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died IH^^^^^B^HB^^HBH^^BBtant. on board, ^^^^^^H^^H^^^HBmprovement in Chicago ^^H^^BHE^^flH^ular publication of births, ^^^^^^^^^^^Hnages, elopements, (of married ^^B^^^^^^BBpffvely,) divorces and deaths. B^H^^^^HH^oung Hoosier once said to a HoosB Wf: ."Sal, is there anybody courtin' you ??" And Sal replied": "Well, Sam, there ^^__J3^!!t fellow sorter courtin' and sorter not, ~ but iVeckon it is more sorter not than sorter." A Montreal widow of twenty-two is the mother of nine children, the oldest being barely four years old. She was married at sixteen, and all her children have been born as twins, with the exception" of one, when she had three boys at a birth. . Elephant's trunk, it appears, is very good eating. A slice thereof in the Paris restaurants during the siege cost about $6, and a correspondent of the London Times, who eat some, says "the flesh is very tender, and not badlv flavored." ? Reports from various parts of France show that the war spirit of the people is toning down, and a disposition is manifested by the Prussians not to exact too much from France as the price of peace, provided the National Assembly prove itself to be dignified in its tone ana tractable in its demands and expectations. It L^said that forty-four men, sixteen j^^^MMQjp/M^^jt?Qty-six children were killed ^^^^B^Vght, and one hundred and seven men, ty-iwo women and twenty-nine children Bfl^HIPounded, by the bombardment of Paris. ^^^^^P>Vhen the armistice came, the deaths from siskness averaged six hundred' daily. The Wff last sortie cost the French nine thousand men. T? A lot.? ~ j?u iuuuiic, xiiauaiua, a man mainuu last week his seventh wife, a Mexican, having previously been united to German, French, English, Dutch, Irish, and American women, all of whom died. He must indeed be cosmopolitan in his matrimonial tastes. We should suppose he would find it advantageous to wed at his next venture a good family Atlas. 4 Cotton, it is stated, will keep for aJwig tu?e without change. Thus, at Columbus, Georgia, no difference was noticeable in the appearance of the staple in bales of cotton that had been in the warehouses there since 1866 ; and in Augusta, Georgia, a bale was r sold recently which had been in a warehouse for eleven years, and which, though presenting an oily appearance, brought as high a price as new cotton of similar grade. ?Mrs. General Robert E. Lee has made an application to Congress, proposing to sell to the government the Arlington estate, con. -J I 1 J C 1 J TL. imuiug eieveu iiuiiuicu acres ui innu. rue memorial contains an elaborate argument to show the unconstitutionality of the act of Congress under which the property was sold, and the invalidity of the sale upon other grounds, resting upon recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court. The owners of Arlington, however, are anxious to avoid litiga-! tion, aud propose for a fair consideration to make a valid title to the property. The narrow gauge railroad is increasing in favor, both in this country and in Europe. A road with a three foot gauge is in operation between Akron and Massillon, in Ohio. Another road of this kind is to be built between Paqua aud Celina, in the same State, a company having been organized for the purpose, with a capital of S400,000. The right of way is to be fifteen feet instead of forty, the usual width, and the locomotives are to weigh five tons instead of thirty, and to be capable of drawing from ten to twenty loaded freight cars, each of two aud a half tons capacity. A passeuger car on this road will hold twenty people,. The Festiniog railfirst built of the roads of mis description, is twenty-three and a half inches wide. An Ohio paper thus describes an effort by one of Ohio's Legislative orators: "Mr. Acker, the eminent horn-swaggler, thrilled the House, on Saturday, with one of his most majestic efforts. A short-horn reporter describes the scene as indescribable. Ladies on the back seats were obliged to climb up to the back of the chairs to escape the torrents of eloquence and things. The speaker was so charged with the electricity of eloquence that his sharply pointed spike-tail coat frequently stood at an angle of sixty degrees and trembled like an aspen. The orator most of the time resembled ail irresponsible victim in galvanic slippers. He reared and plunged an^ squealed like three hundred pounds of jyftti coats on her first pair of skates." ?- The following story of SignorBlitz is told by the Springfield Republican as having happened in a train at Palmer some years ago: "As the cars stopped, an apple boy rushed in, and Blitz, after patronizing him, cut open an apple and took a silver half dollar out of it, greatly to the boy's astonisment. "If that is the kind of fruit you sell, I'll take another," said Blitz; which he did, and lo! there was another half dollar inside it. Blitz, assuming great excitement, then asked the boy what he would take for the whole basket of apples, saying it would be a grand speculation. But the lad refused to sell even at five cents apiece, and, on leaving the station, Blitz saw him seated by the wall, cutting open his unsold apples in a vain search for silver half dollars." A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette details circumstantially the history of Napoleon's overthrow, showing that the war was forced upon him by the.Court, which held up constantly the bugbear of Republicanism, and by the people of Paris with their cries of "A Berlin ; that he expected disaster and took the young Prince with him through dread of a separation, and that McMahon, on his arrival from Africa, declared to his wife that France was lost and his future ruined. He declared, moreover, that Napoleon made all preparations for the impending disaster, by vomnuinfir from flip Tuillprips nil tlm ioivnlrv I of_the Empress, all the silver plate, the raagand silver table services presentthe~Sultau, the Czar ^^^H^H^HHHHjA^iceroy of Egypt; the Imperial, presenttreasures Cloud fouud when the From were j^HH^^^Hj^^Hj^^^UHfljAaring away proper^^^ ^^ ^^^nnBra^BLlical who make renHu|HU9HWer Re til ous whispers, and his withdrawal is said to be only an artful blind to his real wishes, though he is considered politically dead. Grant's friends rely on his being able to settle the Alabama and fishery troubles, and acquire San Domingo and one or two other islands in the West Indies, on the strength of which they hope for his success. fothvillc YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 23,1871. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is Tf* oiiKaorihnra /In nnf u'iah thflir minfiPS (lis continued, 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 DEATH OF WYLIE L. HARRIS, ESQ. It is with regret that we announce the death, on Tuesday of last week, near this place, of Wylie L. Harris, Esq., at the advanced age of nearly ninety years. ?