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?ftaps and .facts. ? Pullman cars now run from New Orleans to New York, without change, by the Kennesaw route. ? Beecher says he believes in the theory of Spiritualism, but opposes its practice. He is accused of holding the same views about several other things. ? The laziest man in America is a Connecticut negro. When he goes fishing he ties the line to the dog's hind leg, and when a fish bites he kicks the dog. ? It is calculated that, if all the insects in the world were piled in one mass, the heap would be greater than that of all the combined beasts and birds. ? The soprano and bass in a Houston (Texas) church choir have been arrested and put under bonds for disturbing the peace by their inharmonious singing. ? Hon. Jere S. Black has 9ued ex-Secretary Belknap, in the Circuit Court at Washington, for professional services in the impeachment case. His claim is for five thousand dollars. ? There were only eleven business failures in New York on Monday, including an umbrella house, a banking firm and an assortment of wholesale dealers in crockery, groceries and provisions. ? Professor John Wise, the aeronaut, is in St. Louis, where he will make several balloon trips. In one the balloon is to be exploded, in another the Professor will go up on horseback, and in the third there will be a horse and carriage, with seats for a family. ? This conundrum is now in circulation: "What is the difference between a potato and a lemon ?" When the questioned party says he don't know, the other says: "Then I don't want you to buy any lemons for me," and then comes the "ha! ha! ha!" ? At one of the schools in Cornwall, England, the inspector asked the children if they could quote any text of Scripture which forbade a man having two wives. One of the children sagely quoted, in reply, the text, "No man can serve two masters. ? Circulars are out soliciting subscriptions to the stock of a new and rival telegraph company, already organized in New York, with a capital fixed at $10,000,000, and called the Continental Telegraph Company. Alfred Nelson, formerly secretary of the Atlantic and Pacific, is announced as president, and James L. Shaw as vice-president. ? The Congressional committee of ways and means, Six members only being present, agreed last Saturday, to report the amendatory inter- i nal revenue bill, levying a tax of 16 cents per pound on tobacco, $5 per thousand on cigars, $1.25 per thousand on cigarettes not weighing more than 31 pounds, and the income tax is 2 per centum on all sums over $2,000. While some of the members of the committee agreed that the bill should be reported, they reserved the right to support it or not as they deem proper. ? A special dispatch to the New York Herald from Rome, says: "I hear that a movement is on foot which promises to be the most important event in the religious history of the century. This is nothing less than the secession, in large bodies, of members of the English Protestant Church to the Roman Catholic Church. The number of seceders is placed at as high figures as 3,000,000 of people. Included in this exodus from the Church of England are bishops, rectors, curates and deacons. Authorized delegates, it is asserted, are now in Rome negotiating the conditions upon which the secession will take place." ? Miss Catherine E. Beecher, the eldest of the Henry Ward Beecher family, writes to the newspapers a highly emotional letter, in which she says : "Those who credit the recently renewed accusations of my brother Ileury Ward, are eitbor wicked men who would do the same things themselves, or those who have not been taught in church or family that circulating unproved accusations of persons of established good character is slander." Miss Beecher adds that her brothers were all good boys, and that she thinks it time for all honorable women to banish from their society the persons who circulate these bad stories. ? The New York Exprete of the 18th says one of the most important and unlooked-for financial downfalls that has yet occurred, from the exigencies of the times, is announced. The Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, better known as the Atlantic Coast Line, went into the hands of a receiver on the 11th instant. This road stands to the South in the same relation as the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, to the Northern and Western States. It has for years been deemed holy invincible,and regarded as the soundest railroad line south of Mason's and Dickson's line. On Monday, however, R. R. Bridges was appointed receiver, and its affairs will thus be wound up. ? At the recent election in Rhode Island, many colored voters kept away from the polls. The reason for this action has been explained by George T. Downing, leader of the colored wing of the Republican party in j Rhode Island. One reason he gives is because the General Assembly had voted not to allow the intermarriage of the whites and blacks. The other and more important reason is because the election of the Republican candidate for Governor was to be taken as an indorsment of President Hayes' policy, which policy, in their opinion, was an utter disregard of the rights of the colored people, whose interests were considered only on election j day, and who were not offered any of the ! "loaves and fishes" by the party which they had served so faithfully ever since its organ- j ization. ? In various sections of the country, the banks have commenced paying out gold at! par, in small quantities, to their customers. A recent New York letter says: "Rumors are current about the banks resuming specie payments, but this will not be witnessed to any extent so long as there is any premium on gold. Should the latter touch par, the question of resumption, before the Government assumes that step, will betaken into consideration by the banks, and probably adopted. It would be only natural and a clear matter of business profit that they should do this, for why keep $35,000,000 of coin idle in their vaults when it could be put to active and profitable use? It is this thought that is' stimulating the stock market (as mentioned aft i?n?nM Ua rv* A wlr uu oaiuruay,' huu uuusiug pnucs lu uc uiaiiv- | ed up daily to a higher figure. The bulls argue that maDy millions are soon to be added to the available loaning funds of the country,! and, until this is wanted for business, the ef-i feet must be favorable to stocks. Hence