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f traps and Jacts. General Sherman leaves Boston nexl week for a six months European visit. The fat hogs of Tennesee are being thinned out by a strange and fatal disease. A tax on cats, sixty cents per head per annum, is imposed in Par'19. The burned Chicago buildings if placed side by side, would reach one hundred miles. The Cuban General Jordan is to be discharged, on the ground that he has been indicted over a year without trial. A Baltimore divine boasts that he was instrumental in converting seventeen thousand children last year. The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Road is to be leased by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Additional returns received from the late legislative elections in West Virgina confirms the first reports of an unqualified Democratic and Conservative success. Well-informed Americans now in Paris write that they believe that Napoleon will be restored to power within a year. The people sigh already for a return of the gaudy show and extravagance of royalty. The tradesmen especially ltfng for the days of the empire. New York has increased its colored population over seven thousand since the breaking out of the rebellion. Over three thoifeand of the resident negroes were formerly slaves in the cotton States, and half of them escaped before the close of the war. The New York abortionist, Rozensweig, who caused the death of Miss Bowlsby and attempted to conceal the crime by sending the body of the woman to Chicago in a trunk, has had his trial, which resulted in conviction, and he was sentenced to hard labor in Sing-Sing prison for the term of seven years. A good instance of "sharp practice" is that of a man in Ohio, who was acquitted of murder on a plea of insanity. He had secured his lawyers by giving them a mortgage ou bis farm ; but now repudiates the mortgage on the ground that he was insane when he made it, according to the showing of these same lawyers. It is said that Attorney-General Akerman informed the President that the punishment of corrupt officials in the South was necessary to the success of the Republican party in that sectioD, and should go hand-in-hand with the destruction of the ku-klux, otherwise there would be nothing of the party left in a very short time. A narrow-gauge railroad has been opened to traffic between Toronto and OrangeT-illo in Dntorin C!?nnr1ft and is donor a sue cessful business in the transportation of passengers and freight. The gauge, three feet and a half, is found no obstacle to its efficiency for carrying freight, while the accommodations for passengers are described as entirely comfortable and satisfactory. The London Telegraph, commenting upon the published interview of a correspondent of the New York World with Charles Bradlaugh, the coining Cromwell of England, says it would be patting the case mildly to say that we are on the brink of a revolution. YY e should indicate the danger very gently by saying that we are on the edge of the crater of a volcano, for revolutions are sometimes mild, and volcanoes sometimes slumber, while our doom is sure. Concerning the intimation of 'suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in Georgia, the Augusta (Ga.,) Chronicle reports, upon Republican authority, that the threatened counties are Washington, Jefferson, Burke, Hancock, Glasscock, Warren, Columbia, Lincoln, Elbert and Wilkes, and in the counties of Floyd, Chattooga and Whitfield ; and, it adds, "in this same district we hear of boasts from certain parties that they will wreak revenge by the aid of United States troops." The following summary of the dstruction by the Michigan fires has been supplied to the Cleveland Leader. The brief recital is more suggestive of misery and wretchedness than that of burned squares and business blocks. Beginning below Port Austin, Huron County, Grindstone City, a place of 300 inhabitants, is half destroyed; then follow New River, three buildings burned; Huron City, 500 inhabitants, totally destroyed ; Port T T , . ^AA <nU/>ki^nnfo knlf nope, wv iiinawiwintc, nuii &vuv, * vi.w. Bay, 200 inhabitants every house gone; Sandbeach ; 400 inhabitants, all destroyed ; Center Harbor, 150 inhabitants, everything gone; Rock Falls, 300 inhabitants, half of the town burnt: Elm Creek, 150 inhabitants, totally destroyed ; White Rock, 600 iuhabitauts, every house consumed; Verona Mills, 300 inhabitauts, every house in the place gone ex? cept the minister's. Thus were the little villages of this region scourged. The destruction in the country was proportionately great; the farming townships of Sheridan Bingham, Paris, Verona, Sherman and Sandbeach were traversed by the flames, which lapped up everything in the shape of houses, barns, fences, stock farming implements, etc. A report has just reached this country of a confidential address delivered by the English Secretary of State for the War Department, Hon. Edward Cardwell, on the military situation and army resources of Great Britain. The authoritities, according to Mr. Cardwell, had, since January, 1871, been engaged in preparing an improved gun, claimed to be the most powerful field arm in Europe, and had begun to issue them at the rate of one battery every week to the horse artillery. An immediate issue of the improved gun, it was stated, would be made to the field artillery. The War Office, on November 1st, 1870, began to issue small arms at the rate oi one thousand a day, and on April 1st, 1871, there were one hundred and fifty thousand improved muskets in the hands of the volunteers. Mr. Cardwell also said that the military arrangements of Great Britain could not be made in accordance with the example set by any foreign country, and argued that, while Germany, with an extended frontier and jwwerful neighbors, must of necessity keep up a gigantic army, England, being in an insular position, required only such an army as would oe sufficient to maintain her own interests and bpr own honor. A recent cable disnatch from London states that at a continuous session of the English Cabinet, held from October 23d to October 27th, the question of the proper foreign policy of the government was the subject of serious consideration and earnest debate. It is further announced that an immense amount of war material is being accumulated in the various arsenals of Great Britain. The work of reorganizing the English army, it is reported, is actively going od, aqd the regiments of the line are in numbers and efficiency being brought up to a war standard The following is the sentence passed on Saturday upon Hawkins, the polygaraist by Chief Justice McKean, in Salt Lake City "Thomas Hawkins, I am sorry for you, very sorry ; you may not think so now, but I shal try to make you think so by the mercy which I shall show you. You came from Englanc to this country with the wife of your youth for many years you were a kind husband auc a kind father. At length, however, the evi spirit of polygamy tempted and possessed you Then happiness departed from your household and now, by the complaint of your faithfu wife and the verdict of a law-abiding jury you stand at the bar as a convicted criminal The law gives me a large discretionary powe