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Straps anil Jarts. ? President Grant has commenced already to pack up. his papers and private effects pre paratory to leaving the White House, when he has reigned supreme for eight years. ? It has been decided by the Courts that ii a partner of a dissolved firm neglects, to give notice, through the local newspaper, of a dissolution of partnership, he is equally liable with his late partner for all debts contracted after dissolution. ?Ellison & Co.*8 cotton circular (Liverpool) for the new year anticipates a yield of cotton from the crop now being marketed of5.176.60G bales of 400 pounds eaoh, a deficiency, at compared with the probable requirements, ol 496,000 bales. ? Secretary Pish is the only member of the Cabinet who has served uninterruptedly during the whole eight years of President Grant's term. He has bad four secretaries of the treasury, three postmasters-general, five attorneys-general, four secretaries of war, two secretaries of the navy, and three secretaries ol the interior. ? The late Signor Blitz, the magician, once *. w-v i tiT A-i said to jj&oiei ? easier id vr asuiugwu . uiv? me $100,000 Treasury notes to count and watch closely, and you will find only $75,000 when I return them." "Signor," responded Webster, "there is no chance; there are here better magicians than you; they would not leave $50,000 after their counting." ? The incoming United States Senate will be nearly evenly divided between the two parties. Last year there were forty-four Republicans and twenty-nine Democrats. The new Senate will contain thirty-nine Republicans and thirty-five Democrats, with three contested seats, two from Louisiana and one from South Carolina. The House will be Democratic from three to eleven majority. ? A bank-book was presented at the Springfield (Mass.) Institution for Savings, one day last week, which had not been seen by the bank officials since the original deposit was made, thirty-two years ago. The amount of the deposit was $300, while the interest alone has amounted to $1,649. During all this time the owner of the book had never entered the bank or asked a question as to her property, which she now comes to claim. minfa r\f tka TTniliu) nrp 1 ilrplr XUU lUUIbO V? VUV vw?v\m iw?w?vv **. to be kept pretty busy for the next few years. About $21,000,000 of the $50,000,000 of subsidiary silver coin authorized by law still remains to be coined and will occupy the mints a year longer. Then it will be necessary to coin gold as rapidly as possible in preparation for resumption, and if silver dollars should be authorized and made legal tender, even for small amounts, that will put additional labor upon them. It will take us some time to get on a hard money basis. ? The report of a New England accident insurance company for 1876, shows that "429 of its patrons were hurt with blunt tools, and only 146 with edged tools. When it was evidently necessary to be careful there was a great deal more of care. Ten people were drowned by bathing or boating, and only one was drowned by shipwreck. Horses and carriages injured 235 people, and railroads 450. Of the horse accidents, one in forty-two was fatal; of the railroad, one in thirty-two. There were 117 people hurt by machinery?two fatally, a ratio of one to fifty-nine." ?The Council of the London Botanical Gardens are debating whether they shall let everybody smoke all over them. At present the weed is forbidden, but the Prince of Wales not being gentleman enough to mind the prohibition, the Council don't know whether to let him alone violate it, and so be called snobbish, or to enforce it against him, and so lose 1**" \X7 UUA'Q Pink nn/)apfAAk IA ilia patrwiiagc. tt uuco viuu uuuci hwa w remind this personage of the restriction of the privilege of smoking to certain rooms, and he withdrew in high dudgeon, and the Marlboro' Club waB started with the membership of his own choosing. ? A young lady bet a young man a kiss that Tilden would be elected?he to pay if Tilden won, and she to pay if Hayes was elected. On the morning of the 8th of November he ealled and paid the debt; on the 9th he called and took it back. That evening she paid the debt. Next morning she took it back and he paid ; then she paid and he paid, and so they have been kept busy by the contradictory dispatches ever since, and both declare their willingness and ability to hold ont until Congress decides the question. They don't like the Compromise bill. ? The New York Sun says: "The investigations of Judge Abbott's committee in South Carolina have proved the existence of a colored organization known variously as the Union League, the Laboring Union and the Brotherhood, the members of which were bound by oath to vote the Republican ticket. The functions of this league were to bulldoze negroes who confessed Democratic proclivities, to circulate Republican campaign arguments in the form of brickbats and razors, and to spread the story, started by Chamberlain's agents, that the United States troops had been sent to South Carolina with orders to murder every colored man who should vote for ladenand Hampton." ? A very peculiar feature in life insurance business has been brought out by the testimony in the case of the insolvent Continental Life Insurance Company of Ne?? York. A man by the name of Hammond testifies that he was employed as an agent on a salary of 810,000 a year, to travel in the South and West and "freeze out" policy-holders. He represented that the company was insolvent, and by creating a panic among the policyholders, bought up the policies for twenty-five cents on the dollar, or thereabouts. This effected an enormous saving to the company on policies nearly due, and was done for that purpose. Mr. Hammond says that risks amounting to $200,000 in California were extinguished by this process, and policies outstanding to the amount of $2,000,000 were brought down to $600,000 in two years. ? The following extract from the speech of Hon. Mat. Carpenter, one of the counsel for the democrats before the electoral commission, is worth reading. He says : "To relieve some little anxiety that exists in some parts of the country, let me occupy one moment in stating for whom I appear here. I desire to say in the first place that I do not appear for Samuel J. Tilden. He is a gentleman whose acquaintance I have not the honor of, with whom 1 have no sympathy. against whom I voted on the 7th of November last, and if this tribunal conld order a new trial I should vote against him again, believing