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f traps and Jfatts. Governor Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, has returned all railroad passes sent to him at the beginning of the year. Dispatches from theNorthern and Western States report heavy snow storms within the past few days. The exact figures of the census of Atlanta, Georgia, taken from the directory of Messrs. Beasely & Co., show a total of 33,133?18,526 whites, 11,607 blacks. The Supreme Court of Mississippi has decided the general election of November last to be constitutional. The new Legislature convened yesterday. Of the 15,000,000 inhabitants of Spain, 13,000,000 neither read nor write. There j ~ a aaa ?:11 j. ? j :j...1 . me t,vv/o villages, towns, auu cities presiueu > over by mayors, 2,000 of whom are unable to sigo their names to any public document. The Ohio Legislature has reelected Allen G. Thurinan, Democrat, to the United States Senate; and the Virginia Legislature has elected Gen. R. E. Withers, Democrat, to the ' same position from that State. In the Cheap Transportation Conven-! tion, in session last week at Washington, the j question of invoking national legislation for a narrow gauge railroad from the East to the West, was discussed. The Postmaster General was before the banking and currency committee last week j advocating the advantages of the postal sa- j viugs bank project. The committee decided,! however, not to recommend it to Congress. j Pinchback, who is about to take his seat as a member of the U. S. Senate from Louisiana, was at the time of General Butler's reign in that State, found guilty of larceny in one of Gen. Butler's courts, and sent to the penitentiary for two years. The youngest member in the United States House of Representatives is Lynch, r the colored member from Mississippi. He was ia slave at Natches till the Union array entered that town, and had no education then. Kte is but twenty six years old. ^ Lamartine was asked by a friend if did not spend too much in advertising, ^ o," was the reply, "advertisements are ab^^rotely necessary. Even divine worship (le I bon Dieu) needs to be advertised. Else what is the meaning of church bells ?" Riotous demonstrations, last week, by negro laborers of Terre Bonne parish, Louisituiua, rendered it necessary for the State authorities to send a detachment of State troops to the scene of the disturbances. No bloodshed has been reported. A recent interview with Andy Johnson discloses the fact that he declares himself in full accord with the grange movement, and says the time has arrived for good men of all parties to associate and bring about such reforms as the exigencies of the country require. In suppressing a parade of discontented unemployed laborers ofNew York on Monday, the police were assaulted by several persons in the procession, and at one time fears of a serious riot were entertained. Order was restored, however, and twenty-one arrests were made. On Saturday last, the stage which left Malvern, Arkansas, for Hot Springs, was stopped by a band of five highwaymen, about r* 1 t% .1 TT . n I i 1 nve mues trom tne not springs, wno captured the mail bags and 82000 worth of valuables from fourteen passengers, and taking one of the stage horses, decamped. A new plan is to be tried with Michigan convicts. The striped garments are to be abolished. The prisoners are to be allowed to correspond with their friends. Those who are uneducated are to be taught, and when liberated each man is to receive a suit of clothes, ten dollars in money, with whatever he has earned by over work. The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, of the 5th inst., complains of the "unwelcome spectacle" at the Union depot, in that city, of 500 emigrants, in one body, enroute to Arkansas, frotu South-Western Georgia. There were 400 blacks and 100 whites. There is also an extensive emigration of blacks from Alabama to Yazoo Valley, in Mississippi. The Iowa Legislature, in which the Republicans have a majority, passed a resolution last week denouncing the Congressional salary grab, favoring a law requiring the return of all back pay, and declaring the action of the President in signing the bill "contrary to the best interests of the country, aud "meriting, as it receives, the unqualified disapproval of the people of Iowa." The Virginius investigation closed in Washington by affirming the report of Commander Woodren, made immediately after the vessel sank, to the effect that the catastrophe was not the result of design, and could not be averted. Every member of the crew stated on oath that the captain did his whole duty, and that they had no complaint to make affecting his conduct. The wife of a prominent candidate in .Jefferson County, Kansas, boasted on the morning of election that she intended to sleep that night with the newly elected representative ; but it so happened that her husband was defeated, and the lady of the successful candidate swore that if she did attempt to sleep with her husband, she would wear her out against the ground. A company of British capitalists has recently invested 81,000,000 in the waterpower at Augusta, Georgia, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton. A nice cotton mill ! . " mhamamIh An/] if hno knnn MMAna/] 1 > UIJ liic j?ru|Jcrijfj anu it imo ucuu pvvw vuab cotton can be spun there cheaper than in Old or New England. This may be the beginning of a new state of things which will greatly help the South. The commissioner of patents has denied the application of Messrs. Palser<t Howland for an extension of their reissued pateut for reducing straw and other Bbrous materials to pulp, by boiling in a solution of caustic alkali under a certain pressure. Paper makers are jubilant under this decision, claiming that the process is not novel, and that it should be unrestricted to manufacturers. The Georgia Legislature assembled last week. In his message, the Governor speaks very cheerfully of the condition of affairs in the State. The total State debt is $8,000,000, and the taxable property is valued at $250,000,000. A resolution was introduced in the Senate condemning the Congressional salary grab, and the House passed a resolution, protesting against the passage of any Civil Rights Rill, as unnecessary