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Jtoajrsi and Jarts. t, Z=====IZ==Z==IZZ=Z==ZIZZ====ZI====I== JN ? Nine hundred South Carolinians are en- 81 gaged in New York city at various occupa- ? tions. ( ? In Paris everything in feminine fashions' / is as tight as nature can endure. The rage even extends to husbands in some cases. ? England isn't satisfied with her eightyton gun, and will build on6 weighing twice as much. ? A lemon tree at Stanford, Fla., produced 6,000 lemons last year, soma of which weighed a pound each. ? According to the London Army and Navy Gazette, recruiting has been so brisk, ow- _ iog to the general depression in all trades, that no fewer than 30,000 young men enlisted last year. q ? Marshal Jewell is. said to have discovered _ the secret of making genuine Russia leather, while minister at St. Petersburg. It lies sim- o ply in the fact that birch-bark tar is used to ?j dress the skins with instead of grease and tal- 0 low. - r? ? A protest which will be presented when ? the Mississippi electoral vote is opened, alleges tl that the new registration law requires addi- * tional qualifications and oaths for voters in ? violation of the constitution of Mississippi; ^ that the present Governor is a usurper, and the certificate given the electors worthless. ^ ? At the same time that remarkable ship- a ments of muskets and munitions of war are being made from this country to Turkey, the ? news comes from Birmingham in England, whose principal industry is the manufacture of rifles, that never 'before, at a time of impending war, was business so dull. In the r United States the facilities for producing ^ arms have, been much improved and devel- P oped, aBd the arms are made so cleverly and e cheap, that a serious blow has been givedftto fi this branch of England's commerce. ? A young bank clerk at Toronto, Mr. h Barber, gets $20,000 a year for five years. ^ This is how. It was found that he had been taking the securities of the bank (of which he , was custodian) and using them hiujself as collaterals to obtain loans on for stock specula- " tions, or to lend to other people for a consid- r< eration. A public trial Would have exposed lb a great Dumber oi bis accomplices, men 01 u high position, so he elected to be tried sum- p marily, pleaded guilty and was seut to the t| Penitentiary for five years. The men of high position just alluded to paid him $100,000 to 11 take this course. ^ r? Slavery is diminishing every year in Bra- * zil.. By the law of 1871, all the children of I negroes are born free. In the province of U San Paulo, the number of slaves in three years b declined from 147,746 to less than 136,000. g In 111 of the 151 parishes of the province, tj 18,176 children of slaves were born free be- . ings. In the province of Pernambuco, the number of slaves has been reduced from 106,- b 201 to 100,090, aud 12,312 were born into t< freedom. The same ratio of decrease is visi- e: ble in other provinces throughout the Em- p pire. ? ? A Western railroad man has invented a n safety stove that is expected not to set fire to ca.-s in case of an accident. The stove stands on a water tank with a perforated top. The P bed plate is perforated with apertures which 81 are closed by valves, which fit into the bed ? plate like an ordinary stove griddle or cover; a their own weight retains them in position 0 when the car is upright, and they fall out in- w stantly when the car is upset, the water g rushing out instantly submerging the fire. The invention has been tested at Cincinnati, P and railroad officials have pronounced favorably. It is designed by a conductor of twenty r< years' experience. p ? In the Supreme Court of the United tl States, Monday, in a case from the West, the p court decided that where town officers resigned under the laws of Illinois, the law pro- , viding that the resignations of public officers ' 'J * A- ' ?B.ntal A OIIAAAOiAII A snouiu UUli W&c enevi uutu a ouvtcacut uau been elected aod qualified, they did not cease ti to be such officers until this provision was a1 complied with; and that, although they had ai sent in their resignations and they had been m accepted, still they rem lined officers under . the law until their successors qualified. Mr. Justice Hunt delivered the opinion. This " decision has unusual significance in connec- di tion with the Presidential contest. fo ? The House Committee on Appropriations V in the legislative and executive appropriation st bill, only provide $25,000 for the salary of the w President, and accompany it with a provision p, repealing the section of the revised statutes ^ which increased the salary to $50,000. It will be remembered that the Senate at the V( last session, failed to pass over the veto of w President Grant the bill restoring the salary w * i i / ixt 1- J a to tne oia ngure, aunougn 11 paaseu uuiu uuus- u es by a majority vote. It is likely that the tl provision as it stands now in the appropriation bill will be agreed to, and the next President will have to be content with $25,000 per annum. ? Susan Shrock had the reputation in J Princeton, Ky., of being a wonderfully trust- " worthy fortune teller. She was not an old 111 hag, according to custom, but rather young tl and pretty. She predicted that C. Lewis m Hollingsworth would meet death at the hands of unknown men on the highway, and that ^ his horse would return home alone, and that his body would never be found. A few days r< ago he started on a horseback journey, and ^ soon the horse came back riderless. His wife C was grief stricken until she learned that Su- d san had also disappeared, and that her bus- ft band had taken his best clothes and all the Q money he^ could accumulate. Now she is ^ searching for his body, but she expects to find it alive, near by Susan. ai ? The former residence of Edwin Forest, ^ near Philadelphia, now a home for indigent actors, is a strange place. The house is a ^ palace in its gorgeousnesg; the furniture is t< beautiful and expensive; the library, the pic- ? Cures and the statuary are such as are seldom ri seen in private collections. All this is enjoyed by two old and infirm actors and a superintendent, for the benefits of the establishment ? have not been availed of by any except the t( two mentioned. Celia Logan, who recently q visited it, says that their chief trouble is to I kill time. Forest's will orders the erection of ]{ a miniature theatre, in which the inmates of S| the home may entertain themselves and others. The endowment is sufficient to maintain a * large^number of persons, and it is supposed that in time the institution will become filled. ^ ?Several petitions, asking for the adoption if of a constitutional amendment to secure wo- m men the right of suffrage, have recently been p presented in Congress. These petitions come | from twenty-two States and the District