in passing sentence upon you. I might botl fine and imprison you, or I might imprsoi you, twenty years and fine you $10,000. J cannot imprison you for less than three years nor fine you less than $300. It is right tha you should be fined, among other reasons t( help to defray the expenses of enforcing th< law8; but my experience in Utah has beer such, that were I to fine you only, I am satis fied the fine would be paid out of other fuudi than yours; and you would go free, absolutely piee from all punishment, and then those mer .who mislead tne people would make thousand.' ,C>.f others believe that God had sent the money ! to pay the fine; that God had prevented the court-room from sending you to prisou ; that : | by a miracle you had been rescued from the ; 1 authorities of the United States. I must look j to it that my judgment gives no aid or comfort , to such men ; I must look to it that my judg'j ment be not so severe as to seem to trifle with .'justice. I will say here and now that, whenever your good behaviour and the public good ( i shall justify me in doing so, I will gladly recommend that you be pardoned. The judgment of the court is, that you be fined $500, and that you be imprisoned at hard labor for ' the term of three years." Contrary to all i expectations, there was little or no excitement i in the court-room. The attendance was large, j but generally all maintained a proper decorum. Notice of an appeal to the Supreme Court was i given by the prisoner's counsel. I . <v* Me fonumr inquirer. YORKVIliLE. S. C.i j THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 9, 1871. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addressj label" shows the time to which the subscription is ! paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly Yinderstood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance I JOB PRINTING. 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: aud with a choice stock of ' inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to execute as good work as can be done anyi where in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, IFreight Billheads, Bank Notices, Labels, Bonds and Coupons, ' Law Blanks, ! Bill Heads, ; Law Briefs, ] Business Cards, 'Letter Circulars, I Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, J Certificates of.Stock, Memorandum Billheads : Checks, |Note Circulars, I Deposit Tickets, jNote Headings, : Drafts and Notes, Programmes, ! Envelopes, j Policies, FireALifelns., i Election Tickets, 'Shinplasters, I Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards, , will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every [instance. Particular attention given to fine j work in colors. ! THE YOKKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1872. PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. Iu accordance with our annual custom at j this season of the year, we make our regular | offering of premiums for clubs, and at a future j day will announce the attractions we have in ! store for the readers of the Enquirer next ! year. We offer three premiums for the three larg! est clubs of subscribers for the year 1872, ! amounting in the aggregate to Seventy-five Dollars. The first premium will represent the value I of Thirty-Five Dollars ; the second, the | value of Twenty-Five Dollars ; and the third, the value of Fifteen Dollars. The proprietor, instead of designating-cer tain articles as premiums, has adopted the! i ahnve nlan. in order that persons who secure ; r I the premiums may select any article that may J be preferred of the value to which each may J be eutitled. j The person getting up the largest Club, at I $2.50 for each subscriber, will be entitled to I the first of the above premiums; the person i getting up the second largest, to the second | premium, and the person getting up the third I largest, to the third premium. Competitors may begin to procure subscribers at once?the : time of subscription to commence whenever j the name is handed in, or, on the first of January, 1872, as may be preferred. The money i for each subscriber is expected to be paid j whenever the name is entered on our books, < and 110 name will be entered in competition i until it is paid for. To persons who make up Clubs of ten or , more names, but who may fail to obtain a prej mium, we will send the Enquirer one year ! free of charge; and to those who send a Club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to I get a premium, we will forward a copy of the j Enquirer one year free of charge, and a copy of the Rural Carolinian and the Southern j Cultivator, or a copy of the Enquirer and i either Gody's Lady's Book, Peterson's Magaj zine, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, or any weekly newspaper published in the United j States. The nreniiums will be awarded to the sue cessful competitors at one o'clock, p. m., on the first Monday in March, 1872. PERSONAL. Mr. E. V. Smalley, special correspondent of the New York Tribune, visited Yorkville ; this week, and will furnish that paper with a letter from this section. .! ? STATE AND COUNTY TAXES. By advertisement in another column, Treas| urer Watson gives notice that on and after ; the 20th instant, his books will be open for ; the collection of the State and County taxes for the year 1871. With a commendable spirit of accommodation, he has made arrangements to visit various sections of the county, and thus afford the opportunity to persons to pay their taxes with as little inconvenience to themselves as practicable. It will be observed that the levy for this year for State and county purposes is 9$ mills on the dollar?seven mills for the State, and two-and-a-half for the county. Last year the levy was twelve mills? nine mills for State purposes, and three for nminfv r ' bUV wuuv ? 1 1 SALES-DAY. 1; On Monday last?sales-day for Noveni; i ber?a much larger number of persons were J i in town from the country than we had expectj ed. It was very evident, however, that a * i feeliug of distrust and uncertaiuty, to a large I extent, prevails throughout the country, and , that the people generally are much discour. aged at the prospects for the future. Business r is still much depressed, and there is but little 1 disposition evinced either to dispose of the | products of the country, or purchase supplies except sufficient for immediate use. t A large quantity of land was sold, under decrees of the Judge of Probate and the Circuit Court, for partition and the settlement of estates. Several of the tracts brought good prices, but in every instance were purchased ' by, or for the legal heirs. We have been ' furnished with the following report of the sales: 1 Estate of D. F. Hall, deceased.?\acantlot i in Yorkville, containing one acre and onej tenth, 855. "Quinn tract," 141 acres, at $2 per acre. A part of the "Home Place," 92 acres, at 50 cents per acre. The "Gardner" tract, 101 acres, at 82.30 per acre. All bid off by James Brian, Esq. Estate of Joseph A. Steele, deceased.?The "Home Place," near Rock Hill, 82000 for the , tract. "Wild Cat" tract, 200 acres, at 820 j per acre. "Taylor's Creek" tract, 480 acres,: ! at 81.50 per acre. Lot, No. 1, 37} acres, at | S12 per acre. Lot No. 2, 38* acres at $20 j i per acre. Lot No. 3, 42 acres, at $10 per i 1 acre. Lot No. 4, 43 acres, at $10 per acre. ; ! Lot No. 5, 87 acres, at $7 per acre. All the j : above purchased by Mrs. E. J. Steele. 