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Scraps and ^arts. ?? Very gloomy aocounts arc given of the eon dition of the Lancashire cotton manufacturing dis tricts in England. A large number of mills an idle, and the operatives are reduced to distress. The manner in which they weigh a hog ii New Jersey, it is said, is to put the hog in one scale and some stones in the other, and then gues at the weight of the stones.* It is said that a Chicago publisher has goi out a family Bible in which there are the usua columns for marriages, births and deaths?and al so one for divorces. Seventy Tennessee negroes are now trying to make the courts give them $30,000, which wa* left them by the will of their former owner in case they went to Liberia. It is said that all the gold in the world employed for coin, plate, jewelry, &c., if pat in a single cubical block, would be twenty-six feet square, and weigh 10,500 tons. Its commercial value would be six billion dollars. The Wilmington Star, says: "Messrs David Landreth & Son, the well-known seedsmen of Philadelphia, some time since rented a farm, near Goldsboro', and are now busily engaged in preparations for a heavy crop of early vegetables." Harpers Weekly, the blackest of mongrel sheets, says: "One wonders that the South aoes not rebel anew, when one considers the miserable vermin who have been sent down there as Government officials." - Women are said-to have stronger attachments than men. It is not so. A man is often attached to an old hat; but did you ever know oi women having an attachment to an old bonnet? Echo answers "Never!" The following is taken froin an advertisement of Dr. X s liver-encouraging, silent perambulator family pills: This pill is as mild as a pet lamb, and it don't go fooling about It attends strictly to business, ana is as certain as an alarm clock." The citizens of Greenville, East Tennessee, the borne of Andrew Johnson, met in mass meeting recently, and passed resolutions highly eulogistic of the ex-President, and appointing a committee to make arrangements for his public reception when he returns to Tennessee. In the recent local elections in the State ol New York, the Democracy have made nearly a clean sweep. They have beaten their opponents handsomely* in the towns of Utica, Ponghkeepsie, Oswego, Newburgh and Elmira, and in the Connties of Columbia, Saratoga, Erie, Cayuga and lister. Turnipseed is the name of a highly cultivated and darkly colored legislator in Georgia, who has actually introduced a bill into that body# "to prevent marriageable females from flirting." Turnipseed must have the faith of mustard seed, to believe that such a result can be wrought by legislation. The cotton trade in England is very dull, arid the foreign papers report tnat very few of the large manufacturers are running their mills six days in a week. The majority of the establishments have been open only four and five days in the week, and now the time is generally to be reduced to three days. All flip rnnductnrs on the New Hamrishire Railroad have been removed for stealing. It is discovered that they have robbed the company of 'about $250,000 annually for eight years, and have all made themselves so rich that they have combined and bought up enough of the stock to turn out the directors who turned them out The female principal of a young ladies' seminary in London cures the innumerable cases of ' falling in love" that occur among her pupils, by close confinement and doses of senna tea. She says the tea never fails. Sometimes the girl gives in after a few doses, but usually it takes two or three days, and in one case she was a whole week effecting a cure. For a school-girl's "calflove," she declares there is nothing like senna tea. Particular attention is invited to the advantages which the South Carolina Loan and Trust Company affords to parties who desire to invest their funds temporarily. The ability to use such funds at short notice, and at the same time to derive interest thereon, is thus amply secured. Executors, administrators or trustees, also ladies unaccustomed to the general management of investments. will find this Company a convenient and safe depository for money. The Directors are well known citizens of Charleston. The Bishop of New Jersey, it is said, has given notice that he will refuse, at confirmation, to lay his hands upon the piles of false hairand chignons which distieure the heads of so many young ladies seeking admission to the church and communion. The laying on of sacred hands at the altar upon so much rubbish gathered from the four corners of the earth, instead of the genuine natural hair or head, is deemed an offence to the law and gospel of the church. It will be recollected that President Grant, immediately upon taking his office, directed that certain pardons issued by President Johnson, should be revoked, and withheld from the persons intended to be pardoned, in certain cases in New York, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. AttorneyGeneral Hoar has bad this subject under consideration. and it is understood he decides that the revocation of the President will not stand in law; that the act of the Executive was complete when the warrant of the pardon was placed in the hands c* TV _ i cv . _ _ i_ _ i rr .1 or a l nueu ciuies mursnai or oiuer omcer ; auu that if the persons intended to be pardoned shall not he relel-ed, that upon habeas corpus the courts would release them. A most outrageous attempt at swindling came to our knowledge on Saturday, and we publish the facts to let rascals know that their tricks will be discovered, and they will meet with loss instead of profit in their attempts. We went to Messrs. Stenhouse, McCauley & Co.'s warehouse to see two bales opened, which had been plated. Mr. Donald McCauley noticed something suspicious about the fellow, and suggested that the bales be more fully examined. His suspicions were right, for upon opening them a large bag of dirt and six bricks were found in the centre of each, the estimated weight of which is about three hundred and fifty pounds. Fortunately the fraud was discovered in time to prevent the payment of the check. The scoundrel gave his name as Frank Carson, and hailed from Lancaster District, S. C. He ought to be in the Penitentiary.?Charlotte (X. ('.) Times, loth instant. The order drafted by General Sehofield for the consolidation of the regiments now in service, in acc irdance with the provisions of the new law for the reduction of the army, has been issued. The cavalrv and artillery regiments remain unchanged. The forty-five regiments of infantry are to be consolidated into twenty-five. This will throw twelve colonels, twenty lieutenant-colonels, twenty majors, two hundred captains, and about four hundred first and second lieutenants, into the list of those awaiting orders. Whenever officers are on detached duty, or are absent with leave 01 otherwi-o, their places will be filled from the next in rank, and they left on the list of those in retirement. The twenty-five regiments will thus constantly have a full complement of officers. The four colored regiments will be formed into two, to I*; known as the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth. The four regiments of veteran reserves will be