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JtoapiS and .facts. Hon. A. H. Stephens has sold out his interest in the Atlanta Sun newspaper. More than one hundred negroes have <liod in and around Eufaula, Alabama, sinee the first of January. The valuation of Atlanta, Ga., which two years ago was estimated at five millions, now exceeds fourteen. Several of the West Point cadets had their faces and feet badly frosted during the parade at Washington on the 4th instant. The spring elections, which have just c taken place in the State ot New York, show large Democratic and Conservative gains. ; The prospect for a good wheat crop in ' North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, : is unusually poor. More dwelling houses have been erected in Richmond, Va.,since the war, than during thirteen years before. " Ex-President Andrew Johnson recently appeared as counsel in a law suit in a Tennessee justice's court. The Washington Star states that the President has subscribed one hundred dollars, : and Vice-President Wilson fifty dollars, toward the Greeley monument fund. The New Orleans Picayune says that in 1 the olden times in Louisiana, when a man had ; a lawsuit, he used to hire a lawyer, but now he has to hire a judge. 1 A paper puts the matter which it wish- J es to enforce in the following neat simile: "You might as well attempt to shampoo an c elephant with a thimbleful of soap suds, as to . attempt to do business and ignore advertising." The Utica Herald has discovered that "it is now unlawful for tobacco chewers to beg a 'chew.' The United States internal revenue law allows no person or persons to c sell or dispose of tobacco iu any form, no t matter how small or great in bulk, without t paying first a license of 85." c The case of the Rev. L. D. Huston, i charged with gross immorality and licentious- ( ness, which has excited such deep interest in y the entire Methodist Episcopal Church South for the past year or more, was concluded last 5 week at Baltimore, by his unanimous expul- ] sion from the church. ] Tom Scott, President of the Pennsylva- < nia Central Railroad, amuses himself, when < not occupied by family and social cares, with ! the control of sixty-three railroads, having a ] total length of 16,000 miles, and a value of ] 8670,000,000, together with 250 miles of ca- j nal and a line of steam ships. ATf T.iVm TTonno nf Wntprfnril. Ireland. I 1 some time back, buried the body of a woman that had been sent to him from a hospital as i that of his wife. A St. Patrick's Burial So- 1 ciety paid the bill. A few days ago the real Mrs. Keaue turned up at the domicile. Keaue was mad, Mrs. Keaue was mad, and the agent of the burial society was mad. j A western newspaper thus explains a t faihiliar saying: "A lady writes to ask the 1 orgin of the phrase 'the army swore terribly ( at Flanders,' and what occasioned the profanity ? Mr. Flanders was a sutler, and his 1 prices and general disregard for all the rules of trade so incensed the army that it cursed 1 him with all its strength." t Many persons besides school boys and r college studeuts use the phrase, "He is a c brick," without the least idea that it is sup- r posed to be of classic origin. It is said that ^ King Agesilaus, being asked by an ambassador from Epirus, why they had no walls for 1 Sparta, replied, "We have." Pointing to his c marshaled army, he said: "There are the * walls of Sparta; every man you see is a brick." c A Texas meat company has been formed s for the purpose of manufacturing preserved c meats and meat extracts. Thousands of bul- v locks are utilized annually for an export ^ trade without affecting the price of stock in s Texas, since there are about ten. uiillipn head ol cattle"iu Hie State. The natural increase "I in the present herds supplies more animals ^ than can be utilized profitably bv any process [ heretofore in use for preserving and trans- i porting meat. v The Charlotte Democrat says the day ? is not far distant when ten different railroads s will run into that city. The sixth road will soon be commenced from Weldon, N. C., to { ^ 1 *! > a lrt^a T" Arnoloi ii va VinvTinrv nf_ t V ilcll LIIU laLV^ JL-iC^ICliVLUi^ gJUUVed a charter for it. The present Air-Line I Load would boused as a connecting link with New Orleans. The next road will be the oue from Pittsburg, Penn., direct to Charlotte, and thence to Charleston, S. C. The Democrat thinks this road will be built by the iron interests of Pennsylvania. The Danbury Xexvs is responsible for . the following: "Thirty years ago, a young man entered the city ofNew York in an almost * penniless condition, and without a single ac- s quaintance in the great wilderness of houses, a To-dav, his name is known wherever humanity r breathes. It is spoken in every city, and is v as familiar to the workers in the miues as to their brothers in the mills, and wherever language is known and ideas expressed, the name 1 of this penniless, unknown and uncouth lad > of thirty years ago is uttered. It was Johu t Smith." i The Legislature of Mississippi has passed ^ a law which went into effect on the 7th in- . staut, which provides that all hotels, steam- ^ boats, restaurants, railroad cars, etc., shall be thrown open alike to white and black, and 1 any hotel keeper, steamboat captain or res- r taurant proprietor, who shall make any dif- t ference or distinction of race, of any sort what- c ever, directly or indirectly, shall be fined c three hundred dollars for each offence and im- c prisoned one year. The passage of the law ^ was celebrated by a grand supper and drinking party at the Governor's mansion, where * whites and blacks danced vis-a-vis, and hand 1 in hand. t The records of travel tell us that an t adventurous Englishman in the interior of t Africa suddenly found himself confronted by a the chief of the region which he was travers- j ing. King Quashee, in all his exuberance of grease and scantiness of drapery, walked up to the stranger and?spit full in his face. The Briton's first impulse was to hit out straight from the shoulder, but prudential considera- v tions restrained him, and by a happy inspira- v tion which he could never quite explain him- t self, he returned the salute in kind. Imrae- \ diately he was received with open arms as 5 the chief's friend and equal, supplied with i ^ whatever he wanted, and forwarded safely on f his journey. A Dubuque horse doctor, ever alive to j c the