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Scraps and $arts. ?;The Free Masons of Austria are seeking permission to re-open their lodges, which have been dosed since 1794. * At Gold Hill, Nevada, three weeks ago, ioe thicker than window glasB froze in the open air.? This is doing very well for summer. ??All the magistrates elect in Shelby County, Ala., are negroes, and not one of them can read or write. But radicalism makes them "all write." ?j?A plan is proposed to bring London and New York within seven aayg of each other, by means of fast steamers between Valencia and St. John's, and connecting railroads. Reports from all portions of Virginia give the most encouraging accounts of the wneat crop, particularly along the James River in the Valley. The crop is considered to be over an average one. It is raid that there is a man in Connecticut seventy yean old who has lived all his life vrithin fifteen miles of Hartford, yet has never seen that city. A distinguished Ohioan is credited with the saying that "Mr. Chase will do the meanest thing to get into office, and makes the best officer when he gets in, of any man in the United States." From June to Jnly the national debt rose from $2,007,827,842 to $2,060,883,392, being an increase of more than fifty-three millions of dollars in one month. A New York correspondent says: "Fred Douglass declines to stomp for Grant because he once owned a negro, and most, therefore, be an essential Democrat" This season the Southern rice crop will probably reach sixty thousand barrels, or nine millions teVen hundred and twenty thousand pounds of roojrh rioe, against forty-five thousand barrels in 1867. ' The statistics of cigar manufacture show that Great Britain and her colonies and the United States consume half the crop of the world, and that Cuba produces one-third of the whole supply of the world. The funeral of an old woman who was buried recently in Jackson, Michigan, was attended by two of her sons from the House of Correction in Detroit, and a third from the State prison, all un- , dor guard. The leading female rider of Yankee Robinson's cirous troupe attempted suicide at Free port, EL, last week, because she was disgusted with the profession, ana the proprietors refused to release her from her engagement The paupers of England and Wales on the 1st of January, 1868, numbered 1,040,103, being one-nineteenth of the entire population, and an in- i crease of 76,903 durinr the year. Of the whole number 53,487 were able-bodied meu. In the House of Representatives, on Thurs- i day, a bill was passed removing the disabilities from Simeon Coney, to enable him to take his seat as a Representative from this State. In the Senate, the bill was laid on the table. A white Senator at Atlanta was asked, while at table, whether Jthe representatives from his oounty had arrived. "Wait until I am through my breakfast," he replied, "and I will send to the kitchen and enquire. A married woman in Wisconsin says that when her hosband is a little drunk he kicks her, and when he is very drunk she kicks him. She congratulates herself that she does the greater part of the kicking. There are one hundred and sixty-eight Gen-' erals in Mexico who believe themselves entitled to the Presidency of that cheerful republic, and only await a favorable chanoe to issue one hundred and sixty-eight proclamations in favor of their individual selves. A German Pomologist asserts that young 1 pear trees with Binooth and red twigs will furnish juicy and well-flavored fruit; while rough, green shoots indicate a mealy, dry and tasteless article. < With apples, rou^h branches indicate sour; smooth < branches, sweet fruit < Some American ladies at Copenhagen, who . recentlyT?lled on the Queen of Denmark, were not a little astonished to see that she wore a cheap dress, and that on rising to receive them, she laid on her table a cotton stocking, on which she had : been knitting. There is a lady in Mew York who owns and runs a large wholesale harness and saddlery establishment on Pearl street She transacts her own i business, and is daily at the store. She has trav- i eled extensively in this country and Europe, and is , said to be the "smartest woman in New York." It is in contemplation to appoint Govern- i ment receivers to take full possession of all the , Southern railroads which have neglected to pay the Government for the material purchased at the ' close of the war, and to control and operate them ' until the debt is paid. Several have already thus ( been taken possession of The Raleigh (N. C.) Sentinel, referring to Holden's message to the Legislature, on the sub- i ject of arming a militia force in that State, says if the Legislature succumbs in this matter, let the bill bave.the proper title: "A bill to inaugurate war and orgauize Pandemonium in North Carolinft >1 na. r? A new feature of political campaigning is 1 soon to be instituted by the Radicals, wno propose establishing "singing clubs" to perambulate the country, ami chant the praises of Grant and Colfax for ten dollars a week and traveling expenses. Horace Greeley is the treasurer, to whom the faithful are called upon to send in their contributions. . The opening concert will be given in New York. ( The Montgomery Advertiser, of the 20th in- < stant, says: "There can be no doubt now that : army worms have made their appearance. The 1 road just on the edgo of the town going South of Montgomery, was full of them yesterday. We 1 saw six of them this morning; they looked strong l and healthy. It is to be hoped that their stay will i be of short duration. t A dispatch from Washington, dated on Sun- i day last, says that a tremendous rain storm was then prevailing throughout the North. Reports from Baltimore say that the water is within a few , feet of the Monument Square. North-street, almost its entire length, has from four to eight feet of water. Holiday-street Theatre is surrounded 1 with water. A number of drav horses and some i of the drivers were drowned. The street cars have been swept from the track in Gay-street down Harrison-street, with a number of passengers. Don't advertise, it's a bad plan. It will call attention to your place of business, and it is much better for people who wish to trade with you to hunt yon up. It gives your customers exercise and makes them healthy. Besides, if you 1 advertise somebody will buv vour goods, and then you will have to get more, and it will be a bother to you. It you have Droperty to sell by auction or private sale, don't advertise it, or the crowd of purchasers might dirty the door-step or soil your carpet Gen. Meade, on Thursday last, issued General Orders, turning over Georgia to civil rule. The orders are much the same as those issued in other States?that the Legislature of Georgia having complied with the acts of Congress, the commanding general orders that the civil officers holding by military authority or failure to have successors qualified, shall yield their office and turn over to qualified successors all public property, archives, &c. The military must abstain, from interference or control over civil authority. Writs of habeas corpus from United States courts will be respectfully obeyed, and their decisions conformed to. The Richmond Dispatch assigns as one reason why the democratic nominees will be elected, that but three of the Presidents, since the formation of the Government, have had double namesJohn Q. Adams, W. H. Harrison and