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JT(taps and darts. Minister Orr has arrived in St Petersburg, and presented his credentials. The people of a Kansas town have given a ball to raise money to pay their minister. Norfolk last year sold more than ten million bushels of oysters. Corn in Marshall county, Kansas, is sixteen cents per bushel. Colfax is the first presiding officer of the Senate who has retired without a vote of thanks from that body. The Tennessee Legislature has passed a bill allowing each town to decide for itself on Via niiHtiAn nf liQroneinor flram-oVinna buv \JMWHVU W4 a?wvvMw?ug WUV^VI A Bluebeard of Jonesboro, Tennessee, has brought home three brides within a year, and furnished funerals for two of them, without arousing the curiosity of the coroner. An old umbrella displayed in a show window in the Bowery, in New York, is said to have belonged to Louis Napoleon during his exile in this country. The Legislature of Mississippi has appointed a commission to visit Alabama with a view to the transfer of the city of Mobile to Mississippi. Quail and partridge are so tamed by cold and hunger in Pennsylvania, that the natives pick them up by the basketful, like mushrooms. Six stores, the post office and twenty dwellings, at Lake City, Cheviot county, Arkansas, were destroyed by fire on Thursday last After a brief open session on Saturday, the Senate went into executive session. The confirmation of Casey as Collector at the port of New Orleans, occupied two and a half hours. Dr. Deems authorizes the announcement that Commodore Vanderbilt has given $500,000 to Bishop McTyeire, of the Southern Methodist Church, to establish a university in Tennessee. The story that the Natural Bridge in Virginia was on nre ana rapiaiy consuming, proves to be a hoax. The story was started by the CoUegian, published by the students at Rockbridge, ana is a specimen of academic wit. It is suggested that, as the revolver seems to be the natural play thing of American youth, and as many accidents occur through an imperfect knowledge of its peculiarities, it might be well to introduce in all public schools a series of lessons on the construction and properties of the instrument. A Washington dispatch says: "The government is still pardoning prisoners at Albany convicted of ku-klux crimes, and unless there is positively reasonable opposition from residents in the localities where the prisoners lived, all will undoubtedly be pardoned before very long. Such seems to be the disposition of the government." An exceptional Michigander recently settled his accounts with all his creditors, and incontinently thereafter killed himself. Whether he paid his. debts because he was going to commit suicide, or committed suicide because he had paid his debts, local opinions differ; but all are agreed that the two circumstances, taken together, afford unmistakable evidence of insanity. The time of the extra session of the United States Senate, when not devoted to Executive business bas been almost constantly employed, since the session commenced, in discussing the eligibility of Caldwell, Senator from Kansas. Caldwell tendered bis resignation on Monday and the question was dropped. The case of Senator Clayton, of Arkansas, was then taken up. Jean Paul Richter says: "To insure modesty, I would advise the education of the sexes together; for two boys will preserve twelve girls, or two girls twelve boys, innocent, amid winks, jokes and improprieties, merely by that instinctive sense which is the forerunner of matured modesty. But I will guarantee nothing in a school where girls are alone together, and still less where boys are." In the Senate, on the 21st, Mr. Fenhow offered a resolution that the Committee on Finance be directed to inquire what measures can be adopted by the Government which shall give to the country a currency convertible into gold at the option of the holder; thus securing greater stability in the exchanges of trade, in the work of production and investment, and in the compensation o& labor, and to report by bill or otherwise, at the next session. The resolution was ordered to be printed and laid over. Congressmen are now availing themselves of the last days of the franking privilege. A Washington letter says hundreds of men and boys are engaged at the Capitol sending out daily through the mails tons of books and documents for members, who are anxious to have them reach their respective homes before the expiration of the franking privilege. The basement passages are filled with boxes in which to pack such parts of the immense masses of accumulated printed matter as have not already passed by sale into the bands of merchants and paper-makers. The primitive mode of counting and weighing nails has left some reminders of itself in our modern nomenclature. We say four-penny, six-penny, ten-penny nails, and so on. Nails used to be counted by the 1000; and when they were of such a size that 1000 of them weighed four pounds, they were called four pound nails, and similarly six pound and ten pound nails, and in rapid speaking the "pound" became corrupted to "penny," which is more easily uttered by the organs, as any one will see who will try it for himself. Thus the current designation of sizes depended originally upon weights. At the close of the last session of Congress a bill was passed securing authority for Ka rvn w? rv%Ar? f aP kn AAnono.f olr Am 1 ftfiA 1n LUt pajiuciib vi tuv vvuouo-taavi vx xvvv iu the Southern States, regardless of their claims to loyalty to the United States Government during the war. A circular will soon be sent from the Census Office to all persons interested, setting forth that "Congress, by an act approved March 3, 1873, has authorized the payment, without proof of loyalty, of claims for compensation on account of services at the census of 1860," and giving instructions concerning the preparation of claims by the claimants or their heirs. A remarkable series of accidents is related to have occurred one night last week, at Elizabeth, New Jersey. A Mr. Wells had retired for the night, when, shortly afterward, Mrs. Wells complained of a feeling of numbness in her limbs and requested her husband to help her across the floor. About half way across the room he expressed some fears, when she told him not to be afraid, and immediate ly dropped dead at his feet. He gave an alarm, and a