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Scraps and .facts. ? It is said that a number of influential colored men in Augusta, Georgia, have com- i meuced a movement looking to the organization of a cotton manufacturing company. ? The death of Bishop Marvin, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, will require the election of three bishops by the General Conference, which meets at Atlanta, Georgia, next May. ? The late address of the sugar planters' association of Louisiana, shows that in 1862 the State produced 44 per cent, of all the sugar consumed in the United States, while that proportion is now reduced to 12 per cent. ? Sitting Bull has put on his war paint. He has crossed over from the Canada line with a large force of Sioux and Nez Perces, and now look out for warm work. He appears implacable, and trouble is ahead. ? In the vicinity of Rio Grande City, Texas, there has been no rain since April, with the exception of one slight shower. In conse?iionno tlioro ia no nsottirnffA And the SO ffer VJUVUW, WVIV "V I f,-F ing stock is only kept alive by feeding on the prickly pear from which the thorns are first cut. ? The culture of coffee in Southern California is becoming profitable. The plant, it is stated, grows as vigorously as in the coffee countries of South America, and yields a bean of a strong aromatic flavor. The central and southern portions of the State are the regions peculiarly favorable. ? B. E. Smith, surviving partner of the banking house of Bartlett & Smith, of Columbus, Ohio, has brought suit against prominent gamblers of that city to recover about a hundred thousand dollars, alleged to have been lost at play by attaches of the bank in question. Eminent legal talent has been engaged by both parties. ? The Missouri Republican admits that possibly things may change hereafter, but as they stand now, Mr. Hayes, only nine months after his inauguration, is forced to look for his friends among his political enemies. His administration would collapse at once, but for the Democratic support which a strange combination of circumstances has given it. ? Among the difficulties of editors, a contemporary states the case as follows: "The truth is, an editor cannot step without tread?r,r? nn gnmahn^c'g foOB Tf hft PXnreSSBS opinions fearlessly and frankly, be is arrogant and presumptuous. If he states facts without comment, he dare not avow his sentiments." Yet there are many persons envious of an editor's privileges. ? The government of Virginia is highly pleased with the operation of the Moffett bell puuch in that State. A bill for its introduction into Tennessee is now pending in the Legislature at Nashville, and the New Orleans Democrat clamors for its adoption inLouisiana. It seems to furnish an easy and effective mode of raising revenue, and its success in Virginia will raise up advocates of it in most Southern States. ? In December 1872,1874 and 1875, there was warm weather. In 1874 some persons pro* ? * -i x z?.ii y nouncea it toe most pieasam ian uuu wiulcx, up to Decmber 21, they ever knew. December 22, 1875, it was warm, and at 11.40, p. m., there was an earthquake. December 28,1875, it was warm, and there was so much warm weather that the people supposed there was some connection between it and the earthquake. A German proverb says a warm winter makes full grave-yards. ? Advices from Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, state that owing to the terrible embargo of mud prevailing in every city, town and country road, consequent on the opening of the winter, all commercial operations of any magnitude are suspended. The farmers are unable to traverse the roads, and cattle, hogs, grain and produce are thereby kept from market. Corn has sprouted in the ear, and unless cold weather sets in, vast amounts of corn will be ruined. As yet but little snow has fallen in the North-west. ? Judge Raynor, the Solicitor of the Treasury, having revived the efforts to collect the assets of the Confederacy now in the Bank of England, the subject was recently referred by Secretary Sherman to the Secretary of State and the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for t.heir oninion. Both have reported ad versely, on the ground that while the British Government is willing to recognize the United States as the executor of the Confederacy, it claims that before paying the assets, the liabilities due British subjects must be liquidated. As the liabilities are considerably in excess of the assets nothing, more will be attempted in the matter. ? The total number of licensed saloons or drinking places in the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, was 165,598, or, calculating from a population of 45,000,000, one for every 280 persons. The total number of wholesale liquor dealers is 4,604; brewers, 2,758; rectifiers, 1,130; distillers, 4,992. In the District of Columbia there are more saloons than there are in Colorado, Dakota, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington Territory, West Virginia, or Wyoming. There are nearly three times as many saloon-keepers in the District of Columbia as in two-thirds of the States and Territories named. ? Last year Texas led off as a cottdn producing State with 730,000 bales ; Mississippi came next on the list with 639,000 bales, followed by Arkansas with 590,000 bales. Before the war Mississippi produced vastly more cotton than any of her sisters, and the yearly increase of her yield was immense. To the destruction of the levees on the Mississippi river and its tributaries during the war, we may directly trace a surrender of the grandest and most productive region in the world to the forest and flood. But the Aberdeen Examiner says that it can Dot long be abandoned to the reptiles and wild beasts. When again reclaimed, Mississippi will make fully half the cotton crop of the United States. ? The Washington Union thinks the time has come for the admission of civilized In dians to the privilege of citizenship under carefully guarded conditions, and argues that it is contrary to the genius of our institutions to keep any portion of the inhabitants of the republic disfranchised after they become qualified by their intelligence for enjoying the privileges of citizens. It is