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lite futMlf flNijttiret:. YOBKVIL1E. 8. X THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13,1885. CROP REPORTS. Returns to the Department of Agriculture at Washington, make slight improvements in the condition of cotton, on the first of this month, the general average being 96$, a point not exceeded in the August returns since 1880. The average forSoufch Carolina this month is 9G. The crop is a few days late, especially in the Atlantic States. Lack of rain is reported in some sections, especially portions of Texas. The shedding of forms and bolls by rust and blight is much less prevalent than usual. The caterpillar has as yet done no damage, though reported in several counties in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. It is rare in Mississippi and not reported in Arkansas and Tennessee. Corn has made improvement since the last report, and the general average will be 26 to 27 bushels per acre. The corn prospect has not been exceeded since 1880. Unfavorable weather in some of the principal wheat growing sections has reduced the prospects of this crop, and indicates a reduction of 6,000,000 bushels from the expectations on the 1st of July. GRANT'S OBSEQUIES.' The ceremonies attending the burial of Gen. Grant, in Riverside Park, at New York, last Saturday, formed the grandest pageant known to modern times. The procession numbered fully 300,000 persons, and the time required for the ceremonies consumed nine hours. The arrangements were all under direction of Gen. Hancock, and the mass nf trnnns and civilians was moved from the City Hall to the last resting place of the dead, with the utmost good order and without accident. At 18 minutes past 5 P. M., the eeremonies were concluded with religious exercises by Rev. Dr. Newman and Bishop Harris, the latter of whom read the ritual service of the Methodist Episcopal Church. During these ceremonies the family stood at the foot of the casket. Mrs. Grant was not there. Directly behind the funeral party stood Gen. Hancock. At his elbow was President Cleveland, Vice-President Hendricks and members of the Cabinet. Near the head of the casket, on the right, Sherman and Sheridan in full uniform were uncovered during the entire service. At their sides were ex-Presidents Arthur and T- J CI X Ol Jtiayes HDU oeuaiur oucnuau, auu uu mc other side of the casket, opposite, were Admiral Porter, Fitzhugh Lee, Gen. Gordon and Gen. Buckner. When the religious services were ended, a trumpeter sounded the tattoo, the remains were borne within the tomb and placed within the steel case, after which the linings were sealed, and the long chapter ended. THE CITADEL TROUBLES. We publish this week a lengthy statement by Col. John P. Thomas, late Superintendent of the Citadel Academy, giving his reasons for resigning that position. We print his card for the two-fold purpose of gi ving, so far as the statements of fact therein contained go to do it, the inside history of the troubles which brought about the resignation of Col. Thomas, and also to place that gentleman properly before the public. As we understand the origin of the difficulty, which was of so trivial a character as to excite no attention in its incipiency, Cadet Schirmer, some weeks ago, reported a trifling delinquency of a brother cadet? a brecha of discipline in the mess-hall, we believe. This provoked the ire of several cadets, and subsequently, when Cadet Schirmer was promoted to the rank of Sergeant by the Superintendent on the ground, as we must suppose, of merit, a number?some seventy cadets?signed a protest and presented it to the Superintendent, the ostensible objection to Cadet Schirmer being that he had practiced espionage upon his fellow cadets. The signers of the protest threatened to withdraw from the school if the promotion of Schirmer was not revokfc^ The Superintendent, properly enough refusal to do this, and a meeting of the Boa* of Visitors was caueci to consider ine case, upon investigation Sergeant Schirmer was acquitted of "conduct unbecoming a gentleman," but the Hoard consider that he was not without fault. His appointment as sergeant was revoked on the ground that, under all the circumstances, he could not discharge the duties of the office with advantage to the interest of the institution. Besides the resignation of Col. Thomas, which followed, Gen. Kemper, Professor of Sciences, has likewise resigned. The vacancies will be filled by the Board before October 1st, when the next term begins. . SOUTH CAROLINA VETERANS. The Survivors' Association of the Sixth Regiment S. C. V.. a few members of the Twelfth regiment, and members of the Fifth and Fifteenth regiments and a detatchment from the Seventh South Carolina battalion, all Confederate veterans, accompanied by the Gordon Light Infantry of Winnsboro, visited Richmond last week, the object being for the Sixth Regiment Survivors to hold their annual reunion on Thursday on the battlefield of Seven Pines. The train, chartered for the occasion, left Columbia with not more than a dozen excursionists, but by the time it reached the northern borders of the State there were in the neighborhood of four hundred persons on board. Arriving at Richmond, the veterans were properly received in that city by the military organizations and civic bodies, and after breakfast the Survivors and the Gordon j Light Infantry were escorted to the Rich-1 mond & Danville Railway station, where i 11 t a a xi x : _ ~ i. i i_ tney Doarueuine mini, hi, nun pasty u ciuck [ for Seven Pines. Of the exercises in the j field, the special correspondent of the Jews! and Courier writes as follows: A half hour's ride brought them to Fair Oaks, a station on the York River Railroad, which, in the Federal annals of the war,: has given a name to what is better known j as the Rattle of Seven Pines. Fair Oaks is pretty much the same as it: was twenty-three years ago, although im-; mediately around it the scene has in some respects changed tor the better. From Fair Oaks to Seven Pines there is a road running southeast, which crosses the Williamsburg road about a mile from the former place,! and the junction of the two roads is known as Seven Pines. From Seven Pines the i Williamsburg road runs west for some distance in the direction of Richmond, which is distant about eight miles, and east towards the Chickahominy River. It runs ! almost parallel with the York River Rail- j road, which latter runs through Fair Oaks j station. The military operations which led to the j battle of Seven Pines have been more fre-: quentlv discussed than those of any other j battle 'of the civil war. It will perhaps, j therefore, be sufficiently explanatory to pre-: mise that two corps of McClellan's army, | Keyes' and Heintzelman's, had been thrown ' across theChickahominy and were, in May, moving west along the Williamsburg road towards Richmond. Casey's division of Keyes' corps was a mile west from Seven Pines in tne direction of Richmond, on both sides of the Williamsburg road, and he was supported by Couch's division, which was firmly intrenched at Seven Pines. A part of Couch's division was also stationed about a mile from Seven Pines, beyond the railroad, and north of Fair Oaks station. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was then in eomJ mand of the army around Richmond, and being apprised of the approach of Casey he ordered Gen. D. H. Hill and Gen. Longstreet to proceed along the Williamsburg road and drive Casey and Couch back to their intrenchment on the Chickahominy. This order was intended to be put in operation early on the morning of the the 31st of May, but the attack was not begun until about 3 o'clock in the evening. The delay enabled the Federals to throw two additional divisions across theChickahominy which was thought by the Confederates to be imSassible from recent heavy rains, and these ivisions by engaging that part of the Confederate army which otherwise would have pn-nnorated with Hill aloner the Williams burg road, changed the whole situation and made new history of the battle. The impetuous charge of Hill's legions against Casey's advanced position, which carried them through the latter's camp is too well known to need repetition or description. Casey retreated in disorder to Seven Pines and there formed a junction with Couch in his fortified position, which was further reinforced by Kearney's division, which was hastened to the rescue from Savage's Station to the east of Fair Oaks. It was in this state of affairs that the 6th South Carolina regiment under Gen. Bratton was sent as part of and with "Fighting Dick Anderson's" division to complete the rout of the Federals at Seven Pines. When, therefore, the survivors of the 6th regiment got off the train at Fair Oaks and stepped upon the Nine-mile road, across and along which much of the bloody fighting of that day was done, it was impossible to restrain their desire to rush at once to the field of battle. Once on the road they ran and yelled with all the vigor of twentythree vears ago to the place where they crossed the road in hot pursuit of the flying Federal army. A stage had been erected for the speakers, aud around it were grouped some 500 persons who were well entertained by Gen. Bratton, the chosen orator for the occasion, who confined his remarks to the deeds of the Sixth regiment, which was under his command in the battle, and those of the Fifth regiment and Jenkins' Sharpshooters. "In concluding his address to his fellow soldiers," writes the correspondent, "Gen. Bratton said that the 5th regiment went into the fight with five hundred and eightyone officers and men ; that of these eightyeight were killed, one hundred and sixtyseven wounded and twenty-seven missing. Of the latter number it is now supposed that all were killed except one, who was subsequently accounted for. Along the Williamsburg road and on either side twenty-seven hundred Confederate and about three thousand Federal soldiers were left upon the field wounded, dead and dying, at the approach of the night of the first day at Seven Pines. The fighting on the next day as compared with that of the first day is, as is well known, a matter of insignificance. Both, from that fact and the circumstance that there is no historical dispute about the result of the second day's conflict." After Gen. Bratton concluded his address, the survivors were addressed by Col. J. H. Rion, Congressman Hemphill, of South Carolina, Lieut. Phillips and Adjutant Sphiltzer, of the Camp Lee Veterans, and after a bountiful repast, the survivors spent the remainder of the time at their disposal before returning to Richmond, in visiting notable spots of the historic battle-field. CROPS IN THE STATE. The State Department of Agriculture furnishes the following information regarding the growing crops derived from the reports of its county and township correspondents: Cotton.?The favorable condition of the cotton crop during .iune nas Deen iuuy maintained in July. Generally throughout the State the plant shows a rapid and healthy growth, and the reports indicate one of the finest crops grown in the State for many years. In some sections the rains have been excessive, and in others there has been insufficient rainfall, but these conditions exist only in a few localities, and are not general enough to appreciably affect the crop. The correspondents with scarcely an exception, report that where the crop has been well worked, and this has been done very generally, the prospects for a full yield are very promising. Caterpillars have appeared in Aiken, Darlington, Orangeburg, Sumter, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Hampton, but so far have done no serious harm?but farmers are apprehensive of damage that may be done by second brood. The planters have begun the use of Paris green in some of the lower counties, and this will be resorted to in other sections if necessary. Slight shedding is noticed in localities, but the crop has sustained no injury from this cause. Some correspondents say that the plant is growing too much to weed and is not fruiting well. In a few townships labor has not been sufficient to work the croo, and that is still grassy, and a small area has been abandoned from this cause. The condition, August 1st, is reported: In upper Carolina at 101, middle Carolina at 99 ana lower Carolina at 98, average for the State 99. The following was the condition on the first of August in the years mentioned: 1881 72, 1882 94,1883 79 and in 1884 84. The condition is higher than any reported by the National Departmet of Agiiculture since 1870. In that year it was reported at 101. The next highest reports made by that department were in 1872, 1880 and 1882, when it was estimated at 98. Corn.?The corn crop is unusually good, I and many of the correspondents express the j opinion that it will be the largest yield ever obtained in the State. The early corn is I safe for a full crop beyond all contingencies, and the late planting promises equally as well. The condition is reported in upper Carolina 105, middle and lower Carolina 101 ; average for the State 102, against 87 for the same period last year. Other Crops.?The smaller crops have been necessarily neglected on account of the labor needed to keep the more important crops well worked, and the condition is consequently lower than it would otherwise have been. Sorghum is reported at 98, sugar cane 95, peas 99, Irish potatoes 97 and sweet potatoes 99. Tiie Columbia Tiieoloical Seminary. Mr. Vos, the young Princeton student, who was recently elected "provisional instructor of biblical literature," in the Presbyterian theological seminary, after signifying his acceptance has now declined com-; irig. Dr. Mack, in his published notice of j this fact, ascribes it to certain late publica-! tions in the religious newspapers. It is probable that Mr. Vos has discovered that his election was in the face of vigorous opposition, especially on the ground of his alleged ineligibility, the constitution of the seminary providing that all its professors j shall be ordained ministers of the Gospel, j Decent publications have