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? craps and J acts, j Queen Victoria is fifty-five years old. Texas is to have a convention to frame a new constitution. Henry Clews and Company have been adjudged bankrupts. The cotton mills at the North are commencing to run on full time. It is reported that Judge Swayne will soon retire from the Supreme Court Bench. The Arkansas State Senate has adopted a memorial to Congress, asking a repeal of the tax on leaf tobacco. Quartermaster Meigs' report states that railroad companies, principally in the South, owe the government seven and a half million dollars. Tuesday of hist week was the coldest day of the season throughout the East, the thermometer registering from three degrees below zero to seven degrees above. Mayor Havemeyer, of New York, fell rlpAfl nf heart disease nn Mnndav of last week, while transacting public busiuess iu the City Hall. It is stated that there are at present one hundred and sixty Chinese students in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Each is allowed S700 per annum by his emperor. An epidemic, similar to the black flux which follows cholera, has broken out in Alexandria, sixty miles east of Nashville, Tenn. Several persons have died of the disease, and the inhabitants are flying, terror-stricken. Lieutenant-Governor Smith and former Secretary of State Wheeler, of Arkansas, are reported to have gone to Washington for the purpose of presenting the claims of the former for the gubernatorial chair before Congress. The small-pox is rapidly spreading in New York City. Sixty-five cases were reported last week, and many others are believed not to have beeu reported. The small-pox Asylum at Black well's Island is crowded with patients. Notwithstanding ail that ha3 beeu said and written against it, the use of horse and inule flesh for food is rapidly spreading in Paris, it being the chief diet of the poor, who can't afford to pay the high prices demanded for beef. To show how love levels all inequalities of station, Paris records a recent wedding wherein the bridegroom was three feet four inches in height, and the bride six feet and a half. Which manifestly cannot be regarded as a "marriage of convenience." The balance of trade seems to be a little against the business of journalism just now. Howell's "Newspaper Reporter" for the current week chronicles the death of sixtynine newspapers, and announces the publication of only nineteen new "candidates for public favor." Robinson Crusoe's Island, in the South Pacific Ocean, is now peopled by a German r\f oKnnh spffpnfv sftllls. who landed upon its shore in 1862. On their arrival they found large flocks of goats, thirty halfwild horses, about sixty asses, and a number of other domestic animals. They brought with them cows, hogs, fowls, farming utensils, small boats and fishing tackel. Jennie June's last New York letter contains an abundance of seasonable gossip from the Metropolis. Business is brightening under the.influence of Thanksgiving and the approach of the holidays, and in a solid and substantial direction. Leading jewelers and silversmiths declare that there has rarely been such a demand for fine jewelry and solid silverware as now. Diamonds, especially, can hardly be obtained in sufficient quantities. Six years ago the cultivation of tobacco in North Carolina was confined to a few counties ou her northern border, but since that time the area of cultivation has extended rapidly, and now embraces a large portion of the State, the crop having become a leading industry. That the soil and climate of a part of the State furnish the natural requisites for the production of tobacco is evidenced in the fact that the crop grown there is unsurpassed for manufacturing purposes. It has been estimated that of 12,000,000 women in America, 11,000,000 wear calico dressess, more or less; that the spirit of economy, has during the past year, induced them to forego ODe dress a piece from their usual outlay ; that the average calico dress contains eleven yards, and that consequently there has Koon o lr>aa tn ftio froda hv t.hia retrenchment oj 121,000,000 yards. This is nearly the entire product of all the mills of Massachusetts for a year. The representatives of the United States to the two principal countries inhabited and governed entirely by the colored race, are themselves colored men, and both these colored diplomatists are at present sojourning in this couutry on leave of absence from their posts. They are Ebenezer D. Bassett, a former resident of Philadelphia, who | has been minister resident and consul general to Hayti since 1869, and James Milton Turner, of St. Louis, who has been minister resident and consul general to Liberia since February, 1871. Mr. Turner has had quite a checkered career, having been a j slave in St. Louis county, Mo., before the ! war. Decidedly the finest turnouts in Washington, says a corespondent, are those of President Grant and Postmaster-General Jewell, i The former consists of four blooded bay horses, which are generally driven to a landaulet, the harness being silver-mounted, and their appearance on the street always attracts considerable attention, from the fact they are always driven in fine, masterly style, and are i so beautifully matched. The turnout of Post- j master-General Jewell is generally considered by connoiseurs to be the finest in the city. He drives in his landau two magnificent | blacks that can make their mile easily inside j of 2.50, and their style of action always i i ? li. at. ur \\T ! maKe3 ineni uoiiueauie. iui. ??. i?. Imuran, the wealthy banker, and George Ban- i croft, also drive splendid teams. A dispatch from Memphis, dated De-j oeraber 2, says : "The Cotton Exchange crop | report for November was issued this morning and gives the following summary derived from ; one hundred and seven responses from West Tennessee, North Mississippi and Arkansas, north of the Arkansas river. Sixty-four report damages by frost at three and a half per cent.; due exertions are being made to save the crop. The average at the closing of, the cotton picking season last year was Jauu-1 ary 14; this year it will close about Decern-1 ber 7. The crop is being marketed unprecedeutedly fast. The corn crop of this district is about thirty-two per cent, short of the average of the past two seasons. The aggregate j of responses does not indicate any change in the morale of the laborers. The prospect is j that the entire crop will be saved in a better , condition than ever known. The committee are of the opinion that the decrease of the cotton crop in this district from