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? flaps and J arts, i _ ??A negro, as black as coal, is practising law J in Nashville with success. He was a citizen of ( Illinois, but went to Tennessee because he oould , not enter his profession in the former State. -?They are after swindling milkmen in New i York. Four were arrested on Saturday, and had ] eighty cans of their milk seized. They not only i watered their milk, but they did it with dirty wa- i ter. They were sent to jail. ] Clyde, Ohio, has what is called a r'Knitting 1 Machine." A crowd of ladies walk into a drink- i ing saloon, take possession of all the seats, and \ qtfietly settle down at knitting. This stops the j customary business of the place. The death of Wilkes Booth, which some 1 have professed to doubt, is no longer a question. J The body, when disinterred last week, was fully ! identified by his relatives, from a tooth which was 1 plugged in a peculiar manner. . < The wealthiest man in America is said to be young Stevens, son of the late Edwin A. Stevens, of Hoboken, who, when he reaches his majority, will be worth $120,000,000, by the advance of his estate in New Jersey. A school-boy in Caswell County, N. C., made ' nearly $300 from the sale of tobacco, cultivated with his own hands, at times when it did not interfere with his regular attendance at school. This ( is an example worthy of imitation. On the 17th instant, the Legislature at Quebec, Canada, had to adjourn, in consequence of a : 1 fViQ trfllnc anil 1 Heavy SIIUW SUJiLU, VVUIV11 tuv UUIU^ prevented the arrival of a quorum. The snow in 1 the streets was eight feet deep, rendering them al- 1 most impassable. A doctor returned a coat to his tailor because it did not fit him. The tailor, seeing the doctor at the funeral of one of his patients, said: "Ah, doc- i tor, you are a happv man." "Why?" "Be- < cause," replied the tailor, "you never have any of . your bad work returned on your hands!" "If you had eighty years to live, how would , vou spend it so as to l>e perfectly happy here below?' asked a Freuch writer, and answered it ' himself: "The first thirty years as a pretty woman, i thirty more as a great general, and the rest as a ( bishop." | It appears that Philadelphia has reached ] mich a degree of civilization that the "upper ten" ] indulge in what are called full dress funerals. A , funeral took place there several days since, to which the friends of the deceased were invited to come 1 in full dress suit and white gloves. What next ? Advertising ingenuity has left little room for novelty, but a merchant in Newark has challenged attention by leaving his space entirely blank, with i the following note in fine print, at the bottom: \ "This space was sold to A. E. Brannan, but as , his business is sufficiently brisk already, he declines to use it." The Mormons had an execution last week. The criminal was brought ironed into the courtyard, where there was a crowd of some four hundred, and seated in a^ chair. He then read aloud I a chapter from the New Testament, the irons were i then taken off his hands, and at a signal from the , sheriff he was shot dead. The engineers will soon commence the survey of the Air Line Railroad from Wilmington, ' N. C., via Newbern, Washington and Plymouth ' to Norfolk, Va. When completed and in connec tion with the Annamessic Line; it^will^ make the i time between Wilmington ana rtew lorK some | ten hours quicker. ( "Doctor," said a plain old lady, to a grand- ] iloquent dentist, as he was showing her a set of artificial teeth", "do you mean to say as how a body can chaw wid dem things?" "Why, madam," said the dentist, "the operation of mastication can be as satisfactorily performed with these instruments as with those provided by Dame Nature < herself." "Oh!" said the old lady, "I haint no ] manner o' doubt about that, doctor; but I wanted to know if a body could chaw wid em." j Profane swearing is abominable. _ Vulgar language is disgusting. Loud laughing is impo- 1 lite. Inquisitiveness is offensive. Tattling is mean. t Telling lies is contemptible. Slandering is devil- i ish. Ignorance is disgraceful, and laziness is ( shameful. Avoid all the above vices, and aim at t usefulness. This is the road by which to become respectable. Walk in it Never be ashamed of ( honest labor. Pride is a curse?a hateful vice. * Never act the hypocrite. Speak the truth at all times. Never be discouraged, but persevere, and < mountains will become mole hills. ' The Philadelphia Press tells what the members of the present Cabinet propose to do after the ! 4th of March. Seward is still ambitious, and will J undertake a new role as tourist and navigator. 1 McCullocb will migrate with his family to New 1 York, llandall will remain in Washington and practice luw. Welles will go home?Washington life being too expensive. Browning is inclined to remain in Washington; Evarts, if he leaves the ^ Cabinet, will return to New York, of course, and J Schofield will be subject to orders as an army of- I ficer. 1 The Sheriff of Oneida county, New York, c lately had to execute a murderer, fieing a tender- s hearted man, he gave the criminal chloroform be- a fore he put the rope around his neck. Thereupon j he has been indicted for malfeasance in office. It is not easy to see how he was false to his official 1 duties in administering the chloroform ; but it oc- s curs to us that he might be indicted for murder, if t if cliATrn fV?of Vi/a orJmirnefnrrtrl A^lnrnfArm C enough to kill the man.f He had no legal right to 0 take the fellow's life in any way except by the rope; and if he had killed him in any other way, as with a bludgeon, or with arsenic, he would cer- 1 tainly have been held for murder. t The present boundary of Xcw York city, a a civil engineer says, should be measured by a cir- f cumference twenty-five miles distant from Union Square. In I860, the city's population was 814,000, and the suburbs within that circumference, in 1 round numbers, 760,000. To-day, the city has 1,000,000, and the suburbs within twenty-five miles S from Union Square, 1.225,000, thus giving this, c the metropolis, fifty miles in diameter and a popu- v lation of 2,225,000. The average annual growth x of the country has been three per cent., ana of cities five per cent, for thelast eighty years, doubling 3 the city population every sixteen years, which b would, in 1884-, give a metropolitan population of 4,500,000, and in 1900 of 9,000,000. 