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Straps and .facts. ? The first half of the year 1889 has been disastrous to railroads. According to statistics just published, eight railroads, with a total of 2,G90 miles, and an apparent investment of $125,570,000, have gone into bankruptcy during the past six month. ? The New Orleans Times-Democrat, takiug the data afforded by reports from several of the States, estimates that very nearly half of our cotton is now raised by white labor, whereas thirty years ago not over 400,000 bales, or one-tenth of the crop, was raised by the whites. ? Judge Foster, of the United States court at Topeka, for the district of Kansas, last Friday rendered a decision to the effect that no officer of Oklahoma has legal authority to arrest or imprison offenders of the law, inasmuch as that country is under the jurisdiction of no court. ? At Denver, Colorado, Friday, Mr. Wyatt, acting as secretary of state, was arrested for refusing to comply with an order of the court. He was sentenced to ten flows in t.hp nnnnt.v ia.il. and is now COn fined in that institution. It is expected that a writ of habeas corpus will be issued out i>r his release. ? The citizens of Kearney, Nebraska, which has a population of 10,000, have undertaken to raise $250,000 as a subsidy for an eastern cotton manufacturing company to remove the extensive plant to Kearney. In two days $181,000 was raised, and the remainder has doubtless been secured. It wilt be Nebraska's first cotton mill, and the Kearneyites are enthusiastic over the prospect. ? The Wisconsin Grand lodge of Masons, in annual convention assembled, have resolved that saloon keepers and liquor dealers are ineligible for membership, and that those who are already in the order cannot be advanced to higher degrees. This course has been adopted by the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska and Michigan. ? One car load of GOO crates of LeConte pears was shipped from Smithville, Ga., on Thursday, to Chicago, by Mr. w. W. Thompson, proprietor of the LeConte nursery.* It is thought that at least 12,000 bushels will be shipped from that point alone. Cotton has given away to fruit culture in South Georgia to a very great extent, and the planters are making more money by the change. ? Only five of the British officers who fought at Waterloo were alive when the seventy-fourth anniversary of the battle came around on the 18th of last June. They are Gen. George Whichote (as lieutenant of 52nd light infantry;) General the Earl of Albemarle (as ensign of 14th regiment;) Lieut.-Col. M. P. Browne (as senior cornet 11th light dragoons;) Lieut.-Col. W. Hewett (as captain of the 3d battalion 14th regiment) and Major Basil Jackson (as lieutenant of Royal Staff Corps.) ? In view of the serious trouble which has been expected in St. Francis county, Ark., on Monday of last week, the day for holding the election of sheriff and assesor, the former place made vacant by the killing of Sheriff Wilson while the Forest City ?i/\f %vraa in nrnorroca tho ornupmnr 143110(1 ft AAVTV TT UO III |/4V6iVWf v..v special order the previous Saturday, in which he ordered the disbandmentof six militia companies recently organized in that county, and the surrender of their arms and equipments. ? The provision made by the last Congress for the publication of the "records of the rebellion," hereafter under the supervision of a board of three persons, took effect on the first of this month. The effect will possibly be to lessen the liability to the introduction of unofficial matter. During at least eight years the annual sum set apart for this purpose has not exceeded $36,000, but now it is fixed at $100,000, and as a result the volumes hereafter will come out at least three times as rapidly. ? The sheriffs of the counties of Alabama met in Montgomery on Thursday and organized a State Association. Their objects and purposes are to mutually aid and assist each other to enforce the laws of the State, to arrest and bring to trial criminals and fugitives from justice, to suppress lawlessness and crime, using all lawful and reasonable means within reach to accomplish that end by prompt and energetic action, and to afford mutual protection to members of the association in the discharge of their duties. ? Of the cotton seed oil industry in the South, the Manufacturers' Record says: "There has lately been unprecedented activity in building new cotton seed oil mills, most of which are independent of the Cotton Oil Trust, though the Trust has, it is generally reported, virtually secured control of the Southern Oil company with its 8 large mills. The Record publishes this week a complete list of all the cotton seed oil mills in the South, showing 213 mills with an aggregate capital of about 4')A AAA AAA ooairiat JA mills with n Pflnitnl V-V)UVV,VVVj UgUIUUV IV I. . v.. *? v?.r..M. of $3,000,000 in 1880. ? Mrs. John Tyler, widow of ex-President John Tyler, died in Richmond, Va., on the 10th instant of congestive chill. The death of Mrs. Tyler, once the young bride of a president, who was even then almost venerable from old age, leaves Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Gen. Grant, Mrs. Garfield, and Mrs. Cleveland, as the only surviving wives of former presidents of the republic. Mrs. Tyler's wedding, nearly half a century ago, created something like the same feeling of sentimental interest which attached to Miss Francis Folsom's becoming the wife of President Cleveland in 1886. ? At Mt. Pleasant, Florida, last Thursday, Frances Cooper, a colored woman, invited three other negro women, neighbors, to dinner. After dinuer the three guests were taken with convulsions, and one expired in great agony. An investigation established the fact of poisoning, and Frances Cooper has since confessed that she had a grudge against these women arising through some neighborhood quarrel, and had placed "rough on rats" in a dish of butter beans for the purpose of poisoning them. She said her husband had urged her to do it. Austin Cooper, her husband, told several stories about the affair, but finally confessed his wife's confession. The two surviving victims will probably die. ? The Rev. l)r. Cleveland, of Indianapolis, is a relative of President Harrison's predecessor The broad-minded divine recently astonished his congregation by tho following words: "In the ninth and tenth years of my ministry I was the pitcher of a baseball club in the State of Delaware, and while acting in that capacity I never discovered that I was doing a wicked thing, nor did any of my congregation ever criticise me for my action. There are religious people in this city who are so peculiarly religious that if they could not denounce the popular amusements, they would lose half their occupation and all their religion. May we have common sense enough to increase the number of our holidays." ? The following story comes from Atlanta: Jake Morris, janitor of the city hall, afld who belonged to every secret order in MTie city, laughed himself to death last '^Wednesday night. He attended the Masonic lodge of which he was a member. When he left the lodge room he was accompanied by Professor Otto Sphar, who had lost his hat and was compelled to go bareheaded until they reached Morris's room. Professor Sphar noticed that his friend laughed immoderately, a thing that seldom happened. The next morning Morris was found dead by the servant. The theory is that he laughed so immoderately as to bring on palpitation of the heart, to which he was suoject. Morris invested all his earnings in life insurance and leaves his two daughtersabout $24,000. ? A large crowd of people assembled at Mount Hope church, Lamar county, Ala., on Sunday morning of last week, to witness the marriage of Julius Shearer and MiuDie Moran, two prominent young people of the neighborhood. Just as the preacher began the ceremony, Shearer sank to the floor and died in a few moments. He had heart disease, and the excitement of the occasion brought on a fatal attack. Among thoso present in the cnurcn was \v liuarn Langley, a rejected suitor of Miss Moran. At the first opportunity Langley approached the young lady and told her that Providence had interposed