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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.:
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THURSDAY MORNINO, JAN'Y 27,1870.
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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