Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 16, 1870, Image 2
' jfrctaps and ,fact]8. I
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Our Saxon grandmothers called what ?
^ are now known as garters, "shankbands." ^
??General Pratt, the "Great American .
Traveler," says that American politicsis hell's. "
grist mill to grind tip the devils in; "
A celebrated physician says that it is r
cake that ruins the teeth and not candy, as is ^
generally supposed. t
Jerrold said one day he would make i,
nun upon anything his friends would put to i
him. A. friend asked him whether he could j
pun upon the signs of the zodiac; to which he j
promptly replied, "By Gemini, I Cancer." j
;A blind merchant who frequents , the (
Rue St Honore has the following announce- j
raent affixed to his bosom: "Blind: Father of <
four children, the result of a terrible ac- j
cident 1" i
A .West Virginia paper declares that 1
withiD a circuit of one-hundred and twenty- 1
five miles around the White Sulphur Springs ]
of West Virginia, there is more iron ore man j
in the whole of Great Britain. j
??The female pe&guin of the Antarctic <
Ocean, instead of. making a nest, holds the !
egg. which she deposits between the legs and <
feathers of the belly, bearing it about with her
wherever she goes until it is hatched.
? Wa Vanderbilt, Vice-President, and.
some directors of the New York Central Bails'
road, ran ap express train from Rochester to
v Syracuse, 81 miles, in 61 mjnutes?theTaftest
<ime, it is safd, ever made in America,
.rf-; , .^-^dOuring* the late war the aggregate
deaths from all csMp'averaged one out of
ev^ry nine officers, one out of every eight and
a half "White soldiers, and one out of every
five and a half-colored soldiers.
The only prisoner in the Nantucke ;
jail notifies thCjaqthoritie?. jthat if they don't
fix up that tht sheep canJtVet in
to bother him, he will be blowed if he win stay
in there.^
?? On |Iay 24th there was a gathering of
4500 Sufiday-school children ac jucksuu,
Tennessee, all the schools in the neighborhood
joining in a celebration. Jefferson Davis,
Jacob Thompeon and Bishop Quintard mado
addresses.
?- The Supreme Council of Masons of the
United States baye established an office iir
Washington, D. C., of which Dr. A. G.
Mackeyhas been selected to take charge.?
The doctor purposes to remove his fkmuy to
Washington ana make that city his residence
for the future. ?
?? A Rocky Mountain paper, noticing the
invention by a Chicago man of a process by
which a dead body can be petrified as hard as
stone, thinks the inventor "ought to accompany
our troops on the frontier, where he could
drive a pretty good business in petrifying Indians,
and selling them for tobacco signs."
At Nebraska, Minn., a Sunday-school
teacher asked a nice little boy if he hadlearn I
ed anything the past week, and was stunned
by the answer from the boy that he had learned
"never to trump his partner's ace."1 The
boy was ordered up, ana the teacher played
it alone, by taking him across his knee and
using a piece of pine shingle.
' Nick Thompson, of Lafayette, Ind.,
asked his fellow-workmen to hang him, the
other day, but they refused; and thereupon he
proceeded to climb a tree, where he attached
one end of a leather strap to a limb and the
other to his neck, and jumped off. Tl strap
broke, but the fall killed him, and he was
satisfied.
A siugillar story comes fivm Michigan,
While the Sheriff was taking an ibs.je man
to Kalamazoo, for confinement, a brother, whc
was assisting the Sheriff, got into a fight wiil
the lunatic, and before it was over wjs m,
most insane of the two, and had to be taker
to an asylum. A sister of the two brother
hearing of the affair, instantly became insane
and now all three are in the asylum.
The Augusta Chronicle States that worl
i9 rapidly progressing on the Augusta an<
Port Royal Railroad. The working force ha
recently been greatly increased, there no*
being from twelve to fourteen hundred han ^
I em ployed at each end, and that fully a hal
mile of track is laid each day, in addition t
the other necessary work of grading, etc., pei
formed by the force.
A Methodist Minister in Kentucky wa
called upon to show how he saved $600 a yea
no a salary of $300. The deacons wanted t
learn how it was done, so they could get int
the business. Just because it was proved tha
he turned an honest penny occasionally plaj
ing at draw poker, they had to discharge th
poor man. Such acts should be severely cor
demned.
About the fastest time on record, w
think, in the matrimonial line, wua made i
Summerville, on Sunday last. A geutlema
met a lady at 10 p. m. on that day, for tb
first time, was introduced to her, became smi
ten, proposed, was accepted, and the coup
were married at 4 a. m. Neither of the ha
ny pair had seen the other before. After tl
knot was tied, they took the up-train and d
parted Chicago-ward.?Charleston Republica
From the various agricultural rape
of England are gleaned the following c.etai
"* * ? Wkaof Iaa1
f growing crup?. f? UU?V IWJ
^re, and a crop larger than tl
expected. Grass is unusual
prospects are discouragir
d Deans look poorly. The ft
about half a crop of potato
f other root crops will beabo
tal.
even millions of francs won
Duke of Hamilton is the lucl
ins twenty francs on each vt
) given for the Emperor in t
n the members of the Jock
was as follows: The Duke
ibers of the club two louis
ler 6,000,000, and to recei
rery vote above that numb
(rican traveler in Italy 1
he Government by serioui
se Mount Vesuvius. He st
roads and lay out pi east
i rocky sides, build hotels, a
on its summit h<
3own*by machinery. To p
outlay, and amass a forti
charge a small admission
;h to step up and see the sh<
in Florida boasts of one g
bounty Judge, and of anot
oissioner, the other offices
rably distributed: Clerk
; Sheriff from Massachuse
I Collector of Taxes from Massachusetts; bit
Senator, "an old Virginnv nigger;" memt
of Assembly, two Philadelphia negrc
County Surveyor from Iowa; two ne
County Commissioners, one from Ohio j
one from Iowa. "The County," says the 1(
paper, "is almost hopelessly in debt, and
scrip is hawked about the streets at it
nominal prices."
In anticipation of a war, the Europ
Governments are buying up all the breadst
in the New York- market. A correspond
of the New York Courier-Journal, says: T
in the East of Europe is among the imm
ate probabilities of the Summer. Rossi
again regarded as an aggressor by the "W
ern Powers, and it is believed that Prussia
time will join France in preventing the (
from der lin0 a death-blow to Turkey. ]
evident that the Egyptian Viceroy's prep;
tions for war against Turkey are openly
couraged and aided by Russia, and tne C:
ean war may have to be fought over agai
keep the Czar out of Constantinople.
"A few weeks ago, the Governo
Ohio offered $500 for the arrest of a ]
named John Smith. There are 110 coui
in Ohio, and in less than two days, the S
iffs of all these counties arrived in Colum
each with a man named John Smith. Du
the three succeeding days, over two thou:
detectives, policemen and private citizens J
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, C
adiana, West Virginia, and jplinois, arrived t
1 Columbus, every fellow briftging'TOth him 8
)me unhappy man named John Smith, and $
lore arrive every day. The aggregate of *
rniths at present in Columbus is simply awil.