to prevent her marriage to Shearer. He insisted that she ought to marry him, as the Lord was clearly on his side. Miss Moran finally consented to marry Langley as soon as Shearer was buried. Shearer's funeral took place Monday morning, and on Tuesday night Langley and Miss Moran were married without Providential interference. ? Mr. George O. Jones, chairman of the State National Greenback party, has issued an invitation requesting all persons who desire to aid in re-organizing the National Greenback party, to meet in their respective State and congressional districts, on or before September 1 next, and ^ appoint one delegate and one alternate to HLttend the National Greenback convenKL tion, called to meet at Cincinnati, Sep- ! tember 12. The invitation is extended to I "those who favor a distinct American i policy regarding its finances, who believe ! that full legal tender notes, greenbacks, issued by the government tor value received in promoting the general welfare, constitute the money which marks our advancing civilization, makes the best money the world ever saw, and should become the permanently circulating medium of the American people, the life of whose free government they saved, and that a party bearing their name should be perpetuated to keep those great truths constantly before the people." The call says that the recognized party will also advocate the payment of public debts according to the original contract under which they were issued ; the encouragement of the American merchant marine and of home industries; the limitations of the debts of corporations to the amount of stock actually paid up; the restriction of dividends of corporations to a fair return on the investment, and the restriction of private ownership of land. $hc ^ovhvillc <&nqnivev. --- -- < \ ' YOltKVILLE, K. C. : \ WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1889. THE McDOW TRIAL. We have purposely avoided commenting upon the verdict as rendered by the jury which acquitted Dr. McDow of the murder of Capt. F. W. Dawson, our position being that a verdict of acquittal in a capital case, after it is rendered, is final, and that it is best for all parties, to let it rest without public comment or discussion. But notwithstanding this view of the case, we copy on the first page of this issue, a calm and dignified review of the trial from the editorial columns of the News and Courier, the paper which for twenty years bore the impress of Capt. Dawson's superior talent and editorial ability. From the time the death of Capt. Dawson became known on the streets of Charleston, up to the present day, the course of the News and Courier?the paper which he founded?bearing upon the great tragedy that enlisted the attention of the entire country, was commendable and praiseworthy in an eminent degree. It sought not, during the trial or preceding it, to inflame public passion against the accused, contenting itself with the publication only | of such facts as it could obtain as to the j commission of the deed, and when the ( trial came on, publishing from day to day, J without a word of comment, an exhaust- ( ive report of the proceedings. Under ( these and other peculiar circumstances its } editorial review of the case is entitled to ( the consideration of every newspaper reader in the State. * As the News and Courier remarks, the j case against I)r. McDow isclosed ; but may { not the result of that trial, on account of r the widespread interest it attracted, have i the effect to set the people to thinking? ( While, as we have said, the question as to * Dr. McDow's guilt or innocence is settled by the verdict, does not this and many j similar trials in the State that have pre- j ceded it, open up new questions for the t people, and especially our legislators, to 1 ponder? * One of these questions is a change of the j present jury law as regards challenges. Under the present practice, in a panel of I thirty-six jurors the State is entitled to five * peremptory challenges and the accused to j ten, in all cases of felony. In our opin- j ion, which is confirmed by the observa- { tion of others who have given the subject thought, the law should be so amend- ( ed as to deprive either the State or the s accused of the right to challenge, ex- * cept for cause shown. This, in a great { measure, would deprive an accused murderer of selecting a jury either to acquit or j secure a mistrial, which latter course is a favorite method should the former fail. ? Under the present system, acquittal or c a mistrial can be secured in any case, no ' matter how flagrant or direct the testimo- | ny as to wilful murder, if the accused have j tnnnAv or infhipnco. I)isruissin<? the ores- < 9ent jury law in reference to challenges, a > prominent member of the bar remarked < in our presence not long ago, that with the jury law as it now stands, he would un- ' dertake,with a retainer of $2,000, to secure ( the acquittal of any person charged with <. murder, regardless of the proven facts on f the trial! With such an opinion of the * law as this, and entertained by an emi- ( nent lawyer who has studied the subject, ( how ineffective it must be! The numbers ( of mistrials aud acquittals constantly oc- i curring throughout the State would seem 1 to verify his words. * It is useless to disguise the fact that by ( the verdicts of our juries in capital cases, j South Carolina is looked upon as holding ] human life too cheap, and while this is so, i whether the assumption be true or false, 1 our State can never expect to keep abreast j of her sister States in the march of progression which all are desiring to make. | We cannot expect immigration of a desira- i ble class of settlers, nor can we expect a c How of capital seeking investment in the ( development of our vast resources, so long as by our acts we seem to place the shot { gun superior to the law. ' , A ZKALM'S UOVEKNUK. Governor Lowrv. of Mississippi, is iust { now rendering himself ridiculous in the j eyes of his countrymen by his pretended efforts to capture the prize lighters Sulli- < van and Kilrain, who recently disgraced J civilization by a brutal display in the prize i ring at the little town of Itichburg, in Han- } cock county, Miss. For weeks previous to j the fight it was known that the contest , would take place either in Mississippi or j Louisiana, and the governors of these ( States had ample time and opportunity to '< take effective steps for preventing thede- j moralizing proceeding. True, some days in advance of the meeting, they issued proc- ] lamationsof warning to the pugilists and their abetors, Clovernor Lowry evengoing i so far as to invoke the aid of the militia of ' his State to aid him in maintaining the J majesty of the law. ^ The principals, with several hundred roughs assembled from all parts of the country, were in New Orleans for two or ( three days, making no concealment of their ( intentions, but even having the effrontery t to promulgate the statement that there ( was nothing in the statutes of Mississippi ] prohibiting the friendly contest of the two t champions of the prize ring. This may { have weakened the governor of 1 .ouisiana, and for the nonce misled the governor of ' Mississippi until he could look up the ^ ofotnfn in uwh ? f'two inside :\nd nrovided. > The parties were permitted to embark t quietly from New Orleans to the place se- t | lected for the battle ground?Itichburg, a j j "private" piece of property owned princij pally by one man. Ilere the tight pro- \ ! ceeded, the only demonstration made to t j prevent it being the wild gesticulations of | the sheriff of Hancock county, who with i cane in hand rushed into the ring and in 1 ' the name of the great State of Mississippi t ! commanded the peace. He then rushed c I out of the ring, securing a good position 1 for witnessing the sport, while the princi- c i pals and their second proceeded with the * preliminaries. ( The tight ended, all parties returned un- t i molested to New < frleans, from which city 1 j they departed at their leisure for their ' homes, and after Sullivan and Kilrain and ( ! their seconds were safely beyond the reach J i of cither governor, the chief executive of , I Mississippi