last year will be about thirty-five per cent." j In 1868, Mr. Snyder, a Richmond mechanic, conceived the idea of a machine for making horse-shoes, and made his first model iu 1869. This machine was constructed and put in operation at the Tredegar works less than twelve months ago. While it performed good work and turned out a shoe which is rapidly becoming the most popular in the Southern and Western market, still the skillful inventor was not satisfied, and aided by the Tredegar company, he has succeeded in perfecting and putting in operation a machine which excels anything ever invented, and which is calculated to work a revolution in the manufacture of shoes. The first machine made only one shoe at a revolution, but in the second machine the inventor has brought to successful practice his original design of making two shoes at one revolution, and this machiue is now actually turning out at one revolution, a horse shoe at one side and a mule shoe at the other, at the rate of sixty per minute. Nothing like this has ever been attained before, and is in daily \ successful operation. The gifted inventor j is a plain,^unassuming gentleman and a fine ! type of the American mechanic. The inspector-general of the array says in his annual report that a regulation is much ! needed indicting some punishment on soldiers who marry without proper permission. Military posts are sometimes overrun with the j wives of enlisted men. It is frequently the J case that company commanders do not know j the number of married men in their compa- 1 nies. These women manage to get shanties j to live in, to have fuel, to eat, and in case the j company changes its situation, to obtaiu trans- ! portation for themselves and their effects, and ; in the majority of cases the lumber for the J construction of the shauties. The fuel, rations, transportation, &c., are made in some way out of the government. Itis well known that it requires about as much transportation to move four laundresses as it does to move a whole company of men. Iu the opinion of the inspector-general, laundresses can be dispensed with in the army just as well as not. A man can be detailed ou daily duty to do the washing of the company with the same facility as a laundress, and the results would be equally satisfactory. rmr* di'* _ ^ ... mt spjKnue ^nqwiw* ~YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 10, 1874. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The postage on the Enquirer, to any part of the United States, is five cents per quarter, or twenty cents pervear, and is payable in advance at the post office where the paper is received. Watch the Figures.?Thecfwtcon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance GOV. CHAMBERLAIN'S INAUGURAL. The inaugural address of Governor Cham 0 - berlain, which we present in this issue, will be read with peculiar interest by all parties. It is an able paper?concise?and terse as the nature of the various subjects treated will permit. The Governor frankly admits the sins of commission and omission?mostly of the former class?of his party in the past, and with apparent candor and good faith suggests measures of reform, and in some instances points out the necessary legislation to secure the desired results. He say3 it is the duty of those administering the Government to practice and enforce economy and honesty, and the earliest and most earnest attention should be directed to the subject of the collection, appropriation and disbursement of the public funds. He admits that the valuations of property for taxation have been unjust and oppressive, but the total assessments have been reduced thirty or forty millions of dollars this year, and he says he stands ready to cooperate with the General Assembly in auy measure calculated to obtain a just valuation of all property for taxation according to its true money value; and so far as the faithful execution of the law depends upon the officers appointed by him, no county shall have just cause of complaint. He urges the limitation of taxes to the actual requirements of the Government, and recommends the reduction of legislative expenses to an economical limit by reducing the leugth of the session to thirty days, which he says can be accomplished by avoiding the consideration of special acts that can be covered by general laws, and also by reducing the number of subordinate officers and at tachcs, and cuttiug off the contingent or incidental legislative expenses, which have been as much as $90,000 a session, with half a million dollars of legislative pay certificates still unpaid. The public printing system he declares to be incapable of defense or excuse, aud he urges the repeal of the present system, as well as to abolish the practice of publishing the laws, at heavy expense, in the newspapers. The present status of the State debt is set forth and discussed, and he declares that the settlement of the debt, under the Act of the last Legislature, must be regarded as final, so far as legislative and popular influence can make it so. By the Act in question, when the debt is funded according to requirement, it will amount to only $5,740,016. The common school system is treated at length, and certain legislation recommended to make it more effective. Other matters o? general interest are discussed, and the Governor asserts that to all the measures of reform recommended by him * * * ^ i rnL he stands unalterably piecigea. xms asseveration should be gratifying to both parties alike, aud to all advocates of an honest, economical government. Although Gov. Chamberlain, as an executive officer, is powerless by his unaided individual effort, to bring about the reform which he urges, and which the people so much desire, yet his fearless exposure of past wrongs, and his earnest advocacy of better government must have great force with the party responsible for the past abuses, while the opposition cannot fail to be inspired with the hope that our long-suffering State will yet be rid of venal officials and corrupt legislators. To aid Governor Chamberlain iu the con- i summation of the recommendations of reform i which he makes, it is the duty of all parties ; in the State to give him their united eucour- j agement. In doing this, no man will make j any sacrifice of principle, nor will he thereby ' abandon his political platform?the platform j of honesty and good government?adopted , alike by all the voters, though under different leaders. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. a ~;,.i rtnwn in Rvdft countv recently ! XX gill uvuu ?