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f(tajrsi and .facts.
? Eighteen thousand one hundred and fortyfour
Chinamen emigrated to this country last
year.
? A law is now proposed in California requiring
banking corporations to keep posted,
in a conspicuous place,the names of their stockholders
and the number of shares held by
them.
? The Savannah News says a negro was
buried alive in a well at Butler recently. His
friends dug down to him in about four hours,
and found him alive and well. He said he
never wanted to sneeze so bad in his life,
but he was afraid he would jar down more
dirt.
? A noticeable feature of the calls for Republican
State Conventions this year is the cordial
invitation extended to the Independent
voter. The usual form is similar to the following,
from the Ohio call: "All voters, without
regard to past party affiliations, who desire
the success of the principles of the Re
publican organization, are cordially invited to
join in electing delegates to this Convention."
? Governor Chamberlain's letter defending
his course in opposing Moses and Whipper,
has strengthened the popular support which
he had already. The Republican press stands
bv him with entire unanimity, the general expression
being that if the Republican party
in South Carolina cannot be saved except by
putting snch a pair of rascals on the bench, it is
not worth saving.?N. Y. Tribune.
? A New York lawyer has been suspended
from practice for one year for having suffered
a client to make a false affidavit, himself
knowing its falsity. Judge Davis, in suspending
him, remarked that if it was true, as intimated
in the testimony, that lawyers are accustomed
to do such things in the negotiation
of their clients' securities, it was time that it
was known that such acts are not consistent
with professional honesty or personal honesty.
? Carl Schurz seems to think that Mr.
Blaine's prospects are dubious, for he writes:
"Mr. Blaine is a man of great talent, and
has many zealous friends, but a party will be
very slow in the Centennial year to nominate
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111 ill 1UAU 1VI llig X 1VOIUVIIVJ HUV ??MW
himself the first violent disturber of the National
Jubilee. The third term is not the
only evil against which patriotic people revolt.
What is now demanded is to conciliate
enmity, not to goad it; and no candidate can
prove himself strong who, in. the contest of
opinions, introduces the bitterness of personal
passion by the reckless challenge of the opponent."
? The latest and most important testimony
as to the effect of the "Granger" laws regulating
railroads is offered to the report of the
Wisconsin railroad commissioners, which has
just been transmitted to the Legislature of that
State. The commissioners acknowledge that
the provisions of the "Potter" law have been
radical, have engendered distrust on the part
of the capitalists, and have retarded the growth
of the State. They say that future legislation
should be moderate and general; should, for
the most part, be limited to a careful supervision
of railroads, publicity of railroad accounts,
and a prohibition of excessive discriminations,
leaving the details of railroad management
to the railroad companies.
? The northern people have definitely concluded
to let the South take care of itself; to
let the knaves who have been robbing under
the name of Republicanism go to the bottom ;
to trust to time and the constant pressure of
self-interest and commercial and industrial
necessity, rather than to harsh enactments or
naked bayonets, for the removal of unavoidable
evils in Southern society. Knowing
that this question has been settled, that Congress
will not reopen it, and that any political
party that will reopen it would be beater as
badly as the Republicans were in 1874, Mr.
Morton only insults the people when he pretends
that it is still the one urgent and all-important
question of the day.?N. Y. Tribune.
? Judge Brady, of New York, uttered sensible
views from the bench, lately, in regard to
the practice of carrying pistols upon the person.
He takes the ground that the Legislature
should permit, but only upon license, reputable
citizens to carry such weapons, and
deny tnis privilege, unaer severe peuauira, to
the reckless criminal classes. He says a
brave man may carry a pistol with safety to
his own life and liberty, and will use it only
when the peril of his life or limbs requires it.
Such a law would secure t.o men of good reputation
whose exposures may require it, the
right to carry the pistol, while thieves, burglars
and violent drunkards, and men of bad
reputation, to whom no license would be granted,
would subject themselves to the penalty
if thev violated the law. The peaceable and
law-at)iding citizen would thus have the advantage
over the reckless and the lawless,
a superior place to which he is entitled.
? The Syracuse, N. Y., Journal reports the
following successful management of bees:
Mr. G. M. Doolittle, of Borodino, brought to
this city, recently, four wagon loads of pure
and beautiful honey, which he sold to Mr.
Roberts, grocer in the Myers Block, for twenty-five
cents per pound. The combined weight
of the packages was 7,000 pounds, amounting
in money to ?1,750. It was handsomely encased
in 2,640 boxes, with glass in either
side, showing the white covering of the cells,
and they were packed in cases ready for shipment.
Of this amount 4,878 pounds were
produced by forty-six swarms of bees owned
by Mr. Doolittle, who for a number of years,
has been much interested in the subject of bee
culture. A year ago he possessed one hundred
swarms, which came from two swarms
he obtained in 1869, but the number was reduced
by more than one-half by the very
cold weather of last April. Now the number
is one hundred and eight.
? General Chamberlain, warden of the Massachusetts
State Prison, in his evidence before
the prison committee of the Legislature, recently
said: "I know from my own knowledge
that there exists in the city of Boston a
regularly organized society of criminals, with
a President, Vice-President, Secretary and
Treasurer. This society has a regular form of
admitting members. The prison he has graduated
from, his offence, with information in
regard to the prison, are all duly recorded.
The society discusses the most approved plans
for burglary, tools, equipments, etc.; they also
keep a regular register of the best criminal
lawyers in the country, and of the judges of
the courts, and they know at once what the
prospects are for a brother criminal. If his
case comes before what they call a 'hard
judge,' they raise the money and secure a j>ostponement
of the case. They also have a fund
for mutual support and protection, and
through this source they are often able to
send delicacies to their brethren when sick in
the prison hospital."
