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f crap* and Jacts. Twenty-two millions of the new postal c.ird have been issued and sold. Liquor is sold in 8403 places in New York. Boston's next important convention is to be one of bald-headed men, to be held Juue.14. Parasols with long, heavy silk fringe, and having knobs and handles 'of pure gold, are all the rage just now. The crops in eastern Alabama are exceedingly poor, some of them having been replanted three times. Lincoln used to Bay that if he had a son who would part his hair behind, he would maul him to death with a squash. A queer Delawarean, by his will, divided his property among his children, and left his bones to his enemies "to make whistles of." A Mississippi quack is making a fortune by selling to the negroes a nostrum which Ko trorronto tn tm**n fKoit* waa! infn Inner uo wcti&ctuuo vv bum wuvit n vv* *uw straight hair. There seems to be little doubt that the cholera has made its appearance in New Orleans, and one case, with a fatal termination, has been reported in Cincinnati. As astonishing as it may seem, yet it is a fact, that a man recently committed suicide in New York on account of the death of his mother-in-law. Numerous Western editors are trying to induce Sergeant Bates to march through the lava beds, bearing the American flag, and although they offer him the odds, on bets, of S1000 to 81, he hangs back and refuses to undertake the enterprise. A case has been decided in the United States Circuit Court at Des Moines, Iowa, to the effect that letters of administration having been taken out was sufficient proof of death to entitle the policy-holders to recover against the insurance company. Reports of the condition of the cotton crop throughout Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi are very discouraging, owing to the very backward spring. The cool and hard rains of the past week have beaten down the plants. Caterpillars have also made their appearance in immense numbers, destroying both cotton and corn. The latest ku-klux case comes from Georgia. A martvr reDorts to the Bureau of Jus tice at Washington that he receutly eloped with his wife's sister, and afterward, upon desiring to return home, was prevented by his wife's father and brother, who, he says, threatened to ku-klux him, and consequently he asks protection from the government. Candidates for the Chief-Justiceship are multiplying rapidly. The most recent are Caleb Gushing, Judge Black, William S. Groesbeck, and Lyman Trumbull. The Cincinnati Commercial withdraws Gen. Butler from the field by recommending that he be given the command of an expedition to the North Pole. The weeping-willow has a romantic history. The first scion was sent from Smyrna, in a box of figs to Alexander Pope. General Clinton brought a shoot from Pope's tree, to America, in the time of the Revolution, which, passing into the hands of John Parke Custis, was planted on his estate in Virginia, thus becoming the progenitor of the weeping willow of this country. The Supreme Court of Ohio has recently decided that taxation can only be authorized for a public purpose, and that the donation of money to build a railway is not for a public purpose; and ^hat therefore, all laws which provide to raise suoh money by taxation or to devote it to such purpose, are unconstitutional. This is, as we understand it, an overruling by the court of a previous decision, in which a statute that authorized the city of Cincinnati to raise money by taxation to build a railway,, in Kentucky, was pronounced constitutional. ?? A letter from New York says: "The spring is wearing away without bringing with it- nnv nmtprinl innrpnsp in ritv tmrip. Vprv V J . J ? ?J few of the merchants in any department are making money, while the majority of them think themselves doing well if they can only work along and meet current expenses. This remark applies more particularly to the dry goods business, but it is also miserably true of other branches. The retail trade is doing better, as a result of the numerous orders which the summer trade is always sure to bring." A Washiugton correspondent says a gentleman recently applied for a patent for boring the earth for artesian wells for purposes of irrigation. He gravely set forth that he made the discovery that quicksilver was heavier than the common earth. He therefore proposed to start a hole and to empty into it a little mercury. By the laws of nature that mercury would be sure to work its way downward until it struck water, and the water would then be sure to work its way upward till it struck air. The New York Tribune says: "It is thought to be a very extraordinary thing that Messrs. Cain and Ransier, colored members of Congress from South Carolina, should have nominated white boys who excelled in the competitive examination for West Point cadetships. It is to be hoped that the time will come when such a circumstance will excite no attention. These Congressmen show good sense, if a sense of justice be good ; and if all their kind will be equally fair, half the troubles, if not all of them, in South Carolina, will disappear. There must always be two parties to a conciliation." The Peoria Review has its own old man, who reads that paper and no other, and thus describes him : "Chewed tobacco sixty years and got fat on it. Then he took to hard drink and followed it for twenty-five years, and grew younger every day. Now he reads his paper by moon-light alone, through an inverted microscope, to make the type appear small enough for his eye-sight. Walks four miles every morning for his drinks before breakfast. Chops a cord of wood between each meal. Tried to die of old age thirteen times and failed every whack. Attends to the wants of his old and feeble grand-son, and superintends the funerals of his posterity with a decency becoming his years." The colored militia are being quietly Kiit rorvwl 1 v anlictpd and nrcranized in this rr .?r.v.V 0 well as iu other parts of the State. What does the mean ? If it is proposed to organize the militia in pursuance of the laws of the State, why not issue a general order from the ! adjutant-general's office