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Jtoaps and darts. Alabama has six cotton factories, which work up twenty thousand bales of cotton annually. It has been estimated that during the late war between France and Germany, 250 cartridges were fired to each man struck. General Joseph E Johnston is said to be engaged in writing a history of his own campaigns during the late war. The French language has about 32,000 words, the Spanish 30,000, the Italian 35,000 and the English 40,000, The convicts of Rhode Island last year made $4,794 more than the cost of maintaining the State prison. A gang of burglars, in Indiana, worked all night at a County Treasurer's safe and were rejoiced to find $1.10 in its roomy recesses. It is said that the career of the famous horse Hembold, as a racer, has come to an end in consequence of the middle tendon in one of the fore legs having given way. The Racine (Wis.) Journal says: "For the first time within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, Lake Michigan is frozen over as far as the eye can reach?the ice being from four to eight inches in thickness. The projector of a new paper at Atlanta, Ga., having declared that he will "condemn the wrong and applaud the right," the Era says the task will keep him about as busy as a school-boy with a hornet in his trousers. More miles of railroad were constructed in this country last year than in any previous year, being a total of 6,983. The number of miles of railroads now in operation in the Uuited States is 60,382. David Leith has commenced suit in the Circuit Court at St Louis against Henry Dansman, to recover $100,000 damages for the loss of his wife's lore, society, service, assistance and comfort through the machination of the defendant Says the Memphis Appeal: "Every train of cars from the East brings negroes to the West and South. Their destination is the low country of Mississippi and Arkansas. The colored populations curiously gravitate towards the black lauds?the cotton, sugar and rice fields." On good authority, it is promulgated abroad that two drops of turpentine oil in a little milk is a complete antidote to phosphorus poison. Children not unfrequently Dite off the charged end of phosphoric matches and swallow them. It is stated that a girl was recently saved in England, who had actually eight of them in her stomach, by this newly discovered remedy. A local newspaper is a traveling agent, taking its weekly rounds to the families of all its customers. No matter whether times are good or dull, no matter whether trade is brisk or otherwise, no business man can afford to to take down his sign, nor withdraw the pleasing influence of a weekly chat with his customers through the newspapers. For a business man to stop advertising would be equivalent to saying, "have stopped business, and ask no favors of the people." There is a most extraordinary woman in Rutland, Vt. She has had rather a remarkable experience for a person only thirtyeight years of age, for she followed to the tomb two husbands, has been divorced irom ino. o, and is now living with No. 4. Fourteen children have been the result of this rather miscellaneous marrying, and, as the dame is still in the prime of life, she can be married much more, and make further additions to the population of Vermont. It is related that before the beginning of the war, a number of southern politicians called one day on the editor of the New York Herald, which always had a fair Southern constituency, to induce him to espouse in his journal their side of the controversy. They went so far as to threaten, in case he did not do it, the entire withdrawal of Southern patronage from his paper, with an air as if they should thereby ruin it "Gentlemen," said Bennett, "the chamber-maids of this city pay the Herald more money than the whole South." On a recent evening, a Brooklynite was walking along Atlantic avenue, when he was 1 jostled and passed by a stranger. Soon afterward, discovering that his watch was gone, he hurried after the stranger, presented a revolver at his head, and grimly said, "Give me that watch." The stranger "forked over" at once. On reaching home, the gentleman began telling the story of his adventure to his wife, when she interrupted him by saying, "Why, John, you left your watch on the bureau this morning and I have been wearing it all day." There is a relic of slavery remaining in Missouri. A colored boy has just been arrested as a vagrant, near St Joseph, who is to be detained until the county court meets, then and there to be sold to the highest bidder to serve as an apprentice until he is twenty-one vears of age. The vagrancy act of norennc I JH5MJU11 juuviuco uiat an auivuvaiivu ^/vt^vuw found loitering about without any visible means of support or any calling by which they can obtain a livelihood, including all professional gamblers, may be sold at the block for a terra of service of six months, or, in the case of minors, until they are of age. An ingenious Georgian has invented a "patent rail-spliter," by which an immense pine log can be riven in a very brief time. A small iron cylinder, or tube, about a half inch in diameter and six inches long, in two equal segments fitting closely together, is inserted into an orifice made with a common auger in the centre of the fallen log. This is filled with powder by means of a slender tnbe surmounted with a funnel, the charge amounting to an ordinary musket load, a fuse is then attached and fired, and the toughest log is split like an acorn. The Georgains regard it as a graud labor-saving machine, now that the laboring classes of the -South have their time almost wholly engrosed by politics. The postal card system has been in operation for several months in Canada, and has proved as popular there as in Great Britain, where it originated. Upon the face of the card are ruled lines for the address and the stamp. The reverse is blank, with space sufficient to write twelve or eighteen lines of correspondence. The cards are used for many purposes, and are rapidly taking the place of printed circulars for mail distribution, as they are much cheaper, and save the trouble and expense of folding, and also the cost of envelopes. They are freely used for purposes I of correspondence where privacy is unnecesary, and letter writing in the Dominion has been | greatly stimulated by their introduction. An almost indelible pencil is used, and it has become a custom for nearly everybody