$Ve have known the deceased for the past twenty-five years, and have never, within our recollection, heard a# unkind word spoken in regard to him. This is the more remarkable from the fact that he was frequently in positions which brought him into association with different classes of people. We learn that the deceased was afflicted with no positive disease, but died from old age and natural decay. His mental faculties, up to within a short time previous to his death, were almost wholly unimpaired. A good citizen has gone to his repose ! y ANOTHER OUTRAGE. * Some weeks ago, when the guus, ammunition. etc which had been issued to the colored militia company of this place were surrendered to the sheriff, under the orders of Gen. Anderson, several boxes of ammunition were placed in the office of the Judge of Probate. On Wednesday night of last week, persons unknown broke open the door by forcing the lock and removed one of the boxes, together with the contents. On Thursday morning the empty box was found in the porch of the Presbyterian church, about one hundred yards from the Court House. On the box was written, "When do you commence your war, Pat ?" and signed "Bushwhacker." Opinion is divided as to whether this outrage was committed by whites or blacks, but whoever did it are not friends of peace and good order. On Thursday morning, the Sheriff shipped to Columbia all of the guns, ammunition, <fec., in his possession. , * GOOD INVESTMENT. ^ Some people are ever watching for a good chance to make a fortune. They have no doubt an intense desire to be rich, and hence they are on the look out. The best investment that these men could make would be to go to work. No man can be a good citizen, a pious Christian, a devoted husband, a loving and affectionate parent, who lives a life of idleness. The fiat of Jehovah is: "in the sweat of our faces wc must eat our bread." It is useless to try to live gentlemen of leisure. , There is no such nym?at least ,tio such man ivn.i ic otripflv V\nrr'f>?t The hand of the dilligcnt makes rich. There was amongst some ancient nations a law which required every citizen to appear before the magistrates and show how he made a livelihood. In case he failed, he was dealt with lis a culprit. We do not advocate the enactment of such a law now, but we do urge every man to have enough of moral honesty to go to work. If every man would pull of his coat and go to work like a man, it would ruin the trade in padlocks, and fill his house with plenty and his heart with joy. Who says ^ftit this would not be a good investment ? MORE INCENDIARY FIRES. On *last Saturday morning, about three o'clock, the barn of Mr. Samuel McCarter, near Bethany, was burned, together with all the provender it contained and several calves. At the same time, the smoke-house of Mr. McCarter was broken open and a quantity of meat stolen. The dwelling house was also broken into, but nothing was taken so far as discovered at last accounts. We learn that several negroes were arrested charged with J these offences, but no evidence being produced against them they were discharged. On Sunday night last, about 10 o'clock, a straw field, several hundred yards distant and in front of the residence of Mr. A. L. Smith, about three miles from this place, on the King's Mountain road, was fired. About half-an-hour after the discovery of fire in the field, Mr. Smith's barns and stables were also fired and entirely consumed, together with the hay, fodder, etc., which they contained. A horse and a mule which were in the stable when it was fired, escaped without injury. Mr. Smith being suspicious that the straw in the field was fired to attract his attention from the barn, was engaged in watching the latter, and had only left it for about ten minutes to observe the progress of the fire in the field, when the barn was discovered to be on fire. Another fire, the work of an incendiary, occurred about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning last on the premises of the Misses Alcorn, two maiden ladies living alone about seven miles north-east of town. Fire was set to the corn crib, which communicated to the kitchen and thence to the dwelling, destroying every building on the place, as well as nearly all the furniture and other property belonging to the ladies. / IMPROVEMENTS. / We are glad to see that in spite of the hard times, high taxes anft strange legislation, our citizens are generally manifesting a commendable zeal in improvin^heir property. In every section of our {own new fences are going up. ,In many cases necessity forced this upon our citizens ; in others it was brought about by a refined taste. We are. also pleased to be able to chronicle the feet that Mr. James Jefferys, who was burned out last September, OHAna^H^HKc^n the same spot on outside apready for occuindividuals, who mnnti coif I Pt they will be the 3 in the midst of sing effect upon snfces often cause become life-long ugh and destroy ry'thing.in their e blamed, but the 1, lies at the door ' it a point to have rife and children, e this place the most desirable locality on earth to his children. It will prove of immense value to hia offspring in a moral point of view. Heaven must be a lovely place as well as a happy place. Who can be happy in the midst of either physical or moral deformity? Eden was beautiful beyond description. The home of every man ought to be a delightful place. Every Christian man should make his home here on earth a nursery for heaven. Let, then, these improvements go on until every old gate, rail and plank is replaced by a new one. CLOVER. The subject of grasses is attracting attention all over the South. Some writers advocate the claims of one kind and other writers another kind. In many respects it is, per haps, safe to say that red clover is better adapted to this climate than most other grasses, and is more remunerative than any other grass heretofore cultivated in this country. Any rich, stiff, land will bring good clover. The best kind is a stiff red land, generally called mulatto land. The soil must be thoroughly plowed and mauured before sowing the clover. It is of no use to sow clover on poor land ; it will do no good. * Too much care cannot be taken in preparing the soil. It ought to be covered broadcast with good manure, and then deeply plowed and then sown and afterward harrowed and left as smooth as possible. Stable manure is the best kind of manure for clover. The best timato sowy clover is about thefirst of March. Oats may be sown with it; but it will do better not to. sow anything whatever with it. Care should be taken to select a piece of land free from weeds. If this iB not done, the weeds will choke the clover out the first season. Sowing oats or other small grain with clover will prevent the growth of the weeds, and this is all the good that oats will do. Some persons think that the oats shade the clover and enable it to stand the hot suns. This is a mistake. The clover never grows any until the oats or other small grain, whatever it may be, is cut. At the very season of the year that the clover