requiring all citizens i within the prescribed ages to come forward i and enroll themselves? Why enlist and or- j ganize the negroes exclusively ? Is it pro-1 posed to repeat the history of the past? We j remember very well to have seen a company ; of negroes marching through the streets of this town in the fall of 1870, brandishing their Winchester rifles in the faces of the white people, and shouting: "Here's Your Regulators." It may as well be understood at once that the world has moved since that time, and that sue*, a scene could not be re-enacted without somebody getting hurt. If, however, the object is to have a force prepared to send to the northwest this summer to fight the Sioux Indians, we have no more to say.?Ches- J ter Reporter. A letter from Portland, Oregon, to the New York World, says that a new religion has become very popular among the savages in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Montana. Prophets go among the different tribes, proclaiming that the earth will open and swallow up the whites, and that the Indians will again , possess their hunting grounds. They teach that no good Indian can be friendly with the perfidious and cruel pale-faces; that he must not imitate them in anything, neither in houses, clothes, language, nor education;1 neither must he believe in their God, as a j great chief is to be born as a deliverer of the ( Indians, who will annihilate the whites, and take the tribesto a world of happiness. Dances , in which these ferocious principles are taught j are the principal amusement of several tribes, j The converts to the new faith are known as ' "dreamers, "drummers" and "smoke-hollows," owing to their habit of telling dreams and i predicting from them the future. The latter appellation is derived from their principal prophet, Smokehollow, a character who has now an assemblage of 2000 of the different tribes encaped on the Snake River, in Idaho, about 500 miles from Portland. Ike ?erMIe (JNqttiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1873. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date muAt be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more atten tion hereafter to job printing than we nave done in the past, we would inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stock of inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to execute as good work as can be done anywhere in the United States. Orders for Ball Tickets, I Freight Billheads, Bank Notices, Labels. Bonds and Coupons, I Law Blanks, Bill Heads, i Law Briefs, Business Cards, I Letter Circulars, Certilicates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks, ;Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire Life Ins., Election Tickets, jSkinplasters, Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. LEARN* TO WORK. One of the greatest misfortunes that can befall any boy, is to be permitted to grow up in idleness. To be born poor?the heir of penury?is a misfortune; but scarcely greater than to be born heir to a large estate, and at the same time incapable, from training, to manage a hereditary possession. Idleness and drunkenness are the bane of society. From no two other sources do so many evils flow upon society. By no two other causes are so many dreadful calamities inflicted upon the human family. Every member in society should be taught to work. Parents and guardians are bound, by the position which they occupy, to see that their children and wards are instructed, practically, in some one, at least, of the common avocations of life. This we conceive is no idle theory. In support of it, many potent arguments might be advanced. Such is the constitution of things under which we are placed, that the full development of our physical and mental endowments cannot be effected without work. Sunshine and pure air are absolutely necessary to the growth and maturity of both muscle and brain. There is a connection, invisible as it maybe?but nevertheless near and of vital importance?between the physical and the mental. The scabbard must be of sufficient capacity to contain the sword. A gigantic mind is sometimes contained in a pale and sickly body ; but it is a giant caged in iron bars, and hence useless. The only way that muscular development can be secured is by work. The best means to which any parent can have recourse to prevent his children or wards from plunging into crime, is to learn them to work. Turn a boy free to spend his whole youth until he is twenty-one years old, just as he pleases, and at the same time supply him with the means of gratifying his desires, and if he is not a fit subiect for the neniten V A tiary by the time he becomes a man, it will be a wonder which the world only occasionally sees. The worst men, socially, in every community, are those who have been raised up in idleness and prodigality ; and the best members of every social circle are those who in youth were thoroughly drilled in industry and economy. A practical knowledge of any particular thing is required before any one is able to direct others. The best place to make a good general is in the ranks. The best agricultural school in the world is between the plow handles. The boy that goes to this school learns some very important lessons that caunot be taught in any other institution. He learns, not simply how to plow, but he learns to plow to the best advantage. A year's schooling between the plow handles is worth more to a boy than a decade spent in reading agricultural chemistry without it. Another thing connected1 with this subject, is that the boy who learns to work has a selfrespect, and a spirit of noble independence, that the boy who is under a course of training for a gentleman of leisure has not, nor never can have. When both grow up to manhood, the former usually makes a man? the latter most generally makes a drone. The one becomes a producer and an annual contributor to the general store; the latter sticks to the community like an unseemly wart or cancer?a useless parasite. This is a vital point. Whatever has a tendency to produce and roster self-respect in the individual, is an important thing to society in general; and whatever destroys self-respect in the individual, is ruinous to the masses. Learning to work produces self-respect; and not learning to work begets a feeling of unnecessary dependence and a want of self-respect. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Governor Moses has appointed J. B. Ferguson a Trial Justice for Chester county. I ?Camden has eleven licensed bar rooms and a temperance newspaper. ? The depot of the Air-Line Railroad at Spartanburg is approaching completion. ' ? The Federal soldiers heretofore stationed at Unionville, have all been removed. ? The stand of cotton in Chester is said to ! be the best known for many years. j ?Mrs. T. R. Gaines has opened a boarding house on Sumter street, in Columbia. ? Reports from all parts of the State show that the taxes have been paid up clean and promptly. ? The Phcenix mentions the arrival at Columbia, within the past few days, of several tons of public documents. ?The gas works at Greenville, which have been lying idle for several years, are to be repaired and put in operation again. ? Seven colored persons are held for trial at the next term of the Inferior Court of Charleston, on the charge of murder. ? The Ledger denies the report that no jury or witness warrants have been paid in Lancaster county since 1867. Claims of this I character have been paid promptly since 1871. ? Measles and mumps are prevailing in I Spartanburg county. One hundred cases of measles are reported atBivingsville, and work in the cotton factory there has been suspended. ? Mr. James F. Hagood, the new Clerk of the Circuit Court and United States Commissioner, has recorded his commission in Charleston. ? Arrangements are being made to introduce machinery into the work-shops of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, at Columbia, for the construction of all locomotives required for use on that road. ? Mr. G. \V. Earle has been appointed Chief-Eugineer of the Chester and Cheraw Railroad Company. It is expected that the survey of the route will be commenced about the first of next month. ? The Lancaster Ledger says that the corn and cotton crops in that county are on the mend. There is a pretty good stand of cotton and the corn crop is growing finely. Wheat is generally poor and in most sections of the county not more than a half crop will be made. ? The Anderson Intelligencer says that Hon. James L. Orr had an insurance policy for 82,500 in the Southern Life Insurance Comnnnv nrmtbpr fnr R5 Oftft iii the Piedmont r~"j > ? ">? and Arlington, and still another for $10,000 in the St. Louis Mutual, aggregating the sum of $17,500. ? T. C. Andrews, Esq., proprietor of the Columbia Daily Herald, has purchased the Daily Union establishment and combined the two papers under the title of the "The Daily Union-Herald." The publication of the Herald as an evening paper having been discontinued, the Herald-Union will be issued as a morning paper. ? The Union-Herald says: "L. Cass Carpenter, Esq., late editor of the Union, goes to Europe in the early part of June, for the purpose of recuperating his health, which has been failing for some time. He will make the tour pretty thoroughly, as he intends to visit many of the principal cities, among them Vienna, during the exposition there, and to which he has been appointed an honorary commissioner." ? The Reporter of Thursday last mentions a difficulty which occurred in Chester on the previous Saturday, on the plantation of Mr. Asa Darby, between William McCollura, white, and Robert Walker, colored, in which the latter received a stab in the abdomen, occasioning a painful, though not dangerous wound. After the fight a number of negroes assembled, and, after beating McColfum in an outrageous manner, were prevented from murdering him only by the kindly intervention of Mr. Darby. ? Judge Carpenter last week refused the motion for a new trial in the case of Captain Geo. Tupper, convicted of manslaughter in killing Capt. John D. Caldwell, in Columbia, * ' r% i i __ a A L:?. | in.sc oeptemoer. .finer auiiuuuciug uia reiusal to grant a new trial, Judge Carpenter sentenced Tupper to five years' imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary. Notice was immediately given by the counsel for the prisoner, of an appeal to the Supreme Court. Tupper was remanded to the jail of Richland county to await the result of the appeal. ? The Union Times, of Friday, says: "Since our last, two more daring robberies have been committed in this community. On Thursday night Capt. F. M. Farr's smoke house was broken into and six heavy sides of bacon stolen therefrom. Mr. C. Gage had all his chickens stolen the same night. A few weeks ago the smoke house of Mr. J. T. Hill was entered and robbed of some hams and lard. It will also be remembered that Mr. Cohen's store was entered and robbed of a number of pairs of shoes, and Mr. Moses' store was broken open two or three times and robbed. These robberies are attributed to a number of individuals, but no proof could be obtained to warrant an arrest." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Ten thousand postal cards were sold at the Wilmington post-office in less than five hours one day last week. ? An itinerant phrenologist who had been lecturing in various parts of the State, was arrested iu Wilson by a New York detective last week, charged with receiving stolen goods. ? Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina, Deputy of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, will address the farmers of Guilford, at Greensboro, on the 7th of next month. ? Joseph Baker, charged with killing a negro near Charlotte, in February, was tried in the Superior Court of Mecklenburg last week and convicted of murder. The jury was composed of whites. Notice of appeal was given. ? Rev. W. S. Colston, residing near Greensboro, fell speechless while superintending work on his farm, on Wednesday of last week, and died next day. He was in his 58th year, and had been for many years a minister in the M. E. church. ? Miss Nancy Hilliard, of Chapel Hill, has been stricken down with paralysis, and is speechless and helpless. Many a man in and out of North Carolina, once a rolicking student at Chapel Hill, and remembering Miss Nancy as his landlady, will hear of her af fliction with regret. ? Daring tho recent term of the United States Circuit Court at Asheville, the official conduct of Nathan Scoggins, U; S. Commissioner from Rutherford county, was investigated, and he was dismissed from his position by Judge Dick. Scoggins was charged with having accepted bribes to influence his official action. ? The duty of electing the Mayor of Wil! mington devolves upon the Board of Alder! men, the Aldermen being elected by the peo; pie. The new Board had a long and spirited ! contest over the choice of Mayor, continuing ; for several days, which, on the forty-ninth | ballot, resulted in the election of W. P. CanI aday, Democrat. | ?On Wednesday night of last week an altercation between two negroes in Charlotte, 1 Robert Smith and Charles Moore, resulted in the killing of Smith. Moore made his escape. His wife was arrested for aiding and abetting in said murder, which fact she confessed, whereupon, in default of bail, Bhe was committed to jail. The murderer was arresti ed in Chester on Saturday night last, and has i been committed to jail. NEWS OF THE DAY. I ? The Postmaster-General gives notice that the sending of indecent postal cards subjects the offender to a fine of from 81,000 to 85,000. ! ?The Masons of New York have decided to receive the remains of the late Russian Minister Orr upon arrival. ! ? During the past week forty thousand emigrants landed at Castle Garden, (in New York city) which is the largest arrival ever known , in one week. ' ? The police of Cincinnati recently arrested a gang of dog-fighters. It was discovered that the mouths of the dogs had been cut on each side nearly up to their ears, in order to enable them to get a fuller hold of each other. ? A number of firms, all lumber dealers, located in various Northern and Western ci-1 ties, members of a combination to control the Northern lumber market, have suspended.' There liabilities are $9,000,000. ? Judge Pierrepont declines the Russian' mission, made vacant by the death of Gov. Orr, on account of his extensive professional engagements. The appointment has been tendered to ex-Governor Jewell, of Connec-1 ticut. ? Melvin M. Cohen has been arrested in ! New Orleans, charged with being the person j who fired at and attempted to kill Governor j Kellogg a few weeks ago. He was bailed : in the amounUof five thousand dollars. Cohen is a native of Charleston, S. C., and a | lawyer by profession. ? The following Southern daily newspapers have suspended publication within the last few weeks: Charleston Courier, Augusta Constitutionalist, Mobile Tribune, Montgomery Mail, Macon Journal and Messenger, Atlanta Intelligencer, Savannah Republican, and Columbia Union. ? The Republican State Convention of Ohio met in Columbus on the 22nd. Noyes was nominated for Governor and Hart for Lieutenant-Governor. The platform demands pure official conduct, and the punishment of unfaithful officers. It denounces Credit Mobilier, and condemns the increase of salaries as unwise. ? President Grant has issued his proclamation, which recognizes the Kellogg administration as being the proper government of the State of Louisiana, and commanding all turbulent and disorderly persons to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from the date of the proclamation. ? The most terrible thunder storm ever known in the United States passed over a portion of Iowa, near the city of Des Moines, on the 22nd. It was half a mile wide and extended several miles. Several persons were killed, and much damage done to property. A tornado also passed near Prairie City, Illinois, on the 24th, inflicting great damage, and killing and wounding several persons. 4 Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM TEXAS. Houston, Texas, May 22. Since my last to the Enquirer, I have come to the Lone Star State. During the past few years, I have traveled considerably, but was never before in Texas. I came by way of New Orleans and the gulf. This is a route now much traveled, especially by emigrants from the cotton States. But I cannot recommend it as being an altogether pleasant route. The gulf of Mexico is a rough and tempestuous piece of water, and those who launch upon its turbulent bosom will be very apt to have a touch of sea sickness. Sea sickness is not at all dangerous, but it is miserably unpleasant. The time from New Orleans to Galveston by rail and water is twenty-four hours. The distance is about three hundred miles, and the fare 818.00. This is high, but the line is a monopoly, and you have no choice but to submit to the exorbitant demand. The whole concern, railroad, steamship and all, is owned by one man, Charles Morgan by name. His income from it must be immense, as he has a monopoly of the carrying trade and passenger business between New Orleans and Galveston. I landed in Galveston at eight o'clock Sunday morning, and was surprised to see saloons, stores and shops open the same as if there was no such day as the Sabbath. Business seems lo flourish about as well on the Lord's day as any other. At night, in going from the Washington Hotel to the post office, three squares, I counted twelve whisky shops open, and doing a driving business. In some were billiard tables, where men were playing for the drinks, and filling the air with tobacco smoke and oaths. In others there were card tables surrounded by men playing, swearing and drinking. But all Galveston does not run in this channel. I heard church bells, and was told that the city had a good side as well as a bad one. But the bad one sticks out most prominently, and gives the stranger no high idea of the place. This morning I came up to Houston, distant fifty miles. The road lies over an open plain, pretty well treeless and fenceless, but covered with as luxuriant grass as I ever saw. Upon this ten thousaud cattle were feeding. I never before so saw many cattle in so short a time. We passed one ranche (Allen's) where there are forty thousand cattle! These are shipped every day to New Orleans, Cuba, New York, Baltimore, and in fact all over the country. I have