instituted frantic efforts to r :ause the arrest of the men by telegraph-! ng to governors and police officers in disant States through which it was supposed hey would pass. As a consequence, Sul- \{ ivan was arrested in Nashville, Tenn., >ut released on a writ of habeas corpus and jermitted to move on. Since then he has ivaded further arrest, and Kilrain has M managed to keep clear of the oflicers. j Meanwhile, Governor Lowry is more ihreatcning than ever in hiseffort to main- N ain the dignity of his State, and is busily ^ mgaged in making arrangements for the irosecution of all persons and corporations . onnected in any way with the fight. And ' i big affair, he says, it will prove to be. Sheriff Cowart, who witnessed the fight, md Mr. Rich, of Richburg, are likely to 1< >e participators, as well as other promi- v aent parties in New Orleans and else- A tvhere. The governor does not doubt that lie will eventually get the principalsSullivan and Kilrain?together with their ?angs, or some of them. This, of course, provided the arrests are made in some ither State and he can secure the princi- ^ pals by requisition. *: The truth is, had there been a serious ^ lesire on the part of either governor to prevent the tight, it could have been presented, and that was the proper time for li iction. (Jovernor Lowry has commenced tr (lis heroic measures too late, and is only el continuing the travcsity which might,as li properly have ended with theseveuty-lifth C round. a: THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The South Carolina Weather service, in co-operation with the United States Signal fiy service, furnishes the following for the c< week ending Saturday, July 18th : Kain fall?For the State was below nor- a tnal. c< Temperature?For the State waR little o; ibove normal. i, Sunshine?For the State was little above j normal. ' Weather conditions?The rainfall for the ^ week has been but slight, and that in sections, and fairly well distributed. The temperature and sunshine have heen all :hat could be desired by farmers, enabling f1 them to clean their crops from grass. Ow- ir ing to the fact of the previous heavy rains, oi the ground in many places is firmly pack- ^ id; an occasional shower will help its cul- (j' tivation. Corn crops are assuredly made. f Jotton prospects have improved, and in >ome places cotton is blooming. Fruit in n ibundance. ai CROP REPORT. V The estimates given below are based lpon replies received from 212 special correspondents of the Department of Agrieul;ure, covering every county in the State, o; )ne hundred and two correspondent report p he weather favorable and nineteen un- fr 'avorable. There has been a decided improvement n the condition of cotton since June 1st, * :he seasons having been very favorable i ;hroughout the month. Several corres- ^ indents report the crop "grassy" on ac:ount ofexcessive rainfall,butgenerally the , ;rop has been well worked and is "clean." The condition on July 1st is: In upper Carolina DO; middle Carolina 84; lower Carolina 91. Average for the State 88, ^ igainst 81 at the same date in 1888, and 7(5 )n the 1st of last month. ? The reports show good prospects for an T iverage corn crop, though in some sections tl :rops on bottom lands have been damaged jr )y freshets and in other sections the bill bug ^ ind bud worm have caused slight damage, fhe condition of upper Carolina is reported it 100; middle Carolina 00, and lower S( Carolina 9"). Average for the State 07, v igainst 81 at the same date last year and ti U nn tho 1st of last month. The small grain crop was harvested in ine condition. Wheat was slightly inured by rust. The yield is estimated at ir > bushels, or very nearly an average. The y jroduct is reported as being 1 per cent. ^ greater than last year. The quality is re)ortcd as being better by 91 correspond- 1 ;nts, same by .'13, and inferior by 11. n The yield of oats is estimated at 11 u jushels per acre. Fall sown yielded 15, a ind spring 7 bushels per acre. The total Ul iroduct is estimated at 15 per cent, less , han last year. The quality is reported Hitter by 41 correspondents, same by 73, ind inferior by 80. P The smaller crops are reported in good w ionditiou?Sorghum at 03 ; sugar cane 04 ; 0] !weet potatoes, SO; Irish potatoes, 82; garlen products 85; peaches, 100; apples, 70; jears, 84; grapes, OS; berries, 07; waternelons, 03. fc The crop bulletin, issued last Saturday st >y the signal service at Washington, says: 2\ The week ending July 13th has been C( slightly warmer than usual from the midlie Atlantic States westward to the Mis- f, souri valley, while the temperature has ieen slightly below the normal generally hroughout the Southern States and Mary- b< and, the greatest departures occurring fe ilong the New England and Gulf coast, tc vhere the daily temperature averaged hree degrees below normal. There has been an excess of rain during he week generally throughout the north- It vest. A large excess of rainfall also oc- h urred along the east Gulf coast, including southeastern Louisiana, northern Florida, ind the southern portions of Mississippi md Alabama. Heavy local rains also oc- ti ;urred in Arkansas, western Tennessee, ] . entral Indiana and southern Virginia. The rainfall was less than usual in all ^ >ther districts, although well distributed - ains occurred throughout the Gulf States, nr .vestern Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, J-Can- ai >as, and Southern Illinois and Missouri. n rhe rainfall for the season continues in excess from New York south to Florida, and .' n Texas, the west portion of Kansas and xr_ l i x t xl til? ! ? xeurasKa, eastern iowa, norinern minois ind the eastern portion of "Wisconsin. In T ;he central portion of the cotton region the y, rainfall generally exceeds 80 per cent, of yj he normal. In the principal corn States of the cental valleys the season of rainfall has been .inevenly divided, but the greater portion . )f the area has received about SI) per cent, if the normal fall. There is, however, a " veil marked area in the Ohio valley, in- Y dudingsouthern Indiana, southwest Iowa, it ind the northern portion of Kentucky, in j] vhich the season's rainfall ranges from f>"> ftl :o 70 per cent, of the normal. . The weather during the week has been generally favorable to growing crops w :hroughout the corn and wheat regions of rc :he central valleys, extending from Ten- bi lessee north to the lakes, and from Penn- C( iylvania west to Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota. Crops are reported as improved n the spring wheat region of Dakota and al Minnesota, where harvesting is in progress hi n the southern counties. The weather ac las been favorable for harvesting in the p] vinter wheat belt, and the work of secur- j. ng the crop is well advanced, reports in- , licating an average yield. Reports from ill the corn producing States indicate this di rop, which is in tine condition, wasgreaty improved. This applies not only to the orn producing States of the North, but to Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. li' Excessive rains in the Southwest have ol njured crops, especially cotton, in Missis- h sippi, Louisiana, Eastern Arkansas and yj lorlions of Texas. In the last named State crops are improving, but too much ain is reported in localities. 1 Auolitiox in Bit axil.?The law for lie abolition of slavery in Brazil went into li dfect last year, and the papers of Rio de V laneiro have been giving accounts of its iperation and results during the year. The ol Itio News says it has now been proved that hi he apprehensions and predictions of dan- gi jer from emancipation were unfounded. \ Flie freed men have kept the peace, having ?