indicated that this > question would be brought up by the con-! trolling synods against the confirmation of Mr. V os' election. This withdrawal of Mr. j Vos leaves the seminary with the prospect [ of having but two professors at the opening of the next session in September. These are Dr. Girardeau and Dr. Tadlock, Dr. Hersman, who was elected to the Perkins chair, having previously declined. ? John Wise makes this calculation : "I am not elated, but I firmly believe that I j will be elected. There are 128,0(10 negro j votersand 210,000 white voters in Yiginia. I will get 120,000 negro votes and between I 50,000 and 00,000 white votes. The Democrats carried Virgina for Cleveland by only about 4,000 votes, and they are much more solid on national than on State issues." This is an ominous showing for Virginia. The negro holds the fort there to a large extent. THE CITADEL EMBROGLIO. [From the Charleston Neivs and Courier, Aug. 7.] As late Superintendent of the South Carolin Military Academy, justice to myself as well as to the cause of sound discipline in the State's military school constrains me reluctantly to break my reticence in connection with my resignation and to place the facts before the public tribunal. The case is best stated in the logical order of the following communications: 1. Under date of July 5, 1885, Colonel Thomas, Superintendent, wrote as follows to Genaral Hagood, Chairman of the Board of Visitors: "The Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors having on a recent occasion declined to investigate a report made by me as Superintendent, of combination of a serious character among the cadets of this Academy, and having further excused a meeting of said cadets, boldly held with out the previous knowledge or sanction of the Superintendent, both cases involving, as I hold, principles vital to discipline, 1 take leave to state that I feel that I have not been sustained, and that the Executive Committee has not given to my office the consideration due to it under the law of the Academy. "Hence I have the honor, agreeably to Article 5th, Regulations, to give the required notice of resignation." X orvnlinrl fn fhn PhQiriTlOn JUUII tll^l X Cippuvv* wvy VIIV VltMliumu for his consent to my making public this notice of my resignation in order that the issue made might be distinct and disconnected from subsequent developments. To this the Chairman, on ground of good of the Academy, declined to assent. 2. Under date of August 2, 1885, Colonel Thomas, Superintendent, wrote as follows to General Hagood, Chairman Board of Visitors : "My communication of July 5, 1885, contains the immediate grounds of my resignation. Desiring the Board of Visitors to understand fully my cause of action, I have the honor to request that you submit to that body the reports Nos. 1 and 2, enclosed herewith, which the Executive Committee of the Board did not deem it expedient to investigate. "While the serious differences of opinion growing out of a grave question of discipline, and some discord in general between the Board of Visitors and tne Superintendent, make my retirement from my office imperative and irrevocable, let me here exI press the sentiment that moves me of unlmpared devotion to my Alma Mater. Connected for nearly twenty years with the old Academy and the new, and thus bound to both by strong ties and tender memories, I shall continue to maintain with unswerving loyalty the cause of the Citadel. No longer serving the Academy under the Board, I shall be found in the ranks of the citzenship of the State doing"all in my power to magnify South Carolina's school of arts and arms, an institution absolutely indispensable to the full development of the mental and moral forces of her youth. No longer the executive of the Board, I shall be its ally ancl its champion in every wise measure of its future administration. "Allow me to close with the expression, heretofore made three years ago, of my appreciation of the confidence of the Board of Visitors in calling me to the work of reestablishing this school, of reluming the fires on the academic altar. In my sphere I have sought, God knows how earnestly, to lay the foundations broad and deep; to make the scholarship of the Academy thorough, accurate and polished; its soldiership industrious and genuine; its code of ethics high ; in fine to cast it in a mould as lofty as I could fashion. This has been my firm purpose. How far I have effected it, and to what extent I am myself responsible for my unrealized ideal, I shall leave to the public judgment. But this I know, and will declare, that I builded the best I knew how; that I have tried to comprehend my trust and to keep faithful to it with singleness of aim. "That the Board of Visitors has sought the good of the charge committed to it I have never doubted; and my prayer is that its administration may be blessed with the largest and best results for the Academy and the country. "When the time shall come for me to relinquish my trust, I congratulate myself upon the fact that I shall be enabled to turn over to the Board of Visitors the Academy in excellent working order, and without one dollar's indebtedness." 3. On August 4, 1885, when the Board of Visitors, sitting at the Citadel, were on the eve of adjournment sine die, Quartermaster White, saying that he had been directed so to do, handed me the paper annexed, signed S. B. Jones, Secretary. It came without previous consultation with the Superintendent and was a surprise to that officer, because he had been led to conclude from the individual views expressed to him by a member of the Board that the finding of the Court of Inquiry would be the end of the Schirmer matter, and that my promotion of Cadet Schirmer would not be called in question. [Extracts from Minutes.] "Cadet Schirmer's Case.?When the recent Court of Inquiry was convened the Board of Visitors reserved to itself to inquire, beyond the charges and specifications presented, into the fitness of Cadet Schirmer for the office to which he was appointed. Having discharged this duty, "Resolved, That, considering all the circumstances developed, while the Board have acquitted Cadet Schirmer in the Court of Inquiry of the charges affecting his character as a gentleman, yet in their apprehension the academic career of the Cadet does not exhibit qualifications enabling him to discharge the duties of an officer usefully to the Academy. The Superintendent is, therefore, directed to revoke Cadet Schirmer's appointment as a Sergeant of the corps." Immediately upon its receipt, inviting the Chairman to my office, I respectfully but briefly notified him that, deeming the order illegal, I did not intend to execute it. He replied, in substance, that there was nothing more to be said, and the interview ended. I here state, in vindication of my soldierly character, that 1 stood on these ifi-nnnfli! . tVio rQfrnlu + inric f\f fhp Apfldpmv make up the code of the Academy and stand to the Board of Visitors and the Superintendent in the relation of army regulations to officers and subordinates. The