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and farts. Horace Greeley says the man who pays more for his shop rent than his advertising don t know h?Imsine8s. t-?A Washington dispatch says that Jndge Underwood and Attorney Chandler are consulting relative to the trial of Mr. Davis, whose friends and bondsmen represent him anxious for trial. ?? Preparations are already being made at the - capital for the meeting of Congress in November, and the probability is that it will be one of the most exciting sessions held for many years. The Rockingham (Virginia) Register states, as an evidence of returning prosperity in the Valley, that since the war there have been sold there over one hundred and fifty pianos by one house. rionn txroa In'plf. JCill XUUiUOnV) U1 uuuiviU) wuui y ?wu ?mv? ed by a rooster on Saturday last, and so badly hurt that he is in danger of lode jaw. The frisky bird hit him with a spur in the knee. Edgefield District is without a sheriff. Wm. Spires, Esq., the inoumbent of three years past, resigned some months ago, but as yet the military authorities have appointed no one in his place. England uses about 220,000,000, pounds of paper annually. France yearly consumes 195,000,000, while the United States demands more paper than both these oountries combined, 440,000,000 pounds. A respectable white lady in Mobile was dragged through the street, and her clothes torn by two black pohoemen, for calling a negro drayman who was about to run over her child, a black rascal. The Military Mayor fined her $10. Genegtl Chesnut, formerly United States Senator from South Carolina, Hon. Porcher Miles, mid Colonel Shackelford, of South Carolina, with their families have been spending sometime in Stannton, and contemplate purchasing lands and locating in the Valley of Virginia. The Atlanta Intelligencer says it is a matter of undeniable history, that Washington pardoned the Pennsylvania whiskey rebels by a general amnesty, without any Congressional authorization, and previous to any trial or sentence. Was Washington a usurper of power which did not belong to him? Fifteen hundred thousand persons are said to have died in the Orissa District, and other parts nf Trvll* hv the famine last vear. The most hor rible scenes of suffering are_ reported, hungry mothera having been found eating. the bodies of their dead children. A negro, who announces himself as a candidate for Congress in Georgia, declares that, if elected, "I will do all I can to ameliorate the condition of tne whites." 1 'No doubt,'' says the Day Book, "he is a much better negro than any white negro which would be elected instead of him/' Gen Canby has ordered that the Town Council of Spartanburg, whose term of office recently expired, shall be continued in office, under the charter, which authorizes them to hold over, where, from any cause, their successors are not elected. ??Gen. Mower, in command of the 5th Military District, has issued an order modifying Griffin's jury order in Texas. The order requires jurors to be drawn from those registered and none others and no other oath is required than that of registration. Under Griffin's order, jurors were required to take the test oath. The Charlotte News says that a Company of Northern men, who some time ago purchased the King's Mountain gold mine, in Gaston County, have ordered their mill from San Francisco, California. The gold interests of Carilfornia have drawn thither the best mechanical talent in the world, and it is said that the mills made there are superior to any other. The Montgomeiy Mail states that Judge Rice, of that city, a few days ago, went before the Board of Registration, subscribed to a registration oath, and claimed the right to register as a voter under the late amnesty proclamation of President Johnson, and was refused. The Judge will at once test the constitutionalty of the law and the proclamation before the United States Court During the Mexican war, a negro body servant, belonging to Gen. Bragg, (then Captain deserted, and entering the Mexican service, gave whut aid audwuilOii he wuHi tu iIk. enemy. Now the traitor and deserter is returned, and appointed one of the Board of Registration for Mobile county, while General Bragg is a "disfranchised rebel !Y' All the Danish possessions in the West Indie^ consisting of the Islands of St Thomas, St Croix and St John, are to be transferred to the United States for the sum of $8,000,000 in gold. This is the best real estate operation that Mr. Seward has been engaged in since he took charge of the land-purchasing department of the government An Illinois editor publishes the following as the effort of its new reporter: "We are informed that th? gentleman who stood on his head under a spiledriver for the purpos uv havin a tite pair uv mites druv on shortly afterwards found himself in Chiny, perfectly nakid without a cent in his pocket He rites that it is his intenshun uv returning tkn tpntr ,-iw tV?o Pnn'q V.vnnfiilinn " UVUiU tJJ VUV *1 **J Wf VMV A M*M/ ? ?? The Washington correspondent of the Charleston Mercury says it is given out there that Secretary McCulloch, of the Treasuiy Department, is preparing to put at least ten millions in gold on the market, and that an order to that effect will be issued in a few days. The government will pay out on the 1st of November about twenty millions in gold for interest falling due on five-twenty bonds about dtat time. The number of people thrown out of. employment in New Orleans dv the yellow fever this season is greater than has been hitherto known since the occupation of the city under Butler or the commercial embarrassments of 1837. What the number is may be judged from the fact that there are said to be 6,000 applications for places upon the police and for similar appointments, without counting the large number wno have been recently ejected by military changes. The municipal authorities of New Orleans seem about to be Africanized. Of four recorders elected the other day, three were negroes, and the fourth, says the Times, was of so unquestionable a hue, tnat all the rains that have fallen since the deluge, could not wash him so as to make him acceptable to the white tax payers. Both the City Physicians elected were negroes, but one refused to serve, and a white man was then elected. The keeper of the City Park and porter of the (Jity TTftfl are both negroes, who had their white opponents. The Times intimates that it will soon be unlawful in that city for a white man to be a candidate for office. The Paris Liberte tells the following story of Lopez, who betrayed Maximilian: The colonel was one day surprised at the head of a squadron by a considerable ambush of the enemy. As heroism is not positively his forte, he commanded a retreat, and turned his horse's head. In his flight, the animal received a ball and fell. A soldier, in his extreme peril, took the colonel up behind him; but the horse, having double weight, slacked his pace, and the enemy approached rapidly. Lopez understood that