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?be f otMle inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. . : THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1884. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1885. We will furnish the Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 1885, for $1.25, the cash in all cases, to accompany the subscription. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. M. Dobson?The Old Chap Again. ^Hunter &. Oates?Reduction. J. M-. Adams?Clear the Track. Parish, McKnight A Co.?Still it Rains and Prices Decline. W. B. Williams, Auditor?Equalization Board. W. G. White and G. T. Schorb?Notice. Withers Adickes?Popular and Nice. THE FIRST COTTON BLOOM. Thomas Robinson, who lives on Mr. J. l. Moss' "Robinson place," on Turkey Creek, has sent us the first cotton bloom of the season, plucked on the 25th ultimo. ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES. Persons desirous of announcing their friends as candidates for office are reminded that while we pay no attention whatever to anonymous communications sent through the mails or otherwise, we also require such announcements to be paid for the same as other advertisements. DUE WEST COMMENCEMENT. We have received a lengthy and interesting account of the commencement exercises of Due West Female College, but it did not come to hand until after our forms were closed, and such is the pressure on our columns that we could not make room for it. All accounts agree that the exercises were of an unusually interesting character. In the list of graduates we find the names of Miss Sallie J. White, Chester, and Miss Annie I. Lathan and Miss Lillie Ratchford, Yorkville. SAD DEATH. We are grieved to announce the death of Mrs. Carrie E. Covington, wife of Rev. J. E. Covington, pastor of the Baptist Churches of Yorkville and Union, which occurred in this place on Monday afternoon last, the 30th ultimo. Mrs. Covington was in the 27th year of her age, and was married in April, 1877. Her husband assumed the pastorate of the above named churches about fifteen months ago, during which time she had resided .here with him, and by her | sweet and gentle disposition ana kiuuubss of heart, was highly admired by a large circle of friends. She leaves two children?a son and daughter?neither old enough to realize their irreparable loss. In this deep affliction they and the bereaved husband have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community. Mrs. Covington was the daughter of Mr. T. L. Crossland, of Bennettsville, In this State, and her remains were taken to that town for burial. THE STATE CONTENTION. The action of the State Democratic Convention in unanimously endorsing and nominating for re-election, Governor Hugh S. Thompson and his associates in office, will be hailed by the people of the State with the utmost satisfaction as a tribute eminently due to each and every member of the State administration for the past two years. The delegates to the National Convention are able and creditable to the State, and the Convention acted wisely in sending them uninBtructed. The platform adopted is all that could be desired, and on it the whole people of the State can safely stand. There is no reason for division on questions of State government in South Carolina. Our laws and the administration of the State government afford equal protection to all the people of the State, and the Democracy of 1884, as exemplified by the action of the State Convention, is as conservative and true to its principles as in 1876. THE RAILROAD. The office of division superintendent of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad has been discontinued and the duties of the position are assigned to Mr. F. C. Aldridge, master of trains. His headquarters are at Chester. .Tames Mason. Esa.. who has discharged the duties of division superintendent since the leasing of the road, has been appointed agent at Yorkville, vice Mr. T. C. Dunlap, and assumed his duties last Tuesday. Mr. W. M. Meyer, of Blackstock's, has been appointed conductor in place of Mr. Z. W. Whittel, whose death occurred at Statesville, N. C., recently. The Lenoir Topic says that an extra daily train has been put on the road from that town to Hickory. This train leaves Hickory early in the morning and returns to Lenoir at night, making close connection at Hickory with the trains of the Western N. C. Railroad. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal, Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. The pastor will preach at Shady Grove, at 11 A. M., next Sunday. Preaching in the church at Yorkville next Sunday by Rev. L. A. Johnson. Prayer meeting this week on Friday night. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours next Sunday, morning and evening. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. The rector will officiatein the Church of Our Saviour, at Rock Hill, next Sunday. Sunday-school in the Church of the Good Shepherd, at Yorkville, at 9 A. M. A meeting of the congregation will be held at 10 A. M., to elect a vestryman, vice H. K. Jenkins removed from the parish. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. In consequence of the recent affliction in the family of the pastor, there will be no service in either of his churches until further notice. The Sunday-school exercises will be continued as heretofore. THE MEXICAN PENSION BILL. The only measure of interest engaging the attention of Congress for the past few days is the Mexican pension bill, which has passed the Senate and places on the pension rolls the names of all who actually served fourteen days in Mexico, or were on the coast or frontier, or wereenroute to Mexico, or were in a battle of the Mexican war, and were honorably discharged, and such of their widows not re-married, provided such persons are 62 years of age, or subject to a disability or dependency recognized as cause for a pension by the the pension laws of the United States. The rate of pension is fixed at $8 per month. Section eight gives a pension to all persons who for three months served on the Union side during the war of the rebellionhavingan honorable discharge and who is or shall become disabled from any cause not the result of his own gross carelessness or bad conduct, and who is dependent upon his own labor for support. The highest rate allowed under this section is $24 per month. Section 9 increases the pension of all widows or minor children of soldiers and sailors to $12 a month. In case of the death of an invalid pensioner having a widow, or minor children under 16 years of age, they shall be entitled, in the order of succession, to an original pension in their' own right without being required to prove that the death of the husband or father was due to his military or naval sorvice. It is provided that in considering the claims of dependent parents it shall only be necessatop rove that the parent is without other means of comfortable support than his or her own labor, such dependent parent shall be entitled to $12 per month instead of $8. The bill now goes to the House for concurrence in the Senate amendments. FRIGHTFUL. RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Between 2 and 3 o'clock, P. M., on Friday last, a frightful railroad accident occurred about a mile south of the depot, by which Mr. Peyton A. Darwin, a youth about eighteen years of age, son of the late Peyton B. Darwin, Esq., was instantly killed. The material train was employed at the scene of the accident, repairing the road bed. This train and its gang of laborers, were under charge of Mr. W. S. Taylor, conduct", with Mr. W. H. Elliott, engineer, and Jasper Goforth, colored, fireman. The locomotive was at! i-~ ?.1 4-^ J-Vtz-Y riAufViAwn Anrl nf |V\Q froin UtCllCU K? U1C 3UUOIIC1II cim UI V1IV/ vinni) wu nected by the draw-bar of the pilot, or, in other words, the tender of the locomotive was in front. About noon the train backed up to the depot, where the hands ate