Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25
DITORIALtINKLINGS.
The Kidnapping Case.

EUIIOhIALtlNhLlN6S
The Kidnapping Case.
- A despatch from London, Ontario,
Canada, dated the 18th instant, furnishes the
following particulars in relation to the trial
of Cornwall, the Canadian officer, who assisted
in the kidnapping Of DR.. j. Rufus Bratton,
of Yorkville:
"The case of Dr. J. Rufus Bratton, alb
Quoted from Canada on the 4th Of June and
taken to South Carolina, came up on remand
to-day. Bratton arrived here Saturday, but
kept concealed until after the opening of the
court, when he made his appearance, to the
great surprise of the defendants. His testi-
mony shows that Cornwall, the prisoner, laid
violent hands upon him on Waterloo street,
and handcufed him, and with the assistance
of the cab driver, thrust him into the cars
and that he protested to the last, and only
yielded because he relied on British justice to
sustain him in the end" ... ....
A later despatch announces the conviction
of Cornwall, and his sentence to Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for three years.
The Condition Of the Cotton Crop.
The following is summary Of the
July cotton crop report by the Department
of Agriculture at Washington. The report
is dated July 19:
The past month has been generally favora.
BILE to cotton. Slight areas have been affect.
ed by drought, but rains we're quite general
during the latter part of June on the Atlantic
coast. Showers have been so frequent and
plenty since June 20, as to delay cultivation
and promote the growth of weeds and grass
Before that date, season of comparative
drought of seven or eight weeks had been suf:
fered in portion of this district, while other
counties represent the weather as having been
uniformly favorable.
The figures representing condition are as
follows: Virginia, So; North Carolina, 94
South Carolina, 81; Georgia, 1O1; Florida
1902; Alabama, 1O6; Mississippi, 109; Lou
isiana, 1903; Texas, 1O5; Arkansas, 95; Ten
nessee, 1O4. Taking into consideration the
relative Importance of the States in produc
tion, the general average Of condition woulc
be about 103. AS whole, the July return:
of the present year indicat te u higher average
of condition than those of any previously re
ported, except 1868.
The Growing Cotton Crop.
- The committee of information of th'
New Orleans Cotton Exchange has published
its monthly statement Of the growing cottor
crop. The report is dated July 6, and con
tains details of information from all the cot
ton States The general tenor of the ac
counts is favorable. The cotton worm ha
appeared in some localities, but not to suff
cient extent to occasion alarm; the worst fea
ture so far being the fact that the weather il
now such as to promote the increase Of thi
pest. The indications are favorable for full
yield in Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Nortf
Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. In Lou
isiana and South Carolina an average yielc
is looked for, while in Texas the crop will bt
very large, provided the weather CONTINUES
favorable. Perhaps the worst account comes
from Arkansas, where only bare average il
anticipated, even under the most favorable
conditions Of the weather. But all the &C
counts from all the States concur in repre-
senting the crop as in much more promising
condition, and as looking and doing better
than even at this time last year. The New
Orleans Price Current, an excellent authority
on the subject, estimates the crop at 1000,
900 bales, and later information received a
the Department Of Agriculture, Washington
confirms this view.
A Noble BenefactiOn..
- The Trustees of the Louisville Medica
College, louisville, Ky.,) have created ont
of the most liberal benefactions ever conferred
by a public institution. They have instituted
one Beneficiary Scholarship for each Congress
sio,,al District in all of the States. By thi
means very many poor but deserving young
men will be enabled to obtain thorough
medical education. Any one wishing to tak'
advantage of this benefaction should write tx
DIR. E. S. Gaillard, Dean of the Faculty O
the Louisville Medical College, Louisville
KY, when he will receive college catalogue
with full information in regard to all that il
necessary for him to do to secure one of thes'
scholarships. With a proper delicacy thu
names of those who have secured the benef
ciary scholarships will be known only to th'
Dean Of the Faculty.
The next College session begins Octobe
1st, 1872 AS the lecture fees charged fo
each student who has not obtained benef
ciary scholarship amount to $12O annually
the public can appreciate the extent Of thi
benefaction.
Candidates for Office.
- From the Columbia Union of Saturday
last, we clip the following pertinent paragraph
in regard to candidates for the Legislature:
Another office of supreme Importance to th'
people is that of legislator. Thousands upon
thousands Of dollars have been annually
souandered by the General Assembly in on'
way and another, and the people should insis
upon pledge from the candidates nominated
for these positions, that they will use every
effort to economic in the expenditure OF pub
lie funds for legislative expenses. A candl
date who is unwilling to make such pledg'
is unfit for position in legislative body
which not only has to provide ways and mean:
by which the State government is to be car
ried on, but has much to do also with the
proper disposition of the public money. A mar
who is extremely anxious for nomination te
the General Assembly and is willing to expene
money to secure his nomination and election
must expect in some way to reimburse himself
for his expense and trouble. He cannot dc
this honestly from his salary as a legislator
By law, no member of the General Assembly
is entitled to more than six hundred dollars
per annum, in addition to mileage, which il
no case would exceed seven hundred dollars