interests of horses and science, saved the a life of a valuable horse in that city last week, j fc by ejecting the blood from a calf's veins into s those of the former. A butcher-knife and a ' e tin squirt-gun were the delicate instruments ! used, and about a pint of blood was sent boun-: ding into the circulation of the weakened equine, who straightway began to improve, i ^ At last accounts the horse was doing finely,: )' though, instead of kicking, it tried to butt j n with its head, and when drinking water its d tail waved to and fro in a ridiculous manner. n The surgeon says time will tone these eccentricities down to a great extent. j ? The New Hampshire election for Gov- j v ernor, members of the State Legislature and s Representatives in Congress resulted in a Re-1T publican Legislature and the election of Straw,. i Rnmihlinnn fnr Gnvprnnr. bv a maioritv of V "VI *" vv""' J ~ tJ V j three hundred. The first Congressional dis- c trict gives Small, Republican, between 200 a and 300 majority. The other two Congres- i sioual districts have gone Democratic. The s Republican majority at the Presidential elec- ? tion, last fall, was fifty-seven hundred and c forty-four. There has been, therefore, a heavy t decline in the Republican vote, but, as the g Democrats lose one Congressman, it is reason- s able to suppose that the falling off is as heavy ^ amongst the Democrats as among their opponents. A project is on foot among numerous * New York ladies for forming an insurance ; -1 company having only women for officers, i e tgents and policy-holders. The wives of em- f aent merchants and financiers, several well- t cnown literary ladies, and some of the fore- v nost names in general society, are already on lie list of those deeply interested. They have natured their plans with care, and a circular vill be issued inviting the co-operation of wo- 8 nen throughout the country, and subscrip- 1 ions to a capital stock of a "mixed" compa- v ly, but one in which all the profits, .beyond ] egal interest on the capital, are to he return- j. >/l trt tho r?r?lir?v.lir*lflpra liv flmnlnviliy WO -V V%, v..~ J.V..VJ ?J 1 J - a lieu as agents and clerks, and allowing low :om missions, not to exceed five per cent., 1 hey expect to make large savings ahove any ' ;ompany now existing. J lite IJorlu'iUe tjjnquu'ci'.; t YOKKVILLE, S. C.: CHURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 20,1873. ' Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address- i abel" shows the time to which the subscription is >aid. If subscribers do not wish their papers diaontinued, the date must be kept in advance. , Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that tur terms for subscription, advertising and job- ? vork,are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING. j Having determined to devote more attenion hereafter to job printing than we have lone in the past, we would inform the public 1 hat our office is now well supplied with new J ype of the latest styles, and the best ma:hinery in use; and with a choice stock of J nks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to 1 ixecute as good work as can be done any- 1 vhere in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, |Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, [Labels, 1 Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks, 1 Bill Heads, [Law Briefs, Business Cards, I Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, j Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks. Note Circulars, i Deposit Tickets, ;Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, | Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire A Life Ins., Election Tickets, Shinplasteis, Festival Tickets, i Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction is to quality of work, guaranteed in every nstance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. OUR CONDITION AND DUTY. In many important respects, the Southern section of the United States presents a spec;acle unprecedented in the annals of history. Very recently we passed through a fierce and levastating war of four years' duration. In his struggle the South was unsuccessful. War is always an evil. The victorious party s subjected to fearful losses in property, in he destruction of human life, and iu thestaglation which takes place in all the arts of civilization. Millions of dollars are spent, lot in advancing the general good, but in desroying human happiness. In the case of the insuccessful party, the appellation, "horrors if war" is very appropriate. In our case we vere left very poor. Such was the character if our property that the results of the war wept every vestige of it, in the majority of :ases, entirely from us. All that was left us vas the soil upon which we walked. This ve were, from the condition of things, necesarilv attending the results of war, unable rroprcrlj- to oolti-rntc. With U3, fclirUVJ XllC var, it has been a struggle for life. Poverty, jrim in countenance and ruthless in nature, nvaded the dwellings once occupied by vealth and luxury. The change was great ind sudden, and the suffering in many instances intense. The foundations of the civil ind social fabric of the Southern country was orn up and changed in all its elementary irinciples by the results of the war. In all its essential features, the South is a lew country. Such is our condition that it nay be said that we are all poor. The tenlencies of such sudden changes are usually lot good. The poor man, made suddenly ich, most generally becomes proud and laughty; and the rich man reduced suddeny to poverty, is apt to become desponding ind then dissipated. These results prevent inything like national progress. The proud ind the dissipated hang as a dead weight lpon the body politic. Our duties, in our present situation, arc nontf or>i^ Annrnuo T l L- ft nil r fnrnftiflmrc UU11J UUU VUVlVUdt IkW W?4 iVi VilVVXWIW) ^ vho two hundred years ago came to this land, hen an unbroken forest, we have to provide i home for our children. In many respects ve have more to do thau those refugees from ^ jersecution. We have to combat notions and f heories and customs that are, at present, 1 vholly impracticable. We have to stem a torent of political corruption and social pollu- I ion which threatens to deluge the whole r iountry. Our duty, notwithstanding all the ^ pposing difficulties, is to make this land of v iur birth a desirable place for our