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(raps audi J acts. ? The Boston Herald states that two citizens of Winchester, Massachusetts, have determined to present an equestrian statute of Gen. Lee to the State of Virginia, to be erected upon the Capitol Square at Richmond. ? Thurlow Weed well says : "If a young man, in whose welfare I take an interest, should consult me about office-holding, I should tell him it was one of the worst ways of commencing life." ? At the beginning of the present session of Congress, there were seventeen contested election cases to be decided by the House. Of these only four have been disposed of. There are three cases from South Carolina, as follows : First District?Richardson vs. Rainey ; Second District?O'Connor vs. Cain; Fifth District?Tillman w. Smalls. ? Cristian K. Ross father of the late Charlie, says that Mosher certainly knew all about the abduction, if he was not himself the thief. Mr. Ross believes that the boy was still alive when Mosher was killed, and that the payment of the ransom previously demanded would have secured his return ; but whether Charlie is still living or where secreted, if living, he declares that he has no information. ? A counterfeit of the new silver dollar is reported already in circulation ; an excellent imitation of the genuiue coin, from which it differs only in weight, being lighter by about ten grains, and containing from eighty to eighty-three cents worth of silver bullion. As comparatively few persons are familiar with the appearance of the genuine new dollar, the counterfeit is dangerous. ? The Mississippi Legislature, which recently adjourned, passed a resolution thanking the colored members "for their uniform courtesy and manly, dignified devotion to public duty durnig the session," and congratulating the people of the State upon the selection of representatives "so worthy from that race, and upon the arrival of that happy epoch when prejudice and bitterness of feeling exist in our borders no longer." ? Montgomery Blair's proposition, brought before the Maryland Legislature to test the validity of the title of President Hayes, has been finally successful. The bill has been passed, instructing the Attorney General of ^ ' J? A.1 C.? the State to institute proceedings in me ouprerae Court of the United States for this purpose. This contingency was foreseen and provided for in the Act establishing the Electoral Commission which gave Mr. Hayes the Presidency. ? A curious bit of philology is conveyed in the name of the familiar "brier-wood" pipe. It has no connection with any "brier," such as sweet-brier or blackberry, but the word is merely a corruption of "bruyere," the Irish for heath. The pipes are made from the roots of a tall heath which grows up on the mountains round about Cannes, on the Mediterranean coast of France, and grubbing this heath and sawing out the roots in steam-mills, are important industries in that vicinity. ? Sawyer, formerly Senator from South Carolina, was tried the second time in Washington last week on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government out of $57,000 while Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The defendant offered no testimony. The judge charged the jury that, from the evidence submitted by the government, no fraud had been practiced, and instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty. This the jury did without leaving their seats. ? Failures in New York increase in number and amount. For the month of March just closed, eighty-five are reported, with liabilities amounting to $7,177,326, the latter being slightly in excess of the amount for January, which was the heaviest for any month for several years past. The number of failures, as compared with the month of February, ohnw an increase of about thirty-seven per cent. ; while the liabilities have increased in round numbers about $3,500,000. A large number of old and prominent houses are on the list. ? L. Cass Carpenter, the most malignant and contemptible of the whole earpet-bag crew that South Carolina has spewed forth, is showing his gratitude for Governor Hampton's clemency in letting him out of jail, by telling lies in Washington about the State he last saw through the barred wirdowof a prison. Here are some samples of his talk : "He says there is no protection for Republicans in South Carolina, and that every juryman that convicted him offered to endorse his application for pardon, and that two jurymen made affidavit that they voted to convict him believing their lives would not have been safe otherwise. He said he never applied for a pardon nor allowed his friends to do so for him." ? Immigration at the port of New York, thus far this season, has been much larger than it was last year. The increase is composed chiefly of Germans. The number of immigrants since January 1, is 3,219, against 2,631 in the same time last year. The increase is said to be due to the anticipation of a Europeon war and the encouragement given by friends already in this country. One of the noticeable features among the immigrants is that those who are able-bodied start at the earliest possible moment for the West. It is thought that the total immigration to this O t w country, the current year, will exceed that of ! last year by 20,000 at least. ? A scientific investigation of the Keely j motor, conducted by J. B. Knight, Secretary of the Franklin Institute, pronounces the machine a fraud. The report of Mr. Knight concludes : "The substance used and claimed by Mr. Keely to be a new vapor of his own discovery, is simply an atmospheric air which had been previously compressed and stored up in the various hollow spheres and other ' chambers of the apparatus in the intervals be- ' tween the experiments." As might be expect- I ed, Mr. Keely is angry at these revelations, ! and the stockholders, who have expended a million of dollars, are astonished. Keely proposes to give two public exhibitions a week with the motor, in an endeavor to demonstrate that it is not a fraud. ? A Bogota doctor attests the great age of Miguel Solis, a half-breed farmer, who is believed to be 180 years old. He baa proof of contributing to a religious fund in 1712. Questioned as to his habits, Miguel told the doctor that the secret #f living a century or J two was very simple?merely never getting drunk and never overfeeding. "I eat only 1 once a day?a big, hearty meal, which it often takes me half an hour to get through with ; but, you see, it is not possible, in a half hour, j to eat more than you can digest in the next t?