1 Estate of George Steele, deceased.?The I j "Ross" tract, 306 acres, at $8 per acre. The j i "Erwin" tract, 208 acres, at $6.85 per acre. : i The "Carsoo" tract, 80 acres, at $3.90 per acre, j The "Wallace" tract, 18 acres, at $2 per acre. 1 : The "Turkey Creek" tract, South of the How-1: j ell's Ferry road, 254 acres, at $1.50 per acre, j | The "Turkey Creek" tract, north of the How- j i ell's Ferry road, 116 acres, at $1.37* per acre. < All the foregoing tracts purchased by Mrs. i Isabella Steele. The "Seahorn" tract, 145 : acres, purchased by W. J. Stephenson at $3 per acre. Tlje undivided interest in the "Daniel Williams" tract, containing 372 acres, pur- j chased by Daniel Williams, at $6.05 per acre. \ THE KU.KLUX PRISONERS. .It is now three weeks since the United j States authorities commenced making ^rrests j of alle2ed ku-klux in this county, and as yet j there are no indications that the accused will be granted a preliminary hearing before the U. S. Commissioner previous to the sitting of the District Court at Columbia, on the fourth j Monday of this month. This delay is mainly j attributable to the fact, as we learn, that the j time of the officials is preoccupied in receiving voluntary confessious of members of the kuklux organization, for whose arrest no orders : have been issued. The headquarters of Col. Merrill are constantly besieged by men of this class, of whom more than three hundred have made confessions of their membership, and quite a number are yet awaiting an opportunity to do likewise. We learn these continued confessions develop nothing differing in character from the confessions alluded to last week. Since our last report the following persons have been arrested and imprisoned. The first ten had been arrested and bound to appear for trial previous to the President's proclamation ; but some doubts having arisen as to the | force of their bond, they were rearrested last j week, and allowed the privilege of giving new bonds. As will be seen, all but two of them renewed their bail and were released from ' confinement. W. D. Lessley,* S. E. Good, Elias McDonald, D. J. Good, J. R. Faulkner,* J. B. Good, 1 C. C. Bearaguard,* D. T. Byers, W. C. Thomas,* T. M. Grant, ! J. C. Watson* Samuel Mitchell,* , J. L. Wood,* J. T. Howe, . T. H. Lessley,* J. M. Simras, J. N. Thomas,* M. W. Mendenhall,* 1 0. J. Beamguard, W. B. Byere, ' Allen Bettis, H. E. McFadden, < A. B. Osborne, D. A. Gordon,* j J. L. Parker, Wm. Alcorn,f ( * T *r?xi_ T> ?I C. 4 A. O. XUanin, iwuci t uicnni w, I W. A. Martin, David Thoraasson,f , T. G. Martin, Jacob Stewart,f H. R. Houser, S. A. Ferguson, John H. Houser, James Pursley, Maot Arolvpc. r M. R. Carroll, John R. Chambers, James Jamison,* W. B. Leach, ' Charles W. Foster. Released on bond. fNegroes, confined in the guard-house. Of the names heretofore published, J. C. Chambers, J. N. McDill, and D. M. Stewart, have been released from confinement in prison. The total number of arrests made since the 19th ultimo is 145, of whom 107 are now in prison; 97 white men and 1 negro being confined in the jail, and 10 negroes in the guardhouse. The jail building is, of course, very much crowded with this number of men closely confined within its rooms; but we believe every possible means is adopted to ensure the sanatory condition of the prisoners, and to render their situation as comfortable as circumstances will permit. Captain Ogden, of the Eighteenth infantry, who has charge of the prison, is assiduous in his efforts to attain this object; and he and the men under his command are polite and courteous toward the numerous persons constantly applying for permission to visit those in confinement. "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP." In the year 1813, Capt. James Lawrence, as a reward for his gallant conduct, was appointed to the command of the Chesapeake. With, a badly trained crew, and poorly prepared for an engagement, he sailed out of Boston. Soon he met the British frigate I r.? rr>l__ i On&UQOQ. JLUC UUU1C tuunuauuci v>x iuv Chesapeake was mortally wounded in the ear- ' ly part of the encounter. As his companions ] in arms carried him from the scene of conflict to the lower part of the vessel, he gave his , last command in the simple but appropriate words, "Don't give up the ship." j Just at this time, we need some noble spirit to repeat to us the same sentiment. Every man has to pass through an ordeal. Sometimes it is a water ordeal; at other times it is 1 j an ordeal of fire. This is the case with naj tions. It is the same with neighborhoods and j small communities. Our time of trial has | come at last. To fold our arms in despair ; will do no good. It is dark?awfully dark? | but the darkest night is always followed by j morning. We have seen hard times often be\ fore; aud although the present may be the i hardest, we should reflect that when the worst i ! comes we may expect a speedy change. I These things will not last always. A change, | either for better or worse, will soon take place. In the midst of such scenes as we are now : witnessing, we should be very prudent in all. ' our words and in all our acts. Rashness is ; always a dangerous experiment, and especially so at the present. When we do not know j what to talk about, the best plan is to keep ' silent; and when we do not know what is proper to be done, the fittest course we can : pursue is to do nothing. There are somei things that will run a certain course in spite i i - .. * t? iu. i ! of any earcniy power, xu me xuiuou ui an | ; our troubles, let us all adopt the words of the dying Lawrence, "Don't give up the ship." j Who knows but she may safely bear up 1! against the storm and bring us safely into port ? It is an ill wind that brings no good. The night may be long and dark, but morning will come sometime. Let us wait man1 fully for the coming day. ; ,! STATE ITEMS. I ? Rev. Dr. A. W. Leland died in Co- j j lumbia on Friday last I ?Large flocks of wild pigeons have ap- i i peared in Pickens county. , ? The new City Council of Charleston was j duly installed on Wednesday of last week, j I ? The next annual communication of the: i j Grand Lodge of South Carolina will be held I j in Charleston, on Tuesday, 21st November. | ! ?There weretwo deaths in Charleston from ' yellow fever, for the twenty-four hours ending ' at 12 M. on Monday. i ? The survey of a railroad has been com- ; raenced between Bennettsville and Society 1 Hill. ? There was to be a trial of skill at the . Fair grounds in Columbia on yesterday, be- I tween two girls, aged respectively twelve and i eight years, in baking bread and making a 1 garment. 1 ? The Chester Reporter of last week, says: < "Great gloom has pervaded this community. during the past week. No arrests have yet ! been made, but the rumors and facts which! 