Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-08-19

Canon in possession of the watering places,
and passed north and had to retreat. Gen.
Hatch thinks that Indians will try to get
through the line into the Miembores or Ma
gallon mountains To prevent this he has
disposed the troops under Col. Buell's COM
mand along the road from Fort Cummins to
the river Col. Buell's headqurters are now
at Slocum's Ranch, about the centre of the
lines.
A dispatch of the 18th from army head
quarters at Quitman, Texas, says: "The In.
dians are al around u.s. 1t is impossible to
get word to Gen. Grierson. The Indians are
driving off stock and numbering every one
along the route
South Carolina Agricultural Report.
- The monthly report of the State De-
partment of Agriculture for July, the mate
rial portions of which we published last week,
concludes as follows:
"The outlook for our farmers is now very
encouraging. With favorable seasons fine
crop of cotton will be made; probably corn
sufficient for home consumption, with a sur
plus for market, will be gathered the unusu'
ally large production of oats will be of great
benefit in reducing farm expenses; the 9TH
er crops are in fair condition, and with no
unusual disaster, our planters will be in a
better condition, financially, to begin the new
year, than they have been for some time
past"
Replies received in answer to the inquiries
from the commissioner of agriculture as to
the adoption of the "fence law" in the diff
ferent counties and the,.resul thereof, show
that the 40 fence" or "stock" law has been
adopted in the counties of Abbeville, Chester,
ewberry, Spartanburg, Union and York,
in twelve out of fourteen townships in Fair
field, and in all but FIVE townships Of Green.
Vile county, General satisfaction is reported
at its operation in these counties. Aiken,
Barnwell, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington,
Edge6eld, Georgetown, Hampton, Horny,
Lexington, Marlboro, Marion and Orange
burg counties have either not voted upon the
subject or have decided to continue the old
system. No responses have been received
from the counties of Anderson, Beaufort,
Chesterfield, Kersbaw, Lancaster, Laurens,
Pickens, Sumter and Williamsburg. The com.
missioner concludes from the replies that the
present law giving each county option in the
matter, is possibly the best suited to all peo.
pie.
The South and the Census.
"A Washington dispatch of the 18th
to the Baltimore Sun, says there are unmis.
taxable signs that the Republican leaders in.
tend to try and force new enumeration OF
the census in several of the Southern States
under the plea that gross frauds cor irregu'
lafities"' have been prss.&eed. In exnee.s7
ton that the South would show considerable
increase over the census of ten years ago, the
Republicans, many months before the census
supervisors were appointed, started the cry
that there was conspiracy on foot among the
Democrats to secure larger representation un'
der the apportionment than they were justly
entitled to by means of a fraudulent enumera'
ton. Now that the returns of the census South
are coming in freely and showing very heavy
increase in many localities, the Republicans
renew their cries of fraud, and demand that
new enumeration shall be taken. A promi'
nent oficeholder said to-day that he was ad'
vised that the President was convinced that
some of the Southern States are not entitled
to the large increase shown by the present
census, and that steps ought to be taken to
rectify the matter. This would indicate that
the President intends to be willing instru'
ment in the hands of the Republican leaders
to dispute the returns sent here Of course
nothing can be done at present, but the com,
plete returns will have to be examined at the
census bureau before any definite action can
be taken in the matter. 1t is clearly the
purpose of the Republicans to try and deprive
the South of the heavy gains in her popula'
ton, but there is not The slightest doubt that
they will signally fail to accomplish their
ends.
On the same subject, touching South Caro-
lima, the New York Times publishes the fol.
lowing letter from E. G.. Hoffman, one Of
its correspondents:
freSlQellC hayes hppoluLcu iiuo, Dieeuen
and Hammond, supervisors in defiance of the
protest of leading Republicans 1twas claim
ed in Washington that Pride and Brseden
we're Republicans, but, strangely, nobody
recognized them as such in this State. Ham
mond, cousin to Wade Hampton, had the
reputation of being of the South Carolina
vernacular, a "red.hot" Democrat The lat
ter, of course, appointed only the most pro-
nounced of his political creed enumerators,
though many capable Republicans applied
for the positions. Pride did the same, and
Breeder appointed few Republicans. There
is some excuse for the two latter on account
of the scarcity of intelligent Republicans
in the country. but the same cannot be said
in Hammonds case Nine tenths of the
enumerators, it is alleged, we're unadulterated
Bourbons When admonished that frauds
would be perpetrated under the plan de:
termined upon, President Hayes expressed
doubts, and informed the South Carolina Re-
publican leaders that if frauds were prac.
ticed he would have another census taken.
Correspondence of the YOrkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, August 17.-Reports from diff
ferent parts of the county represent the crops