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Jtoaps and Jaris. "Dolly Varden horse shoes" have appeared. A number of ladies at Hartford are about starting a Joint Stock Insurance Company. An English physician has been vaccinated 477 times to prove to parents and guardians that there is no danger in the practice. The cost of running the New York City Government this year has been figured up to be S14.000.000. Night weddings are all the fashion at Paris now, and it is the correct thing to as. surae the bonds at the stroke of midnight. "See here, mister," said a lad driven up a tree by a ferocious dog ; "if you dont't take that dog away, I'll eat up all your apples." Don't forget to put the county on the letters you address. This is required by the postal regulations. An Ohio boy committed suicide because his father was dissatisfied with the manner in which he held the plough. The Dolly Varden is simplya bunch edup overdress, cut in antique style, and made of any flowered material which most resembles old-fashion chintz bedroom furniture. While the snow-plows were in use at one end of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railroad last month, the farmers were sowing wheat at the other end. The road is 220 miles long. The annual report of the New York Fire Commissioners, submitted on the 15th inst., states the number of fires during the year at 1370?an increase of 265 over the year preceding, though the estimated losses are $956,810 less. Some of the leading colored men of Georgia have determined to make application for the admission of colored students to the University of Georgia on the same terms and conditions as are required for the admission of the whites. A correspondent of a Baltimore paper wants to know why marriage and death notices in the city papers have to he paid for? For the best of reasons: One is an advertisement of copartnership and the other is a notice of dissolution. Business is business. San Francisco has a hotel which is under the exclusive management of the fair sex. The proprietor, waiters, clerks, boot-blacks and other officials are all ladies; and the bar-tendress is said to make the best drink in the State, and to hoist in an occasional one herself with great nonchalance. A soap mine is the latest reported discovery in Colorado. The mineral soap is described as of a dim color, about the hard ness of chalk, and forms a very perfect lather, while it effectually removes all. stains and grease spots from clothing. After washing it leaves the skin soft and smooth, while the odor is quite pleasant The methodist Conference in New York, on Saturday, had a lively debate on a resolution recommending to the members entire abstinence from the use of tobacco, and it was adopted, notwithstanding Brother Richardson, an eighty-three-year-old veteran, bore testimony to the virtues of the "glorious plant," saying he believed it had prolonged his life. There are now in Alabama six cotton factories. Two are a short distance northwest of Florence, running 5,000 spindles each; the Bell factory at Huntsville, 4,000 spindles ; two at Prattsville, 2,000 and 8,000 spindles; one at Tuscaloosa of6,000, and the Tallahasee factory of 18,500. The factories named consume 20,000 bales of cotton annually. "Garden Island" is the name of a little islet in Lake Ontario, near th^ city of Kingston. The population is about a thousand. Twenty years ago a law was passed that no liquor should, on any. pretense, be brought on the island. There is not a pauper nor a policeman among the inhabitants, and not a case has come before the Magistrate for fifteen years. A Yale junior recently visited a young lady, staying rather late, and being fearful of disturbing the family, took off his shoes and went to the front door in his stocking-feet. Just as he emerged from the door, with shoes in hand, he was seized by a policeman, and it was with considerable difficulty that he and 1 the lady together could convince that func- 1 tiouary that he was not the proper candidate for the look-un. The wealthy citizens of the "Hnb" have , a trick of changing their residences before the 1st of May, so as to avoid taxation on person- ! al property. It seems that Boston loses in this way every year from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 of taxes. The plan is to move out of the city into some of the small suburban towns, where taxation is low, and every year the practice is becoming more fashionable. They have some very nice young men out in Indiana, the land of easy marriages and speedy divorces. One of these lately took a girl to the county Judge at Terre Haute and got married. He had no money to pay the fee, borrowed a dollar with which he paid for a supper at a hotel, took a room tor which he could not pay at all, and in the morning told his bride he had no further use for her and went on his way. The "Bread and Butter Brigade," which demands the re-election of Grant, consists of about 31,000 postmaster; 17,000under the command of the Treasury Department, with a singnal corps of 3,000 more under different leaders, making in all 51,000 noble patriots who demand that Grant shall be kept in power in order that they may continue to hold office and serve the country for their own good. Cassius M. Clay, on the 15th instant, addressed a large meeting at Stanford, Kentucky, arraigning the cruel policy and corrupt practice of the radical wing of the Republican party, and pronouncing in favor of the liberal movement, to which he said he committed himself, regardless of any considerations as to its probable success, because he believed it to be right in principle, sound in policy and patriotic in sentiment. f Says the Cincinnati Enquirer: "There is again talk that ex-President Andrew Johnsou will be elected to the next Congress from one of the East Tennessee districts. He is in the prime of life?is too ambitious in character and aggressive in disposition?has too many old resentments which he wishes to gratify?to permit him to remain permanently out of public life. The statement which has been made that no other President ever ; took any other position after retiring from J the presidency is a gross error." The En- j quirer goes on to cite the cases of Presidents Washington, Adams, Madison, Monroe, John i Quincy Adams, Van Buren, Tyler and Fillmore, all of whom either served in public j stations or were prominent in political life af- j ter retiring from the presidency. A long and eloquent speech by Governor B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, at Topeka, j Kansas, delivered a few days ago, is being quite extensively printed and read in the West. The address was made before the Kansas Liberal Mass Convention, and was one of the clearest and ablest definitions of the Liberal movement yet made. The governor began by briefly recapitulating the recent history of the country and the causes which have led gradually to the inception and growth of the opposition to the administration within the Republican party. He ! showed distinctly the necessity for bb entire ! reform in the system of national