conM'lidaied with the active regiments, and the men unfit for duty will be at once mustered out, if thej so desire. The staff corps are not consolidated. ??How well Grant kept the secret of the Cabinet is shown by a story concerning Mr. Borie, the Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Borie went on tc Washington to see the inauguration of the new President on the afternoon of the 4th of March, and found him at work in his office. uAh, Mr. Borie." said Grant, '"have ^*ou come on, too, tc spy out the Cabinet?" "Not at all," replied Mr. Borie : "I came only to see you sworn in as President. and have called to offer my friendly con gratulations before returning home ?" "When dc you return?" a-ked Grant. "To-morrow, in the noon train." said Borie. "Well, good-bye," saic the President, "make my regards to your family.' Mr. Borie bowed himself out, and did not suspeci that he was the "man from Pennsylvania," unti the next afternoon, when the train stopped ai Wilmington, and he heard his name read out tc an eager crowd at the depot. as that of the Secretary of the Navy.? New York A New York letter savs: "The hotels arc filling up with Southern and Western merchants A very remarkable change has taken place in the channels of the wholesale trade since 1S07. Oui business men then looked to the West for thei: best customers. They now look to the Sonth The recuperation of Southern industry has had i wonderfull effect, even on their politics. Those who wore just moderately Conservative when the South w;tj pro-: rate and impoverished, are ver] actively Conservative now. Those who were open ly against the South have become Conservative also. They sniff money in the wind, which is a sort of trade wind, you see, and are anxious to get _ it. They are all as nice as you please to Southern ' merchants, invite theui home to dinner, take them ' out to the opera and the theatres, talk about the ' harshness ana injnstioe of reoonstruotion, and in 5 various other ways 'cultivate' the men they want to sell their goods to. I speak only of those who i used to be on the fence, and behind it, on the i Northern side. The hundreds who were always j friendly to the South have not changed, of course; but there is a great change in the tone of those i. who were either neutral or unfriendly. And it I all comes of the better prospects which have loomed up in the South sinoe the last crop was gathered. If yon keep on raising good crops and bajing plenty of goods in the North, you will find friends > increasing at an amazing rate. It is wonderful * how folks take to a man when they see him getting 1 on well in the world." fJatMIz fihujuiw. YORKVILLiE? S. C.S THURSDAY MORNING,MARCH25,1869. 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 the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (&) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time raid for has expired. i THE CIRCUIT COURT. The case of H. J. Allison, vt. A. M. and J. C. Jackson, occupied the time of the Court from . Tuesday until the afternoon of Thursday of last . week. The jury, after a brief absence returned a verdict of one dollar against J. C. Jackson, and 1 "not guilty" as to A. M. Jackson. The result of 1 the finding leaves each party to pay their own costs. The last day or two of the term was consumed in disposing of causes of action arising during the war. These were generally scaled, and verdicts i rendered in accordance with the value of Confederate money in United States currency, at the date ' of the contract. The Court adjourned on Friday, after a laborious term of three weeks. The dockets have, in this time, been relieved of a large amount of business, the accumulation of years. There is now but little of this aggravating old business left on hand, and the next Term, in July, need not be a lengthy one. ? ? ASSESSMENT IN YORK COUNTY. We have been kindly furnished from the offioe of the County Auditor, "with the subjoined report of the value of property in York County, listed for taxation. It will be observed that the aggregate is $3,013,511; of which amount $1,704,321 is the assessed value of real estate, and $1,309,190 that , of personal property. The following is the return furnished to us : 1ST DIST.?M. JONES, ASSESSOR. i Personal Property $579,339 i Real Property 703,519-$1,282,858 2l) DI8T.?R. L. CROOK, A88E8SOR. Ptrsonal Property $367,237 Real Property 481,573? 848,810 3D DIST.?J. A. RATCHFORD, ASSESSOR. Personal Property $362,614 :* Real Property 519,229? 881,843 i Total amount listed v $3,013,511 AGRICULTURAX SOCIETIES. We invite attention to the communication of our correspondent, "H," in another column, with respect to the formation of a county Agricultural Sooiety for York. There is little doubt but that a number of farmers in the county are ready and willing to co-operate in the^movement, if they can only be brought together and led to act in unison. The experiment has been made in Edgefield, Lancaster, Abbeville and other counties, and in every case societies have been organized, which are attracting the attentiou of their several communities. The Abbeville Society, at its first meeting, adopted a resolution inviting all the counties of the State to meet in convention at Columbia, on the 28th of April next, for the purpose of forming a State Agricultural Society. The delegates selected to represent Abbeville are among the" foremost men of that county. Ought not this request to meet with a suitable response from the friends of agriculture throughout the State? We would respectfully suggest the first Monday in April (sales-day) as a suitable time for initiating the movement here. All parts of the county will then be represented by persons having business in town, and if York is to be represented at the Columbia Agricultural Convention, it will be none too soon to make the selection of delegates. We leave I fliQ mm r,P nnr nliintino' frtpnds. ho ping they will take it in hand and push it through. They .are more immediately interested in it than others, though of course the whole community is more or less concerned in the improvement of Southern Agriculture. DRIFTING TOWARDS EMPIRE. The extraordinary state of affairs at Washingi ton is beginning to excite the fears of thoughtful observers there. The chief cause of their suspicions is the evident desire of the administration to subordinate the civilian element of the government to the military. Gen. Grant, while commanderin-chief of the army, wa9 not in the habit of consulting others as to his orders. The selection of his Cabinet would indicate that he desired to continue the same style of government; for it can hardly be supposed they were chosen as advisers. Their total inexperience of the wants of their several departments would, however, make them all the more suitable for subordinates whose duty is simply to obey, and it is not improbable that that is the only duty Grant wished from them. After selecting a Cabinet to act as clerks for himself and carry out his orders, Grant's next step was to arrange the control of the army, and his first official act, after his inauguration, was to assign his favorite generals to important commands. Here Gen. Sherman, a9 commander-in-chief, came to his assistance, and by an "order from head; quarters," declared all the