And the worst ofitris, that every man. J
isists that his Smith is the particular Smith '
lentioned in the proclamation, and he is go1- <
3g to have that ?500, or hash the Governor
ight up. The Governor is trying to decide ^
whether to pay the reward to every man in
he lot or resign."
?-"We are glad to see that the people of ,
Iorkhave refused to subscribe money for the 1
kir-Line Railroad. The matter needs to be J
ooked into more thoroughly. We fear that 5
be people are. being deceived. We suspect \
hat there is really no present intention . of ;
juilding the road on the part of any strong
company. We know that the whole project
a often spoken of by prominent railroad men,
is simply a scheme of brag, to enhance the
indue in the market of the'bonds of the Richmond
and Danville Railroad. That, certainly,
is the principal result of the movement thus
far. Let the whole matter now be re-examined
with close scrutiny.?Charleston Republican.
UJ1 YORKVELIiE, S. C.:
reUBSDAT MORltolG, TONE 16,1870.
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RUMORS.^lF WJ&*
^x^Thereis a chance for another European
| war, which, though now of small dimensions,
may assume formidable proportions. The
Viceroy of Egypt is certainly preparing for
f a straggle with the Sultpn of Turkey. He
has been purchasing cannon, muskets; and
other munitions of war in large quantities,
both in Europe and America, and has received
into his service many foreign military officers,
among whom are some American officers
of the late Confederate and Union armies.
A war between Turkey and Europe would
not necessarily involve the European powers,
as the two possible belligerents are properly
speaking outside of the circle of European
- .i u
diplomacy, and are, iunnermure, UJf UU lilotUK
first class powers. But it is generally supposed
that the Viceroy of Egypt is too weak tc
commence a war with Turkey unaided,, anc
the fact that he is meditating such a war ii
regarded as evidence that he is backed bj
some stronger power. The power suspectet
is the Czar of Russia, whose traditional poli
cy it is to stir up enemies to the?ultan, an<
take their part, either secretly or openly, a
circumstances permit. The Czars, it is wel
known, have long had an eye upon Constan
i tinople, and never let slip an opportunity b
extend their frontiers in that direction.
1 But the designs of Russifi are only guesse*
" at by the quid nunc*, as there has been n
overt act to betray them. It is merely be
cause of her past history"thaiTshe is liable! I
suspicion, and the only occasion to excite sus
(: picion is the urtwonted warlfke Spirit displaj
j ed by the Viceroy of Egypt. On thes
s grounds 311 alliance is rumored between Ru,<
7 sia and Egypt, and it is also thought that, *
in the Crimean war, France and Englan
will unite to prevent the absorption of Turke
.. by Russia. The cloud of war on the Eur
pean horizon is but a mere speck yet? and ms
.3 vanish into mist But it is sufficient to di
r turb that political barometer, the stock ma
0 ket, and there have already been some fluct
0 ations in consequence, in the financial centr
of Europe.
e CONGRESSIONAL.
On the 7th the proceedings of the Sena
j contained nothing of general interest,
^ In the House the bill to pay the expens
j," of contested election cases, in which the co
i,. testants had "reasonable" grounds for conte
t- ing seats, was laid on the table by a vote
to 90 to 80. The bill to re-distribute the natic
)m al bank currency among tne oiurc?, UIU(
"e the three per cent, certificates, and rede<
I u *
forty millions of legal tender notes, was tak
up. A loug debate ensued, which was i
('ls ended when the House adjourned.
L3 On the 8th, in the Senate, the bill to p
he vent the enforcement of contracts for serv
ly labor was reported from the judiciary co
'? mittee. The Indian appropriation bill v
u * passed, and the diplomatic appropriation 1
^ reported with amendments.
In the House, the banking committee stir
011 out three sections of their currency b
kv which was reported the day before. Mr. G
)te field, from that committee, subsequently of
he ed a substitute for the bill, striking out s
ey another section. A motion was made to
^ the bill on the table, pending which an
tVe journment was moved. It was stated that
er< effect of adjournment would be to put
bill at the foot of the calendar, where it wo
las probably not be reached again this sessi
sly With the understanding that the bill wo
thus be defeated, the motion to adjourn 1
^ carried by a vote of 79 to 75. The opp
Q] tion to this bill came from the Western i
)ay Southern members," who thought the just
me j mand of their respective sections for increa
fee banking facilities was not met by the 1
3W- Another ground of opposition was that it j
en-; posed to contract the currency, which m
her 1 members thought should be expanded.
^ On the 9th, in the Senate, a resolutioi
LXg. amend the 30th rule, so as 'to admit of
ate introduction of the previous question as a
>ers for debate, was taken up. After a brief
^ 5 cussion, it was laid on the table by a vot
29 to 23. Mr. Sumner presented a memc
from Commodore Edward Littleton, asl
I
/vai [
its payment for damages aone m? uuuoe
iere plantation in South Carolina, during (
| Sherman's incendiary campaign. Mr. Sun
ean said he would refrain from expressing an c
ion on the memorial until it had been rej
ed on by the committee on claims.
^.r House bill to apportion representatives an
a jg the States was taken up, with amendment
eg^.; ported by the judiciary committee. The
this amendment, to increase the number of
'zar J resentatives from 275 to 300, was agree
[t is 1 Jfo vote was reached on the second am
ara" ment, which requires that any State now
rhn" more rePresenta^ves than it would b
a jq titled to under the new apportionment i
have its representation diminished in
r of Forty-second Congress. The franking a
man tion bill was debated without action upo
ities In the House, the banking committe
'her- vived their currency bill, in the shape c
' amendment to a Senate currency bill re
?and ^ by the committee, which was postp
from until Tuesday, the 14th. A naturaliz,
)hio, bill was reported from the judiciary con
ee, proposing a three years' residence and up<
ix months' probation for foreigners desiring dn
o be naturalized, and placing the whole busi- Or!
ness of naturalization under the control of tw<
he United States Courts. After a short, de*. the
>ate, the bill was laid on the table by a vote wo
|? 102 to 62. V th<
In the Senate, on the 10th, nothing of im- en
aortance transpired. . les
In the House, the deficiency bill, as return- bu
3d from the Senate, was considered. The mi
Senate made two hundred and fifty-six amendments.
The first, regarding court claims, was Ix
adopted, provided that no pardon or amnesty J):
granted by the President, whether general or ye
special, by proclamation or otherwise, nor any of
acceptance of such pardon or amnesty, nor ye
oath taken or other act performed in pursu- ye
ance or as a condition thereof, shall be admis- te
sible on the part of any claimant in the Court wl
of Claims as evidence in support of any claim gs
against the United States, or to establish the tu
standing of any claimant in said Court, or his re
right to bring or maintain suit therein; except el'
where such pardon and amnesty were granted, to
and oaths of allegiance and amnesty taken in se
good faith during the continuance of the ao- C
' * nn/^nti 4 ft
tive operations ox uio wvc rouunuu uuuu vuv I Ui
proclamation of President Lincoln, issued in si
pursuance of the thirteenth Section of the Aot tl
of Congress, known as the Confiscation Act, j<!
approved July 17th, 5862, pledging the pub- hi
lie faith for a- restoration of the rights of ei
property, and where all tho requirements arul d
conditions named in said'Act and proclama- S
tiem have been faithfully complied fl
said oath of amnesty and allegiance kept and h
maintained inviolate, and this is hereby de- ii
clared to be*the true intent and meaning in
this regard of the several Acts, conferring ju-' r
risdiction on the Court of Claims, and of the
said Act of July 17th, 1862, and the said
proclamation of President Lincoln, founded
thereon. " . . ' .
