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Straps and Jacts. Forty thousand Bibles were destroyed by the Chicago fire. The first Greeley club organized in Kentucky ordered one thousand white hats | from a Cincinnati dealer. 100,000 tons of oil are made annually j in New Orleans from cotton seed. Six estab- i lishments employ a capital of $1,500,000. j The Cincinnati Commercial notices that. "Greeley has but one brother-in-law and no j father, and his nephews are all nieces." Business in Congress is in such a state j ~ ~ .1 l I of forwardness as to leave mue or uo aouot; that an adjournment can be finally effected four weeks from Wednesday, the 29th instant ; Lewis McKenzie, a Republican dele-! gate at large for Virginia to the Philadelphia ) Convention, has returned his credentials and j declines attending that convention, and has pronounced for Greeley and Brown. The Supreme Court of the United States has adjourned until next October, without making a decision in the case of T. Jefferson Greer. The impression prevails in government circles that the court was equally divided in opinion. It is said that street costumes receutly sent over from Paris are made short enough to clear the ground. Ladies just returned from abroad are surprised to find American ladies dragging handsome silk dresses over the dirty sidewalks. The "Archibald Academy," at Pleasant Ridge, Ala., of which Mr. A. R. Banks, formerly of York county, is one of the principals, was destroyed by an incendiary fire on the morning of the 25th ultimo. The loss is considerable, including books, desks and school furniture. The school is in a flourishing condition, and the principals, undismayed by the calamity, have procured another building and gone to work again. The Washington Republican of the 7th instant says: "A telegram was received yesterday at the Department of Justice from the United States district attorney at Charle^on, S. 0., in which he says that a deputy marshal ? J riAAM/alA J use n;turuou lruiu luanuvia, ucuigia, icpviw that Capers Scott, Wesley Scott and William Harris, whom he had arrested on bench warrants issued by the Circuit Court, were forcibly taken from him by a crowd of thirty or forty men. They have a new way of treating the broken legs ofhorses, which ought to be generally known. A valuable horse in Hartford had its leg broken a short time since. The leg was carefully set by an experienced surgeon, and was covered thickly with plaster. When the plaster "set," or hardened, it kept the limb as immovable as if it had been made of iron. Thus treated, a broken leg will knit together in a brief time, and become as good as ever. Mr.E. V. Smalley, the well-known correspondent of the New York Tribune, who has for a series of years occupied the position as clerk to the House Committee on Military Affairs, was notified a day or two since, that he must resign, or be resigned to dismissal, because it was uot deemed proper that "an employee of the enemy (the Tribune) should hold any position under or receive any emolument from the Administration." Mr. S. consequently wrote a valedictory to the Committee, aud gracefully retired to his seat in the reporters' gallery.? Washington Patriot. Susan B. Anthony says: "Our cause is -? 1*?-- .1 -1 T. I J _1 just JiKe me anu-siavery cause, it uau pieuty of friends and supporters three years out of four, but ever)' fourth year, when a President was to be elected, it was lost sight of; then the nation was to be saved, and the slave must be sacrificed. So it is with us women. Politicians are willing to use us at their gatherings, to fill empty seats, to wave our handkerchiefs and clap our hands when they say smart things, but when we ask to be allowed to help them in any real, substantial way, by helping them to choose the best men for our law makers and rulers, they generally push us aside and tell us not to bother them." Judge David Davis, in conversation with a friend in Washington on Sunday last, expressed his belief that the Democracy would support Greeley. He insisted that this was a popular movement iu which the politicians would have to follow the people. Greeley was a man of the people. Every man and boy in the country felt that he was in some way or other his friend, and that they owed him a debt of gratitude which they would repay with a vote. The farmers will be for him, and the foreigners will be enthusiastic for him. If the negroes don't vote for him they ought to be put back into slavery, for it will be proof positive that they have no gratitude. Since Mr. Greeley has been put in nomination by the liberal Republicans, what he has said and may say will be read with interest. Hear him as reported by a Washington letter-writter : "I saw the old man on Saturday, and he is mad clear through. He says he never was so little a politician and so much interested in a campaign as now. The English language is totally inadequate for his use when talking of the Administration, and he freely asserts that even should the Philadelphia Convention throw Grantover, he wouldn't support any of the d?d gang of thieves. The Democrats, he says, helped us to break up Tammany, and now we are going to help the Democrats break up a worse set than ever Tammany was." Hon. A. H. Stephens, in a lengthy editorial in thp Atlanta Si in nitchps into An gust Belmont and his Democratic coadjutors for what h3 styles trying to "hitch the Democratic car to the Radical engine" at Cincinnati by working up Charles Francis Adams as a candidate to the Presidency, and comments, in a characteristic vein, against the policy of giving up the "Jeffersonian platform," or of Democrats voting for any other than Democratic candidates. He trusts they will not, for a moment, entertain the idea of choosing between Gen. Grant and Mr. Greeley. It is true, he says, that Greeley went bail i for Mr. Davis, but Grant prevented the arrest of General Lee. Besides, he adds, if Mr. Greeley has ever raised his voice against either of the "enforcement acts," even the infamous ku-klux act, he is not aware of it. j He does not suggest, however, any practical [ way out of tribulation for his brethren of the i South. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier writes as follows from Atlanta, Ga., May 11: "Deputy Marshal Hendricks, unfortunately for his comfort, returned to this j city upon another kidnapping expedition a j few days since, and arrested Thos. Hancock,! a young man formerly of Spartanburg county, j who leu that county some six mouths since, j and for the last four months has been a clerk ! here for Messrs. Kiser & Co. The warrant; under which he arrested this young man was drawn against Wesley Scott and Joshua Shears, whose names were scratched out and Hancock's name interlined. It was brought out in the evidence that Hendricks and NoraA-aw fKn n?*rnof trv TTonoaaIt fqf I 119 SMbW) UU^i bllV UUVOl) bV AAUUVVVtt, bMWIl he would not have arrested him if Scott had not got away. Col. R. A. Alston, known fa-' miliarly about Charleston as "Bob," wa3 call-! ed in as counsel for Hancock, in connection with General Garlington, who is familiar with the handwriting of Daniel Horlbeck, United States District Clerk of South Carolina. He , pronounced the signature to the bench war-! rant a forgery, and not Mr. Horlbeck's writing, when a telegram was sent him to Charleston, i Mr. Horlbeck promptly answered that no warrant had been issued from that court against Thomas Hancock. Instantly a warrant was ' issued for Hendricks, who was arrested for jmlse imprisonment and kidnapping. An in-1 vestigation was held this afternoon, which has been continued until next Thursday, in order that evidence may be obtained from Charleston convicting him of forgery. General Gar- j lington's denunciation of the Government, both Federal and State, in South Carolina, was a grand effort, which made even Hen-1 dricks wince. Hendricks gave bail, his seen- i rity being a United States Marshal. This kidnapping official, if he succeeds in getting clear, which is very doubtful, will probably not sail in this direction again*, but Hcmfeja, more congenial clime. This is his third expedition into Georgia, and it will probably be his last." V:' ?' '.?<} V, forMk inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.J THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1872. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "inhlresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish tbeirpapers discontinued, the date must be. kejtt in advance. Cash.?It mast be distinctly: understood that our terms for subscription,advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance ' . . JUDGE MICKEY'S SPEECH. Judge Mackey failed to arrive here for the purpose of making a public speech on Thursday last, according to appointment; but he came on the Friday afternoon train, and on Saturday evening addressed, in the Court House, a gutjdly irnmberuf citizens, cumpuscd about equally of whites and blacks, many of whom were doubtless impelled by the novelty of a speech on political topics by one holding the important judicial position to which Judge Mackey has but recently been elevated. Occupying the stand with Judge Mackey, were Major Briggs and Hauibal White, members of the Legislature from this county, by the first named of whom the Judge was intro duced to the audience. On addressing the citizens of the historic county of York, on which Occasion it was his first visit to this section of the State, Jiidge Mackey expressed his, regret at the coolness with which he was received by inen of his own race and color, who, differing with him in their political views, deOmed it sufficient cause to place a social barrier between himself and them. As a native Carolinian, educated by the bounty of the State, in whose service he had passed through two wars, he asserted his devotion to her best interests, and the principles which he believed to be for the political salvation of our people. As a reason for thus addressing the people, he stated that in consequence of his present position, and the relations he now sustained toward the people of this judicial circuit, a number of citizens had invited him so to do, and that it was in compliance with their wishes that he then and there gave expression to his views upon various questions now agitating the public mind, from which he hoped a just estimate would be formed as to his motives and the line of conduct by which he was governed. The first topic which came under his review was ku-kluxisra, and the acts of violence which he asserted had been committed in this immediate section of the State. The arming of the negroes to the exclusion of the whites, which he admitted to be wrong, and characterized as an inexcusable blunder for which Governor Scott was responsible, was the al* * * * _ _ I TL legea cause 01 inese scenes 01 violence, me action of arming the negroes alone, he deprecated as being wrong in principle and contrary to the contemplation of the law, while it seemed to afford a plausible pretext for kukluxism ; yet he believed if there had been no negroes in the State, the same acts would have been perpetrated and the same means of intimidation exercised toward all humble white men who might have presumed to act with the Republican party. He admitted the mal-administration of State officials without designating any particular officer, and said that a vast amount of public funds had been misapplied or misappropriated, in consequence of which nearly all the public free schoolsof the State are closed, and many other charitable and public institutions greatly embarrassed. He contended that the principles of the Republican party were not responsible for this condition of affairs. Bad men had been elevated to office; but he contended that was no reason why the principles of the Republican party should be abandoned, or why honest and well-meaning Republicans should desert their colors. So far from deserting the party, its columns must be strengthened, and the great evils of maladministration, of which he admitted the taxpayers justly complained, must be corrected inside the Republican lines, by selecting, for responsible positions, the best men of the party. He dwelt upon