Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Straps and Jfartjs. A man in Massachusetts has taken out a patent for making wooden visiting cards. A hew cotton factory is to be erected in New Orleans to run 10,000 spindles. "Montioello," near Charlottesville, Va., the former residence of Thomas Jefferson, is to be sold at public sale on the 13th of May next. In the University of Virginia there are in all 452 students, of whom 13 are from South Carolina, 37 from North Carolina, and 34 from Georgia. Concord, New Hampshire, presents the "cham?iou accidentalist" in a man who has already roken one *arm, one leg, four ribs, his collar bone,' and lost the sight of one eye, by accidents. Two enterprising young men, residing near Greensboro, "N. 0., are engaged in producing from six to eight gallons of sassafras oil per week, which is worth $10 per gallon. Ex-President Johnson arrived at his old home in Greenville, Tennessee, on Saturday, of last week, when he received a warm reception from his old neighbors. A richly-dressed lady stopped a boy trudging along with a basket, and asked, "My little boy, have you got religion"iNo, ma m, said me ' innocent, "I've got potatoes." A Memphis paper says that a jury in that city, having found a man guilty of murderipg a citizen who is alive and well, are now debating whether to rescind their verdict or let tho convict murder the citizen. A soldier is still walking his beat as a guard before the house of ex-Secretary Seward, where he was placed immediately after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln and the attempt on Mr. Seward's life. Mr. Seward is gone, but the sentinel remains at his post. Mr. John Cheek Smith, a man about 60 years old, who has been engaged in school-teaching for a number of years, was found dead on the track (or near it) of the Char. & S. C. Railroad, near Morrow's Turnout, on the 20th inst. It is thought that he was killed by the night train.?Charlotte Democrat, 30tA ult. Whilst the Maine Legislature was_ recently debating the bill for the abolition of capital punishment, an amendment was proposed that previously to the banging of a criminal, chloroform be administered to him. This was vehemently opposed, "because it was dangerous to life," and finally rejected. The New York Herald, of Tuesday, in noticing the condition of the stock market of the previous day, says: "Southern securities were chill, except South Carolinas, which advanced about one per cent, owing to the adoption of legislative measures looking to the payment of the next quota of interest" Hamilton Fish, the U. States Secretary of State, lives in Robinson's house opposite West Point, where Arnold heard of Andre's capture, and leaving Washington at the dinner table, kissed Mrs. Arnold and his child, and ran down to the tninKnnf Vnl. nvci KAJ CLUUUIIW UU UVCUU bUO A/AiMSU &WUWVMV > *. ture. A correspondent of the Knoxyille (Tenn.) Press and Herald writes that ex-President Johnson, in a private conversation on the train, while going to his home in Greenville, said: ' There is a good deal of life in me yet. If the people of Tennessee should require my services I would not feel justified in refusing them in behail' of the public good." "Leo" writes to the Charleston Courier from Washington, that our relations with England are critical; more than that, they are threatening. England has gone far in concession. She will be met with no corresponding forbearance on this side. The British are a proud people. They will make war upon any point of national honor. We are forcing them to that point. Among the bills introduced into the House of Representatives, Monday, was one to elect a delegate to Congress from the District of Columbia, and another to the effect that any person elected to Congress who is unable to take the "ironclad oath" shall not be entitled to his seat, but the party receiving the next highest number of votes, if able to take such oath, shall be admitted. A pleasant story is told of a rather aged lady who has recently married a young and fast man, quitting him at the station wheu he was going en i voyage for"some important private affairs. After an embrace of the most loving character she put , her head into the carriage and said. "Dear Charlie, remember that you are married." To which he replied, "Dear Caroline, I will make a memorandum of it," and at once tied a knot in his handkerchief. i A man, in a town of Loudon County, Vir- \ ginia, the other day caught a carpet-bagger who i had stolen money from his drawer. He took him , to the nearest Justice; but found that the Justice was out of office. In fact; he could find no officer either to arrest, or to punish, or to take charge of his prisoner. Thinking that as there was no pun- 1 ishmentforlarcenj', there could be none for assault i and battery, he gave the fellow a beating and kicked him clean out of town. ?The Senate^ Committee on Commerce, at , their meeting on 1 hursday, considered the nomination of General Longstreet as Surveyor of "the Port of New Orleans. The sentiments of the ( committee were decidedly opposed to confirmation s of men who bore so prominent a part in the "re- j hellion." They decided to report his name back ] to the Senate for that body to take such action in j the case as they may think proper. There will be strong opposition made to his confirmation by ; Southern senators as well as some from the North. 1 The Baltimore Sua says: If the South is 5 wise, and willing to be taught by experience, she ( will not make cotton hereafter her exclusive pur- s suit. The cotton section of the Union has now ? more money in its hands than for many years, and ( the reason is that last year it diversified its industry and raised its own supplies, so that the diminished ' crop of cotton brought a higher price, and the money was not expended abroad for supplies. If 1 the South wants to be prosperous, she will continue t to pursue this course, and even the cotton States t will not be tempted by the delusive prospect of f gain fo make cotton their only production. _ One of the most anomalous and romantic ? incidents connected with the hunt for place in Washington is, that at the present moment, looking for ail office, are members of a family living i just out of St. Louis, who knew Mr. Grant several t years ago, when be used to haul wood from the 4 city to the farmers in the suburbs. The plea ( special which they put in is, that on one occasion Mr. Grant carried some fuel to them, and that the mother of the household called him in the back kitchen and carefully darned a considerably dilapidated overcoat of the then teamster and now President. Since then the family have met with reverses, and hearing of the "great'American gift enterprise," set up since March 4th, have sent on several of their number for an office for the husband of the lady who sewed the hLtoiieal garment several years a.' j It is understood the administration has determined to surrender the warrants of pardon issued by Mr. Johnson, and recalled by President Grant, only in cases where the pardon is unconditional. In cases where the pardon was granted upon performance of certain