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taxation portion of them: rebelled, just as. did
the men of Massachusetts, afterwards. 1t took
place in the year 1771, and is narrated by Mr..
Wheeler in his History Of North Carolina. On
the 18th of May in that year, battle was fought
between the American and British forces on the
banks of the Alamsnce river, in what is known
now as the county Of that name, called the bat
tie Of Alsmance. The American forces were
called the regulators" from their efforts in
endeavoring to bring about an equitable reguIa'
ton of taxes and other oppressive matters. The
American forces amounted to two thousand, and
were headed by three men named Husbands,
Hunter, and Butler; while the British forces,
including militia called out by Tryon, amounted
to upwards of eleven hundred, but had the ad-
vantage greatly in arms and discipline. As
might have been expected, the Americans were
defeated, after an action of TWO hours, with
q loss Of twenty dead and several wounded, while
that of the royal forces, in killed, wounded and
missing, was sixty one.
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FROM ARKANSAS.

The following is an extract from private let
ter received at this office n few days since. The
writer is native of this district, and we regard
his statements as worthy of credence. The let
ter is dated ''Parsaclifta, Sewer County, Arkan-
sns, July 13, 1867: ;"
1.-The crops in Southwestern Arkansas are lit
orally ruined from the long continued drouth :;
as there has not been sufficient rain to put sea-
son in the ground, since about the middle of
April. In many places, the farmers are cutting
down the corn for forage 1t is worse here, than
it was in South Carolina in l845. For the last
week, the thermometer has ranged from $50 to
1869 in the shade, with hot burning wind,
making the heat almost intolerable.
Breadstuffs are very high. Flour is selling
at Sl8 to $40 per barrel; corn, $3.50 to So
per bushel; bacon, 25 cents per pound, and
picked pork, $40 per barrel. From present ap.
pearauces, many persons will have to move away
in order to get provisions. On the Arkansas
river and North and East of US, crops are very
fine, but West and South of US, in Texas, it is
worse than here"
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R.cHELoRs AND OLD MAIDS.

"It is said that in Japan old maids are un-
heard of-do not exist. When the girls do not
get married voluntarily 10 any reasonable time,
the authorities hunt up husbands, and make
them marry willing or not willing. An exchange
thinks that the Japanese know thing or two
even if they have been walled in for four cen
tures."
We quote this paragraph to show what is
thought of bachelors and old maids by our new
commercial and international friends of Japan.
Commerce is conceded to be "civilizsr;" and
it is to be hoped that the light which has been
monopolized by the Japanese long enough, will
now "melt in many streams" and How even
to US who sit in "the region of the shadow OF
death" For bachelors and old maids ore death
to progress, extension, advancement; and as
people-owing no doubt somewhat to our harum-
scarum, fortune seeking, adventure-loving dis
position--we marry late, if ever, for our latitude
In the hurry and hustle of mighty ciVlllza-
tion, we are apt to overlook minor convenlences
ard comforts which beautify and in measure
redeem more barbarous times and places Ma
ture is not without her law or universal compen
sation Who, for instance, can deny that this
little thing of compelling bachelors and old maids
to marry, makes Japan, with all its Tycoons and
shaved heads and wlat.nots, more attractive
place of living to bashful men and ugly women
Call it an intermeddling spirit, or what you
please, in Mrs. Japan; we regard it as moth
ery instinct in her, to help her most unfortunate
children to n small pttance of happiness.
We will not make any suggestion to South
Carolina. She will not let her children get their
neck out of the halter; perhaps she ought not tc
force them to put it in. But we wish that re
ligon, education, good luck, and "the course OF
true love-" were more propitious to early unions
Many heart full of tender and deep feeling
gushing like free glad fountain in the sunlight
has "run dry" because the hidden lake fal
back in the heart of the mountains feeding it.
has not been re-supplicd with the early dew Of
infant love, and the frequent rain from the show
cry skies of matrimoDy.
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4 Boys Sight Strangely Lost and Restored.--
The editor of the Knoxville (Tenn.) "Fitness"
tells the following remarkable story:
A little boy in that region walked up one morn.
ing last winter and discovered that he was blind.