dinner, and on returning to their work, Mr. Darwin, who was a telegraph operator, and had been employed about the depot, more or less, for the past two or three years, mounted one of the flats and rode out with the hands. It seems that the water-tank at Yorkville is not used, which explains one feature of the Catastrophe not developed by the testimony, and solves a problem puzzling to all , not aware of that fact, when they read or hear that the engineer passed immediately under this tank and after stopping his train where dirt was being loaded on it, cut off his engine and went to McConnellsville, a distance of eight miles, for water. This explanation is due to all concerned. Soon after stopping the train the engineer announced his intention of going for water. He detached the locomotive and started, Mr. Darwin riding with him. After taking water, and stopping at the wood-yard, near McConnellsville, for wood, the locomotive started on the return to the train. While taking on wood, Mr. Darwin decided to ride back to the train on the pilot, which on the return was forward and running towards the train of five flat cars, three of which were loaded with dirt, and some of them held to the rails by the brakes. The flat forward to the engine was standing on the highest point of a grade, which, south of the car, has an inclination of forty or forty-five feet 1 ? ll- ~ ~rtrna unnoHinnr nn l IU Lilt/ UlUCt 11IC CUgiHC wtu oyvvumg this grade, poor Darwin enjoying the exhil-^ iration of the ride, waving his hand to per-' sons in the neighboring field, and little dreaming of the horrible death which in but a few moments awaited him. The locomotive dashed forward. There was failure in making the coupling with the car, and the fearful crash came. The pilot plowed its way under the flat, snapping the brakebeam of the car and throwing up the end of it to such a height that the bumper struck the centre of the right hand edge of the boiler rim, carrying with it the unfortunate young man, whose forehead was struck by the left-hand corner of the car and his head forced against the door of the "smoke-box," which is in the centre of. the front end of the boiler. His face was mangled beyond recognition, and the bone of his left leg was broken. So great was the concussion that I although the bumper struck the rim of the I boiler, the door of the smoke-box was shattered, and the bumper broken off. Word was immediately conveyed to town and the news spread rapidly. Mr. J. A. Darwin, brother of the deceased, hastened, with a physician, to the scene, not being certain that life was extinct, and a large number of citizens, through sympathy, visited the ground. But he was beyond earthly aid. The body which had left the depot but a short hour before, in the exuberance of youthful vivacity, was a mangled corpse. His body was brought to the residence of his mother, in town, and J. M. Caldwell, coroner, was notified of the occurrence. TT"- ? io <-*V>anf o?v miInc? A*aiy> frvurn xiis rtrsiucu^ is auuui oia mtt^o nviu wmu, and it was near 1) o'clock that night before he arrived. A jury of inquest was impaneled and an investigation at once begun. The jury was constituted as follows: L. Lowry Smith, foreman; J. E. Lowry, W. H. Herndon, G. M. Lowrance, I)r. A. Y. Cartwright, Frank E. Smith, T. B. McClain, R. A. Parish, Charles H. Dixon, W. H. Colcock, Alonzo Rose, G. R. Russell, S. L. McElwee, P. S. Wall. The following testimony was taken before the jury: Friday Night, June 27. Dr. J. F. Lindsay having been summoned before the inquest herein to examine the dead body of Peyton A. Darwin, and to testify as an expert as to* the cause of his death, deposes and says: Deponent finds the tibia or small bone of the left leg broken, and also a few slight scars on both legs. Also finds the skull so crushed as to be entirely emptied of its contents; the superior maxillary or facial bones being also broken. This, the deponent states to be the cause of death. W. H. Elliott, sworn: I am the engineer of the material train of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. This afternoon the decked was with us about a mile from town. He asked permission to ride with me on the engine to MeConnellsville, waving me down, after I had started. He went with me to McConnellsville, riding in the cab. Returning from McConnellsville, when about three quarters of a mile from that place, where we stopped to take on wood, he got on the pilot of the engine against my orders. I spoke to him two or three times, asking him not to get on the pilot; but he said he would ride on it. I was running up the grade at a speed of eight miles an hour; when the engine struck the car, I was running at a speed of about one or two miles an hour. I intended to couple to the flat cars. I said nothing to Darwin.about coupling the cars, as I had a hand' for that purpose. Darwin would not have been hurt, had not the drawbar of the engine broke off the bumper of the car. The hand whose duty it was to couple the cars to the engine had started to do so. There was no other injury to the car except the breaking of the bumper*. Broke the smoke-box door of the engine, and drew the pin from the trucks of the car. I could not see the deceased; he was on the opposite side of the engine from me. I reversed the engine when I saw that I was about to miss making the coupling. When I gave it r - ? ?a ? .r* . .i ?1?a ti ? rnu ? steam i was satisneu uun it was icveiscu. iuc hand that makes the coupling is usually the one that is nearest the draw-bar. I saw the hand whose duty it was; he struck his shovel into the ground and started for that purpose. I have printed instructions not to permit persons to ride on the engine. Mr. Darwin was a favorite about the depot, and I did not want to insult him. Had the bumper not broken off the flat car he would not have been hurt. I usually approach bumpers slowly; have struck them harder before without breaking them. The bolts of this bumper were small. I did not warn the deceased to get off. I knew he was there, but I did not apprehend any danger, nor do I suppose he did. There was no ill feeling between us; I liked him very much. I think I was about thirtyfive minutes' coming from the tank at MeConnellsville to where the accident occurred. I sounded the whistle at the road-crossing, near the scene of the accident. I put on brakes for the purpose of slowing up on approaching the cars. Had the hand come up in time, he could have coupled the engine to the car without being hurt. W. S. Taylok, sworn : I am the conductor of the material train of theChesterand Lenoir Railroad. About twenty-five minutes after one o'clock this afternoon, the deceased came out of the telegraph office and went with me to the cars, asking if he might ride to where we were working. I told him that I did not care. He got on the cars and stood awhile, when he got down and said he believed he would not go. I did not ask him to go on. After we had started, as the last car passed him, he jumped on it and rode out to where we were working. Aftor we had got to where we were working, Mr. Elliott said that he would cut his engine loose and go to McConnellsville, a distance of eight miles, for wood and water, and Mr. Darwin said he believed he would go too. I told him that he j had better not go, but to stay with me; that they j would get after the engineer if he carried him ; down there. The engineer had already started, i and Mr. Darwin halloed to him to stop, asking a little boy?Tom Goodrom?to ask the engineer if he might not go with him. The engineer asked him if he had a ticket. He replied, No. The engineer replied: You cannot go, then. He started off and Mr. Darwin ran and jumped upon the engine. I sat down on the brake of one of the cars, where my hands were at work. When the ! engine returned, I was sitting with my back to wards it. I turned, when I heard them, and saw that they were returning, but turned my attention to the hands, paying no further attention to thi engine. I