* ??j ? ? - - ? ^ ^ brought suit against a recreaut lover, claiming ?10,000 damages, but she compromised for four bales of cotton and a parasol. Her lawyer took the cotton for his fee, and she j took the parasol to heal her wounded aflfec| tions. j ? Two thousand partridges were shipped by one firm from Salem last week. There is a | bill now pending in the Legislature for the protection of these birds. ? There are now 505 prisoners in the State penitentiary. ? The 4-WPesty Bill, granting full pardon, except for rape, to &1' persons now outside of : the State for ku-kluxiug and similar disorders, has passed both houses of the Legislature. i ?Jacob Schell, aged 103 years,.continues tp live near Cherryville, Gaston county. | ? Joel A. Cooper, postmaster at England's Point, in Cherokee county, and a young man of respectable parentage, has been arrested for robbing the mails. LOCAL AFFAIRS. [? ? ! e: NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I g( J. R. Sehorb, Treasurer?Town Tax?1874. {[ Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? S. D. Stowe, Applicant?John Moore, de- C( ceased. n, II. F. Adickes?Silk Edge Ribbon?Scarfs and Ties?Glass Ware?Ladies' Kid Gloves. ai M. Strauss & Son?Bargains. 1 L. M. Grist?Notice to Croditorsof Thomas Cross, deceased. hi W. H. A J. P. Herndon's is the place to buy cheap Groceries. W. P. Hobbs?Dissolution?The New Business? w Repairing. ? R. II. Glenn, S, Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales?Judge of P1 Probate's Sales. ft A. Williford, Rock Hill, S. C.?Livery and Sale Stables. * tc W. II. McCorkle, Chairman?Public Examination te Lucy Agers?Application for Homestead. Capt. J. C. Braino?The Southern Artificial Stone U1 Company. tl R. II. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Foreclosure of Mortgage. ^ ARTIFICIAL STONE. t| A la ilirnnfn/1 t rv iko Q A tJfl P11 CD m Oil h 1 /HlCUl.UII .O M.ICV. vv, V..., ;- I Ql of the "Artificial Stone Company," in this paper. Captain Brain, the President of the ej Company, will visit Yorkville in a short tj. time. . . c? YORKVILLE COACII FACTORY. ai As will be seen in our advertising columns, a! W. P. Hobbs has become sole proprietor of bi the Yorkville Coach Factory. Mr. Hobbs X thoroughly understands his business, and so g| far from maintaining the high reputation his p( shops have enjoyed, he is determined to sur- di pass it. et UVEKY AND SALE STABLES. in Mr. A. Williford, proprietor of the Rock u| Hill Livery Stables, places his claims before di the public more prominently than has been di his wont heretofore. As may may be learned in from his advertisement, he can accommodate V\ any kind of a customer that may call upon sc him. tl WESTERN PORK. ai But one drove of hogs has arrived at this sc place up to the present time this season. Ten tl dollars per hundred, gross was asked, but we e< learn the drover made no sales here at that n price. Those who have to buy their meat tl will find it more economical to buy bacon o| than to pay the price demanded for hogs on si foot. e' REPAIRING THE STREETS. ^ For several days past, the work of extend- n ing the stone pavement on Main street from C the width of a single track in the centre, so S( as to extend from one side to the other, has been ft progressing satisfactorily. Intendant Mc- r< Corkle and his board of wardens, deserve t( the thanks of the public for this dash of en- 1? terprise, and particularly should the citizens a; thrt tmirn nnnuMtnloto t Vi a m Qol VPS II riftn t.hp T( U' "'C """" v.. r- faithful manner in which our present town T officials have discharged their duty. J SALES-DAY. f On Monday last?sales-day?the following tracts of land were sold by order of the Judge tc of Probate: P The lands of the estate of Nancy Mason, v. deceased, 130 acres, bought by W. J. Anderson, at 812 per acre. Lands of Mary A. Hall, deceased, 220 acres, bought bv D. M. Hall, at 87.50 per 1 cl acre. Lauds of J. B. Tate, deceased. Hemphill tract, 42 acres, bought by Mrs. E. C. Tate, at ' 812 per acre; River Place, 196 acres, bought by Mrs. E. C. Tate, at 814.40 per acre ; the Black Place, 53 acres, bought by D. W. Barron, at 87 per acre. SALE OF MORE BONDS. We learu that Dr. Davega, President of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, sold, on Tuesday last, eight bonds of York and Chester ^ counties in aid of the railroad, at 887 each. ^ These bonds will all be disposed of, and as w they present a safe and sure means of investment. we would much prefer that they could 1 * w til all betaken by our own people, instead of te foreign purchasers. We also learn that Dr. Davega has diposed ofall the old broad-gauge rolling stock, except ty the locomotives ; the Union and Spartanburg sc Railroad Company having purchased the freight cars, and the Cheraw and Darlington C( Road having bought the passenger cars, at satisfactory prices. CIRCUIT COURT. h The Fall term of the Circuit Court for York county, his Honor, Judge Mackey, presiding, ai and I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., acting as So- a licitor, pro tem., commenced at 12 M., on Mon- te day last. In charging the graud jury, his Honor an- bi nounced that inasmuch as the present mem- ja bers of the jury had served for several successive terms during the past year, he deemed cc it unnecessary to deliver a general charge, tl but would call their attention to one or two matters on which they had not heretofore been a] charged specifically. bi First. Under recent statute, the sale of in- ai toxicating liquors is subject to the control of V the graud jury, whose duty it is to determine E ?'?11 K/iamoa o V\ o 11 nrrontori fn flip J, wueuicr ur uut utcusc ouuu wgiutiuvu ?>v Ul applicant. The Court urges that in consider- tl ing applications, the number of licenses will 8C be restricted by them to the lowest possible ti number. While, under our form of govern- m ment, the evils attending the traffic in intoxicating liquors cannot be extirpated by law, gi yet the sale of liquor may be limited by the ni action of the grand jury in recommending tl the granting of licenses. As the grand jury tl are also empowered to fix the price that shall be paid for'the liceuse, the Court recommends T that it shall be put at a sura not less than two hundred dollars. And should the price of a i: license be fixed at a less sum than two hundred dollars, the Court will disapprove the c application. In the opinion of the Court, re- y* tail dealers in spirituous liquors are respousi- to ble, to a great extent, for the poverty in the 'jj land, and they should be made to contribute to to the support of the poor, whose poverty is (l, increased by their own traffic. in Second. The