heads of bureaus coni nccted with the war department, to be his staffofficers. As he has the power of changing his stuff at pleasure, he has virtually assumed the control of this important department, leaving the Secre . tary of War nothing to do but to draw his pay i and act as clerk for Sherman. This absorption of the War department by Sherman is generally con* " sidered as done under directions from Grant. ! By a somewhat similar flank movement, Admiral Porter is placed over the Navy. Mr. Boric, Secretary of the Navy is, we are informed, relieved [ from the care of the archives of his department, i in consequence of ill health and general debility. r These are placed in charge of the Admiral, who is i thus really at the head of the Navy, while Mr. Borie is a mere dummy, placed in his exalted po) sition solely to hoodwink the public. With the regular army and navy in the hands of . his lieutenants, and a strong popularity among the ? ex-soldiers who served under him, Grant has un5 deubtedly a fair opportunity to try the game of } Cmsar and Napoleon. It is strongly suspected also ^ that he would like to try it. But late events show | that if he really has such ideas in his mind, he t either fears to take the decisive step, or thinks his ) time has not yet come. For, much against his will,, he gave way to the opposition manifested to his Cabinet," and changed three of its members. i It is observable, however, that these changes do ; not affect the control of the army and navy. r Such are the speculations now afloat with referr ence to Grant's possible intentions. They are cal culated to cause uneasiness, though the opinion is * gaining ground that the country is ready for an I empire. Be this as it may, we are not disposed to regard Grant as the "coming man," who is to es. tablish a military despotism on the ruins of the ; republic founded by Washington. While he may possibly be willing to act this part, he lacks thft nice judgment which points out the exact time to strike, and the nerve to strike, when he knows the time. The mere creature of circumstances, no man ever rose to fame from a smaller basis of merit. Nor has any man ever so well exemplified a very old proverb. While he keeps silence, he is a very passable lion ; but when he speaks, instead of a roar, a bray is generally the result If there is any "coming man" at all, we recognize more of his characteristics in Wra. Tccumseh Sherman. He is able, cold-blooded, unscrupulous, remorseless and withal, prompt to act. His oool appropriation of the War department smacks more of usurpation than anything Grant has doDe, up to this time. BOOK NOTICES. We have received from the publishers, Messrs. Duffie & Chapman, of Columbia, Dr. Reynolds' New Pictorial Readers, Numbers One and Two. Prom a cursory examination, we are led to believe them equal to any school readers issued, for pupils in the earlier stages of learning to read. The type used is of a size admirably adapted to eyes not yet - - - - ? v . /?.1 familiar with tbe formidable peculiarities or rne brotherhood of A, B & C, and the printing is clear and distinct The illustrations are excellent, far superior to the rough wood-cuts which, from time immemorial, have been used to ornament spellingbooks, readers, &c. We are indebted to the same firm for a copy of Gardening for the South, by Wm. N. White, of Athens, Ga., late editor of the Southern Cultivator. This is an old work, which had been out of j print for some time. Its author, at the time of bis death, was preparing a new and enlarged edition, which was completed by hw friends. The result iB before us in the shape of a handsome and profusely illustrated volume, which treats of everything pertaining to the science and art of gardening, with a special view to the requirements of Southern gardens. The subjects discussed are : "Formationand Management of Gardens; Soils and their Improvement; Manures, their Sources and Preparation ; Rotation of Crops; Hot-beds, Cold Frames and Pits; Garden Implements; Propagation of Plants; Budding and Grafting; Pruning and Training ; Transplanting ; Mulching, Shading and Watering; Protection from Frost; Insects and Vermin; Description and Culture of Vegetables; Varieties and Culture of fruits." The work is published by Orange, Judd & Co., of New York, and for sale by Duffie <fc Chapman, Columbia. INCORPORATION OF ROCK HILL. The Senate has ordered to be engrossed lor a third reading, the following section of the general incorporation bill in regard to Rock Hill, in this County: Sec. 40. That the persons residing within the area of a square, each side whereof is one mile, and the centre whereof is Gordon's Hotel, in the County of York, are hereby created a body corporate, under the name of the village of Rock Hill, with officers, the same in number, and having the same power and privileges, and subject in every respect to the provisions of the charter granted to the village of Cokesbury by the Act of 1852, except wherein said charter may be inconsistent with the Constitution and Ordinances of 1S68. The Act of 1852, for the incorporation of Cokesbury, and which is adoptedfor Rock Hill, declares all persons who hare resided in the village for six months, a body politic and corporate; the corporation to extend one mile in every direction from a given point; to be governed by an intendant and four wardens, elected annually on the second Monday in January, by tho male inhabitants over the aget of twenty-one years, who have resided in the village for six months previous to the election. The election to bo held from 10 o'clock in the morning until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when the managers are required to count the votes, declare the result and give notice to the persons elected. For the first election, the Clerk of the Court is required to give ten days' notice and appoint three managers. Subsequently, managers are appointed and notice given' by the Intendant and Wardens for the time being. The Intendant and Wardens are vested, severally and respective ly, within the limits of the village, with all the powers of magistrates, except to try small and mean causes; have full power to make all necessary rules, by-laws and ordinances respecting the roads, streets, market and police of the village, and may impose fines not exceeding $20, for violation of ordinances, etc.; are vested with the full and only power of granting licenses for billiard tables, keeping taverns, or retailing spirituous liquors, within the limits of the village, and have all the powers and responsibilities of Commissioners of Roads. All fines, licenses, etc., to be appropriated for corporation purposes. The Act to continue of force for twenty-one years. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. On the 16th, in the Senate, Mr. Sherman introduced a joint resolution to recognize the independence of Cuba, which was referred. The House resolution providing for an adjournment on the 2Gth instant, was laid on the table. The bill to repeal the tenure-of-office act was discussed; but no action was taken. The proposition before the Senate was a substitute to suspend the act till the next session of Congress. Many Senators thought this would be disrespectful to Grant, whom they praised to the very skies, and they therefore favored a repeal instead of suspension. Others thought it a good law and desired to keep it in force. The debate elicited the fact that the Senate, as a whole, is loth to give up this check upon the President. In the House a bill was introduced, proposing to divide Texas into three States. No business of special importance was transacted. On the 17th, the Senate, after receiving the reports of committees, again took up the tenure-of office bill and debated it until adjournment. In the House, Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, accused the enrolling clerks of putting down wrong figures in a certain appropriation bill, whereupon he was informed by Mr. Schenck that the enrolling clerks were as much above that kind of thing as the gentleman from Massachusetts himself.? Rutler, returning to the charge, accused Schenck of complicity with the whiskey ring, in whose interest tho error was committed. Schenck denied the "soft impeachment," and pronounced Butler's tncinimfinn fnloo Mr TTnlmnn. of Indiana, also I expressed himself very unfavorably on Butler's veracity, when the gentleman from Massachusetts subsided. On the 18th, the Senate debate on the tenure-ofoffice bill was signalized by Brownlow's first appearance on the floor. IIo was too weak to speak, j but, having his remarks written down, they were read by the clerk. He favored such a modification of the law as. would allow "truly loil" Southern men to get into office. In the House, a joint resolution, restoring the property of Blanton Duncan, formerly engraver for the Confederate States, was passed by a vote of 82 to 0)7. On the 19th, the Senate passed a bill to continue the educational branch of the Frcedmcn's Bureau until January, 1871. The discussion of the'tenureof-officc bill taking up the remainder of the day. In the House, a bill was introduced and referred, by which the tax imposed on peach, apple and grape brandy by the act of July, 18G8, is removed. The Indian Appropriation bill, after a long and bitter debate, was passed, and the House adjourned to Monday. On the 20th, the Senate appointed a committee of seven to report on applications for the removal of political disabilities. Kobertson, of South Carolina, is chairman. His appointment is considered as ominous for the hopes of persons desiring such removal, as he has lately denied all tendency toward Democracy, and avowed himself more Radical than ever. The House was not in session. On the 21st, nothing of importance was done in the Senate. In the House, a resolution was passed by a vote of 109 to 28, that contestants for seats who are disqualified by disloyalty shall receive no compensation. The idea of this is to make such contests too expensive for any but "truly loil" aspirants. It is thought Congress will not adjourn until the middle of April. GEN. LONG8TREET IN OFFICE. Gen. Longstrect, having been appointed Collector of customs for the port of New Orleans, finds himself raised as a mark for the sneers of the friends he has made by his political course since the war. Those of his voar friends who have sinoe differed from him in opinion, have, so far as we observe, made no objection to his elevation to this lucrative position. It is not so with his "loyal" friends, who, though highly praising his reconstruction proclivities, consider him as still too deeply dyed in the sin of rebellion to hold a fat office under the government. One of this class writes to the N. Y. Tribune as follows: "If the appointment to office of Gen. LongstTeet is the reward for having been a traitor, and, when defeated, "accepting the situation," what reward is due those Southern loyalists who fought in the Union army, and have stnce the war been champions of Republican principles? I advocate "Uni1 mnnotn " n..?Amnonl?il Kt? nnnninfmpnf. Yd Dai Iliuugovj? " UliaUOVUipuutuvt vj to office, Am I right or wrong?" In reply to this "patriotic" effusion, the Tribune. preaches the -doctrine that Southern men, who are now Unionsta*, should not be excluded from office on account of lovmer opposition. It also doubts whether Gen: L. will accept the appointment. This doubt is shared by other papers, some of which think that he desires to prove his sincerity and disinterestedness in joining the Republican party, by refusing office. Others think he will be too delicate to accept an office from Grant, because he happens to be a cousin of Mrs. Grant All these doubts are now set at rest. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says: "General Longstreet authorizes a denial of the statement published, to the effect that he proposed to decline the nomination to be surveyor at New Orleans. He says he never dreamed of such a thing." But Gen. L. is not yet secure in the office conferred on him. The appointment has to run the ordeal of confirmation by the Senate, and it has already met with strong opposition in the Committee of Commerce, to which it was referred The Committee seem td share the doubts of the Radical public, as to whether Gen. Longstreet's I "loyalty" is, after all, the simon-pure article which is so essential to office-holders. . MERE-MENTION. The Georgia Legislature adjourned sine die on the 19th instant A Methodist prayer-meeting in Hartford, Ct, prayed that Gen. Grant might give up tobacco. 'Ripe tomatoes, hot-house strawberries and cucumbers are plenty in the New York market Much of Franoe, nearly all of Spain, and large portions of Italy are entirely desnP Cirocto A TiVenrh millionaire has bltUUV VI IVI&WIM a* ? wmwM just died, who made his fortune by selling fish bait. Seventy thousand dollars have been raised in New Orleans, since the war, in aid of Presbyterian churches. The circulation of the national banks is $229,005,063. It is estimated that there are five million head of cattle in Texas. Letters received in New Orleans from Jefferson Davis state that he is in better health than he has been for yeats. By a chemical process, knife handles and fine tooth oombs, it is said, are now made from potato pulp. A medical writer has lately asserted that "physic" is the art of amusing the patient, while nature cures the disease. Boutwell, the Secretary of the Treasury, declares his intention to sell gold publicly, and never at private sale. Ex-Governor j McWillie, of Mississippi, died in Madison county, in that State, on thd.lkl instant It seems certain that negroes will represent the United States at Hayti and San Dotningo, but will have no share in Federal offices South. Grass is six inches high in some parts of California, and snow is 16 inches deep in other parts. Tea is being successfully cultivated in Tennessee by Chinamen. Mr. Sprague, of Rhode Island, recently said in the United States Senate, that he had seen a cotton mill in Augusta, Ga,, which j surpasses the best mill in New England, in the success of its operations. A U. S. Marshall recently disappeared in Georgia, tinder circumstances which led to the suspicion that he had been murdered. The fact, since discovered, that $50,000 are also missing, leaves room tor his friends to indulge the hope that he still lives. NEW ADVEBTI8EMENT8. T. W. Clawson, Doputy Messenger?In Bankruptev? In the Matter of Timothy Hardin, David P. Mann, T. A. Havdcn, John T. Walker, E. B. Bobbins, J. A*. Wren, Joseph