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f traps and Jarta. Nearly 2,760,000 immigrants have landed in the United States during the last ten years. ; They holdfprayer meetings under a huge tent in San Francisco capable of accommodating 10,000 people. The people of Key West, Florida, have had no rain for eight weeks. All the cisterns in the city Me dry, and the gardens completely burned npw._ ?minister not long ago preached from the text, "Be ye therefore steadfastbut the printer made him expound "Be ye there for breakfast." , \v;_\ A Connecticut school boy hafc written a composition on the horse, in which he says it is an animal having four legs, "one at each corner." . I Among recent discoveries are a lemonade spring in Texas, several soda water lakes in Colorado, and a mine of scented soap somei . ttr wnereoui west. , The Washington Chronicle of-the 27th ultimo says: "Congressman Wallace returned to this city-yesterday from a visit to his son, who is in his third year at West Point. Mr. Wallace will not return to South Carolina at present Mr. Commissioner Pleasanton writes to R. M. Proud, of Maryland, "ihat after the 30th of April apothecaries will be subject to the same liability as any other person whatever for the sale of distilled spirits, wines or malt liquors in any quantities, and without reference to the purposes for, or the manner in which they may be sold.' TWwfa>h?T? wBfi I*"" iTTTWi'on again, and those who have pantaloons that they bought in 1843 will be glad to know that they (the pantaloons) will also be, with their elastio footings, the pride of the man of fashion this season, even as they were bis pride twenty-three years ago. ??Georgia, in 1841, bad 271 miles of railway, ooeting $8,130,000, or an average of $3^,000 per mile, in 1869, she had 1,652 miles in operation, costing $49,460,000, or an average of a little less than $30,000 per mile. Thus, in a period of twenty-nine years, Georgia had invested the enormous amount of $41,520,000, or nearly $2,000,000 per annum. The town of Athens, Ala., which has for years boasted of the fact that no spirituous liquors were sold within three miles of its Court House, except for medicinal purposes, has recently, through its town council, decided to license retail dealers. They say that baying by the buttle from a drug store by prescription causes too much "sickness." . ?-The most revolting crime that has probably ever heen committed in America is now under investigation in the Litchfield (Conn.) courts. A father, who appears to have been tolerably well educated, has been making his daughters the victims of his incestuous desires for fifteen years, and deliberately murdering the unnatural offspring of his fust -??The New York Herald perpetrates a bit of quiet sarcasm in the following: "One of the great theories of President Lincoln in regard to the rebellion was that the mass of the people in the South were loyal, the politicians and the leading public men beiBg the only rebels at heart The number of claims of loyalists likely to be presented before the Southern Claims Commission bears out the theory strongly, and the Union will probably have to pay very fancy prices for very ordinary devotion." A young man recently wrote to a New York paper, asking whether it would be advisable for him to marry a "young and tender angel who had never done her own washing or dress making." In reply, the editor advises him to do so by all means, and mentioned a similar case in his own experience, where the bride had never done her own washing, but after marriage she became so fond of the wash-tub, as not only to work for her, own family, but for several families among Her acquaintances. The following calculation is said to show the relation which would exist between height and weight in a healthy person, speaking generally, of course: A man 5 feet 1 inch high should weigh 120 pounds; 5 feet 2 inches, 126 pounds; 5 feet 3 inches, 133 pounds; 5 feet 4 inches, 139 pounds; 5 feet 5 inches, 142 pounds; 5 feet 6inches, 145 pounds; 5 feet 7 inches, 148 pounds ; 5 feet 8 inches, 155 pounds; 5 feet 9 inches, 162 pounds; 5 feet 10 inches, 169 pounds; 5 feet 11 inches, 174 Doiinds: 6 feet. 178 pounds. An exchange says, from six to ten drops of the concentrated solution of soda, in a wineglass of pure spring water, taken im mediately after the ablutions of the morning are completed, will sweeten the breath by disinfecting the stomach, which so far from being injured, will be benefitted by the medicine. If necessary, this may be repeated in the middle of the day. In some cases odor arising from carious teeth is combined with that of the stomach. If the mouth is well rinsed with a ieaspoonful of the solution of the chloride in a tumbler of water, the bad odor the teeth will be removed. The wonderful magnetic influence which is attributed to the fair sex has ever been a theme for the poet and the philosopher, while not a few pedantic scholars have, in their efforts to clear up the mystery, only made the subject more intricate. A practical demonstration, however, was made not long since, and with the happiest results as effecting nautical science. A commander in the royal mail service found his steamer some thirty miles out of her course. He was sorely troubled and could not account for the local attraction that bad sent him so far out of the way. Instruments and calculations appeared equally faultless. Sorely troubled from having passed a sleepless, watchful night, the cap* tain went on decx after breakfast. Seeing a lady sitting (as was her custom) and working near the case in which the compass was kept, it occurred to him that probably the scissors wererestingon theledgeofit. Detecting nothingof the sort,and bent on closer investigation, he discovered that her chair had an iron frame. It HlJU BBfW luun.nmblj?ftCTOtTCTt KTTTtIBS III"! that the lady's ample crinoline was extended by steel hoops. So mustering all his faculties he exclaimed with as much forgiveness and as little reproach in his eye as possible, "Madam, you have, by your local attraction, drawn my ship some forty miles from her course." The London Courier-Journal says : "During the last six months a plainly dressed, graceful lady, accompanied by three or four attendants, might have been met any day walking in the lanes in and about Chiselhurst. Few of those 'meeting her and failing to recognize a familiar face would have suspected that one short twelve months since she was an empress, and wife of the ruler over a great and powerful nation. With the resignation of royalty she has abandoned every appearance of state. Every Sunday she walks to the little Catholic chapel, whatever the weathr er may be, and it is the rarest thing iu the world to see her riding in a carriage. Her attire is of the simplest, and she may sometimes be seen walking in a plain cotton dress. She neithet visits nor receives visitors in any number, and, indeed, carries her seclusion so far that when solicited to be present at a concert in the neighborhood, given for the benefit of her