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Scraps and Jacts. ? A. R. Presbyterian: In a letter received a few daws ago from Mr. Joseph Wylie, he says: '"I have this day turned over to the treasury of the theological seminary uineteeu hundred ($1,900,) in accordance with the wishes of my deceased wife." As we understand it, Mrs. Wylie, after making certain bequests to relatives, provided that the "residue" of her estate be turned over to the theologicul seminary. This secures to the seminary the sum above named. It is a generous gift and will prove a blessing to a noble and worthy institution. ? The late Spanish minister, Dupuy de Lome, accompanied by his family, left Washington last Tuesday afternoon for New York, from which place they inteuded to sail for Liverpool. A large delegation from tne diplomatic corps gave a hearty au revoir at the station to their late associate. The entire staff of the Spaci'in legation, headed by Senor DuBose, the charge d'affairs, were present. Senor Dupuy De Lome passed among his former associates, giving them a warm farewell, and Mme. de Lome waved her adieus to the men and embraced the ladies. Quite a number of outsiders were attracted by the gathering ; but further than that the minister's departure was entirely quiet and unobtrusive. ? Minister DeLome still insists that injustice is done him in the translation of the letter which was made by his enemies and misrepresented bis meaning in order that the language might be as offensive as possible. The Spanish teacher at the Berlitz School corroborates this statement, aud points out several errors which seem to have been intentional. The word "populachero," which is translated "catering to the rabble," means literally "seeking popularity." The word "politicastro," means "ordinary politician," and is not an offensive term. The phrase "who desires to leave a door open to me" should be "who desires to leave a door open to himself." The translators of the State department, however, declare that the published version is correct. ? A special to The Times-Union and Citizen from Key West, Fla., says: The steamship Olivette arrived here tonight with a large number of the wounded and many other survivors of the Maine disaster. The officers were, as a rule, reticent, and followed in line with their chief, Sigsbee, in saying that the cause of the explosion could only be ascertained by divers, but many of the sailors were outspoken in their declaration of belief that the explosion was a deep laid plot of the Spaniards. They are grertly incensed against the Havana people, who have shown them small courtesy, who looked upon their presence as a national affrout, and who have published anonymous circulars captioned "Down with Americans." They believe that the authoi of such expressed and cowardly hatred would not stop at an act of such teriffic vengeauce as the blowing up of the Maine. These sailors, acquainted with the drills, discipline and ensemble of a tjan-of-war, pooh-pooh the idea of an internal explosiou as the last thing to be thought of. ? The New York evening World, of Thursday, contains the following cablegram from its correspondent, Sylvester Scovel, relative to the blowing up of the battleship Maine : "The quays and docks were jammed with spectators during these sad proceedings, and I am informed that some jubilant sayings were heard among the crowd and that some of the lower elements rejoice over the 'Yankee massacre' as they termed it. Personally, I ;saw nothing but sympathy. It was too colossal not to dwarf even international jealousy and apprehensive hate. Only in the palace did I see signs of content. Captain Sigsbee boars the calamity like an American officer and a gentlemen. He was not even outwardly ruffled by the awful calamity. He received the Spanish chief of police ? ?i?i.. .1 t. i.: ?l. CUIUilj OS UlUII^U IJ IS 4UUI LCI -uc^iv were not a wreck and his meu mangled aDd drowned. Apropos of this, it is told of Captain Sigsbee that he was writing a letter to his wife in bis port cabin when the explosion oc curred. Sigsbee, running out, bumped into a perfectly disciplined marine orderly, who, amid shrieks, groans, flames and horror, and in the dark, saluted, and said: 'Sir, I have to inform you that the ship has been blown up and is sinking.' " ? A New York afternoon paper quotes Hoatio S. Reubens, couusel for the Cubau Junta, as follows in regard to the recent destruction of the battleship Maine : "Taking everything into consideration, I am convinced that the tragedy in Havana harbor was the work of the Spaniards. I do not believe, as has been suggested, that it was the result of an explosion of gun cotton. Too many of our boats have been in that climate