needs a shade, if in fact-it needs it at all, in this case it has none. The root of clover is what is called a tap-root. So soon as this tap-root strikes down into the ground, there is no danger of the hot suns killing it Clover, when once properly set, will last without resowing about three years. If then plowed up it will, if not turned under too deep, be greatly improved in stand. One of the advantages of clover above nearly every thing else is, that it improves the land, even if it is cut for hay and removed from the soil. It will keep a hill side from washing, and this is a great desideratum in many localities. Clover ought to be sown about as thick as turnips, and we would would not miss it much to say in the same way ttarv turnips are sown. ?''if our farmers will try a small lot and prepare it as they would a turnip patch, they will be convinced that there is no humbug about clover. It will pay them better than cotton and make the land rich besides. It will make their young stock grow as nothing else will, and it will make old cows look young and sleek. * PROCEEDINGS^!1 CONGRESS. On the 14th, the Senate passed a bill authorizing mail steamship service in the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans to certain Mexican ports. A bill giving to N. P. Trist 814,000 for his services in negotiating the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, was passed, after^considerable debate in regard to the course of President Polk, Gen. Scott and other actors in the Mexican war, when the treaty was made. In the House, the day was chiefly occupied in discussing the cases of the disorderly cadets at West Point. On the 15th, in the Senate, the House resolution declaring the national cemeteries to Ko ttio r?rnnorfv nf t.ho TVHprftl rrnvernment "v jt?r?j ? o forever, and forbidding their taxation or control by State governments, was presented, but being objected to, went over. Mr. Morton made a lengthy speech on the Indiana resolutions withdrawing assent to the 15th amendment He was replied to by Mr. Blair. In the House, the bill to amend the enforcement or election act was taken up, and was finally passed, by a strictly party vote?yeas, 144; nays, 64. As amended, the bill requires military authorities to obey a call made by the United States Marshal or his deputies, and provides for the appointment by the United States Circuit Judge of two supervisors of elections, of different politics, in cities and towns having over 20,000 inhabitants, and defines their powers and duties. It also authorizes the United States Marshal to appoint special deputies to assist the supervisors of elections, defines their powers and duties, which include calling by-standers to their aid or summoning a posse comitatus of the disj trict. It also provides for the appoiutment in each judicial district of a chief supervisor of elections; extends the jurisdiction of the United States Circuit Court to all cases in law or equity arising under the act; provides that hereafter all elections for representatives in Congress (to which elections the whole bill is confined) shall be by ballot, written or printed, anything in the laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. On the 16th, in the the Senate, the President's veto of the "bill for the relief of certain naval contractors was sustained. Mr. Pool, of North Carolina, submitted several affidavits attesting the genuineness of the signatures to the petition against the removal of Gov.[Vance'sdisabilities. The legislative, ex ecutive and judicial appropriation bill was discussed, and a scale of pay for all the judges was fixed to go into effect July 1, 1871, as follows: Chief Justice of Supreme Court, ^,500; Associate Justices, 88,000 ; United States Circuit Judges, 86,000; Chief Justice Court of Claims District of Columbia, 86,000; Associate Justices, 85,500; United States District Judges, 85,000. In the House the West Point case was resumed, and ended by the adoption of the resolutions reported by the committee on military affairs restoring Cadets Baird, Barnes and Fleckinger, who had been dismissed, ordering a court of inquiry to ascertain the ringleaders in the first class of the "hazing" occurrences,, and also ordering an investigation of the conduct of the professors in the matter. The House substitute for the Senate bill to protect the lives of passengers on vessels propelled by steam, in whole or in part, was passed. On the 17th, in the Senate, an amendment i was offered to strike from the Legislative, Ex- i ecutive and Judicial bill the clause inserted last year by Senator Drake, which prohibits i as evidence in the Court of claims certain i Presidential pardons. The design was to < amend the law so as to relieve claimants who 1 were pardoned by President Lincoln, but not . by his successor. This was voted down; but j in its stead so much of the law as declares the i possession of a pardon to be evidence of dis- < loyalty, was repealed by a vote of 25 to 25, i the deciding vote of the Vice-President being I in the affirmative. The army appropriation i bill was considered in the House, without any < action, and the remainder of the day was ' spent in legislating for the District of Columbia?a territorial form of government for the i District having been agreed to, and now only i awaiting the approval of the President. _ ! In the Senate, on the 18th, the Judiciary 1 Committee was discharged from the further I consideration of female suffrage and the re*cognition of the Deity .in the Constitutjazu. The same committee reported adversely to es-' tablish the western judicial district of North 1 Carolina, and also reported a bill repealing 1 several acts relating to the tenure of office^ Mr. Howard offered a resolution, recommend.- i ing that the commissiou for the settlement of the Alabama claims, may, in any settlementsuggested by them, embrace the session~TSrtfie United States of so much of the British possessions as lie to the westward of Hudson Bay,, e and the main channels connecting it with t\}6 Artie Ocean, and the outlet of Lake Superior, with the right to free navigation through the navigable waters to the Atlantic and Artip Oceans. In the House, the conference comflr mittee's report on the cousular and diplomatic appropriation was adopted. The appropriation for the array was also passed; and a bill in reference to the New Idria Silver Mine consumed the remainder of the day. In the Senate, on the 20th, Conkling, from, the judiciary committee, reported favorably! nn t.he hill which has nassed the House. "to'I preserve the purity of elections," and as supphfcnental ^ theaqt fo^tluLenfjj^M ment of the fifteenth amenTiuenLxle notice that he would press it upon the Senate. ' for early action. The committee on education asked to be discharged from the consideration of the resolution of the Mississippi: , Legislature, presented by Revels, asking fir an appropriation for a printing house and institution for the blind. In the House a loig discussion ensued upon the North-western boundary, when the commission to fix it passed by a vote of 122 to 72. STATE ITEMS. U ? Connell, an employee of the Air-Line Railroad, wag shot in Spartanburg, on Tues^ day of last week, in a personal difficulty witlv . a fellow employee. ? < ? The Columbia Union records itas afaqt*. that Senator Rose recently received a severe, though not dangerous wound in the hand, by the accidental discharge of a pistol. ? The Columbia Union says that a company of the 18th United States Infantry passed up the Greenv'lle Railroad, en route for Union Court House, on Saturday last ? Quite an excitement was occasion ed^J?