Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-06-18

as to the proper method OF filing an appllca-
ton for Office. The reply is of interest to
all seeking places under the Government
and is given to the press for publication. 1t
says:
sTo secure attention to an application for
appointment particular position should be
named. When this is done the papers are
filed in the proper department, and when
the matter of appointment is to be deter
mined the names of candidates and briefs
of their endorsement are laid before the
President by the head of the department"
GRANT'S BOOK.
The book on the war by Gen. Grant,
which has been extensively advertised by
constant alluson to it in the daily dispatch
es in reference to his alleged dangerous
sickness, is in press and will soon be issued.
The work will comprise two volumes of 500
pages each. Some extracts from this his
tory of the war have been sent to the press
for publication, and on the first page OF this
issue we print Gen. Grants account of his
first interview with Gen. Lee at Appomat-
toX, which gives an illustration OF the
style in which the narrative is written.
He adroitly makes himself appear "bigger
man" than Lee, though younger. The au-
thor does not make the pretensions of Ma
cauley, nor in point of graceful diction does
he approach the Peter Farley style of his
tory familiar to the schoolboy of forty
years ago. He is positive and dogmatical
in his statements, however, and if he fails
to give to posterity his own actions in the
great struggle, and his criticisms on other
generals, it will not be through the lack of
effort on his part. At this late day he has
not forgotten the asperities of 1861, and to
the disgust of any dispassionate reader, he
interlards all his statements with such
expressions as 1.-THE so-called Confederate
States, ""rebels, ""the war of the rebellion"
etc. This, however, will please large ma
jority of his readers, for the history will
have an immense sale in the North, and of
course it is prepared with the special view
of pleasing that class of readers, who, Gin
vincible in peace and invisible in war;"
would waive the bloody shirt until dooms-
day.
Several gross and inaccurate statements
have already been detected in the advance
sheets. Among others, Grant repeats the
Old worn n-out falsehood of Mr.. Davis being
found in female costume when captured.
This would not be expected from dignitied
writer occupying the exalted position to
which Gen. Grant aspires; but passing to
more serious matters, it is said by those
who have read the first volume, that Grant,
in order to save his reputation in the cam
paign of 1864, quits Lees force at the open
ing of the campaign at $4,000 men instead
of $4,000, and to this he adds the gross tic-
ton that Lees reinforcements in the cam
paign were about equal to his own. Such
misstatements are extraordinary, to say the
least; but they are only in keeping with all
the histories of the war written from a
Northern standpoint.
JUNE CROP REPORTS.
The June reports of the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington will record an ad-
vance in the cotton area of five to six per
cent, as follows: Virginia 107 per cent,
North Carolina 1O2, South Carolina 103,
Georgia 1O4, Florida 1O2, Alabama 103, Mis-
sissippi LOG, Louisiana 107, Texas ITO, Ar
kansas 100, Tennessee 101. The total area
exceeds eighteen million acres. The plant
is a healthy growth, nearly an average stand
and good. Where recent rains have been
excessive the crop is in the grass. The
general average is 80, which is higher than
in the three preceding years in June. There
is an unusual uniformity in. the condition,
only Tennessee showing less than 80. State
averages are: Virginia 9S, North Carolina
93, Alabama 90, Mississippi 81, Louisiana
50. Texas 90, Arkansas 81, Tennessee S5.
Wharf.-The condition of winter Wheat
is reported lower than ever before in June.
The general percentage declined from 70 in
May to g.. Averages of the principal
States are: New York 81, Pennsylvania
G5, Ohio 80, Michigan 81, Indiana 63, Illi-
nois 40, Missouri 50, Kansas So, Colorado 5S.
In some States there has been greater loss
of area than was anticipated in previous
reports. The average yield will evidently
be less than ten bushels per acre. The prob
able product of winter wheat States accord
ing to these returns, is reduced to about POI
| million bushels. But none Of the Terrific
ries are included in the winter wheat area.
The report of spring wheat is more favora-
ble The disposition last autumn to reduce
it's breadth, on account of the low price, was
checked by loss of winter wheat area,
and later by the British-R Russia war rumors:
Substantially the same area has been seeded
as last year, about eleven million acres in
northern New England, Wisconsin, Min
ucSSOld3 1OWd3 ANCuloohcl tiiiNt OH WIN ASi -
tories. The percentage of last years area
is 95 in Wisconsin, SO in Minnesota, lO2 in
Iowa, SO in Nebraska, 102 in Dakota. The
condition of spring wheat is 81 and indi-
Gates crop of about 153 million bushels.
The average for Wisconsin is 88, Minnesota
95. Iowa 100, Nebraska 1O2, Dakota 1O1.
The present report therefore. indicates
wheat crop of 800 million bushels-23 million
bushels smaller than in 1881.
The acreage of oats has increased per
cent, and the average of the condition is 81.
Corn will be reported in July, but volun-
tary returns indicate an increase of area.
THE LYNCHINGi OF Young TERRY.-A
Lynchburg, Va, dispatch says: General
William r. Terry, the father of Hanston
Terry, who was lynched by a mob at Liber-
ty about four weeks ago for the murder of
+. A. Jeter, was informed last Thursday for
the first time of his sons fate. General
Terry has been quite ill for some time, and
it was not deemed prudent to allow the
knowledge of his sons fearful death to reach
him. Thus far all efforts of the authorities
to secure the arrest of the parties engaged
in the lynching of Terry have been fruitless.
General Terry was one of StoneWall Jack
sons favorite commanders, and is brave.
and determined man. 1t is claimed that
young Terry was insane when he commit
ted the act for which he was taken from the
jail and lynched by the Bedford mob. Cen
eral Terry cannot be intimidated by the re-
cent threats of vigilance committees, and it