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Sf\craps and Jacts. ? National and State banks are showing a disposition to assist the treasury in getting minor silver coins into circulation and offers are received daily from banks to take a specified sum weekly in this currency. ?There used to be five colored professors at Harvard University. Now there is but one, and he will probably not remain there long. The political leaders of the colored people are accordingly full of wrath at this elimination of their race by so-called Republican white sympathizers. ? On his arrival at Washington, the other day, Senator Logan, of Illinois, paid his respects to the President and they had a very pleasant chat. Logan wants it to be understood that he does not propose to lock horns with the administration over such a small matter as removals from and appointments to office. T-? !J A /II 1 1 1 ? xresiueuu L/ieveiituu ims ueueu uic machine Democrats of Chicago, who have repeatedly brought disgrace on the party, and rejected their candidate for marshal of the northern district of Illinois. He appointed F. H. Marsh, an ex-sheriff from the country who was endorsed by the cleaner element of the party. ? The people of the South may congratulate Hon. Henry W. Blair upon his triumph over W. E. Chandler for the New Hampshire Senatorship. Mr. Blair is a Republican, but a true friend to the South, according to his light. As a Democratic Senator was not possible, the selection of a Repulican like Mr. Blair was commendable. ? A number of Baptist pastors held a meeting in New York city the other day for the purpose of discussing the Old Testament revision. They objected to some of the changes. Prof. Meirowitz, Hebrew scholar, said he found many passages incorrectly translated, and he believed that the revised version was sadly in need of revision. ?J. T. Cluverius, convicted in Richmond of the murder of Fannie Lillian Madison, received a boquet a day or two ago from White Plains, Va., the card attached to which was in a lady's haudwriting, the only public expression of smpathy shown for him since his arrest. There is talk in Richmond of raising a fund to erect a monument over the grave of his victim, Lillian Madison. ? Twelve miles from Zacatqpas, Mexico, is the celebrated Santa Terbucio De Laveta Grande mine, that has produced ever since the Spanish conquest. It has been newly developed and fitted throughout with the most costly modern machinery. Last Saturday the mine was totally wrecked by an explosion plainly heard at Zacatecas, of v 500 cases of giant powder. Ten persons were killed. ? The business failures occurring throughout the country for the week ending last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency, number for the United States 1S5, and for Canada 22, making a total of 207 against 223 the previous week. Thirty-six failures are reporied on the Pacific coast, which is above the average. All other sections of the country show a decided decrease. ? The estate of C. T. Howard, of the Louisiana Lottery, who was lately killed by a runaway accident at Dobb's Ferry, instead of being worth only $3,000,000 as has been estimated, is declared by an acquaintance of his in New York, well informed as to his affairs, to be more nearly worth $10,000,000. He savs that the enormous profits of the lotterj have never been known, and that Howard tried every way to conceal them, so as to hide the full extent of the swindle. ? The Illinois State Senate has passed an important bill, the intent of which is the discontinuance of the system of contract labor in the State penitentiaries. The Act provides that in future the entire government and control of the Illinois penitentiaries will be vested in the penitentiary commissioners, the Governor being an exofficio member of the board. The work of the convicts is to be confined to such labor as may be required by the State. ? On the 10th instant, a special train, bearing the remains of Alexander H. Stevens, accompanied by an escort and many citizens, left Atlanta for Crawfordville, where the body which had. been removed from a vault in Atlanta, was laid in its permanent resting place at "Liberty Hall," the former home of the illustrious dead. The funeral ceremonies took place at Crawfordville on the same afternoon, where appropriate addresses were made by Hon. George T, Barnes, Hon. Harry Jackson, and Governor McDaniel. ? At Mt. Airy, Md., the other day, a family of bees were hovering in the air, looking for a place to swarm, when a telegraph operator happened to pass, and they decided to settle upon his head. Several hundred of them descended upon him and the rest were foliowiug, when he ran, scraping the unwelcome intruders from his hair and face with his hands, but getting so badly stung before he could clear himself that he fainted. His face was terribly swolen and he suffered severe pain. ? A Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch of Thursday says: There are 16 cases of fever at Sugar Notch, and two deaths have occurred since the last report. An outbreak of the epidemic has occurred at Warrior Run, a short distance from Vanticoke, and eight cases of the fever are reported there. The situation at Plymouth is improving, and Hie vpiutumc is uisiippfarmg jruai meitr n? rapidly as possible. New cases are rare and no deaths have occurred since last Friday. ? Acting Chief of Police Huebler, of St. Louis, has received a letter from a brother of the late C. Arthur Preller, who was murdered at the Southern Hotel in that city last April, inclosing a letter from Walter S. Carrington, of Stockport, Lancasshire, England, who states that Maxwell's real name is H. M. Brooks. He was articled to a firm of solicitors in Stockport, and twelve months since established a law practice at Hyde, where his father is a schoolmaster. He forged his father's name to a check and left for America. ? On Friday last, Henry Attaway, a son ofWhetten Attaway, was in a field in Coweta county, Ga., with a force of negro laborers, directing them in their work. One of the negroes, upon being ordered about by Attaway, grew violent and rushed upon his employer with an open knife. The father of the infuriated negro caught Attaway and held him while his son gave him three stabs. With the strength of desperation young Attaway broke loose, and sinking his knife in his assassin's temple, killed him instantly. Attaway died shortly afterwards. -Sixty-five white persons, a large number of them western drummers, are indicted at Dallas, Texas, for playing poker, and 250 negroes are being tried for "crap shooting," a game played with dice and voodoism. The negroes were indicted through the testimony of deacons of the colored churches, who belive that the shortest road to perdition is through the game of craize, and have organized to break it up. A panic, almost amounting to an exodus, has set in among the negroes; seventeen waiters have suddenly disappeared and the menial service is generally paralyzed. ? The Southern Exposition of 1885, at Louisville, Ky., is now fairly launched onits its career. Applicants are coming in every day, and