Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 05, 1871, Image 2
Jfrvxjif and Jacis.
At the battle of Gravelotte a trumpeter
was killed by a ball which went in at the mouth
of his instrument
: Josh Billings says: "A man who starts
on the day of his marriage as first lieutenant
in his family, need never expect to be promoted."
A person being asked what was meant
by the "realities of life," answered, "Real
estate, real money, and a real good dinner,
none of which could be realized without real
hard work."
At Louisville, Ky., the fines collected
for drunkenness are placed in the school fund,
any many of the prominent men get drunk
every week, just to contribute to the cause of
education.
Two new States will probably be admitted
into the Union during the present session
of Congress?Colorado and New Mexico.
The name of the latter will probably be
changed to Lincoln.
What more appropriate New Year gift
can be made to a friend at a distance than to
send a good weekly newspaper, wbicn wiii
keep the donor in constant remembrance
throughout the year ?
A couple out West have been divorced
on account of a difference of opinion on the
subject of baptism?one maintaining the necessity
of immersion to salvation, the other
the sufficiency of sprinkliug.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says that "in the name of England, Ireland,
Scotland, America, and all civilized .countries,"
Mr. Gladstone, Prime Minister of England,
pronounces George Francis Train a
"oorifirmed lunatic."
Otto Goldschmidt, Jenny Lind's husband,
having squandered his wife's fortune,
the nightingale is now so reduced as to be
compelled to teach music for a living. The
ill-matched pair have separated by mutual
consent, and the spendthrift must now shift
for himself.
It has been discovered that the Home
Fire Insurance Company, of New Haven, Connecticut,
has been deceiving the public.
Agents have been notified to stop insuring.
A false report is said to have been made in
1867. The nominal stock was said to be
$10,000,000, whereas it was but $400,000.
A resident of the St. Lawrence county,
N. Y., jail has discovered a new use for soap.
Having thoroughly soaked his right arm in
soft soap, he was able to thrust it through bars
that would scarcely have admitted an infant's,
and then uulocked the door, when, by the
connivan e of friends outside, he made good
his escape.
The United States Consul at Jerusalem,
Mr. R. Beardsley, has sent to Vice-President
Colfax a speaker's mallet of olive wood, with j
heads of oak from Araham's oak at Hebron, I
a chalice of olive wood from the Mount of
Olives, and an inkstand and sand box of
asphalt from the Dead Sea, all beautifully
carved and polished.
There will be four eclipses in the year
1871?two of the sun and two of the moon.
The first will be a partial eclipse of the moon,
January 6th, partly visible here; the second
an annular eclipse of the sun, June 17, invisible
here; the third a partial eclipse of the
moon, invisible; the fourth a total eclipse of
the sun, invisible.
P. T. Barnum will send out a combined
museum, menagerie and circus next spring.
He recently told a correspondent, alluding to
his proposed new traveling show: "1 am nearly
dead with ennui. I have been playing the
gentleman for four years, with plenty of money
and nothing to do, and I am nearly dead.
I don't want money ; I mean to give away
everv dollar I make. But I must work or
die."
After the first instant, there ought
to be some abatement in the prices of tea, coffee,
sugar and spices. On that day, a reduction
takes place of fifteen cents a pound in
the duty on tea; of about one and a quarter
cent a pound in the duty on sugar, and two
cents a pound in the duty on coffee. On spices
there will be a large reduction, and also a
considerable addition to the free list.
A company has been formed in New
York which will seriously interfere with the
manufacture of American shoes. Contracts
have been made with shoe manufacturers in
Vienna to make "American brogans," similar
to those of Massachusetts manufacture, from
Austrian leather, and ship them to New York.
They will cost per pair, duty paid, about
twenty-two cents less than American shoes.
A man stopped at a hotel at Pike's
Peak, and on settling his bill the landlord
charged him seven dollars a day ror nve aays.
"Didn't you make a mistake ?" said the guest.
"No," said the landlord. "You did," retorted
the wiry-looking fellow; "you thought you
got all the money I had, but you are mistaken
; I have a whole purse full in another
pocket."
New Orleans was marked on the 16th
instant by a notable event?no less than the
presentation by General Longstreet of a State
flag to the First Regiment of Louisiana Artillery,
Hon. T. J. Serames, once a member of
the Confederate States Senate, responding in
behalf of the organization. The First Regiment
is made up largely of those who were
members of the Washington Artillery of Confederate
fame.
The lottery fever has broken out among
the school-boys in Grass Valley, California.
They have got up a grand gift scheme, the
first prize to be 10,000 marbles, and the lowest
twelve marbles ; the tickets are to be sold
for marbles, and the surplus marbles, after
paying expenses, will be given to a lame boy,
who cannot play well enough to win any of
those so necessary elements in a boy's happiness.
The claim that the maize, or Indian
corn plant is indigenous to the soil of the New
World, has lately been contested, and recent
investigations of certain Chinese records are
cited to prove that it was cultivated in China
prior to the discovery of America. Chinese
authors maintain that it came originally from
west of China, and that it was intro^^^Oucedinto
that country long before the first
arrival of the Portuguese in 1547.
The operations of the income tax are
peculiar. In nineteen States the amount collected
last year was less than $75,000 for any
one of them, and A. T. Stewart paid more
than any one of twenty-seven States, and more
than Arizona, Colorado, Dakota, Florida,
Washington, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, and
Montana, combined. The whole revenue
from this source was $25,025,068.86, and seven
States paid nearly nineteen millions of this, or
three-fourtns of the whole.
Gen. "Woodford the defeated candidate
for Governor of New York, said to a Washington
reporter, a few days ago; "I was vau?uished,
and, without feeling a bit unhappy,
'11 just turn round and work at ray old profession
once more. You never heard the story
of the Dutchman in Buffalo who kept hotel.
He was defeated for the nomination as
Canal Commissioner, and, on being told he
was defeated, 'Wot, wot!' he exclaimed,
'shust zay dat again; deveeted, deveeted.
Veil, I shust go back to Buffalo and keep the
Mansion House like h?11.'
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker offers this remedy for burns or scalds :
"The most efficacious remedy ever tried was
to apply common starch just moistened with
cold water, and spread on a cloth to effectually
cover the wounded part. A little girl who
was badly scalded was instantly freed from
pain by the above remedy. Keep the starch j
moistened and in a few hours the inflamma- i
tion will be gone, leaving the scalded part ,
perfectly white. After tne inflammation is
out, apply a linen cloth dipped in sweet oil. ,
It is a speedy cure." 1
The oldest stove probably in the United 1
States is the one which warms the halls of
Virginia's capitol, in Richmond. It was made
in England and sent to Richmond in ''
1770. and warmed the House of Burgesses for ! \
sixty years before it was removed to its present
location, where it has been for thirty years.
