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fctaps sol $act?. ?- There are fifty-seven thousand places of worship in this country, but not one hundred persons, on an average, are found in each on the Sabbath. ?7?A boarding-school Miss, being unwell, deemed it vulgar to say that she was "Bilious," so she complained of being "Williamous." Bets are already being made about the length of General Grant's inaugural message. It is said that it will be the shortest evur defiuaui A lady living at Shrewsbury, N. J.," weighing two hundred and seventy pounds, has had ten ehildren, seven of whom are living, each of them weighing over two hundred pounds. _ During the year 1868 there were dedicated in the United States four hundred and seventyfour churches, and organized two hundred and ninety-five. Thieves lately stole the carpet from a rural church near Cincinnati, and when it was newly carpeted, brought back the old and stole the new one. Out of all the Southern families that went to BrazU, at the close of the war, onto seven or eight remain. The "Hastings colony.' on the Amazon, has been reduced to a remnant Those that are left are in a destitute condition. Professor Chandler, in his report to the Board of Health of New York, states that none of the kerosene sold in that city is safe. All of it is dangerous to the life and property of those who use it. Benzine is universally mixed with it Mayor Thomas, of St Louis, who has some reputation for ecoentrici ty, in a recent official communication oom plains that his private residence, whioh should have been assessed at $12,000, was assessed at only $6,480. At New York, within the last fortnight, failures to the extent of about four millions of dollars have occurred among jobbing and commission bouses in the dry goods trade. The recent failure rvP ama r\f lovffoof f)vw nruvlo Krsnooc ?ta rliiA fn heavy losses through customers in the Northwestern States. Trains on thq Central Pacific Railroad are running on schedule time to Caiiin, Nevada, six hundred miles from San Francisoo. Track layers are at Humboldt Canon, twenty-five miles further east No interruption has occurred from snows so far, the twenty-two miles of snow sheds at the summit of the Sierras working satisfactorily. A gentleman travelling in a railway carriage, was amused bv a oonstant fire of words between two ladies. One of them at last kindly inquired if their conversation did not make his head ache, when he answered, with a good deal of ingeniousness, "No, ma'am; I've been married twenty >1 years. . The legal-tender law frequently gives rise to trouble in California, where public opinion has never tolerated anything but gold. A man recently offered a greenback as a legal tender (or his fare on the Central Pacific Railroad. The conductor * * - ? reiusea to receive it except at tne current rates 01 discount, and finally put the man off the train by force, injuring him severely by doing so. A correspondent, writing from Camden, Arkansas, mya: "The crop of this year is a great relief to1 the people of this State and the southern portion tkfe. Mississippi valley generally. For three yean, in addition to all their other calamities, they had had crop seasons. This year's crop will furnish them food and clothing, and money to pay their heavy taxes." A nolle prosequi has been entered in the United States District Court for the District of Cohmbia, in the cases of Mr. Davis and General Breckinridge, under instructions from the Attorney-General to entera noUtprosequi in all cases coming within the President's amnesty proclamation. In plain English, the suits are withdrawn. The National Colored Convention is in session, at Washington, with Fred. Douglas as President A movement to exclude female delegates created great excitement, and females were finally admitted by a large majority. Daring the excitement, a Southern delegate vehemently opposed female suffrage. A Californian tells a 6tory of a dog of his, which became so interested in the musical soirees, held at his honse, that one night the assembled amateurs, hearing a remarkable noise outside, rushed out and found the dog, with a music book opened out before him, beating time with his tail on a tin-pan, and howling Old Hundred with all the musical ability of his gifted race. The editor, of the Holmes County Farmer-' says: "The woman who made the butter wljidh we bought last week is respectfully requested to exercise more judgment in proportioning the in- ; gredienta The last batch had too much hair in for butter, and not quite enough for a waterfall. . There is no sense in making yourself bald-headed . if butter is thirty-five cents a pound." An intoxicated man, recently laid down on the railroad track near the Covington, Ky., depot, , and felTasleep. A little dog belonging to a house Close uy, seeing a iraui uupruacu, rau uuu jumpcu upon his face, and barked and scratched him until 1 . he awoke, just in time to get out of the way of the i cars. The man, believing this to be a dimrwWn- , ing to abstain from drinking, took the pledge ] forthwith. , The Norfolk Virginian notices the receipt ' in that city of a new article of commerce, in a quantity of bags of ground bark intendtd for shipment to Liverpool. The bark is the product of a new mill in Lynchburg, which is turning out large quantities of material ready prepared for tanners, and the first consignment of twelve hundred bags came down by the Norfolk and Petersburg Rail Road on Monday last ' A gentleman who has lately explored the islands 01 Pyramid Lake, in Utah, which are avoided. from some superstitious fear by the Indians, ' says that it is impossible in the incubating season i to walk on the islands without stepping^oAjie eggs of gulls, ducks, pelicans, and other aquatic fowls. Two small rocky islands are alive with rattlesnakes, which bask in the shade of almost , every stone; so that an intruder is often treated to a grenade by a dozen or more rattles of various 1 degrees of power and shades of tone. < The New York Herald publishes a list of the fires that occurred within the United States during the year 1868, where the losses amounted i to $20,000 and upwards. The number of fires of ( this class averaged more than one a day, though the greater number happened as usual during tne , cold season. The number in February was sixtysix, while in June there were only thirteen. Thfi : total loss for the year was $34,757,000, the lowest amount of either of the last four years, the largest ] being in 1866, when the loss was $66,410,000. j A despatch from Washington says that Uni- i ted States Attorney-General Evarts has issued in- < structions to all the District Attorneys in the Uni- , ted States, ordering them to discontinue proceedings against "all persons accused of treasonable offences for acts committed dur'mg the late rebellion." This, of course, covers the case of Jefferson : l>avis and all the rest or those distinguished exConfederates about whose status, under the amnesty proclamation of President Johnson, there has been expressed some doubt A correspondent of the Herald recently had a conversation with General Frank Blair in Washington. The General still holds to his expressed opinion that General Grant will make a dictator or an emperor of himself before he leaves the