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ftfajrs and ?farts. Mr. J. Fraser Matthewes, a resident of Charleston, was brutally murdered by some negroes, in Beaufort, on the 1st. How to take census of children of a neighborhood?Employ an organ-grinder for five minutes. Available land is becoming so scarce in Kansas that the legislature asks Congress not to allow any one person to purchase a large tract, and to compel the railroad companies to whom grants have been made, to put them into the market A fresh attempt has been lately made to induce the President to pardon Charles K. Dunham, alius Conover. Mr. Johnson, however, refused, although the request came from his own friends. The New York Citizen, edited by Miles O'Reilly, says that "if General Grant casts his lot with Congress, he will be the most disgracefully beaten candidate for the Presidency that ever ran in the United States." Riding on a railroad for the first time, a western gentleman, when the conductor called for his fare," landed him a five-dollar bill, with the remark: "Let the thing get. I don't want any change. Never rode in the keers before, and am willing to pay something extra for the fun." It is related that near Dantzig, (Germany) a young man of twenty-four, who has just married a widow offorty-two, has discovered, since the marriage, that his wife was his wet nurse. A French paper comments: "Thus it is I One always returns to his first love." Tbo Petit Journal of Paris says, that in 1835, the snow was so deep that only the chimneys appeared above the surface. The letter carriers would go to a chimney and cry out, "Does Jean Jacques., Eve here ?" 4'Oui.'' Look out then for a letter and down it would come into the fire-place. A negro member of the Virginia Reconstruction Convention, named Hodges, favors the abolition of the Freedmen's Bureau. He "does not want negroes to stand around the Freedmen's Bureau, squealing like hogs for a few grains of corn, but to go to work like men and make their living." Mr. Sumner's term, as Senator, expires on the 4th of March, 1869. There are several aspirants, and some of them declare that they will take back seats no longer. Generals Banks and Butler are both desirous of the position, but Governor Bullock is said to have the inside track, and Massachusetts people say that Sumner will be beaten. An old officer of the army used to say tbat the three duties of a quartermaster, as understood by the quartermaster himself, were: First, to make 1 himself comfortable; second, to make himself mOiQ comfortable; third, to make himself most comfort- * able. If any time remained, he was to employ it in making everybody else unoomfortable. A young Swiss farmer carries off the prize fore cool cruelty. In order to please his mistress,. , he dosed his wife with strychnine, and, when the poison began to operate, lay down by her side, watched her agonies, and calmly handed her water, from time to time, as she asked for it, until death ensued. If any body wants to know how a horse feels on a bitter morning when a frozen bit is placed in his mouth, let them first place a piece of frozen iron upon their own tongues. Haviug done this, let the coachman or driver see that the bit is warmed before being fixed in position. The horse will look, though he cannot say, "thank you." The Maine Farmer recommends country ladies to take a medium sized pumpkin seed, carefully cut out the meat on tho under side, put a narrow strip of fur around the edge, and fasten the strings to tne sides, and they will have a bonnet in the pink of fashion. The broad end of the bonnet should be worn in front to keep off the sun and wind. The Paris Rothschild recently had a royal shooting party at his country seat, the peculiar feature of the entertainment being the engagement of the celebrated surgeon Nelaton, who presided at a pavilion where all the wounded hares, pheasants, etc., were conveyed by a regular ambulance service, their limbs reset, their wounds dressed, and themselves put in condition to serve another time. planters applied for permission to appear on the 1 stage, declaring that, though they haa no talent in 1 that line, they had not made enough from their < crops to purchase tickets, and were anxious to >, work their way through as part of the show. , In the Supreme Court on Monday last, 10th < instant, in the case of the State of Texas vs. White j and others, the court refused to dissolve the injunction. It was a motion to dissolve the injunc- ( tion restraining White and others from selling cer- 1 tain bonds on the ground, among others that Texas being no State, had no rights in court. The effect of this decision is to declare Texas a State, the Reconstruction Acts to the contrary notwithstanding. At Springfield, Massachusetts, a man is said to own a machine which cuts meat and vegetables, sifts flour, kneads bread, works a grater, slices fruit, churns, works butter better than it can be done by hand, and grinds and scours knives. It is simple in construction, and has but four wheels, and yet does nearly every thing in the housekeeping line except spanking the babies, an improvement for which purpose is now engaging the attention of the inventor. Two fast young men just returning after a night's carousal, saw the sun rising. One of them insisted that it was the sun, the other that it was the moon. They agreed to leave it to the first man they met. He also had been out on a lark. "Excuse me sir, but my friend and I have made a little bet whether that's the sun or moon rising, and we've agreed to have you decide the matter. "Fact is, gentlemen, I should be very happy, but, you see, I am a stranger in the city and been out 1 all night" The Fenians of Ireland have adopted a new method of annoying the English people. They refuse to pay rent for land, and their organization is so perfect that it is impossible to carry out the , ordinary process of law in such cases. Bailiffs are hunted like wolves, and if offenders are arrested they are promptly acquitted by Fenian juries. As for sales of seized property, no man bids for his neighbor's goods. The landlords are naturally much alarmed at this new phase of popular discontent, and are almost indespairattne prospects. The Columbus (Ga.) Sun says: "We have heard of planters who are having tickets printed ?.:x'_ *u~..C._ .. WllICU UoriUY biiut uicj- oiu fcwvt lui nan a uay n work. If a hand works half a day he receives one, and for a whole day two tickets. If he loiters any ? art of a day he receives no pay for his loitering, his, with a clear understanding of the rate per month and the number of working days in a month, with the hours constituting a day's work, is all the contract needed. The tickets show how much money a laborer has eamed, and one can get pay or trade as he may like. There would then be little cause of complaint at the end of the year." The story in regard to remarks alledged to have been inaac by Judge Fields, of the United States Supreme Court, in regard to the reconstruction measures of Congress, is still a subject of conversation. The Washington