distressed subjects of former years, s she declined. For years the Empress has been the leader of fashion, and the least peculiarity of manner or dress, whether intentional or not, has been faithfully copied by every lady who pretends to belong in the slightest degree to the fashion. Even now, her manner of walking with the body slightly bent forward, and the small stick which she frequently carries, is imitated by the ladies of Cbiselhurst, and a reflex of it may be traced far beyond that secluded district. The feelings of the inhabitants toward the Empress and the young Prince have, after the first curiosity, subsided into respect for her wish to keep herself quite private, and shenow attracts no more attention than any ordinary lady. The only effect has been to brine down a few people from London on Sunday mornings, who visit the chapel for the purpose of gazing on royalty." fJotMlt inquirer. ^CSSJH^Hkh^bBBS^^ /jafflpy .v YORKVILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 187L Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" Bhows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that out terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance JOB FK1NT1HW. Having determined. to devote more attention hereafter to job printing than we have done in the past, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stoik of inks, cards, papers, Ac., we are prepared to Ball Tickets, (Freight Billheads, Bank Notice^Labels. \r , Bonds and Coupons, [Law Blanks, Bill Heads, > Law Briefet, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks, [Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, |Programmes, Envelopes. iPolioies, Fired: Life Ins., Election Tickets, Bhinplasteis, Festival Tickets, [Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. FINE STRAWBERRIES. Mrs. B. T. Wheeler has favored uS with a large dish, filled to overflowing, with the largest and finest strawberries we have seen in many seasons?the product of her garden. ACCIDENTAL FERE. We learn that the residence of Mr, David B. Scoggins, in the neighborhood of Beersheba Church, in this county, was accidentaUy destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock on Sunday night last. ~ The fire is believed to have originated from the chimney. Mr. Scoggins saved only a part of his furniture and effects. The total loss, including the building, is supposed to be about $1500. TAX PAYERS' CONTENTION. Tr? aswirrfanon with n. resolution ftdnntftd at the public meeting held at this place on sales-day in April, the Chairman of that meeting has appointed the following persons as delegates and alternates, to represent this county* in the .tax payers' Convention, which is to meet in Columbia on next Tuesday: Gen. E. M. Law, principal; I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., alternate. Col. Cad. Jones, principal; John R. London, alternate. OUR NEXT STORY. With this week we conclude the charming story of Temptation; though we are happy to be able to inform our reader* that oui; next atrial in order, while differing in styll and character from Temptation, Ik nevertheless, ode of great merit and absorbing interest. It is entitled The Lost Diamond, and is from the graceful pen qf Mrs. Henry Deas, of Charleston, who has already gained distinction by her writings, among which some of our readers will doubtless remember "The Little Match Qirl." Those who have read The Lost Diamond in manuscript, pronounce it a master-piece of composition, and we feel sure our readers will share in the opinion. MONEY ORDER OFFICE. Mr. John R. Alexander, "Uncle Sam's" major domo in the post office at this place, informs us that that the Post Master General has designated the Yorkville office as a money order office of the "second class." The necessary arrangements, however, for the issuing aud paying of orders, will not be completed until the first of July next. The money order system furnishes excellent facilities for the transmission of any sum of mone^ot exceeding fifty dollars iu amount, to any of the cities and many of the smaller towns throughout the United States, at a small cost and with absolute security against loss. The fees charged are as follows: For any sura not exceeding twenty dollars, ten cents; over twenty dollars and not exceeding thirty dollars, fifteen cents; over thirty dollars and not exceeding forty dollars, twenty cents; over forty dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, twenty-five cents. Orders are good for one year from the date of issue, and in case of their loss, no charge is made for the issue of duplicates. y DIABOLICAL MURDER. N y On Monday morning last, on a plantation belonging to the estate of the late George j Steele, near McConnellsville, in this county, Peter Gulp, a negro man, murdered his wife, j Lucinda. It appears that the parties were | employed on the plantation above mentioned I as laborers. Early in the morning, previous 1 c+artinor tn flipir wnrlr thov Wl r)iinrralr>rl J in consequence of the predilection of the husi band to divide his affections among other ! maidens of dusky hue. They proceeded ito the field together and commenced the labors of ! the day at a point several hundred yards distant from the other hands on the plantation ; and as the day progressed it became necessary for Peter to render some assistance to his wife in the work at which she was employed. While thus engaged, the quarrel of the mor*?*?? rt?Qc? vociimml on'/t /innt.iniKvl with mutual I j iUU? TVCIO iVOUlUUUj MUU VV??V?MMWV ...... M recrimination, until the wife applied the epithet of "liar" to the husband, when he struck her with a hoe, splitting open her cheek, jawbone and ear, and inflicting severe injury to I her right shoulder. He then conveyed the body a short distance and threw it into a ditch, the bottom of which was covered with rocks. After he had made this disposition of the body, and adopted other means to obliterate the traces of the murder, he raised an alarm, and called the other laborers in the field to j his assistance. "When they came to the spot, | they found the woman in the ditch, quite dead. The husband denied all knowledge of the af- J fair, further than that his wife had gone to the ditch for the purpose of procuring water, and had fallen in accidentally and been killed. Those present not believing the story, in-1 stituted search for evidences of foul play, and on proceeding a short distance from where the body had been deposited, they observed that the ground had just been plowed; and on removing some of the dirt thrown up by the plow, traces of blood were at once discovered. A hoe was also found with stains of ! blood upon it. Coroner Fayssoux was summoned to the v scene of the murder, and proceeded to impan- g nel a jury of inquest, which consisted of eight blacks and four whites. After examining a n number of witnesses, and considering all the n circumstances in the case, the jury arrived at p the conclusion that Culp was guilty of the a murder, and rendered a verdict accordingly, h After the verdict had been announced, the