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Scraps and Jacts. ? Half the children in the Boston public schools are of Catholic parentage. ? The Mississippi Legislature is considering the propriety of compulsory education. ? The new Palace Hotel at San Francisco took in $22,863 as the receipts of a single day. ? Judge David Davis, of Illinois, seems to ba rising into greater and greater prominence as a Democratic candidate for President. ? Florida is progressing in wealth and population more rapidly than any of the Southern States. ? James Stephens, late head ceutre of the Fenian Brotherhood of the United States, died in Paris recently. At one time he created quite a sensation in this country. ? Jefferson Davis has just lost a suit for 870,000 in a court at Vicksburg, Miss. The ex-President put in a claim for that amount against his brother's estate, and the court decided against him. ? There are now eight pin factories in the United States, which make 47,000,000 pins daily. In addition to these the importations of pins reach 25,000,000 daily. As these are all easily sold, it is safe to say that 72,000,000 of pins are lost: daily, or 50,000 every minute. Where they all go is the wonder. ? A California inventor has patented a contrivance for driving sewing machines which does away with the treadle. A number of springs are moved by clockwork and governed by a lever so nicely that the needle may be made to move at any rate of speed. The machine will run about an hour and a quarter with one winding up. ? The colored citizens of Crystal Spring, Miss., in a public meeting, have declared their intention to withdraw from politics, to cultivate friendly relations with the white race, to use all means to put down crime, to endeavor to produce everything necessary for their own consumption at home, and to organize among themselves an association similar to that of the Patrons of Husbandry. ? A company of twenty-one freedmen sailed from New York in the bark Liberia, Thursday afternoon. They were chiefly from North Carolina and Louisiana, and were sent out at the expense of the American Colonization Society. The desire to go to Liberia is steadily increasing, in consequence of the letters received from those who have previously emigrated. The planting of coffee in Liberia is likely to be largely remunerative, for land can be purchased at fifty cents an acre, and the taxes do not exceed fifty cents on the one hundred dollars. ? The New York Herald reasons that a war with Spain would be a hazardous game for Grant to play, since the first success would probably be on the side of the Spaniards. They have now a well equipped army of 216,000 men, while our effective army does not exceed 20,000. Spain has two hundred and two war vessels in an efficient condition, while our whole array of monitors and old tubs numbers only one hundred and sixty-six. Tliic ftianaritv thfi TTprnld admits, would be 4i.4W??r^.VJ ^ 7 ? overcome in six or eight months, but meanwhile the political contest would be decided. ? The National Woman Suffrage Convention, which meets at Washington City on the 27th of the present month, will discuss the following questions: "Are not women also citizens of the Republic?part of the people ? On what just ground in discrimination made between men and women ? Why should women more than men, be governed without their consent? Why should women more than men, be denied trial by a jury of their peers? On what authority are women taxed while unrepresented ? By what right do nien declare themselves invested with power to legislate for women ? ? The Rev. J. L. M. Curry, D. D., of Richmond, vs., wribes iro?* Aiexanana r/gypt: "Many Confederate soldiers will be glad to hear that Gen. Loring, so well known and loved as a skillful and brave officer in the Confederate army, is stationed in this city in command of a corps of Egyptian troops for the defence of the whole northern coast. He deservedly stands high in the confidence of the Viceroy. Some thirty American officers are in the Khedive's service, but Gen. Loring alone of all of them, is in actual command of the troops. The general is a Pasha, but knows how to make Americans fell at home. He has studied Egyptian history and polity and the Arabic language very diligently, and is the most thoroughly posted man I have met. He has on his staff Gen. Reynolds, a brave Confederate officer, and a cordial, noble-heart edTlrginia gentleman. In the Egyptian army are Gen. Stone, well known in Richmond; Gen. Field, of Virginia ; Col Derrick, of Halifax county; Col. Lockett, of Alabama, and others." ? Ex-Senator Brownlow the great thirdtermer, ex-Postmaster Bard, two men above all others unsuspected of any superfluous tenderness toward "unreconcilable rebels," unite iu condemning the attempt to make a martyr of Jefferson Davis. Mr. Brownlow says that while Mr Davis was the nominal head of the rebellion, he was in reality its greatest weakness, and so unpopular was he, that at the close of the war, that but for his incarceration in Fortress Monroe, he would have been hated and despised by the Southern people. As for the bugbear of his return to the United States Senate, if his disabilities are removed, Mr. Brownlow says the step would be the death knell of the Democratic party, and he does not believe in standing in the way of that. Mr. Bard thinks Mr. Blaine's course was unwise and unnecessary, and says of Southern sentiment: "We can assure our Northern contemporaries that the large majority of the Southern people are for shaking hands and wiping out the past. Let us all endeavor to accomplish this, and meet at Philadelphia, and the Centennial, reunited as of old?brothers of a common country, with one destiny." ? The recent election at Memphis, Tenn., for municipial officers, furnished another evidence that the cohesiveness for the colored vote in the south has been broken, and that the scheming white Radical politicians are fast losing their power in bringing the colored people to the polls like "sheep to the shambles." At the Memphis election on Thursday last over two thousand colored men went to the polls and voted theeutire Democratic ticket without solicitation, despite the fact that light to sunset for the success of the opposition tinlrot The Memnhis Armani mentions. WWM ~ ?rr~ 9 amongst the incidents of the election, that a well known colored man approached Barbour Lewis at one of the polls, and embracing him to his heart's content said: "Farewell, Barbour ; we must part forever; may the Lord take a liking to you, for we niggers can't." ex-Congressman Barbour Lewis, and other extreme Radical politicians, worked from dayAt the Democratic jubilee which followed the announcement of the result, the colored people took a conspicuous part, and several of them