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jr(taps and <f arts. ; In a discussion in the Pennsylvania Legisla- ] tare on the registration question, John Hickman, the Jacobin leader, asserted that "an intelligent J negro was superior to an ignorant Irish Catholic, . ana should have the preference to vote." , The last slave of Rhode Island was buried in < that State on April 26th. The deceased, had of i course, been freed long ago, but had lived for many i years as a faithful friend and inmate of the family of the master. A young lady with blue gaiters, blue dress, blue sack, blue lace collar, blue hat, blue feather, blue parasol, blue fan, blue kid gloves, blue stockings, olae eyes and turquoise bracelets, necklace ana ear-rings, attracted attention a day or two ago on one of the New York ferry boats. Mr. Halpine, in a letter to the New York Citizen, says: Mr. Chase, in private, makes no concealment of his opinion that politically, impeach- ( ment is the worst blunder of the Radicals; while , legally, to use the expressive vernacular, 'it has not a leg to stand upon.'" ( "XL Congress" is the heading placed over its proceedings by sundry exchanges. An irreverent friend, noticing one yesterday, remarked that < the "XL is suggestive of the present origin of ( the present Congress. He is a Henglishman and reads it "ex-helL" A bill has been introduced into the English House of Commons to protect the property^of mar ned women, it proposes mat a woman, micr n? marriage, shall retain complete control over her fortune and over her earnings, with liberty to sue and be sued as if she were single. The national flag, printed at the top of the Conservative ticket in Georgia, took the eye of an old darkejr, who said: "Fore God, dey's not content keepin' us in slavery, but dey insult us by oflerin' us a ticket wid the picture ob de cotton patch at the top." In 1860, each individual owed two dollars and sixty cents of the public debt; in 1868 each owes about $80. In 1860, the expenses of the government were sixty-two millions; in 1867 the Treasurer estimated them at two hundred and twenty-five millions independent of the interest on the debt, both being periods of peace. While Lincoln was President, Gen. Logan, one of the impeachment managers, gave to Mrs. Lincoln a magnificent diamond of fabulous value. When Mrs. Lincoln tried to sell her surplus wardrobe and the jewelry she no longer needed, this princely present, from the sbldier-statesman, was discovered to be paste and worth only $18. The approach of storms is to be announced by the Western Union Telegraph Companv, in all those towns that will communicate the intelligence to the neighboring farmers by means of signal guns fired according to a preconcerted system. The plan will thus be thoroughly tested during the ensuing season. An exchange says that a hen has the capacity of laying six hundred eggs and no more. Usually they lay a few the first year; from three hundred and twenty to three hundred and seventy in the next three years: and the rest from the fifth to the ninth year inclusive. The true economy, therefore, is not to keep hens after their fourth year. It is related by a Western paper that a gentleman who was owing another one hundred dollars borrowed from the same creditor an equal sum, promising to settle for both in a few weeks. He then used the loan'for the purpose of going through bankruptcy, and wrote to his confiding friend that he had redeemed his promise. The poor creditor got not a cent of either debt The case of John H. Surratt, charged with complicity in the murder of President Lincoln, was called up for trial at the Criminal Court in Washington, on Wednesday of last week. At the suggestion of the Counsel for the defence, the case i was postponed until the next term. On application, Judge Cartter refused bail on the ground that the prosecution was ready for trial. In the trial of Gen. Cole for the murder of Hisoock, at Albany, on the ground of adultery of his wife, the counsel for the accused makes the remarkable statement, that "within the last 200 years no man has been punished by any court i of justice, either in this country or iti hSughnid, for : shooting the seducer of his wife, his daughter or , his sister, when that motive, ana that alone, has prompted the fatal blow." Nodoway, Missouri, reports a curious natural phenomenon in that town. It is a spring, the liquid of which flows from between two rocks, and ' looks like highly colored brandy, but it tastes and smells like pure whiskey, and has the same intoxioating effect. The man on whose farm it has been discovered is now boriDgfor a flowing well of lemon/ juioe. A Clarksville, Virginia, paper furnishes the following "cat-story" : Mr. T. F. Humphreys, of this town, has a cat who brought forth a lot of kittens a few days ago. The kittens all died, and the old pussy has "adopted" a young mouse, who behaves in every way towards the cat as if she were its mother, sleeping with her, sucking, &c. 1 This fact can be attested by reliable eye-witnesses, ] and we publish it as a most "remarkable coinci- ' dence." ( Speaking for the Southern Democracy, the , Macon (Ga.) Journal says, if it knows aught of their temper or purposes, they "will vote in the , New York Convention for the man, be he civilian or Federal general, who can win?whose strength : before the country is such as to insure success and, s the consequent deliverance of the South from the hands of the oppressor. They will neither ask nor care to know what he said or what he did during the war." The New York Sun gives a brief statement why the income tax is unconstitutional. It says the constitution provides that all direct taxes shall be levied upon the States in proportion to their population. Congress has no power to levy any direct tax upon individual citizens, and must impose such taxes upon the States and upon them ' only. The income tax is a direct tax; it is levied not upon the States but upon individuals, and therefore it is unconstitutional, and cannot right- i fully be collected of any man. The Catholic Church in the United States has shown remarkable progress. It is not yet eigh- 1 tv years since the first Catholic Bishop came to this country, and sixty years ago the entire Union i formed but one diocese. To-day there are fifty nine bishops and vicars apostolic, and about thirtythree hundred priests. It is estimated that the Catholic population now numbers from seven million to nms million in this countrv. Since 1850 the number of churches has nearly tripled, and within the last seven years the clergy and laity have increassd fifty per cent Sergeant Bates has been asked to undertake a trip through New England, which, however, he promptly declined on grounds of being extremely Hazardous to life and property. The proposition is that the Sergeant shall undertake a trip through all the New England States (except Connecticut), carrying the flag, and to start on tne iourney with out money, ana in an omer respects me same asng did in his late tour through the South. The smdier gives the following reasons why such an undertaking would be a great risk: First?To undertake a journey through the New England States without money is equivalent to starvation. Second?To travel through that region with money he ran a great risk