and such an accident never occurred to any of them. It is well-known there has been a bitter feeling among the Spaniards in Cuba against the Maine. Canalejas's own paper, The Heraldo, has repeatedly stated that the presence of the Maine was a menace to peace, and it was to the same editor of this paper, it will be remembered, that I)e Lome 1 n 1 , . k a. t... 1 i wroie ms iamous ieuer. At a uum fight in Cuba a week ago Sunday, the Spaniards openly insulted men from the Maine, and the feeliug against them has gradually grown to be very bitter. It would have beeu comparatively easy to plant a torpedo under the Maine, because our men are constantly passiug back and forth in those waters at night, and escape the surveillance of the authorities. Now, if our men could do so, why should not the Spaniards ? If the act was malicious it was not the work of any one man, for no one person could get together sufficient explosives to blow a ship of that sort to pieces. If any Spaniards did it tliev certainly acted in connivance with the Spanish authorities. I feel certain it was not the work of Cubans, because if they had wanted to blow anything up they would have directed their force toward Spanish vessels or that beast, Weyler, long before. I have received no official communication as yet in regard to the matter." alio \|orki'?Uc (Snquirn. YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1898. ? The general assembly adjourned last Wednesday pursuant to its previously adopted resolution. ? Uncle George promises to reduce taxes by one-fourth, or ?500,000. That is the way Brother Benjamin talked, and if Uncle George succeeds the same way, what will become of us? ? De Lome was fortunate in not having insulted Mark Hanna, instead of McKinley ; but the fact only proves his superior wisdom as a diplomat. He evidently knew what to say and how to say it. ? We have not seen such a suggestion ; but in view of the fact that the ways of the diplomat are so tricky, it may be, after all, that the stealing of the DeLotne letter was an accident which really occured on purpose. ? If war comes between Spain and the United States now, it will be on the issue as to whether or not McKinley is a "dirty politican." We hope that the list of volunteers will be confined to those who , think the president has been slandered. ? The magistrate system in York county costs about ?2,500 per annum. This is pretty nearly euough to run a county ?..-* ? *{ + !? fKn tuArl- that, fhp Pfllintv t'UULl, WiiVA nnu vuv ??w.? v??? ^ court would take off the circuit court, we believe the system would be an improvement. ? It would appear that modern warships are about as dangerous to themselves as they are to the enemy. An actual test in war may prove that much of the supposed progress in this line, during the past 30 years has, after all, been only impracticable theory. I ? It is an old rule that while we may < say mean and true things against our ' own kinsfolk with impunity, we will not 1 allow others to do it. This, no doubt, is ' the principle on which they have raised a row over what DeLome said of McKinley. ? After having at first shown a disposi- : tion not to act on the matter, the senate, ] on Tuesday, passed the resolution calling j for an investigation of the alleged prac- i tice of the board of control in dealing out ] liquor samples to the members of the gen- ' eral assembly. The only pity about the ' whole matter is that the question was j not raised earlier in the session so there would have been time for more light. j j ? The trial of M. Zola, the writer, now | going on in Paris, is a good object lesson to the United States. The issue is really I between M. Zola and the army. If Zola ' is convicted, that is the last of his liberty ; but if lie is acquitted, on account of the j nature of his charges, ths reflection on j the army will be severe. This is why i man}' prominent officials refuse to testify, and why others have been conyicted on the witness stand of downright lying. In France, the army is greater than the people. We need nothing of the kind in the United States. ? One story of the Maine disaster is that it was due to an explosion of about 500 pounds of gun cotton. In another portion of the ship was 2,500 pounds of tho same explosive. The ship being on fire, there was danger that this would explode and work still more awful destruction to human life, vessels and buildings in the vicinity. Captain Sigsbee ordered men to go below and submerge this gun cotton. The men went; but never returned. Whether the story is truo or only the invention of a correspondent, we are unable to say. ? Although it put in a wonderfully low bid, the Columbia State has been disappointed in its