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f craps and <facts. Ohio boasts of a man who eloped with his mother-in-law. Twenty-seven newspaper establishments were destroyed by the Boston fire. Sergeant Bates is walking through England with the American flag, unmolested. People in Central Illinois are selling their cattle on account of the scarcity of water. Detroit has two citizens down with the horse disease, which is producing no little excitement in that city. During October eighty-six new newspapers were established in the United States, and forty-one suspensions were announced. Mr. J. Henley Smith has sold his interest iu the Atlanta Sun to Hon. A. H. Stephens, who thus becomes sole proprietor of the Sun. A Carter county, Kentucky, man who avowed his intention to find silver, or go to hell for it, has already gone 160 feet in that direction and sent for more rope and powder. A fire occurred in Philadelphia on Friday last from the explosion of an oil can, which destroyed 6156,000 worth of property and threw one thousand men out of employment. -?Gen. Gordon, Hon. B. H. Hill, Dr. H. V. M. Miller, Judge Underwood, Gen. A. H. Benning, Gen. L. J. Gartrell and Gen. A. H. Colquitt, are candidates for the Uuited States Senate in Georgia. The Mayor of Augusta, Georgia, refuses to allow Robinson's circus to visit that city for fear of the horse disease being communicated by the circus horses, some of which it is said are affected. A meeting of colored persons was recently held in Washington, at the Fifteenth Presbyterian Chureh. for the nurnose of rais ing funds for the relief of Osborne P. Anderson, the only survivor of the John Brown raid. It is stated that Louis Napoleon has requested permission of the German Government to reside in Germany, and has been refused, on the ground that his presence there would be unwelcome. Benevolently disposed persons will be likely to sympathize with a neighboring grocer, who having sold a poor fellow a dime's worth of spice, attempted to make exact weight by biting a grain in two, and found out by the operation that the rats had been fooling with his stock. The Presbytery of Kentucky have rendered a verdict of guilty against Rev. Dr. Gilbert H. Robinson, on charges of drunkenness, lasciviousness and falsehood, and sentenced him to be deposed from the ministry, and suspended from the privileges of the church unless he show a repentance fitting him for membership. An ingenious improvement in the construction of cotton gins consists in the appliances of an air exhaust, which facilitates the feeding of the cotton to the rollers, and an air draught for removing the cotton from the rollers, which it does most effectively, thus dispensing with the use of brushes or other devices for that purpose. Certain Liberal Republicans of Cincinnati have resolved to organize afresh on the basis of the good old platform, excluding the tariff plank and substituting one affirming the expediency of tariffs for revenue only. The tariff question will probably be thoroughly canvassed in 1876. A machine at JNew Haven performs the whole process of making needles without the manual labor of any person and turns out 30,000 to 40,000 of them daily. Another machine picks them up and arranges them heads and points together, and the third piece of mechanism puts them into paper. It is needless to remark that this is bringing the thing down to a very fine point. An ingenious man in Philadelphia has found a new use for an artificial leg. He worked in a pipe factory, and was in the habit of filling his porcelain limb each day with a choice assortment of meerschaums, which he disposed of on his own account. When discovered he had made about 8800 by this illegitimate traffic. In this way he was walking off with a goodly share of the profits of the establishment. The latest and lowest estimate of insurance losses by the Boston fire, gives the total amount as 848,752,300, distributed as follows: Massachusetts companies, 829,710,000; Connecticut, 82,952,800; New York, 86,850,000; Maine, 8400,000; Rhode Island, 8920,000;! California, 875,000; Illinois, 830,000 ; Missouri, 825,000; Minnesota, 850,000; New Jersev. 17.000: Ohio. S205.000: Pennsvlva nia, $2,776,500; Wisconsin, $50,000; Foreign, $4,<il0,000. Under date of Friday last, the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald telegraphs that "the President, in his next message to Congress, will review the operation and effect of the ku-klux legislation, and ask for a repeal of such parts as are notably oppressive. There seems no room to doubt that a generous and conciliatory policy will be pursued by the administration toward the South during the Presidential terra, and it is highly probable that a representative of that section will be placed in the new Cabinet." In the event of the reconstruction of President Grant's Cabinet, an earnest effort will be made to have the colored element of the country represented. An article appeared a few days ago in the Chronicle which is thought to be the entering wedge in that direction. Professor John M. Langston has been fixed upon as the representative of the colored race, and his appointment as Attorney-General will be urged by Fred Douglas and other prominent colored as well as white men throughout the country. The colored Republicans of the South are unanimous in this movement. It may not be generally known that Washington Irving was the author of the phrase, "the almighty dollar." He used it in a sketch entitled "The Creole Village," published in 1847, and it quickly passed into universal usage. He himself says of it: "This phrase, used for the first time in this sketch, "The Creole Village," has since passed into j n11 f n\ 1 ?i f lrvn onrl V\vr er?mo V? o e V*nnn i vUi i ^ii ^ vuvuiubiuu) uuu ?j j cuiug nao utcu questioned as savoring of irreverence. The author, therefore, owes it to his orthodoxy to declare that no irreverence was intended, even to the dollar itself, which he is aware is daily j becoming more and more an object of wor-1 ship." The advance in the price of copper has called out many hidden