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Jtoapis and .facts. Ex-Senator Louis T. Wigfall, is practicing law in Baltimore. Chief Justice McKean has refused the right of citizenship to the Utah polygamists. Howes & Macy, of New York, have been adjudged bankrupts. Exclusive of the pay, clothing and armament of the troops, the "Modoc war" cost the United States the sum of $335,009.78. ? Texas papers state that the Texas cattle crop the past year is estimated to have brought $8,000,000 into the State. Fisk and Hatch, the New York bankers, who suspended during the recent panic, have resumed business. Ringgold Young and Neil Hawkins, of Alabama, imprisoned for ku-kluxism, have been pardoned. The books of a Boston firm have been seized for alleged frauds ou the revenue to the extent of $1,500,000. A Washington correspondent says that President Grant's choice for the succession to i rr* TT Ml . T"V 1 il _ I O ilia omce is nammon r isn, me present secretary of State. Up to the present time there have been killed in Cincinnati 415,000 hogs, against 336,000 killed in the same period last year. Mrs. Cauby, the widow of General Canby, will be granted a pension of two hundred dollars per annum, the committees of Congress charged with the subject being in favor of recommending it. The best New York lawyers value their time at from ?40 to ?50 an hour, and some of them have a practice of ?50,000 a year. Charles O'Conner, before his retirement, it is said, made four times that sum. Strikes continue on several of the western railroads, the engineers either demanding an increase of wages or refusing to serve at a reduction on the prices paid previous to the panic. Extra work is still continued in the different navy yards, and it would seem to be the determination of the Secretary to have all the war vessels of the Government put in a sea-worthy condition. ? r* i,? T _ I me ricnesc man in Jtsaiumore?uonn Hopkins by name?died last week. In respect to his memory the business houses of the city closed during the funeral obsequies, which took place on the 26th. The commissioner of agriculture is much annoyed by persons sending mouey to pay the postage on seeds, reports, &c., and therefore gives notice that money should never be sent to his department for any purpose. The trial of ex-Mayor Hall, of N. York, charged with criminal neglect of duty while Mayor of that city, by reason of which neglect he was implicated in the Tweed ring transactions, terminated on Christmas night by a verdict of acquittal. H. B. Claflin & Co., and Peake, Qpdyke & Co., prominent wholesale dry goods merchants of New York, who were compelled to ask for an extension of time on their commercial paper, during the recent panic, are now in a condition to meet their engagements. Henri Kochefort, conspicuous at one time for his attacks, through LaLanteme on the Emperor Napoleon, and after the FrancoPrussian war convicted and transported for his acts during his reign of the Commune, died recently at the penal colony in New Caledonia. At a shooting match, Christmas day at *11 t\ ?i._ a1 !. a. 1 it. iviga, a vuiage near i^ayion, vnio, two urotaers?John and Henry Stowe?quarreled about loading a rifle. John called Henry a liar, when Henry drew a revolver and shot John, killing hira instantly. Henry was then lyjiched by the crowd present. Cincinnati whisky caused the mischief. wmmmmmm*? A night school for practice in the noble art of spelling has been instituted at Berry's Station, Kentucky. When one of the girls fails to spell a word correctly the boy who spells it gets to kiss her. Several girls are fast forgettiug all they ever knew about spelling, while the boys are improving with unexampled rapidity. A singular death occurred in New York last week. A child had swallowed a piece of caustic, and died from the effects after having his intestines horribly cauterized. A physician attempted to burn the inside of j the boy's throat with caustic, when the caus% tic slipped from the holder and was Swallowed eansinor vnmif incr. convulsions, exhaustion. ? 0 0, , death. Colonel Frederick Deut, father of Mrs. Grant, died at the President's mansion on Monday night of last week, aged eighty-eight. His remains were taken to St. Louis for interment. Col. Dent was an old-time Democrat, and the tenacity with which he clung to his cherished principles was one of the marked features at the White House, where he had resided for a long time, as the guest of his daughter. The New York Sun says that the bill now before Congress for the repeal of the bankrupt law was drawn with reference to one object only?the relief of Jay Cooke & Co., and possibly Tom Scott's California and Texas Construction Compauy. Eighty leading firms of New York city have signed a protest, addressed to the United States Senate, against the repeal of the bankrupt law, but admitting that the law needs amendment in many of its provisions. A colored man, recently deceased, in New Orleans, owed the city nearly 8100,000 in back taxes. He lived in a miserable old garret, worked like a slave, and allowed himself none of the comforts of life. He owned real estate worth ?700,000 at least, and a large amount of bonds and cash. There were ftrits against him for taxes running back a dozen years, which he avoided paying by giving the city ten per cent, on the gross amount, which the law permitted, and then he lent the raouey 011 mortgages for from 18 to 24 per cent. A story is told of Capt. Jack, which seems to show that under more congenial circumstances he might have been a theologian. The post chaplain having visited him the day before his execution, the Indian asked him if he knew all about the happy iand and the Heavenly Father. The chaplain said he thought he did. "Well," said Captain Jack, "you know all 'bout him ; me give you ten horses you take my place tomorrow." Desirable as horses are on the plains, the chaplain did not encourage the idea of an exchange. The Congressional Directory is now complete and ready for press. In making up its biographical sketches of members the fact has been developed that about forty held military or civil offices in the late Confederacy, and, also, that a considerable number, especially from the South, were connected with the Freedman's Bureau. The Confederates have authorized a full statement of their official relations with the rebellion, but those