and undesired by either white or colored, and as an infringement of the reserved right of the States. The nnstal teleeranh svstera does not " "" I ' O & " ?r t seem to be in as great favor with the English people as formerly. When the British government paid $50,000,000 gold for a leasehold right to the lines it was under the impression that it secured an absolute title thereby. The price the company now ask for this latter is variously stated at $25,000,000 to $70,000,000. A cotemporary wants to know if a swindle of such magnitude can be perpetrated in England, what might not American genius accomplish if the schemes of Mr. Ores well could be carried out ? Concerning business in New York, reports continue very favorable as regards the present and prospective business in money, I stocks and goods. Not a few firms which were in difficulty during the panic are enabled to pay off their back indebtedness much earlier than creditors expected. Among others it is announced tiiat Peacke, Opdyke Co. are anticipating notes which do not fall due until March next. In stocks the renewed upward movement must be accepted as the result of natural causes?and notably, the increasing abundance of money. While the subject and policy of immigration is receiving considerable attention in South Carolina, a few facts concerning the Swedish settlement referred to in the message />f Gov. Whyte, of the State of Maine, are of interest. Some 50 Swedes settled in Maine in 1871, and fouuded a village called New Sweden. They have increased by immigration and otherwise to the number of GOO. J Thejr have taken up 20,000 acres of land, felled 2,200 acres of timber, have 400 acres in grass, have built ISO houses, 130 barns and 3 mills. The State advanced them 824,000 to assist them in the enterprise, of which they have already repaid 88,000. It appears from the last annual report | of the executive committee of the New York 1 prison association, that the total number of, persons constantly in prison, under sentence of felonies or State prison offeuces in New J York, is very nearly 32,000, about the size of the whole standing army of the United States. It is one State alone which supports this standing army of criminals, in addition to which is | an irregular force in the county jails, the e$- i not. niimhpr t?f wliinh i? nnt. lrnnwn in ffilise- ! quence of a general incompleteness in the jail records. The next fact of interest is that, deducting the whole amount paid into the treasury of New York by these prisons, they have cost the people of that State, by direct taxation, about 87,091,799.62; beginning at less than 8100,000 a yeag ami gradually growing until they draw nearly half a million dollars annually from the treasury. f orfevilk inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 22,1874. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, pive post-oHiee, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-ollice money order, or enclose tue money in a registered icner. 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Labels, Bonds and Coupons, ; Law Blanks, Bill Hoads, ! Law Briefs, Business Cards, Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, iMemorandum Billheads Checks, Note Circulars, Deposit Tickets, [Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire A Life Ins., Election Tickets, Shinplasters, Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every ' instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. THE TEXATELECTIOX. It seems that all the contention over the recent State election in Texas arises from the fact that the man, Rodrigues, whose name occurs as party to the case before the Supreme Court, had been prosecuted for illegal voting? he being a Mexican, not entitled to vote, and having voted twice in the city of Houston. On being arrested for a violation of the election law, his counsel had him taken before an associate justice of the Supreme Court by a writ of habeas corpus, and moved for his discharge on the ground that the electiou at which he voted was illegal, and consequently there could be no violation of the election law by his client, even if he did vote too often. The associate justice declined to make a decision regarding the validity of the election and referred the whole case to a full bench of the Supreme Court. The case was argued for three days, and resulted in a decision that the election was illegally held, and that the prisoner, Rodrigues must be discharged from arrest. The point involved iu the argument is that the State constitution, adopted in 18G8, provides that "all elections for State, district and county officers shall be held at the county seats of the several counties, until otherwise provided by law; aud the polls shall be open for four davs. from 8 A. M. to 4 P. M. of each* " ?J day." The Legislature of 1873 passed an act regulating elections, wherein it provided for all the counties being divided into convenient election precincts, and that all the elections in the State shall be held for one day only. The last election was held in pursuance of the provisions of this act, and the counsel of Rodrigues contended that the election was illegally held, because so much of the act of the Legislature as limited the election to one day was unconstitutional. It was admitted that the Legislature had the right to provide for the establishment of election precincts throughout the State, but that the expression, "until otherwise provided by law," in the section of the Constitution on this subject, applied only to j the first clause of that section, and did not give the Legislature any power to pass a law inconsistent with the second clause. The act, however, was approved by Gov. Davis, and if any blame attaches, it will fall upon the Legislature for unwittingly leaving a loophole by which a partisan court could render a decision on the principle of "heads, I win ; tails, you lose." PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 13th, the resolution of the finance-committee on the general subject of finances was taken up. A substitute was proposed, instructing the committee to report I a measure to give stability to trade and com-! ! merce by providing for a moderate increase of the currency. Mr. Frelinghuysen advocai ted & return to specie payments, and