paid no further attention to the ergine until 1 heard it exhausting. I did not sre the killing of Mr. Darwin. When I saw the engine so close to the cars, I turned to jump off ,he brake on which I was sitting. By the time I 1 ad got off the brake, the engine had" struck the ca**s. I had no idea that there was going to be an accvdent. I saw Mr. Darwin as soon as I had tun ed around. My back was to the engine wh(n it was within coupling distance. I saw Mr. Darwin just before the accident, and do not think he was in a position to get hurt, had not the bumper broke. I do not think the engine struck the cars unusually hard. I was on one of the cars when it struck. It did not knock me down. It is about eight miles from the scone of the accident to the water-tank at McConnellsville. I did not think, until I turned and saw it, that the car had been struck hard enough to knock it off the trucks. There were five cars, three of them loaded with dirt. Had the hand been there in time, he could have made the coupling without getting hurt. I generally get down when the engine approaches. I do not know that it was carelessness on the part of the coupling hand not to be there. Our written rules prohibit us from carrying passengers. In case one had got on, we would have taken him to the next station. Our rules do not authorize violence. I do not know how far the engine knocked the cars. I have known them knocked ten feet.. The brake was on one car of this train, but I do not know how many more. I did notobject to Mr. Darwin going with me on the train to where we were working. I suppose it was the end of the flat car that struck Mr. Darwin. He was Billing Oil Hit) pilUU lilt) UUUipoi ui Lin; 1/U1 was knocked off and the brake-beam of the truck was broken. The collision raised the end of the car. I do not know atwhatspeed the engine was running; I was not looking at it. Wo have no limited speed in making couplings. I do not think the train was running faster than usual this afternoon. I suppose it was the draw-bar of the engine that broke thebumper. The bumper would not have been broken had not the pilot run under the car, which raised it, when the bumper of the engine struck the end of the car. When we miss couplings, and the pilot runs under the car, it always throws the end of the car up, whether we are running fast or slow. The cars came up above the bumper of the engine. The bumpers could not have struck each other, had not the pilot run under the car. . I did not notice where the bumper that was knocked off fell. I do not think the bolts of the bumper were an inch in diameter. No damage was done to the engine, except the breaking of the smokehead. To strike the smoke-head the end of the car would have to be raised the width of the bumper?about ten inches. I do not know where the broken bumper was picked up. Jasper Goforth, sworn: Mr. Darwin ran on and caught up with the engine after we had started for water. The engineer told him that he could not go with us; but he got on the cab and went. After taking water, we went to the woodyard for wood. After taking wood, Mr. Darwin said he would ride on the pilot of the engine. My engineer objected, two or three times, to him riding on the pilot: but he said he would ; that he wanted to ride there to keep cool. The engineer, not wishing to insult him, gave way to him, and permitted him to ride there. We came on then, as near as I can guess at it, at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour, until we came to the tcp of the grade, when the engineer shut off steam and I put on my brake immediately. She did not check up as 'much as he wished,'and he then reversed her and gave her steam, in case of holding her back. But the engine went on until it struck the car, when the cars rolled back. From the top of the grade, where I put on brakes, to the car, is about three train lengths. The collision knocked the cars three, four or five feet, as near as I can guess at it. When we put on brakes, we were about three train lengths from the cars. I did not see Mr. Darwin as wo were nearing the cars; had forgotten that he was on the pilot until I saw his brains on top of the steam chest. My back was towards him. The pilot, I guess, struck the car tirst. The bumper cannot strike the car until it is raised. I do not know what part of the car struck the engine. I do not know where the bumper was picked up, but I saw it near the end of tne car. I was not jarred. I do not believe anything about it, whether or not the bumper ot the car struck the engine. The only failure was that the hand was not there to couple the car. His name is Isom Caldwell. He was distant about half a car length when they struck. I did not hear any one speak to Mr. Darwin to get off, that ho was in danger. I do not know what time it was when we started for water; it was just after we had dinner. We were not behind time; were running seven or eight miles an hour. I know fast from slow speed. We were about ten minutes taking wood and water. I do not know how long we were gone, but guess threequarters of an hour. The distance to the tank and back is sixteen miles. The engine knocked the train three or four or five feet. The distance between the engine and cars when they stopped, was about two and a half car lengths. The engineer reversed the engine because ho saw he would miss making the coupling. When he I reversed he was two and. a half car lengths ; | from the cars. I could havo walked as fast as | the engine was running. Mr. Darwin was in no danger if the coupling had been made. He was a foot or eighteen inches from the coupling. I do not know his position before the accident. A piece of his skull and some brains were found about ten feet distant. I could have went around from the engine, without running, and coupled i the cars to the engine, after the engineer reversed the engino. There was no whisky on board, j I am positive that we never have any whisky on the train. I sometimes buy some to carry home; carry it on the engine, which is an attachment of the train. There was no anger that I could tell between the engineer and Mr. Darwin. The enfineer is master of his engine. He might have ept Mr. Darwin off. We both could have done it; but I do not know that we would have tried it. I know that the engineer and I both told him not to ride on the pilot. It was not a dangerous place. Had Mr. Darwin been inside, he would not have been hurt. The car was thrown up about eight or ten inches. I don't know whether or not the bumper of the car struck the engine. I do not know whether or not the bumper of the car was broken off before the car was struck by the engine. When the engine struck, I remarked that I thought some one was killed, and thought it was my boy, who was on one of tne flats. I saw brains on the steam-chest which caused 1110 to make the remark. Isom Caldwkll, sworn : When the engine was approaching, I was shoveling dirt. It was running slowly. I was shoveling as usual. I turned around, to go couple up ; but before I could get there the engine had struck the car. I heard the engine blow at the crossing. I motioned my hand to Mr. Darwin to get off the pilot. I was throwing dirt on the third car when the engineapproached. I did not go near the en gine. I started to couple it, but uiu not get more than two steps when the crash came. It did not knock the train very far?a little distance?not the distance from the engine to where I was standing. The bumper was pretty close to the engine when I went up. After the engine struck the cars I do not know the distance they were apart; but guess about five feet. When I motioned to Mr. Darwin I was approaching the engine. I motioned to him because I thought he was in danger. The engine was running at coupling speed. There is no particular coupler. I started because I was nearest the car to be couf led. The regular coupler was In Chestor, sick, lis name is Lee Walker. They wore not running so fast that I was afraid to go to couple. I started for