0 ?? The Texas Constitutional Convention has k decided to erect a new State to be called West \ Texas, out of that part of the present State which j lies beyond the river Colorado, and South of latitude 32. San Antonio is made the temporary capital of the new State. The Governor and Sen- t ate are to be chosen for four, the House of Representatives for two,'and the Judges of the Su- c preme and District Courts for twelve and eight years respectively. The Act providing for the \ new State contains some novel provisions. Women are secured in their separate estates; each c County is compelled to provide a manual labor v Eoor house: when persons have lived together as usband and wife (luring life, even if not legally c married, they shall be considered so married, and their issue be deemed legitimate; corporations c that commit wilful homicide are made liable to t exemplary damages, etc. t The Pneumatic Dispatch Company, of Xew York, has been boring under Broadway for the last three weeks without knowledge of the public. c A cellar was hired, where by degrees the necessary machinery was placed, and the work of boring the tunnel commenced. The men having charge of c the work are a party of English miners, who were r but recently engaged in the construction of the "pneumatic railroad tube" under the streets of London. Earth was first removed in front of the ( cellar, and the men gradually worked out into the t centre of Broadway. The earth is not dug out, x but pressed away by a shield, exactly the diameter of the tunnel. The shield is forced ahead by /\i* fx mittikni* nP coroTro An Vin ? aP f UJCclII? U1 a v/1 .Tvitno vn im Itai v/1 Hie >. shield, worked by levers, the displaced earth exud- { ine through the trap-doors in the shield. The ] progress made is necessarily slow, about ten inches per day completed. Bricklayers follow in the rear ( of the shield, and line the tunnel with hard brick, 1 to prevent the earth from caving in. The princi- < nle by which the cars will be propelled is stated to < be as follows: An ordinary railroad track is laid j at the bottom ot the tube, over which the cars are propelled by a current of air and made to return < by the creation of a vacuum. A flange, closely 1 fitting to the sides of the tunnel, is fitted to one 1 end of each car, upon the surface of which the air acts in propelling the car. The current of air will ^ be supplied by immense fan-wheels, worked by steam at each end of the route, A railroad conductor has recently been sued by his employers on a claim for fares withheld and ( not paid over to the company. _ The defendant in ' this case, before he received his appointment as i conductor in J i>42, had filled the useful but not 1 very lucrative position of ostler, with an average ( salary of only $050 per year. lie contrived, be- ( tween the years 1842 and 1865, to accumulate enough money to be placed as the fourth in the 1 list of wealthy citizens of Concord, N. H. It is ' stated that during this period of twenty-three ! peare, he made over $150,000, built himself the finest residence in Concord, and was known as a large stockholder and real estate owner. Suspijions were aroused in 1865, that the conductors on the road in nuestion-were holding back the monev they received, and an investigation was made which satisfied the company that they did not receive all they were entitled to. The defendant in the suit Bras examined, and undertook to account for his property by thrift and economy. Among other things he stated that the clothing of his wife for the last twenty years had cost only $50 per annum; but unfortunately, in 1865, he hadreoeived $1,500 from an insurance company, for his wife's dresses, ill new, that had been injured by fire. He also undertook to account for $3,200 of his property as the profits on peanuts sold on the train by a small Irish bov in his employment The referees in the 3uit finally decided that the railroad oompany were mtitled to recover of the conductor the sum of 115,500. SHfrtvfeititt* ti&ffrtmwr Jem* v YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 4,1869. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that Kir terms for subscription, advertising and job, work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. TO PRINTERS?DRESS FOR SALE. Contemplating the enlargement of the Enquirer, and requiring a larger press for the purpose, we offer for sale the one which we are at present using. It is a "Guernsey Cylinder Press," in first rate working order and is little injured from use. The manner in which the Enquirer is printed indicates the quality of work it will do. Our only reason for offering it for sale is, that it is not large enough for our purposes. It is arranged to be run by hand or steam?runs very lightly by hand. It has a self-acting "fly," and is fully provided with roller-moulds, stocks, &c. The chase, column and head rules, and side and foot sticks, are also offered for sale. COLONEL SIMPSON'S REPLY. We have received the reply of Col. Simpson to the "Grounds of Contest" of A. S. Wallace, Esq., to a seat in the Forty-first Congress, from this Congressional District. We propose to publish the reply in next week's issue of the Enquirer. ? THE "LAND WE LOVE." The March number of this sterling periodical contains the announcement that it is to be consolidated with the Nine Eclectic, of Baltimore, at which jity the new magazine will hereafter be published, unrW thp tiflc nf The Land ice Love & New Ec Wtic. We feel assured that our eld favorite will lose none of its interest from its union with the Neic Eclectic, which has, from its first publication, ranked among the foremost monthlies of the counxy. Gen. D. H. Hill will be connected with the 'new issue," as one of the editors and proprietors. From this time, subscriptions are to be forwarded jo 54, Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. BENEFITS OF FERTILIZERS. We learn that Mr. S. M. Hanna, of this conny, succeeded in making seven hundred pounds of int cotton on one acre and a quarter of land, last rear. There was no special fertility in the land; rat the effect was produced by the application of ;en dollars' worth of commercial manures. Without his stimulus, the land would not have produced nuch more than half the amount of lint, or at the rntside, 400 pounds. The increased production, hereforo, is 3(>0 pounds, which, at the low price >f 15 cents, would be worth $45, and at the presint prices, over $80. The fertilizers used in this instance were Ketlewell's Manipulated Guano and the Patapsco juano, equal quantities of each having been ap)lied. The latter article is for sale by Major Jas. Pagan, at Chester, as will be seen from his adver;isement in another column, and the former may >e obtained from G. Ober, Baltimore. Md. . THE COURT. The Conrt of General Sessions?Judge W. M. Thomas, presiding?began its March Term, at this dace, on Monday last After the Grand and Petit juries were organized, Col. W. B. Wilson, in sloquent and fitting terras, presented resolutions idopted by the Bar of Yorkville as a tribute of tffection to the memory of George W. Williams, 3sq., deceased, and moved that they be inscribed ipon the minutes of the Court. The motion was econded by the Hon. T. N. Dawkins, in a feeling ribute to the memory of the deceased. Messrs. >. P. Hamilton and William H. Brawley, Esqr's., if Chester, also spoke feelingly of the life and services of the deceased, and joined in eloquent tribites to his memory. The Judge, after granting he motion to inscribe on the minutes, ordered as , further tribute, that the Court stand adjourned or the remainder of the day. On Tuesday, several indictments upon trivial UlOUVUiVUllVlk} HWIV UiU|/VC7VU V*? On Wednesday, the case of the State, vs. R. L. 1 liinmons, for the murder of J. A. Glenn, was ailed, and at the hour of going to press, the Court ras engaged in. hearing the testimony. Messrs. Vilson & Witherspoon represent the defendant, nd Wm. H. Brawley, Solicitor, is prosecuting on ehalf of the State. We are pleased to observe, as visiting members . f the bar in attendance: the Hon. T. W. Daw- ' ;ins and Gen. W. H. Wallace, of Union; and Col. V. A.. Walker, S. P. Hamilton and Wm. H. ' Crawley, Esqr's., of Chester. The following order regulating the business of he term, was passed on Monday : 1. Homicides to be tried first, and be assigned a lay. 2. Causes where parties are in jail, in the internals. 