stores of the metal, and steamships from foreign ports bring large quantities of it to New York for sale. Fortyseven huge bronze cannons recently arrived at New York from Mexico and were placed in bond at the Empire stores in Brooklyn. An analysis of the metal at the United States I Assay office, shows that it is composed of j ninety-five per cent, copper, and five per cent. \ of tin, both metals being of the best and finest! qualities. The weights range from 6,000 to j 7,000 pounds each. The guns came from j Vera Cruz, where, with many others of the i same character, they had been recently condemned. E. A. & G. R. Meneely of "West Troy, N. Y., have just received fifty tons of the cannons above alluded to, which they will manufacture into bells. ; The question of capital punishment has excited much comment and discussion. The effect of its abolition in Iowa does not seem to , give satisfaction in that State. The Northern ! Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian Church, at its last session in Dubuque, passed a resolution declaring that the action of the last Legislature, in abolishing capital punishment and substituting therefor imprisonment for life, was hasty and unwise, and recommending to all Christian people that petitions be circula- J ted looking to the restoration of the law as it formerly stood. Their action has been endorsed by most of the leading journals of the State, one of which, the Waterloo Journal states that since the repeal of the death pen I alty, only six months ago, the increase in the ratio of crime has been enormous, aud this 1 fact, coupled with the interpretation of the law by the courts in the case of capital felons, ! has already created in some places a determination to resort to lynch law and administer j unauthorized vengeance. She fJurMlc (frnqitircr. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 21, 1872. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date mu.it be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance TAR PRTXTIXfi. I Having determined to devote more attention hereafter to job printing than we have done in the past, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stock of inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to execute as good work as can be done anywhere in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets,' [Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, [Labels, Bonds and Coupons, i Law Blanks, Bill Heads, Law Briefs, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks, Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, [Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire A Life Ins., Election Tickets, Bhinplasters, Festival Tickets, : Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. "ACCEPTING THE SITUATION." *1 i nr* i i ri T _ _ i since tne surrender 01 xvodi. Jh. uee, mucu has been said in the South about accepting the situation of things. In a political point of view, there has been very little discretion left to most of the southern States. The present condition of things has been forced upon them, willing or unwilling, and there is not much probability that in a practical point of view, any change will take place in the southern States at an early period. The government of most of the southern States will remain in the hands of the present incumbents for a long time. This is especially true of South Carolina. It is hardly possible for any great political change to take place in this State during the present generation. Our people may just as well accept this now, as wait ten or twenty years and then do it. We f. i ; j .j are nrmiy conviaceu mat uu auvautagc, either for the individual or for the community, can be secured in any way, or to any extent, from meddling in politics. Now, as all the elections are over, we (if we may take the liberty) would most earnestly advise our people to do as the fox did which strained every nerve to reach a ripe bunch of grapes but was not able. This animal, noted for its cunning, said, concerning the grapes, when exhausted by useless labor: "They are sour!" Our people have struggled manfully to bring about a political reform and failed?signally failed. Let us now, as a brave people, quit politics and go to something else. If our object is only to make money, there are few better places on the continent than the State of South Carolina. Our taxes are high and labor is uncertain, but in spite of both these drawbacks, as much money can be made in South Carolina by farming, in proportion to the amount of capital necessary to be invested, as in any State in the Union. Some of our readers may be disposed to call this declaration into question. All we ask is a careful examination of the facts in the case. Money is power, and land is power. It will keep any law making body in the world busy to deprive the land holders from exercising an influence in society and from controling their enactments. The men who own the soil control the bread and meat market, and consequently exercise an influence over all in society who eat. With regard to taxes, it matters veiy little to the property holder whether they are great or small. The poor man, who has no capital but his labor, has to pay them all, or the heaviest part of the burden falls upon him. A few days ago we heard a planter of this county declare that he would not take twenty dollars per acre for his land. The reason he assigned was that land was a better investment than money loaned at one and one-half per cent, per month. He positively declared that his lands had paid him, the present year, from twenty to thirty-five per cent, on the capital invested. Let us make the calculation. Three acres of ordinary land will, one year with another, make a bale of cotton. The land will cost not more than ten dollars per acre. This would make the three acres worth thirty dollars. The bale of cotton would sell for seventy dollars. Suppose it takes one half to produce it; this would leave thirty-five dollars. Suppose that it takes one half of this thirty-five dollars to keep up repairs, pay taxes and supply