submit! ted a bill, which was referred to the committee 1 ! on finances, to secure that end without contracting the currency. The bill authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue S225,-1 000,000 of six per cent, ten-forty bonds, to be ; disposed of from time to time for the purpose i of purchasing $200,000,000 of gold coin, with which to return legal tender notes of the Uni-' ted States; and it shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury so soon as be shall deem it expedient, with such an amount of gold as for the time being he may have i procured, to commence and continue the redemption of legal tenders. When redeemed they are not to be reissued except in exchange j for gold coin at par, and when so reissued ! they shall be redeemable in gold coin ; but the total amount of legal tenders outstanding and redeemed shall at no time exceed 8356,000,000. The bill further provides that if after commencing said redemption the gov-1 eminent shall be unable to redeem a part of said legal tenders in gold, the Secretary may redeem them by exchanging the aforesaid bonds at par for them. Mr. Gordon submitted a resolution, which was read and laid over, instructing the retrenchment committee to report a bill reducing the salaries of officers of the army and navy whose pay and emoluments now exceed 85,000 per annum. The House of Representatives passed the salary repeal bill, which went through the Senate the ^ day previous, putting the salary of members of Congre. s back to $5000 per year. The ( act does notauect tHe salaries of the President ^ and Supreme Court Judges. Resolutions were offered and carried, to the effect that in the "j judgment of the House there is no necessity for increased taxation or for an increase of J the public debt by a further loan, if Congress shall exercise a severe economy ; and in view j of the financial condition of the country, this 1 House wifl do all in its power to bring about a reduction of the appropriations and expen- J ses. Also, that in the opinion of this House, there should be no further loan or issue of bonds. The Senate, ou the 14th, resumed cousidera- ( tion of the finance committee's resolution, ^ pledging the faith of the United States for the | redemption of legal tenders in coin at the earliest practicable period. The bill removing the political disabilities of William Steele, of Texas, was passed. The annual post route ^ bill being called up, Mr. Morrill submitted a resolutiou for the discontinuance of mail service 011 routes where the receipts do not j amount to one half the expenditures. The proceedings in the House were unimportant. J Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, as a personal expla nation, said lie was absent from the House on ' the day previous, when the vote on the bill 1 repealing the salary bill was taken. Had he ' been present, he would have voted no. Mr. 1 Lowndes, of Maryland, made a similar expla- 1 nation, stating that if he had been present he I would have voted in the affirmative. 1 In the Senate, on the 15th, a brll was passed authorizing the Secretary of War to ascertain the expenditures incurred by the territorial ' authorities of Dakota in suppressing Indian ' hostilities. Resolutions were agreed to in- 1 quiring into the expediency of discontinuing 1 mail service on routes where receipts are less ' I than one-fourth the expenses; inquiring into 1 the expediency of allowing the return, duty 5 [ free, of grain sacks manufactured *n this coun- 1 try and sent abroad filled with grain ; and a ( resolution expressing belief that yellow fever 1 is introduced into this country usually by sea, < and directing the Secretary of the Treasury k to have prepared by the supervising surgeon i general a history of the yellow fever epidemic i of 1873, with observations adduced from ex- 1 pericnce as to the best method of preventing 1 its ravages hereafter. A bill was reported for ?. the relief of the East Tennessee University. ' After discussion of the annual post route bill ^ and the expeusiveness of the postal service, the ^ resolution of the finance committee was re- ] sumed. Mr. Morton replied to Mr. Schurz, ] holding that rapid contraction would bring ? -1 - - ? mm'/ia JaLam o n/^ r? ??An_ 1 down ruinously iiie jjiiuc ui muui anu erty. If contraction must come it must be gradual. The United States could not be [ guided by England in this matter. England being thickly settled, every man living within five miles of a bank, and the majority in sight f of one, the facilities for bank credits were r thus much greater than in this country. There was not the necessity there for so great a vol- j tunc of currency; yet England, with thirty millions of people, had $600,000,000 currency, e and the United States with forty millions had $800,000,000 of currency. Our currency was not then redundant. A comparison with oth- ^ er countries in Europe resulted in similar deductions. In the House, a resolution was ^ adopted directing the committee on commerce ( to enquire into the expediency of reporting a bill for the most effectual means of promoting Q cheap transportation on the navigable waters j, of the United States and to prevent combina- Q tions to prevent competition, including tugboat combinations; adopted. Also a similar j resolution for the committee on railways and t canals in relation to transportation by canals and railroads; adopted. A bill was reported j from the committee on the revision of the laws for the relief of the owners aud purchasers of land in the insurrectionary States. The f. point of order was made that tjie bill contains ( an appropriation, and it was referred to the committee of the whole. The House then ? went into committee of the whole on the naval g appropriation bill. In the Senate, en the 16th, Senator Lewis, 1 of Virginia, introduced a bill to remove the ( political disabilities of Gen. 0. R. Morgan, of Virginia, which was referred to the judiciary } committee. The remainder of the morning I was occupied on the postal-ronte bill. In the g House, Small, ofNew Hampshire, asked leave to offer a resolution, instructing the committee t on appropriations to inquire and report how s many horses are owned and maintained by l the Government in the District of Columbia, the expense