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Scraps anil farts. ' ? It has been an unusually cold season in England, and the registrar-general reports that for twelve days, ending January 16, the temperature was 2.96 below the average of the last sixty years. ? The representatives of the boot and shoe trade and clothing trade of Boston have been in consultation in reference to the proposed repeal of the bankrupt law, and have decided to oppose it ? There is a family living not far from Macon, Ga., in whose possession is the identical camp chest used by Gen. Francis Marion during the Revolutionary war. It is proposed to exniDit tms cnest at tne uentenmai. ? Much distress still prevails among the laboring classes in Canada. Over 1,000 men, all heads of families, have applied for work on the improvements of the Lachine Canal, where only 100 men will be employed. ? A young American lady, who has enjoyed the rare privilege of taking a stroll with the poet Tennyson, incidentally mentions in a letter to a friend that "it seriously affected the romance of the situation when he paused during the walk to scratch his back against a gatepost." ? San Francisco now manufactures fire crackers instead of importing them from China. In two factories with $15,000 capital invested, and using raw material to the amount $7,500, fire cracsertto the value of $30,000 were turned out last year at an expense for labor of $5,000. ? The Legislature of Maine has abolished the death penalty, and substituted imprisonment for life. Iowa has been trying the same experiment, and it is said that the number of those who favor a return to the old method of punishing extreme crimes is constantly on the increase. Maine is the fifth State which has abolished the death penalty. ? The London Times has reprinted its annual summaries of news of the world for twenty-five years in a small volume, to which it appends a note saying that the volume, containing five hundred and ninety-eight pages, was put in type by four boys with two composing machines in ten days, of eight hours each. This would make each boy's work amount to rather more than fifteen hundred I ems an hour?which all printers will acknowledge would be fast work for the best compositors. ? The simple ruling of the postoffice department deprives the public of an important postal facility. It has been the practice, and we suppose it sprung from a precise rule of the department or statute, that a letter not reaching the person addressed by one delivery could be reraailed to a new address, without additional postage. This was taking a good j deal of pains on the part of the government j for nothing, to be sure ; the practice might j have been unreasonable?but practice it certainly has become. The department at Washington now informs Postmaster Tobey, of Boston, that a letter once delivered cannot be remailed without another stamp. ? The post office committee has been adi ti if TT 1 i i t% n l nressea oy Mr. nuoDara, in tavor 01 excluding merchandise from the mails. This proposed change in the postal service is suggested and advocated by the express companies, who find the mails a dangerous rival to the business which they have quite monopolized. It is probable, however, that the mails will continue to transport merchandise, but at increased rates of postage. On this subject the Postmaster-General has submitted a letter from the Superintendent of the Railway Service to the Committee on Post Offices, recommending a distance rate on merchandise by mail as the only means of preventing the increase of a large deficit in this department. He recommends rates ranging from eight to fifty cents per pound. He proposes to reduce rates on transient newspapers and magazines. ? A Washington letter says: "The testimony of Gen. Ord before the Mexican border committee, as to the character of the colored troops, is understood to express the opinion of array officers almost without exception.4' Gen. Ord stated that the negro troops under his command cannot be depended upon, that their officers are unable to control them, and that the white officers dare not leave , their wives alone for fear of insult. When Congress provided for negro troops in theregular army, the expediency of the thing was then doubted by the old army officers, and it would not have been done except for the animosity then felt toward the South, and the belief that it would be distasteful to the people of that section to have negro troops stationed among them. Nothing could be more acceptable to the officers of the army than to have the color. ed troops disbanded." ? President Grant and Secretary of the Treasury Bristow, are at "loggerheads." This fact recalls to the Chicago Tribune the attempt made during President Lincoln's first term to induce him to remove Secretary Chase because the latter was developing strength as a presidential candidate. The Tribune says : Lincoln's reply was uniform, and to this purpose: "No. The country needs Secretary Chase in the position he now holds. He is doing good work. He has a right to be a candidate for President if he chooses. The office belongs to the people and it is for them to fill it. If the people conclude, on the whole, that it is for their best interest to 'swap horses,' I shall defer to their judgment. I shall even think that they are right, and I shall take my hat and go back to Springfield content with the popular verdict." ? A decision of considerable interest to stockholders in National banks has been rendered by Judge Blatchford in the United States Court at New York, in the case of Edwin L. Stanton, receiver of the First National Bank of Washington, D. C., against Catherine C. Wilkinson. Plaintiff was appointed receiver of the bank, which had sus]>ended, in September, 1873, and defendant was holder of one hundred shares of stock of par value of 810,000. An assessment of 60 per cent, was made on the stock to pay the debts and liabilities of the bank, which assessment the defendant refused to pay, and this suit was brought to compel payment. The defendant filed a demurrer, which was dismissed by the court, which held that individual liability of stockholders in National banks is liability for all debts contracted by the | bank up to the amount of the par value of' * ! . 