He is twelve or thirteen years old, and up to that
morning his sight had been perfect When told
the second time by his father to get up, he re-
piled: Father, is it Daylight" ''Yes, long
ago." "Then, father" the little fellow sadly
said, 81 am blind" Aud so it was. His sight
was gone.
The boy was recently taken to Nashville for
medical treatment. The doctors declined to do
anything for him, however. But during his
stay in the city his sight suddenly returned, when
he threw his arms around his fathers neck and
exclaimed: "Oh, father, can see'
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE GRAND DIVISION.

Messrs. Editors THE Grand Division of the
South Carolina Sons of Temperance, met Mt
Spartauburg, on Wednesday, the 25th instant,
and was opened at ten o'clock, "A. M.-the
Grand Worthy Patriarch, Col. W: C. Beatty, Of
Yorkville,- in the chair. All the officers were at
their post, except the Past Grand Worthy Pa
triarch There were more than thirty delegates
present, and about that number of Subordinate
Divisions was represented. This was a pretty
fair representation, when it is remembered that
this body convenes four times year.
The annual meeting is always held in Colum-
bis, on Wednesday after the 4th Monday in N
vember, and is usually fully attended by del.
egates of the Subordinate Divisions.
The report of the Grand Worthy Patriarch
was we'll received, and embodied. many items of
importance connected with the history and state
of the temperance cause in South Carolina. 1t
contained facts gathered from the reports Of
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n@. When we first ascended the editorial
tripod we made it. rule, neverto puff or re-
commend to our readers anything, unless the
article noticed possessed in our opinion, genuine
merit. But when an. article is presented to our
observation possessing these qualities, we con-
slider it due to our patrons. 10 make it known to
them. We, therefore call the attention Of our
readers to new discovery for afflicted man.
Tire Cherokee Remedy" for the permnuen: cure
Of Gonorrhea, Gleet and all diseases Of the uri-
nary organs, it is compounded solely from Roots,
Barks and Leaues,a a pleasant, and delicious sy-
.rup, our best physicians prescribe this Creme
dy'' in preference to the nauseous and debilita-
ting preparations heretofore used. To the
afflicted we say, beware of those quacks who will
not only do you no good, but will ruin you both
in pocket and constitution. Use the "Cherokee
Remedy" and then you can depend upon get
ting an article Of real worth and merit. See
new advertisement in another column.-Aem-
phis Tenn. Daily Appeal
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Important Rail Road ConnectioD.-Presidsn
G. W. ,Wilder,o the Castor and Raleigh IN. CO.
Rail Road Company, in his recent reportto the
Stockholders Of his line, makes the following i'm
portant statement in regard to the air line route ::
The Dir. line road from Atlanta, Ca, to Ches-
ter, s. c., will shorten our line for through tray
elers about one hundred and fifty miles, making
this the shortest route between Atlanta andthe
North A company, with q large amount Of
money subscribed, , has recently been organized
for the construction Of this road, which when
built must commaud the through travel between
the North and theSouth. . 49,.
The CASTOR road, is part of the Charlotte line
to Weldou--au exceedingly well-managed F.,
by the way. -;7fs -,
We had supposed that r.line project had
been given over, long ago. But, from this, II
would seem that substantial company is a6eld
to make ita success.-Montgomery Mail.
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NIERE.DIENTION.

1t is announced, by authority, that Hon. }. l..
Orr will not be candidate for the Legislature.
........Senntor Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, who re-
ceivel the nomination for the Vice Presidency
on the same ticket with Douglas, but declined,
has declared himself in favor of Breckenridge
and Lane ........The New Orleans Board of
Health report the first case of death from yellow
fever in that city on the llth ult. ''''''A thou
sand dollar carriage, made thirty years ago, at
Middetown, for General jackson to ride in, has
recently been sold for sixteen dollars and half.
.........The editor of the Paris (Ky.) Flag. says
he is authorized to bet any amount from $1,000
to SIC, 900 that Breckenridge will carry kentuc.
