Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f craps and Jacts. Two-thirds of 6,000,000 real estate owners in the United States are farmers. A new hotel is talked of for Columbia, on the sue of the old "Hunt's Hotel." There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister. A Cincinnati poet calls the lips of the girls of that borg '-glowing gateways of pork . and potatoes." . . ^ - ?r- The post1, office at-Cedar Springs, in Spartanburg county, has been reestablished, and Wm. H. Kogers appointed postmaster. Governor Scott has appointed the following persons as Jury Commissioners: York?John G. Euloe; Union?William Eller; Chester?C. S. Brice; Lancaster?J. T, ( Vmaavt. fin*rf\?nht?irr?-.Tnwin "Rriant. Another meeting of the stockholders oi the Bank of Charleston was held last week, at which it was decided to meet on the 2nd oi May for the purpose of electing directors preparatory to resuming active business operations on or before the first of September next. ? It is reported that the safe of the county Treasurer of Abbeville?Mr. L. fl. Hue sell?was robbed on Friday night, and about $10,000 carried off The safe was deliberately opened and the money abstracted. The guilty party is strongly suspected^ The Washington Chronicle of Friday last,say8"Hon. A. S. Wallace, formerly*!! lector of internal revenue for the 3d w>utl Carolina district, has settled up his account: with the Government and received a checl for a considerable balance due." The Edgefield Advertiser says "the peo pie of that county are fully determined to pa] no more taxes during the year 1871, unless they are forced to do so by bayonets in th< hands of Federal soldiers." The indications are that the federal bayonets will be on hand A Washington dispatch says: "Lieu tenant-Governor Ransier, of South Carolina and twenty or more others, including mem bers of the legislature of that State, white and black, have arrived here. Their business has reference to disturbances in Smith Caro lina." A We learn from the Greenville Mv\n taineer, that Dr. Wm. Curtis has told onb half interest in the Limestone Springs school property to Rev. Dr. Boyce, Rev. Dr. Manly W. T. Shumate and J. C. Smith, Esqs., all o: Greenville. The other half interest will b< retained by Dr. Curtis. Four hundred of the tax payers anc pioperty holders of New Orleans, publish t card in which they declare they will use ever] legal means to resist the payment of all addi tioss to the State debt over and above tha already incurred. The debt of the State nov exceeds twenty-five million dollars. The Metropolitan hotel, in New York has been closed in consequence of the bank ruptcy of the proprietors?three of the Le land brothers. It is stated that William M Tweed has leased the hotel for five years a an annual rent of $65,000, and that it will b re-opened at an early day. . ?? The Technologist says one cord of ip0G< cat and split fine and corded up beneath j shelter while it is yet green will furnish mor heat after it has' become seasoned than twi cords of the same wood which has been con tinually exposed to the alternate influences o storms and sunshines. -Judge Wright, Associate Justice of thi Supreme Court of South Carolina, announce! a decision last week, affirming the validity o contracts for the hire of slaves since the dafc of President Lincoln's emancipatior procla mation. The case decided was one agains the Greenville Railroad Company for th< hire of slaves. The Abbeville Press and Banner, an nounces the death, at his residence in Du West, in that county, last week, of Dr. R. C Grier, president of Eralqne College. Tb Banner says: Dr. Grier was a citizen of higl character, and more than ordinary endow ments, and his losa will be felt in the churcl and in the college over which he has so abb and satisfactorily presided. He was a mai of kind heart and popular mauners, and wa universally beloved. Wedding invitations now contain raori cards than ever, viz: first, the bride's card second, the groom's; thirdly, the bride's moth erk; then the "ceremony" card ; then the in yitation to the reception; then the cards con taiaiug the married name of the young coupli in full, and the days of their past-honeymooi receptions; then a card containing the name of bridesmaids, ushers and groomsmen-; ant lastly, a card engraved with "Please presen this at the door." A correspondent of the Chicago Re publican gives the following as the origin o the name "Ku-Klux Klan ?' On the Wider of.Texas, near the Rio Grande, tWe liwd i man by the name of Nal ?. Kulkuk. H was a desperado, but fought agaiost and dep redated upon the American settlers. His mot to was to seek unceasingly to avenge a real o: fancied wrong to himself, his followers or hi country. Mis name spelled backward^eiye us ku-kluk klan. The Columbia Phrrnix of Friday las * says: "The investigating committee met yes teraay* pursuant to resolution adopted b; both branches of the General Assembly, t make a complete and thorough examinatioi of all the accounts of the State treasurei comptroller-general and financial agent sine their induction into office, with power to sen< for persons and papers. They commenc investigations to-day of the State treasurer' books. The examination of these account will probably keep the committee in sessioi between three and four months." The Atlanta Daily Era, says as follow of the recently appointed Cashier of the banl at Chester. Our friend, Mr. Harris, for i longj time the respected teller of the Atlanti National Bank, has left us. His distinguish ed character caused him to be chosen th ? * ? 1 n . i y-* Uashier or a Dante in unester, ooutn uaronna Mr. Harris could not leave this city withou carrying with him some token of the regar< and estem of his Masonic brethren and fellov citizens. At the convocation of the Cotnraan dery, last Friday, a very handsome gold mounted cane was presented to Mr. Harri as testimony of the high esteem in which h was held among the brethren.; - - ?<= _=*?The following is a complete list of ex Confederate officers hr-tlie pn^nt^lCfoutie b Representatives, with their rank. There ar seventeen in all?fifteen are Democrats, an< the last two (Whitely and Hays) are Repub Means: P. M. B. Yoong, Georgia, major-gener al; Joseph Lewis, Kentueky^bftgadier-gener al; D; 3Vl DuBose, Georgia, brigadier-general William Terrv, Virginia, brigadier-general A. M; Waddell, North Carolina, brigadier general; J. M. Leach, North Carolina, colo nel; R. T. W. Duke, Virginia, colonel; E M. Braxton, Virginia, major ; A. T. Mcln tyre, Georgia, colonel; William P. Price Georgia, captain ; W. A. Handly, Alabama captain ; Joseph H. Sloss, Alabama, maior Edward CroeBland, Kentucky, colonel; E. I Golladay, Tennessee, colonel; R. P. Caldwell Tennessee, colonel; R. H. Whitely, Georgia major;* Charles Hays, Alabama, captain. Presidential gossip at Washington is lively with the names of several who are con sidered worthy to serve the Radical party in the position of candidate in 1872. General Logan considers his elevation to the Senate only a stepping-stone to a higher place, and although the organization of the Grand Army of theRepublic is divorced