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&ctxp$ and Jacts. ; ? The inhabitants of Belknap, Iowa, want 1 to change the name of their town. < ? There is a family in Newark N. J., who eat dog's meat because they like it The neighbors appealed to the health inspector, ' but he said he didn't know of any law against 1 it. ' ? France has promised to amnesty the ( communists, England the Fenians, Spain the Carlists and Cuban patriots, and the Turks the revolting Christians; but the United States refuses to amnesty the so-called rebels. What a contrast is here, and how unfavorable to the model republic. ? In the year 1875 Chicago had 526 divorce suits, out of which 285 divorces were granted ; 70 were denied, and l71 cases were not disposed of. The cause of all this misery was? in 174 cases, desertion ; in 157, cruelty; 111, adultery ; in 68, drunkenness; in the remaining 15, mixed. , ? A clergyman, preparing his discourse for Sunday, stopped occasionally to erase that which he was disposed to disapprove, when he was accosted by his little son, who had numbered only five summers: "Father, ( does God tell you what to preach ?" "Cer- , taiuly, my child." "Then what makes you scratch it out ?" ? A boy on his way to Sunday school found seventy-five cents. This good fortune was J held up to him as a reward for being found 1 iu the path of duty. He was very much I struck with the idea until he heard that an- < other boy had found a dollar while setting up pins in a ten-pin alley. And now he don't see his way to the future quite so clearly. ? Some idea might be formed of the extent . to which Sebastopol was fired upon by the allied armies and fleets, when it is stated that ! from a tax of a sixpence per hundred weight, ' which the Russian government levied upon j the proceeds of the sales of old iron, shot and j shell picked up and sold by the people, a sum < of nearly 875,000 was realized. . ? Wade Hampton Bolton, ef Tennessee, ( died recently, and his will contained the fol- . lowing provision : "I give and bequeath to the widow and children of Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson, known as Stonewall Jackson, 1 who fell at the battle of Chancellorsville, Vir- t rririia. 810.000. as historv tells me his widow's ( O v 7 7 v furniture was sold after his death for debt." ? Mount Vernon, it is said, is again in a ! neglected and forlorn condition. The house has become quite dilapidated and the grounds most unattractive. To correspond with the prevailing patriotic enthusiasm, no time should be lost in restoring the place to a condition worthy of its memories, creditable to the people and inviting to the thousands of foreigners sure to visit it this season. ? The cotton goods exported from New York last week were valued at over $250,000, or at the rate of over $13,000,000 a year. This would be a larger trade in this line, by $2,000,000, than was done in the exceptionally prosperous year of 1860. For fifteen years the exports of cotton goods have been small and unworthy of special notice. The revival of this branch of trade is one of the hopeful features of the situation and is attracting much attention. ? W..H. Jardine, of Point Mouliere, Mich., is said to have educated five wild ducks to a very fine point. They go where and when they please; come at call, and accompany their teacher to the hunting grounds, either perched on the bow of the boat, or swimming by its side. Arrived at the marshes, they act as decoys, splash and call until they attract flying ducks, who come down and are shot; while the tame ducks "stand up m the water," shake their wings, and scream with delight. The day's sport over, they either fly home or ride in the boat, as Mr. Jardine directs. ? Advices from southern Georgia and Florida say that all the early vegetables have been generally ruined by the recent cold spell in the vicinity of Lake City, Florida. Four hundred acres of early vegetables have been killed, notwithstanding that fires were kept in the fields during the cold nights. The polar wave extended as far South as Gainesville, Florida. The same information comes from Live Oak and Welburn. This disaster materially retards the shipment of vegetables to northern markets during the next few weeks. The destruction of the'field crops has been general in Georgia and Florida. The farmers will have to replant. ? Harper's Weekly, heretofore a strong administration paper, has a lengthy editorial deprecating Grant's rule, and contending that the safety of the Republican party depends upon cutting loose from Grant. Says that paper: "There is a deep and general dread of Democratic success in the elections -^of this year, but there is an equal indignation with the corruption that has been developed under Republican auspices. And that indignation will defeat the party, if the party cannot proVe by its nomination that those who have controlled, control no longer. If it could bti known that the influences which have ru?ed continue to rule at the White House, tli?e Republican party would be already defeated.^ Safety lies in breaking with the recent past /absolutely and utterly." ? A carious case of doubtful identity has just b(*en settled in Ireland, by death. Lady Longford, in 1864, gave birth to two twin sop/s. As the elder must inherit the title and estates of Longford, care was taken to mark Ko hv tvinc a hliifi rihhon about I his little arm. The pair, however, having been carelessly laid by the nurse in one cradle some days after, the ribbon came off, and had to again be put on by guess-work! William, the elder thus selected, died the other I day, and Thomas has now become, without a disturbing doubt, Lord Pakenham by courtesy, and, if he lives, will become Earl of Longford. Had the two survived to manhood, could there ever have been any real feeling of content between them ? ? Though full returns of the Western hog product for the past season are not yet in from all the minor points, the estimates now at hand will probably vary but little from the final total. The statement includes the num- : ber of hogs packed, the averages of weight;, and yield of lard ; also, the amount of mess pork made. The total packing represents 4,065,000 hogs, as against 5,566,000 last year, '' a decrease of about 700,000. The average i' weight for the season of 1875-'76 is placed at j 217.97 pounds net,as against 209.77 last year; 11 an increase of 8 1-5 pounds net, or nearly j ( four per cent. The average yield of lard is 35.53 lbs. per hog, against 34.20 last