? Henry C. Bowen, a prominent member of
Beecher's church, and who was mysteriously
silent during the Beecher-Tilton trial, has
spoken at last. It seems that one of the
brethren has made a complaint ot some
kind against Bowen, and in his reply to the examining
committee, he protests against the
manner in which he has been treated by the
church for adhering hitherto to solemn
promises and keeping silent in regard to the
Beecher scandal. In the letter Bowen says:
"I do solemnly give it as my unwavering opinion,
in view of ail the facts of the evidence
presented to me, that Rev. Henry Ward
JBeecher, without even the shadow of doubt
in my mind, is guilty of the awful crimes ot
adultery, perjury and hypocrisy. This I
say again and before the bar of this committee,
is my deliberate opinion and I may be permitted
to affirm, that I give it calmly, without
malice, and with no other than a sincere desire
to do my duty faithfully to God and to
man, to the church and to the world."
? The awful quandary in which certain Congressmen
were once placed by a request to
recite the Lord's Prayer, and from which they
thought to escape by repeating the nursery
petition, "Now I lay me," has been equalled in
the New York Senate, where one of the mem
j bers having been enjoined to be careful in
1 the future now he violated the ninth commandment,
there was for some time an exciting
debate as to which was which. A Bible
was finally procured, and none of the senators
being familiar with that work, the lieutenantgovernor
volunteered to solve the conundrum
with the remark that "the ten commandments
were to be found in Christ's sermon on the
Mount, which you will find in the writing of St.
Matthew." Three times, with constantly deepening
blushes, the high official thumbed the
pages which contained the famous sermon,
and wonderful to relate, could discover no
trace of the tablets, when "please, sir," came
from an awe-struck little page at his side,
"they are in the 20th chapter of Exodus, and
were given to Moses by the Lord in a mountain,
when he was leading the children out of
captivity." "Of course they are, of course
they are," now shouted the entire Assembly,
with the exception of the Lieutenant-Governor,
who, saying something about his memory
failing him of late years, is reported to have
gone out, weeping bitterly.
Ibe fothiUe tSrnquim.
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POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
We would remind the voters of York
county that next Saturday the 13th instant is
the day appointed by Major James F. Hart,
under authority of the State Executive Committee
of the Democratic party, for the voters
at each election precinct in the county to
meet at their respective precincts for the purpose
of perfecting political organization by
the election of such officers and the appointment
of such working committees as each locality
may require. All who desire an honest
and economical administration of State
and county aflairs, with faithful and capable
officers, are invited to participate in the meetings
and enroll themselves under the banner
of Reform and Good Government. Let there
be a full attendance of the voters in every
precinct of the county, next Saturday, and let
the ball be set in motion for redeeming the
State at the next election.
THE STATE TAXES.
The Ways and Means Committee held a
protracted session on Wednesday night of last
week, at which Governor Chamberlain was
present by invitation, and addressed them at
length upon the necessity of reducing expenses.
He strenuously urged such a reduction
as would only call for a tax levy of about
eight mills next year, including the Bonanza |
tax. Addressing the committee, he said he
did not speak as a partisan, but as a Republican,
reminding them that the party has
pledged itself to retrenchment, and that the
only safety of the party is to come as near
the fulfillment of these pledges as they can.
After reading the plank in the Republican
platform pledging that party to a reduction
of public expenses, the Governor continued :
"This, however, is not as strong a voice to me
as the voice of the people and the realization
of the fact that we owe it to them to fulfill
these pledges. We are bound, therefore, by
every consideration to effect as great a reduction
in the public expenditures as is possible."
He then took up the appropriation bill, section
by section, in connection with the tax bill,
showing where reductions could me made,
and the reasons why they should be made.
On the subject of reducing the salaries of
State officials, the correspondent of the News
and Courier reports him as using the follow
ing language:
The Governor's salary he recommended to be
cut down to $'2,500, with a private secretary at $1,200.
In reference to the executive officers, who
he recommended should be cut down to $2,000 a
year each, with $500 for clerical hire, the Governor
urged that it was neither wise nor necessary to
have heads of departments in a State government
like this. The officers should attend to the work
themselves, having, of course, a small contingent
fund forthe hire of clerical services when needed.
There was no necessity for the secretary of State
to have salaried clerks. Nor for the comptrollergeneral
to have two salaried clerks. The State
treasurer and comptroller-general might be allowed
to have $2,000 each for the hire of clerks as
occasion might demand. The superintendent of
education and the attorney-general $500 for the
same purpose. The adjutant-general's office he
regarded as utterly useless. There were no duties
to be performed, and the idea of having a
clerk with a salary* of$l,000 wassimply ridiculous.
He recommended, therefore, that the salary of the
adjutant-general be made nominal for the nominal
work to be done, say $500 per annum. He
could recommend no reduction in the salaries of
the Supreme and Circuit Court j udges. These offices
wore filled by lawyers who, while they filled
the bench, could not engage in the practice of
their profession; but he recommended the abolition
of the salary ($1,000) of the State reporter.
The reports could lie prepared by a competent
, person and published in Columbia. If he was
given the copy the profits of the publication would
afford ample pay. The salaries of the circuit solicitors
ooo should lie abolished. Before the
war those officers drew no salaries, the fees and
costs being regarded as ample compensation, and
the office was then sought by some of the ablest
men in the State. Tho appropriation for the salaries
of county auditors should be reduced from
$.'52,(KK) to$25,000, and that for an extra clerk for
' | Charleston county should be stricken out. The
office of auditor of that county was one of the
| most remunerative in tho State. He should be
I put upon a salary of $1,000, and the fees should be
I turned over to the State. The salaries ofthe eoun<
ty school commissioners should be reduced at
! least one-half, and theoffice should be given to men
who do not have to depend upon the salary for a
living. What a travesty it is to see men filling
the office of school commissioner, to pass upon
the qualifications of school teachers, when they
can barely write their own names. The duties of
the office could be faithfully discharged by devo '
ting three days in each month to a supervision of
j schools, and many thrifty, honest and intelligent
j citizens could be found who would undertake the
work for a merely nominal salary?many for no
| salary at all. The salaries of the health officers
; should be reduced to $2,500; many of the best
| physicians would gladly take it at tbe reduced salary.