The proceedings of either House on the 11th, ;j
present nothing of special interest j
STAfcEITOXS. ,
?^Governor Scott granted the use of the
&iate House-to the Reform convention which j
met in Colombia this-week. - -n1'0-! .J
? A division of the Soifisof Temperance j
has been organized in Charleston, to be known j
as "Charleston Division, No. 4."
? Judge John T. Green decided last week, \
at Williamsburg court, that the appointment' ,
of Trial Justices is unconstitutional. (
?John Lee and S&ncho Sanders have been }
appointed census takers for Chester?John Lee
for the Eastern, and Sanoho for the Western \
1 side. .. .. . ;
? The grand jury of Richland have fbond ,
1 a true bill iagainst W. W. Sampson, on the in- i
' Ointments for forsrerv and counterfeiting cou
' pons to State bonds.
> ? The Sumter New thinks that if a sound
I Democrat had been nominated for Congress
' in the second district, he could have been
7 elected over Whittemore.
* ? The city council of Columbia have grant"
ed the right of way through the streets of the
* city to the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
5 and the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
1 railroads, for the purpose of connecting their
* tracks with that of the Greenville road.
3 ? The Sumter New of the 9th inst., says:
"Several highly respectable young gentlemen
^ of Salem were arrested and brought to town
0 on Monday, on the charge of being concerned
*. in whipping a tldef and rogue who infests that
u neighborhood, yiiij STRiS'Sum "
5" of $500 each, to Jappear for trial in October
T~ next It appear? that a party of pewons in
Ie disguise administered a portion of thtt jus3"
tice which cannot now be obtained at liw."
18 ?The gin house and screw on the jlantad
tion of Mr. McKay, of Darlington, wts con y
sumed by fire on the 24th ultimo, le gin
house contained a lot of cotton seed'guano
y and many other things. It was evidently the
work of an incendiary, from the fact tfet they
r" were attacked by the yard dogs upor which
a" they fired, killing one of them.
- - . . mj 1.._w
es ?The Kingstree IStar of lose ijuramj,
says: "Phillip Heller, County Treasifer, levied
upon and detained a train of cas at this
te place, from Monday afternoon until yesterday
at 1 o'clock, for the non-payment of bxes as)es
sessed upon that portion of the Nortleastern
,n. railroad situated in this district. ~Wi undergo
stand the amount of tax is $17,00>. The
0f train was released yesterday on the receipt of
,n. information from Mr. S. S. Solomons, the
)ej General Superintendent of the road.""
,m ?The Edgefield Advertiser says: "We reen
gret to state that Messrs. Adams & Cheatham's
)0t Steam Saw Mill, situated immediately on the
line of the Columbia & Augusta Railroad,
re. some two miles below Pine House Depot, was
j]e consumed by fire on Friday night last, togethm.
er with some 40,000 feet of lumber. We are
/ng informed that they will be able to save a por)jj]
tion of the machinery, but that their loss will
well-nigh reach $1,500. Not tc be dismayed,
tck however, by misfortunes of that charaoter
ill, they have gone promptly and vigorously tc
ar. work again, have cleared away the debris, anc
fer. actually commenced re-building, with th<
till hope of haying their Mill in running ordei
lay within the next three weeks."
ad- ?The Anderson Inteiligencer announce
the the death, on the 3rd instant, of Mr. Rober
the Brackenridge, the oldest male inhabitant o
aid Anderson, in the 91st year of his age. Hi
;ou. was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, bu
uld came to this country in early youth, and wa
(pas engaged in school-teaching the greater portioi
osi- of his long life, having entered upon that avc
md cation in Abbeville about the year 1800. H
! taught consecutively from that time unti
"
sed within the past few months, but lor a numue
sill. ?f years he followed the occupation only norr
pro. | inally. He was universally esteemed for hi
any ' sterling worth and integrity, and numbere
I among his friends, patrons and pupils nearl
j ^ I every prominent citizen of Anderson, for tl
tjie fast half century. He was a member of th
a | Masonic fraternity, and probably the old?
I Mason in that section of the State. He lik
g j wise belonged to the Presbyterian denomini
>rial ^on' an(* was ft C0DS^8tent member of thi
ring i churcl1
and! MEBE-JPENTION.
jren. Ninety-six millions of dollars, it is estim
iner ted, is invested in newspaper property in Norl
pin- j America. Both Houses of Congress ha1
>ort- passed a bill increasing the pay of census-take
The fifty percent. One hundred women a
long now preparing themselves fbr admission
8 re- the bar in the United States. '"When tl
first' war ended Kansas had no railroads; now si
rep-1 has more than a 1000 miles. 'A Michig)
d to. J lawyer has had to pay $400 for being a rel
end- j tive of another man's wife's new baby.
hav- j lady at Montezuma, Iowa, has the smalh
e en-1 child on record. It is two weeks old, ai
shall weighs only two pounds. Still it is perfect
the i healthy.*,,,fJ",An Iowa man advertised 1
boli-! wife as "leaving his bed and board," and th
m it, j applied to her for a loan of a dollar and a h<
? re- to pay for the advertisement/f?'-'*?,Reco
>f an mendations of friends or of high officials J
port- the removal of political disabilities will i
oned be respected by the Reconstruction Comno
ation tee. A personal petition, with proper si
emit-, mission, will alone be considered, and tl
-? jl_:?
m its merits. A cargo of one
A and sixty-seven Chinese arrived at New i
leans a few days ago. Another cargo of t
> hundred and twenty is daily expeciedat '
it place." The largest shoes madREr" 1
men in the Philadelphiamarket go to-TTtah;
i smallest are sent to Havana."
il Kirby Smith and Bushxod Johnson have
ised the Nashville, Tennessee, University
ilding, where they propose to establish a
litary academy. A
cable dispatch adnouncee&4hez<to|AV
rndon, on the 10th instant, of Ml. Chtfftfc
ickens* Before the close qf the prfeent
ar Milwaukee will be the eastern ten&iipufl!
over two thousand miles of railway. . A,fewj.
are ago Milwaukee stood on the wegtqjfT
irge of civilization. An Illinois reporr,
in describing a gale of wind, sayB: "41
hite dog, while attempting to weather thj
ile, was caught with his mouth open.Xiw.
