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f traps and (facts. The grand-daughter of Thomas Jefferson is in Washington, seeking employment for herself and son. A. T. Stewart is said to contemplate building a hotel at Washington after the plan of the Grand Union at Saratoga. All the attorneys on the Tilton side of the great scandal case are Democrats ; on the Beecher side, Republicans. The way the Chicago saloon-keepers evade the civil rights act and keep out Sambo is to put up a sign, "Drinks $5, subject to discount." The discount for white men is 84.85 per drink. Old John Bender has confessed. He savs his son and daughter rnmmiftpd all the murders. This is even a more notable sacrifice than Artemus Ward was willing to make. He only offered up his wife's relations. The will of Benjamin F. Beekraan, of New York city, which has just been probated, gives the widow the interest on $10,000 while she is his widow, and the entire 610,000 if she marries again. The secretary of the treasury has decided to return to the old method of redeeming mutilated United States currency, under which a deduction was made proportioned to the portion of notes missing. The change will take place on the 1st proximo. All is not lovely among brethren of the Grange. The Patrons &f Husbandry in Iowa are splintering up into independent fragments. The reported grievance is that the Grange has lost all confidence in the national officers* and that the finances have been mismanaged. It is stated that thelate exhibition of the financial management of the National Grange will lead to a general withdrawal and abandonment of the concern. Prof. Donaldson contemplates .a balloon voyage from New York to London next autumn, the expenses to be paid by Wm. K, Belknap, of Cincinnati, George L. Bruce, of New York city, Nathaniel Grey Hadaway, of London, aud Narcisse Pelletier, of Paris. These gentlemen are to provide $40,000 for the expenses, and give the Professor $20,000 - if he makes the trip from New York to London within forty-eight hours, or $10,000 if he takes seventy-two hours. There is likely to be a good deal of il. _ r\\ _ i ? * uniusiuue m iue air iu wnio uuring me nexi campaign. Governor Allen, according to the Republican journals, indulges in profanity to that extent that it passes out under the door of his room in a blue fog whenever he becomes excited. The Hon. B. F. Wade has always had the reputation of being an expert in the same way, and Mr. John Robinson, the circus man, whom the Republicans have nominated for Mayor of Cincinnati, is-said to use expressions which would knock the bark off of a hickory tree. Vast quantities of property are being destroyed by the war in Cuba. In Trinidad twelve estates, producing over eight hundred thousand hogsheads of sugar, have been burned, aud in Villa Clara and Cienfuegos more than forty thousand hogsheads of the same commodity have been lost by inroads of the patriots. To this destruction of property must be added that in Sauga la Grande, consisting of twenty-seven large sugar estates, and also the sugar ware houses at Sierra Morena and Carahutas, numbering over sixty vast structures, well filled with sugar, waiting for transmission to Havana and other ports. A man named Merritt, from Troy, N. Y., has been prowling around the island of Dominica, in the West Indies, and has discovered something which very nearly resemhles the Bible descrintinn nf hpll Tt. is a hnt -??? " tomless lake of red-hot water boiling savagely, half a mile wide and two miles in circumference. In the centre, the seething mass shoots far into the air, and the arid, desolate shore is laved by steam. The water is heavily charged with sulphur. Merritt is the only American who has visited the horrible place. An English company is going to try to manufacture sulphur at the burning lake. The high water at the recent flood washed about four feet of earth from teu to fifteen acres of laud lying along the Tennessee . river, near Louisville, Blount county, Tenn. When the water subsided a strange spectacle was presented. The whole of the denuded area was covered with skeletons. Some were straight, some reclining, some doubled up, and 6ome in a sitting posture. There were the osseous forms of infants, of children, and of full-grown persons, over one thousand forms having been counted. Persons who have lived in the vicinity of this mysterious cemetery for more than half a century never heard of any human bones being discovered there before, and the skeletons are not found in a mound nor in what annpars to hp an artifipial formation of earth. Pfnchback, although avowing in Washington that he was delighted with the Senate's action in his case, wote to his friends in New Orleans in an entirely different strain. One colored statesnffcn received a letter fairly bursting with wrath at Gov. Kellogg, and full of threats against that patriot's life. In it Mr. Pinchback requested that his return, during the latter part of this week, be made the occasion of a triumphal ovation ; that a "spontaneous" public reception be arranged, and that he be met at the depot with a procession, torchlights and brass bands, and escorted like a conqueror to his home. All of the expense he would pay himself. With this demonstration as a send off, he proposed to begin, at once, the formation of a new party, whose chief purpose would be the destruction of Kellogg, Packard, Casey & Co. The New York World publishes a list of empty buildings and offices on Broadway, between Bowling Green and Fourteenth street, which it says is "really startling." Along this central thoroughfare, out of 850 numbers, 280 display the renting card occasionally for a single office, and in not a few cases for the whole building. Besides these, the notifications of deskroom to let are very frequent, indeed, showing a general desire in many quarters to lighten the rent. The side streets from Broadway, and which, for many styles of business, are fully as good as the main street itself, also show a good many offers "to let." Canal, Crosby, Green, Grand, Spring, Mercer, Warren and Walker streets, liHtrp mnnv finp stnrpq nnH lnfta waitinor fnr occupants. While thedwelling-house property is holding up well, the stores and offices are falling right and left. The World says the dullness does not seem to be confined to any special section of the city, or any particular business. It