Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 12, 1884, Image 2
J^craps and <facts. 1
? The New York cremation society has !
$25,000 subscribed to build a furnace, and it
will be in operation before the end of the
year. A new argument in favor of incineraton
Is the statement that it cost $18,000 a
year to keep the grass cut on the graves in
Greenwood Cemetery.
? Five children went home from a circus :
in Dakota deeply impressed by the feat of
descending an incline on a globe. Finding j
a smooth log lying at the top of a steep hill,'
4hey took their places in a row and set it
rolling. They were all thrown off and run |
over, three being killed.
? J. B. Crowder, a white fireman on the i
Qbarlotte and Atlanta local freight train,
was killed on the arrival of the train in
Charlotte, last Saturday afternoon. He fell
from the platform to the track and the
wheels of tne cars ran over his head and
shoulders. Crowder leaves a widow at Central,
S. C.
-^7 Texas forty years ago was practically a
desert, and the handful of settlers lived
pretty much on game. To day there are
more than 102000,000 cattle, sheep, horses
mules and swine in the State, ana the cotton
crop last year was worth more than the
cotton crop of the entire United States in
1843.
? Mrs. Fred Grant is a beautiful and heroic
woman. When informed of the failure of
her husband and the necessity for economy
in her domestic relations, she remarked : "I
have lived on the army rations once; I can
do it again." Every honorable man will
feel sympathy for such a woman.
? The Charlotte Observer of the 3rd says:
Capt De Wolfe and family left Sunday night
for Portland, Oregon, their far western
home. Before going, Mrs. De Wolfe was
was presented with a very handsome solid
silver cup as a token of esteem by the corigregation
of the Associate Reformed Church,
of which she was a leading member.
? The Palmetto Railroad is a new line
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Cheraw, S. C., a distance of 17* miles. The
work; is being pushed rapidly and it is
contemplated to have the grading completed
by fall. When this connection is
completed, it will secure a route 80 miles
shorter than either of the other two routes
South.
? Monsieur Viron des Lauriers has founded,
in Moore county, N. C., a colony of
Frenchmen skilled in silk culture. In about
two months there will be thirty families
in the colony. They are pleased with their
location and at their success thus far. M.
des Lauriers has purchased 200,000 young
mulberry trees, to plant. The leaves of
these are to feed the millions of silk worms
to be grown by the colonists.
?Commenting on Fred Grant's exclamation
that he ana his family were "all fools,"
the Louisville Post says: "If the experience
of this verdffjtvpung man, who began life
with every ft^?&ht external advantage in
his favor, snail serve to teach his young
countrymen that honest industry must be
the basis of all enduring fortunes, and that
all gambling operations must end in grief,
he will not have suffered in vain."
?The great bridge connecting iNew lone j
and Brooklyn has been open one year, hav-1
ing been thrown open to the public May 24,
1883. During the year 6,083,100 foot passengers
crossed the structure, 587,024 vehicles
and 5,151,220 car passengers. The receipts
were $391,770, but from this the expenses
are to be deducted. As the cost of the bridge
was over $15,000,000, the gross revenue, it
will be observed, is little over 2 per cent,
of the outlay.
?Orme, the railroad ticket agent who endeavored
to commit suicide Dy shooting
himself in the head with a pistol, near Atlanta,
on the 30th ultimo, is recovering.
The bullet entered his head over the left
ear, and ranging-downward, lodged in his
throat. He is short $17,950 with the different
roads for which he sold tickets. He is
reported to have lost heavily at gambling,
which accounts for his attempt to take
his life.
? "Several queer incidents," says a Washington
correspondent, "have occurred lately
at the top of the Washington monument.
The other day a gauntand hungry cat made
her appearance on the scaffold where the
workmen stand, having climbed the winding
flights of stairs from the bottom. She
looked wildly about her for a few moments
and then gave a leap into space. Four hundred
and thirty four feet is a good deal of a
jumj), but she landed on the ground alive
making the greatest leap on record."
? The Charlotte Observer says that the effort
to connect Rutherfordton, N. C., with
Gaffney City, S. C., by rail will yet prove
successful. The Boston men who propose
to build the line were met by the people of
Rutherford, and an agreement was entered
^ ^-into between them. All the necessary papers
were signed and delivered on the 3rd
instant, and work is to be commenced immediately
upon the road. Rutherford county
has subscribed $100,000 toward the building
of the road. It is to be a narrow guage.
?A Havana letter of the 29th ultimo,
says: "The mercantile and political situation
continues to be desperate. Most liberal
estimates place the sugar crop at 450,000
tons, which at an average price, amounts to
$24,750,000. Estimates of expenditures for
the next fiscal year will amount to about
$30,000,000, consequenlty the sum resulting
from the sale of the entire sugar crop will
be insufficient to cover the government taxation
on the population. During the first
six months of the fiscal year the import of
wines from Spain fell off to the extent of
sixteen thousand pipes or casks." The sale
of the island to the United States or to
Mexico is the general topic of conversation.
? Jesse Carter, colored, convicted as accessory
to the murder of J. W. Foster, by
Babe Jones, at Pittsburg, Pa., was hanged
in the jail of that city on the 3rd instant.
The condemned man displayed wonderful
fortitude on the scaffold where he reiterated
his protestation of innocence, prayed and
sang the hymn "Farewell to the world."
On Friday last, at Orangeburg, S. C., Wm.
Trezevant, colored, was hanged for the murder
of Frank Mitchell, colored, January 16,
1883. He made a confession, having even
pleaded guilty when arraigned for trial.
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ills neCK was oroaeu uy uie mil ui mc uny
and life was extinct in ten minutes. He
died without flinching.
? About 250 "assisted" immigrants arrived
at Castle Garden on Monday, but on examination
it was found that nearly all of
them are able and willing to earn a livelihood
in this country. The assistant superintendant
of the labor bureau says there
will be no difficulty in procuring employment
for them, as the farmers just now are
very busy and will need plenty of help for
two or three months to come. There are
no sick among the new comers, and they
have only been "assisted" by the authorities
at home because there was nothing for them
to do there. Other immigrants of the same
class, to the number of a thousand or more,
are en route, and will soon arrive. By the
term, "assisted immigrants," is ordinarily
meant a class, who from disease, are unable
to earn aliving, and are "assisted" to America
to become inmates of the poor houses.
? Horace H. Buell, of Chicago, not having
sufficient money to buy a ticket, conceived
a scheme of being sent as express
matter to Manhattan, Kansas, and was successful.
