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such creative influences, what must be the ] spirit of her people ? The name of her sons s is synonymous with magnanimity, liberality and hospitality; while her daughters, impres- i sed with characters of living beauty, guarded i from every breath of impurity, sheltered m t innooepop jmri aoiljelessaess, grow up with a c delidOTe r^fineihent; rndddrt gracefulness,'and 1 chaste beauty unexcelled in rustic homes, or ( Courtly hallf, of othe^ lands." t [to ai eoyrftnte? jtjext week.] i . and .facto. - , ? : . r??1?i?;. - -i?;? , ??--A, man who married & particularly plump specimen of womankind, being a bit of * a wag, tpld heir, one day, that she filled the measure of hia matrimonial joy jidl, for she was I beauti-ful, duti-ful, and an arm-full. . The Governor of Ohio has pardoned a ( young man who was sent to State prison for m manslaughter, on condition that he drinks no j liquor daring the time for which he was sen- ( tenced. , .; In Ulster County, N. Y., a young lady, ' who wished to tnarry a youth with .$10,000, promised a lady friend $3,000 for her assistance She succeeded, but the successful bride refused to pay the $3,000 when demanded and ft suit is the result. ^ Messrs. A. T. Stewart A Co., who generally do a steady and non-fluctuating busines8,"have discharged sixty of their clerks since the first of January. Claflin & Co. have been obliged to dispense with fifty-six of their men, and Spalding A Co., fhirty. A young gentleman at Charles City-, ' Iowa, sent seventy-five cents to New York, : recently, for a method of writing "without pen or ifik.; He received the following inscrip- ? tion, in large type, on a card: "Write with a pencil." r ?- Returns show that in spite of the insur- f rection, the amount of sugar in stock at Hav- s ana, on December 31st, 1869, was quite as : large as at the end of the year 1868. It is confidently saserted in Havana that there will be no falling off in the sugar production of the i; present year. a At a church fair in Kansas City a set a of bed-room furniture was voted to a young t lady, with the understanding that, if she was , not married in a year, the furniture should be returned to the church. She is now on the ' war path armed, with a bedstead., ; 1 ?? The Washington correspondents say the t division, in. the Republican ranks is becoming ] wideband more apparent every day, and the \ rebellion against Sumner has now acquired a s strength, coherence and solidity which, under . the most rigid code of public law, fairly enti- , ties it to recognition as a belligerent power. ; A correspondent of the Charleston Nnos 1 writes that the spinners of the Graniteville 1 Factory struck on Thursday morning for ' higher wages, asserting that their pay was * wholly insufficient as compensation for the t work done. There was, at tne time of writing, ] every indication that the strike would fail of j success, as bv 1 o'clock the superintendent, Mr. George Kelly, had filled nearly all the 1 vacant places, and the work was going on as ' though nothing unusual had happened. 1 A big cannon just cast in Russia has < been tested tinder the direction of the Major- i General of the Cronstadt artillery. It was ] fired three hundred and fourteen times. Each ^ projectile weighed one thousand pounds, and , the charge of powder was one hundred and thirty pounds. The weight of the gun is ' about fifty tons ; the recoil was seven feet; the initial velocity one thousand one hundred and '< twenty feet per second, and the percussion ] force .at a distance of fifty feet about ten thousand tons. The official report states that it is the most powerful gun in Europe. A man was arrested in New York, Monday, for appearing in the street with , hand-cuffs on, and taken to the station-house. 1 as a.sipposed escaped criminal. His wife) soorf appeared, and explained matters. Her 1 husband had shown premonitory symptoms of a "spree," and instead of shedding tears, she i adopted her usual plan of hand-cuffing him, | thus nippirlg in the bud the anticipated drunk. , We hav^'pever heard of this plan before, but have been told of a courageous wife who locks ! up her ^husband's boots on similar provoca- 1 tion. -The Richmond Dispatch, speaking of I the exodus of the blacks from Virginia, says: j The news from the couutry is that a sort of i panic oii the subject of emigration rages a- ( mongst the blacks. On Monday upwards of three hundred caiue by the Danville .traiu from Halifax to take the Southside road at > ? ! TT1 '1...! 1 iLl the junction, nicy were uesuueu iur me Gulf States. More than three hundred were j left in and near Halifax, waiting for oppor- , tunity to take the train. We learn that the 1 passion for travel and for making way towards the tropics is widespread and enthusi- ; astic." ' ' 1 ?- The Memphis Avalanche says that the ' tide of white emigration from Georgia, East 1 Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina con- j tinues on as large a scale as ever. It places ] the arrivals there by the Memphis and Char- . leston Railroad from November 7th to December 31st, at 3175, of whom 410 were des- 1 tined for Galveston and vicinity. The great ' bulk were passing on to the Red River coun- 1 try and Arkansas. They are represented as < being for the most part of the poorer classes j of farming people, but possessed of some little ] means which they design investing in the j cheap lands of the Southwest. They spoke of thousands more who will follow in their wake. J There have, it appears, been further inquiries carried on with reference to the ! frauds in the New York "Methodist Book 1 Concern." Nothing favorable to the managers has been discovered. Vouchers only i were given in the printing department, and , not one of the original bills are to be found. . In the building, all sorts of little jobs were . brought to light. The chief of the depart- 1 ment had taken all the "gold sweepings" as his ' "perquisites"?worth about SI600 per year. < Bills for goods were paid by the concern, 1 "but," remark a sob-committee, "there is no ] record to show that goods bought were receiv- , ed at all." Fourteen hundred dozen skins, which mnst have eost the concern twenty thousand dollars, are "not accounted for," and so 1 on from beginning to end. I ?~ A brutal exhib&tefc jecentlv took place s at Newton, L, J'. Th^&Carnocfian and Mi- ] chael matched their respective i wives for^-iniH, without regard to the rules i of the prize-ring, the Only conditions being ' that tho woman who w|fijn?st disabled was to be declared the loser. The stake was a barrel of whiskey. The room in which the wo- 1 men fought was packed with the friends and ( - ? 1 ? -1-* ^ kyv4-V? 4V? ill AO Tk A ItfAtnAtl YTt/\VA j reimivra W will lauuuu. xuc iiyuitu nvic short dresses, and their busts and arms were ( exposed. The entrance was announced by \ the spectators with wild yells of delight, and ' j the battle at once begun, without bottle-hold- j ers or squires. For forty minutes the degra-!( ded women fought like furies, and were all the :1 while encouraged by the brutal spectators.! 