>ontv.frmr " He went on to sav that he hadn't made up his mind about meat, but did ; not eat much of it; he fasted on the first and middle days of each month, eating nothing, but drinking all the water he could swallow ; he always let cooked food cool before tastiDgit; that was why his teeth were as sound as 180 years ago. ? A New York letter says : "Business is very dull for the season, and there is more of a struggle on the part of business men to keep up, and more difficulty in making collections, than at any time since the panic. The immense depreciation in values of all kinds is having its legitimate effects. The jobbing trade has been largely stolen away from the city, and trade of all kinds is suffering from the railway discrimination in freight, which carrieB trade to Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia, which otherwise would come here. The banks feel the depression. The National Park bank, a few years ago one of the most prosperous in the city, reduced its salaries a few months ago ; then it cut off the dinner it provided for its clerks. Now it has made another reduction, in all amounting to Dearly 50 per cent, in a year. This is a premonitory symptom. The economical screw is beiDg turned down hard almost everywhere. It may be that hard-pan has been struck, but it will be some time before anything can be built upon it. The signs are that it will be a season of quiet, dull times, and that people will be obliged to put up i with small gains, and cut their cloth accor1 dingly." ? Mr. Tilden's run of ill-luck continues. | First the Presidency was stolen from him; i then his library, then his overcoat, and now ! the Courts have rendered judgment against him in the celebrated Income-tax case. A jury will now determine the amount of income upon which he will be required to pay ; but the case will ultimately go the Supreme Court, and some of us may never live to hear i the last of it. The case is thus : The United j States sued Mr. Tilden for a balance claimed ! to be due under the Income Tax law. Mr. I Tilden set up in his answer that he had been : assessed under the income tax and had paid : the assessment. The United States replied , that, even admitting this, they had still the 1 right to sue for a further sum that they claimed should have been paid. Mr. Tilden's j counsel demurred to this right, and the point ' of law was argued before Judge Blatchford, 1 who decides that the plain iffs have the right I to sue for the sums claimed. OwiDg to the | large number of similar cases and the great amount of money involved, this question of I law will probably be carried before the Supreme Court of the United States. Afterward the questions of fact will be tried. YORKVILLE, S, C.: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 11,1878. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, aud 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 tue 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 nostace. it beinc nreoaid at the post-office here, without additionafcharge 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 keptin advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The rains last week appear to have beeD general throughout the State. ? A native African is in Charleston, a guest of Major Delany. ? The State Democratic Executive Committee met in Columbia on yesterday. ? The Charleston Journal of Commerce says the Liberian bark Azor will carry the mail regularly between Charleston and Monrovia. ? State Treasurer Leaphart has commenced paying interest on so much of the bonded debt of the State as has been declared valid. ? The new artesian well in Charleston has been bored to a depth of 1875 feet. High hopes are entertained of soon obtaining an abundant supply of good water. ? The State Press Association, the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance, and the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, will meet in Charleston, on Wednesday, 24th instant. ? It being understood that Col. Simpson will not be a candidate for reelection to the office of Lieutenant-Governor, Gen. Samuel McGowau, of Abbeville, has been suggested j ao a suitable cuuilul&Lc at the uext election. | ? Samuel Dibble, Esq., of Orangeburg, j has accepted an invitation to deliver the ' annual oration before the Preston and Calhoun Literary Societies of Woflford College, at the ensuing commencement. ? Miss Sallie Pauline Wood, charged with the killing of Samuel Henry, jr., in Richland county, on the 5th of November last, for having made improper proposals to her, was tried in Columbia on Tuesday of last week. The jury rendered a verdict of acquittal. ? The Governor has again extended the respite of Robert McEvoy, under sentence of death at Aiken, for the murder of Capt. Gregg, from the 12th to the 19th instant. This action was taken in consequence of a communication received by the Governor from Judge Thomson who is now holding court at Aiken. ? The United States Circuit Court commened its sitting in Charleston, on Monday of last week?Judge Bryan presiding. The Clerk of the Court, one day last week, received a letter from Judge Bond, in which he stated that he would not arrive in Charleston until about the latter part of the month. ? Speights' Daily wants the State Democratic Convention to meet in the up-country, instead of at Columbia, and suggests Greenville or Spartanburg as the proper place. The New and Courier objects to any change unless Charleston is selected. The Intelligencer thinks that Anderson has claims that should ?. i? i 1 :c ?l no I ue iguureu u a uiuiuge ia tu uc luauc. ? The German Artillery, of Charleston, has determined to make an excursion to Hilton Head, on next Wednesday, for the purposeof celebrating its first parade since the reorganization of the corps. At the time the Federal fleet made its attack at Port Royal harbor in November, 1861, Fort Walker, on Hilton Head, was garrisoned by the German Artillery. ? Governor Hampton has appointed Hon. W. D. Porter, of Charleston, and W. M. Hutson, Esq., of Orangeburg, Masters in Equity, for their respective counties. These appointments are made under an act passed at the recent session of the legislature, creating the office of Master in Equity for the countieBof Charleston, Orangeburg and Richland. ? In Union county last week, while Trial