Court would urge upon the grand jury the importance of enquiring cli whether any combinations exist in this county J}] to deprive any man from procuring employ- hi ment for the allege^ reason of having exercised his right as a citizen by voting the socalled Radical ticket; and also whether simi- y lar combinations exist among the laborers to t(: refuse to work for any man for having exer- r( cised his privilege as a voter. The Court feels P1 compelled to bring this subject to the at- r( tention of the grand jury, because there are newspapers within the limits of this circuit t\ urging farmers and employers to give work to ? no men who had voted the Republican ticket, di Such editors Jay themselves liable to indict-1 ^ ment for attempting Iq iqtinjidaf? voters. A J tl man may refuse to employ another for various i reasons?on account of his political opinions, | hi i his religious views?if he has any?the cut of j ^ his garments, or any other reason of like na- ri tine, that his fancy may dictate; but when j1,1 he says I will not employ you because you : to voted the Republican ticket, under our laws, j tf he becomes liable to indictment. From the J ^ character of the people of York county, the j (i Court cannot believe any such cases will come ! 1,1 before the grand jury, yejt it is .deemed but j w proper to charge them on that poiut. J1 Third. The Court would urge upon the 1 grand jury the importance qf considering I , whether a change is not desirable in the pres-1 it it mode of enforcing liens on crops. Under ! listing laws, the crop of a tenant nmy be ;ized and sold before he can have a hearing,! le mere agreement to advance supplies being msidered as evidence that the supplies were Ivanced, when probably advances to the mount claimed had not been furnished. A lange in the law, permitting the tenant to ' old one-fourth of the crop, exempt from sale ; ndcr liens, is greatly ueeded. The Court j ould be pleased to have the grand jury reort in favor of a change in the mode of enircing liens. His Honor deemed it proper > say, in this connection, that should any atunpt be made to sell a crop at execution sale, uder the existing lien laws, he should enjoin le clerk from selling for fifteen days, in order ? give the tenant opportunity to be heard in le premises?a privilege of which he is now sbarred by the lien law. Fourth. Another matter of practical inter- ! it to the people is the fact, apparent to all, I lat the great mass of grown colored people i in neither read nor write. Under the laws, id from the very necessity of the case, they j e compelled to conduct the most of their isiness transactions under written contracts, he educational facilities furnished by the iate are not such as reach this class of our mple. And perhaps one-third of their chilren, in consequence of having to work to irn a support, are also prevented from attendig school, and, as a consequence, are growing p in ignorance. The parents of these chilren are poor, %and need their services in the ly time, thus preventing them from attendig the day-schools, as now provided by law. fhile the law does not prohibit grown perms from attending public schools, yet from le facts stated, it is impracticable for them, ad for many of their children, to attend :hool in the day time ; and for these reasons le Court would suggest the expediency of stablishing, in each township, one or two ight schools for males. In the judgment of le Court, it will prove of great benefit to pen such schools, even if a few day schools lould be closed thereby, which danger, howver, is not apprehended. In York county, lere are, perhaps, 300 white voters who canot read nor write. In Chester county the lourt has been cognizant that there were :hool trustees, pretending to exercise the motions of such position, who could neither jad nor write. One of this class attempted ) make au enumeration of the school poputtion of his district, by visiting the families nd cutting notches 011 a "tally-stick" to rep;sent the number of children in each family, his fact being made known to the Circuit udge, the trustee was notified that he must t once resign, or he would be committed to til?the ofTense being that he was presuming > discharge duties for which he was incoraetent, on the same principle that a man uriersed iu surgery would attempt the amputaon of a human limb. The Court recomlends that the graud jury consider this matsr, and if you deem it expedient, recommend ie measure, even if it should, for a while, lose a few of the day schools. At the close of his Houor's charge, Acting ulicitor Witherspoon gave out a number of ills to the grand jury, after which that body (tired, and the criminal docket was taken up. . number of cases were continued, among lem the indictments against U. S. Deputy [arshal Hubbard. Hubbard was bailed for (appearance on his own recognizance. The case of Charles Kane, Jasper Goforth id Charles Hooey, indicted for robbery comlitted on the person ofF. Magrath. in this iwn, on the 9th ultimo, the particulars of hich we published at the time, was taken up, id ended on Monday night iu couviction of 11 the parties. Ou Tuesday they were senmeed by the Court as follows: Kane to iree years in the peniteutiary; Goforth to leyear; and Hooey to six months. The j 1 ir VO iasi Dameu are uegiues, aim ivauc was a ildier discharged from the garrison at this ost only a few days before the robbery was jmmitted. Bill Staten, a colored boy, charged with irceny, was found guilty aud sentenced to 24 ours' imprisonment. Henry Coker, a negro, charged with assault ud battery, and attempt to commit rape on small colored girl, found guilty aud sensnced to the penitentiary for one year. Thomas Adams, charged with assault and attery, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to .il one hour. Oliver Hill, indicted for the larceny of a >w. Pleaded guilty and was sentenced to je penitentiary for nine months. On Tuesday afternoon, G. W. S. Hart, an pplicant for license to practice in tne rroate and Circuit Courts, was subjected to extiination by a committee composed of W. B. filson, W. B. Williams and C. E. Spencer, isqrs., and after successfully passing the oraal, was admitted to practice. Mr. Hart, lough young in years, is a close student, and ? well did he8ustain himself oil his exarainaon as to elicit a high and deserved coraplilent from the bench. The case of State vs. Nelson Clawson, a nero indicted for the murder of a white man imed James Pressley, near Fort Mill, on le 14th of September last, is progressing at le time we go to press. The grand jury, before being discharged on uesday,submitted