3. The call of the civil dockets will commence >n Wednesday, to be continued during the inter ak 4. On the second Wednesday, a peremptory call | if all causes of debt and assumpsit will be made. 5. All causes whose considerations are the purihase of slaves, will be continued; but in calling he docket, the consideration will be stated, so that ;hey may be classified. 6. All causes made between 1st of January, [861, and May, 1865, will be answered as "war iebts," and deferred to the end of the dockets. 7. Lengthy issues shall be assigned a day. S. Causes will be marked "stayed in Bankrupt rHE MERCURY'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. Col. Rhett, late editor and proprietor of the Charleston Mercury, has issued a farewell address o the subscribers of that paper, in which he anlounces its final suspension. The Mercury has long been a power, not only in his State, but throughout the South, and its inluence was felt, in a measure, over the whole land, [tepresenting the party of strict construction of the institution, it was ever a zealous and able chamjion of State Rights, against the encroachments >f the general government. It was hardly to be :xpccted that it could survive the party of which t was the organ, and now that the progress of jvents has practically overthrown the theory of state Rights, the suspension of the Mercury is but i matter of course. But the past is beyond recall; the theories under which we then lived have perished, and we are en;ering upon a new era. It is incumbent upon us :o live in unison with the present, aiming to shape )ut a future that will bring prosperity and security. The dead past, then, mustbury its own dead; md among its dead, the Charleston Mercury must be included. We hope the exponents of the present and the future may prove as high-toned, as true to their convictions of right, and as faithful through evil as well as good report, as this chivalrous defender of by-gone issues, which is now consigned to the tomb ot its fathers. J GEN. GRANT'S CABINET. The anxiety of politicians to get even a crumb of information as to the formation of Gen. Grant's cabinet, is incomprehensible to any other class of people. It may perhaps be accounted for by the supposition that they wish to learn, as soon as possible, in what quarter they are to sue for the smaller offices at the disposal of cabinet officers. The army of office-seekers has, however, been kept in a cruel state of suspense by the reluctance of the great object of their adorations to divulge his intentions in this respect. Hitherto they have been in the lamentable oondition of hounds which have lost the trail; they do much smelling and no small yelping, but all to little purpose. Washington telegrams, of a recent date, mention the interesting (that is, to office-seekers) information, that Grant told a delegation of Pennsylvanians their State would be represented in his [cabinet; but he very unkindly declined to mention L?l. !o am nViof nnoifinn hn ia WIIU UiC JUCM lUUlVlUUtu IO, \jI nuaii (jucmvu u. ? to hold. Gen. Grant also vouchsafed to intimate mysteriously that his cabinet will not be recruited from the army or navy, but that only civilians will be appointed. The time for keeping his appointments secret has now nearly expired, and guessing at Grant's cabinet will soon cease to be an amusement for hungry politicians and news-hunting correspondents. COTTON STATISTICS. The Charleston Courier, of the 27th ultimo, gives an interesting synopsis of the proceedings of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers and Planters, at theirmeeting in Baltimore, on the ! 10th of February. From this synopsis, we extract the following.items: The returns from the various cotton mills in the country, on the 30th of January, 186S, shows that in South Carolina there are six mills in operation, with 31,588 spindles, and using 4,174,100 pounds of cotton per annum. Of the Southern States, Georgia has 20, North Carolina 17, Maryland 11, Virginia 10, Alabama 8, Mississippi 6, and Texas 4 mills in operation. Massachusetts runs 150 mills, and Rhode Island 126 mills, while in Indiana and Illinois there is but one mill in each. The total number of mills in the North is 664, with 6,359,000 spindles; in the South, it is 86 mills, with -225,000 spindles. The total amount of cotton spun in the North, is nearly 400,000,000 pounds; in the South, it is a little over 31,000,000 pounds. The Association reports that the consumption of cotton in all Europefor the year ending September 30th, 1868, will exceed the apparent supply of the same year by about 500,000 bales. The committee on raw materials make the following remarks upon the crop of 1869, which, coming from parties in a position to know of what they speak, are entitled to the serious attention of planters: "The Committee call the attention of the people of the cotton-growing States to the great, danger of the day?the neglect of food crops. Undoubtedly there is a great temptation in the prices now received for cotton, to plant as much or it as possible. That is well if the other crops be first secured, and if, in the competition, excessive wages shall not again lead to demoralization of labor like that in 1866. The high prices obtained for cotton operate as strong inducements to plant largely elsewhere, as well as to send to market all existing surplus from every country. At some time there will be excess of supply over consumption of cotton, which shall bring about a great depression of price; temporary, it is believed, yet for the time discouraging. The policy to be followed in this country, should be to secure in each year ample crops for the subsistence of the people and animals, and then there will be preparation to meet whatever decline in price may occur from temporary over supply." AFFAIRS IN CUBA. Account" from Havana represent that tfie government is gradually getting the better of 'he insurrection, which does not seem to rest upon any organized or stable basis. The insurgent* act without concert, each body of their troops being a separate and independent command, acting solely upon its own responsibility, and without reference to the wishes or objects of other commands. The result is that their warfare more nearly resembles the conduct of banditti than the strategy of soldiers, their apparent object being to plunder the country rather than to establish a new government They live off the people, preferring to subsist on the Spanish