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craps and Jacts. ? The secretary of the treasury has issued an order limiting the pay of district attorneys to $4,000 per annum. ? The Governor of Pennsylvania declares that he has no power to guarantee immunity to the custodians of Charlie Ross. ? Ex-Treasurer Spinner is the most successful fisherman in Florida. The secret of his success is said to lie in the fact that he uses bis autograph for bait, and the fish imagine it is a new kind of worm. ?Jeff. Davis is now residing at Beauvoir, on the Gulf coast of Mississippi, between Mobile and New Orleans, preparing his memoirs. He is in excellent health, and looks younger than he did a few years ago. ? Henry Ward Beecher says: "With a return to specie payments, with the Southern question, expunged from politics, with a reawakening industry, the future looks brighter than it has done for twenty-five years." ? A Washington desnatnb savs the dailv requisitions upon the Third Assistant Postmaster General for postage stamps and stamped envelopes lately show a steady increase, indicative of a marked revival of business throughout the country. ? During 48 hours ending at 6 o'clock last Saturday morning, 13} inches of rain fell at Memphis, Tennessee, flooding bayous, creeks and rivers. It is feared that crops in the uplands are badly damaged by this unprecedented rainfall. ? The Secretary of State has received a communication from Minister Foster at Mexico in effect that the Mexican authorities will co-operate with the United States authorities on the Rio Grande to prevent raids into Texas and break up cattle stealing in that section. ? An express train in Russia, carrying 6,000,000 of roubles, not only failed, the other day, to reach its destination, but has altogether disappeared, without leaving the slightest trace affording a clue as to what has become of it. Almost as well as could be done in America! ? "I try to preach the milk of the Word," replied a city clergyman to a parishioner who remonstrated that his sermons were too long. "Yes." remarked the other, "but around here what we want is condensed milk." Let the political controversialists read and ponder this. Their letters are too long by half. ? Powder paper is the latest substitute for gunpowder. It is paper impregnated with a mixture of potassic chlorate, nitrate, prussiate aud chromate, powdered wood charcoal, and a little starch. It leaves no greasy residue on the gun, produces less smoke and less recoil, and is less impaired by humidity, and it is 5-16ths stronger than gunpowder. ? The District Attorney for the Southern district of Mississippi has been instructed by the Department of Justice at Washington to investigate the facts attending the death of McClellarfd, in the Kemper county, Mississippi, massacre, in compliance with a request made by the British authorities, who claim that McClelland was a British subject. ? The Philadelphia Times says: "Governor Wade Hampton is expected to visit Auburn, N. Y., on the 20tb of this month, to attend a reunion of the Shields Guards of that city, a military organization named after General Shields, who commanded the New York Volunteers and the South Carolina Palmettoes in the Mexican war, and who was an intimate friend of Governor Hampton's father. ? Captain MacDonald, who has had remarkable success in training Indians for army service, proposes to utilize the savage tribes by incorporating them into the regular service. He thinks a corps of 20,000 troops could thus be added to the army without additioual expense, and he offers, at the end of six months, to march his red infantry to Washington to give visible proof that they will make good soldiers. ? Whatever criticisms may be pronounced upon the administration, it is universally conceded that Mrs. Hayes is entitled to credit for inaugurating a reform in the customs and manners of society at Washington. The loud, garish, vulgar display that characterized society for several years past is suceeded by a quiet grace and simplicity that are refreshing, and meet with commendation on every hand. ? Postmaster-General Key speaks with much satisfaction of his recent trip to the South, and with his intercourse with the business men and citizens in regard to the postal service. The appropriation of $175,000 for fast trains between Washington and New Orleans, Judge Key regards as inadequate, but he will employ it to the best advantage, distributing it to such roads as shall bring up the speed of the mail trains to the requirements of the public service. ?The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church South at their recent session in New Orleans squarely condemned all kinds of dancing. One of the resOiUtions says: "Some forms of this amusement are more mischievous than others, the round dance than the square, the public ball than the private party, but none of them are good, but all of them are evil and should be discountenanced, and we affectionately urge all our Christian parents not to send their children to dancing Rfhnnls. where thev acnuire a fondness and an aptitude for the dangerous amusement." ? A correspondent of the New York Tribune, who is now wending his way homeward, after a tour of the South, writing from Southwestern Georgia, represents the condition ^Pthe negro in that State as much better than that of the colored people in South Carolina, and attributes it to the fact that Georgia has been longer under the dominance of the intelligence of the State. In his opinion twice as many negroes own real estate in Georgia as they do in South Carolina, and all this is owing to their having, as a rule, dropped politics and gone to work in dead earnest. ? The Mormons double once in six years. They now number 150,000. They have thirty incorporated cities, three million dollars' worth of irrigating canals, 358 school-houses, 12 newspapers, missionaries in every nation in the world, 20,000 militia, 6 cotton and woolen factories, 500 miles of railroads, telegraphs all over the Territory, and temples built and being built enough for all their; people to worship in. Besides, missionaries I send them 3,000 emigrants every year, and ' their elders baptize many hundred native In-1 dians and receive them into the Mormon J , church. ? A deserter from the United States army went into business as a barber in Oakland, California, and prospered. A former comrade recognized him, and extorted blackmail' by threatening to expose him to the authori-1 ties. The barber paid regularly five dollars a week for silence. Then the blackmailer | took into the plot a friend, who, by similar threats, got three dollars a week. At length | a third rascal joined in the attack, and the ! barber seeing that his pay roll was likely to j increase beyond his resources, resolved to kill ; off the recipients of his money. He shot one of them, was caught in the act, and is now 1 in jail, where, awaiting prosecution, he is at j least free from persecution. ? Detective Hester recently arrested Dep- { uty Marshal Franks, of the Western