1 have come to us from York have filled the I minds of all with apprehension." i ? Mr. A. R. Banks, formerly of York coun- j ty, is co-priucipal with Mr. W. H. Verner, . formerly of Oconee county, of the "Archibald i Institute." located at Pleasant Ridge, Greene county, Ala. It ia pleasant to learn that the institution is in a flourishing condition. ? A woman in Colurabir, a few days agd, became so much incensed at the impertinence of a negro cook in her employ, that she gof, her husband's pistol and fired several sbot&wl; the cook, one ball striking the latter on the foot. i ? The Union Timet says that the exodus of the white men in the neighborhood of PacokfC iu that county, has been so great that it i&a& riously thought of calling on the U. 6. aufSSr ities for a garrison to protect the women amLi children from the depredations of the ne?ro?| ? In consequence of the continued prafljv lence of yellow fever in Charleston, Jndgi Bryan, of the U. S. District Court, has re* cinded the order of his court, heretofore made, adjourning that tribunal to Monday, the 6th instant, and states that other orders will be made "as soon as it can intelligently be done." j ? The Carolina Spartan says: "The excite- i raent in our town has somewhat subsided. | No arrests have been made during the last week. Notwithstanding, the United States forces here, consisting of cavalry and infantry, were reinforced on Friday evening last by a company of artillery." ? F. L. Cardozo. Secretary of State, has forwarded his resignation to his Excellency 1 the Governor, to take effect on the 1st of No* vember. Cardozo has accepted the position of Professor of Latin, at the Howard Univer- i sity, Washington, D. C. Until the appoint* ^ ment of a successor, the duties of the office . will be discharged by-Mr. C. C. McKinney, Deputy Secretary of State. ? In relation to the business prospects of < Newberry, the Herald of last week, says: 1 "The 'situation' is bad. The prosperous trade of the last month has departed. Stagnation j prevails. Business has declined from seventy- . five to one hundred per cent How the met* chants are to dispose of their heavy stocks and i honor their drafts, President Grant might iih form the public through his pipe-stem." . ? The Union of Monday says that "Messrs. Stein, Farr, Greer, Dawkins, and the two Rog- c crs, who were arrested under the enforcement . ict in Union, were brought before Commiedoner Boozer in Columbia on Saturday, for* bearing, but not being prepared, ofl motion t )f prisoners' counsel, the time of hearing was 1 postponed until Saturday next, and the pris* t jners were remanded to jail." ? The Augusta Chronicle furnishes the fblowing particulars in relation to the recent nurder of a child near Graniteville, by its legro nurse: "On yesterday, we received filler particulars of the affair, from which itf j seems that the tragedy has been supplemented*oy still another deed of blood. It appear^ j, ;hat the murderess was a ntarse on the plifnta:ion of the gentleman whose child was killed. 1 Being incensed, for some cause or other, she leliberately took a shot-guu and killed the t little boy, who was only two years old. The svoraan then fled, and hot pursuit was organised. She took the road to Graniteville, and was arrested about 10 o'clock in the evening, t 2nnn oAoi- Vion qrrosf aVio waj? takon in euato VV/U1I UtllVl HVi M4 A \AJV) Wi?v < *? ly by the deputy sheriff of the county. Shortly after this, while the prisoner was walking ilong the road between two constables, suddenly a shot was fired, and the woman fell lead. No one knows who did the killings as< the shot came from a crowd of men at a distance from the spot." ? The State Superintendent of Education submitted the following question to Attorney- t General Chamberlain: "Is that portion of the } law requiring the withholding from school dis- j tricts, failing to raise the school district tax < required by law, their portion of the State appropriations for school-purposes, constitution- ^ al ?" To which the Attorney-General replies: "I have carefully considered this question, } and it is my opinion, as at present advised, r that this provision of the statute of 1871 is in ^ contravention of the provisions of section 5, t article X, of the Constitution of the State, which provides: First, that an annual tax j shall be collected upon all property through- j out the State for the support of public schools; and second, that the school tax shall be distributed among the several school districts of the State in proportion to the respective num- 1 ber of pupils attending the public schools. I cannot reach the conclusion that the Legisla- I ture are authorized, by way of penalty or pun- i ishment for the non-performance of certain i duties enjoined by statute, to deprive any < 3chool district of that portion of the school, < fund collected by the State, to which it would 1 be entitled under the provisions of the consti- ] tution to which I have referred." < i NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. . ^ ] ?Mr. Daniel Orrell recently died in.J^?|| I vidson county aged 105 years. "'$3 ? There is a heavy lawsuit pending whieli involves the entire University property at 1 Chapel Hill, real and personal. 1 ? John Barnes, of Caldwell county, is supposed to be the oldest man in the State. He is ' l ' J J i ?1,1 In one nunareu una ten yeuio uiu, ouuuu >u , mind and memory, and in good health. ? Upward of eighty arrests in Lincoln i county are reported by U. S. officers, about forty-five of whom are retained under bonds ' for their appearance at the next terra of the Federal Court in Raleigh. ? Two companies of United States soldiers arrived at Shelby a few days ago, and are quartered in that town for the purpose of as- 1 sisting the civil authorities in making arrests | of ku-klux. ? The central executive committee of the , Democratic party has issued an address to the people, which is mainly devoted to recommending various changes in the present constitution. ? The Rutherford Vindicator says: "Our jail is fast being filled with United States pris- , oners, who are alleged to be ku-klux. Squads ! of from three to eight arrive almost daily. l ! We suppose tbey win De laKen 10 xvaieiga w ; be tried on the 26th of November." ? Rutherford College, in Burke county, un- j! dor the control of Rev. R. L. Abernethy, j whilom of Yorkville, is in a very prosperous : i condition. The institution now numbers 117 j i students, with a prospect of quite an accession 1 i to the number. ? The Scotch fair at Laurel Hill, Rich- j mond county, begins on the 14th instant.! This assembly is entirely for trading and business purposes,-and has been held twice a pear?in May and November?for near a hundred years. ? One Charles M. Faris has been appointed Assistant Adjutant General to join General Gorman in a new effort to capture the Lowrey gang. This will be hailed as good news by those who have lost faith in the power of the U. S. government, with its soldiers, to capture three or four radical negro outlaws, ? The Charlotte Democrat states that Col. Lee M. McAfee, a member of the Legislature from Cleveland county, was arrested in Shelby on Saturday last by the United States Marshal and brought to Lincolnton, where he jave bail for his appearance at Raleigh. The Democrat further learns that arrests will com mence in Gaston county this week. ? The Hickory Tavern Eagle says that for jome days past a United States Marshal has seen serving capiases on persons in