James K. Polk. Seymour has but one name, while Grant's is double. The people have only elected two with double names, as John Quincy Adams was elected by the House of Representatives. The Presidents with single names were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, FrankHn Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson?fourteen in all. ?? Daring the prevalence of sunstroke in New York, the Morgue was crowded to excess, and a coroner kept at work from early dawn till late at night disposing of the bodies that arrived every few minutes. A reporter, writing up the fearful scene, says: "The stream of carriages that come in line freighted with dead and dying seems interminable. The bodies of the dead are arranged in coffins, which, owing to the pressure, have to be placed in tiers of six or seven deep. Notwithstanding that every precaution is taken to prevent pntrefacation, the signs of decomposition are very early discernible, ana after a short time the coffins emit not alone disagreable odours, but that fog peculiar to pubescent humanity, and a dozen such coffins present the appearance of a time kiln in full blast" , j, Hayti, says the New Orleans Timts, in its a sixty years of independence, is a fit illustration of ? the effects of negro rule. In that time, from being one of the fairest and most prolific islands on the bosom of the ocean, it has become perfectly worth- n less as a producer. Its people having relapsed 0 into barbarism ; the marriage relations is no more p regarded than it is among brutes; Fetish worship 0 and Woudouism have supplanted the ceremonies of the Christian Church; the most cruel excesses > are everywhere practiced, and the most beastly * crimes sanctioned by custom. Yet in the faoe of o such sickening evidence of the negro's incapacity ? for self-government, the control or ten once inde- g pendent American States has been^ placed in his u bands, through the madness of fanaticism. Wnt ffltMlc ityttim. \ YORKVILLE. S. C.: b THURSPAY MORNING, JULY 30,1868. I ~ C Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that J *? onWrinfinn Q/luorflflmD' and 1oh_ work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expi- 1 ration of trie time for which payment has been ^ made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under- 1 stand that the time paid for has expired. 8 <] COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. c Messrs. Calvin Whisonant and B. F. Briggs, d two of the newly elected County Commissioners, n qualified on Tuesday last, and entered upon the o discharge of their duties. A notice to the Over- ii seers of Roads, to be found in our advertising col- p umns, evinces that the Board is going to work in d good earnest _ 1 CADET APPOINTMENT. * t We are pleased to learn that George Daniel Wallace, son of A. S. Wallace, Esq., of this Conn- ' ty, has received an appointment as the Cadet at West Point, for the Fourth Congressional District F of South Carolina. He is required to report for . examination on the first of September. PUBLIC MEETING ON MONDAY. o We have been requested to state that a meeting ^ of Delegates from all the Democratic Clubs in York J1 county is desired at the Court-House on Monday " next?sales-day. The object of the meeting is to c select five Delegates to represent the County in the ? Democratic State Convention, which is to assemble in Columbia, on the 6th of August, to nomin- J ate Electors for President and Vice-President It 11 !o nn^BKiftwl nthpr mattprs of imnortance will be brought before the meeting on Monday. RAIN. I Since our last issue, there has been falls of rain . in every section of the County from which we have 11 any information. In the immediate vicinity of e Yorkville, the quantity has been unusal, and considerable damage has been done to the crops and y fences on low-lands, as in some instances both were & Bwept away. The rains, however, have come in , time to contribute materially to the making of the 11 young corn on the up-lands, and will prove of ben- a efit to the old corn. At the present writing, . (Wednesday morning) rain is threatened again. 1! . a THE NEW JUDICIARY ACT. d The legislature, last week, passed an Act re-organizing the Judiciary Department of the State. 5 It is entitled14An Act to establish County Courts.'1 t< It divides the State into eight circuits, with four o jounties to each circuit, except the first; which is jomposed of Charleston and Orangeburg, and the 0 seventh composed of Spartanburg, Laurens, and f< Anderson. The sixth circuit embraces Chester, u Lancaster, York and Union. The Courts in the sixth circuit are provided for s as follows: Criminal Term to commence in Ches- c ter, on the first Monday in January; Lancaster, i< first Monday in February; York, first Monday in March; Union, first Monday in April; Chester a again first Monday in May, and so on throughout b the year, giving three terms to each County. The p Common Pleas Court will commence in each Uounty on Wednesday after the Monday on which the v Court meets, unless postponed by order of the d Judge, who is given this authority. From each g circuit a judge and solicitor is to be elected? a Judges to alternate with each other on the different circuits when reasons therefor appear. ii A bill is also pending to provide for County so- a licitors to assist the circuit solicitor in the discharge ti of their duties. The election of Judges, under this c Act, will probably occur this week. Under the pro- ci visions of this Act, the Courts for York will be held on the first Monday's of March, July and C November. The first court will probably be held X next November. A bill for the organization of a Magistrate's Courtsis pending; but at last accounts d had not become a law. h SOUTH CAROLINA A STATE! P ii Since the issue of the last number of this paper, g the government of the State has undergone another revolution?the fourth, since the close of the war. We have now passed from under military rule, into a form of civil government erected over o us without our consent; but yet a dc facto govern- f< nient for the State. However revolting to the feelings of the people, this unwilling government tl may be, yet it is our duty to obey the laws and u submit, for the time being, to an evil that we can neither avert nor soften by angry words or intern- fi perate action. h A government of some sort or other is necessary for the protection and well-being of society. A w bad government is generally better than no gov- n ernment at all. As the present is the only gov- j( erament of the State, we should submit our action v to the rules it prescribes, so long as it remains 'in durance over us. This submission does not re- \ quire us to submit our opinions or give our votes d to uphold it. As a government not of our own o choosing, and contrary to the spirit of the Federal s compact to which this State was a party, it is our C duty to assist by every peaceable and lawful effort to secure the establishment of a better one, in ti which the will of the people shall be heard. Al- o ways thus reserving this right to think and to act t for our own welfare, we should, until the time to s make such action effective arrives, yield that obe- c dience to the present Constitution and laws, that o good citizenship requires of us. If it become insufferable?if it departs from its sphere of protec- 1 tion, to one of oppression ; then, if no relief be p afforded, by lawful concert of action, it will be time u enough to resort to such means as we have, for our fc self protection. ( We would entreat our people everywhere, of t all classes and conditions, to let no act of insubor- 1 dination be recorded against them in the present t unhappy condition in which they are placed. The g surest means we, conceive, of removing present, j and averting future evils, is to pursue a course of peaceable acquiescence, and to yield obedience to the authorities now in power. 