Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 12, 1867, Image 2

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Jtoaps and Jacts. A Chicago criminal lawyer cleared a thief by his eloquence, and the fellow robbed him the next day of two hundred dollars. -?Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, used frater from the river Jordan and wine from Jerusalem in the sacrament last Sunday. The Western States increase rapidly in population. The census report of Iowa, just completed, gives the population of the State at 902,040? a gain of 147,041 in two years. A Puritan Priest asked a Primitive Baptist: "How does it happen that you have no doctors of divinity in your connection?" The. reply was: "Because our divinity is never sick." Clergymen, in England, are not required to pay toll on the turnpikes. One is now going through the Courts to prove his right to take his wife with him. A boy at school, in reply to the inquiry why a ship is called shtb, astonished his teacher by saying, because the riggings cost-more than the hull! Knowledge is great Honduras is said to be in the market for a loan of a novel character. It has been so sickly there lately that the young people have died off, and they want to borrow tnrec thousand infants. In Mississippi a planter announces his intention of trying the experiment of working an immense farm, of a thousand acres or more, by means . of European labor. A lady advertises for sale, one baboon, three - ??4a,?ami a. pnrmt Slua states thnt. being married, she has no further use for them, because their amiable Qualities arc all combined in her hus band. The temperance movement, it S announced, has, during tne past twenty-five years, enrolled 1,500,000 members, and ite societies now have 200,000 active members in North America. The latest news from Abyssinia shows that Emperor Theodore is still very bloody. One of his latest amusements was to pnt 1.600 peasants toSther in five large houses, and burn them alive, earing that 2,000 of his troops wished to desert, he had their throats cut like cattle. A dilapidated old darkey in Montgomery, while watching the monkeys in a menagerie in that city on Friday, spoke thusly.: "Dem childen got too much sense to come outen dat cagej white folks cat dar tails off and set 'em to votin' and xnalrin constitewtions." The amount of gold coined at Philadelphia daring the past fiscal year was $10,072,060.86; at San F-ancisco $18,225,000; of silver, at Philadelphia, $257,490.38; at San Francisco $780,048.54; of bronze and nickel and eopper, at Philadelphia, $1,879,450. Total number of pieces struck, 54,110,384. There is a convict in the Philadelphia jail who has been under sentence of death sixteen years, and has been reprieved each successive year. There are several cases somewhat similar in Maine, where murderers have been confined for nearly or Suite twenty years, and whom any governor may ang "at pleasure." Hon. B. B. French, Commissioner of Public Buildings, in Washington, has written, for publication, a letter denying the stories of President Johnson's drinking habits. Mr. French says he has seen the President officially almost daily, and he is satisfied he "is as temperate a man in all his habits as any in the United States." What a beautiful example for all of us is the resolution of the old lady, who from a crabbed and anxious body became quite the opposite, i When asked what had induced the change, she replied: "To tell you the truth, I have been all my life striving for a contented mind, and have finally concluded to sit down conienieu wnuuui iu . The cleanest village in the world is Brock, in Holland, which no horse or carriage has ever been permitted to enter, and where everything is kept with the most scrupulous neatness. Before entering many of the houses you are required to remove your shoes. It is said that even the Emperor of Russia was oompelled to comply with this custom. We learn that under orders of General Howard, Gilbert Pillsbury, (white,) and R. C. DeLirge, ? (Colored,) of Charleston; S. A- Swails, (white,) of Kingstrec; J. J. Wright, (colored,) of Beaufort, have been discharged from further service in the Freedmen's Bureau, on account of having been elected to the Convention. Leonidas Moses, a mail carrier in Arkansas, was assassinated recently, by some unknown person, while riding along a lonely road. His body was not found until eight days after the murder, and all this time his mule stood guard over the corpse. The faithful animal had to go a mile and a half for water, but invariably returned and resumed its singular vigil. Should South Carolina refuse to hold a Convention, she will not be alorib in her decision. # We see by our exchanges that in Arkansas and Mississippi a like result is more than probable. In Arkansas, the returns indicate that not more than one-fourth of the registered votes have been polled, whilst io Mississippi the number is somewhat larger. ^ In the Louisiana Convention a member has introduced a resolution to fix the pompensation of the members and employees, which provides that compensations shall begin from the date of the election or appointment. In discussing this resolution a negro member said, they had been slaves long enough, and now wanted to enjov some of the luxuries of freedom. He wanted all the money that could be got. _ Since Jamaica was given up to negro rule, its march has been rapid from baa to worse, until to-day one of the most productive of all the West India group, lies but a wreck in negro hands. All this has taken place in thirty-four j'ears, notwithstanding the efforts of the English Government to prevent it. And how of Liberia? Large sums of money, Christian and missionary effort uulimited, ' ?i i . i-..i?j x T ii nave an Deen usea 10 unie advantage. uiuciiu ia but a mammoth negro poor house. The Army Register for 1867 has just been issued It contains 2966 names, being all officers now in commission in the regular army, of which 92 are in the Quartermaster's Department, 29 in the Subsistence Department, 172 in the Medical Department, 64 in the Pay Department, 94 in the Ordnance Corps, 29 post chaplains, 107 in the corps of engineers; the remaining number being made up of general officers, Geld and staff and officers of regiments. Lieutenant Warren, an officer of the Royal Engineers, has, for a long time past, been engaged at the expense of an English society, in making extensive explorations on the site of the Temple of Solomon, in Jerusalem, and has already made some startling discoveries. He has, it is stated, established by actual demonstration that the South wall of the sacred enclosure which contained the temple, is buried for more than half its depth beneath an accumulation of rubbish?probably the ruins of the successive buildings which once crowned it?and that if bared to its foundation, the wall would present an unbroken lace of solid masonry of nearly 1,000 feet long, and for a large portion of that distance more than 150 leet in height A most intelligent and observant gentleman who recently traversed nearly all of the Western States with his eyes wide open and his perceptive faculties in full play, assures the Richmond Inquirer that nothing surprised