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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- ,
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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.
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