the magnanimity of the negroes toward the whites under the new order of things. As an instance of their generosity, he cited the homestead law, the body enacting which was composed of a majority of blacks. Closing his comments upon the liberality and good feeling which he was sure the negro felt for the white man, he hoped the day was not distant when the latter would feel it to be to his interest to meet the negro on the same generous terras. The devotion of the negro to country and principle he illustrated by the fact that a company was raised in this county during the revolutionary war to meet the invading Britton, and that they performed good service; while, with his own eye, he had seen the servants of officers and men voluntarily take up muskets and fight side by side with the whites in the Mexican war. These and other facts led him to the conclusion that the negro would do to trust, and that he was capable 'of being a good citizen. Within the past two weeks he had an interview with President Grant. The President's greatest solicitude at this time seemed to be the condition of affairs in the South. He had learned with extreme sorrow that the ku-klux organization was composed of men who had fmicrht. valifintlv under the Confederate flaer. O" J ? which fact, with another, to-wit, that these men were under parole of honor to conduct themselves as law-abiding citizens, rendered the case more aggravating. The Judge said that on this point he informed the President that he had been misled; that he stated to President Grant that of all the ku-klux who had made confessions or been convicted in this State, he had been unable to learn of more than two who were honorable fighting soldiers in the Confederate array. This information was gratifying to the President, who had a wrong impression of the matter, which it was his pleasure to correct. The speaker next adverted to the magnanimity, the generosity and the forbearance which have characterized Grant, both as a military officer and the chief executive of the nation, from the surrender of General Lee to the present time. It was Grant who accepted the terms of surrender without entailing disgrace upon the Confederate chieftains and their followers, and through his instrumentality the schemes of Andrew Johnson to imprision the leaders and confiscate the property of all who were prominent actors on the Confederate side, were thwarted. In this strain lie eulogized Grant and his administration at great length, closing hiir^eraarks by expressing the hope ( : that the two sections would again be united ! by the samelfcuds of brotherly love and de- J votion of common country that existed pre-; Vious to the war. " ^ Vi i4 J J"; ' "" Such is a^brief outline of Judge Mackey's speech, the principai points of;which are giv* en. ' The whole tenof of it whs simply h, de- * th^met|Je??mhe,'RepubTtein and an endorsement of President Grant and his administration. i _ 1 SOUTH CAROLINA ^EWS. ? Twelve thousand five hundred bushels of orpAPn npna lmvn been shinned North from Charleston since the opening of the season. ; ? Marion county will have about fifty-nine candidates in the field for various offices du- . . . - - 1 t ring the coming corapaign. , . ? An Episcopal Church, to be called the ^ "Church of our Saviour," is to be erected at Rock Hill. It is to be finished by the 15th of August. j '. ' ? The Neios says that Fairfield county is afflicted w.itfy forty candidates for sheriff and about three hundred for the General Assembly, while the balauce of the colored popula- ^ tion are willing to be county commissioners, ^ ? It is stated that every cent paid into the treasury, on account of Iicepses and the delinquent tax sales, will be absorbed by the payment of legislative pay certificates, there being y $800,000 worth reported issued. ? Last week the following named persons i were arrested in Fairfield county, charged with violating the Enforcement act, and lodged in the jail at Columbia: J. X. Smith, H- f\ Af T. fVvnnor \V A RftilftV. ' AX* V? JL/UUWj AU AJ* vuv^/vi j *v ? j j E. H, Heines, H. R. Flannigan, M. L. Jamison, F. B. \Vatts, J. A. Cooper. ? The ministers of Darlington have refused to receive a ''license" from the State authorities to preach the Gospel, justly regarding their authority from the church of God as sufficiently ample; hence, they will pay for no State "license" unless the courts shall compel them to do so. ? Mr. George E. Windsor, Route Agent on the Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta Railroad, was arrestetl last week in Columbia, charged with a violation of* the Enforcement Act, at Chester Court House, in 1871. He was admitted to bail to await a hearing before the United States Commissioner. ? Rev. John S. Ezell, a Baptist preacher, and his son J. J. Ezell, both of Spartanburg ( county; also, W. B. Ward and R. L. Lebanon, of Uuion county, were recently arrested in Oconee county, and are now lodged in jail j at Columbia. They are charged with violating the ku-klux act. ? A short time ago, while Judge Graham was holding the Circait Court at Orangeburg, . Solicitor E. B. Seabrook became so offensive ( in his language that Judge Graham felt compelled to commit him to jail for contempt of j court. He remained in durance for twentyfour hours, and at the expiration of that time, ' upon his refusal to purge himself of the contempt, Judge Graham suspended him from the list of attorneys. j NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Thousands of locusts have made their ap- j pearance in the western part of the State. ? Joseph Holden was married to Miss Cor- < nelia Estis, of Raleigh, on the 6th instant. J ? General John A. Young, the Democratic < nominee, has been elected Mayor of Char- s lotte. ? There are 221 working lodges of the Ma- ? sonic fraternity in the State, with 11,148 s members. ? The municipal elections which took place > on Monday of last week resulted generally < in the triumph of the Conservative tickets. ' The voting in some instances was close. ? The squabble in regard to the penitentiary board having been settled, work is pro- i