of Columbia. But it is a significant fact that the papers are signed by only 4,652 women and ^ 3,416 men, or a total number of 8,068. It .certainly cannot be inferred from these figures tW the sex which is expected to be most vitally interested in this reform, and without whose nnanimity and persistency it can never o be effected, shows much interest in the matter. .1J If only about 3,000 persons out of about 40,- jj 000,000 care enough for woman suffrage to r petition Congress upon the subject, Miss An- b thony will, most likely, be gathered to her i fathers without witnessing the political eman- t< cipation of her sex. , a ? The money now held by the life insurance C companies of this country amounts to $400,000,000. Yet it would require five times this i f, sum, or $2,000,000,000., to pay all the out-1 standing policies, should they mature at once, g On the other hand, while 150,000 policies are }, annually issued in the State of J?ew York, j o less than 10,000 are terminated by death, j More than 75,000 lapse by non-payment ,o.f a the premiums,and the rest are gotten rid of p by surrender, by expiry or by refusal to accept i ^ after making application for insurance. A widespread belief prevails that there is fraud in the business somewhere; and in Indiana s vthe Legislature has appointed a committee to tl prepare and report a bill for its regulation, so , si 8 to protect the public. The chairman of be committee, the Hon. James B. Hendricks, equests information and suggestions on the iibject from any one who has anything to ofjr. His address is Indianapolis, Indiana. Ufa ^JorkviUc inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: 'HURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 8, 1877. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name f the subscriber very plainly, ^ive post-office. aunty ana state in iuu, ana huuu tu? amuum ui le subscription by draft or post-office money rder, or enclose tbe money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of ostage to all subscribers residing in York couny, who receive the paper at post-offices within ie county; and to all other subscribers the postge is paicl by the publisher. Oursubscribers, no latter where they receive the paper, are not liable >r postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, ritnout additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the"addressibel" shows tbe time to which the subscription is aid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dismtinued, the date mmt be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that ur terms for subscription, advertising and jobrork, are cash in advance. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Io the Senate on the 30th, Mr. Wright, of >hio, submitted a resolution that the Senate roceed in accordance with provisions of the lectoral bill to appoint, by a viva voce vote, ve Senators to be members of the commission 1 sai^ act provided for. He gave notice that e would call up the resolution at 3.30 p. m. Ir. Edmunds, of Vermont, submitted a reslution authorizing and directing the Presient of the Senate to appoint two tellers on tie part of the Senate to perform the duties aquired by the electoral bill. Agreed to. fr. Hamlin submitted a resolution instructig the committee on rules to inquire and re ort what, if any, rule should be adopted for be admission of persons to the capitol during be counting of the votes for President aud '"ice-President, and that the committee confef rith the committee on rules of the House of Representatives. Agreed to. The coraraitiq on public lands reported favorably on the ill grunting the right of way to the Hot prings Railroad over Hot Springs reservaion. The Senate, on voting for members of be commission, provided for by the electoral ill, voted unanimously for Edmunds, Mor>n, Frelinghuyeen, Thurman and Bayard, xcept that each candidate, in voting, droped his own name. A concurrent^ resolution 'as adopted appointing fifty special policelen for duty at the capitol during the countig of the vote. In the House, the bill for the aymentof $500,000 to Mr. Eads for the con-, iruction of jetties at the mouth of the Missisppi river, was passed.' The bill was passed bolishing the board of police in the District F Columbia, the President's objection notithstanding. Payne, Hunton, Abbott, Gareld and Hoar were elected members on the art of the House of the electoral commission. In the Senate on the 31st, the concurrent solution was adopted, providing that no Brson shall be admitted to the south wing of le Capitol during the count of the votes for resident and Vice-President, except upon ckets issued by the President pro tempore of le Senate and the Speaker of the House. . communication was received from the Jusces of the Supreme Court, notifying the Sen;e that they had selected Judge Bradley to 3t with them on the commission for detertiningthe questions arising out of the countig of the electoral vote. The House passed le bill regulating admissions to the galleries iiring the count of the electoral vote. Bel rd, from Colorado, and Hereford, from West irginia, were seated. After an animated ruggle, the report on the Florida election as mt^de to the House and ordered to be rinted in the Congressional Record, but the .epublicans filibustered successfully to pre3nt a vote being taken on the resolutions, hich declare that the Democratic electors ere fairly and duly elected, that they cast leir votes for Tilden and Hendricks, and * ' mt the vote is the legal vote of Florida and lust be counted; Barnes, the New Orleans tlegrapher, was discharged from custody. T? ? o * .i? -I... L_:_ l? ill toe oeututJ uu me .lsl, tuc uuun iaiu uc>re the Senate the House bill transferring le office of police commissioner to the coralissioners of the District of Columbia, and le President's veto of the same. Mr. Editmds moved their reference to the commit>e on the District of Columbia, which moon prevailed. Mr. Edmunds submitted a solution providing that the proceedings of le Electoral commission be published in the bngretfional Record. Adopted. The creentials of Henry M. Teller as Senator elect om Colorado, for six years from March ext, were presented and placed on file. Mr. [ernan presented the petition of Mrs. Mills, sking the payment of her claim against the lastern band of North Carolina Cherokee adians. Referred to the committee on claims. Ir. Robertson submitted the resolution adopjd at a mass meeting held in Barnwell Court [ouse, South Carolina, and asked that it be jad. The reading was commenced, but hen the words, "scalawags," "carpet-bagers," etc., were uttered, two or three Seria>re rose to object, and Mr. Sargent, in a uick and earnest tone, said : "Mr. President, object. I object to the reading of such mguage." Several Democratic Senators al) rose, and desired to know on what grounds, 