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Jtops and Jfacts. ? It is a great deal easier in these days to borrow trouble than to borrow money. ? The first bar of steel ever manufactured in the South, was rolled last week at a mill in Chattanooga, Teun. ? D. W. Thompson wishes to marry his mother-in-law; but they live in Greenwood, Miss., and the law of that State forbids such a union. ? There have been over 8,000 petitions presented to Congress this session?2,000 on the tariff, 300 for woman's suffrage, and nearly 200 in regard to the liquor traffic. ? The present Legislature of Ohio has just enacted a rigid law for the protection of fish. It prohibits seining within the jurisdiction of Ohio, and prohibits the catching of fish by acy means during their spawning season. ? Robert Bonner is worth nearly $10,000,000. During his life-time he has spent in advertising over a million dollars, and his present immense fortune is the direct result of it. ? Ex-Governor Chamberlain will deliver the address before the literary societies of Oberlin University, at Westervelt, Ohio, at the annual commencement exercises of that institution. ? An old saying of Napoleon is current again. He observed that "there never was any trouble in getting a Russian army to invade a neighboring province; for there was no spot on earth where a Russian wouldn't be more comfortable than at home." ? Ex-Financial Agent Kimpton, now a fugitive in Canada, has recently ordered a handsome yacht of forty-five tons sent on from New York, with which he expects to make a fishing cruise on the St. Lawrence and around Anacosta Island. ? A case of "quickened conscience" of a very practical sort, is reported from Ohio. Henry Mattison, of La Rue county, a bachelor of 65, supposing himself to be ou his death bed, has given his estate to the government, as a recompense for $12,000 which it lost by his manufacture of "moonshine" whisky since the war. ? Forty-five years ago 25,500,000 shad and 750,000,000 herring were caught annually in the Potomac, and now it is estimated that not over 250,000 shad a year are caught. Professor Baird says we have destroyed them by fish-murder, and the weapons used were gillnets, and other destructive contrivances. In spawning season the fish have been mercilessly pursued and given not a moment's rest. ? The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South has been in session in Atlanta Ga., since the 1st instant. Much business affecting the future of the Conference aud the Church has been transacted. Several important changes have been made by redisricting conference bounds?none, however, applying to this section. The question, "Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life?" was restored to the discipline. ? Johnathan Walker, the noted abolitionist hero of Whittier's poem, "The Man with the Branded Hand," died recently in Muskegon, Michigan, in great poverty. For attempting to free slaves he was captured in Florida, imprisoned, pilloried, and branded on the right hand with the letters "S. S.,"or Slave Stealer. He was born in 1799, and was long noted as one of the most vehement of abolition and anti slavery lecturers. ? The Louisiana Christian Advocate points out, in the following lucid manner, whereiD the sinner wins: "A correspondent wants to know if a Christian can go to the circus. Why, yes, he can go to the circus easily enough; but it will cost him a quarter when he gets there to get in. You see, a Christian is always too proud to carry water for the elephant, and that is where the sinner has the advantage over him in the matter of freepasses." ? At Baltimore, Friday, the Annual Conference of the African Methodist Church passed a long string of resolutions denouncing the African exodus movemeut as "a new evil among our people of the Southern States, of a disastrous and fatal tendency," and declaring that "we regard this scheme as a measure ill-advised and pregnant with the worst of consequences in its general tendency and results upon the interests of our injured but steadily advancing people." ? Charlotte, N. C., has a young man who displays a practical method of looking only at the brightest side, if we may credit the following, from the Southern Home: This hopeful young man has been in love a long time, but his friends were satisfied that the contest was a hopeless one and so informed him. They assigned as the reason that the affections of the young lady were centered on another. "I know it," responded the still hopeful lover, "but vou sec he might die before the marriage and then I could stand a chance." This argument was overwhelming and conclusive to his advisers. ? The last of Lafitte's buccaneers, Achille Arnaulde, died a few days ago in Louisiana, aged 87. His death was due to a visit last winter to Illinois, where the change of climate prostrated him. His tomb lies on what was formerly known as the "German coast," not far from the scenes of his most memorable exploits?the great Pass of Barataria and the island of Grand Terre. He was the last of the buccaneers, and with his death the memory of this once powerful league, which fought and conquered sixty years ago, under the iusurgent flag of Carthagena, is relegated forever to the past and to American history. ? American competion in foreign markets is daily adding proof that "carrying coals to Newcastle" is not necessarily such an absurdity, after all. Supplying the English dinners with American beef was a sufficiently daring commercial enterprise, but what shall we say of the prospect of inducing Germans in the "faderland" to drink American beer in preference to that brewed at home? A New York firm of brewers have already had the enterprise to send samples of their beer to Bismarck, who pronounced it good, and they have since received such large orders from Germany that they are making arrangements to export it on a large scale. ? The Treasury department has directed that hereafter no more standard silver dollars be paid out, at the sub-treasury in New York, for greenbacks. Nearly all the silver issued in this manner has found its way back into the sub-treasury, in payment for custom duties, the parties thereby saving the premium on gold in making such payments. The object in paying out silver for