from politics, his greatest hopes lie in his influence in that association. General Sherman is mentioned as willing to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor at the head of our armies; Secretary Boutwell is only too willing; General Butlei is official authority on Mr. Blaine's aspirations. The same gossipmentions, on the Democratic side, General Hancock, Senator Hendricks, Judge Thurman, General Rosecrans and others, giants in comparison with the swarm of pigmies who are intriguing for the I\ Radical nomination. It is notable that Mr. Colfax is entirely left out of the calculation ; but no dependence can be placed on the omission, which is evidently part of his plan. As for General Grant, he is already considered politically dead by his own party. No one thinks of putting him at the head of the ticket next year; and meantime he is seeking to drown his mortification in the more congenial pursuit of horee-taming and driving, and, let us hope, nothing worse. ^* YORKV1LLE, S. C.: ' THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 6,1871 Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address ' label" shows the tline to which the subscription ii ; paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis . continued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha ! our terms for subscription, advertising and job work, are cash, in advance . ? BUSINESS PROSPECTS. l Notwithstanding the Ku-Klux bill befon ' Congress, and the belief, as expressed by sonn : persons, that martial law will be proclaimec in this State, business in Yorkville is opening * very well this spring. The different mechan 3 ical pursuits are prosperous and the shop 3 busy, while the merchants, anticipating t i brisk trade, are procuring their supplies foi the approaching season. We notice that Dob - son & Co., and Carroll, Clark A Co. are al > ready receiving their spring purchases. Ma jor Avery has returned from the northern ci ' ties, and Mr. Adickes, of Adickes A Black . and Mr. Masou, of Bratton, Mason A Withers have gone on to purchase spring stocks.^/* v FINE PHOTOGRAPHS. I ' Messrs. Schorb A Son, photographers, hav< ? recently made some fine photographic viewi I" of the Yorkville Female College, a copy o which they have presented to us. As photo I graphic artists these gentlemen stand at thi x head of their profession, and to speak of thei f ability to execute fine pictures would be su - perfluous. Their photographs will compari t favorably with the work of any artists in th< ' country. They seem to have peculiar facili ties for developing all the charms and loveli ' ness of the female face divine; and they de u lineate the rugged features of the sterner se: with a faithfulness not only wonderfbl, bu t appalling to some within our knowledge. BE PRUDENT. . Every one, who is at all conversant wit! i the political and social condition of this coun e try, needs no warning as to its troublesomi t> aspect. A spark may . kindle a flame tha * will consume the little peace and quiet whicl we now enjoy, and make this land, from tb mountains to the sea-board, nothing but i j yawning wilderness. We are not frightened f but we cannot but feel serious when we lool e into the future. We may be mistaken, bu - transpiring events seem to indicate a risinj t storm. The winds and dlouds forebode som< e atmospheric change. The present status o things cannot remain long. The social con c fusion aud political corruption which exis ?; in this country, must 60on come to an end It will work its o^n destruction, and, ui^ess a in some way or other, reformed, may worl - the utter ruin of every thing that is fair an< 1 lovely in the land. No, people were eve H placed in more critical circumstances thai g those by which the southern people, at thi present time, are surrounded. 3 That we may emerge from this strange am ; portentous state, great prudence is necessary - One rash and unwise step may. prove ruinous Ultra views must be discarded, and ultra act [ avoided. The whole country is incensed a J the acts of roguery which have been legalize! 3 and practiced to the great detrement of tb 1 good and staid inhabitants of the country t Not to see these acts is simply to give a taci assent to their perpetration; to resist them i - the.duty of every man who loves peace am 1 order. But great prudence must De exercise< ^ that this resistance be made in an honorabl B and just way. One bad deed will never majtf - it right to do another. Let our peoplenre r member that our all depends upon pruden r conduct and let them act accordingly. 3 FRANCE. / v The condition of affairs in Paris does no t se&ra to improve, and the early prospect fo h the restoration of order is gloomy. Excite P ment increases, the revolutionary leaders hav ? ing become desperate in the management o , affairs. Hostility against the rich people e the priests and foreigners is encouraged, an< 1 many public citizens, it is stated, are market e for execution. About 150,000 people hav 8 left the city within ten days. s A- correspondent who had obtained an in terview with Bismarck says that the Princ declared it to be the intention of the Ger E mans not to interfere with the internal affair a of France; though, should the revolutionist a or rioters transgress the terms of the con ven - tions concluded with the legitimate govern e ment of France, the Germans will treat then ' as rioters and disperse them by force of arms j A collision between the government troop - * * j On Monday three bills were introduced in the Senate?one of three creating a new judicial circuit in the western part of North Carolina. The committee on elections had an inconclusive meeting on the North Carolina Senatorship, and adjourned to Friday. The following has been prepared by prominent Northern republicans and approved by many Southern representatives, and will be proposed as a subsitute for Shellebargeris Ku-Klux bill: Firet-^Any State officer, whose duty it is to afford equal protection to all citizens, declining or neglecting to do so, shall be liable in damages. Second?Such officer is also criminally liable. Third?Persons abetting or advising such delinquency on the part of a State officer, shall be liable tp civil and criminal prosecution in the Federal Courts. Fourth?Marshals serving writs in accordance with this act may call a posse eonxxtatus. . If the resistance is too strong, the President may enforce the writ by the array and navy. The House devoted the day to general de, bate. The presentation of the San Domingo : report is postponed. When'presented, a brief * message will accompany the report, recom! mending postponement of action, until the , next session. * ' ' - - - * - - -. . V NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. . ? The Legislature, by joint resolution, has agreed to adjourn to-day. i ? It is believed that Judge Settle will dej cline the commission to Peru in favor of exl. Governor Holden, who is now open for- an r engagement. ? ? The convention bill has finally passed i both houses of the Legislature and is npw a i law. It provides for an election on the first r Thursday in August ? The Southern Home learns.: that MoKa raie Alexander, who lived four miles from Davidson College, committed suicide last - Thursday, by hanging himself with a trace , chain. > , .. . . jj.. , ? The . Charlotte Observer learns that a blacksmith shop belonging to AddisoO Frazier, four miles from that town was burnt on m t _/V \ il lx 2 J x l uesaay anernoon?toe result 01 au ua'iucuv. 