Star says: "As we are informed, it is a case of mistaken identity; a gentleman who bears considerable personal resemlancc to Judge Fields having been taken for him at a social gathering held in this city some two weeks ago, and remarks made by this party have thus been attributed to Judge F." ?? The labor question seems to be gradually settling itself in Georgia. A correspondent who has been traveling in that State writes: "So far as I have been able to observe, all along my journey, not more than one-fifth of the force engaged for the coming season are to be paid stated wages, i The highest wages I have heard contracted for was seventy dollars and board. The average is about fifty dollars per year. In many instances , good hands are working for their food and ciothes. In a majority of eases an interest in the crop is all 1 uiul is xurnisnea, tne ireeamen nnaing tneir own 1 provisions." The N. C. Presbyterian says: "The Trustees and friends of Davidson College will be grati- ' fied to learn that there are now fifty students on 1 the ground, and that the number is daily increas- . ing. The present Freshman class is probably larger than any previous one even in the palmy days before the war. It consists already of twenty-seven 1 members, and several others are expected to ar- ] rive soon. The means of living are so abundant i and cheap in the thickly settled neighborhood around the College, that all the advantages of the most liberal education may be obtained at less cx- ' pense than the charges of almost any country 3 school." i In a recent private letter to a friend, General Hancock says: "I always objected to being ( placed in command here when consulted. When t in obedience to orders it became necessary to occupy the position, I cnuie determined to carry out the laws?not to make new ones unless necessary, and only when civil ones tailed. ^ I shall always regard the law, acting inside of it, not outside. If the laws are required, it is for Congress to make them. Those in force I shall not execute in a partisan spirit; as long as I remain I will execute those in full. Having often to choose between the civil and military law I take the former, and where powerless will try and build it up. If the officers fail I will appoint new ones, and if no good ones can be found I may have to resort to military despotism. I do not believe thatwill come. Whenitdoes, I may make as good a despot as any one. I shall send you copies of my orders, which will showing course of action to be in conformity with the law. ' fJorferiHc Ghtquim. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB, 13, 1868. Cash.?It must bo distinctly understood tliat our terms for subscription, advertising and job worK, are casn, m aavance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (?) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. THANKS. Our thanks arc hereby tendered to Mr. H. T. Peake, the efficient Superintendent, for a complimentary ticket over the South Carolina Railroad, for the present year. NEGRO DEBTS. ^4 The South Carolina Convention has passed an Ordinance, as will be seen by reference to its proceedings, intended to settle the vexed question of the payment of purchase money for negroes bought before and during the war. This Ordinance is a sweeping affair, and any debt, the consideration of which was for slaves bought, whether years before emancipation, or just upon the eve of it, is wiped out as effectually as such a thing can be done, by any law-making assembly. There may be doubts as to the power of any representative body of the people, to determine such a question, '* *n aiio ?\t? Paii^o ir\ /lrwnrln hnf an it m piuptiij vnv iv& uiu wui w w uwiuv ) vu? there is scarcely a doubt at all, but that the Courts called into existence by this Convention, will decide the matter in accordance with this Ordinance "THE LAND WE LOVE.'* The February number of this sterling magazine has come to hand, and as usual with it, is full of good things. Among other interesting articles, is one from the pen of the editor, entitled the "Lost Dispatch," which triumphantly refutes the accusation that a highly important order of Gen. Lee was lost by Gen. D. H. Hill, during the campaign into Maryland. This slander has been revived in Pollard's history of the "Lost Cause," and in such a manner as to paint Gen. Hill in a very unenviable light to the readers of that book. But the gallant soldier has completely disproved the injurious charge, showing that the order was not lost by him. and also that no evil consequences could have resulted to Lee's army, even if he had lost it. Gen. Hill has done wisely in refuting this slander, which has been circulated throughout the length and breadth of the land. We hope the bomb-proof warriors who have assumed the task of writing histories of the war, will always be thus sternly and promptly corrected, whenever they essay to defame the characters or detract from the services of the men who led our armies in the field. Gen. D. H. Hill ranked high among our generals, and as he is a native of this district, we feel proud of his record and take pleasure in his masterly vindication of himself. THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. GRANT. of people, who possessed rare opportunities for forming correct opinions on this subject, but the contempt for his empty mind, and "horse talk," and the regrets that so valiant a warrior wore not j a cleverer head, are now giving place to a settled conviction that his moral qualifications are as defective as his mental are shallow. When the President, last summer, removed ; Stanton from the War Office, and appointed 1 Grant Secretary, ad interim, it seems that there i existed a cordial understanding between the two as to the importance of the measure, and the policy ; to be followed in the future; or, in other words, that if the Senate insisted upon re-instating StanrON,that Grant, under the orders of the President, . was to refuse to restore the war portfolio. In the * meantime, the Senate does insist upon Stanton's ; re-instatement, and at the proper moment, Grant < - .i i.:? ^w?.. quietly pcnuus iiiiii iu wkc wuuui ui uiu ??ai Office. A question of veracity is now raised between Grant and the Prcsidcut, upon this asserted understanding had between them. A lengthy cor- i respondence lias been published, and the question is fully ventilated on both sides. Grant is accused < Df playing false, and the President is charged with ( the utterance of that which is untrue. This question of veracity, we leave for the two gentlemen to ; settle between themselves, in the way best suited j to their inclination, and without any speculation as to which of the two has the best cause. A query, however, suggests itself, namely: If Gen. Grant j had not induced the President to believe that he ] would obey his instructions in the matter, is it j probable that he would have been put in Stanton's place? ( The denouement of this Johnson-Grant con- ' troversy may prove to be of the most serious character. We consider the attitude of affairs alto- ] gether