carried effigies of Lewis and other politicians whom they have heretofore blindly followed.?Baltimore Sun. ? The Toronto Globe describes a remarkable character in that vicinity who, about forty years ago, conceived the idea of leading a hermit's life. The youth had from his early age showed symptoms of derangement, and this proceeding on his part was not considered strange by his friends. The chosen place of his hermitage was about three-quarters of a mile from his parental homestead, in the recess of a dense bush, where he erected a small hovel and furnished it with an old log canoe, which he used as a couch to sleep in. Divesting himself of all clothing, he has ever since remained perfectly nude, with the exception of a tattered remnant of a shirt, which his fancy leads him to retain. In this nude state, for forty years, he has lived, walking in the depth of winter through the snow, and yet he has never been known to have received a frost bite. When he requires a drink, he walks deliberately into the river, it mattering not to him what season of the year it may be, and wades out till the water reaches his waist, and then stoops and quenches his thirst. His food is brought to him by his friends, and when given to him is eaten with the voraciousness of an animal, which he now resembles more than man, his body being as heavily coated with hair as that of a cow. He never shows a dangerous disposition, and chatters in monosyllables. When people cross his path he invariably begs for tobacco, for which he has an evident partiality, and in chattering tones will utter "bacca" until his request is granted. His hair is long, gray and unkempt, falling far over his shoulders, and his beard, which is similar, reaches down below his waist. He is now between sixty and seventy years of age, and is, possibly, the only living being ever known to have lived year after year perfectly naked and exposed to all the inclemencies of weather which mark the Canadian winter. ?he ?0tfeviUc inquirer. YORKVIELE, S. C.:~ THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 27, 1876. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send tho amount of the subscription by draft or post-ofiiee money order, or enclose fhe money in a registered letter. Postage.?'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 paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where thov receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to tho subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date mart be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance A CALL FOR ORGANIZATION. By authority of the State Executive Committee of the Democratic party, James F. Hart, Esq., has issued an address to the voters of York county, to be found in another column, urging upon them the necessity of early and thorough organization, and appointing Saturday the 12th of next month, as a suitable day for the voters of the county to meet at their respective election precincts for the purpose of organizing, by the election of such officers and the appointment of such working committees as each locality may require. This call is made upon every voter in the county who favors honest government, and should meet a prompt and hearty response. PROCEEDINGS^ CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 17th, the Judiciary Committee reported adversely on allowing the accused to testify in the Federal Courts. Several consuls, Indian agents and postmasters were confirmed. The petition of General Beauregard for the removal of bis political disabilities was referred to the Judiciary Committee. In the House, Mr. White moved to suspend the rules to vote on the amnesty bill excluding Jefferson Davis. After voting on the amendment striking out the excluding clause, the vote was?yeas, 165; nays, 110. Failing a two-thirds majority, the rules were not suspended. Among the bills introduced was one by Mr. Vance, to open navigation on the French Broad river; ana one oy x?r. O'Brien, to amend the constitution, prohibiting among other things, preachers from holding office under general or State Government. In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, presented petitions from citizens of that State in favor of a subsidy for the Southern Pacific Railroad. A bill was passed allowing court martials to compel civ * -- -- ii? _r . li witnesses to teamy, uu pcuany ui lwu months' imprisonment. Ill the House, a number of bills were introduced?among them one to allow planters to sell leaf tobacco without license; to prescribe a peualty for mailing obscene matter, and excluding lottery circulars from the mails ; to prevent the naturalization of Chinese and Mongolians. The House went into a committee of the whole on the Centennial appropriation, when Mr. Waddell, of North Carolina, spoke at some length, taking strong ground in favor of making ample appropriations to secure a credit, able national exposition. Referring to the > recent defeat of amnesty in the House, he said ; that had no weight upon him, nor should it 1 influence any Southern member against an appropriation for a national celebration. Al1 luding to the amnesty debate he said : "One element in the House had not been heard from in that discussion?the element of theSouth ern soldiers in the late war. of whom he was one. They had sat in silence ana taken the fire which 1 the gentleman from Maine (Blaino) had opened on them, with no other feeling than that of gratitude for having escaped from so terrible an enemy as he (Blaine) must have been during the ' battles of the late war. [Laughter.] If now, when that gentleman's hair was silvery and his . natural force perceptibly abating, he could develop such intensity of spirit, how must his plume have waved in the fore part of that conflict which had occurred at a time when he (Blaine) was young i and strong and healthy. [Laughter.] That element had not yet spoken. It could not be goaded into the discussion. On the contrary, it had exhibited a spirit which he believed the Ameri, can people would not soon forget. It had met a storm of hate and persecution as the swan meets the billows?with a breast of down. He knew n.n?*lAreiAr? hurl Knon onrrocrcif\ in fV?o 3VU1C ^lUiClllCIl nuv nau uvuii wn^u^vu i*? miv same cause with him who had not intended to vote for the measure before that discussion, but who now intended to support it so as to set an example of patriotism. If there were any of them who still opposed this bill he appealed to them to unite with him in doing an act which could only promote the honor and advance the interests of the country and the peace and happiness of the people." Without action the committee rose and adjournd. In the Senate on the 19th, Mr. Sherman presented a petition of citizens of Ohio asking the construction of the Southern Pacific railroad. A similar petition was also presented by Mr. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, from citizens of that State. The bill amending the charter of the Freedmen's Bank passed. Pending the discussion of Mr. Davis' bill providing for an investigation of the treasury department, the Senate went into executive session and adjourned. In the House, several speeches were made on the centennial appropriation bill. Only two members spoke against the bill?Messrs. Cochrane, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Tucker, of Virgiuia, who opposed it on constitutional grounds. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Tucker eulogized i General R. E. Lee. The Senate proceedings of the 20th are un 1 1 - A 1 important. Mr. Sargent introduced a posiai ; telegraph bill, providing for telegraph lines : to connect with post-offices, allowing a com; bination of postmaster and telegrapher and fixing the rates of charges for transmitting messages. In the House, the Post Office Com; mittee reported unfavorably on the bill reducing first class mail matter to one cent per half ounce. In the Senate, on the 21st, Mr. Sherman presented the memorial of the National Hailroad Convention recently held in St. Louis, i a-sking aid for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Referred to the Committee on Railroads. The j House was occupied during the day in eulogizing Vice-President Wilson. In the House, on the 22nd, the debate on ! the Centennial bill was continued. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Fayetteville and Florence Railroad will soon be graded from Fayetteville to the South Carolina line. ? The trial of Arthur Glover, for the killing of two men by the names of Gomillions, in Edgefield county, more than a year ago, was concluded in Newberry on Tuesday of last week, and resulted in the acquittal of the prisoner. ? Trial Justice Robertson, bound over by Judge Mackey to appear at court to answer the charge of compounding a felony in paying money to the men recently whipped in Winnsboro, claims that he was merely compromising a civil action brought for damages, a thing he had a perfect right to do. ? Governor Chamberlain has pardoned Jas. W. Clack, convicted at York, April term, 1875, of assault with intent to ravish, and oontonfpH fn twn vfiars' imDrisonment in the penitentiary. The prosecutrix joined in the petition for pardon, and Judge Mackey and the acting solicitor recommended it. ? There are some three hundred hands at work on the line of the Spartanburg and Asheville Road, and the whole work is beiDg carried bravely and vigorously forward. All of the grading has been completed in South Carolina, and the contractors are now at work in Henderson and Polk counties of North Carolina. It will not be long before the most expensive aud difficult work will be completed, and the rest of the grading to Asheville, done on the faith of the subscriptions made, is but ordinary work. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? In the vicinity of Greensboro ice was 2$ inches thick on the 16th instant. ? There are thirty-six prisoners in the Charlotte jail?six of whom belong to Cabarrus county. ? The Shelby Aurora win De removeu w Rutherfordton, from which place it will hereafter be issued by its present proprietor. ? The National Bank of Greensboro has been organized, with Jesse H. Lindsay as President and Julius A. Gray as Cashier. ? On the 7th instant, Walter Hobbs, aged about fourteen years, son of M. V. Hobbs, of Guilford oounty, while chopping wood, cut his foot across the instep, from the effects of which he bled to death. ? Randolph Sutton, colored, convicted of burglary in Cabarrus Superior Court, and sentenced to have been hanged last Friday, has had his sentence commuted by Governor Brogden to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. ? The Lexington Central learns that on the 14th instant, near Fork Church, in Davie county, an altercation took place between Robert Seaford and William Hendricks, brothers-in-law, which resulted in the killing of Seaford by Hendricks. Both men are respectably connected, but were under the influence of whisky, at the time of the occurrence. Hendricks eluded arrest. ? MERE-MENTION. General Beauregard has applied to uongress for the removal of his political disabilities. Four negroes, confessed cotton-gin burners, were recently take from the Coahoma county, Miss., jail by masked men and shot dead. In Georgia there are 121,819 white voters, to 87,569 colored. Eighteen hundred barrels of flour were destroyed by fire of The PopnKlioqno oh. stained from voting in the Senatorial election of the Mississippi Legislature. Lamar received all the votes cast but one. Two hundred men recently gathered at Massillon, Ohio, to lynch Mrs. Richardson, who had shot her husband, and the sheriff fearing violence, removed her to Canton. An operative in a New England paper mill asserts that it costs from ten to twenty per cent, less for labor to produce paper now than it did before the war, and yet the manufactured article * ? mi i sella nearly twice as nign. ine largest gathering of people in Savannah since the close of the war, assembled last Saturday night, for the purpose of serenading Hon. G. H. Pendleton, of Ohio, who is at present stopping in that city. Old John Robinson's circus disbanded at Augusta, Georgia, last Friday, for the purpose of taking a rest until April. Hon. Jatnes B. Beck has been elected U. S. Senator from Kentucky, to succeed Mr. Stevenson, whose term expires March 3, 1877. TO THE VOTERS OF YORK COUNTY. The State Executive Committee of the Democratic party, representing the Conservative and Reform policies of the past, have, in view of recent events in this State, decided that it has become necessary to re-organize, speedily and effectively, the party in this State. In this action the Executive Committee is sustained with great unanimity by all those in favor of an honest and economical State Government. The undersigned, having been charged by the Committee with the duty of the organization of York county, earnestly urges upon our people its pressing importance. No effort at self-government, in modern times, has proved so destructive a failure as ? ? i ?