ac- ti cused made a full confession, embracing the k main facts as above stated. ' - f It is proper to add that so soon as the ne- ii groes on the plantation became satisfied that 1 Culp was guilty of the murder, they iraraedi- s ately arrested him, and kept him securely tied v until the coroner arrived. They denounce -a him and the crime of which he is guilty, in un- & measured terms. Culp was committed to the e jail of.this county on Tuesday last to await s his trial for the murder. ^ J COUNTY TREASURER'S DEFALCATION. J During a recent visit to Columbia, we were enabled, through the kinkness of AttorneyGeneral Chamberlain, to ascertain some facts g with regard to the recent defalcation of E. M. Rose, late Treasurer of this county. The g amount due to the State is $12,040.34, which includes 82,700 collected from the Charlotte, g Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, received by him through the Express Company, but for which no entry is made on the . books. The defalcation to the county is supposed to be quit* small, if it is anything^ all, as we are informed that as the taxes w*e hlllwn i " ,T'??-pg--T.T-;rrr- |Mniirr,V7nTiTft1tH~' which tfCre presented to him, without regard to whether he had money in his hands be- . longing to the county or not. In addition to . this, about $2,000 were found in the Treasu- . rer's office after his departure. In this connection, it is due the State Auditor to state that immediately on learning of the defalcation and the probability of Rose's presence in Columbia?whither he went after \ leaving Yorkville?he took out warrants for e Rose's arrest, and placed them in the hands i of the State Constables and Detectives, but 1 no arrest has yet been made. Rumors are c current to the effect that Rose has left the i country, and is at present domiciled in Cana- t da. So far as we know, no reward has been t offered for his arrest. c The Attorney-General has directed Solicitor Brawley to commence suits against the bonds- i men?Messrs. J. L. Watson, of York, and f W. E. Rose.and James Windsor, of Colum- i bia?at the next term of the Circuit Court. i MINORITY REPRESENTATION. 1 As a cure for many of the existing evils in { uur owiro guvoiuuiciiii) uuuo Dcvuia kj jucbouh | a more practical Remedy than the system of cumulative voting. The papers of the State are discussing the plan, and the change is advocated, without a dissentigg voice, by the press of both parties, while so far as we are j advised, the Republican leaders, including ^ Governor Scott, give the proposed measure their approval. , The attention of our people was-first directed to this subject by Col. J. P. Thomas, of Columbia, who delivered before the Literary t Society of Wofford College a'masterly address ^ upon the science of government, a large por-. j tion of which was devoted to a discussion of proportional representation. He showed that majority representation, or the absolute rule ^ of the numerical majority, fails to fulfill the just requirements of a proper representative system, and pointing out the various objections to majority representation, he indicated ^ I the* points in favor of the p^opooofl ?pofo?mr -j which is styled proportional. g There are many schemes of proportional j. representation, all of them having the same ( object; but that which seems to meet with j most favor is the cumulative plan, which has r been adopted in Illinois, the working of which has proved satisfactory to all parties. The j plan is simple, and its practical operations, where three or more men are to be elected to ^ the same position, may be easily defined. In ^ York county, which is entitled to four repre- j sentatives, it would allow every voter to cast ^ his ballot for four persons if he chose, and if not, then he might cast three votes for one c candidate and one for another; or, if he pre- g ferred, all four for the same individual. Thus, j using as a basis for our figures, the Presiden- g tial election of 1868, which gives York county 2000 white voters and 1500 colored voters, t the colored voters, by uniting their strength ( upon one man, could elect one representa tive, while the whites could elect the remaining three, and the delegation would approximately represent all the people of the county. Of course, where the colored voters have a majority they would elect their candidates in the same proportion; and while the plan would not deprive them of a majority in the State, it would prevent the dangerous twothirds majority, and prove effectual in checking much reckless legislation. It is contended that the proposed change can be made by the Legislature enacting a law to that effect, without the necessity of amending the constitution for the purpose. Of this, however, we are not satisfactorily informed ; though we heartily approve of the scheme, which is certainly the only plan presented for giving the tax-paying minority a representation in the deliberations of the Legislature. . .i. MANUFACTURES. In some general remarks, we called attention to this subject in last week's issue. At present, we propose to call attention to it more in detail. The first, thine to he mined whether we should engage in manu- f facturing or not, is to settle the question ! ' 'i i ai 1 i A i wnemer we nttve me utuurai muuiura ui uut. > [ If we have not, it would be a hazardous un- j ] dertaking; if we have, it is a favorable indi-! cation that manufacturing would be profita- I ble. Have we water power ? Any individ- c ual who has ever traveled over York county ( will not be long in answering this question, c In every section of this county there are large streams of water capable of driving the lar- g gest machinery. On several of these streams t there are at present large mills. This is evi- e dence of the adaptation of the streams of Y ork a county for manufacturing purposes. But whilst it is admitted that water is the g cheapest motive power in the world, it is only g so when the simple motive power is consider- b ed. When other things are taken into con- a sideration it may be, and often is the case, n that steam iB cheaper than water. Wind and h water.cost nothing, it is true; but a sail vessel is a rare thing at present on the ocean, and h most of the large manufacturing machinery t; of the world is driven by steam. The houses, 1< in some of the large cities of the North, are b blackened with the smoke which rises from 8 the machine shops located in their midst. A When everything is taken into consideration, w there is nothing at present to be compared to steam as a driving power. In no land can n steam be generated so cheaply as in the South, n Fuel of the best kind is abundant. The old e< field pine--'springs up and grows vigorously w on old worn out lands* It requires only a ci few years for an did $feld to become a dense ir forest. Timber of some kinds may become it \ = ery scarce in our country:; but fuel for enines will grow as fast as it is needed. The next thing to be considered is, do we^ eed the erection of manufacturing establishlents? We do, unless we are oontent to he reyed upon by the rest of the world. Thete re a few manufacturing establishments sc?3red over the South, but so little interest fe aken in the thing that our people. searo*^, now their location. We are content to pe " he drudges for the rest of the- world. 