stipulations, the recalled pardons are to be retained, arid the prisoners for whom they were issued are to be held in custody as though no pardon had been issued from President Johnson. The theory is that where the i i i . i t i . \ r 1 pardon is unconditional it is Deyonu tne control or the Executive after it has passed from his hands jn such ease, the mere petition of the party seeking Executive clemency being construed as an ac- ' ceptance of the pardon; but where the pardon is 1 dependent upon a compliance with certain condi- < tions, an absolute acceptance of the terms of those j conditions is, on the part of the prisoner, deemed necessary to give effect to the pardon. The National Intelligencer criticises with just severity the appointment of a Mrs. Van Lew, ' as Postmistress at .Richmond, Ya. Her recom- ; mendation seems to have been that she played traitor to the Virginians in the late war, by acting i as a spy and smuggling through information to the Federal army that would enable them more sue- i cessfully to kill off her own countrymen. A spy in one's own country has always been looked upon with detestation by the civilized world, and even those that love the treason scorn the traitor. The < war, however, has inaugurated a new system of j morality in this countrv. _ To say the least, if Mrs. Van Lew's recommendations be genuine, she certainly must be most offensive in the eyes of the Eeople of Richmond, whose postal business she a* been appointed to transact, and, consequently, if it had been intended?and we hope it was not? no greater indignity could have been put upon them. A negro man, aged about eighty years, re- j cently arrived in San Francisco from New York, f >r the purpose of reclaiming and talcing posses- . sion of some eight hundred acres of the former 1 city, which he claims to own. He says that he ] lived where San Francisco now stands some thirty- ' five years ago, at whioh time he received a grant from the Mexican Government for eight hundred acres of the peninsula, but the sandy and barren character of the ?oil was such that he did not value it very highly. After several years' residence he went into Southern Mexico, and thenoe to the Atlantic States, where he joined Fremont's exploring expedition and returned to California. After the cession of this State to our Government he claims to have located a land warrant on the present site of San Francisco. It is understood that he is well pleased with the improvements that have been put upon his land during his absence, and that he is disposed to be liberal with his tenants. fjcrfeviUr (jhttjuiw. TrnmriTTT T."C c ? JL T AAJJLJJLif V? ? THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 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 paid for has expired. UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE. We regret to iearn that on Sunday of last week, while the family were all in attendance at Church, the residence of Dr. L. A. Hill, near Antioch, in this Connty, together with the entire contents, was destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is unknown. THE UNION TIMES. At the proper time we inadvertently omitted to notice the change of proprietorship in the Times, published at Union Court House. Our friend R. W. Shand, Esq., is now the editor and proprietor, and a good editor he makes, too. Those who know him, however, expected nothing else, as whatever he does, is well and faithfully done. The Jo nnMisliaiJ of Tliroo Dollars ncr vear. A 1/fiM AO ^UUUUU^/U MM AM* WW X"" ^ THE WILMINGTON STAR. We desire to call the attention of our readers to this valuable journal. It is one of the most readable papers published in the South, keeping its patrons thoroughly posted on current events and, at the same time, treating them to choice sallies of genuine wit and humor. It is decidedly on the spicy order. The Star is published daily by W. H. Bernard, at $7 per annum, in advance, and is well worth the subscription. - THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Before another issue of the Enquirer reaches our subscribers, the April sales-day will have passed. We trust that those of our readers who take an interest in the formation of an agricultural society will be on hand, that day, to push the project to success.' All that is necessary is for a few farmers to take hold of it in earnest, and get their neighbors to go into it also. If a dozen or so will call a meeting in the Court-House after the sales, and proceed to the work of organization, they will soon have plenty of help. THE TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS. In conformity with the act dividing the oounties of this State into townships, the county commissioners of York will soon call meetings of the sev-j eral townships, for the purpose of organization. Under these circumstances we deem it important that the people should be fully informed of what they are about. We had, therefore, intended to prepare a synopsis of the act by which townships are created, embodying its scope and the powers thereby conferred on the township officers. But finding this already done, and in a better way than we can hope to do, by the Union Timet, we transfer its summary to our columns, entreating those of our readers who are voters to give it a careful perusal. The duties of the officers to be elected are therein set forth in language suited to the comprehension of all our readers. We desire, however, to call attention to the importance of selecting the right sort of men to fill these offices. They are clothed with heavy responsibilities and important duties, and the welfare of the community, in no small degree, depends upon the character of the men chosen to govern our lUWUBiiipO. The selectmen, in particular, are charged with duties of an onerous and delicate nature. They are to select jury lists, take care of the poor, prepare lists of qualified voters, appoint policemen, and have general supervision of the affairs of their townships. It is of the highest importance to the tax payjrs of the county that the selectmen elected by the several townships be men of high character, nice judgment and stern integrity. No man is a suitable candidate simply because he is a good sort of a fellow, and popular in his neighborhood. He should possess, in addition to these doubtful qualifications, the rather unpopular characteristics of strict impartiality and firmness in requiring of ev;ry man, whether friend or foe, his duty. And he should, furthermore, be an energetic and publicspirited man, with an eye ever open to the wants )f the public, rather thau a guardian of a few private interests. If the township law is to be a benefit, it must X! administered by some such officers as we have ittempted to delineate. Its benefits are, to say ;he most, doubtful; but as it has been enacted, the sxperiment must be tried by our people. Let us, ,hen, endeavor to make it as beneficial as possible, jy electing our best men to carry out its provisions. The nominations for township officers must be nade in a very short time. We learn that elections have been ordered on the 7th of April, in some of the townships, and the