that purpose, because I was nearest. I was about two steps from my shoveling when I motioned to Mr. Darwin?waved my hand. He took up his legs after I motioned. The engine was about live feet from the car after the rebound. I did not notice whether or not the engine ran backward after they struck. I saw the flat car when the end of it went over his head. I think the end of the flat car broke the smoke door. I think it was the bumper, but do not know. I do not know how high the end of the car was raised. Mr. Darwin was sitting to the left hand side of tho pilot; I was on the right. Sometimes the engineer whistles with his mouth to me to couple, and this afternoon he whistled to me with his mouth. He was not running fast. A little white boy was on the car with Goforth's boy, on the last car from the engine. They were alf I saw. The captain might have been on. The little boys were not knocked off. I do not know who picked up the bumper that was knocked off. I paid no attention to what the engineer said when he came around ; I was frightened. I had started to couple the engine after he whistled to me. T Sr. l-nnw how fur off ho was whon he Wilis tied. The engine had not stopped right still. I suppose he was distant two car lengths when ho whistled. I was scared by the looks of the man. There was no use in going up to couple after he was killed. The engineer or fireman usually whistles to me to couple. We were all out on the bank of the cut when the crash came. I had | started to couple, and got about two steps; do j not know the distance the engine was from me ! when he whistled to me. I did not hear anything said to me after the accident boeause I did not get up in time to couple. At this point the inquest wasadjourned to the scene of the accident, at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. Saturday Morning, Juno 28. Memorandum of measurements of distances 1 taken on the ground, all the jurors present: Re- ! bound of fiat cars from spot of collision, eightyeight feet; rebound of engine, twenty-six feel; distance between the engine and the first car ' nearest to it after the engine and cars stopped, I one hundred and fourteen feet. Edward Thomas was sworn and in jjart examined on the ground, when, with the jury of; inquest he examined, as an expert, the broken car and the engine. His testimony, as fully given in, after the jury of inquest returned to their room, is as follows: I am a railroad engineer by profession, and have been so employed for a number of years. This point (the point of collision) is at the top of the hill. Tho heaviest down grade from this ; point is towards McG'onnellsville. The place of . the collision, as pointed out to me, is right on top ! of the hill?the highest point of the grade. Eroin ! my experience as an engineer, I should reverse steam and put on brakes, when running at a speed of seven or eight miles an hour, on ap- ' proaching cars for coupling. The engine and ! tender alone would be more easily stopped than a full train. The engineer could not nave stop- i ped his engine in tho distanco from the cars to j the locomotive at the time he reversed. Ife ' ought to have reversed his engine sooner. Running up this grade, the engine should have stopped before reaching the point of the accident if running at the rate of only one or two miles an hour. To make a rebound of twenty.-six feet by the engine and a propulsion of eighty-eight feet by the cars, the engine would-be running faster than a speed of one or two miles an hour. Some engineers are more careless titan others. The general rule of coupling is to "crawl" up. Eight miles an hour would cause such a rebound as this is said to have been. An engineer should at all times slowly approach a train of cars for coupling. It requires presence of mind in case of accident. My opinion is that the engine was not properly under the engineer's control. My rule was, when running trains, to forcibly, if necessary, prevent boys and others having no business on the engine or cars, from riding on them. The pilot is the most dangerous place of an engine on which a person can ride. It is not necessa!ry for an engineer to whistle Tor the coupler. It is the dutv of the .coupler to bo at his post at all times. I have examined the engine since the accident. I saw nothing the matter with the engine that would indicate that the throttle was out of order. Tho brakje of the engine is in good order. I should say that tho speed of the locomotive, at the time of the collision, was at least four miles an hour?not under four. This is too fast a speed for approaching trains for coupling. Had the engineer had tho engine under nis control, he could have stopped it. Tho coupling of the front of an engine to a rar is morn dantrflrnns than nnv other kind of coupling on thefrailroads. The coupling cannot be made if the engine stops. I have seen the front end of a locomotive coupled to a car when running at a speed of four miles an hour, but by an expert coupler. Construction trains usually have no regular hand for coupling. Jasper Gofortii, recalled: His former testimony was read to him a second time, and he said he had no desire to amend it in any particular. His examination renewed: I had a conversation with W. R. Carroll just after the accident. I told him that the brakes were out of order. t Question?Did you safi&lfr, Carroll, "I care no more for the life oFi ma\i than a snake?" Answer?I did not. Question?Did you say to Mr. Carroll, "I will not answer your questions ?" Answer?No. Question?Did you say to Mr. Carroll, "I will not answer the boss man's questions when ho goes to discharge me ?" Answer?I did not. I told Mr. Carroll that so far as the engine was concerned I cared nothing for it; all I minded was the death of a man and the loss of my job. I told Mr. Carroll that he was putting questions to me that he knew nothing about; that he could not make me talk, and I was done talking with him; that the boss man, who will discharge me, cannot make me talk. Question?Was there any difficulty, difference, hard words or hard feelings between Mr. Darwin and the parties who were running that engine, that caused him to take his seat on the pilot? Answer?There was no outward appearance of anger; they were as friendly as they could be. I could have heard any words that would have passed between them. We were all in speaking distance of each other all the time. The engineer and Mr. Darwin had no other words than that near McConnellsville the engineer put his head out of the window and his hat blew oft, when Mr. Darwin got down and picked up the hat, for which the engineer thanked him. We were running down grade, and had been running down grade about ten car lengths before the engine struck the cars. The ear bounded about three or four or five feet, and the engine rebounded about two. or two and a half car lengths. The engineer became excited when the collision occurred. There was no ill feeling between me and Mr. Darwin. I put on brake just before wo crossed the dirt road. Steam was shut off just before we crossed the road, and I put on brakes just after we crossed the road. I have coupled the engine when it was running at a tua naurvlor xtroa iusiur 3pt?eu L. 11 tin yvawkunj* IUC v>uu^io* ???o half a car length awav, and when he saw the end of the car raised up, lie started to run. The collision made a noise that could have been heard three or four hundred yards. What I meant bv my remark to Mr. Carroll was that Idid not wisn to talk to persons who knew nothing about the affair. After we had coupled up and were ready to start up to the depot, the engineer said to me, "Ain't that a hell of a case? I would not have done it for a thousand dollars. They will turn us off for this and we had just as well start home now, for they will discharge us as sure as hell." When I put on brakes I had them just as tight as I could get them. The wheels were not sliding. Question?Was the rebound of the cars as much as seventy-five feet? Answer?It was