_ ii.Oi.i. j _ n&8 Deen exnioneu 1U hub oiaw;, uuuer uie so-called Republican party. It is, perhaps, the most conspicuous example of a government, whose legislative branch, elected by the people, has become a compact organization for the robbery of its constituents. No sooner is one species of public plunder, under the forms of law, arrested, than other and more dangerous schemes of robbery are devised and put in action. The most recent act in the long catalogue of wrongs?that of attempting to fill the seats of justice with men of acknowledged infamy and incompetency?has everywhere throughout the State, awakened the conviction, that if this be Republicanism, Republican rule in South Carolina can no longer be endured or tolerated. There is honesty among the masses of the people, and to all honest men an honest government is a necessity. If those imbued with these purposes will unite with the determination to restore to the State a government whose legislative branch shall no longer be organized for nublic Dillaue. such a result, it O I r o > is believed, can be accomplished. Organization is but the first step to this end,"and must be followed up by unceasing vigilance and persistent work. In pursuance of the duty imposed, I earnestly call upon the honest voters, at every election precinct in York county, to organize themselves into clubs for the approaching campaign. The work cannot be too speedily begun, or too earnestly prosecuted. It is not proposed that your organizations be used for the elevation of men?the gathering of party spoils, or the advancement of mere party ends. A higher purpose than any of these? that of your own self-preservation?renders this action on your part a necessary duty to yourselves and to the State. We seek to deprive no class or condition of men of any right; but shall insist upon the rights of all being maintained by the enactment of just lawsand the repression of public robbery. To put into practical operation, without unnecessary delay, the plan of organization desired, the voters at each election precinct, fa- j vorable to this purpose, are hereby requested to assemble at their respective election pre-; cincts on Saturday, the 12th day of February j next, and to organize at each precinct by the ; election of such officers, and the appointment of such working committees, as each locality | may require. James F. Hart, i LOCAL AFFAIRS. ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. c J. H. Barry and othera?Caution to Trespassers, t E. C. Williams, Treasurer?The Stono Phosphate i : Company. 1 Hunter A Oates?Shawls?Hardware?The New t Store?Crockery?Glass Ware. g T. M. Dobson A Co.?Keep's Patent Partly-Made Dress Shirts. J. W. Carroll?For 20 Hays. D. C. Anderson, Fort Mills?"Harris' Empire t Compound." i Kennedy, Latimer A Hemphill?Ammoniated . Dissolved Bones?Farming Utensils. Jefferys A Metts?Cotton 15 Cents for Guano. g J. Leander Adams, Administrator?Last Notice. , W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Guano?Acid Phos- . phate. * A. Coward, Principal?King's Mountain Military J School. . R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-Lien Sale. [ ( ARRESTED. j Joseph Thornburg and his son Andrew, who moved from Gaston county, N. C., to , Cheek's saw mill, about two miles west of s town, where they were employed, were arres- 1 ted last Thursday night by Deputy Marshal 1 G. W. Taylor, assisted by Lieut. Benner and 1 a squad of soldiers, and on Saturday were ( taken to Charlotte by the Deputy Marshal, g The charge against Joseph Thornburg is il- \ licit distilling and shooting a revenue officer j iu the discharge of his duty, and the young ( man is charged with aiding his father in re- j 8i8tiug arrest. PERSONAL. ] Rev. E. J. Meynardie, Presiding Elder of I i this district, visited Yorkville in a ministra- 1 j tive capacity last week, and on Sunday, bej sides administering the sacrament of the < Lord's Supper to his congregation, delivered two able, instructive and impressive ser- | mons. I Last Saturday, we were favored with a call i from Mr. J. S. Reynolds, editor of the Winns- ; boro News, and whilom a resident of our I town, who, notwithstanding his new field, { finds that Yorkville still has attractions for him. r THE SCHOOLS. The next session of Yorkville Female Institute will commence next Tuesday, the 1st j proximo, in charge of W. R. Jones, A. M., . who will have the aid of a full corps of assistants in all the various departments. Mr. j Jones assumes control of the Institute with the view of making his school a success, and j from his reputation as a teacher, we feel as- ( sured that he will leave nothing undone to attain that result. Not only should the school be liberally patronized by the town, but as the accommodations are ample, a large number of pupils should be entered from outside the town limits. We learn from Mr. Jones ( that in the conduct of his school he gives es- ' pecial attention to the primary department, the importance of which cannot be overlooked. The next school-year of King's Mountain Military School will also commence on the 1st of February. The reputation of this school is too well known to require special notice at our hands. We only hope it may receive a patronage commensurate with its merits as an institution of learning. As may be seen by advertisement, pupils residing in Yorkville aud its immediate vicinity, will be admitted to the benefits of the class instructions without being required to board in the institution. COLORED M. E! CONFERENCE. ( At the annual Conference of the Colored , Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Charleston last week, the following appointments j were made for this and neighboring counties: j Rev. James A. Brown, stationed at Yorkfcl.W J WM1 , W I u. TM. . W\2 IAS Auilui" f son station, and will be succeeded here by Rev. A. C. Dutton. Geo. Beckham, trans- i ferred from Kock Jdill to Union circuit. J no. I Beckham from Rock Hill to Greenville circuit. Thomas Wright from Yorkville to , Orangeburg. George Torrence from York circuit to Chester circuit. Shephard Dunham from Landsford to York circuit. Geo. Tay- 1 lor from Chester circuit and Lorenzo McKinney from Spartanburg circuit, to Rock Hill < circuit. Rev. J.-A. Brown, who had charge of the church at this place during the past year, conducted himself, during his stay here in the most becoming manner, and so far as we are aware, gained the esteem of our citizens generally. We understand his successor here is a white man. club-makers. For the convenience of those who may wish to subscribe for the Enquirer through a club-maker, we give below a list of persons who are engaged in forming clubs. As other club-makers are reported their names will be added to the list: John L. Miller, John J. Good, A. E. Carroll, D. W. Mayes, 1 Mrs. N. H. Mason, A. W. Parks, Mrs. S. R. Logan, T. G. Culp, W. M. Boyd, Miss J. Lou Brandon, Joseph R. Howe, A. F. Lindsay, Brainerd McLure, S. L. Milling, ' R. L. Crook, J. L. Parker, i I Willie Ferguson, Miss Katie McCully, L. George Grist, J. JN. Koberts, i \V. P. Ferguson, M. L. Dickson, ] H. E. Johnson, Mrs. C. V. Williams, Rev.T. J. Taylor, S. D. Simril, Miss Rebecca Barnett, Mrs. Mary C. Grier, J. C. Saunders, S. G. Brown, A. J. Matthews, W. S. Garrison, Major Myles Smith, Capt. E. R. Mills, T. J. Roach, John T. Grist, I S. M. Roach, W. R. Davis, E. M. Faris, Dr. W. M.