to the Court the followiug presentment : THE CENHRAL SESSIONS, YORK-DECEMBER TERM, 1*74. To the Hon. T. J. Mackev, Judge of the Sixth ircuit:?The Grand .Jury respectfully report to mr Honor that they have ondeavored, in the lort time since tho opening of the present tern), consider tho various mattorssubmitted to then) vyour Honor, after disposing of tho bills of inictment submitted to them by the Acting Solici- j ir. As to the recommendation in your Honor's large regarding the lien law as at present existig, they beg leave to recommend, as suggested y your Honor, that the law be amended by the egislature so that the lienee shall have fifteen iys' notice to show cause why his crop should at be sold to pay for advances, under the agreelentof the lien; the crop, in tho meantime, to be sld under attachment issued By a trial justice, - the Circuit Judge or clerk, on tho affidavit of le lienor, or the person who made the advances. Your Urand Jury have made careful enquiry as i whether there are any combinations existing in ork county, having for their object tlje refusal i employ laborers because of the manner in hich the' right of suffrage was exercised at the scent election hold it) this State, and have thp leasuro to report to your lienor that no such >n)binalions exist; but to the contrary, that tho (cent election whs tne quietest iioui in ups olulp i nee the passage of tho reconstruction laws, ami I ait the best of fooling exists in this county bo- I voen botii political parties. In regard to the establishment of night schools j r males, by tho school trustees in each school | istric.t, your Grand Jury request to state that ; ley have not been able to agree upon any pro- | jntinont upon tho matter, while, at the same time, ! ley recognize tho great advantage resulting from I ic education of the illiterate. There have not been any applications to us by iy person for'recommendation for license to re- j lil spiritous liquors. \\re agree with your Hon- I r that tho sale of intoxicating liquors should be sstricted, arid tljat the license should be for tho mount suggested by your Honor. We recom- | lend this to our successors, who, no doubt, \vfll j ike tho same view of the matter its have your' [onor ?ind tills Grand Jury, if tliey nave at neari < le peace of society and the welfare of our county, i In conclusion, the Grand Jury return to your! [onor their thanks for your kindness to them ! uringthe present year in the relations which j avo existed between us, and wo cheerfully bear i itness, on taking our leave, to the impartiality j ith which your Honor lias hold the scales of j istiee. ?.11 of which is respectfully submitted. ? ' ! ' fcAMUEL BLAIIi, Foreman. Your Grand Jury beg furtlier to present, that | i their View, the* Legislature should, in addition | . ; = 1 x. , , to the amendments suggested, also amend the j to lien law by exempting one-fourth of the products raised by ihe agriculturist from attachment under te: the said'law. SAMUEL BLAIR, Foreman. hi EDITORIAL INKLINGS. j ? Congress. , ti< Congress assembled on Monday last, i CI and there being a quorum in each house, the M usual committees were at ooce appointed.- Si The President's message was received and re read. From what purports to be a summary ar of the message, sent out by telegraph, the document presents no striking features. The ve Senate proceedings were devoted to District w of Columbia affairs, and in the House a uura- cl ber of appropriation bills for the different de- Cc partments were reported. pi Mixed Schools in Indiana. ov At Indianapolis, on Wednesday of last fit week, the chief justice of the Supreme Court so of Indiana rendered an opinion in a case of pi appeal that colored children are not entitled, th by the laws of that State, to admission to the in same school with whites. The salient points in of the opinion of the Judge are to the effect ca that the Legislature has provided separate ra schools for the two races, aud this provision is ta not in conflict with the fourteenth amendment w to the constitution of the United States. The Y\ educatioual sections of the constitution oflndi- G ana were not intended for persons of the African sa race, for they expressly limit the enjoyment Y of their provisions to citizens, and at the time sa of the adoption of that constitution negroes \\ were neither citizens of the United States nor C of Indiana. Upon the question whether the h< fourteenth amendment has worked any change in in the constitutional provisions of the State, al the court says that the fourteenth amendment th had not delegated to the federal government ai power and control of the domestic institutions of of the State, and that this view has been, in all "s constitutional respects, sustained by the highest judicial tribunal in the country, and the gi one especially charged with the construction ra and interpretation of the federal constitution, er By the solemn decision of that high court, the h< privileges aud. immunities belonging to citi- th zens of the State, as such, rest for their securi- at ty and protection where they have heretofore 01 rested?with the States themselves. In con- m elusion, the court says : "Colored . children le are not entitled to admission into the common bt schools which are provided for the education th of white children." It is stated that an ap- p( peal in the case will be taken to the Supreme ar Court of the United States. W' Gen. Kershaw.on Grant. of George Alfred Townsend, in a recent ar letter from this State, relates the following in tr detailing an interview he had with General th Kershaw: Apropos of the President, let me quote General Kershaw on General Grant, as he cc spoke to me a fortnight ago; Kershaw is the v( Conservative leader in South Carolina: J'After the conviction of the ku-klux," said Ker- , shaw, "I went to Long Branch, with a few other persons, to solicit pardon for these men, m and notably for one of them, a very old man, ui who had really joined tne organization to le prevent its excesses. We were apprehensive Q of our treatment, but it was both polite and ?? presidential. I did not know that the President was acquainted with our affairs, but found he had a very clear idea of pretty much everything in the State, and a knowledge of ^ details, too. Yet he had never been there, pi Afterward I was told that this intimate knowl- tl: edge of localities was not unusual with him. DI TT 1 . , li! ... _ L 4 ne saiu 10 us at once, auer puuiug us ui ease, aud giving us cigars: '-'All these men will be pardoned, gentlemen, whose misdeeds did not cc involve destruction of life. I cannot pardon te