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/ ' Jfaapsi and ?farts. j Gov. Brownlow lately pardoned two thieves, < who hav3 since been detected in digging up the , treasure which they were sentenced for stealing. Prentioe says: "It is announced that Gene- i ral Grant's father is to be the author of his life.? We thought that he was the author of his life fifty years ago." m The Mississippi river at New Orleans is only three feet below die high-water mark of 1862, ana a crevasse is threatened eighty miles above the city, in a wide sugar cane region. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, is paid ten cents pier mile, constructive mileage, for summoning witnesses. He received sixteen hundred dollars for telegraphing to Rousseau, and as many other witnesses hve at a great distance, he will probably make a good think of it < The great Gaines Will Case, which has been 1 in the courts for more than a quarter of a century, i has at last been decided in the United States Supreme Court in favor of Mrs. Gaines. The decision makes her the wealthiest woman in Amer- ica. , Fish spawn, it appears, can be transported without injury by mail. Recently a package of one hundred trout eggs, packed in moss ana enclosed in tin, was sent from Mumford, New York, to Bellows Falls, Vermont, and on being opened, < but one dead egg was found in the lot Correspondents in Ireland write that the ex- , odus from that country to the United States has : again begun, and that all the steamers coming to i America, and also numerous sailing vessels are i filled with emigrants. The various ports of Ireland are also filled with emigrants awaiting passage, and the majority are saia to be from sixteen to twenty-five years of age. At Sterling, Mo., they have a temperance 1 society on a novel plan. No man can join unless 1 he has been an inveterate toper. The President ( and chief officers were selected on account of their 1 prowess in convival circles. For every offence a- : gainst total abstinence, clearly proven, the culprit is to be dipped into the river as many times as there are members in the organization. A startling rumor comes from Washington, that the Radicals there are speculating on making , all possible capital out of the remnant ofThad. Stevens' life by assassinating him, and creating the impression that the murder is a deed of the 1 1 'rebels'' They argue that this would but shorten < his Kfe by a few useless days, while the benefit to ( "the cause" would be incalculable. I Said an old preacher once: "Fellow sinners, ] if you were told that by going to the top of those , stairs yonder, (pointing to a rickety flight of stairs , in the church) you might secure your eternal salvation, I really don't believe any of you would try it. But let any man proclaim that there were five dollars in gold for you, and I'll be bound there would be such a getting up stairs as you never did see." < The New Orleans Picayune recommends 1 General Hancock to the Northern Democrats as < a candidate for the Presidency on the ground that i his war record is a brilliant one, while at the same i time he has shown abilities as a civil ruler which command the respect and confidence of the South. . The Picayune, therefore, thinks that he should be 1 equally acceptable to both war and peace Demo- ' crats. ] George Alfred Townsend writes from Washington : "Boutwell is the black-haired energy of this impeachment; Bingham holds the helmiButler is in the main-top, with a carbine to pttSk the enemy off byglib shots; Stevens is the admiral | dying on deck; Wilson and Williams are the han- ^ dy seamen; Logan is the boatswain, who can yell the loudest; but Boutwell is the steady wind. 1 blowing strong aft, to carry the vessel into action.' * At a concert given by Ole Bill, in Washing- ^ ton, on Saturday, to aid the Lincoln Monument Association, the novel feature of prayer was introduced. Rev. Dr. Sunderland filled this part of the programme, and, as a matter of course, introduced his extreme Radical politics, calling upon "the Saviour of the world to strengthen the hands of his servants now sitting in council, that their verdict on the questiion before them may bring comfort and joy to the 'loyal' hearts of the nation." The New York TYibunc says "the name KuKlux is said to be derived from the noise of the cocking of a rifle, and is significant of shooting at sight' Whereupon the N. York Times observes: "The man who drew that name from the click of ' the hammer of ? rifle must have had a fine and ac- t curate imagination. Is the Tribune sure the name c is not derived from the clucking of a hen, and sig- ? nificant of matronly satisfaction over the condition , of her brood? It sounds much more like it. We wonder the Tribune did not recognize the sound at 1 once." ^ The Memphis Appeal, which ought to know, 1 ? ?~ ^ ? ITlftn in n T-Tnkmnr form onrl if f bays . JLVU IViUA l\iau iOlO u XAWVl^n i^iui) HUU m not found in the Talmud, is met with in a very t old Jewish work, entitled. A True and Authenticated History of the Great Rebellion of the Hebrews against King Pharaoh, B. C." In'this , work the orthography is thus: "Cu Clux Clan," { and is interpreted in the English language, the ? "Straw Club," which is supposed to allude to the t fact that Pharaoh required the hod-carriers to fur- j nish their own straw; and also to the proverb, known to be of ancient Hebrew origin, Straws show which way the wind blows." ,' The Jews are everywhere noted for their } kindness to their own people. It is against Jewish principles to allow aDy of their poor to come upon the public. All the sick in poverty are cared for, and provisions is made for widows and orphans. Efficient societies, liberally provided with ] funds, supply the poor with food, help the old people as tney need, and bury the dead. Some of the free hospitals in London have Jewish wards, hut all the expenses of those wards are paid for from the treasury of Jewish organizations. If any able-bodied persons are out of employment ana 1 need help, they receive no gratuity, but are ac- < commodated with a temporary loan, and the cases ( are said to be rare in wtiich these debts are not fully repaid. Hon. A. H. Stephens, since his return home, has expressed himself as having been profoundly impressed with the general quietude, not only of } "Washington City, but the whole 'North. The < Radicals, he says, are serene in the conscious pos- i session of almost, if not quite, absolute dominion. The Democrats are passive under afflictions, deemed inevitable for the present, and only hopeful of the future through the instrumentality of a peaceful ballot in November. Fighting is about the ' last thing thought about on either side, the one ' party tranquilly usurping every department of the ' government; the otner party tamely submitting, ( and, like Micawber, complacently hoping for some- j thing to turn up. The New York Herald, of Saturday last, , says: "Private intelligence from Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, state that Colonel GrenTeldt has , escaped from his prison,-and left iu company with-J some soldiers for