government; J that a policy of peace and not of hatred j should prevail; that the corruptions which | jiave so long fattened at the capital must be mooted out; that the limits of State and national authority should be respected as in former .times; that i]ie military should be subordinate to civil fple ;.apd that the government should , l>e administered fpr the benefit of the whole country, and not for .the /emolument of any .class or clique or a few private individuals. | TJbo sentiment, he said, was rapidly bqreming i widespread and abiding, and the dissatisfaction was as inteuse among the Republicans as among the other opponents of the administration. And in view of these facts he counselled the convention to act with discretion and calmness, but also with vigor and promptness. The importance of the present crisis could not be overrated, and upon the loyal action of truly loyal citizens, irrespective of party, the fate of the nation was depending. The whole address was received with the attention and applause its independent and patriotic tone deserved. Ibc ffltMI* (frtupiiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25,1872. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "aildresslabel" 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 terpis for subscription, advertising and jobwork, arecash, in advance GOING WEST, We are satisfied that it is the purpose of a considerable number of our people to migrate as soon as practicable. The majority of these individuals are young persons just commencing life. We have no inclination to dissuade these persons from such a step, but it would be wise in them to weigh all the facts in the case. The main reasons for migration, at present, is the great amount of pour, wom-out land that is in the State of South Carolina, and the notoriously bad government of the State. Accepting both these alleged reasons as facts, it may be asked with propriety, can we better ourselves by going West? It is true, that much of the State of South Carolina is little better than a barren glade. The lands have literally bgen ruined by a prodigal mode of agriculture. The government of South Carolina in the letter is partizan, and in the administration it is very corrupt. These are facts. No effort is made to conceal them. We all see and feel them. Still, bad as things are in South Carolina, there are some rare advantages; and in the West there are many disadvantages. We have no inclination to deal in odious comparisons; but we feel safe in saying that there are social advantages in South Carolina that cannot be found in the West, except in those portions which are like South Carolina?worn-out. This may sound strange, but it is a fact. The man that settles in a new country will find schools, churches, mills and good neighbors scarce. There are portions of the West in which these institutions of religion and civilization are as convenient as they are in Soutli , Carolina ; but one of two things will be found , inseperably connected with such localities. Either the land is worn-out, or if not wornout it is rated so high that men in moderate circumstances cannot purchase it. Let it be admitted that the lands of the West are superior in fertility to those of South Carolina, and still it does not follow that it is always ^ wise to go West. The lands of Egypt, Ireland and of various parts of South America are far j superior in fertility to any lands in the West, i Would it be wise in western men to emigrate ( to Egypt or South America, or even to the Emerald Isle? We think, as a rule, there can J be but one answer to this question. , The past forms a safe rule by which to judge , the future. Have those who removed West < from South Carolina, during the past, increased in wealth and the arts of civilization more l than those who remained in the State? Here | r?oin o/o rtiolilro fr? makfi r.nmnarisons and state results, but we honestly believe that the | facts will bear us out when we say that those who removed West, say fifty years ago, and | during the included period up to the present, 1 have made no greater advancements than , those who remained. There is another fact , that should be mentioned in this connection. Those who migrated from South Carolina fifty ] years ago are as dissatisfied with their present j home as they were with South Carolina before , they left it. Emigrants are like wild geese. , We, in the South, say of wild geese in the spring, that they are on their way to the great lakes of the North; those residing near these lakes find them still on the wing and say they are bound for the Artie seas, and no one has yet discovered where their fixed abode is. Facts are facts, and one of these is that poor men have accumulated fortunes in South Carolina, and at the same time enjoyed all the advantages of civilization. There is no country in the world more healthy than the upper and middle sections of the State of South Carolina. It is emphatically the place for a poor man. Land is cheap and productive, and a good market is convenient for all the products of the soil. With respect to the government of South Carolina we wish we could speak favorably. Tbis we cannot and be truthful. Still we have not lost all hope and, more than this, we cannot better ourselves much by going West. The difference which exists between the government of the several southern States is about the difference which exists between six and half a dozen. South Carolina is the six, and each of the other southern States is the half dozen so far as government is concerned. It may be that when we get rid of our nuisances, the troubles of the other .southern States will commence. This is, however, only conjecture. Bad as our government is, we doubt whether it is policy to get rid of it by going to some place else. Water will find its level, and that the government of South Carolina will utimately change for the better we earnestly hope and firmly believe. PROCEEDINGS*^OF CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 16th, bills were pass ed providing for the redemption and sale ot lands under the several acts levying direct taxes, and to promote the development of the mining resources of the country. In the House, a bill was reported from the committee on ways and means for reducing the tariff $19,000,000, and the internal revenue 813,000,000. A statement was made showing the proposed reduction on each class of articles. It is proposed to tax spirits 65 cents and tobacco 20 cents. On the 17th, several bills were reported from the judiciary committee and passed; among them, one providing that where polls are kept open for several days at a State election occurring at the same time with the Presidential election, the poll for the latter shall continue for the same time. The sum of $50,000 was appropriated to pay for instruments to enable scientists to observe the transit of Venus in 1874. The House passed a bill appropriating $331,411.32, to the West Point Military Academy. The civil service bill was then discussed until adjournment. On the 18th, the Senate was engaged in passing bills relating to the District of Columbia. Mr. Sumner's bill to prohibit dis crimination between colored and white children of the public schools in the District of Columbia went over. The House consumed the entire day discussing the civil service bill, the principle feature being a speech by Butler, opposing the bill. In the Senate, on the 19th, a bill was reported doubling the present subsidy of the Pacific Mail Steamship line, so as to provide for semi-monthly trips; and a bill to break up straw bidding in the postal department was reported from the committee of conference and concurred in. The civil service bill was debated in the House, and ordered recommitted by a vote of 97 to 79. The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to the sending of United States troops into South Carolina, in which he states that, at his request, the then Attorney^ 1 f A 1- ?