no time to write now, but in a few days I hope to give you the result of more extended Texas observations. Nemo. + Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. FROM BLACK'S STATION. Black's Station, S. C., May 22,1873. Dear Enquirer:?Thinking you would not object to hearing something from the Air Line section of the county, I have concluded to give you a short letter, by way of letting you know that we (that is, some of us) are trying to take the advice of the Enquirer to let politics alone, and go to work to develop the resources of our county. Our farmers are evidently doing better farming this year than I ever knew them to do. They are buying better implements, and - i i applying more manure?both home-made ana commercial?and there is a general disposition to plant a les3 acreage and cultivate and manure more highly. The negroes and whites have both tacitly agreed to drop politics and go to work. This is as it should be, and if we had done this at the close of the war, what] an immense amount of suffering and anxiety would have been spared to our county. Let us try to make amends in the future, for our want of foresight in the past. Let us go to work and build up schools, colleges, manufactories and churches, and we will thereby secure an intelligent population and an improved system of agriculture. THE AIR LINE RAILWAY. This important link in the Piedmont route from Baltimore to the South-west, will be completed by the 1st of July. It is now in operation from Charlotte to Greenville on the east end, and from Atlanta to the Tugaloo river on the west end, leaving a gap of only forty-five miles; and on this portion the tracklaying is rapidly going on, the grading and bridge work being done. The direct railway communication thus given to our people with Charlotte and the North, and the cotton section of the South, together with the low rates of freight, has given an impetus to the indus-: trial class of our county. As an illustration [ of this, I was informed by one of Lindley & Co's. agents, that he had sold and delivered 81000 worth of fruit trees at this station, and the trade in fertilizers and agricultural implements i3 considerable. This station, too, j comes in for its share of the cotton trade of i the county, there having been over one thous-' and bale3 of cotton shipped from this point j since last fall. As an example of the advantages of this railway to the upper section of story seems not to have aroused more than the before existing suspicion that the Benders were not exactly the right kind of people. Although for the past three years this sec- j tion has been infested with horse-thieves and i murderers, and this known to every one about the country, it is probable the same state of affairs might have continued for an indefinite period had not the murder of Dr. York, a man of family, friends and reputation, led to the exposure. Men have been missed and ; bodies found of murdered men for three years past, and "vigilance committees" have hunted and driven some men from the country ; but it would now seem as though the leaders of the "regulators" were themselves the villains, and honest men had been falsely and foully suspected and driven from their homes. Known villains have during that time been sent to the penitentiary, only to be pardoned out! by Governors. And even the band of seventy-five armed and honest men who scoured the country in search of Dr. York, when it was learned he was missing, seem to have had very little judgment or discretion. On the 28th of March last, Colonel York and Mr. Johnson visited the Bender house, to which place they had tracked Dr. York, and endeavored to coax some information from the State, the freight on a bale of cotton from i this point to Charlotte?48 miles?is only 90 cents ; while, as I am informed, from Yorkville to Chester, only 21 miles, it is 75 ceuts I per bale. OUR LITTLE TOWN, A bautling of only six months growth, is beginning to make some show. There are four store houses, and two others will soon be erected. Our merchants are wide awake business men, and are already drawing some trade from the mountain farmers of North Carolina. We hope soon to have a church and a hotel, and then we will apply to be incorporated as a city?perhaps. There is nothing like blowing, if 'tis judiciously done. THE KINO'S MOUNTAIN IRON ORE BEDS. This valuable property is now attracting the attention of both northern and southern capitalists. General Joseph R. Anderson, President of the Tredegar Iron Works, of Richmond, and some capitalists from New Jersey, have paid us a visit, and carefully examined these ores and seem highly pleased with them ; and we have good reasons to hope that they will soon pass into the hands of a company who will develop and use this property, which has been so long locked up for want of cheap transportation, and thus add something to the prosperity of our section. A RAILWAY ACCIDENT. VJii yesujruuy, &a iue iram uuui vuanui.bc nao moving off'frora Black's Station, Mr. Samuel Jeffries, a highly esteemed citizen of Union county, attempted to get into the cars; and in doing so, was caught between the passing car and a platform by the side of the track, and painfully injured. It is not thought that his injuries will prove fatal. Feeling that we have occupied enough of your time, we will wish you good night, hoping that the Enquirer may live a thousand years and never dabble in politics; but devote all its energy and talents in assisting to develop the material and social interests of the State. Farmer. THE KANSAS HORROR. We have heretofore published an account of the discovery of nine dead bodies on the premises of a man named Bender, who lived near Cherryvale, Kansas. As may be supposed, great excitement followed the horrible discovery, and the scene of the unnatural crimes has been visited by thousands of persons from all parts of the Western States. Robbery was the undoubted object of the vilains. The Bender house was so located as to be a convenient stopping place for travelers, either for dinner and a mid-day rest, or a night's lodging, and the situation being isolated, a fine opportunity was presented for