unknown parts. It will be re- 1 moml-ior/vl fViof whn wnQ formprltf nn i officer in the British Army, participated in the , late war as a colonel in the Confederate service, and was sentenced to imprisonment for life, on conviction of conspiring with others to burn the cities of Chicago ana Buffalo and effect the release of the rebel prisoners confined at Camp Douglas, Chicago. Grenfeldt is connected with an influential family in England, and Lord Stanley in 1864-5 exerted himself to secure his release, but the guilt of Grenfeldt was so apparent that his efforts were unavailing." The complete weakness shown by the impeachment managers from the very commencement of the trial, is a subject of general remark in Washington. The correspondent of the New York Her- 1 aid says that "the opinion is rapidly extending that i the trial will certainly result in a failure, in spite of , the terrible threats and denunciations of Radical leaders and journals. How the matter is regarded by members of the high court in general of course 1 cannot easily be ascertained; but certain it is that 1 that portion of the outside world which is not 1 maddened by prejudice and hate regard the trial so far as a magnificent farce, which is likely only to damage its authors. There are those, however, i who still persist in saying that the Radical majority in the Senate are determined to remove the Presidential 'obstacle,' and that the value of testi- 1 mony and justice of the measure will not have the slighest weight with them in deciding that this Radical majority have entered upon the trial solely to make a show of doing the tning in conformity with the constitution, not for the purpose of legal- ' ly testing the guilt or innocence of the accused." 1 Pure and arrant copperheadism appears in an editorial in the Springfield Republican, relative to the discussion about the Confederate dead. The i article was provoked by a recent speech of Colonel i Rush C. Hawkins at the rooms oi the New York ( Union League, in which he made a violent attack ( upon a member of the club who had expressed i himself in favor of a common burial of the Union and Confederate dead. The Republican says: ' "Out upon the thought that the rank and file of 1 the Southern army were traitors and criminals I They fought honestly and earnestly in a bad cause, enduring in many cases privations of which our own troops knew little. They marched barefoot when our boys were well shod. They went hungry when ours were filled. They disputed every inch of ground with desperate valor, and yielded only to destiny at last They proved themselves in life foemen worthy of our steel, and their mouldering bones may well rest in peace by the side of our bravest and dearest Their differences with.us were all settled when they fell together with ours on the field of honor. All that is left of them now is only human. Vengeance need not follow them into the grave. Patriotism may cover their failings, remembering that they were children of one mother, and their valor sprang out of the same heroic stock. Beauty may strew flowers upon the green mounds that hide such courage and high resolve. And CoL Rush C. Hawkins may mind his own business, and be ashamed to wage war more fiercely on a aead than he did upon a living foe." mt fariuitur wtfmm. YORKVILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1868. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that nur terms for subscription, advertising and job, work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. AMUSEMENT AT KOCH HILL. The attention of our readers at Rock Hill, is directed to the advertisement in another column, announcing, Charades, Tableaux, &c., in that place, on Tuesday evening next. The entertainment has been gotten up by the young people of the place for amusement, and with the view of applying the proceeds to benevolent purposes. KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD. We have been informed by Mr. F. M. Galbraith, the Conductor, that the train over the King's " * *?-?.??i 1 mountain ivauroaa iLiases eiuse uuuucuuuug mui trains on the Charlotte Road?North, and South? pn alternate days. By leaving Yorkville, on Tuesiays, Thursdays or Saturdays, persons can go through, to Charleston, without any detention.? Persons desiring to go to Charlotte, can go through, without delay, by leaving Yorkville on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays. ? ? I THE ELECTION* Voting commenced here on Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock, and continued quietly until late in the iflernoon. The poll was crowded to overflowing 2arly in the day, but towards the afternoon the tide began to ebb, and the Sovereigns of this Great Republic were quietly departing to their homes. The number of votes polled the first day approximates : Whites 275, colored 264. We have not been able to obtain definite information from other precincts up to the hour of going to press. On Tuesday, 460 votes were polled at Rock ^Ul. REGISTRATION RETURNS. Through the kindness of the Boards of Regisration, we are in possession of full returns of the ecent revised registration in this District. As emarkable as it may appear, there is a tie between ;he whites and colored, each numbering 2133. The Allowing is the state of the polls: Whites. Blacks. First Precinct, 73 39 Second Precinct, 2 4 Third Precinct, 51 38 126 81 Original Registration from Official returns, 2007 2052 2133 2133 t m I CONSERVATISM. A number of colored voters who had been mem)ers of the Union League at this place?convinced hat their welfare and future prosperity and that >f the State, depended, to a large extent, upon the election of intelligent and trustworthy men to 'rame the laws under which we are to live?came lp on Tuesday and voted with the Conservatives. These colored men have adopted the true view of he situation, and ought to be honored for their idelity to principle. Let the people see to it that hey are cared for. The conduct of these colored voters is the more praiseworthy from the fact that a number of insoent colored men, of the opposite party, hung apout the polls during the day, and endeavored by hreats and intimidation, to prevent such persons rom voting independently. CONSERVATIVE UNION CLUB. A Conservative Union Club was organized here Wednesday night, of last week, by the election of he following officers: President?Col. R. G. McCaw. Vice Presidents?Col. Wm. A. Stowe and I. I). Witberspoon. Secretaries?J. S. R. Thomson and B. P. Boyd. Correesponding Secretary?Maj. J. F. Hart. Treasurer?A. F. McConnell. Several meetings of the Club have since been leld, and the membership includes a large number >f the Conservative voters of this town. We hope )ur friends in the country will exert themselves in jstablishing such associations in the various neighcorhoods in the District. "In union there is itrength," and a firm organization of this kind, vith a local centre here, will prove the most effi:ient protection to the interests of all classes, that ve can now think of. / MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT. The Conservative Union Club, of