*\ InnrtlUJoa i?a. vjreuerui ktjiiiiiiny vibilcu tuc luvanuui ?vported in insurrection, and that he reported to him that in certain counties in that State combinations to prevent free political action did exist; that such combinations embraced two-thirds of the active white population, and had the sympathy of the other third ; that they were bound to secresy by oaths, which they were taught to consider more binding than oaths in a court of justice; that they were organized and armed, and had committed many murders and other outrages, intimidating citizens and controlling the juries in the local courts, and in some cases the United States courts. He had received information of a similar nature from various other sources?from the joint committee on Southern outrages, from the military officers stationed there, from the United States marshals and attorneys there, from repentant and abjuring members of the organization, and * especially from special officers of the Government sent there to investigate the state of affairs. All or nearly all these reports, except that of the Attorney-General, were made orally, but all showed that the combinations were organized and armed, and by their acts prevented local legislation. The House then adjourned until Monday. In the Senate, on the 20th, a bill was passed authorizing the building of a bridge across the Mississippi river at Brownsville, Nebraska. The Texas Pacific railroad bill also passed. The bill for free tea and coffee came up, when an amendment being moved for free coal and salt the matter was postponed, and at a later hour, a call being made upon the question, no quorum was present. The proceedings of either House, on the 21st, were unimportant. The North Carolina Senatorial contest was before the Senate, but no action was taken. STATE ITEMS. ? Arrests of citizens charged with being Ku-Klux are still made in Laurens and Newberry counties. ? Five, thousand four hundred sacks of guano?equal to 540 tons?have been received at Chester the present season. ? Four thousand dollars have been subscribed by the Israelites of Columbia, towards the erecting of a new Synagogue in that city. ? The Enterprise says that in Greenville there are two candidates for State Senator, two for Clerk of the County Court, and about forty for Sheriff. ? The ku-klux prisoners and witnesses confined in Charleston, were last week vaccinated at the expense of the United States govern men t. ? On Tuesday of last week, seventy-three crates of green peas were shipped from Charleston to New York. In Charleston, green peas ire selling at twenty-tive cents per quart, ana strawberries at $2. ? The editor of the Columbia Phoenix, while recently passing through Baltimore, was robbed of seven hundred dollars in money and a gold watch. The robbery occurred in a sleeping car. ?A severe tornado passed over the plantations in the vicinity of Pocotaligo recently. Trees were uprooted, barns and sheds thrown down, fences scattered, and considerable damage was caused. ? The School Commissioner of Richland has directed the closing of the public schools in that county until further orders. The reason for this cause is that there is no money in the treasury to pay the teachers. ? The Union gives currency to rumors which are freely circulated in Columbia, that for want of funds in the State Treasury, the operations at the penitentiary, and the affairs at the State Lunatic Asylum, are much embarrassed. ? The Reporter learns that Sam'l Randall, formerly of Chester, was arrested at Meridian, Mississippi, with a number of other prominent citizens of that place, recently, for a violation of the enforcement act. He was admitted to bail. ? Colonel D. "Wyatt Aiken, the Secretary of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, proposes to canvass the State during the next six months, with a view of awakening a more lively interest in the cause of Agriculture. ? The Spartan reports the following recent arrests in Spartanburg of persons charged with Ku-Kluxing: Wm. Owens, Tom Zimmerman, Daniel Miles, John Petty, Russel Brown, (colored,) Solomon Taylor, Peter L. Speck, Frauk Watt, Richard W. Lee, James K. Lee, Madison Crocker, Geo. W. Kirby and H. R. Murph. ? The School Commissioner for Charleston having ascertained from the State Treasurer that there is no immediate prospect of receiving the quota of school funds allowed for that county, informs the teachers that unless they are able and willing to submit to the delay iu payment, that the schools must be at once closed. ? The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News says that owing to the failure of the State Treasury to pay any of the appropriations for the Lunatic Asylum, Dr. Ensor, the superintendent of that institution, has been compelled to write to the Probate Judges of the several counties that if the State authorities do not do something to sustain the institution before the first proximo, it will have to be closed and the patients taken in charge by their respective counties. ? Major J. A. Leland, Dr. W. E. Black, Dr. Thomas McCoy and Capt. James McCarley, arrested a few weeks ago in Laurens, charged with violating the Enforcement Act, were examined before Commissioner Boozer, in r^nlnmViio nn Sofnr/lnv loaf on/1 mmmiff " V ? to jail for trial at the present term of the United States Circuit Court in Charleston. B. S. Jones and Harvey W. Anderson, of Laurens, were granted bail in the sum of $3000 each, to appear when called for. ? The County School Commissioner of Chester informs the Reporter that he applied to State Treasurer jParker last weeh for the apportionment of the school fund due that county, and waB informed by that official that there was no money now in the treasury, and that there would be no possibility of his getting the money for school purposes before next fall; and a considerable probability that j he would not get it then. The School "Comj missioner advises all teachers who are de' pendent for a living upon receivibg their pay rggulaiTyto close their schools, anffneekother employment. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Charlotte was visited by a severe thunder storm on Thursday morning last. ? It is stated that a large number of northern settlers have recently purchased land in the vicinity of the town of Henderson. i ? A man named Blaine was found hanging to a tree in Hendereou county last week. It is supposed he committed suicide. ? Col. Bushyhead, chief of the Cherokee Iudians, has gone to Washington on business connected with his tribe. ? The rate of taxation in North Carolina for the coming year is 381 cents on the hundred dollars valuation of property?less than 4 mills on the dollar. ? J. W. Albertson has been appointed by the Governor Judge of the 1st circuit, vice C. C. Pool, resigned. Mr. Pool resigns in order to be a candidate for the State Senate. ? Four negro prisoners, two charged with murder, and two with larceny, broke jail in Rutherfordton one night last week and made their escape.. ? The steam saw and grist mills, together with the large tannery, belonging to W. C. Smith, of Anson county, were burned on the 14th instant. The fire was accidental; loss, $20,000. ? There was a heavy frost all along the line of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad on Tuesday night, but hopes are entertained that it has not effected much damage. ? H. M. Miller, a deputy U. S. Marshal, writes a letter in the Cleveland Banner, contradicting the reports that no officer of the law could perform his duties in that section without the aid of federal troops. He says he has made many arrests without receiving any resistance, and has been treated kindly by all. ? Under the impression that his political disabilities have not, and will not soon be removed, Gen. Scales has written a letter, urging his friends not to bring his name forward as a candidate for Governor before the Conservative State convention to be held iu Greensboro. He recommends the nomination of moderate, though firm and reliable men, extreme in nothiog, save in devotion to the best interests of the State. ? The storm of last Thursday was quite destructive in sections of North Carolina, as well as this State. In Mecklenburg considerable damage was done to houses, fences and trees; and in Gaston the injury inflicted was even greater. A Mrs. Adam Hdffman, of the latter county being caught in the storm, sought refuge in a negro c&hin, which was blown down, killing her, and severely injuring a negro woman. SEVERE STORITAT CHESTER. On Thursday last a severe storm visited the town of Chester, doing a great amount of damage, and inflicting a loss variously estimated at not lees than 860,000. A correspondent of the Charlotte Despatch gives the followiug particulars: The tornado commenced at the old steam saw mill of Major Eaves, destroying it and four or five houses belonging to colored persons. Moving on, it completely destroyed the McNinch tan-yard, very badly damaged the residence of Senator Wimbush (colored,) destroying the outbuildings and sweeping away fences and uprooting trees. The watchman's house at the depot was blown over and himself and wife very much injured. William Quattlebaum's house was demolished, and Robeson's mill roof was blown off and his shed destroyed. The Killian houses were very much injured. John McCaughrin's dwelling was totally destroyed, and Mrs. Beard's house was blown to pieces. The Albright House, now occupied by Judge Mackey, was knocked into a cocked hat. John Simpson's house is verv much damaged and his outbuildings a total wreck. Pagan's store is very much the worse for the storm, and Dr. A. H. Davega's house is a heap of ruins. G. W. Melton's store damaged, his house and outbuildings demolished. The houses and fences as far as Grassy Run, .... * i-ii i . 1 which is two miles from unester, are aesiroyea or very seriously injured. Mrs. Sledge's house was blown twelve feet, but I think no person was hurt. The houses of John Lilly, Archer Hogg, Emeline Morrison and the old Morrison place are all destroyed. The chimneys were blown off the Alexander House and the McAfee Hotel. The old hotel was very much injured, and the front of Luck's store was blown off. No one was killed, though thirty-one were hurt, one or two seriously. One negro (Harrison Baily) was blown up into a tree standing about seventy-five feet from where the wind strack him. Between thirty and forty houses are so badly injured as not to be in' habitable or are totally destroyed. WASHINGTON ITEMS. ? The entire session of the House Committee on elections on Friday was consumed in hearing arguments in the contested election case of Bo wen vs. DeLarge. ? The Senate committee on post offices have reported in favor of the passage of the postal telegraph bill with amendments, incorporating a company to contract with the Post Master General to furnish postal service. The House has also under consideration a bill relating to the same subject. ?The House judiciary committee has decided to report a bill suspending the limitation of fees governing the marshals of United States Courts in the case of Col. Louis E. Johnson, and to allow him all the fees earned during the continuance of the ku-klux trials in South Carolina. The significance of this action lies in the fact that the fees which Mr. Johnson may retain are limited to 86,000 a year, and the suspension of the limitation will give him $20,000 or more. ?Adjutant-General Townsend has had published copies of the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States denying the juris-diction of the Stafe courts to issue a writ of I hnhpn<t rnmvst for the discharge of a person held under the authority, or claim or color of authority, of the United States by an officer of that Government, when that fact appears upon application for the writ; or to continue proceedings under the writ, when issued after information in this respect has been given of the return of the writ by the officer having the custody of the prisoner. These are sent to each army officer or station in the shape of General OrderNo. 16, and to others interested. Facts for the Thoughtful. A gentleman who has been traveling through several of the upper counties of this State, says that he found it almost impossible to procure forage fqr his stock. Fodder sells readily at fifty cents per dozen bundles. In fact, he stated that it was only as an act of mercy that it could be procured at that price. A certain provision merchant in one of the | grain growing counties of this State, reports ! that he ha$ sold one thousand barrels of flour since the first day of last January. $e js ; not the only flour merchant in his town, j These, with many other facts of a similar i i kind, tell us where the money goes. t LOCAL ITEMS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. Kt Roberts, Clerk of Board?Road Notice. John C. Kuykendal?Insect Instinct?Wine of Tar?Blood and Liver Pills?Ricinine Hair Tonic?Cod Liver Oil. M. Strauss A Son?Our Stock of Goods?Shoes? Dress Goods?Hats and Ready-Made Clothing?White Goods?Notions and Fancy Articles?Summer Balmorals?Cutlery, Ac.? Look to Your Interest. . ' * M. Strauss?Singer's Sewing Machine. T. M, Dobson A Co.?Cash?Cigars?Cow Bells? 