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f craps and dads. !
? The General Conference of the M. E. i
Church, South, held at Richmond, Va.,
adjourned on the 2oth of May, after being
in session eighteen working days. All the I
principal business before the body was j
transacted.
?So far but thirteen of President Cleve-1
land's appointments have been rejected by
the Senate. When this number is compared
with the number of appointments?1,700?it
seems that the Edmunas resolutions brought
poor returns to their illustrious author.
? The revenues of the government for this
month are nearly $16,000,000 in excess of
the expenditures during the same period,
and the treasury officials are encouraged to
believe there will be comparatively a large
decrease in the public debt?about $12,000,000.
? Notwithstanding M. Rousseau's adverse
report upon the prospect of the Panama
Canal, the French Government will, it is
reported, authorize M. de Lesseps' lottery
scheme for raising $120,000,000. The eager
ness with whichlhe last Government loan
was taken shows that there is an immense
amout of cash still in 1
awaiting investment.
? The prohibitory bill passed the Rhode
Island House of Representatives last Thursday
afternoon after a fight of a day and a
half. A strong effort to strike out all the
sections providing for a State constabulary
was defeated by a vote of three to one. An
attempt was also made to reduce the salary
of the Chief of the Constabulary to $2,500
insead of $3,000, but this also failed.
. The bill now goes to the Senate.
? Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last week, as reported
to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United
States 154, Canada 27; total of 181, against
167 last week, and 176 the week the previous.
Casualties in the Eastern, Southern
and Middle States are light and below the
avarage in number. The Western and Pacific
States furnished more than half the
total number this week.
? George Imes, a prominent colored man
of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, has entered
the field as a candidate for the Lieutenant
Governorship of that State. As
Pennsylvaina has a very large colored vote,
Imes may be able to either demoralize the
white leaders or force a compromise. It
would be interesting to see what the Republicans
of that State would do in the event of
his running to "the finish."
? The colony of Southerners who left for
Brazil at the close of the late war now numbers
about 500 souls. They are settled in
the interior, 400 miles from Rio Janeiro,
where they have a tract about fifteen miles
onnam Qnina r\f thorn hnlH ThPV
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raise watermelons and cotton, and are in a
general way quite prosperous, but need
schools. Their English is getting rather
inferior and somewhat mixed. They seem
to be proud that they are Americans, and
in one or two instances have they become
citizens of Brazil by naturalization.
? Capt. S. M. Saunders, of New York and
a member of the Fernworth Post of the
Grand Army of the Republic, while in Savannah
at the recent centennial of the
Chatham Artillery proposed the health of
the Hon. Jefferson Davis. His action has
given great offence to his comrades and
they propose to discipline him for what
they call an act of treason. Several communications
have passed between Captain
Saunders and the commander of the post.
Captain Saunders says that he acted as an
individual and has nothing to regret.
? The House committee on the electorial
count has reported a bill to the House providing
for an amendment to the constitution,
and creating the office of second VicePresident,
who will become President in
case of the death or disability of both President
and Vice-President. It provides that
he shall be voted for in distinct ballot at the
same time and like manner as for President
and Vice-President. In the absence of the
Vice-President the second Vice-President
shall preside over the Senate, but will not
be allowed to vote except in case of a tie.
? There was a severe storm of wind, rain
and hail along the Carolina Central Railroad,
between Charlotte and Wilmington
last Friday. At Laurinburg and Wadesboro,
the fall of hail was terrific, and it is
feared that much damage was done to crops
in Richmond, Anson and Robeson counties
by the riddling hail. The storm appears to
have originated near Columbia, and to have
owonf nwr n nnrrnw titrin nf f-nnntrv intn
North Carolina. At Columbia the wind
blew fiercely and did a good deal of
damage, one item being the blowing away
of the top of a railroad bridge and demolishing
the telegraph line.
? John C. Henning was hanged at Crawfordville,
Indiana, last Thursday, for the
murder of Mrs. Valliner, who had once
promised to marry him, but who had discarded
him because of his drunkenness.
All the resources in criminal and legal
practice were exhausted in their efforts to
save him from the gallows, but the Supreme
Court finally affirmed the sentence. On
Friday Antonio Nardello was hanged at
Washington City for the murder of Carmine
Rotunno. Pie made a speech on the
scaffold protesting his innocence. The murderer
and victim were fellow workmen,
and Nardello's object was to obtain Rotunno's
small savings.
? Discussing the political situation in
Georgia, a prominent South Carolinian now
in Washington, says that Gordon deserves
no special thanks for the so-called saving of
South Carolina. He made a great bluster,
boasted of the money behind him, and
when the State's vote could have been had
for $1,000 Gordon did not have a cent.
This same gentleman says that in the present
contest the upright public sentiment of
the commonwealth should support Bacon to
save Georgia. The prevailing belief at
Washington is that Gen. Gordon is flat
broke and needs even the small salary of
governor. Gen. Toombs' witticism is also
remembered as to Gen. Gordon being locked
up in a room with $100,(>00 and bankrupted
when the door should be opened.
? The cold figures which Show what losses
have been inflicted upon the country by
the late labor troubles are anything but inspiring.
BradstreeVx for last week contains
a summary showing the wages sacrificed in
. the principal industrial centres since May 1,
the amount of injury to current business
and the new business hindered and indefinitely
postponed by the uncertainty growing
out of these troubles. This summary |
places the direct loss in wages at $2,802,000, j
the loss to current business at $2,105,000 and
the new business hindered or postponed at
$28,800,000. Twenty millions of this latter
item is in building contracts, which are almost
certain to be deferred for another year
if not longer. Forty per cent, of the loss on
these contracts will be labor's loss
? The St. Louis Globe-Democrat devotes
considerable space to an analysis of the
character of Maxwell, the alleged murderer
of Preller as indicated by his physiognomical
traits. It finds that his mouth is that
of a weak man guided by impulse and passion.
and that the eyes show signs of timid
Ity and treachery. The head is that of an
irresponsible man, one lacking in percep-,
tion and of insufficient reason. It is the
head of an obstinate, vain, opinionated wan-;
derer, with the face of a weak, wavering, j
vacillating sensualist." The analyst coneludes
: "There is harmony in the entire I
man on the one theme of weakness. His
favorite attitude when on his feet, his hands
in his pocket and a total lack of dignity \
and composure pervading every line, mark i
him as a poor, irresponsible young man, j
whose unfortunate composition renders him
an object of commiseration."
? If Grover Cleveland was married in the !