this place, an jrganization only a few days old, but wonderfully rigorous, held a general meeting in the Court House on Monday night last, to which all classes of Conservative citizens were invited. The building was compactly filled, and among the audience was a considerable number of colored men, who seemed to take an interest in the proceedings. Col. Wm. B. Wilson first addressed the meeting, in an elaborate and convincing argument in favor of the unity of interests of the white and colored races?the dangers attending the disruption of these?and the certain consequences, fatal to the weaker race, should this growing hostility ripen into strife. He was listened to attentively and applauded during the course of his remarks. Hon. George W. Williams' name being called, he responded in a brief but stirring appeal to the reasoning faculties of his colored listeners, to tear themselves away from party shackles that now con iruueu uieir vuica uuu ujmuuus, uuu tu turn iu those who had been their best friends, and who would continue to be so, if they but permitted it. I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., being next called upon, entertained the assembly with an able, eloquent and most convincing argument why we should be united. Maj. James F. Hart was next called for, and responded in an address to the colored persons in the meeting, warning them of the dangers of their folly in following the lead of unprincipled men who were deluding them with false promises. Rev. R. Lathan, in a capital off-hand argument, brought down the house in frequent storms of applause. His speech was plain, practical, and to the point. Rev. W. W. Carothers, being in the meeting, was called for and responded in a few happy remarks, and was followed by Rev. T. R. Gaines, in i definition of what had been his feelings in regard to the colored people, and of the sentiments that now animated him. Colonel A. Coward responded to the call of his name, saying that the lawyers were first called on to discuss the law, the preachers to tell us how to }bey it, and he being a teacher, was perhaps callsd out to teach men how to vote upon it He was not a teacher of men, but of boys, and, thereore, could not assist persons in determining how to rote. He closed with some admirable and sensi-1 ble reflections upon the duties and responsibilities we owe to each other. The meeting, at 11 o'clock, adjourned to meet i at the call of the President. < rortherpTelections. ( Within the past ten days, general and special el- , ections have been held in several of the Northern and Western States, and in nearly every instance the result has been in favor of the Democrats.? Connecticut has elected a Democratic Governor by a majority of 1,735. The Legislature, however, is under the control of the Radicals. The new Constitution of Michigan has been defeated in consequence of its negro suffrage clause. The entire Democratic ticket has been elected in Sandusky, Ohio, by 200 majority. The Democrats have carried the elections in Keokuk, Iowa, and the town of Evansville, Indiana?the latter for the first time ' in several years. The Democrats of Cincinnati have elected the City Commissioner and Wharf Master. Last year the Republican majority was 2,100. Full official returns of the election in Rhode Island show that the ReDublicans polled 10,038 votes,and the Democrats, 5,731 votes, a Republican majority of 4,307. At the election in 1867, the Republicans polled 7,554 votes, and the Democrats 3,346, a Republican majority of 4,208. There is, therefore, this year, an increased Republican vote of 2,494; an increased Democratic vote of 2,385, and an increase in the Republican majority of 99. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Mr. Johnson's Chances. A correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette, writing from Washington, under date of Thursday last, says : "A very intelligent Radical, who is on terms of great intimacy with many Radical senators, remarked : "Curtis is delivering a great speech, but it might as well be addressed to the Pawnee Indians?the case is judged now." And such seems i to be the opinion entertained in well-informed circles here of both parties, despite all the attempts made to create a different impression. Under that ( terrible influence of party pressure, the backbones of those senators which needed "stiffening" are being gradually braced up, and no fears are entertained that they will be able to toe the mark when the day of pronouncing the verdict rolls round." Chief Justice Chase's Position. There has recently been some speculation as to the political status of Chief Justice Chase, and his name has been spoken of in connection with the Conservative nomination for the Presidency. , A correspondent of an Ohio paper lately had a talk with him, and reports Judge Chase as saying: "I wish that all men of all parties would leave.my name alone in connection with a Presidential nomination. I do not seek the Presidency." The correspondent says that he went on to say that as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the 1 United States he had necessarily to abandon party politics. When he went on that bench he assumed an obligation recognized in his oath, but anterior and superior to it, to do impartial justice under 1 the Constitution and laws ot the United States. ; JIe could not be a party judge, or allow himself to >e swayed by party feeling, without violating that i oath. And he.regretted that newspapers of both , parties had connected some of his recent actions with party or perverse feeling." Gen. Grant on Impeachment. Some days ago, an article appeared in the . New York Tribune, to the effect that Gen. Grant , has expressed the opinion that the only hope for . the peace of the country is in the success of the impeachment trial, and the prompt removal of the , President" This declaration of the "man on , horseback, "has created quite a flutter. W ith ref- ( erence to the matter, the Washington correspon- . dent of the Baltimore Gazette, says: ( "Giddy from the height to which fortuitous circumstanoes have elevated him, and crazed by a , seeming near approach to the Presidential chair, , General Grant is not only prepared to speak fool- , ishly, but to act rashly. Without mental calibre, , he is left a prey to an inordinate ambition with which he has been fired by his Radical keepers, ( and there is no telling what he may say or what he , may attempt He is but the mere tool of the j Jacobins, and may be induced to attempt the role of Robespierre ; but, as the Senator alluded to said, he had better keep a lookout for his own head. It is understood that a court of inquiry is being talked of in official quarters. Grant's com mission is only held during the pleasure of the " President." , White and Illack Vote in the State. The military authorities have at 'ength fur nished to the Charleston papers, an official report of the registration in South Carolina, and the vote i on the question of Convention. The report does ' not include the five days' registration just comple- ' ted, which, so far as we have noticed, has had the j effect to decrease the colored majority. The fol- ; lowing is the table as furnished to the Charleston papers: ] || For and Against"] " J Revised Recapitula- Convention, ; tion, I From Canvass ! March 31. 