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Scraps and Jacts.
? The banks that have failed number ten,
out of a grand total of 7,448 banks and bank-,
ing houses in this country. As long as the
remaining 7,438 pay one hundred cents on
the dollar, the financial condition of the
United States is pretty solid.
? The Northern Methodist Church Conference
has adopted resolutions discountenancing
divorce except for adultery. A resolution
to abolish thecolor line in churches and
church schools was adopted by an overwhelming
rntyority over slight opposition.
? Fifty thousand dollars have been appropriated
by the managers of the New Orleans
Cotton Exposition for the purpose of
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hibit of their progress in the arts, manufactures
and the other forms of industry.
? Miss Maude Crowley, daughter of ExCongressman
Crowley, of Lockport, N. Y.,
died on Sunday of last week, aged 19. It
is said she was engaged to Allan Arthur,
President Arthur's son, who broke the engagement,
which resulted in melancholy
which hastened her death.
? A man in Delaware stole an umbrella
and his sentence is to pay the costs of prosecution,
a fine of $6, one hour in the pillory,
twenty lashes and three years in jail. If he
had developed a bank or a swindling broker
concern, his punishment would have been
much less. Perhaps he would not have been
punished at all.
? The court of inquiry investigating the
conduct of the Fourth Ohio Regiment during
the riot at Cincinnati, has reported.
They find charges against nearly all the officers,
and recommend the disbandment of
the regiment, and that the officers against
whom there are no charges be taken as the
nucleus of a new regiment.
? The war of the circuses has taken its
way Westward, one showman in Nebraska
warning the farmers of that State against a
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nvai as a "lorriuie! pesuieuvc, nuu an mc
proprietor of a show "composed of the
worst and most desperate organized band of
thieves, cut-throats, plunderers and housebreakers,
candy butchers, fakirs, gamblers
and three-card monte men."
? A special dispatch to the Charlotte Observer
says that Archie Orraes, ticket agent
of the Air-Line Railroad at Atlanta, went
out to Ponce De Leon Springs, three miles
from the city Saturday afternoon, and shot
himself in the head. When found he was
still breathing, but he cannot survive. The
cause for the deed is supposed to be financial
troubles and fast living.
? Col. J. O. P. Burnside, disbursing clerk
of the postoffice department, wasarrested in
Washington last Thursday charged with
embezzling $4o,000 of government funds.
He waived a preliminary examination, and
failing to give bail for his appearance before
AL. i r?i- 1/vnL/x/i ;rt;i
lilt! t^niiiiimi tuun, ne wits iiaiacu up iuj?u
on Friday night. Remarkable to say, the
Government required a bond in the full
amount of his defalcation.
? The business failures throughout the
country reported for the week ending last
Friday to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the
United States 151 and for Canada 26 ; total
177, as compared with a total of 231 the previous
week?a decrease of 55 failures?showing
a lessened number of business casualties
in every section of the country except Canada,
where there were six more failures than
the week before.
?William Brown, colored, was hanged
la3t Friday morning at Belleville, 111. He
murdered a peddler named Lakigne, a poor,
crippled Russian exile, whom he induced
to remain all night in his hut on February
26th. James Tucker, colored, was hanged
at Paris, Arkansas, on the same day, in
the presence of 20,000 persons, for the murder
of Aaron Parker, on the 27th of last
December.
? In the meeting of the funeral directors'
association at Pittsburg, Thursday, the following
question arose: "When man and
wife are Duried together on which side of
the husband should the wife be buried," to
which R. B. Bringhurst, of Philadelphia,
replied : "The one who ruled the house in
life ought to have the best position, but as
in weddings the wife leans on the left arm
of the husband, it is advisable to follow out
the rule by placing her on the left in death."
? Two hundred and seventy Mormon immigrants,
in charge of twelve missionaries,
. arrived at New York Sunday on the steamship
Aurania, and left for Utah Wednesday
evening. The immigrants are principally
from Germany. Most of them are in families,
there being but few single women.
Nearly all the men were farm laborers in
Europe. There are, however, some artisans
in the party. A large proportion are children,
who appear quite healthy. The Mormons
seem to be all thrifty and are well
provided with luggage.
? Another heavy frost occurred at Washington
last Thursday night, being the third
in successive nights, doing heavy damage
to corn, oats, potatoes, garden vegetables,
truck farms and especially tobacco. Ice a
quarter of an inch thick is reported in Canada,
and freezing temperature is reported
throughout Western Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. At
Albany, N. Y., ice half an inch thick formed
during the same night. Nearly all the
vegetables and small fruits were destroyed.
Some of the farmers protected their strawberry
beds by keeping fires burning near
them all night.
? The Department ofState at Washington
having been informed that the Chinese government
proposed to enter a silk loom in
operation as an exhibit at the New Orleans
Exposition, the question arose as to whether
the Chinese restriction did not prohibit
the landing of operators on the ground that
they were laborers. The question was referred
to the treasury department, andSecinfnrmofl
tho Rpprptflrv of
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State that the Chinese operators would be
admitted without molestation, with the understanding
that they will not remain in
the country longer than necessary to display
their exhibit.
? The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, to be
erected in the harbor of New York will be
the highest in the world. The Colosus of
Rhodes is only 130 feet high ; Nero, by Zenodore,
is only 118 feet high ; Arminius on
the Grotenburg, near Dermould in WestEhalia,
measures 92 feet, and St. Borromeo
y Cerani, at Arona on Lake Maggiore, is
but 77 feet high. The statue is now standing
in the court of Messrs. Gavet-Gauthier,
the founders, on view for the Parisians, who
contributed $250,000 for its purchase. The
figure measures 111 feet from the heel to the
top of the head ; the head is 14 feet high ;
the eye is two feet broad, and the nose is 3
feet 3 inches. The forefinger is 8 feet long.
The statue contains 89 tons of copper and
120 tons of iron, and consists of 300 separate
pieces. It will be ready for shipment from
France as soon as the pedestal is completed.
? A Washington dispatch of Saturday
says: So large a number of Congressmen
are absent at Chicago and elsewhere, or
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paired wnn aosent meinuers, umt mere is
very little prospect of the presence of a voting
quorum to dispose of important controverted
measures in the House of Representatives
before the end of the week. The unfinished
business in the Senate is the Utah
bill. Senator Hoar, who has it in charge,
has gone to Chicago, and has requested Senator
Ingalls to take charge of it during his
absence. It will be called up each day, and
if Senators have formal speeches to make
on it the opportunity will be afforded. It
is more likely, however, that it will be
temporarily laid aside after being formally
taken up each day, and that the time of the
Senate will be given to the consideration of
important and non-partisan measures on the
calendar.
