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? traps and J acts. I ? It is proposed to devote the proceeds of a | Virginia horse race to the Lee monument. ? They now talk in Illinois of sending President Grant to the United States Senate, as the successor of Senator Logan. ? A band of boy burglars, the oldest not more than twelve years old, has been discovered in Boston. ? About a dozen churches in Georgia,within the last month, have been robbed of the pulpit Bibles. ? Mrs. Belknap is losing health, flesh, and beauty. Their carriage has been sold, and she cannot walk without attracting observa tion and annoyance. ? The New York Herald states that there is a regularly organized campaign club in that city, composed of prominent merchants, for the purpose of urging Gen. Hancock's claims for the Presidential nomination at St. Louis. ? The Chinese have at last appeared as railroad laborers in the North. Over a hundred of them have been set at work relaying i the rails of the Rockaway branch of the Long Island Railroad. ? The entire line of the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad passing through Polk county, N. C., can be seen from a point on Tyrou Mountain, from which a train of cars j will be in full view for a distance of thirty j miles. ? "How shall we settle the labor question ?" exclaimed a member of the Georgia legislature in the midst of his speech. "By all going to work and earning your living honestly !" thundered a spectator in the gallery. That sentiment brought down the house. ? The Centennial Hymn^ written by Whittier, which, being set to music by the composer, John K. Payne, was produced at the opening of the celebration at Philadelphia, is to be taught in the public schools of New York. The children will be required to sing it hereafter as a standard song, as they now - sing "America" and "Flag of the Free." ? The Spartanburg and Union Railroad is to be extended from Alston, on the Green* 111 /-i f r\ C ^/-vl i * v* Vvi o n o wn r* vine ivaiuuau, t \j vjviuiuuia, aim auau^" meats are being made for the early comple- ! tiou of the work. This extension becomes necessary by the certain completion of the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad, now under construction. Two hundred convicts from the penitentiary .have been engaged for the work. ? The attendance at the Centennial Exhibition increases, and will probably continue to increase until its close. The total attendance in May was 529,284, and this was but two-thirds of the month, since the exhibition did not open until the 10th of that month. The average daily attendance of visitors thusfar has been 28,489. The daily expenses of the exhibition are a little less than S8,000. It is estimated that the profits during the month of May were between 843,000 and 844,000. ? The details of the bill which passed the United States Senate, Wednesday, and which contemplates the establishment of a common unit of money and accounts in this contry, Great Britain and France,, are to be perfected by future treaties and laws ; but the general idea to be adopted is to make the American dollar equivalent to one-fifth of the English pound sterling, the American quarter-dollar the equivalent of the English shilling, and two of the American cents equal to the English penny. ? Prices of grain and breadstuffs have an upward tendency in the markets of England, and there are indications of a like movement in France and Germany. This is occasioned by the possibility of a war, in which all the great powers will be engaged. Southern Russia is a vast grain depot, and large quantities are sent thence each year to London and Liverpool to supply the demands of England. This is the grain that enters iuto competition with like exports from the United States, and keeps down both quantity and prices. In the event of war, this supply from the Black Sea will be cut off. Germany and France will cease producing their usual quantities of grain, and the demand will press upon this country and make trade both brisk and profitable. ? bpeaking ot the prostrate condition or business affairs, the Macon Telegram and Messenger, says: "Let all the people and places who feel the condition particularly cramped, remember that all others feel the same way. There is no exception in any part of the United States. All business is prostrate everywhere, and the people who have 110 past accumulations to draw upon, are suffering great inconvenience and anxiety. He is fortunate who is able to command a decent substance, and he is foolish who indulges in a chronic discontent because he can do no better. Nothing better can be done until the restoration of a general equilibrium. Taxes and expenses have to come down, and the i spirit of idleness, extravagance, luxury, spec- ! ulation and fraud must be exorcised. Provi- j deuce is instructing the people on the subject of honest industry and frugality in such a way that very few can evade the force of the leHon." ? Mr. Henry Seibert, of Philadelphia, has presented a bell to that city, to be placed in Independence Hall, and which will be put in position and rung tor the first time on the approaching Fburth of July. It weighs thirteen thousand pounds, counting one thousand pounds for each of the original thirteen colonies. In making it, one hundred pounds was ? e ??u ~c f lutvcn 11 uin cauii ui ine iuui lunutriug tau110ns: One gun captured from Burgoyue at' Saratoga, one used under Gates at the battle of Bemis Heights, and one from the Union I array; and one from the Confederate forces at; Gettysburg. The remaining metal was fresh from the miifbs. It is seven feet high, and i measures twenty-three and a half inches ! around the lip. The clapper is polished, j nickel-plated, and weighs three hundred pounds. Around the top of the bell is the inscription: "Glory to God in the highest,; and on earth peace, good will toward men." j Just below are the following words: "Presen-! ted to the City of Philadelphia, July 4, 1876, | for the belfry of Independence Hall, by a citizen." On the other side is a coat of arms and an eagle, with the olive branch under one foot, and a bunch of arrows under the i other, with the words, "E Pluribus Unuru" j above. Over all are thirteen stars, represent- 1 ing the thirteen original States. On the base of the bell is the inscription: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land and unto the inhabitants thereof." A band of stars, thirtyeight in number, representing the present number of United States, encircles the bell just above this inscription. mi T-ki I i I i l I i 1 ? 