him half so much in that great and wonderful region as the intense and remorseless hatred of the negro, which the late attempts of the Radicals to make him our civil and political equal have developed among all classes of white men. He visited the States in question, impressed with the belief that he was about to enter the stronghold of the advocates of negro supremacy, and he has returned with the conviction that T\r\ /^io+nnt dntr tVin nfinrn n-ill Krt cwont frnm tVio continent by the men wlTo "'followed Sherman from Atlanta to the sea." A cotton planter of large experience has published a series of articles iu the Columbus (Oa.) Enquirer to show the relative cost of raising cotton in the Southern States and in India, and to demonstrate to the people of the South that they cannot, underthe present embarrassing circumstances, successfully compete with India in the production of cotton. He makes an elaborate estimate of the costs and workings of a plantation, under different qualities of soils and conditions, prices of labor, &a, both in this country and India, and sums up by showing that the average cost of production in this country is about fourteen cents per pound, while in India the average cost of production, reduced to our curreney, is only about seven and three-fourths cents per pound?but little more than half the cost of raising cotton here. A colored member of the Alabama Reconstruction Convention drew up the following Ordinance, but it being considered out of order, was not presented: "Whereas, By the late rebellion all who participated therein in the State of Alabama were guilty of treason; and whereas, treason beinj the greatest of crimes, involves all others, anc should be punished with forfeiture of all rights privileges and immunities; and whereas. morriag< involves one of the most valued of social and lega rights, Therefore be it ordaiued by the people o Alabama, in Convention assembled: That all wh< participated in, or sympathized with the late re oellion against the United States, are guilty o: treason, and are hereby declared to be traitors, anc are hereby declared to have incurred all the penal ties and forfeitures, rightly and justly, inciaenta to such criminals: and whereas, such traitors art civilly dead, and all who are bound to them should be absolved in law from all obligations of everj kind, moral, social, domestic and political, there fore be it further ordained, that any woman whe may have entered into the bonds of matrimonj with such traitors shall be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to file in the Probate Courl of the oounty in which she resides, a declaration oi her will and purpose to be divorced from suci traitor: and unon the filing of such declaration, il shall be the duty of the Judge of Probate to enter upon the minutes of the court a decree dissolving forever the bonds of matrimony in such case and giving the said applicant all the rights, privi leges ana capacities of a "fcmnie sole," and al children begotten of such marriage, between th< 11th day of January, 1861, and the 21st of July 1865, are hereby declared to be bastards." IJflrMk (frinjuim, editors: JAS. E. WILSON ?..JAS. F. HART ~~YORKVILL.E, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 12, 1867 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha our terms for subscription, advertising and job work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on theexpi ration of tne time for which payment has beei made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark oi the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under stand that the time paid for has expired. THE CONVENTION ELECTION. Full returns have not yet been received, it reference to the result of the late Convention elec tion in this State. We see no reason yet, however, to change the opinion expressed last week, tha! a sufficient number of persons have voted to securt the call of a convention. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times writes as follow* on the subject: "Official information from Gen. Canby's headquarters, received here to-night, is to the effect thai a Convention in South Carolina is probably called, notwithstanding the apparent failure at first indicated. The returns from the interior show that s larger vote was polled in the upper Districts thai: on the seacoast. The Convention in North Caro liua will probably be fixed for the earJy part oi January, and that for South Carolina soinewha! later in the same month." THE TAX ORDER. Gen. Canby has issued his order assessing the State jtaxes for the year ending September 30th, 1808. This order will be fouud in another column, and it will be to the interest of all concerned in the matter of taxes to read it. There are, however, some points in it, which demand a more special notice, and we propose calling attention to them. A poll tax of one dollar is to be paid by every male between the ages of twenty one Ad sixty, except those who are incapable of making a support, by reason of mental or bodily disability. The payment of the poll tax for the past year is also required, with the proviso that delinquents are not to be double taxed, and that in cases where executions have not been issued and no costs have been incurred, the tax may be discharged by the payment of the original amount on or before the first day of next March. The income taxes imposed in this order, are to be assessed on incomes received during the year 1867; the taxes on proj>erty are to be assessed upon the property^ possession of the tax-payer on the first day of January', 1868, and according to its I value at that date, except where some other date is specially designated. The penalty for non-payment of taxes, in cases where there is not sufficient property to levy on, is to work on public roads, bridges and other public works, under the supervision of the Commissioners of Roads or Public Buildings, at the rate of fifty cents a day. Taxes levied by this order are to be paid as follows : one half before March 31st; the balance before June 30th. The sum of the whole matter is, that every body had better find out how much he is worth (dogs included), on the first of next month, and go to work to make enough to pay his taxes before the first of July. The alternatives are: pay up, be sold A ^ 1- A TP tl? A A>vl nv XCJ ctm ofltr OUl, or WOrK IIIC luaus. 