rned completely inside out."* Electiol
turns from Oregon show that thtDemociplaected
the entire State ticket, and have ive
' eight majority ou joint ballot,"sec uingsiin
nator. The Republicans claim ^nemlxr of |
ongress. "IllinoiB claims that her Jooalji
aids contaip 1,277,500,000,OQO tons otjvQ
x times as much as Great Britain, dad on*
iird-of all the coal measures of North A tar
& "'Nearly every town ittt-Misswijfc:
as a brass band. '"No less than 2?|jfc
migrants, principally Irish, left Livegwdr
^e^onth
iborere are at work on
lrOBTH C$WNA TnBW8. |
?Judge Wm. M. Shipp, of Charlotte,
>een nominated as the Conservarivercandidal
or Attorney-General of North Carolina.. 1; j
r The last session, of the NoithTarol|?
nstftution for the Deaf and - Dumb andJ^
31ind closed; on Friday, the 10th.instant, a
arger number of pupils have been in. attq 1|
ince this session than at any previou^titw W
? The crope along the line of the Wi'rah^
on, Charlotte and Rutherford Railed de
oozing remarkably fine. . .The
?pn slightly-injured by the rains, but not.t*
my extent Jr -t .#('
i npR J. Helper, further of'Tmpe$w
Crisis" and "No Joque" Helper, has aDnoUf#id
himself as an independent candidatfwtf
Congress in the Chariotte district . He is-flfe;
-1 " R
ling w a wiaooi??u?
. :'i ? The closing exercise of the Chariotte jiff
male Institute will take place onTuesday,?
28th instant On that day, at 11 o'clock,^
Annual Address will be delivered by CoEzB
C. Jones of Charlotte, and in the evening iM
regular concert will be given. fl
. ? The Standard learned from a gentlenfl
from the country, that, during the late frsj
et, a house was submerged, and a colo?
man, his wife and nine children, oompelleq||
seek the roof to keep from drowning. MrJj
Estes, living on the farm of Mr, Kerap
tie, saw the danger of the family, and,
risk of his own life, took a boat and cro9
the river, saving the lives of eleven persfl
? The Charlotte Observer says: "ThlfrjPj
tion was visited by a heavy rain storm, Th^rs
day evening, which did much damage fcitfjj
crops in the country and the gardens in toV
The water courses were swollen so thatjfl
fences In many places were washed -rafl
Ligbtffin??tatek in four different pla^H
tov>, among them waathaJhanLof Mr. jfl
crijphapman, but nf serious
dontf." *
? The Republican Convention to nomuflj
a candidate for Congress in the third jR
trict which met at Lumberton, adjournetCo
Friday last, after the stormiest
citing session known in the political annxW
North Carolina.- After the withdrawal o/a
number of-delegates, 0. H. Dockery, the
ent incymbent, was nominated a? first bajot,
Dockery refused to endorse the adminiartt
tion of Gov. Holden. The apti-Dockerynm
tion "are extremely bitter, and avow their intention
of running an independent candilate
? Last Thursday evening, a youngman^J
tie name of Frank Ingle, who resides wife
lis father, Peter Ingle, in this county, fin
I niles from town, was killed by lightning. R(
ItliA rest of the family, bu
M3 OU^I^Vi nivu V..v ?
jetting through sooner than they, he went ii
p the house, and a short time afterwardeeeqi
ther member of the family came in an
jund his lifeless body lying near the fin
lace. His neck was broken and the heart
;as torn up, evidently done by lightning, th
tport of which had just been heard
tmily.?Charlotte Observer. ,
5 EDITORIAL^[JTKLING8.
, Tilttemore's Chances.
, Washington advices say that au infci
1 tal canvass of the House indicates that Whu
nnore will hardly get the seat to which hi
blored constituents have returned hin
, [embers very generally say that they cai
[ pit consistently vote to admit-him when the
; ave voted at the same session that he is m
r TOrthy to be a representative the'-peophH
Congress. Gen. Logan will take poaitioi
3 t ?s said, that Whitteraore's re-eW;on
t "nsult to the House,
f Cancellation of Revenae Stamps.
B 1 Owing to the frequent frauds committ
t jpon the revenues by the washing, restorati
s kid re-use of cancelled stamps, Coramissioi
a Itelano has been compelled to issue anotl
h crcular upon the proper method of cancelli
e revenue stamps., ^e now declares fliafr
11 stamps shall be cancelled by the person at
r ing the same, either by writing upon each i
every stamp, in ink, the initials of his na
is and the date (year, month, and day) u
d which the same is used, or by the us<
- . ^ . , n ii __ ?J xr? n<
y "Wheeler's rateni ^uiicenur. xw ie
method of cancelling will be recognized
ie legal or sufficient.
st The next kick will be to require a pb
e- graph of the drawer, with an extract gr
a- the date of his birth and a pedigree of bw
it cestry.
County Commissioners.
1 The Grand Jury of Richland cov
in their report, urge upon the Legislature
^ necessity of reducing the expenses of
County Commissioners, and adds:
ve "From the experience of this county
!rs as far as the grand jury knows, that of (
re counties, the whole system is a cancer 01
to j body politic?eating out the substance o
he j people."
he Great Fire in Constantinople.
in | The city of Constantinople has suf
ia-1 an extensive conflagration, by which '
A | buildings were destroyed, with a loss of ]
jst erty, estimated at $120,000,000. Beside
ad loss of property, there was a fearful lc
;ly j life, as 250 persons are known to have
xis burned to death or killed by falling walls
en many are missing. A terrible panic prev
alf among the inhabitants during the fire, \
rn- lasted two ov three days, and the scenes
for thrilling beyond description. At some f
lot whole families were hemmed in by the fli
ijt- and perished in full view of the specti
ik t who were unable to rescue thein, Soro*
lat might have escaped lost all presenoe"ofT
uxd others, in their, despair, made no effort to a
utve themselves. Some of the Turks, with a t
truly Oriental fatalism, shut themselves up in c
their burning booses; refused^ assistant and c
Sleiiheirfate without a murmur.
k Creditable Act. i
?? We so seldom see anything to commend -1
in Governor Scott, that it affords us great i
pleasure to copy the following anecdote from *
the Phpnixf '*
*A young man named Green?a resident <
of Greenwood, Abbeville .District?who is a t
cripple, attracted the attention of President (
Bush (of the Greenville and Columbia Bail '
Road) and Governor Scoti, during a recent '
visit to that town; and in conversation, he J
aspressed a desire to attend school, but owing '
to his. lameness, was unable to do so. He was !
asked, if a suitable means of locomotion was 1
furnished, whether he would avail himself of \
it, and he assured the enquirers that Be would. ,
"Upon their return to Colombia, Messrs. Bush
and Seott immediately sent an order to New
York, for an improved propeller or wagon, 1
Hby means of which an individual can work ]
his way along very easily and with comfort, i
The vehicle arrived, yesterday, and will at <
once be forwarded to Mr. Green.