1 _ __ J their stock; that this liaonity is general, ana not pro rata share of debts. If too much is collected, the surplus can be claimed by the stockholders. ? An important ruling which should serve as a warning to shippers by Express, was made in the United States Circuit Court in New York, on the 14th ultimo, by Judge "Wallace, in the case of Berry vs. the Adams Express Company. It is a constant habit with business men to refuse the valuation of packages when demanded by Express clerks. This refusal is construed by the law in the light of a waiver of claim for loss, if any occur in excess of the amount nominated to the receipt. The New York case to which we refer involved the legal construction of a clause in the Express Company's receipt, limiting its liability to fifty dollars, unless the value of the package shall be stated by the shipper at the time of shipment. The Court ruled that the receipt was a binding contract, and that, as the plaintiff did not state the value of his shipment at the time of delivery to the Express Company, the responsibility of the latter was limited to fifty dollars, and the plaintiff could only recover that amount, even though the actual loss had been > occasioned by the negligence of the defendant. | ? A Washington letter says: "The Demo- | cratic caucus committee held an adjourned j meeting to-day on the financial Question.! The members of the committee say they are I under an injunction of secrecy regarding J their proceedings, and therefore are not at liberty to communicate specific information on the subject further than to assert that all the members are desirous of harmonizing their I -opinions in view of the political as well as the ' financial importance of the question, and that the delay in arriving at a conclusion arises from the fear that if a platform be prepared to satisfy the hard money men, those of a contrary opinion may be placed at a disadvantage in certain States. The proposition of Representative Payne, on which, as a basis, the committee are still engaged, does not, however design interfering with the preseut volume of currency, but merely requires the secretary of the treasury and the national banks respectively, to reserve a certain percentage on gold from year to year as a step in advance of specie payments, leaving time and circumstances to produce a general resumption. In view of such proposition, the repeal of so much of the specie resumption act as fixes the 1st of January,1879, for this purpose, becomes necessary. Even if the committee should not harmonize on the general question, they would consider the repeal of that clause of more advantage to the country than its retention, all agreeing that the resumption of specie payments at that time is impracticable." YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1876. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office^ county and State in full, and send thenoMRMMf the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the 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 courrty; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers ao not wism cneirpapers uiscontinued', tfce date inust be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms'?!^ subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRACY. A meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee, in connection with a number of the county chairmen of the State, was held in Columbia on Tuesday of last week. Twenty-five counties were represented. The utmost harmony prevailed in the deliberations, and it was fully demonstrated that the people of the State are alive to the importance of a thorough organization and the necessity for harmony and concert of action in order to secure an honest, intelligent and economical government. On Thursday, the 4th of May, a State Convention will be held in Columbia, at which time it is probable a decided course of action will be determined upon and the necessary steps taken for conducting the canvass preceding the election in November. The following circular has been issued by the State Executive Committee: * * I At a IllOeillJg U1 lUti CUBIC uoiiintiauv. uac\.uu ? V Committee, held in Columbia on February 22, 1876, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That it is recommended to the Democracy ofthe State of South Carolina to meet by townships or precincts, and elect delegates to County Conventions, to be held in April next, that these County Conventions shall elect delegates, in number equal to twice the representation of the county in the present House of Representatives of the State, to a State Democratic Convention to be held in Columbia, on Thursday, May 4, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the National Democratic Convention, to be hold in St. Louis on the 27th June next, and to take such further action as the Convention shall deem proper and necessary. The several county Chairmen will take steps in their respective counties to carry into effect the foregoing resolution. The townshipand precinct meetings can be held when it is most convenient; the County Conventions for the election of delegates will be held in April only. The county Chairman of Richland, with the resident members of this Committee, will make all necessary arrangements for the accommodation of the State Convention. M. C. BUTLER, Chairman, State Democratic Executive Committee. F. W. Dawson, Secretary. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 21st, many petitions were presented to repeal the bankrupt act. The West Point appropriation bill passed with a few trifling amendments. Several petitions for aid to the Southern Paciflc Railroad were presented. Also, a petition from a number of the soldiers of the Seminole war asking for pensions. Adjourned until Wednesday. In the House, a number of private bills were introduced. Also, a bill to restore to the market the public lands in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. The bill to re-organize the judiciary, passed by a vote of 143 to 102. Its principal feature establishes terms of the U. S. Circuit Court in which only civil cases, involving sums of 810,000 or more, will be heard. The House then adjourned to Wednesday. In the Senate on the 23rd, a petition was presented from a number of the leading New i Ynrlr merchants apainst the reDeal of the I " " ~ o * bankrupt law, and suggesting certain amendments thereto. Mr. Morton presented a petition from 15,000 women and 14,000 voters, praying, among other things, the requirement of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors of civil and military officers. In the House, Mr. Banning introduced a bill providing for the gradual reduction of the army to 20,000, and merging the quartermaster and subsistence departments. A bill removing the political disabilities of Daniel T. Chandler was passed and goes to the President. A bill to prevent useless slaughter of buffaloes in the territories passed.. The House then went into committee on pensions, and without action adjourned. In