colored, of the eastern portion of the county, lost his house by fire. It was his misfortune to have one of his children burned to death. On the same day Samuel Stroud, colored, lost by fire his house and ali that he had in it. I doubt if the oldest inhabitant in the county can remember the day in which there was more fire in fields and woods than on last Wednesday. It will long be remembered as the day of fire. The County Republican Convention met at this place on last Wednesday, to elect del egates to the State Republican Convention, that meets in Columbia, on the loth instant. The Convention was held at a colored school house, near the depot. For some reason the proceedings have been kept secret. I have not been able to find out the names of the delegates to the State Convention. It is supposed that Mr. C. C. Macoy is one of the delegates to the State Convention, as he was the ruling spirit of the County Convention. On last W ednesday evening, Miss Jennie Samuels, of our town, was married to Mr. Joseph Groetchel, of Winnsboro. The ceremony was performed, in accordance with the Jewish form, by Rev. I)r. Levy, of Augusta. At the close of the ceremony the congratulations of friends were extended to the newly married couple. Congratulations were followed by enjoyment of good things, and that by dancing, which was kept up until a late hour of the night. Mr. C. W. Winn is making satisfactory progress with the work on the Presbyterian Church, it is expected tniu ine repairs win be finished in time to admit of services being held in the church on the 1st Monday of May. When finished both the exterior and interior appearance of the building will be greatly improved. The galleries will be taken out, a recess made for the pulpit, the exterior wall pencilled and in everyway the church will soon present a handsome appearance. I hear that Rev. Mr. Trenholm, the late pastor of the Presbyterian Church < at this place, will preach here next Sunday. As he is an excellent preacher, and has a multitude of friends here, I have no doubt he will be favored with a large congregation. I have also heard that ne will soon be united in marriage to one of our Chester ladies. I have no doubt that the information upon which I make this statement will prove to be correct, though such is not always the case, as newspaper correspondents are compelled to depend in a great measure upon hearsay information. Captain W. L. Roddey, of Rock Hill, was in our town on Saturday. As everybody knows, the Captain is one of the best I merchants, and one of the best men in this State. I was glad to hear from him that he did not believe that the late fire at Rock Hill was incendiary. The circumstances were such as did not indicate a fire of this kind. A meeting of Bethel Presbytery was held at Rock Hill on last Friday evening. Mr. James Hemphill was the lay delegate from this Church. Rev. George Summey was duly received as a member of Bethel Presbytery, and as the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at this place. Mr. W. L. Castles, who lived a few miles from our town, died on last Friday, of pneumonia, after an illness of three weeks, lie was fifty eight years old and was a very worthy man. The father of B. M. Spratt, of our town, died last week at his home at Fort Mill. He was a very old gentleman, and had been ill for some time. Mr. William Elliott, of Richburg, was married yesterday (Sunday) afternoon to Miss Iiattie Buchanan, of this place. As there was some opposition to the match on the part of the lady's mother, with a spirit that overcomes all obstacles she met her in tended at a designated spot, away from home, and the two, being speedily driven to Rev. Mr. Carlisle's residence, were soon united in marriage. The happy pair then left for Richburg, where the husband, a worthy citizen, resides and is engaged with Mr. Ward in the carpenter business. The bell tower, prostrated by the late cyclone, again stands erect, and the bell rings out the same familiar tune. It is hoped thatat leastin ourday and generation the tower will not be forced to yield to the violence of another storm. Later intelligence in regard to the Barber affair leads to the opinion that the lady he married is not entitled to the sympathy she received at the first announcement of the marriage. It seems that on occasions previous to the late matrimonial event she acted in a way inconsistent with the dictates of prudence and propriety. Farmers are now complaining of an excess of dry weather. They are needing rain, as the ground is becoming too hard to plough. The cool weather, accompanied with frost yesterday morning and this morning, has not been productive of any damage so far as I can hear. Rev. J. L. Brown has been called to the pastorate of Hopewell and Blackstocks Baptist churches. m. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? One hundred miles of new steel rails will be laid on the Western N. C. Railroad during the coming summer. ? The extensive flouring mill owned by Mr. W. T. Massey, of Lincolnton, was destroyed by an accidental fire on Wednesday night of last week. Loss about $8,000, partly covered by insurance. ?Dr. E. W. Covington, a worthy and highly respectable member of the medical profession, of New Hope township, Randolph county, committed suicide by drowning on the night of the 23d ultimo. ?The Statesville Landmark intimates that the woman of Hendersonville, who married Barber, he having a wife and children in Chester, S. C., is not so badly deceived as the public had believed, this being the second or third time that she has been similarly deceived and run away with. ? The Charlotte fair grounds have been leased for a term of five years by a party of Philadelphians, who will convert the grounds into a city park, asalso a race course and a place for holding county fairs, etc. The grounds will be lighted with electricity, and all other improvements will be on a magnificent scale. ? Tho ATothnrlisf nnnoTPP-fttinn of Newton have already taken steps towards rebuilding their chureh edifice, destroyed by the recent storm. By the same storm, a child of Foley Huit was so badly hurt that it died from its injuries. This makes two deaths in Catawba by the storm. All the other persons who were hurt are improving. ?The most destructive forest fires ever known in the pine region of the State prevailed for three days last week, extending in six or seven counties., Vast forests of long leaf pine were attacked, and the high winds fanning the flames into fury, hundreds of thousands of trees were burned, and some of the finest turpentine orchards in the State ruined. ?The Midland North Carolina Railroad, with all its franchises, was sold at auction on Monday of last week, to satisfy sundry executions in favor of creditors. The sale was at Smithfield, by the Sheriff of Johnston county. The property sold for $28,000. The completed road extends from lioiusooro to Smithfield, and is a part of the grand scheme contemplated two or three years ago by Col. Best. ? The body of Miss Alice Thurston, who, with her father, Rev. T. G. Thurston, a Presbyterian minister of Hickory, was drowned in the Catawba river at Oxford Ford, seven weeks ago, was found about a mile below the ford on Tuesday of last week. Ever since the sad drowning of the father and daughter, a constant search has been made for the body of the latter, and a reward had been offered by the citizens of Hickory for its recovery. ? In view of the lynching of Ervin McCully, a prisoner in the Dallas jail, on Tuesday morning of last week, the citizens of Dallas and surrounding country held an indignation meeting on that night and resolved, "That we feel it our duty as lawabiding citizens, publicly to express our condemnation of this high handed outrage; that we are shocked that such a brutal, barbarous act should be perpetrated in our midst, and that we hereby protest against and condemn all unlawful proceedings as thrusts at justice and stabs at liberty." POLITICAL NOTES. ? Reports from Ohio say that Blaine is rapidly taking the lead as a residential candidate. ? The Boston Pout publishes replies from Democratic members of several New England Legislatures as to their choice for President. The majority of them prefer Tilden. ? General Butler was asked the other day if he was going to be a candidate for the Presidency. "Not unless I'm nominated," was the reply. ? There are eleven States in which women vote for school directors. Many people will be surprised to learn that Kentucky is one of the States. ? It is charged that the employees of the Chicago postoffice are being bulldozed to force them to support Logan, and Postmaster general Gresnam has been called on to interfere. ? Mr. Tilden is apparently much interested in the Republican nomination. It lies between Blaine and Arthur, he is reported to have said. Tilden, though not a loud talker now, is said to be a deep thinker. ? Henry Ward Beecher says he could name a Democrat, who, if nominated, could be elected ; but as he don't want the Democratic party to win this year, he won't name the man. ? A rumor comes from Washington that another Democratic caucus is being discussed Dy mose wno mvor reierrnig mt* uimi question to a committee composed of Senators and Representatives. ? The Republican white man's party, in the organization of which a number of white Republicans, in Georgia, seem to be moving in earnest, may furnish a subject of cogitation to John Sherman & Co. ? A Democratic State convention in Georgia to select delegates to the National convention has been called to meet at Atlanta, June 17th, and a State convention to nominate State officers at the same place August 13th. ? The Washington Post quotes this as a plain statement of facts: "If a house that is Democratic by eighty majority shall adjourn without passing a bill to reduce the tariff duties, the Democratic National Convention may as well not assemble." ? At the State election in Rhode Island on Wednesday of last week, the Republican ticket for general State officers was elected by increased majorities. The Legislature will stand: Senate, 27 Republicans and 9 Democrats ; House, 57 Republicans and 15 Democrats. ? Someone having started the story that Gen. Sherman was a Democrat and while he would decline a Republican nomination for the Presidency, would accept a nomination from the Democratic party, he was questioned upon the subject and replied that he