The Governor stated here that he was op|
posed to the practice of offering rewards for the
| arrest of criminals. It was the duty of tho community
or eounty in which the crime was com;
mitted to offer the reward, and, besides, it had a
, I bail tendency. Ho recommended that the Goveri
nor's contingent fund lie reduced to $2,000, that
; the adjutant and inspector general's contingent
! fund beabolished, and that the legislative fund for
, the attorney general's office bo discontinued.
There were many of the best lawyers in the State
who would, at the request of the attorney gener,
i al, when ho found it necessary, assist him in an
' important suit in which the interests of the State
were involved, and trust to the General Assembly
for their fees. Tho minute recommendations of
the Governor need not here lie recounted. He
summed up that under this section, the first, the
appropriations could thus be reduced from $19(5,"""
-* ? At to /ia/i n?ltr m/1 m i ro a tuy
I??l H) fUB,"W| n nil ii n uum uiiij -
levy of 9-10 of a mill.
Regarding the public institutions, the public
printing and the legislative expenses, and
, the public school fund, a similar line of ari
guinent was employed by the Governor, in
| which he showed that the expenses of the
' Penitentiary, the Lunatic Asylum, the State
I Orphan Asylum and the State University
could be reduced from $179,200, as provided
in the appropriation bill under consideration,
to $110,800, to raise which tax 11-13 of a
mill would be required. The appropriation
for public printing he urged to be reduced to
$25,000, and for legislative expenses he suggested
the sum of $64,000 as being amply
sufficient. The tax for the public school fund,
he argued, could be reduced from 2 mills to
11 mills. In support of this recommendation
he said*that the present educational system of
the State has failed to produce results commensurate
with its cost; it scarcely touches
the people. There was a law which enabled
every community in the State to levy a local
school tax, and what the school system of the
State most needed was the awakening of more
local interest in it. The custom of raising
money for school purposes, sending it to Columbia
and then sendiug it back, was calculated
to induce the people to look upon it as
in the nature of a gift, and they failed to pay
attention to their schools and to take as much
care in spending the money. He thought it
worth the experiment to try if by reducing
the State school levy they could not increase
the local interest in the public schools. The
ainouut of tax necessary for the deficiencies
he could not exactly estimate. He had estimated
that 4-5 of a mill would be enough,
but he had since heard that the Senate committee
had reported the salary bill with considerable
reductions, and if this was true and
the bill passed, a less amount would be required
for deficiencies.
A summary of the tax levies, as recommended
by the Governor, is as follows:
For salaries and contingencies, :... 9-10 mill.
Public institutions, 11-13 "
Public Schools, 11 "
Legislative expenses, 1 "
Public printing, 1-5 "
Interest on public debt, 2 "
Deficiencies, 4-5 "
Aggregate, 6 3 "
Add Bonanza tax levies, already
passed, 11 "
Total tax for State purposes,... 8 J "
Un the following day the supply Din was
reported to the House, with the above figures,
as suggested by the Governor.
PROCtlEDINGVO>F CONGRESS.
The proceedings of the Senate on the 31st
were unimportant. In the House, the following
bills, among others, were introduced : To
amend the act for the rturn of the net proceeds
of cotton seized after 1865. To abolish
the restrictions on the sale of leaf tobacco.
To build a bridge across the Mississippi river
at Memphis. The military academy bill passed,
and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 1st instant, the committee
on finance reported favorably on House
bill to extend the time for stamping unstamped
instruments. Passed. The same committee
concurred in the resolution for a common
unit of money for the United States and
Ureat britain, giving their reasons wny 11
should pass. The House took up as a special
order the proposed amendment to the Constitution,
reported from the judiciary committee,
which is, that "no person who has held or
may hereafter hold the office of President,
shall ever again be eligible to the same office."
To this amendment, Mr. Frye, of Maine, offered
the following as a substitute: "From
and after the 4th day of March, in the year
1885, the term of office of President and VicePresident
of the United Stutes shall be six
years, and any person having been elected to
and held the office of President, or who for
two terms has held such office, shall be ineligible
to reelection." The bill was discussed by
Knott, of Kentucky; New, of Indiana; Frye,
of Maine; McCrary, of Iowa ; Cauldeld, of
Illinois ; Lawrence, of Ohio ; and Harrison,
of Illinois, after which Mr. Knott gave notice
that he would call the previous question on
Wednesday, at the expiration of the morning
hour, and then the House'adjourned.
In the Senate on the 2nd, Mr. Sherman
presented petitions for the virtual repeal of
the resumption act. Mr. Clayton called up
the bill repealing the restrictions in disposing
of public lands in certain Southern States.
The bill was opposed on the ground that speculators
would get hold of the lands. Further
consideration of the bill was postponed. In
the House, the committee on foreign affairs
?? ? '*\4/V +U/V Avt\n/1iartAtr
wos uireuitju tU ClllJUllC nilv uic ca|/cuicui;t
of requesting the President to negotiate a
treaty of commerce with the Republic of
France. The bill authorizing the sale of the
Kansas Indian land in Kansas to actual settlers
passed. Consideration of the amendment
to the constitution regarding the Presidential
term was resumed. Mr. Knott closed
the debate, quoting the maxim in regard to
office-holders that "few die and none resign."
Picturing the allurements of the Presidential
office, he indulged the following remarks:
"A salary of $50,000, a mansion sustained in a
style of luxury that few persons dreamed of, furnished,
repaired and heated at an annual expense
of $25,000, with the very air breathed there perfumed
by rare exotics propagated in a $55,000 garden
; house maintained at an annual expense of
85,000; a Private Secretary at 83,000 a vear, to do
the President's writing; two Assistant Secretaries,
at $2,500 a year, to do the work of the Private Secretary
; two clorks, at 82,500, to do the work of the
Assistant Secretaries, (laughter;) a steward, at
82,000, to supply the President's table with the
choicest wines and the richest viands that could
tempt or satiate his appetite; with $0,000 a year
for books, periodicals, stationery, telegrams and
(acomical pause) other contingencies?what that
meant he aid not know, but he thanked God for
the contingencies. [Laughter.] If the children
of Israel sighed for the flesh pots of Kgypt what
must be the anguish of a sensitive soufwhon taking
the last long farewell of such salary and luxries?
