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it ' Scraps and |acts. Artemus Ward died at Southampton, near London, on the 4th instant ?^ There are 11,537 school-houses in New York State, of which 181 are built of logs. The elections in New Hampshire came off on Tuesday last President Johnson has issued a proclamation recognising Nebraska as a State in the Union. Pouring oold water on the face andhefld destroys the effect of narcotic poison. Within eleven years, $800,000,000 worth of gold has been taken from the mines in California. # ??A man was last week sent to jail for ten days in Rhode Island for sleeping in church. Nothing was done to the clergyman. A man in Jackson, Mississippi, gave his in tended, money to buy her bridal outfit, and the following morning she married his brother. Why is a married man like a candle ? Because he sometimes goes out at night when he ought not to. If a man is to be judged by the venom of his tongue, as a reptile is by the venom of its tooth, Thad. Stevens is a human rattlesnake. A man advertises in a Cleveland paper for "a boy to take charge of a pair of horses of a religious turn of mind. ?? The Atlanta Era computes the number of destitute in Georgia, who have not the actual means of subsistence, to be at least fifty thousand. He Ohio German Radicals are getting into considerable of a muss on account of the negro question, as they are bitterly opposed to negro suffrage. Canadian eggs under the new tariff, will have to nay a duty of one cent per dozen. Our national debt will soon be paid. ??Shinies are used as a substitute for money at Preeque isle, and are considered ' 'legal tender.'' It reminds one of the old "Pine Tree Shillings." The Tennessee House has rejected a proposition to allow negroes to hold office under the new franchise law. ?? A church in Baltimore has the motto upon the outer walls: "To the poor the gospel is preached." One morning these words were found painted under it: "Not here, though." ??A man in Cleveland advertises a half interest in a well regulated laying hen for sale, assigning as a reason his utter inability to spend all the profits. ^ The Wisconsin Legislature is about to disfranchise 20,000 citizens for desertion during the war. The average was about the same in other States. Brownlowis ill again, and as Agricultural Newton told the Congressional Committee about the expenses of his bureau, the severity of the afc"armwlii tVia mnat concminp ATTWfcatinna." "Pray excuse a bit of sarcasm," said Smith to Jones, "but you are an infamous bar and scoundrel." "Pray pardon a touch of irony," replied Jones, as he knocked him down with a poker. A young lady in Cleveland having been afflicted by a frightful, odor for several days, which repulsed her mends, at last discovered in her waterfall a dead moose. It had been placed there by a mischievious brother. Some ex-Predericksburg darkies voted at the election in Georgetown. One old fellow, however, declined, saying, "They jist put the names down, and the next thing is tax on every nigger that voted." A Pike's Peaker, writing to a Minnesota journal, says the miners are very much discouraged m that region?they have to dig through a solid vein of silver four feet thick, before they reach the gold.'* The Lynchburg Republican says: ' 'It strikes us that the Southern people ought to be vigorously doing nothing in a political way at present, and everything in a manufacturing and agricultural way." It is reported in Washington that Sumner has expressed his determination to retire wholly from public life at the expiration of his present Senatorial term. "Lord, for those days we wait," &c. The latest "conscience money" case is that of a Newark man. who paid a farmer for apples he stole in childhood's sunny hours. That fellow is honest to the remotest core. ??An Englishman has patented a watch without hands that shows on its face no figures but those which tell the hour and minute looked for.? The figures are displayed as they are wanted, and no others appear on the watch face. A tr, HKm irollrn^ An i'ao ftroltTO milhS I VflVTWAAVt UVUVUUVCO it Oo U IIIULi" strous, ill-timed political suicide. The third propose to wait ana see, believing all action on the part of the people at this time premature and imprudent The Charleston Mercury says: The United States Quartermaster at this place has received twelve hundred bushels of corn for the destitute people of this State. It will be forwarded on Monday by the South Carolina Railroad; two hundred bushels to Hopkin's Station; four hundred bushels to Columbia; and six hundred bushels to Chester. This is the first installment received of the corn purchased by the Southern Relief Association of New York, and will be hailed by the starving people to whom it is sent as an unlooked for soooar. The Eufaula JVeic* has the following: ' 'As negro suffrage is now established in Tennessee and Brownlow re-nominated for Governor, it is proposed to run a negro candidate to test the sincerity of the Radicals, and see if they meant business when they made the negroes citizens. Frank Parrish, the well known barber, is spoken of as the man to beat Brownlow in almost every respect He is intelligent, moral, industrious, has a fair education, has heen a traveler in foreign parts, is renowned for his ability and kindness of heart, is nearly as W WW white as Brownlow, and is more of a gentleman.? If he should take the stump he would carry the whole negro vote and beat tne cursing Parson badly. In a fight between Brownlow and big Frank we go for Frank all the time." The Bridgewater Gazette, a. New England journal, says that a phvsician in that place was recently called to prescribe for a_ somewhat illiterate old lady, and as cod liver oil, in his opinion, was the remedy for her complaint, he wrote a prescrip-' tion for the apothecary to put up, with the latm formula, "Oh. Jec. Ass." heing an abbreviation of "Oleum Jecoris AssdU," or in plain English, cod liver oiL The medicine was procured, taken, and in a few weeks the lady completely recovered her health. A neighbor paid her a visit after her recovery, and expressing surprise at her improved condition, inquired the secret of so rapid a restoration. Wny," said the old lady, lifting both hands in a cTateftil enthusiasm, "it was that beau tifid medicine, the Oil of Jackass, that brought me on my feet again." firtMlt (?uquiw. z====ii================izz=====z=====z=: editors: JAS. E. WILSON ..JAS. F. HART. YORKVILL.E, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 14,1867 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advanoe. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of tne time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. THE BANKRUPT LAW. In another column, will be found an abstract of this law as it was signed by the President, after passing both Houses of Congress. This law affords to our people the relief for which they have been so long asking, and enables all who avail themselves of it to break the chains of debt and commence life afresh as free men. Its provisions may not please all debtors, inasmuch as they are not allowed to retain quite as much property as they had hoped to do. Some, we fear, would not be satisfied with any relief short of the privilege of holding on to all they possess. This class desired a bankrupt law which would simply blot out their debts, without exacting any sacrifice of property on their part But it should never be forgotten that creditors have rights as well as debtors. The insolvency of a debtor involves a loss on the part of the creditor; and it is too plain to require argument, that it is unjust to demand all the sacrifice from the creditor and none from the debtor. As it is, the whole of the real loss, with most of the sacrifices, falls on the creditor, while the release of the debtor is not founded on justice, but mercy. He is set free?not because he is not morally bound to pay his debts, but because he is unable to do so. The law therefore, in mercy, frees him from his obligations, Dut it aoes not mieuu uj give him a competency, while releasing him. He claims to be too poor to pay, and, inp recognizing this claim, the law takes care that he shall not be left a rich man. Debtors have no right to expect the kind of relief, which would leave them with thte surroundings of wealth that really belongs to others. They ought to he satisfied with a release that puts them on an equality with other poor men, and gives ' them an opportunity of rebuilding their fortunes, by the unfettered exercise of their industry. They even have an advantage over some of their neighbors, under this law; for they are allowed to keep a few necessary articles, while many a man is obliged to start in life without a dollar, and is dependent upon his own exertions for all he can hope to have. It is to be hoped that all our people will take a just view of this matter. All who are hopelessly involved in debt should avail themselves ' of this law, and make final settlements under its < provisions. The sooner this net-work of debt is broken, which keeps our people in the oonditionof flies in a spider's web, the sooner will genuine 1 prosperity return to our midst. This country can 1 never flourish, while it is insolvent; the energies of the people are too hampered, and their time too much occupied with 1 unning backwards and for- 1 wards between lawyers an<^ courts, sheriffs &c., 1 for them to devote themselves to their legitimate 1 business. The way to independence lies before 1 them, if they are willing to stoop from a false po- ! sition to their true condition of poor men, and then go to work to become really rich. It may be a ; rough road, but it musj inevitably be travelled at ] some time, and the sooner the journey is begun, 1 the sooner it will be ended. ! This law is beneficial to the creditor also, though at first sight, it may seem to rob him of his rights. He now holds claims which hai^ a nominal value 1 greatly exceeding their real worth. In the present ( circumstances, it is more than doubtful whether ' the tenth part of them could ever be collected.? The assets to pay them do not and never can exist, 1 while the country. remains in its present state.? ' The Bankrupt Law forces matters to an issue, 1 and ascertains the real value of such claims. This nntnnl valnA is eiven to the creditor, and the addi- ' tional fictitious value is blotted out of existence.? The creditor gets all he could probably get otherwise, while he only loses that which he would never realize. He has also the reasonable hope, if his debtor is an honest man, that the debt will ultimately be paid, whenever the latter has it in his power to pay it Unharrassed by interference from the law, the debtor may, in time, become able to pay his debts; but this he never can do, while the Sheriff's hammer hangs over his head like the sword of Damocles, tied by a thread, and liable to drop upon him at any moment ADVANCES TO PLANTERS. Mr. T. C. Peters, who, in our last issue was announced as making a tour of the South, has returned to his home in Maryland. Under date of March 1st, he has written a letter to Gen. Grant, in which he gives the result of his observations on the wants of the South for making a crop, and the security of temporary loans for that purpose. The States visited were Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. In these four States, Mr. Peters found "a wide breadth of land fenced and in condition to be made available for future crops. In some sections near the track of war, buildings were yet somewhat deficient, but enough remained to enable the planter to prepare his land and provide for his laborers. About two-thirds of the planters have their plantations re-stocked with teams and implements. But owing to the total destruction of stock, hogs in particular, and an unusually bad season last year, not only for the cotton, but for all other crops, there is a great want of corn and bacon for their laborers, and corn and forage for their teams." To supply the wants named, Mr. P. says many of the planters have had recourse to their factors, whose business it formerly was to make such advances to the planter as would enable him to make a crop; which advances were repaid out of the firet sales from the crop. The planter was accustomed to draw upon his factor, and his bill, acceptr ed by the factor, became negotiable paper, which the banks of the State willingly discountea. nut the war has so crippled Southern banks, that they are unable to discount even the best of planters' bills. The banking capital of South Carolina, for instance, is now less than a million; whereas, before the war, it was fourteen millions. With this lack of capital, the banks are unable to furnish to the planter the neoessary means of making a crop; and unless aid comes from abroad, a full crop cannot be made. Factors are as willing as ever to ac: cept planters' bills, but are unable to negotiate them, or, in other words, a bill, drawn by a planter and accepted by his factor, cannot raise any money. This is owing, in the South, to a want of capitalists, and in the North, to doubts as to the real value of these bills. Mr. Peters endeavors to remove these doubts and induce Northern capitalists to discount them. He reports that the safety of investment in these bills is beyond all question, as XJL inftii iu vuiv naiavu vu *w vmv*? v obtained a marriage license, went back "by the same conveyance,' the same day, and was married in the evening. Such a persistent bridegroom as that chap deserves to be "hugged up warm." The Aberdeen (Miss.) Examiner says that there are more freedfhen at work on the farms of Monroe County than at any period since the war, and there are more acres under the plow" than have been cultivated in the last three years. In China, the physician is responsible for his patients: and they or their friends may prosecute him if he fails to effect a cure. If, through any neglect or lack of knowledge, he causes death, he is compelled by law to provide for the support of the family of the deceased. Mississippi papers announce that by a new law in that State, the poll-tax upon persons not having visible means of support, or not in the employ of a responsible person, is to be collected at the time of assessment, and if it cannot be collected, the defaulter is to be reported as a vagrant ?