-; Lexington last week, by two men firing into a school house, as they were passing it on horseback. One ball lodged in the houBe, and the other passed through the window, grazing the head of a girl as she sat in her seat. ? The Senate laid upon the table the resolution introduced in the House by Mr. Whipper, to request the Governor to return the arms to the militia companies, and to mount, arm and equip a regiment of militia for service. ?Wnrrp.n T). Wilkes, of Anderson. Nuckles of Union, and Whipper, of Beaufort?the two latter colored?have gone to Washington, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the House of Representatives, to lay before the President the facts connected with the late outrages in Union, and to ask aid from the government. They left Columbia on Friday evening last. ? The Marion, S. C., Star reports th^ Richard Greeny one cjf the petit jurop ?w , Court, now in session in Marion, was sentenced to fifteen days imprisonment in the county jail, by the Judge, for getting drunk on the first day of the term. The Judge also ordered the Clerk not to issue said Green any pay certificate. Jurors who are in the habit of indulging too freely, had as well take war3^ ing. ? At the Annual meeting of the M. E. Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, held in Charleston on the 15th instant, the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing Masonic year: James A. Hoyt, Anderson, Grand High Priest; Jas. Birnie, Greenville, Deputy High Priest; E. W. Lloyd, Florence, Grand King; W. H. D. Gaillard, Anderson, Grand Scribe; C. Frank Jackson, Columbia, Grand Treasurer ; Augustine T, Smythe, Charleston, Grand Secretary ; B. Z. Herndon, Cokesbury, Grand Captain Host; Harris Covington, Bennettsville, Grand Prin-. cipal Sojourner; Rev. J. M. Carlysle, Charleston, Grand Chaplain ; L. F. Meyer, Charleston, Grand Sentinel. ? A correspondent of the Charleston Courier furnishes the subjoined information about Colonel Montgomery Moses, who was last week elected Judge of the Seventh Circuit, and afterward so quickly unhorsed: "Colonel Montgomery Moses is a brother of the Chief Justice, and has practiced law for over forty years. He has lived in Sumter all that time, and is considered a sound and able lawygrJIn his nomination nothing whatever was said of politics, and he is in that respect, therefore,independent. Colonel M. is generally regarded a Democrat, but a man of moderate views, and I think will fill the position to the satisfaction of the people of the circuit." MERE-MENTION. Ninety-six out of every hundred Prussian J soldiers apon the average are able to read an/ ? write. The Committee on the Judiciary ; has been discharged from considering further ( the female sufferage question under the Flf- ; teenth Amendment. Govu^Jcfljji)-a?jkliq^? who was elected to the United States ate a year ago, to succeed Revels on the 4th ' of March next, announces his intention to de- ' cline the senatorship. Colonel Thomas 1 E. Chickering, of the firm of the great piano , manufacturers, who died suddenly in Boston, i on Tuesday of last week, had $80,000 insu- < ranee on his life. Mrs. Susan Rusk, of Alleghany county, Va., died last week at the j age of one hundred and seventeen, leaving a J poor little orphan daughter only ninety-eight | years. 73,000 horses were slaughtered, j and eaten in Paris during the siege. A 1 Turin letter says Kossuth is so very feeble in ; health that he can hardly live until spring. It 1 is stated that he is extremely poor. The j President has signed the bill granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of 1812, and to the wid- ^ ows of deceased soldiers. Congressman J Bowen has been again arrested?this time at 1 the suit of Mrs. Pettigru King?charging him ' with marrying her while he had other wives living. A report is current in Charleston that | 3he has abandoned him with indignation and ? disgust, owing to his ill-treatment of her, com- 1 mencing soon after their marriage. The i consumption of artificial flowers of all kinds I in the United States amounts to something over 815,000,000 worth annually. They have * been made chiefly in France. Professor ( Morse, of telegraphic fame, is reported as dangerously ill. A Texas paper reports that i since September last, 119,000 people, with 1,- < 564 wagons, have emigrated from Tennessee 8 and Georgia into that State. The fac- 1 Lories at Columbus, Ga., have suspended on * account of high water. There are 400 ] Jx-Confederate officers scattered throughout f the various armies of South America. Sig. 1 Antonio Bagioli, father of the late Mrfc. Gen- ' eral Sickles, died at his residence in New York 1 city, Saturday morning, aged 76. The I legal tender question and the confiscation of , Confederate property will be argued in the | Supreme Court in Washington this week. i NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. , ? The Democrat learns that there are 110 students at Davidson College, 20 of whom are studying for the ministry. ( ? Miss Eliza Hubbard, of Caswell county, ] made last year 142 pounds of tobacco with i her own hands, which sold in the Danville gaarket for fifty-five dollars. ? The Charlotte Observer says the colored j population of that town seem to be dying at a rapid rate. As many as five deaths among , Efie negroes occurred in one day recently. ? At a church fair in Raleigh, recently, a i gold-headed cane was voted to S. F. Tomlin- ; son, of Randolph, as the handsomest bachel or in tne legislature. . ? Lee Dunlap, colored, convicted at the last term of Lincoln Superior Court of the murder of James Gleason, in Cbaclotte, has had a new trial granted him by-th&ijuprerae Court. * ? The superintendent of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford railroad reports 125 iriiles of the road from Wilmington to near jWadeshoro completed, and 43 miles from Hb^tapest Thejjap to bellied between, und W adcSBoro, he Jfestimaterf cam no completed for $800,000. . ? The trial of Governor Holden before the State Senate is still progressing, and it is thought will occupy thirty days more. The evidence against the accused has not yet been finished, and it is said that the examination of witnesses for the defence will consume at least a month. , ? We learn from the Charlotte Democrat that Moses Black welder, who lived in the South Point neighborhood, in Gaston county, was killed on Tuesday night of last week by John Rumfelt. They were at a party or "frolic," and began playing with each other by boxing. The result was that Rumfelt stabbed Blackwelder in the breast, killing him instantly. ? Acting Governor Caldwell has refused H) issue 1110 pruciumaiiiuu uiucuug au ctcvuuu for members of the convention, in pursuance to the act recently passed by the Legislature, and in this refusal, based upon the fact that the bill did not receive a majority of two thirds of both Houses, he is sustained by the Supreme Court. It is asserted however, that notwithstanding this action of Gov. Caldwell, the Legislature will pass an act directing the sheriffs of the several counties to proceed at once with the election. It is also intimated that the acting Governor will be impeached ' on the ground of failing to discharge his duty in this matter. + NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Withers & Stilwell?New Furniture Store inYorkville. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Cadwallader Rives. W. H. McCorkle?To Planters. Bratton, Mason & Withers?Goods at Cost?Money Wanted?Hardware?Boots and Shoes? Hatsand Caps. S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?Clark W. Moore, Applicant?Isabella Clark, deceased. Elizabeth Turner, Administratrix?Application for Discharge. R. Munro & Son, Plaintiffs' Attorneys?Notice to Benson Goudelock. Wm. Salims?For Sale. Carroll, Clark & Co.?Frilling?Collars?CalicoNeedles?Cards?Sheet! ng?Soda?Shot? Powder?Mackerel?Nails. James Thorn, Surviving Executor?Application 1 < f#r Discharge. \, f I + ^ $ EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Masonic Officers. The following are the officers of Fort Mill Lodge, No. 56, A. Y.M. Col. J. M. White, W. M.; J. T. Hotchkiss, S. W.; J. D. Faulkner, J. W.; A. R. Banks, Secretary; Capt S. E. White, Treasurer; Dr. S. A. Kfell, S.'D.; R. H. Fullwood, J. D.; T. G. Culp, Tiler. The Case of Congressman Bowen. The jury in the case of Hon. C. C. Bowen, member of Congress from this State, tried for bigamy, was discharged on Thursday last, having failed to agree. They stood eleven for conviction, and one for acquittal. Mr. Bowen has been arrested on another charge of bigamy at the instance of Frances Hicks, who charges that he married her at Augusta, Ga., 1852. In discharging the jury in Bowen's first case, Judge Wylie said if the prosecution foiled to obtain a verdict on the evidence aduced he did not think they ever would have a verdict He said that one bribed juror was more than a match for his eleven fellows, but he did not mean to intimate that there was a bribed juror on this pannel. He did not see how a juror could hesitate for a moment in finding a verdict in a case like this, and he thought that the evidence of two witnesses who testified to their own infamy should not have much weight. A wretch of that kind ought not to be believed. A Kn-Klux Circular. The following is a copy of the circular left with the jailor by the Ku-Klux who recently visited Union Court House, reference to which is made in another column : Taken by Habeas Corpus.?In silence and in secrecy, thought has been working, and the benignant efficacies of concealment speak for themselves. Once again have we been forced by force to use force. Justice was tame, and she had to lean upon us. Information being obtained that a doubting " Thorn- : as"?the inferior of nothing, the superior of ; othing, and of consequence the equal of has neither eyes to see the scenes of oppression, nor ears to hear the cause ofhumanity, even though he wears the judicial silks, had ordered some guilty prisoners , fVnrM TTnirm tn thfl oit.v of Columbia. and of J injustice and prejudice, for an unfair trial of { life, thus clutching at the wheel-spokes of des- i tiny, then this thing was created and projected; 1 otherwise it would never have been. We ] yield to the inevitable and inexorable, and , account this the best. "Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth, is our j motto. We want peace; but this cannot be j till justice returns. We want and will have , justice; but this cannot be till the bleeding j Eight of freedom is fought; until then, the , Moloch of iniquity will have his victims, even ( if the Michael of justice must have his mar- ( tyre. K. K. K. ] The Test Oath Repeal. < The bill modifying the test oath was permitted to become a law without the approv- J il of the President. The following is his message upon the subject: j To the Senate and House of Representatives: , I have this day transmitted to the Senate ] ;he announcement that Senate bill No. 218, \ 'An act prescribing an oath of office to be ] aken by persons who participated in the late , ebellion, Dut who are not disqualified from lolding office by the 14th amendment to the Donstitution of the United States," has become i law, in the manner prescribed by the Con- c ititution, without the signature of the Presi- t lent ' ] If this were a bill repealing the test-oath i equired of persons appointed or elected to s >ffices of profit or honor, it would meet my t ipproval. The effect of the law, however, is to c elievefrom taking a prescribed oath all those f jersons whom it was intended to exclude from G uch offices, and to require it from all others, c By this law the soldier who fought and bled t or his country is to swear to his loyalty, while I the general who led hosts to overthrow the Government is admitted without it. I cannot affix my name to a law which discriminates against the upholders of the Government. I believe, however, that it is not wise to exclude those by an oath of office who are not excluded i by the Constitution, and who are the choice of loyal voters. But whilst relieving them from an oath, I recommend the release also of those to whom the oath has no application. U. S. Grant. The Reconstruction Committee, on Thursday, ordered its chairman to report a biH repealing the test oath in accordance with the recommendation made by the President. Impeachment in Arkansas. The Governor of Arkansas has been impeached by the lower House of the Legislature of that State for alleged misconduct in office. The Senate does not sanction the impeachment, and on Thursday refused to receive the impeachment managers and finally after much wrangling, adjourned?thus defeating the official announcement of Governor Clayton's impeachment. A message from Clayton was read in the House, announcing that upon the advice of the best talent that he could not be suspended, he was determined to retain charge of the State by force, un . i n _r a 1 l A tu articles 01 lmpeacnment, reguiariy presumed to the Senate, were officially communicated to hira, when he would readily surrender. The message was rejected?42 to 32. The Governor has the approaches to the executive mansion ^guarded, and will declare mar-t tial law, if necessary* immediately. Lieut.J Governor Johnston is preparing to oust the military and proclaim himself Governor. A resolution has been offered in the House, reciting that the Governor had refused to surrender his office after impeachment, and memorializing the President and Congress to guarantee a Republican form of government to the people of Arkansas and protect tbamfrom the usurpation of Gov. Clayton. Tbe HrjU8e has also impeached the Chief Jugjce,/charging him with conspiring with G0?