-Meador, j J. E. Craig. G. L. Riddle, i Zirari Carroll, D. T. Lessley, , J. C. Patrick, Miu M. A. Glenn. i Mrs. E. M. Hogue, A. H. Mulholland. I D. F. Barnett, J. R. Culp. REPORT OF TIIE GRAND JURY. The following presentment of the grand ( jury, made at the recent terra of the Circuit , Court, was unavoidably crowded out of our j columns last week : < To the Hon. T. J. Mackey, Presiding 1 Judge: The grand jury for the county of I York, at this the January term of the Court J of General Sessions for said county, for the < year 1876, beg leave, respectfully, to report to i your Honor-1- i First. That this being the first session of * the Court at which they have served, and they 1 j having been but recently charged as to their ! duties, are unable to report as fully at the < j present terra of the Court as may be expect- t i aA nt tkom aa fhor t.homapl vefl mifht wifih : t and beg leave that they may be allowed to bear the said matters in mind and report thereon more fully at the next term of this Court. Second. They beg leave to report that they t have visited the jail and find it in a very good ? condition; that the prisoners are well cared 1 ! for, and no discrimination is made among c | them as to race, color or condition. The jail i | is amply supplied with the necessary material c ! and conveniences for the prisoners' comfort \ 1 and warmth, both by day and night, and they i 1 are well fed with good and substantial food, s ! We find that some repairs are needed upon (s and around the jail; but the County Com- 1 | missioners have made the necessary orders as i to such repairs. We found two prisoners in the jail, who, it is alleged, are insane; but 1 the Solicitor informs us that the matter has ! c been already brought to your Honor's atten-18 tion. j 8 As to the poor-house, we find that about c thirty-acres were under cultivation during the t past year; that upon said lands there was; i made about four hundred bushels of corn . 1 and near six bales of cotton. We found the i stock in good condition. We found that three g new houses?good and substantial ones?have j been lately erected, and that the other houses A ? ire in good condition. The paupers seem to )e well cared for and clothed, and, withal, iontented. We are unanimous in reporting n jour Honor that the condition of the poorlouse does credit to the Superintendent and o the county, and we were very agreeably nrprised and gratified at the result of our investigation. We have examined the books of seven Trial Fustices, viz.: J. J. L. Gill, P. T. Murray, J. ?. Wagoner, R. L. Crook, C. J. Pride, J. B. Williams and H. K. Roberts, and found them latisfactory, so far as the books themselves ire evidences of the transaction., f the Trial Fustices. The fines charged upon these books lave all been paid over. The grand jury report that they find that P. T. Murray, has iollected a fine of ten dollars, which has not >een charged nor paid over. We found the offices of the Clerk, Probate Fudge, Sheriff, Treasurer, School Comraislioner, Auditor and Couuty Commissioners all veil and orderly kept, and have no special natter regarding them to bring to your Hon>r's attention. Some members of the grand jury complain ihat the roads in their section of the county ire not in good condition ; but this matter will rereive the snecial attention of the errand ury, and if the evil be not promptly remedied, they hope to present the parties who are responsible therefor at the eusuing term of Jbis Court. The grand jury -beg leave to call your Honor's special attention to a complaint made ay the citizens of Bullock's Creek township n this county, that the district school tax levied in that township being three mills, is, together with the appropriation made by the State, a larger amount than is necessary for jarrying on the schools, and imposes a very heavy tax upon them, which matter they beg to refer to your Honor's consideration, and that such' relief may be extended them as to pour Honor may seem meet, just and lawful. All of which is respectfully submitted. James E. Smith, Foreman. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Tredegar Iron Works. The Tredegar Irou Works, of Richmond, Va., the largest establishment of the kind in the South, suspended payment on the 17th instant, but subsequently perfected arrangements for resuming work at an early day, by the appointment of Gen. Joseph R. Anderson as receiver. It is understood that the Tredegar Company lost largely by the failure of other parties during the panic of 1873, and was compelled, in consequence of those losses, and the continued depression of the iron trade, to suspend payment. Before the panic of 1873, the company was worth a million and a half dollars over its liabilities. Since that panic, in consequence of large amounts due by the Chesapeake and Ohio, and the New York, Oswego and Midland routes, the Tredegar Company has been embarrassed. They were granted an extension, of time, the creditors being secured by deeds of trust on the company's property. It is believed that the liabilities not covered by said deeds will not exceed $100,000. The Richmond Dispatch congratulates the public upon the fact that General Anderson is still to manage the Tredegar Works, and that they resume business after only a short suspension. An Official Invited to Resign. Thomas S. Cavender, who holds the office of Auditor of Chesterfield county, and is one of the commissioners under the act entitled "An act to provide for the settlement and payment of certain claims against the State," both of which offices are under Gov. Chamberlain's appointment, has been requested by the Governor. to reojgn the, appointment^ The I rouble seems to be that Cavender first agreed with M. H. Berry, for the sum of $500 to "lobby" the Little Bonanza bill through the Legislature, and afterward, as one of the commissioners for auditing the claims provided to be paid under the bill, received a commission of twenty per cent, from Mr. Berry for "auditiug" a claim of $9,400. These charges are set forth in an affidavit of Mr. Berry, aud in addition thereto, George Sym* raers makes affidavit that Cavender demanded from him fifteen per cent, of $6,000 for issuing warrants to that amount in Symmers' favor under the provisions of the same Bonanza. The correspondence these disclosures have produced is quite voluminous, and in closing his communication, after reciting the facts as presented before him, the Governor says: "I shall, therefore, require the< immediate r\f hnth the nffi. A COl^UUllUU \j j AIA * vmi vuuvi vra wv?ta v vu? ces be dow holds under my appointment. Whatever further steps may be taken, either to vindicate or condemn any parties connected with these