as I do that the accession of the Democratic party to power in this country to-day would be the greatest calamity that could befall the people except one, and that one greater calamity would be to keep him out by fraud and falsehood. I appear here for 10,000 legal voters in the State of Louisiana who, without accusation or proof, indictment or trial, notice or hearing, have been disfranchised by four villains incorporated in perpetual succession, whose official title is the returning board of Louisiana." ? Philadelphians are to be given a sight of a new machine, invented by a clergyman in Maryland, which is called the Bradley promether, and it is described at length by a correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin. The writer claims that "the motor employed in this invention is a well-known agent, and one that is beyond comparison powerful in action and easy of management. Second, that the mode of utilizing it is marvellously simple, original and perfect. Third, that its economy is marked, being as one to five, if not to six or eight in comparison with steam. Fourth, that it is managed so as to be positively nonexplosive and without danger at any stage. Fifth, that the machine is suitable for all mechanical purposes; and finally, it is nnlike anything else in the world of mechanics, and will excite an interest in economies and revolutionize the present mode of propulsion in every department of mechanical motion. The machine and its capacities are not simply a great invention, they are an inspiration, utilising the the principl&hof natural laws, and confirming to the conceptions of man the perfections of the Divine in: telligence in his works. In a few weeks the r public will have an opportunity of seeing in . operation in Philadelphia a promether of the , power of fifty horses, which is now nearly ready for exhibition." r : ibr fjurfeviUr inquirer. > YORKVILLE, S. C.! ! THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 22, 1877. THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION. 1 According to the latest advices from Washington, there will be no factious opposition | to the action of the majority of the Electoral Commission. The Western Democrats are i reported as hostile to the decisions so far made, and disposed to evince their hostility i hv rafuflin? further narticiDation in the pro "~V D r 1 ceedings of the Commission, and to repudiate the decision when made. This policy, bowever, has been opposed by the Southern Democrats, and will probably not prevail. The foli lowing resolution was adopted by the Democratic caucus of the House and Senate on > Saturday night, and its publication author1 ized: ! Resolved, That the count of the electoral vote shall proceed without dilatory opposition to the orderly execution of the act of Congress creating the Electoral Commission, whose decision shall be received and acted [ upon in accordance with the provisions of the said law; but this resolution is accompanied 1 with the Bolemn and earnest protest of the Democratic party against the gross and the shameless violations of law, justice and truth contained in the decisions of the majority who signed the same in the cases of Florida and Louisiana. The resolution adopted was a substitute offered by Mr. Reagan, of Texas, to the one already before the caucus, the text of which has not transpired. The protest was in the shape of an amendment offered by Bright, of Tennessee. The vote was 69 to 40. On the same subject, the Atlanta Constitution has the following special dispatch from Washington: To-day's decision settles the Presidential question for Hayes, so far as the Electoral Commission can settle it. The only hope of the Democrats now is to filibuster in the House, and Btave off the completion of the count until the 4th of March, then elect Til den and inaugurate. The chances are that this will not be done. There is intense and 1 noisy indignation to-night, but very little ; purpose in it. The men who are nearest to Tilden declare the House will elect Tilden 1 and inaugurate him; but there is strong opposition to such a course among the party leaders, and especially those from the South. The country has been depending on the Commission, and it is too late now to rouse them 1 to a revolution, which would certainly be the result of an attempt to inaugurate Tilden by order of the Housa There seems to be no alternative but to take Hayes for four years. proceeding's "of congress. In the Senate on the 13th, Patterson, of 1 South Carolina, presented the credentials of D. T. Corbin, claiming to have been elected United States Senator from the State of South Carolina for the term of six years from March i 4th, 1877. The credentials were signed by ' D. H. Chamberlain as Governor of South I Carolina. They were read and placed on file, no objection being made to their reception. The political disabilities of Reuben Davis, of Mississippi, were removed. The arrest of, Conrad A. Jourdan, a bank cashier, was or-1 dered, for refusing to produce Tilden's, Pelton's and Hewitt's bank accounts. In the House, the journal of Thursday, February 1st, was read as the regular daily order at 10 o'clock. The House was engaged all day in debate on the report of t! i Florida Investigating Committee?the majority report, declaring the Tilden electors to have been duly elected and the minority the Hayes electors. There was but little interest in the debate until Mr. Purman (Republican,) of Florida rose, and after censuring his party associates in the North for indifference which they had shown to the result of the election in the South, and for the blunder it had made in refusing to admit Pinchback into the United States Senate as a Senator from Lou* isiana, he declared that though a staunch Republican, he felt it his duty to say that the Tilden electors had been duly elected in Florida, and he characterized the Canvassing Board of that State as a bold, unscrupulous, fraudulent body. The speech elicited much applause from the Democrats, who gathered around him and paid close attention to his remarks. With the understanding that a vote should be taken to-morrow upon the resolu tionsof the committee, the House took a recess till ten to-morrow. In the Senate on the 14th, the bill appropriating a quarter of a million for the building of a National Museum on Smithsonian Square, was reported on favorably. The bill removing tbe political disabilities of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston passed. A number of petitions were presented. Dorsey introduced the compromise of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill, already pending on the House calendar. The amendment to this bill that tbe $750,000 paid to the sinking fund shall be an addition instead of in lieu of other payments, was adopted by 22 to 10, without completing the bill. The deficiency appropriation bill was passed. Amendments were made by the Senate to the legislative appropriation bill to restore the salaries of last year, and to appropriate one half a million dollars to pay judgments in the court of claims. In the House the resolution of the majority of the committee on the election in Florida, declaring the Tilden electors to have been elected in Florida, was adopted by a party vote, with the ex ception of Purman, of Florida, who voted with the Democrats. Id the Senate on the 15th, the pensions committee reported adversely on the bill to increase the pension of the widow of Col. Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Webster. The Pacific Railroad bill was laid aside. The naval appropriation bill, with still further re, duction on the last bill, was passed. In the House, a bill was passed, removing the politi ical disabilities of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia. The naval appropriation bill i passed, with an amendment providing for the 1 appointment of a commission to decide upon i the future naval policy of the United States. In the Senate, on the 16th, Mr. Logan, of ! Illinois, moved to take up the Senate bill for the issue of silver coin and to make the silver dollar a legal tender, being the bill intro1 duced by him in August last. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, opposed the motion on account of the absence of the Chairman-of the Committee on Finance, Mr. Sherman, and said there ha^a^^keen akind of understanding I that the not^h^considered until ' I after the yof the should be made. Daring the discussion, Mr. Bogy, a member of the Silver Commission, said the report of that commission had been completed and wonld have been submitted to the Senate had there not been a difficulty in having it printed. He hoped it would be printed and submitted to the Senate in a few days. After discussion, Mr. Logan moved to make the bill the special order for Monday next, at 1 o'clock, p. m. Agreed to without a division. In the House bills were passed removing the political disabilities of several persons. In the Senate, on the 17th, Mr. Kelly, of Oregon, made a personal explanation in regard to the telegrams before the committee on privileges aud elections, charging him with being engaged in an attempt to buy a Republican elector iu Oregon, and said he had no knowledge of any Buch telegram. In the House, Lamar offered a resolution directing the Clerk of the House to - inform the Senate that it would, at 11 o'clock Monday, be ready to receive that body for the purpose of continuing with the counting of the votes. Adopted by yeas, 152; nays, 111. The House then took a recess until Monday at 10 o'clock. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?Eight hundred and five colored tax-pay ere in Bare well county, have paid the ten per cent, contribution to the Hampton tax. ? Judge Mackey has issued an order enjoining the couuty auditor and treasurer of Lancaster county, from proceeding in the collection of the Chamberlain tax. ? Jones M. Williams, Democratic State Senator for Barnwell County, died at his residence in that county on the 14th instant, after a short illness. ? John R. Cochran, State Senator from Anderson county, was tried in Columbia, before Judge Carpenter, last week, on the charge of killing James Dent in that city some time ago. After being absent from the court room for about fifteen minutes, the jury returned and reported a verdict of not guilty. ? The Newberry Herald says that Sheriff Uarrington, of that county, wno recently refused to recognize a commitment from one of the trial justices appointed by Governor Hampton, subsequently changed his mind, and the prisoner was placed in jail to serve out his sentence. ? Governor Hampton has made the following appointments and removals of trial justices in Union county: David Johnson, vice J. A. Cummings, removed; 3. Stokes, B. B. Foster, Thos. M. Littlejobn, vice J. L. Strain; Thomas Conner, vice D. D. Goings, removed; T. J. Orr, vice L. T. Littlejohn, removed; Jasper Gibbes, vice J. H. Williams, removed; Wm. Norman, vice John Ray, removed. ? Governor Hampton has commissioned the following officers of militia in Charleston: Of the battalion of Carolina Rifle Club, Major, C. Irvine Walker; Captains, Thomas FroBt, Jr., aod W. St. Julien Jervey; First Lieutenants, James P. Lessesne and Charles R. Holmes; Second Lieutenants, H. T. Williams, G. S. Coffin, Arthur Mazyck and Cbas. R. Volk. ? Mr. W. E. Purvis, was tried in Darlington last week, on the charge of assassinatiug Alfred Rush, an ex-member of the legisla ture, in that county, in May of last year. The trial consumed two days and resulted in the acquittal of Purvis. The defense clearly demonstrated, even from the evidence of the prosecution, that he could not have committed the deed. The murder is still shrouded in mystery. ? Recently, at Hamburg, a difficulty occurred between Moses Sullivan, an Augusta negro, and George Williams and Ed. Ivory, both colored, in which Sullivan was instantly killed, and Ivory shot through the arm. The origin of the difficulty was a dispute about marking another negro's shirt bosom with a lead pencil. Sullivan had been employed by the City Council of Augusta as a secret detective, and at the time of his death was employed in working up a cotton stealing case for the South Carolina Railroad. ? The Union Times of last week furnishes [ the following facts in regard to a murder which was committed near Jonesville, in that __ a I? AtL i L _ 1 ] county, on tne mil lusiain,, uy a uuiureu iuau named Waites Gist, upon the body of his aged grand mother. Waites says the Lord commanded him to kill his "granny," so he built up a large fire in the fire-place, took the axe and "chopped her head in two," and then put her on the fire, where she was found by a brother of Waites. The murderer was arrested and lodged in jail. He was heretofore an inmate of the lunatic asylum, and is undoubtedly insane. At times be appears as unconcerned about the horrid crime, as if be had only killed a mad-dog. At other times he evinces intense anguish for the crime he has committed. ? In the Supreme Court, on Friday last, the report was filed of Mr. W. A. Clark, the