children. iVe must adapt ourselves to the new state of hings in the management of the affairs of 11 ife. To fight against things that are iuevi- ^ able, is worse than folly. This is not saying ^ hat we must degrade ourselves socially. On r he contrary, we must guard the social stand- s .rd, night and day, and, instead of lowering t, elevate it. 1 a SPRING. s "A stitch in time saves nine,'1 is not the o rhole truth. A stitch in time often saves a ii vhole garment from destruction. There is a h ime for everything?a proper time?a con- n renient time. Only one time, however. The 'ear is three hundred and sixty-five days long; li >ut no single day occurs twice. There are t our different seasons in the year; but no one I ff them is doubled, nor are any two of them n .like. Eveiy season has its opportunities, ( iut they are peculiar. The work of one sea- s on cannot be safely postponed until the ush- s ring in of the succeeding one. To the plant- li rin this latitude, spring is the most irapor- v ant of the four seasons. In spring the foun- ( lation is laid for the operations of the whole ear. Our people should not, for one mo- t nent, forget that the character of the crop b lepends, to a very great extent, upon the man-1 h ler in which they do the work of spring. The ! g ;round should be plowed deep, and well pul- v 'erized. Plowing does very little good in any o eason of the year, except in spring. In sum- i o nerthe only good that plowing does, is, that; a t is the quickest way to kill grass and < p reeds, and the easiest way to break the thin | :rust which forms on the surface of the field | tl ifter rain. The grass and weeds absorb the i si ubstance of the land and thus hinder the c growth of the crop, and the crust that forms ! S m the surface increases the drought. In spring p lie ground is plowed that the roots of the n ;rowing crop may pierce down deep into the ' c oil, and spread through it, and collect food o or the stalk and fruit. j h Now is the time to push. One good day's c k-ork is worth more than can be well estimated. ?he farmer that does only half work at pres- I nt, or idles away his time, will suffer in the si lesh, when fall comes. His fields will be in tli he region of the dry streaks during the ' d< rhole summer, and his cribs not bo filled ni rith corn, nor his pockets with money in au- cc uran. Push, men, pnsh, if you would make M . good crop. Now is the time to get ahead, ai rake Ben. Franklin's advice, and push your M rork, and do not suffer your work to push you. bj jet everybody stay at home and attend to in heir own business, and let President Grant m ind Governor Moses rest for a" While. Speed m he plow and stop the politics. There is C iread in the former and trouble in the latter, ci 3e sure and plant some corn to mix with your B :otton seed. An error in this particular in SI April and May cannot be remedied in July md August; and it will tell next Jauuary. As Admiral Nelson said to the British fleet ^ >n the eve of battle, let every man do his luty and the victory is ours. j SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? At present, there are about 290 invalids In it Aiken. le ? Mrs. W. D. Simpson, of Chester, died in ai ;hat town on Sunday of last week. r( ? The National Bank at Winusboro will :ommence operations at an early day. 01 ? The Port Itoyal Railroad is now in com- E >lete running order, and daily trains pass be- Is .ween Augusta and Port Royal. u ? A lady from South Carolina, is attending p i course of studies at Moore's business university in Atlanta. E ? It is said that the work shops of the Air- fi Line Railroad are to be located at Spartan- it Durg. b ? The United States Circuit Court will b nect at Charleston on the first Monday of h April. ? Rev. Tilman R. Gaines has gone North tl jo secure material for the purpose of continu- w ng the publication of the Orphan's Appeal fe md the Working Man. a ? H T_ Ppflke. Esn.. formerly Sunerinten- ei lent of the South Carolina Railroad, is to F lold a similar position on the Port Royal p Railroad. I ? The Laurensville Herald mentions a ruuor that eight citizens of that county were 11 notified to appear before Commissioner Boozer n if Columbia, because of an alleged connection ^ with the "riot" there on sale-day. n ? A rumor is current in Columbia that ^ aeneral Stolbrand has been removed from ^ ;he office of Superintendent of the Penitentia- ^ ry, and General J. B. Dennis, appointed in ^ lis stead. ^ ? The Carolinian, of Friday, says: "Attor- ? ley General Melton and Treasurer Cardozo ^ ire in New York. They form a majority of j, ;he State Financial Board, and are probably e, mgaged in some business connected with the State finances." j ? A horse-race is projected for April 2d, on he Lexington Course, near Columbia, be,ween the horses "John Kendrick," belonging ? o Mr. C. R. Franklin, and "Belle of York," . 81 iwned by Mr. Ellerby, both of Kershaw. ^ Hie stakes are five hundred dollars a side. 6( ? It is understood that by a recent decision ol >f the Supreme Court of the United States, he South Carolina and the North-Eastern Ci Railroads are now liable to taxation by the state. Pleretofore, these corporations have j?, dairaed to be exempt from taxation. ^ ? The Chester Reporter of last week, says: 'Messrs. I. L. Gunhouse, E. Atkinson and . ir Allen Leard have been duly appointed corauissioners at Chester to open books and re- a seive subscriptions for the Chester and Lenoir 8! Harrow Gauge Railroad Company, aud they ire now ready to Begin their work." ? The New York Express says that there is a irojecton foot among some of the most eminent . :apitalists to establish a scheme of imraigra- j ion to the State of South Carolina, the main mrpose of which is to increase the cotton pro- ^ luction of the State. There are to be no unvorthy persons added into the ranks of this a arge army, but it will include only well-to-do S( vorkmen and their families. a. ? The cotton buyers of Newberry have held i meeting for the purpose of resisting any lombination of moneyed men in New York, vhose object is to depress the price of cotton. ^ Resolutions were adopted setting forth the fact hat much cottpn had been bought by the 0 sitizens of the State for future delivery, an imount in excess of the remainder of the crop a low unsold, and that the buyers have it in heir power to advance the price within the ? lext sixty days; also appealing to the buyers ^ hrnncrhnnt