1868. !l Returns. I 'I Districts. s! o > "j > \ > o , p ooo o H H > o so o , H n ? : s so <; ? 2 g M ? 2 o ? " ? | : * ? a i i ; " !j : I : 1_| _1_ Abbeville 1,74?' 3.413 5,160 j 2,920' 2,920;i 2,240 < Anderson 2,046. 1,418 3,464 l,364i 79 1,443 2,021 , llarnwell 1,924 ! 3,696 5,620 ( 2,472; 2,472 ! 3,148 1 Beaufort 1,2841 6,540 7,824 i 4,118 2 4,120; ( 3,145 Berkeley .... 1,131:8,265 9,396 ! 7,464 1 7,465,! 1,834 Charleston 3,471 5,418 6,869 . 4,338 1 4,339 ' 4,550 1 Chester 1,130 2,188 3,318 1,843 199 2,0-l2|| 1,276 Chesterfield.... 1,089 835 1,924 i 877 245 1,122 ; 802 Clarendon 765 1,555 2,320 1,241 lj 1,242! 1,078 I Colleton 1,405 ( 3,922 5,327 : 2,775; 1 2,7761 2,551 Darlington.... 1,606 3,029 4,635 ! 2,873 . 3 : 2,876 1,759 Edgefield 2,532 4,382 6,914 i 3,811 1, 3,8i2[ 3,102 , Fairfield 948 2,449 3,397 ; 2;046 7 2,053 1,3-14 Georgetown.... 450 2,737 3,187 , 2,444 12,444; 743 1 Greenville 2,216 1,304 3,520 ( 1,571" 290. 1,860, 1,660 Horry 1,105 512 1,617 1 402 21! 423l 1,194 Kershaw 874 1,796 2,670:; 1,433 ! 1,433; 1,187 i Lancaster 960 881 1,841 883 324' 1,207 634 Laurens 1,683 2,376 4,059(! 2,153 ; 6 ( 2,159 1,900 I Lexington 1,484 984 2,468| 1,060| 169l 1,228 1,239 , Marion 1,871 1,752 3,623,; 1,474, 1( 1,475 2,148 Marlboro' 937 1,216 2,153 1,387: 131 1,400 753 Newberry 1,36" 2,088 3,456 1,958; 11 1,969; 1,447 ! Orangeburg.... 1,6^ 3,399 5,025 2,991! 36 3,027' 1,998 Pickens 2,038 1 807 2,845 , 663 25-1 1,1171 1,728, Riehlnnd 1,253 2,849 4,102 2,329 24 2,353 1,749 1 Spartanburg...! 2,766 1,471 4,237 1,644 ! 510 2,154! 2,083 j Sumter ! 1,242. 3,467 4,709 3,035. 10 3,0-15 1,664 Union .1,390| 1,810 3,200 1,669 61 1,730 1,470 Williamsburg.. 823! 1,768 2,591 ! 1,5741 1 1,575 ; 1,016 York 2,007 j 2,052 4,059 j 1,757; 7j 1,764'j 2,295 Total 147,171,80^791127,550, ,68,768^2^78,71,0-t6j 155^798 The Charleston Neics, in reviewing the table, ; says: "It will be seen that in Anderson, Chesterfield, Greenville, Ilorry, Lancaster, Lexington, Marion, Pickens and Spartanburg, the whites have the majority, and that in some districts the black majority is not so great as to prevent the whites from carrying the elections. One curious fact shown by the table is that out of a total registration in the State of 47,131 whites and 80,379 blacks only a total of 71,046 votes were cast at the convention elections, showing that 8,000 voters more .than the total number of white voters in the State kept away from the polls altogether. The following table shows approximately the number of registered colored men who did not vote at the convention elections: Abbeville, 500; Barnwell, 1200; Beaufort, 2400; Berkeley, 800; Charleston," 1100; Colleton, 1200; Georgetown, 300; Laurens, 200; ATot-Inn 400 Orontrohiirfr JtOO 7Unhlnn<l. 600 ! Sumter, 400York,?300. '**' - Declination.?Hon. W. D. Porter publishes a communication in the Charleston papers, decli- , ning the nomination for Governor of the State, on account of ineligibility. He says : i "The office is not one to which I have aspired at any time; less than ever would it be desirable now. i Nor, in my judgment, was it necessary or expedient to name candidates for State officers at this i election. By the second section, eighth article, of the proposed Constitution, I am disqualified from : holding office under it; and, although I am not in- : sensible to the compliment of the nomination, I cannot properly consent to be a candidate. But this is of little real consequence, for if you can e- i lect your candidate, you can defeat the Constitu- i tion; which, after all, is your great object A vote i 'against the Constitution,' in the form proposed in i that instrument, will answer all your purposes and ' satisfy your whole political duty under existing cir- < cumstances." i MERE-MENTION. I Three thousnnd post-offices, closed in the South era States by the war, have not yet been re-opened. The Supreme Court has decided that a : contract interrupted by the war must be completed on the return of peace. "The Franklin Society of Lexington, Va., has been discussing, for some weeks, the question: "Docs the negro belong to the Adamic race?" Stanton is giving splendid dinners to his friends in the war office, as if the concern was a hotel or a private residence, and he owned it "Scallawagerie'' is the latest Southera term for a reconstruction convention. An attempt is to be made to unite the Episcopal and Presbyterian bodies in Ireland.'" "The voice of the night''?those blessed babies. In Linn, Missouri, a paper is published called the Ununified Democrat. New York is to have a company for the insurance of plate-glass windows a gainst breakage."" General Sherman is reported to be opposed to the conviction of the President "The Wilmington (Del.,) Commercial thinks it possible that Beast Butler will be Wade's Attorney-General, and as such prosecute Jefferson Davis. Of over 36,000,000 inhabitants in the United States, less than 25. ,900 earn enough to be liable to income tax. FEW 1DVEETI8EMEFTS. Thomson <ft Jefferys, Assignees?In Bankruptcy ?In the Matter of Joseph M. Adams, W. C. Owen, Jeptha Gwinn, John J. Garvin, and Dr. John May. See Here! See Here!! P. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?In the Court of Ordinary. J. H. Clawson, Special Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Wm. J. Cherry, Jas. L. Boyd, Isaac McFadden, John J. Slagle. W. B. Williams, Deputy Collector?Sale of Whiskey. For the YorkviUe Enquirer. BETHEL PRESBYTERY. The meeting of Bethel Presbytery, last week, at Allison Creek Church, was an interesting occasion. The usual amount of business was transacted, and several things of special interest occupied the attention of the body. Amongst the items of special interest was the examination and licensure of Mr. C. H. Strong, of Cheater District, as a probationer for the gospel ministry. Mr. S. is a young man of more than ordinary ability, and manifested a degree of mental culture, and an accuracy of knowledge truly creditable to himself and most gratifying to the Presbytery. Mr. Strong is a fine scholar?has been engaged in teaching, and expects now to teach and to preach as opportunity may offer. We predict for him a successful and useful career, if his life be spared. Another item of peculiar interest, was the "Memorial Sketch" of three of the Ministers of the Presbytery, who have passed from the scene of their earthly labors to that of their heavenly inheritance and reward, viz: Rev. Robt. L. Douglass, Rev. Jas. A. Davies, and Rev. Robt Y. Russel. Phis "Memorial," according to a previous order of Presbytery, was prepared and read by Rev. J. E. White, of Chesterville. Those who are acquainted with the writer of these "Sketches," and who also knew the deceased Ministers, will hardly need be told that a deep-felt and solemn interest was connected with this incident in Presbytery. The deceased were men of eminent piety and great usefulness?most excellent members of