and uses of the same, and who f use them, and whether they are required for ( the public service; and also as to carriages and vehicles owned by the Government and " used with such horses. Butler, of Massachusetts, objected. Kellogg, of Connecticut, suggested the reference of the resolution to the committee on Civil Service Reform. Butler, j of Massachusetts, objected, and the resolution ] 1 4 i 1 c . was not receiveu. iv mrgu uuuiuci vi pnvaw i bills were reported. A large proportion of the private bills reported in the House, went ] to the committee of the whole, under a new c rule, adopted a few days since. It is expected j that the adherence to this rule will place a barrier to the flood-tide of relief bills, which , usually pass the House, under the previous ( question. It will be a slow process to get any j objectionable bills through the committee of the whole, and it will require a two-thirds ( vote to get them through, without going j through that ordeal ; as it can only be done ( by a suspension of the rules. , On the 17th, the Senate was not in session, | and the proceedings of the House were confined to debate. i In the Senate, on the 19th, a communica- 1 tiou was read from the Secretary of War in i I regard to an appropriation for the collection < and payment of the bounties to colored soldiers and sailors. The estimated expenses, at < the lowest limit, are 855,000 per month. Re- i fcrred to the Committee on Military affairs. I' In the House, bills wpre introduced to pur-11 chase the Monticello homestead of Thomas c Jefferson, and granting all public lands in Alabama for school purposes. Mr. Wilson, i 1 of Indiana, moved to suspend the rules, and { adopt resolutions which he introduced, in op- J position to the levying of additional taxes, aud 1 favoring the enactment of such a law or h.ws j as will relieve the financial stringency and i supply the means necessary to the business i wants of the country, by increasing the circu- 1 lating medium. After a lengthy discussion, i the resolutions were rejected by a vote of 135 i to 98. Mr. Hayes, Republican, of Alabama, introduced a bill donating one half of the pub- 1 lie lands of the United States to the Southern \ Sfnfo= for school purposes. i t LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. M. Dobson & Co.?Hat Racks?Saddle-Bags? Well Chains?Looking Glasses?Red PansCartridges?Carpet-Bags?Remember?Al paca?M atcli es? Calicoes?Bacon?T wi 1 led Flannel?Printed Aprons?Just Arrived? Gent's Shawls?Ventillating Pads?Dress Goods?Cross-Out Saws?Chewing Tobacco?New Goods?Furs?Ladies' ShawlsFlour?Powder, Shot and Caps. L W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application l'or Discharge?In the matter of John L. Black, DavidCampbell, Bankrupts. Jol. J. P. Thomas, Superintendent,Charlotte, N. C.?Charlotte Military Institute. ' * T -.1 1 1 V<Towl wi,i?n_li?iilv'ill.! Female College. P. J. Bell?At My Post Again. T. F. Wallace, C.*C. C. Pis.?Notice to the Creditors of Samuel G. Poag, deceased. T. W.Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First Meeting of Creditors?In the matter of Joseph G. Webber, James A. Barnwell, A. C. Sutton, J. D. Sinarr, Bankrupts. T. L. Watson, County Treasurer?Tax Notice. >V. H. McCorkle?To all whom it may Concern. iV. H. McCorkle, J. F. Hart and II. F. Adickes, Executive Committee?Teacher Wanted. T. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Notice to NanC3* D. Tate, widow of Martin L. Tate, deceased. REIDVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. Rev. Thomas Ward White will visit this ;ouuty, during the present week, in the in-erest of Reidville Female College, Spartanburg county. DEATH OF J. LEKOV BARRON. We learn with regret of the death of Mr. J. Leroy Barron, at his residence near Clay Hill, in this county, on Saturday last, in the 'orty-eighth year of his age. He was a good :itizen and was much respected by his neighDors and acquaintances. TIIE NEW TOWN COUNCIL. On Friday last the recently-elected Town Council of Yorkville was installed. Warden J. R. Schorb was elected Secretary and Treasirpr and Thomas L. Moss and Ella Good, policemen. The Council fixed the license for retailing spirituous liquors within the incorporate limits, at two hundred dollars per anlum. CLUBS--1874. Our subscription list for the new volume of ;he Enquirer is rapidly filling, for which >ur acknowledgements are hereby tendered, lot only to our old readers, but to a goodly lumber of new subscribers, whose names have ieen entered on our books within the past few iveeks. For the information of persons deliring to subscribe in clubs, we publish the lames of the following club-makers in this jounty, by either of whom names will be eceived: F. R. Howe, R. L. Crook, 5. W. Jackson, J. H. Coltharp, J. Matthews, J. N. Roberts, VI. W. Mendenhall, Maj. Myles Smith, W. R. Davis, J. C. Patrick, F. I^ndsay, Maj. A. A. McKenzie. T. L. Clinton, Rev. J. S. Bailey, Tohn T. Grist, J. D. Wylie, kV". J. Stephenson, J. H. Hood, >. D. Simrill, J. I. Faris, Tohn L. Miller, Rev. J. C. Burge, )ol. W. B. Allison, Ed. R. Mills, T. Clark Harris, J. P. Hunter, David J. Jackson, David T. Lessley, Jimon Ferguson, J. A. M. L. Stewart, W. McClain. The names of other club-makers will bo mblished as they may be reported. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. Since our last report, the following transers of real estate in this county have been opnrrlorl hv tho flnnnt.v Auditor: Ann White toF. W. Cureton. Lot in Rock Jill. Consideration $4500. J. H. Clawson, Assignee of the bankrupt state of A. T. Black, to Thoraas L. Johnon. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $200. J Jane E. Kerr to J. L. Gaffuey. Lot in i forkville. Consideration $40. Emily H. Wallace to F. II. Brown. Six mndred acres of land in York township. Consideration $3100. R. II. Glenn, sheriff, to Elizabeth F. Nichls. A tract of 211 acres of land in Catawia township, formerly belonging to the estate f Jane Craig, deceased. Consideration $211. James G. Stewart and others to L. D. rohnston. Thirty acres of land in Fort Mill ownship. Consideration $700. J. B. Kirkpatrick to J. J. Kirkpatrick. Eighty acres of land in Bullock's Creek townhip. Consideration $650. W. N. Simril to Jefferson Lumpkin. A ract of 111 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1600. J. A. Hogue to John Nichols. Ninetyive acres of land in Bethel township. Con ideratiou $600. A. H. Sweat to Henry Shcrrill. A tract of .14 acres of land in Catawba township. Consideration $600. Jaraes A. Wray and wife to J. Randolph Wallace. A tract of 282 acres of land in ving's Mountain township. Consideration 11410. R. H. Glenn, sheriff, to Sarah P. Jones. A ract of 320 acres of land in Catawba townhip, formerly belonging to the estate of Robin Yp. Jones. Consideration $2261. Sarah P. Jones to John Rataree. A tract >f 150 acres of land iu Catawba township. Consideration $1000. James F. Hart to Charles Farrar. Lots in forkville. Consideration $50. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A few days ago, at Stoneville, Rockinglam county, a drunken man by the name of Dobbin, fell into the fire and was so badly jurned that he died the next day. ? In Greensboro, on Saturday night last, Frederick Strobl, the proprietor of a billiard *-ii J - ?r ofolro Ullinrr laioon, i6ii uuwn 21 iii^nu vi jvuimi liraself instantly. ? In the Superior Court at Raleigh, last ,veek, Allen McPherson and Henry Williams, jonvicted of burglary, were sentenced to be lung on the 13th of next month. ? Ex-Governor Holden has written a Ieter favoring a general amnesty act by the Legislature to cover all ku-klux offences charged against citizens of the State, who are low under indictment in the State courts ;herefor. ? Miss Laura Alexander, a prominent young ictress from North Caroliua, who had recenty commeuced an engagement at Wallack's ;heatre in New York, died in that city a few lays ago. ? Rev. Thomas Boyles, of Surrey county, daims to have invented perpetual motion nachinery, and Hs applied for a patent, fhe local paper, in making the above state nent, ungraciously adds?"They arc not all lead yet." ? Joseph Baker, white, who stabbed and tilled a negro named Newton Wilfong, at a jroggery in the suburbs of Charlotte last March, was hanged on Friday last. After lis conviction and sentence he escaped from ail and was subsequently recaptured, and espited by the Governor until Friday last, .vheu he expatiated his crime on the gallows. Baker was an ignorant man, 29 years of age, uid when he committed the deed was crazy inder the influence of liquor. ? The jail at Greensboro was destroyed by ire on Thursday afternoon last. The fire ,vas communicated from a defective flue of lie furnace used in heating the house. Kiev en prisoners were confined in the jail, all of whom were removed, escaping only a few i minutes before the blazing roof fell. Of the prisoners, five were under charges of violating Federal laws, and they were removed to Charlotte by the United States Marshal. : While en route to Charlotte one of them?I)r. j Blackburn?attempted to escape, by jumping from the train, and broke his leg. The other prisoners taken to the Graham jail for safe keeping. EDITORIAL INK LINOS. The Bricklayers in Council. The National Union of Bricklayers at their recent annual convention, exhibited a greater degree of wisdom than is usually displayed by the so-called trades-unions, whose j only object seems to be the procurement of j the highest wages in return for the least posi sible service. The bricklayers, however, seem i to admit that the employeer as well as the emi ploye has rights which should be respected ; and among other resolutions they adopted the r ii?_ .i . 1.1 IOllOWIlJg, II1U SUIIIIIIIU111 U1 WHICH nuuuiu uc I commended to all other branches of trade in which there are so many discontented men : Whereas, in consequence of the dullness of work, as stated by all local unions represented here, and the prospects for work in the spring are bad ; therefore, Resolved, That the National Union of Bricklayers do recommend to the bricklayers of America that they hold firm to their local unions, uvoid strikes, and use all means possible to assist their brotherworkmen whenever found in distress; and we also recommend to the bricklayers of America economy in all things possible, and to avoid the use of liquor, as that is the curse of working men. Mexican War Veterans. The delegates to the National Convention of Mexican War Veterans, which assembled in Washington last Thursday, represent all sections of the country. They met at noon, marched from their headquarters to Willard Hall, with banners and band of music, under the escort of the President's Mounted Guard, a local organization. The Convention was called to order by General J. W. Denver, who said that its objects were the preparation of a memorial to Congress, asking for pensions for all survivors of the Mexican War, in the passage of a law similar to that of 1871, giving pensions to the survivors of the war of 1812 ; also to adopt measures for the oaganization of a National Brotherhood of Mexican veterans and for a representation at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, in 1876. A committee was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws for the brotherhood, and another committee to prepare a general congress. Resolutions were adopted, requesting the War Department to furnish the convention, for preservatiou, copies of the muster-rolls of those who took part in the Mexicau war. Congressman Elliott. The speeches of Elliott, member of Congress from theColumbia district, have attracted some attention, not only in the Congressional halls, but throughout the country ; and the charge has often been made thsit his oratorical efforts are the emanations of other minds? the opinion prevailing that Butler, of Massachusetts, usually writes out his speeches for delivery. This, however, is only conjecture. It is not probable that Butler could find the time, in addition to his regular labors, to write out lengthy speeches for other members to deliver. Elliott, no doubt, receives "inspiration" from many of his white couferrees, of whom, as a "black diamond," he shines with | peculiar lustre in the dapple constellation j composing the Radical leaders. From the Congressional Directory, it appears that Elliott was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1842 ; received his primary education at private schools; in 1858 entered High Halborn Academy, in Loudon, England ; in 1855 entered Eton College, England, and graduated in 1859; studied law, and practices his profession; was a member of the State Constitutional Convention of South Carolina in 18G8; was a member of the House of Representatives of this State from July, 1868 to October 1870; was appointed on the 25th of March, 1869, assistant adjutant-general, which position he held until he was elected to the Forty-second Congress ; and was re-elected to the present Congress as a Republican. The Tax-Payers' Convention. The Executive Committee of the TaxT* - ~mof i n PIvorloafAn on t.hft I U^tJIS UUU veil UUI1 IUI.II III vuuiiwiuu uu ?UV I 13tlfinstant, and after a full discussion the following preamble and resolutions were adopted, from which it will be seen that the Tax-Payers' Convention of the State is summoned to reassemble in Columbia on the 17th | of next month : "Whereas, the convention of the tax-payers of tlie State of South Carolina, held in May, I A. ?)