3 the condition of things in this ptrtioofar to"' fork county? We have a few blackSmmTl hops which are capable of doing plantation rork and repairing generally. Even thn. ,bove declaration must be taken in a limits) ense. Many of our,plows are made-in north; rn shops. Our horses are shod by our- owrf miths; but the shoes and nails and theltfety utit which they are fitted . and drove, art nade in the manufacturing establishments of he North. Our gates siug a foreign song etiry time they, turn on their hinges. W6 ' o Vonlroo noli* nf tmiM. IllUIIH UUi UIOO U1UU a <m cIUAW V* knd lift the ashes in our fire places with^ hovel from the same region. If want, almost ibsolute poverty the most appalling, be anj evidence of need, this question is easily anwered. York county produces some cotton^ ret there is not, to our knowledges cotton giahop in York county. It is humiliating to hink of this. If the cotton planter is compiled to purchase a cotton gin, he is also compiled to purchase it-*b??ftd,w It would KkKC US to ritHCult) were we to tatement of our. dependence upon -6tfiers5?7 nanUfactured goods of all kinds. We leave' he subject at present in the hands of the sot >er and reflecting men of the county. Letf hose who love freedom and hate slavery,, hink of it seriously. WASHINGTON ITEMS. ''. | A new superintendent of West Point ha* >een appointed in pursuance pf a policy markid out by the Secretary of War for remedyng the troubles which have existed at thq Military Academy for the last year. It is unlerstood that the colored cadet Smith's courtnartial sentence will not be promulgated, and hat nothing will be done under the resok? ion of the House requiring the trial of nyf sadets of the first class. By the act of March 3rd, the President s authorized to inaugurate civil service re< orm in the appointments to be made to office n future, mid $10,000 were appropriated lad veek to pay expenses of prescribing rules an<T -egulations for the admission of persons iftfri :ml service. The law has been promulgwp md as it is discretionary; there is no little erest felt to see what course the President jureoe in enforcing it. ' The pension office hks organized the new jension division for the war of 1812, for vhich pensions were authorized by the act February last. There have been nearly 20,J K)0 claims for pensions filed for that war ah eady, and for the thirty-two clerkships of the! lew division there have been almost as many' ipplicants. ' ' ^ The Comptroller of the Curreucy says that he Southern States, for whose benefit in part he bill was passed increasing the national. >ank currency $54,000,000, have so. far been' raable to take their quota or to establish their hare of national banks. Thus far only about ifteen millions have been paid out, and there ire applications on file for about ten millioils idditional. The Commissioner of Agriculture, reporte hat tea culture js fast beporaingji fe&jwi^l mportauce iq the southern aiRrBmuvle^H States, and that in a few years enough tea wW >e grown in those sections to meet the home sonsumption. Over forty thousand tea plants lave been distributed by the Department, learly all of which flourished, and now the eed from plants raised in South Carolina are >eing sent out. The appropriation of Congress of $14,900; o pay the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, of Charleston, for damages to their orphan asyum building, caused by the federal army in [864, has been paid. A letter which has beeu received from the lo-called Ku-Klux district in South Carolina lays that everything has been peaceable there 'or the past two weeks, and adds that the remlt is attributable in a great degree to the sonciliatory measures of Gov. Scott, and to;he fact bat the two Senators from that State jarnestly advocated general amnesty in the ecent session of Congress. The letter agreac vith those Senators that the best bill tOLUiffa. iress the Ku-Klux would have been the peW* lage of the general amnesty measure. A novel case of the appointment of a tecch orial judicial officer has just come to light, i short time since the President received vbat purported to be the resignation of the [Jnited States judge of Idaho. It contained lome abusive comments, which hastened its )rompt acceptance, and the nominatioiua?A confirmation of his successor. It appears^ lowever, by the arrival at Washington of the leposed officer, that the first he knew of the charge was the appearance of his successor in Idaho. The former, therefore, came to Washon and called on the President and askedthzrs eason for the change, and was shown, in re)ly, his alleged letter of resignation, which he jronouncesa forgery. statoTtems. ? There is said to be a colored woman in Abbeville, whose age is 128 years. Her lame is Amy Gordon. She was born in Afica, in 1743. ? The fdiipm *0 -from MaitoL letween September lsf,T870, and April .871, were as follows: Wilmmgto?k 168^ >ales; Baltimore, 1379 bales; .965 bales; Charleston, 474 bales. ? A subscription list has been started in Jnion to obtain funds for the purpose of pforbasing a home for the widow and child of j. M. Stevens, who was murdered on the 31st if last December. ? A. M. Riser and Wm. Henry Hender-; on, convicted of robbing the mails, have teen sentenced to tea years' imprisonment, ach. The former was recently postmaster ,t Newberry. ? The Spartanburg Republican says: A! ;entleman, resident in this county, is distinuished for the most remarkable length of eard that ever grew from human chin. We llude to Mr. McCarley, who resides at Walut Grove. His beard extends to or below is knees, and yet he is six feet in height." ? Alfred Williams and London 8. Langjy, election Commissioners of Beaufort Qotta* y, convicted of changing tho names on bal)ts in election boxes, have been sentenced y the United States Court to pay a finexrf 500 each and be imprisoned for two years, l petition for pardon has already been forarded to the President. ? The Charleston News, of the 27th ulti10, contains an account of an attempted lurder in Marion county, wherein one colori man enticed another colored man to walk ith him, when, after coming to a swamp, he tit his companion's throat and threw him ito the river. The wounded man succeeded i getting to the shore in a critical condition, j Tie would be murderer fled into North Car-1 g olha. I r . >? The Darlington Southerner, says: Tues- g daj night, as we ate informed, a company of disguised men approaohed the housfrof a col- ( ored man, near Effingham, and called out a { perron from within ; two persons appeared, ] one was told to gd back, the other was taken ( distance and hung near the railroad, < where he whs left hanging by the party. The , body was brought tip to Florence on Wednes- , day evening/ ? . "i . > ] U?