1 ne rnnaaeipnia rimes uescnues a coupie of remarkable women who are connected with the Centennial Exhibition. One of these is Miss Emma Allison, of Ontario, who has the entire charge of the Baxter portable engine of six-horse power. She is by no means a soot-; begrimmed and oil covered Amazon, but, on the contrary, of neat and cleanly appearance and a highly-educated and refined young lady. Of brunette type, medium height, well formed, possessing a gentle disposition and much vivacity in conversation, she affords no little attraction to visitors as she dexterously manages her iron pet and tells thorn all about it. Her dress is neat and she makes it a point to keep both engine and room in the perfection of tidiness. She believes that if so many male engineers did not find such apparent' delight in plastering themselves all over with soot, and making their engine-rooms perfect specimens of disorder and filth, women would long ago have looked with favor on the occupation. Another lady, whose natural ability has taken an entirely different direction, is Mrs. Maxwell, of Colorado. She early acquired a taste for hunting, and she roamed the forrests about her home, sometimes in company wth her husband, but more often alone, and within the past ten years has shot and killed over four hundred wild animals, j such as bears, wolves, panthers, foxes, &c. She learned the art ofstufl5ng the anmals thus brought down, and the specimens now exhibit ed in Eastern museums were killed and prepared by this lady. She has, however, saved about two hundred of the finest specimens, besides a large number of stuffed birds, and these are exhibited in the Colorado building. Her age is about thirty five, but she looks almost ten years younger. In manner she is very modest and unassuming. itic UorferiUe (Shtqutw. YORKVIL.L.E, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 15,1876. Hoivte Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-ofllee, county and State in full, and send the amount of 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 county; 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 tho subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The dateoi\ the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood thaj our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 5th, the committee on military affairs reported adversely on the House bill authorizing the Secretary of War to loan a camp equippage to the Mexican veterans during their Centennial visit. A new conference committee was appointed on the diplomatic appropriation bill. The legislative appropriation bill was resumed, pending which the Seuate adjourned. In the House the tariff resolution was referred by a vote of 114 to 99, equivalent to killing the bill. The remainder of the session was occupied by Mr. Blaine, in defending himself against charges of political corruption that have been brought against him. In the Senate on the 6th, a petition was presented from citizens of Nevada, asking for legislation to prevent Chinese emigration into that State. Mr. Boutwell submitted the following resolution: That the President be re-, quested, if in his opinion it is not inconsistent with the public interests, to furnish the Senate a fac simile copy of the original draft of the letter of the Secretary of State to the Minister of the United States at the Court of St. James, in May, 1861, in relation to the proclamation of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain recognizing the belligerent character of the Confederate States. Agreed to. A number of petitions for the removal of political disabilities were presented?among them one from Gen. Beauregard. In the impeachment matter it was ordered that on the 6th of July, 1876, at one o'clock, p. m., the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, will proceed to hear the evidence on the merits of the trial in this case. The court will meet to receive Belknap's answer and then adjourn to the 6th of July. After a short legislative session the Senate adjourned. The proceedings of the House were unimportant. In the Senate on the 7th, petitions were presented from the merchants of Nashville and Charleston for the repeal of the bank? " ? 4 - vtMArmrtf a J f K a noflfinn rupi nut. iui. vjruiuuu piwcmcu of planters and others of Savannah, Georgia, against the passage of the bill to carry the Hawaiian treaty into effect. Mr. Sherman's concurrent resolution, proposing a commonunit of money for the United States and Great Britain passed. The consideration of Sherman's silver bill was resumed, and the Senate adjourned. In the House the bill restoring to market public lands in the South, passed by a vote of 106 to 97. The bill providing a penalty for mailing obscene books and prohibiting lottery circulars passing through the mails, passed. In the Senate on the 8th, the postoffice appropriation bill was reported, with the following amendments: Striking out all the legislative provisions of the House which provide for a readjustment of postmasters'salaries, for the new rates of mail service, compensation of railroads and for changes in the existing law relative to third class mail matter. The appropriations are increased as follows : For the compensation of postmasters from 86,800,000 to 87,500,000; for inland mail transportation from 811,600,000 to S17,500,000; for pay of letter carriers from 81,800,000 to $2,000,000; for pay of railway post office clerks, from 81,125,000 to 81,300,000; for pay of route agentsfrom 8945,000 to 81,000,000; for special agents from 8110,000 to 8150,000; for transportation of foreign mails from S220,000 to 8250,000; for advertising from 825,000 to 840,000; for miscellaneous items from 850,000 to 8100,000. The committee entirely strike out the House appropriation of 8850,000 for official postage stamps for the use of the post office department. The House proviso that "stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers shall not be sold at less thau their average cost, including clerk hire and other expenses connected therewith" is retained. A resolution to pay Pinchback compensation of mileage and per dim for the time he was a contestant for a seat in the Senate, was rejected. The silver bill was taken up, and after a long discussion was postponed until TuesOA+U TVTm riAi?