these, but, in the end, they will all be pardon- H ed. The utmost length of the confinement of tb any will be measured by the behavior of the ft community for which these men are hostages. jn Now, as to the particular person you seek to . aid, I will have his case reopened, and examined in the light of what you tell me. But "I there is especial complaint against him, I bi will write to the Attorney General, telling h< him what to do." This," said Kershaw, "I hi was able to find afterward. Grant did to the a] letter as he said, because Williams showed us Grant's letter of instructions; and he also showed the letter of complaint against our C? man, Brown, though we could not see the signature. The President made an impression hi upon us all, which is not effaced, of knowledge sf and good intentions. If there is to be a Re- a, publican at the head of the Government he pi would suit us better than any we know." ^ Gov. Chamberlain Interviewed. The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier, under date of the 4th instant, furnishes the subjoined re- bi port of an interview between Gov. Chamberlain and the committee of the State Tax si Union: c? "The committee appointed by the State Tax P1 TTninn consisting of Messrs. S. P. Hamilton. Thomas Taylor, William Wallace, G. Muller and J. W. Moore, waited upon the Governor at noon, to-day, and presented the resolutions adopted at the meeting of the State Union. Col. Hamilton, on behalf of the committee, ,. said that the Governor's inaugural had al- .1 most entirely anticipated the object of the mission of the committee, who had nothing left to do beyond expressing their unqualified approval of that very able State paper. In P1 undertaking to carry out the recommendations contained in the message, the committee felt that they would not exceed their power in pledging to the Governor the cordial sup- re port of the organization they represented. cQ Col. Hamilton closed by asking the Governor to appoint honest and intelligent men to the q positions of trial justices and jury commissioners, and to recommend to the Legislature the postponement of the payment of taxes. . ' In reply the Governor said he realized the g? difficulties in the way of carryingoutthe recom- cj raendations in his message, but pledged him- ^ self to do all in his power to accomplish that ^ end. As to the extension of the time for the payment of tases, he said that Mr. Trenholm ^ and other Conservative members bad suggest- u ed that relief could be obtained by division of ^ the taxes, making half payable in January and half in April. He would give the mat- ^ ter his attention, and if the plan was prac- ^ tic-able he would recommend it. He promised cj also to recommend a reduction of the State tax ' levy if he found that it could be done without embarrassing the government. The commit- , tee then shook hands with the Governor and _ ,, , , ea took their leqve, we/i pieasea wnn ine nuer- . view and with the tone of the Qovernqr'g re- " marks.'' . ^ ?. ea Correspondence of the Yor)fviJ|e Enquirer, er FROJJ CHESTER. ^ Chester, Pec. 7,1874. ai Au organisation was recently formed at this se place, entitled the "Merchants' Protective J di Association of Chester." The object aimed at! is protection against "unworthy debtors." To j ot accomplish this object, a "black list" will be I k.rtlio A conniafinn prmtaininor t.hfi names ' ftcpb XJJ UIIW ngouv/iuwiv/uj "Q ?? yJ of "persona in our town and community who are unworthy of credit, either from dishonesty,' cc or inability to pay their debts when contract- bj ed." This list wijl receive, from time to time,1 such additional names as the occasion (}e- ^ iqands, and will be open at all tinges to tt]e a inspection of members, Woe be to the urn f0 worthy debtor whose name appears upon thp tli black list. He could not obtain credit for a ri crust of bread if his family were upon the " brink of starvation. Some persons are of the ( opinion that there is more necessity for a com- " bination of the people against the merchants. v( Your correspondent does not propose to solve 1 of this knotty question, for he does not wish | gi incur the wrath of either party to the con-1 tf at. He will, however, say that the merchauts ive a perfect right to protect themselves j ^ om the "dead beats," who are continually 1 aking bills without the most remote inten* j C( )n of paying them. The officers of the"Mer- ta iants' Protective Association of Chester" are i ai r. Joseph Wylie, President; Mr. J. H. tl nith, Vice-President; Mr. J. D. Means, Sec-' ? tary; Mr. T. N. Youngblood, Treasurer; ' ^ id Mr. Win. Stringfellow, Doorkeeper. The beautiful Indian summer, which pre- 0j tiled for so long a time, left us last week, ' el hen Btern winter, with blighting frosts and I te lilliug winds, made his appearance. Over-1 ^ iaLs were sneedilv drawn from their hiding!^ r ' ^ ~ qi aces, and made to add to the comfort of their ?, vners. Trade was also considerably bene- j; ;ted by the change of weather, for many per- tl ns had made a postponement of winter w irchases until driven to it by necessity. In d is connection it may not be uninteresting to form the outside world of the business done Chester on busy days. In this way only in a proper idea of the enterprise of our j erchants and the trade of our town be oh- o ined. On days when business is all aglow b ith life and activity, the sales of Messrs. fylie & Agurs amount to $1300; of I. L. unhouse & Co, to $1000; of Wilson & Cou- jj r, to $1000 ; of Gregg & Means, to $800; of ^ oungblood & McFadden, to $600. The '? lesof Alexander, Robison & Atkinson, of n T. H. Hardin & Co., of R. D. Galbraith & j( o., of Massey & Co., and other firms are ;avy on busy days, and might be given with terest did space permit; but from the figures t( ready given, some idea can be formed of t< ie extent of business transacted in our town, tl id thus tend to the disabusing some raind3 1 . i-ii il the erroneous impression that Chester is a ^ iort of one-horse place." ^ The Conservatives of this place express - r\I U eat sausiacuon wun uimuucnaiug iu<*u?U- n J, and are of the opinion that our ill-gov- p ned State has reached the lowest limit of ti 3r misfortune and misery, if the promises of ^ ie new Executive are made with sincerity >d with the firm intention of being carried ^ it to the very letter. He will undoubtedly 0 eet with violent opposition from the corrupt e aders and members of the Radical party ; it if he will walk with an unerring &tep in c ie course he has marked out, soon will the ^ >litical burdens be lifted from our shoulders, id all will in the end be well, supremely