The W. L, I. Monument. w
p The monumentin honor of the deceased
members of the Washington Light Infantry,
of Charleston, is to be dedicated to-day, the
anniversary of the battle of Seceesionville,
with an address by General Wade Haippton.
j^SVp take from the Courier the following des HPTffing
slope n$ar the gnarled limbs ?f
Hone of those grand old oaks that adorn Mag- <
fholia Cemetery, in the centre of the grouridB,
ttponting oil one of the main avenues, Btanas
whe monument It is made of Tennessee marble,
add cost $3,000. Upon a foundation of '
South Carolina granite rests ail octagonal base,
bearing in gilt letters an inscription pf the ;
battles in which the cpmmaria was engaged.,
'They are as follows: Richmond, rhrur^sBluff,
Cold Harbor; Fort Fisher, Seven Pines, Avowysboro',
Fori Samter, Battery Wagner, Manassas,
Gaines' Mill, Petersburg, Seceasionyillo,;,,
Above jfhe^otagouai base rises a pedestal
of about five fee$in h^ght, paneled, and
with buttress corners, caps and hoods. Upon
the four panels of ibis toedestal are inscribed
the nam^e of the death : Rising from the pedestal
isW-sh^ffc fifteen feet in heigh t.termmafing
in a spire and pinnacle, clustered around
with appropriate sculptured work. On the
Jfcur upper panels are the. following inscriptions,
respectively: On tthe West panel facing
the Avenue?" Washington Light InfantA
*asn%i/rf>/vr) in their tlfeu
I y V'WI wuww iloownntuM, ly
Tadei^' On the South panel?Spire
?>ero" Qjtthe Eaatpenel?
1879." On the North panel?" Virtvi ct Voir
S?>P " ! , , ,. A , <> '
' . J L ' >'
)le monument is twenty-four feet six
ieight, and can he seen from quite a.
b union" league 15th. I
pondent of % Spartan furnishes
al with the following ^position 0f
administered to members of, the
gue. As we hays, a detestation of
ticaJ societies, we hqve never been
heir circles; and cannot, of coarse,
r the oath is correctly given. But
of conversion to the League are
is not improbable that, some of our
ve had their "eyes opened" and
larked by. the concern,
benefit of snch, if any, we publish
ad would like to know how many
raid be willing to m$ke such an
ad day light, and in presence of an
bom they djpxwsLj rapge#: v; , i
repeating his own jjwiia with. W d)
do solemnly swear ypr .affirm
tlously djjLHJcied,) Tvllhdtft ftieijt&l
in me of any kind, teat I will
h support, protect andSdefend the Constitution
I and k>vernment! pf ihe United States of
'. Ameriea, one and' indfVfeible, and: the flag
~ thereof, against all enemies, foreign or do-.
mestic; that I wijl vote only for, apd for
| none but those who advocate ana support the
t great principles set Forth by this League to fill
iany office or honor, profit or trust, h? either
!j the State or general government, and that if
Jover called-to fill any office ,I will ftithfully
1carry ouh the principles; set fbrtb by this
League; and further, ttat I will protect and J
defend all worthy members of the Union
' League of America, and that I never will in
' .any manner Oaf form, divulge or aake known
? to any person orper8onsf ?ot worthy members
: of this organisation, iiky of .tha signs,' passI
words, grips, proceedSpjgs, derigm debates Or
. plans, or a^ty other cOttnqil of his oiganiaa
Inn nnlMt ?hpn in admitting new I
' I members. Arid witfcm/;righ/ band on the
*lHoly Bible, DeclaratFda of independence
1] and the Obhititution of tfiS'ttited States of
rj America, I acknowledge mystf firmly bound
(:| to the feithfal performance ofthis my solemn
J obligation, so help me God", < . t .
J Response by the memb^s?To this we
Tpledge om elves,'" - Jt
i -Gentlemen, arourid you iA band of broth!
ere, alike sacredlypledgi; this circle is
never to be broken by treapery ?
j . Response-by the raemlp?Never.
F* Brothers, will you enlfee your circle to
J admit new members? j.|
Response by the memjfs?we will.
?) Prepare, then, for action to your ranks.
l( (Tho circle willher^ opened, and the
1 new members admitted/<
* With clasped and lifted hands, repeat
^ after me the freemnn'$edge ta defend and \
W-perpetuate freedom, pf^cal; equality, and an J
i indivisible Union.. I/edge my, life, my for- ,
^ tune arid my sacred uor, so help me God. .
y Here follows a pay"C ode, at the discre^
tion of the council. / # : ;
J J The candidates wipke their places before 1
Ji the altar. f - '
J Next comes the /arge. And next some i
wpoor man's whisky At has been taken with- \
^eut permission or jf j
For the/^lie Enquirer. .t; \ i
f^rWcOBBESPOIfDEJrCE. j f
jjf THE Cx/s'G CltriPAlON. 1 *
. Every citizen j^t look forward with much e
potPncern to the co/ng election. To our State
} ojj will be an imptant one. The party now a
the^P?wer wiH a fiF^t effort to keep its J
I aj^oe- The Op/sition party will also do ^
tie hard work Unless the colored voters ^
ioto}fe a holt fA* the radicals, there will be i 0
rinjintwo partie^the Republican and the Op-1
^JJtion. It febmes all good and honest dt- j p
to fall Jawith one party or the other, n
: |do not fi/dfault with a man for changing n
intra ?^^C8? ?*ve8 ???d and substan^ C
r i reason*# so doing, but fmee-men are !
B ^ ally t<fte pitied, if not despised. j J
len cmnittees make nominations they i\
andj'i be artful to select'the best men to bo 1 o
)ther ft-' AJMakes are often made by selecting ! ci
i th^Pdate/to represent certain corners of the j J
f ouilty, Utility and honesty should be look- J1
'J, an/ not neighborhood representation. I
mat I mean. If York can elect tha $
fere%
>sitifi ticket, the very ablest men the j tl
r,00|ty rfTords should be nominated. They E
prortt al live in Yofkville or Rock Hill, or
a th| otier corner of the county; no differ- w
as (4 so they are the best men. We hope to ^
bee^e Opposition send men to the Legisla- a,
i, au^Ws fall who will take an active part in 0j
aild biiness transacted?men who will com- m
?hid( respect and attention on account of their i?
wer4ter, intelligence, honesty and tiuelity to ?f
>oint4ate?men superior to corruption and ^
ames; animosity. If the Opposition party j ^
fttors, send a few such men, and if the Re* ar
> who tns should send a few such, they might ar
)r the welfare of the State, and throw th
t
uch a moral weight into the legislative haftls,
hat bribery and corruption would be crushed
mt, or forced to hide themselves in dark
" - i Cl
orners. ' ?
When there are only two parties in a State,
re dislike compromises and compromise men. B
iV'-e have generally noticed that those elected ^
n this way are good, easy men, not objectionible
to either party, and worth but little to
iny-one. They do not have much force of
haracter or mind;-We prefer an honest, v'ible
man, who differs from us in politics, to
me of these compromise or no-party men.
rhen let committees and voters look to it that t
hey make an effort to Bend the very best men .
0 represent them in the Legislature; and if \
they fail, give it up to the other party. Bet- ^
ter fail in a noble effort than do a half-way
iort of thing that may bring shame on ogrttlves
and the State. - 4f'
In the contest nearly on us, we trust that
editors, correspondents, stump-orators and big
talkers will use great moderation, so as to J
keep down undue excitement Coolness and p
a?a VtAt+Aw +Vtan ofwiftk An/) AnflfAP. 1]
U^UUUlUblUU.M U IIUMU QMUU wuva ??