etl'ort to get the state printing. We do not want to be understood as intimating that our Columbia contemporary does not know its business; but we have looked over the figures it submitted, and feel constrained to say that if it was after dollars and cents, it is to be entitled to congratulation on its failure to secure the plum (?). The printer who makes anything out of the printing at the price it has been let, will certainly earn it. Of thoiv. -ii-r> vomc who will contend than the price is reasonable enough ; but I we would like to ask them in advance 1 if when the work is done they can pay ! their debts. ? That railroad war up at Hickory is ' certainly a pretty cotne-to-pass. The merits of the contention, as we under- ( stand them, are about these. When the ; Narrow Gauge gets its line between llick- i ory and Newton built, it will be inde- i pendent of the Southern. There are two 1 big manufacturing plants in Hickory, the freight business of which is valuable, and which are now only reached by the Narrow Gauge. The Southern figured that if it moved at once, it could get sidetracks into these plants; but if it waited until the Narrow Gauge became independent, it would forever bo cut ofl. Unable to carry out its intention by peaceable means, the Southern resorted to force. The Narrow Gauge has right on its side ; but the probability is that the Southern, by virtue of its superior strength, will win ? ? But few of the readers of The Enquirer are ever surprised at any piece of enterprise which may he exhibited by the paper. Most of our readers are accustomed to tuke just anything and everything as a matter of course, that is, except we should fall down to the level of the average county paper, and we are aware that this would not be so well received. All this we are responsible for, and we feel a special pride in the fact that it is so ; but now, since the undertaking is well on without preliminary promises, we desire to call especial attention to the new feature that has been recently inaugurated. This is something novel in this state. No other paper, either daily or weekly, has attempted it, and in the whole south there is not another county paper with a similar feature. Expensive, why certainly it is expensive; but The Enquirer has never yet hesitated at expense in giving its readers the very best that was going, and the policy has so grown on us that we feel less inclined than ever to change it. Engravings may be had at all kinds of prices; but it may be put down as a safe proposition that the cost of engravings which show up like these we are publishing is interesting. We have printed a half column advertisement many a time for less than the cost of one of these pictures ; but it is not for advertisers that we go to this expense. It is for our subscribers. That is where a large part of the support of The Enquirer comes from, and in connection with and based on what we have just said, we want to ask of our subscribers just two favors. 1. That they try to influence all who borrow their papers to subscribe, so as to make it possible for us to make them a still better paper. 2. That they patronize, as far as possible, business men who advertise in these columns. Both requests, we candidly confess, are in our own interest, and w$ are just as candid when we say that we also honestly believe they are no less in the interest of our subscribers. MADE HIMSELF HEARD. Tillman Demanded to Be Treated att a Gentleman. The executive session of the senate last Tuesday, says a Washington dispatch, was enlivened by a vigorous effort of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, to secure recognition to make a. point against the contention that Lhe Hawaiian islands were of strategic importance to the United States. Senator Gallinger occupied the chair and Hher senators were seeking to make reports upon nominations, several coming in after Mr. Tillman had riseu. His voice was drowned by theirs and it began to look as if the senate might idjotirn without his being heard. Apparently realizing the situation, the South Carolina senator took his position in the middle aisle directly in front of the chair and demanded to be aeard. "I have stood here on my feet while I or 10 men have been recoguized," he said, in stentorian tones, "and I want to know if I am to be beurd." "If the senator would speak a little louder," said Senator Hoar, facetiousy, "he might be." This remark did not apparently fall nrreeablv unon Mr. Tillman's ears. md he replied by appealing for proection and fair treatment. "I have >een a member of this body for three pears," he said, "and I have always tried to deport myself as a gentleman, ?ud I think I am entitled to fair treatment." At this