to keep his pokets supplied with the cards ; communications are jotted down and thrown into the letter boxes in the street and at railway stations as commonly as letters are written in the office or dwelling under the old system. Mr Hill, of New Jersey, has introduced in Congress a bill providing for the issue of cards on a similar system here. The election in New Hampshire takes place on the 12th of March next, and that in Connecticut on the 1st of April. Notwithstanding the importance of these political contests?being the first to come off in this, the Presidental year?there have been as yet no popular demonstrations by either party. It is but the calm before the storm, however, as secret electioneering is said to be going on preparatory to active and exciting campaigns in both States. In New Hampshire last year the vote stood: Weston, Democrat, 34,797; Pike, Republican, 33,892; Temperance and: Labor Reform candidates, 1132. The Re- j publicans hope by extra exertion to turn the j scale this year; but the Democrats will not | give up their hold upon the only New England ! State they have without a severe struggle. The present legislature removed some restrictions in the way of naturalization, and the Democrats expect to gain one thousand five hundred voters by that means, and assert that' they can count two thousand Democrats or more who didn't vote last year, but will this spring. They talk of re-electing Weston by at least two thousand majority. The campaign commences this week in earnest, and great efforts will be made by both parties to secure the Legislature. In Connecticut last year the Republican candidate for Governor was elected by barely one hundred majority over one of the most popular Democrats in the State. The selection of a new man (Hubbard) for that office as the Democratic standard-bearer this year leaves open for the present the question whether he will be able to retain his predecessor's strength. Ike ?otMIf tfifRtm* YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 29, 1872. Watch the Fibres.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance WORK ! Some people have very queer notions. There is a class of people who actually think that it is a disgrace for a man or woman to work. We once heard of a negro woman, who said that she would rather be a slave than to be a poor white man's wife. The notions of a vast multitude of people are not much more consistent than those of this fool African. On one occasion we heard of a white man who asserted that he would rather live in town and beg, than to live in the country and fare sumptuously. This sounds 6trange; but truth is very frequently stranger than fiction. The son of Phillip, king of Spain, was once placed so near a stove that it became uncomfortably hot. He called a servant to lessen the fire. The servant was not to be found. The fire mnf.inned tn increase and the son of the Span ish king continued to bum and sicken. There were other servants in the room, but the Spanish laws did not allow any one, except the fireman, to touch the stove, and the dignity of the young nobleman would not allow him to get up and move his seat back from the fire. This office must be performed by a servaut The result was the poor fool sickened and died. His dignity killed him. He felt that since he was a nobleman it would be a disgrace for him to do anything that resembled work. Now we believe that there are a great many men who have notions in their brains which bear a close resemblance to those of the son of Phillip of Spain. They feel too dignified to work and their dignity is killing them. It is strange, however, that these men who are too dignified to work are as highly and often more highly respected than those who work. To the former class of individuals, it is customary to apply the epithet, gentlemen; the latter are called laboring men. It is time that we, of the nineteenth century, were getting rid of some of our foolish notions respecting work. The salvation of our country depends upon work. If every man would pull of his coat, and go to work in earnest, we would not hear so much comnkfttif Vioffl f I moo Thp nnld and bard piaiui ftUUUl UHiU I/KUWI ??? iron bar becomes hot and soft under the heavy and frequent blows of the hammer. Idleness may meet some people's ideas of dignity, but there is neither profit nor pleasure in it. It is good for neither mind nor body. Men generally increase in wealth and influence in proportion to the amount of toil and labor which they expend. The history of those individuals who have made their mark in this world, have been great workers. The dust and the palm are inseparably connected. In the South we need more laborers. We want those would-be-aristocratical notions that work is a disgrace, banished from our minds. We are persuaded that the people of the State of South Carolina could soon bring all things right. Let every white man and woman go to work in earnest, and we are very much mistaken if things would not change, and change for the better very soon. Whenever the people of South Carolina become, as a whole, a working people, thiugs are obliged to change. The dark political clouds which hang lowering over the State will be despelled, and the sun of peace and prosperity will shed his genial rays upon our lUUUt WORN-OUT LANDS. In South Carolina, and in all the Southern States that we have seen, there are vast bodies of what is called worn out lands. The name is appropriate. These worn out lands are literally ruined. All the top soil is wasted away. The hills have been washed down into the branches, creeks and rivers. The destruction of the hills has been the destruction, in many cases, of the bottoms. The clay which has been washed down from the hills has beeti deposited on the bottoms, thus entirely covering up all the fertile soil of the bottoms and rendering thera unfit for cultivation. There is scarcely a farm in South Carolina in the sections best adapted to cotton that is not disfigured, and its value materially injured by gullies. These are the facts in the case. What has been the cause, is the practical question which demands a solution ? To the farming part of the community this is an important question, from the simple fact that this wear and tear system is still going on as rapidly as ever, and if something is not soon done, large sections of the State will be rendered scarcely inhabitable. Various reasons would be given by different individuals for these