others will have :heir elections within two weeks of that time. PREPARE FOR HARD TIMES. A gradual approach to specie payments is anticpated by some of the leading journals of the coun:ry. If they are correct, hard times may be couidently expected; for such a result cannot be at:ained without a universal depreciation in the pres;nt fictitious value of all property. A return to a specie basis of valuation, necessarily implies a reduction of the nominal value of things. The remit will be to cramp the resources of the country, ind tighten the screws in all departments of productive industry. The farmer, the merchant, the mechanic and the professional man will alike feel the effects of such a resumption, by receiving less [in amount, though not in value) for the labor of their hands and brains. They will, therefore, have less to spend, and less resources to pay whatever debts they may have contracted. The distress occasioned by the resumption of specie payments will, it is true, be of a temporory nature; but it will be none the less a distress, because of its temporary character. It will be well, then, for the country to prepare for the approaching crisis by reducing expenditures and liquidating debts as far as possible. We all know that a vessel brought down by reefs and furling can ride the storm in safety, which would utterly overwhelm her, if every sail was spread to catch the influence of the gale. In like manner, the man who has prepared himself and his business for hard times is much more likely to stem the storm than he who is caught unprepared. While we are not so certain of a return to specie payments as some others, we apprehend danger to the financial prosperity of the country from other sources. War with England, arising from the arrogance of our government in pressing the claims for damages done by the Confederate cruiser, Alabama, is by no means improbable, while the complication of the United States in the affairs of Cuba threatens war with Spain, and perhaps other European powers. If these wars are brought on, financial troubles will necessarily follow. The country is placed in a dilemma where a crisis is imminent, whether it result from prosperity, as represented by a return to specie payments, or adversity, as represented by foreign wars. It is ad visable, therefore, for people to husband their re- 1 sources. The times seem to demand caution, and while we would not dampen a proper spirit of enterprise which is so much needed by the South, we would utter a word of caution to our people against ' going it too strong," in any line of business, especially on borrowed capital. THE CONTESTED SEATS. We have nothing definite in regard to the contest for seats in Congress from the third and fourth Congressional Districts of this State. James H. i Goss, the former member from the fourth District, passed through Chester last week, and informed the editors of the Reporter that the elections are likely to be declared illegal and new elections ordered. Messrs. Reed and Simpson were in Columbia on Thursday last, on their return from Washington, and are said not to De sanguine 01 obtaining seats. Messrs. Wallace and Hoge remain in Washington. Congress has shown a determination to keep its halls free from Democrats, so far as this can be done by favoring parties who contest the seats of Democratic members. On motion of Mr. Paine, of Wisconsin, the rules of the House were recently suspended and a resolution was adopted, providing that in all contested election cases referred to the Committee on Elections in which it shallbe alleged by any party to the case or member of the House, that either claimant is unable to take the test oath, it shall be the duty of the Committee to ascertain whether such disability exists, and if found to exist, the Committee shall so report to the House, and shall not further consider the claim of the person so disqualified without further order of the House; and no compensation shall be allowed to any claimant who shall have been ineligible to the office of Representative at the time of election, and whose disability shall not have been removed by Act of Congress. This resolution will greatly expedite the work of unseating Democrats elected to the present Congress. If a man is proved to have political disabilities, his case is finished, no matter by what majority his constituents may have elected him. The next step to be taken is to declare the contestants in such cases elected. This, we think, Congress will hardly do. The idea of declaring a man elected who got three or four thousand votes less than his opponent, is too preposterous to be entertained. All that can decently be done is to order new elections, if the members elect are unseated. In the South Carolina cases, the records show that Mr. Reed was elected by a majority of over 3,000, in a vote of 20,000, while Mr. Simpson receieved three votes for every two cast for his competitor. It will, therefore, be a bold thing to declare the opponents of these gentlemen elected, simply because of their superior "loyalty." ? THE POKK SUPPLY. A late issue of the Cincinnati Prices Current gives a detailed statement of the pork packing in the West durinir the season iustalosed. From the returns there furnished, it appears there is a de-( ficit, when compared with the supply of the season previous. This deficit, though not so large ns was expected, is still sufficient to keep the price of bacon up to its present figures, and not improbably to run it up still higher. The total number packed is 2,477,204, against 2,793,033, last season, a falling off of 315,760 hogs, or about one ninth. But as there is an increase , in the average weight, the deficiency is reduced to , 244,901, or less than one-tenth. While the sup- j ply, as thus shown, is decreasing, tho demand is reported as on the increase. On comparing the ( reports of paokingfora number of years, it is found i that the number of hogs slaughtered in the West now is very little more than it was twelve years ; ago, while the natural increase of the wants of the country'must have been forty per cent. , These figures seem to point out the fact that the . West has reached its limit in the production of , hogs, and they also account satisfactorily for the high prices of bacon. Now what is the remedy ] for the South, who consumes most of the surplus ] bacon crops of the West? Is it not in her own ( hands? If the farmers of the South would only combine to try the experiment of raising their own supply of meat for one year, bacon would < come down as rapidly as cotton does when a big crop is coming into market. But combination i for mutual benefits is not the forte of Southern ( farmers. The probability is that the vast majori- i ty will pay as high prices for meat next year, if j not higher, while it is by no means certain that 2 they will realize as much for cotton. f It is in the power of every farmer, however, to \ free himself from this heavy gpnual tax on his ' profits, if he chooses to do so. While the majority have been content to depend on other sections ( for corn and meat, there are many who succeed in ] raising these necessaries on