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Scraps and ,fa(ts. A man in Iowa, who was hung a while and then let down, has actually sued the men who let him down for damages. Wait until they get him in that fix again. It has been ascertained that the Crimean war cost ?340,000,000; the PrussoAustrian war ?66,000,000. The loss of life, it has been estimated, in all these wars together amounted to 1,700,000 men. , In the House of the Forty-second Congress there will be on6 hundred and thirteen new members, and one hundred and eleven who are in the present Congress, so far as the elections have been held. The steamer Ironsides, running between ""Washington and Aquia Creek was sunk on the 6th, near Washington while endeavoring to force her way through the ice. The passengers and mails were saved. A committee of a county board in Wisconsin, appointed to consider the subject, reported that "the best time to pull thistles was when they were in full bloom, and the best .time to cut elders was just before camp meeting." In Alabama, a man has invented an iron horse which works by steam. It has four legs and walks with them. It can be made to travel, and do such work as plowing, reaping, &c., at from three to fifteen miles per hour. A neat compliment was paid the other day to a lady. She had just swallowed a small glass of wine as a gentleman in company asked for a taste. 'Tt's all gone," said ^^ efien&Ighingly, "unless you take some from HB ray lips.' "I should be most happy," he replied,, "but I never take sugar in mine." ?? A woman in Milwaukee left her house recently, and returned to find her infant child mangled and partially devoured by a hog. An officer of tne law was about to shoot the animal, when she plaintively begged him not to do so, "as her loss ^was heavy enough already." An agent, soliciting subscribers for a book, showed the prospectus to a'man who, after reading "one dollar in boards and one dollar and twenty-five cents in sheep," declined subscribing, as he might not have boards or sheep on hand when called upon for payment. The Californians are the greatest coffee drinkers in the world, the average yearly consumption in the State being 16 3-5 pounds, while the average in the United States is only 7 pounds. The average consumption of wine in the State is ten gallons to every citizen, and the amount of whisky is beyond computation. A mixture made up as follows and taken in quantities equal to an ordinary dram and as often as the desire for strong drink returns, will cure the worst case ot drunkenness: Sulphate of iron, five (5) grains; peppermint water, eleven (11) drachms, and spirits of nutmeg, one (1) drachm. Captain Travers, of Rochester, N. Y., has made a wager of twenty-five dollars that he will, at the distance of thirty-six feet, with a pistol, shoot from the top of a wine bottle 4 cork on which is placed a bullet, dropping the bullet into the bottle and not breaking the bottle. He has twelve shots, and engages to perform the feat four times. . The Secretary of the Treasury has authorized the Assistant Treasurer at New York , to sell a million of coin on each Thursday of the present month, and to purchase two millions of bonds on the first and third Wednesdays, making a total sale of four millions of coin and a purchase of six millions of bonds Hj during the month. Since the burning of the Spotswood H Hotel in Richmond, orders have been issued B in New York for the survey of all the hotels ggg in that city, with a view to placing fire esB capes upon the buildings. The subject is atB~~ tracting attention in many other cities, and -of pJ^ns are proposed for ffrqtvtdmff B^^inmates of hotels with means of escape in case B "Bill Arp," who acquired quite a reputation as a humorist on account of many articles he wrCte soon after the close of the war, |gg satirizing the U. S. Government and the Republican party, has recently become a convert BP to thedoctrines of republicanism. To borrow one of his own figures, like ex-Governor Joe Piwmn Tpoa /lAiiVitlnoa 11 n in a ViirvVi JJ1U TTiij UO nwc uvuubtvw Mtnvu U|/ ?U M iliglt mountain," Ac. Mrs. Stover, the daughter of Andrew Johnson, who presided with so much quiet dignity for three years at the White House, is now Mrs. Brown, the wife of a country storekeeper in Greenville, Tenn. Mr. Brown is a plain and elderlv looking gentleman, well to do in the world, through his dealings in dry goods groceries and notions. Andy Johnson's only living son, a youth seventeen or eighteen years of age, is a clerk in Mr. Brown's store. The new issue of coin notes proposed from the Treasury is to be ornamented with a new back composed of a beautiful grouping of the gold coins of the United States, so displayed as to expose both surfaces of each coin. The various coins have been photographed and arranged in the proper form to be sent to the engraver, and will, when completed, make an elegant and appropriate finish to the backs of the new notes. A gentleman (perhaps an insurance stockholder and director) was riding down Broadway one afternoon with his little son, who, observing the array of ornamental signs of insurance companies aloDg that thoroughfare, and being of an inquiring turn of mind, I asked, "Papa, what are insurance companies for ?" "Insurance companies, my son," thoughtfully answered the old gentleman, "are gotten up as asylums for retired merchants." The Boston Advertiser'a Washington correspondent gives a statement, which, he says, is made on raest responsible authority, to the effect that when Surratt's mother was on trial in Washington, Judge Advocate Holt consented to release her if the former would give himself up to trial. Surratt was informed of this by friends who were in coramunica' tion with him, and, instead of at once complying, and thereby securing the release of his mother, he immediately absconded. OC.tba-twmtY-Jtwajnen.xiQ constituted the force of John Brown, in his raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859, but five escaped death at the time, to wit: Osborn P. Anderson, Owen . Brown, Francis J. Merriman, Bartly Coppie . and Charles P. Lidd. Of these, Coppie and 'igi Lidd died in the Union army during the war, and Merriman is supposed to have committed suicide in 1863, leaving but two survivors of I that memorable event. I Rev. Albert Barnes, an eminent divine, of Philadelphia, died suddenly in that city on the 24th ultimo, aged seventy-two years. He was widely known as an eloquent and learned divine, and became eminent as the author of notes, critical, explanatory and practical on all the books of the New Testament, and on the prophecies of Isaiah and Daniel, and on the book of J ob in the Old. These works have been generally adopted as text books in Bible classes and Sunday schools. Young men who go to see young ladies i have adopted a novel method of obtaining I kisses. They assert that, on the authority ofj scientific writers, that the concussion produced i by a kiss will cause the flame of a gas jet to j flicker, and easily induce the damsel to experiment in the interest of science. The first; kiss or two the parties watch the flame to see | it flicker, but soon become so interested in the experiment as to let it flicker when it wants to. An important decision, affecting a nura-1 ber of Southern banks, has been rendered in I the Supreme Court of Tennessee. This deci-1 sion, given in the case of the Merchants' and Planters' Bank, of Memphis, but which ap-j plies to all other banks similarly situated, is : to the effect that, although the bills of this ;bank, to recover the value of which suit was j (brought, "were