the perpetration of the revolting deeds which would have disgraced the darkest and most barbarous ages. Among the devices adopted by the Benders to inveigle the unwary was an advertisement kept prominently in the papers of the West, announcing that Miss Kate Bender, near Cherryvale, Kansas, possessed remarkable powers as a clairvoyant, and in the usual style of impostors of this class, professed to cure all manner of diseases and to read the future of those who invoked her wonderful powers. Many a credulous person is now supposed to have sought the aid of this cunning siren only to meet an untimely and horrible death. The following account of the bloody deeds of these incarnate bends, copied from the Kansas City Times, will be read with painful interest: The Bender house, is a small, rude, frame shanty, without lath or plaster or intervening substance, between its floor and the rafters of the pointed roof. In size it is 16x24 feet. Small uprights 2x4 inches are set to mark the house into two compartments, but no wall had ever been made other than a white cotton cloth hung in the rear apartment and against these uprights. The front aparment had in it a counter, over which the butchers pretended to sell groceries. In the rear room was a rude bed, a table, a stove and three chairs. The table, to which the guests of the fiends were seated, was placed directly over the trap door, so that the guest's back was to and against the white curtain. In this position it was an easy thing for the male villains in the front apartment to strike the form clearly lined and resting against the white cloth, and when the blows of the hammer had knocked the victim, with a crushed and broken skull, senseless and helpless to the floor, for the female fiends in the back room to cut the throat. The execution was as simple as it was dreadful, but, though it would seem resistance to such well-planned murder of the trusting and unsuspecting was impossible, the walls gave silent evidence that some of the murdered ones had not been sent to their doom without an effort to defend their lives. No less than a dozen bullet holes in the sides and roof of the house attest that armed men, when struck down so relentlessly, had attempted to shoot their murderers, but, unfortunately, the aims had been wild, and the murderers are reserved for the hempen halter. With the exception of Dr. York, Henry F. McKenzee and G. W. Longcor and daughter, whose families took charge of their remains * - ."rv i ii. . i_ _ j; and buried tbem at independence, me uouiea of those found in the garden graves were quietly taken by silent men who knew them not, yet longed for vengeance on their assassins, to the base of a high mound about a mile to the southeast of the Bender house, and there a second time returned to the earth to sleep until the final resurrection. The first of the eight bodies discovered were Dr. York, of Independence, and George W. Longcor and daughter. Mr. Longcor was a neighbor of Dr. York's, from whom he had purchased a team just before he started for Iowa last December. He and his infant child were buried in one grave. He, as all the other men, had the back of the skull crushed in and broken, and his throat cut, and the body stripped of nearly all clothing. The child was placed at the father's feet, without a bruise or a mark of violence, and with all its little clothes on, even the hood and mittens, and many judged that the infant had been buried alive. The others were L. G. Brown, W. F. McCrotty, H. F. McKenzie, Peter Boyle, and some unrecognized. One of the most marvelous stories ever heard, but which is vouched for by reliable men, is the following: One evening, about three months ago, a poor woman, foot sore and weary, traveling to Independence without money, stopped at the Bender den and asked for some supper and for the privilege of resting awhile. She was invited in, and being nearly exhausted, she took her shoes and scanty wrapping off, and laid down on the bed in the back room. She was awakened by - tViQ rvl/1 Tionr nf t.hfi rlcil. who. a LUUUil iiuui hju viu HUV f f pointing to an array of pistols and doubleedged knives of various sizes, lying on the table, said in the spirit of hellish malignity: "There, your supper ic ready." The woman was motionless and breathless with terror, and, as she sank back on the bed, the devil dame picked the knives, one by one, and drew her j finger along the sharpened blades, at the same : time glancing fiendishly at her intended vie-; tim. How long this terror lasted the woman could not tell, but at last she, in the very des- j peration of fear, arose as though not alarmed, ? and made a private excuse for going out. She : was permitted to do so, and moving around to j the shelter of the stable, barefoot and scarce 1 half clad, she darted off on the wings of fear, I and ran for two miles to her shelter. As she | was running away she turned frequently to ; see if she was pursued, but no one followed her, though she saw the light from the opened j doorway several times, as though the devils inside were awaiting her return. Even this, them, but they would tell nothing. On the 3d of April they visited the house with'the object of finding the murderers of Dr. York, yet they did not notice the bullet holes in the house, and allowed themselves to be fooled by an assumed stupidity which was the disguise of most hellish cunning. The old hag sat mum and gloomy, pretending she could not understand or speak English ; old Bender said nothing; Kate, she of the evil eye, denied all knowledge of the lost, and the younger male villain fooled them with a well made up story. He said that at about the time they said Dr. York was missed he (Bender) had been shot at in a lonesome place near Drum creek one evening, and it must have been by those who killed the Doctor. He described the place minutely aud then took them to it, and it was found as he said, and they half believed this story, and returned with him. Col. York repeated the story given above of the supper of pistols aud knives offered to the lone woman, when the old hag soon found her sense of the English language improved. She understood