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and arts.
An Iowa glue factory consumes eight;
car loads of pig's feet daily.
An insurance company against burglars
is proposed.
Out of the 1,600 negroes assessed in a
Kentucky town only twenty paid their taxes.
The prohibitory liquor law has had the ,
effect of closing all but 2,768 bars in Boston. |
A Hartford lady gave birth to a child |
on the 17th and another on the 19th of the
same month.
An Iowa man boasts that he has stolen j
six hundred and seventy-two chickeus since j
November.
Mr. Thomas Scruggs, of Fairfield, fired j
into a flock of black birds, recently, killing :
sixty-two, at one shot
Kentucky distileries consume 6,306 .
busneis or grain daily, and turn out zo,yo-* ;
gallons of spirits.
The Washington belles are filled with
envy since an Iowa girl, with hair sixty-two
inches long, has gone to live there.
The Galveston News rejoices greatly!
over the immense tide of immigration now ,
pouring into Texas from othersouthern States. !
The mysterious name of "monkey
wrench" was taken from its inventor, Mr.
Monkey, who still lives in New Jersey.
Hon. James L. Orr, the new minister
to Russia, sailed from New York on Wednesday
of last week.
The estimate is made that since, and
including the Chicago fire, the United States
has lost over $300,000,000 by great fires in
the various cities.
A careful old gentleman at Nashville,
Tennessee, stops his clock when the sun shines,
to save wear and tear, and determines the
time of day by the obliquity of the shadows.
A man in Kentucky has been married
four times, each time having been married by
the same minister, in the same house, to four
sisters of the same family.
On the 8th instant, in New York city,
a boy ten years old shot dead another boy
aged thirteen years, in a quarrel about the
merits of their respective dogs.
T nr?rfO man rlonlfto a nom trial fir
W UU^V X>VU*UIUWU UWUIVW W UVI? ? ? V stay
of proceedings in the case of Stokes, convicted
of the murder of Fisk. Stokes' counsel
will apply to Judge Davis, of the Supreme
Court, for a stay of proceedings.
Among the saddest episodes in the late
storm in Minnesota, according to a Western
paper, was the freezing of the hands, nose,
forehead, everything except the cheek?of a
life assurance agent.
The verdict of a Michigan jury in a
case in which the defendant was charged with
having disturbed religious meetings, was,
"Not guilty, but the court is recommended to
advise the prisoner not to go there any more."
At North BridgeWater, Massachusetts,
last week, a man who was clearing the snow
off a five-story warehouse, slipped and fell,
feet foremost, into a snow bank below, escaping
with a severe shake and a few bruises.
An adjourned meeting of the survivors
of the Mexican war was held in Pittsburg on
the 8th instant, and a memorial to Congress
was prepared asking a pension commensurate
with the results springing from their services
and achievements in that war.
A Kentucky man, who had an arm shot
off during the late war, has since then had his
leg broken by a fall from a horse, his remaining
hand "chawed up" by a threshing machine,
one of his eyes put out by running against a
fence rail, and half his ribs caved in by the
kick of a mule.
At Bridgeport, Connecticut, recently, a
policeman was instructed to look after the
boys who violated the city ordinance against
AAnnfinr? in fkft pfnAnfo T-TA r\l?Aonnf 1 OQtD flVA
U/OOVIUg lU U1G OblTCbO* 11G own mu
boys preparing for "a go," one of whom got
away, the policeman giving chase. "Here,"
said the other boy to the policeman, "take
my sled; it will go faster than his'n, and you
will catch him." In an instant the ambitious
peeler threw himself on the sled, and soon
came up with and arrested the offender. The
justice heard the testimony, and was about to
inHict the fine, when the other lad professed a
williugness to testify against the officer for a
similar infraction of the law?and so they
both got off, with a solemn injunction to do so
no more.
A murderer was detected in a very remarkable
manner, in Missouri, recently. At
Coldwater, in that State, a man named Caldwell
murdered his employer, Johnson, robbed
him of SI000, and escaped, leaving no trace
behind. A few days ago a Dr. Ritchie, living
at Phyatala, several miles from Coldwater,
had been drinking freely, and was in a jocular
manner accusing every one of having committed
the murder. Finally he met a stranger,
and being just tipsy enough not to care
what he said, addressed the stranger in the
same manner : "Yes?you?you are the man
who murdered Johnson at Coldwater." A
look of guilt overspread the man's face, and
simultaneously he ran his hand in his bosom
as if to draw a weapon. Dr. Ritchie collared
him with his left hand, and with his right
drew a dirk from his pocket, and told him if
he attempted to draw a weapon he would
plunge that knife to his heart in a second. He
then commanded the man to withdraw his
hand, which was speedily obeyed, when, instead
of a weapon, he drew out the sum of
?1100, which he dropped on the ground at
his feet. Meanwhile a crowd had gathered
around the doctor and his prisoner, and the
evidence of the man's guilt was by this time
so palpable that he was placed under arrest.
The man thus arrested has since proved to be
Caldwell, and he has confessed both the murder
and the robbery.