He arranged a box so that he could
sit in it, and coula if necessary open it and
release himself. He got into his box and
was placed on board the cars by a friend. He
left Chicago last Thursday and arrived at
Manhattan Saturday. He thought he could
escape in the darkness, but the box was set
down in the depot, lid down. He wras thus
a prisoner. "When taken to the express office
his predicament was still worse, for he
was placed head down. Buell stood it as
long as he could but was obliged to reveal
his presence, to the great fright of the agent,
who came near shooting into the box. Fi
,1? v ? ^ nr>rl t\o i rl
nany, nowever, ne wns juc?atu ?im ^uu
$9.25 express charges. A ticket would have
cost $17.60.
? In the United Presbyterian Assembly,
in session at St. Louis, last week, the discussion
on the subject or using musical instruments
in the churches of that denomination
came up the second time, on presentation of
the majority and minority reports by the
committee on bills and overtures continuing
all day Thursday and resulted in the defeat
of the majority report which simply provided
that no further action on the subject
should be taken by the Assembly. Notice
of a protest was given by the anti-organists,
and a meeting of that faction was held on
Thursday night, at which resolutions were
adopted providing for another convention
of the anti-organ congregations to be held at
Xenia, Ohio, next fall, at which time the
question of seceding from the present organization
will be considered. The next general
assembly will be held at Topeka, Kansas,
on the 4th Wednesday of next May, and
Garnet, Kansas, was selected for the meeting
of the general committee on missions.
Ihc fjorfeviUe
YORK VILLI", S. C. !
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 12,1884.
RAILROAD CELEBRATION.
The completion of the Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gauge Railroad to its northern terminus?Lenoir,
Caldwell county, N. C.?
was the occasion of a grand celebration in
that town, on Thursday last. The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the railroad
company was also held there on the same
day, and as is the time-honored custom of
the management of the road, an excursion
train was run to enable stockholders and
their families to attend the meeting. This
train, in charge of the clever and accommodating
conductor, Capt. H. H. Beard, left
Chester at 10 o'clock on Wednesday, arriving
at Yorkville about noon, where it
awaited the south-bound mail and passenger
train to pass. Quite a number of the
good people of Chester and intermediate
points?ladies and gentlemen?were on
board, and this number was augmented at
Yorkville. At 1 o'clock the train sped out
from Yorkville, the front car bearing a
streamer with the inscription : "Old Rip is
wide awake .'?Linked by bands of iron,
South Carolina rejoices with you.?Let us
rejoice together." This was the conception
of Mr. J. L. Simons, of Chester, who had
chartered the car to which was attached the
device, and his fraternal sentiment met a
hearty response all along the route.
The entire length of the road runs through
a fine agricultural section, and as the train
proceeded on its way the cotton fields ol
York and Gaston, and the fields of golden
grain, ripe for the sickle, in those counties,
were succeeded by broad acres of verdure in
the counties of Lincoln, Catawba and Caldwell,
the wheat and oats being in their vernal
garb, and the familiar "fields of cotton"
yielding to corn, clover and emerald meadows.
The most important towns on the line ol
road from Yorkvilie are Clover, in York
county ; Gastonia and Dallas, in Gaston
county; Lincolnton and Maiden, in Lincoln
county ; Newton, Conover and Hickory,- in
Catawba county ; and Lenoir, the terminal
point of the road, in Caldwell county, the
latter being a distance of eighty-six miles
from Yorkville. Other towns, however,
are springing up along the road, and if we
may reckon each station a smart village,
which is not improbable in the near future,
there will be no less than twenty-one towns
uii nit; line yji iwu iiuui vuv^cvt.
Each of those stations furnished its quota
of passengers, and when the train moved
out from Hickory it was literally laden.
Lenoir was reached at 8 o'clock, the train
running on a slow schedule and much time
having been consumed at the different stations.
Lenoir was alive with enthusiasm
over the first train of excursionists that had
ever arrived at their town. At the end of
the road, where the depot is to be built,
bonfires were lighted, and throngs of citizens
lined the track. The train neared the
end of the journey amid the shouts of the
assembled multitude, and when it was
brought to a stop three lusty cheers were
given "for the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad."
And now was the hospitality of the town
put to its test. With only two hotels in
the place, the large crowd of excursionists
could not expect accommodations in them.
Nor did the citizens intend that they should.
Every house in the town was thrown open
and with true North Carolina hospitality
the visitors were invited in and made welcome.
It was our good fortune to be quartered
at the hospitable residence of Capt.
E. W. Faucette and his accomplished family,
and if all fared as well as we, the hospitality
of Lenoir is firmly established in the
hearts of her South Carolina guests. Here
we may say that we heard but one expression
of opinion from the excursionists, and
that was that the citizens of Lenoir are the
most open-hearted, hospitable people they
have ever met.
Early Thursday morning the people commenced
gathering in?not only people from
Caldwell county, but from all the adjoining
counties, and by 10 o'clock it was estimated
that fully three thousand persons were
on the streets.
At the hour of 10 the procession was
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iorititju. ousptJiiueu ttauasmc njuuic
were massive letters, worked in evergreen
aud flowers, "C. & L.", and in the shadow
of these initials, symbolizing the union by
bands of iron, of the two towns remote from
each other, and in different States, Gen. C.
Leventhorpeas Chief Marshal, with twenty
assistants, formed the immense column of
people who had assembled to celebrate the
most important event in the history of the
town. Preceded by the Dallas Brass Band,
the procession formed in the following order:
Railroad officials, representatives of the
press and committee of arrangements in
carriages; citizens in carriages ; citizens on
foot; citizens on horseback. The procession
moved on Ashe street to Mulberry,
thence to East Main street, returning to the
Public Square and thence through West
Main street to the railroad, meeting President
Haskell's special train at 10.30. His
train arrived on time, and after music by
the band, E. Jones, Esq., Mayor of the
town, delivered an address of welcome.
He briefly reviewed the history of the
road, and the progress of the work during
the ten years since the first dirt was thrown
in Caldwell county, and outlined the great
importance that the road will prove to be
to the people of Caldwell. The completion
of the road is an exemplification of what energy,
pluck and perseverance will accomplish
for a people. While they were entitled
to much credit for what had been
accomplished, to Col. Haskell they were
indebted for its completion. On that day
he more than ever recognized the fact that
the L'aroiinas are as one. lie nau seen a
banner on one of the excursion cars with the
inscription "Rip Van Winkle is wide
awake." He re-echoed that sentiment, and
as an evidence of the fact would say that
with the work just completed it made five
hundred and fifty-nine miles of railroad
built within the State during the last four
years. In proposing three cheers for Col.
