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f crap* and Jfarts. | Oue Frost, of Marion county, Kentucky, J has named his four sons, Severe Frost, Winter Frost, White Frost, and Hoar Frost. A man of large experience says his ac-1 quaintance would fill a cathedral, but a pulpit would hold his frieuds. The memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman, by himself, are forthcoming from the press of D. Appleton & Co., in two volumes of over four hundred pages each. The man who won't take a paper because he can borrow oue, has invented a ma- ; chine with which he can cook his dinner by the smoke of his neighbor's chimney. The editor of the Chicago Tribune calls \ the legislature of Illinois "the Springfield cir- j cus," speaksofthe speaker as a "ring master," j and of the members praucing round at the ; crack of the whip. f k J a ,1 _ Apr AAA AAA ! ii is siaieu mac more man 5>oo,uuu,uuu,000 passed through General Spinuer's office ! during the time he occupied it, aud the losses of all kinds were less than one dollar in the i million. General Marcus I. Wright, formerly a Confederate General, has received from the Khedive of Egypt, the appointment of Ad- i jutant-General in the Egyptian army, with the rank and pay of Colonel. A number of young ladie3 of the "best families" of the West end, at Boston, have organized a cookery club, meeting twice a j week at the resideuce of each member in turn, j who treats her sister members to a breakfast, dinner or tea prepared exclusively by herself, i Col. Piatt, of Lexiugtou, Keutucky, says an old lady oil his peusiou-roll, now living in that city, was 101 years old last October. Bat the old lady is killing herself smoking a pipe. She has been at it now for the last half a century, and he thinks she can't stand it many years louger. Prince Albert is said to have asked the juvenile Prince of Wales at a moment of interesting anticipation "whether he would rather have a little sister or brother," and he is said to have auswered that he would rather have another pouy. Nothing tries a boy more than monotony. The Columbia Union-Herald is informed by a private letter, that a snow stoi a, of sixteen hours' duration, visited the vicinity of Clarksville, Texas, on the 5th of last month, leaviug snow ten inches deep throughout that neighborhood. Numbers of poor cattle aud hogs died from the excessive cold. There is a certain clergyman in Troy, who keeps an eye on the temperance habits of his flock. On Sunday afternoons he takes a seat in one of the most frequented bar-rooms of the city and watches the customers. The Press says that the uumber of men who call and leave after asking what time it is, or where John Smith lives, is astonishing. How many smokers know what the brands on the cases of Havana cigars mean ? The names Regalia, Londres, Daman and Entrap eras do not refer to quality, but to sizes. The quality is indicated by superjino, fino, superior and bueno. Maduro means that the tobacco is very strong, oscuro for that not so strong, Colorado for medium, and claro for mild. A wag says it is feared that Spinner's resignation will cause a panic in the rural districts, where the impression prevails that his signature symbolizes the American eagle struggling with the serpent of rebellion. As his successor's signature resembles a bunch of fish-hooks, the rural districts may be appeased by the impression that the drowned eagle will be caught by a new bait. It has been the practice among many newspaper subscribers, after reading their paper to mail it to some friend. The new United States law now in effect makes the paper third-class matter, and inflicts such high postal rates (two cents each) that it is now cheaper and better for each person who desires that his friend should have the paper, to subscribe for it directly at the office of publication, and have it sent from there. This will save all the trouble of wrapping and mailing, and the extra cost of postage, and the paper will be sent promptly. The Washington Republican, in commenting on progress in the South, says: In the eight years following the close of the war, the value of personal property increased in Virginia sixty-five per cent., and is now only sixteen per cent, less that when slavery was in its prime. This assertion is based upon statistics furnished by the New York Journal of Commerce, unprejudiced authority it will be admitted. The figures show that in 1860 the valuation of personal property in Virginia was $101,535,721; iu 1866 it was only $52,253,300; butiu 1873 it had risen to $85,112,800. From present indications prohibitory liquor laws will soon be things of the past. Massachusetts is now added to the list of the . i 1 1 i i ernies which nave stutuiuuiieu [jiumuinuu auu | adopted stringent license laws. Amongst the ! provisions of'the Massachusetts law is one that no sale or delivery of liquor shall be made to a person known to be a drunkard, or to an intoxicated person, or to a minor ; and another that in case of damage done by an intoxicated j person the liquor dealer is made liable, and j he is further subjected to damages, should he . persist in selling liquor toa person habitually i liable to intoxication, after warning from a i husband, wife, child, guardian or employer. Grave apprehensions are felt by persons ' living near Bald Mountain, in North Carolina, | that the long dreaded volcano will yet break j forth in active eruption. A severe earthquake | has recently convulsed that section, awaking | all the dread that once existed on this account. The ground seemed to transmit a wave as it; rose and fell during the shaking. It is j thought that the section of North Carolina be- ; tween the Blue Ridge and the Alleghany ! Mountains has been in time past a volcanic j reigion, and the shaking of Bald Mountain, j together with the receut earthquake, make persons living in that regiou rather uneasy. The sale of Elliott & Kent's Elm j Grove herd took place at Dexter Park, Chicago on Thursday, and was largely atten- j ded. The sale included 48 cows, which ! brought 831,000, averaging 8646.87, and 14 ' bulls, bringing 82,910, averaging 8207. S. W. : Ficklin, of Charlottesville, Va., purchased two cows, for which he paid 8425 and S195 | respectively, and A. M. Bowman, of Waynes- j boro, Virginia., became the purchaser of two | cows and a bull, for which he paid 8775, 8524 and 8725. The sale of the Ninwood herd, belonging to Kissinger & Co., of Clarksville, Md., took place at Chicago, on Friday, the sale including forty-one head, which brought 824,765. S. W. Ficklin, of Virginia, bought: one cow, for which he paid 8;330. It seems to be generally accepted that' the signs of the times in the money market are confirmatory of the theory that the country is verging toward a steady and prosperous busi- J i.ess era. The New York Evening Mail remarks that the feeling on Wall street is doubtless somewhat in anticipation of "the good time coming," and is not always controlled by good judgment, but it indicates unmistakably I.O nroiiorul nnnointinn nf nilr allrewdest iudffes V..1- g~ - ?