greasing satisfactorily on the walls of the i building. < ?Johu C. Wilkersou, an estimable citizen of Orange, while laboring under mental aber- ! ration, hung himself with a grape-vine last I week. i ? A rattlesnake six feet long, nineteen i inches in circumference, with eighteen rattles and two buttons, was killed in Brunswick < county a few days ago. ? The Raleigh Sentinel is greatly improved by the withdrawal from that paper of John i Spelman, whose place is filled by T. B. Kings- i bury, one of the most polished writers of the i South. ? Though Horace Greeley was married in North Carolina, his wife is not a native of < that State. She is a New Yorker by birth, and taught school in Warrenton, at which < place they were married in July, 1836. i ? Cumulative suffrage, says the Wilming- I ton Journal, has proved a success in that city. < The tax-payers, forming the minority of municipal voters, have elected four of the ten | aldermen, which gives them a representation i for the first time since 1868. I ? That portion of the N. C. railroad be- , tween Charlotte and Greensboro i3 to be < changed to the guage corresponding with the ( track between Greensboro and Richmond. , This alteration will secure a through route ] without change of cars to Richmond. i ? Tate's Factory, generally known as the Mountain Island Cotton Mills, in Gaston j county, was sold at auction by the executor last week. The property brought $25,000. : The factory has been standing idle ever since the close of the war, but will soon be put in , i operation. ? The Republican Congressional Couveu- -j tion which assembled in Wilson on the 9th, was a boisterous meeting. C. R. Thomas < received the nomination, his competitor be- 1 ing a negro named Hyman. Hyraan asserted that he had been beaten by fraud, aud his < adherents denounced the convention, calling ( the members a set of fools. ? The State treasurer has decided that cotton held in other States by parties in North . Caroliua, free from incumbrance or on which money or supplies have been advanced and the cotton held as collateral, is subject to taxation. He also decides that individual bonds and accounts due in other States to parties in North Carolina, are subject to taxation. POLITICAL ITEMS. ? A colored Greeley and Brown club has 1 been started in St. Louis. ( ? Ttip "New Hamnshire Republican Conven- ( tion has pronounced for Grant and Wilson. 1 ? The Republican Convention of Delaware 1 have instructed their delegates to vote for * Grant and Colfax. 1 ? The Republican Convention of Minnesota ( have instructed their delegates to Philadel- * : phia to vote for Grant and Colfax. * j ?Senator Trumbull is said to have express- ( i ed his willingness to run for Governor of II- ( linois on the Cincinnati platform. ? The Philadelphia Press says that the j1 nomination of Greeley instead of dividing the t ! Republican party, has rent the Democratic j party in twain?thns practically annihilating t I it at the beginning of the canvass. J I ?The National Republican Convention vill raloUit Philadelphia on Thursd^v the ith of Junfe. The Democratic National Oonrention will meet at Baltimore on Tuesday, he~y th of July. t.jiwc.-.? John Morrisey, the celebrated New York jambler, offerq to bet $5000 that Greeley: will jarrjr New York ; '$5000 that he1 wilt'OArr'y Pennsylvania; and $5000 that he will be elected President, provided the Democratic party na^efno domination. A " -? snr Tti oetftf^^DeTfrocrathr" wHtwr-ftr Jhicago, representing eighteen journals, it */v ?? ? I a aaIIati fka Tlomn. ivua icduivuu wj await uiu ntuuu u? wuv sratie Convention, when, if Cincinnati was mdorsed, it will receive the hearty support of Democratic Illinois. . ?i T; ? The Washington Patriot says :. "No individual, and no-journal, has any warrant or luthority for saying that the Democratic Naional Convention will riitify and accept iither the nomination of Grant or Colfax, to )e made at Philadelphia, or that of Greeley md Brown, already made at Cincinnati." ? The feeling among Democratic Congressmen in Washington towards the nominations , ? , T >f the Cincinnati Convention is reported to he ather more favorable than when the news of he nomination of Greeley and Brown was irst received! There are, however, many vho still insist' that there &hall be a straightHit Democratic ticket nominated. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Will Grant Withdraw ? A WasTiIugtoh telegram to the New fork Herald says that the Greeley ticket is jrowing in favor, and as the impulse on the )artt)f the Democrats in support of thd proposition for a regular ticket die3 away, as it Certainly is dying out, the feeliiig in favor of mother candidate than Gen. Grant finds an ucreade of friends among theGranfor adminstration wing of the party. The proposition 'or Grant to withdraw is a matter of serious consideration, says the Herald correspondent; md a statement of later date- is telegraphed Vora Washington to the Charleston News, to ;he effect that the administration Senators lave held a caneus and decided that'Grant nust be withdrawn as a candidate for renoraU lation by the Philadelphia Convention, and hat Senator Cameron was deputed to notify jlrant of the action of the caucus; Whether these rumors be true or false, it is certain that in the same proportion the Democracy go for Greeley, just to the same extent ire the chances of Grant's reelection weakened aud destroyed. Radical Reform Convention. The irrepressible Mrs. Victoria Woodiull, who labors so assiduously for the emancipation of her sex from its present thraldom, md who desires to see woman fitted for any station in life and prepared for any emergency, from the making of an apple dumpling to he wearing of a pair of pants, seems to be ;he prime mover in a political organization bearing the name of the Radical Reformers. A.s she receives inspiration from the 'spirit of he departed Demosthenes, so does she infuse he minds of her followers with the rather jhostly teachings of the defunct Roman ora?r . . ':j\, !i . On Saturday last a convention of these regenerators and reformers was held in New