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Jtoaps and Jads. ! Senator Conkling says that President J Grant will sign anything that Congress will i pass, and the Boston Post suggests that they ! pass the temperance pledge to him. A little four-year-old created a ripple I by remarking to the teacher of her Sundayschool class: "Our dog's dead. I bet the i angels was scared when they seen him coming 1 up the walk. He's cross to strangers." A London gentleman has issued propo- i sals for the formation of a fund in order to j carry the gospel into houses by means of j patchwork quilts,'the quilts to be formed of; patches, each containing a text of Scripture printed in indellible ink. James Jeffries, a conservative member I of the Louisiana Legislature, has commenced suit for damages against Sheridan et al. for "interfering with his rights in ejecting him from a place where he was pursuing his lawful business." Some young men in Vienna, Austria, nave iormea a matrimonial league. Jivery member of the league must be the son of a man of property and must pledge himself to marry a poor girl; one who has neither dowery nor expectations, and must forfeit 10,000 florins if he violates the pledge. The commercial review of the past year shows that in regard to the exports and imports, we had an advantage both ways. For the whole country, the figures show that our exports in 1873-74, exceeded those of the previous year by 845,000,000, aud our imports decreased 868,000,000, which gave us a help of SI 13,000,000. This is a happy result. In the election for President in 1876 the thirty-seven States of the Union will choose 366 electors. Those States in which slavery lately existed will choose 138 of them. The New England States, together with New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, will choose 113, and the twelve States lying west of the Ohio, in which slavery did not exist, will choose the remaining 115. The leading Liberal Republicans of New York have had several consultations lately, and resolved that the organization be maintained. It was asserted however, that the Democracy throughout the State has been apparently inclined to greater independence since the election, and has been less willing to concede anything to the Liberals, while the Republicans are disposed to treat them with more consideration. The German Democratic central, executive and general committees of New York city held a meeting Friday, at which a number of resolutions were passed denouncing the Prtsideut and Cabinet for violations of the constitution by the military inteference in Louisiana. They denounce, in strong language, Sheridan's dispatches in which he calls a large portion of the people of Louisiana banditti and asks for authority to try them by military law. They also demand his dismissal from the service. The New York Herald, of Sunday, says: "Col. Delany, who ran as lieutenant-governor on the Green ticket, against the Chamberlain party in South Carolina last November, was among the visitors at the mayor's office during the day. The colonel, who is a black, is an eloquoot speaker, and stumped the State during the campaign. He had quite a long chat with the mayor and Col. Harrison about the conditiom of the South, and stated that he intended soon to deliver an address in this city on the South for the enlightenment of the Nothern mind. The colonel was a missionary in Africa fifteen years ago, and served during the war in a regiment which went from this State." The report of the Massachusetts board of education shows that sixty thousand children in that State are growing up in ignorance. That is about one-fifth of the whole number of children between five and fifteen. This is a fearful exhibit in so popular a section, where private instruction is so easy of access, and where the public schools provide amply for all. One reason of the amount of ignorance in Massachusetts is the demand made by factories on youthful labor, the scantiness of wages in manufacturing towns, and the necessity of all the members doing something for the support of the family. The remedy for the evil, accordiug to the Boston Post, lies in a stringent factory act and a law for compulsory education. The followingstatistic9 of the production and consumption of paper are furnished by a Vienna journal: It appears that there are 3,000 paper manufacturers in the world, eraploying 80,000 men and 180,000 women, besides the 100,000 employed in the rag trade; 1,809,000,000 pounds of paper are produced annually. One-half is used in printing, a sixth for writing, and the remainder for packing and other purposes. The United States averages 17 pounds per head, an Englishman consumes 111 pounds, a German 8 pounds, a Frenchman 7 pounds, an Italian pounds, a Spaniard 11 pounds, and a Russian only 1 pound annually on an average. This would indicate that the Americans are the most extensive reading people in the world. The Palace Hotel, in San Francisco, which is to be ready for occupancy by September, is an immense establishment. It is seven stories high, built of brick, iron and stone. Twenty-six huudred tons of iron were used in its construction and 22,000,000 bricks. There are 755 rooms for guests in the hotel, and it is intended to furnish accommodation for 1,200 persons. The ventilation embraces 2,042 distinct flues, laid in the walls and ascending to the roof. Thirteen hundred persons were employed on the building at one time, 1,000 eras lights being required for the night force. The hotel was erected bv Mr. W. C. Ralston. president of the Bank of California, and Mr. Sharrou,the Republican senator from Nevada. The cost for the ground, building and furniture is 83,250,000. The Boston Post, of the 19th instant, says: "The Washington Light Iufantry of Charleston, S. C., propose to hold a fair in that city on the 1st of February, for the relief of the widows and orphans of their deceased members, and they solicit the aid of military friends and others in the different States, in accomplishing their benevolent purpose^ A direct appeal has been made to the military of this city, and a meeting will be held this evening, January 19, at the armory of the Boston Light Dragoons, Boylston