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ffraps and Jads. i . ~ The model State of the Union, financially" considered, ^ Iowa. By the 15th of nejc^i month,.she will be out of debt mid have a surplus of- $500,000 in the State Treasury. A school-boy being asked by his teacher, "Of what is the German Diet constituted?" replied; i/Soipfcr*ut, schnapps, lager beer, -jg- A man :n .Nashville has invented an ingenious plan, for a revolving door to a railway coach, which checks off every in and out ptt&nger, giving the station at which he gets on 6x off and the time by an attached clock. ?- in the new Lutheran church in Hageiretowo, Md., a large hand ;s painted on the wfcU in the vestibule, ^uinting downi to a spittoon, with the inscription: "Please leave your tobacco there." 1 ? Mrs, Roee Madder is lecturing in Ohio ! in opposition to woman's suffrage, as calculated to destroy her "conservative power." She argues that the more woman takes upon herself the man-quality, the less she governs man. A larsre number of merchants and prop erty holders residing in Victoria, Nanahno, apd other places in British American Terriry4 ha,ye sent a memorial to President Grant in favor of a transfer of British Columbia to tfye ,IJpited States. hrT-The leading New York hotels^are considering the .propriety of cutting down their pripfp; thirty three per cent They could well. aflord to put .them. down, fifty per cent,, and, nearly all the hotels in the country could join tbeafr j The,day-of',war charges has gone by., < President Grant's recommendation for tbe topeal of the civil tenure law has fallen pretty flat There has been :no response to U: ; whatever in the Senate; and it is said that j < body is hot more favorably inclined to surren- i der its control ov?r the offices than it was hut spring. < - -v[ I ?.:;i , I? ? Henry Ward Beecher, in his sermon of Sunday morning, at Plymouth Church, pro- ] nounced an extravagant eulogy upon Edwin ] / ~ M. Stanton, whose fame he predicted would ' riqeiftiiine to be regarded as is that of Washington. 'd Mr. Beecher said something similar < of John Brown, when that notorious- breeder 5 of sectional hate and blood-shed was hanged. ^T|le new census, it is thought, will < shn* tfhi^-'TTnifed States to have nver 40 000 - , 000 of and South Carolina 750,000; { and if tne Hhuse of Representatives shall re^ main the same as now, the ratio will have to ( Be Increased to one member for every 166,322 1 of population. South Carolina would have 1 fiVe-members, in place of four, as at present. \ -?-Seventy-five persons have arrived by e sti&tri and horse cars in New York city during i the last year, forty-two were wounded and one t hundred and eleven committed suicide. Arapng the suicides were fifty Germans, twenty- . five Americans, twenty Irishmen and four J Englishmen, and only one Scotchman. No 1 fewer than 175 persons met their death by c drowning. r -7?A colored woman, named Harriet.Mil- 1 ler, died the other day in Philadelphia, leav- v ing #100,000 worth of property. She was t originally; a slave in South Carolina, and derived her fortune from a rich planter named v Eoryisj who married her out of gratitude because she. warned him of a conspiracy of his 1 slaves against, his life. After the death of i' Mr. Purvis she- became the wife of Robert r Miller, a colored clergyman. She was eighty- ^ five years oldWJi , tl, ? -?- Another new State mav be added to the s galaxy of the Union before the termination of , the present session of Congress. Colorado is the territory that asks to be elevated to the a honors and dignities of & sovereign State, a It will be remembered that both branches of c Congress, on two separate occasions, passed bills. for the admission of that territory, but g President Johnson, on.both occasions, inner- j BB ix?ed his vetb. Rumor has It that General y . ' J__ ai A_-LI-i : A _*AJ uraui approvp< me esuiujiauuieiii< 01 me outwy ^ The NewYork Wot '4 of a recent date J1 says :, "The Cuban Junta, doing business in k New York, publish a card to-day, denying in a indignant terms the Havana story that they c hftVie issued a circular advising the Cuban in- n sprgepts to lay down their arms. Iustead of d^pairijog of the cause, the Junta profess never to have been more sanguine than now, and,. P moreover, they, claim to haye from the fight- a ing On bans intelligence qf a similar state of, p feeling. Probably in no war of recent times n hpye the reports from both belligerents been ^ so untrustworthy." ' "1 ti A Washington despatch to the New York World, says: "The Southern carpet. baggers in Congress, it is reported, intend 1( to take a more prominent part hereafter. 0 n. Voting as a body, they would be able to de- ti <de many questions and to exact concessions, ei V understood that some of them propose to ^ a an organization which will insist upon ^ pursifiberal policy than has heretofore been j tions fo^Cougress, in respect to appropria- ' South." x internal improvements in the ^ ?rr-Ex-Gov . :i- Ir yean of.his life, *,Briggs, during the latter ti was the reason: Ottmore a dickey, and this st old college chum who^-casion he met an ti drinkingto excess, and he a in the habit of n him. .The inebriate, who wasistrated with liant tastes, remarked: "Judge, in of brilleave off' wearing those beautiful dtt will yours, I will leave off drinking whist of "Doue, said the Judge; and from that day". . the day he died, he never wore linen above his! stock. And his friend, it should be added, also kept his agreement to the letter. ! A French paper gives the following account of the origin of the expression "to make a complete fiasco." A German one day seeing a glassblower at his occupation, thought nothing could be easier than glassblowing, and that he could soon do it as well as the other. He accordingly commenced operations by blowing vigorously, but could only produce a, sort of pear-shaped balloon or little flask\ (fiasco.) The second attempt had a similar result, and so on, .until fiasco after fiasco had l *? "?r r Deen rnaae. neuce arose the expression which we not unfrequently have occasion to use, when des'ci^hg" the result of our private and public undertakings. ; The "Wilmington and Manchester Kail- f road, together with all the property of the company, was sold at Wilmington on the 5th instant, to W. T. Walters, Esq., of Baltimore, the only bidder, for $525,000, the sum of $250,000 being paid for the South Carolina end, and $27o,QO() for the. North Carolina end. The gale, says the Wilmington Journal, was i for cash, but certain preferred bonds will be i received in payment Of these preferred se- j curities the purchaser holds $1,975,828.06. ^ There is but a small amount of the whole series of preferred securities that he does not [ hold, and which he will have to pay. The 1 Directors of the Company on Wednesday 1 held their last meeting preparatory to wind- < ing up the aflairs of the corporation and turn- j ing over the road to the new purchaser. j The West is not disposed to give up the 1 idea of getting the benefit of increased repre- ( sentation under the new census bill, and espe- . cially if the whole number is to be increased 4 to wO. According to the ustlal order of things, there would be no election of members f of Congress under the new apportionment