Perhaps the most austere saint in the Romish
calendar has been the means of perpetuating
the name of a Christian bishopand martyr,
mainly through his connection with the anniversary
of love and merriment. St. Francois
de Sales felt that much of the material sentiment
of earthly love would linger among the
crowd, so long as the sensuous creations of pagan
mythology were allowed to retain their
hold of festive seasons or days. At all times,
and under every system of religion, whether
false or true, there has been, and probably will
be, a tendency on the part of boys and girl to
fall in love with one another; but certainly this
inclination was assisted not a little by the
genial deities in whom the Romans pretended
to believe. It was not sufficient that each
god or goddess should have his or her distinct
feast, when the somewhat active contemplation
of the pleasures of sense became a sacred
duty to their votaries; but by a happy combination
Juno and Pan both chanced to appropriate
the 14th of February. What wonder
was it, then, that their followers should
conceive and carry out the seductive idea of
celebratiug the day together; and that youths
who had drawn a maiden's name from the
hallowed urn, should do their best to make
the allotted partnership pleasant for the time ?
The ceremonies?if the name may be applied
to rites which were as primitive as the clothing
of the worshippers?at this festival of the
Lupercalia were strangely inappropriate to
any life but that of uncivilized shepherds;
and yet they were observed by Imperial and
even Christian Rome, no less than by the
primitive hamlet of Romulus and Remus.
When, in A. D. 496, Pope Gelasius had courage
to abolish these scandalous orgies?for
they were nothing less?he thought it necessary
to explain his conduct, and attempt an
appeal to the supertitious fears of the Roman
Senator and populace. Looking through the
roll of saints and martyrs to whom the day
on which they suffered was to be consecrated
in future, he found that some 200 years before,
on the 14th of February, A. D. 270, Valentine,
a bishop of eminent piety, had been crucified
to the Forum, close to the nook in the
Palatine Hill where the altar of Pau was orig- j
iually placed, and where tradition affirmed j
that the sacred wolf had suckled the founders '
of Rome. What could be better, then, and
more appropriate, than to substitute for idolatrous
sensuality the eomiueiuoration each
year of nn event which had served to conse- i
crate almost on the same day its actual scene ?,
The old Fathers had many faults, but igno-1,
ranee ofhuman nature was not generally one j
of them ; and it was not often that they failed
as signally as did Gelasius in his endeavor to !
give to the people some other subject round '
which their thoughts might collect at the ac- i
customed time of the abolished Lupercalia. !
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?0tMlc inquirer. j
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DIVERSITY OF LABOR.
Why are not the people of South Carolina
more prosperous ? This is a question which
every sober-minded man ought to investigate.
If the soil of the State of South Carolina were
poor and unproductive, there would be no
difficulty in accounting for a want of prosperity.
Such, however, is not the case. On an
average, the soil of South Carolina is as productive
as that of any State in the Union.
If it be asked, what are the evideuces of a
wautof prosperity? we reply, the general abseuce
of internal improvements and the low
estimate which is put upon property of all
kinds. In no part of the State are the inhabitants
extensively engaged in making internal
improvements. The majority of our citizens
are simply, to all appearances, providing
for the present year. But a few days ago we
heard a gentleman say that he rented out,
last year, a piece of land for the fourth of
what it produced. The result was that he
received a fraction more than thirteen dollars
per acre as rent. This is more than the average
price of land in the State. The land
upon which the sum referred to was realized,
cost only a fraction more than one half of the
amount. Now the conclusion to which we
come, and to which we think every one else
will come, is, that there must be some cause
for this state of things. If we, as a people
generally, were in a prosperous condition,
land would be more valuable.
Amongst the many causes which might be
assigned for the present condition of things,
we think the absence of anything like a division
of labor, may be set down as prominent.
Our people are almost exclusively engaged
in agriculture. When we say exclusively
engaged in agriculture, we mean precisely
what we say. There are no great manufacturing
cities in the State, nor is there,
strictly speaking, any class of our citizens
who with propriety may be called mechanics.
All our citizens are engaged in tilling the
soil. The exceptions to this statement are
exceedingly few. It might be thought that
this simple fact would make us a very prosperous
people. A little reflection will be
sufficient to satisfy the mind of any one that
such is not to be expected. We are willing
to grant to agriculture all the importance
that has ever been claimed for it. We will,
if it is desired, assigu to it the first place
amongst the avocations of life.
Frankly and candidly, making these admissions,
we still give it as our mature opinion
that no nnnnln nan pvnr attain the liitrli
~ r?r-~ ? o est
degree of prosperity by the aid of agriculture
alone. A knowlege of the mechanical
sciences is necessary to understand the scieuce .
of agriculture, and the mechanical arts are
absolutely necessary to put into practice the
art of agriculture. The blacksmith must
shape the plow before the husbandman can
turn up the soil, and the miner must dig up
the ore before the blacksmith can form the
plow. However high and elevated the position
of the tiller of the soil, he is, of all men the
most dependent. Whilst it may be said every
one depends upon him for bread, he in turn
is dependent upon the miner and mechanic
for tools and implements with which to make
that bread. Savage nations live without agriculture,
more because they are ignorant of|
the mechanical arts and sciences, than any j
thing else. If they were taught to dig up j
the ore that lies buried in the earth, and to J
form it into plows and hoes, they would not;
be long in learning how to use these imple- .
ments.
In the State of South Carolina we do not |
need fewer agriculturists; but we need more
persons engaged in the other avocations of life.