if nothing was done they were both lost; and so he drew a pistol from his belt, shot the soldier in the back, threw down the corpse, and then escaped alone. A novel suit was tried in Thibodaux, La., last week. Some months ago a resident of the place was very sick, and his disease being considered hopeless by his attending physician, another physician-was willed in, who, after a couple of visits, promised the wife of the sick man that he would cure her husband in a month's time, for $100, but that he must have the payment in advance. The funds were procured and paid over, he giving his receipt for the same. Should the nafionf rwtf. roonvor thfi mnnev was to ho rotiirnod fn ten days the patient was deposited in the cemetery, and the widow brought suit against the physician for the return of tne money, and obtained judgement Foreign correspondents continue to report that the opinion is gaining ground that there will be war in Europe next summer. There is but little trade in anything but breech-loaders. Every word uttered by the French Emperor is scanned with a feverish curiosity. The ranks of his amy are full. Immense quantities of oats are going from the North of Europe to France. As fast as a French regiment is trained in the use of the Chassepot rifle, it is moved toward the Rhine frontier. 60,000 men are massed near Luxemburg. The new cannon, which fires twenty balls a minute and mows down a forest a mile off, is exciting a great sensation. If half reported of it is true, nothing can stand before it Then, night battles are being organized and night signals arranged; so that if the French cannot shoot their opponents, they can attack them with die bayonet under cover of darkness. Napoleon is to be the master of the situation, however the war may begin. In tho report ofthe Commissioner of Agriculture for August and September, it is represented that the wheat crop is not as large as anticipated in July. Corn promises a fair crop, if frosts do not injure it The array worm made its appearance m the cotton-fields about the 1st of Sept and caused considerable apprehension in some sections for the safety of the crop. Potatoes are rotting badly in many of the large potato-growing States, and the yield will be less than last year, owing to the severe weather of last winter. The wool clip this year is from five to ten per cent less than last lit ?fltbrittr (?tn}uim. EDITORS: JAS. E. WILSON ...JAS. F. HART. YORKVILLE, S. C.s I THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 3, 1867. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance. I.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration ofthe time for which pavment 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. AN ORIGINAL STORY. The publication of Mrs. M. A. Ewart's Domestic Story, entitled THE "WEALTH OF HOME." wiD be commenced in the issue of the Enquirer for October the 10th. Mrs. Ewart will be remembered as the authoress of "Ellen Campbell, or King 8 Mountain," a deservedly popular story which was published in our columns several years ago. The story now offered to the public, although of a different nature, is equally well-written. We feel confident it will please all who read it PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS, 1868. The proprietor of the Enquirer authorizes us to state that he has determined upon'the premiums which he will offer for the largest clubs of subscribers to the Enquirer, for the year 1868. The first premium will be a Weed Sewing Machine, costing $65. The second will be a complete file of the Enquirer for eleven years, from 1856 to 1866, handsomely bound in four volumes, valued at $50. The third will be an Ames' Patent Double CornSheller, valued at $20. The terms to clubs of ten or more, will be the same as heretofore?$175 per copy in Speeie, or $250 in Currency. The premiums offered are all valuable, beingfully worth the amounts at which they are estimated. They will be awarded to the successful competitors on the second Monday in February, 1868. The person getting up the largest club will be entitled to the first choice of the above-named premiums; the person getting up the second largest club, to the second choice ; and the person getting up the ? - - % ? n x*4 third largest, to the third choice, competitors may begin to get subscribers at once, the time of subscription to commence now or on the first of January, 1868. The money will be required when the names are entered on our books. Farther particulars will be given in a few weeks. THE N. Y. HOOK-TRADE SALE8. Another gratifying evidence of improved sentiments among the Northern people, is furnished by the statistics of the book trade sales in New York. These sales were attended by book merchants from all parts of the country, and as they generally know what style of books will sell, the books they refuse to buy may be put down as unsaleable. Some thousands of copies of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were offered; but they were "no go," as nobody bid on. them. The editor of the Metropolwhom we are indebted for the facts, says that an old book-seller of Hartford, Connecticut, remarked that he would not take them as a gift; for nobody wanted them now, and he would not lumber up his shelves with them. A great many copies of the "Life of Lincoln" were offered; but only a few cents each were bid for them, and they were withdrawn to be sold to the paper-mills, at so much per pound. "John Brown's Life" brought 16 cents per dozen, and numerous "Campaigns in the South," of the class which make Yankee victories of ail the battles ot the war, failed to find purchasers. This, we think, proves that the Northern people do not put confidence in the interesting narratives of their so-called historians. The lives of Banks, Butler, Chase, Wilson, Sumner and other "patriots," were knocked down at prices which would not pay for the binding. If the exploits of the two first-mentioned worthies were truly related, it is not surprising that they went low. Nobody cares to read the life of a general who invariably got whipped by inferior numbers, or of one who never was within bullet range of the foe. Even Greeley's "History of the Rebellion" failed to go off; though offered cheap, only a few copies were sold. We have read the book, and can certify that the facts it contains, are copiously diluted with falsehood and prejudice. It is really gratifying to see that the North is losing its once intense relish for slander and misrepresentation of the South. The above facts would seem to indicate that a spirit of magnanimity and justice has displaced much of the sectional rancour diffused by the Radical leaders. Our people, we believe, would gladly respond to a manly exhibition of reconciliation from the North. WHY GOLD ADVANCES. In a recent money article, the Journal of Commerce says the political complications of the day and the threats of the leading politicians undoubtedly effect the price of gold, but only to a slight extent It gives the three