'hen the following colloquy occurred: Mr. Sargent?It is not a petition to the Senate. Mr. Morrill?And certainly is not respectful iu me, and is intemperate in language. Mr. Sargent?It is not addressed to the Senate; i not a petition under which head we are now rorking, and I call upon the Chair to decide that oint. Any dozen ot people can get together in corner and send such a document as that to the enate. The Chair sustained the point. Mr. Davis?If the Senator from South Carolia puts his name to that paper it will be in order, rill it not? The President?It will. Mr. Davis?Sign it, then. Mr. Robertson said he had now signed the paer, and asked that it be read. Sargent said that any paper to be read here ughtat least to be respectful in its manner, and loderate in its tone, if he had any right to ob;ct to it he should do so, and he asited the Chair " the rules gave him any right to object to the eading of such a document. He did not object ecause it came from South Carolina or anywhere Ise, but because it was not in proper language, 'he rule was read which gave a Senator the right > object to the reading of a paper. Mr. Sargent aid he objected. The President?It then becomes the duty of the toairto submit the question to the Senate. Mr. Sargent?I demand the yeas and nays. Mr. Patterson said if there was any paper here rom South Carolina he wanted to hear it. Mr. Sargent?If the Senator from South Carona (Patterson) wants to hear a paper from his tate which villities the people of Ins Stato read 1 the Senate, I will most surely withdraw my biection. Mr. Patterson?Let it be read, and the Senate ad people judge of how much weight it carries. The objection was then withdrawn, and the paer was read, setting forth that the colored men rho voted the Democratic ticket at the last el.econ, did .bo because they wanted to get rid of a overnment of scalawags, carpet-baggers, etc. After the reading, Mr. Patterson asked Mr. lobertson yrho the people were that signed it? Mr. Robertson said .the man who Introduced le resolution was a colored joan, bpt thepArvQffs igning the paper were while men. Mr. Patterson?Who is Maher that signs it as President? ' Mr. Robertson?It is Judge Maher. Mr. Patterson?He 1b a good Democrat. Mr. Robertson He is a good man, too. The paper was referred to the committee on privileges and elections. ' In the House, Mr. Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, moved the previous question on the resolutions reported yesterday evening, from the special committee, appointed to invests gate the Florida election. After some discussion it was agreed that the subject should be postponed until Saturday. After the reading of the journal, Mr. Kasson called attention to the fact that the fifth section of the bill in relation to the count of the Electoral vote was peculiarly worded, and many gentlemen construed it as meaning that until a question was decided the House could not adjourn, but that it could take a recess not beyond 10 o'clock the nextday. He therefore suggested a recess. The Speaker said that if that construction'should prevail, five or six actual days might run into the legislative day of Thursday. He would, however, suggest a re? ? ?\T Vnoann an/1 in fKo UCM| HO LUCUUUUCU Ujr UXr,* ivftoovU| ?uu tu ?uv meantime the presiding officers of the two Houses could determine what construction to give the section. The House then, at 3.35, took a recess till 10 o'clock to-morrow. ' In the Senate on the 2nd, the finance committee recommended a bill, which was passed, for the puuishment of persons making or having in their possession dies, molds, for manufacturing counterfeit coin. Mr. lagalls, of Kansas, introduced a bill to enable Indians to become citizens of the United States. Referred to the committee on Indian affairs. The bill passed, barring claims against the United States, which the bureau officers are authorized to examine, unless' presented within six years. The House was engaged all day in the committee of the whole, on the legislative appropriations bill and the proposed reduction of salary of Senators and members from five thousand to four thousand 1 five hundred dollars. The proposition was I rejected and much ridiculed. In the Senate on the 3rd, the postoffice bill tnoo mnnrtoH annrnnrint.inor ft flllftrtflr of & I nun >?(<? ?.?, "ft" "f??O ? 1 ?- -- ? million to enable the Postmaster Qeneral to obtain proper facilities from the great trunk railroads for postal railway service. The Senate then took a recess until Monday. In the House the day was consumed in the committee ef the whole on legislative, judicial and executive appropriation bills. A message od the subject of finance was received from the President and referred to the committee on ways and means. The vote in the House on the proposition to continue the President's salary at fifty thousand dollars per annum was?yeas, 47 ; nays, 126. < The House took a recess until 10 o'clock Monday. In the Senate on the 5tb, a bill was passed appropriating $350,000 to provide for the deficiency in the appropriation for public printing for the current fiscal year. Mr. Ingalls, from the Cdtnmittee on the District of Columbia, reported back a bill to abolish the board of Metropolitan police commissioners of the District of Columbia, with the mes sage of the President vetoing tbe same, and recommended that the bill be passed. Mr. West, of Louisiana, made a personal explanation in relation to a letter be had received from Wells, a member of the Louisiana Returning Board. He denied that he was en? gaged in any manner in trafficking in eleoto- , ral votes. Mr. Cooper submitted a minority report on the Florida election. The House proceedings were unimportant. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? About sixty colored men have paid the Hampton tax in Anderson oounty, and about the same number in Colleton. ? All of the United States soldiers have been removed from Columbia with the exception of seven companies of the 18th infantry and two of the 2nd infantry. ? The grand jury of Fairfield, composed of twelve white and six colored citizens, "recommend unanimously that the citizens of Fairfield county shall pay the Hampton contribution." ? Chief Justice Moses, by an order of the Court, has re-appointed Albert M. Boozer, Esq., Clerk of the Supreme Court, for the ensuing -wo years,and Mr. Richardson, of Sumter, Reporter. ? A number of Chamberlain's negro con stabulary who were on guard at the State House, being unable to get the pay which they were promised, have abandoned the service and are loafing about the streets of Columbia. ? The Fairfield Herald, in a paragraph in regard to the Hampton tax, says: "Among the first to pay was Matilda Rosborough, a worthy and well known colored woman, who came to contribute her mite to the lawful government of the State. A number of colored men