White House yesterday, his wedding will j
be the ninth that has taken place there, and i
he will be the first President married in j
the White House. John Tyler had the !
wedding reception of his second marriage j
in the White House, and President Hayes j
and his wife celebrated their silver wedding
there. The first marriage in the White .
House took place in 1811, when a Miss Todd,
a relative of President Madison's wife,)
married John J. Jackson, a Virginia Con-1
gressman. The next was that of Monroe's
daughter, Martha, to Mr. Governeur, of |
New York, about nine years later, and in
1826, the son of President Adams married (
his cousin, Miss Johnson, there. During i
the administration of Jackson one of the :
diplomats, a man named Paqueot, who
afterwards represented the French Govern- j
ment in this country, was married in the :
White House to the daughter of Andrew i
Jackson's close friend, Major Lewis, of j
Nashville, and Jackson's niece was married j
during this administration to a Mr. Polk, of.
Tennessee. During Taylor's administra- I
tion his daughter was married to a Virgin-1
ian named Waller, and during Grant's term
his daughter Nellie was united with Sartoris,
an English gentleman. Another marriage
during the days Grant's Presidency
was that of Gen. Russell Hastings and Miss
Emily Piatt.
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THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1880.
THE PRESBYTERIAN COINTIL.
The Presbyterian General Assembly in
session at Augusta, Ga., concluded its labors
last Saturday night, after a session of
nine days.
The most absorbing question before the
Assembly was that of evolution, a discussion
of which occupied Tuesday and Wednesday
of last week. As showing the scope
of the discussion we print on the first page i
a synopsis of Tuesday's proceedings. Two :
reports on this subject had been submitted,
the majority report being adverse to Dr.
Woodrow's theory of the origin of man, 1
and the minority report covering a number ,
of points mainly intended to delay action
and evading the question. At the conclusion
of the debate the majority report was
adopted by a vote of 137 to 13. This report
is to the effect that the Presbyterian Church
remains at this time sincerely convinced that ,
the Scriptures, as truly and authoritatively
expounded in our Confession of Faith and 1
catechism, teach that Adam and Eve were
created, body andsould by the immediate
act of the Almighty Power, thereby pre- ,
serving perfect race unity. That Adam's
body was directly fashioned by Almighty
God, without any natural animal parentage
of any kind, and of matter previously created
of nothing, and that any doctrine at
varience therewith is a dangerous error,
inasmuch as in the methods of interpreting
the Scriptures it must demand, and in the
consequences, which by fair implication it
will involve, it will lend to the denial of
doctrines fundamental to the faith. This
sets at rest the question of Adam's origin
so far as the Southern Presbyterian General
AssemDiy is concerneu.
Thursday's proceedings were devoted
mainly to educational questions, and discussion
of methods for raising funds to aid in
the work.
On Friday the Assembly was chiefly occupied
in the discussion of home missions.
The Rev. Alexander McLean, I). D., one
of the corresponding secretaries of the American
Bible Society, addressed the Assembly
in behalf of the Bible cause, whereupon the
Assembly reported and emphasized its commendation
of the said society.
The day of prayer for colleges was changed
from the last Thursday in February to
the last Thursday in January, thus making
it accord with the day observed in the
North Presbyterian and other churches.
The report on the foreign missions was
adopted, and two annual collections were
ordered for that cause, one in May and one
in October.
The report on theological seminaries occupied
the attention of the Assembly until
the hour of recess. The night session was
also devoted to a discussion of this report.
On Saturday morning the discussion was
resumed and resulted, by a vote of 05 to 25
in the adoption of the following:
Resolved, That whereas this General Assembly
is convinced that the Rev. James
Woodrow, I). D., one of our prolessors of
the Columbia Theological Seminary, holds
views repugnant to the Word of God and 1
our Confession of Faith, as appears both by !
hisaddresspublished in the Southern Presbyterian's
review in July, 1884, and other pub- 1
lications, and by his statements made from (
the floor of this assembly, does hereby, in \
accordance with its action yesterday in regard
to the oversight of the theological sem- !
1 ii? u ic !
inaries earnestly reconmienu me oyuuus ui
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and 1
South Georgia and Florida, which direct j
and control the said seminary, to dismiss |
the said Itev. James Woodrow, D. 1). as j
professor in the said seminary and to ap- 5
point another .in his place, and to speedily j
take such other steps as in their judgment
will be best adapted to restore this Seminary '
to the confidence of the church.
Quite a number were absent, otherwise
the majority vote would have been larger, i
The Assembly having received favorable ;
answers from more than three-fourths of '
the Presbyteries, adopted a resolution strik- J
ing out of the Confession of Faith the clause
forbidding a man from marrying any of his
wife's relations nearest of kin than of his
own, and a woman marrying any of her ]
husband's relatives nearer of kin than of J
her own. This is commonly known as the
"Deseased wife's sister clause," and thus a j
marriage of this kind is no longer forbidden, j j
A report was adopted giving ruling elders ;:
the same rights as preaching elders to he : i
moderators of General Assemblies.
The special committee on a communion-1 j
tion from the Woman's Christian Temper- ,
ance Union reported. The report recom- j
mends that all possible steps be taken to i
stop the evil of intemperance. 1
St. Louis was selected as the place for the
next meeting of the Assembly.
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CHANGING THE HAIHE. ,
The change of the gauge of the entire j
system of the five-foot railways of the <
United States, embracing about 14,000 miles, 1
south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, is a '
work of vast proportions, and yet last Tues- (
day was the day appointed on which to ,
accomplish the task, though of course much <
had previously been done towards it. But ]
the actual work of narrowing the tracks by
moving in one rail was virtually done on '
Tuesday. The agreement by which this j
change was effected, was made in Atlanta,
on the ">th of last February. At an average j j
cost of $80 per mile, which will cover only j j
the actual expense of changing the gauge, !
the cost will amount to $1,119,000, though j!
this is only an item of the aggregate ex-\1
pense, as all the rolling stock of the various '
roads must be changed to conform to the
new gauge. This work has been progres- i i
sing in the shops, a full equipment of loco-1
motives and cars being ready to run out1
Tuesday night and yesterday morning on j
the standard gauge tracks. . j
Although much has been written and pub-! i
lishedinthe newspapers for some months
on the subject of changing the gauge, there '
may be readers who have an indefinite conception
of what it all means. The object is
thus stated in a paragraph on the subject: <
"The standard gauge is now adopted all i
over the North, and uniformity has long ;
been desired. The Southern gauge has for i
many years past been a source of endless ex- i
pense and inconvenience to all the railroads ;
south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, and 1
while the advantages of a uniform gauge !
have long been seen, its adoption has now I
come to be an imperative necessity. The ]
time has at last arrived for the Southern '
roads to correct the unfortunate mistake ;
made when the five foot gauge was adopted, J
and when the change has been accomplished !
all of the important roads in the United I
States will correspond sufficiently in gauge |
to have the running gear throughout the i
country alike and transferable in every j
State. It is said that many of the railroad
companies, seeing that the change must J
have come eventually, commenced to prepare
for it as early as three years ago, and
such is the power of organized labor and the
demands of business that nearly 13,OOOmiles'
of railroad will be changed to the uniform
gauge inside of about twelve hours, and
without interruption in the running of
many of the important trains even on the
day that the change takes place. The change
of gauge will, of course, necessitate the expenditure
of a vast amount of money, but'
this will be compensated for many times
over by the immense advantages which will
accrue from theadoption of a uniform gauge
throughout the entire country."