12i cents?Shoes?Sheeting?Perfumeries? Cassimeres?Ready-Made Clothing?Dress Goods?Ladies' Hats?Thanks?Nice Calicoes?Trunks?Hardware?For my Sake and for your Sake?Something New?Our Grocery?Remember the 1st of May. J. H. Adams?"The Old Established House" to its-Numerous Friends. Greeting. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matterof Jeremiah T. Walker and William West. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the Matterof William M. Thomas. THE 8TATE LICENSES. The attention of pergons interested is directed to the fact that the time for taking out licenses under the recent Act of the Legislature, expires on Tuesday next After that date the penalties of the law will be rigidly enforced, as the Auditor is not vested with authority to grant further indulgence. IMPRISONED AT YORKVILLE. Dr. W. J. Trent, of Virginia, who was recently convicted in the U. S. Circuit Court at Charleston, of violating the internal revenue laws, and sentenced to six months imprisonment, has been sent to the jail at this place to serve out his sentence. He was first arrested in this place last December. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. We learn from Mr. James Mason, agent at the Depot in this place, that during the present season about two hundred and fifty tons of commercial fertilizers have been i i .1 tt* ir n ,?i J snipped over cne iving s iviouniain rtauroau. Although the quantity has much exceeded that of any previous year, the supply ha? not been equal to the demand. ; ARRESTED IN GEORGIA* We learn fVom the1 Charleston papers that Mr. J. P. Hood, of this county, was a short time ago arrested in Georgia, on the charge of violating the Enforcement Act, and was last week taken to Charleston by State Constable Hendricks. On Friday last he wad admitted to bail in the sum of $10,000, with Messrs. J. R. Boylston, C. P. Dunham and H. Bischoff as sureties. THE MILITARY PRISONERS. , On the 18th, R. T. Riggins was transferred from the prison here to Charleston; and on the 20th, Cort. Moss, Adolphus Smith and Robert Parks were released on bond. . The following persons were committed to jail on the 19th : Jonathan Moore, A. W. Holt, L. H. McSwaiu, of York county ;R. L. Harmon, Albert Francis, Andrew Husky, of Cleveland county, N. C.; M. L. Ross, of this county, on the 20th, and on the 23rd, J. L, Moss, of York. THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. We acknowledge the reception from Hon. James L. Orr, Commissioner for South Carolina, of a pamphlet copy of the Proceedings of the United States Centennial Commission at Philadelphia, which commenced its session on the 4th of March to make arrangements for celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It is the intention, in connection with the celebration, to hold a grand Industrial Exhibition, the plan of which has been heretofore published in the Enquirer. THE CAMPAIGN OPENING. The Rock Hill Lantern of Tuesday last, says: "We had an informal public meeting in Rock Hill last Saturday afternoon. The meeting was exceedingly small, but close attention was paid to the remarks of the orators. Alex. Harris, a preacher, and one of the most honest and respectable colored citizens in York county, opened the Liberal Republican compaign in South Carolina with a first-rate speech. He denounced Scott and the swindling carpet-bag government of the State, and spoke in favor of conciliation and good feeling between the two races. He was followed by Mr. Jonathan N. McElwee, who spoke in his usual eloquent and forcible manner. He poured hot shot into the Radical ranks, and made some telling hits on the party." A NARROW ESCAPE. On Friday evening last an accident, from the careless handling of coal oil, occurred in Dobson's Grocery store, which came near proving a serious calamity to the town. About half past eight o'clock, while one of the clerks was engaged in filling a jug with oil, which he had just drawn from a barrel, the funnel overflowed, and a lighted candle being near, ignition at once took place, and soon the whole interior of the building appeared to be in a sheet of flame, as the blaze was communicated from the jug to the barrel containing several gallons. The oil claims to be of the non-explosive kind, and fortunately iUwas that it happened to be of the quality represented ; for had an explosion ensued, the flames would hay.e bppp unmanageable, and a considerable portion of the business part of the town destroyed. The damage, however, was alight, some few articles of goods being burnt or injured, and, the building scorched in several places, while two or three of those engaged in extinguishing the flames were burnt, though not seriously, about the hands and arms. . It is but proper to say that Mr. Dobson does not deal in illuminating oils of any kind, the barrel which caused the mischief having been placed with him by a friend for temporary storage, and it was for the owner of the oil, without Mr. Dobson's consent or knowledge, that the clerk was filling the jug. EDITORIAL INKIINGS. The Shooting of Minor Paris. From the Washington papers we learn that Major'Merrill telegraphs to the Adjutant Wo? T^nr-ioff monf tVio ftillnw. VJCUC1 Al U1 bUC I f Ul i^V|<Wi VIMWWV VMW avaav ** lag account of the shooting of Minor Paris: "Friday the 12th, Minor Paris, indicted for ku-klq? murder, was shot and killed by troops acting as possee to United States marshal, while he was escaping the efforts of the loap: shaj to arrest him op a hepph warrant of the circuit court. Telegrams to newspapers to create sensation, headed 'Diabolical Outrage,' are totally false." The First Presbytery. , The first presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, held its regular Spring meeting at Coddle Creek church, five miles east of Davidson College. The sessions of the presbytery commenced on Monday the 15th instant, and closed on the 16th. The attendance was full, and the reports from the various churches favorable. A call fpr the pastoral labors of J. M. Todd was sent up from the congregation of Winnsboro, and by him accepted. ' IW'presbyjtery has four theological students, six months advanced, under its care. ( N. C. State Republican Convention. -tt? ?he J^orth Carolina State Republican CopyentiQn assembled in jRal- igh on the 17th jusfant, and was in session '.wq days. jQver five hundred delegates were present. On the first day Gov. Caldwell was nominated for reelection, he receiving on the first ballot 58 *otes. Settle, who was ^he choice of the Grant administration, 28 votes, and General Dockery 14 On the second day of the session the ticket was completed by the followi ing nominations: For Lieut. Governor, Curtis H. Brogden ; for Secretary of State, W. H. Howerton, of Rowan ; for Treasurer, David A. Jenkins, present incumbent; for Attorney-General, T. R. Hargrove, of Granville; for Superintendent nfPnhlie Instruction. Rev. James Reid. of Franklin; for Superintendent of Public Works, Silas N. Burns, of Chatham ; and for Auditor, John Reilly, of Cumberland. Resolutions were adopted endorsing Grant and the administration of Caldwell, and declare in favor of universal amnesty, and take a wide range iu behalf of education. A plan of organization was