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?bc ?ovhviUe inquirer. i YORKVILLE, S. . : ' THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 26,1884. ] UNTIL JANUARY 1. 1885. c We will furnish the Enquirkr from this date until January 1st, 1885, for 81.35, the cash in all cases, to accompany the subscription. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. Coazens, All Healing P. O.?Summer Resort. , Geo. W. S. Hart, Intendant?Notice. Silver. John C. Kuykendal?We Name Charlotte. Herndon Brothers?Piedmont Wagons. John R. Ashe?Bargains in Dry Goods. May <ft May?All The People. T. M. Dobson?Cheap, Cheaper, Cheapest. J. T. Roberts?Yorkville High School, 1884-85. Withers Adickes Continues to Receive NewGoods. Latta Brothers?Our Stock. W. C. Latimer?Dress Goods and Suitings. i; FOURTH OF JULY. The Merchants of Yorkville have decided to close^heir doors on the Fourth of July. N- FOR THE PENITENTIARY. The Sheriff left yesterday with five convicts for the penitentiary,, the result of less than two days' work in the Court of Sessions this week. J YORKYILLEHIGH SCHOOL. i iii I i Prof. J. T. Roberts, principal of the Yorkville , High School, makes his announcement this week c for the next session, which begins on the 10th of t Ssptember. This will be the third session of the school under Mr. Roberts' direction, and sincehe s has had charge of the institution he has given t general satisfaction to its patrons. i ALL HEALING'SPRINGS. ! Attention is directed to this popular place of ? resort, which is now open for the summer sea- s son. Many improvements have been made to j the grounds and buildings for the present season, f and taken altogether, All Healing offers as many J attractions to the pleasure-seeker as any South- * ern summer resort. j MORE RAIN. /The sliowers poetically ascribed to April are c falling this year in June. The rainfall in this ? section during the present month is almost un- t precedented. Heavy rains fell hereon Saturday s last and on every day and night since. In some ? sections'the small grain crop is injured, and the * general complaint is that "cotton is badly in the r grass." d L SUDDEN DEATH. o Our Black's Station correspondent informs us that on Monday morning last, Mrs. O. R. v Guntharp, of that town, was found dead in her r bed. She was in apparently good health on Sun- t day night, and attended church. Trial Justice ^ W. D. Camp, acting as coroner, impaneled a jury of inquest, and the verdict rendered was j that she died from an unknown cause. She e leaves a husband and several children. a li BURNED TO DEATH. 1; On last Friday morning Lou Edwards, color- a ed, wife of Jesse Edwards, who lives on the r plantation of Mr. W. Meek Adams, Near Bowl- t ing Green, in this county, attempted to kindle a fire with kerosene, having a half-gallon can in her hands. It would seem superfluous to relate the ^ .remainder of the story; but if it will prove a warning to others, we will go on and say that the kerosene ignited, the can exploded, the wo- c man was so badly burned that she died on Sun- 0 day morning, and only by the timely appearance \ of Mr. Adams, who heard the screams of the woman, was the house saved from destruction. X. M. MILITARY SCHOOL. h The first session of the present year of the y above institution closed on Wednesday night of f last week, with a ball, the most brilliant that has been seen there in several yeare. The music q was furnished by the Italian band of Charlotte, and the number in attendance from a distance a was larger than usual. The ball was a decided ti success, gratifying to the Cadets and highly enioyed by the visitors. C The graduates at the close of this session were p Messrs. R. Moultrie Bratton, of Yorkville, and c W. Willis, of Barnwell. ? ? } CHURCH NOTICES. J Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sun- ^ day School at 9 A. M. Morning service at 10 30. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock, the Rector will hold c a mission service at Sutton's Spring. Evening t{ Service at 8 P. M. 0 Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. ^ Services at Mt. Vernon Church next Sunday at v 11 A. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. John- a son, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chap- c el at 11 A. M., and at Zion Church at 4. P. M. v Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. s Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M. r Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- ^ vices in the Church at Union next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Communion after ser- e vice. Services in the Church at Yorkville Sun- 1 day night at 8 o'clock. v A THE TOWN COUNCIL. C On Tuesday last a meeting of the Town Council was held, and the indiscriminate sale of intox- P icating liquors on the prescriptions of physicians e was considered. After consultation the drug stores in town were visited by committees comwor/lnna vloifintf Molt r pvacu ui tucnaiucuo?vnv nwuvuo . VMvU ^ druggist?for the purpose of examining the prescription files of spirituous liquors sold by the I druggists on physicians' prescriptions. From the prescriptions examined, the Council selected one case as a violation of the law, viz.: three prescriptions of one quart each, by a visiting physi- h cian to a delegate in attendance upon the Democratic Convention last Saturday. The Council resolved to prosecute the said physician, and one of their number will swear out a warrant. For j reasons which the Council deem unnecessary to make public, the warrant will be deferred for the present, but we learn?and we give the 1 statement only as a matter of news as it reaches j us?that it is the intention of the Council to prosecute the ease. n CIRCUIT COURT. J June term of the Circuit Court for York coun- ^ ty convened at 10o'clock A. M., last Monday, his Honor Judge I. D. Witlierspoon, who had been G designated by the Chief Justice for that purpose, ^ presiding. The following grand jurors answered to the call of their names: W. M. Adams, Foreman ; John R. Ashe, J. J. Biggers, Gabe ^ Bowdon, Allen Barnett, B. F. Caldwell, W. D. ^ Garrison, J. W. Martin, R. L. Crook, W. C. 1 Owen, John Ramsey, W. A. J. Robinson, Cooper e Smith, A. C. Springs, Handy White, R. H. G. a Caldwell, Taylor Edwards. ^ His Honor delivered a forcible and lucid ti charge to the grand jury, defining their duties, b ana impressing upon mem men suieum tion to perform those duties, without fear, favor 0 or affection. He also congratulated the people of tho county upon the improvements being made 0 upon the Court House, and commended the County Commissioners for the wisdom they i' have shown in having those improvements made. C Solicitor Gaston then placed a number indict- t mentsin the hands of the foreman and the grand jury retired to their room. t The roll of petit jurors was called, and the following answered to their names: R. A. Clark, \ W. L. McLeave, D. J. Howe, J. J. Wallace, J. C. r Brown, J. A. Withers, W. A. Steele, J. L. Abell, \ Joe Gaston, S. S. Plaxico, J. W. Castles, Z. T. Bailes, J. B. Whitesides, Jonas Croom, A. D. I Holler, Alfred Moore, J. O. Moore, J. G. Saddler, p J. D. Cornwell, W. W. Auton, W. W. Bovce, A. d L. Beach, Withers Dover, J. M. Whitesides, W. i S. Barnwell, W. A. Burns, M. W. Mendenhall, t S. W. Sturgis, Bailes Barber, Jos. W. Neil, S. M. ( Jackson, J. L. Kimbrell, J. T. Boyd, B. F. White. J Fred. H. London, by petition, was excused on r account of sickness in his family. M. W. Men- 1 denhall was excused for the same reason, and S. 1 W. Sturgis was excused, it appearing that he was over age. ( Monday and Tuesday were devoted to the trial t of Sessions cases, and the docket was cleared by i I P. M., on Tuesday, when the jurors were dismissed. The following cases were disposed of: f State vs. Lewis Moss, alias Lewis Jones, col- 1 >red. Burglary and larceny, Prosecutor J. E. ^eech. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to three ears in the penitentiary. State vs. Anderson Falls, colored; assault and lattery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Thos. H. jogan. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to eighteen nonths in the penitentiary. State vs. Noah Blalock, colored ; assault and lattery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Mige ilcConnell, colored. Verdict, not guilty. State vs. Joseph Thornburg. Retailing withmt a license. Prosecutor, R. T. Riggins. Pleadd guilty. Fined ?200or six months in thecouny jail. Fine paid in open court. State vs. Alfred Craven. Carrying concealed veapon. Prosecutor, Austin Rose. Verdict, not [uilty. Seate vs. Andrew McKnigbt, colored; carrying ' - ? T* i A 1*r AnK/x%.?A onceaieu weapon, rroseuuiur, a, ?. v/auv/mo. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to fine of $25, or four nonths in the penitentiory, and forfeiture of >istol. State vs. Joseph Jackson, colored; assault and jattery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Jerry fohnsou. Verdict, not guilty. State vs. Robert Wallace, colored ; assault and >attery with intent to kill. Prosecutor, Samuel Jibson. Verdict, guilty on second count of carying concealed weapon. Sentenced to pay a ine of ?20 or three months in jail, and forfeiture if pistol. State vs. Abraham Johnson alias Abraham 'efferys. House breaking and larceny. Prose-1 utor, Calvin McConnell. Pleaded guilty. Senenced to two years in the penitentiary. State vs. Bud Campbell alias Baxtor Campjell, colored ; burglary and larceny. Prosecuor, Wm. P. Evans. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced o two years in the penitentiary. On Tuesday evening the grand jury made heir presentment, wmcn is as ionows : To the Ko>\ I: D. Withkrspoon, Presiding Tudge : The grand jury beg leave to submit the ollowing report: We have passed upon all the different bills of ndictment given us in charge, and deem it unlecessary for an examination of the county ifflces at this time, the same having had our atention during the last term of Court. We recommend that hereafter the Court House >e used only for the regular purposes, and that ill shows, concerts, dramatic companies, etc., be sxcluded from its use, except in certain cases vhere it is desired to be usea by religious bodes for religious purposes, and when the same is vanted for that purpose strictly, we deem itprop>r to allow the public property to be used. The public roads of our county, we find generilly to be in bad repair ; but at this season of the .'ear when the services of all are required on the arm, we deem it unwise to recommend that the oad authorities should now force the public * lands to repair and work upon ine same, we vould suggest, however, that the roads be relaired as soon as it can be done without inconvenience to the farming interest of the people. The grand jury are informed that the room now iccupied by J. S. Lewis, trial justice, is rented >ut for a certain period, and believing that this oom is needed as a storage room for the county reasurer, would respectfu'"v recommend thatas oon as the time expires fo? which Mr. Lewis tow holds this office, that the same hereafter be teld for use by the county treasurer. We have the following special presentments to make: That Hiram Turney, on or about the 13th lay of June, 1884, did unlawfully sell spirituous iquors, and to prove the fact, we give the name f Wm. Berry, and about the 1st day of June, of he same year, did further unlawfully sell spirittous liquors to one Wm. A. Barrett; to prove rhich, we present the name of said W. A. Barett. Also, another and similar charge against he same person, for selling liquors, on or about Jay 25th, 1884, and to prove the fact we present he name of James M. Barber, Jr. It is brought to our attention that Trial Justice jewis has iu his hands for collection a certain excutionin favor of John Ramsey against Joseph nd Wm. Stephenson, which he refuses or negects to have collected, although urged repeatedy by Mr. Ramsey to do so. For his refusal to ake action therein, we present him for malfeasnce in office, and recommend that such indictment be made against him as will bring the mater to a hearing. In conclusion, allow us to thank your Honor or the impartial manner in which the laws have ?een given us, and the great aid and benefit we lave thereby derived. Respectfully submitted, W. M. Adams, Foreman. The Court of Sessions was adjourned, and the tourt of Common Pleas opened, in which some rders and other business was transacted, and on vwinoahntt nf. lfl a m._ AlllOIimed. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION. The York County Democratic Convention met a Allison's Hall, Yorkville, at 12 o'clock M. on aturday last, and was called to order by Couny Chairman R. H. Glenn. The object of the Convention was stated by the 'hairman, when J. C. Chambers, Esq., moved that the chair ppoint a committee of five to verify the credenials of delegates. W. B. Wilson, Jr., a member of the Executive bmmittee, moved to amend the motion, by apointing as said committee one from each preinct. During the discussion on the motion to amend Ir. Chambers' motion, the point was raised that Ir. Wilson was not entitled to a voice in the 'onvention. The Chair ruled that in accordance with the onstitution members of the Executive Couimit3e are entitled to participate in all deliberations f the County Convention, and are entitled to all tie privileges of delegates with the exception of oting upon questions before the Convention. The amended motion prevailed, and in accordnce therewith the chair appointed the following ommittee : Black's. Dr. John G. Black ; Blairsille, John P. Blair; Bethany, Maj. T. P. Whiteides ; Bethel, W. E. Campbell; Buffalo, no repesentation present; Bullock's Creek, S. W. Mcreel; Clark's Fork, R. J. Love ; Clay Hill, W. . Neely, Clover, L. K. Armstrong; Coates' Tav rn, H. M. Lineberger; Fort Mm, a. ri. iUassey; lickory Grove, J. C. Chambers ; McConnellsille, John S. Bratton ; McElwee's Mill, W. S. Ldams; Rock Hill, Iredell Jones; Yorkville, r. H. O'Leary. The committee retired, and on returning, reorted the following delegates present and duly lected : Black's?W. S. Byers, R. M. Roark, R. M. laxico, John G. Black. Blairsville?J. P. Blair, II. II. Sherrer, *R. T. tiggins. Bethany?T. P. W hitesides, Wm. McGill, R. )avidson. Bethel?D. J. Glenn, W. R. J. Stanton, W. E. !ampell, N. B. Campbell, S. J. Clinton. Buffalo?No representation. Bullock's CreeK?S. M. McNeel, D. W. Fow3r, J. M. Sims. Clark's Fork?R. J. Love. Clay Hill?R. G. McCaw. W. J. Neelv, D. A. A. Vatson. Clover?I). J. Jackson, J. Randolph Wallace, j. K. Armstrong. Coates' Tavern?H. M. Lineberger. . Fort Mill?B. H. Massey, A. W. Parks, J. R. larris, L. N. Culp, T. B. Withers, J. G. Nivens. Hickory Grove?J. E. Leech, R. J. Whitesides, . C. Chambers, Dr. J. W. Allison, E. G. Byers. McConnellsville?John S. Bratton, A: L. Nunery. McElwee's Mill?W. S. Adams, John L. Starr. Rock Hill?F. H. Brown, T. C. Beckham, ohn Rattaree, J. N. Steele, Iredell Jones, J. A. Vestbrook, W. C. Wherry. Yorkville?G. II. O'Leary, J. W. Dobson, R. iettys, W. T. Barron, Frank Happerlield, J. R. ishe. John A. Barron, T. N. Thomasson. The report was received. A discussion arose over the admission of the rorkville delegates, the point made being that lessrs. J. R. Ashe, John A. Barron and T. N. 