He asked the gentlemen to go home to
their honest, hard-worked, over taxed constituents
and tell them why four years was not a sufficient
length of time for any American citizen to
enjoy such an office."
The vote to recommit the bill was lost. It
was 127 to 127?a tie, and the Speaker voted
in the negative. The vote was then taken on
the passage of the bill and it was lost?yeas,
144; nays 106?a strict party vote, except
Randal, who voted nay in order to move a reconsideration,
which was pending at adjournment.
The proceedings of the Senate on the 3rd
were unimportant. In the House a number
of bills of no general interest were introduced.
While the House was in Committee of the
Whole on diplomatic appropriations, a spirited
colloquy occurred among several Northern
and Southern representatives, occasioned by
the appropriation asked for to improve and
protect the levees of the Mississippi river.
The President vetoed the bill transferring
certain Indian funds from the Interior to the
Treasury Department.
In the Senate, on the 4th, twenty-one petitions
were presented from workingmen and
others for a subsidy to the Southern Pacific
railroad. Mr. Hamilton introduced a bill
giving the Court of Claims jurisdiction to
j hear and determine claims of lawful owners,
or their legal representatives, of cotton seized
after the 30th of June, 1865, by agents or officers
of the Government, where it shall appear
to the satisfaction of the Court that the seizure
was made by a military officer, or United
States treasury agent, and that the proceeds
of such seizure were duly accounted for to the
Government. The bill is not to apply to any
claim now pending in the Court of Claims for
cotton seized prior to June 30, 1865. After
a brief discussion of Pinchback's claim to a
seat, the Senate adjourned to Monday. The
House was occupied with the'private calen;
dar, and adjourned until Monday.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Blue Ridge mountains, for miles
around Walhalla, are covered with snow.
? A rnmor is being circulated in Colombia,
that F. J. Moses, Jr., will, at an early date,
send in bis resignation to the Governor, as
judge elect of the third circuit.
? The board of county commissioners of
Fairfield have been presented by the grand
jury 'Tor gross extravagance and careless
management." Their conduct will be investigated
in the courts.
? A call has been issued for a meeting of
the State Convention of the Republican party
of South Carolina, to be held in Columbia on
the 11th day of April, next, for the purpose
of choosing fourteen delegates to represent the
Republican party in the National Convention,
to be held at Cincinnati on the 14th day
of June, next. It is also stated, parenthetically,
that the State Convention will transact
such other business as may be deemed necessary.
? Thomas A. Clark, the prisoner who escaped
from the guards on the 20th of January
last, while being conveyed to the Albany
penitentiary, has been recaptured. While in
the neighborhood of Marion, Clark picked
the lockB of his handcuffs and made his escape
while the guards slept. In order to expedite
his flight, he stole a horse about twenty
miles above Marion, hut was captured by
the owner of the animal and lodged in the
jail at Bennettsville. Clark was sentenced to
fifteen months in the Albany penitentiary, on
the 3rd of lest December, for whisky frauds.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The First National Bank of Winston has
been organized, with J. A. Bitting, President,
and J. W. Alspaugh, Cashier.
? A preliminary hearing of the case of Postmaster
McDonald, of Charlotte, charged with
complicity in robbing lock box 63 of his post
office, was had before Commissioner McLean
on Tuesday of last week, and resulted in the
acquittal of the accused.
? A destructive fire occurred in Louisburg
on Monday night of last week, consuming
several extensive business houses in the heart
of the town. A burglary had been committed,
and the belief prevuils that the robbers
set fire to the store they had pillaged, in order
to prevent detection.
? .Trw? Thnrnhurc who was inmrisoned at
Charlotte a few weeks ago for alleged violation
of the internal revenue laws, has been released
by giving bond in $1,500 for his appearance
at the next term of the Federal
Court at Statesville. Joe's son, Andy, has
been transferred from Charlotte to the Statesville
jail.
? Hugh Carson and John Cowles, two North
Carolina darkies who left the State while under
prosecution for stealing, are uow members
of the Alabama Legislature. The newspal>ers
are clamorous for Governor Brogden to
make a requisition for the escaped culprits,
but be is reported as being averse to breaking
up the Alabama Legislature.
? Father Wolfe, of Richmond, a Catholic
priest of the Benedictine order, has arrived in
Gaston county, to locate upon the farm of
Father J. J. O'Connell. He will be followed
in a short while by seven or eight other priests
of the same order, who will establish and conduct
a large Catholic college on Father
O'Connell's lands, cultivating the farm in the
meantime.
? Lust week, in the Steel Creek settlement
of Mecklenburg county, a son of Ellison
Walker, 10 or 12 years of age, was crushed to
death in a cotton Dress. During the tempo
rary absence of the hands from the gin house,
the little boy is supposed to have crept into
the half-filled press, where he fell asleep, and
when work was resumed, the press was filled
up and the screw applied, crushiug the little
fellow into a shapeless mass. After the bale
had been pressed, a portion of one of the little
boy's feet was discovered protruding from it,
and the investigation which this led to revealed
the facts above recited.
? The evidence in the preliminary examination
of G. W. Swepson for shooting and
killing Adolphus Moore, was concluded before
a board of magistrates at Graham on
Wednesday of last week. The chief point
developed on the part of the prosecution was
by Alexander Holt, who testified that two or
three years ago Swepson told him that he
would kill Moore if he ever crossed his path.