Hall, at 7J j o'clock, to consider the subject of having a "Boston table" at the fair, as evidence of the sympathy of the militia in this State with | their brother soldiers of Charleston. It is hoped that this meeting will be fully attended, and measures adopted indicative of the generosity of the militia of Massachusetts." It seems that the United States is not the only country in which most of the bankrupt cases are handled more to the advantage of bankrupt officials than anxious creditors. Thus in a late English paper we find that in 1873, 347 bankrupt estates were wholly absorbed by legal costs; that only 23 bankrupts were discharged out of 4,437 in four years ; that 500 trustees were summoned before the courts at the instance of the comptroller for neglecting duty ; that 10 trustees had been removed from office, 16 had become bankrupt, 10 had been committed to prison for contempt of court, and 41 were not to be louna ; ana finally that the average cost of realizing assets | was 68 per cent., while in 135 cases it was 100 per cent. The extent of bankruptcy in England is shown by the aggregate liabilities of the bankrupts, which in 1872, were ?14,287,-1 408 ; in 1873 they were ?16,184,812. The New York Times says : "It is refreshing to be able to allude once more to the hearty and frank manner in which Conserva-, tives of South Carolina second the efforts of their political opponents to secure financial and general reform in the State, and to the ready manner in which they give those opponents credit for their praiseworthy course. -Governor Chamberlain certainly can count on the moral support of all men, who are honorable and decent in the State, in his proposed crusade against m i sgo vera men t, and he is therefore doubly bound to accomplish some definite changes in the condition of affairs. If the political aspects of all the Southern States were to-day as encouraging as that of South Carolina is, despite the loug era of misrule and thievery with which she has been cursed, the whole country might well rejoice. It is reassuring to find that party lines are, even in sections where they have heretofore been most strictly drawn, becoming incapable of keeping apart men who desire to work together for the common weal." $hc fforkvillc (inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 28, 1875. IIow to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-oilice, 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 peryear, and is payable in advance at the post office where the paper is received. Watch the Figures.?1The date on 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 PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 19th, a memorial was presented asking an appropriation of 820,000 for the relief of the destitute colored women and children of the District of Columbia. A report from the conference committee on the tariff bill was concurred in. Pending the consideration of the legislative, executive and ? t mi -i n a. j! judicial appropriation duj, ine oenaieaujuurued. The House proceedings were of no special importance. In the Senate, on the 20th, the Vice-Presideut presented a memorial of the Conservative members of the Louisiaua Legislature, giving their view of the recent military interference with their organization. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was passed. Among the appropriations is one of $5,400 for the assay office at Charlotte, N. C., and among the provisions, one continuing the office of Assistant United States Treasurer, at Charleston, S. C. The fortification bill was also passed. Mr. Clayton, of Arkansas, introduced a bill,* the purport of which is to make membership of the White Leagues and similar organizations a felony, punishable by imprisonment at hard labor for a period not exceeding ten years, and a fine not exceeding $10,000. In the House, Mr. O'Brien, of Maryland, asked leave to offer a resolution, which was objected to, calling on the President to inform the House by what authority the Courts of Vicksburg, Mississip pi, were interfered with by the United States army. In the Senate, on the 21st, the House bill in reference to the Southern claims commission was reported. As reported by the committee, the bill extends the time in which claims may be filed. A bill was passed to fix the rank and pay of retired officers of the army. An adverse report was made on the bill to reduce the President's salary. Pending the consideration of a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution to change the mode of electing the President and Vice-President, the Senate adjourned. In the House, the Indiau appropriation bill was defeated. The report of the committee of conference on the tariff bill was agreed to. A resolution was reported expelling Cannon, the Mormon delegate from Utah, the reason therefor being his alleged polygamous practices. In the Senate, on the 22nd, credentials were x-J -f!) J on,1 Plnnl,. preseilieu Ul uajmu, ui i^uianaic, ?.uu A uivubuck, of Louisiana, as Senators elect from the respective States. The condition of affairs in Louisiana was discussed, and the Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House, Mr. O'Brien offered a resolution of enquiry in reference to military interference with the courts at Vicksburg, but objection being made the bill was withdrawn. A number of private bills were passed, aud the House adjourned until Monday. In the Senate, on the 25th, Mr. Robertson presented the joint resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking an appropriation of $100,000 to deepen the harbor of Charleston. The Chair laid before the Senate ? letter frnm the Seeretarv of War. in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence in relation to Louisiana affairs; ordered to he printed and referred to the committee on privileges and electious. Iu the House, a large number of bills were introduced aud referred, and also several petitions. Among the bills are the following: To regulate telegraphic tolls; to aid Southern railroads, and to appropriate 350,000 for the improvement of Etowah river iu Georgia. Petitions were presented against the reiiuactrnent of the duty on tea and coffee. Butler moved to take up the civil rights bill, but his motion was voted down by 147 to 93. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Gov.Chamberlain has appointed Wm. B. Williams, of York, a Notary Public. ? Ex-Governor Moses and ex-Treasurer Parker have formed a law partnership and hung out a shingle in Columbia, ? Efforts are being made in Charleston, wiih a good prospect of success, for establishing in that city a strong local fire and marine iusurance company. ? Mr. M. H. Nathan, for a quarter of a century, chief of the unarieston nre uepartraent, died in New York on Wednesday of last week from Bright's disease of the kidneys. ? Chief Justice Moses has appointed Judge Townsend to hold an extra term of the circuit court in Williamsburg county, in consequence of the continued illness of Judge Green. ? Gen. McGowau has omitted to file notice of contest in the matter of llogo's seat in the next Congress. The law requires that sixty days' notice be given prior to the meetiug of Congress, and the time is now too short to do so. He may, however, file a protest. ? Robert M. Liudsay, B. F. Powell and Peyton B. Darwin, of York county, have been drawn to serve as grand jurors at the April term of the United States Circuit Court. W. Holmes Hardin, of Chester, has been drawn to serve as a petit juror. ? Governor Chamberlain has made the following appointments of trial justices for Chester county : W. A. Sanders, C. H. Ragsdale, John Dickey, Robert Culp, A. C. Elder and George L. McXeel. He has also accepted 1 the resignation of B. G. Yoeum as Sheriff*, and removed Little Daniels and T. B. Ferguson, trial justices. | ? The Nem and Courier says that a large piece of the Confederate ram Charleston, ; which was blown up in Cooper river to pre; vent it from falling into the hands of the j federal forces, hqs been landed at Railroad Accomodation wharf by Prof. Maillefert's . wrecking flat. The piece weighs some twen- j ty-five or thirty tons, and is upward of seven- j ty feet long. Another piece, almost as large, was lauded some weeks ago. These huge I fragments are to be cut up aud will be shipped to Northern foundries. It is believed that but a small portion of the Charleston now re- j mains to be lifted out of the river. ? Hon. L. C. Carpenter has introduced a ' bill in the federal house of representatives providing for the creation of the "western judicial district of South Carolina." It pro- j vides that that portion of the State of South ! Carolina comprising the counties of Pickens, i Oconee, Anderson, Abbeville, Greenville, j Spartanburg, York, Lancaster, Darlington, j Kershaw, Chester, Fairfield, Union, Laurens, j Newberry, Edgefield, Aiken, Richland, Lexington, Sumter aud Clarendon, and all territory embraced therein which may hereafter i be erected into new counties, shall hereafter I j constitute a new judicial district, to be called J the western district of South Carolina; and the circuit and district courts for the United States for the said western district of South Carolina shall be held iu the towns of Columbia aud Greenville, within said district. The eastern district shall hereafter consist of the counties not named above, the terms of which shall be held in Charleston. MERE-MENTION. The corn crop of 1874 is only a little over eight hundred millions bushels?one hundred and twenty millions less than it was the year before. The New York Sun suggests that the best thing President Grant can do is to issue a proclamation declaring Pinchback, of Louisiana, a bandit, and then have Sheridan shoot him. After the 4th of March, there will be twenty-one democratic houses of representatives and twenty-one democratic governors. Fires, consuming ?10,714,905 worth of property, occurred in the New England States during the past year. It is proposed iu the Georgia Legislature to reenact the usury laws. The town of Mar blehead, Mass., produces 64,000,000 worth of shoes annually, of which three-fourths are children's. The Tennessee Senate has elected Miss Emily Peyton, of Summer county, engrossing clerk. There were six other candidates, of whom four were women The Directory of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, has declared a semiannual dividend of 3 per cent., payable on the 1st of April next. This is something unusual for a Southern railroad. The apple crop of Connecticut in 1874 was worth 82,000,000. Georgia boasts of 115,330 white voters against84,220 colored ones At latest advices, snow was three feet deep in Minnesota. Stokes' petition for a pardon was elegantly printed and bound. On Thursday last, at Manchester, New Hampshire,the thermometer marked twenty-five degrees below zero. There are 21,208 Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry in the United States. There are in the State of Georgia 27,535,639 acres of improved land, valued in the aggregate at 896,511,935. The Great Desert of Africa has nearly the dimen sions of the United States. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? There are now before the Legislature, bills to create no less than eight new counties. ? The Legislature adopted resolutions condemnatory of the recent action of General Sheridan in Louisiana. ? Four white storekeepers were sent to the penitentiary from Northampton county, last week, for buying stolen cotton from negroes. ? The residence of Henry B. Williams, of Charlotte, was consumed by fire on Saturday morning last. The fire originated from the stove pipe iu the kitcheu. Loss about $3000. ? Joseph W. Holden, Mayor of Raleigh, died of dropsy, at the residence of his father, in that city, on Thursday last, iu the thirtythird year of his age. ? The Aurora says the requisite amount of ' ? ?i :L_.I c?.1 capital mis oeen suusmuen iui tuc jmijjuoc of erecting a sewing machine factory at Shelby, and that the necessary machinery will be put in operation at an early day. ? The grand jury of Wake has found 2200 indictments iu that county against parties for failing to list their poll taxes. Fourteeu hundred of these indictments are confined to Raleigh township. ? In the contested case of Mr. G. T. Mockridge, of Philadelphia, praying to enter 175,000 acres of public land in Mitchell aud McDowell counties, which was heard