'homasson, elected as alternates, were not proprly alternates of the absent principals; but ftor rlnhntn narticnated in bv Messrs. W. B. Vilson, Jr., and L. Lowry Smith, of the ExecuLvc Committee, in opposition to the report, as o Yorkville precinct, and by W. B. McCaw, Jsq., also of tho Executive Committee, in favor f the report, it was adopted. W. B. McCaw, County Secretary, then proeeded to call the roll of delegates as prepared iy the committee on credentials, and all answerng to their names, tho chair announced the Convention organized and ready to proceed with iiisiuess. S. M. McNeel was nominated for Secretary of he Convention, and unanimously elected. It was moved by Iredell Jones that the Con-ention first proceed to elect a County Chairnan for the ensiling two years. The motion ras adopted, when W. B. Wilson, Jr., nominated for re-election, I. II. Glenn, and in making the nomination, aid a just tribute to his past services, and pre licting, under ins ieaaersnip, in me appruacung campaign no less gratifying results than hose attending his past administration. Mr. Jlenn then vacated the chair in favor of Mr. Tones, when it was moved and adopted that the lomination of Mr. Glenn be made unanimous. [*he question was then put on his election, and | te was unanimously elected. Mr. Jones then surrendered the chair to Mr. ! Jlenn, in a few graceful remarks, congratulating he Democracy of York on having the benefit of | lis services as their leader for the next two years, j On resuming the chair, Mr. Glenn said that he I ally appreciated the high compliment that had 1 teen paid him, and while lie did not claim that he alone could conduct the campaign to a successful issue, yet with the aid of the Executive Committee, the wise deliberations of the Convention and the co-operation of the Democratic party of York, he had no fear as to the result. Mr. Iredell Jones then moved that the Convention next proceed to the eleciion of an Executive Committee. The motion carried, and nominations were made by each precinct and elected as follows : Black's Joseph Black. Blairsville J. S. Rainey. Bethany * T. P. Whitesides. Bethel J. L. Adams. Buffalo W. D. Camp. Bullock's Creek J. D. Hamilton. Clark's Fork J. C. McGill. Clay Hill D. A. A. Watson. CloVer J. R. Barron. Coates' Tavern Dr. M. J.White. Fort Mill J. E. Massev. < Hickory Grove J. C. Chambers. < McConuellsville Dr. W. G. Campbell. 1 McElwee's Mill J. L. Moore, j Rock Hill Iredell Jones. Yorkville W. B. McCaw. ( Mr. Chambers then moved and it was adopted ' that the Convention proceed to the election of ten ^ delegates and ten alternates to the State Conven- J tion to be held in Columbia on the 26th instant. ' The following names were placed in nomina- 1 tion, the ten receiving the highest vote to be the ^ delegates, and the ten receiving the next highest 1 vote to be alternates, the chairmain being in- ' structed to designate to each delegate his respect- ' ive alternate: C. E. Spencer, J. S. Bratton, B. D. Springs, P. i H. Brown, J. C. Chambers, Iredell Jones, R. H. 1 Glenn, Col. Andrew Jackson, B. H. Massey, J. ( L. Adams, A. E. Smith, W. J. White, J. L. Rai- . nev, Dr. J. G. Black, D. A. A. Watson, H. E. Davidson, J. M. Ivy, John Rattaree, J. R. Ashe, J. 1 P. Hart, L. K. Armstrong, S. L. Davidson, Wm. J. Stanton. i W. S. Adams, W. T. Barron and T. C. Beckham : were appointed tellers, and the balloting resulted as follows: i R.H.Glenn 54 ] C. E. Spencer 53 I B. D. Springs 53 i >?_ ? i - J ... T_ 1 uui. /vnurow <j son sun ? - j John S. Bratton 52 j Iredell Jones 52 I P. H. Brown 50 < J. L.Adams ....50 < B. H. Massey 49 ] John G. Black 48 j John R. Ashe 45 i D. A. A. Watson 46 J. C. Chambers 43 1 J. M. Ivy 42 j S. L. Davidson 39 j Jas. F. Hart 35 j L. K. Armstrong 34 : A. E. Smith 33 < H. E. Davidson 33 John Rattaree 33 j W. J. Stanton 32 ! J. L. Rainey 32 1 W.J.White ....:...30 j In accordance with the balloting, the follow- 1 ing are the delegates, with their respective alternates as designated by the Chairman : Delegates. Alternates. R. H. Glenn, John R. Ashe, C. E. Spencer, James F. Hart, B. D. Springs, John Rataree, Col. A. Jackson, D. A. A. Watson, John S. Bratton, H. E. Davidson, Iredell Jones, J. M. Ivy, F. H. Brown, A. E. Smith, J. L. Adams, L. K. Armstrong, B. H. Massey, J. C. Chambers, Dr. John G. Black. S. L. Davidson. Iredell Jones offered the following resolution : Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention that nominations of State officers shall not be made at the State Convention to meet in Columbia on the 26th instant. On motion this resolution was laid on the table, and as a substitute, G. H. O'Leary offered the following: Resolved, That the delegates from York county shall go to the State Convention to meet in Columbia on the 26th instant, uninstructed, as to the expediency of making nominations at that time, and at liberty to use their own discretion in the premises. The next business in order was the election of delegates to the Judicial Convention. John R. Ashe nominated the following ticket: Delegates?Geo. H. O'Leary, J. C. Chambers, J. A. Deal, Andrew Jackson, J. C. Patrick, D. A. A. Watson, John S. Bratton, B. H. Massey, Allen Jones, F. Happerfield. Alternates?R. H. Glenn, J. W. Allison, R. M. Carroll, W. E. Campbell, S. S. Smith, R. G. McCaw, W. G. Campbell, S. A. Kell, Peter Garrison, Jno. R. Ashe. Mr. L. L. Smith nominated the following : Delegates?F. H. Brown, T. C. Beckham, J. R. Hailo, W. J. White, L. Lowry Smith, J. A. Latta, L. K. Armstrong, D. C. McKinney, John L. Rainey, S. A. McElwee. Messrs. Jones, Black and Watson were appointed tellers, and the balloting resulted in 31 for the first-named ticket, and 23 for the second. Mr. Jones submitted for re-adoption to govern the Democratic party of York county for the next two years, the "Preamble, Articles and Resolution" adopted by the Convention, July 20, 1882. The paper was unanimously adopted. Messrs. B. H. Massey, John S. Bratton, it. t. g Riggins, E. G. Byers and J. Randolph Wallace t were appointed a committee to nominate dele- 1 gates and alternates to the Congressional Conven- ? tion. They reported the following: Delegates. Alternates. W. B. Smith, J. R. Barron, t A. L. Nunnery, J. P. Moore, L J. S, Moore, * S. A. Kell, \ M. K. Smith, J. L. Starr, t J. M. Ivy, J. E. Leech, t L. N. Culp, Ira Hardin, (J J. L. Rainey, Allen Jones, c JohnLatta," J.M.Sims, a Wm. McGill, Jr., G. W. S. Hart, s J. C. Chambers, L. Lowry Smith. j The report was adopted, and the Convention adjourned. THE PRESS AND BANNER. } w o nave nu uesire iu nuv uiawuitevustj ^ ^ wards any of onr contemporaries, nor intention- 1 ally to place any of them in a false position. We * republished last week a paragraph from the Co- a lumbia Register, which the editor of the Abbe- j ville Press and Banner construes as a reflection upon his manner of attempting to ascertain j public sentiment in the State on the question of a public schools. In reproducing the paragraph in question it was not with the view Qf enforcing the point to which the editor of the Press and Ban- t ner takes exception?tor really that particular t featuro of the article did not impress us at the } time?but simply to show the impossibility of j, one issue of a newspaper publishing the senti- g ments of the people of an entire State on a t question affecting every man, woman and child t within its borders. We still maintain this posi- P tion, and such would have been ouropinion even ? though the editor of the Press and Banner had a published replies to his questions only from a those favoring education for the poor children of s the State, instead of sandwiching such replies d ' " *? ' * - '--i uia 1 7,. 1 Wiinomers in xavor 01 closing mo puuuc scnuuis ^ to all the children. From our pleasant personal t acquaintance with the editor of the Press and I Banner we know that ho would resort to no un- ^ fair means to present his side of the question, ^ and we therefore take pleasure in publishing the following note just received from him : v Editor of the Yorkville Enquirer : Dear b Sir: In your paper of the 16th instant, you pub- c lished from the Register an unwarrantable insin- a uation as to the manner in which the Press and C Banner sent questions to different citizens as to t the school question. The questions were fairly li distributed, and any hint, insinuation or asser- e tion to the contrary is without foundation in s fact. Respectfully, s The Press and Banner, a ? ? c SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. J ? Some of the negroes who recently emi- c grated to Arkansas are trying to get their r friends in Anderson to send them enough ^ money to come back home on. 1 ? Graniteville and Vaucluse cotton facto- ^ ries will run only four days in the week v nereaiter, on account 01 tne depression in s the market. I ? The Saluda Argus says; "Track laying is now progressing favorably on the Green- 1 wood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad, [ under the supervision of