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,f craps a?d $Mt$. The horse dropsy has ceased to be a subject of anxiety in New York. Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts, has been elected to Congress for the ninth time. The tax rate for 1873, in Philadelphia, has been fixed at 82.15 on 8100, for city tax. It is said to look funny to see a young lady with both hands in soft dough and a mosquito on the end of her nose. Mrs. O'Leary wonders "if thim Bosting spalpeens will be after schwearing that it was her poor baste of a cow that burned their city." Warrants have been issued by a United States Commissioner for the arrest of Susan I B. Anthony and fourteen other females who I voted at Rochester, N. Y., at the late election. The New York letter of the Philadelphia Ijedger says: "Secretary Boutwell, while in that city the other day, made no secret of the fact to personal friends of his determination to retire from the Cabinet after the 4th of March." The Atlanta correspondent of the Savannah Newt writes that the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railroad will be completed and in running order to the Savannah River by the 25th of December, and to Charlotte, N. C., by March. The "oldest inhabitant" in Eastern Texas has never seen such a dry season as this. Small streams that were never known to cease running before are now nearly dried up, and Trinity is so low that it can be forded in many places by horsemen and crossed by footmen on logs and rocks. It is said that the indictment against William M. Tweed, of New York, one of the "Tammany thieves," makes a large volume. It contains 1,040 pages, and is the longest in dictment ever tound in the world. It a man can draw an indictment of over 1000 pages that will stand, he must be a pretty good criminal lawyer. Brownlow, of Tennessee, in a recent letter on the subject of Gen. Grant's reelection, says: "If the popularity of the President shall continue, as I doubt not it will, it is more than probable he will be reelected for a third term. Indeed, rather than put in power this corrupt old Democratic party, I would favor the election of Grant for life." On Saturday of last week a vessel sailed from Savannah, Georgia, having on board several freedmen families, numbering about one hundred and seventy-five persons^ en route for Liberia. They were collected from Florida, South Carolina and Georgia, and go out under the auspices of the American Colonization Society. The cotton mills of the South consumed last year 120,000 bales of cotton. In 1870 their consumption amounted to 91,000 and in 1869 to 80,000 bales. These figures show unmistakably that the cotton manufacturing interests of the South are rapidly recovering from the evil effects of the war, notwithstanding the blighting influence of Federal interference with their local affairs. The Titusville Press generously notices a catching case of Western progress: "A St. t i : ? ajuui3 iunii iituj iiiveincu a peculiar suit ui a trap for catching tape-worms. It is a windlass with steel trap attached, and if you think you have 'got 'em,' you set the trap in your mouth when you retire for the night. If you feel the trap spring, seize the crank and wind up your worm." A Washington letter to the New York Sun says six companies of regular artillery have passed South for garrison duty in South Carolina and Georgia. Some of the troops now there are to be transferred elsewhere, on the ground that some of the officers have become too much mixed up in the local political complications of the former State. These troops were brought at great expense from San Francisco. A man by the name of Becker, who resides near Quarryville, N. Y., owned a couple of horses that had the distemper. In cleaning out the mangers, the other day, the virus came in contact with a flesh wound on his hand. In a short time his hand became so terribly inflamed and swollen, that it had to be amputated. Soon after the amputation he died. Persons owning horses cannot exercise too much prudence in this respect, as the matter from this distemper is rank poison to the human system. T'L _ T T> 1. / A _1_ \ n It- L X lie XJllllC XVUCrw UUZCUC JJUU* lishes the returns, official and unofficial, from every county in the State. They give Baxter (Rep.) a majority of over 700 for Governor. The same paper expresses the opinion that D. J. Smith, reform candidate for Lieutenant Governor, J. R. Berry, reform caudidate for Auditor, W. J. Hines, reform candidate for Congressman at large, are also elected. It thinks Gause (Dem.) is elected to Congress in the first District, and Gunter (Dem.) in the third. It will require the official count to settle the matter as to Smith, Berry, Hines and Gause. A correspondent of the New York Sun suggests the following device to avert large conflagrations : If a blanket had been steeped in water and hung up in front of the hottest fire in Boston or Chicago, and kept thoroughly drenched by the engines, it would have remained unscorched to the last. If auy one will take a piece of paper, and shaping like a cup, filling it with water, the paper thus filled may be held close over a gaslight and an egg boiled in the water, and the water itself pass off in steam, yet the paper will remain unscorched so long as the water shall be supplied to it. Had a woolen veil, anywhere, been interposed between the fire ana tnreaienea Duuuings .Boston ana Chicago,) and this woolen veil kept perfectly saturated with water, is it not clear that no fire could have passed that watered woolen barrier ? The Carolinian says that a number of miscroscopic examinations have been made in Columbia of the nasal discharge from horses affected with the prevalent disease. In eight cases out of eleven animalculse were discovered. They are little cigar shaped concerns, and about the color of a strong Havana cigar. From the observations so far, it appears that the organized bodies are found in the first stages of the disease when the discharge is thin ; afterwards when the discharge is thick, no aniraalculae can be found. One physician suggests that the animalcuhe penetrated the membrane of the horse, and thus it is after several days that none are to be discovered. Perhaps to their subsequent pranks, may be attributed the dropsy, which is appearing at the North as the secondary stage of the disease. The New York Herald speaks of the disease which has lately broken out among the fowl creation, as follows: "Up the Hudson, and from the highlands and lowlands of this river, back to the Susquehanna, and how much further we know not, a terrible disease has broken out among the poultry. Chickens are dying from it by hundreds, and ducks, geese and turkeys in the market are said to betray evidences of the same malady. It appears to resemble the epizootic; the fowl affected has a running at the nose. But in addition to this symptom of catarrh, the victim becomes lfo c*i??