point, Senator Gallinger, who occupied the chair, rapped for trder. He then explained that the failure to recognize Mr. Tillman was iue entirely to an inadvertence, and to the fact that his attention has been directed in another way. To this Mr. Tillman replied that this explanation was entirely satisfactory, and he then proceeded to make his poiut, which was that the strategic importance of the Hawaiian islauds was overrated. He argued that in ease of war between Japau and the Uuited States Japan could bring coal for her warships over in tenders, and thus render herself entirely independent of the islands. Die Blue Kidge Bond Cane. Columbia Register, Tuesday : Although the state seemingly received a large and widespread black eye in having to move out of the agricultural hall, it really has achieved a victory which offsets the defeat by long adds. It was expected that Mr. Wesley would attempt to test the validity of his Blue Ridge bond holdings, which imounts to a eounle of million, when lie came to make the second payment. The further payment by him to the itate amounts to $10,000. His rent for the agricultural hall amounts to ?lu,000. Now should he oiler Blue Ridge bonds, in further payment, all llie state will have to do will be to [>ay the difference between the rent ind the amount due, which would be ?5,000. It would be far cheaper to pay that amount than to run the risk if having to pay the Blue llidge bonds, which have been declared fraudlent. tV gentleman in speaking of this phase if the question said Tillman had again shown his farsightedness, and that he really had let the case take the legal ispect it has, knowing that in the end tie would come out on top. THE MAINE DESTROYED. United State* Warship Blown Up In Havana Harbor. The United States warship Maine was blown up in the harbor of Havana last Tuesday night at 9.40 o'clock, and in all some 258 officers and uh-d were killed or wounded. The Maine was lying quietly in the harbor. Most of the officers were on deck ; some few were on shore in the city of Havana, and below there were 350 sailors and marines. On account of the state of public feeling on shore, aud the probable danger of an outbreak, the men had not been allowed to leave the ship. Most of the men were asleep in tneir DunKs. Suddenly there was a terrific explosion. One statement is that this was preceded by a lighter shock. Anyway, the concussion was something awful. Its force was similar to that of an earthquake. Windows and glassware were shattered in every house in the city of Havana. The palace of the captain general was shaken to its foundations, and some of the smaller houses, near the scene of the explosion, shook as if they had been struck by a cyclone. One of the men who escaped from the Maine told his experience aboui as follows: "I had just turned into my hammock at 8 o'clock and dozed off to sleep. I awoke to find myself spinning around and arouud, and then I fell heavily to ttie floor. There was a thick, heavy smoke all arouud me, and I worked my way on deck. I found that the superstructure was just dipping under water, and to save myself from being sucked in with the sinking ship, I jumped overboard. I was picked up shortly afterward by a boat from a Spauish man-of-war. Captain Sigsbee, the commauder of the vessel, was on deck at the time of the explosion, which had occurred in the bow. A sentry stationed in the bow was unhurt. As soon as the captain realized what had happened, and this was almost iustantly, he instructed , the officers to do what they could to save themselves and the men. The report is that the officers conducted themselves, under the situation, like heroes. They stood by their repective posts giving firm, comprehensive or ders almost to tbe very moment or the siuking of the vessel, which was within a very short time and then they retired. All the officers except Lieutenant F. W. Jenkins and Eugineer Darwin R. Merritt, are reported saved. BATTLESHIP MAINE. The Maine was looked upon as a warship that would give a good account of herself in any situation. She was built at the New York navy yard and since entering into active service, on September 17, 1895, has been continuously at work. She was also a steel-armored battleship and was equipped with two 10-inch barbetts turrets. She was 318 feet long by 58 feet beam and had a displacement of 0,682 tons. Her draft was 21 feet 0 inches, which allowed her to enter Havana harbor without trouble. She was equipped with twin screw vertical triple expansion engines, which drove her at the rate of 17.45 knots an hour, and she was thus able to make tbe distance between Key West and Havana itt four hours. She had a maximum coal capacity of 854 tons. Her