Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f craps and Jacts. John C. Breckenridge is spoken of as a j candidate for Governor of Kentucky. Just A. Peck is the name of a resident of Peoria. It's a poor fellow who isn't at least half a bushel. j The Virginia Legislature has passed ! resolutions deprecating the passage, by Con- I gress, of the civil rights bill. j A petition was recently presented by ; Senator Sumner to Congress which con- | tained the names of 35,179 persons of Ohio, and was 953 feet long. It is said that fifty-two ex-Con federate officials occupy seats in the House of Representatives. George Washington and Patrick Henry have been arrested in New York for keeping company with counterfeit money, bad whisky and mean cigars. The Rev. James Stevens, of Marion Ind., is indignant at being arrested on the charge of stealing a horse, which he declares he won at a square game of draw poker. Only eight cents in addition to the reg- 1 ular postage, will hereafter be charged on * registered letters sent through the post office, . instead of fifteen cents, as heretofore. ... i Gov. Kemper, of Virginia, has de- s clined the present of a fine pair of horses and m a carriage which his admiring friend desired ( to present him. { The culture of the sugar-cane, which has to a great extent been abandoned on the " low lauds of Louisiana, will in the future be largely prosecuted on the pine lands of Mississippi and Alabama. The corn crop this year of Illinois, Iudiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee, is 241,300,000 bushels below that of 1872. The potato crop in the same States shows a loss of 18,400,000, bushels. The New York Tribune says: "The new year opens with an ease of money that threatens active stock speculations and a rise ' in prices. Sixty or seventy millions will be liberated for investment within the fortnight from coupons and dividends. The goverment c inflation seems sure to bring out the whole c fnrfv-frmr tnillintia ?nrl flip tpnftpnnips ?rp ftll ' toward expansion." The Havana papers, as might naturally | be expected, wax exceeding wroth over the j sinking of the Virginia, which they assume to i have been a deliberate contrivance on the j part of our government to avoid tin possibili- { ty of having to surrender the vessel again into c the hands of her Spanish captors, in the event of her proving, upon judicial investigation, ^ not entitled to an American registry. Gen. Sherman, when before the military committe the other day, was asked what he thought of colored troops, and to this question replied, that he would not say that * he preferred colored to white troops, but ^ he could not withhold his testimony to the t fact that the two regiments of colored troops t now in the service had fulfilled all the raili- c tary duties required of them, and had proven j their valor in many a frontier engagement. g A secret organization exists in Cuba not less terrible than the famous "Thugs" of India. A few days ago, five dead bodies [ were found in the streets of Havana, each j with a stab through the heart. Scarcely a I morning passes that the ghastly traces of this ' secret body are not discovered. It is a terrible, { siguiGcant fact that ia every instance the (. victim of midnight assassination has been J a Spaniard who was known to have been j conspicuous in the horrible outrages that had T been perpetrated upon the families of Cuban * sympathizers and members of the Masonic v fraternity. a Considerable merriment was created j] among Congressmen in the House of Repre- v sentatives several days ago, by William Crutcbfield, of Tennessee, who asked leave to offer an amendment to the Supplemental Civil Rights Bill, providing a penalty against auy woman who refused any offer of marriage on d account of race, color or previous condition of n servitude. Crutchfield is a Republican, and tl though he offered this amendment purely in ^ iest, he knows well enough that were such an amendment necessary to the success of the . Republicans, his party would not hesitate to 1S adopt it. c Large numbers of wild horses abound on n the prairies between the Arkansas and Smoky si Hill Rivers. They are of all sizes and col- a ors, and the wildest of wild animals. They h usually roam in bands of from six to twenty, and will run at sight of mau two miles away. A great many domestic horses as well as mules, which have strayed away from their owners, \ have taken up with the wild ones. After ^ running with them for a while they become as b wild as their untamed companions. Various c Koitn orlArvfo^ frv Aonfliro tVtOCO rr ui^iii'Aio uavo uwu auv^/bvu vv vt?^vuiv vuwv j aboriginal horses, but they have generally ^ proved fruitless. A scrubby colt or a broken down mule is, as a general thing, the only re- f ward for all the time, labor and expense of 1! such schemes. a Some of the reports that have leaked b (Hit about an autographic telegraph just pat- o ented in Washington, but withheld from pub- t licity until patented in other countries, inti- c mate an improvement that must be very con- , venient, and sometimes exceedingly so ; and may lead to radical changes in telegraphing. The principel is apparently analogous to that t discovered by a Mr. Bakewell, in England, 0 several years ago, and that has been employed ^ with imperfect success in France?perhaps elsewhere. At each station a cylinder is at- f tuched to the transmitting and receiving in- 11 strunient. The manuscript to be sent is a wrapped around one and is instantly duplica- c ted on the other, no matter how distant. The c process is almost equivalent to photography, E and is instantaneous. It is perceptible at a g glance that the long dispatches now sent at so much cost could be forwarded by this ^ means as cheaply as the shortest, as they would I occupy no more time nor any more labor. 1 The Swedes and Germans of Wisconsin s have a funny way of disposing of widows and t widowers, if the Green Bav Advocate may be f credited. It states that there were eleven wid- t dows and twelve widowers residing in Hoi- c landtown, in that county, and it was determined by the community that eleven of these widowers should marry the disconsolate widdows. In order that it should be fairly done 1 and no one permitted to take his first choice, ] to the disadvantage of his fellows, a commit- t tee was appointed, and the names of the wid- { ows were placed in one box, and those of j mJ/l/xtt'Ava in onn^or At P AT nf I IIJU MlUUntlO 111 UUUbllVl AAV V A . A>A.