year. The total yield of lard shows a falling off of 17,500,000 lbs, or about 54,800 tierces, com i -.1 107C TL. i parea wnn ioiu. xue aggicgaxc ucc nu^un of hogs will fall about 107,000,000 lbs below !: that df last year?a decrease of about nine per | cent. i. | ' ? A correspondent of the New York Times, ; writing from Philadelphia, does not take an ^ entirely rose-colored view of the arrangements | for entertaining visitors, about which great ' expectations have been entertained. He * thinks it will not give satisfaction; not but that families enough have consented to take ' i lodgers and give them breakfasts and suppers, \ but the class of accommodations is not of the right kind. The Centennial Lodging-house ( Agency, which is the name of the company ( or committee having charge of the matter, ,1 fixed the price per day, including lodging, 1 and breakfast and supper, at $2.50 for eacn person. The correspondent, after a careful ' ? exploration of the city, and examination of the j situation and style of the houses fairly rep- < resenting the 8,000 that have contracted with k the committee for customers, reports that they j1 are not as good as they ought to be for the i price charged. He says that the better class i of householders have made no terms with the i < company; but that the poorer classes hate seized the opportunity for making money. ( The result is practically that $2.50 a day for lodging, breakfast and supper is the establish- ' ed minimum price for the Exhibition season, 1 for the commonest quarters, and the price will 1 range upward from that This price omits t rost of dinner, which it is taken for granted ] visitors will get on the Exhibition grounds, , where it will cost a dollar. This makes the ?ost of board and lodgings for two persons, svho stay in Philadelphia a week, about $50? 1 which he protests is too much for the majority of people who would be willing to accept such ! accommodations. : Ibr fJarkviUr inquirer.; YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 30.1876 THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. There was a general feeling of relief through* : out the State last week, when it was announced that the legislature had agreed to 1 rru 1 l -i Tl..i iL- I adjourn sine ate on inursaay last. r>ut we end is not yet. Before the time fixed for ad- J journmenthad arrived, the action was rescinded and a resolution adopted to take a recess from the 24th instant until Monday, the 10th 1 of April. No plausible reason is assigned by the legislature for the recess ; but the corres- 1 pondent of the Charleston Newt and Courier comes to the rescue, and says that it is to enable such of the members of the legislature as 1 may desire to do so, to use the free passes is- 1 sued by the railroad companies, which are rood until adjournment, to attend the Re- 1 publican State Convention, which meets in Columbia on the 11th of April. On the day 1 the recess commenced, the treasurer managed to pay each member one hundred dollars; but failed to provide anything for the attaches. We have not yet seen a connected list of the acts and joint resolutions passed during ' the session, but collate the following which are of either local or general interest: 1 An act to authorize and require the county J commissioners of Spartanburg, Greenville and Union counties, to purchase and cancel certain DOI1118. An act to authorize certain parties to remove rocks obstructing Patterson's Ford on Allison's , Creek, in York county. An act to permit A. A. Barron to erect a gate across a public road in York county. An act to authorize and empower H. V. Mas- ; sey to erect and maintain gates across a certain public road in Lancaster county. An act to provide for:an uniform registry law for all deeds and other instruments in writing, required to be recorded. An act to incorporate the Limestone Springs High School in Spartanburg county. An act to apportion the representation of the counties in the General Assembly, in accordance with the requirements of the State Constitution. An act to declare the law with regard to the rights of snrelies. An act to incorporate the town of Black's Station, in the county of York, on the Air-Lino Railroad. ? ? # PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 20th, the deficiency bill for the Sioux Indians, which pass* 1 the House, was increased $50,000 and pass -d. It goes back to the House for concurrence. The calendar bill, regulating the transportation of goods withdrawn from warehouses, was passed. In the House, petitions from distillers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, were presented against a change of the present plan of collecting taxes. A bill was introduced to regulate the tax on manufactured tobacco, and to regulate the 1** on doolors in and producers of leaf to- ( bacco. In the Senate on the 21st, Mr. Gordon presented petitions from Brunswick and Macon, Ga., asking for harbor improvements. In the House, a bill making it penal for officers of the Government to solicit or make contributions for elections, with an amendment including Senators and members of Congress, was 1 under discussion, pending which the House went into committee of the whole, on the judiciary and legislative appropriation bill. In the Senate on the 22nd, the bill for counting the electoral vote was resumed. Several amendments were voted down, and no conclusion was reached. In the House, the bill forbidding contributions of officers of the government for election purposes was resumed. 1 The question being on the amendment, including members of Congress, the amendment was adopted by 128 to 88. The amendment excluding voluntary contributions for circu- , lating documents was defeated by 109 to 91. The amendment making it a misdemeanor for any person to use force, duress, menace, vio- j lence or bribery to influence elections of President, Vice-President, Senator, Represents tives or delegates in Congress, was adopted? yeas, 212; nays, 3. Jurisdiction of offenses under the bill was given District and Circuit Courts. The bill passed, with the various amendments, by a vote of 173 to 8. In the House on the 23rd, the bill prevent- 1 ing the cutting of timber on Indian reservations or lands owned by Indians, passed. The bill repealing the law which forbids the appointment to any position in the army of any person who served in any capacity in the military, naval or civil service of the Confederate States in the late war, passed. The House ' then went into committee of the whole on appropriations. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? B. F. Miller has been removed as one of the trial justices of Lancaster. ? The Republican State Convention will be j held in Columbia, on the 11th of April. ? Governor Chamberlain has accepted the i resignation of J. W. Gourdine as one of the i trial justices of Chester county. 1 ?About eleven hundred liens have been re- < corded this year in Abbeville against eighteen 1 hundred last year. ? The Wilmington, Columbia and Augus- i ta Railroad Company have recently made an- < ether reduction on the salaries of their era- i ployes. s ? The Washington correspondent of the i News and Courier, says that Judge Carpenter i ia the nf "Hnnftst John" Patterson, for i next Governor of South Carolina. i ? General Wade Hampton has been invited i to command the parade in Charleston on the 1 28th of June, the centennial anniversary of < the battle of Fort Moultrie. General J. B. j I Kershaw is orator elect, and has accepted the 1 ippointraent. ] ? Messrs. Chisholra & Ferguson, two very j j ivorthy blind men, have established a verita- J ale broom factory in this State, at Welford, )n the Air-Line Railroad, in Spartanburg ' jounty, where they manufacture as fine an ar- < ;icle as can be purchased anywhere in the * svorld. | < ? The Newberry Herald says that Thorap- - < ion, one of the Pomaria murderers, who was < ecently executed in that county, has been the j( Secretary of the Union League in that sec- j ^ ion, and that his body was brought to Poma- j1 :ia and buried with honors by the Leaguers, 1 n the presence of on immense number of col- ^ ired people. j1 ? Governor Chamberlain has appointed L. ( 0. Northrop, Esq., Judge of the Seventh Ju- 1 licial Circuit, in place of Montgomery Moses, I removed by impeachment. It will be remera- 1 bered that Northrop was elected Judge of the . jeveuth circuit, to succeed Moses, at the time Mackey, F. J. Moses, Jr., Whipper and others were elected. Except for the impeachment of Moses, he would not have commenced the discharge of his duties until next August. ? The Union Times mentions that Mr. Samuel Jefferies, of that county, has a fine ; specimen of gold-bearing quartz, which was ! picked up from some of hie mines, and is ! about the size of a turkey egg, only made in the shape of a rough Irish potato. It was almost literally covered with gold?one knob an it nearly as large as the end of one's little finger. It is said to be worth $25. He has also a piece of pure gold, cast in a square form, of an inch and a half. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A new mail route is to be established from Morganton to Shelby, to go into operation on the 1st of July. ? At Rutberfordton, on Sunday night and Monday morning of last week, snow fell to the depth of nine inches, and the weather was intensely cold. ? The Centennial of North Carolina Methodism was celebrated in Raleigh last week, commencing on Tuesday, and was largely attended by ministers of the Conference and laymen of the church. ? Last Thursday an affray took place in Salisbury between W. A. McCorkle and a man named Green Cauble, in which the latter was cut twice by a knife in the hands of i t J. J the tormer, ana severely wounueu. ? Elisha Skinner, a neero in Gates county, deliberately whipped his sister to death. She died within five minutes after he struck her the last blow. The brute was arrested and committed to jail. ? The Shelby Banner says that Rev. A. L. 3tough has a cow for which he has been offered $200 in cash. She is of the Wade Hampton stock, and gives four gallons of milk at one milking. ? At a colored prayer meeting in the Sugar Creek neighborhood, in Mecklenburg county, last week, one of the brethren prayed long and earnestly against the fence law. He. argued in his prayer that the white folks were forming a combination to prevent the cows from eating grass. ? True merits meet its just reward. The brethren of Plymouth Church will no doubt be glad to learn that their pastor has received a flattering yet unexpected endorsement in Lenoir county. Mr. James G. Cox, of Kinston, has given the name of Henry Ward Beecher to his fine Spanish jack, which he advertises as a lively and industrious animal. ? Dr. John McLean, of Gaston county, one of the oldest and most intelligent citizens in that section of the State, says that he can remember as far back as the year '19 and '20, i .t :u iU_ wnen tne winter w?b ?u iuiiu tu?t tue wiwu stalks in the fields were uninjured by the frost, and that sufficient vitality was left in the stalks to produce bolls which matured and opened. Though the bolls of the second growth were not very large, still the lint of the cotton thus produced was not of the very lowest grade. ? The Shelby Banner relates the following whi&ky-and-lightning fish story: On last Sunday evening two young men were sitting on the river bank, in Rutherford county, fishing, both in the same hole, with a bottle of whisky sitting between them. During the time a little cloud passed over them with a slight oU^TTCl uf X ctirav \JtX\SV) UtAiApw tedly to the young men, there came a keen flash of lightning and struck the bottle of whisky sitting between them and tore it into atoms. The young men were slightly stunned, but were not hurt in the least. ? The four county commissioners of Robeson county, charged with conspiracy to prevent Dr. Norment from taking his seat in the late constitutional convention, were bound over by U. S. Commissioner Cassidey for trial at the next terra of the U. S. Circuit Court to be held at Raleigh. Although the District A ttnrnAv bar! f>ntnred a nol. vro8. in the case j ^ of Gen. Cox, implicated in the same charge, the Commissioner also ruled that the General should be cited to appear before the Circuit Court to answer the charge of conspiracy, together with the four commissioners. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Conviction of Judge Moses. The impeachment trial of Judge Montgomery Moses, of the seventh judicial circuit, terminated on Tuesday of last week. He was declared guilty of five of the nine charges preferred against him, embracing the demanding of fees from litigants and public officials ; of appropriating to his own use public moneys ; of neglect of duty ; of refusing to grant orders to which all parties interested consented : and )f corrupt partiality in ordering the payment of public funds to certain creditors to the exclusion of others. On the charge of appropriating to his own use public money in the custody of the officers of the Court, the vote of " guilty" was unanimous, and on several other charges nearly so. Immediately after the voting was closed on the several articles of impeachment, the President of the Senate pronounced the sentence of removal from office. Moses, nor any of his counsel were present at the conclusion of the trial. Affairs in Mexico. The mercurial Mexicans are again rejoicing in one of their periodical revolutions. The people of Oajaca are in rebellion, and near the capital of the State, which is 210 miles southeast of the city of Mexico, a battle was fought on the 20th, in which the government forces were defeated by a loss of 1,500 men and all their artillery and wagons. A. dispatch from the city of Mexico says the insurrection continues, and the situation is critical. Gen. Alatorre, of the government Forces, is conducting the campaign with an array of four thousand men. Gen. Corella, after repulsing two attacks of the Revolutionists, broke through their lines and effected a junction with Alatorre, but Col. Gonzalez has not yet been able to join the main body. The revolutionists have fortified Carboneria, where they will dispute Alatorre's passage to 3aiaca. A battle is expected. Shbuld Ala-1 torre fail, the Government will find itself sveak, morally and physically. Donato Guerras' band of rebels has been completely dispersed. A number of towns in the Puebla Mountains are now in open rebellion. The &pan insurgents have joined the Pueblans. Seneral Escobedo, having suppressed the mtbreak in Mickocacan, will go to Puebla md operate against the revolutionists in that juarter. Puebla will be declared in a state )f siege. Flaacala has already been so projlaimed. The Prounciados in Hidalgo rejently attempted to gain possession of the real Delmonte mines and of the bullion stored ;here. They were driven off and troops now Drotect the mines. The revolutianist, Gen. Bocardo, is. near Huamantle on the line of ;he Vera Cruz Railroad, but up to the present has not attempted to interrupt travel. Disastrous Fire in Charleston. On Monday of last week, there was a ire in Charleston, which is described by the Neivs and Courier as the most disastrous con- I * flagration that has occurred in that city since the terrible scenes of 1861. The alarm was sounded about h'alf past 3 o'clock, A. M., H the fire originating in the store No. 681 King jc street, and occupied by J. H. Greeber, who kept a dry goods store on the first floor. By T. half past five o'clock, tfye wind having increased to a furious gale, the fire rapidly spread northward on both sides of King street, ^ sweeping every thing before it, crossing Line and Shepherd streets, and was only checked J< by want of material to burn, after consuming a residence north of Shepherd street. In ad- J" dition to the lo38 of property, which is estima- D ted at a quarter of a million dollars, hundreds of people are rendered destitute and homeless. M Speaking of the results of the calamity, the j] News and Courier says : The fire yesterday swept more than one hundred homes from the face of this city. Early in the gusty morning, as the flames advanced, terrified men, women and children tl fled into the streets, leaving, too often, their oi furniture and clothing behind. The open Tt fields were dotted with fugitive families. The 0j women and children crouched under tarpaulins, crowded into the street cars which were stranded, so to speak, on the plank road, and thronged every corner of the railroad depot e( Only at that hour could some adequate idea sj be formed of the terrible suffering that the f tore oi yesterday win cause. p, Later in the day the homeless wanderers had found some place of temporary refuge where they might lay their heads last night But this is only the beginning of their trouble, m The persons who were burned out yesterday 0( belong, for the most part, to the poorest class, ^ dependent on daily labor for scanty daily bread. The property that was insured will ?8 be replaced. Better houses will be builded ,E than those that the fire destroyed. But most of those who lived in the burnt district are absolutely destitute. They are without bed- . ding, and clothing, and food. And these there is no insurance money to furnish. There a1 are to-day some hundreds more desolate poor a' in Charleston than there were two days ago. And the only fund on which they can draw is E that fund of charity which exists, whatever p their trials, in the warm hearts of the people of Charleston. The Centennial Opening. The general plan of the exercises at the ^ opening of the Centennial exhibition, on the " 10th of May, has been agreed upon by the executive committee as follows: ^ The special guests will be the President, the Vice-President, the Cabinet, the Supreme | Court, the diplomatic corps, the Senate and House of Representatives, the leading officers of the army aud navy, the Governors of the States and Territories and their staff, the Legislature of Pennsylvania and the board of ei State supervisors, the foreign commissioners, ^ the Centennial commission and the chief sub- C ordinates, the Centennial board of finance, 1? the government board, the women's Centen- tl nial executive committee, the judges of the _ i . t _ Ox _ x _ l 1_ _?J_ J exniDition, me oiare i>enieuinai uoarus, auu , the city officials of Philadelphia. This list is, however, subject to revision. As the exercises n are to be held in the open air, it will be possible for a great multitude to witness them. At about half-past 10 the persons invited, fl having been conducted to their places, the or- ^ chestra of one hundred and fifty, conducted , by Theodore Thomas, will play the national airs of all nations. The President of the Uni- ^ ted States will be conducted to the ground by h Governor Hartranft, with a military escort, si The following programme will then be car 8( ried out: The Grand March, written for the H occasion by Richard Wagner ; the invocation g< of the Divine blessing; an original hymn, by J. G. Whittier; an original cantata, the words T u,. cju--,. T , i.j.Dudley Buck, of Connecticut. A brief pre- tl sentation by the president of the Centennial jt commission, reporting the exhibition to the' 8( President of the United States. An address by the President of the United States, which he will close by declaring the exhibition open. a Immediately the flags will be unfurled, the 1 artillery will salute, the chimes in the towers fi and other great bells on the ground will ring, s( and the chorus of six hundred voices will p render Handel's "Hallelujah." The foreign 0) commissioners will move to their respective . assignments in the main building. The Pres- ; ideut of the United States, escorted by the Cl commission, the board of finance, and the in- a vited guests, will enter the north doors of the main building, and move, accompanied by the music of the great organs, along the great avenue in such manner as to pass by each nation- n al commission. The procession will then cross to machinery hall, and walk down the main I avenue to the centre; then at a signal from n the President of the United States the enor- g mous engine and its thirteen acres of machine- n rv will be put in motion, and the exhibition will be open to the world. 