11 tiic Viuwi lo carried out, the roads of this State will be in magnificent condition by next fall. . THE COTTON TAX. One branch of Congress, in obedience to the almost universal desire of the American people, has repealed the Cotton tax. But thjs has been done in a very unacceptable manner, to our people atlcast, by making the exemptions from tax apply only to cotton raised after the first of January 1808. The crop of this year, according to this arrangement, must bear the burden, although that was just where the shoe pinched. The relief herein offered is similar to that received by a man who, while in the last stages of cholera, is promised medicine in a month. In cither case, if the patient can survive the delay, the relief may be of some service ; but the chances are that he will be beyond the reach of remedies, by that time. There is, however., some reason to hope that the remedy may yet be applied in time to save poor, gasping old "King Cotton though we fear he will never again be the stalwart personage he once was in the markets of the world. The Senate has not yet acted on the repealing bill, and the indignation excited in the whole country by the artful dodge of the House, may cause the higher branch of the National government to insist upon an amendment affording immediate relief, before the bill is finally passed. This hope, however, is only a hope ; for the action of Congress is as hard to predict, as that of a petit jury. But relief to cotton planters, temporary at least, is promised from another quarter, though it is at the expense of others. The Kast Indies have recently suffered from a severe hurricane, or scries of hurricanes, which have injured their crops and producing capacity, and consequently American cotton is advancing in prife. Whether or not the relief obtained from this source will be permanent, remains to be seen. ^ CONGRESSIONAL. Mr. Stevens asked leave, on the 3rd instant, to introduce a resolution with respect to a census of the excluded States, which he terms "conquered territory." It was objected to and withdrawn; which indicates that Congress is not wining to iook upon these States in that light, but still regards them as States, and of course, in the Union; foi according to the Northern theory, States cannol exist out of the Union. The President's message was read, and, by th< House, referred to the Committee of the Whole, The document caused a ferocious debate, both ir the Senate and the House. Mr. Howard thoughi it unworthy of publication, being a libel on Con gress and an invitation to the rebel States, to resist by violence, the reconstruction acts. Sumner anc others expressed similar views, Wilson complain ing of the message as a libel on the frecdmen, ir declaring them unfit to vote. Drake offered i resolution that "the President has transcended hii constitutional powers in the language of his mes sage referring to reconstruction, and asserting thai the language used is derogatory to the dignity ol Congress, and a usurpation of their rights anc privileges." It lies over. Schenck reported a bill to the House, provi ding that all cotton raised in the United States, after the year 1867, be exempt from tax. He ex r plained that the tax was not taken off this year's I 1 crop, for thwreason that one-fifth of it watt already p > on the market, and a very large portion of it had c j passed from the hands of the producer, md that ii p growers would derive little benefit from the immu- a ) nity, and he believed it would be impolitic and in- c - expedient After two days' debate and the rejeof tion of several amendments and substitutes, this g ' bill was passed. It now goes to the Senate. d j The Secretary of the Treasury was called upon c i for a report of the amount of government funds de- p [ posited with the National Banks. F ' A bill was passed by the Senate, striking the e ' word "white" from the laws and ordinances of the p | District of Columbia. The vote on this bill was d . strictly a party vote, which shows that the late L t Northern elections have had no effecton the minds 8 f of Radical Senators. f 1 A bill for the more efficient government of the c : excluded States, and a bill to facilitate their res- h " toration to the Union, were offered in the House, a ( and referred to the Judiciary Committee. The t - latter of these is especially intended for the benefit 1 of South Carolina, in case there were no i enough J votes cast to ensure a Convention in this State.? j ' It provides that a majority of those who vote, no ^ , matter how few they may be, shall decide the question of "Convention or No Convention," in ? . any excluded State. Doubtless, if the majority ~ ' A i-:n 0 voted against tne uonvennon, cue next um iuuv j * duced would ordain that only those voUss which # were in favor of it, should count : Mr. Boutwell has opened fire on the Impeachment question; but his eloquence is employed mainly in defending his report on that subject, not . in persuading Congress to impeach. The latest in: dications are that 53 members favor impeachment e t and 110 oppose it. ? In the House on Saturday last, the impeachment . . question was resumed, with fillibustering, led by Jl 1 Logan. Finally, Mr. Wilson withdrew-h is motion 8 1 to table, and the vote was taken on the majority . resolution ordering impeachment, which was lost . : by 57 to 108. Absent 21. J< A motion to reconsider, and to lay the motion to ^ , reconsider on the table prevailed, and thus im- J . peachment end9s , t t t b ! FROM THE CONVENTIONS. n , The Virginia Convention met in Richmond on ' the 3d instant, and organized by the election of * j Col. D. B. White, an ex-Federal officer, as temp5rary chairman. On the next day, Underwood ? . was elected president, receiving 65 votes against t 32 for Wilson, the Conservative candidate. The ^ , Secretary, Sergeant-at-arms and one doorkeeper are c white, and two door-keepers black. Underwood ^ 1 made a (for him) very temperate speech, advising 11 ' mutual charity and forgiveness, and hoping for a 11 f humane and equitable constitution. Gen. Scho- ? k field sent a communication to the Convention, 13 turning over to it, for decision, a nurater of ap- u peals contesting the election of delegates, among a i ? .? - w.-.i j j.i?i t r_ wnom are me mcumoHu ucitsgaies. vp w wo _ evening of Friday, the 6th, at which time the Coni vention adjourned until Monday, no business of J importance was done except the appointment of J1 ' Committees and the adoption of rules. " The Alabama Convention has adopted a resolu1 tion that when it adjourns, it shall be subject to the call of the President or the District Command' er; but if neither of these convene it during the p year, the adjournment shall be sine die. An ordi- ]j nance was passed, exempting from seizure for debt, ? ! $1,000 worth of property and a homestead of 80 ' acres of land for the head of each family. Also, j an ordinance staying the collection of debts until 0 the first of January next Gen. Popi: has tele- w i graphed twice to the Convention, urging it to ad- g journ, as it can do no good by further legislation, n ' and has already done an incalculable injury to re- 0 construction by its late action. These requests y have highly incensed the gentlemen comprising y ' the Convention, who consider them an insult to w their dignity. Horace Greeley and Senator j Wilson have also tried to check the ultra spirit q i of this assembly, the latter having written to Gen. 0] Swayne, Sub-commander of Alabama, that it has ^ transcended its authority. The Convention finally ni adjourned on the Gth, having previously passed the proposed Constitution by the following vote: yeas 67, nays 10, absent or not voting 23. ThisConsti- c( tution is to be submitted to the people on the 4th ^ of next February, at which time members of Con- j[ gress and a State Legislature (to meet March 18th) are also to be voted for. On the last dr.y, an Or- fc dinance was passed declaring all debts made for the 0 purchase of slaves absolutely void, and setting a- jy side all judgments or decrees by any of the State) ^ Courts rendered since the tenth day of July, 1861. 