It has survived three British monarchs; has
been contemporaneous with four kingly monarchies,
two republics and two imperial governments
of France. The great Republic of
America has been torn by internal strife, the
breaches partly healed, and still the old stove
remains unmoved in the midst of all.
ifa IJfltMle (inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 5, 1871.
Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel"
shows the time to which the subscription is
paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued,
the date must be kept in advance.
Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork,
are cash, in advance
THE PAST YEAR.
Eighteen hundred and seventy is no more.
It belongs to the past. We can now look
back upon it and reflect. In many particulars
i^gs a remarkable year. The spring
was c8g|ftnd dry; the summer long and hot,
and the autumn *he longest and most pleasant
within the memory of many living men. '
Winter lingered on the lap of spring; but
autumn more than regained what was lost
by the backwardness of the vernal season.
Seldom has the husbandman been more bountifully
recompensed for his toil and industry.
Blessed with copious rains and genial sunshine,
the fields yielded exuberant crops of all
kinds. Fruits of every variety, common to
this climate, were in profuse abundance and
of the choicest quality.
Politically, the past year was one of confusion,
and in some respects of sad and ruinous
blunders. Party animosity was carried to an
unpleasant extent. The contest for office was
fierce and stubborn, and often, no doubt,
pushed to a degree, which, in the end, will
prove highly detrimental to the public good
and disgraceful and ruinous to lncnviuuais.
We can now reflect upon our faults and
strengthen our weak places. Some diversity
of opinion is, perhaps, beneficial to a country;
but it is always a calamity for any people to
be harassed and annoyed. It alienates the
affections of the citizens toward each other
and digs chasms between parties that time
cannot filL Every good citizen must deplore
the political phenomena which South Carolina
presented during the past year. It is unprecedented
in the history of any country. The
wise and prudent look upon it with utter astonishment,
and look forward to its results
with anxious forebodings.
While South Carolina was convulsed from
the sea board to the mountains, Europe was
shocked with the clash of arras and the tread
of martial troops. France aud Prussia were
in arms, and the fair fields of France were
desolated by the invading Prusian and his
allies. Sad is the condition of Europe. The i
city which rules the fashions of the world is
beset by a veteran army flushed with many [
victories. The true patriot cannot but sym-1
pathise with the inhabitants of Paris. The j
brave man hates and weeps over the suffering j
and unfortunate. The friend of humanity i
must feel his bosotn swell with emotions of j
pity for the widows and orphans of both na-1
tions. War is a great calamity. It turns fat
lands into barrenness, and happy homes into
weeping and wailing. Thus the year closes. I
Our barns and granaries are full, and our
prospects are better than they have been for
several years. There is no need for despondency.
All that is required to enable our
people to rise to comfortable worldly circumstances,
is industry and economy; and all
that is necessary to secure to us our political
rights is prudence and firmness.
THE COMING YEAR.
With this number of the Enquirer we begin
the labors of the year eighteen hundred
and seventy-one. It fills our heart with joy,
that the DrosDectsare encouraging. Provisions
A A ^ ^
of all kinds are unusally abundant. By the
blessing of a kind and merciful Providence,
the seasons of the past year were most favorable
to crops of all kinds. The farmers, especially
of this county, are less trammeled
than they have been in the last five years.
Most of those who were involved in debt at
the surrender, have in some way or other, in
a measure, been relieved of this incubus. The
farms which were deprived of domestic animals
have been re-stocked. Property which,
for the last five years, has changed hands at
a mere nominal price begins to command a
price approximating to its former value.
The people of this State, in common with
all the southern states have had a sore strug- |
gle for the last ten years. First, a fierce and
terrible civil war, then all the calamitous effects
of war aud misgovernment; but the day
begins to dawn. Our people have learned, or
are beginuing to learn, their true situation,
and are prepared, or are preparing, for its responsibilities.
We congratulate our patrons
on the prospect that the darkness is beginning
to flee awav, and the light of a more
prosperous future for our country is already
appearing. We have still many evils of
which we might complain. Some of these
industry and economy will remove; others
are deep-seated sores that can only oe removed
by time and prudent treatment.
Just at the present juncture of affairs, we
are in danger of making fatal mistakes. The
sooner our people get rid of the old and practically
exploded idea, that "cotton is king,"
the better it will be for the whole South. If
we are permitted to advise our patrons in any
respect, we would admonish them that they,
at the very out-set of the present year, make
all their arrangements and so concert their
plans that provisions may be abundant. There
are providential occurrences, such as protracted
droughts, which cannot be provided
against, fully; but the main reason why corn
is so often scarce in South Carolina, is that
there is not a sufficient amount planted, and
what is planted, is not properly cultivated.
Experience teaches that when bread-stuffs are
scarce, even if the cotton crops be good and
the price reasonable, little money is in circulation,
and property of all kinds is depressed
in value?and worse than this, the people are
depressed in spirits and^eady to get up and J
go to some country where corn is plenty. Ob-;
servation will show us that those farmers are '
in the best pecuniary condition, who have al-'
ways made it a point to make an abundance i
of provisions and as much cotton as they ;
30uld. The close of the war found but few of
this class of farmers involved. We earnestly
hope that the day is not far distant, when
Farmers will cease to be corn buyers. ;
To all our patrons we extend the congratu- i
lations of the season and sincerely desire that ,
the year may end as propitiously as it has be-1
jim. 11
DIVERSITY OF RESOURCES.
Few localities are more favorably situated
than the region known as York county.
The soil and climate are admirably adapted
to the production of all the necessaries, and
many of the luxuries, of life. Indian corn,
wheat, rye, oats and barley, may be grown with
profit. The soil in many portions of the county
is noted for its adaptation to cotton. Clover
and many of the grasses do well. In fact,
when proper attention is paid to the preparation
of the soil, previous to sowing, clover
seems to grow as rich and luxuriant as it does
in the valley of Virginia. York county is
adapted, both by soil and climate, for producing
the cereals, growing cotton and raising
stock. Our people have long had a kind of
vague knowledge of this fact; but only in a
few instances has this knowledge been put into
practice. Most of the farmers of York county,
like the other inhabitants of the State of
South Carolina, have devoted their energies
to the growing of cotton. The practice, especially
in those portions of the county best
adapted to the growth of cotton, has been to
raise cotton, and buy corn and bacon. In
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tact, tne COttOll crop nits oeen uepeuueu upuu
to meet every want. Everything, or nearly
every thing, we eat and wear, is bought. The
farmer lives very much like a merchant in a
large city, depending upon his sales to supply
all his wants. Cotton, with some farmers, in.
this county, is everything. Such a practice
does violence to the laws of nature, and is at
variance with the sober observation of the past
i It is clear, that it is safe policy to make it
a rule to buy nothing that can be produced,
and sell as much as is possible of every thing.