8 For the Yorkville Enquirer. HARD TIMES AND THE CAUSE. \ Blackjacks, March 25, 187(5. bi Mr. Editor : "Why is money so scarce and interest so high ?" is a question asked almost ^ every day. Some endeavor to answer by say- n ing that the tax-gatherer has taken all the a money for taxes. No doubt that has some- ^ thing to do with draining the country of ti .i e I ? money ; out tnere is anotner cause iar worse " than taxes, which can be seen by any one s< who will give the question a little thought h and investigation. The true cause of the hard c times now oppressing the people exists in the n fact that they do not produce a sufficiency of p corn, wheat, rye, barley, clover, pork, beef, ii mutton and butter, while they devote their energies and resources to the production of a: an over supply of cotton. o Ask almost any one of our cotton farmers, C at corn-gathering time, if he has made corn it enough to do him for the year, and his reply q will be that, by economizing, he thinks he can re make out. The consequence is, poor farm- ci stock, not able to cultivate the land as it should be done ; and as for pork, that is entirely lost sight of. If the farmer happens o' to own a few pigs, they go entirely without b any corn; and should they live until fattening fr time, this same economical farmer may be n< heard to say, "I canuot fatten my pigs as ei they should be for the reason that I have not fc corn for the purpose," and they are slaugh- d: tered half-fattened, and away goes the far- ai raer's money, (realized on cotton at an aver- p age of ten cents a pound,) to Cincinnati or Ai Baltimore, to pay for bulk meat, at a cost of C from twelve to twenty cents a pound, with qi i . , /? . 1 xL . If 1 nivulnn. v wnicn 10 ieea tne iunii nuuua mmo ing another crop of ten-cent cotton. Is this pi economy ? Does economy consist in half- tl feeding stock, or in feeding it well and pro- h< ducing a plentiful supply of food for man ? oi If the farmers of York county would raise w plenty of everything necessary for the suste- la nance of man and beast, we would not hear m the continual cry of scarcity of money. In o' fact, we would not need so much money ; and li instead of funds lying locked up in Northern r? safes waiting for usurious rates of interest, J in money would seek investment at a reasonable j ai rate of interest. Scarcity of provisions in a m community causes money to command heavy H interest, while a full grain crop produces a to contrary result. rc I do not favor the abolishment of cotton bi planting; but for the welfare of our people, b; I hold that the culture of-cotton should be ! tb reduced to at least one-half the area of land j fr heretofore appropriated to that purpose, and so the production of grain increased in the same ai ratio. Then we would be a prosperous peo-1 it pie. Ralph. i LOCAL A7FAZB.S. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. imter <fe Oates?John J. Hunter in New York. )hn J. Smith?Cheap Grocery Store?Irish Potatoes?Fresh Fruits?Hams?Sea-Foam? Fresh Pickles. , M. Dobson <fc Co.?Bonnets and Hats?Ladies' Ties?Ruffling?Old Hats and BonnetsBed Blankets?Winter Clothing?Winter Dress Goods?Spring and Summer Clothing?Bleached Snirting?Coffee and Sugar. r. H. <fc J. P. Herndon?Fresh?Yarn?The Watt Plow. >seph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? L. K. Armstrong: and J. A. Campbell, ApKlicants?B. R. Miller, deceased. IcLean, Judge of Probate?Notice to Elizabeth Wylie, widow, and others, r. J. A. Clopton?Piles, Fistula Strictures, Ac. T. H. McCorkle, Intendant?Sidewalks in Yorkville. [. Strauss?Just received. M. Adams?Ho! For the Tin Man?Notice. H. White, County Chairman.?Republican Convention. , A. McElwee.?Fresh Meat. THE PAVEMENTS. The Town Council publish in this issue of le Enquirer, an important notice to owners ' property on the principal streets of town, dative to repairing the pavements in front f their houses. GONE TO'MARKET. On MnnHftv mnrninor Mr. M. fttrauss Start 1 to market for the purpose of layiug in his )ring stock; and on Tuesday morniug Mr. . M. Dobson started for the North to make orchases for his houses. THE COLUMBIA REGISTER. We would direct attention to the advertiseent of the Columbia Register, the only Demjratic daily issued at Columbia. The Regisr reaches this place on the evening of the moe day on which it is printed, thus furnishig the latest telegraphic news. DEATHS. Mr. James Leslie Wright, a well known tizen of the upper part of this county, died t his residence on Friday, 24th instant, aged bout seventy-one years. Mrs. Naomi Jane, wife of Mr. Robert G. loss, died at the residence of Rev. R. A. loss, near Blairsville, on Monday last, 27th istant. MAIL CONTRACTS. In addition to the list of contracts for carding the mail on routes leading from Yorkille, published last week, we learn that the ontract on the route between this place and lharlotte, N. C., was awarded to E. T. demos, of Salem, N. C. We have seen it stated oat Mr. Clemens has contracts on forty-three outes, principally in North Carolina. THE RAILROAD. We learn from J. R. Gardner, assistanl ogineer on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, oat on Saturday afternoon the trestle across 'rowder's creek was finished, and that trackLying has been commenced on this side ol oe creek. On Monday, half a mile of track as laid, in addition to which cross-ties have een placed and bedded for the distance of a lile. DR. J. A. CLOPTON. We would direct the attention of the aficted to the announcement of Dr. Clopton, ) be found in our advertising columns. In le treatment of the diseases of which Dr. Ilopton makes it a specialty, he has been ighly successful, as hundreds of certificates iow ; and from our knowledge of his perjnal integrity we feel no hesitancy