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f craps and .facts. An Indiana journal is trying to promote j>edestrian exercise among the students of the .State, by urging a law to prohibit the sale of liquor within three miles of any institution of learning. A Michigander bet a man who owed him a small bifl $20 that he could collect it within a week. ' The debtor "put up," when the creditor garnisheed the stakes, and won both the bet and the bill. Andrew Brentlinger, who was sentenced to be hanged for murder, in Allen county, Ohio, on Friday, and who was respited by the Governor for eleven weeks, telegraphed to the Governor that he desired to be hanged on Friday a3 appointed in the original sentence. A young colored man in Kansas, whose pedal extremities project from the middle of his feet, skates as easily backward as forward, but in making short turns he has an awkward habit of treading on his own heels, which Causes him to suddenly take a seat on the back of his head. An Arkansas editor lately issued his paper without editorial matter, but with a paragraph at the head of the leading column in ? h? fbof fbo tpiiToa nf KIQ CllK WHICH UC UCVIM CU tuob bug nuvo VI . scribers had so occupied bis attention in call- j ing to show their babies that he had no time j to attend to anything else. There are but three whisky distilleries in operation in North Carolina. _ In this con-nection, the (Jffictal 'who makes the report, says the daily product of American distilleries is 197,000 gallons; and the daily consumption 258,000 gallons; so the American people consume 61,000 gallons more liquor than they produce. Benjamin Chambers, a native of North Carolina, but for the past thirty-five years a resident of the District of Columbia, died on Saturday. He was for many years the engraver for the State Department, and was an inventor of much note. Among his inventions was the banded gun, known as the Parrott gun. Prof. Huxley has recently pronounced very decidedly in favor of the introduction of the Bible as a "reading book" in common schools. The ground of his advocacy is, that there must be a moral substratum to a child's educatiou to make it valuable; and that there is no other source from which this can be obtained at all comparable with the Bible. In Scott county, Kentucky, on Wednesday, a party of armed masked men at?tacked a party of colored men and killed three of them. Later in the day they had a fight with a party of armed colored men, in which three ofthe latter and one of the masked men were killed. The colored people are reported to be flocking into Frankfort for safety. A Buffalo preacher thus addressed the throne of grace last Sunday: "O, Lord, bless those who are present, bless those who are on their way hither ; bless those who are getting ready to come; bless those who did not come at all; and in a special manner, we pray Thee, bless those who arrived in time to hear the first prayer." A young woman, delegate in the recent Ohio Convention of Woman Suffragists said : "For my own part I love man, individually, collectively, better than woman; and so, I am sure, does every one of my sex, if they, like me, would utter their real sentiments." I am more anxious for man's elevation and improvement than for woman's, and so is every true woman." Gov. Alcorn, of Mississippi, has refused a commission in the State militia to a man who spoke disparagingly of Gen. Lee at the time of his death. The Governor says that Gen. Lee may have been a rebel; yet he himself, in a much humbler position, stands guilty of the same offence; and he cannol seemingly approve of any slur cast upon the memory of Gen. L?e because of his participation iu the __ "rebellion,"- ? f ~-r? -Mature covers the wj^uv of bftttia,fiaLiB niui RlilUiy nanus, ^correspondent says that in passing over the battle-fields of the Wilderness and around Petersburg, he saw delicate grass and shrubbery, growing out of the empty ammunition boxes, a fine rose bush thrusting up its graceful form through the head of a Union drum, and a curling verbena peeping out of a fragment of a bursted shell, in which strange cup it had been planted. That was, indeed, peace growing out of war. On Monday last the price of beef in New York was lower than it has been at any previous time during the last seven years. TA 1 OOO i.~ 1 OOQ *1 ^ r rum louo w iouo uieie vtaa uu uuusuai svaicity due partly to the extraordinary demand caused by the armies in the field and partly to the fact that the great grazing grounds of the Middle States were rendered useless by Union or Confederate troops. Latterly, however, the supply has more nearly equalled the demand, and hence the prices have slowly but steadily declined. The high oourt of impeachment to try Governor Holden convened on Monday last. Gov. Holden filed his answer to the articles of impeachment. The answer is very voluminous, covering two hundred pages of foolscap. The board of managers made their replication on Tuesday, and the trial is proceeding regularly. The managers retain as counsel exGovernor Bragg, ex-Governor Graham and Hon. A. S. Merrimon. Governor Holden's counsel are VV. H. N. Smith, Edward Conigland, R. C. Badger, Hon. Nathaniel Bovdcn and J. M. McCorkle. About a month ago a firm in New York * city announced they would give premiums for the best specimens of patching and darning of woollen goods, the articles afterward to be presented to the Five-point Mission. Four hundred and fifty-one ladies contributed nine hundred and forty-three articles, "patched and darned" so much that they had to be named and labelled. Among the specimens is a pair of stockings said to have contained one nunnred holes, but darned so neatly and so much that it was hard to find any original stocking. The same phenomenon of heavy falls of rain following great battles, which was observed in the late civil war in the United " "StalesniasBecn also noticed in Europe since the beginning of the present war. A severe drought, which had prevailed in Europe for some time, before the beginning of hostilities, was abruptly and effectually terminated soon after the war began. If there is any truth in the theory thus suggested, it might be well to try the effect of heavy cannonading, in a peaceful way, of course, along the whole line of the region in our own country now suffering from drought. Under the heading "A Permanent In4 - - ?v/\?lr nntro vestment, me ncn jluia. x uoi o. ^ Confederate cotton loan, redeemable in gold by Mr. Jefferson Davis's government in 1863, is still bought and sold on the London stock exchange. There are ?2,435,700 of it in the London market, which cost the subscribers about ninety per cent, of its nominal value. Sir Henry de Houghton is said to have ?386,x 000, which cost him nearly par. Sales were actually made during December at from three and three-quarters to five per cent., closing at the highest rate. The only value of the stock, it appears, lies, in the hope of the sanguine purchasers that the United States will one day redeem it." ?? The first account we have of the cigar is found in the works of Navarette and Las Casas, and is quoted by Irving. In describing the first voyage of Columbus, he says : "They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands in their hands, and certain dried herbs which they rolled up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called a "tobacco" a name since transferred to the plant of which the roll was made," though that is the name by which the cigar is known in Cuba. Oviedo speaks of it (Historia General de las Indias) as among "the evil customs of the Indians of Cuba, very pernicious, and producing insensibility." Their mode of smo- j king was by inhalation through the nostrils by ! means of a hollow, forked cane, the forked ends being inserted in the nostrils, the other end applied to the burning leaves of the plant. ihc (?nquiw. YORKVII.I.E. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 26,1871. Watch the Figures.?The date011 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 _________ At the time we go to press, a report has reached us that incendiary fires occurred on Tuesday night last on the plantations of H. C. Thomasson, R. W. Shaw, Amzi Falls, Neely Miller and Hugh Warner?all in this county, though not contiguous to each other. We have learned no particulars of these fires, nor the extent of the injury inflicted. mechanicaiT ingenuity. Our neighbor, Dr. William M. Walker, for a number of years, has been engaged in the work of relieving the toothless citizens of York and the surrounding counties of the necessity of "gumming it," by furnishing them with the most approved and artistic masticators. A few days ago, we stepped into his office, and found the Doctor engaged in giving the finishing touches to a set of upper teeth for a lady in waiting?whether young or old, "maid, wife or widow," we shall not be ungallant enough to say?which for beauty and finish, (the teeth we mean) lightness, elasticity and evidences of durability, we found to be superior to anything of the kind we have ever examined. The teeth were mounted on vulcanite plate; hy a process that has recently come into the Doctor's possession, which enables him to surmount some difficulties with which he has heretofore had to contend. He is possessed of unusual mechanical ingenuity, and persons who are reduced to the necessity of "gumming it", eannot do better for themselves than by giving him an opportunity of trying his handiwork on them. THE CIRCUIT COURT. The Circuit Court for York county adjourned on Friday afternoon last. The time of the Court was almost wholly engaged with sessions business, nothing having been done on the civil side of the Court except the making of a few orders. A large amount of sessions business was continued until the next terra of the Court, which convenes on the third Monin mawnk nnvf uuj in iuaiv/ii uv?\u At the time of our going to press last week, the Court was engaged in trying James Caveny for the murder of James Martin in October last. The jury rendered a verdict of "not guilty." A similar verdict was rendered in f the suit against Byers, Hix and Randall, charged with participating.in the murder of * Thomas Black, alias Thonms Roundtree. [ * The Court passed the fofcT? et;Mienccs: "nesseiuec'R, luuvmea <n -gjana larceny, two k yearsin the penitentiary, af hard labor; Berry Kimbrell?petit larceny?six months in the penitentiary; Amos Byers?larceny?one year in the penitentiary at hard labor; Wade Price?burglary and larceny?three years in the penitentiary ; Emma Stewart, alias Mat Davis?larceny?three months in the county jail. Win. Wright, convicted of perjury, not appearing for sentence, a sealed sentence was left with the clerk of the Court. Verdicts of "guilty" were rendered against Charles White and Carlisle White, charged with larceny. Appeals were taken and a . scaled sentence left with the Clerk. The Grand Jury in their report charged F. W. Davie, a colored Trial Justice of this county, with malfeasance in office. The charges embrace the collecting of excessive casts, undignified conduct in the discharge of his duties, general incompetency, etc. GOVERNOR SCOTT'S SPECIAL MESSAGE. We publish this week the special message of Governor Scott to the Legislature, upon the subject of the recent disturbances in this State. With the tone of this paper all lovers of peace and order?no difference of what political party?will be pleased; and it is no less a source of gratulation to the true people of the State, to see the Governor take so bold a stand against the plans and schemes of that portion of the Republican party which is ever busy engendering strife and discord, simply for the promotion of their own personal ends. The Governor frankly says?and not without danger of giving serious offence to many of his radical supporters does he make the statement?that "he cannot say with truth, upon any information in his possession, that in any section of the State the laws are not executed, for not a single case has been reported in which the officers of the law have been resisted ' in the discharge of their duties. There is no invasion which he is called on to repel, no insurrection which he is called on to suppress." j He also deems it proper to state, which he is I glad to be able to do, that "the public sentiment I of these counties seems to be aroused to the character and consequences of this state of affairs, and public meetings have been held, in which the responsible and influential citizens of Laurens and Spartanburg, have declared, in language sufficiently strong, their ; abhorrence of these crimes, and their willing: nessto aid the Executive in the suppression of j themand that "it is his opinion that the I civil law of the State ought to be sufficient, j and it is his determination that it shall besuffij fficient, to protect the person and property of [ every and any citizen of the state, nowever ! humble, friendless or obnoxious. He cannot ! bring myself to contemplate the use of an : armed force to punish individual violations of i the law in a time of profound peace. Such a j remedy would be as bad as the disease, and ' would be a public declaration that there was I no civil government in South Carolina, and j that we are living in a condition of social an, archy." j The message throughout breathes a spirit of liberality and candor which is worthy of all praise, and it seems to be carrying out in good faith the promises made by the Governor, in his inaugural address, when he pledged him-, self to make every fair effort for the restorations of harmony in our State. AVe assure j ! him that in all proper efforts for the consura- j mation of this desired object, he will be cor- j j dially met by the law-abiding people, and that; , the honorable stand which he has just taken j will meet the hearty co-operation of all good I citizens of the State. j SFRVIYOR'S ASSOCIATION. \ At the recent meeting of the State Survi- ] vor's Association, the Executive Board re- ' commended that a roll of the names of the 1 South Carolina soldiers who died in the Con- i federate service be published. Professor Riv- ] ers, who has been engaged for years in pre- < paring the rolls from all the reliable sources i at his command, reports that he is of opinion < that he has attained accuracy, though, in or- < der to ensure the work to be correct in every particular, it is proposed to publish two edi- < tions?the first, with a preface, inviting cor- i rections and additions, to be submitted to the i Executive Board by the friends of those who i fell; and the second, with the additions and i corrections thus made to be issued in a better and more permanent form. The importance and value of such a work cannot be over-estimated, and it is hoped there i will be no difficulty in securing the necessary funds to ensure the publication of the book at an early day. iN early every iarauy in the State feels an interest in its publication ; and only 1,100 subscribers at $5 each, are required to defray the expenses of publishing; each subscriber to be entitled to a copy of the first and