a well known fact that hundreds of Indians do possess such qualifications, and therefore there is a great deal of equity in the proposition of the Senate bill to admit such, and such alone to the enjoyment of the rights of citizenship. It is only by such legislation that the tribal relationship can be broken up, which is at present such an incubus upon the progress of the Indians in civilization. ? The cotton crop for the last eight years has been 31,570,212 bales. For the eight years ending with 1861, wheo slave labor was used, the crop was 28,797,841 bales. That is, the crop for eight years of free labor has been increased near three millions of bales on the crop of the corresponding period when slave labor was used. The cotton crop issaid to be now more free from the eneumbrance of debt than ever before, and with it has been raised a supply of food far greater than slavery ever compassed. The money value of the thirty-one and a half million bales of cotton produced in the last eight years, has been over two thousand million dollars in gold, and over two-thirds of this value has been exported. ' r.? --- T>...1 ?>? ?i I ? itegaraing oenaior j_>uuet? ocou m iuc Uuited States Senate, and the probable ef- j fort of the Republican members to declare it vacant, a special dispatch from Washington to the New York World says: "The pending question before the Senate, when it meets, will be the resolution of Senator Butler for a committee to investigate the charges that he used j improper means to secure his seat. Mr. Ed- j munds intends to supplement the* resolution j by one proposing to inquire into the legality of Butler's election, with the tope, it is said, ! of uniting the Republican majority ultimate-11 I ly to declare the seat vacant. The Republi- , j can leaders hold, it is said, that Butler wa9 , i not legally elected. The interesting question , as to whether a majority can declare the seat ; vacant, or whether it will require two-thirds i to expel, will then come up. It is doubtful, 1 however, if the inquiry amounts to anything. ' The Republican majority in the Senate will i be reduced to one vote when Congress reassembles." Ehe fotMIf inquirer.: ~ ZZZ? ? Z^ZZZ " ~ YORKVILLE, S, C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 3, 1878. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office 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 countv; and to all other subscribers the postage is paia by 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. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Previous to the adjournment of the legislature for the Christmas holidays, the House " 1 a passed me uuuairiiuuuimi aiucuuiucub ?u mgard to public schools, by a vote of 88 yeas to 23 Days. The Senate having adopted the amendment at the extra session, it is now, to all intents and purposes, a part of the organic law of the State. The provisions of the amendment require the County Commissioners of the several counties of the State, to levy an annual tax of two mills on the dollar upon all the taxable property in their respective counties, for the support of public schools. The poll tax, as heretofore, is to be applied solely to educational purposes in the school district in which it is collected, and all moneys collectted for school purposes are to remain in the ' V 1 -J L_ il.. respective counties, ana ne aisoursea oy tue county treasurers. The School Commissioner of this county informs us that the school fund in York county, to be derived from the school tax, will amount to about nine thousand dollars for the present year, which will be increased by the poll tax to about twelve thousand dollars. He is now engaged in making arrangements to open the public schools without delay. This is manifestly carrying out i the pledges made during the last campaign, and is a matter in which the people of the ! couuty should feel a deep interest. Twelve i thousand dollars is a considerable sum, and should be watched over and made to produce good results. Too great care cannot be exer- i cised by the school officers of the county in i directing the judicious expenditure of this i sum. The people of the several neighbor- ! hoods should go to work at ouce and make all necessary arrangements for the opening of the schools. New school houses should be ! built where required, old ones repaired, and . good teachers selected. The selection of i competent teachers should be carefully at- I tended to, as it is impossible to have good < schools with inefficient teachers. In this con- < nection, we take occasion to state that the j State Superintendent of Education has en- i joined it upon School Commissioners, to be ( strict in their examinations of those who pro- ] , pose to engage as teachers in public schools. < This is proper. Every individual who can j read and write is not necessarily a competent J teacher. I The School Commissioner of this county i speaks cheerfully and hopefully of the pros- i pects of the public schools. He represents ] the trustees as being men who take much in- t terest in the success of the schools, and who l have, during the past year, judiciously manag- < ed the small amount of money appropriated by the legislature for school purposes. He s thinks the schools can be opened as early as i the 6rst of February, and that they will be | kept open for six months, or perhaps longer, i The prospect now is, that the matter of edu- i cation in South Carolina will soon be reduced i to a system, and one from which much good 1 will follow. 