Haskell, he said, the people of Lenoir felt
that they could take the whole State of
South Carolina in their embrace, and while
there might be a lack of accommodations,
such as were desirable, for all their South
Carolina friends, let an equal number visit
us three years from now, and we will have
a house for each. Three wild cheers were
given for Col. Haskell, when Mayor Jones wl:
introduoed that gentleman. to
Col. Haskell expressed his heartfelt thanks cui
for the welcome shown him, which he said : leu
should never be forgotten. The praise for |
the occasion we celebrate, he said, was not re;;
due to him, but to those who projected the wl:
work ten years ago. He was only their be;
representative, and as such we now offer an
you the work they have done. We are in
here as your servants, your common car- vi(
riers, your friends. We will do our work tio
as common carriers to the best of our ability, est
You have a beautiful region, inexhaustible sui
in its wealth of natural resources, agricul- se?.
tural, mineral and timber, and to help you fin
develop and utilize these resources is our be;
mission. The associations of the two States, wl
from their earliest history to the present tin
day, have been of the most pleasant kind. I
I represent South Carolina as your neigh- ag:
bor, with the sentiment: Let us be as one thi
in heart, one in hand and one in energy. I fro
hold in my hand a spike?not one of gold, an
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Xiur silver, uui even iiiLaci-j^iuin.u, uuk ./
native copper, which it is proposed to drive ap
as the last remaining spike to be driven in Tli
the completion of the track of this road; tici
and while it is not of the more precious wl
metal, let us hope that it may prove a gold- ap
en spike, indeed, by becoming the means of nc
developing your country, rich in all the up>
treasures of nature. mi
Col. Haskell then descended from the nri<:
stand, and was joined by the venerable Col. dc
' Greene Moore, 85 years of age, and the old- ca;
est citizen of Lenoir, and each with sledge in'
in hand, proceeded to drive the last remain- thi
ing spike to complete the work. On the de
spike was engraved : "Chester and Lenoir coi
Railroad.?June 5, 1884." The spike was chi
driven amid loud and prolonged cheering
of the multitude and the inspiriting strains P&
of the band, and when the last blow, by th<
Col. Moore, was struck, Col. Haskell an- inl
nounced that "the work is now completed
by Col. Moore." Of the four elderly citizens ra'
of Lenoir who first broke the ground on the fe:r
Caldwell county contract, viz.: Col. Greene tic
Moore, Rev. Jesse Rankin, Col. James Har- b -!
per and Rev. G. H. Rounds, Col. Moore is tbi
the only survivor; and as he threw the first saj
dirt, near the same spot, it was aeemeu eminently
proper that lie should wield the last cis
blow in the completion of this important J
work. The ceremonies at the railroad were p1
thus terminated, and the procession reformed
and moved to the public square, \
when Chief Marshal Leventhorpe announced lo\
the programme concluded. It had been ar- po
ranged for Col. Robert F. Armfield, of States- St}
ville, to deliver an address from the balcony
of the Central Hotel; but that gentleman <
was unavoidably detained as important jnj
counsel in the Superior Court of Alexander roi
county, and to his own regret and the dis- in
appointment of many others could not attend.
thi
At 12 o'clock the meeting of the stock
holders was held in the Court House. atl
At night a ball was given in the Jones wi
House, and until an early hour Friday th.i
morning the youth and beauty of the Caro- th(
linas joined in the mazes of the dance. P<>
Thus ended the festivities of the eel
ebration of an important event in the history
of Lenoir, and an occasion around ,
which will long cluster pleasant memories jn
to the many guests of her hospitable citizens.
mj
Notwithstanding the large assemblage, Nt
not an unpleasant incident occurred during te1
the day. Lenoir being a prohibition town,
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tnere was no intoxication, auu me cruwu for
was remarkably quiet and orderly. Lo
Lenoir, as our readers know, is a "moun- wp
tain town." It is situated, as a citizen re- Yc
marked to us, "on a hill in a valley, over- |e4'
looked by the mountains of the Blue Ridge." j.:.
Its population is about 600. As may have
been learned by reading the above, her off
. citizens are hospitable, and their refine- for
ment is equalled only by their hospitality, wl
The town has several fine residences, large, ^
well arranged stores, three churches?Epis- <
copal, Presbyterian and Methodist, and a sh,
Baptist church in course of erection?and we
has long been a seat of learning, its schools, thi
male and female, ranking with the best in
the South. It also has a circulating library
of about 1,500 volumes. As a summer re- g,*
sort, now that it has railroad facilities, the fm
town, with the necessary hotel accommo- po
1 dations, will prove a strong rival to any in
Western North Carolina. The mountain "1*
scenery is not grand, perhaps, compared
with that of Asheville, yet it is attractive. en
Hibriten Peak, distant from the town five sei
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nines, IS leet lll^n, aim uic wy \ji iu id
accessible by a good carriage road, jilast 0(
of the town and in full view, is Brushy
Range, the terminus of the Blue Ridge. To (
the north of the town lies a long chain of ^
mountains, "Grandfather Mountain" being
the most prominent. A fine view of this nru
chain is obtained from the female college. ga
The resources of the county are mainly sel
agricultural. Some attention is given to
stock raising, and tobacco could be made a ^
staple crop. Wheat," however, is the prin- 0f
cipal product, and this is produced to per- Se<
fection. The best quality of flour that is Ch
produced is turned out from the mills, and
to keep abreast of the times a miller is fitting
up machinery for making flour by the m?
"patent process." Caldwell is also rich in re(
timber. Until recently farmers used wal- (
nut for fuel, and we were told that even now bri
they will haul it to town for $1.50 per cord.
Another industry is the develODment of I r
the botanical resources of the section. There p,
is a marketable value for over ninety va- r
rieties of medicinal roots, herbs, flowers, chi
barks, &c., all of which are obtainable on 0 c
the mountains of Caldwell, and are regularly
gathered and sold in the stores. The bu- siness
of the town is about 250,000 pounds ^
per season. The most valuable of the roots ^
is ginseng, which, by the time it reaches p?