This principle gives the laboring man diversity
of employ men t, which is congenial to his
mind. There are many sources of wealth in
York county which are yet undeveloped.
Stock of some kinds can be raised with little
cost and much profit. Our winters are short
and mild, compared with more northern latitudes
; and stock, especially cattle, can be supported
at a mere nominal cost during the
winter and spring months, and require no
feed during the summer and autumn. For
years stock of all kinds have been neglected,
or to speak more truthfully have been treated
cruelly; and because they did not grow and
thrive under such treatment, the cry has
been, "this is not a stock-raising country."
Stock would do well in no country treated as
| many of our people treat them.
We are not opposed to the cultivating of
cotton; but we are convinced that it is a mistaken
policy to devote the whole of our ener
. ii j..?* ? ninA +u.,?
gies 10 ine prOUUClUg Ui UUlluu, auu uiuo utglect
every other resource. It is always safe
to follow the indications of nature. If we
have natural facilities for manufacturing, it
will be beneficial to the community and profitable
to ourselves to engage in manufacturing.
The same principle is strrctly applicable to.
the other resources which nature grants us.v
i If we do not use and develope those resources,
we are recreant to the trust reposed in us, and
the penalty which will be inflicted upon us will
be poverty and dependence.
SALEfTlUY.
On Monday last, a large number of persons
were in town from the country. The Sheriff
sold under the orders of the Judge of Probate
for partition, the following tracts of land :
William Glenn, deceased.?The "Home
Tract," containing 386 acres?purchased by
D. J. Glenn, at 83.10 per acre; the "Old
Place," containing 130 acres?purchased by
A. Glqnn, at ?2 per acre;fthe "Stewart
Tract," 91 acres?purchased b/j. C. Stewart
at 84.05 per acre.
John McNeel, deceased.?Two huudred and
; seventy-three acres, purchased by L. McNeel
| at 88.75 per acre.
j Thomas E. Roddy, deceased.?A lot at Rock
j Hill, containing one* acre with a small house
on it; purchased by Mrs. Mary G. Roddy, at
j 8605.
The executrix of the estate of A. A. Coulter,
deceased, sold the plantation belonging to the
, said estate in three parcels. One tract of
: 68 1-8 acres was purchased by John H. Bari
ai K -r\r\y o nrn a nntViar* nf 131 g prpci hv I
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j S. D. Faris at 87.10 per acre; and the third
containing 105 acres, by Thomas S. Neely, at
83.80 per acre.
There were no sales of lands by the County
| Auditor to satisfy unpaid taxes?the delinquents
whose property had been advertised,
{ having generally paid or satisfactorily arranj
ged the various amounts against them.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The next terra of the Circuit Court for York
county will begin on the third Monday in this
month, and continue for one week only. The
term will most probably be occupied exclusively
with State business. The following
lists ofjurors were drawn last week for this
term of the Court:
Grand Jurors.?Walter Brian, p. c., Primus
Ellis, p. c., Ella Good, p. c., A. E. Hutchinson,
Gilley Hambright, Allen Jones, D. B.
McCarter, R. T.May, Thomas McGill,Thomas
S. Neely, John R. Patton, Nelson Scott, p.
c., Andy Steele, p. c., Joseph N.Steele, Thomas
Wright, p. c., Edmund Wilson, George
Witherspoon, p. c., Allen Workman, p. c.
Petit Jurors.?P. W. Lindsay, sen., D. T.
Lessley, T. M. Whitaker, John W. Mitchell,
J. F. Workman, T. N. Dunlap, Robert
Wright, p. c., Maj. J. H. Barry, T. L. Berry,
.T T, Barron. J. A. Carroll. W. E. Campbell.
Wm. Howell, J. L. Parish, Fenton Deggs, p.
c., J. F. Carothers, Wm. Lindsey, p. c., Primus
Johnson, p. c., Noah Banks, p. c., R. R.
Darwin, John Thompson, p. c., Jacob Blair,
p. c., Grief Brian, p. c., Russell Kennedy, p.
c., Perry Dye, Anderson King, J. J. Wylie,
John Dulin, W. W. Gaffney, Minor McConnell,
p. c., M. H. Currence.
THE GEORGIA ^ELECTION.
The State election closed in Georgia on the
22nd ultimo, and passed off quietly, both parties
voting freely and without intimidation, so
far as heard from. The State has gone largely
Democratic. The Congressional delegation
will stand six Democrats to one Radical;
and the Democrats are sqre of a majority of
two, and probably more, in the next State
Senate. Out of twenty-two Senators elected,
the Democrats have chosen at least eighteen,
which, with those holding over, will give
them twenty-four out of the forty-four Senators.
The fifth Congressional district, which,
in 1868, gave a Radical majority of 8000, and
sent but two Democratic representatives out of
twenty-seven to the Legislature, now gives a
Democratic majority of 6000, and elects twen- i
ty-three Democratic representatives, and all
three of the State Senators. The result in
Georgia provoked the following recent dis- j'
patch from Washington to the New York 11
Herald: 1
"The result of the Georgia election has dis-!
appointed the Republicans who expected to j.
carry that State. It is now conceded that the i (
entire South will go Democratic in 1872, and
the Republicans are considerably alarmed at j1
the prospect If the South goes Democratic J *
it will be impossible to elect the Republican ; f
candidate, except Pennsylvania, Indiana and j I
other Northern States, which are now doubt-: t
ful, can be carried. The change of affairs in (
the South was not altogether unexpected to j
sharp politicians, but it was thought that a !
few States would be carried by the Republi- 1
cans." ! t
THE TORKVILLE ENQUIRER
FOR 1871!
WITH the first of the year, the YORKVILLE ENQUIRES
will enter upon lu seventeenth volume ; and the success
with which the proprietor has met ln-the past, in his efforts to
publish a first-class Literary and Family paper, has Induced him
to present attractions In the future, superior to any heretofore offered.
With tills view, and for the purpose of securing
ORIGINAL SERIAL STORIES.
of a high order, remunerative prizes were offered for the three
best competed ve stories. From a large number that were submitted,
a committee, composed of disinterested and competent literary
gentlemen, selected as the most entertaining, "AVLONA;"
"TEMPTATIONand "THE LOST DIAMOND;" which, on
opening the seals containing the authors' names, were found tc
be from the pens of some ot the most popular story writers; and
these productions are pronounced equal to the stories Issued from
any weekly press In the country.