- It is a curious fact in medical histoiy, that during the prevalence of the cholera in Moscow, different plans of treatment were tried in the various large hospitals, but in one hospital it was agreed to employ no treatment whatever. The per centage of mortality was exactly the same in ail the hospitals, including that in which no medicine was given. Rev. Dr. Cummings has just published a new work entitled, "The Last Warning," in which it is confidently asserted that the world will certainly come to an end before the first of January next. In oonnnection with this prediction, we call to mind that the Doctor, a few months since, leased a dwelling house for ten years. Faith without VTU1AB 10 ucau. On Thursday, 28th ult,an inquest was held on the body of Jane Harvey, a white woman, found dead near her residence, in this village.? R. W. Shand, Esq., acted as coroner. After a thorough investigation of the case, the jury rendered a verdict that the deceased came to her death by strangulation at the hands of Darnel Howard. Said Howard was committed to jail. UmonvJle Journal. The Old Southern Drug House of Goodrich "Wineman &Co., No. 153 Meeting-Street, Charleston, S. C., is again opened with a most desirable Stock of Genuine ana Imported Drugs and Chemicals. Since the close of the war our physicians have been much bothered where to buy articles that they could rely on, and have had to get supplies from unexperienced houses. This they need not do any longer. Let them send their orders to Goodrich, Wineman & Co., and they can depend on getting pure articles. The Atlanta (Ga.,) Era, says they now have three parties in that city. The first is headed by ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, who favors the adoption of the Sherman reconstruction policy as the surest method of saving the South from final ruin and bankruptcy. The second disapproves the fLwomnr'a QAYiorlnlo on/1 ^nnnnnooe I* I "A "f" ' # 1 they are secured by four times their value in property, and a^e protected under State laws, by a lien on the cotton crop, which is to be paid in preference to all other hens. On this point he says "There has never been a time when so much general good could be done with so little capital at so small a risk." As to the effectiveness of labor, Mr. P. reports three-fourths of the planters fully stocked with hands, mostly freedmen, and few females working as out-door hands. He represents our people earnestly at work in the effort to regain prosperity, fully appreciating the dignity of labor and the' value of economy. As to the security of persons and property, he says: _ * "I venture the assertion that in no other Stated of the Union are the people better protected, or the laws more impartially enforced. The people everywhere, as a mass, are more thoroughly lawabiding and orderly, and most truly loyal. If the thing were possible, I would stake my life, my honor. all that a man holds most dear, here or here after, upon the complete and most undoubted loyalty of the people in those States visited. They have submitted in most perfect honor and integrity of purpose, and they exceedingly regret that their nonor and integrity should be doubted. The safety of loans entrusted to them is safe beyond all question in regard to their loyalty, and to the faithful administration of their laws. No people can be more anxious for peace and quiet, ana they well understand that a proper administration ana enforcement of die laws is of the first importance to gain that end." The entire report is characterized by a desire to impart the truth, as well as a sincere good-will to the people of the South. If the whole North were actuated by the same friendly motives, the question of reconstruction would become easy of solution. His report will probably give some credit, at least, to planters' bills, and will, therefore, materially assist our people. The help thus obtained will, no doubt, add several thousand bales to the crop, and thus add that much to the resources of the South. We hope soon to be able to announce agencies from Northern houses for the cashing of planters' bills. But a word of caution on this subject is necessary. When money, is offered for the purpose of raising a crop, let every man pause before he accepts it It is always best to do without help, when this is possible; when it is impossible, just as little assistance should be taken as will answer the purpose. Our people certainly ought to understand the dangers of debt, by this time, and we hope that they will strain themselves to keep out of debt as much as they can. These advances are not intended to put us in possession of money for luxuries, but for necessities. No man should seek it for any other object than to make a crop, nor should he take more than his ctod will Drobablv nav for. If, when the time of payment comes, the?' advances have to be collected by law, they will prove but a delusive benefit, will only sink us deeper in the mire, and will forever destroy our credit abroad. We are a poor people, but we claim to be honest. On the faith in our honesty, it is proposed to relieve our poverty ; but if this faith is found to be groundless, our poverty will return, never to leave us again. ^THE DUTY OF THE HOUR. Yhen threatened with imminent calamity, a ve man will summon all his energies and exhaust all bis resources to meet it. But having done all he can to avert it, if it is inevitable, it becomes his duty to bear his trial with calmness and fortitude. Such is the present position of the South. The dangers which now hang over us were foreseen years ago, and in the true spirit of prudence, our people took up arms as the only means of preserving their liberties. The struggle that ensued brought no disgrace upon either our men on the battle-field, or our women on the harder ordeal of fireside endurance of war. But though the contest was carried on while the faintest gleam of hope encouraged us, it was finally decided against us; and by that result, we lost all that we had staked upon it. The evils which we sought to prevent, have come upon us in spite of our best efforts, and it only remains for us to conduct ourselves like honorable men, and calmly bear what sve cannot help. Endurance of oppressions which cannot be thrown off is the severest ordeal through which a nation can be called to pass. Yet the signs of the times unmistakeably indicate that this ordeal is in store for our people. Our Radical enemies have perpetrated upon us a wrong which cries aloud to Heaven for vengeance, but we are powerless to resist it How much farther they may go, in inflicting injuries upon us, or where they will stop, cannot be foretold. It is-not improbable that confiscation will be attempted, and perhaps carried out But whatever the course of events, nothing is to be gained by rash or inconsiderate action of any kind. So far as possible, anything likely to bring on a collision of the militaiy power with our citizens, either collectively or as individuals, should be avoided. .We will certainly have military government soon enough and plenty enough to satisfy its most earnest admirers. Let us rather live quietly under the existing