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Jtoaps and (facts. Josh Billings has been writing for the press twenty years, and he dosen't know how to spell any better now than the day he commenced. A slate-pencil was lately extracted from an Indianapolis lawyer's ear, after having nestled in his head for seventeen years. The slate has not been found yet, but it is barely possible that the man lost the pencil while doing a sura in his head. A Philadelphian named Keeler has discovered a vapor which is far more powerful than steam as a motor, costs nothing, takes up hut little space, and will move steamers around the world as cheaply as sailing vessels, and will reduce freight to one-half rates. A recent Washington letter mentions that Honest John Patterson, of South Caroi: _i_ / i - ? una, was winning a iew aays ago. urisiow had kepthim waiting in an anteroom a whole forenoon, "receiving heads of bureaus and damn newspaper men all the time, and when he did see me he treated me more like an interloper than a United States senator." The first ounce of blood injected into Gen. Frank Blair caused effects upon the General similar to intoxication. Upon investigation the physicians discovered that the subject who had furnished the blood had been on a bit of a spree the day before, and with the blood had been transfused some alcohol. It was a clear case of drunk by proxy. The only colored cadet now at West Point is Flippin, of Georgia, who in the third class, composed of eighty-five cadets, stands forty-sixth. All concede that Flippin is getting along finely, though there are those who believe he will never graduate. They say no colored cadet will be allowed to graduate there; that he may get as far as the first class, but there he will be slaughtered." The crater at Petersburg, Virginia, the scene of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war, seems to have come into mercenary hands. A re-union of Mahone's Confederate Brigade, which participated in the battle, was held at Petersburg, a few days ago, and those who desired to visit the spot found that before doing so they must pay the owner of the farm on which it is situated twenty-five cents each. The horse-races in Kentucky this year have developed remarkable speed. In a recent trial of SDeed at Lexington. Searcher, a young horse, made a mile in the heretofore unrecorded time of 1.41]. More recently, at Louisville, a four year old colt did a dash of 2i miles in 3.48]. This is the best time for the distance on record, being a second and a quarter better than any previous achievement. The Postmaster-General having instructed the Postmaster at Cincinnati not to deliver letters addressed to a well-known lottery dealer in that city, the lottery man has applied to the Superior Court of Cincinnati for an order to compel the delivery of his letters on the ground that the order is unauthorized. The Postmaster-General is acting in accordance with the provisions of an act of Congress. It seems to be thought in New York that a cloud now hangs over Chicago. The 1* -1 ! 01 A AAA speculators mere are carrying some 010,000," 000 of grain. They are holding it for price9 ranch above the New York and Liverpool markets ; and yet they are compelled to protect themselves by taking everything that comes from the iuterior at the high prices they fictitiously established, thereby augmenting their loads from day to day. The effect of this is declared to be injurious in many ways. It is stated from Washington that the law in relation to the prepayment of postage on newspapers at the offices where published, which came into operation January 1, will reduce the income to the government from that source about one-half that derived under the old law. There is a great saving, however, in clerical labor in the postoffices, and as the law is thought to be satisfactory to both publishers and subscribers, it is thought that the department will not make any recommendation for its amendment. The whales have had a comparatively easy time since pertroleum was discovered, but it seems that they are now going to suffer again, since whale oil is coming in demand, tor some cause or other, and the New Bedford whale people are fitting out a large fleet for a regular old-fashioned whaling cruise. For years the business has been as dead as it well could be, but the old New Bedford wharves are now said to be alive with busy preparation. One huodred and eleven ships will soon be started out. The San Francisco Chronicle wants tc see the United States take the affairs of Mexico in hand, and provide the unhappy people of that republic with a government that will enable them to develop the mineral and other resources of that country. It says, with a great deal of truth, that the Mexicans have displayed an utter lack of ability to govern themselves, and the sooner some nation car teach them how to do so, the better for all hands. With permanent peace, Mexico would take rank as the richest and most prosperous State in America. It is given out in Brooklyn and New York that Henry Ward Beecher will shortly go to the Holy Land, and remain there a year, in pious reflection, preparatory to finishing the "Life of Chrst." If the jury find him guilty, he will stay away two years. Ever if the verdict is "not guilty," Beecher thinks it will take a year of Holy Land atmosphere to extinguish the bad odor upon his gar inents. He might create a sensation at Jerusa lem by opening a church on the Plymouth plan in the free and easy, jocular prayer-meet ings. Monday was signalized at Memphis bj a practical demonstration of the fact that we are rapidly approaching a condition of per feet harmony and good feeling between the sections. Decoration day was made a com nion one by the resident ex-Confederate anc ov-Federal soldiers, and the result was t fraternization such as has not been witnessed since the war. A dispatch says: The larges' procession ever seen in Memphis, with th< exception of that in honor of the memory o Gen. Lee, was formed. The ex-Federal sol diers, almost to a man, turned out with the ex Confederates, and in the ranks were seen th< tattered battle-flags of both armies." The Montgomery Advertiser of a recen date says the planters of Alabama are it much better spirits than they were at thi: time last year. The corn and cotton prospect are