issued during the war for the purpose of aiding the rebellion, and actually j used for that purpose, and on that account illegal, still, in the hands of a bojia fide pur-; chaser for value without notice, they would be upheld, and the holder would be entitled to recover on them and, further, that the holders of such notes are entitled to recover not merely the price paid for them, but their full face value. ihe forkviUc YORKVILLE, S.C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 12,1871. Watch the FigureR.?Thec/ateon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish'thoir papers discontinued, the date must be kej>t in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terras for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance ELECTION OF RAILROAD AGENT. At a recent meeting of Director of the King's Mountain Railroad Company, Mr. Robert J. Latta, was elected Secretary and Treasurer, vice Mr. Stanhope Sadler. * ACCIDENTAL FIRE. We regret to learn that the blacksmith shop of Mr. R. E. Gettys, four miles south-' west cf town, was destroyed by fire on Monday night last. Mr. Gettys also lost a valuable set of carpenter's tools, which was in the shop at the time of the fire. GEN. LEE'S BIRTHDAY. Our townsman, Gen. E. M. Law, has accepted an invitation to deliver an address before the students of Davidson College, on the 19th instant, it being the anniversary of Gen. Lee's birth-day, which the students have resolved to celebrate hereafter, on its recurrence each year. The students extend a 1 Arv 4-V? a ?m?K1 !a on/1 aono^iollir ILIVlUlUUll IU UIO^UI/JIV^ ttUU ?9|/VV1U11^ ] the ladies, to attend the celebrationand from the high literary attainments and oratorical powers of the speaker whom they have selected, we can safely say that a rich intellectual feast is in store for those who may be present. THE WORKING CHRISTIAN. This excellent religious publication, issued in Charleston, by Rev. T. R. Gaines, who is now sole editor, commences the new year in an entirely new dress, and printed on eight pages instead of four, as previously. This plan has been adopted in order to furnish a goodly quantity of secular and miscellaneous reading, to which the outside of the sheet is devoted, while the inner pages comprise the same class of religious topics which have characterized the Christian heretofore, rendering it a welcome visitor to every Baptist household into which it has been introduced. The price of the Christian remains unchanged, viz $2.50 per year; or it and the Enquirer will be furnished one year for $4.50. ? ? . OUR REDEMPTION. Every man who has been born in the South, longs to see it rise from its ruined condition. This, every true patriot believes, she will do. How is this to be accomplished? Not by folding our hands in idleness, nor by murmuring and repining on account of hard times and high taxes. The times are not near as hard as they hara been, and if the taxes are 1 EigKTwhThThg aqouf"it 1will noC"pay tRemT' We deplore the miserable state of things which now exists, as much as any one. A vast amount of money is annually expended for nuisances. The condition of things is abnormal. As it was in the days of the patriarch Job, so it is now. The oxen are plowing and the asses are feeding beside them. JeroKnom Twiner nf Israel. made nriests of the > & ? ? r lowest of the people who were not of the sons of Levi. Now we have priests and prophets, and all sorts of officers, from the petty constable to the dignified governors of States? from the riff raff of society. Every rightminded man views such a state of things with disgust. It sickens him and produces a kind of mental loathing. Our redemption, however, does not lie in brooding over our misfortunes. It is placed, with the blessing of heaven, in ourselves. We must all go to work. Everybflfiy must become a producer as well as a consumer. We have no need for drones, or idlers, or gentlemen of leisure. Many of our people, because they cannot do as they once did, seem to have formed the fixed resolution not to try to act at all. They have become desperate. Others are smitten with a spirit of apathy, and fold their arms in indifference. This is not wise. Such persons might learn an important lesson from a flock of geese. These fowls, in the midst of a hail storm, stand with their heads erect exposing as little of their bodies to the frozen rain as possible. The duty and interest too, of every good citizen at present is to stand erect. Instead of crouching beneath the load of oppression, why not summon all our strength, and like brave men, redeem our country from its prostration ? It is an old saying and experience proves its truthfulness, that "the gods help them that help themselves." If we will do our duty faithfully God will bless us with prosperity. But if we supinely succumb to every little difficulty, we need not expertJobe , redeemed .from .our evU?vAitfer real or imagery, soon. The motto of Davy Crocket was a good one?"Be sure you are right and go ! ahead." ? MERE-MENTION. Gov. Warmouth, of Louisiana, recently vetoed twenty-one bills in one week. Gen. Robert Anderson, the hero of Fort Sumter, is living with his family in Venice. The cultivation of the banana is engaging considerable attention in the neighborhood of Palatka, Fla., and the river counties. One thousand five hundred and seventy-four registered letters were stolen last year. The cotton crop of Mississippi is estimated at 725,000 bales?an average of 205 pounds to the acre. Billings insists: "It is a statistikal fakt that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do tew git tew heaven." There has been snow three inches deep in Georgia, and the weather there is said to be the coldest for thirteen years. The Merrimack River is said to be lower than at any time since 1807. The municipal authorities of Lowell, Mass., enjoin the utmost economy in the use of water in that city. Corsets are said to have been first used on refractory wives. "What are you doing?" said a father to his son, who was tinkering with an old watch. "Improving my time," was the witty rejoinder. Putman county, Georgia, has a negro sheriff*. A movement is on foot to establish in New York City a Presbyterian Church in connection with the Southern General Assembly. A man died of hydrophobia, last week in the State of New York, who was bitten by a mad dog forty years ago. ExGovernor Lumpkin, of Georgia, died last week. He was the oldest surviving Ex-Gov er of the State. Chinese immigration to California is on the decrease. The manufactures of Richmond, Va., have increased $5,000,000 in the last year. A Memphis court has fined a man $169, besides costs, for enclosing a letter in a newspaper with only a two-cent stamp on it The internal revenue receipts for the current fiscal year, to date, amount to $83,113,319.96. THE EUROPEAN WAR. . j ? . It is claimed by some of the recent despatches from Europe that the spirit of the French people is improved, yet from the intelligence conveyed by the same source, we can only conclude that their condition remains hopeless. The bombardment of Paris has virtually commenced, and the batteries for the defense of the city on which the Prussians have made demonstrations were easily silenced. Shells have been thrown into the city at a range of seven thousand yards. Several sanguinary enagagements arerepor ted to have occurred, in tne various departments, during the past few days, in which the Prussians are reported as being victorious. ? ? # STATE ITEMS. ? The materials of the Southern Guardian newspaper, were sold by the sheriff of Richland, on last sales-day, under