THE PRIZE STORIES 1
will run through at least twenty-six numbers of the paper, and
will be followed by three other Original Stories of absorbing interest,
written cxpresslv for the Enquirer, entitled, rtBoectlvely,
"DESTINY?A TALE OK BEFORE THE WAR;" "BROKEN
CISTERNS;" and "UNKNOWN," making not less than
three hundred columns of Original Stories to be published during
the year; which, In addition to the "Miscellaneous Reading,''
adapted to all clnsscs; the Agricultural Department, containing
practical and useful information for the Farmer; "Reading for the
Sabbath," under the supervision of n clerical gentleman of marked
ability, whose graceful pen embellishes his department In every
number; a column of Wit and Hutnor; together with Editorials
on appropriate topics; a cntnpeml of the News, at home and
abroad; Commercial and Market Reports, and being one of the
largest |>upors published In tlic South, printed In the bent style or
a steam press, the Enquirer will supply the want of every fireside,
and sustain its reputation as a paper for tlie family circle
PRIZES TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Willi a determination to keep up with the spirit of the tlmewc
the distribution of Prizes being a popular Idea?the Proprlntoi
has determined to ndont a system ol GIFT DISTRIBUTION
among the subscribers of the Enquirer ; but upon a plan different
from Umtito prevalent, In which brass jewelry, "dumh watchen"
nnd shilling pictures arc the chief attractions. Ibis deetnee
preferable to awanl a substantial gift, in an equitable manner, up
on the following plan :
Commencing with the first week In January, 1871, the name o
each yearly subscriber on the list, who has paid in advance, wll
be placed in a box provided for the purpose. On each Wednca
day morning throughout the year, after thoroughly rltaing m
names, one name will be drawn from the box?the person whoti
name shall be so drawn, to be entitled to a prize of FIVE DOL
LARS in cash, (pj- As names arc added to the list tl^ejr will b<
placed In the box..?|} The name of the pcraon dawn eacl
week will be announced in the Issue of the paper succff-dtng th
drawing, and the money promptly forwarded to the M
I PREMIUMS FOR CLUI^^LgH
I The proprietor announces THREE PREMIUbH^^^HH
IS-gest Clubs of subscribers to the Enquihf.h
amounting in the aggregate to 8EVENTY-FIV4 0?HiABS fi
cash.
The first premium will represent the value of THIRT3T-PIVI
DOLLARS; the second, die value of TWENTY-FIVE DOL
LARS; nnd the third, die value of FIFTEEN DOLLARS.
The proprietor, instead of designating special articles as pre
miums, has adopted die above plan, In order that persons win
secure die premiums may select any article diat may be preferrct
of the value to which each may be entitled.
The person getting up the Inrgest Club, at 82.50 for each sub
scriber, will be eritlded to the first of the above premiums; thi
person getdng up die second largest, to die second premlum|_an<
the diird largest to the dtird premium. Compcdtom mtybegTi
to procure suliscrlbers at once?the time of subscription to com
mence whenever the name Is handed In, or on the first of Jan
uary, 1871, as may be preferred. The money for each subscribe
Is expected to lie paid for whenever die nnme Is entered on on
bonkR, nnd no nnme will be entered In competlUon until it 1
paid for.
To persons who make up Clubs of ten or more nnmes, bu
who may fail to obtain a premium, we will send the EsquiREi
one year free of charge; nnd to those who send a Club of twent;
or more names, but who mny fall to get a premium, we will for
ward a copy of the Enquirer one yenr tree of charge, and i
copy of the Rural Carollnlnn and die Southern Culdvator, or i
copy of die Enquirer and either Godcy's Lady's Book, Peter
son's Magazine, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, or any weekl;
newspaper published In the United Suites.
The premiums will be awarded to the successful competitor
at one o'clock, p. in., on die second Monday in April, 1871.
TERMS, IN ADVANCE.
One copy, one year, ?
Two copies, one year, 5 0
One copy two years, 5 0
Ten copies, one year, with an extra copy to the person mnklngthe
club, ,_j, 25 p
Specimen copies will be sent on application. Address,- '
L. M. GRIST, Yorkvllle, S. C.
COLD WEATHER.
An unusually cold snap of weather pre
vailed throughout the entire country duriw
last week and the week before. In this ira
mediate section the weather was colder thai
has been known for forty years, and ice form
ed of an average thickness of two inches
Broad river was frozen over on the 27th ulti
mo, the first instance of the kind in thirty-sev
en years; a slight sprinkle of snow fell heri
on the 22nd, extending generally throughout
the South. Fisher's mill pond, at Columbia
was entirely frozen over on the 25th and 26th
and for the first time in thirty years was th<
ice sufficiently thick to carry a skater entire
ly across. At New Orleans the weather waj
unusually severe, water freezing there on th<
22nd.
In the West and Northwest the weathe:
was particularly severe. At Chicago, Illinois
the mercury descended to sixteen degrees be
low zero, an$ at Bloomington, in thlr^jJ
State, it was twenty-two degrees beloii^^
Ij) New Mexico tiff tkrnmmp^[- W;
from eight to'twenty-eight degrees; and sflj
in the mountains is from two to three feet d^
which the miners hail with delight, as it wil
ensure plenty of water next season. ?hi
Missouri river is frozen, and vehicles cross th<
river on ice. The Potomac river is frozei
over, and river navigation generally suspen
ded, on account of the cold weather.
STATE TAXES.
The Legislature, just before adjournraen
for the holiday recess, during which recess, i
is worthy of remark, the members are drawin;
their regular per diem just the same as if the]
were at the capitol earnestly deliberating fo:
the public weal, passed a tax bill, fixing thi
rates at nine mills on the dollar, which act w<
are informed by the Columbia Union, was ap
proved by the Governor on the 23rd ultimo
At this rate, the total State tax for the nex
fiscal year will reach one million six hundrei
and fifty-five thousand two hundred and twent\
dollars, which sum, it is modestly hinted, wil
meet the running expenses of the government
and which, with equal propriety, we think i
may be stated, will be absorbed to the las
penny, in the way of salaries, fees and "con
tingencies" by the insatiable leeches now iy4?k
ing at the treasury pap, to say nothing of th<
many more new offices which are proposed by
bills already introduced.
During the late canvass, the condition o:
the State finances was clearly shown by Re
publican speakers to be in an unusually sounc
and healthy condition, and the promises mad<
by them of retrenchment and reform, shoulc
their party continue in power, led the publi<
to believe that'taxation would be light, und
the burdens of State government for tho en
suing year, at least, would be comparatively
easy. - Hence, it is with no small degree oi
astonishment, to say the least, that the taxpayers
contemplate, as almost the first act oi
the Legislature, a bill increasing the taxes
one-half more than the amount levied Jasl
year, the bill being based upon
the State Auditor, demonstrating
be impossible to carry on the State go
ment with anything less than that which the
* " Ml- xt_ _
bill just passed specines?nine mms on me
dollar.
It is due to Governor Scott to say that he
is reported as being very much dissatisfied
with the stubborn conduct of the House in
refusing to pass the bill without making any
effort to reduce the amount levied.
In debating the question in the Senate, Mr.