? A dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va.,
says: "John Adams, a prominent and
v. wealthy farmer, and sheriff of Webster
^vrounty, became infatuated with a dissolute
^*>J3tt:ter. To free himself from his wife
groutftfcjn-ought suit for divorce on the
nesses toSofaithfulness, and secured witgranting
oftfowi the charge. After the
peared from the nwge Mrs. Adams disapsupposed
that she hadPifcChood, and it was
urday evening one of her&ftccmnty. Satwho
was visiting a few miles!?*? a?e(1 13,
climbing Mount Hero, a mountantSJQ^ 'n
wooded, came across a rail pen. Loo&l?
in, he saw a woman. He ran to the nearest
house for friends. Returning they found
the mother of the child nearly dead from
exposure, chained to a rock in the pen. On
being revived she said her husband had
had her taken to a cave and kept there till
almost dead from starvation. Two davs be
fore he brought her to the pen and fastened
her by the chain. The place where she was
| found is lonely, and is not visited once in a
i year. It is supposed that the husband
I meant to let her die, then remove the chains
| and make it appear a case of suicide. The
country is terribly aroused, and the guilty
man and his dissolute friend will be lynched
if caught. Mrs. Adams will die."
?ltc ?wMle #mjuim.
YORHVILLE, S. C. :
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1884.
HOW MANY DELEGATES ?
The Laurensville Herald is in doubt as to
the number of delegates that will compose
the next State Democratic Convention. Article
3 of the constitution of the party reads
as follows : "The State Convention shall be
composed of delegates from each county in
the numerical proportion to which that
county is entitled in both branches of the
General Assemby." But the editor of the
Herald say9 : "As to what is meant by 'numerical
proportion' we do not exactly understand.
Of course we all know that the
word "numerical" denotes number, and
I that "proportion" signifies the arrangement
of parts, but we can see no authority given
in said article for sending double the number
of delegates to the State Convention that
a county has Representatives in both
branches of the General Assembly. Hence,
we think this important question should be
settled before the assembling of the county
convention."
This is certainly a very important matter,
and ought to be decided without delay. It
j is not at all likely, however, that the number
nf Hplptmfps will be decreased, and counties
that eleot delegates before this question is
settled should elect the same number they
had in the last convention.
REGISTRATION.
The importance of registration should be
remembered by the Democratic voters of
the county. Those who registered two years
ago, and still have their registration certificates
need not register again; but all who
have become qualified electors since the
last election are required to renew them.
By Act of the last Legislature that clause
of the registration law prohibiting the renewal
of registration certificates is repealed,
and now upon satisfactory evidence before
the register that a certificate has been lost,
it is his duty to renew it. Applications for
the renewal of registration certificates can
be made until the first of October, but those
who, within the last two years, have become
of proper age to vote, should bear in
mind that they have but little time to lose.
Persons not now of age, but who will be of
proper voting age at the time of the election,
are entitled to register, and the same
class of voters can vote in the primary election,
even though they may not be 21 years
of age on the day of the primary election.
The books of registration will be open at
the Court House on the first Monday of July
next, and then only can voters who have
not yet registered enroll their names and
obtain their certificates qualifying them to
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is an important matter to all Democratic
voters. There is a singular unanimity in
the desire by Republican voters to register
or renew their lost certificates, while it is
feared that the Democrats are singularly
apathetic on the same subject.
?
GATHERING OF THE CLANS.
A Chicago dispatch of Saturday says that
the morning of that day witnessed the arrival
of a large contingent of the delegates
mainly from the Southern States who came
in independent detachments and representing
irregularly from all portions of the
South. There were a large number of arrivals
from Iowa, and practically the entire
delegation from that State is now in the
city. Two Blaine delegates came in from
the eighteenth Ohio district and they were
accompanied by somewnat over one nundred
outsiders. They marched to their hotel
from the depot in a solid body.
The event of the morning was the arrival
of the California and Nevada delegations,
whose transit eastward has already been
very widely heralded. They were met at
the depot by a delegation of citizens and
preceded by martial music, marched to their
quarters at the Palmer house.
The delegation gave three cheers for the
gentleman from Maine and separated. The
room set apart for the reception of the delegation
of business men from New York, by
the business men of this city, in advancing
the candidacy ol Mr. Arthur, is being richly
decorated in anticipation of the arrival
of the party from the east at 3 o'clock this
afternoon at the Grand Pacific hotel.
The managers in charge of the movement
in the interest of Senator Logan have thrown
open two large parlors on the first floor in
place of the more contracted quarters heretofore
occupied by them. It is estimated
that about 300 delegates are now in the city.
The National committee began its sessions
at noon on Saturday.
, , ,
The Normal Institute.?Every teacher
who can possibly spare the time and money
should attend the Institute in Spartan
burg. Board may be obtained in private
families at four dollars a week for the session.
It will be a little higher at the hotels.
The railroads generally give reduced rates
to teachers. The Institute will begin the
loth of July and continue four weeks. A
secretary will be appointed, who will make
all arrangements as to the securing of board.
The following are some of the reasons why
teachers should attend.
1st. Teachers who are not perfect can learn
something.
2d. They will be the better prepared to
work after old nlans or to make new ones.
3d. The teacher's work tends to isolate
! him from his fellows and the community,
j One session at the Institute will draw him
1 nut nnd hrinp> him into svmnathv and har
! mony with others engaged in the same
i work.
4th. They will have more exalted opinions
of their profession and work.
5th. Spartanburg is a delightful place to
I spend a month or two in the summer. Good
i water, mineral springs, fine drives, pleasant
1 nights and a bracing air make the place at!
tractive.
Gth. An excursion to the mountains will
j be made during the session. This is a rev!
elation of wonderful scenery, especially to
! persons who have never been in the moun|
tains. Special rates are given to those who
wish to run up on the Asheville road on
Saturdays and return Mondays.
! 7th. In a few words, it may be said that
1 the teachers' meeting in Spartanburg this
year, will be furnished with ample means
j for improvement, recreation and social en:
joyment. The daily lectures by the regular
faculty, the special lectures by distinguished
educators, and the teachers' meetings
; will furnish an amount of valuable information
that will compensate one for the time
and money spent in coming to Spartanburg.
Let there be a grand rallying of the teachers
^of the State. It will do them good.?Caroj**qSpartan.
u^jnh^Sftiocratic National Convention,
? IJJSS&'iicago on the 8th of
thp 802 delegates. UndeJ
nmkX'no^ 535 '?