execution. ? Rev. Jonas Byrd, colored, who canvassed the State last summer in company with the candidates of the "Reform" party, has "retired from public IIAj' uuil rttJUlhST his Old business?a fish merchant, at stall No. 3, ifi the market in Charleston. ? The South Carolina Railroad Company has declared a dividend of one dollar per share, payable to the stockholders on and after the first day of February next. The road is represented as in a most prosperous condition, and this dividend is to be paid out of the legitimate and net earnings of the road. ? Information has been received in Columbia, of the death of Strap Jeffries, a col ored man of considerable influence in hif neighborhood, about eighteen miles from Un ion Court House, and near the line of Yorl county. It is said that on the night of th< 29th ultimo, several disguised men took hin from his house and shot him dead, within th< hearing of his family. ?Capt. George Butler, a brother of Gen M. C. Butler, was shot and killed on Sunda] of last week, near Hamburg, by a young mai named Winslow Hamilton. The August! Constitutionalist furnishes the following par ticulars : "From the most authentic account we have heard of the sad affair, it seems tha Mr. T. J. Hamilton, the father of the younj man who fired the fatal shot, was on the evi of removing to Columbia county, in this State and in preparation therefor had penned hi cattle ready to be driven. Among the num ber seems to have been one steer or calf t< which Captain Butler laid claim, which hi requested Mr. Hamilton to liberate, and, a we are informed, visited the house of the lat ter to secure it. While there an angry dis cussion sprang up between them, which even tuated in young Hamilton gathering his gui and firing upon Captain Butler, the chargi taking effect in his breast and causing imme diate death." . .iiti ? The Spartanburg Spartan records thi murder of two negroes in that county on thi 29th ultimo. Anthony Johnston, a colorec Trial Justice, and candidate for the Legisla ture at. the late electipn, was shdt and killer by parties unknown, at or ;near his house, ii Lthe^ neighborhood of Pacqlet depot ^Tan^e Hammett, a colored man, was snot with ai Enfield rifle and killed, by Harry Jackson also a colored man, on the plantation of Mr James F. Jackson, on the North Pacolet Riv er, where one of the parties lived. The fol 1....: l:?i r..?u? .Or lUWiug jjai'iiuumis arc liuuiaucu uj wc u^/ui tan, with regard to the murder of Johnston the colored Trial Justice: "Three person went to the house of Johnston and made dem onstrations of a kind that caused him to qui the house to find protection in the woods, ant when he had reached the distance of a fei hundred yards, he was shot by parties un known, and his body fell in a branch, wher it was found. Johnston's mother was in th house and saw the party who is supposed t have committed the murder, but did not r( cognize any one of them. We have not learr ed that they were in disguse, and we have nc heard Ku-Klux mentioned in connection wit the affair. We learned from our informac that Johnston had rendered himself very ur popular with several colored persons in hi neighborhood, by acts of tyranny and frau toward them, while acting as Trial Justice by taking the little property which they ha exempt by law, in payment of his costs i cases which he had induced them to institut without cause, and in various ways deceivin and defrauding the more ignorant of his coi or." ^ congressional" proceedings. Both Houses of Congress re-assembled e noon, on the 4th instant In the Senate, Mi Sherman's bill, authorizing the additional i< sue of $300,000,000 five per cent, bonds, fo funding purposes, was passed. Mr. Sherman1 resolution, asking the President for copies c all the papers relating to the San Doming negotiations, was agreed to. Bills wer-introduced for the relief of distiers of brandy fromgrapes j to.ecourage mining; paying taken from loval citizens of iv* ?UJ WW* vw ? ? ^ Alabama during the war; and a resolution was introduced, instructing the Committee on Finance to enquire into the expediency of imposing a tax upon applicants for office. It provides a stamp tax of one dollar to each application, and also one dollar for each signature appended thereto, where the salary of the position sought is not less than $1000, and fifty cents additional where the salary exceeds $1000. The resolution elicited a lengthy discussion, in which it was declared unconstitutional ; and a proposition was made to give it the title of a resolution to levy a tax for the benefit of the Republican party. It passed over without action. The charges of Senator Sprague's alleged complicity with blockaderunners, in Texas, during the war, were referred to a select committee of five for investigation. The House was occupied with the bill relative to the proposed National Fair, to be held in Philadelphia, in 1886, to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Brooks, of New York, could not see \vhy Philadelphia should be selected for the celebration of this event any more than Boston, where the principles declared at Philadelphia were taught; or at Richmond, where resided the gentlemen who advocated them ; or at Mecklenburg, N. C., where the Declaration of Independence was penned. No action was taken on the bill. Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, introduced a resolution, requiring the committee on the judiciary to make a full enquiry into the condition ol political government in the State of Arkansas, and into the conduct of the Governor of that State, and to report at the earliest practicable moment, if they find legislation necessary, a bill to secure to the people of the State the exercise of their rights. Adopted. The principal thing done in the Senate on ?? the 5th, was the passage?yeas 28, nays 15, of the bill to compensate Dr. J. Milton Best, of Paducah, Ky., a "loyal" citizen, for the destruction of his house by the Union troops during the war. This bill has been the subject of discussion for some time, and_iy?garded as a test case, and to that extent tant, as a representative of numerous other claims ofloyal citizens in the South and elsewhere. Senator Morton, in the course of his. remarks, expressed the opinion that in tenyears from this time there would be no difficulty in procuring plenty of affidavitsto^Xe loyalty of any man from the SoutlTWfiomight present a claim to the United States Senate. Mr. Flanagan, of Texas, in response, repudiated the imputation thus wantonly putmpw the people of the South by the Senator. Per-r jury and subornation of perjury was not a frequent thing there, he said, though it would be much easier to get up a fight Remarks wgre also made by Senators Edmunds, PoolfHoweij Thurmau and Pratt. In the House, Gen. Schenck's resignation was formally presented.. Mr. Orth, of Indiana, was put in his plac^on the Ways and Means Committee. The day was consumed in discussing the report of the committee of foreign affairs upon Paraguay* un ttie otn, tne senate was not in sesswir In the House, the Committee on ForeignEfr Iations took the test vote upon the Senat??fS for sending commissioners to San DomT^A Two members recently adverse to the-^Mj u-?je_ahsent. On the T chairman (Mr. Banks) to report the bill on Monday, the vote stood?ayes, Meffi?Banks, Orth, and Myers; nays, Messrs. Sha}, don of New York, Willard, Ambler, Swain, and Wood; absent?Messrs. Wilkinson and Judd. The committee consists of ten members, of whom two are Democrats. Notwithstanding the adverse vote, Mr. Banks wllf^ffi a matter of courtesy, be allowed to report the Senate bill to the House on Monday. A bill was introduced for the consotkfae&K of the Indian tribe and the organization of a system of Government for the Indian territory. ; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. 