the means for cultivating the land. This would leave a clear gain of seventeen dollars and fifty cents, or a little more than fifty-eight per cent, on the capital invested. A thousand dollars thus invested would make, in round numbers, five hundred and eighty-three dollars. If labor is uncertain, it is surely cheaper and more profitable than it ever was. Once there was money invested in the labor of this country ; now there is none. This is one condition our people should accept. It may be said that labor will become scarce in this country. There is nothing gained by anticipating evils. There is not much danger of such a state of things. It will be time enough to talk about the scarcity of labor, when that crisis is upon us. Our people, generally, are prodigal in their habits. Few men in the State of South Carolina have ever learned the art of saving. "We ' must make a change in this respect. The amount annually expended by our people in toys and gew gaws, is enormous. We have, as a whole, contracted the habit of buying whistles for ourselves, for our wives and for our children. Dumb watches, brass jewelry j and wooden nutmegs find a good market j everywhere amongst our people. All this must come to an end. There is no economy and ; far less sense in a people who can make fifty ! eight per cent, on their capital by farming, j in squandering it in purchasing chips and whetstones. There is one other condition which we, as a j whole, must accept. We must each and all; of us attend to our own business closely. The only way that we can make the shop keep us,1 is for us to keep the shop. We aro evidently passing through a crisis. How long before ! | we will get through no one certainly knows, j One thing is sure, those who get ahead now j will, in all human probability, come out first [ and best. Those who got a good start after the Revolutionary war kept it for a long time. Some foresighted men at that time laid the foundation of fortunes which remain to the present day. To our people generally, we would say struggle manfully. Never despair. Let the man who Is in debt get out as soon as possible, even if he has to sacrifice some of his property; and let the man who is out of debt invest every dollar in property of some kind. Property of all kinds, and especially lands, will be valuable some day in South Carolina. We believe it is the duty of all our people to become property holders and to educate their children. Without any education and possessed of no property, a man holds a position in society not much, if any, higher than a monkey. Such au individual is torcea, Dy surrounding circumstances, to do the dirty work of the community in which he lives. THE COLLECTION OF TAXES. Orders for the hearing of two motions for injunctions have been granted by Judge Melton, in Columbia, during the past week. The first is intended to prevent Parker, the present Treasurer, from diverting the new levy of taxes, when collected, to improper purposes, and is ordered for a hearing to-day. The second is for the purpose of restraining the collection of the taxes, and Saturday next is fixed for a hearing. The reason assigned for the last mentioned injunction is that as the law now stands, no tax can be legitimately levied and collected, inasmuch as the Constitution only authorizes the collection of an annual tax. The tax collected last winter was for the purpose of meeting the appropriations for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1871. By the late levy, it is proposed to apply the taxes, now ordered to be collected, to the appropriations made for the same year, leaving the expenses for the year, commencing November 1st, 1872, to be provided for hereafter. The order of Judge Melton is based upon a complaint made by Attorney-General Chamberlain, on the part of the tax payers and citizens of the State, and it is asserted by the Carolinian that the new administration are at the bottom of the proceedings. If this be correct, the indications are that it is the purpose of the new "powers that be," to pay some attention to the rights of the people. Of one thing, however, our people may rest assured, that they will have to pay taxes, let the matters at issue be decided as they may. FACTS. It is universally admitted that South Carolinans are a disconted people. Nearly every planter is ready to sell out, pack up and leave for some place where things are, as he supposes, better. What are the facts in the case? South Carolinians are agriculturists. To this they have been educated. The mass of our people know nothing about any thing else. We have facilities for manufacturing, but we are by no means disposed to avail ourselves of these natural facilities. Now how does South Carolina compare as an agricultural country with other sections of the United States ? Taking all things into ????! J n-n ??A VfAtltllWO fVvQ OOOflrflAn fhnf UUUSlUCiablUU) no YUUUig uuv WiAjvt iivu vumw there is not another State in the Union which has so many agricultural advantages. In some States more of some particular production of the soil can be made; but so far as variety of productions and certainty of crops are concerned, South Carolina stands unrivaled. Never, within the history of any living man, has there been an entire failure of crops in South Carolina. In many of her sister Southern States it is no uncommon thing for the cotton crop to be totally cut off by rot, caterpillar, boll worm or something else. In some of the best cotton growing States about one crop in three years is all that is made. We dread long droughts in South Carolina, but the droughts in any and every other section of the United States, are as common and often more severe. In the middle and upper sections of South Carolina, the soil and climate are admirably adapted both to'the raising of cereals and cotton. Wheat, rye, oats, barley and corn do well on soil which produces good crops of cotton. Clover and timothy, and in fact all of the better kinds of grass, grow well in the upper and middle sections of the State. South Carolina, as a farming country, has as many advantages, and