White House. His modest deportment is simply deep dissimulation and one of the measures always used by ambitious men since Julius Caesar thrice refused the crown. The country is already ruled by a minority, who demand the aid of bayonets, ana it will be easy for Grant, with his military power, to make himself supreme. A professor of Alma Mater, having purchased a horse to go a iourney, wished to give his Bucephalus a classical name, and applied to a friend to help him with an appellation. "Call him Graphy, ' said his friend. "Graphy!" exclaimed the professor; "doyou think I am going to write upon his back ?" ' 'Pshaw!'' replied the collegian: "thename is perfectly applicable. First, you purchase the horse?that is fo-o-grapby; second, you mount him?that's the fop-o-graphy; lastly, you make your journey, and that's the geography." The Albany (Ga.) JVews congratulates itself upon the falling off in the number of vagrant freedmen in the streets, most of them having contracted and gone home to commence the year's work. This can be ascribed to one particular cause above all others; there is no material political agitation in the interior of the South at this time, and the negroes, being free from the oraft and tricks of rascally politicians, naturally yearn for the comforts of the "snug little cabin on the old plantation." Let the blackies alone and they will come out all right.?Neic YorJ: Herald. ?- News from Mexico is to the effect that the Mexican republic is again on the eve of revolution. General Alatorie is spoken of as the leader, the purpose being to put Porfirio Diez at die head of affairs. The people were disgusted with the Juarez ad- ] ministration. There was no security for Americans, One of whom was murdered at Vera Cruz just before the steamer left, and although the 1 assassin was known, he was permitted to escape to | Havana. The Mexicans were much incensed with i the United StateSj some of them being clamorous , for another war with us. YORKYILLE, 8. C.8 THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 21, 1869. 1 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job, work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on theexpi- j ration 01 tne time ior wmuu pttvutuit u*a umu made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on . the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. 1 ( PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS, 1869. The Proprietor of the Enquirer announces the ' following as the premiums offered for the largest 1 Clubs of subscribers to the Enquirer for the year i 1869: , The first premium will be a four seven-inch bole | Cooking Stove, known as the "Standard" The , furniture connected with the stove embraces a pot, ' kettle, griddle, spider, ham-boiler, waffle-irons, 5 three joints of stove-pipe and an elbow; together 1 with a set of tin-ware, embracing eleven pieoes, the whole valued at $35. \ The second, will be a Family or Pulpit Bible. ? of lane size, handsomely and richly bound, ana valued at $25. 1 The third, will be a No. 3. Two-Horse Brin- 1 ley Plow, with steel mold, two detached steel t points, cotton-scraper and sweep, valued at $20. I The fourth, will be a No. 1, One-Horse Brin- . ley Plow, with steel mold, two detached steel t points, cotton-scraper, and iron soooter, valued at $15. 1 The premiums are all useful and valuable arti- 1 cles, and of first-rate quality. The Stove is as \ good as the best; and the Hows are the most pop- t ular, for general purposes, of any manufactured in c the Southern country?those who are using them being much pleased with their performance. In ? addition to this, they have taken p-'^es at a num- c ber of Agricultural Fairs where they have been t exhibited. J The premiuqjs will be awarded to the successful e competitors ofi' the Second Monday op march, 1869. The person getting up the largest club at $2.50 in currency, for each subscriber, will be entitled to the first choice of the above premiums; the t person getting the second largest duo, to the second I choice; and the person getting up the third largest r club, to the third choice; ana the person getting j up the fourth largest club, to the fourth choice. Competitors may begin to get subscribers at once, the time of subscription to commenoe now or on 1 the first of January, 1869. The money will be re- s quired when the names are entered on our books, a Further particulars will be given hereafter. ( $&* To persons who make up Clubs of ten or t more names, but who may fail to obtain a prize, wewillseDdtheENQUiRER,oneyear,freeofcharge; : and to those who send a Club of twenty or more i names, but who may fail to obtain a prize, we will forward a copy of the Enquirer, one year, free of a charge, and a oopy of either, "The Land We r Love," "Godey's Lady's Book," "Peterson's Mag- c azine," or any weekly newspaper published in the United States. c , . t OBITUARY NOTICES. I Tributes of Respect and Obituary notices are ^ only inserted in the Enquirer when paid for at the a same rate as advertisements. We frequently re- c ceive communications of this character which we q do not publish, for the reason that no provision is j. made for the payment of the bill. For the simple announcement of a death or marriage, no charge 8 IS U1UUC. ? 4 a ASSESSMENT OF TAXES. a The attention of tax-payers, in the section of 1 this Connty, extending from Blairsville to Betha- v ny Church, is directed to changes made in the ad- b vertisement of Mr. Ratchford, with reference to r the times and places at which he will receive returns. ^N, c T, ^ WEATHER STATISTICS. v Our friend, Maj. A. A. McKenzie, who resides t in the "Bethel country," has, for a number of v years, given much attention to the changes of the u weather in his immediate vicinity, and has kindly ( furnished us with the result of his observations for r the year 1868. Snow fell but twice during the ii year?on the 29th of January and the 11th of o December, at the latter .date covering the ground < to an average depth of two inches. The 24th of u December was the coldest day of the year, the r thermometer marking 13?. Thursday, the 16th tl of July, was the hottest day, the thermometer indicating 102?. The summer was the most regularly warm of any that we have had for a number of years; and the winter has been as regularly cold n up to this time. ? During the year there fell a fraction less than ? three feet and six inches of rain, distributed ^ throughout the year as follows: In January, 3 , inches 65-100; February, 3.80-100; March, 4.20- \ 100; April, 4.60-100; May, 3.90-100; June, 4.10- f 100; July, 3.37-100; August, 1.85-100; September, 3.67-100; October, 3.87-100; November, 1.