also paid on Saturday. Senator T. J. Robertson, through his agent, paid his quota." ? ? NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The State Grange met in Goldsboro last Tuesday. ? A gentleman in Shelby has 15,000 gallons of wine made from his own vineyard. ? The Charlotte Democrat learns that Thos. H. Gaither has sold to A. R. Homesly & Co. the Stowesville cotton factory, located on Catawba river, about 15 miles from Charlotte. The price paid was aoout $ou,vuu. ? In consequence of impeachment proceeding having been commenced by the Legislature against J. C. L. Harris, the Solioitor of the Raleigh judicial district, he has tendered his resignation. ? A bill providing for the early completion of the Western Railroad, extending to and ! beyond Asheville, has passed its final reading | in the Senate. The bill appropriates 870,000 i annually to be applied to the construction of ! the road-bed. I ?It appears that 73,076 voters in North I Carolina, at the last election, failed to pay poll tax, and a bill has been introduced in the Legislature to amend the constitution so j as to require the payment of poll tax by i electors before voting. | ? Charles White, a young citizen of Gas| tonia, attempted to commit suicide by swal! lowing laudanum, all because bis lady-love would not reciprocate bis attachment for her. After swallowing the deadly draught, he inI formed her what he had done, when she ! promptly sent for a physician, who arrived i in time to save the young man's life by ad1 ministering the usual remedies. ! ? The Legislature has passed a bill to in-I corporate a railroad to be known as the Ruth- [ erford and Spartanburg Railroad. The bill | ! provides that the company shall have a capi- i tal stock of not more than $500,000, and shall ; run from the town of Rutherfordton to a j point on the South Carolina line in the direc- j jtion of Spartanburg. The bill to aid in the ' construction of the Chester and Lenoir Nar- i | row Gauge, an<J the Watauga and Caldwell Narrow Gauge railroads, passed its third i jading. LOCAL AFFAIRS. I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. F. Adickes?The Fearful Tumbling?At Cost? $1, Even?To House-Keepers?The Broadway Belle?Button 8hoes?Miles' Shbes? \ Come Quick?To Country Merchants?1000 Different Kinds. j T. C. Robertson, Special Agent?Tax Notice. R. M. Wallace?Sale by United States Marshal. Lattimer <fc Hemphill?Ammoniated Dissolved Bones. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? W. M. Adams, Applicant?Thomas C. Henry, deceased. John J. Smith?Apples, Ac. W. H. & J. P. Herndon?Corn?Potatoes?Collars? Seeds. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Calicos, Ac.?Mackerel?Hams?Axes?Bran?Flour?Steel, Ac.?Tin-Ware. J. M. Adams?Prices Reduced?Repairing?I Can Not Trust. W. D. Glenn, Agent?Navassa Guano. Edward Thomas, Superintendent?Railroad Notice. R. H. Glenn, 8. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales?Foreclosure or Mortgage Sales?Judge of Probate's Sales. A. F. Lindsay?The Tropic Stove. T A W.T T..J e b V~,4r. Wntlnfl fn rVttH <1. A, IVUiitXIU, dUUIOVI i IVUHO nuuw n. itors of F. H. Harris, deceased. J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of Hamilton Wilson, Bankrupt. G. L. Riddle, Chairman?Sale of County Bonds. . WHOLESALE DECAPITATION. Governor Hampton has brought bis official axe down upon the heads of all the County Auditors and County Treasurers holding office in this State under the appointment of ex-Governor Chamberlain. This, of course, includes every county in the State?York among the rest. No appointments have as yet been announced to fill the vacaucies thus created. THE 10 PER CENT. CONTRIBUTION. We learn that up to Monday evening last, at which time the agent was at Blairsville, the sum of $3,710 had been paid in by 1,000 tax-payers to Dr. Robertson, the special agent for receiving the 10 per cent, contribution for the Hampton government. As will be seen in our advertising columns, the agent will be in Yorkville again for the accommodation of tax-payers on the 12th' and 13th, and at Rock Hill on the 14th and 15th inst. THE CHESTER LUMINARIES. Thfi nhnve musical organization, under the direction of Mr. G. H. Brenoecke, gave a minstrel and Ethiopian entertainment in this place on the evening of the 31st. We have had occasion heretofore to commend the musical ability of Mr. Brennecke, especially his execution on the violin, and on the present occasion be and bis associates fully maintained their reputation as musicians of fine ability. Their performance was very creditable, and delighted a large and appreciative bouse. COUNTY TAXES. We last week urged upon the people of the county the importance of paying their county taxes, suggesting that John L. Watson, County Treasurer, was the only person legally qualified to receive the same, and that we were authorized by him to say that if county tax only were tendered, he would not decline to receive it, even though the State tax should not be offered. Since the publication of that article, Gov. .Hampton has issued an order removing Treasurer Watson. This action will probably bring about some new complications in connection with the office of County Treasurer, aud the tax-payers will meanwhile have to wail until the status of Mr. Watson's successor, whoever he may be, shall be fully determined. At this writing we have no intimation as to whom Governor Hampton will appoint to succeed Mr. Watson. We learn from the Treasurer that only about ten or twelve dollars has been paid into his office ka i-xrwanoH hia hnnltn last week. ?,uw "w ? CLUB MAKERS. For the convenience of persons who may wish to subscribe for the Enquires through a club maker, we give below a list of persons who are engaged in forming clubs: John L. Miller, T. J. Roach, Mrs. N. H. Mason, Capt. E. R. Mills, R. L. Crook, G. L. Riddle, Willie Ferguson, Zirari Carroll, Rev. T. J. Taylor, J. C. Patrick, A. J. Matthews, A. W. Parks', T. G. Culp, Elias Ramsay, Miss J. Lu Brandon, E. T. Carson, S. L. Milling, . J. B. Culp; A. F. Lindsay, S. B. Lathan, Miss Katie McCully, F. H. Dover, J. N. Roberts, Sam. M. Grist, Mrs. C. V. Williams, E. M. Berry, Mrs. Mary C. Grier, Mrs. M. C. Choat, E. M. Faris, J. A. Hamel, Maj. Myles Smith, Mrs. Jane Moore, R. A. Black, D. T. Lessley, Mrs. E. P. Love, C. P. Ramseur, R. G. Whitesides, James A. Hogue, James M. Adams, W. T. Sraarr, C. Whisonant, M. R. Nichols, Miss Ella L. Adams, G. L. McNeel, S. S. Smith, Dr. J. B. Good, W. S. Gregory, W. McG. Bailey, Mrs. S. N. Russell, J. M. Williford, R. L. Brown. Dr. J. F. Atkinson, Miss A. F. Falls, P. B. Love, Mrs. S. A. Leech, A. E. Carroll, Brninerd McLure, J. E. Craig. SALES-DAY. There was an unusually large attendance of people in town on Monday last?sales-day for March. By order of the Judge of Probate the Sheriff sold the following property : Lands of the estate of