s till three years hencA But the Western people mean to get the new members at the next v election, and will be quite likely to -haye their y way. The question of apportionment had to ? be dropped from the census bill, or it could not have passed the House before the recess ; n but it will come up separate at an early day, a and the Western men are preparing for a big w fight. over what they consider their rights. ^ Tne'West;expects to gain about fifty members jj of Congress under the new census. j -??The New York Star says there is great j >v distress among cigar makers of that city.j One of the heaviest manufacturing firms, it, ri says, has discharged at least one thousand ^ hand* within the past three weeks. Otherri trades and business, however, are suffering m ! hi like proportion. It adds:' "Owing to the unsettled condition of the gold market, the wholesale clothing firms, whose employees in this city are numbered by tens of thousand^ have almost entirely ceased manufacturing . goods for future sales. Previously, it has been the custom of these manufacturers to improve the winter months in making up gooas for spring and summer sales, and this custom has : served to render this season of the year one of 1 prosperity for the journeymen, This winter, ( however, affairs present an entirely different prospect, and instead of a steady flow of work and few idle hands, we find hardly sufficient business being transacted to employ one-half of the operatives. The same is true of the I carpenters, bricklayers, laborers, coopers and others, thousands of whom have been obliged ' to leave the city in quest of work in other'lo- J calities." fbe fotfeviUr tfnpuitt.; ^ ? 1 "^iBtjprr , YORKriliLB, s. c*: ' ' :' ' ' ? " " THURSDAY MOKKKG, JAN'Y 13,1870. Cash.?It most be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance. ' X.?The paper will be discontinued on theexpi- t ration of the time for which payment has been n made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under- t stand that the time paid for has expired. J SCARCITY OF LABOR, i; . 1 1 r There is no doubt there is a1 deficiency of labor in this county. Nearly all the freedmen in our midst have hired themselves for ji the year, some of them, indeed,several times ; md yet we knfbw of many farmers who are still wanting hands. This scarcity has been produced by several jauses, prominent among which is the growing ^ reluctance of women to field work, who are ' 81 it the same time unfitted for any other means | j , ; ' C )f support The idea is prevalent that a ,voman should be supported, in ladv-like idleness, by her husband. "White women don't irork in the field," they say, "and we won't ^ jither." They are willing to imitate the 8, vhite women in keeping out of the field; but hey do not imitate them in doing household vork, partly because they cannot do some of ' t, and partly , because they don't wish to. This s & matter' which cannot be mended by in- V.{ J . la lucements from the employer. The only ~ emedy is in the hands of the freedmen who ^ lave these women to support, and most of fhom find themselves poor as church mice in 01 heir effort to do this without help from their fives. . * Another cause is the removal to the West, P1 oth of blacks and whites. Many white famlies have gone away since the war, who car- ^ ied field hands with them. Many freedmen ^ tave been persuaded to go West by agents rom that sectiou, who came here expressly to ^ ecure labor. We have heard of one or two tere now on that business: but as our farmers : ,re in the market, gentlemen from the West ,re likely to find hands scarce, and rather .^ ostly when found. I ;V U The drain on our population has been ; , oing on for some tithe, and th^e is no influx rom- any - ud tlx> to8S." he amount of land to be cultiyutrd-hrto re- f*? lain the same, some^nergetic measures must ' e taken to bring laborers of some kind. Un- 36S something of the kind is done, the only lternative will be to half work the land under ultivation, or let a good deal lie out which or light be made productive. . t - th The present cut-throat Bystem of secret bl lotting against one another to steal hands ui lready contracted ibr, is neither pleasant, th rofitable, nor right. It breeds ill-will among of eighbors, and it haspi very bad effect upon ge le freed man, as it .teaches him: that a con- th ract is not morally binding when he can w< lake a better one. Our reader have doubtjss heard complaints about the unreliability to f frcedmen. Many farmers have made con- uj acts, and some have actually moved their eil mployees to their premises, and yet have "W een deceived. This is undoubtedly wrong pr i the freedmen; but is it entirely their fault? to i it not notoriously true that a negro employ- ce 1 for the year caunot leave home, without pr leeting with inducements to break his con- sa act ? So long as white men justify thein- nil ilves in this practice, on the plea of necessi- sa r, they ought to excuse negroes for faithless- ad ess to contracts, on the same grounds. tir ? "DON'T TAKE THE PAPER." ' . c0 Suppose that Cicero, or Aristotle, or Socra- gj( js, or any other of the philosophers who ol] ved and died before the age of printing, pQ. m\d be roused from the grave and handed a ^ he w<knewsPaPer own language. How when he?'^oat over the treasure, especially m patches aiu?061* over the telegraphic desnews in his dayalled the slow progress of c0 advertisements ant?vben be looked at the gj iently he could purci2Sove.red how conven- W( dry goods by referring fe?8 groceries and ^ smile of gratitude would beaJl.en1, ^^at a ki tenance, as he examined the t2r coun* scription, and the knowledge daw. of 8ub' his mind that a fresh copy could be ]LUI)on every week, or every day, for so triflm*1 sum! The conception WJuTd be too vast'fl bc be grasped at once?it would require time, fc But when he had gotten a clear perception of the fact, would not his first thought be that c the living generation of men must be the f wisest of all generations ? e Then suppose that just at this time, some d "economical" old gentleman should step up a and ask him the price of cotton, assigning as e a reason that he "don't take no papers." We g really believe that Solomon himself, under S these circumstances, with all his knowledge ii )f human folly, would be so staggered by the si nforraation as to fall back into his grave si 'mtanter. The idea that any human being fi :ould be content to live in ignorance of so p nany things which concern his every-day- u ife, when he could be informed of them at so ri ittle cost, would be too much for any philos- s( >pher that ever lived. And yet there are tc housands in this age of cheap printing, who nt 'don't take a paper." They care nothing or what is going on in this restless world, out- p< ide of their immediate neighborhood. is Now, there are some unerring marks, by ti rhich a man who don't read the papers may ot ie known, and we will mention a few of them or the benefit of our readers. Whenever a d< lan is chock-full of neighborhood gossip, ac nd is forever bothering his friends to know TJ diat Congress or the Legislature is doing; fr hen he spends all his spare time at preach- la lg, outside of the house, in asking about the ju robability of confiscation, famine, pestilence, tk