1 On the expiration of the forty minutes Mrs.1 { Carnochan fell in a fainting fit, and the Kil-! patrick faction retired in triumph. I j A New York dispatch announces the L following failures: New York city?W. H. I Arthur & Co., stationers, reported failed;11 Baldwin & Harper, flour dealers, reported '; failed; E. P. Braggiotti, commission nouse, 1 reported failed; jTN. Collins & Co., whole- t sale hat dealers, reported failed; D. A. DeAn- s cona, hat dealer, reported failed; LefFerts j c Bros., galvanized iron, in bankruptcy; John y J. Martin, flour house, reported failed; Theo. J. Meller, tea broker, reported failed; James H. Minzdc & Co., drug brokers, reported 1 failed; New York Enamel Paper Company,, t sheriffs sale; Elliston Perot & Co., flour and r grain conimissioii house, reported failed; In i Philadelphia the following: Arnold & Louch- j, heim, clothing, bankruptcy; J. E. Baseley & 1 Co., commission house, Baseley, bankrupt; Nathan Kahn, dry goods, reported failed; r Jos. S. & E. L. Perot, wholesale commission,1 & compromised for 30 per cent.; Philadelphia t ?ire Insurance, attached and sold out by the heriff. The Indian tribes in the territory, it is eported, hum passed laws requiring the paynent of toll on all Texas cattle passing through heir country. The Cherokees charge ten lents a.head, the Creeks twenty-five cents, and ately the Chickasaws have enacted that fifty sents a head must be paid for all Texas catle driven through. It is asserted that there s no way to avoid this toll without driving nuch fiurther west and running the gauntlet >f the savage Camanches. The Indian legisatures seem to have taken lessons from more dvilized nations, as to the best method of filing their treasuries. The Indian territory is lot subject to the provisions of the constituion, and its rulers, in fact, have the right to xclude white men from their boundaries. This question, however, may prove, as troubleome as that of the railroads, which was the )stensible cause of the late Indian war. Ike ffatimiie <??ftti*e*. YORKVILLE? S. C.: ? I THURSDAY MORNINO, JAN'Y 27,1870. Cash.?It must be distinctly- understood that ?ur terms for subscription, advertising and jobvork, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiation of the time for which payment has been nade. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on he wrapper or margin of his paper, will undertand that the time paid for has expired, . FIRE.irfcHESTER. We learn with regret that on Sunday mornng last our sister town, Chester, was visited by . very destructive fire. At .two o'clock the darm was sounded, and it was discovered hat the "Carroll Building," occupied by M. 1. Friedberger & Co., and Mrs. Carroll, was in laines. The building being a wooden one, he fire made rapid headway and soon reached he three story brick building owned by Mr. 2. H. Abell, and occupied on the first floor >y I. Heyman, as a Dry Goods Store, op the tecond by the Chester Reporter, and on the bird by the Masonic and Odd Fellows' Hall. This building was totally destroyed, and with t much of the property of G. & 1. Heymau, learly the whole of the material of the Reporer, considerable private property belonging to John A. Bradley, Jr., Esq., one of the Editors, ind the Furniture and the Records of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' Lodges. Here die fire was checked by the almost superhuman efforts of a number of persons who mountid upou the roof of the Agurs building, in the face of the outreaching flames, and by means jf wet blankets spread over it, succeeded in arresting a conflagration which woold have laid in ashes three-fourths of the town. Among the number there were many colored men who behaved admirably, and are deserving of the gratitude of the citizens of Chester. The amount of property destroyed was about ?20,000. Mrs. Carroll and Mr. Abell were not insured, but M. B. Friedberger & Co., I. Hcyman, and the Reporter were insured for various amounts. The origin of the fire is unknown. The flames were first observed in the rear of the Store Room of M. B. Friedberger & Co., and then, in some inexplicable way, tfij* work of destruction commenced. We tender to the Reporter our most sincere sympathies under the misfortune which has befallen it, but we are well satisfied it will rise from the ashes, and we do.not hesitate to jay that the energetic gentlemen having it in charge are negotiating for the purchase of the Press formerly used by us, and. are using all means to repair damage?. Cood luck to them, and may we have the pleasure in a week or two, of greeting the Reporter in the new and enlarged form in which it will hereafter be published. NEGRO EMIGRATION. There is now going on a steady and increasing negro emigration from the Atlantic States to the Southwest The flow of this human tide is most perceptible in Virginia, where the railroads and wagon roads leading southward and westward are said to be filled daily with bands and squads of the race, who are moving to the valley of the Mississippi. The Richmond papers contain advertisements, calling for them in numbers ranging from one to five thousand, and offering very tempting induce ments. North Carolina is also feeling the drain, though not to the same extent. And there is every reason to believe that South Carolina is furnishing a supply of negroes to the Southwest. The growing scarcity of field hands in this immediate vicinity, which has been on the increase since 1865, can be accounted for on no other supposition; for there has been no unusual mortality among them, and no considerable addition to the amount of land cultivated. The fact being admitted that the negro population here is decreasing, whatever the census may say to the contrary, it becomes a matter of interest to examine into the cause, in order to determine the probable result and shape our policy in accordance with that result. The immediate cause is doubtless the higher price of negro labor ia the Southwest But it would be a great mistake to take this is the only cause; for it is but the consequence jf a deeper cause, one which has, since the thirteen colonies became a nation, drifted the ne*ro population of the Northern States, then slaveholding, to the South. This cause is the physical constitution of the negro race, which is adapted to a tropical climate, and can nowhere else hold its own agaiust other races, rhey could not compete with white labor in New England and the Middle States, and on Viof Q/vnnnt. becoming valueless to their own" ;rs, they were sold to the South, where the force of circumstances enabled them to exdude white competition. But since the war ;his barrier of exclusion is broken, and white nen are coming into Virginia, whose labor joramauds better wages. The consequence is hat the negro race is beginning to retire before other races, which are by nature better idapted to the labor of a temperate zone. The same cause will, after Virginia, successvely deplete North and South Carolina of .heir colored population, and another cause will operate strongly in the same direction. This is the moral impossibility of amalgamatng the two races. If they could be united 1 hey might live together on terms of equality, J is is proved by many instances in the history ( ?f the world. But since they cannot, the ( weaker must retire before the stronger, and , he retirement will naturally be in the direc-' ion where the strength of the weaker lies. In 1 his case it lies in the tropics. There the icgro can