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?ctaps and facts. ! ? A hen in Jefferson city, Missouri, on Sunday, laid an egg in the contribution box of a Methodist Church. The minister was preaching on foreign missions, and after the Bermon a collection was taken up, when the hen's contribution was discovered. ? Eleven States will hold elections before the meeting of Congress, viz. : Oregon, in June; Alabama, in August; Arkansas, California, Vermont and Maine, in September; West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa, in October. ? The change from the Polish to the Russian language is thus described : Where a man would have said "Oischski willski givski youski a punchski in the snootski," the poor fellow is compelled to say, "Oiskvitch willvitch givivitch youavitch a punchivitch in the snootivitch." ? The Ukiah (Cal.) Dispatch is edited by Miss Belle Lynch. She said something exasperating about Mr. F. L. Caruthers, who thereupon invaded the "sanctissima" and caned the lady. Miss Lynch will graduate in journalism after awhile; but what a town TTI 1 i. I I UKian must oe: ? Virginia militia companies were ordered out "to suppress a lion reaming at large, a fugitive from some menagerie." The beast was found and killed. It was a large "yaller" dog. A stray policeman might have answered all purposes, but that did not happen to be the Virginia style. ? Just before his death, President Harrison issued an order informing all office holders to attend strictly to their duties and let politics alone, under pain of dismissal. This would be a good thing to revive, but as President Harrison did not live many days after its promulgation, there may be danger in it. ? The most remarkable physician of any age recently died at Portsmouth, N. H. He graduated at Harvard, and afterwards studied in Paris, but never had but one patient, for whom he extracted a tooth, receiving a fee of twenty-five cents. He was never married, and lived to be nearly four-score years old, leaving a fortune of $400,000. ? Judah Peter Benjamin, the most popular lawyer in London, whose income is over 8100,000 a year, was formerly Secretary of State of the Southern Confederacy. He is sixty-five, was born in San Domingo, is a Hebrew, went to New Orleans after graduating at Yale, was a Whig, then a Democratic United States Senator, and then a Confederate. ? An Illinois clergyman is reported to have said the other day at the laying of the corner stone of a new meeting house: "If the boys and girls do their sparking in church, I say amen to it. I have a daughter whom I cherish as the apple of my eye. When she is of suitable age, I would rather she should be courted in the house of God than in a theatre." ? We read that a municipal election was held in Vermilionville, La., last week, and the whites divided into two parties, one of which put up a ticket composed entirely of whites, and the other one of whites and blacks. The white voters were almost evenly divided, and the election was decided by the negroes, who gave a majority for the straight white ticket. ? The town of Maple Grove, Wisconsin, is excited over a recent Sunday occurrence there. The people were mostly at church, and in one house a twelve-year old boy was 4 b a Anln nomtnnnt Till Ml ?? fU A aknan/tA tilt? UUij uuuupaut. i/unug uic auccucu vx the family, a man came to the house completely enveloped in a beef hide, with horns, tail, and all complete, and so fitted that nothing else could be seen. It was known in the neighborhood that the occupants of this house had money, and there was there at the time about two hundred dollars. The object disguised in the hide told the boy that he was the devil, and that he had come after his money, and he must give it to him. The boy answered that he could not have the money. The devil then told the boy that he would have him and kill him if he did not bring out the money. The boy then stepped into the house as if he was about to comply, but instead of bringing the money he brought a gun and shot the man dead in his tracks. The boy then ran to the nearest neighbor, and, finding only a woman there, told her that he had shot the devil at his house. The woman went with the boy, and found that the devil, whom the boy had shot, was her husbanrJ ? The President talks freely about his policy and gives the best of reasons for adopting it. According to a correspondent of the Philadelphia Times, he said to a visitor recently that he was not surprised at the Republican opposition to his course, as he had expected even more than had been shown. Had he been a private citizen he would probably have been inclined to oppose it himself, but when he became President he reflected upon the subject and having made up his mind that it was his duty to endeavor to restore peace and harmony through the land and protect the rights and liberties of the whole people, he adopted that course which he believes will best secure these objects, and he intends to stand firm in the execution of his purpose. In addition to his policy of non-intervention, he would recommend that the test oath administered to members of Congress be abolished as a useless and irritating reminder of an unfortunate period in the nation's history. He would encourage the development of the resources and promotion of the industries of the South as far as that lies within the power of the national government, and believes that the removal of causes of political agitation of purely sectional issues and the return of material prosperity will tend to awaken a national feeling in the South. ? Thesaying of Hamlet that "The funeral I halted meats did enldlv furnish forth the i marriage table," was practically illustrated a j few days ago in Georgia, although in this j case the man, not the woman, offended the proprieties. In April last the wife of a Mr. J Caraway, a farmer, near Atlanta, in that | State, was found lying in her own home, bru- j tally murdered. Suspicion was directed against Charles Tommey, a negro, and on his being arrested he confessed to having committed the crime. The husband of the murdered woman was apparently overcome by grief, but prevailed upon the populace not to lynch the murderer, who was safely lodged in jail, tried, convicted, sentenced to death i and executed on Friday last. And now comes I the curious part of the story. On that morning Mr. Caraway, the bereaved husband,! bought a license for a second marriage, put it | in his pocket, witnessed the hanging, and then quietly went off and got married. It is not every man who can thus crowd a double amount of eniovment into a single day, and i Mr. Caraway may be congratulated on the ; nerve and coolness he displayed. Xerxes is ] said to have wished that some one would in-' vent a new pleasure, and certainly