who' held positions in the Freedmau's Bureau have, without exception, indicated a desire that no mention be made of that fact. Richard Grant White aud Dr. Ilall, two eminent linguists, arc discussing the question whether or not there have been mauy new words added to the English language since the days of Shakspearc and King James. Mr. White states, in "Words and their Uses," that there has been but little change, but I)r. Hall says thousands of new words have been added to the language since the period mentioned. Mr. White makes a practical rejoinder by naming twenty of the leading writers of the pa<t hundred years, including some of to-day, and challenging the production from their works of one thousand distinct new words, not the names of things. If Dr. Hall can find the one thousand words, Mr. White will pay SI,000 to Dr. Hall, or to any benevolent institution that gentleman may select. In the will of Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Indci>endence, whose | . ! 1 father was once Chief Justice of the Province j of New York and Governor of New Jersey, there occurs the following curious passage, which shows a deep seated prejudice against : the Nutmeg State, even at that early day: j ' "It is my desire that my son Governeur Morris, may have the best education that is i to be had in England or America ; but my j , express will and directions are that he be | | never sent for that purpose to the Colony of j ; Connecticut, least lie should imbibe in his | i youth that low craft and cunning so inci-j dent to the people of that country, which is | ; so interwoven in their constitution that all i , their art cannot disguise it from the world, j ; though many of them, under the sanctified ' ; garb of religion, have endeavored to impose i themselves onto the world for honest men." I Slit gwfcviUt (Enquirer. j ~~ " YORKVILLiE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 1, 1871. How to Order the Euquirer.?NVriU; the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-ollice, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-olliec money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The postago on the Knqcirkk, to any part of the United States, is five cunts per quarter, or twenty cents peryear, and is payable in advance at the post oflicc where the paper is received. I Watch the Figures.?'The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dismn*^ 1\/> 2-/v??7 j'l) fttlilft >?/?/? WUblUUCU) IUV lutiu (fuwt wv rviyc w? tvuviwiwi Cnsh.?It must bo distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance 1S74. To-day we commence another year. In some respects the prospects are gloomy ; but we must consider that there never was a time J wheu all was bright and propitious. The year through which we have just passed was a hard one, and it is scarcely possible that we will be able fully to recover from all its retarding and prostrating effects in another twelve months. Many and grievous calamities have befallen the American nation during the past teu years. Some of these could not be avoided ,* others we have brought upon ourselves by imprudence and miscalculation. Droughts, floods, blights and destructions of crops by insects, are calamities which no human foresight or skill can prevent. Many of the calamities in which we are at present involved did not have their origin in * - * ? * o n uncontroJable causes, but in otners 01 a iar different nature. As a people we have attempted to do a big business on a small capital. The motive may have been good, or it may have been bad?the result in either case would have been the same. Men, in all the avocations of life, from the humble smith at the anvil, to the banker behind his counter, have attempted impossible things. They have tried to accomplish as a whole, what only occasionally succeeds in the individual. They have attempted to make a fortune in a few years, or in one year, with no capital; and in many instances without judgment, experience or industry. Hence, for the last six years there has been, in ail the operations and undertakings of the country, a kind of sham work which had surface but no solidity. A large number of our people have been living in earnest expectation that something favorable would turn up in a short period which would relieve them. In this they have been deceived. They have been trusting in a dream and leaning for support upon a vapor. A nnther source from which our calamities have sprung, is found in the fact that a very considerable number of our people depend upon legislative enactments for all kinds of relief. It seems strange that an enlightened and intelligent people would do this. No legislative enactments can make an indolent, prodigal and thriftless people industrious, economical and enterprisiug. Reformation must commence with the masses of the people. Legislators and legislative enactments are usually only an index of the body politic. We will look in vain for relief from our troubles by anything that legislators may enact. Legislators are generally, at present, charged with being corrupt. This, no doubt, with a few exceptions, is true; but it only argues that the masses of the people whom they represent is corrupt. Notwithstanding the uudeniable fact that ' " * i- A? - e. ?i .1 ??? UlC iuiure IS HOU ireo null! giuum, unit ait many encouraging prospects. The calamities with which we are now struggling will teach us some very important practical lessons. Experience is a dear school, but the lessons are always well taught and easily reduced to practice. In the future our peoj4c will be more cautious than they have been in the past. It is a favorable omen that all parties have discovered that there is something wrong, and are calling for reform. The darkest hour in the whole night is the one that precedes the break of day. So it may be with regard to the present condition of the country. It may be that light is about to break in upon ! us ; at least we hope that such is the case, and I we can see no bad results that can attend the cherishing and fostering such a hope. Just I now our country expects every man prudently to do his duty. If this is done, we feel convinced that the darkness will soon fly away, and the light break in upon us. Wo want less talk and more work. THE BANKRUPT LAW. j The bill which was introduced into ConI gross for the repeal of the bankrupt law, 1 passed