The case was argued on the grounds of justi
fiable homicide. Swepson was bound over to
the next term of Alamance Superior Court in
a bond of ten thousand dollars, his sureties
being R. Y. McAden, of Charlotte, and W.
F. Askew, of Raleigh.
MERE-MENTION.
The Southern Life Insurance Company, of
Memphis, Tenn., has filed a petition in bankruptcy.
The liabilities of the Company are
stated to be over 81,000,000. The House
of Representatives has passed a bill repealing
' the heavy rates of postage on third class matter,
and the bill now goes to the Senate for
concurrence. John Barnes died recently
in Caldwell county, N. C., at the advanced
age of 117 years." The Indiana whisky
j convicts, receutly tried at Indianapolis were
placed in the penitentiary at Louisville, Indiana,
last Friday. The prisoners, previous
to their present troubles, occupied high positions
and were numbered among the best citizens
of Evansville."*" A Boston despatch
of last Friday says the weather was the severest
ever known there.
The Southern Life Insurance Company.
The announcement made a few days
ago that the above insurance company had
filed a petition in bankruptcy was quite unexpectedly
received, and caused a commotion in
several of the Southern States where the company
had transacted business. No authorized
statement has been made by the managers of
the company as yet; but the following is
given by the Atlanta Herald as the causes
which led to the failure:
Some three years ago, the Southern Life Insurance
Company, through its headquarters in
Memphis, absorbed the business of the "Caro*
lina Life Insurance Company." The terms
i of the absorption as shown by the contract
were that the Southern Life assumed all the
living risks of the Carolina Company, but did
not become responsible for its debts, or for
losses already accrued.
Shortly after the absorption took place, some
J of the old creditors of the Carolina Life comi
menced suit against the Southern Life, de
mauding settlement of their claims, 011 the
i general assertion that having taken all the assets
of the Carolina Company, the Southern
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; of that company. The suits were instituted
in Tennessee, and after tedious trials, a suffi|
cient number of test cases were decided to
show that the Southern Life would have to
pay the debts of the Carolina Company. This
it could have done, had it not been that the
assets of that company shrank to almost nothing
when an attempt was made to realize upon
them. A few days since, being convinced
that the company could not carry the load,
and desiring to avoid any priority of claims
j and prevent a sacrihce of its assets, the coin1
pany at Memphis determined to go into vol- j
untary bankruptcy. I
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. W. Avery?Notice to Trespassers.
W. B. Steele?Caution to Trespassers.
S. L. Davidson?Notice to Trespassers.
John Cairnes?Caution.
T. M. Dobeon <fe Co.?Guanos?Hardware?Seed
Potatoes?Buttoned Shoes? Dress Goods.
Hunter A Oates?New Store?New Goods?Our
Own Work?Bad Days.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Above Others?Good
Bread?Gaiter Tope.
R. A. Caldwell, Executor?Notice.
M. Strauss?Great Inducement.
W. H. McCorkie?At Private Sale?Clover Seed.
J. C. Kuykendal?Landreth's Garden Seed.
H. W. Hope A Co.?New Store and New Goods.
J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In the Matter of
James H. Hemphill, T. W. Sturgis, Bankrupts.
J. H. Clawson A Allen Jones?Assignees' Sale?
In the Matter of B. F. Rawllnson, Bankrupt.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales.
J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Notice to the
Creditors of James D. P. Currence.
INSTALLATION.
Rev. Luther H. Wilson will he installed
as Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, at this
place, on Friday next at 11 o'clock, A. M.
NAVASSA FERTILIZERS.
By reference to their advertisement, it will
be seen that Messrs. Jefferys & Metts, agents
for the Navassa Fertilizers, have made a considerable
reduction in nrices.
ROCK HILL ITEMS.
We condense the following items from the
last issue of the Rock Hill Orange:
W. B. Wilson, Jr., of the law firm of Wilson
& Wilson, of Yorkville, has located in
Rock Hill, where he will conduct a branch
office of the legal business of the firm.
At a recent meeting of the town council, a
resolution was adopted imposing a license of
$235 on each bar at present in operation, and
refusing to license any other. Several new
applications for license were refused.
The trade of Rock Hill for the past month
has surpassed the anticipations of the most
sanguine. The receipts of cotton have continued
heavy, much of it coming from a distance.
The Methodist house of worship is rapidly
approaching completion, and will be a fine
edifice, in the tower of which will be placed a
town clock.
SALES-DAY.
The following property was sold last Monday?sales-day
for February:
Under execution, the Sheriff sold the land
of Alexander Galloway, which was bought by
Jane C. Miller for $50.
The Sheriff also sold under execution, as
the property of B. P. Boyd, a house and lot
on Main street, opposite the depot, which was
bought by P. B. Darwin for $500.
By virtue of orders from the Judge of Probate,
the Sheriff sold the following property :
Lands of J. Milton Steele, deceased ; 170
acres, bought by J. F. Workman at $3.50
per acre.
Lands of W. E. Murphy, deceased ; 11 acres,
bought by Martha J. Murphy at $4 per acre.
Lands of Nancy Wilson, deceased ; 64
acres, bought by Berryman Moss at $4.25 per
acre.
Lands of Samuel Rainey, deceased ; 170
acres, bought by John S. Bratton at $4 per
acre.
Reversionary interest in estate of Samuel
Rainey, deceased ; 100 acres, bought by Mrs.
Julia D. Rainey for $5.
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Last week the County Treasurer, by direction
of the Comptroller General, caused the
date in his notice to the tax-payers to be
changed, whereby, according to the change
ordered, the tax-books would be closed on the
15th instant. Since the change was ordered,
however, the Legislature has passed an act,
which was duly ratified, and will no doubt
' meet the'approval of the Governor, extending
the time for closing the books to such date
as the Comptroller-General, with the approval
of the Governor, may deem necessary in
the respective counties. Though no official
notice, as we are aware, has been given to
the Treasurer of York county, the following
despatch from Senator White to the Clerk of
the Court, may be regarded as sufficient authority
that such an order will issue:
Columbia, February 5, 1878.