greenbacks was to get the former into general circulation. As their object is not realized at New York, all the silver coming directly back into the Treasury, the practice has been discontinued. In Baltimore, for the same reason, the silver is issued for greenbacks only to the extent of five dollars at a single payment. ? Hon. Alfred M. Waddell, before the war an Union man, recently delivered, at Steinway Hall, a lecture on Confederate soldiers, before 5,000 ex-Union braves. Here is a specimen: "I was confronted, at an early period of the war, by a person about four and a-half feet high, with huge epaulettes and bullet buttons liberally distributed over a homespun uniform, who desired to know something of my personal history, and expressed a desperate determination to devour an unlimited number of Abolitionists. I escaped this terrible cannibal, but am rejoiced to know that he served his country taitnruny during the entire war as assistant cook to a wagon traiD, and immediately upon its termination joined the brotherhood of statesmen who panted for the blood of rebels." ? Mr. Edison has made a contract with the Western Union Telegraph Company, by which all his electrical and magnetic inventions become the property of the company. These include his telephone, which the company considers the most useful telephone invented. It can be used with a wire in close proximity with other wires without picking up confusing sounds coming from other sources, or giving J up the secrets of messages conveyed by it to | other telephone wires. The company hopes ! to establish telephone communication with at | least four thousand towns, too small to support the expense of a telegraph operator. The I system will be such that any one having ac! cess to a telephone can, in a few minutes' time, be put into communication with any one else having such access, and the two can I converse in entire conhdence, without the ini tervention of even an operator. Telephonic i clubs will bring the privileges of telephonic I communication to almost every one. She IJarferiHe inquirer. YORKVII/LE, S, C.: THUKS1MK 31UKJ\1I\'It, MM 55d, irv/O. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 14th, Mr. Matthews gave notice that on the following day he would ask the Senate to consider the bill reported from the committee on railroads, known as the Texas Pacific Railroad bill. The postoffice appropriation bill was resumed, and, after sundry amendments, passed, after which the resumption ant was discussed until adjournment. In the House, the first business in order was the question on seconding the demand for the previous question on the Florida resolution, introduced on Monday, by Mr. Potter, of New York. The Republicans resorted to fillibustering tactics and refrained from voting, thus leaving the House without a quorum. After a call of the House, the Democrats, fiuding they were unable to muster more than 115 votes, yielded to a motion to adjourn. Though the motion was opposed on the Republican side, it was carried?yeas 130, nays 104. In the Senate on the 15th, the committee on the revision of the laws reported back a petition asking a modification of the statute prohibiting the transportation, through the mails, of immoral publications, and moved its reference to the committee on judiciary. So ordered. The petition does not ask a repeal of the law, but a change thereof. Ferry, ol Michigan, from the committee on postoffices and postroads, reported a bill regulating the compensation for the transportation of the mails on railroads, providing for the classification of mail matter and for other purposes. Placed on the calendar. In the House, the ! Senate concurrent resolution for final ad journment was taken up, and its considera* ? nn.i * ?. _ x a. tiri I tion postponed until tne zmn instant,, tvueu the question was raised of seconding the previous question on Potter's resolution of in quiry into the alleged frauds in the Presidential election, the Republicans fell back upon their manoeuvre of withholding their votes, leaving the House apparently without a quorum, as the Democrats were only able to muster 121 votes, 26 less than a quorum of the House. After some unimportant moves hi the parliamentary chess-board, the Democrats realized their inability to make any progress in the matter of the resolution, and moved to adjourn, which motion, after being once defeated on a yea and nay vote, (many Demo J crats voting with the solid Republican phalanx) was finally conceded in, and immediately thereafter the Republicans met in the chamber for the purpose of consultation. The announcement of the call for the meeting was greeted by the Democrats with derisive jeers and laughter and with counter demonstrations of triumph and defiance by the Republicans. The result of the Republican caucus was the adoption of a resolution, characterizing the Democratic movement as revolutionary and subversive of the business interests, good order and prosperity of the country, and that it must be resisted by all proper, legal and parliamentary means. In the Senate on the 16th, Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, submitted a concurrent resolution providing for a commission consisting of two Senators, three Members of the House, and three officers of the regular army, who have served not less than ten years, to whom shall be referred the whole subject of reform and reorganization of the array, the coramis sion to meet as soon as practicable ana report to the next session of Congress through the President of the United States. It also appropriates $2,000 to defray the expenses of the Commission. Referred to the committee on military affairs. In the House, the session was consumed in a manner similar to the two preceding days. The Republicans refrained from voting or seconding the demand for the previous question on the Florida resolution, thus leaving the House without a quorum. Several propositions were made by the Republican side, which were declined by the Democrats, to postpone further consideration of the resolution until Saturday, and proceed in the mean while to other business. Mr. Stephens attempted to get the ear of the House for a few moments for the purpose of submitting a proposition to vote down the j previous question