1 We do not know that any such suggestions as these are necessary now; but a time may come a when the patience and fortitude of our people will ? be put to severer trials than they have yet under- c gone. We can only hope that there will be enough c of wisdom and good sense in the law-making pow- t er of the State to steer clear of acts likely to en- a gender a spirit of violence in the land. c If the evils of partisan law-making become too t heavy then for longer sufferance, let the appeal be t to peaceable remedies. Violence in resisting ( wrong even, is apt to bring a heavier train of evils t than those sought to be evaded. Let our watch- ( word be Prudence. <3 ?-*-?. a The South Carolina Legislature. a According to the Phoenix, the Legislature I of South Carolina is composed as follows: Senate? c White, 24; colored, 9; total, 33. House of Rep- c resentatives?White, 43 ; colored 76; total, 124. There are seven Democrats in the Senate, and fourteen in the House. ' - 4 *? ? MERE-MENTION* f / ! Special attention is directed to an advertisement q to-day's paper about a lost key. "The Sente has confirmed the appointment of E. H. Smith, s Internal Revenue Collector for. the first District f South Carolina, vice Sawyer resi|ine3. ""A aan has just died in Paris leaving a fortune of $40,00 in postage stamps. " "President Lincoln's i ortrait has been prononnced contraband in Cuba, , n account of his freeing the "contrabands. " *A aan out West shot himself dead to free himself rora rheumatism. The cure is called aremarkable ne. William Hood, the former Treasurer of louth Carolina, has been ordered by Governor Scott to receive and disburse money's as usual, and i mtii superseded. During the late "heated erm," a wicked wag said that the only reason 1 rhy he did not commit suicide, was that be feared < t would be "jumping out of the frying pan into 1 he fire." A young woman in a Western town, it is said, 1 las been fined ten dollars for kissing a young man < gainst his wilL It is expected that the Colimbia and Augusta Railroad will be in-running irder, throughout its entire length, by the first of November next Greeley says that "every legro becomes 'intelligent,' 'moral,' 'refined,' and white,' the moment he votes the Democratic icket'' He knows. Paris is lighted by thiry-thrce thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine treet lamps.*" Hon. William M. Evartswas lualified as Attorney General of the United States n Monday of last week, and entered upon the luties of his office. The eight hour law is tow in force in all the departments and worshops 1 f the government California is gaining by mmigration from five hundred to si* hundred >ersons weekly. "The number of horses that led last week in New York city from the heat was 67. One half the number belong to the car oom- ' anies. A Methodist newspaper, the first of he kind, has just been started in Hindostan. *A } on of collar paper, it is stated, is made daily at 1 ne mill in Pittsfield, Mass. The Charleston j papers announce the death of Judge Frost It i 3 said that in Egypt sunstroke is relieved by pourag water, in which salt is dissolved, in to the ears of ' hesufferer. "The Princes of Wales has an- 1 ther daughter, making Victoria a grandmother ' or the thirteenth time. Canadian Ik borers ' efuse to take their wages in American silver, un- 1 iss at a discount of ten per cent. The Radial assessments upon postmasters are bringing in aore growls than greenbacks. Old Tbad. 1 Itevens made a narrow escape from a sadden and iolent death the other day. He came near hav ag a generous idea. , i AGltlCULTURAL ITEMS. ? Good farm9 in Virginia are selling for about 30 an acre. . 1 ? A Farmers' Association has been organized ' a Anderson County, and Hon. James L Orr 1 lectcd President. 1 ? Governor Patton says that Alabama will this 1 ear raise 400,000 bales of ootton, worth in the ag- 1 regate, $40,000,000. ' ? The army worm has appeared in. some coun- ( ies in Alabama, and planters are much alarmed ' t the visit. ? A fatal distemper, or dry murrain, is prevailig among the cattle throughout Georgia. Quite number of fine milch cows in that State have ied of it ? Good rains have fallen in different portions of , liddle Alabama in the last few days. Some plan- j jrs report the long drought cut the oorn crop off , ne half. Cotton has also been injured. ( ?The wheat crop is finished in nearly all parts , f Indiana, and is decidedly the best they have had { 3r a long time. Corn, too, promises an exceedigly heavy yield. i ? The yield of corn and potatoes in Kansas will j urpass that of any previous year. The wheat rop is all harvested in fine condition, and the yield j i unusually large. , ? It is stated that planting tomatoes around j pple trees will hinder their being troubled by the 1 orcr. The remedy is cheap and may be made ( rofi table too. , *? Accounts from the crops in Ohio are very fa- , orable. Wheat has been secured in excellent or- , er, and the supply is a full average. Corn is ] rowing very rapidly, and the same may be said of , 11 the other crops. .. . ] ? Cable telegrams report that the yield of wheat ] i the United Kingdom exceeds the annual aver- j ge. The effects of the drought are most disasrous to the crops in parts of Canada. In this i ountry the yield is over the average. The wheat rop is finished in nearly all parts of Indiana, and s ) decidedly the best they have had for a long time, i lorn, too, promises an exceedingly heavy yield.? < n Illinois the yield is very heavy, but the heat is < -v infAnoo 4-Viqf oil QAi-fa wArlr Kno Kppn aiianpn. I 1/ lllkV/UOW vuav ?i* wvnu v* itv?? mww wv???? v ? < ed. Farmers are offering from five to seven dolirs for harvest hands, but can get none at any rice. Dispatches from different parts cflowa nd Wisconsin represent the crops to be in a very ne condition. POLITICAL* ITEMS. ? The democrats of the 7th congressional district f Indiana, have nominated Hon. D. W. Vorhees )r Congress. ? The Natchitoches (La.) Times is informed hat at a meeting held at Ringgold, on the 20th It., 140 colored men joined the democratic club. ? The German citizens of Richmond Va., have )rmed a Seyraonr and Blair Club, and will soon old a ratification meeting. ?The World has received a note from a person ho offers to bet from $500 to $5000 that Goveror Seymour will carry New York by 70,000 majrity, and the same sura that Governor Seymour rill be the next President of the United States. ? The necessary papers have been forwarded to Vashington to secure the removal of the political isabilities of ex-Governor Orr. A correspondent j f the Charleston Courier, writing from Columbia, ays that the Republicans are anxious to elect him Ihief-J ustice. i ? Some of the Radical newspapers of the West J ake great pains to show editorially that the Dem- ] cratic nominations are not well received, but their ' elegraphic columns tell a different story. These i how that the Democratic nominees were never < nore enthusiastically endorsed by the