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Scraps and Jfacts. ! ? The Baltimore postmaster paid his era- j ploy?s in gold, last Saturday. Several mer- j chants did the same thing. ? Within about fourteen months, 500 ap- I plications for divorce have been made in St. i Louis. Women are in the majority as plaintiffs. ? The New Jersey correspondent of the New York Sun says that Governor McClellan is undoubtedly a candidate for the Presidential nomination by the Democracy of 1880. ? One of our business men, who never advertises, was asked by a friend the other day how business was, when he replied that it was "like peddling peanuts in a graveyard."? Lockport Journal. ? Two hundred workmen of the Ames' Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Mass., have attached the mill and machinery for wages, due from December, to the amount of 830,000. Other creditors have attached the nrnnartv malfinc t.hfi amount S75.000. I I J ' a . ? The Peabody fund, devoted to educational purposes in the South, which in 1876 yielded an income of 8100,000, has produced only $60,000 for 1877, and promises a yet smaller sum for 1878. Depreciation in real estate is the cause. ? The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has discharged its ticket collectors and sleeping car conductors and three hundred 6rst class mechanics. All the mechanics and laborers kept in the service of the road are to have their pay cut down fifteen per cent. ? Advices from England represent the iron trade as being in a most stagnant condition. Large numbers of men are out of work. Within the last few days two of the leading works in Rotherham have stopped, owing to a scarcity of orders, and about one thousand additional men have been rendered idle. ? The well-known pianist and composer of piano-forte music, Franz Huuten, whose "Method" has been studied by so many Americans, and who was once the most successful and popular teacher in Paris, has just died at Coblenz, at the advanced age of eighty-five. ? Texas has, 4,400 fugitives from justice, with forty eounties yet to hear from. Seven hundred and fifty of these persons are mur derers, and $90,000 in rewards have been offered for three hundred of them. One hundred thousand horses have been stolen in the last three years. ? Isaac Adaoi3 died at Sandwich, N. H., on Wednesday of last week, leaving a fortune estimated at from four to six million dollars. He bought what is known as the Adams printing press from the inventor for an old gun, afterwards receiving $40,000 in gold for the use of it in England. ? Ten years ago Mrs. Nicholas Weiss died at Fort Wayne, Ind., and was buried near the city. She was a portly woman, weighing about 200 pounds. Lately her body was disinterred for the purpose of removal, and was found to be petrified, weighing about 1,000 pounds. The features were as natural as in life. ? A colored preacher in Richmond, Va., has kuecked Galileo higher than a kite. He proved to the eutire satisfaction of his dusky and enthusiastic auditors, that the earth does not revolve around the sun, but that as the Bible says the sun moves, he believes it, and reckons that God's Book knows more about itthau an Italian mathematician. ?The Cincinnati Gazette publishes a dispatch from fifty-seven points in Southern Ohio, Indiana, and Northern Kentucky, from which it appears that the prospects for a large crop of wheat are exceedingly good. The acreage sown last fall was larger than ever known. Nut one report is unfavorable, although from a few points there are apprehensions of rank growth. ? The result in New Hampshire is at last tnnron Tt oivpfi Prpscott. Rehublican. 941 majority for Governor this year, and 1,715 plurality. Last year he had 4,034 plurality and 3,639 majority. The total vote varies less than one hundred from the vote of last year. The Democrats gain in the Legislature, but both branches remain Republican by decided majorities. Both Chandler and Hayes claim victories in New Hampshire, and each also rejoices over the defeat of the other. ? Judge Rice, of the Western Circuit of Georgia, decided in a recent case that a marriage, though it was contracted without the consent of the parents, is legal and binding, and that the man and woman sustain to each other the relation of husband and wife, but, as the wife is a minor, the father has a right to the possession of the girl's person until she becomes twenty-one years old, in defiance of the wishes and marital rights of the husband. ? An arrested "moonshiner" says there are about 200 illicit distilleries in Putnam county, Tenn., five being in a circuit of one-half mile. Every bushel of corn produces an average of two and a half gallons of whisky, and the price of corn in that locality seldom reaches fifty cents a bushel, making the price of whisky less than twenty cents a gallon. It is generally sold at from one to three dollars per gallon. ? Ladies are likely to benefit by the great Eastern conflict. Dealers in human hair have been traveling within the last three or four months through Bulgaria and Roumania, and buying up all the tresses the unfortunate wives and daughters of the refugees are willing to sell. Some of these tresses are said to he over three feet long, and all those of blonde and auburn shades have been sent to America. ? A little erand-nephew of Prince Bis niarck was sitting on the Prince's knee, when j he suddenly cried out: "Oh, uncle, I hope I shall be a great man like you when I grow up!" "Why, my child?" asked his uncle. "Because you are so great, and every one fears you." "Wouldn't you rather have every one love you?" The child thought a little, and then replied: "No, uncle; for when people love you they cheat you ; but when they fear you they will let you cheat them." ? A doctress writes to the Australian Star that more quarrels arise between husband and wife owing to electrical changes affecting their nervous system by occupying the same bed,than any other disturbing cause. "There is nothing," she says, "that will derange the system of a person who is eliminative in nervous ; force like lying in bed all night with another ! person who is almost absorbed in nervous force. The absorber will go to sleep and rest [ all night, while the eliminator will be