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J>itraps and Jatts. ? Next iu point of meanness to doing an injury, is to do a man a favor and every now aud then remind him of it. ? It was a saying of a great divine, that he had found more good in bad people, and more bad in good people, than he ever expected. ? Baron Alderson, on being asked to give his opinion as to the proper length of a sermon, replied, "Twenty minutes, with a lean iug to the side of mercy." ? The will of Mr. Land, late of Kentucky, leaves his property to his wife, and speciOes that she can "marry again if she wants to." And yet people sing about a land that is fairer than this. ? At a dog show in Baltimore, last week, the dog that attracted the most attention was the English setter, Paris, owned by H. L. Smith, of Strathrow, Canada, and valued by him at $100,000. ? Official returns made to the bureau of statistics show that during the month ended April 39,1878, there arrived at the port of New York 8,529 immigrants, of whom 5,266 were males, and 3,263 females. ? Every applicant for a liquor license in Alabama ia now ohlicrart to talra an oath that .w UV? vv..bvx, ~~~~ ? WW-- I he will neither give nor sell anj kind of liquor to a minor, or person of unsound mind, without permission from parent or guardian. ? The intense competition of the lines of steamboats running up the Hudson river to Albany and Troy, has culminated in the case of one of them in a ten cent-fare for pas- j sengers to and from those cities to New York, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. ? A very good cheese is made of potatoes in Saxony. The potatoes are boiled, reduced to pulp, salted and mixed with sour milk, when all is kneaded together and left for a few days. After this the substance is again kneaded, and placed in little baskets to dry. This cheese will keep, and is not likely to become inhabited. ? The fruit crop of the United States for 1877, amounted in value to 8140,000,000, or about one half of the outcome from breadstuffs. Fruit of every species and climate *is now raised in this country. The vine is prospering finely and the oranges of Florida and California surpass those of Italy and Spain. ? In the course of a recent interview, Barnum said: "My present show represents nearly $1,500,000. The expenses are about 83,000 a day. I pay ray best rider 8100 a day, Sundays included; acrobats and gymnasts 860 to 8100 per week, according to ability; clowns, from 8150 to 8175 per week ; pictorial printing this year, 843,000. My expenses on ray trip, three years ago, amounted to 8650,000, and in that year, in six months, the profit was 860,000." ? In New York city, on the 8th instant, Edward Megy, the recognized leader of the Commune of that city, and who is said to be the individual who caused the death of Archbishop Darboy of Paris, and Chief of Police Greyboy, was arraigned in court, charged with threatening the life of Harvey W. Marks, an attanl,? nf tho World nfiwsnaner. Justice Smith soundly lectured Megy, telling hira that the Commune was not an institution of this country and its principles would not be tolerated here. He held Megy in $500 bail to keep the peace. ? The Springfield Republican says: "The two most striking figures in American public life to day are the Republican President of the United States, and the Democratic Governor of South Carolina. The explanation is very simple. President and Governor alike have turned their backs upon the past, and are blazing the way toward the future. The people, weary of the past, and disgusted with politicians who would still perpetuate its prejudices and animosities, are quick to recognize the statesmen whose thoughts are occupied with the future. ? The New York Herald publishes a statement showing that in 1865 there were thirty thousand more shoe-makers in Massachusetts than there are to day, although the products of that branch of industry in Massachusetts exceed, by the enormous amount of $71,000,000, the production of 1865. This extraordinary increase of product, with so great a diminution in the number of hands employed, is of course attributable to the extensive introduction of the most approved labor-saving machinery, and by which Massachusetts commands, to a great extent, the markets of the world in the shoe trade. ? In Augusta, Georgia, on Wednesday of last week, Jerry O'Harra, while asleep, was shot and instantly killed by Robert Ruffin. Whisky was at the bottom of the trouble. Both men, who were industrious workmen? the victim being a contractor and carpenter? commenced the day in friendship, and after several libations, had a quarrel, when they were separated, and O'Harra was taken to a room nn RmnH street, where he soon fell asleep. While thus lying unconscious, Ruffin, inflamed by whisky, entered the room, and fired three pistol balls into his body, inflicting as many wounds, either of which would have caused death. Ruffin was arrested and committed to jail for trial. ? Hon. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, reminds his Democratic friends and fellow Congressmen that if they succeed in proving, beyond a doubt, that Mr. Hayes bad not been elected legally, and the evidence should be so clear that he would resign, the result would be to throw the election on the present House, on the ground that there had been no elec- | tion and no valid inauguration. In that case, he told them that a vote would be taken by States, that the Republicans, having a j jnajority of the States, would elect their Pres- j ident, and that "in the present attitude of I events, and the peculiar position in which i the Republican party has been placed by the | relations between the present Executive and j the party leaders, the choice would inevitably i fall upon General Grant or Senator Blaine." I ? John N. Genin, a noted New York mil- j lionaire hatter, who used to have a hat stand j under Barnum's old museum, twenty years j ago, died suddenly at his residence in that city ou Tuesday night of last week, in his fif- j ty-ninth year. He bought at auction for $225 the first seat sold at Jenny Lind's first j concert in this country, and claimed that he j made a thousand