masses all verthe country. ? The World!s Washington correspondent says: 'There is not one word of truth in the story of a relorted conversation in which Thad. Stevens is aade to declare his belief that the .Radicals had ?een strengthened by the Chicago nominations. )n the contrary, Mr. Stevens says in private what ie has said in public, that he regards the New i ork platform ana nominations as iar stronger tnan he Chicago platform and nominations. He is disgusted with his party, their candidates and their irogramme." ? For tho Yorkville Enquirer. ^IMESTONE SPRINGS MALE ACADEMY. TVe, the undersigned, having been requested to ict as a Board of Examination for the Limestone Springs Male Academy, under the superintendence if Capt. J. Banks Lyle, take pleasure in announing to the public that we attended the examinaion of said school on the 24th and 25th of June, ,nd that after a careful and searching examination if the pupils in the branches of Mathematics, emiracing Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic; and he Classics, embracing Greek and Latin prose Composition and Analysis, and the Etymology of he English Language, Natural Philosophy and Jeography, we found the pupils evinced a high legree of proficiency, creditable alike to themselves ,nd their able and energetic teacher. The pupils ,lso exhibited considerable proficiency in the Ihetoricnl art The subjects selected and the eloution displayed, merit particular notice and espe- 1 ial commendation. W. J. NOTT, J. C. CHAMBERS, , F. G. LATHAM. 1 COKGfcESSIONAJL NEW8..L On the 20th, in the. House, C. C. Bowen, of South Carolina was admitted and sworn in as a member for Charleston District. Mullins, of Tennessee?hiniselfa notorious carpet-bagger?made a'vibterif speechln opposition to the "admission of Bowen, which was answered by Dawes, of Massachusetts, who said that the joint resolution of Congress, removing Bowen's political disabilities, had washed, him clean from all his. peccadilloes and left him white as snow! Mullins said that Bowen was bora in Ohio, and went to Sooth Carolina ten or fifteen years ago.? When the rebellion broke oat he voluntarily went into tiie Confederate service, ana acceptea a commission as captain. Subsequently he was promoted to major, probably for his gallantry in shooting down Union men. Mullins was reliably informed that while Bowen was a major he killed his rebel Colonel, but of that he (Mr. Mullins) would not complain. For this act Bowen was incarcerated and pot in irons, bat was released when the Federal troops advanoed. He then had one of two things to do: either be hung or join the Federal forces, and he did the latter; and Mr. Mullius was informed by General Sickles himself, that in the Federal army Bowen acted so badly that he had to be incarcerated by Federal authority. When the war was over he became a Radical, and adopted the faith of franchise for the black man. Mr. Mullins said that he had no disposition to oppose the pardon Of men who showed proper penitence, bnt he wonld not reward treason by making these people rulers over us as soon as they come back. He doubted much whether the House was pursuing the proper policy in the matter. The Senate, on the 21st, passed the Military bill, which reduces the army to thirty thousand men, with three colored regiments of infantry and one of cavalry. It masters out all except the West Point band, and gives one thousand Springfield rifles to each Congressional District in the South, on the condition that the Secretary of War is satisfied that the militia are loyal This last provision excited a sharp debate, Drake saying that if he 1 ??' ' t _ i?i naa nis way ne wouiu arm every loyui uiuu iu ?,uc Southern States with a Springfield rifle and cartridges ad libitum, and so far as he was concerned he was perfectly willing to have it written ou the bill, that these arms were intended for the protection of the loyal men from the rebels. A concurrent resolution was passed, by both Bouses, declaring the adoption of the fourteenth Constitutional amendment. On the 22d, in the Senate, Robertson and Sawder of South Carolina, took their seats. In regard to the admission of Sawyer there was a long discussion. Affidavits were read from C. C. Bowen and T. J. Mackey, declaring their belief that Sawyer was ineligible, that he wasa shareholder in a blockade running company, and a member of a military Drganization in Charleston, S. C., in 1864. Senator Conkling said he was free to say that he did not believe one word of the charges brought against Sawyer. Robertson, who had previously been seated in order that he might speak and vote in Sawyer's case, said that he had heard none of these charges in the South Carolina Legislature, and that he believed them to be wholly unfounded, and brought up by the disappointed friends of Dr. Mackey. A concurrent resolution, to take a recess, on last Monday, to the third Monday in September, was passed. On the 23d, in the Senate, a bill, additional to the acts suppressing insurrection in the Southern States, and applying to those lately reconstructed, and providing for Federal assistance only on application of the Governors or Legislatures created by the Reconstruction acts, was referred to the Judiciary Committee. In the House, after some unimportant business, the resolution fo^a recess to the third Monday in September was taken np. The arming of the Southern States monopolized attention, and every speaker, after having expressed his views briefly, was called to order for speaking on a bill pending, when not before the House. This movement is evidently prominent in the mind of every member. Garfield said be was unwilling to adjourn until the friends of the Radical party in the South were armed. Washburne, who is recognized as Grant's organ in the House, said that be disapproved the measure on the ground that within ten days these arms will be in the hands of rebels. In favoring the recess, he assure^ the House that the President would sign or veto all pending bills. The Speaker announced that the .President had ligned the tax bill with a protest Boyden, of North Carolina, protested against :onrlinp arms t/i that State : he said thev were not needed, and would only tend to create strife and ;xcite passion, which he thought it was the duty )f Congress to assuage, and if possible prevent.? Dewees, of North Carolina, made a wild speech, ippealing for arms, rising to belligerent language ind saying in effect, come on, come on, the representatives of four millions of people, though those people have dark skins, will be in the front This speech created much mirth on the floor, but was ;vidently appreciated by the Radicals. Finally ;he Senate resolution for a recess was adopted, but i motion to reconsider the vote to-morrow prevailed. In the House, on the 24th, the resolution for a recess from Monday to the third Monday in September, after an exciting struggle, several Demounts changing their votes, was carried by a vote of seventy-six to seventy-one. In the Senate, the legislative business was unimportant. The Radicals are not hopeless of prolonging the session, but as it stands Congress would take a recess on Monday last, unless the Senate concurs in a concurrent resolution to the contrary. This action will defeat all current legislation affecting the South. Parliamentary tactics and pocket vetoes are regarded as certain. The two wings of the Republican party have been fighting over the Southern