Andrew Tate, deceased?tract No. 1, 349} acres, bought by John Nichols at 88.75 per acre. Tract No? 2, 204} acres, bought by John Nichols at $9.30 per acre. Lands of the estate of F. H. Harris, deceased?Home tract, 105 acres, bought by J. H. Sutton, at $6.95 per acre. Tract No. 1, 80 acres, bought by J. W. Harris, at $6.50 per acre. Tract No. 2, 96 acres, bought by Raymond Gibsou, at 84.25 per acre. Tract No. 3, 117 acres, bought by John M. White, at $9.00 per acre. Tract No. 4,108 acres, bought by John M. White, at $9.00 per acre. Tract No. 5, 84 acres, bought by W. I. Jones, at $10 per acre. Lands of the estate of B. E. Miller, deceased-?Tract No. 1,100 acres, bought by L. K. Armstrong, a| $5.25 per acre. Tract' No. 2, 103 unrfts. bought hv L. K. Armstrong, at $6.00 per acre. Tract No. 3, 221 acres, bought by L. K. Armstrong, at $3.90 per acre. The Sheriff also sold, under execution, the interest of Thomas K. Brown in two tracts of land. Tract No. 1, 344 acres, bought by P. H. Barber, for $790. Tract No. 2, 180 acres, bought by Dr. T. L. Johnson, for $80.00. The land advertised by Mr. J. M. Ross was withdrawn?a satisfactory price not being offered. MERE-MENTION. The health of ^lr. Stephens, which was reported very low a few days ago, is now reported to be much better."""The Providence Tool Company b'r a $15,000,000 contract ? -.L it. T* 1- ' - ""MIH Aftflr I W1LU tUO X urnioi gufci wmtuw. . fifty-six days suspension, navigation has been ' resumed at St. Louis. Over 250.000 pounds of powder for Russia, arrived in New York over the Erie railroad last week. The transfer of troops from Washington to For-j tress Monroe has been countermanded. The j President has addressed a message to Con- j gresson the subject of specie resumption, re- j commending that the volume of circulation be I reduced by issuing $150,000,000 4 per cent. I bonds, to mo forty yean. It is not probable that any action will be taken on the mes???.ge. The United States public debt statement for February 1, shows a decrease of $2,069,669. Coin in the treasury, $66, 500,000; currency, $9,500,000. The Democrats, have selected Matt. Carpenter, Mr. Trumbull, Judges Jere Black and Ashbel Green to present their case to the electoral commission. A Jersey City Universalist Church has dismissed their female pastor to call a male preacher, whereat the female threatens to start another church with herself as the pastor. Gov. McCreary, of Kentucky, recognises Nichols as Governor of Louisiana, by making a requisition on him for a criminal, whose offense was committed in Louisville. A roan named John Pieroon, in jail atBIoomingtou, 111., has confessed that he murdered Hoo. Murray McConnell at Jacksonville, in February, 1869. 80 numerous are wild ducks and geese in Callfornia, that farmers are compelled to employ men with lanterns at night to scare the intra* ders from their fields of grain. editorial"inklings. A Lively Bride. A correspondent writing to us from Rob Rdy, Jefferson county, Arkansas, mentions a marriage which recently occurred in that vicinity. Mr. Gravier and Mrs. Temes were the happy couple. The bride is about 59 years old and a great-grand-mother. After the wedding supper this lively bride opened the ball with a dance and the whole party had a gay and festive time. A Circus and Menagarie at Auction. On Monday of last week, Howe's London Circus and Men&gerie was sold by the sheriff, at auction, in Augusta, Georgia. As a matter of interest we quote from the Chronicle and Sentinel the following prices at which the animals were knocked down: hitosa an/I nuno ftil fWl X' UUI llljrai uciijjai Ugbia BUU vogv, T.ivw ( 5 elephants, $15,000 ; 6 hyenas, $1,000; 1 eland and 2 peccaries, $1,000 ; 1 African lion, $400; 1 young tiger and 2 goats, $400; 1 old lioness and 3 cubs, $400; 1 ostrich and 2 hyenas, $300; 5 panthers, $900; 1 lioness and 1 jaguar, $400; 1 beaver, 3 wildcats and several monkeys, $300; 14 birds, 1 o'possum and 2 guinea pigs, who cage, $250 ; 7 monkeys, 2 cats and 1 dog, $100 ; 1 llama and 2 antelopes, with cage, $200; 1 white sacred cow, $300; 1 pelican and 1 yak, including cage, $500; 1 partequin and 1 hartbeest, the only one of the latter in the United States, $300; 1 elk, $100; 1 camel, $300; 1 zebra, 3 mules and a small wagon, $500. Wagons were sold at various prices, and horses at from $25 to $177.50 each. The total'amount realized by the sale was $52,680.50. Every thing, with the exception of two horses, was bid in by John J. Parks, an attach^ of the circus, who represented the creditors of the concern. The circus and menagerie will remain in Augusta until the opening of the traveling season, when they will again start on their travels. The Louisiana. Exposures. . Investigation of Louisiana affairs in Washington continues to reveal a vast amount of corruption by the Returning Board of that State, implicating not only the members of the Board, but prominent politicians, who as tbe publie know, were indefatigable in manipulating the vote in such a manner as to show a majority for the party bidding the highest price. This corruption has even awakened members of the Republican party, as may be inferred from the following Washington dispatch, dated January 31st; The developments in the Louisiana business yesterday and to-day have shocked many of the most devoted Republicans and thrown a terrible atmosphere of villainy and venality about the acts of Mr. Wells and bis associates of the Returning Board. It is not questioned that the Board was in tbe market, and that the return would have been made for Tilden bad satisfactory terms been proffered, and'the forged alteration of the returns by direction of Wells after the count had been concluded, is also proven apparently beyond the possibility of successful contradiction. It is understood to-night that Maddox will answer the House committee's questions. to-morrow, and, if so, the revelations will be very damaging. It is now felt on all sides that the acts of the Louisiana Returning Board will go before the Electoral Commission so tainted with fraud that they can command but little respect from any tribunal that possesses judicial attributes. There is certainly less confidence felt to-night in the success of Hayes than there was two days ago. Grant on South Carolina. The following paragraph is telegraphed from Washington to the Boston Po$l, and purports to be the substance of a conversa tioD recently held between ?ach Uhanaier and President Grant in regard to Presides tial recognition of the Chamberlain government in this State: Chandler called on Grant last night to beseech him to recognize Chamberlain in South Carolina as well as Kellogg in Louisiana. He received cold comfort. Grant's first reply was: "I am convinced that Hampton was elected by 1,134 majority." Said Zach: "What are you going to do about it ?" "I don't know," replied the