9 ?Articles of impeachment having been 9 adopted by the House against Judge Jones, f the principal charge being drunkenness, the " Judge tendered his resignation last Friday, 9 thus 3poilng another interesting impeachmenl r trial. ; ? A rich deposit of corundum, a mineral 9 much resembling sapphire, and only the secB ond deposit of the kind in the United States, " has been discovered on . the lands ofapooi * man in Macon county. It promises to be ~ valuable. c ?Official statements show that 153,369 * gallons of brandy were distilled in the fifth revenue district during the past three years, * titad yet the article was scarce and in cons tan! j demand all the while. ? Judge Cartter, of the District of Cole umbia, has refused to honor a requisition from t Gov. Caldwell for Bergen and Kirk. Then j is also a requisition in Washington for HoiQ den. Holden's wife has joined him hi Washx ington. He says he will not rieturn to North . Carolina, though the Chronicle promises thai c' he shall-return imder federal protection. t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. y T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Charles Cathcart, B W. Z. Kell, Administrator?Application for Disf charge. Drs. S. A. Kell and J. E. Massey?Professional. ' Peter Garrison, Administrator?Application foi t Discharge. J. M. Ivy <!c Co., Rock Hill?Spring and Summei ' Goods. i i H. K. Roberts, Cferk of Bqjird of bounty Commissioners?Road Working, ? t to ciowoan t)*>nn<ri7 ?111 Bank j ruptey?Applications for Discharge-tin the Matter of W. C. Caveny,.TJhos. R. Brown. r T. M. Dobson & Co.?New Arrival?Balmorals? 1 Alpacca?Dress Goods?Ready-Made ClothB R. H.Gfenn, S. Y. C.-Sheritf'a Sales-Judge ol Probate's Sales, i Mrs. E. E. Pagan?Executrix' Sale. 1 +. EDITORIAL INKLINGS, i. Defaulting Revenue Collectors. s A late answer of Secretary Boutwell tc t a resolution of the House of Representatives 1 making enquiry upon the subject, establishes 0 the fact that there are over three hundred de faulting revenue collectors, from whom, after t making all proper deductions, there is still b due to the government an aggregate sum ol 1 twenty millions of dollars. Of these three 1 hundred defaulters only-fifty have been sued 0, their bonds. e The Kn-Klux Epidemic. >- ??The New York Herald, speaking oi t the alleged disorders in the South, admitting ^hat a bad state of affairs does exist in some 4 sections, says that it is worthy of notice, how' t ever, that the terrible Ku-Klux outrages are r always made to assume a formidable charac ter at the time of elections in the North, and when radical politicians are pressed for issues ^ before the people. Conservative men whe have just come through the Southern States j says the Herald, were astonished to hear when j they arrived at the North the frightful stories of Ku-Klux enormities. We are inclined tc think there is much more political smoke than real fire in these reports. A Scene In the Senate. / ' JT e According to the Baltimore Siutfvlere was an amusing, and for a time a serious 8 scena in the Senate on Thursdav last Sena y and the revolutionists occurred near .runs ui r Sunday morning, in which twenty-five insur - gents were killed, and many wounded. Th< 8 National Guards hold the position where thi e fight took place, and are being re-inforced McMahon has been placed in supreme com ? mand of the government troops, and Bismarcl e is credited with having given Paris two week 1 only to put itself in order, the alternative be - ing that 80,000 German trrtope-rnii-goTn~an( -strppfesTnmrevolution and set up a substan * tial government. ; PROCEEDINGVOF CONGRESS. In the Senate, Wednesday and Thursday were devoted exclusively to discussing th< * San Domingo question. Mr. Schurz followe( Sumner, making an argument against annex t ation and against the course of the adminis ; tration^ On the conclusion of his speech, Mr * Harlan replied in defence of the President rnt__ j:?moo Kitfor A midftl. onnfnainr 'j Xlie uiei;uoonju '! and excitement the administration Senator: 5 cut off further debate, and a motion to laj Sumner's resolutions on the table was carried i This ends the San Domingo question in Con 1 gress for this session. On Wednesday, Mr > Shellebarger, from the special committee or 1 the President's message, reported a bill to en force the fourteenth amendment to. the con' stitution and for other purposes, and which i is generally known as the Ku-Klux bill. The remainder of the week was devoted to discussing the bill and the measure which called il forth. The debate was purely of a part) character. The Senate proceedings of Saturday arc , unimportant. The House was occupied with . the Ku-Klux bill. Shober and Waddell, oi i North Carolina, spoke in opposition. 3 tor Davis, of Kentucky, was concluding a speech on the alleged Ku-Klux outrages, and was very bitter in his reference to leading Re1 publican members, whom he charged with attempting to degrade and oppress the South. At that point Gen. Butler entered the Chamber and walked over to the democratic side, and taking a vacant chair beside 3 threw his head back, folded his arms and gave 3 a most impudent and withal ludicrous stare " into the Senator's face. As Mr. Davis turned half-round he saw Gen. Butler's position for c the first time, and became very much excited s at what almost seemed toJie an.apparition oi *- -the~manTte had just been denouncing. Recovering himself, he continued to hurl epithets into Gen. Butler's face, and the latter returned his defiant stare. As the venerable Senator followed his words with a swinging j gesture right into Mr. Butler's face, the gal3 leries and Senate burst into great merriment. 1 In a moment or so Mr. Davis became so en raged that he could not proceed, but dropped - into his chair, when he turned half around . and returned the stare of Butler, saying "you . impudent scoundrel." Butler replied: "I l said nothing to you, sir; I don't care a damn t% )} 3 IOr you, uuy nay. r At this juncture, to prevent an imminent . collision, Senator Wilson walked over to that side of the chamber, and stepping between . the two, placed his hands on the shoulders of i both and said: " Come, gentlemen, you'll both regret thisand motioned to Butler to walk away. The latter did so; but Mr. Davis rose i at the same time and followed him a few steps, s saying: "You d?d scoundrel; you d?