District of North Carolina, charging that official with misappropriating public funds. The arrest was made in Washington City, whither Hes- j ter bad followed Franks. On being arrested,! Franks stated that he was then in Washington for the purpose of exposing the frauds 1 that had been perpetrated in his district, j charging that Chief Marshal Douglas was , the guilty party, and had endeavored to en- j tice him (Franks) to make false entries and to make out false vouchers to cover the de-, ficiencies. Franks preferred that an investigation of the matter should be bad in Washington, in preference to returning to North j Carolina, giving as his reason therefor that j the District Judge (Dick) before whom the I case would come, is the father-in-law of Marshal Douglas, and would be biased in his judgment. V. S. Lusk, U. S. District Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Marshal Douglas, J. W. Dick, Deputy Marsha], and J. W. Payne, United States Commissioner, have been summoned as witnesses to testify in the case. fotMte (?ttquiw. YORKVIL.L.E, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 14,1877. FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. The House adopted a resolution last week, in which the Senate concurred, declaring that a vacancy existed in the Fifth Judicial Circuit, on which R. B. Carpenter has heen acting as Judge since December, 1872. The Legislature was impelled to this action on the ground that Mr. Carpenter had been illegally elected to the position of Judge, he having been elected on the 13th of December. 1872, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Melton, whose term would have expired August 26th, 1876. The Legislature assumed that the election on the 13th of December, 1872, was for the unexpired term, and on the 16th of December, 1875, reelected Judge Carpenter, with the other Circuit Judges, for the term of four years. But according to the Constitution, the Legislature had no power to elect lor an unexpired term, that instrument providing that "for each Circuit a Judge ehall be elected, who shall hold his office for a term of four years." As the public interest demanded that the vacancy be immediately filled, names were at once suggested for the important position. In caucus, the names of Kershaw, Meetze and Bonham were presented, aud on the sixth ballot, Bonham's name having been withdrawn, Kershaw received fifty-two votes and Meetze twenty-four. General Kershaw was, thereupon, declared the Democratic nominee for the position, and on Wednesday of last week, when the two houses met in joint assembly, his name was presented by Mr. Massey, of York, who said that "no eulogy of his could advance the claims of a man so heartily endorsed by the whole people of the State." No other nomination was made. Senator Greene seconded the nomination of General Kershaw on behalf of the Republicans, and called upon his side of the House to make the vote unanimous, and so declare their willingness to place in power men in whom they had the greatest confidence. The voting was by ballot. The number of votes cast was 130, tx-KioVi Honorsl TCprahaw received 128 and S. W. Melton 2. General Kershaw was declared duly elected Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit for the term of four years. The elevation of such a man as Gen. Kershaw to the judicial bench, will be hailed by the people of the State as an act of wisdom on the part of the Legislature. Pure aud upright in his private character, eminently conservative in his political opinions?taking, two years ago, when leading a forlorn hope in this Congressional District, precisely the same ground as that occupied by Wade Hampton in the last State canvass?and well versed in the law, Judge Kershaw will prove an ornament to the bench, in his administration of justice, recalling the better days of our State, when the ermine was honorably worn by O'Neall, Glover, Wardlaw, Withers and other eminent jurists, who have left a spotless record well worthy of emulation in these degenerate days. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? At the recent session of the legislature, the old law authorizing distress warrant for the payment of rent, was reeuacted. ? Mr. C. B. Glover, democrat, was recently elected Judge of Probate for Orangeburg county, by a majority of about 1200 votes. ? The Supreme Court has rendered a deciB ? j .1 1~:? w T m;r, ,. iQD au verse tu iuc umiujo ui tt v. m to the circuit judgeship of the first circuit. ? An election for members of the House of Representatives is to be held in Charleston county on Tuesday, 26th iustant. ? Judge R. B. Carpenter, a few days ago, was in Washington trying to have himself appointed United States District Attorney for South Carolina. ? Messrs. Walker, of Chester, Witherspoon, of York, and Meetze, of Lexington, on the part of the Senate, and Messrs. Coit, Shaw and Hood, on the part of the House, are the committee to investigate the public debt, and report at the next session. ? The banking house of E. J. Scott & Son, of Columbia, suspended payment on Saturday last. The assets and liabilities of the firm are estimated to be nearly equal, yet it is also stated that not more than seventy-five cents on the dollar can be realized. The failure is ascribed to the inability to make collections. ? During the recess, a committee of the General Assembly is charged with the duty of investigating the election of J. J. Patterson to the Senate of the United States ou Decern ber 10,1872, and ascertaining if the same was procured by bribery and corruption. The committee is to report at the next session. ? Proceedings have been commenced in the Supreme Court, by Attorney-General Conner, to oust C. YV. Buttz from the position of Solicitor of the First Circuit, on the ground that he became disqualified from holding the office, by reason of having qualified as a member of Congress and serving as such until the 4th of March, 1877. Buttz is represented by Judge Melton. ? Previous to adjournment, the House appointed a committee of five, consisting of Messrs. Blue, Sheppard, Orr, Aldrich and Hemphill, to prepare articles of impeachment against Associate Justice Wright, with power to send for persons, papers and records, and take testimony under oath. Subsequently, Messrs. Verner and Hamilton, a committee appointed for the purpose, appeared at the bar of the Senate to impeach Wright of high crimes and misdemeanors, and demanded that order be taken to bring him to the bar of the Senate to answer. It is rumored that Wright will resign before the trial and be appointed as the law professor of the Claflin University at Orangeburg. ? The pay of the members of the Legislature for the regular and special sessions, was finally fixed at six hundred dollars?two hundred dollars for the former and four hundred for the latter. From the sum thus fixed was deducted two hundred dollars out of the pay of the "Mackey House" members, which amount had previously been paid to them, it is understood, out of the phosphate royalty; and one hundred dollars for the pay of the "Wallace House" members, which had been advanced to them by the Columbia Banks. The Democratic Senators received six hun- i dred dollars for the two sessions, they having i received nothing previously. The Radical 1 members received $600, including $200 that | wa9 paid to them out of the phosphate royal- i ty. The pay for the next session is fixed at f $5 per day for.each member. 