In various sections of the State there are rich
beds of iron ore. Our prosperity requires ;
that these be opened. If every bale of cotton j1
that is raised in the State were manufactured j
in the State; things would soon assume a dif- j
ferent aspect. There would be more cotton j
and corn and wheat and rye and oats and (
barley and rice made, by the same amount;1
of labor, than is made at present; and the j
price of these productions of the soil would be
greater. There is no reason why this may I
not be done. There is water power in the ' i
upper counties of the State sufficient to man-!
ufacture every pound of cotton produced in i!
the State. This is not a bold, extravagant!
declaration. There is water power in York i
county sufficient to manufacture all the cotton i
produced in any ten couuties in the State. <
We close this subject for the present by I
saying that unless a diversified system of la-'!
bor is adopted in our State, things will go on ,
just as they now are. The land will wear s
out, the houses rot down, and the people of i
the State get up aud go to some "new coun- !
try," there to pine aud grieve aud wish they i
were back. Some will be ashamed to return, ]
and others will be too poor to allow ,them to 1
get back. i!
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate, on the 4th, Mr. Hill offered
a bill increasing the salary of the President j
and Vice-President 850,000 and $10,000 respectively,
and asked for its immediate consideration.
Mr. Sherman objected and it was
referred to the committee on Privileges and
Elections. A bill to authorize the consolidation
of national banks was referred. Pending
the discussion of Sherman's bill for the
resumption of specie payments, the Senate
went into executive session. In the House
the Committee on Invalid Peusions was called,
and a large number of private bills granting
pensions were reported and passed?among
them, one allowing a pension of 850 per ;
month to Mrs. Wood, widow of Surgeon j
Wood mid daughter of tiie late President
Taylor. Pending a motion to go into Committee
of the Whole on the post office appropriations,
the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 5th, several petitions
pro and con in regard to the repeal of the
bankrupt law were presented. The finance
bill, resuming specie payments this year, and
free banking next year, was tabled by yeas
29 to nays 27. The bill removing the political
disabilities of ex-Governor Graham, of
North Carolina, was paased. The House bill
granting a pension of $50 per month to Mrs.
Wood was referred to the Committee on Pensions.
In the House, Mr. Peck from the
Committee on Ways and Means, reported a
bill amending the internal revenue laws, so as
to permit producers of tobacco to sell at the
place of production to consumers, to an
amount not exceeding one hundred dollars
per year; and also to increase the fractional
parts of barrels of spirits requiring to be
3tamped, by including thirds of barrels; and
permitting the manufacturer of wine made
from grapes by himself, to sell it at the place
of production without paying the special tax
of twenty-five dollars, now required. The
amendments passed. The remainder of the
day was consumed in discussing a bill reported
by the Committee on Roads and Canals,
authorizing the construction of a bridge across
the Mississippi river at Memphis. The bill
went over without action.
In the Senate, on the 6th, a motion to refer
to the Committee on Elections and Privileges
whether Arkansas has a legal State govern
ment, on the question of precedence, was lost.
The report of the Conference Committee on
amendments to the bankrupt bill to relieve
insurance companies who were sufferers by the
Boston fire, was adopted. It now goes to the
President. In the House, the bill with Senate
amendraentsappropriatingSllO.OOO for public
buildings at Atlanta, Georgia, passed. The
report of the Conference Committee providing
for the construction of eight sloops-of-war at
a cost not to exceed one million two hundred
thousand dollars, was adopted. Thirty thousand
dollars was appropriated for the investigation
of the elections in Arkansas, Louisiana
and Kansas. The consideration of the
post office appropriation bill was resumed and
occupied the remainder of the day.
The Senate, on the 7th, was occupied the
greater part of the day discussing the Geneva
award. The President having vetoed a
bill for the relief of a citizen of Paducah,
Kentucky, whose property was destroyed by
the Union army for war purposes, Mr. Howe,
from the Senate Committee on Claims, made
an elaborate report upon the same, recommending
the passage of the bill notwithstanding
the veto. On motion of Mr. Norwood, of
Georgia, the bill relieving certain persous in
Georgia and other southern States, of political
disabilities, was taken up. The bill was
amended so as to include some additional
names, wheu Mr. FJanigan, of Texas, moved
to insert the name of Jefferson Davis, saying
that if rebels were to be/elieved so freely, he
wished to relieve the chief one and get on
with the business. He demanded the ayes
and nays on his amendment, but they were
not ordered. A vote was then taken on the
bill, which resulted in ayes 27 to nays 7. No
quorum voting, the Senate adjourned. During
a discussion in the House on a proposition
allowing a Professor of the Spanish language
at West Point, Butler spoke of the acquisition
of Mexico as a thing that would take
place in this generation, andCoburu predicted
that the American boy was born who would
issue proclamations from the Moro Ca9tle in
Havana.
On the 8th the Senate was not in session.
The House was occupied with private bills
and claims. Among the latter was one of
$33,000 in favor of Wheeler Hubbard for
fuse and explosive shell inventions during the
war, which passed.
?
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Dr. Javan Bryant has been appointed
postmaster in Spartanburg.
? The Citizen's Saving Bank of South Carolina
proposes to establish a branch at Aiken.
? Thero is but little probability of the adjournment
of the Legislature previous to the
25th instant.
? The Laurensville Herald says that a large
number of colored persons have died from
meningetis iu that county within a short time.
? Edward Carswell, Esq., a celebrated temperance
lecturer, from Canada, is expected to
make a lecturing tour of this State shortly.
? The Winusboro News announces the death
of James S. Stewart, in the sixty-fifth year of
his age.