1 COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S REPORT. ' We are indebted to J. A. Deal, Esq., mem- 1 ber of the House of Representatives from 1 York county, for a number of legislative doc- * uments, including a copy of the Report of ' the Comptroller-General to the ,present session of the General Assembly. This report 1 constitutes a volume of over 300 pages, em- ' bracing the reports of the various officers required by law to report annually to the ! Comptroller General, and therefore makes a 1 thorough exhibit of the financial operations of the State Government. As regards the collection of taxes for the first fiscal year under Governor Hampton's administration, it would ! appear that the following sums have been < paid into the State Treasury : Ten percent, contribution, 8135,805 03 i July collection, 212,080 13 Second collection, to Nov. 26, 407,093 00 Total, 8755,885 90 Cash on hand, November 20, 340,185 92 < An estimate is made for the current expenses of the State Government for the en- i | suing year, amounting to 8425,155, exclusive i 1 of the amount required to pay the interest on i the public debt, which is not included in the j estimate, the forthcoming report of the Bond i Commission being relied upon to furnish the information accurately. Eight of the counties, viz.: Anderson, ! Colleton, Edgefield, Greenville, Pickens Richj land, Sumter and Williamsburg, have, as yet, ! failed to furnish an abstract of the assessment | of the real property in these several counI ties. The abstract from the remaining twenty-four counties, shows an aggregate of $66,494,794. Greenville county furnishes an ab-1 ( stract of personalty, which, with the other J, ' twenty-four counties reporting, shows an ag- j i gregate of 834,734,296. Estimating for the j counties which have failed to report, the en- i tire taxable property of the State is estima- < ted as follows: Real, 886,796,002; personal, < 842,162,311, to which may be added the val- i ue of all railroad property, as fixed by the State Board of Equalization, 86,677,550, ma- j king a total of 8135,735,863. i The assessment for this year shows an in- s crease, in the counties reporting, of 38,975 i polls over the assessment of the previous year, j This increase may be accounted for from three t causes, viz.: that more attention than hereto- , fore has been given to listing the names of r those liable to poll tax ; the increase by a large number of young men just attaining ( their majority ; and the fact that by recent t act of the Legislature, the provisions of the < tax law include all males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty-years, instead of from twenty-one to fifty years, as was the law previous to the last assessment. In regard to York county, we observe that the County Commissioners promptly made their annual report, which is embodied in the Comptroller General's report. Wm. Whyte, Agent Catawba Indians, has disbursed to and on their account, 8804.20?84.20 in excess of the amount furnished him by the State Treasurer, and for every disbursement he produces vouchers. John L. Watson, exCounty Treasurer, is reported as having settled satisfactorily with the Comptroller Genaral. Of the 420 prisoners in the penitentiary, 19 are from this county. The abstract of taxable property in York county is given as follows : REAL ESTATE. 109,970 acres arable land, $ 886,991 362,768 acres wood land, 1,450,863 1,782 buildings, 336,961 449 town lots, 129,410 391 buildings in towns, 319,465 Total valuation of real estate, $3,123,690 PERSONAL PROPERTY. 2,484 horses, $ 142,117 3,292 mules, 204,13S 10,2G3 head cattle, 109,403 6,099 sheep and goats, 6,019 13,061 hogs 33,132 605 gold and silver watches, Ac., 20,831 102 pianofortes and organs 11,495 1,097 pleasure carriages, 43,403 3,833 dogs, 19,658 Average value of all property appertaining to merchandise, 194,965 Average value of property appertaining to manufacturing, 4,360 Value of machinery, Ac., and manufactured articles on hand one year or more, 108,981 Value of moneys, Ac., 56,585 Value of all credits overall legal indebtedness, 234,520 Value of taxable stocks, 14,890 Bonds not exempt from taxation, 61,455 Value of all other property, including household furniture, 247,623 Total value of taxable personal property,$1,513,665 RAILROADS. 25 miles C., C. A A. road, at $7,200 per mile, $ 180,000 27 miles Chester and Lenoir, at $3,000 per mile 81,000 Total, $ 261,000 Total value of real estate, 3,123,690 Total vnlnA of norsonal nronertv 1.513.665 Total value of all taxable property,..$4,898,355 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? R. W. Shand, Esq., of Union, has been elected a member of the House of Representatives, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the election of Gen. Wallace as Judge of the Seventh circuit. ? In view of the completion of the railroad bridge over the Ashley river, near Charleston, the Post Office Department will, in the course of the next few days, make definite arrangements for a fast mail service of 96 hours between New York city and Havana, Cuba, via Cedar Keys and Key West, Florida. ? Deputy Marshal Kirklaud reports to the internal revenue department in Columbia, that on last Thursday a tobacco peddler named G. G. Hill, from Hickory, N. C., was arrested iu Union county by a number of deputy collectors, and after handcuffing Hill and his negro driver, the party started for Spartanburg. Arriving at West's Store, they came upon a rifle company, which was drilling, some armed and some mounted. These, it is charged, surrounded the revenue officers and compelled them to release their prisoners and restore to them their property. Considerable excitement exists, and District Attorney Northrop and the department at Washington have been informed of the occurrence. ? The papers in the case of Tillman vs. 3raal!s, Congressional contestants from the Fifth Congressional district, have been printed, anft form a hnllfv imllimftnf 694 nflCPfl. The UM **? ? v ? i?o? Brst few pages contain the notice of contest, fee., and the reply ; the remainder is a mass of evidence. Mr. Tillman claims that the State Board of Canvassers made a fraudulent statement, and did not compare statements of the bounty Canvassers with the returns of the Managers of Elections at the various precincts; that polls were held at improper si aces and at improper hours; that colored Democrats were intimidated by people of their own race, and that the white Democrats vere iutiraidated by the United States troops, vhile no troops were sent to protect colored Democrats. Smalls denies all these allegations in tolo, and answers the charges of intimidation and irregularities with counter charges of a similar nature. ? A Columbia dispatch of the 28th ultimo, says ex-Judge L. C. Northrop has returned to that city from a recent visit to Washington. 