5 ?A hail-storm, accompanied by sharp 1 lightning and thunder, passed over Newb^pi B on Sunday night of last week. ? The mail carrier on the Morganton rout* was robbed one day last week. The mail r contained $300 in checks, sevfi.rai_regj|^f tf 1 packages, and many small amounts of mo#y. 1 ? Prof. F. B. Maurice died in Greensboro " on the 4th instant. He was a native ol 5 France, and for many years held the position 1 of professor of languages in Edgeworth Fe* male Seminary. He was buried with full B Masonic honors. > ? George W. Swepson has fceen aWested 8 nrnm.nnt iooiltwl VlTT dVllfif .ToStlCG UU & UClil>U i|(?ii?ab loauMt wj ? ? ' Pearson, upon an affidavit wade by Gov. T. 3 R. Caldwell. Swepson is charged with em3 bezzling public funds, conspiracy to defraud 8 the State, and the Western N. C. railroad, &c, r After hearing arguments on both sides, the " Chief Justice decided to hold the prisoner tc * appear at the Spring terra of Buneonffie Su1 perior Court, which opens next weekat Ashe3 ville, in the sum of $200,00$ afid'in the " meantime to be in the custody of the Marshal of the Court until the bail be given. 3 3 EDITORIAL INKLINGS. jr?1 Masonic Election. At the last regular communication of 1 Mackey Chapter, No. 15, Royal Arch Maans, i the following Companions were ei^^ofiktrs s a for tfye mprentgear^^i^^^MjAJL^ i Dr. J. R. Bratton^/T^^Tl^^^^R/ } Thomson, E. K.; R. M. Kerr, E.S.; J. j. , Wallace, C of H.; J. J. Tomlinson, P. c; * T.W.Clawson, R A. C.; R.H.Glenn, ?. M. 3d Veil; J. W.Parker, 0. M. 2d Veil;V ' S. Lewis, G. M. 1st Veii; P. B. Darwin, Tres' urer; J. Ed. Jefferys, Secretary; A i, Sentinel. s Death of General Prim. i- Gen. Prim died in Madrid on Saturdiy t night of last week, from wounds receivedat i the hands of assassins on the Wedneday pev vious. Gen. Prim was undoubtedly AbTWBt i- famous, and perhaps the boldest manin Spin, e whose destinies throughout her crowoless tge ony he has directed with all the spirit, if rot o all the skill of a statesman and solder. He 5- lived just long enough to realize the consuui mation of his plans. How soon thai consunit mation may prove labor lost, now!, that jie h hand that wrought the work is stiltt*d it remains to be seen, i- The Duty on Salt. is Petitions are being circulated aid nud merously signed in the eastern States, pratfng i, the reduction or entire removal of tke fcistd ing duty on salt. Massachusetts is cla4>]> n ous for the repeal?a noticeable fact^ef if ? is considered that no salt is producedk that g State, and that she seldom asks for pretention I- and low tariffs only on her own products. > It is suggested, however, that though Massc&asetts does not manufacture salt, she bys a ^ great deal of the article for the purpne of r> curing fish. This, no doubt, accounts fc the j. disinterested motives of those patriotic pople. r The General Amnesty Question. ?a The latest intrl1j~rnrr frnm ?f ton regard igcz^neral amnesty bill, is to the o effecUat nothing of the kind is possible at this session. The character of the Preside^t^ reply to the resolution of Gov. Morton, in* quiring about the condition of affairs in Ni>r$h Carolina and other States, is such thai it would have defeated amnesty, had it been under way. The President's friends artfrA*. cided on the subject. Ben Butler, who clt^b to run Grant, has made te^tv hi^ud^fc hobby, while Morton^ wno^nfllbwn to^SHJj very intimate terms with the President, Is gards it as one of the greatest political her<^A of the day. Grant himself is not in fawuJF amnesty, as was proven in his oppositFfrto the Missouri-Brown-Shurz movement, Jjtbmre may have been converted during the recent fn WoohinnpfAli YlOU VI iiw Ti uoiiiagvvu* The New Tariff. By the provisions of the new t^ri^ljjJ^ which went into operation on the 1st instant, the import duties on a great-many article^are greatly reduced. The reduction is confined mainly to drugs, chemicals, coloring materials, gums, resins, spices, fruits, &c. On articles of daily consumption and prime necessity the following changes have been made: A niiijdf for breeding purposes and those owned by immigrants, free; books free ; brandy, reduced from 83 to $2; coffee, reduced from 5 cents to 3 cents ; iron in pigs, old tariff wrt fyjff 87; cast, wrought and scrap iron, old tiRff , 88, new tariff 89 ; liquors, per proof gallon, reduced from 82.50 to 82, molasses from citne, reduced from 8 cents to 5 cents; concentrated i molasses, reduced from 2i cents to li;sugars reduced It and 2 cents, as to quality; tea, old tariff 25 cents, new tariff 15 wool, old tariff 30 per cent., new tariff 10 end 11 per cent. i The Narrow Guage Railroad. , The two-feet guage road is coming into use in this country. Several are being bpilt , in Canada, one from New York into Conaec! ticut, and one from the iron regions in l4entucky to the Eastern Kentucky road. 1fhe advantages of this style of railway over the < present wide-guage track are urged by scien-; ar tific men, and its introduction will solve the difficulty heretofore existing in the way of supplying cross sections of country with ml; 51 road communication. The isolation of many E communities by being deprived of railway tl transportation is greatly to their disadvantage?restricting their intercourse and affecting alike tfye value of lands.and produqts. E The narrow guage, with its cfiteap construction, is htted aduir&bly for the relief of such hi isolated communities, and will be hailed gen- fc erally as one of the most beneficent improve- T LnreSts"of the day. a The Colored West Point Cadet. ^ James W. Smith, the irrepressible col- j 3* ored cadet at "NVest Point, is again in trouble. ? Twice has he been brought before military tribunals, and another similar ordeal is now ^ awaiting him. His first offence, as will be re- , membered, was pardoned by the war depart- 11 ment; and on his second, the sentence of the t( court-martial was remitted, it having been de- J1 i-termined, on account of his anomalous positurn. to cdve him everv Dossible ODDortunitv. ? , o * ?J JT Ti y ' in the hope that the lesson would be useful to him. Before the impending tribunal the case 8j will rest altogether upon its merits, and it is " intimated that the decision of the court will c h be final, and result in his expulsion from the ^ academy. Smith was appointed from this L State on the recommendation of Mr. Hog^ F member of Congress from the third distric?