members. So far they mostly mate with Butler's impeachment extremists. In the Senate, on the 25th, the bill reducing the army, was referred to a committee, which kills it for the present It was a section of this bill that provided for arming the loyal militia of the South. The bill for reorganizing Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas is undoubtedly dead until after the recess. No additional legislation affecting the South is possible until after the recess. ? Tax Collectors. The following is the bill introduced into the Legislature to provide for the appointment of Tax Collectors. On the first reading the bill was ordered to be printed; on the second it was referred to the Committo e on Public Offices: Section 1. That His Excellency, the Governor, for the time being, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one Tm: Collector for each of the following named Counties: Anderson, Barnwell, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, " !?!? /I ill TT r k.J T rairneia, weenvuie, xiurry, ivcisuan, jjuui?si,cj, Lexington, Marlboro1, Oconee, Pickens, Union and Williamsburg; and two Tax Collectors for each of the following Counties: Abbeville, Beaufort, Chester, Charleston, Edgefield, Georgetown, Laurens, Marion, Newberry, Orangeburg, Kichland, Spartanburg, Sumter, and York: Provided, however, That such Tax Collectors, before entering upon the discharge of their respective duties, as such, shall severally take and subscribe, before a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, the oath of office prescribed in the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, as ratified by the people thereof on the 14th, 15th and 16th days of April, Anno Domini, 1868 ; and provided, further, That each Tax Collector so appointed, shall deposit with the Comptroller-General of this State, within thirty days after his appointment, his official bond, duly certified and approved bv the County Commissioners of the County in which said Tax Collector is to exercise his functions. Sec. 2. Each Tax Collector so appointed shall hold his office for the term of two years, unless sooner removed by the Executive for official misconduct. And in case of the death, removal or resignation of any Tax Collector, it shall be the duty of the Governor to fill such vacancy, and at the meeting of the General Assembly next succeeding to submit such appointment to the Senate foriteaotion. ' For the Yorkvflle Enquirer. REPLY TO~"ALPHA." f Mr. * Editor: In the Ekquiker of the 10 th inst Alpha" expresses a fear that my communicatioi of the previous week "may throw cold water upoi the new enterprise so rapidly growing into a wel defined business, viz: that of preparing driei fruit for market." As "Alpha" and I are laboring for the same ob jeet?that of rfaaking capital of every thing tha will pay?allow me space for a few sentences in re ply; not in the way of controversy, hut of friend!, conversation. I would not throw cold waterbut warm, to the extent of my capacity, on an; industrial enterprise connected with true econ omy. The last sentence of my fruit paragrapl explains my position on this subjeot From this "Alpha" does not dissent. He is mistaken in re garding me one of those who calculate according t pro-slavery-times, for then I think his position that it is economy to dry apples and peaches would have been correct?mine erroneous; for thdl I thought and argued that it would have been bet ter to keep one-fifth of the labor out of the field even if idle, and save the feed of the stock the used, than to work lands that produced alrnos nothing. Now, "Alpha," one question on a point tha you neither approved nor condemned, but statei .a . I TP avartt man "ahniiM nrofpr havinff : small stock (of hogs) and that stock not too we] fed for fear of their being borrowed without leave,' would the country be better off? Would thi course bo true economy ? If so, we should en courage it; if not, we should discourage. In conclusion, accept my thanks for the informs tion you were kind enough to furnish concerninj the packing, &c., of ripe peaches for market. Younqesville, July 25 1858. J. C. C. HEW ADVEETISEXEHT8. T. W. and J. H. Clawson, Deputy and Specia Messengers?In Bankruptcy?In the Matte of Nasa Biggins, J. P. Aycock, Jos. Blair John J. Evans, Samuel Black E. A. .Cren aliaw, John McConnell, Robert K. Seohorn Robert A. Black, Wm. M. Robins, Dan'l G Stinson, Sample Alexander, Edward C. Mc Lure, R. L. Lindsey. Rev. G. Wilson McPbail?Davidson College. C. Whlsonant?Road Notice. C. Gravely?Gullett's Patent 8toel Bruch Cottoi Gin and Brinley's Patent Ploughs. Enquirer Offlco?Key Lost. A. Palmer?Notice. * T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Fresh Arrivals?CrockeryHats?Tin Ware?Hardware?GroceriesShoes?Iron and Nails. SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Monday, July 20, 1868. In the Senate, Sims presented a petition of J L. Wright, and sundty citizens of York County asking renewal of a charter for Wright's Ferry said charter having expired by limitation. Re ferred to the Committee on Roads, Bridges am Ferries. Randolph gave notice that he would introduce i bill to enable all minor children, or persons knowi heretofore as free persons of color, to recover valui in specie or United States currency of all bonds deposits or monies converted, without their con sent, into Confederate bonds or monies. The bills organizing Circuit Courts and to regu late appeals and writs of error to the Supremi Court, were read, and ordered to be engrossed fo third readings. In the Rouse, a petition was read from sundr; citizens of Rock Hill, in York County, praying fo an act of Incorporation as a town. A counter pe tition was also read. Both petitious were referre* A AAm m ! tfnn \aj iuo a|/}uu[;i law wuimuv^i Boseman gave notice that on Wednesday, hi would introduce a bill to prohibit discrimination between persons engaged in any business, whereii a license is required from any municipality, Stat or Federal authority. A resolution was adopted to appoint a Commit tee of Five to inquire and report upon the practi cabilitjr and probable cost of fitting up suitabl rooms in the new State House for tne meeting o the General Assembly, and'Stolbrand, Wilder Ferriter, Mobley and Jones, were appointed as th committee. DeLarge offered a bill to secure to the State th benefits of the Act of Congress donating certaii lands to the different States for the establishmen of Agricultural Colleges; which was read and 01 dered to be printed. DeLarge said that he was in possession of a com munication which he desirea to submit to th House in private, and therefore moved that th House go into secret session; which motion pre vailed. After a secret session of fifteen minutes duration, the doors were opened. The communication referred to is from New berry, and is addressed to "Scott, hybrid Gover nor of South Carolina, and is signed "Wm'. H Martin, Newberry." The writer says that then shall be no such thing as obedience to the laws o hybrid niggers and renegade whites; that he wil never tolerate negro militia, and that a collision i at hand. He says, "You and your party will bi destroyed." In conclusion, he says: "Your ne gro militia will not keep our people from killing them fast enough. The delegation from that district do not knov any such man, and all sensible men believe the let ter to be bogus. The Democratic members in se cret session disclaim such sentiments as emanating from