neighbor, an old lady, in crossing the street to his assistance, fell, breaking her left arm in two places and her right collar bone. Her son, a young man, heard her scream, and rushing out of the house to aid her, fell against the half-open door, breaking his nose and rebounding senseless to the floor. Dr. Kendall, hastening to the help of the sufferers, also fell, broke two of his ribs and had to be carried home. A narrow escape from a frightful calamity was recently experienced by an audience in Louisville, Kentucky, assembled to witness a circus performance. When the entertainment began the weather was calm, and there were no indications that danger was soon to threaten. In a short time, however, a heavy gale began blowing, and after gradually increasing in violence it caused the main pole of the *ent to snap at about one-third of the distance from the top. The immense audience were terror stricken by the mishap, and a general stampede began. An indiscriminate rush over benches and prostrate men and women was made by the more powerful of those present, and the canvas was slashed with knives in every part of the tent, in order to afford means of egress from the scene .of tumult and confusion. Before any considerable number of the people had escaped however, the part of the pole which had hith erto remained upright came to the ground and the whole canvas fell upon the confusec audience and completely buried them. A brisk rain-storm prevailed at the time, anc the saturated canvas extinguished the lamp: and left the people in confusion and darkness with no means of escape. In the rush sever al of the cages containing the animals con nected with the menagerie were overturned and the roaring of the frightened beasts lenl a now torrnr ftn tVio anpnp After ftn flnXlOUf suspense of nearly an hour, however, the can vas was raised sufficiently to enable the aa dience to escape, and the panic was allayed Fortunately none of the animals escaped, and but one or two fatalities resulted from the ca> tastrophe. Elsewhere we publish the reasons as signed by Governor Dix, of New York, foi refusing to interpose executive clemency ir behalf of Foster, the murderer. The sub stance of the Governor's argument is, that h< can see no reason why the sentence of the court should not be executed in the case of a man in Foster's position in life?being sur rounded by wealthy and influential relatives? the same as if he was in more humble cir cumstances. This determination of the Gov ernor will doubtless afford Stokes but little consolation, and will have a salutary effect ir New York society generally. Foster wa* hanged at 17 minutes past 9 o'clock on Fri day, in presence of about two hundred invitee spectators. It is alleged that the executior was hastened in consequence of the culprit having taken poison, and that he would hav< died from its effects before ten o'clock, hac the execution been delayed. Foster waj buried Saturday morning in Greenwood Cera etery, two of the leading ministers of the citj officiating. fJstMlr (ftqita YORKVILLE, S. C.s rPTTTTT)OT\ A V Hf AT) ATTXTfl MJDftU OT 1 Q7Q 1IIU IiOVIi. 1 1U VIVJL1 1JLK U, 1U/1IVU11 UI, x u < u Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address label" shows the time to which the subscription! paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis continued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha our terms for subscription, advertising and job work, are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more atten tion hereafter to job printing than we hav< done in the past, we would inform the publi< that our office is now well supplied with nev type of the latest styles, and the best ma chinery in use; and with a choice stock o: inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared t< execute as good work as can be done any where in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, Labels, Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks, Bill Heads, Law Briefs, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billhead! Checks, Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire A Life Ins. Election Tickets, Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfactior as to quality of work, guaranteed in everj instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. HARD TIMES. For the past few years, the cry of hard times has greeted our ears on all sides. The multitude complain still that they are in straitened circumstances. This is no idle ru< raor. The facts, in the majority of instances, warrant the cry of hard times. What is the reason that such is the case ? Some will give as a cause one thing, and others a differenl ' ' -- J-.-tx iL - 1 J tning. luany, no uouui, auriuuuj me xjuiu times to the raal-administration of the public affairs; some, perhaps, would assign as the true cause of the wide spread hard times, the recen! civil war. These things and many others thai could be mentioned have much to do with the general pressure, and it may be that they are the primary cause of the present state ol things; but at present, they are not the cause of the continuance of hard times. The true reason that times at present are so hard, is the enormous debt, public and private, which is hanging over the whole country, both as States and as individuals. To-day the world is in debt more than it is worth. The raostol the States .of the United States are enormous ly in debt, and the private individuals of the several States are in debt to an amount which would more than coverall the landed property of any State in the Union. Individuals, States republics, kingdoms and empires, are, all ovei the world struggling, not simply to make ? support or amass wealth, but to get out o: debt. Thousands of individuals are ridder by that most horrible of all nightmares, m call debt. The same thing is true of minoi incorporations. With a few exceptions, ever} individual and every corporation is deeply involved in debt. This we honestly believe is the true cause at present, of the general cry of hard times To those persons who are out of debt, the times are not hard. To those individuals whe are involved in debt, the times will continue to be hard until the last farthing of their lia bilities is liquidated. Heavy debts gall the body and depress the mind. It requires no sage to point out what is duty and interest under such circumstances. State.1 and