^ oft^f B|MUjag *urns oftfol s political wheel, in the recent eiectioll, was defeated for Congress by a negro. An Honest Judge. c tl The Legislature of Georgia having pass- j ed a law increasing the salaries of Judges,' most of them have resigned and been re-ap- 0 pointed, this course being necessary in order 8 i~ to evade the constitutional provision forbid- ? ' ding increase of compensation. Judge Warner, of the Supreme Court, however, declines " c -to do this, and writes: "If, by this cunningly devised process of re, signing and re-appointment, with the inten- 81 tion and for the purpose of being continued in office at an increased salary, the people of b , the State could be deceived as to its true ob- I ( ject, it is quite certain that I cannot deceive e myself in regard to it. Whenever those in e authority, whose sworn duty it is to adminis ! ter and execute the laws of the State, violate I .them, either in letter or spirit, to promote " I their own individual interests, there will al- n be found many apt scholars in every o ' 'community who will not be slow to imitate ii ? their example." g, , The Old Man Grant as a Detective. b The old man Grant, father of the Pres- e: [ ident, has written^ letter to his son, by which a b? essays to save him and the party. The ti 144 gentleman charges Gen. Bloomfield, the ci , revenue supervisor 01 Illinois, witn conni vance at, fraud, and admits that he was ap- s! . proached in confidence with corrupt proposi- b I tions, both regarding the whisky frauds and t< Cu&an recognition; but with a paternal affec- n , tiro remarkable, and a commendable desire w , tc save the "party" he has felt it to be his n . piiity to expose the vile scheming of a corrupt p: , cfficial, which he does in the following happy U *yIe: ' t ' "I have gained my knowledge of the whole K affair in the strictest confidence, and to tell it k I am betraying that confidence; and the only tl . -apology I can offer for doing so mean, so great a an act of injustice, is that my duty to you is ^ stronger than my word or confidence to one ^ who is instrumental in defrauding the govern- , pient and ruining your reputation; for all the frauds of your appointees fall upon you and P: > <?. TVoTk County. tl i Prom the Columbia Union we clip the following paragraph relative to the advanta- r ges possessed by York county. The Union is edited by a northern man, and consequently he speaks on this subject free of the prejudices which might be supposed to actuate a Ci "native;" though we may be excused for en- p dorsing all that is said : F "We would say to our friends in the North a who desire to find Southern homes that no J< - -better places can be found to locate than in , York county. The people are liberal, public spirited and tolerant of the opinions of others, ,, wnicn is raucn more man we are aoieio say ? of some localities in the State. The soil and T climate is also favorable to Northern settlers, r1 and the opportunities for making a good liviug from agriculture are equal to those of any f other section of the country. Everything will *c (.grow there, that can be produced in higher ai 4 latitudes, besides many other productions which cannot be raised in northern climes.? P All who desire cheap homes in a beautiful ~ section of the country, can find them in the " northern part of this State if they can be found anywhere. " Railroad Convention. [j! ' Representatives of the different rail- r< roads composing what is known as the South- tl era route between Richmond and New Or- ^ leans, met in Augusta, Ga., on the 4th instant , kfor the purpose of arranging a new and fast- ^ er passenger schedule between those cities. ^ ' A new schedule was agreed upon, which will make the time between New Orleans and Hew York nineteen hours shorter than the {resent?seventy-seven instead of ninety-six P1 I fours. Jhenaa^hidulfWTiiill tnka,^ffont nn-IP the 23rd instant. The Richmond and Fred- jQ ericksburg and Bay Line route are opposed to m any change in their schedule, but a committee to has been appointed to confer with the President of the Richmond and Fredericksburg th road, and ask him to make his trains leave ^ * ? " 11( Richmond two hours later so that passengers will not have to lie over three hours in Wash- r, toil City. If he does not consent to this change fo the litfe will then make nrrannrflmflnta ? !"TTre Chesapeak and Ohio Railroad, in or/er a | that the annoying delay at the capital may be ^ ! avoided. The Augusta, Ga., Sentinel states . that by this arrangement the trains of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road will m leave that city at 8 J o'clock, A. M.?two hours sa later than the present schedule time, which th will cause the trains on the King's Mountain road to reach Yorkville at least two hours ^ later than the time now made. j HState Legislatures. The Pennsylvania Legislature organized in on the 3rd instant, with J. H. Webb, (Republican) Speaker of the House, and Wm. A. Wallace, (Democrat) President of the Senate. m All the Democratic caucus candidates were jr "elected. The message of Gov. Geary, who is ft a staunch republican, protests in the warmest terms against the employment of U. S. troops c< at elections. He says: "With a good Presi- ^ -dent, the exercise of the power might have no injurious results ; but in the hands of a g bad man, governed by personal ambition, it a might prove exceedingly calamitous." Republican leaders comment severely upon the E tone of the message. ^ The Legislature of New York, which or- c< ganized on the 3rd, elected all Democratic g officers. In his. message, the Governor dis- n approves of the present administration of st Federal finances, and gives some advice to # Secretary Boutwell. He also protests against 01 the action of the President in sending troops ^ j to superintend elections, and accuses the FedI eral Government of having assumed directly, | by its officers and armed forces, to interfere C J in the elections in the State of New York, and raigns the President on this account, pro- | bil sting against the action as an outrage. : Re The Missouri Legislature organized on the i ;h, electing a Democratic Speaker of the a * [ouse, and_a liberal Republican Speaker of ie Senate. A lady was unanimously elected tec igrossing clerk. in The Indiana Legislature organized with by eraocratic officers. In the Louisiana Legislature, a Democrat as been elected to the office of warrant clerk, r which position there was quite a contest, he election of a Democrat was the result of 0f combination of the Democrats and Governor Yarmouth's party, which, it is believed, will pr icure the election of a Democrat to the U. . Senate. The board of State canvassers of Florida ave completed the canvass of the returns of ie State election, and declare the Republican cket for Governor and Lieutenant Governor > be elected, and also a colored Republican ^ lemberof Congress. The Republican major- w< v in the Legislature is four. wi depression of Bnsiness. kj An interesting letter from New York ^ peaks of the general depression of trade in ^ tiat city, which is assigned mainly to two fu auses?the great decline in the price of cot- he >n, and the withdrawal of foreign capital, fu The decline in cotton," says the writer, "af- ot jets not only the South, but all parts of the ountry which have business connections with ^ be South. The present cotton crop was raadd t *! ?li?? imimmm jiJ ?s great CUBt JWr "g ound as any crop that preceded it. At the w; urrent prices the planters will receive less pi ban sixty per cent of the amount per bale bat they obtained last year. Cotton mills, Cl otton speculators, and all dealers in cotton ^ oods have been subjected to a like deprecia- ^ ion in the value of the stocks which they have pI een carrying. Such a loss as this in the th lost important staple of the country cannot so ut have seriously diminished the ability of I* bose connected with it to purchase and con- q lime all articles of merchandise." gt. The other depressing influence to which W( usiness has been subjected by the war in or lurope is the stoppage of that stream of for- gc ign capital, which has for the last six or sev- St n years flowed into the United States. Geriany and France are no longer in a position ^ ) buy our government bonds and' railway t lortgages, and Englard will soon be able to w| btain from other countries a higher rate of lij iterest than we can afford to pay here. In fa a. ?i MIS !. iL.i 1 AT pile 01 me sixty minions 01 specie uiai nave ~ een sent from New York this year, and the ^ sport of a much greater quantity