and allow every amendment which the members might desire to offer, but his voice was drowned by cries of "regular order" from the Democratic side. The Republicans stated that there was no objection on their side to Mr. Stephens' proceeding. Finally the Democrats finding it would ; be impossible for them to obtain a quorum j to-day, yielded to a motion to adjourn, which | was opposed by the Republicans. It was i nevertheless carried?yeas 141; nays 116. ! This showed an increase in the Democratic ! strength, as they cast all the affirmative votes ; and one negative. In the Senate on the 17tb, Mr. Davis, from j the committee on the judiciary, reported, with I amendments. Senate bills providing for an additional Judge on each of the second and seventh United States judicial circuits. Mr. | McMillan, of Minnesota, from the committee I on claims, reported, with amendments, the ; House bill making appropriations for the j payment of claims allowed by the Southern claims commission, and it was placed on the calendar. In the House, the long-protracted , struggle over Potter's resolution for a select committee of eleven to investigate alleged Presidential election frauds in Florida and Louisiana, resulted in a victory for the DeraI ocrats in the adoption of the resolution. Democratic members who had been abseut or paired on Monday last when the resolution was offered have been, since then, recalled to the city, or had given notice of the ter' mination of their pairs, and there were present in the House, free from entangling I alliances, 148 Democratic members, including the Speaker. After various preliminary I movements, (comprising a call of the House, | the closing of the doors, the issuing of warrants for absentees, none of whom were in the city, &c.,) a final vote was taken on the ; adoption of the preamble and resolution. ; Not a single Republican member had his vote recorded, and but two Democratic members (Mills, of Texas, and Morse, of Massachusetts,) voted in the negative. The affirm! ative vote was 145, and the preamble and j | resolutions were declared adopted. There j was a great deal of confusion, uproar and | excitement throughout the day, but no dem' onstrations attended the announcement of the j ! result. In the House on the 18th, the army appropriation bill was discussed. No further ; progress was made in investigation matters. , Mr. Stephens authorizes the statement that be was paired off, and consequently could not | vote on the Potter resolution appointing a committee to investigate the Florida election ; but had he not been paired, would have voted against the resolution. In the Senate, on the 20th, the judiciary ; committee returned a bill providing for the admission of female lawyers to the Supreme Court of the Uuited States with the report that there is no law prohibiting a court from admitting a woman to the bar, and, therefore, there is no necessity for legislation on the subject. Mr. Morrill made an elaborate speech against the resumption aat, after which Mr. Cockrell.of Missouri, called up the bill placing Gen. Shields on the retired list, with the rank of Brigadier-General. The bill was amended by adding a section providing for placing Gen. Grant on the retired list with the full rank and pay of General, except that he shall not be allowed forage for horses, or commutation therefor, or aids-de-camp or other staff officers, unless called into active service in time of war. A long debate followed, and finally the amendment was agreed to by yeas 30; nays 28. A long debate then followed on the bill as amended, and without action the Senate adjourned. In the House, the select committee on alleged frauds in the Presidential election was announced as follows: Potter, of New York; Morrison, of Illinois; Hunter, of Virginia; Stenger, of Pennsylvania; McMahon, of Ohio ; Cobb, of Indiana; Blackburn, of Kentucky; Cox, of Ohio; Butler, of Massachusetts; Reed, of Maine; and Hiscock, of New York. A cable message from Miuister Noyes, at Paris, was presented, asking to be subpoenaed before the committee. Other proceedings of the House were unimportant. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? John B. Erwin, Esq., of Lancaster, declines to be a candidate for Congress in the Fourth District. ? Previous to the 15th instant, the County Treasurer of Lancaster had received but $521 on account of State and county taxes. ? In Charleston, $7,742.83, in bills of the Bank of the State, have been tendered in payment of State and county taxes. ? Ex-Judge Carpenter left Columbia on Saturday last for Denver, Colorado. It is said that he intends to locate at Denver. ? Mrs. Jane D. Moses, relict of the late Chief Justice Franklin J. Moses, died at Sumter, on the morning of the 12th instant, aged 67 years. ? Through the influence of Senator M. C. Butler it has been determined to stock the Savannah, Broad and Catawba rivers with fish. ? The Attorney-General has decided that any unexpended school fund in the county must be apportioned out to the respective districts to which it belongs. It caunot be used to pay off old claims in a lump. ? The Aiken Democratic County Convention, recently in session, unanimously recommended that our present Governor, Lieuienant-Governor, and all the State officers now I in office, be re-elected to their present positions. | ? Hon. Thomas C. Perrin, an old and prominent lawyer, died at Abbeville, on the 14th instant, of palpitation of the heart. He was 73 years of age, and for 50 years was a practitioner at the bar of Abbeville, besides hav? 1- -1-1 vAAtiS/ina U Annw onrl f mot | IUg I1C1U BUVCItti pUBltlUUO U1 uuuui uuu bi uov| j aud represented his county in the General Assembly for several years. He also has handed his name down to posterity as the first signer of the "Act of Secession." ? In a recent conversation with a Charleston reporter, United States Marshal R. M. Wallace stated that the current rumor that he was to be the Republican candidate for Governor, at the next election in this State, was without authority from him, and without foundation, so far as he is informed. He said that no proposition of the kind had ever beet) made to him, and that if it was it would certaiuly receive no encouragement, as he has no desire nor intention of engaging