- J a of the signs of the times, that the tide has at length begun to turn, that money is seeking investments, and that confidence is corning back, we hope, "to stay." That is the general aspect of "the street," as any one can find out who is in doubt of the situation. For the first time since the panic, money is pouring into Wall street in large quantities from investors outside of the city, who are exchanging government bonds for securities that have the "promise and potency" of development in their value. An effort was made in the Methodist Conference in Pennsylvania last week to effect a change in the system of itinerancy, several large and influential congregations protesting that they would not be compelled to part with pastors who had grown near and dear to them in years of faithful service. They referred to instances within the limits of the conference where clergymen in other Christia sects had remained in charge of the same coi gregation for thirty, forty, and even fifl years, and urged that no charm of novelty, r advantages of learning or eloquence coul equal in weight of influence the trust repose by the flock in a man who had held them i his arms as children, had married them, offe ed their little ones to God's service, an buried their dead. The question was simp! debated, but the old-fashioued Methodist pr dilectious for the itinerant system were tc strong for any innovation, and so the confe ence decided to make no utterance that coul be construed in favor of a change. Ihe ?0rMle <&nquim YORKV1LLE* S. C.: THUKSUAK AlUKJNljNbr, APKIL 22, 10/; flow to Order the Enquirer.?Write the nan of the subscriber very plainly, give post-oflic county and State in full, and send the amount the subscription by draft or pnst-oflicc mom order, or enclose the money in a registered lotto Postage.?1The ExquniUR is delivered free < postage to all subscribers residipg in York com tv who receive the paper at post-ofHccs within tl county; and to all other subscribers the posta; is paid bv the publisher. Our subscribers, i matter wlierc they receive the paper, are not li hie for postage, it being prepaid at the post-o(Ii< here, without additional charge to the subscribe Watch the Figures.?'The dateon tho"addros label" shows the time to which the subscription paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers di continued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must he distinctly understood thi our terms for subscription, advertising and jol work, are cash in advance SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Treasurer Cardozo has gone to Ne York. ? John B. Dennis has been removed as St perintendent of the penitentiary, and T. \) Pannale appointed as his successor. ? From September 1, 1874, to March 3 1875,16,742 bales of cotton have been shij ped from Camden. ? Throughout, the State, the small erai crop is reported to be in a flourishing cond tion. ? At the fall meeting of the Greenville A| ricultural Society, premiums will be offere for the best cook and for the biggest baby. ? Mr. Johu Harris, a much respected cit zen of Union county, died 011 Sunday of la: week, in the seventy-seventh year of his ag ? Gov. Chamberlain, in response to an a| peal, has contributed liberally toward tl erection of a monument to the Confederal dead buried at Kingstree. ? Gov. Chamberlain has signed the act I reduce all acts and parts of acts relating t the duties of County Commissioners into on act and to amend the same. ? Mr. R. C. Logan formerly editor of tli Kingstree Star, has accepted the editorif control of the Greenville Enterprise an Mountaineer. ? Jas. W. Clack, George Marsh and Joh Greer, of York county, sentenced to the pen tentiary last week by Judge Mackey, hav hem lodged in that institution. ? In Camden, during the months of Janut ry, February and March, the ram fall aggn gated 14.98 inches. In Greenville, durin the same time, it aggregated 18.77 inches. ? Jane Smith, of Columbia, has been set tenced to the Richlaud county jail for te days for having called one of the officers c the State Senate a thief. ? An incendiary fire occurred at Sumter o Friday night last, which destroyed the dwel ing house of W. B. Peeples, with all the fu niture and clothing in the building. No it surance. ? Dr. J. C. Furraan, of Greenville, has r< signed his position as pastor of the Bapti.' church of that city. lie will now devote h whole time to his duties a3 president of th faculty of the Furman University. ? On Wednesday last, the yacht Ella Ant having on board a fishing excursion part} was sunk off Charleston harbor, and four ( the party, all young men, were drownet The vessel became unmanageable near Sull van's Island, and went down in fifteen fathom of water. ? There was a large gathering of the friend and admirers of the late John Mitchel, Can linians, as well as Irishmen, at Ilibernia Hall, Charleston, on Thursday evening las to give expression to the general sorrow a the loss of so true and noble a spirit, and t the warm sympathy felt for his family, wh are understood to be left in straitened circurr stances. ? Governor Chamberlain hn3 gone to Mas; achusetts to attend the celebration of the Cei tennial anniversary of the battle of Lexing ton, and will be absent from the State for te days. It is understood that soon after his r< turn he will veto the supply bill which ha been in his possession since the adjourn met of the legislature. ? Elijah Adkins, of Lady Island, an Scipio Bryan, of St. Helena Island, bot ""1" in it Pi v**f /\r* tKolAth ? UUIUICU, wciu I1UU? 111 x;v,auii/ib \su khv the former for the murder of Thomas Behn, white store keeper living near Bluffton, on tli 12th of June last; the latter for killing Marc Legree, colored, on St. Helena Island, la: December. The necks of both were brokei and they died without struggling, after ac mitting the justness