enormous and innumerable gullies that are to be seen in all the cotton growing sections of the State. Every farmer would try to shift the blame from himself on nature. Some would give as a reason for those worn out fields, that the laud is so hillv that it cannot be prevented from wash *f ~ * ing. Others would assign as a reason the fact that the soil is composed of clay and very fine sand, both of which are easily floated and carried off by even a moderate rain. This is true; but South Carolina has only her share j of hills. There are hills in western Virginia, j but they are not ruined by gullies as most of, our hills are. The true cause of the gullies and worn out lands in South Carolina, is found in the system of farming, which has been practiced in this State since the first introduction of cotton. The cultivation of cotton will ruin any land if continued for a number of years. "We are aware that there are many persons who will deny this statement, but unfortunately for them they have to make the denial in the face of facts. Everybody knows that it is impossible to) cultivate hills in cotton for a number of years j and prevent the soil from washing away. Every root and in fact all vegetable matter , is worked out of the soil and there remains nothing to hold it together. To protect thes hills from washing away, they ought to b sown in grass or clover. This will most cei tainly preserve the soil. We have seen hill in Western Virginia so steep that a cow c horse could not ascend them in a direct lin< and yet there were no signs of a gully on thei faces. These Virginia hills would wash awa if they were cultivated as ours are. Properl cultivated, land will never wear out. Th soil of England is richer to-day than it eve was. We suppose that it would be imposs ble to find a gully in either of the thre Islands that form the kingdom of Great Bri ain. In this country, we work on the princiffl of the prodigal. Our motto is, "coraereas go easy." Land is plenty and cheap, then fore there is no need to save it. -This is desperate principle. Land ought to increas in value and in price in proportion to th 1^^ J#- boo Lnnn tinrlor nnlfiwafinr ICU^HI VA LI J 11 G lb 11UO ULLU ui.vtwi wu.v. . wwavh This is the case all over the world except i the Southern States. What is the reaso these form an exception ? Simply becaus we Southern people make it a point to ruin plantation and then get up, like a Sythiai and go some place else. Some may say man has a right to work his land as he see proper. Nobody doubts this. A man ma be said to have a right to make himself poo and miserable, and then to get rid of his mis ery, he has a right to starve himself to death When we say he has a right to do thes things, we only mean that the laws of th country would not force him to do otherwis< We do not believe any man has a moral righ to let his property go to ruin by practicing a: erroneous system. There are some people wh are continually complaining about this poo old worn-out State. To such we would say, g to work and renovate the old State. Yo may travel all over the world and not fin< as lovely a spot as your own home. There i much worn-out land in South Carolina, bu it can be reclaimed and made rich. To d this is a small job compared with settling i: the wilds of the West. STATE ITEMS. ? The Sisters of Mercy and other ladies i Charleston, have been furnishing the prisor ers confined in jail there and sentenced by th United States Court under the Ku-Klux Acl with clothing and other necessaries. ? The Times is authorized to state that Court of General Sessions and Common Plea will be held at Union Court House on Mod day next, when Judge Thomas J. Macke; will preside. ? The Chester Reporter states that "aguam fever prevails among the farmers" of tha section, and that larger quantities of commei cial fertilizers are being ordered than in an; previous year. ? Judge R. B. Carpenter, the "Reform' candidate for Governor of South Carolina, a the last election, is on his way to New Hamp shire, to stump the State in behalf of th Democracy. ? The Charleston papers announce the death on the 20th instant, of Jonas Byrd, a colore< preacher of that city who took a prominen part in the Reform canvass of 1870, an< stumped thr State with Judge Carpenter an< General Butler. ? The Spartan has been informed that tlv track of the Air-Line Railroad has been lai< to Catawba river, a distance of nine mile from Charlotte, and that all the bridges be t.wppn Snftrtanhurc and Charlotte have beei framed ready to put up, except the Pacole bridge. The masonry and grading, too, ar nearly completed. A temporary track is t< be built from the Spartanburg and Unioi Railroad depot to connect with the Air-Lin< road, in order that the track laying may b commenced at Spartanburg. ?The delegates to the Philadelphia Radica Convention met in Columbia on Thursda; night last, and elected Congressman Elliott a their chairman. They agreed to proceed ti Washington ten days after the adjournmen of the General Assembly for the purpose o having an interview with Grant, when the; will demand the removal of Stanley G. Trotl post master at Charleston, U. 8. Assistan Treasurer Geddings, U. S. Marshal L. E Johnson, Clark, Collector of the Port o Charleston, and others, and the appointraen of their own nominees, as the price of thei labors in behalf of Grant at Philadelphia The delegates passed a resolution endorsinj R. M. Wallace for United States Marshal. ? At a special term of the Court of Genei al Sessions, held in Kingstree last month Judge Green decided that there is no law ii this State authorizing the County Coramis sioners to grant licenses for the sale of spiril uous liquors. The County Commissioner were indicted for failing to account for a larg sum of money collected for liquor license* It was moved to quash the indictment, on th ground that, as there was no law authorizinj them to collect such moneys, they could no be held liable in their official capacity to at count for them; and could not, therefore, b criminally prosecuted for misappropriate them. The Judge concuring in this view o the law, the Solicitor nolpros'd the case rathe than let it go to a jury. The law agains selling without a license stand" unrepealed It" the County Commissioners have no auinoi ity to grant licenses, no such authority exisb This beiug the case, if Judge Green's decisio is good law, no liquor can be sold in theStat< except in the incorporated cities, towns an villages, where the authority to grant license is conferred upon the municipal government by their charters. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A new county, to be known as the count of Graham, was formed from a portion c Cherokee by the recent Legislature. ? Smoking tobacco is shipped from Durhar to China, and finds ready sale with the Cele; tials. ? Major Meadows, a respectable citizen ( Stokes county, while cutting timber som days ago, was instantly killed by a limb fal ing and striking him on the head. ? The Hickory Tavern Eagle learns tin two negroes of that county got into an affray when one struck the other, from the effects ( which he died. ? A man named Holbrook stole a mule lm week, from Mr. Mosteller of Lincoln count] and sold it at a livery stable in Chariot! Mr. Holbrook was so fortunate as to recov< his mule, though the thief escaped. ? A number of influential citizens, of Wi mington, including the Mayor, have gone 1 Washington to urge upon Congress the in 1 portance of making an appropriation for tl ! improvement of the river and bar at thi city. ? There is a prospect, at last, of the arres in Florida, of M. S. Littlefield, the allege bond swindler, of North Carolina. The Go1 ernor of Florida had shielded Littlefield froi arrest, but since the impeachment of that o ficial, a requisition has been made upon tl: Lieutenant-Governor, who promises to su render Littlefield to the North Carolina ai thorities. ? The Shelby Banner says that in consi e | quence of the recent heavy rains, there has e been a greater freshet than has been known r- in that section for many years. Several >s bridges have been washed away. A negro >r man, while attempting to drive a team of four i, mules, belonging to Mr. Jobn B. Mintz, of r York county, across a bridge over Buffalo y creek, was washed into the creek and the y mules drowned ; but the negro was rescued, e A United States officer while fording Sandy r Run, was thrown from his horse by some i- bushes and came near drowning, havinjrto e swj*f>?distance of seventy-five yards. (N t- Henry Berry Lowrey and his gang of outV laws entered Lumberton, on Friday night of e last week, and committed a hold and successy ful robbery. They broke into the carriage manufactory of Mr. Newberry, obtained tools, a visited the stables of Mr. A. W. Fuller and e secured a horse and dray, and proceeded to e the store of Mr. A. H. McLeod, where they i. took an iron safe, and then visited the Shern iff's office and took his safe also. The safes n were taken off on the dray and forced open ? and $22,000 in money taken together with a $1,000 worth of goods. They effected their i, i escape. The same gang were at Moss Neck a station, a few days ago, and as the Wilraing'3 ton train moved off, they saluted the conducy tor in military style, took deliberate aim at r the train with their rifles, and continued to i* fire until it was beyond gunshot distance, i. Governor Caldwell has issued his proclaraae tion in accordance with theactof the General e Assembly, offering a reward of $10,000 for }. Lowrey, and $5000 for each of his confedert ates, dead or alive. PROCEEDINGS^ CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 20th, Mr. Sumner's 'J* ( ( resolution of enquiry into the sale of arms to u the French was further debated. Some bitter ^ talk ensued between Senators Schurz and 8 Morton, which produced great excitement t Mr. Morton charged that the town of Meridian, Mississippi, was a ku-klux community, when an acred man in the gallery cried out, D "It ia not true," and was removed with difficulty, exclaiming, "It is not true; he shall not say what is not true." To end the conn fusion, the Senate went into executive session, i- In the House, a bill was reported to prohibit e Congressmen from soliciting appointments to t, or removals from office. In the Senate, on the 21st, a high tariff bill a was reported and made the special order for s March 11th. Sumner's resolution in regard i- to the sale of arms to France was further def bated. The House passed a bill remitting the tax on spirits destroyed by the Chicago o fire. The diplomatic and consular appropriat tiou bill was amended by reducing the sala' ries of some, and raising the salaries of other f consuls. Both Houses adjourned until Friday. " In the Senate, on the 23rd, a bill was introt duced continuing land grants to the Selma, ?- Rome and Daltou railroad. A bill forbiding e corporations issuing notes or bills, (aimed against Southern railroads which Sherman i, said were issuing two and four dollar notes) 3 passed. The sale of arras to France was ret sumed, the discussion occupying the remain 3 der of the day. The Senate then adjourned 3 until Monday. The House was engaged in further considering the diplomatic and consue lar appropriation bill. 3 In the Senate, on the 26th, a bill was ins troduced continuing the mail service between !- the United States and Cuba. The close of i the morning hour stopped an intensely bitter t debate upon a resolution of inquiry regarding e senatorial action in appointments and remo0 vals of officials. The sale of arms was resumed 3 and discussed to adjournment. The interest 0 continues. The Senate floor was crowded e with ladies. In the House, a variety of bills were introduced, under the regular call. The 1 civil rights bill, introduced last Monday, came J up in order, but was filibustered through the s morning hour. It comes up again next Mon0 day. A large number of bills removing pot litical disabilities were introduced, which, at f the suggestion of the Speaker, were included p in one bill, and all passed without reading the names, by a vote of 115 to 13. On motion of t Gen. Young, of Georgia, the Senate bill re!. moving disabilities from 3,624 persons was f taken up and passed, without reading the bill, t or a call for the ayes and nays. A bill rer moving the stamp tax on jellies, mustards, t sauces, canned and preserved fruits, vegetables, meats, &c., as enumerated in Schedule 6, passed. Leach moved to suspend the rules and pass a uniform tax bill of sixteen cents a pound on tobacco, which failed?ayes 80, i, nays 68?not two-thirds. The deficiency apa propriation was resumed and discussed to adjournraent. WASHINGTON ITEMS. * ?Senator Pool, of North Carolina, is quite e ill from the effects of recent heraorrages of i- the lungs. e ? The committee on ways and means have g decided that the income tax for the current >t year shall be collected as heretofore, s- ?The House committee on naval affairs e have agreed to report a bill giving the officers g and seamen of the United States steamer, f Kearsage, prize-money for destroying the Con ? . . * i_i (nan nnn r ieaorate 8L6Hintjr Aiuuuuia. auuui it will be appropriated for that purpose. 