is a general business stagnation, a sort of after-wave of the panic of 73. There are about one-third more buildings now open to rent than there were a year or a year and a half ago. The temporary rentals which are made,are in many cases at a reduction of between thirty and forty per cent. The first blow at civil rights has been struck, and in the language of the ring it is a crusher. It comes, too, from a quarter which adds to its force. A judge of the United States Circuit Court has declared the bill unconstitutional, and directs the district attorney and the grand jury to disregard its provisions. This decision was pronounced at Memphis, Tennessee, on the 22d ultimo. It appears that several alleged violations of the law in Tennessee had been brought to the attention of the grand jury and of the district attorney. The law provides for the punishment of the district attorney and other officials who fail to prosecute such cases, and the grand jury wished to know their duty in the premises. They accordingly requested enlightenment from the court, which they received in the shape of a charge reviewing this statute and pronouncing upon its constitutionality. The judge declared the act unconstitutional, and instructed the jury that they had no right to find bills for violations of its provisions. The denial of the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages and privileges of hotels and theatres to colored people is not an offense of which the courts of the United States can take cogni zance, or upon which Congress can legislate. I Hesays this is a|matter which comes within, the exclusive control of the State governments. ' It was universally conceded prior to the adoption of the recent amendments to the constitution that Congress had no power to frame such legislation, and he denies that either the thirteenth, the fourteenth or the fifteenth amendments to that instrument has since given such power. He sustains his position by citations from the celebrated Slaughter House case, recently decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. He is anxious to have the matter tested and requests parties aggrieved by his opinion to bring suit at once, in order that the statute may receive the interpretation of the highest judicial tribunal of the country. Judge Emmons, who delivered the charge in question, is a pronounced Republican, and his circuit includes the States of Ohio,'Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. He was appointed from Detroit, Michigan. ihc IftftMie (jShtquim. "YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1875. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-oftiee, 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. 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Union has been put in telegraphic connection with the rest of the world by the completion of the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph line to that place. ? A bale of cotton weighing 802 pounds, was sold at Spartanburg on the 15th ultimo. It was "packed" in the neighborhood of Cross Anchor, in that county. ? Messrs. Perrin & Hall, of Abbeville, are collecting the bones from dead animals in that vicinity, preparatory to the establishment of phosphate works in that town. ? John E. Webster has been elected Intendant, and Nathan Lipscomb, Robert M. Gaffney, T. Davenport, Kendrick Humphries, Wardens of the town of Gaffney's. ? The Times says that business is so dull in Union, that the merchants employ their time in throwing dice at ten cents a throw, to pay their clerks, while the clerks are kept busy keeping an account of the game. ? The Fairfield News mentions that L. W. Duval, the sheriff of that county, has not been heard of in three weeks, and the opinion is freely expressed that he has forever shaken the dust, nf Winnshnrn from his feet. ? At the recent election in Lancaster, Capt. i N. B. Vallandigham and H. L. Belk were elected County Commissioners, and John W. Twitty, Esq., Probate Judge. The Governor having ordered the election postponed, it is possible that another election will be held. ? James Reid and Madison Pendergrass, of Chester, couvicted of "neglect of duty as county commissioners" and for "breach of trust with fraudulent intent," were last week lodged in the penitentiary?the former for two years and the latter for three months. ? The tax bill passed by the Legislature which has just adjourned, foots up thirteen mills for State purposes. Governor Chamberlain did not return the bill to the Legislature previous to its adjournment. At the next session it is thought he will return it with his veto. ? A special dispatch from Sumter to the Charleston News and Courier, under date of the 23rd ultimo, says : "An unfortunate difficulty occurred last night, in which Butler Spears, colored, formerly a member of the Legislature, and now chairman of the board of county commissioners, was severely beaten by Joseph M. Skinner, white, a young lawyer of this place. Afterward Spears attacked Skinner with an iron plough-heel pin, when Skinner fired upon Spears, wounding him badly twice in the thigh. A crowd of excited negroes attempted to seize Skinner, but he was safely lodged in the town guard-house, and afterward placed in the county jail. This morning Spears is improving, and expresses great sorrow for the difficulty, and at his request Skinner was released. The cause of the difficulty was an attempt of Sheriff Tindall to introduce social equality at his house, between Spears and Skinner. Growing out of the first affray there was another fight between Ned James, colored, and J. Rembert Harvin, white, a youth of sixteen, which resulted in the death of James by a stab with a pocket-knife in the hands of Harvin." