Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fctajrs And .facts. The public debt of the United States is about 60,000 times greater than it was in 1845. Martin Van Bureu said it was better to walk thirty miles to see a man than write him a letter. Caleb Cushing agrees with him. The aggregate of all the property owned in Georgia in 1873 was $259,383,623, an increase over 1872 of $18,219,058, There are thirty cotton and twelve woolen factories in Georgia, the former running 104,462 spindles, and the latter 28,844. Shadd, colored, has been elected Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives. ?? The Legislature of Western Virginia is said to have passed a law at its last session "to prevent the owners of hogs from running at large." . It is stated that the Mormons are about to re-establish themselves at Nauvoo, the place from which they were forcibly ejected by the citizens of Illinois about twenty-five voo ra ?crn J In Tennessee, forty-three men who were drawn on ajury were released, because they ( had young babies at home. The judge in-1 dignantly adjourned the court until the baby season is over. It is now stated in the Northern papers that Congressman Elliott's recent speech in response to Stephens was written out by Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, and given to Elliott to deliver. Alexander H. Stephens is reported to be engaged in the preparation of a speech to support a resolution recognizing the independence of the Republic of Cuba. Mr. Lamar, of Mississippi, will, it is stated, offer an amendment in favor of the recognition of belligerent rights. The Hartford Times, of Saturday, says : Farmers in Connecticut are plowing. Robins are heard. Pansies are reported to be in bloom in the grass. On hardy shrubs the buds are swelling. The rivers are all open, as far North as Massachusetts at least; and the floods are abroad in the land. What a winter. c??o 1 1? ocuawr ouiLMiei nog air*aja cum laiu^u such an antipathy to the late Chief Justice Taney, that he has defeated regularly the proposition to place his bust in the Supreme Court chamber. On Friday, during his absence from his seat, a bill was brought forward and passed, making provision for a bust of Chief Justice Taney, and also one for Chief Justice Chase, which will undoubtedly pass the House. In Cincinnati, on the 23rd, Pat Naughton, a locomotive engineer, was convicted in the police court of throwing a live dog into a locomotive furnace and burning it to death. He was fined a hundred dollars and sentenced to the work-house for six months. This is all well enough, and the punishment is well-deserved ; but suppose Pat had killed a fellow being, or burnt him to death in the furnace of his engine; the probability is that he would have been held up to the public as a very innocent and guileless man, and after the usual delays of the law, as administered in the northern and western States, turned loose upon the community, a living martyr to be respected 1111*1 foirorofl tlio romoin/top nf tiia lifp Bob Turner, of Potosi, Wisconsin, has been arrested for the murder of his brother Albert, whose head he chopped off as he was coming out of a mining hole. It transpired after his arrest that he murdered a boy, named Nelley, on the 23d of December, and he has confessed also to having killed a stranger whom he encountered in a deep ravine, and at another time a man who was looking for work. He pretends also to have killed many others. Now that he has confessed, he delights to talk of the many persons he ha3 killed. He gloats over the skill with which he has concealed their bodies, and declares if they were got together there would be nearly forty of them. Tkarn woo o w\ur in MomnKiQ Knflrfl of Aldermen the other day. Alderman Robbins charged Alderman Davis with wallowing in filth and mire. Alderman Davi9 said it was false, and Alderman Dent called Davis a villain. Then Davis remarked that Dent was a liar. Theu Dent went for Davis, and Davis struek Dent. As they were about to clinch the police interfered and held them. Alderman Dwyer theu rushed on Dent, who seems to have been an object of as general dislike as some of his namesakes in Washington, and Councilman Walsh tried to subdue Dent with an inkstand. Dent drew a pistol, but was prevented from using it by the chief of police, who restored order. Third annual statement of the pork packing operations this season in the West has just been published. Returns from 389 points and 21 additional estimated, give a total packing of hogs, to date, of 4,700,000. Estimated for season 5,804,000. Packed at these points last season, 5,526,000. Hogs packed this season equal to 4,774,000 of last years' average weight. The estimated decrease in average weight is ten per cent., showing a decrease of 175,000,000 in the aggregate weight; Decrease in production of ham9, shoulders and sides is estimated at 106,000,000 pounds. The falling offiu the yield of lard is estimated at seven pounds per hog, being ??e a a nan Ann an Hggicgiuc uuuicaac vi iu,vvvjvvv ^vuuuo( ; equivalent to 143,000 tierces. Spain, daring less than a year past, has ! had seven different governments. The Re- j public was proclaimed last February, and I since then there have been two cabinets under | the premiership of Figueras, two under Mar-1 gall, one under Salmeron, one under Castelar, j and the present one under Serrano. Whilst; five statesmen have thus at different times during the year been at the head of the government, there have been six different finance ministers, and the Loudon Timet says they have managed "to bring the credit of the country to a level with that of most petty and dishonest of defaulting States." It is a curious fact that the intelligence of the overthrow of' the Spanish Republic caused an advance of! about one per cent, in Spanish bonds on the London Stock Exchange. President Grant is reported to have made the following significant speech a few days ago, to some prominent Republicans who called upon him at the White House : "I be-1 gin to think that it is time for the republican party to unload. There has been too much dead weight carried by it. The success of our j?:? .1 u?n:? 