1. ?A pamphlet remonstrance of the Western - Union Telegraph Company against the postal 3. telegraph bill has been presented to Congress, n The company "remonstrate against a scheme 3, which gives a million of dollars to create a d new monopoly, under the pretense of check? ing an existing one." s ? The latest rumor in regard to the North Carolina Senatorship, is to the effect thai Senator Logan is engaged in preparing the report for himself and Senators Morton and ^ Thurraan against the claim of Gen. Abbotl to the vacant seat from North Carolina, and that Senators Carpenter and Rice are prepar3_ ing a minority report in favor of Abbott, The credentials of Vance have never been be f fore the committee on elections and privileges. This point disposed of, the question oi the validity of the choice of Gen. Ransom bj the Legislature will be considered. It is anticipated the subject will occasion prolonged debate in the Senate. )f The History of A National Remedy.-.Here is the history of the most celebrated tonic ol it the age in a nutshell. In 1860 it was anr nounced that a certain combination of vegeta' ble ingredients, with a pure diffusive stimulant, was working wonders in the cure oi 5r chronic dyspepsia, nervous debility, liver complaint, periodical fevers, rheumatism and con1* stitutional weakness. The unpretending name ;o given to the specific was Plantation Bitj. ters. The statement attracted the attention of invalids everywhere. The new remedy re o eVi!*. fr-Iol on/1 fLn rAsnlta more than . Wtl Y CU t> 1UU biiuij uuu viiv ? confirmed all that had been said in its praise, The business columns of the press spread the t, glorious news far and wide, and the martyrs id to indigestion, billiousness, physical prostra7. tion and premature decay, as if by common jjj consent sought relief from the new vegetable c restorative. They found what they sought From that time to the present the increase it ie the demand for Plantation Bitters has beer r* one of the most striking events in this age. For Coughs, Bronchitis and Consumption, in its early stages, nothing equals Dr e- Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. i LOCAL ITEMS. ! , i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. |! T. M. Dobaou & Co.?Ju3t Arrived?Please Don't! Ask Us for Credit?Tobacco?Crockery? ! ' J Segars. ' S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?John B. Stokes, Applicant?Rebecca Hetherington, i deceased. John G. Enloe, County Auditor?Delinquent Land Sales. James F. Hart, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to the Defendants in the Case of James S. Workman, deceased, t John C. Knykendal?Small Pox?Iodoform?Infallible?Life For The Hair?Good Schino1 kers. JS. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Notice to the heirs?t-law of Alexander Howie, deceased. ! IVLathan?Two-Horse Wagon "Wanted. ' J. 1^. Carroll?Change Bills. TRIAL JUSTICE AfrUlNTEU. i Governor Scott has appointed and the Senate confirmed James K. Wagener as a Trial Justice for Yorkville, vice W. B. Williams, Esq., removed. PARDONED BY THE GOVERNOR. At the January Term, 1871, of the Circuit Court for York county, Jesse Meek, colored, was convicted of stealing a bale of cotton from Mr. Samuel Blair, of'this county, and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. After serving out one-half of the sentence, Meek has been pardoned by Governor Scott. HOUSE 1IROKEN. On Tuesday night the smoke house of Mr. W. B. Steele, of this place, was entered by slipping the planks. Fortunately for Mr. Steele, and.unfortunately for the thief, the house contained no meat and BOthiDg movable but a single pine knot. This the thief lifted and made his exit. "LOST HIS BACON." On Saturday night last, the meat house of our friend Col. W. H. McCorkle, of this place, was entered by thieves and a large part of his supplies in this line spirited away. His loss embraces fourteen pieces of meat, five gallons of lard and his entire stock of sausage. "We learn that the Colonel is disconsolate at the loss of his sausage, and expresses a willingness to "ask no questions" about the meat and lard if the thieves will bring back the sausage. THE MILITARY PRISONERS. On Thursday last W. L. Spencer was received at the prison here, having been returned from Columbia; and M. S. Bowen has been released, which are the only changes that have taken place within the past two weeks. We have been requested by. prisoners to say that they have no occasion to be dissatisfied with the change of jailors recently made. The new jailor, Sergt. McNeill, treats them with uniform kindness, and is courteous and obliging to their friends and others visiting the prison. THE BERGER FAMILY. The Berger Family Swiss Bell Ringers, and Sol Smith Russell, the humorist, gave an entertainment in this place on Tuesday even1 ing last to a full and delighted house. The bell ringing and other musical performances of the Berger's are incomparable, and Sol Smith Kusell, as a humorist and delineator of character is inapproachable. The entire troupe possess genuine and versatile talent and its entertainment is at once chaste and piquant, delicate and spirited, a luxury to the ear aud a joy to the understanding. The members of the company made a favorable impression in this town, not only as talented musical per, formers, but as ladies and gentlemen. 4 SOLDIERS' BALL. A ball was given under the auspices of Troop L. of the Seventh U. S. Cavalry, at Odd Fellow's Hall, on the evening of the 22nd, the occasion being the anniversary of Washington's birth-day. The committee of arrangements, consisting of Messrs. McManus, O'Connell and Burch, exhibited their good taste in the management of the affair; and Messrs. Nunan, McHugh, Shields and McClure, floor managers, were equally successful in the discharge of their duties. Mr. Brennecke, of Chester, assisted by several amateurs of this place, furnished delightful music, and the dancing glided merrily, with the exception of an intermission for a bountiful supper, until a late hour. Everything passed off very pleasantly, and the occasion was one of enjoyment to all who were present. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Charleston Republican. The above is the title of a very sprightly and neatly printed afternoon paper, the publication of which has been recently commenced in Charleston. Its title indicates the politics of the paper, though it is liberal in tone and sentiment, and is edited with ability. The terms of the paper are $7.00 per annum. Tea and Coffee. , The dilatory action of Congress in regard to the measure reducing the duty on tea and coffee which has been under discussion for several weeks, is a source of much annoyance to dealers in these articles. The Importers' and Grocers' Board of Trade, of New York city, have recently petitioned Congress ' to do whatever it intends to do in regard to 1 the tariff on tea and coffee, so that the dealers in those articles may know what to depend upon. This will doubtless cause a new bill to be reported, only to be attended with the same 1 vexatious delays that have marked all similar propositions. ' Civil Rights at the North. ! It would seem that the civil rights and 1 negro equality measures with which Mr. Sum ner edifies the conntry so continually, are not very popular, when brought to practical tests, 1 even in the section where the learned Senator ' is most admired. At Poughkeepsie, N. Y., | the other day, quite a scene ensued. The Georgia minstrels, a troupe composed of negroes, ' went there to give an exhibition. A previous contract had been made with the proprietor of the Mansion House to lodge them, but ' when about to enter the dining-room, theland' | lord met them and declared they could not " I sit at the table until the white guests had finj ished their meals. The negroes indignantly remonstrated at this breach of the contract, but the landlord was persistent, and the sable artists sought another house of entertainment. Quite a sensation was created by the affair, s which at least afforded a good advertisement F to the minstrels, who performed to a crowded ' house. Political Conventions. P Already have the different political . j parties of the country commenced operations . i for the approaching Presidential campaign, 1 ? i i i i i which we are gravejy assured is 10 ue a unsia j | in our history, requiring the strongest efforts j 11 of our wisest men to save the country. '! The Labor Convention, which met in Col-! ; urabus, Ohio, on the 23rd, nominated David j > j H. Davis, of Illinois, for President and Joel j i: Parker, of New Jersey, for Vice-President, i Mr. Davis signifies his willingness to be Pres- J 1 j ident, by replying to the Convention that the ' s | office of Chief Magistrate should neither be " i sought nor declined by an American citizen.' , i The Indiana delegates to the National Con-! | vention have been instructed by the Conven. | tion just held at Indianapolis, to vote for j , I Grant and Colfax. i The Kansas Republican Convention ex-1 presses confidence in Grant, bat pledges the party to the nominee of the Philadelphia Convention. % The Prohibition Convention of Ohio, has nominated James Black, of Pennsylvania, for President, and John Russel, of Michigan, for Vice-President. Sale of Arms to the French. Mr. Sumner's resolution to investigate the sale of arms to the French government during the late war between that power and Prussia is likely to create trouble, not only in the Republican ranks, but to show up the administration in a very uneuviable light. As will be seen by the proceedings of Congress, the question has been debated from day to day; and should it end ouly in debate, the result will be the same so far as to show the duplicity of the administration in supplying France with arms and at the same time professing the strongest sympathy with Prussia. The most powerful speech made in Congress for many years, if reports of Washington nnrroannndenfa mftv hft relied unon. WE8 delivered on the 21st, by Senator Schurz, of Missouri, on this question. His argument was based upon the propositions: First, did the United States Government use the requisite precaution, according to its duties as a neutral, to prevent the sale of arms to France during the late war? Second, was the action of the government with respect to the sale of arras at that period in accordance with the known laws of this country ? Third, was the action such as to afford reasonable ground for suspicion of corrupt practices on the part of the government officials. These points were discussed at length by the Senator, who was fearless in his denunciations of the action of the U. S. Government in the matter under consideration. His speech was listened to with marked attention, and created a profound sensation. When it is considered that Schurz is a Republican and political leader of the German element in this country, the proper significance will attach to his course, which will certainly prove damaging to the administration and the party sustaining it Comptroller Neagle on the Finances. On Friday night last, the House of Representatives was in special session, the prime object of which seems to have been to consider the tax bill before the Legislature. The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, when an opportunity was given Comptroller-General Neagle to address the body. The correspondent of the Charleston News, in a report of the proceedings, says : "Neagle, to whom I need hardly say the invitation was no surprise, made a long speech. He estimated the expenses of the current year, as follows: Ordinary expenses, $650,000; interest for the current year, $718,000; Legislative expenses, $400,000; printing, $300,000, deficiency, $400,000; total, $2,468,000. This would require a State tax of fifteen mills. The aggregate tax of the last four years was twenty-eight and one-half mills, being an average of seven and one-sixteenth mills per annum. Adding fifteen mills, the aggregate of the five years would be forty-three ana onehalf mills, or an average of eight and twothirds mills per annum. The taxable property of the State, he said, is one hundred and eighty-three million dollars, of which eighteen million dollars is exempted, leaving one hundred and sixty-five million dollars. The Legislature should have levied larger taxes in former years. Now, he said, tne time had come when the trouble must be met. The Legislature had authorized large expenditures, and but small taxes, leaving tne State officers no option but to issue bonds on poor credit Bowen savagely attacked Neagle's speech. They were asked, he said, to vote an exorbitant and unprecedented tax levy