of produce *D nd merchandise than we ever shipped in ^ welve months before, the rates of sterling exhange are still against us. ' w< The tumble in rents is also cited as an in- vs ance of the effects of the depressed state of re usiness. A dry goods house which has here- m. )fore readily commanded $16,000 per an- jjJJ um, now rents for only $8,000; and a store re hich rented four years ago at $18,000 can- th ot find a tenant at $12,000. * Rents in all pi arts of the city have the same downward wi mdency. gj;1 An increasing stringency in the money mar- H et is also noticed by the writer, and attribu- If id to Mr. Boutwell's financial policy. It is lought strange that Secretary Boutwell, with gj clear balance of over one hundred millions in th le treasury, nearly thirty millions of which of in currency, should not increase his pur- lei bases of bonds, and thus break up an unrincipled speculation, which can only sue- ^ 3gd_by_djstur^ing the_busiyess and credit of ^ le community. in NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Judge of Probate's Sale. F, Wallace?Clerk's Sale. at B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?Thomas stl Spencer, Applicant?Jackson Spencer, de- j ceased. imes W. Smith?Administrator'8 Notice. irroll, Clark <fe Co.?Rim Locks, <fcc. th . B. Darwin and D. A. Chamblin, Executors? fl Gold Mines For Sale. . Happerfield <k Co.?The York Marble Yard. W1 bomson <fe Jefferys?Assignee's Sale. Wf . R. Banks?School Notice. nr, TT "IT.t VI- T a r O-U )8. a. w lisoii? v tuuuuiti ajhuu ivr cxue. oc THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE, ev Both Houses of the Legislature re-assemi a j led on Thursday last. In the absence of a uorum, the Senate adjourned until the next ou ly. In the House, a quorum being present, ta: proceeded to business. pi Mr. Hagood introduced a bill to provide ra ir the granting of divorces, which was read co ad referred to the Judiciary Committee. up Mr. Ramsay introduced a bill to provide a fri lace of imprisonment for persons under fif- lui sen years of age. Read and referred to the go udiciary Committee. wt The following bills were read and their Fi aacting clauses stricken out: To pr*. ent re ersons charged with crime from being su rought to trial when absent from Court; to ca jgulate and secure Clerks of Circuit Court tei leir fees and costs in civil suits; compelling rei trmers and planters to build fences around br 11 cultivated lands. A bill regulating the per diem and mileage foi f grand and petit jurors, was indefinitely se< oetponed. * rai -to Friday, January 6, 1871. hii In the Senate, the bill to provide for the ne rotection of persons and property and the ioi 3acet and to tax real estate for the expense ne ThTSS. UaJ Mm mpa its second read- re] g, upon the report of the Judiciary Com- 2W ittee, read section by section, and ordered an be engrossed. 3jr . Mr. Whittemore offered ttr resolution that nil e Committee on Education do report, by on e 10th instant, on the bill to amend the ed- wh iation Act, re-committed to them. The following bills were introduced by Mr. le\ orbin: A bill to amend the Act providing wh r a general election; a bill to increase the cai 1 ii? f T--Tfnnon nf TV Fit ^ ' ijld bill to authorize aliens to hold property in of lis State. ^ t ... T?r m-rw WrtTTai? a Kill npflinor thfi lurifldic- aff in 1I1A lAVUOUj M N/WV....Q ?- - J _ an of the State of South Carolina to the thi nited States of America over such lands as ay be acauired for public purposes by the W .id Unitea States of America, passed to a gu lird reading and was ordered to be engrossed, an A bill to cause owners of plantations and Sh ,rms to keep lawful fences around their cul- ret vated or cleared grounds. Report unfavor- an ale; was laid upon the table. th< A bill to prevent and punish vagrancy was ha idefinitely postponed. inj T1 Saturday, January 6,1871. up In the Senate, Mr. Green, from the Com- m< littee on Finance, reported against resolution ab istructing the State Auditor to order the en- no ircementof the collection of taxes. du A bill to increase the salaries of the Justi- ba ? of the Supreme Court was referred to the ed ommittee on Finance. ric A bill amending "An Act providing for otl le General Elections, and the manner of con- ve ucting the same," was referred to the Comlittee on Privileges and Elections. in A resolution requesting the Committee on tb< Iducation to report on bill to amend an Act ac ) establish and maintain a system of free th jramon schools in the State was agreed to. re* In the House, Mr. S. J. Lee, from Edge- ed eld, introduced a concurrent resolution, that qu lembers of Congress from this State be in- tic xucted to oppose any measure looking to ac eneral amnesty, which was made the special th< rder for 12:30 P. M., Monday next. jai Mr. L. Cain, from Edgefield, introduced a ill to prevent persons from holding more tai lan one office of profit and trust, in the State, I of t one and the same time. Referred to the be ommittee on Judioiary. "C Mr. Smart, from Fairfield, introduced a of 1 to provide for a physician's lien on crops, ferred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Jamison, from Orangeburg, introduced esolution, that a committee of nine be apinted to wrtft upon the Governor, an J as tainwhy action has nolrbeen taken to proit the lives, liberties and property of .people certain portions of the State, and to report' Tuesday next. Adopted. Mr. Briggs, from York, introduced a conrrent resolution, that a committee of three appointed to wait upon the State Treasurer d ascertain in what manner the $135,000, propria ted for pay of per diem and mileage members, has been overdrawn. Adopted. Mr. Mobley introduced a joint resolution, oviding for the support of persons driven >m their homes in Union county, which was opted. KOBE TROUBLES IN* UNION COUNTY. Union county is again the scene of more urder and outrage. The facts, as we learn em from the Union Timet, are substantially follows: On Saturday* night, the 31st ulno, while Mr. G. M. Stevens. on bis ly to Union, with a load of goods in his igon?among other things, a barrel ox whisr?he was halted by a party of militia, imbering about twenty-five, under command Capt Walker, and a demand made upon m for whisky. Stevens gave them a bottle1, which was immediately consumed, and i was ordered to give them more; this he reBed?stating that the liquor belonged to ' . A 1 1 ner parties, uecuning to give mem more juor, Stevensand his companion, B. Robern, drove off. They had not proceeded far itil they were again hailed, the hailing parfiripg, when Robjyson, who depos&" these cfe, made his escape by jumpii% from the agon and concealing himself among some nes. The evidence of the prisoners, of what ocirred after Rohereon escaped, . is, that Stems, after he jumped out of the wagon, ran to the house of Ben Parr, who was one of ie party; that he was brought outagain and it lntorihe wagon, and drove off.Some ol e party followed him, and the remaindei on after came up and found the wagon stop* id about 300 yards from Parr's house. Stems was then carried through the woods, e witness, who remained with the wagon, sites that he heard Stevens say, while in the oods, "boys, I meant no harmto which ie of the party replied with an oath, "I am ting to shoot you." Firing followed, and evens was seen no more alive. When the news reached Unionvjlle on Sunly morning, that Stevens was missing under e circumstances aStold by Robe re on, a par of men immediately started for the point bere he was last seen. Late in the day, the leless body of Mr. Stevens was found, lying ce