laws, each man attending to his own business, and await in patience the arrival of the autocrat of the second District. If that august personage find's everything working in peace and order under the State laws, he will in ail probability continue them in force, subject only to his supervision. By this course, we will secure the blessings of regularly administered law and justice. A contrary course will render us liable to the sudden suspension of State laws, and the substitution of capricious and tyrannical courts-martial^ CONSISTENCY. "Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" is a proverb which was once supposed to contain the. germ of a great truth. But the enlightened party which is now governing (or rather misgoverning) the country, has decided the supposed truth to be a fallacy. That party has spent millions of money and shed seas of blood, to place the negro upon a footing of equality with the white man. Eight millions of white people made a mighty effort to prevent this consummation; but they were forced to succumb to the powerful logic of Yankee generals, backed by unnumbered bayonets, and they now practically admit the full equality of the African to the Caucasian race. The fiat has gone forth that the white man of the South possesses no right which does not likewise belong to the negro, and the South is powerless to dispute it. Now it seems reasonable that the people of the North, who forced this principle upon the South at such a cost of treasure and blood, should recognize it at home. As they displayed such zeal in making the negro a citizen of South Carolina, against the wishes of her people, it might reasonably have been expected that they would confer upon him the same right in Ohio, where there was no blood to be shed in the undertaking. But no; Radical charity does not begin at home: it prefers giving freedom to the captive at the expense of others.? The Legislature of Ohio refused, by a vote of two to one, to submit to the people of that State an amendment to their Constitution, which strikes the word "white" out of it This action of the Ohio Legislature proves conclusively that the majority of that body do not believe the negro entitled to the rights of citizenship. The number of negroes In that State is too small for their combined vote to affect the result of party elections, had there been any danger of its being cast against the Radicals. But as this vote would probably count in favor of the party which created it, negro suffrage could have been defeated from no motive of policy. If the Legislators had been governed by party interest, they would have presented the question to their constituents. They either doubted the qualification of the negro to citr izenship, themselves, or they thought their constituents doubted it In either case, they prove insincerity on the part of one Northern State, in the great crusade upon our rights and our liberties, which has at last succeeded in crushing out our existence as independent States. This is another link in the chain of facts proving that hatred to the South?not love for the Deggro, was the motive which brought the swarming legions of the North into the field for our destruction. WASHINGTON NEWS. The new Congress has manifested a desire to have a hand in the reconstruction of the excluded States. Notwithstanding that the Military bill passed by the late Congress professes to leave the matter to the States concerned, Sumner has introduced a bill to guarantee a republican government, i that would protect the loyal people of the South. This bill proposes to disfranchise all who participa' ted in the rebellion, and therefore goes one step further than the Military bill. Sumner also introduced a bQl to prescribe an oath to maintain a re' publican formofgovernmentinthe rebel States. It is to be administered to every voter therein, and requires him to abjure every doctrine held by rebels, and to swear to the perpetuity of the Union and the payment of the national debt Both bills were laid on the table till the committees were announ* ceo. In the Senate, a joint resolution, appropriating $1,500,000 to the destitute Southerners, regardless of politics, was introduced by Trumbull, and voted down by the Senate. In the House, Kelly, of Pennsylvania, introduced resolutions directing the Judiciary Committee to report by bill, declaring who shall call oonven1 tions to re-organize the Southern States, to provide for registrations of voters, etc.; which were passed, by 113 to 33. The Republicans held a caucus on the 7th, in which immediate impeachment was defeated, though the tone of the caucus indicated that the President will be ultimately impeached, i From all indioatiodS; it is plain that the present Congress is anxions to do something towards the further humiliation of the South. Whether ' these States reconstruct on the basis of the Military bill or not, Congress is not through with them yet It is stated that Generals Sherman, Meade, Hancock, McDowell and Schofield, will command the Southern Districts, under Sherman's Reconstruction Bill. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Rain, Rain, Rain. Our District has had its full share of rain during the last two weeks. The windows of heaven have been opened to an extent that puts an end to plowing for the present The Stamp Tax. The amendment made in the Stamp Act by the last Congress abolishes the fifty cent stamp on ? . .1? ??i j 1. l? WTltH, or Otuer UllgiUttl UUCU111C11U>, uy nuiuu any suit is commenced in court, and on confessions of judgment; also the twenty-five cent stamp on warrants of distress. No stamp is required on a probate of will, on letters testamentary, or on administrator's or guardian'8 bond, when the value of the estate and effects, real and personal, does not exceed one thousand dollars. A New Kingdom. A project is now before the parliament of England, to make an independent kingdom of the Canadian Provinces, to be called the "Kingdom of Canada." The third son of Queen Victoria, Prince Arthur, a youth seventeen years old, is to be the king of this new monarchy, which will be the first in North America. The provinces affected are not averse to the project, but the "great Republic" is. Mr. Raymond, of New York, offered a resolution in Congress, inquiring of the President if the consent of the United States has been asked to the formation of a kingdom on North American soil, and urging the Monroe doctrine as a reason why it should not be allowed. As England has never agreed to be bound by the Monroe doctrine, she may consider this affair none of Mr. Raymond's business, and take the liberty of erecting a government with the consent of her subjects, without asking the permission of Congress. At any rate, Congress has enough to do now, in "reconstructing," its own subjects, to let those of England alone for awhile. Human Snakes. An exchange states that a lady in Ohio recently gave birth to twins, whose persons combine the physical natures and shapes of men and snakes. In their moral nature, the snake rather preponderates, as they have to be kept apart to prevent them from fighting. This freak of natur^ is accounted for on the supposition