every day visitors are arriving and inspecting the grounds and buildings with a view of making exhibits. A large quantity of exhibit freight has already arrived, and the freight notices received make it necessary to open the transportation office at once for the reception of goods. The buildings are in excellent condition. About three-fourths of the exhibit space has been applied for, and more than one-third has been allotted. The exposition promises to surpass all previous efforts at Louisville. ? The Southern Detective Association has discovered a clue to a murder committed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, five years ago. A wealthy Georgian went to that city with a large sum of money on his person. While intoxicated he went into a low dive on Afarket street about midnight. He was robbed of his money and murdered with clubs and knives by loafers. To dispose of the corpse it was weighted with stones and thrown in a vault. A barrel of lime was thrown into the vault to keep the odor from arising. The saloon-keeper, his wife and two sons witnessed the tragedy. The woman and husband have since died, but the sons are still living and doing business in Chattanooga. One of the boys, while drunk, made a statement embodying the above facts. ?The Washington correspondent of the i Boston Journal, a rampant Republican paper, says: It is clear that the Republican Senators do not intend to organize to defeat the President's nominations by the wholeI sale. It is known that Senator Logan, who j is certain to be regarded as one of the leaders i for the next four years, has had no such intention. "The Republican Senators," said ! one of the strongest of their number, "do not promise to snoot in the air. They will not make an indiscriminate attack upon the Administration. They recognize that, as a rele, the Democrats are entitled to the offices, and they will reject no nominations except those of persons whom they regard as unfit. There are some notable nominations which will be subjected to close scrutiny, but the great body of the nominations will be confirmed. The greatest opposition will be in the cases where Republicans have been suspended." ihc fcrMlc inquirer. YORKYILLE. S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 18,1885. AN OPEN LETTER. James Sadler, a colored transgressor who was confined in the jail at Newberry, on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, made his escape on Sunday night. Before retiring from his enforced seclusion to the privacy of a rural haunt, in conformity to the custom ol prominent citizens desiring to make public their views, he addressed an "open letter" to the jailor; and if notas gracefully rounded as the "open letter" intended for the constituency of an astute politician, there can be no doubt as to the sincerity of the writer's purpose. Here it is, and like all correspondence of a purely personal nature, it "fully explains itself:" "To the Sheriff My Dear sir, the reason I to branke out of Jail. What I did I did It. Jestifiable for myself, and I don't feel suspose to be Prison on seach circumstances and you need not look for me until court and den r m nnmiriff Hanlr onrl efnnrl mv t.riiil. JL UlAJ WUliUg XillViv u?vt wvmuw ? consider that the Law are treating Wrongfully, Yours, Affectionately, Jas. Sadler." FISH AND WARD. Two more indictments have been found by the grand jury against Ferdinand Ward and James D. Fish, charging them with grand larceny in the first degree. Ward has been formally arraigned in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and pleaded not guilty to the indictments against him. Fish has been examined from day to day, in the Ludlow street jail, before the referee, on behalf of Julien S. Da vies, receiver of Grant & Ward, to discover whether or not any of the tracts of land and buildings owned by Mr. Fish were purchased with money secured from the defunct firm. Fish was stubborn and testy, and his replies to questions evasive and unsatisfactory. Fish, seeking public sympathy, has recently written a letter to whom it may concern, one paragraph of which reads thus: "No one expresses any surprise that Gen. Grant should have been humougged, and he is let off on the ground of. not being a business man. The General and his sons spent a considerable portion of their time in Grant & Ward's office, while I was seldom there, and probably never spent an hour there in the aggregate." TEMPERA NCETJN GEORGIA. The Georgia Temperance Convention concluded its session last Thursday in Atlanta. Reports were made from all parts of the State indicating the rapid growth of sentiment in favor of prohibition and the rising enthusiasm of the masses for temperance. Resolutions were adopted petitioning the Legislature to pass a general local option law at its session next month, so that in every county in the State there can be an election on prohibition. Of the 138 counties in Georgia twenty have restricted the sale of liquor ana eighty nave ausoiuieiy prohibited it. It is thought that more than half of the thirty-eight counties where the sale of liquor is now unrestricted will be carried for prohibition if the Legislature passes the law asked for. The resolutions declare that temperance must not be mixed in politics, and in the elections for members of the State at large of the Executive Committee two Democrats and two Republicans were chosen. There were several negro delegates in the convention, and resolutions were passed to thoroughly organize the temperance movement among the negroes throughout the State. The convention was the largest and most representative body of the kind ever held in Georgia. THE CHARLESTON CO ELECTORS HIP. The contest for the office of collector of the port of Charleston has grown into a bitterpersonal quarrel between Mayor Courtenay of that city and Congressman Dibble. Mr. Dibble's promised statement about Mayor Courtenay was printed in three columns of the News and Courier of last Saturday. Mr. Dibble asserts that Mayor Courtenay first supported Mr. Mowry, then abandoned him and endorsed Mr. Walker, and within a few days thereafter telegraphed the President warmly supporting Mr. B. R. Riordan for "an honorable position." The News and Courier editorially replies to this portion of Mr. Dibble's card, and declares that so far as Mr. Riordan is concerned, Mayor Courte- ( nay did not know he was an applicant for the collectorship, and supposed he was seeking the appointment of a consul. Monday's issue of the News and Courier contains Mayor Courtenay's reply to Mr. Dibble's card of Saturday, the gist of which is a repetition of his former statements that Mr. Dibble is guilty of misrepresentations and slanders in the matter of the collectorship, and that he attempted to deceive and mislead the President. FAMINE IN WEST VIRGINIA. The situation in Jackson county, West I Virginia, is represented to be quite serious. ; A dispatch from Parkersburg says that hundreds of families are on the verge of j I starvation, una uuiess u.a is speeuuy ca- : | tended by the remainder of the State or the I > outside world, the most disastrous results j may be