of being robbed on the way. A Washington correspondent says that the contest between Wade and Colfax for the Vice Presidential nomination, at Chicago, is becoming very warm and bitter. He thinks Senator Wilson will throw them both. Of the two, Wade seems to be ahead. He says: "Wade's friends have copies of the Blue Book at hand, and, if you can show to them that you can control a delegation, or even a vote, they hand you the volume, and tell you to pick out what you want. The devil on the mountain promising choice quarter sections wasn't a circumstance to Zach. Chandler and Judge Cartter, promising the good things of the Federal Government to those who will fall down and do the square thing with sturdy Old Ben." A private letter from New Orleans, dated April 25, is published in the New York Journal of Commerce, which mentions that a gentleman in Mississippi, owning three plantations, with twelve hundred acres in cotton, has at work on two of them about- one hundred hands, convicts from the penitentiary, which is over-crowded. Permission was given the planter to inspect the prison records and select the hands, and the writer says: "One guard is detailed to six hands, and there are sergeants in command, all provided with food and rations, and the planter to give two suits of clothes to the hands, who are delighted with the change, and are working well, commencing at 6 A. M. and stopping at 6 P. M. On these plantations no other hands are employed. Other plantations may have laborers of the same class." One of the most horrible conspiracies of modern times had its denouement in Indiana last week. Seven men-had entered into a written conspiracy to wreck and rob the pay train on the Jef- R fersonville Railroad. The particulars are as fbh e, lows: A written agreement was drawn up, setting1 forth the plan of the robbery. This plan conteflP" ^ plated the throwing of the pay train from the / track, at a point some ten miles out from Jefferson/ rille, the murder, if necessary, of all those up<m pi the train, and the robbery of the pay master's safe S of its contents, which it was thoueht would be from g, twenty-five to thirty thousand dollars. The article of agreement was of the most terrible character. It bound each conspirator to commit murder as ai well as robbery. It also stipulated that if any of P the conspirators were wounded in the affair, so as al to be unable to get away, his companions were to n< kill him, and thus put it out of his power to inform against them. It was also agreed that if . there were more than the usual number of persons with the train, that the conspirators were to fire P* upon and kill them just as the train was reaching b< the place where it was to be wrecked. The de- R tails of the whole affair were set forth in the most p concise and distinct manner, and the snoils were ^ duly apportioned in advance. One of tne conspirators became frightened at the contemplated . crime, and gave information which led to tne arrest of all hut two of the guilty parties, and a o: wholesale murder and robbery was thus prevented, tl - ?i???? C mt (frnquttet. g . ti YORKVILLE, S. C.: si THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1868. a _ ti Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that f our terms for subscription, advertising and job, work, are cash, in advance. c X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expi- o ration of the time for which pavment has been e made. A Subscriber finding a (it) cross-mark on n the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under- a stand that the time paid for has expired. p " ? : s TICKET FOR TOWN COUNCIL. p At a meeting of the Conservative Union Club of r< this place, on Thursday evening last, the following ? gentlemen were nominated as candidates for Intendant and Wardens of the town of Yorkville: Intendant.?Col. W. H. McCorkle. . Wardens.?Col. R. M. Kerr, B. P. Boyd, Dr. n J. M. Lowiy, and S. A. McElwee. EASTER ELECTIONS. E The following gentlemen have been elected by ^ - ? a i -i xi__ b the congregation of tne "unurcn 01 me vjuuu Shepherd," of YorLville, Wardens and Vestrymen a for the ensuing year: Wardens?Col. A. Coward and Col. William B. Wilson. i n Vestrymen?Maj. J. W. Avery, Dr. J. M. Lowry, and J. S. R. Thomson, Esq. ^? THE DISTRICT ELECTIONS. n We learn that an impression prevails in some a sections, that Gen. Canby has issued an order postponing the time of holding the District elections. a; Such is not the case, and we urge every voter, who 11 has the welfare of the District at heart, to go to the polls and vote for the Conservative nominees, on u the second or third day of June. The places of * voting will be the same as at the last election. 1 P SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. The general District meeting which was held on * ' the 28th# ultimo, having omitted to nominate a candidate for School Commissioner, the nominating S Committee, appointed at that meeting and invested 1! with the power, met on Saturday last for the pur- n pose of supplying the omission. A majority of the gi Committee were present, and on a ballot being S had, Rev. Robert Lathan, of Yorkville, was declared the nominee for the position. jf THE MASONIC GRAND LECTURER. I( By a letter received from Bro. B. Rush Camp- ]i bell, the Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of An- b cient Free Masons of South Carolina, we are in- S * - * .1-- T J.Ja Tj;a. 0 formed in at xiu win vioit tuc jAnigw ?u vu?o , frict as follows: Philanthropic Lodge No. 78, at g Yorkville, on the evening of Thursday, June 4th, j. and remain on Friday and Saturday; Catawba u Lodge, No. 56, at Fort Mills, on Monday, 15th of June; Rode Hill Lodge, No. Ill, on Tuesday and b Wednesday, the 16th and 17th of June. ^ "FOURTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS." These mythical periodical visitants have ap- tj peared in this section in large numbers, and the K( forests are vocal with the noises they produce.? n In the localities where they made their entrance c< into this upper world, the earth is thickly perfora- " ted. An examination discloses the unpleasant jr fact that on the wings of each individual locust, is the sj fabled "to" pretty well defined, which in our boy- p hood days we were told was a "sure sign" of war. vi Whether or not this was merely an "old woman's tale," we leave others to decide, but so far as we " ire individually concerned, hope the ancient lady ^ is mistaken with reference to the early future. We Hl have not heard, as yet, of the locusts having done L any damage to vegetation. V ? A * THE TEST OATH. g In the order directing the assembling of the S. Carolina Legislature, General Canby prescribed 8< that the members elect should subscribe to the a! "test oath." The following paragraph which ap- a! pears in the Northern papers, indicates that Gen. ^ Canby has made a mistake, and that the oath will aj not be required : "According to a Washington telegram, General ^ Grant has instructed General Meade that the oath ft prescribed by the reconstruction acts to be taken A by all persons "elected or appointed" to office in ], the "so-called States of the South, is not to be taken by those elected under any new Constitution o which may be adopted, unless the Constitution it- 5 self so provides." ^ Some