., 1871, with a view to the protection of the rights of the citizens, adjourned, subject to be reassembled on the call of its President and Executive Committee ; and, whereas, the necessities of the times, and a due regard for the common welfare of all interests and classes, requires that the tax-payers of the State should again meet for counsel; therefore, Resolved, That the Tax-Payers' Convention of this State be summoned and requested to reassemble in the city of Columbia, on Tuesday, the 17th day of February ensuing, at 12 M. Resolved, That for the purpose of enlarging the said convention, the tax-payers of the State of South Carolina who are opposed to | the frauds and corruptions which prevail, and ! who are in favor of honest government, with [exact and equal justice to all, are requested I to meet at the couuty seats of their respective j counties, on the first Monday of February j ensuing, and then and there elect or appoint I additional delegates, equal to the representa[ tion of each county in the House of Repre sentativcs of the General Assembly, to repre! sent them in the Tax-Payers' Convention of j the State, with a view to the security of right j and the prevention of wrong. W. D. PORTER, President. : The Ch'.cf Justiceship, i President Grant was equally unfortunate in pleasing his party friends by the I nomination of Mr. Gushing for the position of I Chief Justice, as in his previous selection of | Mr. Williams for the same position. The objection to Mr. Gushing, however, was from an entirely different cause. Incapacity was j the objection urged against Mr. Williams; | while the democratic antecedents of Mr. Gushing were ofsuch a nature that the Republican , leaders were uiiuusl uiiiiniiuuus njlv,i,i,.6 I him. Soon after the nomination of Mr. Cush' ing was sent to the Senate, it transpired that on the 20th of March, 1861, lie had written a letter to Jefferson Davis, then President of i the Southern Confederacy, recommending to his favorable consideration a man named Itoane, who desired some position in the Confederate service. The letter was found among the Confederate archives ; and though it does not contain a single allusion to political affairs, yet the fact that at that late day Mr. Cushing was in the confidence of the head of the Confederacy, was quite sufficient to condemn him in the eyes of the truly loyal. The pressure was so strong that the President ' withdrew the nomination, Mr. Cushing in the meantime, having requested him to do so. This action was then followed b? the nomination of Morrison R. Waite, of Ohio, which I like the previous nominations made by the I . 1 i President, was a surprise to everybody, in-1 eluding, this time, the Justices of the Supreme Court; though it did not occasion the j same degree of wonder as when Cushing's name was presented. The nomination was j referred to the committee on the judiciary. < j Mr. Waiteis a Republican, but not an active . partisan, and Senators of both parties speak , I ' well of the nomination. I The Texas Legislature. | Notwithstanding the proclamation of Governor Davis, protesting against such action, the newly-elected Legislature assembled ; on the l.'Jth, and proceeded to the transaction : of business. The House and Senate met in j joint session to count the votes for'Governor ; and Lieutenant-Governor. The vote shows ; Coke elected Governor, and Hubbard Lieutenant-Governor, by a large majority, and 1 * ' ' lit I . J I. . iL. C? 1. they were <1 eel a red amy eiecteu uy me opc.ua! cr of the House. They were escorted to the j .Speaker's stand and the oath of office admiuj istered ; after which, Gov. Coke delivered his ; inaugural address. Gen. liritton had a num| her of armed men standing sentinel at the base ! ofthecapitol, to prevent ingress and egress of ' the State officers. Some of the force were j white and some negroes?all with muskets and j bayonets fixed. The fact that President [ Grant refuses to lend the aid of the Governj ment to defeat the voice of the people has already been published in the Enquirer, and ! it is thought this action of the Chief Executive will cause Davis and his adherents to desist in their attempts at usurpation. To a dispatch from the United States Marshal addressed to Attorney-General Williams for instructions, that official replies that he can only appeal to the parties to peaceably adjust their difficulties ; that he has no power to interfere J with force, nor has the Marshal any duty to perform in respect to the matter, except to exert his moral influence. It is understood in Washington that the policy of the Government has not changed since the telegram from the President to Governor Davis a few days ago. To a second application by Gov. Davis for Federal aid, the President, through the Attorney General, peremptorily declines to furnish troops, and gives it as his opinion that Davis has no right to hold the office longer than the terra for which he was elected, which terra, according to the Attorney's construction of the law, has already expired The latest advices from Austin indicate that Governor Davis still holds out, and no transfers of State offices have been made. It is said that Davis is awaiting the result of a cabinet meeting at Washington, which he believes will change the present attitude of Grant to one in favor of usurpation. A South Carolina Relic. Among the closing incidents