expected. Some of the more fortunate and influen- i | tial people of the county, and others who j ; believed the condition of the inhabitants j exaggerated, have heretofore denied the reports from time to time made public, hopi ing that things could be tided over till a I new crop could be raised, but now much alarm prevails and public meetings are being held in all the villages, and the local papers are printing appeals for aid. Last week meetings were held at Whitepine and New Kentuck, at which scores of citizens representing their respective neighborhoods testified as to the extent of the famine, j many pitiful stories being told. Hiram Cobb, owner of a mill, said people I would come at the rate of a dozen a day, i after walking long distances, begging for a pint or quart of meal, and sometimes bring- i ing half a peck of grains or a few ears of corn to be ground, lfe knew men who1 had gone for Ave days without food, and h( himself would soon be a sufferer. J. H. Garrett said his neighbors wert actually starving. John Smith, countj assessor, said that to his knowledge thre< hundred families were in danger of starv ingat New Iventuck. An appeal for aic was signed by representatives of one hun dred families. These are but speciiner stories. One family is said to have subsis ted for five days on lettuce, and when fount were nearly dead. These stories are plausible, coming aj they do from A barren agricultural section in which it is a maxim that the more of tin land a man owns the poorer he is. Th< story goes that several years since, a travel ler passing through the country and ob serving the poor condition of the crop stopped at a house for a drink of water, anc while waiting for it to be brought from thi spring, remarked upon the poor prospec before him, and concluded by sympathizing with the man of the house, whereupon th< object of his sympathy innocently replied "O stranger, I'm not half as bad off as yoi might think for; I own but a mighty littli spot of this here land." HOW TO APPLY^FOR^PUBLIC OFFICE. Since the incoming of the New Adminis tration the heads of the various department have received numerous applications fo office without any specification as to wha particular office the applicant desired, an< on Friday a letter was sent from the Whlti House in answer to a communication fron a gentleman in Philadelphia, who inquire* as to the proper method of filing an applica tion for office. The reply is of interest t all seeking places under the Government and is given to the press for publication. I says: "To secure attention to an application fo appointment a particular position should b named. When this is done the papers ar filed in the proper department, and whei the matter of appointment is to be deter mined the names of candidates and brief of their endorsement are laid before th< President by the head of the department." GRANT'S^ BOOK. The book on the War by Gen. Grant which has been extensively advertised b; constant allusion to it in the daily dispatch es in reference to his alleged dangerou sickness, is in press and will soon be issued The work will comprise two volumes of 50 pages each. Some extracts from this his tory of the war have been sent to the pres for publication, and on the first page of thi issue we print Gen. Grant's account of hi first interview with Gen. Lee at Appomal tox, which gives an illustration of th style in which the narrative is written He adroitly makes himself appear a "bigge man" than Lee, though younger. The au thor does not make the pretensions of Ma cauley, nor in point of graceful diction doe he approach the Peter Parley style of his tory familiar to the schoolboy of fort; years ago. He is positive and dogmatics in his statements, however, and if he fail to give to posterity his own actions in th great struggle, and his criticisms on othe generals, it will not be through the lack c effort on his part. At this late day he ha not forgotten the asperities of 1861, and t the disgust of any dispassionate reader, h interlards all his statements with sue! expressions as "the so-called C'onfederat States,""rebels," "the war of the rebellion, etc. This, however, will please a large ma jority of his readers, for the history wil have an immense sale in the North, and c course it is prepared with the special vie\ of pleasing that class of readers, who, "in vincible in peace and invisible in war, would waive the bloody shirt until dooms day. Several gross and inaccurate statement have already been detected in the advanc sheets. Among others, Grant repeats th did worn-out falsehood of Mr. Davis bein found in female costume when captured This would not be expected from a dignifie writer occupying the exalted position t which Gen. Grant aspires; but passing t more serious matters, it is said by thos who have read the first volume, that Grani in nrrlpp tn snvp his renutation in the cam paign of 1864, ^uts Lee's force at the open ingof the campaign at 80,000.men insteai of 55,000, and to this he adds the gross fie tion that Lee's reinforcements in the cam paign were about equal to his own. Sue! misstatements are extraordinary, to say th least; but they are only in keeping with al the histories of the war written from . Northern standpoint. JUNE CROP REPORTS. The June reports of the Agricultural De partment at Washington will record an ad vance in the cotton area of five to six pe cent., as follows: Virginia 107 per cent. North Carolina 102, South Carolina 10E Georgia 104, Florida 102, Alabama 103, Mis sissippi 106, Louisiana 107, Texas 110, Ar kansas 109, Tennessee 101. The total arei exceeds eighteen million acres. The plan is a healthy growth, nearly an average stam and good. Where recent rains have beei excessive the crop is in the grass. Th' general average is 92, which is higher thai in the three preceding years in June. Ther is an unusual uniformity in. the condition only Tennessee showing less than 90. Stat averages are: Virginia 98, North Carolim 93, South Carolina 96, Georgia 95, Floridi 93, Alabama 92, Mississippi 92, Louisiam 95. Texas 90, Arkansas 91, Tennessee 85 Wiieat.?The condition of winter whe^ is reported lower than ever before in June The general percentage declined from 70 ii May to 62. Averages of the principa States are: New York 91, Pennsylvanii 65, Ohio 55, Michigan 94, Indiana 63, Illi nois40, Missouri 52, Kansas 55, Colorado 58 In some States there has been a greater los of area than was anticipated in previou reports. The average yield will evidently be less than ten bushels per acre. The prob able product of winter wheat States accord ing to these returns, is reduced to about 20 million bushels. But none of the Territo ries are included in the winter wheat area The report of spring wheat is more l'avora ble. The disposition last autumn to reduo its breadth, on account of the low price, wa checked by a loss of winter wheat area and later by the British-Russia war rumors Substantially the same area has been seedec as last year, about eleven million acres ii northern New England, Wisconsin, Min nessota, Iowa, Nebraska and all the Terri tories. The percentage of last year's