the House by a heavy majority. The Senate has not as yet taken any action upon I it, but will doubtless do so as soon as the re| cess is over. We regret that the House has taken the action it has in this matter. That there are I some objectionable features in the present bankrupt act, few will deny; but this would seem to call for amendment, rather than the repeal of the whole act. The act has been of great benefit to thousands of our people, and in the vicissitudes of fortune it may be indispensable for many more, who through misfor, tune may become so involved as to require its ' aid. A State law cannot give them the relief I which a general bankrupt act does, and an honest debtor may, through no fault of his own, become so hopelessly embarrassed as to give way to despair ; when if he could find an escape from his debts by a surrender of his property in bankruptcy, his hopeful energy and work might be saved to the State. We j regard the act, too, as peculiarly beneficial to j the South, which in its commercial dealings j with the other sections of the country is al-, ; most always found on the debtor side. We hope that the Senate may yet refuse to ; concur in tho action of the House, that such j amendments may be engrafted upon the law i as experience has shown to be necessary, and ! . that the bankrupt act, in its main features, may stand as one of the permanent statutes of} ' the country. I THE VIRGINIUS AFFAIR. Attorney-General Williams has rendered I his opinion in the Virginius case, and decides that the vessel was improperly sailing under the American flag, her papers having been obtained by false pretenses, and the title to the vessel being vested in foreigners, it consequently had no right to American protection. By the terms of the protocol, the decision relieved Spain from making reparation for an insult to the United States flag, and will compel this Government to institute proceedings against the owners of the Virginius j and the survivors of the crew and passengers j for violation of the neutrality laws. The true history of the Virginius, as ap- ; pears from the opinion of the Attorney-Gen-1 eral, shows that the vessel was registered in New York on the 2Gth of September, 1870, in the name of Patterson, who made oath as required by the law, but depositions abun dantly show that in tact I'atterson was not me owner at the time, hut that the vessel was the property of certain Cuban citizens in New York, who furnished the necessary funds for her purchase. J. E. Shepherd, who commanded said vessel when she left New York, with a certificate of her register in the name of Patterson, testified positively that he entered into an agreement to command the said vessel, at an interview between Quesada, Mora, Patterson and others, at which it was distinctly understood that the Virginius belonged to Quesada, Mora and other Cubans, and he said Mora exhibited to him receipts for the purchase money, and for the repairs and supplies upon the said vessel, and explaining to him how the said funds were raised among the Cubans in New York. Adolpho de Varona, who was the Secretary of the Cuban mission V/.ilr of fimp tlia Vircinina was purchased, and afterwards sailed in her as Quesada's chief of staff, testifies that he was acquainted with all the details of the transaction, and knows that the Virginius was purchased with the funds of the Cubans, aud with the understanding and arrangement that Patterson should appear as the nominal owner, because foreigners could not obtain a United States register for the vessel. Francis Bowen, Charles Small, Ed. Greenwood, John McCann, I Matthew Murphy, Ambrose Rawlings, Thos. Gallagher, John Furlong, Thomas Anderson and George Miller, who were employed upon the Virginius in various capacities after she was registered in the name of Patterson, testify clearly to the effect that they were informed, and understood while upon the vessel, that she belonged to Quesada and the Cubans represented by him, and that he navigated, controlled aud treated such vessel in ,?ll oc* All nrK if WOO Vt 1C3 ni'AnOrfv ill I ICdpUUbO Cb3 ttiuu^n A V n (?ij IIIU j/1 V|/V? vj As a result of the decision of the AttorneyGeneral, the Spanish press is clamorous for the demand by Spain for the restoration of the vessel and all the surviving prisoners. The Havana Diario infers from the decision that the Virgiuius was a pirate, and the United States Government, besides restoration, must give Spain satisfaction adequate to the offense of requiriug the surrender. The Diario demands that the same vessel which received the Virginius at Bahia Honda return her there and the Juniata bring the prisoners back to Santiago, because the Virginius was the legal prize of the Tornado, and the prisoners can and should be tried only by Spanish tribunals. Spain is advised to be clement with them and not employ the full force of law. The Diario concludes with the hope that Gen. Sickles will not withdraw his resignation. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Up to the time of adjournment for the holidays no measure of general public impor...uo r,nf(or><oft Vw rVincrrrss. The most tllll V?V/ M UC k M V/V l/Vv? u j W V ?- 0 . _ _ important question before either House is the proposed repeal of the bankrupt law, which bill was passed in the House of Representatives and has been considered in the Senate, but without final action. The act, as passed by the House, provides for the continuance of all cases pending, with a reduction of fees and charges. In the House, Butler, of Massachusetts, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a supplementary civil rights bill. It provides that any proprietor of a public inn, a place of entertainment, a line of stage coaches, or other means of transportation, or of a cemetery, benevolent institution or public school, wholly - - i 111 or partly endowed lor public use, wno snan make any distinction as to admission or accommodation of any citizen of the United States, because of race, color or previous condition of servitude, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offence, and shall be liable to the citizens injured thereby in damages, to be recovered in an action of debt; such action to be prosecuted in any United States Circuit or District Court havingjurisdiction. The Select Committee on Salaries reported a bill fixing the salaries of members