threatening. Grant has thrown himself into the arms of the ; radicals, as the Presidential candidate for 18G8. His nomination is considered a fixed fact, but his election is a matter of less certainty. He is no doubt the most available man the Republican party can agree upon, and his peculiarly "good luck," that has lifted him thus high in the world's notice with such a slender amount of propelling force, may, likewise, carry him into the Presidential chair in March, 1SG9. CONGRESSIONAL. House.?In the House, last week, a resolution was introduced to authorize the payment in gold, of contracts made payable in gold, and directing the Courts to enforce coin payment where contracts were made upon a specie basis; also to provide for the building of a postal rail road between New York and Washington; also to issue one hundred and fifty millions in greenbacks, to replace those notes withdrawn from circulation. Un Wednesday, tne otn instant, the House, after a lengthy discussion, adopted a bill forfeiting the grants of public lands heretofore made to Southern rail road Companies, excepting from the forfeiture, the Nashville and Decatur Road. This bill refers to a grant of public lands made by Cungress in 1850, to assist rail road companies in building new roads. The Senate and House both concurred in a joint resolution to employ counsel to defend Grant and Dther military officers against suits brought against them for violations of the law while enforcing the Reconstruction Acts. . , On the 6th instant, facts were elicited in discus- ? sion, showing that the appropriations already made ( by the present Congress for the present fiscal year, j imount to about $276,000,000. Senate.?A memorial was presented on the 3rd, I lsking for the re-call of C. F. Adams, Minister to ] England. Later advices state that Mr. Adams has i amdered his resignation, which has been accepted. i A bill to tax National Bank shares, for State purposes, was passed. This bill had previously passed the House, and now awaits the President's < signature to become a law. i The time of the Senate was principally occupied, < luring the week, in debating the new reconstruo- ] ion bill passed by the House. The leaders in this I body seem to be disposed to defer final action on c the bill, until the result of the vote on the Alabama c Constitution becomes known. It is feared if the | bill is passed before this voting is finished, that it t will have a tendency to drive the white radicals in s that State, from the party. The correspondent of t the New York Timet, writing from Washington, says : "The present status of the Reconstruction Bill * before the Senate, is rather anomalous. It is not 1 really before it, yet a great debate is goingoti. The c bill came in from the House, and a motion was t made to refer it to the Committee on the Judicia- , ry. Mr. Doolittle moved to amend that motion to ( refer, with instructions to report his amendment limiting suffrage by certain qualifications of prop- 1 erty and intelligence. On this motion hemaae his < big speech, ana others followed. So we aie likely to have a double dose of talk on the subject, and the disposition of the question is very far from a , conclusion." In the House, on Monday last, the Judiciary j Committee were directed to inquire into the expe- j diency of amending the bankrupt law, so as to ^ require a majority of the creditors in order to com- ( pel involuntary bankruptcy. * * * * '1 * - 1 - ^ oltnnl/1 A resolution mat tne seat ui government, ouumu be removed to the Mississippi Valley was disagreed | to, by a strictly sectional vote of 77 to 97. ^ MERE-MENTION. ( Gov. Orr left Charleston, on Friday night last, 1 for Beaufort "The Grnniteville Manufacturing Company has declared a dividend of five dollars j per share, payable on demand. Jhe News says -that it is rumored in Charleston that Jay Cooke & Co., the Philadelphia bankers, have of- ( fered to take one hundred thousand dollars of the ] South Carolina Bills Receivable at eighty cents on the dollar. E. W. M. Mackey, who assaulted the reporter of the Charleston Mercury, has given f bond in the sum of $500 to answer the charge, for ^ the assault, when called upon. One large dry J goods house in New York discharged all the single men iu its employ on the 1st instant, and reduced 1 the salaries of the remainder. A grand mass ( meeting is to be held in New York, on the 22nd 1 inst, for the purpose of raising funds for South- ( ern educational purposes.' The Newberry i Herald says that a train recently passed over the Greenville railroad, containing twelve hundred i bales of cotton. Three engines were required to c move the train?one pulling, one pushing, and one c in the middle, pushing and pulling. "The j Baltimore Sun says that in Washington there is a | Cabinet "Ring," composed of both Republicans ( and Democrats, which insists on the resignation of.] Stanton. Hannibal Hamlin is a favorite in f portions of the West for Vice-President on the ] Grant ticket A New York street beggar is j taxed on $65,000 worth of real estate. The i receipts of the Atlantic cable, it is said, are now . upwards of ?1300 a day. Ex-Governor Peny has written a letter to A C. i Butler, of Baltimore, painting, in strong colors, the f cor dition of this State. A mob in Kentucky ^ recently hung a negro for murder, and afterwards ( discovered that he was innocent The North ^ Cai-olina Convention has adopted a repudiation Ordinance. The aggregate vote of the seven teen Northern States tliat held elections last year j was, Republican, 1,554,945; Democratic, 1,57C,- j 507. Democratic majority, 21,562. The Conservatives of North Carolina have organized with a view to defeat the radical constitution. It is rumored that Gen. Canhy is to relieve Meade, , and that Sickles will be restored to the command of the Carolinas. . ] WHAT THE CONVENTIONS ARE DOING. SOUTH CAROLINA. "! Several of the Committees on the Constitution ' having reported, the Convention is engaged in con- < sidcring the reports. A number of sections have i already passed to a third readingand may be con- ( sidered as adopted. On the outside of to-day's i HT an^^Tth^nside^onfin^^ reporl oTliie J proceedings, which show the sections that have f been acted upon up to the latest dates. In order 1 to fully understand the action of the Convention, ? it is uecessary to compare the same with the orig- t inal reports. i VIRGINIA. i So far as the Virginia Convention is concerned, ( all may be reported as "quiet along the Jeemes." t The Committee on Banks have reported in favor ( of prohibiting the Legislature from granting char- i ters to corporations that discount paper at an un- j lawful rate of interest; and prohibiting individuals who do so, fronj holding State office. ( An Ordinance was adopted providing that the ? governor shall be elected for four years, and be in- } eligible to re-election for the succeeding term. It . also required that he be thirty yews of age, a citizen of the United States for twenty years, and a . citizen of Virginia for five years. Subsequently, ? however, the Ordinance was