/lAn r\??opnnfnil o r?nfi. UliJ tlic UXI \JIU1 UUH WV/U CV>?-4 c* tion from Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of Mississippi, for the removal of his political disabilities. In the House, the post-route bill, with additional guards around bids, passed. The judiciary committee reported a bill prescribing the oaths of grand and petit United States jurors. It abolishes the iron-clad oath. The remainder of the session was occupied by Mr.1 Blaine in explanation of his alleged connection with various political jobs. In the Senate on the 9th, the Secretary of i War reported that the pension bill, which passed the House, for soldiers and sailors of 1812, will require one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per annum. The post office appropriation bill was resumed. Mr. West, who had charge of the bill, explained the amendments proposed by the Senate. During the discussion Mr. Thurnian said the ? x? ? ( IT.? ?v, 11 enmo fimo E3t*IiaiOr lruiu luaiuv yuaiuuu;, ago, iu an able speech, showed there was a deficiency from carrying the newspapers of the country amounting to $6,1)00,000. The whole amount paid by the newspapers towards carrying the mail was 81,000,000. "Had j not the Senate the courage to deal itith this matter? Had the newspapers such a power over Senators; was there such a terror of them, that the Senate could not do what was right? He acknowledged the power of the newspaper was great in the dissemination of intelligence. Any respectable newspaper publisher would consider himself insulted if told he was a beneficiary to the Government in this respect. The Senate should have the courage to raise the postage on newspapers even if every news ! paper in the land cried out against it. He had conversed with many newspaper publishI ers about this subject, and they all said Congress had fixed the rate too low. He was in favor of increasing the rate five, or even six cents a pound, to have a solution of this trouble. The last eight sections of the bill adjusting the compensation of po3t masters, providing new rates for postal railway service and fixing the rate on mail matter of the third class at one cent for each two ounces, which the committee on appropriations recommended to be stricken out, were stricken out, and, on motion of Withers, were referred to the committee on post offices and post roads, that they might he considered, and appropriate bills be reported to change the existing law. The appropriation bill was then reported and passed. Mr. Ransom introduced a bill removing the political disabilities of Gen. D. H. Hill, of North Carolina. The entire session of the | House was consumed by Mr. Blaine in furtner explaining away the little charges recently brought against him. An angry colloquy between Mr. Speaker Cox and Mr. Blaine was one of the features of the occasion. In the Senate on the 10th, Mr. Morrel spoke on a resolution returning thauks to the State of Vermont for the statue of Ethan Allen, contributed by that State for the National Statuary Hall. In the House, the bill amending the bankrupt act passed. The bill reducing the staff of the medical corps of the array passed. The committee on banking and currency reported the following bill: 'That the Secretary of the Treasury, under such limits and regulations as will best secure a just and fair distribution of the same through the country, may issue the silver coin now in the treasury to an amount not exceeding $10,000,000 in exchange for an equal amount of legal tender notes, and the notes so received in exchange shall be kept as a special fund, separate and apart from all other money in the Treasury, and be re-issued only upon the retirement and destruction of a like amount of fractional currency received at the Treasury in payment of dues to the United States, and said fractional currency, when so substituted, shall be destroyed and held as a part of the sinking fund as provided in the act approved April 17r 1876." Passed without division. The same committee reported the following: "That in addition to the amount of subsidiary coin authorized hy law to be issued in redemption of fractional currency, it shall be lawful to manufacture at the several mints, and issue through the Treasury and its several offices, such coin to the amount of 820,000,000. Sec. 2. That the silver bullion required for this purpose shall be purchased from time to time, at the market rate, by the Secretary of the Treasury, with any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the resulting coin may be issued in the ordinary disbursement of the Treasury, or in exchange for legal tender notes at par; but no purchase of bullion shall be made under this act, when the market rate for the same shall be such as will not admit of the coinage and issue, or exchange, as herein provided, without loss to the Treasury; and any gain or seigniorage arising from this coinage shall be accounted for and paid into the Treasury, as provided under existing laws relative to the subsidiary coinage; provided that the amount of money, at any one time, invested in such silver bullion, exclusive of such resulting coin, shall not exceed $1,000,000. Sec. 3. That the trade dollar shall not, hereafter, be a legal tender, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to limit, from time to time, the coinage thereof to such an amount as he may deem sufficient to meet the export demand for the same." Mr. Reagan, of Texas, moved to strike out in the secjond section the words "or in exchange for legal tender notes at paralso to strike out the words "or exchange." The amendment was agreed to. The bill, as thus amended, was then passed without a division. Levy, of Louisiana, offered a resolution instructing the special committee on Louisiana affairs to investigate the outrages alleged to have been committed in West Feliciana in that State. Adopted. In the Senate on the 12th, a motion to adjourn over until Thursday, on account of the Cincinnati Convention, was defeated. The House proceedings were unimportant. The proceedings regarding Blaine were postponed on account of the sickness of that gentleman. A majority of the Republican members were absent, attending the Cincinnati Convention. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Col. David Johnson, postmaster at Union, has been removed, and Jas. H. Goss appointed in his place. ? It is said that on the 6th instant, Niles G. Parker, the ex-Treasurer of South Carolina, was in New York. ? A colored woman in Abbeville, who had not had enough to eat for some time, killed herself last week by eating a full meal. ? Extensive preparations continue to be made for the Fort Moultrie Centennial at Charleston, which occurs on the 28th instant. ? A contract has been made with a Chicago firm, by the City Council of Charleston, o.imhr fVia lnttor with water hv means LU OU rl,.J W.V, j of improved artesian wells. ? A sow, which was bitten by a mad dog, killed in Union some time ago, went mad last week and died. Two or three dogs with symptoms of the disease have been killed. ? The grand jury of Edgefield has returned "no bill" in the case of James Fetner, the engineer, indicted for causing a collision on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad last winter. ? Governor Chamberlain has appointed D. C. Tompkins as treasurer of Edgefield county, in place of McDevitt, absconded. Tompkins is a conservative and was recommended for the position by both parties. ? Recently, at a Radical pow-wow, Representative Guffin, of Abbeville, addressed five hundred of his constituents in tnat county, bitterly denouncing Chamberlain and his policy, and advising the Radicals to throw him overboard. ? Since the completion of the Air Line Railroad to Greenville, in September, 1873, two hundred and forty-three buildings of various characters, have been erected in that city, and the population has been increased about 2,500. ? It is asserted that since the first day ofj last March, the planters of this State have ! , purchased three hundred thousand bushels ofj Western corn. Corn at one dollar per bush- j 1 el, and cotton at ten cents per pound, makes I ; rather a bad showing for the planters. ? At the solicitation of W. J. Whipper, the i * " ? * *" ti il ] ?* j j counsel oi ttoueri iucr^voy, uie mumerer ui . Capt. J. J. Gregg, at Granitevillc, some time I ago, Judge Maher has granted a stay of ex ccution in the case, until the meeting of the ; j Supreme Court in November next. ? There are more than five hundred United States troops quartered in South Carolina. | ! Of these there are three companies of artillery stationed at Charleston, six companies of infantry at Columbia, one company of infantry at Greenville, and one company of infantry j at Yorkville. ? The Masonic fraternity at Lancaster contemplate erecting a handsome and commodious brick building, on Main street. It is to be three stories high, thirty-three by seventy feet. The first floor is to be fitted up for a ! stoore room, the second for a public hall, and j i the third for Lodge purposes. I ? Governor Chamberlain has issued a proc- i laraation offering a reward of one thousand ! dollars for the arrest and delivery into any jail in this State, of the body of John H. McDevitt, the defaulting treasurer of Edgefield county. McDevitt is said to be in Canada. ? The Timmonsville New says that Mr. Purvis, who is charged with the assassination several weeks ago, of Rush, a negro member of the legislature from Darlington, is chained by both legs in a dark cell, with the notorious negro murderer, Mose Wilson, and no one, not even his wife, is allowed to see him ; while he is subjected to insults by the jailors. ? Col. J. H. Rion, of Winnsboro, has the diploma of John C. Calhoun for the degree , of LL. D., an ancient parchment issued by I the college of Yale, dated September 10, 1822. It is signed by Jeremiah Day, President, and Elisha Goodrich, Secretary. The diploma is over fifty years old, but is in a remarkable state of preservation, and is highly prized by its possessor. ? The Supreme Court of the United States, j in a suit involving the liability of certain I stockholders for the bills issued by the old ; Exchange Bank of Columbia, has decided 1 that the holders of the bills cannot recover, in consequence of the claims being barred by the statute of limitations. The effect of this decision is to prevent recovery on bills of any of the State banks where suits were not brought previous to December, 1870. ?The Anderson Democratic Club has determined to observe thff approaching anniversary of American independence in appropriate style, and the Executive Committee has gone to work with commendable zeal to perfect the arrangements for a successful observance of the day. Invitations have been extended to General J. B. Kershaw, General Samuel McGowan and Hon. W. D. Simpson to deliver addresses upon the occasion. ? ?? ? r\? Poon^Vvi?f nminfir a tro I ? j.ne giauu jut j ui 1/ wuuij uMfv found four indictments against the treasurer of that county: For misappropriation of school funds; for the purchase of teachers' pay certificates; for neglect to make reports, and for diverting the funds of one fiscal year to pay the claims incurred in another. The county commissioners were also indicted for illegally approving an account of the county auditor. Friday last was fixed as the day for the trial of these cases. ? Mr. John B. Stokes, of Chester county, has just harvested the largest yield of oats ever known in that section. He has cut 400 dozen shocks of oats from four acres of ground. One dozen, it is estimated, will yield one bushel of oats, thus giving the enormous yield of 100 bushels per acre. Mr. Stokes accomplished this great result by thorough J preparation of the soil, breaking up with a j sub-soiler and then fertilizing with guano and j cotton seed scattered broadcast. Mr. Stokes has three acres in wheat which good judges estimate will yield 100 bushels. ? Last week, mention was made of the arrest, in Columbia, on the charge of grand larceny and breach of trust, of C. J. Houston, formerly private Secretary of ex-Governor Moses. Subsequent to his arrest, on a preliminary examination before a trial justice, he was committed to jail, in default of 8300 bail, to await trial at the October terra of the Court of General Sessions. In a few days, it is said, another and more serious charge will be brought against him?that of obtaining, under false pretenses, the signature of a colored woman to a deed for a house and lot; he assuring the old woman that it was merely a