following as the princii pal causes of the advance : "First, the doubt as to whether the Secretary of the Treasury can do any thing to ease the gold I market during the next four months; and, if not, whether the demand will not carry up the price. Second: The belief that further paper money inflation is likely to be so popular as to secure favoring legislation in the next Congress. Third: The call for currency to use at the west. We directed attention to this item some time ago, and urged a more active preparation to meet it. As the flow westward did not begin as soon as was expected, many thought it would not come at all, and there has been very little attention paid to it, until bankers are suddenly alive to the fact that currency is already scarce. Capital, in the way of ascribed cerdits, is abundant here, but the paper money for remittance does not offer in theabunaance desired, and some banks have had to canvass the market, or, to use an old phrase, to shin in order to fill their requisitions. These may be among the causes ; but the real cause of an advance in gold and a depreciation of currency, is a doubt of the solvency of the government In other words, men begin seriously to doubt that the United States will ever paj' its paper obligations. The debt of the government is enormous; no other nation ever piled up so huge a burden for coming generations in so short a time. But the debt could be gradually reduced, and that in a few years, if the ruling powers choose to reduce it. This, however, seems to be no part of the plans of Congress. The legislation of that body has been intended to increase the burden, and not to decrease it The plan of reconstruction Congress adopted has cost an unnecessary expenditure of millions. The Freedmen's Bureau has been an enormous drain upon the Treasury, both in its legitimate expenses and in the perquisites which its affairs have often arrogated to themselves. Congress set up this anomalous institution during the war, and there was no need for it whatever, after the war closed. But it wa3 found so profitable to the employees, that it was oontinued, over the ' President's veto. Indeed, Congress has so undeniably legislated for individuals, and not for the people, (hat the whole system of government has become a scheme for the peuniary benefit of an army of office holders. The taxes are vastly higer than ever before known in the history of the country; almost everything taxable has been taxed;. yet the revenues are almost entirely swallowed by office-holders, as fast as collected. In addition to their salaries, it has become quite a common thing for these officials to steal large sums and decamp to parts unknown. Much of Mr. McCulloch's time is occupied by the examination into frauds upon the Treasury. This state of affairs has continued so long that the country has become accustomed to it It seems to be tacitly allowed that plunder is the order of the day. And the ravings of such financiers as "Beast" Butler and Ben Wade, show pretty clearly that they desire to' keep up a general and indiscriminate plundering. For these reasons, we think, the national credit is surely declimng and gold is rising. POLITICAL NEWS. ?Judges Warner, Walker and Harris, of the Supreme Court of Georgia, have written letters favoring the adoption of the terms of the OongresI sional Military Bills, on the ground of necessity and expediency. ? Legal tender leagues have been formed in South-western Ohio. They have for a platform, the payment of the funded debt of the United States with Treasury notes. Only candidates in favor of that measure will be supported for office. ?A North Carolina registrar estimates that at least one-third of the blacks will forfeit their newly acquired privilege, by reason of inability to remember at the polls the names under which they were registered. v ?The election on the question of a Convention or no Convention, is progressing in Louisiana. On the first day, in three of the municipal Districts of New Orleans, but 7,090 votes were cast, nearly all of which were for a convention. In the districts alluded to, there are nearly twenty-five thousand voters registered, and it is not improbable that a convention will fail in Louisiana on account of the apathy of voters. It will be remembered that in order to call a Convention, a mtyority of ad the registered voters must declare in favor of it. MERE-MENTION. The Northern papers deny the truth of the statement in regard to the death of A. T. Stewart, the New York millionaire. In the United States Court, at Charleston, on Thursday last, the petition ofG. A. Drennan, for voluntary bankruptcy, was referred to the Register in Bankruptcy for this Congressional District Rev. J. L M. Cuny, of Alabama, who has just returned from Europe, pronounces Dr. Richard Fuller, of Baltimore, superior as an orator, to the oelebrated Dr. Spurgeon. "The New York Herald nays that the Union Leagues in Virginia are being abandoned. Gen. Grant's father is making speeches on the Democratic side in the Ohio canvas. On the 8th ultimo, Rev. L. C. Ezell, at Mt Pleasant Church, in Cleveland County, N. C., baptized forty-five persons. At New Prospect Church, fifteen miles above Spartanburg village, a short time ago, Rev. J. G. Landrum, baptized sixty-one persons, a large proportion being young men. "The steamer Champion, from New York, arrived in Charleston, on Tuesday of last week, with one of the largest cargoes ever brought there. There were over 1000 entries on her freight list, which comprised some 10,000 packages. The sheriff of Spartanburg District has levied upon a locomotive and tender of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad to satisfy an execution for State taxes. Mrs. Mumford, the widow of the man who was hung by Beast Butler, in New Orleans, is now living in Abingdon, Va., in great destitution. The Virginians calls for aid for her and three fatherless children. Mr. Samuel Griswold, the wellIdMWn mfiCvitm..., rKnrt a> Mnnrm Georgia, last week. AGRICULTURAL NEWS. ? The Savannah Republican announces the receipt on the 18th, of the first consignment of new rice at Savannah. The lot consisted of one hundred bags from the plantation of R. C. and P. R. Kettles, of Scrivcn county. ? A Charleston telegram, dated September 22d, says: "Accounts from Edisto, Wadmalaw, and other Sea Islands, say the third brood of caterpillars have appeared and are destroying the crop with great rapidity; it is feared the Sea Island crop will be an almost total failure;" ?The reports of the Sea Island crop, on the coast of Georgia, are more favorable. The Savannah Herald states, on the authority of a gentleman who had recently traveled extensively among the islands, that a good crop has already been mode, and much of it picked out ? Willis & Chisolm's circular, from Charleston, dated September, estimates the rice crop of Georgia and the Carolinas at 3,750 casks. It says:? "This crop will undoubtedly be small, even should we be favored with the most propitious