the further advance to day, placing several of the railways up to figures they have not reached for months, and some of them not for years." : ? A remarkable religious revival is under way iu Richmond, Va., among the negroes. The preachers have not dodged the question of hell, but have vied with one another in picturing the torments of the damned. The Rev. John Jasper's assault upon the theory , that the world moves, was only one of the in- i cidents of this awakening. A correspondent says of one of brother Jasper's sermons:? "Nothing could exceed the vividness with which he pictured the torments of eternal j punishment, and he scathingly denounced j Beecher and those other preachers who at- i tempt to show that there is no hell. Some of his congregation grovelled upon the floor in j very agony when be told that 'same as a head t of cabbage in a bilin' pot will the sinner be . for everlastin' in hell. The pot will keep on bilin' and de cabbage will burn, but never burn up. You all will belikedat cabbage if: you don't repent.' " All the employees in a tobacco factory gave up work one day and j went through the streets shouting, Binging, and urging everybody whom they met to seek 1 salvation. Many of the converts say that they have visions of heaven. Here is another incident: "To-night, at supper, in oBe of j the hotels, a waiter suddenly became convert-1 I ed as be was entering the dining-room with a dish of stewed oysters, and throwing the dish i and contents on the floor, he raised his hands ; and began to tell how he was converted on i the spot, and to proclaim the visions of glory I that had been revealed to him and were pass! ing before him." jSiie fJorMlc tfiupuw*. YORKVILEE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25,1878. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Barnwell county has now twenty nine full companies of militia?fifteen cavalry and fourteen infantry companies. ? The residence of Josephus Woodruff, in Charleston, has been purchased by N. A. Hunt for 813,000. ? A correspondent of the Lancaster Ledger nominates John B. Erwin, Esq., of that county, as a candidate for Congress from the fourth district. ? The Beaufort Tribune says a caucus of prominent Republicans was held there last week to take steps towards organizing for the coming campaign. ? Hail storms have occurred recently in Georgetown, Darlington, Williamsburg, Colleton, Orangeburg and Charleston counties; some of them very severe. ? The Laurens Railroad is so far completed that it is hoped that the river, 200 yards from the depot, will bo reached by the middle of next month. ? The New and Courier mentions that the Azor, which a few days ago left Charleston for Liberia, with a large number of negro emigrants, was formerly employed in the slave trade. ? Tbe Treasurer of Darlington county has issued over Dine hundred executions for nonpayment of poll tax. In most instances, delinquents are paying up, not liking the idea of being imprisoned in the county jail. ? The Charleston News and Courier mentions that the Western Union Telegraph Company's office in that city has added 25 cents to its tariff on every message sent from Charleston to any other point. No reason i3 given for this annoying exaction. ? McEvoy, convicted of the murder of Major Gregg, and several times respited, was hanged in the jail of Aiken last Friday, the Supreme Court having refused a new hearing of the case, on the plea made by his counsel that he was not present in the court-room, when a recent decision in his case was made by the Supreme Court. ? The Ninety-Six Guardian says that recently, in that vicinity, a negro woman gave birth to a child which from the waist to the crown of the head, its skin is pure white; from the hip to the knees the skin is coal black; and from there down the skin is white. The head is covered with hair as white as snow and unusually long for a child < - * t>L _ _i_:i j 1 i 01 mat Ago. JLUB U11I1U IB Jttigc auu ljunc healthy. ? June Mobley writes an indignant letter in the Charleston News and Courier, protesting against the action of the Liberia Exodus Association in sending out a ship load of emigrants without having first sent commissioners to explore the country and report upon the inducements it offers. This, he says, was a part of the original programme, and he is one who expected to have been sent on the exploring expedition. He thinks he ought to represent the fourth Congressional district in Liberia, and regards the failure to send him there as a great breach of faith. ? The Liberian bark Azor, with a cargo of 206 emigrants for Afric's sunny clime, sailed on its first voyage from Charleston last Saturday. Quite a number of the emigrants are from Georgia. Lancaster, Abbeville, Clarendon, Charleston, Aiken, Edgefield, and Barnwell counties, in this State, are represented in the passenger list, and also Charlotte, N. C. One of the staff* reporters of the Charleston News and Courier accompanies the Exodus for the purpose of writing for that paper a truthful account of the voyage, as also the impressions made upon his mind by the land j of promise. ? From information received in Columbia, it appears that on last Friday a deputy marshal was shot and instantly killed, in the upper part of Greenville county, while in pursuit of illicit distillers. Deputy Collector Jillson, who was with the revenue party, at the time of the occurrence, telegraphed from Greenville to Collector Brayton at Columbia, that when the party of officers were within a few miles of the North Carolina line, Deputy Marshal Rofus Springs was shot and instantly killed by some unknown party, concealed iu the hushes. Springs' body was brought into Greenville Saturday morning at 7 o'clock. ? The Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor, of South Carolina, which was only organized last year, met in Columbia week before last, and was in session for several days. Unofficially, it is stated that the progress of the order in South Carolina has been qoite satisfactory since its institution within the State two years ago. The annual meetiug just closed was harmonious and pleasant, and the representatives from the subordinate lodges were much encouraged by the showing of the past year. It was determined that the next annual meeting shall take place in Newberry on the second Tuesday in April, 1879. The following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year: T. S. Moorman, Newberry, Past Grand Dictator; W. A. Clark, Columbia, Graud Dictator; S. W. Perrin, Abbeville, Grand Vice Dictator; W. J. Dargan, Greenville, Grand Assistant Dictator: J. S. Conner, Winnsboro, Grand Chaplain; E. M. Lipscomp, Ninety-Six, Grand Guide; George W. Holland, Newberry, Grand Reporter; J. T. j Robertson, Abbeville, Grand Treasurer; L. 13. Johnson, Walhalla, Grand Guardian; J. G. Cunningham, Anderson, Grand Sentinel. Grand Trustees?M. A. Carlisle, Newberry ; W. R. Jones, Yorkville, aud Dr. George Howe, Columbia. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Hon. I. G. Lash, a wealthy banker, and in 1867-'68 a member of Congress, died at his home in Salem, last week. ? The annual commencement exercises at Davidson College begin on the 23rd of June, j and close on the 27th. ? W. W. Farrow, a printer from Abbeville, S. C., died in Winston on Friday of last week, of consumption. He was buried with Masonic honors. ? The barn of J. C. Rankin, in Gaston: county, was burned on Sunday night, the 14th inst.ant, together with one horse and two j mules. , ? While two men were running a horse race at Taylorsville, during court at that place, a little boy carelessly got on the track and was run over by one of the horses, receiving injuries which have since caused his death. He was warned of his danger, but I did not heed it. ? About six miles from Cherryville, in . Lincoln county, a few nights ago, a young white man, named James Anthony, was shot and instantly killed, during a quarrel with Pink Pendleton and A, R. Black, white men. Pendleton and Black have been committed to jail to await the action of the grand jury. ? Henry Roberts, colored, was tried at i Cleveland Superior Court, last week, for the murder of Gus. Ware, also colored, the al > i?? ? i legea muruer naviug uceu uuiuiuiiteu nuuut the 18th of February last. The evidence was entirely circumstantial, but sufficient to justify the jury in returning a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to be hanged on the 24th of next month. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 16th, Mr. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, from the committee on foreign relations, reported favorably ou the Senate bill authorizing the issue of passports, free, to colored citizens going to Brazil. Passed. , The Senate bill repealing the bankrupt act was passed in the Senate by a vote of 37 to 6. Sargent, of California, reported from the military committee the House bill placing Gen. Shields on the retired list, with a substitute conferring the same benefit on Grant, Garfield, Ben. Butler and some fifteen others. In the House, Mr. Kimmell, of Maryland, introduced a bill authorizing quo warranto proceedings to be instituted in the United States Supreme Court in order to test the title of the Presideut to his office. The bill was re- 1 ferred. Mr. Swann, of Maryland, then presented, for reference, the resolutions of the Maryland Legislature reopening the Presidential question. Immediately on its being j \f?? r^ovficilri r\f HKin rniQprt ill A ntlPft. I tion of consideration and objected to the reference of the resolution. A long debate 1 ensued, principally in regard to the parliamentary point as io whether the question of 1 rejection could be entertained in the morning ( hour of Monday. Without disposing of the question, which went over till Monday, the House proceeded to the consideration of bus- ( ness of the District of Columbia. In the Senate on the 16th, a resolution was adopted, recently submitted by Mr. Howe, , calling upon the President for information in , regard to the alleged defalcations of Judge Whittaker, of Louisiana. The Senate committee on railroads reported in favor of extending the time for the Northern Pacific | Railroads, with some modifications, as to its sale of lands. The bill to incorporate the i National Pacific Railroad Telegraph Compa- j ny was taken up. Conkliog submitted an , amendment providing that the Road should not have the right of way through any Indian laud. Agreed to. The bill was then read , the third time and passed ; yeas 39 ; nays 9. In the House, the Senate bill granting free < passports to colored citizens, who wish to go to Brazil, was passed. District of Columbia affairs were considered, after which the House weut into committee of the whole on the post office appropriation bill. In the Seuate on the 17th, Vice-President , Wheeler being absent, T. W. Ferry, of Mich- ' igan, was elected Presideut pro tern. The 1 committee on finance reported back, with amendment, the House Bill to repeal all that ' part of the act of January 14, 1875, known as the Specie Resumption Act, which authorizes , Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of U. S. bonds, and to redeem and cancel greenback i currency, and it was ordered printed witn tne amendments and placed on the calender. Mr. Jones, of Florida, from the committee on naval affairs, reported favorably on the Sen- 1 ate bill to authorize the Secretary of the In 1 terior to offer for entry and sale, all lands in the 1 State of Florida not needed for naval pur- 1 poses. Placed on the calendar. The concurrent resolution to adjourn Congress on the ' tenth of June, passed without a dissenting voice. Mr. Burnsides' bill removing the restrictions on the enlistment of negroes, was , indefinitely postponed by a vote of 38 to 17. i Mr. Bruce, of Mississippi, presented a petition I of the citizens of Mississippi praying for the re- 1 funding of the tax paid on cotton during the ] years of 1865, '66 '67 and '68 and that it be ( returned to the States in which it was collected, if not claimed within three years. Refer < red to the committee on finance. Mr. Bruce i said this question was of considerable irapor- < tance, and as to whether the money should ' be returned to the States in which it was collected, or to the individuals from whom it was f collected, he was not now prepared to say ; but | he felt sure it should be returned in some t form. Senate bill to revive and extend the ' provisions of an act approved June 8th, 1872, J granting the right of way through the public ' J- - ^ O. n in. tn tUn PnnDn iinl a n nr] 1UUU3 UI UUItCU OtaiCO lU liic x ciioauuic% auu Louisville Railroad Company, of Alabama, passed. Goes to the House. In the House, the repeal of the income tax was discussed. Several bills on thesubject of Pacific Railroads and Texas and Pacific Railroad were reported and made special orders for the 9th and 