bail bond of a few hundred dollars for his appearance at court to answer some trivial charge. Upon this deed, thus obtained, he procured the advancement of $1,000 from a banking house in Columbia. ? The Union Times of last week says: "On Sunday last this section was visited with the most severe storms of wind and rain that has been known for many years. The first storm commenced about 10 o'clock in the morning, j and for about twenty minutes the rain ap- j neared to fall in one solid stream. It did con-; I siderable damage to farms and gardens, wash- j ing them badly and blowing down fences, i One gentleman told us that it damaged his crops fully to the amount of 8400. The force of the storm was spent upon tHe section lying from about ten miles north of this place to about ten miles south, and about four miles wide. Three lighter rains fell during the day, which, of themselves, did no mischief; but the first rain had opened the ways, in deep gullies, for them to complete the destruction, and they did their best to make it as complete as possible." " NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The State Democratic Convention assem bled ill Raleigh yesterday, but had made no j nominations up to the hour when we went to j press. The indications are that Vance will be the nominee for Governor. ? Alexander G. Jennings, a young man : about twenty-four years of age, was drowned | near Diffee'sford on Deep river, in Randolph county, 011 the 5th instant, while attempting to .swim faster than his companions could \ walk on the bank of the river. ? Says the Morganton Blade: In Linville township, we learn that there has been some little excitement, resulting from the shooting of sheep-killing dogs. In this country you may kill a man's sheep and he'll forgive you; but kill his mangy, snarling cur dog, that he can neither eat nor pay his taxes with, and he's your enemy for life. ? John Woodlock, commissary sergeantpof I the U. S. garrison at Smithville, committed j suicide one day last week, by shooting himself with a pistol. It is alleged that at the 1 time of committing the act he was temporarily insane from the effects of an overdose of. quinine. ? The Democratic Convention of the Sixth j Congressional District, composed of Anson, f Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln, Montgomery, Mecklenburg, Richmond, Robeson, ' Stanley and Union counties, which met in Wadcsboro on Wednesday of last week, nominated Walter S. Steele, of Richmond county, for Congress. ? The Democratic press at Raleigh has re-1 cently undergone some changes in management. Tiie Sentinel has been placed in the ! hands of a receiver, and its columns closed ' against the contributions of Mr. Turner, who , was its editor up to the time the receiver was appointed. Mr. Cameron has retired from ! the News, and is succeeded by Mr. Johnstone Jones, formerly editor of the Rock Hill (S. ! C.) Lantern, and subsequently of the Char-1 lotte Observer. ? The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ma-1 sons, in session at Charlotte, last week, elect-; ed the following grand officers for the ensuing ~ - - - " ??- TT year: Urand Master?u. m. ybu v^rauen, ui Wilmington ; Deputy Grand Master?John I B. Neathery, of Raleigh; Grand P. C. of I W.?S. E. Allen, of Winston; Grand Treas- j urer?John Nichols, of Raleigh ; Grand Re-' corder?Donald W. Bain, of Raleigh ; Graud ; Captain of the Guard?M. M. Katz, of Wilmington; Grand Conductor of the Council? j E. A. Wilson, of Greensboro; Grand Stew-! ard?Wm. Murdock, of Salisbury. LOCAL AFFAIRS. CHURCH CALENDAR. I Services for Sunday, Jnne 18th, 1870. < PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. L. H. Wilson, Pastor. j Services at 10} o'clock, a. m., and 8 o'clock, p. m. j METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ) Rev. J. E. Carlisle, Pastor. , Services at Yorkville, at 10} o'clock, a. m., and 8 ' o'clock, p. m. 1 ASSOCIATE REFORMED CHURCH. Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. ' Services at Yorkville, at 10} o'clock, a. m., and 4} I o'clock, p. m. 11 EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Rev. R. P. Johnson, Pastor. I ^ Services at Rock Hill, at 11 o'clock, a. m., and 8 1 o'clock, p. m. 11 BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. P. R. Elam, Supply. Services at Yorkville, at 5 o'clock, p. m. ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. M. Adams?Manufacturer and Dealer in Tin- < Ware. W. H. <fcJ. P. Herndon?What we are going to ' Do?How to Settle?A Fact?Meal?Bran? I Mackerel. ( T. M. Dobson & Co.?$10,000 Worth of Dry Goods at Cost. < Hunter <fe Oates?Bargain Counter. T. S. Jefferys, Agent?Double-Acting Stone Force . Pump. Clark Brothers?Country Flour?Hams?Bacon? 1 Sea-Foam?Coffee?Molasses?Mackerel? 1 Iron?Nails?Wooden Ware?Cash?Black- , ing. W. H. McCorkle, Intendant?Notice to Tax-Pay- ) era. E. W. Faucette, H. C. Dixon, Principals?Finley , High School. R. Lathan?Wanted. 1 R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-Sheriff's Sale. B. F. Briggs, County Auditor?To Samuel A. Glenn. TRANSFERS OF'REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in .the office of the County Auditor since our last report: Nelson Daviea to Henry Jackson. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration 8100. J. Hannibal Beatty to W. H. McCorkle. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration $20. F. H. Brown to Robert A. Steele. Tract of 135 acres in Betbesda township. Consideration $1,350. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Luke Wesson. Tract of 69 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration 8172.50. Andrew K. Smith to Margaret S. Smith. Tract of 230 acres in Catawba township. Consideration 85.00. Mary A. Davis to James Warlick. Tract of 14 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Considi ration $75. Win. aud Thos. McGill and others to W. ' A. Alexander. Tract of 10 acres in York township. Consideration 880. ] A. J. Brown and others to James F. Car- ( son. Tract of 205 acres in York township Consideration 8685. ? ? ... t n r\ tt:_ ( Wm, (jr. x'arisn to J. J?, parson, xiis interest in foregoing tract. No consideration 1 given. < T. B. Withers to S. E. White and others, i trustees. Lot in Fort Mill. Consideration $50. | R. V. Blake to S. G. Hemphill. Tract of 28 acres in Betheada township. Consideration $1,200. 