Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-10-14


count for their mode of production. Mr.
Keely declares that as soon as be gets his
new machine the last piece of which is prom
ised within week, he will be enabled to re-
new the mysterious power developed at the
exhibition, and, indeed, increase it forty-fold,
if necessary" -
North Carolina Convention.
BY resolution adopted in the conven-
ton, the judicial committee was instructed to
report suitable bill looking to the adjust
ment of the public debt. 1t is generally
thought that the special tax bonds will he re-
pudiated in whatever ordinance may be adop-
ted on this question.
Among the ordinances passed are the fol-
lowing: Depriving magistrates of Jurisdiction
under the present law, and leaving the matter
of jurisdiction in the hands of the Legisla.
ture. Prescribing the mode Of removing a
circuit judge, by specified majority of the
Legislature, instead of going through the for
mality Of an impeachment. Providing for
the publication of the amended Constitution
in pamphlet form-10O,OO0 copies to bepriut-
ed and distributed instead Of publishing it
through she newspapers. To provide for the
employment of convict labor on public works
or highways, and the farming out thereof
where and in such manner as is provided by
law. To provide for the appointment BY the
Governor to ill vacancies in certain offices.
Authorizing the General Assembly to pre-
scribe the manner of electing Judges of Courts
inferior to the Supreme Court, and limiting
the term Of office Of Judges to not more than
eight years. A resolution prohibiting the
marriage of whites with negroes to the third
generation.
Mr.. Thorne, the "in6del' member, intro
duced resolution to abolish certain tests of
eligibility to office, and authorizing woman
suffrage. Referred.
The Convention adjourned on Monday,
after session of thirty.one working days.
The public debt question was not interfered
with, though several Intellectual attempts were
made to repudiate the special tax bonds.
The Cotton Crop.
- The Memphis Cotton Exchange pub
fishes the following report of the condition
of the crop to September 10th. The report
contains one hundred and twenty responses
of the average date of September TO- Of
these, II report the weather warm and dry,
43 clear, dry and cool, with occasional show
ers, go wet aud cold, 81 report serious dam
age by rust, 27 blight, so rot, 35 injured by
storms 49 no damage. The total damage re-
ported for this department is 1Ot per cent.
The commencement of the picking season
average September 18th. Thirty-ive report
progressing we'll, S5 progressing slowly, 81
report the crop opening slowly, 81 retarded
by sickness, 20 in Mississippi retarded by po-
litical troubles with frost at the same date as
last year, 16 report that the crops will be
about the same as last year, 50 better, 10 not
so good. Estimated better crops than last
year, "a per cent. Ninety report laborers we'll
disposed and will harvest crops unless de-
TERED by sickness, 81 report sickness of va
rious kind, 23..report negligence from politi-
cal causes, 8 report many laborers abandon
ing the crops, report pickers waiting for
higher wages, 80 report frost at the average
date of September 10th, 2 report crops killed
in the Mississippi bottom, 7S report no dam
age, 40 report frost, ITO report that wheat,
rye and grasses have been and will be sown
this fall, a. estimate the same acreage as last
year, 50 increased acreage, 1S report none
raised The estimated average increases 81 per
cent in the aggregate for North Alabama.
There are 16 responses ; one reports dry, warm
weather, 3 cloudy and cold, with occasional
showers, IL wet and cold, report serious
damage by rust, 10 damage by storms, 3 no
damage. Estimated average damage 9 per
cent, the average date of commencement of
picking was Sept. IS. One reports progress.
ing we'll, fifteen slowly, cause sickness and
slow opening with frost at the same date as
last year, 5 estimate crops about the same, 3
less, eight better, average estimate 81 per cent.
better, IA respondent to other interrogations
that laborers are well disposed to save crops, 8
report delay from sickness, one reports some
abandonment on account of low prices, one
reported pickers waiting for higher wages, 2
report frost Sept. 2Oth, but no damage, 3 re-
port no frost, all report that wheat, rye and
grass have been sown this fall, 8 say about
the same as last year, reports less, Z more
than last year. The estimated average in.
crease is 5! per cent.
Georgia Negroes in Convention.
- A convention of colored people assem-
bled in Augusta, Georgia, on the 9TH instant,
and continued in session for two days, for the
purpose of refuting the charges that the ne
groes of that State intended insurrection and
to determine the best course for the colored
people to pursue. About fifty delegates we're
in attendance. The proceedings, as reported
in the Chronicle and Sentinel, were not very
harmonious, nor did the deliberations of the
body result in any action calculated to ad-
vance the material prospects of the race.
The General Government was attacked for
the weakness of its support to the colored
people of the South a resolution condemn
ing the Presidents appointments in the State
was referred to the next political convention /;
a resolution of thanks to Judge Herschel v.
johnson, who tried the Washington county
prisoners, for the right spirit Of impartiality
and fairness he displayed in conducting the
trial, was unanimously adopted an emigra-
ton bureau was appointed to gather informa-
ton as to the best localities within the State
for the negroes in the late insurgent counties
to emigrate to; and an address was adopted
stating that there was no foundation for the
insurrection reports that they were gotten
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