not over five feet. I did not hear the engineer whistle to the coupler on approaching. Frank Wylik sworn : I remained with the dirt train and was shoveling dirt when the engine returned from getting wood and water. I was four car lengths from the engine when it struck. When the engine struck the cars they rolled up about five feet. The front of the back car was not opposite to me when it stopped. The collision knocked the car to the right side of the track. The engine was about fifteen feet from the car when it stopped. The engine was running up grade when it struck the car. I did not hear any one speak to Mr. Darwin that he was in danger. Isom Caldwell made two steps towards coupling the cars ; only two steps, I was at the fourth car and Isom Vas at the second car from the engine when he started to couple the engine. He stood until the engine struck the car, when he started to run. I saw the engine strike the car. I saw Mr. Darwin on the pilot. The engine did not seem to approach the cars faster than usual? about as fast as usual?not faster than a man could walk. I do not know how close Isom was to the car when it was struck. I heard no conversation between Jasper Goforth and Mr. Car| roll. No one said anything to me about what I would swear before I came in here. I did not go up to the engine after the smash up. I did not 1 hear the engineer make any remarks after the accident. I no not know what became of the little boys after the accident. Isom was on the bank of the cut when the accident occurred. Wm. Gaston, sworn : I was shoveling dirt at the last car from the engine, my back tb the engine, and saw nothing of the crash until when I turned and saw the end of the car coming down off the engine. It rolled about five feet after coming down. I reckoned, from what I saw, that it moved about five feet. It did not come to where I Vas standing. I heard nobody say that the cars bounded five feet. The engine ctici not move after it was stopped. I saw Isom Caldwell. I did not notice how far he went to couple the cars. I saw him stop and look back. I saw him going up the bank. I was on the right hand side of the track, facing Chester. After I heard the crash I looked around and saw Isom. I went up, after the others had gone up. Mr. Elliott was at the car ; Jasper was on the step of the engine. Mr. Elliott said that he regretted it; that he was "creeping" up. Jasper asked if that was George. I do not know whether the conductor jumped off or not. I saw some of them waving to Mr. Darwin to got off. I heard some one on the bank halloeing. I heard some one whistle soon before the halloeing. I also heard Mr. Darwin halloe. Do not know what those said who halloed to Mr. Darwin. I heard more than ono person halloe ; heard Mr. Darwin also halloe. William Johnson, sworn : I went down the railroad yesterday evening, between three and four o'clock, with my aunt; was below the crossing, when I saw the 'engine running towards the depot, Peyton Darwin sitting on the pilot. I spoke to him, and told him ho had better hustle off of there or he would get killed. I came on up by the engine after the accident, and spoke to Tom Goourom, and proposed to come on to town and give the news, and I and Tom came on up street and told J. A. Darwin about the accident, which was the first he had heard of it. When the engine passed me, it appeared to be running about eight or nine miles an hour. When the engine passed me I was on the other side (from the depot) of the crossing. I was one hundred yards away from the collision when it occurred. The engine checked up a little before striking the cars. When I came Up, the distance between the engine and the cars was about two and a half car lengths. If Peyton replied to mo, I did not hear him. I had no talk with any of the railroad hands about the accident. I thought Peyton was in danger when they passed me. I have been employed on the railroad as brakeman on mail train. I did not stop at the engine any length of time atter I came up to it. When the engine passed me, Tom Goodrom was up about where the cars were. I heard the noise of the crash. I hoard no one halloe before the crash. The whistle was blown at the crossing. The whistle sounded a danger signal. It blow four times, which is a signal of danger. The bell was not rung. The fireman had his hand on the brake when they passed me. R. M. Hope, sworn : I was in the field hoeing cotton, when the train, yesterday evening, passed by me, going to AfcConnellsviile. I had seen the same train, day before yesterday evening, going for water, and thought the train was running faster yesterday than passenger trains usually run. It ran on up, but after it entered the cut, I could only see a part of the cab and the smoke-stack. I heard the crash. A negro came down and told me that Mr. Taylor had sent for me, as Peyton Darwin was killed. When I got there I thought the engine had been run back from the cars. I remained at the engine, and spoke to Goforth about it, and he said that he nad forgotten that Peyton was on the pilot. When I got there yesterday, the relative positions of the cars and the engine were the same, and according to the measurements taken this morning. When the engine entered the cut it appeared to be checked up a little before the collision. My attention was at- ! tracted to the engine at first because I thought, j when I saw it coming up, that it was running faster than usual. The engineer had gone up to the depot when I got there. The conductor was also absent at the time, having gone into the woods. I asked Jasper Goforth how tho accident occurred, and he said his brakes would not hold. He said he cared nothing about the engine, but regretted tho death of the man and the loss of his job. He said he had seen worse cases than that. I did not hear tho conductor, Taylor, say any- J thing about it. Tho conductor told me this < morning, that ho thought the accident was tho i result of carlessness by both parties. j Elva Rainey, sworn: I was on the railroad, I on this side of the crossing, opposite the scene of ; the accident, on the east side of the track. When j tho engine came up, Mr. Darwin was sitting on < tho cow-catcher. As tho ongino approached tho I l car, ho threw up both feet, slipping his hands under him ana holloeing. The engine was running pretty fast at the time. He halloed, "Whoop!" one time. I saw the crash; was on the bank immediately opposite the crash. I heard no one halloe to Peyton. In my opinion, the engine was running faster than when I usually see them coupling about the depot. After the crash, the cars went some distance forward, and the engine went backward. The cow-catcher ran under the end of the car, throwing the end of the car up. The engineer came up and said that he regretted tho accident. I heard no signal of whistling Ivy the mouth to the man to couple the engine, I was watching the engine and remarked to Creesa Johnson to get out of the way, as the engine was coming so fast that it might blow her oft'. I saw a white man sitting on tho second car from the engine, his face to tho east. lie jumped off beforo the crash. I saw a little white boy on tho ilat at the same time. He jumped off before the crash. The white man jumped from the car on to tho bank. There was no other white man on the flats. I do not think the car coupler could '??> ? 