the idea of witnessing the hanging of your first wife's murderer, with a marriage license to unite you i to a second, paid for and carefully stowed I away in your vest pocket, ought, we should i think, to be sufficient to satisfy the most epi-, curean old barbarian, either ancient or mod-| ern. ? "I will pay 810,000 in cash for the delivery to me of the kidnapped child, Charley Ross, or for information that will lead to his recovery. I most solemnly and sacredly pledge my word of honor and ray reputation as an upright business man, not to attempt for myself to discover the identity of the persons negotiating with me in this matter, nor to convey to any other person any hints or clews by which any accusation, or even suspicion, shall be directed against them. The parents of the child unite with me in this pledge, and agree, if their darling child is by this means restored to them, to abandon all attempts to punish any person connected with his abduction or concealment ; they agree never to appear against such parties, and,' with myself, will use every endeavor to shield j ^^\^^hem^rom exposure." In this way P. T.! Barnum sets out to find the lost child. The Springfield Republican states that the idea first occurred to Mr. Barnum when he was in Philadelphia two years ago, but he decided not to countenance any condoning of the offence. The idea returned to hira recently, and he opened negotiations with Mr. Ross. 1 He promised to offer the reward on the con- j dition that if the boy were recovered some ar- j rangement should be made for exhibiting | him. The offer was accepted on Friday, the ! family retaining the privilege of reimbursing j Mr. Barnum; but in no case is any other j showman to be allowed to exhibit the boy. Mr. Ross has ascertained that Mosher, one of the alleged abductors, wrote a novel sixteen years ago, in which the plot turned upon the abduction of a child. Ihr fJsrMlr inquirer. ~~YORKVILLE, S, C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1877. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A sturgeon, 204 pounds in weight, was recently captured in Broad river. ? Ex-Governor Chamberlain has been in Columbia for several days past. ? The Greenville News thiuks that there is a million a year to be saved to the State by abolishing the old fence law system. ? A good many farmers in Newberry increase their corn crop by planting rows of corn in their cotton fields across the cotton rows, sixteen feet apart. ? E. M. Brayton, of Aiken county, a carpet-bagger, has been appointed collector of revenue in South Carolina, vice Carpenter, resigned. ? The town council of Anderson has passed an ordinance to prevent dogs from running upon the streets without muzzles after the first day of June. ? Recently, in Aiken county, Sheriff Hoiley's son, aged 13, was bitten by a snake. A pint of whisky internally, and a local application of ammonia cured him. ? The work on the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad is being rapidly pushed. There is a large gang of North Carolina convicts employed on the portion of t^c line in that State. ? Anderson farmers begin to complain of drought. Much cotton, and even corn has been unable to force itself through the crust of dried mud, which is the result of the recent hail-storm in that section. ? The Abbeville Banner wisely remark? that if the people of South Carolina were as anxious to save as they are to borrow money, they would not be concerned about the passage of a usury law. ? Col. Christopher Hampton, a brother of the Governor, has purchased the handsome residence of ex-Governor Chamberlain, on Arsenal Hill, in Columbia, and will take pos session immediately. ? The Spartanburg and Union Railroad will hereafter be known as the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad. It is in fine condition and will form a part of the Grand Trunk Line from Charleston to the West. ? Whittemore, who it will be remembered asked and obtained "indefinite leave of absence" from the State Senate, several days ago, has fled the State, never to return. It is no longer a secret that his formal resignation has been duly written and signed, and will be made public at an early day. ? Ex-Governor Chamberlain has addressed a note to the New York Tribune for the purpose of correcting a statement in the correspondence of that paper to the effect that he is a suDDorter of the President's Southern Doli cy. The ex-Governor says emphatically that he is not a supporter of the President's Southern policy, and that his views in that respect have not been changed by any thing that has occurred since he relinquished the office of Governor. ? The Anderson Journal says: The valuable property known as the Pendleton Factory was sold at public outcry on Wednesday of last week. The property was divided into three tracts and sold separately. The factory proper was bid off for the bondholders by Col. Jos. N. Brown at ?10,000 ; the Keasler Mill tract was bid off by Capt. John McGrath at ?1,600, and the tract of thirty-one acres of bottom land was bid off at ?400 by the bondholders. These prices are exceedingly low considering the cost and real value of the property. ? Says the Abbeville Medium of the 23rd instant: "There is a coal-black negro man in our vicinity who will soon have a beautiful white stomach?a stomach covered with as pure white Democratic skin aB ever grew in Edgefield. This no doubt sounds both ridiculous aud alarming, but we will explain. Some weeks back, Dr. Walter Hill and Dr. Wallace Bland cut off from the stomach of this negro a huge tumor, weighing many pounds, and upon the large bare spot left by the operation, they have planted numberless little stars of skin nipped from their own arras. These stars have taken root and are fast spreading out to meet each other, so that as we have already said, the black man will soon have a beautiful white Democratic stom ach?at all events on the outside. Science is wonderful, and in this case noble. Skin is about all the Radicals and negroes have left us, and to be thus generous with it is certainly very magnanimous." ? The Whittemore and Woodruff investigating committee are in possession of a book, which is a transcript of the accounts of the Republican Printing Company, of which Woodruffand Jones were the bosses, showing the amounts of money paid in bribes, for services rendered by the members of the House and Senate in securing the passage, through the General Assembly, of an appropriation : of 8225,000 for public printing in the session j of 1873-74. The whole amount paid in such j bribes, aggregates about sixty thousand dol- j lars. A few persons, reported to be Demo-; crats, figure in the mystic pages; but they were not members of the General Assembly, and only received small sums. The amount