8l The Louisiana Convention has not yet dope e( much, its time, thus far, having been occupied fa in hearing resolutions and ordinances in embryo, ti The first measure which has engaged the pro- q( found intellects of the Convention, is an ordinance 0 to provide for their pay and mileage, by direct tax ^ on real estate and personal property, and a poll ]e tax. A resolution was offered, fixing a day's work b, at eight hours, regulating doctor's bills, and other ^ purposes. w NO PLACE LIKE IIOME. 0' The Statesvillq (N. C.) American says that some ^ twenty-five citizens of Iredell county, who moved cc off to Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee and other States . last fall, have returned to their old homes. They 11 report that others will return, and others would do ' so if they could; but that some are without means, as they spent their all to get away. ai The present uncertain condition of the South " has made many persous dissatisfied with the homes in which they have spent their lives. The state ^ of the country is so much worse, both socially and ^ politically, than it was in old times, that people are ^ apt to think they can better themselves by moving r,1 off. Ever}7 neighborhood thinks it has more trouble ^ than can be in any other, only because its condition a' is so deplorably worse than it used to bo. 6( But it should be remembered that the calamity ^ which has destroyed the prosperity of one part of ? the country, has destroyed that of all. The conse- ^ quences of the war are felt throughout the land. No section is exempt Even the North, though 8t it escaped the loss of property which fell upon the j* South, has heavy burdens to bear. The increased a taxation and the ruin of Southern agriculture are * severely felt in New England; most of the various manufacturing establishments of that section have w been compelled to curtail their operations. Their J * ' factories run on half time or half wages. It is em phatically tmc that hard times prevail in all parts ei of this Union?that is hard times for poor men; ^ for, of course, those who have wealth can make themselves comfortable anywhere. f, In this state of the case, it seems to us that the ? part of true wisdom is for every one to make the d best he can of the circumstances in which Provi- d dence has placed him. The prospect is gloomy, j ' for a few years at least; but removal from place to [ place is a doubtful remedy. It has, also, the dis- ^ advantage of consuming means which might aid ^ : in restoring prosperity at home. Unless there is a tj > certainty of greater facilities for living, in another j( r section or another country, removal is hut an expe- j( t riment. Our exchanges mention frequent instances, in which the experiment has proved a failure, j J Here and there may be found the case of some one u , who has succeeded in finding a paradise, and forth- ii > with gives a glowing description of it for the bene- I t fit of his old friends. But it will generally, if not a - always, be found that these lucky individuals had ? , money enough to get along at home, if they chose j] I to do so. Eldoradoa are scarce in this world, and b - more so just at this time than ever fiefore. We o i have not, in all the fancy sketches of Brazil, Mexi- J* i co and other "fuiry lands, that we have read, seen 5 an instance of a poor man who had berome rich by a - going there. i< t Poor men find it a difficult matter to support I P themselves, the world over, no place having yet a I been found where they can live on not hing. And ^ in hard times, they have to bear the main pressure; - for while others can fall back on their unexpended j, , resources or retrench their expenses, they have no a - resources and can afford but few retrenchments, d "for can they afford to be shifting from place to clacc, in the uncertain hope of finding better hances. This plan often proves to be but "jumpog out of the frying pan into the firefor when , poor man migrates, he has to stay, pleased or iot, until he makes enough to get back. But though the times are hard and the prospect loomy, there is no use in giving way to desponlency. Our people have a goodly land, with numcr>us resources and capabilities for sustaining its copulation. It is under a cloud now, and it has cassed through heavy tribulations; but energy and nterprise can restore it in time, to its former proslerity. Loafing, grumbling and croaking cannot lo this; but if our whole people could be united a an earnest effort to make the best of our oircumtanoes, without repining for the past or trembling or the future, this Southern land of ours would beome the happiest land of earth. Let us try to mprove the present, which alone belongs to us, nd leave the future to "Him who presides over he destinies of nations." POLITICAL NEWS. ? The official announcement of the result of the 'few York State election in November has been oade. For Secretary of State, the chief officer hosen, the Democrats polled 373,886 votes, and he.Republicans 324,017; a Democratic majority >f 49,879 in a total poll of 997,903. The State jegislature will stand, in the Senate 17 Republians and 15 Democrats; in the House, 75 Demorats and 54 Republicans?a Democratic majority n joint ballot of 19. < ? The Washington Evening Express says that he impeachment project seems to be losing ground very day, and that there are now very few persons rho profess to believe that it can be carried through he House. Rout well, the spokesman of the raajrity of the Judiciary Committee, openly says he upposes it will fail. ? One of the California members, speaking of he state of affairs in his section, says that the raaDrity of the people on the Pacific slope favor the layment of the national debt in greenbacks; those rho hold bouds advocate the reverse policy; but his class is so few in number that they exercise ut a slight impression on the general public sentiaent. ? Some of the Radical journals are coming ound to reasonable views. The New York Triune, in its money article, in reference to the action f Congress on financial affairs, can see that neither 'expansion" nor "contraction" is exactly the thing o restore the couutiy to prosperity. It says: 'What is needed most is the reconstruction of the louth and the termination of the bitterness growag out of the war. With this secured, the premium on gold will fast disappear, and there will priilg up in Europe a demand for United States nnds at lnw interest sufficient to enable the Treas ty to resume the specie payments with no fear of notlier suspension." ? Horace Grecly declines to accept the Austrian fission to which lie was confirmed by the Senate Lst week. He says he was never consulted as to is wishes about the matter, and that he does not itend to leave America until after the next Presiential election. Bully for H. G! MERE-MENTION. Rev. William Crook, died at his residence near 'ort Mills, in this District, on Monday evening of ist week. He was connected with the Methodist Ihurch, and was one of its oldest Ministers. In LUgust last, near Salisbury, N. C., Moses A. tencini, killed Rich, for having seduced the sister f the