? At the recent term of the court in An.1
T -
uersuil, tjliugu V.UUKU scuicntcu a U'luicu lunii
to five years in the penitentiary for bigamy.
? The total tax assessment for Chester county
is ?72,257.44, of which upward of 67,500
have been collected.
? On Friday last the lower House of the
legislature voted, 63 to 27, that after that day
no more new bills should be introduced.
? The Port Royal Railroad has been completed
to within thirteen miles of Augusta.
It is expected that the entire road will be
finished by the middle of March.
? Mr. James M. Brawley, of the firm of
Johnson, Crews ct- Brawley, of Charleston,
died suddenly in that city on Tuesday of last
week. j
? The bill passed by the Senate to its third
reading, in regard to Trial Justices, requires
them to give bond within sixty days, instead
of six, as printed last week.
? On Saturday last, the decision of the Su- j
preme Court was announced, refusing the ap-1
plication of a mandamus to compel the comp-!
troller-general to levy a special tax of three
mills to pay the interest and principal of the 1
Blue Ridge scrip.
? The Marion Star says that a young man
named Johnson, who resides not far from that'
town, buried his wife on Wednesday, went1
courting on Thursday and was tied up iu matrimonial
bliss by the Clerk of the Court on
Friday following.
? The Charlotte Observer of Tuesday last,
says : "We learned last night that on Wed- j
nesday, of last week, the body of Capt. W. G. :
Stewart, a highly respectable citizen of Lan-1
caster county, was found in the woods, not far
from Lancaster. He had committed suicide
by shooting himself through the heart. Capt. j
ifewarf had boon missing for spvoral days,
and search being instituted, the body was
found in the woods as above stated. Pecuniary
embarrassments caused the act."
? The Abbeville Medium says : "The town 1
council have been almost constantly in session
since the late fire, investigating the cause
of the fire and making exertions to discover
the real perpetrators of the deed. The investigation
has disclosed many things which cannot
now be published. The council hope soon
to arrive at some satisfactory solution of the
knotty problem."
? Judge T. II. Cooke, recently elected, was
the recipient of high compliments by the Anderson
bar and the citizens of that town, at
the recent term of court held there, when a
request was made that he make his permanent
residence in the county. J. P. Reid, Esq., on
behalf of the bar, just previous to the adjournment
of the court, united with others in
paying the judge this compliment.
? At a meeting of the Charleston Rifle
PlnK loaf waot tKo titrift fnp hnldincr the
Schutzenfest was fixed for the 21st, 22d, 23d,
24th and 25th of next April. Resolutions
were passed instructing the committee of arrangements
to invite their brother rifle and
sabre clubs of the city to join in the parade
and lunch at the Schutzenplatz. The committee
were also instructed to invite the various
Schutzon Clubs of New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Richmond,
Wilmington, Savannah, Augusta, New Orleans
and Mobile to attend.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Five prisoners escaped from the Charlotte
jail last week?two on one night, and three
on another. Thejailissaidto.be very insecure.
? Rufus Johnston, the young man who accidentally
shot himself near Davidson College
a few days ago, is not expected to recover
from the wounds.
? The Shelby Banner learns that John J.
Orraan, of Gaston county, had his barn and
contents destroyed by fire one night last week,
supposed to be the work an incendiary.
? All theinmate8 of Salisbury jail escaped
a few uights ago. Among the number were
J. Allen Ketchie, the noted horse-thief, and a
man from Davidson county under sentence of
death for murder.
? Twelve Republican members of the Legislature
have published a protest against the
manner in which the Robeson county outlaws
were destroyed and oppose the payment of the
rewards offered by the State for killing them.
? The Granite Cotton Factory on Haw
* i . - - rri.p. _
river nas sixty 1001ns 111 operation, mis iuctory
turns out from three to four thousaud
bunches of yarn and three thousand yards of
plaids and sheetings per day, for which there
is ready sale.
? The Charlotte Home learns that on the
1st instant, William Killian, an industrious
man and a good citizen of Gaston county,
was crushed and instantly killed by the upsetting
of a wagon on which was a heavy sawlog
that he was hauling to the mill.
? A destructive fire occurred in Wadesboro
on Tuesday morning of last week, by which
seven business houses, including the post-office,
were burnt. Several persons were injured by
being burnt and otherwise injured. A negro
has been arrested under suspicion of being the
incendiary.
? A correspondent from Rocky Mount, who
had occasion to see the remedy tried in the
recent small pox scourge in Nash, says the
following is a positive and sure cure for the
disease: Slice onions in halves and apply
them to the body. Use chicken troth as the
only diet.
? The Judiciary Committee of the Househaving
reported a resolution impeachiug R.
M. Henry, Solicitor of the Twelfth Judicial
Circuit for misdemeanors, a committee
has been appointed to prefer the articles of
: ti in annnaa tinna nro hfltjpd
1I1J XftIV uvivuw *? w
upon the Solicitor's failure to discharge the
duties of his office by reason of habitual
drunkenness.
? A writer in the Piedmont Press says the
merchants of Lenoir, last year sent by wagons
to the nearest railroad point for shipment,
more than four hundred thousand pounds of
roots, herbs, dried fruits, wax, feathers, butter,
peas, furs, etc., the gross value of which
is not less than forty thousand dollars. With
railroad facilities, the writer says, Caldwell
county would annually ship ten times this
amount of valuable products.