II. Stroud, George W. Center, W. B. Alexander, Andrew C. Cobb, James Cowan, Jonas T. Funderburk, John T. Atkinson, John ' T. S. Presslcv. W. F. Farlev. Thomas ScanIan, Robert lord, John Whitnker, Valentine Atkinson, Jr., S. W. Jackson, L. D. Johnson, W. B. Cline, John Shillingluw, I Wm. M. Ray. W. I. Clawson, Register in Bankruptcy?Notice to the Creditors of John McConnell, Bankrupt. Geo.S. Cameron, President?South Carolina Loan and Trust Company. T. M. Dobson Jt Co.?New Goods at Dobson's? Mozambique#?Challis?Brown Linen? Poplins?Calicoes?Veils?Hats?BaconFlour?Molasses?Rice?Money ! Money ! ! Money!!!?Steelyards?Knives and Forks. Dobson <t O'Learv?Saddles?Collars?Harness and Saddles?Bits and Buckles?Wagon Whips. H. F. Adickes?Challis?Bells, Ac.?Hats?Sum mer Coats?Brushes?Hero is the Place. James F. Hart?Law Notice. Bratton, Mason <fc Withers?Dry Goods?ReadyMade Clothing?Wood-Saws?Peek Measures?Glass Lanterns?Blacksmith Tools? Plow-Lines and Bed-Cords?Ladies' llats and Bonnets?Fish Hooks and Lines. OCR SUPPLEMENT. For some time, the controversy between the South Carolina lkilroad and the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, has attracted very general attention. As the questions at issue are not generally understood, the South Carolina Railroad Company, with a view to the full and proper presentation of both sides of the controversy, retained a skilful stenographer to attend the session of the Supreme Court in Columbia, at the argument of the prohibition case, in which all the issues between the two companies were, by the nature of the proceeding, brought up for the decision of the court. The arguments of the connsel for the South Carolina Railroad Company, and those of the counsel of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, are alike presented to our readers in the supplement we issue to-day. Without entering into any commentary npon the merits of the many questions raised in the argument, two points appear to us worthy of consideration : 1st. That the South Carolina Railroad Company do not contest the right of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company to construct their road, but simply their right to construct it upon the land of the South Carolina Railroad Company. lid. That the question of right l>etwecn the two companies has never received judicial determination. hi -' 'V. i-i i.... i .1 a t>_:i ,i rv,?. Jinai mu V/Oiumoia anu Xiugunm lumuau v/umEany have appropriated to their own use lands which elong to the South Carolina Railroad Company is undoubted. Ibr it is not denied. Their right to do so is the main issue, and upon that the courts have hitherto been curiously silent. So far as the companies themselves are concerned, the matters at issue between them may be safely left to the guidance of the counsel, "learned iu the law," who represent the respective companies. But outside of these companies and their interests, the question is of grave importance to the community at large. Can a corporation take land, build upon and euioy it without any legislative grant or any judicial decision authorizing the appropriation? It would be a reproach to the jurisprudence of any civilized country, if the rights of property rested upon a tenure so* insecure. In whose favor the right may ultimately be determined, the community are not perhaps very deeply interested ; but that the right should be fully and firmly established that the citizen canot be deprived of his Eroperty except by due process of law, is of the ignest importance, and in that view we call at tention to the present controversy, in which, as the papers show, the South Carolina Railroad Company has been deprived of its property, and is now despoiled of it, without any competent legal authority having decided that the Columbia! and Augusta Railroad Company had the right to take it. ? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Legislature. The South Carolina Legislature, last week, rescinded the resolution providing for an adjournment on Saturday last. Subsequently, a resolution was adopted to adjourn on yesterday, 24th instant. Next week we will probably be able to lay before our readers "a list of the Acts," and at an early day such of the Acts as are of general interest Warm Work in Cuba. The latest advices from Cuba indicate the approach of hot fighting between the belligerents. The insurgents are sending their families to the U. States, to have them out of the way. They are also burning plantations and pressing the slaves into their armies. On the other hand, the government is getting more troo'ns from Snain and sticking on more taxes. By the time the thing is settled, the value of the prize is likely to be pretty well destroyed. Uncle Sam, however, will be on hand to take care of poor little Cuba, and "reconstruction" will be the order of the day. The price of carpet-bags will probably go up. Robertson's Soothing Syrup. The South Carolina delegation in Congress have not proved so deaf to the lamentations of their friends in search of office as we, last week, thought they would be. A dispatch from Wash ington, which is supposed to emanate from one of our Senators, has been received in Columbia, which seems to have acted upon the anxieties of those to whom it was addressed with all the power which soothing 8j'rup exercises over squalling babies. It is as follows: "Rave just seen Charleston papers; J no truth in the indignation hand bill calling a meeting; friends all right here; have all that foolishness stopped. The spoils will be equally distributed without distinction." Sumner's Theory vs. his Practice. A little incident occurred in the Senate the other day, which caused some amusement at the expense of Mr. Sumner. Just after adjournment, while conversing with a friend, Mr. Sumner was tapped on the shoulder by a young buck, of the African persuasion, who claimed acquaintance and introduced two dusky maidens under his escort The "ladies" were charmed and, after sl aking hands, began a lively conversation. Mr. Sumner, however, felt slightly "chawed," and, as soon as he could, turned his back and resumed conversa tion with his friend. The slighted maidens were disgusted at this treatment from the elegant and classic Chawles, and one of them remarked: "Well, I didn't think he would be so cool after all his beautiful talk about us; but white man is so uncertain." Legislative Appropriation Wanted. Some individual, using the affectionate signature of "Uncle," publishes a card in the advertising columns of the 1'tumix, requesting John A. Chesnut and W. J. Whipper, members of the Legislature, to call on him and settle their bills at once. His card is dated on the 23rd, and the legislature was to adjourn the next day. It is to be hoped the gentlemen named have attended to the modest request of their anonymous relative; but there is no telling how it was. There was not time allowed them to push an appropriation bill through the legislature, unless the rules were suspended. The rules require three readings of a bill before action is taken on it, while their "Uncle" favors them with only one reading, and calls for immediate action. Alas, how vain a thing is glory, when statesmen are dunned for ' dittle bills" which they cannot pay. .Huriler Will Out. The facts connected with