weather the remainder of the season. The rains of nearly thirty days' duration have seriously damaged the growing crop, in many instances causing the rice already cut to sprout in the fields." ? The New Orleans Picayune regrets to hear that several planters in the richer portions of Louisiana and Mississippi purpose abandoning their present occupation. The reason given is that they cannot hope to secure labor to carry on their plantations to any large extent, and that the insolence and exactions of the freedmen make the business disagreeable. ?The Augusta (Ga.) Republican says: "All over the cotton growing district? of our State the cotton picking is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. The present weather opens the bolls with great facility, and requires more hands than usual to keep the work well along. There is now a most earnest demand for laborers in the country, which demand, from present prospects,, is not likely to be more than half filled." ? The English harvest is reported by the agricultural editor of the London Times, to have produced a wheat crop under the average, a barley crop ten per cent over the average, oats, fifteen per cent over, of beans an average crop, and of peas below the average. There is an average crop of potatoes reported, but owing to the excessive moisture the quality is inferior, while in the west and southwest of England the potato disease is prevalent The hay crop is the best ever gathered and pasturage is reported to be most excellent ? A terrible drought is said to prevail in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and it is reported that there will not be more than half the usual corn crop. ? Illinois produces one-sixth of the whole crop of Indian corn in the United States. It is, also, the largest producer of oats, and grows t wenty per cent of the hay. Pennsylvania takes the lead in the production of rye?nearly one-third of the product of the whole country, and in buckwheat near ly forty-two per cent. New Jersey produces more rye than any other State, according to population. I New York takes the lead in the.production of barley, about forty per cent of the whole country. Virginia is ahead in tobacco, about thirty per cent Illinois alone has in corn about 5,000,000 acres, in wheat 2,196,000 acres, in rye 345,000 acres, in oats 883,000 acres, in barley 41,000 acres. ?The Raleigh, N. C. Sentinel says, in Mecklenburg the cotton crop is promising, but late. Early frost would be damaging. The corn crop is better than was looked for some time ago. In Chowan the cotton crop is said to be a failure, the large quantity of rain having injured it Corn crop only passable, though a late rain would help both. In Nash, planters calculate on only half a crop of cotton. In Forsyth corn crops fair. * Governor Orr has written a lette r to General Sickles, commending the conduct of the latter while in command of the 2d Military District? We n resume the Governor speeks for himself and j not for the people of this State. ' EDITORIAL INKLINGS. - " The Yellow Fever. Thia fearful epidemic is raging to a greater extent in Mobile, New Orleans and Texas,than has been known for years. In Mobile, eight to fifteen deaths are reported daily, and in New Orleans, seventy to eighty. In Galveston, Texas, however, the disease is said to be abating from want of material. In the interior towns it is still raging with great violence. More about T. C. Callicott. As wc informed our readers two weeks ago, Mr. Callicott disappeared from New York when the defalcations in his office were discovered. It now appears that he yrent to Washington city by the first train, in order to get on the good side of the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. McCulloch gave him a patient hearing, promising that he should have justice, but insisting upon an investigation. After the interview, Mr. McCulloch commenced a personal investigation of the facts, the result of which was a notice to Callicott that the case against him was serious enough to justify his suspension until it could be fully examined by the courts. Callicott then returned to New York, was arrested, and gave bail for his appearance, in the sum of $50,000. His prospects are decidedly blue. General Canby and. Order* No. 10; THe Washington correspondent of the New York World, gives the subjoined information as to the position of General Canby on General Order, No. 10: "General Canby, it appears by official correspondence, has rather a mixed state of affairs in his dealings with the processes of the United States Courts in the executions of judgments for debt He has in no wise modified nor suspended Gen. Sioldes' Order No: 10, but acts independently on each case which arises under it Wnere he finds J i. ?_ :_J?. A?i L: inai a.aeotor is endeavoring 10 cneai uu> eteuuui he will allow a sale to take place; but there is good reason for stating that where he believes that the execution of the judgment of the court will iingoverish the people he will interfere, as did Gen. ickles, and prevent the sale." Pigs and Politicians. The Petersburg Express draws the following parallel between these two species of living creatures, which will suit other latitudes than Virginia: "Lord Brougham, in one of his "Dissertations on Subjects of Science*" states "when a sow farrows, each pig?by the action of the abdominal muscles being literally thrown upon the world?instantly runs up to one of the teats, which he afterwards regards as' his peculiar propertv. When more pigs than teats are produced, the latter ones run to the tails of the others, and suck till they die of inanition." This fact in the natural history of hogs^illustrates the struggles among the officeI seekers in Virginia. The pigs with teats are the in's, the "tail-suckers" arc the out's, and the squealing in the hog-pen is but a faint echo of the usual uproar among disappointed office-hunters. A believer in the doctrine of transmigration of souls, would think that the sucking pigs are endowed with the proclivities of office-seekers and transformed into sucking pigs. Sewing Machines. The following table, made up from returns given under oath, shows the number of sewingmachines manufactured and sold by the various oorapanies in the United States, during the year ending June 10th, 1867: Double Thread Machines. Singer Manufacturing Company, 43,053 Wheeler & Wilson Mf. Company, 38,055 Grover & Baker S. M. Company, 32,997 Howe Machine Company, 11,053 Florence S. M. Company, 10,534 Weed Sewing Machine Company, 3,638 Elleptic Sewing M. Company, 3,185 iEtna Sewing Ma. Company, 2,958 Finkle &Lyon S. M. Company, 2.488 Empire Sewing M. Company, 2,121 Leavitt Sewing M. Company, 1,051 Total double thread machines, 151,135 Single Thread Machines. WQoox & Gibbs Sewing M. Company, 14,152 Shaw & Clark Sewing M. Company, 2,692 Goodspeed M. Ce 2,126 Total single thread machines 18,970 Immigration Society in Georgia. The planters in Georgia are taking steps to procure a supply of foreign labor, in time