all that had been said, and flew into a violent passion. She denied the story of the supper, but said that was a bad and wicked woman whom she would kill if ever she came near them again ; that the woman was a witch and had bewitched Kate's coffee, and then she ordered the whole band away. While going and coming from the creek John told Col. York that his sister Kate could do anything, that she could control the devil, and that the devil did her bidding. When they returned to the house Col. York tried to induce this wonderful mistress of the devil to reveal where the body of his brother was. She positively and persistently refused her satanic aid at this time, giving as her reason therefor that she could not do so in the day time and while there were so many men and so much noise about. The pretended sorceress and real fiend then told Col. York privately that if he would come the next night, Friday?when best she worked her spells?and bring only one man with him, she would take him to the grave of his murdered brother. Had the Colonel been so foolish as to believe the mysterious power of this creature, there is no doubt she would have proved her promises good. The whole band then left the house. They visited the houses of Roach and Smith and Harnass, at Ladore, and made many threats and accomplished nothing. Their intent was good, but they lacked an experienced detective for a leader. So strong was their conviction, however, of the guilt of the Roaches and the Benders that they would have hung them if it had not been for the persuasion of Col. York and a few others, who were determined that none but the known guilty should suffer. Of course this visit alarmed the Benders, and they fled. No doubt is entertained that the Benders I have not been alone in their damnable vil! lainy. They must have had confederates to dispose of the stock and clothes of the murdered men, and suspicion has readily pointed to a number of men, living throughout that section, in different directions. Twelve persons in all have been arrested on suspicion. - -4 T A ir t rnrAw TirTJADTAvm "nmTflTAV ?Tha XAAAXiv/n Jim vmniii X/AA/WAV*H ^UV Hillsboro (N. C.) Recorder says that among the cases decided at the recent term of Orange Superior Court, was one arising upon an application made by Mrs. Annie Rumn, through he* counsel to the Board of Commissioners of Orange county, for relief from taxation upon money on hand or on deposit on the 1st of April, 1872. The application being refused, an appeal was taken to the Superior Court at Fall Terra, 1872. The case being continued came up for argument at the last terra, when it was contended for the plaintiff that according to the decisions of the U. S. Supreme Court in the case of McCulloch vs. the State of Maryland, the States have no power by taxation to impede or control the operations of Laws enacted by Congress to carry into effect powers vested in the National Government; and that in Veazie Bank vs. Fenno, Chief Justice Chase decides that Congress has in the National Bank act undertaken to supply a currency for the entire country and has destroyed by taxation the State Banks as Banks of issue to secure a sound and uniform currency; also that in that decision of Bank vs. Supervisors and Lionburger vs. Rouse, the Supreme Court of United States has expressly decided that U. S. Treasury notes and National Bank notes were not liable to State taxation. It was argued by Messrs. Norwood & Webb for the Defendant, that the deposit being a c?pnpral one. the Plaintiff was merelv a cred b""" ? ? ' itor of the Bank and the tax was in fact imposed on the amount of deposit as the sum due the Plaintiff. It was admitted by the counsel for the Plaintiff that a certificate of deposit had been given, but it was urged that under a recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States no "credit" could he taxed by a State, as it impairs the obligations of the contract. Judge Tourgee remarked that through the courtesy of Mr. Phillips, he had obtained a copy of the decision referred to, and it covered the point raised by the Defendant and that in accordance with this decision and the cases cited for the Plaintiff, he was of opinion no State could impose a tax on money on hand or of deposits consisting of United States Treasury notes or National Bank notes or upon obligations given by one party to another. THE POOR OF THE SOUTH. Under the caption of "more foolish talk about poor white trash," the Baltimore Sun indulges the following comments, provoked by an article in the Brooklyn Eagle, which, in noticing the death of Minister Orr, could not, it seems, while conceding the meed of merit to which Judge Orr was justly entitled, suppress a characteristic sneer at the South. The Sun says: "While the Brooklyn Eagle has rendered a just tribute to Mr. Orr's mind and character, we regret that an intelligent and independent paper should fall into the mistake that any considerable class of'poor whites' in 1' ? ? ?J ?1 ft fin k*t inu COUU1UUU asaigucu t\j tiiau uaoo uj iguurant and prejudiced partisans, ever existed in the South, or that all 'political opportunities' were concentrated in its 'aristocracy.' In no part of the United States was there before the war, as little of that poverty which involves want as in the Southern States. The fertility of the soil, almost spontaneously producing the means of subsistence, the mild and genial climate in winter?in many parts of the South being rarely more severe than the Northern auturaus?and the sparse population, all contributed to render extreme poverty comparatively unknown. There are probably more poor people, that is, people in need of charitable assistance, in the city of New York, than there were in all the Southern States put together." LOCAL AFFAIRS. .? ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? W. D. Russell, Applicant?Bartholomew Fuller, deceased. F. Happertield?Rememlter the Dead 1 Porter <te Steele?At Cost. William Lynn?Valuable Land tor Sale. J. N. Davis, Administrator?Rich Gold Mine for Sale. Carroll, Clark A Co.?It is Unpleasant to DunOnly for the Cash. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First Meetirtgof Crediters?In the Matter of Thos. Whitesides. T. M. Doboon <fc Co.?Fish?Sundries?Coffee and Sugar?Fine Familv Flonr?Wheat BranVinegar?Bacon?felloe Saws?MattocksCash?Whisk Brushes?Hand Bellows? Hardware?Umbrellas?Ladles' Hats?Brass Bound Buckets?Pork?Crockery?ShoesGent's Hats?Baskets?Chamber Set. Col. A. Coward, Principal?King's Mountain Military School. J. Harry Clawson, Assignee?In BankruptcyNotice to Lien Creditors?In the Matter of Stephen P. Sutton. A SUPPER AND MUSIC. A supper, with instrumental and vocal music, will be provided by the ladies of the Epis copal Church, at the Court House in Yorkville, on Friday eveuing next, May 30th, for the purpose of raising a fund for needed repairs of the church building. ' 1ST Entrance fee, 25 cents. ADMITTED TO BAIL. Simon Ferguson, who was committed to jail, at the late term of the Circuit Court, on a charge of receiving stolen property, was released last week on a bond of four hundred dollars, for his appearance for trial. Hugh Warren and Wm. Thomasson are sureties on the bond. MUNICIPAL 'ELECTION, At an election held at Fort Mill, on Wednesday, 21st instant, the following named persons were elected Intendant and Wardens of that place for the current year: Intendant.?B. F. Powell. Wardens.?A. G. Bradford, J. M. White, T. B. Withers, R. Young. PER80NAL. - We were favored last week with a call from Mr. W. J. Vereen, of Cheraw, 8. C., who is connected with the ready-made clothing establishment of Anderson, Starr Co., No. 502 and 504 Broadway, New York. Mr. Vereen is now making a tour of this State in the interest of the house he represents, which is one of the most reliable in New York. Orders which may be made through Mr. Vereen will meet with prompt attention and be filled . to the satisfaction of purchasers. THE GENERA'L STATUTES. We are indebted to Mr. Josephus Woodruff, clerk of the Senate, for a copy of the new AilifiAn rinriAM 1 fitufiifoa Tf AAntoina tvi HIUU w IIIO VIOUQIdl AW Wuvuiuu the constitutions of the United States and South Carolina, with all the amendments, the ordinances of the constitutional convention of 1868, the general statutes, and the code of procedure, an analytical table of contents, and a copious and apparently well arranged index. It is truly a valuable book, and one for which we return our thanks. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. We have had an abundance of rain in this section during several weeks past, but fortunately the crops had mainly been planted before the rainy season commenced. We learn from all sections of the county that the cotton has come up well, and the stand is good. The superabundance of rain, however, has given grass a rapid start, and the farmers are putting forth all their energies to clean the growing crop. Corn is promising, so far, but indications are that the wheat and oat crops will be light and inferior. w PHYSICIANS FOR THE POOR. At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held last week, physicians for the destitute poor, in the townships mentioned, were appointed as follows: King's Mountain.?Dr. A. P. Campbell. Cherokee.?Dr. A. F. Hambright. Broad River.?Dr. J. W. Allison. Bethesda.?Dr. L. Alexander. Ebenezer.?Dr. J. C. Hicklin. Bethel.?Dr. T. W. Campbell. York.?Dr. J. H. Clawson. No appointments have been made for the townships of Bullock's Creek, Catawba and Fort Mill, for the reason that there have been no applications for appointment from those townships. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Wheat Prospect. The papers of the great grain-growing districts of the West continue to report that the spring has been most favorable for the putting in of wheat, and that a greatly in- . ~ creased breadth has been planted. The crop will probably be a very heavy one. The plants are remarkably thrifty, and the principal danger seems to be that they will grow too rank, so that much will "lodge" and be injured and destroyed by wet weather about harvest time. It is altogether certain now that the export demand for American wheat will be very heavy during the coming year. Farmers, therefore, need feel no apprehensions of a dull market. Their wheat will be all wanted at good prices. Their chief trouble will arise from insufficient transportation. The St. Louis Democrat publishes a large batch of correspondence from all parts of Missouri, Southern Kansas and Iowa, which predicts a large and excellent wheat crop, but short crops of oats and corn. The French Bepnblle. Thiers has resigned the presidency of the French Republic. When his resignation was offered in the Assembly, it was the occasion of great excitement among the members. He addressed the Assembly, urging the definite establishment of the Republic. Opposi tion to his resignation was mamtest, ana a motion was made that his resignation be not accepted, which was rejected by a vote of 368 to 339. The resignation was then formally accepted. The Assembly is divided into two parties, known as the Left and Right The j Left supported the policy of Thiers, and on his resignation being formally received, they endeavored to secure a postponement of the j election of his successor, but the Right insisted upon choosing a President at once. A vote was taken, and resulted in the election of Marshal MacMahon, who received 390 votes. The Left abstained from voting. He has signified his acceptance of the office, and order prevails. It is thought that whether MacMahon presides as President of the Republic or Emperor of France, he will fearlessly perform his duty, and give to the people what they absolutely need?a stable government. The Modoc War. Gen. Schofield officially confirms the report that a part of the Modoc warriors have unconditionally surrendered. Gen. Davis reports that he will push the pursuit of Captain Jack and his party, and hopes to end the war soon. The band which surrendered comprised : fifty men, women and children. The few horses they had were gaunt and weak, and scarcely able to bear the women and children as they rode into the camp. All the braves wore portions of the Federal uniform, and all entered into the camp in funeral procession. There was no noise among the soldiers, and