*11q q nrl it Bnnn Hias PPPfi u 166J y Ito 11WOU OnviiC) ?v WWM ?..w v. ?v. v brospinal meningetis. From the latest information of the subject it appears that this disease i3 really assuming the form of a destructive pestilence among our domestic fowls. Should this pestilence continue to spread as rapidly as it has been developed, we can only hope that at least our beef, pork and mutton will be spared for thanksgiving day." It is a popular fallacy that promissory notes written or signed in pencil will not stand good in law, and a case has just been dismissed by one of the New York courts, grounded on that belief, the decision being given that a note in pencil is legally as binding as one in ink. "Story, on promissory notes," declares that "a promissory note must be in writing, either in ink or pencil; that is to say, the signature of the proraiser must be so; the body of the note may be printed." This is conclusive, but the courts, in a great many cases, and without a dissenting judgment, have confirmed this rule. A note promissory to pay a certain amount of money is merely indebtedness, and a note without the signature of the proraiser is good, if there is evidence that the promiser intended to execute it; that is to say, with the additional evidence mentioned. The note is prima facie evidence of the indebtedness.?Harrisburg Telegraph. ?he IftfrfefiUt inquirer. | YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 28, 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 disnnntinnn/l !??? rlnio miltf hp tfPTkf Til Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more attention hereafter to job printing than we have ! done in the past, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; 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, I Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, | Labels, Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks, Bill Heads, I Law Briefs, Business Cards, ! Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, (Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, [Memorandum Billheads Checks, I Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, (Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, 'Policies, Fired'Life Ins., Election Tickets, 'Shinpl&sters, Festival Tickets, i Wedding Cards, ? ? - fiafioAtnfiAn win receive prompt aucutiuu,auu oauciavoiuu as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. the injunctions. As will be remembered by our readers, two orders of injunction were granted by Judge Melton last week. One to restrain Treasurer Parker from diverting the taxes, when collected, to improper purposes; and the other to restrain the County Auditors from assessing, and the County Treasurers from collecting, any taxes under the law as it now stands. Both injunctions are published in to-day's paper, and it will be seen that they have been made absolute. Tax-payers will have a short breathing spell, as no taxes can be collected until the Legislature takes such steps as are necessary to put things in proper shape again. Inasmuch as the demands for money are quite pressing, it is probable there will not be much delay in this matter. "the Crisis. After revolutions a critical period always ^11/vma pAVTAlnfmnQ lilfO afA??ma Af fpWlh. 1UUVSYI9* Xb^> TU1U WlVUO| 11AV uwiiuw v* ?*vw?i ets, do both good and harm. We have passed, or are passing, through one of the greatest revolutionary periods in the history of North America. What its after results will be no one can fully presage. In some instances it will be productive of good ; in other cases it will result in much evil. Such a period is critical to every member of society. Some will be made rich, and others will be made poor. The present is a critical period, especially to the young men and young women of the country. Their destiny for all future time depends upon the action of the present i moment. The end depends upon the beginning. There are two things that, at present, should be kept constantly and distinctly in view. These two things are simply the facts that property and education give men position in societv. This is the case the world over. It is highly probable that a state of things similar to that which exists in many of the European countries, will gradually take place in all the North American States. In England, Ireland and Scotland, and in most of the German States, one portion of the citizens are landholders and the rest are laborers. The same is true in the United States in most of the New England States, and in the States formerly called free States. It will gradually become general. Such will be the case in this locality. The question every young man and woman is now called upon to decide is, "Will I and ray children be property-holders or laborers?" A few years will decide the question for all time. The scale will soon turn, and the weight in one end will become so heavy that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to change down to up, or up to down. Now, we fully believe, is the time to settle this question. The circumstances by which we are surrounded call for energetic action and deliberate and steady purpose on the part of every man and woman in society. Never was there a more favorable period in the history of this country to make money. In spite of all the drawbacks to which we are subjected, the man who is industrious and fmr?al ran ranlro mnnpv ranidlv. Tn view of "UgU' VKU J - "X y the almost certain future condition of things in this country, let the energies of all be; doubled. Let the motto of all be work. Let the fear of serfdom incite us to prompt and vigorous action. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The tax levy in Anderson, for county pur- j poses is only one mill and a half on the dollar, j ? Attorney-General Chamberlain is spoken ' of as a candidate for the United States Senate, j ? Quite a number of prisoners, arrreted un- j der the enforcement act, reached Columbia on ; Saturday last, by the Greenville railroad. ? A survey is being made across Charleston j Neck, with the view of connecting the Ashley j and Cooper rivers by a canal. ? Dr. Thomas A. Evans, during the war j surgeon of McGowan's Brigade, died at An-! derson Court House, on the 20th instant. ? It is stated that the Air-Line Railroad ; will be completed to Limestone Springs by ! the first of December. ? The almanac makers say there will be no eclipses visible in this section for the year , 1873. ; ? Robert Hayne Perry, of Greenville, son of ex-Governor Perry, died in Aiken on the j morning of the 18th instant, j ?"The Anderson Conservator" is the title of j a new paper, the publication of which is to ! be commenced at Anderson in a short time. 1 ?The Supreme Court has dismissed the ap-1 peal in the case of T. J. Cureton vs. A. E.! Hutchinson. ? F. J. Moses, jr, the Governor elect, has engaged, for temporary use, a suite of six rooms at the Columbia Hotel. ? Mr. H. L. Elliott's gin-house, situated sev| eral miles from Winnsboro, has been acciden| tally burned, together with about thirty-five . bales of cotton. ? Governor Scott has issued a proclamation annulling the one issued several weeks ago, prohibiting the importation of horses and mules. ? Governor Scott has appointed Benjamin Michael, colored, a Trial Justice for Chester county, instead of Benjamin Macon, as announced by us last week. ? The newly elected school commissioner of Georgetown was recently sentenced to twentyfive days in jail for making a drunken exhibition of himself upon the streets. ? The Columbia Female College, which is under the control of the Methodist denomination of this State, is to be reopened at an early day. ? The "horse disease has appeared in Columbia, Newberry, Wiunsboro, Chester, Marion, and Sumter. But few deaths have occurred in either place. ? The Chester Reporter of last week says : "James Waller, of the late Board of County tnnn 1^/1 {VrvrV* kft lintATI V/U1IXIII ISOIUUCI Oj vrao UApuucu livui WHO uiiiuu league last week for voting for John W. Walker for Sheriff at the recent election." ? The United States District Court, at Charleston, has dismissed the petition of sundry creditors to put the Columbia and Greenville Railroad into bankruptcy. Notice of appeal was given. ? The annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in South Carolina, will meet at Anderson Courthouse on Wednesday, December 11th. Bishop Paine will preside. ? Mr. Leroy F. Youmans and Mr. D. H. Chamberlain, are suggested as the probable candidates for Judge of the Fifth Circuit, soon to be made vacant by Judge Melton's assuming his new office of Attorney General. ? The official returns of the Presidential election in this State show that the total vote was 95,217, of which Grant received 72,290; Greeley 22,703 ; O'Connor 224. Grant's majority is 49,303. ? The Union Times complains of the conduct of the newly elected Solicitor of that circuit, on the ground that a morbid appetite caused the postponement of a number of cases on the sessions docket at the recent terra of the court. Drunk again. ? The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News&ys that the "programme of the new administration is to have a new tax bill, properly framed, introduced very early in the session, and it is expected that the legal tax levy therein provided for will be or dered about the middle of December." ? The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News says: "Governor Scott is receiving numerous applications, urged in I person, for changes and appointments of county auditors and treasurers. He hesitates, however, to make such changes on the eve of going out of office, fearing that they may conflict with the future Governor's plans." ? The churches embracing the Savannah River Baptist Association sent up at their recent meeting in Barnwell county, $103 for the Palmetto Orphan Home in Columbia. An aged minister, formerly of Charleston, now of Greenville, has sent in his watch, to be sold and the proceeds appropriated to the purchase of the house and lot selected in Col-! umbia for that institution. ? The following conversation is reported by the Carolinian to have occurred at the State House, in Columbia, a few days ago: "Good morning, Parker," said Tim Hurley addressing the State Treasurer; "how are you, this morning ?" "I am poorly, thank God," said Parker, "but I haven't got the epizootic yet!" "No, replied Tim, I haven't heard of it attacking any jackass up to this time." ? The Grand Secretary gives notices that the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons will be held at Charleston, on Tuesday, the 10th of December. The officers of the various Railroads have agreed to permit, not only Grand Officers and Delegates, but all Master Masons and their families, to pass and repass for one fare. The full fare to be paid at the point of starting, and return tickets will be furnisned by Railroad Agents. The dedication of the new Masonic Temple will take place at 1 o'clock p. m. on the first day of the session. ? At the recent term of the court at Lan caster, Judge T. J. Mackey presiding, the grand jury presented several of the county officers for malfeasance and misfeasance in office. They also indicted R. W. Cousart, late member of the General Assembly, for the crime of forgery, committed by him in forging certain alleged affidavits which he filed with the Board of State Canvassers, in his contest of the election of Win. Black, Esq., a Democratic member elect. Judge Mackey ordered bench warrants to issue instantly for the arrest of all persons indicted. ? At the opening of the United States Circuit Court