time ago General Meade expressed the opinion that the members of the Georgia Legisla- ls turewculd be required to take the test oath. Recent ai advices from Georgia, however, state that he has ? arrived at a different conclusion, and that the t( members elect will be allowed to take their seats " on subscribing to the oath required by the Consti- e: tution recently adopted. We incline to the opin ion that the "test oath" will not be required of any 0 officer in this State, as after the Constitution shall n be accepted by Congress, there will be an end of the "so-called" States, and the Reconstruction D Acts, at present in existence. ^ ^ CONSERVATIVE CLUBS. \l The work of organizing Conservative Clubs, in J York District, still goes forward. On the 9th in- tl stant, preliminary steps were taken at Bullock's i< Creek Church for organizing a Club. Dr. W. P. Thompson was called to the Chair, and J. P. Hood v appointed Secretary. A committee was appointed i< to draft a Constitution and report to an adjourned g meeting on Saturday next. a A Club was recently organized in the Boydton o election precinct, to be known as the " Whitakcr s Conservative Club." The following persons are a the officers: u Presulent?T. D. Fulton. c Vice Presidents?John Moore, jr., H. H. Hicks, d Secretary?H, Whisonant. v Assistant Secretary?Henderson Martin. I Corresponding Secretary?Dr. John G. Black, t "Pine Grove Club," in the vicinity of Antioch, 1 has also been organized with the following persons r as officers: c President?A. Hardin. a lice President?Win. Ellis. i; Secretary?Dr. L. A. Hill. c Assistant Secretary?G. R. Whisonant e We are pleased to learn that a number of color- b ed persons have joined the "Whitaker" and "Pine ii Grove Clubs," and that proper interest is inani- v fested in the organizations. The colored people of I the District are awaking to their true interests and e cutting themselves loose from oath-bound societies, b and the influence of persons who are luring them t on to destruction. A Conservative Club, compo- b sed exclusively of colored persons, was organized ii at Rock Hill, on Saturday last, the proceedings of b which will be found in full, elsewhere in to-day's f) paper. We shall be gratified to hear of similar o organizations in other sections of the District. v A meeting of the white Conservative Club, o: ock Hill, is requested at that place on Saturday rening next, at 2 o'clock. ^ He admission of south Carolina By refereuoe to the synopsis of Congressiona roceedings in another column, it will be seen tha tevens has presented a bill for the admission o! outh Carolina and other States, to representatioi i Congress, which has been agreed to by the Hous< id sent to the Senate for concurrence. It is quit robable that the bill will be adopted by the Sen :e without material modification. The bill doe it declare?very consistently, for a wonder?tha le States mentioned will be immediately admitte* ito the Union, but that upon adopting the pro osed amendment to the Constitution, "they wu i entitled to representation." The Senators am Representatives are to be admitted when the pre osed amendment shall have become a part of th institution. An attempt is made to prevent the States men oned, from depriving negroes of the privileg f voting, but it appears to us that in requirin, le adoption of the proposed amendment to th institution, that the means is placed at the die osal of these States, to.eventually regulate sul age to suit themselves. The following is the sec on of the proposed amendment bearing on th abject: "Section 2. Representatives shall be apportions mong the several States according to their respec ive numbers, counting the whole number of pei ons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed Jut when the right to vote at any election for th hoicc of electors for President and Vice-Presiden f the United States, representatives in Congress xecutive and judicial officers of a State, or th icmbers of the Lesislature thereof, is denied t ny of the male inhabitants of such State, beinj wenty-one years of age and citizens of the Unite tates, or in any way abridged except for partici ation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of rep ssentation therein shall be reduced in the propoi ion which the number of such male citizens sna ear to the whole number of male citizens twentj ne years of age in such State." This, when ratified, will be a part of the Consti ition, and the paramount law, while the law ad fitting the States is but an act of Congress in cor ict with the Constitution, and consequently void ly depriving the negroes of the privilege of voting ie number of members of Congress to which th outhern States are entitled will be reduced, which jmpared to the evils we now endure, will be nail matter. The members of Congress recent! lected in this State may probably represent th egroes?certainly not the whites. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. ^ "In the House, on the 11th iDstant, the join isolution from the Ohio Legislature, pro tea tin, gainst the Reconstruction acts and instructing th enatore and requesting Representatives to vot gainst such laws, was referred to the Reconstruc on Committee. In order to enable members of Congress to al ;nd the Republican Nomination Convention 'hich assembled at Chicago, on yesterday, a resc ition to adjourn from the 16th to the 25th wa assed by a vote of sixty-eight to sixty-seven. Thad. Stevens introduced the following bill fc be admission of several of the "so-called" States "Whereas the people of North Carolina, Sout ''arolina, Louisiana, Georgia, and Alabama have i pursuance of the provisions of an act entitle an act for the more efficient government of th ebel States," passed March 2, 1867, and the act applemenlary thereto, framed constitutions c tate government which are Republican in thei >rm, and have adopted said constitutions by larg lajorities of the votes cast at the elections hel >r the ratification or rejection of the same; there >re, "Be it enacted, That the States of North Care na, South Carolina. Louisiana, Georgia and Ala auia shall be entitled to representation in Cor ress as States of the Union when the Legislature f said States respectively shall have duly ratifie le amendment to the Constitution of the Unite< tutes proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress an< nown as Article 14, upon the following fundamen il conditions: "That the constitutions of said States shall neve e so amended or changed as to deprive any citi jn or class of citizens of the United States, c le right to vote who are now entitled to vote b: lid constitutions respectively, except for sucl rimes as are now felouies at common law, whereo icy shall have been duly convicted. And no pei >11 shall be held to service or labor as a punish lent for crime in said States except by public offi jrs charged with the custody of convicts by th ,ws thereof. "Second. That if the day fixed tor tne meet ig of the Legislatures of said States by the Con ;itutions thereof shall have passed before th assage of this act, such Legislatures may be con ened within thirty days after the passage of thi ;t, by the President of the Convention whicl amed the Constitutions of such States. "Third. That the first section of this act sha ike effect