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Jtoajrs and Jacts. The scourge of New York, this season, seems to be diphtheria, the number of deaths, from this cause, last week, reaching forty-six, or at the rate of nearly 2400 a year. A copy of President Andrew Jackson's proclamation on the nullification act of South Carolina in 1831, neatly printed on fine heavy , silk, was found recently among a quantity of old papers in a New Haven junk-shop. It is estimated that there are in the world steam engines aggregating the power of 14,400,000 horses, of which the United States owns one-third of the engines, or 4,800,000 horse-power. "Now let us talk about your business affairs," said a practical Connecticut girl to a young fellow after he had proposed marriage to her in a long address filled with expres ? ? sions 01 passionate love. Young Splint, M. D., accounts for the sraallness of his practice in this way. He has lost several patients, he says, because his staunch conservative principles never allow him to effect a.radical cure. * A widow, being cautioned by her minister about flirting, said she knew it was wrong for maidens and wives to flirt, but the Bible was her authority. It said "widow's mite." She was flirting awfully at the last accounts. A man in Nevada, who has been named for the Legislature is now practicing for that position. He can already drink two quarts of whisky per day, accepts a five" hundred dollar bribe without wincing, and ^ can hurl and inkstand at a hat on a desk and knock it off nine times out of ten. Judge Blatchford, of the U. S. Circuit Court, in New York, has decided that a voluntary petitioner in bankruptcy is entitled ^ to his discharge without showing a percentage ^ of his assets, and without the assent of his > creditors, upon debts contracted prior to Janj uary 1, 1869. ?During the quarter ended March 31, there arrived at New York 12,449 immigrants, including 8,328 males and 4,121 females, 1,953 being children. From Germany there were 4,069; England, 3,239; Ireland 2,086; Scotland 684; Wales 82; France 535; the rest representing almost every other nation. They all represent about 300 different occupations. Mr. ISeecher, in his sermon last Sunday, gave notice that one hundred new converts would join his church on the next Sabbath. He said that he would not have mentioned this except in praise of the Divine Master, and as an indication that through His fatherly care, current events, instead of driving off those desirous of coming in, had sanctified and strengthened the church. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour is reported as having expressed the opinion that the Democratic nomination for the Presidency will hardly, go outside a group of four gentlemen?Samuel J. Tilden, Sanford E. Church, Thomas H. Hendricks and Allen G. Thurman. Warm and intimate personal friend as he is of Gov. Tilden's, he is not able to say whether that gentleman wants the nomination or not. J-JA'VJU*. JUUgllBIl, Ul VUUUCt'U^Ul, wuu hasjust returned from his tour of the South, ^ says of the people of Texas that "they have seemingly forgotten that there ever was a war, and from every act and expression I glean the information that they welcome anybody who will come here to better their condition, regardless of any political association. It is a very rare thing for them to refer to a man's politics ; not half so much as we in New England do." An enthusiastic potato grower has discoverd that the esculent can be raised at any season of the year so cheaply that new potatos need never be a luxury. Salt is the agent that is to assist in this desirable style of production, in and out of season, and the tuber will come to the_table already seasoned. This is like feeding a sucking pig on brine to flavor the flesh, a plan often resorted to by ancient Britons. Who says moderns do not know how ' to do these things ? ? A desperate conflict between lawless men and civil officers, took place near Wilkes' barre, Pa., last Thursday, in which two of the latter received severe wounds, one of them fiemg probably fatally shot. This was followed by an assault by the sheriff and a posse of a hundred men upon the house occupied by the desperadoes and barricaded by them, and after a stout fight the house was brokeu into and the outlaws overpowered and arrested. A recent Washington telegram says: "Ex-Senator and ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Sawyer, was just after the war internal revenue collector at Charleston. On leaving that office he was indebted to the government some twenty thousand dollars. Repeated invitations to settle his deficiency have been unheeded by Mr. Sawyer. Suit will now be brought against his bond to compel restitution. Mr. Sawyer, it will be remembered, belongs to the band of Christian statesmen." The Memphis papers say that complaints are pouring in from all the surrounding counties of the fearful destruction of horses and mules by buffalo gnats. Many small planters, especially colored ones, are ruined by having their ouly horses and mules killed and being unable to replace them at a time when they are so badly needed. The Ledger publishes a letter from a planter near Macon, Fayette county, which says not less than two hundred horses and mules have died during the past three days within ten miles of that place. The over-dressed school girl is attracting attention all around. The Washington Star responds as follows : "There seems to be need for the censure by some of the papers of the growing tendency to extravagance of dress in school children, by which a spirit of caste in clothes has been introduced into the school rooms. The thing has gone on until children whose parents can at best afford them but very plain dressing, which is always most proper, are made to feel an inferiority altogether out of place in our public school system, which is professedly based on equality ? The Chicago Inter- Ocean has been giving comprehensive reports of the condition of the growing crops. The outlook for winter wheat in those sections most largely devoted to the cultivation of this cereal is not encouraging. There will be much less than an average crop, and in many localities less than half a crop. Spring wheat is not yet all sown; but, so far as reported, generally promises well. Oats, rye, barley and clover have suffered to some extent, while the fruit crop, except apples, will be almost a total failure. The cold weather during the winter, blighting winds and the heavy frost of April 16 and 17, were the principal damaging causes. Corn planting has barely begun. The grasshoppers have made their appearance in Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. In the latter State they are already devastating the gardens, while the States subjected to their ravages last year hope for relief this season by the migration of the pests to other H^Hiliftli&i?