in State politics at all. He further stated that it was his opinion that the Republican party would put up no candidates for Governor nor State officers, but would confine their efforts to the county, legislative and congressional tickets. ? The new board of trustees of the South Caroliua College, met in Columbia on Friday last. The priucipal matters discussed were the organization of the College itself, of Claflin University, and of an agricultural, mechanical and military branch of the college. The feasibility of incorporating the South Carolina Medical College as a part of the State College, was also discussed. The following committees were appointed: Executive Committee of the South Carolina College? Gen. John S. Preston, Superintendent of Education H. S. Thompson and Col. J. H. Rion. Executive Committee of Claflin University? Hous. Samuel Dibble, J. F. J. Caldwell and Col. Charles H. Simonton. The last named gentlemen were instructed to complete arrangements for the organization of Claflin University, and for some disposition of the property of said university. The new board of trustees is constituted as follows : Governor Hampton, chairman ex-officio; Gen. J. | S. Prestou, Col. James H. Rion, Col. J. D. Blanding, Major S. Dibble, Col. J. F. J. Caldwell, Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, Col. C. H. Simonton ; Nathaniel Barnwell, secretary. ? The Ledger of last week mentions that a negro boy, aged about 18 years, under the name of Tom Brown, was arraigned at the " ? ' r? T ?I last term 01 toe circuit court iur .Lmucasici county for grand larceny, charged with robbing the house of Mr. J. H. Lathan, near Craigsville. He pleaded guilty and was sen| tenced to two years' imprisonment in the peni itentiary. Since the trial, the Ledger has obtained some information with regard to the antecedents of Brown, which will prove of interest to some of our readers. The Ledger saya : "A gentleman from Mecklenburg county, N. C.. gives us the following bit of history concerning this young thief. His real name ! is Andy Tate. After the close of the war j his father and mother, with Andy, went to ! j Liberia, where they soon died. Andy made j his way back to this country and went to i work for Mr. R. M. Capps, in Mecklenburg j ; county. He had not been there long before he robbed the house of Mr. C., and secured | as his booty, $450.00 and a gold watch?this j was last December. He was pursued to j York county, where he was overtaken at a pegro hovel, but made his escape minus his | clothes, Jn the pockets of his clothes was j $439.00 and the watch, After committing i some few petty depredations in York, he came to this county and set in to work for Mr. J. H. Lathan. Notwithstanding his previous experience of misfortunes, he soon took occasion to rob the house of Mr. Lathan and attempted to make his escape. He was arrested in North Carolina and brought back to this place, plead guilty of the charge, and is now serving a sentence of two years in the State penitentiary. A requisition will be made for him by the Governor of North Carolina as soon as his term expires." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Superior Court of Mecklenburg county commenced laet Monday with 60 cases on the State and 300 on the civil docket. ? Reports come from various sections of the State to the effect that wheat is seriously injured by rust. ? Bethel Methodist Church, in Union county, was recently destroyed by an incendiary fire. ? North Carolina Central Railroad stock is looking up. A few years ago it could be bought for $25 per share ; last week it sold at public sale in Greensboro at $60 50. ? The Randolph Regulator has discovered a colored man in that county, named Gloster Wei borne, who is 115 years old, a good Methodist and an exemplary Democrat. ? Work has beeu resumed on Davenport Female College, destroyed by fire, several months ago, and it is the intention of the building committee to push it forward with all possible speed. ? Johnstone Jones, Esq., formerly of Rock Hill, S. C., and now editor of the Raleigh News, will retire from that paper on the 1st of June and locate in Morganton for the purpose of practicing law. ? John H. Smytbe, of Wilmington, the finest scholar and the most intellectual man among the colored race of North Carolina, has been appointed by the Presideut Minister to Liberia. ? The 103rd anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was celebrated in Charlotte last Monday. Among the invited guests was the Governor's Guards of Columbia. Col. J. P. Thomas delivered the address. ? There is to be be a convention of colored people at Charlotte, on the 16th of next September, for the purpose of taking steps to reestablish the whipping post. Delegates are expected from all the different Southern States. ? The Democratic party of Mecklenburg, which county, contains seventeen townships, adopted the primary plan of making nominations. The county convention met last Saturday, primary elections having been held in the various townships on the Saturday previous. All the old county officers were renominated. ? The trial of the young man Black, charg ed with killing James Authony, near Cherryville, in Lincoln county, several weeks ago, did not take place at the recent term of Gaston Superior Court, to which county the case was moved. A continuance was ordered until Fall term, and Black wa3 returned to Lincoln couuty jail. ? Regardiug the future action of the Republican party of North Carolina, the following from the Greensboro New State, may be taken as an authoritative declaration : "There seems to be great anxiety about what the Republican party of this State intends to do. It is safe to say that the party is in good shape and will take care of itself. We believe that by the middle of next November the Democrats will have no reason to 6nd fault with the apparent apathy among Republicans." ? A correspondent of the Asheville Pioneer gives the followiug in reference to Bald Mountain: Bald Mountain has split in twain! Your readers will remember that two years ago great excitement existed in this section on account of the wonderful and inexplicable noises heard in the bowels of the old Bald. Thesound, like muttered thunder, apparently proceeded from the innermost depths of the mountain, and created the wildest excitement among the residents in the valley. In the past few days the mo intain has literally split in twain, leaving a chasm of 300 feet in leugth and from 8 to 10 feet in width. So far as your correspondent can ascertain, the depth is one bottomless abyss. As yet no smoke or lava has been thrown out from the crater. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Republican Leaders in Council. The Executive Committee of the Republican party, were in session in Columbia last week. Their proceedings are veiled in mystery, though it has transpired that the proceedings were characterized by harmony and an earnestly expressed desire to accept the situation and make the most of the chances before them. It is understood that they will make no opposition to the State Democratic ticket, which is "already virtually iu the field," as Cardozo, who supported that policy, expressed it. As intimated in another part of this paper, the policy of the party, thus far developed, indicates that their efforts will be concentrated in the struggle to secure county officers and representation in the Legislature. The 7th of August was designated as the day on which the party will assemble in Columbia in State Convention. State Democratic Execntire Committee. The State Democratic Executive Committee assembled in Columbia, at 10 o'clock, A. M., last Thursday. Twenty-three counties were represented. Several hours were occupied in the discussion of various matters of interest touching the coming campaign, and the meeting then adjourned until 4$ P. M. On reassembling in the afternoon, the committee, after some discussion, fixed upon Thursday, the 1st day of August, for the assembling of the State and Congressional Conventions, on which day they will be held in Columbia. The outlook for the coming campaign is reported by the county chairmen as very cheer:? /Imikt ia onfprfainpd as to t.h? IUg, ?*uu ? overwhelming triuraph of the Reform party. It seems to be confidently expected that the Radicals will make a desperate fight for tho control of the Legislature; but their strug-1 gleB will only bring out the full Democratic vote and make the campaign interesting, Pennsylvania Republican Convention. The Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania met at Harrisburg, on the 15th. J. N. Purviance was elected temporary chairman. On taking the chair, he said that tho mission of the Republican party was not yet ended, and would not be until unity and peace shall have been established in all parts of tho country. After permanont organization, n platform of resolutions were adopted to the following purport: That the Republican party of Pennsylvania is opposed to free trade in whatever disguise presented, unchanging devotion to home mdustry, and hereby avows its special and direct hostility to the tariff* bill now pending in Congress, the same being iu the interest of importers and foreign manufacturers and in opposition to American labor. That we are now as ever opposed to the payment of olairas from the National Treasury to those lately engaged in or sympathizing with the rebellion. No conqueror should be forced to pay indemnity to the conquered, and the presentation of bills demanding over three hundred million dollars at the present session of a Democratic House, is a warning to the country of the cost and the danger of retaining in power a party whose chief aim is to make re-! prisals on the tax-payers for losses which the . crime of treason brought upon the Southern | people. Henry Hoyt was nominated for Governor, and after he delivered an address, the convention adjourned sine die. Arson and Itape. By au amendment to the criminal law of this State, the crimes of arson and rape are 1 nr* mi _ o 11 ?_ t| _ ow capital onences. xae ioiiowtug is toe full text of the law : Sectiou 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the lapse of 9ixty days from the passage of this Act, any person who shall commit either of the crimes of arson or rape shall, upon conviction, suffer death by hanging in the same form and manner as is uow provided by law for willful murder: Provided,, however, That in eajh case where the prisoner is found guilty, the jury may find a special verdict, recommending him to the mercy of the Court, whereupon the punishment shall be reduced to imprisonment in the penitentiary with hard labor during the whole lifetime of the prisoner. Sec. 2. That from and after the lapse of sixty days from the passage of this Act, any person who shall commit the crime of burglary at common law shall, upon convictiou, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary with hard labor during the whole lifetime of the prisoner. Sec. 3. That on and after the passage of this Act, any person fouud guilty of the larceny ofanyhurse, mule, cow, hog or any other live stock, shall suffer imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at hard labor for a period of not less than one year nor more that ten years, and such hue as tho Court, in its discretion, may see fit to impose. Approved March 22, 1878. Landlords and Tenants. The following is the full text of an act passed at the last session of the legislature for the "protection of landlords in reutal of houses and tenements": Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases where tenants hold over after their expiration of their leases or contracts for rent, whether the same be in writing or by parol, or shall fail to pay the rent when it shall become due, the landlord is hereby authorized and empowered, either in person or by agent, to enter upou the premises and claim possession; and in case of refusal or resistance it shall be lawful for the person so letting said premises, houses or tenements, his agents or attorney, to apply to a Trial Justice, whose duty it shall be to have a notice served upon the person or persons so refusiug to be dispossessed, to show cause before him, if any he can, within three days from the date of said personal service of such notice, why he should not be dispossessed ; and if he fails to show sufficient _i._ii u.. ,.r .v.? t.:?i t.,o unuoC) it snau uc tuc uutj ui tuo xnai uuotice forthwith to issue his warrant, directed to the Sheriff of the county or any