1 iU?? arms uurmg Uic loucmuu, auu LUG wuuuouil that the republican party was strong enough to hold up any burden, have imposed all the disaffection in the Gulf States on the administration. I am tired of this nonsense. Let Louisiana take care of herself, as Texas will have to do. I don't want any quarrel about Mississippi State matters to be referred to me. This nursing of monstrosities has nearly exhausted the life of the party. Iarn done with them, and they will have to take care of themselves." A bee raiser in New England is said to have patented an invention for the protection of bees from the attacks of the honey moth, which enters the hives at night and rifles the stores. The idea arose out of his familiarity with the daily routine not of bees only, but of hens. Hens, he observed, retire to rest early ; bees seek repose earlier still; no sooner are they sunk in slumber than the moth steals into their abode and devours the produce of their toil. He has now built a stand of hives with a hen house above it. The bees first betake themselves to their dwelling and settle themselves for the night. The hens then come home to roost on their perch, and, as they take their place upon jt, their weight sets some simple mechanism to work, which at once shuts down the doors of all the hives. When the day dawns, however, the hens leave their roost, and the removal of their weight from the perch raises the hive doors and gives egress to the bees in time for their morning's work. A correspondent of the Jackson (Miss.) News tells how General Jackson got his title of Old Hickory. He says he got the story from Captain William Allen, a near neighbor of the General, and who messed with him during the Creek war. During the campaign, the soldiers were moving rapidly to surprise the Indians, and were without tents. A cold i March rain came on, mingled with sleet, which j lasted for several days. General Jackson got! a severe cold, but did not complain as he tried to sleep in a muddy bottom among his halffrozen soldiers. Captain Allen and his brother John cut down a stout hickory tree, peeled off the bark, and made a covering for the General, who was with difficulty persuaded to crawl into it. The next morning, a drunken citizen entered the camp, and seeing the tent kicked it over. As Jackson crawled from the ruins, the toper cried, "Hello, Old Hickory! come out of your bark, and jine us in a drink." inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 29, 1874. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and semi the amount of the subscription by draft or post-ofliec money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The postage on the Enquikkk, to any part of the United States, is fivk cents per quarter, or twenty cents pervear, and is payable in advance at the post office where the paper'is received. Watch the Figures.?The dotcon tho"addresslabol" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. 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Orders for Ball Tickets, ji'reigm winiieaus, Bank Notices, j Labels, Bonds and Coupons, j Law Blanks, Bill Heads, Law Briefs, Business Cards, ' Letter Circulars, Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings, Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads Checks, ;Xote Circulars, Deposit Tickets, Note Headings, Drafts and Notes, Programmes, Envelopes, Policies, Fire it 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. WHY IS*IT! The condition of things in South Carolina is very remarkable. Evidently, there is a disproportion between the natural resources of the country and the progress of the people. The recuperative powers of the soil and climate are very great; but the progress of the people is comparatively slow. We have no desire and no intention to make iuvidious com parisons; but we think it may be said, with strict regard to truth, that in natural resources, South Carolina ranks amongst the first of the sisterhood. The question may be asked with propriety, "why is it that in permanent progress she is so slow ?" The reason, we conceive, is found in a variety of circumstances. In the first place, the luxuriance with which the soil produces the necessaries of life, and the sparseness of the population, induce indolence and forbid enterprise. Such is the fruitfulness of the soil, whilst in a fresh state, that almost without an effort, it brings forth a support for man and beast. This obviates the necessity for that rigid economy and untiring industry which the inhabitants of some other sections of the United States are obliged to practice, or perish. From a multitude of causes, the population of South Carolina has not increased as it has done in many other sections. This, also, has had a tendency to impede progress. Every individual must have something to stimulate him to action. Men, universally, are lazy and indolent. They must be moved, or they will not move. The greatest of all motive powers is necessity. From the peculiar circumstances by which the people of our State have been surrounded, necessity has not pressed upon thera as it has upon the inhabitants of some other States. The fertile soil, the genial climate and the sparsenesa of the population, all conspired to foster indolence in the people. Another reason why the State of South Carolina is not in the front rank in the arts of civilization, is that the people are exclusively devoted to agricultural pursuits. In this respect they resemble the nomads of Asia. Every one knows that a planter in South Carolina feels that he has, like the Arab, pitched his tent, with the intention of remaining only so long as he can wear out the soil. We have nothing disparaging or discouraging to say to the man that tills the soil; but no people can ever become a great and independent people by agriculture alone. It is like the man of one idea. It may be a good idea and strictly practicable for a certain thing, but its application iscircumscribed. Agriculture