Justice Gibbes was arresting a negro woman in whose house goods stolen by her husband were found, the husband slipped up behind Mr. Gibbes and struck him a very powerful blow across the shoulder, with an inch plank, breaking the upper part of the shoulder blade and so disabling him that both the man and woman escaped. ? Ex-Treasurer Cardozo has been released from the jail of Richland county on a bond of ! $8,000 for his appearance at the July term of the Court of General Sessions. His bail bond was signed by the wife of Charles Wilder, the present colored postmaster of Columbia ; Poli ly Pickens, Green, the Sergeaut-at-arms i of the South Carolina Senate, and Wm. M. ; Taylor. The Register says : "All the bondsmen are colored people, and, pecuniarily speaking, are fully responsible for the sums nrtiinli tliov V?arft hniind themsfdyea." j IU1 " ; ? The dwelling house of Mr. Emanuel Livingston, the night watchman at the railroad depot in Newberry, was destroyed by au incendiary fire on Friday morning last, at about i 2 o'clock. A correspondent of a Columbia paper says: "It is generally believed that the , house was burned in order to decoy him from his watch, and though the house was not over a quarter mile distant and in full view to him, and the flame threatened the very life of his household, yet, like the sentinel at the gate of Pompeii, he stood at his post of duty, iramov! able and without flinching, evidencing a firm ' ness with which few of us are endowed. The house was partly insured." I ?In the United States Circuit Court at 1 Charleston, last week, a motion was made to i discharge from their recognizances, the perj sons arrested for alleged conspiracy in the i Ellenton riots in October, 1876. Theconnsel | took the ground that, under the common law, : the aforesaid defendants having been ready I for trial for three successive terms of the I court, and uot having been brought to trial, nor even indicted, were entitled to their discharge. United States District Attorney Northrop resisted the granting of the order, taking the ground that he had not had time tn nrsnurp the nnapa .TtlHcft Rrvan. after hearing, refused to grant the order, stating that time was a great mollifier, and that if the Government was pleased to remain passive, the citizen could well afford to accept the situation. ? The Columbia Register, of Tuesday, says : The last legislature appropriated 820,000 for the support of the South Carolina Penitentiary. The money is lying in the vaults of the treasury, subject to the order of the proper parties who have a right to draw for the amount, but claims to nearly that amount are standing against the institution for provisions already furnished, and the merchants who hold the claims refuse to furnish further supplies until their accounts are paid. The result is that the convicts and guards were fed yesterday upon bread and water only. There were rumors on the street yesterday that the guards, who are performing arduous duties, decline to be treated in this shabby sort of fashion, and had talked seriously of leaving. This is a sad state of affairs, and the end has not yet been reached." PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Iu the Senate on the 1st, Messrs. Beck and Coke made elaborate speeches on the Pacific d..:i 1 u:n t? u JLvamuau muuiug uui. iu mo iawuov, n large number of bills were introduced, among them, one by Mr. Stephens for the financial relief of the country and to facilitate resumption without injuriously affecting the commercial business of the people. It directs that when coin and bullion in the Treasury exceeds one hundred millions, to redeem legal tender, when presented in sums of $1,000 and upward, with coin of full standard value. The joint resolution r>f the California legislature was presented requesting recognition of the Diaz Government Hartzeill, of Illinois, introduced a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment forbidding payment growing out of the destruction of prop erty in States engaged in rebellion. Referred. In the Senate on the 2nd, Mr. Burnside called up as the special order, the bill to repeal all restrictions now existing in regard to the enlistments of colored citizeus in any arm of the United States army. He explained that there were but two sections in the Revised Statutes that placed restrictions upon the enlistment of the colored men, and the military committee had therefore propos_j - r-_ &i? u:u it 1 eu a suusiiiuie lur me uui. uo auvumicu iuc passage of the bill as removing from the army, restrictions that had been removed from every other branch of the service. After debate, the Senate resumed the consideration of the Pacific Railroad funding bill, which came up as unfinished business, and several speeches were made. In the House, Mr. Caldwell, of Tennessee, introduced a bill to provide for tho auditing and adjustment of claims against the Post-office Department. Referred. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, introduced a bill to provide for the free importation of works of art in certain cases. Referred. Mr. Foster, of Ohio, from the committee on appropriations, reported a bill appropriating $36,000 to examine and secure the foundations of the Washington monument, and after discussion, it was passed. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the report of the committee on civil service reform in relation to doorkeeper Polk. The report recommends that the office be declared vacant, and that the duties be performed temporarily by the Sergeant-atArms. The report was discussed, and pending itn ponsidpratinn. t.he House, at 4.45. ad journed. In the Senate on the 3rd, the entire session was devoted to discussing the Pacific Railroad funding bill. In the House, a discussion of the charges against Door-keeper Polk occupied the day. Iu the Senate on the 4th, Mr. Morrill offered a resolution providing for the selection of a committee of seven to consider the propriety of taking the tenth census. He said arrangements had to be made during the present Congress for taking the tenth census, and as the next session would be a short one, preliminary steps should now be taken. Agreed to. The Pacific Railroad funding bill consumed the day. In the House, the entire day was devoted to a discussion of the charges against Door-keeper Polk, which resulted iu declaring the office of Door-keeper vacant, and temporarily devolving the duties of that officer on the Sergeant at-Arms. In the Senate on the 5th, the naval appropriation bill was passed and goes to the House for concurrence. Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, introduced a bill for the endowment of theLowery Industrial Academy, for the education of the colored people, at Huntsville, Ala. The bill provides for the permanent investment of $100,000 from the sale of public lands. The Pacific Railroad funding bill was then discussed to the hour of adjournment. In the House, Ben Butler offered a resolution as a question of privilege, that the House proceed to the election of a doorkeeper, and that Gen. James Shields, of Missouri, i Uo /lanloi-ofl oloMoH frpn Shields in a life. I long Democrat, a soldier of the Mexican and the late civil war, and is a prominent Demo| ocratic aspiraut for the office. The Demoi crats, however, did not take kindly to the j idea of having the question forced upon them | from the Republican side, and staved off the j resolution until Monday. The House then | adjourned until Monday. In the Senate on the 8th, the Chair pre' sented the credentials of George H. Pendlej ton as Senator from Ohio, from March 4, ; 1879, and they were laid on the table. The . Secretary of War asked for an appropriation of 820,000 to defray expenses of printing the j records of the Confederate States. The dis' cussion of the Pacific Railroad funding bill : was then resumed and continued to adjournment without a vote. In the House, immediately after reading the journal, Butler's resolution, nominating for door-keeper General Jnl/U traa na 11 art nn A 1 r\nrr anrl ov/Mtinnr UlliVlUO) IV 1*0 VIHIVU A*. iWlljj "UVI VAVIVtUg | debate followed, at the conclusion of which | the following candidates were nominated for doorkeeper: C. W. Field, of Georgia ; Jas. Shields, of Missouri; John H. Trent, of Tennessee. The vote being taken, resulted a3 follows: For Field, 123; for Shields, 101; for Trent, 8. Gen. Field was thereupon declared elected, and was sworn in, taking the modified oath. Mr. Clark moved to suspeud 1 the rules and pass the bill authorizing the i President to appoint James Shields a briga dier general upon the retired list of the army, p< which was agreed to by a vote of 228 to 6. sj ' The postoffice appropriation bill, appropria- n< ting 834,000,000, was reported and referred so to the committee of the whole. The bill re- D< I duces railroad compensation five per cent., jjj and allows postmasters of the fourth class I . ... i , m commission on the stamps which they cancel, m j instead of on those which they sell. A ? | m NORTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? ? The amount of bullion assayed at the jD j Charlotte mint last month was $3,393.37. th | ?Two children were bitten by a mad dog b< in Raleigh last week. d< ? The second annual meeting of the Grand ? Lodge, Knightfi of Honor, convened in Char- ^ lotte last Tuesday. ? Col. Wheeler, the historian, who was re- ai cently stricken with paralysis in Washington, H is well again. i& ? Rev. L. K. Wiley, of Granville county, has been pronounced insane by a jury of his countyraen. 0l ? For the first time in thirty or forty days, ag a good rain fell in Charlotte on Wednesday th and Thursday of last week. m ? Considerable interest has been revived b< in the scheme for the building of a railroad ^ from Danville, Va., to Statesville. ? Twelve boxes of tobacco were seized at the depot in Greensboro last week. They i'l were packed in flour barrels, and had beeD shipped from Kernersville as flour. N i ? Lueco Mitchell, a vountr man of much ?t. promise only a few years ago, died in the lu- bi natic asylum at Raleigh last week, haviDg j8 lost his mind by over indulgence in strong p] drink. , pi ? In the municipal election at Dallas, last s< week, the "wet or dry" question was the is- e8 sue, and the advocates of each side of the n question worked vigorously. Dallas has been ty a dry towu for two years, but she couldn't aj staud it any longer, and threw of the yoke of re dryness by a majority of nine. ? Matt. Evens, a notorious desperado, who hi was tried aud convicted in Greenville, S. C., to for burning a machine shop, and sentenced to X imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, but bf who managed to effect his escape, has been n( captured in the mountaius of North Caroli- bl na. pj ? At the spring term of Anson court, fl Thomas Womble will be tried for the murder of his sister-in-law, Miss Rushing. The g indictment contains two counts?one of mur- jD der by administering the poison ; the other 0f as accessory by obtaining the poison for Miss ?, Rushing to take. ? Ex-Judge Tourgee wrote a newspaper ar- di tide abusing ex-Judge Fowle. Fowle met th Tourgee at the railroad depot in Raleigh, and 1,1 asked him if he wrote the article referred to. 'e - , . ^ st JL'ourgee made no repij", wnereupon rowie ej struck him over the head with a cane, draw- w iDg blood. The crowd rushed in and prevent- w; ed further fighting. in ? At the recent terra of the Superior Court ra for Yadkin county, it was some time before ai a competent grand jury could be obtained, uwing to the holding of the Supreme Court, at requiring of each grand juror that he shall w have paid his tax for the previous year, and n< thai he has no suit pending in court of any ti< issue. e3 ? Mrs. Hayes made application, a few days since, to Governor Vance, through Major 0r John Hughes, of Newborn, for the sword of j8 her late husband, General Hayes, of the b< Union army. The Governor wrote her in ti reply that he would be happy to send the g' sword to any address she might designate, and ^ expressed his satisfaction in being able to ^ place in her hands this relic of a gallant sol- ja dier and officer. The sword was captured by Governor Vance's old regiment, the 26th, in pt one of the great battles in Virginia. to ? The report of J. J. Moi;t, Collector of the m Sixth District of North Carolina, to the Com- jj* mi8sioner of Internal Revenue, shows thatduring the month of February, 1878, his force ar of special deputies went through the counties of of Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Yad- is kin and Davie, and parts of Alexander and tl( Iredell, and destroyed 639 stands of mash, tr R3 Qnn r?o 11 ah a r>f hppr. 9,1 nnnnpr stills. 670 fe"?