? Nancy Jenkins, of Greensboro, is at last
a subject for the papers. Nancy is a queer
creature. She says she never wanted to marry,
which, alone, seems a little strange for one
of her sex; but besides this odd whim, she
lives alone in a secluded manner, sleeps on a
table, goes barefoot,eats very little, and wears
the same old yellow calico dress she wore
thirty years ago, which she says is as good as
new. Her scanty subsistence is derived by
reading the future destiny of the Greensboro
maidens, which she does in a most cabalistic
manner from a cup of coffee grounds, rarely
failing, through this simple yet infallible horoscope,
to see a bright and promising destiny
for those who pay liberally of their fractional
currency.
? A discussion took place in Charlotte last
week between Mr. Waring, Senator from
Mecklenburg, and Josiah Turner, editor of
the Raleigh Sentinel. Mr. Waring is a member
of the legislative committee on printing, and
the State printing having been given to the
News office, the Sentinel has been animadverting
upon the action of the committee by
which it was deprived of the work, and charges
that the News, though professing to be
Democratic, is under the control of the PennI
sylvania Central Railroad ring, and is a part
I of a combination designed to cripple or break
down the Sentinel. The rupture really began
with the Senatorial contest. The Sentinel
was neutral between Vance and Merrimon,
and the committee on printing being Vance
men, they pursued this course in order to
punish the Sentinel because it failed to crack
the party whip over eighteen conservative
members and lash them into the Vance ranks.
? A few days ago a neatly dressed and pre!
possessing looking young man entered the
store of a prominent merchant in Fayetteville
and called for his bill. On giving his name,
it was ascertained that no such person had an
account on the books ; but he persisted that
he owed the house one hundred dollars, detailing
particularly every incident conuected
with the purchases which he claimed he had j
made. The head of the house slightly repri-!
manded the book-keeper for his carelessness; j
the money was paid over and a receipt given,
while the merchant was congratulating himself
upon having met at least one honest individual,
whose custom he seemed anxious to
retain. After inspecting the stock, the nice
young man was induced to buy seven hundred
dollars' worth of goods, which he direct-1
ed to be sent to a certain place, while in the
meantime he would step out for the money:
and call and pay the bill. The goods were,
delivered, since which time neither the man
nor the goods he purchased have been seen in 1
Fayetteville. The merchant is now dubious '
of extremely honest men. !
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
? The sub-Credit Mobilier Committee's ini
vestigation shows that the profits of this con- j
' cern, as far as it appears on the books, as di-1
vided, were over $28,500,000.
? The Committee on privileges and elections ;
have completed their report regarding the
Louisiana electoral vote. It simply narrates
. the facts elicited and refrains from making I
any recommendation whatever.
? Southern Republicans are making great
exertions to have the President appoint a na- i
tive southerner in his next Cabinet, though
there are no indications that he will do eo.
? The post-office appropriation bill sums up
the aggregate of thirty-three millions for the
; year?more than the sum required for the
entire expenses of the Government in 1880. '
j Included in the appropriations are $905,000
j for steamship service on the Pacific, Brazilian I
; and Sandwich Island lines.
? It is intimated in the best informed cir- j
cles that the next administration will organ
ize a more forcible opposition to the Mormon
; Government in Utah, than has yet been
j known in the history of the Government, and
that the absolute suppression of polygamy
| and its attending evils will be a principal
object of the administration.
? The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has addressed a note to the Senate Finance
j Committee, disapproving the bill which has
passed the House, giving to producers of tobacco
the right to sell to consumers. The
Commissioner urges that while the proposed
regulation would seriously affect the interest
of manufacturers, it would reduce the revenue
83,000,000 per annum.
Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM NASHVILLE.
Nashville, Tenn., February 6.
Tennessee is now quiet, from the mountains
to the Mississippi, which is a circumstance so
remakable as to be worthy of note. It is not
often that this State enjoys profound peace.
Her nominal condition is that of a stew.
There is. usually something the matter. It
has been said, that she is never so happy as
when she is unhappy, which, being freely
translated, means that she enjoys herself best
when in an uproar. If this be so, her seasons
of enjoyment have certainly been very great
since the war.
I am inclined to think, that one thing which
has contributed so much to internal commotion
within the borders of Tennessee, is the
number and character of her great men. She
has more great men than she can well accora-1
modate. Consequently, their clashing interests
and ambition leads to much unhappiness.
nk a
VY 11CZC IS LUC UbabC buaii van jiviuu vsj quuu u .
glittering galaxy of great raen ? We have
Parson Brownlow, Tom Nelson and young
Dave, Andy Johuson, Bill Stokes, Random
Butler and Horace Maynard, old Mullins and
Jerusalem Smith, Frank Cheatham and?
well, it is not worth while to go on enumerating,
for the list so far cannot be equalled in
any State of the Union. That all these men
are quiet now is only a sign that we are to
have lively times in the future. They will
break out in a fresh place about the time the
world concludes that we are to be blessed with
a long season of profound peace.
what the great men are about.
