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? Haps and darts. ? The bar-room bell punches in Richmond, Va., have collected $15,000 tax in about two mouths. ? On some farms in Missouri, corn is selling at fifteen cents per bushel. The crop in that State has turned out excellent. ? Two million and a half dollars' worth of American dried fruits have been sold in Europe during the last twelve months. ? "In the sentence'John strikes William,'" remarked a school-teacher, "what is the object of 'strikes'?" "Higher wages and less work," promptly replied the intelligent youth. ? Bucks county, Pa., has a smoker who claims to have averaged seven cigars per day during the last fifty-seven years, which would aggregate 145,000 cigars, worth, at five cents ?7 9*rt ? An ignorant colored girl at Norwich, Conn, was caught trying to cut off her hand with a large knife last week, because she had literally read the Scripture: "If tby hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off." ? In consequence of the passage of an ordinance forcing them to sell in the market and nowhere else, butchers of Dallas, Texas, rented all the market house stalls, closed them up, and now refuse to sell any meat at all. ? The first national thanksgiving was observed Thursday, Febuary 19, 1795, the proclamation having been signed by President Washington, and dated Philadelphia, January 1, 1784. It was issued to 4,000,000 of people, while the recent proclamation issued by President Hayes reached 44,000,000. ? The Chickasaw Indians are mostly Methodists, but in the nation they support Presbyterian and Baptist churches as well. The Creeks and Choctaws are chiefly Baptist, the latter, having, in addition to the various denominations, a goodly sprinkling of Roman Catholics. ? General Zaraacoza, agent of the Mexican Government, is in Washington. He represents the Diaz Government as anxious to maintain friendly relations, and instances the seuding of regular troops to the Rio Grande to take the place of the local forces, with the intention of co operating with the United States soldiers in restoring order to the border. ? The general committees on church extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at '? onaolnn ir, Pki1<i/)aln)iiD grlnntoH fl ppnnrf. ItO OWOIV/U IU A. UltMUWl^/U %%my MV?V|/VV? W - -J . of the committee on the amounts asked for in various localities. These include for Alabama and South Carolina, $1,500 each ; Virginia and West Virginia, $1,000 each; Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, $800 each ; Delaware, $500. ? Eighteen thousand men are now engaged in the express business. Express companies cover 60,000 miles of railroad, and it is estimated that its messengers daily travel 300,000 miles. Three thousand five hundred horses are employed, and over 8,000 offices are required to transact their business, and an amount of capital is invested not less than $30,000,000. ? A dispatch of the 29th ultimo says, information has reached the authorities at Washington that while the Sioux Indians were being removed from the Red Cloud agency to the Missouri river, 1,700 of them broke away and are now on the war-path. Gen. Terry has issued orders to the United States troops to prepare for a winter campaign. Those who have thus deserted are operating in the Deadwood country, and have already attacked trains and caused general consternation. ? Here is a description of Senator Butler by a correspondent of the New York Independent: "Walking across the floor is a man who looks like a lamb rather than a destroying angel?a handsome man, of good height and figure, seeming a refined gentleman, with fine, gentle features, with a general aspect of extreme amiability. He looks neither Southern nor N> rthern, but simply a gentleman. It is easy enough to associate him with household loves and Sunday school celebrations ; with massacre never. This is M. C. Butler, of South Carolina." ? The Russian Government treats temperance and teetotal leagues as illegal secret societies. This is because the revenue is so largely increased by liquor duties, whereby $160,000,000 are annually added to the imperial exchequer. Policemen and soldiers are instructed to flog teetotalers into drinking. The clergy are ordered to preach against the new sedition. Publications on the immorality of the liquor traffic are vetoed. A Polish schoolmaster was recently put to sweeping the streets iu a convict gang for denouncing liquor selling. 1?There have been 1,800 bills introduced in the House of Representatives during the called session, but only two bills have become laws?the army appropriation bill and the naval deficiency bill. The bills to remonetize silver and to repeal the resumpton act have not been acted on in the Senate. The Paris Exposition bill and the general deficiency bill were taken up and amended in the Senate, but the amendments to_those bills have not been acted on in the House. All the unfinished business of the late extra session, however, holds its place in the next session. ? In the Corporation Court of Danville, Va., the other day, a suit was heard, involving the Presidential question. A bet had been decided by a stake-holder, after the decision of the Electoral College became known, that Hayes was elected. The losing party objected to the decision and brought suit to recover the amount of the original deposits. When the case came up, Judge Flournoy would not suffer the question whether Mr. | Hayes was elected or not, to be discussed in his Court. Mr. Hayes was the recognized ! President, and, consequently, the plaintiff ? ..1J -A?AnA? Ko fnnrla TKo /looiomn la UUU1U UUt 1CWVC1 lUllUOi A uv vivviwtvu < regarded as virtually declaring that Tilden was not elected. ? Even the New York Times is convinced that it is unwise to request that black children should be allowed to attend schools set apart for the whites. Such a request it calls "simply ridiculous." Furtherraore.it says: It mu9t be understood, that in Richmond, Charleston, and particularly in New Orleans, j the educational facilities provided for the j colored children are quite as good as those en- I joyed by the whites. The Democratic officials of the cities named take a sort of pride j in building and maintaining really ex- ' cellent negro schools. It must be said to ; their credit that