the Senate on the 24th, the House bill to reorganize the judiciary was read and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Ham n/>nJ n Kill (.rnntinrv nortnin riffllta lilUU illliuuutcu a Lflli giuuiiug vv>?o<M - "ft " to the Central Texas and El Paso Road to provide a through line between the cities of Lower Mississippi and the Gulf and the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Edmunds, from the judiciary committee, reported adversely on the petition of Stephen D. Lee for removal of political disabilities. Mr. Edmunds said Mr. Lee had not presented a petition signed by himself to the committee, but only a letter addressed to the President of the United States, in July, 1865. The committee would act upon his personal petition when received. Eulogies on Mr. Starkweather were pro- j nounced and the Senate adjourned. In the j House, the committee on pensions reported a \ bill granting pensions to soldiers of the Mex-1 ican, Florida and Black Hawk wars. The bill to protect the revenue, providing that any officer who shall receive more than his salary for work done,be fined and imprisoned, passed. The bill to provide for building a custom house at Memphis, after a long debate over the amount, was finally agreed to at $40,000; but before passing the bill, the death of Mr.! Starkweather was announced and eulogies delivered, and the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 25th, Mr. Conkling presented resolutions of the New York Legislature against granting a subsidy for the j Southern Pacific Railroad. The bill provi- i ding for the re-funding of the public debt passed. It provides for the issue of $500,-' 000,000 four and a half per cent, bonds, payable at the pleasure of the United States af-1 ter thirty years. The West Point Academy appropriation bill was discussed without action, and after an executive session the Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House a large number of individual pension cases were considered. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Laurens railroad has been completed to Clinton, fourteen miles from Laurens, and the work on the road stopped. ? The Lancaster Ledger says that efforts are being made to form a new county out of portions of Lancaster, Chesterfield and Kershaw. ? Master D. M. Holly, of Fairfield, last week, killed a wild cat measuring three feet from tip to tip, aud weighing sixteen and a half pounds. ?The yellow jasmine is a deadly poison if eaten. Last Sunday night, a young lady in Columbia put one of these flowers in her mouth, and shortly after became very ill, but County Chairmen in Columbia last week, says: "Everywhere the resolve is fixed and general that South Carolina, in this Centennial year, must, at any cost, be wrested from the control of the harpies who have so long held her in their ruinous and degrading grasp. Never before in the history of the State have her citizens been as united in feeling and as firm in purpose as now. Eut the task before them will demand all their zeal and all their energies. Success is now within our reach ; but it can only be achieved by resolute, intelligent and persistent work, and by thorough party discipline and organization, in every county of the State, from this time until the ides of November. But the prize is one worthy of whatever struggle it may cost; for let the victory this year be made complete and decisive, and it is tolerably safe to predict that, whatever political changes the future may have in store for us, the property and the destinies of South Carolina will never be remanded to the keeping of a ruthless majority of boors and thieves." ? The Charleston Nevis and Courier says : "A rather serious question has arisen in regard to the official status of the Hon. F. J. ?* <- r* .i j *,f?: r? Moses, sr. cy ine aeatn ui me xute iu?j. D. Melton, a vacancy was created in the Law Professorship of the State University. For the double purpose, as is alleged, of filling that vacancy, and of keeping Mr. Speaker Elliott out of it, the Hon. F. J. Moses, Sr., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this State, was at once elected by the Trustees of the University to fill the vacant position, and has, since his election, actually filled the chair and discharged the duties of the Professorship. But, it is held, by so doing, he has vacated his title to the office of Chief Justice, and has no longer any legal right to discharge its important and responsible duties. It is even suggested that all of his judicial decisions rendered since his acceptance of the Professorship are absolutely null and void. Article 4, Section 9, of the Constitution of this State, reads as follows : "The Judges of the Supreme Court and Circuit Courts shall, at stated times, receive a compensation for their services, to be fixed by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. They shall not be allowed any fees or perquisites of office; nor shall they hold any other office of trust or profit under this State, the United States, or any other power." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Hon. A. \V. Venable died at Oxford on the 21st ultimo, in the 77th year of his age. ? There are now forty-nine prisoners in the Charlotte jail, awaiting the action of the next Superior Court. ? The Republican State Executive Committee will meet in Raleigh on the 22nd instant to determine the time and place of holding their State Convention. ? R. F. Simonton, of Statesville, well known through all of Western Carolina as a prominent and useful man, died in Danville, Va., nn Snndav of last week. ? The Gaston Mining Company, of Gaston county, has passed into the hands of a trustee. Ex-Governor G. C. Walker, of Virginia, is President of the company. ? Revenue officials who had captured an illicit distillery in Randolph county last week, were fired upon from ambush and one of their horses disabled. ? The State Democratic executive committee will assemble in Raleigh on the 15th instant, to decide upon the time and place of holding the State convention. ? The Methodists of North Carolina will prompt and effective treatment has placed her beyond danger. ? In January, 1875, a Mrs. McDevitt was severely injured on the occasion of a run off* near Batesburg, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Suit was brought by Major W. T. Gary, of Augusta, for a large amount in the way of a claim for damages. The railroad settled the case on Friday by paying Mrs. McDevitt, through her attorney, the sura of six thousand dollars in cash. ? A petition by one hundred of the tax-payers of Lancaster county has been presented to the county commissioners, asking