tossing ; and tumbling, restless and nervous, and wake ! fretful and disheartened." No two persons : should habitually sleep together, according to I this authority; one will thrive and the other j lose. ? All Europe is wondering over a story of j Marshal Canrobert, who was sent to Rome to i represent France at the funeral of Victor : Emanuel and the accession of Humbert. For expenses of himself and suite he was given : 30,000 francs, of which he spent only 13,000. j On his return home he went to the foreign j office and handed to the minister of that de- j partment the balance, amounting to 17,000 j francs. The minister refused to take the money, saying that there was no precedent for such a thing, that the outlay was made and accounted for and that there was an end , to it. The marshal answered that if it was nkor.li,talT7 nonoccgrr flint Rnmphndv should UUOUiU tvi J IIVV vcUMi J VMMW wvw vv?J , steal this money, he would rather some one else should do it, and asked for a receipt. ? A Washington special, of Tuesday, says: "The House banking and currency commit- j tee is determined to leave no scheme untried whereby inflation of the paper currency may be secured. It has dow agreed on a bill j which provides for the unlocking of the reserves of the National banks. The reserve fund of the National banks average from ninety to a hundred million dollars. It is proposed that the banks be permitted to invest this fund in four per cent, bonds. It is argued that the banks would at once accept the opportunity to receive four per cent, interest on the money which now lies idle in their vaults, and the result is that this immense reserve fund would go into active circulation, thus swelling to that amount the volume of paper currency." ?bc Uarlmlle C-nquim. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MOKINlJMi.MAKUH 28,18Y8. 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 county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid 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" saows 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. ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE. The Legislature adjourned last Friday night, after a session of ninety days. Although a disposition has been manifested by - * * X - - J I many to carp at tne somewnat proiracieu bession, and complain of what may seem a limited amount of labor, yet when we remember the various questions of a general public nature which came before the Legislature, many of them requiring the utmost deliberation, we are not surprised that legislation of local character, necessary in every portion of the State, was delayed and the session prolonged. While local legislation does not affect all portions of the State alike, it must be remembered that it is of vital importance to the section interested ; and if an Act concerning the affairs of Colleton, which would be wholly unsuited to the condition and needs of York, requires time for consideration, the people of York should not conclude that the Legislature has been supine or neglectful of their proper duties. About two hundred Acts and Joint Resolutions, of a public and private nature, were passed, which fact alone attests that the object of the members seems to have been to work, and that they applied themselves faithfully, endeavoring to dis charge their responsible duties for the best interests of their constituents and the people at large. The improvement in the morale of the late Assembly, as compared with that of the Legislatures which have disgraced the State since the days of reconstruction, is so prominent as to attract the attention of the most indiffer ent citizen. The Legislature just adjourned, if not composed entirely of men of the same ability who filled our council-chambers previous to the war, possessed a membership at least their equals in point of morality and integrity. No druuken carousals marked the course of legislation during the recent session ; no pay certificates, to be eashed by the tax-payers, were issued to Hardy Solomon ei hcc genus omnc for brandy, champagne and cigars supplied to members during their Bachanalian revelries; no bogus attaches and other officials were supplied with the same certificates of indebtedness, in order to advance the schemes of designing men; nor, following the whole category of profligacy and corruption, so conspicuous from 1868 to 1876, do we find the least parallel in the conduct of the members of the session of 1877? 78. This alone should be encouraging to the people of the State, even if they had nothing else to be thankful for. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Judge Cooke has been elected President of the Greenville Democratic Club. ? In the month of February, there were shipped from Chester, over the Chester and Lenoir Railroad 620, bales of cotton. ? Governor Hampton was born in Charleston on the 28th of March, 1818, and will consequently be sixty years of age to-day. ? Mr. Wm. Thompson, of Abbeville, is the owner of a gander which it is claimed has attained the age of eighty years. ? Speight's Daily Newspaper says that the crops of oats, wheat, rye and barley in Green ville county, are unusually promising. ? The tax levy in the city of Greenville aggregates 21 mills, an follows : City tax, 64 mills; State and education, 64 mills; county purposes, 3 mills; Air Line Railroad, 3 mills ; deficiency, 2 mills. ? The election for Mayor and Aldermen of Columbia will be held on Monday next. Capt. W. B. Stanly is the Democratic candidate for Mayor. It is understood that the Radicals will vote for R. B. Elliott.) ? The Walhalla Bank, after a successful career of two years, has closed its business and doors. It was well conducted, paid well and was a great convenience and accommodation to the people of that section, but it could not be run at Beven per cent., the expenses consuming over three per cent., on the capital stock. After the first of April the bank will have no active existence. ? Governor Hampton has accepted an invitation from the Central Democratic Club of Abbeville county, to visit Abbeville Court House on Friday next, and address the people of that county on the present political situation. All the local clubs of the county have been summoned to