society, and ornaments in the church of Jesus Christ And this tribute to their memory, in the fine style of the writer, was just and faithful, and affectionate. It was a noble theme, and most happily was it elaborated. It was alike creditable to the head and the heart of the brother who penned it, and honoring to the memory of the dead, whose "praise is in all the churches." It was not a false and fulsome eulogy, but a firm and faithful delineation of the virtues and excellencies, the labors and successes of these men of God. Rev. W. W. Carothers and Maj. J. F. Hart were appointed a committee to ask of Mr. White, a copy for publication, so that it may be pat in convenient form forpreservation and future reference, and we think we but utter the wish of the Presbytery, and of the large audience who heard the memorial read, and of the entire community, when we express the desire that a copy of the Memorial will be furnished for publication. ' %* ? > For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE BAPTIST UNION. This body held its regular meeting with the Baptist Church of Yorkville, in their new house of worship. The meeting commenced on Friday, 27th of March. The Introductory services were conducted by Elder T. R. Gaines. The meeting was organized for business by the election of Elder ' A. L. Stough, Moderator, and T. J. Wilkins, Clerk, pro tern. The names of delegates present were enrolled, rhe following Churches were represented: Enon, Sugar Creek, Pleasant Valley, Yorkville, New Prospect After the appointment of committees for fixture business, and the appointment of Elder A. L. Stough to preach at night, adjourned to meet at 9 o'clock to-morrow. Saturday morning.?The meeting was called to Drder by the Moderator. The former clerk being present, was requested to act as clerk during the session of this body. ~ " ? -.I? -e-n?i 1 1.?? delegates rrora me luuuwiug euureuea ncic uu" | ied to the roll: Mill Creek, Union, New Bethel and Catawba. Reports of committees were then called for and received. Subjects for Essays were then taken up and discussed. The subject of the formation of a new Association . Df Baptist Churches, in the bounds of York District and the adjacent Counties, was brought up. Committees were appointed to arrange for the meeting of a convention of churches to organize said body?the convention to meet with the Union Church, near Yorkville, on Friday before the 2d Lord's Day in July. The next meeting of the Union to be held with the Sugar Creek Cnurch, commencing on Friday before the fifth Lord's Day in May. After the appointment of committees, and the persons to preach?adjourned. Sunday?Dr. Reynolds, of Columbia, was prevented by sickness, in his family, from filling his appointment to-day. Elder A. L. Stough was appointed to preach in his stead. Elder P. Nicholson preached at 3Vclock, P. M. A collection was taken up to aid in building the new house of worship/and $25,00 raised for that purposed Elder T. R. Gaines preached at night, after which the church celebrated the Lord's supper. The meeting then came to a close, being one of harmony and interest A resolution was passed by the Union on Saturday, tendering to the citizens of Yorkville, their thanks and best wishes for the kind hospitality they have shown us during the meeting. Z. D. SMITH, Clerk. Waking Up.?The cotton lords of New England are at last seriously alarmed at the results of unfriendly legislation and the general policy of the Radical majority in Congress towards the South, upon cotton production in the United States. We see that a cotton manufacturers' convention is to be held in New York, at the St. Nicholas Hotel, on April 29th, to consult on the general interest of their business. The call for the convention is issued by six of the leading cotton manufacturers of Massachusetts, and the object of it is said to be "to observe legislation with constant care, and with all proper influence to guard against enactments hurtful or erroneous, and promote those which shall be right and beneficial; to collate, digest and disseminate among the members all the attainable information and statistics that shall be accurate and trustworthy; to promote cotton cultivation in our country, and a recognition of the identity of interests between the cotton grower and manufacturer; and generally, to accomplish by associated efforts whatever may be found right and expedient for the common good and within the sphere of the association. ''? C harlaton New. - / COLUMBIA OONTRIBUTORIAI BY JA0. WOOD DAVIDSON. COLUMBIA. 80UTH OABOLIHA, 13TH APRIL, 1868. Politics. The war of parties waxes warm. An immense Democratic Mass Meeting was hel< last Thursday night, in the street, at the Cour House. Col. J. P. Thomas made a telling speech. Capt J. K. Bachman?the party nominee fo the Legislature?followed in a practical address. James G. Gibbes, Esq., also a party nomine for the Legislature, gave the negroes such a plain practical talk as they are not likely to forget sbon Col. A. C. Haskell, of the University, in th concluding speech of the evening, urged modern tion, affiliation and caution, on the part of the ne grocs. These speeches were addressed almost exclu sively to the negroes. On Friday afternoon a large Mass Meeting c the Radicals was held, in the open air, in front c Janney's Hall, for the purpose of hearing th Great Impeach cr Ashley, of Ohio, and Dr. A. G Mackey, the President of the Negro Conventior Mr. Ashley spoke over an hour, and was concil tory, affable and gentlemanly. He addressed th whites almost exclusively; and was far above th heads of the negroes. He gave us nothing new. vided by law, to rent the land for the period of on year: Provided however, that if the proper ta payer shall, within the said thirty days, pay to th Treasurer the full amount of the tax due, togetht with all the costs that have accrued, including n cording in the Clerk's office and in the offices ( the Treasurer and Secretary of State, and twenty five percent, upon such full amount, then the sai deed shall be canceled upon the exhibiting of certificate from the Treasurer that such paymer has been made; and all the foregoing proceedin shall thereupon be of no effect: And Providec further, That if the same shall not have bee so paid within thirty days, then the owner c the fee shall be entitled to redeem the propert in like manner, within one year from and afte the day of sale, by payiug all of said amount an costs as aforesaid, together with fifty per cent penalty; and that if not redeemed in one yea from the day of sale, the Legislature of the Stat shall be authorized to determine by law the cor ditions upon which the same may be redeeme by the former owner during the remaining term c the seven years for which it was sold. And it 1 further ordered, That when the Sheriff shall hav completed his duty, and forwarded the deed to th Treasurer, he shall make out a bill of the cost that may be due to the Tax Collector, Sheriff an printer uponjbe execution, and its correctness cei tified by the Clerk of the Court; and upon foi warding the same to the Attorney-General, if th bill shall be