times that sum out of it. ! As an advertisement of his business, when Kossuth visited this country in 1851, Genin, gave 81,000 for the expenses of his reception, | and afterwards sold many thousand Kossuth hats. The next year he cleaned Broadway from Union Square to the Battery at bis own expense, and continued aoing 11 uiguuy uu- j til be shamed the street commissioners into ! taking the job out of his hands. ? A Washington letter says : "For the first ( time, in many years, gold, silver and green-; backs are practically on an equality at the paying teller's window at the treasury. The silver dollars are paid out at par for greenbacks, and either greenbacks, silver or gold as might be called for by those settling inter- \ est accounts. The currency balance is rapidly increasing on account of the exchange of silver dollars and the legal-tenders. The greenbacks thus taken in are used again in all currency transactions. The treasury department continues to receive information of cases where persons entitled to large sums of interest due in gold, have refused gold and taken greenbacks instead. A gentleman, col-; lecting interest at the treasury here, declined to take a thousand dollars due him in gold, and made a special request for greenbacks, i The saving of gold, in this way, upon pending payments of interest, will doubtless be very large, and the expectation at the treasury is that it will henceforth make an important element in the increase of gold for resumption purpose?." ?.Recently, Richmond Mormon, an ablebodied colored man of Selraa, Alabama, addressed a letter to United States Senator Morgan, of that State, complaining that the Re I publican postmaster at Mobile had promised | and then failed to provide a place for him, and requesting the Senator to use his influence i to get him a place under the Mobile collector. , To this Senator Morgan responded that he had met with such discouragements in trying i to find offices, places and work for poor women i with families of orphan children that need bread, that he could scarcely hope to find an i office for Mormon. Senator Morgan, howevI er, added : "As I remember, you are a stout, 1 hearty black man, raised to labor in the field, j and well skilled and trained to industrious | habits. If you are wanting work at fair wages, I can provide for you, and will be glad to do so. My son, George, plows every day for a living, on a cotton farm, which he is cultivating, and needs help. He will give you fair wages and good food. He is well educated and can give you instruction in many ways. He is a kind young gentleman, and will take an interest in seeing that your time is pleasantly occupied and that your rights are not endangered." YORKVILLE, S, C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1878. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post-office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the countv; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Oursubseribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. YORK COUNTY BONDS. In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, last week, before Judge Bond, the cases of Felix J. Moses, of New York; Fleming Gardner, of Virginia; Jno. R. Falls, J. C. Cobb and J. A. Woodcock, of North Carolina, holders of York county bonds, as against the county, were tried. The County Commissioners, we understand, did not believe that any successful defence could be made in these cases ; but in deference to the wishes of a number of persons in the county, had answers filed, setting up all the objections that they could learn had ever been urged against the bonds, with liberty to such persons as roiahori fr> nnmfl in and defend the suits. Th<: opponents of the bonds having failed to employ counsel, the Commissioners associated with Messrs. Witherspoon & Spencer, the prominent firm of Edward McCrady & Son, of Charleston, who appeared for York coun ty, in opposition to the bonds. The Court gave judgment for the plaintiffs in each of the cases, with the result shown in the report of the proceedings taken from the Nercs and Courier, published in another column. We are credibly informed that a number of other suits are preparing on past due cou pons, which will be commenced in the same Court, unless proper measures are undertaken to prevent such a course. PROCEEDINGS^) F CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 7th, Mr. Dorsey, of Arkansas, from the committee on appropriations, reported back the post-office appropriation bill, with sundry amendments. The House bill, forbidding the further destruction of legal tenders, was read the second time and passed by a vote of 33 to 25, but the morning hour expiring, the Senate resumed routine matters. The pension bill was passed. In the House, the bill to establish a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia was debated and passed. The tariff bill was taken up in committee of the whole. Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, made a speech against it. The motion to go into committee on the bill had only a majority of one, although five of the tariff men voted in the affirmative. * ? ^ - it. o.J: : id toe oenaie on me om, iu uiscusoiug me Indian appropriation bill, Senators Maxey and Coke opposed the removal of the wild Indians into the Indiau territory. Senator Ingalls agreed that their location there would be in violation of the treaty with the Cherokees. The discussion continued at great length, and without definite action, the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Tucker made a two hours' speech on the tariff", which attracted great attention. He was followed by Representative Robbins, of North Carolina. Referring to the public debt, Mr. Robbins said that he was of the opinion that payments into the sinking fund should be suspended for some years. He was not a repudiationist. The national debt must be paid in the manner it was contracted to be paid, and in the same medium, and though he gave his support to the bill, he did not think it was what it should be. He also presented a forcible argument on behalf of reform of the interDai revenue and a reduction of the tax on tobacco. In