ar, or some other"-great disaster, he don't "I '.ad Vie papers. When "he-depends upon the wi ime source for his knowledgnrfythe mar- an ages, deaths, sales, accidents or mutders in pa is county, he don't take his county paper: for j soi ) if he did, he could save a great deal of breath i in asking about such things, when the news is < old to his neighbors. When a man don't i know the prices of his farm productions, or have any idea what they ought' to be; and ' when he don't believe in the big crops or the improved implements of other localities, and feels confident there is some humbug about them, he don't take the papers. But the surest mark of one who "don't take' any papers, is his sublime confidence in what little he does know. He can't be humbugged?not he. | He never gets less than the top of the market for his cotton?never. Aud what's more, ' pou can't tell him anything about a grabplow, or a mud chimney, or a land-pike hog ! i # ^ '? CAMPBELL'S PRINTING PRESS. Since about the first of August last we have aeen nrintinir the Enquirer on Campbell's Country Printing Press ; but have, up to this | ;ime, deferred alluding to the fact, as we wished, for the benefit of any of our contemporaries who might desire to purchase a simiar machine, to be able to speak of this one n a candid manner, and only by actual ex- 1 perience and demonstration. The manner in ( which the press-work of the Enquirer is 1 sxecuted would, alone, we should think, indi- 1 sate to some extent, the qualities of the ' press, and we-can, in addition thereto, from ' >ur own experience with the machine, endorse is correct, all that is claimed for the press in, J he manufacturer's circular. "We have seen . n operation nearly every style and manufacture of newspaper printing press in use in he United States, from all of which, at the * ime of purchasing tb.e "Campbell," we had 1 tiily our own judgment to control us in choosng, and of the selection we made, we have * lot as yet had the least cause for regret ! Without taking special pains, we nave exeuted satisfactory book-work on the press, and j eel satisfied that with it we can do the very inest work of this class, both as regards even- ( Less and Uniformity of impression, and accu- 1 acy of register. The distribution of ink is 1 erfect and thorough, and the facility with r rhich the supply can be regulated for any ize or class of form, without having to 8 hange or reset the screws of the fountain on \ ach occasion, is an important feature, which, J 'e believe^ is claimed by no other. cylinder ress. Changing forms from the size of this fleet to a much smaller one, which we do 8 very week, is unattended with the inconve- ? iences so characteristic of cylinder presses enerally. A small form may succeed a irge one, a book form a newspaper, or vice c trsa, and, comparatively speaking, the press 8 "ever readv." ' -L 1 In these remarks, we do not mean to imply lat the purchaser of the Campbell press may, j, i receiving it, pile the different parts in,one a )rner of his office, and. sit down complacent- j, r, expecting it to. do fine or satisfactory n rinting. This is an erroneous idea respect- p ig all presses, too much indulged by many f, riilters.. We do. say, however, that the g ampbell pess is simple in its construction, ^ rongly and' durably built, and not liable to t] it out of order; and if the pressman in charge. d jrforms his duties properly, will do as good g ork as any printing press offered in the mark- tl :,Our press is runby sfoam, at an average 1 eed of eight hundred per hour, though, were je necessary, could, with perfect safety, be run tj uch faster. To any of our contemporaries ai bo contemplate purchasing a power press, ? 0 can. fajthe utmCflt eomfidenoe. teccgnnasnd ; . a*rmanon rapectmg ^ hich, caiJbe obtained By addressing Thos. h 1 Senior^. Y. w ^ ^ f It m**t* l P^IOI AT1TPV Jl JBkKtf AiJUV?OJU<a-* VMWt The Legislature re-assembled in Columbia Vl i tlie 5th, but did not secure a quorum until v< e next day. It is now, however, in full ei ast, and is expected to continue in session- v< itil the middle of March, though many of e more prominent members are in favor an earlier'adjournraent Little business of C( neral interest has been accomplished since e recess. The following comprises all that T j can discover In the Senate, Wimbush introduced a bill oj repeal the act of 1866, which secures a lien w >on the crop to persons making advances, ta ther of money or supplies, to planters, bl 'right introduced bills to prevent the issue of sa ivate checks or script to be used as money ; v< prevent the purchase of cotton between tr rtain hours. Notice was given of a bill to n< otect the depositors of all banks, loan and ni vings institutions not incorporated in the U- N ted States. The bill to authorize the public o\ le of certain evidences of indebtedness, by w iministrators and others, was read the second ui ne. _ as In the House, a bill to regulate the sale of 01 tton, through the appointment of commis- in raers in each county, was killed by striking so it the enacting clause. - The bills to provide V r the better protection of migratory fish, and amend the law- regulating the license of st othecaries and the sale of drugs and poison, gi ire passed and sent to the Senate for concur- P nee. A bill to provide for a Commissioner of la ntracts in each county, was re-committed, ai ills* to prohibit the carrying of concealed T japons, and to abolish, the right to traverse th fences less than felony, were lost by the stri- ti< ng out of the enacting clause. th > f tl THE CPOPS OF 1869. w We have received the report of the Depart- tl ent of Agriculture for tbc months of Novem- f0 ;r and December, 1869. It contains a sum- ^ ing up of the CTOps of 1869, from which we vygile Ihe following: . ON.?The crop is estimated at ten per ct ? - A that of 1868, and believed to be a] u y d,wU,^ . Qjp ?our jjUI1(jre(} p0un(jg ^ ach. ^"^/^-.lina and Tennessee show a y lecrcase of fifteen e.ccnt; North Carolina nd Georgia, of five pe. ,ent _ and a!1 the oth. ? r cotton States an increa. _tpvm thp larest, viz, twenty-five per cent. In the whole 1 louth, the acreage planted was ^atcr than i the year before. Although the yie.i not 3 great as it would have been with favoi.