15th of May. The resolution for the final adjournment of Congress on the 10th of June was received from the Senate and taken up for action. A motion to refer it to the Committee on ways and means was defeated by a large majority through a combination of antitariff Democrats and the Republicans; but final action was staved off for to-day by I means of dilatory motions. In the Senate on the 18th, the committee | on the judiciary reported, with an amendment, the Senate bill to provide for the distribution of awards made under the convention between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, and concluded on the 4th I of July, 1868. Placed on the calendar. The ' Senate went to the calendar and passed sev- j eral unimportant bills, when Mr. Gordon, of: Georgia, moved to postpone the pending and all prior orders, and take up the House bill j to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases in the United States. Agreed to, and the bill passed without dis-! mission. In the House, a number of mem-; bers pronounced eulogies on the late Mr. i Leonard, whose death recently occurred in : Cuba. Taking up the adjournment resolu-! lion, the House refused, by a vote of yeas . 114, nays 125, to table the motion to recon- j sider the vote by which the House, on the preceding day, refused to refer the resolution.1 The Senate was not in session on the 19th. : Tn thn Holism the adjournment resolution 1 *" v"" ' ' ~ J I was postponed until the 15th of May. The r Republicans, by dilitory motions, prevented j c the consideration of the bill for the relief of t William and Mary College, Virginia. The ^ Senate bill to prevent the spread of infec-1 i tious diseases was taken up and passed. The t committee on Indian affairs has decided to re- * port bills payiug the derelict interest between j 1861 and 1866, due the Chickasaw nation, amounting to 8220,000. ; , In the House on the 20th, the considera- j c tion of the postoffice appropriation bill con-1 j sumed nearly the entire day. Mr. Tucker,, of Virginia, from the committee on ways and means, reported a bill in regard to the tax on tobacco imports and other internal taxation. Referred to the committee of the whole. In the Senate, on the 22nd, Mr. Voorhees submitted an amendment to the substitute for the House bill to repeal the specie resumption act, reported by the committee on finance on Wednesday last, so as to strikeout that portion naming October 1st, 1878, as the time when United States notes shall be receivable for imports, and substitute a clause for the redemption of four per cent, bonds. Mr. Blaine, of Maine, submitted resolutions favorable to a tariff" adequate to afford protection to American labor. Ordered to be printed. The 1 I I 1*11 J T_ at. river ana naroor Dili was passea. in me appropriations is one of $5,000 for Charleston. In the House, Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, introduced a bill for the repeal of the tax on notes of State banking associations. Referred. Butler's bill for the issue of fractional currency and treasury notes of Bmall denominations was rejected?yeas 120, nays 124. A bill for the relief of the Masonic Hall at Atlanta, Ga., was passed. On motion of Mr. Bailey, of Tennessee, it was ordered that the Senate bill for the relief of the book agents of the Methodist Episcopal Chucrh South be taken up as soon as the unobjected cases on the calendar should be disposed of. Adjourned. EDITORIAL^ INKLINGS. Past Due School Claims. The following Act of the Legislature, approved March 18, 1878, providing for the payment of past due school ckims in certain couuties, will be of interest to quite a number of persons in York : Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That upon the passage of this Act the School Board of Examiners of the counties of Fairfield, Aiken, Darlington, Williamsburg, York, Marion, Sumter, Clarendon, Horry, Lancaster and Spartapburg, shall proceed to cause a registration to be made of all outstanding claims against the several school districts of the said counties up to the first day of November, A. D., 1877, and shall furnish a statement of such claims as are correct and just to the County Treasurers of the said counties. Sec. 2. One third of the poll tax hereafter to be collected in the several school districts of the said counties, if so much be necessary, ahall be applied annually to the payment of the past due school claims so registered and reported of the school districts in which the said poll tax shall be collected, until such indebtedness shall be paid in full. Repeal of the Bankrupt Law. The repeal of the bankrupt law may now be regarded as almost a certainty. The Senate has declared for its uncouditional repeal by a vote of 37 to 6, and it is thought the House will concur in the action of the Senate by a two-thirds vote. Persons who contemplate taking ad vantage "of the law will have no time to lose. The following is the Act passed by the Senate, which, as will be seeu, provides for all cases instituted and periding prior to the day when the Act shall take effect: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the bankrupt law, approved March 2, 1867, and all acts in amendment or supplementary thereto, or in explanation thereof, be, and the same are hereby,repealed: Provided, however, That such repeal shall iu no manner invalidate or affect any case in bankruptcy instituted and pending iu any court prior to the clay when this act shall take effect; but as to all such pendiug cases and all future proceedings thereiu, the acts hereby repealed shall continue in full force and effect until the same shall be fully disposed of, in the same manner as if said acts had not been repealed. A Distinguished Young Campaigner. Uuder the above caption, the Charleston News and Courier notices the arrival in that city of our former county-man Lieut. George D. Wallace, now on a visit to his relatives in this State : Lieuteuaut George D. Wallace, of the Seventh United States Cavalry, now stationed at Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory, is in this city on his first furlough since he entered the service, and expects to remain in the State uutil July next, but is subject to recall in case of an Indian outbreak. He is a brother of United States Marshal R. M. Wallace, and was appointed to West Point from York county. Graduating with distinction in 1872, he was immediately assigued to the Seventh Cavalry is second lieutenant. In 1873 