( nade no attempt to overturn the social * irder of the empire, and have been diligent in doing the work for which they are ^ laid on the plantations. "In short," says di lie New York Sun, "it is evident from c*r lie experience of the past year that the ibolition of slavery in Brazil has not >rought about tho evils which were prelicted from it, but has been advantageous pi n many ways to the people of all races in tl he country." ? In the Oconee court of common pleas j j** ast week, Judge Hudson decided that the ! c nother of illegitimate children could not j c :laim homestead. This is one point of the J ^ lomestead law which has never been de-; rided by our supreme court. Judge Hud- i * ion holds that one must be the head of) H i lawful family to bo entitled to the right j K >f homestead and exemption under the (j institution and laws of South Carolina, j ^ Phc case against Newman Crenshaw, I. \. Hunter and (ieorge W. Sadler, in- j lic.ted for libel against several prominent ' >cople in Walhalla and West Cnion, by i >osting obscene hand-bills, after pending j co iver two years, was brought to trial and I to csulted in an acquittal. I w LOCAL AFFAIRS. MOW A I> VIOKTISIOM10NTS. . A. Crawford?Sheriffs Sale. II. MeCorkle, Probate Judge?Citation?J. j II. Colt harp. Applicant?Miss L. C. Mi> lOlhauey, (lurcasctl. , C. Sturgis, Principal?McConnellsville . Academy. frs. L. M. Homier, Principal-Due West Fo- I male College, ewis M. Crist?Tho Corbin Disk Harrow, j See Fourth page. Irs. T. M. Dobson?Down She Coos. Zithers Adickes?Croceries. ennedy Pros. A I'arron?Summer Coods? i Closing Out the Hemnants Regard less of j Cost. . Y. Cartwright A Co.?Whip Your Horses, i YORK ALLIANCE. A called meeting 01 too iotk uiumy | armors' Alliance will bo hold in York-! ille on Friday, the 2nd of August next. I . full meeting is desired. MATCH GAME. A match game of base ball will be 1 layed in Yorkvillc to-morrow between le Queen City Rase Hall club of this place, nd the Clover club. The game will he died about .'5 p. in., on the grounds of the , :ucen City club. CHESTER FAIR. We have received a copy of the premium ! st of the eleventh annual fair of the dies-1 ?r Agricultural, Horticultural and Me-I lanieal association of Chester, York, Faireld and Lancaster counties, to bo held at hester, commenceing October 22nd, ISSJ), nd continuing four days. COMPLIMENTARY GERMAN. TOn-Wcdnesday night last a german was Iven by young gentlemen of Yorkville, )inplimentary to the visiting young laies in town. It is described as a brilliant (fair, there being on the floor twenty Duples representing the youth and beauty f Yorkville and several of the neighborig towns. The german was led by Mr. eroy Springs, of Lancaster, and Miss Tary Lou Coward, of Yorkville. PROTRACTED M EETING. At the Raptist church a series of revival lootings is being conducted, the pastor belg assisted by Kcv. A. (?. McManaway, f Charlotte. The meetings are attended y large congregations, and a considerable egree of interest has already been mani>sted. Services will be held every moring and night during the present week, nd we are requested so say that all are inited to attend. NCjIIS 7?TH BIRTHDAY. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat f last Wednesday we take the following leasant paragraph in reference to our old iend, Mr. 11. C. Kerr: Mr. It. C. Kerr, one of the officers of the few Orleans Cotton exchange, and long nd favorably known in commercial circs here, was warmly congratulated on lianere on his seventy-sixth birthday. lr. Kerr also received a number of agreeL>le souvenirs from old friends. ./ BURGLARY OF A STORE. Restore of Mr. Hanks Good, at Bullock's i4ek post oflice, in this county, was burlariously entered on Sunday night last, he entranco was effected by boring irough the back door and removing the on bar that secured it. The burglar robed the house of nearly two boxes of tobac), a case of jewelry, a quantity of shoes, >me cravats, a lot of ladies' neckwear and arious other articles, the total amount esmated ut *150. DUE WEST FEMALE COLLEGE. Attention is directed to the announcelent in our advertising columns, of Due /est Female college for the college year eginning on the 7th of next October, his college enjoys a reputation second to o similar institution in the State, and nder its present able management, with full and efficient faculty, it will contine in the high position which it has so mg maintained. By the catalogue for i88-80, we learn that the attendance of upils during the last session was 101, hich is a fair evidence of the popularity F the college. PARDON REFUSED. The governor has refused theapplication >r the pardon of John Davidson Cash, mtenced by Judge Fraser at the last pril term of the sessions court for this >unty, to the penitentiary for five years >r burglary and larceny. Cash is a North arolinian, as also his partner in crime, ohn Samuel Ward, both white men, and oth tried and convicted, of the same ofmce. viz.: bureiurv and larceny commit id on the premises of W. P. Boyd, in this junty, on the night of March 22, 18SJ). ash is a confirmed invalid, which doubtiss explains the premature application is for pardon. w. cCt. it. The next meetingof the Woman's Chrisail Temperance Cnion will he held at io residence of Mrs. IT. F. Adickes, romptly at (I p. m., on Wednesday next, Itli instant, it is contemplated to relain in session not exceeding one hour, id therefore prompt attendance of the iembers is requested. An invitation is (tended to all ladies not members, to af>ik1. There will be a meeting of the Loyal emperancc Legion, composed of the iiung people, at the residence of Miss (aggie.llist, on Friday next, at (> p. ni. l)It. SAM HULL. Thfe many friends of Dr. Sam Kell will .i pleased to learn of his movements since is removal from his old home at Fort till. When he left that place last spring, was with the expectation of removing to llinois ; but he first went to Mississippi, id after remaining there a short while c decided to go to Hot Springs, Arkansas, here, as we learn by a business letter just sceived from him, he now is. lie has night the Brunswick hotel and an adja;nt infirmary at Hot Springs. The hotel mtains ol rooms and tho infirmary ;ll [lartinents. It is his intention to combine at el and hospital, thus enabling him to ^commodate all classes, the sick or the leasure seeking tourist; and from his nown ability to please the public, we aubt not he will make a success of his mistaking. / postal affairs. A ne.xf post office, to be known as Losse's, Kas been established at the residence ' W. S. Lesslie, on the Three C's railroad, i the eastern part of this county, with [r. Lesslie as postmaster. This ollice is 2ar the otlice formerly known as Coates's avern, and will supply that section of the >unty. A new post oftice has also been estabshed at Harmony, in this county, with L F. Anderson, postmaster. There are twenty-one presidential post ilices in this State, the salaries of which nve just been adjusted for the year boinning the 1st instant. The salary of the ' ? Ml.. I.wf OTK. Villi1 UlllL'C I I'll J. Ull.-) Hiu numu 11.1 111.1v ear, viz.: $1,1(1(1. The contract for transferring the mails 'tween tiie post oilier; and the Three C's epot has been awarded to Calvin Hrian, dored, beginning to-morrow. THH COltX CONTEST. The Charleston News of last Sunday uhlishes a list ol the contestants for the lousand dollar prize to ho paid for the rgest yield of corn produced on one acre y a South Carolina farmer. According i this list there are seventy-eight con- j stunts in the State in dillerent counties om the sea shore to the mountains, j he following are the contestants in | ork: Dr. W. 1-1. Erwin, Yorkville; A. j 1. White, W. II. Stewart, Jtock Hill;, . M. Allison, Hickory (irove; K. T. j illespie, Tirzah. In Chester county, S. j r\ Wright and W. F. Coleman, Chester; j '. o. (luy and J. (). Darby, Eowrysville. I he correspondent says : ! ( "The prize crops are said to he in ex-j1 -llent conditions, and as yet there is no ; lling which is the best acre. Persons I ho have seen the competing corn say I that most of the plats have from 1,500 to 2,700 stalks to the acre. One field is reported as now having 2,200 stalks with an average of two ears to the stalk. Those who have inspected the different acres all say there will be a big yield from each of the plats. A prominent man who has seen the acres, otters to bet $50against the field that South Carolina will win the $1,000 prize. The different contestants need not be at all fearful of the result. They have a good chance, and the Palmetto State has won the prize before this." I)K. AV. S. Cl'KHIOIili. Yorkville is proud of her sons, many of whom go abroad and fill positions of honor and trust or achieve distinction in the professions, which, on account of the limited sphere, are not attainable to them in their native home. A conspicuous example is that of Dr. \V. Spenser Currell, now a professor in Davidson college. From the Charlotte Chronicle we learn that during his present vacation he has accepted a position to4each a four weeks' session in the English branches at the Atlanta Chatauqua. The subjects he is to teach will be English language, including old English, English literature and Shakspeare? King Lear. lie will also deliver four lectures during his stay, as follows: 1. Shakspeare-Bacon controversy ; 2. Origin and structure of words;:5. History and significance of words; -1. Mrs. Browning?Woman and Poet. CHURCH* NOTICES. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 5 p. m. Young men's union prayer-meeting will be held in the Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening at fi.fiO o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 5 p. m. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. and 8.30 p. m. Sunday-school at 5 p. m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. m. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Services at Union next Sunday at 11 a. m., and in Yorkvillo at 8.30 p. m. Sundayschool at 4.30 p.m. ? TAXABLE PROPERTY IN YORK. County Auditor Williams has finished his abstract of the returns of all the property in York county, both real and personal. The total taxable property in the county, not including railroads and telegraphs, is $">,000,055, of which amount 83,335,315 is returned on real estate, and $1,754,740 is returned on personal property, money and credits. The following is the return by townships, of the value of real estate in the respective townships, including real estate in towns and villages : Bethel, $ 24(5,280 Bethcsda, Broad River, 202,215 Bullock's Crock, 200,700 Catawba, 5S4.005 Cherokee, > 330,415 Kbene/.er, 244,075 Fort Mill, '. 252,2.50 King's Mountain, 2(50,545 York, (524,SsO Total, 83,335,315 The total value of real estate in towns and villages is returned at $039,010, included in the above. The total number of acres of land is returned at 474,310, valued at $2,319,700; buildings, 2,881, valued at $370,000. Total value of real estate not in towns and villages, $2,G95,705. In the towns and villages of the county there are 811 lots containing 817 buildings. The aggregate value of the lots is returned at $105,705, and the buildings at $473,855. The total personal property by townships is returned as follows: bethel, S 140,025 Hothesda, 117,545 Hrond Kiver, i!4,475 bullock's Crock, 108,930 Catawba, 405,170 Chorokne, 110,1115 Ebone7.Gr, 07,075 Fort Mill, 125,130 King's Mountain, 11S,SS0 York, 378,525 Insurance, Catawba, 5,220 Insurance, York 4,100 Total, $1,751,740 The following is a classified list of the returns of personal property: 1,818 horses, valued at $108,200; 0,471 cattle, valued at $70,190; 3,780 mules, valued at $223,424 ; 2,088 sheep and goats, valued at $2,078,5,159 hogs, valued at$13,437; 759 gold and silver watches, etc., valued at $18,912; 203 pianos and organs, valued at $14,700; 3,704 pleasure carriages, valued at $80,898; 2,740dogs, valued at $13,785. Average value of property appertaining to merchandise, $272,195; average value of property appertaining to manufactures, $7,775; valuo of manufactured articles on hand for one year or more, and of engines, tools, etc., $233,100; value of money, including bank hills and circulating notes, $25,895; value of all credits, $389,225; value of stocks in any company outside of the State, except national hanks, $590; bonds not exempt from taxation, $58,005; value of all other property, $200,349. In addition to the returns above given, should be included the following railroad assessments: Chestor and Lenoir, 20 miles, at $2,500 per mile, $05,000; buildings, shops, etc., $9,900, $ 74,900 Char., Col.and Augusta, 22 0 10, at $10,500 por mile, $237,300; buildings, etc., $4,300, 241,000 Atlanta and charlotte Air-Lino, 75 miles, at $13,500 per mile, $102,937; buildings, $1,000, 103,937 Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago, 54 8-10 miles, at $5,000 per mile, $274,000; buildings, etc., $4,550, 278,550 Ceorgia, Carolina and Northern, 8 miles at $2,5oo por mile,$20,000; buildings, ? .. v fnn 90 .loo Total railroad property, s 71!'.Its7 Value of real property, .'!!"> Value of personal property, 1,7"? 1,7411 (arand total, LECTURE ON* EGYPT, llev. John Giffen delivered tin entertaining and instructive lecture in the Presbyterian church last Sunday night. Mr. Gifl'en is a missionary of the United Presbyterian church, and since 1ST") lias been prosecuting his labors at Osiout, a city of about 10,000 inhabitants, and located on the Nile some two hundred and lifty miles south of Alexandria. The speaker introduced his subject by reading the l!?th chapter of Isa'ah, in which the prophet foretold the utter confusion that has since befallen the land of the Pharoahs, and while reading, remarked the literal fulfillment of the wonderful prophecy by comparison of the Kgypt of to-day with that of the time of Isaiah, lie took his text from the 22d verse of the chapter: "And the Lord shall smite Egypt: lie shall smite it and heal it." In the course of his lecture, Air. Gifl'en gave his audience a brief and comprehensive sketch of the past and present social, political and religious condition of Egypt. Going back to the magnificent civilization of ancient times, at its zenith long before anv of the western nations had emerged from barbarism, lie traced the country's gradual decline through its sueccsive stages, until ground down by oppression it had reached the lowest depths of ignorance, superstition and degradation. Then, under the influence of the missionary work, iie described the country as rapidly rising from this fallen condition, making marked progress upward, and abundant indications of the early fulfillment of the promise, "and heal it." TilK STATU PKXSIONKKS. All the pension rolls have been received from the clerks of court of the respective counties, and are now on file with Secretary ofState Marshall. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier has made a summary of these rolls. There is a total of 1 ,!Ki2 pensioners?f>30 white males, 1,300 white females, and 3 colored males. These last named are 1 each from the counties of Abbeville, Berkeley and Clarendon. Spartanburg heads the roll with 103 pensioners. Creonville follows with 120, and Anderson comes in for a good third with 12:5. York has 03?32 males and 01 females, 1 and Laurens, Edgefield and Oconee come ; next in the order named. The counties j i with the smallest numbers of pensioners j are Beaufort with 1, (Jeorgetown with 2, : Berkeley 1!), and Sumter 20. In reference to the payment of pensions the correspondent says: It must be remembered that the expenses this year have heen necessarily heavy be-: cause the Act establishing these pensions | for this year authorized the payment of per day to each of the three members of the county boards, their services not being payed for more than eight days. The 1 pay of these commissioners amounted to j S2,l")0, which was paid from tin; ?."it),()()() appropriated. Next year this expense i will not be necessary, as the work of the i commission has been done. The proba- i bilities are that the pension roll will num-1 her 2,0(10 next year, and this number will require an appropriation of s72,(i(io to pay each of them *0 per month as is intended. 