^je ^ masons, it is thought that the liberal use u? 1 irtilizers prevented a larger decrease. Ex- 81 eriments reported prove that fertilizers stim- v lated to more rapid growth and early matu- g] ity, plants which had a feeble start. From c >me cause not known, the proportion of lint ) seed is less than usuaL As a remedy, a lore careful selection of seed is recommended. Tobacco.?The crop is estimated at twenty ^ sr -cent, less than that of 1868. The quality variable, having been increased in some sec- j( ons where the quantity has deceased. In ^ hers, both quantity and quality are reduced. Corn.?With an enlargement of area un;r cultivation, it is certain that there was ^ ;tually less corn produced thau in 1868. be entire Atlantic slope suffered severely om drought, though in many localities the er te rains, in some measure, repaired the in- p( ry. A summary of reports from this sec>n, extending from Maine to Georgia, is: 71 folds badly tilled, overrun with weeds, or th a thin sandy soil, or a heavy day ftot ^ aeliorated by culture, were scorched and rtially, or wholly, laid waste; while deep of ils of river Imttoms, rich slopes of virgin sh ' ~ -1 ? soil, and fields kept clean of weedaud fi v quently cultivated, gave satisfacty ai d even large returns." In the centre of the great corn-gwing r< gion, Illinois, Indians and Ohio, the is a 1 average reduction of fully twenty eff c6nl I from an opposite cause, to-wit, a \t sprier and cool summer, which delayed thepJriffif until frost checked further growth. inVne part of Indiana, corn was barely out <f roasting ear, when the fijosts came, ^h-tmly States reporting an increased crop at Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Nebraska, Jansas, Texas and California. No estimates are made of the sugr and rice crops, nor of small grains, as tfy Fatter were estimated in the fall. It is stat^ that the cultivation of beets, for makiug sita^_ is on the increase in the Northwest to fruits, the orange yield in Florida ad^he apple crop of the North are both reprtecB large. . i # *T THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE r The privilege of sending bulky batter through the mails free of expense, is anjeyfed. by many officials, has been i^Mch abused that the Postoffice Departmett^Aie resolved up<jn a vigorous effort to hav??pealed. The Postmaster General ma^^^ port to Congress, stating that the^fl^^H matter, books, pamphlets, letfta^^^^JI packages of private proA rty, flBH| that the expense of tJaffyin^FnffljiisS^pM [y doubled. He earnestly entreated'Cigress to destroy this monster privilege, rhjch rrpntl v favnrfi a select few. at a heat ex sense to the public. -A * In order to force the subject upon thltbtf;ion of Congress, in case that body afduld show reluctance to surrender this powivA^ las directed that circulars be sent to aljpost>ffices in the country, with proper foils, to ceep an account of all matter receive* free luring six months. Th9 statistics thilfolished are to be compiled, and the ag^gate nass published in a compact form, postnasters are also furnished with petitks for he repeal of the franking privilegWWWl ire to be circulated for signature, mprder o ascertain public sentiment upon tb sub-, ect. . .jo! . . : "We mention these facts, because piitionB, or this purpose have been received ateorae, .nd perhaps all, of the post-offices j this ounty. Those of our readers who d^re to ?ack the Postmaster General, in hisjfforta o stop a great leak in the public an do so, by going to their post-offio and igning this petition. 1 \ j ? Lrdi : CONGRESSIONAL. - | Congress re-assembled on the 10th We ave received but one day's proceedings^iich, s related by telegraph,, contain but li errof? aterest In the Senate, a treaty'fojr.fi exation of the Island of San Domijoj was, resented and referred to the commite on areign relations. It providewthatthehitedtates shall pay $1,500,000 purchase Dtfey,i hich is to be devoted to the liquidaim of ae debts of said republic, and in casihese ebts exceed this amount,, the public lgla of an Domingo shall be pledged as secuiy for ae excess. The island is to be annexe as a 'erritory, and not as a State, and to hubset to the legislation of Congress. Thtrea4 j will be valid, when, ratified by the Inate ) ad confirmed by a vote of the citizens j San of itrritiu iJnuii' suojebt of discWsior ln'VH ouass. In the House, Mr. Bingham's bill] hich proposes the admission of Virginia ithout further conditions, was brought to^a ote, which proved a tie, when Speaker Blaine oted no. Subsequently an error was discov ed in tlie vote. Mr. Blaine withdrew his ate, and a second ballot was taken, which ood ayes 66, noes 80.- So the mother of tates and of statesmen is still out in the )ld. EDITORIAL INKLINGS, elegraph Strikers. ' There was a strike among the telegraph' aerators of thirty-four principal , cities las' eek, which created a dearth of news andjj .rded the business of the country considealy. The cause was the allged reductionof Jaries in California. With a view to ^ejnt a general reduction throughout the cany, the operators quit work as fast as he sws spread, the only exception to the co^ST-ition being the districts between Wilmingon, . C., and Mobile, Ala. The trouTekk^y^ rer now, as it seems the dreadedreduction as all a mistake. The sole cause f the mis- j aderstanding was that one man in Jalifornia ^ iked an increase of $20 per mont and got , lly $10. The operators have resimed workl i many places, and all will prob&Jy dosol *n' Vw . ri'v jT 4] ongressional Tourists. ' ItC The Charleston Courier, of t^tAiri0] ant, announces the arrival of aparty ofCE 'oi essional tourists, consisting oi Hon. J,.,, n eters, of Maine; Hon. T. Smith, of Maf ft nd; Hon. W. C. Dawes, of MassachuseJ ^ id Hon. J. M. Barclay, of Pennsylvr hey were making a tour of observi^ . trough the South, in order to see the f*1" w on of the country. It is to be ho pe<*at at le mysterious ku-klux, of whom the^11" ai n*Vt nri Katra lioarrl an inupll -will not iff?1"? | m DiUCLI HAW UUMniU W ?UMvaa? __ ith tlieir amusements, but allow thei0 to irn to Washington sound, and in go order | V4 r giving an account of their adv^^VmS lis so-called lawless section. ild Winter at the North. Although there has been )ld weather here, the winter has411 ly mild at the North. We see toted that fti le farmers were plowing recef in New ai ngland, and that the usual i<Jockade op le Hudson was broken for a^e* Ferry Data and. steamers on short 'tos resumed jja ieir travel, which was suppoato he suspen- m( ad until Spring. This is a^Precefien^td ed rcurastance in that section/0 Richmond, pa here snow is the rule, the ou?d has rot I sen covered this season. J T* All this has probably be-'hanged.by^e J knn of the 1st and 2d i/?to, which vaa thf er7 severe all over the o^y? and spread ref now from Charleston to ?a??- | *d< ontract Agents. ' " I The legislature 3? desirous of con-1am octing some plan to fsce coutractaj^- wa pveen whites and bla Several schemes ow ave been proposed; the one which has wis rogressed furthest t<<npktion, is the fol- ( >wing joint resoluti^^ed to the Com- did littee on Labor, ia Hjuse. It wcH-fat*-. die uce much quarrel if in force now, wai ight work well ^renting the waking f more than one c?^ by ^eh freedman: waj Be it Resolved, fe G?use ?f Represents- reli ves, the Senate e^iugi That the Gov- evil nor be and he ^hy authorized and em- Aft >wered, iramed/" a^er the passage of this the solution, to aptc?ntnict agents or super- wis< 8ors of each State, whoss*aufy nmi shall be to a^ persons wishing io fcy,; oeure prope/113' showing clearly the ob- xper gfttions of ejerB ^d employees. ve , That the a/or supervisor shall keep an opei Bee at the ft seat ?feach county, where ciou all be reed a OW of each contract | lane made, and the names of all parties to the same; to hear and examine all disargreements, and, as umpire, award justice to the aggrieved party, except in such cases which require legal interference through the courts. The contracts shall be in duplicate form, the employer and employee holding one each; and the third shall be filed and recorded in the of fice of the agent or supervisor for the county, each copy receiving the signature and seal of the agent to validate it, for which duty he , ah^Jl receive a fee of fifty cents from each party contracting, and furnish necessary papers. All contracts for the year 1870 must be recorded as set forth above, and be subjected to the same rule of approval and record, though made, signed and entered upon. ' The agent or supervisor shall enter into recognijance, for the faithful performance of his duties, in a bond of not more than $2000, or lear than 81000, and hold his office for two y?ara, unless superseded for negligence or misconduct. 