former. The case was tried at Salisbury last eek, when the jury acquitted Bencini, on the round of "temporary insanity." John Hofflan (Tammany democrat) has been re-elected Mayr of New York. His competitors were Fernando Vood, Democrat of the Mozart Hall party, and V. A. Darling, Republican nominee. Hoffman as re-elected by a large majority over both candiates. "The Neics says that the remains of !ol John H. Means, of the Seven teetnh South Carlina Regiment, who was killed at the second bate of Manassas, arrived in Winnsboro' on Wedesday of last week, in charge of Col. R. Starke leans. Farmers in some parts of Illinois rive their stock eight miles to water and back, msuming the entire day. Some are giving away icir hogs, because they have no water. The tercury says that on Christmas day, lit. Rev. P. f. Lynch, Bishop of this Diocese, proposes to per>rm the solemn service of dedication of a Roman athplic Church, in Charleston, devoted exclusive to colored persons. A Cincinnati dentist roke a man's jaw iu pulling a tooth, and is now led far $3000. A company has been form1 in Augusta, called the "Georgia Fertilizer Mancturing Company," for the purpose of manufaciring manures. The capital stock is to be $25,X), in shares of $100 each, The steamship ity of Paris which arrrived at New York on Frily from Queenstown, made the voyage in a little ss than eight days. This passage is said to have jen four hours shorter than any ever before iadc. The Presbyterian General Assembly hich has been in Session at Nashville, adjourned i Friday, of last week, to meet in Baltimore next [ay. The action of the Assembly, excluding >lorcd people from the ministry, has been rescin id, and all persons having requisite recommendaons will be admitted. Hon, Jefferson Davis was in Baltimore last week, [e appeared to be in excellent health and spirits id much improved by his recent sojourn in Canla. William Hitchcock, of Columbia, of mnibus notoriety, died in that place one day last eek. The publication of the Columbia Dai1 Chronicle has been suspended for the want of ifficient patronage. The Charlotte Daily News, ,tto. An exchange says: "The Empress ugene is cultivating a moustache. Our fashion>lc ladies will of course follow suit" A Chica) divorce case rests on the complaint of the lady tat her husband made her get up in the middle 'the night and make the bed over. "The nnual Convocation of the Grand Lodge of North arolina assembled in Raleigh, on the second inant. "The Wilmington (N. C.) Nfar announss the arrival, in that city, of twenty-seven Highnd Scotch immigrants, who are going to settle in obeson county. The Winnsboro' Neics says iat a tape worm 600 feet long has been extracted hole from the stomach of a young man of sixteen jars of age, living within two or three miles of lattown. Rev. Mr. O'Neil, acolored preachr, has been arrested at Indianapolis for marrying colored man and white women, in violation of the ndiana marriage law. "The Mountaineer says iat five droves of hogs have reached Greenville, om Tennessee, and more are on the way/"'"Gen. [aticock, upon the representations of eminent Juicial officers, has revoked Sheridan's Jury Orere. Irownlow at Home. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier, rho was in attendance on the meeting of the Presyterian General Assembly, at Nashville, while here, paid a visit to the notorious W, G. Brown)w, the Governor of Tennessee, and gives the foljwing pen and ink sketch of the old reprobate: "We found him lying on his back on a lounge, le is sick?could not rise to receive us, but asked is to sit. He is a man of moderate size, with an itelligent and mild face, and speaks pleasantly, le has what they call "the dead palsy," and shakes 11 over, and it is pitiable to see him. His friends ay it arises from had treatment from the Confedrates while in prison in Knoxville. How this 31 do not know, but it seems to me as if he was mitten by God. and had the mark of Cain set upn him. He told me he was suffering from acute heumatism And sorely as ho oppresses the ?ennesseeans, one thing is certain, his own jife is ne of pain and anguish. He is pale and sickly, ,nd cannot, I opine, much longer do harm. He 3 sixty-five years old, and yet has not a grey hair, le lives in the rooms assigned him in the capitol, nd never leaves it to go anywhere. The people lere say he is afraid to come out, less some one aav shoot him, but I do not think so. He is so eeble, and disturbed by locomotion, that he finds i best to stay in one place. His mind is said to be 8 active and plotting as ever, and his sickness oes not seem to sanctify, but exasperate him." I LOCAL ITEMS. NEW ADVESTISEMENTS. G. W. Jackson ?fe Co.?Agents Wanted. John H. Holmes?Commission Merchant. T. W. Clawson, 'Deputy Messenger?In .Tank ruptcy?In the matter of Daniel Will urn Bankrupt. Dr. John May?Santa Clans. R, H. Glenn,S. Y. D.?Sheriff's Sales of lands a the suit of the State for taxes. Richard Hare?General Order No. 2.?Skirmish ers to the Front. F. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?Citation?John McGill Applicant?Alpheus Blalock, deceased. A FIFE TUB NIP. Mr. Joab Price, residing near town, has lei at the Enquirer Office, the largest turnip we hav seen in many a day. The specimen in questio brings down the beam of our scales at five pounds We can weigh a larger one, if any of our reader will give us the opportunity. GIB HOUSE BURNT. We learn, with regret, that the gin house of Mi William Sahms, near Clay Hill, in this district was entirely destroyed by fire on Friday night last together with fourteen bales of cotton. Ten bale of the cotton were the property of Mr. Sahms?th remainder belonged to other persons. The fire i supposed to have originated from a freedman en tering the lint-room with a lighted candle. REINFORCEMENTS WAFTED. We call attention to the advertisement of ou friend, tho "Major Commanding," who has issue* a stirring appeal from his "Headquarters i: the Saddle." The enemy are in his front, and o both flanks, in heavy force, and pressing hit closely, and there is no escape from the glenn for him. We trust his skirmishers will respond and that right speedily 5 for if they don't, he is gone rabbit. 