paid Cardozo "for paying out the money from j the treasury," was, as this book shows, $17,866. The amount paid ex-Governor Moses,1 "for approving the bill," was $10,304.50. The amount paid Nash, "for services in the Senate and as chairman of the finance committee," was $5,000. Theamouuts paid Whittemore and Y. J. P. Owens, "for services in the Senate," was $5,000 each. The amount paid j Tim Hurley, for services that can better be : imagined than described, was $7,500. E. W. ( M. Mackey, it appears, received about $1,600 "for important services." The book contains | a large number of other entries of other amounts paid out to members, running down as low as $25, which make up the grand aggregate. ' NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? It is claimed that sixty illicit stills have recently been destroyed in Wilkes county. ? The cotton crop in Edgecombe, Pitt, Beaufort, Martin and Washington counties is reported to be unusually promising. ? The Southern Home says that J. H. Gardner, the mail carrier between Charlotte and Yorkville, was robbed of 815 while asleep in his boarding house at Charlotte last Thursday night. ? The Charlotte Democrat says that the law preventing stock from running at large in that county, is growing in favor every day, and that opposition to the fence law is diminishing, and will soon not be heard of. ? The name of E. B. Drake, Esq., editor of the Statesviile American, is mentioned for U. S. Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina. The appointment of Mr. Drake would give general satisfaction in his District; and if the President would only confine his Southern appointments to men of Mr. Drake's class, the people of the South will be convinced that he means reform in earnest. ? At the term of tbe Superior Court in Wilkesboro, last week, Judge Schenck refused to obey, or permit the officers of Ashe county * i * T 1 TV_1_ /_/ I TT to obey, tne oraer or juage uick, ^oi iue u. S. District Court,) for the removal of the cases of indicted revenue officers from the Superior Court of Ashe to the U. S. District Court at Greeusboro. The question of jurisdiction as between the two tribunals was to have been heard before the U. S. District Court in Greensboro on yesterday. ? Several newspaper paragraphs aimed at Hon. J. M. Leach, charging him with making efforts at organizing a new party, or attempting to reorganize the old Whig party, have attracted attention in other States than his own, placing that distinguished gentleman in a false position, and evoking from him a trenchant letter, in which he places himself right before the people. The South has not a truer son to her interests than is Gen. Leach ; nor can the small fry politicians succeed in tarnishing his enviable reputation as a public man. ? The Charlotte Observer records the mysterious disappearance of A. W. Loyns, a large dry goods merchant of that city. Over three weeks ago he started North, as he informed his clerks, for the purpose of making purchases, since which time no tidings have been received from him, notwithstanding frequent inquiry has been made for him of Northern merchants and others with whom he transacted business. As he left ample assets, and is not pecuniarily embarrassed, his singular disappearance has caused a sensation in Char lotte. Previous to 1876, he was in business at Florence, S. C. ? The Charlotte Democrat states that James Patton Wilson, a native of that city, but who has been absent 23 years, returned there last week for the purpose of surrendering himself to the Sheriff of the county on the charge of having shot and caused the death of Mr. Nat. Clayland, in Charlotte, in the year 1854. Several of the older citizens remember the unfortunate occurrence, but there is no living witness of the affair. When the shooting took place, Wilson was about 17 years old and Clayland about 18. Wilson has eluded arrest for the past 23 years, but returned, and in open court, submitted to a verdict of manslaughter. The presiding Judge sentenced him to five years imprisonment in the county jail. THE APPROPRIATION BILL. During the discussion of the appropriation bill, in the Senate on Saturday last, the question being upon the motion of Senator Gary to strike out the enacting clause of the bill, . f XT I _L Mr. Witherspoon, Democrat irom lorn, ootained the floor and spoke as follows in opposition to the payment of the interest on the public consolidated debt. Mr. Witherspoon said: Fending the consideration of this section, I desire to have something tosay upon the passage of tins bill, and I approach the subject impressed with the knowledge that I have no substantial information regarding the real financial condition oftlie State. I shall, however, take the responsibility to enter my remonstrance against the passage of some of the provisions of this bill. I take it that it is true as regards the individual so far as his credit is concerned, as it is oftlie State, that it is important to know whether you can pay before you make contracts to discharge certain responsibilities. I may be permitted to state that it has been my pride to preserve my own integrity and credit, and I feel the same pride in upholding the credit and integrity of my State. This discussion in the other branchof the Legislature as brought forward, has injected into it the prejudice of repudiation, which I regard as entirely foreign to the issues before us. Holding up the horrors of repudiation, I fear, has led many of us to impose burdens which we cannot reasonably discharge ourselves of. Whilst I would not tolerate any act which savored of repudiation, yet I am compelled to say that, so far as mv views are concerned, we should pause and reflect; so that whilst we are trying to maintain the integrity and character and credit of the State on the one* side, we should not unnecessarily oppress those whom we represent here. We are not here to crush out the very existence of the State in order that we may carry out this idea of State pride and State credit. I am willing to preserve her credit, but at the same time we must put this State in order. We must give the people of the State a breathing snfill. We must let them recover from the sad effects of over taxation and misgoverninent for the past ten years. If you give them tirno they will, every man of them, meet their honest obligations; but ifyou impose the burden upon them now you dishearten them?you drive them from your borders?you do that which,instead of building up your State, crushes out her very existence. When an individual becomes embarrassed, when he finds himself in circumstances beyond his control, when be is unable to meet obligations which he admits to be honest, what does ho do? Why he g<-es to his creditors, makes an exhibit of his assets and