Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-10-25

erage as in September, North Carolina higher,
and all the other States lower, though Ar.
kansas declines but l per cent. The State
per centsges are as follows: North Carolina,
So; South Carolina, 70; Georgia, IT; Flori-
da, S8; Alabama, SS; Mississippi, 80; Lou.
isiana, II Texas, "a Arkansas, 98 (; Tennes-
see, 100. The weather has been favorable
generally, up to the middle of September, ex.
cept upon soils liable to suffer from drouth.
In portions of Arkansas and in more limited
areas in Texas, heavy rains prevailed in the
early part of that month, and from the 10Th
to the Goth storm. of great violence swept
through the cotton belt to the borders of Tex.
as, doing great damage by beating out the
fibre, rotting the bolls, breaking down the
plant and overAowing low lands. A loss of
at least 10000 bales is reported from over
flows of the Black Warrior and Tombigbee
in Alabama. Between the 20th and Both Of
September, rains we're frequent, and in some
localities nearly continuous, retarding or dis
continuing picking. Rust is reported through h.
out the belt, more in the east than in the
west, but in few places causing serious dam
age. The caterpillar has done less damage
than was feared, the most serious injury being
in Texas and in Louisiana. In the more
northern States of the belt they will accom-
plish quite as much benefit as injury BY re.
ducing the redundant growth of foliage and
fastening the maturity of fruitage. Picking
has progressed rapidly in the more western
States, but has been retarded on the Atlantic
since the middle of September by unfavorable
weather. g.. .s... ~
How Patterson Escaped Arrest.
Mr.. Richbourg, the gentleman who
was appointed to 90 from Columbia to Wash.
ington as the bearer of the requisition for
John ]. Patterson, explains very clearly how
that Senator managed to escape from the
clutches of the law. The story is q long one,
but is briefly told by the correspondent Of the
Ne,ns and Courier as follows: .'H .sn-."
As soon as Mr.. Richbourg obtained the
necessary papers for Patterson's arrest, he
placed them in the hands Of the marshal Of
the District, Fred. Douglas, with request
that they should be executed promptly.
Douglas, who was in his Office, received the
documents with the impertinent inquiry,
"Has politics anything to do with this mat.
ter p To which Mr.. Richbourg replied by
referring to the papers for any desired infor.
nation, and soon after leaving Douglas Of.
fee, went direct to Patterson's house, near
which he took his stand to await further de-
velopments. He had not been on the watch
longer than fifteen or twenty minutes, when
he saw negro boy come running down the
street from the direction of Douglas Office
with note in his hand. The messenger was
admitted at the front door of Patterson g
house, and after remaining few minutes,
was discharged at the back door and made
off in new direction. A half hour later the
marshal's deputies knocked at the front door,
and on inquiring for Patterson, were told that
be was not at home, and that he had taken a
carriage during the morning and driven out
of the district. This occurred at about
o'clock. Patterson was not arrested until B
o'clock next day, after his lawyers had made
all their arrangements to secure his release,
the story of which is we'll known. Mr.. Rich.
bourg meeting Douglas at liter hour, re.
lated to him the incident Of the note and
messenger, and asked an explanation. Doug.
las placidly replied that Mr.. Cook was in the
office when he (Douglas) filed the requisition,
and he supposed that Cook (Patterson's law
yer) must have sent the note. Whether
Couk or Douglas sent it, however, the evi.
dence of collusion, somewhere, to keep Patter-
son posted and enable him to evade the off,
GERS of the law, is perfectly clear.