for next year's crop. A Meeting was held at Valdosta, in the Southern part of the State, at which Major P. C. Pendleton was appointed agent to proceed to Europe at once. The Valdosta Times says : "He was instructed to contract with laborers for two and three years if, in his opinion, practicable, and to allow a minister of the Gospel of the faith of the emigrants and also a brewer to accompany them if desired by them. Each subscriber was required to give a descriptive list of tfc?i number and kind of laborers wanted, and the agent authorized to pay as high as $15 per month for labor, the laborer supporting himself. It was the expressed and emphatic opinion of the meeting that no planter ougnt to employ a freed man who has been discharged by hb employer for misconduct, but that the freeclman should have a recommendation from hb former employer." The agent se lected seems to be a man of energy, as he writes to the Macon Telegraph that parties wbhing to avail themselves of his services, may address him at Savannah up to the 25th of September, and from that time to the 30th, at New York,-care of Wm. Bryce & Co. If his schedule has not been delayed by Providential causes, he b probably on the Atlantic by tbb time. Who Can be Candidates for the Convention? , Some days ago, a letter was addressed to Gen. Schofield, commanding the first Military District, making inquiries as to who are eligible to seats in the State Conventions, to be called under the laws of Congress. The General decides, unhesitatingly, that all qualified voters are eligible. We append the reply in full: S'R: I have received your communication asking my decision of the question whether delegates to the State Convention will be required to take the oath prescribed by act of Congress for officers of the United States, by section 9 of the act of July 19th, for "all persons hereafter elected or appointed to office in said Military District, under any so-called State or municipal authority, or detail or appointment, of the District Commander." In reply, I have no hesitation in saying that delegates pAtiTTonfiAn V\o roointwl til tilL'P WJ IUC uuiw; vyuuibuuuu vauuvv mv w ? the oath referred to. Section 9 of the act of July 19th refers to officers elected under the authority of the so-called "provisional" States Government. This cannot be construed to include delegates to a State Convention ejected under authority of the Congress of the United States. No oath whatever has been prescribed by law for delegates to the State Convention, and there is no authority but Congress competent to prescribe such oath. The only restriction imposea upon the registered voters in the selection of their delegate to the Convention, is that contained in the fifth section of the act of March 20th, viz: "No person excluded from the privilege of holding office bv said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall be eligible to election as a member of a Convention to frame a Constitution for any of the said rebel States." Yours, very Respectfully, J. M. Schofield, Brevet Maj. General, U. S. A. The Snare of Repudiation. In a recent speech in Butts county, Georgia, Hon. B. H. Hill, the Southern Hemy of Navarre, whose white plume floats wherever the war against "*** ??- fViiio ovnAoao llio {olln/xxr xvaaicansm rages uci^i, of the cry, "Convention and Relief: "Recently, as I have shown you, your avarice or dishonesty has been appealed to. Secret circulars have been issued from the very shadow of "headquarters" by tools there employed, whispering that repudiation can be accomplished through a Convention. "Convention and Relief" is the last climatic note of the sedueing serpent. I have shown you how deceitfully wicked this pretence is. It is the Constitution of the United States which forbids repudiation. Our State Constitution only conforms to that Now can a State Convention change the Constitution of the United States? No ; and the poor creatures that seek to have you deceived know it This is a snare?intended as a snare. They know that a clause in the State Constitution destroying or "impairing the obligation of oontracts," would be in violation of the plain language of the Constitution of the United States, and that clause would be declared void- I have also shown you that the very Radical Congress which is to pass on yonr Constitution, has been furnishing more new remedies to facilitate the col C " lection of debts through the Federal Courts?espe cinlly those in favor of Northern creditors?thai ever before existed. Our people are not only t be alarmed, threatened and forced, but also deceiv ed to their own dishonor. They are to be entice< into a Convention to get repudiation, and the; will get negro supremacy ana white degradation and no repudiation; or, if a clause be inserted t help ratification, it will be with the distinct knowl edge that that particular clause will be set aside a void. It is the spider's, invitation to the fly ; th devil's soft offer to the tempted and tried. Don' trust negroes^ and their help mates to settle you debts, mv friends. They will take the little yoi have left, and leave your debts unpaid and sti] open. Settle them yourselves. In view of you misfortunes, let creditors be satisfied with as uttl as possible, and let debtors pay as much as poj Bible. Let us be kind to each other, and neithc debtor nor creditor ask the treacherous help of common enemy." For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Messrs. Editors .?When we see ourselves a v 1 .v - _ - J otners see us, aun aesire otners to see us as we u ourselves, some friendly channel may offer itself fc the promotion of this end to the general good, an none more radiant than the Enquires. On Friday, the Union Sabbath-School, of littl children, held its first anniversary at Rock Hill By solicitation, the Rev. Mr. Sams, an Episcopo lian minister of your village, was to meet with an address them. A large assemblage of citizen gathered on the occasion, and at the appointee time, assembled in the Presbyterian Church to th test of its entire capacity. The early hours wer whiled away with songs, conducted by our worth; citizen, Dr. Hope, as precentor. They exhibited in a number of songs, to the satisfaction of a without the fatigue of much intermission, a well trained efficiency in Divine music. Afterwards prayer?a song, and then the address. Mr. Sams began by confessing to the difficulty c making an address to children in other than a colic quial manner; but pleasingly adapting himself t the task, he succeeded. a-la-Peter Parley, in reach ing their understandings and enchaining their at tention by putting timely interrogatories for thei answers, during his discourse. With them he oc cupied most of his time, and assured them tha people, though grown old, may never entirely for get early training; and though they may not re member all they now hear, yet good words are lik the wool-washing sieve that leaves the wool clean He then, with his closing address, applied him self to their parents, in