&.Yet not cursed by them. Another American has distinguished himself abroad. His name is Holtum, and he has lately been attracting attention at the Folies Bergeres, in Paris, by having a can non ball fired at him and catching the ball in his hands. This prodigious feat was witnessed nightly, and although the actors present avowed that there was no trick, Pierre Veron, of the Monde Illustre, would not believe it. He said that the cannon ball must be thrown to Holtum from the stage. The latter made a bet of five thousand francs that he would perform the feat under conditions which left no room to doubt, and when the bet was taken, Veron designated Mabille as the place for trial. All the journalists of Paris were invited, and they found Holtum there before his cannon. It was examined with minute care, and the heavy ball passed from hand to hand. "I am no longer in my own house," said Holtum ; "you are master here, and you must watch over all the arrangements." Having carefully aimed and lashed his cannon, it was charged, and Holtum took his place against a plank target some ten yards away. This was to show that the ball was solid, and the force of the powder great enough to send it through the plank. Holtum got the aim of his gun, and then placed his head in a certain position against the plank, giving the command to fire. The ball just grazed the hair and broke through the plank, rolling some twenty yards further | on. The same ball was picked up by the journalists, who again charged the cannon aud sent home the ball, and this time Holtum caught the ball in his hands as neatly as he does nightly upon the stage. He won his bet, and no one seemed disposed to accept his offer of 3,000 francs to any one who would perform the same astounding feat. The physical force required may be enormous, but Holtum showed his strength by tossing up cannon balls as if they were so many oranges. The only precautions taken are very simple ; he wears very thick leather gloves, and covers his breast with many thicknesses of thin paper to form a sort of cuirass. This looks like a very dangerous feat, particularly the first part of it, where Holtuiu places his head against the target half an inch below where the ball will probably strike. If the powder should chance to be defective, some day there might be an accident, snapping his head very neatly off. ?0*Mle (inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 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 ol the subscription by draft or post-oflioo money order, or enclose the money in a registered lettor. Postaere.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is pai'd by the publisher. Our subscribers, nc matter wKere thev receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The dateou the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood thai our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance "SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? There are twenty-one lawyers located in the town of Newberry. ? The May term of the Circuit Court for Fairfield county, commenced it sessions at Winnsboro on Monday last. ? T. W. Parmale, recently appointed Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, has entered upon the discharge of his duties. ? The county commissioners of Kershaw have determined to grant no licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors. ? Since the first day of January last, 609 crop liens have been recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Court for Marion county. ? The store of White & Finger, at Valley Falls, Spartanburg county, was broken open last week, and about S700 in money stolen from the safe. ? The new board of County Commissioners for Lancaster county, qualified on Monday of last week, and entered upon the discharge of their duties. ? Neagle's bridge, at Columbia, was advertised to be sold on Monday last, by the sheriff of Richland county, at the suit of Lewis Merrill vs. J. L. Neagle. ? The real estate of Ridgeway, in Fairfield county, on the line of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, is assessed at forty thousand dollars. ? Dr. Vampill, of Marion, who is largely engaged in grape culture, lost his entire prospective grape crop for this year, by the recent cold "snap." He has about 60,000 bearing vines. ? The dead body of an Irish peddler was found some days ago, at a point a little above Tucker's Ferry, near the Laurens and Newberry county line. The man had evidently been murdered. ? Union conuty boasts of a colored citizen who owns a fine tract of land, four mules, all necessary farmiug implements, cows, hogs, &c., and has over $2000 out bearing ten per cent, interest. ? There are now at anchor in Port Royal harbor, five vessels of the "Key West Squadron," to wit, the Colorado (flag ship), Worcester, Dictator (monitor), Pawnee and Pinta. ? On Tuesday of last week, Gov. Chamberlain returned to Columbia from his recent trip to Massachusetts, where he went to attend the centennial anniversary celebration of the battle of Lexington. ? The News mentions that Sheriff Duval, of Fairfield, who mysteriously disappeared some time ago, has returned to Winnsboro. He claims that he has been in Georgia under medical treatment. ? The Phccnix learns that John, aged ten, and Minnie, aged eight, children of Isaac W. Finney, of Clinton, Laurens county, were fatally poisoned on Sunday, by their parents accidentally giving them morphine for quinine. ? Some of the colored people about Abbe | ville have organized a secret society known | as the "Union Mechanics and Laborers' Sociei ty." They have a number of mysterious i grips and pass-words, and their object is to use the organization at the next election. ? Miss Ann Pamelia Cunningham, whose j funeral obsequies took place in Columbia on ! Tuesday, was