them to appeal from the ruling of Judge Mackey, compelling them to levy a tax of four mills to pay the interest on the county bonds issued in aid of the Chester and Cheraw Railroad. Other petitions to the same effect have been spoken of. ? M. McLaughlin, one of the ex-County Commissioners of Charleston county, has been convicted of forging a claim against the county while he was in office, and in connection with the other members of the Board auditing the claim, and subsequently collecting the amount from the treasurer. McLaughlin's lawyer gave notice of an application for a new trial. ? The Aiken Courier-Journal has the fol lowing: "Grave rumors are circulating around that our late clerk of court, Joseph Quash, was spirited out of the way for talking too much of what he knew about the disgraceful jury box robberies. It was given out, and it may be true for all we know, that he died of a paralytic stroke or apoplexy, but very many of his colored friends think otherwise ; and there is some talk of digging up his body and submitting the stomach and abdominal viscera to a chemical analysis." ? On Tuesday of last week, a squad of United States soldiers surrounded the house of a man named Bran. Hall, a few miles abbve Spartanburg Courthouse, who was charged with the crime of illicit distilling, but had evaded the officers for some time. On finding that the officers were at his house, Hall threw open the shutter of a back window and attempted to escape, when he was shot by Corporal Davis, and expired in ten minutes. Davis says that the sudden opening of the window frightened his horse and made him prance about, and in trying to quiet the animal his carbine went off, and the ball struck Hall. Hall was about thirty years old, and has left a -wife and six children. The soldiers were under the command of Lieut Miller. ? The Charleston New and Courier, in reference to the meeting of the Democratic commence the celebration of the centennial of Methodism in that State, at Raleigh, on the 21st instant. Bishops Marvin, Doggett and McTeire will be present. ? A recent trip of the revenue officers to Ashe county baa developed a large quantity ? of blockade whisky. Several seizures were made of whisky, wagons, horses and men. One capture was made of several gallons of extra fine whisky that had been made to order. ? Two distilleries were seized in Gaston county last week?one belonging to Wiley Owens and the other to Thomas Payne. Wm. Carroll and Sam Mooney were arrested and put under bonds on the charge of illicit distilling. ? A petition has been in circulation in North Carolina for sometime past praying the President "in this centennial year of the nation's independence to exercise his clemency" in par doning some forty or more inmates 01 tne Albany penitentiary, who were convicted of being members of the ku-klux klan during the years 1869, 1870 and 1871. ? The Charlotte Democrat learns that a sad m homicide occurred in the upper edge of Wilkes county, near the Caldwell line, on the 24th ultimo. Col. James M. Isbell, late a representative in the Legislature, killed W. W. White, a deputy U. S. Marshal. The official duties of White had nothing to do with the difficulty, its origin being in cards and whisky. Isbell refused to be arrested and is probably still at large. ? The inauguration of the monument recently erected to the memory of the dead Federal prisoners at Salisbury will take place on Decoration day in the month of May. The occasion is intended to be one eminently peaceful and conciliatory. President Grant and his Cabinet have signified their intention to be present; the volunteer companies of the State will be invited, and the orator selected to deliver the address, whose name is withheld for the present, was a Confederate soldier and is now a distinguished Democrat. ? The grand jury of Alamance Superior Court, at its session last week, found a true bill for murder against G. W. Swepson for the killing of A. G. Moore. Upon the affidavit of the counsel for the prosecution that a fair trial could not be had in Alamance county, the case was removed to the county of Orange, where it stands for trial at the coming May term. On Friday last Swepson appeared before Judge Settle of the Supreme Court on a writ of habeas corpus, and after hearing read the evidence taken before the committing magistrates, and taking the testimony of Dr. P. A. Holt, of Florida, .who was placed on the stand for the defence, the Judge granted the prisoner bail, requiring a bond of ten thousand dollars, which was given, with VV. F. Askew and B. F. Cheatham as sureties. MERE-MENTION. Among learners of music in London, the parlor organ is, in considerable degree, superseding the piano."* It is proposed in Ohio to make one year's drunkenness a cause of divorce. ""The corn product of western ' Maryland shows a considerable decrease in 1 the last three years. The late Reverdy Johnson leaves twelve children, about fifty ' grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren. The trial of Babcock, President Grant's private Secretary, charged with com- ; plicity in the whisky frauds at St. Louis, resulted in~the acquittal of the accused. ffte ' Democratic State Convention of Connecticut met at New Haven on the 24th, and nominated the present incumbents for the respective offices. ' The Governor of Maine has ap- 1 proved the act of the Legislature of that State abolishing capital punishment. The Republican State Convention of Wisconsin met in Madison on the 23d ultimo for the purpose of appointing delegates to the National Republican Convention. They declare it un- j wise for the Chief Magistrate to hold office beyond two terms, and indirectly recommend Blaine as the Republican candidate for President. The committee of nine, appointed by the advisory council of Plymouth Church, to I which committee was entrusted the whole matter between the church and Mrs. Moulton, have made a report, which was adopted, sus- ! taining Plymouth Church throughout. In Mississippi, the work of impeachment is going on quite lively. The Senate of that State has resolved into a Court of impeachment 1 for the trial of Lieutenant-Governor A. K. < Davis; and the House of Representatives, by 1 a vote of 86 to 14, has adopted resolutions , impeaching Governor Ames of high crimes and misdemeanors. The testimony in the case of Ames occupied several days in the 1 reading. ! EDITORIAL INKLINGS. ** it. /1aH?AM4|AM national nemucmuv tuuicmiuu. The National Democratic Committee met in Washington on the 22nd ultimo, Mr. ; Schell in the chair. There was a large attendance of members and but few proxies. After an exciting contest over the place for holding the National Convention, St. Louis was selected, and the 27th of June the day appointed for the assembling of the convention. 