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Scraps and Jfacts. ? Democratic leaders say they have assurances that every Representative elected in the South as an Independent Democrat, will go into the Democratic caucus and act with them on all political grounds. ? The latest development of the Grant talk is out in Illinois, and takes the shape of a story ,that the Logan and. Oglesby men in the Legislature will finally conclude to drop their favorites and give the senatorship to the exPresident. ? In Cincinnati the theatres are open on Sunday evening, as well as a great number of small variety halls in which beverages are sold. There is no law against Sunday entertainments there, but the clergymen are uniting in an effort to-stop what they regard as a desecration of the Lord's day. .? A Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, telegraphs that Blaine is looming up rapidly as the Republican candidate in 1880. He says many Republicans who opposed the Senator's nomination at Cincinnati, now confess their mistake and declare their purpose to work for him in 1880. tm - o? o . r? i.?_ ? JLne oupreoje voun ui reuuBjrivauia u? just decided that an inn-keeper is bound to pay for goods stolen from bis guests, unless stolen by a servant or companion of the guest. The court declared that it was the inn-keeper's duty to provide honest servants, and to exercise an exact vigilance over all persons coming into his bouse as guests or otherwise. ? The sentence passed upon Edwin C. Hayden, convicted at Montpelier, Vt., of tbe murder of his wife, is indeed a fearful one. He is to endure a servitude of nearly two years at hard labor in the penitentiary, then three months in solitary confinement, after which he is to be hong on tbe first Friday after the first Tuesday of January, 1881. ? Railroad stockholders will be interested in a decision just given by the Supreme Court of the United States. It is held that in tbe case of municipal aid to railroads, tbe recital printed on bonds that the election required by law was duly, held is sufficent in the hands of an innocent bolder to estop the municipality from offering to show that no such election took place. ? One John Brinton, living somewhere in Iowa, had a fancy some yeas ago that Jerusalem would be a good point for the establishof a whiskey saloon. His wife called him a fool and refused to go with him. He divided his little property and went alone. He has been successful, and she has now joined him. Foreign visitors are numerous, especially Americans and Englishmen, and John's saloon is appreciated. ? The editor presented a bill for eight years back subscription. The old farmer was at first amazed and then indignant. He put on his spectacles, scrutinized the bill, and after asu.ipinrr Kimoolf that it was trpnnine. he ex claimed: "I've been supportin' this yere paper for nigh onto eight years, and I never had no such things us that flung at me before. I'll stop supportin' it." He not only withdrew his valuable support, but failed to pay the bill. ? Commodore Vanderbilt, a short time before his death, said to Bishop McTyeire "Bishop, don't you know that there are very few businesses that can afford to pay ten per cent. Suppose three men start in life with $1,000 each ; let the first man invest bis money in some good business; let the second invest his in a good business; let the third man lend his money to the other two at ten per cent., and in years he will have all the money. ? A correspondent of the London Standard gives an account of the fruits of Afghanistan, which recalls to mind the report of the Israel itish spies on their return from the brook of Eschol. He says: "The fruit all along the line of march is cheap, and in great quantity. As for its quality, I have never seen it equaled in any country in the world. There is one kind of grape of which it is no exaggeration to say that each one is the size of a large walnut, and the bunches are often so long that a tall man cannot hold them clear of the ground." ? The survivors of the six hundred who rode in the famous charge of Balaklava, dined together at the Alexandra Palace on the anniversary of the charge. No public announcement was made of the dinner. The chair was taken by Mr. Loy Smith, (latesergeant-major eleventh hussars,) and upwards of eighty survivors?including representatives of the fourth, eighth and eleventh hussars, the thirteenth light dragoons and the seventeenth lancers?sat down. Speeches were made, and the memory of Lord Cardigan was drunk in solemn silence. It was announced that the survivors will meet every forthcoming anniversary at Alexandria Palace. ? Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, says President Hayes will find nothing occurring in the South to justify any abandonment of his Southern policy, or departure from it. Mr. .1 : : ljamar says me eiecnoo iu miasiasippi woo peaceable as any election iu tbe world could be, and there was no organization of the Democratic party in tbe State. He says tbe South is more solid in favor of self-preservation than divided as to national politics. In regard to the next Presidency, Mr. Lamar says no man in the nation is more honored and beloved in the South than Senator Bayard, of Delaware, and be would be quite as enthusiastically supported by tbe Southern people as Hendricks or Thurman, if nominated by the Democratic Convention. ? The recent abduction of the body of A. T. Stewart from the final resting place, has brought to light some startling revelations in regard to grave robbers. The latest and most blood-curdling of these comes from Cleveland, Ohio. An organized band of grave robbers is said to exist in that vicinity, who act by signs and countersigns with physicians of the highest respectability, and test the fitness of a body as a subject for the dissecting board by pulling tbe ear, and if this member comes off in the effort, the body is known to be too far decomposed to be of use to the searchers after medical science. Several graves have been examined, and an ear was found pulled from the head of many oftheoccupants. An investigation into this mutilation of the human bodies has been commenced by the authorities of Cleveland. ? The electric light has not been put into practical use to any extent as yet, but in a month or six weeks Edison proposes to show what he can do toward lighting the New Jersey village of Menlo Park with it. He is as well as ever again, has patented the light in England, and is now putting up a brick building, 125 feet long, for his local experiments. With an-eighty horse engnie, he intends to start with 2,000 lights, fifteen on each end of an arm placed across the tops of telegraph poles, and others in the bouses, to see how the women folks can handle them. By this practical experiment, Edison hopes to discover the defects in his invention, and prove its practicability of lighting big cities. An nf W Hnrtkhauaen. of New ^ICWbl 1U ligii v V4 i i B i-tt. ^ York, has been exhibited in the new Assembly chamber at Albany. Though it proved satisfactory?two lights making the grand chamber, so luminous that the flnest print could be easily read?the capitol commissioners are disposed to stick to gas this winter, until Edison and his fellow-inventors perfect the light for the best general use. ? Mr. Smalley writes to the New York Tribune on the condition of business in England. He Bays stock brokers say they cannot possibly sell stocks pot in their hands for sale, which are really as good as British consols. Nobody will buy. Note brokers tell him that banks refuse to take from them the very best business paper in the world, and instead of lending, are calling in their loans. If you want to borrow $100,000 on consols, it is only by influence and as a favor that you can get the money. Everything is shut up like a dam. That all this comes of the bank of Glassgow failure, he is not prepared to believe. He attributes a great dea} of t?e prek. vailing distrust to the outbreak of communistic talk in the United States. The threats of the repudiationists, the froth of Butler, Kearney and Phillips, the memory of the railroad strikes, along with the general difficulty of comprehending the license that free speech demands for itself, made the situation appear, and not without reason, exceedingly grave. The election has probably relieved the British mind somewhat by this time. fffltMlr inquirer. yorktTlleTsTcT: THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 28, 1878. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Judge Pressley has appointed Gen. Jas. Conner, of Charleston, receiver of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. ? According to the official count of the canvassers, Governor Hampton's vote in the State foots up 119,550. ? Ex-United States Marshal J. P. M. Epping, died at Gillisonville, Beaufort county, on Friday last ? In Beaufort county, at the recent election, four votes were cast for Chamberlain for Governor. ? Sampson Hall, colored, who lives but a few miles from Rock Hill, bought a plantation recently, for which he paid $2,100 ; all cash but about $300. ? The publication of the Pee Dee Watchman, at Darlington, has been discontinued. Cause?too many other newspapers and not enough readers aDd advertisers. ? The annual meeting of the South Carolina Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will begin its regular session at Newberry on the 11th of next month. ? The act of the Legislature repealing the lien law goes into effect on the 1st of next January, unless further legislation is bad on the subject. Let it die; its days of usefulness are gone. ? A late number of the Scientific American states that William G. Reid, of Rock Hill, has patented an improved plow. The invention is designed to regulate the depth of the furrows. ? The Board of State