THE CANDIDATE OF TWO PARTIES. B
Ben Butler, of Massachusetts, enjoys the ^
distinction of being before the country as the ^
standard bearer of two parties in the pres- a1
idential race. He is the nominee for Presi- bi
dent of the Labor-Reform party, and on w
Thursday last, the Greenbackers, in their ?l
Presidential Convention at Indianapolis,
nominated him as their candidate for Pres- a}
ident, and West, of Mississippi, for Vice- ]y
President. The Greenbackers show by
their works that they are not bound by sectionalism,
and that Sherman's late waive of
the bloody shirt, by procuring a Senatorial
investigation of alleged political outrages V,
in the very State that claims Mr. West, has
no terrors for them. Usually political ex- |y
treraes in the United States meet by the fr
coming together of Massachusetts and st
South Carolina, and we think in this case ^
a mistake was made in not giving our own r(
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the side of the Massachusetts statesman, p
But a compromise on Mississippi was probably
the best that could be done, and it
evinces progress, if nothing else.
The platform adopted sets forth the ob- te
jets of the Greenback party and what it has r*
accomlished, saying that Congress had re- ?!
pealed over $12,000,000 annual taxes for
banks, throwingthisburden upon the people oi
to pay interest thereon. It denounces as \
dangererous to our Republican institutions M
those methods and policies of parties which
have sanctioned or permitted the establish- ,T
ment of land, railroad and other gigantic oi
corporate monopolies and demand such tl
Government action as may be necessary to
take from such monopolies the powers they
have so corruptly and unjustly usurped and
restore them to the people to whom they be- r(
long. It denounces the policy of granting fi
large tracts of lands to corporations and de- ii
mands the forfeiture of all unearned grants, aj
and that alien ownership of land be prohibited.
It demands Congressional regula- ?
tion of inter-State commerce and the es- b<
tablishment of a Government postal tele- d
graph system and a graduated income tax, tl
and makes various other demands in the ^
interest of labor. 0]
The Greenbackers are organizing with the it
view of prosecuting the campaign in earn- ei
est. The .National committee were in ses- v
sion a day after the adjonrnment of the P
Convention, having organized by electing J
E. A. Gillette, of Iowa, antl D. W. Ter- (j
lindo, of New Jersey, Secretary. w
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. u
?The oat harvest has begun at Williams- P
burg, and is regarded as exceedingly good, h
? The Williamsburg secret societies are s'
accepting the due bills of their members for ^
fees payable in the fall.
? The Winnsboro Herald has positive information
that there will be no June term t
of the Circuit Court of that county. ^
? Francis I. Sessions, Sheriff of Horry 5
county, died at Conway, last Friday even- p
ing, aged G1 years. p
?In Greenville, last Friday, John Jackson,
colored, was committed to jail for thirty n
days by a trial justice for failure to pay the ^
poll tax. te
? One firm in Chesterfield county returns t
fifteen thousand acres of land at $3,500, and d
thousands of acres are returned at a similar w
valuation. The county is out of debt. ri
? A farmer in Kershaw county now has on C
hand 1,200 bushels of home-raised corn.
His example is worthy of imitation by all al
the rest of the farmers. F
?The case of young Lee, who was wounded
when Boggan Cash was killed, and who
was tried in the Chesterfield Circuit Court i?
last week for agravated assault, resulted in n
a mistrial, eleven of the jury being for ac- 11
quittal. P
? Adjutant-General Manigault has finish- ?]
ed the Spring inspection of State troops. r!
He reports the condition of the troops as r'
verv irood indeed, and fully up to the stan
darcl "of last yeari Numerically the commands
are about the same as last year.
? The Greenville Enterprise says: "Isaac t
M. Bryan, Esq., has been retained as the
leading counsel for the defendant in the
case of the United States against A. Blythe,
late United States marshal! for South Carolina."
u
? Allen Delaney was shot by Sandy Rob- ^
ertson, in Fairfield county, on Thursday p
night last and died soon after. The affair
grew out of the fact that Delaney had taken r(
the part of a woman who had prosecuted r(
Robertson. All the parties concerned were tj
colored. t(
? A white man named Burns, from North p
Carolina, made a contract with Mr. Logan tl
Webster, of Marlboro county, to work for tl
him during the present year. Burns got w
dissatisfied and violated the contract. lie S
was taken up and sent to jail by a trial justice
for thirty days. C(
? Mr. J. C. Keys, who has a farm near An- ti
derson, is one of the champion farmers of
that county. His grain fields are exception- j*
ally fine this year. It is expected that he ^
will make 1,000 bushels of barley and sever- cj
al thousand bushels of oats and wheat. Mr. U
Keys is a very successful farmer, and the se- r(
cret of his success is that he diversifies his ?
crops and makes cotton a surplus crop.
? The Columbia correspondent of the News a
and Courier writes, under date of Saturday: J"!
Private advices received here state that an 11
alarming amount of illness prev Ms at the ^
Clifton Factory, Spartanburg county, about l1
three hundred and fifty hands being sick
with black measles, mumps, dysentery and
fevers. It is reported that the deaths average
two a day.
? Thp nf Ssitnrrlslv ?i
says: "Capt. S. E. White, of Fort Mill, S. ti
C., has an Ayrshire cow that gives seven .
gallons and two quarts of milk everyday.
The cow is undoubtedly a magificent ani- {}
mal. Several parties refusing to believe it,
were invited to witness the milking and ~
measuring yesterday, and went away satisI
fied on seeing the gallons measured bej
fore their own eyes."
i ? Ex-Deputy United States Marshal Star- rp
: ling P. Landford, formerly of Woodruff's, tf
i Spartanburg county, who ran away from
; Greenville three years ago after forging an- ^
I other's name to a postoffice draft and doing
i other rascally deeds, was arrested last Fri- "
! day at Statesville, N. C., by Postoffice In!
spector L. B. Lamson. Landford was ~
| brought to Greenville and turned over to 11
! Deputy Marsnai James iving, wno lougeu ; :
him in jail to await trial at the August | I
term of the United States District Court. 0
j ? Capt. Robert W. Andrews, of Sumter, ^
i aged 93 years, who recently left his home j
] for the purpose of making a pedestrian i P;
' tour to Boston, where he has a son living, | !
reached Washington last week. He has av- ; tl
I eraged 25 miles a day since undertaking j tl
I the trip. While in Washington, he called ! T
! on, President Arthur, and he says he has I tl
! spoken to every President of the United j j
States from Washington down to Arthur, i IV
I with the exception of the late President j fr
! Garfield. (c<
I ?Columbia Register, Saturday: It is j h
stated that a gentleman recently from Ger- o
j many, who remained in Columbia several : days,
has gone to Oconee county to establish k
rights to an immense body of land, the ! t(
1 titles to which run back to 1790. Over a i T
1 thousand persons are now in possession of w
1 these lands, and they can only oe ousted by tl
long litigation. The Register's informant in
1 further states that the claim to tne janus .
in question has created much excitement; s\
in the country, and that the lawyers are d
! looking for a harvest in the field of litiga- 01
I tion. i v
J ? Joel Vaughn, who lives near Seneca S
City, is said to have one of the largest fami- ft
i lies in the United States. He is about eigh- n
j ty years of age, has been married four times ii
and now hasan infant child. Hislastthree tl
! wives were widows, all of whom had chil- I .