1 Mrs. Annie J. Wilson to Frank Happer- | field. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration $45. ? 1 LOCAL DOTS. Rain in abundance the early part of the , week, retarding the harvesting of wheat, t much of which is ready for the sickle. The i weather continues cool and cloudy. Blackberries are coming into market. Other crops may fail, but the blackberry is as certain as the tax-assessor, and they usually ( appear about the same time in this latitude, i JudgiDgfrom their advertisements in this < issue, some of our merchants present a pana- < cea for the hard times by offering to sell at 1 greatly reduced prices. The section-hands are going over the rail- > road, putting the track in good order. We ] learn that passenger trains will be placed on | the road between this place and Gastonia at 1 an early day. 1 Two negro boys?brothers?named Part- 1 low, fought while working in a field near ' town, the other day, and one cf them received ( a severe blow on the head, which may prove , fatal. ( A squad of mounted soldiers, under com- 1 tricing nf T.imif Pat.fon marched out of town on Monday. We could not learn their destination, or the nature of the expedition. The young ladies of Yorkville Female Institute will give an entertainment on Thurs- , day evening, 22nd instant, at which will be exhibited tableaux and a performance of charades, interspersed with good music. The entertainment is to be for the benefit of a Reading Club, which the young ladies propose soon to organize, and should meet with a hearty response from our citizens. ? -n EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Republicau Convention. The National Republican Convention assembled in Cincinnati yesterday. Judging by telegraphic reports, the city will be crowded to overflowing by politicians and political adventurers from every section of the Union. The struggle over the nomination will be ob-1 stinate. The names most prominently mentinned in connection with the nomination are J Blaine, Bristow, Conkling, Morton and! Hayes, though it is generally conceded that 1 ptininp nf the Convention. I jjiaiuo inn w vnv vuv.vv ? Illness of Mr. Blaine. On Sunday last, as Congressman Blaine i was ascending the steps of the Congregational church in Washington, he suddenly com- i plained of pain in the head and dizziness, and < was at once assisted to a seat on the steps. He i exclaimed?"Oh ! this pain," and became unconscious. He was taken to his home as i quickly as possible, and medical aid was sum- 1 moned. He was stricken at about 11 I'clock, i A. M., and remained unconscious until 4 P. < M., when his mind was partially restored. He slept well during the night, and through Monday continued to improve. 1 The physicians say his . case is one of cere- . bral depression, produced primarily by exces- . sive mental strain, and secondarily by the ac- < tion of excessive heat. They further say i there are no symptoms of paralysis, and that they have every reason to anticipate a speedy and complete recovery. ] The Abbeville Lynching'. j Under the date of the 3d of June, Gov- ( ernor Chamberlain issued a proclamation ? condemnatory of the recent lynching of the ] Harmon murderers in Abbeville county. Af- ' ter reciting the facts attending the arrest of j the murderers, and showing that there were ; 1 no special circumstances attending the affair j i which could give occasion or excuse for the J! defiance and overthrow of the law and its I officers, the proclamation concludes: I And yet in the face of such facts, six citizens 1 covered by the aegis of our laws, their persons i inviolable from touch or hurt except by the j hands of the ministers of the law, have been j summarily, and deliberately, openly and ruth- ^ lesslyslain, without legal trial, without proper legal scrutiny of the evidences of meir guilt, J and without the smallest chance of legal de- j1 fense. To the horror inspired by the original | 1 crime is now added the horror which such j i lawless vengeance should everywhere inspire, j, The peace of society was broken by the first ( crime; but the supremacy of law was overthrown by the second crime. As the Chief Magistrate of the State, it is ' my duty to warn my fellow-citizens of the nature and effects of such resort to violence i for the punishment of crime, and to call upon all the officers and agents of the law to bring ; to just account those who have dared to usurp the awful prerogatives with which the [awfully constituted representatives of public justice are alone invested. Since the above proclamation was first pub- j1 lished, the Governor has issued another, dated j June 7th, offering a reward of two hundred dollars each for the arrest and delivery of "any of the murderers of the six persons" charged with being tl\e murderers of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon, riie Cotton Crop. The following statement of the condi o tion of the cotton crop is reported under date ' cf the 10th instant: Thirty-three parishes in Louisiana indicate 10 per cent, decrease in the acreage. Cultipatable land, equal to one per cent, of the whole State, is useless from inundation. The ' plant is small and grassy. Thirty three counties in Mississsppi show decreased acreage of , from 1 to 2 per cent. The overflow damaged , the river counties 8 per cent. The crop is two or three weeks late. The stand is discouraging. Twenty-three counties of Arkansas show a decreased acreage of 8 per cent. The damage from overflow is confined to three counties, and ranges from 10 to 40 per cent. The crop is ten days late. Condition good. Forty-eight counties show a decrease in acreage. The average acreage is about the same The condition of the crop is about the same, but irregular. Eighteen counties of Middle Tennessee and North Alabama show a decrease averaging 3 per cent. The stand is good. The crop is ten days to two weeks late. One hundred and fifty-five responses from North Mississippi, West Tennessee and Arkansas, indicate 14 per cent, decrease in acreage : 11 ner cent of cotton land is overflow O ' ? ed. The crop is Dine days late, and the stand irregular. Forty-five counties in Alabama have reported, whereof in acreage, twelve report 8i per cent, increase; twenty-six the same; and seven 14 per cent, decrease. The latter are upland counties in the northern and eastern portions of the State. The stand is almost