their party, and said that the question woulc only be settled at the ballot-box. The documen will be published for campaign purposes in th< North, and is probably a .Radical aodge, gotten uj by the Radicals themselves. Tuesday, July 21, 1868. In the Senate, the bill to validate all ordinance: adopted by the late Constitutional Convention, wa: read a second time, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. The same disposition was made of the bill h continue in force, until repealed, all General anc Special Orders issued by the Military Comman dcrs of this State, during the existence of its Pro visional Government. The bill accepting the benefits of the Act o Congress of July 6, 1862, donating public lands tc the several States, which may provide agricultura colleges, was read the third time, and ordered t< be engrossed. aP IVv11/vnrtn/? Villfl a 1\A Inffnd lion/ liuuuea ui tuo jiuuuniug uuu uu iuuuuu^va were given: A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Ail Line Railroad of South Carolina. A bill to pro vide for the election of a Board of Directors of th< State Penitentiary. A bill to enforce the 39tl section of article I of the Constitution, which pro hibits distinctions in any case, on accouut of race color or condition. 'A bill to regulate and deter mine the powers and duties of County Commis sioners. A bill to define the jurisdiction and prac tice of the Probate Court. A bill to define tin powers and duties of Justices of the Peace. A bil to establish a Board of Land Commissioners. A. bill to declare the manner by which the lands, 01 the right of way over the lands of persons or cor porations, may be taken for the construction anc other uses of railroads, and other works of interna improvement. Corbin introduced a bill to organize the Suprenn Court, which was read and ordered to be printed In the House, after the usual preliminaries weri concluded, Neagle, in behalf of tjie Special Com mittee appointed to inquire and report what ar rangement could be effected to facilitate the pay ment of the pay of the members, reported by bill Tho bill proposes to levy a tax of ono cent pe: pound on upland, and two cents per pound on sei island cotton, and seven and a half cents per bushe * 1 /? _L* t L I on rice in the rough?tne proceeds or wmcn snai go towards the redemption of $500,000 in bills re ceivable, which are to be issued as authorized b] Act of 1805?these taxes to be a lien on all land on which cotton and rice are growing, at the fol lowing rate: $4 per acre on cotton, and $5.50 pe; acre on rice. Out of the fund created by the issu< of these bills, the members are to be paid. Neagl< tried to get the bill printed and acted on by hi; own committee, but failed. The bill was ridiculec by the House, and the members declared it to tx a monstrosity. It was finally referred to the Com miltee on Ways and Means. Sasportas gave notice that he would introduce i bill to-morrow, in relation to the State University It is understood that it contemplates vacating al the professorships on the first of October next, anc placing the appointments in the hands of the Gov ernor. The bill accepting the benefits of the Act o: Congress of July 2, 1862, donating public land for tne purposes of agricultural colleges, was reac a second time and passed. The bill providing for the election of municipa officers in incorporated cities and towns, was reac the first time and appropriately referred. The Chair announced that, in compliance witl the authority conferred on him, he had appointee Mr. F. G. BeFontaine. of the Charleston DaiZj Newt, phonographer or the House. Crews offered a resolution, which was adopted instructing the Committee on Incorporations t investigate and report whether any companies o ? corporations, applying for renewal of their charter! a have discharged any of their employees on accoun d of their political opinions. II Hyde, from Greenville, offered a Bill providin, j that all sales of property made by the Confederat Government unaer the sequestration laws, and fo non-payment of taxes, where the parties were ab * sant from the State, be declared nail and void. Th t Bill was read a first time and referred to the Com i- mittee on Claims. \ Wednesday, July 22,1868. y In the Senate, the following bills were report* as engrossed: # * * A Bill to determine and perpetuate the home 11 stead; A Bill to organixe the Circuit Courts; 1 i? Bill to regulate appeals and writs of error to th Supreme Court; A Bill accepting the benefits o o an Act donating public lands to the several State and Territories, which may provide collegesfor th ' benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, ap ^ proved July 2, 1862. ; & Rutland, from the Special Committee of Five, t r whom had been referred a resolution of enauiry a I, to the propriety of reducing the bonds or publi y officers, reported the following Bill and recommen , ded its passage: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the State of South Carolina, noi t met and sitting in General Assembly* and by tb i authority of the same: a Section 1. That the official bonds of the follow .] ing public officers shall hereafter be executed ii > the following amounts, that is to say: Of the Sec retary of State, ten thousand dollars; of the Comp troller General, ten thousand dollars: of the Treas * urer, forty thousand dollars; of the Attorney Gen eral, five thousand dollafs; of the Solicitors, thre< - thousand dollars; of the Probate Judge of Char g leston County, ten thousand dollars; of the Pro bate Judge of each of the other Counties, fiv< thousand dollars; of Escheatore, one thousam dollars: of the Coroner of Charleston County, fivi thousand dollars; of the Coroner of each of th< other Counties, two thousand dollars; of the Clerl 1 of the Court of Common Pleas, for Charlestoi r County, twenty thousand dollars; of the Clerk o I the Court of Common Pleas for each of the othe Counties, ten thousand dollars; of the Sheriff o ! Charleston County, twenty-five thousand dollars - and of the Sheriff of each of the other Counties ten thousand dollars. Sec. 2. That the bonds of all other public offi L cere shall be executed for the same amounts as nov required by law; and all Acts or parts of Aots in consistent with the provisions of this Act be, an< the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That if any public officer shall, by virtm of his office, receive the moneys of any person, o of the State, and shall fail to account for and pa over the same on proper demand, he shall be ad judged guilty of a felonious embezzlement, am upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in the dis cretion of the Court, in a sum not less than doubli i the amount embezzled, and be- imprisoned in th< > Penitentiary for a term not less than six months - nor more than five years, the discretion of th< 1 Court to be exercised with reference to the amoun and circumstances of the embezzlement. And ii i any indictment therefor, it shall be a sufficient des i igoation of the felony to charge that each office - v i n i i. j ?i i r a.v, = aia emoezzie tue muuey ui buuu pcrauu ur ui mi ? State, as the case may be. Allen gave notice of a Bill "to protect the prop erty of married women from the debts contractec " by and the liabilities of their husbands, and to se B core their separate estates in the same. r A resolution requesting the Surveyor-Genera "to send a report to the General Assembly of al 7 vacant lands belonging to the State, also a repor r of all lands that have been escheated to the State,' " was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. 