re-considered and re- { committed to the Committee on the Executive. ^ The salary of the Governor was fixed at four thou- r 3and dollars. } Au Ordinance was adopted requiring the assent ^ of two-thirds of the members of the Legislature to ? call an extra session. ? A proposition to declare ineligible, as Governor, ^ any person who had aided the rebellion, was de- j feated by a decided majority. NORTH CAROLINA. The Convention consumes a great deal of time in talking, and is slow to come to conclusions. The j Radicals and Conservatives are fairly and squarely arrayed against each other. Much of the past ' week has been consumed in discussing measures of relief, and giving aid to the Wilmington,* Char- 1 lotte and Rutherford Railroad, by endorsing its k bonds. A bill has been passed providing for the 8 levy of a tax to pay tho per diem of the members, * which seems to have had a salutary effect, as the 8 subjoined Ordinance was immediately passed for 1 the "relief" of the people. The Ordinance is to c take effect immediately after its passage, and continue in force until the first day of next July, or un- 1 til the Constitution, to be adopted, shall go into j effect. Gen. Canby is requested to cause the Or- j dinance to be enforced. Here is the "relief" : "That no court of law or equity of this State ^ shall have jurisdiction of any suit or action founded on any contract made prior to the first day of 1 May, 18G5, (except actions against public officers. 1 executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, ana i others acting in a fiduciary capacity, and their sure- t ties, for breach of their respective duties, by the j appropriation to their own use of money, or property officially received by them, or other fraudu- ' lent act,) or any action or process to revive or enforce any judgment heretofore recovered on any c contract, whether such action be now pending or ( shall be commenced hereafter, and whether such process has been already issued or shall hereafter ? dc sued for; and the sheriffs, coroners, and con- I stables of this State having in their hands any final f process issued upon any judgment founded on any 1 such cause or action, are hereby commanded to ] stay all proceeding upon the same, and return the same to the upper courts." An article of the Constitution has been adopted ? requiring the Governor to be elected for a term of [ four years. , GEORGIA. The Georgia Convention has also passed a "re- 1 lief measure. It denies jurisdiction to the courts * over all debts contracted prior to the surrender, but leaving it discretionary with the majority or v the legislature to confer jurisdiction in all cases as to the purchase of slaves. The next day after 6 the passage of this measure, an attempt was made I to recousider. The attempt, however, proved a 0 failure. . A report of the Committee on the Executive, fixing the Governor's term of office at four years, t has been adopted. The franchise is fixed at six a month's residence in the State, and thirty days in 1 the County. Democratic with a vim 1 LOUISIANA. * The Louisiana Convention has adopted sections 1 af the Constitution which provide that all children ire to be admitted to the public schools without ii listinction. No separate schools are to be estab- r fished for the use of any ct or. All public institu- o ions of learning, universities, wholly or in partun- h ler the control of the State, are to be opened to til, irrespective of color. Articles were adopted to e jrovide for the election of a superintendent of ed- r i cat ion, to serve four years; also, to provide for an r ippropriation out of the publio funds for his main- t enance. . p MISSISSIPPI. The Mississippi Convention has provided scrip t or the purpose of paying the per diem of its mem- c >ers, which the tax Collectors are authorized to re- 1 teive in payment of the special tax, assessed for ;he purpose of paying the expenses of the Contention. A resolution was introduced, but not aced upon at latest dates, providing that if the con- t rention remains in session forty-five days, no per 8 Hem, shall be allowed after that time. . 1 ? FLORIDA. 1 The Florida Convention has got up a general 11U8S. But little order abd no harmony prevails. A. minority of the Convention has adopted a Constitution, and at last accounts the minority was n secret session without a quorum. The majority refuses to recognize the acts of the minority. An jarly adjournment iB expected. ARKANSAS. In the Arkansas Convention a resolution has seen introduced and referred to a Committee, dis? A1 II 1_ _ l x i! 3 ,1? rancmsing an wnoopposeureconstrucuun, uuu ucslaring voting against the constitution sufficient ground for disfranchisement. 1 i EDITORIAL, INKLINGS. Bills Receivable. V! The Charleston;,Are<c8 says that "Bills Re5eivable" are selling in that city at 55 cents on the lollar. The Convention Tot. Gen. Canby has issued an order directing asiessors of taxes to odd, to their assessments, the tax evied by the convention for the purpose of paying he per diem and contingent expenses of that body. The Treasurer of the State is authorized and directed to pay the per diem and mileage of the delegates, the contingent expenses, andthecompensa;ion of the officers, upon the warrant of the Presilent V Good Crop Predicted. A farmer of thirty years' experience in wheat aising, writing to the Countiy Gentleman, prelictsan abundant grain crop this year. Thedrought )f last year, he thinks, drained and warmed the toil, by which means an excess of plant food has >een formed, which will add largely to the yield of ?rn, wheat and other grain. The drought of 1859 was followed by a large crop in 1860, and, the lame causes being at work, he thinks the crop of 1868 will be large. We are not prophet enough to ironounce on this prediction; but it is to be hoped t will be accomplished, rhc Election in Alabama. The election commenced in Alabama, on the 1th instant, on the question of adopting the Conititution recently manufactured by the mongrel Convention of that State. Previous to the election ' ?ming on, three days were thought to be sufficient ! or all necessary purposes, but General Meade di- ' ected that the farce be continued on the fourth ' lay. We only have returns from Mobile and VIontgomery, which show that the whites are taring no part in the election. At Montgomery, du- * ing three days, 3164 votes were polled, only 12 of * vhich were cast by white men. Of the 12 white 1 nen who voted,-six were candidates. The vote in ' Mobile for two days looted up 3572?only twenty- 1 lix white men voting. < Relief for Planters. j The Washington correspondent of the New fork Tribune, writing on the 28th ultimo, says: ) 'General R. K. Scott, of tho North and South ( Carolina Freedmen's Ruveuu, had along interview ( vith General Howard yesterday. He is here to ] levise a plan under which planters may be assisted j n putting in their crops next spring. He proposes ilan^aCTop'an^ cumv^elt, on tlie aTjsolute1oon^ ion that each planter receiving such aid shall bind I limself to plant enough grain and vegetables to ' lupply all