1 dren by their previous husbands, respetive- ]ji
ly eight, seven and four, a total of nineteen, tl
I These four wives bore Mr. Vaughn twenty- ri
seven children, which, added to the nine- n
teen step-children, gave Mr. Vaughn con-! y
trol of forty-six children. There are thus d
; seven different sets of children. j oi
! ? At the last term of Court a suit was h
! brought against the county of Aiken by p
Mrs, S. E, Twiggs for $3,000 on a charge of 1:
tresspass and damage in opening a road ii
through her lands from the nigh lands in d
eech Island to the swamp lands. Judge
fitherspoon issued a temporary injunction
straining the use of the road until the
latter could be heard before Judge Aldrich
t Chambers in Barnwell. The case has
een recently argued before Judge Aldrich,
ho has decided that a county cannot be .
led on an action brought for damages for
esspass, but he continued the injunction a
ntil regular appointed commissioners have 3
pertained the actual compensation due o
[rs. Twiggs for the land. v
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. a
J n the Senate, on the 2Gth, Blair presented e
resolution of the General Conference of the 11
Northern) M. E. Church, then sitting at a
hiladelphia, favoring the passage by Con- a
ress of the Educational Bill recently passed rr
y the Senate. Senator Ingalls reported '1
nm the enmmittee nn the Judiciary, a sub
il;ute for the joint resolution introduced by v
enator Jackson proposing an amendment b
) the Constitution of the United States in i
slation to the terms of office of the Presi- b
ent and Vice-President. The amendment i
rovided tor in the substitute is as follows: r
"Article 2?Executive powers shall be vest- a
I in the President of the United States of
nicrica. The President and Vice-President p
sreafter elected ahull hold their office for the v
irm of six years, but the President shall not be j
s-eligiblo, lior shall the Vice-President be eli- c
ible to the office of President if he shall have
cercised the same incase of vacancy therein." ?
The Utah bill came up for the regular I(
rder, and Hoar proceeded to speak in ad- ^
oeacy of the bill. Atfer speaking for some !
me he yielded to enable the Mexican pea- \
on bill to be taken up. The principle a
mnges made by the Senate Pensions Com- "
littee in the bill as itcame from the House ^
F Representatives, are. jjrst,in striking out .
le clause that limits yiddws' pensions to j:
ises of widows who were married before '
ie soldier's discharge from the army, and ?
ermitting the payment or the pension to
II Mexican soldiers' widows who have not
jrnarried ; and, second, limiting the bene- t
ts of the act to persons who are dependent
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distance from others for support. MitchII.
Chairman of the committee on Pen- ,
ons, explained the effect of the amend- *
>ents and said that if every soldier should J,
e pensioned for service without regard to
isabilities, the application of the rule to i,
le surviving soldiers of the late war
ould involve the couniry in an expen- r
iture of about $100,000,000 annually. His 2
pinion was that every man owed milary
duty to his country. The estimat- ^
;1 number of Mexican soldiers now sur- .
iving was 3G,000, and the bill gave a ^
ension to all who had served even one ?
ay. He thought that those who did not
eed a pension ought not to ask it. After
ebate, and without action the matter t
ent over. Brown offered the following
mendment to the Utah bill: "That vol- _
ntary sexual intercourse of a married 1
ei-son with one of the opposite sex not the >
usband or wife of suen married person ^
lall be the cause and the only cause of ab)lute
divorce from the bond of marriage in
le District of Columbia or in the Territories
f the United States and any other places
abject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
'nited States ; but the courts may in cases
t common law grant divorces from bed and
oard in said District or Territories or other \
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JUUtfS suujeub IU lilt? cauiuoivc jiui^ii^ui/u ?
f the United States." Adjourned.
In the Hou.se, after an introduction of a t
umber of bills under the call of States, t
urner of Georgia, called up the Ohio con- p
isted election of Wallace vs. McKinley. f
he majority report unseats McKinley and t
eclares Wallace to be entitled to the seat, t
hile the minority resolutions confirm the s
ght of the sitting member. Belford, of 'G
olorado, introduced a bill appropriating e
)00,0()0 for the erection of a home for dis- r
bled soldiers of the Confederate army at \
redericksburg, Va. Referred. Adjourned. \
In the Senate, on the 27th, the Utah bill s
as discussed, Brown's amendment provid- v
ig that voluntary sexual intercourse of a
larried person with one of the opposite sex, j
ot. the husband or wife of such married \
erson, should be cause, and the only cause \
fabsolute divorce from the bond of mar- {
age in the District of Columbia, the Ter- ?
tories and other places subject to the jurisiction
of the United States being the subict
under debate. i
In the House, a joint resolution appropri- <\
tin<j $100,000 for the relief of the sufferers t
y the overflow of the Mississippi river and s
s tributaries was passed. t]
In the Senate, on the 28th, the Mexican j!
ensions bill was discussed, nearly the entire
av being devoted to it. s
In the House, the session was devoted to
le consideration of the legislative appro- j
riation bill. t
In the Senate, on the 29th, an amendment ^
iducing the appropriation by the House r
^solution for the sufferers in Louisiana by s
ic overflow of the Mississippi was agreed ^
). The resolution as amended appro- s
riates $40,000. The conference report on 'j
le agricultural bill was agreed to, and e
le District of Columbia appropriation bill u
as passed. After executive session the ]
eriate adjourned until Monday. e
The session of the House was devoted to <]
msideration of the legislative appropria- p
ori bill. a
In the House, on the 31st, on motion of s
Ir. Poland a bill was passed restoring the t
iw of 1867, in the matter of appeals from s
rcuit courts to the United States Supreme s
ourt in habeas corpus cases. This law was c
ipealed a few years ago, while the McAr- t
le case was pending before the Supreme u
ourt. The District of Columbia appropri- t
tion bill with the Senate amendments was jiferred
to the Committee on Appropriaons.