Capt. McDonald, t chief engineer. About one mile of the t track has been laid, and the work is being \ pushed as rapidly as possible." ? Abbeville Medium: Judge Frazer, in [ charging the jury in a case for selling crops , under lien, held that a mule was not a sub- j ject of lien, as it was not expended in ma- \ king the crops, but that anything that is t expended in making the crops is subject. f Things for the health and comfort of the la- r borer were also subject as well as guano and \ any fertilizers expended in making it. g ? Mr. D. 0. Potts, of Indian Land, Lan- t caster county, while digging holes last week 1 in his water-melon patch on Sugar Creek, c unearthed the skeleton of an Indian, com- t plete in all its parts. About the neck was a c pint or more of beautiful white beads. Al- <; so a tomahawk, a calumet or pipe of peace, n made of solid iron; with a large pipe on one ? end resembling the tomahawk, and nine j1 well preserved pipes very much like those j made by our Catawba Indians. Several f strangely shaped buckles and numerous r other Indian relies were found. c EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. Letter from Dr. Lathan. Liverpool, June 9, 1884.?At ten o'clock on Saturday morning the Austral steamed out of K'ew York for Liverpool. Three other vessels same puffing out at the same hour, and between those and the Austral, a race was virtually begun v: once. The Austral is pronounced, by those w ho are capable of judging, to be a very fine ship. There is on board a gentleman from New Vork who has crossed the Atlantic one hundred limes, and he asserts that the Austral is one of the oest vessels on the ocean. The Austral has a hisxsry thrillingly interesting. She was built in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Australian service, but for a number of years she has been run in connection with the City of Rome between Livarpool and New York. The City of Rome is the larger and faster ship. In fact, the City of Rome iu r?na nf tho fnafoaf. uhina nn t.hfl Atlnntic. The capacity of the Austral is stated to be 3,270 tons burden and 514 passengers. She is driven by two powerful engines. One of these engines has i cylinder sixty-two inches in diameter; the cylinder of the other is eighty-six inches in diameter. The stroke of the piston is five feet. The boilers are four in number, each being seventeen [17) feet long, and sixteen and one-half feet in liameter. The length of the Austral is 475 feet, ber width 48 feet. In the construction of the A.ustral wood and iron were discarded and use made of steel wherever possible. If the question were asked, "Of what material is the A ustralconjuructed ?" it would not be very extravagant to reply, steel. The Austral having been built for i warm country, is well ventilated. The thrilling part of the history of the Austral is that in November, 1882, she went down and remained at the bottom of- the sea for several months. This catastrophe ^ook place at Sidney, Mew South Wales. It was ffue to no defect In the ship, but to negligence or bad management. It was about four o'clock in the morning. The bands on board were shifting the coal, the balance of the ship was destroyed and she began to fi 11 with water. In twenty minutes after she begun to sink she was gone. All tho employees on the ship, except those engaged in shifting the soal, were asleep, but they were quickly awak >ned and only four were browned. After lying for three months under water the Ajwtro^was raised, repaired and sent to sea again. The voyage during Saturday was perfectly delightful. Everybody was on deck gazing at the sights to be seen along the coast and islands. The land faded from view during the afternoon and nothing was to bo seen but water. The sight was it-rand beyond description. Strange thoughts rushed into my mind and a strange feeling Df intense loneliness filled my bosom. The deck eras covered with men, women and children, all as gay and lively as birds after an April shower, itill I felt that I was cut off from the whole evorld. I thought of what Horace said about the recklessness of the man who first dared to cross the ocean in a frail bark, and I thought of the 2 rand description of the Ila contained in the one hundred and seventh Psalm. The Individual who has never seen the ocean is as much astonished when hefirst sees it as the individual who has spent his days in a level country, is, when he first ascends" a mountain range. Everything is different from what he imagined it to be. The water, the waves, and the sky all look strange and are constantly changing their appearance. Tho water of the Dcean is generallv, oy poets, discribed as a dark blue color. This is scarcely correct. To me they appear to be an inky black. The waves resemble black rocks over which water has run for ages and worn into furrows. When the wind is brisk the waves are covered with foam which gives to the broad expanse of water tho ippearance of a vast plane covered with small batches of unmelted snow. I suppose that the rreater number of persons, like myself, imagine .he ocean to look like a large pond, or rather that i large pond resembles in appearance the ocean. uch is not the fact. A large pond has no more ;he appearance of the ocean than a large hill has ;lie appearance of the Alleghany range. They :.ave some things in common, but the ocean :.as so many things that tho pond has not. The nind refuses to regard them as having a common origin. On Sabbath morning the ocean began to show aanifest signs of life. When I got out of my jerth and began to dress I felt a peculiar up unci Lown motion, alternated by a swinging from lide to side motion in the ship, which I had not 'elt before. Breakfast came off at eight. I felt leither sick nor well. I was not hungry; but laving determined to be bravo to tho last I went 0 the breakfast table and eat without any paricular relish a very largo quantity of roast beef, uutton chops, oat meal, two eggs and bread in 1 proportional quantity. This done I made for he dock as quickly as possible. Everybody icemed to be doing the same thing. The mirthful onversation of Saturday no longer existed on i.eck among the passengers. Every one was ery serious. A stranger might have been led, >y our quiet deportment, to conclude that we all vere strict observers of the Sabbath. It is to be loped that our reverence for the Sabbath still ixisted, but it is certain that the quiet and ordery conduct of most of us could not be traced to >ur reverence for the Sabbath day. About ten o'clock the passengers, with heads nclined forward and handkerchiefs pressed ightly on their mouths, were seen sadly and lowly making their way for their berths. I deormined to be brave to the last. My stomach, lowever, soon got the better of me, or rather the ea got the better of my stomach. To tell the Act, strange as it may appear, my stomach seeniid to be making a powerful effort to repeat 011 as arge a scale as possible the various motions of he sea. My sense told me that this was impossiile, and I so reasoned with my stomach, but it vas deaf to my entreaties, and the result was, hat in its vain"efforts to imitate the sea, it empied its contents 011 the floor of the deck. This I lisliked very much, but had the satisfaction of a onscience void of offence in this matter. It was matter of 110 smaller comfort to me that the tomacbs of by far the greater number of the assengers on board were as rebellious as mine. About the time that the vomiting began, the .'aptain, Alfred Charlton, announced church I own in the dining-room. On board there are wo theological professors, Dr. Hodge, of Princeon, and Dr. Young, of Allegheny. It so turned iut that both these venerable men were too indis>osed either to preach or hear preaching. Capain Charlton, I was told, read the Episcopal serrice for the day for the benefit of those who were ,ble to attend. Again I was told ho had but few learers. Sabbath, June 1st, was spent bv most of the assengers on board the Austral in incessant nd violent vomiting. From nearly every berth ould be heard the heart-rending groans of the ick. As for