1*71 M- *L _ T..J llnAn VV mm urn uuuge 10 caliciucij' icuidui ujiuu ill matters pertaining to the District-Attorneyship, he feels confident that the President will renominate him when Congress convenes. He says that the various charges made against [lira by parties not wholly disinterested in the ippointment, and also the articles reflecting upon him, recently published in several Northern papers, gave him an opportunity to 3ompletely refute them. He believes, however, that these matters have but little to do with the real animus of the fight, which was, and is, being waged against his confirmation, [t goes deeper thau that, and is a party fight, which, unfortunately, is being made over his shoulders. Judge Carpenter is in Washington, working iudustrioasly to secure the same position. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Milliard Morgan, convicted in the Wayne Superior Court of burglary, was hanged at Goldsboro on the 21st ultimo. ? The Seaboard and Roanoke railroad bridge over the Roanoke river, washed away by the November freshet, has been rebuilt. ? A correspondent of the Wadesboro Herald writes that paper recently, that William Hannah, of Raudolph county, while leaning on the brick curbing around a well, fell in, through the curbing giviug way, and when gotten out next morning, it was found that his skull had been broken in two places. ? Thomas P. Bowman, charged with murdering his wife by administering poison, was convicted at the recent term of the Superior Court at Greensboro, and sentenced to be hanged on the 25th instant. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. The deed was committed last summer in Rockingham county, but on motion of the accused, his trial was m oved to Guilford. ? A white man of Sampson county, is under indictment for stealing a five-cents spool of cotton. After two attempts at a trial in that county, his case was removed to Pender Superior Court, where the jury failed to agree upon a verdict, and a mistrial is the consequence. Thus far that spool of cotton has cost Sampsou and Pender counties two or three hundred dollars and the end is not yet. ? Governor Vance, in a recent address before the students of the colored normal school it Fayetteville, said he wished the students to study the history of their own State, of those lien who first secured its freedom, to study ts institutions, and to learn to take pride in ;he fact that they are not only citizens of \merica, but citizens of North Carolina, rhis is what should be done in every State. | ? Charlotte had two fires last week. On Christmas day the ice factory, together with j he machinery for manufacturing ice, was j sntirely destroyed. Loss, 82,300 ; no insur-1 ance. On Thursday, the residence of Rev. Dr. Mattoon, President of the Biddie University, caught fire and was entirely consumed, together with uearly all his furniture, and a valuable library and papers. ? The Greensboro Patriot gives the follow-; ing singular case of insanity, near Ruffiu, in Rockingham county. It appears that a gentleman named Lillard had for some time conceived the idea that he was called upon to enter the pulpit and become a preacher. His friends dissuaded him from it, and on the day the meteor appeared, a few weeks ago, he seemed more than ordinarily excited. Calling some of his family out before the appearance of the meteor, he predicted its coming, and pointing to the heavens bade them look iu that direction and they would soon see it. And in a short while they did see it. Since then Mr. L. seems to be laboring under mental excitement and although not a biblical scholar, constantly quotes scripture, and if a verse is quoted in bis presence, he will at once Duroe the chapter and page from which it is taken. MERE* MENTION* "Blind Tom's" full name is Thomas Greene Bethune. Thechildren of Andrew Johnson are erecting over him an $8,000 monument, which weighs twenty-eight tons. On the 20th ultimo, an explosion occurred in the extensive candy manufactory of Greenfield & Sons, on Barclay street, New York, by which, about 50 persons?mostly boys and girls, operatives in the factory?were killed, and property destroyed to the amount of $413,000. The explosion seems to have been caused by some chemical in one of the copper tanks filled with materials for making candy. Johu H. Miller, who will doubtless be remembered by many citizens of South Carolina, as a prominent agent of the Southern Life Insurance Company, was recently arrested at Si. John, New Brunswick, charged with forgery committed in Augusta, Geor ? i n 1 l i. gia, oy wnicn ne swinaiea several persons out of a large amount of money. He will be brought to Augusta for trial. Coffee iB cheaper on South American plantations than it has been for several years?being now quoted at $11 per hundred pounds. A Memphis policeman imagined, a few nights ago, that he heard burglars in his house, and attempting to tire on them, his pistol was prematurely discharged, the contents striking his wife and child and killing them instantly. Flora Temple, the world renowned trotter, and the fastest on the turf while she was in active sporting service, died last week at the age of thirty two years, the property of Aristides Welch, of Philadelphia. The incursions of Mexican horse and cat tle thieves on the Texas border have recently occasioned some excitement in that State. By invitation of Mexican authorities, soldiers of General Ord's command pursued the robbers on Mexican soil?Mexican soldiers joining in the pursuit?but owing to bad weather the attempt to capture the raiders was fruitless. The farmers of Northern Alabama find great difficulty in procuring hands for field work, and half the cotton remains in the p i i T* i j I ..c eius. iKXUH prouuueu uo,\jol uaiea ui cotton in 1852, and 506,735 in 1877. Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, has issued his proclamation, declaring that the new constitution is now of force and effect, aud that Atlanta is the capital of the State. President Hayes and his wife celebrated their silver wedding in the White House last Tuesday evening. The intimation was distinctly given that no presents would be received from their friends on the occasion. A New York teacher of telegraphy says deaf mutes make good operators. A son of Ben. Butler, graduate of West Point, has been assigned to the 9th cavalry, the enlisted men of which are negroes. The regimen t is stationed near El Paso, Colorado. There will be two colored members in the next Legislature of Georgia. Like a true womaD, the Goddess of Liberty on the big halfdollars is looking behind. It is a pity that the mint doesn't give us the outlines of the odious fe- j male who has just passed her. Geo. Shannon, of Lockport, N. Y., has been fined $75 for opening a letter addressed to his 1 wife. It is estimated that the raising 1 and manufacturing of tobacco in this country, furnishes employment to more than one million persons. Colored military companies are not allowed in Ohio, as the law passed by Republicans says only white male citizens can hear arms. Fourteen thou saud Baltimoreans have signed the pledge ' within two weeks. , THE ELECTORAL COUNT. Wra. E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, a member of the National Republican Com ruittee, has addressed an open letter to the Republicans of his State, making mention of the number of explicit statements concerning bargains made during the electoral count, and their fulfillment by the adoption and pursuance of the President's Southern policy. Mr. Chandler asserts that the Republican party, by the advice and procurement of Governor Hayes, made "the necessity of keeping Federal power in Republican hands and using it for the protection of black and white Southern Republicans" the main issue of the Presi- i dential campaign. Chandler says the "bloody shirt," as it is called, was freely waved, and Governor Hayes himself urged public men to put forward, as the best argument, the dangers of rebel rule and a solid South. Chandler quotes several expressions from Ha>es to prove that he pretended to Republicans to be in sympathy with the carpet-bag governments of South Carolina and Louisiana, and then proceeds to say: "Governor Hayes not only pledged himself to protect, to the full extent of Federal pow* i er, life, suffrage, and political rights in the South, but was counted in as President only , by reason of such pledges given by Senator Sherman and other Ohio emissaries, who practically and emphatically promised that he would recognize and maintain the lawful State governments of South Carolina and | Louisiana, and stand by Governors Cbamj berlain and Packard." As to the nature and conditions of the ' | "bargain," Mr. Chandler says : I 'One Heury Watterson, a member of the , i House, and a nephew of Stanley Matthews, . j had acted as go-between (Senator Sherman in the meantime having visited Ohio and con- 1 I suited Governor Hayes), and on the one side ' Matthews, Charles Foster, John Sherman, ; James A. Garfield, and on the other L. ty. , C. Lamar, John B. Gordon, E. J. Ellia, Ran! dall Gibson, E. A. Burke, and John Young Brown, had agreed, first that the count should ' i not be broken in the House, but that Hayes ' should be declared and inaugurated President; ? j and second, that upon Hayes' accession troops ] should be withdrawn from the support of | i Chamberlain and Packard, and that the new ' administration should recognize Wade Hamp- j | ton and General Nicholls. After the inauguration the bargain was fully carried out. ' Governors Packard and Chamberlain were < notified by Matthews and Evarts to get out." 1 Except to create some "amazement," as the J j telegraph express it, in Washington, the let- j : ter will probably fall still-born upon the 1 J country, and is noticeable only as one of the j many episodes arising from the last Presiden- s tial struggle. It may also be stated that Mr. i Watterson denounces Chandler's allusion to him as a wanton and malicious falsehood. ? LOCAL A77AZHS. ? t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 The Evening Star Company, Washington, D. C.? f Why Not Try a Washington Paper? *W. T.R.Bell, A.M., Principal-King's Moun- h tain High School. Hunter A Oates?A Happy and Prosperous New ? Year to All. C J. J. Evans?Caution Notice. M. Strauss?To Each and All a Happy New Year. 0 J. M. Adams?Granite Iron Ware. A. Williford, Rock Hill?More Fine Stock?Notice. r T. W. Clawson and C. E. Spencer?Property for g Rent. B. T. Wheeler?Wanted. C R. Lathan, School Commissioner.?School Trustees. J. W. P. Hope?Final Notice. I II. W. Hope A Co.?Read our Card. Joseph A. McLean, Probate Judge?Citation? Dr. R. T. Allison, Applicant?John Hick- c man, deceased. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Thanks! T. M. Dobson A Co.?1878!?Calicoes?Bleached h . Shirting?Alamance Checks?Yarn?Shoes i; and Boots?Gentlemen's Hats?Gold Jew- 1 elry?Ready-Made Clothing?Hardware? s Coffee and Stiirar?Fancv Groceries?Mo lasses?Tin-Ware?Crockery?Bacon. * Kennedy Bros. A Barron?1878?A Happy New c Year. Clark Brothers?A Happy New Year to Every- c body !?Salt?Flour?Sugar?Coffee?Bag- ^ ging and Ties?Molasses?Chewing and Smoking Tobacco?Our Motto. H. F. Adickes A Sons?Kid Gloves, Dress Goods, ( Cassi meres, Ac. F. Happerfield?York Marble Yard. n CONGRESSIONAL FAVORS. a We are indebted to Hon. J. H. Evins, ? representative in Congress from this Con- o gressional district, and to Senator Butler, of c this State, for sundry public documents. c THE FENCE LAW. " According to the provisions of the statute, the fence law went into operation on the 1st ' instant, in all the townships of this county that have adopted the change. PASTOR OF THE M. E. CHURCH. fl Rev. Thomas E. Gilbert, appointed to the pastorate of the M. E. Church for the ensu- * ing year, is expected to arrive this week, and will deliver his initial sermon next Sunday. SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. j To any of our subscribers desiring the t above sterling agricultural magazine, pub* v lished at Athens, Ga., we are prepared to t make the following offer: The Enquirer g and the Cultivator one year for $4.50, the subscriptions to be made direct to this office e and not through a club maker. v HOMICIDE AT CHESTER. <j Bergen Conger, who was robbed and cru- ] elly beaten in Chester, on Friday night last, c by a negro named Johu Smith, an account of f whieh is given in our Chester correspondence, c died from his injuries last Tuesday morning. ? Judge Mackey has ordered a special term of 8 the Court of General Sessions, to convene on a the 16th instant, for the purpose of trying Smith. t TOWN ELECTION. [ In a communication in the last issue of the s Enquirer, Mr. Frank Happerfield was \ named as a candidate for warden at the elec- 1 tion to be held on the 14th. Mr. Happer- f field, while not insensible to the compliment thus bestowed, declines to permit his name to be used, and requests us to announce that ? even if elected, he will positively decline to serve. 