1 vN4m;hsonai* mention. y] ^Miss Annie Uawlinson is visiting her j Ulster in Wilmington, X. C. ' Mr. Bcnard I). James, of Union, is visiting relatives and friends in this place. Miss Minnie Warren, of Richburg, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkvillc. ^Mlss A. Ci. Milan, of Charleston, is in Yorkvillc, visiting Miss (Irace McHlwoe. "^rfr. C. K. Spencer and family left yesterday afternoon for Blowing Rock, X. C. Mr. Jas. (?. McCantsand wife, of Winnsboro, are visiting Mrs. Withers Adickes's family. -^Irs. Wm.T. Moore and her little son, of this place, are visiting relatives and friends in Chester. "gfliss Luta Fewell and Miss Lilla Belle McConncH, of Kbene/.er, are in Yorkvillc, visiting Miss Jessie hatimer. ^Misses Minnie and Daisy Berry, of Lancaster, arc in Yorkvillc, visiting the family of Mr. S. Rufus Moore. Mrs. Jailey A. Arledge and daughter, Miss Mary, of Charlotte, X. (J., are in Yorkvillc, visiting relatives and friends. ^Miss Isabella Bratton, daughter of (fen. .fbhn Bratton, of White Oak, Fairfield county, is in Yorkvillc, visiting Miss Ilattie Bratton. Mr. Tom (loodrom, formerly of this' place, but now a telegraph operator in Charlotte, spent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkvillc with his relatives and many friends. Mrs. C. (i. Parish, with her son Latta and little daughter Lillie, left on Monday last for Mecklenburg county, Ya., where Mr. Parish is engaged on a railroad contract. Mr. Parish's family, all of whom are now with him, will probably remain in Virginia until he completes his work there. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Knquirer. j LETTER FROM" BLACKSBIIRIi. I Blacksmuko, July lo.? In conneetioA with some suggestions 1 made in two fori mer letters in regard to getting some oA the farmers from the recently Hooded' districts of Pennsylvania to come and settle among us, I quote the following from the leading editorial in the News and Courier of the l.'lth instant: "The statement was published on Sunday that the commissioner of immigration for the Stato of Virginia will start at an early day on a tour of Western Pennsylvania. The motive of his journey is explained as follows: 'Correspondents from that section inform the Virginia agricultural department that there are very many families of farmers intending to leave the coal regions who are looking for desirable homes. They are generally men who can sell their coal lands at good prices, and are leaving the disagreeables that attend farming in a coal mining region. Literature descriptive of Virginia has been sent to this section in answer to letters and through railroad agents, and Judge (Jrattan will now go to see them personally and have lists of land for sale in the several counties to show them.' " I feel sure that our county and State can offer as tine inducements as Virginia can, and 1 hope our commissioner of agriculture will he induced to make a practical test of the matter. The engineer corps of the Three C's railroad returned here last week. They finished up the work of locating the line for the Augusta division from this point to Newberry, connecting there with C'apt. ltamseur's location. They are at present engaged in making some slight changes in the line from here to Broad river. The Cherokee High school opened in the academy at this, place on yesterday, with Mr. J. T. Moore, of Union, S. C.,as principal, his br .ther, Mr. S. W. Moore, isassociate principal, and Miss Lela Davidson, of Charlotte, North Carolina, as assistant. The average attendance of pupils is 125. This is Mr. Moore's second session as a teacher here, and \vc are glad to welcome him hack. 1 Ie is a young man of fine attainments, polished manners, energetic and systematic, has had considerable experience in teaching, and is well qualified to build up a splendid school, if he only has the proper encouragement and help from our people. I am happy to say that it will not bo long before we will have a handsome and commodious brick school house, and that, together with our fine climate, railroad facilities, and excellent teachers, will make our town a desirable place for persons wishing to educate their children. The Episcopal church is nearly completed and will be consecrated in September. It is about ready for the paintor's brush, and Mr. B. Gaines, of Gaffney City, an accomplished and experienced painter, has been engaged to oil and paint it. Air. GivensGallagherdied hereon Thursday, 11th instant, in the 77th year of his age, and was buried on Friday afternoon in the cemetery, ltev. J. A. Stafford officiating. Mr. Gallagher spent the most of his life in Chester county, having moved here about a year ago. lie was well known in this county, however, and was regarded as an honorable, upright, useful citizen, and a consistent member of the Pres byterian church in which ho served as an elder for over thirty years. Four nice cottages have recently been built by Mr. M. It. Iteese, three on academy street and one on Peach tree street. The Three C's railroad has nearly completed a paint shop, after which they will bo enabled to repaint and varnish their rolling stock at this place. Some of the cars which came first and have been the longest used on the road, already show the need of it. The lumber is already on the ground for anew machine shop, and some of the machinery has arrived, and thoshop will he so thoroughly equipped, that it will not be necessary for the company to send any of their rolling stock to other shops for repairs. It is gratifying to all who are interested in our new road, that while the roadbeds of other railroads were more or less impaired by the recent heavy rains, that of the Three C's remained intact, w. a. ? 4- Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. JIock JIir.l, July 1(5.?Our town is now to have another cotton factory. Your correspondent was aware of this for several weeks, but before giving it to the public, preferred to await developments. It is now an assured fact. Mr. J. L. Trainer, of the Patterson Mills, Chester, Pa., advertised a proposition to move his plant to the South, and also addressed a letter to Mr. John It. London, president of the Standard mill, who was at that time in the northern markets purchasing more machinery for it. lie was wired to call on Mr. Trainer and say that all the funds necessary for purchasing the building, engine and boilers was raised, and to secure the refusal. Mr. London called on Mr. Trainer and secured the refusal of the machinery. I On his return, Mr. J. It. Xeislcr, superin tendent of the Kock ltm cot toil raciory company, was sent to inspect tiie machinery and report. <)n his return, Mr. Trainer was notified that his proposition had been accepted. He arrived here on Saturday! and was in consultation with the sub- j scribers during the morning. Mr. Trainer ! expresses himself well pleased with our j town and has decided to locate the plant j at this place. It is very gratifying to our citizens to j know that of all the towns and cities in j our State which were anxious to secure this machinery, that Jtock Hill should be the chosen spot. It is another feather in the cap of the grand old county of York, showing what her towns are doing in the way of progress, and that her "Magic little city" is generally to the front. The company have decided on a location, and after consultation with the subscribers to the capital stock, Mr. Trainer has decided to put in f?,0()rt new spindles, making a |f>,(iU0 spindle mill. A number of trains pass this place every day loaded with watermelons, most of which come from Barnwell county. On Sunday,six trains, with POcar loadsof mel ons passed this place, consigned to the w northern cities. The cars are said to con- tc tain an average of 1 melons, making ' cr in all KSjOnn melons. fo Senator \V. B. Wilson's residence had a narrow escape from lire on Friday night, j S A friend, who was visiting him, Iclton a the - a. m. train, and it is supposed that ii after lighting the lamp, the match ucci- ti dentally dropped into a partly open drawer of the bureau. A few hours afterwards J: a member of the family was awakened by fr smoke. The only damage done was the a; burning of the drawer and contents. The Catawba Rifles gave an ice cream p supper at Freidheim's park on Friday it night. The park was beautifully illuminated with Chinese lanterns and other p lights. The beaux and belles of our town were out in full force. The cornet band fi was present and entertained those present 01 with some sweet music. The entertain- j tl merit was a grand success. j ai Mr. Starr Mason, of Yorkville, who has h been librarian of the public library at this p place, resigned a short time ago, and re- 01 "moved to Yorkville, his former home, tl Mr. Mosely Sherfesee has been selected to fill his nlaee. ti St. John's M. K. church was most beau- li tifully and tastefully decorated with ever- ei greens and flowers on Wednesday last, the Ic occasion being the marriage of Mr. Edgar b E. Pong, the clever and popular book- v keeper for W. L. Itoddey & Co., to Miss Ammio l'ride, one of Hock Hill's reign- r< ing belles. At 2o'clock, the hour appoint- S: ed for the marriage, the bridal party en- ir tered tbe church, which was tilled with j admiring friends. The bride and bride- n groom were proceeded up the aisle by V !