myself, I vomited so long as there ras a single thing in my stomach, and then I ried to vomit what was not there. This was ho worst feature of the whole thing. At some lour in the day, prostrated by sickness, I fell uto some state; it may have been sleep or it may ave been a swoon, and did not arouse to conciousness until about dark. The steward came 0 my room and asked mo if I would havesomehingto eat. This aroused the remaining ener;ies of my stomach and again the eructations bean. I vomited mvself to sleep. Monday morn ng I was awakened by the occupant of the djoining berth ejaculating in the most dolorous ccents, "O, Lord, live hundred dollars for the hore!" I was obliged to laugh. During the [ay I lay quietly and comparatively comfortably n my room. Every time, however, I raised my lead my stomach indicated its foolish inclinaion to imitate the peculiar motions of the sea. was told that the wind was high and the sea ery rough on Sabbath. Of this fact I was iu iappy ignorance. The storm within me was so reat that the outside world was a dead calm. A adv informed me that on Sabbath night there ras a regular old fashioned cyclone, but her lusbaud kept it concealed from her. I am inlined to think the cyclone was in her stomach nd not 011 the sea. I since learned from the ,'aptain that there actually was a gale on Sabiath night. Tuesday I left my bed, not in a mrry, but with great caution. First, I drew on riy pants, then lay down and patted my rebelious tomach to rest; this accomplished I put on my hoes, and again lay down and quieted my stomch; this done, I'slipped on my vest and lay lown again to still the raging in my stomach ; his effected, for the third time I rose with the letermination to conquer. My overcoat was [uickly slipped on and off" I set for the deck. I eeled and staggered as if I were good drunk. Vhen I reached the deck my stomach was learly up to my mouth. It must have been the tomach proper, for every morsel that had been aken into it for several days previous had been 'omited up. I got a seat in the door and in a hort time I felt, if not comfortable, at least as if could resist another sick spell. It was remarked by some wag, who was so forunate as not to be made sick that Tuesday was esurrection day. Some keeper of holy days ooked at him with astonishment. As much as o say "yon are mistaken, this is not resurrec? - - - -- ' ?J t--*? 1r ion day." The waggish fellow expiameu muiscu y saying that all the sick are up on deck. Tuesday afternoon a fog quickly spread over he lace of the wild waste of waters. It became lark, not, however, as night, but so dark that tothing could be seen a few rods from the ship. V.t intervals of perhaps every five minutes, the vhistle of the engine was blown to give warning o any vessel which might be in our track. The og continued for the greater part of Tuesday light. On Wednesday morning it was all gone, md the sun rose in his glory. I cannot say that was frightened by the fog, but the continual ound of the whistle of the engine at all hours of he night made me feel that at any moment there night be a collision, which would put an end to ill on board. Those who liavo never been on a steamer 011 ler passage across the ocean can form 110 idea >f the scene. On board are all kinds and classes if men and women. The passengers at present re generally from the Northern States and Canda. Thoro are a few Englishmen on board who re returning from a visit to America, where hey have been looking after their pecuniary nterests. Several Scotchmen are returning rom a tour of mining inspection in various arts of North Carolina. By far the larger party 'ii board is a company of delegates sent out by : the Province of Manitobia, Canada, for the puri pose of aiding in fixing the boundary line be| tween the Province of Manitobia and that of | Ontario. Manitobia came into the Confederation ; as a new province in 1877. The western boundarv of Ontario has never been definitely settled, 'fhe result has been that since 1877, much confusion has resulted in the disputed territory. Ontario's territorial claim has been regarded as exorbitant. In the disputed territory the processes of law were for a time estopped. It was agreed by the parties interested that a temporary boundary bo fixed between the two provinces and that the whole matter be referred to the Privv Council of England for final adjustment. both Provinces are to appear by representations and facts before the Council in London at an early day. On board the Austral is Mr. Miller, Attorney General of the Province of Manitobia. He will weigh not less than two hundred and fifty pounds. A voyage on an ocean steamer is very unlike traveling on tho cars. We are now (Thursday) about sixteen-hundred miles from New York. The sea is smooth and the vessel is making about fifteen miles an hour. Every body appears to be full of life. Young men are gallanting their sweet-hearts over the deck, as pleasantly as any young men ever did at a country picnic; little ooys and girls are romping about from place to place, ana the older people are engaged in conversation on various topics. Onboard the ship there are a number of persons, both male ana female, who while away the time in a species of gambling. I do not fully understand it, but it consists in betting on the run of the ship. There seems to be three pools, as they are called; tho difference being that the amount of money staked in each is not the same. Large sums of money are lost and won. One gen uuuuui renmriteu. lust lugiiuuuu iiu uau iuhl iuui hundred pounds?two thousand dollars. Last night (Wednesday) there was given in the Sociable, as the parlor is called, a grand concert. The music was tine, according to the judgment oi others. To-day, (Thursday) the fire company in connection with the vessel was drilled. Tho alarm of fire was given and a general rush was made by the sailors, first to the hose, then to the boats. I confess that although I knew it was simply a drill and that there really was no fire, I felt weak in the knees; I trembled. I saw at once that a fire at sea must, of all fires, be the most fearful. A ship on fire cannot hut produce a panic which no pen can describe. The first impulse would be to get out of and away from the burning vessel. This could be done only in a way which is attended with eminent peril. To leap over board would be in most cases certain death by drowning. Thursday we had most delightful weather. The sea was smooth, and the gallant ship sped her way over the water as fast as wind and steam could drive her. Except the constant war of the sea which on a calm day resembles the sound thai is heard in pronouncing the word .seethe, all nature was still. Sea birus and flying-fish were to be seen at all hours during the day sporting in the air just above the surface of the water. When tired or so inclined these sea birds rest upon the waves. The flying fish dart quickly out of the sea and fly round above the surface of the water a short distance for a considerable length of time. What object they have in view in leaving at stated intervals, their natural element, I do not know. It may be that they are catching sea gnats, but 1 saw no gnats or fleas. The motion of these flying fish is very like that of tho bat which is seen every summer evening in South Carolina. In size, they are about eight or nine inches long and an inch in diameter. Tho wings are joined to the body about three inches from the head, and are simply appendages about three quarters of an inch wide, and six inches long. Although they subserve some of the purposes of wings, they have scarcely the faintest resemblance of wings. It is manifest that the flying powers of the flying fish, are like those of the flying squirrel, very limited. The flying fish presents a beautiful sight as it emerges from the ocean. It has, when on the wing, all the appearance of burnished silver. Its movements in the air are graceful, being neither rapid nor slow. The curves which it describes are mathematically correct, and please to extacy the mind. One of these flying fish, on Wednesday night, mado