a style in which he fel himself at home again, and with pious blessings t them and theirs, this good man faithfully renderet the service requested of him. They then, all join ing, and by the direction of the precentor, thougl not intended as appro pos, sung, "There Is rest for the weary." During these proceedings there was an interlude for the occasion of an affecting scene. It was ii the presenting to the Sabbath-School children, i beautiful tablet, sent to them by Mrs. Zimmerman ftf \fowlon/1 trim lin/1 mnrln fi Kriof mo!dani<i among us after the war, and where for whose con sort, she first felt her widowhood. She, whei here, made many friends, and cherished none th< less those children for whose weal she was eve a zealous and untiring patron. It is here, as timi rolls, the memory reverts to dwell among scenes o her delight, and, alas, to be shadowed by the gloon of her desolation. The tablet sent them was ai exquisitely beautiful design of suffering and hope being a pedestal with inscriptions for Bible reading with shaft of a cross surmounted with a dove, th< whole figure representing light! It is thus nov she chooses to sow the seeds of love among th< little flowers of her once tender culture. God bles! such a woman. The interest of this anniversary celebration w& further enhanced by an invitation given to th< Sons and Ladies of Temperance hero, to join them which was heartily accepted by the Society, wh< put forth as their spokesman, Mr. Gadsden Als$pd of iblj place. Ilia speech waa warmly appreciated and closed the speech-making for the day. The assemblage was then marshalled into pro cession and marched to the grove around thi Methodist Church, for the purpose of partaking of the goodly pic-nic prepared by the ladies for thi occasion. It would be needless to attempt to d< justice to an occasion of such profusion and variety of everything so desirable. The ladies seemed t< vie with each other in the preparation of the mos delectable dainties and appetizing viands. Whih we thought it was attributable to the laudable oc casion, a friend suggested that the ladies them selves had, since the war, acquired this art. Whil< some facts arc not susceptible of mathematical de monstration, we acknowledge to convictions whei they appear self-evident It is easier to praise all, than to make invidiou distinctions; and if to make any difference, he woult say one had the best of that which no one els< happened to have like it 'In such strenuous com petition, they seem to have acquired the reputa tion of amateur artists in cuisine in allN^ branches. Thus ended these public demonstrations in j war against the frailties of poor human nature, ant proud may any community be of like success. j. b. ROADS AND BRIDGES. The following order was issued on the 26th ulti mo, by General Canby, in reference to the mannei in which Roads and Bridges in North and Soutl Carolina are to be kept in repair: "General Orders, No. 95. / Numerous official representations having beei made to these Headquarters, that the roads, Bridge; and causeways in both States are in a ruinous anc unsafe condition, and that the assistance of th< military authorities is required by the civil officer; charged with the reparation thereof to enable then to secure obedience to their lawful requiremepts ii the premises?it is ordered; that the Commanding Officers of Posts have authority to enforce the per formance of labor for the aforesaid purpose, when ever, in their judgment, a necessity exists therefor reporting their action promptly to these Head quarters. The following rules will be observed in all casei arising under the preceding paragraph: First Commanding Officers shall inform them selves by the reports of the public officers chargec with the reparation of roads and bridges, and bj other means subject to their control, of the natun and extent of work required, in ord> r to render th< important thoroughfares, causeways and bridges in their Posts, conveniently passable and safe to lifi and property, and will announce in orders sucl i r v 11 .1 1 i J {* worlcs as snouia lnineir judgment receive aia irou the military anthorities. Second. Such Commanding Officers will obtain from the proper local officers, estimates of the a mount of labor required for such works, respective ly, and an assessment of the labor required for tha purpose, but not in excess of that required by th< local laws?settiDff forth the name of each pereoi assessed, the wort for which assessed, and the number of days' work required of such person also a specification of the time when such pereoi shall commence work ; and upon being satisfiet that such estimate and assessment is just and equit able, shall make an order requiring the person: therein named to perform the respective amount of work at the time and place therein assessed such estimates and assessment lists to be open fo: public inspection and to be corrected from time t< time when the same shall appear to be unequal o: uniust Third. That any person neglecting or refusinj to perform the work required of him, shall be ar rested and tried before the Post Court, and if oon victed shall be sentenced to pay a fine of two dol lare ($2j for each day's work required of him an< not performed through his faalt; and for defaul of paying such fine, such person to be sentenced U 1' 1-1 ? - ? /I A? fliArAn rrlifnrA naru iuuur un duiuc puunu iuuu ui vuviuugiu?iv not to exceed two days for every day's work re quired of him by the local laws and not performed Stanton and Seward.?The Washington cor respondent of the London Morning Herald say that "it is well known here that Mr. Seward' friendship for Mr. Stanton is founded upon fear Mr. Stanton possesses some secrets that Mr. Sew ard would not, for the world, have made known If Mr. Stanton would, he might give to the publi< a startling story of 'inside events,' in which Mr Seward has played a conspicuous and not verp creditable part. There is a chapter of the Mexi can history with which Mr. Stanton is familiar and if this were known to the world, it is probabh that some people who have heretofore defender Mr. Seward would be compelled to adopt anothe: course." * LOCAL ITEMS. |0: a , _ 8 HEW ADVEBTIBEXEHT8. i: W. H. McCorkle?Cooking Stoves. I G. H. Pettus?Public Sale. '* f T. M. Dobson.<fe Co.?Cheap Cash Store.... J. <fc E. B. Stowe?Are Not to be Undersold. ? 3 James Pagan, Chester?Notice to Merchants. RETURH DAT7 , 8 Saturday last was Return-Day for the Fall Term 'S? ^ of the Court of Common Pleas for York District a" r We learn from the Clerk, that only about sixty ?/ a cases were lodged in his office. 