the State to organize. and act in n D o lonjunctiou with this movement, and help a lefeat the New York combination. r< WASHINGTON ITEMS. a ? After the 1st of next July about three tl lundred new money order offices will be es- T ablished. There are now 2800 of these offices n the United States. pi ? The Attorney-General has received a dis- tc >atch from Detective Whitely, that the post- ai naster and county officers have been driven It rom Lake City, Florida. The ringleaders A rere arrested, and Federal officers are iuves- fr igating the affair. ' di ? Geo. S. Boutwell, Secretary of the Trea3- T iry, having been elected U. S. Senator from w Jassachusetts, Judge Richardson, Assistant ai Treasurer, has assumed charge of the Treasu- b< y Department. It is believed that he will fr ucceed Boutwell. te ? Documents have been received in Wash- tl ngton from South Carolina, alleging bribery fr ,nd corruption in the election of J. J. Patter- te on to the United States Senate. Among ther papers is a petition from many citizens, ricluding a number of members of the Legis- or ature, asking the Seuate to investigate the A; aeans by which he was elected. or ? It is stated that by a blunder due to the bi laste with which business was transacted at ci he close of the session, Congress voted to the or Resident the old salary of $25,000 and the hi ew one of 850,000. To this the Washington ui Chronicle says: "It would be too great a hi tretch of generosity for the President to as- bl ume that.the blunder was committed in the pi irger appropriation, but he thinks that he vi r'ill and can get along with one salary until in Congress can rectify its own blunder." Tl ? The Senate continues in extra session, he principal business before the body being la o confirm Presidential appointments, which ' ar nnito fpoa!v sJnee the inau- ' T)l U VU UCVJli uiauv> i.w.j ~ A uration. From present indications, changes : te .'ill be made in all the important post-offices th f the country, as well as many of the smaller wl nes. Removals and new appointments are Ji lso being made in all other branches of the th ublic service. be ? In a recent examination for promotion in 1 ev lie Internal Revenue Bureau, under the civil' or | ervice rules, one lady secured a fourth class pe lerkship at $1,800; another a third class at | ni 1,600, while of the other ten persons ap- GC ointed to second class clerkships six are wo-! es len. Miss Seavy, who secured the fourth ( af lerkship, has been employed in the office for Pi ver ten years, and for several years past has pc ad exclusive charge and direction of the 1 m opyiug division. , sp ? A Cabinet meeting was called by the pi 'resident on Monday for the purpose of con- j lei idering nominations?it being the desire of lei e President to complete this business in or;r that the Senate may adjourn. All the embers of the old Cabinet are retained, ex-! tpt -Boutwell, (elected to the Senate from .assachusetts.) Assistant Secretary Rich-! dson was nominated by the President as [r. Boiitwell's successor, which was confirmed i f the Senate. The only nominations as yet ade for South Carolina are M. Wilder, Post- i aster at Columbia; B. A. Bosemon, Postaster at Charleston, and A. F. Herriot, ollector of Customs at Georgetown. Wilder, >lored,is the present post-master at Columbia, f osemon", the appoiutee for Charleston, vice Lanley G. Trott, is a mulatto. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A mau named James Taylor, a tobacco j VT,...,.* A ,1 n-nmntpfl f n rnm lllit. ' -tllUi UUIU XTXUUIJU XXII J, WW J licide at Sparta, Ga., on Monday night of st week, by swallowing laudanum. ? Troop 0, of the 7th U. S. Cavalry, which j as been stationed in Charlotte for some time, j ft that place, on Saturday last for Memphis, j ad thence to Dakota. A battery of artillery ! ;mains in Charlotte. ? The youth who has been passing in varias parts of the State as a son of Gen. Wade lampton, registered in Charlotte on Friday ist. It is said that he attempted to impose! pon the people of Thomasville in the early I art of the same week. ? The Patriot reports a painful accident to lev. Wm. Barringer, of Greensboro, who fell om the third story of the Methodist College, i process of erection, breaking his right thigh one, and receiving several bruises on the ody. His condition is such as to leave little ope of his recovery. ? Gen. R. E. Colston, of Wilmington, left lat city on Friday last for Cairo, Egypt, here he goes to assume the duties of a prosssorship in the University at that point, it Iso being understood that he will be tenderi a semi-military position under the Khedive, or some time past Gen. Colston has been rincipal of the Cape Fear High School. Ie is an ex-Confederate officer. ? V. S. Lusk, United States District Attorey for the Western District of North Carolia. publishes the following order, dated at Lsheville, March 13,1873 : "All persons sum | toned, recognized, or otherwise bound for leir appearance as witnesses at the U. S. Jircuit or District Courts, either at Greensoro, Statesville or Asheville, N. C., in the ehalfof the United States against parties inicted under the Enforcement or Ku-Klux Act, re hereby excused from any further atteuance as witnesses. And they are also hereby ischarged from any further duty as witnesses 1 any of said indictments, unless re-summoni." editoriaiTinklings. ames Wood Davidson, Esq. This gentleman, formerly of our State, ho for some time has been employed in the 'reasury Department at Washington, has regned the position heretofore held by him. [r. Davidson is now in New York, on the litorial staff of the New York Post, in charge f the literary department of that paper, hich for several years has been under the Dntrol of John R. Thompson, Esq., of Virinia. The latter is now on a health-tour to Colorado. he Salaries of Congressmen. The action of the last Congress, increaslg the pay of members $2500 per annum, nd making the law retroactive, by which ich member realized $5000, meets with unualified censure all over the country. The .pgislatures of Ohio and Illinois have passed ^solutions condemnatory of the act, and, with ;w exceptions, it is characterized by the enre press as extraordinary legislation. Of le supporters of the proposition forty-one ere from the South ; thirty were from the ^est; twenty-four from the Middle States; nd four from the East. It would seem that >rae of the members are already becoming