- 5 00; December, 2.30-100. The greatest quantity of rain, in any one month, fell in April; the least P in November. BANKRUPTCY SALES. P On Friday and Saturday last, Messrs. Thomson and Jefferys, Assignees in Bankruptcy, sold at a the Court House, in Yorkville, a considerable quantity of real and personal property belonging ^ - ^ C J T> 1. ! ? o [XJ lilt) t?miC3 ui buuury jjaiiii ujjuj. The real estate was sold at prices which give no g indication of real values, as some parcels were bid ^ off as much above the value, as others were below. For instance, a tract of land, belonging to the es- F tate of James Blair, containing nine acres, situated ^ more than ten miles from Yorkville, and which jwe are informed is unimproved, was sold at $4] per acre; while a tract of twenty acres, belonging to the estate of Samuel Blair, ou which is situated i large residence and other improvements, was bid off at $50 for the tract. In each case, the property ^ illuded to was purchased by the Bankrupts. A house and lot in Yorkville, on Main street, g belonging to the estate of Dr. E. A. Crenshaw, f( and known as his residence, was bid off by S. Ru- j fus Moore, at $985. a A tract of land, containing 104 acres, belonging j to the estate of H. Walker Wilson, was sold for n $16 per acre. The Bankrupt was the purchaser. rrrifV* aaoa lo an nnncnnl mtvkiim. vuuuvvi^u nivu into uw^ ta uu uuuouai vuvuur gj stance, the Assignees having informed us that the proceeds of the sale will pay all the Bankrupt's ^ debts in full, and leave a surplus of about two hundred dollars! P A tract of land, containing 145 acres, belonging to the estate of James P. Aycock, was purchased by B. T. Wheeler, at $1.80 per acre. t Fifty shares of King's Mountain Rail Road 1 stock, belonging to the estate of Dr. E. A. Cren- t shaw, were purchased by S. Rufus Moore, at $10,- ^ 20 per share. Five shares of the same stock, be- * longing to Samuel Blair's estate, were purchased c by J. A. Lederer, at $6.35 per share. With few exceptions, the personal property was ' bid off by the Bankrupts, or for them, at nominal 1 nn/wiQ tVioro Koinnr on nvidenf disnosition on the ^ pA iWCj VUVtV MVAUQ MM ^ part of our people not to deprive Bankrupts? ] where it is believed they have scrupulously com- 1 plied with the law?of those articles of compara- 5 tively little value, which may contribute to their J comfort and assist them while beginning, as it were, the world anew. COLUMBIA ITEMS. ( Governor Scott has appointed C. J. Stolbrand t as Superintendent of the Penitentiaiy of this State, c The appointment has been confirmed by the Sen- { ate. Reuben Tomlinson has been confirmed, t by the Senate, as State Auditor. Chancellor < Carroll has become associated with Messrs. Melton t & Melton, and will practice law in the various 1 State and-United States Courts. '< THE KING'S MOUNTAIN BAIL ROAD, tdoc Just upon tbe ere of going to press, we hare esss been informed by tbe President of tbe King's wb< Mountain Railroad, that tbe trains will continue to I run acoordingto tbe schedule published in to-day's aut paper. The project which has been agitated for $36 several days, of discontinuing one of the weekly as i trips, has been abandoned, and tbe trains will be Jui run as heretofore?on Mondays, Tuesdays Thurs- isso days and. Saturdays?making close connections I with the mail trains on the Charlotte Railroad. Cai Ihe hour indicated for the departure of the train the is regulated by "Columbia time," which is about the half an hour faster than that indicated by watches Sot and clocks in this section. clac RAYS OF PROMI8E. The people of the South have, for the past three ^ pears, been the victims of calamities as bitter as often falls to the lot of a subjugated people. They ^ have experienced nearly all the evils known to nations?famine, military tyranny, villification, pov- ^ erty, and suffering in all its varied forms. When- q ever they expressed discontent, they were charged tvith being rebellious; whenever they besought . their oonauerors to remove some of the evils under . Ethich they suffered, they at once awakened a fresh ^ storm of abuse, and experienced new forms of op- ^ pression more humiliating and insufferable than gra] before. They never believedj however, that the Northern people, as a mass, were the willing instruments of their degradation to that extent it xh< inally reached. The motive was apparent even then. The party u power had a candidate in the field for the Pre- jj0 s lidency. The people were becoming tired of the amj party and its leaders and anxious for a change of jj^e ulers. The Republican party must either go to gnfB ;he waD, or else main tab its hold upon the people . jy a coup d'etat, as bold as it was haokneyed by previous example. Its leaders determined that ~ he party must live if the country were rent b v?1 wain. Their press and spokesmen everywhere ? aised the ciy of "rebel"?the horrors of the late ^on var were re-hashed and served up again and again . o the unthinking. "Rebel prison pens," "slave (*U11 Irivers," "bloodhounds," negro massacres," with Th< ill the imaginary atrocities that the mind could ? onceive, were served out day by day to the multi- the ude, until it became filled with fury against the vilk south. Congress, to keep up the deception, pass- lodg id the negro suffrage reconstruction laws, and the nade the military power supreme over the civil. mor Grant was elected, and the seething of the poli- ficie ical cauldron at once ceased. The Northern peo- whii )le begin to think we were not as bad as we were The ?presented to be. The Congress has all at once >egun to manifest a course somewhat resembling . jonciliation; the politicians have ceased to defame is, and the New York Tribune has again made t^e ome approaches towards decency and trutn. w e Jone were the sufferers from this slate of affairs. jn , Capital failed to seek investment here and propery became almost worthless in value. There was excc 10 money, no credit, no enterprise, and but little qco >ope- ' Thf The spirit of toleration that has lately sprung up, ,nd that seems likely to continue until tlie ap- ~ >roach of the next general election, is already pro- trat< lucing favorable results. If the next election were 0486 nly far enough off, we would entertain some hopes meE hat the fraternization would become complete. con* Uready, capital has begun to flow in from abroad, C0D ringing population and business; and population 80 nd business, in time, wiD help to swell the flow of *ere apital. The Southerners have either all at once [uit that detestable habit of -running down and 83 :illing, with blood hounds, their Northern visitors, s the TW&une related with so much pathos; or else ca^e he Tiibune and sheets of that ilk were misinformed ,bout the facts. Anyhow, the people of the North Thf re beginning to look and travel Southward. Even ? .Tiurlow Weed, who was not in the late war, but kno1 rho did more than most others in producing it, has yeai tuckled on his carpet-bag for a winter among the chai ebels of Florida 1 has We cordially welcome any and all who may for 1 ome?even Thurlow Weed?if he will only be- he \ lave himself, and bring his dollars with him. We J. j raht material prosperity. We are tired of the has urmoil and trouble of the past few years, and ing 1 ?ould like, of all things, to be let alone, at least lishi in til we can restore a part of what we have lost, the i ^ rtf.if. oftAm f/a rrrAiw mnro fnlo. mi sur UUJgliUUlB I1U11U Ui UO KCUI KAJ givn luutu w?v R ut ant; Congress has become twnquil again, and the maginary rebellion that has waged since the actual . ne closed, has, somehow or other, subsided. gr^ In all this, there is a sign of promise to us. Let . 