-d . scoundrel." Butler unheeding it, proceeded ; with Mr. Wilson to the republican side, where ' quite a number of Senators gathered around . him, and to whom he declared that he had i been grossly insulted. Other Senators gathi ered around Mr. Davis and endeavored to : pacify him. The language was not heard by the chair or the galleries, and only by Sena tors sitting near the two, bnt the details of the scene were soon spread all over the capitol, San Domingo, Again. _>- ?? The commissioners appointed to visit San Domingo have returned, and prepared their report of the investigations made^end the facts ascertained while on their voyage # discovery. Of course, the report, as all ^ porta on momentous matters shoald V^e, voluminous. It opens with a brief ^utlihebf the action of the commissioners and thejg&riJt of the island visited* A fullaccount offfie" form of government is given, from whimi-it appears th^t Baez, Cabrel and Luperomare the three contending spirits for the master^ of ' the island; but the commissioners areafcafci* mous in acceding to the Baez govern meoji. superiority over the other two, from the fa^as we infer from the report, that Baez and his cabinet, legislature and judiciary are in^vor , of laying down their power at the feet of the United States; and further, from the iitfpbr, tant consideration that the rival governments , have neither flags nor drams?two imporf&nt accessories to air well-regulated governments that would make a noise.in the world. i The population is fixed at 160,000,And, strange to say, many of the richest portions^bf the island are uninhabited. Only a small portion of the population are opposed to annexation, and these are chiefly traders, who, we suppose, are afraid of the competition lhat would be open to our enterprising. American dealers in beech hams and wooden The commission traveled all over unarmed, and without fear of molestation from any source, not even' excepting the Ku' Klux. - The physical, mental and moral con' dition: was found much better than anticipated, the population, as the report says, hong almost entirely of mixed blood in every oopceiVafcle degree. High crimes are nnkndWn, ' according !*) the San Domingo standard. The 1 people are poor and live in cheap dwellihgs, 'batin the country all have as much land^ ' they desire to duitivate?the extent of tneir wealth depending, as it were, npon the amqtrat 1 of muscle and energy possessed. None are ' averse to work when certain-of pay. 1 The resources of the country are vast and 1 various, and capable of great increase. Geft1 siderable space is devoted to the richness of ' the soil and the variety of the tropical pfo' ducts, and the island is represented asgene fllw liadlAo Knf am>1imnf!n(r in nm<MatrT. I ?""/ ~ o ~--jEarthquakes are not frequent, but when'one does occur it is first class. This deficiency, ' however, is fully made up by hurricanes, which are of frequent occurrence during the.| 1 autumn. ' T -7 The public debt is not quite so large as that of the United -States, being only one million, 1 five hundred and fifty-six thousand dollars. ' The government was found willing to agree to ' the terms of the treaty as now concluded, *but not ratified, and for the only change think it fair that, on account of the great and unex1 pected expense of the government attending ' the delay, that the sum paid for Samana and now due be not deducted in the final settler, ment. It was also agreed by Dominica that 1 one-fifth of the public lands should be set ' aside for school purposes, provided the United States would grant three hundred thousand acres for an agricultural college. "Violence no Remedy." The following paragraph from the Abbeville Banner is commended to such of our . readers who believe in the "rule or rain" policy, which is now advocated in va Ajb sections of South Carolina : \ S- \ "We do notdeny^that tfcere-*aj^gj^HH discontent; The grievances aremanjj^E^ | great. The rule of ignorance and the , sion of intelligence, high taxes and shofrin comes, corruption and profligacy in officiate? ' these and many more, all aggravated by the l antipathies of race are upon us. But we wish to say emphatically that, in our judgment,-J violence is no remedy at all for anjf of these grievances. Violence can do na good, and will produce mischief, and mischief only. It is the only pabulum which can keep in office > those who are the authors of whatweoom) plain. It will strengthen our enemies~and i weaken our friends, by changing the issue . from their enormities to these disturbances. . It brings bad meQt> the surface, and enables outlaws to rule, r It disturbs industry, and en dangers property. In times of quiet, good men of all parties exert their influence, j>ndf > in times of violence, ignorant, wicked black[ guards rule." Charleston Chamber of Commerce* \ A meeting of the Charleston Chambpl f of Commerce was held in that city on Thurs; day last, to take into consideration the fin^fr j cial condition of the State. The meeting is - reported by the Charleston papers to have ) been largely attended, and unusual intctf&t - manifested in the proceedings. After rel marks from Vice-President S. Y. Tupper, i Wm. Ravenel, Esq., John Hanckle, Esq., > Wm. M. Lawton, Esq., Theodore G. Barker, , Esq., and others, the following preamble and t resolutions were unanimously adopted: j Whereas, Under the operation of the pres) ent/State Government, the majority of the , ntoperty-holders and tax-payers of the State, ?rom whom the public revenue is mainly der rived, are excluded from any power in the legislation of the State, and from any practi> cal influence in the imposition of taxra^r \ And, whereas, The moneys raised by taxa. tion are improvidently and corruptly used , and expended by persons who hold office un[ der the State goyernment, and the sums* appropriated for alleged public uses are excessive and extravagant; 1 And, whereas, The credit of the State has ' been pledged illegally, and it is now proposed to pledge the credit of the State for fiirther loans, by a new issue of bonds, which may be. negotiated^ in the marketf" ' may take WMpTTn ignorance of th^^mram? stances under, which they are issued. There1 fore, " 1. Resolved, That we, property-holders and tax-payers of the State; residing in the City of Charleston,'do hereby deem it our duty to declare that the bonds heretofore issued without legal sanction, and the so-called sterling loan, or any other bonds or obligations hereafter issuea purporting to be under, and by virtue of, the authority of the present State Government, will not be held bi&duu^jkus, and that we shall, in every manner/!33^n% all times, resist the payment thereof, or the enforcement of any tax to pay the same, by all legitimate means within our power. I 2. Resolved, That we deem it our dut^to J warn all persons not to receive, by way of purchase, loan or otherwise, any bond or obligation hereafter issued, purporting to bind the property or pledge the credit of tne State; and that all such bonds or obligations wilf be held by us to be null and void, as having been issued in derogation of the lights of that portion of the people of this State upon whom the public buraens are made to, rest 3. Resolved, That the tax-payers of the State are hereby requested to meet in their respective counties for the consideration of this subject, and the enormous tax levies of the current year, and for the appointment of two delegates to represent each county in a State Convention, to be held in Columbia on the second Tuesday in May next,' for the same purpose. 