regulations of the South Carolina Military Academy, though made up by the Board of Visitors, under the authority conferred in the Act passed December 2, 1842, and entitled "An Act to convert the Arsenal at Columbia and the Citadel and Magazine in and near Charleston into military schools," are binding equally on the Board and on the Superintendent. Art. 3, Regulations S. C. M. A., reads: "The Superintendent will have immediate government of the Academy, and be held responsible for its correct management." Art. 72 reads thus: "The cadets of the Academy shall constitute a military corps, and shall be subjected to military discipline under command of the Superintendent." Art. 92 contains the following special points: "The commissioned and non-commissioned officers shall be appointed by the Superintendent from 'those cadets who have been mosWrciive and soldier like in the performance of their duties, and most exemplary#!?! their general deportment." Agajpf* ''Cadet officers, of whatever rank, ; are required to be loyal to their trust and j do thei r duty with courtesy, but at the same j time with firmness and entire impartiality. Any cadet officer who neglects his duty and betrays the confidence reposed in him will be reduced to the ranks," &c. It is not stated, be it noticed, that the cadet officer must of necessity be popular with his comrades. Being summarily called upon, with- | out previous conference on a delicate mat- j ter, to revoke the appointment which I had ; made under the law?in which appoint- j nient, as to its wisdom and propriety, I have ; been authorized by Mtyor Cain, Lieut, j Weaver, U. S. A., and Capt. Lyman Hall, | of my late military family, to state, if | I deemed it contributory to my vindication, that, although not originally consulted by me in the making of it, they fully concurred with me?I could not hesitate as to my duty. To revoke Cadet Sergeant Schirmers' appointment was to reduce him to the ranks, to put him under ban without cause ; and without trial?to deny him the rights | and privileges accorded to other cadets. That, in my judgment, was the plain English of the order that came to me. As the Kegulations state that a cadet officer can be deprived of his office only when he neglects duty or betrays confidence reposed in him I held that the order of the Board was clearly illegal, and I felt as a man and soldier absolved from any obligation to obey said order. I could not and would not serve at the altar of what I deemed illegal sacrificeillegal as to the written law and the Regulations and also to the unwritten law of common justice. 4. Subsequently, the same evening of August 4,1 sent to the Chairman the following formal notice: "I have received the order of the Board of Visitors directing me to revoke Cadet Schirmer's appointment as Sergeant of the corps. Without entering into the question of the legality of the order, I have the honor to decline to be the instrument, in my official position as Superintendent, for doing what I regard a serious injustice to a worthy and deserving cadet by inflicting upon him that punishment which, by the regulations of the Academy, is especially appropriate to the case of a 'cadet officer who neglects his duty'and betrays the confidence reposed in him,' neither of which offences Cadet Sergeant Schirmer has comnrt ? 99 UlllllCU* The Neivs and Courier of August 5, by authority of "some member or members of the Board of Visitors," as the Chairman subsequently informed me, announced that my resignation had been accepted, to take effect, as I had proposed July 28, on October 1 next. This was my first notice of action on my resignation, although 1 had on July 15 and on July 18 urgently but unsuccessfully asked leave of the Chairman to make the fact of said resignation public. 5. About 5 P. M. August 5, General Walker, acting Secretary of the Board of Visitors, sent me the following papers: (Extract from the Minutes of the Board of Visitors S. C. M. A.) August 4, 1885. The resignation of Col. J. P. Thomas as Superintendent of the .Academy was received and accepted by the Board, to take effect October 1, 1885, and the following resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, That the Board of "Visitors in accepting the resignation of Col. J. P. Thomas, Superintendent South Carolina Military Academy, desires to express its sense of the zeal and earnestness with which he has discharged the duties of his office, and that in retiring from the institution he carries with him the best wishes of the Board for his future welfare." August5,1885. ."On motion, the action of the Board relative to Colonel Thomas' resignation at the meeting August 4 was reconsidered and the following substituted therefor: "Resignation of Colonel Thomas was submitted. Resolved, 1. That Colonel Thomas' resignation as Superintendent be accepted to take effect to-day. 2. "That the senior officer present for duty is placed in command and will dis charge tne duties 01 superintendent until further orders." My refusal to revoke his appointment, and to reduce Cadet Sergeant Schirmer to the ranks, explains the change of action by the Board towards me. My resignation was based upon the failure of the Executive Committee of the Board to sustain discipline on the occasion of two serious violations of the special law of the Academy, formally and regularly reported by the Superintendent and ignored by the Executive Committee of the Board. As to the circumstances under which my resignation of July o was finally accepted, I am content to leave the matter at issue with the tribunal before which, with as little comment as I could afford, I have placed it. Until dissatisfaction of cadets with the promotion of Cadet Schirmer met encouragement from those in authority, my work in establishing the South Carolina Military Academy upon a sound basis and putting it upon a successful career had not been questioned. If I had retired from my post, after arduous service, without the commendation of the Board of Visitors, I can at least hope for that higher reward, the approval of the people of the State, for whom in this work I have labored. John' P. Thomas. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, August10.?'The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Chester & Cheraw Narrow Gauge Railroad was held at this place on last Thursday. George Mc. Witherspoon, Esq., was elected Chairman, and D. Hemphill, Esq., Secretary. Messrs. B. J. Witherspoon, Joseph Wylie and J. J. McLure were appointed to verify proxies. The majority of the stock was represented as being in good condition, the public properly accommodated, and the terms of the lease faithfnlly carried out. Col. A. C. Haskell and Messrs. J. J. McLure and S. Adams were appointed to nominate Directors. The following directors were nominated and elected: Messrs. Joseph Wylie, (). Barber, W. H. Hardin, J. M. McDaniel, Br. S. L. Anderson, B. J. Witherspoon, Br. F. Mackey, J. Mobley and W. A. Evans. After the meeting of the stockholders the directors met and re-elected W. H. Hardin President and B. Hemphil, Secretary and Treasurer. Chalmers Simpson, son of William Simpson, of this county, while hunting on last Wednesday, accidentally shot himself and died in a few minutes. The young man was about 18 years of age, and quite promising. The afflicted family has the warmest sympathies of their friends. Last Wednesday was a stirring day in our town. The Sixth regiment survivors were here in force, making preparations for their departure to Virginia. They seemed to be extremely happy in anticipation of their visiting in a body some of the hardfought battle-fields of that grand old State. They left Wednesday afternoon in company with the survivors from Fairfield, all under the command of Major T. W. Woodward, the first major of the sixth regiment. Many friends joined them in their excursion, the entire party numbering about three hundred men. At the late railroad meeting at this place the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, 1st. That the citizens of Chester, in mass meeting assembled, do hereby express our approbation of the efforts which are being made toward the building of a railroad from Shelby, North Carolina, or from some point on the North Carolina line, thence through South Carolina via Wilksbnrg, Chester and liossville to Camden, South Carolina. 2nd. That it is the sense of this meeting that the best interest of the people of Chester will be greatly subserved by the building of the aforesaid road. 3rd. That a- committee of twenty per sons be appointed by the Chairman of this meeting whose duty it shall be to confer with similar committees from the townships of this and other counties, with reference to the building of the proposed road. 4th. That this committee, when appointed, shall elect their own Chairman whose duty it shall be to conduct all correspondence necessarily connected with the work, and to call meetings of the committees whenever, in his judgment the same shall be required for the efficient prosecution of the work. J. M. McNeel, Esq., advocated the adoption of the resolutions with some forcible remarks. ()n Sunday, 2nd instant Thomas Williams and Miss Eliza White, both of this county, were married by the Rev. Mr. Huggins. Mr. Brice McCaw, of this county, reports an abnormal production of nature in the form of a calf with the separate and dis- ; tinet bodies joined to one head. In other 1 aL!*- Uno oil f Kn t\n rfo r\f* WOrtlS, IIUS IUUIISHUS1 ly jih.-j mi Lilt jwioui two calves with the exception of one head. The Oth Regiment Survivors have returned from Virginia. They were highly delighted with their trip. The city authorities and citizens of Richmond gave them a warm welcome and treated them in grand style. The battle-field of seven pines had undergone such changes since the war that [ it was difficult to identify any of the prin- 1 cipal points of interest. 1 Rev. C. R. Hemphill preached at the Presbyterian church on yesterday. His sermon in the morning was in regard to the ; revision of the Bible. ; I heard one of our farmers say last week that he would begin picking cotton this \ week. M. ? The business failures occurring through- i out the country during last week, reported < to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United i States 102, Canada 18?total 180 against 201 . the previous week and 21f> the week before. 1 The returns show a decrease in business cas- 1 unities in every section of the country. LOCAL AFFAIRS, j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Frew Brothers, Rock Hill, S. C.?Seed Outs. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sales. Brumfield, Bradley A Neill, Gastonia, N. ('.? Manufacturers of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Etc. Miss Annie Rawlinson?School Notice. J. Beatty Wiiliams, Probate Judge?Citation? Mijamin R. Smith, Applicant?James Mason, deceased. ('. 10. Spencer, Attorney at Law?Notice. JohnR. Ashe, Intendant?Take Warning. Thomas W. Clawson, Yorkville, S. ('.?Seed Oats for Sale. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Bargains, Bargains. J. C. Kuj'kendal -Another Solo on the Mortar. Hunter A Oates?New Goods. M. Strauss?Without Regard to Profits or Cost. Parish, McKnight A Co.?Clothing, Clothing. J. R. Lindsay?New Crockery Store. J. W. Dobson?Cross-Cut Saws?Saws?Ham mers?Hinges. Parish tfcColcock?Cotton Gins, Cotton Gins. Dowry <fc Starr?Calisajra Tonic. H. F/Adickes?Ten Summer Leaders to Stimulate Trade. McEhvee Darwin?Reduction in Beef. Joseph X. Steele, Chairman?Railroad Election in Bullock's Creek Township. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriffs Sale. Mrs. M. Strauss?Families Supplied with Milk. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1880. We will furnish the Yorkvili.e Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 1885, for 85 cents, the cash, in all cases, to accompany the subscription. THE GRANT MONUMENT. The Western Union Telegraph Company having opened books in all their offices for contributions to the Grant monument fund, Mr. Horace H. Beard, manager of the Yorkville telegraph office, will receive and acknowledge subscriptions for that purpose. CHANGE OP TIME. The attention of the voters of Bullock's Creek township is directed to the fact that the date of election on railroad subscription in that township has been changed from the 8th to the 15th of Seritemher. Official notice of the election is published in our advertising columns. SASH AND BIJNI) FACTORY. Persons contemplating building, or those in want of sash, blinds, Ac., are directed to the advertisement of Messrs. Brbmfield, Bradley ?fc Xiell, of Gastonia, N. CM who are well equipped with new and the latest improved machinery for the manufacture of all articles required for the building and finishing of houses. They use the best yellow mountain pine and guarantee satisfaction in quality of work and prices. FREW BROTHERS. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Messrs Frew Brothers, grocers and dealers in general merchandise, Rock Hill. This Ls among the oldest business houses^n that town, and the young men composing the firm are deservedly popular. They inaugurate their appearance in our advertising columns by offering for sale 1,200 bushels genuine red rust-proof oats, and caution farmers against sowing those of Texas growth. CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services at Union next Sunday at 11 A. M., and in thechurch at Yorkville at 8.30 P. M. Sundayschool at 5 o'clock, P. M. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday evening at 8.30. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, Pastor. Preaching ncxtSunday at 104 A. M.,and KJ P. M. Prayer-meeting at 8i P. M., Wednesday. Sunday-school at 44 P. M. The public cordially invited. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel next Sunday, at 11 A. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Services next Sunday, at 11 A. M., by Licentiate J. M. Grier. A VALUABLE BOOK. "The Field of Fortune, or Practical Life," is the title of a new book by Mrs. Julia McNair Wright, author of the "Complete Homo" and other works, which have given her wiue popularity as a writer on domestic economy. The work before us is a key to daily problems as they relate to husband and wife, parent and child, teacher and pupil, home buildingand discipline, the social estate, physical training, mental culture, good breeding and taste, business habits and relations, responsibilities of station, formation of character, true heart development, uses of opportunity and endowment,rational enjoyment, perfection of work, final success. The book contains (115 pages, printed on handsome type, and is profusely illustrated. It is bound in two styles?cloth, at $3.25 per copy, and in half morocco at $4.75 per copy. Sold only by subscription. Mr. W. W. Chambers is agent for York and is now making a canvass of the county. PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Nina V. Grist, of Louisville, Ky., a niece of the proprietor of the Enquiukk, is visiting her relatives here, the guest of Mr. L. George Grist. C. E. Spencer, Esq., accompanied by his father, Mr. E.Spencer, of Sumter count}', left on Tuesday last, on a visit to relatives residing in Connecticut. While absent they will take in Washington, Philadelphia, New York and other places of interest. They will return about the 1st of September. As will be seen by notice elsewhere, Mr. A. Springs Withers may lie found in Mr. Spencer's office from 9. A. M. to 3 P. M., eyerv day for the transaction of business. Mr. Joseph W. Colcoek left for Sherman, Texas, on Monday evening, behaving accepted a position in a cotton warehouse in that city. Mrs. James Mason, Mrs. Rufus Moore, 1). A. Gordon, Irwin B. Gordon, R. Frank Clark, I)r. J. Wistar Allison, W. M. Allison, and II. Ratchford, started for Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Monday evening. They are accompanied by Tom Ballard, the barber, who goes in the employment of Mr. Ratchford, and Alec. Wright, colored. Mrs. Jenkins, of Charleston, widow of Gen. Micah Jenkins, one of the founders of King's Mountain Military School, is visiting the family of Col. Coward, after an absence of fourteen years from her former home. YORKVILLE'S SCHOOLS. Attention is directed to the card of Miss Annie Rawlinson, who will resume the exercises of her school on the 1st of September. Miss Rawlinson is a succesful teacher, and a deserving young lady. The announcement of Prof. J. T. Roberts, Principal of York Institute, appears in our advertising columns. Prof. Roberts has had charge of the building known as the Yorkvillc Female College for the past two years, and has lmililino- nn a flonrishinir school. He is assisted by a full and competent faculty of experienced teachers,'consisting of Mrs. Roberts in the music department; Miss Fannie M. Miller, in French and English ; Miss Kiln C. Davidson, in Herman and English; and Miss Lila M. Peck in the primary department. The principal is prepared to take boarders as well as day scholars, ^nd his prices for board and tuition will be found as reasonable as those of any firstclass school in the country. The next session of King's Mountain Military School will begin September lath. This school is too well known throughout the South to require an extended notice here. The accomplished principal will be assisted by the same faculty that was connected with the school last session? Capt. J. Dynes as associate principal, and Lieut. S. B. Williamson, both of whom are able and competent teachers. Capt. Lvnes is a graduate of some of the highest institutions of learninn in Europe, is a profound scholar and has , shown himself to be a successful teacher. By J his connection with the school last session. , Lieut. Williamson proved himself an accom- , plished teacher, and with the excellent apparatus and equipments of the school, the faculty is all that could be desired. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer, j LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. \ Rock Hill, S. C., August 10.?The llock j Ilill cotton factory has suspended for two i weeks. This was done at the request of the I operatives, in order that they might have some recreation. During the suspension the f company will have the machinery over- ' hauled and thoroughly cleaned. , ] There is some talk among our citizens of i forming a joint stock company for establish- 1 ing a laundry. This is an enterprise much j needed, and it is hoped that the company ' can be formed. It is estimated that the 1 necessary machinery will cost about $2,000. j Mr. It. Morrison, of Ebenezer, shipped by < express from this place last week 420 baskets 1 of Delaware grapes to New York and Bos- 1 ton. The baskets averaged 10 pounds each. 1 Mr. Morrison informs me that he expects J to realize from 20 to 25 cents per pound on s them. Very interesting religious services were 11 held at Hopewell Church, six miles from this place, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday last. They were conducted by Rev. James S. White, assisted by Rev. W. B. Jennings, pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place. A congregational meeting was held after the services on Friday, and a call was i extended to Rev. James S. White, of this place, to accept the pastorate of the church. In all probability lie will accept the call, i The congregation will certainly be fortunate in securing the services of such an able Christian man as their pastor. A number of our young people attended the picnic at India Hook on Thursday last. Dick Latta's string band was present, as was also the Gold Hill silver cornet band, of Fort Mill township. All report having had a pleasant time. The cold hand of death invaded our town on last Friday, and snatched from two loving parents their little babe, Frederick Hill, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. H. London, aged :J months. It is comforting to know that he was returned to the Giver as pure and spotless as when given. On the same day death entered another home, this time to rob it of a loving father and devoted husband, Mr. Win. L. Roach, ' in the 48th year of his age. He was buried from his residence, on Saturday, by Rev. W. B. Jennings, assisted by Revs. E. X. Joyner and James S. White. The body was escorted to Laurelwood Cemetery by the Knights of Honor, of which order he was a member, and interred with the services of the order. The family have the sympathies of the community in their bereavement. To-day Mr. Wood, a young man from Concord, X. C., arrived at this place on the 2 o'clock train; he was accompanied by a young lady. They at once went to the Globe Hotel. Mr. Wood was not long in letting the secret out, he had slipped the old folks. A minister was sent for and the couple were soon made one. They left on the 5 P. M. train. The annual shooting match of the Catawba Rifles came off in this place this afternoon. Mr. Thos. A. Robertson made the best score, and was awarded the gold medal by Capt. Allen Jones in a few well chosen remarks. A protracted meeting is in progress at the Baptist church in this place. The pastor, Rev. A. P. Pugh, is assisted by Rev. T. L. Galphin, of Orangeburg. Considerable