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Shelby will be connected by telegraph with Wilmington in a few weeks. ? The Legislature passed an act changing the time of holding the State elections in 1876, from August to November. The law applies only to that year. \r mii-xi. ...l 1 I OUIlg JMillHl, WUU SlUW J-lCttJ, IU utaiuoville, for which offense he was convicted last November aud sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, was pardoned by Governor Brogden last week. ? Prof. John Word, known as one of the oldest dancing masters in the country, died in Greensboro, on the 19th instant, aged 77years. He actively pursued his profession until within a few days of his death. ? A new post-office has been established in Mecklenburg county, on the line of the Caro-1 lina Central Railway, seven miles from Char-1 lotte, called Paw Creek?T. T. McCord, Post-j master. ? The Central Executive Committee of the j Charlotte Centennial Celebration is working vigorously to further the object of the celebration and to awaken in every quarter of the State the liveliest interest in the affair. We wish them the greatest success. ? On Monday last, three colored penitentiary convicts who)were working at the quarry near Raleigh, attacked the guard under: whose command they were working, and dealt him two severe blows on the head with 1 a hatchet, and seizing his gun, they made : their escape. The guard died a few hours af| ter being wounded. j ? The Sheriff aud all other county officers j of Carteret county, in any degree responsible I for the execution of the death sentence, have resigned, in order to avoid the disagreeable duty of hanging a negro, who was to have been executed last Friday. On this account the convict has been respited until September 3rd, by which time a new Sheriff and county officers will be elected. ? The tornado which swept over a portion j of South Carolina and Georgia, extended as | far north as Raleigh. Passing over Chatham and Randolph, property in those counties sustained heavy damage. Chatham Superior Court was in session at Pittsboro, and so vio-1 lent was the storm, that the judge adjourned : the court, exclaiming, "Gentlemen, we will j leave the verdict of this case in the hands of God." The roof of the Court House was blown off, and a portion of the timbers fell in, but no one was injured. The Presbyterian church was completely ruined, and several other buildings were blown down. It is stated that $50,000 will not repair the damage done to the factories and mills in Randolph county. ? Says the Asheville Pioneer: A Deputy Marshal, while searching for illicit distilleries in Yancey county, came across one superintended by a woman, who stoutly resisted the officer in levying on the contraband property. She denounced the revenue laws as oppressive and the tax as a fraud. The officer attempted to reason the matter with her by . .1 x .1.. StailUg U1HI U1U UlSlineucs tuiliumcu nuai little grain was raised in the country, and thereby snatched the bread, which is the staff of life, from the mouths of starving women and children. "Sir," exclaimed the she-boss of the boiling cauldron, "bread may be the staff of life, but whisky is life itself." This was a stunner, but her life-preserver was destroyed. MERE-MENTION. The funeral of Charles Sumuer cost Massacbusettss ?29,250.40. Mr. David Dickson, well known as a successful farmer, and as the originator of the "Dickson Cotton," died at his home, in Oxford, Georgia, on the 16th ult., after an illness of several weeks. Russia has twelve thousand miles of railway in operation. The citizens of Augusta have contributed six thousand dollars to aid the sufferers from the late tornado, which has devastated several counties of the State, from the Chattahoochee to the Savannah river The Irish Societies of New York, Brooklyn, and other cities are taking steps to hold public meetings in order to express regret for the death of John Mitch el. Col. Dudley W. Adams, worthy master of the National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, has purchased six hundred acres of land in Florida with the intention of establishing an orange orchard. Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, has been raised to the dignity of a Cardinal. A member of the Illinois Legislature has introduced a bill providing that "any person asking another to drink any intoxicating liquor shall be fined not less than 820 and not more than 8100." Recently a telegraphic message was sent as an experiment from Hari 11 X 0_ __ T7* : ] I 1. vara ^onege 10 oau rrauciscu uuu imua.?a. distance of eight thousand miles?in the space of two-thirds of a second. The object of the experiment was to ascertain as exactly as possible the least space of time required for the transmission of the fluid through long lines of wire. The stockholders of the Merchants' and Planters' National Bank, of Augusta, have decided to close that institution, on the ground that it does not pay to run it. The Alabama legislature adjourned on Tuesday of last week after having been in session one hundred and one days, during which over five hundred laws were enacted. The petroleum supply of Peunsylvania is apparently inexhaustible, and new wells are being sunk every day, despite the fact that the crude article commands but one cent per gallon. Mr. Tweed remarks, after mature deliberation, that it is a good deal easier to get into prison than out of it, and the courts sustain his opinion The loss of a set of false teeth did not prevent a marriage at Cairo. The bride tied a handkerchief over her mouth and told the minister to "go aheath." John Mitchel was buried in a church-yard at Newry, Ireland. Over 10,000 people attended the funeral. The Post-office Department has determined to enforce the rule prohibiting postmasters from selling postage stamps outside of the territory within the delivery of their respective offices. Violations of the rule have already resulted in the discontinuance of a number of post-offices. The special session of the Senate adjourned last Wednesday. The last act of the Senate in executive session was to table the nomination of Don Pardee to be United States Judge for the District of Louisiana in place of Durell. The Delaware Legislature passed a bill providing that hotel-keepers, railroad companies, steamboat owners and others may provide separate accommodations for any class of customers obnoxious to their customers or passengers. Mexican bandits are reportII nn/I If ia rum fhof I eu IU UB UU ICAU OUll, aim llr w iuLUUii,ii luni several Americans near the border have been murdered. The widow of John Mitchel, the Irish patriot, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. On Saturday she received calls of condolence from intimate friends of her husband. Both the United States military and hostile Indians , have gone for the miners now trespassing in the Black Hills, and General Ord hopes for their sake that the troops may reach them first. Eighty convicts in the Indiana State prison made a desperate attempt to escape last Friday, and were forced to their quarters at the muzzle of the rifles in the hands of the guard. Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, prominently mentioned as the next Democratic candidate for the Presidency, has engaged the finest suite of rooms at one of the principal hotels in Washington, for the entire session of the next Congress. Tom Scott, the President of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company, is making arrangements to start a train every hour in the day between New York and Philadelphia. Ninety minutes is to be the running time between the two cities. The English admirers of Gen. Stonewall Jackson have presented a bronze statue of the Christian hero to the State of Virginia. It is said to be a good likeness, as well as a fine piece of work. On Thursday last, Louis A. Middleton, editor of the West Point (Miss.) Times, was shot and killed by D. L. Love, editor of the AVest Point Citizen, for publication of an offensive article by the former. Love made his escape. Gen. Custer is to lead another exploring expedition to the Black Hills as J soon as the weather opens. The eleventh i cavalry and a due proportion of infantry, and perhaps a battery of Gatling guns, will compose the command. There were six hundred and four deaths in New York city during the past week. General Spinner, Treasurer of the United States, has resigned, i to take effect on the first of July. Photographs have been obtained in Paris four feet three inches long by three feet four inches in height. Eucalyptus trees, raised from seed and only one year old, are already from . eight to fifteen feet high in Los Angeles coun ty, California. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn's charge to the jury in the famous Tichborne case has just been published. In size it equals Gibbon's "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." The cold weather cracked apple trees in Northern New York from the roots nearly to the limbs, so that a person may see completely through them. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Louisiana Affairs. Prior to the adjournment of the Senate, a resolution was adopted endorsing President Grant's action in the affairs of Louisiana. The resolution, it is claimed bySeuator Christiancy, who voted for it, does not recognize Kellogg us the legal Governor, but only as the executive power. The Uongressiouai adjustment of the much vexed question provides for certain State legislation, and in couformity thereto, Kellogg has issued a call for an extra sessiou of the legislature, to meet in New Orleans on the 14th instant, for the purpose of carrying out the plau of adjustment. The subjects for legislation are limited by the call to six, as follows: First. Adjustment of the political difficulties. Second. Revenues of the State and modes of collection and disbursement. Third. Amendiugof the funding bill so as to change the constitution of the Funding Board, and prevent the funding of illegal obligations. Fourth. The Bnancial condition and government of the city of New Orleaus. Fifth. The^relief of the commerce of New Orleans from excessive port charges and fees. Sixth. By request of a delegation of merchauts to incorporate a board of .trade. Gen. Auger has arrived in New Orleans from Texas, and assumed command of the troops in Louisiana, relieving Gen. Emory, who left for Washington last Saturday. The North Carolina Convention. The Convention bill passed by the Legislature of North Carolina provides that the said Convention shall meet in Raleigh, on the 6th of September next. The Convention is peremptorily called, it not beingoptional with voters to vote for or against the Convention at the time of voting for delegates. The action of the Convention is to be restricted, aud it shall have no power to change the existing Constitution on homestead and personal prop erty exemptions, mechanics' and laborers' lien and the rights of married women, as now secured by law ; nor to vacate any office or term of office now existing, until the same shall expire, or be vacated under existing laws, though the Convention may recomnieud the abolishment of any office when the present term therein shall expire; nor shall said Convention adopt or propose any amendment or scheme of compensation to the owners of emancipated slaves, nor for the payment of any liability incurred wholly or in part in aid of the late war between the States, nor to the restoration of imprisonment for debt; nor shall they require or propose any educational or property qualification for office or voting; nor shall said Convention pass any ordinances legislative in their character, except such as are necessary to submit the amended Constitution to the people for their ratification or rejection, or to convene the General Assembly. The Constitution, as amended, shall be submitted to the people for their ratification, and shall not be binding until the same shall have been ratified. Amended Charter. The recent Legislature of North Carolina passed the following act, amendatory of the act to charter the Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, which subsequent to the granting of the charter was consolidated with the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company: Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact that section 1, of chapter 130, Public Laws of North Carolina, 1871-72, be ameuded by striking out all the words from and after the word Lincoln in line 11, of said chapter, in the printed copy thereof, page 173, of said Laws, up to and preceding the words, "thence to the town of Lenoir," in line 13 of said chapter, page 174, of said Laws. Whenever the people of Catawba county shall subscribe thirty thousand dollars in solvent subscription to the capital stock of this road, this act shall be of no effect, provided such subscription is made before the road is graded to the bounds of Ca? tawba county, from the Lincoln side, or on the side from Caldwell. Provided the comnanv shall release the DeoDle of Catawba I J ? . county from any and all obligations, or liabilities incurred, and refund to tbem all moneys with interest thereon that have been advanced for the furtherance of this work. Provided further, That the subscription on the part of Catawba county and the citizens thereof shall not be expended outside of said county, except by their