when the President of the United State lall officially proclaim the due ratification by th egislatures of said States respectively, of Articl I of the amendment to the Constitution of th fnited States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Con ress. On the 12th, in the House, the Speaker pre ;nted a communication from the General of th rmy, submitting a statement of the votes cast fo ad against the State Constitutions, as follows forth Carolina?for the Constitution, 92,590 gainst, 71,820. South Carolina?for the Consti ition, 70,758; against, 27,288. Georgia?for th onstitution, 89,007; against, 71,309. Louisiana>r the Constitution, 66.152; against, 49,739.? .labama?for the Constitution, 69,807; against ,005. In the Senate, on the 13th, the Constitution o outh Carolina was presented and referred to th ommittee on Territories. Sherman presented resolutions of the Ohio Leg lature protesting against the Reconstruction acts ad instructing their Senators and requesting thei lepresentatives to vote for their repeal; also pre :sting against the bill limiting the jurisdiction o ic Supreme Court. Sherman regarded this a straordinary, and at his instance it was tabled. In the House, the bill admitting the severs outhern States was taken up, and Stevens gav otice that he would call the previous question i :ie evening, in order that the vote might be take ext day. In the House, on the 14th, the consideration c tie omnibus, or admission bill was resumed. Mi Vuyn spoke in opposition and was followed b, Ir. Brooks, who spoke of the unfit character c be Representatives, alluding particularly to Floi la. Mr. Stevens interrupted, saying that he wa rilling to admit that the representatives from Floi la should not be admitted. Brooks said he wa W1 that. A<rreed with him on that Doiul nd proceeded, saying that Georgia, Alabama an ther States were controlled in a like manner b quatters. He maintained that these constitutioi I conventions and legislatures were composed < uen who had no interest in the States, who wei tot understood by the people, and who did not ur lerstand the people. Brooks said, "a tyrann rorse than that ever countenanced by the Czar < lussia, or the Sultan of Turkey, had been perp< rated upon the people there, by the powers th: tad determined to control the elections there, n natter how or by what means. The whole obje< if Congressional legislation was apparent It wi II intended to radicalize the South, and the part n power here have amnesty and pardon and we ome for any man who embraces radicalism, n natter what his past couduct or acts may hav ieen, or how deeply or darkly his hands had bee mbrued in treason. Those who accepted Eadicj iews were pardoned by wholesale." Paine an Jingham advocated the bill, and Woodbridge offe: d an amendment to strike out Alabama from th ill, which was lost by 60 to 74. An amendmec o strike out from the first section the clause pre libiting a change of the constitution, and insert ig that the constitutions of said States shall neve e amended or changed so as to discriminate i ivor of or against any citizen or class of citizen f the United States in reference to the right t ote, who are now entitled to vote by the said con f stitutions, \?as adopted without a division. An 7 amendment that all citizens of the United States <; in those States shall be admitted to equal rights of suffrage, was rejected without a division. The bill , wall then passed. " Ayes, 108 ; noes,' 35. 1 lie proceedingson the 15th, present nothing of t special interest, f On the 16th in the Senate, the bill declaring 1 South Carolina and other Southern States entitled 2 to representation, was referred to the Judiciary 2 Committee. After the adjournment of the High Court, Mr. 8 Wade resumed the chair. After a long debate, a joint resolution proposing to adjourn to the 25th 3 was negatived, and the Senate adjourned as usual. In the House a resolution was adopted that for ^ the further and more efficient prosecution of the ^ impeachment of the President, the managers be instructed to summon and examine witnesses une der oath, to send for Dersons and papers, to em ploy a stenographer, and to appoint sub-commitl" tees to take testimony, the expenses thereof to be e paid from the contingent fund of the Honse. The S following preamble preceded the resolution: e "Whereas, information has come to the manai gers which seems to them to furnish probable > cause to believe that improper or corrupt influj. ences have been used to influence the determinae tion of the Senate upon the articles of impeachment exhibited to tne Senate by the House of Representatives against the President of the Uni* ted States," &<x j* MEklf-^rUNTIOV. c At the memorial' cetebration in Richmond, on it Saturday, of last w^ek, fourteen thousand Confcdi. erate graves, in Oakwood Cemetery, were decked e with flowers. "In Virginia, the Supreme Court 0 has decided that in debts contracted in Confedej rate money, the amount shall be commuted into [. Federal money when the debt matured, and not i- when it was contracted. "The Boston Past nominates Charles Francis Adams for Vice Presi" dent on the Democratic ticket The Sherman House, at Chicago, which is to be the headquar. ters of the Radical delegates, does not admit color1 ed persons. ""Whistling taught in six easy lessons," is advertised in Connecticut The I New York Telegram give currency to a statement r* that it is proposed to arrest General Lee and try g him for treason as soon as President Johnson is removed. It is estimated that in New York g city, there about ten thousand workmen of various _ callings on strikes for higher wages." English e papers state that it is now the fashion for a bride's "parents to give a party on the evening preceeding ' the wedding, for the purpose of exhibiting the presents. "The newest ear-ring in Paris is a t diamond button, that does not hang from the ear, g but is put through like a stud, and looks like a e diamond naiL"*;.""'A Minnesota editor weighs e six hundred and forty-two pounds. He is the j. heavy writer for the concern. In the stomach of a boy who recently died in Orange county, New York, were found a clock key, a silver spoon, i and a pair of spectacles. A man in Buffalo advertises a raffle for his wife, tickets twenty-five g cents. He adds that she is a good housekeeper, and is willing to stay with any one who may draw ir her. A correspondent suggests the propriety . of Democratic Clubs furnishing colored members jj with printed certificates of membership, in order ? that citizens may know the political status of applicants for employment. The North Carolie na papers announce the death of Hon. John A. s Gilmer, at his residence in Greensboro', on Thure^ day last He had been a member of the Confedg erate and U. S. Congress, and a prominent politick cian in his native State. "The freedmen of i- Richmond recently petitioned Gen. Schofield to stop the further naturalization of foreigners.? '* Their petition sots forth that the colored people want no more white men in Virginia, and invokes ~ the aid of the commandant of the district to keep j them out of tho State."The average cost of i maintaining a convict in the South Carolina penii tentiary, including dieting, clothing, medical at* tention, &c., is thirty-four ocnts per day. Gen. Canby, in