The regular order having been de- -y
landed, the House proceeded to the con- r
deration of business reported from the a
ornmittee on Indian Affairs. 'r
f
POLITICS IN TIiE STATE. t
? Col. It. E. Bowen, of Pickens, has been ?
oniinated for Congress from the Third I)is- J
ict. *
? The Union Times thinks that Col. David ?
i. Duncan should be re-elected solicitor for ^
lat circuit. 0
? The Seneca Free Press says : "Thorough j
rganization is just as necessary to retain v
le control of our government as it was to a
?scue it from the hands of our oppressors." ^
-The Kershaw Gazette does not admire r
ilden, but it thinks that it is unwise to be r
irowing mud at him until after it is deter- t
lined whether or not he will receive the t
emocratic nomination for the Presidency, i]
? The Cheraw Sun and Monitor has pub- i
shed an address to the colored people of c
hesterfield and Marlb.oro' counties advis- s
lg them to keep out of polities and go to v
ork to improve their material condition, s
? E. A. Webster, the Republican oracle of 9
rangeburg county and a delegate to the
'a:ional Republican Convention, thinks c
lat Arthur will be the nominee of the r
arty for President. s
? The Chester Bulletin thinks there are ^
ireo paramount issues which should be }
loroughly discussed in the ensuing canvass. *?
hose are taxation, the free-school law and J
le lien law. t
? After mature reflection Mr. G. H. Mc- Q.
[aster, of Winnsboro, has decided to retire ?
om the Senatorial contest in Fairfield
mnty, his private interest not permitting c
is being a candidate for the Senate or any
ther position. 1
? The Easley Messenger is in favor of ma-1 a
inga Congressman out of Judge Cothran, | a
) take the place of Col. I). Wvatt Aiken, j q
he Greenville News says "Judge Cothran (
ill not come off the Bench," and suggests 0
lat Mr. George Johnstone, of Newberry, s
; a good man to run for the place. j
? The Columbia correspondent of the r
Teivs and Courier, writes under date of Fri- j \
ay: "The Columbia contingent of Federal ( u
Ifiee holding delegates to the Chicago Con-. I
ention left to-day for the West. While the ! a
outh Carolina delegates are nominally; s
>r Arthur, they will break for the winning , t
mn as soon as ne shows his hand. No dis- j
iterested sacrifice of office is proposed by | ^
ip nrlliorents of Arthur in this State." i
? The Columbia correspondent of the At- j t
inta Constitution says: "I had a short talk ' t
le other day with Beverly Nash, who, du- i o
;ng the reconstruction days, was one of the i f
lost powerful negroes in South Carolina. ; e
le has wholly abandoned politics,,and now , o
evotes his time to cultivating a small farm s
11 the outskirts of the city. He says that c
e learned some time ago that politics didn't h
ay, and therefore withdrew from politics, j e
le is still a Republican, but takes no part a
1 their meetings. He is the picture of a ;
isgusted, disappointed negro politician." i p
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 1 g<
ON HIS TRAVELS.
I "Y
FIRST I.F.TTER FROM DR. I.ATHAN. I cj
New York, May 31?As is known to j t(j
ho readers of the Enquirer, I left home ?
nd those nearest and dearest to me, on ^
lonclay, the 20th instant, for the purpose , B
f attending the Pan-Presbyterian Council, tl
irhich, according to adjournment, is to meet .V1
t Belfast, Ireland, June 24th. From my f
arliest recollection there has been in my I 'o(
aind a strong desire to see Europe. The
ccumulating cares of life have not been ai
ble to weaken this desire. On the contra- n<
y, it has grown stronger as I grew older, j ti
'his is not strange. Ireland is the home of j Ii
ny ancestors, and in the midst of a people j n:
yhose veins coursed pure scotcn-irisn si
>lood, I was born and educated. Such be- qi
ng the case, I confess that the moment I
oarded the train at Yorkville I felt that
n the kind providence of God the dream of
ay childhood, boyhood and riper years was
bout to be realized. v
The journey thus far has been exceedingly ?
leasant. The Capital of the United States
ras reached at 9.20 A. M. 011 Tuesday. laving
some time at my command, I con- I\
luded to spend a day in the city. As C
night be expected, every feature of Amer- .
?an society is presented to the view in jj
he city of Washington. Men and women a]
rom all sections of the United States visit ?(
he Capital. Some, like myself, go there
0 gratify their curiosity, others go to look '
fter some busineas, and others again, go to ?
;et business. &1
At mid-day I went to the capitol. This Jl
3 a huge building?rather, it is a number of luge
buildings. I shall not attempt to de- sr
cribe it. In order to do this successfully, lti
rould require natural endowments and an tl
mount or jenrning mat no onu man pusatrrs-s- u<
s. It would require, instead of days, years ti
o study it. The structure is massive and C
worthy of the American Nation.
Through the kindness of a friend, I was
dmitted to the Members' Gallery. From j
his elevated position, I could look down Q,
ipon the law-makers of the country. It is 1T
iften and truthfully said that England has S(
tecome great in spite of her kings. It may
le as truthfully said that the United Slates ?
s great in spite of her legislators. The first ~
luestion before the House on Tuesday, was ^
ne continuation of the discussion of the n
lection case of Wallace against McKinley. n
Vallace and his friends claimed that he had
>een elected a member of Congress, while "
dcKinley and his friends claimed that he
lad been elected. ^
In the matter, I felt, I may say, no inter- J*
st, and it was apparent that the majority of *J
he members of the House cared absolutely ^
lothing. Several members made half hour j!t
peeches. The speeches were tame?very ^
ame indeed?mere school-boy exercises, o'