-*"The Winnsboro' News contains an ac- j count of a meeting of the merchants of that ( town last week, to ascertain who among the , number was guilty of sending to New York for a box supposed to contain counterfeit j money. After the evidence was adduced in , the case, J. 0. Boag, the suspected party, was j waited upon, acknowledged the act before the i meeting, and a chance given him to exono- j rate the merchants by publishing a card. ] ? At a meetiug of the stockholders of the i Greenville and Columbia Railroad, held on , ' ^ * ' ? v v > >i ti baturaay last in uoiumoia, tne iouowmg 1 boari was elected for the ensuing year: Fred- , erich Bush, re-elected president; Col. John J. Patterson, vice-president Messrs. J. L. Jif^gle, J. J. Patterson, H. H. Kimpton, N. G.Parker, Joseph Crews, James L. Orr, H. T.Farmer, F. L. Cardozo, G. W. Waterman, T.Hurley, J. M. Allen and Thos. Dodamead, directors, i* ; * / Tkhnfcer. Watchman states^that on. some three-or four hundred, ;#oloreu men assembled at Fellowship Church, threatening the lives of citizens and to burn the town of Manning, Clarendon, county, occasioned by the murder of Peter Lemon on the "Wednesday before, who was killed, that paper states, probably from motives of personsi revenge, by parties made up of both white and colored. The leading whites acted with promptness, but with calmness and prudence, I and but for this there must have been a bloody collision. NORTH CAROLINA tfEWS. ? The total value of real estate in North Carolina is estimated at $79,657,344. ? The cost of feeding prisoners in the North "Carolina penitentiary is fourteen cents per diem. ? It is asserted that Mecklenburg pays the largest tax of any county in the State, the amount this year being $106,323.95. ? Gov. Caldwell has appointed Hon. Nat. Boyden an associate, justice of the Supreme Court, vice Hon. Thos. Settle, resigned to ac eej)t a mission to Peru. . ? Fount Hiatt, a colored, citizen of Greensboro, was stricken with paralysis on Sunday of last week, while engaged in the innocent game of old sledge, at a quarter a game. ? Alfred H. Dockery, a son of Hon. A. * ? ? ? j - a J lsocxery, nas Deen appomteu uuu uuummcu Consul to Stettin, Prussia, vice W. M. Coleman, recalled. . . , / ? E. M. Holt's cotton factory and mills near Graham, were destroyed by fire on Monday of last week. The origin of the fire is unknown. The property was valued at $60,000, and insured to the amount of $25,000. ? The degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon Miss Susan J. Taber, of High Point, at the 19th annual commencement of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, last month. She is the only female M. D. in the State. ? An Englishman, named'George Troiissard, a painter, who had been employed at Phe-R.A. G. railrrtad jtWf^Irack- ?in?tooaj Eallons'of modern whisky in fifteen days. The( paper which makes this statement superfluously adds that he died. ? The manufacture of toiletsoaps, blueing, inks, and an article called the oriental grease exterminator, has been oommenced in Charlotte. We have been favored with with some specimens of these articles, which compare Tavorably with any in the market. THE FRENCH CIVII WAB. The latest news from France indicates that the conflict now raging in that distracted land is becoming more intensely bitter every day. Severe fighting took place on Thursday, at all points, and the Versaillists claim to have xap lured an important position south of Paris, and inflicted severe loss on the Communists "at Lower Mendon, besides disabling a gunl---x UOBl, WIUCI1 Willi UlUllUllJf cotajitu. awu? from the accounts of reported fighting, of **hich the most consise statement would be that both parties claim to have gained advantages, it is said that the republican league in Paris urges the election of a congress, to meet -at Lyons to frame an honorable peace. Thiers, in a recent speech acknowledged that the situation was painful, but gave assurances that the insurgents had fety sympathisers outside of Paris, and that the country was with the government. _ < editorial Inklings. The Loyal Claim Commission. Judging from the manner in which the claims of loyal men, for losses and damages sustained during the war, are rolling up beJape4he Claim Commission, it will not onl? take' the country by surprise at the extent of "loyalty" pervading at the time, but will also give the Commission a Herculean task of labor. It is estimated that it will take ten years to go over the list, and the aggregate sum i^Jikely to exceed $20,000,000. A meeting of a portion of the "loyal" citizens of Wayne county, N. C., was recently held for ^kpttepoqe jof ascertaining who of the numj^Hwere entitled to the benefits of the act ^pog the commission ; but whether the definitions partook of the character of the k proceedings of the first meeting of creditors in a case of involuntary bankruptcy, or whether, as in the case of expectant heirs where the testator had left no will, an administrator was chosen, we have not been advised. Death of Hon. James M. Mason. i ?*? Hon. James M. Mason died on Friday evening last, at his residence three miles west of Alexandria, Va., where he had been living for a year or two past. The position which ' Mr. Mason Occupied among the distinguished men of the times is A historical one. For several years he Was a member of the Virginia legislature, aiyl in 1837 was elected to the United States House of.Representativee. Subsequently lie was a leading member of the Senate. At the breaking out of the war he Jeft that body, with the other Southern Senaators, and in November, 1861, he embarked with Mr. Slidell at Havana, on board an English vessel, accredited respectively as envoys from the Confederate States to the courts VfWt BHtain and France. A few hours ! lifter the vessel sailed it was' overhauled by Comnrbdore "Wilkes, of the U. S. Navy and the Btirrcuder of Messrs. Mason and Slidell demanded by him. They were surrendered and imprisoned for some weeks at Fort Warren, but were quickly liberated on the demand of the English government, and sailed for England in January, 1862. Mr. Mason remained , abroad for some years after the close of the , war, arid on his return to Virginia took up i his residence near Alexandria. He died of ' ;eneral debility, bis nervous system being deanged. iouthern Investigations. In addition to the committee raised by Congress to investigate the condition of affairs n the Southern States, it is also stated that Republican papers of radical type will send :orrespondents broadcast throughout the 3onth^ Whose Only commission will be to rep esent everything as unfavorably as possible. Already have letters from some of these scribblers appeared. But the South has nothing :o fear from a fair and impartial investigation rf the condition of her affairs, either by the committee or prying correspondents. Upon the eve of the advent of these sensation hunters in our midst, however, we have i word to say to our people, and we can do oo better than to repeat the advice given by the Richmond Dispatch. We are without remedy. The Southern people should act like men, and be guilty of no follies. They should preserve their calmness and their prudence?make no long speeches?speak of ' -*? J A-.