XIV, at the November election. ''''''".D. Nc. N
Mckay, Esq, one of the sub electors upon the
Bell and Everett ticket in North Carolina, has
determined to support Breckenridge and Lane.
......"'Soulououe, the ex-Emperor Of Hayti, lives
in the city of Kingston, Jnmaca, in a style Of
mean and wretched poverty, and spends most of
his time in gambling with few low Hayten
renegades ......'.The artesian we'll Mt Columbus,
Ohio, has reached depth of 2,5l8 feet. The
auger is now passing through a hard, grayish
sandstone.
Miss ELLEN brennan, the Carolina songstress,
was married iu Columbia, on the 24th instant, to
Mr. EUGENE DOvILLIERs. '''''''"The Augusta
True Democrat learns from private letter, that
gentleman living near the Madison Springs, IN
that State, lost fifteen negroes from sun'stroke
a few days since. They were engaged in ditch
ing. '.'..."'The price of mules in Kentucky is
quite high At a sale in Clark county recently,
a very large number sold at prices varying from
Sl36 to Sl7Q. .'....'".Ata a public meeting in the
city of Houston Texas on the 9Th inst, Gen.
Houston made speech, in which he stated that
he had accepted u popular nomination for the
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Bd- Scorbutic diseases are the parent stock
from which arises alarge proportion Of the fa-
tai maladies that aflict mankind They are as
it were species. of potato rot in the human
constitution, which undermiues and corrupts all
the sources of its vitality and hastens its decay.
They arc the germ from which springs, Con-
sumption, Rheumatism, Heart Disease, Liver
Complaints, and Eruptiye Diseases which will
he recognized as among those most fatal and
destructive to the races of men. So dreadful
are its consequences to human life, that it is
hardly possible to over, estimate the importance
of an actual, reliable remedy, that can sweep
out this Scrofulous contamination. We know
then we shall proclaim welcome news to our
readers, of one from such q quarteras willleave
little doubt of its eficacy-and Still more well
come, when we tell them that it surely does sc-
complish the end 'desiEsd: We. mesu Ayers
SARsAPARILLA, and it is certainly worthy the
attention of those who are afflicted with Scrofula
or Scrofuous mplaints.-Register, Albany;
~ Y -
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The Druses

The Druses
Who are these murderous people ?-is in every
body's mouth about this time.
The latest and best authorities trace them to
the Eastern confines of Syria. They are Arabs,
and settled in Lebanon and Anti. Lebanon, within
the last nine hundred years.
"Syria," says the reliable DR.. Thompson, who
wrote from twenty five years residence and
travel in that country, ''has always been cursed
with multiplicity of tribes and religions, which
have split up the country into small principal
tiles and conflicting classes-fruitful parent OF
civil war, anarchy and confusion" To give
some idea of the populations of Syria, the Doctor
enumerates them ms follows Moslems, 800,00
Kurds, $4,000; Nusairiyeh 100000; Nowar,
10000; Druses, 100000; Jews. $4,000; Mar.
onites, 100000; Greeks, 100000; Armenians,
35 900; Papal Offshoots. $4,000. The Moslems
are the ruling race oil over the country, except
in Lebanon, and they are divided into two sects,
the Sunnites and the Sites. The total popula-
ton is thus estimated ut 1,610, ,000-exclusive,
however, of the nomadic Arabs, whose number is
set down by the best authorities at half mil
lion.
The Lebanon region contains 100000 inhab
itants, living in some 600 towns, villages, and
hamlets. Zahleh, just destroyed, was the largest
town, and contained II, 900 people. The other
towns which have fallen before the sword of the
Druses, are Deir ell Kamar, 1000; Hasbeija,
6 1000; and Rashaira $500. The entire popula-
ton live in towns and villages, and go out into
the fields to cultivate them.
There is no homogeneous community of people
in Syria. Every tribe lives apart, ard hates
each other with a hearty hate: The Gwo Mos
lem sects excommunicate each other. Both hate
the Druse, and all these three detest the Nu-
sairiyeh. The Maronites love nobody, and no
body loves them. The Greeks despise the Cath
olics, and all sects look down with contempt on
the Jews.