the Senate on the 9th, in compliance with senator Butler's resolution, a communication was received from the Secretary of War, endorsing General Humphrey's, Chief of Engineers, report submitting the project of General Gillmore for the permanent improvement of the channel into Charleston harbor by means of low jetties, with an estimate of the probable cost; also, a report of the Board of Engineers approving the project. On motion of Senator Butler, the report and accompanying papers were referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. President Tupper, of the Chamber of Commerce, expresses raucn sacisiacuon with the report and progress. In the House, the tariff bill was debated, Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania speaking against it, and Messrs. Harris and Smith, of Georgia, speaking in favor of it. In the Senate on the 10th, a petition was presented from the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, advocating the appropriations required under Gen. Gillmere's plau for deepening the bar; also urging the claims of Charleston as a commercial port, with statistics of her trade and exports. On motion of! Senator Butler, the petition was referred to I the committee on commerce, and ordered to | be printed. The Senate passed the bill to re- j peal the bankrupt law, amended so that it | shall take effect on the 1st of September, | 1878, instead of the 1st of January. The 1 bill goes back to the House for concurrence in the amendment. In the House, a bill on the private calendar for the relief of Richard Heater, of Virginia, gave rise to a long, exciting, and, at times, angry debate, in regard to war claims in geueral, during which the claim of Heater, which gave rise to the debate, was lost sight of. Mr. White, of Penn sylvania and Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, entered into an excited colloquy about the treatment of prisoners of war in the Libby prison and Andersonville. Mr. Turner, of Kentucky, precipitated himself into the discus- j sion, and for a few moments there was a scene of great uproar and confusion. Finally the j committee rose and the bill was passed. The ! members of the joint Democratic caucus | | committee, together with the Democratic members of the House judiciary committee, ' and other prominent Democratic representa: tives, including Messrs Springer, Finley and ( I Williams, of Michigan, who have naa in lm- j | mediate charge the subject of the alleged ; i Florida Presidential frauds, after consultation with Speaker Randall, reached the couclu- i sion that an investigation of matters connectI ed with this subject is not a question of privilege, and therefore nothing can be done except in the regular order of business. Consequently, it was determined that the proposition should come from the judiciary committee, when it shall again be called for reports for action by the House. The committee will then ask for authority to investigate all the facts in relation to the last election of members of Congress and Presidential electors in the State of Florida, with a view to ascertaining whether the statements of McLin and others are true?the investigation to be confined to these points only, and without reference to the question of Presidential title. The Senate was not in session ou the 11th. The House spent the day in discussing the bill reported from the committee on commerce to regulate the inter-State transportation on railroads, and to prevent discrimination in freights. No result was reached. No movement was made in regard to the contemplated movement for an enquiry into alleged Presidential frauds. In the Senate on the 13th, araoDg the bills introduced, was one by Johnston, of Virginia, to levy n tax on the sale of spirituous liquors and malt liquors in bar-rooms and all places where intoxicants are sold by the drink in the District of Columbia ; which was referred to the District committee. It provides for infrnrtn/?finn i\f ftio Mnflfiatf. hf?ll rtlinoh in I VWV ?' ?V ? r ? the District bar-rooms. Potter, of New York, has presented a resolution directing an investigation to be held, by a select committee, into alleged frauds committed in Florida in the late Presidential election. The resolution contains the names of Edward Noyes and John Sherman in connection with the frauds. The Senate was principally engaged in discussing the post office appropriation bill. Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, presented a petition signed by a largo number of citizens of Columbia, S. C., favoring a repeal of that portion of the national bank act imposing a tax of 10 per cent, upon State bank circulation ; which was referred to the committee on finance; Mr. Withers, of Virginia, presented ( resolutions of the Richmond Chamber of < Commerce, favoring the repeal of the bankrupt law ; which were laid on the table. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The wheat crop of Mecklenburg is reported to be very fine. 1 ? The Chester and Lenoir Railroad is now i graded to within two miles of Newton. ' ? A public meeting of the Democratic par- i ty of Gaston, held at Dallas last week, endors- 1 ed Messrs. Scheuck and Ashe for Judges of the Supreme Court, and Calvin E. Grier for Solicitor of that judicial district. , ? A riot occurred at Weldon, on the 6th ( instant, over the Mayor's election, and two negroes were shot, one killed. It is said that | tin T?ir>t u.Qo oanood hv snma Imnrnnpr (>nnHnr<t H.V l.wu ..CW V"""? "J " 1 1 ? ? | of colored people. ? The case of Pethel, a young white man, charged with poisoning his wife, for which alleged crime he stands indicted in the Supe- , rior Court of Rowan, has been moved from that county to Iredell, and is set for trial on Tuesday of the second week at June terra. ? A well preserved human sketeton, sup- j posed to be that of an Indian, was found ^ near the creek bank, near Gerraantown, in I Stokes county, last week. The head was resting on a pile of stone arrow heads, and j near at hand were two or three stone hatch- c ets. | ? The case of A. R. Homesly, of Shelby, ( against Elias & Cohen, of Charlotte, regarding an old Confederate cotton contract, was decided