sTo one listened to a single thing that they
vere saying. In fact, I never saw a more 11
lisorderly public meeting. While a mem- 11
>er was on the floor speaking, the rest, ^
nany of them, at least, were standing up in h
groups talking, others were walking about, ,nd
I saw one member quietly smoking a n
igar. In the House, there are a number ot p
mall boys?bright little fellows?apparent- nr
__ j? ? x- x 1 rtiUa,.
y iroin ton 10 tweivu years uiu. xney ?u- vi
mart looking little fellows, and all are well u
Iressed. These are the sons of?well, of t(
heir fathers, of course. They are pages, b
hat is, they wait upon the members of Con- ci
;ress. Whenever they are needed the par- ti
icular member whom they are accustomed
o serve, claps his hands and immediately ai
he little fellow is seen running, at full tt
peed, to serve the dignitary for whose ben- ]V
fit and by whose influence he was employ- c<
;d. Many of these little fellows are nearly fi
elated to some of the great men of the e<
Jnited States. Their mothers generally si
ive in the city. These pages receive about fi
eventy-five dollars per month for their ser- a
dees. a
The Senate is a less noisy body than the
louse of Representatives. This, no doubt, ^
s due mainly to the fact that it is not so D
arge. It is manifest that much of the na- |;(
ional legislation is nothing but the most g
glaring partisan trickery. aj
Everything in the city of Washington is i(
?n a grand scale. The public buildings are ^
n keeping with the progress of the age. 0]
["he streets and avenues, parks and every- ^
hing of this kind are beautiful beyond de
cripuon. i nert; is m cuurse ui cicvuuu u. p,
iew pension building. This, I was told, 0]
s the largest brick building in the world. t
The world is represented in Washington ^
ociety. Washington is not a business city, jc
.lthough a large amount of all sorts of busness
is transacted there. The majority of J?(
hose who reside, or rather, congregate in
Vashington are there for the purpose of
Measure. A kind of "show off" spirit ^
eems to have taken hold of everyone. jr
?he pleasure vehicles which traverse the
treets are strange, nondescript things. +
?here seems to be a passion for two-wheel- y
d vehicles. Of these two-wheeled, pleas- C1
ire carriages there are two kinds. The on- a(
y difference being that in the one the driv- ?
r sits in front; in the other, he sits behind.
?he latter kind, I was told, is used in no
dace in the world except in Washington
nd the city of London. It is called a nanom.
I have no knowlege of the deriva- ai
ion of the word, but I am sure that han- ni
om and handsome, however much they re- f(
emble each other, have a totally different *r
rigin. A hansom is, beyond all doubt, the b'
igliest thing of the vehicle kind that ever
net the gaze of mortal man. In addition ti
o this, it is said to be very severe 011 a Ir
lorse?a first class horse killer. st
On the 9.50 train on Wednesday, I left y
Vashington for New York. This great Ji
netropolis?the grandest city in America ^
.ndone of the grandest in the world?was S?
eached at 5.30 P. M. Here I was met by a ^
riend whose face I herhaps had once seen, 11
mt had long forgotten. \V ith this friend I e;
pent the time very pleasantly. New York P!
s not equal in the number of its population 1
o some of the European cities, neither is it n
qual to them in the wealth of its inhabi- J?
ants generally, but still, New York may
veil be regarded as one of the great cities "
?f the world. It is situated on Manhattan *
sland. This island, triangular in form, is a
cashed on one side by the North river, on J1,
.nother by the East river, which is a con- "
inuation of Long Island sound, and on the
emaining side by Harlem river, which is
lot a river proper, but only the junction of d
he North and East rivers which is caused S
iy a tide flowing through a ravine on the c<
lorth side of the island. Manhatan island
s about two miles wide and thirteen long, P
onsequently, contains about twenty-six P
quare miles. This territory is covered ?
vith houses, some of which are fourteen P
tories high and in which fifty families re- P
ide. b<
It is impossible for any one to see much d
if New \ork in two days. It is too large; ^
io one pair of eyes are able to take it in in ai
o short a time. It would take a short life- jc
ime to gain a thorough knowledge of New ei
fork. A month, a week, even a day makes ir
. vast difference in the appearance of things ^
n some parts of the ciiy. Old houses are r*
orn down and new ones, larger and grand- t-i
- 5 x ?fr
x in every respect, are erceieu m uicu -tead.
In the northern section of the city "
he greatest amount of building seems to be tl
;oing on. In fact, there is no place else to w
mild. Es'ery few years multitudes of peo- rc
>le move up town. ^
In some sections of the city, the houses v
re all that immense wealth and the best S<
rchitectural skill and mechanical genius ti
an make them. The Roman Catholic
'athedral is the finest structure of its kind &
n the Continents. This mighty building B
urpasses anything of the kind in the city, d
lere the devotees of the Pope of Rome rc
neet and mumble out their devotional ser ices.
Atall times in the day, and perhaps,
light also, individuals may be seen in this E
ordly temple. Some of them are reading bi
nd some are nraviner. while multitudes ei
imply come in and bow down to what is by ti
hem regarded as the picture of our Saviour.
One of the most beautiful places in New it
fork is the Central Park. This is situated af
n the northern portion of the city and con- bi
ains near one thousand acres of land. In ei
he northern part of this park stands the sc
belisk, which was brought a few years ago, p;
rom the land of the Pharoahs. \ our read- tl
rs, 110 doubt, remember the fact. Itconsists tl
>f a single shaft of granite, with four faces T
lightly tapering. Each of the four sides is cl
overecl from top to bottom with hieroglyph- ol
cs. The celebrated Vanderbilt bore all the tl
xpense connected with the transportation b<
nd erection of this obelisk. si
In Central Park there is everything to h<
>lease and instruct. The menagerie is very P
X)d. In it may be seen the native animals
r every country on the globe.
One of the most wonderful things in New
ork is the facility for traveling through the |
ty. Several lines of elevated railroad ex>nd
through the city, and street cars run in
1 directions. These conveyances keep |
ling night and day and pass every minute,
he grandest thing of all is the Brooklyn !
ridge. This was begun in 18G7, by legisla- j
ve enactment, and finished in 1883. One 1
ear ago a very serious accident occurred on j
lis bridge. The people became panicricken
and rushed pell-mell over each j
iher.
Even those persons who have been born j
ad raised in New York, and who have I
ever been out of it for any great length of
me, are amazed at its marvelous growth,
i no place in the world is the power of
lind and money more manifest. In a very
lort time the Austral will sail, and, conseuently,
I must close for the present.
it. Lathan.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Democratic State Convention, of
orth Carolina, will meet in Raleigh, on the
>th instant.
? Hon. Henry Watterson, of Louisville,
[y., delivers the annual address at the
hapel Hill commencement to-day.
? The State Military Board of North C'arona,
held a session at Salisbury, last week,
nd adopted a code of regulations for the
Dvernment of the State Guard.
?The track of the Western North Carolina
.ailroad has been laid on the Ducktown
ranch, ten miles beyond Waynesville, into
ack3on county.
-The noted case against Ray and Ander>n,
the Mitchell county murderers, who
ist February killed a man in a dispute over
le possession of a mica mine, was to have
een tried at Lenoir last week, but wasconnued.
The prisoners will remain in the
aldwell jail until the next term of Court.