sides were protected by 12-inch, her turrets by 8-inch and her barbetts by 12 *?wl lA.in/ih urnmr Qlto umiu urmofl with four 10-incb guns in turrets, six 6-itich breech-loading rifles, seven (j-pounders, eight 1-pounders and four Gatlings. The Maine cost ?3,000,000 in round figures. As the result of the explosion, the ship took fire. The men at first devoted themselves to opening magazines and throwing explosives overboard. They left only when the vessel was partly sunk and the heat of the flames was such as to reuder it impossible for them to remain. Geueral Lee was uotified of the explosion by Captain General Blanco. General Lee immediately hurried to the captain general's palace. There was a meeting of the cabinet and orders were at once sent to the Spanish war vessels to do all they could to assist iu the rescue of the sailors of the Maine. The American passenger steamer City of Washington was about 300 yards from the Maine at the time of the explosion, and at once sent boats to the rescue. Two of the boats of the City of Washington, however, had been so damaged by falling ?r k 1 : jiieuca ui uiass auu iiuu UULLI iuc Maine, that they sunk soon after being launched. A Spanish ferry boat that passed the wreck immediately after the explosion, and which could have done most to rescue the struggling sailors who had gotten into the water, did not even stop. Whether the failure of the boat to stop was due to indifference or a fear of another explosion, has not yet appeared. As soon as he had done all he could to save such of his officers aud men as bad survived the catastrophe, Captain Sigsbee telegraphed the secretary of the navy as follows : "Maine blown up in Havana harbor at 9.40 and destroyed. Many wounded and doubtless more killed and drowned. Wounded and others on board Spanish man-of-war and Ward lino steamer. Send lighthouse tenders from Key West for crew jind few pieces of equipment still above water. Jso one had other clothes than those upon them. Public opinion should be suspended until further report. All oflicers believed to be saved. Jenkins and Merritt not yet accounted for. Many Spanish officers, including representatives of General Blanco, now with me and express sympathy." The secretary of the navy at once sent instructions for the carrying out of Sigsbee's suggestions, and the president telegraphed the sympathy of the people of the United Slates along with instructions not to spare any expense in looking after the comfort of the wounded officers und sailors. The first theory as to the cause of the explosiou was to the effect that a hand grenade shell had been hurled across the navy yard on to the vessel. This was suggested by Admiral Man erola ; hut if it were true, theu to destroy a war vessel representing a cost of a million dollars, is a wonderfully easy matter. General Lee telegraphed the fact of the catastrophe to the state department on Wednesday morning, and said that the matter was to he investigated. As to whether the explosion was the work of enemies or an accident, he did not intimate an opinion. Among the known facts are that there was steam in one of the boilers of the Maine. The principal object of this steam was to operate the electric lights abroad the ship. A London paper, which could not refrain from expressing suspicions, at once suggested that possibly Spanish conspirators managed to smuggle an infernal machine into the Maine's coal bunkers, that the machine was thrown into the boiler, which caused the explosion of the magazine; but all this, of course, is only a matter of theory, not based on any known facts. At last accounts, the Maine was lying with her bow entirely under water, and only a portion of her stern showing above the surface. STORY OF THE PURSER. The Olivette, with 62 survivors of the Maine, arrived at Key West, Fla., at 10.30 o'clock Wednesday night, having left Havana seven hours before. Of the number of survivors on board, 20 were wounded?10 seriously and 1 fatally. Captain Mervill, with a company of artillery, took possession of the dock before the arrival and kept back the excited crowd, including half the population of Key West, majority Cubans and mulattos. No one not in uniform was allowed on board. The Associated Press correspondent saw Purser Denison, of the Olivette, who gave the following brief account: The explosion is an absolute mystery to every one. It occurred iu the forward magazine, which is just for ward of amidships and below the water line. The coal bunkers were outside ; but separated by two feet air space. According to custom the magazine was inspected at 8 o'clock in the evening. The temperature was found to be 59. The magazine was locked and keys given to Sigsbee. The men