of the meeting of the Mexican veterans in Washington, it is reported that after the convention, in a body, called upon President Grant, on returning with them to their nan, tne rresident called their attention to a beautiful vase which hud been placed upon a centre table in front of the platform, which came from South Carolina. He asked the convention to receive it standing. He then called upon Judge Mackey, of South Carolina, to give its history. The vase stands upon a square base of about ten by twelve inches and three inches in height, restiug upon eagle's claws, all of solid silver and beautifully chased in frost work, representing the charge and repulse at New Orleans. This vase was purchased solely by the ladies of South Carolina, 2,000 subscribing for that purpose, and bore the following in-" scriptionr "Presented by the ladies of South Carolina to Major-Gcneral Andrew Jackson, Junuary 8, 1815." Inscriptions on the obverse, coat of arras of South Carolina and motto on both sides in full: "Presented by General Andrew Jackson to Captain W. B. Stanley, in trust for the last survivor of the Palmetto Regimeut." Judge Mackey said the vase was presented to General Jackson by the ladies of the Third Congressional District of South Carolina at the close of the war of 1812. General Jackson bequeathed it to the State, to be given to the man who, in the next foreign war, should be deemed entitled to it by acts of valor and gallantry. It was decided, after the last war, that no one man should be selected to hold it; atl! t was presented to Captain \V. B. Stanley to hold in trust for the last survivor of the Palmetto Regiment. A resolution was adopted, asking Congress to remove the disabilities of those who took part in the Mexican war, but who were engaged iu the late civil war, from receiving pensions. Judge Mackej reported a constitution and by-laws for the government of the permanent association, to be known as the National Association of the Veterans of the Mexican War, and providing for its officers, mode of management, and for an annual meeting iu Washington, on the 22d day of TToluMmrv?ttinf. hpinfr one of the davs UDon which the battle of Buena Vista was fought, as well as beiDg the birth-day of Washington. THE CITIZEN'S^SAVINGS BANK. Pursuant to notice published, a meeting of the creditors of the Citizens' Saving Bauk, was held in Columbia, on Wednesday of last week, at tbe banking house, before E. M. Seabrook, Registrar. The following proceedings were had: The following resolution was passed, to wit: We, the undersigned, being three-fourths in value of the creditors whose claims have been proved, do hereby determine and resolve that it is for the interest of the general body of the creditors that the estate of the baukrupt should be wound up and settled, and distribution made among the creditors, by a "trustee," under the inspection and direction of a committee of the creditors. This resolution adopted this 14th January, A. D. 1874, at the first meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt. * * J--*-.! T?_ The resolution Deing aaopieu, ui. uunu i Fisher was elected as Trustee?he having received all the votes, with one exception. Whereupon, the following persons were unanimously chosen a? the committee under the above resolution: L. D. DeSaussure, Charleston ; I. D. Witherspoon, Yorkville; E. M. Miller, Laurens; Samuel Dibble, Orangeburg ; John H. Evins, Spartanburg; J. H. Rion, Winnsboro; Gen. J. B. Kershaw, Camden ; T. B. Eraser, Sumter; John Meighan, Columbia; Samuel McGowan, Abbeville ; J. M. Bryan, Greenville; i R. E. Fraser, Georgetown ; L. J. Jones, New- j berry. The following resolution was presented and i unanimously adopted: I Eesolved, That in the opinion of the credi- j ! tors of the Citizens' Savings Bank, the trustee, 1 under the direction of the committee of credi! tors, should not force an immediate realiza- \ | tion of the assets of the bank, by selling the { same at a sacrifice. i t 1 | The following resolution was presented ana ; unanimously adopted: i Resolved, That the committee of creditors | shall call a general meeting of the creditors of; i the bank whenever, in their opinion, it be ? necessary; and it shall be their duty to call | said meeting whenever requested so to do by J creditors representing 625,000 of claim! That; I notice of said meeting be published in a | Charleston and a Columbia newspaper for two , weeks immediately preceding the day ap1 pointed. j The meeting was then adjourned by the j Registrar. ! We learn from the attorney who represent* ed the depositors in York county, that the consideration of the question of resumption by the Bank, was postponed until the next meeting of the committee of creditors. At that time more satisfactory information could be obtained as to the actual condition of its affairs, and a better opportunity afforded of determining upon the best line of policy to be pursued. . TAX ASSESSMENTS Comptroller-General Hoge has issued the following circular: Columbia, S. C., January 5, 1874. Each County Auditor in the State has furnished this office with an abstract of the real and personal property of his county, and has certified that the same has been equalized by hisCounty Board of Equalization. The State Bourd of Equalization has confirmed the assessment made, and if there are no errors found in the Auditor's work, the same roust be accepted by this office. The frequent and seemingly hurried petitions which are being presented at this office by many tax payers, for abatement of assessments of 1873, obliges me to issue the following instructions, which will be your guide in forwarding any application from and after the receipt of this: 1. No petition will be received until the tax is paid in full to the County Treasurer. 2. No petition will be received withoutitiB made on the blank forms prescribed by this office, (copy enclosed,) fully and concisely giving the subject matter of complaint, and if the County Auditor is not conversant with the facts, the application must be accompanied by the affidavits of two disinterested parties and sworn to by the applicant 3. The petitioner must forward all petitions through the County Auditor, and the Auditor will endorse the "statement of assessment and tax as entered on his duplicate" on the centre fold of the form, and on the left fold he will endorse the "valuation petitioned for," and in each case the number of acres, lots, buildings, and amount of persoual property will De stated, anu tue tax exteuucu iu uuimio, cents aud mills, leaving the third or right fold for the entries to be made at this office. You will observe that the additions of the first and third folds will equal the second. 