in recomtending him to those in need of his medical srvices. HE YORKVILLE FEW ALE INSTITUTE. Wa n??? fn !nni*n flint T/innp j.?i ie conduct of the above institution, is meetlg with gratifying success. A visit to the jhool during recitation hours, a few days ago, mvinces us that the Principal is painstaking nd indefatigable in his duties as a teacher, he various classes displayed remarkable prociency in their studies, creditable to themilves as pupils and also to the method of im< arting instruction. Mr. Jones is ably assistj in the primary department by Miss Fannie tiller, and the musical department is in barge of Miss S. F. Lowry, an accomplished nd successful teacher. NEW BUILDINGS. Mr. Frank Happerfield has just finished s eat residence on Main street, near the depot The two-story brick building erected by )r. R. T. Allison, near the Court House corer, is approaching completion, and when nished will be quite an addition to the busi ess houses on Main street. Already one tore-room of the building is occupied. Mr. Walter Barron is building a neal ame house on Main street, near JefFerys & letts' banking office, which will be fitted uj aitable for offices. In addition to other buildings progressing, e are pleased to note many other improve)ents in town?notably among them fencing nd paling in front of private residences, rhich, despite the hard times, evince a dispoon on the part of property owners to "fis p." Col. Wilson has lately erected a hand)me and stately paling on the street fronting is residence; and since Major Hart has ocupied the McCaw building, he has built a eat fence around the ample grounds of thai roperty, and is otherwise beautitying ana nproving it. In connection with these improvements we re also gratified to see a planing machine in peration by steam power. Mr. Thomas W. Ilawson has recently added one to his other lachinery, which we feel confident will prove uite a convenience not onlj > contracting lechanics, but to others in town and the viinity who contemplate building. ATTEMPT AT ARSON. On Saturday night last, between 9 and 10 clock, an incendiary attempt was made to urn the liquor store and bar-room of J. Aled Carroll, on the west side of Main street, ear the railroad depot. The facts, as we are labled to learn them, are substantially as illows: On Saturday afternoon, three solvere?Thomas Murphy, Anthony Monohan nd Jeremiah Meaher?of the garrison at this lace? were in Mr. Carroll's bar, drinking, and turphy becoming somewhat boisterous, Mr. arroll, after several ineffectual attempts to uiet him, applied for a guard to remove lurphy ; but before the guard arrived, Murhy and his companions went away. While le men were leaving the house they were eard to make threats ; but as the only cause f difference between them and Mr. Carroll as the fact that he objected to the boisterous inguage used by Murphy, Mr. C. gave the latter no further thought, and about 8} clock the house was closed, Mr. Carroll's ttle son and the bar-tender, Daniel A. James, stiring to bed in a room of the same buildig. But as it appears, in less than an hour fter the house was closed, an attempt was lade to set it on fire. Two colored men, [al Johnson and Aiker Johoson, happened > be passing that way, and when they had tached within a few steps of the building, a right blaze suddenly flashed up before them, j the light of which they plainly discerned tree men in soldier's uniform, who in running om the spot, passed through the gate on the tuth-side of the building, by which gate Hal id Aiker were then standing. One of these en the colored men identified as Murphy. Mr. A. F. McConnell was on the platform of the depdt, about one hundred yards dis- i tant, when the flame first burst out, the ! brightness of which attracted his attention, and hastening to the place, he assisted Hal and Aiker in subduing the flame, which was found to proceed from rags saturated with " kerosene, and placed under the south-west I corner of the building. Fortunately was it 1 that the freedraen and Mr. McConnell hap- ' pened to be so near the scene at the opportune moment; as, from the careful and deliberate preparation that had been made, had the discovery been delayed but a few minutes, the house, with some six or seven others, 1 all wooden buildings, would have surely been destroyed, involving several human lives, and twenty or thirty thousand dollars' worthy of property. Mr. Carroll, who had retired to bed in his . house, about one hundred and twenty-five yards from his store, on being made aware of the occurrences above set forth, repaired to the quarters of -Capt. Hyer, commandant of the post, and made the facts known to that officer, who was prompt in giving the necessary orders to secure the arrest of the suspected men, Murphy, Monohan and Meaher. Lieut. Benner, who was officer of the day on Saturday, at once instituted a search of the garrison, when it was discovered that the three suspected men were absent without leave. A patrol was ordered out, and during the night they were arrested by Lieut. Benner and Sergeant Gallagher. On Tuesday a warrant was issued by Trial Justice Williams, for the ar1 rest of Murphy, charging him with attempted incendiarism, and on his being turned over to the civil authorities, he was, in default of bail, committed to jail, to await his trial at the approaching term of the Circuit Court. We learn that Monohan and Meaher will be detained, for the present at least, in confinement in thepost guard-house. MERE-MENTION. A fight occurred on the 22nd between the Indians and miners on Deadwood creek, sixty miles north-west of Fort Laramie. The min, ers made the attack, killing thirteen and los, ingone. Post-trader Evans says he paid i Gen. Rice $1,000 for an introduction to BelkI nap. TheU. S. Treasury Department re, ceived fourteen tons of silver last week It I is generally conceded that most of Grant's of? ficial family are true as steal. The shower of flesh reported to have fallen in Kentucky two weeks ago, turns out to be a shower of , frog's spawn, that had been taken up I>y a water-spout. General Roger A. Pryor ' has been retained to defend Governor Ames, of Mississippi, before the high court of im. peachment. The workmen about the Jupiter Powder Mills, near New York, were in the habit of smoking pipes. As a consequence, on Thursday last, an explosion of four L..? ri/Mtrtrln Klf tuKlpIl fl^ll P TTPT U LI LI Li 1CU piuuuo ULLUiixu, *jj nu.vu .vx. j-?. sons were blown to atoms and several others severely injured. The