they spare no expense to make those institutions equal in every way ' to the public academies provided for by the | whites." I ? Mr. Register in bankrupty Noyes of Bos- j ton, holds that one of the causes of bankruptcy is, that so few persons properly estimate the difference between a high and low rate of in- j terest, and theretore orien Dorrow money at , so ruinous a rate that no legitimate business can stand it. But few have figured on the difference between six and eight per cent. One dollar loaned for one hundred years at six per cent., with interest collected annually and added to the principal, will amount to I $340. At eight per cent., it will amount to j 82,203, or nearly seven times as much. At three per cent., the usual rate of interest in England, it amounts to 81,925 whereas at ten per cent., the usual rate in the United States, it is 813,800, or nearly one thousand times 4 A 4 ^ '* amnnnfo f/\ _ prt/ttltr /It JL L) |)CI UCLitiy 11/ AUii'Uura IIV * J | 095, or more than four thousand times as much. At twenty-five per cent., (which we ! sometimes hear talked of) it would reach the enormous sum of $2,551,699,404. ? During the cholera epidemic which lately I visited Bangalore, in India, a gentleman holding high official position in that city was j oue morning informed that his horsekeeper had been seized with the dreaded disease. He at once sent for the doctor, who found j the patient in a state of coma, and pronounced the case to be desperate. Disinfectants were profusely sprinkled throughout the house, i I and every precaution was taken to prevent , the spread of the disease to the other inmates. | The unfortunate man was himself tenderly ; removed to Bowdon Hospital, where the ! usual remedies were applied without producing any effect, for the patient still remaini ed insensible. At last, his situation appear! ing hopeless, it was thought better to desist | from further attempts to rekindle the faint spark of life that was rapidly dwindling. Late in the night, however, to the surprise of the hospital attendants, the patient suddenly recovered consciousness, and, in a strong voice ; and language, demanded to know "where he was." He was informed that he had been ill i with cholera, and was now in hospital, and was implored to remain perfectly quiet, as his j only chance of recovery. "Ill with cholera 1" ! be shouted indignantly; "I have only been ! drunk and, to the consternation of the doc ! tor and his employer, who had given him up I for lost, this statement turned out to be true. the fflrferiUf inquirer. YORKI II LE, S. C.: (THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 6, 1877. j How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name i of the subscriber very plaiuly, Rive post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by dratl or post-onice money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paitl bj' the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. The message of Governor Hampton to the General Assembly, now in session, will be found in full on the first page of this issue. Like every state paper yet emanating from Governor Hampton, the message is terse, comprehensive, and abounding in practical good seDse. He reminds the Legislature of the pledges made during the canvass, and impresses upon the members the fact that impartial justice in the administration of the laws and the recognition of the perfect equality of all citizens un, der those laws, with the assurance of protection to all in their rights of person and prop erty?a consummation so ardently desired by every patriot?is to be brought about mainly by the labors of the General Assembly, and he relies upon their wisdom, discretion and patriotism in so shaping the ensuing legislation. The financial affairs of the State receive his earnest attention, and he plainly says that until our financial condition is satisfactorily settled, all hopes of returning prosperity are delusive. The credit of the State must be re stored and maintained, while repudiation would bring inevitable disaster ami would entail inevitable disgrace. Upon this point the Governor speaks in no uncertain tones, and in his recommendation to pay all the just and bona fide indebtedness of the State, be will be sustained by every well-wisher of the commonwealth. The policy he recommends of buying in the bonds of the State and retiring the debt in this manner, instead of creating a sinking fund for the purpose of meeting the State's obligations, will also commend itself as eminent! xr wisp *nd nracticable. He considers the free schools a subject of vital consequence to the material prosperity of the State, and earnestly invokes favorable action on the subject, whereby a system may be matured, which, while benefiting the scholars, will secure prompt payment to the teachers. He recommends the ratification of the constitutional amendment regarding the tax to support free schools, adopted by the voters at the last election. His recommendation to establish a university for the colored people, is a part of the educational system promised by the Democratic party in the last campaign, and in urging upon the Legislature the importance of such an institution, the Governor redeems his pledge, in which the people generally will sustain him. A portion of the message is devoted to the State Penitentiary, and while he says the man agement of that institution during the past year has been satisfactory, he makes some recommendations in regard to its future management, as also the management of the Lunatic Asylum. The Governor's recommendations on the subject of taxes and forfeited lands, if the recommendations receive proper attention by the Legislature, will prove a boon to many poor persons who have been unable heretofore to meet their obligations to the State; and as the Governor suggests, "a new spirit of hope would be infused into our people, and they would devote themselves to the task of renewing their shattered fortunes with renewed zeal and energy," while no class of our people would be injured by such an act of | ueu iguicjr. The Governor's recommendation of the abrogation of the system of special legislation, which in late years has attained 10 a certain extent, will meet the views of the people, who, in the language of the Governor, demand, that "all legislation should be, as far a9 possible, general in its character, placing all persons and all interests on an equal footing." The other recommendations aud suggestions of the Governor, eminently wise and proper for the present exigencies of our people, will commend themselves upon perusal of the message. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The proceedings of the Senate on tne z/tn, \ were devoted almost exclusively to considering j the contested seat of Mr. Butler, of South Car- j olina, the main point at issue being a resolu- j tion offered several days previously by Mr. ' Thurman, of Ohio, to discharge the committee on privileges and elections from the further consideration of the credentials of Mr. Butler. The resolution was finally adopted by a vote of 29 to 27. Patterson voted yea. In the j House a bill was passed removing the political j disabilities of Albert M. Lee, of Texas. Bills i -1 J? _ were introduced removing me ponucai disabilities of Edwin DeLeon, of South Carolina, and Beverly H. Robertson, of Virginia. Mr. Muldrow, of Mississippi, by request, presented a petition of colored citizens of that State, asking for an appropriation of 8100,000 to enable them to move to Liberia. Mr. Robertson, of Louisiana, introduced a bill to refund the cotton tax. A bill was introduced by Mr. Riddle, .of Tennessee, restoring ?o the pension rolls the names of all soldiers Blricke# therefrom on account of disloyalty-; also re-! pealing the act prohibiting payment by any ! officer to any person not known to be opposed to the rebellion. The House then adjourned until Friday. On the 28th, the Senate was engaged in discussing the contested case between SpofFord and Kellogg, of Louisiana, pending which the Senate adjourned. In the Senate on the 29th, after the reading of the journal of the previous day, Mr. Sar- j gent, of California, asked unanimous consent: to consider the Paris Exposition bill; but ob-! jection was made, and the Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution for the admis- j sion of Mr. Kellogg. The debate on this res-1 olution continued until 4 P. M., when the Senate adjourned. In the Senate on the 30th, the Paris Exposi- { tion bill was passed as it came from the House ! - - - J 1 rt_:n_ I or Representatives, ana a uumuer 01 urns were introduced and referred, after which, the j question of seating Kellogg was resumed, and < discussed uutil half past 7 o'clock, P. M., j when the Senate took a recess. On re-asserabling, a direct vote was taken to seat Kellogg, which was carried?Patterson and Conover (Reps.) voting aye, and Davis, (Rep.) voting nay. A vote was then taken to seat Butler, of South Carolina, which was also carried? Patterson and Conover voting aye, and Davis not voting. Kellogg and Butler were then sworn in. For want of a quorum the House was not in session. In the Senate on the 1st instant, Mr. Wadleigh, from the committee on privileges and elections, reported a resolution declaring J. B. Eustis entitled to a seat as Senator from Louisiana, for the terra ending March 3d, 1879. The report was sustained in the commiitAP hv a vote nf fi tn 3. A minoritv reDort was presented and the matter went over. The deficiency bill was amended in several respects and passed. The Senate then went into executive session and confirmed several Presidential appointments, among them Fitzsiraons, Marshal of Georgia, after which they took a recess until 10 o'clock Monday. In the House a bill was passed for the relief of the survivors of the wrecked steamship Huron and the families of the lost. The extra session of Congress adjourned tine die on the 3rd, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and at 12 o'clock both Houses convened in regular session. Committees were appointed to wait on the President and inform him of the convening of the regular session. The President's message was then received and read. In the House, Knapp moved to pass a resolution endorsing the President's policy in respect to Louisiana and South Carolina. Conger moved an adjournment and called for the yeas and nays. Pending the call, the hour for adjournment arrived. After the reading of the message the Senate adjourned to Thursday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Rev. J. B. Mack, of Fort Mill, has been called to the pastorate of a Presbyterian church at Columbia. ? Gen. Conner has published a card declining to allow his name to be used as a canJ: j e? c ? umatc lur tuc uupiciuo ucuuu. ? Col. John D. Wylie will probably be elected Senator for Lancaster county without opposition. ? It is rumored in Columbia that Corbin will be reappointed United States District Attorney. ? On Tuesday last, Col. HeDry Mclver was unanimously re-elected Associate Justice by the General Assembly, for six years. ? Lieutenant-Governor Simpson publishes a card declining to permit his name to be used in connection with the contest for Associate Justice. ? The Florence Times speaks in very complimentary terms of Dr. P. E. Griffin, the newlyappoiuted superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum. ? A difficulty took place on Thursday last, about seven miles from Ninety-Six, between Thomas C. Pinson and Kitt Ingram, during which the former was shot and killed. The trouble grew out of Pinson insulting the wife of Ingram. Ingram has fled. ? Col. Ellison S. Keitt, of Newberry, has instituted suit against the proprietor of the New York Times for slander; the said proprietor, in a scurrilous article, published in the Times, having charged Colonel Keitt with bigamy. ? Attorney-General Conner resigned his office last Monday, and a special message to that effect was sent to the Legislature. Leroy F. Youtnans, Esq., of Columbia, is the only gentleman named in connection with the office, which it is thought will be filled by special act of the Legislature. ? Congressman Robert Smalls was admitted to bail last Monday, in the sum of $10,000, to await the decision of the Supreme Court upon his appeal from the verdict of the jury. His bondsmen are two brothers?Frederick W. and Ernest A. Scheper, of Beaufort, who are reported to be worth more than double the amount of the bond. ? At Manning, on the 30th ultimo, an teronaut connected with a traveling show, lost his life by the balloon in which he made an ascensibn becoming unmanageable after reaching an altitude of several hundred yards. The body of the unfortunate mau was found next day in a swamp about a mile northeast of the town. ? The Anderson Intelligencer is informed that Hon. B. F. Crayton, of that county, nppairlpnf. r>f the State Fair Association, sold his entire crop of bread corn to Gen. W. G. LeDuc, United States Commissioner of Agriculture. This corn will be distributed throughout the United States for seed. Gen, LeDuc said it was as 6ne a quality of this important cereal as he had ever seen, and thereby paid a high compliment to Mr. Crayton as an agriculturist, and also to Anderson county as a grain growing county. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? John Houston, the oldest citizen of Union county, died on the night of the 13th ultimo, aged 93 year8. ? John A. Cameron died at Rockingham, Richmond county, on Thursday last, from yellow fever, which he contracted at Brunswick, Georgia. ? Daniel H. Smith, of Sharon township, Mecklenburg county, fell dead on Tuesday of last week, while talking to some one on his premises. ? Notwithstanding the sport made by the State press of Judge Cloud, his decisions are affirmed in greater proportion by the Supreme Court than the decisions of any other j circuit judge on the North Carolina bench. ? The Hillsboro Recorder is gratified to learn that a disease akin to that which has been sweeping off the hogs, has laid hold of the dogs in Chatham county, and the curs who have grinned dehance at taxation and public opinion, are melting away before a foe who respects neither. ? The Gastonia Herald says that on Friday of last week, A. fjhyne, of Gaston conn- J ty, seeing the water rising rapidly in his mill- j pond, and fearing the dam would be broken, j took several of his hauds and went to work- j jug on the dam. The day being wet and j cold some of the hands indulged very freely < iu liquor, and, after all, finding their efforts to save the dam in vain, one Joe Afurrell, colored, went away. Id goiDg across the Hoi laDd bridge, staggering from one Bide to the other, for he was very drunk, he-ran againsl the side and fell over in the deep water and was drowned. ? On Tuesday afternoon of last week, J. N Andrews, of Statesville, had his barn burned under the following circumstances, whicfc should be a warning to persons in the habit ol carelessly handling ashes : He was gathering leaves at the Presbyterian churchyard for the purpose of making compost, and while tber< he took the ashes from a stove in the churcb in which there had been no 6re since Sundaj night, placed it in the bottom of a barrow and covered it with leaves. On taking the load home he threw it into the barn, but noticed no fire, and returned for another load. If was but a few minutes before smoke was seen issuing from the building, and though imme diateeffort was made to extinguish the fire, it proved ineffectual and the entire building with its contents was destroyed, consisting of his crop for the present year. MERE-MENTION. The Southern States embrace an area ol nearly 1,000,000 square miles. The U S. man-of-war, Huron, was wrecked off the North Carolina coast on the night of the 24tfa ultimo, and went to pieces. There were 13C people aboard, of whom 105 were lost. A Louisville correspondent says it is reported that Governor Hampton is soon to marry a beautiful wealthy widojr, prominent as one oi the leaders of Louisville society. Again comes the report that the Pope is gradually sinking. The different roads, which were injured by the late freshets, have been renoi-o'J ?nJ rkrnncrli onnnppf inna ftillv eflt&h ? ?6" j liehed. Jefferson Davis' great law suit about his brother Jo. Davis' estate is now being heard before the Supreme Court of Mississippi. A number of men indicted for tarring and feathering a woman of doubtful character, at Waterford, Pa., have all been sentenced to the Penitentiary from one to tea years. The agricultural population of Georgia is 900,000 souls, and the number of acres in cultivation a trifle over 600,000. The hotel, grand stand and forty-five stables at Benning's Station race-course, near Washington, were burned last Friday. The weather is the coldest in Florida known there for ten years at this season. At Jacksonville, last week, ice formed half an inch thick. At Columbia, Tenn., last week, a man named Roper, for an unsuccessful indecent assault on Miss Butler Templeton, was lynched in the presence of 2,000 people. Yesterday, Georgia elected a legislature, voted on adopting the new constitution, and also on the question of returning the cap itol of the State to Milledgeville. There is now comparative quiet on the Mexican border. Bands of Lerdoists are congregating here and there, but the command of Diaz tc his troops to assist the United States authorities in preserving order tends, materially, to quiet frontier affairs. A Connecticut preacher says he intends to ask God to blight the apple blossoms next Spring, bo tnat mere will be no cider next season. EDITOBI AlTINKLINGS. Born Not to be Hanged or Drowned. Andrew Mooninghara, who was tried in the Raleigh criminal court for the murdei of Henry Seawell, and acquitted by a jury on Saturday of last week, left the city on the same evening for his home. He arrived al the Neuse river bridge after dark, and when 011 the opposite side of the bridge stepped in the river, the abutment having been washed away. He was carried down by the current about three hundred yards, when he caught on a tree and there remained from 9 o'clock at night until 8 o'clock next morning, when his cries were heard by a neighbor who came to his relief. But the river was wide, and there was no boat in the vicinity. Mr. Liles, ? i t \e l- u iitj tre neignoor, asaea u uu uuuiu bwuu. xi you can I will meet you half way," he said. Mooningham, who was in a perilous situation, as the water had risen to his arm pits in the tree and was still rising, said, "I'll do my best, as it is my only showing for Jife," and plunged out in the water to meet Mr. Lilee, Fie found that the current was too strong for his wasted strength and immediately sank. He cried out, "I am gone 1 I am gone 1 May God forgive me." As he rose the third time, Mr. Liles, at great peril to his own safety, reached him, and taking him by the hair swam to the shore. It was