that secdon of the State charged with being members >f the ku-klux. The Eagle also learns that juite a number of persons charged with kusluxing in Lincoln county, have been notified ? meet the Marshal in Lincoln and give bonds for their appearance at the next sitting of the x>urt in Raleigh. ? Some months ago a young man?a stranger?presented to one of the banksin Wilmington a $10,000 U. S. registered bond, which he jffered either as collateral on a small amount, 5r to sell for a very insignificant sum. These facts aroused the suspicions of the bank official, and advancing a small sura on the bond, ie retained it and telegraphed to the person in whose name it was drawn?Mrs. Kean, of Philadelphia, when he received an answer that it had been stolen from her agent. The [nan was at once arrested ; and in the U. S. Circuit Court, Judge Bond presiding, now in session in Wilmington, the trial of the man was concluded last week. He has stubornly refused to give his name and the section from which he hails, and in consequence, the Judge lontonoed Kim fn t.hp utmost nfmaltv of the law?eight years hard labor in the penitentiary. The bond has been restored to its rightful owner. WASHINGTON ITEMS. ? A correspondence has passed between the Federal Government and the officers of the 3overnmcnt in Utah which indicates the de?rmination of the General Government to ;rush polygamy. ? Gov. Vance is in Washington, it is said, for the purpose of ascertaining the prospect of ieing admitted to his seat in the Senate, to vhich he was elected by the North Carolina Legislature a year ago. Gen. Abbott contests ;he seat on the ground that he received a najority of the legal votes cast by the Legisatnre. ? A military order has been issued which ;ransfers North Carolina from the Departnent of the East to the Department of the South. The Indian territory north of Texas ind south of Kansas is added to the Departnent of Texas, under the coramaud of Gen. lugur,and the Department of Texas is added o the Military Division of Missouri. The Department of the Platte is discontinued and he territory is embraced in the Department >f Missouri. Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkanas, and the Gulf posts as far eastward as and unbracing Fort Jefferson and Key West, conititute a new command, called the Departnentof the Gulf, under command of Colonel Emory, Fifth United States cavalry. ~?A Washing to nnispaicti to tne ssmnrore Jan says: "Senator Scott, of Pennsylvania,^ :hairraan of the joint Ku-Klux Committee, is lere at work preparing his report for Confess. It will be a most elaborate document, he testimony alone making almost as much is the evidence of the Committee on the conluct of the war. The Sub-Committee on the lebts of the southern States are not yet ready, >ut so far as the statements are made up they ihow an increase of expenditure aud taxation .1*1 I* ? - A, L_ _ ma aeot tnat Dia iair m overtop me iuuat w ravagant estimates which have been made, md show an oppression of the people that would naturally enough provoke resistance in tn unlawful shape." ? A Boston boot and shoe firm, which has m extensive northern reputation by reason of ts loyalty, lately hit upon an ingenious plan a push their trade in the South. They inrented a sort of squared-toed boot, upon the eg of which was^mprinted the likeness of general R. E. this was to go in the general south^j^Hptet. A finer boot was ;hen made with t$e picture of Stonewall Jackion also imprinted on the boot-leg; and this was intended especially for Virginia dealer;. The firm then applied for a patent at the ofice in Washington on their trade-mark, but ;he examiners decided that the application could not be granted on the ground that these ;rade-raarks tended to encourage disloyalty n the South. The firm have taken an appeal to the Commissioner. editobiaiTinklings. The Writ Suspended in Union. The President has issued a supplemental proclamation releasing Marion county, md substituting therefor the county of Union with the preamble, "Whereas, It has been ascertained that unlawful combinations and conspiracies of the character and' to the extent and for the purposes described in said proclamation, in the county of Union, South Carolina, do exist; now, therefore," &c. It is stated that a clerical blunder in writing Marion for Union necessitates the supplemental proclamation. Fair of the Carollnas. From the published list of awards of premiums at the recent Fair of the Carolinas held in Charlotte, we extract the following: Best stallion, C. Whisonant, York county, 3. C., 850. Best brood mare, J. S. Cureton, Lancaster, 3. C., 810. Best filly, 3 years old, J. S. Davidson, GaSl-rtn rtrtlintv N. C.. 810. !*/** 9 , Best Durham cow, J. S. Davidson, Gaston county, N. C., $15. Best Devon heifer, C. H. Latham, Lancaster county, S. C., $10. Best Sorghum syrup, 10 gallons, A. A. McKenzie, York county, S. C., $3. Best cotton gin, John Simpson, Chester, S. C., medal and $25. Brazilian Emancipation Law. The details of the emancipation law recently enacted in Brazil have been published. It seems to be a "gradual emancipation" experiment, and will consequently not fall so heavily upon the slave owners as did the summary proceedings of the United States authorities bear upon the slave-holders of the southern States, whose fathers purchased the first slaves they owned, from their New England neighbors. The Brazilian emancipation law provides that children born after its proclamation are free when seventeen years old. Slaves owned by the government are free. Various provisions are made for the benefit of those still held in slavery. The religious corporations are emancipating their slaves, and many private slave owners are moving in the same direction, converting them into free tenants or freeing them upon condition of four years' service. 1 The State Fair. The State fair commenced in Columbia 011 Monday last. Of the success of the exhii bition, the Union says, judging from the first ' day, the interest manifested, and the great number of articles displayed, the present occasion bids fair to outdo any heretofore held in the State. Protest in Baltimore. A mass meeting of the Democratic Conservative party was held in Baltimore on the ! | 2nd instant, to protest against the proceedings I in South Carolina under the suspension of the ! writ of habeas corpus, or, as the call for the ; meeting states, "A grand up-rising to protest against the wicked war now being waged I omoinaf T.lhopfv flnfl TjAW." v The clubs of the various wards?twenty in ! number?paraded the streets with torches, banners, transparencies, devices, etc., and bandsof music. Hon. Reverdy Johnson prej sided at the meeting. Resolutions were passed and addresses delivered by Hon. Reverdy Johnson, Hon. Pinckney Wnyte, Hon. Joshua Vansant, the Mayor elect, and others. The number present was estimated at from eight to ten thousand. "A Correction Corrected." The Union Times of last week contains the following, dated Limestone Springs, October 27: Mr. Stokes, Dear SirI hear that you j have corrected in your last paper, the manner in which the marshals and soldiers behaved when they came to arrest Mr. Lyle. Your first information was perfectly correct What was said was just as little