4. JR&olved, That this State Convention of Tax-payers be requested to confer with his: Excellency, the Govornor, on the dangerous fiscal condition of the State, and request his official aid and co-operation in the investigation of the accounts of the Comptroller and the State Agent in New York, so that the i amount and character of the bonded debt - f ~ and all other liabilities of the State can b< clearly stated, with a view to such furthe action as maybe-necessary for the protectioi of the public creditors and of the tax-payer of the Commonwealth. . Por th? Yorkville Enquirer. if PUBLIC MEETING OF THE WHITES. Pursuant-to previous notice, a large num bexrof the white citizens of York county me in publio Assembly, at the 'Court douse ii Yorkville, on Monday last. On motion, W B. Wilson, Esq., was called to the Chair, ant James F. Hart, Esq., requested to act as Sec retary. The committee appointed at a previou meeting, held on Saturday, the 25th ultimc to prepare business fbr this meeting, consist ing ofCol. Cad Jones; Chairman, W. B. Wil son, Dr. J. R. Bratton, J. L. Adams, J. C Phillips, Wm. McOill, W. W. Gaffhey, W C. Black, Jno. W. Mitchell, J. P. Hood, ? G. Youngblood, 8. G. Brown, Rev. R. A Ross, J. P. Moore, L. P. Sadler, Jno. S. Brat ton, John Rattaree, F. H. Barber, W. I Allison, D. T. Partlow, M. L. Ross, an< .Henderson Martin, then presented their re port, which was read as follows: > Without intending to justify the acts of vi olence which have been committed in thi county, it is proper to -set forth the fact tha the negro radical government of this State i responsible for all the evils that are upon u< ; It will be recollected that the Union Re -form party, at the last elections; proposed t U>urv all political issues; to divide the office ^of State and County, and legislative seats wit! the colored race ; to unite in an earnest effoi to administer the government in, the in teres or ho class or party, but for the benefit of aL This reasonable offer was rejected?the ax tagooism of -races ytaa preferred ; the blab vote was massed against the white inan, as a enemy to his race. The result is before us A negro legislature, negromilitia, negro jui tices, constables, and policemen?the who! power of the State committed to the hands < carpet-baggers and negroes. Men from ai -States, except South Carolina, govern and nil South Carolina. Men who own no foot c land in the State, and have no sympathy wit our people, impose the taxes, make the apprc priations and nx their own salaries I The iu tive South Carolinian, who pays the tpxes an supports ine government, is as poweriessvoiceless in its halls of legislation-?as a marbl statue! Shame upon the party that, wit Federal bayonets, forced such a governmer upon such a people?upon men of their ow race and country. The deed has' butchere the civilization of the State. Weare .rqle -by ignorance, and corruption worse than- if norance; and by sharp knaves worse .tha either. Taxation without representation is the curs of any people, and we fortn no exception t the rule. This party has been in power but thrc years. Already they have raised the taxe from 8684,000 in 1868, to 84,395,047 in 1871 and worse than thai, if anythiiigcan be wora the public debt is increased fh>m 84,934,84 in 1868r when they took jposseesion of tb government, to 89,865,908 in 1870. An that is not all. The legislature has cancele the lien which the State held as surety fo 84,000,000 guaranteed for the Blue Ridg road, and the lien for 82,000,000 guarantee for the Greenville and Columbia road. Ad these amounts and we have the round sum < 816,060,000 of public debt against less tha 85,000,000 when'this negro-carpet-bag go> ernment was inaugurated. If this be -th work of three years, what may we expe< should the government be continued ? Wht care they for the public debt, or the taxes e ther? The negro pays no tax but the pol and that is limited to one dollar, aUd to th purposes of free schools to educate his chi dren. . HereBy hangs a tale. It is said 890 tMoff&pollt^uni^-onl^,00 T^llectoe! If trbe, the officials have not doc their duty. Favoritism has been shown 1 their black friends. If not true, somebod has increased their bank deposits, with inoi eya that belong to'the school fund. In add tion to all other taxes, an annual levy ( 8480,000 is imposed under the Sterling Bil If this monstrous taxation was for the suj port of an honest government, we would staj ger beneath its mighty bunlens as best w could, without a complaint; but when impose by adventurers, carpet baggers and negrtx for private uses, to be true to ourselvea^! must say, step I This is pltmdei^noUjiratioii robbery, not the legitimate expenditure ( government. : We pass Ip other grievances. Our forme slaves, headed by these carpet baggers/ hav not only wsumea all the civil powers of th State, bat. they are armed'to the teeth as militari^fcrce, to the. exclusion of any whit |mUiti#|pgrirty thousand black bayonets hav [Ben distributed. White men were not coi ypiered fit to be trusted with arms. Here w propose to ventilate a piece of petty tyrann that shocks the sentiments of every honort ble person. A military academy, of Ion standing, has been re-opened at this place. A the head of this institution is a most exempli ry christian gentleman.! He is forbid.the m of. his own guns to drill his boys! , TJjencgri armed by the State, with ball .and rifle, marched and counter-marched?the more th better?but white youths?school boyB?ai not permitted to drill with empty guns! Let another fact be set before the publi< Just previous to.the recent elections, the Com] troller-General of the State, in the present of a large concourse of his black follower groclaimed that the "Radicals would rule th tate, or so fill the land with burning built ings that vegetation would not sprout r Th seed, sown in madness and folly, have germ nated sooner than was expected. In this connty alone, twelve incendiary firt have consumed the buildings of peaceful cit zeus, in as many nights. . An armed band?not of unknown personsof disguised negroes, under cover of nigh fired upon the store ofjT. A. Douglass, merchant in this county, drove the clerk fror the premises and filled themselves with plui der. A part of these felons'-have been ai jested-not put to death,: but lodged in prii ^n, tried InTopen court, convicted and set tenced to the penitentiary. Here is a.case'i marked lawlessness on one side, conservatisr AA AiKAH . Avomnloa AP TMAIATI/U | uu vug uiiug^* . vvugi ; gflumyigq vr* ttv/tguvi and threats and lawlessness on the part of th negroes in this county, might be mentioned It was only last week, that an incendiary aj plied a lighted match to a store in the villag of Rock Hill# He, too, is . "a man and: , brother," and has been arrested upon reason able proof of. his guilt, anth committed fo trial?not lynched* .. .. Resistance on the part of individuals^ th inevitable consequence of such outrages Those who sow to the wind, let them take car lest they reap the whirlwind l Roused a midnight by the repeated fires of incendiaries threatened by the bayonets of our forme slaves, insultingly and defiantly