The Trjjsk Murderer Confesses.?In
tjhe_J^Iaxw'ell trial at St. Louis on Monday
some sensational evidence was given by J.
F. McCullough, a detective, who, under the
direction of Detective Furlong, District Attorney
Clover and his assistant McDonald,
forged a check on an eastern house and pre
sen ted it at one of the city banks. He was
arrested and placed in jail and assigned a
cell adjoining that of Maxwell. He testified
that immediate after his incarceration
he introduced himself to Maxwell and
worked himself into his confidence, and
about ten days afterward he became engaged
in conversation with Maxwell about
the murder case. During the conversation
the defendant told the witness that the only
point in his case about which he felt uncer-'
tain and uneasy was that concerning money.
He said that if he could only prove
that he had plenty of money when Preller
came to St. Louis he would have no doubt
about a speedy acquittal. s
Witness offered to^fix that-al 1 right, but
told the defendant that he must know all
about the case or he could do nothing.
Maxwell then made a free and full confession
of all the particulars of the case, beginning
with his first acquaintance with Preller.
On shipboard he noticed that Preller
had in his possession a large amount of
money; how they separated in Boston,
Preller going to Philadelphia and Maxwell
coming to St. Louis. The defendant in his
confession said that on Friday night after
Preller joined him in St. Louis, he told him
(Maxwell) that it would be impossible for
him to pay defendant's way to Auckland,
where they had arranged to go. This, said
defendant to witness, angered him greatly,
and hedetermined to "fix" him for hismeanness.
On the following night he and Preller
were sitting in the former's room when
the latter complained of severe pains in his
side. Maxwell said, "Oh, I can fix that all
right. I have treated such cases before."
fie then injected into his friend's arm a sufficient.
amount of morphine to render him
unconscious. After he had been in this condition
for some time he bound a cloth completely
saturated with chloroform about
his friend's head, and this, he confessed to
witness, "ended the business." He then
secured all of Preller's money, about $6,800
in all, besides most of his valuable personal
effects, and planned his escape, the details
of which are so well known.
The proceedings in the trial on Saturday
were confined to testimony going to show
the good character of the accused in England.
Col. Coward's Address.?Despite the
inclement weather, quite a large and ap
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preciauve auuieuce grceieu \^ui. -rv. ^uwaiu,
our honored and efficient State Superintendent
of Education, at Moore's Ilall last'
Thursday night. And well indeed were
the ladies and gentlemen and children too,
who braved the mud andthreateningclouds
to hear the distinguished speaker, repaid
for venturing outundersuch disadvantages.
After an appropriate introduction by Prof.
Roberts, principal of the Franklin Academy
Col. Coward proceeded to deliver one of
the ablest and most impressive addresses
upon the subject of education that it has
ever been our pleasure to listen to. He was
frequently interrupted by hearty rounds of
applause. So captivated and charmed were
Col. Coward's hearers by his eloquence and
learning, and the advancement of original
and refreshing ideas in connection with a
subject supposed to have been worn threadbare
long since by orators and writers of
every nation, that but few in the audience
realized the fact that his masterly effort
was of nearly two hours' length. Time
flew by unheeded, so eager were all present
to catch every word that fell from the orator's
lips.
'We will not attempt so much as a summary
of Col. Coward's able speech, knowing
lull well that it would not only be shorn
of its rhetorical beauty, but much of its argumentative
strength as well by our feeble
pen. The address, as a whole, was a
strong appeal for the education and enlightenment
of all classes. The advantage not
only to the individual of education but also
to society which he helps to form, were
shown in great clearness and force by the
speaker. He disposed in a very few moments
of the stereotyped objections to the
public free school system, and pointed out
wherein it is the best and most equitable
way of affording education to all. Cpon the
subject of graded schools, he gave such
?ood and unanswerable reasons why every
town should have one that we don't think a
man, woman or child could now be found in
this community who would longer oppose
the establishment of a graded school here.
And while the subject is still fresh in the
minds of the people, we trust that steps
will be taken as early as practicable to secure
for Lancaster the superior advantages
if such an institution of learning, by, of
:*oruse, establishing one in our midst.?
Lancaster Review, 2GM.
The Appointment Tendered to Governor
Thompson.?It has transpired that
:he position which was offered to Governor
Thompson on his recent visit to WashingSon
was that of United States Commissioner
if Education. The Governor went to Washington
in response to a telegram from sendor
Hampton to come on, but which did
not indicate the object of the call, and the
proposition to accept a position so responsible
and honorable unsought and unexpected
l>y him was a recognition of the high consideration
in which his labors in behalf of
popular education are held and of his fitness
to direct the educational department of the
general government.
We feel very sure that the verdict will be
ill but universal that no more proper man
. ould be found in the whole country to meet
the fullest requirements of the position, and
that while all must commend the very relined
sense of duty to his State which has
compelled him to decline the appointment,
there will be very general feeling of regret
that anything should prevent his acceptance
if an office where his pre-eminent qualifications
for its duties would have enabled him
to extend to the educational interest of the
.'ountry at large the benefits of that ripe experience
and enlightened and liberal policy
which have under his administration as
Superintendent of Education and Governor
effected so much for popular education in
South Carolina.
This country has no purer type of manly
patriotism than that which the public and j
private record or nugn w. mompson presents,
and it is indeed a hopeful sign when
such men are preferred for places of high
trust and responsibility to the self-seeking
and aspiring horde who crowd the avenues
to every public place, and are too often
foisted into their positions regardless of
character or fitness.
It is to be hoped that the barrier to pre- j
ferment which Governor Thompson's sense j
of duty has raised between him and the j
broad field of usefulness which invites him i
will not exist for long, and that his admir-1
ing constituents may yet see him placed j
where he can truly do the most good.?Co- j
himbia 1 ley Inter.