- ? ? ?ri? m gallons of singlings, 90 empty beer stands, 35 bushels of meal, 95 gallons of whiskey and 62 illicit stills, and carried off 430 gallons of j whisky, which will be offered for sale. ^ ME RE-MENTION. ri< Reports from Michigan in regard to the J. present condition of the wheat crop, represent A that the prospect for a fine yield was never so equalled in any former year. In the of city elections at Cincinnati and Cleveland, iss Ohio, on the 2nd instant, the Republicans sc were triumphant. VVm. B. Astor has invested $150,000 iu Florida since last December. Strawberries are selling in Augusta, T\ Ga., at fifty cents a quart. The son of Napoleon III is now 23, and by courtesy is ec^ called Prince Louis Napoleon. The .Wl Democratic majority in the House of Repre- gc sentatives is nineteen. The committee ^1 of ways and means in the Pennsylvania Leg- th islature, has reported in favor of the Moffett m bell-punch. They propose a tax of one cent for each alcoholic drink, and one-half cent tl( for each drink of malt liquor. The ex- penses of the Louisiana Legislature were $200,000 less for the last session than for any ta session since reconstruction Joseph and Geo. Brassel, who were hanged in Tennessee, I the other day, had murdered twelve persons. Pr They were respectively 23 and 20 years of a? age. Ex-Congressman Vance, of Ohio, has mysteriously disappeared. His friends j think he has absented himself on account of yc i financial troubles. The Paris exposition les is to open on May 1. The Rev. John ar 1 Jasper, of Richmond, owns the church in ! which he preaches, and threatens to close ' it if his conereeatiou discharge him. A | O " ? AV j large number of Indiana, who were captured of ; on the frontiers and have been confined at St. yc ; Augustine, Florida, for several years, have te; been ordered by the Secretary of war to be taken to Fort Sill and released. Ex-President Jefferson Davis and his wife were in the ja ! City of Mexico on the 29th ultimo, and called ja J upon President Diaz. A rain storm in er i Florida, last week, flooded much of the State. A The House committee on revision of the fch j laws regarding the counting of the electoral I vote, have agreed to the proposition for the election of Presideut and Vice-President by a direct vote of the people. Moss & ' t|, ! Martin, cotton-buyers of New Orleans, have w! failed, with liabilities amounting to $100,- j ht : 000. Mrs. Ex-President Tyler hasjoined j 1 the Catholic church. A live Chinaman f3 u was recently sent by express from New York ! i to Augusta, Ga. Gen. Thomas C. De-1 e;( 1 vin, Commandant of Fort Laramie, Wyo-1 ' ming, died last Friday, aged 52 years. Ex-, Empress Eugenie has an income valued Ai ' at $250,000 per annum. Dean, theDem1 ocrat from Massachusetts, recently seated in . Sc the House of Representatives, is an English-' N ' man. H. H. Kimpton, ex-Financial; H Agent of South Carolina, is ruralizing in Can- 1 at ada. Fifty-four railroad companies fail- ha I ed in the United States last year. Mary- J ru ! land papers say that the growing wheat is re- up jrted from all sections of the State to be in >)endid condition. In several places it is \ >w nineteeu inches high. In 1856, Jack* 1 mfille, Florida, had a population 1,500; it is ' jw a city of 14,000 population. The < rst silver dollars were coined on the 14th of ] [arch, and up to the close of the month one c illion dollars had been coined. Arrangeents are completed under whicb, during pril, the Philadelphia mint will turn out $1,- 1 >0,000. The Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- e >ad was sold at "Richmond, Va., on the 2d c stant, for $2,750,000. It was purchased for ( ie bondholders. Gen. C. W. Field has j \nn nnminn V\ n Un T^nm A/i?o fio nC it Alio (/%? ! ;cu uuuiiuaicu ujr tua i/cuiuwiaiav/ muluo iui jor-keeper of the. House of Representatives. ? en. Field is a graduate of West Point, and j' as one of the most gallant officers of the ^ rmy of Northern Virginia under Lee. He \ st commanded a division under A. P. Hill, ? id afterwards succeeded to the command of ( food's veteran division. He is a Kentuckn by birth, but now hails from Georgia. In Accoraac couuty, Virginia, last week, ( 'ajor S. Pitts was shot and killed iu a duel J ith A. P. Thorn. Thorn was also danger- t jsly, if not mortally wounded. It is 1 serted that Sitting Bull, who shortly after j ie Custer massacre took refuge in Canada, is { aking arrangements for a raid across the )rder with a large force. In case of war, ? ngland can put in the held about 400,000 ' ell drilled men. < editoriaiTinklings. ie President Standing Firm. ? The Washington correspondent of the j ew York Herald, writing under recent date, ( ates that the President is still unintimidated ( 7 threats of any kind from any parties. It { reported that he says he is carrying out the edge of the party made in the Cincinnati f atform ; he is sorry so many Republican j inolnro (In tint OMati trv nnrp* (tilt lhpu> nlptiot. / , but he does not believe that these Senators i ill be able to break up the Republican par- ' on the petty question of spoils and patron- ! ;e on which they are getting up a fight. He -J mains tranquil and readily admits that the mate has the constitutional right to reject s nominations, but Senators have no right > attempt to dictate nominations tc him. his is understood to be his position, and he slieves the people are with him, and will i )t sympathize with Senators who make trou- ' e in the country, and try to break down the ' irty on a mere question of a few offices, lie Blair Resolutions. ( The Washington correspondent of the i altimore Sun, speaking of the effect in Wash- 1 gton of Blair's resolution to contest the title < ' President Hayes, adopted last week by the j egislature of Maryland, says : The Republicans generally expressed no , scontent, but showed a lively anxiety as to : ie next step to be taken to make the resolu3n of any practical effect. Several of the j ading Democratic Senators and members ated that they had not entertained the least | tpectation that the Maryland Legislature ( ould pass the resolutions. Judge Blair , as on the floor of the House this afternoon consultation with a number of prominent embers, to whom he has explained his views . id what is next proposed to be done. He states that he fouod these members in itire accord with him, and ready to co-opere with him to the fullest extent. There as a rumor here duriug the day that Gover>r Carroll would decline to sign the resolu- j nna nf the TiPGMHlftt.iire. hut. the nnininn was i [pressed on all sides, even by those opposed Mr. Blair's movement, that this, under the