Corbin protested against this extravagant
course, and believed that money was disposed
of in a manner that could not be properly accounted
for. At the same time the State was
in debt and property must be taxed to liquidate
it. In future, as a Senator, watching the
interests of the people, he would demand a
thorough investigation ; and if officials were
found guilty of dishonest practices, hcwrwrid
see that j'ust punishment would be meted but
to them, let their positions be high or low. 1
In the House, Mr. O'Connell, spoke at
length in favor of the reduction of the rate of
taxation. He desired that eight mills should
be levied iustead of nine mills, although he
voted previously for the latter rate. If there
svas a deficiency bill introduced he would
support it, should it be shown to him that it
tvas right and j'ust. The entire expenses of
ihe State, at present, were the payment of the
State officials, no one of whom received more
:han three thousand dollars salary, and he desired
to know where this vast amount of mon;y
was to go.
We can only express the hope that the bill
las not been approved by the Governor, and
hat further deliberation will result in a nm
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teaal reduction of the sura proposed. Al- c
reidy are the people over-burdened with tax- i
ation. e
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; THE EUROPEAN WAR. ,
The severe weather in France has caused j
intense suffering in both armies, incapacita- j
Jing troops from service and of course irape- 6
ding military movements. The Prussians are (
| evacuating the departments east of Paris, for ^
j the purpose, as is supposed, of concentrating ^
i around Versailles. Up to latest advices the {
bombardment of Paris had not commenced, ,
Pifnt preparations have been made for the (
?work of shelling the city. (
j
| THE AGRICULTURE SOCIETY.
r From the proceedings published in another !
column, it will be seen that the movers in the
initiatory steps to forming an agricultural '
society in-^ork county are earnestly at work,
a convention of the township societies having
been held on last Monday. It is to be^ regretted
that some of the townships were not
lTtenresented. but we trust this failure is not
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[ attributable to apathy on the part of the farp
jners of these townships. Nothing can be
- more conducive to the benefit of our farming
r community than a properly-organized agri1
^cultural society, and we hope every township
h 4?the county will be represented at the next
~ meeting on the last Saturday in April.
j^^HE TOM BLACK MURDER. fHi
^H^Ri*fifndall and John Hix, two otfiW
^^JHftmplicated by the evidence as being
nwgage<Hn the murder of the negro, Thomas
s Black, near Harmony, in this county, on the
night of the 3rd of December last, voluntarii
ly surrendered themselves to the sheriff of this
1 county, on Monday last, and were committed
I to jail. Subsequently on the same day, they
]_thad a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus be
forejudge Thomas, and were recognized to
r appear at the next term of the Circuit Court?
i Randall in the sum of $3,000, and Hix in the
t sum of $1500. ^Mack Byars, who was com*
mitted, soon after the perpetration of the murl
der, also appeared before Judge Thomas
* on a writ of habeas corpus, and was bailed in
y the sum of $1000. All the parties proved
s alibis in the investigation had before the
Judge.
I DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
0 The close of the year just past has been
9 unade remarkable by the number of destructive
fires which have occurred in various sections
of the country, all within the space of a
few days, and many of them simultaneously.
Besides the fire in Richmond, noticed at
r
' length in another column, a fire occurred at
Louisville, Ky., on the night of the 24th, destroying
a hotel and all the business houses on
the same block, but three?loss $100,000 f
property to the amount of $15,000 was destroyed
in Lynchburg, Va., on Wednesday of
last week; the theatre at Memphis, Tenn.,
^ was also burned ; a fire in Harrisonburg, Va.,
on Christmas morning, destroyed a portion of
' the business section of the town, and on the
' same morning, the building of Randolph Macon
College was discovered to be on fire,
.though the flames were extinguished before
serious damage was done. In New York city
there were thirty fires within a week, the loss
amounting to $400,000 ; and at various localr
ities in the northern States we enumerate from
' our exchanges fourteen fires, destroying in
^be aggregate property valued at $876,000.
l proceedings of congress.
HQ^V) complete our Congressional reports, we
Tcbiitinue the proceedings of the (wo last days'
jLflrevious to the adjournment for the holiday
season.
3i The Sugar tax bill was disposed of in the
g' Senate on the 20th, having originated in
! i the House, and as adopted was sent to the
. j President, which he has signed, and it is
i therefore a law. The bill provides the folj
lowing duties on the different grades of sugar
I amiimamaIa/I nil onr*ny nnf oKatto "Ma *7
CilULUCiaiCU VU an OUgai uw cui/vr V ai vi t |
t Dutch standard in color, one and three-quart
ter cents per pound. On all sugar above No.
r- 7 and not above No. 10, Dutch standard in
j color, two cents per pound. On all sugar
r above No. 10 and not above No. 13, Dutch
s standard in color, two and one-quarter cents
?. per pound. On all sugar above No* 13 and
- not above No. 16, Dutch standard in color,
two and three-quarter cents per pound. On
t all sugar above No. 16 and not above No. 20,
i Dutch standard in color, three and one-quarter
f cents per pound. On all sugar above No. 20,
1 Dutch standard in color, and on all refined
; loaf, lump, crushed, powdered, and granulat
ted sugar, four cents per pound. The bill alt
so provides regulations for sampling, and enacts
that all sirup of sugar, sirup of sugar-cane,
- juice melada, concentrated melada, or conj'l
centrated molasses .entered under the name of
r molasses, shall be forfeited to the United
States.
f On the 21st the Senate was engaged in dis.
cussing the San Domingo question. The de[
bate was exciting and continued all night.
> Mr. Sumner arrayed himself boldly against
I the annexation scheme of the administration,
. while on the other hand Mr. Morton defended
[ the President and San Domingo. The reso'Tution,
which provides for appointing a comr
mission to visit San Domingo, make observaf
tions, and report the same, finally passed,
. though it is yet to be acted on in the House.
^ Mr. Sumner's position on this question has
, created a rupture between himself and the
> President and has also excited a feeling of han
fret! toward him among the republican Sena
~ :?
p in cue nuuae, u ueiug cviuwn umi du^u
r amnesty bill would be defeated, he had it'post,
poned to January 11th. No other matter of
interest was before the House.
1 MERE-MENTION. i
Some of the Masonic lodges in Boston have
both colored and white members. The
monthly report of the Department of Agriculture
estimates the total corn crop at 1,- '
100,000,000 bushels?an average yield per
acre of 28 bushels upon 39,000,000 acres, i
Last year the yield was 24J bushels per acre
upon 307,000,000 acres cultivated. A |
Radical member of the Florida Legislature i
was elected while in jail, awaiting trial for j
murder. By raising cotton, the Florida <
planters got 845 for an acre's yield ; by raising
sugar cane, 8393, with no more work or res- (
ponsibility. The novel excuse of a Hart!
ford, Conn., woman for stealing, was that she i
"wanted the goods for Christmas presents, !
and couldn't afford to buy them." Sen- ]
j ator Revels, of Mississippi, is thrifty beyond <
the average of his race. What with lyceum ]
, lectures and senatorial pay, he has saved 1
enough to buy an eleven hundred acre plan- I
| tation near Natchez. Robert Lincoln, (
1 son of the late President Lincoln, has joined <
the Swedenborgian church, in Illinois. J. ^
M. Morris, heretofore connected with the i
Charleston Republican, has purchased the t
Washington Chronicle, which will be contin- s
ued as the administration paper. Henry !]