Tiik Indians.?A Tucson, Arizona dis-i
patch of Saturday asserts that the Indian!
situation is growing serious. It is feared j
that a general outbreak from the San Carlos I
reservation will take place. It is said that j
there is no room for doubt that the hostiles
are being reinforced from this reservation, I
and that the long continued success of the 1
liostiles has emboldened others. General
Miles is very active, and is enlisting rangers
from the most determined men. a company
is being recruited at Tucson which
will take the field at once. Southern Arizona,
it is stated, is in a state of terror.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, May 01.?The town talk for :
the past week has been a discussion of the i
question, Where shall the depot of the j
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad
be located? Capt. Ramsaur, the engineer!
in charge, has run three lines through the !
town, but as yet has not decided which one
he will adopt. Each line that has been
run has strong friends, and of course each j
man is anxious to have the depot located as
he thinks best. The engineering corps has
commenced about a mile from town to
permanently locate the line between Rock
Hill and Yorkville. '
/The annual election of oflicers of the Ca"t&vba
Rifles was held on Wednesday night
ttnd resulted as follows: Captain, Allen
Jones; 1st Lieutenant, James F. Reid ; 2nd
Lieutenant, C. B. Betts; 1st Junior Lieutenant,
R. T. Fewell; Orderly Sergeant,
Frel Mobley; Chaplain, Rev. E. N. Joyner.
Mr. Joyner has been requested by the company
to preach them a sermon at an early
day.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Rock Hill Cotton Factory Co. was
held on Tuesday evening last. The following
officers and directors were elected:
President, A. E. Hutchison; Secretary and
Treasurer, David Hutchison; Superintendent,
J. R. Nisler. Directors, J. R. London,
J. S. White, W. L. Roddey, A. II. White,
of Rock Hill; J. I. Middleton, of Baltimore;
and C. A. Chisolm, of Charleston. It
is probrble that the Company will declare a
semi-annual dividend of 31 per cent., payable
July 1st.
_k)n last Thursday, Mr. E. B. Mobley, of
"tile Wax haw section of Lancaster county,
sold at this place 113 bales of cotton at 8
cents, Mr. Edward Fewell being the purchaser.
There were buyers present from
Charlotte and Lancaster.
/Jtfr. Myron H.Sandifer, of this place, who
yas been attending the South Carolina College
at Columbia, has been elected by the
E. & C. Society chief marshal for the approaching
commencement celebration of the
College, to be held June 21st and 22nd.
A small amount of hail fell in this place
on Friday afternoon. Near the residence of
Mr. Richard Sadler, on Fishing Creek, the
hail did considerable damage to the cotton.
In some places it will have to be planted
over, as it was entirely destroyed.
The town treasurer informs me that there
are ? > uugs in ivuck xiiu ; hi any raie mere
have been only 80 returned for taxes, which
means 880 for the town treasury.
The oat crop in this section now promises
to he much larger than it did a few weeks
ago. The recent rains'have been a great
benefit to the growing crops.
The town treasurer's report for the first
quarter of 1876 shows a balance of cash on'
hand of $189.84. The balance on hand, Januar
15, 1886, was $467.41.
JDr. J. \V. Fewell, of this place, who has
"bffcn on an extensive northern and western
t(ip, returned last week, looking well. Dr.
Fewell says he saw some good portions of
the country in his travels, but no section
tlfot.he liked better than York county.
?Alexander Edward, infant son of Mr. and
MrS. A. E. Smith, died in this place on
Saturday morning last, aged 8 months, and
was buried yesterday morning in Laurelwood
Cemetery. I can deeply sympathise
with the distressed parents in the loss of
their darling little boy. Only those who
have had to undergo the same affliction can
realize the pang of grief it causes.
The pupils of Mr. J. C. Davidson's school
gave a picnic a short distance from this
place on last Thursday. The day was enjoyed
by the children, ltev. J. C. lvilgo
made a short address to them..
The closing exercises of the Ebenezer
Academy, under Prof. L. Shurley, were
held on Friday night, and consisted of
speeches, dialogues, <fcc. A large number of
the citizens of this place attended and were
highly entertained. The pupils not only
acquitted themselves handsomely, but quite
creditably to the principal. . IIal.
BAPTIST Sl:XDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Reported for the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
The seventh meeting of the York Baptist
Sunday-school Convention was held with
I Union Church, four miles north of York1
ville, commencing at 11 A. M., on Friday,
May 28th.
The introductory sermon was preached
by ltev. G. M. Webb, from the 11th chapter
of John, 39th and 44th verses. At the conclusion
of the sermon the Convention took
a recess for one hour.
At 1 P. M. the Convention reassembled,
and after the usual devotional exercises,
Rev. J. A. White, President, took the chair
and called the Convention to order, and announced
that the chair was ready to receive
reports from any Sunday-schools repsented.
The reports were read and names of delegates
enrolled as follows:
Flint Hill?Rev. J. K. Fant and II. II.
Smith.
Yorkville?Rev. J. E. Covington, G. M.
Lowrancfc Albert M. Grist.
Union?H. E. Johnson, J. B. Wood, J. J.
Jackson, S. N. Johnson.
Antioch?J. R. Dickson and S. M. Pruett.
Enon?W. R. Biggers and P. B. McAfee.
Rock llill?J. S. Sturges and W. H. Edmonds.
Catawba?S. A. Sturges.
The next business in order was the discussion
of queries selected for this meeting,
and pertaining to the interest and progress
of the church and Sunday-school work.
These questions were discussed during the
remainder of Friday's session and in the
sessions of Saturday.
On Sunday morning, as had been previously
announced, a Sunday-school mass
meeting was held, beginning at 10 o'clock.
Addresses appropriate to the occasion were
delivered by Rev. G. M. Webb and Rev.
J. K. Fant. A large audience was present,
many being unable to procure seats inside
the commodious church building.
The music during these exercises was
grand and appropriate, Antioch's organist,
Mr. J. It. Dickson, presiding at that instrument.
At the conclusion of the mass meeting,
Rev. J. A. White preached the missionary
sermon from the 5th chapter of Second Corrinthians,
first clause of the 14th verse, after
which a collection was taken up amounting
to $28, which was appropriated to the
State missions fund.
While the Sunday-schools, as a whole, are
not awake to that degree of interest the
ardent friends of the cause desire, it is, however,
gratifying to know that interest in the
cause is perceptibly increasing. As the
books of the secretary and treasurer show,
the Sunday-schools composing this convention
have contribute^, including collections
taken at its meetings, $.'112.87, which has
been distributed among the various mission
fields supported by the Convention.