for several years principal regent of Mt. Vernon, and it was through her persistent efforts that the Home of Washington was recovered and made national property. She was the daughter of Col. Robert Cunningham, of Laurens county, i ?The Lancaster Ledger of last week says : ; "The contractor, Maj. Ellis, has sub-let three miles of the grading on the Cheraw & Chester j Railroad, between Cane creek and the Catawba river. A force of thirty or forty hands commenced throwing dirt there on Monday last. We hear that the work on the Chester side of the river is progressing satisfactorily, about eight or ten miles of the grading being nearly ready for the cross-ties to go down." j ?The Charleston News and Courier publishes a table showing the number of tons ol fertilizers shipped over the South Carolina I Railroad for the past six years, to wit, from ! the 1st day of January, 1870, to May lsl 1875. The average shipment for the six seasons was 32,475 tons. The shipment of the i present season is less than that of 1870 and 1873, but is in excess of the average shipment for the six years. The following arc the number of tons for the six seasons : In . 1870?38,253 tons; 1871?18,677 tons: 1872?29,136* tons; 1873?42,399 tons 1874?31,728 tons ; 1875-34,660 tons. I ? Judge Reed, of the Charleston circuit, has ' made a decree authorizing the sale of the Sa '' vannah and Charleston Railroad, for a sun not less than 81,500,000. Of this amount ' 81,100,000 is applicable to the payment o the six per cent, mortgage guaranteed bond i1 of 1856, and the seven per ceDt. first mort gage bonds issued since the war (amounting together to about a million dollars) and t< the payment of coupons, etc. The remaining 8400,000 will be applied to the payment o ' the funded Interest bouds (State guarantee i and the eight per cent, bonds and other claims ; The State, under the decree, will be responsi ble for any amount of guaranteed bonds no i provided for out of the proceeds of the sale NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 ? A new postoffice, to be known as Byers | ville, has been established 10 miles south o ; Shelby, in Cleveland county. | ? The Statesville American learns that Jno I Young, a public-spirited and useful citizen o j Iredell county, fell dead while walking in hii yard on Wednesday of last week. T\ ?!j *nv.JI___ T>..ixi.^ | ? ivaviu -L/uuiuy, 01 xtaieigii, me uiucs ; printer in the State, and half-brother of C. P | Pelhara, Esq., of Columbia, is dangerously ! sick. ? Gaston Superior Court is in session thi: week. The most important case for trial ii that of Ellwood, charged with murder, whicl case was moved from Cleveland county. ? The Charlotte Democrat says the whea crop in that section is not damaged to hal the extent as was supposed when the heavy frosts occurred. ? S. C. Horaesley, who has been on a visi to Texas for the past 8 or 10 months, returnee to Shelby last week. The Banner report him to be remarkably well, and as jovial a ever. ? The Shelby Banner says that T. P. Wells of that place, has in his possession a swore that is thought to have belonged to Colone Ferguson, who was killed at the battle o King's Mountain. ? The Winston Sentinel says the revenui , officials are wantonly, and in violation of law destroviner whiskv distilleries in Yadkii J - 0 ^ county. It learns that Solicitor Dobson in : tends to indict them. ? Publication having been made by mis | take that the Legislature had passed an ac I giving assistance to soldiers of the Confedera cy who lost limbs in its service, the Raleigl Capital states that no such act passed, thougl ' it did pass the Senate. ? The effects of the storm last Saturday af . ternoon were severe as far east as Concord In that town the roofs of several houses wen damaged or blown entirely off, and at Char lotte a few houses in the suburbs were blowr down. ? In the municipal election at Raleigh, las Mouday, the Democrats carried eleven out o seventeen aldermen. The aldermen elect t Mayor. This is the first time since the wai that the city has gone democratic, durnara Salisbury, Hillsboro, Charlotte, Hendersor and Warrenton elected the Democratic ticket ? Cleveland county will have a banner a the Mecklenburg centenial celebration ap propriately inscribed as a memorial of th< victory at King's Mountain. This battle wai fought on the 7th of October, 1780, and wai a crushing blow to British rule in the Caro linas. ? Owens, the murderer of Cheek, is to b< hanged in Lincolntou on the 28th of May, in stead of the 26th, as we stated last week Since sentence was pronounced on Owens, h< has made a confession, which is printed in the Lincoln Progress. From this confession il would seem that liquor was the prime cause ol the commission of the deed. We will endeav or to print the material portions of the con fession in our next issue. ? The Statesville American has been al some pains to ascertain the extent of damage by the recent cold weather, to the wheat crop in that section, and learns from farmers it different counties, that the injury is by nc means exteusive. Early wheat has sustained partial damage, but that late sown, corapri sing three-fourths of the average crop, ha* sustained no damage at present visible. Tlx same paper reports that the apple crop ir the mountain counties will be a fair average but peaches and cherries are lost. ? Judge Brooks of the United States Dis Uict Court, in addressing the grand jury ol the court sitting at Elizabeth City last week said that the criminal features of the civi rights law in which they, as a grand jury were interested, was unconstitutional. H< said he agreed in opinion with Judge Em raons, a distinguished Judge of the Circuil ' Court, who had recently charged the granr I jury of his circuit that the law was unconsti tutional. The charge of Judge Dick, of tlx Western circuit, recently delivered to tlx grand jury at Greensboro, is substantially the same as the construction placed upon tlx law by Judge Brooks. MERE-MENTION. The Marquis De tJaux was recently snoi ' {in a duel at St. Petersburg. With the excep tion of his title and wealth he was only noted as being the husband of Adalina Patti, one ol the most famous singers of this generation j who was born in Charleston, S. C. A j disastrous conflagration occurred in Oshkosh ' Wisconsin, on Wednesday last, by which 8 : third or