8 go to work and improve the occasion, if not to *! egain power, at least to make bread and meat for gan he country ^ C4f MERE-MENTION- tore Mr. M. Joues, at the "Adickes Building," has p * iade arrangements to keep a supply of revenue tgat tamps on hand. Donald L. McKay. Esq., ,y j 'resident of the People's National Bank, aied in ceed Jharleston, on Thursday last The President prov as nominated Calvin J. Cowles, Assayer of the banl lint at Charlotte, N. C. The Raleigh Stan- Pay 'ard says that the Trustees of Davidson College, Th ave determined to establish a branch of that in- ? titution for the benefit of tho negroes. The sion ,'ollector of Internal Revenue, in Charleston, an- "Su ounces that all smoking and fine cut chewing to- resic apeo, and snuff, on hand after the 15th of Febru- 8Upj Jy, will be confiscated to the United States if not war. roperly stamped according to the law passed on "loy he 20th of July last. South Carolina Bonds but re qouted in New York at from 64 to 70 cents. ing John Quincy Adams held positions under the will overnment during every administration from that a sit f Washington to that of Polk, during which he to tl ied. The granaries of California are over- ? owing with the surplus product of 20,000,000 muc ushels of wheat. Philadelphia boasts of a tjjUg oliceman who is six feet seven and three quarter Con, iches in height License cn a*two-horse Sou ray in Macon, Ga., is $75 per year. Salt ??m iake City is now within four days of Chicago, by Is cu tage and railroad. Brick Pomeroy is to be nmasked in a book now in press. Women a(jV( re looking up. One of them is finanoial editor of sym New York paper, and fills the post most accep- wou ibly. The president of the Texas constitu- re^u ional convention is paid $16 a day. Phila- Gov elphia built more houses last year than ever be- ? )re in the same time. The Philadelphia Gov loard of Trade has sent a protest to Congress lural gainst the further extension of the Bankrupt "] jaw. The New York Tribune is said to have K. ? rade $180,000 profit last year. The pistols the sed in tho duel between Burr and Hamilton are trus till in existence at Newburg, N. Y. A Geor- adm ia cotton factory has declared a quarterly dividend this f five per cent., or at the rate of 20 per cent Pj^j >er annum. an(j CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. real^ On the 11th, in the House, among the bills in- ^ reduced, was one authorizing gold contracts. A acjm >ill to repeal the Tenure-of-Office Act was passed of S >y a vote of 116 ayes to 46 nays?every democrat and 'Oting aye. A bill dispensing with the test-oath J""? or post-office employees, was introduced by Stokes, j^1 >f Tennessee. A bill was introduoed and referred g^, o the Committee on Foreign Affairs, which ac- Uqui cnowledges the independence of Cuba, and pro- to e: rides for its annexation without purchase. Bout- den< veil reported a bill declaring who may vote for ^as federal officers, which he would call up for action j? T. ?c i.:?_ 4 ti P?fl n ten aayo. .Lb cjlicuus mo iiuu'jiiibu iu oil wui- p01r sens, and empowers Congress to enforce the said harj jrivilege. who The Senate, on the 12th, passed a bill extend- biang the time for indictments in the United States ev.^1 Courts, except for treason and jwlitical offences, J? <o two years after the restoration of the State to ate he Union. The Sue Murphy ca.'>e was under dis- insti russion, and during the debate, Fowler, of Tennes- nor see, while arguing in favor of the claim, said that he claims of a similar character would not exceed hirty million of dollars. Sherman, of Ohio, said "if he claim is ignored reconstruction will be a failure, j 0( Southern loyalists, if treated as enemies of the ?untiy, will abandon the party." The indica- fori is are that the bill will finally pass, as it is neoiry to make some provision for the "truly loyal" ) have not yet received a share of the spoils, n the House, Butler introduced a hill which horizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 0,000 of legal tenders, and such further sums nay be required, and that after the 30th of ie the national banks shall cease to he banks of le. n the Senate, on the 13th, Sawyer, of South olina, introduced a bill, which was referred to Committee on Finance, making provision fbr payment of government employees at the ith, who, though they wonld not take the ironI oath, wonld take an ordinary oath of allegiance rapport the constitution, n the Senate, on the 14th, the "Sue Murphy m was resumed, without any definite result. Ison proposed a commission consisting of Gen1s Meigs, Howard, Thomas and Ekin, to cornice next April, and to continue for two years, vhom all suoh claims shall be referred. )n the 15th, in the Senate, after some unimtant business, the disoussion of the Sue Mur' case was resumed, and after a long debate the ;ter, with various propositions and amendmentsrecomitted without a division. 'he proceedings in the House are devoid of geninterest 0 ? EDITORIAL, INKLINGS. i Charleston Mercury. ?The material, -type, machinery and office liture of the Metiury were disposed of at publuction. in Charleston, on Toesday of last week, purchased by different person?. It is hardly ly that the pablication of the paper will be rated. >ortant to Magistrates. ? The Colombia Phoenix says that it has been ded by the Governor, that magistrates under commissions cannot legally act under the new stitution.' A new commission and subscribing oath of fealty to the new Constitution are reed to legalize their acts. i Murder of Randolph. ? We learn from the Phoenix that a man by name of William Talbot, who resided in Abbet County, has been brought to Columbia and ed in jail, as one of the murderers of Randolph, negro Senator from Orangeburg. It is rued that the authorities are in possession of sufnt evidence to convict him of the crime of jh he is charged. We doubt it. : State Constabulary. ? Hubbard, the State Constable, has tendered resignation to the Governor, it is said, in conlence of serious dissatisfaction manifested by members of the Legislature at his want of suein arresting the parties accused of murders rations sections of the State. It is rumored the constabulary force throughout the State, ipt in the Counties of Anderson, Abbeville, and noa will h? rhshnnded. at an earlvdav.' ..^v, .. ... , . s Homestead Law. ? T. J. K. Dargan, Esq., one of the magis23 for Williamsburg County has decided, in a which came up before hiig under the attachit act, "that the recent act of the Legislature, monly known as the Homestead act, is in iict with the Constitution of the United States, ?r as it attempts to operate upon contracts end into prior to the date of the Constitution of th Carolina, and of the act itself, and therefore 3 such contracts void." An appeal has been in from his decision, and it is probable that the will be brought before the Supreme Court in ir to settle the vexed question. ! Charleston Hotel. ?The Courier informs us that this widely tvn and popular resort, which has been for s the pride of Charleston, has undergone a ige in its management. Mr. E. H. Jackson assumed charge, and will in the future provide :he guests of the institution, and in this work will be assisted by Messrs. C. A. Millar, W. Anderson and E. T. Burdell. Mr. Jackson lived in Charleston for twenty years past, havbeen for some time connected with the estabnent while it was under the management of -u? *r_ iu: eiuer xur. iuiaci. i Bankrupt Law. -The