before Judge Watts, in Raleigh, the Judge decided in favor of the petition, on the ground that Mr. Mockridge has signified his purpose to become a citizen, and had since actually become a resident of the State. ? The Charlotte Democrat says : Last week W. R. Myers, Esq., of this city, paid 825 in gold to Wiley Morrow, and 810 in gold toHenry Williams, both colored, as a reward to the two largest cotton-growers out of ten one-horse croppers on his lands. Wiley and | Henry raised eleven bales of cotton each with ; one horse, and all other necessary farm pro! C?A l,naof | UlieiS IU ICCU liiuu aim utiHh NEWS OF THE DAY. ? A serious fire occurred in the Navy Department at Washington on Monday last. ? The Appleton Manufacturing Company, of Lowell, Mass., has started 250 looms that j have been idle ten weeks. | ? The contest for U. S. Senator from Tenj nessee, at latest advices, had narrowed down i between ex-Governor Brown and Andrew ; Johnson. j ? A lengthy line of narrow gauge railroad ! has been commenced in Virginia, to run from i Harrisonburg and through West Virginia, to i the Ohio river. ? The Railroad Gazette reports 204 persons ! : killed and 978 injured by railroad accidents during the past year, against 276 killed and 1283 injured during the year previous. ! ? \V. H. Weeks, the colored Assistant Sec- J retary of State of Louisiana, was killed in New Orleans last Friday night by George Paris, colored Tax Assessor, in an altercation j about a woman. 1 ? The accounts of the great snow slides in Utah and Nevada, as reported by Western j papers, give a vivid picture of the dangers. and terrors of winter in the mining canons of! the far West. Among the recent casualties j is one reported to have occurred in Nevada, by which twenty-eight wood-choppers were! killed. ? Postmaster General Jewell recently dis-} missed from theservice21 special mail agents, among them R. I). Beckley, a colored man of, Alexandria, Va. On being remonstrated with for dismissing Beckley, on the ground that he was the only colored man in that branch of the service, Mr. Jewell is reported to have answered that he had "no more use for a negro in that service than the devil hjis for gunpowder in hell." ? Barbour Lewis, of Tennessee, has presented in Congress a petition signed by 300 color ed people, in different portions of the South, j asking that some portion of the South or j South-western territory be set apart for their I exclusive use, with similar protection by the ; United States Government to tint now given | by law to the Cherokee, Chocta w and Semi-! nole Indians. THE TROUHLES^IN EDGEFIELD. The Edgefield Advertiser furnishes the following in regard to the burning of Gen. But- | ler's house in that county, reference to which ' was made iu the issue of the Enquirer of! last week: As most of our readers are already aware,; the lawlessness and malice of the negroes in { Merriwether township have culminated in | their burning the house and home of our pa-! triotic and beloved fellow-citizen, Gen. M. C. Butler. This occurred a week ago?on Wednesday uight, the 13th instant. Gen. Butler j at the time wus in Augusta, ten miles distant. ; The fire was discovered between nine aud ten I o'clock. Mrs. Butler had not retired to bed, I but her four children had. The eldest son is | away at school. She had scarcely time to get them up and out?not a moment to save even the most treasured heirloom. Everything was lost?not only furniture, books, law library, Ac., but even iewelrv and silver?much of it j old and handsome. Gen. Butler's loss is enormous, and our whole county is moved with sympathy, and with indignation at his misfortune. Before the house fell in?it was built very high off the ground?the faggots and | splinters of lightwood, placed by the incen-j diary, were discovered. The nearest neigh- i bors are a mile or a mile and a half off. Before they could reach the scene, the work of destruction was complete. Gen. Butler and his family will reside in our town until their house shad be rebuilt. Mrs. Conway Mason's handsome residence, in the Gilgal section of Edgefield county, was burned between three and four o'clock, Monday morning, 11th instant. This was also manifestly the work of an incendiary. Mrs. Mason's loss is. Between $5,000 and $6,000, hardly anything being saved from the building. Mrs. and Miss Lanier, who were visiting Mrs. Mason at the time, experienced a loss of fully five hundred dollars. Circumstances pointed unerringly to the fact that an incendiary had been at work at Gen. Butler's house. A pile of lightwood shavings and other combustible materials, found under one corner of the burning building, showed how the fire had been communicated. A negro man had been seen lurking about the premises during the day, and suspicion was at once directed to him. Ou the night of the loth, a party of gentlemen called at the house of the suspected negro, who, however, fled at their approach. Several shots were fired at him, but apparently without ef feet, tie was afterward arrested, awl confessed that he had set fire to Gen. Butler's house, having been hired to do so by Ned Tcnnent. Upon this information Gen. Butler had a warrant issued, Monday, for Tenuent's arrest. The warrant was placed in the hands of constables, all colored, who proceeded in quest of Tennent. The latter, however, resisted. He and his partisans turned their weapons on the officers, and declared their determination not to be arrested, either by black or white. The officers then applied to Gen. Butler to raise a posse to assist them in arresting Tennent, and Gen. Butler, with eight or ten of his neighbors, went on Tuesday with the officers to find him and serve the warrant. While passiug along a road in the afternoon, the party was suddenly fired on from an ambush, when they returned the fire. A number of negroes?among them Ned Tennent?retreated from the bushes under a fire from the posse * i mi . 