are: is 95 in Wisconsin, 99 in Minnessota, 102 ii Iowa, 98 in Nebraska, 102 in Dakota. Th< condition of spring wheat is 97 and indi catesa crop of about 153 million bushels The average for Wisconsin is 88, Minnesott 95. Iowa 100, Nebraska 102, Dakota 101 The present report therefore,indicates t wheat crop of 360 million bushels?23 milliot bushels smaller than in 1881. The acreage of oats has increased 4 pe: cent., and the average of the condition is 94 Corn will be reported in July, but volun tary returns indicate an increase of area. The Lynching of Young Terry.?a i^yncnuurg, \ a., uispaicu says; vjrcuciiv William It. Terry, the father of Han.stoi Terry, who was lynched by a mob at Liber ty about four weeks ago for the murder o F. A. Jeter, was informed last Thursday foi the first time of his son's fate. Genera Terry has been quite ill for some time, anc it was not deemed prudent to allow th< knowledge of his soil's fearful death to read him. Thus far all efforts of the authorities to secure the arrest of the parties engaget in the lynching of Terry have been fruitless General Terry was one of Stonewall Jack son's favorite commanders, and is a brave and determined man. It is claimed thai young Terry was insane when he commit ted the act for which he was taken from the jail and lynched by the Bedford mob. Gen eral Terry cannot be intimidated by the re cent threats of vigilance committees, and ii is believed he will never rest until he ha.' trailed the lynchers of his son and broughl them to justice. ' LOCAL AFFAIRS. j? . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ! 1 . Geo. W. S. Hart, Special Referee?Est. Win, R. | < McNeel, deceased. j 1 * j The Elliott Cotton Gin, Winnsboro, S. C.?At- ' ; tention ! Planters of York. j . j D. Harrison, Chairman Board of Examiners? . 1 | Notice to Teachers. J - Dr. P. R. Holt?Dyspepsia Can be Cured. ! Withers Adickes?On the Road. J. W. Dobson?Tobacco. ; ? Lowry & Starr?Machine Oil. 1 May it May?Why Will You Suffer. W. C. Latimer?Reduction. D. Harrison, School Commissioner?County < 3 Normal Institute. i , John C. Kuykendal?Mortar Notes Not to Edifi? cation. ' The Swift Specific Co.?Cancer of the Tongue. 1 ' (4th page.) - T. M. Dobson it Co.?A Corset for 2o Cents. i Herry tfc Barbor?Our Ice-C'ream Parlor. " T. S. Jefferys ? Agricultural Hall. J BULLOCK'S CREEK CHURCH. a Rev. J. R. McAlpine will be installed as pastor of this church on Sunday next. y UNTIL .JANUAR Y 1ST, I860. g We will furnish the Yorkville Enquirer . from this date until January 1st, 1880, for $1.80, , the cash, in all cases, to accompany the subscription. 0 EXCURSION RATES. Excursion tickets from Yorkville to Sullivan's Island and return have been placed on sale at the - Yorkville depot. Tickets are good from date of s purchase until October 1st, 188;% at $11.50 round r trip, by way of either the S. C. Railroad or the j X. E. Railroad. 1 VLP001* HOUSE SUPERINTENDENT. q At the meeting of the board of County Com^ missioners last Monday, Mr. Robert L. Davinney , was unanimously electedSuperintendent of the Poor House for the remalhd^r of this year, vice A. J. Davinney, whose death occurred on Mon0 day of last week. ' ^ CADET WILLIAMS. Mr. George W. Williams, of this place, a cadet in the United States Naval School at Anr napolis, successfully passed from the Fourth to e the Third class in the recent examinations. He e has been assigned to duty on a vessel which j* will make a three months' cruise, at the end of T which time, about the 1st of September, he will bo granted a furlough, when he will make a visit to hjs home. FORT MILL ACADEMY. /Our townsman, Gen. E. M. Law, was honored ' with an invitation to deliver the address at the Y closing exercises of Fort Mill Academy on - Thursday night last. The life and character of s Benjamin Franklin was the theme of his address, [# which he portrayed to the students as a notable Q example worthy the emulation of all the young men of the country. The address is spoken of ' as an able effort, instructive and entertaining. <J _ S COLORED NORMAL SCHOOL. g The session for 1885 of the State Normal Institute for colored teachers will be held in the ' town of Aiken, beginning July fith and continuing four weeks, with Prof. W. T. Rodenbach, of ' Scofield Normal School, as principal, and a full r corps of assistants. The C., C. & A. Railroad [- and its branches will furnish tickets to teachers > ,- teachers to purchase round trip tickets at their ig respective stations upon representing to the tickj. et agents that they areentitled to receive the beny efit of the reduced rates. ll ^ THE RAILROAD SCHEDULE. s 'A slight change of schedule on the Chester e and Lenoir Railroad went into effect last Saturr day. The south-bound train now arrives at Yorkvilie at 1.07 P. M., instead of 1 P. M. On the north-bound schedule there is no change. s There are no freight cars attached to the pas0 senger trains. The freight train runs each way e on alternate days?going up on Monday, Wedh nesday and Friday, and coming down on Tuese dav, Thursday and Saturday. The north-bound ?? freight arrives at Yorkville at 8.21 A. M., and t_ leaves at 8.30, and the south-bound freight arrives at 2.05 P. M., and leaves at 2.20 P. M. if TEACHERS' COUNTY INSTITUTE, y As will be seen by the notice of Rev. D Harrison, County School Commissioner, a normal institute for tile teachers of York county will be opened in Yorkville on the 22nd instant and continuofor two weeks. ^The Institute for the white teachers will be conducted in the Female Col~ - <???-! ....J T>nr.?. ? ICl^C DUllUlIlg, unuur uiu uiiuvuv/ii vi * iw e Withorow, of the Chester graded school. Are rangements for the institute lor colored teachers, g to be held at the same date, will be perfected in I due time. _ 1 X THE Mt- ZION RIOT. 0 William Crawford, colored, who was wounded 0 in the affray among the negroes at Mt. Zion e Church on Sunday the 7th instant, died on the j. following Tuesday evening at his home in the ' neighborhood of the church. George Beckham, who was severely wounded in the same fight, and brought to his home in this place, is d considered by his physician to be out of dan!* ger. As will be seen by our Rock Hill corresi pondence, quite a number of the participants in h the riot have been bound over by Trial Justice g Fewell, of Rock Hill, for their appearance at Ij the next term of Court; and from the cloud of witnesses that may be expected, with other items 01 of cost in the prosecution, as our correspondent suggests, the camp meeting at Mt. Zion will prove an expensive entertainment to the taxpayers of the county. 1" RAILROAD EARNINGS. r The railroad Commission has furnished a com'? pilation showing the earnings of the railroads in '> this State for the month of April, as compared j" with the earnings for the same month last year. " The total earnings of all the roads for April, 1884, ^ was 8427,319,49; for April, 1885, $406,383.77; inj crease, 84,801.44; decrease, 825,737.16: net decrease, Q 820,935.72; net per cent, decrease, 04.90. For the e roads named the earnings were as follows: ,, Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line?1884, 875,925.p 48; 1885, 876,184.48; increase, 8258.60 ; 0.34 per cent, increase. ? Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta?1884, 844,e 571.13; 1885, $41,492.43; decrease, $3,078.70; 06.91 a per cent, decrease. a Cheraw and Chester?1884, $2,185.35 : 1885, $1,a 951.91; decrease, $233.44; 10.68 per cent, decrease. I Chester and Lenoir?1884, 83,842.04; 1885, 85,j 092.27 ; increase, $1,250.23 ; 32.54 per cent, increase. As bv the March statement, so by the statement | for April, the Chester and Lenoir makes the best I sho^ng of any railroad in the State. * ' DEATH OF MaJ. B. F. BItlGGS. Major Benjamin F. Briggs died of paralysis at g his residence, six miles north-east of Yorkville, at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening of last week, after an illness of only a few days. _ -Major Briggs was born near the Fairmonnt Waterworks in Philadelphia,Pa., Augustus, 1819. 7 His father was an architect and builder, and in . the year 1823 ho was engaged by the State of South Carolina to work on the locks connected . with the State Canal, near Beckhamvillc, in g Chester county. Entering upon this work he S located in Lancaster county, where he lived a , few years and then removed to Columbia. Here . he pursued his regular profession for a short 1 while and built the first permanent bridge ever 1 erected at Columbia over the Congaree river. - While in Columbia ho obtained an engagement * to superintend the construction of an iron fur* nace at Cherokee Iron Works, in this county, 1 and removed thither. Heacquircd an interest in 2 this property, where he lived until his death. Here his son grew up, first as a clerk in the store , ' connected with the iron works, and afterwards, ( 1 he became largely interested in the production , * of iron at other works in Gaston county, X. C'., 1 which property included what is now known as ( AU-IIealingSprings, in the vicinity of the furr nace, and embraced a vast area, which he sold, in i 1863, to the <iarrett Brothers. Previous to the war * he was engaged in other mining enterprises, and ! for several years operated the King's Mountain : gold mine successfully and profitably. /N^ l Notwithstanding liis business interests were 1 1 in North Carolina, he was so well pleased with 1 Yorkville, that in 1855, he bought property in 1 fiiihi tnu-n nnd movinir his familv hero made this f his permanent home. At the outbreak of tho I war ho raised a company, recruited mainly in f Gaston county, X. C., was elected captain, and 1 J in June, 1801, on tho formation of the regiment? j ' Sixteenth North Carolina?to which his com9 pany was attached, ho was elected Major, which , j position he afterwards resigned and returned to ( his home in Yorkville. After the war he was f 1 elected county commissioner of York as a Dem- , ? ocrat, and served as one of the board for the j I; tirst term in this county after the oltice was cre. ated, his term expiring in 1869. ? A man who had handled an immense amount < . of property and left by the results of the war - comparatively poor, of untiring energy and am- < t bitious for public preferment withal, it is not ( i wondered that when the Kadical party was in 1 t the ascendancy in this State that he cast his for- j tunes with it. "While we say naught in extenua ion of his course, in going over to that party in 1870, it is no less due to his memory to record the 'act that few of its iniquities could be laid at his loor, and we believe that in the public positions le filled from 1870 to 187(? he had at heart the nterests of the white people of York, county. In ;he fall of 1870 ho was elected to the House ol Representatives by Republican voters, and in 1872 he was defeated for the Senate by Hannibal White, colored, Republican. He afterwards rereived the appointment of County Auditor which position he held until the ascendancy ol the Democratic party in 187G. He then retiree to his farm six miles north-east of town, when until his death ho was engaged in planting He was a successful farmer, and conducted his plantation on a model of order and neatness. Major Briggs had his faults, as have we all and if he had his enemies who regarded him a; a good hater, he was not without his friends, tc whom he was ever true. He was buried in thi cemetery at this place 011 Thursday, Rev. J Thomas Pate, of the M. E. Church, conducting the obsequies. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate Pastor. Services nextSunday at 11 A. M., and a 81 P. M. At the close of the morning sermoi the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will bead ministered. Sunday-school at 41 P. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday at8i P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. John son, Pastor. Services at 11 A. M., next Sunday at King's Mountain Chapel. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Service at 10.150 A. M., next Sunday by Licentiate J. M Grier. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Reg ular Church Conference at Union next Saturday at 11 A. M. Covenant meeting at 3 P. M. Ser vices on Sunday at 11 A. M. After the sermoi the ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be cele brated. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastoi Services at 10.30 A. M., and at 8.30 P. M., nex Sunday. Sunday-school at 5.30 P. M. Preach ing at the Poor House at 41 P. M. Prayer-meet ing at $.30 P. M. Thursday. Tf PRISONERS IN .JAIL. Unless several cases grow out of the negro rio at Mt. Zion Church on the 5th instant, the Sen sions docket for the term of the Circuit Coui next week will bo light. There are only si: prisoners in jail awaiting trial, and of these, tw aP T Ann- nnrl ninvor U'PTlt nvp cases?luuac ui iiuug uuu w? .?w... ? . from last term. The prisoners and their respect ive offences are as follows : D.A.Long, white; bigamy. Continued frori last term. Andrew Glover, colored; arson. Mistrial u last term. John Workman, colored; accessory before th factof the murder of Aaron Briant, at "Boyd' Friendship Church," in the north-eastern come of the county, on the night of the 25th of las April. Matt. Rose, the principal, and who in dieted the fatal wound, made his escape, and ha not yet been arrested. Rufus Adams, colored ; grand larceny. Stonewall Jackson, colored; house-breakin and grand larceny. Martin Dixoi* colored ; riot. Besides the above there are a few cases, for rc tailing spirituous liquor and other offences, thfi were continued from last term, and will probii bly be tried at the approaching Sessions. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. The following programme of the Sunday-schoc Convention for York county, to be held at Ml Vernon Church, on the 27th and 28th instant, ha been furnished to us for publication: Saturday, June 27. n * i\ nvoH/.Sunu lv r ureuuuu?v u viuviv.?ucvuwunui uavivuvh ... Rev. L. A. Johnson. Temporary organization. Calling roll. Permanent organization. Reports from schools. Discussion?"On the evils of Sunday-school closing during winter."?F. A. Gilbert, Esq., J R. Healan, Esq., Rev. W. W. Daniels. Sermon, by Rev. J. B. Traywick. Intermission. Prayer, by J. S. Garrison, Esq. Reports from schools. Discussion?"How to enlist the masses."