| Vt the 8th of December, the drawing took place, and all the parties were disposed of but one man, who although doubtless the happiest man in seven counties, over the narrow escape which he had, yet the committee are casting about for some means to supply him with a partner, advertising that if there are i any widows in the neighboring towns who I would like to take him, "application can be . made to the president." It has been reported that the Wall street j leaders were pretty much all seriously crippled j by the panic, but this report is now denied, i It is stated now that Cornelius Vanderbilt, | from whose estate the newspapers have sub- j stracted from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 by j the crash, has, on the contrary, kept all he had of his $50,000,000, and bought stocks at so i low a rate, when they were down, that he will, i by June be worth $60,000,000. He expects j to iucrease his pile to a round hundred rail-' lions in five years. Daniel Drew has been set down as a bankrupt by the panic, but he has not lost money enough to hurt him. He has a way of protesting that he is ruined when he wants to make settlements, or bo let off, easily. His fortune has, perhaps, experienced , a shrinkage of half a million, but he i3 held to be worth at least eight millions yet. Jay Gould, another of the reputed "lame ducks," , is only playing a shrewd game, it is asserted, I by ostensibly retiring from "the street" in or- j der to avoid legal responsibility in his uncomfortable complications with non-paying New 1 lersey Southern and other railway interests. 3e is believed, however, to be good to-day for en millions. Henry N. Smith, the new ope ator in Wall street, who undertook to beard he old veterans in their den, has been a sufferer to the extent of some 82,000,000 through jlould's superior tactics, but he has 82,000,)00 to 83,000,000 with which to start out igain on a new fight, with the aid of some lardly-earned experience to give him discreion. Alden B. Stockwell, another young ispirant for the leadership of Wall street, is me of the crippled ones of the Exchange, but le was maimed before the panic by his operaions in Pacific Mail, in which, no doubt, he ost some 84,000,000 in three months, and reired to a back seat with a small nest-egg of 5500,000 to commence operations again in nore propitious times. Rufus Hatch, anothir of the heavy operators of Wall street, was lurt to the extent of 82,000,000 by the panic, Hit saved about the same amount. Clalfin '& Jo., the dry goods merchants, weathered the torra by getting an extension from their cusomers, and selling largely for cash at reduced i . 1 * .1 *1 __ rnces. it is nouceu mac tnose apparently irushed by the panic have shown remarkable ecuperative powers, and never has so groat i crash been so speedily recovered from. The National Trust, Union Trust, Kenyon, Cox & }o., George B. Griunell it Co., Fish it Hatch, tnd others, are once more launched on an ictive business career.?X. Y. Exchange. ?lte fjMfeviUc (?w}uivct. YORKVIL.L.E, S. C.s rHURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 15, 1874. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the naiue >f the subscriber very plainly, give post-ollice, ?unty and State in full, and send the amount of he subscription by draft or post-ollice money >rder, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The postage on the Enocirkk, to my part of the United States, is kivk ok NTs per juarter,or twenty cents per year, and is payable n advance at the post otlice where the paper is re?nipnd Watch the Figures.?ThoduWcon the"addressHbel" shows the time to which the subscription is >aid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date mmt be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that >ur terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance JOB PRINTING. Having determined to devote more attenion hereafter to job printing than we have lone in the past, we would inform the public hat our office is now well supplied with new ype of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stock of nks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to xecute as good work as can be done anywhere in the United States. Orders for Jail Tickets, I Freight Billheads, lank Notices, I Labols, ionds and Coupons, Law Blanks, lill Heads, Law Briefs, lusiness Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, 'ertilicatos of Stock, Memorandum Billheads fhecks, Note Circulars, )eposit Tickets, i Note Headings, )raftsand Notes, i Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire A Lifolns., 5Iection Tickets, Shinplasters, festival Tickets, ] Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction s to quality of work, guaranteed in every astance. Particular attention given to fine rork in colors. ? LABOR SYSTEM. The individual who has watched the tenency of things for the last few years, with loderate care, can not have failed to discover liat an elementary change is gradually taing place in this country. This change, it 'ill be admitted by every candid individual, i absolutely necessary to the perpetuity of our i vilization. The foundations of society have scently been, if not destroyed, very extenively disturbed. The labor system of a large nd important section of the United States as undergone a change amounting, in all its nportant features, to destruction. The labor ystera of the Southern States to-day, is whol<f differeut from what it was twenty years ago. Lt present, there is no properly organized laor system in the South. So far as labor is oncerned, the South is in a state of confusion, 'he property holder and laborer attempt to eel and act independent of each other. This tate of things may be styled liberty ; but it 3 a misnomer. All its tendencies are bad, ud are eminently calculated to destroy and iring to ruin every civilized institution in ur midst. The capital of every country in he world is dependent upon the labor of that ountry. The earth has long since ceased to ring forth support for man spontaneously. As an evidence of the disturbed condition of he labor system, we would point to thousands f acres of arable land that are lying uncultivaed, and the vast amount of laud that is only lartially cultivated. On all this land there 3 a heavy tax paid annually, and the owners ,re in no way whatever benefitted. The inrease of the land in saleable value is nothing, ompared with the tax and interest on the noney invested. As