nations should curtail their expenses anc wisely apply their revenues in canceling their liabilities. The same thing should be don< by private individuals. This done, and th( cry of hard times will cease to be uttered. AGRICULTURE. The people of South Carolina have but one idea, and that is that the foundation of all wealth and prosperity is in cultivating th< soil. Strange to say, that a people deeply im pressed with this high and exalted notion oi the worth of agriculture, have not brought il to a high degree of perfection in practice Although the people of South Carolina an devoted almost exclusively to agriculture there are few well cultivated farms in the | State, aud but few individuals have amassed large fortunes by tilling the soil. Land it South Carolina is proverbially cheap. Whal appears strange at first sight, becomes natural i when closely looked into. From the verj nature of the thing, it is impossible to devel j op the resources of a country when the people I are devoted to butone avocation. Even thai : avocation?it matters not what it may be? will never attain any high degree of perfec ; tion in practice under such a system. We have nothing to say to discourage the interest which the people of South Carolina take in agriculture, nor to lower the estimate I which they put upon it. Rather would we intensify the interest in agriculture, and heighten the estimation in which it is held bj our people; but still agriculture is one thing I and only one thing. Agriculture is an evr dence of the existence of civilization, but nol - of civilization in its highest degreee. Semi? barbarous nations live mainly by agriculture, I to the neglect of commerce and manufactures. I A rude black-smith shop is a better evidence j of a progressive civilization, than a field poorj ly cultivated. As a people, we are of the opinion that the man who cultivates the soil is the most important man in society. The > reason given for this opinion is that the tiller II of the soil makes the bread which supports | the whole. This is true. The tiller of the . soil makes the bread which feeds every raemhpp in RnmVt.v nnri still it is true that he is [ not the most important member in society. All that can be truthfully said, is that a goodfarmer is an important member of every wellorganized community. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to say who is the most important member of society. To decide such a ? question, would be like a father undertaking 5 to decide which one of his children he loves - most, or which one he could most easily part with. Respecting the various members of the human body, it might be thought that the stomach was the most important, because by 5 it the food is prepared for being converted i into muscle and bone; but notwithstanding 3 this fact, there are other members just as im portant as the stomach. The stomach, by ' itself, would avail but little. ^ Make an application of this principle to j agriculture, and it will be seen that it is sim| ply one of the important and honorable avo3 cations of life. There are other things in - their place just as important, and as honorar ble in their places, as agriculture is in its place. The conclusions to which the facts in the case warrant us to come, is that in order , that a people be prosperous, they must engage . in more than one avocation. Commerce and manufactures are necessary to the full degree of national development. + SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Four deaths occurred in the town of Newberry last week from meningitis. ? Edward Scott has been appointed post master at Newberry, vice D. R. Phifer re" moved. ? Mrs. Eugenie McKee, wife of John McKee, jr., deceased, died in Chester, on Satur. day night of the week before last. . ? William D. Chisholra, of Chester, in the 8 55th year of his age, died in that county on on the 14th instant. 4 ?A meeting in the interest of the Newberry and Chester Railroad was held in New: berry on Wednesday of last week. ? The Phcenix says that a number of capi* talists are now prospecting this State with * the intention of establishing manufactories. J ? The Columbia papers give currency to a 7 rumor that President Grant has asked the * Senate to reconsider the confirmation of Dr. f B. A. Boseman, as postmaster at Charleston. ) ?Governor Moses has commissioned Wm. " McKenna, as County Auditor for Lancaster, and Gen. J. B. Dennis as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary. ? Bethel Presbytery will hold its regular spring sessions at Pleasant Grove Church, in Chester county, beginning on Thursday next, 5 the 3d of April. ? The Aiken Tribune gives a full description of the tournament of the colored men of that place and vicinity, which came off last Friday. ' ? The Reporter says that Judge Thomas J. Mackey has purchased from Col. E. T. At5 kinson the property situated on York street, in Chester, and known as the Kennedy place. The Judge will take possession, in ashort time, I of his new home, and will establish himself permanently as a citizen of Chester. ? An election was held in Barnwell county on Saturday last to decide where the Court House of the county should be located. | Barnwell, Blackville and Allendale were the s candidates. The result was a majority of l about thirty in favor of Barnwell as the counI ty seat, out of a vote of about 3800. ? The Charleston Courier printing estab> lishment is advertised to be sold at public i. auction in that city on Thursday next. The . Courier, with one exception, is the oldest , journal in the South, and for many years has j been regarded as one of the leading papers of p the country. As a reason for the proposed , sale, the Courier says : "The death of several , of its proprietors has cause the necessity of a ( change of ownership, which can only be fairly ( and fully effected by a public sale, so that no j injustice may be done." I ?The earnings of the Charlotte, Columbia p and Augusta Railrod for the month of January were $89,518.89, gross, and $58,505.12, , net?an increase over the corresponding month [ of last year of more than $31,000 of gross r earnings, and nearly $26,000 of net earnings. The statement for February is not completed, r but the totals are estimated to be nearly equal t to those of January. The prospects of the p company are very promising. The floating { debt is being rapidly decreased, its bonds