at $5,500, to be in full of all allowances, except for act unl individual traveling expenses, and reducing all other salaries that were increased last scssi.j. to what they had been before, except Judges of the Supreme Court and the President during this terra. An amendment was adopted making the reduction to take effect from the 4th of March, 1873. The bill was not disposed of. In the Senate, Gen. Gordon's resolution of inquiry, regarding the seizure and sale of cotton and disposition of the proceeds, passed. It is sweeping, and will unearth some State secrets. In the House, Judge Harris, of Virginia, offered a bill to abolish the tariff on printing paper, type and type metal; also, a bill to pay old soldiers and widows of the war of 1812, without proof of loyality. SOUTH CAROLINA SEWS. ? The Legislature has adjourned until the 20th of January. ? Previous to the recess, the Legislature postponed the consideration of the bill to repeal the lien law, until January, 1875. ? Col. B. F. Evans, of the firm of Walker, Evans & Cogswell, died quite suddenly in Charleston on Wednesday of last week. ? The United States Senate has confirmed the appointment of A. S. Richardson as postmaster at Chester. ? Judge Bond has appointed John McManus, of Chester, a Commissioner of the United LULL'S VUUl w. ? Rev. David H. Porter, formerly of this j State, died in Savannah, Ga., on Sunday of. last week. ? Mr. Thomas P. Walker, who has held J official positions of various kinds in Iviehland ( county, died in Columbia on the 23d ultimo. ? The assessed value of taxable property of this State is ?176,596,502. The levy of fif-} teen mills will raise $2,654,347. ? T. C. Andrews, Esq., has sold his interest in the Columbia Union-Herald and severed his connection with the paper. It will here-' after be published by the "Union-IIcrald Publishing Company." ? The postmaster-general advertises for j proposals for carrying the mail from Chester ! to Tombsville, in that county, once a week, j d The time fixed for the closing of the bids is f <] March 2d, 1874. j b ? Mr. Turner Barber, of Lancaster county, j p claims to have gathered 116 bales of cotton 1 n from 132 acres, with the prospect of getting t not less than 16 more which are yet ungath- 1 ered, thus averaging a bale to the acre. j ? ?The Circuit Court for Chester county, i meets on Monday next. The Chester Repor-1 tcr says : "Judge Mackoy, last week, learning J j that the Chairman of the Board of County | Commissioners of Chester would not be pros- j L ent with the jury commissioners, to attend to the drawing of jurors for the approaching j ( term of the court, issued a bench waraant for a ' s his arrest, and placed it in the hands of the , t sheriff, who brought his victim to town and j c placed him in safe keeping." t ? The survivors of the famous Palmetto c Regiment, that won such brilliant renown on ) the fields of Mexico, met in Columbia on the t 9th ultimo, and elected the following named f gentlemen as delegates to attend the National t Convention of Mexican War Veterans, to be t held in Washington City, on the 15th Janu- j ary, 1874, viz: Messrs. R. G. M. Dunnovant, < Joseph B. Kershaw, Samuel McGowan, Thos. * J. Mackey, James D. Blanding, J. H. Wil- ^ liams, Carey W. Styles, Elias Earle, W. B. Stanley, K. G. Billings, C. S. Kirkland. ( NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. \ ? Gov. Caldwell is speuding the Christmas f holidays at his home iu Burke county, and will 1 not return to the capital until the 12th inst. 1 ? The Charlotte Observer is authorized to * c say that Gen. D. H. Hill has severed his connection with the Carolina Military Institute. j ? Governor Caldwell declines to furnish the j Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte with arms suitable for drill purposes. 1 ? Hon. Weldon N. Edwards, many years 1 ago a prominent Democratic politician, died j recently at his residence in Warren county. | ? A fearful storm visited Wilmington on ] the night of the 25th. A number of small ] houses were blown down, trees uprooted and fences prostrated. ( ? A new post-office, called Island Ford, has ! been established in Rutherford county, on the : route between Rutherfordton and Spartan- ] burg, South Carolina. ? Peter Staley, recently arrested in Illinois ( charged with murdering Henry Clapp, in ( Guilford county, had his trial last week, and 1 was acquitted. ? The N. C. Central Iron Company, whose . works are near Friendship, Guilford county, t turn out 10,000 pounds of iron per day which i is shipped to Philadelphia for the purpose of ' being converted into steel. 1 ?The Wilmington Star says that C. A. Hayne, colored mail agent on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta railroad after a preliminary examination, has been committed to jail in default of bail, on a charge of robbing the United States mail. ? A long and interesting controversy as to the genuineness of the Mecklenburg declaration of independence, in which some of the State papers labored to prove it a myth, is succeeded by the momentous question, "Who wrote 'Cousin Sally Dillard?1" That humorous production has always been accredited to Ham. Jones, of Salisbury; but the effort is now made to rob him of the honor. ? Joseph Baker, convicted of the murder of Newton Wilfong, colored, at the last term of Mecklenburg Superior Court, upon whom the death sentence had been pronounced, and who made his escape from jail on the morning appointed for his execution, has been captured and returned to his old quarters. He had been respited to the 12th of January, at which time the sentence of the law will be carried out. ? The bill known as the "Consolidation 1 bill," has passed both Houses of the Legisla- c luic and become a law. It places under one corporation the Atlantic, the N. C. Central c and the Western Extension roads?giving a i continuous line, under the same management, i from the seaboard to the Tennessee line, and ^ provides for the early completion of the Wes- c tern Extension from Old Fort to its termiuus. ^ EDITORIAL INKLINGS. J The Congressional Districts. c A few days before the lccess of the a Legislature, the House passed to a third read* c inga bill to divide the State into five Congress- c ional Districts. It provides that the first con- f gressional district shall be composed of the j counties of Georgetown, Williamsburg, Dar- s