To J. F. Wallace: Orders will be issued giving
sixty days for collection of taxes, from the
date of opening the books. J. H. White.
According to the above, the tax books of
York county will remain open until the 10th
of March before the penalty for non-payment
will attach.
THE SCHOOLS.
The spring term of Yorkville Female Institute,
in charge of W. R. Jones, A. M., as
Principal, opened on the 1st instaut, with an
attendance of thirty-one pupils, which number
will probably be increased to forty during
the present week. The prospects of the
school, under Mr. Jones' management, are
brighter, thus early in the session, than they
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have been at any period since tne war.
King's Mountain Military School also
opened on the 1st instant, with an attendance
of forty students. Thi9 High School for boys,
under the control of Col. A. Coward as Principal,
is supplied with every equipment
and appliance necessary in a school of its
grade, aud the educational facilities it aflbrds
are surpassed by no institution of similar
character. In place of Prof. Reynolds, who
resigned the position of Professor of History
aud Belles Lettres, Col. Coward has been fortunate
in securing the services of Capt. C. D.
Grandy, who graduated with the first distinction
at the Virginia Military Institute in
1874, in which institution he remained as asj
sistant professor for one year. In addition to
i Capt. Grandy, the corps of instructors con!
sists of Profs. Wm. Currell and C. E. Spenj
cer, teachers of long and successful expej
rience.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
| The Weather Last Week.
Reports from various sections, dated the
j 2nd instant, represent unusually severe weath:
er. At Detroit, Michigan, the thermometer
was 25 degrees below zero, and there was ter|
rific wind and snow. At Louisville the thermometer
fell 40 degrees in 24 hours, and the
! heaviest gale experienced therefor twenty-five
years blew on the river. At New York there
i was a heavy north-west wind, blowing at the
I speed of sixty-six miles an hour. There was
| also a tremendous gale at Washington. At
j Webster, Mass., the steeple of the Universal:
ist Church was blown down. At Cohoes the
steeple of St. Barnard's Church, 225 feet high,
was blown down, and also the spire of the
. Episcopal Church at Frederick, Md. At
Woonsocket, R. I., the new brick French Cath|
olic Church was blown down, and much dam
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| age to shipping along tne Auauuc coast is
i reported.
Judge Mackej and the Parker Cases.
j In the State Supreme Court last week,
| at Colombia, decisions were filed in the fol!
lowing cases:
I Ex parte Niles G. Parker. Writ of habeas
1 corpus and all proceedings based thereon.
I Set aside. Opinion by Willard, Associate
1 Judge.
The State, appellant, vs. Niles G. Parker,
respondent. Orders appealed from set aside
and vacated. Opinion by Willard, Associate
Judge.
It is held in these cases that no provision
of law exists authorizing a circuit Judge to
i enter anothor circuit and perform judicial
I functions there, without the sanction and consent
of the Chief Justice. It follows that the
Circuit Judge of the Sixth Circuit (Mackey)
had no authority to entertain the motions and
the application for the writ of habeas corpus
within the limits of the Fifth Circuit. It is
also held that the Circuit Judge could not of
his own motion, without notice to the opposite
party, make an order in the cause prejudicial
to his rights, cases of contempt alone excepted.
Parker is now a resident of Jersey City,
and is said to be in exceedingly ill health and
low spirits. The Columbia correspondent of
the Charleston News and Courier says it is
. also stated that Parker's mental faculties
have been seriously impaired by his misfortunes,
and it has become necessary to keep
him under strict surveillance at all times. It
is also reported that the ex-Treasurer is expected
to return to Columbia very soon, for
the avowed purposes of "telling all he knows"
on his old confreres of the ring.
Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, February 7, 1876.
John Lilly and Green Lee, colored, con?
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victed at the special session or tne uourt or
General Sessions, held on last Monday, of
robbing Mr. Hardin's store, took their departure
on the following day for Columbia, where
it is to be hoped they will remain, closely confined
and at hard work in the State Penitentiary,
for a good long time. Our community
is intensely delighted that the arm of avenging
justice has fallen with such swift and
terrible retribution upon these thieves. The
fearful punishment that has overtaken them
will be attended with a happy effect upon other
evil-doers in our midst, who may not be
inclined to draw, with sufficient clearness, the
distinction between meum and teum. Lilly
left the scene of his political and thieving
operations with apparently a happy heart,
which was due either to an affected indifference,
or a total absence of all sense of shame
and disgrace. Probably, after his arrival at
his new home and a full realization of the situation,
a change may come over the spirit of
his dreams, and his face and manner wear the
look of sorrow. However this may be, after
a stay of nine years in the Penitentiary, he
will, without doubt, be a thorough believer in
the truth of the maxim that "honesty is the
best policy."
The temperance organization at this place,
which for a considerable time has not been in
a very prosperous condition, is again clothing
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activity. A large and enthusiastic public
meeting, in the interests of temperance, was
held at Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening
under the auspices of the Chester Division,
Sons of Temperance. After the opening of
the meeting by Worthy Patriarch, W. A. R.
Wilson, the singing of an ode by the brethren,
and prayer by Rev. Thomas Mitchell,
Rev. A. F. Dickson, being introduced, delivered
a very excellent and appropriate address.
The evils of intemperance were portrayed
in vivid colors, and then an earnest
appeal was made to the members of the temperance
organization to yield to no discouragements,
and put forth greater efforts in the
future in behalf of the good cause in which
they were engaged. As the welfare and happiness
of their fellow-men were at stake, their
work should know no cessation and their zeal
no abatement. The address was followed by
the singing of another ode, upon the conclusion
of which, persons present, not connected
with the order of temperance, took their departure
in a state of satisfaction with the pron
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ceedings ot the evening, ine jlmvision men
entered upon the transaction of business, of
which the initiation of five new members possessed
the greatest importance. This enlistment
of new recruits produced considerable
enthusiasm among the brethren. Messrs. W.