canvassers concluded their labors on Friday night last, at 12 o'clock, and adjourned die. The election has been declared and certificates sect by tbeSecreta ry of State, to every officer chosen at the recent election. , ? The Greenville Mountaineer nominates Gen. James Conner, of Charleston, for United States Senator. A correspondent of the Lancaster Ledger nominates Geu. Samuel McGowan, of Abbeville, for the same position. Governor Hampton will be elected. ? A meeting of stockholders of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, was held in Columbia on Saturday last. A majority of the capital stock not being represented, the meeting was adjourned, without transacting any business, until Friday, the 13th day of December. ? Anderson Farrow, an industrious colored man owning a small farm, near Rock Hill, has produced and gathered this year with one little mule, 11 bales of cotton, averaging 512 pounds, 90 bushels of corn, 30 bushels of potatoes and ten bushels of peas; in addition to which, being, a blacksmith, he has earned about $100 at the anvil. ? H. G. Worthington, ex-Collector of the port of Charleston, is a defaulter in the sum of $1,815, and suit has been entered in Washington against his sureties. His sureties are Hardy Solomon, T. C. Dunn, T. B. Johnston, W. J. McKinlay, William Gurney, Casper Bart, Angelo Canale, Robert Howard, John Hanlon and Alexander R. Shepherd. ? Ex-Judge Wiggin, who is now a United States Commissioner, was arrested at Blackville, in Barnwell county, on Wednesday of last week, on a warrant charging bim with malpractice as solicitor in 1875, in taking a bribe of fifty dollars to compromise a case of grand larceny. He gave bond for his appearance at the Barnwell Court of General Sessions. ? The Baptist State Convention of South Carolina convened in the Baptist Church at Sumter, on Thursday last at half-past ten o'clock. Eighty delegates reported. The Rev. R. Furman, D. D., was elected president; B. W. Edwards, Esq., vice-president; Rev. Luther Broaddus, secretary; E. B. Murray, Esq., assistant secretary, and Prof. C. H. Judson, treasurer. ? A fatal shooting affray occurred at Union C. H., on Wednesday of last week. It seems that James R. Peake, proprietor of a barroom on Main street, near the Union Hotel, being under the influence of mean whisky, met James Turner, ex-deputy sheriff and bartender, in the street near bis saloon. Some words passed between the parties, and Peake became enraged and cursed Turner. A fight ensued, in which Turner knocked Peake down twice, he himself getting slightly cut on the cheek. Outsiders interfered, and prevented further violence at that time. Peake turned into his saloon, muttering something which seemed to be a threat. Turner walked across the street to the hotel, but soon returned and met Peake coming out of his front door. The marshal being near, tried to take Peake off, but Turner drew his pistol and shot Peake in the abdomen, inflicting a mortal wound, from which he died next day. Peake was known as a desperate character, being very offensive when under the influence I of liquor. Turner is also a kind of rough, and is thought very little of by respectable citizens. ? Rev. R. E. White, a youug Baptist minister, who was the pastor of several churches in Williamsburg county, and who was married only about a month ago to Miss Rosa Turner, of Spartanburg county, while going from Manning to Sumter on Wednesday of last week in a buggy with his wife, when about nine miles from the latter place, was shot in the head and killed. At first the tragedy was enveloped in great mystery, and a suspected negro was arrested; but it is now known that the unfortunate minister was the victim of a singular accident. He was killed by a 12 year old son of Mr. Spencer Davis, who was hunting for hawks in the woods near the road. The rifle used was a Remington, and the heavy ball missing its aim and probably glancing downward from contact with a twig, sped through the forest to the road, two hundred yards distant, and struck down Mr. White with instantaneous fatal effect. The little fellow was too much horrified and frightened when the body was taken to'his father's bouse to tell how the killing occurred, Investigation pointed to him, however, and having made a full statement, the suspected negro has been released. 'NORTH CAROLINA NEWS, i ? The N. C. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, met in Charlotte yesterday. ? The Shelby Aurora records the death of Mr. James Love, the oldest citizen of that town. >j; ; I ? Alexander Royster, a Mexican war veteran, died last week at his residence in Granville county, ageH.65. / 1 [/. fc*( / ( > ? The colored Methodist .conference, in sea- . sion in Hillsboro, adjourned last week. It is said to represent the largest colored denomination of Christianeiip the world. , , .j- ? Rev. R. S. Branson, late., rector of the Episcopal church of Charlotte, has received and accepted a call from a ichurch in Connecticut, and will leave in a few days to take chargeof.il. ir/.KAni J ? The grand jury of the crimiual court of Wake county, have found a true bill against George W. Swepson on.a charge of obtaining money under false pretences, the amount ed obtained being $4,000,000. ? On Saturday afternoou of last week, a serious shooting affair took place at Jacob Fulton's store, in Stokes county. George Harston shot and badly, if not mortally, wounded Joel Fulton ; the ball entered the under lip, passed through the tongue, splitting it open, and lodged in the back of the neck. It was the result of an old feud. ?The Piedmont Prete says Captain Dwight, the engiueer of the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, has succeeded in finding a point to cross Catawba river which will be much more favorable than fhat proposed by the old survey. By takiug the new route, there will be a saving to the company in building the railroad bridge of about $20,000. t ? 4 ?r" MERE-MENTION. Eminent physicians of New York make from $40,000 to $70,000 a year Hon; Robert L. Taylor, Democrat, of the first Tennessee District, will be the youngest member of the fortyrsixth Congress, being just of Constitutional age?twenty-five years. A Washington paper speaks of an increase in Hon. A. H. Stephens' weight, as "another Democratic gain." In Collin county, Texas, corn is seling at 10 cents per bushel "'The City Bank of Atlanta, Ga., has suspended. The stock-holders lose their entire investment The national House of Representatives is composed of 293 members. In the last house there were 209 lawyers. Iu the Senate, the proportion of lawyers was equally as great Tennessee hogs are selling in Asheville, North Carolina,-,fcV,. 44 cents, gross, per pound Before this year's political contests are fairly over, those of 1879 have been begun. - The Kentucky Democrat 1 ic State Convention has been called to meet at Louisville, May 1, 1879. ""Chicago has in her warehouses 50,000 barrels pf fjour, 6,000,000 bushels of grain, 64,000 barrels of pork, 37,000 tierces of lard and 61,500,000 pounds of meats. Gen. Gordon has been re-elected to the United States Senate by the Georgia Legislature, receiving all but five votes in the two houses. "The dommis sion of physicians, appointed by some Wash ington authority, to iuquire luto the causes oi yellow fever at certain points, say that the ouly preventive is strict quarantine. Disinfectants, they say, do no good. Because it didu't pay, the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad took off, last Sunday, its recently added night passenger train."V'At- ! torney General Turner, of the Memphis Crim- ' inal Court, who was elected last August on the National ticket, has appointed Frank Cassels (colored) as Assistant Attorney Gen < eral. Dr. Carver the wonderful marksman, has been astonishing people of Augusta, j Ga., by his skill with the rifle. From Augusta he goes to Aiken, S. C. For the flscal year just closed, the colored people of Georgia returned taxable property reaching an aggregate value of $5,430,844."""'"As a re- ^ suit of the effects of the prohibition law in Maine, it is stated that while the consumption of liquor has been largely checked, the consumption of opium has greatly increased, t Walter H. Lynch, an express messenger i between Yemassee and Augusta, has been com- J mitted to the Augusta jail, charged with ta- I king a 825,000 package of money which had ! been started to Augusta per express by G. W. ( Williams & Co., of Charleston. One j day last week, the Governor of Pennsylva- I nia issued five death warrants. All the executions are to be on the 18th day of December. The prices of some articles are j eighteen per cent, lower than before the war. t Corn has not been so low since 1845, except- ' ing in 18G1; cotton not so low in twenty- j three years, and mess pork since 1844. ;A ] Washingtondispatcn says in nis lorcnccoming -> message, the President will make the alleged outrages and violations of law in the South duriDg the late Congressional elections, a prominent topic of comment, and present the ^ subject to Congress for such action as the circumstances demand. The Howard Association of New Orleans, is unable to pay its debts by $30,000, and is appealing for aid. Thomas H. Powers of the drug manufactu- 1 ring house of Powers & YVeightraan, of Phil- i adelphia, died in that city on Wednesday of last week. The forthcoming naval re- i port of the Secretary, will show that our navy is well adapted to a peace establishment, < and that even in case of a foreign war, ninety vessels for hostile purposes could at once ] be supplied. THE FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS The following are the very latest figures on the relative standing of parties in the t House of Representatives of the Forty-sixth Congress which will assemble next Monday: According to the latest returns, the Democrats have 151, the Republicans 127, and the Greenbackers 10 in the House. It is only fair to assume that the vacancy in New York, caused by the death of Mr. Smith, on the eve of his election, will be filled by a Republican, as the district was carried by a Republican majority at the late election. This would > raise the Republican column to 128. It is t useless to speculate about California, because t of the uncertain action of the third party there, < which may capture two districts. Dividing ( the delegation as at present, the result would be : Democrats, 153 ; Republicans, 130 ; Na? -/v T > a. n 1 i_ tionals, 1U. in mis estimate me urreeuuBuaer from Indiana and the two from Maine are placed under that bead, though assigned to. the Democratic column by their partizan papers. On political questions separate from the currency, the Green backers may be expected to vote according to their past partialitiee, and six of the ten will doubtless side j with the Democrats. Leaving the Greenback factor out of view, the Democrats would have ! according to this estimate, a plurality of 23 ! over the Republicans, and a majority of 13 \ over the Republicans and Greenbaokers com- 1 bined, or exactly the same number they had ( : at the opening of the present Congress, before the contested seats were considered. ( There are two or three districts yet hanging * by the eyelids, but of course the Democrats, 1 after getting possession of the House, will 1 follow in the footsteps of Republican prece- ' dent, and decide tbera in their own favor. * Altogether, when things settle down, and the t lines are drawn tightly, the Democratic ma- f jority in the House will probably fall between t fifteen and twenty. I ? LOCAL AFFAIR^ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. & ErSpencer?Pta.-?o for Sale. Hunter <fe Oates?Notice, Notice. ? . S. E. White?Assignee a Sales. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Bargains, Bargains. Fannie L. Dobson?Great Announcement, i William C. Owen?A New Departure. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? George L. Riddle and S. A. Glenn, Appli/ canto?W. Wallace Glenn, deeeaaed. II. F. Adickes A Sons?GifflletSeed Wheat. W. J. Stephenson, Clerk of Board County _Coar?u missioners?Township Fences. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?CitationJ. R. Lonclon, Applicant?Peter M. Mar? ray, deceased. J.' A. McLean, P. J. Y. C.-Notice. IL W. Hope A Co.?Dress Goods?Domes tics? Jeans and ,('assi meres?Ready-Made Clothing?Winter Will Come?Hais 1 Hats I !? Boots and Shoes. ''l,t, 1 ( lark Brothers?20,000 Pounds of Meat?New Or i , loaua 1UVIUOOOT. M. Strauss?Teach Your Children. I)r. H. C. Root?I Cure Fits. . ; 1 q -- , FINE TURNIFS. vu, .i.-.j i) Mr. Martin Brian has favored us with. several very large turnips of the Globe variety. )SLOWLY RECOvlgRINiG. Mr. James E. Jefferys, of this place, who was badly crushed by the train at Gutliriesville last September, and has been confined to his bed nearly ever since, is, we are pleased to say, so far recovered as to be able to api>ear on the street. THE RYANS ARE COMING I A note from Mr. A. D.: Vest, the gentlemanly business manager tof the Ryan family, afilfotinces that they will give an entertainment in Yorkville o;uMond^nJght-iiext;i idle 2nd oiTTecember. TTii.< <5<5mpauy performed here a few weeks ago to.delighted audiences, and the bare announcement of their reappearance should be sufficient to give .them, a crowded house. , | " DEATHS OF ELDERLY LADIES. Mrs. Eleanor Gardner, who resided about three miles north of town,, died on the 13th instant, aged 91 years 9 months and 21 days. Mrs. Betsy Whitaker, aged about .83 years, who resided on the railroad, about four miles north of town, died on Friday hist. Mrs. ^Vliitaker had been a pensioner for several years, her husband having served in the war of 1812. I ' CORRECTIONS. In the report of the Board of County Commissioners, as published in the Enquirer last week, two errors occur. The cash On hand should have been stated at $1,138.86 Instead of ?1,048.80, and the aggregate of "credits" should, have been $14,540.38. instead of $14,450.38. Under the head "Miscellaneous," the payment of $50 for witness' fees in the case of York county vs. Watson is reported twice, when it should have been reported but once. ?j 1 , - ' : TO BEDISINTERRED, II:. Mrs. Benner, widow iofi Xrient.. Benner, has sent to t]his place for tlie. remans pf. bepijttle child, which died and was buried lierjp about five years ago. Charles Bessj^ir has come from Atlanta for the purpose of disinterring the child and sui>erinten(ling its removal.'The disinterment will take place to-day. It it! probable that the child will be re-buried at Vieksburg by the side of its father. We learn that Mrs. Benner has yielded ;1to the request of the jieople of Yicksburg, to permit the body of Lieut. Benner to remain buried there. ABSTRACT OF TAX RETURNS; The County Auditor has completed his abstract of real estate, personal property, moneys, credits, &c., in York county, as returned by the tax-payers for the year 1878. From, these abstracts we obtain the following information, showing the total amount and value of the different classes of property enumerated : " 1 I'otal value of real estatej .