3 ? Governor Hampton has made the follow- t ing appointments in neighboring counties: j Chester? County Treasurer?Julius Mills; i County Auditor?J. M. Brawley; County ? Commissioner?Matthew White ; Trial Justi- \ ces?J. G. McAliley, Osman Barber, W. A. j Sanders, W. M. McDonald, A. D. Darby, C. 1 H. Ragsdale, W. W. Jordan, R. W. Culp. t Union?County Treasurer?John P. Thorn- 1 as; County Auditor?D. Johnson ; Jury Com- 1 missioner?Asa Smith ; Trial Justices?David ] Johnson, Jr., Thomas Conner, B. B. Foster, ^ A. A. Aughtrey, Thomas J. Orr, C. B. Bobo, 1 Jasper Gibbs, Joseph T. Jeter, Thomas M. f Littlejohn.S. S. Stokes. Lancaster.? Coun- 1 ty Treasurer Dunlap; County Au- i ditor?T. F. Clybum; Jury Commission t er?James M. Shaver; Trial Justices?J. W. e Hunter, Oscar W. Potts, Ira B. Jones, Jas. R. Massey, Amos McMauus, Jeremiah Fun- s derburg, Jas. F. Steele, B. J. Witherspoon. Spartanburg?County Treasurer?J. H. ^ Blassingame; County Auditor?Bpnj. Wof- g ford; Jury Commissioner?John H. Montgomery ; Trial Justices?H. F. Scaife, G. W. H. Legge, D. G. Finley, J. L. Scruggs, J. F. HarrisoD, R. H. Todd, H. G. Gaffney, P. J. Oeland, B. F. Bates, W. D. O'Shields, A. B. j Woodruff, G. E. DeBard. Fairfield? County Treasurer?James Q. Davis; County Auditor?I. N. Withers; Jury Commissioner? J. S. Lee; Trial Justices?Thomas R. Robertson, Samuel R. Johnson, F. W. Coleman, B. C. Elkin, J. Scott, H. A. Glenn, J. W. Evans, ! J. D. Hogan, A. M. Mackey. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 ? Ex-Treasurer Jenkins has commenced the erection of an elegant and commodious residence in Gastonia. ? The attendance at the University commencement in Chapel Hill, last week, was 8 the largest ever known. ? Thaddeus Davis, a white man, convicted i of burglary at the late term of Forsythe Superior Court, was senteuced to be hanged on . the 29th of June. His case, however, will ( be carried to the Supreme Court. , ? A child in Davie county recently sucked ( a grain of corn in its windpipe. Three phy- ( sicians were called, who, after consultation, decided to open the windpipe, which was done, the grain of corn removed, and the child recovered in a few days without a bad symptom. ? The recent Legislature of North Carolina established two State Normal schools, one for white and the other for colored teachers, the same appropriation being made for each school. This is the first attempt ever made by the State to train the teachers of her public schools. ? The Charlotte Democrat, of the 8th insL, says: "Wheat in this section was never better, but cotton and oats have been seriously injured by continued dry weather and cold nights. There has been no rain for one month previous to this date. Timely rains will prevent much loss to all crops except cotton? that has been permanently injured. ? Dr. Thomas C. Caldwell, of Providence township, Mecklenburg county, cut his throat on the 2d instant. He was near 70 years of age. He was once a prominent physician and had a lucrative practice, but became a slave to strong drink. Latterly he reformed, onrt it is snnnn?pd that his mind became un- , | .? - - J' I balanced on the subject of religion. ? G. W. Coffin, supervisor of the convicts employed on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, writes to the Lincoln Progress to correct a statement in general circulation to the effect that the convicts are badly treated, being whipped unmercifully and poorly fed. He says there is not one word of truth in the story; but to the contrary, they are well treated, and well fed, their diet being bacon, beef, bread and all kinds of vegetables. Mr. Coffin says the road will be graded from Dallas to Lincolnton by the 6rst of September. ] ? The Charlotte Observer relates the follow- i ing singular coincidence: "For ten years a ' suit has beeu pending in the Superior Court, : between two citizens of this county, Messrs. T. M. Parks and A. Alexander. It was de- g termined to have the case concluded during ^ the recent session of the court. At the be- i ginning of the week both of the parties in t | the suit were alive and in good health. On * j Thursday of the second week both died about ( | the same time of day, the funerals of each i J i? ? J ? ! | were preacnea oy same mimaier auu uu tuc j ! same day in the same church; they were bu- t , ried in the same grave yard on the same day, < : and about the same time of day. Their re- I j mains now lie within twenty feet of each ^ other." MERE-MENTION. [ Lieut. Fred Grant has been detailed to lo- t cate a mail line to the Black Hills. E. t W. Barber, Third Assistant Postmaster Gen- t j eral, has resigned. The Greenback party ? J of Ohio met in convention at Columbus last t Thursday. The resolutions adopted demand t unconditional repeal of the legal tender act t and remonetization of silver. A full State e ticket was nominated headed by Stephen j Johnson for Governor. It is rumored r that a filibustering expedition is being fitted i c out at New Orleans in aid of the Cuban in- i surrection. Secretary Evarts has ordered an t : investigation of the matter. The sons of a I two Confederate Generals will graduate at B West Point this summer. The New York c Tribune says it is rumored that Samuel J. ( I Tilden aspires to the United States Senate, e and is planning to succeed Roscoe Conk- ] : ling. Lydia Sherman, the poisoner, who 5 escaped from the Connecticut State prison, I has been rearrested and returned to her old " j quarters. Special detective Hester has c i caused the arrest of Deputy Marshal Franks, t of North Carolina, charging him with mis- j, annrnnriation of Dublic funds. Franks has \ -ri 1 been bailed. Clerk Adams' roll for the ^ next House of Representatives has been com- * pleted, and shows a majority of eleven for the Democrats. Jefferson Davis is now bus- 8 ily engaged in writing the history of the war | 6 between the States. It is to be entitled the j1 "History of the American Conflict," and will j be published simultaneously in this country ; 8 and in Europe. ; About seventy cadets will graduate this j r year at West Point. A terrible tornado 1 a struck the town of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, on t the evening of the 5th instant, destroying ^ i property to the amount of 8300,000. Twen- i j ty-two lives were lost. The colored citi-11 zens of Ohio have issued an address to the r ! colored citizens of the South, asking them to t "cling to the Republican party." W. E. ii Arnett, a clerk in the Augusta, Ga., post-of- ^ flee has been detected in opening letters, and 1 ^ placed under bond for his appearance before ? the United States District Court. Gen. ^ Miles reports