President, thoughtfully, "I can't conscientiously recognize Chamberlain, and I don't want to recognize Hampton. I guess I will let things remain in statu quo a while longer." The President further intimated that in his opinion the Chamberlain Legislature had no legal quorum when it inaugurated Chamberlain and j chose a United States Senator, and couse- 1 quently those acts were nullities. Chamber- | lain sent word here yesterday that he had not , received the support he expected from Washington yet, but he hoped to in a day or two, as he was out of money and would soon run i ashore if he did not. The latest developments in the Louisiana case were laid before Grant 1 to-day. AH that could be got out of him was | the gruff remark, "Is that true ? A fine state of affairs, a fine state of affairs." ! The Dying Statesman* i Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, is j lying very ill at bis rooms in Washington, j Though his condition is more quiet than it j was a few days ago, he is gradually growing ' weaker, and his demise may be expeoted at j an early day. Last Saturday evening Presi- ? dent Grant paid the dying statesman a kind 1 visit, and their exchange of civilities and po- i litical oDinions is thus reported in a tele graphic dispatch from Washington: As the President entered his room Mr. Stephens spoke in a clear, distinct tone, saying, "How do you do, General Grant?" The President stepped to his bedside, and taking him by the band which he bad extended from under the cover with some difficulty, said, "How are you, Mr. Stephens?" To which Mr. Stephens replied, "I am sinking, General. My physicians do not admit this, I know, but I know that I am sinking and will not be here many days longer." Mr. Stephens then asked after the health of Mrs. Grant and, observing Lieutenant Grant, reached out his hand and calling him by name, said he was glad to see him. He then asked the President if all the members of his family were with him, to which the \ President replied, "All save my youngest ion, i who is at college." J The conversation here turned upon the political condition of the country, when Mr. ] Stephens remarked, "I feel that the crisis 1 has passed. I have felt deeply for my country, for I desired that the succession to the Presidency should be a peaceable one." To this the President replied : "Yes, I have J felt conhdent that it would be, since the pas- j j sage of the bill creating the Commission." I i Mr. Stephens then remarked: "We have all made mistakes in oar time." "Yes," said General Grant, presuming that Mr. Stephens alluded to his remark to this effect in his late annual message to Congress, "and but four weeks more and we shall be scattered. I am anxious for the hbur to come that shall relieve me of the anxieties and responsibilities of my position." At this point the President rose to take leave of Mr. Stephens, and taking him warmly by the hand, assured him that he would call and see him again, and hoped that when he did so that be would find him better. Bales of the Electoral Commission. The following are the rules adopted by the Electoral Commission for its government in counting the electoral vote: Rule first: The Commission shall appoint a Secretary, two Assistant Secretaries, a Marshal and two Deputy Marshals, a Stenographer and such messengers as shall be needful, to hold during the pleasure of the Commission. Rule second: On any subject submitted to the Commission a hearing shall be. had and counsel shall be allowed to conduct the case on each side. ' Rule third: Counsel, not exceeding two in number on each side, will be heard by the Commission on the merits of any case presented to it, not longer than two hours on each side, unless a longer time and additional counsel shall be specially authorized by the Commission. In the hearing of interlocutory questions but one counsel shall be heard on each side, and he not longer than fifteen minutes, unless the Commission allow farther time and additional counsel, and printed arguments will be received. Rule fourth : The objectors to any certifi cate or vote may select two or tneir Dumper to support their objections in oral argument, and to advocate the validity of any certificate or vote, the validity of which they may maintain id like manner. The objectors to any other certificate may select two of ther number for a like purpose, but under this rule not more than four persous shall speak, and neither Bide shall occupy more than two bout's. Rule fifth: Applications for process to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of written documentary testimony may be made by counsel on either side, and all process shall be served and executed by the Marshal of the Commission or bis deputies; depositions hereafter taken for use before the Commission shall be sufficiently authenticated if - - r\ . s _ it.' A- . i&Keo oerore any uommissiouer 01 me vjircuu Courts of the United States, or any derk or deputy clerk of any Court of the United States. Rule aizth: Of admission to the public sittings of the Commission it shall be regulated in such manner as the President of the Commission shall direct. Rule seventh: Tbe Commission will sit, unless otherwise ordered, in tbe room of the Supreme Court of the United States and with open doors, excepting when in consultation, unless otherwise directed. Correspondence of the Yorlnrille Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, February 5,1877. The Cheater Luminaries gave an "Ethiopian performance" at Coleman's Hall on last Tuesday evening. While the audience was not in keeping with the merits of tbe entertainment, still the hall was partly filled, and the amount of money realized was such as to be of considerable assistance to the Luminaries. Solos were well rendered by Messrs. Brennecke, Kaufman, Schorb, Hamilton, Hunter and Simons. Messrs. Bpennecke, Filletie and Evans were applauded in their beautiful rendition of "Home, sweet Home." The performers were possessed of a skillful touch in eliciting music from their respective instruments. Their playing was listened to with great appreciation by the audience. The performance closed with a very amusing farce, entitled "The nonplussed doorkeeper," which was well acted, and manifested the claim of the Lnminaries to dramatic honors. On Wednesday morning the case of Amzi Rosborough, a prisoner iu our countyjail, who had a received a pardon from Hamptou, but which Sheriff Walker did not recognize, came up before Judge Mackey on writ of habeas corpus. The prisoner was represented by Gen. W. A. Walker; the Sheriff by J. A. Bradley, Jr., Esq. The Judge rendered an able decision?one, I think, that will be sustained by the bar of tbu State and , 4 mu^ nf fbn rtnnutltnf lAfl hfi UoiH country. J. lit? UBIIOD Ul wuc VVfllOviVMhlVM| mv umtuf which required both Houses of the Legislature to be present at the oouuting and declaration of the vote for Governor, was not mandatory. If otherwise, one House might, on every occasion of the count of the votes for Governor, refhse to meet the other House in joint session, and so pre- < vent the inauguration of the man elected by the people. This, he said, would be, the destruction of our elective form of government. The constitution, and the intent of its framers, he said, ' must be our guides in arriving at a proper solu- j tion of this question; they could never have intended that the will of the people in the election for Governor could be set aside by either House ' of the Legislature refusing to be present at the < publication of the votes. On Wednesday, at the DeGrafifenreid plants- . tion, on the western side of the county, a sale, of 1 personal property, consisting of mules, corn, cot- . ton seed, agricultural implements, etey ana belonging to the estate of the late G.