'J MA80HI0 VISIT. . e During the past we?k, the Masonio fraternity h of Yorkville, have been favored with the presence wi r among them of Brother B. Rush Campbell, of W a Laurens, the Grand Lecturer for South Carolina, thi who is on an official tour. He has been busily en- bo gaged in instructing the craft.in their duties, and it much pleasure and profit have been derived by the foi fraternity from his visit He left us on Wednesday s morning, for the purpose of visiting the Lodges at i o Rock Hill and Fort Mills, T BAILEr8 VA&mnES. Oi d On Tuesday evening last, this troupe gave an- ofl other of their entertainments. The piece selected su 8 for the occasion was the local Comedy of''Nobody ty ' Hurt," written by Mrs. Fanny Downing, of ca ' Charlotte, N. C., who, by the way, has gained wi d quite a reputation as an authoress. The parts of 8 the piece are well put together, is full of pleasant d surprises, and shows talent of a high order. The 8 troupe was assisted on the oocasion by several da e young gentleman of Chester, who, in the main, 01 ? delineated the characters assigned them, in a man- ^ ;? ner satisfactory to the audience. u II . th |. 00HBIGHEB8, KTSGB MOUHTADT RAIL ROAD. Hie following are the consignees per EL M, R. Road, from the 25th, September to die 1st of Oof tober, inclusive: ' J. W. Avery & Co., T. M. Dobson & Co., W. ^ E. Rose, Carroll, Clark & Co., Allison A Bratton, ? John Smith, J. Herndon, John McGill, J. & E. m ' B. Stowe, W.-A. Moore & Ca, H. F. Adickes, j0, Dr. John May, Kerr & Roach, Gen^E. M. Law, & * P. B. Darwin, Miss Manigauit, Miss W ltnerspoon, gc j B. T. Wheeler, A. P. Otis, W. L Clawsoo, GoJ. jjj , A. Coward, Tilman R Gaines, A. R Homesley, Dr. J. F. Lindsay, R T. Allison. .. 5, e THE "HEW IDEA." PIPE. Sc We are under obligation to the ' 'Old Doctor, '' it, . the presiding genins of the "York Drug Store," inj t for a handsome specimen of the "new idea" pipe, of 3 together with a lot of cartridges with which to ? j "load" it The plan upon which this pipe is con- Q| . structed, is superior to anything we have ever seen ? y of the kind, as it prevents the infusion of nicotin ] into the system, and thereby does away with one = of the most serious objections to the use of tobacco. _C , The "Old Doctor" has just received a fresh in- ? i yoice of these pipes, and those of our readers who i are slaves to the use of the Indian weed, would do , well to call and examine his stock. F" a "Thoaa can arooke, wbo never smoked before ; TI And thoae wbo alwaya rooked, can now rooke tbe mora." , 1 OOTTOH Piomo DT LAJ0A8TBB. ^ 3 We have been furnished with a report of the jj0 ~ Cotton picked on Thursday last, on a plantation ^ 2 belonging to the estate of the late Col. L D. With- ro, f erspoon, in Lancaster District The plantatibn TJ 2 is under the control of our young friend Joe R , 2 Witherspoon, and from the exhibit made below, ^ we are induced to believe that his management p ' has been quite successful. The repOrt includes the I work of fourteen "hands," a number of whom are "7 mere boys and girls, and foots up an aggregate of J" , 2,357 pounds, or an average of abou?168} pounds. ' The following is the "roll": * 1 ' Mary, 161; Kizzy, 159; Csesar, 200; Jane, 147; Isaac, 212; Wash, 200; Linda, 133; Eliza, 143; ^ 5 Adaline, 172; Sarah, 220; Peter, 200; Reese, 138^JflSIIton, 142; Darkey, 130. ^ ) / BEQI8THATI0I II TOBI DI8TEI0T. j" , The Boards of Registration for York District, , completed their labors, for the present, on Thure- ^ day last, and we are now enabled to give complete ^ . returns from all'the precincts: ,. 8 Whites. Blacks. , Yorkville. 415 329 , McConnellsville, 119 209 . Blairsville, 136 177 An Clay Hill, ?... 106 145 irj J Bethel, 118 120 . . Bethany, 108 48 ^ Boydton. 224 95 Wylie's Store,... 127 151 we Clark's Store, ?.... 54 54 M? " Fort Mill 173 165 rf. : RockHill,..,.. 259 404 L"' . Coate's Tavern'. 81 72 1 Pride's Old Mill, 64 53 ^ Kt ? 1984 2022 a I | "-MW to | Majority for Blacks, 38 ~ Total number registered,...' 4006 ^ ..JKEEiESTIHG REVIVAL OP EELIOIOJ. ^ ^ | A season of special religions interest has reeent* ly been enjoyed by the church at Betb-Shiloh (a ^ Presbyterian church, five miles east of the village) J under the Pastoral care of Rev. W. W. Carothers.. f A sacramental occasion commenced at that " church on Friday before the fourth Sabbath of last ,.n r month, and was continued until the following rjj 1 Thursday evening. The- Pastor was assisted by Rev. J. R. Baird, throughout the meeting. Rev. S. L. Watson was present and preached on Fri- 8 1 day; and Rev. H. R. Dickson, and Rev. R. TJ. j Anderson, of the village, rendered efficient aid du- * ? ring a part of the time. - , .,. * 3 A solemn and prayerful interest was manifested ^ i at an early period of the meeting, which gradually 1 and constantly increased, until quite a large num- wa ' - ? i *? run 5 ber were deeply unpressea, ana many were uuu- -*> * strained to ask, "what must we do to be saved?" 041 , 'Twas a precious "season of refreshing" to the kui - church, when christians were strengthened, and Na filled with joy; backsliders were reclaifned and P<>> 3 brought back to their Father's house, and above 1 fifty souls were hopefully converted to God. There a s 1 were forty-seven added to the church on examine- ual 7 tion during the meeting. ilai i The Pastor of the church has abundant reason tut 1 to rejoice in the fruits of this "ant-pouring of the tioi [ spirit," and these are especially encouraging to the wo I church, fjom the fact that of the number who were of 1 added, twenty were interesting and promising U young men, who we trust shall prove ornaments 11 i in society and pillars in the church. go This remarkable work was conduted without any ' of those out-bursts of excitement which so often Th ; accompany seasons of special visitation. Gloria aoi | sit Christo. . * eig AN ORDER RELATIVE TO TAXES. wit ' Gen. Canby, on Saturday tot, issued the fol- ] 1 lowing order in regard to the payment of taxes, ^ . which is designated as No. 92: Gil 3 1st. Numerous and well ft&u3bd representations the 3 having been made that ifiegihmd oppressive taxes 3. , have heen imposed in different sections of the am r States of North and South Carolina, it is ordered 1 j that the collection of taxes be suspended in the r following cases: First, Whenever any tax is or 1141 shall be imposed otherwise than under the authorI ity of the Government of the United States, whioh BU - by the terms of the act imposing the some, or by Co - the action of the publio authorities thereunder, & - shall apply to any property or right parted with or . 1 any transaction made and oompletea prior to the t adoption of the act authorizing the same. the 5 Second. Whenever the power or umgress to J.n , regulate commerce with foreign nations ana among Th the several States is impugned by the imposition . of taxes discriminating in commercial transactions * in favor of resident citizens and against the citizens < - of foreign nations, or of other States of the United 1 s States. the s Third. Whenever any tax is or hereafter shall j . be imposed for the purpose of discharging any ob- we - ligation contracted in aid and furtherance of the M . rebellion against the Government and authority of c the Unitea States, or to reimbursethe public trea . sury of local body or public officer or other 7 person for any expenditure on account of any such th< - obligation or pretended obligation. , Commanding Officers of Posts are authorized to 0 i suspend the collection of any tax embraced in pan fin 1 agraph first, reporting then- actioif&nd the grounds, 1,C r and all proofs relating thereto, to theee headquar- no ters. . gei HESTER 0ONTHBUTORIAL. - J y " BY WM, H. BBAWLEY. CHESTER, 8. C., OCTOBER 1? 