at the recent term of Anson Superior Court, by a verdict in favor of Homesly for 63,430.20, principal and interest, which was ( afterwards reduced to $3,100 by compromise between the parties. Homesly sued for about , ~ ~ rrs. i l n .1 | _ I SiU.UUU. ine case naa iorraeriy neea id Cleveland, Gaston and Union Superior Courts. ? At the recent term of the U. S. District Court at Statesville, fourteen persons were convicted, fined and imprisoned for handling blockade whisky, of whom the following were ' sent to Morganton jail: Andy Ingle, Jno. ( Kuyser, William Aiken, Asbury Roper and Piukney Abeo. The two latter for two 1 mouths, and the former for six months each. 1 William Fox and John Cain were imprisonat Newton?Fox for six months and Cain 4 for thirty days. 4 ? Speaking of the municipal election in Charlotte on the 6th instant, the Democrat 4 says: "We are ashamed and disgusted to 4 even think about the sort of contest that took place on that day, and which prevailed for c two or three weeks before that time. Our 1 population has been badly demoralized and the good character of the city injured. We 1 hope never to see the like again. Mr. B. R. 4 Smith was elected Mayor, defeating Col. Wm. Johnston, the former incumbent, 43 votes in a 4 total vote of 1,399." 4 MERE-MENTION. The wheat crop of California, this year, is estimated at 40,000,000 bushels. The j House committee of elections have terminated j the Ricbardson-Rainey contest from this j State by declaring the seat vacant. A [ Mexican vaquero succeeded, last week, in ! j riding, on horseback, 302 miles in fifteen : { hours. He attempted to ride 305 miles. A j man walks on the water at Taunton, Mass. He wears immense tin shoes in which the air ! { is confined. Beecher's life of Christ is | quoted in New York at 50 cents a volume ] and no takers. When two girls meet, js they kiss. When two young men meet, they ; don't. That shows who wants kissing the worst. Gen. Crook's chief scout reports t that a portion of Sitting Bull's band have | crossed the line into the United States, and it 11 is feared they will prove troublesome this i < summer. Cotton squares and blooms are ; 1 reported at Galveston, Texas. ; ( Hon. Peter Cooper is now on a visit to ! i Limestone Springs, Spartauburg county, to j ( inspect the property recently purchased by j i him at that place for the purpose of establish- . ing a school ou the plan of the Cooper Institute, of New York city. '"Speights' J Daily Newspaper will be removed from Green- ' vile to Spartanburg this week. In the i stockholders' meeting of the Georgia Railroud, j last week, held at Augusta, there was a pro- \ \ tracted stuggle between the friends and op- i pouents of Judge King, who has been Presi- j . dent of the road for 36 years. The fight last-; 1 ed two days, ending in the election of Gen. j ' E. P. Alexander, well known in tjiis State. 11 LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. Fannie L. Dobson?Bargains?New Goods?Only 5 Cents?Trimmed Hats?Charm CorsetsTrimming Goods. T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Down Goes the Prices? Ready-Made Clothing?Trowels?ReadyMade Shirts?Dress Goods?P. K.?Ladies1 Cloth Shoes?Wanted?Squirrels. John C. Kuykendal?By Telephone?The Outside of the Platter. Found. ABSENT AS ^DELEGATES. Rev. L. H. Wilson, pastor of the Presbyterian church, is attending the Presbyterian General Assembly at Knoxville, Tennessee, as a delegate from Bethel Presbytery. In consequence of his absence there will be no Bervice in his church next Sunday. Mr. W. R. Jones, Principal of Yorkville Female Institute and Graded School, has gone to Nashville, Tenn., as representative of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor, of this btate 111 the Supreme L/odge ot the united States, which met in that city last Tuesday. KU KLUX PARDONS. On Friday last, ex-Judge Samuel W. Melton, of Columbia, received a despatch from Washington, giving the information that all persons from this State, now confined in the Albany penitentiary, under conviction as Ku-Klux, will at once be pardoned by the President. The Columbia Register has been informed "that this action has been taken by the President, upon the recommendation of leading Republicans here, ia recognition of and responsive to the magnanimity and clemency of Governor Hampton towards Republican criminals in this State." THE WEATHER. On Sunday afternoon there was a perceptible change in the temperature, from warnn and pleasant to decidedly cool; which increased until Monday morning, when the thermometer indicated a temperature of 65 degrees. Early in the morning a slight sprinkle of snow fell. On Tuesday the temperature was 9 degrees cooler, with rain during the day. Observers of the weather say that a similar spell has not occurred in this latitude, so late in the season, since 1848. In portions of the Northern States there was heavy frost on Sunday night, which destroyed considerable young vegetation. Ice was also formed in some localities. MEMORIAL DAY. Memorial day waB appropriately observed last Friday?the anniversary of the death of Stonewall Jackson?in Columbia, Charleston, and other parts of the State. At Magnolia Cemetery, in Charleston, the ceremonies were peculiarly impressive. Major James F. Hart, of Yorkville, who was in the city at the time, was requested to preside over the exercises, and introduced Rev. I)r. Junkin, who offered an eloquent and feeling prayer. After prayer and the singing of a memorial psalm and )des, and a few eloquent and appropriate remarks by Major Hart, the benediction was pronounced, and the ceremony of decorating the graves began. NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE. Northern papers are amused at advertisements in a Little Rock paper, stating that certain gentlemen are candidates for United States Senator and Governor of Arkansas. The fact is, that politicians in the South have ridden the free horse to leatli, and newspapers are commencing to charge for such matter as usually appears about election .ime. There is such a rule in force in this office. Augusta Chronicle. We copy the above paragraph, simply to remind those who wish to put forward the lames