1 Indiana Republican Convention. The State Republican Convention of Indiana met in Indianapolis on the 22nd ultimo. Godlove S. Orth was nominated for 1 Governor, and Robert S. Robertson for Lieutenant-Governor. A platform of twenty-one resolutions was adopted. The resolutions de- ; ny the right of any State to interfere in the , execution of national laws. Declare the Uni- ( ted States is a nation; not a mere confederation of States. Hold the National and State j governments to be entirely independent of , each other within their own proper spheres. I Express willingness to restore entirely amicable relations between the people of the North i and South who engaged in the rebellion, and j with that view are ready to forgive and grant amnesty to those who sincerely desire it, but < not to those who are still unrepentant; and at the same time declaring the war for the Union was right and rebellion wrong, and that : thus it should forever stand in history. De -- - - * 1 /* I clare that while they have no wisn to aisiranchise any who fought for the Confederacy, it is a flagrant insult when faithful Union sol- 1 I diers, who risked their lives for the nation and i ! are honestly discharging the duties of their offices, are removed to make place for those who fought against the country, and it should receive the rebuke and condemnation of the whole country and every loyal soldier. Insist on perfect religious freedom and freedom of conscience. Oppose the union of the church and the State, and declare that it is incompatible with American citizenship to pay allegiance to any foreign power, civil or ecclesiastical. Call for a repeal of the resumption act of the last Congress, and believe it the Government's duty, in furnishing currency, to regulate it so as to provide for its ultimate redemption in gold and silver. The nearest approach to a condemnation of the third term principal is to recommend Senator Morton as the next Republican candidate for President. LOCAL AFFAIRS. 1 N,EW ADVERTISEMENTS. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. P. Wallace, Clerk of Court, ApplicantWilliam Ellis, deceased. : Hunter <k Oates?The New Sign?Hats?Hardware?Clothing?Tobacco?Crockery and ' Glassware?Boots and Shoes?Jeans and < Cassimeres?Black Alpaca. > W. H. McCorkle, Real Estate Agent?Valuable Land. I Joseph Herndon?Fair Warning. i THE PARDON OF KANE. 1 In noticing the arrest of Charles Kane, last I week, we stated that when pardoned from the ' penitentiary, his petition was signed by "some ] of the officers of this post." We have since ' learned that his petition was recommended by i only one of the officers here?Lieut. Benner. < THE CEMETERY. A recent visit to the town cemetery im- | pressed us with the fact that the fence enclos- < ing the groupd is in a dilapidated condition, j and badly needing repairs; or what would be 1 much more preferable, the present structure ' should be substituted by a new and durable ! wQ nmnhl annprroaf flint. afpna hfi taken I ,WIVV' ,,v "??" ??- -?r~ at an early day to erect a new fence or put in complete repair the present enclosure. It is a question in which all our citizens are interested, and if a committee of four or five gentlemen?say one from each church? would take the matter in hand and properly direct it, the necessary means could be easily raised. PAYMENT OF TAXES. Up to Tuesday night last, the sum of $58,811.62 was paid into the county treasury on an assessment of $91,249.38, leaving afcbalance yet unpaid of $32,437.76. Only about a week will elapse until the books will be closed, as it is the generally believed opinion that the time at which the penalty for nonpayment will attach will not be extended beyond the 10th instant. To prevent the rush incident to postponing settlement until the last day, when many may fail to obtain receipts, | the suggestion is made that all who can do so | should make their payments on the few days 1 intervening between this time and the 10th. ( By so doing, they will not only accommodate ? the treasurer, but more surely escape the pen- { alty, should they fail to be in time. , ? - -? -? - - ? * ?? t CLiUtf-iTl Alibltn. ? For the convenience of those who may wish < to subscribe for the Enquirer through a j club-maker, we give below a list of persons who are engaged in forming clubs. As other J 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, r Mrs. S. R. Logau, T. G. Culp, ] W. M. Boyd, Miss J. Lou Brandon, t Joseph R. Howe, A. F. Lindsay, i Brainerd McLure, S. L. Milling, r R. L. Crook, J. L. Parker, i L. George Grist, J. N. Roberts, I W. P. Ferguson, M. L. Dickson, i H. E. Johnson, Mrs. C. V. Williams, j Miss Rebecca Barnett, Mrs. Mary C. Grier, c J. C. Saunders, S. G. Brown, i A. J. Matthews, W. S. Garrison, 1 Major Myles Smith, Capt. E. R. Mills, c T. J. Roach, John T. Grist, 1 8. M. Roach, W. R. Davis, ? E. M. Faris, Dr. W. M. Meador, c J. E. Craig. G. L. Riddle, t Zimri Carroll, D. T. Lessley, a T P Patrinlr Mm. M. A. Glenn. i: Mrs. E. M. Hogue, A. H. Mulholland. D. F. Barnett, J. R. Culp. c H. P. Allison, J. Dixon Wylie, r Mrs. Jaoe Moow, - -3. P.?8iurrtt, ? < W. D. Hyatt, William Nelson, f TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. \ The following are the transfers of real estate 1 recorded in the office of the County Auditor t for York county, which have not heretofore t been published : c S. R. Moore and others to Sally Sims. Lot in j Yorkville. Consideration $50. , Reuben Dulin to James M. Adams. Tract of * 55 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $555. \ B. Brannon to Miles Howell. Tract *?f 200 ^ acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration >900. 1 J. L. Adams to J. M. Adams. Tract of 102 8 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $800. f Ann H. Poag to Joseph B. Poag. Tract of 26 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $60. f Charles S. Kline to George Wylie. Tract of 183 i acres in Catawba township. Consideration $1,281. ( John Rattaree to Margaret Hinders. Tract of 5 acres in Catawba township. Consideration 1 $6.50. c H. J. Alexander to J. C. Alexander. Tract of j 41 acres in York township. Consideration $164. H. J. Alexander to F. C. Alexander. Tract of 1 22 acres in York township. Consideration $88. 