a report to Gen. Grant, says that there Tm arc 10,992 whites, and 4,167 blacks in South Carf olina who have not been registered. About 75 per y centum of the whites are represented as disfranh chised. f EDITORIAL INKLINGS. t. Nominating Conventions. The National Republican Convention, ase sembled at Chicago, Illinois, on yesterday, for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice-President The chances seem to be in e favor of the selection of Gen. Grant for the first i- position. Who will be the nominee for the second 8 place, it is not so easy to guess. The names of Wade, Wilson, Colfax and others are mentioned in [j connection with it. In our next issue we shall a probably be able to announce the result, e The Democratic nominating Convention will ase semble in New York, on the fourth of July next. e Gen. Grant on Impeachment. Advices from Washington represent that j. Gen. Grant is not so reticent now as he has been e heretofore. Correspondents assert that he is open r in his avowals in favor of the conviction of Presi_ dent Johnson. A dispatch in the Chicago Repul lican says: General Grant, in the presence of your correse pondent, to-day, said that, from what he knew, he Believed the President intended to evade conviction by resigning at the last hour. The General " also said that he became so convinced that this , would be done, that he bet a box of cigars with Stanton, in support of it, nearly a month ago. f During the entire conversation, the General expressed himself very strongly in support of Mr. e Johnson's removal, it being his only hope of having pence in the Southern States; and he thought it would be dangerous to the best interests of the i, country to let him remain any longer at the head r of the government With 5lr. Johnson's retuoh val he would, without detriment to the public ? service, make a further reduction in the army, and ,r the troops that were now stationed in many of the s Southern States could be withdrawn and sent to the plains or mustered out of service. Having a J man in the presidential chair that would take care e that the laws are faithfully executed, the rebels in the South would cease committing murders and driving Union men from their homes, and loyal D men would be again secure. if Forth^f?or|tville Enquirer. THE CROPS IN FAIRFIELD. y Mr. Editor .?With an apology for my long si?f lence, allow me to resume my correspondence with a few notes on the season and prospect for crops. - 1 . 1 spring, inougu nearly inree wccivo julci mau uouw s in making its appearance, has at length almost r- put on the robes of Summer. Early in March the is weather was favorable for planting corn. Those t, who were not ready then, or did not embrace the d opportunity, are later in starting this crop than y usual. April was very wet, even more so than the i- same month in the last two years?the rains being >f heavier. This retarded the planting of cotton a e bout two weeks. i- The weather became quite warm about the first y of May, and favorable for the growth -of young )f crops, but on the afternoon of the 7th, it became i- quite cool and has continued so up to the present it time. o The Spring frosts have been comparatively few ;t and light, consequently the fruit crop, (especially is that of peaches, the most delicious of all fruit) is y a large one, though in many places the apple crop, 1- from some cause, is nearly a failure, o The wheat crop is in bloom and promising, ale though fears were entertained that it would be inn jured by the excessive rains. Oats and Rye also il indicate that some relief will be afforded from the d difficulties consequent on the short corn crop of r- last year. e Corn and cotton have been planted in about the it usual proportion, and good stands have generally >- been obtained. There is not as much complaint tr about crows and other destructive agents this year ir as last. Corn crops have generally been worked n over and re-planted, and the cotton crop is now ens gaging the attention of those who handle the plow o and hoe. j. c. C. i- Yonquesville, S. C., May 16,1868. f For the Yorkrllle Enquirer. COLORED CONSERVATIVE CLUB. Pursuant to previous notice, a meeting of Colored Conservative citizens was held at Rock Hill, on Saturday, the 16th instant, for the purpose of organizing a Conservative Union Club. After the adoption of resolutions extending the hand of friendship to the white population, and reciting a belief in the identity of interest of the two races, the following persons were elected permanent officers of the Club: President?F. M. Davie. Vice Presidents?Nelson White and Wylie Davie. Secretary?Samuel McCulloch. Treasurer?Henry Bobo. Executive Committee?George Glover, Howard Davis, John Howell, Allen- McCulloch, Allen Steele. The following are some of the names subscribed to the Constitution, in addition to those mentioned: Lee White, Osburn Steele, Allen Gill, Andrew n. ? r rvr i oteeie, Austin springs, oesse worxman, minora Turner, Samuel Black, Andrew Simpson, Thomas Murphy, James Moore, Henry Wyatt. The next regular meeting of the Club will be held at Rock Hill, on Saturday evening, 30th instant, at 4 o'clock, when all colored citizens who value their interest and the welfare of the colored race, are earnestly requested to attend. P. M. DAVIE, President. Samuel McCullough, Secretary. ?* THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. Washington, May 11?2 P. M.?The President's friends seemed apprehensive this morning, but are in better spirits now. A brother-in-law of Senator Fowler is reported to have said, that conviction is certain. Senator Wilson's wife is reported to have expressed doubts to her gossips, offsetting Fowler's statement. Mrs. Wade is reported as bearing herself haughtily. Several newspaper men of known impeachment proclivities report conversations pointing to acquittal, but they are suspected to be decoys to bets, in which they have a commission. The Senate went into secret session at ten and a half o'clock, but previously, on motion of Sherman, made arrangements to prevent demonstrations tomorrow. Later.?The following is the form proposed by Judge Chase and adopted by the Senate: Mr. Senator, how say you, is the respondent, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, euiltv of a high misdemeanor or crime, as charged In this article ? The SeDator shall respond guilty or not guilty only. At ten o'clock the Senate proceeded to consider the articles, each Senator having fifteen minutes, and will continue the session to a late hour. The following has been gathered from several sources, and may be regarded as reliable. Grimes and Fessenden went through the list of charges, arguing against conviction. Trumbull and Henderson were partly through when the expiration of fifteen minutes stopped them. They argued in favor of acquittal. Howe and Sherman argued for acquittal on the first, but conviction on the second. The Radicals acknowledge that the vote will be very close, but insist defiantly that they have thirty-ei^ht votes. Only the six mentioned above, of tne fourteen doubtful Senaters; have yet spoken. The excitement in the city is intense, and the betting is all on the side of acquittal. Washington, May 12?12. P. M.?All the morning, the Capitol has been filled with crowds anxious to gain