of their sentence. ? The Lancaster Ledger of last week, says "At the recent election for Probate Judge i this county, John W. Twitty, Esq., receive a majority of the votes. A protest was ente; ed by his opponent, Capt. K. G. Billings, i to the legality of four new polling precincts e: tablished by the Election Commissioners, an the non return of the box and ballots froi one other?the Caston precinct. The cas was carried before the State Board of Cat vassers, who counted out the five polling pr< cincts objected to, and declared Capt. Billing, elected. He will shortly enter upon the di charge of the duties of the office." "O ? The first criminal prosecution of a newpaper for libel ever known in this State, w; begun in Charleston last Monday, at the ii stance of ex-Congressman Bowen, now Slieri of Charleston, who is prosecuting Messr Riordan and Dawson, of the News and Co rier, upon eight indictments for publicatioi extending through several years, and cove ing charges against Bowen of frauds in oftie election frauds, bigamy, forgery and instig ting murder. The indictment based upc publications implicating Bowen iu murder the first one set for trial. Monday was d voted to preliminary proceedings and tl filling of the jury panel, which at the hour < adjournment had not been completed. ? In accordance with the provisions Chapter 27 of the General Statutes, and u der the act passed at the last session of tl legislature, to provide for the enumeration the inhabitants of the State, Governor Char berlain has made appointments of census t kers for the several counties. B. F. Brig in is appointed for York county ; H. M. Byrd ? for Chester; W. R. Marshall for Fairfield; P. Orr Miller for Spartanburg; and James |? H. Goss for Union. The census taker for >(j each county mentioned is authorized to apin point such assistants as may be necessary, not, r- however, to exceed four. The compensation id is fixed by the General Statutes at five dollars 'y per day for the census takers, while actually e* employed, and four dollars per day for each )0 assistant. r- - d NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Thomas Gladden, convicted of murder at Cleveland Superior Court, took an appeal. > ?Rev. Mr. Hiden, late pastor of the First _ Baptist Church of Wilmington, has removed ~ to Greenville, S. C. ? Reports from all sections of the State agree that in consequence of the recent cold snap, the fruit crop will be a failure. ? The Statesville American learns that a considerable haul of illicit distillers was made in Yadkin county recently, and their opera_ tions brought to a sudden close. ? Col. E. A. Osborne having resigned the office ofClerk of Mecklenburg Superior Court, Judge Scheuck has appointed Mr. J. R. Er= win to fill out the unexpired term of that ic omcer. ? There is a prospect of the purchase of the >> Western X. C. Railroad by the commissioners (^j- appointed at the late session of the Legislai ture, and that the road will be completed to Tennessee as early as practicable. ?? ? The Raleigh Netvs says that the recent ?(, tornado which swept through Chatham county >' did more damage than was at first reported. js On account of the destruction of their property s- many well-to-do farmers are in actual want. at ? The Fayetteville Gazette says the most astounding story, concerning the late storm, _ comes from Sampson county. It is stated as a fact that a little child was snatched up by the hurricane and carried six miles, and deposited on the ground unhurt. ? The Goldsboro Messenger learns that a r case is being made up to test the constitutionality of the act Drohibitiwrr the chance of " r ------ 0 - - - w j railroad gauges in the State, and a decision may be expected at the June term of the Supreme Court. n ?J. W. Schenck, jun., formerly Sheriff of j. New Hanover county, was recently arrested in Dallas, Texas, and returned to Wilmington, to answer the charge of embezzlement. After d a preliminary hearing he was released on bail iu the sura of 81000. j. ?While Judge Schenck was charging the 3t grand jury at Mecklenburg court, Zeb Vance e. passed the following well-taken points to his Honor: "Shooting at a man and missing him, ,e is an assault with intent to kill. Knocking one Iq of your fat hogs in the head is a killing with intent to salt." The Court declined to give 0 the instructions and the Governor appealed. ;o ? In the United States Circuit Court at ie Greensboro, last week, Judge Bond denied the motion to dissolve the injunction against the ie North Carolina Railroad Company restraiuing the purchase of the Western N. C. Raild road. This decision prevents consolidation. The case against Blount, Deweese and Sweatn land, charging them with couspiring to dei fraud the Cherokee Indians, was dismissed on e the motion that the indictment was defective, and that the statute of limitation barred the i- prosecution. The defendants were representB. ed by Hou. Mat. W.Carpenter, of Wisconsiu. S MERE-MENTION. There was snow in Cincinnati on Friday last. Brownlow is as venomous as ever. n He recently characterized Andy Johnson as a "fangless, toothless old reptile." News girls are becoming numerous in New York, n sun! threaten to drive the bovs out of the 1* business. The New York Commercial r* Advertiser estimates that 898,000,000 are spent annually in the United States for repairing fences alone. President Grant 2" will be fifty-three years of age on the 27th of 3t the present month. Messrs. E. J. Hale 1S & Son, New York, announce a volume of e poems by Mr. Paul H. Hayne. The title of the work is "The Mountain of Lovers, with b Poems of Nature aud Tradition." Snow b fell to the depth of from one to two feet throughout New York and the New England States on the 13th instant. The Solicil" tor of the Treasury Department, to whom the 13 question was referred, decides that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has the right 's to examine the bank checks of any bank to ascertain whether the law is violated respect11 ing the affixing of stamps to such checks. Several companies of cavalry have left lt Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, during the 0 past week for Fort Laramie, front which 0 point they will be sent to guard the entrance to the gold fields in the Black Hills. All the local political difficulties iu Louisiana 3" seem to have been settled, aud with Kellogg l* as the recognized Governor, the Legislature ?" is in harmonious session. A Boston man, 11 recently