the murder of Gen. T. C. Hindman, last Fall, have come to light in an extraordinary manner. A negro in the jail of Helena, Arkansas, overheard two other negroes in another cell, talking about a plot which had miscarried, to burn Helena and murder Gen. Hindman. It seems there were nine negroes belonging to the gang of a negro outlaw, who, for his crimes, had been mobbed and hung in that vicinity, after a desperate affray in which a deputy 'sheriff was murdered. These nine swore revenge and intended to burn Helena and kill several citizens. On the appointed night the one selected to shoot Gen. Hindman carried^ut his part of the plot; but the courage of the others failed. The listener told his nip ?Iip inilop flip nWtprs wppp fjilcpn nnf mirl questioned, when one of them made full confession. The seven others were afterwards arrested, and the whole gang is now in jail. The Vancluse Cotton Factory. The Augusta Constitutionalist says a project is on foot to establish a cotton mill at Vaucluse, S. C., with a capital of $500,(XX). One half of the proposed sum has been conditionally subscribed at the North, and the remainder is offered to the South. When the total capital has been subscribed, sixty per cent will be called for, with which to commence operations, and the balance in four instalments within twelve months. This is likely to prove a very profitable investment to persons having surplus means at their disposal. The location is excellent, there being a strong water-power, with a fall of forty-eight feet. The tract on which the mill is to be erected contains over 2400 acres of well-wooded land, with sixty houses suitable for dwellings, a cotton warehouse, gas-works and granite in abundance. The Columbia and Augusta Railroad passes through the land, and the South Carolina Railroad near it. With these advantages, it is thought the cost of building and running the mill will be comparatively cheap. It is also predicted that it will be in active operation within fifteen months after breaking ground. The New Secretary of War. The record of the new Secretary of War is thus sketched by the New York Tribune : "Major-General John A. Rawlins, the new Secrotary of War, was born in Jo Davies County, Illinois, February l.'{, 1831, and was reared as a farmer and charcoal burner, which occupation he followed till 1854, when lie went to Galena, Illinois, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1855. He at once commenced practice, and continued to devote his attention to the law until the breaking out of the war. On receiving the news of the Bull Run disaster he engaged in raising troops, and on the 15th of September following, went into the service ou the staff of General Grant. He stood bv his chief from the beginning, fie heard the first gun fired at Belmont, and the last at Appomattox. Since Lee's surrender he has been stationed at Washington as chief of staff of the army of the United States. In politics he was formerly a Douglas Democrat, but ever since the firing upon Sumter he has been an earnest Republican." The New Postage Stamps. 1'reparations are now being made for the introduction of a new sbries of postage stamps, recently prepared for the post office department. An exchange furnishes the following description of the various denominations: '"The one cent stamp is headed with the vignette of Franklin, the first Postmaster-General under the colonial system, as well as the first under the confederation preparatory to the Federal Union. On the two, three and twelve cent stamps, there is an illustration of the improvements in mail transportation frotu the primitive rider on horseback to the railroad train for the land service, and the steamship for the ocean service. The remaining six stamps of the set are distinctively national, and as such, form a senes of their own, beginning in the six cent stamps with an accurate copy of the face of Washington, as shown in Stewart's picture at the Executive mansion, and ending in the ninety cents stamp with the head of Lincoln, as significant of a new era of universal freedom. Two others of this national series, fifteen and twenty-four cents respectively, have miniature copies of the Landing of Columbus and of the Declaration of Independence, in the rotunda of the capitol. The first recalling the opening of this continent to the advancement of modern civiliza tion; the second implying the consecration of its vast area to the protection and enforcement of the inalienable rights of men. In the ten cent stamp the American eagle appears resting npon the American shield, and in the thirty cent stamp are comprised in one group all the national emblems of tne eagle, the shield and the flag, and presenting also the national colorsred, white ana blue. In a little while these worldwide travellers will begin their journeyings." State Taxes. The Charleston Neics makes the following estimate of what the State taxation will be, assuming that the amount to be obtained is one million dollars: "'According to the census of 1860, the value of the real and personal property in the State was $548,000,000, and if we deduct from this $201,000,000 as the value of the slave property since emancipated, we have left $347,000,000. The value of our landed property, however, has been very much reduced by emancipation, and we are inclined to believe that the estimate of Governor Scott, that $300,000,000 of property will be returned for taxation, will be found muoh too high. Admitting that a great deal of property will be returned which was not returned before, and that a great deal of property will not be returned, and taking into account the circumstance that every description of property will be nnder-valued, we do not see that the nronertv returned for taxation can exceed $200,000,000, upon which sum an assessment of one half of one per cent would produce one million of revenue. This we can cany, without any general distress, although districts which have heretofore been practically exempt from taxation, and now are taxed according to their property, will find the burden heavy. Taxation in these days, however, is an affliction to which one submits with patience, and if we were inclined to repine, we might find substantial consolation in the fact that South Carolina-?with a negro popular majority, a reconstruction government, a swarm of place-holders, a Constitutional Convention and two Radical Legislatures?is still able to pay a rate of taxation which will meet all her liabilities and liquidate the current interest on her debt. The Wild Hunt after Office. Although office hunting has long been a nuisance to officials and a hindrance to the transaction of public business, it has never been carried on to the extent practiced since Grant's election. The perseverance with which office-hnnters pursue men of supposed influence has become intolerable, and forms a leading topic in the letters of Washington correspondents. There is so great a number of persons in Washington, eager to serve their country in some lucrative capacity, that they find it difficult to get places to sleep, and they eat wherever and whenever they can. This number is continually increasing, though many, either on account of slim purses or giving up the chase, are returning. We see announced the arrival