China, commands its weight in gold. These sul
herbs, roots and barks are baled and ship- ser
ped to European markets, and the handling
of them requires considerable capital. 'J
The merchants of Lenoir are wide-awake, Jj?^
enterprising men, and now that they have trii
railroad facilities, we predict that they will ^
take on renewed activity and make their ti0!
beautiful town what it deserves to be?one cur
of the busiest and most important in Westem
North Carolina. boc
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RAILROAD COMMISSION CASES. has
res
An appeal by the Charlotte, Columbia fre?
and Augnsta Railroad Company irom nnu- u- <
ings of the Railroad Commissioners in regard
to certain alleged violations by the aec
company of the provisions of Section 1,451, jlie
B of the General Statutes in regard to \
rates of charges for the transportation of wli
passengers was heard before Judge Kershaw
in Columbia, two weeks ago. The (\{v
appellants proposed to charge 3* cents per of t
mile for second cla&s passengers and 2} cents j"f
for children over six years of age and under i
twelve who may be unprovided with tickets
when reasonable facilities for the pur- ^
chase thereof may have been provided, em
while the statute provides that roads of th?
the class of appellant's road shall not prc
exceed 3 cents per mile and for children its
j 2 cents. Judge Kershaw filed his decision try
! in the cases on Monday of last week. In pie
his decision he says: of
"It is supposed by appellants that inas'
i much as a rate of charges is allowed in g\1{1
I their charter not to exceed six cents per vei
1 mile, that as a matter of contract with the
; State they are entitled to charge any rate jus
i not exceeding the said limit." Thisground hii
! is overruled on the same grounds as in the
' decision on the appeal as to freight rates,' sta
lerein is set forth the power of the Stat
legislate upon this subject whenever cir
instauces may arise which demand sucl
;islation.
Fudge Kershaw concludes that while th
julation requiring the added charge
len passengers do not procure ticket
Fore entering the trains "is reasonabl
d proper in substance, but in the fore
which it is here established it is
)lation of the restriction of the said sec
n of the railroad law, in that it doe
ablish higher rates for passengers unde
?.h circumstances than is limited by sai<
:tion." He therefore orders "that th
dings of the Railroad Commissioner.'
aring date the 2nd of April, 1884, fror
lich this appeal is taken, be affirmed ani
b appeal dismissed."
[n the appeal of the same compan;
ainst the decision of the commission, o
3 subject of freight charges on fertilizer
m Columbia to stations on the Cheste
d Lenoir Railroad, the decision of th
>ilroad commissioners is reversed and th
peal of the railroad company sustained
ie Judge says: "There are serious quej
ns as to the jurisdiction of the judge t
10m is committed the hearing of thes
peals, which suggest themselves, but a
objection has been made to the hearin
on that ground, I will proceed to detei
ne the matters submitted upon thei
irits." lie then sums up a number c
cisions of the United States Court, citin
ies and shows that the question is one c
:er-State commerce, jvhich comes unde
i exclusive jurisdiction of Congress, an
cides that the Act does not authorize th
nmissioners to regulate profits upon mei
andise committed to railroads for trans
rtation from a point in this State to
int beyond the limits of the State. "It i
arefore ordered and adj udged that the find
js by the Railroad Commissioners in th
itter of the items of charges by the sai
ilroad company for the transportation c
tilizers from Columbia, S. C., to the sts
ms on the Chester and Lenoir Railroac
aring date April 10, 1884, from whic
is appeal was taken, be reversed and th
d appeal sustained."
The main points of Judge Kershaw's dc
ion may be stated as follows:
L. That the railroad company cannc
arge passenger rates in excess of those al
ml by the railroad law, either by pena!
s or otherwise.
I. That the charter of the appellant (a]
ving a charge not in excess of six cenl
r mile,) contains no contract with th
ite which will prohibit subsequent legis
ion to fix a lower figure as the maximur
te.
]. That the railroad commission cannc
terfere with the freight charges of rai
ids on merchandise snipped from poinl
this State to places in another State
fhe question of the constitutionality c
X milrnarl low oiac nnf dpcidprl
The Columbia correspondent of the Neu
d Courier says the Railroad Commissio
11 probably carry to the Supreme Coui
e question of jurisdiction of the State ove
3 rates on freight and passengers fror
ints within the State to points without.
ATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
The National Republican Convention me
Chicago on Tuesday, the 3rd instant, an
12.24 o'clock was called to order by Chaii
in Sabine, on behalf of the Republica
itional Committee, and proposing fo
nporary Chairman Hon. Powell Clay tor
Arkansas. The name of John R. Lynch
lored, of Mississippi, was also propose
temporary chairman by Henry Cabc
idge, of Massachusetts. This nominatioi
is seconded by Silas B. Butcher, of Nei
irk. There was quite a struggle over th
nporary chairmanship, several speeche
in? made in ODDOsitaon to Lynch, th
incipal argument "being that the" Nations
mmittee had the right to nominate tha
ieer, and that it had been the custom fo
ty years. At length the ballot was taker
len it was announced that Lynch had 43
tes, and was therefore elected temporal*;
airman.
Dn taking the chair, Lynch delivered
:jrt address, the main features of whie
;re urging the importance of sustainin
a nominees, whoever they might be ; am
3 sentiment that the great heart of th
nerican people will never consent to hav
lolitical party gain the ascendancy in thi
vernment whose chief reliance is on
mdulent ballot and on violence at th
lis.
A.t the close of Lynch's speech, the chaii
3n of the delegations announced the name
the persons selected to serve on the va
>us committees of the Convention. Se\
il memorials and resolutions were pre
ited and appropriately referred, afte
lich the Convention adjourned until 1
ilock Wednesday.
SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
3n Wednesday morning, after the intrc
ction of some resolutions on differen
bjects, which were appropriately referred
in. George B. Williams, of Indiana, Chair
in of the Committee on Permanent Or
nization, reported thatthe committee hai
ected John B. Henderson, of Missouri
permanent Chairman and would reques
3 Secretary to read the list of Vice-Presi
nts and Secretaries. Charles W. Clisbee
Michigan, was selected as permanen
cretary. The report was agreed to. Th
air appointed GalushaA. Grow, of Penn
Ivania, George A. Iloar, of Massachusetts
d George B. Williams of Indiana, th
umittee to conduct the permanent chair
in to the platform. Gen. Henderson wa
;eived with cheers.
3n taking the chair, Henderson spok<
iefly, his remarks being mainly a reviev
the various statesmen of the party availa
; for the nomination,
rhe Convention then adjourned until
M.
rhe night session was merely of a routin
iiracter, and at 7.5G adjourned until 1
lock Thursday.
THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS,
rhe Convention was not called to orde
til 11.54 A. M., on Thursday, when tin
)ort of the committee on credentials ant
j report of the committee on rules wen
?sented. After the disposition of thesi
jjects the committee on resolutions pre
ited their report as follows :
THE PLATFORM,
'ho Republicans of tho United States, in Na
?ol r'/xnifontion octinniK1 nrl ronniv tlioir nllo
noo to the principles upon which tiiey liav
imphed in six successive Presidential elec
as, and congratulate the American people up
the attainment of so many results in legisla
a and administration by which the Republi
i party has, after saving tho Union, done si
;cn to render its institutions the just, equa
1 beneficent safeguard of liberty and the em
iiment of the best thoughts and highest pur
ios of our citizens. The Republican party
i gained its strength by quick and faithfii
ponse to tho demands of the peoplo for th
edom and equality of all men, for the unioi
;he nation, assuring the rights of all citizens
tho elevation of labor, for an honest curren
for purity in legislation and for integrity an<
ountability in all departments of the Govern
nt, and it accepts anew the duty of leading ii
i work of progress and reform.
Vo lament the death of President Garfield
ose sound statesmanship, long conspicuoui
Congress, gave promise of a strong and sue
sful administration, a promise fullv realize!
ring tho short period of his office as Dresiden
:he United States. His distinguished succesi
war and in peace have endeared him to tin
irts of the American people,
n the administration of President Arthur wi
ognize a wise, conservative and patriotic poli
under which tho country has been blessec
;h remarkable prosperity, and we believe hi
iuentservices are entitled to and will receiv
i hearty approval of every citizen,
t is the first duty of a good government t<
>tect the rights and promote the interests o
own people. The largest diversity of indus
is the most productive of general prosperity
1 of the comfort and independence of the peo
. We thereforo demand that the impositioi
duties on foreign imports shall be made, no
revenue only, but that, in raising the re
isito revenue for Government, such dutiei
ill be so levied as to afi'ord security to our di
sitied industries and protection to tho righti
1 wages of labor, to the end that active and in
ligent labor, as well as capital, may have iti
t reward, and tho laboring man his full shari
the national prosperity. Against the so-eall
economical system of tho Democratic party
ich would degrade our labor to the foreigi
ndard, we enter our earnest protest. Tin
6 Democaatic party has failed completely to re- i
lieve the people *of the burden or unnecessary
taxation by wise reduction of the surplus. The
" Republican party pledges itself to correct the inequalities
of the tariff and to reduce the surplus,
e not by the vicions and indiscriminate process of
horizontal reduction, but bv such methods as
S ! will relieve the taxpayer without injuring labor
3 1 or the great protective interests of the country. ,
. We recognize the importance of sheep husband- j
ei rv in the United States, the serious depression j
n | which it is now experiencing and the danger !
a threatening its future prosperity, and we, there- !
_ | fore respect the demands of the representatives j
| of this important agricultural interest for a re- j
is { adjustment of the duty upon foreign wool in orr
der that such industry shall have full and ade,
quato protection.
* We have always recommended the best money
e known to the civilized world, and we urge that
an effort be made to invite all commercial na'
tions in the establishment of an International
standard which shall tlx for all tho relative start
tus of gold and silver coinage.
Tho regulation of commerce with foreign nations
and between the States is one of the most
y important prerogatives of the General Governn
ment, and the Republican party distinctly annouhces
its purpose to support such legislation
3 as will fully and efficiently carry out the constir
tutional power of Congress over inter-State
0 uwiiiiiiui'ct;.
The principle of public regulation of railway
e corporations is a wise and salutary one for the
I. protection of all classes of people, and we favor
. legislation that shall prevent unjust discriminations
and excessive charges for transportation
0 and that shall provide for the people and the
e railways alike the fair and equal protection of
? the laws.
We favor the establishment of a National Bug
reau of labor, the enforcement of the eight hour
- law, and a wise and judicious system of general
education by adequate appropriation from the
national revenues wherever the same is needed.
>f We believothat everywhere the protection due
cr to the citizens of American birth must be secured
r to citizens by American adoption, and we favor
the settlement of international differences by inX
ternational arbitration.
j The Republican party having its birth in hatred
of slave labor and in the desire that all men
e may be free and equal, is unalterably opposed to
- placing our worKing men in competition wuu
, any form of servile labor, whether at home or
abroad. In this spirit we denounce the importa&
tion of contract labor, whether from Europe or
9 Asia, as an offence against the spirit of American
i institutions, and we pledge ourselves to sustain
the present law restricting Chinese immigration,
e and to provide such further legislation as is need
essary to carry out its purpose.
, The reform of the civil service, especially
begun under the Republican administration,
t- should be completed by the further extension
[ of the reform system already established by law
to all grades of service to which it is applicable.
11 The spirit and purpose of reform should bo obe
served in all executive appointments, and all
laws at variance with the objects of existing reform
legislation should be repealed, to the end
that the dangers to free institutions, which lurk
in the power of official patronage, may be wisely
and effectively avoided.
I * The public lands are the heritage of the people
of the United States, and should be reserved as
I" far as possible for small holdings by actual settlers.
We are opposed to the acquisition of
[- large tracts of these lands by corporations or in
;a aiViUUHJS, ana especially wnere such uuiuiu^a
e are in the hands of non-resident aliens, and we
, will endeavor to obtain such legislation as will
tend to correct this evil. We demand of Conn
gress the speedy forfeiture of all land grants
which have lapsed by reason of non-compliance
)t with the acts of incorporation in all cases where
I- thero has been no attempt in good faith to per g
form the conditions of such grants.
The grateful thanks of the American people
are due to the Republican soldiers and sailors
" of the late war, and the Republican party stands
pledged to suitable pensions for all who are disabled,
and for the widows and orphans of those
who died in the war.
n The Republican party also pledges itself to
fc the repeal of the limitation contained in the
ir arrears Act of 1.S79, so that all invalid soldiers
,r shall share alike, and their pensions shall begin
11 with the date of application.
The Republican party favors a policy which
shall keep us from entangling alliances with
foreign nations, and which shall give us the
right to expect that foreign nations shall refrain
from meddling in American affairs; a policy
which seeks peace and trade with all powers,
but especially with those of the Western hemisphere.