1>V t . . . r - - ? state items. - ?G6tr. Scdtt has appointed John Lee a magistrate.for Chester county. ?The'State Treasurer is engaged in paying out gold in payment of interest on State bonds and stocks. . . . r ?Governor Seott h^ approved the joint Resolution of the Legislature, authorizing the tote>:AWrtor to levy the annual tar, j at the Mfc^flrfne-halfof one per cent. ' y Tr-^^rtanburg is enjoying the consequence resting the collection of internal revenue, by entertaining a garrison of United States folders. ?A petition, signed by fifteen hundred persons, will be introduced into the Legislature in a few days, requesting that body to pass a law exempting manufacturers from State tax. ? The steam fleet of Charleston has been increased by the addition of two new iron ['steamships, the South Carolina andthe Ten! nestsee, which will forma weekly line between New York and Charleston. , ? On the 3rd instant Charleston had the heaviest fill of snow that has been known in that city for fifteen years. The ground, in, [some places, was covered to the depth of ode inch. . r ? Four negrotfs h^ye been arrested in Lancaster for cotton stealing, and the officers are on the track of others. One of the negroes now in jail mode a full confusion; and it appears from his statement, that this organized band have been engaged in- the business for some time past. This is not done for "political effect." '/ ?A'few days ago, a planter living in a neighboring county, desiring to make a new contract with his hands, called them up and asked them to state their terms. The majority expressed their willingnea?to work for one>hjrd of the crop. To this one of them, however, dissented and said: "There is some foiks want to get half of the crop, but I ain't one of them; I will agree to work for one-third of the crop and a half of one of the other thirds." His chlbblfitions didn't.SditL: 'A coirespiondeht of the Charleston Courier says: "An extensive railroad combina-, tion of capitalists, it is rumored, has been formeg for the purchase of railroad stocks in this State with a view to consolidation, reorganization and extension, more particularly, of all the lines of railroacyp the upper portion of the State. The parties in the movement, it'is aM#, include both Southern and Northamn. railroad men, who aim at consolidating j^j^^a^'tjnionr^nd^ ilne Rjflgi Bail-! ' It m reported that the Wilmington fa, Manchester railroad was purchased by V same parties- , ; . ? -f "*- ? *<DADlft CAIlf" IN EDGEFIELD. "Daddy Cain" isa man somewhat known to pne. He is a nqgro; not a mulatto, not a uadroon, nor an octoroon, nor a brown man, i or a molasses-otndy-colored man, nor anyoing of that hggledy-piggledy kind; but a rue, lawful an^7 verv respectable negro. He j a carpetbagger; But we do not know from whence he hajs. ' Nor do we know why he is inivereally c^led "Daddy Cain." He is apparently between forty-five^and fifty years of age. lie i^jenator m- uie uenerai. Assembly of Ule Stat/of South Carolina, from Charleston. He 1 a minister of the Gospel in the Methodi^lmrclL And moreover, he is editor and/roprietor of the Mimonary Record, a pious adical paper published in Charleston. ; In his fifferont callings, "Daddy Cain" is a , moder^. sensible, consistent man. If we | mistab not, He stands well among the white < peon1 ?f Charleston. The members of the \ LeJiature from Edgefield invited him hither 1 _tcv<ake a speech. He made his appearance 1 oiSaturday last, and addressed the people, t mstly negroes, from the Court House portico. Tp meeting was called to order and presided c Wr by Philip Eichelberger, who like "Dadcb Cain," is also known to fame. As t pre Jing officer, Phil, is neither steady; fluent, 5 or graceful. All his little announcements, 0 ;atements and infroductions are hastily con- i luded with a convulsive snap, as if he wished I ) sqap himself and his deluded followers put 8 f the free air of heaven into the murky shades ^ f the more congenial Club House. While Dt in active duty as Chairman, he sits in fetr- & il and ponderous .stillness, as if his mighty *lind.were evolving gigantic propositions iron si le profundity of its mysterious self . ? gi Cain's speech was such a one as entitles hira the respect of all colors and all parties. IV n as full of good sense, good feeling and good tj Ivice. And it was moreover well delivered id in excellent English. Unlike the great " Ass of radical speakers, he said not a word ^ mislead the negroes and array them in re- C sngeful spirit against their former masters ci d th^wlufe race generally. He said a good oi ^u^^o^ny topics ctf the day, calculated m pHtoQiem. He stroagjyadvised thepi ^ Bfexp^STland from the Government; and tfceip the only feasible way to get land, ^ ash) work and pay for if Nor did he tell lem to demand two dollars per day as wages, C id to, for the same, about too oents' worth a;i 'work. # ...in ..i ; ; fe At the conclusion of Cain's speech, which ^ Lve much pleasure to white and black, and . d a decidedly good influence upon both, a )tion was made that a committee be appoint- ^ to wait upon gentlemen of "the opposite w rty" and invite them to address the audi- tv ce also. This committee waited upon Gens, iry and Butler; and, as General Butler reirked, in his brief speech, made their to- be est in such fair terms and generous spirit, eli it they (the gentlemen aforesaid) coula not isl use to meet them half way, and consent to us dress them. ,, . 3en. Butler endorsed and reiterated the ou icable sentiments of Cain, and said that he fes s glad to be enabled pnee more to raise his T1 ce in affaire concerning the welfare pf his tb n District. His remarks were brief, bpt e and well-timed. set jren. Gary followed, in the same spirit, but to not conclude without painting to the au- bo nee. a picture of carpet-baggers and scala- tio *s which was at once truthful, scathing and mi using. The negroes seemed to relish it de- hii edly. ?ity they would cot heed Gen. G-'s ! ming. The chairman, however, did cot an sh this part of the show at least, as was of i iced by bis pa#J?ini/njc snaps And jerks, the er three cheers for -the different sneakers, meeting adjourned. And having W# sp gm ily addressed by a sensible and Christian tw< i of their own color and of their own par- yet and by two honorable and honest gentle- ujt i whom they have known for so many years, tlei earnestly hope the negroes will begin to an< a their eyes, and steadily reject the perni- as : is teachings now so rife throughout the Me 1.?Edgefield Advertiser. are S* * LOCAL ITEMS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 W. Blake?Chester Nursery. A. Williford?Stolen?Fifty Dollars Reward. > J. E. Grist?Almanacs for 1870. . Frank C5. Harris, Judge of Probates-Notice to the Absent heirs-at-law of Win. Rea, deceased. J. F. Wallace?Clerk's