is a good and laudable avocation, but its sphere is entirely too circumscribed to meet all the demands of a people far advanced in the arts of civilization. The fact is, a people ; wholly devoted to agricultural pursuits can no more become a great people, than a city can become great in which the inhabitants are universally devoted to the practice of law or l medicine. The fact that our people are cx| clusively engaged in agricultural pursuits, accounts, mainly, for that migratory disposition which has ever characterized them. The landholders of South Carolina have ever been ready to sell out and go to some place else, j This is the case to-day, and it will continue to be the case so long as agriculture is the only ' avocation of the country. Another reason why greater progress is not at present made in the arts of civilization by i the people of South Carolina, is found in the fact that too many of the people have turned i politicians, to the neglect of very nearly every thing else. It is wonderful what fools our i people arc making of themselves by dabbling ' in politics. Every body, even the most stuI pid of the people, think they understand the 1 theory of government; and, perhaps, the majority of the men feel convinced that they in! dividually are eraiueutly qualified to fill any ' office in the government, from a trial justice up to the President of the United States. It may safely be said that South Carolina can furnish a sufficient number of men qualified, in their own opinion, to fill every office in the federal government. The only object which a large number of the inhabitants of the State have in view, is to get into some office. This 1 universal office seeking has locked the wheels of progress, and is riveting upon a large portion of the population of the State the galling chains of ahject poverty. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 20th, the question of National legislation for increasing the trans- ' portation facilities of the country was discuss- ; ed. Mr. Bogy, of Illinois, argued in favor 1 of improving the western rivers; but said if' the Government undertook the construction I of the railroads of the country, it would prove j a work of such magnitude that nothing would j come of it. Mr. Brownlow had read a speech j opposed both to inflation and immediate spe-1 cie payments. Mr. Gordon opposed imtne- | diate specie payments, but held that expan-; sion, giving a sufficiency of currency for the ; needs of the producing classes, was the surest road to specie payments, by means of increased development and prosperity. Mr. Chandler advocated a declaration that the government would, at a specified time, resume specie payments, when the Secretary of the Treasury : should borrow 8100,000,000 and allow the national banks to redeem their notes in greenbacks. The House consumed the day in debating an additional rule, which was finally amended and passed, providing that all motions to suspend the rules, except where the rules may be suspended by a majority vote, shall be seconded by a majority, as in the case of the previous question. In executive session on the 21st, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Mr. Waite, of Ohio, to be Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court?all the members present voting aye. Nine members were absent. Mr. Merritnon, of North Carolina, obtained the floor and spoke on the financial question. He , favored a present increase of the currency, and declared that there should be a return to specie payments on the 4th of July, 1876, the centennial anniversary of the independence of the United States. He complained of the iinpniinl distribution of the currency, bv which the South and West were kept needy, while their rich productions went to the North and East, which also managed to keep all the money. Mr. Edmunds said that there was no contrivance of legislation by which money could be retained in the South and West, until they, by their economy and industry, entitled themselves to be the owners of it. Mr. Merrimon said if the South had the capital she would build cities, railroads, and manufactories, and Wall street would not be in New York, but in Charleston, Savannah, or New Orleans. In reply to a question from Mr. Edmunds how he proposed to get capital there, Mr. Merrimon said, "we want your people to come there." Mr. Edmunds rejoined that he would say "amen" to that, but, without reference to the civil rights bill at all, northern men who go to the South want their social and legal rights and the dignity of labor respected as it is in the East; and he mentioned an instance in which a New Englander, educated and polite, and of excellent character, had gone to North Carolina and entered business, was heartily welcomed as a man of business, but shunned by society because he was a Yankee. Mr. Merrimon said *- 1 ' ? ? ? ? ? \ ?> fbo mof. inm lllCm WHS SlMiiC UlLlCi icasuu it-i viio iuuu ter ; that such stories were untrue. If a man was entitled to respect he would receive it; if not, he ought not to go there. The Senate passed a bill to limit forfeitures for revenue violations to the goods actually undervalued, and not the whole invoice. Iu the House a bill was passed authorizing the Legislatures of each Territory, except Utah, to make assignment of judges at each session, and in cases of neglect the judges to make their own assignments; also a resolution requesting the President to extend invitations to other nations asking them to take part in the centennial celebration. The West Virginia contested election was then considered. In the Senate, on the 22nd, Mr. Boutwell made a speech on the currency in reply to a speech delivered a few days previously by Mr. Sehurz. In the course of his remarks, Mr. lloutwell having referred to the prosperity of the South, Mr. Gordon denied that such prosperity existed, and quoted from statistics to show that the wealth of Georgia, the most prosperous of the cotton-growing States, was ?53,000,000 less than in 1860. A bill was passed providing for fire extinguishers