The sessions of the Convention were harmonious
throughout, and it adjourned to
meet with Shiloh church, in York county,
on Friday before the fifth Sunday in August
next. i).
Coxtumacioi's Mormoxs.?A Salt Lake
City dispatch says: The poly gam ists in the
Utah penitentiary to whom Governor West
proffered his good offices in case they would
consent to submit to the laws, have made a
formal reply to the Governor, in which they
express their gratitude for the interest he
has taken in their behalf, but deprecate the
idea of their refusal to pledge obedience to
the laws being called a defiance of the Government.
They say they have no desire to
be defiant, or in conflict with the nation's
laws. They have never violated any other
laws than those forbidding polygamy. The
reply says: "We conscientiously believe in
plural marriage, and practice it from firm
convictions of its divine requirement. Of
the forty-nine elders now in the penitentiary
for violating the Edmunds law all but
four were in polygamy before its passage.
Some of them, .'Jo years prior to the passage
of the Edmunds law, were united with
wives for all time and eternity by the most
sacred covenants. Numerous children have
been born and become endeared to us by
the strongest paternal ties." They profess
their inability to understand what promises
are required of them. They claim
that the Court rulings are varied and conflicting,
affording no explicit and permanent
definition of what must be done to
comply with the law. In conclusion they
say: "So far as compliance with your proposition
requires the sacrifice of our honor
and manhood, the repudiation of our wives
and children and the violation of sacred
covenants, heaven forbid that we should be
guilty of such perfidy. The perpetual imprisonment
with which we are threatened,
even death itself, is preferable. Our wives
desire no separation from us. Were we to
comply with your request they would regard
our action as most cruel, inhuman and
monstrous. Ourchildren would blush with
shame and we should deserve the scorn and
contemptof all just and honorable men."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A colored woman and her child were I
killed by lightning Saturday near Lewie- j
dale.
? In Newberry county, on the 27th ultimo, j
Mattison Anderson, colored, committed sui- '
cide by hanging. Domestic trouble was the j
cause.
Several alligators have been killed re-j
Gently in Darlington county. It is stated
that one old 'gator has been seen which
measured fully twenty feet in length.
? The Methodist church at Parksville,
Edgefield county, was blown down by the
recent heavy winds. This is the second
church blown down at Parksville.
? Air. M. J. Jenkins, who recently resigned
his commission as Lieutenant in the
United States army, will soon open a private
school in the higher grades in Beaufort.
? The remains of Henry Sparnick, who
* -1 Xl O/lll. ? 4*
(lieu at ijenver, uoiorauo, ou uic iuui ui
November last, were brought to Charleston
by his sister and buried in Magnolia Cemetery
last week.
* ? The Supreme Court has admitted the
colored men who fired from Bethel church,
Columbia, and killed a colored man named
Lee, during a fight over the church property,
to bail in $1,200 each.
? In Claredon county, on the 2Gth ultimo,
Win. W. Barrow was shot and killed by
Thomas E. Shannon. Shannon surrendered
to the Sheriff. The cause of the shooting
was a difference of opinion about the opening
of a public road.
? The comptroller general has issued a
circular to the county auditors to the effect
that, in accordance with an Act passed at
the last session of the Legislature, the State
board ot equalization will meet in Columbia
July 8.
? A difficulty occurred last Friday on Mr.
J. T. Kennington's plantation in Lancaster
county between John Coles and Joe Hilton,
both colored, in which the latter was shot
by the former in the legs with a shot gun.
The wounds are not regarded as dangerous.
? During the high river last week, the
water washed away a portion of an Indian
mound on the Chestnut place below Camden,
and many Indian relics were unearthed,
such as skulls, bones, teeth, pottery, etc.
Many of the articles were in a pretty fair
state of preservation.
Aiken Review: Jane Walker, a little
/colored girl, about ten years of age, 'was
committed to the county jail last week by
Trial Justice E. A. Eubanks, of Millbfook
township, on a charge of murder. From
what we can gather it seems that Jane was
required by her parents to mind the child of
a near relative, and becoming tired of her
charge administered concentrated lye to it,
which caused its death.
? Columbia Register: Private Smalls, colored,
who enlisted in the Twenty-fourth
United States Infantry in 1881, and has been
honorably discharged after his full term of
service, has returned home from the scene
of the border Indian war. He says he is
the bearer of three scars received in battle
with the redskins, and his advent on the
streets yesterday was hailed by many of his
n/imininfrtnnAO lirlf L T\l?AMrl O fl m 1 rO _
lunuci (tLquaiuiautcs vvicn piuuu avunnution
for the conquering hero.
? The State Supreme Court has rendered a
decision in a case against the Abbeville
county commissioners - for payment for a
bridge claimed by the commissioners to be
defective. The court holds that the Circuit
Court has no original jurisdiction in cases
against counties. The decision will prove
of great benefit to the counties, as by it all
claims are to be adjusted by the county
commissioners themselves, leaving to the
claimant, however, the right of appeal to
the Circuit Court.
? Mr. Edward F. Stokes, of Greenville,
who will be remembered as an independent
candidate for Congress in this district in
1870, has been committed to the lunatic
asylum. The Greenville News says he went
quietly and knowing his destination, but
found fault in a quiet way with his friends
who sent him there, sayingthe action would
have come better from others. He objected
to going to the Air-Line depot and seemed
to have an idea that an attempt was being
made to take him elsewere than to Columbia
until the railroad situation was explained
to him. He made no violent resistance,
only holding back somewhat when led to
the car.
? During the recent freshet several bales
of cotton were lying on the ground at McAliley's
Mill, on Sandy Kiver, Chester
county, where no one ever dreamed the
river would reach it. The water reached it,
however, and it floated off down the stream.
Mr. J. Smith Hardin and Mr. John Sanders
got into a bateau with a quantity of rope
and followed the cotton as it floated on the
water. They finally managed to get it
among some trees and tied it securely.
The river has fallen, and the cotton hangs
suspended in the air twenty-five feet from
the ground and some distance from the
river.
President's Marriage.?On Friflaylast
the ban of secrecy was removed
from the President's contemplated marriage,
about which so many contradictory reports
have been published, and all doubts in regard
to the approaching wedding were removed
by the following authorized publication,
dated Washington, May 28:
President Cleveland will be married at
the White House on Wednesday evening,
June 2nd, to Miss Frances Folsom. The
recent death of a relative of Miss Folsom
has changed the original plans for the wedding,
and invitations will now be limited
? <Vntr r\ f f l-?/-? nnn>? mli trnc anil mormhprQ
tu a 1CVV WI lilC ucaj. ivuui tcj uuu tuvu*w*w
of the Cabinet and their wives.