also of the second and corrected edition?each volume to be paid for on delivery. A printed subscription list has been forwarded to this office, and we will be pleased to receive the names of those who may desire the publication of the proposed book. STOCK RAISING. The theory of the people of South Carolina and of all the cotton growing States is, that it is not profitable to raise stock. This is, in one sense, true; and in another sense, it is not true. It is not as profitable to raise stock to sell, as it is to produce- cotton ; but for individual uses it is much more profitable to raise stock than it is to make cotton or anything else which has to be sold in order to procure money to buy it. On a well-conducted and properly arranged farm, it costs very little to raise a colt. If all the corn, however, which it and its mother will eat until it is fit for service is to be bought, it will eat more than its marketable value before it is three years old. This is certainly true, where, as in some instances, no provisions are made only fn teen it. in the stahle or drv lot. and feed it on corn and fodder. It must be clear to every far-seeing aud prudent farmer, that a plantation which is supported from the crib of another man's farm, is not prudently conducted. On such a farm it is expensive to raise anything. Animals of all kinds, from a chicken to a horse, cannot be raised with any profit upon such a plantation. In fact, it is doubtful whether children could be properly raised upon it or not! In our climate, from May to November, young stock of all kinds require no feed, or comparatively none. Young cattle and hogs will live and thrive in the range, aud colts in in the wheat and oats pastures until the cornfields are opened, and then stock of all kinds, in ordinary seasons, get fat, and are thus prepared for the winter. There are men in York county who have always raised their own domestic animals, and although they never made much cotton, still they are to-day in good pecuniary circumstances and know nothing about hard times. One of the advantages in raising stock, admitting that it actually costs as much as it does to buy it, is this: The outlay is not all at once, but only a little at a time, extending through_a.period oFseveral years, and hence, aiuiuug:i~naggrega^ may Considerable/ the subdivisions-are so fcuall that no difficulty whateverisJlfeeriogce^n m*mHnc Another "advantage is that stock raised in this country are better suited to our purposes than those raised elsewhere. They are less liable to disease, live longer, and are every way better. Mules and horses raised in Kentucky have to become acclimated when brought here, and never are as good as those raised in this .country. In some portions of York county, there is I nn dnnht. tobnl. crawinc would be Drofita Ill 1IJ(.1. JLVU1I1 ttllU uvovfiuuvu ivuvii uuvu tuwividuals. Their course is marked by destruction. Of this class of persons we have quite enough. We need, however, thrifty and in> dustrious inhabitants. It is sad to say it, but it is no slander to J say, that a large number of the present tenants of southern soil are idle and thriftless. This is, perhaps, true of every country to some extent; but it is true of our country to an alarming degree. All over the South there is a class of persons who have been guided and directed in all their efforts by another class. This latter class is, by the force of early education, dependent upon those vhora they have been accustomed to control. Soth these classes are in a sad predicament. The only apparent reden.ption for either, and )oth, is self-reliance. Whether these classes vill ever work in concert or not, is yet to be proven. One thing, however, is true. The jlass that is most industrious and thrifty willnake the greatest developmenus, and if the jther class remains idle, it will ultimately Iwindle away and be no more. All that this country needs, to make it one sf the most desirable places on earth, isji thrifty and energetic population. The soil and climate, especially of the upper counties :>f the State of South Carolina, are such as to meet the desires of him whose only craving is wealth, whilst the natural scenery is so grandly picturesque as to fill a poet's soul with rapturous delight. We have no dispo^ sition to make predictions; but we aie ifflS pressed with the idea, that by proper management, the State of South Carolina will, at no distant day, be regarded as one of the most desirable places on the continent. It is pleasant, at least, to think that such will be the j case; and should it prove to be a dream never to be realized, it does no harm at present, but is a real good. - ? ! One thing is beyond all controversy true: no man ever did much for himself or hi* country by folding his hands in idleness and; complaining of hard timeSj^-W^iavejSpB need for the idler and gentlengin of leisuifl than for any thing else. rTbe duty of ??chj individuals is to pull off their coats and go-to work. If they will not do this, the sooner they leave, the better it will be for the country. Their departure will be hailed as a public good. With their exodus scarcity of corn will leave the laud, and whether the" price of cotton be high or low, money will be plenty. THE YORKYILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1871! WITH the first of the year, the YORKVILLE ENQUIRER1 will enter upon its seventeenth volume; and the success with which the proprietor lias met in the past, in his effort* to publish a first-class Literary and Family paper, nns induced hint to present attraction* In the future, superior to any heretofore of; fered. With tills view, and for the purpose of securing ORIGINAL SERIAL 8TORIES. of a higli order, remunerative prizes were offered for the three best coinpctetl ve stories. From a large number that were submitted, n committee, composed of disinterested and competent literary gentlemen, selected ns the most entertaining, "AvLONA "TEMPTATION and "THE LOST DIAMOND;? which, on opening the seals containing the authors' names, were found to be from the pens of some or the most popular story wrltPrs; and these productions are pronounced equal to the stories issued from any weekly press In the countrv. THE PRIZE STORIES will run through at least twenty-six numbers of the paper, aiuT will be followed by three other Original Stories of absorbing interest, written expressly for the Enquirer, entitled, respectively, unfoTiw?A TAl.p np ngpnRR THE WAR:" "BRO ken"cisf ERN8*;? and "UN KNO WN' raakln gn ot lew thnn three hundred columns of Odginnl Stories to be published during theycnr; which, In addition to the "Miscellaneous Heading," adapted to all classes; the Agricultural D portment, containing, practical and useful information for the Fanner; "Reading for the Sabbath," uhder the supervision of n clerical gentleman of mark-, ed ability, whose graceful pen embellishes his department in every number; n column of wit and Humor; together with Editorials on appropriate topics; a compend of the News, at home and abroad ; Commercial and Market Reports, and being one of tin Inrges tpapers published in the South, printed in the beststyla^| n steam press, the Enquirer will supply the want of every finslde, and sustain its reputation as a paper for the family circle. PRIZES TO SUBSCRIBERS. With n determination to keep up with the spirit of the tlinc?