their own farms. They j may not, it is true, have as many bales of cotton [ to sell as their neighbors of equal means; but what ^ they do sell goes into their own pockets, and not ( into the hands of Western produce merchants, t We have never met one of this class who was dis- fl satisfied with his method of farming. t MERE-MENTION. ^ The officers and employees of the Charleston Custom House have presented Dr. A. G. Mackey, ^ Collector of the Port, with a splendid gold watch rj and Chain. T. K. Sasportas, a colored mem- ^ ber of the Legislature, has been appointed post- j master at Orangeburg Court House. R. B. , Elliott, (colored,) Representative from Barnwell County, has been appointed by the Governor Assistant Adjutant-General of the militia, under the Act to organize and govern the militia. The t value of real and personal property in Fairfield ^ County, is pnt down at $3,356,405. In Greenville, at $1,310,462. Col. Allan Mcfarlan, a prom- _ inent citizen of Chesterfield, died on Sunday of last week. A cotton factory is to be established near Pendleton village, S. C., to run 2,000 spindles. The cotton crop of South Carolina 1 for 1868, is ascertained to be about 250,000 bales, 8 which on an average of $100 per bale amounts to 11 $25,000,000, the largest sum ever yet realized'by 0 the State for one cotton crop. ' Miss Marj* Grant, of Richmond, who was the subject of the article which led to the killing of * Rives Pollard, editor of the Southern Opinio)/, ' some months ago, was married last week to a Mr. c Ford, of Goochland County. Gen. Hancock 1 is spoken of as the democratic candidate for President four years hence. North Carolina makes ^ more money from her peanut crop than from her cotton. An Rlinois railway is getting freight a cars built on which is painted, "From Ocean to a Ocean?No Transfer." Portland, Maine, has ^ a dog that drags a sled up a hill, gets on it, and 1 then slides down. Gen. Grant has been sent from Connecticut a cigar six feet long and weigh- i -i 1- 4 V* 1. 1. ing sixteen pounus. /v i>ew 1 orx critic ue- ^ scribes full dress for gentlemen as scientific torture ( and scientific ugliness. A statistician, of a * domestic turn, reports that there are 20,040 stitches t in a well-made shirt with a stitched collar. A 1 wedding with sixteen bridesmaids is about coming ( off in New York. Wheat in Virginia, accor- ( ding to a Richmond paper, is "as high as a pitch- ? er." Russia has just exiled about forty trea- * sury officials to Siberia, for robbing the Government. The Richmond police have arrested a Governor Welles, H. G. Bond, Registrar in Bank- t ruptcy, and L. E. Dudley, Secretary of the Re- t publican State Central Committee, on the charge 1 of purloining a letter from the post office. f A Hibernian in Milwaukee is opposed to the 8 "ten-3*ear-ofl3ce bill," on the ground that it con- ^ tinues Grant in office for ten years. A Texas 8 genius sews cows' tails on old horse hides, and 8 thus converts the latter into a merchantable arti- c cle. Gen. Stoneman has issued an order re- r moving Governor Welles, of Virginia, and assu- c ming the duties of the office himself. Welles is a c "carpet-bagger.' A young lady in Staunton, 1 Va., keeps a list of her male acquaintances in a pocket diary, and calls it her him book. Hon. a Pierre Soule, the distinguished Louisianian, has c become hopelessly insane. There is a three fear old colt in Richmond, Va., that was foaled without a tail, and has none now. Nearly ?100,000 have been subscribed to build a cotton factory in Americus, Georgia. Prince Metternich's butler receives the same salary as President Grant Seventy-two cotton and woolen mills are being erected in Georgia. There is over $2,000,000 invested in menageries and circuses in this country. Judge Schley, of Savannah, has decided that negroes are ineligible to office in Georgia Jack Hamilton has announced himself a candidate for Governor of Texas. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. On the 23d, the Senate closed the long debate on the tenure-of-office bill, by recommitting it to the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to report it in such a shape as would "untie" the hands of the President. Mr. Anthony, of Rhode Island, was elected President of the Senate pro tern, during the absence of Mr. Colfax. A bill to amend the Judicial System* of the United States was passed. In the House, Mr. Butler reported the Senate resolution for a joint committee for the removal of political disabilities, and it was passed. During the discussion, Butler announced his intention to introduce a bill to remove disabilities from every man now loyal to the Union, regardless of past offences, and did not'tfcink they could have reconstruction on any other basis. On the 24th, a new tenure-of-office bill was re* po^ed from the Judiciary Committee, prohibiting the President from removing parsons in office, but allowing him to suspend any officer during recess of Congress, on condition that ho report such suspension to the Senate within thirty days after the next meeting of Congress, and nominate a successor. In case the Senate refuses to approve the suspension and confirm the nomination, the suspended officer will resume his office at the end of the session. The bilt was passed by a vote of 37 to 15, the Democrats generally voting against it. In the House, 3Ir. Paine,'of Wisconsin, introduced.a bill to enforce the third section of the fourtec nth constitutional amendment. It provides that every person who is ineligible to office under that section, and who holds or attempts to hold office in any State or Territory, and every civil or military officer who has authority to remove such person and does not exercise it, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, and imprisonment not more than five years nor less than sixty days. On the 25th, nothing of importance was done in the Senate. In the House, the Senate tenure-ofoffice bill came up and, after a lengthy debate, was referred to the Judiciary Committee. On the 26th, the Senate considered the bill to 1 -* V.i! 1 1 l._ L..i. ? increase tne circulation 01 nauouai uauik.fi, uul uu action was taken. In executive session, the Senate confirmed ail the nominations recently made by the President, except those of Longstreet and two others. A severe struggle is expected on the question of confirming Longstreet's nomination. The Democratic Senators have agreed among themselves to vote for it; but there is a strong opposition from Senators of double-extra, superfine "loyalty," and the gallant general's prospects for holding office are decidedly blue. In the House, the vote referring the tenure-oJ'office bill to the Judiciary Committee was reconsidered, and the House refused concurrence to it, in the form in which it cauie from the Senate. It is probable that the whole subject will be left to a 2ommittee of conference from both branches of Congress. On the 27th, neither House of Congress was in Session. On the 29th, the Senate resumed the consideration of the tenure-of-office bill, and a resolution lsking the House.for a committee of conference tvas adopted, by a vote of 27 to 20. In the House, a substitute for the Senate bill to rc-organize the Supreme Court was passed. A esolution, exempting salt, tea, coffee, sugar and :obacco, was tabled by a vote of 104 to 40. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. * Srant on Woman's Rights. President Grant has recently snubbed strongninded women. Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker, whose shief claim to distinction arises from the constant ise of a Bloomer costume, has made several applications for an interview with the President? ifter putting her off on various pretexts, Grant inally informed her that she might have an interdew when dressed in u manner becoming her sex. rhe Railroad War. At a conference lately held in Charleston beween the representatives of the South Carolina Railroad and the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, t was found impossible to effect any comproifiise jetween these belligerent corporations. The Aupista Chronicle says: "In a short time, the track >f the Columbia and Augusta Road will be laid to * ? i l ,1 __ i x. he jsavannan Jtiver, ana we ruay men expeci 10 ee nil the devices known to the law put in operaion by the two companies?one that it may enter he city, the other to prevent it." Vhat is a Velocipede in Law? A'gentlcman in England, mounted on a vcocipede, was stopped for his toll at a toll-bridge. ?he collector, after an examination of his rates, bund no charge put down for the strange vehicle. )etermined, however, to collect something, he at mgth decided it to be a kind of wheel-barrow, nd charged the customary toll of two pence. The ider, indignant at this insult to his inanimate teed, brought suit, before a magistrate, against he collector. At last accounts the suit was not lecided, the court having required time for the onsideration of the vexed question. *rizes for Delinquent Subscribers. The proprietors of the Milledgeville (Ga.,) 'hconkr have adopted a new expedient to draw heir dues out of delinquents. They propose, as oon as five-sixths of their subscribers have paid ip all dues, to put their names in a box and draw ut a certain number, who arc to be entitled to a ariety of prizes, headed by a fine gold watch. This is the gentlest dun on record, and it ccrainly ought to draw the greenbacks from the lockets of the guilty ones. Eut the man who is " ' ? * * . . . I 1 apablc ot defrauding a printer, is 1101 acccssioic 0 the temptation of prizes i'or good conduct. Even he kind-hearted author of this novel ca sa gives ip one sixth of his debtors as beyond the reach of lis gentle wiles. lie would be far more likely to ittain his object, if he would stop their papers nd thus bring home to them the awful consciences of their misdeeds. /'illibusters in Cuba. The Charleston Xcics confirms its announcenent of a filibustering expedition to Cuba, made 1 few days ago. It publishes a letter, received in Charleston from some place not made known, vhich states that the expedition is in command of Jen. Henningsen, and consists of eleven hundred nen, most of them ex soldiers of the U. S. and Confederate armies. The News intimates that len. H. has taken counsel with Grant and Shernan, and that his movements are in conformity vith their wishes. It is not unlikely that this is a true statement, is we see it stated that, previous to his inauguraion, Grant made no secret of his sympathy with he revolutionary movement in Cuba Since he >ecame President, he has of course been more guarded in expressing himself with regard to the iflairs of a nation at peace with the United States, lut there is little doubt as to his willingness to issist in annexing Cuba to the "best government he world ever saw," under the pretext of advan:ing the cause of liberty. It will not, then, be a natter of surprise to our readers, when they hear if filibusters "shouting the battle-cry of freedom" in the shores of Cuba. Ufair of Honor in Augusta, Ga. The Augusta papers contain full accounts of i bloodthirsty encounter between two gentlemen of ?lor, which occurred in the vicinity of that city a few days ago. Cupid, who exerts so large an influence in human strife, was at the bottom of the difficulty. It seems that the two heroes loved the same fur maid, who, with an impartiality worth) of the Supreme Court itself, bestowed her smiles upon both. But two suns cannotshine in the same sky, neither can two rivals rest contented with at equal amount of favor from the lady of their love. It was, therefore, determined that blood must flow and the belligerents repaired to Sandbar ferry, ar old-established battle-ground for such affairs, dulj provided with pistols, surgeon, feather-bed for th< wounded, &c. As the duel was by no means a secret, a larg< crowd had assembled to witness it, which amusec itself by betting on the probabilities of a back down. But the champions proved game, and ex changed five shots, the results of which wen summed up in a broken finger. Still fired by vin dictive hate, they called for a fresh supply of am munition; but at this point several gentlemei among the spectators interfered, and persuadec them to shake hands and quit It has not beet announced which gentleman is to get the "gal' tvlta a.-v/?o cm an n/1 fVm* dn r?l TT UU VAA^iOIUUgU IUC11 UUCI. The Fifteenth Amendment. The National Intelligencer of a recent date with reference to the probable defeat of the propo sed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, says "The aotion of Indiana, and the refusal of Geor gia to ratify, for which we have to thank Gover nor Bullock and his Republican friends in th< Legislature, settle the fate of the fifteenth amend ment Its defeat now is next to certain. W< count against it Oregon, California, Kentucky Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Georgn and Indiana?nine States. Ten are sufficient t< defeat it, and Connecticut alone would end it Wi observe that both Pennsylvania and New Yorl fail to ratify, and it would seem that the Republi can members of the Legislatures of these State cannot be got up to the mark. Thi? issue wil enter into all the autumnal elections, and the issu< will be disastrous to the Republicans, beyond al doubt." How to use Rhode#* Super Phosphate. We have been furnished the following in re gard to the proper mode of using Rhodes' Super Phosphate, which has been advertised in the En quirer for some time past: "Rhodes' Super-Phosphate can be used eithei broadcast or in the hill, or tcith the seed vi thi drill?in no instance is it to be ploughed under t sod. nor bedded upon. In case of re-planting ^ oi backward growth, Rhodes' applied as top-dressing produces speedy growth?it does not fire. Exposun is of great advantage, as it absorbs ammonia fron the atmosphere, rain and dew?it being establish ed that a large quantity of ammonia per acre ii evolved during tne vear from these sources. An application of two hundred pounds per acri is considered sufficient for cro^s, but experienced 1 ~ ktmrlwA/] notin/^c nor onro piHlHUia rupui't lllicc uuuuitu puuuuo |jv1 uvivi repaying the outlay?high manuring, on few acres being the most desirable under our changed laboi system. Professor Charles U. Shepard, in a recent paper says: "The planter will never obtain the best effect oi artificial fertilizers until he incorporates then largely with composts of stable manure, vegetabh muck and wood ashes. The idea of trusting to i few hundred pounds to the acre of oven the bea fertilizers seems next to absurd to the Northern oi European agriculturist, who thinks nothing of en riching the same area with ten or fifteen tons of t sound compost." T -* NEW ADVEBTIBEMENT8. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bank ruptcy?In the Matter of Robert Whitesides Stowurt L. Pryor, Samuel J. Ray and Wm, M. Trbesdell. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Applications for Discharge in tin Matter of John R. Moore, John R. Seals, J Nolt Moore, Alexander Smythe, Roberi Latta, J. J. Nelson, Wm. C. Patterson, Jus D. McJlwain, Thos. J. Jones, John L. Jones Robert C. DcLaneV, Francis B. Mobley, W F. Lawson, Isaac Smith, James R. McGill Robert H. Crocket, Robert Knight, Franh Happerfield, Abner Iiambrigbt, Laban C Chappell, John G. Rabb, Daniel Williams and T. S. Jetl'erys. Kuykendal A Tomlinson?Concentrated Remedies?Trusses. M. Jones, Agent?Just Arrived?Startling bill True?Why ? II. F. Adickes?Challis?Ladies' Goods?Lenos? Muslin?Peonies?Spring Lustre?Mourning?Summer Cassimeres?Hats and Bonnets?Hats?Shoes, Ac.?Barter. Wm. H. Bernard?The Morning Star. D. J. Glenn, Jr.,?Administrator's Notice. * ? * TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Rock Hill Lopoe, A. F. M. 1 March 23, 1869. j Whereas, by the dispensation of an Allwise Providence, death has removed our friend and Brother, J. 0. Alston, one who was endeared to us all by his excellent qualities of head and heart, Therefore, Resolved, That Rock Hill Lodge deeply deplores the death of our Brother, so worthy of esteem in all the relations of life in which he was called to move. Resolved, That' Rock Hill Lodge deplores his IncQ nc an efficient officer and mo,st worthy mem ber. Resolved, That a blnnk page in our record book be dedicated to his memory. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family ot our deceased brother, and published in the Yorkville Enquirer. M. C. McCULLY, } S. M. EE WELL, I Committee. KICH'D SADLER.) TUE TOWNSHIP LAW. f organization. The Townships are divided off by the Board of County Commissioners, who designate the boundaries, the names, and three electors to preside at the first township meeting. These electors (who are nothing more than managers of election) appoint a Clerk. TIIE TOWNSniP, When organized, is declared to be a bodv politic, with all the rights, privileges and liabilities incident thereto. It is also permitted, at legal meetings, to grant and vote such sums of money as is judged necessary, for the following purposes, to wit: 1. For the support of Town Schools. 2. For work on highways. .'I. For burial grounds. 4. For necessary expenses. VOTERS. Every male citizen of the United States, who labors under no disability, and who has resided for que year in this State, and for sixty days in the township, may vote at any election. officers. The officers to be chosen at every election, are 1. A Town Clerk. 2. Three Selectmen. 3. One or more Surveyors of highways. 4. One Constable. At every town meeting for the election of town officers, except the first, and for the transaction of business of the township, a Moderator shall be chosen. The Moderator is simply the chairman of the meeting. meetings. The first meeting is held by appointment of the County Commissioners. A regular meeting is held on the second Tuesday of April in each year, at which meeting the town officers are elected. Other meetings may be held at such times as the Selectmen may order. If the Selectmen unreasonably refuse to call meetings, a Justice of the Peace of the town may call a meeting upon the application of ten voters. All meetings are called Dy warrant, which clearly expresses the time, place and puro.i ?j j ./.l pose 01 me meeting, anu is urecieu iu me v,uristablc. The Constable serves the summons by posting the same at three public places in the town, at least fourteen days before the meeting. TITK SELECTMEN Are three in nnmber. They have the general supervision of the concerns of the town, and shall cause all duties required by law of towns, and not committed to any particular office, to be duly performed and exeeufed; they shall require the bounds and marks of townships to be renewedonce in eveiy seven years for ever; they shall call town meetings, and insert in their warrants all subjects which may, in writing, be requested of them by any ten or more voters of the town, and nothing acted upon shall have a legal operation unless the subject-matter thereof is contained in the warrant. When there is a vacancy in the board of Selectmen, those acting may call a town meeting ; if a full board is not organized after an election, those who qualify may sign warrants for town meetings, until the board is filled; the Selectmen may appoint policemen, to hold office during pleasure of Selectmen, who shall have all the powers of a Constable, except the power of serving and executing civil process; they shall make oat a tax bill for the collection of town taxes, under the directions of the town meeting, before the 15th of January of each year. They snail audit and allow claims for services rendered the town, and' may draw orders on the County Treasurer for Sums so allowed, of all which matters they shall keep a strict account; and present the. same to the town meetings, together with a statement of all town property. The selectmen shall, once in every year, prepare a list of such persons as they think well qualified to serve as jurors, which list shall be posted up in the town ten .days, at least, before its revision and acceptance, and shall then be laid before a town meeting, which may alter it Selectmen shall be overseers of the poor in towns where persons are not chosen for that office. TOWN CLERK. He presides during the election of a moderator; he makes out the list of persons elected to office, and issues a warrant to the Constable requiring him within three days to summon said officers to appear within seven days and be qualified; he shall record all votes passed at any meeting; he I shall administer oaths to all town officers and make a record thereof. Clerks pro tun. may be elected, nrliAWA iliAM Jo n ftortonnif in thn aHiaa j vtucic lucic 10 a f uvauv/j iti vuu uiuwi SURVEYORS. These officers perform the duties of Warners and overseers of road work. All moneys paid in lieu , of road work; are received and disbursed by the Sur. veyors. It is their duty to see that the highway . are kept in good condition, and they shaD forfeit ten dollars and costs for every neglect, without good cause, to repair highways or remove obstructions [ within ten hours after application made to them J for that purpose. ' j PENALTIES. * Every Constable elected to office must forthwith i declare his acceptance or refusal. All other officers } elect are compelled to serve, or pay a fine of five 3 dollars. A town officer, having accepted, who nfc terwards neglects or refuses to perform any duty . required of nira under the act, shall, for every ofg fence, forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars. 1 EXEMPTS. 