The readers of the Enquirer no doubt
have a curiosity to know how the great men
of this famous State are now conducting themselves,
and what they are driving at. Andy
Johnson is at his home in Greenville. He is
not cast down by his defeat; but says he accomplished
pretty well what he started out to
do, namely, to "break the crust" of parties
and liberate the people from the reign of the
military ring. He did this, and did it well,
and it needed doing. Things had come to
such a pass here that unless a man had been
a Confederate General in the late war he stood
no chance to get office. A Confederate General
was Governor, Confederate Generals were
in Congress, and filling every position within
reach of the military ring, which included
nearly all from county court clerks upward.
The thing got to be a bore. The people complained
and wanted to know how long military
rule was to be continued. They were answered
by the nomination of General Cheatham as
a candidate for Congressman at large. This
was a little too much, and thousands were
ready to revolt. All they lacked was a leader.
"Andy" said he would lead them. 'So the
dissatisfied.element trotted out Andy, and the
i i. iL.i.'.i
most desperate ngni iu uie insiury ux -xeuueooec
was the consequence. The Presidential campaign
wa3 lost sight of. Affairs in the outside
world ceased to be of interest, and the
Tennesseeans clawed each others' eyes and
stepped on each others' tails like so many torn
cats in a tow sack. When the smoke cleared
away it was found that Cheatham was defeated
as well as "old Andy." They both went
down together, and the power of the military
ring was broken.
The work having been done, "Andy" has
returned to his rural home. It is likely that
time hangs rather heavily on his hands, as he
is not a professional man, and consequently
has nothing to do. Being pretty well off,
worth near a hundred thousand dollars, it is
uot necessary that he go back to his old trade?
that of a tailor?so he sets back on his dignity
in his son-in-law's store and talks over
"old times" with the natives.
General Cheatham is poor, and consequently
is without opportunty to talk over old times
or new times, with his neighbors. He has to
dig. When the election was over, and it was
j certain he was defeated, he folded his army
j blanket around him and retired to his farm in
Coffee county. There he now spends his time
preparing for the coming crop, working in the
i field with the common hands. In a personal
; view, I am sorry that the General was defeati
ed. He wanted the office, and deserved it,
I for many reasons. But he is not the manner of
I man that would make a mark in Congress,
j and could not reflect credit upon the State as
! would big-brained and iron-sinewed Andy
! Johnson.
I
! Horace Maynard tools the prize from both,
i grabbing the bone and running away while
! the other two were fighting about it, like the
shrewd dog in the story. The victory was a
just one for Maynard, as the legislature had
i cut hira out of his district. The truth is, the
; Democrats cheated him out of his district, and
i he turned around and cheated them out of the 1
whole State.
Brownlow is iu Washington and will remaiu
there, reports to the contrary, notwith- j
standing. He has no idea of resigning. He i
hates the Democrats too much for that. He '
knows that whenever he vacates his seat the 1
Democrats will elect a successor of their own
liking, and he has no notion of giving them j
the opportunity.
As for Bill Stokes, he is on his farm in De-'
kalb county. Bill is a disappointed man.!
He was a candi late for Congress in the late;
oonvention in t.iis city, and only got three j
votes. Bill says the party may go to a warm !
climate and he will attend to his farm.
N HMO. I
LOCAL AFFAIRS, j
NEW ADyERTISEMENTS.
Mingo Garvin?Cautiou.
Wittkowsky <fc Rintels' Card for Spring, 1873.
W. H. ifc J. P. Ilorndon?Our Family Supplies? J
Our Crackers?Tobacco ?Tea.
D. F. Fleming ifc Co., Charleston, S. C.?Dealers j
in Boots, Shoes and Trunks.
John B. Stokes, Administrator?Application for i
Discharge.
MORE KU-KLIJX PARDONED.
On Friday last the President pardoned Eli
Ross Stewart and Robert Hays Mitchell, of
this county, who were convicted and sentenced
to the Albany penitentiary as ku-klux.
MALE ACADEMY AT ROCK HILL.
The Lantern says that fifteen hundred dollars
have been subscribed, and a lot selected
on which to erect a male academy at Rock
Hill.
MAIL FAILURE.
Owing to a failure of the southern mail on
Tuesday evening, we are without the latest
Columbia papers, and consequently cannot
give Monday's legislative proceedings.
MENINGETIS.
One of our practicing physicians informs us
that several well-developed cases of cerebrospinal
raeningetis have appeared in this town.
No case has yet terminated fatally. The disease,
so far, is entirely confined to the colored
population.
PERSONAL.
v Col. Cadwallader Jones, one of the editors
of the Rock Hill Jjantern, while ? town on
Tuesday last, favored us with a call. We
were pleased to find the Colonel in good
health and as cheerful and lively as he was
when ten years younger than now.
THE "FOUR SIIERER ROYS."
[ By a private letter received by a gentleman
1 of this county, from Hon. A. S. Wallace, dated
on the 3d instant, we learn that on the
following day the President would pardon the
"fourSherer boys," who were sentenced to the
Albany penitentiary from this county, in consequence
of their alleged connection with the
"Jim Williams raid."
TI1E ROCK IIILL LANTERN.
The following announcement is published
in the issue of the Rock Hill Lantern for last
week:
"The Lantern has been purchased by R.
M. Sims, A. E. Hutchison, J. R. Londou, Allen
& Barber, J. M. Ivy & Co., Jacob Baer,
A. Friedheim, W. L. Roddey, L. M. Davis,
S. K. Marks & Co., T. L. Johnston, J. J. Hagins,
A. H. White, and Gaston Paul. At a
meeting of 'The Laniern Joint Stock Company,'
Mr. J. M. Ivy was elected President and
Mr. John R. London, Secretary, and arrangements
were made for its continued publication.