went to hammocks in the forward part of ship soon after 9 o'clock. The explosion occurred at 9.40, and so great und overwhelming that no one can yet give a connected account. About 10 in the forward part of ship were saved, and of these several bad hammocks slung on lower deck. Explosion split the big ship in two and threw these and one marine sleeping on superstructure forty feet in the air and into the water. In the magazine was 25 tons coarse powder, used for charging big guns. No dynamite, detonating powder nor torpedo heads?nothing that could be exploded by concussion. In the maiu magazine aft high explosives were stored. This magazine did not explode. There are no electric wires connecting with or near the magazine.] It is not believed the Maine was destroyed by a torpedo underneath, as if so a hole would have been torn in her bottom and the ship would not have been driven to atoms as was the cuse. The after part of the ship sank in three minutes and officers and surviving crew escaped half clothed. Pieces of wreckage flew a distance of 500 yards, one large piece of cement striking the quarter deck of the City of Washington, Ward Line, that anchored ahead of the Maine 20 minutes before the explosion. TORPEDO REPORTED. The Associated Press correspondent at Havana, reported on Thursday that divers had found an eight-inch percussion hole in one of the plates of the sunken vessel, indicating that a torpedo was the cause of the disaster. A Washington dispatch describes the situation in Washington as follows: "The public mind is in a most dangerous condition. Should any of the reports now coming from Havana to the effect that the Maine was blown up by a torpedo, prove true, and should the president issue a proclamation of war, he would be sustained in both the house and the senate without a dissenting vote. It will be most unfortunate if proof cannot be brought to bear on the claims that the disaster was the result of an accident." The feeling that the disaster was the result of treachery, is growing stronger and stronger. Public Printinc* Columbia Register, Thursday : The legislature has settled the printing question by the selection of R. L. Bryan & Co., to be the state printer for the next two years. The bid made by them was $7,358.50. The State Publishing company made a bid of $0,188.72. That seemingly is the lowest; but there are considerations as to figure and rule work which can be only understood by experts. The Bryan company made a lower bid in this respect than the other and they got the award. j Another New County. By a vote of 83 to 20, the house has agreed to the establishment of Lee county out of portions of Darlington, I Sumter and Kershaw counties. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Witherspoon A Spencer?Announce that they will practice law in connection in all the courts. II. A. I). Xeely, County Treasurer?Gives notice to persons who have paid a 15 per cent, penalty on their taxes, that they can have the same refunded on presentation of their tax receipts to him. T. II. McClain?Talks to you about the benefits to be derived from using the Masury Railroad paints. Grist Cousins?Talk to you about the Babcock, and theSayers A* Seoville buggies, and a 340 buggy and the harness they are offering for sale. ABOUT PEOPLE. D. E. Finlev, Esq., has been in Columbia this week. Captain John J. Smith is the manager Afflin \finctrala TMe fant inonroo \f k LlIC ViUHCI lUIUOLlCiOl A UIO IUCI> lUOUIW success for the combination. Captain Green, of Rock Hill, hasdecidded to give up tbe management of the Grand Central hotel in Columbia. Major A. H. White, of Rock Hill, has been in Charleston this week attending the meeting of the Masonic grand lodge. S. N. Johnson, Esq., was called to Columbia last Wednesday by a telegram stating that his presence with his brother?Representative H. E. Johnson?who is ill, was very desirable. Mr. W. A. Barron, whose death was reported in the last issue of The Env^uirer, was a member of Tirzah A. R. church, and had served as a ruling elder for about 20 years. A postal card from S. N. Johnson, Esq., received here yesterday morning, announces that Representative H. E. Johnson is getting along as well as could be expected and that his physician hopes thut he will be able to return home within a week. HOMEMADE FLOUR. In the course of an interesting editorial on homemade tlour, the News and Courier has the following which is of especial interest in York county. "We are further informed that there are now three "roller mills" in York county, and that the first one built in the state was put up several years ago by Mr. G. L. Riddle, at Zeno, in that county. Besides this information we have received a sample of the