several hours before he was restored to consciousness, and at latest accounts he was still in a very critical condition. "Honest John" on Seating Butler. In the Senate on Saturday, during the debate on seating Kellogg, Mr. Patterson obtained the floor in support ofKellogg, and also gave his reasons for supporting the claims of Mr. Butler, of South Carolina. The general tenor of his remarks may be inferred from the following extract: He said he had already announced his intention of voting to seat M. C. Butler as Senator from South Carolina, and he would cheerfully vote to seat Wm. Pitt Kellogg as Senator from Louisiana. He had resisted every motion to give the case of Kellogg precedence over that of Butler, because the Butler case was before the Senate first. Had the Kellogg case been brought up first, he would have voted as steadily against displacing it. He then criticised the aotion of the administration in withdrawing the troops from South Carolina, and said the troops were withdrawn in spite of the remonstrance of those who secured the election of the President. He (Hayes) recognized the Democratic State government, and turned the Republicans ofSouth Carolina over to their enemies. He replied rather sharply to the remarks of Messrs. Edmunds and Conkling, and said be repudiated them. He disowned the authority of such as these to pass judgment on his fidelity to the Republican party. He spoke of Mr. Conkling as the Achilles of the Senate, and characterized the attack of Mr. Edmunds upon him (Patterson) as malignant. Referring to the indiotments against him in South Carolina, he said he was ready to answer all these charges. He defended Gen. M. C. Butler from the charges of complicity in the Hamburg massacre, and, in concluding his remarks, again commented se verely on the Southern policy of the administration, saying he understood it as abaudoniug political friends to conciliate political foes. He ridiculed the idea of reviving the old Whig party, and said if the President could go down into the valley of dry bones and infuse life into them, he would stand as the champion resurrectionist of the age. Referring to the religious element of the South, he said they worshipped God and the Democratic party, (laughter,) and would not bow down to this brazen image of Southern policy (called Hayes') which Nebuchadnezzar had set up. r* j i ^rweueweu juugiiber.j Up in a Balloon, Boys t The "balloon show," which inflicted itself upon this community a few weeks ago, was in Kingstree on Wednesday of last week, and while there was the cause of a tragedy which is thus described by the Charleston Journal of Commerce: After all had seen what was inside the tent, and the showman had filled his pockets with all the small change in the assembly, he proceeded outside, drew out his balloon and made ready to fill her up for y,n ascension. In order to keep her down, he was obliged to impoae pn the good nature of the gazing negroes to lay hold of the ropes and keep her in positioh while he was filling the animal with gas; but they all kept aloof and would not venture 3 within ten feet of the animal. After considt erable persuasion, and guarantees of no harm, I he succeeded in gaining the assistance of about a dozen able bodied men to serve the exigencies of the occasion. The process of filling the balloon with gas was then commenced, I and by degrees she began to swell out in full i proportions. When she was made ready for f the voyage to the skies, out of a close tent poped a little trapeze performer, robed in blue tights, and all the paraphernalia of a light 1 man. Before hejumped into the basket, he 5 instructed the hauds pressed into service for ' the Dumose of keeping the machine in position, '! and when all was ready, gave the order to let | go. All scampered off, struck with amazeI meat. Beneath the bottom was coiled up a I heap of rope, aud over this odc of the negroes stumbled. By Borne mysterious action, hii ' foot became entangled in the rope, and as the 1 balloon ascended and took the rope up, the - negro was hoisted by the balloon. When he t got about forty feet from the earth, he, for the r first time, realized his position, and began an effort to extricate himself from the difficulty. He caught hold of the rope by his hand and disentangled his foot, clambered up the rope to the balloon and perched himself alongside P the trapeze performer. Rounds of applause from the audience below greeted him on the ' accomplishment of this feat, but the trapeze 1 performer, not feeling altogether safe, advised i the negro to slide down the rope to the earth i knlr\rrr a * fkia time fkn kallnnn tvaa QPUAffli f uoivnt AJk V Vino tlUJW MIIW WMI1UVU ** MU WW ? w? Ma hundred feet from terra firma, and Sambo, I thinking this a good idea, jumped at it at once, and began to descend, the balloon ascending ; the while. He slid on down until he reached : about fifty feetTrora the ground, when the i friction of the rope on his hands cut him through to the bone, and he was forced to let , go. He tumbled from theuce to the earth below. The crowd, intent on the trapeze performer, did not approach him until all was through, when they found him still alive, but ' terribly bruised, bleeding from the mouth, and his hauds literally sawed through to the bone. Kntual Exchange of Amnesty Proposed. The Washington Republican says that Judge Mackey is engaged upon an amnesty scheme which is of considerable public inter1 est at this time. The Republican, in prefa cing its paragraph on the subject, says: "Judge Mackey, it will be remembered, represented the Hampton government in Wash1 ington during the discussion last March, and it was understood at that time that Hampton 1 gave the assurance that if the troops were removed from the State House, there would be no prosecution of Republican officials for past criminal offences, but that they would be proceeded against oa the civil side of the courts only." This, contends the Republican, whs certainly the understanding of the President, however derived, and of leading Republicans. The recent criminal prosecutions ' in South Carolina are, therefore, regarded among Republicans as a breach of faith, while they are viewed by prominent Democrats as highly impolitic and untimely, although they ? may be legally just in vindication of the