-W. Melton, took plaoe. The day was pleasant, and the sale 1 was well attended. The prices contrasted favorably with those at another sale of the same estate about a month ago. Since then the political outlook has improved, and farmers, taking heart, believe that all things will yet work out right in the i end. On Wednesday good mules brought $150. Corn was sold for $1.15 per bushel, and everything that was sold brought its value, A matrimonial event of some interest tranapir- < ed at the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening. Mr. R. D. Dunlap, of Lancaster, and Miss Mary Bradley, of Chester, were then by the . Rev. J. E. White, united in the bonds of holy 1 matrimony. They wereattended during the per- | formanceof the interesting ceremony by Miss , Sophia Orchard, and Mr. W. 8. Gregg; Miss Sue Rawls and Mr. J. D. Means ; Miss Hatty Walker and Mr. John Hood ; Miss Jane Wylie and Mr. ' Cunningham. The pulpit was prettilv dressed ( withevergreens. the churoh was well filled with spectators, lending their smiles and sanction to the interesting affair, and the bride and groom, < with their attendants, were the embodiments of happiness and loveliness. After the marriage, I the weddtog party and their friends repaired to 1 the home of tne bride, where several hours were 1 pleasantly spent in talking and enjoying an elegant supper. The happy couple took their departure lor Lancaster on the following day. ... At a meeting of Directors of the Chester and Lancaster Railroad on Thursday evening W. H. Hardin, Esq., of this place was elected President, and Joseph VVylie, Esq., also of our town, was elected Treasurer. These gentlemen are possessed of excellent business qualifications, ana, I predict, will be successful in pushing on to a speedy completion the enterprise which has been committed to their keeping. * The Stonewall Fire Engine Company appeared on Main street on Friday afternoon, and- spent some time in testing the merits of their engine, which performed to the satisfaction of both firemen and spectators. For a while the street was considerably enlivened, and everybody enjoyed the breaking of the monotony. Thieves have recently been operating quite extensively in the neighborhood of Blackstocks and HalselviHe. ;On Monday night, 22nd ultimo, they broke open tne store of Mr. D. P. Crosby, ana stole a quantity of goods. On last Thursday night they appropriated a quantity of clothing belonging to Mr. John Thompson. On. Wednesday oigbtthey entered Mr. Robert Stevenson's corncrib, and carried away a quantity of corn. On Thursday night they entered Mr. T. P. Michell's itore, anu helped themselves to about |20 in cash, unci a lot of goods. Their detection is doubtless i question of time, and then the doors of the Penitentiary will open for their reception. The Cotton Hotel was the scene of a pleasant affair on Friday night. This was the "Hampton Hop," which, under (he good management of Messrs. J. D. Means, C. H. Alexauder, W. H. Howae and Fred. Walker, passed off successfully, and was greatly enjoyed. A colored band from Charlotte furnished the music for the dance, which was participated in by a large number. Our town was well filled on Saturday with oolcred people, who were here for the purpose of attending a Republican meeting, having for its object the taking of such action as would support the Chamberlain government. A. S. Richardson, colored, made the principal speech, in whioh he urged his colored friends to pay their taxes to the Chamberlain appointees. But his remarks were not entirely of a political nature, as the subject of temperance came in for a considerable share of iiscussion. He was followed by a colored preach ar, whose tanc was principally in rererence to Lrt- ? berla and Hayti. The former country he had no ( fondness for, but the latter he liked. If he wishes x> go to Hayti, accompanied by a number of his , colored friends, he can doubtless obtain assistance from the whites. The meeting adopted a series i >f resolutions, acknowledging the authority of ( ,iie Chamberlain government, and promising it mpport. One resolution provided for the draft- { ng of a petition to Congress, praying the grant of i and* for the landless. They still have their eyes { fixed upon the forty acres and a mule. B. G. Yocom has been removed by Governor ( Hampton from the office of County Treasurer, t md J. M. Brawley from the office of County ( Auditor. Qui. Chkstbb, Feb. 6, 1877. Several tracts of land were sold by the Sheriff ] yesterday at prices far below their real value. ( rwo tracts?one of eighty and the other oS forty- t lix acres?belonging to Mr. Jesse Cashes and ng on the waters *0f Sandy Wvefi brought $1,50 < per sore. 136 acres on the waters of Grassy Bon Drought $400. 270 acres on Sandy Hirer were sold for $1,200. This tract brought its value. The house and lot in town once owned and oocnpied by Major James Pagan brought only $1,000. These prices speak with greater force than words can do of the great depreciation in the ralne of real estate. Bat with a good government and a prospect of better times, land woold risein ralne amazingly. "After the Sheriff's aale a lot of oM notes ana executions were sold, by administrators of estates, at nominal figures. Five shares of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad stock .were sold at $6 per share. \' , 1 feci. - - CODNTYNS^THE VOTE. The countiog of the electoral rote- by the joint commission was regularly ebmtoenced on Thursday, the 1st instant. After the reading of the journal, the Speaker aaooqnoed.as tellers on the part of the Hobse to couhfrhe Electoral vote, Messrs. Cook, of Georgia, and Stone, of Missouri. Mr. Kassoo, of Iowa, said that both these Sntlemen were from the majority side of the ouse, and the appointments were .regarded as a violation of the customary rights of the minority. The Speaker said he had been authorized -A ' ?, .a,, j by tbe House to appoint