Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-08

Democratic party. His Phlladelphla speech,
in which he slandered the white people of the
State, has killed every hope Of his friends.
DISTURBANCE AT LINCOLNTON. 'rr
On the Both ultimo a Democratic mass
meeting was held in Lincolnton, N. c., in
which town there is stationed company Of
U. S. soldiers. It seems that during the day
a difficulty arose between citizen and a SOL
dier, which came near proving serious af'
fair. A special correspondent Of the Rich
mond Dispatch, who was present, furnishes
that paper with the following particulars Of
the disturbance, which may be regarded as
truthful:
In this retired village of about nine hundred
inhabitants, large Conservative mass meet.
ing washeld to-day, (30th July,) several thou.
sand persons being in attendance. It was a
remarkable feature of the occasion that at
least one-half the assemblage was composed Of
ladies who came with their children and spent
the day. Perhaps this was owing to the fact
that barbecue of unusual attraction was
spread, the tables actually covering acres OF
ground.
The speakers were Senator Upton, of Ne
braska, Governor Vance and Ex-Governor
Graham. They succeeded in arousing good
deal of enthusiasm, and 1 think Lincoln county
may be counted for an increased Conservative
majority on Thursday next.
An afray, which the lying Radical cores
pondents who have infested this State would
have magniGed into ku-klux outrage had
they been present, disturbed the peace and
caused good deal of excitement A compa
ny of United States cavalry, under the com
mand of Brevet Lieutenant-C Colonel V. K
Hart, is stationed at Lincolnton for some rea'
son unknown to the citizens. During the day
the soldiers had the run ofthe town, and, like
a good many of the people, imbibed very
freely of the North Carolina "pine-top,'
which abounds in this section. Late in the
afternoon drunken soldier and drunken
citizen had quarrel in a rum-shop. A fight
ensued, and the soldier got the worst of it
The soldier went to the barracks, and present
ly returned with three comrades as whisky
heated as himself and proposed to punish the
victorious citizen by force of numbers. A
constable of the town tried to quell the distur
bance, and would probably have succeeded
had not non-commissioned officer, who heard
there was row, rushed to the spot, and with
out inquiring into the cause struck out right
and left with his sabre.
Two or three citizens were knocked down
and soldier, perhaps inspirited by the exam.
pie of his superior officer, drew pistol and
fired several shots, one grazing the scalp and
another wounding the hand Of q young man
named Rufus Rummerrow. The wounded
man, who seems to have been quiet specta
tor until he was knocked down by the corpo
raj and shot at by the private, then drew his
revolver and fired, inficting triAing flesh
wound in the shoulder of private Fox. In
the mean time, the citizen who was engaged
in the first broil made his escape, and the sol
diers coming out infuriated about they knew
not what, took poor Rummerrow from the
arms of the friends who were taking him
home, and sergeant drew his pistol and point
ing it at the back of his head would have shot
him dead had he not been prevented by the
indignant cries and threats of the crowd. Fl
nally they took him away from the civil police
and locked him up in the barracks, in the
mean time keeping the citizens back at the
point of the sabre. The Mayor Of the town
Captain V. J. johnson, was promptly at the
scene of the disorder, and it was entirely owing
to his frmness and influence and the forbear-
ance of the crowd of citizens that there was
not serious riot A few minutes later Col
Hart, who was at the bedside of his sick wife
when the difficulty occurred, arrived at the
barracks and quickly brought the soldiers to
their senses. The Colonel says be has been
in North Carolina and South Carolina for
two years, and this is the first conflict between
soldiers and citizens that has ever come under
his notice. He bears testimony to the peacea-
BILE disposition of the people Of Lincoln county,
but complains Of the lack of social attention
to himself and wife. ...-...
The affray of to-day, which may be hereaf:
ter misrepresented in the Radical press, was
purely whisky fight. Participants are to
blame The soldiers are the guilty parties.
A CURE FOR WH1sKY.DRINKERs.-A cor
respondent of an exchange, who signs him
self "One Who has Reformed" sends the fol-
lowing: Captain Hall was the commander Of
the Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen
lULO SuCu lldUlGS VI VAoo 'Ao A4Aoes
earnest efforts to reclaim himself proved una
vailing. At length he sought the advice Of
an eminent physician, who gave him pre-
scription which he followed faithfully for
seven months. At the end of that time he
had lost all desire for liquor, although he had
many times been led captive by most de-
basing appetite. The prescription, which he
afterwards published, and by which so many
other drunkards have been assisted to reform,
is as follows: Sulphate Of iron, five grains !;
magnesia, ten grains peppermint water,
eleven drachms !; spirits of nutmeg, one
drachm twice day.
EXTRAORDINARY Y1ELD.-Last fall Mr..
A. j. Woodson, agent of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington, received from that
city small quantity of "Fultz" wheat. He
presented it to the society here, which turned
it over to Mr.. NJ. Graybill to experiment with
and report his success. At its meeting last
Saturday the society received this report,
which shows an extraordinary yield:
Mr.. Graybill sowed three pounds and a
half of this wheat October 18th, and harvest