ap, preciatlng in value, and are now considered . one of the best investments in the market, r ?The Columbia Evening Herald of Saturr day, says: "There came near being a conflagration at Rose's Hotel last evening. A cartman, driving by, saw flames issuing from the roof of the kitchen in the rear of the ho, tel, and giving the alarm, the fire was put out ) before serious damage was done. A hole } about two feet square was burned through . the roof. The cause of the fire is unknown. ; Mr. Rose, with characteristic liberality, rewarded the cartman, and considers that the r timely notice he received was all that prevent, ed a serious conflagration, as the wind was I blowing a gale at the time." . ?It is reported that Judge T.H.Cooke, 5 of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, is closing up , all the bar rooms in Anderson, Oconee and Greenville counties, which do not conform to what is known as the Tupper law. This is a law which has remained on the statute books ; of the State for many years, but has been 1 practically a dead letter, for it was never ex3 ecuted. It provides that no one shall keep a bar except he has a certain number of beds f and accommodations for horses?in short, unt less he keeps an inn. Judge Cooke, it is said, . ingnores licenses issued by town or city cor3! porations, and holds each vender to an ac, | count under the Tupper law. J | ? The Charleston News says "there are ru1 : mors of impending changes in the Federal '; officials in Charleston. It is asserted posit: tively that Collector George W. Clark is fa1; ted, and that Gen. Henry G. Worthington, r; who was Honest John Patterson's right bower in his memorable campaign at Columbia last i winter, is to have this snug berth as a reward i t! of his zeal. An impending change in the | . office of sub-treasurer is also rumored, and j *: Representative James F. Greene is spo-1 ken of as the coming man for this position.1 3 The name of Mr. F. Jacobs, of Columbia,1 t! has also been mentioned in this connection. I 3 The present United States District Attorney , i n -t n. . T-w m ill _l ! ) i lor tins otate, u. i. vx>ruiu, win mau, n 10 ic- j I, ported, be "rotated" out of his very comfort* r j able office, to make way for ex-Attorney D. ,1 H. Chamberlain, than whom perhaps no more j j competent person could be found in the ranks I of the Republican lawyers of the State." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Gen. D. H. Hill, of Charlotte, will address the literary societies of Furman University, S. C., on the occasion of the annual commencement, 18th of June. ? The Raleigh Era says a German Bible, printed in 1656> was found in a bag of rags at the Forestville paper mills near that city a few days ago. ? R. M. Douglas, the new U. S. Marshal for North Carolina, will establish his office in Greensboro. The headquarters of his predecessor were at Raleigh. ? William Adams, a machinist who served his apprenticeship at the shops of the JN. U Railroad, and whose mother now lives there, was shot near the Roane county iron works in Tennessee on the 12th instant, by a man named Frittz. The murderer was arrested. ? The Charlotte Observer says a quantity of ore from the King's Moutain gold mine was assayed in the branch mint in that town on the 18th instant. The gold brick weighed 71 ounces, and was valued at $1,131.00. It was forwarded to Philadelphia for coinage. ? Major General McDowell of the United States Army, was in Charlotte on Sunday last, on a tour of inspection. He went from Charlotte to Spartanburg, S. C., and was expected to return to Charlotte on Tuesday. ? The fence law is beginning to agitate the voters of Mecklenburg county. The last Legislature passed an act amending the fence law, so as to dispense with fencing in Mecklenburg and some other counties, the same to be ratified or rejected by the voters of the respective counties. ? THo rjpAonohnrn St/it* lpjtrnn t.hat. fchfi Ts land Ford cotton mills, in Randolph county, were burnt on Sunday of last week. The capacity of the factory was 75 bunches of yarn, and 1000 yards sheeting per day. Seventy-five operatives are thrown out of employment. ? The barn, stable and crib belonging to Amzi G. Reid, of Mecklenburg, were burnt on Friday night last. Besides a large amount of grain and other farm products, two mules aud a horse perished in the flames. A negro man has been committed to jail charged with committing the crime. ? The Baltimore American reports the death, in that city, on the 17th instant, of H. W. Connor, a merchant of Charlotte, who was on his way North to purchase goods. Mr. Connor was subjcet to pulmonary complaints, and died of typhoid pneumonia, the result of a severe cold. ? The Charlotte Democrat reports a sale at auction, on last Friday, by the Treasurer of the N. C. Railroad, of $39,000 of the first mortgage bonds of the Western N. C. Railroad, which brought 11 cents on the dollar. The next day, $26,000 of the same bonds were sold in Charlotte, and brought 5 cents on the dollar. ? A farmer of Sampson county has invented an agricultural implement for the cultivation of cotton. It consists of a sort of sweep, so contrived as to scrape the cotton bed on both sides of the ^oung cotton; and at the same time, by means of an ingenious contrivance, the cotton is chopped out with as much regularity as it could be done with a hoe. ? Rev. Wm. Barringer, of Greensboro, died on Monday of last week, from injuries received by falling from a scaffold at the Methodist College a few days previous. At the time of his death he was Presiding Elder of Hillsboro District. He was in his 57th year, and previous to 1852 was a member of the South Carolina Conference. ? The News says considerable excitement was created in Raleigh on Friday last, by the appearance in that city of an exasperated father in search of his daughter who had eloped from her home in Warren county with a negro. The man s'ecured his daughter, who is described as a beautiful girl of seventeen, and returned to his home. ? Local politics and all other vital questions have been dropped for the nonce by several of the North Carolina papers, the editors having become highly excited over a joke of the Boston Globe, to the effect that the Legislature of North Carolina, after a long and arduous session, passed but one act during the terra, which was a resolution declaring that "Beaufort is a good harbor." This