larraed, and Congressman Roberts, of New - J J 1 A. ork city, in a communication aauresseu iu le Secretary of the Treasury, says he directs is back pay as a member of the Forty-second bngress to be paid into the Treasury of the huted States. It is said that Mr. Merrick, f Maryland, also refuses his extra pay, and lat Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, accepted is and afterwards turned it over to charities, he question is not without its humors, howler, and in this connection the New York 'ivies says: "Certaiu impecunious Congressleu, who voted for the increase of salaries, ud whom their constituents neglected to relru, have offered their quota of agricultural sports and other public documents for sale t fifty cents per volume, rather than send leni to an ungrateful constituency." he Game Law. In another column we publish the act assed at the recent session of the Legislature > amend the game law. The effect of the mendrnent made in the first section is to aliw the hunting of deer from the first day of .ugust to the first day of January, instead of om the first day of September to the first ay of January, as was formerly provided, he next amendment allows the hunting of ild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock, snipe ad pheasant, from the fifteenth day of Octosr to the fifteenth day of April, instead of om the fifteenth day of October to the fifenth day of February. The effect of the lird amendment is to strike out the robin om the list of birds that are specially procted by the game law. It is illegal to kill or destroy "all the species id varieties of birds represented by the seval families of swallows, bats, whippoorwills, ^-catchers, thrashers, warblers, finches, larks, 'ioles, nut-hatchers, wood-peckers, hummingrds, blue-birds, red-birds, and all other spees and varieties of land birds, whether great small, of every description, regarded as irraless in their habits, and whose flesh is ifit for food, including the turkey buzzard, it excluding the jackdaw, the crow, the crowackbird, and all hawks and owls, which ey upon other birds." The penalty for a j olation of the law is a fine of ten dollars, or i iprisonment for not less than ten days, lie New Postage Law. The Richmond Dispatch publishes the I ws of the Post Office Department as recently j nended. The only change affecting the 1 tblic generally, is that in reference to matr which, heretofore, has been transmitted rough the mails free. By the amendment, Rich goes into effect from and after the 30th j ine, next, no matter will be sent through i e mails free. Weekly papers will hereafter jsubjectto a postage of 20 cents per annum ; ren in the counties wherein published (and ily 20 cents wherever delivered.) Newspa;r editors will have to pay 20 cents per an imon their weekly, 40 on their semi-weeKiy, \ ) on their tri-weekly, 81.20 on their daily .changes. Nobody can frank letters here-! ter. Presidents of the United States, ex-' residents, their widows, heads of departments, | istmasters, Congressmen, and everybody else, ust hereafter pay postage upon their letters,, eeches, documents, &c. But Congress apopriated money to pay postage upon dead j j tters to be sent to Washington, and upon ,; iters and other mailable matter to be sent! i out by the President of the United States and the heads of departments, and perhaps some of the heads of bureaus aud the clerks of the two Houses of Congress. No such appropriation was made for Congressmen themselves. The postage on regularly-sent newspapers and other periodicals is not required to be paid at the office from which they are sent, but may be paid there. It must be paid in advance at the office of delivery if not paid at the office from which sent. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM MINNESOTA. St. Paul, March 10. No sooner does one storm get out of the way, than another is hatched in the northern line and comes down with a big noise and in much glory. These storms arc unlike any thing you have in South Carolina.* The day may be pleasaut, but cold, when suddenly from the west comes a cloud of snow and pours itself out upon the unhappy earth. Often this is accompanied with wind which drives the snow through the air in an almost horizontal direction. I experienced one storm in this State when the air was so full of driven snow that you could not.see twenty-five feet. These are the storms that are dangerous. A man upon the prairie is liable to lose the road, and then the chances are that he is lost himself. He wanders around and around, bewildered, benumbed and confused, and finally, drowsy and exhausted, he lays down upon a couch of snow and never rises any more. The winds chill a person in little time, if the cold is intense. In the storm of a few days ago, however, the cold was not severe until the storm had subsided, when the mercury sank to eighteen degrees below zero. The summers here are described as being delightful. There are a few days as hot, perhaps, as you experience in South Carolina, but the most of the days are delightfully cool and refreshing. The State is winning fame as a summer resort. The ten thousand little lakes with which its surface is dotted, afford facilities for fishing which our sport loving brethren of the East do not neglect. It is also becoming somewhat famous as a msnrt fnr ronsnmntives. thousands flockincr in every year to try and find relief for this most fatal of human maladies. It is a question among medical men if the pure, dry, bracing air of Minnesota is not better for consumption than the genial climate of more southern sections. Many consumptives cure themselves here by adopting a wild life, as much like the Iudians as possible. Others go into the pine forests and work with the men getting out logs. When not too far gone this "treatment" rarely fails of success. I have* met several living evidences of its efficacy. Consumption is the child of civilization, and the more uncivilized a man is in his mode of life the less liable he will be to the dread disease. Nemo. A CURIOUS* CASE. Mrs. putnam's petition for the pardon of foster. We have already noticed the fact that Mrs. Putnam, the widow of the victim of the carhook murder, had pleaded for mercy to the doomed Foster, the slayer of her husband. The following is her touching appeal to Governor Dix: To the Governor of the State of New York: I wish to address you on the subject which, as you can well