he weut to Dakota and was engaged during that year with an exploring expedition in the Territories of Montana and Wyoming in the valley )f the Yellowstone among hostile Sioux Indians. In 1874 he went to the Black Hills with the expedition which opened that tine railing region to settlement, and commanded the advance guard and friendly Indian scouts in :he campaign. In 1876 he went with the Sitting Bull expedition and fought in the battalou under Maj. Reno at the Custer massacre. Escaping from that bloody field unhurt, he was promoted to first lieutenant and adjutant ipou the battle field. He afterwards took jommaud of his company and was succeeded is adjutant by lieutenant Garlington, also a lative of South Carolina. During the season )f 1877 he was engaged in the expedition to Northern Montana after hostile Sioux, and participated in a portion of the Nez Perces campaign, which terminated in the capture )f c hief Joseph and his band. The Arrest of Moses. The recent arrest, in New York, of exGovernor Moses and subsequent proceedings >n writ of habeas corpus, are familiar to our eaders. Although it seems that Governor Hampton made a requisition on the Governor >f New York for Moses, which requisition vas, or would have been duly honored, yet if ve may credit the following from the New fork World, the presence of Moses is not eally desired in South Carolina. There is ividently some mystery attendiug the projeedings. The World of Friday says: On a requisition by Governor Wade Hamper, QnmV, (mIiiiii <nr.r}ovprnor Prank. U U J U1 UUUIII V/MI WI.MMf W?. v?v. in J. Moses, of the same State, was arrested > a charge of forgery about a fortnight since, )ut on an application for a writ of habeas '.orpus a stay was obtained. The application or the writ, however, was withdrawn on Wednesday and the prisoner was surrendered o Detective Connors for removul to South Carolina. It will be remembered that Col. Jharles S. Spencer was retained to oppose the emoval of the prisoner, and quite a fight vas made in the courts. During the time hat these proceedings were, pendiug, ex-Govirnor Moses was a prisoner at the Police Jeutral Office. Connors, the officer who held he warrant during the same time, lived in he St. Dennis Hotel. On Wednesday even-1 ng Central Office detectives saw Moses walk- j ng on Fifth avenue with a womau and with- j >ut any official company. Connors spent j Wednesday night alone in the St. Dennis : Jotel. Moses reported at the hotel yesterday norning and was seeu frequently during the i lay and in company with Connors. After linrier the two left the hotel and had not re-, urned up to a late hour last night. If they ! lad left for Charleston, neither the hotel reg-! ster showed it nor did the clerks know any- j hing of it. It is well known that for weeks lefore the warrant for forgery had reached j his city, Moses had been a frequent borrower, rom former Ring confederate*, of almost any j um from fifty cents to two dollars. It is said hat even the abandoned woman, who was his :ompauion during the early part of his so- j ouru here, left bira. Nevertheless, his re-' moval for trial upon the forgery indictment was fought as tenaciously as though he had been well provided with funds. "I never thought they intended to take him back," said Superintendent Walling last evening. When pressed for his reason, Mr. Walling refused to account for the faith that was in him. The Central office detectives, who have been interested in the case, have no hesitation in affirming their belief that the only j proceeding intended against the ex-Governor was to make him give up certain papers possessed by him ; but whether they would be of service for or against the non-resident plun aerers, is noi Known. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, April 22,1878. At the late annual meeting of the Building and Loan Association of Chester, Mr. W. S. Gregg was reelected President, Col. J. S. Wilson, Vice-Presideut, J. L. Harris, Secretary and Treasurer, and Mr. W. A. Sanders, Attorney. The Directors elected were Messrs. G. J. Patterson, R. Brandt, Joel R. Simril, J. J. McLure, W. T. D. Cousar, W. A. Wilson, W. H. Hardin and D. B. Rotbrock. The President and Vice President are ex-officio members of the Board. The value of the stock is about seventy dollars per share. 172 shares have been redeemed, and 414 shares are still unredeemed. The committee appointed to devise some plan for winding up the Association, made their report. They recommend that the Association loan out no more money to any one, and that all loans by notes discounted be called in as soon as possible after maturity. The President is also authorized to buy as many shares of unredeemed stock, at the lowest offer, at each regular meeting, as funds in the hands of the Treasurer will permit. Any one who has borrowed money from the Association, and desires to cancel the obligation, can do so upon paying back the amount of money horrowed by him. No defiuite action will be taken upon the report of the Committee until the regular meeting of the Association in May. The report will, doubtless, be adopted. The process of winding up will then begin, and in the course of a few months the Building and Loan Association of Chester will be among the things that were. Our town was aroused by the cry of fire on Wednesday night. The sufferer was Mr. W. H. Nix, whose store on Depot street was entirely consumed. The cause of the fire is unkuown. Mr. Nix awoke in the night, and discovered that his store was on fire. With his family, he merely had time to escape from the burning building. The residence of Mr. S. B. Massey was in extreme danger, for a time, but by dint of hard work it was saved. The fire department, both white and colored, worked like veterans, and rendered excellent service. Mr. Nix's loss will probably amount to about 82,000, which is, for the most part, covered by insurance. He appears to be a victim of the fiery element. Two years ago, his store, upon the same spot, was destroyed by fire. A scheme is now on foot here having for its object the encouragement and promotion of immigration to our county. The promoters of this commendable scheme are Messrs. Loomis & Clawsou. It is their desire and intention to bring only such persons as have more or less money in their possession, and who will be able to buy lands. Several thousand acres of land have been offered by different parlies, at reasonable rates, to Dr. Clawson, for