the people and animals on the planta- ? :ion with food for a year, and shall devote especial j ittention to their cultivation. Persons who receive ( lid, however, will be permitted to plant as much j ?tton as they can conveniently cultivate in the < ;ime not needed to properly care for the provision < :rop, thus making the growth of cotton secondary \ n importance to the production of food." Vegrocs Must Have Office. ' j The Radicals of the North have made a mis- } ake in supposing that they could use the negro j ts a voter, and appropriate all the offices for the ' vhite "brethren." Sambo wants to hold office as | jadly as ever did a one-horse party hack, of third 1 ate order. He is more than willing to give up the oys of private life, to devote himself to the ungra- I :ious task of serving his country. An instance of 1 -his truth has recently occurred in Louisiana, when 6 he convention was held to nominate a governor. ^ fwo candidates were before the convention?one i vhite (so-called), the other black. Dingy got t ;hree votes more than Ebony, and so secured the ( lomination. To show their appreciation of his j nerits, however, as well as to soothe his lacerated f feelings, the .convention nominated Ebony for Lieutenant-governor. But the insulted gentleman vould not think of riding behind. Nothing but he first place would suit him, and he is now run- ( ling as an independent candidate, determined to ? >e governor or nothing. t Legislation Extraordinary. 1 The blunders of the new-fledged statesmen ? vho figure in the Reconstruction Conventions of the ? South, are frequently quite amusing?not to say c itartling. Of all the brilliant displays of legislative alent which have come under our notice, we con- 1 ider the following resolution, offered by a colored rj lelegate in the North Carolina Convention, as de- j sidedly entitled to the palm of superiority: c Resolved, That nil real estate shall be taxed in ? accordance to its value throughout the State; and ' hat horses, mules, oxen, ana other horned cattle, c ie taxed for half their value?except stallions and s ackasse9, which shall be taxed at full value. 4 This very profound resolution to reconstruct the ^ jrute creation was referred to the Committee on } Cities and Towns, which committee, after two days' c leliberation, reported it back, on the ground that 1. t did not come within their province; horned jack- 1 isses, we presume, being rather uncommon in cites and towns. | 'Touched Bottom." The people of the South are beginning to re- 1 jeive congratulations on their prospects?not on ac- * sount of any clearly discerned improvement in their J lituation, but because it is believed that they have jot as low down as they can get, and that, there- ? ore, any change must be for the better. The N. i if. correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist t ately had a conversation with a leading merchant c if New York, who had just returned from a South- c irn tour, in which the New Yorker expressed the j ipinion that the South was better off than the i ^orth. His reason was, that the South has t 'touched bottom," and will rapidly rise in prosper- I ty, while the North, like a young bear, has all its ? roubles ahead of it "There never was," said he, j 'such an opportunity for the investment of capi- f al as the South now offers." p This kind of consolation is not very inspiring, n till it is better than none; for if it could be de- c ended on, the idea of having seen the worst of iur troubles would nerve us to meet manfully those c hat remain. But it is always advisable not to ? 'holler before we get out of the woods." When he capitalists of the North show a desire to take t dvantago of the tempting opportunities for invest- p [lent which they profess to see at the South, then c re may begin to indulge in the hope, of a better J ime coming. j, 'rovost Courts. ' P General Canby has issued an order concern- ? ag the jurisdiction of Provost Courts, and the ^ ules of evidence governing their action in the trial ^ f cases. Jurisdiction is granted to Provost Courts n a the following cases only: ' n First That the case involves matters of differnce between employer and employed respecting ights under provisions of military orders; or, Second. That the proper State authorities have efused or unreasonably failed, or are unable to ake action needful for the protection of person or iropertv; or. Third. Tnat there is good ground for believing, tpon facts shown, which must be preserved of reord, that impartial justice cannot be secured in he State courts, by reason of prejudioe on account f race, color or former condition. Confederate Privateers. Avast amount of discussion has been wasted, >etween England and the United States, on the ubject of Confederate privateersmen fitted up in English ports; the one party claiming that Confederate war vessels were entitled to belligerent ights, and the other vice versa. -The Supreme 3ourt, itseems, from the subjoined extract, is about o give an opinion on the matter: "An important case, involving the question vhether the rebel Semmes' acts were piracy or not, s now undergoing argument in the Supreme Court, rhe case is tnat of tne ship GoldenJ Rocket, the iret vessel destroyed by Semmes in his career as a ebel privateer, which was insured under an ordimry marine risk, including dangers of piracy. The iwners brought suit against the insurance compares to recover, on the ground that the act was one )f piracy. The Supreme Court of the State of Maine, where the case was carried, decided against he owners and in favor of the companies, on the ground that the act was one of war. The case is low appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. An important fact brought forward to susain the cause of the appellants is, that the proclamation of Great Britain which conceded belligerent ights to the rebels, provided that their prizes nust be brought into some neutral port and disxised of in the prize courts of such country. This vas never done Dy any of the rebel cruisers." Indian Battle in Texas. A private letter from San Antouio, Texas, )ublished in one our exchanges, gives the followng account of a buttle fought at Camp Lancaster, Texas, on the 27th of December last, between a ompany of United States Colored Troops ai^T x>ut one thousand Indians: "Cunip Lancaster is two hundred and forty miles lorth-west of this place, on the Rio Pecos, and is garrisoned by n company of colored cavalry beonging to the command of General Hatch. The [naians, about one thousand strong, attacked the ?mp at 4 o'clock P. M., while the company were catering their horses. In the dash three men vere killed, a number wounded, and thirty horses apturcd ; but the colored aoldiera retreated in good irder to the post, where, getting their Spencer jarbines, tlicy furiously assaulted the savages, driving them into the old post works near the camp, vherc the fight lasted until late in the night, when ;he Indians gave way in confusion. On the night )f the 28th the Iudians renewed the attack, but vcre repulsed with great slaughter, leaving