Macon Telegraph publishes the followjxtract from a letter received by one of the law sin that city, from one of the Registers in Bankcy, which it says may serve to correct certain alar misapprehensions in reference to the krupt law: Fhere can be no question of the right of credito force debtors into bankruptcy after Janua, 1869. This is an important branch of the and permanent. There can be no doubt, too, petitions (voluntary) can be filed after Janu, 1869, the same as before, and the case pro[ All the difference is, a majority of those ring claims must consent in writing, or the erupt cannot be discharged unless his assets 50 per cent" ( "Sue Murphy Case." - There has recently been considerable diseusin Congress over what is designated as the e Murphy Case." This is the claim of a lady ling in Northern Alabama, who asks pay for ilies taken by the Federal army during the The justice of the claim is admitted, the alty" of the applicant is said to be undoubted, Congress hesitates about passing the bill orderpayment, for the reason that such a course open the door to innumerable other claims of nilar character. A correspondent, in reference le case, says: Miss Sue Murphy, whose claim has been so h discussed before the Senate, and who has i become famous, is quite an attraction among i gressmen and others, who discover in the ' them lady'a sprightly, cultivated mind and a , ely person, withal pleasing to look upon. It , inningly suggested that Miss Murphy's claim selected as the test case in Congress because , in/I,.'a nliormo wkiMi wmild enthuse her IU U*UJ O VUWI U>U) ?? Mlvu ? )cates, aod at the same time work upon the pathy of the grave and reverend Senators, who , Id, but for these female attractions, obdnrately se to foot Miss Sue's bill." ernor Scott. -The following communication in regard to ernor Scott, of this State, appeare in the Cobia Plimiix, of Thursday last: From political and party influence, General R scott was elected to the Chief Magistracy of State of South Carolina, and therefore a dist was engendered in the public mind, that his inistration would be cx parte in character. In they are mistaken. Governor Scott is no carbagger ; if he was, he has thrown it away and tified himself with the State?both by interest adoption?by having invested Jargeiy in tier , estate and planted himself upon her soil, to e the good or ill to which she may be subject- j He found the State involved, and began his inistration with a depleted treasury and void tate credit; her bonds not recognized abroad, deemed almost next to worthless at home; her 1 receivable sluggishly circulating at from forty . xty per cent below par, and circumscribed to 1 lities. Governor Scott soon gave birth to conace abroad. The State bonds are now conspic3 in foreign markets, commanding from sixty ighty cents on the dollar, with an upward tenjy ; her bills receivable are freely circulating, i f loocf' tn further his Dumose, I) IUUUJJU UUb IW-I ? the masterly scheme of the Executive in disng of the Columbia canal. From that standit he threw out his strategic rope, by which he jooned the "golden whale of Ithode Island," se oil will --on light up the streets of Colum-radiating hope, wealth and prosperity to y quarter of the commonwealth of South Caia. This, in connection with his recomraendato the Legislature now in session, to perpetuthe South Carolina College?that time-honored itution of learning?demonstrates that GoverScott is 'the right man in the right place.' nder unto Cesar,' &c." ^ 5TA farmer near Mattoon, HI., raised 5,000 tiels of corn, 2,000 bushels of Irish potatoes, >0 bushels of oats, and a good deal of other ick" the past season, and paid less than $400 labor. COTTON CULTURE. j The truth that agriculture is a science and the noblest of all the sciences, seems to be slowly taking hold of our people. Every year, however, adds to the number of those in the South who are becoming enlightened upon the subject of agriculture, and are following the teachings of wiser heads than their own. One of the foremost men of the present day, in agriculture, is David Dickson, of Sparta, Georgia. His letters on farming and farm experiments, published in the Southern Cultivator, are doingmueh to awaken the people of the South to their true interests. A correspondent writing of Mr. Dickson, says: "The stress of the late war drove me into his neighborhood, and gave me an opportunity of , learning much of the system and success of this , enterprising planter. Fifteen years before the war. | he commenced planting on what was considered liffht Randy lands, much exhausted, with a caoital ' of $25,000. When the war broke out, hi?capital was eighteen times larger. This result was brought about by his energy and system; by improved modes of culture; by improvements of agricultural implements; by attention to the health and comfort of his laborers; by nursing and protecting his < stock; and care bestowed upon his bees, his or- i chards and dairy. Above all, and mainly, his golden harvest was reaped from the judicious use of Fertilisers." Having seen who Mr. Dickson is, hear now what he has to say on cotton culture: "Sparta, Ga., Feb. 101868. I Editors Southern Cultivator.?Thinking it beet to tell what I have done, instead of gi" advice that I do not follow, I will give you the uetaiis of the preparation, manuring, planting, cultivation, and production of a sixteen acre lot, planted in cotton; and as many may desire to know all the particulars, I will be as explicit as I can be in a letter. First, the land is good pine land, and has been nnder tne plow nearly seventy years, and atr JfcAny as fifty five years in cotton. About twelve years ago, it was sown in oats, with 200 lbs. of guano and bones mixed with salt and plaster, and made ; 30 or 35" bushels per acre; all fed off by turning stock in the field. Four years ago I left it uncultivated until the middle of July?there was then a heavy growth of weeds on it, just grown. I turned them in, and dropped peas in every third furrow. The result was a large crop of vines, and at least fifteen bushels of peas per acre. These were fed off by beef cattle. That, if you call it rest, is all the field ever had. The lot lies between two branches, running North 1 and South; on one slope, next to the branch is a second growth of pines?the other is a peach or- ; chard. The cotton was planted on the top of a level ridge, lying within one-fourth to one-half of a mile oF Little Ogeechee. It was planted in cotton in 1866?manured with about one hundred and fiftv pounds of bones and Peruvian guano each, ana one hundred pounds of plaster. Icommencep on the 3d day of May, with two horses, to prepare the land; cotton rows four feet apart; ran two fursows in the middle of each row, which stood open about eight inches deep, and applied to each acre i 250 pounds Soluble Bones, 165 pounds No. 1 Pe- j ruvian guano, and 100 pounds piaster. Salt being ' too high, I omitted that. The mixture was deposited in the bottom of the furrow; then oovered with a long scooter plow, going about as deep as ] the other two furrows; then ran on the side of each scooter furrow, with a good turning plow go- | ing seven inches deep. After preparing about six ! acres in this way, I opened with a small buH-tongue < plow; dropped