the benefit of immigrants. Rev. Mr. Loomis, a Northern man, who has been living in our town for several years, and who, by the way, is a very excellent man and good citizen, thinks that, with the proper effort, our population could be increased by the addition of valuable material from the Eastern and Middle States. He is going North in a short time, and hopes and believes that by a true presentation of the advantages of this country before the people of that section, that an immense number can be induced to leave the icy North for the sunny South. It is to be hoped that his mission will be crowned with abundant success. He can rest assured of this fact, that any person who comes here for the purpose of makiug an honest liv ing, and doing all in his power to promote the prosperity of the country, will be gladly received. A considerable number of citizens from the rising city of Rich Hill, visited our quiet town on Thursday. Capt. Osmond Barber, a director in the Cheraw and Chester Railroad Company, aud an aspirant for legislative honors, was as genial and smiling as a May morn. Dr. James Atkinsou, an array friend and mess mate, appeared to reflect from his beaming countenance the thought that be would, some day, be one of Rich Hill's merchant princes. I trust that this good fortune awaits him, for he is a liberal, whole-souled fellow, and, actuated by a spirit of generosity, might "set up," as the saying is, one who had borne and suffered with him some trying experiences. Mr. Thos. Howze, a gentleman of capital sense, and whose hospitality, with that of his excellent wife, it has been my pleasure to enjoy, was around, communicating his views in regard to the late inharmonious political meeting at Rich Hill. He championed, if he did not draw up, the Hampton resolutions that were voted down. Did space permit, I might mention the names of other Rich Hill friends who were here on Thursday. They may receive a place in the picture at another time. It may be proper to state, for the benefit of trustees aud teachers of public schools, that the School Commissioner, Mr. F. B. Lloyd, has changed his office from a room in the Court House, to the second floor of the building on Main street occupied by Mr. John Gibson. The Lee Light Infantry, at a special meeting on Friday afternoon, decided on pro- i viding themselves with new cartridge boxes. rxf nn/?iii/lln<? tlinm U'QQ GMV?>n frt 1 UC UUUliaWb Ui piUVIUlUg uibiu <> MW w Mr. M. B. Capps. With new side belts, new cartridge boxes, with a handsome uniform, and above all, with fine looking men, the L. L. I. will present an appearance that the State can't beat. At the last meeting, I was elected an honorary member of the company. ! They will accept my thanks for the honor conferred. The case of James Stroud, charged with resisting an officer, and who gave bond for his appearance at the next terra of the Court of General Sessions, has been settled by an f agreement between the parties concerned, i Mr.Stroud denies the charge preferred against him. I The Democratic Club of Chester township 1 met on Saturday. G. J. Patterson, Esq., was i elected temporary chairman. The first business transacted was the election of officers, < which resulted as follows: J.J.Hemphill, i President; R. A. Love and J. S. Wilson, Vice j Presidents; G. D. Heath, Secretary and i Treasurer. Mr. J. S. Withers offered a reso- ( lution that the nominations for county officers and members of the Legislature be made by * primary elections. Upon motion of Col. E. \ T. Atkinson, the resolution was amended so 1 as to read that it was the sense of the Chester j ] Club that nominations should be made by ' t primary elections. Mr. Patterson gave some < excellent reasons in favor of the adoption of | the resolution. He thought that the remov-11 al of all causes of dissatisfaction, and the :1 unity and harmony of Democrats could but t be secured by the primary election plan. . t The members of the Club were not sufficient- j r Iy informed in regard to the merits of this 11 plan to discuss or vote intelligently upon the resolution, so it was decided to lay the mat- ,1 r .. A 1.. T?l ? ter over lor two weens. juie iicai wceiiug ui | the Chester Democratic Club will be held 011 i the 1st Saturday in May. A full meeting is ' desired at that time, as the acceptance or re- : jection of the primary election plan will then i be decided upon, 1 Deputy Collector Galbraith sold, on Satururday, two mules, a wagon and a lot of whig-! ky, seized by him a few weeks ago. The articles sold brought tolerably fair prices. Nettie, the daughter of Mrs. G. W. Melton, fell from the second floor of the Chester Ho tel, to the ground on yesterday. While leaning on the railing, she in some way lost her balance and fell. I am happy to say that she was not seriously injured. J Mr. S. M. Banks, a son of Mr. Henry i j Banks, of this county, departed this life on j1 Saturday, at Richmond. He died iu a hos- | J pital in that city, where he had gone for the ! purpose of receiving medical treatment. ' 1 Some of our Rich Hill friends say that in j jopposing the Hampton resolutions, otfered at j their recent meeting, they were not opposed to , Hampton, but to other features of the resolu tions. In the resolutions were embodied an endorsement of the acts of the Chester mem- 1< bers of the Legislature, and there was also a , t clause approving of primary elections for t making nominations. The majority of the f Rich Hill Club thought that it was too early to vote in favor of resolutions of so compre- 1 UnnalnA o nlin .n nln. anil n/inonnnantlv OnfoH ' ucuoi vc o uumaubui) auu V/uuov^uvuv* j ?v?v? # in favor of laying them on the table, for a 1 time at least. They assert that they are supporters of Hampton. It appears to me that they would have given unmistakable evidence of this fact by a hearty endorsement of our great leader and his administration, and thus giving their disapproval and rejection of what was not pleasing unto them. The ladies of St. Mark's (Episcopal ) Church decorated their Church quite beautifully for ! Easter. Qui. ( Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION. Black's Station, S. C., April 18, 1878. The business of our place is as usual at this season. Provisions, farming implements and fertilizers are the principal articles of trade, which are bought on time under the lien law, which eucourages a credit system that begets speculation and extravagance, which is based upon the