Ward Beecher recently received a 8500 mar- t
riage fee. Richmond, Va., ships flour to t
Rio Janeiro. j
New York city has about thirty-five htin- j
Ired lawyers doing business in its courts. The J i
ncomes of these lawyers, range from one thouand
to two hundred thousand dollars per anrnm.
There are at present in Germany
ipwards of 25,000 war widows and 129,000
atherless children. A despatch from
Havana states that the insurgents in Cuba are
lurrendering in large numbers. Philalelphia
has the largest locomotive factory in
;he world, employing nineteen hundred men,
;urning out one locomotive a day, of the valle
of $17,000. The report of the fire
marshal of the city of New York shows that
luring the year, there were 856 fires, totally
destroying twenty buildings, damaging sixtynine,
and over seven hundred slightly. Over
half the fires originated from carelessness, or
incendiarism. There are only 202 Indiaus
in Florida, according to the census returns.
Over five million packs of playing
cards are made in this country annually.
Massachusetts is the principal buyer. An
elderly Indiana pair, aged respectively 78 and
75, want a divorce on account of accumulated
incompatibility. There are 74,000 doctors
in the United States.
STATE ITEMS.
? Gov. Scott has appointed M. L. Owens,
of Rock Hill, first Lieutenant and Adjutant
of the 14th Regiment of ^uth Carolina National
Guards.
? The Union Times contains the formal
protest of Col. I. G. McKissick against Col.
Wallace's taking his seat in Congress from the
Fourth Congressional District.
?James W. Grey, Esq., formerly Commis-"
sioner in Equity, and Rev. Pfiillip Gadsden,
brother of the late Bishop Gadsden, died in
Charleston last week.
? Capt. James McMahon, died in Columbia
last week. He for many years held the
position of Clerk of the City Council and was
highly esteemed.
? Mr. J. M. Silkirk has been selected as
Superintendent of the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, vice C. Bouknight,
Esq., who returns to his former position as
Treasurer.
? General Kershaw, as Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the late Reform
party, published an address in the Charleston
Courier and News, a few days ago, giving formal
notice of the dissolution of the party.
? A new bank has been organized in Columbia,
under the name of the "Central National
Bank. Col. J. B. Palmer, is President.
Mr. A. G. Brenizer, Cashier, and Mr. C. N.
G. Butt, Assistant Cashier.
? The Charleston papers announce the
death, in that city, of Capt. William Corrie,
who twenty years ago, rendered himself quite
notorious, by landing a cargo of negroes
brought from the cc&st of Africa, on an island
near Savannah.
? Robert W. Murray, of Chester, recently
employed in the office of the Reporter, died
in Columbia on the 22nd ultimo, from cold
and exposure. We have known Mr. Murray
for many years, and whatever failings he may
have had, he had virtues as well. His remains
were interred in the cemetery at Chester
on the 25th ultimo.
? The Columbia Phcenix learns from the
report of the chief constable, that during the
past year seventy-eight deputy constables have
been on duty. Twenty horses were on hand
from last year, three of which died, one was
captured, and sixteen remain in possession pf
the State now. The expense of keeping up
the constabulary was 840,696.69 for services
of deputy constables; $3,863.41, forage fofcl
horses, and $10,223,49 for expenses, incidentals
and salary of the chief constable. Number
of crimes committed, 365, of which' 27
were murders, 124 assault and battery with intent
to kill, 15 grand larceny, 32 petit larceny,
and the balance of minor offences.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? North Carolina has 191 tobacco factories,
and the bonds given by her manufacturers,
amount, in the aggregate, to $911,000.
? The special elections in Guilford, Caswell,
Alamance and Nash couuties, on the
24th ultimo, resulted in the success of the
Conservatives in every instance.
? A negro, named Green Williamson, fell
from the tender of a locomotive on the North
mi'l.na/1 of Ptiorlnffo nn TIinwiHiir
VtUUllUC* lailiuau UU VUMi iVI/UV vu AUW1WWWJ I
and was crushed so badly by the train that he
died of bis injuries next day.
? The trial of W. W. Rea, of Mecklenburg
county, on the charge of killing his wife
about two years ago, was commenced in Cabarrus
Superior Court on the 7th ultimo, and
continued until the 20th. The jury rendered
a verdict that Rea was insane, and recommended
his confinement in the asylum.
? Henry Graddick, an engineer on the
Wilmington, Augusta and Columbia railroad,
who was scalded by an accident on the road,
on the 18th ultimo, died in Wilmington on
Friday last. His home was in Charleston, to
which city his remains were taken for interment.
? Both Houses of the Legislature have
passed a bill, which is now a law, annulling the
right of the Governor to appoint seven directors,
on the part of the State, of the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford railroad, and
requiring the old officers to surrender the
books, &c., of the company to officers elected
by the stockholders in October last.
?The last account of the Siamese twins
who are now at their home in Surry county, is
by a letter from Eng. He states that their
condition is worse; they are exceedingly restless,
and Eng, who is palsied, is failing quite
rapidly. These brothers, although they lost
some 840,000 by the late war, are still in good
pecuniary circumstances, being worth about
8200,000. The families of the two aggregate
some six or eight children.
T? tlftl/Jan'o iTYirvAnnlimnnf frlol
~~J.I1 View Ul HUIUtu o liujjbui/muvuu Wtui,
the colored members of the General Assembly
have issued an address to the colored people
of the State, recommending Friday the
13th instant, as a day of fasting and prayer
in behalf of the Governor. The address is
based on incidents related in the book of Esther.
The General Assembly represents Haman,
who thirsted for the blood of the Jews,
personated by the negroes of the State; the
colored members of the Legislature stand for
Esther, and Governor Holden is the Mordecai
of the occasion.
? On Tuesday night last, says the Observer,
some negroes visited the house of Mr. Edward
Smith, some ten miles east of Charlotte, and
knocked at the door, asking permission to
enter and warm, (it being very cold) and as
Mr. Smith opened the door one of the party
3red on him, killing him instantly. Mrs.
smith, making her appearance, was knocked
lown and left as dead when the fiends projeeded
to rob the house of what money and
valuables they could find. Mrs. S. having
ecovered, made her escape, and after the
hieves had got what they went after, they
et fire to the building and made their escape.