-Misses Jane Katterrceand Ira llall. Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg performed the cere- h mony in a most impressive manner. Mr. a P. C. Poag and A. L. Pride acted as ushers. Immediately after the ceremony, the hap- w py pair embarked on the Three C's train A for a visit to Ashevilie and other summer s< resorts in North Carolina. o Hock Hill Lodge No 111, A. F. M., was presented, through Rev. Jas. S. White, o; from the Mother Lodge of Free Masons of w Jerusalem, with a gavel, which was entrusted to him to be delivered to the lodge, it It is made of olive and balsam wood from g, the river Jordan. There was a large at- st tendance at the lodge room, and in mak- V ing the presentation, Mr. White enter- it tained the members with some interesting si and instructive remarks. The gavel was accepted in behalf of the Lodge by A. II. A White, W. M., and grand high priest of e; South Carolina. A committee was appointed, consisting of A. II. White, E. A. c< Smith and W. W.Moore, to draft resolu- b tions of thanks for the honor conferred k upon the lodge and their worthy rcpre- p sentative by the mother lodge. v The rock crusher ordered by the town ai for crushing rock for macadamizing the streets has arrived and is now being placed in position. The engine that runs the Davis Canning and Candy factory will . furnish the motive power. We expect . soon to have some good streets. ii ' Mr. Win. Cherry, father of our towns- t( men, Messrs. J. M.and W. J. Cherry, died f, at his home in Chester county on Wed- j nesday last, of heart disease, in his G7th .. year. ;! Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, presiding elder, who has been in attendance at the quarterly conference on the llossville circuit, ' rteld in Bethesda church, Fairfield county, 'V on the Pith instant, has returned home, r He reports the collections raised for the district parsonage as very creditable to V, the people of that section, and tends to j, show the spirit of these people to work for the cause of the church and Chris- ; tianity. , Work was commenced to-day on the / building of the? Rock Hill C'olton Seed Oil I Mill and Fertilizer company. hat.. . -- (] (Jiirri'siiotiilftii'i; i?r tin? Yorkvilli? I.ni|iiiri'r. j. NOTES FKOM~ilLAIUSVIIiLK. b Rr.Aiiisvir.LK, July 1G.?'The great strain of mind and muscle, exercised by ? the farming profession in their agricult- rj ural operations for six months, is now at c its close. And well it is so, for the horny u handed sons of toil have plied their vo- v cation manfully to make a good crop the ^ present year. The satisfactory confession 0 of all is that they have tried to prove ( themselves very faithful by working ^ enough to reap a paying reward for their j. labors under the sun this year. Now they need some rest and relaxa- r tion, which can last only a short while, ^ when they will begin to seed oats. Hope (j fhev will nninv this brief resnite in their .1 usual annual picnics and fishing parties, to its uttermost fullness. The social inter- t| change of heart coins, thoughts and ideas j, on these occasions, will tend to greatly 0* re-invigorate their exhausted strength and encourage them to renew theconliict _ for home independence with redoubled energy. tj The farmers really do not have many jj idle moments during these apparently w short years. Men are making haste to be j rich and mighty. Kverything must be _( done quickly and in a rush, and that too ^ to the neglect of the cultivation of the 0 head and heart. Improve your leisure 0( time now, brother farmers, by storing your mind with useful, practical knowledge. This is the key that unlocks the hidden beauties of creation and discloses toman a* the real issues of life. t Time Hies. How soon the round of this n year will he made. Man, totally absorb- ^ ed in life's cares, does not realize the lleetness of the cycle of his individual allotment. "Alas! the years pass swiftly by. They waft us sooner over This life's tempestuous sea." P So we farmers must make the best of our a short time for "fun and amusement and d sociality." h The hall will open at W. V. White's g grove on the .'list instant. We want the al town people to come and bring rations for ji the poor farmers, to fatten them in one T day. I made an error in iast week's letter when I stated that the presiding elder of U the district would assist ltev. J. C. liar- a ley in conducting his protracted meeting e.? jit Shady drove, beginning on the ISth T instant. Rev. T. (1. O'Dell will he there p to assist during the said meeting, and d there is a prospect of it being an inter- rr esting occasion. n A protracted meeting will begin also lc at old Bullock's Creek on the Oth instant. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. \V. (J. pi Xeville. I predict for this appointment a fi lively interest among the people. I am ir glad to note that Bullock's Creek church ai is certainly awakened from her long ii sleep under the administration of her tc beloved pastor, Rev. R. P. Smith, whose tl entire work has been blessed with an ae- ol companying of the Holy Spirit. He is ai consecrated to his calling, and he is mak- ai ing it "effectual and sure." The Sunday- hi school numbers one hundred members or di more, and is increasing. ir The highland corn crop in and around rc Bullock's church is unusually line in ap- as pearance, and there is no little of it. These pi people claim that they will supply their cc own Alliance with corn in ISSi), without tii any assistance from the great West. So fu mote it be. It is better late than never, tl It is the farmers'own fault that they are cc not self-sustaining at home. Ckoakeu. ai ? tr CiM*ri'S|MiiiileiiiT it!" tlic lurkville Enquirer. LKTTKIt FROM HICKORY UUOVK. ^ Hickory (Jkovk, July 1 ?The show- ^ ers that fell here on Friday and Saturday * were appreciated by the farmers. The 10 ground had commenced to get hard, and cc cotton and corn that had just been worked were greatly benefitted. 'Squire Leech i informs me that the crops on Broad river or are unusually good, lie has thirty acres of corn that will make between 1,UU0 and 1,2(10 bushels. Messrs. Jeff and Tom 01 Smith and Mr. Worth's land, joining his, have equally as good crops. Mr. Leech 1 says it is the largest body of good corn that nt( he has ever seen. (Jod grant that nothing w may destroy the crops of the farmers on . the river this year. For the past four years ,,( they have had their corn crops almost totally destroyed by the freshets in the river, j ^ *.1 frv l\n\r r?nt*n fn cnnriKr Hiftir ciiJll liavu IWIW LW l/UJ u/lll IV/ VllVt* | . plantations, a tiling that they, nor their , . fathers, never ilreampt that they would 81 have to do. Cotton crops on the river are J Pl also good. I c.c, Tliis is certainly a grand season of the |('' year in the South. If some one from one | K of our Northern States, who had never [.c visited the South, had come here in the tfl last of April and seen the little 44 'possum "! cared" plant that came peeping from tho (l! ground, he would have been disgusted I'1 and would have gone home declaring that l)l he would not have all the cotton in the j at South as a gracious gift. Let him come ! |.>( hack now, and as his eyes open upon the j 10 woe begone looking fields that he left, he will at first not believe that it is the same country, and it will take sometime to con-! pi vince him that the graceful plant that! v< stands waist high over the fields, and that1 m is beginning to bloom, the white and red ! ac blooms giving the fields the appearance of j Si a llower garden, is the same little 44 'pos-1 se sum eared" plant that disgusted him. lint j tii after lie did become satisfied that such' et as the fact, he would return home and 'II the people that "heaven and earth had mibined" to make the South a paradise ir man to live in. Mr. .J. N. McDill went to Cleveland prints yesterday to take Mr. Westhrooks, friend of his from Chester, who is sufferig with dyspepsia. Mr. McDill will roirn to his business to-day. I am glad to be able to state that Mr. iimes ttcoggins is much better, and his lends hope to soon see him going around > usual. Miss l'olly Wylie, an aged lady of this lace, has been quite ill, but Dr. Allison >forms ine she is better. MWin-Hi wlir* tiuu hnon sick, is im? roving. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Leech gave a delightil party to tln-ir ncice, Miss Mary Leech, n Friday evening last. Notwithstanding in rain, a goodly number of young ladies nd gentlemen were present. The genial ost and hostess did everthing in their ower to make the occasion an enjoyable no, and we are informed by those present lat they spent a most pleasant evening. Mis-* Annie Hope, of Yorkville, is vising Dr. Alli.-on's and Mr. McDill s famies. Hickory Drove will seem like a desrt to some of our young men when she laves, and every one who has met her can ut miss her sunny smile and pleasant oice. Our popular clerk of court, whose paints reside here, paid them a visit on aturday. 1 lis friends are always glad to leet him. Misses Annie Steele and Mattio Whisoant were the attractions at Mr. Harris Nylin's on Saturday and Sunday. Miss Mary Wylie has returned to her ome in Chester. Her visit was a pleasnt one to her many friends. Dr. Allison was called to dress the munds of Caroline McXeel, colored, on Ir. Bascom Kennedy's place. She was iverely cut in the neck and side by anther dusky damsel. Mr. J. C. Brown has gone to Arkansas ti business, tind will be absent about two -eeks. Mr. Meek White, a member of the juti>r class in Erskino college, has been enaged by Mr. Barron to assist him in his :hool for the next three months. Mr. I'hite has had some experience in teaehig and is a fine mathematician and Clascal scholar. Divine services were conducted in the lethodistand Associate Reformed churchi at this place on Sunday. The days are warm but the nights are )ol, and after the day's work, with gentle reezes fanning us, wo have nothing to eep us from repeating honest Saneho's rayer, "God bless the man who first inented sleep." With this we will close nd lie down to pleasant dreams. x. MERE-MENTION. The exports of specie from New York ist week amounted to *1,009,G3L The nports of specie for the week amounted ) *18,374. The Comet announces that )ur blast furnaces will soon be erected in ohnson City?a practical result of the ancipated early completion of the Three 's railroad. The board of trustees of rinity College, N. C., has resolved to reiove the institution to Raleigh. The 2t, however, must receive the sanction of le annual conference of the M. E. church efore the removal can be made. The hambers of Commerce of Mobile and iirmingham, Alabama, have invited dstmaster-General Wanamaker to visit lose two cities. He will accept if possile. Col. L. C. Jones, superintendent t the Carolina central rauroau, aieu 01 eart disease in Wilmington, N. C., last hursday night. The wheat harvest i Kansas is about over, and is said to be le largest ever gathered in that .State, omc fields are reported as yielding 1-0 ushels per acre, which is hardly credile. According to the new directory f New York, which was issued July 8, lie population of that city is now 1,700,000. 'he estimated number of people in the ity daily is 2,000,000. Business failres occuring throughout the country last ,-eek number for the United States 101, Canada 18; total 200 against 202 the previus week. The territory around Los Hivo's, San Luis, Obscio county, Cal., lias een shaken by earthquakes during the ist few day. Sunday there were six disinct shocks. The severest shocks occured Thursday morning. The people are ecoming alarmed at the long continued isturbances "Dick Ilawes, who murered his wife and two children at Birlingham, Ala., and who was convicted of iie murder of one of the children, (the oni case tried,) was sentenced to be hanged n last Friday, but an appeal was taken to 10 supreme court. Pending the decision f that court the sentence stands suspendJ. The supreme court will not convene 11 December next, so further action is npossible before then. In the mean'hile Ilawes remains in jail nt Birniingam. A treaty has just been concludJ with the Chippewa Indians by which ley cede to the government a large lody f land. Johnstown, N. Y., was lloodd on Wednesday by the overflow of a eighboring croek. Light lives were lost, nil much damage was done to proper/. Arrangements are making to form leather syndicate or trust at Newark, N. . Newark is a centre for patent leather, ine-tenths of that made in this country eing manufactured there. It is said lat (Jen. ltosecrans's resignation as regis;r of the treasury will be accepted very ion, and the colored ex-senator, B. K. -ruce, of Mississippi, appointed in his lace. Bruce was register .before, and made very efficient official. The first Inian jury ever impanelled in America as just found another Indian, Big Bird, uilty of murder. The white judge and ttomeys unite in saying they never saw more honest, sincere and impartial jury, his was at Red Lake Falls, Minn. Affairs at Johnstown.?Secretary avies, of the board of inquiry, has made compilation of the losses, reported and stimated, which the board has confirmed, here is a very conservative estimate laced upon all losses by the board. In etermining the losses, allowance has been lade for property that has been saved, ence this is an estimate only of the total >ss, which is estimated at 11. From a report of the general relief work erformed, it is learned that in round gures the expenditures to date for relief 1 the Conemaugh Valley, Johnstown ad its vicinity, aggregate $1,7<H),000. This lcludes the work of the Pittsbugh, Johns>wn ahd Philadelphia committees and le llood commission; also disbursements f the state in the abatement of nuisances, ad payments of military detailed to stall' id police duty. The relief commission is resolved to appropriate $.">00,000 to he istributed among the verified claimants i the Conemaugh valley, through its repisentative in Johnstown, II. II. Cummins ; soon as checks for the payments can ho repared. The sums so paid, are to be >nsidered as payments on account of a nal adjustment to be made upon a careilly devised system already approved by ie commission. This cash will average msiderably above $100 to each claimant, id is in addition to cash already disibuted by the Johnstown committee, he commission increased the sum to he ivoted to relief in the nineteen other >unties besides Cambria, to $250,000. he largest single sum will be required r \Villiamsport district for Lycoming (unty. Governor Heaver has made a careful itimate of the losses entailed by sutler's by the Johnstown flood, in order to lable him to make an equitable distribuiin of the funds remaining in the hands ' the general relief committee. It was certained that the amount already disirsed, and to be disbursed during the jxt few days at Johnstown and vicinity, ill aggregate$2,500,000. An indignation meeting of citizens of jhnstown and the valley, held last Sat day afternoon, was largely attended. 1 jeeches were made by Col. Linton and hers, all denouncing the management of fairs under Governor lleaver's coinmison. Capt. Kulin, of the commissary deirtment, says it cost more than 25 per nt. of the value of the goods to get them stributed under the methods in vogue, esoluiions were unanimously adopted questing that the funds contributed for ie relief of the Hood sufferers in the Coneaugh Valley, bo as speedily as possible stributed in money directly to the peo e, and insisted that the statement united to (Jovertior Heaver that a million id a half of dollars has already been exmiied in Johnstown and vicinity, has no imdation in fact. S. C. Coxkkukxck.?llishop Keener iblishes in the last issue of the S. C. Adicate the following notice: "At the ear>st solicitation of my bretheren, and in cordance with the expressed wish of the iiitli Carolina conference as to its time of ssion, 1 have concluded to change the me of its meeting at Camden from l)ecnher 11 to November 20, issy." %