adopted, and Judge Settle and Marcus Irwin, with seven assistants, were appointed electors for the State. Del-' egates to the Philadelphia convention were also appointed. Resolutions were adopted endorsing Governor Holden, who is characterized as a martyr in exile at Washington, and the hope expressed that the time is not far distant when he shall retnrn to his native State to battle for the Union. THE KU-KLUX TRIALS. Charleston, April 15,1872. The Court commenced its sitting pursuant to adjournment?Judges Bond and Bryan presiding. Miles McCulloch, of York county, was called up to plead to an indictment for conspiracy against Henry.Brown and Brutus Qood, and pleaded guilty. Wesley Smith, Leander Spencer and William Smith pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and murder, and being without counsel, John F. Ficken, Esq.. was assigned by the court to conduct their defense. The case of William Lowry, of York county, charged with conspiracy against Dick Wilson, was then taken up. The defendant pleaded not guilty^ and Col. S. P. Hamilton and Maj. Hart appeared as his counsel. After some delay the jury was constituted as follows: Gilbert Pillsbury, white, foreman ; John C. C. Levy, white; JamesF. Green, white; Thomas W. Rnrrif Tvfiifo * Tomfla TViKHin wliitfl1 fhnrlna A Darling, white. James Moultrie, colored; Lee Brewer, colored; JohnS. Edward, colored; Alfred Birch, colored; Braxton Brown, colored, and Matthew Wilson, colored. The indictment was then read over to the jury. It contains four counts, charging the defendant, first with conspiring in April, 1871, against Dick Wilson, a colored citizen of York county, to prevent him from voting in October, 1872, and fourth, conspiring against Dick Wilson because he had voted in October, 1870, for A. S. Wallace as member of CoilgresA?all in violation of the Enforcement act or May, 1870. i Mr.Corbin then addressed the jury, saying that they had heard the indictment, and he expected to prove the charges therein contained. The government then began calling their old stand-bys, the witnesses who had been put upon the stand at nearly .every trial at the late term in Columbia, to testify to the nature of the Ku-Klux Klans. The first was Lawson B. Davis, who repeated very glibly the testimony that he had given a score of times before. Efts story was that he had lived in York county since September, 1869; that he was initiated in January, 1871, into an order called the Invisible Empire of the Couth; was sworn in by J. Wesley Smith at his own house; only attended one meeting, that was held one night in January at an out-of the-way place on the bottom lands of Bullock's Creek; bad a small fire made of trash and brush wood ; by the light of fhat fire he had read the constitution and by-laws of the order, and had then indignantly withdrawn from the organization because it was a political conspiracy; on that occasion they elected Charles By ers chief, William Good, night hawk, and himself secretary ; he had never had anything to do with them after that night; afterwards had been told of their killing Charlie Good for voting the Republican ticket; was told of this by J. Wesley Smith and J. Madison Smarr ; had also heard of the whipping of other negroes for the same reason. The witness was cross-examined by Col. Hamilton. He said he had read the constitution and by-laws by the light of a trash fire on the night of the meeting; remembered its contents perfectly, and swore that the one produced by the district ilia ai/iAjj uuy woo 1*110 oauio uuc , aucrv ui ?*uo nxxipEings and the murder of Charlie Good, because e had been told of them at the time, and from hearing the testimony at Columbia; after the killing of Charlie Good, the members of the Klan had told all the neighbors in the locality about it; suppose they did that to keep it a secret, so as to get all the neighbors into complicity in the affair, and give them a reason for concealing it; haa gone to Major Merrill voluntarily and made his statements, and had never been arrested. Thomas L. Berry was next put upon the stand, and recited the same testimony that he had given several times in Columbia, and which has frequently been reported. He testified to a number of outrages, including the killing of Charlie Good and the shooting of two other colored men. He detailed the circumstances of all these cases with the utmost minuteness, and with a facility that had evidently been acquired by long practice, but on being cross-examined by Colonel Hamilton he admitted that he had witnessed none of the occurrences, and had only heard of them. The next witness, Osman Guntharpe, was one of the same sort. He knew nothing of the defendant, and had never seen him until coming into court, and no attempt was made to connect the defendant with any of the outrages to which he testified. Sarah Wilson, colored, was next called, and was the first witness whose testimony bore directly upon the case. She testified that on Tuesday night in April, 1871, a party of disguised men had come to her house searching for her husband and threatening violence to him. While they were in her house she had a pine torch, and by this light she had recognized the defendant, William Lowery, by his breeches, which were of mixed, country-made jeans. Almost every one about there wore mixed, country-made jeans breeches, but she recognized these particular breeches as being the defendant's, and was, therefore, positive in her identification of him. Some of the party had then gone to the adjoining house of her father-inlaw, Dick Wilson, or "Big Dick Wilson" as he was generally known, brought him out, laid him down in front of her door and whipped him unmercifully with their ramrods, telling him they were goingto make a good old Democrat of him. Richard Wilson, colored, the husband of the last witness, was next called up. He testified that, on the night in question, he had been "laying out" in the woods, and, seeing a party of disguised men riding upthe roaa toward his house, had followed them cautiously. There were eight in the party, and, at his house, they began firing pistols ana guns, and hunting for him. He was badly frightened, and concealed himself behind a fence on the other side of the road. Then two of the men w^nt to his father's house, brought the old man out, > laid him down on the ground in front of his (the son's) door, and whipped him as related by the last witness. They asked him about his politic^, and he told them he was a Radical and member of the League. The witness repeated a great deal of profane, indecent and abusive language used hv the diamiisod men. and said thev told him he must put a card in the paper, within ten days, renouncing Radicalism or they would come for him again. He named some of the party that he recognized, but did not identify the defendant as being one of them. "Big Dick Wilson," colored, was next called. He related the circumstances of the whipping in his own way, but told substantially the same story as testified toby the two last witnesses. He identified Lowery positively as being one of the men who had stood over