liabilities, and says to them: "Do you propose now, with this record before you, to drive me to the wall, or do you propose to put me in a position, by indulgence and forbearance, in which I can in time meet my honest obligations ? I ask for the State of South Carolina no more and no less indulgence than that which any creditor, who has his own interest at heart, would readily grant. What does this bill propose to do? It proposes to require the State to pay, besides its levies for the expenses of the government and for the penal and charitable institutions, 8200,000 for public schools, inclusive of the poll tax. Let us sustain our home credit before we talk so much about our foreign credit. We are bound by solemn pledges not to diminish, but to increase this school fund, and yet we appropriate only $200,000 inclusive of the poll tax, making the actual appropriation about $125,000. Let us show our faith by our works. This 5th section provides $270,000 for the payment of the interest on the bonds of the State. That is the specially objectionable feature to me. Now here we have $724,400, (without increasing the school tax one dollar,) for the people of this State to pay. One of the smallest States in the Union and one of the most impoverished ! Upon what basis do you propose to raise this enormous tax to which you must add from five to eight mills in the counties? You cannot raise it upon the false and over assessed valuation created by the Republican party, whose sole objective point was to run the government at any cost to the peoplo. This valuation is $133,000,000, but suppose we find that the true value is only $100,000,000. Is it either reasonable or possible that the people can stand this burden and live? I take the ground that the people cannot pay it, and with all due deference to the Senate and the House of Representatives, I do not propose to stultify myself bv imposing a burden which we cannot meet and discharge. Now, mind you, there is no repudiation in this! When you talk repudiation I oppose it as inucli as any mourner in me oenuie. But I consider that I would be recreant to my trust and to the public interest if I failed to raise my remonstrance against the passage of this bill as it now stands. As you see, wo will be called upon to pay two taxes out of one crop. Think of paying twentysix mills out of one crop. Why it is in excess of any Radical tax ever levied. If you impose this tax, Senators, you deprive the people, one-third of them, of homes. You may ask how we propose to get out of paying this debt. We don't propose getting out of paying it at all, but we propose building up the State first and then paying our debts by degrees. But we can never realize these hopes if we, at this stage, inflict this crushing blow upon a nearly ruined people. It will be said, how are we to meet the interest on these bonds if they are found to be valid. The very fact that a commission has been appointed vests the whole matter with suspicion. If we are to have an investigation of these bonds, why is it necessary for us to advance the money ? I do not ask our debtors to forgive us of the interest at all, but I do say if tbis State asks her Northern cred- j itors for indulgence, and affirms her willingness to pay, they will fund the interest, and thereby distribute the burden over three or four years, which you are now trying to impose upon one year. It is said our worthy Governor wants this monev collected. Read his message, and you will find that be distinctly desires that the debt should first be investigated. If yon conclude to levy the tax now, you ratify all the acts of that consolidated Commission before hand. Now, I am told that when the Republican party came into the possession of this State Government in 18G8, the3r would not touch the past obligations of the State until they had inquired into them. It was the part of prudence, and I think, in this one particular, we can afford to follow their example. It is my opinion it is to the interest of the bondholders to have this investigation first, as it will relieve the valid bonds of the suspicion which attaches to the whole debt. There are debts nearer home which we should strive to pay first; and it is an unjust discrimination against our home creditors for us to pass them by, and go out of our way to meet foreign indebtedness, which may or may not be valid. EDITORI AlTINKLINGS. Spicy Telegram. Senator Cochran, who applied for the position of Internal Revenue Collector, has withdrawn his application in the following, which was telegraphed to Senator Patterson: I have the honor to withdraw ray application for the position of United States Internal Revenue Collector. Ex-Governor CharaKoploin'o rannmmenHnh'nn shnnld hp Carried out from the fact of his having fully identified himself and his political future with the Republican party in this State, by establishing an office in New York. As usual, carpet-baggers to the front. I have every reasou to believe my appointmeut would have given satisfaction to ninety-nine men out of every hundred in the State?the odd man, in each instance, an ousted carpet-bagger or a thief. John R. Cochran. Affairs in Mexico. A New Orleans dispatch says that General Lever, an agent of President Lerdo, has just arrived in that city from Matamoras. It is understood from him that arrangements have been made with the States of Mexico, Sinola, Hidalgo, Chipas, Jalisco, Tobasco and ' Champeche, to pronounce for Lerdo as soon as an attempt is made from the American side. This will positively be made, and General Escobedo is in San Antonio engineering the project. It will be first made as a feint on the Northern Pacific side, in Sonora, but the main attempt will be made near Matamoras. The boast has been publicly made by one of Lerdo's agents in New Orleans, that he would be in possession of the Mexican capital in three months. Efforts have been made in New Orleans to purchase arms in - -i '/l J 1 considerable quantities, notn rines ana revolvers, to be shipped to Sao Antonio and Matarooras. More Frnits of Reconciliation. Another evidence of good feeling has recently been shown by a letter of Mr. G. R. Messersraith, a Northern man, to Gen. M. C. Butler, of South Carolina. Mr. Messersraith was a bank cashier at Chambersburg at the time Jeb Stuart raided upon that place, and he has written a letter to Gen. Butler, who was one of the raiding party, which letter is full of the spirit of good-will which the President's policy has inspired. Mr. Mesaersmith says that long ago he decided that as soon as all irritating traces of the war were obliterated, he would write to General Butler and thank him for his kind and gentle treatment of his family, at the tryiug time when Chambersburg was in the hands of the Confederates. "Now," says