York. After adopting what is characterized is a "wonderful constitution," Mrs. Woodhull nade a speech, prophesying that from this convention would issue a power that would shape the world. Mrs., Woodhull and Fred Douglas were then nominated for President md Vice-PresiJent, Whereupon great confusion ensued, some of the delegates shouting 'Indians before negroes," and others suggesting the "Heathen Chinee," should Fred decline. The convention broke up in an uproar without electing officers. The Electoral Vote. The Chicago Tribune publishes a tabular statement of the vote at the last Presidential election, which shows that the Democratic party carried only seven States, viz: Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Oregon, which States give au electoral vote of 80. The total electoral vote of the different States is 357, of which 179 is necessary to a choice. The Tribune remarks that the battle-field of the campaign will be in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Of the States which voted for Grant in 1868, the following will certainly vote the opposition ticket in case he is nominated. Missouri 15 votes, North Carolina 10, Tennessee 11, West Virginia 5. Total, 41 votes. In addition to these will be the votes of the States which did not vote in 1868: Virginia 11 votes, Texas 8, Florida 4. Total, 22 votes, ill of which will be given against Grant, making an increased opposition of 63 electoral votes. A united opposition to Grant will carry all the States that voted against him in 1868, rod Arkansas 6 votes, California 6, Connec?4 & Q Ponnaultronio OA Mnaaa. lilCUL U, IXCUiaoati u, jl ^uwji.uu^ ihusetts 13, Wisconsin 10. Total, 78 votes? showing that a united opposition to Grant ;an carry over two-thirds of the electoral vote, while a divided opposition will elect aim by nearly a unanimous vote. National Democratic Convention. The National Democratic Committee, ay authority conferred upon it by the last Democratic National Convention, at a meetng held in the city of New York on Wednesday of last week, voted to hold the next Convention for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States on the 9th day of July, 1872, it 12 o'clock M., in the city of Baltimore. The basis of representation, as fixed by the iast Democratic Convention, is double the aunaberof Senators and Representatives in Dongress from each State under the apportionment census of 1870. Each State is cordially invited to send delegates accordingly. The States, of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oregon and Wisconsin were not represented in ho mpfitinc of the committee. Bigler, of California, and Bragg, of North Carolina, nembers from their respective States, have lied since the appointment of the Comrait;ee in 1868. The session of the Committee commenced ibout 2 o'clock, with August Belmont in the jhair. A motion was made, but lost, that the jail for a Democratic Convention should be jostponed. Great diversity of opinion prevailed as to the time and place of holding the Convention, and finally the choice of place vas carried in favor of Baltimore, by a vote )f three to one, the principal ground urged jeing that in that city less undue outside inluence would be brought to bear on the projeedings of the Convention than in any of the )ther contesting cities. Nothing was said or done to indicate who night secure the nomination at Baltimore, hough members from Kansas and Tennessee ixpressed themselves in favor of endorsing Creeley. Llabama Claims. The Washington Republican published ' a sensational statement on Saturday, wbjch j was also telegraphed from the capital, to the l'.; | effect that the rnegotiations pending -between : flia4Jnitod StaiesvancLBritish cabinets relir. * . tive to damages claimed by this government on account of the depredations of the Alaf bama and other Confederate war vessels,1 had 1 j ceased by the abrupt withdrawal of England | I from th^ arbitr^tiory Tlje story,is.contradict-, ! ed by by the Washington 'Chronicle. A re-poftcr -ftfrfhirt pttpbt cafterf-OTTthe-BfecretaTy 1 of State to ascertain the truth of the story, | * ? ? * .1 - m i ,i , ti I i and lie was assured Dy tnatomciai inai it was without a shadow of foundation. Correspondence on the subject is still pass- j ing between the two governments ; though the i latest intelligence from England indicates j that the United States Government has not yet made any propositions of a favorable charaoter. On Monday, the President sent to the Senate, in accordance with a resolution adopted by that body, copies of all the correspondence that has taken place in regard to the conference, and especially in reference to the claims of this government for consequential damages. The correspondence was read in executive session, and a motion to remove the injunction of secrecy failed. It is thought, however, that the treaty will be concluded at an early day in a manner satisfactory to both Governments. Southern Baptist Convention. The Southern Baptist Convention met in Raleigh, N. C., on Thursday last Among thb delegates from South Carolina we notice the-names of Rev. Drs. J. R. Boyce, John A. Bteadus, William Williams, C. H. Toy, J. C. Furman.E. T. Winkler, and J. H. Reynolds. This convention was organized in Augusta, Ga., in 1845, and this is its twenty-seventh anniversary. The States of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and the District of Columbia are embraced in its boundaries, and are represented by some five hundred delegates. The statistics of the regular Baptist churches in the States above named for the year 1871 show 510 associations, 12,425 churches, 7362 ministers, and a membership of 069,739. There were 67,814 converts baptized in these churches last year. The Convention was organized by electing the following ofljcere^ President, Eey. Dr. J. P. Boyce, of South Carolina; Vice-Presidents, Rev. Dr. J. L. M. Curry and A. P. Abell, Esq., of Virginia; A. F. Crane, Esq., of Maryland ; Professor N. K. Davis, of Kentucky. Secretaries, E. C. Williams, Esq., of Baltimore; Dr. T. S. Sumner, of Alabama. In the afternoon session a