as could possibly have been said. They not only broke open Mrs. jLyle's bedroom door, but examined her trunks and bedroom closets, and helped themselves to meat, corn and fodder. This is not all, they broke open doors, searched the house, examined the cupboard, (one of those old-fashioned cupI boards that you could not have concealed a | baby in, much less a man), at Mrs. Lyle's erand-raother's, where Mrs. L. and her bus i band spent the night. Notwithstanding the close watching the students and Mr. Corry, the Superintendent, gave them, they managed to steal a few things, such as spoons, knives and scissors. South Carolina Bonds. The South Carolina Bonds continue to decline in New York. The latest dispatches quote the new bonds at 20, and the old at 37. Whether this is a result of the suspension of the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus in the State, or the manipulations of a "ring" the initiated only know. Governor Scott, Treasurer Parker and Comptroller Neagle are all in New York, in connection with which circumstance, the World makes the following statement: The American Bank Note Company printed twenty millions of bonds for Mr. Kimpton, the Financial Agent of that State. It is said Governor Scott admits that the bonds were printed, but denies that all were issued, but does not state the amount issued. Kimpton, it is asserted, brings claims against the State for services and commissions amounting to four million dollars, and the other State officers have not dared to resist the payment thereof, though much of it is for renewals, which were credited as to the new loans. The commissions, it is said, more than swallow the original loan. The expenses of the last legislature were $800,000 and have not been paid. The World concludes by stating that its information is from a source entitling it to the highest credit. The persons giving it express thi confident belief that a fraudulent issue, amounting to $20,046,000, of 8ta$e bonds, has been negotiated and thp m on PTjniaap plied. rwrtTmTwmviiHM! ITiat if it should nroM IBHt! the State is involved to that amount it will be irrevocably insolvent. The above, and recent publications of a similar nature, have evoked a statement from Gov. Scott, which he makes to the public by telegraph under date of New York, November 5th. He says: "Many false representations and statements have been made and published about the credit of the State of South Carolina. It is true that $20,204,000 of bonds have been printed, of which amount $8,000,000 have never been signed or issued, nor were they printed with the intention to increase Jhe State debt, but are in possession of the State authorities. Also $3,500,000 sterling bonds have been printed, but hot issued; $2,500,000 of registered stock are now in the hands of the Treasurer of the State, being the balance of $5,040,000 dollars issued. The Legislature, from time to time, passed several acts for the issue of bonds to pay the indebtedness of the State. Subsequently it passed an act for the conversion of its securities. To provide for this the above amount in bonds was printed, which has given rise to many groundless misrepresentations and gross fabrications." From Mormondom. Since the conviction and sentence of the Mormon, Hawkins, for bigamy, the city of Salt Lake has been, contrary to the expectation of the officials, very quiet, and the people unusually orderly. Strange as it' may seem, the sentence of Hawkins, which is a test case and will be the precedent in numerous cases to come, meets with more disfavor among the women than the men of that festive sect A petition fifty feet in length has been received in Washington signed exclusively by women, praying the authorities to let thera-alone in their domestic and marital relations. The Mayor of Salt Lake, who has been arrested on a charge of murder, has been admitted to bail. Bail was refused Stanford and Kimball, accessories of Mayor Wells, though it is not deemed that the probability of their guilt is greater than that of Wells. It is positively stated that the patriarch, | Brigham Young, has fled, with the intention i .nmfllniTai. nf Kiio lift* in op^ltiflinn. I U1 living LUC ICIUaiUUVi va mid ???v *m vw?v.vm, . This being the case, he certainly did not take | all his wives with him. An expedition is pre- j paring to follow and arrest Brigham, who, it is reported, is moving south, with a train of eleven wagons and one hundred armed men, all mounted. ** Martial Law In Chicago. Gen. Sheridan, who happened to be in ! Chicago during the fire, availed himself of the i situation to exercise a little brief authority,| and established military rule in the city.: Many arbitrary acts were committed by Sher- j idanand those acting under his orders, among them the shooting of Col. Grosvernor, a civilian officer, who was quietly in pursuit of his legitimate duties. The high-handed outrage | of Sheridan, we are glad to perceive, has attracted the attention of Governor Palmer, who has written a letter to the Attorney-General, directing him to present the facts in regard to the killing of Col. Grosvernor to the grand jury of Cook county. After alluding to the : circumstances preceding the death of Gros ' vernor, the Governor concludes: "I think you'will oerceive it is now the duty j J the Governor and Attorney-General, and ! all other officers, to see that the laws are en-; forced against all parties concerned in thesej | illegal and dangerous acts. It is not necessa ry, in determining upon the line of duty to be j adopted, to inquire whether the Mayor of 1 Chicago, Lieutenant-General Sheridan and Frank T. Sherman, and his associates and subordinates?who were the agents by which , the death of Col. Thomas Grosvener was < ; produced, in assuming powers they did not : possess, and which cannot be conferred upon ! them?were influenced by proper or improper I motives or purposes. They assumed to sus {>end the operations of the Constitution and aws of the State, and substitute in their stead laws and military force, to be defined and applied by themselves. They, by their lawless acts, attacked and insulted the dignity and authority of the State; and have, by their dangerous example, weakened public confidence in the Constitution and laws, and in their attempt to enforce usurped and lawless authority, they have sacrified the life of a peaceable citizen. Animated by the confidence I have thus expressed, and confident in the belief that the State of Illinois, acting through the proper departments of its government, is capable of protecting its own people, and of enforcing the dignity and authority of its own laws, I have to request that you, in conjunction with the State's Attorney of the Seventh Circuit, will bring all the facts before the grand jury of Cook county, in order that allpersons concerned in the unlawful killing of Thomas W. Grosvernor may be brought to a speedy trial." Qov. Bullock's Resignation. Governor .Bullock, or Georgia, gives as one reason of .his resignation that he was fearful the present Legislature would impeach, arrest and convict him on imaginary or groundless charges, and rather than thus gratify his enemies he deemed it best to resign and let the State government go into the hands of