for the capitol, and also a bill appropriating $5000 for a topographical survey of the grounds for the capitol extension and improvement thereof; also a bill prohibiting the publication in the Congressional Record of speeches not actually delivered. Mr. Morton submitted a resolution, which was ordered to be printed, looking to the appointment of a commission to investigate the railroad and water-route system of the country in order to ascertain what legislation is necessary to secure speedy trans portation at reasonable rates. In the House, the committee on Ways and Means reported a bill legalizing the issue of the $44,000,000 reserve by re-enacting the provisions of the actof'1866 authorizing the issue of $400,000,000 of legal tender uotes, and limiting the circulation to that amount. In the Senate, on the 23rd, the post route bill was passed, after several amendments were discussed and rejected. The bill, as passed, has not yet been published. A bill was introduced to reduce postage on public documents sent to colleges and other public institutions to twenty-five cents a volume. Mr. Pratt offered a resolution, which was agreed to, directing the committee on post offices and post roads to inquire whether a just I construction of the constitution does not re- j quire that all post offices should either be established by Congress, or that its consent be given after they have been established by the Postmaster-General. The Senate then, after an executive session, adjourned uutil Monday. The House was occupied in a discussion of the West Virginia contested election cases i until 2 o'clock, when the Speaker announced J that the committee on the District of Colum- j bia was entitled to the floor. At the conclu- j sion of business pertaining to affairs of the ! District of Columbia, the committee on mili- j tary affairs reported a resolution, which was j ordered to be printed and recommitted, providing for the President of the United States : to convene a court of inquiry consisting of not; less than five officers of the army, whose duty 1 it shall be to investigate all the charges against: Brigadier General 0. 0. Howard contained in the communication of the Secretary of War ' to the Speaker of the House of Reprcsenta-1 lives, of date December 5, 1873, and to report their opinion as well upon moral as upon technical and legal responsibility for such of- j fenscs, if any, as may be discovered. At 4.20, P. M., the llouse adjourned. On the 24th the House was in session for debate only. * Tim r>?v-w>i>rwlmfr?i in the Senate on the 26th iwv, |?1 ? - ---were uuimportaut. The Louisiana affair was ; deferred to Tuesday, when a message on the subject was expected from the President. In the House, among the bills introduced was one pensioning soldiers' widows of the Mexican war, pensioning the widow of James L. Orr, of South Carolina, army survey of a ship canal from Lake Michigan to the Mis- j sissippi near Cairo. By Mills, of Texas, removing all troops from the Southern States, to the border, for frontier protection. By Hayes?furnishing army'rations to destitute people in the South. The West Virginia election was resumed. ; local affairs. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Notice to the heirs-at-law of James Robison and David Robison, deceased. R. If. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Judge of Probato's Sale. S. J. Hemphill, Administrator?Application for Discharge. J. Harry Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In the matter of S. P. Sutton, Bankrupt. Kennedy, Latimer & Hemphill?t lour?Crockery Ware?Hardware?Tin Ware?Dry GoodsKerosene Oil?Pickles. W. H. ?fc J. P. Horndon?Look and see what we do for cash?Wooden Ware. John C. Kuykcndal?Again?Get the Best. Wilson <fc Wilson, Plaintiirs' Attorneys?To J. Rufus Bratton, Administrator of the estate of S. A. Massoy, deceased. T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Deston's Saws?Furs?Cotton Cards?Counterpanes?Fruit BasketsGrey Twilled Flannol?Knit Scarfs?Curry Combs?Over Coats?Bed Blankets?Just Arrived?Spittoons?Tea Pots?Cigars?Tin Ware?Steelyards?3000 Pounds of SteelFlour?New Orleans Molasses?Baskets? Dress Goods?Hardware?Hinges?Eagle Fertilizers?Chewing Tobacco?The Place. J. J. Moore, and M. S. Love, Administrators? Application for Discharge. T W Clawiinn Onnntv \fp<a?r>nrrer?In Bank ruptcy?First Meeting of Creditors?In the Matter of W. A. Townes, Bankrupt. J. B. Withers ?fc Co,?Furniture. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the matter of Hillariah McCall. B. F. Rawlinson?New Goods?Selling for Cost? Plaid Linseys?Hosiery, Gloves and Notions?New and late Styles?Hardware and Crockery?G roceries?Tin Ware?Cash. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. We have been requested to give notice that the Board of County Commissioners will be at this place, on Monday next, and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Court week, for the purpose of attending to any business that may be brought before it. CASE OF INFANTICIDE. On the morning of the 21st, the head and neck of a dead negro infant was found in this town, on the lot of R. J. Withers, known as the "burnt lot." Information of the fact being furnished the sheriff, a jury of inquest was impanelled, and the matter investigated by acting coroner W. B. Williams. The investigation occupied a day aud a half, and resulted in committing to jail Sylla Ann Starr, as mother of the dead infant, and Mary Ann Starr and Jerry Smarr, all of whom are charged with complicity in procuring and causing the death of the child. NEW MAIL LINE. Through the efforts of Hon. A. S. Wallace, the member of Congress for this Congressional District, the mail route between Yorkvilleand Dallas, N. C., has been re-established. The contract for carrying the mail, ouce-a-week, has been awarded to Mr. Meek M. McCarter, of this county, who will commence the service on Thursday of next week. Postmasters will soon be appointed for the post offices on the route, which include New Centre, in this county, and Crowder's Creek and Pleasant Ridge, in