deceased, left a sum of money, the 2" interest of which is to be annually invested lS in theatre tickets for the poor. Florida is said to be the best timbered State in the Uuion, there being in it over 30,000,000 acres d in timber land. Four sleeping cars have h been put on the Air-Line Railroad. The _ strike of the factory operatives at Great Falls, a | New Hampshire, has exhausted itself, and ie | the factories are fully supplied with labor, h i The New York Legislature has passed a ; bill appropriating ?5,000 to pay ?280 to each '? J surviving member of the first New York vol1* j unteer regiment who served in the Mexican ! war. Ex-Confederate General John B. i: j Hood is farming in Minnesota The Atn ! lanta (Georgia) Herald says the business of d the Pullman sleeping cars has been nearly r- broken up in that section by the passage of is the civil rights bill. Ninety million peo3 ! pie speak the English language, 45,000,000 d speak German, 55,000,000 Spanish, and 45,000,000 Ftench. Photographs have been obtained in Paris four feet three inches long j by three feet four inches in height. There are sixty-three widows in Versailles, Kentucky, and the stranger who passes through o- r,.? i,;0 i;fo ? LIIUlUWii 19 u/m iw inu i\ji tuo iiiv* licv. David Wills, once a resident of York s- county, S. C., lias taken charge of a Presbyis terian church in Washington city Heavy a- snow fell in Richmond last Monday with high id' cold wind. At sun-rise the thermometer was s. eight degrees below the freezing point. The loss among the truck farmers in the eastern part of the State is estimated at SI,000,r 000. A party of three persons ascended in a balloon from Paris, last Saturday, reacha ing the extraordinary height of four miles. >n Two of the mronauts were suffocated to death, is and the other was so seriously injured that e- his recovery is doubtful. After a careie ful review of the situation in Luzerne county, of Pennsylvania, the authorities have decided that it would be inexpedient at present to of withdraw the troops seut to Ilazelton and via. cinity for the purpose of repressing the turbuie lent miners. By the breaking of a dam, last Sunday at Wreutham, 25 miles from 0 Boston, a tremendous Hood, with disastrous ren" suits occurred. Mill property to the value of a" S 100,000 was injured and destroyed, but forgs tunately no lives were lost. LOCAL AFFAIRS. 1? CC NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I ' Kennedy, Latimer A Heinphill?Flour?Brown st Linen Drilling?Hats?Calico?Ribbons? Corsets. V T. M. Dobson & Co.?Great Excitement at Dob- c' son's Millinery Store?Groceries?Ready- ec Made Clothing?Gold Jewelry?50 Cents per ^ Dozen?Dress Goods?Calicoos. A. II. Davega, President?Meeting of Stoekhold- P' ers of theChester and Lenoir Railroad Com- to pany. r> T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bank- I v ruptcy?Application for Discharge?In tho Vl Matter of J. Newton McCall, L. D. McMackin, Bankrupts. y< i S. A. MclOlwee, Executor?Executor's Sale. ! II. W. Hope, Secretary?Masonic Meeting. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. We have been requested to state that there 1 will not be a meeting of the Board of County j Commissioners until next sales-day. A NEW DEPOT. | , We learn that a freight depot has been re- ! ! cently built at Black's Station, on the Air- j a ' Line Railroad, and Mr. Ira Hardin appointed j P' ! agent at that place. S ^ I P1 COOL WEATHER. j ta A decidedly cold snap for this latitude, and j f0 at this season of the year, occurred on Friday j j, night, and ice formed one-fourth of an inch jn thick. It wus also quite cool on Sunday, since p, which the weather has moderated, though the pj air continues chilly. Fruit is seriously m blighted, and garden vegetation nipped to the fa ground. ______ m u'anivtfi nii:iiT? at tiir SOUTH. W As is generally knojvn, Duvall, the Sheriff d( of Fairfield county, has been mysteriously h( absent for several weeks. Ever since his de- O parture from Winnsboro, his wife, Mrs. M. A. ne Duvall, has acted as jailor, and her account w< for dieting prisoners, on being preseuted to sh Judge Mackey while here last Thursday, was a duly approved by that official, with the re- al mark that the lady in question having the uc custody of men, and holding official position, C< affords at least one practical exemplification of of the assertion of women's rights in a section ht of country where the question has never been o\ mooted. ta gi TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following are the transfers of real estate recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: ei John J. Warren to John J. Middleton. Lot of one acre in Catawba township. Con sideration 8425. jn J. L. Adams to W. L. Adams. Tract of ^ 135 acres in Bethel township. Consideration t 81000. b, J. S. R. Thomson to Wru. Snider and Mrs. rv I AT. A. Latimer. Lot in Yorkville. "Consid- i_. Ul eratiou $75. ^ Johu M. Morrow to M. E. Morrow. Tract j of 60 acres in Broad River township. Consideration $210. .L Belle M. McCaw to J. F. Wallace. Lot . in Yorkville. Consideration $200. J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to Robert Morri- ^ son. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration S83. J. C. Slmrpe to Johu R. London, Trustee. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $350. Robert Lathan to Win. H. Snider and oth- j ers. Lot of 61 acres in York township. ^ A. W. Jones to J. G. Thoinasson. Lot of j 6 acres in York township. Consideration , 8100. _____ CIRCUIT COURT. ce April terra of the Circuit Court of York dc county adjourned on Thursday evening last, of after having been in session for ten days. A of vast amount of business was dispatched, and wi members of the bar tell us that the calendars ob of this county were never, within their recol- th lection, as clear as when left by Judge tn Mackey at the close of the recent terra. Omitting a number of cases on action of debt q( docketed at the recent session, and on which ca judgments were rendered by default, the fol- c], lowing causes were ended, in addition to those ju reported last week : F. A. and J. A. Erwin vs. J. A. McCul- if louj^h ; injunction. ? tided. j John J. Roach vs. J. M. Ivy & Co ; account. , . Argument heard and decisiou reserved. C. J. Pride vs. James Pagan, Agent; relief. Decree for defendant. tu E. H. Stringfellow vs. John J. Poag; par- g? tition. Order made. Jas. Rattaree vs. D. R. S. Blake; account, j) Order made confirming report of referee. ^ David Hyatt vs. S. N. Dunlap; foreclosure. Stricken off. "r D. A. Gordon vs. W. B. and J. B. Wil- 'a liams; relief. Stricken off. an G. Gallagher, Sen., vs. C. Blair and Wra. ril White; renew j? fa. Same vs. same. Same c, action. These cases were heard together. ^ Order made vacating former order renewing the execution. Order of publication. r Adams & McCorkle vs. John Martin; mo- "a tion. Order made to renew execution. la W. I. Clawson vs. J. S. Lewis; motion, to Order made. hti James Crawford vs. J. S. Bailey ; motion. a Order made. A. F. Smith vs. Henry Green,et al.; motion. ? Motion granted to vacate judgment. Order uc of publication. ch M. A. Patrick, et al., appellants, vs. A. F. th Smith, Executors, et al.; appeal from Trial aij Justice. P. B. Hanibright vs. same. Same au cause. Motions granted. Orders made. J. C. Chambers, appellant, vs. J. W. Allison ; appeal from Trial Justice. Appeal dis- sei missed. 