1807. THB F&EEDKBH ~~3~ Seem to have subsided in their political demonations. Whether from disgust with the unprofitleneas of the calling, and because they are weaxy the new bauble, or for the purpose of marshalg theirhosts in&ecrsy, is not fcaown. * M041IHWB." New cotton is coming into Cheater bristly, notthstanding the low prices it is commanding. e hear many complaints from various parts of 9 District, of great ravages committed by the D-worm, or a species of caterpillar analogoaato It is hoped that the season is too far advanced : general iqjtuy to the crop. The Poet Office Department has recently detig' J il. -r? - ? J-.- ir _ um uic uiuuem v/ueswr) as* muuejr-unicr ?mw. tiers can now be obtained on any money-order >oe in the United States. The rates are, for til ms under $20, ten eenta; from $20 to $50, twen five eenta. No order for a larger earn than $$0 d be issued. Parties desiring larger amounts 11 have to purchase two or more orders. * "" CHESTER PEMALE AOADEJfY. The exercises of this school oommenoed on Mony last, under the direction of Mrs. Bedoa. We dersttud thrt the nnmber of pupils h large and e prospect bright The principal of the school one of the most elegant and cultivated women in e State, and with competent ewnstants in all pertinents, it will he second to none incharaeler d tone. Pupils from the country can obtain arding in town, in the most respectable families. 607. OBB'8 LETTEB TO OEV. UMTT.Wi Is sharply criticised in many of the Southern, d warmly commended by many' of the imals. If it was Governor Orr*s desire to gaiin e favor of the Radical party at the oost of sacriingtheesteem of those who loved and trastpd m, he has succeeded. His letter is regarded as a vindication of the idical policy of military domination, over ,the uthern States, ai>4 being "official," as he styies will be used against us by- those, who are asek? to oppress us, as a powerful argument in fkvor. that policy. OLUMBIA CONTBIBIJTQBIAL BY JA8. WOOD DAVIDSON. KJLUMBlff BOOTH OIBOLOTA, 30TH flBPT, 1867. he New State Hoase. ' rpu .? I 1 1V2.J i: :lf- -It.: xue ruuuug in auuui uutMiuru uooe, ana is pruwnng. ie University. Ihe^ercises, as stated in last weed's Ejtquiber, i to open on Monday, the 7th October. It is. ped that the abundant crops m the up-oountry II cause the Institution to be more largejypotlised than heretofore. ' ie Freedraen's Schools. The large two-story doubled-winged buDdpg Jbr i educational uses of the. Preedmen's Bereau, in lombia, is finished; and the soboob irih soon be tin regular operation. Of which we shafi nuke -ther note, when they open. *. ie Augusta Rail Road. Chancellor Carroll's decision of the case P?d(betweenthe Sooth Carolina Bail Bond widths ove road, in favor of the above, gires antufimo to large classes of our community. Not' to 3 parties interested in die monopoly of the South rolinh Rail Bond; bat to almost everybody elm. deed, we are disponed to give that road itself sdit for being glad to have the case disposed of? be relieved from the almost universal" odium it the agitation kept coooentered npon its pitiably ninutive policy. . .jg Lropean Visitors. fhe present year is rich in foreign viators to erica, some pro&Kionals and some amateurs, ngsley is now in New York. Dickens is toare in a few weeks. And Dumas has anoouncnd > intention of coming soon. In the music world, ha re now on this side, the great: pianist Do syer, and LaGhrange, -and Brignoh; while Bfctothe magnificent, has been turning heads' form iple of months. Tragedy is given to theatrO5T8 in German style by Jananschflto: sad. Miss iteBanse, from London, gives thin* tfafe same . a Angiaixe. And the roll of It^taasis tooloug wfl.ll- i t Avant? pir^rorld is evidently in a fairway to do bettor, ree memorable events within the past year inate the bettering of the world. Two' of the mdest rascals of the humbug and blatherskiting le?Santa Anna and Garabaldi?are captives in ! hands of their enemies and former dupes, and fin a fair way to be handled'without doves. id the greatest fool of the nineteenth centmy? utimOian?has been shot Here is hope for this same oH world yet, little Ton would think it, while contemplating the rets of popular sovereignty in "the best govemnt the world ever saw !" te Alumni Killed is Battle. Home graduate of Harvard College has just pubted a volume of biographioal sketches of the mni of that institution, who fell daring the late r. The book is called Harvard Memorial Bixtphies, and contains notices of ninety-five grades of Harvard "who died for their country and inanity, [whatever that can be,] serving in the tional ranks." Things seen from different stand nts appear entirely different things. 77c monrinn tliM n/nrftiom kont in raAac fn m?lrn aggestion. Our suggestion is that some gradte of the South Carolina College prepare a aimr work in memoriam the dead of our State ins#-, ion who died for their country and- it* institute The material is abundant, and the cause is rthy. Who wilt write a Memorial Biographies the South Carolina College t terary* . _ \ ; .1 \ We have received the opening number of The Hthern Home Journal, published by John T. iter & Co., Baltimore, Maryland, at $3 a year, is is a specimen number; the regular Woe to nmence with the. 1st of November. It man ht-paged paper, printed on fine white .paper, h new type and illustrated. [t is in eveiy sense a fin. class Uterary weekly, kmong the contributors ofthis State ate Dr. more Simms, the literary Nestor of the South; i Rev. Dr. J. L. Reynolds, of the University of C.; CoL Paul Hayne, of poet and critic feme ; I your Contributorial > \oong the well-known and highly appreciated nesof the South, in general, are Maj. John EsCooke, who oontributes also to the Enquirer; 1 Arp; Mrs. Mowat Bitdrie; the Author of the n/ntfml ftannrr Mr*. Tfinnv TVwhim tnl? 1 I J ?VUH Thompson, and Mis. Margaret J. Preston. see no reason why this weekly shall not take i lead of the Southern literary press and keep it e price is moderate. Tim waterjd is good.? ey have talent enough available. ??ey pay for rary work. Them Mii^ dsp-trap and Yankee rertinng tricks aboutitk. $o tha^ if it do not succeed and succeed imnsely, we do not see why it is. is for our personal connection with this journal, have engaged to furnish a series of sketches, rsonalj literary, and biographical, of the Living riten qf the South. The first of that series? ndaD, the author of Jfy Jfory&m^? appears ia ?specimen number. ?> ? Wk volunteer rifleman, of Canada, recently sd 120 shots at a target at distances of 500 to 100 varda, and missed hut five times, although sighting shots were fired. He would be a dan oua man fbr the Ffenians. 3