H. VVitherow, R. M. Cross, ,J. S. Alexander,
Lawsou Melton and J. B. McFadden were
those who swore allegiance to the temperance
banner, and will, it is to be hoped, fight the
good fight unto the end. After their initiation
the applications of twelve candidates for
membership were presented and favorably
acted upon. They will join the grand army
of the cold-water fraternity at the next regular
meeting of the Division.
Three or four years ago a burglary was
committed at this place, in which John L.
Agurs, Esq., was the sufferer. His store was
broken open, his safe was taken therefrom,
carried some distance, and robbed of its contents.
On last Thursday a colored woman,
Mahala DeGraffenreid, was brought from Columbia,
where she was living, and lodged in
our county jail, for reason of supposed implication
in this burglarious affair. On the same
day Hampton, also colored, was arrested
here and disposed of in the same way for the
same reason. These women are supposed to
be possessed of such knowledge as would lead,
if communicated to the proper authorities, to
the discovery and arrest of the perpetrators
of the robbery. Whether or not they will
make the desired revelation remains to be seen.
Their arrest and confinement in jail are due .
to certain developments made by John Lilly
after his lodgment in the Penitentiary.
Ex-Governor Zebulon B. Vance, of Charlotte,
N. C., arrived in our town on Friday
morning, and delivered that night in the
Court House his splendid and already famous
lecture on the "Scattered Nation." Notwithstanding
the uninviting character of the
weather and the deplorable condition of the
streets, the number that listened with delight
to this distinguished lecturer was large. The
hall was well filled, and would have been filled
to overflowing had the lecture been delivered
under more fuvorine circumstances. In
introducing Governor Vance, Gen. W. A.
Walker stated that the proceeds of the lecture i
would be given to the Ladies' Monumental
Association. After thanking the audience
briefly for the kind welcome extended him,
the lecturer entered upon the discussion of
the subject selected for the evening. He consumed
some time in speaking of the early history
of the Jews, in the days of their glory,
before their dispersion throughout the world.
Then, as an agricultural people, the hills and
valleys of Palestine, under tne work of their
hands, rejoiced and blossomed as the rose.
Reference was made to their form of government,
and to them was given credit for ideas
and doctrines that lie at the foundation of
several existing governments. An interesting
account of tne Jews as they were, was
followed by a more interesting description of
thera as they are. The bitter persecutions to
which they have been subjected have changed
them from an agricultural to a commercial
people, in which department their efforts have j
been crowned with complete success, and they i
are now the money-kings of the world. The <
lecturer spoke with warmth in defence of the 1
Jews, who have been charged with dishonesty i
by the Gentiles in their business transactions.
In the opinion of the gifted speaker their
sharpness in trade was not equal to that of
their Yankee brethren of New England, with
whom they were not able to compete in the
execution of the tricks known to the business
world. The descendants of Abraham had
lived and prospered in countries where the
storms of persecution fell relentlessly upon
their innocent heads; but in their residence
with the "down-Easters" no prosperity awaited
them, and consequently they were compelled
to fold their tents and move silently away
to a land of honest people. The audience aa- j
mitted by their applause the force of the ar-!
gument. The good features in the Jewish ,
character?their generosity to their own poor,
the sacredness attached by them to the mari!
tal relation, and their strict observance of the
laws of their country, were dwelt upon and
listened to with great satisfaction by the Israelites
who were present. Governor Vance,
! in closing his beautiful lecture, rose to the I
height of eloquence. He pictured in glowing
terms the future of the Jewish nation, and
ended with a peroration that was truly grand, j
On Friday evening, after the lecture, an en-,
tertaiument, attended entirely by gentlemen,
was given by Major G. W. Melton, in honor
| of Governor Vance. The distinguished guest
sparkled with humor, and delighted his friends
with an interesting and amusing recital of
many of his political and social experiences.
This feature of the entertainment was productive
of more enjoyment than that created
bv the good things and fine wines that abounded
and flowed in abundance. The festivity
continued until the arrival of the Northern
bound train, when North Carolina's favorite
son left for his home in Charlotte.
The Stonewall Fire Engine Company, arrayed
in their pretty uniform ana drawing
their engine, appeared on Main street on Friday
afternoon. Some time was speut in throwing
streams of water and thus testing the
elevating capacity of their engine.
Yesterday was an extremely disagreeable
day, and the various churches, I suppose, were
thinly attended. Next to attending chtirch,
probably the most pleasant aud profitable way.
of passing Sunday evening is to spend it With
a good friend.
Land at Sheriff's sale to-day brought low
prices. A tract of land on Sandy river, containing
136 acres, brought $5.50 per acre. A
tract of 353 acres on Fishing creek brought
$2.00 per acre, and another tract of 108 acres
on the waters of Rocky Creek, $6.25 per acre.
Land is positively a drug in the market.
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lnere is an utter want 01 ueraana tor il i ne
buyers to day were plaintiffs in the suits, who
bought simply to save their debts.
The Democratic meeting, called by order
of Gen. W. A. Walker, chairman of the
Couniy Democratic Executive Committee,
and which assembled to-day at the Court
House, was quite a success in point of numbers
and in tne character of the spirit manifested
by the people. The remarks of General
Walter, in stating the object of the meeting,
were of a stirring nature. Major 8. P.
Hamilton, a member of the State Democratic .