compete successfully with any race mdcr the sun; for the tropic is his native ( tome. ^ The probabilities, therefore, are that the legro population of the South will, at no disant day, concentrate in the South-west, and hence remove out of the present limits of the ( Union; This wiU be the final result of the abolition of slavery, notwithstanding reconstruction, universal suffrage, the South Carolina land commission, and all other agencies i for making a permanent citizen of the negro. ' With this future before us, it is of the highest importance that our people begin to make 1 preparation for it. We cannot replace the negro population we are losing, by bringing in other negroes; for we cannot compete in wages with the South-west?which is drawing them from all directions. White immigration is our only resource, a resource which is now filling- Virginia on one side as fast as it is being drained on the other.. It is advisable that our farmers take measures, either singly or in concert, to induce immigrants to settle here, as laborers, tenants or land-own(era. Some may prefer one class, some another; but the necessities of the case will soon [ over-ride all preferences, if the present acreage of cultivation is to be kept up. Large land-owners, if they cannot hire laborers, will eventually be glad to rent and then to sell land, rather than let it remain dead capital and pay taxes on it. This may not, however, be necessary. They have many large farms at the North, whose owners find no difficulty in hiring laborers, and the case will be the same here whqn onee the' tide of immigra tion sets in. The problem just now is, how to turn it this way. i THE TONTIlfE INSURANCE COMPANY.. Governor Scott has approved the bill to incorporate "The Policy-Holders' Life and Tontine Assurance Company of the South." The company is therefore established on a firm basis and ready to commence business, and we take this occasion to commend it tc the attention of our readers.. The Tontine is a purely mutual company, all the profits being divided among the policy-holders, who are the only stockholders. It has many favorable features, one of which is the non-forfeiture of policies. When a policy is surrendered, for any cause, an equitable value is returned. All jpolicy-holders are members of the company; but no member, except an officer or agent, is personally liable for the losses of the company. Married women may insure, for their own or their children's benefit, the lives of their husbands, either for life or for a term of years, and such polices are free from all claims of their husbands' legal representatives or creditors. < But perhaps the strongest inducement to patronize this company is its board of directors, which comprises many of the most substantial, judicious and successful business men of this State. If there are any benefits in life insurance, they will - i .1 m [ most assuredly be touna in tne 1 online Mjmpany. " ' CONGRESSIONAL. . 1 -i> On the 18th, the Senate was occupied with the Virginia bill. Ah effort was made to fix a time for the vote on this bill; but Mr. Sumner objected, and no time was set. The House debated the bill for the apportionment of Representatives from th6 several States. A motion to reconsider the previous reference of this bill to the committee of the whole, was laid on the table by a vote of 104 to 60, the members from the Southeast voting with New England, against the West On the 19th, the Senate adopted an amendment to the Virginia bill, prescribing for the Legislature the old fourteenth amendment oath of never having held office and afterwards aided the rebellion, was adopted by yeas 48, nays. 16. in the House, a motion to adjourn Congress on the second Tuesday in April was lost by yeas 74, nays 97} A pension hill, appropriating $30,000,000, was passed. The 20th was spent by the Senate in "filli bustering" to prevent a vote on the Virginia bill, and by tire House in discussing several matters, on which no vote was taken. On the 2l8t, the Senate added several conditions to the Virginia bill, after wbich it was passed. It goes back to the House for concurrence in the amendments, which are that none now entitled to vote shall ever be disfranchised ; no one now eligible to office shall ever be made ineligible; and the present school system shall never be changed. During the debate Sumner and Trumbull had a mutual personal vilification of each other. The House was fully employed in keeping down the irrepressible Butler, who wanted to reply to some remarks made by Mr. Dawes a few days previously on the finances, although another question was before the House. Mr. B. was called to order several times, and finally suppressed, much to his own chagrin and the delight of the House, testified by applause and a general clapping of hands. On the 22nd, the Senate was not in session. In the House, the question of removing the capital from Washington was the occasion for a few speeches, but nothing came of them. On thp 24th, a bill to provide a national currency of coin notes and to equalize the distribution of circulating notes, was discussed in the Senate. In the House, the Virginia bill, as amended by the Senate, was hurriedly passed by a strict party vote, after a short and bitterly personal debate between Butler, Bingham and Farnsworth. ? STATE ITEMS. ? R. F. Mayrant, an old citizen of Columbia, died in that city last week. ?Hie population of Spartanburg county is put down at 23,975-:-whites, 16,821; colored, 7,132. The population of York county is 22,331. ? Although the township law is repealed, the names and lines of townships are to be preserved for future use, in case the law is ever re-enacted. ? The Chronicle and Sentinel says that a great many mules have recently been sent from Augusta, over the South Carolina Railroad, and there is still a number in the city awaiting transportation. ? It is rumored in Columbia, that the Republicans will put Governor Scott on the track for re-election, with Gen. F. J. Moses, jr., for Lieutenant-Governor. After they have been elected, Scott is to be sent to the United ! States Senate, when Moses will become Govj ernor. ? The Horry Nervs of a recent date, is re i i r - _ TM1 ; . I sponsiDie ior me louuwiug puragiapu ~ "We were at the funeral of a man's wife, in this county, and he and his second lawful, blushing wife, marched sorrowing to the grave, i They were married whilst the friends were i preparing fo^the funeral of the first." I ? The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company is offering for sale $50,()00 worth of bonds bearing seven per cent interest, which is payable semi-annually. The company is redeeming all the bonds formerly | issued by the two companies it represents, I and secures the new bonds by a mortgage on 1 its entire property. ? The Chester Reporter says, that Capt J. Martin McDaniel has recovered the bale of J cotton stolen from him some weeks ago. He found it on the wagon of Mr. Simeon Bradley, who was taking it to Rock Hill. Bradley seemed to be very much surprised to find that he had a stolen bale in his possession, and ; thought somebody must have slipped out a bale of his own from his house, and put Capt McDaniel's in its place. This theory was so satisfactory that Mr. Bradley was sent to Chester jail. ? Measures