hi'm and whipped him, aud said he knew him by a scar on the back of one of his hands, and by his having two fingers crooked, as the result of an injury. Knew him also by his clotheB, but did not recognize his voice. John Lyttle, white, was next called. He testified that he was a member of the Ku-Klux Klan, and bad been on the raid in question. There were ten men on the raid, and among them he named the defendant, William Lowery. The raid was for the purpose of taking guns away from the negroes, and ne heard nothing about whipping any negroes when they started. Thereliad been a raid just befpre that, by colored men, on a store kept by Mr. Douglass. The party visited several pla- I oes and collected three guns. Then they went to Dick Wilson's place, but Lowery did not go to the house, or any where near it. He (Lowery) had ho disguise, and Alf Barron, another of the party, had borrowed his mask, so he stayed behind with the horses, at a distance of a quarter of a mile from the house and out of sight and hearing. This was in direct contradiction of the other witnesses for the prosecution wbo had sworn that he was in the party that came to the house, and one of whom (Sarah Wilson) had sworn that he had on a Ku-Klux gown whioh had blown open so that shesaw and recognized his broeches. The witness, however, was not to be shaken on this point. He testified further that he had been arrested as a Ku-Klux, and had been released on throe thousand dollars bail. Then his bondsmen ** n - -i *. a 1- Ull bad surrendered mm, t|na ne was again pm m jau. He had afterward told his story to Colonel Merrill, and had then been released on his own recognizance in one thousand dollars to appear at : the present term of the court. Colonel Merrill was next called by the governI merit. He testified that no promise of favor had ! been held out to the last witness to induce him to make a statement, and that, on the contrary, lie had been distinctly cautioned not to hope for any reward ibr making a confession. A great many 1 of the arrested parties had made similar statements to him, always under a similar caution from i him, and among them was the defendant. | Colonel Harililton objected to any statement of , any confession1 made by the defendant, because, if any confession had been made, it was under duress, and while the defendant was in the clutches of the military. Colonel Merrill then related the circumstances of threi interviews he had had with the defendant. He had admitted that he had been on the raid, but denied that lie was present at the whipping. Wit ! ness told t he didn't believe he was telling the whole trut.., and that he didn't want to hear onei half of the truth. Also told him that he was one ! of those men who had been used as tools by the i influential men ot that section, and that he was a fool for holding the bag forthose other men. Had also emphatically advised him last Friday to plead ' guilty, and had told him again that morning that he was foolish to make a tight. This closed the testimony for the prosecution, i and the defense having having no witnesses to exj amine, a recess was taken until 7.30 P. M. The court re-assembled at about 7.45, p.m. Col. ! Hamilton addressed the jury for the defense, and Mr. Corbin followed for the prosecution. Judge I Bond then briefly charged the Jury. He said that' the law of conspiracy was simple. A conspiracy was an agreement todo a lawful thing by unlawful means, or do an unlawful thing by iawfa means. If a person goes into an organization hav ing for its object the intimidation or voters, ne Decomes thereby guilty of a conspiracy tor that purpose. There were three ways of finding out the objects of a conspiracy. One was by the agreement Itself; or It could be ascertained by the statements made by its members of its objects; or it could be shown by showing what the organization did in pursuance of its object. They must find not only that a conspiracy existed but that it had the object charged in the indictment This need not be its sole purpose, but it must be one of its objects. Then they must find that the defendant was a member of this conspiracy, and in that case they must find a verdict or guilty. If they did not find these facts to exist they were bound to return a verdict of acquittal. The jury retired at 8.56 P. M., and after an absence of forty-five minutes returned with a verdict of guilty on the first, second and third counts of the indictment and not guilty as to the fourth. The defendant was then remanded for sentence, and the court adjourned till ten o'clock this morning.? Charleston News, 16th instant. Charleston, April 10,1872. The United States Circuit Court met at the usual hour?Judges Bond and Bryan, presiding. An order was issued to the marshal for the removal of Hayes Hardwick, William Barnes and Garland Hardwick from Chester to Charleston. The cases of Leander Spencer and Win. Smith were called, and John F. Ficken, Esq., appeared for the prisoners, having been assigned to their defense by the court last Friday. These defendants are charged with; conspiracy and with the murder of Charlie Good, and these are the first murder cases that havfrbeen brought to trial at this term. They were arraigned, and each pleaded not guilty to the joint indictment, which charges, first, a general conspiracy to prevent divers citizens from voting, in violation of the enforcement act of May 21,1870: second, a conspiracy on the 7th of March, 1871, against Charlie-Good, and' *l_ ? r.i 1;? a nnnsnimev bliO ftUUlIK VI V/liWliD V?WV? f ?r? y against Charlie Good because he had voted in 1870, and fourth, a conspiracy against Charlie Good to prevent him from voting in 1872. ; . /, Mr. Ficken then said that be desired, just at that moment, and as a matter of form,'to enter 4 Blea as to the jurisdiction of the cqurt. He made le point that the Circuit Cohrt of the United States could not entertain the question of murder or any of the other crimes alleged in these cases, as by the act of Congress the sutQect was'confined to the District Court. He objected, therefore, that the case was improperly before the court, but he said he merely made the objection at that time, so that they could take advantage of it at the proper time in the further progress of the ease. He did not propose to make any formal argument upon the question as it had once before bean raised, and argued in that court, and was now pending upon an appeal to the Supreme Court. ' " Judge Bryan. lhat precise point has never been argued in this court. Mr. Ficken. Would the Court like to hear argument upon the.point f Judge Bond. iNo, sir. . . The process of empanelling a jury then began ? and was as tedious as usual. By the ruling Of the court on the previous day but :thirty-one names were pnt into the hat, instead of the whole ntttnbtrr of attending jnrors, and this resulted in abridging to some extent the effect of the. peremptory challenges made by the district attorney. Sue district attorney freely exercised the privilege of "standing aside" the Intelligent looking white jurors who were presented, and when the list of thirty-one had been exhausted but six Jurors bad been obtained. Itwas therf ordered by t?e cohrt that the names of those who bad been, rejected by the prosecution should be again called. 