1 PERSONAL. H Mr. David C. Walker, who has been a con- * stant employe in this office since January, 0 1871, took hia departure from Yorkville on c the 21st ultimo, for his home in Winston, N. ^ C., where he contemplates becoming co-pro- 0 prietor of a job printing office in that tbriv- 8 ing town. We take pleasure in bearing tes- ^ timony to the upright deportment and faith- c ful discharge of his duties as a printer while e in our employ, and wish him the most abund- 11 ant success in bis future plans. c A QUIET CHRISTMAS. Christmas passed off without auy unusual excitement. The day was excessively wet and rainy, much to the joy of the small boys, 0 who, in consequence of the pluvious condition ^ of the atmosphere, had no difficulty in ob- ^ taining permission from the town authorities to indulge in the display of fire-works, (which ^ had beeu interdicted) to their hearts' content Some colored individuals, in fantastic costume, and with discordant instruments, paraded the ? streets on foot, but failed to elicit applause or admiration. As a burlesquer the colored man g is not a success, which fact none more readily * perceive than the colored people themselves, when acting as spectators. ' SALES OP DELINQUENT LANDS. g On Monday last the following lands were g sold by the County Auditor for non-payment of taxes for the last fiscal year: C( Lands of M. McKenna, deceased; 38 acres, u bought by J. A. McLean and W. B. Wilson, 8) junior. n Lands of L. H. Massey; 4 9-10 acres, j( bought by W. L. Roddey. jg Lands of John Brown, deceased; 599 9 10 ^ acres, bought by M. M. and J. W. Brown. C( Lands of Moses L. Hardiu ; 124J acres, n bought by W. B. Williams. ^ The sale of other tracts advertised was con- jt tinued, the Treasurer announcing that they w - * . if J would be ottered again next ivionciay. ^ OUR CLUB MAKERS. V, For the iuformation of those desiring to is subscribe for the Enquirer, we give below a b list of club-makers, who will receive subacrip- tl tions at 82.50 per annum, in advance, the tl lowest rates at which they can be taken : w Miss Mattie A. Burris, McConnellsville. D Mrs. M. C. Choat Clav Hill. *1 T. Gid. Culp, Fort Mill, d J. C. Comer, Yorlcville. Miss M. J. Creighton, Rock Hill. James A. Hogue, Zadok. I Win. 0. Guy, Bullock's Creek. Sam M. Grist, Yorkville. ? J. F. Jackson, Bowling Green, ti John L. Miller, Blairsville. _ Willie Ferguson, Yorkville. " Mrs. Jane Moore Philadelphia. T Samuel L. Milling, Rock Hill. A. J. Matthews, Clover. Capt. E. R. Mills, Rock Hill, ft J. S. Poag, Rock Hill. J. N. Roberts Herndon's Mill. 81 Brainerd McLure, Chester, S. C. T Wm. D.Simpson, Blackstock's S. C. p Major Mj'les Smith Clover. Felix H. Dover Wbitaker's. DEATH OF W. L CLAWSON, ESQ. ll Although not unprepared for the intelli- ft gence, the many friends and acquaintances of ci \V. I. Clawson, Esq., were pained to learn of V his death, which occurred at the residence of 6 his son-in-law, ftlr. J. W. ftlarshall, near Fort E Mill, in this county, on the night of the 22nd E ultimo, in the 62nd year of his age. J William Israel Clawson, was the son of "X Dr. Jacob H. Clawson, and was born Feb- J ruary 22ud, 1815, in this county, about four E miles north of the present town of Rock Hill. ? He was the eldest child of a family of four ci children. At au early age he entered the m icademy at Ebenezer, then conducted by Mr. Meredith Shurley, and after passing through a* ;he regular courses of this school, he entered ci Randolph Macon College, in Virginia, where V ae remained until the end of his junior year. J He then returned to his home, and soon after P lame to Yorkville and commenced reading E aw under the late George Williams, Esq. li [n this, his chosen profession, he made rapid L progress, and was admitted to the bar in L 1837, when, under the strict regulations then L arevailing, something more than a mere cur- L lory reading was essential to the admission of j ci i candidate for legal honors. F After his admission to the bar, Mr. Claw- L ion formed a copartnership with Mr. Wil- A iaras, with whom he continued to be associasd in the practice of his profession until 839, when he was elected to the office of kmimissioner in Equity, which position he eld for three terms. He was afterwards electd to the State Legislature, representing this ounty in the House of Representatives for | ne or two sessions. Retiring from political life, Mr. Clawson | esumed the practice of law, also devoting ome attention to planting, which pursuits he ontinued unremittingly until June, 1867,! then he was commissioned Registrar in bankruptcy of this district, by Judge Bryan, ?bich position be held up to the time of his leath. Mr. Clawson was twice married. In 1840 ie married a daughter of Col. Thomas Wiliaros, by whom he reared a family of three 008 and four daughters, those of the former rho have entered man's estate being useful itizens, and his daughters estimable and acomplished ladies. His second wife, who surives him, was Miss Fair, of Newberry. As showing the high esteem in which Mr. Ulawson was held by the people of the comQunity, despite the very inclement weather, , large concourse of sorrowing friends attendd the funeral services, which were conducted ; n Monday of last week, in the Presbyterian ! hurch, by Rev. L. A. Johnson of the M. E. hurch, who delivered a discourse fitting and appropriate to the sad occasion. In his public career, as well as in the private walks of life, Mr. Clawson was essentialy an old time Carolina gentleman. Strict ,nd upright in the discharge of his duties; an ndustrious, indominitable worker, courteous md affable in manner, of liberal mind and tublic spirit, his loss will be deplored by the utire community. CASE OF POISONING. On the night of the 24th ultimo, Martha jindsay, a negro woman living near Bratonsville, in the southern part of this county, iron aiiilHpnlv tipivpd with uielrnpfl* almnincr ' / D inmistakably that she had beeD poisoned. She continued to grow worse, until the night if the 27th, when she died. A post mortem ixamination was made by Dr. R. L. Love, vhich confirmed the suspicions entertained luring her sickness, and Trial Justice A. L. Gunnery, acting as coroner, summoned a jury if inquest, who, after duly inquiring into the acts, returned a verdict that the deceased lame to her death by poison, feloniously aduiuistered by Isaac Jackson, colored. The moused was committed to jail in Yorkville, ifter the rendering of the verdict. The motive ascribed for the commission of he deed is, that Jackson desired to obtain lossession of the poisoned woman's money, everal dollars of which she owned, and vas so indiscreet as to let the fact be known, rhe accused had hut recently been discharged rem the penitentiary. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Senator Patterson's Health. Senator Patterson recently had an stack of virtigo, in his room in Washington, md at one time his condition was thought to le critical. His illness is the result of nerv1U8 prostration induced hy the mental exiteraent attending the recent contest in the senate over the admission of Senator Butler, f South Carolina, and the civil prosecution gainst him, commenced in the courts of this State. Later accounts represent him as reovering, and having gone to Senator Camroll's home in Lancaster county, Pennsylvaiia, to recuperate. A statement is generally redited to the effect that Patterson will reign his seat in the Senate at an early day ; r that if he does not formally resign, will sk for leave of absence, in which event, in ousideration of the cold comfort he hag reently received from his Republican brethren, e will decliue to pair off with a Democratic enator, and thereby diminish the Republican Lrength in the Senate oue vote, he Silver Question. A eood manv Deonle are askiD&r the ? o tg r a o leaning of the terms, "deiuonitization" and remonitization," so frequently used in Cooressional debates on currency, and especiily in the discussion of the silver bill now efore Congress. In 1873 an act was passed y Congress regulating the coinage. By that ct silver was deprived of its quality of leal tender (except for small change up to ve dollars) and the coinage of the silver dolir was stopped. In fact no silver had been [lined since 1853, and silver had not been sed to any extent as currency, except as nail change, since 1834 ; but the law recogized the silver dollar of 412} grains as full ;gal tender. By the remonitization of silver i meant the restoration of the legal tender uality to the silver dollar, and its unlimited oinage, compelling all men to take it in paytents of debts. At the time it was demonized, the silver dollar was worth 103 cents; . is now worth about ninety cents. The act >as passed because of the inequality of value etween gold and silver dollars ; at least, this ras the ostensible reason. It is claimed, and i not very vigorously denied, that the bill ecame a law through a trick employed by se gold men, and that a large majority of 3e members of the House did not know rhat they were voting for when the measure assed. It is even asserted that the Presient was ignorant of the character of the legilation when it received Executive sanction, t is probable, on the re assembling of Conress, that the Senate will pass the remonizing bill, and that the President will interose the veto power, he H. E. Conference. The South Carolina Conference of the [. E. Church closed a harmonious session of I x days in Columbia, on the 18th ultimo, 'be following are the appointments for the lolumbia district: Presiding Elder?E. J. Meynardie. Coimbia?Washington street, J. T. Wightman; larion street, W. S. Wightinan; Columbia ircuit, L. M. Little; Ridgeway circuit, J. A. Watson; Winusboro, W. A. Rogers; Faireld circuit, John A.Porter; Chester, John 1. Carlisle; Chester circuit, M. H. Pooser; last Chester, T. J. Clyde ; Rock Hill circuit, . M. Boyd ; Fort Mill circuit, J. L. Stokes ; orkville. T. E. Gilbert; York circuit, L. A. ohnson; Black's Station circuit, B. M. loozer; Lexington circuit, C. D. Rowell; Idgefield circuit, S. Leard; Batesburg cirjit, J. W.Kelly; Professor Columbia Felale College, J. W. Dickson. The ministers named below are stationed i follows: P. F. Kistler?St. George's cirlit, Charleston district; M. A. McKibben? fillistou circuit,Orangeburg district; S. B. ones?Pendleton circuit, A. W. Walker? ! ickeus circuit, Greenville district; D. D. j btntzler?Spring Hill circuit, W. W. Wil- j aras?Lancaster station, R. L. Duffie? | . c? ?? . A ? ' ancasier circuit, ou uner uiatnci. , . x*. h. i eater?Florence station, J. B. Maaaebeau? j ower Darlington circuit, VV. S. Martin? [ ynchburg circuit, J. C. Russell?Gourdin ; rcuit, G. W. Gatlin?Johuaonville circuit, j lorence district; R. L. Harper?Marion,: i. Wood, Conwayboro, Marion district; W. .. Clarke, Cokesbury, R. P. Franks?Lown desville station, S. B. Trawick?Tumbling J Shoals circuit, Cokesbury district; A. P. " Avant?Cane Creek circuit, Q. M. Boyd ? Jonesville circuit, J. B. Wilson?Limestone Springs, E. O. Price, Limestone Springs mission, Spartanburg district The following are the Presiding Elders of the respective districts: Charleston, T. E. Wanamaker ; Orangeburg, William Martin ; Greenville, O. A. Darby ; Columbia, E. J. Meynardie; Sumter, C. H. Pritchard; Marion, H. A. C. Walker; Florence, J. C. Stoll; Cokesbury, M. Brown ; Spartanburg, H. M. Mood. ^ The next Conference will be held at Newberry. Death of Dr. J. L. Reynolds. Rev. Dr. J. L. Reynolds, the eminent divine, died in Greenville, of neuralgia of the heart, on the 19th ultimo, aged about 62 years. He was a native of Charleston, and was one of the most scholarly of Southern divines. He was an entertaining and instructive writer, and author of quite a number of essays and works which bear unmistakable evidence of deep thought and clear, incisive rnind. He was a professor in several institutions of learning, and filled a chair for a long time in the University of South Carolina at Columbia. He was born in 1815, and was one of the leading Baptist ministers in America. Rev. Dr. R. Furman writes to the News and Courier of him : "The natural endowments of Dr. Reynolds