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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.
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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
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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
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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