letter addressed to the Convention by a committee of native Chinese from Shantoong Province, was read, and referred to a committee. Col. Bushyhead, Chief of the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, presented his credentials as a member, and at the suggestion of Dr. Jeter a collection was taken up to relieve the destitution among his tribe. As an interesting incident of the proceedings, Dr. John A. Broadus presented the Convention with a gavel, the handle of which is of balsam wood from the banks of the Jordan near where Jesus is supposed to have been 1 rt aP tnkink ia nf nliuA UttpUiKU, nuu IUC u?uj ui nuivu w v>i v...? wood from near the spot on Olivet where the ascension is supposed to have occurred. On the second day of the session the only business completed of importance was to pledge thesum of $20,600 to the erection of a Baptist church in Rome, Italy. Stirring addresses were made on the necessity of taking a prominent stand for a Baptist church at the fountain head of Papal power. On the third day of the session the rs:?ort on the instruction of the colored people was taken up and adopted. The Convention then resumed the consideration of the report on the Sunday-School board, which after lengthy discussion was adopted. The remainder of the day was devoted to the discussion of the subject of Colored Missions' Sunday-School interests, but without arriving at any definite conclusions. No more Scaling of Debts. In the Supreme Court at Columbia last week, a decision was rendered against the scaling of ante bellum debts, which has been so prevalent in this State since the late war. The decision was rendered by Judge Wright, and concurred in by each of the other Justices. We take the following synopsis of the decision from the Columbia Union: This was an action on a promissory note date April, 5,1861, payable one day after date. The case comes to this Court on appeal, because of the unjust, erroneous and unwarranted charge of the presiding judge, which led the jury to bring in a verdict contrary to the law and the evidence, 1 cannot see any reason why a solemen contract with a good and sufficient consideration should be interferred with because it was mad? previous to. or during the nrogress of the !'ate rebel ? - o t w lion unless it was made with reference to "Confederate States notes or their equivalent." It is not claimed, or attempted to be shown that the note in question was so made, therefore it was the duty of the jury according to the law and evidence in this case, to bring in a verdict for the whole amount found to be due. AH persons have rights which all courts of justice will respect. Under our system of jurisprudence no State has the right to impair the obligation of contracts, much less has a court a right to assume to and destroy, or partially destroy, solemn obligations made between citizens. To permit persons to get rid of paying one half of their just, honest and equitable debts, because there has been a rebellion in the State, is no more nor less than offering a premium for such rebellion. It is urged by the respondent that in order to give this Court jurisdiction to review an appeal, a motion for a new trial should have been made to the Court below. When an appeal is taken, in due time after judgment is entered by the Court below, and it is found as in this case, such judgment is contrary to the law, a new trial will be granted. The motion is granted and a new trial ordered to proceed according to the rule laid down in this opinion. ? An Extra Session of the Legislature. In our advertising columns will be found a resolution adopted by a "large" (?) caucus of State Senators, asking the presiding officers of the two Houses of the General Assembly to call that body together June 10th. That large (?) causus, so we are credibly informed, pnnsintfid nf ahnnt six State Senators of the thirty-two. What motive they have in desiring to inflict another session of likd Leg- 1 islature upon the people we are at a loss to conjecture. If they aesire to place the State beyond even a possible hope of redemption from its present distressed condition, they could no more effectually accomplish such a purpose than calling the Legislature together again this summer. We trust the presiding officers of the two houses will see the folly of such a course as I is here recommended, and absolutely refuse to | issue any such call. The people whose ser- . | vants these Senators and Representatives are, , should see to it that every man who desires to perpetrate such a fraud as this movement 1 would be, is kept at home after his term of < office expires.? Columbia Union, 10th instant. < /LOCAL ITEMS. ' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M. Strauw A Son-rNew Afrrivals?An Extensive, i Assortment?GWods -Suitable tor- Ladles' Wear?Bows, Ac.?Spool Thread?Gents, Come and Examine?Will You Buy Goods Cheap?Don't Forget?Now Supply. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Go to Dobson s. '' CowardiaA Ellyson, Richmond, Va.?Campaign Dispatch. Carroll, Clark A Co.?Dress Goo<ls?Shoes?Umbrellas?Scythes?Pocket Knives?Something New-^-Sheep Shears?Yarn and Shirting?Olaas??iothing?Ribbons?StmdrieH. Adickes A Black?Clothing?Parasolsand FansShetland Wool Shawls?Quilts. T. W. Clawson?Mare for sale. ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN UEAU, Mr. Samuel Hemphill, an old citizen of this county, who resided about six miles above Yorkville, died on Wednesday of last week. He had attained the age of near ninety years. ! HALF FARE. At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors, a resolution was adopted permitting persons to travel over the King's Mountain Railroad, between Yorkville and Chester, for one fare, provided the trip is made in one day. The new arrangement goes into effect on and after Monday next FOUND DEAD. We learn that Mr. John H. Hill, who resided in the vicinity of New Centre, in this county, was found dead in his bed on Thursday morning, the 2nd instant. Mr. Hill was a man of middle age in feeble health, and re-: sided alone on his premises. It is generally supposed that his death resulted from an attack of what is popularly known as "nightmare," to which he was subject. A jury of inquest was formed under the direction of Trial Justice R. L. Simmons acting as Coroner, and a verdict rendered that the deceased "came to his death by the hand of Providence." .. THE GOOD TEXPLAR8. At the last regular meeting of "Eureka Lodge, No. 2,1. O. of G. T.," the following Mnnna obm inatalliw) aa nflinAM tn M>rVfi for the ensuing quarter, by George H. O'Leary, Lodge Deputy: J. A. Oweo, W. C. T.; Mrs. T. M. Graham, W. V. T.; Miss M. K. Jefferys, R. H. S.; Miss A. C. Owen, L. H. 8.; George T. Schorb, Seareiary; Miss Alice Walker, Assistant Seeretar ry; H. F. Adickes, F. Secretary; J. W. Dobson, Treasurer; Rev. Pow, Chaplain; D. W. Lathan, Mar.; Thomas Graham, D. Mar.; R. J. Lindsay, Guard; W. 0. Muller, Sentinel. Eureka Lodge now has seventy members on its roll, and the number is constantly increasing. THE YORK MILITARY PRISONERS. On the 6th instant, Daniel Dover, J. B. Fulton, L. H. McSwain, Andrew Huskie, M. L. Ross and J. E. Good were released from prison on bond. The following, who had been sent to Charleston for trial, but whose cases were not reached, were returned to the prison here on the 11th: W. H. White, Samuel Randall, H. M. Moore, R. H. Moss, J. W. Gaffney, E. A. Turner, R. L. Harmon, Albert Francis, Jerome P. Moss, Columbus Ramsey, Marion Harris, John L. Moss. Of these, the three last named were released on bond on the 13tb. The following arrests have been made: Wm. B. Leech, May 11th; and J. W. Pursely and J. L. Pursely, on the 14th. There are now seventeen in confinement here. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE. Three colored men?Elias Caldwell, Rob Biggers and Joe Huston?were engaged one day last week blasting rock in a well on the premises of W. B. Byere, a few miles distant from Rock Hill. They were at the bottom of the wen lascenmg tne iuse, wnen oue ui tue iron tools with which they were working struck fire from the rock, the fuse ignited, and a terrific explosion took place, severely wounding Elias and Joe, slightly injuring Rob, who hastily climbed out of the well and called for assistance. The wounded men were taken out and brought to this place, where they are receiving proper medical attendance. Elias had his leg broken. Joe was fearfully injured, having both jawbones and his collar bone broken. Both of the unfortunate men were badly burned by the powder.?Rock Hill Lantern, 14?A instant. PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE. In to-day's paper we publish an account of a dream which one of our citizens dreampt a few evenings since while nodding. Constructed as Yorkville is, with a large number of wooden buildings, this dream may any day become a reality, and as the writer properly suggests, this is the proper and most suitable time to make provision against any calamity in the shape of fire that may come upon us. If it is at all necessary to have an organization for the protection of property against fire, it is better that the organization be effected before than after a fire occurs. There are two engines in the town, which, we learn, with some small repairs, can be made quite serviceable, though even then they would be useless for want of proper water facilities. To render the engines at all available, it is necessary to construct cisterns at proper points, when there would be some inducement to the ? ? ? onJ maintain a nra/111. yuuug U1CU IAJ Ul^auiwauu ujiuuimiu u uivu>> able company. Indeed, with the two engines belonging to the corporation, there ''ould, with propriety, be formed a company for each? one composed of whites and the other of the colored population. The property holders would certainly consult their interests by giving this matter their attention and devising the necessary means to secure an efficient protection against a repetition of such calamities as have visited us heretofore. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. A DREAM. Darkness prevailed throughout the town of Yorkville. In the distance was heard the hooting of the owls, the croaking of the frogs; though no human voice nor the sound of implements were to be heard. In plain English, it was midnight. Morpheus had enfolded within his arms the goodly inhabitants of the town. Alone, I was sitting in front of the portico meditating upon the condition of our beloved State. But hark ! I hear, a sound! "Fire! Fire!" And looking in one direction, I observed a small cloud of smoke just looming up. Without disturbing the inmates of the house, I made my way to the spot. Before I could get within three hundred yards of the scene, the flames burst forth. What a sight met my gaze! The distracted mother, with infant in arras, surrounded by other chil flreu just issuing from the house, and the father and husband trying to rescue from the flames all that was within his reach. The servants, paralyzed with fear, stood with folded hands. The neighbors, at last aroused, same to his assistance with a few buckets of water, hoping to extinguish the flames. What fallacy! What a mistake! No engine; no Are extinguisher; no hook and ladder company ; no organized fire department, and consequently but little assistance could be render-1 sd. What was the result? The rising wind | | scattered cinders in every direction ; fine f j dwelling houses were burnt; stores destroyed ; I the goods in thestreet and the town of YorkI villa in ruins. Good fathers of the town, this was ouly a dream, which I trust may never be realized. But who "can make a treaty with the elements ? "In time of peace prepare for war," is an adage, the force of which should now be felt. The writer is aware that the proper authorities have this matter under consideration,and would urge upon* them not JO lose too jnych time in hesitating, but to act' prbmjptly*. *'lf the finances of the corporation will not be adequate, let the merchants and real estate own ere come Torwain witn uiwr Theirinferest is at stake. Now a word to the fair ladies.: "Yon are capable of accomplishing a great deal if you will only exert your