delusiou that a cotton crop is sufficient to meet all of our obligations and necessities of life. The acreage of cotton and the purchase of fertilizers in this section has increased over that of any year since the war. It is useless to comment on such a course; but if persisted in, necessity will drive us into a chaunel that caution and reason could not effect. We only change as necessity for reform forces ns. e had as well heed its warnings in time. We roust revolutionize, agriculturally, our present system and subsist within ourselves, or we will siuk to the level of India, commercially. Grain and grass crops are the basis of wealth in all countries, and such is ours. The present small grain crops of this season show that much in itself. The prospect of the fruit crop is the finest we have ever had. The people of this section are very much interested as to what course the courts will take in regard to the county bonds issued in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad. All are satisfied of their illegality, and the course taken to issue these bonds cannot have theshadow of law in its favor. The opposition is not selfishness. As a component part, we feel interested equally in the welfare of the entire county, and believe the road is a good one and passes through a desirable country that will benefit it greatly, as it is an agricultural section ; hut this fact does not constitute an argument the least in favor of taxing a people against their own consent and against all previous precedent. For, in every instance before this, where the people have been taxed to build railroads, it has been done by the Legislature, or by the con X .1. 1 . I TL 1 sent oi ine penpie au mxeu. a ma uaae um do parallel. The main objections to the boDds are that the county commissioners had no 1 right to tax a people without their consent, or authority from the legislature to do so. The county commissioners, who were elected by the people without any reference to exercising any such powers to tax a people for such purposes, proceeded to levy a tax in the face of a meeting of citizeus asking them to submit it to a vote of the people of the county, not only exercised this power, which they did not have, but dune it in defiance of a protest of the citizens of the couuty. This levy was also made with the understanding that the bonds should run for twenty years for the payment of principal; but in violation of this contract, they procured the legislature to pass an act to levy an additional tax on York and Chester counties of five thousand dollars per year to retire the bonds yearly, thus violating the conditions of the contract which the commissioners themselves had made. The plea that the honds are now in the hands ol innocent parties who paid their money for them, is no plea at all. They invested like other men in business matters, with their eyes open, and must take the consequences of the investment. The citizens have rights that should be repected equally with the bondholders. This is the vital question: Have the three commissioners the right to tax a people, who have been elected without any reference to such taxing powers? If se, then the principles established by the Revolutionary war?that taxation and representation go together?are nullified, and if permitted. it raav work into a Drecedence for erc?t ' A W -1 er abuses, and the people may be taxed with- J out proper authority. Let the bondholders I look to the Railroad, who got the bene6t of I their money, and are only due them for their j bonds, and not the county. j Mr. Joseph Hardin, who was arrested and taken to the Spartauburg jail by the revenue officials, during their stay here, gave bail on " last Saturday in the Bum of $3,000, and is at t home. We regret his misfortune, as Mr. d Hardin is a good citizen and very much liked by all who know him. He disowns the distillery destroyed, and whisky seized by them, to have been his property. He did not ( come out of his house wheu first summoned e to do so, as he knew none of them, and stay- A ed withiu his own house, which was surround- 0 ed by them until morning. When B. B. Bar- j ron, claiming to be a commissioner, issued a , search warrant and broke open tbe door, Mr. Hardin quietly submitted. This was their * plea for making the arrest. This could not si be construed as resistance, but an aot of con- J cealing himself. He was alone. Edward and r William Bird, who were arrested at the same j time, for illicit traffic in whisky, also gave r bail. They complain that the prison fare at Spartanburg was bad, and say the next time ^ they take boarding out, they want it to be with Mr. Glenn. p The late cases before trial justice at this c place are as follows: The State vs. R. M. Roark for assault and battery ; guilty. Tbe t| State vs Coke Duncan, for misdemeanor and Q improper behavior in church; uot guilty. . The State vs. John Ramsay, assault and bat- 18 tery ; guilty. The State vs. John R. Hardin; ir not guilty. Martha Pursely, col., vs. Sillis ft Moss, bastardy; gave bond for maintenance. 0 The Baptist ehurch at this place has revived a bell ordered sometime ago. It has ? tnilU liunnin/ra JQO I t UIIC tunc nuu VVCl^UO, nivu Iiaij^iu1VV i sounds. Rev. B. M. Boozer, Methodist rain- i v ster, who is to reside here this year, has just i v )ccupied the new parsonage. Ego. ; n MERE-MENTION. 01 The machinery of the Paris exposition is to ^ je driven by an American engine. The Democrats of Ohio say they have the State to 11 hemselves; all the Republicans have been ai ippointed to office. Mrs. Tilton has reiently written a letter to a confidential friend, | j* n which she confesses to have committed 111 idultery with Henry Ward Beecher. In J urn, Beecher writes to say that "Elizabeth is ' K lot guilty of the great transgression." W. [,c it T 1 ,i:?j T :?;i T?.; i U. jlwtreu men iu jljuuiuvy aucci. jau uu jl.ii- . iav, the 12th instant. His fraudulent trans- al ictions by which he plundered the city treas- i 8t try of New York are fresh in the minds of; 'c he public. Judgments had been obtained , igainst him for over 822,000,000. The ai jrobable repeal of the bankrupt law has, ii| caused quite a number of persons in Chicago 01 ;o file petitions while there is yet an oppor-. ;unity. Atlndianola,Texas, cottou squares j ^ ire reported to have appeared. William )rtcn, President of the Western Union Tele- w jraph Company, died in New York last Monlay morning. 