the seed and covered lightly with a board?pait of it with a harrow. I continued in ' this wav until the lot was planted, finishing the ( fifteenth of May. The land being freshly prepared 1 and a little dry, it did not come up well The 25th . of May, had a fine shower, and on the first morn- ; ing of June, there was a first rate stand. About th&first of June, I turned the plows back to finish the preparation^ running a scooter six (?) inches long, in the bottom of each turn plow furrow, going seven inches deeper; then plowed up the old stalks ( ?:j.V ~ o1i/wd] nlnm irmnff linrtor fVtO nld , WIUU it iUl^Cj IV/llg OUVT Vi pivtl) gviu^ V*MV?W? ?UV v.v cotton stalks?making nine farrows to the row, in preparing the land?taking nine days, with one horse, for every eight acres, which was equal to a fall sub-soiling. You observe the preparation was not expensive. Including the planting, it was eleven days work to eight acres. The cotton soon stretched up well. The first plowing was done with a heavy 22 inch sweep, (right wing towards the end nearly flat; the back edge of the wing about one and a fourth of an inch above the front edge in elevation.) I then' hoed out to a stand, the width of No. 2 Scovell hoe, leaving one to three stalks in a hill. Cotton standing thick in the drill, will be much forwarder than that which is thin. Give it the necessary distance between the rows. ^ The second plowing was done with the same kind of sweep, with both wings elevated?the second and last hoeing followed in a few davs., The third plowing ran one furrow in the middle of the rows. The cultivation with the plow occupied one horse-five days for each eight acres, which makes two days plowing for each acre, and about two days hoeing for the same. The cotton grew so rapidly, it did not need any more work. I hired the picking of most of it, at 40 cents per 100 lbs. The lot averaged about (3000) three thousand lbs. per acre, but owing to j a storm and other causes, 1 gathered only (2700) twenty-seven hundred lbs. and a fraction, which , will make two good bales per acre. I picked one hundred bolls in two separate parts of the lot, at 4 o'clock in the evening of a dry day. Each weigh ed twenty-one ounces. In the lot was an Irish , potato patch that had been manured and mulched . with straw twice. I think that portion made at the rate of Biz thousand lbs. per acre. The next , best place, was about one acre of old pine field, , first year, which made I think about 5000 lbs. If you expect such results, you must not cut the . roots of the cotton. ^ Cotton is a sun plant, as you will see by its turning its leaves to the sun, as the J latter moves through the heavens. So have a ' deep water furrow in the spring, work flat by hot weather, and on level land run the rows North and South. . The cotton would have been much better, planted the 10th of April. The seasons were as line as j they could be, up to the 28th of July. After that too much rain. The hands I had were all newand very sorry; the manure was badly mi^d and bad- \ ly put on. I found, during the wet weather, where the most 6 manure was put, it stood the test best?especially c the part that had the most Peruvian guano on it ( There was some rot owing to the density of foliage { and wet weather; some boll-worm and caterpillar 1 on about one-half of the patch. The seed planted 1 TL...:j n!?lrsnn vnriptv. ' was ox lut; A/ttviu jL'n,&i?u, ?, ,, selected twice by myself, and would sell for more than the cotton, if I did not wish to plant.-them myself. There are none for sale this year. I purchased my manure of first hands, by Messrs. John Merryman & Co., and got the best article at the lowest price in the market The cotton is unsold. The seed I will use. Below is the cost of one acre: cost of makuiu at flanta-; Horee two days, 31 per tion. day .$ 2 00 250 fibs. Soluble Bones.....$8 75 Plow hand two days, 50c. 165 fbs. No. 1 Peruvian per day.' 1 00 Guauo 6 75 Hoe hand two days 1 00 100 Sis. Plaster 1 25 Dropping seed 25 Mixing and putting ou.... 25 Picking 7 10 80 Manure 17 00 J $17 00 e Whole expense per acre X $32 05 Count the seed and lint and you will see what * manure will do. Respectfully yours, / DAVID DICK&ON." The plan adopted by this prince of farmers is to j manure heavily and judiciously, at whatever cost; and by these means gathers his princely returns. ? Investing in manures at the rate of seventeen dol- i lars per acre, no doubt, appears to many as an idea 1 too preposterous for any sane man to entertain. But when that investment yields a dividend of t over five hundred per cent., under Mr. Dickson's 2 judicious method of planting, the wonder is that everybody does not profit by such experiments. ( [communicated.] FURMAN UNIVERSITY. This popular institution will open on Wednes- j day, 3d of February. The bonds can yet be taken j by applying to the agent See the advertisement in this paper. By taking a bond, you can send 1 your son three years for only a little more than 1 vou would have to pay for one year without the . bond. The agent, Rev. Mr. Gaines, can be found at the new Church any day. Those who fail to see j him before, can call on him on sales-day in Feb- ' run ry, and then send their sons to the University 1 in time. I Col. SiMrsoN's Seat Contested.?A. S. Wal- < lace, of York, defeated candidate for the Fourth i Congressional District, has furnished Col. Simpson who holds a certificate and commission, with a no- s tice and grounds of "contest" The document is 1 most formidable in volume, and charges a fearful ( array of enorr lities upon the good Democrats of I tbe Fourth District. We hope soon to be able to ] give choice extracts, but not the entire bill of particulars.?LaurensviHe Herald. i COLUMBIA.OONTBIBPTORIAL; BY JA8. WOOD DAVIDSOPf. 1 COLUMBIA, SOUTH OASOLDIA, 18TH JAIHTA8T, 1869 [ Bad Colds. Cold water, drank freely when one is taking a ; cold, will generally arrest the disease at once. t The Union Time*. c This sprightly weekly changes hands with the new year. Oar friend MeKnighi retina with the cordial good wishes of the entire fraternity. His { place is taken by Robert W. Shand, Esq., former- j ly of Columbia, whom we have known tried and ^ approved on many a harder field than the one up- 1 on which he is just entering. We take great plea- c sure in bidding our young friend Good-speed; and c the more so that we know he has the qualities that a are bound to win. ? The University. a The Medical College of Charleston has present- t ed a memorial to the Legislature, asking that body s to abolish the Medical Department of the Univer- ] sity. This memorial is calculated and apparently I designed to prejudice the Legislature against the I University. ; ' I This blow at the University is Hke the stab of r Brutus. Caesar expected the daggers of Caasna ( and of Cssca, but Brutus was his bosom-friend^ So, the University might have expected a wound ' from a carpet-bagger or a soalawag; but this * wound comes embittered by ingratitude, andpois- ti oned by a meanness so sublime that the crown of i baseness is taken from the head of our country's vilest enemies and fits the brow of this Brutusfriend, the Medical College of Charleston. ? ? r. a HBWADVBBTIBBXBITS. k W. B. A J. B. Williams?Administrator's Sale? ? Administrator's Notice. fa A. S. Wallace?Collector's Sale. J. Herndon?Hides Wanted. . - 0 Thomson A Jefferys?Assignees' Sales?In Bank- c raptcy?In the Matter of D. D. Moore, Ed. r R Mills, fl. L. Reid, Samuel Black. John 1 Dye, Graham A Atkinson, EcL C. McLure. 