very good, and the former crop is mad< superior to the latter, which speaks well for tin country. A Montgomery merchant, who wai last year selling from twelve to fifteen carload of corn per day, says that the sales now aver age one and two, and that the corn is ship ped to points sixty to seveny-five miles distan from Montgomery. His experience is that o the other grocery and grain dealers of tha city. The Advertiser says: "There is no dis guisingthe fact that our people are on risin; ground, and will be almost independent, if ni disasters overtake the crops this year." Recently, a number of Indians hav< been sent, from the West to Florida, unde guard. Some inquiry has been made as ti the meaning of the transfer of these Indians who they were, and what they were sent tber for. It appears that they are tne worst am most diabolical specimens of different Wes tern tribes who have been captured by the U S. troops, and who are too dangerous to turi loose again. The captives represent five o aix different tribes?Coraanches, Arraphoes Chevennes, &c., and are all notorious fo bloody deeds and demoniac cruelty. Ther are three women among them, one of whon is known to have split open the head of white prisoner with an axe. They are repre sented as being exceedingly dangerous on th trains, watching every opportunity to kill th whites. They will be taken to a fort at Si Augustine, where they will probably perish i confinement, for they will scarcely ever b turned loose again. Paul Jloynton, an American, the ii: ventor of a life saving apparatus to be used in event of shipwreck, has put his invention : to a practical test, and it is likely to prove 5 successful. The apparatus, which is fitted to t I the person in the manner of a life preserver, r admits of the wearer carrying a supply of food, water and raiment if desired, and the I inventor claims that the person using it can , remain ou the water indefinitely. Boynton > showed his willingness to test the apparatus ' by offering to cast himself from a vessel when , 1 400 miles from land ; but to this the captain would not consent, though when within a few miles of the Irish shore he permitted Boyn,ton to leave the ship, and he succeeded in safely landing. Since then he has tested his life-preserver in the English channel, and at 2.30 A. M. last Saturday, reached Fokestone on the English coast, having started from | Boulogne ou the French shore at 2.15 P. M. ' on the previous Thursday. She IJarfeviUe inquirer. YOKKV1LLE, S. C'.: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1S75. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-oflice, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-oflloo money | order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Knqitirkr is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county who receive the paper at post-ofliccs within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where thev receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it Wing prepaiu at the post-oflice here, withoutadditional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?1The dateon the "addresslabel" shows the timo to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The wheat crop of Abbeville county is reported to be in a flourishing condition. ? Judge Mackey was in Columbia on Saturday last. ? Blue Ridge Scrip was sold in Columbia last week at two cents on the dollar. ? Eight Circuit Judges are to be elected , during the next session of the Legislature. ? D. M. Felts has been appointed census taker for Lancaster county. ? Lawson Melton, son of Attorney-General Melton, has been appointed to a cadetship at West Point. ? Complaint is made that the traffic in contraband whisky i3 very active in Union county. i ? The Times says that the wheat crop in Union county bids fair to be better than it has been for many years. ; ?The Governor has removed, for cause, Alfred Tolleson, Auditor of Spartanburg, and appointed A. C. Merrick as his successor. ? Neagle's Bridge, in Columbia, Is advertised to be sold under foreclosure of mortgage, on next Monday. ? The Governor has accepted the resignation nf R Vnoum. as nnfi of the commis , ? , ? I sioners of election for Chester county. | ?The new steamships between New York , and Port Royal are said to be the finest on the ' coast. ! ?The Washington light infantry, of Charles ton, will take part in the Bunker Hill centeu| nial, at Boston, on the 17th instant. I ? Spartanburg is about to make arrangements for the building of water works, and the town council has had a meeting relative , thereto. ' ? Mr. George N. Reynolds, father of Lieut. ' j Reynolds of the King's Mountain Military 11 School, died in Winnsboro, on Saturday last, , I from an attack of paralysis. i ? At an election held on Monday last, i Spartanburg county voted in favor of making . a subscription of one hundred thousand dol! lars in aid of the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad. ' ?It is stated that the Comptroller-General ? ?J rn u?en nnn nnn ami j. reaeurtfr nave iuimiui uuihh w/u ' of State bonds under the act providing for | that mode of the settlement of the public i debt. > ?The announcement is made that there is 1 but one pauper in the Orangeburg county poor | house. Whether there is but one pauper in I the county, or the poor house can only sustain , one, is not stated. ? Quite a number of cows have recently ' died in Abbeville county from bleeding at the nose. It is a new disease in that locality, and no means has yet been discovered of arresting j its progress. j ? Governor Chamberlain has recently ap1 pointed II. L. Flannigan, a notary public for j Fairfield ; and B. F. Miller and James F. j Steele, trial justices for Lancaster county, i He has also removed A. B. McKenna and J. j M. Belk, trial justices for Lancaster county. I ? To supply vacancies in the Legislature, r ! caused by the resignation of members from , j Beaufort county, at an election held in that . ' county last week, S. Green was elected Sena?' tor, and W. J. Whipper and Simons, j Representatives. ' ; ?The State penitentiary is rapidly filling up, 11 having last week received six accessions from j. Lexington, five from Abbeville, three from ; J Laurens and two from Lancaster. There are f I now two hundred and seventy-six convicts un* j der confinement in the institution. j ?Judge Carpenter has ordered a special i; term of the Court of Sessions for Richland county, to convene on the 6th of July, for the j trial of the cases against ex-Treasurer Parker. s The preparations for taking the testimony of s [ Kimpton, who is in New York, are well adi vanced. Both sides are busy, and C. D. Mel2; ton, who is of counsel for the ex-Treasurer, 3 has gone to New York. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. " : ?Nicholas \V. Wood fin, a prominent citizcn of Asheville, died a few days ago. t i ?The Monroe Enquirer has entered upon its third volume with flattering prospects of y ' coutinued success. ?A squad of troops has been sent into Yadkin county for the better enforcement of the e ; revenue laws. r ?The Presbyterians of Shelby have about 0 completed a new church edifice, which is a '* ' li ?,1 ""-1 Knilrlinrr g wen nnuugcu nun u?umui u...u...b. ] ? Rev. W. W. Gwinn, formerly a Baptist i-1 minister at Shelby, N. (J., died at the residence . of Mr. A. Ragsdale, Meridian, Miss., on the 1 20th ultimo, after an illness of three days. r j ?Shelby is now connected with the outside pi world by telegraph. The railroad will soon e be completed to that town, there now being a but four miles of track to lay and a bridge a to build across Buffalo creek. j ? The operation of the usury law is loudly e complained of by the State press. Banks are k closing their business, money is seeking investment in the adjoining States, and business e enterprises are languishing. I ? The sentence of Owens, who was to have i- been hanged in Lincolnton last Friday, for the j murder of John W. Cheek, of York county j S. C., has been commuted by Gov. Brogdei I to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life j ?The Stockton Gold Mine iu Union coun ! ty, N. C., was sold at the Court House doo I in Monroe on Tuesday of last week, Mrs | Richardson, of King's Mountain, becomiiij ' the purchaser, at the sum of 89,200. I ? The Raleigh News publishes a drawinj I representing the battle of Iviug's Mountain accompanied with extracts from a sketch o ' the battle written several years ago by Gen ! Joseph Graham. | ? The sons of the late Stephen Douglass i now living in Greensboro, have recoveret ; judgment against the United States Govern mcnt for the sum of 8259,000 for property seized in Mississippi by the United State forces during the war. j ?Ellwood, charged with the murder o Sandford, at Kind's Mountain Uold Mine 11 I ] May, 1874, was tried before Judge Schencl ; at Charlotte last week and found guilty Motion for a new trial was refused by thi court, and prisoner's counsel gave notice tha an appeal will be taken. ? TheStatesville American learns continuec favorable reports of the wheat crop in tha i section of the State. In Caldwell county tin | prospect for wheat was never better. Oats i corn and other crops are improving in conse quenee of seasonable rains, and upon thi ' whole farmers are encouraged. The Lincolr ; Progress also says that a better crop prospec | has never been known in that section of th< | State?especially the wheat crop?while con is looking remarkably well, j ? A. S. Buford, President, and \V. H i Green, Master of Transportation, of the N j C. Railroad, were arrested in Greensboro las Thursday on a charge of violating an act o the Legislature by changing the gauge of tin j road between Greensboro and Charlotte j They were released by giving a bond of S5,00( j each, and subsequently they applied to Judgi | Schenck for a writ of habeas corpus which wa ! granted and made returnable in chambers a j Charlotte at 5 o'clock, P. M., last Saturday i and after a lengthy argument, the Judge or dered the release of the defendants on tin grouud that the act of the Legislature forbid ding the change of gauge is uncoustitutiona onrl oniit Tt ia mmnrprl thnt the maimcer, of the road intend to change the gauge of thi entire road by the 1st of July, and the Raleigl Neios insinuates that the proceedings befori Judge Schenck was a preconcerted affair. MEREOIEXTION. Govenor Hartranft has been nominated fo reelection by the Republicans ofPennsylva nia. During services in the French Catho lie church at South Holvoke, [Massachusetts last Thursday night, a fire occurred, destroy ing the building, and in the panic that ensuer 66 lives were lost. The Chicago Inter Ocean of Friday, is said to be the larges daily paper ever issued. It contains 864 col oums on 146 pages, which space was neces sary to hold the delinquent tax list of tha city. As a matter of economy it is suggester next time to print a list of those who pair their taxes. It is very probable that tin investigations which are to be made into tin accounts of the United States marshals ii certain Southern States, will result in the dis missal of some of them. Ice is beinj sold in New York as low as one dollar an< fifty cents per ton when taken in large quan tities The government will sell a hal million dollars in gold on each Thursday ii June. Queen Victoria has just passer her fifty-sixth birthday, and has now beei Queen of England about thirty-eight years II. H. Holt, Lieutenant-Governor of Mich I -*r rn .. ? _ 1 lgan, was caned ny i\ir. iron, on ..uomiuy at Muskegan, lor trying to kiss Mr. Trott' wife. Abraham Jackson, a prominen lawyer of Boston, who has proved a defaulte in a large sum entrusted to him mainly b; widows, orphans and benevolent societies has been held to bail in SG9.000. Tin ladies of Texas are endeavoring to collec money for the purpose of purchasing a horn for Jefferson Davis in that State and present ing it to him. The Nebraska peopl planted thirteen million trees on their prairie last year. The taxable wealth of Texa is said to have been increased 33 per cent, ii four years. A party of seventy-six mi nors on their way to the Black Hills was in terceptcd by the 3rd Cavalry last week am all their property destroyed except enougl provisions to last them back to Fort Randall on the Missouri river. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Growing Cotton Crop. Reports from Memphis, Xew Orleans Mobile and Savannah, in regard to the condi tion of the growing crops of cotton in Tennes see, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississipp and Florida, indicate a good stand in eacl State, with the crop fully three weeks behiiu j that of last year, which was at least two week j behind the preceding year. Tennessee report ! a decrease in the area planted, Georgia am j Florida about the same area as last year, an< Alabama and Louisiana an increase?tin I former an average of ten per cent., and th< ! latter four per cent. I Presidential Pardons. I Attorney-General Picrrcpont has issue* j the following important order, the require ments of which will have to be observed b' j all persons applying for Presidential pardons Department of Justice, \ Washington, May 17, 1875. j To the end that pardons may not be grant 1 ed unadvisedly and against the best interest | of good government, nil applications for Ex I ecutive clemency through this Departmen must be made hereafter upon thesworn petitioi i of some credible person, giving as nearly as ma; be, the age, nativity, and prior occupation o the party imprisoned ; stating also the nam of the Judge who presided at the trial, am the name of the District-Attorney who con ducted the prosecution, and whether the np plicant for pardon has ever before been con , victed of crime. The petition and all letter : in support thereof must state explicitly th reasons why the Executive clemency is in i voked to abrogate or change the sentence o ' the court; and no motives urged upon thi ; Department will be considered unless th I same are stated iu writing, signed by the pat ties urging them, and filed for permanent re cord and publicity in case the pardon is gran! ed. The application must be aecompaniei by evidence that notice of the petition and o all supporting documents has been servei i upon the Judge who presided at the trial am upon the District-Attorney of the distric wherein the trial was had, when sneh servic of notice is practicable, at least ten days be fore the petition to the President. It shall b the duty of the District-Attorney, wheneve any application shall be referred to him fo a report, to ask the Judge who pronounce sentenced for his opinion upon the merits c the application, and to have the answer r the Judge accompany the report of the Di: trict-Attorney whenever such answer can b obtained. The various District-Attorneys c the United States will take notice of this oi I der.' Edwards Pierrepoxt, i' Attorney-General. The Beecher Trial. The great scandal suit which was con meneed in the Brooklyn Court last Januarj ,' and consequently now in its sixth month, is i still dragging along. The counsel are now i. ! engaged in summing up the evidence, which, - with the Judge's charge to the jury, will probr ' ably occupy the present month. Ninety-five i. witnesses in all have been produced, almost y exactly in the proportion of two to one for : Beecher, 61 having been called for the de, fense and 34 for the prosecution. Considerably over one third of the entire time spent in f I the trial, however, has been covered by three j witnesses?Tilton, Beecher and Moulton? i whose combined testimony occupied between 33 and 34 days. Tilton was longest in the j ' witness chair?twelve days on his first ap.! pearance and nearly another day in rebuttal; j Beecher and Moulton were each examined 3 about teq days, while the latter was twice recalled, once by Beecher's lawyers, while f! they were putting in their case, for further j I cross-examination, and again by Tilton's c counsel in rebuttal. The fees of the lawyers in the interminable 3 suit are stated by a correspondent to be as t follows: Fullerton has received a fee of 85,000, j which Moulton paid from his own pocket. That is all that he is likely to get. Mr. 1 Beach was retained for 81,000. He expected 3 that the trial would last but a month. It has , lasted five months, and of course has entailed - serious pecuniary los9 on a man whose in? come must be 8-'10,000 per annum, and whose j expenses are large. He wanted to retire from the case at one time, but 82.500 were raised for him, and he consented to remain. 3 It is doubtful if Gen. Pryor lias received anyi thing besides promises, and Sara Morris is known to be working for glory. The plaintiff is poor. The friends of the defendant are rich, and will not let him spend a cent, though * it is certain that he would mortgage or sell 1 off home, farm and everything else he possessf es to pay the expenses of the trial if he could 3 have his own way. Whatever his faults may ho ho i? nnf atincrv in monev matters. It is * vv? ,,w ,w "v* rj ? -j ) said that Judge Porter refuses to accept coraa pensation. He loves Mr. Beecher, and labors * for love. The: Plymouth church lawyer, B Shearman, Tracy and Hill, who are all mem1 hers of' the society or the congregation, give ? their services gratis. Mr. Abbott probably - gets 810,000, and Mr. Evarts' fee is 825,000, g and he will undoubtedly get more if the jury should find unanimously for the defendant, j As Mr. Evarts' income from his profession is 850,000 per annum, it will be seen that he 3 is not overpaid for his half year's work. u Beverly Nash on Gov. Chamberlain. 1 A regular correspondent of the New York Tribune, who was in Columbia last week, furnishes that paper with an interview he had with Senator Nash on various political r topics. As showing the relations existing between Governor Chamberlain and the Republican leaders of the old regime in this State, we copy so much of the interview as relates to that subject. Says the correspondent: ] While enjoying a drive to-day, I met Gen. Beverly Nash, who is considered one of the shrewdest politicians of his color in South Carolina. His African progenitor could not * have surpassed him in blackness. He was a - slave until freed by the Emancipation Proclat mation, and during the war was a C'onfeder1 ate officer's body-servant. Reconstruction oMrfuno on/) fVirmv Kim inln j im uu^iu llliu (.if tuoouuatu uuu kiiivo akiu official life, where his hard sense and quick wit gave him prominence in his party and great e popularity with his race. He now represents 1 Columbia in the State Senate and is a regeut of the Lunatic Asylum and a director of the y Penitentiary. His devotion to the public } service has been a profitable investment. Pie resides in a fine mansion in a pleasant qnar tcr of the city, and is reputed to have $100,000 laid by for a rainy day. 1 "What do you think of the situation in 1 South Carolina ?" I asked. "You took rathi er a gloomy view when I talked with you last