were of a high order. His miud was thoroughly trained and disciplined by early culture and by long years of patient, perserving study. His course of reading was varied and extensive. By habit and by choice he was a man of letters. He was a true lover of learning. But he especially excelled in the departments of Roman literature and of belles j lettres. As a theologian his attainments I were extensive and his views eminently evangelical. Hence while he commauded the respect of all denominations of Christians, he was peculiarly loved and revered by the members of his own denomination as the courteous and able exponent of their doctrines and principles. "As a speaker he was more than ordinarily gifted. His personal presence was attractive, his voice sonorous, musical and well modulated, his gesticulation natural and appropriate, and his vocabulary exceedingly rich. His style, whether of composition or of extemporaneous address, was fasbioued after the finest models of ancient art, and was in a high degre einbelished with the adorn* meuts of rhetorical elegance and grace." Senator Blaine's Views. The St. Louis Democrat publishes an interview with Senator Blaine, who was re* cently in that city, en route to the Hot Springs. Speaking of President Hayes and the Republican party, Senator Blaine is reported to have said: "Mr. Hayes has undoubtedly placed him* self in a position where he cannot receive the cordial support of the party that elected him. The line is in fact already so clearly drawn between him and the parly, that there can be no doubt as to how each stands. Mr. Hayes, in a party view, is neither on the Republican side nor on this-line. He is on the other side of the line so far as all the practical resulta of his administration are concerned. It is absurd to suppose that there cau be any harmony between him and the Republican party as long as he pursues his present course. The people know whether he has carried out his pledges as the President elected by the Republican party." Being asked about the Southern policy, Seuator Blaine said that on this subject there was, of course, a difference of opiuton, but the difference was very slight, and it was safe to assume that there was no great division of sentiment in the party on the matter. "Many honest Republicans," said the Senator, "believe that the Southern people are as loyal to the Union as we are in the North, but of this there is a serious doubt. The Southern people, it is true, are, according to all appearances, peacefully inclined and show a disposition to maintain the supremacy of the National Government, but " ^ men who were in the rebel array cannot so readily give up their faith, and their professions, in my opinion, are only skin deep. The Southerners are laying low until they get on top. They lead the Democracy, and should their party get iuto power in 1880, they will show a hand that will surprise that class of Republicans, who believe that rec nciliation baa been complete. The Southern people are not io fact reconciled. They are playing policy, and their purpose is to get possession of the Goveanment and rule it as they did before the war, and then all the established results of the war, and reconstruction would be set aside." A CARD FROM CORBIN. D. T. Corbin has published a card in reply to the charge that he illegally withheld 828,000 royalty due to the State from the phosphate companies, and paid the same to the members of the Chamberlain Legislature as bribes for their votes to secure him a seat in the United States Senate, and that he cashed worthless legislative pay certificates, and afterwards attempted to turn said certificates into the State treasury in lieu of the royalty due on phosphates. In his card, Corbin says: "I wish to state, once for all, that all such statements or charges are wholly false. I have Dot illegally held $28,000 royalty due to the State of South Carolina, or any other sum. About five years ago, I was employed by the Attorney General of the'State to bring an action against a phosphate company for damages for trespassing upon the phosphate beds of North Wimbee Creek. The questions made in the suit were no?el and important, and involved great labor?the suit running through about three years. The rest li of the action was that I obtained a final decree nyainst the company for $28,000 on accouui of phosphate rock dug, mined and removed; and further, that said company should annually pay to the State one dollar per ton royalty for every ton of phosphate rock miDed by them in future in the bed of said creek, which will produce probably $20,000 annually. The Legislature being about ended, I applied to the Attorney General for compensation for my services. He replied, in substance, that the Legislature bad made no appropriation for this purpose, and suggested that I should be paid out of the fund collected and that the court should determine what the services were reasonably worth. Upon this suggestion, applicatiou was made ^ to the court, upon which a reference was ordered to ascertain and report what per cent of the money collected in the cause should be paid for the services rendered. The referee reported a fee, and the court (Judge Maher) confirmed the reported fee to be paid for the services rendered, and the court directed that the same be retained out of the fund." Besides this he says be also paid bis fees out of the same fund for conducting a suit against the Savannah aud Charleston Railroad Company. lu conclusion, he says: "When Judge K. B. Carpenter enjoined the State treasurer and the Carolina National Bank last fall from paying out the funds of the State according to law, and the wheels of the State government were thus stopped, I loaned about $20,000 to F. L. Cardozo, State Treasurer, to meet the immediate wants of the State government. This was some time after my election, and was in no sense a secret transaction. This money, 1 am informed and believe, was mostly used by the State Treasurer, in part payment of the regular salaries of the members of the Senate and House. How this payment by the State Treasurer of the regular salaries of members cau be regarded as paying them for their votes by me, under the circumstances, I am at a loss to comprehend. No investiga