cold snap of last week was destructive to early vegetables as far ' 8outh as Savannah, Georgia. A New York match-dealer puts seventy-six lucifers in a box and brands it "Centennial." Aaron Arnold, the head of the well-known firm of Arnold, Constable A Co., New York, died in that city recently, in the eighty second year of his age. Marsh, who fled to Canada after giving his testimony before the committee on expenses of the war department, implicating I Belknap in the charge of bribery, has return??l-?0 l .i-:.. substantially the same as the first. It is not i thought in Washington that the impeachment , of Belknap can be sustained. ' Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, March 27,1876. When I closed my report of the Court proceedings on last Tuesday, the trial of the case ' of the State vs Samuel Duffie, charged with ! assault and battery, with intent to rape, was in i progress. The morning session?was consumed | in hearing testimony, and when the evening session began, there was additional testimony to be rendered. The evidence of the prosecu ting witness, Mrs. Kataree, torn atnia tears, i and with great particularity, bore upon its , face the mark of truth, and was sufficient of itself to convince any unprejudiced jury of the guilt of the defendant. A due regard to the fitness of* things will not allow of my 1 speaking of the facts narrated by her, but I can say that the conduct of the fiend who per! petrated the outrage was such as to have stirred the heart of every listener with a feeling ; of profound indignation. Moreover, the story ; told by the defendant was marked with glar( ing discrepancies, which \yere exposed by the counsel for the 8tate, Giles J. Patterson, Esq., in his argument, with great clearness. After > the charge by the presiding Judge, in which he defined the law bearing upon the case, the ; jury retired for deliberation upon their verdict Unfortunately, there was one colored juror, with head so thick or with heart so Jr> nrolnrlipp t.hat he could not. or tU lltvjuviiivv) ^ would not be prevailed up?n to 'admit the guilt of the defendant. Though the other ' eleven jurors did all in their power to show him the falsity of his position, he remained , immoveable and declared his purpose of ad. hering to his opinion. At 10 o'clock, Tuesday night, the foreman of the jury, seeing the impossibility of agreeing upon a verdict, caused the fact to be announced to the Judge, 1 who came.into Court and discharged the jury > from the consideration of the case. The de, fendant, not being able to give bond, was sent . back to jail, where he will remain until the , next meeting of the Court of General Sessions, when he will again be tried. In the meantime, the cost of his support will fall upon the county, which is to be attributed to th?ignorance and prejudice of one man. Before the adjournment of the Court cn i Tuesday afternoon, Judge Mackey issued an order requiring the production by the operator, Mr. Gecirge DeGraffenreid, of several telegraphic dispatches, sent from Columbia, by B. G. Yocora, to John Lilly, at this place, in reference to school certificates. The Court assembled at the usual hour, Wednesday morning. Bills of indictment against B. G. Yocom, John Lilly and James 1 Kioard, charged with conspiracy to defraud < the county, were given, by the Solicitor, A. < M. Mackey, Esq., to the grand jury. The I case of the State va J. G. Clifton and L. Clif- < ton, charged with forcible entry, was called, and the trial proceeded. All of the morning session and a good portion of the evening ses- i sion, were consumed in hearing testimony, 1 which was conflicting in some essential par- < ticulars. The counsel for the State, J. J. I Hemphill, Esq., endeavored to prove that the < prosecuting witness, Brooks Allen, colored, was ejected from his house by the ^defendants on a writ of ejectment issued by Trial Justice Cherry, when the latter was out of office and had no right to issue such a writ; .whereas the counsel for the defendants, C. T. Gaston, Esq., produced testimony showing their authority for the action taken was granted by the Trial Justice. Mr. Cherry had tendered his resignation of the office of trial justice, but it had not been accepted at the time of his issuing the writ of ejectment. This point gave rise to a wide latitude of opinion. The testimonv developed another point of perplexity, which was in reference to the ownership of the prop- j erty upon which the proeeouting witness was , living at the time of ejectment, as one of the i defendants and the National Bank of Chester ; claim to be in possession of titles to this property. When Mr. Cherry was upon the stand,! he was asked by the presiding Judge whether J or not, during his term of office, a man badJ been shot in accordance with his order ; that I complaint had been made to him (the Judge,} and that he thought best to make inquiry in regard to the truth of the complaint. The witness gave a negative answer to the question, when his Honor replied he was glad to hear he.had been incorrectly informed. ,_The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendants. Had the charge in the indictgi^qt been that of trespass, instead of forcible entry,, the State might have been favored with success in winning the case. . / Wade Rosborough and Willis Caldwell, charged with grand larceny,- and -against whom a true bill had been found by the grand jury, plead guilty, and were'committed to jail to await the sentence of the Court. Leroy Chestnut, who was also a party to tfie^qftnify made his escape from the officer of the h|w at the time of his arrest, and is still at farge. The act committed by them was stealing two bales of cotton from Mr. E. M. Mills, the prosecuting witness in the case. The evidence of the guilt of the defendants was so clear that their counsel advised them against making any defence. After the close of the Clifton case the trial of the case of the State w. E. J. Worthy, charged with assault and battery with adeadr ly weapon, began ; but after the examination of the prosecuting witness the shadesflfeven ? . /? i? i .1 n A _ J mg oegao to iau ana ine vjouit aajournea. On Wednesday the grand juiy found a true bill against B. G. Yocora, John- Lilly and James Kiuard upon the charge of conspiring to defraud the county, and made a presentment to the Court to that effect. A true bill was also found against B. G. Yocom for fjeulf ing to make monthly reports to the, County. Commissioners. The Court convened at the usual hour on