Itev. Dr. Sunderland, of the First Presbyterian
Church of Washington, will officiate.
The ceremony will be followed by a collation,
and the wedding in all of its details
will be plain and unostentatious.
Miss Folsom arrived at New York from
Europe last Thursday night on the Antwerp
steamer Xonllaml. She was met at
the steamer quarantine station by Colonel
Dan Lamont, with a revenue cutter, and
landed at one of the uptown piers on the
North river. Her coming by an Antwerp
steamer was so little regarded as within
the possibilities that only two of the New
York papers and not any of the telegraphic
reporters had the news. The reporters generally
were watching the British steamship
lines.
On the 20th of April the ExquiKER contained
an accurate portrait of Miss Folsom,
the bride elect, accompanied with the
statement that the marriage would take
place in the White House, in June.
Rev. A. J. WiTiiKKsi'oox, D. D.?This
distinguished philanthropist, who has devoted
his life to the work of improving the
condition of seamen, and Jias established a
"Home" in New Orleans, the usefulness of
which has commended it to the press and
the people of that city, is now visiting South
Carolina. ()f his presence in Columbia, the
Register of Sunday says:
Dr. Witherspoon is a native of the historic
"Waxhaws" settlement in Lancaster county,
and a graduate of the South Carolina
College and Columbia Theological Seminary,
and lias many intimate friends and associates
in our midst who will be pleased to
hear him and bid him God-speed in his
noble self-sacrificing work, a work whose
importance to the interest of the sailor, and
through him upon the world at large, has
been specially recognized by the Presidents
of the Republics and nearly all the crowned
heads of Europe.
The State Democratic Committee.?
Col. J. F. Izlar, chairman of the State Democratic
executive committee, has issued a
call for a meeting of the committee to be
held in Columbia at 8.80 P. 31., Tuesday
June 8. The call states that business of
importence will come up before the com
mittee, and this is understood to mean mat
there will be an early reorganization of the
party for the campaign.
? Lexington Dispatch: "Prior to the
opening of the primary canvass we would
remark that those who keep cool during the
campaign will have just as good a time as
those who will worry around and perspire
all the colors out of their suspenders destroying
the elasticity of those useful appendages.
So keep cool."
LOOA?.iiFFAXRS ;
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1
John M. Hope, Secretary and Treasurer?Attention
! Jenkins Rifles. f
Withers Adiekes?Cash Wanted. )
Dowry it Starr?Sponge Bath Towels.
T. M. Dohson it Co.?Shirts at Cost?Zeigler's?
Below Cost?500 Sold?Scrim Cloths?Win- 1
ter Clothing?White Goods?Second Hand c
Machines?School Books?Yarn. t
John C. Kuykendal?Stock Phrases. (
II. F. Adiekes?Jobs! Jobs!! Jobs ! ! !
J. W. Bobson?Wanted?Plow Stocks?Grain
Cradles?Wheat Bran.
Jas. B. Bell?Attorney at Law. a
Opera House?Dramatic Entertainment.
William McGlit and Thomas McGill, Administrators?
Application for Discharge.
UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1887.
Wc will furnish the Enquikkr from this date '
until January 1, 1887, for ; or for one year
to two names paid for at the same time, $4.00. ]
Single subscription $2.50 per annum.
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT. i
By referringto our advertising columns, it will
be seen that the best talent of the town will give
a literary and dramatic entertainment at Ilunter ,
?fc Dates' opera house on next Tuesday night, the ]
8th instant. The entertainment will be a real .
treat to the lovers of good reading, good music,
and parlor theatricals. J
MILITARY INSPECTION.
On account of the inability of Gen. Manigault '
to reach Yorkville on the 20th ultimo, there was
no inspection of the Jenkins Rifles at this place {
on that day, as had been appointed. The Adju- 1
taut General has notified Captain Law that he ]
will be here on Monday next for the purpose of ,
inspecting the company. The inspection will
take place immediately after the arrival of the ]
Chester train, which is due here at G P. M. f
THE BOUNDARY SURVEY. i
JVeTiave seen no official report of the survey 1
recently made to establish the boundary line ?
between York and Mecklenburg counties, but (
the following from the Charlotte Home-Democrat f
indicates that the survey has been completed, ]
and that York will not lose much of her territory:
"The boundary survey between Mecklenburg
county and South Carolina has not j
amounted to much. Capt. Alexander, oneof the
Commissioners, says there is nothing in it for
North Carolina, not even a whole rod of land. A
The expense has been an unnecessary one."
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad Company, will I
beheld at Dallas, X. C., to-day, June 3rd. The t
following is the schedule of the stockholders'
train : c
Going north, the train will leave Chester at 7 c
A. M.; arrive at Lowrysville, 7.25; arrive at Guth- i
riesville, 7.55; arrive at Yorkville, 8.20and leave
at 8.25; arrive at Clover, 8.55; arrive at Crowd- c
er's Creek, 9.15; arrive at Gastonia, 9.35, and a
leave at 9.40; arrive at Dallas at 10. t
Going south, the train will leave Dallas at 4 P. c
\f -i.-fivn of cj^iai-nnin ,<if 415 and leave at 4.25:1
arrive at Crowder's Creek, 4.45; arrive at Clover, < n
5.05; arrive at Yorkville at 5.35 and leave at 5.55; ?
arrive at Guthriesville, 0.16; arrive at Lowrysville,
0.4<>: arrive at Chester, 7.25.
- / ADMITTED TO THE BAR.
yin tlie Supreme Court, last week, Mr. John E.
Mason and Mr. James B. Bell, of Yorkville, were
admitted to practice law in the Courts of this
State. There were seventeen candidates for admission,
and the examination on Tuesday was
conducted with more strictness than any preceding
it, in consequence of which nine were
rejected, among whom was Mr. Ilell. Of those,
eight asked to be re-examined on Thursday afternoon,
and a committee, consisting of Messrs.
Backman, Shand and John T. Sloan, Jr., was
appointed for that purpose. The Register says
the applicants passed a very creditable examination
and were complimented by the Chief
Justice. As the failure of Mr. Bell when tirst
examined has gained some publicity, it is due
him to say that according to our information his
first examination was quite creditable so far as
related to his knowledge of the law, but he failed
to answer some questions not directly connected
with the pratice of the profession, and
certainly not contained in any of the text books.