The body of Mr. Smith was consumed with
he burning building. The perpetrators of
he deed have been arrested and lodged in
ail.
? During a recent revival in Raleigh, Gov
ernor Holden professed conversion and joined
the Baptist church. In view of his impeftding
impeachment trial, the New York Herald
wickedly remarks that "he goes to his impeachment
as if he were going to be hanged.
On Friday he professed religion and on Sunday
he was baptized." And that impious
paper continues?"He might have entertained
some hope, even after he chose to accept
these familiar accompaniments of the scaffold,
but he has cut away all chance of safety by
securing Ben Butler as his counsel. Ben was
the evil genius of his client in the last impeachment
trial he was engaged in, and he is'
not likely to be more lucky in North Carolina,
where the jury he must influence have
doubtless long had an inordinate craving for
t-?- 1-1 ? J f)
nis uioou.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Kuykendal <fe Tomlimson?1The York Drug Store
for 1871?Squelched?Thy Evil Spirit, Brutus?Never
Say Die.
Vick's Floral Guide for 1871.
J. N. Robson, Charleston?Soluble Pacific Guano
?Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime.
The Misses Manigault?Boarding and Day School.
J. Banks Lyle, Limestone Springs?Male School.
W. B. Wilson?Estate Notice.
M. Jones, Agent?De Fence?Subscribers?Sewing
Machines.
M. Jones, Dep. Collector?U. S. Internal Revenue
Notice.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales?Judge of
Probate's Sale.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Applications
for Discbarge?In the
Matter of A. M. Gilreath and Jos. J. Acker.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In
the Matter of Benjamin fi. Bates.
Lindsey A Jackson?Dissolution. ' .
John M. Steele?$25 Reward.
(Carroll, Clark <ft Co.?John J. SmttJP-Country
I Homespun?Calico?Cheap Goodsk-jfifleel?
J Axes?Salem Jeans?Horse-Shoes?Brown
f Homespun?Molasses?Plow Lines.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?A Card of Thanks?Clerks'
Cards?Pistols and Guns?Ca?J^-Thread~
Our Grocery?Hoods?Ready-Made Shirts?
Vslices?Stocks and Bits?How to Buy on
Time?Settle Up?No Credit?Ready-Made
Clothing?Cotton Plaids.
J. W. Avery?Sincere Thanks?D. C. WilliamsSamuel
V. Wallace.
J. W. Carroll?For the New Year?A Startling
Question.
S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?John
Shillinglaw, Applicant?Andrew Shillinglaw,
Deceased.
Miles Johnson?School Commissioner.
Barry & McElwee?Dissolution.
Lana for sale?Apply at this office.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS. .
The Charlotte Democrat.
We are pleased to welcome the re-appearance
of this sterling paper, the office and
materials of which were destroyed by fire some
time ago.
Bethel Agricultural Club.
At the Agricultural Club organized in
Bethel Township on Saturday last, we learn
that the following persons were elected officers
for the ensuing year: Maj. A. A. McKenzie,
President; S. D. Stowe, Vice-President
; S. Leroy Adams, Secretary, and John
Moore, Treasurer.
Masonic Election.
At the regular communication of Rock
Hill Lodge, No. Ill, A. F. M., held at Rock
Hill on the 27th ultimo, the following brethren
were elected officers for the current year:
A. H. White, W. M; A. E. Hutchinson,
8. W.; M. W. Russell, J. W.; W. M. McCully,
Treasurer; E. M. Kirkpatrick, Secretary
; S. M. Fewell, S. D; C. E. Cobb, J. D.;
S. G. Kistler, Tiler; R. W. Workman, R. T.
May, Stewards.
High Taxes.
The Albany, N. Y., Journal, furnishes
the following as samples of the way in which
property in that city is taxed:
Two stores on Broadway, which rent for
83,690 a year, are taxed 81,435.80. House
67 Columbia street rents for 8175 a year, and
is taxed 890.26. No. 67 ?North Pearl street
rents for 81,000, and the tax is 8429. These
several-pieces of property are rented up to
their full value. No. 67 Columbia street has
until recently rented for 8100 a year.
Grant in a Jocular Mood.
President Grant indulges in so few
jokes, that when he does say a smart thing
tne wasmngion letter writers seize it witn
avidity; and the consequence is, that a "joke"
for which a comic newspaper editor would
pay seventy-five cents or a dollar, is heralded
over the country without a cent of remuneration
to its illustrious author. The President's
last joke is at the expense of Senator Sumner,
and happened in this wise: Senator Conkling
was talking to the President about Sumner,
and said, among ather things, that he (Sumner)
did not believe in the Bible. "Of course
he does not,as he didn't write it," was Grant's
quiet reply.
An Important Question Settled.
No question of recent times has elicited
more enquiry, investigation and research, and
all to so little purpose, as the origin and meaning
of the phrase "gone where the woodbine
twineth." The celebrated Jim Fisk is the
author of it, and by the indefatigable exertions
of an "interviewer," the mystery has at length
been removed from the famous expression, by
extorting from Fisk an explanation, which is
given in his own words:
"You see I was before that learned and
dignified body, the Committee on Banking
and Currency, and when Garfield asked me
where the money got by Corbin went to, I
could not make a vulgar reply and say up
the spout, but observing, while peddling
through New England, that every spout of
houpe or cottage had a woodbine twining
about it, I said, naturally enough, where the
woodbine twineth. That is all. It seems the
Congressional cheese-waxes did not understand
my delicacy nor my delicate allusion."
The Monnt Cenis Tunnel.
The completion of the great tunnel at
Mount Cenis, on the railroad from Chamberry
to Turin, is near at hand. The workmen
from the French and Italian sides shook
hands through the small apperture in the
barrier of rock that remained, and on Christmas
day the barrier itself was removed. It
is calculated that the road will be finished to
the tunnel at both ends, and the whole be put
in operation by the first of July next It is
one of the most stupendous undertakings of
modern times, being within a fraction of eight
miles in length, the longest work of the kind
in the world, and has cost near $10,000,000.
It was commenced years ago, at the very
flood-tide of Emperor Napoleon's greatness,
and it was his ambition to have the work com^.1.1.
J Imo nrtliiAttrtmonfa /111
US UJ1C UA mo gicav o\/iiicvciuguiOj uuring
Bis reign, as the road across Mt. Cenis
was a famous enterprise of his uncle, Napoleon
I. Such was the height of the mountain
immediately over the tunnel that it was not
practicable to sink any shafts to facilitate its
construction. The entrance to it on the French
side is at Fourneau, three miles from Modane,
in the Valley of Arc, and on the Italian side
at Nordonneche.
Exports of Provisions.