2 T. S. Jefferys, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?In the r Matter of David E. Thomas?Sale of land, a W. I. Clawson, Register in Bankruptcy?Bank- b rnptcv Sale?In the Matter of Wm. M. Rob- v ins, Bankrupt. H. H. Thomson?Administrator's Sale. .1 Wm. A. Moore A John M. Ross?Law Notice. . Thomas J. Bell?Attorney at Law. u V A Pranahsv_TTnm1n<nr ? J. E. Grist?Mortgage* and Deeds. Oi Tilman R. Gaines?See Here. B. T. Wheder?Notice. R. S, Moore, President?King's Mountain Railroad. ? a THE S. C. LEGISLATURE. t Mondat, January 11,1869. . 81 * In the Senate, Corbin introduced a bill to deter- ? mine the value of oontracta made in Confederate money; and a bill to punish persons'obtaining property under false pretenoee. The bill with ret- ? erence to" Confederate money fixes its value at various periods during the war, as compared with United States currency. For January and Febru- g ory, 1861, the valae of one dollar in United States 0 Currency is designated as equivalent to one dollar ? and five cents of Confederate currency. The valae of Confederate currency is regularly reduced until *1 the IstofMay, 1865, when, one dollar in United J States currency is reckoned as the equivalent of Bight hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty- 5 three cents in Confederate currency. The bill was P ordered to be printed. ~ Rainey gave notice of a bill to increase the sala- n ry of the Governor's Private Secretary to $2,009 n and the State Auditor to $2500. , Coghlan, Senator from Sumter, tendered his P resignation, which was accepted. 11 In th9 House, the committee appointed at the . special session of the General Assembly, under D the provision of an Act entitled "An Act to regu- late the manner of keeping and disbursing funds by certain officers," submit that in accordance with the requirements of the Act above mentioned, that : they nave examined the books, vouchers and receipts of the State Treasurer, and find the books J kept, the vouchers, drafts and checks drawn, and 1 ill moneys deposited in striot accordance with the ? law, and the general routine of business connected with the office transacted in manner alike credita- \ ble to the Treasurer and bis clerk. t Mr. Mickey introduced a resolution, which was "3 referred to the Special Joint Committee on Lunatic Asylum investigation, that as it is reported that ~ ministers of the Gospel are not permitted to per- j form religious services in one branch of the Luna- m tic Asylum of this State, that the Committee on ~ the Lunatic Asylum be instructed to investigate the matter, so that the poor and afflicted may have 1 the Gospel preached to them, irrespective of race J >r color. Mr. Mobley introduced a resolution, which was idopted, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to rejport a bill to regulate contracts for labor, which wul give suitable officers power to a ipprove and settle the same. * A bill empowering the Attorney-General to ? :hange the venue in State cases was taken up, read c he second time and ordered to be engrossed for a _ bird reading. . >r. The Committee of Ways and Means, to whom -i was referred a petition from sundry tax-payers, " merchants of the city of Charleston, praying that tl certain taxes paid by them under the assemnent -A )f 1866, may he refunded, submitted a report ad- ? rerse to the petition. The following is an extract d from the report: J "Under the assessment provided by an act of the . General Assembly, passed December 19,1866, en titled "An act to raise supplies for the year com- i nencing in October, 1866, a tax of sixty cents on n ;he hundred dollars was assessed upon all soles of joods, wares, merchandise, &o. This tax was 41 paid by the(petitioners. Subsequently, by. order D )f General Canby, this tax was reduced .to twenty sents on the hundred dollars. The petitioners :laim that justice and equity require that the ex* ?ss of taxes over and above the tax of twenty , jents on the hundred dollars paid by them should 1 >e refunded, ? Your committee are of the opinion that the jrayer of the petitioners onght not to be granted. ft rhe tax paid by the petitioners was lawfully as- ai lessed and collected. General Canby, who subse- b; luently became the supreme power in the State, 8' arefuUy considered the whole matter and condoled to reduce the tax to be levied in the future, _ )ut did not provide for refunding any taxesalrealy paid, lour committee think it would now be mwise to attempt to reconsider the action of Gen- J iral Canby. The door woold be opened too wide- &< y for similar claims to be made by other parties. G fhe condition of the Treasury of the State will not A varrant any action which diminishes the funds of he State, except upon the most imperative considerations of legal right. They therefore respectfully recommend that the petitioners have leave to vithdraw petitions. The recommendation in the ! eport was adopted. Tuesday, January 12, 1869. * In the Senate, a bill to establish a State Orphan I \sylum, received its seoond reading, was consider- <t id by sections, agreed to, and ordered to be en- n p-ossed for a third reading. g Mr. Corbin introduced a resolution, that the ? 7oneral Assembly adjourn sine die on the 5th of a February, which was ordered for future ooDside- l ation. . A Mr. Corbin also introduced the following bill to imend the criminal law of the State which received * ts first reading and was ordered for a seoond readng: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- esentatives of the State of South Carolina, now not and sitting in General Assembly, and by the luthority of the same: Section 1. Capital punishment, except in the ase of wilful murder, is hereby abolished. Sec. 2. Manslaughter, or the unlawful killing 0 )f another without malice, expressed or implied, shall be punishable by hard labor in the Pemtentiiry not exceeding thirty years nor less than two 1 rears. ' Sec. 3. The crimes of burglary and arson shall )e punishable by hard labor in the Penitentiary iot exceeding thirty years nor less than one year. _ Sec. 4. The benefit of clergy is hereby abolished, In the House, a concurrent resolution was adop* m ed and sent to the Senate, rewinding the rqaplu? J ion adopted in December depriving membertof S iay during the recess of the General Assembly. A bill to regnlate the manner of seSfog public ands was introduced. It requires the Shenff to' ~ livide all the lands to be sola into tracts of not + nore than forty acres. IVIr. Neagle introduced a resolution, whioh was b idopted", that the resolutio., adopted on July 24, 1868, relieving the Committee on Claims from the jonsideration of claims against the 8tate, be rescinded, and that the committee be directed to proceed with all business proi>eriy before it j Mr. Sloam from the Committee on Agriculture, 3 Deported unfavorably on a joint resolution offering] 1 - \ c . . ,wo hundred ilnlliikpiniiiiiini for the beet original sssay on the culture of cotton. The resolution was aid on the table. I A oonourrent reaofritiop to prevent the division jneavwing