Sales in Equity. . J, W. P. Hope?Look Here. ! J. L. Wood?Come and See. R JL Glenn?Sheriff's Sales?J udge of Probate's Sale. I. D. Witherspoon?Attorney at Law. R. A. Grey & Co.?Ye Lovers of Fun. * .. , W. B. Wilson?Removal. A. C. Kaufman?Southern Securities. H. Keller?Shoe-Makers' Accounts. T. M. Dobson & Co.?Produce?Flour?Do Not Forget?Yarn and Shirting?Safety Fdse? Powder and Shot?Angers?Delaines and Poplins?Table Diaper?Bacon and LardRice?Shoes and Boots?Salt?Ready Made Clothing?Groceries?Freeof Charge?Parafine Candles?Cheap Goods?Bagging and Ties?Sundries. Myles Smith, Executor?Application for Discharge CITIZENS' SAYINGS BANK. We neglected to call attention last week to the change in the rate of interest allowed to depositors in the Citizens' Savings Bank, ^even per cent, is now allowed for certificates 'of deposit, instead of six per cent:, as heretofore. The interest on open accounts remains a? before, six per cent., compounded semiannually. The usual business of a,bank is carried, pn, in_n|l its varieties : exchange is bought and sight checks sold on Northerti and Southern cities. \ t GREER'S BAKERY. Capt. W. L. Grier has sent us a specimen of the bre^d made at his bakery, which, on trial, was found to be a superior article. We sta?e this fact for the benefit of our citizens, many of whom are annoyed by the eccentricities of their cooks. In the establishment of a good bakery, Capt. Grier, has supplied a great want of our town. Families can now feel independent of migratory cooks, in the matter of bread, at least. ' ' , ^ OUlk (CLUB MAKERS. For the information of those who wish- to get the Enquirer at the club rate of $2.50 per annum, we will state that the following, persons are making up clubs for the present year; any of whom will l?e pleased to receive subscriptions, accompanied wiin ine money: Capfe. J. F. Workman.......Rock Hill ,' A; F. Lindsay, ......McConuelhrrille. Joseph R Howe, Yorkvflle. J. S. Davant, Fort MilL Major A. A. McKenzie,....Zeno. i W. 0. Young blood, Clay HilL , , J. Leander Adams, Bethel. J. H.C. Duff, Zeno. S. G. Brown, Allison's Store. Capt. Charles Petty,.... Smith's Ford. W. L. Grist,.... YorkviDe, Col W. B. Allison,....n....Red House. W. 8. Gregory...... .....Croisa Kays, Union oo. Rev. S. Head........ Chester, C. H. H. C. Harris...... Pineviile, N. Carolina. Mtgor Mylss Smith,.... New Centre. Andrew Mulholland, Yorjcville. i Samuel W. Jackson, New .Centre. Samuel S. Smith,... Zefao. 1 ^ j There may be others engaged in making ild : clubs, who have not yet informed qs of the fact. When they send ill ^Rir names, ife. ' will publish them. It may also be added that there is no sort of use for any one to call at . the office, in the hope of getting the paper at any less rate than $3.00, the usual Tate for j single subscribers. The reduced rateis intend- < ed solely for clubs, and we will not work 1 against our friends who are making up clubs, ] f1 1 1 > t VT1 Large numbers of negroes are leaving Vir- j ginia and North Carolina, for Tennessee and < the Soath-western States. : *'Commissioner y Delano has ordered over'a million blanks for ? income returns. The weight of the. paper is ? over seventeen tons, and is regarded as un- ? favorable to the hopes of a repeal of the in- j come tax. It is noted' as a remarkable | T fact that the lunatic asylums of all the South* r era States are fall to overflowing. Virginia, J Alabama and Georgia cannot begin to care ^ for the applicants*"" \yr *Jt is stated that con-, ^ tracts are making to. dopply the Louisiana planters with Scandinavian immigrants at the jj rate of two hundreda week. The Legis- 3 lature of New York, on "Wednesday, of last v week, repealed the act of ratification of the Fifteenth amendment, adopted , by the preceiing Legislature, which was then Republican, f) by a considerable majority.' The vote in the n State Senate on the repeal was 16 to 13, and b n the House 65 to 56?a joint majority of 12. The negro school trustees have forced < 'l I .-J -CT] mother negro child into the white schools of IVashington City. This time the color Bticks g iut unmistakably, and there is a good deal of ai ixcitement about it.*",,,",A New York law- 01 rer compelled his lady client to sell her un- 81 lerclothes to pay his fees. The Goverlor of Colorado, in his message to the Legis- ^ ature, recommends the establishment of female Dj uflrage. There are twenty, thousand th enement houses in New York, occupied by H even hundred thousand persons. The ac Chicago courts tried last year 723 divorce 1/ nits, and put asunder 469 couples. Of the ^ uccessful suits, 305 were brought by the wives. The Monroe (Ga.) Advertiser says: "If the \St egroes are re-seated in the Legislature?as gr ley undoubtedly will be?this County will be *V ^presented in the lower ^ House by Judge ^ [onroe Clower and his former slave, George lower. Peanuts are said to be a sure ire for the liver complaint. A nephew f John C. Calhoun is a street-car conductor tf, t Charleston. :The Supreme Court of Xij labama recently decided that there has been ) property in slaves since 1863; also decides iat every judgment given by any of the Ch ourts in Alabama frpni 1861 to 1865, is null am id void, that all officers of Courts and Legisfll iiaiitmaM ?va*?- DR) rvuiu? nuio uiorg lf0Ul|AMO' UUfiU^ WAV |?*if |jj i. Burlington, Vermont, is to attempt ^ i make paper from pine shavings. A ^ ,t recently killed in Lexington, Mo., had two n[g ell formed heads, four -eyes, eight legs and bac 70 tails. wer Mil Our Duty.?Another year is upon us, and, a fe ifore its close, we will have anotlfer general disc ection. State officers, members of the Leg- try ature and. Congressmen are to be elected by ?ti in October next. he c It is of vital moment to the best interests of and 1 State that the present incumbents be de- ranj ited, and good men be elected in their stead, tem lis is practicable, if we will simply do two ings, which wisdom demands: kxnc J.. Be upited. He who prefers a man Qr and ; pf ipen to the success of th^ party opposed ahd official jdiahmmsty, is not time. He may v*? ast that be is pot fettered by party homina- ?tan ns, but, when he uursijeg p Cpprse which fyon ist end in the defeat of good mep, hp i? acki nself not a patriot and not to be trusted, % 2 We must oe practicable. The fourteenth was i fifteenth amendments to tbe .Constitution decl the United States have settled many things; V ? first is passed, and the second will be. incii b must read the changes wrought by these I kj endnjents. Questions which divided the who ) gre^t noiiti^i parties of the country two shill irs ago woyld appear ridiculous, if logged ofd 0 a political canyass nn,w. fyey $re sejtt he t< iagainst us. Congressional reconstruction ap<i 1 negro suffrage are issues of the past, quite runr much as the Louisiana purchase and the Head xican war. If we do not so regard them, we and impracticable, unwise, and destined to de- oluti feat. Victory is in oijrhids, if we will only grasp it. ; jjj ' Our platform is onetit1 which white and black may unite and jcf.hands. It is "opposition to official disMty-" We want no other plank. Upon tfcfe would nominate food men, and they rod be elected. We eg our readers to tHtj over these things, and begin to preparetjmselves. By July, we ought to have our^didates