admission to the Senate galleries, in order to De witnesses of the grand finale of the impeachment trial. The excitement is heightened by the fact, that an absolute uncertainty prevailed as to the character of the verdict The friends of the President, and of the managers, professed to be equally confident that the result would be in accordance with their hopes and wishes. When the hour of twelve had arrived, the lobbies and galleries of the Senate, and all the entrances thereto, were densly packed with eager thousands. The privilged few, who were entitled to the privileges of the floor, rallied in full force, and the high court was so thronged that it was no easy matter to distinguish the judges and officers within the bar. Second dispatch.?The high Court of Impeachment has adjourned until Saturday on account of the illness of Senator Howard. No vote was taken. On the motion to adjourn, Drake said he made the motion to adjourn over because he believed the senators were not in a condition to attend to business. Conkling asked>hat was the matter!? Drake said if senators could not see' what was the matter it was useless for him to tell them. The whole country was trembling in an agony of suspense, and in view of the throes in which the country was now suffering, there were senators hero who were possessed of such comnosure as to be insensible to it. After further unimportant business, court adjourncd. The managers this morning claimed a majority of one; but Howard's delirium continued. The Radical caucus was held at 11 o'clock, when it was determined to postpone. Should Howard recover, the managers express themselves still confident of conviction by Wade's vote. No doubtful senator has given public indications since yesterday. Had the vote been taken at noon to-day, as previously arranged, twelve Republican senators would have voted for acquittal. The inipeachers were well aware of this, and hence the postponement. The President's friends are in high spirits, and say that the delay will only give him additional strength in the Senate. It is claimed that Henderson, Grimes, Trumbull, Fessenden, Van Winkle and Fowler are certainly for acquittal, and that Anthony, Ross, Willey, Frelinghusen and Sprague are still doubtful. Van Winkle and Fowler are not fully committed for ac qnittal. Third dispatch.?The postponement of the final vote encourages the impeachers, but the friends of acquittal say it is certain that eighteen senators can be relied on. Three others will probably join them. The radicals are working like beavers to secure conviction on at least one article. Washington, May 13.?The President's friends are tranquil to-day, being more confident than ever of his acauittal. Senator Howard is still very sick, and tlicre is little probability that the verdict will be rendered until after the recess, which will be taken during the session of the Chicago Convention. Washington, May 14.?The Impeachers are terribly disconcerted at the turn which events have taken since Sunday. _ In the House, this morning, the managers introduced and secured the adoption of a resolution authorizing the appointment of a committee to make a thorough investigation in regard to the sources of the information concerning the intended votes of Senators, published in the newspapers.? As long as the predictions _ of the press indicated the conviction of the President, no umbrage was taken; but in the well founded statements, published on Tuesday and Wednesday, foreshadowing an acquittal, the managers professed to discover a heinous breach of the privileges of the High Court. It is now admitted on all hands that the chances arc against the vote being taken on Saturday next. It is almost certain that no result will then be t_.j ?1 ? ?U?I1 , ?U1? reacnuu, U[llL'.Vt WUVIU11UU snail occiu Iiiawutvic. Both sides still profess so be equally confident.? Senators Grimes, Howard and Conkling are still sick. Washington, May 15.?The ultimate acquittal of the President seems conceded to-day. Offset ting the meetings and resolutions which have all been published, are very many private dispatches to uncommitted Senators, from home sources, urging them to act according to their consciences, ana assuring them that the impeachment furore is artificial. Replying to the Missouri delegation, Senator Henderson appears to have said conviction would have failed without, and could not have been secured with, his vote. In his opinion the second article would have been defeated by two, and the eleventh by four votes. The impeachment managers appear to have abandoned yesterday's project, whatever that may have been. They had no meeting to-day, and a vote to-morrow is considered improbable. It is likely that the illness of the Senators will be made an excuse for another postponement. A small caucus of Radical Senators, held to-day, favored delaying action until after the Chicago Convention. Howard and Conkling are confined to bed.? Grimes is better. Morton was on the street There was no session of the Senate. ? The Mississippi Democratic Convention has nominated General Humphreys, the present incumbent, as a candidate for Governor. Strenuous efforts will be made to defeat the Constitution. Prom the Charleston News. FAILURE OF IMPEACHMENT! brand Rally of the Radical* on the Eleventh Article. THE DECISIVE VOTE. GUILTY! 35; NOT GUILTY!I 19. THE REQUISITE TWO-THIRDS FAIL TO VOTE FOR OOHVIOTIOH. HO W THE BO TJBTFVL SENA TORS STOOD. THE FEELING IN WASHINGTON, -Ac., Ac. Ac. Washington, Saturday, May 16?1 P. M.? The Capitol was again thronged this morning, long before the hour at which the High Court was to meet There was less excitement, however, than on Tuesday last, owing to the impression generally prevalent that the Radicals intended to dodge a vote by postponing the further consideration of the impeachment case until after the Chicago Convention. The result, however, showed that they hod determined upon a different line of tactics. Immediately after the High Court was called to order by Chief Justice Chase, Senator Williams moved that the sense of the court should be first talnn .on the eleventh article of impeachment? This motion developed the cunning programme which had been determined on in a secret caucus of the impeachers. They had ascertained that the eleventh article, -though intrinsically the weakest o. all, was likely to rally more votes in favor of con viction than any ether; hence their resolve to test their strength on that article first, and in case of a failure to convict, to adjomrn the case, and thus to bold thoir verdict on the remaining ten articles in terrorem over the President, besides taking the chances of any accessions of strength that the admission of Radical senators from the reconstructed States may bring to their ranks. The large majority which the Radicals hold in the Senate enabled them easily to carry oat this scheme. The vote was taken upon Senator Williams' motion and resulted;?Yeas 34, nays 99; Mr. Wade voting in the affirmative. The eleventh article upon which the vote was thus ordered to be taken reads as follows : ARTICLE XL That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, unmindful of the high duties of his office and of bis oath of office, ana in disregard of the Constitution and laws of the United States, did