portion of the population, but considering all as fish that comes to their net. The government has received fresh supplies of troops from Spain, and is'raising volunteer troops both in that country and Cuba. Gen. Dulcc, the Governor, has effected a loan of $8,000,000, guaranteed by the merchants of Havana and secured i by new import and export duties, and twenty per cent increase on internal taxes. Expeditions have i been sent against La Guanajaand Puerto Principe. Gen. Dulce is to be removed, and Gen. De Roda, i an officer who distinguished himself in Spain by i putting down the insurrectionary movements against the new government there, is to succeed him. The prospect, at present, is that the Spanish ( government in Cuba will be maintained, and the , spasmodic resistance to its authority be crushed. Spain is anxious to preserve tharfriendship of the . United States in this emergency, well knowing the . danger that exists, of losing this part of her possessions by the interference of this country, wheth- , ^ oliimA aP nnfmnnl ^AAAnnitiAn ah CI IV IASUJC 111 LUC CllttfSC V/l iiail'JIiai ILWJjlllWUIl VI clandestine expeditions of filibusters. j In the meantime, the industrial and commercial ] interests of Cuba are suffering all the paralyzing . effects .which follow in the train of war, and espe- j cially such an irregular and lawless war as they ^ are afflicted with. Ilcports from the various dis- ; tricts, howev?r they may differ in other respects, unite in telling tales of the loss and destruction of | property. In the district of Santiago, out of eighty plantations, only ten are reported as grinding cane, and the productive labor is probably stopped to an j equal extent in other districts. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. On the 22nd ultimo, the Senate adjourned over J till evening, in honor of the day, when the only business accomplished was the passage of the House bill, forbidding the use of the engraved fae j simile stamps as a substitute for franks, and requiring the written autographs of members upon ' all matter franked, after March 1st. The saving to the post office department, from this source, is estimated at a quarter of a million of dollars annually. In the House, a resolution was introduced, recognizing the independence of Cuba, on which no action was taken. Amendments to the legislative appropriation bill,, proposing to increase the Prcsi l ? m nnn 1 i6:n nnn .1 .r> . uem a salary iu ctu.vuu uuu ?ju,uuu, were ueiuaied. In a speech against these amendments, Hutler said the President was now furnished with "a free house, free fuel, free lights, free servants, free music, and a free people to listen to the music." On the 23rd, the Senate refused to take up the tenure-of-office bill, by a vote of 36 to 14, and then agreed to the House proposition for a conference committee on the joint resolution relating to the constitutional amendment. The President having vetoed the copper tariff bill, on the grounds that it "would diminish the public receipts and impose an additional tax on an over-burdened people, who should not be further impoverished that monopolies may be fostered and enriched," the House passed the bill over the veto, by a vote of 115 to 56. On the 24th, the Senate passed the same bill over the veto, by a vote of 38 to 12, and it is now a law. The Senate also adopted an amendment to the army appropriation bill, reducing the army to thirty-five regiments of infantry, and the number of brigadier-generals to eight. In the House, Mr. Schcnck's bill tc strengthen the public credit, &c., was passed by a vote of 119 to 61. It pledges the faith of the United States to pay in coin or its equivalent all the interestbearing obligations, and provides that any contract hereafter made specifically payable in coin shall be legal and valid, and may be enforced according to its terms. On the 25th, the Senate passed a hill repealing the act by which the General of the army is required to have his headquarters at Washington, and the President to issue all orders through him. This act having served its intended purpose of tying up Mr. Johnson's hands, the Senate proposes to remove the restrictions from the Presidential office, for the benefit of Gen. Grant. In the House, Mr. Boutwell submitted the report of the conference committee on the suffrage amendment to the Constitution. The report declares that the right to vote shall not be denied by reason, of race, color, or previous condition of slavery. The report was agreed to by a vote of 143 to 33. On the 26th, the Senate discussed the report of the conference committee on the suffrage amendment, and on the next day passed it. It now goes to the Legislatures of the States, two-thirds of whom must give it their sanction, before it can take effect. On the 27th, the House resumed the consideration of the'Louisiana contested election case. The contestants were allowed fifteen minutes to present their claims. Hunt declined to speak. Menard, onlJ lia nnnaora/1 mnro uuiureu, WU*. IL1C UUUl anu oaiu no up|yo?ivu wviv to acknowledge the privilege than to make argument, but would be reareant to the good of his race, whose votes sent him here, did he not vindicate their rights. He claimed no special privilege on account of his color. After considerable debate, the minority report, declaring Hunt elected, was defeated?yeas, 41; nays, 136. An amendment, seating Menard, was also defeated?57 to 130. The whole subject was then laid on the table. On the 1st instant, nothing of general interest transpired, in either House. NEW ADVEBTI8EMBNT8. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Dr. J. F. Lindsey, F. D. Groen, W. C. Armfield, Hillary Kirtcpatriek, M. A. Harvey, Geo. T. Wade, J. B. Cousart, J. Reeves Wade, John B. Mahon, T. G. Newman, W. Drayton Good. Thomson <fc Jefferys. Assignees?In Bankruptcy? In the Matter or Halcott J. Pride, John Rattaree, Cad. J. Pride. L. D. Childs, Executor of Wm. Crook?Notice. John R. London, Rock Hill?Commission Merchant. S. L. Watson?Divine Service at Shiloh. W. B. Metts, Assigneo?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of L. H. Massev. Tilman R. Gaines?Plant Rice. E. M. Kirkpatrick?Watch?Money I must Have. M. Jones, Agent?So, Sew, So?Tne Sewing Machines?Waiting for Demand?Singer's Machine. ? ? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. More Immigrants in Newberry. The Newberry Herald, of the 24th ultimo, announces the arrival of some twenty or more immigrants in that town, and says that others are on the way. The Newberry Immigration Society certainly must be a well managed institution, and is entitled to great praise for the earnest and businesslike j^rformance of its duties. Contradictory Court Emanations. The Supreme Court of North Carolina has, in a recent case, decided' the Stay Law of that State to be unconstitutional and void. At the same time it took occasion to express the opinion that the Homestead Exemption law is valid against debts created before its enactment. * xll.1 i. A - U-L >YC do not nice to seem uisrespecirui uj mc mgiiest tribunal of a sister State; but the learned court must have taken a cross-eyed view of the constitution, as the arguments for and .against either of these laws will apply equally asTvell to the other. Cotton Worm Exterminator. An inventor in Louisiana has petitioned the Legislature of that State to appropriate $100,000 for the purchase of his patent cotton worm exterminator. The plan of the invention is to hang small fish hooks, baited with eggs of the cotton worm, upon each leaf of the plant. The worms, being fond of this food, will, it is supposed, kindly consent to be caught on the hooks, and can be removed as fast as they are caught. An equally expeditious and much more simple way of exterminating worms would be to catch them by hand and mash them between two rocks, or force a grain of arsenic into the mouth of each worm. Won't Ride Together. In consequence of the quarrel between President Johnson and Gen. Grant, which occurred in the course of the Stanton difficulty, both of these gentlemen are unwilling to come into such close contact as to occupy the same carriage on inauguration day. This is a mere point of etiquette, and compliance with it would not at all prove the existence of any particular friendship between the parties. Still it is not an essential part of the ceremonies, though it is usually observed. Gen. Grant has a precedent in refusing to ride with Mr. Johnson, in the case of John Quincy Adams, who declined to ride with Gen. Jackson, when the latter was to be inaugurated. From the Church Militant. ??The Columbus (Ga.) Sun states that the closing hours of the Methodist colored Conference, recently held in that city, were solemnized by a pugilistic encounter between an enraged female ind an officious deacon. Some books were being sold, when the female in question remarked that "it was a shame the price should be twenty-five cents in Savannah and fifty cents in Columbus." Upon this, the deacon undertook the duty of keeping her quiet, when she pitched into him, pulled bis wool and ears, slapped his jaws, and triumphintly fought him out of the church. That deacon is likely to be an advocate of free speech at religious assemblies hereafter. Progress of Southern iMnnufactories. The people of the South are waking up to a knowledge of the fact that cotton goods can be manufactured at considerably less cost in the South than the North. New cotton factories are springing up in or near most of our cities, and old ones are being worked on a more extensive scale than heretofore. The Charleston A"cics states that "there ire several .large factories being built in South Carolina, several in "Georgia, three or four in Alabama, as many in Mississippi, and even Florida and Texas are moving in the same direction." Those tactsi afford gratifying evidence of a steady advance in prosperity. They also point to a future, but not distant, independence of other sections in this important branch of manufactures. New Perfume. An exchange advertises a new perfume, entitled, "Loyal balm of a thousand niggers." It is manufactured expressly for parties desiring the removal of their political disabilities, and is warranted to remove the faintest scent of treason which may linger upon their garments. One vial of this delicious extract, we presume, would qualify the fortunate possessor for any office within the gift of Congress, no matter how ferociously he may have warred upou the "dear old flag,'' when the phantom of secession was so nearly a reality. Modesty alone prevents distinguished gentlemen who hnvp snvinL-lod if? fmirmnee unon their patriotic persons, from giving their names to testify to its virtues; but there is no doubt it has assisted in the reconstruction of many a "last-ditch" secessionist. N. C. Agricultural Society. The meeting of this Society, on the 20th ultimo, was mainly of an initiatory nature, the principal business being to re-organize and prepare for regular work in future. A committee was appointed to confer with the Secretary of State and the Agricultural Committees of the Legislature, with reference to the organization of the Agricultural Bureau provided for by the State Constitution. A previously appointed Committee reported the title of the Society to the lands occupied by the Fair Grounds to be good, and acknowledged by the Commissioners of the city of llaleigh. It was resolved that the Fair Grounds be put in order and enclosed, and that the United States Government be applied to for compensation for the use of the grounds and property of the Society since the war. Committees were appointed to report at the annual meeting, in October, on various subjects calculated to interest and advance the prosperity and usefulness of the Society. After the election of officers, the society adjourned, to meet on Thursday, the 25th of March. Alaska to be a Penal Colony. The New York Sun calls upon Congress to pass a law, making the territory of Alaska a colony for convicts from the various States. The advantages of the plan are that the country would be cleared of its criminals, and that they, being put in a place where there is no chance to steal, would necessarily reform in that respect, at least The experiment of colonizing convicts and vagrants has been successfully tried by England, in t.he case of Botany Bay, and it is fobnd that their morals are improved by their involuntary exile. The Sun proposes that the members of the various rings now engaged in plundering the government, be sent there for the first installment. There are, however, two insuperable objections to this scheme. Alaska is not large enough to hold all the rascals in the country, or even half the plunderers of the government. A second objection is that, if plundering the treasury were a penal offence, Congress itself would have to adjourn to Alaska, which would thus become the seat of government. Brownlow Turned up Again. Governor Brownlow has issued a proclamation declaring martial law in nine counties of Tennessee, and has ordered troops to those counties to arrest and punish, without reference to civil law, persons whose conduct may not be satisfactory to the military. The State is now in a more peaceable and orderly condition than at any time since the war. Brownlow's object is supposed to be to provoke the people to the commission of "rebel outrages," by turning loose upon them his irresponsible militia. That is the only object he can possibly hope to accomplish by this move, unless indeed he wants to make sure of a still higher place on the roll of infamy than that to which his past career entitles him. Having closed his administration thus gloriously, Brownlow resigned the governorship of Tennessee to his successor, and, escorted by a guard of twenty men, departed for Washington, to take his seat as U. S. Senator, in the Forty-First Congress. The telegraph says that a man at Charlottesville, Ya., offomrvfiarl tn cVinnf him. in Rnitfl nf hifl ctiard. Such are the rewards of virtue in this wicked world. Civil Rights Practically Applied. A case recently occurred in Virginia, illustrating the manner in which the theory of civil rights, as laid down by the laws, may be turned