the jround strewed with bows, arrows, guns, blankets. :oats, pistols and knives, but carrying off their dead ind wounded. This is the first pitched engagement the colored rroops have had with the Indians, and it is not ikely the savages will bother them soon again. The negroes fought with a savage desperation that istonisned the red men, who, no doubt, thought :hey could easily capture the post and ltssmallgar ison." i4Sam Grant." The Galena (111.) Democrat, published in the awn from whence General Grant arose to fa me and fortune, contains a pleasant little biographical sketch of his earlier career in the backwoods. As tiis name is likely to remain before the country as i candidate for the Presidency, we extract a paragraph or two showing by what sort of happy accilent, "Sam Grant," as he was then called, became ;he hero of the great rebellion: "It is generally understood that there is, and has 3een for some time past, hi fact, ever sine* Gen. jrant loomed up in the political horizon, q\ite a jontest or rivalry as to the particular individual vho first lent Grant a helping hand?both E. B? iVashburne and Dick Yates claiming the merit oi jeing his benefactor. It appears that on the breaking out of the rebel5am, torRshort) wandered ^ To fepnnS^" HlS ained temporary employment as a clerk or peace ldjutant in the office of that moral, sober, and exemplary chief magistrate Governor Richard Yates, ;hen busily attempting to organize the militia oi Illinois. It was here the first stroke of good luck iccurred to him. A regiment was being organized, ind Dick was about to appoint a certain A. B. colonel thereof, against whom the officers of the mibryo corps rebelled stoutly. "Who, then, shall L appoint? ' said his Excellency. "Anybody but 1 politician," responded the captains and lieutenmts present "There's Captain Grant; how will re do?he's a West Pointer r" says Dick (Sam was vritingata table in the room). "Content," answered the officers; and Grant was immediately :ommissioned, by the Governor, colonel of the rwenty-first Illinois regiment, and who, probably, n that capacity, was the best appointment that Dick had made. Ulysses Sain or Sam Ulysses, after his singulary accidental fortune in getting the regiment, had lext to raise the fuuds to equip himself. His pres>nt admirers were not the men to assist him; they itood aloof, although many of them, at the time, vere making money out of army contracts. He vaspoor?they were rich. His own family refused o aid him ; and had it not been for the kindness >f a gentleman who was a Democrat, and had been it one time connected with his father in business, ic would not have been able to purchase his outit" CULTIVATION OF PINDERS. We have been kindly furnished, by a gentleman >f this District, with the following article on the mbject of the cultivation of "pinders" or "peamts." The articlo was written by Mr. D. MacMilan, of New Hanover county, N. C., where much ittention is given to the cultivation of this crop, md was read before the Agricultural Society of that aunty: Gentlemen; In compliance with your requireneuts, I give my experience and observation, as ilso the modus operandi, in growing the peanut The first thing to be considered in increasing the iroduction of any commodity is the supply and lernand. So far, the demand iu our country exseeds the supply, by from seventy-five to obb hunmndred and fifty thousand bushels, as about that luantity is annually imported. This demand ihould be supplied at home, which is very near he sum total of the crop of this country the preset year. So the present crop might be nearly loubled without producing a surplus. Should, lowever, the production exceed the demand, the onsequence3 of all other excesses would necessariy follow, as there is but little, if any export denand. The next consideration is the adaptability of oils. With us the light lands, on which the oak, lickory and rosemary pine were the natural or ordinal growth, are those on which we succeed best, lythe analysis of soils and the application of ferilizcrs to supply deficiencies, any land, properly [rained, may bo made to produce them, whether jrofitable or not, has yet to be ascertained. The preparation of soils, the minutia of cultivaion, harvesting, &c., cannot be fully entered into n a communication of this kind. Suffice it to say. he soil should be well prepared by plowing ana ross plowing until it is well pulverized, then check ift the rows thirty inches eacn way, pianc in me hecks, say two kernels in a hill, cover about two nchcsdeep. Time of planting from the 15th of kpril to the 15th of May. As soon as well up, plow hem each way, which we do with what we call a iea-sweep, going once in a row; the second, or first ross-plowing, the hoes follow, and this process is ontinued until the vines meet, which is about the 5th of July. The object in view is to keep them ree from weeds and grass, and keep the soil well mlverized, so the pea will meet no impediment n taking hold in the ground. The old habit of overing the vines is abandoned as injurious. On stiflf lands some prefer planting on beds like otton, say three feet apart, and giving fifteen to ighteen inches between the hills, then cultivate as otton, only level. The next consideration is harvesting, or, as we erm it, digging. This is done with a plow premred for the purpose, which is run under the vine, utting the tap root, and so loosening the soil that, rith tne aid of a rake, they are taken up, shaken nd stood to cure as other forage. When sufficient7 cured, which takes usually two days, they are ut up in stacks for a short time, tnen removed nd placed under shelter. The next process, and he most tedious, is picking them from the vines, rhich is done mostly by hand; however, a machine irs been invented for that purpose, which acts adlirably well, and is being used to some extent by lany of our farmers. LOCAL ITEMS, i HEW ADVEBTI8EMEHT8. York Drug Store?Turkeys, Ac., Wanted. G. Ober, Baltimore?Guano and Fertilizers. I A. R. Homesley?North Carolina Money Wanted. . R. S. Moore?Commissioners of the Poor. Peter McCallum, Deputy CoUedtor?Internal Rev enue. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Zaaoc D. Smith. J. H. Clawson, Special Messenger?In Bankrupt- < cy?In the Matter of Wm. O. Moss. , T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Wm. C. Caveny. i T. M. Dobson A Co.?Northern Nails. 44 44 44 ?Northern Potatoes. 44 44 44 -Files. 