a battle with the Indians on v i Yellowstone, in which a camp of 510 lodges j s inder Lame Deer, was surprised, captured tui ind destroyed, and 450 ponies captured., fic Fourteen Indians were killed, including the ^ >rincipal chief, and the leader and head war- j ior, Iron Star. Gen. Miles' loss was 4 killed jB ind 8 wounded. There are 33,000 law- thi rare in the United States, with several coun- tri ,ies to hear from. The New York Sun ry jredicts that Texas will be subdivided into Ui ive States, with ten U. S. Senators It 1 Q^j ieem8 that the colored people of Louisiana yQ vill control one-third of the Presidential ap- tre jointments. Tweed now proposes to buy I 1 lis release for 82,000,000 and certain iuipor- tal ant evidence. It is confidently stated in ca Washington that presentincumbentsin offices aD ire generally to be retained. Senator jjc Beck, of Kentucky, says : "I don't believe in ^ jetting off our platform because President Hayes has happened to get on it." Geor- go jia planters are parading "the first cotton go dooms of the season." A fire occurred ?u n Galveston, Texas, last Friday, destroying ^ ,hree squares of the city, and inflicting a loss ^ ?.-J kaa AAA , ?bllUIlLCU at <G> editoriaiT inklings. tontheru Cotton Crop. wj The National Cotton Exchange of New ch Drleans baa made its report for May. Loui- mc iana has an increase of area of cotton equal .0 1 per cent.; the stand being generally jood, but a trifle later, no commercial fertili:ers used. Mississippi?Increased area 2 per sent., weather average, stands fair, but a week ate; labor good ; the use of fertilizers limit- l >d. Arkansas?1 per cent, increase area, ^ veather too cool and dry, stand small and m< en days late; labor ample; no fertilizers auc lsed. Alabama?Considerable increase of ry trea, weather somewhat less favorable, stand air to good, crops about ten days late, labor ati nore satisfactory. Nashville?Exchange rejorts increase in area, weather generally less of iavorable, crops average 12 days later, no sommercial fertilizers used. th< rhe Mexican Question. Senator Harris, of Tennessee, who has by gnl pent some time iD Mexico, and isf therefore, tret snabled to speak with intelligence on affairs ionnected with that country, has published wi lis views on the same. He opposes the bl3 icheme of annexation. He says there are pa; r.000.000 of worthless population to 1,000,)00 of intelligent, good citizens, and we can- th< lot deal with the problem of carrying more 8U?j >f them than we have. He thinks it the duty up >f the Government to pursue a firm and just ^ :ourse, repressing all lawlessness, and build- pn ng up trade, and supplying an orderly, lawabiding population. In the course of time shi le thinks Mexico will, if such a system is folowed, fall into our arms, whenever it is to her of 1 nterest and ours; that is, when the country ihall be developed and built up, populated th< >y a sturdy, solid, industrious population, Americanized. Then it will interest both to mi an jorae together, and neither, nor any class of Coi iither, will oppose it. He says the educated ilaeses are men of sense and thorough educa- be ;ion, while the other classes are more than ,Ai lo^ isually objectior ble as citizens. To take in< iharge of them as their guardian he would J? egard as unfortunate?a dear responsibility by vith no corresponding benefit. Hethiukswe ^ iave territory enough to occupy us for the ce| text few years without getting on our hands ^ tuch an elephant as Mexico would be, with a^ ler present population and almost total want )f development. Su Sovernor Hampton's Position. Ri A correspondent of the Cincinnati Oa- ^ \ette recently had an interview with Governor en ? ?- ? - -All A AAwpaonnnrlant AMAtOQ the LJ-ttlJJpLULI. A. IIC tui I WJ/UU\l\yU? ^uvvvu v?.w Mu jrovernor as declaring that if he cannot carry >ut his liberal and sensible policy, he will re- of iign. In regard to the reported division of ^ he Democrats of South Carolina, caused by ex he Hampton policy, the Governor spoke freey, replying to a question on that point: rej 'Yes, there is a division ; but," he added with ^ i twinkle, "I believe the opposition includes an it present only one man, and he is a gentlenan of somewhat eecentric political quali- be ,ies." The Governor is further reported as "hi laying: "I am thoroughly satisfied that the position e(i [ have taken is the true one. I expect it to sh; neet opposition from the violent party men vho are figuring for 1880. I say to them let pa ,he issues of 1880 wait their time, and let us i lave rest from mere political agitation, and ime to build up our material industries. I tre nppose some of the Northern Democrats Co vould have preferred to have the troops kept an n the South. It might be a good thing for he Democratic party success to have South on \on||no onfloi' kit! oho has hppn a viotim Innn C1' jniUJIUlt OUIlVsftj WUV WMV ??w W-.W ? . D :nough. I am here to try and restore her th, wasted energies, and to do so by insuring coi jeace and order, and equal political rights to 1)3 )oth races. I will not be an instrument for tr^ my other purpose. If the people of South an Carolina demand any other course, they must pe jrovide some other instrument." ^ Fence or No Fence. an Under the provisions of the Act passed ^ it the recent session of the Legislature, to mi lubmit a proposition to the qualified electors o alter the fence laws of this State, the Coun- to ;y Commissioners are required, upon applies- th( ion of Beventy-five tax-payers of any town- of hip, who may desire to substitute the fencing jgj >f stock iu lieu of fencing the fields in said (& ownship, to order an election on the ques- n0 ion. The time fixed for holding the firBt 5 dection is between the 10th and 20th days of tin \ugust, thirty days' previous notice of which oust be given. Inasmuch as the time is ce| Irawing near, the citizens of townships desirng to avail themselves of the privileges of taj he act, should commence getting up petitions ^ md present the same to the County Commis- th< ioners without delay, as according to our ^ .