into an instrument for inflicting injustice. The wife of a negro, living in New York, bought a through ticket to go to some point South of Virginia. When she reached the Fredericksburg & Richmond Railroad, she was refused access to the ladies' car and put into a car assigned to negroes. Her husband brought suit against the company, on the ground that she was put in a second-class car, after buying a'first-class ticket The jury, under instructions from Underwood, the notorious desecrator of the bench once occupied by Marshall, awarded damages, to the amount of $1,800, to the plaintiff, on the plea mentioned nl>ove. But it was not proved that the car in which the woman was put, was a second-class car. The company had three passenger cars on the train. The rearmost car, marked A, was for ladies; the next, marked B. was for gentlemen unaccompanied by ladies; and the foremost, marked , was for negroes. There was nothing in the ticket or train regulations, which made one car first-class and another second-class; the only distinctions made were for convenience, and in accordance with the supposed desire of the classes of passengers mentioned, each being placed by itself. The jury, however, chose to consider the car C a second-class car, and found a verdict ample enough to remunerate the plaintiff for the dreadful insult of being compelled to ride with persons of her own color; but also small enough to prevent an appeal, as the Supreme Court does not entertain cases in which less than $2,000 is involved. The Richmond Enquirer, commenting on Underwood's blatant support of social equality in this case, very shrewdly suggests to the negroes the propriety of testing his sincerity, by some three or four of them dropping in to dine with him on the following Sunday. Jndicial Jail Delivery in Edgefield. The Edgefield Advertiser states that Judge Piatt released from jail, in that county, upon their own recognizance, two prisoners indicted for murder, simply because the jury could not agree upon a verdict. The Advertiser adds: "Our community, unaccustomed to this novel, speedy and iniquitous method of general jail delivery, even where offenders were imprisoned for minor offences, was, as a matter of course, shocked : i .1... .? <mi U) It'uru lulit twu aiuinan iic^iu icuunn, luui^b^ui imprisoned and arraigned for murder, rendered hideously heinous by suspicion of rape, had been , turned loose, unwhipt of justice, upon their simple and sole recognizance ME RE-MENTION. William K. Thomas has been appointed a magistrate for Union County, by Gov. Scott. Geo. S. Cameron, formerly President of the Bank of Chester, has been elected President of the South Carolina Loan and Trust Company. It is said Judge Carpenter has recognized the liability of the maker of a note given for the purchase money of slaves, notwithstanding the Constitutional prohibition. Governor Scott has approved an Act to regulate the practice of medicine in this State. There are fifteen cotton factories in North Carolina, running 21,li2 spindles, and turning out .1.000,000 pounds of spun cotton yarn. The Arkansas House of Representatives have passed a bill outlawing members of the Ku Klux Klan. "Financial irregularities" is the latest term for wholesale stealing. Both cigars and sugar have gone up in price, in consequence of the Cuban revolution. An ex-Confederate has just returned to his farm in Tennessee and dug up $10,000 in coin, which he had buried when he departed. Chicago is overrun with rats, her rat population being estimated at 10,000 to the acre. It is rumored that trained dogs are soon to be introduced to hold up ladies' long dresses on wet days. Cork trees are being raised in Florida from seeds procured from Portugal. An 1 irreverent scamp stole the boots of a colored preacher who was baptizing in the Savannah river, near ! Augusta, Ga., the other day. An English girl has obtained ?i> damages from a sweetheart, who, while courting her, squeezed her hand so 1 hard as to break a finger. There are .30,000 ' office-seekers in Washington. Senator Sauls- J bury, of Delaware, fell and broke his leg while get- , ting out of a carriage in Washington, Saturday night. Drunk?'"- Solon Robinson asserts that i the apple trees in this country are slowly dying out, 1 and that nothing can save them. Congress 1 has removed the political disabilities of the notori- < ous ex-Governor Ilenry S. Foote. The New York Herahl says there are men in that city whose profession is to serve on coroners' juries. A i watchmaker in Rochester has just finished a watch movement which will run eight days without winding. It has two mainsprings. "Sweet are the uses of adversity," but the adversity that brings sugar up to twenty cents a pound, makes the sweetening come rather dear. Commander , Winslow, and his crew, of the Ivearsage, will receive $190,000 for the capture of the Alabama, should Congress pass the bill General Grant is said to receive letters and pamphlets addressed to him on financial and other subjects, to the amount of six hundred pounds daily. A cor- ( respondent wants "a law passed to make the country happy by abolishing about fifteen of our American State Legislatures." Chicago has a lady preacher whose last sermon was devoted to proving "man's total depravity." Gen. Jubal A. Early, who has been sojourning in Canada since , the surrender of the Confederate armies, is now in Missouri visiting his parents. "The velocipede mania is said to add to the business of both surgeons and tailors The wheat crop of Maryland is reported as very promising. Brigham Young has fixed the legal length of Mormon ladies' dresses, by permitting them to extend to the tops of their shoes. General Butler has nominated Grant for President in 1872. A two-seated velocipede has been invented at Newark, and a four-wheeled one at Buffalo. THE RANDOLPH MURDER. In the contested election case for the 3rd Congressional District, to which reference has been made in our columns as being on trial at Columbia, one of the witnesses, W. K. Tolbert, has confessed that he was accessory to the murder of B. F. Randolph. This murder, as will be remembered, was committed at Hodge's Depot, in Abbeville County. We copy that part of his evidence which relates to the murder. In answer to the question "State how you happened to be at Hodge's Depot the day Randolph was killed?" Tolbert replied: "I heard he was going to make a speech there, and I went up to hear it When I got there, they told me he was not going to speak there ; that he had gone up to Abbeville Court House, and was going to Anderson that night on the afternoon ? T J T XV T^ll?, ?? num. uuaiiuu iju^uu tliiu a. vt luiuvibumjc w the depot with me. Both were well known &t Hodge's Depot When we arrived there we found a crowd of merf, some eight or ten besides our number. We commenced talking about Randolph; that he had threatened to Colonel Aiken to burn up the State; that he could do it in three words, and that we must kill him. Langdon Conner ana Fletch. Hodges spoke to us, after we came up?we were all armed, I mean at Hodge's'Depot They put up a target, and we