things now exist, it is a ubject which admits of debate, whether to be >ossessed of property makes the owner rich or >oor. Sure it is, that a very small amount of >roperty gives the owner less annoyance than i great deal of property. Men in whom the itles to large amounts of property are vested, iud it difficult to pay the taxes on their propsrty. This, in a State properly organized, >ught not to be the case. The property holler is oppressed, and the laborer is not in the east benefitted. In fact, the laborer suffers nore than the property holder. With the present labor system, or rather with no sys;eni, the laborer is doomed to poverty. Year ifter year he will work hard and receive for lis toil a scanty living. His social and intclectual condition, instead of becoming better, ivill grow worse and worse, until ultimately ie will reach the hopeless point where he will lot care. To save the country from sinking into barlarism, something must be done. It may be ,hought that a reformation must be effected imongst State officials. This seems to be the ipiuion of the majority of those who think ibout the drifting tendencies of things ; but we are fully convinced that the evils which rapede Southern progress never can be removed by legislative bodies. There are some :hings that do not come within the province if legislatures, and these things are the most important. There are some institutions and relationships with which law in the usual import of the term, has nothing to do. The oro kn<a nn ricrht. to meddle with the relation ship between husband and wife; it has no right to say that the employe shall give the ira ployed so much for a day's labor. The laws which govern civilized nations never >vere enacted ; they never were written ; and ,hey cannot be found in codes. They are found in the general sentiment of the people, rhat legislative body which would enact a aw that husbands and wives shall love each )ther, would stultify itself in the eyes of every :ivilized nation on the globe. Suppose a leg islative body passes a law that a definite nurai ber of hours shall constitute a laboring day, it would infringe upon private rights and enslave the people for whom it legislates. The remedy for our evils is not to be found in the wisdom of legislators. A labor system must be suffered to grow out of the exigencies of our condition. Its ! features will determine the character of our future civilization, and upon it depends the ! growth and development of our country. The | system must be organized by the property j holder and laborer, in perfect harmony with i the exigencies of the case. Neither class can j prosper to the detriment of the other class. Were we at liberty to suggest a system of labor for the South we would name a system similar to that which exists in England. It is a system of humanity, and has worked well for generations. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 6th, the resolution by Mr. Sumner looking to the abolition of the office of internal revenue commissioner, and the collection of internal revenue by stamps, was reported adversely upon and indefinitely postponed. The House salary bill was discussed, Messrs. Wright and Carpenter being in favor of repealing the act in force, and Mr. Flanagan opposing repeal. In the House the debate on the supleinentary civil rights bill was continued, and eleven speeches were made, chief among which was that of Elliott, colored member from South Carolina. Referring tc the speech of Stephens, of Georgia, made the previous day iu opposition to the bill, Elliott said he thought, "Mr. Stephens now made bul a poor return for the magnanimous treatmenl of the Government he had attempted to destroy." No vote was reached. The naval appropriation bill was reported and made the special order for Thursday. In the Senate, on the 7th, the discussion oi the salary question was resumed, and a nurn ber of speeches were made. Mr. Hamilton, o! Maryland, spoke in opposition to the increase of salaries of either President or members ol Congress. He opposed the pending proposition making the proposed compensation, 85000 date from March 4,1873, because it was ueith er practicable or just. No conclusion was reached. In the House, Butler, of Massachu setts made a speech in favor of the civil right' bill, and on his motion, the pending bill and amendments on the subject were re-committed He gave notice that when the bill is again re ported, he will call for a vote on the measure without further debate. Mr. Swann, of Ma ryland, presented the petition of Bishop Ames, and thirty-four other ministers of the M. E, Church of Baltimore, for the relief of the Southern Methodist publishing House, al Nashville, Tennessee. In the Senate, on the 8th, the salary bill was resumed, and an amendment by Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, adopted, providing for the absolute repeal of so much of the existing act as refers to pay of members, officers of Congress and the President; but in the - ? .. .1 m A case of the President, not to taKe enect umu March 3rd, 1877, and not to affect the salaries ofjusticcs of the Supreme Court. A dispatch from the McEnry Legislature at New Orleans, asking protection of Congress, was tabled. The House discussed, without action, the naval appropriation bill, providing for $16,000,000, and the bill to establish a national education bureau and fund. In the Senate, on the 9th, the bill authorizing National banks that have decided to reduce their capital stock, to withdraw a portion of bonds upon retiring their own circulating notes, and depositing legal tenders in proportion, and the bill concerning salaries, were discussed, without final action. During discussion on the former, Mr. Boutwell referred to statements that the government was dishonoring its promises in having irredeemable paper currency in circulation, and said that the idea was erroneous, as not one of the legal tender notes specified any time of redemption other than at the pleasure of the government, which point had also been settled by the Supreme Court. The bill appropriating twenty thousand dollars for the expenses of Colorado Territory was passed. The Senate adjourned until Mouday. There was nothing done in the House, except to call for information in regard to the late increase of naval enlistments and expenditures, and to pronounce eulogies on the late mem bers, Messrs. Brooks, of New York, aud Foster of Michigan. A session for debate only will be held on the 10th. In the Senate, on the 12th, Conkling introduced a substitute for the salary bill which passed the house. It repeals the Act of March last so far as it increases all the salaries, except those of the President of the United States and Justices of the Supreme Court, and fixes all salaries, with the exception of the above named, the same as they were prior I to March last. All back pay not drawn or returned is declared to be covered into the treasury aud the property of the United States. The bill now goes back to the House for the concurrence of that body. House proceedings unimportunt. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The address of Rev. E. J. Meynardie is Rich Hill, Chester county, care of Barber <& Drennan. ? Work on the United States Post office and Court House at Columbia, has been temporarily suspended. . ? On Tuesday of last week, Col. J. B. Palmer was elected President, Capt. A. G. Brenizer Cashier, and Messrs. T. H. Gibbes and J. H. Walker Book-keepers, of the Central National Bank in Columbia. ? The Reporter says that John A. Bradley, jr., of Chester, was recently seriously wounded in a difficulty at Palmetto, Geo. He received two pistol shots?one in the arm and the othei iu the abdomen. Fears are entertained of a fatal result. ? Quite a number of foreign immigrants have arrived in Chester and have taken ser vice with persons in that county. The Re porter says that Mr. T. T. Castles, who lives in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, has hired t larger number of these foreign laborers thar any person in the county. ? Richard Wearn, of the firm of Wearn & Hix, photographers of Columbia, committee suicide at his residence in that city on Fridaj morning last, by shooting himself in the heat with a pistol. The jury of inquest renderec a verdict that "he came to his death from ? 1 pistol wound in the head, inflicted by himself i while laboring under a fit of insanity." ? O.nn [? 1<! Sninnnr Trpnsnrpr of th< j United States, arrived at Columbia last Sat j urday, accompanied by his daughter and s ! lady friend, who are on their way to Florida Gen. Spinner was serenaded on Saturday nighi , by the post band. Where he stops the hotel i registers are always scanned by the curious who compare his chirography with his oddlooking signature attached to the United 1 States money issues. ! ? To meet certain liabilities of the State tc the Republican Printing Company, the pres I ent session of the General Assembly authori! zed the State Treasurer to issue bills receiva ! able for State taxes, to the amount of $231,- j 996, which species of currency has been in circulation for several weeks. It seems that s j W. S. Monteith, a lawyer of Columbia, held i' for a client, a claim of $5000 against the ; State, in the form of a penitentiary warrant, ' I which is now a subject of litigation. In order i to "realize" on this claim, he offered to sell it ; to C. II. Baldwin, the Treasurer of Richland i county, and to receive "certificates of indebti ! edness" in payment. It appears that it did ' not suit Baldwin to make the trade; and as i another resort to secure the amount of the ! i claim, Monteith threatened the State officials [ , with an injunction against the county treasu-1 rprs rnstrnininrr t.hem from receiving the "cer- ! " o " o i tificates of indebtedness" in the payment of ; taxes, unless the claim was paid. The "pow-1 ers that be" still refused to pay the claim, | whereupon Montcith applied to Judge Cooke j for a temporary injunction, which was imme- \ diately granted. Soon afterward, Treasurer ! Cardoza published a card in the Columbia pa- j ! pers exposing the whole scheme, whereupon j Judge Cooke ordered an immediate hearing ' of the case and rescinded the order previously ! made. The "certificates of indebtedness" now j stand precisely as they did before proceedings 1 were commenced. ? The Columbia Phoenix, of Tuesday, says : | "We understand that Messrs. F. W. McMasler, L. E. LeConte, J. D. Pope, A. C. Has| kell, W. K. Bachman and L. F. Youmaus, attorneys at law in this city, were, last even1 ing, served with a notice from his Honor Judge Carpenter, that they were suspended ' from their duties as attorneys until they re' turned the assets of the Citizens' Savings Bank ' to the control of his court, and refunded the fees the bank paid them. It will be remem1 1 A VT. T T Wo(onn ?PVa cna/l ucicw mat iui. u . xj. n aiouii, ui x \/i i\9 ouwi ! the bank, and these gentlemen advised the bank to go into bankruptcy, without asking permission of the Judge. An effort was made before the United States Court by the attorneys of Watson, to restore the assets to the ' jurisdiction of the State Court; but Judge Bond decided that they were properly brought ' in the United States Court." , NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. i ? A tri-weekly mail has been established between Asheville and Rutherfordton. s ? A spoke aud handle factory is soon to be I put in operation at Lenoir. . ? Hon. Plato Durham is quite sick at his residence in Shelby. ' ?The Cape Fear river has risen fully fifty feet at Fayetteville, and great damage to , property has resulted. ? The order of Patrons of Husbandry is in s a mure flourishing condition than at any time ; since its introduction into the State. The number of Granges is 139. ? We perceive that the enterprising Messrs. Tiddy, at their paper mills in Lincolnton and ; at Buffalo Falls, have commenced the manufacture of paper bags, for the use of raer1 chants, which they sell at northern prices. 