(flayton to oust Lieutenant-Governor Jojj^Am. The Greenville Ballroa^ Tragedy* Some days ago Archie Gribble, an en-gfcser on the Greenville and Columbia railroads-was fired upon and fatally wounded, shortly after T^- trairr started out from Columbia. On nearing'the trestJ^q^gnoifh s" branch, the engineer discovering mnn on the track, and immediately bleyhfe whistle, when the individual, who cij^ed a double-barreled gun, went down the embankment, and as the train passed, deliberately firedWttth. barrels into the cab, wounding ti^ engineer as above stated. ' The jterpetrator of the deed proves to be a young man named Dexter Gibson, formerly an inmate of the lunatic asylum, who excuses himself for shooting the engineer, by asserting that he was walking on the trestle and that the engineer was "either drunk, crazy or a desperate character," who Ranted to kill Wm Via* Via HM?1> WIMKH: anil WAA UJU1 y U1MV UV 11HB ~ forced to jump from the .tnjpTwfienJie both barrels of his gutt^we man who want*; ed to kill him." He made no comment on the matter, while ui^Kwoing examination before Trial Justicfc^mnpon, who committed the unfort'matfcyoSiw man to the care of Sheriff Frazee, promising that a medical board should be sumiribnefyt(^<*$amine as to the sanity of the prisoner. "A-Mr. Hornsby, who had previously been anesfed for the same offence?the only evidence pointing to him being the fact that his shoes corresponded with the tracks made by Gribson--'i^ ' upon the [confession of Gibson, rdeased flluexonorated from all connd&ion with the afiai$ * South Carolina Railroad. The annual meeting of the South Carolina railroad and South-westeht ' Eatiroad Banking company took place in Charleston,0 on the 14th instant, Hon. Alfred Huger presiding. The business of the last year showed an increase, having reached its full average before the war, and the generally improved condition of the affairs of the road were commented upon as causes of congratulation. Mr. Seibles moved the followingresolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Bailroad Company take immediate possession of the assets of the Bank, and dispose of them as soon as possible, and appropriate the proceeds to the liquidation of the debt incurred by the road for the bank, and that the bank be immediately closed. It was also resolved that the Directors, of the South-western Bailroad Bank be instructed to close the bank and transfer the assets to the South Carolina Bailroad Company, as provided for in the above resolution. It was also resolved that bona fide owners of five or more shares of stock in the road shall have the right to pass over the road free of charge once in a period of every twelve months. The following officers were elected for the ensuing vear: Directors of the Road-r-Wm, J. Magrath, George A. Trenholm, L. D. DeSauasure, G. W. Williams, F. J. Pelzer, J. P. Boyce, B. H. Kice, H. Gourdin, J. 8. Gibbes, John Hanckel, A. Simonds, H. H. DeLeon, C. M. Furman, Wm. A. Courtenay, Daniel Tyler. Directors of the South-western Railroad Bank. J. C. Cochran, C. M. Furman, W. A. Courtenay, L. D. DeSaussure, J. P. Boyce, J. H. WilBon, H. H. DeLeon, G. W. Williams, Henry Gourdin, W. J. Magrath, J. 8. Gibbes, F. J. Pelzer. At a meeting of the Directors of the Railroad Company, held on the Thursday following, W. J. Magrath, Esq., was unanimously re-elected President. BOCK ?HiL CdS*ESPONDENCE. Rock Hill, Feb. 20th, 1871. Last night, about 12 o'clock, a body of unknown men, variously estimated from fifty to me hundred, entered the Depot at this place, &nd abstracted the greater portion of t he arms which had been taken from the colored militia by order of Gov. Scott, and placed in the custody of Mr. Russell, Agent of the C. C. & A. Rail Road. About 75 guns were either taken or broken. The broken fragments of many were strewed along the public road for 3ome distance out of the village. The entire party was mounted, and supposed to have come from abroad. They committed no depredations either on private property or persons, ind left our village as they found it, perfectly ? i i -.'-i r\ peaceiui ana quieu. uui u pwpic uciuuci mgaged in nor supported their movement Ahout 25 stands of arms, together with all the accoutrements are still left in the Depot. They were either overlooked or could not be carried away by the party. Requests have been sent forward to Gov. Scott by the newly ippointed Magistrate at this place, Col. C. J. Pride, as wejil as by the Town council, asking hat the remainder of the guns now in the Depot be removed, which will allay all excitenent, and give relief to the public mind. QUI VIVE. J6T A specimen of the colored representation >f the new Congress appeared on the floor of ,he House on Wednesday, in . the person of tlon. R. B. Elliott, of South Carolina, a genline African. He was for some time in the leat of his predecessor, Judge Hodge, and atracted very general attention. The other lolored members of the House are threeburths white, but Elliott is a pure black, [he Republican members did not seem inclinid to give him a very warm welcome, cerainly not so cordial a one as was extended to Jessrs. Rainey aud Long. THE EUROPEAN WAR. M. Thiers has been elected by the Nation- i al Assembly to the position of "Chief Execu- ] tive of the Republic." Immediately after the | declaration of the vote he was visited by the English, Austrian and Italian ministers, who ] recognized the French government. In Paris i the announcement of the elevation of Thiers 1 was well received ; but it was received in Ber- < lin with disappointment, as the Germans regard the election of aaOrleanist as indicative ' of a renewal of anarchy in France. All advices agree that peace is certain. Germany, it is said, is disposed to yield a good deal in her demands, except in the matter of territory. Napoleon has been notified not to interfere again in politics, and to issue no more proclamations. It is thought the armistice will be prolonged until the first of March. THE UNION OUTRAGE. We condense from the Union Times the following account of the outraere perpetrated in that town by the Ku-Klux, on Sunday night, the 12th instant: ?