understand, is in every resneet most nainful to me. I refer to the case of Wra. Foster, convicted of the murder of my husband, Avery D. Putuara. The intense suffering which I have endured in my own loss and in seeing my child left fatherless has made me deeply sympathize with the widowed and fatherless, and so I plead for his life for the sake of his innocent wife and children, who are involved with me and mine in neverdying sorrow. It would in no way ameliorate my sorrow to know that the law had taken his life, thus, perhaps, robbing his family and friends of the hope that by Jengthened years that husband and father may, by repentance of his sins, become worthy of the mercy which infinite love extends to all. I do not presume to put forth my views on such a matter, but if my wishes are of any importance I do implore you to regard those innocent ones. For myself and my family it could only reopen our wounds and add another horror to the past to have to reflect that this man has died, and that another wife is widowed and other children left fatherless, besides being disgraced. I believe that many persons, for whose opinions I have great respect, think that the punishment should be reduced to imprisonment for life, and to their petition I would earnestly add my own. Respectful yours, Ellen M. Putnam. Providence, February, 1873. This appeal would seem to be one hard to resist; but a different aspect is given to the subject by the following dispatch from New York, which came over the wires yesterday : The case of William Foster, the car-hook murderer, has assumed a new phase, and petitions of a different character from those recently sent to Governor Dix are, it is stated, being prepared for transmission to Albany. The merchants in the neighborhood of Broad and Beaver streets are, it is stated, greatly ex cited over the statement mane oy vvra. u. Allen, a butter merchant of Pearl street, that fifteen thousand dollars had been paid to Mrs. Avery D. Putnam, the widow of Foster's victim, for signing the letter recently sent by her to Governor Dix. Allen, whose wife is a relative of Mrs. Putnam, says the money paid her for signing the letter came from a rich relative of Foster. In view of the publicity of the fact, a large number of merchants have prepared a petition to the Governor, praying him to wholly ignore all petitions, letters, (fee., in consideration of the unholy means employed to defeat the ends of justice in Foster's case, and to decide only 011 the points of law and of the evidence, such as the corrupting influence of money has not touched. The merchants who have signed the petition are all prominent in the Produce Exchange, and among them is Putnam's former partner, H. Humberger. Notwithstanding the intercessions of friends, the influence of wealth and other causes which have been presented in this case, the indications are that Foster will yet be hanged. A New York dispatch of the 14th says that the private Secretary of Governor Dix has announced to the Sheriff of the city that the Governor had written a letter to the Rev. Dr. Tyng saying that public safety and justice demanded the execution of Foster, the car hook murderer. The deputy sheriffs are uow guarding Foster in the Tombs. The Trade Strikes.?A general strike of all the leading branches of mechanical labor in New York City is in preparation this spring, similar in character to that which took place there last May, but said to be more general and more alarming in its character. The strike of last spring involved a loss of 84,000,000 in actual business, but the indirect losses were much greater, as the falling off in the building trades alone involved a loss of 812,538,000. As a consequence of this many in-' dustrial works have been removed from the j city. Nearly all the packing boxes used in | the city are now made in Connecticut, a vast portion of the printing is now done in London; j the sash and blind manufacturers are preparing for au exodus, and the greatest piano establishment has been removed to Astoria. In expectation of a strike the manufacturers have formed an association, and made preparations to resist. Yet, in the face of this, nearly one hundred trade organizations, it is alleged, will1 strike in April or May. LOCAL AFFAIRS, p n NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I Thomas Ballard?New BarberShop. I II. R. Dickson?Sulky for Sale. i J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?('itntion?Rich- e ard C. Thompson, Applicant?Dr. Win. P. fi Thompson, deceased. a j K. E. Alexander, P. M.?Pay Your Postage. J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?Wm. a I. Clawson, Applicant?James Misskelly, t docoased. j Adiekos ?fe Black?Great Inducements to Custom! ers and Friends. 11 1 W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Received?Tin Ware? m Hollow Ware?flams. j J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Annual Returns. i Who Burnt Columbia ? t J T. M. Dobson A Co.?O. R. Ratchford?1872?Pa- r per, Pens, Ac.?Pocket Knives?Looking J Glasses? Ready-Made Clothing?Bed Tick- 1 ing?Silver Thimbles?Imlollible Ink?Hat g Racks?Travel inir Buus?Cheese?Boots? I Bacon?Copy Books?Salem Joans?1-4 Shirting. , . 1 j T. W. Clnwson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First Meeting of Creditors?In the c Matter of Miles Johnson, Bankrupt. : John C. Kuykemlal?Tuscarora Corn. ? ? KU-KLUX PAHDONED. C The President has pardoned John C. Rob- e j inson, of York county, and William C. Dui priest, of North Caroliua. Both were sen I tenced to imprisonment in the Albany penitentiary as ku-klux. The former had served six, and the latter eighteen months. DEPARTURE OF TROOPS. On Wednesday night of last week, Troop t K, of the Seventh United States Cavalry, t under command of Captain Haile, took their ? departure on the King's Mountaiu Railroad ' from this place, destined to Dakota. They ^ will proceed to Memphis, Tennessee, by rail, . and from that point will go by boat to Fort j Randall, the point of their destination. t GONE NORTH. J The season of the spring trade opened earlier in the northern markets this year than . usual, and already are our merchants availing themselves of the opportunity for pur- i chasing their spring supplies. Col. Wm. H. f McCorkle, of the dry goods house of J. H. * Adams, and Mr. G. R. Ratchford, representing T. M. Dobson & Co., started North yesterday morning, and we understand Mr.?R. F. Clark, of Carroll, Clark & Co., will also start t at an early day. f TIIE ROCK HILL LANTERN. Another change in the management of the . I Lantern is announced in the last issue of that , paper. Mr. J. M. Watson, formerly connect- c ed with the Charlotte Observer, in a very neat 3 salutatory, takescharge as publisher and local * editor. Claiming to have had considerable N experience in newspaper publishing, he feels ( sure he can please the tastes of his readers, g and if the people of Rock Hill and York ^ county will lend their support to the enter- t prise, lie expects to make the Lantern equal to 1 any weekly paper in South Carolina. We * wish Mr. Watson every success in the new f field to which he expects to devote his time ? and talent, and hope his most sanguine ex- ^ pectatious may be fully realized. Col. Cad- i wallader Jones continues as principal editor, 1 of whose ability we have had occasion here- ? tofore to speak. 