?Re\ J. B. Wilson, Rev. J. B. Traywick, Rev. L. A Johnson. Discussion?"How to obtain the greatest spit ituality in Sunday-schools." To be discusse by the delegates from Rock Hill circuit. Discussion?"What good can bo accomplishe by Sunday-school Conventions?" To De dis cussed by delegates from Fort Mill circuit. Election of delegates to the State Conventior Selection of place where next Convention wi meet. Sermon, by Rev. W. W. Daniels. Sunday, June 28. Forenoon?9o'clock.?Devotional exercises b Rev. S. J. McLeod. Discussion?"The importance of organizin missionary societies in Sunday-schools."?Re; L. A. Johnson, F. A. Gilbert, Esq. Discussion?"Why should members of th church attend Sunday-schools?"?Rev. J. 1 Traywick, Rev. J. B. Wilson. Sermon, by Rev. J. Thomas Pate. Intermission. Sermon, by Rev. J. B. Wilson. Parting addresses. The basis of representation will be one dele gate for every twenty-live scholars. All Sun day-school superintendents and preachers i charge of work in York county, are member ex-ojftcio. All the subjects for discussion will b thrown open to the house for general discussior The reason the names of the delegates from Roc Hill and Fort Mill circuits are not mentioned, i because they were not received when this pre gramme was arranged. They are expected t address the Convention on the subjects namec Forward names of delegates to me at Hoodtowr S. C. S. J. McLEOD, P. C., York Ct. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer y" LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, S. C., June 15?The condi tion of Capt. D. D. Moore, who has bee quite sick for some time, is without change There seems to he very little improvemenl His son, Prof. W. S. Moore, arrived on visit last week from Sherman, Texas, wher he is engaged as teacher in Austin College. The most popular resort now in our-fowi is the fish pond of Messrs. Freidhierii & Brc The grounds around form an attractive pari* and the beautiful fountain playfhe jfaith centre of the pool lends additiortfflpafctrac tion to the quiet, pleasant retretffrj^It i visited every afternoon by numbersfdf ou citizens. I read, a few days ago, in the News am Courier, that l)r. Frazier, the chairman o the State board of health, had complete! his tour of inspection of the towns along thi lines of several railroads. If his inspectioi of all the towns was similar to his inspec tion of Rock Hill, the cost of his tour o inspection is a useless expense to the State He arrived here at 5 P. M., and left on th? same night, without calling a meeting of tin local board. While the sanitary conditioi of our town is good, it is certainly not du< to any suggestions from Dr. Frazier. The Sunday-school of the First Presby terian church, of Charlotte, N. C., picnickec near this place on Friday last. The pic nickers visited the town during the day, ani all seemed to enjoy themselves. The Char lotte Base Ball Club accompanied them anc crossed bats with "Our Boys'" Base Bal Club, of this place. "Our Boys" came ou victorious. There was a meeting of a number of per sons interested in fruit growing held in thi: place on Saturday last. The object of tin meeting was to takesteps to organize a Frui Growers' Asssociation. Considerable inter est was taken in the meeting, and there ii every reason to believe that we will soor have a Fruit Growers' Association in Yorl county. The enterprising firm of W. L. Roddey 6 L'o. expect to ounaa leiepnone nne ueuveei this place and Smith's Turnout. Mr. W L. Iioddey has also canvassed the town ir aid of a similar line between Rock Hill anc Yorkville. He met with much encourage ment. If Yorkville will do her part we wil have the line. Mr. Roddey's plan is toforrr a joint stock company. It is estimated thai the line can be built for ?700. It would cer tainly be advantageous to both towns. Mr. Robert Morrison, one of our fruit growers, expects to ship 10,000 pounds oi grapes to the northern markets this sum iner. Trial Justice Fewell had a big Court or Thursday last. The following persons, al colored, were placed under bonds to appeal it the next term of the Circuit Court foi participation in the riot at Mt. Zion Churcl: an Sunday, the 7th instant: Adam Moore Hunter Williams, Charner Dea, Trus Dea, Hd. Crawford, Freeman Workman, Elias Ciivins, Isaiah McNeely, Nelus Hinton Between 25 and 30 witnesses were examined, which consumed the greater part of the lay. This Sunday frolic of the darkey* will cost the county something yet before il is ended. Joe Massey, colored, ex-County C'ommis sioner, and lately discharged from the[State i penitentiary, was arrested on Saturday last, i charged with selling whisky without a li- ] i cense. The Town Council will investigate ( i the matter and then turn the case over to j ^ i U. S. Commissioner C. J. Pride for a furr ther hearing. j. i ! The broom drill came off on Tuesday night I in Roddey's hall, according to announce- j, . j ment. The whole town turned out to witness the novel exhibition. The following j- J young ladies formed the company, which I : was named by C'apt. Allen Jones "The . , Beautiful Belles": Miss Liva Boyd, Miss Nannie Keesler, Miss Ella Davis, Miss An' nie L. Roddey, Miss Willie Miller, Miss Lil* Man Jones, Miss Nellie Roach, Miss Annie 1 Williams. The young ladies acquitted themj selves quite creditably. Hal. 1 > Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. ?j Hoodtowv, June 13.?Thinking that it j might be of some interest to your readers j I to hear from this section, I will write you a j few lines. I have been here since January ' only. I find this to be one of the finest countries I have been in in some time. The 1 land is quite productive. The farmers can " and do raise wheat, oats, corn, etc., in an " abundance, with a heavy yield of cotton per acre. There aresome magnificent farm ers in this section. y As to our citizens, they are very quiet and full of enterprise. Society is now very s good. Our people are very &ood to go to . church, and attentive hearers when they go, and not only hearers of the word, butdo ers also. yr Upon the whole this country is develop. ing rapidly, and the time is near at hand n when this will be the garden of York . county. Taking the land and the people, filled with the energy of this people, and it . is only a auestion of time when she shall . j wave her nag in triumph, having achieved a glorious victory for themselves by their industry and patience. This country has had many disadvantages to overcome. She is over-coming them. The fire of progress is now burning ,t upon the minds of our people. The cry is, "We want a railroad; bring on the 'iron . hnrse' and we'll nav for him." x We want better schools. Who will come 0 and teach? We will build you academies. Come in with your classic Greek; we want to learn to read it. We have the money, and will pay you for all you do. Again, look to the water-power in this n country. The numerous falls on Broad River. Millions of spindles may be run by lt this grand old stream. I have no doubt in my mind but the time is coming when there e will