(instruction of the law, it is necessary for the im Commissioners to give public notice of the exs lection on or before the 12th of July, next, de; rhe following form of a petition is suggested : Vo the County Commissioners of York County : Pr We, the undersigned tax-payers of Town- 3P1 hip, respectfully request your honorable body, inder the provisions of an act passed at the re- "Y ""t ooauinn nf tliA T.Bcrinint,nre. entitled "An Act I ? authorize County Commissioners to submit to co' he qualified electors of their several counties, a Pa reposition to alter the fence laws, and to provide sat or effectuating the same/' to order an election ? n Township, York county, on the ? day of am tugust, 1S77. Th ilea. Toombs on Hayes. g Gen. Robert Toombs recently made a 3" peech at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in which he ths indorsed Hayes and his Southern policy in ^ he following language : edj "I do not like the principles of the present J o-called Democratic party, but I like less the ! Hj,(, irinciples and practices of the Republican I un >arty. The Democratic party have not had j ^ ecently any chance to have any practices at ; tj,j ill, and they took the best tbey could get, and I an< hat was bad principles. Hayes got in, not; tl}? >y his own act?he is there by the folly or in- j lapacity of the present Democratic party, slu 3ayes is President de facto. I paid little at- j Pe' ention to his promises, but he has taken his ; ^ lost aud carried them out. He has done all j cor hat Tilden could have done so far as Louis-1 ania and South Carolina are concerned. He 1 g las given them back that heart of great price, j up< le has given back that jewel, that life blood , ?ro f good government, which makes all elsepos-! jj?j ible?State self-government. He has brought sue iack the ark of the government and placed it' ?n| /here it belongs. He has commenced civil, ervice reform ; he has ordered his officers to i sue ro out bad men and to turn out useless ofials who feed upon the people as drones in a hive ; and I applaud him for these things, ffill approve of whatever good he does and 11 condemn whatever he does of evil. This the duly of every patriot. Is it not time at we should sink the partisan into the paot? The South never sought any pecuniaadvantage from the government of the uited States; she ought to seek none now. fvas in Congress seventeen years, and in my m district in eastern Georgia, and I say to u now that I never got a dollar out of the sasury for one single spot in that district, was not sent there to steal. Every dollar ken from the treasury for one particular lolity is an injustice to the-rest of the country, d I can tell you, to the glory of my constitute, that in the seventeen years of my pubservice in Congress, no man in Georgia ked me to do it. "We have a grand country ourselves?a odly land, a magnificent heritage, all that a od man needs in this world. We can be ite prosperous and happy if we will stand the old landmarks and sustain good proess. Let us hang our banners on tbo outer ills, neither chagrined by defeat, disheartenby desertion, nor overawed by defeat. Let display a magnanimity as great as the oo sioD, as prolonged as the conflict?all then 11 be well for us and our children and our ildren'e children, 'till time shall be no >re.'" THE TAXES FOR THIS YEAR. Full Text of the Act to Raise Supplies. A. 0 , , 7 ACT to raise supplies and make appropriaions for the fiscal year commencing November I, 1876. 3e it enacted by the Senate and House of Replentatives of. the State of South Carolina, now stand sitting in General Assembly, and by the thority of the same: Section 1. That a tax of seven mills upon evedollar of the value of all taxable property of s State bo, and the same is hereby, levied for 3 following purposes, to wit: Tomeetapproprions; first, to defray the current expenses of the vernment for the fiscal year endiDg October it, 1877; second to pay the interest due the 1st January, 1877, and the 1st of July, 1877, upon 3 consolidated bonds and certificates of stock lich have been issued under the act to reduce 3 volume of the publicdebt and provide for the yment of the same, approved December 22nd, r3, which shall bo found to be valid and bona Me the commission to investigate the same ana be proved by the General Assembly at the next jular session thereof; and third, to pay such jer indebtedness of the State as may be reportto be valid by the said commission, and to licb it may be applied by the General Assemr at its next regnlar session. Should the proids of said tax be insufficient to meet all the yments provided ior in mis aci, me governor hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit of i State, such sum, not exceeding one hundred lusand dollars, as may be necessary to meet ch deficiencies. Jec. 2. That a tax not to exceed three mills on every dollar of the value of all taxable prop;y In each of the several counties in this 8tale , and the same is hereby, levied for county rposes, for the fiscal year commencing Noyemr 1, 1876, except in the counties of Charleston d Union, in which a tax not to exceed two mills ill be levied, the rate to be fixed by the county mmissioners in and for each county, and by im certified to the respective county auditors the said several counties, except as to the counof Horry, in which the oounty commissioners ill levy an additional tax of two (2) mills to pay 3 past indebtedness for 1875 and 1876, and except 3 county of Union, in which the county comissioners shall levy an additional tax of one (1) II for the payment of the past due indebtedness, d except the county of Lancaster, in which the anty commissioners shall levy a tax of two ills on the dollar to pay the past indebtedness said county, the proceeds of which levy shall paid pro rata, and also except the county of ken, in which the connty commissioners shall ry an additional tax of one mill to pay the past lebtednessof said county for the years 1875 and r6, and except the county of Marlboro, where 3 county commissioners be, and they are hereauthorized and required to levy a special tax one (1) mill, if so much be necessary, for the rposeof repairing the Courthouse and jail ; exat also the county of Beaufort where the councommissionersshall levy a tax of one (1) mill, rsunut to the provisions of a joint resolution, proved March 24, 1876; provided, that nothing utained in this section snail be construed so as prevent the county commissioners of Pickens, inter, Newberry, Marion, Williamsburg and chland, collecting a special tax heretofore proled by law, to pay the past indebtedness of said unties, nor the counties of Orangeburg or Clardon from collecting the special tax heretofore tliorized for the completion pf the Courthouse, r the county commissioners of Kershaw rrom onAaSal 4a v ontKnri70/I ryilJg ttliu IIUJICUUII^ bllO Ojiwmi M>A. ouMivunvu (1 directed to be levied and collected by an act the General Assembly, entitled "An act to au >rize the erection of a certain bridge over the ateree River," approved February 15th, 1872; cept that the county commissioners of Spartanrg county be, and they are hereby authorized d required to apply one-half of one-mill of the ?ular levy of three mills to the payment of idge contracts for the fiscal year ending 1st Noniber, 1876, if so much be necessary; and they 3 furthermore authorized and empowered to r'y an additional tax, over and above the regu levy of three mills, of one-half of one mill, to applied to the past indebtedness of said county; d they are also authorized to apply any balance it may be on hand at the close of the present eal year, ending 1st November, 1877, to past inbtedness, paying off such claims as were auditprior to 1st November, 1875; provided, nothing all be paid for probating accounts; and provid, that one-half mill of the tax thus levied for 3 county of Orangeburg shall be devoted to the vment of the past indebtedness of said county. sec. 3. That all the proceeds of the taxes lev1 for and on account of the State, as specified rein, shall be deposited and kept by the State sasurer in such bank or banks in the cities of lumbia and Charleston as, in the judgment d discretion of the financial board of the State, n afford sufficient protection to the interests of 3 State ; and the State treasurer shall publish in e or more of the newspapers published in the ies of Columbia and Charleston, a monthly itement of all the moneys received by him and 3 amount paid out, and to whom, and on acunt of what appropriation paid, as well as the lance of moneys on hand. 3ec. 4. That the county auditors and county lasurers of the several counties of this State 3 hereby required, under the direction and survision of the comptroller-general, to make 3 collection of the taxes levied under and purant to the provisions of this act in the manner d at the time and under the conditions herein?r to be provided ; and they are hereby forbidn to collect any other tax, except the taxes to A1? n?