p ell. He will be sustained by the cordial coleration of the Conservatives, and as they ? e the "bone and sinew" of the State, he can ti eat with sublime indifference and contempt P ie opposition and enmity of the corruptionists. ^ The Senator from this county, Dublin J. q falker, colored, has been appointed on the imraittee on education. This is probably a 0 iry suitable appointment, as the Senator was tl r many years the School Commissioner of si lis county. The beams of light that will ema- 0 itefrom his brain respecting the various ^ atters appertaining to education will doubtss shine with unspeakable effulgence. S. J. v ouch, the white member of the Chester dele- J ition, has received a place ou three different S >mmittees of the House?an honor, it is said, tl lat has not been conferred on any member of a ie Legislature from this county during the resent century. On what substantial basis j lis honor lies I do not know, unless on the f{ rinciple of lucus a non lucendv. He has been G Dpointed to the chairmanship of the military I >mmittee, and is a member of the commites on the judiciary and ways and means. n [is military experience was obtained during q ie war, when he served in the Union army in a ie position of lieutenant in a Kentucky reg- a aent, which gained the unenviable reputation p 7 being good plunderers, rather than good o jhters. But it is to be hoped that as he has * 3en invested with such distinguished honors, 3 will refuse to avail himself in the future of ? is plundering experience, and join the mighty ^ rmy of reformers whose voices are already tl nging with clarion notes in the halls of the a ipitol. G Major T. S. Mills and J. J. McLure, Esq., ave had the front walks leading to their re- ? >ecti ve residences laid with the artificial stone, a ad it is quite unnecessary to say that the iraroveraent is unspeakably great. Mr. I. J. h [cNinch is having the pavement in front of b is beautiful building on Main street laid 11 - - - . . . , ? , a ith the same stone, ine nope is 10 oe ioua' entertained that the good work will go w ravely on. P Mrs. John W. Wilkes departed this life a. iddenly a few days ago. Her death was ocisioned by an attack of apoplexy. The sym- ^ ithies of friends are extended to the bereaved a usband and family in this, their time of af- ? iction. Qui. P SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. w Columbia, December 1. s< In the Senate, Mr. Hope introduced a 11 to exempt certain personal property, used al the cultivation of the soil by farmers, from ^ xation. " Mr. Owens introduced a bill to make up- ~ opriation for the payment of the salary and fko mom Kora aP tKa HonofQl A a. ^ licagc V1 IUVIMWV/IO vr* v*j^ aaw mbly, and the salaries of the subordinate " ficers and eraplo?ys, and other expenses indental thereto. The bill received its first ading, was ordered for a second reading and msideration to-raorrow, and to be printed, bi he bill makes an appropriation of $175,000. P' f the amount, the sum of $103,000 is set >art for the salaries of the members, and P1 '2,000 for the attaches and expenses. The m llowingare the specified sums appropriated: b< ilary of the clerk of the Senate, $3,500; erk of the House, $3,500; assistant clerk of to e Senate, $2,000; assistant clerk of the ti ouse, $2,000; journal clerk of the House, ?c .,000 ; reading clerk of the Senate, $6 per 10 em during the session ; reading clerk of the th ouse, $6 per day during the session; ser- ci lants-at^arms of Senate and House, $0 per ly ; assistant sergeants-at-arms, $5 per day ; th 11 clerk of the Senate, $3 per day ; bill clerk the House, $5 per day; nine committee P1 erks of the House and Senate, $5 per day P* ch; five doorkeepers of the House and Sene, $3 per day each ; ten messengers and la- sa irers of the House and Senate, $3 per day tb ch ; mail carrier of the House, $3 per day; le jl]t pages of the House and Senate, $1.50 fo x day e^cl} j engrossing clerks, per day tb ch ; clerks in the office of the attorney-genal, $6 per day each; contingent expenses di mate, $20,000, to be paid on accounts audit- C I by the committee on contingent accounts, S< id passed by the Senate; contingent e^pen- of s of House, $30,000. The State Treasurer is I bj rected to pay the certificates in the follow- j b< g order: First, certificates of members ; sec- j tb id, certincates ot officers lor salary; inira, in rtificates of sergeants-at-arms and attaches; sh urth, certificates for incidental or contingent, A :penses. I lo Mr. Duncan introduced a bill to encourage ' pi ionization in the State. The bill was read ; n< i its title and referred to the committee on j uuigration. It authorizes the Judges of the ; bi ircuit (JoUrfs Jo grant charters of iucorpora- "] hi,'upon the applipatjop qf f^ye op raufe qf j $ ,e members thereof, to asgocjatioqs formed | r the pgrpoae of establishing colonies qr set? | qi sments in the State, or to carry on any ag- sa cultural, raining, meohanical or raanufactu- N ug operations, for erecting mills, furnaces or I 1, ctories, and constructing or operating any | in rnpikes, plank roads, tramways, railways, as any other forms of road or modes of con- in jyance to connect such colony with any line tb ' railroad, canal, &c. The same powers are J bi anted to such corporation as are granted to ai tose chartered under the act of the Legislate known as the Omnibus Incorporation ill. In the House, Mr. Richardson introduced bill to require the county treasurer in each ninty to set aside and retain out of the State ixea collected by him, in each year, the mount of the free common school funds of le State apportioned to that county by the tate superintendent of education. Mr. Hayne introduced a bill to make the Eces-of county auditor and treasurer elective. N. B. Meyers, of Beaufort, filed the protest f the electors of Barnwell county against the ection of C. P. Leslie. The grounds of proat are as follows : 1. Because the said C. P. leslie has not been, for one year preceding le election, a resident of the State, as reuired by the 10th section of Article 3 of the oustitution. 2. Because the said C. P. Lese has not been, for three months preceding ~ o pooiHonf. nf the countv of Barn 1C ClCV;tlVU) M 4VW.V.V... ?