a miscalculation and flew up on deck. While there, it struck something with so much force as to kill it. From it, as from everything else, nearly all its beauty fled in death. I cannot say that a dead flying fish is absolutely ugly; but it is ugly when compared with what it was when alive. Thursday was spent by a large number of the passengers, in a kind of wild excitement. There was a great deal of betting on the run of the ship during tho day, and at night a grand concert was given in tho Sociable, in behalf of the Dreadnought Hospital. This Hospital has been established for the children of seamen, of every nation, who have been left orphans. The music was very fine. Onboard there are quite a number of actors and actresses. An English actor performed on a violin, which, he reported to have been made by an American in California. The Captain of the vessel, who managed the whole alfair, reported the receipts of tho evening to be twenty pounds?one hundred dollars. It is clear as day that for many the sea has no terrors. Here we are, several hundred souls of us, in mid-ocean, yet a very large number are engaged in openly and flagrantly violating God's law. This seems strange, but it only demonstrates the truth of tho Bible when it declares that "the ox knowetli his owner and tho ass his master's crib, but my people do not consider." The human family areas morally stupid to-day as the Jews were in the days of Isaiah. It is very humiliating to think that without the enlightening influence of the Holy Spirit the human family is more stupid than the stupid ass, but it is true. These reflections were suggested by tho drinking and gambling which have been going on on board the Austral ever since she left New York. The drinking has not been to the excess of drunkenness, and those who have been engaged in it are gentlemanly in their deportment to those who do not drink. The head man of tho gambling crowd is, apparently, the Hon. Miller, Attorney-General of the Province of Manitobia. To-day at twelve o'clock it was announced that he was tho winner of more than fifteen pounds?seventy-five dollars?on yesterday's run of tho ship. This I know to be a fact, for I saw the money counted out to him. No small part of the time of the passengers genia onnnf in r!4r*4nff-rnnm RrPrtk"fitst. 1Q served from 8 to 10;lunch from 1 to 3; dinner from 5 to 7 and supper from 9 to 11. Nearly all the passengers eat four times each day. The fare is everything that an epicure could desire, and the servants are exceedingly attentive. So far as I have seen there is not a single colored man on hoard. A Southern man feels some embarrassment in being served by a white man, but this is a feature of civilization peculiar to the South. The servants on the Austral are all men, voung men, and all are good looking and intelligent men. They are well dressed, and have all the appearance of having been well raised. The clerks in no mercantile house that I ever saw would gain anything by being brought into comfarison with the servants on board the Austral. suppose that those persons who have spent all their days in the country, or in an inland town, think, as I did, that all those connected with a ship, from the common tar to the Captain, are a set of reckless beings whose uncouth manners exclude them from the palo of civilization. Such is not the case. The officers are refined and highly educated men, and the cabin servants or stewards, as they are called, are gentlemanly in person and deportment. The common sailors are a rough looking set of fellows. They seem to be continually engaged, night and day, at all times they may be heard doing something. Their general appearance is in striking contrast with that of the officers and the stewards. The latter are all neat, clean and well dressed, the former are well clad, but they have the general appearance as if they had been favored with a sooty pot as a bed fellow for a fortnight. Among these common sailors there are some as tine specimens of physically developed men as I over saw. They have pulled hard ropes so long and so continuously that the llesh on the hearts of their hands is as hard as sole leather. Their grip is equal to that of a blacksmith's vise, and their bodies seem to bo supported by two iron posts which are moved by springs of steel. Several of these common sailors, or tars as they are called, might sit for the sculptor, who would chisel out of Parian marble the giant frame of Hercules. In contrast with these giants there are several boys?mere youths?who, no doubt, have gone to sea to get rid of the restraints of the parental roof. The life of a common sailor is hard and perilous, but a jollier set of fellows cannot be found. They are well fed, worked hard, poorly paid and under very little moral restraint. This last particular with many boys and young men, and not a few old men, constitutes the whole of happiness. Sometimes after they have wasted life's energies and spent their all in riotous living, like the prodigal son, they come to themselves, and wooed, by the Spiritof God, they determine to return home again. The celebrated John Newton was once a common sailor, but by grace he was made an eminent minister of Jesus Christ. On board a steamship there are three classes of passengers, corresponding to tho tlireo classes of passengers on some railroads. The Cabin passengers are the first class, the Intermediates are the second class, and the Steerage passengers are the third class. The distinction is not made with any special reforence to tho moral or intellectual worth of tho three classes of passengers, but with rogard to the comforts afforded,' and the amount of money paid for the passage. From New York to Liverpool a Cabin passenger is charged one hundred dollars, an Intermediate passenger, forty dollars and a Steerage passenger eighteen dollars. The passengers are all fed, but not in tho same sumptuous manner, nor at the same table. The Cabin passengers occupy the top deck, the Intermediate, the deck below or on an apparent level with the sea, while the Steerage are down below. The Cabin passengers may, if they see fit, go down and associate with tho Intermediate and Steerage passengers, but tbe Intermediate and Steerage passengers are not allowed to go up on deck to associate with the Cabin passengers. Both, the Intermediate and Steerage passengers say that in good weather they are comfortable, but in bad weather, their comforts aro few, and their discomforts many and great. In a modified sense it may be said that a steamship is the world in minature. On board there is a strangemixing up of characters. On the wholo, with fine weather, such as has been since the Austral left New York, a voyage across the Atlantic is delightful. There is nonoof that dirty feeling experienced which constantly haunts those who travel for a long distanco in the cars. | On a steam ship the passengers, without introductions, mingle together with the greatest social ' freedom, and form for each other strong, but possibly only ephemeral attachments. Strange things and curious devices are resorted toby the passengers to while away the hours during which they are pent up on the sea. On Saturday night there was held a moot court, in which a young man was tried for breach of promise. The jury was composed entirely of young ladies. The affair, I was told, was to the young, very enjoyable. I did not attend. In life there is enough* of realities to satisfy my desires. Sabbath morning the Captain read the Episcopal service in the aining room. The passengers generally attended and some no doubt were edined, many, however, were not. It was too man ifest that obedience to secular law, and not love " to God or respect for his day on the services of his house, prompted the Captain to officiate as minister of religion. The Captain is an exceedingly clever man, full of life and fun, but irreligious. It seems strange that he did not ask some one of the six ministers on board to conduct the service. This lie did not do. Some of thepassen! gers asked him to grant the privilege of holding service in the sociable