/3 *a4! wa l\Anrlo lacinarl hr I jbt 1 HO lIlU/rCT*1' illiU i on i o iuu uuuuu vj unties in aid of railroads, whatsoever, for the cal year, unless herein expressly authorized so do ; ana any State or county officer who shall 1 to comply with or evade or attempt to evade 3 provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall lie nished by a fine of not less than one thousand ,000) dollars, nor more than five thousand i,000) dollars, and by imprisonment in the penntiary for a period of not less than one year, r more than five years. 3kc. 5. There shall be assessed on all taxable lis in this State a tax of one dollar on each poll, 3 proceeds of which tax shall be applied solely educational purposes. Every male citizen beeen the age of twenty-one and sixty j'ears, ex at those incapable of earning a support from ing maimed, and except those now exempt by v, or from any other cause, shall be deemed cable polls ; and should any person fail or re*e to pay said poll tax, he shall be deemed iltv ot a misdemeanor, and on conviction jreof, before any trial justice or other court ving jurisdiction'of the same, shall be punishby a fine of not less than five dollars, or by prisonmentin the county jail for a term not ceeding thirty days. Jko. 0. That all taxes assessed and payablo unr this act shall be paid in the following kinds of ids, and no other: Gold and silver coin, UniI States currency and National Bank notes: ovided, That the receipts issued by the agents pointed by the Governor in the several couns, under and by virtue of resolution adopted the House of Representatives on the UOtli day December, A. D. 1876, shall be credited by the inty treasurers upon the amounts due, and yable by the holders thereof whenever the lie may be presented. 5ec. 7. All taxes assessed herein shall be due d payable in two equal instalments, as follows : e first instalment shall be due and payable m the first day of July to the first day of Aust, 1877; and "the second instalment "shall be e and payable from the first day of October to ) thirty-l\rst day of October, 1877: Provided, it it shall be, and is hereby, left to the option any person either to pay the amount of the it instalment at the time first above mentionm now fh? whole amount at the time of the yment of the second instalment thereof: Proled, further, That if any person or persons ill fail or refuse to pay his or her taxes due der the first instalment, he, she, or they, shall charged with interest thereupon from the first y of August, 1877, to the time of the payment ireof, at the rate of one per centun. per month ; 3 the several county treasurers shall collect i samo in the manner prescribed by law, and e receipts therefor to tne several parties pay; the same, in which the real estate paia on ill be brielly described, and the value of the -sonal property paid on shall be stated, togethwith tne time such taxes are paid, ana the ount of the same: Provided, Nothing herein itained shall operate to prevent any taxpayer m paying the whole amount of his*tax at the le the first instalment is payable. !ec. 8. That the county treasurer, immediately in receipt of the tax duplicate for the year m the county auditor, shall cause a notice to inserted once in two daily newspapers publed at the county seat of his county, if two 1 :h papers be there published; if not, then in { s sucn paper; and, if no daily paper be publed at such county seat, then in two weekly ; >ers published in such county ; but, if two ;h weekly papers be not published, then in one such paper; and. If no paper be published in the county, then sucn notice shall be given in such manner as the county treasurer may direct, stating the rate per centum of the levy for State purposes, and the rate per centum for all other purposes, on the duplicate'of the present fiscal year, and if any special levies have been made on the property of a school or other district, not affecting an entire county, the total rate of levies in such district shall also be stated in such notice. Sec. 9. When the taxes and assessments charged against any party or property on the duplicate for the present fiscal year shall not be paid on or before the 31st day of October, 1877, or when the remainder of such taxes and assessments shall not be paid on or by the said time, with interest at the rate of one per centum per month, as aforesaid, the county treasurer shall proceed to collect the same by distress, or otherwise, as now prescribed by law, together with a penalty of fifteen per cent, on the amount so delinquent; and if the amount of such delinquent taxes, assessments and penalties, shall not be paid on or before the 15th of November, 1877, be collected by distress, or otherwise, the same shall be treated an the delinquent taxes on such real and personal property and shall be collected by the sale of such real and personal pr< perty as hereinafter prescribed. Seo. 10. A11 personal property subject to taxation shall Ix liable to distress and sale for the payment ol taxes and assessments hereunder; and, at any l ime after any taxes or assessments shall become due, according to the provisions of this act, the county treasurer, by himself or deputy. may distrain sufficient property of the party against whom such taxes or assessments are charged. If the same can be found in bis county, to pay the taxes or assessments so due, with any penalty charged or chargeable thereupon, and interest, and the costs that may accrue, and shall immediately advertise the same in three of the most public places in the town or ward or district in which such property shall be distrained, stating the time and place in such town, ward or district, when and where such property will be sold; and if the taxes, assessments and penalties for which such property was distrained, together with the costs of the proceeding, shall not be paid before the day appointed for such sale, (which shall not be less than five, nor more than ten days after posting up such notices of sale,) such treasurer or his aeputy shall proceed, at the time and place mentioned in such notices, to sell such property, or so much thereof as may lie necessary, at public vendue, to the highest bidder; and , if such property, or a sufficient amount thereof, shall shall not be sold at the time and place aforesaid, such treasnrer shall retain the same in his possession, and advertise and offer the same for sale, in manner and form aforesaid, from time to time, until the same shall be nold. Sec. 11. All real property returned delinquent by the county treasurer, as herein provided, shall be offered for sale, by the treasurer, on the first Monday in December. 