referee in the cose ot inaa otepnens cutas Tilda Norris, the convict in the State Penitentiary who was pardoned by Gov. Hampton, and whom Superintendent Parraele refused to release. The Court was occupied all day hearing the argument of Messrs. Maxwell and Cavender in the case. The Court then adjourned to Tuesday last, wheu Gen. Conner and Elliott were to be heard and the case probably closed. This adjournment to Tuesday was had because Chief Justice Moses declared himself unable to hold protracted sessions, and because of sickness in his family requiring his presence at home. He desired to hear all the arguments, and preferred an adjournment until Tuesday to allow of his return. The New and Courier correspondent says: "It is but justice to him to say that he has evidently beeu laboring under serious physical weakness throughout the recent attendance on the proceedings of bis court." ? David Spry, colored, was tried in Columbia last week on the charge of stealing one thousand dollars from ex-Senator Owens, of Laurens. The trial resulted in a conviction, and the sentence of the accused to the penitentiary for five years. The prisoner sobbed audibly when he heard the sentence, which the judge said was made so severe in consequence of the prisoner adding peijury to his other offense. When removed from the dock he burst into tears and cried aloud, disturbing the proceedings of the court. When the sheriff went to remove him he drew forth a ? - J ?i Li- *1 i lU. kl J pocket koire ana cm uis uiruui, me umuu flowing out copiously upon his white shirt collar. The sheriff announced that the prisoner had cut his throat, which created considerable commotion in the court room. The I judge ordered him to he removed, when he was taken to the jury room. It was found that he had cut his throat on both sides. The wounds are not deep. The one on the left side is about four inches, and that on the right about three inches in length. Dr. Taylor was sent for and sewed up the wounds. While the surgeon was preparing to sew up the gashes on the throat, he again attempted to destroy himself by throwing himself from the XiOOAXt A77AIRS. HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Notioe to Creditors of Isaac Spencer, deceased. Mrs. C. Craven?Bakery. Weed Sewing Machine Company. John C. Kuykendal?'Vital Air?Attention Farmers?Some particulars?The 300 Pounds. H. F. Adickes?A Revolutionary Onslaught? Shoes-7-Motto Frames?Books?Stationery. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Rice Flour?Only 25 Cents?Buckets?To Our Friends?Wooden Ware?Irish Potatoes?In Stock. John J. Smith?Cheap Grocery Store?Groceries. J. M. Adams?Manufacturer, &?-?Repairing Stoves?Guttering?Beeswax and Rags, j Fiancis D. Hillson?Hampton's Pictures?Looking Glasses?Pictures Framed. , / THE HAMPTON TAX. Up to laBt TuMday evening, the special agent for receiving the Hampton contribution in York county had received the sum of $4,872.00, paid in by 1,289 tax-payers. INCENDIARY FIRE. On Tuesday night of last week, the barn arid stables of J. Wilson Marshall, near Fort Mill, in this county, were destroyed by fire? supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Besides the buildings and forage destroyed, there were also burnt 4 mules, 2 horses, several colts and cows and hogs. WINN8BORO NEWS AND HERALD. Mr. R. Means Davis, who for the past year ha* been one of the editors of the Charleston News and Courier, has returned to Winnsboro and assumed chief editorial management of the Winnaboro News and Herald. The iVuuw and Herald \e nour under the control of Mr. Davis aud Mr. John 8. Reynolds, both of whom were formerly professors in King's Mountain Military School, of this place. Each of these gentlemen are writers of unusual ability and will make their paper second to none in the State. wmtm VftPTH r AROT.fNi NFWS. ? Judge Settle toil] remove to Florida in time to hold his first Court early in March. ? The survey of the Mt. Airy and Greensboro Narrow Gauge Railroad is progressing. ? Revenue officers report to Washington that they have recently captured 27 copper stills and 8 distilleries in Yadkin county. ? Three cases of infanticide were disposed of at the recent term of Randolph Superior Court. ? Rev. C. F. Deems, pastor of the Church of the Strangers, in New York city, is visiting his native home near Wilmington. ? Major A. W. Burton, of Lincolnton,died last week. He had held many offices of trust in the State and was a man of fine intellect and commanding presence. | ? The State Grange has selected Greensboro as its permanent place of meeting. A building has been leased and will be fitted up for the use of the Grange. # ? A special court was held in Greensboro, last week. Judze Bond Dresidiner. for the pur pose of confirming the sale of the Richmond and Atlanta Air-Line Railroad. The road was purchased by the bondholders for $1,600,000. ? Recognition of the Hampton government by Governor Vance was made last week by a communication from Governor Vance to Governor Hampton, notifying him of the arrest of Joshua Bellamy, charged with committing a murder in Horry county, S. C., and fleeing to the swamps of Robeson county. ? Governor Vance is in receipt of a letter from the Secretary of War, demanding the records of the office of the Adjutant-General of that State for the years 1861 to 1865, inclusive. Governor Vance has replied, refusing to comply with the demand, in the course of his reply referring to certain North Carolina letter books now in possession of the Federal Government to which he is not permitted access, but which have been garbled by designing men and used to his detriment. ? Davenport Female College, at Lenoir, Caldwell county, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday of last week. The fire originated in the roof, near the observatory, from sparks falling from the chimney, and was first observed about 9 o'clock in the morning, and two hours later the whole surroundings were a mass of ruins. The whole loss is estimated at from 820,000 to 825,000; no insurance. The property was owned by the N. C. Conference of the M. E. Church South, and the school was directly under control of that body. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. * *1 J?. Ct A J1 tiasKcn on me aianu. A. C. Haskell, Chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee of South Carolina, was on the witness stand of the investigation committee in Washington on Wednesday of last week. He testified that there was no insurrection or threatened disturbance in South Carolina before or after the late election, calling for the interposition of troops. He saw Federal officers on guard in the State House, inspecting certificates of members of the Assembly. Officers of the army took their instructions from and acted under orders of 0. A. Jones, Clerk of the House of Representatives. The Legislature was organized by United States soldiers at the instance of Chamberlain. Attempt to Assassinate Packard. On Thursday last, an attempt was made to assassinate Packard, the Republican claimant of the gubernatorial chair of Louisiana. The would-be assassin is named Wm. H. Weldon and claims to be a native of Philadelphia, where his father, whom he says is a Lutheran minister, now resides. _ Until recently, Weldon has been employed in Mobile as a dry goods clerk. He gained access to Packard's ^ ' t i 1P office Dy representing mraseu as a newspaper correspondent. Entering the room, he found Packard seated at his desk talking to Judge Boreman. Taking a vacant seat at Packard's left, Weldon asked?"When can I see you ?" Packard turned, and found a pistol pointed at his head. He struck the pistol down, which discharged, the ball taking effect in Packard's right knee. Packard knocked Weldon down, and several persons in the room drew their pistols, one of which was fired at Weldon, wounding him seriously, but not fatally. Weldon was arraigned and pleaded guilty to assaulting Packard with a deadly weapon. He was regularly committed. The following is given & a truthful sketch of Weldon's career in the South: Wm. H. Weldon was sent to Mobile last October, recommended by a member ?f the house of Claflin & Co., to take service with ! P. H. Pepper & Co., a wealthy dry goods house. He was engaged by Mr. Pepper and remained in his employ until about ten days ! since. Quitting his situation he took to drink-' ing and probably, on that account, coupled ! ?!iL - - i I WILD & lime lUVtJ Lllfclll/tJl j uiu ouiuc itiiu liiiu^o. Last Sunday he informed one of his acquain-1 tances that he was going to kill himself, .andthat he had already secured a room at Man- j pick's restaurant for that purpose. The last | seen of Weldon at Pepper & Co.'s was on the ; 13th, at eleven, a. m., when he called in and : received a settlement of his account. He j then told the cashier good-bye, and on being asked if he was going to remain here, he re-j plied not, that he had something else on hand and was about to leave the city. Those who ! know him in.Mobile say his resolution, if resolutiqfibtsas, must have been taken over the drin jting tatfle, and with those who happened I with bim at the time. While in Mobile he "ai told hie friends that his &ther was a Lutheran si minister in Philadelphia. He was never su known to take any part or interest in politios th on one side or the other. Weldon's acquaintances in Mobile are willing to swear that ot Weldon has not been in a oondition of re- th sponsibility for more than a month, and can to prove this fact by other responsible parties. d< Sooth Carolina Affairs at Washington. & A Washington dispatch to the New York Tribune, under date of the 18th, details ^ an interview had with President Grant, re- W| garding South Carolina. The interviewer re- nj ports the President as having said: sfa "In South Carolina the contest had assum- ra ed such a phase that the whole army of the of United States would be inadequate to enforce the authority of Governor Chamberlain. The ce people of that State had resolved not to re- gi sort to violence, but adopted a mode of resis- in tance much more formidable and effective pi than armed demonstration. They have re- tii fused to pay their State taxes to Governor so Chamberlain, and it would be useless to sell di out their property as no one would buy it. tr Unless Governor Chamberlain could compel rit the collection of taxes, it would be utterly useless for him to expect to maintain his au- oc thority for any length of time. This state of 01 affaire must inevitably result in the abandon- pi ment of all efforts by Governor Chamberlain to maintain himself in the exercise of the io gubernatorial functions of the State of South ce Carolina." Ou Tuesday, Representative Sayler made his South Carolina report to the House. In his report, he says: , "The present government, (Chamberlain's) 01 like its predecessor, has no power to protect the people, and is so utterly weak that nofh- 0 ing but the moral power of the support of J*' the general government keeps it in existence ,* a single day. Take this wrongful support J from Chamberlain's unlawful government, P and it will quickly vanish like the dew before thesuu, and will no longer disturb the peace of an oppressed and long suffering people." ^ A delegation of Democratic Senators and ^ Representatives and prominent gentlemen (e from Louisiana and South Carolina, called ga upon the President on Tuesday, The impres- pi sion prevails that it is the President's intention to shift the solution of the questions pre- Wl sented from these States to his successor, ------ sy which, if the leaders can be believed, is toe ai wish of both parties. fr HERE-MENTION. How much of the Hamptou contribution did tbe editor of the Charleston Journal of 01 Commeroe pay ? The Legislature of Rhode Island is endeavoring to make education 01 compulsory throughout the 8tate. It is claimed that a bushel of corn will yield 27 rf, pounds of good sugar, worth in the market ty 81.08. Gen. Gary says "the Democratic squirrel was shot in the top of the tree and 86 has caught on every limb in falling." At ^ this writing Tilden has 184 votes, and Hayes Q[ 184?nip and tuck. Who will get the odd vote? Millions of young grasshoppers are reported near Marietta, Ga. Investigation seems to show that Gen. Babcock is ?t: nnf a rlofailltpr At Dpftdwood. Dakota Territory, reports of outrages lead to the be- jjj lief that the Indians are surrounding that UI vicinity with hostile intentions. Gens. Ruger and Sherman have been summoned to Washington to testify upon the use of troops M in the South. The committee on appro- 10 priations of the House of Representatives ? have voted $360,000 to pay mail contractors in the South for services rendered before the f0 war. The Democratic counsel have nearly completed their preparation of the con- sh test over Oregon. They say they will win there or utterly disgrace the Commission. *( Si Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer. 