-=" the distribution of Prizes being a populnr Idea?the Proprietor has determined to adopt a system or GIFT DISTRIBUTION ninong the subscribers of the Enquirer; but upon a plnn different from that so prevalent, in which brass jewelry, "dumb watches" and shilling pictures are the chief attractions. It is deemed preferable to nwurd a substantial gift, in an equitable manner,''upon the following plan: Commencing with the first week In January, 1871, the name of each yearly subscriber on the list, who has paid in advance, will bo placed In a box provided for the purpose. On each Wedncadny morning throughout the year, after thoroughly mixing tilt? names, one name will be dmwn from the box?the person whose name shall be so dmwn, to be entitled to a prize of FIVE DOLLARS in cash, fty-As names are added to the list they will be planed in the box.-fij) The name of the person drawn eae| week will be announced In the Issue of the paper succeeding the drawing, and the tnnney promptly forwarded to the address. PREMIUMS FOB CLUBS. The proprietor nnnounccs THREE PREMIUMS for the three' largest Clubs of subscribers to the Enquirer for the year 1871, amounting in the aggregate to SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS in cash. The first premium will represent the value of THFRTW^^H DOLLARS; the se-mtd. the value of TWENTY-FUtt^H 1 LARS; and thetlM the value of FIFTEEN DOLL^^^B The proprietori'ni<tead of designating/special artir^^^^B > intum*, nrdr iiiinj*^ tiie above? plan, In?T7';._r* 1 secure the pranlutfi milv n?vnrf or ine v?i?? to wliilrr cafcn may Be eiiUtPd. I lie person getting mi the largest Clu><; at $-2-50 rorB^BB [ scrlber, will be entitles P? ? <> ? ?f tlx? above prenBumsftJi? Iierson getting up the second largest, to the second premium, and the third largest to the third premium. Competitors may begin tn procure subscribers at once?the time of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed In, or on the first of January, 1871, as may he preferred. The money for each subscriber Is expected to be paid for whenever the name is entered on our books, and no name will be entered In competition until it la paid for. I To persons who make up Clubs of ten or more names, Utif who may fail to obtain n premium, we will send the Enquirer one year free of charge; and to those who send a Club of twenty or more nnmes, hut who may fail to get a premium, we will forward a copy of the Enquirer one year tree of charge, and a copy of the Rural Carolinian and the Southern Cultivator, or r copy of Uie Enquirer and either Godey's Lady's Book, Peterson's Mngazine, Frank Leslie's Lady's Mngnzine, or any weekly newspaper published In the United 8tntes. The premiums will tie nwarded to the successful competitors at one o'clock, p. m., on the second Monday in April, 1871. TERMS, IN ADVANCE. One copy, one year, 8 3 Two copies, one year, 5 00 One copy two yean), ,.5 00 Ten copies, one year, witli an extra copy to the person making the club, :. 25 00 Specimen copies will be sent on application. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkvllle, 1 ? THE EUROPEAN WAR. The news from Europe for the past few ?-???? in ma??t rtrtn in oorvonf a! uitys pieseuia iiu ucn puooca m i<u& <hju.> w? affairs. The bombardment of Paris continues with increased severity, the Germans now having twenty-two batteries available against the city, and a general bombardment being anticipated, Trochu is said to have decided upon commencing, on Saturday last, a series of sorties, to be continued incessantly, unless peace should intervene. "Sorties," or sallies j of troops from the besieged city, seem to be the only hope of the French; yet, so far they have been entirely resultless. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. On the 18th, the Senate concurred in the House amendment to the five per cent, funding bill, and now, with the signature of the President, it will become a law. Steamship subsidy and land grant railroad bills were discussed, without any action being taken. A lengthy debate was created by a proposition to sell the public lands in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. In the House, Butler introduced a resolution for the appointment of a commission by the President to enquire into the use of the government aid extended to Pacific railroads. A bill, appropriating 8316,239 to West Point Tftlfitar^j Academy was passed. The executive, legis*lative and judicial appropriation bill was fin-i ished in committee of the whole, and the House ratified nearly all the amendments," except the one relative to advertising the laws in pamphlet form. The paragraph on this subject remains as reported. The committee of the whole refused to increase the pay of United States circuit judges. On the 19th, there was a lengthy debate on southern affairs, which was protracted until the hour of adjournment, on a resolution of Senator Morton, for a select committee to consider the President's recent Ku-Klux message alleging numerous disorders aud outrages in the southern States. The usual amount of radical eloquence was expended on this occasion. Senator Sawyer, of South Carolina, spoke in favor of the resolution. He said: "It cannot be doubted that much disorder and turbulence prevailed throughout the South. He would not charge these outrages upon any one political party, but he did assert, without fear of contradiction, that the people who generally suffered by these interests where those who voted the republican ticket, and those who generally committed them did not vote the republican ticket. He (Mr. S.) was as willing any Senator on this floor to make allowances for trifling violations of the law, and was as ready as any to take into consideration the necessarily unsettled condition of the country after emerging from the most terrible struggle in the history of man ; but he contended that it was the para- j mount duty of the government to give protec- j tion to all its settlers. It was the duty of the j general government to assist the State gov- j ble. A far-fi^Dg'and safe calculating farmer of GeorgitFipredicts that the day is not far distant wheft the State of Georgia will make no less coflfcai than 8he does at present, and the number of pounds of wool will be equal to that of cotton. The upper counties of South Carolina possess every advantage for wool growing that Georgia does, and why may not the same be true with regard to South Carolina? + + WHAT DOES THIS COUNTRY NEED? Every one, who has reflected at all upon the condition of things which exists in this country at present, sees, and feels, and knows, that something is needed that the resources of the country may be fully developed. The constitutional grumbler may be ready to reply: "There are no resources to develop." The whole State is nothing less than a prison in the eyes of such an individual, and the sooner the inmates can break jail and escape, the better it will be for them, according to the judgment of the disconsolate grumbler. The man of sound and sober reflection will take a common sense view of the whole affair, and will not be slow in concluding that all we need in this country, to be made comfortable, if not rich, is that the resources be properly developed. There is no sort of doubt but there is gold in abundance in tnis oia country yet. It is not in deep veins in the earth, amongst huge layers of rock, which must be blasted. It lies near the surface, and only requires the skillful use of the plow and the hoe to get it in possession. The thing we need most in this country is more inhabitants. By inhabitants, we do not mean tenters or squatters, who expect to camp in the couutry a few years. "We mean individuals who expect to make this country their home, and to live and die