Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-27
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Gen. D. H. Hill, of Charlotte, will ad-
dress the literary societies of Furman Uni
versity, S. c., on the occasion of the annual
commencement, 18th of June.
The Raleigh Era says German Bible,
printed in 1856, was found in a bag Of rags at
the Forestville paper mills near that city a
few days ago.
R. M. Douglas, the new U. S. Marshal
for North Carolina, will establish his office
in Greensboro. The headquarters of his pre-
decessor were at Raleigh.
William Adams, machinist who served
his apprenticeship at the shops Of the N. G.
Railroad, and whose mother now lives there,
was shot near the Roane county iron works
in Tennessee on the 18th instant, by man
named Fritz The murderer was arrested.
- The Charlotte Observer says quantity of
ore from the Kings Moutain gold mine was
assayed in the branch mint in that town on
the 18th instant. The gold brick weighed II
ounces, and was valued at s1,131.O0. 1t was
forwarded to Philadelphia for coinage.
Major General Mcdowell of the United
States Army, was in Charlotte on Sunday last,
on tour Of inspection. He went from Char
lotte to Spartanburg, S. c., and was expected
to return to Charlotte on Tuesday.
The fence law is beginning to agitate the
voters of Mecklenburg county. The last
Legislature passed an act amending the fence
law, so as to dispense with fencing in Meek
lenburg and some other counties, the same to
be ratified or rejected by the voters of the re-
spective counties.
- The Greensboro State learns that the Is.
land Ford cotton mills, in Randolph county,
were burnt on Sunday of last week. The
capacity of the factory was rs buncbes Of
yarn, and 1000 yards sheeting per day. Sew
enty.6ve operatives are thrown out of en-
ployment.
The barn, stable and crib belonging to
Amzi G. Reid, of Mecklenburg, were burnt
on Friday night last. Besides large amount
of grain and other farm products, two mules
and horse perished in the flames A negro
man has been committed to Jail charged with
committing the crime.
The Baltimore american reports the
death, in that city, on the 18th instant, Of
H. W. Connor, merchant of Charlotte, who
was on his way North to purchase goods
Mr.. Connor was subject to pulmonary COM
plants, and died oftyphoid pneumonia, the
result of severe cold.
The Charlotte Democrat reports sale at
auction, on last Friday, by the Treasurer OF
the N. G. Railroad, of $4,000 of the first
mortgage bonds of the Western N. c. Rail
road, which brought II cents on the dollar
The next day, $685. 900 Of the same bonds were
sold in Charlotte, and brought cents on the
dollar.
A farmer of Sampson county has invent
ed an agricultural implement for the cultiva'
ton of cotton. 1t consists of sort of sweep
so contrived as to scrape the cotton bed on
both sides oftheS young cotton; and at the same
time, by means of an ingenious contrivance
the cotton is chopped out with as much regu'
larity as it could be done with hoe.
Rev. VIM. Barringer, of Greensboro, died
on Monday of last week, from injuries receiv'
ed by falling from scafold at the Metho'
dist College few days previous. At the
time of his death he was Presiding Elder OF
Hillsboro District. He was in his 57th year,
and previous to 1852 was member of the
South Carolina Conference.
- The Ne,ps says considerable excitement
was created in Raleigh on Friday last, by the
appearance in that city Of an exasperated
father in search of his daughter who had
eloped from her home in Warren county with
negro. The man secured his daughter, who
is described as beautiful girl of seventeen,
and returned to his home.
Local politics and all other vital ques,
tions have been dropped for the nonce by
several of the North Carolina papers, the
editors having become highly excited over a
Joke of the Boston Globe, to the effect that the
Legislature of North Carolina, after long
and arduous session, passed but one act du'
ring the term, which was resolution declar-
ing that Beaufort is good harbor." This
jeu d'esprA is seriously treated in a column
article by one of the Raleigh papers.
EDITORIAL INKL1NGs.
The Seventh Cavalry.
Seven companies of the Seventh Regi-
ment of Cavalry, which have recently been
on duty in this State and North Carolina, are
now encamped at Memphis, Tennessee. We
are indebted to Lieutenant George D. Wal