found to be correct, and the taxatio of costs in conformity to the laws of South Care lina, the Comptroller-General shall draw his dral upon the Treasurer for payment of the same, an he is hereby authorized and required to pay th same when due. By command of Bvk Major-General Ed. R. ? Canby. LOU13 V. CAZIAEC, Aide-de-Camp, A. A. A. G. ? ? JEFFERSON DAVIS. Underwood's mongrel grand jury, has, after a incubation of more than six months, at last hatche a new indictment against ex-President Davis. ] covers more than fifty pages of foolscap. The indictment states that in 1861 he armed an equipped troops for the purpose of levying war i gainst the United States; that he took forcibl possession of the city of Richmond, and exclude therefrom the forces of the United States: that h armed and equipped military forces forthepurpos of levying war against the United States in th States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Caroli na, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louif iana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennesse and Missouri, an* that he gave to the said forces information, cour sel and advice, maliciously and traitorously to af sist them in levying the war aforesaid. And a Manassas on the 21st of July, 1861, with a num berof persons amounting to 50,000 or more, armed equipped and organized as military forces with th usual weapons of war, and maliciously and traitoi ously fought against, killed, wounded and capture officers and soldiers of the United States army, andestroy and captured munitions and materials c war, the property of the United States ; and tha he, with Robert E. Le?, Judah P. Benjamin, Joh C. Breckinridge, William Mahone, Heniy A Wise, John Letcher, William Smith, Jubal A Early, James Longstreet, David H. Hill, Ambros P. Hill, Gustave T. Beauregard, William H. C "T1 *'* 7,1 1 a??-? Q-^maI Pnnnor .Tnc uniting, j&awara opamm, uumuu VWW^v*j vvo E. Johnston, John B. Gordon, 0. F. Jackson, an T. 0. Mooro, did, maliciously and traitorouslj conspire and levy war against the United States. The remainder of the indictment consists of Dr. Mackey followed in an abusive, l'oul-moutt ed tirade against the Democratic Party; again; South Carolina, and against almost everything i it A voice in the crowd asked him?how abot that. $1500 he 6tole from the Masons. Dr. Macl ey declined to give the desired information; in faci he did not seem to like the remark. The rain interrupted these speeches severs times, but only for a few minutes at a time. Thomas J. Robertson presided over the meei ing. Beverly Nash sat on the platform, with his hs on while the president kept his off. The crowd numbered over a thousand; anc consisted of all kinds of folks, a large proportion < negro women. The meeting ended with a challenge from th Radicals to the Democrats, to answer their unar swerable arguments; which challenge was accepl ed and 8 o'clock that ovening appointed as th time. v Eight o'clock came at the regular time; but th Radicals no where appeared. Ashley was not, an Mackey was not; and Robertson let the Democrat "take the consequences" in his absence. A few negroes enlivened the scene late in th evening by exploiting their ignorance and ba grammar. DeLarge, Whipper, Chamberlain an others, spoke, as only such fellows can speak. The Democrats returned the compliment b holding a Mass Meeting on Saturday evening nea the Court House again. TAX SALES. Gen. Canby, on Wednesday of last week, issue the following order in reference to land which ma hereafter be sold for taxes. It is designated a No. 63: For the better protection of the interests of th State of South Carolina in the matter of real prop erty bid in on behalf of the State on sales unde executions for collection of State taxes, it is 01 dered. That upon the land being exposed, the Sheri shall announce that the land is to be sold for th term of seven years, and shall thereupon bid for i the whole amount of the taxes and costs then due including the costs of executing, stamping and re cording the deed; that if there be no higher bid the Sheriff shall thereupon proceed to convey th use of the land by deed to the State of South Care lina for the term of seven years; that upon th conveyance being executed, the Sheriff shall in mediqjely procure the same to be recorded in th office of the Clerk of the Court of the District i which the land is situated; and shall, within tw weeks' time, transmit, the original deed to th Treasurer of the State, who shall enter in a booi opened for the purpose, an abstract of the dee and the amount of the consideration; and the sam shall then be filed and recorded in the office of th Secretary of State; and that authority be given t the Governor of said State, empowering hin thirty days after the deed shall have been receive at the office of Treasurer, and until otherwise pre j recapitulation of the battles of the war, the charge a . that Mr. Davis appointed and commissioned per- fa sons as follows: "That during the whole period of : the said rebellion by reason of resistance to the ex- n ecution of the laws of the United States, and the v - interruption of the ordinary course of judicial pro- t< ceedings, process for the commencement of any ac- g tion, civil or criminal, against the said Jefferson g 1 Davis, or for his arrest, could not be served, and fc t the said Jefferson Davis could not, by reason of t such resistance of the laws, and such interruption of such judicial proceedings be arrested, or served, i r with process for the commencement of any action, ( civil or criminal, within the intent and meaning of p e the statute of the United States, in such case made i? and provided. E e THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. 1 i- The counsel of the President commenced his de- ^ (- fence on Thursday last The impeachers are not t so confident of his conviction as they were ten days t i- ago, as some members of the party heretofore sup- ; posed to be in favor of conviction, without regard ^ .e tnlnw and oridpnre nppm disnosed to break ranks. . (f What will be the final result, it is impossible for us e to determine with any certainty. It is conjectured that the trial will be concluded within ten days. Wo i. make the following extracts from the telegrams to i- the Associated Press: e Washington, April 9.?In the Senate the court e of impeachment was opened as usual After reading the journal, General Butler called up other i- witnesses, among them Mayor Blodgett, of Augus>t ta, Ga., who testified regarding his removal from ] n the postmastcrship of that place by the President t it He knew nothing beyond the fact that he had been ( > suspended. Butler asked for a certificate from, j t, the Senate that no reasons had been given by the President for the suspension of Blodgett The U defence made a point that Blodgett's case was outside of the charge made against the President At a quarter to one o'clock Judge Curtis began i his argument in behalf of the President, and spoke i lt until near four o'clock, when, at his request, the | hall being larger than he was accustomed to, the 1 I) court ajourned without