that the mother was a violent Abolitionist, and much given to using the epithet "Copperhead" against all whose political opinions differed from hers. This snake story is rather hard to swallow as a literal fact, but, as an' allegory, it admirably suits manv births which have occurred in Ohio and other fanatical States during the last fifty years. Human nature, as developed in Radicals, certainly contains a large proportion of the snaky element.? This fact can be verified by the proceedings of Conigress, whose venom cannot possibly be accounted for,, on any other supposition than that Stevens, Sumner, Butler and Co., are human snakes.? i These reptiles, though all equally snaky, have specific differences. Stevens makes a free u& of his rattle, and is a fine specimen of the rattlesnake.? Sumner belongs to the more cowardly breed of vipers, while Butler is a genuine spreading adder, who secretes so much poison in his jaws, that if he cannot bite something else, he must bite himself or die of his own venom. The American Eagle in Virginia. The Petersburg Express says: This bird of freedom paid his last visit in this section on Sunday, supplied himself with rations and left for parts unknown. It is supposed he sailed northward. A venerable old baidheaded fellow pounced down upon a big muscovv duck in Mr. Richard Caudle's yard, Chesterfield Co., on Sunday afternoon, and carried the poor fowl off without eeremony. He was only confiscating a little, in advance of Thad Stevens & Co.?asking no oads and giving no thanks. "R. E. Bel" in a tight place. Among the passengers on the ill-fated steamer David White, which blew up on the 17thult, was Mr. P. Donm, who is better known to the readers of the Metropolitan Record, by his nom de pfume of "R. E. Bel." Mr. Donan gives in the Record an interesting account of the disaster, in which forty lives are known to have been lost He closes his sketch of the scenes during and after the explosion, with the following characteristic postscript: For the edification of my own personal friends, I may add that 1 lost everything I nad on earth except my very valuable life, which I preserved because I didn't know "who would care for mother now," if I went "up the spout," and because I didn't wish to put any sympathizing female to the trouble of "kissing mie for my mother" just yet. "Fighting for Liberty." In his veto of the Military Bill, President Johnson indirectly thus proves the justice of the Southern cause : "Those who advocated the right of secession alledged in their own justification, that we had no regard for law, and that their rights of property, life, and liberty would not be safe under the constitution as administered by us. If we now verily their assertion, we prove that they were in truth and in fact fighting for their liberty; and, instead of branding their leaders with the dishonoring name of traitors against a righteous and legal government, we elevate them in history to the rank of self-sacrificing patriots, consecrate them to the admiration of the world, and place them by the side of Washington, Hampden, and Sidney. No; let us leave them to the infamy they deserve, punish them as they should * be punished?according to law?and take upon ourselves no share of the odium which they should bear alone." The President's last sentence is inconsistent with the former part of the above extract, and ought to be left out The "if" in the case having been removed by the action of Congress, our leaders are, beyond all cavil, proved to belong to the highest t order of patriots. The Military bill is convincing evidence that secession was a necessity, forced upon our people by the wrongs then only threatened, but now actually perpetrated by the fanatics of the North. Had the South submitted without war to their encroachments, she would have had none the less to submit to oppression and robbery, without the satisfaction that she at least tried to help herself. As it is, our people cannot reproach themselves for their present sufferings, which must be borne as evils that have come upon .them without their consent and against their mightiest efforts. LOCAL ITEMS. ? ' 3; > HEW ADVEETISEMEHT8, I W. L. Robertson?Assignee's Notice. . R. A. Ross A H. P. Adickes?Notice to Administratora Executors. Ac. F. C. Harris, 0. Y. D.-Citation-Eiyah Hardin, Applicant?Elisha Hardin, Deceased. CarrolL Clark A Co,?Removal, Ac. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Sheriff's sale. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale. I ' - DOUBT WEEK. The Spring Term of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for York District, wasopened Monday morning, his Honor, Judge Munbo, presiding. We regret to state that an unlooked-for and extremely unfortunate interruption in its business occurred the first day, by the exhibition on the part 1 of some disaffected citizens, of a disposition to i stop the progress of the Court by violence. At i the recess, his Honor was waited upon by a committee, consisting of several citizens, who, we are informed, communicated to his Honor that the < people of the District were determined that the , Court should not proceed with its business, and that violence would be resorted to if necessary, to nrevent it His Honor on returning to his seat in , the afternoon, brought the matter to the attention of the Grand Jury, and directed an immediate inquiry as to the extent to which this spirit of disaffection prevailed, and whether there existed any , organization of persons who were determined to resist the holding of the Court The excitement seemed for a time to run high, and fears of popui lar violence were at one time threatening: but the i direction given to the matter by his Honor seemed to allay the excitement, and all seemed disposed to await the report of the Grand Jury. The report was read next morning to a large and intensely interested auditory; and we are pleased to add, that in its vindication of the fair fame of York District, ( as an orderly and law-abiding people, it was well . received and accepted as a proper termination of the unfortunate affair. This Report will be found . below, being published by order of his Honor. < Our inquiries induce us to believe that the conception of this interruption sprang altogether from ( the bankrupt oondition of our "people, who finding themselves hopelessly impoverished, are restive J under the efforts of creditors to enforce payment out of the meagre remnant of their former estates. ( Representations were made that the like measures had been successfully resorted to in other Districts; that the Legislature, in failing to provide for the re- , lief of the people, had necessitated the taking of the remedy in their own hands; that under the recent legislation of Congress, the Courts of the State are without authority; and that the attempt to render ' and enforog judgments was an unwarranted oppression. We are satisfied that the movers in this , matter contemplated nothing further than to prevent the rendering of judgments, and that, with this thought filling their minds, they overlooked ! the magnitude of the evils which would ensue j from the condition of lawlessness and social