-_l.l_ J!. wings as tney are piainiy ana irau&ij, uw cussing no theories and entering into no arguments with their terrogators. Let them draw their own deductions and tell their own sto? ries. Above all, we aro sure the Southern people will never forget the cardinal principle of their domestic life, and will remember the stranger within their gates. If thatfrkfikness and honor and freedom from vanity which have-distinguished the Southern character be maintain** we shall not suffir by the inquisition; but from a measure intended fbjp our harm it will be changed to one for our advantage. Supreme Court Decisions. The Supreme Court of the United States?five of the justices agreeing, and four dissenting?has agreed to reverse the decision as to the legal tender act, which was rendered last year. The opinions of the majority and minority of the Court will not be read until the meeting of the adjourned term which commences in October. A unanimous opinion oi the Court, however, was rendered on a collateral point, sustaining the validity of gold contracts, made since the passage of the legal tender act of 1864 ,* and a majority of the Court, consisting of Justices Miller, Swayne, Davis, Strong and Bradley, will affirm the constitutionality of the said legal tender act, and decide that contracts made before the war, is which no special kind of money was mentioned, may be fulfilled by the payment oi > mi. green Dacas. xne xximuriij, cuuaiauug uj Chief Justice Chase,, and Justices Nelson Field and Clifford, dissent from this decision and declare the opinion that the legal tendei act cannot constitutionally apply to any sad contracts. Several important cases were argued whicl will not be decided until after the expiratior of the recess, among which is one from Ken tucky, involving the constitutionality of th< civil rights bill. A case involving the con stftutionality of Drake's amendment, relating to the effect of pardon in the Court of Claims will be held nnder advisement until October as will also be a case involving a decision o: the disputed rights to property between th< Presbyterian Church North and the Presby terian Church South. The case of White vs. Hart, et al., on ap peal from the Supreme Court of Georgia, in volving the binding force of notes given fo: slaves previous to the emancipation prochuna tion, will not be decided until the argumen is heard in the similar case of Holmes vs Seiver, appeal from the Circtbt Court of Ar kansas. TBe 'dectfiton of the former case wil turn upon the question whether the provisioi of the Georgia Constitution prohibiting thi enforcement, consideration of which conoerne< slaves, is in contravention of the article of th< Federal Constitution, which declares that m State shall make any law impairing the obligation of contracts. Recent decision in th< Supreme Court in a case in whioh a note fbi slaves was concerned, was determined by oth er considerations, and the impressions preva lent in some quarters that the foregoing ques tion was then decided is erroneous. Trouble in Fairfield. ; i . . . : The Columbia Union publishes quit an array of "Ku-Klux notices," which hav( been served upon office-holders of Fairfiek county, including a representative in the Leg islature, and all the county officers except th< treasurer, auditor and sheriff, whom the K K. K. seem inclined to trust, with agenth admonition, however, that they must beware and act in good faith. We are happy U know that no collision of any kind is report ed from that county, though the sheriff write to Gove -nor Seott that he considers hirasel "utterly unable to preserve the peace and pro tect the threatened officers, should the dis : guised body carry out their threat." One o: the county commissioners has already tender ed his resignation through the Winnsbop News, in the following handsome style: Mr Editor please extend this Notic to tin Citizens of Fairfield County that I this Da] has tendered my Resignation and lamnt Longer & in cumbent to the offic Count] Commissions. April the 23, -71. JOHN M. MARTIN. The Mississippi Crevasses. -?New Orleans seems to bain the sam< danger from the crevasses on the Mismaripp river that the city withstood a few years ago when much apprehension was ffelt lest th< greater part of the city would be submerged The Bonnet Carre crevice has already at tained the proportions of 1100 feet in width and an immense volume of water is pouring through the break at the twelve-mile poet or the Jaokso'n railioad. The New Orlealu Times thus describes a visit made to this ere vasse on the 30th ultimo: Within about five nxilee of the crevasse we came upon what was an apparently valuable Slantation, now covered with water to the epth of ten feet The sugar-house, negrc quarters and dwelling house, are all standing in the midst of water, a desolate picture saa dening to behold. At Bonnet Ctare a huge volume of water rushes through the gap .1,200 feet wide, foaming and seething, while the angry roar impresses a sense of fear on the listener. Near the break is a small collection of houses; back of them plantations, and further removed is a line of forest, through all which the flood pours with resistless force. From the village all light of life is fled. Deserted houses with open doors tell too truly the painful story. It needs no second view to convince the beholder that no mortal powA? *s>nn nwoot flio flnnd Kilt, ft IflXfTA fKrP.fi 18 vi UUU OlAWU VUV uvwv*} /% ? ?? Q ? .w.?v employed to prevent further damage. Attorney-General Chamberlain. A correspondent of the New York Time* has recently published in that paper, what purports to be the result of an interview with Attorney-General Chamberlain. We make the following extract: "Mr. Chamberlain thought it still an unanswered question, whether Republicanism in South Carolina must not be considered as a failure, so far. The situation was grave, and the only salvation of the State lay with the men of intelligence and education in the State itself. Could they be brought to tiy and remedy the evils, to appreciate fully the condition of the negro and accept his suffrage, their influence over the black race was cer4 tainly sufficient to bring them into the legislative councils with the remedies which tbey could best administer and suggest Brains and the confidence of the intelligent portion of the citizens was what the State most needed. The last Legislature was ignorant and openly corrupt to a degree that was disgraceful. Adventurers in search of office, unprincipled men left behind by the dissolution of the Freedmen's Bureau, and who there acquired an influence among the negroes, plundered the State Treasury for their own benefit, and cared little or nothing for the weal of the Commonwealth. Honesty of purpose, unless combined with the?bility to carry it out, did not amount to much. It was time, he thotight, that the condition of the State as it was, uncovered by any partisan veil, should be understood at the North, and, with the undercurrent of discontent and disaffection which rendered everything uneasy, disquiet and unpleasant, it might be well to consider whether the temporary success of a party should not yield to the actual needs of tne State." A Dictionary of the Bible* '!