a division. I >f Judge Curtis was listened to throughout with < marked attention, especially by the members of < e the court. Some of his points were startling. He i ' left it to the Senators to say whether they we^e ac- ] ting in a legislative or a judicial capacity. He said ' e that the substance of the first of the eight charges ! against the President was based upon the state- i e ment that the removal of Stanton and appoint- I d ment of Thomas was, or was intended to be avio- j a lation of the Tenure-of-office aet and of the Consti- 1 tution. He denied, both propositions, and among : e other authorities quoted the statements of memd bers of the Conference Committee. Schenck, in d making the report to the House, used the words "term of service." It might as well be said that y a king completed the term of his predecessor who J had died, as to say that Mr. Johnson was serving out Mr. Lincoln's term. 1 T.i/Inn Pnrtio nrraopHpd tn nhrtw that the heads ^ , of departments were the voice and hands of Presdents. He argued that the heads of departments y did not, in fact, and could not, constitutionally, 9 come under the provisions of the Tenure-of-office act, and that their exception was well-understood 6 by senators. 'He noticed the absurdity of charging the President with high crimes and misdemeanors r for having acted in accordance with the publicly expressed views of senators themselves. His ar_ gument that the President's action was in accordance with precedent and- the constitution, is too ,? compact in its elaboration to admit of condensa| tion. Arguing the necessity of the power claimed '' by the President, Judge Curtis instanced the displacement of Mr. Floyd by President Buchanan, ' when any delay would have led to the most deploe rable results. In arguing that it was the PresiH dent's duty to maintain his prerogative, he said e that a trustee would combat any unconstitutional l" law which worked injurious to those whose rights e he had in trust, and that it was much more the n President's duty to guard the trust placed in his 0 hands by all the people. e Recapitulating his arguments to prove that the ^ President could not be impeached foran act designed to produce a judicial decision, he quoted General e Butler, to show that that the managers admitted e this view of the case. General Butler had said 0 that the impeachment in itself was perhaps not an *1 impeachable offence, if made for the purpose of producing such a decision, and not accompanied by a defiant message to the Senate. Curtis said it c was a matter of taste how the Senate should be nox tified. He then, until the adjournment, argued to e prove that, under the rule of estopel, the things Ir the President had said and done in these matters, did not apply in this case. * Washington, April 10.?Nothing was done in : r~ either house previous to the impeachment trial.? In the Senate Judge Curtis proceeded with his : a speech, and concluded at half-past 2 P. M. In the course of his argument on the theory t j and practice followed in vacancies and appoint ' ments, Judge Curtis claimed that the evidence , 1 * J? !it * ^ would sbow several instances corresponding wuu those of Stanton and Thomas. He insisted that j ^ Thomas was duly appointed, the appointment re- j j quiring the President's nomination and commission, j . He characterized the allegation that no vacancy ex- j '* isted as begging the question. The legal vacancy j e existed the moment Stanton received the letter.? t ( Recapitulating his argument, Judge Curtis olaim- j ^ ed that the manngers had failed to show that the } ^ President had violated the constitution and laws, k He then preceeeded to argue the charges in relation to conspiracy. The fourth and sixth articles e charge violation of the laws of 18G1. He read the ^ law, and said its provisions applied to the States ^ and Territories, but were inoperative in the Diatrict of Columbia. He did not, however, rest on this technicality, . but argued that in law the preliminary movements n of a principal or his agent, to bring before a court , } a private claim, purged their actions of conspiracy. Judge Curtis claimed that this was applicable, in a ^ broader sense, to public rights. The relations of a superior and an inferior officer also precluded the . idea of conspiracy. He would answer the fifth and I seventh articles in connection with the 10th, in neither of which was the President charged with i violation of any law. The ninth article was disproved by the testimony of General Emory, who i swore that he had introduced an objectionable topic, and had drawn out the President's opinion, n It would be shown in proof that the President , d sent for Emory for a different purpose from that , ;t alleged in the article. , In arguing the tenth article, Judge Curtis dis- j d cussed impeachable offences. Without vexing the t. ears of senators with precedents from the middj^ ^ e ages, he would refer to the provisions of the odnd stitution, whose framers knew Jquite as much as ( e the men who lived in the times of the Plantage- j e nets. He also cited old English laws and the Fed- ? e eral sedition laws, showing that truthful utterances, s i- however offensive, were not punishable. The pe- j culiar manner in which this charge was brought r d- showed that Congress had resolved itself into a E i- school of manners. Judge Curtis insisted that } telling the truth about officers was not an offence a ,t against the law, and that truth had not been ques- 6 !- tioned in making this case. j I, When Gen. Thomas was called for the defence, c e he was stopped by the prosecution while descri- a - bing his interview with the President, when the i d orders for the removal of Stanton and his own t d appointment were handed him. The objections i if were elaborately argued, by Stanberry and Evarts i it for the defence and Butler and Bingham for the t n prosecution. Chief Justice Chase submitted the c question, and the managers were defeated by a t l. vote of 42 to 10. Cameron, Chandler, .Conness, i e Craighan, Drake, Harlan Howard, Nye, Bamsay, i i. Fair and Sumner broke ranks for the first time on < j. this question. d The testimony of Gen. Thomas elicited nothing | r, new, beyond that the President had not instructed < him to use force. When he (Thomas) was arres- i a ted, he went first to the President who said that j ras right, for the case was now in court, where e wanted it Washington, April 11.?In the Senate, the lanagere asked for an amendment to the rules, rhereby each side might speak without limitation o members. Howard objected, and the motion oes over. General Thomas was again on the tand, undergoing a perplexing cross-examination y Butler. General Sherman yraa on the stand; he managers object to the evidence. Stanbery, Evarts, Butler and Wilson participaed in the debate to-day. Stanbery called on the Ihief Justice during the debate to stop Butler's personal aspersions. In the course of the examination of General Thoaas, the fact was elicited that the President's raids to him were "go and take charge of the War iffice," instead of ttpo8sea8i?n the War office." General