consent. The object of the Act is to eneble the Company, if they so determine, to complete the road from Lincolnton direct to Hickory, without going via. the town of Newton. The Great Storm. Later intelligence confirms the report we gave last week of the hurricane, so devastating in its line of march through North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia. A late despatch from Augusta furnishes the following particulars of the storm in that vicinity: The path of the tornado was from two to six hundred yards wide. The cyclone was cylindrical in shape, and rotated with fearful velocity from north to south. The front cloud was black as night, and a half mile high. The rear was illuminated by a bright light. It traveled nearly due east, veering a little to the north. After devastating Camak, the tornado seems to have divided, one portion going east by.north, and crossing the Savannah river above and below Augusta, both proving equally destructive, layiug waste evein tKoif trartlr T-Tinrp frees were bro ij lauug iu uuvii uuvni .. ?? ...? ? ? ken like reeds, and, in some instances, carried three quarters of a mile. The tornado was preceded by a dull, heavy roaring, asof heavy artillery in the distance. It spent its greatest fury in about three minutes. An eye-witness says the senses were utterly deadened and appalled ; there was a crash, a roar, aud the mingling of a hundred terrific and unearthly sounds. Houses were demolished, and noble oaks that had withstood the storms of a century were snapped in twain. A wail of distress comes up from the devastated district, embracing eight counties in Georgia and two or three in South Carolina. The destruction of property is immense, aud the list of killed and wounded appalling. Senator Johnson's First Speech. On the 22ud ultimo Senator Johnson made his first speech in the United States Senate, his subject being the Louisiana question. His appearance iu the Senate hall is thus described by the Washington Star: He was dressed with his usual care and neatuess. His hair, which, though quite gray, is still sufficiently luxuriant to cover every part of his head, was nicely brushed. He was dressed in black frock coat and pants and a black velvet vest, across which was suspended a small gold chain. He wore, as he did when in the White House, a standing collar and a black stock. On his desk had been placed a half a lemon and a glass of water. At about four minutes after noon Mr. Johnson rose and silence fell upon the large audience. He begau speaking in a low but distinct tone of voice, which steadily swelled in volume until it filled the entire chamber Foi: sometime after he began speaking he made no gestures, but stood between two desks, with a hand on either. He soon warmed up with his subject, however, aud assumed his old and well remembered style of oratory. As usual, he occasionally made a grammatical slip, but this was scarcely noticeable, none of his inaccuracies of speech being of a marked character. He spoke without notes, and frequently ! consulted several books of reference which | lay on his desk. After Mr. Johnson had taj ken his seat he was warmly congratulated by a number of Democratic Senators. Mr. Johnson's speech has been variously i commented upon by the leadiug papers, by i none ofwhich it is characterized as a patriotj ic or dispassionate address. Tift Tribune says | it will not bear comparison with either of the several speeches made during the recent ses, sion of theSeuate from Senators of whom less i was expected ; and the Herald says the speech | was virtually an impeachment of Grant. The Operation of the Civil llights Law. i The Washington correspondent of the ; Baltimore Sun gives the following as his obj servations of the operation and probable effect of the civil rights law : As the scare over the passage of the civil rights bill is subsiding, the fact is becoming very clear that it is much more of shadow than of substance. The letter of Gen. Butler, who has, of course, the right to speak with high authority, and the various judicial interpretations of the provisions of the bill so far given have narrowed down its scope exr^actA i n rrl T7 Ttin r>nimnn nf TTllitpH fitftt.P.Q | Circuit Judge Emraous, delivered at MemI pliis, on the 22ud ultimo, has attracted much attention in legal circles. Judge Emmons is a citizen of Michigan and a pronounced republican, and his decisions have always carried great weight. An eminent member of the bar of the Supreme Court has said that any innkeeper or theatre proprietor, fortified by this opinion of'Judge Emmons, need have no apprehensions in violating such provisions of the civil rights bill as appiied to his business. Eating houses, bar-rooms, barber-shops, billiard saloons and the like have already, by decisions of United States judicial officers in other parts of the country, been declared not included in the provisions of the bill, and no appeal therefrom has been taken. It is noted that Judge Emmons in his opinion also denies the power, of Congress to impose regulations upon common carriers. As to this, however, there has for several years been no great difficulty in any one, white or black, securing such accommodations in public conveyances as he is willing to pay for. No case has as yet arisen under the jury clause of the bill, nor has any colored man been summoned to serve on a jury in the courts of any State where he had not that privilege anterior to the passage of the bill. So far as the Department of Justice has information, Maryland is the only State in which he rlirl not also have that privilege before the passage of the bill, where a negro has been put on the jury of a United States court. It is anticipated that before long a case may arise under this jury clause, and when it does it will come before the Supreme Court for review. Senator Carpenter and others equally learned in law, say there can be no possible question of the Supreme Court pronouncing the clause unconstitutional. This completes all that is left of the civil rights bill. The negro demagogues in Washington who were so prominent in speech and in print demanding the passage of the civil rights bill, are becoming intensely disgusted as they slowly begin to realize what a delusion and mockery it is. TOO MUCH CAPITAL REQUIRED. The old story about the necessity of establishing manufactures is being told by the press and