of three car loads of "hunters" by one train, all from New York. No State is unrepresented, though the West has sent over half of all the hungry crew. Those who have the disposal of offices are getting restive under the tremendous pressure. Mr. Borie has posted a notice on the outside of his office that "there are no vacancies in the Navy Department." Gen. Grant improved a little on this, by telling an anxious applicant that the par-' ticular office for which he asked, was not vacant The N. Y. Tribune tells the following anecdote, illustrating the brass which is used towards officials, in hunting office: "Postmaster General Creswell is wise in his generation. Congressmen were pressing him yesterday for certain appointments. He ~>plied that he had no places for them, and no money to pay them With. For anybody but a Congressman trving to force a constituent into office that would have been enough; but these gentlemen replied that he must make the appointments any way. Thereupon the wise official told tbem of one appointment he had made. It was of a clerk to take down the names of Congressmen who demanded such unreasonable expenditures to further their private interests or in favor of their friends. When the appropriations for his department came up, and members were making speeches for economy and retrenchment, he thought the list might be useful! The Congressmen went away. REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY. To the Honorable William M. Thonuu, Presiding Judge: \\ e, the Grand Jurors for March Term of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, for York County, would respectfully submit the following Keport and recommendations: We embrace this occasion to congratulate the Court and our entire community, upon the restoration of civil law and social order in York County, and express the hope and assurance that a general disposition is now manifested among our people?white and colored?to indulge forbearance one to another, and to unite in one common effort to restore prosperity to our country, and to promote the general happiness and well-being of both races. W e take pleasure in offering our testimony to the uniform ooortcsy of the presiding Judge, and the Solicitor, who represents the interests of the State. These officers of justice have displayed ability, dignitv and an impartiality in the arduous discharge of tneir respective duties, that commands our respect and confidence. We have inspected the condition of the Court House, Jail, Poor House and Public Offices of the County, and were pleased to observe that thoee to whom these several public duties had been aswnivi /lio/tKavmnep fKnir tvmafa a a Vwvof tYiAty I BiglJCU, ntlt UlfVUUlglUg VUVi4 MIWW WW WW? *MV^ could under existing circumstances. We found at the County Poor House, twenty-eight white and six colored paupers, who generally appeared comfortable. Those to whom the sacred duty is committed seem to care well for the poor and helpless, who cannot take care of themselves. The dwelling and kitchen of the Superintendent, and many of the cabins of the paupers, need prompt attention to secure comfort; and some or the paupers require additional clothing and cooking utensils, to which we would respectfully (all the attention of the County Commissioners. We found the County Jail in good order and condition, and every effort being made bv the Sheriff to render the Jail comfortable as well as secure. The roof of the Jail building needs repairs, and additional locks should be furnished to secure the cell doors. The repairs to the roof of the Jail building should be made, without delay, to avoid material damage to the building, and to which we would also ask the early attention of the County Commissioners. The offices of the Sheriff, Clerk and Judge of Probate, we found in good order, and were glad to observe the neatness with which the books, files and papers were kept. We are aware that the County Commissioners have experienced great difficulty in discharging their duties as they would be pleased to have done, with the limited means at their command, but would respectfully recommend that they will, at their earliest convenience, furnish to the Sheriff. Clerk and Probate Judge, an official county Seal of Office, instead of the old Seals of Office that they are still compelled to use ; and that they will also furnish to theso officers, respectively, the official Records and Books renuired for the discharge of their duties. We find that the floor in the I Clerk's^ office is decayed for the want of proper ventilation^ and recommend that proper attention be given this matter to prevent further decay and expense. We return tnanks to the Sheriff for providing stoves, for the comfort of the Court, Bar, Jurors and attendants at the Term, and respectfully recommend that two good stoves be procured for the use of the Court Room, hereafter. We observe that the two iron gates leading into the Court House Yard are broken, and will not open and shut, and that cattle and hogs are permitted to go in and out We respectfully recommend the removal of the iron gates as at present, and circular gates or steps be^ substituted, as being rrtAnmnionf lo2Q OTTtAncl'ffA UIUll/ tUIMVUlVUVj icvs vauv/M04?v wuvi wvv?v? r? ed to protect the Coart House Yard from hogs and cattle. The public Roads and Bridges of the County demand repairs. The bridges on Allison Creek, at Sahms' Mills, and on Sugar Creek, near the North Carolina line, are reported as unsafe; and we would respectfully urge upon the County Commissioners the necessity of prompt action in reference to these Bridges. The Grand Jury regret the necessity of calling the attention of the Court to the reported official misconduct of an officer of this County, but feel constrained by a sense of common justice to refer to an instance in which a freed man, James McKee, was wrongfully deprived of his property, without law or precedent. We have been reliably informed that the said James McKee and other freedmen were charged, before Magistrate M. O'Connell, at Fort Mills, in said County, with shooting and killing a hog belonging to James Thorn. That after the trial and acquittal, on said charge, of James McKee and other freadmen, before M. O'Connell, Magistrate, the said M. O'Connell seized and possessed himself of a cow, of the value of $25, the property of the add James McKee, and detains end refuses to deliver up said cow, on the ground; as alleged, that the cow is liable for the costs of the prosecution, amounting to some ten dollars. We earnestly reoommend that an investigation be made, and that such action be had as the ends of justice demand. All of which is respectfully submitted. J. T. MATTHEWS, Foreman. Yorkville, S. C.. March 11,1869. For Um York villa Enquirer. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. Mr. Editor: in a recent issue of the Enquirer, I noticed something in reference to Agricultural Societies?