Gaston county, N. C. THE COUNTY BONDS. The Supreme Court, on Thursday last, rendered a decision affirming the validity of the subscription by the County Commissioners of York, to the capital stock of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. The effect of the decision is to place at the disposal of the railroad company, one hundred thousand dollars of York County bonds and the same amount of Chester bonds. With this basis, in connection with the private subscriptions which have been and may be obtained, the early completion of the road to the Air-Line Railroad, i3 rendered reasonably certain. Dr. Devaga, the President, nnH fV?l Onrrlner. the Chief-Ermineer. were in this place on Tuesday last, for the purpose of making arrangements for the permanent location of that part of the line in the vicinity of the town. clubs--1874. Our subscription list for the new volume of the Enquirer 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 desiring to subscribe in clubs, we publish the 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. \V. 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, A. W. McClain. The names of other club-makers will be published as they may be reported. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. Since our last report, the following transfers of real estate in this county have been recorded by the County Auditor: S. D. Dearmon to D. A. Gordon. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 8150. D. D. Moore to George W. Cansler. A tract of 232 acres of land in Bethesda township. Consideration 82775. J. W. & G. C. Leech, Executors, to E. G. Byers. A tract of 1355 acres of land in Broad River township. Consideration 86300. E. G. Byers to G. C. Leech. A tract of 600 acres of land in Broad River township. Consideration 81800. E. G. Byers to John \V. Leech. A tract of 755 acres of land in Broad River township. Consideration 84500. i-i tt . i. T In James r. nan 10 ooipiu uunco. uui iu Yorkville. Consideration 889. J. W. Robinson to R. M. Sims. A tract of 244 acres of land in Catawba township. Consideration 81500. Thomas L. Johnson to A. D. Holler. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 8175. John Ratafee to Robert Rataree. A tract of 138 acres of land in Catawba township. Consideration 8700. Joseph Herndon to J. L. Stacy. A tract of 329 acres of land in Bethel township. Consideration 84935. W. A. Moore to H. C. McKnight. A tract of 140 acres of land in Broad River township. Consideration 8840. J. L. Bechtler to Jacob Runyan. Thirtyseven acres of land in Cherokee township. Consideration 8223. R. H. Glenn, sheriff', to C. M. Parrot. Seventy acres of land in Bethel township. Consideration $-172. R. H. Glenn, sheriff, to John Nichols. Ninety-four acres of land in Bethel township. Consideration $319. W. A. Moore to Ella Good. Lot outside the incorporate limits of Yorkville. Consideration $30. Jane D. Carroll to W. W. Gaffney. Fiftyfour acres of land in Cherokee township. Consideration $10. ' James Jackson to A. T. Jackson. Seventynine acres of land in King's Mountain township. Consideration $300. | Dock Patton to Antny Hart. Lot in Rock j | Hill. Consideration 360. 1 W. L. Roddey to W. W. Barber. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 32300. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Corn is selling in Newberry for one doli lar and twenty-five cents per bushel. j ? Governor Moses has appointed John C.! j Bradley, a trial justice for Chester county. ! ? It is said that a number of Italian immi! grants which recently arrived at Spartanburg, i i are giving satisfaction to the employers. ? The Kershaw Gazette says that less cotton will be planted in that county this year, than there was last. ? Seventy immigrants have been ordered] for Lowndesville, Abbeville county, and will j arrive in a few days. ? In Marlboro' they are raising a fund to assist in the prosecution of some of the county officials. ? A suit is being conducted in Aiken which involves the title to the whole of the town of Grnniteville ? Upward of five hundred emigrants have arrived in this State during the past two months, and the cry is still they come. ? In New York, on last Saturday, old South Carolina bonds were quoted at 29 cents and new at 9. ? Mr. Win. Munro has been elected President, T. B. Jeter Vice-President, and E. R. Wallace Cashier of the National Bank of Union. ? Walker Moore, convicted of ku-kluxism, and sentenced to eight years imprisonment in the Albany penitentiary, has been pardoned by the President of the United States. ? Land, says the Darlington Southerner, sold in Bennettsville, on the 5th, for less than I fifty cents per acre. A tract of 120 acres . brought about $42. ? On Saturday night last, near Cokesbury, an engine attached to a freight train on the Greenville railroad exploded, killing the engineer, John Y. Lane, and seriously injuring the fireman. ? J. Witherspoon Ervin, Esq., of Clarendon county, well known in this State as a man of letters and a popular writer of fiction, has removed to Morganton, N. C., where he has opened a classical school. ? The county commissioners of Union coun ty have rejected the official bond of H. H. D. Byron, the newly appointed treasurer of the county, and Union is still without a county treasurer. ? Clinton, in Laurens county, with a population of less than one thousand, has one Episcopal church, one Presbyterian, two Methodist and two Baptist, besides containing some Spiritualists, a few Universalists, and one or two Mormons. ? In the Chester Reporter of last week, Maj. Julius Mills says: "Parties desiring to send for immigrants will please deposit a description of the labor desired, and state to whom I shall send?Melchers or Gaines. If by Gaines, ten dollars in advance and ten dollars upon delivery ; if to Melchers, fourteen dollars delivers to Chester. Leave directions and mouey with T. S. Mills or J. L. * t ?:n ?a ? >? fig IITS. X Will uiuci uuuc a nnn. ? At the recent session of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (colored) the following "appointments" were made: Spartanburg District? W. F. Parker, P. E ; Union?J. A. Brown ; Gaffney's?Geo. Torrence; Yorkville?C. E. Butler; Yorkville Circuit?J. K. Wagoner; Macedonia?Allen Beatty; King's Mountain?L. M. Bunch ; Rock Hill?G. Beckham ; Chester?Geo. Taylor ; East Chester? S. Dunham ; Lancaster?P. Witherspoon. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? It is rumored that a Catholic seminary is soon to be established in Goldsboro. ? The Legislature is considering a bill providing arms for military schools within the State. ? Gen. S. F. Patterson, a prominent citizeu of Caldwell county, died at l*is residence on the 19th instant. ? It is stated that the freedmen in the vicinity of Charlotte are refusing to work on the farms for less thau half the crop and everything furnished them. ? Levi D. Chambers, one of the Tennessee counterfeiters, has been arrested by the United States authorities and committed to jail in Charlotte. ?e ? The Charlotte Democrat says the lands in that county are now about twice as high as they were before the building of the AirLine and the Statesville railroads. ? The Statesville American learns that seven illicit distilleries were captured in Gaston county, by revenue officials, one day last week. ? The gin house belonging to E. D. McGinnis, nine miles from Charlotte, was burnt on Saturday last. Fifteen bales of cotton were also burut. ? A resolution of impeachment was introduced in the House last Saturday against Judge S. A. Watts, of the Raleigh judicial district, charging him with high crimes and misdemeanors in office. ? The High Shoals property in Lincoln county was sold a few days ago, ana was bought in by the old stockholders for $62,000, hardly one-third of its real value. This is said to be the finest water power in the Southern States. ? The cotton factory known as the Big Falls Cotton Mills, near Graham, Alamance county, was totally destroyed by fire last | Thursday morning. The fire was the result ; of ignition from some of the machinery. | These mills had been in operation about I twenty-five years, and belonged to W. A. & I A. J. Murray. J ? A correspondent of the Rockingham Spirit : says that the western part of Randolph and the eastern section of Davidson counties are 1 infested with a band of robbers similar to the | Lowrey gang of Robeson. The band num\ bers twenty-five, including several women. ! One of the party named Nance, has recently I been arrested and is confined in the Asheboro jail. | ? The Greeusboro New North State tells of a lady in Randolph county, who, during her girlhood, was engaged to be married to a man, and the day was appointed for the wedding. I The man proved faithless and married another woman. But recently, after a lapse of for| ty years, his wife having died, he renewed his courtship of his old love, was duly forgiven, i and they are now married, i ?A resolution has passed the House of; ' Representatives of the State Legislature pro- \ testing agaiust the passage of the civil rights 1 bill by Congress. The resolution embodies a ' petition to Congress not to pass the bill, and j expressing the belief that its immediate effects ' ' would be to suppress the public schools for ! both white and colored, the closing of houses of public worship, the ruin of landlords and proprietors, as well as the thorough demorali-, zation of society and the cause of bitter strife between the races. | ? The Charlotte Observer says that great i I consternation was created in and around I Charlotte last week, by the floating rumor ' that Joe Baker, who had been hanged on the previous Friday, had been resuscitated. The man who started the rumor is a person of ^ character and veracity, and as he said he j was willing to be sworn as to the truth of the j statement, he found plenty of believers, who are now ashamed to acknowledge that they j gave it any credence. After creating quite an excitement, this individual stated private- . ly on Sunday that what he said was untrue, j and was said to effect a certain purpose. The Observer reserves its opinion. ? The Hickory Press is authority for the statement that John Hurt, of Burke county, being unable to sleep of nights, conceived the idea that he was bewitched, and charged a respectable woman of the neighborhood with J being the author of his trouble. A witch doctor of the neighborhood confirmed this opinion. The old remedy of shooting at a drawing of the alleged witch with a silver bullet proving ineffectual, Hurt threatened to shoot the woman, whereupon she caused hiin to he arrested on a peace warrant, which led to a rich and racy trial before a magistrate. The Court, after a patient investigation, decided that Hurt was suffering from indigestion, and aftcrduc admonition, discharged him from custody. NEWS OF*THE DAY. ? Waite has been unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate as Chief Justice. ? The President has signed the bill removing the political disabilities of Wm. Steele, of Texas. ' ? Gen. Sheridan, who is now iu Washington city, says the western frontier can be protected only by an increase of the army. ? Mr. Cushing's credentials as minister to Spain, have been signed by the President, and it is supposed he will go on that mission. ? A London dispatch of the 26th says that Dr. Livingstone, the great explorer and traveler, died recently in the interior of Africa of dysentery. ? The McCarty-Mordecai dueling case at Kiclimond ended on Saturday evening, naving been on trial four days. The jury returned a verdict of involuutary manslaughter and fixed the prisoner's fine at $500. ? The State Grange of Georgia, in session at Atlanta, adjourned Thursday night. They adopted a resolution recommending the creation of a State bureau of agriculture. A direct trade company was organized, with a capital of $100,000. ? Some of the northern and western rivers are higher than they have been known in the last twenty-five years. By a rise in the Buffalo river, the damage to property in the city of Buffalo alone, is estimated at $1,000,000. Several dwellings and farms along the Ohio are