> It seems that the Sheriff, Phillip Dunn, received, late on Thursday evening, by the hands of a colored man, an express package, which proved to be a writ of habeas corpus, to remove to Columbia, as early as possible, the three prisoners, Sylvanus Wright, Andy Thomson, and Joe Vanlue, who were then lying in jail suffering from wounds inflicted by >theJ&ii-Klu?Apmfl The late hour, r at which thfjBhernf received this writ on Thursday, ana the illness of the prisoners, made it impossible forJbim to make the necsary arrangements to remove them when the train for Columbia left here on Friday morning. The knowledge of this writ being in our town, was kept profoundly secret. No train left here for Columbia after Friday until Mcaday, and the Sheriff had, as he supposed, very secretly made every arrangement to remove the prisoners on Monday. This was the condition of affairs up to Sunday night about 12 o'clock, when suddenly a large number of mounted men, estimated at from 500 to 700, in black gowns, with masks fitting tight to their faces, rode into town, placed a strong picket guard at each road entrance and ordered every light to be put out. It was a dark and rainy night, peculiarly suited to the dark deeds to be enacted. These 'tnftrritfe to the jail, broke through the outer door and suddenly presented themselves before the jailor, Mr. H. T. Hughes and his family, and Mr. L*B. Hill, Deputy Sheriff, who were all asleep, and demanded the keys to the cells. This was r^sed and resistance made by the officers, whichgo exasperated the Ku | Elux that they violent^ threw down the of-ficprs and tied them toge^er to a rock post in fiuiil nf llinjuM lien went to Mrs.! Hughes, the jailor's wife/presented'a pistol to her' head and threatened to blow out her brains if she did not tell them where the keys were. In her fright she pointed to where they could find the keys. They then took her ana her child from the iail and carried them to a neighbor, assuring Mrs. H. that her husband would not be injured. They then took from the jail Sylvanus Wright, Andy Thomson, .Ellison Scott, Bill Fincher, Aaron Thomson, jAmos McKissick, Barret Edwards and Tom TNftfcs, prisoners implicated in the murder of JVfatt Stevens, Mac Bobo, imprisoned for the burning of Dr. Estes' house, and Joe Vanlue, who was in prison for killing Mr. Daniel SmithVwhile acting as deputy Sheriff, the night after thejmurder of Matt"Stevens, tied them and carried -them, with the jailor and deputy Sheriff, out of tbwn. % As soon as they were ready to start from YbqJail, a shrill keen whistle was blown, and mWmarvelous short time the pickets came in, fefr into ranks, four deep, and all marched up the Spartanburg road?thenrocession reached, in close order/ from the Plesbyterian Church to the jail. On the way out some of them appeared to take delight in insulting and tantalizing Mr. Hughes and Mr. Hill. One of them crammed I a circular into Mr. Hughes' pocket and made' | him promise that it should be published. When they arrived near Sheriff -Dunn's resilience, about half a mile from the iail, they told Hughes and Hill to go back?they would jybw them five minutes to reach the jaiL Of cod^kthey tried to "make the time," but it was amBcuIt task, as they were still tied together/wlflfclheir arms pinioned behind them by a strong dsn; and on reaching town were completely exhausted, but truly thankful, .even to the Sublux, for-letting them off with no greater'- ptihisiuuCnt than a terrible fright Early on Mondaymorning the lifeless bodies of Sylvanus Wright and Andy Thomson were discovered suspended from a hickory tree, about a mile and a half from town, while Tom Byars, Bill Fincher, Ellison Scott, Joe Vanlue, Barrett Edwards and Aaron Thomson were tied to small trees near by and their bodies perforated with rifle balls. The remaining two, Mac Bobo and Amos McKissick have not been heard of since. The firing aroused the people living around and every order was distinctly heard. As soon as the deed was accomplished the band rapidly left in all directions. THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, February 14th, 1871. In the Senate, Mr. Hayne introduced a concurrent resolution to appoint a joint com* mittee to wait upon the Governor and ascertain what action on the part of the General Assembly be deemed advisable in view of the recent outrages in the up-country. Mr. Whittemore begged leave to say, in order to allay the anxiety of the members, that he had called upon his Excellency, and was informed that a special messenger would be immediately sent to Washington, with a request that the President do immediately order to this State a sufficient number of United States troops to repress violence. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Committee on Finance reported favorably on a bill to provide for a general license law. A concurrent resolution was received from the House, that both Houses meet in joint*1. assembly on Thursday next, at 1 p. m., for the purpose of electing a Judge of the Sev- ! enth Judicial Circuit. Concurred in. The House sent to the Senate a concurrent resolution to send a committee on to Wash- 1 ington to present to the authorities there a true statement of the condition of affairs in 1 the up-country, and to request the President 1 to send a detachment of troops to this State 1 to keep order, which was made the special order for to-morrow, at 1 P. M. Also, returned 1 a concurrent resolution to appoint a commit- 1 mittee to wait upon the Governor and ask of ] him what steps are advisable for the General 1 Assembly to take in view of recent outrages 1 in the up-country, with notice of concurrence. ] Tvtite Hottse. the Committee on Judiciarv reported favorably on a joint resolution, providing for the publication of the decisions of the Supreme Court The resblution contem- ? plates the re-appointment of Mr. Richardson, 1 the former State reporter. 3 The Committee on Education reported un- j favorably on a bill to compel the attendance ? at school of children between the ages of six and sixteen, and favorably on a bill to estab- t lish and maintain a system of free common c schools. ( Mr. Hunter introduced a resolution, re- t questing the Governor to restore to the mili- f tia forthwith the arms withdrawn from them, 1 and to arm and ecjuip an additional number \ of companies; which was made the special order for to-morrow, at 2 P. M. i Mr. White introduced a concurrent resolu- i tion, that the Attorney-General be instructed * to institute legal proceedings against the sev eral Land Commissioners for failure to make a report in compliance with law. Adopted. 