all shot off our pistols at it We did it to reload our pistols, so as to be sure they would fire, being freshly loaded. They put it on Logan, Tolbert and myself, to do the shooting, saying that as we did not five there, the negroes would not know us. If any more shooting ^ras to be done, they would do it That if Randolph's guard fired on us, they would fire on them. When the train came in, Langdon Conner went to the conductor, and asked him if Randolph was on board, and he came back and said he was on the train. The train ran up to the side of the platform. Randolph was sitting by the door or the car. The rest all went to tne upper end of the filatform, and got on the platform. I went to the ower end. Just at this time the Greenville train ran up. Randolph immediately changed cars, and walked back into the last passenger car, and took his seat. James Cochran stepped up to me at that time, and says: "Bill, you fellows ought to have been disguised." I said : "Jim what do you think of it, anyhow?" He soys: "He ought to be killed, and now is the time to do it, right now. " Fletch. Hodges came up with a roll of money in his hand and says, "As soon as you do it we give you this, and we will back you; if there is any more shooting we will do it By this time Randolph had got off his seat and walked out on the platform of the car. John Brooks came up with his pistol in his hand, and he says : "Now is your time, here he stands on the platform." and he pointed him out to me. Logan, Tolbert and myself done the shooting. We all three shot him, and he was killed dead. Langdon Conner told me to go on, they would do the balance. He had his pistol in his hand. We got on our horsesand rode off. No person attempted to arrest us. We went to Aleck Ellis', about two and a half miles off. He was not at home. We wanted to see him on business. He was at Cokesbury. Logan and Tolbert went to Cokesbury to see him, and found him there in a Democratic meeting. They came back to Aleck Ellis' with him. They told me that Randolph's name was brought up in the Democratic ?-i?? ? X? ?i?u _-.l i.:~ mueiuig, aa lu wiiul uicjr suuuiu uu wuu unxi. | Some said, "cut him up and feed him to the dogs." Others said, "they would box him up, and express him to Governor Scott as a present Ellis knew that he was killed, and killed hy us, and that some of the members of the Democratic Club saw it done; saw Randolph killed. [Witness was here warped by the respondent's counsel, Joseph D. Pope, Esq., to speak only from his own knowledge, to which Tolbert replied: "I speak from my own knowledge."J The members of the Democratic Club that I remember as being present were: Jas. Cochran, Langdon Conner and Fletcher Hodges. They advised me to shoot Randolph, to kill him, and they would back me in it. This man, a hired'assassin by his own confession, has also been called on to bear witness against the Democratic party in this State. As might l>e expected, when his purpose is to give such evidence as will atone for his own crimes in the eyes of a Republican, he narrates with great precision many acts of Democratic fraud and violence on and before election day. He says he was a Democrat, and served on a committee to break up Union Leagues, kill leading Republicans, destroy Republican tickets and play "bully" generally. He also states, as coming under his own knowledge, that at several precincts negroes were not allowed to vote, unless they would put in Democratic tickets; that the Democrats, without exceptio.1, came to the polls armed and b> threats and fratd prevented anything like a polling of the full colored vote, &c. Unfortunately for the truth of these statements, ( the Abbeville Press publishes affidavits from the , managers of the accused precincts, who testify that : the election was carried on fairly and strictly accor- i ding to law; that no tickets from properly regis- ' tered voters were refused; that no illegal votes 1 were received ; and, finally, that there was no dis- '' order or disturbance whatever. SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, February 23, 1869. In the Senate, a message was received from- the House, announcing that the Senate adjournment : resolution had been laid on the table. A bill to provide a lien on buildings and land to 1 parties furnishing labor and materials thereon, i ifa conAntl rnarlinrr \raa r^Anai^PfAll hv sections, amended, and ordered to be engrossed. A bill to regulate the distillation of spirituons ] liquors received its third reading, and was ordered i to be sent to the House. A bill further to amend the Acts incorporating ; the University of South Carolina, received its , third reading, passed, and was ordered to be sent to the House for concurrence in the amendments. In the House, Miller gave notice that on Thurs- J day next he will introduce a bill to equalize the rates of freight on all roads leading from business centres of this State to the States of North Carolina and Georgia. The Senate Dill to provide for the codification of the statute laws of the State received its second reading, was amended so as to provide for the election by the General Assembly of three Commissioners, and reduction of salaries from $3500 to $2500 each, passed, and ordered to be engrossed. : Wednesday, February 24, 1869. j In the Senate, a bill received its first reading, ; authorising the County Treasurer, in cases where . there is no money in the County Treasury, to bor- ; row, on the credit of the County, not exceeding $5,000, and to pay such borrowed money out of the first taxes collected in such Counties. A resolution that the Sergeant-at-Arms be au- . thorized to send special messengers for the Sena- , tors from Chesterfield and Lancaster, with per?mptory orders for said Senators to return forthwith to the service of the Senate, was laid on the table. 1 A resolution was received from the House, that J no bill or resolution, permanent in their character, be introduced in either branch of this General Assembly after the first of March, and that they do adjourn as soon ineroaiujr as uic iiupuruuu uiancx before this Legislature can be disposed of. Senate refused to concur. < The House proceedings do not present any- ( thing of general interest. . j ] Thursday, February 25,18G9. In the Senate, a bill was received from the House to further amend the Acts incorporating the Uni- versity of South Carolina. The title was changed to that of an Act, and ordered to be enrolled.^ The amendments consist in providing for the admission { of students without regard to color, and the elec- < tion of the Trustees by the Legislature. 