here, and at last to be buried in its soil. By no other class of men can the resources of a country be developed. The man who is wedded to the soil by no other tie than the prospective gains of a few j years, never thinks of development any further j than the welfare of the whole contributes to his present income. Such an individual makes no arrangement for the future prosperity of the community in which he dwells for i the time. His expectations are to aggrandize j himself by destroying, and not by developing, j The idea of increasing his own resources and | those of the country, by saving and improving j the soil upon which he lives, never enters his I -?1 T> nn/l rlncnlofmn ^Xllrvtir cm/tVi !n^i. ernments which it had set up in maintaining themselves; it was its duty to protect with i its whole power its citizens. He admitted that in some of the northern States there were men in office who were unfit for the positions; but (he old white voting population of the South had no right to open their mouths on this subject. When these governments were about to be organized, these people refused to participate; appeals were made to them to come forward and take part in the work, but they, turned a deaf ear to all appeals, andsaid they would not countenance by their action the legislation of the "rump Congress." He (Mr.S.) was satisfied that whatever shortcomings may be charged to the present State governments in the South, the position of affairs would be anything but improved by turning over the control to their political opponents. It was indisputable that organized violence, riot pnd murder and resistanceto the laws did ejetef-in the South. He should not vote for %bis committee did he not believe that the object was to make a fair and impartial investigation, and to adopt such measures as would restore peace and security, and no one could UMtoose the investigation unless from partisan motives." -'/Mr. Thurman, Democrat, of Ohio, made a speech in opposition to the resolution. In re~ ?_ __ i i ply to senator sawyer, ne saia : "I have read in the papers that in South Carolina a conservative mass meeting was broken up, and the conservative candidate was jactallowed to speak. It is well known that ^ jvenrtfe South a terrible intimidation is ^HMtfby the negroes toward any of their suspected of a design to vote HpHHht$hrtle!ket/and that Any "hf them d't^s s^St the'risk of his life. Yet we hear no jjtypplaiut against this; but as soon as a radical candidate is defeated the cry of Ku-Klux is raised, and the effort is at once made to ' overcome the will of the people. But not a word is said when a Governor assumes to elect ' "Hte Legislature and all the other State offices, as in Iiorida, where eight conservative counties were thrown out, and a radical county, to which the same objection applied, was counted in. Yes, there were outrages in North Caro. Una, outrages that were enough to make the irteSshffevery man tingle with indignation. Vhe doings of Kirk's lambs, the atrocious outrages committed by this band of murderers, .forroecha dark page, indeed, in American history." Pending the discussion, the Senate adjourn. ed. The House passed the legislative, executive and judiciary appropriation bill, raising the salaries of the Chief Justice and associates. . A post office appropriation bill, calling for t was passed, and a bill was introduced to admit Utah as a State, i. In the Senate, on the 20th, a memorial from the National Labor Convention, asking for a commission to investigate the condition of affairs in the South, being presented, the question of the previous day was resumed, and Senator Morton's resolution was passed. The resolution Drovides for the appointment of a Iic?ectcommittee of five members, to which ? -ahall be referred the documents and papers recently laid before the Senate by the President in reference to the condition of the southern States, and that such committee have power to employ a clerk and stenographer, to " "fend for persons and papers, administer oaths and investigate matters referred to in the documents and papers aforesaid, and the truth or falsity of the crimes and outrages of political character alleged to have been committed in southern States. The House was i engaged on the bill to organize the Indians - 'tinder.some sort of government in the Indian territory, but no result was reached. The MMtsular and diplomatic appropriation bill, Bing for $1,438,347, was considered in com^B&TthiBen a te,j)5 the721st, Speaker Colfax BBiounced ?he spemal committee on southern ' oWrages. Mr. Pool, of North Carolina, was on the committee, but he asked to be excused. [The names composing the committee are giyen in another place.] The certificate of I election of Foster Blodgett, as Senator from Georgia for six years from the 4th of March, was presented. Sumner presented a memorial from the colored National Labor Convention asking the passage of a supplemental bill to the civil rights bill, the object being a remedy for alleged indiguities to colored people, and securing them certain rights in hotels and railroads, the House several private bills were passed, but none in which the South is interested. The bill providing a territorial - government for the District of Columbia was resumed and passed. The bill abolishes the present municipalities of > Washington and . Georgetown, and establishes a territorial government for the District of Columbia, with a Governor and legislative assembly and a delegate in Congress; the Legislative Assembly to have two branches, a Council and a House * -ifJDelegates. The Governor and Council are to he "appointed by the President, and the Delegates to he elected. Pending the discussion of this bill, a test vote was taken on female suffrage?jeas 155; nays 105. Every Democrat voted nay. The colored vote was divided?Long, of Georgia voting yea; and Rainey, of South Carolina, nay. On the 21st, the Senate was not in session, I onrl fVio TTmipp anpnt. t.ha rlav in rlahate. ? ""?" -r?- j In the Senate, on the 23rd, Sumner pre 'lifted resolutions of the Indiana Legislature adverse to the annexation of Dominica. A resolution was adopted authorizing the committee on southern outrages to report at any time and giving them leave to sit during the session-of the Senate. A bill was passed increasing the pensions of disabled sailors and soldiers. A bill protecting members of Congress from the importunities of office-seekers was discussed to the hour of adjournment. In the House, several bills were introduced and FflSerredj^among them a bill for a commission ^to determine claims for Confederate cruiser i depredations, and one to erect a bridge across rthc Mississippi river at Boonville. A motion * to suspend the rules to extend to all States lately in rebellion the provisions of the act of March 4th, 1869, failed. The provisions of the bill "give equal rights to loyal claimants in all the States. WASHINGTON ITEMS. The new move of the Reconstruction committee involves the relief from the test oath of persons who entered the Confederate army _ while minors. It is understood there will be three reports --- il- A _ CI . 