disorder into which we would be thrown. We express what we believe to be now the opin- , ion of eveiy one, that the purpose of violent interruption was confined to but a few misguided persons, and is now regretted even by those who were most active in it The business of the Court is now quietly going ' forward. We learn that on the civil side, little if anything can be done beyond the call of the Summary Process Docket, which is very heavy and 1 much litigated. In the Sessions, bills of indict- ! ment have been found for the offence of Burglary J in two cases, and for the offence of Larceny in one * case. The trial of these cases will we learn, com plete the Session's business. To His Honor Judge Munro : The Grand Jury of York District, to whom was j referred by your Honor, to inquire; whether there ( was any organized band of men in this District, ( prepared ana disposed to resist the administration ] of Justice by stopping forcibly the action of the j Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, now ; sitting in said District, Report: that after as dili- , gent an inquiry as time permitted, and after being . informed oy Mr. William C. Black, the Chair- , man of the Committee which waited upon your , Honor, that so far as he knows no combination exists, the Grand Jury, mindful of their oaths, and of then duty to their country, take pleasure in saying, that they have not been made aware of the existence of any such conspiracy or intended insurrec- , tion against the laws and civil authority of South . Carolina. The people of York District have in all time, from the days of seventy-six to the present moment, proved themselves loyal to the Government 1 and institutions of the State. Contemplating this fact, the Grand Jury are constrained to believe, i that there can exist in the King's Mountain District no combination of men, prepared to. tarnish the fair fame of the District, of the Palmetto State, 1 and of the whole South, by conceiving and carry- 1 ing out any such suicidal policy?by proving themselves disloyal to South Carolina?by proclaiming i themselves unfit for civil government?by instituting Mob law?by aiding and sustaining the Black Republican majority of Congress in their declaration of our unfitness to govern ourselves, and in t^eir act of imposing on the South Military Rule ?in asserting to the world, that Andrew Johnson * was wrong and the dominant party in Cori&ress i right, when Andrew Johnson asserted, there was civil government in the South, and said party asserted, there was not, that when the President said, the Military Bill was a lie, he did not assert what i was true, and said party has spoken truth. < The Grand Jury, having confidence in the intel- , ligence, in the patriotism, and love to this State , glowing in the people of York, trust and believe, tnere can be no body of men within its Emits, who are wilEng to subject themselves to the.charge, that they are in a condition of insurrection to the State, and lay themselves liable to the consequence thereof, either at the hands of the tribunals of the State, a TT??faJ CIaIao nrl>Am tiro Ut UI Wic ITJLillUiljr ui W1C Uiliiuu TTUUU1 TTV ^ may look to be shortly among us, or by making themselves liable to punishment for the offence of Riot i Considering these various matters, which cduld be greatly extended, if time permitted, the Grand Jury re-affirm the presentment, that they are not made aware of any combination of men to resist the action of civil rule by the regularly constituted 1 authorities of South Carolina. March 12th, 1867. 1 W. J. BOWEN, Foreman. On hearing the foregoing Presentment of the ] Grand Jury it is, on motion of Mr. Solicitor Melton. ordered: That the said Presentment be published in the Yorkville Enquirer. R. MUNRO. MERE-MENTION. 1 Judge Barnes, of the Superior Court, in a decis- ) ion atTarboro,' N. C., last week, decided against 1 the validity of the North Carolina stay-law. The matter will be taken up to the Supreme Court, ' which meets in June. James M. Rutland, [ Esq., of Fairfield, has addressed a letter to Gov. ' Orr, urging him to convene the Legislature, in or- 1 der that a Convention may be called. Mrs. 1 Jefferson Davis is at present"on a visit to Charleston, and is the guest of G. A. Trenholm. A Lynchburg paper chronicles the movements of the military under the head of "Blue Birds on the ( Wing. "The Carolinian learns that some of the colored men of Columbia have nominated a ' candidate for Mayor of that city. Freemason- J ry was introduced into this country in 1730. A ? I in Plnninnoti n fiinr nironinrrc I SpintUiUlOUg 1UCVIUW ui viuvtuiuiw u ?un vivu^qu since divided sin into three kinds?"animal sin, mineral sin, and spiritual sin. Bishop Soule, the oldest of the Methodist Bishops, died at Nash- ; > ville, Tenn., on the 7th inst. He was eighty-eight years of age." "Travelling on the Mississippi 1 is about as safe as running a blacksmith shop in a . powder magazine. ""Most of the freedmen who left South Carolina for Florida are anxious to re- : ' turn, buthaVe not the means. In Egypt girls are often mothers at thirteen. "There are 30,302 white, and 5,074 colored Methodists, in the 1 State of South Carolina. "" 'The health of Alex1 ander H. Stephens is again reported to be failing 1 rapidly. Poultices made of stewed pumpkins 1 are recommended by an agricultural doctor for inflammatory rheumatism. "A barrel without staves is one of the latest inventions. "'A colored woman has just died in Richmond, Va., leav' ing thirty-five children to mourn her death. She was only oncemarried. . ' 9 ' I i '-v rr-i m. > i . " CONTRIBUTORIAL." BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON. .. . ? ? OOLUItBtAi SOUTH OABOLTffA. HTH MABCH. 1867. Travel. The time it takes to travel by railroad from Charlotte to New York is about thirty hours; from Columbia to New York, thirty-seven hours. This is remarkable speed. Before the war the shortest time we ever made was forty-four hours, seven hours more than the present time. The editor of the Phoenix has just traveled the route, and therefore speaks ex cathedra. State Money. State money now can scarcely be passed at all in Columbia; and when it is taken it is reckoned at seventy cents in the dollar. This last collapse is owing to recent legislation TTT?Vi . xl 1 1 T in Tf aainugiuu , uie BtvuLie lt^uuuiuu vimt jum yenalyzed the whoie South, which has made property comparatively worthless, and which seems to say to us that the ruin is but just begun. Fires. The frequency of fires of late in Columbia has eaused a movement to be set on foot which is likely to operate favorably. Alderman Walter offered at a recent meeting of die Council a Resolution, which was adopted, establishing a Board of Inquiry to consist of His Honor the Mayor, and two Aldermen appointed by him. The Board is to meet immemediately after every fire that occurs, with power to summon witnesses and to send for papers, and thus fully ascertain the origin of the fire. The measure is a wise one. Politics. * Is Congress any more lenient or generous towards the South than it has hitherto been? Has President Johnson any more power to aid or save you than President Davis