in the field, ! without division. Sort aye, very soon, we should commence th^trk of organization. Let men begin to thinli'clubs; and let clubs be as brief in their olutions as possible. Let them, above all tbp> be wise, and careful not to waste their sigth in tiltiug against wind-mills.?Union Tfa. I Reminisceics of York. BV A SEPltGEBTARlAff. THE CATAU INDIANS. . It was between t years of 1760 and 1769, that Thomas fatt obtained a lease for five miles square, 1 a Hagler, King of the Catawbas, to extend ough three life-times, , or ninety-nine years, [e was the first white ; man who located in ?e Nationfor prior to this, no pale-face 1 been able to induce them to allow a setwent on their territory. Spratt was a manlfe/and just in all his dealings, possesseopurage and tact, and [also thoroughly aPamted with the Indian 'character. He ied their confidence and always retained 1 To exemplify his 'gi^at power ovqjr then will relate an anecdote of Indian justice i connection with him. It was some y< s after Spratt's residence among the tribe, at a French dancing master chanced to ' vel that way. Meeting a party of Indiana ne asked him what he had in his ,bofc? refei ig to his fiddle-case. To please and conci c'thelndiatifc, he took out his violin, showejt to thCm, 'ahd furthermore delighted them I playing some lively airs. Having satisfied ;eir curiosity, he returned his fidale to its se, and continued on his route. One of e savages,- seized with the spirit of Achan an ahead of the traveler, snot him from !a ambuscade, and possessed himself of the < reted instrument:. The articled hand beftVcd him;'and it was soon nois^in "the N ion" that ji white man had bedimed: .Spltt felt it incumbent oh him toliise bfe.'ihdneie to protect his color. He tdokJ'with hlnj/MeSBrg. Bkrnett, Garrison, Whrfc and Erjk. white friends, and went to dfee King Hagr. When they arrived at His encampment. J was 'but on' a hunt with his warriors. Nobaringto deUy in thd matter, thev went onh quest of hito, and came up with him at'i very greafchdistance, on'jthe top of an en tence, near Hagler's Branch. He received t ni with eordial dignity, and, after the usu friendly ^eeting of hand.shaking, the 1 ding question, "if fchey. were not all friend and brothenf' Was isked by Spratt, as the whitespokenuah, to open the business in hpd. The King replied "they were." The bite man thai continued with his speech, ad told of the! recent murder of a pale-face bjoneofthe ltd men, and demanded justu. The Kiag, with benig^ty, answered, "Jitice shall l?e done, nhil immediately." Tm requesting the white men to seat themselts around, Sought the highest pinnacle for imselfj took his stand tipon it, and taking in his hands?me,' silver-mounted rifle, put in :esh priming, blew a piercing blast on his onting-horn, and with the air of a king and M^of an eagle, watched the approaches oniveiy side. Lna few moments, an Indian die in view, toiling up the ascent with a fine Jick on his back. As soon as the Indian XinJ descried hira, he raisM his piece to his should, fell on his knee, took* a rest, ieliberate im; and fired. The unerring rifle did itf work, the victim of the savage uQna^sj^^^^lda^^ the royal Of come they had ti be satisfied with his law, admiistered in his way; and readily aciepted hi warm invitaion to them to dine with him The repast was venison irithout talt, and weet potatoes, roasted on the coals, md servi on pieces of pine bark for plates; ind. diretly as they began to eat, the King vould oder the attendant to tomovfc' jit, and >ringa feh piece of bark with another sup-' fly of vbison and potatoes.'' TillsWas re>eated iveral times, and' done.in Imitation, dr. Sprit said, of a dmn&'Hagldr'ha'd once tad thefioUorof taking with Gov.'. JBhll, ill < ! aka tllim/M VI1)I|2AA L M J9' ./uuiicsvuj wucic LUC ciittunug ui |iiatc9 uau track Is faiicy as :sbmet ling . Very '^randy nd he low observed the' i tvle .in' honor to is whir'guests.'', Thus ei (red the; Viift of Ir.Spitt and hiifri&ids, ind 'a wh/te man ras nevr again murdered ?y the Catawbkk >li ' thqi^b .. Mr.jpratt's. residence, w&i about two miles rom tfeh old "Nation Ford." ' on the Saluda Dad. He was a public-spirited man, and lducef the Indians to gnat other leases to hite settlers. He also gare a man named rarrisn a mill-site to enable him to put up a rist-iill, which he did,'on the mill-site sow* jmaunly known as "WebbkOld Mill/' on teel (reek?the first erectedin ^theNarioi 5" ad Girrison, I think, waspiibably the third r footh white settler. ! Mr.Spratt lived to 1 advanced age, teeing wkite settlemeits rowup where ha-hadknarn but Indhn wni, and the powerful tribe among whoa' i hid come when young; dwindle into insigficaice. How mutable am the things of is world! I remember seeing. him once, e job a tall, spare man, kinlly spoken, and stive for his years. He raise! :large femi. His son, Thomas Spratt,ded unmarried; imes married a Miss McReai and left three as?'Thomas, Robert and (LeonidsMMhe it lately the editor of die Charleston aidard, an accomplished gentleman end aeeful writer. One daughteimarried Hugh, late; another, Arthur Enin; a third, a: r, Garrison; and a fourth, a Mr. McNeil. l( fifth, Susan, never morned. ; i(: , ' WILLIAM ERVflt. the second white settler in.thet "Indian ud," jwas William JJrvin. ^Jle.wpa from,] rginia, and through the influence of his md,. Thomas Spmtt, cbiojwd frojp,, the] tawb&s a Tease of three mifes square, exding from. Steel Creek br^e. on towardarlotte. M moved here w<n 'hii family, I ever mainUjnpd geasanfcAfym'. wifjh, natives. 4 sipall ne/q .flfwe ficp laqd Sliced cppg for, hreaa om nqnuny, find; trustv rifle procured always ipe$ aQa yijjj' key for meat Our now common daily erages of tea and coffee were luxuries well h unknown in the families of our hardy kwoodsmen, and little labor and expense e necessary to a comfortalle Subsistence. : k and butter were usually alundaut, But iw years after Mr. Ervin's immigration, a 1 aae among the kine in hissection of conn- ' was prevalent, which proved fatal to his ' re stock. He bought a frah supply, for < iould not, he declared, live without milk ' butter. The distemper again visited his i y<3. The third time ne bought; the dis- s per again killed every cow. In thorough 1 ;ust, he sold his three miles square of Indian ' I, for an Indian pony, a silver watch, a still < an old, wagon, shook the dtst off his feet, I removed to the head wafers o'f Turkey i 3k, near tije spot wfyere Torkv|Ue now < ds, pud where his cattle found immunity 1 disease. He never could be brought to < iowledge that lie regretted the exchange; ; fye w^s a dear lover of butter, and riulk J a fair necessity to him, he would always 1 are, ip exculpation of* his exchange. " 1 William Ervin was a man of shOF* stature, ) [Bed to be corpulent in his old age, wnep aew hira. A brave, freehearted mftP> would fight lor a friend and giye last ing to a needy stranger, with a great deal ) ry "humor and fund ,of anecdote, which 1 jjd well. He fought at Fyt Du Quesne, < need W he did there."sone of tfie' tallest 1 dug to ^ve the red hair on the top fjf his I." He was in the Kepwee expedition, afterward fougnt till the end of the Rev- i on, as one of Lacey's command, and s lived years after to tell many a merry tale of his campaigns. His wife