marching b] night and by day, in squads and by compa nies, through the peaceful county and in thi thronged streets; taxed until the last dollai is wrung from an oppressed and impoverishec people; tormented to madness by a thousanc acts of injustice and tyranny; retaliation mus commence?it has commenced. The guilt} perpetrators of crime and outrage have beei overtaken and scourged. Itwasthe result 0: their own aggression. If blood has beeiJ spilled by one race, let il not be forgotten that arson and robbery hat first been committed by the other. Then have been "outrages," but they have been, <n both aides ! We come now to consider a different stab of affairs in this county. Those are of th< past. We sp^dc now of the present Hii Excellency, the Governor, well knowing th< unmixed evil and injustice' of arming on< race of men to the exclusion of the other.hat happily withdrawn his glittering bayonetsball, powder, cartridge-box and all. Again with becoming regard for the civil govern i ment of the county, he has removed several r incompetent and vicious trial justices, and, in i- their stead, appointed intelligent and respects able men, who enjoy the confidence of the community. We propose to meet him more than half way in these paths of peace?to sustain him ' when he Is rigpt?therefore, Resolved, That his Excellency, the Govern* t or, for the disarming of the militia, and rej moval of incompetent officials in this county, r and for his veto oftheappropriation of $265,' 000, has by these acts, to. this extent, entitled 1 himself to public commendation. We cannot i- better comment on the enormity of that appropriation than by adopting the very lan8 gtiage of the veto message, to wit: "I regard ( the expenditure of the money already appro' priatea, and the sum included in this bill, amounting in the aggregate to four hundred " thousand dollars, as simply enormous for one ' Session of the legislature. It is beyond all \ comprehension how the Legislature eouhjJegiUmately expend one half i that amount" Resolved, That the existing negro govern; ment of South Carolina is .p reproach to 'the . civilisation of the age; a stain upon the man' hood of an intelligent and gallant people, who * have so long and so patiently endured and s- submitted to be ruled by tneirtormer slaves. We are tired of it and will exert every legit[. imate and constitutional* means to effect a s change. t Rooked, That next to thecharacter ofour 8 government, the wasteful expenditure of the j. public money, the alarming increase of- the j. public debt, the robbery and plunder of the 0, public funds demand our most earnest con8 sideration, and excite a well founded fair oi h an indefinite extension of our taxes. t Resolved, That a. chief object in holding it thia ineeting. waa to utge the people of the 1. county' to be quiet, and by. all means to preserve the peace of the State. We earnestly k express the hope that peaceful relations beQ tween the races may be re-established ; that : there will be^no further violence, and we respectfully invoke all law-abiding men, to coe operate with us in the attainment of. these ,f ends. We knbw not the remedy for the trouII bles that are upon ds, bat know that violence e is not that remedy. To those especially who ,f have engaged in aotedfVkdence, we earnestly h raise a warning voice and assure them that >_ force, if persisted in, will be suppressed by the power of the Federal government, -n .,j d Resolved, That the resolntion adopted by _ the colored race, at. their recent meeting,, ine dicates such a spirit as comraehda them to oui h confidence, and that we will use our best efit forts to secure to them protection of life,libn erty and property, and the enjoyineni<of all d their rights. d- , Resolved, That we approve the call of the Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, for a q convention of the State, to meet ih: Columbia on the second Tuesday in May ; and that the ,e Chairman appoint two delegates and two alv ternafcpfl. tn attend the. ' -r After considerable debate and various obse jections to the second resolution, the *eipor1 * and resolutions were declared adopted.* > Oa motionW Gen. E; M. Law, the followq ing resolutions were;also adopted: e 1. Resolved, That we, property-holders and (j tax-payers of the State, residing in the county 4 of York, do hereby deem it. oyr duty to de,r clare that the bonds heretofore issued without ,e legal sanction, and the so-called sterling loan <1 or any other bonds or obligations hereafter is ^ sued purportingto be under, and by virtue of }f the authority of the present State government, Q will not be held binding on usr and that we j. shall, in every manner and at all.times, resist e the payment thereof, or the'enforcement oi ,t any tax to pay the-^ame, by all legitimate lt constitutional means within our power. I 2. Resolved, That w6 deem it our duty tc ] warn all persons not to receive, by . way1 o1 g purchase, loan or otherwise, any bond or obli I_ gation hereafter issued, purporting to bind the ,. property or pledge, the 'credit of the State; qp ana thai all, such bonds or obligations will he I held by/us to be null and void, as. having g- been issued in derogation of the rights of thai y- portion of the beople of this State upon whom the public buraensare made to rest i? On motion, it was resolved to request the >f publication of these proceedings in toe York ! ville Enquibep.. > The meeting.then adjourned. W. B. WILSON,' Chairman. ^ Hart,, Secretary^ ! PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BLACKS. ,f Yobkville, April ly 1871; In accordance with perviqus notioe, to adsr journed mfeetingof the colored people of thif e county was held jihie dpjjm toe Court Hottse 6 with Charles Bessjer as Chairman,^and J. R * Bratton again acting, by request; us s tod Sec,e retary of their meeting. ^ . r, Ht ;W-> i- On motion of George Byers, a committee ? of three, consisting of George Byers, Moeei y Edwards and Andtew Tims, was appointed tc ** prepare a resolution expressive of the senti* ? ment and objects of tbemeetiag, f These per[, sons having requested Captain MitcheU to re te tire with them and,got aa their Secretary re 3, turned in a little while and reported the fol is b>wing resolution : t . g Resolved, That we, the colored people d 'e this county, earnestly desiring the restoration . of peace and harmony throughout'the coun ? try, and the perpetuation of kind feelings and * true friendship among all classes?both whit* !e and black?do hereby request the meniben s> of the Legislature?our immediate represent 'e atives?the Probate Judge, the School Com ** tnissioner, and the Coimty Commissioners, ti '.e resign their respective offices, believing thai l' Sucn action, ana such only, on their part, will secure and place the object. of our' desires os ? a lasting basis. i; The Chairman then stated that the resolution was open for discussion' by his Colbred ~ friends. Nelson Davis, colored, then spoke ^ against the resolution, stating that 'th^ meet q ing had been called, not toask the resignation i- of members of the legislature or county of r- ficers, but to put down the "Ku-Klux." He admitted the corrupt legislation, the extra val" gant expenditure of the public money, and V the unjust and oppressive taxation again im3 posed upOn tHe people by the Legislature, but e- apjpearedto hive ail idea'that the resignation I. of the members of the Legislature for this * county, could not, in any way; assist to purge e out and purify that body. He thought thai a all corrupt legislation and incompetency, r" should he met by an action under the laW in the Court House, aud concluded by earnestly e hoping that not one colored 'peison present, i. Would vote for the resolution. ' ; ^ 6 No other colored person being anxious to \ speak upon the resolution; the Chairman, perp sonally requested Gen. E. M; Law to give j his opinion upon the resolution before the meeting. t _fi?