flour made by Mr. Riddle, which has been submitted to experienced and critical housekeepers for examination and report. The report which has just been made to us is that the flour is of the best quality, and compares most favorably with the best grades obtainable in this market. One of the fair experts says of it that it has the "creainy" appearance which is the mark of pure and good wheat flour, as distinguished from "adulterated" flour, or part wheat and part corn flour, aud that the waflles and biscuits made with it "are all that could be desired." She has uot tried it in the other forms of bread; but assumes that it is as good for all kinds as for those for which it has been used. The biscuits exhibited to us appear to be as perfect, in every respect, as buscuits could )e. and it is safe to say, therefore, that the York county flour made by Mr. Riddle is all that auy housekeeper could ask or expect of any flour. We take great pleasure in giving it this free advertisement accordingly, as we think that Mr. Riddle has rendered the state a great and most important service in proving that it is independent of all other states and counties [ in the matter of its wheat flour supply if , only its people care to assert their independence. YORK COUNTY MAGISTRATES. The Rock Hill Herald of Wednesday reproduces the synopsis of the magistrate bill published in The Enquirer last Saturday and comments as follows: There is some curiosity expressed here to know why the York delegation raised the salaries of the York township magistrate and constable, and lowered those of the Catawba township magistrate and constable?especially is this inquiry pertinent as to the constable, since that official, at the courthouse, incurs comparatively no expense to place a prisoner in jail, while the Catawba township constable must either hire a conveyance to convey himself and the prisoner to the county prison, or must pay railroad fare for himself and prisoner as well as pay for board and lodging for himself, all the expense to come out of the constable's salary. We submit that this is as unfair as an injustice can well be. Besides, the jurisdiction of the Catawba township magistrate extends over 3,000 more people than does that of the York township magistrate, and he must keep an office open here all the time. The Catawba township magistrate fail- * ed to report as many arrests and commitments last year as did the York township officer; but this ought not to furnish a reasoti why the salary of Magistrate Waters and his constable, Major Beckham, should be lowered and that of the magistrate aud his constable at the courthouse raised. The former, like the latter, are likely to be called upon any day, or every day in the year, to give their services to the state for the paltry sum of ?250. If the salary of the judge of this circuit were to be fixed by the number of cases (docketed in some other circuit, it might be that Judge Gage would not receive enough money from the state treasury to pay his hotel bills and railroad expenses; or if the York delegation were to be paid only for the amount of work they perform as legislators, they might have to draw upon their private funds to pay < their way home. MOCK TRIAL. There was an interesting and entertaining mock trial in the courthouse last Thursday night, under the auspices of the Willing Workers of the Presbyteriau church. It was a breach of promise case?Evangelina Evalena Crosshones, plaintiff, against William Crenshaw Gist, defendant, and the amount of damages claimed for injured affections was $40,000. Mr. Henning Clawsou impersonated the plaintiff, Major James P. Hart acted as judge, Jos. F. Wallace, Esq., as clerk, and Sheriff Logan as sheriff. The plain- , tiff was represented by Messrs. Thos. F. McDow and John It. Ilart, and the defendant by W. W. Lewis, Esq. The jury was composed as follows: W. B. Moore, foreman; John R. Ashe, M. F. Jones, S. L. Latimer, E. A. Crawford, B. X. Moore, Geo. W. Williams, George T. Schorb, Dr. J. D. McDowell. Dr. M. W. White and Mr. Paul T. xMcXeel were objected to for a cause. Messrs. C. G. Parish and W. Adickes were "sworn" us witnesses for the defense, and E. A. Law, J. B. Allison, Jr., S. L. Hobbs, t? ir ...?i ? \r \r,.v?nl for nlain XV. XX. UI?J Uliu a?*. .<*VT , tiff. The trial lasted for about two hours and-a-balf, and was conducted amidst roars of laughter, which the dignified judge was unable to quell even with the assistance of the sherilf and his etficieut , force of baililfs. The jury, after squabling for quite a while, returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount claimed, and recommended the sale of Bounce and Joe, the two ' dogs of the defendant, to pay the verdict.