2 ^ ,ir A A U^on/lnr Tronf of 43 AS* r Aft in r SfellllU IU YY . XX, AlOAOiuiuii w. York township. ' Consideration $170. Faithy Houser to Jane Goforth. Tract of 400 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $900. r David F. Jackson to M. J. Latimore. Tract of r 32J acres in King's Mountain township. t J. B. Hullender to Leetho Ann Hullender. Tract of 178 acres in Cherokee township. Consid- t eration $950. C Calvin Whisonant to John B. Hullender. The . one-sixth of 178 acres In Cherokee township. , Consideration $300. ' H. A. Galloway to Andrew Haffner. Tract of 1 154 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consid- c eration $1,155. . H. A. Galloway to S. R. Moore. Tract of 73 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration t $511. j R. A. Caldwell, Executor, to Benjamin Galloway, Tract of 6 acres in King's Mountain town- 1 ship. Consideration $24. t J. J. Thomas to VV. C. Thomas. One-eighth <] interest in 202 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $112. c M. E. Revels to W. C. Thomas. Tract of 13 J acres in King's Mountain township. Considers- y tion $47.65. Mary A. Fewell and others to J. J. L. Gill. e Tract of 16 acres in King's Mountain township, f Consideration $81.87. t John T. Lowry to M. B. Lowry. Tract of 700 acres in York township. Consideration $6,000. R. F. Glenn to Benjamin Moss. Tract of 50 \ acres in Cherokee township. Consideration G $229.50. D. A. Button to J. A. Williford. Lot in Rock 1 Hill. Consideration $600. Same to same. Lot a in Rook Hill. Consideration ?ZoU. d J. P. Moore to Allen Bratton. Tract of 39 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $450. H. J. Culp to J. L. Rattaree. Tract of 103 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $212. ji W. L. McCorkle to George W. Stroud. Tract j of 128 acres in Catawba township. Consideration 5450. ' F J. L. Adams and others to Nancy D Tate, f Tract of 110 acres in Bethel township. Consid- l eration $255. , John G. Enloe to J. Ross Bolin. Tract of 44 0 acres in King's Mountain township. Consider- t ation $14.45. u John A. Graham to W. I. Clawson. Tract of 92 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration t 51,500. Jane C. Miller to Sarah E. Galloway. Tract of . 137 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $300. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Jane C. Miller. Tract n in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $50. ? Peter Seapoch to Elizabeth Seapoch. Tract of , 13 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration c 5127. v Elijah McSwain to S. R. Moore. Lot of 1 acre ( in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $50. . A. M. Jackson to John W. Smith. Tract of ' 259 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consid- 1 a ration $r,036. 8 R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to David J. Jackson. Tract of 27 acres in Bethel township. Consider- a ation $109. Z Sarah Ann Armstrong to W. I. Clawson. Tract h of 106 acres in Cherokee township. t Thomas A. Lee to John D. Cornwall. Tract of * S22 acres in Catawba township. Consideration f $2,500. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to John F. Workman, c Tract of 170 acres in Catawba township. Consid- ii eration $569.50. n R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to M. J. Murphy. Tract fc of 11 acres in York township. Consideration $44. t< J. E. Bankhead and others to J. L. Plaxico. C Undivided interest in tract of land in Bullock'B e Creek township. Consideration $400. G. M. Moore to D. A. Elliott. Lot at Black's ^ oiauuu. J. M. White, Executor, to J. W. White. ,One- l half interest in mill in Fort Mill township. Con- r sideration $3,000. . R. E. Cooper to J. T. Matthews. Tract of 21 p acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $350. l: J. S. R. Thomson to Frances E. Rawlinson. r House and lot in Yorkville. Consideration $2,600. J1 R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to S. A. Moore. Tract in 1 Bethesda township. Consideration $1,000. t J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to O. Sarratt. Tract r of 289 acres in Cherokee township. Considera- ? tion $574. ! t. Andrew Jackson to C. M. Parrott. Tract of 56 I c acres in King's Mountain township. Considera- j *] tion $500. | i Nancy E. Thomasson to W. W. Glenn. Tract of 80 acres in Bethel township. Consideration j t $900. I ( Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. | LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chebter, February 28,1876. There has been considerable improvement in the management of public scbools in this :ounty during the administration of the preset school commissioner, Mr. F. B. Lloyd. The number of public schools have been greatly increased, and the sessions continued for a longer time. And while such is the case, the expenditure of money has not been so great. A number of school houses have been jrected, which have been supplied with appropriate furniture. There are 108 public ichools in the county, of which 68 are colored, rhe school commissioner has been recently visiting the schools, and making addresses to the teachers and children, which have been attended with good. Tuesday, the anniversary of Washington's birthday, passed away at this place without selebration, save the closing of our National Bank and the post-office; and a meeting in the afternoon of the Chester Rifle Club. An mtbusiastic effort was made to obtain an adIress, appropriate to the occasion, from the President, C. S. Brice, Esq., but his ears were leaf to the repeated calls of his friends. The mdeavor to secure a speech from other members of the club was likewise unavailing. Af <er it was apparent that the memories of the lay were powerless in inspiring any member io the point of delivering an oration, the regjlar order of business began, and for a while in extremely lively time ensued. This was Kicasioned by a very spirited discussion upon ;he motion to suspeud, for a time, the weekly drillings of the club. Mr. T. C. Gaston, the mover of the motion, spoke earnestly in favor if it for the reason that any demonstrations it the present time by the club would be detrimental to the interests of the Democratic fjarty of the county. Now, while the organisation of this party is beiug effected, he deemed t unwise for a military company to take any iction tending to its injury. Though the dub was non-political in its nature and objects, Mr. Gastou was of the opinion that parades ind drills at the present juncture of political iffaire, were inexpedient, and ought to be susjended. Major S. P. Hamilton took the opxmite side of the question, and in a speech, in vhich he manifested great fervency of feeling, sndeavored to show to the club the folly of ihaping their course according to the leadings of policy. The Major took the ground bat, as the constitution of the United States ind the constitution of the State of South Oar>lina