in Fortress Monroe has? Will not the Supreme Court endorse whatever measure its master, Congress, dare thrust upon the South? When Mr. Stevens brings before Congress his Confiscation Bill, as a measure to imdemnify his people for their losses during the war, will not the measure be ^popular one? When Congress rides over the Constitution and over President Johnson, will the Democrats of the North save you? Did the Democrats of the North save you during 9 -- ULIC YTtfci I Matrimonial. Mrs. Wilby kicked a conductor in the mouth, at Erie, Pennsylvania, because that unhappy man would not let herself and husband get on the train without showing their tickets. So, it appears to be a good thing to have a wife in a pinch. A Memphis paper says the reason so many marriages occur immediately after a great war is, that bachelors become so accustomed to strife that they learn to like it, and after the return of peace they unlist in matrimony as the next thing to war. That is to say, having borne arms until used to it, they take to arms very naturally. But it isn't encouraging to peacefully-inclined bachelors. Mr. W. H. Weisman, recently married a Miss Farthing. He asked for a farthing and received is-sent Want. The destitution and want of bread are severely felt in Lancaster, as we may see by a letter from a prominent citizen of that District?Dr. J. F. G. Mittag?written to the New York Times, under iate of Feb. 22. We quote a few sentences: "The result is that the suffering here of our ' jountry must pass to an untimely grave, unless my ippeals to the humanity of the North may draw forth aid. My hopes, once high, are fast declining, 5wing to the fact that, although organizations are formed among you for the relief of the South, not me cent of money nor one grain of corn has reachid this place for the destitute, after forty-six letters having been written by me and directed to the different cities of your section of the country. See-? ing that you deeply sympathize with us, sufferinfc ; under this terrible calamity, I apfleal to you to can upon the proper authorities ana entreat them to send us money or corn. I hive sent my authority to receive contributions directed to me at this place, to Edward Bright, Corresponding Secretary^ No. 39 Park-row, New York City. Please urge him to forward whatever may be accorded to us. Do, if you please, give this a place in your Valuable paper.. The voice of a starving people is the voice of God!" That sounds like-the voioe of a man in earnest From all parts of the State, except the mountain districts, we hear the Same language. :< .. A gentleman from Williamsburg Di|trict says that he knows of fifty families of whites and three hundred familiesof blacks who have not an average of half a bushel of corn on hand, and nothing else than corn to eat . : * *' Boston is foremost in contributing to the relief of this want, that crity having given more than New York in proportion to the population. New York has done nobly. .St Louis, too, has contributed liberally. v mi i 1 ,i 1 O _i , 1_ this is maeea tne aay 01 oar cnasienmg, wuen our starving people eat the bre$ul of charity from the hands of New England. Firemanity. We had something of a parade over the Committee of the New York Firemen's Association on our streets last Thursday.. This Committee came on withliose, hose-reel, fifty firemen's hats, (worth 110 each,) and a large painting representing the hose-reel and the Committee of presentation full life size, all which were a present from the N. Y. F. Association to the Fire Department of Columbia. But the whole concern, (committee excepted) was burnt at sea off Hatteras; so that the Committee came to say what they had intended to do, with hopes of making a more successful effort another time. : . The parade was rather a failure; but there were music and carriages and little niggers. The spirit of .the movement is noble and to be commended entirely; but it struck us that this tooting of horns among the ruins of our desolate rity was rather grotesque. But then we have so little of fourth-of-July-ism in our composition that we are hardly a fair judge of such things. Health. It is a duty to be well. It is a crime to be sick. We arrive at this conclusion very easily. Health , results from obedience to the laws of life. The , laws of life are the laws of God. To violate these ( is to sin; and the evidence of this sin is disease. , Every man owes it to himself, to his family, and , to his country to be useful through industry and energy. He cannot have industry and energy if he be an invalid. Thus it is his duty to be well in order to be useful. If so, it is clearly criminal to not be well ? to be sick. We cannot always avoid sickness, it is true ; but in at least nine cases in ten we can, if we will properly inform ourselves upon the subject of dis- , eases and the proper means of avoiding them.? And as far as our sickness results from wilful or voluntary ignorance of the laws of health, we are guilty of. a crime in being siclc Several years ago we took occasion to mention some valuable books on this subject, and to commend some to the attention of our readers. We take occasion again to speak of one which we consider the best of its class, for the common reader, ?a little volume by the editor of Hall's Journal of Health, entitled Health and Disease. The object of the book is thus set fourth in the Preface; "First, To -show how health may be preserved, and disease cured, by.the proper adaptation of food, in quantity and quality, to the conditions of the system. Seoond, To discourage self-medication. Third, To cause a higher appreciation , of the value of medicine in the hands of the educated and honorable physician. Fourth, That by Ming into the hands of the young .of both sexes, their attention may be efficiently turned to the maintenance of a good constitution, to a; loppy, healthy, and useful old age." We think: that these objects are honestly and earnestly kept in view throughout the volume; and we commend the work to our readers as one eminently uftefcl and ? - ? * much needed Its rules, as far as the subject admits of mere rules, are always practicable^ and the advioe giveh always tangible?not rambKng off into generalities and formularies. The reader can always see exactly what Dr. Hall njeans, and how tp apply his adwioe. As he says himself we say that these things may appear trivial; but no thing really is trivial that saves humari 'life,' or that averts years, months, or even hours of suffering. Details are given on such^ points as regulating the bowels; the hurtfulness of anodynes; how-to prevent and how to cure piles'; exercise; conduct afar exercise i how to coqI off; variety of food; how often to eat, what to eat, and why; drinking water at meals; use of tea and coffee; tonics; cause of spring-diseases, and how to avoid them; wearing flannel, when and why; overshoes; to cure corns ; to avoid colds; tomfibp;to bathe; to usr'speotacles; the care of teeth; burns and scalds?everything, in fact, that helps to. keep us from being nek, or relieves or cures us when we are so. The leading idea is that nature's w&uts - and lawa.are significantly indicated in our instincts and appetites when these are natnraHv exercised- Farther. it is taught that health may he maintained to a good old age by attending to a few simple matters in the everyday walks of Kfe ; and these few ample matters are plainly stated. Those who despise thiese matters because they think them be- ( Death the attention of intelligent men, are perfectly welcome to suffer just as much as they want to; but we would advise others to get all the information on the subject they can: and this' little hook will give them a great deal of very valuable information?information that we do not know where else they canget The price isa dollar andnhalfj and the hook can be Bent by maiL >' . 