constable thereof, requiring him, without delay, to dispossess said person or persons from the premises so let, and authorizing him to use such force as may be necessary: Provided, Said Trial Justice shall receive fifty cents for issuing said notice and warrant, and the Sheriff or constable a fee of one dollar for executing the same, to be paid by the party so refusing to be dispossessed; and if said costs cannot be collected from the tenant, then the same shall be paid by the landlord, except iu cases of constables and Trial Justices in counties where they receive salaries: Provided, That in case any tenant is wrongfully dispossessed, he, she or they may have au action for damage against such laudlord. Approved March 22, 1878. The Public Schools. At the first regular meeting of the State Board of Examiners, held several days since, the following resolutions were adopted, which we publish for the information of teachers and others interested in the subject of public education : Resolved, That in those localities in which the number of children desiring to attend school is less than the minimum number prescribed by the various boards of trustees for the establishment of schools, a teacher should, if possible, be procured, the compensation in such oases to be less than that usually allowed to the grade of certificate held by the teacher. Resolved, That the various school officers of this State be urged to secure the services of the most competent teachers to instruct the colored children, and that this board heartily commends the white teachers who have heretofore engaged in their instruction. Resolved, That this board has received with gratification the encouraging reports of the progress in certain portions of the State, especially in Charleston. The following rules were adopted : 1. All examinations before county board of examiners must be in writing, except examination in reading, and must be conducted on questions prepared by the State superintendent of education; separate questions to be prepared for each of the three grades. 2. The number to be the maximum mark, and no applicant, whose average a* r.n examination is less than eight on all the branches, to receive a certificate. 3. That at all examinations before county boards, at least two members of the board must be present. 4. That applicants before county boards shall be examined on orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, history of the United States and of this State. 5. That applicants for teacher's State certificate must appear before the State board of examiners at the regular meetings which will be held in Columbia during the first week in May, and the first week in September of each year, and that in addition to the branches of study mentioned in the foregoing rule, said applicants must be examined in algebra, natural philosophy and physiology. Governor Hampton on the Situation. A Columbia dispatch to the News and Courier of Monday, says that Governor Hampton, in conversation with a reporter, spoke very freely of the resolutions introduced by Potter of New York, and adopted by the House of Representatives, looking to an investigation of the electoral frauds in Florida ? J T ?? Tt i'n Kr>iraoop auu XjUUIMIUIIH.. xi/ la uuuuuui, ....... , , j whether the Governor would have said much j | on the subject, had uot the Executive Comj mittee of the Republican party issued an ad - j I dregs to the voters of the Uuited States in ! j connection with the question. This gave to j the action of the House of Representatives a j : breadth aud potentiality which it did not posaessso long as the Potter resolutions were j merely confined to discussion by the political parties composing the House. The corres1 pondent quotes Governor Hampton as fol-' lows: Governor Hampton wa9 asked what he thought of the wisdom of "any attempt" j to unseat President Hayes. This wa9 a preg-; nant question that could hardly elicit, it would seem, a brief answer, inasmuch as , many considerations must enter into discussion, when "any attempt" to remove the Presi- j dent is in issue. Without hesitation, how-1 ever, Governor Hampton said: "I think that any attempt to unseat President Hayes would be most unurise, unless, it had been made previously perfectly clear that he was a party to a system of fraud which se.ted him." Governor Hampton added: "I do not believe that Mr. Hayes is, or has been, implicated in any such fraud." After this emphatic declaration of personal confidence in Mr. Hayes, the conversation with Governor Hampton took a wider range. Governor Hampton is evidently surprised at the result of the fight over the Potter resolutions, and the indications are that be did not expect that they would be adopted without amendment. He said, with much emphasis, ; that the reopening of the Presidential question, at this hour, "is fraught with danger to ; the whole country." He said : "This reopen- i ing of the Presidential question will, in my judgment, react disastrously on the Democratic party ; it will injure the South, which! wants peace, end I shall regard it as a grave mistake on the part of our people, to take : any part iu this matter." Subsequently Governor Hampton was asked whether any attempt to unseat Mr. Hayes would be looked on favorably in this State and in the South. His answer was: "In my opinion, the masses throughout the whole country will look upon it as a revolutionary proceeding." Being pressed upon this point, Governor Hampton said: "A eonviction that this is a revolutionary proceeding, looking to the removal of Mr. Hayes, will do more to make Oen. Orant the President of the United States in 1880, than every other agency combined." Governor Hampton said much that may not be published, but if every word he utter* 1 1 i " ? 