1 V_ _ il _ on me ueorgia senator s admission, me majority favoring Hill, the minority favoring Farrow, and a third favoring a new election. The President has sent a second message to the Senate transmitting additional copies of papers relative the existence of "disloyal" organizations in the State of North Carolina, which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. The papers consist of reports of army officers commanding United States troops in that State, and letters from Governor Holi den, covering long statements and affidavits in relation to the Ku-Klux organizations and various disturbances. Gen. Frank P. Blair, who was candidate for Vice-President on the Democratic ticket at ' the last election, has been elected U. S. Senator 1 by the Legislature of Missouri. He has rei cently written letters supporting the policy of annexing San Domingo, and sharply criticising his Democratic associates for abandoning the ancient land-marks on the question of ex-) pansion and "manifest destiny," especially to fi the southward. tl The special committee, authorized by Mor- tl ton's resolution to enquire into the alleged tl outrage^ in the South, is composed of Scott, of o Pennsylvania; Wilson, of Massachusetts; it Chandler, of Michigan ; Rice, of Arkansas; a and Bayard, of Delaware?all Republicans, t with the exception of Mr. Bayard. The com- d mittee will enter at once upon its duties. It s is said that Gov. Holden, of North Carolina; | and the notorious Colonel Kirk, who is now t in Washington, will be summoned by the com- c mittee. The investigation promises to be pro- < tracted into the next Congress, and to be j made the basis of future legislation for the { southern States. Some of the documents j which have been sent to the Senate by the t President, giving the details of outrages, are < actually dated before the proclamation that < the late war had ended, while many of them relate to old affairs which have from time to . time been published. state items. ? Capt. J. L. Southern has been elected Sheriff of Greenville. ? The Federal dead in and about Columbia are being removed to the National Cemetery at Florence. 1 ? The bill in the Legislature to reduce the salaries of the School .Commissioners, has been defeated. f ? Col. W. B. Allison, of York county, has beeil appointed a^Notary^Public, by Govern- > or Scott. ? The gin-house of Col. C. J. Colcock, in Beaufort county, near Bluffton, was accidentally destroyed by fire about a week ago. ? The depot at Ridgeway, in Fairfield county, was robbed on Tuesday night, and the stolen articles carried off on a hand-car. ? Mr. Robert Bryce and James G. Gibbes, Esq., two prominent citizens of Columbia, have recently removed from that city. Mr. Gibbes goes to Florida, and Mr. Bryce to Spartanburg, in this State. ? A woman's rights meeting was held in Columbia last week, at the residence of Gen. Whipper. Miss L. Rollin was elected temporary chairman, and F. J. Moses, Jr., Secretary. The Union mentions that LieutenantGovernor Ransier, Secretary of State Cardoza, and Samuel T. Poinier, editor of the Spar tanburg Republican, were present on the occasion. Miss Hosley and Messrs. Ransier and Moses, were announced as a committee on permanent organization, and Miss Rollin, Mrs. Harris and T.. J. Mackey, Esq., as committee on by-laws, when the meeting adjourned. ?The Greenville Mountaineer, of a late date, gives us the following information in regard to the Air-Line railroad: "A corps of the engineers of the above road left this place on Monday afternoon for the purpose of running a third line from this point to the Enoree river. They will there meet another corps from Spartanburg, who have been running a like line from that place. The two corps will then return, the one to this place, the other to 1 Spartanburg, and proceed to locate the permanent line of the road between the two places. All will then be ready-forugj^ding on this portion of the road, and we hope soon 1 to see a thousand or fifteen hundred hands at 1 work in this immediate neighborhood." ? Gen. C. L. Anderson, U. S. A., visited ' Union Court House last week, and had an in-: ' terview with the prominent white and color-j ed citizens of that county, with regard to the' , condition of affairs there. .T^e Times speaks J [of the conduct of GeneralVAndetfeon in the kindest terms, and says "as->8tep in the right direction," he has had an order posted throughout the county directing1 that the arms, accoutrements and ammunition issued to the companies of Capt. Alex. Walker and Captain Dou Reed be turned in forthwith, to Philip Dunn, the Sheriff of the county. The Times expresses the opinion that the order will be gladly and promptly obeyed, as the negroes are rapidly realizing the fact that the guns have produced all the trouble they have had. ? Bryant Bailey, for many years a notorious character about Columbia, was* raur-1 1 dered one day last week in the vicinity of that city. The Phcenix gives the following particulars of the murder: "It is supposed that TTTr?n k^ftvAAn "IA an/1 11 LUC lUUlt OJIUL nao uim in/iinnu iu uuu j.? 1 o'clock in the morning, as the report of a gun in that direction was heard about that time. He was shot through the small of the back, and the side of his head was mashed, as if by the butt of a gun. The impression of a pair of very large feet was found behind a pine tree, not more than half a dozen steps from 1 where the body was discovered. His pockets were turned inside out and robbed of their contents. His pistol had evidently been examined, as it was found under the body. Mr. Bailey's keys and a number of papers were found about one hundred yards off." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? In the eastern part of the State, good farm hands receive from $8 to $10 per month. ? A man was arrested and committed to jail in Wilmington, the other day, for stealing a barrel of tar. ? Anew bank, to be called the "Merchant's and Farmer's National Bank of Charlotte," will commence business in that city soon. ? Governor Caldwell has offered a reward of $5000 for the arrest of Littlefield, the alleged railroad bond swindler. ? Mr. John H. Hester, a very worthy citizen of Guilford county, committed suicide recently by cutting his throat, while in a fit of mental aberration. - - ? James Harris, a mail-carrier, was arrested near Jamestown, on Sunday of last week, on a charge of robbing the United States mail, by cutting open the bag and rifling the con1 tents. ? Three negroes, charged with barn-burning, were tried in Wake Superior Court and acquitted last week. The trial occupied several days. Eight negroes and four white men composed the jury. ? Senator Abbott, of North Carolina, is very strongly opposed to general amnesty. ? 1 -i-J i J 1_! Since Vance has neen eieciea tuuuccetju mm, he believes the rebels never will be truly loyal. ? A friend writing to us from Statesville. reports the condition of affairs in that section as prosperous. Every body are at work and industrial pursuits of all kinds are thriving. The rebuilding of the railroad between that town and Charlotte has given quite an impetus to business. ? The commander of the Federal troops in Robeson county has telegraphed to Washington for more troops, the small number now in that county being unable to cope with the outlaws. As a measure of pn^aution, a squad of soldiers accompanies each train on the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford railroad?Lowery having threatened to attack trains. It is conceded that but little can be done toward the capture of the outlaws without a large force of men aided by blood hounds. ? W. A. Smith, President of the N. C. railroad, has published a statement refuting a charge of bad management of the financial af- i lire of the company. Major Smith shows ' les bat when he assumed control of the ni|.d, tb here was in the treasury but S20,094.0(^Sid j ^ bat duriDg his administration he has Hd, (jr f the debt of the company, $530,993.07 