of persons for office, or to nominate candidates, or to declare themselves as caudilates, that the same rule is, and always has seen, in force in the Enquirer office. Communications recommending persons for ofice, or announcements declaring candidates, ire invariably inserted in the Enquirer an vdvertisements, aud must be paid for in advance. COURT OF SESSIONS. The following is a list of the petit jurors Irawn to serve at the Court of Sessions to be leld on the first Monday of June next, during which terra his Honor Judge Shaw will creside: Whites.?W. C. Graham, Frank Happerield, W. R. Davis, D. H. Smith, J. A. McGill, 5. A. Fewell, N. B. Craig, J. A. N. Glenn, j. M. Parrott, J. M. Kirkpatrick, J. W. jroode, R. T. Smith, T. C. Pegram, W. T. \lderson, A. F. Ash, T. S. Neely, D. M. Johnson, W. H. Dillingham, R. M. Williamion, R. L. Hope, D. J. Moore, James Chillers, J. E. Lowry, J. E. Leech, 0. J. Gwinn, 5. M. Feemster, W. A. Love. Colored.?Prince Garrison, James Goode, Wilson Black, Fenton Diggs, Willis Nor naD, T. S. Blakely, Rufus Chambers, Harriton McCleliihan, Lewis Hoyles. TRANSFERS OF*REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have jeen recorded in the ofhoa of the County Aulitor since our last report: Eliza Steele to J. L. Watson. Tract of )7i acres in Catawba township. Considera,ion 8487.50. Secretary of State to J. L. Watson. Tract )f 55 acres in Ebenezer township. Considerition 8220. Secretary of State to J. L. Watson. Tract >f 56$ acres in Ebenezer township. Couaidsration 8226. Secretary of State to J. L. Watson. Tract >f 80 acres iu Ebenezer township. Consideritiou 8320. Secretary of State to J. L. Watson. Tract >f 76 acres in Ebenezer township. Considsration 8190. ? Secretary of State to J. L. Watson. Tract >f 55 acres in Ebenezer township. Considiration 8220. Secretary of State to J. L. Watson. Tract >f 59 acres iu Ebenezer township. Considerition 8236. Secretary of State to J. L. Watson. Tract >f 45 acres in Ebeuezer township. Considsration 8180. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Seth Hotchkiss. r.ot and buildiner in Fort Mill. Considera ion $203. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Elizabeth A. McNeel. Tract of 273 acres in Bullock's Creek ownship. Consideration $250. A. Hardin and John Dover to Felix H. Dover. Tract of 35 acres in Cherokee townihip. Consideration $168. THE TELEPHONE. Notwithstanding the interest taken in the elephoue iu other towns and cities, our peo)Ie were not awakened to the importance of he subject uutil last Friday, when a nuraber ! if scientific gentlemen, including Messrs. i Pete Sadler, Dunn Colcock arid Dr. Kuyken-1 lal, determined to make an auricular experinei't in this branch of acoustic science. Accordingly, a temporary instrument was hastiy constructed and stretched across the street, I'rom the York Drug Store to a room in the lecond story of the building opposite. Like ill first attempts, the investigators into the ;nysteries of hidden science met with discour- j igement. Sounds were not transmitted audi-! [)ly, and the experimenters might have yield- ! id without attaining the desired object; but in a lucky moment Mr. Sadler went to one snd of the line and on being called by a j friend at the other end, while he could not I exactly recognize the voice, or distinctly un- t derstand the articulation, had no difficulty, I as be said, in distinguishing the breath of the d speaker, which circumstance inspired new confidence, and soon the necessary improve- 1 ments were made on the instrument to render 8 perfect transmission of sounds. 1 Next day, the same gentlemen, assisted by * others, enlarged upon the experiment, by con- t necting the York Drug Store and the En- s quirer office, when congratulatory messages $ were exchanged between the proprietora of the respective establishments. Conversation ? was kept up through most of the day by many ^ whose curiosity was excited by the novelty of a the appliance, and after night, to test the 4 utility of the apparatus, Dr. Kuykendal transmitted by it his advertisements for this week's ( issue, which were audibly conveyed a distance of 235 yards, and the words recorded 1 by our stenographic writer as they sounded ^ at the disc in a room of the printing office c building. Only a jute cord was used, and j considering the imperfect arrangement, the j experiment was a decided success. t f A PLEASANT DAY IN THE COUNTRY. * Last Saturday was a day long to be remerabered by many of the young folks of ^ Yorkville, and not a few of the older ones, ] who made a picnic excursion to Beaver Dam I creek, on the Cheater and Lenoir Railroad, t where they were joined by a larger number F of the good people living in the vicinity of ? that locality. 8 At an early hour in the morning, the train, e gaily decked with flowers aud bunting, S sped away from the depot, laden with the I beauty and gallantry of Yorkville, enlivened by the inspiriting music of the Silver Helicon t Band, and the anticipation of the pleasures a before them. Save frequeut stoppages to v take on pleasure-seekers, who were found at i nearly every house and crossing on the road, \ the train arrived in due time at the pleasant i village of Clover, ten miles distaut Here the excursionists were joined by a large nura- ' ber of ladies and gentlemen, who boarded the train, as agreeable companions, the re- 1 maining distance to the picnic grounds, about c three miles from the village. e After a pleasant ride in the bracing air of e a delicious May morning?neither disagreea- t bly warm nor uncomfortably cool?the ex- ? cursionists reached the grounds selected for J the day's enjoyment. The trestle over Beav- J T-V j .i__ i_ er uara was ltohhku, iue wujsuc oiguoicu , "down breaks!" the train stopped nearly op- a poaite the reaidence of Mr. Robert T. Smith, t and the party, preceded by the music of the ? band, repaired to the inviting grove on Mr. 1 Smith'a premises, where they were met by a | goodly number who had already arrived in ^ buggies, carriages and <>n horseback, from j their homes in the surrounding neighborhood, s Mr. Smith extended a cordial welcome to all, i and after exchanging congratulations and