1131 Louisa Bratton, appellant, vs. Hugh War- jo; rcn ; appeal from Trial Justice. Verdict set til aside. Judgment for the appellant, Louisa tit Bratton. L. M. Grist, appellant, vs. John Massey; appeal front Trial Justice. Verdict set aside. ^ Judgment for the appellant. ? ev JIJIXiE MACKEY AND THE BAR. ho The following note from Judge Mackey, ad- H j dressed to the members of the Vorkville bar, wi ' fully explains itself and the occasion which tic | called it forth. The complimentary letter ad- an i dressed to Judge Mackey was signed by every ca member of the Vorkville bar : th Chester, S. C., April 19th, 1875. mi J Messrs. W. I. Clawson, W. B. Wilson, nu | James F. Hakt and others, Attorneys and , tai ! Counselors at Law, Vorkville, S. C.? Gentle- L()( ! men :?I have the honor to acknowledge the j ? receipt of your communication of the 16th | u' I instant, wherein you tender me your thanks j ' for having, at the recent Term of the Court, 1 w> ! "by day and night-sessions, reduced the num- ou = bcr of cases on the dockets, far below what lit j they have been at any time within the memo- to, j ry of the oldest member of the Bar." ^1 : You are also pleased to accord to me the .. merit of "holding the public officials to a " strict, faithful and honest performance of the I s'i duties of their several offices." j tw Be assured, gentlemen, that I gratefully ap- ! sh j preciate this testimonial from the Bar of York, j The Bar is to the Bench, a kind of contempo-1 . , raneous posterity, expressing in advance the ! judgment of after-times, when history?her clear vision unclouded by interest or passion? 111 I shall record her final and irreversible decree th as to those who have been vested with great ca trusts, and have exercised high powers, which W) rendered them in their sphere the arbiters of'? the liberties, the fortunes and the honor of . many of their fellow-men. For myself, I can lk only hope to faintly emulate those illustrious jurists, in the light of whose lofty judicial virtues, you, gentlemen, received your early training; virtues whose exalted office it is to W)diffuse a calm through civil life, and assure ^ us, long before we stand in need of justice, i ' that whenever the day shall come, we shall : find it administered by judges who know j 1*1 i what justice is, aud have the necessary reso-i pe tion, and are invested with the requisite msideration, to enforce and maintain it. If E do not entirely fail in emulating that high andard of excellence, I shall owe my meas- jy rable success in a very great degree to the laracterof the Bar by which I am surround- < I, composed as it is of gentlemen learned iu j ie law, who, while holding inviolable the*! P ivileges and independence of their order, ; it ster and support the dignity of the judicia- ; g! ', and shed upon it the lustre of their own j g iried attainments. I remain, gentlemen, very respectfully, )ur obedient servant, ? T. J. MACKEY, Circuit Judge. " ' o orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ LETTER FROM CHESTER. a Chester, April 19th, 1875. [ Our County Commissioners have caught jj ie spirit of reform, and are managing the t Kiiintw ajirh piimmpiirlnhlp nro lano ui ctio cuuiiwj ?! ?/ ^ u riety and economy. While the people are 1 leased with their practice, a9 well as their t omiseof reform, there are those who do not a ,ke to it very kindly. The latter class are a und among Republican politicians, who aring the late campaign were loud-mouthed i their promises of reform, bilt only for the e jrpose of getting another opportunity of b undering the public. This general state- J P eut is based upon the following particular ^ cts: When the late board of County Cora- ? issioners retired from office, the majority of horn are now in the penitentiary, the in- A ;btedness of the county was in the neighbor- 3 rod of four thousand dollars. But the new c ommissioners discovered that this indebted- P ?ss was composed in part of claims that 11 ore upon their face the look of fraud, and g lould not be paid until they had undergone >s careful examination. Interested individu- 1 s knew perfectly well that these claims could h )t pass the scrutinizing eye of investigation, t1 onsequently, they determined that the work 1 'investigation should be taken from the 1 mdsof the County Commissioners, and given g rer to the Clerk of the Court; and to the at- P inment of this end they bent all their ener- t es. To succeed in this disreputable busi- 1( ;ss, a strong pressure was brought to bear C ion a prominent member of the Legislature & on) this county, who gently yielded to their ? itreaties in promising to secure the passage t 'ajoint resolution by the Legislature, giv- c g to the Clerk of the Court the right of pass- ? g upon their claims. After due time the ti forts of the legislator were successful in ob- t ining the adoption by the General Assem- ? y of the desired resolution. Thus far victo- tl perched upon the banner of corruption ; c it the cause of the corruptionists has receiv- d 1 a check, and it is hoped that their banner g ill ere long trail in the dust of utter disap- tl jintmeutand defeat. In accordance with si e requirements of the joint resolution passed Q r the General Assembly, the doubtful claims 81 jre passed upon by the Clerk of the Court; a )t lo and behold ! the Treasurer will not pay tl e claims, unless the County Commissioners P ant certificates acknowledging the validity A the claims. And this the County Cora mis- lr _:n ,l? tk jueis mil uuu u?/. jl ub uicvvi?IMb?vv4 ..w.