tne tellers, ne nan informed the President of the Senate who he intended to appoint^ and he supposed that that officer would act accordingly, and appoint two of the majority of that body. Mr. Kasson said it should also be stated that the President of the Senate was going to , pursue that course only because he bad men / advised what the Speaker intended tb'dof. ? [Galls of order on the Democratic side:] M Mr. Wood, of New York?That is an im- M pertinence to the Speaker. B The Senate resolution for the printing; of tbe proceedings of the tribunal in the Record W?t was concurred in. ; On motion of Mr. Payne, the Clerk of the House was,directed to inform tbe Senate that ^B the House was ready to reoeive that body to Count the Electoral vote. i On motion of Mr. Page, of Colorado, at 6fteen minutes of 1 the House took -ft recess for ten minutes, at the expiration of which time the House was again called to ofdhri At three minutes past 1 the Senators entered the chamber, the Representatives receiving them standing. The Senators took peat? to the right of the chair, while acting VfeePresident Ferry took his place to the.right'of tbe Speaker. Tbe tellers, Me&rs. Allison and Ingallsy bn the part of the 8enate, and Messrs. Cookdtid Stone, on the part of the House, took seats at the Clerk's desk. ' All having been seated, Vice-President Ferry called the joint convention to order, and said that in obedience to the Constitution, the Senate'and House Fad met to ;be present at the opening of the certificates and the counting and declaration of the vote. < President and Vice-President of the'United States for the term of four years from the 4th day of Marob, 1877, and in compilation with the law he would now proceed to' all the votes, commencing with the Sttite'of Alabama. A box on the desk to the right'of the presiding officer was then tinli^udL^d opening the boxes, Mr. Ferry toak^Br'a package, and, opening it at the end, anndtiticed that, having now opened the certificate of the State of Alabama, he would hand It t6 the tellers. He then hatided St to Mr. Alfrf son, who read the certificate and enclortfti pa^ pen. The Vice-President then handed the duplicate certificate; received bytpjfifc Stone, another of the tellen, who proceeded to read the same. Senator Conkling suggested that the reading of both the certificates and the duplicate was not necessary. _If there was no objection on the part of the rresident, or of the joint convention, be would also suggest that as the regular certificate was read by one teller the duplicate should be followea'toy one of the other tellers. ' "V' "7 The convention was asked if there was objection, and there being none the President of the Senate said that that course pursued in future. After the Alabama certificates bad Oeen read, the presiding officer asked: "Are 'there any objections to the certificate of the Statb of Alabama?" After a pause: "The chair hears none and the vote 6f the 8tate of Alabama will be counted. "The tellers will announce the vote." Mr. Cook, one of thfc ftil- ^ lera, announced ten votes for BaoMs^.J. Tilden for President, and ten votes jprf^Abinas A. Hendricks for Vice-President The certificate of Arkansas' was then read, u suggested by 8enator Conkling, and :th6 result was announced as six votes for Tiiden and Hendficka after the presiding officer'had ssked the same questions as in- the 'Ahibftaik case. ' . * The California certificate was read' by Mr. Stone, and six votes were announced &r R. B. Hayes and Win. A. Wheeler. The Colorado certificate was read by Mr. Cook and three votes were anaounded for Hayes and Wheeler. Connecticut. came next The certificate was read by Mr. Allison, and six votes were announced for Tiiden and Hendricks. The Delaware certificate was read; by Mr. [ngalls, and three more votes scored for Tiiden and Hendricks. Flonda ?u then reached, and the presiding officer first handed the certificate signed by Governor Stearns, and which recognised the Hayes electors, and after it had been read the certificate of the electors for Tilden and Hendricks was also handed out, and both were read by Mr. 8tone, while Mr. Allison overlooked the duplicate. * "" " The chair then said he had still aii^ther certificate, received on the 31st of January. . He then handed the paper to the tellers' add A it proved to be the certified proceedings of the Board of Canvassers -authorized and ap- 1 pointed by an act of the Legislature of Fieri- I la, who declare the Tilden and Hendricks ' Electors elected. Included in the papers ^rae the printed proceedings of the Board of Canvassers, giving in detail the vote of Saph county for Presidential Electors. After the reading had progressed some time, Mr. Conkling called attention to the fact that he paper now being read bad thirty-six wide columns of printed matter. He knew "that the statute required that all the pipers should be read, but after consultation with the members of both houses he thooght the law would be complied with by simply reading the n~ suit. There was no objection, and the result vas read, and it announced that the Tilden Sectors had been elected: The Chair then asked.if there was objection to the count of the State of Florida. Mr. field, of New York, rose and pfteentted objections iu writing to the count of the >aid vote. The objections ire signed % Senators Jones, of Florida, Cooper and MaeDon.1-1 I D U1.1J (IL'J .T .t iiu, nuu xvcpi cecum lives neiu, .Lucaer, ucOKB ind Springer, and are directed to the first ^ jertificate, which is that given by Governor Stearns to the Hayes Electors. The-objeo ;ions were read by the Clerk of the House. rhey are to the effect that the persona to shorn the certificates were given by Governor Stearns were not appointed electors for Presiient and Vice-President of the United 8tates'; hat the said certificate was procured by fraua ind by a conspiracy entered into between Stearns and the electors and others, and that is these electors were not elected, the pretendid certificates cannot be recognised, on aosount of fraud and conspiracy. They present n support of their objections, the'evidence aken by the Florida special committee and >ther papers on the question. ^ # Senators Counover, Sargent, 8herman and * Teller, and Representative Woodburn, Donjell, Kasson and McCreary objected to the jertificates of the Tilden Electors on the ground that they were not authenticated as equired by the Constitution and the Jaws; hat they have not the proper certificates tinier the laws of the State of Florida, and that he certificates of the Republican Electors are luly authenticated and no others should1 be sounted. Senator Jones, Republican, of Nevada, and Representative Thompson objected to Mr. F. D, Humphreys, one of the Tilden Electois, lecause at the time of his election he was ineligible, as he held a Federal office. .. a . ,,, ...