1 By tbfs means three morejurors, (white,) who had been ordered by the dlstriat attorney, to stand aside, were obtained and sworn in. 7?he jury,.as finally formed, was composed of five white and seven colored men, as follows : Jas.& Green, foreman, white: Jas. I. DaCosta. colored; Charles A. Par ling, white; Stephen Hare, colored; Alexander F. Black, white; Ehenezer M. Wells,, white; Sam-, uel W. Getty, white; Matthew Wilson, oolored ; Samuel Dickerson, colored; Alfred1 Birch, oolored; John R. Pinckney,. oolored; William A. Hayne, oolored. ' . v. ,k. ...... The indictment was then read over to the Jury, and District Attorney Corbin made his stereotyped speech in opening the case, and called the usual witnesses, who also recited their stereotyped testimony; , t<; j. , The tirst.witness was Lawson B. Davis, who related his old story about having joined the KuKlux Klan in York county, and about the constitution, oaths, grips, <fec., of the order. He also testified that William Smith, the defendant, and , J. Wesley Smith, had come to him in March, 1871, told him of the killing of Charlie Good by the Ku-Klux, and stated that they had been present at the killing. They came to him to summon him to assist in the burying of the body, and he agreed to go with them, bat afterward withdrew. He testified that the purposes of the organization were political and in the interest of the Democratic party. .. Thomas L. Berry went over the same testimony that he had given before, and also testified that, on the morning of the 10th of March, 1871, he had been told by J. Wesley Smith of the killing of Charlie Good, on the night of the 8th. Wesley Smith told him that be, with William Smith, the defendant, William White and Leander Spencer, had been present at the killing. Soon after that, the witness was summoned by J, Madison Smarr to come and assist at the burial of the body, and had gone with Smarr, J. Wesley Smith, William Smith. John Wallace, Pinckney Caldwell, Mitchell, Allen, Brown ana some others. They went to where Good had been killed, and found his body lying on the ground, tied to a saving by a strap. Some lime was thrown over the body, tjnd It was then rolled up in bagging and carried to Broad River, where two old plough-shares were strapped to the body and it was thrown Into the river by Pinokney Caldwell. v . William White, of York county, testified that he was a member of Alex. Smith's Klan. He was working for J. Wesley Smith, in March. 1871, and was told by him on the 8th of March that he (Smith) had been ordered by three chlefil of the Klan?John Mitchell. Charlie Byas and* Madison Smarr?to have Charlie Good killed, and that it had been ordered that the witness and William Smith and Leander Spencer, the defendants, should assist in the killing. They all refused at first to have anything to do with it, and tried to dissuade Wesley Smith, but that night they all went out to the road, being ordered out, as witness understood, to guard their dwellings. They then went down the road some three hundred yards and met Charlie Good, when Wesley Smith told him to come away from the road a. little ways, fbr he wanted to ask him a few questions, They took him into a field, and Wesley Smith took off one of his (Good's) own stispenaers; tibd him with it to a tree, and ordered the witness and Willlam Smith to shoot him. Witness had thought up to that time that the intention was only to frighten Good, but he then, began to think that Wesley Smith was in earnest, and asked him if he was. Smith said yes, be was in earnest They had oic ders to kill him, and mustdo it, and thathe (Good) had threatened to kill them because he said" they had been on a previous raid against hlmj Witness said "letus notkill him," and asked Good whether he would rather take one hundred lashes or be killed. Good said he would rather take one htra- , dred lashes. Theu Wesley Smith again ordered the witness to fire, and he stepped back a few paces, pointed his aqublo-barrelled gun at Good and shot him. Wesley Smith then jerked the gpn out of his hand and struck Good upon the head and face, breaking the gun oven his head. Witness could not say that the defendants, Smith qp4 Spencer, had done anything. If they had dohp anything the witness hod. not seen it. Spencer had been ordered by Wesley Smith to help him fasten Good and had refused. They might have helped in some way, butthe witness did not know that they did. , William Wilson, white, and Wilson Wilson, colored, next testified that Charlie Good had been a qualified voter, and had always voted and acted with the Radical party, and this closed the test)- . % mony Tor the prosecution.. The defense had no witnesses to offer, and.a recess until half-past seven was ordered by the court. < At the reassembling of thp court Mr. John P. Ficken addressed the jury on behalf of the defense and Mr. Eaxle replied on behalf of the government. Judge Bond then made a brief charge to the jury, denning the crime of conspiracy and the measure of proof needed to establish the fact, and defining the crime of murder and the- respopsibUity of each partyengaged or' participating m it. Tka in?w imiiynA of Q OA *P VT anrt ViAf VtaVr4n/? AUfJ JUVJ 4UMIVM ??" ?.?V * returned at eleven o'clock, the court ordered that they be kept in charge of the marshal until thfii morning at ten o'clock, to which titne the oouft adjourned.?Charleston News, 17th instant. Charleston, April 17, 1872. . At the hour of assembling of the United States Circuit Court yesterday morning, the Jury in thp case of William Smith and Leanaer Spencer, who had been out since 9.20 the preyiops evening, had not yet returned, and a long ihteryalof pelting for the verdict resulted, Neither'of the lodges were present, and the court waa at a stand still, until at 11 o'clock Judge Bryan took his seat upon the bench, and announced that he was prepared to hear any motions that the gentlemen at tne bar might desire to make lb either the District or Circuit Court. 1 .1 -i Maj. G. Lamb Buist, as counsel for Mr. John Rogers, of Union, moved for a continuance of his case until the November term of the Court. The motion was refnsed and the trial appointed for Monday next. .. . : Mr. Corbin then called up the cases of Corton Moss and Adolphus Smith. ' He said that these defendants had been indicted for murder, but that subsequent investigation had satisfied the government that there was a great probability that the charges were not true. He then moved that the defendants be released on their own recognizanoe in one thousand dollars each, which was accordingly ordered.1 . - 1 George Sylvester Wright and John 0. Robinson were next arraigned, and pleaded "guHty wan in* dictment for conspiracy against Hdrdy Cook, -ih _York county, March 7, 1871. - v " The case of Elijah- BossSapaugh, of York county, indicted at the last term of the court for conspiracy against Thomas Rouildtree, and murder,