44 14 44 ?Moyuno Tea. F. Olin Dannelly?Notice. W. H. McCorkle, Intendant?Fair Notice. R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sale. A. Gagnier and F. W. Ahrens?Emigration Ac. MOKE GOLD IH TOEI! On Tuesday last there was exhibited to us twen ty-two penny weights of gold, represented to have been taken from ten bushels of ore, by means of a "drag-mill" of the rudest description. The samples shown us are from the "Boleyn Mine," situated on Crowder's.Creek,. in the vicinity of Bong's Mountain, and are said to be worth ninety-five cents , a penny-weight The above mine is, at present, under the control of Messrs. Samuel Jefferies, J. B. Tooker, Columbus .Roberts and L. M. Secrest COTTOH RISHTG! Advices from the Northern markets show a rise in cotton, and our market for several days hus been rather brisk. A member of the firm of R. M. Oates & Co., of Charlotte, is in town, folly prepared to purchase all of the cotton which may he offered, at the highest prices that can be paid in this market His stay is limited, and persons who desire to take advantage of the present rise might do well to bring in the staple at once and strike whil<}.greenbacks are plenty. ^ AWARD OP PBEXIUXB. ] Those of our friends who have interested themselves in raising clubs for the Enquirer for 1868, i with a view of competing for the premiums offered, met in our office on Monday, to compare notes, and give in their final returns. The competition between some of the contestants was extremely , dose. It is proper to say here, however, that a majority of thosj gentlemen who raised dubs, were i not contestants for the nrizes. but were nromDted. r in their kind offices, only through a spirit of friend* ship for the Enquirer. Capt. J. F. Workman, furnishing the largest list of cash subscribers, (104) selected the Weed; Sewing Machine, valued at$65. A. F. Lindsey, ' Esq., presenting the next largest list, (83) selected 1 Ames' Double Corn Sheller, valued at $20. S. G. Brown, Esq., presenting the third largest list (55) fell heir to the four bound volumes of the Enquirer, embracing all the numbers of this paper issued between 1855 and 1867. Though deprived of a choice in the selection, we do not think ; he could have done better, had he selected for himself. We give, below, the names of those furnishing clubs, with the number of subscribers obtained by each: Capt. J. F. Workman, 104; Andrew F. Lindsey, 83; S. G. Brown, 55; Joseph R. Howe, 53; i J. J. WyHe, 30; Maj. A. A. McKenzie, 28; Maj. M. Smith, 24; Mrs. E. M. Currence, 20; W. S. Gregory, 19; J. B. Withers, 18; K. L. Crook, 15; Joseph Wylie, 14 ; J. L. Adams, 12; W. L. Grist, 12; John T. Grist, 11; L. R. Williams, 10; J. G. Brown, 10; D. J. Jackson, 10; J. S. Drcnnan, 10; Rev. W. W. Carothers, 9 ; T. J. Orr, 8; J. L. Thompson, 6; H. C. Harris, 6; Rev. T. R. Gaines, 5; J. C. Chisolm, 4. Total, 586. ; " For the YorkvUle Enquirer. .. UNION 8. SCHOOL?HOCK HILL, 8. C. It will probably be remembered by the readers era of the Enquirer, that a little daughter of Rev. 1 J. HI.XTTDepoilllB i ed, under very distressing circumstances, on Wednesday night, January 15th, while attempting, with . her father, to cross Steel Creek, on their way to J the circuit which he had recently been appointed to supply for the present year. Her remains were found the next day and brought back to Rock Hill, ! where the family have resided for two years past. ' Appropriate funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church, previous to burial at Eberie ijzer. These consisted of some very touching rei, marks from Rev. R. E. Cooper, and singing by the children of the Sabbath School to which she belonged, and of which she had always been a zealous and dutiful scholar. At our last meeting a committee, to whom the matter had been referred, made a report which was unanimously adopted. It embraces the following tribute op respect. The insatiate archer, Death, respects neither age nor condition, and spares neither rank nor sex; but, from a quiver well supplied and never exhausted,, he is continually hurling into our midst missiles of destruction, often striking where least expected, blasting human hopes and blighting the cherished anticipations of early youth and perfect manhood; causing grief and mourning, through -the departure of loved ones, and substituting sadness and sorrow for ioy and rejoicing. Our Sabbath School has not escaped this terrible presence. For more than twelve months we moved on without experiencing the loss of a single youthful member by death; but, at length, the blow came; and, in a way that we little thought of, one among the youngest and loveliest of our number was torn away from our companionship; a bright star was struck from the galaxy which crowns this institution, and which we beheld with so much pride and affection. In view of this unexpected and heart-rending visitation, we deem it appropriate to give expression to our feelings in the following preamble and , resolutions: # Whereas.it has pleased God, in His all-wise and inscrutable Providence, to take from us; by sudden death, our little friend and companion, Anna Cline, therefore, Resolved, 1. That we are deeply pained to have to record the death of one, who, though young, had endeared herself to us all, not only by a sweet disposition but by on example so worthy of imitation. ' * ' 2. That in this death, our school has lost a most 1 devoted and valuable member?a bright and shining light, even such as would have been an ornament to the church, and a useful accession to society. 3. That we bow in humble submission to the : will of Him, who has seen fit thus to afflict us, and who "is too wise to err and too good to be un- I kind." j 4. That we tender our true and heartfelt sym- | pathy to the family of the deceased, and earnestly j pray that, in this sad bereavement, God will mercifully comfort and strengthen theirsorrow-stricken 1 hearts, and enable them to fed that ho "doeth all 1 things well." # 1 5. That we wear a suitable badge of mourning j for four consecutive meetings from the present , date. I 6. That a copy of these proceedings be preserved in our library, one given to the afflicted parents, ( and another sent to the Yorkyille Enquirer for < publication. < Afoo P TT TTHPlil 1 Mas. J. B. BUTTON. > Committee. f J. S. WHITE, J . < More might be said in the way of an obituary notice, but one sentence is enough. Her conduct, while on earth, was marked by a wonderful exhibition of meekness, filial obedience, and attach- { ment to everything she knew to be pure and good. ' Nothing more is needed, and these are the words * of truth. J. < Rock Hill, S. C., Feb. 3rd, 1868. i < Important to the Legless.?At the last ses- , sion of the Legislature Dr. Bly obtained the right j to supply the maimed soldiers of the late Confeae- , racy with artificial arms and legs. He opened an ! office in this city, and up to the present time has 1 supplied one hundred and seventy artificial legs. f He now, however, finds himself compelled to sua- t pend operations, because unable to negotiate the State bills receivable. The convention has flooded the market with this commodita and thereby doing a serions injury to all the officers and employ- ' ees of the State, who receive their pay in this cur- 1 rency.?Charleston News. Ij COLUMBIA CONTBIBUTORLAL BY JAS. AVOOD DAVIDSON. COLUMBIA. SOUTH OASOLDTAMB FEBBUABY, 1868 1 Dope* . < i, . . ... .a The only streak of hope we see is in the madness of the negro convention in Charleston. In the odium those fellows make for themselves, is the chance for constitutionallaw. They are now disgusting the reasonable North. Their dynasty (pronounce, die-nasty) is already "tottering to its ignoble close." :C Artificial Calves. We see in the