the people in every part of the South. All agree that home manufactures would multiply Southern wealth, increase the supply of money, relieve our depressed agriculture, and improve our general condition. But the invariable reply is, too much capital is required. The Missouri Republican, in discussing this question, says : "It takes far less capital to start a raanuin o ftjwnrahlo nlapp t.han is imjLpined ; 1 OV.UW.J c ~ " J O > the business requires labor more than it requires capital, and there is not a county in Missouri out of fifty that can be named that doss not possess unemployed labor enough to stock a dozen factories. Successful manufactures are not generally established; they grow from small beginnings. If a company of foreign capitalists were to go into a county of this State, erect large buildings, fit them up with approved machinery, and invest one hundred thousand dollars in a particular industry, the probabilities are that it would fail; but if the citizens of the same county were to embark in the same industry on a small scale, with eight or ten thousand dollars, employing such labor as they could get in the vicinity, conducting their operations with economy, feeling their way as they went along, and enlarging their business as the demand for their fabric increased, the experiment would probably grow into a prosperous ' * ? 1 1 J industry, employing proncamy one nunureu thousand dollars. It would make its own capital, and then invest it in an enlarged business. The enterprise would expand with its annual profits. Other enterprises would be attracted by its success, and in a few years the place would be recognized as a thrifty manufacturing community. This is the history of nearly all the successful industries in this country, and it is full of encouragement. It proves that foreign money and imported labor are not necessary to the development of a healthful and profitable system of manufactures, and that willing labor, energy and determination are the chief prerequisites. Manufactures are gregarious; there is a sympathy between industries that causes them to group together. A busy community-irresistibly attracts both capital and labor; au idle community repels them. It is a sheer waste of time ' .u?: :?l. tor ail 1016 population llJ JJUIUI iu men ueu soil, fine timber, water power and beds of coal and ore, and call on somebody in the East or in Europe to come and work up these cheap materials into fabrics; the solicited labor and capital will not come, because they will argue that, if the boasted advantages really exist in the vicinity, the resident population would improve them. But let that population go resolutely to work to make fortunes out of their own resources, inaugurating manufactures on a small scale, putting in a little money and a plenty of work, employing all the idle persons in the vicinity, and managing their business with frugality and judgment, and they will be surprised and delighted at the result; their example will be noted abroad; the hum of their operations will resound far and wide, and the wealth and immigration that avoided them before will eagerly come forward to assist them." Crime in New York.?The New York Express has au admirable condensation of the first annual report of the Board of Police Justices, embracing the time between November 12, 1873, and October 31, 1874; and from this record we get a very excellent idea of the detected crime that stalks gigautically abroad in the Northern metropolis. Before the Police Courts of New York city, during the time above specified, 84,821 prisoners were arraigned, of whom 60,213 were males and 24,608 females. Of this host of criminals 35,565 were discharged, either on ac| count of police blunders or failure of parties I aggrieved to prosecute. Eliraiuating the ele| ment discharged, the startling truth is reI -/"iln/l fkaf nf tlio dQ 91*7 hplrl fn iinswfir. i VCCHCUj bliuv VI ll|V uw.%. 7 j 16,345 were females, the larger number of ; whom were arrested for crimes against tem1 perance and decency. To the fell spirit of : intoxication must be attributed more than : half the causes of sin and punishment, the I list of "drunk and disorderly" being 27,208 | males and 13,574 females. This statement I only includes those drunkards who "violated | puplic decency," and does not embrace the ! thousands who get drunk and contrive to keep free from a row and out of the gutter. It is shown that 71 per cent, of crime in New York city can be directly traced to the abuse of spirituous liquors. ?<sS LOCAL AFFAIRS. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I Henry D. Eraser, M. D., Secretary?Medical Association. ! Kinsman Brothers, Charleston, S. C.?Matzoth ! Matzoth!! I T. E. Harper and L. B. Brown, Executors?Executors' Notice. F. S. Frischeis?House and Sign Painting. J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Ohadiah Sarratt, J. S. McSwain, Bankrupts. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First Meeting of Creditors?In the Matter of J. It. Castles. J. H. Clawson?Notice of Appointment as Assignee?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of R. H. Bradley, Bankrupt. I J. H.Clawson, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?Notice to Lien Creditors?In the Matter of It. II. Bradley, Bankrupt. Jane McCleaVe?Caution. J. R. Wallace, P. M.?To whom it May Concern. CIRCUIT COURT. The April terra of the Circuit Court for York county will convene ou Monday next. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. Our thanks are due Hon. A. S. Wallace for a number of valuable public documents. RETURNED. Mr. Frischeis, house-painter, who has been absent from Yorkville during the winter months, has returnecfcfor the purpose of resuming his business. DEATHS OF CITIZENS. On Friday last, two well-known citizens died at their homes in this county?Mr. James McElwee, near Bethany church, and Mr. Green Gordon, near Bethesda church. GONE NORTH. Mr. H. Fred. Adickes, principal clerk in the house of H. F. Adickes, started to the northern markets last Monday morning, for the purpose of selecting a stock of goods for the spring trade. Fred, is a young gentleman of fine business qualifications, and in his selection of goods, we doubt not, will fully sustain the reputation of the house he represents. TREASURER AND AUDITOR. Governor Chamberlain has re-appointed Mr. John L. Watson as Treasurer, and John G. Enloe, Esq., as Auditor of York county. Both the appointees have faithfully discharged their duties in the past, and from the ranks of the Republican party in this county, no appointments could have been made that would have given more general satisfaction to the people. EASTER ELECTIONS. At the customary Easter meeting of the congregation of the "Church of the Good Shepherd," (Episcopal) the following gentlemen were elected to serve as Wardens and Vestrymen during the ensuing year: Wardens?Col. A. Coward, Col. Wm. B. Wilson. Vestrymen?W. B. Metts, John C. Kuykendal, Dr. L. Alexander, John S. Reynolds. Delegates to Diocesan Convention?Col. W. B. Wilson, John C. Kuykendal, W. B. Metts and Dr. L. Alexander. The Convention will be held in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, on the 13th of May next. THE SEASON. The approach of spring weather is backward this season, and the past few days were raw, damp and chilly; more suggestive of snow and ice than the genial sun and refreshing showers which we are wont to expect at this jreriod. Since the first of February a greater amount of rain has fallen in this vicinity than has been known for the same period in many years. Farming operations have been much retarded thereby; but with this exception no serious results have followed. While various sections of the State have suffered immensely from flood and tornado, York r?rmntT7 Ima in the m*in. ese&ned the ravaeres of either. ^TR^SFKRS OF REAL ESTATE. The following are the transfers of real estate recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: G. W. Melton to J. H. Smith. Tract of 750 acres, in Catawba township. Consideration $5,200. Wm. R. BurristoT. P. Moore and H. Burris. Tract of 140 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $875. R. H. Glenn, sheriff, to John Nichols. A tract of 290 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1500. A. H. Moore and others to Joel R. Smith. Tract of 101 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $116. J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to A. M. Black and Wm. White. Tract of 42 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $210. J. M. Lowry to John R. London. Tract of 549 acres in Catawba township. Consid eration 85,497. T. L. Johnson to R. T.May. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 840. Ann White to John M. and Allen Jones. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 810. W. B. Smith to A. P. Campbell. Tract of , 69 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration 8345. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, March 29, 1875. The court continued its sessions throughout the week, the latter part being devoted to civil business. Monday and Tuesday were spent in the trial of the case of State vs. Ellison Robins, Anderson Whitener, Eli Whitener and Prince Darby, all colored, charged with stealing two bales of cotton from the - " "CT 1 A XT. barn ot Mr. vaienuue aikiusuu. hu oaae, during the present term, not even that of the State vs. the late County Commissioners, has occasioned so much interest, the court-room, from the beginning to the end of the trial, being filled with interested spectators. The facts of the case are briefly these: On the night of June 15th, of last year, two bales of cotton were stolen from the barn of Mr. Valentine Atkinson. Early the next morning, Mr. Atkinson discovered his loss, and immediately began looking for some clew that would lead to the discovery of the robbers. The desired clew was found in the form of a wagon track, a short distance from the bam. To this poiut it was supposed the cotton had been taken, placed upon the wagon, and carried away. The wagon track was followed by Mr. Atkinson to the house of Ellison Robins, | where the stolen cotton was found, and idenI tified by Mr. Atkinson, as his property, from | a private mark placed upon the bales. The ! wagon upon which the cotton was taken away, proved to be that of Anderson Whitener. The fact of the cotton being found in Ellison Pnkino' nnaaoauirvll and the fact of AnderSOn JLVU UIUU ^fvuvvwavu j w? ? Whitener's wagon being used to carry away the cotton, were the principal points leading to the indictment of the accused, and were i surely sufficient to secure their conviction by , a jury. The counsel for the defendants, Messrs. C. S. Brice, J. ?T. Hemphill, and T. C. Gaston, who labored for tHeir clients with a zeal worthy of a better cause, endeavored | to prove that they were at their homes on the night of the alleged stealing, and suffering from a painful illness. Yet it was proven on the stand that Robins and Whitener were seen the next morning after the stealing, at an early hour, either at or near a store of illi repute, where it was supposed they proposed | selling the cotton they had feloniously taken. i The jury brought in a verdict of "guilty," in ^P| regard to Anderson Whitener, but were unable to agree in regard to Ellison Robins and the other defendants. The counsel for An- J ! dereon Whitener made a motion for a new ; trial, on the ground that important evidence I in favor of his unfortunate client had just been communicated to him, which, if corrob- ^Hj orated by testimony, would, in his opinion, affect the decision of another jury that might sit upon the case. The presiding judge gave I his reasons, at considerable length, and with I great force, for refusing to grant the motion. 1 A. M. Mackey, Esq., of Wiunsboro, who conducted the prosecution in behalf of the State ^^B with considerable skill, says he has no doubt JB of the conviction of Ellison Robins at the next trial; for the reason that he will insert V in the indictment another count, charging B him with receiving stolen goods, which can be established without doubt, and upon which A a verdict of "guilty" is sure to follow. It is I to be hoped that he will succeed in placing I 'L:- In fko rianitanfigrir TTio offnrta I 11119 1 UUUU IU IfUV J/VU?WMV.W?J. M?W VMV??W in the good cause of bringing criminals to justice have been crowned with success, as the county jail and State penitentiary will abuudantly testify. Anderson Whitener was sentenced by the presiding judge to five years imprisonment, at hard labor, in the State. penitentiary. I must not omit to state that the grand jury brought in a true bill against Dublin . Walker, late School Commissioner, and the 1 present Senator