Mr. Messersraith, "that President Hayes has released the last of the States from military rule, I deem it a fitting occasion to do so, and to assure you of my pleasant recollection and good wishes, and to say to you now what I could not say 'when last we met,' that I would be glad to see you at my home, where a warm and cordial greeting will always await you." This is a good 4ut?A of reconciliation, and Mr. Messeremith's letter will doubtless give Senator Butler a somewhat different character than he has had in the eyes of most Northern people. The War In Europe. The Bucharist correspondent of the London Times, under date of last Saturday, says that present indications strengthen the conclusion that no important events will occur on the Danube till the whole front line -- -? * * - a Unrtlrai A f fhfll rirof A IS 111 pUSlllUli Uli Uie uaiiaa ui bijai mti. ^ strong corps will be formed on the extreme right, composed of the Roumanian array and two Russian divisions. This force will move up the Turkish side of the Timoc and turn the left dank of the Balkan line by a movement on Sophia and Philippopolis. This column would have a friendly country on the right from which to draw supplies. The Russian army which captured Ardahan was seventy thousand strong. A portion of this force have reinforced the Russians before Batoum, which is seriously imperilled. Russia will respect the neutrality of Servia. Her independence is a matter which will only be settled by an agreement with the Powers. Some Russian vessels from American waters will return to Constadt. Others will anchor off Gibraltar to intercept vessels with contraband of war for Turkey. An Egyptian contingent force embarked at Alexandria on Friday. A column from Van and a column of Circassians from Erzeroum, are pushing forward to cut off the Russian advance - ? 1' 1 ? *** TKa T^imlriak twan a! o rl /^ao. Ill IUUL LjUttllCl. X no 1UIBIOU null V.1UU uv,o troyed the earthworks at Nikopolis, driving the Russians out, who left forty dead. The Growing Grain Crop. If the war in Europe continues and the harvests in the North-western States shall come up to their present promise, money there will be plenty. The Chicago Times publishes considerable data in regard to the crops to be gathered during the coming harvest in those regions tributary to Chicago. According to that paper, in Southern, central and eastern Illinois, it is expected that the wheat crop will be very large this year?fully 40 per cent, beyond what it was in 1876 and equal to the great yield of 1874?but the cold weather and the rains have retarded corn-planting, and a portion of the south-west of the State is almost literally under water. As a natural consequence the corn crop outside of northern Illinois is estimated at 35 per cent, below the average. In Northern Indiana the prospects of a good i x 1 narvesc are pruuuuuceu veiy uutuuia^m^, In Wisconsin the farmers are in good spirits, and expect a crop that may restore them to the prosperity that they enjoyed before the panic of 1873. From Minnesota comes the same pleasant story, and the best agricultural authority in that State estimates the vrheat crop at 40,000,000 bushels. In Iowa there is a decrease in wheat production, and the State j , is abandoning that cereal for corn. Nebraska I and Kansas are in dread of the grasshoppers, | but vigorous efforts are being made to head ; j them off, and in Kansas from 10 to 20 per j oent. more wheat than usual has been planted, j On the whole the crop prospect in the North! west may he considered quite promising. | Sixteen Execntions Ordered. ! The Governor of Pennsylvania has just! ! issued warrants for the execution of eight col-! liery murderers, known as the Molly Maguires, ' in addition to four issued a few weeks ago. Hugh McGehan, James Roarity, Jas. Boyle and James Carroll, convicted of the murder of the Taraaqua policeman, and against whom the Supreme Court recently decided, will be ! hanged at Pottsville on the same day?the 21st of June?on which Thomas Munley, the i murderer of Thomas Sanger and Jas. Urens, mining bosses, will be executed. Alexander | Campbell, convicted of the murder of John 1 P. Jones, miniug boss, will be hanged at Mauch Cbunck, June 21st, with Michael Doyle, Edward Kelly and John Donahue. The 9th of August has been designated for the execution of Patrick Hester, Hugh Tully and Patrick McHugh, of Columbia county, convicted of the murder of Alexander W. Rae, Superintendent of a colliery, in the fall of 1868. The Governor also fixed the same day for the hanging of Thomas F. G'urley, the murderer of Miss Whitby, of Montgomery county. The number of unexecuted death warrants issued by the Governor the past two months is sixteen, all of which will be carried into effect in June, July and August. On the 21st of June ten murderers will expiate their crimes on the gallows of Pennsylvania. Nine of them are Molly Maguires. There is a prospect that Duffy, one of the Yost murderers, will hang with his accomplices at Pottsville, if the Court records in his case should reach the Governor the present week. He is desirous of executing as many murderers together and on the same day as possible. What Mr. Tilden Says. A citizen of Alabama, who recently had ao interview with Mr. TiideD, on the subject of the Presidential election, reports the following as the substance of their conversation : He said to Mr. Tilden that the people of the South were conviuced that he had been fairly and lawfully elected to the office of President of the United States; that the people of that section, in common with the great body of the people of the whole United States, thought that Mr. Tilden, as the lawfully elected ruler of the couutry, should have taken, early after the election, a decided attitude and insisted upon his rights; that had he done so, and the proper announcement of the Electoral College been prevented, the House of Representatives would have elected him according to the forms of law, and made itself responsible for bis induction into the office which belonged to him. Mr. Tildeu listened intently to the remarks of his visitor, a gentleman nearly twenty years his senior. He replied that he had thought carefully and most conscientiously over the subject in all its possible phases; that he had become convinced that, should he adopt the course suggested, it would be resisted by the Radical party to the extent of drenching the land in blood ; that he shrunk from the responsibility of precipitating another terrible civil war upen his countrymen, and consented to the compromise which averted so dread a disaster. He felt as keenly as anv one the iniDroDrietv of the means by J ~ A * w which the preseut result had been brought about, but for all that he did not regret his own action. As