-J il li fiLLL ':T-_ i in compliance witu mat rc^ueat, vjrtru. n?w r frankly stated that he was pleased to see the | resolution coming from the colored people, as t they were the prime and willing instruments r by-which these members were put Into office; i and have, undoubtedly, the mqraT right/and f power to request' them to resign their 'offices if such action would secure sound, healthy liegj islation for them in Columbia, and peaCe and contentment at their homes. He staiedth&t l it was folly to talk about peacej harmony and ' true friendship among all classes, so long as 3 the virtuous, intelligent white* nien,were rep) resented by vice mid ignorance, and such reck3 leSs, rotten legisWtion and recklei?, extravB5 gant expenditurea of the public money con| tinnedLet yirtiie be substituted for vice; . intelligence for ignorance; and honesty for t rascality. Let the morality, intelligence and wealth of the people of the country be honest.. - \ - j 1 ly, fairly represented?then, and not till tben, would we have peace secured On a permanent basis. He oould see no other way, devise no other plan, by which the object of the resolution could be more folly and satisfactorily carried oat for all classes, than that set ^ forth in the resolution; and, therefore, advised the' colored people to vote for it because it was a peace measure, looking, not only to our own individual good, but also to the general improvement and prosperity of the country. AApr the mode of voting was made clear to toe understanding of the colored people by the Chairman, the resolution was pat to the meeting, and carried without a dessehting voice. It was then ordered that the Enquires be requested to publish the proceedings of'the meeting. The meetiDg then adjourned. ?CHARLES RES&IER, Chm'n. 'j Bratton, Secretary \-' r(> ?n -,.u UNIOJl COURTY CORRESPONDENCE. the tempebajtce movement, again. How are yoUj the temperance, men I of the .^JitgMnAito-check the evil of drunkenness? How are you going,(.to araw tne young away from the seductive bowl ? How are you going to reform the confirmed drunkard ? How arewon going to help the boys steer. safely -across that dangerous stream that separates , boyhood and manhood:? How are you going to hdpmiddle aged men in that most trying, time, just when they feel the poetry of lUh has all been felt* and that which is leftis dull These are questions for your earnest thought. .Pfhe eyil.is great To counteract. it, fill reJ quire constant and ontiring effort Spasmodic work will not do much. ,j We do not wish to say one worf that will '} spreading; yet the temperance revivals, of the j past seem to have fallen short of , the hoped for benefits. Drunkards are not reformed by I pud lecturers, however wisely .and humorously they may lecture. Well told anecdotes I may raise a big laugh, ;but they, do not raise , drqnkards firom. the ditch, Bidicuie may 1 make the sober feel reiy good; hot it :will not ;! drive the confirmed sot toabandon his whiaky.. ! Sons of Temperance andTemplara may afiord i a temporary excitement, :which may taka-the ?; place of alcohol for a time, but when, what il the doctors call reaction comes, a greater quantity of whiskyis oonsumed' than before. ' People are anxious then to; make, up for lost time. We do not like to point out; these faults [j without being, .able ^sbofi^hetter way. ' However, it does seem that sympathy should ' take the place of ridicule, that love should '!. ? .1 t '? . . , , J taae tne piace, 01 concern pi ana pfttreq, mai I the drunkard should be looked upon^uofc as a ,j brute, bat as a brother who happmgutoposj sees a vice tbafc.we do; not jhavef-n^agood i genial sort of roan,/who ppuld beaft tbe better if he would let whisky alone. And above ; all, when you attempt toytakn away the Won1 derful fascination pf whisky, yon, must put I something else in itsplace. Yon may, preach j eighteen, hours out of the twentyTfour, ?nd f exhort the dmnj^ to forsake his ways, ahd > you, will accomplish nothing, unless yo& can give him some other mental excitement as I strong as, the one you take away. In towns mnch may be done by opening ap to.tbevmng 3 jmen other avenucs of pleasure and efcitement; for recreation and amusement of some ?, kind they will hape. Do not leaver them m :' soon as dark comes to take care of themselves, < Give them conversation parties, reading clubs, 1 tableaux, and a variety of pleasing and ihr ( structive amusements. Study the character and tastes of the old drunkards. They are generally, at heart, good, companionable sort of men, and even at what the world would call : a sacrifice of social position, give them your society., Condescend:to vHt them, get interested in p>* a way you. think not of, you may reclaim even a hard case. In aU your efforta'do mot tak these victfmsjofthe bow* feel that you, a very - righteous and faultless person, are working i for their benefit alone; strive to make Ahem , feel that vou, an erring and faulty man your; self, would nwfef a brother who is also fall on. ".HI rj; |?y. J h<v: * i" i ANOTHER LETTER FROM EX-GOT. FERRY. The Pkmix' Of Saturday last pn^nbea. ' another letter frimi ?*-Cfovernor Ferry;'. to Gov. Scott. The letter con^u^ as follows: ' rwoidi Arp, ' Una to be (jnH wfy Wr prfeve ' thepeabdOfthe'SSte' TWiM%Stl pa^y is going down rapidlp0? the North, as is pro > TOD Bythe NewHampshire election. Any f outbreak lat.this: time, in; any pftheSoathem f . the next Presidential election will result in | thedethronementofGen.Giant and ibe eleefc-1 j ion of a Democrat to the Presidential: chaifcl , Then there will be hope for the Republic. . Those unprincipled adventurers from the . North, who have stirred up bad ieelingc be, twpen the colored and white , race, will fie^ ; like criminals from justice, with their stolen' [ wealth. The scalawag traitors to .race and; i coUntrywSH toon follow; andthe negroes will live inharmony with the whites. But if Gen. . Grantean stir up a bloody strife in the Southp I by sending his argues here, he stands a chance of reelection, by appealing to the hatred, passion andpreiudice of the North and West. ' This military President sars that he sends. > his army here to protect the property and lives of loyal citizens',7 when it ? a notorious > fact that all the property which has-been dee" . troyed itt-South Carolina, smwHJtowar, (and it has amounted to millions,) belonged tothose whom he would stigjnatize as "disloyal," disfranchised, white Democrats. E very week 1 and every day we hear of houses,barns, gin-' h ouses and stores being destroyed arid robm; i" to the mid-night incendiary, whose loyalty , Gen. Grant woald not dispute. Hundreds of these "loywl.citizens" are now in the. peditentiarv and well nrotected. Some few of them nmy have. be^n hgng pjp b^e aeck, M W . of retaliation for their incendiarism. But Grant's army will jntfvfr Ifo&ble' to pfeveflt the crime or toe ret&liation. i.i'li (v7:>' 'r:' 141' :* A Confession.?The Ledger publishes the! following confession of Edom Hammond, who was .recently convicted of the murder of Mr. David Kirpatrick, in Lancaster county, last. December: & STATE OP SOOTH CAROLINA, ) Lancaster County, March. 