Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-08-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
- Postmaster.G General Jewell has taken
charge of the post-oAice department.
john Harper, the Kentucky turfman and
owner of the famous trotter, Longfellow, is
dead
Lieut.. Colonel Fred. Grant is to be mar
ried to Miss Ida Honore, of Chicago, in the
month of October.
In four mile race at Saratoga on Thurs
day last, Fellowcraft beat Lexingtons time by
one fourth of second, and made the best
four mile race on record.
-Col Mosby has been arrested upon an ap-
pretended duel between himself and Captain
Payne, the difficulty having its origin in po'
litical differences.
"A dispatch from Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, says there was white frost in that vicin-
ity On the morning of the 23rd instant, and it
is feared that the fall crops have suffered.
"A reported battle between the Indians and
Gen. Custer in which fifty of Clusters men
were said to have been killed, is discredited
in Washington.
The latest reports from Chicot county,
Arkansas, state that the excitement there is
subsiding. Whites and blacks are still under
arms, but no conflict is apprehended.
The Washington Chronicle says that the
Attorney General is daily receiving commu-
ncations showing that there is a desperate
effort in some portions of the Southern States
to inaugurate war Of races.
- The Governor of Kansas, experimenting
trouble from the Usage Indians, who have al
ready been depredating on the southern bor-
der of the State, has telegraphed to the War
Department asking for carbines and amuni-
ton with which to arm the frontier settlers.
The loss by the recent flood at Austin,
Nevada caused by the cloud-burst, will
amount to over 100000. The people were
warned in time by messenger on horseback,
and escaped to the hills. The deluge was
about ten feet deep as it rushed down the
canon.
Intelligence from various sections of Ken
lucky indicates that a fearful state of discord
und turbulence reigns in that State. Seve-
raj bloody collisions have occurred, all having
their origin in the late election. Whites are
arrayed against whites and blacks against
blacks, so the difficulties cannot be attributed
solely to color distinctions. The militia have
been ordered out in two or three counties.
The Louisville Courier-Journal Of the
18th instant, publishes reports from correspon.
dents in fifty counties of Kentucky, represent
ing seventy-6ve per cent. of the tobacco crop
of the entire State, which indicate an unpar-
alleled failure of the crop. From an aggre-
gate estimate it is deduced that under the most
favorable future conditions the crop of 1874
will be only thirteen per cent. Of the average
annual yield.
Troubles are reported between the whites
and blacks of Choctow county, Alabama.
The whites had been informed that the blacks
intended to attack them unawares but at the
stated time no attack was made further than
an assault made upon negro, whom the
blacks accused of divulging their plans. The
assaulted negro fled to the whites for protec-
ton, and the rioters dispersed when officers
attempted to arrest them. Quiet has been
restored.
The Plymouth Church committee Of in
vestigation have prepared their report, which
will be published in few days. AS was ex-
pected, they fully and entirely acquit Mr..
Beecher of the charges preferred against him
by Tilton. Frank Moulton, the mutual
friend" to whom all the parties to the affair
confded their statements, says in lengthy
statement published after giving bis evidence
to the committee, that Mrs. Tilton and Beech
er, both at different times, confessed to him
that they had been guilty of adultery with
each other. tits said that Beecher will pros
ecute Moulton in the courts Of law. Tilton
has already entered suit against Beecher, lay
ing his claim for damages to the amount OF
$4,000.