1 ' ?-? 4? WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE. - w Helena, Abkanbas, March 1/1867.-* Dear Enquirer:?Ih accordance with a long entertained desire, on the morning of the 28th of January, we turned our faoe Westward, and at an early hour were whirling orer hill and'dale towards Columbia. 'Left to our meditations, we found- a feeling of sadness "gently stealing o'er us." ' How could it be 1 otherwise; when knowing that each stroke of the engine was bearings farther and farther from the "scenes that we loved?"- Onr Creator has wisely and beneficently endowed us with strong attachments for "home and friends/-* and the bosom that is unmoved at the name of "home," must be a stranger to the finer-feehntpi of our nature. For South Carolina we cherish tke strong attachments of home. Her proud fnd chivalrous bearing in the days of her prosperity filled our boyish hearts with noble aspirations, and wflq when down-trodden and oppressed, when her enemies would cover her with reproach, our heart clings to her with an ardor of affection commensurate only with her misfortunes. - rj V In due time we reach the capital. An air of desolation seems still to hover over this once beautiful city. To the casual observer, appearance would seem to indicate a spirit ofunthriftiness and a waflt of enterprise. This, however, is aotiaaijieuidaBce withiaets. The present sad state of thinggia owing, not so much to a want of energy, ? a want of capital The spirit of her people, notwithstanding their severe trials, is unbroken, bat their wealth is gone. Standing amidst her ruins, therejapne thought that consoles'us. ^Impoverished and rained as she now is, her noble, Spartan spirit.stMl survives in the breast of her people, and although novo crashed by the heel of power, it will yet rise more beautiful and glorious 1 . Besoming oar seatin the oars, we speed onwaid until sunset, when we arrive at Kingsvifle. Heap we find awaitingosa splendid."sleeping ear," with all the conveniences of a nicely furnished chamber. What a oontrast between this and the-sleeping cats of former dhys 1 In those, you "went to bed sit- , ting up," bat according to the now order of thingf, you undress and "retire for the night," to a bed as comfortable as when at home. "When will the progress of the age roach the ne pbu-ultra f Availing ourself of "the oonvenienoe," we pay our'*extra" and soon are oblivions to all passing events. ? The morrow's sun rose Upon us, beautiful and bright, far on our way towards Atlanta. jNow and then we pass one of "Sherman's sentinels"?blackened chimneys?silent witnesses of the vandalism of ananny in theservice^of "the best government the world ever saw." k . .iw At Atlanta we, for the first time, see signs of returning prosperity. like the fiibled Phcenix she has already arisen from her ashes more b&uitiftd than her former self Now and then yon stomNb upon a ruin, but even here, we find worianefc busily engaged in removing the debris, preparatory to re- > building. . Her present exceeds her former population, by at least five thousand.' Her prosperity is unprecedented. . We had hoped to sen. something' Of "TunBel Hill," where seience, triumphing bVer n^ire, ^ean us-securely through the mountain ; but as this If* of our trip was m the night, we were in our cosy little bed wrapped in the soft slumbers oi-Toblivian. Morning dawned upon us in Chattanooga. Tim place has become historic from events connected with the late war. The idea prevails, doubtless, that it is a considerable city. This '- is incorrect? The most of the houses are mean and (jiity in appearance, whifethe morale of the place is indicated by the fact of its boasting of forty dramshops and drinking saloons. . ' Towards Memphis, for twenty-five miles, the road passes through a wild and picturesque coup- % try. On your right flhws the beautiful Tennessee, while on the left rises the mountain in rugged grandeur. In succession you pass Lookout Mountain and Chickamauga?names nowas imperishable as the granite hills themselves; but those noble patriots who died upon these bloody fields lie entombed in neglected and forgotten graves, Such is lift. A Arrived at Memphis,' we find Ourselves in an en- ' terprising and growing city. We see magnificent buildings in process of completion?a sure sign of prosperity. Her wholesale business is immense, and at no distant day she will be one of our largest Western cities. Here we first behold the rolling tides of the Mississippi Embarking on a steamer, we still steer Westward. As our boat gh&eslrom the shore, our earn are greeted with the familiar song of the'Southern negro', a large number of whom were oh board, en route for points down the river. These "cornshucking" songs are sure indications of a low state of civilization among our negro population. According to a late estimate, pot less than twenty-five thousand negroes have emigrated within the last few months from Georgia and the Carolina*, to the fertile lands of the West Our own opihion is that the great valley of the Mississippi, together with the rich lands of Texas and Arkansas, will become the future home of the negro. The richness and fertility of the soil will enable the fanner to give a O 1:1.' IS .a* .. ? mgner wages ior lanor, ana in tins, as welt as all other enterprises, the 'longest pole win he sure to knock down the persimmon.'' The frequent disasters and fearful loss of life on g the river, is becoming alarming. PubHc sentiment charge guilt upon the parties engaged in transportation. On dit says when a steamer becomes old and unseaworthy, she is insured for alarge amount, and, as a matter of course, goes down, and often times with many "valuable lives. But what is human life in the eyes of the worshippers of Mammon? We must confess to a pertain tremor of the nerves on passing scenes of recent disaster, and when our own boat creaks upon a sandbar we find ourselves instinctively grasping our life-preserver, thinking that We, too, may find a watery grave.? At length we reach the point of our destination and with a grateful heart once more Stand upon terra firma. ,v- v *** ^,7 v - 9"An Ohio exchange closes an obituary of an old citizen thus: "He was honest &nd industrious, until enfeebled by disease mid age. " " The Alabama House has voted down a Bill for the calling of a State Convention to consider the political situation. "The remains of Gen. A. P. Hill, now buried where he fell. nA&r Pofarohnror im to be V-"' ? * *r~ -A W/f t, ' \ . '< 'V T'.l .