1 1 and escaped, ine oracers captured several army gnus which had heeti left behind, with buyoueta fixed on them. The officers and posse finding it impossible to capture Tennent that evening, returned to the point from whence they started. When the negroes who were in ambush, Tuesday, fled so hastily, they left behind several guns and bayonets. These proved to be the same distributed to Tennent'e militia at Edgefield Court-house by Col. Cain, and which Gov. Chamberlain promised the committee should be returned to the custody of the State without delay. Ou Tuesday night, as Mr. Joseph Merriwether was leaving Dr. McKie's house, ten or fifteen 9hots were fired at him. Dr. McKie himself was called to some negroes who were wounded in the skirmish reported above. On his return he reported that he had seen three wounded negroes, two of whom were mortally hurt. As he was returuing along the highway he was fired upon twice. One of the balls went through I119 pants near the hip, and the other struck his horse back of the saddle, seriously wounding the animal. When it is remembered that Dr. McKie had gone to see the negroes at their own request, and that it was on his return from this errand of mercy that his life was put in such danger by the friends of the wounded men, the savage char? rr?r??nnf nnrl K i a u/1 k nfo nfa of a nil rvnf nUtCI Ul ICUUtill auu invj uutiwibura oiuuu vuv in bold relief. The following dispatch was received in Augusta on Tuesday: To L. A. Ransom, Esq.The ball has opened. Assemble all the men you can and come immediately. In haste. A. P. Butler. Mr. Ransom is a member of the Sweetwater ar Currytown Sabre Club. In response to the note he proceeded at once to Gen. Butler's place with other members of the company. On Wednesday, about noon, another courier arrived with a request for further reinforcements. A number of young men immediately left for the scene of action, and several others followed later in the afternoon. A gentleman who arrived in Augusta on Wednesday evening, traveled right through the disturbed neighborhood. Up to that time no other collisions than those reported above had occurred that he heard of. He was challenged twice on the road by armed squads of Tennent's militia. They had breech-loading guns. lie confirmed the news that the whole neighborhood was arming, and that serious apprehensions were felt that a fight would ensue whenever another effort was made to arrest Tennent. On Thursday last, Judge Mackey visited Edgefield for the purpose of investigating the cause of the troubles. The P/uenix, of Sunday, gives the following as the condition of affairs at the latest advices : "I)r. Barker returned yesterday, from a visited to Edgefield Court-house, and also to Augusta, Ga., where he had an interview with General M. C. Butler. The General says that, after the burning of his house, he took out a warrant for the arrest of a suspected colored man, who confessed to being the incendiary, but that Ned Tennent had paid him ?50 for doing the job. A warrant was then : ? J C rP i ...1 I issueu iur xttimeui, wnu reiuscu iu uc , This information was conveyed to General Butler, who asked the Trial Justice what posse he required. The reply was, that as Tennent had about fifteen men with him, that number would be sufficient. A party wa3 se-: lected by General Butler, who immediately; accompanied the officer. Before they discov- j ered the Tennent party, they were fired upon ; i the fire was returned, and several were injur-1 ed, but nobody seriously. Tennent and party j then fled. Judge Mackoy went to Edgefield, | issued a warrant, and Tennent was arrested J and lodged in jail, where he now is. The Judge also issued a warrant for General Butler and some parties connected with die attempted arrest. Gen. Butler went to Edge- j field yesterday, to give himself up?feeling satisfied that he had. acted within the law. Dr. Barker reports everything quiet in Edge- j field, and that Judge Mackey was to address i the citizens yesterday, at 2 o'clock. Several j colored citizens arrived here yesterday, in a: ; terrible state of excitement. The above is ; j the substance of the report made by Dr. Bar- j ker to Gov. Chamberlain. The members of: the Legislature ape endeavoring to raise sub-; scriptions for those who, it is claimed, were j forced to leave their homes." LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Bloom lield it Otis, New York?New Scale Pianos. J. H. Clawson, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?Petition to call in Lien Creditors?In the Matter of Samuel Anderson, Bankrupt. H. F. Adickes?Valentines. W. H. it J. P. Herndon?Steel Plows. J. H. Clawson, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?2nd General Meeting?In the Matter of'II. E. McFadden, Bankrupt. Yorkvillo Furniture Store?Brackets?StovesStove Pans?Repairing?Cradles?Wardrobes?Towel Racks?Bedsteads?TablesChairs. T. M. Dobson it Co.?Guano?Bivingsville Shirting? Calicoes?Dress Goods?Alpacas?Kid Shoes?Plow Shoos?Boulevards?Initial Paper?Traveling Bags?Slates?ShawlsMeal Bags?Rim Locks?Handsaws?Pad Locks?Augers and Chisels?Cartridges? Powder and Fuse?Calfskin Shoes?Chewing Tobacco?Segars. C. G. Parish, Agent?Removal?Nails and Iron? Coffee and Sugar?Salt?Canned Goods? Wanted?Shirting?Axes. John C. Kuykeiulal?No Injury?A Great Comfort?Out at Last?Pintedly So?Cut this Jeffervs it Metts, Agents?The most liberal Cotton Option now Offered. Rev D. Harrison?Male School. A. Williford?More young Horses?Corn Wanted?Fodder Wanted. NEW PAPER AT SHELBY. We have received the first issue of the Auroia, a paper just commenced at Shelby, N. C., by Mr. J. P. Babington. The Aurora is neatly printed, and the number before us gives evidence of talent in the editorial department. MURDER OF A CHILD. On Friday last, J. B. Williams, Esq., acting as Coroner, held an inquest on the dead body of a negro child aged about three years, the step-daughter of Joe Miller, living on the plantation of Mr. Scott Wilson, near Brattonsville. The evidence proved that the child came to its death on the 21st instant, from burns maliciously inflicted by its step-father, Joe Miller, on the 19th. Joe absented himself before the child died, and has not yet been arrested. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. On Monday last, while William and Calhoun Alexander were engaged in chopping a log, a few miles south of town, William received a blow from Calhoun's axe, cuttiug the bone and tendon above the aukle, and also the bone of the heel. Dr. H. G. Jackson was at once called to the wounded man, and after ascertaining the extent of the injury, called to his aid Dr. Lindsay and Surgeon Rector of the garrison. The wound, though quite serious, is not regarded as likely to prove fatal. THE CASE OF JOHN T. SIIAW. In our report of the proceedings of the late term of the Circuit Court, we by some means omitted to mention the case of John T. Shaw, who was indicted on the charge of arson, the complaint being that while incarcerated in the guard-house at Rock Hill, he set fire to the building in order to facilitate his escape from confinement. A number of witnesses were examined for the prosecution and the defense?the former conducted by Mr. Solicitor Brawley, and the latter by T. J. Bell and A. M. Mackey, Esqrs. After the case was fully heard, thejury rendered a verdict of not guilty. COLORED METHODIST CHURCH. Rev. Charles E. Butler, (colored) for the past two years pastor of the colored Methodist Episcopal church at this place, has been assigned to Union C. H., and is succeeded here by Rev. James A. Brown, (colored.) We take pleasure in recording the fact that during Rev. Butler's ministration here, by his agreeable manners and upright conduct, he gained the esteem of the public, and as a token of their regard, a number of the white citizens joined his congregation in making hiru a handsome and substantial present on his taking leave of this community fcr his new field of labor. THE TAXES. Up to Tuesday last, the taxes paid into the treasurer's office of this county amounted to 866,921.49, of a total assessment of $76,311,83. Of about 5000 names on the tax-books liable for taxation, 4267 receipts were issued, leaving from 750 to 800 delinquents, mostly small tax-payers. The twenty per cent, penalty attaches after Saturday next, but from the proverbial promptness with which our people discharge the obligations imposed by taxation, it is probable that the books will be very nearly closed by the limited time. Iu j the discharge of his duties, Treasurer Watson has shown an accommodating disposition toward the tax-payers, doing everything consistent with his trust to favor all classes, and to his courtesy they will bear equal testimony as those to whom he has to account must concede his promptness and fidelity as an officer. TRANSFERS OI' REAL ESTATE. The following are the transfers of real estate recorded iu the office of the County Auditor since our last report: H. F. Adickes to Mary L. Alexander. House and lot iu Yorkville. Consideration $1500. R. Lathan to H. F. Adickes. Lot in York ville. Consideration sjlou. R. Lathan to A. C. McPlieeters. House and lot in Yorkville. Consideration 8900. John C. Kuykendal to Francis E. Smith. Lot of 3 acres in Yorkville. Consideration 850. W. I. Clawson to Sarah A. Armstrong. Tract of 106 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration 8212. H. B. Wallace to Jas. S. Hemphill. Tract of 84 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration 8595. J. W. Harris to J. C. Joues. Tract of 129 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration 8900. A. M. Jackson to II. B. Wallace. Tract of 85 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration 8125. R. H. Glenn,Sheriff, to W. J. Trent. Tract of 153 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration 8429. S. E. Carroll to R. M. Carroll. One-half interest in 185 acres of land in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration 8725. -rv ? > ii. t ur n 11 HP I K. M. Uarroii to j. >y. i^arron. jli-uul ui 65 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration 8350. E. C. Black and others to R. G. Parker. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 8125. J. T. Matthews to R. E. Cooper. Tract of 21 acres in Ebenezer township. Considera- j tion 8147. S. M. Fewell to W. B. Fewell. Tract of 88 acres in Catawba township. Consideration 81000. J. Williford to J. C. Poag. Tract of 2* acres in Catawba township. Consideration 825. W. B, Williams to F. H. Brown. House and lot in Ebenezer township. Consideration j 8300. T. A. Douglass and others to Sarah J. | Campbell. Tract of 53 acres in Ebenezer j township. Consideration 8400. S. J. Campbell to Joseph Miller. Tract of! 53 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration 8400. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to James J. White. Tract of 50 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration S28V". I. D. Withersponn to F. H. Brown, One- j half interest in tract of 220 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $882. John Chambers to John H. Barry and J. L. Stacy. Tract of 484 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $3472. Thomas L. Johnston to Matilda N. Williamson. Lot in Rock Mill. Consideration $75. T. J. Carroll to S. W. Robinson. Tract of 12 acres iu York township. T. J. Carroll to Wra. Finley. Lot of 3 acres in York township. J. M. Erwin and others to A. A. Barron. Tract of 125 acres iu Bethesda township. Consideration $500. Thos. L. Johnson to Margaret J. O'Neal. Lot iu Rock Hill. Consideration $125. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. CM Siauip jruur i/itccas. Revenue detectives are visiting various towns in this State, looking up violations of the law requiring checks to be stamped. The opinion seems to prevail, not only by some business men in this State, but throughout the country, that the law requiring checks to be stamped has been repealed. As an instance of what this erroneous impression might lead to, a Washington dispatch says : "In the vaults of one bank in a prominent city, enough cases of the omission of stamps on checks were found to break the bank, if the penalties had been enforced." Several of the Charleston banks have recently been visited, and in some cases, says the News and Courier, quite a number of unstamped checks were found. We also learn that the bank, as well as private individuals at Spartanburg, have beeu visited within the last few days by detectives, and it is probable that the investi- j gation will be general. The revenue officials regard a failure to cancel a check by affixing initials and date as a more serious offense even than the failure to affix a stamp. The