as few drawbacks as any State in the Union. The government of the State we admit is unfavorable. This we from our heart deplore. It is a pity that any people, possessing so many natural advantages, should be oppressed by such a freak as is the governernment of South Carolina. SOUTH UAKUL13A HEWS. ? Dr. Eli Cornwell, of Cheater, died on the 12th instant. ? The horse-disease has appeared in Columbia and Winnsboro. It is of a mild type. ? The Circuit Court for Union county, commenced its sitting on Monday last. ? The Clarendon Press learns that a project is on foot, to annex Clarendon to Sumter. ? There will be seventeen new Senators in the next Legislature. ? Governor-elect Moses has selected H. H. DeByron of Union, as his private Secretary. ? Governor Scott has appoiuted John C. Reister and Benjamin Macon, Trial Justices for Chester County. ? The Chester Division, No. 10, of Sons of Temperance, has sent in a handsome donation to the Palmetto Orphan Home. ? The publication of the Temperance Cause, which was issued at Chester, has been discontinued for the want of sufficient patronage. ? Roland Rhett, Esq., has been appointed General Agent of the South Carolina Railroad at Columbia, vice John E. Marley, deceased. ? In the contested election cases from Lancaster, the Board of State Canvassers have declared the persons who received the largest number of votes as duly elected. ? Hon. R. B. Elliott, colored, Gov. Scott, Hon. F. J. Moses, Sr., and "Honest" John .Patterson, are candidates lor tne united states Senate. ? Mrs. Cynthia Poag, widow of John Poag, and Mrs. Chambers, widow of W. McCreight Chambers, died in the town of Chester last week. ? S. S. Walker, J. Tolleson and A. F. Kendrick, of Union county, were arrested last j week on the charge of being ku-klux. They j were admitted to bail. ? The Marion Star says that John Robin- j son's circus did not give a night performance ; in that place because there were so many ! drunken men in town. ? Tim Hurley, of Charleston, and S. J. Lee, colored, of Aiken, are the two most prominent candidates for the Speakership of! the House of Representatives. ? Mr. W. M. McDonald, of Chester, has j been reinstated in the office of Trial Justice, j from which he was suspended a short timej ago. i ? The General Assembly of South Carolina will meet at Columbia on Tuesday next, 26th instant. The Union expresses the opinion that the newly elected State officers will be inaugurated about the 6rst of December. ? The AugUBta papers report that Rev. Tilman R. Gaines, the general agent of the Palmetto Orphan Home, located in Columbia, is meeting with considerable success soliciting subscriptions in Augusta. ? Mr. E. V. Smalley, traveling correspondent of the New York Tribune, was in Columbia a few days ago. It is rumored that his visit was for the purpose of securing testimony to be used in the libel suit Governor Scott has instituted against the Tribune. ? The Synod of South Carolina met at the Presbyteriau church in Columbia, on Wednesday evening of last week. There was a full attendance of ministers. Rev. H. R. Dickson called the body to order, and preached the opening sermon. The new organization was then made. Rev. J. 0. Lindsay was elected Moderator, Rev. R. A. Mickle, temporary clerk, and Gen. W. L. T. Prince, assistant clerk. ? At the residence of the Misses Rollin, in Columbia, last week, there was a meeting of the Woman's Suffrage Association of the State, Gov. R. K. Scott, presiding. Lieutenant-Governor A. J. Ransier, Governor elect F. J. Moses, Jr., W. J. Whipper, Miss Lottie Rollin, Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, Mrs. R. C. DeLarge and Miss Martha Schoheld, were chosen delegates to the National Convention of Woman's Suffrage Association which was to assemble at St. Louis on yesterday. ? The Missionary Record, of which R. H. Cain, (colored,) the Congressman at Large from South Carolina, is the editor and proprietor, says that the policy indicated in the Republican State Conventions "will be strictly carried out by the Legislature and State officers?and throughout the whole State there will be efforts made to bring about that Btate of affairs which will secure to the whole people a prosperity heretofore unknown since, or before Reconstruction." ? The Rock Hill Lantern, of Tuesday, says: "A move has been made by the Rock Hill Grange to petition the General Assembly to repeal the law concerning fences, and in lieu thereof to enact a stock law for the eastern section of York county. Petitions are now in the hands of men who will canvass this part of the county and take the names of all who approve the measure. The western section of the county will not be included in this petition, because it is understood that that section does not desire a change in the law." ? The Welsh Neck Baptist Association, which was in session at Darlington at the time of the Boston conflagration, received the tidings of the great calamity with the warmest exp ression of sorrow and sympathy. A handsjme collection was immediately taken up, and the proceeds sent to the stricken city. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? At the recent term of Gaston Superior Court, Judge Logan presiding, His Honor especially charged the grand jury on the subject of ku-kluxing, conspiracy, &c. ? York Lattimore and Jerry Thompson, colored, convicted at the last term of Rutherford Superior Court for the murder of Samuel Martin, colored, in March last, were hanged at Rutherford on Friday. ? James W. Elliott was convicted at the last term of Davidson Superior Court of killing Jesse Harris, and sentenced to be hung December 20th. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. ? Charlotte has had two cases of small pox, the first case having been brought there by a railroad conductor. The Democrat says the two cases are almost entirely well, and no new case has occurred. ? The Legislature met on Monday last and organized. Col. James T. Morehead, of Guilford, was elected Speaker of the Senate to hold that position until the inauguration of the -Lieutenant-ijovernor; ana dames Li. Robinson, of Macon, was made Speaker of the House. ? Among the agricultural implements exhibited at the fair at Wilmington, was a cotton-picking machine, which, it is claimed, will do the work of fifty-two hands. Tho machine was tested in a cotton field near the grounds, but the report of the committee has not yet been published. ? David Cloninger, living near Catawba Station, was arrested a few days ago upon a United States Commissioner's warrant and bound over to the U. S. District Court on a charge of violating the internal revenue laws, his offense consisting in paying a neighbor three twists of home-made tobacco for splitting a few rails. ? Messrs. J. Y. Bryce & Co., and B. R. Smith & Co., two Charlotte firms engaged in business in Boston, lost their office and office furniture, by the recent fire in the latter city. It is understood that the books, papers, etc., belonging to the business of each of these firms were saved. No cotton was destroyed by the fire belonging to either of these firms. ? The decision of the coroner's jury in the case of the Rev. Dr. J. Brinton Smith, who died in Raleigh on the morning of the 1st ultimo, was rendered on the 13th instant, after the reception of the report of Dr. Geuth, of Philadelphia, who made a chemical analysis of the stomach and brains of the deceased. Traces of poison are alleged to have been found, sufficient to confirm the suspicions at first entertained, that Dr. Smith had been poisoned, and his wife and daughter have been arrested and committed to jail on the charge of having administered the fatal dose. The case excites much interest in Raleigh on account of the high social position of the parties. Dr. Smith was a northern man, and has been a resident of Raleigh for the past four or five years. He was President of St. Augustine College, (colored) and an able and distisguished Episcopal minister. He is said to have been a gentleman of rare intellectual ? j J ?a endowments, uuu naa many menus auu aumirers in Raleigh. The accused had a hearing before Judge Watts on Saturday last, and were discharged on the ground that there was no evidence against them. The New Tax Levy.?The following is the full text of the circular issued by Comptroller-General Neagle to the various County Auditors, directing the tax levy : You are hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with the provisions of law on this subject, to levy the following taxes on all taxable property in your county: To meet appropriations for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1871, six mills on a dollar; for the support of public schools, two mills on a dollar; for payment of the interest accruing prior to January 1, 1873, on the following bonds and stocks: Bonds and stocks outstanding on the 1st November, 1870, as shown by Comptroller-General's report for the fiscal vear ending 31st October, 1870,87,665,908.98; j balance of new bonds in hands of the Finan-1 cial Agent of the State on the above date,! and since sold for the benefit of the State, I 82,200,000?total, $9,865,908.98.^ And such j others as may have been issued in exchange j for any of the above, under Conversion Act of March 23, 1869, four mills on a dollar. j Columbia, S. C., November 13, 1872. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M. Strauss A Son?Shirting?Spool Cotton?Bedticks?Calico?Mutual Benefit?Raglans, Overcoats and Derbies?Breakfast ShawlsBroad Cloth?Received this Week?Groat Fire in Boston. E. N. Crawford A Co.?Hats?Snuff and Segars? Jeans?Powder, Shot and Caps. Carroll, Clark A Co.?Wooden Ware?Glass and Putty?Hardware?Tacks?Locks?Opera Flannel?Planes?Cartridges?Mills?Paper Collars?Cards. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Groceries?Blank BooksInitial Paper?Looking Glasses?ReadyMade Clothing?Shoes?John Oates?Sad Irons?Flannels?Dress Goods?Furs?Coffee Mills?Bed Castors and Screws?Cashmere?Bombazine?Suspenders?Bleached Goods?Plow Steel. S. A. McElwee?Estray Cow. W. B. Williams?House and Lot for Sale. Walker A Brice, Plaintiff's Attorneys?To Minor Wallace, James Gill, and Julia Gill, his wife. Carolina National Bank of Columbia, S. C. W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Truth?Yarn?Come? Andirons?Flour. John C. Kuykendftl?The York Drn& Store?Another Supply?Mineral Sperm Oil?Snuff and Tobacco?Smoker's Articles. GOING TO TEXAS. Mr. Peter McOallum, one of the old citizens of this county, is perfecting arrangements for removing to Texas with his family. He informs us that he expects to start in about two weeks. DEMONSTRATOR OF ANATOMY. We are pleased to learn from the Columbia papers that our young fellow citizen, Dr. John A. Watson, of Clay Hill, in this county, has been appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy in the South Carolina University, vice Dr. Edward Smith, resigned. PETITION FOR PARDON. The Columbia papers of Saturday last say that a numerously-signed petition has been prepared, to which Governor Scott and Governor-elect Moses will append their signatures, requesting President Grant to pardon the ku-klux prisoners now confined in the Albany Penitentiary. THE JUDGE OF PROBATE'S OFFICE. On Friday last the Board of State Canvassers in Columbia, took up the contested election case from this county in regard to the office of Judge of Probate. Gen. R. B. Elliott and J. A. Dunbar, Esq., appeared for Samuel B. Hall, Esq., the contestant, and and Maj. C. Davis Melton, for Col. Joseph A. McLean, the contestee. After hearing the arguments, the returns of the county canvassers were confirmed and Col. McLean declared duly elected. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM "DOWN EAST." Boston, Mass., November 14,1872. The old saying:? "troubles never come singly," Has been fearfully illustrated by recent events in this city. First came the small pox, leaving traces of its terrible ravages on many of the fairest faces in the community. This horrible enemy to the "human face divine" having been checked in its epidemic career, and believed to be under control, the horse distemper made its appearance, causing great inconvenience and serious loss to many people. The horse disease abating, Grant's reelection to the Presidency was a new calamity to many of the "unterrified," and hopes were expressed both "loud and deep," that the ghost of Nick Whiffle's dog had disappeared from the mundane sphere, and old "Calamity" would give iia ft nhnrt 9Pft9on of reaL But not 80. There seems to be "no rest for the wicked," for the LAST CALAMITY Was the most terrible and serious of any that preceded it I have reference to the GREAT FIRE Which broke out in this city on the evening of the 9th?the most terrible and destructive, to both life and property, with probably one exception, that ever occurred in the United States. The flames swept over about eighty acres of territory, nine-tenths of which was occupied by the finest business buildings in this city. All that portion, described in my last letter as the headquarters of the wholesale merchants, and a large portion mentioned as the marts of the retail trade, is now a burning and smoking pile of ruins. The wealthiest portion of the City of Boston exists no longer, and it is estimated that the actual loss of real and personal property will amount to ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. - -? . 1* .1 1 1 Jt ?1 1 X isotwitnstanaing mis great loss mere win not be so much pereoDal suffering as was experienced by the recent disastrous conflagration at Chicago, from the fact that the greater portion of the city over which the flames swept was devoted to business, and but comparatively few residences were destroyed, The horrors of the Chicago fire, to some extent, were repeated, and as a strange coincidence, both fires broke out on the same day of the month and the same day of the week. The Chicago fire commenced on Saturday night, October 9, and the Boston fire on Saturday night, November 9. Nearly all the buildings destroyed first caught in the roof and burned downward, the roofs falling in, carrying with them such an intense heat that everything inflammable was soon a burning mass. By midnight the streets were one vast sea of men, women and children, and teams were moving in every direction, with great piles of merchandise, seeking places of safety. The Common was transformed into a vast store-house for rescued goods, while the City Hall yard, the City Hall and the nrinciDal hotels in the vicinitv were r f? ? * turned into temporary depots. It was soon found that the fire had got beyond the control of the fire-department, and telegrams were sent to neighboring cities for assistance. By means of extra trains, engines from Lynn, Lowell, Lawrence, Worcester, Springfield, Providence, R. L, Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, arrived here early on Sunday morning. It is said that at a distance of a hundred miles the glare of the fire could be seen. The dome on the State House and the taller church steeples stood out in brilliant magnificence, and every street within the radius of a mile was beautifully illuminated. The adage, j "riches take to themselves wings and fly away" i was very truthfully verified in one instance, < at least. A fifty dollar note, considerably crisped and blackened, was picked up twenty : miles from the city, and almost as soon as it < came in contact with the hands of the finder, I crumbled to ashes. I The fire got under considerable headway 1 before it was discovered, and owing to the < continued prevalence of the distemper among < the horses of the fire department, most of the i engines had to be drawn to the scene of the i conflagration by hand, and the delay thus 1 caused made the control of the burning build- i ings a matter of considerable doubt. A fresh 1 breeze was blowing, which caused a spread of I the fire after the walls of the building, in I which the fire originated, fell. The walls i parted and tumbled with a terrible crash in i three parts, scattering the fire in all directions, while the fearful heat of the burning building ] soon caused the ignition of neighboring stores, i The flames, being entirely beyond human control, soon swept block after block and engines 1 became almost useless. Great sheets of flame i went forward, breaking iuto forks of fire and i rolled up volumes of smoke. The air seemed j burned out and the heavens appeared dull and lifeless. About midnight THE STREETS WERE FULL OF MOVERS. Here, there, and everywhere was to be seen people with bundles of all kinds, hurrying away from the flames. At almost every step men were met carrying bundles of books in their arms, with the remark, "that is all we could save." Thieves, with plunder, could be seen "running the gauntlet" of the cordon of police, while everywhere men and boys were laden with clothing and other valuables, which had been given them to save from the burning elements. So great was the uncertainty of the direction the fire would take, it became a difficult matter to decide what place would be safe for the storage of goods after they were rescued from the burning buildings. When it became evident that stores and their contents could not De secured, raercnants gave a general invitation to on-lookers to "walk in and help themselves," and you can rest assured many poor fellows are supplied with a good stock of winter clothing. The struggle with the fire was the most severe on Washington street, and the firemen fought it inch by inch, amid falling walls and terrible heat. The buildings fell aud the firemen retreated only far enough to get beyond the crumbling walls. As soon as the smoke and dirt would clear away they went to work again, only to be driven back in the same manner. At the beginning of the fire, merchants removed their books and papers from their own places of business to points quite remote from the fire, but lost their valuables in the end, as most of the fancied secure places of deposit were destroyed. Thieves were in profusion everywhere, and several persons who had secured valuables from the burning ruins at the risk of their lives, were assaulted and robbed while on the way to their homes. The fire burned telegraph poles, and lines were broken all through the burnt district, but by means of extemporized offices, Boston was soon placed in communication with the "outside world," and as I write hundreds of <^>eratives are at work all over the city putting up new wires. Telegrams having been received from New York that large numbers of thieves were en route for this city, troops were summoned from "Porta Tndenendenoe and Warren and ? - ?? 