We demand the restoration of our navy to
H ifo fAwmi. c-t V? onrl nfflninnnv fliot. i t". nmv in
r any sea protect the rights of American citizens
I, antl the interests of American commerce, and
[ we call upon Congress to remove the burdens
J under which American shipping has been dea
pressed so that it may be true again that we have
a commerce which leaves no sea unexplored and
11 a navy which hikes no law from superior force.
V Resolved, That appointments by the President
e to offices in the Territories should be made
iS from bona Me. citizens and residents of the Tere
ritories wherein they are to serve,
i Resolved, That it is the dutv of Congress to
, enact such laws as shall promptly and effectually
suppress the system of polygamy within our
T territory and divorce the political from the ecl,
clesiastical power of the so-called Mormon
1 Church, and that the law so enacted shoud be
y strictly enforced bo the civil authorities if possible,
and by the military if need be.
The people of the United States in their organj*
ized capacity constitute a nation and not a mere
" confederacy" of States. The National Governg
ment is supreme within the sphere of its materiel
al duty, but the States have reserved rights
e which should be faithfully maintained. Each
g should be guarded with jealous care so that the
harmony of our system of government may bo
preserved and the Union be kept inviolate.
a The perpetuity of our institution rests upon
6 the maintenance of a free ballot, an honest count
m-t/3 n rotnrn Wa ilonniinpfl fhfi frniifl
- and violence practiced by the Democracy in the
,g Southern States, by which the will of the voter
, is defeated, as dangerous to the preservation of
" free institutions; and wo solmnly arraign the
Democratic party as being the guilty recipient
of the fruits of such fraud and violence.
T We extend to the Republicans of the South,
1 regardless of their former party aflilliations, our
cordial sympathy, and pledge to them our most
earnest offorts to promote the passage of such
legislation as will secure to every citizen of
>- whatever race and color the full and complete
t recognition, possession and exercise of all civil
[ and political rights.
I The Chairman called Gallusha Grow to
the Chair while the platform was being read
j by Mr. McKinley. There were interrupi
tions of applause at the points approving
^ the President's administration, declaring
. that duties on imports should be made not
, for revenue only, claiming full and ade{
quate protection for sheep-husbandry, ree
commending legislation to regulate rail_
roads, disapproving the importation, of
, contract labor, whether from Europe or
e Asia, favoring the civil service law, con.
demniner the acquisition of large tracts of
s land especially by non resident aliens, declaring
the policy of non-interference with
e foreign nations and that foreign nations
Vr shall refrain from intermeddling in Ameri_
can affairs, for the enforcement of laws
against polygamy, and condemning the
7 fraud ana violence of the Democracy in the
Southern States.
e The resolutions were adopted without disq
cussion and amid much adplause.
The next business in order was the call of
the States for the announcement of members
of the National committee.
r A motion to postpone the call was made
0 and voted down and the call was then pro1
ceeded with, after which the Convention
0 took a receas until 7 P. M.
0 The night seasion, which lasted until after
" 1 o'clock, was devoted to a call of the States
for the presentation of candidates. Several
nominations were made, to each of which a
- lengthy speech was delivered in its support.
- The nominations were: Chester A. Ar0
thur, James G. Blaine, George F. Edmunds,
3 John A. Logon, John Sherman, Robert
1 Lincoln, Gen. \V. T. Sherman, Joseph B.
- Hawley. The Convention adjourned until
3 11 o'clock Friday.
1 FOURTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
At twenty minutes past 11 on Friday, the
" Convention was called to order, and the first
! ballot taken on the nominations, which ree
suited as follows : 1
t Chester A. Arthur, 274
t James G. Blaine, 3674
George F. Edmunds, 93
1 John A. Logan, 674
John Sherman JO
t Robert Lincoln, 4
Gen. W. T. Sherman 2
t Joseph B. Hawley, 13
s South Carolina voted 17 for Arthur and 1
- for Blaine.
1 At 12.20 the Convention proceeded to a
1 second ballot, the official footings of which
g were: Whole number of delegates 820;
whole number of votes cast 818 ; necessary
e to a choice 411 ; Blaine received 349 ; Ar
thur 276; Edmunds 85 ; Logan 61 ; John
1 Sherman 28 ; Hawley 13 ; Lincoln 4 ; Gen3
eral Sherman 2. South Carolina voted as
D on the first ballot.
3 On the third ballot there were several
f changes, South Carolina giving Blaine 2.
- The official footings up being as follows:
t Whole number of votes cast 819 ; Blaine re
ceived 375; Arthur 275, Edmunds69, Logan <
J 53, John Sherman 25, Hawley 13, Gen. Sher- !
_ man 2, Lincoln 8. i
9 The taking of the fourth ballot was begun i
- at 3.15 P. M., and when concluded the vote 1
s was announced as 440 for Blaine. The 1
- nomination was then made unanimous, and ]
3 the Convention adjourned until 8 F. M. i
3 At the night session, Logan was the only <
nominee for the Vice-Presidency, and his ]
{ nomination was made by acclamation, when
3 at 9.45 the Convention formally adjourned. 1
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
Lenoir, Caldwell Co., N. C.,
June 5, 1884.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company, held in the town of Lenoir, N. C.,
on Thursday, June 5th, 1884, Major G. W.
F. Harper, of Lenoir, was elected Chairman,
and Jas. Mason and Jos. F. Wallace,
of York, were elected Secretaries.
The Chairmain appointed as the committee
on proxies, James Mason, R. R.
Wakefield and Jos. F. Wallace.
The committee reported 2,942 shares of
stock present?1,382 represented in person
and 1,580 by proxy, when it was declared
that a full representation of stock was in
the meeting, and business was proceeded
with.
The report of the President of the Company
was read as follows:
Chester, S. C., April 30, 1884.
To the Stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company: Gentlemen :
At a special meeting of this Company, held at
Gastonia, N. CM on the 20th of Marcli last, the
time for the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company to complete the Chester and
Lenoir Railroad to Lenoir was extended to the
1st of June, 1884, and at this time (June 3rd,
1884,) the trains are running to Lenoir, the first
passenger train having run through to Lenoir
on the 31st of May.
At your last regular meeting, you directed
that the treasurer irive a bond in the sum of
82,500, for the faithful performance of his duties
as treasurer. This bond has been duly given,
and is doposited in the National Bank or Chester
for safe keeping.
The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Company have paid the dividends to the
treasurer, sis they have become due, and I refer
you to the treasurer's report as to the disposition
of this fund. Respectfully submitted,
W. Holmes Hardin, President.
The President's report was received, as
also paper accompanying it, said paper
being a certificate signed by J. L. Harris,
Cashier of the Chester National Bank, and
President Hardin, as to the validity of tho
Treasurer's bond, and the fact that it has
been lodged in the National Bank of Chester.