CHURCH NOTICES. ,
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Preaching at 10.30 A. M. next Sunday by Rev. |
T. D. Latimer. No evening service. The pastor
will fill a presbyterial appointment at Rich- j
burg on Sunday. Prayer-meeting Thursday at
8.15 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C.
Galloway, Pastor. Services at 10.30, A. M. and j
3 P. M. Sunday-shool immediately after even- j
ing services.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and ^
8 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. every Sun- j
day. Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at 8 P. M. (
Episcopal?Rev. G. A. Ottmann, Rector. Sun- ,
day-school at 4 P. M.
Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- j
vices at Union Church at 11 A. M., next Sunday, (
and in Yorkville, at 8.15 P. M. Sunday-school |
at 3.30 P. M. " ,
King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. John- j
son, Pastor. There will be preaching next Sat- j
urday and Sunday at King's Mountain Chapel.
The pastor will bo assisted by Rev. S. J. McLeod. |
Communion after morning service on Sunday. <
4
rJ.? A BASE-BALL CONTEST. J
</n Tuesday afternoon last quite a lively game |
of base-ball took place on the K. M. M. S. Green, j
between the "Heavy Batters," of Yorkville, 1
composed of Messrs. J. A. Latta, Captain, J. S. i
Moore, R. Smith, W. I. Witherspoon, W. R. |
Clear, P. G. McCorkle, C. G. Parish, S. L. Lowry
and J. II. Riddle, and the "Cadet Nine," with (
the following players : Cadet Muckenfuss, Cap- <
tain, Cadets Bratton, Dunbar, Garrett, Hobbs, (
Scoville, Bailey, II. Xeal and Levi. Messrs. ]
Smith and Moore constituted the battery for t
the "Heavy Batters," and Messrs. Bratton and I
Dunbar for the Cadets. Lieut. Maddox, of the i
K. M. M. S. Faculty acted as umpire. <
There was good individual playing on both 4
sides, but the superior fielding of the Cadets 1
told in their favor. The game continued for 1
several hours, and when it was brought to a ^
close by the darkness, the score stood to 20 '
in favor of the Cadets.
The game was witnessed by a number of j
ladies and gentlemen who took considerable (
interest in its progress from first to last. It is t
understood that there will lie another friendly t
crossing of bats between these two nines next ^
Friday afternoon. |
RAILROAD NEWS. J
The Shelby papers, our usual source for in- ^
formation pertaining to the operations of the J
Massachusetts ami Southern Construction Company
north of this place, have contained no *
news upon the subject for the past two weeks, '
though we learn that the work of grading and (
bridge building between Black's and Shelby '
is progressing. Operations have been some- ^
what retarded by the lato excessive rain, and
some damage was sustained by the work on *
portions of the line, but the loss is insignificant
and the damage has been repaired.
On Tuesday last the camp of the engineering
corps engaged in permanently locating the line c
between Rock Hill and Yorkville was moved j
from near Rock Hill to Tirzah Church, and the
corps is now engaged between Rock Hill and J '
Tirzali. p
As to tho operations of the Company north of .,
the Air-Line, we are informed by Col. Urquhart ^
that ties are now being distributed between j
Rutherfordton and Mooresboro, nine miles north
of Shelby, and also between Shelby and Black's, j
As indicating the extent of tho work now being 1
accomplished Col. Urquhart tells us the pay-roll
of the Company for the month of May amounts | ^
to about $til),000. {,
A meeting of the County Commissioners of v
Lancaster was held on Monday of last week, ; 0
when, on the presentation of petitions by the
required number of free-hold voters in the I
townships of I'leasant Hill, Cane Creek and
Gills Creek, an election was ordered in each of j ^
those townships on Saturday, tho 2(>th instant, j ^
on the question of the townships voting a sub- j j.
scription of ?10,000 each in township bonds, to J e
aid in the construction of the Charleston, Cin- j (j
cinnati and Chicago Railroad. ! ti
There seems to be considerable activity in oth- e
er railroad enterprises at this time. On the -5th i
ultimo, Roanoke, Va., voted on the ijuestion of
authorizing the Council of that city to subscribe ' L
?100,000 in bonds for the building of the Roanoke ' ?
and Southern Railroad, one of the proposed e
routes of which is via Yorkville. The vote re- j f|
suited by a large majority in favor of the sub- ti
scription. j \
A new railroad from Salem, Virginia, to At- h
lanta, Georgia, is being agitated. It is to be n
known as the Southwestern Air Line and pro- V
poses to tap Greenville and Spartanburg, which C
ities are asked to send delegates to a meeting
obe held at Morganton, North Carolina, on the
5th instant.
Mr. W. K. Sullivan has tinished grading the
irst division of the Atlantic, Greenville and
Yestern Narrow Gauge Railroad. This divism
is fifteen miles in length and begins at Cokcmry.
Work was commenced on the 15th day
>f March, and was to be completed in ninety
lays, but the job has been completed in seventy
lays.
It is said that English capitalists will back up
he building of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap
md Chicago Railroad.
MAIL DEPARTURES AXI) ARRIVALS.
For the convenience of the business public we
irint the following schedule of the departures
md arrivals of the country mails from and to
forkville :
Charlotte Route, supplying Fodder, Clay Hill,
tanaleburg, Steel Creek and Charlotte.?Leaves
i'orkville, Thursday and Saturday at 7 A. M.
Vrrives at Charlotte at 5 P. M. Leaves Charlotte,
Wednesday and Friday at 7 A. M. Arrives at
Vorkville at 5 P. M.
llock Hill Route, supplying Tirzah and Rock
Hill.?Leaves Yorkville, Monday and Thursday
it 7 A. Tvr. Arrives at Rock Hill at 12 M. Leaves
Rock Hill Monday and Thursday at 1 P. M. K
Arrives at Yorkviileat 6 P. M.
Garibaldi Route, supplying Bethel, Zeno and
iaribaldi.?Leaves Yorkville, Wednesday and
Saturday at 1 P. M. Arrives at Garibaldi at 7 P.
VI. Leaves Garibaldi, Tuesday and Friday at 0
I?. M. Arrives at Yorkviileat 12 M. on Wedneslav
and Saturday,
flopewell Route, supplying Hickory Grove
md Hopewell.?Leaves Yorkville, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 1 P. M. Arrives at
Hopewell at (J P. M. Leaves Hopewell, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at ti A. M. Arrives at
i'orkville at 11 A. M.
Bullock's Creek Route, supplying Blairsville,
Hoodtown and Bullock's Creek, York county,
md Cabal, Chester county.?Leaves Yorkville,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 A. M. Ar ives
at Bullock's Creek at 12 M. Leaves Bul?
ock's Creek, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
it 1 P. M. Arrives at Yorkville at<> P. M.