jeu (Tesprit is seriously treated in a column article by one of the Raleigh papers. editorial^inklings. The Seventh Cavalry. > Seven companies of the Seventh Regiment of Cavalry, which have recently been on duty in this State and North Carolina, are now encamped at Memphis, Tennessee. We are indebted to Lieutenant George D. Wallace, for a copy of the Memphis Avalanche, of Saturday last, which gives the subjoined information in regard to the "future movements" of the command: "General Custar, who is the LieutenantColonel in command, states that the men will remain in camp until the 3d proximo, when a detachment of two companies will take steamer to Cairo. Another detachment will leave on the 5th, and the third and last departs on the 7th. From Cairo they will proceed by rail to Sioux City, which is near four hundred miles from their destined stopping place. The troop will mount at Sioux City, and march to Fort Randal, where they will join various other regiments. Two of the companies now here are under orders to join the international surveyor, now engaged in marking out the line between this country and the British possessions. The surveyors at present are working along the northern line of Minnesota, going westward. The other detachments will be on duty protecting the workmen along the line of the Northern Pacific railroad." The New Assistant Secretary. mi _ ? - j ?c ine nomination auu cuuiinuuiiuu ui i Hod. Frederick A. Sawyer for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, has been announced. The Charleston News says: "Mr. Sawyer will make an excellent executive officer, and from his knowledge of the condition and wants of the Southern States, may be expected to give an intelligent ear to representions which may be made to the Department from this section of country." Mr. Sawyer took up his residence at Charleston as principal of the Normal School located there fourteen years ago, where he remained until just before the close of the war. He returned after the war ended, and has represented this State in the United States j Senate for the last four years. Regarding i the appointment of Mr. Sawyer, the Washington Chronicle remarks: "Untried as Mr. Sawyer is in the peculiar work of the position to which he is called, he j has his reputation to make in it. The re-' commendation he received from twenty-seven ; ci-.*.-. j: ? i .l-: j. ? u* oeimiunj luuicuies uu men pai t ? ocuou wx buu , fitness of the appointment, and a confidence that the new appointee will meet all just expectations. Personal and political integrity is conceded to him by all. In the late canvass in South Carolina, he united with Judge Orr, who has already been complimented by ; a high Presidential appointment, in resisting ! the action of the regular party conyeptjon j because it was tainted, as he claimed, by fraud. The appointment of two prorainput gentlemen from one State, regardless of the history of the South Carolina bolt, shows that' the President is not inclined to accord special i merit to party fidelity, and is willing to recognize worth and qualifications regardless of i facts to which party men sometimes attach undue significance." The Car-hook Mnrdercr Hanged. On Friday last William Foster expiated the murder of Avery D. Putnam, whom he killed nearly two years ago. Every imaginable influence was brought to bear upon the Governor in order to save the life of the doomed man. But all the efforts of lawyers, divines, jurymen, the relatives of the prisoner, and , even the widow of his victim, were without avail. Governor Dix refused to interfere, and Foster has been hung. The justness of the i sentence and its execution cannot be question- < ed,and the Governor of New York is winning , golden opinions among the thoughtful and , law-abiding people throughout the country , by the calmness and firmness with which he , resisted the pressure brought to bear upon him in the case of Foster. In his letter to Rev. j Dr. Tyng, refusing to commute the sentence, Governor Dix, after reviewing the facts of the case, closes as follows: "It thus appears that all of the remedies provided by law for contesting the rulings of the Judge, before whom the trial took place, have been expressed, and that his action has been affirmed by two judicial tribunals, having cognizance of the case; the latter the court of last resort. Every proper appliance which wealth and the influence of a most estimnkla fomiltr nr?nlrl r?rvmnoonrl Viaa Konn o m _ inauiv jauiiij utu wtuiuuuu uoo uvuu uiu ployed to save Foster from the scaffold. The case has been carried through all of the Courts by eminent counsel. The opinion of gentlemen learned in the law, and earnest applications from respected clergymen and citizens in good standing have been brought before me, and the widow of the victim has come forth from her solitude to plead for the life of her husband's murderer. I have given to these appeals my most thoughtful consideration. If there were any reason to doubt that the law was rightly ruled at the trial, or that the evidence fully warranted the jury in reudering a verdict of murder in the first degree, I would give the criminal the benefit of that doubt. But, with a firm conviction that there was no error in either, and that there is nothing in his case which cau justly commend it to executive clemency, I can not interpose to mitigate his punishment I am pained to say this to you, appreciating as I do your sincerity and purity of motives, and I desire to announce my. decision to yourself and the other respected clergymen who have joined in interceding for him in the spirit of kind consideration due to those whose sacred vocation teaches them to look with tenderness upon the frailties of others. To the representations of the gentlemen insecular occupations who have appealed to me in his behalf, I have paid the same respectful consideration. But! am constrained to think that they have neither given sufficient forethought to consequences of what they ask, if it were granted, nor considered that with the best intentions we may by misdirected sympathy contribute unconsciously to endanger public safety, and our own. I am asked in disregard of the evidence and judgment of the highest judicial tribunal in the State on the law, to set aside the penalty awarded to the most atrocious crimes. It seems to me that the inevitable effect of such a proceeding on