1 Jillson introduced a Bill to provide for the elec tion of the Board of Directors of the State Peni e tentiary. 3 In the House, the Committee of Ways am n Means, submitted a report, fixing the compensa e tion of subordinate officers of the House, as fol lows: Clerk ot the House, $6 per day; two Assis r tant Clerks, $5 each; one Reading Clerk, $5; Sei " geant-at-Arms, $5 ; Doorkeeper, 93; four Messeti 3 gers, $3 each; two Pages, $1.50 each; Janitor, $3 ' Under a suspension of the rules the report wa > considered. Neagle moved to amend by strikxh e out four dollars perday for the Assistant Sergeanl at Arms, and inserting five dollars, which wa e agreed to, and the report was then adopted. ? The report of the Committee on Rules, was the , taken up, and with some unimportant amendment* adopted. The rules, in general, conform to thos which have heretofore governed the House c ' Representatives of this State. The following papers were introduced and re ferred to appropriate Committees: A protest against the admission of the Lancas ter Delegation. A joint resolution authorising th Governor to employ a Private Secretary at a salar; not to exceed $1,800 per annum. A joint resola tion providing for the recording deeds, wills am " mortgages in the Clerk's office of the County ii n which such conveyances are made, within thrrt; I days after their execution, or to remain null am void. A joint resolution creating- the office o I County Solicitor, to act in conjunction with thi Circuit Solicitor. The rules were suspended and the Bill to sua ' pend the functions of the Trustees and other offi cers of the State University was read the first timi ? and referred to the Committee on Education. ' Thursday, July 23,1868. jj In the Senate, after the usual preliminary busi t ness, the President invited Hon. James Jl Orr , who was present, to a seat on the stand. ' Montgomery offered the following resolution which was ordered for consideration to-morrow Resolved, That it be referred to the Committa on Railroads, to inquire and report at the earlies possible day, on the expediency and policy of a * once throwing open the State to the introductioi , of nn enlarged and liberal railroad system, by th< ' enactment of a free railroad law; and that th< committee have leave to report by bill or other ? wise. The bill to organize the Supreme Court was ta ken up, read a second time, and passed section bj section. c The following bills were read a third time, pass ed and ordered to the House of Representatives j A bill to determine and perpetuate the homestead A bill to regulate appeals and writs of error to th< y Supreme Court A bill to organize the Oireuii , Courts. # , * The bill in relation to the bonds of public officer was taken up, and pending its oonBideration, th< r Senate adjourned. In the House, after the usual preliminaiy busi | ness, time was, on motion of the Chairman of th< Committee of Ways and Means, granted that com mittee wherein to report upon the bill offered faj I the Special Committee, which had been appointee .. to investigate the condition of the Treasury, ant report what means could be employed to &cilitat< j,,the payment of the members, j The Special Committee, charged with inquiring L and reporting upon the practicability and cost o r fitting up suitable rooms in the new State House for the meeting of the General Assembly, reportec j that they had discharged the duty assigned them, ] and that a room on tne lower floor, 44 by 28 feel in dimensions, could be obtained for the Senate, ^ ? " ? %#*? rffi k?? A f. IA* Uaiioo ' v ana onu un iuc uu^u, iu uy aw* ^uo jliv;u>^ , ' and that these ana four committee rooms could b< 1 prepared at a cost of $1,800, not including paint ' mg and white-washing; which, however, would | cost but little more; and that the roof could be re> | paired for $2,750. They further reported, thai for the winter session, the ceiling or the uppei room would have to be repaired, and all the apart ^ ments heated by stoves or otherwise. 1 After considerable discussion, the report was re 1 committed, with instructions to report fully as tc . expense of the plan proposed; and also of prepaj ring suitable rooms for the sessions of the Su 5 preme Court of the State. _ The bill "to prevent discrimination between per r sons carrying on business requiring license, on ac j count of race, color, or previous condition," wtu > read the first time and referred to the Judiciary 3 Committee. 1 A resolution requesting the Speaker to appoint 3 a Committee of Five on Political Disabilities wai . adopted. The election for Chief Justice was postponed i until the 29th?Wednesday. The Judiciary Committee made a report on th< 1 resolution providing that all deeds, mortgages, &C. 1 should be recorded in the clerk's office within thir - ty days after their execution. The report statec that this matter would be covered by the genera f legislation of the body, and any action in th< i premises, at this time, would be premature, an< 1 therefore it was recommended to indefinitely post pose the resolution. Agreed to. 1 Neagle offered a resolution, instructing the Com I mittee of Ways and Means, to report as early & practicable what part of the State taxes known a i capitation taxes was paid by colored people, wha 1 it costs the State to collect it, and what amount o t the costs accruing in executions issued for no o-pay meat of such taxes remained unpaid. The reac , lotion was adopted and the House then adjourned. r Friday, July 24, 1868. < ^ In the Senate, W. E. Rose presented the petiit tion of W. L Clawwn, of Yorkville, praying the __ removal of his political disabilities, which was reg femed to the Special Committee, e Nash presented the'following resolution, which r was referred to tho Finance Committee: h Resolved, That all public officers entrusted with e the keeping of public funds, shall make deposits i- of the same within five days after their reception, in some National Bank, to be designated by the * wmrm) or warrants \ riatioBtl Riiuc so designated tor moneys saaenosited, shall be countersigned by the Governor or the * State. i Notice was given of a bill to enable the corpoe rate authorities of towns and cities, to lay and colf lect taxes on agricultural tad farms lands within 8 their corporate limits, acmf t&- provide three rates e of taxation on real property within the same. h Randolph introduced a "billto establish a Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, to define their o powers anddnties, and to authorize the issue of 8 bonds or stock for the purchase of lands," which c was read a first time, and ordered to be printed for consideration to-morrow. Hayes introduced a "bill to provide for the aph pointment of Tax Collectors of this State," which w took the same course. ' e The consideration of the bill to inquire as to the propriety of reducing the amounts of the official bonds of the State Treasurer, &c.. was resumed. * and after some immaterial amendments, the bill ? was passed. In the House, notice was given of bills "to pro~ tect the right of suffrage"to prevent fraud and intimidation at elections, and for other purposes j and "to repeal the capitation laws now in force, and for other purposes. . * The Committee on Claims asked to be discharg" ed, for' the present, from the consideration