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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 OVj UCilUi t^VIUV VI wsv/?Aa aavavs va?? ? w? 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. lite ?fltfevUlc (frtujuim. JNrtlkviLLE, s. 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. + - 1 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 " ? 4.~,i A 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.