upward, legs crossed, and his coat thrown rer nis face, in the corner of a fence, about K) yards from the Duck Pond Church, with bullet hole through his heart, and another iteringat his throat, and passing'out at the ick of his head, below the crown. During Sunday, a number of . colored men are arrested, and intense excitement profiled among the people. Toward night, ports came in that an attempt would be ftdfl hv the members r?f the militia Mmrrn. es, to take the prisoners from the jail,'and e conduct of many of the colored men, gave ason to believe there waa some cause fot e report; consequently a strong guard was acea at the jail. About eight o'clock it is discovered that a number of men with ins were congregating at the house of Silas awkins, and a posse was sent there to disree them. On Knocking at Hawkins* door, e posse waa answered by a volley of musketfrom within, severely wounding Mr. Daniel nith. This act so exasperated the men, at they returned the fire, and wounded two the militia inside of the house. They then ft for reinforcements, and our worthy Intenint, Mr. H. L. Goes, and Col. I. G. McKis)k, returned to the house with them, and afr much persuasion, were admitted. Most of a. farmer inmatesrhad left, bat-ibeeeeemaing were arrested. The excitement during Monday was as high the day before; and the suspicion that an tack would be made upon the jail grew ronger. About twelve o'clock at night, Col. L. Young's stable, situated about two uares from the jail, and near the heart of e town, was set on fire and destroyed, with horse and cow, and a quantity of hay. The nd was blowing hard, but fortunately toird the only quarter where the flames could it reach other buildings. Circumstances curred during the fire, going far to convince ery one in town that the fire was caused for yurpoae. , . On Tuesday morning, sufficient proofleaked t to suspect that Alexander Walker, a Capin of a militia company, was some way ira-r icated in the murder of Stevens, and a warnt was taken out for his arrest. A deputy nstable was placed on the cars to serve it ?on him, as it was suspected that he and his end Mobley would make their way to Combia. The suspicion was correct, and they t into the cars at Hill's Platform. The trrant was served on Walker iust below sh Dam. Mobley counselled Walker to list, but the officer warned them against ch a course, and assured Walker that he me there to arrest him, and he certainly inidedtodohis duty. Walker wisely suradered, and was placed on a hand-car, to he ought to Union. On their return, on arriving at Hill's Platrm, negroes, with their militia guns, were m in every direction, running toward the ilroad, and the party on the hand-car had threaten Walker that if they were attacked, ) life was in danger. Walker then told the groes not to fire, as he wished to go to Unl under arrest, but would he with them the xl day. -Tbh negroes (not lees than thirty,) [died that if he was not out the next day, apamuld come up after him. Upont being rested, WalkeTasketT the officer lundshewas suspected. The officer told n that it was known that he had ordered t the squad that killed Mr. Stevens. To lich Walker replied, "I did; what of it ?" Proof can also be produced that June Mobr promised to meet the murderers at or near iere the murder was committed, and bring rtridges. , . Tn onn^i >? * i inn*, 11 m1 ? i' militia are to be-seen, day and night, and' is dangerous to travel. In such a state of airs, is it surprising, nay, is it not natural, it the white people should be excited ? As a sequel to the above outrage, on the ednesday night following, about fifty disised armed men suddenly entered the town, d demanded the keys of the iaii from the eriff, vfhich was refused. They then arited the Sheriff and put him under guard, d with axes and other weapons broke into 3 jail and took out five of the prisoners who d been placed there under suspicion of be* I connected with the murder ofMr. Stevens, ley departed as noiselessly as they arrived, i the Spartanburg road. Early .the next >rningtwo of the prisoners were found dead out a mile from town. For some time thing could be heard of the other three, but ring the day they were reported alive but dly wounded. Two of them were re-arrestafter their wounds had been dressed. Va)us reports are afloat as to the fate of the tier, but there is no doubt that he is very serely wounded, and in the hands of friends. Much excitement prevails in Union county regard to these outrages, and a meeting of e citizens was held on the 5th to take some tion for the preservation of the peace, an<f e protection of lives and propertv. It was solved that a committee of three be appointto visit the authorities at Columbia and reest that a garrison of U. 8. soldiers be stained at the Court House, and pending the tion of the authorities, a guard composed of a citizens have undertaken to protect the 1 and police the town. For the information of our readers at a disnce, who are unfamiliar with the character the "militia" of South Carolina, it may not improper to add that all those, including ,'aptain Walker," implicated in the murder Stevens, are negroes. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRE^^M FOR 1871! W^MITII the firm of the year, the YORKVILLE ENQUIRE^^^^^H will enter upon lu seventeenth volume ; and the tucce*^^^H^^9 Willi wlilcli the proprietor has met In the past. In hu effort* ( publish a Ant-das* Literary and Family paper, ha* Induced htiB 9 to preaent attractions In the future, superior to any heretofore . ferctj. With.this view, and for the purpose of securing ORIGINAL SERIAL STORIES. - | of a high order, remunerative prizes were offered for the Item competetlve stories. From a large number that were submli^^B^^^B : ted, a committee, composed of disinterested and competent Ute^9^^^^B| t rary gentlemen, selected as the most entertaining. "AvLONA ! "TEMPTATION;" and "THE LOST DIAMOND*" which, opening the seals containing the authors' names, were found 10B B i be ftomttm pew of some or the most popular story Wilwnt-eM^^^^^B these productions are pronounced equal to the stories Issued from any weekly preseln the eodntrv. . B i THE PRIZE STORIES- HH will run through at least twenty-six numbers of the paper, ami will be followed by three other Original Stories of absorbing In- ^^^^^9 terest, written expressly for the Bsquumn, eaUtitd. respectively, "DESTINY?A TALE OP BEFORE THE WAR;" "BRdKEN 0ISTKRN8;>?and "UNKNOWN," making not less than i three hundred columns of Original Stories to be puMlsfaed daring B|^^B i tlie year; which, in addition to the "Mleceflaneous Reading," ^^^^9 1 adapted to all clasaes; the Agricultural Department, containing 9 B practical snd useful Information for the Farmer; "Reading for the Sabbath," under the supervision of a clerical gentleman of saatfc- ^^^^9 ed ability, whose graceral pen embellishes Mr dewrtmdm la ev- I cry number; a column of Wit and Human together with Edito- |^^^B rials on appropriate topics t a corapend of the News, at home and B^^^9 abroad; Commercial and Market Reports, and befog (foe pf the B ^a9 largest papers published in the Booth, printed la the oesidtyieon a steam preas, the EKquiuui will supply the want of every Are- I side, and sustain Its repotation as a paper for the fomSy circle. I ' PRIZE8 TO SUBSCRIBERS. j With a determination to keep up with the spirit of the times I U\e distribution of Prizes being a popular idesa?the Proprietor I has determined to adopt a system of OIPT DISTRIBUTION I among the subscribers of the Enqoiua; bat upon a plan differcnt from that so prevalent, In which brass jewelry, "dumb watch- B^^B es" and shilling pictures are the chief attractions. It Is deemed 9^^B preferable to awara a substantial gift, In an eqaltaMemmaer, op- ^^^9 on the following plan: ^^^B Commencing with the first week in January. 