New York dailies an advertise-' ment of a Hydraulic Cow Milker, which claims the advantages of milking all four teats at once, saving aD the milk, being impossible to kick over, and finishing the job in two minutes and a half. Verily, verily, these Yankees are a progressiverace. '' ' ' At the University. The examination began on Friday, the 7th, and II * O . A wui ena on caiuraay, ine jom. The second half of the annual session of the Univereity begins on Monday, the 17th. Dr. LaBorde's Lecture will probably oome off on Thursday evening, the 20th. His subject is Sir Waller Scott, Immortality. Nye,'of Nevada, in the U. 8. Senate,"has hntnortolized himself by uttering the fiendish wish that __ the white population of the Southwere swept&bm existence. Coghlan, of Sumter, in the Negro Convention in Charleston, who moved that it be a penal offence in South Carolina to use the word Nigger, or Negro, will live as long as the language he wishes to curtail. There may be deeds more brutal than Nye's and acts more silly than Coghlan's; but there is an opportune sublimity in both that is clearly prophetic" of immortality. So mote it be 1 ' Spiritualism. ..j / f At a State convention of spiritualists, recently held in Michigan, it was claimed that there are a million spiritualists in that. State, and eleven millions in the United States. There are, we believe, eight or'ten periodicals published in the interests of Spiritualism, in America; amongfwhich is The Spiritual l'degraph. of New York., ' Them is a Spiritual Magazine published month1T7 in T/in/inn Mtii tn lu o/iif/ui Kw "a vnil.lrnnwn Londqn solicitor." r New Books* ) 'Playing for High Stakes, a Novel, by Amrie Thomas, is one of the latest from the .press of the Harpers. The nam deplume of Annie Thomas is now known to belong to Mrs. Cudlip, an English writer, who has grown greatly in favor within the last five years. She stands between Miss Evahs and Miss Moloch, among her own country-women. Playing for High Stakes is her last It is a story of English life, in and about London; and is full of romance, passion and sentiment?something in the Jane Eyre style of loving and suffering woman. The conversations are particularly fine and full of point and pith. The book is one of the Library of Select Novels in paper, illustrated, worth 25 cents; for sale by Duffio & Chapman, in Columbia. >f The Brother's Bet, by Emilie Flygare Caricn. This is another of the same scries as the above; and is from the pen of Sweden's most distinguish: ed novelist, in Her happiest vein. The story is one o??Swedish life, full of woman's wiles, charms, di plomacy, devotion, and duplicity. It covers but one month of time; and the scene, ja unshifted; but the interest cannot flag. The Pet is between two brothers, the subjeot is a charming young widow, the object is her hand; and the warfare is spirited and the strategy anything but slow. Duf- _ s? gmtpaiau, hi OUIuuMe, husaliu luuh ae-w * *quarter., "* v ? tn 1:, . . " - TENNESSEE CORRESPONDENCE. 01 X ' ? McLemoresville, Tenn, Jan'y 26,1868. . Mr. Editor .?Through the kindness of afriead, a copy of the Enquirer fell into my possession a few days ago. It was, I assure you, a very welcome visitor, and was wont to glad my heart often in the happy days of tight pants and scissor-taSed coats. But this single copy is all the evideboe I have that the valuable old paper still survives the horrors of war and the vicissitudes of time. And whilst my eyes are fixed upon its once familiar ool- . umns, there comes a tug at the wanderer's heartstrings, somewhat akin to home-sickness. This is a very good country, barring that Brownlow, and a very small minority, (negroes included) govern it - And when we-reflect that a few unprincipled men are our rulers, elected by an illiterate, illegitimate and miscegenated vote, we feel like thanking Hod, in the words of an old prayer, "that it is as well with us as what it is." Yet notwithstanding the above mentioned afflictions which "lock" has imposed upon us, (I cannot impute such lameness and iryustioe to Providence) we are fighting the grim monster, starvation, with the same energy wo exerted for the "lost cause," but with better bope of success. Since the dose of the war, the Goddess of Grain has blessed the laborers' efforts, and little, or 1 may say, no actual suffering has occurred from want of provisions, to any of our people who have planted and ploughed. The prospect for a wheat crop is fine, and it is gratifying to know that the farm era have sown a larger portion of their lands than ever heretofore, vliinli fan<t ia von*nffni(w<anf TKor om /if cotton, of its tax and tags, its negro cultivators and other appurtenances, and but little will be planted here the ensuing year. The progress of our west- era St Domingo will receive a decided check if " not a signal defeat Heretofore, the best lands, and all the neoeasary farming apparatus, were fornished the negroes on the easy terms of equal partnership ; hut this year they have not, as a general thing, been able to obtain a promise of more than a third, and many of them are yet without homes. It is rumored that there still remains some traces of mercy, lingering among the wrinkles of time and sin, on Brownlow's vexed wad troubled brow. He at last found enough of the milk of human kindness, in the dark and almost dried up fountains of his scorched and withered heart, to welcome back from exile, our loved ex-Governor, L G. Harris. Yet I would bet my chances of yet voting for Harris as Governor of Tennessee, against our present Governor's chance of escaping fire and brimstone in the other world, (both safe stakes) that he practiced more deception than has ever been witnessed since Judas Iscariot imprinted the false kiss on the pure check of our Saviour. But enough of him?poor ghost of the furies?his name, vengeance and authority, will soon be at rest, and let us hope that "his works may follow him." I don't think he can possibly livelong. And when he loes "wink out," though I have never written an j >bituaiy, I shall try to say something on thatoo?sionv Lands in this country can be purchased on reasonable terms, and I often wonder why it is that Southern emigrants don't buy the land before foreigners and Yankees do. But I most drive my weary pen into smoother iliannels. Our Churches here are Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian, Methodist and Campbelites. 31d folks read and pray the most The young )nes marry and dance, very much like they do in ill countries where I have traveled. More th*n jnce I have been called upon to mourn the loss of i sweetheart, who has leaped, without reflection, nto the arms of matrimony, love and poverty.* I have been offering almost any of them the same inducements, especially the latter, fori flatter myself that few possess poverty in greater abandatfee than my humble self; though, somehow, it don't srin for me. Excuse me for writing so* much about myself, but in "a round-about" way, let me ask you to publish some lines, for me. My sweetheart?the last jewel that glitters in the old. bachelor's crown? ^