* This is a new work just issued by the National Publishing Company of Memphis, Tenn. It is edited by William Smith, L. L. D., and oomprises Antiquities, Biography, Geography and Natural History, with numerous illustrations and maps. The great value of a complete and accurate J Dictionary of the Bible, as an aid to the study I of the inspired word, is well understood by. all Bible readers. The Bible, though design* ed by, its Divine author for the whole human race, and for all time, was of neoessity first 11 addressed toa p*rticular poople, of a certain. ^*ge and country,,and its language was of; > course greatly influenced by tlfesecimiuiBtauces of tune and place. It necessarily abounds in local allusions and historical and geographical references, which the lapse of centuries has rendered more or less obscure to the Bi ble readers of our day. For its companion ' volume therefore is needed a comprehensive i and accurate Dictionary of all those historical and geographical references and aHuaons to the customs of remote ages, ia dear understanding of which is essential to the interest and profit of Bible reading. t Several works of this character have been Kblished, bat all have been surperseded by Smith's, which now ranks as the Standard . Bible Dictionaryjnst as Webster's is with us the Standard English Dictionary. < Dr. Smith has been pronounced the most > ing world, and^^e preparation o/^s work, he was asostedby contributions .from more than sixty of the most distinguished Bibt lical scholars of our time. It embodies the . results of the most recent research, and of the P ripest Biblical learnings u i ; /fa? . No person *bp is desirous of aoonvenient and competent help in the stndy of the Holy f Scriptures, and os^eciallv no one who is called , to teach the young, in die home or the Sabr bath School, can sfibrd to do without It. : t This edition is in the highest style of -the art, largely illustrated with elegant wood and steel engravings and maps, printed in dear and beautiful type, and in every respect in 1 harmony with the high character fwa ?jue of the work. * The book is sold only by siftscription., Mr. * H. J. Allison is agent For this county, and ajso I the counties of Cleveland, and Gaston, C., > which counties he will canvass for the purt pose of giving all an opportunity to secure the i work. j __?, >?_ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. W. OlawBon, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Applications for Discharge?In the Matter of w. D. Chiaolm, James Bailey, A. 0. Hawthorne, D. C. Williams and-Win. H. " Walker. . , ;Uj cy?In the fitter of-D."V^VHodg* > * u i" * L. M. Grist?Steam Engine and Boiler for Sale, t R. H. Gleira, 8. T. C.-Sheriff'e Sales. E. E. Pagan?Executrix' Sale. ^ Dr. John Agent-184S-1871-38-Enalish 1 ty^grgies ^Tiool^ Oct?yobaoco?Tinel Knykendal & Tomlinson?Important-Ralph'8 1 Carolina Straff?A False (?wge?The Best Thing To Do?Kennedy's Dissolvent?All0 cock's Plastered-Syringes; iFrosh Drags. 1 Duff A Davis?Fish?Com-^Molfcstts?Boofeand - 8hoe??Floor?Lowest Figures?Bacon. 3 L. 8. Camp and Noah Harden, Administrators? % Application for Discharge. J. W. Avery?Miles' Shoes. * Bratton, Mason A Withers?Window Curtains. /?. . a ' ' ..Jit /iii ?i- rs i 9 ? > r Correspondence of the Yorinrllie Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. ; Chester, C. H., May 1st, 1871. On yeetwday morning about four o'clock, the store house of Mr. W. H. Grain, at Lewi?! Turn Out, on the C. C. & A. R. Road, was diss covered to be on fire. The building, with the 3 contents, were entirely consumed. Mr. Boss, 1 who was sleeping in die building, narrowly ? escaped with his life; his hair aiplwbisken 3 being considerably burned. The fire was un. doubtedly the work of an incendiary. Mr. 3 Crain had insurance of two thousand dollaiB , on his stock of goods, and five handled dot* > 1ms on- the budding, in the Georgia Home Insurance Company. This company has been 3 very unfortunate with its risks at this place; f but has always paid them up promptly at ma* turity. ' * v 11. 1 t_xl. me only property soia to-aay py uieoattnn f was the reversionary interest in the. lot of land - on Depot street on which the residence aad > tailor shop of Daniel Carroll stoodbefore the fire of January 1870. The hit itself waf laid i off to the widow nnder the homestead exempt? r ion law. This?exemption continues dpring J her life, and the interest sole} djMfcmofc ptitte the purchaser to possession till after ber death. Mr. John L. Chambers was tho purchaser for the sum of six hundred and oaedollars. It was expected thatAn effort would be 3 made to-day to get up: fc meeting fbr the punpose of appointing delegates.: to rqxeeent Chester in the Contention of tax payers.: But so far nothing haa been done in the matter. The people generally seem very indifferent on the subject, ybiteagood many are positively opposed to any thing called a Convention. . ; . X. South Caboliha Radical Officials Demand satibfacnoir.?The New. Tork Sun correspondent rasped the powerfe that be in so vigorous a manner as ion called upon several tunes for "satisfaction." A negro Major, or Major-General?-it matters little which?of militia, heard that the Sun, "which shines for all," was going to throw a few extra rays on him, and, after fortifying himself with four big drinks of the most inspiring fluid he could find, went in on the Sun correspondent ' He had wound himself up with imaginary wrongs and straight whisky until he was in a condition to run down in fine style. He touched himselfoff, nice a tnresmng w? chine. He brought his No. 14 military boots down like patent steam hammers on hot iron. He swung his arms about like the wines ofla windmill. His delicate mouth opened in ka effort to get out big words until it looked wide and high enough to take in Webster's Dictionary. He imagined himself at the head of his gallant men, and charged also in imagination. After he had worn himself out and the whisky began to die down, the Sun, which shines for all, quietly replied: "I know veiy well what's the matter with you, Major; von tried to borrow three dollars of me yesterday, and I refused to lend it." Die gory Major of the Nationa' guard wilted in a moment, for he had on the day previous mistaken the 3m correspondent for some body else, and endeavored to' raise the wind to the extend of three dollars. Two white officials wanted satisfaction, and called on Pugh, the aforesaid correspondent, to get it. He listened to their tale and replied, "I'm not used to drinking with thieves and rascals, but I'll make an exception this time; come in and take something." Here was a chance for drinks, if not for satisfaction, and the injured officials-could not let the opportunity slip.?South Carolina Letter in Cincinnati Commercial. ? ? ? THE SITUATION 15 THE STATE. letter from hon. c. g. memminger. 