The Tjantern will be nublished hereafter bv
.... ^ 4 - 4 ( ?
Gaston Paul, who will be assisted in its editorial
management by C. Jones and R. M.
Sims."
COOKING STOVES.
It is the universal opinion that Sergeant &
McCauley are manufacturing the best cookstoves
now in use in this section. We frequently
hear them praised by those who use
them. This firm has a large sales-room on
South street, in the Benbow building, where
business is transacted in regular city style.
Go and see them. You will fiud it cheaper to
buy at home than abroad.? Greensboro State.
We copy the above paragraph from the
Greensboro (N. C.) State, not ouly on account
of the pleasure it affords us to chronicle the
success of home enterprise, but also to add
our own testimony to the merits of the stoves
made by this firm. We have one of them in
use, and find that it possesses every good qual-.
ity of any other stove in the market, while it
is made in a more durable manner (the plates
being thicker) than of any other manufacture
that we have noticed. It is of neat and
stylish pattern, and the casting smooth and
finely finished. With each stove is furnished,
without extra charge, eight feet of pipe, hamboiler,
kettle, waffle-irons, griddle, two pots,
two frying-pans, (large and small) and two
baking-pans. The freight on the heaviest
stove from Greensboro to this point is only
83.65, which is an important consideration.
To those in need of cookingstoves we cheerfully
recommend those manufactured by Messrs.
Sergeant & McCauley, whose advertisement
and list of prices may be found in our advertising
columns.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate in
York county, have been reported to the
County Auditor since the 5th instant:
T. A. Moore and others, to Nelson Davies.
/Lot in Yorkville. Consideration, 8500.
Charles C. Macoy, Clerk of the Court of
Chester County, to Joseph Wylie. One-third
interest in a house and lot at Rock Hill. Consideration,
8823.
Joseph Wylie to W. L. Roddey. House
and lot at Rock Hill. Consideration, 82750.
W. B. Hill to William Little. Eleven
hundred and fifty acres of land in Catawba
township. Consideration, 83325.
G. W. Lowe to J. J. Evans. Sixteen acres
of land situated within the incorporate limits
of Yorkville. Consideration, 8300.
John Bratton and Belle M. McCaw, Executors
of the estate of R. G. McCaw, deceased,
to R. H. Glenn. Fifty-one acres of land in
York township. Consideration, 8459.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff of York county, to
John McGill. Two hundred and fifty acres
of land situated in Cherokee township, formerly
belonging to the estate of Win. McGill,
deceased. Consideration, 83627.
Dr. W. B. Fewell to Dr. D. F. Barnett.
Five acres of land in Catawba township. Consideration,
895.
TIIE STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Since Tuesday morning last, the County
Auditor has been busily engaged in attaching
the twenty per cent, penalty to the taxes of
persons who have failed to pay. The aggregate
amount collected in the county, previous
to the penalty attaching, foots up about sev ?
-? ^ mi _ a
enty-three thousand aonars. mere yet remain
unpaid about thirty-two hundred dollars,
including in the amount whatever may
be due on polls.
A cursory examination of the tax books
discloses the fact that in York there are quite
a number of solid property holders, whose j
contributions to the State and county aggregate
a handsome sum. The following list
embraces a number of the largest tax-payers,
together with the amount for which each was I
liable:
Mrs. Ann White, $653.74; Col. A. Baxter
Springs, 8591.49 ; J. M. Ivy A Co., 8368 ; H.!
F. Adickes and Adickes A Black, 8493.64;!
Dr. J. M. Lowry, 8414; Carroll, Clark &
Co., 8418.73; Joseph Herndon, 8190.89; T.:
M. Dobson A Co., 8259.68; J. H. Adams,
8240.80; Wylie, Roddy A Agurs, 8256; B. I
T. Wheeler, 8307.81; W. B. Wilson, 8393.43; j
F. H. Barber, $201.08; E. T. Avery, 8235.59;
Mrs. Isabella Steele, 8386.29; Estate of
R. G. McCaw, deceased, 8329.18 ; Estate of
W. A. Latta, deceased, 8228.89 ; John S.
Bratton, $363.71; James Brian, 8196.34; J.!
S. R. Thomson, $205.32; I. D. Witherspoon,
8310.13 ; A. E. Hutchison, $297.38 ; J. T.
Lowry, $189.09 ; S. G. Hemphill, $311.89;:
John Smith, $270.29; J.Newman McElwee,
8348.52; John B. Whitesides, 8224.02; W.
I. Clawson, 8208.52; W. B. Steele, 8207.87. i
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The President Cowing South.
President Grant has signified his intention
of visiting the South in the latter part
of next month, embracing in his tour the
cities of Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia, Charleston,
Savannah, Montgomery, Mobile and
New Orleans, and will be accompanied by his
entire Cabinet. The contemplated tour is
undertaken for the purpose of obtaining, as
far as possible, a correct idea of the condition
of the country, and they will be glad to meet
citizens,- irrespective of politics, at all points
they may visit.
We observe that the officers of the South
Carolina National Gnard are taking ptepa for m
fitting ceremonies on the occasion of the arrival
of the nartv in Columbia, and Gover
nor Moses has signified his intention to entertain
the visitors on their arrival in that city.
The Credit Mobilier.