are on foot in Columbia for the establishment of a Bank. The Charleston Republican, with regard to the project, says; "Its movers are the same parties wW k*-<i-purcbased tire Greenville and Columbia rtailroad. The corporate name of the bank is to be the South Carolina Loan and Trust Company. The. charter, which has already been obtained from the General Assembly, is a very liberal one, and is identical with that granted the-South Carolina Improvement and Trust Company, and just amended so as to give them all the power conferred on banking institutions generally. The capital stock is $200,000, and is now all taken?a large portion by capitalists in New York and Pennsylvania. It is not known yet who will be the officers. Several persons high in official positions here, are talked of." OUR EXCHANGES. ^ The Southern Home.?Gen. D. H. Hill, * * ' Vina rfVPJl witn nis usuai muBmugauiccuoig;, ? ? tared the field of journalism in chaJPp'* weekly paper, with this title, Charlotte, N. C. It is devoted to tlC^Tgrim,^ of Southern history, characteristioOfc|gaL ture, manufactures ipnd mecha^fl m many respects resembles the LatunvflflK? General Hill is too well known as a wri,J to need any recommendation, and while weFeel confident the new weekly will retain all^th* interest of the old monthly, we hope it will meet with a greater success. '* The Barnwell Journal.?We are pleased to see that the proprietor of this vigorous young paper has met with such success that he has begun to issue it semi-weekly, instead of weekly as heretofore. The Journal is a live paper, and merits all its success. ? ' .? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Situation in France. The French government have taken decided action in reference to the recent eineuts. Kochefort was arraigned for publishing treasonable utterances, tried, convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 francs. His partisans made some efforts to create disorder; but their demonstrations were put down by the military without a conflict. All quiet at Paris at the latest acounta. Don't WftMtto AQIOVB. T- ?W As will be seen by reference tj^he report of last week's legislative proceeding^the House adopted a resolution to adjourn on the first of March. The Senate, however, refused to concur, and there is no telling how long the work of grinding out laws will continue this year. The Senate no doubt had many weighty reasons for continuing their deliberations, bbt tax-payers will unanimously decide that six dollars a day was the most substantial. The Bank of Chester. An order from Judge Wm. M. Thorn-1 as, given at the recent term of the Court-in Chester, is advertised in the Reporter, appointing John J. McLure, Receiver for the Rank of Chester. Creditors and bill-holders of the bank must present and establish their claims before him, on or before the first day of May next, and they are enjoined from proceeding at law against the bank. Bill-holders presenting claims must make statements, designating the number, date and denominati*^ the bills in their-poss^ssifjn. 4 The Franking Privilege in the Senate. w Several petitions have been presented to the Senate, asking for a repeal of the funking privilege. That honorable body di$4of receive them very kindly, and the vials ol their wrath were poured on the head of the Postmaster General. He was very severely censured for having blank petitions printed at the expense of the government, and landing them through the country for signaturea This was condemned as an effort to create public sentiment, and though few Senators ventured to defend the privilege, no action was taken on the petitions. The Sooth Carolina Contested Election. There have been so many contested election cases from the North, that tile case of Wallace vis. Simpson has been crowded off and it is hard to say when it .will come on. A special telegram to the Charleston Newt says the South Carolina delegation are trying to seat Wallace. This is not at all surprising, especially in the case of Hoge, nor is it very alarming, as the delegation is . not noted funic influence, either in Congress or elsewhere. There has been so much of an unscrupulous partisan spirit shown in the reports of committees on contested elections, that the Democratic members of Congress held a meeting to discuss the propriety of refusing to serve on such committees.. They resolved, however, that it is their duty to serve, in order to watch and expose flagrant injustice whenever it occurs; A Negro U. 8. Senator. The Mississippi Legislature has elected a full-blooded negro, named Revell, United States Senator, to fill the term of Governor Sharkey, which expires in 1871. Revell is a native of Mississippi, but received his education in Ohio. The Legislature has placed in his hands for presentation to Congress, a resolution asking for the removal of all political disabilities. . The Senate now has an excellent opportunity to show the sincerity of its zeal for the fifteenth amendment Revell. is eleqtej^) due form, and there can be no him, except on the score of color; fiS he will represent Mississippi as fitly as many now in Congress represent the States they hail from. Still, we incline to the opinion thai some flaw will be picked in his credentials, and that though he may be very good looking, "he can't come in." . The Whisky War in Spartanburg. The Carolina Spartan says, the recent troubles m its county originated in the personal unpopularity of A. P. Turner, the officer in charge of the revenue collections, and not in any spirit of resistance to the laws of the country. This man was raised in the very heart of the neighborhood where the disturbance occurred. The people know him thoroughly, and knowing, despise him on account of his private character. It is said that Turner has, in times past, been an interested sympathiser with some of those whom he now wants to arrest. This circumstance is, of itself,sufficient to raise animosity against him, and the Spartan intimates that Turner was appointed oil purpose to provoke a collision of the people with the law. The disturbance appears to have quieted down, and with the explanation stated above, cannot fairly be considered evidence of any "disloyal" state of mind in the people of Spartanburg. A Negro Judge Probable. There is a vacancy in the Supreme Court of this State, which is to be filled by the Legislature. An Associate Justice is to be elected for six years, ending in 1876. There are but two candidates in the field, both negroes. W. J. Whipper, the colored Solon who simplified the task of codifying the laws of the State, by stealing the Code of New York, is supposed to be the leading candidate. But J. J. Wright, who is now waging a crusade against the Richmond and Danville Railroad, for putting him off a ladies' car, has strong friends and will give Whipper a tight race. The Legislature doos not seem anxious to settle the contest, as they have not fixed upon a day for the election. There is ^possibility that some white man may slip in between the colored aspirants and get the office through their mutual animosity. But the probability is, the time-honored ermine of the Supreme Court will be trimmed with sable. The Snmter Kn Klnx In Court. During last October two stores in Sumter county were burnt by parties in disguise, and