it was, the people of the United States understood it; the Democratic party to day occupied such a proud attitude before the country as it had never occupied before, and no mortal power could resist its triumphal march to success in 1880. Morton on the Political Situation. Senator Morton has written a lengthy letter on the political situation. The gist of his letter is, thaf while he does not intend to break with President Hayes if possible, yet he is determined, if such a scheme can be accomplished, that the Republican party shall not participate in the policy that recognizes the war as having at last come to an end, and that regards the Southern States as restored to the Union. He has not abated a particle in his hatred of the South, and abandoning all hope for the negro vote in the future, his purpose is to offset a solid South with a solid North. He thus concludes his letter : "The Republican party South, with all its errors, waged a noble contest for right, and the courage and self-sacrifice displayed by its members are embalmed in history. The warmest sympathies of the Republicans of tbe North attend those of the South in their desonarnoaf I laic auu UUUUUC uuuuniuilj nil/u UIIV VUI uvwv r hope that the dark, overhanging cloud may have a silver lining, and that there may be a day of speedy resurrection. By the voluntary withdrawal of the army, the South has been placed on her good behavior. Following their bloody campaigns for political power, they have been treated with magnanimity, and should they fail to protect all classes and races in the enjoyment of their rights, the most conservative Republican will see there is no security but to preserve the government in the hands of the Republican party. "As the Democracy have acquired a solid South by force, the Republicans should acquire a solid North by their vigilance and the eternal justice of their cause. Northern Republicans are now admonished that they can endure no divisions that will endanger their success. Should the North by unhappy discords be divided, and thus fall a prey to the solid Confederate South, the rebellion will have been suppressed in vain, the fruits of the war will be lost, and our last condition worse than the first." Mr. Stephens on the Situation. The New York Tribune gives the following summary of what it claims to be the _ e IT A tJ C5. 1 Views UI X1UII. XX. XX. ULCpucua . The Hon. A. H. Stephens gives the heartiest and most complete sort of an endorsement of the President's policy. He is sure the political feeling of the South "ought to be a hearty support of Mr. Hayes," for "he is doinj well, very well." As for the Northern Democrats, they "endorse him and his policy." When a correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer asked him if they ought to indorse a man "who holds his office by fraud," Mr. Stephens replied : "That has nothing to do with it. Whether Mr. Hayes went into office by fraud or otherwise, it makes no difference now that his policy has become known. And that policy is, as you see, a concession of all that the Democrats have asked. Occupying their ground exactly, they ean't afford to abuse him. What do the people care who governs? They don't stop to think whether it's A B or C D, this man or that, this party or that. All they care for is a good government, and then they don't mind who is in power?nobody except the few miserable politicians who make a living off of office. I am greatly pleased with Mr. Hayes, because I think he wants to do the fair thing. He has come up to the principles of the Democratic party in relatiou to the treatment of the South. That was all that in reality separated the two parties before. He having come to our way of thinking, I cannot help admiring him for it." "Will this course of his split the Democratic party here in the South?" "Why should it ? It doesn't split up a party often to have men who have been its opponents to come over and advocate its principles. It strengthens it instead of weakening it. There are no Republicans here in the South?noue except a few carpet-baggers and scalawags who want offices, As for the negro, he is nothing but a machine?an instrument in the hands of the politicians to vote as they want, for this man, or for that, just as things may seem to demand. He is not to be taken into account in making up the estimate, because he goes just as they want him to go." Hayes on the Mississippi Affair, Tko mnhKino nf fho Phiihnlm family i xnv 6 ? J , in Kemper county, Mississippi, has attracted ! the attention of President Hayes, who, it is f said, is watching, with much interest, the j course of Goveruor Stone, of that State, in ; regard to the investigation of the circum-! stances attending the affair. In connection with the Chisholm massacre, a Washington : dispatch says: Advices come from Louisiana of another trouble similar in its character, and it seems, i so far, to have been entirely without provocation. This case will afford Governor Nicholls an opportunity to demonstrate to what extent he will carry out his promises of protection to all classes of citizens within his, State. The occurrences at this time are re- j garded by the Hayes party as particularly uufortunate, for whatever may have been the motives or circumstances causing tbem, tbey cannot but inspire an unfavorable impression upon tbe public mind of tbe Nortb. Hayea and his Cabinet have now under consideration what, steps shall be taken to call tbe attention of tbe Executive authorities in the States of Mississippi and Louisiana to these occurrences, which, though recognized as local in their character, at the same time are claimed to have a direct connection with the duty of the Executive authority of the United States, to see that the pledges which formed a part of the restoration of constitutional relations between the Federal Government and the States of the South should be carried out. The South stands upon its honor to see that all these pledges are faithfully observed, and the Government will, the members say, not be indifferent to its duty in the premises. Republicans here say: "There is no occasion for apprehension in the minds of the people that these violations will be overlooked. This subject, which is now under consideration, will take tbe shape of a formal inquiry." It is rumored that Governor Stone has declared it to be his intention to let the Chisholm affair "blow over" without an investigation. rather than take anv steDS that may stir up more angry feeliDg. This proposed action of Governor Stone is generally deprecated by the leading papers of the South. Correspondence of the Yorltville Enqnirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER, Chester, May 28,1877. The Directors of the Cheater and Cheraw Railroad decided upon changing