be numerous factory towers up and 8 down the banks of Broad River, and the r sound of the weaver's shuttle will be heard it all along her banks, and the noise of the i- dray, and, the whistle and whoop of the s drayman will be a vexation to the loafers as they sit at the corners to whittle their lives away, and awake the drones in sociefr ty as the whirl of the world's commerce shall heedlessly pass them by. Give this people a railroad, which they will have in spite of every opposition, for Lt they will offer sufficient inducement to some capitalist, and the old iron horse with bowels of fire and nostrils of steam will come. Then these fertile fields that pour their harvest into the lap of the country will be >1 in great demand as the sight shall be seen t. by the wandering vagrant, a There are so many things that we could say about this people and this country that space would not allow it, and I will conclude by repeating the words of the Queen of Sheba when she came to visit the magnificent temple of King Solomon. When she had entered the building, she threw up her hands in astonishment, and exclaimed, "The half has not been told." s. j. m'l. S _____ t r- MERE-MENTION. The Public Printer reports that part first of volume twelve of the "Rebellion Record" will be ready for delivery by the first of r July. A child died near New Orleans ' on Friday with all the symptoms of yellow fever. The sugar crop of Louisiana - may be short, but the rice crop promises d to reach 300,000 barrels. The wheat crop in Illinois is a failure, but that of Michd igan is excellent. On and after the first of July postage on letters will be 2 cents for , each ounce, instead of 2 cents for each half li ounce as now. The change will be in the weight of the letter and not in the reduction of the postage Frosts on Monday and Tuesday nights of last week considerav bly injured corn and fruit in the highlands of Pennsylvania. At the same time there S was a fall of snow in portions of Maine. A r* man died of glanders in Montreal last Frie day, it being the second fatal case that has 5, occurred in that city lately The Ohio Republican State Convention, in session at Springfield last Thursday, nominated for Governor J. B. Foreaker, on the first ballot. The old liberty bell has been returned from New Orleans to Philadelphia, via the Louisville and Nashville ltailn road. The Governor of Georgia declines s to suspend his warrant for the arrest of Wilo liam S. Roberts, President of the collapsed Augusta Bank, issued upon the requisition g of the Governor of New York. Roberts attempted suicide three weeks ago, by cutting o his throat, and his condition is such that I. his removal at this time would be exceed), ingly dangerous. 'Several outbreaks by the Indians on the frontier have been reported recently, and troops are in pursuit . of the marauders. An Unsuccessful Lynching.?Near j. Belton a few nights ago a number of young n colored men decided that the conduct of an !# older man of their race living in the Heights borhood was so outrageously immoral as to a constitute a standing affront to the commue nity and justification for the infliction of condign punishment. They arraged that one of Q their number should go to the venerable vil, Iain's house as a friend and secure his gun so that the others could safely attack. The p programme was carried out and the raiders 7. seized their victim and were stripping mm s preparatory to a whipping when the man r who had the gun concluded, as a prudential measure to make retreat safe, to tire the rj load from it. He did so, but having neglectf ed to give his fellows warning of his inj tention, produced a startling and unexe pected result. The raiding party regarded 3 the shot as coming from the old man's _ friends rushing to his rescue, and every man f of them let go all holds and dug out for home the nearest way, leaving the luckless 3 spy alone to face the enraged and half naked 3 recipient of Judge Lynch's favor. In his j turn he was astonished and overjoyed by 3 the discovery that the old man believed him to be his friend and regarded the shot . as one fired in good faith to frighten his j tormentors. So he too went home safe and . rejoicing, and all's well that ends well, j Greenville Xewr. [ The Negroes and the Democracy.? i The woful predictions of the Blaine orators t and organs last fall as to the future of the negro in case the Democrats should elect the President read oddly enough now. The " Democrats have now been in power three ? months and the country has yet to hear of 1 the first outrage upon a black in the South, < while in the only three States which have I held elections of any sort the noteworthy ? events have been the choice of a capable , negro over rival white candidates as Police ; L Judge in Hot Springs, Ark., the nomination ; . of a number of negroes for local offices upon I* the Democratic ticket in Virginia, and the i election of a Democratic Mayor in the chief ' city of Delaware after his promise to appoint negroes on the police force.?TYew York Port, Independent. 1 Ax Interesting Cask.?A very interi esting point was raised in an appeal ease t in court Tuesday evening. Venner ltay was indicted and convicted of petit larceny before Trial Justice E. IS. F. Giles in Green- j wood on June 6th, 18SJ. His counsel, Win. | f N. Graydon, Esq., appealed to the court of general sessions on the ground that trial justices have no jurisdiction in cases of petit t larceny. After full argument by defend1 ant's counsel and the solicitor, Judge Cothr ran reserved his decision that he might f give the case full consideration. The de- 1 i cision will be looked for with great interest i by the lawyers and the people generally.? ( Abbeville Medium. ' . . ? Mr. Andrews, formerly of Spartanburg, j S. C., but now of Newark, X. J., has inventi ed a cotton cultivator, with which six acres 1 j of cotton can be plowed and hoed in a day, t leaving the rows entirely clean. One of the cultivators is being used successfully by Mr. Lanston, of Spartanburg. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? There are thirteen prisoners in the Wullalla jail, two of them United States prisoners. The other eleven are held for trial in the Sessions court. ? The grand jury of Pickens county have presented a number of persons for immoral living, and a number of others for selling "tonics" ami brandy peaches. ? The State Agricultural department has been advised that the first prize, amounting to $1,200, for the best Sea Island cotton has been awarded to Mr. Clark, of Kdisto Island. ? United States Marshal Boykin will not enter upon the discharge of his official duties until July 1, the beginning of the Federal fiscal year. Marshal Boykin will reside in Charleston, where he will have his office. ? The sales of fertilizers in this state, as shown by the books of the Department of Agriculture, have been larger this year than at any time within five years, and are prob~LI"" * ~ *M?At??Ano oolou in tliO amy nirger uuui i?i,y picvmua ?uv>> *?w State. ? Mary Spann, a young colored girl, has been arrested in Greenville, charged with the murder of