The developments of the Credit Mobilier
investigation are growing worse and worse,
and show up many prominent men in a very
unenviable light. The investigation seems to
be conducted without regard to men or the
positions they occupy; and the most damaging
revelations yet made are on Vice-President
Colfax, who by the testimony of Oakes
Ames, President of the Mobilier, stands
charged with having received as bribes for
aiding in passing schemes of the Company
through Congress, several thousand dollars,
besides shares of stock in the Company. So
grave are the charges against Colfax, that it
has been seriously proposed to introduce into
the House of Representatives articles impeaching
him with high crimes and misdemeanors.
It was to ward off this proposed action by the
House that induced Colfax to ask for a special
committee from the Senate to investigate
his alleged complicity in these disgraceful
transactions. Very properly the desired committee
was refused; and now Mr. Colfax is
going to appear by counsel before the regular
committee, he having employed for this purpose,
Hon. Robert S. Hale, of New York, an
ex-member of Congress, and member-elect of
the next House. Mr. Hale has informed the
committee that he expects to prove that the
money alleged to have been received by Colfax
as bribes, came from an entirely different
source, though some days will be necessary to
get up the evidence. It is said that Mr. Colfax's
bank account shows that in the year 1868
he deposited nearly forty thousand dollars, a
fact strangely inconsistent with his statement
before the committee that he was a poor man, "*
with no income besides his salary, and that he
could not have received the sums alleged to
have been bribes, without remembering it.
Senator.Poraeroy.
The fact that!'Senator Poraeroy, of
Kansas, had attempted to secure a reelection
by bribery, and that the exposure of his
scheme resulted in his utter defeat and subsequent
arrest for the crime of bribery, was published
last week. The scene in the Kansas
Legislature when the vote was taken, is thus
described:
"As the vote was being taken in joint con?
n i i \7_ v. l .# A( . c% - _
vention, ooionei iora, raemoer 01 me senate
from Montgomery county, when his name
was called passed up to the presiding officer
87,000 which Mr. Pomeroy had given him
for his vote. He then detailed the circumstances
of the transaction in a speech of an
hour's length. The effect was overwhelming.
A resolution was passed by the Legislature
thanking Colonel York for his course, and
Ingalls was immediately elected. For two
weeks Pomeroy has kept a lobby here of all
his 'strikers,' at an expense of not less than
$1,500 per day, and has spent probably $100,- 4
000 in the campaign."
Since the arrest of Pomeroy, the Senate
branch of the Legislature has passed a concurrent
resolution memorializing the United
States Senate to investigate his case; and the
House has passed a resolution asking him to
resign.
The Franking Privilege.
The recent act of Congress abolishing
the franking privilege is in the following
words:
"Beit enacted, &c., That the franking privilege
be, and the same is hereby, abolished
from and after the 1st day of July, A. D.,
1873, and that thenceforth all official correspondence
of whatever nature, and other mailable
matter sent from or addressed to any officer
of the Government or person now authorized
to frank such matter, shall be chargeable
with the same rates of postage as may De
lawfully imposed upon like matter sent by or
addressed to other persons : Provided, That
no compensation or allowance shall now or
hereafter be made to senators or members and
delegates of the House of Representatives on ^
account of postage."
The impression which prevails, that the act
affects the postage on newspapers, and their free
circulation in the county wherein published,
or the free exchange between publishers, is er
roneous. ibe enort or tbe -Postmaster Ueneral
to secure tbe enactment of a law requiring
the prepayment of newspaper postage
has met with such universal condemnation
that the measure will hardly bo pressed any
further. Already are the different departments
which have heretofore enjoyed the privileges
of the franking system making out estimates
for appropriations for postage, and as
these appropriations come from the public
treasury, we are at a loss to see how this measure
is to be of any practical .benefit to the
people.
The Greeley Will.
After Mr. Greeley's death three wills
were produced, the last one having been made
but a few days prior to his death. This will
bequeathed the greater portion of his property
to his daughter, Gabrielle, while the wills
formerly made contained bequests for various
public institutions. The trustees of these institutions
contested the last will, on the
grounds of Mr. Greeley's alleged insanity,
and the matter has been a subject of litigation
in the Surrogate's Court, until a few days
since, when Miss Gabrielle publicly withdrew
from the disgraceful contest, prefering to yield
her just rights than to have her father's men*
tal disorder and herself a constant theme before
the public. The generous action of this
estimable young lady should crimson with
shame those who so persistently attempted to
set aside what was, undoubtedly, the latest
duly authenticated will and testament of her
father. Speaking of the abandonment of the
strife over Mr. Greeley's estate the New York
Tribune says:
"We wish to state, before taking leave of a
most unpleasnt subject, that whereas the attorney,
indorsed by the executors, intimates
that the estate of Mr. Greeley is worth over
8200,000, our own information is that, with
the exception of six shares of Tribune stock,
there is scarcely a dollar of available money
or an acre of productive land belonging to
the estate. If the executors can make it worth
8200,000, in cash or productive property, they
will deserve the gratitude of the orphans and
the approval of all good men."
Treatment of Meningetis.
The following card, addressed "to the
medical profession," is published in the Atlanta
papers by Dr. J. J. Knott, who, in ananswer
to numerous inquiries, gives a synoptical
statement of his treatment of this terrible
disease, thereby enabling the profession to employ
this treatment during the present epi