lingtou, Marlboro', Horry, Chesterfield and a c.mitAr flirt coonnii nonrrressional district of r the counties of Charleston, Orangeburg, Clar- F endon and Lexington ; the third congressional a district of the counties of Richland, Newberry, Abbeville, Laurens, Anderson, Oconee and f Pickens ; the fourth congressional district of [ the counties of Greenville, Spartanburg, Un- g ion, York, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw and [ Lancaster; the fifth congressional district of ; the counties of Colleton, Beaufort, Barnwell, ^ Edgefield and Aiken. ? The S. C. Conference. c The South Carolina Conference of the [ Methodist Church, which was in session at c Suruter, adjourned on the 16th ultimo, to 1 meet next year at Greenville. In the list of appointments we note tne ionowing: Presiding Elder for the Columbia District? i: W.H.Fleming; Yorkville Station?D. D. c Dantzler; York Circuit?L. A. Johnson; r Rock Hill?J.D.Watson; Chester?J. W. v Humbert; East Chester?E. J. Meynardie ; Blackstock Circuit?C. D. Mann ; Unionville c Station?A. H. Lester ; Lancaster?W.' L. c Harper. c Rev. A. W. Walker, who labored on the t Yorkville station for the past two years has J, been sent to Summcrvillc, twenty miles from . Charleston; Rev. P. F. Kistler is on the j Bamberg circuit; J. B. Massebeau at Williston ; O. A. Darby at the Washington-street j Church in Columbia ; J. C. Russell at Rich- f laud Fork, near Columbia; Landy Wood at r Georgetown; J. W. Kelly at Camden, and f W. T. Capers and G. M. Boyd at Abbeville. [ The Labor Question. t In some of the northern and western c cities trouble has been apprehended from the j t unemployed laboring classes. At a meeting j ^ in Chicago the sentiment that the day was ap- j j? proaching for an equitable division of the 1 ^ wealth of the laud was loudly applauded, j I In Cincinnati there have been two recent1 a meetings of laborers. One composed of Ger- t mans, denounced the press as in league with the capitalists. Carl Rosa, the Austrian agitator, said that the condition of tho working i men was worse here than in Germany. The ^ other meeting, composed of Irish, contented ^ itself with denunciations against the city government. a In New York a committee of a working- j. men's meeting held at Cooper Institute waited | on Commissioner Van Nort demanding work ^ or pay for the same for those iu enforced idle- a ncss, which was brought about by the Govern- j meut sanctioning speculation in the circula- jting medium of the country. They also de- ^ manded that work should be furnished directj ( to them, abrogating all contracts. Another II lelegation waited on Mayor Havomycr, revesting him to sign certain ordinances which ! lave passed the board of Aldermen, for im-, movement of streets and avenues, so that they j nay obtain work:. The Mayor intimated hat he would sign the ordinances. ^ T1IE TAX ACT ?o raiso supplies for tlie fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1S7-'}, and to alter and amend the j law in relation to the collection of taxes, lie it enacted by the Senate and House of, Representatives of the State of South Caro- j ina, now met and sitting in General Assera-! >ly, and by the authority of the saiue: Section 1. That a tax of one and a quarter j 11) mills upon every dollar of the value of ill taxable property in this State be, and the j ame is hereby, levied to meet appropriations I o pay the salaries of the executive and judi- J :ial officers of the State, the clerks and coningent expeuses of the executive and judicial lepartmenta of the government, for the fiscal rear commencing November 1, 1873. Section 2. That a tax of one and one quarer (11) mills upon every dollar of the value >f all taxable property in this State he, and he same is hereby, levied to meet appropriaions for the support and maintenance of the )enal, charitable and educational institutions >f the State, exclusive of common schools, or the fiscal year commencing November 1, [873. Section 3. That a tax of two (2) mills upon 'wrv dnliar nf the value of all taxable nron / ? ~ , :rty in this State be, and the same is hereby,! evied to meet appropriations for the support ind maintenance of public schools for the iscal year commencing November 1, 1873. Provided, That the amount raised by the levy n this section in excess of three hundred housand dollars be apportioned among the ieveral counties, as the free school fund is now ipportioned, to be applied to the payment of ,he teachers' claims iu said counties, and pro "ata upon said claims. Section 4. That a tax of one and a half (li) nills upon every dollar of the value of all ;axable property in this State he, and the >ame is hereby, levied to meet appropriations ;o defray the expenses of the General Assembly for the extra session of 1873, and the egular session commencing November 25, L873. Section 5. That a tax of one mill upon ;very dollar of the value of all taxable prop;rty iu this State be, and the same is hereby, evied to meet appropriations for public printng for the fiscal year commencing November L, 1873. Section 6. That a tax of three and onejuarter mills upon every dollar of the value >f all taxable property in this State be, and he same is hereby, levied to pay the deficien;v of unpaid appropriations of the fiscal year vhich commenced November 1, 1872; and a ,ax of three-quarters of a mill is hereby levied o pay the claim of the South Carolina Bankng and Trust Company, now held by Hardy soloraon, Esq., or as much thereof as may be lecessary. Section 7. That a tax of one mill on every lollar of the taxable property of this State se, and the same is hereby, levied to pay the lalf yearly interest upon the public debt of his State, (as adjusted at the present session) lue and payable on the 1st of July, 1874. Section 8. That a tax not to exceed three ^3) mills upon every dollar of the value of all axable property in each of the several counties of this State be, and the same is hereby, evied for county purposes for the fiscal year jommencing November 1, 1873, the rate to n . i l_ .L A.. jg nxeu uy me cuuuiy uuuiiiiiaaiuui-io ui wv<u :ounty, and by them certified to the county luditor thereof, except the counties of Greenville and Pickens, iu which the county comnissioners shall levy a tax of five (5) mills, ,wo mills of which shall he devoted exclulively to the payment of the past indebtedless of said couuties ; and Spartanburg couu,y four (4) mills, one (1) mill of which shall >e used exclusively for the liquidation of past lue indebtedness for the building of bridges; Provided, That the restrictions of this.section din.Il not apply to such counties as are now Luthorized by law to levy a tax for special mrposes: Provided, further, That the county :ommissioners of Charleston county are here)y directed to cause to be levied and collected n the same manner and at the same time as >ther county taxes are collected, a special tax )f two (2) mills on the dollar on all taxable property of the county, to pay the past inlebtedness of the county: the said funds so aised to be kept in the treasury by-the treaslrcr, subject to the passage of an act of the jeneral Assembly to provide for the payment if the past indebtedness of the county; and he county commissioners and the county reasurer are prohibited from using said funds 'or any purpose whatsoever until the passage if the act herein contemplated ; and in the louirty of Oconee the county commissioners ire hereby directed to levy and collect an adlitional tax of one and one-half (1J) mills in ail the taxable property ot tne county to >ay the past indebtedness of said county. Section 9. That the proceeds from the taxes evicd in the first seven sections of this act hall be kept by the State treasurer'separate ind apart from each other and from other >ublic funds, and shall be applied to the pur>oses for which they are respectively levied, md none other. Section 10. That so much of sectiou 72, of hapter 12, of title 3, of part 1, of the Geneal Statutes as directs the State auditor, on or >efore the 15th of November, annually, to ;ive notice to each county auditor of the rate >er centum authorized by law to be levied for rarious State purposes be, and the same is lereby, repealed; and the county auditors .nd county treasurers of this State are hereby equircd, without further notice, to proceed, in and after January 1, 1874, under the sulervision of the comptroller-general, to the ollection of taxes herein levied, in the manler prescribed by law ; and they are hereby orbidden to collect, or cause to be collected, ny other tax whatever, unless hereafter ex>ressly authorized so to do: Provided, That lothing herein contained shall prevent the ollection of district school taxes, poll tax, ailroad tax, and taxes levied for the relief of vidows and orphans of persons killed because if their political opinions, or special tax as mthorized by law for county purposes. Any ' .--4E 1 L?11 nnn;nof state or county uujueia nuu iiuui uutuu ugumgi my of the provisions of this act shall be leemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviciou-thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not ess than one thousand dollars or more than ifty thousand dollars, and by imprisonment 11 the State penitentiary for a period of not ess than one year or more than live years. Section 11. That all taxes assessed and layable under this act shall be paid in the bllowing kind of funds : United States curency, gold and silver coin, national bank j lotes and certificates of indebtedness authorzed by this General Assembly and issued to ; he Republican Printing Company, pursuant o the act approved November 19, 1873 ; and m receiving any of said certerficates for taxes, he county treasurers shall cancel the same, >y writing the word "canceled" on the back if each certificate so received, and attaching lis official signature thereto; and the State rcasurer shall report to the General Assem-j >ly, at the next regular session, the total J imount of such certificates returned to him by j he couuty treasurers respectively. Approved 22d day of December, 1873. NEWS OF THE DAY. ? Caleb Gushing has been appointed Mwiser to Spain in place of Sickles, and accepts he mission. ? It is reported that the Postmaster Gener- j ,1 opposes any modification of the present, tostal laws. ? Marion Fewell, Wm. Ramsey and. John ; Vhitlock, of.South Carolina, convicted a year ! go of being ku-klux, have been pardoned, j ? John L. Pennington, who during the war ' mblished a paper in Raleigh, N. C., inimical o the Confederate cause, has been appointed j Governor of Dakota Territory, Since 1865 j 'ennington has been living in Alabama. LOCAL AFFAIRS. 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Bryant, Stratton A Sad lor?Business College. Wood's Household Magazine?Workers Wanted. J A. A P. B. Converse, Publishers, Louisvillo, ! Ky.?The Best Present. Citizens*' Savings Hank. B. E. Fcnnistor, Administrator?Application Tor ' Diseharge. Alfred Moore, Executor?Application for I)is- | charge. B. P. Bovd, Clerk?Town Election. J. N. Kobsoii, Selling Agent, Charleston, S. C.? Pacific Onano Company's Soluble Pacific Guano. It. M. Wallace, U. S. Marshal?In BankruptcyFirst Meeting of Creditors?In the Matter of the Citizens' Savings Bank of South Carolina, Bankrupt. John C. Kuykcndal?'Tcinpus Fugit. W. II. A J. P. Herndon?Gone?Guano?Very Right?Pearl Hominy and Grist?Buckwheat?Mincemeat?Everything. It. II Glenn, S. Y. C.?Judge of Probate's Sales. Mrs. McLean?Select School. Conner, Hobbs A Dobson?The Yorkville Coach Factory. II. F. Adickes?Ladies' Dress Goods?Dress Shawls? Heady-Made Clothing. Carroll, Clark A Co.?The New Year, 1874. F. Hannerfield?York Marble Yard. James l?\ Hart, Plaintiffs' Attorney?Notice to Harvey Gunning, Defendant?Notice to Jits. M. Ki win, Defendant. J. L. Watson, Treasurer?Tax Notice, 1873. T. M. Dobson ?fc Co.?New Year, 1874?January 1st?Our Clerks?Shirting?Calico?Canned Goods?Crockery?Flour?Molasses?Tobacco and Cigars?Sugar and Coffee?Nails and Castings?Glass?Wooden Ware?Axes. W. B. Metts?Meeting of Depositors. PERSONAL. Hon. A. S. Wallace, member of Congress from this District, is now on a visit to his home during the recess of Congress. In addition to a number of pardons already granted, we are pleased to learn from Mr. Wallace that a pardon will soon be granted to Julius Howe, of this county, now undergoing sentence on the charge of ku-kluxing. THE YORK MARBLE YARD. We direct attention to the advertisement of the above establishment, and advise those in want of monuments, tomb-stones or other marble work, to examine the styles and specimens of work from Mr. Happerfield's artisXT in bb, lie iiuiiua. lie eau lumun aujumug m UIO line that may be desired, and his work will compare