Stiiv- ex lend to stockholders last fiscal yea r, $240#00; , ne nd has cash on hand, $150,000; raakifig a ire otal of $920,993.07 paid out for debts, divilends and on hand, besides paying all expen- P* es of the road; while he has issued!only ^ 1228,000 in bonds, except what were osued o pay a "scrip dividend" declared l$y a pre- ft :eding administration. It is geneqally con- vi seded that the road has been in a m$re pros- to lerous condition under Major Smim's man- ^ igeraent than it has ever been at &wy former period ; and he confidently thinks that with Q1 ;he assets and dividends of his road he conld 0j jomplete the Western N. C. road to the Tenn- p< ssee line within three years. N n NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ft Duff <fc Davis?Copartnership Notice?Groceries? tl Jewelry?Plow??Dry Goods. w Wilson <fe Wilson?Law Copartnership. E. M. Rose?Notice to Tax Payers. p W. L. Brown?Plantation for Sale. e< Almanacs for 1871. w H. Keller A Co.?Dissolution of Copartnership. Carroll, Clark A Co.?New Goods?Hose?Boots 1 and Shoes?Half Hose?Cloth Shoes?Neck If Ties?Shirts?Hoops?'Ticking?Plaid Linsey?Calioo?Yarn?Writing Paper. " T. M. Dobson A Co.?Rice?Buggy Whips?Gate " Hinges?Safety Fuse?Bargains?Shawls? a , We Want Our Dues?Bon-Ton Boxes?Can- .. i dy?CoflFee?Molasses?Nothing to Sell?Ta- , blQ Linen?Ready-Made Clothing?Chew- P ing Tobacco?Return Our Goods?Cassi- si meres?Well Chains. Wm^C. BeedftCo., Agatfts?Etiwau Guanos. J. M. Ivey A Co.?New^Goods. n Legal notice?To Wm. Hill. d M. Hogan?Horses and moles wanted. ? S. B. Hall, Judge of Probete^Notice. London A Jones?Land at aucj|jlpn. j 1 : * Newspaper for Sale. p We have received a printed advertise- 8 ment from John A. Bradley, Jr., offering for . sale the office of the Chester Reporter. The r materials of the office are complete, any in- ( formation respecting which will be furnished f on application to Mr. Bradley. fi Change of Schedules. t On account of the recent arrangement ( entered into by the railroads of the southern ' States, whereby the time between New Or- ^ leans and New York is lessened, a change of , schedule on all the roads has been made nec- t essary. On the Charlotte, Columbia and Au- < gusta road two daily passenger trains are now 1 run. . . ' Going north, No. 1. leaves Columbia at , I.03 p. m.; arrives at Chester at 5.07 p. m, and reaches Charlotte at 7.30 p. ra. No. 2 leaves Columbia at 11.20 p. ra.; arrives at 1 Chester at 2.56 a. ip.; and Charlotte at 5.30 a.m. ' Going south, train No. 1 leaves Charlotte at8a.m,,' arrives at Chester 10.20a. ro.; . and Columbia at 2.16 p. m. No. 2 leaves , Charlotte at 8.10 p. m.; arrives at Chester at < *t A O^T /VI. 915 a TY1 I 1 U.6i p< III. t a LIU VAUUIUUltt ?? M1U H. mm.. Close connections are made at all points, . north and south, though paaseDgers on the No. 2 train of Saturday will lay over twelve hours in Richmond. . MERE-MENTION. It is now stated that at least twelve lives were lost by the burning of the Spotswood Hotel at Richmond. The pews in Henry Ward Beecher's church were rented on Tuesday evening. The aggregate amount for which they.rented reached $70,000. Last, year they rented for $50,000. Senator Revels, of Mississippi, will cease to revel in the Senate chamber of the United States on the 4th of March- next. Paris has been under siege for M8 day8.,"*,***"Doors, inlaid with ivory and f^lt, are now considered indis- | pensable in modern dwellings on Fifth Ave- ( nue, New York. All the business houses * at Lexington, Va., were closed on the 19th instant, in commemoration of the birth day 1 of Gen. Lee. " There are over 200 female 1 postmasters in the United States. No^, j a single member of the present Minnesota i legislature was born in that State?all vc$x- ] pet-baggers." A correspondent says that i the National Capitol is over-run by hogs, 1 goats, cows and Congressmen. Western ! mercantile houses are gradually discharging 1 the young men and employing girl .oleics in j their stead. Brigham Young's power-in j Utah is said to be waning. The largest < factory in the South for making cotton seed i oil is located at Memphis. The German^ j are reported to have 22 batteries bearing di- 1 rectly on the city of Paris. Dispatches | from "Washington state that Governors Scott, Holden, and Davis (of Texas) are to be summoned, with others, before the Special Committee in relation to Southern outrages. THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, January 17,1871. The Senate received from the House with , concurrence, a bill to regulate and determine what shall constitute a day's labor in the State, i The Committee on Engrossed bills reported j as ready for a third reading, a bill to incorporate the Rock Hill Hook and Ladder Com- ( pany, which was passed and ordered to be ( sent to the House. | A joint resolution, to withhold the last quarter's salary of School Commissioners who have not made an annual report, passed its j second reading. 1 At 1 P. M. the Senate resolved itself into a ] high court of impeachment, to sit upon the j trial of Judge Vernon. The oath was admin- j istered to the Senators by the Clerk. , On motion of Mr. Whitteraore, the House t was informed that the Senate was so organi- ? zed, and prepared to try the articles of im- e peachment against Judge Vernon, and to ] hear the managers on the part of the House j in support thereof. c The managers, Messrs. "VVhipper, Wilkes, g Crews, and Moses, accordingly appeared, the a articles of impeachment were read, and a list x of witnesses, on the part of the prosecution, v were handed in to be duly summoned.. j Among the witnesses are Messrs. Baxter, Su- t ber and Paysinger, of Newberry; Wilson c Cook, Mounce, and others, of Greenville; j James A. Dunbar, Sill, Frazee and Abraham a Solomons, of Richland, and a number of oth- t ere. ? The managers then retired, and, on motion a of Mr. Whitteraore, it was ordered that a writ a do issue from the Senate and be served upon y Judge T. O. P. Vernon, requiring him to be d and appear before the court at 12.30 P. M., a on Friday, until which time, on motion, the y Senate adjourned as a court of impeachment a and resumed legislative business. A In the House, Mr. Smart introduced a c bill to provide for the payment of improve- a raents made upon the property of other peo- o pie. t Mr. Gary introduced a bill to regulate and p fix the salaries and pay of county officers and n for other purposes. Mr. Dannelly introduced a bill to allow 94 paupers to draw money and remain at home, p Referred. I n p Wednesday, January 18, 1870. r< In the Senate, Mr. Whitteraore introdu- F ced a bill to provide an appropriation for tl school purposes for the present year. The 01 bill provides that $350,000 shall be appropri-1 p ated for the maintenance of free common v schools, $25,000 for the support of the Uni- j C versity, and 88,000 for the Deaf and Dumb h Institute. ! v Mr. Arnira introduced a bill to prohibit the n retail sale of spirituous liquors at the county j seats of the respective counties of the State, t< except in the counties of Richland and Char-1 U iton, on sale days and during the sessions of e Court of General Sessions. Mr. Whitteraore introduced a resolution, at the Clerk of the Senate be authorized to aw a pay certificate for 81,500, to defray peifees incident to the summoning of wifcsaeaand other matters pertaining to the iplronraent trial now pending. Adopted. A bill to supply the deficiency in the apopriation for the support and maintenance free schools for 1870 came up for conside,tion, and caused some