early in November State Constable Hubbard was on the war path in search of "KuKlux Klans." He was so fortunate as to "capture twenty-two of the most respectable citizens of the county, upon his own affidavit, and the prisoners were bound over to appear and answer to the charge of incendiarism, without bonds from any one to prosecute. : The trial of the accused came off week ' before last, before Judge Green. The grand ; jury, most of them colored, found true bills ,?gain8t/ouly seven of the party. Three of j t*86 /erfr Put uPon *"*1, a^er a ntnss HjM'c and argument, the* were acquitted raHEf minutes after the case went to the jury. On the call of the other cases the next mornA ingi the State entered a nol. pros, on each one. The'Sumter Watchman says that every one of j the seven against whom true bills were found, cleanly proved an alibi. Thus cods the first ?u*Klux trial in South Carolina. The Fifteenth Amendment. Therd is now scarcely a doubt that the Fifteenth Amendment will be ratified by the requisite vote of three-fourths of the States. Twenty-six States have ratified it, and but two more are needed to make it a p^rt of the Constitution. There are several which have " ' ?-J" a.\_? n ?_ vr. . not votea on it, among mem ureorgiu, Nebraska and Texas, which may be counted in favor of the amendment. The article is as follows: ' article xv. Section 1. The right of citizens 6f the United States shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on ac^ count of race, color or previous condition 'bf servitude. j Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. MERE-MENTION. George D. Prentice, the poet and journalist, died at his home m Louisville, Kentucky, on the 22d instant, aged sixty-eight. "A story has been started in Washington to the effect that the late E. M. Stanton, in a fit of temporary insanity} committed suicide by cutting his throat. The circumstance that no one outside of the family was permitted to see his corpse, gives color to the sensation. Hon. Lemuel Boozer, Judge of the 5th Circuit of this State and late Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate, died in Camden on last Sunday, of .gastritis, after an illness of five days. A recent battle in Kansas between the Osages and Apaehes is reported. Results one hundred and ninety "big Indians" dead and minus their scalps. Georgia is being reconstructed for the third time. The principal part of the process is the trial, now going , on, of many members of the Legislature by a ^military commission, which is to decide upon * luyfeliy, fitness fbr "office and other 1 tittle matters. 1 In many sections of Virginia ice was secured ') 'last week two inches in thickness. Last ' week, both branches of the North Carolina Legislature passed a resolution suspending the 1 payment of interest on the special tax bonds of that State. The Kansas Legislature has 1 elected Miss Emma Campbell, of Topeka, as enrolling clerk. All the officers of the Hcawe 1 ? ? ?-1 " J ' J AttTfl CIAUi are emier unppieu buiuicis, muuna ui oumiuo ! orphans. The Board of Health reports 1 one hundred and sixty cases of small pox now 1 in the city of New. York. It is estimated that die census to be taken this year will show the United States to have a population , of 42,133,021. The Radical majority in the Texas Legislature, on joint ballot is eight1 een. 'In Texas, a Miss Pitts, of Fort Bend county, last year cultivated with her 1 own hands seven acres of cotton, making five 1 bales, worth five hundred dollars. She sup1 ports several youug children.*" Henry Ward Beeeher has announced to his congre1 gation, that he declines to receive the offer recently made him of an advance of salary ' from $12,500 to $20,000. The University of Notre Dame, Indiana, has a. professorship of the Irish language. 'Hon. Lot 1 M. Morrill, was last week re-elected United l, States Senator from Maine. Lindsay, 1 the famous "Egyptian corn" swindler, some time ago convicted in Virginia of robbing the mails, has been granted a new trial on the plea of insanity, Four pieces of artillery, with officers, men and ammunition for firing a salute of 100 guns on the admission of Virginia to the Union, have been sent from Fortress Monroe to Richmond. 'Com. Josiah Tatnall has been elected port inspector of Savannah, Ga., an office recently created by the city councjj. Spain has 14,000 troops . in Havana alone. .'Texas cattle have quadrupled in number since the war. The fifteenth amendment still hangs fire in the California Legislature. Prussia is adopting measures to extend the culture of cotton fft-?fentral Asia.* Bills Jiave been intro^liicfcd in the Missouri Legislature to remove * the capital from Jefferson City to St. Loots. A Relic of Port Royal.?We find the ; following in. an exchange: "The United States steamer Wabash, 42 guns, now undergoing repairs at the navy yard at Boston, was in the thickest of the fight in the great naval bombardment of the forts at Port Royal in Nov vember, 1861, taking the lead, as the flag-ship "of Commodore Dupont At one time she was . within six hundred yards of the Confederate Kaftorioa Thft flhnt. frnm T7>rt. Walker oene trnted her hull in several places, and a considerable number lodged in her timbers, besides cutting off her mainmast and disabling one ' gun. On Monday the workmen extracted two solid shot from her frame?one shot from a ten-inch Coliimbiad, which entered beneath the water's edge, abaft the mainmast; the other a six-inch 32-pounder shot, from another portion of her. hull; both being on the star{ board side, which lay next to Fort Walker. I The wood of the vessel adhered to portions of ; the surface very closely and both of them htui ; a very rough and ugly look. They are to be . placed in the Navy i ard Museum at Boston. Tiie Late Violent Storm.?The storm I which swept over the Western States on the ! 17th instant, the main particulars of which I have already been given, appears to have | traversed the lakes and their line as far east j as the Hudson. Northern Kentucky suffered , terribly. In the vicinity of Cave City, the : storm became a furious tornado, prostrating j every house within a radius of six miles. ! Prewitt's, in the same State, was utterly wiped 1 out Twenty persons were killed, and the j destruction of property is immense. At Cincinnati and at New Albany, Indiana, there , was a most terrific display of thunder and i lightning, and the rain-fall is estimated at ; twenty inches. LOCAt. ITEMS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. B. P. Boyd?Coffee Lower?Floor?Nails?Molasses?Com?Cheese?Castings?When vou oome to Town?Free of Charge?LowPickles. # J. J. Wilson, Administrator with the Will annexed?Application for Discharge. T. M. Dobson & Co.?Greenbacks?Goods are Dear?Dobson'sis the Plaoe?Axes?Handsaws?Musket Tabes, &c.?Pistols?Plow Lines?Sugar and Coffee?Indigo and Madder?Concentrated Lve?Maocaroni?Epsom Salts?Castings?Snuff?Shot Pouches and Belts?Flasks?Pocket Knives?Sheep Shears?Plane Stocks and Bits?Finishing Nails?Shoe-Nails?Files?Locks-Remember?Shovels and Spades?Free of Charge. H. F. Adickes?Prints?Merinos?Gents' Shawls ?Ladies' Shawls?Carpet Binding?Plow Steel. Conner, Hobfce &Dobson?Copartnership?Blacksmithing?Country Produce. E. M. Rose, County Treasurer?Tax Notice. A. M. Black?