1877, after due advertisement as now provided by law, and thereafter from day to day, until the whole amount thereof, as included in the delinquent list, shall be sold; and except, as in this section provided, the county treasurershall proceed in reference to the sale of such delinquent real estate, according to the forms and with the conditions now prescribed and re3uired by law ; Provided, That the cost of adversing shall not exceed one dollar upon each parcel of land so advertised. Sec. 12. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. THE FIBE AT UNION. The Union Timet of the 8th instant gives ? .1 J? A t* _ a grapmc account or me disastrous ore in that town on the 3rd, from which we extract the following particulars: About half-past 12 o'clock, while fourfifths of our white inhabitants were at church, the dreaded alarm of fire was sounded upon Main street, and by the time many could arrive upon the spot, the wooden building occupied by W. R. Briggs & Co., adjoining Hill & Co.'s large brick building, was one sheet of flame and the boxing under the eaves of the latter building on fire the whole length, and in a quarter of an hour the whole inside of the upper story of that building was one roaring mass of flame and smoke. The wind was blowiug bard from the south-west by west, and the scene was truly terrific. Large flakes of fire were flying in the air, alighting on the parched roofs of stores and dwellings, near and far, threatening destruction to every building and fence in its course, for miles. The shingled roofs of the houses, from the long continued dry and hot weather, were like tinder, and it required the most active watchful exertions upou the roof of each to save them. Soon the flames commenced to spread to windward, and in a few minutes the wooden houses of Mrs. E. D. Humphries, Phillip Dunn, R. F. Briggs (a new one) and Thomas McNally, were one sheet of raging, howliog flame, while there seemed no hope that the brick buildings helow, from Spears -Jk-CoU<m!a tn EoaUr-A Willtiim' And tha wooden block below them, could possibly be saved. Thanks to the slate roof and substantia] build ofSpears&Coltou's house, they all escaped. The flames then leaped, as it were, from the burning stores to some small buildings in rear of Col. Young's and the Harris stores, and demolished them like loose cotton. From there they took the building known as the "long bouse," then the Daviea and McNeace bar rooms and every other building upon that block and laid all in ashes. But before the flames had full possession of these houses, the cry came that the railroad shops were on fire; and here commenced such a scene of terror and destruction as we have never before witnessed. The roaring flames, the dense smoke, the terrible heat from the mid-day sun, the howling of the wind, the blinding dust and the flying flakes of fire, all combined to strike terror and alarm to the stoutest hearts. It was a scene of horror. The weather was so intensely hot that, although the fire had only lasted an hour, the people were completely exhausted and many man kar) follon and hfian falran frnm t.llft OlMUk UIVU UUM IMtlVU MUM WWW VMWWM aiww. streets. Id less than five minutes from the time the fire first struck the building, the whole upper portion of the shop was one howling mass of flames, and the air around so hot that none could go near enough to enter and save auy of the mach:nery, tools, or materials in it. The lumber around the shops, three cars on the track, the platforms in front, rear and ends of the depot, caught almost simultaneously with the shops, and it was impossible to enter the depot. Soon a dense smoke issued from under the tin roof of that building, and all hope of saving it or any of its contents was gone. By the time the roof of the depot fell in, the workshops, cars and all around were completely in ashes. The march of destruction ended at the depot shops. It commenced at half past twelve o'clock and by three?two hours and a half? the bare walls and chimneys of twenty-four buildings alone remained to tell of its ravages. We have never witnessed so great destruction of property in so short a time. This may be accounted for by the fact that a month's dry, hot weather had made the buildings as dry and inflammable as a powder house. HOUSES DESTROYED. Wooden house, the roofs and wood work of two brick building belonging to Thoa. McNally. New story building of K. F. Brigg*. Three wooden buildings of Phillip Dunn. Wooden building of Mrs. E. D. Humphries. Wooden building of W. R. Briggs A Co. Two-story brick building of Hill A Culp. In the first story of this building was Hill A Co.'s large store and Gibbs A Co.'s drug store. In the second story was the large town hall, Thos. Nelson's tailor shop, J. P. Mullinax's shoe shop, Hill A Co.'s counting-room and sleeping rooms. One small wooden building in rear of Fried berger's store. Two wooden buildings belonging to Spears A Colton?one occupied by Charley Jenkins, colored, the other unoccupied. Wooden building of Mrs. M. A. Fant. Small building occupied by colored people. W. McNease's bar-room and ten-pin alley. W. R. Davis' bar-room belonging to John Rodger. The long house, belonging to the estate of Oiles Sharp. Small wooden house in rear of Davis' bar-room. Railroad depot and shops, and two small buildings occupied by laborers. Work shopor Tinsley A Richmond, belonging to Dr. A. W. Thomson. Besides the above, which were totally destroyed, Mr. Schoppaul, Messrs. Rice, McLure A Co., Jas. H. Roger, Spears A Colton, J. T. Hart and Graham A Graham lost heavily from the removal of goods from their stores. The first four insured. Thos. Nelson, tailor, losta fine sewing machine, a numlier of garments :tnd all his tools. J. P. Mullinax, bootmaker, lost everything in his shop. G. P. Jacobi, watch repairer and jeweller, lost about $1,000, including all his tools, a quantity of clothing and furniture. Phillip Dunn lost a stock of groceries, but as Mr. Dunn is sick at his residence out of town, we cannot state the amount of his loss. The whole loss cannot fall much short of $100,000, with only about $35,000 insurance. The origin of the fire is attributed to the careless throwing of a match among some loose paper by a clerk in W. R. Briggs & 1 Co.