laws. ' The Republican then details the proposition ' of Judge Mackey as follows: It appears now that according to the re> port of the Attorney-General of the United 1 Stales for 1872, some 1,800 citizens of South Carolina were then under indictment for KuKluxing, or warrants were lodged against them under the enforcement act. The pro ceedinga were simply suspended until further I orders, aod the prosecutious may be revived * at aoy term of the court. There are, in ad ditiou to these, some 360 cases under the same , act growing out of the Ellenton and Hamburg riots. Judge Mackey advocates the passage of an 1 act of amnesty and oblivion by the Legisla1 ture of South Carolina, which convened on I the 27th of last month, covering the cases of ; all State,county and municipal officers from ; July 1, 1868, to May 1, 1877, inclusive, upou the passage of which act the President is to extend amnesty to all persons charged with crime in South Carolina under the Ku 1 Klux act. It is understood that this plan meets the , approval of Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, and f Senators Gordon, Lamar, Bayard, Garland, Merrimon, Morgan, and other leading Democrats. Judge Mackey states that a large ' number of prominent citizens of his circuit 1 are now in forced exile because of their indictment under the enforcement act. It is understood, and so reported by the President's friends, that he will not agree to ' any such arrangement, but will let the law take its course. A Noble Negro. From the graphic description given by the Rock Hill Herald of the scenes and incidents of the recent railroad accident near that place, we copy the following account of the noble conduct of a colored man who rescued two of the wrecked passengers from watery graves: 1 Herculean efforts had been made by those on the south side of the stream, and two of , the sufferers bad been carried to land, one of t whom had been rescued from the very jaws of death. The benefactor in these two cases was a negro man, named Aleck Miller, who resides not far from South Fork trestle, and whose name will ever live in connection with this tragic event. It occurred to Aleck to try his mule as a means of accomplishing what seemed otherwise impossible. Accordingly, knowing the bottom well, he mounted the animal and wandered far into the water, finally getting within forty or fifty feet of one of the anxious and suffering men. Further approach could not be made, and Aleck insisted that he must abandon the tree and swim to him, and he would save him. At length this was done, and Aleck, equal to his faith, soon added one more to tne use or me saved. This done he immediately set out for another. He rode in water up to the mule's back, and after much difficulty got within twenty or thirty feet of Mr. Frank W. Eldridge, of New York. This wretched man had received several injuries in the back from the timbers of the trestle, and was almost too feeble to hold longer to the tree. The anxious and sympathizing negro was now in water level with the mule's back and oould proceed no further, as he was edging , the channel and the irresistible current. He en treated the su ffering stranger to turn loose the tree and oome to him. Although the space between them was narrow, yet it was full of danger and the consciousness of exhausted strength deterred the man for awhile from leaving the friendly oak which alone had prolonged his life through hours of agoniziug solicitude. Aleck appealed and the stranger remonstrated his inability, but increasing pains and growing weakness admonished him that choioe of expedients would soon be denied him, and, at last, in a moment when hope and despair were battling with alternating as cendency, the dreaded plunge was made. A few strokes with his arms and legs told the correctness of his fears. He was exhausted and could only appeal to the negro to save him. A moment before Aleck could not dare n nmr>flpd another steD. but now the sight of this struggling raaD dispelled his seuse of danger, and, reckless of his own life, he urged the mule forward into the deepest and swiftest of the angry waters, and, as the animal swam within three feet of the almost breathless man, i he seized him by the collar of the coat, turned ! the mule, and in less than a minute succeeded in regaining the bottom where the water was quiet. The stranger, thus rescued, was soon j placed upon land and carried to a house near 1 i by, where his immediate wants were quickly j ministered to and relieved. This was perhaps i I the noblest and most heroic achievement of , | the many daring acts on that dismal night. Mr. Eldridge speaks in terms of the highest admiration of his deliverer, and doubtless feels that to this brave colored he owes whst? ' ever balance of life be may be permitted to 1 eujoy. ' I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Clark Brothers?Fair Warning. M. Strauss?Call and See. T. M. Dobson *Co.?Settle Your Accounts?Yarn and Shirting?Shoes and Boots?Bagging and Ties?Dress Goods?Ready-Made Clothing?Rustic Window Shades?CloaksLadies' Shawls?Fish?Bacon?Can Goods. Fannie L. Dobson?Ladies' Ready-Made Underwear?Neck Ties?Cologne and PowdersBox Paper?Shetland Floss?Look the Post Office. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. Witherspoon & Spencer, Plaintiffs' Attorneys.? Notice to F. Adaline McCalla, Defendant. B. T. Wheeler?To Rent?Nolice?To Rent. T. S. Jefferys, Agent?LookOut for 10th December?Just Received. Witherspoon <fe Spencer, Attorneys pro pet.?To Jane A. Garvin and others. DROVE HOGS. Three small droves of bogs have reached here this season. Light sales were made at 6 cents. FIRE WORKS. We are informed that it is the intention of the Town Council to publish an ordinance next week, prohibiting the firing of crackers within certain limits. DELINQUENT TAXES. The sale of lands for delinquent taxes, advertised for last Monday, did not take place, in consequence of orders received from the Comptroller-General, directing the Auditor and Treasurer to delay the sale until further orders. The taxes, however, in all but about twenty-five cases, had been previously paid. DAMAGE TO CROPS. By the heavy rains of last week, and the consequent overflow of low lands?an unusual event at this season of the year?some damage was sustained by crops standing in the