Except the Jews and the Bedouin Arabs, no
tribe can trace back its origin to any ancient
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Columbia Market.

-. UeLUMBIA, July n.
Couon.-The sales for the week amount TO
only bales at 11c.. - =.
Four.-The market still continues bare, and
we continue last weeks quotations Of $3t@$33.
Extraifamily S4 per sack Of 9S pounds.
Corn.-This article continues scarce. with an
advance on last week. We, quote S1.l5@Sl.20
per bushel of So pounds in bulk
Peas.-Peas scarce, with no change in price.
We quote 81 per bushel. -.
Bacon.-Country hog round 12l@13;. Sides
1904; Shoulders 1l@12; Hams lac.
|. Lard-l33@14c.
Wheat Bran.-$L40@S1.5 per 100 lbs.
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thirt eenSof the deputies, which. showed an en-
couraging state Of this institution in many parts
Of the land. -. ..
The statistical accounts were hopeful and
cheering: More tlian three hnndred have been
initiated during the quarter just ended; while
but about sixty have been expelled for violation
of the pledge Of total misunderstanding nett
increase Of more --than,two hundred. This fur
nishes undoubted proof that this institution,
supposed by many to be on the wane. is bscom-
ing deeply seated in the affections of the people
of our State. ,-.--E- r. ---.-
The Grand Division made it the duty Of the
Grand Worthy Patriarch to appoint deputies
from every District where Divisions existed, who
should confer with the Subordinate Divisions and
learn tie true state Of affairs aud report the
same to the Grand Worthy Patriarch, before the
end of the. current quarter. This viii furnish
reliable data from which the Grand Worthy Pa-
,triarch, in the lastreport Of this year, can fur
uish facts and give details never Before received,
respecting the Order.
The Grand Division made an advance which,
when it shaltsucceed (and We have no doubt it
ultimately why will carry joy and gladness to
the heart of every philanthropist aud true pat
riot of the State. It was unanimously resolved
that a committee be appointed to memoriallze
the legislature at its next session, to lay tax
on all distileries in the bounds oftherstate;
aud, also, to require a. duty son all alcoholic
liquors imported into the State. When this.is
done (snd we predict that this generation viii
witness it) then will every lover Of humanity re-
joice that bis countrymen are liberated from this
withering curse. ...
Nor did this body content itself with appoint.
ing committee to pray the Legislature toslay.
the hand of the law upon this dread monster.
that is running the hopes ofths world, and to
present their petition as corporate body bat it
recommended that in every community, whether
organizations.of the Sons Of Temperance exist
there or not that the sloyerssof good order,
and those who wish to, save the youth ofthe
land from this whirlpool Of despair, get up Pc
ttions similar to the one presented by this body,
and present them to every citizen for his sigua-
ture.
This should be made the test question on cleo
ton day. The time has come when hewho wish
es to represent his constituents iu the halls Of
Legislation, and yet declares himselfiu favor'of
Iliquor-treating and liquor vending and liquor
making, must be left at home. In odr own dis
triot, we have reached the proud position of
leaving at home those who declare themselves in
favor of bad morals aud the liquor traffic. L.
| YoRKvILLE, July 31st, 1860.
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THE nfcKENNA wILL-CAsE.

This very important case was tried before ar
extra court called at Lancaster last week for the
purpose, and decided after severe contest o.
FIVE days.
The LAWYERS on the side of the Will were J. B
Kershaw, of Camden Col. T. N. Dawkins, Of
Union; John Bausket, of Columbia; W. NJ. Con.
nors and John D. Wiley, of Lancaster. Those
employed against the Will were John Williams
". A. Moore and R. E. Allison, Esqs.. Of Ian
caster; J. Bolton Smith and G. W. Williams
Esqs., of Yorkville.
The examination of witnesses and the cullini
of evidence, pro and con-, consumed upwards
three days.