The exports of bread-staffs from the
United States to Europe have been unusually
heavy during the few weeks past?supposed
to meet the demands of the German army, and
also to provide for the re-provisioning of Paris,
when military events there reach their culminating
point. It is stated that for weeks flour
has been exported from New York at an average
rate of nearly fifty thousand barrels, and
wheat at the rate of half a million bushels per
week. The export of provisions has also been
enormous?more than eight thousand barrels
and tierces of pork and beef and nearly five
million pounds of bacon, lard, cheese, etc.,
having left that port during last week?the
total value of the exports of the week being
more than five million dollars in gold, or
more than double the value of the corresponding
week in 1868.
The New York World, commenting upon
this heavy export trade warns the public
against deceitful appearances, and says:"
"If there is a large demand for surplus
grain, it should be remembered, on the other
hand, that cotton is at the present moment at
the lowest point it has touched since 1862.
The whole condition of trade is unsettled and
unnatural, and the very signs which at first
look favorable are really the feverish symptoms
which are to be followed by disastrous
depression."
Impeachment of Got. Holden.
Since our last issue, the articles of impeachment
prefered against Governor Holden,.
of North Carolina, have been published.
There are eight articles, making quite a
lengthy document, of which the following is
the substance:
1st. Unlawfully sending troops into Alamance
county.
2nd. Corruptly proclaiming said county to
be in a state of insurrection. ?. __
3rd. Unlawfully assaulting and arresting
Josiah Turner, jr.
4th. Unlawful seizure and detention of JoHn
Kerr, Sw P. Hill and other citizens of Caswell
county. a ^
5th. Refusing to obey a writ of habeas corpus,
issued by Judge Pearson, in the case of
A. G. Moore, of Alamance.
6th. Refusing to make returns to the writs
of habeas corpus for the appearance of certain
citizens of Caswell. .
7th. Organizing, equipping and SBnmrtww^
band of desperadoes, ana placing them under
the command of Kirk and others, and hurling
them upon the counties of Caswell and Ala- ^ M
mance. Also for confining Josiah Turner, ^
jr., and F. A. Wiley in a dungeon, Ac.
8th. Drawing enormous sums of money
from the State treasury to further these criminal
and unlawful movements.
On the 23rd, Chief Justice Pearson appeared
in the Senate and announced that he was
present to take part in forming a court for
the trial of the Governor of the State; and
after having the Senators called and sworn, he
proclaimed the Court of Impeachment organized
for business. The Chief Justice then issued
a summons to Governor Holden, requiring
him to appear forthwith before the Senatft
of North Carolina, and answer to the ni*>
tides of impeachment, Ac., which being served,
R. C. Badger, counsel for the Governor, appeared
aud moved for the allowance of thirty
days for the preparation of the answer to the
articles of impeachment The time asked for
was granted, and it was ordered that the' respondent
file his answer to the article, of impeachment
on or before the 23rd day of Jan*
uary, 1871, and that the managers of impeachment
file their replication thereto within six
days thereafter, and that the matter stand for
trial on the 30th day of January, 1871. The
Chief Justice then gave notice that the Court
would stand adjourned until the 23rd of January.
During the proceedings the lobbies were
thronged by a large and deeply interested
crowd of spectators.
The Price of Cotton.
Speaking of the reduction in the price
of cotlon, which depression does not seem to
be overcome by the apparent advantages of
an increased supply, the Baltimore Sun remarks
editori ly:
"Cotton is now worth only about $60 per
bale; last year it brought $110 to $120 per
bale at this season of the year. So that,
while our receipts for the current year are a
quarter of a million bales in excess of last i
ryear, at a reduction of from 9 to 10 cents petpound,
the South will not realize by $30,000,- "
000 as much money. This must make a
great difference in the financial strength of
the cotton-planting interests, as they agree in
the opinion that the present price does not
cover the cost of production. This state of
affairs must necessarily restrict the far Southern
trade considerably, as planters will be
forced to restrict their purchases to bare ne
cessities. There can be little doubt that the
production of cotton this year will be largely
in excess of the world's demand, as we can
see no evidence that Great Britain will take
as much as she did last year, and we are almost
certain to lose one-half of the export to '
the continent" . . v
The same paper also quotes from Mr.
Wells, who has given the most careful attention
to this subject, and who has the best and
most reliable sources of information, the following
paragraph, which, in connection with
the above, we publish for the consideration of
our planting community: <
"Coming down to particulars, we find that
the effect of the war upon cotton and cotton
manufacture has been to almost entirely stop
the British export to two of the chief European
markets of yarns and goods, the total
annual export of which for the last few years
has been over thirty million pounds of yarn
and 105.000.000 vards of cloth. The expor
tation of raw cotton also to the continent of
Europe from Liverpool and the American *
ports has greatly diminished, and in place of
it a reverse movement has to soma extent taken
place, 180,000 bales of cotton in store at
Harve, France, for the use of the French
manufactures, having been mainly reshipped
to Liverpool. The diminished consumption
of raw cotton on the continent for the year,
in consequence of the war, is variously estimated
at from 300,000 to 500,000 bales. Under
such circumstances, with an increase of
product in the United States and an average
crop in India, the price of raw cotton has
since midsummer steadily tended downward,
occasioning to the producers in the United
States a loss which is likely to far more than
offset any realized or prospective gains to the
country from any increased demand for breadstuffs
and provisions."
ANOTHER CALAMljT IN MOlIMWl
Well may Richmond be entitled to the appellation
of the "City, of Disasters." Since
its existence, it has been visited by more calamities
than any other city of the Union, of
which, as being more notable we may cite the
burning of the theatre, in 1811, when seventy
victims, including the Governor of.the State,
perished in the flames; the calamftOIIB'lirtNjf
A?t.i1 whif>h nwent awav. in a sincle
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morning, the earnings of lives industriously
spent in the accumulation of competency,
leaving those hitherto comfortable, houseless
and penniless; the fall of the chain bridge,
across James river, in 1869; the great Capitol
disaster of last summer, with its long list
of killed and wounded ; the immense destruction
of property by the mighty flood of last
fall, which poured in awful torents from the
mountains, as if to vie in the work of destruction
with its opposite element, the fire fiend;
and again, on last Christmas morn, when
nought but joy and gladness is supposed to
reign, another conflagration occurred in the
heart of the city, destroying the Spotswood "
Hotel and half a block of buildings, together
with sad loss of life. The Dispatch furnishes
the following details of the origin and progress
of the flames:
On the morning of Christmas day, at about
2 o'clock, the night watchman at the Hotel,
was sent by the night clerk, to call the women,
whose duty it is to scour the floors. Going
up stairs, he thought he detected the smell
of smoke, and looking more carefully, presently
he saw it curling from a fissure in the
weather-boarding of the old wine-room, of
late used as a pantry. The alarm was immediately
given, and Mr. Knowles, and Dr.
Latham, of Lynchburg, running to the spot,