1971, the name of ^9^B each yearly subscriber on tbeNst, who has paid la advance, will j^^^B be placed in a box provided for ihe purpose. On each Wednes- ^^^9 day morning throughout the year, after tnorouguy mixing wr name*, one name will be drawn from the box?the perroo whose name ahull be ?o drawn, to be entitled to a prise of FIVE DOLLARS in cash. ft?-As names are added to the Hat they will be placed in the boxnDO The name o{ the peraoa drawn each week will be announced in the lasoe of the paper succeeding the drawing, and the money promptly forwarded to the addram. , PREMIUMS FOJR CLUBS. V flH The proprietor announces THREEVREM IUMS-for the thre^^^^^^B largest Clue of subscribers to the Bsqctusk for the .year 187 , amounting In the aggregate to, tKVRHT)[-nv| DOLLARS The flrat premium will repta?nt the value of THJW IT-FIVE -* DOLLARS; the second, the value of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS; and the third, the value of FIFTEEN DOLLARS. The proprietor, instead of designating special articles aa premiums, has adopted (ho above pie-i, la order Mat person* who secure the premiums may seiect any article that may be preferred * of the vatae to whtah each atayhe entliled. ' The perwp getting, an the Unrst Club, at f&BOfbr aachsub1 rcriber, will he flbwlpl to the tat of the above orewtane; the e> person getting up dwSacond largest, to the second pceadam, and 1 the third largest to the third premium. Corapetitors may begin to procure subscribers attap?the time of sslMCflpttaje commence whenever .(he name is handed in. or on the dm of Jan' uary, 1871, aa may be preferred, The money for each subscriber . is expected to be paid for whenever the Maae tt earned ou our books, and no name will be entered Ik coapetMea aatll It is %> persons "wtis" make up" CTuibe of "ten" or"nso^ nsinrdf Wt who, may^fatfro obtojoa premium, we^WffleaiyL^Eaeyaa or more namM, but vm mky foil db get ^ ayflafanafwa drffi'%ward a copy of the Eirootaca one year free of charge, and a copy of the Rural Carolinian and the Southern Cuttmaor,er a copy of the Ekodiur and either Godey'a LadyVBook, Peterton * Magazine. Frank Leslie's Lady's Magndae, or aay weekly newspaper published in the United States. The premiums UdBba apratded to the euocpehhl toaiuetluna at oae&elock,the second Meuday hi 4pn>, 1871& e TEBM^-BT ABWCET #X One copy, one year, ? .$ 3 C? , Twocopiea, one year,.,.,.,,.........,. 8 00 One copy two years, ../..V. .u.v>....l 00 Ten copies, one year, with an extra copy to the person making the club, . 85 00 Specimen copies WiU be sent on application. Address, L. m 6RI8T, Yorkville, S^C. CHESTER CORRESroJ'DENCE. - Chester GH., 9th Jeil W71. : Mr. Editor:?On Wednesday morning Inst this town suffered from the moet destructive fin iJiflt. hflZAVAr ruvuirrM) hpn> Tfc wan thfl wurk of a# incendiary, and a very persevering one, too, as a fire had been set to the same plane on the Friday night previous, which was discovered and extinguished before it had made any headway^ The torch was applied to the store of Simon Jacoby,in a little nook between his store and thestoreof Miles H. Hunter,- and in a few minutes after being discovered, had enveloped the whole building in flames. As suspicions were first directed towards Mr.' Jacoby as the anther of the calamity,. and as the impression has gone abroad that such suspicions are still entertained, it is perhaps proper and due to him to say, that, after an examination into all the circumstances connected with the burning, the authorities of .the town - and the people are satisfied that he tras unjustly accused. The most reasonable suspicion is t that the deed was committed by*colored man who oonoatv=ttdhi?a?lf wougad in his mfUOtdL ?<.?ji rights, and who had threatened vengeance against Jacoby therefor. ytdii The property destroyed consisted cf the block of buildings extending from McA13ey*s Hotel building to the cross street?including ' the dwelling, store, and kitchen of Mr. John McKee, the confectionery store of Miles Hunter, the law office of Melton & McClure, the jewelry store of Bennett & Brandt, and the large dry goods and grocery store of Alexander, Robinson & Atkinson. On the property of Mr. John McKee, and the law offiefcof Melton & McClure: there was no insurance. The more valuable papers of the latter gentlemen, we are informed, were preserved undamaged in their safa Mr. McKee's loss in goods and. furniture is very heavy, as the fire . .. spread so rapidly as to prevent the possibility of removing a great many things from the * i; burning building. The deepest sympathy of our whole community is felt and expressed for Mr. McKee and his venerable and respected wife in their irrenarable loss. Thev are . K tf the oldest residents of the town, and for Iffy years had lived and labored together under the roof which last week was so pitilessly torn from over their heads. The long piazza with its white pillars, which was one of the earliest landmarks of the town, and which was the wonder .and delight of the past generation of North Carolina wagoners, is forever "among the things which were." " . i u Mr. Hunter was insnred for $600, in the Putnam. His loss has beep adjusted' and paid. - The amount will probably not cover his actual loss by $200. Messrs. Bennett A Brandt were insured for $8000 in the London, Liverpool & Globe, and the Putnam. . Their -JesaieinlJy.covered by their policy, we lepra, Jacoby was insured for #4500 in tfKTSeooritf and the Putnam. Scarcely anything was ^ saved of his stock of goods. His policy will not cover his loss by $1500. Messrs. Smith A Melton had an insurance of $10,000 on their buildings, in the London, Liverpool A Globe. 1 It is a good sale for them. Messrs. Alexander, 000, also in the London, Liverpool and Globe, on their stook of dry goods and groceries. They.will probably be losers to the amount of $5000. Messrs. Babcock A Co. suffered by water, about $400. ~ ~ That the balance of the business portiqp of ^ xl? x X .?' tne wwu wua uui swept awaj uj wv ? due to the wisdom of our efficient town council in having taken warning from the dims- 1 trous fire that occurred here last January, and providing a good engine and a bountiful supply * of water.? When they were incurring the expense last summer of digging cisterns, and buying the engine and the hook and laddertruck, many grumblers and wise men, of which every small town seems to have an undue * share, denounced the whole thing as extravagant nonsense The folly of these wise-acres, and the wise foresight of the town council, is fully demonstrated by the blistered sides of the buildings that are yet standing. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the hook and ladder company, composed altogether of ^ colored men, for the zeal and judgment with ^ j which they fought the flames. It was through \ their exertions mainly that the fire was pre- f vented from crossing the street to the building + j occupied by Babcock & Co., and in acknowl- - * edgement of their services they were generously donated $100 by Messrs. Smith & Melton _ " ! to whom the bnilding belonged. I | While the immediate effects of the fire is , damaging to those burned out, by reason of ; ! the suspension of their business, the ultimate ^ result to the town will be good, as it will give an > 1 opportunity to replace the old rookeries that ? I were destroyed with substantial and secure I I