? Shelby Aurora: It is difficult to ascertin
the cost of an orange which caused inirectly
a fight between seven negroes and
ne woman on Sunday, broke up a colored
leeting, took the whole day for the trial of
jven defendants who wounded and cut
aeir victim with knives. Six of the
uilty ones will work on the streets under
uard at 37J cents per day for two months,
hat orange has cost in lawyers' fees, witesses
for State and defendant and two
lonths wages for six, over $190.
?Charlotte Ob.ientr, Sunday: Capt. F. S.
leWolfe, with his wife and three daughters,
ill to-night bid farewell to Charlotte and
;ave for distant Oregon, in which State
leir fortunes will in the future be cast,
apt. DeWolfe will locate in the growing
ttle city of Portland. His departure irom
harlotte is a matter of genuine regret by
ur citizens, who feel that Charlotte will be
le loser and Portland the gainer by the
iove. Cant. DeWolfe was at one time
layor of the city and his administration
'as considered the best of any previous to
is time.
? The Newton Enterprise: About twelve
lonths ago in Caldwell county, Henry Clipard,
a young man, killed another young
uin by the name of Carlton. He fled the
juntry, but returned just before the last
irm of the court and surrendered himself
) the officers of the law. He was taken
efore Judge Graves on a writ of habeas
:)rpii8, and it appearing to be a case of jusfiable
homicide was admitted to bail. On
[onday he presented himself at court, was
rraigued, and a special venire summoned
) try the case Tuesday. He went home
[onday afternoon, and while on his way to
jurt Tuesday morning, a short distance
om Lenoir, stopped by the wayside, pull[1
off his coat, presented a pistol to the left
de of his head just back of the ear and
red. The bullet passed through his head
nd came out on the other side. He died
bout five hours after the shot.
? Upon the trial of Thomas L. Shields for
ic murder of Joseph G. Sitton, in the Suerior
Court of Mecklenburg, in 1883, which
^suited in conviction and an appeal to the
upreme Court for a new trial, the Judge
I lowed the State to introduce a letter writ;n
by the deceased on the night before the
omicide, addressed to the sister of the prisner,
Miss Mollie Shields. It was admitted
y the State that this letter had never been
Kseived by Miss Shields, nor in fact had
ver been seen by her until handed to her
ri the trial, but the same was found in the
unk of the deceased, among his other ef!Cts,
on the morning of the homicide. The
itter was introduced by the State, after obction
by the prisoner, for the purpose of
jntradicting the testimony of both the
risoner and Miss Mollie Shields. The Sureme
Court says, in this there was error,
hat the letter could stand on no better footlg
than a naked declaration on the part of
ie deceased. That it could not he admitid
as evidence, for the reason thatit wanted
ie solemnity of an oath and the test of a
oss-examination. And for this error, in
Emitting the letter in evidence, anew trial
; awarded.
MEKE-MEXTIOK.
Illicit distillers in New York threaten
:med resistance to the collection of interal
revenue taxes. The Wabash Rail>ad,
with its 3,600 miles of track, has gone
lto the hands of a receiver. There will
3 1,600 delegates, from Europe, Asia, Afrii,
Australia and America in the Internaonal
Sunday-school Convention, which
icets in Louisville, Ky., on the 11th inant.
Ferdinand Ward, of the firm of
rant & Ward, who is now in Ludlow Street
ail, New York, on the charge of swindling,
lys that the responsibility of Grant is the
-- * rnu
tine us ins own. * lucre uuvc uccu
lore dynamite explosions in London, inicting
serious loss of property, and great
xcitement ensues thereby. " The susension
of the banking house of D. W.
liddleton &Co., of Washington, is the most
otable failure of last week. The cash deosits
in the bank were about$250,000. The
tilure is total. The bank was established
i 1867. A Buffalo, N. Y., dispatch of
riday, says there was a heavy snow storm
long the Lake Shore route on that moring.
Decoration day was observed
iroughout the North last Friday.
A Fatal Duel.?A Morganton, N. C.,
ispatch of last Saturday to the Charleston
unday News says: Information was rejived
here to-night of a duel which occurid
yesterday in the mouth of a mica mine
i Mitchell county, in which Col. Nellis
orden formerly of Louisville, Ky., and a
[r. Linebeck, of Mitchell county, were the
rincipals. The weapons used were pistols,
orden was instantly killed. The trouble
stween these two gentlemen grew out of a !
ispute about mining. During the past few
mnths intense excitement has prevailed
mong the people of Mitchell and the ad ining
counties, growing out of the discovry
in that section of immense veins of
uca, some of which have yielded as much
i three or four hundred dollars a day. The
;port of these valuable discoveries has at acted
mining engineers and speculators
om many sections of the Union. Among
lose who visited Mitchell county, attracted
lither by these mines, was Col. Borden,
ho was the victim of the meeting this
lorning. Col. Borden was a well known
lining speculator and engineer in Louisille
and well known throughout this State,
aon after he went to the mica mine couny
lie worked several very rich mines,
tnong which was one claimed by Linebeck
Bros., of Mitchell. The meeting between
orden and Linebeck to-day grew out of a
ispute about their respective ciaims to the
line in which the encounter took place. |
?
Colored Children* andtheSchools.? j
ducation is universally acknowledged to
3 one of the chief corner-stones of enlightled
governments, and all enlightened naons
provide for popular education. If it
elp all other nations and races why should
ruin the negro ? It may ruin negro boys 1
> field hands, and we believe it does, !
Lit for that matter most white boys do not
ijoy field labor much after having had
hool advantages. But if education imroves
negroes "mentally and morally," can
le white people, in good conscience, on
nit account withhold education from them?
here are 75,000 white and 90,000 colored
liidren in the public schools in South Carina.
If the public schools are abolished
icse 75,000 white children are denied the
jnefit of the public schools. It can't be asimed
that they will get an education any-.nr
Mnnh on occnmntinn would beDUerile.