more of that thriving young city ol ' the North-west was reduced to ashes. Th( i loss is estimated at 82,500,000. The resig nation of Attorney-General Williams has beer accepted,and Judge Edwards Pierrepont has been appointed in his stead A Georgia freed man, at the close of the war had $150 | has supported a wife and Ave children, and bj a steady cultivation of the soil is now worth 1 $4,000 in land, stock and money True bills have been found against over a hundred members of an Atlanta, Ga., society for pri vate gambling. Tranquility is for th( present restored in Texas in the vicinity ol Corpus Christi. There is no information oi any raiding having been doue or crimes com mitted in that vicinity for several days. Al! companies of citizens have disbanded, bul federal troops are scouting through the infest > J ed districts on the frontier. The pro gramme of the French Government is to place . a grandson of Gen. LaFayette at the head o! i the French commission to the Philadelphia ; centennial. Barnwell Rhett, who foi some time has been a resident of Huntsville , j Alabama, will soon remove to Dallas, Texas for the purpose of resuming the journalistic profession. A negro preacher at George . town, Delaware, murdered his wife a fev [ weeks ago, and to evade arrest conccalec i himself in the loft of his meeting house, when he was the unwilling auditor of the murderet ; woman's funeral sermon. The borde; troubles with Mexico were made the suhjec > of deliberation at a recent Cabinet meeting 1 and it is probable that reparation will be de . manded of the Mexican goverraent at an ear . ly day. Three United States prisoner ,, confined at Abingdon, Va., on a charge of il ; licit distilling, were released from jail, las ; week, by a band of disguised men who forci bly entered the building, i i Dispatches from various points in -1 west encourage the hope that thecold weather 1 has killed the grasshoppers. On and ., after May 1st, 1875, the cotton brokers of f Boston have decided to adopt, as the rate of 3 brokerage on cotton, fifty cents per bale. A r baby in Milwaukie, Wisconsin, has been r | christened "Zero," in honor of the cold Sun3: day upon which it was born. The Pennl sylvania Railroad has declared a dividend of f four per cent. The government sells a ) million and a half of gold on the first and . third Thursdays, and a million on the second - and fourth Thursdays of May ; five millions t in all. The United States Hotel, at Sar. atoga, was sold on Saturday for the sura of 8350,000 cash. The Patrons of Husbandry in Alabama number 700 granges, * with 28,000 members. THE STORM* OF ^SATURDAY. About the same hour the storm of Saturf day visited this section, a fearful cyclone was 3 raging at Columbia and in that vicinity. The TJninn-Herald describes it as one of the most t destructive hurricanes that ever passed over . that section. At a quarter past 5 o'clock, j J large hail stones comraeuced to fall, and the storm roared furiously. The red, angry s lightning flashed out from the darkness in s terrible grandeur, the trees were bent to the i ground, and every portable thing was flying before the storm king, after which the hail t changed to rain, and came down in torrents, f The storm came from the west, from which jr quarter the wind had blown all day, and traveled nearly due east. The squall lasted t about thirty minutes, during which time the 1 air was thick with blinding dust and sand, s and limbs and leaves of trees wrenched and s revolved in whirling eddies. The extent of damage to property in Columbia is succinctly i, given in the following telegram to the News 1 and Courier: 1 Fortunately no life was lost and no serious f injury reported except in one case. The destruction of property was considerable, but not ruinous to any one person. Huge trees were 5 uprooted in every direction and signs, awn' ings, bill-boards, fences and walls blown down. 1 Many dwellings have been seriously damaged - by the rain which was driven through the smallest crevice and soaked through the walls, . in some instances causing the plastering to t fall and in others injuring to an extent sufficient to compel replastering. Many houses narrowly escaped being crushed by falling ^ TI?a whsvnt aamiaiia ininmt mna /tnn fa ti cca. JL lie must sci iuuo iujuij nao uuuc t\j 1 the Presbyteriao Church. Its fine steeple was prostrated and blown down. This roof '. is a huge mass of ruins crushed in by the falling timbers. The rear wall is sprung and the ornamental parts of the church badly dam2 aged. The steeple evidently fell its full length along the top of the building and roll1 ed off on the south side, where the fence and wall were broken down. Some portion of the t debris fell into the church-yard, breaking the f tablets which marked the resting places of the dead. It is estimated that it will take ten thousand dollars to repair the damage. The roof of the Statehouse was torn off at the west wing, a door blown out, and a chimney hurled to the ground. The cast iron palmetto tree, in front, was prostrated, and the ornamental work surrounding it broken down ; the strong bolts and hooks which held the tree up were torn out of their places and straightened out. The tree was divided into three parts. Other injuries to buildings are reported as follows: Squier's store and residence, Kinard's resi denoe. Dr. Woodrow's residence and Drintiue office, Carroll <fe Spellraan's carriage factory, j the Lunatic Asylum, the buildings of the Fair Grouod9, and the Penitentiary, (it was 1 here that a man was seriously hurt in the ( ' back,) Crawford's warehouse, City Hospital, ; unfinished ; the City Market, Altee's store, ; the car shed at the Greenville and Columbia 1 t Railroad, Graham's gin house, Dr. Wallace's p residence, and Geo. Davis' residence, near ; the racecourse. Slight damage was also sustained by Fine's restaurant, George Syramer'9 store, Col. Dodamead's office, Col. Pearce's 1 resideuce, the South Carolina Railroad de pot and the Republican Printing Company , office. At Batesburg, on the line of the , Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, , buildings were destroyed. The track of the railroad was washed away near Graniteville, 1 and hands have been ordered to rebuild it. 1 The roads leading to Columbia were blocka- 1 ded by the riseof small streams and prostrai ted trees. Trees which have stood the storms ? of half a century, and which had grown to im- 1 , mense size, were snapped like pipe-stems and hurled to a considerable distance. A colored ' man was lifted off his feet and carried thirty or forty yards. After the storm had passed ' that sign which was placed in the heavens af- 1 f ter the subsidence of the Hood made a beauti, ful appearance and a grand sunset, and many 1 | colored rainbows were hailed with delight. The Presbyterian congregation held religious I services to-day in the Opera-house. Great regret is felt at the destruction of the beautiful steeple of the Presbyterian Church and of I Werner's elegant monument to the State and I her noble dead in Mexico. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. ( The Revival of Nationality. ' The Springfield (Mass.) Republican says that, upon the conclusion of Gen. Bartlett's eloquent speech in behalf of peace and union at the Lexington centennial banquet, he was approached by a stranger, who said to t him: "General, I am a Southerner; I was a good rebel; but now I am a true Union man, I and I only needed to hear such words as yours f from a Northern man's lips." The Republican , thinks the cheeks of some of the legislators . present must have tingled while Gen. Bart, lett was reciting the incident of the return, by i a Confederate officer, of the captured colors f of a Massachusetts regiment, and expresses i the opinion that the speeches of Gen. Bartlett and Gov. Chamberlain will do more toward i restoring the Union and its flag to the old \ place in the affection of the Southern people, i than all the enforcement legislation that has ' , been had since 1865. ' The Bowcn Libel Suit. i As we stated last week, the prosecution i of the Charleston News and Courier by the 1 State for libelling C. C. Bowen, present Sher- , IH'rvP r^o rlootnn onrtpH in ft mifltrifll. i There were eleven jurors in favor of acquital, f and one in favor of conviction ; and it is f stated that the one juror, who from the first, insisted on a verdict of guilty, was the only I 'juror taken from a list of additional jurymen t furnished to Judge Reed by Bowen himself. Under these circumstances a mistrial is equiv alent to a verdiet of uot guilty, on which fact 5 we congratulate the proprietors of the News j f and Courier as a sigual vindication of the i course of that paper in exposing the villainies ' r of the Bowen ring, which for several years ! , has had control of political affairs in Char- j , leston ; while the result may be considered J j as no less a victory for the advocates of good - government throughout the State. 7 As a sequel to the libel suit, on Thursday j 1 last, Bowen was arrested on the affidavit of , 3 Eli G. Grimes, charging him with instigating j 1 the murder of Col. White, and after a hearing j r before Judge Ileed, the accused was admitted t to bail in the sum of 84,000 to appear at the | , next terra of the Court of General Sessions - for Georgetown county, where the murder of -1 Col White was committed, s The Case of Ex-Treasnrer Parker. The attorneys of ex-Treasurer Niles G. | t; Parker have filed answers in both the cases I -1 against him, and it is probable that the matj ter will come up for a hearing at an early day T\ in the Circuit CiTilrt ot-j1VhHilun4r^gJ]Jch is i now in session. In his reply to the charge of erabezzeling the funds of the sinking fund commission, he denies that the act of the Legislature, which constituted the commission, was of force at the commencement of the action against him. Heavers that the plaintiffs are not the members of the commission, and consequently are incapable of suing as such. He denies also that T. C. Dunn is the comptroller-general of the State, and calls for proof of certain other allegations. He winds up with saying that he did not embezzle and fraudulently misapply any moneys, but fully and fairly accounted for all moneys which came into his hands as treasurer. He also raises the technical point that the cause of action stated in the complaint did not accrue within four years before the commencement of this action. His reply to the charge of fraudulently substituting invalid coupons as vouchers, for those that are valid, consists, in the main, of a general denial of all the charges. He says : "That in the discharge of his duty as State treasurer, while holding that office, he did, in pursuance of Jaw, pay out of moneys in his hanrta na treasurer. the interest on certain bonds before that time issued by authority of the State; but by reason of having been no longer treasurer, since about November, 1872, and by reason of his incarceration in this action ever since its commencement, and bis consequent inability to examine the records of the treasurer's office, he is unable to state on what bonds he paid the interest, or its amount, or the dates of his payments." .Judge Kelly and the South. Judge \V. D. Kelly, a republican member of Congress from Pennsylvania, and who since the inception of the reconstruction measures at the close of the war has borne an unwavering hatred and spirit of vindictiveness to the South, has just returned to bis home from a six weeks' tour through the Southern States, and according to a correspondent of the New York Tribune, he now bears most emphatic testimony against the southern policy of his own party in the last Congress. The correspondent says: When asked what he thought of the political condition of the South, Mr. Kelly used these words: "The vote I most regret, during my fourteen years' service in Congress, is that which I cast last winter in favor of the force bill." He further said that so far as his observation went, during his extended tour, there was no more necessity for the use of federal military force than there is in Pennsylvania or Ohio. He talked with Confede* * ? ?