at three o'clock. This was granted and at the appointed hour, Rev. A. A. i Hodge, D. D., preached to a few of us. The service was greatly enjoyed by every one present. Shortly after noon, on Sabbath, the coast of Ireland was seen, in the dim and cloud-like, disi tancc. By three o'clock the rocky hills of the Green Isle of the ocean were in full view. The i passengers all gazed with deligbtat what appeared to be only barren crags. The stone walls, i which divide the pasture grounds, present a most beautiful appearance. At eight, in the evening, Queenstown was reached. Here the Austral was met by a boat which took those passengers who , desired to land, on board. The detention was short and the Austral was soon gliding smootht ly up St, George's Channel. Atsunriseon Mon!" clay morning Holly Head was in view. By noon we will reach Liverpool when this will be mailed. From Liverpool the route will be to Fleetwood by the cars ; thence by boat to Beli fast, where 1 will be found until after the ad> journment of the Council, and from which your i icauuio iita v ivj ucai iiuiu in<.. a^aiu. I H. L. , POLITICS IN*THE STATE. ! ?There are twenty-one candidates for ' county commiasioner in Clarendon county. [ ? Maj. T. W. Woodward will go to the ' State Senate from Fairfield, all the other candidates giving way for him. ? The Democracy of Abbeville county will have a grand rally at Greenwood on July ; 17, at which there will be a general delivery , of political speeches by the candidates for ; all sorts of offices. ? The Kershaw Democratic County Con1 vention adopted a resolution instructing the ' delegates to the State Convention to vote ; against making nominations for State offi, eers this week. The convention system for making nominations was continued. ?Says the Union Times: A minister requests us to say for the benefit of candidates that some of the country churches contem; plate passing resolutions not to vote for : any candidate who, attending church, keeps , a part of the congregation out of the house i alter worsnip nas commenced. ; ?Dr. Webster has published a card in the Orangeburg Times and Democrat denying ; any connection with the election of the Rev. L. M. Dunton as president of Claflin University, and asserting that "during his ' (Dunton's) residence in the State for many years he has been more conservative and prudent on the exciting question of politics ' than even Dr. Cooke." ? The Greenville News, speaking of the . Congressional chances in Wyatt Aiken's dis! trict, says: "Oconee has instructed her delegates to vote for George Johnstone for Congress, which gives him a lead in the Convention, he having 14 votes, and the next highest is Colonel Aiken, having but 12. It is anybody's race with the chances against Col. Aiken, who we earnestly hope will be beaten. The friends of the public school system should be solidly against him. His election would be an endorsement of his opposition to the present system which, with all its faults and defects, is the best we can obtain with our present means, and a very good beginning which can be developed as this country gains in wealth and population." ? The Democratic Convention of Fairfield county re-elected Maj. T. W. Woodward as County Chairman ; resolved for proper reform of tariff; adopted a resolution extending an invitation to the former Greenback4/\ MAIHWII 4A A rinmAAi*af_ UI3 U1 L11U t'UlUll^ LU ICtui II iv iiiv x/vuivuai.ic fold ; adopted a resolution suggesting an amendment to the Constitution of the Democratic party of the State so that the Convention may be held on a day fixed ; endorsed the Hon. H. A. Gaillard for Congress from the Fourth district; and J. E. McDonald, Esq., for Solicitor of the Sixth circuit. The contest was between Mr. McDonald and Jno. S. Reynolds, Esq., editor of the iVews. The vote was for McDonald, 48 ; Reynolds, 43. Mr. Reynolds follows the action of the Convention with an editorial article highly complimentary of Mr. McDonald's ability as a lawyer and his eminent qualifications for the office. GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES. ?The Maine Democratic convention declared in favor of Cleveland for President. ? Thus far thirty leading Republican and Independent papers have pronounced against Blaine. ? The Blaine managers announce some heavy gains in Illinois. Ex-Senator Davis will support him. ?The Cleveland boom seems to come up spontaneous all along the line, and grows as it moves. ? The Delaware State Democratic Convention, last week adopted resolutions in favor of the platform of '70 and '80, and for Bayard as the candidate for the Presidency. ? The Louisiana Democratic Convention pledged the State for any nominee or any platform that the National Democratic Convention may give. ? The vote in New York 1882 for Governor was as fellows: "Cleveland 535.318; Folger 342,464. The vote of New York in 1880 for Garfield was 555,554; Hancock 534,511. ? Surveying the political field and noting the expressions of opinion since Blaine's nomination, the Baltimore Sun concludes that Blaine "is strong in the States where a strong candidate is not needed, and weak in the States where the united vote of the party is indispensable to success." ? The DemocraticState Convention of New York, in session last week at Saratoga, was not satisfactory in its results to the friends of either Cleveland or Flower. The trouble arises with John Kelly and his Tammany wing of the New York City Democracy. I He made demands to which the Convention would not accede, and it is already broadly stated that he has sold out to Blaine. ? The Democratic State Convention of Tennessee adjourned on Thursday night after renominating Governor Bate by acclamation. The platform endorses the administration of Governar Bate, regards the adjustment of the debt of Tennessee as final and pledges the maintenance of its conditions and favors a tariff for sufficient revenue only to defray the expenses of the Government. ?The American Prohibition Convention, in session at Chicago last Thursday, adopted a platform and then proceeded to a nomination for President of the United States. S. C. Pomeroy, of Kansas, Governor St. John, of the same State, and the Rev. J. Blanchard, of Illinois, were named. Of 77 votes cast, Pomeroy received 72, and the nomination was made unanimous. For Vice-President, J. A Conant of Connecticut was nominated by acclamation. ? The Independent Republican organizaa:? mat in "NTour "Vnrlr loaf. I 11UU wuiuuuci; aivu in nvit ^ Viu Thursday and chose Mr. Curtis chairman. It was decided to name the committee "The Independent Republican Committee." The following document was approved and will be circulated throughout the country for signatures: "The undersigned, protesting against the nomination of Blaine and Logau, propose to join their fellowRepublicans, and independent voters in sending representatives to a general conference to he held immediately after the 1 Democratic National Convention, which j conference shall consider, in case the Dem-! ocratic nominations do not justify the sup-! port of protesting Republicans, what fur-: ther action may be necessary to secure can- j didates who will appeal to the interest,; clean and honest politics and sober, honest: sense of the American people." ? James Clifford, who participated in a lynching sociable, was arrested and lodged in jail at New Lexington, Ohio, on a charge j of murder of the man lynched. Monday I night his friends got on convivial terms with the jailor, drugged him, got the keys of the ! jail and James Chifford went thence without day. I Correspondence of the Y'orkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, June 24.?When I closed that portion of my correspondence last week in reference to the Court proceedings, the trial of the case of the State against Tilmon Gaston, Judson Heath and Isora Crocket, charged with arson, was progressing, and continued until Wednesday morning, when the arguments and the charge of his Honor were concluded. The State had a strong case until the Judge ruled out the confession by one of the defendants of the commission of the