1 TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. 'j The following transfers of .eal estate in i York county, have been reported to the Audit- c or since the 6th of March: 2 J. W. & G. C. Leech to R. K. Seahorn. * Tract of 23 acres of land in Broad River township. Consideration 8103. Z. and S. E. Carroll and others to N. C. Boyd. Tract of 33 acres of land in Bethel * township. Consideration $150. The same to R. L. Boyd. Tract of 36 j acres of land in Bethel township. ^Consider- 5 ation $150. t Alexander Glass to Elizabeth Black. A tract of 200 acres of land in King's Moun- c tain township. Consideration 80OO. J. B. and R. M. Jackson, and J. T. and S. E. Davis, to I. T. Faris. A tract of 223 v acres of laud in King's Mountain township, \ formerly belonging to the estate of John Hill, I deceased. Consideration 8594. r Rhoda Jones to W. T. Sturgis. Four acres 1 of land in Catawba township. Consideration ' 820. I PENSIONS TO WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, s At the session of the Legislature previous to the last, an act was passed authorizing the 1 levy of a special tax, in certain counties, of J one-half mill on the dollar, "for the relief of t the widows aud orphans of persons killed be- t cause of their political opinions." The law j authorizes the County Treasurer to pay to p each such widow, during her widowhood, from the date of the passage of the act?the 13th 1 of March, 1872?the sum of ten dollars per ^ month; and for each such orphan child, under c the age of fifteen years, six dollars per month." j York, under the law, is one of the counties p in which the tax has been collected, and the d Treasurer has commenced the disbursement 8 of the money. He has paid to Rachel Leech, widow of Alexander Leech, and seven chil- t dren, 8286 ; to Clarissa Good, widow of Char- t ley Good, and two children, $126.50; to Dicy p Brown, widow of Anderson Brown, and four b children, $195.50. The amounts paid em- t: brace only half what is due in each case, up to the first of the present month. Several other parties, who are entitled under the pro- ? visions of the law, to a part of this fund, have j, not yet made application for their quota. p ii For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. , A PUBLIC"MEETING. n Black's Station, York Co S. C.,) ' March 8th, 1073. f J A mass meeting of the citizens of this sec- e tion was held at Black's Depwt, York county, S. C., on the 8th instant. The meeting was well attended and har- ^ raonious. The object was to pledge the people to do all in their power to preserve the future t, p>eace of the county, and to assure the gov- r ernment of their intention to accord to, and c sustain every person of whatever creed, the t free exercise of their political opinions and ^ privileges. ^ j The meeting was organized by calling Mr. ! J. D. F. Duncan to the chair, and requesting r I Colonel W. D. Camp to act as Secretary. a The object of the meeting was briefly ex- t plained by Mr. J. D. F. Duncan, Colonel W. D. t' Camp and Dr. J. G. Black. They urged the ^ people to sustain the United States authorities ^ i in enforcing the laws, and to maintain peace j and good order in the county, and expressed 0 , the belief that General Grant, in the prose- e i cution of the ku-klux in this State, acted in n i no spirit of revenge against us as a people ; but 11 ! did so from a sense of duty. That owing to n the peculiar circumstances attending these ^ prosecutions, injustice had probably been done J j, to some, but they believed that none would j ti be more prompt to remedy the wrong than I fi President Grant. That he had already shown o; clemency to mauy who had been convicted, n which encourages us to believe that when the j? government is convinced that the organiza-j _ tion is broken up, that the prosecutions for bi past offences will cease. They also advocated ! the endorsement and support of President Grant and his administration, in good faith, as the course best calculated to secure the future peace and prosperity of the whole jt country. jy Dr. J. G. Black then offered the following p; ireamble and resolutions, which were unanilously adopted : Whereas, President Grant did find it necesary, in order to suppress outrages the more ffectually, to arrest offenders under the enorcement act, to declare martial law in this ,nd several adjoining counties iu this Stole; ,nd, whereas, the impression has gone abroad hat the lives of those who may differ in poitical opinions from us are not safe in our aidst, thus retarding immigaation and preentingthe investment of capital in onr secion. Therefore, be it Resolved, That in. order to assure the Unied States Government and the world, of our >eaceful intent, we pledge our sacred honor o use all our exertions to secure peace and ;ood order in the county, and to assist the Jnited States authorities in the exercise of heit duties, cheerfully and in good faith. Resolved, That it is our firm conviction that nir people are determined that the ku-klux, ir other similar organizatioqs, shall not again ixist in their midst. That it is inquitous and lestructive to their social and material interists. ' '' Resolved, That we cordially and cheerfully indorse President Grant and his administraion, and pledge ourselves to its support. J. D. F. DUNCAN, Chm'n. W. D. Camp, Secretary. COTTON FACTORIEiTNORTH AND SOUTH. The Wilmington Star of yesterday contains he followiug article upon the subject of coton factories, which is entitled to the earnest ittention