8CH0RBS' PICTURE GALLERY. We had occasion a few days ago, to visit th picture gallery of our friends, the Messrs. Schore in the "Adickes Building," and were much pleas ed to observe the convenience and taste with whic their rooms Itave recently been fitted up. As ai tists, these gentlemen are without superiors in thi State, and we hazard but little in saying tliat ther are none better any where else. They are progra sive, and fully alive to all the improvements bein, made in the art. The last thing in the way of im provement which they have introduced, is th porcelain picture, which, for beauty and softness c expression, stands without a rival. Such of th readers ofthe "Enquirer," as desire to "see them selvesps others sec them," are advised to give th Messrs. Schorb a call. Their prices are as low a the same quality of pictures can be obtained fo elsewhere. THE KING'S MOUNTAIN RAILROAD. At a meeting of the Directors of the King' Mountain Kail Road Company, on Wednosda; evening of last week, James Mason, Esq., wa elected President, vice Gen. E. M. Law, resigned At the same time, Mr. F. M. Galbraitii wa elected Conductor, and Dr. Edward Erwin, A gent at the Depot in Yorkville. We are pleased to learn that on yesterday, th train on this road commenced making tri-weekl; connections with those on the Charlotte road; an that hereafter, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sal urdays, the connections will be close. On the day .1 ii .1 1 ir__i 111 _ o ^ 1 mentioned, me tram win leave zone vine at o o clock, A. M. Returning, will leave Cheater at o'clock, P. M? and arrive at this place at 8 P. M On Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fridays, ther will be no connections. On those days, the trai will leave Yorkvillc at 8 o'clock, A. M. Returc ing, will leave Chester at twenty minutes befor one o'clock, P. M., and reach tliis place at 3 o' clock, P. M. ma80hic elections. At a Convocation of Mackey Chapter, No. 15 R. A. M., at Yorkville, on Saturday evening last the following Companions were elected and install ed officers for the ensuing year: Dr. J. R. BRATTON, M. E. H. P. W. H. McCORKLE, E. K. R. M. KERR, E. S. J. F. WALLACE, C. of IT. RICHARD HARE, P. S. R. F. CLARK, R. A. C. L. M. GRIST, G. M 3d Veil. Dr. W. M. WALKER, G. M. 2d Veil J. S. LEWIS, G. M. 1st Veil J. E. JEFFERYS, Secretary. P. B. DARWIN, Treasurer. A. CODY, Sentinel. . At a Convocation of Lebanon Council, of Roya and Select Masters, on Tuesday cvehing last, th< following Companions were elected and installe* officers for the ensuiug year : Dr. J. R. BRATTON, T. I. G. M. RICHARD HARE, 1. II. of T. L. M. GRIST, P. C. W. J. L. CLARK, Conductor. J. S. LEWIS, Capt. of the Guard. Dr. J. B. ALLISON, Treasurer. J. E. JEFFERYS, Recorder. A. CODY, Guard. How States arc Reconstructed. The Radicals at Washington held a caucui last week, at which the executive committee mad* their report. They complacently report the "goot work" as going on gloriously in all the States ex cept South Carolina, and attribute the supposec defeat of a convention in this State to the shor time for electioneering and the few voting places They say they have distributed 855,000 document! during the campaign, which seems an extravagant expenditure of paper, when it is remembered thai nine-tenths of their party cannot read. Perhaps however, they include tickets in the number o: documents issued, in which case it is reasonabl* enough. The expenses are small, as the committee col lected only $40,000; and yetthey carried ten State: over the opposition of nearly all the intelligent they contained. They anticipate a harder task it carying the work of these conventions, when pea pie come to vote on them ; for they say a "consid erable amount of money will be required." Th( services of twenty orators, white and black, ar< also called for. 'I be duty of these gentlemen, w( presume, will be to visit our principal cities anc fctup rows, to prove the pervcrseness of "rebels.' t is hard to conceive what other object is to b< gained by their labor of love. They are too few tc make anything like an extensive canvass of so manj States. The ' 'rural districts'' cannot possibly hop* to be favored with the thrilling eloquence of thes* apostles of reconstruction. These districts will hav* to be content with its echoes, which will doubtless reverberate from the seaboard to the mountains. DAN CASTELLO'S MENAGERIE LOOSE The Mobile Netcs says: "About daybreak yes terday morning, on the Mobile and tfreat iNorth em Railroad, some thirty-six miles above Tensas a portion of the train was thrown from the track resulting in the death of one man, Mr. Willi, Burroughs, a driver of the band carriage, and th< wounding, more or less severely 7 of a half dozei others. Mr. Burroughs was from Owensville Kentucky. The accident was caused by the breaking of i rail. The engine, tender, and first three car passed s^ly over, but the two next, truck cars containin four cages, in which were the Roya Bengal tigress, the hyena, two bears, and the tapir were thrown off, the cages smashed and the ani mals released. The other box cars, containing twenty-six horses and ponics? shared the same mis fortune, the horses being piled together and unoi each other in utter confusion. Only one was killed however, and several others suffered contusions The animals released did no damage to eacl other, with the exception that one of the bear killed a fawn. The tigress and one of the bears a first manifested a hostile disposition towards eacl other; the bear assumed an upright position, am stood upon his guard in regular fistiana style, am when the striped beast cauio smelling about him a cuff or two was exchanged, which seemed to sat isfy both parties. The pear amused himself b; ascending some of the neighboring trees, and th' tigress roamed about in the neighborhood, showini no disposition, however, to go very far away. The; were all re-caged without difficulty. " COLUMBIA OONTRIBUTORIALjg BY JA8. WOOD DAVIDSON. SOOLUMBIA. 80UTH OASOLUA, 9TH DE0EMBK5, 1867. ^t{ i tion ' Books. J Among the new book? Lerore us this week, siste x Mace's Fairy Book is ore of the most noteworthy, shov It is a handsome duodecimo, illustrated, contain- , *1 ing fifteen fairy tales written originaly in French. ' It stands with the best of its class?with Loboulaye's and with Andersen's fairy books. It would In make an agreeable Christmas present for a young "i \ person. whei e Then we have seen several numbers of Harper's n immense History of the Great Rebellion, which is i. a folio, profusely illustrated, published in parts ^ s (about forty) at thirty c&nts each; and will amount tifial in all to near a thousand folio pages having over a thousand pictures, and will cost ten or twelve dollars. The authors seem to try to give facts; but Oi * with their best efforts, it is all tinged with North- the < * ern ideas?is all seen through a Northern atinos- supp *> phere and by Northern eyes?all is Yankee. year. 3 Things in General. - on tl ? The several courts?Appeal, Errors, and United ( s States?are engrossing professional attention. A ^th " good many distinguished lawyers are here. The streets are more active than usuaL Wag- " Ons throng the principal streets, and a good deal of r activity prevails in buying and selling country pro- ^ ] duce. Not much cotton is put into the market on year n account of the low prices, and because holders are ever; n waiting for the tax to be taken off it. one q The merchants are moving in a petition to Con- wei^ ^ gress to stop all this nonsense and put the States [t back into the Union. ' 8am( a The advancing winter throws upon the meat In market a greater proportion of pork than hereto- per < fore; and all meats command good prices. this. The University. e The Annual Oration before the two College So- tiabl ' cieties was delivered by CoL A. C. Haskell, on hum J" Thursday evening of last week. this The change in the form of the institution deprives us of the pleasures and benefits of the old (J^. 