1 ? stationed at the sub-treasury and at the Bank of Safe Deposit, ready to give the New York roughs a warm reception. The marines from the navy yard at Charleston came over and assisted in guarding the places where it was deemed necessary to protect the property of citizens. As is usual in such cases, there was a heavy demand for vehicles of all kinds, and people who were fortunate enough to own a horse and wagon or hand cart, reaped a rich harvest. A merchant who offered a teamster $50 for the use of his team to remove a load of valuables, was coolly informed that the team was already engaged at 8100 per load. The daily Transcript office, very recently erected, and one of the finest printing offices in TTnif/wl Qfo foo moa anfi rnltr All lug U 111 bgu 1IIM VUVttVij v?vu?? Vj VV?. Within this immediate vicinity all the daily newspapers are printed, but the Trariscript was the only daily office destroyed. Eleven monthly and fifteen weekly papers, besides a large number of book aud job offices were burnt out; and to add to the uncertainty of resuming business, all the type foundries were swept away. The Post Office was so badly damaged that it is unfit for occupancy, and Fanueil Hall is now the temporary quarters of the postal department in this city. The new Post Office OA V>o rl 1YT mo re a A f VlO f if will Ka nrfthft If OO OU UUUiJ UWIUUgVU VUMW IV mil wv ^IVW bly two years before it can be occupied for the purposes for which it was being erected. The Old South Church, (described in a former letter to the Enquirer, and which has been the scene of so many interesting events in the history of Boston,) has been leased to the government for two years, and will be used for a post office as soon as the necessary alterations can be made. Strange as it may appear, there was much coolness exhibited under all the heating circumstances, and as an incident of this class, it was amusing to witness the undisturbed aspect of a chestnut vender on one of the corners near the scene of the fire. While thousands were hurrying past with boxes and bundles of every conceivable description, this child of "Sunny Italy" pursued his humble calling, seeming totally unconscious of danger; and while Boston burned the Italian roasted? his chestnuts. Great excitement prevailed along all the lines of travel leading into the city, and the early boats and trains arriving on Sunday morning were crowded with passengers to witness the effect of the fire fiend. Every street and avenue was crowded with curiosity seekers, and it was with great difficulty that pedestrians were able to get along. Notwithstanding the great crowds of people jostling and pushing each other in their eagerness to get glimpses of the great disaster, the best of order prevailed. A large number of thieves availed themselves of the opportunity to follow their favorite calling during the general panic, though, fortunately, large numbers of them fell into the hands of the police, and were locked up to await the disposition of the courts. The Tombs and all the station-houses were crowded with the light-fingered gentry, and there appeared to be no room left for their accommodation. But "where there's a will there's a way," and it was no uncommon sight in the environs of the burnt district to see many of these gentry quietly standing in the streets, ornamented with "corporation bracelets," awaiting their removal to a place where there would be little danger of getting their garments scorched. THE SUFFERING Of poor people in that portion of the city where tenement houses were burned was very great. Old men and woraei, with children and sick people were obliged to exchange the comforts of warm rooms for the open streets. Those persons who were so sick as to be bedridden were carried into houses where it seemed impossible for the fire to reach, but in many cases the worst was realized and the temporary abiding places were swept before the fury of the blaze. At one place hundreds sf the homeless poor were collected, and their londition was pitiful indeed. In many instances inmates of the honses escaped with nothing but their night-clothes. As the fresh breeze chilled the women and children, roughlooking men, with warm hearts, procured articles of bedding and carefully wrapped up the suffering ones. The terrors of the fire often affected weak human nature, and many instances of fainting and occasional loss of reason occurred. To add to the horrors of the situation, gaspipes exploded in many places, and the city for nights was in COMPLETE DARKNE8S, Causing great inconvenience and much uneas-1 mess on account of the opportunity for thiev- j ng and burglary. Although the streets were I left without the usual illumination, people made the best of the situation by laying in supplies of indies and lamps, and by Tuesday noon the lamp-stores were exhausted of their large stock, and candles were at a premium. The exigencies of the case seemed to demand it, and the city was placed under MARTIAL LAW, While all the approaches to the burnt district, within the radius of a half mile, are guarded by the State militia, some three thousand of whom are constantly on duty. INCIDENT. During the progress of the fire it was believed utterly impossible to stay its onward march by means of water, and the only recourse left seemed to be that "last resort," the blowing up of buildings with powder. Several buildings were thus removed, when it was found that there was not sufficient powder in the city to complete the work. An order was sent to the Charleston Navy Yard, and the commandant promptly furnished the desired article. The curiosity of the crowd to see the fire?wherever they could get access to it?was so crreat in manv instances