interest, by old and young, is being taken in the meeting. Hal. mereTmention. The President has appointed Beckford Mackey?accrediting him to South Carolina?to be United States Consul at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The colored voters of Georgia number 143,471. A sexton in Plymouth, Mass, has just died, having dug in his time 3,250 graves for other people. New York has twelve hundred clergymen, four hundred of whom are Catholics. Since 1851, 30,000lives have been lost in the coal mines of England, an average of 1,200 a year. The Republicans will open the campaign in Ohio on the 1st of September. In the meantime Mr. Foraker is getting in a few speeches on his own account. Portsmouth, N. II., elected a Democratic mayor Tuesday by over 600 majority. For the first time in its history the Democrats made a clean sweep, carrying every ward. It is estimated that the cost of Gen. Grant's funeral including the cost of transportation for military bodies that attended, funeral decorations &c., will foot up at least $1,000,000. A Nortji Carolina Execution.?Three men, all convicted of atrocious murders, were hanged at Fayetteville, N. C., last Friday. They were Joseph O. Howard, white, who killed E. E. Blakeman, a farmer, after robbing him ; Tom Gee, colored, who cut to pieces with an axe his white paramour, Alary Hughes, and Tom McNeill, who killed his brother, Steven McNeill. The execution took place at 1.30 P. M. None of the men made any confession. They were pronounced dead in eight minutes after the drop fell. An immense throng of people witnessed the execution which was public. Fully five thousand people were present. Perfect order was preserved. Companies A and B of the Second Ilegiment, North Carolina State Guard, were present. All three of the men hanged were convicted some time since. Howard, who was sentenced to be hanged on the 12th of January, took an appeal to the Supreme court and was again sentenced to be hanged on July 25th. Appeals were taken by the other prisoners, who like Howard, were to be executed on Juiy 25. Governor Scales granted a respite from that date until last Friday. He positively refused to grant another respite. Attempts were made last week to prove Howard to be insane, but they failed completely. General Crop Reports.?The July report of the National Cotton Exchange, New Orleans, says of the cotton crop that the weather conditions during July over the whole belt have been very favorable to the growth and development of the plant, such as were needed, wheras last year they were abnormal. Then the drouth in Texas and the excessive rain in Alabama and the Atlantic States put the plant in a very critical condition, requiring most favorable circumstances to maintain its healthfulness. This year there was no extreme in any State, i and the conditions were, as a rule, alike favorable to bottom lands and uplands. Cultivation has been pushed and crops , have been laid by in good time, with very ( little loss to the stand in cutting out grass. The plant has grown rapidly and has main- ' tained almost perfect health except in some ; localities, and as a rule the backwardness due to late planting has been nearly if not ; entirely overcome. Percentages have been | advanced to 1)7, against 1)2 at the close of ' June. The following is the condition of the | crops by States: Virginia, 90; South Carolina, 97; Florida, 90; Tennessee, 94; Louisiana, 98; Arkansas, 97 ; North Carolina, 95; Georgia, 98; Alabama, 95; Mississippi, 98; Texas, 98. ? A letter purporting to have been written < by President Cleveland to a man who con- i fessed that he had signed the petition of an unworthy candidate for office is published in some of the New York papers, and bears internal evidence of authenticity. Ac- 1 cording to the story attached thereto an ap- | Elicant for an important office brought with 3 im recommendations from so many appa- 1 rently trustworthy men that on the strength < of their endorsement he was appointed, f Immediately afterwards President C'leve- " land received a letter from one of the signers of the petition saying that a mistake < had been made, and that the writers of the k petition had given the applicant their en- J dorsement merely to get rid of him, and in the belief that he would not even be con- c sidered, as he was notoriously unlit for the ' place. This frank and open confession nat- 1 urally excited the President, who replied with warm denunciation of the "lying and treacherous" representation made to him. If thiscaseisnot literally true it is represen- > tative of some that have occurred not only " with President Cleveland, but with his pre- t decessors in office. There is one comfort to be derived from it, however. Mr. Cleve- * land is pledged to give the people better ^ government and better officers, and every experience of this kind win make nun more t wary of the professional politicians and of the men who sign petitions for business or t social reasons, without regard to their etfect <i 011 the Administration. The influence of' such men grows less and less as their treach- j 1 ery to the Administration becomes known, j r ? A curious and humiliating chapter of; ^ reconstruction politics is brought to mem-! ] ory by the death of Hiram H. Kimpton in an insane retreat in New York a few days ; ago, says the Springfield (Mass.) Republi- [ . an. When Kimpton was arrested and 1 " iailed in this city a few years ago in an at-| tempt to make him produce the books or t the South Carolina financial agency at New 1 s York in the time of the Chamberlain-Mo- j ses-Parker carpet bag administration, he t was a remarkably tine specimen of man- j , hood?tall, portly, (but not too portly,) dig- ' nifled and gentlemanly, and dressed with | a noticeable elegance; evidently used to j!l jood living and the pleasing vanities of the ; (, world. Last April a strange and pathetic * figure was brought into a New York court? j 0 i large and handsome man in tattered a slothes, with a piece of rope bound about liis waist, muttering queer stories about nimself, and quite uncertain as to his iden-! iity. This wreck of a man was Iliram ; k llollister Kimpton, the brilliant scholar,; ii ind one of the most promising graduates of j irale College twenty years or so before. He ,vas admitted to a lunatic asylum. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Edgefield Chronicle says: "Two jhurches were destroyed at Troy last Friiay by a storm, one of them being the Methodist church for white people. Two nen who were at work on the Methodist ,'hurch were badly injured." ? Evander Byrd, aged about 00 years, ihot and killed his son L. S. Byrd, in Dariugtonon Wednesday. G.S. Byrd, theson, lad gone to his father's place to take charge if some personal property which had been idjudged as his by a decree of the supreme :ourt. Evander Byrd resisted his taking possession and killed him. ? Greenville News: James Shanks, colorid, was committed to jail for thirty days on Tuesday, having been sent from Greer's for punishment for riding a horse belong in# to anoiner man wunoui permisaiuu. Ihis is the first case in this county under the statute enacted last winter making the borrowing of horses without their owner's consent an offence. ? The Manning Times complains of the hunting and killing in Clarendon county of large numbers of doves, partridges and other birds which are supposed to be under tlxe protection of the law at this season of the year. It says: "We hope this wanton butchery will stop, but if it continues, that the officers whose duty it is to enforce the law will bring the offenders to justice." ? A serious accident occurred on the AirLine Road, near Spartanburg, on Wednesday morning of last week, by which the conductor, J. J. Ransom, lost his life, and five or six passengers were injured. The train left Charlotte about two hours late, and when near Spartanburg, one of the cars jumped the track, throwing off two or three others which turned up-side down. ? The Edgefield Monitor says: "The circumstances attending the return of Soloman Altman from the Penitentiary, where he had served seven years of a life sentence, to the Edgefield jail for re-sentence, will be remembered. The case was brought before Judge Kershaw on Monday and Altman was re-sentenced for a term of twenty-three years, which with seven years already served makes the maximum limit allowed by the law. We believe it is generally understood that Altman will be pardoned by the Governor. Judge Kershaw in passing sentence told the prisoner he would work for his pardon. ? Greenville News: A petition is being circulated for the pardon of Terry, the man convicted of murder committed sixteen years ago and recently sent down to the penitentiary. It recites that the man killed was a deserter from the Confederate ar my who had been arrested during the war by Terry, who was a faithful soldier, and that there was reason to believe that the row was forced on Terry for the purpose of obtaining revenge against him. It has been signed by all the county officers and by a number of citizens, and will probably receive the endorsement of Solicitor Orr. There is a general feeling in Terry's favor and belief that the Governor will grant the petition when the facts are presented. ? Camden Journal: "A few weeks ago a man named Jim Smith was traveling through the upper portion of our county when he stopped at the house of a well-to-do widow. Smith is a good-looking fellow, and is very shrewd and 'glib' of tongue. It was not long before he captivated the widow and induced her to marry him. He remained there for a week or two, when it is reported that he got possession of the cash she had; besides some small articles of personal property, etc., and started off in the direction of Darlington county, where he said he had a plantation that he wanted to dispose of, and then he would return. He has not turned up yet, and the belief is that he has gone to some other section to make new conquests." ? The residence of Rev. R. A. C'ourtee, colored pastor of a Baptist church in Memphis, and manager of the "Living Way" was suddenly surrounded Thursday night by about 200 masked negroes, who fired volley after volley into the building. Loud calls were made for Courtee, but he failed to appear. The negro porter fired his pistol at the mob and managed to escape. Oourtee has been a member of one of the colored secret societies, but resigned and began denouncing them. The members of these societies take an oath not to divulge the secrets on penalty of having their scalps removed and their brains exposed to the eye of a scorching sun. C'ourtee is said to have made himself liable to this rule. Iftarliri Sports. YORKVILLE, August 12.?Cotton 94 to 10A. NEW YORK, August 10.?Cotton steady; middling uplands, 104. Futures closed quiet and firm,with sales of 35,100 bales as follows: August, 10.42 to 10.44 ; September, 9.97 to 9.98 ; October, 9.(59 to 9.70 ; November, 9.65; December, 9.66 to 9.07; January 9.72 to 9.73; February, 9.82 to 9.86; March, 9.92 to 9.94 ; April, 10.03 to 10.04 ; May, 10.14 to 10.15; June, 10.24to 10.25. CHARLESTON, August 10.?Cotton dull; middling, 10. CHARLOTTE, August 11.?Cotton dull; middling, 10i to 10 5-16. IjI v Ji.Kruuii, august iu.?^oiion iirm ; middling uplands, 5 and 9-16d. Comparative Cotton statement. NEW YORK, August 7.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week andiqg August 7, 1885: 1885. 1884. Receiptsatall ports for the week, 2,038 2,304 Total receipts to this date 4,708,922 4,754,832 Exports for the week 1,470 1,653 Total exports to date, 3,845,769 3,793,903 Stock at all U. S. ports 191,071 192,983 Stock at all interior towns 8,956 10,959 Stock at Liverpool 725,000 827,000 American atloat for Great Britain 8,000 31,000 jjjtcial ftotius. Religious Notice. There will he preaching at Betli-Shiloh Church >n the afternoon of the third Sunday in this month, by Rev. R. A. Webb. August 13 31 It The Champion Fifty CentM Tobacco In the city, at Lowry A Starr's. We have ong tried, and liaveat last succeeded in getting a So. 1 Tobacco, which we will sell at 50 cents per )Ound. Also a choice line of Cigars at 5 and 10 :ents. Macabov, Lorillard, and Railroad Mills Snuff, at * LOWRY A STARR'S. Religious Notice. The third quarterly conference will be held at Shady Grove, embracing the fourth Sunday in August. Several preachers arc expected. There will be a basket picnic at Shady Grove >n Saturday before the lifth Sunday in August. Sunday-school addresses will be delivered by Professors Neal and George, of Black's Station. S. J. McLkod. Tribute of Respect. At a regular meeting of Home Relief Lodge S'o. :189, Knights of Honor, on Friday evening, VugustTth, the death of brother Jamks Mason mving been officially announced, llro. James B. Ulison offered the following resolutions, which vere unanimously adopted : Whereas, in the all-wise providence of God, rames Mason, our brother member, has been renovedby death, therefore, be it Resolved, That this Lodge bow in humble subnission to the divine behest, knowing that God loeth all things well. Resolved, That we express our heartfelt symmthies to liis widow and relatives. Resolved, That these resolutions be recorded in >ur minute book, that a blank page be inscribed o his memory, that a copy be sent to his family, nd that the same be published in the Yorkviluk Inquirer. . J. R. LINDSAY, D. A. W. Inoold, R. August 18 38 It Crayon Portraits. I would respectfully announce to the public hat I am prepared to execute, in the highest tyle of the art, CRAYON OR WATER-COLOR 'ORTRAITS of life size and at prices placing hese desirable pictures within the reach of all. t photograph of the subject to be reproduced is 11 that is necessary. From it I draw and color life-size facsimile. Satisfaction, guaranteed. >rders from a distance promptly attended to. ipecimens of my work may be seen in the store f T. B. McClain A* Co. Call and examine them nd ascertain prices. T. B. McCLATX. Having employed Mr. T. B. McClain to enirge four pictures for me, I take pleasure in sayag that they give entire satisfaction. W. T. Barron, of Kennedy Bros. A Barron. July 30 81 tf