my part under the circumstances of this case would be to impair the force of judicial decisions and to break down the barriers which the law has set up for the fortification of human life. To this act of social disorganization I cannot lend the exe .1 :? CJ.J ?... ~? I,.. ?u? UUllVK uuiuuriLjr uuiiuucu iu iiic ujr mc pcupic of the State. I deem it due to the good order of society to say that so far as depends upon me, the supremacy of the law will be inflexibly maintained, and that every man who strikes a murderous blow at the life of his fellow must be made to feel that his own is in certain peril. If we can not by firmness of purpose attain this end, we may soon be forced to acknowledge the disheartening truth that there is nothing so cheap or so ill-protected as human life." Oakes Ames at Home. The saddest comentary upon the degeneracy of the times is the honor and eclat with which a disgraced Congressman or other public functionary is received at his home, by his neighbors and constituents, after exposure, and after being held up before the nation as guilty of crimes made respectable only by their enormity. Two of these public demonstrations have recently occurred?one in honor of Vice-President Colfax, on his return to his home at South Bend, Indiana, and the other by the people of North Easton, Massachusetts, as a public endorsement of their Representative in Congress, Oakes Ames. Of course, the recipients of these testimonials were greatly surprised at the disinterested action of their constituents, and copious tears were freely shed as they recited the wrong and injury they had suffered. Particularly was Mr. Colfax pathetic, and in over two columns of plausible argument and pointless rhetoric, he convinced his South Bend constituency that he was the most innocent man that had ever been falsely accused, and the hearty response to his specious pleadings only demonstrated to what extent a people can stultify themselves when blinded by partisan feelings and political motives. Mr. Ames, the sturdy shovel-maker of New England, did not, however, in the ovation to his honor, deal in specious argument, nor was even special pleading necessary to make good his cause before a New England auditory. The dinner was preceded by music and prayer, and after the dinner was over Dr. Cogswell made a short address, in which he welcomed Mr. Ames to his home, and spoke in highly laudatory terms of his course, expressive of continued confidence in his honor and integrity. He announced that the demonstration was made irrespective of party, and he felt that he expressed the sentiment of all when he said that while others sought to cast a stigma upon their Representative's fair name and reputation, his constituents had always looked upon him as "that noblest work of God, an honest man." He closed with the sentiment: "Hon. Oakes Ames, like gold from the crucible, he has passed through the fiery ordeal, and come out brighter and purer. Mr. Ames then arose, and while the company cheered him in the most vociferous manner, drew from his pocket a roll of manuscript from which he read his response, as follows: "My Friends and Neighbors: I should be less than human not to be gratified and happy at this great gathering of my constituents to show their confidence and faith in ( ray honor, truth, and integrity. I am not in , the habit of speech-making, as you all well know : I have, as you are aware, been the oiihiorf nf flhnsA fnr the last six ?71 1UV1 pui ouwjww w? ? months. The pre3s of the country has been | full of what has been called the "Credit Mo- ] bilier Scandal." The whole offense, if offense ( it can be called, is in selling $16,000 of stock to eleven members of Congress, at the same j, price I paid for it, and at the same price I! ( sold the same stock to others; and if the par- j ties purchasing the stock had simply told the ! truth, and said they had a right to purchase ; i it, that would have been the end of it. But,: 1 from the fact of their denial, the public sus- j ] pected there must be something criminal in ; i the transaction, and to find out what the crime \. was Congress appointed a committee to in- j i quire if Oakes Ames ha(J bribed any member j1 of Congress. The result was the appointment < of the notorious "Poland Committee." Tfiat i ooramittee was engaged nearly three months,! ] and the result of all their labors was to badly ' \ damage the characters ofsome men, high in office, for truth and veracity; but the object of the committee to see if Oakes Ames bribed any member was admitted not proven; but that committee made the wonderful discovery that I was guilty of selling stock for less than it was worth, but the parties taking the stock and keeping it were very innocent, and that I had the extraordinary ability to give men a bribe without their knowing it, and to do they did not know what." This blunt paper being read in the most matter-of-fact, business-like way, the band struck up "Home Sweet Home," complimentary speeches followed, in which Mr. Ames was complimented as an honest man and the Credit Mobilier investigation bewailed as a cruel thing. Although this mawkishness can only be effective at the homes of the illustrious gentlemen for whose special benefit it was indulged, yet as we said at the outset, it is a sad comentary on the evil days upon which we have fallen and reflects less credit upon the gullible constituency of Messrs. Colfax and Ames than upon the real transgressors. + Ten Thousand Dollars for a Dinner. One of the greatest pieces of extravagance on record in this country is described by a New York correspondent of the Boston Transcript. It occurred in the shape of a private dinner at Delraouico's. A wealthy German importer, who has retired from business, and who was about to sail for Europe, decided, before leaving America, to invite his friends to a dinner. Covers were ordered for seventy-four guests, and carte blanche was given to Del monico for the dinner. The large banquet hall of that establishment was secured?the same hall where the dinners to Dickens and Tyndall were given?at the rate of $15 a ticket. For nearly a week, the employes of Delraonico were engaged in preparing for this dinner. A table twenty-four feet wide, extending the whole length of the room, was constructed. In the centre of it, an artifical pond was made, with a fountain, while around the fountain live swans