$50 Reward. i'hotnson & Jetterys, Assignees?Barucrupt sales. Wm. C. Dukes & Co., Agents?Wando Miniog and Manufacturing Company. A. C. Kauffman?Southern Securities. J. F. Wallace, Clerk?Notioe to Absent Defendants. ".A SEPTUAGENARIAN." The author of the "Reminiscences of York" informs us that an error occurred, through a mistake of his amanuensis, in the biography of Major Frank Ross' family. ^He desires to correct this, by saying that "Alexander Ross was the father of Dr. Frank Ross, and William studied law, located and married in Lancaster and there died, leaving no children.'' "Septuagenerian" did not look over the copy, and was unaware of the error until he saw it in print. COLLECTION OP TAXES. An announcement in the advertising columns will inform our readers that they will soon have the agreeable privilege of paying their State and county taxes for 1869, and at a somewhat lower rate than last year. The total tax is eighty cents on the hundred dollars, against one dollar and five cents last year. The collection will begin on the first of February, and the books will remain open until the 15th of March, the whole.time foi payment being six weeks. After that time, the inexorable twenty per cent will be added to unpaid taxes. A VOICE FBOM BULLOCK'S CBEEKN It is a remarkable peculiarity of genius that it not only scintillates itself, but strikes out corruscations from kindred spirits. Qui "devil? has recently experienced a signal instance of this great truth ; for hardly bad the echoes of his labored New Year's Address died away, before there came to his enraptured ears the following responsive strain froqi a bard who dwells near the placid waves of Bullock's Cre^jc: , j Your correspondent cannot hardly rest, , t. Since he has seen your Carrier's Address And the Devili kind congratulations To your many readers; well-wishers and patrons, Without in some'Vay, giving you an oration, Upon this portion of the York Nation. ' Hail 1 a voide from the corner dark, Where there is woodland, field and park. .. Echoes your praises, both loud and long, And makes the Enquirer our daily song. The dark corner, as sure as you are born, Has plenty of cotton, bacon, flour and corn, Besides churches and shoe-shops and schools, Farmeis, merchants, doctors and fools. We have Lederer, McNeel, McDill and Hoods, And Carroll, all dealing in dry goods. Lederer in everything trades, , Corn, cotton, honey and scyth-blades, And if you are not careful of your mouoy, Willio Caps will get ii for his honey. He is assisted by Mr. Withers?Springs,? -Who always-with him a smile brings f A jovial countenance, an intelligent eye, That almost makes the ladies cry. The eeooud on the list, McNeel Gas, With Joe Carroll keeps a mighty fuss, And Hood and McDill come into the oommotion By selling all kinds of goods,?their dne proportion; So, among the merchants, there is a big stir, And if you don't believe it, come and see, sir. So, Mr. Editor, go on in your noble employment. Without your paper there's hardly enjoyment; And may success crown your eveiy effort, And you at last safe anchor in Heavens port I ? * 1 ^ OUB CLUB MAKERS. For the information of those who wish t< get the Enquirer at the club rate of $&5( per annum, we will state that the following persons are making up clubs for the presen year; any of whom will be pleased to receivi subscriptions, accompanied with the money: Copt. J. F. Workman Rock Hill \ A. F. Lindsay, MoCdnnellsville. Joseph R. Howe, Yorkville. J. S. Davant, .Fort Mill Major A. A. MoKenzie,....Zeno. W. 0. Youngblood, ....Clay Hill. J. Leapder Adams, Bethel. J. H. C. Duff, Zeno. S. G. Brown, Allison's Store. Capt. Charles Petty,.........Smith's Ford. W. L. Grist, ....YorkviHe, CoL W. B. Allison, Red House. W. S. Gregory, Cross Keys, Union oo Rev. S. Head, Chester, C. H. H. C. Harris...... Pineville, N. Carolina Major Myles Smith, New Centre. Andrew Mulholland, Yorkville. Samuel W. Jackson, New Centre. Samuel S. Smith, Zeno. Jno. M. Carothere, Beth-Shiloh. ' D. J. Jackson, Beaver Dam Store. R A. Black, Blairsville. D. T. Ecsaley, Coates' Tavern. Jno. J. Wyhe, Hickory Grove. William Whyte ......Rock Hill There may be others engaged in making uj clubs, who have not yet informed us of th< fact. When they send in their names, w< will publish them. It may also be added thai there is no sort of use for any one to call ai the office, in the hope of getting the paper ai any less rate than $3.00, the usual rate foi single subscribers. The reduced rate is intend ed solely for clubs, and we will not worl against our friends who are making up clubs by taking subscribers at reduced rates. r A VISIT TO YORKVILLE. Mr. Editor :?A visitor to your town begi i 1pi?va t.bmucrh vourcolumns. to return thankf to some of your citizens for kindnesses re ceived par an qui passe. My vocation broughl me in contact with the business men of York ville, and I had the pleasure, also, of meeting "outsiders." I mean gentlemen not engaged in business in Yorkville, though residents o; your village. I was much pleased with your town. Mail street, in its Macadamized condition, would b< a credit to any town, North or South; anc the buildings thereon are substantial, and al. that could be desired. I found your privato streets clean and the houses thereon just sucl as one might expect to find in a village oi town in the upper part of South Carolina Your merchants I found affable and oblig ing, with good stocks of merchandize; youi legal gentlemen all that the South Carolina Bar has ever been deemed to be; and youi medical gentlemen stauding high in the cura tive profession. Your two newspapers, the Enquirer and the Working Christian, would be r* credit to any city in the Union. You have superior schools and colleges; you have ! in a word, Mr. Editor, in my humble opinion ' everything to build up a town, excepting s 1 good hotel?no, I do not mean a good hotel | for you have one kept by Mr. Rawlinson?bul j I mean one properly supported by the busiI ness men of Yorkville. During my stay ic Yorkville, at Rawlinson's Hotel I found the table supplied with all that one could desire, Mr. R. in person, attending to every want oi his visitors; the servants kind and obliging; the rooms furnished with everything neces sary ; and, in a word, everything was comme &faut. But to my surprise, I found only one or two j regular boarders at the hotel. Why is this ? So tar as my buAress extends, there should ; be one good hotel, at least, in every town, to assist in building up the business * of that! town; and now, who is to build up that hotel,j to assist in building or keepmg up the busi-! ness of such a place but the men engaged in : the different pursuits of life, and who are in-1 terested in the improvement of the town? I' expected to meet at the hotel, merchants, or their clerks, or both, supposing, (as is the case in every other town I have visited), the hotel was the place to find men engaged in business, at meal-times at least. On enquiry, I learned that the business men of Yorkville were boarding at private houses, paying the same prices the hotel charged, and to some extent excluded from their customers and visiting friends from wholesale houses North and South. I am an old traveler, Mr. Editor, and Yorkville is the first town, (and I hope it; will be the last), in which I have met nd merchant or