transactions, will be properly conducted by other tribunals, having greater powers and better facilities than I have for reaching the exact truth " The Chester Burglary. In addition to the account furnished by our Chester correspondent of the recent bold burglary in that town, we received from another source, by telegraph, last Sunday morning, the following version of the affair: One of the boldest burglaries every committed in this State was perpetrated here on last Thursday night, by breaking into the store of W. Holmes Harden and robbing it of three or four hundred dollars' worth of groceries, which were carried off in a wagon. As joon as the fact became known, Judge Mackey ordered several search warrants to issue, authorizing the search of all houses in the corporation and its vicinity. All the stolen property was found to-day, locked up in the gin-house of John Lilly, near the town. Lilly, md several suspected parties having fled, TnHrrp ordered the Sheriff to summon * ?b" J , i posse of twenty men, armed and mounted, to pursue and capture them at all hazards. Lilly and several of the band, to the number if eight or ten, were overtaken' and found concealed in a brier patch, seven miles from town, yesterday afternoon. They scattered is the advance of the posse, to the number of four, came up; but Lilly was taken, after receiving a slight wound in the side from a pis;ol shot. The entire band, consisting of ten; cave since been taken and are now in jail. Some of them have confessed. Lilly is an ex-representative of the county, and a captain n the State militia. Cannon, bis partner in i bar room here, was sentenced recently by fudge Mackey to the penitentiary for gamcling. The grand and petit jurors have been specially summoned to try this band of criminals, ill of whom are colored men, on the 31st of his month. Observer. - ? For the Yorkville Enquirer. CONCERT AND EXAMINATION. In my peregrinations last week, I got into be neighborhood of Miss Walsh's Female School, and attended the concert which closed Tf /lAnoi'nfnrl rtf mo H1 nff I ier tiiiru dchoiuui jlw whoiowu v* *. sompositions and music, alternately, entertainng a very large assemblage in the highest legree for full three hours. The compositions : vere of the very best grade and remarkably j veil read. Th? pieces of music were happily j elected and well performed^ the young ladies j howing evidently that they had been taught, >v a lady of the highest culture and refine- j nent. To my surprise, I learned that about one j lalf of the pupils had only taken lessons for j me session, proving clearly what a profession-1 d teacher who takes a pride in her vocation, ; ind who is ever better fitting herself for her j luties, can do. I reasonably conclude that j he people of that section have been fortunate ! n securing her services, and all who may ! lave daughters to educate, have a rare chance, j n her school, to have them taught by a thor-1 mgh, experienced and successful educator of < rnuth, at comparatively cheap rates. i Viator. < Correspondence of the Yorltville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, Jan. 24, 1876. Stephen Yongue, who expiates, by bis life, on Friday of this week, the killing of George Mercer, appears to be profoundly sorry for the commission of that horrible deed. In a recent interview with him, I observed manifestations of his sorrow and remorse. While he confessed the crime, he endeavored to extenuate its enormity. Whisky, as usual, played a prominent part in the perpetration of the bloody act. In answer to my inquiry if he was drinkiug at the time, he replied in the affirmative, though he was uuwilliug to admit that he was drunk. Upon interrogating him as to his cherishing any hostility towards George Mercer, previous to the night of the sad occurrence, he replied that he did not; and upon questioning him still further as to the cause that instigated him to the commission of murder, he said he felt that he was "imposed on" by Mercer and his friends, and thought they intended doing him some harm. According to his version of the story, two of these parties had struck him, and another, with a pistol drawn, threatened to take bis life, before he gave the fatal blow that 1.-J .1? J?.u ~r Yf T? resuioeu iu uie ueaiu ut xuciuci. n > piuu > ably unnecessary to state that this account of the unfortunate affair is incompatible with that rendered by the witnesses for the State. The paiuful fact stares every unprejudiced observer in the face, that the colored people are taking no steps forward in the path of improvement Their love for ardent liquors is increasing, and with this is an increase among them of every crime mentioned in the decalogue. Their standard of morality is very low, and instead of deriving improvement from the march of time, they are yearly, if not daily, degenerating. To illustrate? at the coroner's inquest summoned after the killing of George Mercer, testimony was rendered to the effect that the negroes danced for a considerable time over the dead body of the murdered man. And now that Stephen Yongue has been condemned and sentenced to be hanged, the people of his race look forward to the day of execution as a holiday, and will enjoy the horrors of that scene as they would a circus. There was considerable talk on our streets on Wednesday, in reference to the failure of Culp & Ragsdale, of Blackstocks. The liabilities of this firm are about $18,000, the greater portion of which is due to Northern parties. The amount of their indebtedness in this Dlace is only $50. Their failure is at tributed to their iuability to make collections. If my information is correct, they did not exercise a wise discrimination in. the selection of persons for whom they made advances of supplies. The many friends of this good firm in our town heard, with sincere regret, of their misfortune, and indulge the hope that they may succeed in making such arrangement with their Northern creditors as will permit of their continuance in business. Gen. W. A. Walker, in his address to the members of the Democratic party of this county, urges the immediate organization of Democratic clubs in the various townships. In speaking of the present condition of affairs, he regards it as an "important crisis in the history of the State," and says "it becomes us as citizens to prepare for the issue." The election of Moses and Whipper to judicial positions is viewed as "an insult to every honest citizen, and * violation of every safe-guard which the law affords to life, liberty and property." The Democrats of the county, both white and colored, are earnestly exhorted to engage manfully and zealously in the good work of organizing the party for the coming campaign. The address comes up to the full measure of the occasion, and will, it is