3 No person shall be obliged to serve in the same 1 town office, two years sucessively; and no person in commission for any office of this State, or of the Jnited States, or who is a Minister of the Gospel, . or a member of the Senate or House of Representatives, or who has been a Constable of a town within seven years next preceding, shall be otriig* ed to accept the office of Constable. MODE OP ELECTING. r The election of Town Clerks, Selectmen, Cone tables and the moderator of the meetings held for 1 the choice of town officers shall be by written balr lots; and the election of all other town officers jn > such mode as the meeting determines, except in 5 cases otherwise provided by law. J WORK ON 10ADS AC. j Selectmen shall lay a tax of eighteen cents on every hundred dollars of assessed property, and , such additional tax as a Town meeting may order, j for the purpose of keeping up roads and bridges, j Every person taxed fnay pay his taxes in money, or in work at ten cents an hour; or in wagons, 'r teams and tools at a sum to be fixed by the town meeting. All regular work shall be done between January 15 and May 1, and September 1 and No' vember 1. Even7 person who refuses to turn out p and work in repairing bridges or roads, after six , hours notice, snail forfeit the sun* of three dollars. > If any person receive injury to himself, orvehicles [ ?if the vehicle does not exceed in weight six tons t ?through defect or want of repair in road or r bridge, he may recover the amount of damages . sustained thereby, of the town required to repair { the same, if said town had reasonable notice of such want of repair, or if suoh defect had existed for twenty-four hours previous. COMPENSATION. Selectmen shall receive one dollar and a half per , day for services performed; Surveyors, fifteen cents an hour; and Town Clerks, one dollar and fifty cents per day for attending town meetings, ' and for recording, the same fees now allowed Registers of Mesne Conveyance. t i ACTS OF THE LEGI8LATUBE*' j The Legislature of South Carolina adjourned , sine die on Wednesday of last week, after a session : of about four months. During the session one j hundred and twenty-five acts and joint resolutions have been passed, quite a number of which are of " a local nature. Between fifty and sixty bills were t continued until the next session, and among others the Education bill and a bill to provide for ' the care of the poor. We append a list of such . of the Acts and Resolutions as are of general interest, omitting those of a local Q^aracter: An Act accepting the donation of lands to the State of South Carolina, for agricultural colleges. An act to provide for the payment of the fees of sheriffs for dieting persons confined in jaiL An act to make appropriation for the payment of the per diem ana mileage of the members of ' the General Assembly, and the salaries of the sub ordinate officers, and other expenses incident 1 thereto. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the temporary organization of the Educa1 tional Department of the State." > An act to alter and amend the criminal law. 1 An act to amend an act entitled "An act to organize the Circuit Courts." A . . 1 . it - 1 a? at. _ r\ a i. 1 An act to cnange me location 01 me ixrnniy seat of Barnwell County from Barnwell Courthouse to Blackville. An act to enable the Savannah and Charleston Railroad Company to complete their road. An act to provide for the consolidation of the statute laws of the State of South Carolina. An act to alter and amend an act entitled "An act to alter and amend the charter of the King's Mountain Railroad Company," passed December 16, 1351. An act to enable the banks of the State to renew business or to place them in liquidation. A joint resolution to proviae for the fitting up of certain portions of the State House. An act to protect laborers and persons working under contract on shares of crops. An act to authorize the consolidation of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company and the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Compauy, and to amend the charter of the same. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate attachments." An act to provide for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the State. Joint resolution to pre vide for the publication of the acts, reports, resolutions and journals of the General Assembly. An act to empower the Judges of the Circuit Court to grant relief in cases of erroneous judgments obtained during the existence of the provisional government of South Carolina. An act to organize and govern the militia of the State of South Carolina. Joint resolution authorizing the Governor to purchase two thousand stands of arms of the most approved pattern, with the usual complement of ammunition. , Joint resolution ratifying the Fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States of J America. # An act to provide for the conversion of State securities. An act to incorporate the various boards of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1 South Carolina. An act to renew and amend the charter of the Town of Chester. ^ 1 An nnt- fn ffiniKtflfe tV>r? flf>+tlpmpnt nf fVio ftfTsirfl of the Bank of the State of South Carolina. An act to determine the value of contracts made in Confederate States notes or their equivalent Au act to authorize the financial agent of the ( State, in the City of New York, to pledge State ( bonds as collateral security, and for other pur- . poses. # , An act to amend an act entitled "An act to fix 1 the salary and regulate the pay of certain officers." An act to incorporate the Wateree and North 1 Carolina Railroad Company. An act to incorporate the Homestead Building, J Planting and Loan Association of South Carolina. , An act to provide for the appointment of a Land ' Commissioner, and to define his powers and du- 1 ties. An act to prevent and punish dueling. An act to incorporat the South Carolina Central Railroad Company. An act to amend an act entitled, "An act to define the jurisdiction and duties of County Commissioners. ' An act to regulate the manner of granting a final dismissal to executors, administrators, trustees, guardians or committees. Joint resolution to authorize the Governor of the State to fill the vacancies in the State Board of Equalization. , Joint resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to apportion to the several counties, the appro- . priation of twenty-five thousand dollars authorized in General Orders No. 139, of December 3. 1867, headquarters Second Military District, for tne support of free schools, the same to be paid over to the respective County Treasurers in order to pay teachers. An act to provide assistance for the transient sick poor in tne various cities and towns of the State.'