clerk boarding at a hotel. The merchants of Yorkville, it strikes me, are "penny wise and pound tqolish, in this, to them, simply a business matter. There is another view of this matter-interesting, at least, to d6me of your merchants,, via: the patronage of a hotel in the way of purchases necessary to keep up the establishment, fornish the table,' &C. I was informed that Mr. R. was depending on his hotel for k livelihood, and that he must give it up, and look to some other, pursuit to support. his, family, if his house were not better supported by permanent boarders. Yonr citizens?business men I mean?know better than I tohat the loss would be. to them and your' town. I once visited Yorkville when there was no hotel there, and the merchants generally regretted the want, and expressed the hope that a good house would soon be opened, i They now have that house, but the house has not the support it deserves, nor the custom to enable it to live, , or even the assistance given to such hotels in almost every other to wi^. Rock Hill, in York county, supports two hotels, both well patronized by the business men of that thriving village. CHARLESTON^; , ^Marriages in Alabama.?A strange complication arises in Alabama, which may nail for reconstruction in a new phase. The Su' preme Court of that State has decided that ' marriages solemnised therein during the war, i are null and void. The reasons given are thdt i the Probate Judges are not Judges in the fe. gal sense, and oould not legally issue marriage l licenses. All such given during the period I named were invalid J 80UTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. . ; i Monday, January 17. In the Senate, tfw Judiciary Committee reported upon a "bill to repeal the act to secure advances for agricultural purposes," stating that the acfrhas been and is or great service to the planters of the State in scrying on their planting interests: and believing that its reped would be a most disastrous blow at them and the graft interest they represent," they would recommend, that it ao not pass, and asked that the report te considered at once. Their request was granted, the report taken up and adopted?killing the bill. i.' I Wimbuah introduced a bill to provide for a general election of County Officers, on the third Wednesday of October, 1870, and on the same day in every second year thereafter, ^the ifficers qffierwisa provided,for iqi the Constitution of toe State excepted; said County officers shall (nntinue to perform the duties of their respective offices, until their successors are elected and qualified. . < . ' The bill to designate the officers by whom sales ordered by t^e Courts of Cbmmon Pleas, and Judges thereof, and the Courts of Proi bate, shall be made, which was introduced to settle the vexed questionwho should sell property ordered to be sold by the courts, ' clerks or sherifla ? and providing that' all sales of personal or real estate, or other interest hereafter ordered to be made by the | Courts of Common Pleas or Courts of Pro' bate, shall be made by the Sheriff of the I county in which said real or personal estate t or other interest is at the time said sale is ori dered, was taken up in the Senate to-day. A vote was taken upon a question to postpone the consideration of it, but a quorum not voting, the Senate adjourned. ' In tub House, the consideration of the Senate bill to establish and maintain a system of PVee Common Schools* was resumed as unfinished business. Some twenty-five additional sections were considered and numerous amendments offered. The most important amendments adopted were one fixing the tenure of office of the State Superintendent at two years, the amendment providing the eleo> tion to be held in October next This and another amendment fixing the salaries of the ' County School Commissioners at $1,000 per annum, except Charleston, which is'tor be $1,500, were agreed to. The following, as section twenty-nine ,was adopted' Section 29. That the County Commissioners of the several counties shall furnish > the School Commissioners of their respective counties with an office and the necessary office furniture JI i .. 11mil ii > ? i ii'i ! ' ! Tuesday, January 18i i In the Senate, a House bill to designate the officers by whom sales ordered by the 11 Courts of Common Pleas and Judges thereof, t and of the Coiirts of P/obate, shall be made, t and for other purposes, after much discussion, r was ordered to be engrossed. In the House, Mr. L. Cain iiitroduced a , bill to authorize and require the Probate Judges of this State to take charge of certain ' of the bonds and records in the offices of the late Commissioners in Equity. Read and , referred. Mr. Burton offered a resolution, which was ' adopted, to the effect that the Clerk of the 5 House be instructed to have bound for each - member of the House a copy of the journals t and resolutions of the General Assembly for . 1868 and 1869. r The account of C. L. Clawfon against the | Catawba Indians, was referred; as also the r account of G. Johnston. In the House, a Senate bill to establish and maintain a system of Free Common i Schools for the State of South Carolina, being j the unfinished business of yesterday at the [ hour of adjournment, was taken up. The i | second reading of the Bill at section thirty ' :.1 J nfffiKul tllA frtlloW ^ was cunaiueievi. n ni|>pi vuv.>?. 5 ing as a substitute, which was adopted: 1 " Section 30. That it shall be the duty of r each County School Commissioner imraedi. j ately after tne passage of this Act, to divide . j his county into convenient School Districts . j for all purposes connected with the general t! interest of education, and redistrict the same, whenever, in his judgment, the general good ' requires it Each district shall be confined ' to the management and control of the School ' Trustees hereinafter provided for, who shall I hold their office for two years, and until their i successors are elected and qualified. On motion, Section thirty-one was adopted ' as foliows: ' | Section 31. It shall be the duty of the II School Commissioner of each county to se> lect two suitable and discreet persons, who, ; together with himself, shall constitute a Board .' of Examiners, whose duty it shall be to ex, | amine all candidates for the profession of , teacher, and to give such persons as are found qualified a certificate, setting forth the ' j branches of learning he or she may be found ' j capable of teaching; such examination to be ; renewed every year. No teacher shall be j employed in any of the common or public schools without a certificate from the Board ' of Examiners or the State Superintendent; but certificates furnished by the Board of Examiners shall be valid only in the counties where issued. A majority of tne County Board of Examiners shall have power for good and sufficient reasons, to cancel, any certificate ? issued by them, before the "expiration of the time for which such certificate was granted. The following was adopted as Section thirtynine : . < M . u 1 t ) / Section 39. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to hold a regular session in their school district at least two weeks before ... the commencement of any" -or every school term, for the transaction of any and all business necessary to the prosperity of tbe jchooL?