of capitalists. No State in the Jnion probably offers so large natural inlucements for the establishment of cotton facories as South Carolina. The objections that lave been raised in the past are rapidly passng away, and there is no room for doubt but bat one of the first things done by the next Legislature will be the offering of such en:ouragements, in the way of exemptiou from axation, that no State can excel the opporunities offered by this. The Star says: "The question as to whether it will pay to nvest in cotton factories is one which has so requently been demonstrated in the affirmaive that it will scarcely admit of argument. Svery day we see or hear of instances in vhich large and remunerative profits have revarded those who have had- the foresight to imbark in such enterprises, while communities have become prosperous and idle hands bund employment through their instrumentility. In our neighboring State of Georgia, ve find that the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company, located in Columbus, report jrofit equal to twenty-four per cent, of the :apital invested, by the operations of the past rear, while the Columbus Manufacturing -i i. no l .1 11 D company reports to per ueuu ; auu tue xvus* veil Factory 9 per cent, for the last six months >f 1872. The factories of Macon and Augusta have also been steadily yielding handlorae profits, which we have every assurance vill compare favorably with those of the'facories at Columbus. In Virginia, where these actories are in operation, the results have )een equally encouraging. In fact, we have eliable data to the effect that the cotton mill n Petersburg, which runs one hundred looms md three thousand and twenty-two spindles, rielded a net profit in 1872 of 25 per cent, on ts capital stock. The reports from Northern nills, where the facilities for running them ire nothing to compare with our own, the jrofits are said to have been from eight to welve per cent, for the year just closed, rhere is every inducement for our people to nvest in enterprises of this character. There ;an be no such word as fail, as what can be tccomplished in Georgia, Virginia and other States can most assuredly be accomplished ?ere. MEETING OF COTTON DEALERS. A meeting, composed of cotton producers, lotton holders aud cotton buyers, was held in Xome, Georgia, on the 7th instant, at which he following preamble and resolutions were ntroduced and unanimously adopted, and the Southern press asked to give them circulaion: Whereas, In our opinion there exists, in the :ity of New York, a combination of men and apital, whose prime object is to depress and >ear down the price of cotton in the future; ind, whereas, in our opinion, based on facts vhich have come under our observation, a rery large amount of cotton has been bought >y the citizens of the States for future deliveV. an amount in excess of the remainder of he crop now unsold,* and whereas, in our ipinion, the cotton buyers have it in their >ower by a united and determined effort to idvance prices very materially in the next ixty days, therefore Resolved, That we earnestly appeal to coton buyers throughout the country to hold neetings at once in their respective cities, owns and villages, and take such action in he premises as will overthrow and thwart he combination of moneyed men in the city of 'few York, whose ostensible object is to detress the price of the same. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meetng that the best way to defeat said combinaion of capital is a united and combined efbrt upon the part of cotton buyers throughut the entire country, with a fixed and unalerable determination in every contract of >urchase during the present cotton season, to lemand the actual delivery of the cotton on aid contracts. Resolved, That if it is possible to secure uch unanimity of action as is desired upon he part of all the cotton buyers of futures hroughout the United States, and an absoute and unconditional demand of the cotton ought, it will effectually defeat said combinaion and advance the price of the staple. Resolved, That we earnestly appeal to coton buyers of futures throughout the entire ountry, to take immediate action in the premies and adopt such resolutions as in their adgment will defeat said combination, and lublish the same for the benefit of all parties aterested. Resolved, That our city papers, and all ewspapere friendly to the advancement of he producing interest of the country, and the irotection of the same from the corrupt aoneyed monopolies of New York, be request-^ d to copy the proceedings of this meeting. United States Cavalry and the At.anta Police.?Wednesday morning last, Company E, Seventh United States Cavalry, ?ith horses and equipments, arrived in Atlana from Union, S. C., en route to Dakota Teritory. A short .time after they reached the ity, one of the members of the company enered a saloon in an intoxicated condition, le was arrested and taken to the station louse, and fined $5 and costs by Mayor Haraoock. The "boy in blue" said that he would ot in prison before he would pay it. The esponse was, "Then you'll rot." Not long fterward an officer and several privates went o the station and announced their intention 0 take their comrade viet amis from thd cell, .'hey were informed that if they didn't move ff in double quick time, they would occupy djacent rooms to the fellow in limbo. They oncluded that discretion was the better part f valor, and left. The soldiers gathered in xcited knots near the depot, and a crowd of egroes soon joined them. The police kept 1 readiness for any outbreak, but this, fortuately, did not take place. The fine was aid, and the soldier released. Later in the ay three others of the cavalry were arrested i an intoxicated condition, and fined. This me no demonstration was made, but the nes quietly paid. The Federal commandant f the post, when appealed to by the cavalry A _M_ J 1! 1 A_ .JJ ien, peremptorily aecuneu to iuruisn ma iu iscue a soldier who had been arrested and ued for intoxication, declaring that, if coraelled to order his troops out, it would only e to support the civil authorities. ? # For Your Corns.?A friend informs us lat a speedy and effectual cure for corns is raply a plaster of raw tar, made a little larger rnn the corn, and placed over the corn. Let remain on until it wears off, when the troulesome varmint will be cured. Try it, and ay us what it is worth.