1 f/* *V*a on% if li/i linrl hoon imvu uuuuieu luocn^iiiu w kuovm, ax iiv there at the time, for the reason that the engine was running up too fast. I am positive the white man jumped off the car before the engino struck the train. I think the train was struck with sufficient force to have knocked a man off a car, had there been one on it. Creesa Johnson, sworn: I saw the railroad accident yesterday ; was standing close to where it occurred. I saw the engine run up against the flat car, and heard Mr. Darwin when he halloed. He exclaimed, "Ooh J" J thought the train was running unusually fast. Elva Rainey told me to look out. I hoard no one halloe to Peyton. I did not hear the engine blow at the crossing. I saw the engine as it came running up the road ; it was running pretty fast. I did not hear the engineer whistle to any one to couple the engine to the car. I have seen cars coupled about the depot. My judgment is that the engine was running too fastto admitof being coupled to the car, had a man been present to mt/'.o the coupling. I saw a white man sitting on the flat car. He jumped off on to the bank before the engino struck the car. He jumped on to the east bank. There was also a little white boy on the car. He jumped oft' also before the engine struck the car. Had a man been standing on one-of the flat cars, the jar of the engine against them would have knocked him down. I was about thirty feet from the accident, standing on the bank of the cut. Charles Hooie, sworn: I was standing at the bridge near the crossing, when the engine fassed me, running in the direction of the depot, t was running rapidly, about five or six miles an hour. The engineer did not blow his whistle at the crossing. I saw William Johnson; was up near where the accident occurred when I fist saw him. I heard the crash; it made a loud noise. I was about one hundred yards distant when I heard the crash. I went up immediately. When I got there, the engine and cars were ten or fifteen feet apart. I am positive the whistle of the engine was not blown at the crossing. I have run on trains as brakeman for five or six seasons. At the speed this engine was running, I would not have attempted to couple the engine to the car. When they passed me, Jasper GofOrth was sitting on the seat of the cab. From the time the engineer passed me, he could have checked up to four miles an hour before striking the car. When I got there, the engineer was standing out on the ground. I did not hear him say anything about the accident. I cannot tell whether the engine checked yp any after it passed me. The engine was running up grade. The steam was not shut off when the engine passed me. At the distance the engine was from me, I could not tell whether or not the engine had been reversed. When the engine passed the crossing the brake was not on. Had the brake been on immediately after the engine passed the crossing, while near the crossing, this is the saa experience or jos. ranter, of this county. On the 17th of June, 1883, his first wife died. In a few months he married her sister, and on Saturday, June 14th, she, too, died. ?The business failures throughout the country for the week ending last Friday, as reported to R. G, Dun & Co., number for the United States 171 and for Canada 28, or a total of 199 as against a total of 205 the previous week?a decrease of six failures. Save this there is nothing of special note. The failures in the South are notably few, and in the Eastern States they are below the average. ? The Chicago grand jury failed to find a true bill against Franklin J. Moses, imprisoned and charged with obtaining money by false pretenses from two or three citizens of thatcity. It is said that his wife appeared before the grand jury and interceded for him, she also making good the losses sustained by her husband's victims, and promising to take him from the city. They left last Saturday. ? On Sunday morning last the airbrakes of the southern bound mail train of the Richmond and Danville railroad gave way, while the train was approaching, on a down grade, the bridge across James River. The train acquired a momentum of fifty miles an hour and at this rapid speed struck the bridge. Two sleeping cars of the train went down into the river, but fortunately none of the passengers were seriously hurt. They were rescued through the roofs of the cars. The most serious casualty was the breaking of the conductor's arm. ? Hon. Karl Schurz announces his purpose to take the stump and make a number of speeches against Blaine in the ensuing campaign. Mr. Schurz is an eloquent speaker, and is credited with having great influence with the Republican element of the German population. He thinks Gov. Cleveland could easily carry New York, but says < "the independent Republicans will cheer- < fully support Cleveland, Bayard, or any other good man that the Democrats may 1 nominate." I ] I could have heard the grating noise. Goforth could have got off his seat and put on brakes before the crash, if he had attempted. I did not hear William Johnson say anything to Peyton Darwin. When they passed me, Peyton was sitting on the pilot, and I thought he was in danger. He might have saved his life by jumping off. I could not have run and kept up with the engine, and I can run very fast. Thomas Goodrom, sworn : I was down by the train when it was struck by the engine. I do not know whether I was on the car or not when it was struck ; I was scared. The conductor and the water-boy were on the car also. I do not know whether they jumped off or not. I heard the crash. I am fourteen years of age. W. R. Carroll, sworn : I was at the scene of the accident yesterday. I saw Goforth, and about half an hour aftor I got there, I went up to the cab where Goforth, the fireman, was sitting. I asked him how it was that the accident occurred. Ho said the brake was out of order, and the fact had been reported to the company. He said the throttle was out of order also. I examined it, but could not see that it was out of order ; no steam was leaking from it. Goforth answered to my question that the shoe of the brake was worn. Abouttliis time he got stubborn and refused to answer any more questions. Ilesaid he cared no more for the life a man than a snake, and that the boss man at Chester, who would have to discharge him, could not make him talk. He then got out of the engine and so did I. When I went up to the brake it was on tight. I kicked it loose, and afterwards tightened it up, just as it was. I was not there when the accident occurred ; I got there some time after the accident? within an hour. A. F. McConnell, sworn: I went to the scene of the accident, I think in about half an hour after the accident occurred. I went down as soon as the news reached town. While there, I stepped the distance between where the blood was and the brains of the deceased. The distance was ten paces; from the brains to the flat cars, the distance was thirty paces. The engine and C3rs were standing forty paces apart. The Vmmnor nf fho mp wna Ivinfr nn the ffrO'ind. Or the end of a croas-tie, immediately opposite the brains. From the foregoing facts, elicited after a patient and exhaustive investigation, the jury of inquest rendered the following verdict: That Peyton A. Darwin came to his death by being crushed between the smoke box of the engine and the end of the Hat car, by the carelessness of the deceased, W. H. Elliott, the engineer, and Jasper Goforth, fireman. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. ? Capt. J. B. Lyles, formerly of Spartanburg, was thrown from a buggy in Paris, Texas, last week and had both bones of his right ankle broken. ? At Waverly. Tenn., last Friday, Win. Owens shot and killed Win. Larkins for insinuations against his wife. The jury gave a verdict of justifiable homicide. ? The investigation of the accounts of J. 0. P. Burnside, the defaulting disbursing officer of the Post Office Department, has been concluded. It shows a deficiency of about $74,000. ? Notwithstanding the anti-Mormon legislation, they still come. There were some five hundred recruits arrived the past week at New York, chiefly from Scandinavia, bound for Utah. ?General freight agents of the railroads in Iowa have issued a general order announcing their purpose to observe the law respecting the sale of intoxicating liquors, which goes into effect July 5th. All agents are prohibited from receiving any intoxicating liquors for transportation from any point either in or without the State to any point within its limits. ? Says the Lincolnton (N. C.) Press: It is not often that a man in this part of the world is called upon to mourn the death and burial of two wives in one year, yet DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. The Democratic State Convention of South ! Carolina assembled in the hall of the House j of Representatives on Thursday last, 26th | instant. At 12.20 General James F. Izlar, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, called the Convention to order,1 and Captain Wilie Jones, Secretary of the ! Committee, read the call. Gen. Izlar then nominated Hon. Chas. H. Simonton of Charleston as temporary Chairman, which was received with applause and unanimously adopted. Colonel Simonton approached the Chair and was greeted with much applause, and upon assuming the gavel said that he appreciated the honor which had been conferred upon him by calling him to preside over the Convention temporarily and to engage in its organization, which no doubt could be effected in a short time, as there were no contesting delegations. With the intellect, manhood and honor of the State so ably represented, he felt confident that the party would be capable of seizing the great opportunity with which they had been brought face to face. The days of the Republican party are numbered. They had become drunk with a quarter of a century of riotous ruling, ana the verdict of the country was about to be rendered by which they would be hurled from power. Nothing but a blunder upon the part of the Democratic party could prevent them from achieving a glorious triumph in the approaching con test. (Applause.) Selectyour best men as delegates to Chicago ; men of judgment, of ability, of prudence, without instructions, (applause,) but if instructed let it be for consultation with the best representatives of the party at Chicago for the common good and pledge the earnest and undivided work aha support of the Democrats of South Carolina tor the victory of the national ticket. (Applause.) The Chairman requested that two Secretaries be elected, when Mr. John S. Verner, of Oconee, and Mr. M. B. McSweeney, of Hampton, were nominated and unanimously elected. The Chairman announced that there were no contesting delegates, and the roil of delegates was read. The following delegates from York answered to their names: C. E. Spencer, John S. Bratton, B. D. Springs, Frame H. Brown, Iredell Jones, R. H. Glenn, Andrew Jackson, B. H. Massey, J. L. Adams, John G. Black. The temporary organization was made permanent. The following Vice-Presidents from the Congressional Districts were nominated and unanimously elected: First, James F. Izlar; Second, Johnson Hagood; Third, B. F. Whitner; Fourth, T. W. Woodward; Fifth, T. H. Clark; Sixth, T. W. Beatty; Seventh, Wm. Elliott. Captain Wilie Jones was elected Treasurer. General Hagood offered a resultion that the delegates to Chicago be instructed to vote as a unit in all ballots for candidates for President and Vice-President. Mr. Henderson, of Aiken, moved that the Convention go into election for four delegates at large to represent the State in the Chicago Democratic Convention, which was unanimously adopted. F. W. Dawson, C. H. Suber, L. F. Youmans, J. S. Richardson, Harry Hammond, J. B. Erwin and Wade Hampton were placed in nomination. A rising vote was taken for Wade Hampton, after which a vote was taken on trie other nominations, which resulted as follows : Whole number of votes cast 300 Necessary to a choice 151 F. W. Dawson.. 191 C. H. Suber 180 L. F. Youmans, 145 J. S. Richardson, 129 Harry Hammond, 113 J. B. Erwin, 91 Whereupon the Chairman announced that Messrs. F. W. Dawson and C. H. Suber had received a majority of the votes cast and declared them elected delegates at large. Captain T. H. Clark, of Kershaw, moved that Colonel L. F. Youmans, who had received the next highest vote to the delegates elected, be declared the choice of the Con-' vention as the fourth delegate at large, and the motion was adopted unanimously, followed by applause. On motion of Mr. Murray, of Anderson, the other three nominees were elected as alternates by acclamation. The Chair declared Hon. Wade Hampton, Captain F. W. Dawson, Colonel C. H. Suberand Colonel L. F. Youmans elected delegates at large to the Chicago Democratic Convention, and Hon. J. S. Richardson, Maj. Harry Hammond and Colonel John B. Erwin as alternates, . After the transaction of other business of a routine nature, the chair announced several calls for meetings of district delegations, and in accordance with a resolution adopted, declared a recess of the Convention until half-past 7 P. M. At 5 P. M. the Chairman called the Convention to order, and announced the first business to be the nomination of delegates to Chicago from the Congressional Districts, when the following nominations were made and the gentlemen elected: lat niatriff-?W Sf .Tfirvov finrl .Tumps F. Tzlar. Alternates?J. F. Redding and W. M. Muekenfuss. 2d District?J. W. Moore and D. S. Henderson. Alternates?W. P. Murphv and W. J. Talbert. 3d District?W. Z. McGliee and J. C. Gary. Alternates?John H. Bowen and W. W. Huffman. \ 4th District?W. B. Stanley and John B. Cleveland. Alternates?S. J. Simpson and H. Moulton. 5th District?Giles J. Patterson and E."M. Boykin. Alternates?E. J. Kennedy and T. iStobo Farrow. Gth District?P. L. Breeden A. T. Harlee. Alternates?J. F. Rhame and J. Knox Livingstone. 7th District?C. St. J. Sinkler and J. H. Earle. Alternates?C. P. Alston and Wm. Eliott. The following were elected raemembers of the State Executive Committee: 1st District?G. D. Bryan, J. F. Izlar and W. T. Brooker. 2nd District?G. W. Croft, W. J. Gooding and H. A. Norris. 3rd District?J. E. Allen, George S. Mower and D. F. Bradley. 4th District?Wvlie Jones, Wm. Munro and R. P. Todd. 5th District?E. C. McLure, T. H. Clarke and C. E. Spencer. Gth District?R. G. Lee, S. H. Rodgers and Josiah Doar. General Kennedy on behalf of the Committee on Resolutions, submitted the following: The Committee on Resolutions, to whom were referred sundry resolutions on various topics, beg leave to report thut the resolutions are able and instructive, but your committee have such confidence in the patriotism and good judgment of the National Democratic Convention, that they recommend that the delegates should not be hampered by resolutions of a quasi authoritative nature, recommend that they be laid on the table. The report was received with applause and unanimously adopted. After adopting a resolution instructing ( the delegates to the National Convention to vote for Grover Cleveland as the Democratic nominee for President, Mr. Southall moved to go into nominations for State officers. The motion pre- 1 vailed ; when Mr. Henderson, of Aiken, moved that the present State officers be j nominated for their present positions respectively. The Chair put the question and it was car- ] ried unanimously. A motion to inform Governor Thompson ! of his nomination was followed with a mo- ' tion by Colonel Haskell that all the nomi- i nees be informed of their nomination, which < was adopted. i The Chair appointed General Kennedy, Mr. Beuet. and General Hagood to notify < the officers nominated. ] On motion, nominations were received j for Presidential Electors at Large. i Messrs. I. M. Bryan, of Greenville, and j John C. Haskell, of Richland, were nomi- ] nated as Electors at Large. j The following nominations were made for ( Electors from the Congressional Districts : > 1st?B. II. Rutledge. 2d?Johnson Hagood. . 3d?W. C. Benet. ' 4th?John E. Bacon. 