>. with-power to' adjbhfn from time to time, and to hold special meetings at any time or place. Various amendments were offered, whin on motion of Whipper, the bill was recommitted ( to the Committee on Education, with ins true- j tions to repdrt any inaccuracies that may J have occurred in the various amendments to it fl i Wednebdat, January 19. ? f In the Senate, a bill to authorise thfr % Governor to remove County Auditor!, Treasurers, and other officers appointed by him, 'Was read the second time and' ordered to be engrossed. . The Governor informed the Senate that he j had approved and signed Acts to protect per- ' sons lawfully in possession ;0f lands and tene- . ments, and to incorporate the Policy Holders* I Life and Tontine Assurance Company of the \ South. A resolution to fine, the Senators from Ches- J terfield, Clarendon and Lancaster, fat absence * / i without leave, was laid on the table. A BiU to' create the Metropolitan Force in the State of South Carotina, was indefinitely '^Corbln introduced a bill to limit the cost of*1 ^ criminal prosecutions, which provides that m . j no case shall the fees of more than throe Witnesses be taxed against the fiftal*h in the examination of criminals, before trial in justice or magistrates' courts, unless their matoriidittj . and importance shall first be certijM'!lid'by_ " the solicitor for the circuit in which toe examination shall take place, iind that no" jus- ' V. l tice or magistrate shall be paid fees for butilv IJ ing over more than three Witnesses, in any 'ow,11', f criminal case, to aftDCar before tow- court of General Sessions, Unless the solicitor for the ' circuit shall certify to their materiality 'and importance. r ' ' Corbin introduced a bill',to authorize irui-1 f tees and others to invest funds in the bonds of dne State of South" Carolina." It' provides that guardians, trtisteea,adnrinistrat^ exec-' aitiors, probate judges, clerks'bf coqrts, and all other persons holding funds' inf trust for In-' ' vestment, be authorized' to invert the same T9~-.u'' ' the bonds of the State, pfpvidea"that tb'," officers of courts, there be no ordefor cotirt j directing a different investment' 1 " J The bill offejfCd by Wimbus?"to repeal in"'" act entitled"1 Ant Act to incorporate the Air Line Raifroad Company of South Carolina, ?. and the acts-amendatory1 hereto/' whs' taken up this morning, and'immediately teftlhrsd to the committee on Railroads. A few ihinutes after it was thurdlspotedW Leslie, the chafcv man of the said committee, submitted a irepott recommending that tee bill be passed, whereupon the report was adopted. The wholft affair occupied about twenty minutes, daring which time1 the Colored senators and Leslie, only, seemed 'to'knbw; what w?r going on!' This wasdone to give to 'railroad. presidents* v . 'j warning not to make any distihctfafis in re- ' ' i gard to race, Ac., Ac., as President Buford did ''' in the ease of Senator Wright, who Was' put , off the Richmond and Danville Railroad train. ' ' l In the House, Mr, Woolley introduced a bill to relieve the farmer* of thui State. ' This bill provides, that 11,000,000 in bonds of the State shall be appropriated to be advanced to farmers, to assist them in mtffhjg their crops. That-,the Governor be authorized .'^appotntr"?"*** in each county a personto endorse 4 recommendation for an advance to be'secured by a. lien on their crops {.provided, teat the an- V pointment-is made .frbm m responsible pubuc officer of such connfy, wlio shall discharge his duties without additional compensation, j ' A message was received torn the Governor, informing tee House that he had approved and signed "An Act to repeal ah Act entitled An Act to organize townships, and to define their powers shd priyifege* ? > Rivets introduced the followingresolutions, which Here read the firtt time and referred to thecommitteeod Wapind Me^i^ ? , Be it rooked, by tne Senate add House of Representatives of the State of 8outh Caroll- 1 << na, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority of the same, That the county commissioners of the coantiet in which ' -' townamps -were organized according to laW,'" authorized to levy and collect an additional', f' tax, not to exceea one mill on the dollar, on all taxable property in their counties, to pay the expenses and liabilities of townships which ' may have accrued in carrying out the act organiridg townships, and defining their powers and privilege* 'Rooked, That the county commissioners are hereby authorised to pav all accounts of township officers which may be presented d uiy sworn to, incurrediri the discharge of their duty, or in carry Ingout the township law. ' 'i T^dav, January 20. J In the Senate, Mr. Jillsoh introduced^ * i resolution which was adopted, that the Committee oh Railroads be instructed to report a WH to regulate'the tariff of ftotehtjto be charged on the South Carolina lUUroad,, " The Bill to designate _the officers by whom tales ordered by the Courts of Common Pleas, and the J udges thereof, rod of the Courts of * Probate, shall be made, and for other purposes, was ordered to be engrossed. ; f A bill to provide for the payment of teachers for services rendered, from November. 1, 1868, to October 31,1869, was toad the first time. *4 In the House, a petition from citizens of Cole Hill Township, for removal of addition of 150 per cent on value of lands, was laid on the table. A joint resolution to extend the time in % ^ which chums of teachers for services rendered during the year, commencing October $1, 1867, shall be presented for payment, was ordered to be engrossed for a third readings A Senate bill to establish and jqaipiafo &) . system of free common schoQls for the State 11 of South Carolina, which had been recommitted to the Committee on Education for the purpose of completing it according to the alterations and amendments, was reported , . as befog properly altered; and amended, was made the special order for Saturday next The Medical Committee, to whom was referred a bill to provide medical assistance for | the poor, reported a joint resolution, which | was ordered to be engrossed^ ( . A resolution to adjourn tine die on the first 1 Tuesday in March, was laid on the table. i. < . : i .t l Fbiday, January 21. In the Senate, a petition from the County Commissioners of Lancaster County for an increase of taxation, wis ordered to be printed. A Bill to provide for the'jaymeat or claims of teachers, for services rendered daring the | fiscal year commencing November 1, A. D. 11868, and ending October 31, A. D. 1869, , was read and referred. . Bill to mike further appropriation for the purchase of lands by the Lana Commissioner, with sundry amendments, was passed to a third reading. Bills to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act concerning foe office, duties and liabilities of Coroner ; to repeal an Act to incorporate the Air Line Railroad in South Carolina, and the Acts amendatory thereof were read the third time and passed. Bill to carry into effect the provisions of the Constitution in relation to the rights of married women was read the third time and ordered to be enrolled. The committee on Education to whom was referred the joint resolution providing that the Treasurer of the State be authorized to pay