provided for the organisation of military jompanies, the Rifle Club had a perfect right x> drill whenever it was their desire to do so. [lis effort was fruitless, for a motion coutem jlating a suspension of drills was adopted. The meeting then adjourned to meet at the sail of the -President. Mr. Edward Strobe], a young nan from )ur town, who is a student at Harvard Colege, Cambridge, Mass., has been a recent ecipient of kind attentions from Professor Bverett, of that institution. A short time ago he building, in which our young friend was -ooming, was destroyed by fire, and he was >ne of the principal sufferers. The professor, vhose name has been given, kindly offered to ifr. Strobel the hospitalities of his home. Beng far away from home, and having suffered greatly from the unfortunate calamity, he accepted the invitation, which was warmly irged. While a guest at Mr. Everett's home, ilr. Strobel, who by the way is a young man if fine intellectual capacity, and has taken a ligh stand at Harvard, was treated with the greatest consideration and kindness. An act if this kind makes a greater impression upon he Southern heart than all the political peeches that could J)e made from the present into the end of time. Gen. W. A. Walker, the head of the Deraicratic party in this county, attended the neeting of the JState Democratic Executive JuiumHiwi ??, MHUHHim IMI wee*. nut m- 1 >ort of the prospects of the party in the State, j :_/ ? J?:?j ?. ,u? >aseu upon luiuruimiuu uonvvu av mo wooing, is very eucouragiog. He says the Execitive Committee are of the opinion that with he putting forth of the proper effort, the Denocracy will secure a triumph at the next ilection. The comrhittee adopted a resoluion providing for the holding of a State Convention at Columbia on the 4th of May, vith the view to the election of delegates to he Democratic National Convention, that rill beheld at St. Louis on the 27 th of June, md to taking such further action as may seem it and proper. On the day following the neeting of the Executive Committee, a meetng of county chairmen was held, in which Jen. Walker also participated. This was nore of a conference in reference to State and ouuty matters. Twenty-five counties were epresented. A resolution was adopted that mmediate steps be taken to effect tbe organiation of the Democratic party. Another esolution was adopted, recommending the nrollment of all Democratic voters, and a oater of all ether voters. The county chairnen were, for the most part, of tbe opinion hat straight-out tickets should be run in hose counties where prospects favored success. Both meetings were marked with a piritof harmony, and, as a consequence, a ong step has been taken in that way that eads to a brilliant triumph for the Democraiv nn the 4th of next November. Mr. J. H. Denck, of Columbia, assisted by he Chester Luminaries, Messrs. Brennecke, tlarshall, Kaufman, Alexander, Pagan, Simoons and Evans, gave a vocal and instrunental entertainment at the Court House on Thursday evening. The slim attendance illy orresponded with the reputation won by Mr. Denck in the domain of music. As a pianist, le has probably no superiors, and very few quals in this country. The soft and beautiul music that he is capable of evoking from he piano has met with the warmest admiraion of Ole Bull, the great Norwegian musican, and will always meet with the same reeption from all whose souls are not entirely sensible to the sweet influence of beauty nd harmony. The Luminaries, in the reulition of their parts, both vocal and instruaental, were highly entertaining. On the following evening the Gruber Fam lygave a concert before even a smaller aulience than that which greeted the renowned lianist. The performance was worthy of a nil house. Mr. Gruber played finely and lis wife sang sweetly. The former displayed lis musical talent in eliciting melody from he key of a padlock, and in performing on lalf a dozen instruments at one aod the same ime. The Democracy of Chester township asembled in the Court House on Saturday, and he meeting was all that could be expected, if tot desired, by the warmest friend of the good ause. A Democratic Club was fully and larmoniously organized. Fifty-five names ?ere enrolled, and Messrs. C. S. Brice, T. C. xaston and W. B. Burnett chosen President, /^ice President and Secretary of tbe Club. ?he President, on taking the Chair, made ome appropriate remarks. While he pledged n earnest effort on his part, he invoked the ealous cooperation of all the members in bealf of the Democratic cause. Tbe Vice'resident, Mr. T. C. Gaston, then offered the ollowing resolution: ' Resolved, That this Club do cordially invite the olored voters of this precinct to form themselves | nto an association, under whatever name they aay choose to assume, to co-onerate with us in eaiblishing such principles, ana electing such, men 1 o office as will secure to our State and Countv lovernments a just, honest and economical attain istration. Mr. Gaston, in a forcible and eloquent adIress, sustained this resolution, which was inanimously adopted. Major S. P. Hamilton aoved that a committee of five be appointed o nominate delegates to represent this precinct n the County Convention to be held at this ilace on the 1st Monday in March. Upon he adoption of the motion, the Committee re* ired for consultation, and in a short time eturned with the following nomination*; ifessrs. J. J. Hemphill, W. A. Sander*, W. I. Gregg, George Simpson and J. 8. rhe report of the committee unanimous* y adopted. Giles J. Patterson, Esq., offered he following resolution, which was adopted ; Beiolved, That the delegates from this Club to the County Convention be and are hereby instructed to urge that Convention to organize upon the plan of allowing each township a representation therein, proportioned to the number of Democratic voters in the townships respectively. The Democratic Club of Chester then adjourned, after passing a resolution to meet on the last Saturday in March. ,. . ?