werejioating. Of course, the pond was caged over. The centre of the table was banked with flowers, from the water's edge, at a cost of over $3,000. Perfume fountains were constructed in various parts of the table, and to add to the intoxication of the eenses, Berstein's full band of thirty-five pieces was J a- e.?:-L iL. TI.? .1: eugugeu 10 lumiuu me music. xu? uiuuci commenced at 8 P. M., and continued a couple of hours, after which dancing took place until midnight, when the dinner, or supper, as it was then called, was resumed for an hour or two, followed by dancing until 4 o'clock in the morning. The bill for this dinner amounted to just $10,000. ? ? Chester and Lenoir Railroad.?We notice an interesting article in the Chester Reporter on the subject of this road. There can be but one opinion in regard to it, and that is, it should be built at once. The whole country along the line of this road, and the villages through which it passes, are deeply interested in this enterprise. The road runs by Yorkville to the State line, thence by Dallas, Lincolnton, Newton and Hickory to Lenoir in Caldwell county, North Carolina. The Reporter estimates that it can be built and equipped at a cost not exceeding $8,000 per mile, and as the charter provides that subscriptions may be made in land or labor, a great difficulty in raising the means of building the road is removed. Subscriptions of land will at once give financial credit to the road, enable the directors to borrow the money necessary for its construction, and the road in turn will so increase the value of the lands along its route that the subscriber of stock in land will in a few years find that his remaining possessions are worth more than his whole is now. The two features in this enterprise of a narrow gauge and subscriptions in land will, in our opinion, make it a success.?Rock Hill Lantern. ? ? Chester and Cheraw Railroad.?The Chesterfield Democrat says: "We learn from our exchanges that a meeting of the corporators of this road will be held at Lancaster C. H. on the 15th of April, and that it is probable a consolidation with the Little River and Cheraw Road will be effected, under the name and style of the Little River, Cheraw and Chester Railroad. If this arrangement is completed, it will De toe nrst step laiteu which promises any certainty of securing the necessary capital for building either of the roads, and will doubtless lead to the speedy completion of a road from Little River to Chester, thus affording convenient transportation to a large section of country that has hitherto enjoyed scarcely any railroad facilities." The Lancaster Ledger says: "This road would be an important link in the proposed seaboard route, connecting with the Little River and Cheraw road, thence on the Chester and Lenoir route up through York county, striking the Western North Carolina, near Hickory Tavern, thence on to East Tennessee ; ultimately striking the Knoxville and East Tennessee Road, and thereby opening to the seaboard some of the richest and most productive portions of the country in the United States." AN ACT To provide for an assessment of real property in the year 1873. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Sec. 1. That an assessment of the real property in this State shall be made in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, (1873,) at the same time that the assessment of personal property is made, and in the manner and according to the rules prescribed for the assessment of real property in chapter XII. of title III. of the general statutes. Sep. 2. The comptroller-general is hereby authorized and directed to adopt the measures necessary to carry out the intent of this act, and to exercise, for the purpose of making and completing the assessment provided for in this act, all the powers relating to the assessment of real property conferred upon him by the chapter ^of the general statutes hereinbefore cited. Approved February 27, A..D. 1873. The Circus Business.?Whether the circus business is profitable to owners and managers or not, it is certainly of value to State and local governments, and presents some points of interest to hotel keepers, if we may believe Mr. John Kobinson, who has grown in the profession to be "Old John Robinson." This veteran manager has lately presented his balance sheet of last year's business to a re? porter at Cincinnati, and from it we learn that last year he paid as licenses to State and municipal governments, the trifle of 8121,000, and to hotels and livery stables over 8435,000. The total disbursements of Old John's show, in 1872, not including salaries to acrobats and employes, foot up 81,083,581. m The Secretary of War has published an order prohibiting officers of the array from 3eeking to influence legislation in any way. When an officer of the army now visits the National Capital, he must register his name with the Adjutant General, make known his business, and the length of time he intends to remain in the city. Officers are not prohibited, however, from giving such information as may be required of them upon any measures , which may be pending in Congress affecting ^ the army. ' ? ? j. J? UIVIL KIGHTS.?A Dill 10 prevent uismin- < [nation against colored people in New York i lias passed the Assembly by a large vote. Re- i publicans and Democrats alike voted for it, I ind it will undoubtedly pass the Senate. The | African is to have the full and equal enjoy- < nentofthe accommodations, facilities, ad- i vantages and privileges afforded by inn-keep- < ;rs, common carriers, licensed places of amuse- ] pent, ppblic schools, cemeteries, &c. The i senajty of a violation'of this law is a fine of 1 *50. " i LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate of York county?Application for Homestead?Mrs. E. C. Jefferya, Applicant. Carroll, Clark & (jo.?Cotton Seed. H. H. Benner, Post Treasurer?Bread. H. K. Roberts, Chairman of Board of County Commissioners?Road Work. A. H. Davega, J. U. Smith and Joseph Herndon, Commissioners?Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. John Forsytli, Greensboro, N. C.?Information Wanted. James F. Hart?Simpson Cotton Seed. W. H. <ft, J. P, Hornaon?You Can Get?Pickles. W. L. Grist?Dime Novels. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate of York county?Application for Homestead?Mrs. V %ir>hnls Annlieant. PERSONAL. Hon. A. S. Wallace, member of Congress *"* for the fourth Congressional District, was at Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday last. He went to Memphis on a visit to his son, Lieut. George D. Wallace, who is an officer of the Seventh Cavalry, which is now en route for Dakota territory. KU-KLUX PARDONS. On Wednesday of last week, the President pardoned Sherrod Childers and Wm. Montgomery of this county, sentenced to the Albany penitentiary as ku-kluz. Miles McCulloch, Miles Carroll and Henry Warlick, of this county, and James A. Sanders, of Chester, previously pardoned, reached their homes on Friday evening last. DRAWING OF PETIT JURORS. On Saturday last the Board of Jury Commissioners drew the petit jurors for the April terra of the Circuit Court, which commences * a its sitting at Yorkville on the 6rst Monday of April. Of those drawn, fifteen are whites and. twenty-one are blacks. The following is the list: WThlica W _T Stonliangnn .Tomoa T? IT an. nedy, B. F. Boyd, John H. Barry, Milton P. Crow, Givens Gallagher, J. D. F. Duncan, William Childers, W. F. Windle, D. G. Bennett, L. D.Goore, William V.Wilson, Robert Davidson, James Scoggins. Blacks? Minor Massey, Albert Adams, Edward Davidson, Joseph McCaw, Amzi Rainey, Foster Burt, Jordan Gunning, Johnson Byers, Ephraim Smith, Primus Rivers, Pad Barber, Dock Patton, John Alexander, Nelson Miller, Reuben Jones, Herachell Brumfield, Abram Grier, David Ross, Milton Watson, Albert Love, Charles Martin. THE NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. By reference to advertisement in another column, it will be seen that a meeting of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, will be held ^ at Chester on Saturday next. The purpose of the meeting is to organize the company by the election of a president and directors, and to take necessary steps for consolidating with the Carolina Narrow Guage Railroad Company, chartered by the Legislature of North Carolina. The people of Chester are wide awake on the subject of building the road, and are ready to do their whole duty toward effecting its early completion. Dr. Davega, the President of the Carolina Narrow Guage Railroad, is enthusiastic in support of the scheme, and is pushing the enterprise with his well-known energy. He fully expects to have engineers in the field, engaged in preliminary surveys, by the middle of May. If the people of York will come up to the work in an energetic manner, willing to do their whole duty, one year will give us a connection with the Air Line Railroad, and furnish-our people with facilities for communication with other sections, that will be of incalculable benefit. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate in ?? York county, have been reported to the-Auditor since the 18th of March: R. H. Glenn, 8. Y. C., to W. W. Gaffney. A tract of eighty-two acres of land in Cherokee township, formerly belonging to the estate of A. J. McGill, deceased. Consideration, $177. James M. Garrison, Executor of Daniel Nivens, deceased, to James H. Sutton. Thirteen acres of land in Fort Mill township. Consideration, $500. Matthew Elder to Rev. James Douglas. House and lot in Yorkville. Consideration, $900. I. M. Wallace to Andy Tims, Allen Bratton and Matthew Williams. Three acres of land in Bethesda township, upon which to build a church. Consideration, $50. Michael O'Connell to Joseph P. O'Connell. Thirty-six acres of land in Fort Mill township. Consideration, $540. John T. Lowry, Attorney for J. R. Bratton, to William P. Hobbs. Lot in Yorkville situated near the old male academy building. Consideration, $162. R. H. Glenn, 8. Y. C., to Rev. Wo. Banks. Seventy-four acres of land in Fort Mill township, formerly belonging to the estate of Hugh M. White. Consideration, $2250. ACTS OF THE S. CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. AN ACT To regulate the fees of Probate Judges, Clerks of Courts, Trial Justices and other officers herein mentioned. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Sec. 1. That the fees which probate judges, clerks of courts, trial justices and other officers herein mentioned shall be authorized to receive in the several cases herein specified shall be as follows: Sec. 2. Judges of Probate: For petition for letters, &c., fifty cents; for citation, fifty cents; qualifying executors, administrators or guardians, and issuing letters to same, one dollar and fifty cents; taking bond of administrators or guardians, one dollar; issuing warrant of appraisement, one dollar; proving will in common form, one dollar; proving will in solemn form, five dollars; filing and entering renunciation of executor, one dollar; dedimus potextatim to prove will or qualify executor, two dollars; receiving, examining and filing > annual return, one dollar; for first and final 1 returns, each three dollars; order for sale personal property, one dollar; hearing and filing petition for guardians and appointment, two dollars; entering caveat and withdrawing same, one dollar; for hearing litigated case, three dollars, and twenty-five cents additional for each witness examined; issuing summons for each witness, when not issued by an attorney, thirty cents; for every rule issued against defaulting witness or party failing to account, two dollars; for proceedings in partition of real estate, five dollars, and fifty rents additional on everv hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof, for which the land may be sold, or, in case of partition in kind, for which it may be assessed: Provided, That in no case shall the fees and allowances so received aggregate more than twenty-five dollars : Provided, further, That in cases of partition in kind no commission shall be charged; for appointing guardians, ad litem, one dollar ; commissions on all moneys received and paid cut, two per cent, on the first three hundred dollars, and one per cent, on all sums over that amount; for search for each paper, ten ceuts; for certificate and seal, fifty cents ; for final discharge of executor, administrator or guardian, one dollar; for proceedings in dower, inclusive of all charges, except recording, ten dollars ; for proceedings in lunacy, inclusive, five dollars; for recording all papers ' proper to be recorded, or furnishing copy of any paper in bis office, per copy sheet of pne bunared words, each figure counting one word, fifteen cents; for all services in setting