i. fall." "Well, Sab, things is about as dey was; dey couldn't be wuss." ' "What do yon think of Chamberlain ?" I 3 knew that he had opposed the reform policy t of the Governor, but was pretty sure that he r was too politic to commit himself on such a p delicate question. The Governor wields a large patronage, and it will not do to break with him entirely when he has not yet served half of his term. 1 "ChambTiri ain't so bad as he might be, e Sab. I reckon he means right. Of corse we - differs on some pint9, but I ain't gwineaginst e him without good cause. Dat ain't my way 3 of doin' business, Sah, nohow." "Doyou think he is playing into the hands " ./ iL. /I oi me vyoiiser vativtsi i 1 "Well?ah?well,, Sail; dat is I hope not, " Sah." "But I didn't ask you as to your hopes. ] What is your opinion on the subject ? What ! do you think about it?" Thus pressed, the statesman transferred his ' hickory walking-stick to his left hand, and putting his right arm around the rim of the carriage wheel, in a confiding way replied, "Well, de truth is, Sah, I ain't had much talk with de Guv'ner lately. We ain't had any interview and I wouldn't like to say." Finding the colored Senator was very cautious in his expressions regarding Governor 1 Chamberlain, the correspondent next turned 1 his line Of inquiry to another subject more ' "remote from the Senator's pocket," viz.: the s third term question, on which Nash was more s communicative, and said the colored voters of ' the State would unanimously support Grant * for a third term iu preference to any one else. e Pennsylvania Republican Convention. e The Pennsylvania Republican Convention, which met in Lancaster on the 26th ultimo, adopted resolutions affirming their politi^ cal faith as follows : " The Republicans of Pennsylvania, affirming f their continued adhesion to the party whose : perpetuation is rendered necessary by the causes which called it into existence, make declaration of the fundamental principles of their political faith, as follows : 1. The equality of all men before the law, equal justice to all, and special favors to uoue. 11 2. The harmony of the National and State j I Governments. Both are parts of one system, _ ! alike necessary for the common prosperity, p' peace and security. j 3. The unity of the nation. We are one j j people. The Constitution of the United f States forms a government, not a league. 4. A faithful execution of the laws, aneco_ j nominal administration of the government, g integrity in office, honesty in all branches of j the civil service, a rigid accountability of pub_! lie officers. f 1 5. Protection to home industry, and a home g j market for home products. e j G. The right of the laborer to protection j and encouragement, and the promotion of harj mony between labor and capital. !_ t 7. Cheap transportation and the advancej I ment of closer intercourse between all parts f of the country. j 8. Free banking, a safe and uniform nationI ?1 n.Unolnrl tlin frrAivinnr wanfj? of r] ai uui ICI1 Vjr aujuoiivvi tu iiiiv w ? ...b ?. | the country, mid a steady reduction of the ' j national debt. | 9. The public domain being the heritage of ' the people, should be reserved for actual setr, tiers exclusively. _ ! 10. The equalization of bounties of soldiers, and a speedy settlement of all just claims arising out of the late war. 11. Honest men in office; men with brains im enough to know dishonesty when they see it, j and courage enough to fight it wherever they ! fiud it. I Resolved, That we declare a firm and un! qualified adherence to the unwritten law of the republic, which wisely, and under the j sanction of the most venerable of examples, limits the Presideltial service of any citizen i- i to two terms, and we, the Republicans of r,! Pennsylvania, in recognition of this law, arc unalterably opposed to the Presidency of any person for a third term. The other resolutions are highly laudatory of Grant's administrations; of the adminis! tration of Hartranft, who was renominated ; i and an arraignment of the Democratic party ! for the various evils common to the country, j Regarding the third-terra question, the action ] of the Pennsylvania Convention will doubtless be taken as the key-note of the Republican party throughout the Union. Since the promulgation of the above resoj lutions, President Grant has addressed a letter to the President of the Convention, in which he says he never sought the first or second ! nomination, and concludes by saying: "I am not nor never have been a candidate for a re i nomination. I would not accept a renominai tion, if it were tendered, unless it should come j under such circumstances as to render it an imperative duty?circumstances not likely to j arise." I The Business Outlook. j The New York Tribune reports that an J unusual activity now exists iu that city among ' property owners, who, in anticipation of betI ter times, are building extensive houses pre| paratory to an expected demand for increased | facilities. The Tribune gives a lengthy list of costly new buildings now in course of erecj tion, and enumerates quite a number of other i business houses that are being remodeled and !enlarged. The financial condition of the country is ! also indicated to some extent by bank statej ments from Connecticut and Chicago. The i bank commissioners of Connecticut report an I increase in the savings bank deposit of that | State from 870,769,000 to 873,783,000 in the | past year, a gain of nearly four per cent. The May quarterly statement of the national banks ! of Chicago shows that since January 1, 1874, ! there has been a gain of S8,000,000 in the | loans, of more than $4,000,000 in legal teni ders and cash, aud of 813,000,000?more than ' sixty per cent.?in deposits. These two re| ports from widely differing localities pretty clearly prove the recuperation of the country from the panic of 1H73, and indicate a sure if slow approach to an era of business prosperity. On the same subject, the New York Bulletin indulges the following encouraging review of the financial situation: The loan market has recently developed a much more decided desire to employ capital than has been apparent for many months past. Lenders, while still careful, do not show the excessive caution and the willingness to keep their means absolutely idle rather than take average risks that they have exhibited ever since the panic. And it seems quite reasonable to expect that such a change should come over the disposition of the lending class. They have seen mercantile borrowers subjected to twenty months of the most trying pressure experienced within the last forty years; | prices have shrunk during this period on an average fully twenty-five per cent.; losses I L?.