influence. Do not smile upon any young man who is not willing to become a member of the fire department. Stir up the spirit of Young America, and induce the youths of the town to feel an interest in this matter, with the assurance that he who is willing to attempt to save your property is deserving of your favor. / Young men of the town! Arouse yourselves! Form companies; parade once cr twice a month with your engines, and then with the aid of a hook and ladder company, danger may be defied, and all will be well. PLUTO. PROCEEDINGS oFcONGBESS. In the Senate, on Tuesday the 7th, the ouly business transacted was to amend the post office appropriation bill by increasing the subsidies to the New York and Rio Janeiro . f j ? ' i and the Pacific mail steamship companies. In the House, the bill to repay the taxes on distilled spirits destroyed by casualties passed. ' It was ordered that 255,000 extra copies of the report of the commissioner of agriculture ( be printed. The tariff bill was amended by making a reduction of ten per cent, on the duty now levied on manufactures of cotton, wool, iron and other metals, and an oil cloths, straw and india-rubber. An evening session was held to. consider and act upon a report ' ri._ from the committee on military anaire. several bills were passed; and at 10 o'clock) the House adjourned without disposing of a bill under discussion providing for land bounties to all bonarobly discharged soldiers and sailors, and allowing them to dispose of their warrants to third parties. This bill excited much opposition. . In the Senate, on the 8tb, the Louisiana Presidential election bill, after a lengthy discussion, again went over. Mr. Trumbull paid that the purpose aimed at was to place the election under the control of Federal officers, which was in direct violation of the constitution. The debate was bitter. The post office appropriation bill, with the subsidies, as agreed to on the ptevious day, was passed. The general amnesty bill was called up. Mr. Sumner moved his civil rights bill as an amendment Mr. Trumbull said the bill was improperly entitled "to confer ,civil rights while the true intention was to enforce social equality, which Congress had no right to do. Mr. Morton moved an amendment that hefore receiving the benefits of the amnesty bill, the individual shall make an oath that he has not belonged to a ku-klux-klan. Mr. Sherman moved to substitute the civil rights hill for the amnesty bill,pending action on which, the Senate adjourned. In the House, the supplementary apportionment bill was passed increasing the number of Representatives from 283 to 292, the increase going to the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Alabama and Florida. The tariff bill occupied the remainder of the day, and another evening session was had to consider reports from the military committee. In the Senate, on th? 9th, the amnesty and social equality bills occupied the day with no results. Mr. Sumner's civil rights bill, as a substitute for the amnesty bill, was deferred ; but it was adopted as an amendment by the casting vote of Vice-President Colfax. Several amendments modifying Mr. Sumner's amendment were defeated by Colfax's vote. The bill, as amended, finally failed to pass, which brought the House bill again before Jthe Senate, when Mr. Sumner again moved his amendment, and Mr. Colfax again voted aye. Mr Morton renewed his amendment requiring persons applying for amnesty to swear they were not members of the ku-klux or other similar association. This was adopted by a vote of 29 to 17. The bill, however, which required a two-thirds vote, was finally rejected. In the House, the bill admitting six Japanese youths to the West Point Military School was tabled. The tariff bill was resumed and discussed with usual results. In fl the contested election case of McKissick 1 against Wallace, from South Carolina, Wal- * lace was declared entitled to retain his seat, and the sum of $2154 was appropriated to pay Mr. McKissick for the expenses incurred in contesting his claim to the seat A night session was held to discuss naval and fortification affairs. In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr. Sumner introduced a civil rights bill and moved to have it calendared. The bill was ordered printed. The Louisiana Presidential election bill was discussed acrimoniously at great length, and finally passed. [It provides for the Presidential election to be held in that State on the same day of the regular State election of that year.] A bill extending federal regulations heretofore confined to cities of 20,000, was pending when the Senate adjourned. In the House, the fortificatiou bill, of the previous night session, was resumed. The bill was passed. It appropriates two millions for strengthening the various forts on the coast south of Baltimore. The tariff occupied the remainder of the day without any definite action. In the Senate, on the 11th, the bill to amend the enforcement act occupied the entire day. The bill as now shaped will give two inspectors of election at every voting precinet, who must be recommended by at least ten voters. mi. . J. L!11 J (* .1 xne larin oui occupiea me aiieniion 01 me House. Many amendments were offered, but all were rejected. On the 13th, the Senate was in executive session over the correspondence between England and the United States in regard to damages claimed from England for depredations of Confederate war vessels. In the House, Butler, from the Judiciary Committee reported a bill removing political disabilities from all persons who aided the late rebellion, except Senators and Representatives in the 36th and 37th Congress, officers in the Judicial, Military and Naval service of the United States, and heads of departments, and Foreign Ministers of the United States. Passed. 4 a l?*The following are the dimensions of the great bridge now being erected between New York and Brooklyn: Total length, 5,862 feet; elevation above high water, 130 feet; width of bridge floor, 80 feet; height of towers above high water, 268 feet; base of towers at water line, 134 by 56 feet.