1 ?The State Legislature reassembled last Monday, after a recess of three weeks. The 1 principal question to be considered by that body is the settlement of the public debt of the State. ? W. C. Garner, late one of the civil engi 1 A T _ *1 .1 1 A _ J neers on tnc Air-jjine rauroau, was ussauiieu in Charlotte last Wednesday night, by two men who rushed upon him, and badly hurt him. The assailants escaped capture. ? The Lincoln Progress learns that the murderer, Owens, who was captured in Tennessee, has been safely lodged in the Dallas jail. In passing the vicinity of the homicide, he pointed out the spot where he had killed and secreted the body of Mr. Cheek. ? At a meeting of the board of directors of the North Carolina railroad, last week, it was understood as the unanimous sense of the board that the recent act of the Legislature, consolidating that road with the Atlantic and the Western Extension, is such a one as cannot be accepted by the board. ? The Louisburg jail was burnt on Thursday night last, and three prisoners?one a woman?perished in the flames. The supposition is that the building was fired by one of the inmates for the purpose of effecting his escape. There were five prisoners in the jail, all colored. ? The Lincoln Progress says that in the Register's office of that county are the dies, stamps, tools and other implements used by Collins, the leader of the most extensive and successful band of counterfeiters that ever infested any country. Collins lived in Lincoln county, and his counterfeiting apparatus was found secreted in his house after he had been dispossessed of it. ? The cotton factory projected by A. R. Homesley, in Rutherford couuty, is nearly completed, and the machinery will soon be in operation. Wo understand that Mr. Homes* " 1 1-4. AW Ainf AfO ley contemplates erecting auuiuu juututj near the site of the one now approaching com| pletion. The Lincoln Progress states that Messrs. Schenck & Falls are erecting a new cotton factory in Clevelaud county, ten miles north-east of Buffalo Station. Their machinery will be of the most approved pattern. The Progress truly says that these are wholesome signs of prosperity ; and if our farmers would combine and put up manufactories instead of sinking their money in the banks, we would not hear so much of panics and suspensions. Congressman Elliott's Speech. The recent speech of the South Carolina colored Congressman, Elliott, on the civil rights bill, has attracted much comment throughout the country. Elliott is represented as being coal-black, and possessing the most finished education that could be obtaiu1 ed in the highest universities of Europe. ' While his late effort elicits applause from Re1 nnOinon o/Mi r/ino if- io ctmnrrlv <^nnflf>mned hv JJU>III(,U1| wu,vui ?? ? - ./ I the Democrats. A despatch to the Louisville | 1 Courier-Journal, on the day the speech was ! delivered, speaks of it as follows: ! "The proceedings of the House, to-day, were - marked by an extraordinary scene, which would disgrace this country, if Congress could 5 disgrace any body. The Radicals had fixed t up a job to put a Massachusetts negro named Elliott, now hailing from South Carolina, to deliver a speech full of insolence and malignity which Hoar and other Radicals had written ' j for him. Their grand idea was to try to make I j it appear that a negro could be the peer of r | the white man in debate, and, by studied in1 j solence toward Messrs. Beck, Stephens and I j Harris, to try to provoke these gentlemen to j j an unseemly altercation with a negro. But! f"! they took no notice whatever of Elliott's in- j ?j solence. His most offensive utterances, to-1 day, were applauded to the echo by the Radi- ] - ? - AA /?! 3 j cala of the House, and by the galleries, as 11 . at a theatre, the Speaker taking no pains to j t check this disorder. At the close he was con-1 gratulated by Ben. Butler, Garfield, May- j ^ nard, General Wm. T. Sherman and others." j ' i ? A Topeka, Kansas, despatch says the case ,1 of ex-Senator Poraeroy for bribery came up j . for trial on the 5th. The Senator did not an- j [ : swer when called, and his 820,000 bail was ! | declared forfeited, with the understanding i ! that if he appears for trial during the month, j ' | the order will be rescinded. The Governor '! of Kansas has issued a requisition for Porae j roy, on the Governor of the District of Co- j I lumbia. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. ; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dr. John May?Pure Drugs and Medicines. R. Lathanand D. Harrison.?Male School. Thomas L. Moss?Mare Stolen. Carroll, Clark it Co., Agents?The Carolina Fertilizer. Joseph A. McLean, Judgo of Probate?CitationMrs. M. A. Keudrick, Applicant?J. M. K end rick, deceased. Nancy L. Craig?Administratrix' Sale. Charles Petty, Principal? Limestone Springs Female High School. J. C. ifc C. I). Farrar?A Miller Wanted. W. H. Ac J. P. Herndon?(iuanos?Credit?We j Say?Yarn?Hack wheat Flour?Molasses? j (l Itiua?l( luL'litu ? It1! /ii i r?\fnul O. W. Sadler?To Kent. M. Strauss it Sou?Determined not to be Undersold?Closing Out Sale?Shoes and Hoots? . Hlankets and Shawls?Ladies' llats?Heady j Made Clothing?Crockery. Thomson it Jell'erys, Assignees?Dividend Meet- j ing?In the matter of Thomas C. Henry. j T. M. Dobson it Co.?Cheap Hoods?Prices at : other Places?The Place?Haines?Hams? I Shovels?Tin Ware?Cash and Credit?1S72 j Accounts?Look the Ottice?Hats and Bon- ( nets?Buckwheat Flour?Fruit?Boots? i Children's Shoes. J. A. Carroll?Administrator's Sale. R. Lathan?Wanted Immediately. May, Rawlinson it May?For 1H74. K. II. (ilenn?Sheriffs Sale. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. We lutve been requestefl to state that there will he no meeting of the Board of County Commissioners until Friday of next week. DEATH OF MR. M. L. TATE. Mr. Martin Luther Tate, a substantial citizen of this county, died at his residence on Allison Creek, on Friday last. TIIE CIRCUIT COURT. The grand and petit jurors assembled at the Court Hodse on Monday last and were duly organized, after which the Court was adjourned until the second Monday of next month. THE ROCK HILL LANTERN. The last issue of the Rock Hill Lantern announces that henceforth it will cease to appear in its old form, and will hereafter be edited more as an agricultural and social paper than as a political one, though it will not entirely ignore politics. It will take the title of the Grange, aud though uot representing itself as the organ of the Granges, it will ever give its entire support to the Patrons of Husbandry. IlAILltOAD ACCIDENT. On Tuesday evening, when the train of the King's Mountain railroad was within six miles of Yorkville, the hind trucks of the baggnge car ran off the track, when the baggage was ran into by the passenger car, badly damaging both. Fortunately no person was hurt, though the accident delayed the arrival of the train until 1 o'clock Tuesday night. Superintendent Thomas went down the road yesterdny and hopes to have the track cleared in order that the trains can resume their regular trips to-day. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correspondents of the press, and others writing for publication, should bear in mind 1 A L ^ ...?!?Ai!nnn -vMinf Krt flrt/lnmnO. I Ill III inuir UlHli IU U11 lUULlUUS UlUOt uc ?b^uiu|/unied by their own proper names. This is an invariable rule that no editor can depart from. The name of a correspondent is not necessarily required for publication, but as an evidence of good faith and veracity on the part of the writer. We frequently receive marriage and obituary notices unaccompanied by the name of the writer, which we invariably decline to publish. Such notices, as well as local topics of general interest, will always receive our prompt attention, if accompanied by a responsible name, as an endorsement of the facts communicated. TOWN ELECTION. An election was held on Monday last for an Intendant and four Wardens for the town of Yorkville, for the ensuing year. The following named persons were elected : Intendant?J. S. It. Thomson. Wardens?Joseph Herndon, J. R. Schorb, Edward Wheeler, Robert Wright. The total number of votes cast was 247, distributed as follows: For Intendant?J. S. R. Thomson, 143 ; John G. Enloe, 98. For Wardens?Joseph Herndon, 142; John It. Sehoib, 141; Edward Wheeler, 130 ; Robert Wright 125; J. S. Lewis, 107; Isaac Wright, 101; Thomas Johnson, 99; B. P. Boyd, 9; Scattering, 8. CLUBS--1874. Our subscription list for the new volume of the Encjuirer is rapidly filling, for which our acknowledgements are hereby tendered, not only to our old readers, but to a goodly number of new subscribers, whose names have been entered on our books within the past few weeks. For the information of persons detn Qiihar>rihp in olnhsr \vf> nnhlish t.he OllilJg U\J UUVWVMW .. - L ~ names of the following club-makers in this county, by either of whom names will be received: J. R. Howe, R. L. Crook, S. W. Jackson, J. H. Coltharp, A. J. Matthews, J. N. Roberts, M. W. Mendenhall, Maj. Myles Smith, W. R. Davis, J. C. Patrick, A. F. Lindsay, Maj. A. A. McKenzie. T. L. Clinton, Rev. J. S. Bailey, John T. Grist, " J. D. Wylie, W. J. Stephenson, J. H. Hood,. S. D. Simrill, J. I. Faris, John L. Miller, Rev. J. C. Burge, Col. W. B. Allison, Ed. R. Mills, H. Clark Harris, J. P. Hunter, David J. Jackson, David T. Lessley, Simon Ferguson, J. A. M. L. Stewart. The names of other club-makers will be published as they may be reported. THE CITIZENS'^SAVINGS BANK. The meeting of creditors of this B^nk, held on Saturday last, was well attended. John M. Ross, Esq., was called to the chair, and James F. Hart, Esq., acted as secretary. I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., from the committee appointed at a previous meeting, to report upon the propositions of the officers of the Bank, made the following report: The undersigned Committee, appointed at a former meeting of the depositors of the Citizens' Savings Bank, to enquire and reportas to the expediency of tho depositors accepting or rejecting [iroposals made to enable the Bank to resume msincss, would respectfully roport: Your Cdhnnitteo have had a satisfactory conference with Col. J. B. Palmer, Vice-President of said Hank, in referenco to tho condition of tho affairs of the Bank. From the statements made by Col. Palmer, it appears that the aggregate liability of the Bank is about ?717,000, and that the aggregate (inset* of tho Bank amount to ?<H),5!):i.:25 in excess of liabilities. Deduct from tho excess of assets over liabilities for the .shrinkage in values . .1 a-in nnn no |n(,,.na ? uy reason u i nm pmuu, net balance of assets over liabilities, of $30,503.25, which Col. Palmer assures the Committee can bo realized from tho available assets of the Hank, if the depositors will allow the Hank to resume business with a reasonable indulgence, to avoid tho depressing elfect of financial embarrassments. Your Committee would recommend to tho depositors tho selection of Trustees, with a Committoo of creditors or depositors, instead of assignees, to take charge of and manage the affairs of the Hank, bolieving that more can be realized from the assets, and a more speedy and economical ad- ! ministration can be secured by the adoption of! this course. From tho information derived from Col. Palmer, in tho judgment of tho Committee, it would promote tiiegenoral and material interests of all parties concerned, for each and all of the depositors to accept one of tho three following propositions, submitted with a view to the resumption of business by the Hank. 1. To subscribe 50 per cent, of their deposits to tho stock of tho Hank, and withdraw the remainder in three equal installments, by giving two, four and sixmontlis' notice from date of resumption of general business ; or 2. To subscribe 25 per cent, of their deposits to tho capital stock of tho Bank, and withdraw remainder in three equal installments, by giving eight, ten and twelve months' notice, from resumption ; or 3. in not subscribing to tho capital stock, depositors agree to withdraw thoir deposits in tlireo equal installments, giving fourteen, sixteen and eighteen months' notice from date of resumption. Your Committee hereby express their appreciation of the desire manifested by Col. Palmer to communicate to the depositors' of the Batik the information upon which this report is based. All of which is res|>oetfully submitted. Col. John B. Palmer, Vice-President of the Bank, being present, was requested to furnish the creditors with a statement of the eondi-; tion and affairs of the Bank. After some 1 preliminary remarks upon the causes of its suspension, Col. P. explained the propositions for a resumption of business by tho Bank, giving also a detailed account of its liabil- j ities and assets. I. I). Witherspoon, Esq., i and Col. A. Coward, briefly urged upon creditors the advantages of the proposed scheme, as embraced in the Committee's re1 _ -1 A! port, atui iavorou ius auopuuu. The report was then taken up seriatim, and the first recommendation, as to superceding the bankruptcy proceedings by the appoint-1 ment of trustees, was unanimously adopted., The three propositions relative to taking 1 stock in part, and consenting to postpone calling for dividends until the time proposed j by the Bank, were also unanimously adopted, j Each creditor was left to determine for him- i self under which of the three propositions he 1 would have his claim represented. The creditors then decided, by vote, to place their claims in the hands of three attorneys, and selected for the purpose I. D. Witherspoon, J. S. II. Thomson and W. B. Metts, Esquires, the latter, although an officer of the Bank, being deemed an important adjunct to the committee of attorneys, on account of his familiarity with the books of the Bank and the amount of the respective claims. The depositors very generally availed themselves of the proposal to take one-half their claims in stock?the balance at two, four and six months?and after the meeting adjourned, executed powers of attorney to the three gentlemen selected to represent the creditors. The attorneys went to Columbia on Tuesday, for the purpose of attending the first meeting of creditors before Register Seabrook, which was appointed to be held on yesterday. If a sufficient amount of the deposits is voted in favor of resumption, it is thought the arrangement will obtain the sane tion of the Court. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Bankrupt Law. Numerous petitions have been presented, since the reassembling of Congress, against the repeal of the bankrupt law. The bill now before the Senate, as a substitute for the bill passed by the House, requires one-fourth of the creditors in number and one-third in value to throw a debtor into bankruptcy after a suspension of payment of forty days, and when a debtor is put into involuntary bankruptcy he shall receive an absolute discharge after his estate is exhausted, regardless of the percentage realized, and further allows two-thirds of the creditors to take an estate out of bankruptcy and decide upon an arrangement by a majority. The bill does not propose materially to alter the voluntary features of the bankruptcy law, the amendments being intended to apply chiefly to cases already in bankruptcy. The Franking Privilege. The committee on post-offices and postroads have again under consideration the bill which was agreed upon before the Congressional recess, providing for the transmission, ' through the mails, free of charge, of public documents and newspaper exchanges. It is believed the bill heretofore perfected will be materially amended ; and while a bill will probably be reported to the House providing a means of transmitting public documents, it will be guarded with every possible precaution, tending to check any abuses which might arise by the partial restoration of the Congressional frank. The committee are considering several propositions to meet the contingency, and will renew the consideration of the subject at their next meeting. The Texas Election. The Supreme Court of Texas decided that the late general election at which a Democratic Governor and Legislature were elected, Ktr nnovlv fiffw tlinnqfinH ITlftinrit.V. Was UOCOn VJJ wv?.1<7 ?-J J, stitutional. At the same election an amendment of the constitution, it is believed, was adopted, which would relieve the State from the present Supreme Court, which Court, it is stated, is a remnant of military rule, never having been in position by a fair vote of the people. In pursuance of this decision, Governor Davis telegraphed to President Grant for troops, in case of disturbance among the people, to which the President made the follow-, ing reply: Your despatches'and letters reciting the action of the Supreme Court of Texas, in declaring the late election unconstitutional, and asking the use of troops to prevent apprehended violence, are received. . The call is not made in accordance with the Constitution of the United States and the Acts of Congress under it, and cannot, therefore, be granted. The Act of the Legislature of Texas, providing for the recent election, having received your approval, and both political parties having made nominations, and having conducted a political campaign under it, would it not be prudent, as well as right, to yield to the verdict of the people as expressed by their ballots? U. S. GRANT. Tlie Chief Justiceship. Mr. Williams has withdrawn his name from nomination to the position of Chief Justice, which he does in a letter addressed to the President. The history of the withdrawal of 1 Mr. Williams is given as follows: When the President had the interview at the capitol with the members of the judiciary committee, he frankly told tnera of the embarrassment in which he was placed by his promise to stand 1 by Mr. Williams. It was then agreed that i two of the Senators present should call on Mr. 1 Fish, as the senior-member of the cabinet, < state to him the impossibility of Mr. Williams 1 being confirmed, and request him to call on the attorney-general and induce him to relieve ] the President of the disagreeable position in i which he was placed. Mr. Fish undertook 1 the rather unplesant task, and after hearing i Mr. Williams, agreed to write his letter ask- i ing the President to withdraw his name. The 1 letter was accordingly penned, on the 7th, in the following words: To the President?Sir: You were kind < enough, without my solicitation, or any kuowl edge on my part that you contemplated such a thing, to nominate me for Chief Justice of . the Supreme Court of the United States. Since that time, the flood gates of calumny in 1 all directions have been opened upon me, my abilities been disparaged and my integrity brought in question, and it seems to me that j, a public opinion adverse to my appointraeut; ( l?no knon i.rootofl whiMi miirht. hprpuf'fpr em-! UUO UUUU UlV>Ub^V? IV ?l?Wil ... , barrass your administration and perhaps im- j pair my usefulness upon the bench. With a1 perfect consciousness that I have performed ! with clean hands and an upright purpose all j the duties of the various public places to | which I have been called, and trusting to time j and a just public when better informed for my vindication, I respectfully ask you to withdraw from the Senate my nomination for Chief Justice. I have the honor to be, with great respect, GEO. H. WILLIAMS. The withdrawal of Mr. Williams was ira mediately followed by the nomination of Caleb Cushing, which occasioned much surprise in all quarters, and was a matter of astonishment to himself, as he bad made his arrangements to leave this country for Madrid on the 24th instant, in the capacity of United States Minister. As to his confirmation there is but little doubt. It is conceded by all that he is the superior of Mr. Williams, and has undoubtedly the advantage of the con6dence of the public in that regard. Mr. Cusbing has long been in the service of the government in the capacity of a counsellor and legal agent, and notably so as counsel for the United States in the settlement of the Alabama claims. It is not generally thought, however, that Mr. Gushing is possessed of the highest order of judicial ability, his talents more eminently being those of a skillful lawyer. Mr. Cushing, prior to the war, was identified with the