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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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^ 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 ^
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[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
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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.
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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.
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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
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