the v compliments of the day, the company began s to set about enjoying themselves, each as his or her inclination prompted. It being a vio- r lation of the statute to fish in the stream on i that day of the week, the lasses, with wo- t man's cupidity, determined to circumvent the c law-makers by "fishing on dry land," as they 1 termed it, and many were the beaming glances from sparkling eyes, and tender smiles from lovely lips, thrown out by these t fair anglers to lure the unsuspecting but sus- c ceptible prey which each had marked as her i own. Loving pairs were formed, who stroll- t ed through the groves or rambled on the 8 banks of the picturesque stream, their soft eyes looking love to eyes that spake again ; merry and joyous children romped and gamboled with innocent childish glee ; others believing that youth hath its time, and that ^ merry hearts will merrily chime, joined in ^ the mazes of the dance ; demure matrons and sedate men, in social groups, looked ou, may- ^ hap essaying to recall the past, in thoughts ^ suggested by the gladsome picture before ^ them, while others were engaged in innocent e games, or became mere spectators of the en c livening scenes.. Thus the time was pleasantly passed until a the hour for dinner. The tables were ar- v ranged in the grove, convenient to a cooling 8 spring, and spread with a profusion of edi- n bles abundantly provided, fiy tome it was u estimated that no less than five hundred per- 11 sons satisfied their hunger, and yet under the D admirable management of the ladies who ar- v ranged the tables, this vast crowd partook of a dinner without the least confusion?there be- c ingan ample Bupply for all. ? Dinner over and its merits discussed, the 0 larger portion of the crowd, feeling that they c had sufficiently taxed the kindness of Mr. ? " * i- -i ? * - ii - _;ii -r *f_ Smith, moved in a Doay 10 me ram 01 inr. John M. Ford, about a half a mile down the 1 creek. The beautiful scenery here presented 0 by the over hangiug cliffs, arrayed in the d richest floral mantle, the umbrageous retreats 11 and nooks inviting ease and rest, were high- 81 ly enjoyable by all, if we may except the merry dancers, who improvised the mill house " as a temporary ball-room, and gaily tripped the hours away, until the shrill whistle of * the locomotive summoned all from the scene n of enjoyment. 0 To afford opportunity to stop for a while at 81 Clover, the train left Beaver Dam about 4 c o'clock, and in a few minutes arrived at this t' bright, new village, so recently sprung up, as b if by magic. An hour a. d a half was pleas- ri antly enjoyed here, when again the signal for g depirture was sounded, and amid music and h merry leave takings the excursionists sepa- ? rated from their Clover friends, and in less b than an hour were safely returned to York- a ville, feeling that the day given to enjoyment y and recreation had not been thrown away. 1< To Mr. Smith and his kind lady, and to tl Mr. Ford, the picnicers are especially under ci obligations for the kind attention bestowed I upon them and the accommodations furnish- 0 1 \r h eel; Willie 10 lYieHBis. flank uunni, uvuu Hope and Horace Beard, conductors of the a train, Captain Sumner, superintendent of the ^ road, and to the engineer, Mr. Beard, the ex- 1? curaionists are also indebted for frequent b courtesies contributing to the enjoyment of 8( the occasion. C EDITORIAL INKLINGS. tl Republican Tactics. ci A Washington dispatch says that the n object of the Republicans of the Senate pass- ! n ing a resolution declaring that the Fourteenth c and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitu- e tion have duly become laws and should be ' b enforced, is to get the troops back in the ! ? South, on the ground that only by their pre- p sence can the law be executed. The determi-' v, nation by the caucus Friday to bring in such : h a resolution is part of the programme to car- A ry for the Republicans some of the Southern n Congressional Districts where the colored vote 11< preponderates. It is well known that the r Republicans intend sending money and speak-; t; ers to these districts, and the passage of a a resolution like the above is another part of : si the plan to secure a majority in the next j g House at all hazards. si The York County Bonds. J From the Charleston Nexus and Courier , d of Friday last, we make the following ex-1 p ract from the report of the proceedings in tbe ' Jnited States Circuit Court for tbe previous lay?Judge Bond presiding: The cases of Joo. R. Falls, Fleming Gard-1 ler, Jas. A. Woodcock and Jas. E. Cobb, igainst tbe county of York, being submitted o the court, Messrs. Simonton & Barker for i ilaintiffs, and Messrs. Witberspoon A Spenler for defendants, verdicts were rendered for he plaintiffs for tbe following amounts repectively: $608.47, $861.13, $655.79 aud SI .231.81. In tbe case of Felix J. Moses against the ounty of York, a jury being dispensed with, ilessre. Campbell A Wbaley for plaintiff, and ! dessrs. Witherspoon A Spencer for defend-; ints, verdict was given to plaintiff for $1,469.-, AIn relation to these suits, tbe Newe and j Jourier says, editorially: York County Bonds.?Test cases on the >onds of York county, issued in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, came up yesterday in the United states Circuit Court, and were tried before Tudge Bond without the intervention of a ury. The question involved was whether be County Commissioners had Igislative authority to make the subscription to the Raiload Company, in payment of which bonds be coupons were issued. Messrs. Simonton St Barker, Campbell & Whaley and J. F. iart represented the plaintiffs, and Messrs. HcCrady & Son and C. E. Spencer the couny of York. The Court gave judgmeut for the >lainliffs, holding that the Legislature, by its ubsequent enactments, had given interpretaion to the original act, which authorized the ubscription. The plaintiff's were bondholders, resident in North Carolina and other States. foil Text of the Bankrupt Law. The Senate has passed the bill to repeal he bankrupt law, making an important iroendment, however, by which the repeal vill take effect on the first of