attend, and it is the expectation that a large crowd of people will be in attendance. ? After consultat;on with Judge Thomson, Governor Hampton has decided to grant Robert McEvoy, the murderer of Col. Gregg, an additional respite until the 12th of April. The action of the Governor is based on legal grounds?it being conceded mat tne re-sentence of the condemned man was not pronounced in conformity with the requirements of the law. ? Senator Cochran, Chairman of the Committee on frauds, stated iu the Senate last week, that the Committee are in possession of information and evidence amply sufficient to convict ex Governor Chamberlain of the different offences with which his name has been connected. It is understood that so soon as Governor Hampton is satisfied of the correctness of the declarations, a requisition will be made for Chamberlain without delay. ? On the day the legislature adjourned, the officers and attaches of the House of Representatives, through Major G. Lamb Buist, a member from Charleston, presented Speaker Sheppard with a handsome walking cane, as a token of their appreciation of him as a man and an officer. Speaker Sheppard replied iu a handsome manner to the presentation speech of Maj. Buist, expressing gratitude to the donors, and testifying to the uni form courtesy, kindness and fidelity of the j officers and attach6s of the House. < ! ? In accordance with the spirit of the con- j current resolution of the Legislature, adopted | a few days before adjournment, Governor ! Hampton has directed nolle prosequi to be en-1 | tered in two cases of the State against F. S. 1 ! Jacobs, ex-cashier of the South Carolina j # Bank and Trust Company, who was indicted at the same time with Smalls, Cardozo, Pat-! terson and others last year. It is probable j that Jacobs will return to the State and tell |1 all he knows in connection with ring frauds. : NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The venerable Mrs. Vance, mother of the ' Governor, is quite ill at her home near Ashe- j ville. ? Sechrest, the alleged wife murderer, has j been removed from the jail of Burke county I to the couuty jail of Mecklenburg for safe | keeping, as the former is not regarded as perfectly secure. ? There are seveu veteraus of the Mexican | war in Mecklenburg?three residing in the county, and four in Charlotte. ? George Pethel, who is now in Salisbury jail, charged with poisoning his wife, about four miles from Mooresville, Iredell couuty, is only about nineteen years of age, and had ; been married about two years. He is represented as being a very haudsome young man, with a fine, frank, open countenance. MERE-MENTION. A fire occurred in Danville, Va., last Friday, destroying property valued at $30,000, on which there was an insurance of about $50,000. Hon. John Allison, Register of the Treasury, died in Washington, of apoplexy, last Saturday. It is said that Sitting Bull has at least 7,000 fighting men organized, and while he will not fight unless 1 [ provocation is given, the situation is regarded as critical. On last Friday, two negroes were hunt? in Alabama, and two in Dela ware. The New York Times warns those ' about to marry that the proposed Tariff bill contains a clause reading : "Matches of all ' kinds, 35 per cent, ad valorem." Post- 1 naster General Key will make a tour through 1 the Southern States nest week to look after ' mail routes. Three murderers were hang- [ ed at Bloomsburg, Pa., last Monday. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 18th, Edmonds, of ' Vermont, from the committee on the judicia- ( ry, reported adversely on the House bill in ' relation to certain legal disabilities of women, and moved that the bill be indefinitely post- { poned. The bill provides that any woman < who shall have been a member of the bar of 1 the higher Court of any State or Territory or < District of Columbia for a period of three years, may be admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Ed- 1 munds said that the ground of the adverse ( report of the committee was that by the law of the laod, as it has existed since the or- ' ganization of the Government, the Supreme 1 Court, as well as the other United States 1 Courts, were authorized to make their own ' rules touching the admission of attorneys, so ' that there was no obstacle in law prohibiting ' the admission of women to practice in the < United States Court. It depended entirely | upon the discretion of the Court. The com- ' raittee on the judiciary thought this act ' would make discrimination in favor of wo- ' meu, as it compelled the Court to admit wo- < mon to practice when it was not bound to ad- I init men. On motion of Mr. Sargeant, of I California, the bill was placed on the cal- i endar with the adverse report. The for- > tifications appropriation bill, as it came ? from the House, appropriating $275,000 for 1 fortifications, was also passed. Mr. Thurman's < kill Kiiviki hi finer mpmhprs of Congress from < UAAl ? ? ? o becoming sureties on certain bonds, also was 1 passed. Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, pre- j sented a resolution of the Legislative Assem- < bly of South Carolina, favoriug the establish- < ment of a naval station at Port Royal S. C. 1 Referred to committee on naval affairs. In 1 the House, Mr. Vance, of North Carolina, in- < troduced the following: Whereas, by the act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1877, the sum 1 8375,000, or so much thereof as may be ne- 5 cessary, was appropriated to pay the amount ' due mail contractors for mail service perform- 1 ed in certain States of the South therein men- ^ tioned in the years 1859, 1860,1861, and be- ' fore said States respectively engaged in the ' war against the United States ; and whereas, owing to the action of the treasury refusing to ( pay said claims until all the contemplated ' claims should be presented, said act has be- ( come ineffectual; and whereas, it was the true 1 intent and meaning of the act, approved 3d 1 March, 1877, that all claims due parties 1 therein mentioned, should be paid up to the ( 31st of May, 1861, being the time when the 1 Confederate Government took complete charge 1 of mails within States mentioned ; and where- ( as, by said act it is provided "that any such claims which have been paid by the Con- . federate States Government shall not be paid , again" ; therefore, be it Resolved (the Sen- j ate concurring), That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby required, out of the said sura of 8375,000 appropriated by the act of March 3, 1877, to pay the amount due to mail contractors for mail service performed in the States mentioned in said act up to May 31, 1861, and up to the time when the Con- ' federate States Government took charge of 1 the mails within said States. The second section prescribes the mode of payment, and - -t -i -i-: :j u.. 1 contains a provision mat any ciuuus paiu uy the Confederate Governraent shall not be again paid. 1 In the Senate on the 19th, Mr. Matthews, ' of Ohio, said he was directed by a majority ! 