inundated. ? The Board of Directors of the Air-Line railroad were in session in Atlanta last week. It was resolved to make some material changes in the present management of the road, and to endeavor to effect an arrangement by which this shall be made the short est route from New York to New Orleaus. ? The joint resolution of the Georgia Legislature, condemnatory of the civil rights bill, has passed. The resolutions affirm that the effect of the passage of the bill will be to break up the public school system in Georgia. All appropriations will he withheld by the Legislature, should the hill pass. ? Beuoni Howard, the once wealthy manufacturer of matches in New York, and in whose factory ;v /eral hundred hands were employed, has been convicted of using counterfeit revenue stamps. The maximum punishment of his offense is fifteen years' imprisonment and 815,000 fine. The prosecution of T?is case cost the Government over 825,000. ? A dispute having arisen in Texas between ex-Governor Davis and Governor Coke as to who the mail addressed to the State officers should be delivered, the Postmaster-General directs that mail matter addressed to the "Governor of Texas," be delivered to Coke, and that addressed to "Governor Davis," or "E. J. Davis, Governor," be delivered to the latter. ? The State Grange of Michigan, which has been in session at Kalamazoo for several days, has adopted the report of the committee on transportation, which is to the effect that railroads are amenable to State regulations . ' ' j 1 ?a as mucn as piaua anu gravo iu?u ^umpuico,, and that the Legislature has as much right to regulate their charges as to fix turnpike tolls or the charges of millers for grinding grain. DEATH OF THE SIAMESE TWINS. These noted personages, the strange union of whose bodies has attracted so much attention, both in this country and in Europe, died at their residence in Mount Airy, Surry county, N. C., on the 17th instant. The Greensboro Patriot furnishes the following interesting particulars concerning their death : "The smaller of the two had been stricken with paralysis some time ago, which it is sup? posed, caused his death. One of the children was called, and upon going into the room where they slept, was told by Chang that Eng had just died. He was in such a condition that it was evident he was following rapidly, and a messenger was at once dispatched for Dr. Joseph Hollinsworth, who instructed him to return at once and administer restoratives to keep Chang up until he could get there, when he intended to separate the bodies, believing that he could do so and save Chang's life ; but restoratives failed, and he died in about two hours after his brother, and before the doctor could reach there. It is supposed Chang died from fright, having been frequently told by scientific men that one could not Oiirniup flip nfhpr. With the exception of the African twins, these Siamese brothers were, perhaps, the greatest of living curiosities, and have proved a mystery to the scientific world. They came to North Carolina about 1844, on an exhibiting tour, and taking a fancy to the mountain regions of this State, purchased a farm in Wilkes county, where they married two sisters and made their home when not traveling. After residing in Wilkes some time they removed to Surrey county, near Mount Airy, and were situated very comfortably, devoting ! themselves to farming. Each became the j father of a number of children, the girls, however, all dying about the time they reached ; womanhood, with the exceptiou of one, who j is married. The male childreu are, also, more or less afflicted, several of them being deaf I and dumb. It seems that the larger of the two was of | an amiable disposition, while the other was quick-tempered and cross, his temper not being improved much by the unfortunate I habit of indulging iu iutoxicating beverages, j of late years, to excess ; for while under the influence of drink, he was exceedingly irrita-1 ble and gave his brother much trouble. Whether paralysis resulted from this or not, | we do not know, but it is certain it hastened , his death?carrying along with him the terror-stricken, fated Chang?linked in death as in life. Dr. Hollinsworth, who for a number of years had been the family physician of the 1 twins, has arrived in Philadelphia for the pur* > pose of consulting with Dr. Pancoast, demonstrator of anotomy in Jefferson Medical College, relative to a post mortem examination of the twins. Dr. Hollinsworth says the wives of the twins are unwilling for a post oiortem examination until they consult their children, who live in various parts of the State. The bodies are now buried beneath their house, but are in a state of preservation. They are being guarded by the family, and cannot be removed without their consent and knowledge. ^ No funeral services were held over the bodies, as they have not been permanently buried. Dr. Hollinsworth is of the opinion that the family may be induced to allow an autopey in the interest of science. SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, January 20. The Senate met at 7 o'clock, p. m., but no quorum being present, it adjourned until 12 o'clock, M., next day. The House met at the same hour, but without transacting any business adjourned until 12, M., next day. Wednesday, January 21. In the Senate, Mr. Whittemore asked and obtained the unanimous consent of the Senate to introduce, without previous notice, a bill to provide for the extension of the time for the payment and collection of taxes for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1873, and for other purposes. The bill to provide for the remov^ of U?? Asylum of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind from its present locatiou to the city of Columbia, was ordered to lie on the table. A bill to amend the act to regulate the pay of the members of the General Assembly passed its second reading. It provides that members shall receive, for both the regular and extra sessions, such per diem compensation as will amount to, and not exceed, six hundred