to pay a debt of which nobody knew'the amount. He warned members that if they voted this tax, it would not be safe for them to appear before their constituents. The issue of the next campaign, he believed, would not be between Republicans and Democrats, but between honesty and rascality; and he predicted that the rascals would inevitably be hurled from power by an outraged people. Defines his Political Creed* The Marlboro Times of the 16th instant, publishes the proceedings of a Republican County Convention, held at Bennettsville, on the 10th instant, to select delegates to attend the State Convention of the party recently held in Columbia. Among the speakers at the Bennettsville Convention was Col. C. W. Dudley, of that county, who embraced the occasion to define his political creed. The Times reports him as follows: "Colonel Dudley said that after the delegates to the State Convention had been chosen, he could come before the Convention without being suspected of seeking to advance his private interests. He had no object in view but the public good; had come, step by step, to the conclusion that his business was to assist the party. Did not think it important whether he called himself a Republican or not, so he endorsed the principles of the party. So a dog was a good old track dog, it made no difference whose collar he wore. He had voted regularly with the party, as raucn so as themselves. He had doue more for the Republican party than auy other man in this section of the State. He had worked without reward. Where were his rewards? He wished no reward except the privilege of assisting to bear that same old flag. He was offered the honor of going to the Constitutional Convention. Did not accept, because he did not understand the position of things. He thought, at that time, that some dishonor would attach to going to the Convention, and did not know what turn affairs would take. Hassince come to the conclusion that South Carolina will remain a Republican State, and asks to be allowed to assist the party. Asks no reward from Republicans, only wishes their confidence. His is, perhaps, the strangest anomaly in the State of South Carolina. Thinks himself the only man, except an officeholder, or an office-seeker, that would give his support as he had done to the Republican party. He is perfectly disinterested. He alone has no private interests to look after." State Republican Convention. A Convention of the Republican party, composed of delegates from each county in the State, was held in Columbia last week. The object of the Convention was to select delegates to represent the Republican party of South Carolina in the Philadelphia Convention next June. The following is a list of the delegates chosen: First District.?H. J. Maxwell, S. A. Aii j.. TT* XT Swans, W. n. dones, jr. aiiernaiee??x. Frost, J. P. Greene, B. F. Whittemore. Second District.?E. W. M. Mackey, George F. Mclntyre, Robert Smalls. Alternates?P. P. Hedges, C. D. Hayne, J. N. Hayne. Third District.?R. B. Elliott, W. B. Nash, James L. Orr. Alternates?S. J. Lee, C. M. Wilder, Lawrence Cain. Fourth District.?T. J. Mackey, J. T. Patterson, James M. Allen. Alternates?Joseph Crews, J. S. Mobley, P. J. O'Connell. For the State at Large.?F. J. Moses, jr., A. J. Ransier. The Charleston News dubs the selection as the "office holders' delegation," and says : "That we may not be suspected of giving the delegation from South Carolina a title to which they have no claim, we reprint their names and political occupation : Maxwell, Mclntyre, Smalls, Swails, Whittemore, Nash and Allen, are State Senators, C. D. and J. N. Hayne, Hedges, Lee, Jones, Wilder, Cain, Frost, Greene, Mobley, Crews and O'Connell, are members of the State House of Represen i tatives. E. W. M. Mackey is Sheriff of j Charleston county. T. J. Mackey is the newly elected Judge of the Sixth Circuit. Elliott I is a Congressman from this State. F. J. Mo| ses is Speaker of the House. A. J. Ransier I is Lieutenant-Governor of the State. J. L. | Orr is a Circuit Judge. The only person not j an officeholder is J. J. Patterson, called (/?! cu8 a non lucendo /) "Honest John," who is the father of the Swindling Blue Ridge bill, and the ablest and most indefatigable railroad schemer at the capital. Of the twenty-six delegates and alternates, we find, therefore, that twenty-five are officeholders, viz': twentyone members of the Legislature, two Judges, one Congressman, and one Sheriff. Sixteen " '1 1 " A -<* nnnmaa and mlllflHlVKJ oi tne aeiegaujs aic ucgiuw ?, the remaining ten are white men. As to the character of the delegates it is sufficient to say that twenty-one of the twenty-six are members of the utterly corrupt South Carolina Legislature. So bad is the delegation that the Radical organ, the Columbia Union, which does not stick at trifles, is moved to declare that in its selections the Convention made "a terrible mistake." The platform adopted by the Convention has the merit of brevity ana distinctness. It does not deal in loose assertions, but emphatically thanks Congress and the President for the Enforcement acts and Ku-Klux raids, and demands "universal civil rights for every American citizen," which means, we suppose, that an attempt is to be made to sweep the last remnant of personal freedom away, and do deny to the white citizens of the Republic the poor privilege of choosing their own associates. Previous to the adjournment of the Convention, the following resolution was adopted : Resolved, By the Republicans of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, that we do hereby endoree Gov. R. K. Scott, as a true Republican and faithful public officer. SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, February 20, 1872. In the Senate, Mr. Owens from the Committee on Finance, reported favorably on a bill to relieve the County Treasurer of York county, and his bondsmen. The report was recommitted to the Commiteee for further report, for the reason that the report was not sufficiently definite in setting forth why they should be relieved. Mr. Smalls introduced "a bill to provide for the sale of lands purchased by the Land Commissioner." This bill has received its second reading, and the correspondent of the Charleston (Mirier expresses the opinion that it will become a law. Its provisions are as follows: Section 1. That the County Auditors of each and every county in the State, in which lands have been purchased by the Land Commissioner of this State, be, and they are hereby authorized and emEowered to sell and transfer all lands purchased y, and under the authority of, the Lana Commission, and execute good and warranty titles of the same. * Sec. 2. That said County Auditors shall advertise for sale all such lands, in tracts of from twenty-five to fifty acres, atone dollar per acre ; actual settlers to have the privilege of purchasing the tract or tracts upon which they may have located; purchasers, in all cases, to pay the expenses of locating, papers, stamps, recording, <fcc. Sec. 3. That upon the payment of the purchase money, with the expenses attending the sale, the purchaser shall get a good and warranty title tnereSec. 