-vl J1 \T/Mi#UAwn rn An na/*t>Afia rum BUKUtTlB, Willi liunnciu uicii, ucgiuM, carpet-baggers, and travelers, and he was surprised at the good feeling existing. He said he should hereafter take little stock in Southern outrages, especially if they are reported as occurring in the sections he visited. He says, so far as he saw?and he went with his eyes and ears open?there was no feeliug of fear or distrust on the part of the colored people, and he could not for the life of him see what use there was for force bills. He was very glad to have made the trip, for it has enabled him to understand the condition of the South better than he has ever understood it before. He said it was not the ku-klux that was ruining the South, nor was their unhappy condition to be attributed to the hatred by the Southern people of the people of the North, nor was any political question involved ; he thinks the whole trouble in the South arises from financial and industrial causes, and he believes that the South will not ira prove and advance until the Forty-fcurth Congress repeals the financial legislation of the Forty-third. Until the industries of the country are revived, and we are forced to live within our income, the South will grow worse instead of better. Memorial Day in Angusta. Memorial day was observed at Augusta, Georgia, on the 26th ultimo with unusually imposing ceremonies. There was a large parade and procession, and the corner-stone of the monument to the Confederate dead was laid. The orator of the occasion, General Evans, said: Let us do nothing to keep alive the passions of war. To study its lessons is prudence; to profit by its teachings is wisdom ; but to stir up the old animosities is madness. The voice of this monument will not be for war but for peace. It will say to us: "The Confederacy has expired. Its great life went out on the purple tide of blood that flowed from the hearts of its sons. We have buried it?we do not intend to exhume its remains. We were utterly defeated, and we dismiss our resentments. Sadly we parled with the dear old cross of stars which we followed through many a storm of shot and shell; but we take with the true hand of Southern honor the staff that holds the flag of Stars and Stripes." I respond with truest feeling to-day to the fraternal words of Gen. Bartlett, spoken at the centennial of the first battle of the old Revotion. After the conclusion of the address,- the JLadies' Memorial Association aecoratea who flowers the graves of the Confederate and the Federal dead in the Augusta Cemetery. A notable incident of the proceedings was the presence of the Band of the 18th U. S. infantry, which, by permission of Col. Black, went from Columbia to participate. Speaking of the exercises at Augusta, the New York Tribune says editorially: "Whatever the politicians may be about, it is very clear that the soldiers of the late war are drawing nearer together. The magnanimous and patriotic utterances of the Union General Bartlett at Lexington find a fitting response in the loyal and patriotic remarks made yesterday by ex-Confederate General Evans at Augusta, Georgia. When such words as those of Gen. Evans are received with favor by an audience of ex-Confederates, we can have no fear that the people of the South have not resumed their devotion to the flag and their loyalty to the Union. And what better evidence of good faith and earnest of good intention could they give than the decoration of the graves of the Union dead, who lie side by side with the dead of their own army ?" Compliments to tiencrni Kartell. General W. F. Bartlett, formerly of Massachusetts, but now of Richmond, Va., was complimented with a serenade last Wednesday night by the citizens of Richmond, in recognition of the manly and patriotic sentiments uttered by him in his speech on the occasion of the Lexington and Concord centennial. A large number of ex-Confederates, including general, field and staff officers, were of the party ; and Gen. Bartlett, on appearing before the company, was addressed by exConfederate Bradley T. Johnson. In response to the complimentary terms and thanks in which Gen. Johnson's remarks were couched, Gen. Bartlett said : While I appreciate deeply this mark of your esteem and approval, I cannot allow you to give me undue credit. I cannot allow you to suppose that it required any courage to 1 -1 ' - -??/!!?? ?? ? *- T Avin/afAn tUn f riltK fr Vl<1 f leil lilt: ttuuieuuc at jjc.\iugt\iu tno ihuku came to my lips. Had it been my lot to tell them unpleasant truths that might mar their joy or excite their indignation?had I been forced to admit that the war was not yet over, that a Northern man could not live peaceably at the South and be true to his connections, that the men of the South having appealed to the dread arbitration of the sword bad, regardless of hour, refused to abide by its stern decree, then I grant you my task would have been heavy, my courage would have been tested. But, sir, the truths that I uttered were the' *?tidings thev received I on that day of jubilee, and what you now approve and confirm has already been mo9t heartily indorsed by the people and press of the North. I only spoke the hopes and feelings of ray people. The chord of love and harmony was there, and only waited for the touch. The chief defect in the fabric of our union, which, while it existed, rendered a perfect harmony ; of interests impossible, has been rudely swept away, leaving a structure more permanent, more full of glorious possibilities than our fathers dared to hope for. To cement this ! new union on a sounder foundation, and avail ourselves of the promises of the future is a ! ' ' ?n ?..-J ii ! solemn tasit wen uneu iu mcoc tenicumai years. A9 soldiers who fought the battle out in good faith, you can wield the strongest influence for peace and right. Your worst enemies at the South are the few men here and there who talk more bravely than they fought, and it is the same at the North, but the people there are tired of these politicians "whose voice is still for war"?are fast replacing them by men of less selfish purposes, whose views are bounded by no narrow lines of State or section or party, but who desire justice and prosperity for all. The war through which we passed developed and proved ou both sides the noble qualities of American manhood. It has left to us soldiers, once foes now friends, a memory of hard fought fields, of fearful sacrifices, of heroic valor, and has taught a lesson to be transmitted to our children that divided we were terrible, united we are forever invincible. ? ? For the Yorkville Enquirer. A CARD FROM c7c. MACOY, ESQ. Chester, S. C., April 28th, 1875. Mr. Edilor: The statements, insinuations, innuendoes, etc., contained in your Chester correspondence of date April 19th, signed "Qui," as far as they relate to myself in connection with the joint resolution of the General Assembly in regard to the past indebtedness of Chester county, are without the least foundation in truth; and I am much surprised that your correspondent, with whom I am well acquainted, and for whom I have entertained a high regard, should have published this matter, which is intended to cast odium and suspicion upon a public officer, without first having ascertained its probability or truth. I have not, at any time, or in any way, been concerned in an arrangement or attempt to imnnse claims of a doubtful character unon the county of Chester, and I do not know that others have, in the manner spoken of by your correspondent. My own idea of the joint resolution meutioned by your correspondent, is that it was not gotten up as a fraudulent measure. 