Executive Committee, then arose and read a M
preamble and resolution, which he supported
by a speech. C. T. Gaston, Esa., J. J. Hemphill,
Esq., and Major Julius Mills presented
their objections to the preamble on the ground
that it pledged the party in the county to a V
fixed policy, which should not be done until
after its organization. The preamble did not
meet with the sanction of the meeting, and: it
was consequently rejected. The resolution,
which provided for the appointment by the
chairman of a committee of three in each
township, to organize Democratic clubs, was
adopted. The various committees, after their
appointment, will enter at once upon the performance
of their patriotic duty and report
the progress of their work on the first Monday
in March. G. S. Brice, Esq., offered a resolution,
approving of the course pursued by
Governor Chamberlain in his strenuous and
noble efforts to secure good government in the
State. Major Hamilton objected to the adoption
of the resolution for the reason that
Chamberlain did not desire the approbation
of Democrats; but his objections were overruled
in the adoption by the meeting of the
resolution. An adjournment then took place
until the 1st Monday in March, when the organization
of the Democrats of Chester will be
effected, and action taken that will result in
their triumph at the next election. Qui.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Monday, January 81.u:
The Senate was not in session, owing to
the lack of a quorum.
In the House, a message from the Governor
was read in relation to the penitentiary,
in which he recommends the leasing out of
the labor of the convicts. He also says that
unless this is done, he sees no way of reducing
the appropriation for the penitentiary below
840,000.
Mr. Davis, of Charleston, from the special
joint committee appointed to recommend
amendments to the laws governing general
and special elections, submitted a report which
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The object of the bill is to deprive the Governor
of all power or control in the appointment,
of the managers of elections.
A bill to regulate the rate of interest and
to prevent usury, being the unfinished bust-'
ness of January 29, at the hour of adjournment,
was taken up, and discussed by Dr.
Smith and Mr. Caonon, of Spartanburg, aud
Leslie, Hamilton and Fergnsou. Pending
debate on the motion to strike ont the enacting
clause, the speaker declared the houae adjourned.
Tuesday, February 1.
In the Senate, the proceedings present
nothing of special interest.
In the House, a bill to authorize trial
justices to grant new trials, aud one to compel
the husband to support and maintain his
wife and minor children, were read the third
time, passed, and ordered to be sent to the
Senate.
Mr. Copes introduced a resolution proposing
to expunge from the journal Wbipper's
speech on a question of privilege, delivered in
the House on the 18th ultimo. The resolution
was ordered to lie over for future consideration.
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joint resolutions of a private nature should be
introduced after the 5th instant.
The bill to regulate the rate of interest and
to prevent ueury, being the unfinished business
of yesterday at the hour of adjournment,
was taken up and argued by Mr. Meetse and
Mr. Elliott, until the hour of adjournment
without a vote being taken.
Wednesday, February 2. .
In the Senate, Mr. Nash, from the committee
on finance, to whom was referred a bill
from the House, to fix the salaries of certain
public officers, submitted a substitute, which
was ordered for consideration next day. The
following is the bill submitted by the committee
:
"Section 1. That the public officers hereinafter
named shall receive the annual salaries hereinafter
mentioned, respectively, to-wit: The Governor,
three thousand five hundred dollars; the
Qovernor's Private Secretary, one thousand six
hundred dollars; the Lieutenant Governor, two
thousand five hundred dollars; the Secretary of
State, twenty-one hundred dollars; the Chief
Clerk of the Secretary of State, twelve hundred
and seventy-five dollars; the Comptroller-General,
twenty-one hundred dollars; the Clerk of
the Comptroller-General, twelve hundred and
seventy-five dollars; the Bookkeeper of the
Comptroller General, twelve hundred and seventy-five
dollars; for an additional Clerk of the
Comptroller General, nine hundred dollars; the
State Treasurer, eighteen hundred and aeventyfive
dollars; the Chief Clerk of the State Treasurer,
fourteen hundred and seventy-six dollars ;
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hundred and seventy-five dollars; the Adjutant
and Inspector General, eighteen hundred and
ieventy-five dollars; the Clerk of the Adjutant
ind Inspector General, ten hundred and fifty-six
lollars; the State Superintendent of Education,
eighteen hundred ana seventy-five dollar*; the
Clerk of the Superintendent of Education, nine
hundred dollars; the Attorney General, three
thousand dollars; the Clerk of the Attorney Genaral,
nine hundred dollars; the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, four thousand dollars; the
Associate Justices of the Supreme Conrt, three
thousand five hundred dollars each; the Reporter
if the decisions of the Supreme Court, fifteen
hundred dollars; the Clerk and Librarian of the
3upremeCourt, fifteen hundred dollars; the Attendant
upon the Library and rooms of the Supreme
Court, three hundred dollars; the Circuit
Judges, three thousand five hundred dollars
sach ; the Solicitors, fifteen hundred dollars each,
in lieu of all charges against the State and oounties
and of all fees received by defendants, except
the Solicitor of the First Circuit, who snail revive
two thousand dollars in lieu of charges
against the State and counties and of all fees received
by defendants; tbe Keeper of the State
douse and the State Librarian, nine hundred
hollars; the Watchmen of the State Hoaae and
grounds, six hundred dollars each; the Superintendent
of the Penitentiary, sixteen hundred dollars
; the Physician of the State Penitentiary, five
hundred dollars; the Superintendent of the State
Lunatic Asylum, twenty-five hundred dollars ;
the Health Officer of Charleston, fifteen hundred
Iollars; the Health Officers of Georgetown, Hilton
Head and St. Helena Sound, one thousand
iollars each; the Keeper of the Lazaretto, four
aundred dollars; Professors of the University of
3outh Carolina, sixteen hundred dollars each;
the Librarian of the University of South Carolina,
twelve hundred and seventy-five dollars."
"Sec. 2. That the County Treasurers of each
xmnty shall receive coin missions upon all taxes
collected in their respective counties, as follows,
to-wit: Five per cent, upon the first twenty
thousand dollars, three per cent, npon the next
ten thousand dollars, two per cent, upon the next
ien thousand dollars, and one per cent, npon all
tmountscollected over forty thousand dollars:
Provided, The same shall not exceed twenty-five
hundred or be less than one thousand dollars per
mnnm, except the county of Charleston, where
the commissions shall not exceed three thousand
live huudred dollars per annum. For clerical