to be fervently hoped, arouse our people to a sense of the duty that lies so plainly before them. Trade was unspeakably dull in our town last week. This gave rise to bitter complaints among the merchants. With stores filled with goods, and so few buyers, they yield to depression of spirits, which finds expression in gloomy forebodings as to the future. Failures aud suspensions, accompanied by a financial stringency of exceeding severity, loom up before their minds' eye with acontinuance of the present condition of business affairs. In addition to the general hardness of the times, the unusual dullness in trade at this season is due, in a measure, to the low price of cotton and the small amount offering for sale. As an extension of time for the payment of taxes has been made, those who have not settled with the State and who are holding cotton for this purpose, will hardly sell, unless there be a rise in the price of the fleecy staple, until the end of the allotted period approaches, which is the 15th of February. Treasurer Yocom, while exercising an act of clemency toward the people, might have given them until the 1st of March ; but, I suppose, their hearts must overflow with thankfulness for the additional time allowed them to cancel - ii . n*_ tneir Claims wun coe oiate. On Thursday night the grocery store of Mr. W. Holmes Harden was broken open, and a large amount of goods takeu therefrom. Sixteen boxes of cigars, one box and a half of tobacco, five sides of bacon, six hams and ten gallons of molasses were stolen and carried away, besides other articles such as coffee, sugar, rice, lard, etc., to which they helped themselves very liberally. The colored policeman, William Jeter, who was on watch over the street upon which the store is located, says that the burglary must have been committed after 4 o'clock, for he left at this hour, and the store had not then been interrupted. On Friday, upon the affidavit of Mr. William McConnell, the gentleman in charge of Mr. Harden's store, search warrants were issued by Trial Justice Sanders. The parties in whose hands the warrants were placed made a diligent, but an unsuccessful search throughout the day of various suspected houses and places. But better luck attended their efforts at night, for after a faithful search, the stolen goods were found in the gin house of John Lilly, an ex-legislator, and a colored politician of some prominence in the county. Suspicion pointed her finger toward the following negroes : John Lilly, Green Lee, Sidney Hill, Green Washington, Travis Wood, Jas. Kennedy, James Howard, James Price, Lafayette Davis and Charles Simmons, all of whom have been arrested and lodged in jail. As the majority of these thieveB are members of the Jjaod, this institution win prooauiy ue broken up, to the intense delight of the people of this community, who for years have been tortured with their discordant strains, falsely called music. Next to seeing the rascally musicians take their departure for the Penitentiary, will be the inexpressible pleasure of getting rid of the horrid sounds that have so frequently broken the silence of night. Green Washington, on being arrested, announced his willingness to make a clean'breast of the whole matter, at the expense of -his confederates iu crime ; but as others of the robbing party, I have been informed, are also willing to make a good confession, Green will derive no advantage from turning State's evidence. Wm. H. Anderson, Esq., an old citizen of our town, departed this life on Friday and was buried on the following day. Several years ago he filled the office of Clerk of the Court for a long time, in a very acceptable manner. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and an Odd Fellow, an^was buried with honors by the latter society. The good work of laying the track of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad is progressing rapidly and successfully. An engine, belonging to the Company was sent from this place to-day, which will be used in conveying iron, spikes and fishbars along the line as the trackit. vinrr ia miehorl fnrwftrH T tnlrA nlpRHlirP in '" J >"b f"""? r making my acknowledgements to Dr. A. H. Davega for a complimentary ticket over the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. The Stonewall Fire Engine Company will give a supper to-morrow evening at the "Cotton Hotel." I have been honored with an invitation, and, deo volente, will be present, without iloubt. A glorious jollification is expected, as an abundance ef good eating and good Bpeaking will be provided for the enjoyment of the guests. Qui. THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Columbia, Tuesday, January 18. Both Houses assembled promptly at the appointed hour. The Senate transacted no business of any general interest during its sitting. In the House, eighty members answared to their names upon the calling of the roll, among the number twenty-nine Conservatives. On the eve of the recess, Governor Chamberlain vetoed the bill to locate the county-seat of Barnwell county, which bill was one of the pet measures of the notorious CL P. Leslie, of land commission fame, aud at present one of the members of the House from Barnwell county. It was also claimed that Leslie, upon the re-assembling of the Legislature, would make great efforts to have the bill passed over the Governor's veto. The success of Leslie, it was also understood, would be regarded as a triumph of the opponents of Gov. Chamberlain. So soon as the work of the morning hour was ended, the speaker announced that the bill to locate the county seat of Barnwell at Blackville had been returned by the Governor without his approval, aooooolpanied by a statement of the reasons for the veto. The message was then read. The Con<m.i*mnanflont nf fli# nhiirlmtnn vkmi 1UUJ l/lu v VI I WJ|A/UU VM V W* mmw ? w?w and Cbwricr says: # "Brayton moved to make the consideration of the veto the special order for Friday next; which was lost by a vote of 51 nays to 32 yeas. 8everal like motions of postponement were made, bat were lost by a large majority. Leslie then rose to make a speech; but before ne got started, Whipper claimed the floor upon a privileged question, to answer the charges made against him, in the press of the country. His harangue occupied fully an hour and a half in the delivery, and, as a whole, is far too indecent for publication. It consisted of bitter denunciation of The Newt and Courier and Governor Chamberlain, with a general denial of all the charges made against mm. A few extracts will show the general tenor of the speech. In drawing a comparison morally .between Moses and Chamberlain, he said:."When Moses is a saint in Heaven, Chamberlain will'be howling in hell. D. H. Chamberlain is unfit for earth ; to Heaven