The treasurer's report was read as follows
:
James Mason, Treasurer, in account with the
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company, commencing May 1, 1883, and ending
April 30," 1884, including both dates:
dividend account.
To cash on hand, April 30, 1883, 82,723 38
To cash reed, from C., C. <fe A.
R. R., to pay dividend No. 3, 2,523 37
To cash reed, from C., C. <fc A.
R. R., to pay dividend No. 4, 2,523 38
Total 87.770 13
Cr.
By amount paid since hist report on
dividends Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, $6,897 99
Cash on hand, 8 872 14
To be paid as follows :
Due on dividend No. 1, 8 86 34
Due on dividend No. 2, 13-3 84
Due on dividend No. 3, 280 87
Due on dividend No. 4, 371 09?$872 14
This statement is the amount due and paid to
the 27th of May, 1884, the date to which this
report is made out. Respectfully submitted,
James Mason, Treasurer.
The treasurer's report was received.
It was then moved and seconded that the
old board of directors be elected by acclamation,
and there being no opposition, the
following were unanimously elected:
J. L. Agurs, J. Harvey Smith, Chester,
S. C., Jos. F. Wallace, Jas. F. Hart, York,
S. C.; L. A. Mason, Gaston, N. C.; V. A.
McBee, Lincoln, N. C.; S. M. Finger, Catawba,
N. C.; G. W. F. Harper, Caldwell,
N. C.
\V. Holmes Hardin, of Chester, was reelected
President of the Company, and
James Mason, of York, was re-elected Treasurer.
The following resolution was offered and
unaimously adopted:
Rctolved, That the treasurer of this Company
do receive as compensation for his services, five
cents per share, to be retained by him, in paying
to the stockholders their respective dividends
of interest in the shares of stock held by
them; said compensation to be retained from
the dividend payable on the 1st day of October
of each year.
It was then moved and adopted, that the
next annual meeting of the stockholders be
held at Chester, S. C., on the first Thursday
of June, 1885, at 12 o'clock M.
No further business being presented, on
motion, the meeting adjourned.
G. \V. F. Harper, Chairman.
J ames Mason, ) Secretaries
Jos. F. Wallace, J becretanesCorrespondence
of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, June 10.?Our streets presented
a deserted appearance on last Wednesday
and Thursday. A large number of our citizens
went to Lenoir to attend the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company.
Our county was also represented on
the train that carried the excursionists.
Mr. Minor Mont^omer^, a good and
wonny citizen, uicu ui ins uume, ucai
Richburg, on last Tuesday. He had been
in declining health for a long time. His
remains, attended by the funeral procession,
passed through this place on Wednesday
on the way to the graveyard, where the
burial took place.
In my last correspondence reference was
made to the want of harmony of opinion
that prevailed in regard to the liability of
Col. Atkinson's fish pond to produce sickness.
The local Board of Health having
decided this point affirmatively, the question
at issue was referred to the town authorities
whOj not being fully persuaded in
their own mind in consequence of the conflicting
testimony before tnera, referred the
matter again to the Local Board of Health,
and all the physicians of the town. Those
to whom the solving of the .knotty problem
was given met at the alleged miasma-producing
pond on last Thuesdav afternoon,
and after consultation decided to let the
pond remain in its present condition, as the
draining of it at the present time was liable
to produce more sickness than if it was not
drained.
Farmers have been very busy during the
past week cutting wheat and oats. The
old time cradle is giving way before the
onward inarch of the reaper. The yield of
these crops will be good, except in those
places visited by hail.
Mr. E. L. Roche in his remarks before the
New Orleans Exposition Committee of this
county, advised persons who intended sending
fruits to the Exposition to send them
to the Department of Agriculture in Columbia,
when an expert will put them up
so as to keep them in a state of preservation.
He also advised that wood intended for the
Exposition be sent to Columbia so as to be
smoothed and shaped. Wood, he said, that
was sent to the Atlanta Exposition from
this State did not make a good showing on
account of its not being dressed, while wood
from other States that was in proper condition
presented a good appearance and consequently
attracted attention.
The primary campaign in this county will
in all probability be enlivened by a discussion
of the lien law. While it has its advocates.
I believe that a majority of the white
people are opposed to it. It is undoubtedly a
question that has two sides. Much can be
said in favor of this law, and much in oppo
sition to it. Its advocates say that a host of
good men, white as well as colored, will
be ruined by the repeal of the law, while
its opponents are of the opinion that the
agricultural interests can only be saved
from ruin by ite repeal. A prominent farmer
of the western side of our county favors
the passage of a bill by the legislature
limiting the life of the lein law to three
years?the first year limiting the lein to $40
to the plough, the second year $25 to the
plough and tne third year $10 to the plough.
Another farmer thinks that a continuance
of the lien law will lead to a large white
emigration from the State, as the result of
the demoralization of labor. I believe that
the days of this law are numbered, and they
are few.
The excursionists to Lenoir returned on
Friday morning highly delighted with their
trip. They were particularly pleased with
the people of that mountain town.
The remains of Mr. William Saye, who
died at Camron, Texas, on Saturday, May
3, arrived at Lewis' Turn Out. on Friday,
and were buried that day in tne cemetery
adjoiningFishingCreekChurch. Hisdeath
has cast a pall of gloom over the community
in which he lived. His aged and revered
father and all the members of his immediite
family have the warmest sympathy
af their friends in this time of their bereavement.
A number of persons, interested in reviving
the Lee Light Infantry, met at the
Court House on last Friday evening. This
company, for some reason or other, has
been on'the brink of dissolution for a long
I time. I am glad to report that a strong
1 probability if not absolute certainty points
; to an averting of this sad fate. As some
! of our prominent citizens have taken the
matter in hand, their membership, supi
port and influence will doubtless keep the
| Lee Light Infantry in existence as one of
i the good and true military companies of the
I State. Solicitor Gaston was chosen chairman
of the meeting, and on taking the
chair made some appropriate remarks in
explanation of the object of the meeting.
He was followed by Hon. G. J. Patterson,
Major Julius Mills, Col E. T. Atkinson and
J. M. McNeel, Esq., who urged each one,
in his own happy and forcible manner, the
necessity of re-establishing the company on
a substantial and permanent basis. The
meeting adjourned until Wednesday afternoon,
when the friends of the company will
again assemble at the Court House for the
purpose of receiving members and also of
electing officers if the membership is sufficiently
large to warrant such action.