1 The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill to regulate aud define the law of divorce, reported bach the same, with a recommend- . ation that the bill do pass. Also, a bill to increase the lien of Magistrate's executions, with a | recommendation that the bill do pass, and the title be amended to read "A bill to establish the lien of Magistrates.'' The Committee on Railroads, to whom was referred bills to charter the Florence and Lancaster i and the Manchester and Augusta Railroad, report ed back the same, with a recommendation that the < bills do pass. Holliman introduced a bill to prescribe the mode of electing Clerks of Courts, Sheriffs and Probate Judges. A Dill to establish a public ferry in York countv was read a second time and ordered to be engrossed. In the House, the Committee on Railroads reported favorably on a Senate bill to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to alter and amend the charter of the King's Mountain Railroad Company," passed the 16th December, 1851.. Fridat, February 26, 1869. In the Senate, notice was given of a bill to regulate the mode of celebrating marriages. In the House, Whipper reported favorably on a bill to determine the value of contracts made in Confederate States notes or their equivalents. Hayne introduced a resolution authorizing the Governor to purchase two thousand Winchester rifles and necessary ammunition. Referred to the Military Committee. A resolution to adjourn March 19th was tabled by a vote of 56 to 19. Small Pox and Scarlet Fever. A correspondent of the Stockton (CaL) Herald furnishes that paper with the following, in reference to the cure of the above mentioned diseases : "I herewith append a recipe, which has been used to my knowledge in hundreds of cases. It will prevent or cure the small-pox, though the pittings are filling. It is as unfailing as fate, and conquers in every insymce. It is harmless when taken by a well person. It will also cure scarlet fever. Here is the recipe, as I have used it, to cure the small-pox ] when learned physicians said the patient must die, it cured: Sulphate of zinc, one grain: foxglove, (digitalis,) one grain; half a tea-spoontul of sugar; mix with two tahle-sDoonsful of water. When thoroughly mixed, add four ounces of water. Take a spoonful every hour. Either disease will disappear in twelve hours. For a child, smaller doses, according to age. If counties would compel their physicians to use this, there would be no need of pest-houses. If you value advice and experience, use this for that terrible disease." Inauguration Ball Ticket*. The tickets of invitation to the inauguration ball, for ladies, are thus described by the Washington papers: "In the centre is a bust of Grant, laurel-crowned, with his motto in rays of light behind his head : at the foot of the bust are sprigs of oak and laurel and American flags on each side. On the right side is Peace, with her palm branch an<? wings, strewing the earth with blessings. Returning Commerce, represented by a ship under full sail, and at her feet the plow and other symbols of* agriculture covering up the effects of strife, ^represented hv n rfooortorl cntri at fVio nnnnsitA Ririo inCnlnmhin severe and assured, with the Cap of Liberty ana the Horn of Plenty. In the distance the capitol, arched by the Bow of Promise, in token of better times." Union County.?The Union Times, of last week, says: Hon. Hiram W. Duncan, Senator from Unioo, has been appointed by Governor Scott, a Magistrate for the county he represents in the South Carolina Legislature. Persons who acted as Managers of Election for Union county, ht the Presidential election, are re?uested to call at the store of Smith & Colton, Fnion, and receive their pay, On the morning of Friday, 19th inst, the body of a colored lad, named Charles Byers, aged about seventeen, was found in tbe road leading to Gist's Bridge, with the back part of his head split open, apparently with an axe. Magistrate Askew, on the same day, empanelled a jury of inquest, at which time no evidence was submitted, implicating any one. Since then, a freedman has come forward and made affidavit, that one Isaac Sartor, a negro, confessed to him, that he (Isaac) had committed the homicide, believing at the time he was killing a brother of the deceased. Upon this statement, a warrant was issued, and Isaac Sartor is now in gaol. Tobacco.?The following communication is of interest to merchants, and will explain itself: Treasury Department, Office of Internal Revenue, Washington, Feb. 10, 1869. Sir:?In reply to your letter of February 6, in relation to stamping tobacco and snuff in the hands of dealers, I have to say that as the law now stands, after February 15, 1809, all fine-cut chewing, smoking tobacco and snuff, and after July, 1, 1869, all other manufactured tobacco in the hands of dealers, not packed and stamped, as required by the Act of July 20, 1868, must be so packed and stamped at the expense of the owner or holder, before being sold or offered for sale. Very respectfully, THOMAS HARLAND, Acting Commissioner. A. S. Wallace, Esq., Collector 3d District, Columbia, S. C.?Columbia Pliocnix. ? v r* >*. . }tm Unices. ERRORS OF YOUTH. A Gentleman who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the receipt and directions for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishingto pi-ofit by the advertiser's experience, can do go addressing, in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar Street, New York. February 11 0 8m TO CONSUMPTIVES. The Advertiser, having been restored to health in a few weeks, by a very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with severe lung affection, and that dread disease, Consumption?is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge), with the directions for preparing and usingthe same, which they will find a sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, etc. The object of the advertiser in sending the Prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread information which he conceives to be invaluable; and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription, will please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New York. February 11 6 3m Married?At the residence of the bride's father, in Chester County, on the 15th of December last, by Rev. Mr. Cochran, Mr. HENRY D. L'ARDUE and Miss MAG. J., daughter of Jos. I. Edwards. , ?tottrarj!. Died?In Chester County, on the Gth of Februiry, 186H, SAMUEL McKEOWN, Esq., aged 66 ' ^ears, 4 montlis and 17 days. the sewing machines. STILL they come. But don't keep still, after they do come, for one of them went off to another man's house, yesterday. M. JONES, Agent. March 4 9 tf _____ A LL persons knowing themselves indebted to A. me by NOTE OR BOOK ACCOUNT, will tall on me", at E. E. McCaffrey's Store, this week* 5r next. I will make a liberal settlement with diem. Cali and see me, as MONEY I MUST HAVE. E. M. KIRKPATRICK. March 4.9 2t notice. WHEREAS, my wife, ALICE, has left my bed and board without cause or provocation, rhis is to forewarn all persons whomsoever, not iogive her credit on my account, as I will not pay :he same, and I will also prosecute any one who harbors her. . SAM'L JACKSON. March 4*9 St* furs wanted. THE highest prices, in barter, will be paid for every description of FURS, delivered at my Store in Yorkville, previous to the 15th of March. H. F. ADICKES. January 7 1 tf "mortgages and deeds" SN hand and for sale, a lot of handsomely printed CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTE and MORTGAGES. At the Enquirer Office, by J. E. GRIST. January 21 3 tf