He who now excites to acts of violence is no
friend to the State, and such should not be
listened to. I P.
?, r i:
Por the YorkvUla Enquirer. j.
THE KING'S MOUNTAIN RAILROAD. 1
Mr. Editor: The harmony, concert of action
and .unity of feeling aid opinion displayed
at the late meeting of the stockholders of
the King's Mountain Hailroajl, is a cheering c
hKrbinge? of aDrightec.'day in store for thir *
section.
The. extension of ibifrailroad has been an
object long and devoatly %ished for, hot jphly
by thfTpeopIe of this'county but also by those ^
of Vfesfern North Carolina. This work would; ,
have b^h accomplished long ago but for two (
obstacle,vviz, the want of ihe means and the <]
lack of a charted from the North Carolina 1
Lejjislature autljbrizing an extension beyond
the Scfath Carolina line. Now that the Shelby
and Soiith Carolina Railroad Company
hhs secured a (barter add offered us i pracd- ^
cal and effectual means of extending our road, (
both 0/ these obstacles are removed: In re-j' ,i
torn, We greet them with the warmest cordial- 1
ity and bid fhein' more thkn .Welcome. Surely 1
no thinking . and nhprqudiced mind can object
to thhir wjr fair and liberal proposition.
eureiy tne lines or roaa running mruugumw }
Stateto Charleston, into whose lap .Western North
Carolina propofl?,i)y this extension, to |
emptyher treasures, cannot 'Yail to give sob- ^
stantial aid towards the completion of this \
important work. ; .
So trad fliestockholders ofwfeng'a
Mountain RailroadCorapany are concerned,
they lave, at the late mating, given ample,
evidence of their hearty fco-operation in this j
great enterprise. Qf the 2030 shares, of the i
company, about 900 were represented in person . i
and 456 by proxy. The absence of the re- <
maining shares I now propose to account for, i
satisfactorily. ^ I
While the King's Mountain Railroad was i
bnilding, the State subscribed $50,000 towards j
the work, and stock this- artbsntwaslssued j
in the name of the State. This stock was afterwards
subscribed by the Legislature in aid
f of the Charleston and Savannah railroad,
which road, in the trdubloos times lucceeding |
the war, sold it as part of their assets. * It was ;
purchased at a very depreciated value' by a
certain party in Charleston, who has etdrsince J
been Working to get coBtrtfpaft^g^fl^pp
'^oiniain road, for the purpose ofmakinga
pri^fete speculation by forcingfat to a publi^.
salef at which he hopes to bny'it in for about
one-fourth pf its value. Thie* individual has
"bad- Ms -agerrts out, WSr Since his first becom-'
ing a stockholder, buying iIp stock for him,
and is now the largest stockholder in the company.
It is generally believed that he has
joined forces with another stockholder, who
desires to get possession of the superior iron
rails of the King's Mountain road, and that
the two combined held back their stock from
representation, with a hope of defeating the
meeting through -the absence of a quorum.
I hope I have made it clear that oof extension
enterprise has enemies, who are working
to grasp and strangle the ' King's Mountain
Railroad in. its present enfeebled oondition,
for purposes' erf private speculation, bat detrimental
to the interests of the other stockholders.^
I desire only to add that the injurious
scheme cannot be carried out until its designers
can secure a majority of the stock and
thus control the vote of the company. It is
my design in writing this article to warn
stockholders against the trap set for them,
and earnestly entreat them, if they have any
regard for their own interests and those of the '
public, not to sell their stock to any one un- 1
less they are previously assured that it will
not be used against the interests of the people J
of Y ork. If any stockholder is in such circum- 1
stances that he is obliged to sell stock, let him (
make the fact known in Yorkville, where I
guarantee he will get as much for it as he will 1
anywhere else. >: v '
Another point and I have done. In order *
bo defeat the minority (small* in numbers, but *
large in stock) hostile to the true interests of *
the road, a full representation of stock at c
future meetings is necessary. There must be
snough stock represented to vote down their *
jchemes, and to ensure the passage of meas- 11
ires required to secure the extension of the K
road to Shelby. If these>objects, so essential ^
lo the success and prosperity of the road are ^
o be effected, it is of the utmost importance ^
hat stockholders, take pains to. he present atfu- ^
wre meetings of the company, or see to * that
hey are represented by proxies friendly to the *
'xtenaion, 'joith legal authority {in writing) to act. n
With this exposure of the conspiracy
gainst the extension of our railroad, and the a'
ia'vma/1 *t 4T Innttn n in I
OUICUJT tUQl ClUi y X 1WTC vuu uxai/uci JU tuc
lands of the stockholders of the King's q
fountain Railroad company to protect their g]
wn interests. A STOCKHOLDER. p,
The Infallibility Canons.?The French j"
lapers publish the following as the set of ca-1 ^
ons attached to the Schema of Infallibility j
ow under discussion in the (Eucumenical .
Iquncil at Rome: , ; I
1; If any one says the holy apostle Peter m
ras not instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ |
s first of the apostles, and the visible head of
lie church militant, or indeed that he has I vi
nly an honarary primacy, and did not re- th
aive directly and immediately from o?r Lend ! fo
esus Christ the primacy of true and proper:
irisdiction, let him be anathema. ju
2. If any one says it is not in virtue of the
roper institution of our Lord Jesus Christ ra
lat St. Peter has constant successors in all sti
le primacy of the church, or indeed that the va
toman Pope is not the successor to St. Peter po
l this primacy by divine right, let him be mi
iiathema. foi
3. If any one says that the Roman Pope of
as merely the function of superintendence be
id direction, but not full and supreme power , toi
jurisdiction of the universal church, not pr
erely in things of faith and morals, but also ow
. those of the discipline and the government j wi
' the church spread over all the face of the I a i
irth, or, indeed, that this power is not ordl- his
iry and immediate, exercising itself upon all fro
Lurches, and upon eaoh church in particular, Tli
id upon all the pastors and faithful together,! old
id each one in particular, let them be ana- nai
ema. . sue
LO0AL IT|3MS. ;
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | 1
arroll, Clark A Co.?Sundjrie^PIsh?Ink?'Tin- 1
Ware?Sheeting?Gloves?Hose?Calico? j
Fans?Hoop Skirts?White-Goods,
ration, Mason A Withers?Hats?Cassimeres?
Ladies' Dress Goods?Groceries?Hpaiery.. i
Gloves, Ac.?Tobacco. - - r7~> rrrrz* ? (
. M. Dobson A Co.?Wanted, King's Mountain .
Rail Road Stock?Fruit Jars?Tobacco? '
Scythe Stones?Meal Bags?Blasting Powder?Anvils?Hammers?Yarn
ana Sheeting?Saws?Remember?Bread
Preparation?Baoon
and Lawk^mw Gendrtts > <
Sheet Tin?(Sheet Iron?Spectacles?Corn :
Meat and Flour?School Books?Ink, Pens,
Ac.?Market Baskets?Ladles' Hats?Umbrellas?