of our county, and Ben Mi- fl chael, Julius Stevenson and Henry Blake, 1 late public school trustees, charged with offi- J cial misconduct. Among the criminal acts of which they are accused, is the issuing of fraudulent school certificates. They have given bonds for their appearance at the September ^ terra of the court, when their trial will take place. As the accused are all colored, and * prominent political characters of the county, - I their trial will excite great interest, especially 1 among the colored population. J The time of the court, from Wednesday un- M til the close of the week, was consumed in the V trial of civil cases, of which it may not be ' necessary to speak with any particularity. Of these, the greatest importance is to be attributed to the case of Felix Whitlock vs. the estate of Franklin Whitlock, deceased, which, from the commencement to the conclusion, occupied almost two days; yet, it did not excite any interest, save among the parties to J the suit. The plaintiff was ably represented J by Major S. P. Hamilton, who succeeded in ^ securing a verdict of $880 in favor of his client. The case of Thomas House vs. A. M. j McMullen, which has been on the docket sev- ] eral years, was tried on Saturday, the jury & A rendering a verdict in favor of the plaintiff*. fl The juries were discharged, and the court ad- 1 journed sine die on Saturday, after a long and I laborious session of two weeks' duration. On I Thursday, Judge Mackey will meet tbe mem- _ < bers of the bar for the purpose of attending to business of an equity nature. The peach crop of this year in this county will be extremely light, in consequence of the heavy frosts of last week. A gentleman, who lives in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, tells me that after a careful examination of his peach blooms, he found that they had been hopelessly injured. This will be distressing information to those persons who possess palates inclined to the enjoyment of "peaches and cream." Rain fell in abundance in our town last night, and doubtless extended throughout the county. So this will be another lost day to our farmers, whose agricultural operations have already been seriously retarded by an ^ excess of wet weather. Messrs. R. D. Galbraith & Co., have kindly furnished me to-day's quotations of the following articles as ruling in the Chester market: Cotton, middling, 151; low middling, 13J ; good ordinary, 14 ; and ordinary 121 to 13. Bacon, 13 to 14; lard, 18; corn meal, $1.40, and flour $3.75 to $4.50. Qui. ELECTION OF COMPTROLLER-GENERAL. The Columbia correspondent of the Char" J si 1? leston lyews ana courier, uuuei umc ui mo 23d ultimo, writes as follows in regard to the election of Comptroller-General: There was little else done in the General Assembly to-day beyond the election of a comptroller-general to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Hoge. The election was in every respect a curious one. There were at least a dozen candidates, " and it was thought that at least as many ballots would be necessary. Then, too, there were a variety of influences at work, and a variety of tactics resorted to. Dr. Neagle's < champagne and turkey dinner, spread in his palatial residence, and attended by at least seventy-six of the mahogany colored members of the General Assembly, was said in the newspapers to have been a most recherche affair. With their legs under the ex-comptroller's mahogany, and quaffing the ex-comptroller's wine, they recalled the flush times of. ^ four years ago, remembered how the ex-comptroller never was mixed up in the bond business, and fully made up their minds to vote for him on the morrow. And so, when the joint assembly met, the impression was very generally entertained that the ex-comptroller < roalb- miop tho pnnrsfl in snite of the Conservative votes. The joint assembly having been organized, and the members hav- ' ing been limited to five minute speeches (blessed rule) the business was begun by the *' nomination by Boston of Mr. N. B. Meyers. Davis, of Charleston, nominated M T. C. Dunn, whom he rather equivocally described as a man who would dive down to the lowest depths of infamy and do justice to the State. v A Senator Jervey nominated Mr. J. L. Neagle, * whose connection with the Republican party in its earliest history and whose official career in the past entitled him to the support of all true Republicans. Mr. Hirsch nominated Mr. J. S. Fillebrown, who was eminently qualified to discharge the duties of the office. Mr. Cochran nominated Capt. J. L. Little, whose character and integrity were unquestioned. Mr. J. A. Smith nominated Mr. C. J. Stollbrand without saying anything in his favor. Mr. Hamilton nominated Hon. G. A. Trenholm, but withdrew the nomination upon a statement from that gentleman that he would not consent to allow his name to be used. Then there was some more speaking, after which a ballot was taken with the following result. In order to give your readers an op- m portunity of judging of the real strength of J the respective candidates, I give the vote as it stood when the last name on tne rou was called and before the members began to i change, as they always do, to tbe winning side. It was as follows : For Dunn?Senators Andrews, Bowen, Clinton, Donaldson, Duncan, Evans, Gaillard, Hayne, ^ Jeter, Johnson, Jones, Keith, Maxwell and warley. Representatives Allman, Andrews, Austin, | Barker, Barnwell, Bomar, Bradley, Brayton, Bright, Cannon, Coit, Coker, Collins, Cosgrove, Crittenden, Couch, Davis, Doiley, Duncan, FarI row, Gaillard, Gaitlier, Gantt, Gary, George, Grant, S. Freen, C. S. Green, Guffln, Hayne, j Henderson, Holland, A. H. Howard, Hudson, Humbert, Hunter, Jackson, Johnson, A. H. I Jones, P. E. Jones, Jordan, Keith, Leslie, Lewis, I Livingston, Meetze, Milton, Morgan, Muller, I McLaughlin, Orr, Pinckney, Ramsey, Reedish, i Redfearne, Rice, Richardson, Richmond, Rush, ; Russell, Scott, Sessions, H. Simmons, A. Sim; mons, Sloan, Steele, Sumpter, Trenholm, Vandiver, Vanderpool, Wallace, Weatherly, West, bury, Wideman, Williams, Woodrufl, Woolfe ? ; and Wright?92. For Mejrers?Senator Smalls. Representatives . Boston, Brabham, Bridges, Burkmeyer, Free- " ^ ! man, Gibson,Goggins, Harriott, W. M. Holland, Jefferson, Miller, Peterson, Robertson, Simons, ^ A. Simpkins; P. Simkins, Spencer, Thompson, M I Thomas, Weldon and Willis?23. fl I