//'???? The President of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad has contracted with Mr. ?J. ?. Frye for the erection and completion, of a depdt at this place by or before the first of April; He has also contracted with Messrs. Crow &?ean, for the building of a depot at the crossing on the Air-Line Railroad, to be complefetf at the same time. ... ^ Mr. R. M. Crawford, of our town, departed this life last week. He was a quiet and good citizen. He was a member of the society of Odd Fellows, by whom his remains were attended to their fiual resting place in a body. Rev. Mr. Hartwell, a returned missionary from China, preached an excelleut sermon last evening at the Baptist church, on the subject of foreign missions. The usual col-, lection on such occasions was taken- np, and the congregation, which was very large, re> sponded admirably. , DIFFERENCES* OP OPINION. The Charleston New and Courier prints i a timely and suggestive article in regard to i differences of opinion which exist among some of the newspapers of the State, as to the line of action which should be adopted with the view of redeeming the State from i '! control of the harpies who have been idling and ififining it since the days of reconstruction. f' Wd specially commend to the consideration of our readers the suggestion made in the last"sentence of the following extract from the artiole of the News and Courier: ' " "But whatever differences of opinion nia^ prevail among them in other reSpectS,K'6tli Democratic contemporaries, we presume; will * all agree that, after the people of the State shall have spoken through their- Convention, unity and harmony, joined with complete organization and the hardest kind of work, wfll be absolutely essential to achieve AdcbcBtl We trust, therefore, that the newspapers of the State, while taking pains to shed as much light as possible upon toe problem of the-re demption of South Carolina from robber rule,' will reflect the sentiment of theirrespectiyq counties without indulging in untimely flings and unjust imputations upon othett, who| though perhaps less enlightened, are protfctoiy as honest in seeking and as earnest in fighting for the public welfare as themselves1 TFhere is hot work ahead and plenty of it. .The thieves are not going to yield the control^of the State without a desperate resistance ; and nothing at this time encourages them more than any sign of discord in tne DeinOCratib ranks. The main point to which the hottest people should address their efforts just now is to secure a wise and truly representative Democratic Convention." y; THE SOUTH CAROLTNA LEGISLATURE. Monday, February 21.': The House met in the m'orniflg'ahd Ajjfhifl at 7 o'clock in the evening. There heing no quorum present on either occasion, the Hcusel ' at once adjourned. .-/ Tuesday, February 22. ' Neither House was in session. W ed"ne8dat, February 28.; In the Senate Chamber at 1 o'clock, jjr. W.;* the impeachment trial of Judge Montgomery Moses of the seventh circuit began. Notice was sent him to appear and answer the charges. Elliott, the chairman of the board of managers of the House, presented an additional article of impeachment, charging' Moses with having wilfully dismissed and'dia^Ji<>ig,i.ii Uii i^iwhi fl'i'j??> Bpu'nyiumg ui June, 1875, in order to prevent the'presentment and indictment of certain public officers 4 of said county for official misconduct. Swaik moved that the consideration of these charges be deferred until the arrival of the accused, and while the discussion bn-thit point was goiug on, Moses appeared' with hit ' counsel, the Hon. J. B. Campbell, of Charles ton; Col. J. H. Rion, of Winnsboro', and Messrs. J. M. Baxter, Silas Johnston and Y. J. Pope, of Newberry. The accused vraS in-. ? i /-> 1 JL -I. . formed by rresiaeiu u leaves or ms lmpeacnment, and Mr. Campbell announced that the' defence was ready to answer, and that he would be represented by counsel The man* agers, Messrs. Elliott, Couch, Bampfiel4? Wallace, Meetze and Barnwell, announced that they would conduct the case in perqoik. The articles were read, and Elliott announced his readiness to read the additional articles. These were read, and Mr. Campbell said tbAti the accused was cot ready to answer these. Mr. Y. J. Pope then read, the answer to the original articles, as follows : ; Article 1. Notjguilty. Article 2. Unable properly to answer rati! the accused can be informed of the nameis of the public officers and litigants, and ture of tbe accounts referred to, the date* in 1874, Ac., and the accused asks that he bejo informed before being required to answer, {'fu. Article 3. Unable to answer fbr.ainplar reasons. Article 4. Not guilty. Article 5. Unable to answer until informed when he refused to pass the orders referred to. .<* fjf J Article 6. Unable to answer until informed of the names of the public officers and ;evi? dences of indebtedness referred to,.,1.^ Article 7. Not guilty to so much as relates to an order passed in 1873, and is Unable until informed of the names of the parties to answer so much as relates to the order pitted in 1874. ? / The Dresident called for a vote on the question whether the answer should be filed. .. Swails said the Senate could not vote intelligently on the matter. It was the province of the managers and counsel for the defence to consider whether a sufficient answer had been made. Major Baxter, for Moses, argued that the -? articles were too vague and lndehnito, and that it was impossible to make proper answer; that unless the accused was allowed the pfcoK tection usually given to accused persons in ordinary courts and he was eonvieUd, that conviction would be no disgrace. From this court there was no appeal, and it was all ,tbe more important, therefore, that no iqjostico should here be done. * . v > ' Elliott made a long and able answer,' arguing that the practice and precedents sustained the course taken by the managers.' * mW ? At the conclusion, Swails said that the Senators needed time for consideration of the guments, and the court adjourned to 1 p. m, to-morrow. No business of importance Was transacted in either House of the (ieneral AssemblyHoday. _ ,, .^#111: Thursday, February 24 : In the Senate, at 1 p. m., the consideration of the question was resumed whether the answer made by the counsel of Judge M. Moses should be received as such and filed. Whittemore moved that the rules governing the Senate in its legislative capacity be adopted to govern that body in the capacity of a court, of impeachment. Adopted. Under this ais rangement the Senate went into secret session* to discuss the question under coj&deramMk After about an hour's absence, the Senate-fifetarried with the following decision: Ordered, That the answer made to the articles of impeachment, exhibited by the House of Representatives against Montgomery Moses, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, by the respondent, is insufficient,, and .that the prayer of the respondent for more specific charges be not granted* and that hebe reouired to ptead or answer to all the articles ofimp<eachn>ent, with the exception of Articles 1; and 4 to which he has already pleaded not guilty-. A vote was then taken on this decision, which was adopted by a vote of 28 to 1. Mr. J. B. Campbell, for the defence, thea