as to render them almost indifferent to danger in any form. When orders were given for blowing up a building on Water street a large crowd lingered a little too near for safety, and were informed of the fact by the police, but they paid no attention to the warning. Soon a team, loaded with powder, drove up, and the driver remarked to those near him that they were in danger and had better retire. A by-stander sneeringly inquired where the danger was, whereupon the driver, lifting the wet blankkets covering his load, qujetly remarked: "In ? this wagon there is a thousand pouqds of powder and the air is full of sparks of fire 1" It is hardly necessary to add that discretion got the better of curiosity, and the vicinity of that team was cleared of people just as quick as legs could carry them. THE CITY CROWDED. ,, ., The influx of strangers from all sections is very great. The hotels and boarding houses are full, and strangers experieuce much difficulty in procuring adequate accommodations. Every train and steamboat seems to add to the large multitude already gathered here, and judging from the space occupied in the streets by paniers and Grecian bends, the fair sex predominates. TEN THOUSAND SEWING GIRLS, Besides several thousand book-keepers, salesmen and laborers have been thrown out of employment by the ravages of the fire. There is no fear of destitution, as aid, in the shape of money, is coming in from all quartyrs. n L ntw| xteuei vuuiumveta uavc uvcu uigauurou ?uu treasurers appointed to receive and disburse donations. All the sewing girls who have been thrown out of employment, and others who were rendered destitute, will be prompt- ly relieved. AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. Gov. Washburn, at the solicitation of the City Council, has issued a proclamation calling upon the members of the Legislature to meet in extra session, in this city, on the 19th instant, for the purpose of taking such steps as may be deemed necessary for the relief of the sufferers. The principal business to be transacted by that body will be the passage of a law granting to the city#authorities power to issue twenty million dollars worth of bonds, redeemable in not less than ten years, and bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annnm. It is proposed to place the proceeds of the sale of such bonds at the disposal of merchants to resume business. There is much sympathy for the sufferers, and little doubt is entertained that ample provision will be made. THE LIQUOR SALOONS Have been closed by the authorities, and policemen are stationed at the doors to see that no liquor is sold or given away. This action on the part of the authorities has proved a wise precautionary measure, for with the absence of drunkenness general quiet has prevailed. REBUILDING COMMENCED. To give you an idea of the energy and cheerfulness of the people, it is only necessary to state that laborers are busily engaged clearing away the debris of the ruins for the purpose of erecting new buildings. Even at this early stage of the great disaster, many building permits have been issued. ALL QUIET. Quiet reigns supreme, and the people are gradually resuming business in new locations, and but for the soldiery on guard and patroling the streets, a stranger would not suppose anything extraordinary had occurred. HUITKIDOBI. DELINQUENT LAND SALE8. The following extracts from a recent discussion of the Supreme Court of this State on the above subject, presents matters of general interest: It will be perceived by Section 114, that no deed was to be made "for any real estate sold at delinquent land sale until the expiration of two years/' and by Bection 116 of the same act, that land sold at any such delinquent sale might "be redeemed at any time within two years from and after such sale." Therefore, it is clear, that when land was sold at any snch delinquent land sale, such land might be redeemed at any time within two years, or before the deed of conveyance was made to the purchaser; but after the two years had expired, the purchaser was entitled to the deed as the title passed to the purchaser, and there could be no redemption. The said section of the act of Assembly of September loth, 1868, was amended by the act of Assembly of March 12, 1872, (acts of A. 1871-72, p. 163.) Section 114 was amended by striking out the words "two years," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "ninety days." Thereby declaring that "no deed should be made for real estate sold at delinquent land sale until the expiration of "ninety days." Section 116, which defines the limit of the time for redemption, as striking out the words * "two years" wherever the same appears therein, and inserting in lieu thereof "ninety days." Section 117, which defines the mode of redemption, and requires persons desiring to redeem to, commence action within a certain time; such action by the said section of the act was to be commenced "within one year after the date thereof, or within one year after the expiration of the disabilities named in the preceding section" (section 116.) This section was amended by striking out the words "one year" wherever the same appeared therein, and inserting in lieu thereof "thirty daysand by striking out the words "two years" wherever the same appears therein, and inserting the words "ninety days in lieu thereof. Therefore, if a person whose real estate has been sold for delinqent taxes since the passage of the act of March 12th, 1872, wishes to redeem such real estate, such person must commence action for such redemption within thirty days from the time of eole, or from the time a of the removal of such disabilities mentioned in section 116, and as no deed should be made until the expiration of ninety day*, such person has ninety days in which to redeem such real estate; and, after the expiration of ninety days, no redemption can be had of real property sold under the above named act, unless action to redeem should be stayed by due process of law. Section 4 of the act of Assembly of March 12, 1872, which declares "that all lauds and