1 of the committee on railroads to report back j ' two Senate bills in regard to the Texas Pa- ' cific Railroad?one introduced by Mr. Johnson, of Virginia, on the tenth of December, ' and the other by Dorsey, of Arkansas, on ' the twelfth of December last, with a substitute, and to recommend its passage. Placed on the caleudar. He also reported back from . the same committee, the Senate bill to au-! thorize the Southern Pacific Railroad Com-1' j pany to extend its railroad from its present ! terminus in Arizona, to a point on the Rio j1 Grande, near El Paso, and to aid in building j the same, without ameudment and without' recommendation. Placed on calendar. In I the House, most of the day waB consumed in the general deficiency bill, but no action was | taken thereon. ! Iu the Senate on the 20th, a number of petitions were presented from Portland, Me., ; Hartford, Coun., and elsewhere, remonstrating against the revival of the income tax. i \fr Miircrnn nf Alabama. Dresented a Deti ~ b 1 > i i tion of the citizens of Alabama, favoring the passage of a law providing for the early construction and completion of the Texas Pacific Railroad. Referred to the committee on railroads. In presenting the petition, Mr. Morgan said he disapproved of the prayer of' the petitioners. A resolution of inquiry relative to the surrender of the Cuban insurgents, being objected to, was laid over. In the House, Mr. Money, of Mississippi, sta- I ted, while speaking on the subject of pos-t office rings, that one forty thousand dollar route was sub let for fifteen thousand, and that one combination controlled over six hundred routes. Representative Williams, of Alabama, is chairman of the sub committee on the post-office and post roads to investigate postal irregularities. It is proposed to go through them from Boston to the Confederate cross roads. Accordingly, a bill to regulate advertising for mail lettings, omitting the details and referring bidders to the Post Office Department for the details, and also annulling contracts that are sub-let, was reported, discussed and passed. After some ?' ? TT 1.1. 1 J . iiscu8sion, tne riouse passed ine general ueficiency appropriation bill. The remainder of the day was consumed in the consideration of the hill for a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia. In the Senate on the 21st, Mr. Hereford, of West Virginia, offered a preamble and resolution directing the finance committee to report the House bill, repealing resumption, within one week, and asked immediate action. Objection was made by Mr. Morrill, of Maine, and the matter went over under the rules. Mr. Jones, of Florida, and Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, spoke at some length, denouncing Secretary Schurz's recent action in reference to cutting timber on the public lands. In the House, the navy appropriation bill of nearly Bfteen millions passed. An effort to take up the Mexican Pension bill was defeated by a vote of 97 to 118. The motion was made by Mr. Hewitt* of Alabama, and was to set aside the regular order. The vote is no indication of the strength of the measure. Mr. Waddell, of North Carolina, chairman of the committee on post offices aud post roads, reported a bill to establish a postal savings depository as a branch of the Post Office Department, and to aid in refunding the interest bearing indebtedness of the United States. Ordered printed and recommitted. It authorizes the establishment at Washington of a chief office, to be called the neutral depository and the opening (at suitable money order post offices) of sub-depositories for the receipt and withdrawal of deposits, uterest to be allowed at three per cent. The leposits, are to be paid into the Treasury aud interest credited to "the postal savings depository account" at the rate of four per cent. Depositors to the amount of over $50 may have four per cent, bonds issued to them, releemable after fifty years and only transferable by authorization of the Secretary of the Treasury. The bill also provides for certificates of deposit of the denominations of $10, 1520, $50 aud $100, bearing interest 8.65 per vear only, and to be convertible into four per cent, bonds. Iu the Seoate on the 22nd, Mr. Wadleigh, who is a committee of one to whom the committee ou privileges and elections referred the :|uestiou whether the admission of Senator Butler, of South Carolina, precluded further inquiry by the committee as to Corbin's right I .Ml L to tlie seat, reported mat tne case is sun oefore the committee on its merits. The report was adopted by the full committee, and they tvill proceed to consider the case at the next meeting. The Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House, Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, chairman of the committee on coinage, reported a bill to allow the coinage of silver bullion for owners on the same terms as gold b>uilioi) is coined, that is, for the cost of the coinage ; also, to authorize the issue of certificates on the deposit of silver bullion or coin, the same as gold certificates, which are to be receivable for the public dues, <Stc.; also to abolish the coinage of twenty-cent, five-cent md three-cent silver pieces, and to continue the coinage of trade dollars for exportation mly, at the rate of 8750,000. The bill was jrdered to be printed and recommitted. There were about forty pension bills considered and aassed, among them one introduced