interesting debate, irticipated in by Messrs. Corbin, Is ash, LesWhitfcemore and others. The bill prodes for a further appropriation of $40,000, be made to pay salaries of teachers. It ems that $40,000 will meet all deficiencies, id there is now in the hands of the Treasurer 'the State upwards of $69,000, remaining rer from the original appropriation last year * $50,000, and the aqsount raised from the d11 tax, which was some $200,000 morfc. ash and Leslie contended that the amount squired should properly be drawn from this ind in the bands of the State Treasurer, and iat if he would not pay that, then neither ould he pay, though another Act of approriation he passed ; and they further suggest* 1 that a committee be at once appointed to ait on the Treasurer and learn whr this loney was not paid out as directed by the iw. Finally, however, the bill was agreed > and ordered to be engrossed, and, on moon of Mr. Corbin, it was resolved, that a iramittee be appointed to wait on the Treairpr and gain the information as snggested y Mr. Leslie, as to why the unexpended ihool fund was not paid out. A hill to amend an Act Halting for Ore ext general election ahd Uie SWil utioMF -~=ipa ucting the same, came up for consideration, nd drew out some hot fire from Corbinj Lee-' ie and Nash. By Section 1 of the -hill,, which-ras drawn up and introduced by Corbin, it is rovided that in the appointment of maoa;ers and commissioners, there should be one rom each political party. This, section met he most bitter opposition of Nash and the 10 less persistent disapproval of Leslie, while Sorbin supported it by the most irrefutable ? urgumenL The wisdom of the provision ie o patent that it is not necessary to give Cor)in's views in support of it, except that he itated that there not only had been suspicion >f fraud in the late elections because of the licence of such a provision in the law, but hat he himself was perfectly convinced' that here had been gross fraud practiced. He ilso stated that to the fact that the people, of he up-country thought themselyea chewed jut of their honest ballots at the last elections svas attributable to the lawlessness that prevailed in that'section of the country. Nash jpposed the section, from the fact, as he sta--J A.l iL- .V tn BAV. jCUj Hint bUO lyvillUVlBIB) U bUCJ Tfoiv IU yvwar, would not do so. Question by Corbin?Does the Senator take the action of Democrats to be his rule of conduct? The bill was finally recommitted. ' In the House, a bill introduced by White, from ork, requiring County Treasurers* to attend each polling precinct for the purpose af collecting taxes, was referred to the Committee on County Offices. Mr. Thomas introduced a bill to vest in the President of the Senate and the'Speaker of the House the power to call extrtl1 sessions of the Oeneral Assembly. Referred. - >? usq... A bill to declare martial law in UnioBt 3partanburg, Laurens and Newberry, came up for consideration, and caused some warm ' debate between Messrs. White, Whipper, Singleton, Byas, and others. Whipperstrongly advocated the passage of the bill, while White, of York, opposed the measure, upon the ground that the State militia, composed as it was entirely of undrilled colored soldiers, was inadequate to meet the demands of the occasion. Pending the debate, the hour for adjournment arrived, and the House adjourned till to-morrow, at 12 o'clock. J " . . < ,i <1' Thursday, January 11 182L In the Senate, Mr. Hayes introduced a bill to provide for the election by the people } of County Treasurers and County Auditors; J mittee to prepare iiTOl to fenforoe the prompt and thorough coBfetion of the poll tax, was adopted. ' 4 . ytif * y7, ; The report of the special committee to investigate thft?cqndqe^and affairs of the Boperint^eotjtna Directors ofthe Penitentiary was Tip for consideration. The report is beW^wely upon the affirmations of the Superintendent, and attempts io exonerate that officer from all criminality. Upon motion that tho report be adopted, Leslie rose, ' / smd/fldd that the report was about in keeping with sow aa had been hithe off upcs the General Assembly and thepiEiic, and that as it was such a beautiful specimen rfawhite-washed report, he hoped it would beiiocrtrted. Not one witness had been examined, but Mr. Strolbrand's simple statebents taken as sufficient in an investigation -j instituted against himself. For his part, bethought the investigation had as well not been made. Here was a charming little frauds which the State was mulcted to the tune of I from $6, 000 to $8,000, and all within a stone's throw of the Penitentiary. Mr. Pope goto to the Governor and tells him that tnere ? : strip of land lying down near the Penitentiary belonging to the State, which he desired to lease and put in a condition for cultivation.' The Governor, without the shadow of authority, agrees, and does lease this land for the sum of $100 per year. Scarce was the ink i dry upon the paper, ere the sound of the axes Df Stolbrand's thieves could be heard felling the timber on this land, and he enters into an ' agreement for the purchase of the wood. Could ?ntr a an a man dmihf what. flhnilM have been l Stolbrand's course as an honest official ? The ivood was in a stone's throw of the Penitentiary; 3e knew he needed wood ; he had the thieves i x> cut it and the land belonged to the 8tate. ' But instead of proceeding in the way his duty )Iainly pointed, he slips in Pope, ana through j he instrumentality or the Governor, concocts i plan by which he and Pope succeeded in iwindling the State out of thousands of dolars. It would not do to attempt to excuse dr. Stolbrand, by saying that he was ignorant if the fact that the land belonged to the, j?^ State! He did know it; and lie further Iraiew,"T j? did the Governor himself, for he was surely lot a fool, that the lease to Mr. Pope was not forth the paper on which it was written; and f he had possessed one particle of regard for he interest of the State, he would not have leigned to notice it This Mr. Pope was a (articular friend of Mr. Stolbrand, and it was is plain to him as the nose on a man's face, hat this was a partnership job to cheat the State. In proof of the fact that Mr. Pope was very special friend of the Superintendent, ,nd that they were intimately acquainted, he ,-ould inform the Senate that within a few lays past, the Superintendent had rescinded contract with a third party, whereby beef -as furnished the Penitentiary at eight cents ' pound, and entered into an agreement with lr. Pope at ten cents a pound. Mr. Leslie losed, by inquiring if the committee was not joint one, and that they had reported withut consultation with the committee from the louse, which, being shown to be true, the reort was ruled out and the original resolution Bcommitted. A committee from the House presented itjlf to inquire into certain irregularities on the art of the Senate towards the House. The r rtf rtAmnloinf moo ikof oftor HW JMVWft V4 WIU|/1UIUW new VliOV WA we ?uw ointment of a joint committee, by a concurmt resolution to investigate the affairs of the 'enitentiary, the committee on the part of le Senate, without notice given to, and with t the knowledge of the committee on the art of the House, had proceeded to an inestimation and made out a report The hair informed the committee that the Senate adjust ruled the report proffered as null and oid, and that the resolution had been recomlitted. In the House, the committee appointed > wait on the State Treasurer, iu conformity > a concurrent resolution, to inquire of him