Trial of Humbert. The case of the State vs. ex-County Treasurer, J. L. Humbert, of Orangeburg, on ??r ..ffi/iiul midnnnrlnpf frifld flt. V/liai gCO UI UUiViai iwiavvaiuMW) ???.v ? - | Orangeburg, before Judge Reed, on Thursday last. The News and Courier says that "when the case was called, the counsel for Humbert said that a solemn agreement had been entered into between Solicitor Buttz and Humbert to the effect that Humbert would be used as a witness against ex-Governor Moses, and that no case whatever should come up against Humbert. Judge Reed called upon the solicitor to explain, and Mr. Buttz stated that Humbert desired to become a State witness against Gov. Moses ; that he had heard his statement now, and it was so much at variance with the statement he previously made that he did not feel bound to regard any promise which was made only in consideration of what Humbert had said during the last term. One thing was evident. Humbert had made misstatements then, or now, and could not be relied on now as evidence against Moses. The court inquired if the solicitor intended to give out another indictment against Muses and Humbert. Mr. Buttz replied that he did not at this term. Mr. Knowlton asked the court to direct the solicitor to prepare such an indictment that Humbert might be used as a State witness. This the court declined to do." Humbert took the stand for the defense and in his evidence he charged Senator Andrews and ex-Governor Moses with preventing him from making the proper returns, by obtaining the mouey from him on false pretenses. The *was Mien piven to the iurv without areu v*"ww " "" O' " ' J / o raent, pro or con. The jury returned in about fifteen raiuutes with a verdict of guilty. The solicitor then offered a motion that sentence be pronounced upon the prisoner at once. The court sentenced Humbert to one year's imprisonment at hard labor, in the State penitentiary, and a fine of $1000. Ten indictments against Humbert and School Commissioner McKinlay for forgery lie over until the next term. The President's Louisiana Policy. Washington dispatches represent that President Grant has been considering what course he shall pursue should Congress adjourn without taking any more defiuite action in regard to Louisiana than heretofore. He says that duriug the last two years he has been guided by but one impulse in the performance of what he has considered his share of duty, under the Constitution, that of preserving order in the Southern States, and protecting all classes of citizens in the enjoyment of their rights. He was always reluctant to interfere in the internal affairs of the Southern States, and now, after waiting in vain for Congress to mark out a course for him, he has determined to wait no longer than the close of the present session before entering upon a policy of his own. The President has therefore decided that should the Senate admit Pinchback to the seat he is now claiming by virtue of an election by the Kellogg Legislature, he will consider that action as equivalent to a recognition by the Senate of the Kellogg government, and he will continue to support it as he has for the past two years. But should the Senate adjourn, leaving Pinchback still knocking in vain for admission, he will interpret this action as indicating that the Senate is unwilling to recognize the legality of the Kellogg Government, and will therefore consider himself bound to uphold it no longer. The position the President now holds, therefore, is this: If Congress, by a special act, makes known to him its wishes in regard to Louisiana he will execute those wishes; or if it does not pass such an act, but the Senate seats Pinchbak, he will consider that as sufficient warrant for him to continue to support Kellogg. But if nothing is done then he will, in the spriug, withdraw the United States troops from Louisiana, leaving only enough to garrison the forts on the Mississippi below New Orleans, and leave Kellogg to take care of himself without the aid of United States soldiers. [Communicated.] IMMIGRATION. The following is a list of self-sustaining immigrants sent to puints along the Air-Line Railroad, during the last ten weeks, through the Palmetto State Immigration agency, New York, all the immigrants payiug their own expenses : TO GREENVILLE AND VICINITY. George Black, farmer, Irish ; Geo. Kenny, druggist, Irish ; James A. Williams, carpenter, American; Rufus Lent, wife and three children, painter, American ; \Yilliam Field- j ing, William Barlow, Robert Shaw, weavers,! English ; Martin Callahan, carpenter, Irish ; j William Ingliss, farmer, Scotch; John Simmers, farmer, Scotch ; James Lawson, machi- i nist, German; James Lawson, jun., cigar-j maker, German ; Joseph McLanklin, laborer,1 American ; John Crawford, laborer, Irish ; David Dawkins and wife, farmer, English ; A. M. Gyles, farmer, Euglish ; M. Challen-! ger, cabinet-maker, American ; E. W. Dover, mechanic, American ; Charles Ackerman, wife and two children, farmer, American ; M. Ackerman, farmer, American; Durwin Edmond, farmer, American ; W. H. Duggin, i farmer, American ; E. J. Burleigh and wife, Farmer) American ;';}ohn Graham, farmer, American ; C. A. Foye, farmer, American ; John H. DeBorgh, farmer, Irish ; W. R. Lincoln, wife and two sons, farmer, American ; Fred. Greene, farmer, American ; R. S. Miller, farmer, American ; James Water, painter, American, Gus. Rogers, wife and child, farmer, French ; David Moore, wife and two children, farmer, Irish ; John Deveraux, laborer, Irish ; William. F. Freeman, wife and three children, farmer, American; James Matthews wife and four children, farmer, Irish ; Geo. R. Page, wheelwright, American ; W. H. Couray, painter, American ; James A. Wattles, farmer, American ; Thomas Baxter, painter, American ; John Moore, farmer, Irish. to charlotte, n. c. John Crockett wife and child, mechanic, Scotch; John Stewart, carpenter, Scotch; James Ward, farmer, American. to gaffney's station, s. c. Thomas Riley, carpenter, American ; John Harrison, wife and five children, carpenter, English; E. Foggett, carpenter, English ; Julius Hennett, carpenter, German ; George Stewart wife and child, tinman, English. J The above is an accurate report, from Til man R. Gaines, of his immigration efforts duriug the past three months. All the parties paid their own expepes to their places and had more or less money, tools, furniture &c., J besides. This kind of self-sustaining immigration has now begun in earnest, and will increase rapidly, as all who have settled along j the Piedmont Railroad are sending back good j reports. Surely this report will gratify the I friends of select immigration all over the State, and cause all to lend assistance and cooperation in a work destined to enrich the State to so great an extent. Mr. Gaines informs us that many capitalists are beginning to look Southward. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, January 25, 1875. The anniversary celebration of the organization of the Stonewall Fire Engine Company of Chester, takes place to-night. The entertainment is-expected to equal in brilliancy, if not entirely eclipse, the Masonic entertainment giving during the holidays, of which mention was made iu my correspondence at the time. In additiou to the members of the company and a considerable number of invited guests from this place, Hon. Zeb. Vance, from North parolina, the officers of the fire companies of Charlotte, and the officers of the fire companies of Rock Hill and Winnsboro are invited, and are expected to be present upon the happy occasion. The distinguished gentleman from the old North State, whose oratorical powers are known and appreciated throughout the Carolinas, if not throughout the entire counwIH sl/Miktloaa faonr fha pnmnanv With Itljt TF III uwu 4MVV1 vuv .? one of his happiest efforts. The toasts to be 1 giveD on the occasion will call forth responses from speakers from home and abroad, and the evening will fairly sparkle with scintillations of wit and genius. Expectation is on tip-toe, fur in point of magnificence of scale it will far surpass the preceding anniversary celebrations, which were highly successful and enjoyable affairs. Major T. S. Mills, the Captain of the Stonewall Fire Engiue Company of Chester, is exceedingly popular, and will doubtless be iu command of the company as long as he desires to retain the positiou. At the last anniversary celebration he was presented with a very handsome gold headed cane, in token of the esteem iu which he is held by the Stonewalls. This fire company has rendered excellent service since its organization. It was through their indefatigable efforts that the destructive fire of 1872, which laid in ashes one side of our principal street, was prevented from crossing on the other < side and completing the scene of destruction. The Stonewall Fire Company was organized on this day five years ago, immediately after a conflagration which swept away several stores. Long may it live and flourish. The firm of Smith & Melton was last week , dissolved by mutual consent. The senior member of the firm will retire from business, and eujoy in quietness the large pile of this world's goods he has been successful in accumulating during the past few years. Major G. \V. Melton will continue his operations in cotton, and thus endeavor to add to the store of riches he has been fortunate iu heaping up. The firm of Mitchell, Mills & Co., of Black stocks, has also been dissolved, and the business will in the future will be conducted by Mr. Mitchell. Messrs. Wilson & Cousar have moved into one of the magnificent store-rooms of the new building recently erected on Main street. The arrangements of the room are of such a nature as to meet fully all the requirements of the grocery and cotton business. In the rear of the storeroom is a large and commodious house adapted to the storage of cotton. Messrs. Wilson & Cousar are now splendidly fixed for the carrying on of their cotton operations. They are good business men, upon whom the goddess of fortune has bestowed a favoring smile. The beautiful store-rooms in the Wilkes'portiou of the new building, will be occupied in a very short time; one by Mr. R. Brandt, and the other by Mr. F. M. Torbit. The quality and quantity of the goods that will be exhibited to the public will doubtless be of a character to correspond with the beauty of the rooms. This structure, of a granite color, and with iron front, is an object of admiration by all beboldera. This will doubtless be a busy week with the ' treasurer of our county. The total tax levy of Chester county for the fiscal year beginning November 1st, 1874, is $68,000. About $25,000 of this amount remains unpaid, and must be paid before the 1st of February, or the penalty of twenty per cent, additional will attach. The hardness of the times is indicated by the disposition of so great a number of tax-payers to postpone the evil day of paying taxes until the expiring day of grace. If I am not mistaken, Governor Chamberlain recommeuded, and so directed the county treasurers, to allow sixty days for the collection of taxes, from the time of the opening of the books, before the penalty should attach. Treasurer Yocura opened his books on the 15th of December, and, consequently, should keep open until the 15th of February. An extension of two weeks for the payment of taxes would be of immense help to our people. From the published proceedings of the stockholders of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, it will be seen that 18,648 bales of cotton were shipped from Chester, over the road, from the 30th of September, 1873, to the same day in 1874. During the same time 12,060 bales were shipped from Rock Hill, and 11,421 bales from Winns? . /? i t . ..u: Doro. As ngures are proverDiai ior tening the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, the evidence is unmistakably clear on the side of Chester being far in advance of her sister towns as a cotton market. . Owing to the enhancement of the price, a considerable amount of cotton was brought in town and sold during the past week ; and, as a consequence, trade assumed its wonted liveliness, which had become unusually dull at this season, in consequence of the depression in the price of the fleecy staple. Rev. L. C. Hinton recently tendered his resignation as pastor of the Baptist Church at this place, and his resignation has been ac