by Mr. joode, of Virgiuia, pensioning the widows of Japt. Guthrie and thesurfmen who losttheir lives in rendering assistance to the crew of the wrecked steamer Huron on the North Carolina joast last November. In the Senate on the 25th, Mr. Howe, "Rep.] of Wisconsin, called up the resolution mbmitted by him last week, calling upon the President for information as to the charges hat Judge Whittaker, (a Democrat,) of Louisiana, is a defaulter to the United States jovemraeut, aud spoke at considerable ength, denouncing Mr. Hayes' policy, and jondemning his course in appointing Demojrats to office. Howe's tirade against the President seems to have been for the purpose )f provoking Democrats in the debate likely ;o result from it; but it is understood that hey do not intend to be caught. In execu;ive session, the Senate confirmed, among )ther appointments, T. M. Graham as pustnaster at Chester, S. C. In the House, a aumber of bills were introduced, among them )ne by Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, for the issue of pest-office bonds bearing interest at he rate of ninety cents per $100 for every ;hree calendar mouths, and redeemable on lemand at any of the post-offices having the funds on hand. ?? Hampton and the Democratic Members. ' At a caucus of the Democratic memners of the General Assembly, held one night last week, after the nominations for which the caucus assembled had been made, Mr. Buist offered a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, inviting Governor Hampton to enter the caucus and participate in its deliberations upon all matters relating to the welfare of the Democratic party. Messrs. Buist, Vandiver and Butler were appointed a committee to wait on the Governor and request his presence. The Governor, on his arrival, was received with enthusiastic applause, and at the request of the caucus delivered an address, in which he urged the importance of pursuing, in the next cumpaign, the policy which had proved bo effective during the past two years. He urged, furthermore, the importance of fulfilling all the party pledges, and announced as his judgment that, if this policy was adhered to, success in the approaching campaign was assured. Upon the withdrawal of the Governor, the following resolutions were introduced by Mr. Simonton and unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we recogniae the debt ol gratitude which the State owes to his Excelloiinv finvprnnr Htimnton for the sauracitv. ,V,,VJ 1 ---wisdom aud eminent ability he has exhibited in the administration of his high office under circumstances of great public difficulty and trial. Resolved, That he possesses the entire confidence, regard and respect of the people ol South Carolina, and we feel that iu his hands the honor and interest of the State are safe. The following resolution, offered by Maj, Buist, was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That it is the sense of the Democratic members of the General Assembly, in caucus, that no Democrat having the interest of the State at heart should unite with Re publicans on an independent ticket, and thai this caucus, through its president, do recom mend to the Democratic caucus of the nexl Legislature, that all such representatives elected as Independents, be not allowed ad mittance into the Democratic caucus of tlx next General Assembly. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr. A Mrs. S. B. Massey, Chester?New Attractions and Great Bargains. 1 Dr. J. B. Patrick, Jr., Dentist?Will be in Yorkville on the 1st of April. 1 | Misses Massey A Smith?Millinery, Millinery, i W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Cilc'ieake?Millet. I H. F. Adickes A Sons?1878, Spring, 1878. ' Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Look for Yourself? | Fancy Groceries?Heavy Groceries?Always on Hand?Seeds?Cigars. Clark Brothers?Seeds?Fresh and Nice?Flour? ! Molasses?Coffee and Sugar?Plow StocksGuano and Phosphates. I Hunter A Oates?New Goods. ; B. T. Wheeler?Rockaways, Phretons, Ac. SENATOR WITHERSPOON. 1 Hon. I. D. VVitberspoon, Slate Senator : from York county, returned to his home in i this place, last Saturday afternoon, in fine spirits and the enjoyment of ezcelleut health. COURT NEXT WEEK. " ? xr ? t I ? The members or ti.e i oricvme oar are ousily engaged, making preparation for Court, which will convene next week. Besides an unusually heavy sessions docket, there is also a large amount of business on the civil side, to be disposed of, if it can be reached. IN THE MATTER OF TEETH. Dr. Pa-rick, of Charleston, and Dr. Glenn, of N. C., each favorably known in this place, , give notice through our advertising columns, that they will be in Yorkville on the 1st of ' next month, for the purpose of tendering their professional services to the public. REGISTRAR IN BANKRUPTCY. On Monday last, Judge Bryau of the U. S. District Court, upon the nomination of the i Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, appointed C. E. Spencer, Esq.. of Yorkville, Registrar in Bankruptcy . for the Fourth Congressional District, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Registrar Claweon. DRY WEATHER. Thus far iu the season, the present Spring has been exceedingly dry. But little rain has fallen here within the past month, and the streets are as dusty as in midsummer. Farmers complain that their fields are becoming too dry and hard to plow, and farming operations are thus retarded to a certain 1 extent. As yet there has not been sufficient frost to injure fruit, much of which is in bloom. CAPT. J*. M. IVY. We were pleaded to receive a call, last Thursday, from Capt. J. M. Ivy, of the Rock Hill Herald. Capt. Ivy represents eastern York as in a prosperous coudition. The planters of that section are encouraged and hopeful. With the adoption of the fence law they are bestowing special attention to the cultivation of grasses, while it is their intention to put forth their full energies on the ordinary field crops. SALE OF"COTTON. While in our town last week, Capt. J. M. Ivy, of Rock Hill, purchased in the town and vicinity, about 250 bales of cotton?paying fancy prices for some choice grades. Anent this subject, it is somewhat gratifying to know, that with a'l the complaint of hard