*8 store, after lighting a cigar. He says he had not left the store more than fifteen minutes when the alarm was given and the house was in fiames. X.OCAX. AFFAIRS. I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | H. P. Adickes?Lawns?Musquito Netting?Domestics?Hosiery and Gloves?Gauze Unserves ts. JobnC. Kuykendal?Substitute for Quinine?La- >1 test from Turkey?Plasters?Sachet Powder?Scalp Scrxtchor?Keep Your Temperature?Razor Straps. T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Millinery Goods?ReadyMade Clothing?New Goods.' W. H. & J. P. Herndon?Do Not Delay?FlourBacon aud Hams?Sweeps and Plows?Shoe ^ and Gaiter Tops?Hoes. Kennedy Bros. <fc Barron?Cheese?Grain Cradies. ; VB R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-Sheriff ?s Sale. SEASONABLE RAIN8. 1 The long-continued drought in this section V was ended by a fine shower last Saturday ' night, and by rain which continued falling on Sunday, for want of which corn and cotton were greatly suffering. COUNTY OFFICER8. Governor Hampton has made the following appointments for York county, and the same have been confirmed by the Senate: ^ H"?iM*?Tii- T P Rnkoftinn r V^t/UUty ?? ^r<? v. awvw.www y County Auditor?W. Adolphus Moore; Jury Commissioner?D. G. McKinney; Trial Justices?James S. Lewis, P. B. Darwin, S. L. Davidson, A. L. Nunnery, J. C. Chambers, J. J. L. Gil), D. M. Wallace, R. L. Crook, B. F. Powell, Richard T. Gillespie, S. M. Fewell and W. C. Black. CHURCH FESTIVAL. The ladies of the Methodist congregation will give a festival in Allison's Hall on Friday evening, the 15th instant, the object being to complete the fund which they have been raising for the purpose of painting and otherwise improving the interior of their 4 church building. All the delicacies of the season will be served, and the occasion will be enlivened by music. The object is a deserving one, and the young ladies having it in charge will make it well worthy the patronage of the public. PETTENGILL'S DIRECTORY. We have received from the publishers, & M. Pettengill A Co., S7 Park Row, New York, a copy of their Newspaper Directory and Advertisers' Hand Book for 1877. The book contains 376 pages, with numerous illustrations, is handsomely bound, and gives a complete list of newspapers and other periodicals published in the United States and the Provinces of British America. The book will prove valuable to advertisers and others seeking information in regard to the newspapers and similar publications of the country. Price $1.00 per copy. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. On the fourth page of this issue wb print several Acts passed by the Legislature, at the recent session?including tbe following: An Act to amend the charter of the town of *"* Yorkville. r An Act providing for the rotation of Judges. An Act to require all school claims and claims for teachers' pay to be sworn to. An Act to render officers of corporations personally responsible in certain cases. An Act repealing an Act entitled "An Act for tbe relief of the widows and orphans of persons killed because of their political opinions." An Act to regulate the appointment of county officers. We also print on the inner pages the appropriation and the supply acts, as adopted. DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN. Colonel L. P. Sadler, a prominent citizen of York, died at his residence in the south-eastern part of the county, on the 2nd instant, aged about 59 years. Colonel Sadler was well known throughout the county, having served in public capacities?first as Colouel of the Western Regiment of Militia, and afterwards as Tax Collector of the county. He was also at one time engaged in the mercan. tile business in Yorkyille?In the late .star? ? ? he served as captain in the Seventeenth 8outh Carolina Regiment, for about one year, when, on account of ill-health, he was compelled to return to civil life. He had been in declining health for several years previous to his death. ^ THB CIRCUIT COURTS. The recent session of the Legislature passed an act establishing uniformity iu the sessions of the Circuit Courts, making several changes from the times at which the Courts have heretofore been held. For York county, the Circuit Court will be held at Yorkville on the first Mondays in February, June and September. For Lancaster county, at Lancaster, the third Monday in February, the second Monday in June, and the third Monday in September. For Chester county, at Chester, on the first Monday in March, the third Monday in June and the first Monday in October. For Fairfield county, at Winnsboro, on the third Monday in March, the fourth Monday in June, and the third Monday in October. For Union county, at Union, on the first Monday in March, the third Monday in Juue, and the first Monday in October. There is no change in the circuits, they being composed of the same counties as heretofore. THB TAX LEVY. By the Act of the Legislature, passed at the recent session, the taxes due last year in the various counties of the State, will be collected in two installments?one-half during the month of .Tulv next, and the other half in October. Tax payers, on presenting their receipts from the special agent, will be credited with the amount of the voluntary contribution of 10 per cent., made in the early part of the year. Failure to pay the one^half of the tax called for in July, will subject the delinquent tax-payer to interest on the amount of his one-half at the rate of one" per cent, per month, from the first of August until paid, and if the whole tax shall not be paid by the 1st of November, the usual penalties will attach. The levy in York county is as follows: For State purposes 7 mills. Forgeneral county purposes, 3 " \ For interest on railroad bonds,....1$ " For retiring railroad bonds, 1 " Making a total of 12} mills on the dollar?a considerable falling off from the amount of the levy collected in 1875, which, exclusive of special school tax, voted in some of the . 1 townships, was 17 mills. 'jj AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Rev. C. H. Wiley, agent of the American Bible Society for the States of North and South Carolina, visited Yurkville last Satur- ' day on business connected with the work in which he is engaged. The auxiliary society at this place not having been in active operation for several years, after consultation, the agent decided to appoint, for the present, the ministers of the different denominations here as an auxiliary board to supply the place of the society. This auxiliary board will be supplied with Bibles which will be sold at the cost of publication to those able to buy, and 1 to the destitute will be furnished gratuitously. Dr. Wiley has been engaged in this work } since 1867, having been first assigned to Tennessee in that year, from which State a year or two ago he was transferred to North Carolina, and since the consolidation of North and South Carolina into one district, his field of operation embraces these States. An emi' nent scholar, an author of considerable repu- * tation, azealous Christian, standing high as a minister of the Presbyterian Church, and an indefatigable worker, be is well qualified for i the discharge of the important duties devolving upon him in bis present sphere of aetion. *