* An act to facilitate the drawing of jurors in this State. An act to punish" sheriffs and other officers for violating the homestead. An act to establish a State Orphan Asylum. Joint resolution authorizing the Governor to employ an armed force for the preservation of the | peace. ,.w % . . . An act to regulate and provide for the pay of Commissioners and Managers of Elections. [ An act to re-enact certain acts lending the name and credit of the State to the Greenville and Colombia Railroad Company, and to validate the action of said oompany thereunder. . o An act to enforoe the provisions of the Civil Rights bill of the United States Congress. An act to authorize a loan for the relief of the treasury. An act to regulate the practice of medicine in this State. An act to incorporate the Vaucluse Manufacturing Company, in the State of South Carolina. An act to regulate the agencies of insurance companies not incorporated in the State of South | Carolina. An act to nrescribe certain rules to he observed in the government of ferries and bridges privileged to charge tolls. . An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the manner of keeping and disbursing funds by certain officers." , . An act to establish the lien of magistrates' executions. , An act to establish a public ferry in York County. An act to provide a lien on buildings and lands to parties -furnishing labor and materials thereon. A joint resolution authorizing the Governor to cause suit to be instituted against the Laurens Railroad Company, to protect the interests of the State. An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to prevent persons holding certain offices of emolument from leaving the State." An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the manner of drawing jurors." An act to amend an act entitled "An act to define the jurisdiction and regulate the practice of Probate Courts." An act to make appropriations and ruse supplies for the year commencing in October. 1868. An act to provide for an election to fill certain vacancies in county offices. An act to repeal section eighth of an act to alter the act entitled "An act to amend the criminal l^w." THE ENGLISH COTTON STRIKES. For some time the Lancashire cotton districts have been in a suffering condition, on account of the high price of the raw material, which left the manufacturer little, if any, profit. As it was supI posed that a suspension of work would produoe au accumulation of raw cotton that would force down the price, it was proposed that the factories generally should be closed for a few months. This plan could not be adopted, but many of the factories wnrkpA fthnrt. tim* nnH wrantlv !?/? amnlnmiKi of. Preston and other places met and agree<fto red ace wages from ten to twenty per cent The result was a strike, that is likely to be general and protracted. It is not necessary for us to consider the effect of the strike upon the English workmen. The question here is, whether the suspension of work and stoppage of consumption will force down the price of the staple aud so diminish the profits of the SouthenTplanter. We believe that.the whole course of the English spinners this season is founded upon a misapprehension of two most vital considerations?the oon| dition of the planter and the amount of the crop. At this time, the planters are but little in debt They have made a crop which Has paid them well, and what cotton thev hold is held as so much monev, and can be held for three months or six months longer, if neoewuy. The planter/this year, is not at the mercy of the spinner, and can wait until the spinner is obliged to buy. There is bnt little cotton in the interior of the country, whatever the bears may say. Cotton has been sent forward freely, and there is not a doubt that the crop will fall fhr short of the estimates of the English manufacturers. Under these circumstances, we do not think that the suspension of work in England should greatly affect toe price of the staple. Cotton is strong, stronger than it has ever been} -and it wQI take more than one strike to knock it down so that it will not rapidly rise again.?Charleston News. Horrible Murder.?On last Thursday the body of a white man was found in a thicket above Elliott's Old Mill, about three miles; from town, which, upon examination was found to be Borwell Hilton. The deceased was from Lancaster, S. C., and at the time of bis death was employed at the mill. It is supposed he was killed with an axe in the house, and the body taken out for concealment The object of the foul deed was to get his money and clothes. He hadabonthim some $52 in silver and greenback^. . The top of his head was knocked off and several holes through his body, made by a pistol or gun. He was alone at the time the murder was committed. At the time of this writing (Saturday afternoon) the jury of inquest is in session. One negro boy has beeu committed to jail as either principal or accessory, and the officers of the law are in pursuit of other negroes who have fled. probably to Sonth Carolina. The matter will be thoroughly sifted and the guilty wretches brought to justice.?Charlotte Times, 20th xdtimo. gJMJiUO. ERRORS OF YOUTHS . 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 wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience, can do so by addressing, in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, No. 42 Cedar Street, New York. < February' 11 0 3m 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 follow sufferers tho 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 usingthesame, which they will rind a sunn Cure fob 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 bo 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 ?biinttrg. w ~ Died?On the 4tli of February last, in York County, IRENE, daughter of James and Nancy 4 C. Turner, in the fourteenth year of her age. In a letter which she wrote to a friend in Yorkville, the afflicted mother speaks of her daughter [is only a mother can, in the following language: "Irene was not a member of the Church, but always desired to be a Sunday School Scholar, and to live near a Church. It was her delight on earth to be good and to do good. She was a long time afflicted, and never murmured, but bore her sufferings with great patience. She was such a sweet tempered little girl?so affectionate and mild. She waa the Joy of my life, and, Oh! how sad the stroke; but I truly hope she is in Heaven." Mother, remember the daughter of Jalrua, BeHnr'd by her parent* ahd-of tender years j The fond lather hastened away to tell Jesus Of her death, his face bathed In bitter tears. In that dark home where the mother sat weeping The voice of the Saviour was soon heard crying, "She Is not dead! The maid Is sweetly sleeping, Death Is only a sleep, death Is not dying." The ear* of the maid were unlocked as He spoke. Hcreyes were opened and she qnlckly awoke, And arose from the denth-couch where she had slept, And the mourners rose from the couch where they wept, So Irene's parents, If lliey will tell Jesus, Ah did that foud mother and faithful Jairus, The cause of their sorrowing and their wecpiag. Shall hear him say "Tut child is o*ly sLEitriso." G. . : why! WHY is Singer's new Family Sewing Machine more popular than aro maiiy of the fa Ir sex ? Because fAeware all supplied with a feller (fellow.) I MT JONES, Agent. ] April 1 13 tf .