1 5th?W. L. T. Prince. Oth?J. L. Manning. ( 7th?J. D. Blanding. ( It was resolved that the State Executive ' Committee fill any vacancies which may oc- I cur in the list of Presidential Electors. j Mr. Murray moved to appoint a commit- i tee of ten to draft a platform. This motion j prevailed, and the cnair appointed the fol- s lowing committee: Messrs. Murray, Benet, Orr, Dawson, Livingstone, Croft, Montgomery, Hutson, Izlar, and Kennedy. The Convention then took a recess until 8 o'clock, P. M. After recess the Convention was called to order at 8.45 P. M. The Chair stated that with his accustomed foresight Captain Dawson had engaged quarters for the South Carolina delegation at the Madison House, Chicago, within one block of Convention Hall, and a parlor at the Palmer House. The committee of three appeared in the hall, escorting Governor Thompson, Lieutenant Governor Sheppard and Secretary of State Lipscomb, who were introduced to the Convention, and each of them in brief but eloquent addresses, cordially thanked the Convention for a renewal of confidence in them, and pledging themselves to do their utmost to merit it. Hon L. F. Youmans was called on and in a brief but brilliant effort entertained the Convention. n 1-5- n fir rv - ?x ?11^,1 i^uputm r. vy . i^awssou was iical cttiiuu on, and in a short address enthused the cori- * vention with the prospect of State and National victory. Mr. Murray, fromtheComraittee on Platform, read the platform, which was adopted as a whole: The Democratic party of South Carolina in State Convention assembled, reaffirming the principles and declarations contained in the State platform adopted, and declaring their continual devotion to the principles of the National Democratic party, declare the following principles as formulating the policy of the South Carolina Democracy in State and Federal affairs and invite the aid and support of all good citizens in 'carrying them into effect. 1. Wise and just legislation. The impartial administration of equal laws, economy, with efficiency, in every department of the "C State Government. 2. Popular Education is the bulwark of free institutions. Liberal appropriations for the public schools for the whole people. 3. The systematic efforts of the Republican party to obstruct, reform and destroy good government in South Carolina, by turning to partisan purposes the appointing power of the Federal Government, is a standing menace to the people of this State and a growing danger to good citizens in every part of the Union. Tne Federal offices in this State are made political infirmaries and training schools for the defeat of honest Government in South Carolina. 4. Honest home rule. The Democracy of soutn uaronna, representing tne taxpayers of the State and a majority of the whole people, invite and have the right to expect the sympathy and support of their fellowcountrymen in their strenuous efforts to pre- . ? serve an intelligent and equal administration of the Government. 5. The extension of the franchise as a political result of the war, has enlarged enor- ' mously the present and prospective voters requiring education in tne public schools. The burden was increased while the ability of the State to bear it was diminished. The Federal Government, by liberal appropriations from the treasury on the basis of illiteracy, to be disbursed by the State officers _ in charge of the public school system of the State, should help the Southern States to cure the evil of non-intelligent suffrage. 6. Civil service reform. Appointments to minor offices under tests that will indicate the qualifications of the applicant, promotion by merit, a fixed tenure of office and no removal except for cause. 7. Blackmailing public servants under the guise of political assessments converts the public treasury to the extent of the contributions called for, into a campaign fund for the advancement of a political party, thus taking the whole people for partisan purposes. 8. The present protective tariff taxes the many for the benefit of the few. The duties on imports should be decreased and an early repeal of the duties on cotton ties, on the machinery used in the manufacture of cotton and wool, and on tools and agricultural implements, will stimulate manufactures and be a welcome relief to the farmer. 9. It is most desirable that the internal revenue taxation be abolished as soon as this can be accomplished without rendering permanent the existing protective system. Rigid economy in the conduct of the Government will hasten the day when the tariff shall be as moderate as in the early days of the Republic, and the army of office-holders employed under the internal revenue law be disbanded. 10. The public credit, National and State, must be maintained. 11. In the conduct of affairs in this State the Democracy have been actuated by one desire and that is to promote the greatest f^ood of the State. Democratic unity is pubic safety and private security. 12. In the present condition of political *affairs the people of the United States have the opportunity, by electing a Democratic President, to insure to the whole Union the reform of abuses, the purification of the public service, and peace and good will throughout the land. Relying implicitly on the wisdom and patriotism of the National Democratic Convention, which will assemble in Chicago on July 8, we pledge to nominees of the party, there to be chosen, our hearty and undivided support. 13. In the State, justice and equality for all, to insure harmony and good will between the races. In the Union, no section alism in policy or feeling. An indissoluble union of indestructible States, one flag, one country, one destiny. Mr. Livingstone of Marlboro introduced a resolution to instruct the State Executive Committee not to open the campaign before the 1st of next September. Mr. Southall of Aiken said the Democrats of the State had sufficient confidence in the wisdom of the Executive Committee not to onen the campaign until the proper time ht/l arrived, and made the point of order that the resolution should be referred, which was sustained. The usual complimentary resolution to the chairman was adopted, with Colonel Haskell in tne Chair, and after a brief but spirited addre-s from Colonel Simonton", on motion of Mi. Henderson of Aiken, the Convention, at 9.4o P. M., adjourned sine die. ^ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Heavy rains fell last week in Greenville county ivnd disastrous freshets resulted, inflicting heavy damage to the crops. ? In consequence of an overstocked market the Huguenot plaid and coitonade mill at Greenville has shut down, for the present. ? Track laying is progressing rapidly on the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg liailroad. Laurens is expected to be reached by October 1st. ? By recent freshets, over twenty bridges have been washed away in Abbeville county. To replace them will cost the county * . not less than ten thousand dollars. ? Capt. Kobt. Winthrop Andrews, of Sumter, 93 years old, who started to Boston nine !.L J -i. weeas ago, arnveu ai wuiceoici, iuasa., uu Tuesday. He abandoned walking at Hartford, and finished his trip by rail. ? A severe wind storm prevailed in some portions of Laurens county on Tuesday last. The greatest damage was done on the plantation of J. D. M. Shaw and J. D. Nelson. Several of the outbuildings of each were blown down. ? George T. and David F. Arthur, the parties who are charged with violating the United States laws in the management of Macedonia postoffice in Lexington, and were out on bail, have had a hearing before Commissioner Bauskett in Columbia, on the charge of embezzlement, and were bailed in the sum of $500 each. ? Gaffney City Transcript: Mr. Nick Gibson, who resides about one mile from this place, left home yesterday morning, apparently as well as usual, to pasture his stock in a meadow. After waiting some time for iiis return, his family became uneasy at his long absence and sent a little girl to find [iim. The child found him in tne meadow lead. The cause of his death is not yet positively known. ? Newberry Herald: Last Tuesday night a iastardly attempt was made to burn law range. Early Wednesday morning when Mr. John Jones' law office was entered jharred shavings and chips, and kerosine uil were found on the floor under the desk, rhe floor and desk was also charred. The building in which the fire was kindled adjoins the National Bank?the door was left unlocked at night. It will be remembered i similar attempt was made a short time igo.