of'any j claims which contemplated payment daring the ; present session of the General Assembly, and to g defer the same until the regular session in Novem. ber. which .was agreed to. , The Committee on Privileges and Elections made f an unfavorable report on the bi(I "regulating the r election of officerain incorporated towns and cities.'' f After a desultory debate, and a number of dilatory . motions, the report of the committee was, on mo' tion of B. F. Jackson, adopted, by a vote of 70 ' yeas to 34 nays?which tabled the bill 8ATUBDATt July 25, 18G8. r In the Senate, a communication was received j from the Speaker of the House, covering a protest 1 from J. H. W. Cousart, of Lancaster, against the Senator elect from that county, Robert M. Sims, _ taking his seat The protest was referred to the T Committee on Elections. ' The Committee on Public Buildings made an j adverse report on the resolution proposing to authorize the Governor to invite proposals for com' pleting the repairs on the new State House sufficieutly to enable the General Assembly to hold its sessions therein, and to accommodate the JSxecu' tive officers of the State. The report is adverse to . the proposition on the ground that $100,000 would be required for the purpose indicated, and the State 1 could not afford to. pay this. sum. ' Corbin, from the Judiciary Committee, made a [ report upon the .joint resolution from the House, proposing to go into an election for Justices ofthe Supreme Court, and snbnfitted a substitute there : tor, wnicn was agreed to. it provides teat ine 1 General Assembly shall, by joint ballot, on Wed" nesday next, elect a Chief Justice and. two Asso- . elate Justices of the Supreme Court; the former ' ; to serve six years, and one of the latter six, and the >' other four years; and that immediately after such * election, the Assembly shall determine by a rrca voce vote which of the Associate Justices shall serve six, and whioh four years, and having so deh termined, the election shall be certified to the Gov* ernor. Randolph reported the following Bills engrossed * for a third reading: A BO! to incorporate the [* Langley Manufacturing Company of Edgefield County: a Bill to organize the Supreme Court; a h Bill to nx the bonds of public officers and to pro"" vide penalties for the embezzlement of public funds. The resolution offered by Montgomery, of New' berry, instructing the appropriate committees to s enquire and report upon the expediency of passing ? a "Free Railroad Law" and "General Jocorporar tionAct" were agreed to. kS A Bill to establish a Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, to define their powers and duties, n and to authorize the issue of bonds or stock for h the purchasing of lands was read a second time, e and referred to tbe Committee on Public Lands, if In the House, Wooly presented a Bill to protect the rights of suffrage, which was read a first time i and referred. It provides that if any person or persons shall, in any way, offer or receive money, i* gifts, victuals, or anything whatever, for the pure po9e of influencing a vote, or shall use any gratui? ty, menace, threat oroorrapt means to affect a vote, - or shall spread any false report as to the day upon 1 which an election is to be held, or as to the chara acter of a candidate, Ac., &c.,# be or they shall be ^ 7 fined not more than $500, be imprisoned at labor i not more than two years, and for tbe space of six f years shall be disqualified from holding any office, a Penalties are also imposed by the Bill upon all persons betting or offering to bet on elections, and - .the charters at all onrnnrations, the directors or - employees of which, use any sooh means to affect J elections, are declared instantly void. Neagle gave notice of a Bill to create a loan of $lj000,000. Efe'Wso dffered a Bill to repeal all capitation taxes. It provides that all soma claimed - to bo due or owing as State,-County, or municipal , capitation taxes by persons who hive not heretofore exercised the right of suffrage, and all sums , due thereon by reason of execution levied for : the payment thereof since the first day of January, 3 1868, are ndll and void, and any person attempting t to collect them shall be subject to fine and imprisi onmeDt:r. i This Bill was read a first time and reared to an 3 appropriate Committee, as.also was another Bill 3 offered bv Neagle, to "regulate the purity of elec tions and the manner of holding them,' which is exceedingly voluminous and uninteresting in its details. r The Committee of Ways and Means, to whom had been referred Neagle's pet Bill to "authorize - the issue of Bills Receivable and provide for the : payment of the members of 'the General Assem. Sly,'*' made ah "unfavorable report. After a heated ; debate, fn which Neagle, who aspires to be regard- jM t ed as the great financial light of the State, was completely demolished by DeLarge, and was coms pelled to admit that his Bill was unconstitutional, 3 the report of the committee was adopted and die Bill indefinitely postponed. The Speaker laid before the House an invitation ; from H. P. Hammett, Em., President of the ' Greenville and f Columbia Railroad Company, to 7 participate in an excursion to Greenville, when a 1 motion was adopted, the. rules having been first 1 suspended, that when the {douse adjourned it ? would adjourn to meet on Monday at 5 o'clock, P. M., so as to afford the members an opportunity of i accepting the invitation. STEVENS ON THE RADICALS. I Thad. Stevens delivered a short speech in Con, gresa on the 17th instant, which has attracted cont siderable attention; not because his utterances are ; worth much, but because he is more frank and \ out spoken than many of his colleagues. The ! Radicals recognize the feet that the democratic 1 platform is popular with the masses, and that the - financial plank is more popular than any other, t Here is an extract from the speech as reported: r "Mr. Stevens declared himself in favour of a funding bill which should reduce interest If no person chose to fund under it no harm was done; if any person did choose to fund at a lower rate of ? > interest, then the government wonld profit by it ^ He thought, however, that the lowest rate of in terest should be four per cent He did not. think they could get money cheaper. He thought it the - datv of the government, with the accumulating gold, to expend one-half of it in redeeming the ? five twenties in stance oftheir falling due; after 7 they fall due, no one could object to their redemption. He had understood the gentlemen from t Illinois (Mr. Boss) to say that the bonds should 3 be paid according to the New York platform. What WM that platform? I Mr.-Ross?To pay the fire-twenties in lawful money. i Mr. Stevens?What do you call lawfbl money? , Mr. Rose?Greenbacks. That is your doctrine landmine, you know. LMr.' Stevens?I hold to the Chicago platfoam I understand it On that pointy that those bonds sj'shaH be paid justaocording to the original contract i A Member?The kw, Mr.Stevens, according to - the law. 11 v Mr. Pike?The spirit and letter of the contract Mr. Stevens?What was that law? That the s interest should be paid up to a certain time, at six s per cent, in coin. After the bonds fell due, they t would be payably in money, just as the gentlef man from llfineis (Boss) understood it; just as be d > (Mr. Stevnns) understood it; just as all understood it when the kw was enacted ; just at it waaex\