'a LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, February 19,1877. R Our municipal authorities promise to be more careful in the collection of town tax than their predecessors. Heretofore a large te number of persons, especially of the colored 'n element, have utterly ignored the payment of to their taxes. But the indications are that, 8* with a continuance in this course of action, they will he the losers and not the town. On last Tuesday, a cow belonging to a colored sh woman cas sold for non-payment of taxes. L This is, doubtless, only the first evidence of yc the determination of the present Council to id sell property unless the taxes thereupon are vc immediately forthcoming. Other sales will probably soon follow. A close collection of j& the taxes, and a rigid economy in the administration of municipal affairs, will result in tt> the reduction of the debt of our town. AU be ready $237 of fractional currency, issued by tu authority of previous "city fathers," have ?j been withdrawn from circulation and destroyed, and the good work will continue from at the adoption of the policy of the present c& Council. 8(> Stealing prevails to n great extent in the 8a county. It was quite recently that an ac- m count was given of the perpetration of several acts of robbery in the neighborhood of v' Blackstocka. Mr. Nicholas Colvin, of Halsellville, is a more recent sufTerer. A party of thieves entered his smokehouse, and helped fu themselves liberally to meat, flour and lard, th Seven sides of bacon, forty pounds of lard, and one hundred and fifty pounds of flour E were carried away. The guilty parties are unknown. For the past three years Mr. Col- fo vin has suffered losses of a similar nature. The penitentiary appears to have no terror pr for thieves. Their depredations are carried sa on as boldly as if there was no such institu- sh tion in the land. Those that are convicted si< aud pay the penalty of their crimes by serv- pi ing a time in the penitentiary, are hardly at pi home again when they enter upon the same tu course of stealing. pi No clue has yet been obtained to the dis- in covery of the robbers of Mr. Stringfellow's in Drug Store. They may go unwhipt of jus- tu tice for a while, but the day for reckoning isl will probably come. On last Wednesday afternoon, Jake Reed, Bi colored, broke open Mr. Ephraim Abell's wheat house, and stole therefrom some wheat of and a lot of plough molds. About the same eli time he entered a uegro house on the same plan- th tation, and carried off* a quantity of clothing to and other things. Reed was brought to town so Wednesday night and lodged in jail. Our Ri jail is rapidly filling up, and at the present rate, the Court of General Sessions, which lai meets on the 3rd Monday of March, will have its hands full of work. nv On the 1st Monday in March, the following er tracts of land will be sold by the Sheriff of to Chester county : 190 acres, on the waters of all Susybole, at the suit of Wm. A. Minter vb. James Brown; 300 acres, on the waters of te< Catawba river, at the suit of Alexander, Rob- ev ison <fc Atkinson vs. W. W. Worthy; 160 acres, on the waters of Fishing creek, at the Ri suit of Long, Sumrnerow <fe Co. vs. James Reid ; 210 acres, on the waters of Sandy riv- tal er, at the suit of J. J. McLure, administrator, vo vs. Mrs. Mary A. Cook; and 44 acres, lying lit: along the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,at the an suit- of Nancy Ann Tims vs. W. I. Smith, yn administrator. The house in town, once oc- TJ cupied by Major James Pagan, will also be sold, levied on as the property of W. L. Ea- th son, of Charleston, at the suit of C. C. Macoy. th J. K. Sloan, who was recently appointed ta Trial Justice by Chamberlain, tried his first && case on Friday. The defendant in the action was a colored woman, charged with assault M and battery. She was found guilty and sen- th tenced by the Court to confinement in the toi county jail for several days. Sheriff Walker, sij not acknowledging Chamberlain's right to ah make any^appointments, refused to execute C? the sentence pronounced by Sloan* ^nd the vo woman wa^j discharged. There was some talk; Dong the friend* of the women of arresting id imprisoning Sloan for the wrong she bed stained, but after obtaining legal advice iev decided upon dropping the matter. There were a number of blue men in town t Saturday on receiving the information at Louisiana had been given by the Elecral Commission for Hayes. This act sounsd the death-knell of their political hopes. >me disagreed with Mr. Hewitt, and prerred civil war to Hayes. Speculation was fe respecting the action Hayes, would take incoming our State affairs. The opinion u generally entertained that if he recogzes Chamberlain's claim to the Qovernortip, the people will protest against the outgo, and yield submission only at the point ' the bayonet Rev. Dr. Meynardie preached a very exllent sermon, last evening, to a large conegation at the Methodist Church, on the imortality of the soul. The sermhn was incipally addressed to young men. Some me was consumed in giving the proofs of the ul's immortality. This able and eloquent vine then applied this truth in showing its ue effect to be an incentive to a life of pu^w on/1 krilinoao - for. A. P. Wyiie, of oor town, was dangerisly ill, last week, of pnuemonia. He is ider the care of Dr. J. A Watson, who now enounces him a great deal better. Major Julias Mills, the agent for collectg the Hampton tax at this place, has reived about $3,500 up to this time. Qui. Chester, Feb. 20,1877. The alarm of fire was sounded about 10 clock last evening, and was attended by the oal excitement on such occasions. The unrtunate sufferer was Malacbi Grayson, coled, whose house, located within a short diance of our Cemetery, was entirely consumed r fire. An incendiary, it is believed, apied the torch, for frequent attempts have sen made of late to fire the bnilding. Grayn was a pronounced Democrat, worked for e success of the Democratic cause, and for is reason probably excited the wrath of me Radical of bis own color to such an exnt as to move him to resort to the torch for lisiaction. inn is me most tuuioinciury ?* anation of the origin of the fire. Grayson id recently bought the lot and house, which is burnt, and it was his intention to take >68ession of it in a short time, He has the mpathies of the whites in bia misfortune, id will in all probability obtain assistance om them with a view to rebuilding. Qui. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. After consuming several days in argument, i Saturday last the Electoral Commission, j a vote of eight to seven, decided that no ridence can be received in the Louisiana ise except the electoral certificates. Nuerous propositions were made to take vaDU8 kinds of evidence, but all were rejected r a vote of eight to seven. Commissioner Payne moved to allow coon*: 1 one hour's time, but counsel declined, and e Commission resumed its secret session. The following are the resolutions acted upi by the Commission: Mr. Hoar submitted the following: Ordered that the evidence be not received. Mr. Abbott offered the following as a subitute: Boohed, That evidence be received to show at so much of the act of Louisiana estabihing the Returning Board for that State is lconstitutional, and the acts of the said Renting Board are void. The vote upon it was as follows: Yeas, essrs. Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunn, Payne and Thurman?7. Nays, Messrs. radley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield, oar, Miller, Morton and Strong?8. Mr. Abbott ottered anotner suosuiuie, as Hows: Resolved, That evidence will be received to ow that the Returning Bcaod of Louiaiana, the time of canvassing and compiling the >te of that State at the last election in that ate, was not legally constituted under the w establishing it, in this?that it was com?ed of four persons of one political party stead of four persons of different parties, ejected by the same vote. Mr. Abbott then offered anotber substitute: Resolved, That the Commission will receive stimony on the subject of the frauds alleged the specification of counsel for the electors certificates one and three. Rejected by the .me vote. Mr. Abbott then offered a fourth substitute: Resolved, That the testimony tending to ow that the so-called Returning Board of ouisiana bad no jurisdiction to canvass the ?te for electors for President and Vice-Present is admissible. Rejected t>y the same >te. Mr. Abbott offered a fifth, which was rested by the same vote, which was as follows: Resolved, That evidence is admissible that e statements and affidavits purporting to ive been made and forwarded to said Renting Board in pursuance of the provisions section 26 of election laws of 1872, alleging at, intimidation at and near certain polls * *-i? j id id certain panacea, were iaiae auu iaunited, and forged by certain disreputable perns under the direction and knowledge of the id Returning Board, knowing the said stateents and affidavits to be false and forged, id that none of such statements and affidats were made in the manner or form or ithin the time required by law, and knowgly, willfully and fraudulently fail and rose to canvass or compile more than ten ousand votes cast, as is shown by the stateent of the votes of the Commissioners of lection. Mr. Hunton offered a sixth substitute, as llows: Resolved, That evidence be received to ove that the votes cast and given at the id election on the 7th of November last, as own by the returns made by the Commismere of Election for said polls and voting aces in said State, have never beep cornled nor canvassed, and that the said Kerning Board never even pretended to comle or canvass the returns by the said Cclmissionere of Election, but thpt said Returng Board only pretended to cauvass the rerns made by the State Supervisors of Regcation. Rejected by the same vote. A seventh substitute was offered by Mr. ayard, as follows: Resolved, That no person holding an office trust or proflt under the United States is igible to be appointed an elector, and that is Commission will receive evidence tending prove such ineligibility as offered by coun 1 for objectors to certificates Nos. 1 and 3. ejected by the same vote. Mr. Justice Field offered the eighth and jt substitute, as follows: Resolved, That in the opinion of the Com* ission, evidence is admissible upon the seval matters which the couusel for objectors Nos. 1 and 3 offered to prove. This was so rejected by the same vote. The question on the origiual order submit* i by Mr. Hoar came up, viz.: That the idence offered be not received. Mr. Payne moved to strike out the "Not" ejected by the same vote. The vote on the origiual order was then ken and it was adopted by the following te: Yeas, Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds, Freighuysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton d Strong?8. Nays, Messrs. Abbott, Bard, Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne and lurraan?7. After this conclusion bad been reached by e Commission, counsel were admitted and e above resolutions were read by the Secrery. The Commission then went into secret wion. Immediately after the doors were closed, r. Morton submitted a resolution declaring at the votes of Hayee and Wheeler eiecrs of Louisiana should be counted, and asking reasons therefor, which are understood k> to cover the case of Oregon and South irolina. His resolution was adopted by a te of 8 to 7. Justices Miller and Bradley and Bepresen tative Abbott were theh appointed a committee to draft a report for presentation to Congress, and at 6:15 topic a recess to 7 o'clock. i The Commission ddjourned without removing tlie pledge of storety. Nothing farther transpired. Y ' v The following ie Morton's resolution: r, Resolved, That tbh persons named as ilk- S tors in certificate number one were the laWul electors of the State ,of Louisiana, and tfikt their votes are the vd(6a provided for by the Constitution of the. United States and should be counted for President and Vice President. Justice-Field then moved that an hour be allowed to counsel on either side for farther argument. V Mr. Garfield said that ufe time allofred by the original order bad beetleshausted, and he objected to a further extension. Mr. Morton suggested that counsel be consulted about the subject. He wcpold vote against the motion, unless counsel desired it, Mr. Evarts expressed a willingness to^teij^0 case stand as it now stood. Judge Campbell"^, said that as the Commission bad exclndea the evidence, they had nothing to add to the argument at present. On motion of Mr. .Hoar the doors were then closed, and the Commission resumed its secret session. The Commission remained in session until 8:57, p. m., when, on motion, of Mr. Edmunds, an adjournment to 4, p. to., to-morrow was ordered. The report has been signed by the eight, and will be presented to the joint session tomorrow. THE FORMAL REPORT. < The report is to-the following effect: The Electoral Commission having received certain certificates and papers purporting to be ^certificates and papers accompanying the same of the electoral vote of the 8tate of Louisiana and the objections thereto,, report that it has duly considered the same and has de- w cided and does hereby decide that. the votes ' V of William Pitt. Kellogg, 0. H. Brewster, Ac., named in the certificate of William Pitt |] Kellogg, Governor of said 8tate, which votes are oertified by said person as appears by the oertileates sobmitted to the. Commission as aforesaid, and marked number one by said Commission and herewith returned, are the Wt votes provided for by the Constitution of the United Spates and that the same are lawfully to' becounted as herein oertified, namely: X?:_ .ntiu f,\m RntKarfnrH R.