1 do not believe that the member who introduced the resolution intended thereby to defraud the county of Chester, for the reason that the claims must be examined by the Board of County Commissioners, and the joint resolution does not provide otherwise: And further, he could not have expected my assistance, inasmuch as I knew nothing of it; had never been approached on the subject, and could not be approached on such a subject. Further, the member probably knew, what I take to be a fact, that of all the claims against the county, which your correspondent states to be about $4,000, less than one-fourth of the amount is in the hands of Republicans. I do not know of any attempt, so far, to establish fraudulent claims against this county. Several claims have been presented, in ' nM/?nSaii\ria aC tKa lni nf PflQ. pursuance ui mc pi <J *iciuno w MIV j-m. >v~ olution, and they have been turned over to the Board of County Commissioners for examination. But, so far, the Commissioners have not acted ou these claims, for the reason, as they state, "that they have no blank checks, etc.," and for this reason solely, they have not exumined or passed upou any claim as yet, and have not refused payment of any claim or claims. My idea of your correspondent's story of a [ supposed effort on ray part aud others, to impose doubtful claims upon the county of Chester, arose from the mutterings of some individuals who desired a little cheap notoriety, <fcc. An individual has the right to proclaim his honesty, and to denounce corruption where it exists, but should be careful of denouncing it where it does not exist. Until your correspondent can produce some proof as to his charges, other than the suppositions of this or that man, who knows only what he has heard, and does not know where or from whom he heard it, he should not make them; and where they prove untrue, he will see the injustice of the thing. Respectfully, C. C. MACOY, Clerk Circuit Court. THE COTTON*SUPPLY. The total receipts of cotton at the ports from the 1st of September, 1874, to the 24th of April, 1875, were 3,284,706 bales, and for the corresponding period of last year, 3,545,615 bales. This shows a decrease in receipts thus far in 1875 of 260,909 bales. The total shipments to foreign ports from the 1st of September, 1874, to the present date, amount to but 2,225,239 bales, against 2,424,216 bales for the same period last year, showing a decrease in exports of 198,977 bales. At first sight it seems surprising that a shipment of cotton short by nearly 200,000 bales, together with the prospect of short receipts from this date until the new cotton year in September, a9 compared with the same period of last year, should exercise so little influence on the price of cotton at home and abroad, for cotton is to-day fully i cent a pound cheaper in Liverpool than last year, and 24 cents a pound cheaper than in 1873. The explanation, however, is readily found in the dullness of the market for cotton goods and in the diminished consumption of cotton by foreign as well as ,n' * - n _ TT? I 1 domestic mills. Hie snipraenw rrom me united States to Europe from the 1st of September, 1873, to the 26th of April, 1874, amounted to 2,424,216 bales. The stdck of American cotton in Europe and afloat was at that time 1,247,000 bales, showing that Europe used from the 1st of September to the 26th of April 1,177,216 bales of American cotton. Now let us turn to the present cotton year. We sent to Europe from the 1st of September, 1874, to the 26;,h of April, 1875, 2,225,239 bales of cotton. On the 26rh of April the stock of American cotton in Europe and afloat was 1,142,000 bales, showing that Europe consumed 93,977 bales less of American cotton during this period of nearly eight months than during the same period of the previous year. In other words the unusual stagnation of trade in cotton fabrics made our short shipment?short by nearly 200,000 bales?less felt than it would have been if the ordinary amount of business had been done. But dull as the cotton trade of Europe has been, with consumption short by nearly 100,000 bales in eight months, it is nevertheless true that the visible supply of American cotton in stock in Europe and afloat is diminished by some 40,000 bales, as compared with the same period of last year. And it is but reasonable to assume that should there be merely an indication of a revival of trade in cotton fabrics in Europe, which will naturally run chiefly on the American staple, the short supply from here would at once be felt. The present cotton crop was over estimated by 400,000 bales or more, for it was at one time supposed that J j the supply would reach 4,333,000 bales, where1 * ? ? ? -?'!? * I* aha fi/>n uno I 83 tlie most sanguine ijow retinue unioc uguivc to 3,750,000 or 3,800,000 bales. It follows, therefore, that the hopes for a plentiful supply of cotton during the months of the present calendar year depend entirely on the new crop, half of which is not yet in the ground. The vicissitudes of the new crop will, therefore, be watched with great interest. If a re- ' ! vival of trade should set in here and in Europe, not only an average but a plentiful crop for theyear 1875-6 would be required to make good the comparatively moderate supply now j on hand.?New York World. j x I 2 v. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. S. Jefferys?Assignee's Sale?In the matter of J. D. Johnston, Bankrupt. I. L. Gunhonse A Co., Chester?Spring and Summer Goods. C. G. Parish, Agent?Apples?Molasses?Bran? J ell ies?Potware? Fi ne Ci gars?Teas?W ash Pots?Flavors?Dry Goods or Groceries. Yorkville Furniture Store?Bureaux?Tables? Chairs?Mattresses?Bedsteads?Walnut Suites?Wash Stands?Brackets?ClocksLounges?Notice. L. M. Grist?Shingles Wanted. Brainerd McLure, Chester?Bunk Stock for Sale. R. M. Wilson?Notice. Mrs. S. R. Herrington?Lost. John C. Kuykendal?York Drug Shire Locals. J. M. Adamis?Manufacturer and Dealer in TinWare? Stove Fixtures?Repairing. Edward Thomas, Superintendent?The Chester and Lenoir Railroad. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Dress Goods?Fans?Shoes? Initial Paper?Rnadv-Made Shirts?ReadyMade Clothing?Books?Kid Gloves?Valises?Miles' Shoes?Hats?Hardware?Ladies' Hats?Coffee and Sugar. APPOINTMENT OF TRIAL JUSTICE. J. A. J. Graham has been appointed a Trial Justice for York county, in place of R. L. Simmons, Esq., resigned. I. L. GUNHOUSE & CO. This enterprising Chester firm present a bill of their attractions in the Enquirer to day. We take pleasure io commending their house, which is composed of reliable, enterprising and liberal business men. THE FIRE AT OSHKOSH. We regret to learu that Captain Hyer, of the 18th infantry, who is stationed at this place, is a sufferer to a considerable extent by the recent destructive fire at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He owned valuable property in that city, all of which was destroyed. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. First Lieutenant F. F. Whitehead, of the 18th Infantry, who has been stationed at this place since the spring of 1871, has received the appointment of commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, and Second Lieutenant Benner has been promoted to First Lieutenant Captain Whitehead will report for duty at Washington. FORT^HILL. We learn by a letter from Fort Mill that the Town Council of that thriving place is having a great deal of work done on the streets, and making other improvements for the convenience of the citizens and the public. The next election for municipal officers takes place on the 23rd instant. The wheat and oat crops io that vicinity are promising ; me farmers have Dearly fiuished planting cotton, but find that they will have much corn to replant. WIND AND RAIN STORM. About 4 o'clock last Saturday afternoon, this town was visited by a severe storm of wind and rain, which, so far as we can learn, was general throughout the county. No casualties are reported, though a great deal of damage was sustained by fencing which was hlown down, and the uprooting of trees and destruction of forest timber. The storm in this county seems to have been most severe at Fort Mill. By a letter from that place, we learn that D. H. White's gin-house was blown down, and a house in course of erection by A. A. Bradford was blown off the foundation and the frame-work considerably wrecked. t In that vicinity, also, the fences were scattered badly and a great many trees blown down. FERTILIZERS. The increased demand for fertilisers in York county over previous years, may be in - /ii?. J ferred by the shipments over me vmesier ?uu Lenoir road this season, as compared with last. In 1874 the number of tons shipped over the road was 662, of* which 511 tons were sold in Yorkville, and the remaining 151 tons were sold at the stations between this place and Chester. During the present season 861 tons have been shipped over the road to Yorkville, aud 103 tons to other stations on the road, making a total of 1024 tons shipped over the road this season. To this may be added fully as much more, shipped to Rock Hill and Fort Mill, and to points on the Air-Line railroad. MAY-DAY PICNICS. May-day was duly celebrated by the young folk hereabouts with picnic and other festive parties. The Cadets at King's Mountain Military School gave a ball at which their friends were invited to participate in the festivities of the dance. The pupils of the Female Institute, with their young friends, enjoyed themselves with a picnic party at the McCawgrove in the vicinity of town, at which Miss Bessie Mason was crowned Queen of May, the ceremony being performed in knightly style by Master Paul McCorkle. Under the auspices of our young townsman, C. G. Parish, an extensive picnic party enjoyed themselves at Centre Church, about seven miles north of town. A large number of both sexes, preceded by the Colored Brass Band, formed in procession and rode out to Centre, where they were met by the belles and beaux for miles around. Felicitous speeches were made by Mr. Parish and Mr. Uampbeil Jackson, and the gay throng enjoyed themselves until a late hour in the afternoon. SALES-DAY. On Monday last, there was no property offered for sale by either the Sheriff or the Judge of Probate. J. H. Clawson, Assignee, sold the following property belonging to the bankrupt estates of the parties named : Lands of Samuel Anderson?200 acres, bought by J. M. Williford, at $4.75 per acre. Lands of Jere. Moss?275 acre3, bought by Miss R. C. Moss, at $3.15 per acre. House and lot of Miles Johnson in Yorkville, bought by Mrs. Josephine Johnson for $425. Lands of S. P. Sutton?225 acres, bought by Hon. A. S. Wallace, at $2.00 per acre. Lands of J. D. Johnson, offered by T. S. Jefferys, Assignee, were withdrawn for want of a sufficient bid. On the same day, at Rock Hill, J. H. Clawson, Assignee, sold the following property belonging to bankrupt estates : Lands of Thomas Whitesides?240 acres, bought by Thomas Whitesides, at 50 cents per acre. Lands of J. A. Smith?230 acres, bought by J. A. Smith, at 85.75 per acre. Lands of W. J. Collins?125 acres, bought by \V. J. Collins, at 81.75 per acre ; 25 acres, bought by W. L. Roddy, at 810 per acre. On Saturday last, J. H. Clawson, Assignee, sold at Black's Station, the following lands, situate in this State, belonging to the bank* rupt estate of Obadiah Sarratt: Mill tract? lot No. 1, 92 acres, bought by W. D. Gaston, at 88 per acre; lot No. 2, 48 acres, bought by same, at 85.40 per acre; lot No. 3, 194 acres, bought by D. D. Gaston, at 84.05 per acre. Home place?80 acres, bought by O. Sarratt, at 82 per acre. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following are the transfers of real estate recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: John Dulin to John L. Jackson. Tract of 110 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $35?* ^ John B. Smith. Lot of 2