-i? .i 1?..i' ~_J:? I1HVU lllKeil Lilt; (mice in umiuiw * pi wins, ami the limitation of credit has compelled a large amount of liquidation ; and yet this test has been endured with a degree of immunity from failure which remarkably demonstrates the strength of our commercial community. This thorough probing of the mercantile class has very naturally conviuced intelligent lenders that our merchants are as deserving of credit as they ever were, and that discounts are not at present attended with any more risk than in ordinary times; and hence they show a disposition to take a class of paper which they have for months entirely discarded. Then, again, the better class of securities have advanced to such extraordinary figures that there is an indisposition to invest any important further amounts in them; and it is not improbable that a certain class of holders of such investments will begin to sell them in order to realize the profit upon the principal resulting from the rise in price, for the purpose of employing the proceeds in some other way. Capitalists are growing tired of the small earnings their loans have made during late ' ? ? 4.1- .. kof tftr muiiuis ; itutj, wiin n view tu gcbuu^ uititi rates, they are scauning closely the range of investments which they have discarded since the panic, and are beginning to take such of them as appear the most inviting. This is to he regared as the initiation of a process of recovery in the loan market which will gradually progress until it admits into the range of business a large class of borrowers who have been long shut out from loan facilities. The success with which several corporate and city loans have been placed on the market within the last few weeks indicates a decided recovery of confidence in that class of investments, and as this experience demonstrates that companies in good standing can borrow easily and on more favorable terras than has been possible for many years past, we should not be surprised to see a succession of corporate loans placed on the market. For the Yorkvilln Enquirer. PICNIC AT KING'S MOUNTAIN. King's Mountain, S. C., May 29 th, 1875. Mr. Editor :?Some weeks ago, it was announced that on to-day a picnic would be given by the Friends of Temperance of King's Mountain, to which the Masons, the Grangers and Sunday-school scholars would be invited. Agreeably to the arrangements previously made, the company met at Masonic Hall, from which place they proceeded to a beautiful and inviting grove in the vicinity of the town. Numbers of persons from town and country having assembled at the designated place, at 11 o'clock Dr. B. F. Dixon introduced Dr. J. W. Tracy to the audience. Dr. Tracy delivered an admirable and impressive lecture on temperance. Dr. Tracy was followed by Mr. Babington, Vice-President of the Grand Council, who also spoke with much earnest eloquence in behalf of the principles of the noble cause of temperance. After Mr. Babington had concluded, Mr. W. C. Durham, Editor of the Shelby Banner, was next introduced. Mr. Durham's remarks were directed mainly to the iuterest of the Grange o rganization, and his address abounded in sound advice and practical suggestions to the agricultural coummunity. At the close of Mr. Durham's remarks, it : was announced that the assembled company ! would partake of a collation, which had been ; prepared in abundance and spread in the most I inviting manner, and to which full justice j was done by all. It was estimated that fully j one thousand partook of the repast, and to | the ladies of the vicinity all praise is due for the elegance and liberality with which the tempting viands were served. After the dinner was over, Dr. Dixon was , urgently culled upon to address the company, with which request he reluctantly complied. 1 His remarks were able, forcible and interest I ing; and as he is a member of all the Orders represented on the occasion, he had no diffi culty in enchaining the entire audience, all of j whom were benefitted by the words of wisdom inteudedfor the improvement of all classes of his hearers. At the conclusion of I)r. Dixon's address, the assemblage dispersed, every one feeling wiser and happier at the success of the entertainment. AutiUis. aST" Mrs. Gaskins.of Carteret county, N. C., weighs G40 pounds, and one of her stockings can hold a bushel of shelled com. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. H. <fe J.. P. Herndon?Ousted?Never mind the Dry Weather?What's the Row??Old Prob?Grand Rush for Cotton?Up to the Times. J. M. Adams?Removal. Sloan Johnson?Mule at Auction. W. H. MeCorkle, Intendant?Town Ordinance, i J. H. Clawson?In Bankruptcy?Appointment as Assignee?In the Matter of J. R. Castles, Bankrupt. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the Matter of David Johnson, Bankrupt. Edward Thomas, Superintendent?Change of Schedule. i Col. A. Coward, Principal?King's Mountain Military School. LARGE SALE OF COTTON. We were much pleased to meet in our town one day last week and form the acquaintance | of Capt. James M. Ivy, of Rock Hill. His i visit was made with the view of negotiating j for the purchase of a lot of cotton owned by a few persons here, which had been offered to j him through the banking house of Messrs. | Jefferys & Melts. The negotiations were satisfactorily concluded, and resulted in the purchase by him of four hundred and thirtyj seven bales of cotton, the greater part of which 1 is of fine grade, at prices ranging from 12 to 14* cents per pound, and amounting in the aggregate to about 828,000. Considering the dullness of the seasou, the warm weather, and other things unnecessary to mention, we are disposed to conclude that, occasionally, there is still some business done at Yorkville. RAPID COMMUNICATION. An incident occurred in our town last week in connection with a telegraphic dispatch, which is worthy of mention. Rev. A. J. Witherspoon, who was on a visit to relatives and friends in this section, learned through a letter which reached him after his arrival, that one of his children was quite ill at the time the letter was written. Naturally, he became very solicitous as to the result of the illness, and had determined to cut short his visit and start for his home in New Orleans without delay. The use of the telegraph was suggested to him, which suggestion he adopted immediately, and a despatch was forwarded making the necessary inquiries. As a result, in about one hour, he received a reply which assured him that his child had recovered from the illness and was out of danger. Our telegraph line is regarded by our town people as a very convenient institution, and the operator, Mr. Horace H. Beard, as very attentive, efficient and accomodating. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following are the transfers of real estate recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: D. T. Pegram to Thos. C. Pegram. Undivided interest in 837 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $1730. Moses M. Gordoq to W. N. Gordon. Tract of 73 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $390. L. H. McSwain to Reuben McSwain. A tract of 77 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $800. L. H. McSwain to E. B. McSwain. Tract of 93 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration SG00. L. H. McSwain to L. M. McSwain. Tract of 118 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $400. J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to \V. I. Clawson. Tract of 106 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $121. J. C. Sharpe to J. R. London, trustee. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $500. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Martha Ingrahara. Tract of 49 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $810. Martha Ingruham and others to D. H. and R. M. Carroll. Tract of 116 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $1824. J. L. Jackson to J. H. Adams. Tract of 110 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $350. J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to J. S. R. Thomson. Tract of 375 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $1518. J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to W. J. Collins. Tract of 150 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $468. W. J. Collins to F. M. Collins. Tract of 100 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $350. INDIAN LOGIC. A number of Indian chiefs from the Blacks Hills, have been summoned to Washington for the purpose of forming a treaty with the United States Government, by which the government may have control of the Black Hills country and open it up to settlement by i-U/* ?i>nituonifa u?Kn app wnit.imr to trv their IlliC tllVUOUUUO ?l ?v ? v - D ^ fortunes in that promising region. The Great Father Grant, surrounded by his own chiefs, Delano, Richardson and Smith, gave Spotted Tail and a number of other Indian chiefs an audience the other day, and from the tone of the Indians it is very plain that they are not going to surrender their reservation without a struggle. They seem to have a vague idea of the money value of their possessions, and besides, they are very correctly impressed with the belief that the land is their own property. After Chief Delano, on the part of the United States, had developed his plans, and proposed to move the Indians to a reservation further south, Chief Spotted Tail on the part of the Indian delegation, made the following reply: "My Father: I have considered all the Great Father told me, and have come here to give you an answer. When people have fully considered a subject their conclusion ought to be a good one. I made the treaty with Generals Sherman and Harney in 18G8, and have not broken it. I came here to shake hands and make a new treaty. I came here to ask | for a great deal. I want good clothes, such ! as you (pointing to Secretary Ueiano aua Commissioner Smith) both wear. When I was here before the President gave me my country, and I put my stake down in a good place, and there I want to stay. I know my country is a good country, because I put ' things in the ground and they grow up. I I have asked for a saw-mill, a plow, and other ! things to farm with. My Father, one thing ! displeases me. Your surveyors have come j and put down stakes, and J don't like it, and | want them removed. I respect the treaty, j but the white men who came in our country ; do not. You speak of another country, but | it is not ray country ; it does not concern me, : and I want nothing to do with it. I was not j born there, but if it is such a good country you ought to send the white men now in our : country there and let us alone. You say you | will give us 825,000 if we will give up the privilege of hunting buffalo outside our reservation. If you will add 815,000 to this we will give you the buffalo. [Laughter.] We i came here in a great hurry and had but little | time to consult our people, and we want you to send some meu to us to talk the matter over. The weather is warm and Congress is ! not in session, and after we consider the subject more we would like to come to Washingj ton with fifty chiefs to settle the matter with | Congress. I want to have one more council here and then go home." ' At a subsequent interview, the Indians expressed their determination to fight to the bitj ter end before they would agree to vacate the j Black Hills reservation and take up their j abode in the Indian Territory, where the au# thorities seem to want them to go. The Indians argue that if the white settlers would conduct themselves properly, both races could live harmoniously in the Black Hills section, which embraces a territory equal in extent to I New England, and would afford ample room ! for all. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. > Chester, May 31st, 1875. The spelling mutch, of which mention was made in a recent correspondence, came off on ^ last Monday evening, and was in every particular a very enjoyable entertainment. The | hopes and expectations of those who were in- ^ 1 strnraental in getting up the match were fully j realized in the success that attended their ef; forts. The main hall of the Court House was well filled with the elite of our town, who, while adding to the treasury of our Episcopal 1 ? - _ Church, gave every indication 01 passing a J moat delightful evening. The teacher, Mr. T. C. Gaston, and the umpires, G. J. Patter' sou, Esq., Mr. James Hardin, aud Mr. Means | Davis, the accomplished editor of the WinnsJ boro News, performed their parts admirably. ; Mr. Gaston introduced the amusing exercises I of the spelling bee by a few happy and ap| propriate remarks, which were well received. I Some delay in forming the class was occasioni ed by a giving away of the courage of a num* i ber, who had promised to spell, but through j the adroit mauageineut of Mr. Gaston, assisted by the efforts of Mr. J: J^. Hemphill, a cuu- siderable class was formed, and the bee began to spell, if not to sing. The first words asked by the teacher were simple, but these were soon followed by those of a more difficult nature. The list of words prepared by him for the occasion, was exhausted before there were any unsuccessful attempts at spelling. The spelling book was resorted to, and from its pages words were taken that failed of finding successful spellers. As the members retired to their seats after missing a couple of words, the class became small and beautifully less 41 by degrees. To test the spelling powers of the few that remained, the most difficult words that could be found in Webster's unabridged were selected aud asked. Among these was the word "syzygy," which nobody could spell. Other difficult words were asked, which resulted in a reduction of the class to three members, consisting of Miss Emma , Passailaigue, Mr. John Buchanan, the good and genial editor of the Reporter, and your correspondent The word "bleyrae," then , took, its course around the class of three, and , failed of being correctly spelt until it came to Miss Passailaigue, who, in doing so, carried * off the honors of the evening. To her was awarded by Mr. J. J. Hemphill, in a happy way, the prize of the spelling match, Longfellow's Hangingof the Crane. The orthographical contest developed the fact that Chester has a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen in her midst who, whatever other accomplishments they may lack, have a thorough knowledge of the art of spelling. Judge T. J. Mackey returned a few days ago from Lancaster, where he had been engaged in holding court. Though indisposed " nn>?!nn tlio fimfJ lip plpftTPfl thfi 8P8 a gUUU p;i blUU W i Uiiv VII*IV| ?.V siou3 docket, and disposed of a considerable number of important civil causes. The Judge was instrumental in securing the "onviction of two white men, who were charged with buying stolen cotton from negroes. In his charge to the jury, he held that the defendants kuew that the cotton was stolen, from the fact of their buying it at night, and under suspicious circumstances. A verdict of "guilty" was rendered against the defendants, one of whom was sentenced to an imprisonment of two years in the penitentiary, or the paymeut of a fine of a thousaud dol lars; the other was sentenced to an imprisonment of one year in the penitentiary, or the payment of a fine of five hundred dollars. They preferred the payment of the fines, which will assist materially in the liquidation of honest claims against the county of Lancaster. If Judge Mackey continues the crusade he has vigorously begun against the white rascals who buy stolen cotton from ne groes, he will succeed beyond a doubt in putting a stop to the nefarious practice within the bounds of his circuit. Rev. Mr. Witherspoon, of New Orleans, was in our town a few days since for the purpose of obtaining subscribers to the book, entitled the "Memoirs of Rev. J. H. Thornwell, D. D.," of which Rev. Dr. Palmer, of New /A_t .1.. \r? w;?i, oronnnn v/nuaus, JO UJC auiuui* 1U1* tt muvrnj/vvu was quite pleased with the success he met with here. He obtained two hundred subscribers in Charlotte and Chester. Independent of the intrinsic excellence of this inestimable work, it deserves a legion of subscribers, from the fact that the proceeds of the sale of it are to be given to the widow of the ' late Dr. J. H. Thornwell, whose powers of ^ mind have been likened to those of the immortal Calhoun. Wednesday of last week was a day of great enjoyment to the members of the Baptist Sunday School of this place. Joy reigned supreme at an early hour of that morning, when, in company with invited friends, they drove through our town on their way to the Sulphur Spring, where they passed the day in the most delightful manner. An abundance of shade, which is an indispensable requisite to the enjoyment of such diversions, crowned the spot chosen for the picnic. Heart troubles, domestic troubles, and all kinds of troubles, were given to the winds and forgotten in a hearty indulgence in the various outdoor amusements that prevailed throughout the day. The picknickerson their return home passed through Main street about dark, with horses and wagons gaily decorated, and mottnff thp nip rincr with their shouts of 10V W>,V *" * " "" %t and merriment. The next picnic will be that of the Methodist Sunday School, on Friday, at Lowrysville. The scene of the festivity will be reached by rail, arrangements for transportation having already been perfected with the railroad authorities. Hopes are inj dulged by our friends of the Methodist perI suasion, that the Methodist Sunday School of Yorkville will unite with them in sharing the pleasures of the picnic on Friday. This ex; cellent idea merits adoption, for a more thori ough acquaintance of the young people of the ! two towns is sure to be attended with agreeable results. | The beautiful chromos recently received by j Mr. R. Brandt are worthy of the observation of all who have any love of the fine arts, j "The Changed Cross" is a little gem, which ; appeals, with force, to the better feelings of j our nature. Yet the taste of those who prefer representations of rural scenescau begratified. A case of "civil rights" occurred at Nicholsou's hotel last week. When the northern 1 train arrived, a colored woman, in company with other passengers, walked into the dining' room, sat down at the table, and partook of I her dinner. When she had satisfied her ap! petite, she quietly withdrew from the dining hall, and, undisturbed, took her departure ou i the train. A religious meeting, of great interest, at the Associate Reformed Church, which began ou