1 - l J ea couja ne iaia oeiore ine peopie, it wouiu confirm what is now stated, and strengthen confidence in him as a patriot and statesman. MERE-MENTION. Nearly 1,000 immigrants arrived in New York on Wednesday ; the largest number for any one day this year. A fire in the village of Pulaski, Tenn., last week, destroyed property to the value of $82,000. In Iowa, on the 14th instant, snow aud freezing cold injured the grape crop and all young vegetatiou. By the bill now before the Legislature of Ohio for redistrictiug the State for Congressional purposes, the Democrats will have fourteen and the Republicans six Congressional Districts. The only Democrats in the House of Representatives who voted against Potter's investigation resolution, were Mills, of Texas, and Morse, of Massachusetts. "There are people who live behind the hill," is an old German proverb, which means there are other persons in the world beside yourself, although you may not see them. Gold raining is being practically developed in Georgia. The State has 26 active mines, operating 260 stamps, which average $100 per stamp. Woman tempted man to eat; but he took to drink himself. The General Assembly South of the Presbyterian Church of the United States convened in Kuoxville, Tenn., last Thursday morning. Over 150 delegates were present, being the largest assembly of this body ever convened. The shipment of ripe peaches from Macon, Georgia, to the northern markets, commenced last Saturday. It is generally conceded that whatever may be the discovery of fraud by the investigating committee auDoiuted under Potter's resolution, it rr ' cannot affect Mr. Hayes' title to the Presidency. A REPUBLICAN PRONUNCIAMENTO. In view of the adoption by the House of Representatives, on Friday last, of Potter's resolution for a select committee of eleven to investigate alleged Presidential frauds in Florida and Louisiana, the Republican Congressional committee have issued the following address to the voters of the United States : The Democratic House of Representatives has to-day, by a party vote, adopted a resolution which, under the pretence of an investigation, is to lay the foundation for a revolutionary expulsion of the President from his office. This is the culmination of a plot which has been on foot from the day that Hayes and Wheeler were constitutionally declared elected. It made its first public appearance in the resolution of the last Democratic House adopted at the close of the session, declaring that Tilden and Hendricks were elected. Tilden and Hendricks subsequently made similar public declarations themselves. A few timid members have long held back, and some of them, after being coerced to the fioal vote, still pretend that they will halt as soon as their partial and one-sided investigation shall have ended. In other words, they intend, after bearing suborned evidence, to bring in a verdict that Hayes is a usurper, and that he shall not remain in office. These men have no control in the Democratic party; they dared not even follow Alexander H. Stephens in a revolt against caucus dictation to the extent of showing some semblage of fair play. They will be impotent in the future as they have beeu in the past. Moreover, it is difficult to believe in their sincerity in view of the public avowal of their party that its purpose is, if possible, to displace the President. It is a matter of history that the resolution just adopted was objected to. The Speaker of the House w>s consulted in advance as to whether he would rule that it was a privileged question. The party managers were anxious to conceal their purposes if possible. In this they were defeated by the Speaker, who would not rule it a question of privilege, unless it clearly assailed the title of the President. The reiolution being offered, he read a carefully prepared opinion deciding it to be a question of highest privilege because it involved the question of the validity of Hayes' title. Here are his very words: "A higher privilege than the one herein involved and broadly and directly presented as to the rightful occupancy of the chief executive chair of the government, and the connection of high government officials with the frauds alleged, the chair is unable to conceive. The chair finds enumerated among the questions of privilege set down in the manual, the following: 'Election of President.' The preamble and resolution embrace questions of privilege of the highest character, and the chair recognizes the right of the gentleman from New York to offer the same," Upon this the Republicans commenced a struggle against the revolutionary scheme whioh, after five days' duration, terminated in the success of the conspirators. The Repub licans offered to favor the fullest investigation in alleged frauds by whichever party charged to have been committed, but the Democracy pursued its course shamelessly and recklessly, and stifled all iuquiry into the attempts at bribery in Oregon, South Carolina, Louisiana, and murder and violence in several of the States. Neither amendment nor debate was allowed. The inexorable previous question was applied and enforced. fUJa onkoma if niirancrl anil it in Tin? fnllv 4. 1119 OVUVI^V, M fH'WMVW, ??? .? ? ...y inaugurated, can only have the efleot of further paralyzing busiuess of all kinds, preventing the restoration of confidence which seemed promising, casting a gloom over every household, and bringing our natiou into reproach ' before the civilised world. The peace of the country is the first consideration of patriots. This new effort of the Pemocraoy to inaugurate anarchy and Mexicanise the government by throwing doubts upon the legitimacy of the title of the Presideut, is in keeping with the reoord of that party, one wiug of which rebelled against the government, while the other wing gave them aid and comfort. We call, therefore, upon all who opposed the rebellion of 1861, without distinction of party, to rally well to the support of law, order and stable government, and to overwhelm with defeat the reckless agitators who, to gain political power, would add to the present distress of the country, by shaking the foundations of the Government they failed in a four , years' war to destroy. By unauimous order I of the committee. EUGENE HALE, Chairman. Geo. C. Gilliam, Secretary. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. H. Davega, President?Stockholders' Meeting. J. N. Roberts?Pine 8tock. Hunter & Oates?Our Goods. M. Strauss?I Know It. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? Dr. J. G. Erwin, Applicant?Emanuel Garison, p. c.. deceased. J. A. McLean, P. J. Y. C.?Notice to the Heirs of Anna Rawls, deceased. Fannie L. Dobson?Listen to Me Awhile. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Ho ! For Dobson's. Enquirer Office?K. M. R. R. Stock. W. A. Moore, Auditor of York county?Tax Returns for 1878. - REV. J. BT MACK. We learn that Rev. J. B Mack, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Fort Mill, has decided to accept the call lately tendered him by a Presbyterian Church in Columbia. ' THE SESSIONS DOCKET. The sessions docket of the approaching term of the Circuit Court, to convene on the first Monday of next month, promisee to be quite light. There is but one prisoner in jail awaiting trial?Wra. Gage, colored, charged with vrand larceny. ADMITTED TO PRACTICE. Ob Thursday last, Mr. James L. Wilson, son of Col. W. B. Wilson, of this place, appeared before the Supreme Court at Columbia to stand examination for admission to the bar. We learn that his examination was highly satisfactory, and that be took a high stand in a large class of applicants. NEW POST OFFICE. The Postmaster General has ordered the establishment of a postoffice to be known as "Catawba River," in this county, and appointed Mr. Jr.sper S. Mason as postmaster thereof. This office is on the horse-route between . Yorkville and Charlotte, and about one mile west of Wright's Ferry, on Catawba river. THE COUNTY BOND8. The County Commissioners, yesterday, instructed the County Auditor to place on his books the levy heretofore made for the purpose of paying interest on the York county bonds in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. It is expected that the tax for this purpose will be collected next October. PARDON8 ISSUED. A Washington telegram of Monday, conveys the information that John Wallace, Pinckuey Caldwell, and W.L. Smith, ku-klux ?; e .L! ?_ _L_ I 1 prisoners irurn una couuiy, woo nave uwu confined iu the Albany penitentiary since 1872, have been pardoned by the President. The pardons were granted several days ago, but not issued until Monday. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: ' J. H. Stephens to T. J. Cureton. House ? aud lot in Fort Mill. Consideration $500. L. A. Johnson to Patrick Barbour and others. Lot of one acre in York township. Consideration $5. SUDDEN DEATH. Mm. Catherine Jeukins, wife of Mr. Lawson Jenkins, who lives about five miles north of town, while engaged in her household duties last Friday, was suddenly stricken with paralysis, from the effect of which she expired about 3 o'clock next morning. Mrs. Jenkins was an estimable lady, noted for the kindness of her disposition, and her many acts of chariLy. Her funeral took place at Sharon Church on Sunday. PERSONAL. Lev. A. J. McCoy, who has been absent for several months, attending the Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., is now on a visit to his mother and relatives in this place. Mr. W. R. Jones, who visited Nashville, Tenn., as representative of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Houor, of this State, in the Supreme Lodge of the United States, which met in that city on Tuesday of last week, returned on Monday morning. CURIOUS FREAK "OF VEGETATION. Dr. T. J. Walker, of King's Mountain, iH0 has sent us a corn cob, or rather a bunch of^^^^HB nAka in ink ink \a A to r>l a tr&A a ainrvti 111 TTIIIUII I o ft* oiuguioa >1 of nature in the growth of vegetation. Grow-^^^^JB ing out from the main stem, which ia as large ^HB|| as a man's wrist, are five distinct and per fectly formed cobs, the whole representing the thumb and fingers of a human hand. The corn stock which produced this curiosity was grown on the grave of an unknown man buried in a field of Mr. Read Falls, of Cleveland county, N. C. THE CLARENDON PRESS. We have received the first number of a new candidate for public favor, bearing the above title, published at Manning, S. C., under the editorial control of John A. Barron, Esq., a native of Yorkville. In his graceful salutatory, the editor says: "We shall use all of our ability to present, from week to week, the principles that have, by the force of their purity and justice, triumphed over fraud and corruption, the principles that placed Wade Hampton in the Gubernatorial Chair, and that sustain him there admired by the world." The Press is a neatly printed sheet, and from the known ability of the editor, we feel as sured it will meet a well-deserved success. ^ ANOTHER ENTERTAINMENT. We learn that it is in contemplation by the ladies, and arrangements are now being perfected for the consummation of the object, to give a grand entertainment on the evening of the 6th ot June, for the benefit of the Jenkins Rifles. The programme will comprise a number of charades, vaudevilles, tableaux, etc., interspersed with music. The entertainment will be under the direction of Mrs. Clara D. McLean and Miss Hattie Lindsay ; and if we may judge by the success that crowned their efforts on a recent similar occasion, a rare treat is in store for the lovers of amusement, while the object for which the entertainment will be given commends itself to the citizens generally. Besides the amateur talent of Yorkville, which is by no means below mediocre, the ladies will also be assisted by the Chester String Baud, uuder the leadership of Mr. C. H. Brennecke. A number of distinguished persons will be invited aud expected to be pres- J MM 4 M MM MM M. 4 U M rM O /1 II A M r\M Ua iMMf AM A n J cut, aiuuug tiioiu uuvoiuui xinui^tuu auu MH Adjutant-General Moise. BUILDINGS AND'IMPROVEMENTS. jflfl Mesr.rs. Latimer & Hemphill are erecting a large two story building ou their store house lot near the depot. The first floor will be converted into store-rooms for their own business?dry goods and grocery departments, and the upper story will be used as a family residence. Mr. J. R. Kincaid is the contractor, and tbe building will be ready for occupancy by the 1st of August. When finished it will add materially to the appearance of that part of town. Mr. J. F. Wallace is making preparations to have his residence remodeled and enlarged. The contraot for the work has been taken by Mr. James E. Smith, and when the work is completed according to the design, Mr. Wallace will have as neat a residence as any on Liberty street. Mr James E. Smith has added a good deal of ornamentation to his house, and is having it painted under the skillful manipulation of Nelson Davies, who wields the paint-brush