times, a few huudred more bales, stowed away as a kind of reserve fund by our prudential farmers, could be put on the market if their necessities were such as to require it. THE SPRING TRADE. Some of our merchants are already receiving their Spring purchases of goods, and in a few days the stores will present tempting and attractive displays. From the extent of the purchases, as reported by those who have bought their stocks, a good trade is anticipa LtJtJ. WHICH Wit) ttU vol tioiug iviumug ui nit Enquirer. Those who advertise their goods and solicit trade are they who not only can afford to sell the cheapest, but also evince a disposition so to do. COLUMBIA REGISTER. The Columbia Register has recently changed ownership. Messrs. Hoyt and Emlyn have withdrawn from the proprietorship, and Messrs. Calvo & Patton, with Messrs. McDaniel and Wells of the old firm, are now the proprietors. Col. James A. Hoyt will remain as editor, and Mr. Eualyn will continue his business connection with the paper. The Register is a wide awake, conservative Democratic paper, sufficiently "straight-out'' for all practical purposes, and deserves a liberal support. We are gratified to learn that it is upon a sure foundation, and under its uew management will fully meet the expectations of the public. REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS. Dr. Meynardie, Presiding Elder of the Columbia district, preached in the Methodist Church in this place last Sunday morning and evening. His evening discourse was attended by a very large congregation, who were attracted not only by the reputation of the emiuent divine, but also the subject of his discourse, which was on future rewards and punishments. The learned preacher took as the text for his sermon the parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar, St. Luke xvi, 22-24. From these passages of Scripture he refuted the position maintaiued by some that Sheol of the Hebrew, or Hades of the Greek, simply raeau the grave, anu deduced from the language of the text that there is a hell, and at least one human soul has been consigned to it as a punishment for transgression of the divine law. FATAL CASE OF STABBING. On Saturday evening last, in the upper portion of this county, on King's creek, a case of stabbing occurred, which resulted fatally by the death of the wounded man on Monday. The parties to the affair were Robert Etten 1 and W. J. Dover, the former of whom received his death wound at the hands of the I latter. On Tuesday last, Trial Justice J. J. L. Gill, ; acting as Coroner, impaneled a jury of inquest, j composed of the following persons: Wm. I Howell, foreman; J. B. Collins, J. M. Haraj bright, Wm. Oates, L. C. Weston, J. Robert i Dickson, R. G. Parker, H. I. Hullender, Win. Dilliugham, A. C. Hambright, 0. P. ; Morgan, Perry Black and G. Hambright. i The only witness of the affair was C. C. : Hendricks, a ycuth of about 16 or 17 years ! J of age, who testified before the jury of inquest I substantially as follows : On the evening of the 23d instant, witness i was plowing in the bottom on the creek, and at about 3 o'clock on that evening, Robert! I Etters and W. J. Dover, both white, came, i into the field, both riding the same mule. | ; They dismounted, and Etters took witness' j plow and commenced plowing. Dover went to where his sister was plowing, and started i to plow her horse, when the top hame-string j broke. Witness went to fix it, aud Etters ! stopped plowing, mounted the horse, and j commenced to run him up aud down the .~u i A mn loo nunaincr , creeK, wuiuu u i^iilcim>u them both to ruu off. Etters rode on after j them, witness and Dover following. After ' crossing the creek, they found Etters' saddle. ( Dover picked it up and endeavored to break [ it by throwing it on the ground, but failing to j break it, threw it out into the old field. Af- ( i ter going a little distance farther, they met Etters leading all the horses. Dover said to him? "You say you are a man, do you ?" Etters replied : "Yes, I say so." n Etters then asked Dover if he had seen ? anything of his saddle. He replied that he had seen it, and tried to break it and ? threw it into the old held. Quarreling en- v sued, and in the altercation, Etters knocked b Dover down. Dover, on gaining his feet, il drew out his knife. Etters then seized him and was choking him, when Dover jerked P loose, and stuck his knife into him, on the r right side below the ribs, and was in the act of stabbing him a second time, when witness t caught his arm. Etters' bowels protruded t from the incision. r The verdict of the jury was that the de- ? ceased came to his death from a cut by a knife in the hands of W. J. Dover. An autopsy was made by Drs. Tracy and t Dickson, of King's Mountain, N. C., and Dr. c A. F. Hambright, of this county, who found t that the knife had entered the wounded man's v stomach, and they certified to that effect. ' Immediately after the commission of the deed, Dover fled, and as yet has not been ap- a prehended. t ?? I TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have ^ been recorded in the office of the County Au- f ditor since our last report: ? J. Lumpkin to F. H. Brown, Executor. Tract in Ebeuezer township. Consideration 82,814. W. J. Collins to F. H. Barber and J. C. t Hoke. Tract of 29* acres in Catawba town- ( it- ry ?i j o.joc f snip. i/OtiBiuerauou oim. v J. W. White to F. H. Barber and John C. c Hoke. Tract of 12f acres in Catawba town- 1 ship. Consideration 8453. Calvin Sparks aud others to F. H. Barber b and J. C. Hoke. Lot of 1} acre in Catawba c township. Consideration 815. p Mary L. Duffy and others to James Me- c Carley. Tract of 125 acres in Bethesda y township. Consideration 8300. h Washington Vaughu to Robert H. Corn- C well. Lot of 5 acres in Catawba township, t Consideration 850. a J. G. and S. A. Black to John H. Craw- t ford. Tract of 14 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration 8221.50. v T. P. Whitesides to Martha Whitesides. Tract of 77 acres in King's Mountain town- 1 ship. Consideration 8777. t Robert C. Stephenson to Wni. W. Jenkins, s Tract of 64 acres in King's Mountain town- ? ship. Consideration $175. R.A.Caldwell o William Caldwell. Tract d of 158 acres in Cherokee township. Consid- F eratiou 8500. * R. A. Caldwell to J. McGill. Tract of 135 acres in Cherokee township. Considera- S ation 8135. ? J. LeGrand McCarter to Milton H. Cur- % rence. Tract of 120 acres in Bethel town- * ship. Consideration 8675. [ John Nichols to Andrew Moore. Tract of 50 acres iu York township. Consideration 866. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to A. L. Gordon. . Tract of 266 acres in Catawba township. , Consideration 866. Isabella Steele to J. W. Gardner. Tract 1 of 80 acrts in York township. Consideration f 'An C 5HUU. J. W. Gardner to L. A. Conner. Tract of J 80 acres in York township. Consideration . 8825. 1 L. A. Conner to Sarah E. Good. Tract of 1 80 acres in York township. Consideration 8700. ; Sarah E. Good to G. L. McNeel. Tract of 80 acres in York. Consideration 8750. c EDITORIAL INKLINGS. 8 Important Decision. 5 The Supreme Court of the United 1 States decided last Monday, the case of Wm. r Godfrey, Receiver, et. al., Stockholders of the [ Merchant's Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw, appellants, vs. Harvey Terry. This case involved the liability of the stockholders of asuspended State bank for the outstanding bills of the bank. The Circuit Court of the United States decided in favor of Terry, and j against the stockholders. The Supreme Court, ? has dismissed the bill of the plaintiff, and has * placed its decision upon grounds that cover 8 a host of similar cases, aud will carry relief c to many an anxious household. The Su- f preme Court holds that the failure of the . bank in question occurred at the time of the g suspension of specie payments in 1860, and i the claims of the billholders are barred by the Statute of Limitations. This is the end of 8 multitudinous suits. It protects the stock- [ holders in all Southern banks which suspend- e artppip navmcnts before the war. and where *" * W1 I?J ? ' such stockholders are sued upon the clause 1 iu the charters which imposed upon the t stockholders a liability (beyoud that of cor- ^ poration) for the bills of the bank, in case of ^ the failure of the bank. j The Outlaw Redmond. a So faras is consistent with his duty, it i is Governor Hampton's policy to aid the f United States authorities in the capture of ^ Redmond, the alleged illicit distiller and outlaw. The Governor has written a letter to j Collector Bruyton, in which he says: t After full consultation with on? of the ] members of the House from Pickens, I have t come to the conclusion that the pursuit of Redmond just now, when he is on the alert, s would not only be fruitless, but might result c in bloodshed. I advise you, therefore, to let the matter rest for the present, and I feel san- i guine that a plan can be devised to capture t him in a short time. I shall write to the authorities in Washington on this matter, and f suggest that you urge them to offer a reward t of one thousand dollars for his capture. If you agree to my plan of operations, I will do a everything in ray power to have him brought c to justice, and I think this can be done. I c will write to Judge Mackey, who holds court at Pickens this week, giving him my views, a and you can rely on his active co-operation, t Subsequent to writing the above, the Gov- a ernor received a lengthy communication from ? Judge Mackey, detailing the state of affairs 1 as they now exist in Pickens. From Judge ^ Mackey's letter it would appear that peacea- \ ble, law abiding citizens of Pickens are no less terrorized by Redmond and his followers a KtT rooaniio r\ffir?PrQ thpiflSfil VPS. some of S whom are reported to have acted in an out- ( rageous manner, five of whom have been in- ^ dieted for committing aggravating assaults g and batteries upon unufiending citizens. A true bill has also been found against Red- c mond, by the grand jury of Pickens, charg.ng 1 him with grand larceny. Speights' Daily, of * Greenville, of Tuesday's date, gives the fol- * lowing as the latest account of the operations ; g of the revenue officials in Pickens and Oconee j ] counties : J J Deputy Collector G. P. Kirkland returned i ( to Greenville on Suuday night, after a very j t successful raid on illicit distillers and moonshiners of Pickens and Oc? nee couuties. He t captured aud destroyed ten distilleries, about ] 1500 gallons of sweet mash, 300 gallons of mountain dew, and twenty odd prisoners, ( among whom is the notorious Alex. Bryce, 1 of postoffice notoriety at Walhalla, aud who, i t it will be remembered, Judge Cooke sent to ! the penitentiary for holding the Auditor's du-1 < plicates. The revenue officers came near! ( coming up with Redmond. He was hemmed | i in at Walhalla, but through the aid of nu- j I merous friends, he was spirited away. We j understand that there is a rumor afloat that j t the Butler Guards, of this city, will be sent ? by Governor Hampton to capture Redmond. I SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, March 19. In the Senate, Mr. Taft from the committee of conference on the biia to amend the riminal law, reported that the committee ad agreed to amend the bill exempting burlary from capital punishment; rape and aron to be punished with death under the proisions of the bill, and the punishment of mrglary under the common law to remain as t now is. The report was adopted. Senators Witherspoon and Taft were apiointed as a committee of free conference, pou the joint resolutiou to codify and araoge the laws of the State. The joint resolution authorizing the Coroproller General, in his settlement with Couny Treasurers, to allow them commissions on eceipts issued by the special agents appointA hv the Oiivpnmr under resolution of December 20, 1876, was passed to a third eading. In the House, the Senate bill to redistrict he State into live Congressional Districts ante up for its final reading. On the quesion of passing the bill, it was killed by a ote of 41 yeas to 54 nays. The result is hat the congressional districts remain as leretofore constituted. Messrs. J. J. Hemphill, George Johnstone nd R. B. Rhett were appointed to act upon he conference committee on the part of the louse, to confer with a similar committee on he part of the Senate, to adjust differences letween the two houses on a bill to provide or a commission to codify