4. That for the making of such deed the County Auditor shall be allowed to charge a fee of five dollars, and for making a survey and plat, where the same has not already been done, under the authority of the Land Commission, ? dollars. Sec. 6. That the Land Commissioner, or other person performing hisduties, shall transmit to the Auditors of each county, all plats and descriptions of lands in their counties, and give such other information relating to saia lands as may be in his nnctoMislon. Sec. 6. That the sale of all such lands shall be completed by the time of meeting of the General Assembly, A. D. 1875, and the County Auditors shall report in full, through the State Auditor, to the General Assembly all transactions in such lands. A bill to charter the Raleigh, Columbia and Augusta Air Line Railroad Company, received a third reading and was ordered to be sent to the House. A bill to grant, renew and amend the charter of the village of Rock Hill, in the county of York, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. Baker introduced a bill to establish a new judicial and election county from a portion of the county of Edgefield, to be known as Saluda county. Referred to the Committee on Internal Improvements. Wednesday, February 21,1872. In the Senate, Mr. Owens, from the Committee on Finance, reported amended Joint resolution to relieve county treasurer of York county, E. M. Rose, and his bondsmen. A bill to require county commissioners to give a bond for the use of the county in which they have been elected, was passed to a third reading. The bill requires that after the next election county commissioners shall give bond. In Charleston the amount of the bond is fixed at $10,000; in Richland and Beaufort, $5,000; and in each of the other counties, $2,000. The bond is to be approved by the Judge of the Circuit in which the county is located. In the House, the consideration of a bill to provide for general and special elections, and the manner of conducting the same, was , resumed, and a long debate followed upon ^ tunf ftiawn tkfl kill fl. UUiCUUUiClilO tliftb TTUO VUV1UUI J.UV wrn?? M . ally passed to a third reading. The follow* ing is a summary of the provisions of the bill: The bill, after hxing the time of election on the third Wednesday in October of every alternate year, provides for the election by the General Assembly of three Commissioners of Election for each county, who are, in turn, to appoint three Managers of Election for each precinct in the county. The bill further provides that the polls shall be open at such voting places, as shall be designated, at six o'clock in the'forenoon, and close at six o'clock in the afternoon of the aay of election, and shall be kept open during these hours, without intermission or adjournment; and the Managers shall administer to each person offering to vote an oath that be is qualified to vote at this election, according to the Constitution of this State, and that he has not voted during this election. It also contains a provision that at the close of the election the Managers and Clerks shall immediately proceed publicly to open the ballot box and count the ballots therein ana make such statements of the result thereof, and sign the same, as the nature of the election shall require. Iu relation to the passage of this bill the correspondent of the Charleston Courier says: Its ultimate passage, however, is doubtful, and even should it pass both Houses, it will never receive the Governor's approval, because Governor Scott is too well skilled in the intricacies of wire pulling, to surrender voiunianiy mc puweroi appointingthe Board of Managers from among his own personal friends. In fact, I think I may safely say that if His Excellency is aspiring to another term in the Gubernatorial Chair this new Election Bill will never become a law. Thursday, February 22, 1872. In the Senate, Mr. Corbin, from the Judiciary Committee, reported favorably on a joint resolution relative to an amendment to the constitution, providing for minority representation. The report was ordered to lie over for future consideration. The following is the substance of the report: "That In the judgment of the committee, the same should be adopted, and the proposed amendment submitted to the people. This amendment, if it becomes a part of the Constitution of the State, will secure minority representation, in speaking of which the Governor, in his last annual message, used the following language: "I recognize the principle of minority representation as Doth wise and just. It secures the several party divisions in the State a direct and proportional representation in its administration. It thus institutes a check and balance against that injudicious or oppressive exercise of power that is too apt to ensue where its individual possession isheid by a large party majority. The advantages of the system have been recently exemplified in practice at elections in England and in Pennsylvania and Illinois." iuc uvumiiiiut: itxuiiiuieuu turn, me joini resolution be so amended that at the next general election in the State, those who desire to vote in favor of the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall deposit in the ballot box a ticket on which shall be written or printed "Constitutional amendment?cumulative voting?yes," and those who desire to vote in opposition to the said amendment shall deposit in tne ballot-box a ticket on which shall be writteu or printed "Constitutional amendment?cumulative voting?no." A bill to grant, renew, and amend the charter of the village of Rock Hill, in the county of York, was passed, and the title ordered to be changed to that of an act. In relation to the proceedings in the Senate, the Union says: "There were no long debates, the most discus