in Columbia on Monday last, neither Judges Bond or Bryan were present. Daniel Horlbeck, Esq., the Clerk of the Court, after calling the roll of jurors and witnesses, dismissed the attendants until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News says "the criminal docket is very light, and will be taken up first and probably be disposed of in a week or ten days. There is a large amount of civil business to come before this term of the court, including the appeal from the District Court in the bankruptcy proceedings against the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company." ? The Baptist State Convention began its sessions at Darlington on Thursday last. In the absence of the former president the convention was called to order by the Rev. J. 0. B. Dargan, D. D., the vice president, and the meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. J. L. Reynolds, D. D. A letter was read from Rev. Dr. Boyce, the former president, I stating that he had removed from the State to Louisville, Kentucky, but that he was still in hearty sympathy with the work of the convention. After the delegates were enrolled, a ballot was cast for officers, resulting in the election of Rev. J. C. Furman, D. D., president ; Rev. J. 0. B. Dargan, D. D., vice-presidpni. Rfiv. O. F. Greporv. secretary, and Professor C. H. Judson, treasurer. ? The Columbia Union prints the following paragraph : "One of the peculiarities of the act of the late General Assembly in passing or adopting the Code, without reading it, has just been brought to light. It happens in. this way: Fort Mills Precinct, formerly in York county, by a clause inserted in the Code is placed in Lancaster county, the clause referred to definiug the Catawba river to be the boundary between the counties to the North Carolina line. The people, and in fact their immediate officers, of both counties, know nothing of this change, even if the Legislature did, which is very doubtful; and, it is a fact, that in the late elections, no managers were appointed for the Fort Mills Precinct by Lancaster county, but as usual, heretofore, were appointed by York county, and the people voted in the last named county. Further, had the vote in counties been given as the boundaries in the Code indicate, Lancaster would have had a full Republican majority and complete list of county officers, and York would have gone Democratic, as the Fort Mills precinct is one of the largest." I ' ? In regard to the recent injunctions granted by Judge Samuel W. Melton, the Colum- j bia correspondent of the Charleston News I | says: "The members elect continue to arrive, j and the city presents quite a busy appearI ance. Some of the members appear indignant at the recent injunction proceedings, which i threaten for a time at least to shut off all j financial supplies. The most violent objur! gations are heaped by some of the more hot! headed legislators on Judge Melton, for preI sutning to enjoin the tax authorized by the : General Assembly. Various retaliatory and | preventive measures are proposed, some of j them being of the wildest possible description. One is to reduce the pay of the attorney-general to a ridiculously low figure, and thereby compel Mr. Melton to resign. Another Solon threatens the creation of the office of solicitorgeneral to the Legislature, with authority to draft acts which will be injunction-proof. Chamberlain has been named for this posi tion." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The North Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church is in ses? sion this week at Tabernacle Church, Guilford county. ? Mr. S. Watson Reid, of Mecklenburg, member of the House of Representatives, was, on Thursday evening, called home by a telegram announcing the death of his wife. ? The Wilmington and Weldon railroad has been leased for a number of years by the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company. ? Nereus Mendenhall, the Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, was declared duly elected by the official vote as counted in the House of Representatives. ? Miss S. McCandless was a candidate for the position of Engrossing Clerk of the House of Representatives in the organization of the Legislature last week. She was put in nom ination and supported by the Republicans. Mr. Boyden, who was elected to the position, appointed her as his assistant ? There are twenty-five cases of small-pox in one neighborhood in Harnett county, and the disease is said to be spreading to an alarming extent. Cotton picking is entirely suspended, and that picked out cannot be sent to market on account of the epizooty, which has attacked horses and mules alike. ? On Friday night of last week, two box cars on the Wilmington Road, above the depot, took fire from an engine, and before it could be extinguished or the cars uncoupled, both of them were burnt, together with their contents. The cars belonged to the Wilmington Railroad, and were loaded with merchandise of various kinds, en route to merchants South. ? Gov. Caldwell's recent message to the Legislature is a lengthy paper, devoted principally to the relations the State bears to the federal government. He thinks the State government should be in full accord with the federal administration. He advises careful consideration of the question of the State debt, and a practicable settlement of the question; opposes in toto repudiation, and favors the issuing of a new class of bonds. He declares the present legislative apportionment of the State unfair, and urgently advocates measures inviting immigration into the State. He congratulates the people of the State upon their greatly improved condition 1 since his last message. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Horse Disease. The horse malady is abating to some extent at the North, though in many sections it has taken a form which is considered more dangerous than the original disease, and in numbers of cases has proved fatal. This relapse is due to the premature exposure of horses to cold and fatigue, and results in the form of dropsy, which is tedious and uncertain of cure. When these dropsical symptoms appear, the practice at the North has been to use a liniment of camphor, ammonia and sweet oil, rubbing the parts affected, giving gentle exercise to the animal in good weather, and giving him light but digestible food. In Richmond, Petersburg, Raleigh, Wilmington, Augusta, Atlanta, and other Southern cities, the disease is prevailing, and causes the same inconvenience to business that has been noted at other cities. Valuable Recipes. General W. A. Walker, President of the Chester county Agricultural, Mechanical and Poraological Association, has furnished the Reporter with the following prescriptions, which are said to be effectual for the cure of the respective diseases: For the Epizootic or Horse Diseabe.? 2 oz. salt, 2 oz. saltpetre, 2 oz. ginger, 2 oz. saleratus, and 6 oz. sugar. Mix and give it to the horse in dry meal; feed him on todder or hay, without corn. Keep him warm by covering him and wrapping his legs with blankets. For Distemper in Dogs.?Smoke the animal twice a day with tar, feathers and red pepper. Keep him warm if the weather is cold, and feed on a light diet. Hold the food up so that he can eat without having to bend his neck down. The Forthcoming Message. The Washington papers inform their readers that the President is busily engaged on his forthcoming message to Congress, devoting two hours in the forenoon of each day to the task. It is understood that he will re-1 | commend the passage of a bill by Congress removing all the disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. He will take the ground that as the amendment does not exclude the ballot, but only imposes disabilities to hold ' office upon certain persons, there is no good of disfranchisement of that kind merely be-1 cause they were, before the war, of standing and character enough to be elected to offices requiring them to take an oath to support the Constitution. In his last message, he | suggested that if there were any persons dis| tinguished above all others for the part they J took in the war, they might be excluded, but now he proposes to include everybody. The excepted classes now are all Senators and ! Representatives of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, officers of the judicial, military and naval service of the United | States, heads of departments and foreign ministers of the United States who participated : in the war. | As foreshadowing the probable new policy J*of the President, and especially the relations j of the Government to the Southern States, a ! recent Washington dispatch to the New York | Herald contains the following: It is reported that in a recent interview with General Sherman, the President stated ! that he should devote his best efforts to reunite ! the North and the South, and similar senti-1 ! ments are said to have been uttered by him j in a conversation with Judge Alexander | Rives, of Virginia, an original Union man i and friend of his administration. The Presi- j dent's attention has been drawn to the sharp features of the ku-klux legislation, and it was stated the other day by a member of the Cab iuet that the President would like to see those laws modified and all features repealed which were not uniform in their operation over the country as soon as he could be satisfied that there was full protection for life and property in the Southern States. The same gentleman was confident of the President's friendly feelings toward the Southern people, and of his desire to re-establish good will and cordial relations between the estranged sections. The precise mode of giving effect to these views has not been determined upon, but that something will be done seems highly probable, j The policy of a general amnesty will probably be endorsed in the President's message and passed by the two-thirds vote. It was remarked by a prominent friend of the President on yesterday that there was no reason whatever in perpetuating these disabilities, as they only served to irritate, and the South could elect, if disposed, worse men than those now under disabilities. It is the opinion of well informed southern men that the South, so far from making any factious war upon the administration, would meet any advance more than half way, and that an entire reconstruction of parties at the South would be the consequence of such a conciliatory and liberal line of policy by the President. That this policy will be opposed by the ultras of the North is certain, ana also that it will be resisted by the carpet-baggers who desire to perpetuate the present sectional difficulties. The idea meets with favor that thesurestway to flank such evil-disposed persons would be to make the Executive appointments in the South from the most conservative and moderate men of both parties who j are sincerely in favor of the new programme of peace, and who desire good order, along with a reforjn of the extravagance and cori ruption which have plunged so many States into bankruptcy. TAXES FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES. Attorney-General Chamberlain has rendered the following opinion on the power of County Commissioners to levy taxes for highway purposes: Office of Attorney-General, Columbia, S. C., November 19,1872. J. H. Bryant, Esq., Chairman Board County Commissioners, Richland County. Dear Sir : I have considered the question submitted to me a few days since in regard to the power of the County Commissioners of a county to levy a tax for highway purposes in addition to the full amount of the levy allowed by the joint resolution of March 13, 1872. Section 34, of the Act of September 26, 1868, entitled "An Act to define the jurisdiction and powers of County Commissioners," (page 134, volume 14,) provides that "no tax shall be levied and collected by the County Commissioners until the same has been authorized by the General Assembly." Section 2, of the Act of March 9, 1871, entitled "An Act to provide for the construction and repair of public highways," (page 667, volume 14,) authorizes the County Commissioners to "assess a tax of eighteen cents, if so much be necessary, on every 8100 of the lists of the county," for highway purposes. The joint resoluti< n of Marcn 13, 1872, entitled "Joint Resolution authorizing and directing the State Auditor and County Commissioners to levy certain taxes," (page 293, j volume 15,) authorizes the County Commissioners of each of the counties to levy a tax not exceeding three mills on a dollar of all j [ taxable property in their repective counties, except the county of Fairfield, in which the | County Commissioners shall not levy a tax of more than one and a half mills, for the fiscal year, commencing November 1, 1871. The question growing out of the statutes now quoted is, whether the joint resolution of March 13,1872, is intended to fix the highest limit of county taxation, so as to render the laying of a highway tax in addition to the limit fixed by that resolution, illegal ? I have no time to elaborate my views, but I am of the opinion that the County Commissioners are limited to three mills, inclusive of the highway tax, in all the counties except Fairfield, in which county the limit is one and one half mills. Very respectfully your obedient servant, D. H. Chamberlain, Attorney-General, 8. C. + + THE TAX INJUNCTION. On Saturday last His Honor Judge Samuel W. Melton made his order absolute against the various County Auditors and Treasurers, they having failed to shew cause, why the same should not be issued. The following is the order: State of South Carolina, Richland County?In the Common Pleas.?The State of South Carolina, ex relatione the AttorneyGeneral, vs. the County Auditors and Treasurers. A rule to shew cause having been granted by me against the several defendants in the above entitled cause, returnable before me on the 23d of November, instant, at the Court House in Columbia, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and I the said rule having been served on each of said defendants by depositing a copy thereof in the post office in Columbia, on the 19th November, instant, addressed to each of said defendants, and a copy of the complaint, summons and order herein having been served on each of said defendants by depositing a copy thereof in the post office of Columbia, on the 20th and 21st days of November, instant, ad- , dressed to each of said defendants, and no cause having been shown by the defendants, or any of them, the rule is now made absolute. And it is ordered, that the said defendants, the County Auditors of the several counties of the State, their agents, deputies and attorneys, and each and every of them, be enjoined and i restrained, until further order in this cause made, from levying, or causing to be levied, the taxes, or any part thereof, authorized and directed to be levied by the Hon. J. L. Neagle, Comptroller-General of the State, in and by a certain circular letter, dated November 13, 1872, addressed to the defendants as County Auditors of the several Counties of the State, and from levying, or causing to be levied, any taxes under the authority of the joint resolution of March 13,1872, entitled "joint resolution authorizing and directing the State Auditor and County Commissioners to levy certain taxes," and from levying or causing to be levied, any tax to pay the interest on the bonds and stocks of the State, or any portion thereof. And it is further ordered, that the said defendants, the County Treasurers of the several Counties of the State, their agents, deputies and attorneys, and each and every of them, be enjoined and restrained from collecting, or causing to be collected, any taxes levied, or to be levied, by the County Auditors of their respective Counties, under the authority of a pertain eirenlar letter, issued bv the ComD troller-General of the State, hereinbefore referred to, dated November 13,1872, and from collecting, or causing to be collected, any taxes levied, or to be levied, under the authority of the joint resolution of March 13,1872, hereinbefore referred to, and from collecting, or causing to be collected, any taxes levied, or j to be levied, to pay interest on the bonds and stocks of the State, or any portion thereof, until further order in this cause be made. (Signed) SAMUEL W. MELTON. Columbia, S. C., November 23,1872. Mutilated Currency.?By direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, the practice of transmitting transfer checks in the redemption of old, defaced and mutilated currency, in suras of five dollars and upwards, and legal tender notes in sums of fifty dollars and upwards, forwarded by express to the Treasury of the United States, will be discontinued December 1, 1872. Thereafter, returns for such remittances will be made, in all cases, by express, at the expense of the Department, in new legal tender notes, or fractional currency, in such denominations as the owners may request. When no request is made re-! turns will be made in currency of the same kind as that received. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. | i . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Cheap Groceries?Just Arrived?Nice?Pipes?Co flee. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Groceries?Ladies' HatsMachine Oil?Velveteen?Dress Goods?Machine Thread?Trunks?Corsets?Alpacas? Horse-Shoes?Cheap Jewel ry?Shaw Is?Bed i Ticking?Shoes?Blankets?Undershirts? Water-Proof Cloth?Cassimeres?Bagging and Ties?Liverpool Salt?Rubber ShoesBoots and Shoes?Shirt Collars?Sheeting. M. Strauss A Son?Corsets, Ac.?Alpaca?Hose and Socks?Coats and Pants?Scarfs, Ac.? Sewing Machines. Watch Found. T.'S. Jefferys, Secretary?Masonic Notice. ! W. F. Kuykendal?Land for Sale. I J. N. Robson. Charleston?Pacific Guano Company's Soluble Pacific Guano. . W. L. Grist, Agent?Demorest for December. I Joseph Wyiie, Administrator?Notice. i A. S. Wallace, Executor?Application for DisI charge. , S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Notice to the absent heirs-at-law of Samuel Hemphill, deceased. SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO. Id to-day's paper will be found the annual announcement of Mr. J. JN. Kobson, or Charleston, the agent of the above well-known and popular fertilizer. Tne inducements offered are quite liberal, and persons who desire to buy this fertilizer would do well to call on Col. W. H. McCorkle, who is Mr. Robson's sub-agent in