the laws of the itate. Wednesday, March 20. In the Senate, the bill to create the counies of Berkley and Edisto, from portions of Charleston and Colleton, came up. Mr. Campbell moved to strike out the enacting lause, which was agreed to by a vote of ayes 8; nays, 12. In the House, the bill to prohibit, mem era of the Legislature, Judges, and State and ounty officers from receiving free railroad lasses, came up for a second reading. On a action to indefinitely postpone the bill, the eas and nays were called for and resulted in :illiug the bill by a vote of 51 yeas to 46 nays. )f the York members, Mr. Hutchinsou did lot vote; Mr. Deal voted against free passes, nd Messrs. Byers and Massey in favor of hem. Mr. Siraonton offered the following, which ras adopted : Whereas, the investigation made under theauhority of this General Assembly, and the proseutions based thereon, have demonstrated the ruth of the charges made against those who, incel8G8, have ruled and almost ruined the State, ,nd whereas, whilst adhering steadfastly to the ietermination that the leaders in the system of iluuder, whereby the resources of the State were Irained, shall be brought to trial and merited tunishment, it is not desired that vengeance hould be visited upon those who were but the nstrumentsof the masterspirits; be it Resolved., By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that his Excellency, the Gov? rnor, be authorized and requested, in case he teems it expedient, to instruct an order of nolle iros. to be entered in any of the prosecutions irought or which may be brought by the 8tate, lased upon the facts found by the joint investigaing committee on public frauds. Thursday, March 14. In the Sfnate, the concu.rent resolution rom the House respecting the prosecutions >ased on report of joint investigating com* nittee on public frauds, occasioned an earnest lebate. The adoption of the rosolutiou was ipposed by Messrs. Gary, Wylie, and Lips* iomb. The resolution, however, was adopted >y a vote of 26 yeas to 4 nays. Messrs. 3ary, Counts, Wylie and Lipscomb voted lay. fw Tin.- Hnriar lha iiiHiaixrv enmmiltiM nade a favorable report on the registration till. A motion to take the hill up for immeliate consideration was voted down, the effect if which was to kill the bill for the present ession. The phosphate bill wa3 received from the Senate with suudry unimportant ameudmeuts. [heee caused some debate, and various dilatoy motions were made, but the bill, with all he amendments, was ordered for ratification >y a vote of yeas 62, nays 18. Friday, March 22. In the Senate, Mr. Cochran stated that lertain important papers relating to the mis* :onduct ? f Chamberlain, Parker, Scott and iimpton had been stolen from his desk in the senate Chamber, but that copies of the same vera still in his possession. The evident deign of the unknown thief, to destroy the evilence against these men was, therefore, a failire. It should be stated in this connection bat this is the second time that important >apers of this description, and affecting the ame men, have been thus mysteriously spirted away, and the inference is direct that ome one in the service of the State has taken idvantage of his position in order to obtain lossession of valuable documents, perhaps for he purpose of disposing of them for a considtration to the parties most interested.' At the evening session, Mr. Taft (Repubican) introduced a resolution expressing the hanks of the General Assembly to Governor dampton, for bis impartial conduct as Chief Magistrate, and the manner in which he has edeemed the pledges he made during the cam>aign. The resolution was unanimously idopted. Mr. Taft said that he thought it ncumbent upon himself as a member of the i . .i r . . n >arty oppoaec 10 tne .uieuienani-ijovenior, 10 iffer a resolution concerning the presiding of* icer of the Senate. Hon. T. B. Jeter waa hen called to the chair, and a resolution, ex* iressing the appreciation of the Senate for he able and impartial manner in which Lieutenant-Governor Simpson had discharged lis duties, was unanimously adopted. The Senate, in executive session, confirmed I large number of appointments of county ifficers made by the Governor. The Governor seut in a message announcing that he had approved the acts passed by he General Assembly to-day. The President delivered a patriotic and eeling address in response to the complimeu* arv resolutions. The Governor having informed the Gener* II Assembly that he had nothing further to lommuuicate to them, at 9.30 the Senate was leclared adjourued sine die. In the House, Mr. D. F. Bradley offered l resolution that the conference committee on he part of the House, who were appointed to idjust differences betweeu the two houses on i bill to appoint a commission of codifiers, be nstructed to agree, in behalf of the House, to he amendments proposed by the Senate, rhis resolution was laid upon the table, which las the effect of killing the bill. At this juncture the Sergeant at-Arms innounced that the Senate was in waiting, md the Speaker said "Let the Senate be re* :eived." The members of the Senate then entered he House aud took the front seal* on either ide of the Speaker's stand. Lieutenant Governor Simpson took the shair and called the joint assembly to order. He stated that the two houses had convened or the purpose of electing the following oficers: Three Judges to constitute the special :ourt known as the Court of Claims; one Inipector of Phosphates; five Directors of the Penitentiary ; two attorueys to represent the state's interests before the Court of Claims ; >ne Commissioner of Claims, aud seven Trusses of South Carolina University. The following gentlemen were appointed ellers: Messrs. Maxwell, Gaillard and Sawder. Nominations for three Judges of the Court >f Claims were the first in order, and the folowiug names were placed in nomination: Judges Thomson, Hudson and Aldrich. The voting then began, each member dedaring his vote as his name was called. Unier a resolution adopted, the mode of voting #as vivos voce, and the three named were voted for at once. The three first named gentlemen were, iherefore, declared to be duly elected as Judges of the Court of Claims. President Simpson iheu stated that nomi