On Thursday evening Mr.. Kershaw opened tn
pleading, and spoke four hours in defence of tn
Will. On Friday morning Mr.. Williams, OF Ian
caster, spoke three hours against the Will. III
was followed by Mr.. Williams, Of yoFkvi'ie, ii
a spsecln, TWO hours and half long, on the SAM
side. Col. Dawkins closed the argument OF
Friday afternoon in speech, of two and quar-
ter hours, in favor of the Will. His Honor
Judge Glover delivered his charge to the Jury il
about an hour and three quarters.
The Jury retired to the Jury Room at sever
o'clock Friday evening, and returned at twelve
Friday night, with verdict against the VIII fo'
the following reasons:
lit was not duly executed.
2.-Undue influence was exercised over the
Testator.
3.-The Testator had an insane aversion II
his daughter-in other words, was partially in
sane
The defendants of the Will have taken an ap
peal. The objections urged against the verdic
are not yet known.
AS this case will probably be thrown and toss
ed between the Appeal and Circuit Court fol
wears before its final settlement, it may not be
amiss to give some of the more important facts
which have been brought before the public, by the
evidence in the case.
Mr.. McKenna first turns up in Westchester
New York, as travelling peddler and school
teacher He there married one Miss Cloe Full
Ter, about the year 1908; but Immediately left
her, came South and settled at Lancaster. -Four
or five years afterwards he married again.
Miss Anna Cousert of Lancaster, a young lady
of large fortune. The rumor of his previous
marriage reaching her ears they separated
Meanwhile, his wife in New York, four or five
months after his marriage with her, was deliver
ed of daughter and when this daughter was
fifteen or sixteen years old. Mr.. McKenns wen
North, procured divorce from his wife there,
got hold of his daughter, took her to Wilmington,
Delaware where she was educated, and afterwards
brought her to his Southern home. The divorce
from his first, procured his reunion, about the
year 1920, to his second wife. But she died child
less in 1S48 or 1849; and he married the thirt
time, Miss Ellen Quigley-his present widow
His daughter married Mr. Mittag; and is, We
believe, his only child.
The estate is worth some two or three hun
dred thousand dollars. 1t was willed principal
ly to the Catholic church. By the present de-
cision were there no appeal-it would accrue
to his widow and Mrs. Mittag.
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Presidency; and that having put himself at the
disposal of the people, no earthly power could
induce him to withdraw his name from the Goa
test. ......"Tweve vessels left Chicago last Wed-
nssday, laden with 2O2, 1872 bushels Of corn, up
wards of 100000 bushels in one day !''''''''
Western emigration is telling upon the census
returns Of the older States. In Ohio, thus far,
the indications are that the population of the
State has made no considerable increase, pcs
sibly has slightly diminished, during the past ton
years. ....."The Tribune of Friday publishes a
list of over fifty murders which have been con-
mitted in New York within the last three yeats,
without one of the perpetrators being discovered.
......."It is estimated that the additional nun-
ber of cotton spindles which will be put in %.
GRAFTON in England and the United States in 1851.
compared with the present year, will consume
260, 900 bales of cotton. ....".The Prince OF
Wales landed from the Hero, at st. Johns, Tue-
day of last week, under salutes from the citadel
and two English and French war steamers in port.
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Candidates for the State Legislature.
FOR THE SENATE. -
Hon. r. G. McGAW, Col. W. B. WILSON.
FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Col. JOEL W. RAWLINsON,
- DANIEL WILLIAMS, Esq,
- SJNO.. L. MILLER, Esq,
=. VIM. C. BLACK, Esq,
= J.BOLTON SMITH, Esq,
= A. S. WALLACE, Esq,
DR.. JOHN F. LINDSAY,
J. THOMAS LOWRY, Esq,
JONA: N. McELWEE, Jr., Esq.
VIM. 1. CLAWSON, Esq,
July l2 % to
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YORKVlLLE, S. G.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2. 1860.
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JOSEPH WALKER, Charleston, S. c.; and WIN.
D. Cook, of Bennettsville, are authorized agents
of the ENQUIRER.
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spetlal Notites.
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