1 Mr. Lee introduced a concurrent resolution, ? that the two Houses meet in joint assembly on ' i Thursday next, at 1 P. M., to elect a Judge of! t the Seventh Judicial Circuit Adopted. A communication was received from Judge e Thomas, regarding the writs of habeas corpus issued by him the case of the prisoners murlered at Union Court House, the return of the Sheriff, and the affidavits accompaiH^ti^^j which were laid over for further affida4lun^7H|^H The.Senate, sent to the House a concurrent resolution to appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor and ascertain what legislation he deemed advisable in view of the recent outrages in the up-country. Concurred in. Also, a bill to amend an Act regulating the formation of incorporations, and a bill to reg- , ulate the granting of divorces. The committee appointed under a concur- < rent resolution to wait upon the Governor and , ascertain what legislation he deemed advisable in view of the recent outrages in the upcountry, reported verbally, that the Governor l advised the sending of a committee to Wash- ; ington, of three discreet persons, to present to -i the authorities there in a proper light the condition of affairs in the State, and stated that the Governor would communicate further with General Assembly upon the subject in writing. Wednesday, February 15,1871. H In the Senate, the House concurrent res - .... X oiution to appoint a committee to proceea to Washington to procure Federal troops to protect the lives and property of citizens ofthe upper counties of the State, was laid onthe table, and a substitute offered by Mr. Whitfcemore, was adopted, requesting our representatives in Congress to wait upon the President of the United States, and present Win with a . copy of the concurrent resolution inquiring of *38 the Governor what further legislation was necessary, and make a true state inept of the ortrages committed by orgaitized'jhnd dig- \ g guised outlawB, and with so much of ? copyot " * the Governor's message as relates to the out-' * rages, and request the President to send a detachment of troops, and to present a copy of the resolution, and the message of the Governor to both branches of Congress. A concurrent resolution from the House, requesting the Governor to arm and equip a regiment of militia to suppress lawlessness, was ordered to lie on the table. Ik the House, Mr. Jervev* presented the petition of the People's Bank tor renewal of charter, which was referred to the appropriate committee. A message was received from the Governor, in reply to the concurrent resolution of yesterday,"as to what further legislation was necessary to protect life, and preserve peace, stating that ne deemed no further legislation i necessary, in addition to that already suggest- ) < ] ed in a former message, and stating that it ' was evident that the recent deliberate murders were perpetrated to hide in the grave the traces of assassins in former crimes, by preventing their recognition; and that it was of the utmost importance that measures should be taken to deter the turbulent from commit- , ting crime, and to punish with the severest penalties of the law those guilty of such outincited either by a spirit of revenge, or for the'pirpoBe of putting out of the way those - WHO migni'tt^oiutj uuugeroua wiuieaa?j. The Governs deemed it a measure of the utmost imDortarte that the election of a presiding Judge to fiirfce place made vacant by the resignation of jjdge Vernon, and also suggested a readjust mei^of the counties comprising that circuit, and earnestly appealed to the Legislature that a maopiight be selected without regard to partisan ^ejudices, or personal preferences, and whose character will be a guarantee for a faithful and """less perfor- , mance of his duty. \ A The Governor also stated tfaa he had for- i warded the concurrent resoluthp asking the \ " President of the United States #r aid, J Mr. Whipper offered a resolnion, that the Governor be requested to arm and equip a regiment of the State militia, ail mount the same, for the purpose of ^pro^^g^h^^nas < A resolution 5?!{uS^ restore armstomilitia compaDiaTtjjMp^{yj^M| jJiWrsday, February 16*1B70. In the Senate, a concurrent resolution was received from the House requesting the Governor to restore the arms lately taien hy his order from the militia. Referred. At 1 P.1L, the Senate adjourned to the House of Representatives, to elect a Judge of the Seventh Circuit, agreeably to concurrent resolution adopted yesterday. joint assembly. The two Houses met in joint assembly at 1 P. M., to elect a Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit. Hon. C. W. Montgomery, Resident pro tern, of the Senate, called the assemblv to order. Mr. George Lee, of Edgefield, led off .1 with the nomination of Colonel Warren D. Wilkes, of Anderson. Mr. Whipper nominated Wm. E. Earle, Esq., of Greenville. Mr. Singleton nominated Colonel Montgomery Moses, of Sumter. . -Rev. Mr. Moore, of Edgefield, nominated HomS. L. Hoge. Mr. Smith, of Charleston, nominated Gencral J. Ct-Winsmith, of Spartanburg. Mr. WOkei arose, and in a few well-put and appropriate remarks, declined to be a candidate. 1 v, Mr. Smart, of Fairfield, withdrew the name ofHon^S. L. Hoge. - _ Mr. Leslie nominated Colonel bimeon Jbair, of Newberry. A vote was taken and resulted as follows: Moses 59, Earle 37, Winsmith 38, Fair 13; scattering 2. Whole number of votes cast, 146; necessary for a choice, 74 There consequently, being no choice made, the joint assembly proceeded to a second ballot, which resulted as follows: Whole number of votes, 134 ; necessary for a choice, 68. CoL Montgomery Moses was declared to have received 70, and was consequently declared elected. An effort to have the declaration of the chair verified by a call of the roll was defeated. Cries of fraud were heard all over the House, and a scene of wild confusion ensued, when the chair declared the joint assembly adjourned. In the House, the Committee on the Judiciary reported back unfavorably on a bill providing for the appointment of Trial Justices, the organization of their Courts, and the jurisdiction of the same; unfavorably on a??*?* bill to confer upon Trial Justices ana Justices 'c>. of the Peace the civil jurisdiction exercise^ heretofore by Magistrates; unfavorably on a bill to prohibit the willful and malicious carrying of deadly weapons. The following bills passed: To incorporate the Champion Hook and Ladder Company of Chester; to incorporate the Rock Hill Hook and Ladder Company. The following were introduced: Bill to fund nulla bona claims of sheriffs and ex-taxcollectors; resolution that the Speaker appoint three discreet members to visit Wash mgton and lay before the Secretary of War the true state of affairs in this State, and to request troops. Adopted. Fbiday, February 17,1871. In the Senate, immediately after its astembling, Mr. Whitteraore rose and entered lis protest against so much of the journal of resterday, as relates to proceedings in joint Assembly, and introduced the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, in the Joint Assembly, held on ;he 16th day of February, A. D., 1871, an election for Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit was held; and whereas, the result of he election, was declared by the presiding oficer before the members of the Joint Assera )iy had expressed their choice, and the voting vaa completed and recorded, therefore Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That said election is lull and void, and that the record of said roint Assembly, and of said election be strick:n from the journals. After debate upon the preamble and i?bution offered by Mr. Whittemore, the yeas x ind nays were called, and the resolution was jiff'. igreed to by a vote of 15 to 9, and ordera^*1^^ o be sent to the House. . f The Committee on Military Affairs reportd unfavorably upon a House concurrent re9- ^