favorably with that of any similar establishment in the country. ARREST OF A MURDERER. Owens, who murdered Mr. John W. Cheek, a citizen of this county, ift Gaston county, N. C., last summer, while they were traveling together in a wagon, and subsequently made his escape on Mr. Cheek's horse, has been arrested in one of the border counties of Tennessee* ana-eamraitted to the jail of Madison county, N. C. A son of the murdered man has gone from here for the purpose of identifying the murderer. THE BENDER MYSTERY. A story has been going the rounds to the effect that the Bender family, who are charged with committing several murders in Kansas a year ago, were recently arrested in Spartanburg county, in this State. It turns out that the parties arrested were Thomas Webb and his wife, who, upon a hearing before a trial justice, vindicated their innocence. Webb and his wife, who are an elderly couple, were living in Yorkville about the time the Kansas murders were committed. PARDONED. 1XT J , tint fl.fl Iflfl, we are grauueu iu icmu mat uu tn^ ^u>u ultimo, the President pardoned Samuel G. Brown, Esq., of this county, who about two years ago was sentenced to the Albany penitentiary on a charge'of ku-kluxism. .Robert Riggins, of this county, was also pardoned at the same time. We learn from an exchange that the pardons were issued upon the recommendation of Senator Robertson and Congressman A. S. Wallace. Messrs. Brown and Riggins arrived at their homes iu this county on Tuesday night last. THROUGH FROM ST. LOUIS. Railroad facilities have opened up a new j market for this section, in the city of St. Louis, Mo., and W. H. & J. P. Herndon have already availed themselves of its advantages, having a few days since, received a carload of wheat iu bulk, shipped through in the same car, direct from that city. The car was six days on the road from St. Louis here. It is not a very flattering commentary on our agricultural policy to have to send so far for bread, yet while such necessity seems to exist, the enterprise of our young merchants deserves a passing notice. BALTIMORE BUSINESS COLLEGE. We have been pleased to receive a call from T A irr . _ P 1 Mr. James A. >v aison, iormeriy ui me jcviug o Mountain Military School in this place, but now connected with the Bryant, Stratton and Sadler Business College of Baltimore. This institution enjoys a wide reputation, and to its faculty Mr. Watson is an acquisition of which the College may well boast. During his visit here, Mr. Watson would be pleased to confer with any who may desire to avail themselves of the advantages and opportunities presented by the institution with which he is connected. TIIE CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK. The Citizens' Savings Bank having been adjudged bankrupt, a notice is published in another column, calling for a meeting of the creditors at Columbia, on Wednesday, 14th instant. Notice is also given that a meeting of the depositors in the Yorkville Branch, will be held at this place on Saturday, the 10th instant, for the purpose of taking such concerted action as may be deemed necessary to protect their interests. Mr. W. B. Metta, Assistant Cashier, also calls for a meeting of the depositors at the Bank in this place on Monday next. COLLECTION OF TAXES. In another column will be found the announcement of Treasurer Watson that he is ready to receive the State and county taxes for the year 1873. The aggregate taxes amount to fifteen mills, or one and one-half per centum?twelve-mills for State purposes and three for the use of the county, including the "ku-klux tax." Elsewhere in to-day's paper may be found the "tax act" as*passed by the Legislature. We learn that an impression prevails with some persons that the taxes are to be paid in two installments. This impression is erroneous. The taxes are due and payable between the 1st day of January and the 5th day of February. TRANSFERS OF'REAL ESTATE. Since our last report, the following trans fers of real estate in this county have been recorded by the County Auditor: M. W. Kussell to Margaret Russell. Lot in Rock Hill. Deed of gift. H. T. Freeze to James C. Poag. Three acres in Catawba township. Consideration 375. A. C. Sutton to John M. Lathan. Tract1 of 57 acres in Fort Mill township. Conside-! ration 8400. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to W. H. Hardin. I Tract of 267 acres in Bullock's Creek town-1 ship. Consideration 33204. Wm. Wallace to D. A. A. Watson. Tract of 194 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration 82750. J. H. Clawson, assignee of A. T. Black, to 1 A. D. Holler. Lot in Rock Hill. Conside-! ration 885. i Miss Elizabeth M. AJassey to Nicholas I a Johnston. Tract of 113 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration 8(500. Rev. R. Latlnin to I. J. Evans. Tract of 5 acres in Turk township. Consideration \ 8200. \ Wm. Wallace to Andy Wood. Tract of 50 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $200. David H. Carroll to Thaddens L. Carroll. One-third interest in 738 acres in York township. Consideration $1400. Rev. R. Pk Johnston, attorney in fact for J. E. DuBose, to Pay ton Berry. Tra'ct of 3 acres in York township. Consideration $37. Peter Crawford to William 8. Crawford. Tract of 95 acres in Bethesda or Catawba township. Consideration $362. John Quinn to A. E. Thornnsson. Tract i of 225 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $1000. * Robert Patterson to W. L. Saudifer. Tract of 317 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $1585. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM. WASHiatiTUJ*.. Washington, Dec. 17, 1873. Washington just now is a gay and lively place. The session of Congress is well under way, and the city is tilled with Congressmen, claim agents, lobbyists, sight-seers, honevmooners, newspaper correspondents and pickpockets. { There has been scarcely a day since the I opening of the session that the galleries have not been crowded. People flock here from all parts of the country to see the sights, and hear the sounds at the capitol of one of the foremost nations of earth. The northern element greatly preponderates, owing to a variety of causes. In glancing over the pages of the hotel registers, as I often do, I am struck with the number of registrations from northern States, compared with the few from the South. The southern people, in a measure, seem to have lost interest in Washington as the capital, and governmental affairs generally, since the whole thing has been almost bodily transferred to northern hands. Before the war it was not so ; then south :u people flocked to the capital, and claimed Washington as a southern city, with southern ideas, customs, habits, manners and proclivities. -1 dislike Jo see either section monopolize matters here, but deem it better that each should have an equal share in government concerns, equal patriotism and equal interest. The truth is, and it is painful to us of that section, the South is not considered of much importance here. As a section, it does not rank high in the scale. It is regarded about as Great Britain regards Canada?a good thing to have, but of secondary importance. A variety of causes contribute to this. First and most potent, is the carelessness which has been manifested in that section as to the characterof public men that have been sent here since the war. Carelessness is the most mild term I can use. In many instances this could not be avoided, but often it could. The plain truth is?and it is humiliating?there has not been a representative of commanding ability sent bere from the South . since the war. With the exception of Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, and Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, they have all been second, third and fourth rate fellows. Maynard, although a man of ability, is a selfish hog, and as cold as a corporation ice-house. And now a word as to Stephens, the man who, by age, experience and ability stands at the head of the Southern delegation. He has only been two weeks in Congress, but long enough to shape a policy and take a course which has been a bitter disappointment to his friends. He has made one speech here, and better by far for him that it had never been made. With one fell blow he has disappointed the fond expectations and crushed the hopes of his friends. In Alexander H. Stephens we expected to find a man of the people, who would labor for the people?who would use his vote, voice and iufluence ^lighten their grievous burdens by advocating.fcWnbaT ability so neculiarlv his own. retrenchment. reform aud repeal. Yet, what do we see? Alexander H. Stephens comes to the aid of the salary grabbers, back pay thieves and scoundrels of the last Congress, wht> added to our yearly burdens over two millions of dollars to gratify their inordinate thirst for gain. Instead of denouncing this criminal business, this unprovoked raid on a helpless treasury, he upholds it. and says that it was proper, legal and right! Right, indeed! If a banker in Yorkville hires a cashier for two thousand dollars a year, and at the very last day of the year the cashier, having access to his employer's safe, deliberately helps himself to three thousand, and walks off with it, is it right f Would he not be a thief, and condemned as a thiefin the eyes of all men ? What did Congress do but this ? Did not every member agree to serve for five thousand dollars a year ? Was not that the contract when they were elected, and did not they, at the very last day of the last year, help themselves to seven thousand, five hundred dollars ? Is that right ? f^nri nnn mo n tnif li h o 1 f a /vvain aC aa m m a n Uau au; uiau niiu uau a giaiu %va wuiuivu sense or common honesty say that it is ? Suppose such practices should' prevail among business men in their every-day transactions ? Whom, then, could we trust ? Would not confidence be broken, and the very frame work of civilized society shattered ? Mr. Stephens has made a great and a grave mistake. His friends feel it keenly, it was such a blow; so different from what they expected of the "great commoner." Had Mr. Stephens stood up like a true Democrat, and denounced the swindle as it deserves, and as it has been denounced in every Democratic convention, he would have added a column of strength to the fortunes of that party. But he has thrown away the opportunity; more than thrown it away, and brought his friends and admirers to shame and confusion. We seem to be on the down hill course in more ways than one. The government is daily running behind?every day her expenses are greater than her receipts. The National debt is increasing, as a regular thine, _ " from eight to ten millions a month. Think of that, tax-payers of the country, and de- _ mand of your Congressmen that they shall apply the remedy?retrenchment. That is the only remedy, unless taxes are increased. This last the people are in no mood to have, although I see no escape from it. Certain it is, there must be either a cutting down of expenses, or increase of taxation. There is no half way ground. It is likely that a tax will be laid on tea and coffee, by which twenty millions of dollars can be raised. This comes out of the pockets of the people, and at a time when thev are alreadv ODnressed with taxation. We are now the most outrageously taxed people on earth, and only the steady, unceasing toil of the laboring classes enables us to bear it. What we eat, drink and wear is taxed, and the very coffin in the grave and headstone over it has a burden to bear. If all these burdens came in the shape of a direct, . instead of an indirect tax, you would hear a cry from the people that would make every Congressman get out of his seat in a hurry, or lend his voice and vote toward retrenchment and reform. Nemo. Jinaittial aitit (Jomrntrriai. YORKVILLE, December 31.?Cotton is more active than at our last report, with but light receipts. We now quote extremes at 8 to 14 cents. Flour, per sack of 100 lbs., $4.90 to $5.15; Corn, 75 to 80; Meal, 80 to 85; Peas, 65 to 75; Oats, 55 to 65; Sweet Potatoes, 75 to 80; Irish Potatoes, $1 to $1.10; Dried Apples, $1.50 to $2; Dried Peaches, $1.75 to $2.25. uec. ou.?V/unuw.?oaies yesterday wore very light. The ruling price for low middling was 14* and the market closed firm. NEW YORK, December 29.?Cotton quiet. Uplands 16g to 16J. Futures closed steady.. Bales 20,951 bales: January 15 13-16; February 1*6 9-32 to 16 5-16; March 16 13-16 to 16 27-32; April 1715 May 173 to 17 13-16. CHARLESTON, December 29.?Cotton firmer and in good demand?middling 151; low middling 15; strict good ordinary 141. ^ LIVERPOOL, December 29.?Noon.?Cotton quiet and steady?uplands 81d. Financial* NEW YORK, Decomlwr 29,-Oold, 10J. ti.