rcumstances, would scarcely be a proper excise, of the veto power. The understanding that the resolutions will be presented in )th the Senate and the House of Representaves by the Maryland delegation, so that Con-' ess may have formal notice of the action of le State of Maryland. Before the Attorneyeneral of Maryland cau file any bill, it will 5 necessary that Congress pass a bill regulating the method of procedure. A bill has already been drawn for this pur>se, the authorship of which is ascribed David Dudley Field. It provides the achinery by which the Supreme Court is to ;ar the cause and expedite the decision. A >ard of jurors is to be appointed to decide the cts; as many as twenty-four members, who e to be selected from the highest members the judiciary of the diflfererent States. It possible that there may be some modificains of the features of the bill before it is inoduced in the House, which it is the intenntion shall be at the earliest practicable mo ent. j le Public Schools. ( The Governor has appointed the fol- i wing gentlemen as members of the State ( >ard of examiners : Rev. J. E. Dunlap, Ma- ' so ; Hon. Charles Petty,Spartanburg; Hon. t S. Murray, Anderson ; and Prof. Henry P. j rcher, Charleston. Superintendent Thomp- t u is chairman of the board by virtue of his t Bee. The Superintendent of Education has t med the following circular letter to the ' hool commissioners of the several counties : Office of State Sup't. of Education, ) Columbia, S. C., March 27, 1878. j ( 3 the School Commissioner of County: j Sir : The act to amend the scheol law, pass- ' 1 at the recent session of the Legislature, \ ill be printed as Bpeedily as possible and r pies will be furnished the several county s hool commissioners. It will not be possi- ? e in a circular to indicate the changes in $ e law. No alterations have, however, been t ade which will interfere with the manage- 1 ent of the free public schools now in opera- ? )n. The law provides that the school* coraissioners shall be paid out of the school fund t the respective counties. The salaries for c is year cannot, therefore, be paid until the ? xes are collected. t In answer to many inquires on this subject, t would state that no act has beeu passed to c ohibit county school commissioners from c (proving teachers' pay certificates at the ex- j ration of each month, as now provided by j w. i I would advise you to urge the teachers in 8 ur county not to sell their certificates for c ss than their face value. As soon as taxes 8 e collected, the teachers will be paid in full r all work done during this fiscal year, if t . . o i 1 J .u? e Doaraa or trustees uave uuseivcu iuc uiu>n given in my circular of December 24th, 177, and have not made contracts in excess the School Fund. I would request that >u make every possible effort to secure the achers against loss by advising them to )ld their certificates until they can be paid the County Treasury. Acts have been passed authorizing the vying of a special tax to pay past due claims several counties of the State, but no gen- j al law on this subject has been enacted, ct No. 465, to provide for the payment of e past due school claims, approved March 1874, has been repealed, and a joint resotion has been passed, directing that all unbended balances of the school fund shall1 i applied to meet the school expenses ofjg is fiscal year, except in those counties in i hich the payment of past due school claims is been provided for by special acts. I j I would advise that no further payments,'t :cept for school claims of the current year, j i made until you can obtaiu a copy of the g ta nmooH hv rhp TiPpialature at its last ses- | . t"*" J O , , jn. Very respectfully, Hugh S. Thompson, t State Superintendent Education, S. C. rest of Ex-Governor Moses. ^ Ex Governor Franklin J. Moses, of li luth Carolina, was arrested on Broadway, d ew York, on a requisition from Governor c amptou, last Sunday night, and locked up police headquarters. He is charged with f iving forged the name of Josephus Wood- ^ ff to a note for 8316 and passing the note c ion James Allan, a Charleston jeweler. o After his arrest Moses engaged counsel, vho presented to Judge Donohue a petition 'or habeas corpus, returnable on last Tuesday, rhe petition states that the prisoner is arrestid on a requisition purporting to he from his i Excellency Wade Hampton, Governor of ' South Carolina, on the Governor of New | fork, for the body of said Moses, charged vith forgery ; that no warrant from the Gov-1 srnor of New York accompanies the said re- ' juisition, and that the alleged forgery is that if a name upon an usurious and void prom- I ssory note. The writ was granted. At the , larae time Moses' counsel telegraphed to! Governor Robinson, of New York, asking if, ir J -ii j f . p | riuses auugeu iurgery ui a uaiuc upu au i8uriou8 and void promissory note was crime, ind if any pecuniary obligation was so created. The history of the crime in brief, is to the jffect that in January, 1877, Moses went into ;he jewelry store of Mr. Allan in Charleston, md after selecting articles to the amount of (316, and beiug refused credit for the same, >roposed to give his note, endorsed by Wood uff. To this the jeweler assented, and nezt lay Moses produced a note purporting to be indorsed by Woodruff, and the articles were lelivered to the ex-Governor. A few days ubsequeut to the above, Mr. Allan learned rom Woodruff that he had not endorsed such i note for Moses, pronouncing it a forgery, tfoses, on being confronted by Mr. Allan, ;onfe8sed and made partial restitution by reurning aboutSlOO worth ofthejewelry. The >alance of the note has not yet been paid. Proceedings were instituted last December, md about a month ago a requisition was obainor) frnm ftrwprnnr FTamntnn find a ?nft. :ial agent was sent to execute the warrant, vhich resulted, as above stated, in his arrest ast Sunday night. Moses will arrive in Charleston in a few days aud will be lodged in ail to await trial at the Juue terra of the Court. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, April 8,1878. The political campaign has not yet opened n this county. A call has been made for a fneeting of the Democratic Club of Carmel Hill. With this exception, the politicians are juiet, and seem to be waiting the developments of events. Yet it is quite likely that Lbe Democratic clans of the county will soon i89emble, sound the war-whoop, and enter with determination and zeal upon the political struggle, destined to be fraught with momentous consequences. And it is also quite likely that there will be no lack of aspirants for the various offices to be 6lied. Whether the disappointed candidates for the Democratic nominations wiil accept the situation with good grace, or enter the field as independent candidates, remains to be seen. From the mnttorincrfl nf th? nnlir.iojil nlnrm lhat is brewing, I aoi inclined to believe that the independent programme will be played, though there in little or no chance of its success. While the regular Democratic nominees may not be acceptable to the friends of the disappointed aspirants, as the campaign progressis, public sentiment will place the seal of its sondemnation upon all opposition to the regliar nominations, aud compel their acceptince by the Democratic voters. The Demo;ratic Executive Committee of our county lave not yet fixed upon any time for the lolding of our county convention, though it will probably be held in May. Everything nortends a very interesting and exciting neeting. Our political opponents are so quiet that io idea can be formed of their intentions ind plans. It is quite apparent that they lave not received their orders from Colombia >r Washington. When these arrive, they will begin their campaign operations. At iresent they seem to be without leaders. This, lowever, is a difficulty that can be speedily amoved when the occasion demands. The lesireof office will bring into action a host >f leaders. The long dry spell was effectually ended >n Wednesday. The rain came in good time. Wheat and oats, while they were not injured, vere sadly needing it. The ground, too, was )ecoraing so hard that farmers could scarcely dough. The agricultural outlook is bright, farmers have about fiuished planting corn, ind will soon be engaged in planting cotton, [ndications favor the planting of a large coton crop. The present low price of cotton, ind the prospect of war in Europe, which, if t ensues, would occasion a still further dedine in the price, will not have the effect of repressing upon farmers the folly of their ;ourse. "Ephraira is joined to his idols; let lira alone." An evidence of extensive cot,on planting is the great quantity of guano hat in heintr used this vear. It is the ODin on of one of our prominent merchants that nore guano is being sold this year than ever )efore. He thinks it will take one-seventh of he 7alue of the cotton to settle the guano )ill of the county. Miss Kittie Stringfellow, of our town, after i long and painful illness, departed this life >n Wednesday last. She was a young lady >f many attractive qualities of mind and leart. The funeral services were held on Thursday in the Presbyterian Church, of vhieh the deceased was a member. The renarks of Mr. Trenholm, upon the sad occaion, were brief, but exceedingly appropriate ind touching. He spoke of her willingness ind readiness to meet death, and her victory, hrough Christ, over the grim monster. The ast rites were paid by relatives and friends it Evergreen Cemetery. At a late meeting of the creditors of the mnkrupt firm of I. L. Gunhouse & Co., the :ompromise proposed by the firm was acceptid. They proposed to pay 20 per cent, of heir indebtedness?10 per cent, cash and the >alauce on a credit of one year. The number if creditors were one hundred and thirty-one, if whom more than one hundred favored the imposed arrangement. The minority, I sup>ose, will be bound by the decision of the najority. The firm expect to open their tores and resume business, as soon as tha orapromise proceedings have received the auction of the Court. At a late meetiDg ot tne uuuaing ana joaa Association of Chester, action was ta:en looking to a winding up of the instituion. When times were better, it suited the nerabera very well to have some place to de>oait their monthly savings. Now that the imes are fearfully dull and hard, causing a lisappearance of their accustomed savings, he members find it a matter of extreme dificulty to meet their monthly dues. It is a mrden of which they are extremely anxious o be relieved. The Association, instead of tenefitiug the poor man as was intended, is loing him great injury. It is quite probable hat some plan will be devised, by the Comnittee recently appointed, for winding up the j Association satisfactorily to all the members. ! At the annual meeting, on the 1st Monday | n May, the report of the committee will be ' ubmitted. James Stroud, charged with resisting a onstable, appeared before Trial Justice Mc- j Donald, and gave bond for his appearauce at | he next term of the Court of General Ses- j ions. He is charged with resisting the con- j table who was in the act of executing a warant for the arrest of a colored man in his ! raploy, and also with preventing the execu- j ion of a warrant for his own arrest. Five thousand dollars of Chester county j londs were retired on Friday; thirty-five mndred dollars at 72, and fifteen hundred ! lollars at 80. They are a good investment, j lotwithstanding the cloud of distrust thrown j ipon them by the late legal proceedings, i Phe process of redeeming the bonds will coninue until the last bond has been paid. The leople of Chester county will not permit their redit and honor to be tarnished by the stain f repudiation. The Hook and Ladder Fire Company paraded on Saturday afternoon. They looked well and marched well. The Democracy of Rich Hill and Lowrysville will meet this week for the purpose of organizing their clubs. They will then enter upon the work of the campaign. Whether they will be "red hot and still heating" remains to be seen. Rev. Dr. Duncan, of Spartanburg, spent Sunday in our town. He preached in the morning at the Methodist church in behalf of the Bible Association. The usual collection was taken up with, doubtless, a happy result. Members of other congregations united in the service. Dr. Duncan preached at night at the Baptist church. He is a preacher of great ability and earnestness. The Stonewall Fire Eneine Company made their appearance on Main street, on Friday, in uniform, and in charge of their beautiful engine. They made a fine display. Some time was spent by the Company in testing the capacity of their engine. Qui. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM WHITAKER?S. *""" WmTAKTO'sl^r^TAprirB, 1878. The leisure hours recently enjoyed by the farmers on account of dry weather, were brought to & close on Thursday last, by the falling of gentle rain, which enabled the planters to plow their lands and continue their farming operations, which they are pushing forward with great energy. The area in corn, in this section, this year, will be as great, if not greater than last year, notwithstanding the low price at which grain is selling. The wheat and oat crops promise, so far, to be as good as they were last year. Should there be a good grain crop grown this year, and a continued visiting of this section by revenue officials, the farmers will certainly find greater difficulty in selling their grain than they now do, which will be a great relief to the buyer. On Saturday last, according to previous appointment, Capt W. T. R. Bell, Principal of Kiug's Mountain High School, addressed a large audience at Antioch Church, on the subject of education. It is needless to say that his address was interesting. His ability to interest and instrnct is very well known. And besides, he is remembered by many grateful hearts for the services he rendered in our last political campaign, in the upper part of York county and elsewhere. He seems to be always ready to lend a helping hand to any and all good causes. About 10 or 11 o'clock last Saturday night, tbe house of Joseph Hardio was surrounded by a aquad of niue revenue officials, who demanded of him to surrender. He refused, and as the doors of his house were locked, the officers were unable to enter the house without breaking a lock. They then determined to remain around the bouse until morning, which tbey did, when one of the officers, claiming to have the power to issue a search warrant, which they said would justify the breaking of a lock, forced their way into the hoose and captured Hardin. They also found some whisky, of which the revenue men partook freely, which will account, in a great measure, for the insults and abuse I am informed they heaped on Hardin. They also found a distillery near the bouse. This was destroyed, together with all the fixtures, and upward of one thousand gallons of beer. D. THE AMNE8TY^RESOLUTIONS. Their Reason, Operation and Expected Effect. Hon. Charles H. Simooton has written the following explanation of the amnesty resolutions passed liy the Legislature, of which he is the author : There seems to be some confusion of ideas respecting the amnesty resolutions adopted by the General Assembly during the session which has just ended. The objections urged against these resolutions are, first, that they iuterfere with the right of the Attorney General to prosecute, and with the power of the Governor to pardon ; second, that they are impolitic and wrong The law officer of the State, charged with the duty of prosecuting offenders, can look only into the sufficiency of the testimony. If that be strong euough in his opinion to rea- i son ably secure a conviction, his duty is to M prosecute. With the propriety or policy of such prosecution, he has nothing to do. Especially is this the case with the prosecutions S in question. In these all the facts were ex-' H amined and all the witnesses obtained by the V investigating committee. The briefs in the ^ cases were made up under their direction. Now, if it be remembered that the investigation was inaugurated by the Legislature, that it was conducted by one of its committees, and that this committee made their report to the Legislature, surely it will be admitted that the Legislature has the right to express its opinion as to the course of action to be followed upon the results of its own work. If, then, the Legislature, upon receiving the report and examining the testimony, should come to the conclusion that as to one class of offenders the prosecutions should be pressed, and that as to another class amDesty should be extended, who can complain ? Certainly not the Attorney General, for he had no concern with the motives or policy of the prosecutions. He neither instituted nor advised them. He simply acted under the direction of the Legislature. Surely not the Governor. His views were well known and frequently expressed. The resolutions met with his approval. With regard to the policy of the resolutions, they received almost the unanimous concurrence of both houses, in one of them after an earnest debate. They pledge the State to the prosecution of the ringleaders. ?They except only the tools and instruments in the frauds. They open the door to a general amnesty for political offences in this State, which may release from prosecution 800 of our own citizens. They save the State from the expense at tending a number of prosecutions, the only result ?>f which will be tha punishment of persons whose power to barm has ceased. They calm the excitement which followed the last election, and aid the Governor in carrying oat his plans for eneouraging oar whole people to devote their time and labor to their material development. Charles H. Simonton. Law-abiding Sentiments.?None but those who are willfully blinded by their prejudices can fail to see how much better, more orderly and peaceable is the condition of those Southern States from which President Hayes removed the army, thau it was before that time. Outrages and ku-klux have become mere dreams of the past, and every one of those StateB is as quiet and law-abiding as any other State of the Union. It is true that we hear of violations of law in the South, particularly among ignorant and miserable gangs who live by making whisky without license, who acknowledge no obligation either to the State or Federal government, and who are outlaws and desperadoes by trade. But such people are unfortunately as plentiful in one section as another, and are not to be classed as representatives of any condition of Anciet.v mtfflide r?f thpir nwn wretched hidinor places. South Carolina presents, at this moment, the most remarkable contrast to her disturbed and unhappy condition during the Presidency of General Grant. The remarkable spectacle has been witnessed of the introduction iu the South Carolina Legislature by a leading Republican member, and the passage by both houses without dissent, of a resolution thanking Gov. Hampton for his impartial course as Governor and for the faithful manner in which he has redeemed bis pledges. As has been justly remarked, it was a great undertaking for a man in Wade Hampton's place a year ago to attempt retaining his hold on his own party and satisfying the opposition, but he seems to have accomplished it,? Baltimore Sun.