3 time Commencement occasions?occasions fraught cent. e with pleasure, hope, and pride to so many of our com] " State?occasions that did more to foeter State cent S pride and esprit de corps among our people than al- reoei l" most any other cause. o ? fiU6fl J ueveny iiasn. one 1 As we predicted, something farther has oome of this; e that speech in Fairfield. Oar readers will remem- Tc " ber two or three weeks ago in the Winnsborough ~80> e News, that Beverly Nash had made a speech to 3 some negroes in that District (Fairfield), in which r, z he used incendiary language. gam* To this statement, 'Beverly Nash replied in a lotte card, published in the Columbia Phoenix, in which hunt s hesays: "The whole tenor of that paragraph is 7 false." # # end' s At this point the question became definite, tion I. There was a lie out the I s At this point we left the matter last week. ?the Since then (7th December) the Winnsborough lD8ta News brings out a communication by J. A. Hine ant, a white citizen of irreproachable veracity; and y to his communication are appended several certifi- 8th d cates sworn to before a magistrate. This state> ment thus substantiated, asserts that on the 9th s of November, Mr. Hinnant heard Beverly Nash - make a speech at a barbecue given by the Union ^g 6 League in Fairfield District, near Jacob Bookman's L mill. This communication continues: JQ e "Nash said the negro never would get justice at odisi n law while the jury was composed of white men: day, that there had been already 210 negroes murdered ~ . in South Carolina, (meaning those that had been ftQ hung,) and Governor Orr dare not carry into exe- year " cution the sentence passed by the court of Pickens quai District, on the six negroes to be hung and eighteen to be sent to the penitentiaiy, for killing a boy IS fourteen years old. If he did, he would not re- duct >, main in office six days after the Convention met ? He told the negroes to ^ait and not contract yet, I for there was better times ahead; and not contract at all for the third, for it was the little end of noth- ?? ing; and if they would wait until the 1st day of Feb- ^ ruary next, the white men would get down on their knees to them; the negroes could do better without the white man than he can without the negroes. He farther said that the white man had always been in power, and would always remain in power if they did not gain it at the JiaUot-box. If the Republican party failed in the coming election, rather than see the white man remain in power, he would shoulder his musket and see these hills bleached with bones and the gullies run with blood, jjj rather than remain under the white man's power: 3^ and, pointing to the crowd around, asked would Rom they follow him ?' and the answer was 'yes,' 'yes.'" Com We leave the matter just here. The tenor of Can: . . . . . a 1 fin. that paragraph la the tunny item ot the week. | j What next? jchee We like humorous items of this land, when they Mac) a are not uncomfortable to any body. p 1 , , Butt THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. gjjj President Johnson sent his annual message to Baco Congress, on Tuesday of last week. Like all of Cotfo the papers emanating from the President, it is Sb able document, and did our space permit, wo would Eggs be pleased to give it to our readers in falL It is, Feat' however, of unusual length, and we are compelled to content ourselves with the following telegraphic Co synopsis, which we find in several of our exchanges: and ] The first duty, at the close of the civil war, was ^8 to repair its injuries, and secure the benefit of its 11001 3 lessons, at the earliest moment. This duty was j promptly accepted by the Executive and the in j surrectionary States. Restoration, in the first oorb moments of peace, was believed to be easy and certain, as well as indispensable. These expectations * have been disappointed by legislation, and now t there is no Union, where one State is as free as ^ * another to regulate its internal aflaire, according to g^g * its own will. # # Ropb t The Union and the Constitution are inseparable; Coffe t as long as one is obeyed, the other will be preser- Cani * ved; and if one is destroyed, both must perish to- SP* f gether. There is no military or other neoessity, i real or pretended, which can prevent obedience to the Constitution, either North or South. The hope that we may ultimately concur in "a plan of R Jfj i settlement, consistent with our true interests and 5 sworn duties, is too natural, and too just, to he gee^ i easily abandoned. < Baco; It is clear, to the President's mind, that the Cotto * States lately in rebellion are still members of the Com s Union. ... ? . SSS2 i The Executive, his predecessor, as well as himi self, and the heads of all the Departments, have 1 adopted, and acted upon, the principle that the r* Union is not dissolved, but is indissoluble. Coni gross submmitted amendments to the Constitution Tj?m ) to the Southern States and accepted their acts of 8 t ratification. Judges of the Supreme Conrt have CE > included the Southern States in their districts. If has a J the Southern States are component parts of the cents J Union, the Constitution is supreme law for them, NI s as for all other States. They are bound to obey it, and so are we. LI Being sincerely convinced that these views are ' correct, the President recommends the repeal of the - acts, placing the Southern States under imUtary . - masters. JJJJ , The conflict between the reconstruction acts, _ . , and the rights of the people under the Constitu- u ht s tion, are argued at length. hand i Alluding to negro suffrage, the President says: Ac. i "The subjection to negro domination will be worse $1.40 , than the existing military despotism. The people quir will endure endless military oppression, rather than C1jy 1 i degrade themselves by subjection to the negro 5^ s race. # yL , The blacks are entitled to be well and humanely then 1 governed, but, if it were possible to give them a oona , government of their own, it would become a grave ly th - question whether we ought to do so, or whether ern ? j common humanity would not require us to save e 8 - them from themselves. But it is not proposed i they shall only govern themselves, but that they ^ , shall govern the white race, and, to greater or less enqn . extent, control the destiny of the whole country." barn i The negro character is contrasted with the vir- Sout s tue, intelligence and spirit of progress of the white t race?and the negro population contrasted with Yery i immigrants, and the different terms of acquiring 1 citizenship stated. The President yields to no ghot 1 man in attachment to a rule of general suffrage, pour ? but it requires of some classes a time suitable For cent* - probation and preparation. To transfer our poHt- Sides 7 ical inheritance to the neghies would be an abane donment of a duty, which we owe alike to the nj^u ; memory of our fathers and the rights of our chil7 dren.' t onp In depicting the horrors of the goyeraments We losed for the South, the President says that will require a strong standing army and probmore than $200,000,000 per annum, to maintho supremacy of the negro governments, afhey are established. Without military powley are ^wholly incapable of holding in subjeothe white people of the Sooth, le effect on the publio credit and trade, of per* ncy in the Congressional scheme is discussed, ane ruin to both. le President's