fields. Corn, which had not been gathered, was washed away, and in some localities cotton was either destroyed or badly damaged. NEW P08T-0FFICE. The Postmaster General has ordered the establishment of a post-office to be known as Zadoc, about 6 miles north of Yorkville, on the route hetween this place and Whitaker's?Mr. Z. D. Smith as postmaster thereof, to take effect January 1, 1878. Besides the large number of people who will be accommodated bj this new office, the establishing of it will also reinstate the mail-route from this place to Whitaker's, instead of from Clover to that point, as at present. BUSINESS PROSPECTS. Trade for the past few days, though not altogether so active as in the opening of the season, is satisfactory to the merchants. Many, if not all the stores in town have replenished their stocks since their Bret purchases for the fall trade, and are as well prepared as ever to meet the domands of their customers. Since the opening of the fall trade, the Yorkville merchauts have demonstrated the fact that they can compete with any of the surrounding markets. MASONIC ELECTION. At the regular communication of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 78, A. F. M., of this place, held on Monday evening last, the following ? . t m a .1 . brethren were selected as omcers lor toe ensuing Masonic year: J. F. Wallace, W M.; C. E. Spencer, 8. W.; H. W. Hope, J. W; W. T. Barron, Treasurer; H. C. Strauss, Secretary; Frank Happerfield, 8. D.; W. J. Jones, J. D.; J. E. Jefferys and W. J. Gordon, Stewards ; A. Cody, Tiler. FINE GOLD SPECIMENS. Mr. D. C. McKinney, of Hickory Grove, has shown us some fine specimens of gold-bearing quartz, taken from the McSwain Mine, on Bullock's creek, in this county, about three miles east of Howell's Ferry on Broad river. The specimens shown us were broken from a piece of quartz weighing fifteen or twenty pounds, and are a fair sample of the whole piece, which is well filled with deposits of the precious metal. The work of sinking a shaft has been commenced, with the view of developing the vein from which the samples were taken. AKREST OF A MURDERER. On last Thursday, a negro named John Jackson, was arrested at Fort Mill by A. C. Sutton and brought to this place, charged with having murdered a white man named W. J. Collins, in St. Clair county, Alabama, in July, 1875. Jackson admits the oommis* sion of the crime, alleging that be did it in 1 < a f !i*! iL. seir-aerence. Alter coramituug tue mumer he escaped to this State, and has been living in Lancaster county most of the time since. A warrant of commitment was issued by trial justice Darwin, and the prisoner is awaiting a requisition from the Governor of Alabama. THE CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK. John Fisher, trustee of the above defunct institution, publishes a note in the Charleston Journal of Commerce in which he says 47i per cent, of the liabilities of the bank have been paid, and some of the assets are still on hand. He says, also: "Weare using all the best means in our power to declare another dividend, but all of our largest claims are now in court, and we cannot attempt another dividend until they are collected." Mr. Fisher further claims that the Citizens' Savings Bank has already paid a larger per centage than any other broken institution he has heard of. INTERESTING SKETCHES. In the beginniug of the next volume of the Enquirer, we will commence the publication of a series of historical sketches of the old and famous churches (irrespective of denominations) in South Carolina, in connection with which will also be biographical sketches of the noted oharaoters who figured in the early ohurch history of the State. Besides these sketches, we will also, during the year, publish biographical sketches of a number of Revolutionary officers and soldiers, who were conspicuous in the Revolutionary histor ci r\?i:? i _ rJ Or OUUIQ V>uruuua miu nujuiuiug uwua. These sketches will be written expressly fqr the Enquirer by Rev. Robert Lathao, and will prove of much interest to our readers. THE RAILROAD DISASTER. We learn that the trestle at South Fork creek, the scene of the recent railroad disaster, has been repaired, and the trains are now passing over it regularly. The body of Michael Arthur, a shoe-finding and leather merchant of New York, was found on Wednesday evening of last week, about five hundred yards down the stream below the trestle. It is now believed that he and Mr. McLaughlin were the only persons drowned. From verbal statements made to us since the publication of our Kock Hill correspondence, it would seem that our correspondent does William Fetner, engineer of the train, unintentional injustice, in the statement that he attempted to pass the rescuing party over a trestle, himself and the fireman having dismounted, without notifying those on the train of their intentions. We are credibly informed that such is not the case; but to the contrary, the engineer?a mere youth, who acted with as much discretion as a more experienced runner would have exhibited under the circumstances?distinctly told all on board his intentions, and urged every one to get off the train until it abould pass over. J Manj followed his advice, and consequently, m it could not appear that be acted without the knowledge of those on board. It was only a precautionary act on the part of the engineer to avoid further loss of life, and injustice to him we make this correction. SALEs'-DAY. On Monday last?sales-day for December? the Sheriff sold the following property: By virtue of writ of fieri facias, the lands of A. T. Gardner, 28 acres ; bought by Patsy Branch for $50. Lands of W. H. Kidd, 108 acres; bought x by W. B. Wilson, jun., for $5. Lands of E. M. Kirkpatrick, 80 acres; bought by W. C. McKnigbt for $175. Lands of S. L. McCarter, 148 acres; bought by C. E. Spencer for $445. J. Tj. Adams, administrator, sold, under foreclosure of mortgage, the one undivided third interest of C. K. Williams and Janfe Williams in a tract of 180 acres of land. Bought by J. L. Adams, administrator, for $360.00. Lands of J. M. Ross, deceased, were offered at auction by the executors, but not bringing a satisfactory price, were withdrawn or bid in. LEGAL DECISION. At the last term of the Circuit Court, among the cases heard by Judge