heretofore, to wit: on the 18th day of August, 1866, at the City of Washington, and the District of Columbia, by public speech, declare and affirm in substance that the Thirty-ninth Congress of the United States was not a Congress of the United States authorized by the Constitution to exercise legislative power under the same; but, on the contrary, was a Congress of only part of the States, thereby denying and intending to deny that the legislation of said Congress was valid or obligatory upon him, the said Andrew Johnson, except in so far as he saw fit to approve the same, and also thereby denying and intending to deny the power of the said Thirty-ninth Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution of tne -United States ; and, in pursuance of said declaration, the said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, afterward, to wit: on the 21st day of February, 1868, at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, did unlawfully and in disregard of the requirements of the Constitution, that ne should take care that the laws be faithfully executed, attempt to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices," passed March 2, 1867, by unlawfully devising and contriving, and attempting to devise and contrive, means by which he should prevent Edwin M. Stanton from forthwith resuming the functions of the office of Secretary for the Department of War, notwithstanding the refusal or the Senate to concur in the suspension therefore made by the said Andrew Johnson, of said Edwin M. Stanton, from said office of Secretary for the Department of War, and also by further unlawfully j? j ?j j uevieiug ana contriving, auu attempting iu ucvibc and contrive means then and there to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, and also to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," passed March 2, 1867; whereby the said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, did then to wit: on the 21st day of February, 1867, at the City of Washington, commit and was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office. The President, in his answer to this article, it will be remembered, denied that he had declared or affirmed that the Thirty-ninth Congress was an illegal Congress, or that he had made my of the allegations charged in the article. He had 6aid nothing of the competency of said Congress to pass laws while Southern States were unrepresented. Lastly, he denied that he had attempted to defeat the operation of the Reconstruction laws, or any other law of Congress. Chief Justice Chase announced that, in accordance with the order of the court, he would now proceed to take the sense of its members upon the eleventh article of impeachment The clerk was directed to report the article, and the names of the several senators were then called out in alphabetical order, the Chief Justice addressing to each the question: Mr. Senator, how say you, is the respondent, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, guilty of a high misdemeanor or crime, as charged in this article ? As the members of the High Court severally responded guilty or not guilty, a breathless silence prevailed in the hall, and a thousand pencils anxiously recorded the character of each vote. The result of the vote was as follows: VOTING GUILTT. Benjamin F. Wade,0. IF. P. Frelln|ftuy*ra, N. J. Henry B. Anthony, R. I. James Harlan. Iowa. Sluion Cameron, Penn. J. M. Howard, Mlcb. A a Pnrtpl N J It n. Hum Wil. Znch. Chandler, Mich. Edwin D. Morgan, N. Y. Cornelius Cole, Cal. Justin 8. Morrill, Vt. Roscoc Couklin, N. Y. Lot. P. Morrill, Me. John Oonness, Cal. O. P. Morton, Ind. H. W. Corbett, Oregon. James W. Nye, Nevada. Aaron H. Craigin, N. 11. J. YV. Patterson, N. H. Chas. D. Drake, Mo. Samuel C. Poraeroy, Ks. G. F. Edmonds, Vt. Ale*. Ramsay, Mln. O. 8. Ferry, Conn. Win. M. 8tcwart, Nevada. John Sherman, O. - Chas. Sumner, Mass. YVm. Sprague, R. I. T. W. Tipton, Nebraska. John M. Thayer, Neb. Henry Wilson, Mass. G. H. Williams, Oregon, Richard Votes, Illinois?35. D. L. Morton, Minn. VOTING NOT GUILTY. Wm. P. Fessenden, Me., (Rep.) Garret Davis, Ky. J. S. Fowler, Tenn. (Rep.) iJas. Dixon, Con. L. Trumbull, Me. (Rep.) , Wlllard Saulsbury, Del. J. W. Grimes, Iowa. (Rep.) Jas. R. Dooltttle, Wis. J. B. Henderson, Mo. (Rep.) ;T. C.McCroery, Ky. E. G. Ross, Ks. (Rep.) :T. A. Hendricks, lnd. P. G. Van Winkle, W.V. (Rep.) Reverdy Johnson, Md. W. T. YVilley, W. V. (Rep.) D. T. Patterson, Tenn. J. A- Bayard, Del. Geo. T. VIckers, Md.?19. C. R- Buckalew, Pcnn. The announcement by the Chief Justice that the vote had resulted in the acquittal of the President as to the eleventh article, two-thirds of the Court not voting in favor of conviction, was received without any demonstration of applause, though exultation was visible on the countenances of the President's friends in the galleries and on the floor. The result hinged cVeflvupon the vote of Senator Ross, of Kansas, who naa given no indications whatever, up to the last moment, of his views and intentions. After the buzz which sncceeded the vote had subsided, Senator Williams rose, and moved that the Court adjourn to the 26th of May. The Chief Justice ruled that the Senate was in process of carrying out the order to proceed to vote upon the articles of impeachment, and that no motion was now in order while that was pending. Senator Conness appealed from tnis decision, ? ...in ? .1. J. and, tne question Dcmg put to tne uourt, tne aecision of the Chief Justice was overruled by a vote of yeas 24; nays 30. The question then coming up on the motion to adjourn, Senator Henderson moved to amend by striking out the 26th of May and inserting the 1st of July. The amendment was not agreed to?yeas 20; nays 34. The question recurring on the motion of Senator Williams, it was agreed to?yeas 32; nays 21. So the High Court adjourned until next Tuesday week. To-day's proceedings, it is admitted on all hands, has been a splendid victory for the President. The impeachment managers had counted confidently upon Senator Ross voting for conviction, and their disappointment is so great as to render them desperate. They now say that the President must be turned out, by fair means or foul, before the close of this month. On the other hand, the President's friends are delighted and encouraged at the result, and declare, that he has nothing to fear in the future?his opponents having done their worst to-day. What is tht. Remedy.?The following is taken from the New York Suji: "The tax on whiskey is $2 a gallon, and the cost of manufacturing it is about 30c. a gallon. The current prioe of whiskey in this market is now about $ 1.45 a galloo. Whoever buys whiskey at this rate can have, with his purchase, if he desires an official certificate of the revenue officers that tno identical whiskey which he buys for $1.45 a gallon has paid to the Government the full amount of $2 a gallon. - 1 7 i v CHESTER OONTRIBUTORIAL. by wm. brawley. chester, 8. c., may 19, 1868. THE CEMETERY, We know that it will be a booh* of great gratification to the whole of onr community, to see the improvements which have been effected at the cemetery. A fine paling has been placed in front . andwdeep ditch dttguftarorrod, which wift effect- M ually keep ont intruders. ^ We believe thatit is the V intention of