25,1871. j I, Edom Hammond, prisoner iir jail, make the following confe?ei<m,ft^y#ntf yojijptarig| ku to the part I took in j^e murder of Jin avid Kirpatrick, on the night of the 17th,pf December, 1870: I confess that I killed David Kirpatrick.1 wenttohis houses while after dark?went in and got his guu. ' There was no one in the house when<& wenfcialo get the gun. i I think Mr Kirkpatrick was ' somewhere about the stable. Mrs. Kirkpat- rick,.was. in the kitchen. I, was in the yard withthegun until the deed was committed. : Mrs. Kirkpatrick knew I' was there, but I did not speak to her that night She asked me to kill Mr. Kirkp*trick;-she asked me a ' good many times.to kill him. She insisted i on me for several months previous to the pet, to kill him. I was at her house toe day that I killed Mr. Kirkpatrick. Went there to get some cYotbesl''She spoke to me about the i matter and ttrged mei to kill him that night. [ She told me 'that she had heard that Mr. . Kirkpatrick had threatened me. I was on intimate terms with Mrs. Kirkpatrick for about eight months previous to the killing of Mr. Kirkpatrick. Mra. Kirkpatrick knew.I was to kill Mr. Kirkpatrick the night I eommitted t^ejdoed. After supper, Mr. Kirkpatrick came into the house from the kitchen. I was in the back yard at the time, but went round to the font door. I, said, "hello!" Mr Kirk^tan^wdhetoJ^ doorand ssked. He then opened, the door and came.out in the yardthree o* fobr deps from tbfeifiAxa'dbbr. :I immediately raised the gun and tired both barrels?one just after the other. The last shot was accidental, as I had inmyexritement cocked both barrels. As soon as I shot, Mr. Kirkpatriak wheeled and: nan Into the house. I left immediately for the Village, taking and keeping the main public road. I took the guti with me and Bid it in the woods, A Ay directions;' Mra Kirkpatrick told me to be sure and put the gUn back'dntO the house after I had 1 killed Afr. Kirkpatrick. M19. ^ Kirkpatrick made all the plans for killing her husband. I waa to li ve w ith: Mrs; Ki^kpa^ no oaa xeeitng wwmra jar. juraptincK. ne Kirkpatrick did not live together kgrttiBAf. I am between seventeen and eighteen years of age. No one knew of the plans to kill Mr. . Kirkpatrick beside Mrs. Kirkpatrick and <| myself, as I know of I have haa a fair ^rial under the law, and am satisfied, with the. verdict of the jury. . ^ ' ' Sinoe the above confession was. made, Mrs. Kirkpatrick has been arrested *s accessory to the dotofi ofltbr husband. U ;OQ?C Zi*i .1 ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE-.-OFFICIAL. AH ACT <h To further amend atf.kct entitled "An Act promNafau i. m.rapuifaji Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the State o? South Carolina, no w ; met and fitting" in .Qgneiaal Assembly. and by the. authority of the same, j S5f we ,act entitled "*> ?t proffer j the assessment and taxation ofpropert/'be, f 1 and is hereby, further amended a* foBows: Strike <<mf from section 8,paragraph 16, the? twedi^September,'' and .insert also, in paragraph 17, the word "Np*ember;'; ''BfaSfortffMotionT the^orie'^pr ^ tember" and .'fQctober," in. lines two and three, and insert "July" 'aid "August;" als6, in lines si*' add5 toufoj' strike fat "September," and insert "July f' also, in line five of section 7, between the words "oath" and "of," insert "of alL the real , estate which. has been sold or for whuA he ?u nspon-ble, ,nd to whom, Strike out from section 8 the word ^September" and insert "My? 1 Strike out from section 9 thewor^^SeJrtember'^d insert "July.": vuv.--.' . Strike out from sections 10} llahfl4$^the Strike outtern section 20 the wordi "ScplaW ?nd!w0o<olxlr" and and "August" vw,n Strike out from section 21,wher?verit apsert ^et^mber" W?^ ?^em ^ I ?- Strike out from sections 23 and' 31' the I words "September" and "October"' ftodinseii f] "July" and "Aiigust.". . / jStrikeQBt fOT8Bqrion.33,the;wopd ?Sep. ^r?andim?tVJaiy^ . .. Stnke^at from a&ction 37 the , *?^trike out from section 41 tint words *Sep~ tember" and "October," and insert "July" , Strike oat from section 50 the wor?<fMoa&^ofS^ptrt^er, e^secondHonti^m^^ br 'August also, in line five; strike out "September" and insert "Jalyalso, in lines fourteen and twenty^e^foput; "Qptober" Strike but from section 52 the w6rd"October" and insert "Augustalso, in line five, between -the words "listed and" and; insert '- ^ "giving the first Christian name of thtflwveral EA *7 on/1 k? 'a* word |geptenibe^/ and insert "Joty}' i and insert "thirtieth of September:" also, hetween "State" and "an," on the fourth line, .; S Cgnat^^ ^5? u'm before the 15th of Oct?berr'*laoJ8ti'ifceoat words ^sixty-eight" wherever they occur in *. fe^^^fro^-?<scti?n -89,'*lliiftefthe wbrd "GolU^r1 on fifth line, to tbh'^ord "and/' on sixth line, and insert :" ? the first Monday in September." Strike eat, from section 72, all after the j y "?~l ** !?? " in fka. MtfawntK line, to "slmin? atiy** in the semifine, and insert 'November 15." ; , Strikeout, from section 75, linetweiity, the r* word "January," and insert "November." _ Strike ouCfrom section 79, fee worik "fee . first day of March," and insert'-the fifteenth words 'twentieth, day of'^ay," . 'the'second Tuesday m March." "s" I Strike out, from section Wljke word J "Marchand insert "Janwary.^ ; > / ^ , Strike out, from section the words the ! 10th .of.November,f and in?ert lQfe,, of. ^ September. . . jj Amend sect ion. yvby adding f;^4na,jwr^ ded further, :That each Cohnty jk^r'shall keep a record of all sales of conveyances of leaf property made in hie cotroty, in- which he shall enter, m columns, the names of the. purchaser and seller, .the.quantity of land oonveynr ~T\ ed, tit i provision the Clerks of Courts and Register? bf mesne obnveyandeof each county are hereby, required to have the endorwment of the County Auditor on each' and every deed of% conveyance for real,property, that fee same is to oollecl a fee of twenty-five cent,, for his own use, for making such entryiaadeadorsement." txl" * MtjW words,"tl? Strife oSt. from section $2. the word, "first Tuesday in May," and insert "15fe of JamiJjitiw" jic j?J* ^ L Strike out, from section 94jti^ w?sd^-flx*fc week in September," and -insert '^the secwd weekin June;"also, fee words "fee first,'' in sixth line, and insert.-the last." Strike out, from 'section 95, the words, "fee