the Speaker of the Senate, whom he knew to be a good Republican. The New York Times says that Bullock asseverates that all his official acts are matters of record, and that Governor Conley has a detailed statement of all the financial transactions, ^nd that there is no foundation whatever for the wild charges thatare being made against him. He states that he is ready for any fair investigation, and intends soon to return to Georgia and demand it; but he is not willing to permit any arrest at the instance of his personal enemies in Georgia because his friends advise him it would result in his being ku-kluxed by*a mob under the instigation of the men who were so near grasping the State government,and who have been so neatly and effectually foiled. On the subject of Bullock's resignation, the New York Tribune says: "The letter of Governor Bullock, of Georgia, announcing his resignation is not very clear upon the points upon which the public might desire light He says he resigned because there was a conspiracy to impeach and remove him, and that by resiguing he defeated that conspiracy. The same people will i i? ? u:_ ~ai? say mat ne gave up uio uuiue w esuipe impeachment. But Governor Bullock also says that by surrendering his office into the hands of the President of the Senate, Mr. Conley, he secured an honest successor. As we understand the case, Mr. Conley would become acting Governor, even if Bullock had been removed by the conspiritors, and the retiring Governor expressly says that no proceedings against Conley have been suggested. The whole affair is certainly very hazy." The Legislature has recognized Conley as acting Governor, and a bill for a special election for Governor in December has been introduced. A resolution was also passed branding as false Governor Bullock's allegations that the Assembly meant to impeach him without investigation, and that the people did not respect the constitution, and recognize war results. A message fronMhe.acting Governor was read on Saturday. He makes no allusion to an election ; hopes there will be no ground for further reconstruction; promises retrenchment, and says he cannot mow tell of the disposition of the State bonds, and urges an investigation into the matter; he counsels execntwm of the lawafld-pwatefla fn nsrdnsparingly. He argues for free education,'but against mixed schools. He urges that the State's pecuniary faith be kept inviolable. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. H. Glenn, S. Y/ C.?Sheriff's Sales. * J. F. Hart?Milch Cow Wanted. J. L. Watson, Treasurer?Tax Notice.. T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Oil Cloths?PoWder and Shot?Yarn and Sheeting?Ladies' CloaksCalicoes?Crockery?Hardware?10-4 Sheeting?Flannels?Greenbacks No. J.?Order No. 2.?Those Who Owe Us?Gent's and Ladies' Hats?Clothing?Groceries?Guns and Pistols. R. H. Glenn, S. Y.C.?Judge of Probate's Sales. J. F. Wallace?Clerk's Sale. Thomson A Jefferys, Assignees?Notice in the matter of W. B. Daniels, Bankrupt. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. FROM WASHINGTON. November 1st, 1871.?The affaire of Mexico, always in a muddle, now excite some interest here, and are likely to revive prospects ? .i ? - * l . lor uie acquisition 01 some pumuu ui nor uciritory by the United States. The Government of Benito Juarex, recently re-elected as President, appears to be unstable. According to'advices received here, a pronunciamento by General Diaz may be expected, and that will tend to another stormy revolution. The finances of Mexioo will require sacriffce of territory. The United States Government will be called upon to supply Mexico with the means for paying that portion of the awards of the Mexican Treaty Commission which fall upon Mexico, and half a dozen of her States will hardly be more than equivalent to the sum. President Grant has got annexation upon his brain, and the acquisition of San Domingo was intended by him as a prelude to the absorption of Cuba, Hayti and Mexico. If he be reelected he will undoubtedly attempt to carry out these projects, notwithstanding the fact that he cannot have peace at home. The project for the acquisition of Cuba by purchase from Spain is soon to be zealously pursued. The abolitionists everywhere demand that slavery shall cease in Cuba, now that it has lost its foothold in Brazil. The interests of American commerce and navigation, now so much depressed, demand Cuban annexation, and further, France and England, will probably object to it. If it cost Spain sixty millions of dollars a year, as it is, stated, to "keep Cuba, she may be glad to be rid of the burden. General Sickles has a standing order for its purchase. The Cabinet held a full meeting yesterday. Nothing was done except ordering a company of troops to aid the police in Chicago in the preservation of order, and to authorize Attorney-General Akerman, to admit ku-klux prisoners to bail at his discretion. The President will, no doubt, present his views of the ku-klux affair in his annual mes? ' *? -5? ?? a MAAMinUtlA icoiia a sage, ana 11 ne au uui, ucaunuuc, imuo ? proclamation suspending the habeas corpus writ in portions of Georgia, it will be for the lack of strong influences brought upon him from Southern Republicans to that end. It is now considered as certain that the Republican party will adhere to General Grant as more necessary to it now than he was in 1868. The war issues and the war candidate must be retained by it, in order to aroid a certain and stunning defeat. The Democratic party, though very strong, cannot, it appears, contend advantageously against the issues made by their opponents. Therefore some of their leaders sagaciously advise the nomination of a Republican for the next Presidency, but one who will support the essential principles of the Democratic party. They talk of Gratz Brown, of Missouri, of Justice Davis, of Illinois, of Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, and other prominent Republicans, all of whom are opposed to the ku-klux Act, and to the enforcement Act, and are in fnvnr nf universal Amnesty and of revenue re form. Iii favor of Gratz Brown's availability, it is urged by General Blair tbat he can carry the German vote; and of Judge Davis, it is declared that he, as the personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, can unite upon himself the entire negro vote. The Democratic leaders of the State of New York, though certain of holding that State, j have lost their confidence in the election of ft I straight out, old line Democrat, and are willj ing, it is believed, to accept a compromise j candidate. The coming session of Congress will be I chiefly devoted, by all parties, to the consideration of the great subject of President-making. LEO. ? Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald. FROM NEWBERRY,"SOUTH CAROLINA.. Newberry, Oct. 27.?My investigations into the condition of affairs in Laurens county have failed to discover any opposition to the < laws, either 8tate or United States. I have ascertained, however, that nota single ku-kluz raid has ever been made in the county, the Radicals themselves admitting this fact no ku-klux in laurens county. , As showing how exaggerated and often utterly false have been the reports published in the. Radical press of the outrages committedupon negroes, I have only to mention that, excepting in an election riot last year, there has not been a negro killed by a white man in Laurens since the war ended. There have been several cases of whipping, but in every case the victims had been guilty of some offence against the laws, and for which he had not been punished by the proper authorities. . . Of course mob law cannot be justified under any circumstances, but I mention the cause solely for the purpose of showing that politics had nothing whatever to do with the troubles. SOME NEGRO OUTRAGES. While no negroes have been murdered white men have. The most notorious one was the assassination of Dr. C. Shell by negroes in 1868. In this case one of the assassins was * convicted and hung, and the others were per- .? mitted to escape. Furthermore, I have before rae the story of an attack by negroes upon the residence of Mr. Harrison Scott. He was absent at the time, and his wife was brutally treated, after doing which the negroes robbed the house and marched. An attempt was also made on the life of a Mr. Shaw, which, however, fortunately failed. It is not my purpose to say anything harsh about the negroes of Laurens county. AH the whites agree in representing the majority of them as orderly and well behaved, and certainly the negroes do not complain of any iU-treatment at the hands of the whites. I do not know that I can illustrate the object of the ku-klux better than by giving the words of a negro to men on yesterday. "Boss," said he, "de ku-klux so trouble rue. I nebber steal anything '.jErom nobody." . AN ELECTION RIOT. The election riot last year was reported at the time in the Herald, but not as I have heard it The affair occurred in this way: A large body of .negro militia, officered by negroes, had been stationed in Laarensvifle for some time, and bad carried on things pretty much tbeir own wav. to the irreat exasnera tion of the whites. A house occupied by them -bad been converted into a fort, with loopholes, <fec. On the day of the election one of the State constables?a white man?got into a row with one of the citizens, and a fight ensued between them. The row attracted numerous persons to the snot, and quite a crowd had gathered around the combatants, when suddenly the negro militia rushed into their improvised fortress, closed the doors and opened fire upon the crowd through the loopnoles. Tremendous excitement followed this outrage. The whites hurried home, armed themselves and returned to the scene, and a desperate conflict ensued. It was resumed on the following day, and ended in the disarming of the negro militia, and their withdrawal or disbandment by authority of the Governor. Some half dozen negroes were killed or woun- i ded, and two or three whites die same. Bad- . icals have admitted to me that the conduct of 1 the militia had been overbearingly insolent, and that it required only another overt act to incense the whites beyond the power of con- j rrpllinor fhair m J~ %T| i r?rtrrr jw wanes ggjflpM mat^ u cannot possibly be tortured into a ku-klirx outrage. I. BURNING OF A SCHOOL HOUSE. \ Much stress is laid by the Laurens county . Radicals upon the burning of their schoolhouse. The negro in charge of it declares that he had previously been given notice to Quit the county or he would be killed. He is living in the county to-day sound in body. However, one night the school house was burned down and instantly the ku-klux were charged with the incendiarism. Not a living soul has ever asserted that he saw the men who ~ did it It is stated, however, that the members of the negro church to which the school was attached had had a row about it only a few evenings before it was burned, and the whites believe that some of them set it on fire in revenge for not having their own way about it. It is scarcely rational to suppose that white men would have destroyed it when they were fully aware that they would have to furnish the money to rebuild it All the taxes paid by the negroes of Laurens county in the year could not have purchased the nails with which to fasten the planks together. NO CONFIDENCE IN THE AUTHORITIES. In Laurens county I hear the same complaint I have heard in Newberry county?namely, an utter want of confidence in the oflit. .Is nlAi**l nvflr the neoDle bv the Governor or by the votes of the negro. They run the machinery of the government in the interests of the blacks, and the whites?who own all the property?are only thought of in connection witn the taxes. Governor Scott is held in supreme contempt by the whites everywhere. He is charged with duplicity and double-dealing, with saying one thing to the whites and the exact opposite to the blacks, while he does everything to satisfy his political party. governor Scott's maladministration. I do not pretend to say that in all the disturbances which have taken place the whites have been wholly blameless. Undoubtedly, they have done some things which they ongbt not to have done. But some allowance must be made for human nature. Men are likely to become exasperated when their barns, houses, stables, <xc., are burned to the ground, and after they have succeeded in getting the criminals convicted, see the Governor then let them loose. I have conversed with some of the most respectable citizens of Newberry and Laurens counties?men whom to doubt would be equivalent to pronouncing the entire Southern people liars and scoundrels?and in all cases the same complaint has been made. The laws of the State are bad enough, they say, but let them be fairly enforced, and there willbenoku-klux. They declare it to be a notorious fact that any negro who possesses political influence can commit crime with impunity. If even their oflence is so atrocious that the negro juries are compelled to convict, Governor Scott stands ready with a pardon to set them free. Just previous to the last election, (by way of illustration) several negroes in Newberry county were convicted of riotipg. They were sentenced to the penitentiary. It so happened that they were influential in politics, and they were turned loose. ku-klux confe88ions. Put together all the facts I have narrated, and say whether there is any community in the western States which would have resisted the temptation to take the law into their own hands. You-will hear a great deal about what the prisoners arrested confess. As I telegraphed you, some of them undoubtedly adI . .1 L-1 J !,? lrn.lrln v nr. muiea mai mey uemugeu m wc v> ganization, but none have said that their object was political. Reports of the character of their confession, as published in the Union of Columbia, cannot be relied upon, for that paper is notorious for its efforts to reduce the whites into abject submission to the negroes. ! Its editor is a carpet-bagger, who has fattened 1 on the plunder of the State, and is interested * i in keeping up political agitation so that his party may remain in power. I do not attempt | to lessen the force of any confession; I merely propose to state the facts. It would be folly to justify any acts of violence perpetrated by the ku-klux ; it would be criminal to ignore 1 the provocation for them. They are the re* *1 1