Kershaw, in which he reserved his opinion, w&s that of T. S. Heyward et al. vs. Erwin and Steele, administrators. This was a suit by the executors of the heirs of Col. Alexander Moultrie, of Charleston, against the administrators of George Steele, deceased, to compel them to account to the plaintiffs for moneys collected | by George Steele, in his life time, on notes, ( which bad passed into the hands of George Steele when he became the administrator of W P TTonnwiv The defendants nlaaded that Mr. Kennedy had never been legally authorized to act for the Moultries; that they were accountable to the Kennedy estate only, aud not to the plaintiffs; and that the claim was barred by the statute of limitation. Messrs. Thomson A Spencer and George D. Bryan were plaintiffs' solicitors, and Messrs. Wilson A Wilson and J. C. Chambers for defendants. The Judge has recently filed his opinion, deciding in favor of the Moultrie heirs. Correspondence of the Yorlcville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, December 3, 1877. Thanksgiving Day was well observed at this place. Since the close of the war very little difference was observable between Thanksgiving and other days. Since the establish- ment of the Hampton government, the feel- i ings of the people have undergone a change, ' and they are now disposed to render thanks for their many mercies. With few exceptions, the merchants closed their stores on Thursday, and business was generally suspended. The different congregations united in a thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. Mr. Marion, of the Associate Reformed Church, preached an excellent sermon from the text, "the Lord has been mindful of us, and will bless us." Referring to the instinctive feeliug of man, whether civilised or not, to recognise and acknowledge his dependence upou a Supreme Being, be theo proceeded to speak of the goodness of God. The particular mercies He had vouchsafed to the people of this State were enumerated. He had delivered us from the oppression and authority of an "organisedband of robbers." The rule of those who had appropriated and spent the people's hard earued money was ended, and their places were filled by men of integrity and houor. This was a blessing tbat should excite a feeling of profound grat* J_ A il LI : r. _ L! _L __ - uuue. Anobuer uiessiug tor wmcn, as a people, we ought to be particularly grateful, was deliverance from bloodshed during our late political troubles. The Lord bad controlled the violent passions of men, and thus prevent- ~ ^ ed the horrors of a civil war. Mr. Marion ' dwelt briefly upon the blessing of an abundant harvest, and then made a practical application of his remarks. His hearers, because of their many mercies, were exhorted to consecrate themselves more entirely unto the service of the Lord, and to give more liberally unto those enterprises the objects of which were the salvation of souls and the glory of His_name. Rev. Mr. Trenbolm, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, made the closing prayer, and Rev. Mr. Carlisle, pastor of the Methodist Church, read the closing hymn. The congregation was large and attentive, and appeared to be imbued with the spirit of than ksgiving. . An organisation, known as "The reunion of companies A, F and I, 6th Regiment, 8. C. V." was recently formed at this plaoe. The object of this organization is to "prepare and perpetuate a record of said companies from their organization until the close of the late war." Tbe following officers were ejected : Captain William MoAliley, President; Lieutenant C. W. McFadden and Captain O. A. Wylie, Vice-Presidents; John H. Buchanan, Recording Secretary ; John C. McFadden, Corresponding Secretary; Captain W. T. D. Cousar, R. Brandt, and J. R. Sinaril, Ezecu- _ tive Committee; Lieutenant J. S. Drennaia, J. N. Whiteside, and W. N. Gaston, of Company A, Captain R. A. Crawford, Lieutenant J. H IVfcDnniftl. und TiiAlltAimnt PI M Shannnn of Company F, and Jesse H. Harden, Lieu* tenant Grandison Williams, and John T. Elliott, of Company I, Committee on Statistics. The constitution, which was unanimously adopted, provides for quarterly meetings of the reunion. The next meeting will be on the 1st Thursday of next February. Surviving members of the Calhoun Guards, Pickens Guards, Chester Guards, Catawba Guards, and Chester Blues, are invited to join the reunion. Beujttmin Michael aod William Thomas, who, with Preston Thompson, were oharged with stealing John Stokes' bull, were favored with a hearing before Trial Justice Bradley on Friday, and discharged from custody. Thompson's story, connecting them with the larceny, was found, upon examination, to be untrue. Thompson is still in jail, and will there remain until the next meeting of the Circuit Court, when he will be tried. On last Wednesday night, Mr. Robt. Douglass, hearing a noise, and getting up, discovered a negro in bis house. He made for the thief, who leaped upon a piazza, and sliding , down a post, escaped. Before doing so, he appropriated a valuable gold watch, and opened ' the drawers of a bureau with the view of getting money, but was unsuccessful. Rev. Mr. Steele, late assistant rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Charleston, officiated yesterday at St. Mark's. In the morning he read the Dastoral letter of the Ri?hnn* written while assembled at the Triennial Convention, recently held at Boston. In the afternoon he gave the congregation a talk, which related to his proposed course of action in the future as rector of the parish. Mr. Steele will favor St. Mark's with two Sundays in every month; the other two Sundays be Ik will preach in Yorkville. The Sheriff sold a large quantity of land to-day at low prices. The very desirable plantation on Broad river known as the "DeGraffenreid place/' and containing 3,894 I acres, was bid off bv Colonel Rion for the mortagees at $6,500. Smith & Melton gave $22,000 for it since the close of the war. This is one of the best plantations in the county. 938 acres belonging to the estate of Geo. W. -m Meltrn, deceased, and located within two or ^ three miles of town, was sold in five different tracts. 267 acres brought $2,002.50; the , remaining four tracts averaged about one ' dollar per acre. The vacant place on Main J street, known as the "Bee lot/' brought J