Clark's Fork Route, supplying Bethany and
Clark's Fork.?Leaves Yorlcville, Thursday and
Saturday at 8 A. M. Arrives at Yorkville at 5
[\ M. on same days.
PERSONAL MENTION.
^fev. Thomas M. Lowry. of Augusta, Ga., is
lere on a visit to his parents.
MissJanie Farris, of Ebenezer, was in Yorkr'ille
last week visiting Mrs. J. W. Dobson.
Mr. W. E. Ferguson, of Atlanta, Ga., is paying
i short visit to his parents and other friends in
i'orkville.
Mrs. McD. Arledge, Miss Mamie Arledge and
dr. Tom Arledge, of Charlotte, X. C., are in
own, visiting friends and relatives.
We were pleased to receive a call last Satur- , ^
lay, from our young friend, Mr. W. H. Speck,
>f Palatka, Florida. He is visiting his parents
n this place and friends in North Carolina.
Mrs. John F. Speck returned home last Monlay
from a visit to Lineolnton, X. C. She was -i
ccompanied by Miss Ada Alexander, of that
own, who \yill remain here her guest for a few
layv"
Ann rA.iT.inci \fitiu DflninOV Duvics and
illlll i/ailW) .
drs. Harriet Foster, nee Miss Harriet Davies, of
ipartanburg, are visiting their mother, who is
uaking her home with her brother, Mr." John
)ennis.
Mr. J. M. Galloway, a merchant at White
)ak, in Fairiield county, paid a visit to his
jrother, Rev. J. C. Galloway last week, arriving
lere on Friday afternoon and returning on Monlay.
He was accompanied by Prof. J. S. Price, ' \
irincipal of White Oak Academy and brother of
drs. J. C. Galloway. Prof. Price returned home
in Saturday.
Rev. Thomas D. Latimer and family, of
,'orinth, Miss., aro visiting the parents of Mr.
jatimer, who live near Philadelphia Church,
ind also his brothers in this place. They will
emain here about ten days. Rev. Mr. Latimer
ias been pastor of a Presbyterian church at
,'orinth for the past two years, and was a delegate
to the Southern Presbyterian Assembly
vhich closed its session last Saturday night in
Vugusta.
Rev. J. A. White, of Grover, N. G\, and Rev.
1. K. Fant, of Pineville, N. C., were in town last
veek, the guests of Rev. J. E. Covington.
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
? Fifteen candidates have already been
innounced in the Edgefield papers.
? The Democratic County Convention has
jeen called to meet at Aiken July 1.
? It is announced that Wm. II. Brawley,
Esq., of Charleston, will oppose Congressnan
Dibble for renomination for Congress.
? Hon. 11. T. Mockbee, a popular member
>f the House from Chester, has been men:ioned
by admirers as a suitable candidate
or Lieutenant Governor.
? The Abbeville Messenger says the people
)f Abbeville want Judge Cothran to serve
:hem in Congress, and though the Judge
ias not spoken one way or the other, our
lontemporary says it does not believe he 1
will refuse.
? The Abbeville Messenger of the 20th ul:imo
contains four announcements of candiiates,
subject to choice at the primary elec- i
Jon. Gen. It. It. Hemphill's friends have
lominated him for the State Senate and
Ellis Graydon, Esq., has been nominated
for re-election to the House.
? Camden Journal: "Next Fall will be .
:he 10th anniversary of the deliverance of
south Carolina from Radical rule. It ought
to be made the occasion for another general
jprising of the Democracy in their efforts
[6 wipe out all traces of ring rule Dy purging
new men in office from top to bottom.
We don't like to see men so patriotic as to t
tvant to be in the public service all the
:ime."
? Says the Newberry Observer: "South
Carolina should have a canvass of candiJates
for Governor before the nominating
convention meets?something like Georgia
lias now between Bacon and Gordon. Let
;he candidates declare themselves and go
before the people. The custom in this State
s to have a convention to nominate candidates,
and then the nominees go round and
say their little speeches when nobody wants
;o hear them. The canvass should precede
he nominations." The Observer also advocates
the primary system for nominating
Congressional candidates.
? Speaking of Col. Aiken's successor, the
Anderson Journal says: "Already a number V
>f candidates have been suggested, and *
here are still others who might answer if
hey were called. We have heard suggest- t
id the names of Major B. F. Whiter and
Col. It. W. Simpson, of Anderson ; Mr. W.
C. Benet, Col. E. B. Gary, Col. J. H. Rice,
fudge James S. Cothran and I)r. J. C. Maxvell,
of Abbeville county; Hon. George
Tohnstone, Col. J. N. Lipscomb and Judge
f. J. Pope, of Newberry; Col. R. K. Bow;n,
of Pickens, and possibly one or two
rom Oconee. Major E. B. Murray, of Anlerson,
who was a candidate in the last
ace, is understood to be in the field for the
5tate Senate this year and will not offer for
Congress." The Journal thinks that the
troper plan is to nominate the candidate at
, primary election.
('KDl'S IN THE STATE.
? The Broad River section of Newberry 0
ounty was visited by a terrible storm on
'riday, doing great damage to the cotton
nd other crops.
? Union Times: We have been informed
iy some farmers that upon examining their
vheat they found the heads to be nothing
mt chaff, the heavy and frequent rains havng
beaten off the bloom and prevented it
rom reforming.
? Manning Times, May 2G: Corn and cot*nnni.fnr)
titi woll U.T>rlr(vl nnfl
L/II (lie UUIU 1 teu upj '? V?? ?? v? *?vv?
rowing nicely. With a continuation of the
resent favorable season, a nlentiful harvest
nay resonably be expected. The oat crop
rill also yield a great deal more than the
utlook at one time promised.
? Keowee Courier: The complaint is wideprcad
that the crops of cotton and corn are 1
ery unpromising. Some of the former has
een plowed up and replanted in cotton or
lanted in corn and peas. Corn on bottom *
mds has suffered from overflows and wash- v
s. Upland corn looks better. The grass in
tie crops is growing vigorously and the coninued
wet weather has prevented the farmrs
from making much headway against it.
? Pickens Sentinel: About this time last
ear there was two weeks of rain which
ut the farmers very much behind. Last
,-eek it appeared that we were to have the
xperience of May '85 repeated, but after
hree days of almost uninterrupted rain, the
einperature rose and the clouds rolled by.
Ve heard a farmer say that enough rain
ad fallen in the three days with which to
lake a crop. Low lauds were covered with ^
,-ater, and in some cases, corn and oats were
onsidcrably damaged.