September next, nstead of on the 1st of January, 1879, as prodded in the first amendment. The followng is the bill in full: That the Bankrupt law, approved March I, 1867, title 61, revised statutes, and an act sntitled "An Act to amend and supplement in act entitled 'An act to establish a uniform ystem of bankruptcy throughout the United States, approved March 2, 1867, and for othsr purposes,'" approved June 23, 1874, and ill acts in amendment or supplementary hereto or in explanation thereof, be and the ame are hereby repealed : Provided, however, [hat such repeal shall in iro manner invalilate or affect any case in bankruptcy institued and pending in any court prior to the day vhen this act shall take effect; but as to all uch pending cases and all future proceedings herein, and in respect of all pains and penilties, and for failures which shall have been ncurred under any of said acts prior to the lay when this act takes effect, or which may )e thereafter incurred under any of the jrovisions of any of said acts, which, for the )urposes named in this act, are kept in force, ?ll r\nnol n ntiAna an/1 /iriminul nrnnOO^l _ tuu an pcuai awviv/uo auu wuiuiuai vvvvw ogs for a violation of any of said acts, whether then pending, or thereafter instituted, md in respect of all rights of debtors and ireditore, (except the right of commencing irigioal proceedings in bankruptcy,) and all ights of and suits by or against assignees mder any or all of said act9, in any matter ir case which shall have arisen prior to the lay when this act takes effect, (which shall >e on the 1st day of September, A. D. 1878,) ir in any matter or case which shall arise afer this act takes effect. In respect of any natter of bankruptcy authorized by this act o be proceeded with after said last named lay, the acts hereby repealed shall continue n full force and effect until the same shall >e fully disposed of in the same manner as if aid acts had not been repealed. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. THE YORK COUNTY BONDS. In a previous article, I urged the imporance of cordially supporting the Narrow Srauge Railroad, because it had reduced reights to a just minimum, and bad cornielled other roads to a like reduction ; and ad thereby conferred upon the counties of fork and Chester benefits tbat even tojy gurea could ouly partially demonstrate. >orae persons may say that they are in favor f the road and want to keep it agoing; but re opposed to paying interest on the bonds diicb built it. If any body could advocate uch an argument as this, he is not an honest i^n. It might be smart practice to buy a seful article on credit and enjoy its use for a umber of years, and when payment is deaanded, for the debtor to say, "my agent ras net authorized to buy the article for me, nd I won't pay you for it." I am not suffi lently versed id legal etbics 10 say wnat rould be the decision of a court in such a ase; but if I am correctly informed, every ourt before which these bond cases have one, has said that they must be paid. But every citizen of the county who favors he road and wants to keep it, is also in favor f paying these bonds. If they are repuiated, the road will be sold to pay for buildag it. It is a well-known fact that there is time $60,000 or $70,000 of York and Chesar county bonds pledged as security to some .-on company, to pay for the rails in use. If hese bonds are discredited, then the road italf will be laken in paymeut. It is now allost the only road in the State owned and perated by our own people. When sold, ame foreign capitalist, like the Southern 8eurity Company, which already owns half ae roads in the State, will certainly buy it, ecause we are not able. When that corpoition, or the Charlotte, Columbia and Auusta Railroad gets it, their great enemy to igh freights will be under their control, and n our uezt cotton crop after the sale, we will e paying $5 per bale freight, to New York, ud $7.50 per ton for guauo, as we were four ears ago. May be, as a matter of spite for the >38 the road has occasioned them in the last iree years, they will double these rates upon immunities having no other outlet by rail, say for one, as a farmer interested in my wn welfare and that of my neighbors, let us old on to what we have got, when it pays us bout three times as much as it is costing us. a a few years, we will cease paying even this ttle, which, every year, grows less and less, ut we will still have the property for ourilves or our children. TT?'..j Pi.!., n ? 1 am tola mat tne unueu oiaies uuun tu lharleston, has also given judgment against le co'inty upon these bonds. I suppose the ounty has the costs to pay. If I could bring jyself to the view of some who oppose paylent, I should feel discouraged to prolong a ontest, that, every time, everywhere, and by very court, results in the one answer, "these onds are binding upon the people of York ounty, and must be paid." I had rather ay my share without costs, than to continue 'hat seems to me useless agitation, and a eavy per centage of costs for every trial, i tnd I am not a bondholder, Mr. Editor, nor I ever have owned one. I profess, however, I o own some common sense, and as long as 11 etain the possession of that cheap commodi- ' y, I do not think my opinion will be altered bout this matter. I do not believe the senible, thinking people of York county are oing to be longer misled by the clamor of a mall faction of disappointed individuals and lorthern railroad speculators, who are every ay heaping costs upon the county, to accomlish selfish designs. We are old enough to think and act for ourselves. Let us do it. This may be my last say about this matter, and I will state my motives for appearing in print. I believe the railroad to ba of great and almost inestimable value to York county for the good it has done and is doing. I want to keep it. The bouds issued by the County Commissioners, although wrong in principle, built the road, and we ought to pay them, when the road is paying three times as much as the bonds cost us. If we don't pay them, we will lose the road. We will have them to pay, whether anybody is opposed or not to their payment. The payment or nonpayment of the bonds only affects me by bringing discredit upon me as a citizen, and deprives me of the road. I believe I am right in these views. They are honestly entertained, and I have voluntarily submitted them. Nobody pays me for them, and my reward, if any I get, will be in the hope that they have been of some value to my fellowcitizens. in reaching a correct conclusion upon this matter. Tax-Paybr. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ANOTHER NEW AND THRIFTY VILLAttE. Clover, 8. C., May 13, 1878. We often see correspondence in the columns of the Enquirer, from different sections of the county, in regard to crops, growing villages, Ac., all of which is highly appreciated. It certainly renders the Enquirer more interesting to the honest farmer, who has not the time to spare from his labors to travel around and see aud hear from these, in some instances, remote sections of .his county. Now, we do not wish that the pakt, present or future of our little "ville" should remain in obscurity, and, to be explicit, we will at once "locate." Clover is situate on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, about ten miles north of Yorkville, and about twelve miles south of Gastonia, the junction o'f said road with the Richmond and Atlanta Air Line Road.'; Our town has been built up within the last two or three years. The business houses are all large and conveniently located, and the residences neat, convenient and comfortable. The citizens are high-minded, public-spin.ed men. As an evidence, we would state that among the first buildings erected, were a depot and an academy. A primary school, just in its infancy, is also now in session. Hope is entertained by its friends that they will be able to build up a good and permanent school. Certainly, no place is more favorably situated ; for Clover is on a high, healthy ridge, and there is no purer or better water to be found than our section abundantly supplies. During the past season, about 1,000 bales of cotton Were shipped from this place, and since the opening of the planting season this year, between two and three hundred tons of fertilizers have been delivered by the railroad to the farmers of this community. 'i: The farmers of this vicinity are a sober, industrious, stay-at-home, mind your own-business class of men. Talk about pretty women 1 The ladies of Clover are?well, I cannot do justice to this subject; never could. Come and see. We have no inclination to meddle with I?.? t_... L ?_ !ii_ - >. pomics ; out we wihu 10 mutte a Huggesuou. The subject of conventions, nominations, and the election is uow being discussed. Now, we dou't recollect to have ever seen it in print, but we are reliably informed that Governor Hampton, at the commencement of his administration, magnanimously recommended that county and State offices should be given to men who had lost a lirnb, or were in any other "way disabled in the late war, where such men could he found worthy and well qualified. We surely have such iu our county, and it is the ouly possible way to aid our more unfortunate friends. Vox. ' For the Yorkville Enquirer. COUNTY CONYENTION?NO CHANGE. Editor of the Enquirer : As the primamary election is the subject of general discussion throughout the State, and as it is desirable that all parts of the State should be heard from on the subject, allow me to say that we are opposed to any chaDge at present. Two years ago we organized the present club system, and in perfect harmony made a suitable selection of candidates that gave perfect satis- . faction to the voters of the county. They J were elected by a large majority, and have M proven themselves worthy and efficient offi- 1 cere. Now, why should we make any change ? 1 Our people are perfectly satisfied with the ] convention system. There has never been the slightest charge made of a packc-d convention in York county, and I say, by all means, let well enough alone. Under the primary system, it would be impossible to get the voters of the county to come out to select candidates. The mass of voters generally take little or no interest in nominations, and consequently would not at* tend the primarj elections. Let us continue to make our nominations by convention, as we have done heretofore, and nominate a good and efficient man frrom each township? should so many be needed. Then let us all support these nominations, and we need have no fears of the result, if the convention will nominate such men as are now in office; or if possible, give uo the same that now bold the same in State and county. We can elect them hy an overwhelming majority. There* fore, I any, no change : but ts.ke the present incumbents, if they wou'd agree to serve another term. I would, therefore, Mr. Editor, beg leave to nominate Hon. B. H. Massey and Hon. A. E. Hutchinson again, for members of the Legislature, when the county convention meets for that purpose. Such action will please (Fort Mill. For the Yorkville Enquirer. RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS. Chester, S. C., May 10, 1878. The following preamble and resolutions were adopted by the Lee Light Infautry, at their meeting, held this day : Whereas, the excursion of the Lee Light Infantry to Gastonia was a complete success, thereby relieving the Company of a burden* some debt, and although each and every member of the Company deserves credit for the manner in which they performed their part towards ensuring that success; still the efficient manner in which all the arrangements were carried out, reflyct great credit on those having the affair in charge; therefore, be it v . Resolved, That the entire thanks of this Company are tendered, first, to the Jenkins Rifles, the l&'iies and gentlemen of Yorkville, and the Yorkville Silver Helicon Band, who so liberally helped to make the occasion one long to be remembered with pleasure by all who participated therein. 2. To Captain J. K. Marshall for originating and carrying out so successfully the . entire Dlan. J 3. To the committee of arrangements?J. 8 L. Simmons, chairman, W. I. Clawson, C. 8 H. Brice, S. C. Walker and ?. M. Secreat? 1 for the prompt and thorough manner in whioh 1