of territory-from any county to form a jew county, was made the special order for Monlaynezt, at one P.M. Wooley introduced a bill to punish persons havng, or pretending to have, authority to solemnise narriagesj who shall many minors without the sonsent of their parents or guardians. a Wednesday, January 13, 1869. Th the Senate, the House resolution rescinding V he resolution pawed at this regular aeaaiou de- 1 >ri ving members of the per diem during the recess res indefinitely postponed, and a message was sent o tbe noon to Uut efleet ? . Mr. Corbio, from the Committee on the Judiiary, to whom waereftried a bill to provide a hen io buddings and lands to parties furnishing labor nd: material thereon, reported back die same, Kith a recommendation that the bill do pass, with merriments. Mr.' Swails, from the Committee on Railroad*, o whom was referred a bill to authorise the oonolidation of the Charlotte and South Carolina tailroad Company and the Columbia and Angnsta Uilroad Company, recommend that the mil do The bill to organise the militia and the bill to mend the act to establish the State Police were eoommitted with amendments, by Leslie, to the Committee on Military Affaire. The bill to regulate the formation of corporations ras read the second time and ordered to be entossed for a third reading In the House, a lull was introduced to extend ... be powers of magistrates to imprisonment in oerun cases. ^Thursday, January 14,1869. The Senate.reoeived a message from die House, hoooncing that a bill to authorise the Comptrol>r-Genenu to audit the aeooonts of the Com mistoners and Managers of Elections, which originari in the Senate, had been laid on the tafbte. Mr. Jillson introduced a resolution, that all ac cants of School Commissiooers and Assistant chool Cotamiasioners shah be audited by the lomptrofler-General, and if die same be found oorect, he shall draw hiswanmot an the State Yeasurer far the.-paymetit of the same; end it e paid in any other nSSner than Lb herein proided. Ordered for future consideration. In tlm Howe; * bill m> introducedto.reduoe beptioeHbf fel/ charred by ~diffgrant raurtads, I the State. The bill umite the price to four rata per utile for through pawners, and five rate lor way passengers. Friday, January 15,1869. In the House, a bill to establish a new judicial ad election County, to be known as Aiken Coun7, and to define the Emits and boundaries of the une, was taken up, and it was made rite special rder for the fourth Wednesday in November, 870. Mr. Hayne introduced a resolution, which was dopted, after sundry amendments, expelling Mr. loan, the reporter of the Charleston Courier from lie House, on a charge of using disrespectful lana age in his report with reference to Wrapper, one f the members. An effort was subsequently lade to rescind the resolution, but without^ avaiL Mr. Jackson introduced a bill to prevent persons rom holding office who are disqualified therefor by be fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of be United States. The chief point in it is that II persons disqualified and oontunrin? to hold of- 3 uc wuh unng rajuuvu w twhd bj uw'AiiunMjr* teaeral shall be subject to imprisonment of not lore than two years or less than one, also a fine of ot more than five thousand dollars. Mr. Bishop gave notice that he will introduce a Ol describing the way and manner divorcements 1 the State of South Carolina may be obtained. The resignation of A. J. Banner wis presented, at the House, on motion, refused to acoept it Iprcrcl , Mabbied?On the 12th instant, by Rev. L. A. ohnson, Mr. J. N. ROBERTS and Mlas C. J. )ICKSON, daughter of J. Harvey DMuon, all *' f this County. In Taylorsville, Alexander" County, N. C., on tie 31st ultiipo, by "Rev. WW. Pool, Mr. 8. A. VHITE, of Iredell, end Miss MARY M., daughBr of J. C. and Amanda M. Wilson, formerly of fork County, S. C. On the 14tn instant, by Rpv. R. B. Anderson, at tie residence of the bride's father, Mr. H. J. IARSHAW and Miss MATTIE A., daughter of . M. McDOWELL, all of this County. 10,000 LBSf, HIDES WANTED. LWILL pay the highest market price for DRY OR GREEN BEEF HIDES, delivered at my tnery, in good order. J. HERNDON. January 21 8- tf MORTGAGES AND DEEDS* g ~kN hand and for sale, a lot of handsomely J printed CONVEYANCES OF REAL ES'ATE and MORTGAGES. At the Enquirer iffice, by J.E. GRIST. January 21 3 tf ' DAW NOTICE* "! J' " rwrM. A. MOORE, of Lancaster, and JOHN f M. ROSS will practice in Copartnership in le Courts of Law and Equity In York County, uny business entrusted to their oars, will be rpBlved and attended to by J. M. ROSS, at the Orlnary's Office. January 21 3 "tf ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. | LL persons having claims against the estatejof 1 G. W. WILLIAMS, deoeased, are hereby otifled to present them, properly attested. .Within le time prescribed by law. Those indebted to le estate are request*-1 to make immediate pay jent to the undersign,. J. W. B. & J. B. WILLIAMS, Administrators. January 21 3 2t NOTICE. 4 LL my Notes and Accounts are In the bands X of W. B. METTS for collection. Those who we me, and are not able to pay, can compromise n the most LIBERAL TERMS. Those who are ble to pay can have the chance to do so, on or beire the 20TH DAY OF FEBRUARY NEXT, ter which day all claims not settled either in full, y compromise, or ihir promises, will be pat In lit without distinction or exception. M B. T.'WHEELER. ^ January21 S lm ~ 7 SEE HERE! r WILL sell, privately, one good PIANO, which L cost |300, just before the war, for $250. I will *1] a chftaner PTAXO. which I have, for S10Q. A UITAR for $16. Also, a one-horse WAGON ND HARNESS, fer$S6. And I have a pair of eoaia, 111 give for a pair of aboata. Call and see axe. TILMAN B. GAINES. January 21 ' '8 ' : ' It* KING'S MOUNTAIN R. KOAD. jMS4S8R4V^fiA riHE trains over the KING'S MOUNTAIN | RAILROADjOn and after this date?on Monaya, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays?will uu as follows, making close connections on the tentioned days, with trains on the Charlotte and outh Carolina Railroad: eave Yorkville, projnptly, at 7 o'clock, A. M. j-rive at Chester at 9 o'clock, A. M. eave Chester at 5 o'clock, P. M. jrrive at Yorkville at. 7 o'clock, P. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by o'clock, p. m., on the evenings previous to the eparture of the train. R. S. MOORE, President. January 14 2 , tf THOMAS J. BELL, M ^Lttorney at Law, YORKVTLLE, S. C. { fflce up-stairs In the building formerly occu- t pied by T. M. Uobeon <fc Co.. [XTILL practice in the United States Court, and Yj the Courts of York, Lancaster, Cheater and rnion Counties*.; ?j Prompt attention given to Collection*. January 21 3 r ^ tf. : ;! FURS WANTED^ FtHE highest prices, in barter, vrill be paid for L every description of PURS, delivered at my tort fa xorkvflle, previous to the 16th of March. tt v atwmvmo a. r. AX/1VIUU3. January 7 1 tf RELIGIOUS IfOTICE. rHE Preabyterlal Appointment assigned me on the 2d Sabbath or January, at Smyrna, will e filled on the 6th Sabbath of January. " ' R. IiATHAN. January 7 1 tf KOUSSO. r~ j A Cl^RTAIN and eHfectual remedy in removing ' \ Tape Worm. On hand at the York Drug 1 tore. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. December 17 61 tf I ' - \