A few days ago Miss Mary A. Hudson and
John Melton were married by Trial Justice
Darby. Mrs. Melton lived for twenty-two
years, preceding her marriage, with Mr.
Ira Pressley ana family.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, mother of Mr.
Henry Carter, of this county, died last week
at a very old age. She united with the
church when auite voung. and after a long
and useful life died in the faith in the hope
of a blessed immortality.
Mr. Harvey McDaniel, of this county,
died on last Saturday after a long and
painful illness. He lived in our town
many years ago, and while here made many
friends. He possessed many fine qualities,
and has gone to his long home leaving behind
him a good name.
Farmers are now very busy cutting wheat
and oats. About sixty reapers have been
sold at this place during the present season.
The Circuit Court for this county, Judge
Witherspoon presiding, will convene at this
place, on next Monday. The Court will continue
for one week, and will be engaged in
the transaction of criminal business.
The brickwork of the addition to the Bank
building is finished.
A very large congregation assembled at
the Presbyterian church on Sunday the 1st
instant, to witness the installation of Rev.
George Summey to the pastorate. Rev. J.
Lowrie Wilson preached the installation sermon.
Rev. James S. White delivered the
address to the pastor, and Rev. Mr. Webb
to the people. The addresses were interesting
and gave pleasure to the hearers. The
services in the church on Sunday were
the first since the destructive storm in February.
The repairs upon the church have
been finished, and the sacred edifice now
presents a beautiful appearance. The appearance
will be.still further improved when
the carpet, obtained by the ladies, covers
the floor.
Mr. Joseph Lowry, son of Major James
G. Lowry, of Lowrysville, died this morning
of typhoid pneumonia, aged 18 years.
The burial will take place to-morrow at
Zion Church. This sad bereavement elicits
the warmest sympathy of the friends of the
afflicted family. M.
POLITICAL NOTES.
? The following State Democratic Conventions,
held within the last week, have
declared for Tilden and Hendricks: Vermont,
Connecticut, Alabama, Maryland,
Arizona Territory and Kansas.
? The election returns from Oregon show
that the Republican ticket is elected, and
that the Republicans will have a majority
in the Legislature on joint ballot, giving
the United States Senatorshship to the
Republican party.
? Georgia is almost unanimous for Tilden.
Just why the Democratic party is clamoring
for Tilden we cannot divine, but it is a
truth, notwithstanding, that he can procure
the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency on the first ballot if he wishes it.
? A Herald writer declares that Butler,
failing to get the Democratic nomination
for President, will issue a manifesto to the
lireenoacKers, Anti-Monoponsis ana maependents
asking them to vote the Democratic
ticket, promising to look sharply for
their interest. The old man really expects
to be the next Governor of Massachusetts.
? The Democratic National Convention
will be composed of 820 delegates, 18 of
whom, from the Territories and the District
of Columbia, will not be allowed to vote.
As the two-thirds rule will prevail in the
Democratic Convention, it will require 535
votes to nominate the candidates for President
and Vice-President.
? The committee appointed in Chicago
last Saturday to notify the Presidential and
Vice-Presidential candidates of their nomination
will meet at the Parker House in
Boston, June 20, and will proceed thence to
Augusta, Maine, the residence of Blaine,
and after notifying him they will proceed
at once to Washington, where they will notify
Gen. Logan.
? The Republican National Committee
held a session in Chicago last Saturday
and elected John W. Mason, of West Virginia,
temporary Chairman, and George W.
Hooker, of Vermont, temporary Secretary,
and adjourned to meet at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York, June 16. A committee
composed of Lawson, Chaffee, Elkins and
New, was appointed to arrange for permanent
headquarters in New York city.
? Representative Hewitt, of Alabama,
says: "We want to win this fight, and in
view of the necessity for Democratic success
+ foriflP hocnmoQ o rriottor nf copnnHnrv
importance. The tariff is, in fact, a local
issue. Hancock was right. It is certainly
an issue upon which there will always be
party divisions. In any event we must win
the Presidency. Let us succeed in November,
and then we can apply reform principles
wherever reform is needed. The perpetuation
of Republican misrule is more
to be feared than a high tariff."
? The Greenville News aptly remarks:
"The Northern Republican feeling towards
the negro is well illustrated in the proceedings
of the convention at Chicago. His
representative was given a temporary chairmanship
against a most unsavory carpetbagger,
to catch his vote, but when the real
permanent chairman was to be chosen the
colored brother was requested to take a
back seat and Blaine men, Arthur men and
Edmunds men united to give the place to a
Northern white man. The negro is ever
regaled with the shadow, but the substance
of all the power and profit will usually
be found concealed about the person of one
of the faithful who sports a white skin and
hails from the other side of the Mason and
Dixon line."
MERE-MENTION.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has made a reduction in rates, which went
into effect on the 2nd instant, the decrease
averaging about twenty per cent, on former
rates. The late cold weather has
not injured the peach crop of Maryland and
Delaware, which it is said will be the largest
raised in nine years The home of Alexander
H. Stephens at Crawfordville, has
been bought by the Georgia Memorial Association.
The Raleigh News and ObnAu-t.AM
r<A?*n m/\4- 1 Ann * AAA
aerici v<xyo mat nut titan cijvw puuuuo
of bulk meat come to Raleigh by railroad
everyday from Chicago. The English
army contains 63,050 Englishmen, 14,215
Irishmen, and 2,856Scotchmen. All the
Indians in the United States do not equal in
numbers the negroes in Georgia. By a
fire in Liverpool, on the 4th instant, 3,000
bales of cotton were destroyed. The Charlotte
Observer of Tuesday announces the
death, in Statesville, N. C., on Sunday last,
of Capt. Whittle, recently a conductor on
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. His remains
were taken to his home, in Greenville,
Ala., for interment. Vennor, the
weather prophet, died at Montreal, Canada,
last Monday. Gen. Abe Buford, the famous
Kentucky turfman, committed suicide
at Danville, Indiana, last Monday morning.
Reports from all sections to the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, represent
the general condition of the cotton crop as
promising.
? The Columbia Yeoman learns that at a
recent meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Greenback party in that city, at
which, among others present, were J. Mendrix
McLane and Dr. I. D. Durham, it was
unanimously resolved that the Greenbackers
of South Carolina will support the lieEublican
nominee for President, whoever
e may be.