- of the -LilgUb TUWO ?V> MH*MVr?wa? ^, ^ State of Ohio, for President, and .eight vofces for William A. Wheeler, of $ew.yark,?for Vice-President. The Commission also decides and reports , that, the eight persons first named were duly appointed, elected in and by said'State of Looiriana. The ground of that decision, stated briefly, is substantially as>follows: That it is not competent to go into evidence aliunde as to the papers opened by the President of the 8eq?0fcin the presence of the two Houses, to pwfe thf t other persons than those regularly certified by the Governor of the State of Louisiana, in and according to the determination and declaration of their appointment* In other- words, ^ to go behind the ,cer ti fica to of .the 'Governor ':j? so far as it is founded upoothe. action of the % Returning Board. The Commission, could not receive any evidence to show that any elector was inelligible on the 7th of Novem- jgjf? ber, the day of the election, on the ground Jlgi that it was not essential to thoto who was ineligible on thai day, oo long as he wot eligible on the day when he cad hi* vote in $e Electoral College, and the fact appears that the alleged ineligible electors, Brewster and Levisee, were chosen to fill vacancies caospd by their own absence from the college. aira 'tber&was no allegation of ineligibility when: they cast their vote. On Monday the Senate entered the House >11 A Ht ..turn OI AepruKuwuvco >1 u uiw#t the decision of the Commission was delivered. Mr. Gibson presented a remonstrance signed by all life Democrats, Tt: recites the proof proposed by the Democratic counsel and the proceedings of the Commission with-full details. When the reading Was concluded, the two Houses separated until 4 o'clock, P. M., when the Senate returned to the hail of the House. The presiding officer then handed to the tellers the decision of the Electoral Commission giving the votes of Lpiftuaoa to Hayes and Wheeler, and aaked if there were objections to the decision. ? Gibson, of Louisiana, presented an objec- tion, signed by nearly all the Democratic Senators and Representatives. Other objections were submitted by Senator Wallace, of Pennsylvania, and by Representative Cochran, of Pennsylvania. These having been read, the Senate retired, and the House,:, on motion of Mr. Wood, of New York, .took a recess until 10 o'clock Tuesday. When the Senate returned from the House, Sherman submitted a resolution that the decision of the Electoral Commission upon the electoral vote of the State of-Louisiana'siand u the judgment of the Senate, the objections made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. Keroan submitted a substitute that the votes purporting to be the electoral votes for President and Vice President and which were given by Kellogg, Bnrch and' others (Republicans) claiming to be electors fbir the State of Louisiana, be not counted, the decision of the Commission to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. Tburman, of Ohio, spoke in favor of the substitute, and Morton followed in support of the action of the Commia- sion. Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, spoke expressing his disappointment at the fhihtre of the Commission to meet the expectations of theoountry, after which a vote was taken J and Sherman's resolution was adopted by a strict party, vote of 41 to 28. 1 No further progress in the agfunt was made J on Monday. ; > fl tvuvdvivw with Trrncp vinrw fl Columbia, S. C., February 13.?Judge % 1 J. Mackey, who recently visited Gov. Hayes, has been creating a lively sensation through* out the upper portion of the 8tate by preparing the people in a series of addresses for the inauguration of Hayes as President, r The Judge, a few days ago, decided that Hasstptou was .the legally elected and qualifiedj3overnor of the State, in the .case of a prisoner pardoned by the distinguished Democratic claimant for the office. Judge Mackey arrited here to-day; and as his ntteranees have attracted such general attention, be was called upon by the Herald correspondent to whom he freely expressed his views. He saidt "I regard it as an absolute verity that Hayes will be declared President. I have no doubt that the electoral commission will hbld that the votes of Louisiana and Oregon must ^ be counted for tlayes. I regard the position *3 of the Republicans as to both of these 8tates as perfectly impregnable. The statute which creates the returning board in Louisiana, and defines its powers and duties, virtually vasts 1 it with the authority to appoint the Presiden- y tial electors by conferring upon it the power . to revise the returns and to reject or expunge majorities which in their judgment were obtained through intimidation. The constitution of the United States provides that the Presidential electors shall be appointed..in such manner as the Legislatures of the several States shall direct, and the power of appointment in Louisiana has practically been delegated to the returning board. This may be dangerous law, but it is nevertheless law, and the decision of the returning board must be regarded as tbe judgment of the court of j last resort upon the queatioo as to who fere \ duly elected Presidential electors. "The Oregon problem will be solved by the application of familiar legal principles. Tbe statute there provides that the college of electors shall (ill all vacancies. This means, in law, that the majority shall exercise the power, and negatives the idea that in a col* lege actually composed of three persons present, one of them should ' segregate himself ^ and proceed to disfranchise the other two, by declaring their seats vacant and pretending to 4 elect two others, in their stead. This would be alike contrary to law and right reason, and would be, in fact, reversing the oMer of nature by making the tail wag the dog instead of the dog wagging tbe tail. r "I believe that Hayes, as President, will I