Thursday morning, when the case of the State va. E. J. Worthy was resumed. The witnesses for the State having finished their teetimony, the defendant was put upon the stand, when, after a detail by him of the maio facts of the assault with which he was charged, the presiding Judge announced that the case ought never to have been brought before him, as a settlement of the same might have been effected by a trial justice by discharging the defendant, after imposing a fine pf one. dollar. The case came to an end in a short time after this extinguisher from the bench. A verdict of acquittal was, of course, rendered by the jury. During the trial of the cadte the grand jury entered the court-room, and after taking their seats, made a presentment in reference to a bill, placed in their hands, charging the Clerk of the Court,. C. C. Mar coy, Esq., with depositing official funds in banks beyond the limits of the circnit, in violation of law. The substance of the presentment was that while the Clerk had-deposited his own money in banks outside of thebcircuit, official funds had been deposited -by him in the National Bank of Chester, Thia.announcement was entirely satisfactory to 'the Court and to the people concerned. The grand jury then retired," and in the course of an hour or so returned to tke court-room with true bills against F. B. Lloyd, School Com* missioner, and J. M. Br&wley, County Audit* or, charged with official misconduct in dealing in school certificates. ( ..,. } The remainder of the day that the Court was in session, was consumed in the transaction of civil business of no interest 16 the public. The Court met at the usual hour on Friday morning, but spent only a brief time in session, as the lawyers were not prepared for the trial of civil causes. Their impression, had been that the attention of the Court would be engaged the entire week in the disposition of criminal business, and, consequently, bad not made the necessary preparation atfd' arrangements for the trial of civil causes. The Court met again at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, when ihe grand jury made two presentments, one of which informed the Court of the deposit by the Treasurer of $1,900 of county funds in a defunct institution tn' Coli.l/, i j cessary proceedings to recover the same. The other presentment charged F. B. Lloyd, School Commissioner, with buying a school certificate issued in favor of A. S. Richardson, when he knew at the time of its purchase of its fraudulent character. The presentment was based upon the testimony of implicated -officials: The presiding' Judge administered a rebuke to the grand jury for their "extraordinary" course of action, and directed them that in the future their presentments of persons, charged with crimes, must he founded upon affidavits taken before a trial justice, and upon testimony of wit* nesse9 sworn before the Court. The presiding Judge said that, in consequence of the rel*> tionsbip existing between himself and the ao* ccused, he would order the Solicitor to draw a bill of indictment in accordance with the presentment; but did the relationship not exist, he would make a different order. Solicitor Mackey moved that a writ of habeas corpus be served upon the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, demanding the body of John Lilly, with the view of obtaining his testimony in the Yocom and Lloyd easesfthat come up for trial this week. The motion was granted. The grand and petit juries were then' dl* charged until 10 o'clock Monday On Saturday the presiding judge and thelawvers were engaged in the transaction of equity business, which was of no interest to the -public* :i > The Court met at the usual hour this morning, when the cases of the State vs. different county officials were called ; but the SoHcitor not being ready/they were set down for trial on different days during the present and next week ; though it is possible that a different arrangement may be made in reference to the cases appointed for trial next week, thus permitting the regular term of the Court at Yorkville to proceed^ 7 ) . Civil busiues was taken up, and continued throughout the day. The Deputy Sheriff, in giving me the names, a few days ago of persona who had been arrested, and for whom warrants of arrest had been issued, gave me the name of Daniel Withers poon, colored This official made a serious mistake in giving me this name, and, in doing so, caused me to commit ah error. "f take pleasure in making the necessary correction, as it is not my desire and intention to misrepresent anybody, white or colored, .a;. I acknowledge with pleasure the reoeipt of an invitation to attend a theatrical entertain^ ment to be given at Lewisville, in this county, on the 6th of April. The object of the entertainment is to raise funds in behalf * of the missionary cause. Noble women are at' the head of the noble work. The amateur performers will doubtless acquit themselves with credit, and those who attend, in addition to anjoying the entertainment, will experience the sweet satisfaction arising in aiqiog a gooa cause. "7"^?/'" The appointment by the Governor of G. W. Curtis, Esq., to the position of jury cotomissioner, has not been confirmed by the So* Ions of the Senate, and this gentleman will, consequently, cease to exercise the pow^rtof this office. It is said that London Giliaore^ colored, has received the appointment ofiary commissionier. If so, his appointment will, in ill probability, be followed by his conftitoa* tion with marveloua rapidity. -n-xaa It is my painful duty to announce the death cf Mr. Julius A, Rader,. formerly. of this county, at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, on the 7th ultimo. Very soon after the close of the Tate war, not satisfied with the changed condition cf affairs, he determined upon emigrating to Brazil, and, in company with a nutaber of ethers, bade farewell to relatives, friends and native land to seek a home in . that far distant country. While his companions, after ^ short, stay in Brazil, returned home, 1m remained*. iud was favored with great sucoess in the business pursuit in which he engajpd. He' bad purposed returning to his native country luring the present year to see his friends stud witness the Centeanial exposition, bat the cold hand of death has cut him down before the fulfilment, ,of his cherished desire. He was a brother of hifra. R. Brandt, of our . town, and in his untimely death she has the ' sincere sympathy of a multitude of friends.