those who have the matter in charge, ' to plant a hedge, which will preserve this "city of f our dead" from desecration. We are indebted to the ladies of onr town for this charitable work. John J. McLure, W. EL Hardin, J. R. Allen, Esq re., and Dr. R. H. Jordan, were the Committee appointed by them to carry oat their plans, and they have performed their duty very satisfactorily. wttt/itatto iNMUUAV WIH We are informed that there will be a celebration of the birth-day of John Wesley, on Sunday next, at the Methodist Church. The Rev. A. G. Stacy will preach a sermon on the "Rise and progress of Methodism," and Giles J. Patterson, Esq., will deliver an address to the Sunday schools. Many of our citizens were gratified on Sunday last by a visit from their old friend, the Rev. D. McN. Turner, who, for many years, was closely identified with this community, and is now one of the finest preachers in the State, and is in charge of the Presbyterian Churoh, at Abbeville, S. C. We had the pleasure yesterday, of a visit from Maj. J. F. Hart, of Yorkville, whp,jrith the Rev.H. R. Dickson, of the same town, ..is- on his way to Baltimore to attend the meetipg of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. B0IE8! Wendell Phillips said, in a speech in New York, the other day, that the Southern people had no brains. This insinuation would naturally excite our indignation and be repelled as a vile slander. He afterwards explained that he meant no brains or capacity for the industrial and practical pursuits of life. In this senate, we fear there is more truth in the assertion than our pride would readily admit. As a single example of our deficiency in that kind of wisdom which makes a people prosperous, we would state that there is a merchant in our town who, in a few weeks, has collected over a hundred bushels ofhones which he is shipping to Baltimore to a manufacturer of Phosphates there, to be ground up and sent back to fertilize our poor hills, with all the expense of transportation and manipulation to be added, and with the probability of adulteration before it comes to be used. In the same way, our cotton seed are sent away to enrich the Northern oil manufacturers, not to speak of the cotton and other raw material. It is not strange that we are- poor. CAPITAL PUFI8HMEHT. Among the probable consequences of the inauguration of the new Government in South Carolina, will be the introduction of much cant and < New England isms and sentimentalities. The "God and morality party," in its desire todoaway with all the old land-marks, will probably abolish the old fashioned system of hanging criminals, and substitute some new-fangled punishment In this connection a recent debate in the English House of Commons possesses some interest The bill to abolish capital punishment was defeated by a vote of 127 to 23. The debate was very interesting, but chiefly remarkable for bringing forward as the strongest antagonist of the measure, Mr. J. Stuart Mill, one of the profoundest, yet at the same time, Me of the most crotqhety thinkers of the age. He supplied some of the strongest arguments against the proposed change, in a speech of finished beauty and adroitness. He said that solemnly to blot out a murderer from the catalogue of the living, is the most appropriate and impressive mode in which society can deal with his crime. An imprisonment carried out in a way commensurate with the offence, would be a horrible torture. Society is asked to denude itself of an instru- . ment of punishment which effects its purpose at a less cost of suffering than any other, while inspiring more terror. Professional criminals may pre tend to De mainerent to tne gaiiows, out it is not to its effect upon hardened criminals that we arc to look, but on the many who are still innocent, and who arc deterred from crime by the awful penalty that awaits them. It is not a question of adopting the most effectual means of softening the heart and moving the souls of murderers, but a question of preserving the sanctity and safety of human life. Some may say, witlr Jeremy Bentham, that precaution is the only thing to be sought, but human nature has implanted in it a sense which recognizes also the justice of retribution. There is a certain effeminacy in some minds which is shocked at the taking of human life, yet those men would substitute for the gallows solitary imprisonment with hard labor for life; that is, an unrelieved monotony of toil, without society, without sympathy. Unbroken silence and uninterrupted solitude would be doing nothing less than creating a hell upon earth. The life of an uneducated, brutal prisoner, undergoingsuch a sentence, would be, in effect, a slow, lingering, painful death. The experience of years by those who have been brought most in contact with the criminal classes, is preponderating that there is no punishment so deterring as the gallows, and it is for this class, mainly, that punishments are devised. They fear death by the hands of the executioner, and it is the only thing in this world that they do fear. { To those people whose religious sensibilities are shocked by the infliction of the death penalty, we would say that it is a punishment, recognized by the code of every nation, and in the only case where there has been any direct revelation of the will of the Almighty, it has been prescribed in many cases for offences less then murder, to which wc believe it should be confined. We hope that no sickly sentimentality will ever operate to change the law in this respect in Sooth Carolina. ? FEW ADVEBTI8EMEFT8. John E. Grist?Caliban: A Sequel to "Ariel." John McCanta?Dry Goods ana Groceries. " " ?They Have Come. Jno. C. Kuykendal?The York Drag Store. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of T. Coleman Lawson, Simon Mills, David Theodore Byars. Thomson A Jefferys, Assignees?In Bankruptcy? In the Matter of Martin Armstrong, John M. Steele, James F. Steele, Samuel Blair. J. & E. B. Stowe?High Handed Outrages. " " ?Miles' Shoes. W. Blake, Chester?Flowers, Flowers. J. R. Baird?Notice of Sale. Mrs. S. G. Xeesler, Rock Hill?Mantua-Making. John S. Bratton <fc Co.?Corn Mill at Philadelphia. L. Smith?A Card. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. ELECTION FOR DISTRICT OFFICERS. Mr. Editor:?Permit me to make a suggestion with reference to the conduct of our Conservative citizens?white and colored?in view of the approaching election for District officers. At the recent election for the Ratification of the Constitu tiori, many of our best citizens deferred going to the polls on the first day of the election, and were prevented from voting on the second and third days in consequence of rain and high water. Let us, therefore, derive profit from our late defeat, and recognize the policy and necessity of voting on Tuesday, the 2d day of June?the first day of election. It is gratifying to observe the general and harmonious interest manifested throughout the District in the formation of Conservative Clubs, which will certainly result in complete success at the approaching election, if we will hut do our duty. Let each Club select and secure the service's of efficient working men at the nearest election precinct, to be present at the polls, each day, and to see that tickets are provided, and to observe whether any