^v.w ' the obnoxious claims are in a state of great ^ dignation, aud declare their intention of w tving a mandamus issued, directing the junty Commissioners to grant the desired o rtihcates, orshow cause why they will not ? so. The latter, supported by the approval ei the people, are quietly awaiting the issuing the mandamus, when the poiuts in dispute ill be settled by the judicial authorities. I itaineil the above facts in an interview with (j e chairman of the board of County Com- ft issioners, E. T. Atkinson, Esq. t( Since writing the above, the Clerk of the ^ . 0' ">urt, C. C. Macoy, E<q., has appeared in a ^ rd in the Chester Reporter, in which he de- c, ares his intention of throwing no obstacles n the way of a careful examination of the ? lubtful claims by the County Commissioners. he does so, he will have acted well and ^ sely, and will have relieved himself of any ame in connection with this matter. () Several social festivities of a delightful na- b re, came off in our town la9t week. These ti itherings were in honor of the marriage of r. Cuthbert Bacot, of Winnsboro, and Miss ^ aisy Kobison, of this place. In addition to e principal characters in the matr'monial ^ ama, ten couples, whose beauty and gal- tj try were unsurpassable, were in attendance, V id gave eclat to the event. The nuptial I ,es were solemnized by the Rev. W. H. 11 trapbell, of Charleston, at Saint Mark's C: lurch, which had been appropriately decoted for the occasion by fair and skillful fl inds. The sacred edifice was filled with a a: rge audience. In addition to their desire J manifest an interest in the welfare of the ippy couple, the witnessing of so beautiful w spectacle was a good and sufficient reason r their attendance. So great an array of auty, adorned in a manner inexpressibly jr arming, and aiding by their presence in bi e celebration of a sacred ceremony, wa3 a fi jht that angels might have beheld with joy c' id admiration. On the evening previous ^ that of the performance of the marriage j rvice, a party was given by one of the brides- }? aids, which was in every particular an en- tl fable affair. The evening glided inipercep- b; >ly away in the enjoyment of soft aud sen- tc nental talk ; and if all the signs fail not, seed yj is sown that evening that will eventually ^ riug up aud bear fruit in the consummation several matrimonial affairs. On Friday ft ening a complimentary hop was given in bi mor of the bride aud groom at the Cotton hi otel by the young men of our town, which I H is a fitting climax to the preceding festivi- j n is. The chivalry and beauty of Chester ^ "? v-i .j I il WinnsDoro were asseiuuiuu ujjuu mc i w sion, and consumed the greater portion of' B e night in gliding through the mazes of the , hi erry dance. There were a considerable! iraber in attemlance who were simply spectors of the brilliant scene. The bridal party : .rf II) :>k their departure for Winnsboro on Sat- j . day. They cannot fail to carry away with ! 0j cm pleasant impressions of Chester, and C 11 doubtless perpetuate in memory the joy-; it; s events of the past few days. Another i ik has been added to the chain, which binds j ^ jethcr in bonds of an abiding friendship, j is and our neighboring town. May the ; 0| iks continue to increase until the chain j y all have been eutirely completed, and the , rt o places bound together by a union that j all be forever one and inseparable. j h Mr. A. M. McMullen has taken offense, ' 1| thout sufficient cause, at my comments upon j 0j case tried at the recent term of the court, w which he was concerned. I merely stated a e principal points in connection with the st on u iiou'snnnpp pnrrpsnnndent. it OU, Tf IIIV 111 IW m ?iw M uu.,|.v. , is my duty to do. Mr. McMulleu is an inorahle gentleman and a good citizen, and was as far from my intention of giving him fense as the east is from the west. Mr. W. B. Burnett, of the firm of R. D. o! albraith <fe Co., has kindly furnished me s* th the prices of the following articles in Cl is market to-day : Cotton, middling 14i@ | 1:] ; low middling, 14@141 cents; bacon, | ii@lo-V cents; lard, 20 cents; meal, 81.40 tsi ir bushel, and flour 83.75. Qir. i ai EDITORIAL INKLINGS, fleets of the Beecher Trial. ' Three persons have been admitted to the [aryland lunatic asylum, having become inine from reading the proceedings of the ] eecher trial and studying the complicated , bases of the interminable suit; and in Wash- ! | jgton city a man has lost his reason from the ime cause. The Chronicle of Friday tlni9 !' peaks of the last named case : A well-dre9sed man, whose name was not ! ] scertained, but who was recognized as an ex- | Jovernment clerk, created considerable ex- \ itement and merriment in the neighborhood ! , f Pennsylvania avenue and Ninth 9treet yes- , erday afternoon by his ludicrous appearance | nd crazy antics. He had a stout, new rope | wined about his body and neck, and carried | i his right hand a flaming banner, which he , ung valiantly to the breeze, and which bore . he inscription, "Protestanism is the Religion , f Hell. I Will Disclose to the People the . >ue Religion." It also bore, in gold letters, | be uames of Luther, Henry VIII, Bismarck, ( nd Beecher, and various hieroglyphics, |, mong which was a picture of his idea of hell, fhich was surrounded with large snakes. He iaraded the street muttering incoherent senences about the Beecher trial and other inxplicable matters. He is evidently insane, ut as he created no disturbance, and finally iromised to go home quietly, he was not mo* ssted by the police. iversity of Labor. i The importance of diversity of labor is question which farmers would do well to tudy. The subject attracts newspaper disussion every year, but we fear that the lanters do not give it that attention which ts importance deserves. Some of the Virinia papers are appealing to the agricultures of that State so to diversify their crops hat in no case can they be left without a sufciency of food for their own support, even if hey have no profits. The Petersburg and iichmond newspapers are strongly advocaing this rule, and, it is to be hoped, have a ood prospect of success. There are some iortious of Virginia in which tobacco is pracically the single crop, and if it fails to yield argely the cousequeuces are disastrous. The iulf States, in case of any accident to the coton crop, 6nd themselves in a like predicaleut. The New-Orleans Picayune advises he planters of Louisiana to diversify