democratic party, and presided over the national democratic convention in Baltimore in I860, and on the division of that body into the Douglas and the Breckinridge conventions, going with the latter, and presiding over their deliberations. Though always identified as from Massachusetts, Mr. Cushing has for twenty years owned a domicile in Virginia, from which State he is appointed. Stephens on Civil Rights. In the House of Representatives, on < 1 .1 :.i r .1.? ine uin, uunng me euudiueiauuu ui iuu oujrpleraentary civil rights bill, Mr. Stephens, qf Georgia, proceeded to read a speech in opposition to the measure, remarking, that in view of the great importance of the subject, he had reduced his views to writing. The substance of his speech is thus summarized: The chief end of all government, whether State or Federal, should be the protection of right. His opposition to the bill sprung from no prejudice against any man, woman or child within the limits of the United States on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. He entertained no feeling of that kind, and was not governed in his action by any influence of that sort. His opinion of justice and its proper administration was not founded on that dogma so generally announced and so pernicious in principle, that it should be for the greatest good of the greatest number, but in the higher rule that it should be for the greatest good of all without detriment or injury to any. While he did not hold the doctrine of the equality of races, he did maintain the great truth, however paradoxical it might appear, that all men were created equal. That great truth had been announced first by a council of States on the 4th of July, 1776", but it was never meant to convey the idea that all man were created equal in all respects, physically, mentally and morally. It was, however, meant to assert the great law of nature, that all men had an equal right to justice and to stand perfectly equal before the law. In proof of his willingness to have all natural rights secured to colored men, he sent to the clerk's desk and had extracts read from an address made by him to the people of Georgia ; but he was opposed to this measure, or to any one kindred to it, because of the want of the necessary power on the part of Congress under the constitution. He assumed that every member would admit that the powers of Congress were specified and limited, and that all the legislative powers which Congress could rightfully exercise were held by delegation from the people of the several States, and he contended that no new powers had been conferred in Congress by either the fourteenth or fifteenth amendment to the constitution. The proper remedy was, in the judgment of the courts, to be rendered in such a way as Congress should provide, declaring any State act, in violation of the rights of citizens, to he null and of no effect He opposed the bill, further, because of its inexpe diency, even it me power were uuijuanuucu in Congress to pass this law. He thought it would be injudicious aud unwise to exercise it; it would be better to leave all such matters to the States. He did not believe, in point of fact, that the colored people of Georgia desired it. Their religious ana church organizations, except in the case of Catholics, were distinct from those of the whites, and they had their own schools, even a college for colored youths. They did not desire to have mixed schools. Mr. Stephens occupied the floor for an hour and a quarter, having had his time extended twice. As usual, however, in the case of written speeches, its delivery did not command or receive the attention of the house. The peroration was in these words: If you who call yourselves Republicans shall, in obedience to what you consider a party behest, pass this bill in the vain expectation that the Republican principles of the old and true Jeffersonian school are dead, be assured that you are indulging a fatal delusion. The old Jeffersonian Democratic Republican principles are not dead, and will never die so long as a true devotee of liberty lives. They may be buried for a period, as the Magna Charta was trodden under foot in England for more than a century, but these principles will come up with renewed energy, as did those of the Magna Charta, and that, too, at no distant day. NEWS OF THE DAY. ? The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Caleb Cushing as Minister to Spain. Since his confirmation, the President has nominated him for Chief Justice. ? In accordance with the order of the Secretary of War, a court of inquiry has been organized in Washington to investigate the circumstances attending the loss of the Virginius. ? It is rumored, and confidently believed, in Washington city, that should the civil rights bill now before Congress, pass that body, the President will veto it when submitted for his approval. ? Moderate Republicans and Liberals in Congress, openly declare that they are in favor of a new election in Louisiana, as the only solution of the unfortunate condition of offairo in flint Sfflfp ? The National Convention of the Association of Veterans of the Mexican War, will meet in Washington city to-day. As a part of the programme of the meeting, the statue of Gen. Winfield Scott will be unveiled on the occasion. ? In the Missouri Legislature a bill has passed the House, condemning, in strong terms, the President and every member of the last Congress who voted for or took the back pay, and demanding that no Democrat from Missouri who had voted for it be elevated to any office of trust or profit. ?Jefferson Davis was called upon at Vicksburg a few days ago for a speech; but declined to make one, assigning as a reason that owing to his peculiar position, he ought to be silent; and besides, in speeches heretofore made, his remarks had been misconstrued to the injury of the southern people. ? The Democratic State convention of New TT t_ ! ?^ 11 1 1 /-1 1 .1 - n.l nampsmre, assemoieu at concord on tne ota. James A. Weston was nominated for Governor. The resolutions are lengthy, and re-affirm the adherence of the New Hampshire Democracy to the Cincinnati and Baltimore platforms. ? The comptroller of the currency at Washington has addressed a circular to the National banks, notifying and requiring them to forward immediately to his office, on the latest form of blank furnished for that purpose, a report of their condition, as shown by the books at the close of business on Friday, December 2(J.