he could not ascend; and in hell itself the devil would spurn him oat. Chamberlain Is a black-hearted traitor, and he has gone * so far that he must take the consequences. He his resisted the will of the people, and the seme spirit which rose in the time of Charles the,First will rise now and behead him. The Constitution commands the Governor to issue commissions to all State officers elected, and. in refusing so to do, Chamberlain proves himself a perjured wretch. The News and Cornier sanctum smells of helL I feel it my duty to myself, to my supporters, and to my race, to take my seat as judge at 411 batards, and I will either be denied that position by law or be relieved by death. I will aie before I will resign." In reviewing the charges made nrMinot him Whinnur nfForcxA nrt nuiHonivt trv His. o^aiuav UtUlj ? ? V?v? VU MW V ? ?W VMWV WW prove them, but simply denied them, one after another, with the exception of the charge of gambling, which he confessed was true, bat eaid that he had sworn off now. The entire speech was characteristic of the man, and has had the happy effect of illustrating the charges made against "At the close of Whipper's harangue, Leslie got the floor, and seeing that the only chance to , get the matter of the veto postponed was to keep talking till the hour of adjournment, kept np btt sickening twaddle until his time?one hoar?had expired. Crittenden then called the previous question, upon which Elliott ruled that Leslie hud another hour to speak. This Leslie took advantage of until the hour of adjournment, when he still had forty minutes left for to-morrow. If a vote could have been reached to-day, the Governor would have been sustained by a majority vote; and it is still oonfldently believed that Leslie is beaten in spite of all his circulars and harangues. - i.. , Wednesday, January 19. " In the Senate, a bill relative to the rights of sureties who pay the debts of principals, and a bill relating to trial justices, passed a third reading. . - . */i The committee on judiciary reported favorably upon a bill to regulate the payment of all claims against the several counties, with an amendment looking to the retention of the school money in the hands of the county treasurers for payment upon the orders of trustees, countersigned by the school commissioner. Mr. Hope introduced a resolution instructing the committee having in charge the house hill to reduce salaries, to report at ma. early day. In the House, so soon as it met, Leslie resumed the floor and proceeded to finish his speech on the Barnwell-Blackville bill. Leslie said, in opening, that he saw that nothing that he could say would alter the evident determination of the H6use to sustain the veto; but he would talk out his forty minutes anyhow; which he did, treating the members to one of his blood-and-tb under harangues, in which he prophesied the downfall of the Kepublican party aud the complete subjugation of the negro race in South Carolina. No fur ther debate was allowed, and the vote result- S| ed in the veto being sustained by a vote, of 76 to 22, as follows: W Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs. v Bamptteld, S. Coleman, Collins, Gaither, Gantt, Ouffin, Humbert, Jordan, Keith, Leslie, Milton, Peterson, Rush, B. Simmons, J. A. Smith,Steele. Thomas, Weston, Whipper, Williams and Young?21. Those voting in the negative are: Messrs. Austin, Barker, Barnwell, Beattyy Bo mar, Bradley, Brayton, Bright, Cannon, Colt, Coker, E. C. Coleman, Copes, Cosgrove, Crittenden, Conch, Davis, Farrow, Ferguson, Freeman, Gaillard, George, Gary, Gibson, Goggins, Grant, Hayne, Henderson, Hirsch, G. HTHolIand, W. M. Holland: R. G. Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson; Johnston, P. E. Jones, Lewis, Livingston Meetze, Melchers, Miller, Morgan, Mnller, Nesbitt, Orr, Pinckney, Ramsey, Reedish, Reofearne. Rice, Richardson, Richmond, Robertson, Russell, Sessions, Scott, A. Simmons, Simons, A1 8Hhkfas, P. Simkins, Simpson, Sloan, R. M. Smith; 8UQ*pr ter, Thompson, Tinsley, Yandeipool, Vandlver, Wallace, Weatnerly, Weldon, Wesberry, WMe& man, Woodruff and Wright?78. Speaker Elliott entered the hall immediately after the vote bad been announced, (Curtis being in the chair,) rose to a qdef^on of privilege and said : Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably anient from the'House when the vote was taken 'OH: the question of reconsidering and passing "An act to locate and establish the county seat of Barnwell county at Blackville," the objections of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding, but, had I been present, I tcould, have voted "aye" u>" The News and Courier correspondent aaya that "Leslie looks like a whipped cur, and vents his spleen by proclaiming that his nqctcandidate for Governor will be General W?,de Hampton. The friends of the Governor are jubilant over this." The enacting clanse was stricken out of a bill to establish a new judicial and election county from portions of the counties of Colleton and Charleston, to be known as Dorchester county. ,^ri A bill to bar dower in lands belonging to the. husbands conveyed during coverture, was postponed. ' ? m ? J ftA thursday, january av. In the Senate, J. M. Smith introduced a concurrent resolution to adjourn sine die on the first day of February. The resolution *u ordered for consideration next day. Mr. Cochran introduced a joint resolution providing that a committee of ten be appointed, five from each house, such committee to consist of two from each congressional district, to prepare a bill to re-district the State, in accordance with the returns, of the last .census. The resolution was ordered for future consideration. , - /? A bill to authorize the land commissioner to reduce the prices at which lands purchased for the land commission hate'been;'or* hereafter may be, sold to actual settlers, was recommitted to committee on public lands. In the House, The bill to bar dower , fa lands belonging to the husband convened. via airain fa Iran nrt Mr. UUIIUg tUVOI bU!V| HHO W5M(M Brayton, Mr. Cannon, Chancellor Johnson and Mr. Hirsch spoke on the bill, none of whom warmly espoused the changes contemplated. The enacting clause . was finally stricken out of the bill, . . The next business on the calendar .was the reports (majority and minority) of the coor raittee of education on school text bhbfcii, which was postponed until the 1st of Fsbraa. ry, until the investigations into thnfhliftSia made against the chairman of thp OmaidlUiij on education be reported upon. A resolution was offered rescinding the order made previous to the recap, debarring the reporter of the News and Cbtirterfrom the privileges of the floor. The resolution was opposed by several members, hot upon the. suggestion of Leslie for the House to demand