burning, on the ground that it was made under threats. After the ruling out of this important evidence, the testimony was of such a character as did not warrant the jury in rendering a verdict of guilty. The lawyers for the defendants also worked with the greatest zeal and energy in behalf of their clients. Messrs. J. M. 5lcNeel and J. K. Henry displayed ability in the management of the case, and could not have worked more faithfully if their clients had been men of means instead of poor, moneyless colored men. The Solicitor made a fine argument in behalf the State, and the Judge's charge was conspicuous for its fair ness ana impartiality. The next case was that of the State against Robert Caldwell, colored, charged with assault and battery. The prosecuting witness was Sam Macon. The defendant was convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary for Ave months. The next case was that of the State vs. Oliver Russell and Albert Stevinson, both colored, charged with larceny. They were found guilty, and sentenced by the Court to twelve months in the penitentiary. The next case was that of Rufus Niles, John Steele, John Owens and Taylor Archer, all colored, charged with larceny. The prosecutor was Mr. J. H. Neely, who missed a hog, and found it in the possession of the defendants. They were convicted, and sentenced as follows: Rufus Niles and John Steele, eighteen months in the penitentiary ; John Owens and Taylor Archer, twelve months in the penitentiary. The case of the State vs. Andy "Worthy, colored, charged with larceny in stealing grain from the field, first engaged the attention of the court Thursday morning. The testimony pointed to the guilt of the defendant, and he was accordingly convicted. He was sentenced to twelve months in the penitentiary. Munro Cloud, colored, was next tried on the charge of larceny. Mr. Elmo Kell was the prosecuting witness. The defendant was convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary for twelve months. The next case was that of the State vs. John Gibnhornrorl wifR oooonlf Ro Hntur OVSiJ, \sAJCAJ.gVs\4. >utu UOOtlUl L> CU1U ua^cijt ... Watt was the prosecuting witness. The defendant was represented by W. A. Sanders, Esq., who succeeded in securing a verdict of acquittal for his client. Dan Atkinson, colored, charged with larceny, made a confession of guilt, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for twelve months. One of the most important criminal cases, that of F. M. Lencner, charged with breach of trust, was postponed until the next term of the Court in consequence of the absence of a material witness. The Court of General Sessions finished its work on Thursday afternoon, and adjourned sine die. On Friday morning the presiding Judge and the members of the bar were engaged in the transaction of such business as did not require the presence of a Jury. Judge Witherspoon in the wise and impartail manner in which he performed the duties of his high office gave great satisfaction to the members of the bar, the officers of the Court and the people at large. * Miss Eliza Pratt, who has charge of an interesting school within a few miles of this place, gave a picnic to the pupils and patrons of the school a short time since. It was a most enjoyable occasion. There were about seventy-six persons present, and the supply of good things was far greater than the demand. The young lady in charge ot the school is a fine teacher, and gives great satisfaction. Some of the prominet citizens in Baton Rouge Township in this county are showing a lively interest in the extension of the Rutherford and Gaffney City Railroad. They believe that by proper effort on the part of this township and this town, Chester can be made the objective point of this railroad instead of Union, as is now contemplated. I was informed on yesterday by a prominent citizen of Baton Rouge Township that this township would subscribe liberally in aid of the construction of a railroad from Gaffney City to Chester. I was further informed by him that the people of this township desire the railroad to pass by or near Mount Tabor in Union county, and cross Broad River at or near Lockhart's Shoals. The grading from Rutherfordton to Gaffney City, he said, was no longer a matter of any doubt, as the contract had been given to some Boston capital ists. liowciysvine ana fmcicney vine townships in Union county, he said, had each subscribed $20,000 in aid of the extension of the the road from Gaffney City, on condition that it crossed Pacolet River at Skull Shoals. The people of these townships, my friend also said, desired the extension of the road from Gaffney City to .Chester instead of to Union, and will heartily cooperate with citizens of Chester county in the construction of this road. This is the golden opportunity for Baton Rouge township, which so sadly needs a railroad f it- -i 1 x ~C T ior i,ne uevexopiiieiji ux us xtrsuuxcea. x.ia citizens ought to move at once in the matter if they earnestly desire the construction of the railroad from Gaffney City to Chester, which would be a most important lino nf rnilrnnH. With the mmnletion of the Rutlierfordton, Gaffney ?ity and Chester Railroad the line would doubtless be extended to Camden and from that place to Georgetown. The Mayor of the latter town attended a railroad meeting recently at Gaffney City for the purpose of urging the construction of this line of railroad. The Democracy of Chester county met in convention on last Saturday. Col. W. R. Davie was elected President, and G. W. Gage, Esq., Secretary of the Convention. The following delegates were elected to the State Convention: Messrs. R. T. Mockbee, E. C.McLure, O. Barber, W. G. Austin, J. F. Barber, W. S. Hall, W. R. Davie, and J. C. McAfee. The alternates were Messrs. E. M. Shannon, F. T. Morgan, O. Wylie, J. H. Wade, Hugh White, A. Gibson, C. W. McFadden and A. Wise. The primary plan of nominating candidates for county offices and members of the Legislature was adopted. There was a very animated discussion on the motion not to allow any primary canvass under the auspices of the County Executive Committee. The motion was adopted with the understanding that the Clubs have the right to invite the candidates to declare their poI S 4-J ? % a ioonao a f f Ka rln\r 3111U1J3 Uil 11IC liTOUCO V/X UAAV7 V*<VJ . ^ The Convention adopted a resolution op- > posing the nominatien of a State ticket in June. Delegates were not elected to the Judicial and Congressional Conventions. The following resolution, proposed by Hon. G. J. Patterson was adopted by the Convention: Resolved, That we disapprove and condemn a tariff on imports for purposes of protection and demand a reduction of the present high war tariff by moderate and progressive measures to such an extent as that the revenue raised therefrom shall defray .'only the legitimate expenditures of the general Government economically administered. A resolution was adopted by the Convention approving of the vote of Hon. J. J. Hemphill, and all the members of the South Carolina delegation in Congress in support of the Morrison bill. m. ? A strange coincidence recently occurred in the death of General 0. E. Babcock. It will be remembered that one Myron Colony was one of the prime movers in the prosecution of General Babcock at the time he was charged with being connected with the whisky ring frauds at St. Louis. A letter just received from a gentleman residing at Jacksonville, Florida, says Mr. Colony moved to that city and became a member of a firm of real estates agents. General Babcock, who remained in government service was drowned last week, as heretofore ruiKliolmrJ Tho camo nio'ht his hrwlv nr. rived at Jacksonville, Mr. Colony died, and the two bodies were taken to the same undertaker. They were embalmed together and sent North on the same train as far as Washington, where General Babcock's body will be left, while Colony's will go to his friends in New Hampshire. It is somewhat remarkable that these two men should thus unconsciously meet in death so far from the scene of former strife, and travel to their graves together.