universally good, but two weeks late. Twenty counties of Mississippi report to Mobile an acreage in twelve counties 7 per cent, increase, and in eight the same as last year. Stand in the low lands not so good, but on high lands, and prairie almost perfect. The crop is eight or ten days late. Salt Against Jacob Thompson. At the instigation of Z. Chandler, Secretary of the Interior, suit has been entered against, and process served upon, Jacob Thompson, who was Secretary of the Interior during Buchanan's administration, to recover one million of dollars, principal and interest, of bonds stolen from his office, and also one million and interest, the amount received by Mr. Thompson from the Confederate States, which, it is alleged reverted to and became the property of the United States. Regarding the status of this suit, the following is telegraphed from Washington: Mr. Thompson says this suit is to make him pecuniarily responsible for the dishonest icts of a clerk. Soon afier the bonds were abstracted, a Gmgressioual Committee was appointed, of which Roscoe Conkling was a member. The committee exonerated Mr. Thompson of all blame. The report save: 'The committee deem it but just to add that they discover nothing to involve the late Secretary, Hon. Jacob Thompson, in the slightest leorrefi. in the fraud. The Secretarv should, ' ? - ? perhaps, have exercised more watchful guardianship over the stock and the movements }f his subordinates." None of the comimttee agreed politically with Mr. Thompson. '"Mr:1 Chandler claims that the Confederate archives in the possession of the Government show that Mr. Thompson held some unexplained balances of the Confederacy which should be paid to the United States. Mr. Thompson has receipts given him by the Confederate Government on a final settlement of his accounts. This suit may put Mr. Thompson to some expense and trouble, but nothing else is apprehended. In the suit the fifth count charges that the defendant, on the 20th day of August, 1866, received the sum of $1,000,000, being the amount received from the socalled Confederate States of America, and which said sum reverted to and became the property of the plaintiff, which he retained and did not pay over to plaintiff. The suit is for two millions?one million with interest from 1857, the other from 1866. rhe Stewart Estate. Since the late A. T. Stewart's wilUwas proved, and Judge Hilton took possession of the dead milliona;re's extensive business, that gentleman has found himself the slave of a ~ U */uiiiiKliaKmant mhiKK full nilHffpnlv ILIlgU VJ COtauuouaiuuv, uu.vu ?v.. j upon his unprepared shoulders. To read the begging letters which he receives is almost one man's business, and begging and threatening go hand in hand in such a correspondence. Then comes the prospective law suit which the Turneys have begun for the purpose of breaking the will, and which will be a very vexatious affair. Should the plaintiffs be successful, it will annul the transfer which Mrs. Stewart made to the Judge, and leave the former merely her dower. The Turneys will have strong popular sympathy, for the public is naturally opposed to immense accumulations of wealth. They would prefer a general distribution of this colossal treasure. Already have the contestants made their first move on the dead man's estate. They are the Turney and Bailey families# numbering seventeen, and claim to be collateral relatives of the full blood heirs-at law and next of kin of the decedent. Their petition, pre? X r XT 3ented to the Surrogate 01 tne county ui new York, alleges that tHe document purporting to be the will of Mr. Stewart was procured by the undue influence of Henry Hilton, or some other person unknown to the petitioners; that the document was presented for probate hastily and secretly in the night of the day of the deceased's funeral; that no citation was issued to the petitioners or to the Attorney General of the State, as required by law, and that no opportunity was given to examine the witnesses to the alleged will, or to request that other witnesses be called. Wherefore they request thai the so-called will and its codicils be declared void, and be revoked, vacated and set aside. The Surrogate has issued an order on the executors, devisees and legatees, to appear before him June 15, to show cause why the prayer of the petitioners should not be granted. Tragedy at Beaufort. On Saturday of last week?about half-past 5, p. m., a fearful tragedy was en- i acted in the Sea Island Hotel at Beaufort,. 1 3. C. It seems that among the boarders in the house was Capt. J. R. Smith, of the Monitor Saugiu, and his wife, a very pretty wo- , man, who apparently lived in perfect har- i mony with her husband. But on the morning of the day which proved so fatal for Mrs. Smith, her husband intercepted letters to her : from another officer of the fleet, which com- ' promised the honor of the woman. Outraged md indignant, Capt. Smith confronted his wife, sliowed her the letters, and charged her with infidelity. He would take their child, i while she could return to her relatives in Bos- 1 ton. In the meantime he would have his effects removed from the apartments they then jccupied to another portion of the hotel. Mrs. Smith protested against this action, and informed her husband that if he exposed her' i in that way she would kill herself. Capt. Smith replied that she did not have the courage to take her own life. He then left her, went to the proprietor of the hotel and told him that after that day he would not be responsible for his wife's board. He engaged rooms on the other side of the building and had his trunks and other effects moved into them. Later in the day Mrs. Smith was found in her own room, the door of which was locked, in the death agony, with a frightful wound through her body. She died in a few minutes. The coroner held an inquest over the corpse a short time afterwards. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that it was doubtful whether the deceased had com1 . !J ? ' I i J mitiea suiciae or noi. The Beaufort Tribune, speaking of the affair, says that after medical aid was summoned for the unfortunate woman, 'he lingered but a few moments, tiuriug which she endeavored to speak, but was unable to do so, and she died in great agouy. A pistol was picked up on the floor near where she was found, from which no donbt the bullet had been fired, which was a heavy navy breech-loader, carrying a one ounce ball. A coroner's inquest was held by Dr. Johnson, and after an all night session, the jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Smith came to her death from the effect of a pistol shot, but whether fired by herself or some one else, they were unable to determine. The remains were buried on Sunday, in the Episcopal churchyard, she having been an Episcopalian, the only services being a short prayer read at the grave by Dr. Walker. Mrs. Smith was a native of Boston, thirty one years of age, and of extremely small stature. Her only relatives are some brothers and sisters, now in Europe. She left a child about eighteen months old. One of the alleged paramours of Mrs. Smith?a physician on board a government vessel? upon hearing the news of the tragedy, telegraphed his resignation and left on the first train from Beaufort. The inquest of the coroner proving unsatisfactory to the public, the grand jury of Beaufort county took the matter in hand, giving it a thorough investigation, whichVhowever, resulted in eliciting no facts tending to criminate any person as being the murderer of the woman, and their decision was that she came to her death by her own hands. MERE-MENTION. Cochrane, McLean <& Co., extensive dry goods dealers of New York, suspended last week. Liabilities, $1,500,000, The headquarters of a gang of counterfeiters at Mount Vernon, Illinois, has been broken op. Several arrests were made, and a large amount of material and implements werecaptured.'?M"A number of Fenian prisoners, confied in Western Australia, recently made their escape in an American whaling vessel. ."Of the delegation from Wisconsin to the St. Louis Convention, seventeen are committed to Tilden, and three are unpledged.'^vvThe Southern commands of the Centennial Legion have unanimously confirmed the compliment to the State of Virginia, by electing General - ? ? * ? t n Harry Heth as Held officer, in place 01 general Fitz Hugh Lee who was compelled, by engagements, to decline. The wheat crop of Georgia is harvesting well.-; "The Western Union Telegraph Company has declared a dividend of li per cent., payable July 15th. It is stated that Dr. J. C. Ayer, the patent medi#he man,, has been seat to the,. New Jersey Asylum for the insane/. " A through train was run from New York to San Francisco, last week, in 83 hours and 34 minutes. In one parish in Louisiana _ there are thirteen negro schools supported hy taxes paid almost exclusively by the whites, and no white schools, because no one neighborhood can furnish twenty-five white scholars, the number required by law. Governor Chamberlain, while en route to the Cincinnati Convention, called on President Grant last Saturday. Dispatches from all sources indicate that the peace of Europe' is at present assured. Isaac Singer was the true friend of woman. He married all women who would marry him, and he invented the sewing machine. The Oregon election resulted in a victory for the Democrats, who elected " every State officer and a majority in the Legr islature. Correspondence of the Yorkvtlle Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, June 12,1876. The ladies of our town have decided upon giving an entertainment for the purpose of raising fund? to uniform the Chester Rifle Club. At a recent meeting, committees were appointed, with instructions to see their lady friends on their respective streets, and request contributions. While the fair sex were not at first entirely harmonious respecting the expediency of the entertainment, they are now of one mind, and indications point to the crowning of their efforts with complete success. Their indisposition to work, for a while, in behalf of the Rifle Club, was doubtless a reflex of the opinions of their gentlemen friends, ^ 1 .. j-sii:? who regarded tne orgauizauuu, unmug auu uniforming of a military, company, at the present time, both unwise and impolitic. But since the assurance to the Governor by the president, C. S. Brice, Esq., that the club will be used for no improper or illegal act, the feel ing of opposition to it is dying $way, and will eventually entirely disappear. The object of its organization is the protection of the com? munity, and not the intimidation of colored voters. They will be allowed to cast their votes for the candidates they choose, and no objection will be raised by the club, or anybody else, to their exercising this privilege. In these times, when crime of every character walks boldly and defiantly throughout the country, it is well to have a military organization, upon which the civil authorities can . call in cases of emergency. An effort will be made to secure, by subscription, a portion of the money needed for uniforming the Rifle Club. One gentleman has already declared his intention of contributing $100 for that purpose. His liberality may inspire others witn a similar spirit. If so, not a very large amount will be left for the ladies to raise. A considerable number of the company, in consequence of their limited supply of greenbacks, seriously object to buying uniforms, but if their friends come to their assistance by bestowing upon them the necessary articles, they will, of course, have o objection to wearing them. On Wednesday evening, the ladies of the Baptigt Church, with the view of raising money to build a parsonage, gave an ice-cream festival, at the Cotton Hotel, which was well attended, and passed off pleasantly. A festival of a similar character, for the same purpose, at the same place and by the same persons, will be given weekly during the summer season. The present financial pressure may be an obstacle in the way of the attainment, by the ladies, of that complete success^ so richly merited by their efforts, but there is hardly a doubt of their accumulating, by their weekly entertainments, an amount of money that will assist materially in building a home for their preacher. Rev. Mr. Sanders, of this place, delivered an address before the Chester Division, Sons of Temperance, on Wednesday evening. The password was not required by the outshftftentinel, but the door was thrown open, and all who chose were allowed to enter the sacred precincts and listen to the interesting lecture. The attendance was good, the fair sex predominating. The meeting was blessed ?' ?^ * - --