financial policy has already been rfully foreshadowed. . .... le message makes no special allusion to the taflSacr ^" '* ' discussing the President's duties, he says: kfter grave consideration, oases might arise, ij after laws had passed through all the Contional forms, and been placed on the statute s, it woold be the dnty of the Executive to ie to carry them out, regardless of consequenThis would be to involve the country in jaerie Civilwar^V |Tl .k si dl? I GEN. CANBY'S TAX ORDER. a the first page of to-day's paper will be found irder of General Canbt, levying taxes for tho tort of the State Government for the current . In the Charleston Neict we find an article* ie subject which, among other things, shows ihanges in the rate of taxation as compared the bill passed at the last session of the Legore. We make the following extracts: [*he tax on real estate is only twenty-five cents very hundred dollars, vice thirty cents last . On capital of gas companies, a quarter of per oent, instead of a hair of one per cent last , On manufactured articles, twenty cents on v one hundred dollars, vice one doBir en every hundred dollars last year. Gross sales of liqnor s taxed ten per cent last year; only five per . in General Canby's order. Baggies, carjs, gold andsilver plate, watches, jewelry, etc? 3 as last year. come tax upon professions increased from two sent last year, to two and a half per oent ip On commissions received by brokers, vendue era, factors, commission merchants, dealers in ange or in mortgages, bonds and other negoe papers, five dollars last year for everyone ired dollars, and only two dollars and fifty cents year. .The tax on premiumns of insurance panies remains the same; except no discriminais made by General Canby in favor of home panies. The express companies taxed ten per in General Canby's Tax order; telegraph panies two and a naif per cent, vice five per Newspapers, taxed two per oent on gross pts last year, only pay twenty cents on every hundred dollars tnis year. On the amount of i of goods, wares, etc., sixty cents on every hundred dollars last year, only twenty cents year. ix upon bank profits remain unchanged; so, income -tax upon salaries, rents, etc.; upon nes of railroads, and gross receipts of hotel ere. ir-rooms pay ten per cent on - gross receipts, > as last year. "For the privilege of selling ry tickets within the limits of this State, five Ired dollars per month, to be paid monthly or terty in advance to the Treu^rer of the State..'' ie foregoing are the leading features of GenCanby s Tax order, upon a careful examineof which it will be observed that in most cases tax remains the same; in some it is slightly, in re materially reduced, and only iirobe or two tnees is it increased. As the appropriations pearly the same as last year, a compensating sse of revenue can only be looked for from the cessment of the real estate, prescribed in the narasTanh of the order. ? " r Tetegrapfec despatches from Washington, d the 7th instant, state that the bill repealing cotton-tax is meeting with some opposition in Finance Committee of the Senate. r The Sotfth Carolina Conference of theMethb Church, meets i\t Morganton, N. C.s tothe. 12thinstant - < ? ? ? r The revenue from spirits daring the fiscal , ending Jnne last, was. twenty-eight and a ter million of dollars. f Grant's corrected estimates for the army, res the sum to thirty-seven millions. Jfmmttial Commtrtisl, r> It will be remembered by our readers that irices quoted below are in currency, or' ' greencs," unless otherwise specially stated. YOEKYILLE PEICES CTTEBEHT. jrected weekly by carroll, c'cark A co. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1667. les, @ ... Molasses, 60 @ 1 00 -led, ? 50 Sorghum, ... ? ... ring,...-. ... ? 20 Nails, 6 (4 8 rig, 10 ? 20 Rice, .. ? 10 >e, 20? 25 Sugar,* ? dles,....' Brown,... 124(3) 14 1 erm,... @ 50 Refined,.. 15 @ 16 lamant,. 20 @ 25 Salt, , ise, 124 @ 20 Liverpool ... ?2 75 cerelKit ... @ 8 00 Yarn, ? 1 40 roduce market?prices from wagons. er, 124? 15 Flour,..;... , 4 ? 5 $bbl... 7 .00 @ 8 00 wax,.. 18? 20 tgsack.. 8 50 ? 4 00 ? 15 Lard,.. ? 15 m,...? ... ? ... Meal, 60 ? - .75 , 60? 70 Peas, 05?- 70 tens,- 10 ? 15 Tallow,._. 8 ? 10 i - ... @ 124 Wheat, @ ... tiers, ? 33 Oats, - 35 ? . 40 All of the above quotations are in gold. tton.?Sine? our last report, the Northern , European markets have advanced, which has i corresponding effect here. We quote to-day nts in currency for the best grade of cotton.' CHESTER PRICES CURRENT. ected weekly by maj. j as. pagan, obockey and commission merchant. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1867. jES, & ... Molasses, @ 66 ed, a- ... Sorghum,. ... (a> ing, 28 @ 29 Nails,.f. @ 7 ag, 11$@ 18 Rice, @ 12$ e, 22 @ 24 Sugar, )Les,.... Brown,.? ?. @ 12 ;rm, @ ... Refined,... 13 @ 17 4 omant,. @ 25 Salt, m se, ........ @ 20 Liverpool^ 50 @ 3 75 ~ :erelKit ... @ 2 40 Yarn, @ 170 RODUCE MARKET-PRICES FROM WAGONS. sr @ 20 Flour. g ... %^bbl @ 8 00 wax, w ... 3* sack, ... @ 4 00 a, 15 @ 18 Lard, 10 @ 18 n,_ .. ... @ ... Meal, 1 00 @ 1 10 1 10 @ ... Peas, 75 S 80 tens, ... @ ... Tallow,... ... @ 10 , @ ... Wheat, @ 1 05 iers, @ ... Oatsr?..._ ... @ r All of the above quotations are in gold. [ ton?Is improving under favorable advices New York and Liverpool, and we q note mld; at 11$ cents in currency, tax unpaid. [ARLOTTE, Dec. 9.?Since last report cotton dvanced half a cent; and closes steady at 13$ 1, tax paid. 3W YORK, Decembers.?Cotton opened firm, of 2,000 bales at 17$ to 17$. VERPOOL, Dec. 7.?Cotton steady and somemore active. Sales will probably reach 12,- \ ales. Uplands 7}d. IARLESTON, December 7.?Cotton active, need $ to $. Sales 1,600 bales, middlings at 16$. 5 bn.?The receipts of this grain have been , and the principal supplies now coming to reach here by rail from Tennessee, Georgia, We note sales of mixed Tennessee at $1.38 to a per bushel, weight, bags included. The in- " j is mostly confined to the wants of the local \ trade, ana tlio market closed yesterday with rer tendency, some parties offering to sell at to $1.25, sacks included. otjb.?-The dealers are well supplied with Nor1 and Western brands, and these qualities, in equence of their lower price, sell more readian Southern descriptions. We quote Northind Woe tern Super, at $11 per barrel; Northnd Western Extra, at $12 to $12^0 per barrel, Family at $13 to $14 per barrel. Southern s are in very light supply and prices remain out previously quoted, with a very limited iry. We quote Southern Super, at $12por )1; Southern Extra at $13 per barrel, and hern Family at $14 per barrel. oon.?The market for this article continues depressed with an almost entire absence of and, quotations are consequently quite nomIn a retail way, strictly prime Western ilders may be quoted at 121 to 181 cents per id, prime Western Ribbed Sides, at 15 to 151 i per pound, and prime Wester? Clear Ribbed i s at 16 cents per pound. The neoessity for J omy in expenditure causes the demand to run lly on meat of inferior quality, which Is sold > J w and irregular prices. . lt.?Some wholesale transactions took place rivate terms, but at rates below quotations: quote, in lots on shipboard, about $1.75 per '1 - n