Money?Snuff. * ' '
bomson Ar Jefferys?Assignees in Bankruptcy?
Second General Meeting in the Matty: of
John May, Bankrupt. ' 1
f. Jones, Agent?Evidence?Greeoe, Greece?
5 Economy?War, War. ,J( . jju
'. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Applications
tar. Discharge in the
Matter of Robert Ford, Jesse F. Norman i
Arctty M. Smith.
r" i?. V . :
, RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
We are requested to announce that Rev.
fames H. Douglass will, preach (iToviaence
emitting) ilhBeersheba church next Sabbath,
at the usual hour. .
RELIGIOUS NOT19?. / ' j
We are requested to ^pounce that preach*
ng by the* Pastor, Rev. H. R. Dickson, may
e expected at the Presbyterian church7 in
forkville, next Sabbath. - ; "
FESTIVAL AT ROCK HILL*
A public festival will be held at Rock Hill
n Tuesday night, 21st June, irf a contribuictf
by the citizens, te building -an Episcopal
3hurch at that place.
?r-r
RAILROAD SURVEY.
We leant that: Mr; Durham, President of,
he Moigpnton ae^l SoothGataliim Railroad,
mnounced. his pufpose while here on MOn-,
lay last, to commence the survey .of the line
jetween Yorkville' and Shelby, Iwifhin'the
lextf two weeks. ?-iioV
, Ift&'p.' hTOKEs, eaq.-i::\ We
rlftre* a vi&; <* yesterday; fiom
E. F. Sto^,;;%, qf who is if;
jandidate^r Congress from the Four& "Congressional
District. He projpows tici visit valOuflsectionsof
^c^^hd^il addles
,ne people whenever. opportunity oners. .
uin .-. ! ). .^Ti-r'tvi1 griuM T
id: PERSONAL.
Hon. A. 8; Wallace, seated as the
member of
District, was hi town last weeKT"! Ha*H??*'
ggqcdt&e ^lector of Internal Rey^
?4.
. ? RAILROAD ACC7IDE9T, T
Th? train of the Ring> Mountain Rail road
jot off the tfuck on Monday evening last whpn
a ear the Chester Poor House, and did not
reach. Yorjmlle pn^lmfter dark on Tq$s$ay
svpning.. Theacddeptwascaui^ by defects
personal injury, and the damage to the train
a trivial. By the accident we have bean deprived
of Tuesday's mail, which prevents us
from furnishing as late news as usual.,
railroad" meeting.
Pursuant to previous notice a meeting of
the stockholders of the King's Mountain Rail
Road Company yas held at the Cotirt House in
Yorkville, on Monday last, 18tb instant,for the
purpose of taking action in regard to extehdKing's
Mountain Rail Road to the
^foiSh Carolina line, and making a connection
The meeting was organized by calling R.
6; Moore, Esq., Presictenfrof the Krag% Mountain
Rail Road, to the chair, apd the appointment
of SjRufus Moore and L. M. Grist, Secretaries.
' '
On motion of Dr. J. &Bratton, the Chairman
appointed a committee to verify prpxies,
which consisted of Col- R. G. MfcCaw. General
E. M. Law, Dr. J. R. Bratton, Bolton
Smith, Esq., and S. Rufus Moore, Esq.
By "request^ Plato Durham, Esq., President
of the Shelby1 and North Carolina Rail Road,
addressed the meeting. He stated, in substance,
that the General Assembly, of North
Carolina had chartered a railroad fKm Morgan
ton to any point pn the South Carolina
line the company might select Relieving
that a connection with Yorkville. would be to
the interest of the road and the people of
Western North Carolina, it had been decided
to make this connection, by continuing the
road from the North Carolina line .to'Yoriville,
under the charter of the Kfojj^s Moun
tain Kail Road. To accomplish this, the
Shelby &id Morganton Rail Road Company
proposes to issue bonds payable in thirty
fears, and asks for the Ring's Mountain Rail
Road guarantee of the payment of the in'erest,
at 8 per cent, on one hundred thousand
ioUare of these bonds.!,'."'
Col. R. G. McCaw, Chairman of the Comnittee
to verify proxies, reported that thirteen
mndred and fifty-five shares of stock were
epresented in the meeting-r-eight hundred
ind sixty-eight in person, and foiir hundred
nd eighty-seven by proxy?being a majority
if the whole stock.
A resolution, introduced by J. Bolton Smith,
?sq., providing for the appointment of a comlittee
of five to subnoiit business for the conideration
of the meeting, wns adopted. Uner
this resolution, the Chairman, appointed as
lie Committee, J. Bolton Smith, Esq., Col, it
r. McCaw, Gen. EL M. Law, Dr. J. lt Brat3n
add Major J.' F. Hart. * (l .
AJWf ft shftH abSoncefTom the meeting, the
Committee returned,' and through the Chairmn,
J. Bolton Smith, Esq., reported the folding
resolution, which was unanimously
dopted:
Resolved, That the President and Board of 1
Hrectors of the King's Mountain Rail Road \
ompany are hereby authorised to aid the J
heloy and South Carolina Rail Road Coin- '
my, by guaranteeing interest on theifi bonds, j
otherwise, to an amount not exceeding one .
andred thousand dollars, in such manner and ,
rm as they may elect
After the adoption of a resolution provid- j
g for the publication of the proceedings, the
eeting adjourned. ?
; . ]
Imprisonment for Debt.?The Green- t
lie Enterprise t in an article touching upon ; ^
e condition of aflhlrs in this State, thus un-! a
Ids one of the mysteries of the new Code, I c
>w perplexing lawyers, clients and even fc
dges: | ii
It was a matter of rejoicing that imprison- ii
ent for debt was abolished by the new Con- v
itution, but the Code restores it in an aggra- a
ited form after judgment is obtained. No ti
or man with a family can live, who has the ti
isfortune to have judgment go against him n
r debt; he may be arrested for contempt a
court and fcept in jail his life time if his | o
ajth holds out, unless he satisfies his credi- i n
re by giving up every cent of his money and ! ii
ovisions for his family and every little sum d
ing to him upon which his family other- g
se subsist, and this, too, whether he makes ?
xadulent use of his means to avoid paying (c
i debts, or honestly applies all he can spare v
ira a bare sufficiency for actual subsistence, ft
e new law of the State is far worse than the ei
[ insolvent laws under which an unfortu- tl
te debtor might discharge himself of all! tl
sing creditors when arrested, by ca sa, by p;
naking an assignment of his property and
neans once for all. But now Lawyer Corbin
las fixed it so that a debtor, much involved,
aever can be discharged from sueing creditors,
but will be liable all his life to imprisonment
in the jail, Unless he surrenders, whenever
called pn, e^ery .five. peats of poney,
svery debt/great'or snhdl, fihu eVerfp^ck of
meal and piece of meat, to his creditor.