& matter which I regard of great importance, not only to the farmers, but to all other classes of citizens. If I am correctly informed, the States of North Carolina and Georgia, on either side of us, are organizing societies, which show that they not only feel, but are taking an active interest in these things. And shall South Carolina remain careless ansJ nnonnoornn/1 in fkta nrasf mnffen 9 Qnnrvlia^ ?uu uuwvMWi uv? IU vuio Qimn luoiwi i with such fertilizers as she is?the immense phosphate beds near Charleston, and any desirable amount of lime in the north-western portions of the State, we nee no reason why she, with well organised societies, might not keep an equal pace with her sister States, if not out-strip them in arriving at that degree of perfection necessary to the permanent prosperity and happiness of her people, ITie changes that have been brought about by the late war, are such that the system of farming is necessarily undergoing a thorough change, and we think it an auspicious time to organize Agricultural Societies, and improve by them. The best method of manuring and improving lands, as well as the best mode of cultivating the some, is now eagerly sought after by almost every farmer. Previous to the out-break of the late war, there were two such societies organized in York District. Could not these societies be so far reorganized as to form one in this County? Where are our old friends of the "Indian Land Agricultural Society?" We would be glad, Mr. Editor, to hear from them, and if they feel so disposed, we would be happy to meet them at any time they may appoint, at Yorkville, and organize a society for this County, and if it be thought best, as a matter of convenience, auxiliary societies may be formed iu each Township. Hoping to hear from others on this subject at an early day, I am, in haste, Yours respectfully, H. Pine Groyi, March 19, '69. For tlM Yorkrllle Enquirer. UNION COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. "UNCONSIDERED TRIFIJS8." A clerk in a Yorkville store r is asked if be bad cheese. He said he had a pau of one left, but they were not good; that the person could examine then for himself, and if he liked them he could boy. I believe this mistake is not uncommon; any way, I have heard it several times made. i Cheese is singular, and should never be spoken of in the plural, unless we mean cheeses. A young lady said at the supper table, "I like these molasses ; they are very good." She should refer to the authorities on that point, and perhaps she will not make that mistake again. The carpenter must not, in speaking of his adz, use they and tlwm, but it. So must the blacksmith in talking of borax. These mistakes are made; the first often. Both are plainly and clearly in the singular number. The farmer will tell you his wheat is very good; but it has cheat in it So far as I know this is generally used instead of chess, which is the prop* er name o? that oat-like grass that injures the growth and quality of much of our wheat. The Parson announces that his bymn is number 146, page 225. He should say 146th number and 225th page. He should furthermore know the difference between cardinal and ordinal numbers. He should endeavor to be a teacher of correct language (by example at least) as well as of good morals and the Word. I point out for the benefit of the young and teachable, these few common errors. I would suggest to them, that in school, or in the family circle, they form clubs for mutual correction. The parents might unite with the children and easily teach them to avoid many erroneous expressions. * Remember, that if you teach your six-year-old girl to say, "It is I," instead of, "'It is me," she will say "It is I" at sixty. P. ? CUBAN RECOGNITION. As stated in another column, a resolution to recognize the independence of Cuba is before the Senate. The impression prevails at Washington that sooner or later some such resolution will pass Congress. The Spanish embassy share in this belief, and haye addressed a remonstrance to the State department, against the aid which, they al lege, is furnished from this country to the Cuban insurgents. The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, writing on the 18th, says: "It would not be surprising if lively times would be had in Cuban waters before long, the Navy Department having to-day issued orders for a reinforcement of our West India snuadron. Bear Admiral Porter, acting under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, has ordered several vessels of war belonging to the Pacific squadron to reinforce the West India sauadron, an increase of vessels off the coast of Cuba being absolutely neccessaiy to protect the lives and property of American citizens resident in Cuba. Two first-class iron-clads have also been ordered to proceed at once to Key West and hold themselves in readiness to co-ope- ^ rate with the West India squadron, in any emergency that may arise. When the vessels ordered from the Pacific reach their new rendezvous, the force will be ample to afford full protection. Judging from all accounts that reach us from Cuba, this action of the government has not been determined upon a day too soon." The same paper, of the 19th, has the following direct intelligence from Cuba: "The steamship Liberty, which arrived from Havana yesterday, leaving there on the afternoon of the 12th, brings some intelligence from Cuba, which indicates a different state of things from that which is generally authorized to be sent by the cable. It is stated that in spite of the continued assurance of the Spanish officials that the government troops are gaining every battle fought with the insurgents, facts do not bear out that view. In nearly every case of Collision that has occurred between the insurgents and the government troops, the former have had the advantage. Our informant states that every Cuban by birth is determined to get rid of the yoke of the government, and those who are too old to assist actively in the struggle in the field are contributing a great portion of tneir wealth in aid of the rebellion. The hatred of the Cuban against the Spaniard is intense, caused by the policy hitherto pursued by the government towards the natives. ^ The Liberty brought but comparatively few passcngers this trip, whereas the steamship Cuba, on her last arrival, brought over <jne hundred. There has been no positive prohibition to the natives leaving the island, but an application for a passport is often the signal for an arrest on snsptcion * An/1 imrvMOAnmrtnf PA ilt/,4 Vni _ X _ - - - ? ft auu uujyiiouuiuvuk, cxj buai uuucw uau gui away. GRANT AND SOUTH CAROLINA. Among the visitors who called on the President on Tuesday morning, were the Hon. J. P. Reed and Hon. W. D. Simpson, of South Carolina, who were presented by the Hon. Thomas L Jones, of Kentucky. Daring the interview Mr. Reed read, ? for himself and Mr. Simpson, the following paper in relation to the oondition of affairs in their State: We have called, Mr. President, as members elect from the old Commonwealth of South Carolina to the Forty-first Congress of the U. States, to tender for ourselves aud the people we have been chosen to represent, our congratulations upon your auspicious assumption of the office of Chief Magistrate of the American Union. We are, sir, natives of the State from whence we come, and claim, as representative men of its ancient population, to be familiar with their political and material condition, . . their sentiments and aspirations for the future. 'A Politically, in addition to the loss of nearly all ; their pecuniary resources, ihey have by the results