a colored man named John Brown, aged 22, by stabbing him on one of the principal streets of that town last Saturday night. ? The Saluda section of Edgefield county was visited with a heavy rainlast Thursday,# washing away the oat and corn crops. It was the heaviest rain known in that section for fifteen years, and what was a bright crop x prospect on Wednesday is now completely ruined. The loss to the farmers on Big Creek cannot be estimated. ?Judge Kershaw went to Lexington Court House on Monday of last week to open court. Immediately upon doing so the grand jury made their presentment. The jail was reported empty and the farmers too busy to attend Court, which adjourned an hour after being opened. This speaks well for the good conduct and industey of that county. ? Legal proceedings were instituted last week against several barkeepers in Greenville for selling liquor to an inebriate after written notice from his wife demanding that they should sell him no more liquor. The cases were compromised by each barkeeper paying the injured woman $50 ; and while the woman was no doubt entitled to the amount, aggregating $250, the bar-keepers regard their experience cheap enough, and hereafter will profit accordingly. ? In the Lancaster Court of Sessions, last week, Charles L. Emanuel was acquitted of the charge of murdering William D. Curtis. Sam Crawford, colored, convicted of murdering Everitt Hood, also colored, while working on the public road on the 14th of March, was sentenced to be hanged on the 31st of July. Sam B. Roberts, white, was tried for the murder of Thomas L. Ghent on the 2nd of February, and acquitted. With this trial the criminal business ended. ? The Mason Cotton Harvester Company, of Charleston, has received a letter from Fred. Lenick, Secretary of the South African Exhibition, requesting the company to place one of its harvesters on exhibition at Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, in December next, when the South African Exposition will be opened. Mr. Lenick says that in view of the extension of the cotton growing in the colony, the Mas6n machine would be esteemed a very valuable exhibit. ?There is now in'the State treasury about $250,000, with $25,000 more to come in shortly as royalties. The interest paid last year on State stocks and bonds amounted to $370.000; therefore the half of that amount will be the semi-annual interest due on the first of next montn. ine suite treasurer has the authority to borrow $200,000 to pay interest, but the above statement shows that the State is not "on the borrow." About $100,000 of the above sum was received from the May installment of taxes. ? It appears that the transfer of the Greenville and Laurens Railroad to the Georgia Central hangs fire. The Laurens Herald says that several of the directors went to Atlanta on Monday for the purpose of submitting a proposition to President Raoniregarding the transfer. In consequence of the proposition not being in proper form, or in a form satisfactory to President Itaoul, nothing was done regarding the matter. Another meeting was appointed to be held at Greenwood on the 19th instant, which Mr. Raoul will attend and submit such terms as he is willing to take the road upon and be governed by. ? A civil service examination was conducted in Columbia on Tuesday of last week, under direction of Charles Lyman, of Washington, Chief Examiner of the United States Civil Service Commission. There were 47 applicants. Of these 3G were white males, 2 white females, 5 mulattoes and four blacks. Every applicant is designated by a number in lieu of a name in the course of the examination, but name and number are known only to those who have that right. All who receive 65 out of a possible 100, are entitled to be registered or certified as elligible applicants. All who fall below G5 are rejected. Decisions will not be made until Mr. Lyman's return to Washington. ? The trial of J. C. Ferguson, the murderer of Arthur M. Benedict, called up in the Sessions Court of Abbeville, last week, was continued until next term of the Court. The prisoner first moved for a continuance, making affadavit that he did not believe he could obtain "justice'-' before the presiding Judge, (Cothran.) The Court did not recognize this as a valid reason, and then motion was made lor continuance on the ground that the prisoner's wife was ?ipL- This was overruled -and the trial set for Wednesday morning; but when the time arrived, the prisoner made a third motion for continuance on the ground that two.important witnesses were absent and the Court granted the motion. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? John A. Young has been appointed postmaster at Charlotte, vice W. W. Jenkins, suspended for offensive partisanship. ? ThomasGee, Thomas McNeil and Joseph Howard, all colored, have been sentenced to be hanged at Fayetville on July 25, all having been convicted of murder. They were sentenced a few months ago, but appealed to the Supreme Court, which confirmed the decision of the lower court. At Webster, Jack Lambert was also convicted of the murder of a man named Wilson, and was sentenced to be hanged on July 3rd. ? The Randleman cotton factory in Randolph county was partly destroyed by fire last Thursday night. The weaving, dyeing and spinning departments and engine and boiler rooms were destroyed. The loss is ?100,000, insured for $74,000. This was the most extenstve cotton manufacturing establishment in the State. About 250 hands are thrown out of employment at, this mill, though one a mile below will run double time in order to give them employment until the burnt mill is rebuilt. ? A great sensation was caused in Raleigh on the night of the 10th instant, by the killing of John Cheatham, a merchant, by William Gooch, a street employee, and the probable fatal stabbing of James Cheatham, a partner of John Cheatham, by Jim Smith, also a street hand. The affair was the result of a dispute in the^toreof Cheatham Brothers over a small account due by one of the men. Both Smith and Gooch were captured. It was the first murder in Raleigh in many years. James Cheatham says his brother was quarrelling with the men and cried out that he was stabbed. James tried to part his brother and Gooch when Jim Smith reached up and stabbed him in the stomach in two places, and in the left shoulder also. The affair occurred in the heart of the city in fifty yards of police headquarters. None of the parties are known to have been under the influence of liquor. ? A dispatch from Raleigh, says: "The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company has purchased the Midland North Carolina Railroad. This road runs from Goldsboro' to Smithfield, thirty miles, and was built by William J. Best four years ago. It was intended, as asserted, to be a part of the great Midland system from Beaufort harbor to Paint Rock, extending the entire length of the State?from the ocean to the Tennessee line. Since Best left the State the road has been operated by a company. It is reported that the Wilmington and Weldon Company will extend their line from Smithfield to Raleigh?a distance of