4. You will inforhi all parties interested that to insure a reply, that all communications must be pre-paid before mailing, and accompanied with sufficient stamps to return the same. 5. If parties fail to comply with the above instructions, you will not forward their applications. Extra copies of this circular are sent you by mail, that you may post them conspicuously in your office, for the information of all concerned. Applications made in accordance with the above instructions, will receive prompt attention ; if in any other form, they will not receive notice. Jfmtmrial ani) Commercial. YORKVILLE, January 20.?Cotton has been in good demand during the week, with free sales. The market closed strong at 104 to 144, extremes. Flour, $5 to $5.25; Corn. 75 to 80; Meal, 85 to 95; Peas, 75; Oats, 70 to 75; Sweet Potatoes, 75 cents to $1; Irish Potatoes, 1 to $1.10; Dried Apples, $l.'50 .to $2.00; Dried Peaches, $1.75 to $2.25. CHARLOTTE, January 19.?Cotton.?Low middling 14} ; ordinary 134,, lower grades 10 to 114. The market closed firm with an advancing tendency. Corn 75 cents per bushel; Meal, 75 to 80; Oats, 55 to 60; Peas, 80 to 90. NEW YORK, January 19.?Cotton dull and weak. Sales 2504 bales at 108 to 10}. Futures closed steady. Sales 26,300 bales as follows: January, 151; February 15 11-10; March 16} bid; April 16 11-10; May 17 1-32; June 17 7-16 bid; July 17} to 178. CHARLESTON, Jan. 19?Cotton quiet?middling 151 ; low middling 154 ; strict good ordinary 141. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, January 18.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending to-day: _ 1874. 1873. Receipts at all ports for the week... 159,298 134,711 Receipts for the year to date 2,230,912 1,893,099 Exports for the week 1,040,792 97,476 Total Exports to date 1,119,482 1,044,802 Stock at all United States ports....778,643 529,017 Stock at interior towns 117,896 87,413 Stock at Liverpool, 579,000 453,000 American afloat for Great Britain.384,000 231,000 Financial. NEW YORK, January 19.-Gold dull at 11* to 11*. Special Jtoticts. Specific Medicines. All of Drs. Greene, Lindley and Bentley's great "Specific Medicines" may be obtained of J. C. Kuykendal, in this town. They need only to be tried to become standards in every house. Have you a cough? Use their medicated Honey. Do you sufFer from neuralgia? Try their Neuralgia Specific. Pratt's Astral Oil. Absolutely safe. Perfectly odorless. Always uniform. Illuminating qualities superior to gas. Burps in any lamp without danger of exploding or hiking lire. Manufactured expressly to displace the use of volatile and dangerous oils. Its safety under every possible test, and its perfect burning qualities, are proved by its continued use in over 300,000 families. Millions of gallons have been sold and no accident?dirpotlv or indirectlv?has ever occurred from burning, storing or handling it. The Insurance Companies and,Fire Commissioners throughout the country recommend the Asthai. as the best safeguard when lamps are used. Send for circular. For sale at retail by the trade generally, and at wholesale by the proprietors, CHAS. PRATT & CO., 10S Fulton Street, New York. December 4 49 6m* * ~ thFmost popular medicine extaht. 1840. OVER 30 YEARS. 1873. SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF PERRY DAVIS' PAIN-KILLER, And after thirty years trial, the "PAIN-KILLER" may justly be styled the great medicine of the world, for there is no region of the globe into which it has not found its way, and none where it has not been largely and highly prized. Moreover, therois no climate to which it has not proved - -? itself to be wclladapted for the cure of a considerable variety of diseases; it is admirably suited for every race. It has lost none of its good name by repeated trials, but continues to occupy a prominent position in every medicine chest; and is still receiving the most unqualified testimonials to its virtues, from persons of the highest character and responsibility. Physicians of the first respectability recommend it as a most effectual preparation for the extinction of pain. It is not only the best remedy ever known for Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Ac., but for Dysentery or Cholera, or any sort of bowel complaint, it is a remedy unsurpassed for efficiency and rapidity of action. In the great cities of India ami other hot climates, it has become the Standard Medicine for all such complaints, as well as for Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, and other kindred disorders. For Coughs and Colds, Canker, Asthma, and Rheumatic difficulties, it has been proved by the most abundant and convincing testimony to be an invaluable medicine. No article ever attained such unbounded popularity. As an external and internal medicine, the Pain-Killer stands unrivalled. Thirty Years are certainly a long enough time to prove the efficiency of any medicine, and that the PAIN-KILLER is deserving of all its proprietors claim for it, is amply proved by the unpar aieneu popularity linas aiuunen. it is a sureana effective remedy. It is sold in almost every country in the world, and is becoming more and moro popular every year. Its healing properties have been fully tested, all over the world, and it needs only to be known to be prized. Be sure you buy none but the genuine, manufactured by Perry Davis <k Son, Providence, R. I, jfcif- Sold by all Druggists. January I 1 lni HYMENEAL, Married?In Yorkville, on the 20th instant, bv W. B. Williams, Esq., Mr. WILLIAM CARTER and Miss MARY ANN BOOK HART, of York county. OBITUARY, Died?Noar Allison Creek, in this county, on the7th instant, Miss ELIZABETH BOYD, in the UOth year of her age, In this county on the 1st instant, MARG4RPT ELLA, yoqngest daughter of A. W, and M. #. McCJain, In this county, on the7th ultimo, Mr. JOHff D. MORROW, in'the fiit'Jiyear of his age.