- - y ? ell. The protest is signed by twenty resients of the county of both political parties. Mr. Muller, of Lexington, introduced a bill > provide for the enumeration of the iuhabants of the State, with a view to the apporonment of the representatives in the year 875. The Governor is authorized to appoint ne person in each county, who, after subscriing to an oath and appointing assistants, mil proceed to make an enumeration of the ihabitants. The census takers are directed ) administer an oath to the head of each faniy that the statements made as to the numer of persons in his or her family are correct, 'he refusal of any person to give such inforlation as is required by the census-taker, subjets him or her to a fine of twenty-five dolirs. The secretary of State is directed, on r before the 15th day of April, 1875, to preare and issue suitable blanks, books and reurns. The secretary of State is also directed u forward the returns to the Governor and to he General Assembly. Mr. Melohers introduced a bill to amend the Act to regulate the sale of intoxicating iquors." The amendment contemplated by he bill is a reduction of the price of licenses, nd the repeal of the seveuth, eighth and inth sections of the act, which prescribe enalties for furnishing intoxicating liquors 3 minors or habitual drunkards and make he sellers of liquor responsible for riots or reaches of the peace which occur on the remises where liquor is sold. Mr. Barker introduced a bill to abolish the ffice of trial justice aud to provide for the lection of justices of the peace. Mr. Meetze introduced a bill to reduce the ompensation of school commissioners. Mr. Johnson presented a protest against be right to seats of the members from Lanaster county. Referred to the committee on rivileges and elections. Upon the conclusion of the work of the louse, the Seuate was announced, and tl" ?vo houses met in joint assembly-for the pin- . ose of engaging in the inaugural ceremonies f the newly elected Governor. We quote om the Columbia correspondence of the lharleston News and Courier: "The inaugural ceremony, to-day, was one f the most elaborate and successful affairs of le kind which has taken place in the State nee reconstruction. The hall of the House f Representatives was crowded with specta)rs, among whom were many members of the !ar, who happened to be here in attendance n the Supreme Court, and crowds of Conserative citizens, United States Army officers, udge Bryan, and the officers of the Uuited tates Court. The mush was furnished by le Post Band. At one o'clock, p. m., the inugural procession entered the hall, beaded y Whittemore, chairman of the committee f arrangements, who walked arm in arm with udge Wright of the Supreme Court; then mllowed Governor-elect Chamberlain and lovernor Moses arm in arm; after them the /ieutenant-Governor and the Chief Justice, illowed by the members of the State government and the committee of arrangements, onsisting of Messrs. George A. Trenholm, labriel Cannon, A. Simkins, T. B. Johnston nd Curtis, of the House of Representatives, nd Dunn and Smalls of the Senate. The rocession was headed by the sergeant-at-arms f the Senate wielding the old Colonial mace, rhich has been in the archives of the State inoo fVdnriiol fimoa Wlion oil tko imnnr. kU VV V/ViVMiMt wi I" VVJI IV iiVI? Mil kll W llll^vt int personages had been seated, Lieut. Gov. Heaves called the Joint Assembly to order, 'he Governor elect then rising and addressing be chief justice said: "Mr. Chief Justice: I rn now ready to take the oath of office as rovernor of South Carolina." The oath was ben administered, and was followed by a salvo f artillery from the capitol grounds. Gov. lhamberlain then delivered the inaugural ddress. The message was delivered in Mr. Chambertin's usual calm and unimpassioned style, ut at times he warmed up, and the delivery light fairly be termed eloquent. It occupied bout one hour and a half in delivery, but >as At.tent.ivelv listened to end frennentlv An. lauded. The members of the Legislature pplauded especially when he touched upon le subject of making county treasurers, counj auditors and justices of the peace elective, nd when he recommended the adjournment f the Legislature before Christmas. When e referred to the abuse of the pardoning ower, there was prolonged applause, and also hen he promised to appoint competent perms to office. , The general sentiment here is that the inugural promises all the Conservatives could sk, and that if the Legislature carries out its commendations, better days are in store for outh Carolina. The Conservative and Inependent members are much pleased with its atesmanlike tone, and begin to entertain opes of a real reform of existing evils." Wednesday, December 2. In the Senate, Mr. Bowen introduced a ill to repeal an act entitled "An act to resal the usury laws of South Carolina. Mr. Hayne introduced a bill to make apropriation for the payment of commissioners, anagers and clerks of the general election eld on the 3d day of November, 1874. Mr. Dunn introduced the following: Bill > make the office of county treasurer elecve ; bill to reduce the salary of county school tmmissioners; bill to amend the act requirg insurance companies doing business in lis State to deposit stocks and bonds as seirity to policy-holders. >Ir. Hollinshead introduced a bill to aulorize the board of trustees of the university 'South Carolina to establish a school and rovide for a competent professor in the deirtment of military tactics. Mr. Hope introduced a bill to reduce the .lary of members of the legislature and limit le time of the sessions. The bill 6xes the ngth of the sessions of the legislature at rty working days, and reduces the pay of te members to $400 per annqiq and tqijeage. The main qqestiqq pf discission during tpp iv was a resolution introdnred hv ..Tervev of "j ' i * X harleston, providing for two sessions of the mate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 'each week. This resolution was supported / the Conservatives and Independents in a )dy, and the issue was squarely made by lem that the Senate, if it desired to carry out ie recommendations of the Governor as to a tort session, should adopt the resolution, fter considerable debate the resolution was st by a vote of 17 ayes to 12 nays?the esident ruling that a two-thirds vote was icessary to carry the resolution. In the House, Mr. Hirsch introduced a 11 to constitute a new county, to be called ^inety-Six," out of portions of! 4bbeyi)Je, ewberpy, jjaurens and Qcoqee counting.'' Spencep, q'f Abbeville, offered a resolution dering J,G0Q copies of the Governor's qaesr ,ge for the use of the members. Boston, of ewberry, moved to amend by striking out 000 and inserting 500. Mr. Meetze, of Lexgton, said he was as muchln favor of reform 1 any body, but this was striking at reform i the wrong direction. He was of opinion tat such a document ought to be spread rrvarlnast nvc>r t.hp 1?nH. On hia mntinn fho nendment was indefinitely postponed and