was Miss Sally I toss, sister of Major Frank Roes, of York, a woman of great energy and good sense, who r lived to the advanced age of ninety-eight i They had three sons and four daughters? i Arthur, Frank and William, who was called , the handdbajest young man of Ms day; Dodoes, , , Jenny, Mary and Katie, from whom are many , descendants now living in York. "gentleman" frax/ bqb8. Francis Ross was born in Virgima. When, 2uite young, his parents emigrated to North Carolina, and settled in Mecklenburg county, ' between Coddle Creek and Rocky River. r Before the war, he came to the "new acaoiiition"?now York county?and located about two miles from where Yorkville ia now ?itu- 1 ate. Here, from his high sense of honor, wealth, and uncommon grace of manner and person, he soqnacquired in the settlement the title of "genilman," a custom brought by the Scotch-Irish from the>;'old country;" and 1 every now and then, we find the epithet ap? ' plied, in old times, to some rana of the com- j J munity, admired and looked opto for bis A superiority in accomplishments, property, oj^K family. In all the old land papers of Rh^^L though signed by a crop, he ? styled "QB ^ tleman Frank Roes." j J Gentleman Frank 'Roe* had a fav^^^^Bj sister married to William Ervin, and became mijchlSftaehed to his brotherdodJ^^^B ' ,and in. his faajfily met the romance of 1 eSJhiChF* His reconciliation with' Ervin. tao^cnarac ieriatic of the times in which they lived. At a large public meeting. a common bully, who H had a'drunken spite against Boss, wen! "thro* H the crowd, frequently, in close hearing of Rosa, saying with loud and insolent-oaths, B "Gentleman^Ross was^no gentleman, and^e H annoying to a bold, hi: ^-spirited man, but B the fellow was beneath hispotiue, and his only B refuge was dighifi^cl sifenci -KowjM"illiam B Ervin, in bis younger days, was a wild, drinking man, generous and brave/' Although bis ' brother-in-law had never been friendly with : him. he was his wife's .brothfr, He did not choose to allow such , indignity to? hapffared B him in public. "His Irish was1 pp," and he B wasn't afraid to fighttjie boasting bravo, which B he did, giving. W ajgb#, sound thrashing, fl ' making him leave the assemblage app go, m qUR^, thS#' abbva noticihg tKe;U$^; I of die maii himself, was muck , relieved to-be M rid of it, and. apprecmted;.the generepapwn- \M per which performedthe m vm, shook bands, and accompanied him nuM ( 1 that night to see hw sister. And : met Mm. Graham, the rister of hi brother- ] in-law, Ervin. She mfo an, . 1 beautiful and attractive,wpmap,j^dmore than three years before had Been married & John Graham, an uncle of Gov. North Carolina. They had liyed^very ha^pujjr^ 1 for sixior eight mfihths. after t^eir maryitg^, i when the season arrived' at which he wim^n,; the habit of taking cattle on to FniTadelyiia for' sale. He madj/bis arrangements and.v ; started to "the Nopurd," as bur old settlers , ;| called it, with a fine drove, and was .flayer,. ] heard of again. His wife was y^ungjcnd v beautiful, and of a most pleasant dispesitiom They had lived, agreeably together, and ey-, ery thing combined, to make home attractive. " As Weeks on weel^s went by, and still no ti-, dings .bf ; him, his friends weije^roed to <X>fl- > j elude he had, oh his road home,, been murdered for the money' he obtained in Philfldel- ^ phia; for such murders were hot unfrequenfc m those early days of our country's settjk, ment At. length, too, the young wife jjflve O uphppe, believed.this solution,oThMSfP- . f pearance, and by her brothers kindly, heartflj I stone^'foUnd, in hey parly yddowho6d, a hoffle.. I Nor WaTshe proof against die attractions of Gentleman Frank Ross., The ayenues of^bsr V .heart,again opened^ and love altered i^hh- M tery there. Sheconsented to mjm Jm, but(i ' an unexpected obstacle presented itsmr~th?. *? bitte^ opppeition ofMra. Eryin, who WWjf! not hear oj Tier brother marrying a woman ri&weif husband might be alive. Yielding for the' present, Ross by no means relinquished flie idea of making Mm. Graham his wife 'At the end of three years, he again rehewedAls ' A *?%.? WHT.il. u tit luxe. Xiniyt^i couua not accept JUXli (W* " mon rule and overcome; her feelrngj^d^j 4 insisting they ought not to)* united,^witti^., jH proof of jiK mQm , ham s tender conscience (Tmd ,fexpenenced,; more than' one prink at ike aiyMgi ipwjwM. to* u$,*e Jfi<adfd A tejwHjmK W rathef, fludjf 4e of her . (lover, ana finally discarded F^ank) IliiU ! f- 1 ,At ,*>>? begmnmg :of Oo Eoto&U^, pousea the cause of the Whig party, aadjjjil, death. His first service waa? ln^t^fltoaV. f I the summer of 177,6, he commanded a,hat*, M talion from York, which was, in i|to|5fcwjrwJ A expedition; Mjn, Ah sp^;?^? / command/of a battalion of c*v*drT* jomed, / m Colonel Hammond mid his "light horee," near Augusta. On the morning of the 29th, of March, five miles east of Rocky Comfort, they attacked a party of Cherokee,. Sine M Indiana were killed, ?md s^me white men who H were dreesed1 u f^roW; V aad three whites), captured. The rest nedi B and sayed'themselves; but here Maior Boss. received a mortal wound in his abdomen. ! } From ? M8S. jo??4 JobS, Graham, of North Carolina, we pake the fbl- 1 lowing extract: "The brieve Major Frank Ross died of his wounds the 'Slat of March ,' | and was buried with military honors the 1st of April, in sight of, abd opposite to, Augus- . ta, on the Carolina sid&w; ", .1 Major Frank Ross was mdre than six feet < 1 in height, of & muscular frame, fliid weighed '* above two hundred pounds; had dark hair, eyes and complexion, t)f noble presence and commanding ' porfir He" was cuieffin meridian of liie, [being Onlyajbtout thisfcy-five1 i ^eirs of age, at tbe^time of hid deathr^He Janes, AlexandwFiind Wflliapq.' r. * ! V A fajthfijl, i)egrt, belonging to their father "Wj*! collection, shall be recprded in these "remintmini, olwom ihhIm *t? ? t?. -V ' C'Gjcker TW'j^^tHeu: after ha masters death, wonting Himself as, M. well asmaking opae're do it by force of exam* " 1 pie conbined w$th*otlwiity,.'ai?dduring all * , the mimrity,6?-the youDg Rosaea,?making the hues crogp, keeping everything in order on the pieraisea,' aha proving himself worthy the con&enee' reposed in him. When Alexander anc "William removed from the homestead of tieir father, "Cracker Tom/'now merging tavard old age, begged to stay ii his 'old cabinhome." They indulged him, and Tvery year corn and meat were sent down for his support At last the decrepitude of years made him vilUng to go to "Mas' William's'f ? to be takencare of till he di^L' , James Rob was dearly beloved, bul <Jied i&rjy, unma'tried, and | always fieard wai a j pouth of' exceeding promise. Aleian'de^ itudied law, <nd seized in "Lancaster, where lie alho'died'aingle. William marritd And .eft a Family. One son,' Dr.1 Frauk Itoeb, now resides jh Ttyrlotte, N. C. '/. ^ ' ',0 ] I BE CONXiyU^J),]. | ?\> . .- rtnife-ti/' ' ''iic '1 jtsr 4* iptellcei^.^rmajr^eiflg ^sta) if hq loraes were Vft .matched, replied^ 'Iftty . j hey are matcbd first rate; one is wfilipg to L lo all. the jyorkind the other is wiling that M ie sho^d" ' . i Mk *3* The Fha^tr aqnoupcea that a material IM eduction has bee* made in the rates of freight JKj ind passenger fan on the Greenville railroad. Jjw