Sherman was examined concerning his in* erview with the President in December, relative o the War Department. Mr. Stanbeiy said he vould prove by General Sherman that the Presilent wanted him, Sherman, to take the War office o secure a judicial decision of the question. Buter objected, but Chief Justice Chase ruled that he question was admissable. The ruling was then ippealed from and rejected by the Senate by a rate of twenty-three to twenty-eight Gen. Shernan then testified that the President had tender jd him the War Department on two occasions?on he 25th of January, and again on the JOthof Janlary. During the examination of General Sherman by Vlr. Stanbery,- the Senate refused to hear the answers to all the most important questions put to he witiiess. Pending the examination of General 3herman, the Court and the Senate adjourned. RICH, RAKE AND RACY. A citizen of this State (says the Charleston Newt) writes to General Scott, under date of April 1, as follows: "On the 16th of March last, I hired i man from that time to the 25th December, agreeing to pay him $40, he to do all kinds of work required of him on a farm; to work from sunrise till dusk; to pay fifty cents for the first day, and roe dollar per day thereafter, lost by absence without leave, and twenty-five cents for lost days by jickness, I to furnish- him <with two and a half pounds of bacon and ono peck of meal per week." The writer complains that the freedman did not teep his-contract, but, without provocation, ran iway; and wishes to know "if thereisany recourse to law in any court of the United States for damages, or to bring the man bade to a proper sense of honor and justice." Gen. Scott replied on the 11th inst., as follows: Headquarters Assistant Commissioner! \ B. R. F. and Abandoned Lands, District op South Carolina, Charleston, S. C., April 10th, 1868. . Sir: In reply to yours of April 8th, in which pou recite the terms of the contract between yourself and Jerry Scott, I have to express my sympa :hy with you in your trouble. Four dollars per south, with two and a half pounds of bacon and me peck of meal per week, and only one dollar per lay deducted for absence without leave, and twenjy-five cents per day for lost days oh acoount of richness, is surely all that any able-bodied man ihould ask as compen ation for doing "all kinds of rork required of him on a farm from sunrise until lu8k." I am not surprised that you should feel greatly outraged that this man has been induced jo withdraw from a contract so'liberal and just as he one you have described I regret that I am mable to arrest this man and return him to yonr service, for it must be evident that a man who refuses to avail himself of your liberality is either deicient in gratitude, or totally unable to care for limself. Your statement that he was always a 'fireedman," will account for his want of appreciation of your generous intentions. It will be unnecessary for you to forward me any certificates as to four own character and integrity, your recent communication being all the evidence I shall require as to those particulars. I am unable to say whether you will be able to 'recover any damages" from the man who has hired him (Jerry Scott), or whether you "will be die to bring him to a sense of honor and justice." [f I knew as much about him as I do of you, I night venture an opinion on this last point I have, in accordance with your request, anade in early reply to your communication, and regret hat I cannot make it more satisfactory to you. Respectfully, [Signed] R. K. SCOTT, Bvt Major-General, Asst. Com., S. C. The Man on Horseback.?Curious whispers ire circulating in Washington society regarding Jen. Grant In spite of his reticence and lack of irilliant qualities, he is said to unite in his characer the ambition of Napoleon and the heartless stoidity of Cromwell He is said to entertain the nost sovereign contempt for civilians in all condiions of life, either as governors or governed It s affirmed in high places that nothiug can prevent lis being President; thai even if the vote goes a gainst mm, measures uave aireauy uwu luaugunied that will render the election a nullity, lie Presidency once secured, he will hold it during ife, or as long as he can keep concentrated around rim that terrible power?the army. The New Oreans Times -calls attention to many littlealmoet unloticed, strategic movements in connection with lis designs. The continued garrisoning of the rVar Office, long after all such necessity has ceasid, and the concentration of troops and war mateial at the capital, are not withont a purpose. Vaious motions and singular bills of as yet unnoticed fignificance lately proposed by his creatures in Congress, such as that by Washburne, to abolish the jolioe in the District of Columbia, on tlTe score of sconomy, and subtitntein their place United States roops, are now asserted to be component parts of l gigantic soheme, in which the central fignre is to )6 the "Man on Horseback," foreshadowed six or leven years ago by the New York Herald. Grant's nost ardent admirers among politicians are Banks, vho long ago affirmed that republican government n this country ended with the war, and Stanton, the neatest adept in the exercise of despotism the vorld has yet produced. The blind endorsement, by officers of the army, with few exceptions, of * jverything he says and every move he makes, is ikewise a very significant fact. In this country,, vhere men's opinions, always diverse, have been jonsidered as their own unassailable property, this eady and total sacrifice of ideas and feelings to the will of one man, neither renowned for jndgtnent lor talent, indicates either a settled fear or a setled purpose, time alone will determine which. THE KU-KLUX-KLAN. > Montgomery, April 6.?General Shepherd, ?nmmandinc thft Snh-TKfJtrifit of Alabama tn-daw ssued an order in relation to the Ku-Klux-Klan, trdering that the various sheriffs, mayors, marihals, magistrates, oonstables, chiefs of police and >olice shall be held accountable by the post comnanders of the respective districts for thesuppresion of the iniquitous organization and the apprelension of its members wherever found. When apprehension is made and the code of Alabama is ilent on the subject of the offences for which they lave been charged, the prisoner will be turned iver to the commander of the proper military post md a written statement of the officer be made givng dates places and witnesses with a view to rial by military commission. All placards and lewspaper cards of the Ku-Kluz-Klan arc prohibted, and ignorance of their existence will not be held is an adequate excuse, it being the business of the dvil and military authorities to know what apperains to their duties. Citizens not holding office will likewise not be held guiltless, and further outages will be received as evidences of neglect of iuty. Augusta, April 6.?General Mead has issued a ?. general order, directing the civil and military offi?re to arrest and bring to trial all persons who may hereafter print,-publish, or in any manner jive circulation to incendiary publications of an