01 LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , Tohn Fisher, Trustee in Bankruptcy?Dividend Notice. K.. Springs Withers, Secretary?Jenkins Rifles, lunter it Oates?Fact, Facts, Facts. Tohn C. Kuykendai?Milk and Bread?Words of Truth and Soberness?Once Upon a Time? The Poor. Dannie L. Dobson?New Hats and Bonnets, d. Strauss?Not to be Undersold, r. M. Dobson <fe Co.?Who Does It? r. C. Robertson, County Treasurer?Tax Notice. * CITIZENS'SAVINGS BANK.0"* By reference to advertisement in another lolumo, it will he seen that the trustees of he Citizens' Savings Bank have announced a lividend of five per cent. The trustees will orward the necessary funds to Capt. T. 6. Tefferys, who will, on the first day of May, :onimence paying the same to the depositors n the Yorkville Branch. TAX NOTICE. Treasurer Robertson gives notice in our ad? rertising columns, this week, that he will comnence the collection of the first installment tf State and county taxes on the 1st of May text. By reference to his notice, it will be een that the Treasurer has made appointnents for meeting the tax-payers in different >ortions of the county. COLORED GRADED SCHOOL. The colored graded school in this place is n successful operation, conducted on precisey the same principles of the white graded ichool. About one hundred pupils are in atendance. The school fund, derived from J "i* axation in this school district, is shared squally between the whites and colored, and n addition to this fund, there has been raised >y private subscription for maintenauce of he school, $143, of which sum the white citi _ 1 * *L ...j Ann ;ens comriouieu o?o. THE CHURCHE8 LAST SUNDAY. At tbe different churches in town, last Sunlay, services were held appropriate to the went which the day commemorates. The Episcopal and Methodist Churches were decoated with flowers, tbe former especially prelecting a beautiful appearance by reason of he profuse floral adornments arranged in fesoons, wreaths, pyramids and crosses. The Vfethodiat Church, though not so profusely idorned, presented a very neat appearance, with a large floral cross in rear of the pulpit, >ver which was inscribed the legend, in leters of evergreen, "Christ is risen." , > EASTER ELECTION. ' At the election of officers for the "Church of ;he Good Shepherd," last Monday, the followng were elected to serve duriug the ensuing pear: Wardens.?Col. W. B. Wilson, Dr. J. C. Kuykendal. Vestrymen.?Col. A. Coward, G. W. 8. Hart, Esq., A. Springs Withers, Col. W. B. VIetts, R. J. Latta. Col. W. B. Wilson, Dr. J. C. Kuykendal, R. J. Latta and B. T. Moore were elected delegates to attend the Diocesan Convention in Dharlestou, on the 8th of May, proximo. "AN HOURIN FAIRY LAND." The above is the attractive title of a can;ata to be performed by the young ladies of Yorkville, under the directiou of Mrs. Clara D. McLean, at the Female College, on Frilay evening, May 3rd. We are assured that ;hose who thus spend an hour will enjoy a rare treat, in which music will lend addi ;ional charms to the gambols of "nymps and fays and elfins bright." We learn the music will be under the sole direction of Mrs. McLean, which fact alone is a sufficient guaran;ee that it will he faultlessly rendered. The entertainment is to be given for the jenefit of the Presbyterian Church fund, and t is hoped that the attendance will be large ind the patronage liberal, as the congregaion of thi9 Church has always been most generous in assisting other denominations, while the cause demanding assistance is one hat must appeal to every intelligent mind. GOOD TEMPLAR LODGE. On Thursday night last, Rev. Thomas E. Jilbert, Deputy Grand Worthy Chief Tern>!ar, organized a lodge of Good Templars in his place, with the following officers : Rev. Thorn is E.Gilbert, Worthy Chief reraplar; Miss Hannah E. Grist, Worthy Vice remplar; A. Springs Withers, Secretary; L W. Ingold, Financial Secretary ; H. H. ieard, Treasurer; Rev. R. Lathan,Chaplain ; I". F. Hyndman, Marshal; C. L. Williford, Juard; S. B. Lathan, Sentinel; Miss A. G. efierys, Assistant Secretary; Miss C. L. Idams, Deputy Marshal; Miss A. D. Clark, light-hand Supporter; Miss Nannie E. Glenn, jeft-hand Supporter; Prof. W. R. Jones, \ W. C. T. The Lodgs, which will be known as Eure:a Lodge, begins with a membership of not less ban thirty, and will, we doubt not, be proluctive of much good in the community. YORK POMONA GRANGE. York Pomona Grange met at Tirzah Jburch on the 13th instant. The opening xercises were conducted by B. H. Massev. laster, after which Col. Lipscomb, Master f the State Grange, delivered au able and nstructive lecture. At the conclusion of the Bcture, a fine dinner was served, after which he following officers were elected for the euuing year: ?. H. Massey, Master; Iredell ones, Overseer; A. E. Hutchinson, Secretay ; J. R. London, Treasurer ; A. H. White, adorer; Rev. D. Harrison, Chaplain; B. C. 'reasley, Stewart; G. E. Mc.Steele, Assistant itewart; .T. H. McFadden, Gate-Keeper. The ltock Hill Silver Cornet Band was resent and enlivened the occasion with exelleat music. The Master of the State Grange requests lat all Granges in this county report to the ecretary of Pomona Grange, (whose address i Rock Hill,) by the time of the next meetig, which will be held at Fort Mill on the >urth Thursday in July next. The charters f those failing thus to report will be revoked. UNDER WHICH FLAG? The sharp competition amongst the Yorkille merchants has induced, among other deices to attract attention, besides the everdiable method of newspaper advertising? f which the shrewd business man always ikes advantage?the method of calling atmtion to their wares and merchandise by leans of bauners and heraldic devices quaint ud queer. XT W XTrvr?n Xj Pa ViQ OA Vtrtia+Asi am .... ii, ii . uu^ w vu4 ii?iv uvnwu au nxure anner with argeut escutcheon, bearing the jscription that prices have been reduced. T. M. Dobaon & Co. flaunt a banner in iiles and argent escutcheon with the legend i sable, "Cheap Cash Store." The York Drug Store has very appropritely raised a banner in field of or, duly in:ribed in sable, "Pro forma?Flagrante belHunter & Oates are content with simply a azure shield, and ermine bordure, relyiug pon the sagacity of the purchaser in quest ? bargains to call within. H. F. Adickea & Sons have hoisted a sale banner?the veritable black flag?on hich they inscribe death to high prices. Pink Herndon has a modest argent pennant a which is inscribed "Peas" or "Peace " wa