dollars. This will give the members twelve hundred dollars each. The House sent to the Senate a concurrent resolution requesting the State treasurer to furnish the General Assembly information of the number of certificates of indebtedness issued to the Republican Printing Company, and, also, the names of the parties having possession of the plates. On motion of Mr. Jervey, the resolution was ordered to lie on the table, and a message sent to the House of Representatives accordingly. In the House, A bill to provide for the better keeping in repair of the public roads and bridges, and to levy a tax tor that purpose, was taken up, and Mr. Mackey moved to strike out the enacting clause of the bill. Agreed to. Thursday, January 22. In the Senate, Mr. Cardozo, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported for a third reading: Bill to amend an act to regulate the pay of the members of the General Assembly; bill to make appropriations for the payment of the salary and mileage of the members of the General Assembly, and the salaries of the subordinate officers and employes, and expenses incidental thereto ; which was ordered for consideration to-morrow. A bill providing for the extension, until the first of March, of the time for the payment and collection of taxes for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1873, and for other purposes, was taken up and ordered for a third reading. In the House, Mr. Mackey introduced a resolution, which was adopted, that all bills to incorporate towns or cities and fire companies, be recommitted to the committee on incorporations, with instructions to report a geuerai bill, ana tnat an Dins incorporating military companies be recommitted to the committee on military affaire with like instructions, and that said committees report within five days. Mr. P. Young introduced a bill to incorporate the Chester Land Purchasing Association, of Chester county. Friday, January 23. In the Senate, a concurrent resolution from the House, for the appointment of a . special committee to wait upon Hon. R. B. Elliott, and also, draft resolutions of thanks to Hons. R. B. Elliott, R. H. Cain, J. H. Rainey and A. J. Rausier, for their noble efforts in advocacy of the civil rights bill in the national Congress, on motion of Mr. Swails, was laid on the table. A concurrent resolution from the House, to meet in joint assembly on Tuesday, January 27, 1874, at 1 p. m., to enter into an election of chief justice of the Supreme Court, was made the special order for Thursday, January 29, 1874, at 1 p. m. Mr. C. Smith presented a memorial from tax payers of Marion county, praying that provisions be made for the receiving and ~ AnMliArtfiAna 4* ?fl*oAno /inmnlain. iieanug ui appnuabiuuo ui piouuo vuui^imuing of erroneous assessments and taxation; also, that provision be made for the extension of the time of payment of taxes until the 1st of March, 1874, and for a reassessment of property, Ac. Referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Whittemore introduced a bill to prevent county commissioners from contracting any debt, issuing any bonds, or subscribing to any stock, without the authority of an act of the General Assembly. A bill to regulate the pay of the members of the General Assembly was, on motion of Mr. Whittemore, recommitted to the committee on finance. The report (unfavorable) of the committee on county offices and officers on bill to provide for the election of county treasurers and auditors at each general election, was, after debate, made the special order for Thursday next. T? Trri? WnnaE a hill in renuira the rountv WW , ~ J treasurer of Union, annually to attend at certain places in said county for the collection of taxes, was referred to the committee on ways and means. Saturday, January 24. In the Senate, a resolution was received from the House, approving of the passage of the civil rights bill now pending in Congress. On motion of Mr. Whittemore, it was ordered that the resolution be entered on the journal, and its consideration made the special order for Monday next at 1:30 P. M. A bill to make appropriation for the payment of the salary and mileage of the members of the General Assembly, and the salaries of the subordinate officers and employes, and expenses incidental thereto was passed. In the House, a bill to repeal the game laws was referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. J. D. Boston introduced the following resolution: Whereas, R. B. Carper' zi\ judge of the fifth circuit, at the recent term of the Court, held at Camden, C. H., in the county of Kershaw, did over-step the bounds of his duty by discharging a jurv regularly drawn and empanelled, because said jury was composed of colored men, and were empanelled for the purpose of trying a colored man for the offense of larceny; and, whereas, the said R. B. Carpenter alleges, falsely, as the grounds for tho course he pursued, that the said jurymen were dishonest ana incompetent. Now, therefore, lie it Revolved, That the said R. B. Carpenter be impeached for conduct unbecoming a judge, and for denying to citizens of this State, on account of color, the right to serve as jurors in and for the county of Kershaw. The morning hour having expired, the resolution went over under the rules. The bill providing for the extension of the time for the payment of taxes, was referred to the committee of ways and means. Mr. Minort, by unanimous consent, introduced the following resolution, which was adopted: Revolved, That a committee of five be appointed to investigate the charges alleged against Judge R. B. Carpenter, as contained and implied in a resolution by Hon. J. D. Boston, with power to send for persons and papers. The Speaker announced as the committee, Messrs. Minort, Hurley, J. D. Boston, Adamson and P. Simkins. The facts relating to Judge Carpenter, which seem to have given rise to the resolutions introduced by Messrs. Minort and Boston, are stated in the following letter from Camden, in the Charleston News and Courier, of date January 20th, and signed "Watcher":