JH? WUVU WU ? ~ 1 I
>ee Dee Iwle.v. i
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, June 3.?The stockholders of
the Fishing Creek Manufacturing Company
held their annual meeting at the mill on
Wednesday. Senator Patterson presided
over the meeting, and Mr. J. L. Glenn acted
as secretary. The President's report
showed the Company to be in a flourishing
condition. During the past year the amount
of net profits reached $7,800, which was 10A
per cent, on the paid up stock. Ever since
it began operations the profits of the Company
have been expended in purchasing additional
machinery and equipments, 1,000
additional spindles were put in the mill
the past year, and the stockholders directed
1,000 more spindles to be put in this year if
the Directors think best. When these have
been put in, the whole number of spindles
will be 5,300, which will fill all the avalable
space in the mill. Capt. F. H. Barber was
re-elected President, and Mr. J. C. Hickiin
Secretary and Treasurer. The same Directors
were re-elected with the exception of
Mr. Madison Heffley, whose place was filled
by the election of Mr. J. L. Watson, of York
countv. who is one of the largest stockhold
ers. The building, the machinery and the
equipments of this mill are first-class, and
the prospect of its paying a good dividend
in the near future is quite bright.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
this county at their late meeting expressed
their opposition to the nomination of the
State ticket in June. They were also opposed
to the election of delegates to the
Judicial and Congre&sional Conventions by
the County Convention in June. They are
of the opinion that an early opening of the
campaign would be unwise. I have no
doubt that the County Convention will take
a similar stand by declaring against the
nomination of the State ticket in June by
the State Convention. In accordance with
the instructions by the Executive Committee,
the Chairman, J. M. McNeel. Esq.,
drew up some appropriate resolutions in
regard to the death of one of their number,
Dr. W. M. McCallum. His many friends
inChesterand York counties will be pleased
to know that he was regarded by the Committee
"as a high-toned gentleman, as a
zealous and untiring physician, and as a
liberal, patriotic, and public-spirited citizen,"
also as "a staunch, unwavering adherent
of the true and tried principles of
unsullied Democracy."
The late hail-storm in the lower portion of
this county was very damaging to the crops.
One farmer who expected his oat crop to
yield 300 bushels will not gather one-tenth
of this amount. His neighbors were also
havy sufferers. Not only small grain, but
cotton and corn were ruined by the hail.
Tn nni*fi/Mia nf flin oaiint\r nrnnu
All UUICI J^Ul V1UUO Vi HIV WUli vjr HIV vivpo
were greatly injured by the tremendous
fall of rain. Lands have not been so badly
washed in many years. Lowlands were
generally flooded, and where planted, must
be replanted.
Henry McCullough, colored, who several
months ago ran away from this place,
charged with selling intoxicating liquors
without license, was arrested at Ilock Hill
on last Friday by Deputy Marshal Pearson.
On last Wednesday Pink Hill, colored,
was arrested in York county by the same
officer on the same charge:
Our municipal authorites contemplate
draining Col. E. T. Atkinson's fish pond
for the reason that it is believed to be injurious
to the health of our town. Our local
Board of Health, consisting of Dr. J. A.
White, Dr. D. Lyle, and Mr. David Hemphill,
have reported the pond as detrimental
to health. A number of our physicians
have taken issue with the board "on this
question. The probabilities are that the
town authorities will be governed in their
action by the report of the Local Board of Health,
and drain the pond. If so Col. Atkinson
will doubtless bring suit against the
town on a claim for damages. Our Board
of Health are adopting such measures as
they believe will conduce to the health of our
town. For this they are entitled to the
thanks of the community.
Mrs. Watson, whose extreme illness was
mentioned in my last correspondence, died
on last Wednesday afternoon. She was a
most estimable lady, and her death is greatly
lamented.. ' m.
? ?
political notes.
? There are about one hundred colored
delegates in the National Republican Convention,
which met in Chicago last Tuesday.
? Ex-Governor Chamberlain has written a
letter to the delegates at large from New
York to the Chicago Republican Convention,
opposing the admission of the Mahone delegates
from Virginia. He also writes in the
r a i _ n A ?xi L.A XI x ux).
interest; 01 iirtnur us net-ween wmi- geuueman
and Blaine. Notwithstanding Chamberlain's
letter, the Republican Executive
Committee, by a vote of 31 to 10, on Saturday,
determined to seat the Mahone delegation.
?The Augusta, (Ga.) Chronicle remarks
editorially: "Senator Don Cameron was
warmly welcomed on his return to Washington,
and by none more cordially than by
Democratic Senators. Mr. Cameron has ?
been specially kind to the South and her
Senators, many of whom reciprocate his
goodfellowship. We are glad that Don
Cameron is in his seat again. He is master
of his own spirit. The South may have occasion
to thank him for valued services toward
her, in spite of party affiliation."
The State Normal Institute.?The
faculty of the Normal Institute for white
teachers, which will be held in Spartanburg
during the month beginning July 16, has
been determined upon. Prof. E. S. Joynes,
LL. D., of the South Carolina University,
was some weeks ago selected as the President
of the Institute. He will occupy the
nVioir r\f TTnorii?h lifprntnre. The other
members of the faculty are: Principal, S. S.
Woolwine, of the Howard School, Nashville,
Tenn., pedagogics and school management;
Professor JR. Means Davis, of the
South Carolina College, history and geography
; Principal W. H. Witherow, of Chester,
natural philosophy and physiology;
Superintendent D. B. Johnson, of the Columbia
graded schools, mathematics; Miss
Annie E. Bonham, of Columbia, model
school and calisthentics; Miss Susie Gibbes
of Charleston, drawing: Prof. Witherow,
music. The faculty has been selected with
great care, and is a capital one. The people
of Spartanburg have manifested great interest
in securing the Institute for that city,
and promise to do their utmost to make the
session successful.
The Vengeance of a Mob.?A special
dispatch from Madrid, Iowa, says: "A
mob of about seventy-five men completely
wrecked the office of A. K. Webb, a lawyer
of this city last night. The mob was quiet,
determined and quick in its work. The
office was located in a one story building
owned by Webb, and everything, including
his large and costly library, was taken
out, and with the papers, furniture, and
material of the building, strewn the full
length of the street and completely destroyed.
A number of citizens watched the
work from their doors, but were not allowed
to go out into the street. Webb's office
has several times before suffered indignities
at the hands of different parties. His
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an attorney-fee in a suit which never came
to trial, and his attachment of the boy's
wages, was the immediate inciting cause of
this unauthorized destruction of Webb's
property."
An Independent's Views.?The Philadelphia
Times, (Independent) says : The
first necessity of the Democrats or opposition
elements of 1884, is a man who embodies
in himself the abuses of protracted and
corrupted Republican rule. With such a
candidate, a platform that means little or
nothing may greatly hinder or absolutely
defeat his election, while no deliverance
made by a lot of muddled leaders can command
additional votes for the party. The
people sincerely want a change of National
government, as they did in 1840, 1848,
I860 and 187G, but they don't want a rickety
and distrusted Democratic machine to take
the place of the now rickety and distrusted
Republican machine. Give the people a
chance. Give them a man who is bigger
and stronger than an expedience platform,
and there will be a hopeful battle for the
opposition in 1884.