the liue of the road for the first two or three miles from this place, and recently a survey was made in conformity with this determination. According to the first survey, the liue ran by the Cemetery, and on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad track, which the Chester and Cheraw Railroad Company intended using for a short distance. The objection to this route was the steep grade from the Cemetery, which, [ it was feared, might be the occasion of many accidents. Hence a new line was ordered, and, according to the new survey, will cross the Charlotte and Columbia Railroad track on the south side of the depot, and run into town from that direction. Notwithstanding the grading by the Cemetery route was completed, still it was considered best to adopt the new line. The grading by this way will be, for the most part, light, and was commenced on last Tuesday. It will be finished in the course of a few weeks, and then the track will be ready for the iron, a portion of * ? - ITT which has already arrived at (jastonia. vv. H. Hardin, Esq., has displayed both ability and energy in the management of the road, since he was invested with the Presidency. Rich Hill, if not the River, will doubtless be reached in time for the moving of the next crop. Alex. Caldwell and Sam Westbrook, both colored, were, on Tuesday, examined by Trial Justice Sanders, charged with stealing clothing from Dr. Moffat Wylie. The truth of the scriptural expression, "Be sure your sin will ffnd you out," is again shown by the following facts : A few weeks ago, Alex. Caldwell and John Moore, colored, were arrested and brought here, charged with stealing Dr. Moffat Wylie's clothes. The testimony against the former was not such as to warrant the Trial Justice in committing him, aud he was discharged ; the testimony against the latter, while it was weak, justified the Justice in committing him to jail. A few days ago Tom Smith, colored, was seen in Winnsboro with a considerable quantity of money, which, it was supposed, be had obtained unlawfully. He was arrested, searched, and, besides money, upon his person was found a watch, which belonged to Mr. Patrick, whose store at White Oak had recently been robbed. He is now confined in Winnsboro jail. Shortly after this important development, an officer of the law went to Smith's house and obtained, af ter tnreats or arrest ana imprisonment, rrom his wife and daughter a quantity of money that had been buried in the yard, and the clothes that bad been stolen from Dr. Moffat Wylie. In addition to Smith, they implicated, in the stealing of these things, John Moore, Alex. Caldwell and Sam Westbrook. The 6rst two are in jail at this place; Westbrook gave bond and was released. Another band of robbers have come to grief. They will in due time swell the host of thieves that 611 the Penitentiary. Our county jail was 6red on last Tuesday. Fortunately the 6re was discovered, and the flames extinguished before any damage was done. The perpetrator of this incendiary act is unknown. On Wednesday Messrs. Bennett & Moffat tried one of their mowers upon a clover patch in town. A considerable number of persons were present to witness the catting of the clover. All were pleased with the admirable manner in which the mower did its work. Mr. Samuel Bond, who was for many years ! a member of Harmony (Baptist) Church,.of this county, departed this life recently at the age of 65 years. His death, which was sudden, was produced by heart disease. He was a pood man and eood citizen. He leaves a | ? a ? wife and several children to mourn his loss. There was a general suspension of business at this place on Thanksgiving Day. Religious services were held at the Methodist and Associate Reformed Churches. Rev. Mr. Carlisle preached a good sermon from the text, "Sing the mercies of the Lord forever." He referred in appropriate terms to our recent deliverance from political ills. The congregation was not large. Instead of going to church, there were those who passed the day quietly at their homes, or in the enjoyment of amusements in the country. Torbit's Mill was visited by a large party, who found happiness in fishing. Cold weather reappeared on Friday morning. Fires and warm clothing were exceedingly comfortable. The young cotton suffered some injury from the cold. A dry spell has also prevailed for some time, which has resulted in some damage to the gardens. A sturgeon, measuring eight feet and four inches in length and weighing two hundred and four pounds, was recently caught at Neel's Shoals on Broad river. Messrs. Jos. Carter, Sr., J. F. Woodsand J. N. McCollum,were the catchers of this immense fish. They succeeded in driving it into shallow water, when Mr. Carter mounted its back, and held it, while the others killed it. At the Baptist Ctaurcb last evening, i&ev. Mr. Sanders spoke of the proceedings of the late Baptist Convention at New Orleans, of which be was a member. The Home (Baptist) Mission Board, he said, was in a prosperous condition. It was involved in debt a few yea re ago to the extent of 820,000 ; now there is only a small amount against it, for the payment of which provision has been made. The same prosperity did not exist in reference to the Foreigu Mission Board. A considerable number of the missionaries had been compelled to return home in consequence of sickness, but having recruited their health, and expressed their willingness and desire to gc back to their missionary fields, the Board was unable to furnish them with the means. The people were earnestly exhorted to contribute to the cause of missions. Mr. Sanders alluded to the opening address of Rev. Dr. Boyce, the President of the Convention, in which reference was made, in eloquent and affecting terms, to the distinguished dead of the miuistry of ti e Baptist Church during the past year. After speaking of the Con vention, he made some interesting remarks concerning the city of New Orleans. While he was favorably impressed with the politeness and accommodating spirit of the people, he does not believe them to be a religious people. Their desecration of Sunday he greatly condemned. Mr. Sanders, in his cursory remarks, made mention of a beautiful monument at the New Orleans Cemetery, which consisted of a magnificent granite base, upon which rested statues of Generals Lee, Jackson and Sydney Johnson, surmounted by a representation of a Confederate soldier, with musket in hand and in the attitude of a seutinel. The statuary was executed in Italy. Qul LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Latimer A Hemphill?School Books?Lemons and Oranges?Sundries?8cythe Stones. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Six finger Grain Cradles Sugars?Arlington Hook and Ladder Company?Tobacco?School Books. Hunter A Oates?Head-Quarters for Parasols and Fans?Prints and Bleached Goods?Dresa Goods?Seine Twine?Curtain Lace?Gents Furnishing Goods?Cassimeres, Ac.?Boots and Shoes?Hardware. H. F. Adickes?Cane Matting?Blue York Cloth? J Linen Goods?Linen Lawns?Ladies' Gai- fl ters. 1 W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Better Your Condition? I Hoes?Grain Cradles?Flour?Collars. ^ John C. Kuykendal?In the matter of Pills?Staple Drugs?Appliances?Tobacco. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Millet Seed?Shoes?Pocket Knives?Parasols?Umbrellas?Fly Brushes?Cork Corsets?Bed Ticking?Cottonad es?Ready-Made Clothing?HardwareDress Goods?Black Alpacca?TrunksSheeting?Grain Cradles?Groceries?Valises?Curtain Lace Spool Cotton?Carpet Bags?Meal Bags?Store Door Locks?Machine Needles. E. E. Snmner, Superintendent?Chester and Lenoir Railroad. Hoyt, Emlyn A McDaniel?The Columbia Register. FORT MILL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. At the recent election of town officers for Fort Mill, J. W. Ardry was elected Intendont and R Cihunn T. R. Withers. R. 8. Wilson and R. Younge, Wardens. COOL WEATHER. For the past week the temperature has been unusually cool for the season. For several mornings past, fires have been absolutely necessary for comfort. Farmers tell us that the weather is very favorable to wheat, though not beneficial to corn and cotton. COUNTY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. Dr. W. M. Walker, foreman of the grand jury of this county, has appointed Messrs. Walter T. Barron and Robert Black, members of the jury, to act in conjunction with himself as a committee to investigate the various public offices of York county, in accordance with the order of Judge Mackey, made at the last term of the Circuit Court FINE APPLES. Mrs. J. Alburtis Batch ford has favored us with some very fine apples of last season's growth. They are of the variety known as the "Shockley," which seems to be well adapted to this climate. They ripen in October, and are remarkable as good keepers, as is attested by those sent as, which were as sound as when taken from the tree more than six months ago. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. On Sunday morning, last Johnnie, aged about twelve years, son of Mr. W. Y. Jones, of the Bethesda neighborhood, was thrown from a horse, after which the animal stepped on his leg, inflicting a compound fracture. The large bone of the foreleg protruded 1} inches through the skin, and madeau incision of 2} inches in the flesh?producing an ugly and painful wound. Dr. J. H. Clawsou, of this place, was immediately summoned, and was assisted in setting the broken limb by Doctors Sandifer, Love and Crawford. THE PR0P08ED MILITIA COMPANY. A goodly number of citizens was iu attendance at the Court House last Friday evening for the purpose of taking the initiatory steps of organizing a volunteer militia company. In the absence of Maj. James F. Hart, Chairntau, Maj. W. B. Melts was called to the chair, and A. Springs Withers acted as secretary. About sixty names were reported as already enrolled. After the transaction of other business, the meeting adjourned until to-morrow (Friday) eveniug at 5 o'clock, when there will be au election of officers and a full organization of the company. THE JENKIN8 MONUMENT. We are in receipt of the following note on thesabjectof the proposed monument to be erected to the memory of the gallant Jenkins : Tirzae, 8. Cy May 25. "Soldiers! remember you are Carolinians ; a your country is in peril 1" These were the inspiring words of our noble chieftain, Gen. M. Jenkins, on the memorable day of the battle of the Wilderness. Should we not be Carolinians in peace as well as in war? Let us, then, perpetuate his name and his deeds with a monument "more lasting than brass," and one befitting the illustrious hero and patriot who sacrificed his life on the altar of his country. Comrades of those eventful days, extend the call I Company G, P. S. S. THANKSGlVlNG DAY. In Yorkville, Thanksgiving day was observed by nearly every body on Thursday last. With the exception of one bar-room and a small store kept by a colored citizen near the depot, every business house in town was closed. Divine services were held at the Episcopal and the Presbyterian churches. At the former, the Rector, Rev. R. P. Johnson, officiated. At the latter, Presbyterians, Methodists, Associate Reformed Presbyterians j D- u:_ __ J J BUU juapuoui uuitcu IU wwioiup, auu wore ?udressed by Rev. W. S. Martin, pastor of the M. E. Church, who, without the formality of taking a regular text, delivered an able and entertaining discourse suited to the occasion. ^ The colored people were generally disposed to observe the day. Ex-Representative Nelson Davies, who has a store near the depot, closed bis doors, and we are informed that the only reason why services commemorative of the occasion were not held at the colored churches, was owing to the fact that sufficient notice had not been given, and the members generally were not aware that such a day had been set apart by the Governor. HERE-MENTION. Postmasters in the South and West complain of silver accumulating on their hands. They are compelled to take it in sums of $5 for stamps, and cannot disburse it. Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, now of Connecticut, and President of the Centennial Commission, is a native of Wilmington, N. C. Ex-Admiral Serames, of the Confederate Navy, is practicing law in Mobile, Alabama. On the same day last week, five steamers sailed from New York for European ports, laden with grain and beef. Four inches of snow fell in inassacnusetts on * naay last. Tbe arch- ?^ itect of the Ruckford, Illinois, Court-house, recently fallen in, has been adjudged guilty of criminal and fatal negligence. Two Connecticut bank officers have been sentenced to the penitentiary for five years each, for giving false representations of their bank affairs. Mexico has increased the duties upon imports. Ex-President Grant has sailed for England. Fletcher Harper, the youngest and the last of the original firm of Harper & Brothers, is lying at the point of death with gastric fever An extensive system of piracy has been discovered on the coast of Nova Scotia. The request of Governor Emory, that troops be sent to Utah, has been referred to General Sherman. General Crook will be sect to Utah to investigate the necessity for the movement.**"^'Attorney-General Devins has given employment in his office to Thomas Simma, whom as United States Marshal of Massachusetts j uuder Fillmore, he overhauled as a fugitive i slave from Georgia." The Postmaster General reached Atlanta, Ga., last Saturday evening, on a tour through the South, his object being to secure improved mail facilitiea for the Southern States. 1