their rops. In three years the cotton crop of the louth has yielded 11,750,000 bales, of the esimated value of 8725,000,000. The value of he crops for the three years preceding the rar was 8534,000,000. Yet, notwithstanding bis large increase, the Picayune says that the otton States are every year going deeper and eeper into debt. Asa partial remedy, it sugests the diversification of the crops, so that he planter may have more for his personal upport and for that of his employes, and less eed for expenditure on this account. It jems scarcely credible that with an average nnual return of 8234,960,000 from cotton, j le Southern States should be in such a de- ' lorable condition, but it appears to be true. 1 l11 that they can make seems to be turned J lto ashes by official plunder and misgovern- j lent and consequent disorganization of labor. d the same time, no community can prosper ( hich depends upon only one crop. Diversi- j . ' T infflrojtj ia nno nf flip flPOTPfs 1 f VI Ugl IL'liJiuiui Iinvivgv) 10 wuv WA HMV vvv. f northern or middle State prosperity, and ' tight be tried with advantage in the South- J rn States. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN CHARLOTTE. * About 3 o'clock, on Friday afternoon, a uantity of cotton on the platform of the , harlotte, Columbia and Augusta and Richtond and Danville Railroads, at Charlotte, 1 iok fire ami in a very short time fully 3,000 ( ales were in Humes. Every effort to put it ' ut at first was a failure, for the wind was | lowing almost a perfect hurricane. The urrent of the wind fiom where the fire origi- 1 ated carried it directly in the direction of the , Torth Carolina depot, or rather the offices of ( lat company, and the large and spacious | 'arehouse and depot of the Charlotte, Columia aud Augusta Railroad, and in thirty min- j tcs after the fire alarm had been given, both f these buildings were on tire. Most of the ooks and papers were gotten out, but the j rausferof the fire from the burning cotton to ie depot was so rapid that very little time ' 'as given for the removal of any freight, and 1 ie forked tongues of the flames soon licked 1 p 850,000 worth of valuable freight, inclu- ' iug the value of the buildings. About this rue the large wooden building belongiug to V. J. Black, aud formerly the Exchange lotel, was in imminent danger, but by aliost superhuman efforts it was saved, after < atchiug on fire several times. The large otton platform, recently erected by the Car* ( lina Central Railroad, was at this time in } lost imminent clanger, and, communicating, < 9 it did, with the foundry buildings of Capt. ' ohn Wilkes, aud leading in the direction of j le wooden buildings which are situated just * est of the foundry, everybody felt that ex- : a efforts must be made to save these buildigs. i Flakes of the burning cotton were carried, i some instances, hundreds of yards, as chaff efore the wiud, and were communicating the re in many places in the direction of Me- ( lanicsville. The first was the large wooden j uilding just to the east of the burning depot, J iid in an incredibly short space of time, the j !d tan-yard buildings and several other ouses in that vicinity, were in flames. At 5 lis time, the old Peter Brown house, occupied ^ y B. C. Henry, Esq., as a boarding-house, ] ?ok fire in the roof, and a building iu Tiddy's ird was seen to be on fire. In an instant, it as discovered that C. H. Elms' stable and ? ol. Myers' kitchen were in flames. About lis time, fire was communicated to Robert eatty's residence, on 7th street, and it was : urued to the ground. Not less than a dozen ouses in this part of the town were on fire at lis time, and as the wind was blowing a ter- j hie gale, little hope was left of saving this , irtion of the city. By almost superhuman < forts, the large mansion of Col. \V. R. Myers as saved, and also the residence of John L. rown, Esq., and the further spread of the re in this direction was stopped. Among the losses must be added a very ( .rtre uuantity of furniture, which, on being ( moved from the residences, was, in many j istances, damaged nearly as badly as if desoyed by lire. The houses burned were olfices f the North Carolina Depot, the Charlotte, olumhia and Augusta railroad Depot, dwellig belonging to Mrs. Brown, etc., Brown's ' tnnery, North Carolina Railroad blacksmith | lop, wood shop and blacksmith shop be- r tnging to Mrs. Brown, tenement house on j rade street belonging to Mrs. Brown, the J Id Peter Brown residence, Tiddy's stable, j IT. II. Myers' stables, C. II. Elms' stable, j f ,'sidence of Robert Baily on Seventh street, j Messrs, Sanders & Blackwood are the j1 eaviest losers in cotton. They had on the | \ latform 1,401 bales of cotton, and uot more | jj lan 175 or 200 bales were saved, and most' > f that is in a very damaged condition. They ! n ere insured in various companies to the , 1 mount of $101,000. Supposing the cotton J' tved to be worth $12,500, their insurance 1 $13,000 in excess of their loss. Stenhouse & Macaulay lost only about ' velve bales?all insured. S. B. Meacham, agent, lost twenty five I ales, valued at $2,200?all insured. Burroughs & Springs lost several car loads j f guano, fully insured. Companies repre- 11 in ted by them lose $37,000 insurance in the r ty* :) Oates Brothers lost 29 bales, valued at ' j bout $2,000. Total loss, no insurance. Messrs. Mauney & Bros., of Kings Mouu-1 1 tin, lost 10 bales, valued at $700 ; no insur- j a ice. I Col. J. Y. Bryce lost about 30 bales, cov- I jred by insurance. Sutherlin & Johnson lost 54 bales, covered by insurance. Mr. Kizer, 6 bales, valued at $600 ; total loss, no insurance. R. J. McDowell lost 9 bales, valued at 5600 ; total loss, no insurance. Mrs. Brown, relict of the late P. M. Brown, lost in buildings not less than $18,500. Toial loss, no insurance. ^ The total losses are estimated to reach not less than $300,000, most of which is covered by insurance. if) The origin of the fire is, at this writing, 'seven o'clock, p. ra.) unknown. The engineer of the compress engine was the first man to discover the fire, some two huudred feet to the east of the compressing house. Some say that the fire caught from the sparks of this engine; others say that it was ignited by a spark from an engine on the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio railroad track, while others ? assert most positively that the fire, originating where it did, could not have caught from either source, and