LETTER JER0JI SEBfiMs SA#YER.
fiict that, says, the Chester
many men were being nominated ibr Congress
whom we knew to.have been Honorably
engaged in the lateairugglh, toghthei^with the
expression of opinion on the part of many
With whom; .wp met, that tfc! path
by Act of Congress, approved July 2,1862,
bad beenfrartofcAtb amendment,
induced us to address a letter to Hon.
E* A. Sawyer, asking for an authoritative
statement in regard to the oath required of ^
members of Congress.v In reply we received
the following:
... tFruTHi) States Senate Chamber, .
Washington, June 4, JBil*
Deas Sib : Your letter of. 1st instant* inquiring
"whether Congress sow requires the
test oath of 1862 to be taken* by its members,
or whether any person who is laboring
under no disabilities by the fourteenth amendment^
is eligible to a seat in that body," has
just been received- In reply I hayetojtate,
that all members of either bouse of Congress,
and all other officers of the United elites
Government, arendwby lair' re^roed to take
the bath prescribed by Act of Congrem*Approved
July 2,1862, exoept those persons
o^who Imv^been relieved of theij^litiral
Which is simply an obligation to support and
defend the Constitution of ithe United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; to
best true fiuth and allegxance jW: the, same;
and to weE and faithfully discharge the duties
of the office on which the person so taking .
the bath is abttht to enter.
at The Senate has passed an Att requiring the
latter oath of all persons not andfer the disa- bilities
imposed by the fourteenth amendment,
and who cannot take the "test oath." But
thai it'tttH uo so: before thfi Woifendlr, or
certainly before this Congress cease* to wait
Very respectfully; your obedient servant*^'.
ric 't ii'.i wi r r, 1 wov ; E. AtfiAWYEBL
E. C. MoPpbe, Esq^ Ptesty, ^ A .
to be Tried.?We learn on authority, that
a nnmW of bill holders of the Bank Of -the
State dfSouth Carolina have consulted togethier;
and have determinedto make, an imue in
the typrts, ps,5to the obligation of tfe* State
Slot the State has withdrawn itom thV^ank
large sums of money, a fractional part of
which, if restored, would dischargpftMytireseobligations
of ike Bank, now outstanding.
The bjll hQlders claim that the decision Of the
Supreme Cmt of the JJi^qd Stete U thecase,
of the^juik ofJehnew* andl
conclusive, and that the ruling of far Courts,,
must be sooner or later in aecdrd.1 There is
no dottbt hut that important influences, without
regard to politics, and'the best legal talent
of the Stato-will be brought to the aidof the'
bill holders, and throughout the State they;
will; doubtless unite in pressing their claims
Fortunately, the larger part of these bills-,
have already beep funded?considerableamounts
have beenjiaid into ibe Bank for
debts diae that institution, yet another large
isme (over i 1400,000 of fractional currency)
.was made in 1863,and payable in the *3||jM|gg|rt
funds" of thd time; subtracting thegirMMBP^ j
and accepting thei estimate of Ma,;,yjqijkfc
bills during fiftv-eigbt sixtyteaHjHj|^i
existence, and there can be in
tie more of outstanding notes than
i -proved in Court, iu this long
end^whmh, if we are correctly infonpfevit i
In the case of the Bank of die 8t&t8^%pK
nesseethe Legislature acquiesced
ion of the Supreme Court; alreadvjjBjBd *)
'to, and theCobnty Treasurers
been srnoe that periodr receiving thmppOfc V tf
notes in payment of dues to the StiK^jKi 1
State authorities havp,,as a
venience, used, the notes as drculaM^-ugaCpllinor
ft /vrfoin run mulim.' .f
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ly, and have thus by distributing jHRnmentrf
over a series of yeara disposal Bp*
otherwise troublesome matter, u a riftm isd
efficacious way. Such a course pJHWMi
this State would put an end to this SB
tracted ^uit, and the outptaixtiBgjuq|^Kl!*
vided over a period of five JPW^BuT-Bt
po&sibly be an inconvenience.? |
Bully forCrnuti?Thebystand jSB*
and about the Columbia Hotel, TUq^^ afternoon,
were excessively amused at
1 cident that there happened;. |n whic&H^K : :
Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer, a**
topher Haynesworth, the well-lrn(WyrilMKl
highly respited barber who keeppi<ishfc|i -there,
were the parties. Chris, it s^gf^Hp
resting from his shanmooing laboraJhtMag
against one of the pillars in front <*I|3K lumbia
hotel, eujoyiDg his oiium cuisfiBjMw
when up ftirioualv drove Mr. Niles??*?i his
spanking racking roan, and
mounted buggy, and with.a snap of ?mWKttt
to attract his attention,; accosted QpiiMMk
with a "heigh, boy, hold this
Doubtless some idea about a certaiMMj
must have crossed the mind of theyMMM
barber, for, with an air expressive
utter contempt, he retorted: "I woifefWHl
you, sir, to understand that I am jrigpl&la
come to your snap or whistle. I, ni^fariwd
spectacle man ; known and recogniap||*/p?h?
such by tho best .people of this PWftLffft
furthermore, sir, I have the honor Uf
self an honest man, and have the
ITtterinc" t^iese exnrfififJm^s witk-all haiadthM
Tjr5?iKfe#fttAb', llhnTwblly I ifig^ui
bis heel, and went into his shop to
tomer. Tbe. Hon. State Treaj5areg!?Mipajt
dumb-founded at first at the rowhe hMfUMbf <
but after reflecting upon the taaP"?, jMT
nobly determined to do the proper t^mLna
apologize to the gentleman; Hat
not so soon in a-placable mood, and
bis desire that Mr. Parks* would jSwJK
ipoloeies till they were wanted. So*pf? jMk*
say Cnris said something about higj^ IttSc'
ng anything to do with a thief, hut Wjnpt
Chris ton polite to use such a
rreasnrer of our noble Palmetto
a i ky. H. Stephens on grant.iflj^46e?
second volume of his work, how
ETon. Alex. H. Stephens, of Georgt jSi
he following in regard to his first jfijoEjr
vith Gen. Grant: "I wal never nn iW.
appointed in ray life, in ray prevk>uaj^t>,fcfcj|i:
pinions, of either the personal app?3|53i
le&ring of any one about whoml haB5?
Quck The. disappointment, atHgeoSBji
ii every respeot favorabfe and agreeHE^m ,
rag instantly struck with the great sjfl&Sitg;
ud perfect naturalness of his raauri5C|iiWi
lie entire absence hf everything MHP
ion, show, or even the usual militarjr^&%
lien of mm in his position.. HeirrtfiiMgv
ttired, sitting in a log cabin, bueily "'
n a small table, by a aerosine lamp. MHHr
ight when we arrived There was no&isr
i his apjiearance or surrouridiugs wiucaTis^
icated his official rank There werejajttttMr
uards nor aids about him. Upon CraMi ;
tabcock's rapping at tie door, the reaMifliC
lome in,' was given by himself in a
oice and with a cadente which I caty^jMr
>rget. His conversaton was easy
it, without the least efort or restraint flt
lis nothing was. so cldely noticed by me an >
le point and tereenes with which he stressed
whatever he slid. He did not Mil
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