9 The Hon. 0. G. Memminger, has written the following letter to the Winnsboro' News: Charleston, Apr# \4,1871. Editor Winnebonf 'New: * . Hear Sir t have received your paper which you have sent me, pfld-lWiRiad to see you engaged in twowttW: oiiris, canvassing the various remedies for the various evils under which our State is groaning, the other is, proposing yourself a remedy., Well knowing your fairness aad patriotism,! would be glad to have your scrutiny of anything proposed by me, and therefore, I would suggest some replies to objections made-ta- the remedy which I suggested. - '" .y" I do not observe any objection made as to the efficacy of the remedy, if it could hie made practicable. A constituency of tax-payers who could also read, would oertednly remove the present legislature and would soon said another, which would correct all the existing evils of the State and cify governments. The auestion tarns entfoly upon the supposed difficulties of amending toaCoostita tion. My first proposition to that end is the call of a Convention. It w objected thai this requires too modi time. The provisions of the existing Coostitutipng requires three steps to be taken for the call of ^Convention: A vote of two-thirds of the Legislatare recommending to the electors at the-nestf general election to vote for or ag^j^thf A ct a Convention. Second, a majority of the electors .must vote for the Oful, and third," the ^General Assembly shall then call the Convention. The next general election will "take place in October, W72? and the legislature then to be elected meets in NovembeT'foHawing. Snppotipg, then, that pur present rulers would favor the CfU rfa (Weatipn^vote of the people could be taken im October, 1872: tne call oooldbe;madeinBovwnber, and the ConventidrebnliF mtet intfufoary, 1878. Wty bodj Wd hafe MpoAol year and nine months would, therefore, be the period for ssertasing the patience of an? people, assuming (hat the result would be favor' abBut the greatest difficulty remains. Will the present vote* ODoacoft to, (ttit^ith any of their privileges f Certainly not if it were a mere question ^parting i*itik them. Bat cbmcewillhi^^ on the one hand, and refbrmatkm bf the Goveramenr on inc owwr. '*ne ctnnnniiKuCai will be revived which haw heretofore prednced mdiqal changes in ^the. Qtxdiflfoanaa. ^uich L^Mja'jaa^jyi j^lAak A 1 I measoiw d&to ohoq mbd Kiopnu iouWdow again probablypraetieableu -id uu.v^uJqqnJ And why should it not be practidaWs 'to effect come reform now? A-.Oiwisicn would not be tied down to any spedft^hmt Every voter who iB in ' reformwouldyotefor a Convention; app if wise* miff goodmen couldMTSfrlrepmfb such a body, doobtien some plAn %ould be adopted wnichirdnld improve the' Mhdkien of things. Many schemes woold doabtlres W<- . presented, andif nothing mow ootuci os efr. footed than the Illinois plaao^allowii^a representative minority, much would, be gained;' But I am much more kopefclthan that I believe that if ire wbtoldall upfte ifc a tigo. row and good tampered otort,WMU' jS-: core, at tl? least/ a tax-paying qiliHiwfi m for the vntem snhn a qaaMd*iox/ { could be arranged, so aa.|^t4? ##<#iin present voters. By adopting a scfcaaBMMni_ , kr to that whichprevmk in aorporati^and fixing a grade to each vote propbrod&ealo the tax "paid bythe voter?that is to sbV;*Jlowing an add?tioi^voteforete*y ted1;:or twenty dollars tax paid in support of the Govr ftiwpfMvitg a ray dsA could be in, troJuoed., This plan would .have tfof great recommendation of restoring, in some dense, the excellentproviaiohih our late State Constitntion which established a rate of representation, compounded of property and population. '? I 4 '' 1 W? A It seems to me that if all parties iredld \ amply unite at present in promoting tin call of a Convention, a mat advance could be made toward a peaceful solution of odr diffim I wPymzmx agf iter with much influence on Dotn sides, whether it would not'be your best courseto Set aside all differences and urge- that the first step be taken at the next session of the Legislators, and thatlhe question! be referred to the voters at the next general election, whether or noaCbnim^iWhecaM ^ Very truly, your friend, C. G. MEMMINGER. " e e '<.* '* * ' - ' t?:wkTWaMrm*.,r J;:;; A LETTXB' 7B0X GfXWEkAfi; fiCAfig1 "GtiftJ.Aim Biu*#; A??? April it 1871 , Cbfonsf R & MffChte, Oertr, A laym* longer than I anticipated, I write, In accordanoe with prraism raade tpsomeof toy >m$) ttogre?iop8 in Wed to i ,.fb|action of. con. Since le^vfog Jtomey I lyTe Jntcn^gpd views with quite a number' of distiiumsHed ' men of the Democratic pWty, anditjSh per; sons of financial repatation, and Ffirtff that A misapprehension prevails as to the objtot &nd intentions of the people of oar State touching her pirmcmt ipdewinp***' As. jlioodewtana ' Cha^T^^fCo^?d. birtd^rimpreadon"^abroa^that they^ook to a repudiation of ttodMM StMb inddbMdnesa .' sti ? ?Mi.v<.v i-v{, I num -.%#/ X ^jjC' I folly appreciate and end one the fMiag that has pro tapped our taxpayers to give warning to the party now in powejL. that any additional indebtedness, created by corruption andftatid, wmhotbe paid.- ' 'V ;'V Acconjipgto the best information which I haw besff ghabled to obtain, the present bonded debtof lhe State is about $9,000,000, and it is claimed by the pasty, in. power that aboat two-thirds of this was in existence anterior to their inauguration. How this may be absolutely true, J am not prepared to say. If the taxes were judiciously levied, and the pioney arising therefrom appropriated1 to its extinguishment, instead of going into tile wkii awa nftkkmet Itfl JJWJWJUJ U1 WO M/iyTOO WUV M? iWIWMg under the forms oflaw, we oould.eoon pay it; or, at least, meet the interest due thereon even * 7 in our impoverished condition.. Repudiation, by either States or individuals is a very dangerous alternative, and should be resorted to only to prevent a more dire calamity?the confiscation of our lands and the expatriation of our best people. We have lcfet. all save honor in the late struggle for constitutional liberty, and before we part wfth. tfe*t, we ! should suftr and endure until the kaepiag I the public promises.^fWJBOfiB honored in the breach than in the ooOTvance." I, therefore, think ihat mPtnoceediugs of the convention should tys regulated and Controlled with prudence *fid caution.' I think thatsnbstantial assuranossshould be demanded from .the leaders of th* party in power, that; retnmehment, economy and I honesty should govern the future Mil policy of the present administration { that taxation will. be reoMed'fo a reasonable standard; that the present indebtedness Should not beincreased, ^ and that the collection of the present taxes be " postponed un&tbe people make another crop. With some such asar&hces we can better afford to bear&r * tifatthe ills we have "than to fly to others we know not of." I still hope to be able to be present and par