conjecture that it first caught from a match, or some tobacco pipe. All that is now known is that we have had the most fearful and destructive fire which has ever taken place in the city.? Charlotte Observer, Ylth instant. SEWS ITEMS. Rev. A. G. Stacey, formerly of the South Carolina Conference, who was at one time stationed at Chester, and subsequently principal of a female school at Charlotte, died in Austiu, Texas, on the 9th instant. In the Lynchburg (Va.) News there is an obituary notice of Mr. Charles Henry Lynch, who, it is stated, was the grandson of Charles Lynch, the originator of the famous "Lynch law.'' The old tree is still standing in the yard of the family homestead from which Judge Lynch's victims were suspended. This statement is confirmed by the authority of Webster, who says "the term is derived from a Virginia farmer named Lyuch, who thus took the law into his own hands." At Cedar Keys, Fla., a real pirate has appeared?an aged Spaniard, who calls himself Rios de Ralfo. He once assisted in the burial of a large amount of treasure at Cedar Keys, which he has returned to unearth, and has actually succeeded in discovering an iron box, containing many precious stones and old Spauish coins, of an estimated value of 810,000. Col. George W. Gayle, formerly a prominent lawyer of Selma, Ala., died in that city a few days since. He was very eccentric, and in 1864 inserted in the Cahaba Gazette an advertisement offering 81,000,000 for the assassination of President Lincoln, though he was not worth as many cents. After the war Mr. Gayle was arrested and coufined about one year in Fortress Monroe. He was, however, A mainly through the intercession of his wife, by President Johnson released. During his confinement in Fortress Monroe he became partially paralyzed in his lower limbs, from which he never recovered. A Washington telegram to the Baltimore Sun says: "The banks all over the country are compromising with the commissioner of internal revenue for their failure to have stamps affixed to checks. The amounts paid range from twenty-five dollars to five hundred * dollars. The commissioner does not desire to bring suits against the banks if he can avoid it." A despatch from Galveston, Texas, dated the 19th instant,says: "A special despatch Prom the border reports that the Mexican raiders are burning the ranches. Teleerauh r ' ? _ ' O W ( ic communication with Browusville is interrupted, and it is supposed that the raiders liave cut the line. The people in several uorder towns are in arras. Many raucheros ire moving to the towns for safety." ? ? The Wheat Crop.?The Chicago Times las, in reply to inquiries sent out, received authentic statements or the "present prospects jf the wheat crop in the principal wheat- "5 growing States of the North-west. They are satisfactory and encouraging, both as to the breadth sown, as compared with last year's area, and as to the condition and appearance jf the winter wheat since the close of winter. The breadth is greater and the appearance of the fields fine and thrifty. The young wheat bas been protected from the extreme severity af the weather by the depth of snow which lias covered it during most of the winter. Upon the whole, the prospect is considered ijood, and a corresponding good feeling and hopefulness are spreading into other branches sf business and trade. If food be abundant and cheap, requiring less of earnings to prosure it, there is more for other wants. ^financial anil Commercial. YORKVILLE, April 21.-Cotton 14}@15. CHARLOTTE, April 19.?The cotton market dosed steady on Saturday at 158 for best grades. Corn, 90(gt92 cents from wagons; Meal, 93@95 merits per bushel; Peas, 81.25. NEW YORK, April 19.?Evening?Cotton quiet md steady; sales 584 bales atl0i@168; net re;eipts 479; gross 5181. Futures closed dull; sales !3,G00 bales, as follows: January, 168(5,10 7-16 ; April, 168; May, 162(^16 13-32; June, 10 11-16(3) 16 23-32: July, 10 15-16@15 31-32; August, 17 1-32; September, 16 27-32(3)102; October, 16 11-32@168; November, 164@16 3-16; December, 16 5-32(3)16 r-32. LIVERPOOL, April 19.?Noon?Cotton steady ; Middling uplands Sd. CHARLESTON, April 19.?Cotton quiet. Midlling, 164 ; low middling, 15J; ordinary, 14J(5)15. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, April 16.-The following is the omparativo cotton statement for the week end ng to-day: 1875. 1874. Receipts at all ports for the week....36,G86 39,193 Total receipts to date 3,266,233 3,506,942 fix ports for the week, 24,(585 72,590 Total Exports to date 2,158,705 2,335,317 5tock at all United States ports...551,306 511,113 Stock at interior towns 74,973 78,430 stock at Liverpool, 874,000 800,000 Vineriean afloat for Great Britain206,000 258,000 Financial. NEW YORK, April 19.-Gold 15. ye n^v, i * Uontfs. No Preaching. Owingto unavoidable circumstances, I will not ie able to fill my appointment at Smith's Stand, lext Sunday, but will preach there on the fourth Sabbath in May next, at 4 o'clock, p. m. T. J. Taylor. April 22 16 It Religions Notice. There will be a Sacramental Meeting at Sharon Church, on the 4th Sabbath, the 2.5th day of this nonth. Preaching will commence on the Friday irovious. R. A. Ross, Pastor. April 1") 15 2t Agent for the Yorkville Enquirer. The undersigned respectfully informs his friends uul the public generally, that he has accepted an ippointment as one of the canvassing agents for he Yorkville Enquirer, and will lie pleased to eceive subscriptions. John T. Grist. April 1 13 tf tow to Restore the Prosperity of the State. Keep your money at home. Do not send away or anything which you can obtain as well here as dsewhere. We do not advocate paying 85.00 for hat which you can buy abroad for even 84.90, but vhen you can buy j*our Blank Books, ofthe best ?... ..o I.M.. au v??.' Vorlc. then send to ;i ?tut;, pi iuco ao iuit ( ? ?.iv? , Viilkcr, Evans and Cogswell, Charleston, S. C., in! purchase what you need. All their I^lanK looks are made in Charleston, and your encourigeincut will sustain a wortliy manufacturing enerprise. March 11 10 < i 11 ' u - - 1 J - J. - i CHESTER AND LENOIR HARROW GAUGE RAILROAD COMPANY. rHE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stockholders of this Company will be held at YORK,'ILIiE, South Carolina, on WEDNESDAY, 2TH DAY OF MAY NEXT. For the accommodation of Stockholders, an 5XTRA TRAIN will leave Chester for Yorkville, ,t EIGHT O'CLOCK, A. M.. on that day. A. H. DA VEGA, President. April 22 1(5 8t