Yorkville. RETURNED FROM LIBERIA. We learn that a number of the negroes who emigrated to Liberia, from Clay Hill, in this county, in November last, have returned to the United States, and were at Boston a few days ago. Among others, the following have returned and are expected back at their old homes in a few days: Francis Johnson and family; Minor Cathcart and family; John C. Moore and family; Madison Siraril and family; the children of Bob Tate; and the children of Samuel McCollum. THE NEW COUNT* OFFICERS. The recently elected Sheriff, Clerk of the Court, and Judge of Probate, for this county, have filed their official bonds, and the sufficiency of the surety in each case has been approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The bonds of the Sheriff and the Clerk is each for ten thousand dollars?the Judge of Probate for five thousand dollars. The following are the bondsmen : Sheriff? R. H. Glenn, George L. Riddle, D. J. Glenn, jr., E. D. Thomson, S. S. Smith, D. J. Glenn, sr., S. D. Simril. ? * ' ^ ? T 1 T\ TT7-11 T (Jier/c oj ine uouri?josepn r. waiiace, o. Leroy Barron, D. T. Partlow, A. H. Barnett, Dempsey Cook. Judge oj Probate?Joseph A. McLean, John H. Adams, L. M. Grist ARRESTED. Recently, the following named persons have been arrested in this county *nd lodged in jail at this place by the Federal authorities on charges of ku-kluxing: H. Middleton Moore, charged with complicity in the murder of Roundtree. William Clayburn Hopper, same charge. Hugh H. Kell, charged with complicity in the murder of Jim Williams. William C. Whitesides, charged with complicity in the murder of Alexander Leech. James A. Donald, same charge. Thos. Mullenax, John Benfield and Robert Moore, charged with general conspiracy. On Tuesday morning last, William Clayburn Hopper, Hngh H. Kell, William C. Whitesides, James A. Donald and Robert Mnnre. were sent to Columbia, in order that their cases might be disposed of by the United States Circuit Court, now in session there. PERSONAL. Hon. A. S. Wallace, member of Congress for the Fourth Congressional District, left for Columbia on'Tuesday morning last, en route for Washington. Congress assembles on next Monday. Col. Lewis Merrill, commandant of this post, left on Monday last for Columbia, to attend the sittings of the United States Circuit Court now in session there. The post at this place is now under the command of Capt John Christopher, of the 18th Infantry. Lieut J. F. Weston, of Troop L, of the 7th Cavalry, left on Tuesday last for Louisville, Kentucky. We have been informed that he goes to Louisville for the purpose of receiving a number of recruits intended for the cavalry companies stationed at this post Lieut Braden will be in command of Troop L, during the absence of Lieut Weston. T. M. Wilkes, Esq., United States Commissioner has gone to Columbia, to attend the sessions of the United States Circuit Court J. S. R. Thomson, and W. I. Clawson,Esqrs, are in Columbia, in connection with business before the Supreme Court. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate in York county, have been reported to the County Auditor since the 11th instant: Mrs. Ann White to Mrs. Frances D. Roach. A lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $500. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff of York county, to William B. Williams. Lot in Ebenezer, known as the "Alston lot." Consideration, 870. The Episcopal Church, South, to the Masonic Lodge at Rock Hill. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration, 8200. Elizabeth Latta to James L. Wright. A tract of 125 acres of land in Bethel township. Consideration, 8660. John Barron to Joseph Miller. Tract of fifty acres of land in Ebenezer township. Consideration, 8398. W. L. Castles to Sarah Castles. Tract of 217 acres of land in Broad River township. Consideration, 81000. A. Williford to William A. Isom. Tract of 78 acres of land in Bethesda township. Consideration, 8150. Peter McCallum to James M. Culp. Tract of 300 acres of land in Bethel township. Consideration, 81000. Mm P. .T "Rrtkortenn flkftrlpsi GiIKaH:. colored. Tract of two acres of land in York township. Consideration, $25. J. F. Workman to Wm. L. Robertson. Tract of 57 acres of land in Catawba township. Consideration, $300. Samuel Young to J. D. F. Duncan. Tract of 60 acres of land in Cherokee township. Consideration, $1000. Miles F. Duncan to Ira Hardin. Traet of 71 acres of land in Cherokee township. Consideration, $350. IS?* Last week a most remarkable stoppage of a mill by eels clogging the wheel occurred at Hundley's mill, below Spring Hill, in this county. The mill stopped, and the miller, upon searching out the cause, found the wheel j was clogged by eels to the quantity of several; j bushels, which had gotten into it and stopped ' it from turning. It was cleaned out, and was j I clogged several times again during the day. [ Some of the eels were two or three feet long.? | Staunton ( Va.) Vindicator. Wag* A dispatch from Washington under | date of Friday last, says: "Reuben G. Young, j ! of Alabama, sentenced to ten years in the j Albany Penitentiary as a ku-klux, has been pardoned on the petition of citizens. The policy seems to be to pardon prisoners when ! their neighbors apply." Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer LETTER FROM OHIO. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 13,1872. In this age of steam and lightning, the journey from Nashville, Tennessee to Cincinnati, Ohio, is a matter of small moment. I left Nashville at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, and by noon was in Cincinnati, a little less than twelve hours out The route is through Louisville. It is a matter of difficulty to get north or south between the Alleghany mountains and Mississippi river without passing through Louisville. The situation of that city is such that she levies tribute from all travelers who come anywhere within range. She is monarch of all the travelers she surveys for a distance of some three hundred miles east and west. But after all it is a very pleasant city. The streets are clean and broad, the hotels good and the hackman are all gentlemen. They are modest in their charges, so much so that they have frequently heen trnnwn to leave the traveler enoucrh money to get home with. The brag hotel of Louisville is the Gault House. You have heard of the Gault House. It is about as large as the penitentiary, but not so cheap a place to live, consequently many people prefer the penitentiary, where a man gets fashionable clothing along with his board. The stylish cut of pantaloons now is precisely such as used in a penitentiary gentlemen's outfit But where am I drifting to ? Not into the penitentiary, I hope. There is now no "break" in travel north and south on account of the Ohio river. It is bridged both at Louisville and Cincinnati. The Louisville bridge is a noble structure, a credit both to the city and the railroads; but theone at Cincinnati, just erected, is even finer. It is grand. I have not space here to describe it, except that it is of iron, with a five hundred foot span in the centre, high enough to ^ allow the largest steamboats to pass under, and cost about two millions of dollars. Trains pass over it now almost hourly, freighted with passengers and merchandise. Let us hope that these two great bridges are as links to bind our country together?links of steel and iron. A HORSELESS CITY. Cincinnati I found in a curious condition. The streets were as bare of vehicles as upon the Sabbath. The sky was clear, the sun shone down with something more than autumn splendor, the air was cool and crisp and every finger of nature seemed to point towards "business," but there was little business trans acted on account of the epidemic Which has stricken the horses. Nothing looks so curious in a great city as a beautiful day and vacant streets. It seems unnatural; it is unnatural. Never before did the American people?and especially those dwelling in large cities, realize how moch they are indebted tfr the noble animal?the horse. Upon the streets of Cincinnati were great stacks of goods that could not be moved. City dealers could not get their goods to town, nor get them away after they were there. The depots were full, warehouses were full, and often full of perishable articles. Produce dealers are perhaps the greatest sufferers, although every branch of trade feels the epidemic. Many of them, like king Richard, would give half their kingdom for a good team, but the article cannot be purchased with any fraction of a kingdom or the whole of it. Horses can be brought from the country to be sure, but a few hours in the city brings them down. There is hardly a branch of business that is not seriously suffering. Now that there are no horses we all realize how much we were indebted to them. True it is, in their case as in others, that mankind do not appreciate a blessing until it is taken from them. As with health, we don't value it until it is gone. These reflections came to my mind with some force when upon arriving at the Little Miami depdt, I found that I had to walk to the hotel, a full mile, and carry a large valise. The only comfort there was in the situation was the contemplation of others doing the same thing. When one has to sweat under a heavy load there is a sort of fiendish pleasure in seeing others sweat also. It has been said ~ " u that "misery loves company" and few sayings are more true. As I tugged along with my great carpet-bag, it was secretly delightful to see others tugging along with greater ones, and some with trunks. It has been said that there is no calamity without it brings with it a corresponding blessing, by way of oompensation, I suppose. The blessing may be small, but it always accompanies, the calamity. The same blow, for instance, that deprives Cincinnati of her horses, deprives her also of her hackmen. It is really refreshing to get offat one of her numerous dep6ts and not be surrounded by a regiment of hackmen, without regard to color, or nationality or previous condition or anything else. The unfortunate traveler is set upon on all sides. One grabs him by the collar, another by the right arm, another by the left, and two or three by the coat tail. While this is going on, from two to seven have his carpet-bag off at some distance fighting over it. If he escapes at an expense of less than five dollars, and with no broken bones, and also finds his carpet-bag, he has reason for congratulation. But there is nothing of this in Cincinnati and the great mi . i a, 1 ciues now. xne depots are as Dare 01 nacxmen as a billiard ball is of hair. All the street cars have been taken off, not one perambulates the city. The rattle of the omnibusses "over the stony pavement" is no longer heard. Silence reigns upon the streets except what noise is made by the moving squads of pedestrians. Adams Express company has refused to surrender to the epidemic. They have imported oxen from the country, and every hour in the day their great wagons can be seen crawling through the streets drawn by the slow motioned but sure and faithful ox. In this way they deliver and receive all their goods. At a late hour Wednesday night I left Cincinnati for this city, taking passage over the "short line" route in the most elegant sleeping or drawing-room coach I ever saw. It was of carved oak, inlaid with gold, and is said to have cost thirty thousand dollars. It moved along over the smooth track like a thing of life, and carried its sixty passengers the two hundred and thirty-five miles of the journey in nine hours. It was a royal ride in a roval train. ? - ^ Now I must close until opportunity shall offer to write again which will be within a few days. Nemo. ? < Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer* LETTER FROM NEW TORI. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 16,1872. from ohio to new york. I left Cleveland at eleven o'clock Friday. Cleveland is one of the lovely cities of the continent. And it is as brisk and wealthy as it is lovely. The amount of business done there, in the course of the year, would astonish the staid inhabitants of older and larger cities. Its location is very favorable to growth and expansion. It is the eastern Chicago. * Situated as it is on the lower portion of Lake Erie, in a very rich agricultural region, pierced