$3,106,"305 rotal value of personal property 1,412,650 $4,518,855 The tabulated statement of real and perjonal property is as follows : BEAL PROPERTY. 113,129 acres arable lands, valued at $ 925,010 560,564 acres wood ana uncultivated land 1,392,000 1,880 buildings 341,560 $2,658,630 REAL PROPERTY IN TOWNS. H6 town lots, . 128,925 105 buildings thereon, 318,750 Total '. $3,106,305 BY TOWNSHIPS. The total value, by townships, of real estate not in incorporated towns and villages, s as follows : -iethel, total aires, 42,523 $261,910 Etethesda, 47,004 296,135 :!road River,.; .'....40,794 246,785 Elullock's Creek, 63,074 327,355 Catawba 57,192 i 310,620 Cherokee, 51,881, 181,500 Sbenezer ; 38,049 ' '238,450 r'ort Mill, 32,001 234,520 sing's Mountain, 52,821 211,275 fork, 58,354 350,080 REAL ESTATE IN TOWNS. The following is the report of the number tnd value of the town lots in the different ;owns and villages of the county: -lock Hill, 113, valued at $36,160 Slack's Station, 13, 675 Sbenezer, 16, i 2,080 j'ort Mill, 42 5,805 plover, 10 715 L'oikvllle, 252 78,325 PERSONAL PnOPEUTY, ETC. 2,416 horses, valued at $126,770 9,693 head cattle, 92,710 3,314 mules, 185,010 6,295 sheep and goats, 6,295 1,423 hogs 26,745 605 gold and silver watches, 19,605 101 piano-fortes and organs, 10,565 1,132 pleasure carriages, 40,820 3,692 dogs 18,460 5ralue of property appertaining to merchandise, 186 685 iralue of property appertaining to manufacturing 3,065 falueof manufactured articles on hand for one year or more, and of engines, tools, Ac. 113,215 tralue of moneys, including bank bills, , Ac., 32,165 iralue of all credits, 253,190 iralue of stocks of any company or corporation out of this State, except National banks, ...., 14,900 Elonds not exempt from taxa~.ion, 63,795 5ralue of all other property, 218,555 Total value of personal property, $1,412,550 VALUE BY TOWNSHIPS. The total value of personal property by ownships is as follows : 4192870 UCOUOl,, MM Mr..M..r.?,v. w Bethesda, 93,505 Broad River 73,925 Bullock's Creek, 135,555 Catawba, 304,295 Cherokee, . 82,545 Ebenezer, 88,920 Fort Mill, 99,185 King's Mountain, 110,195 York 306,555 railroads, AC. To the above may be added the following ralnation of railroad property liable to taxa;ion in the county, and assessment on express, ;elegraph and insurance companies: Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R....$177*,600 Chester and Lenoir Railroad, 70,755 Assessment on Ex. Tel. and Ins. Co 4,145 $252,500 Add total value of real property, 3,106,305 Add total value of personal property, 1,412,550 And we have as a grand total from which public revenues are derived in York county, the sum of $4,771,355 t IMPORTANT DECISION. J. N. McElwee, Sr., et. al. vs. B. T. Wheeler, et. al.?This case, which at its learing before Judge Kershaw elicited much ittention, by reason of the curious questions nvolved, and which was decided by the Judge n favor of Mr. Wheeler, is now at rest, the Supreme Court having alhrmed the circuit de;ree. The object of the suit was to try the ti;le to a plantation on Clark's Fork, in this ;ounty, of considerable value. This land had jeen willed by the father of Mr. McElwee to lis daughter, Agnes, during her life time, 1 ,vith remainder to any children that she might1 eave alive at the time of her death, but if she ' should leave no children living, with remainler over to such of her; brothers and sisters as should be living in Soiith Carolina at that ;ime. Agnes married after her father's death, ind died without ever having had any children. Soon after her marriage- she and her husband, by a deed of feoffment, conveyed away the property so as to cut off the contingent interest of^her unboraaehiidren and of her brother! and sisters?contingent, because it was not known, at the time, whether she would ever have any children, while theointerest'ift the brothers and sisters depended on her not leaving any alive. Mr. Wheeler subsequently | purchased ; and the Court hblds thlft liepias a good and^alid title, notwithstanding Agnes "nadTonly a"Iife estafeT ' The idea is- ctiMnfc iii'the 'qbrinttyj ! As td the effetrtof this decision, thUt'nd' one can nWw make A Valid will. Such is riot the case, however. One can will. his property jtfst as he pleases, provided1 he It&i>s tvithiri "trie' lawfril compass, but he cannot safely gd! Outside'., ?dr example : Entailments,through aldrtg line of descendants, so as to keep the|property tied up in one's family indefinitely,' are not allowed. They are against the policy of our republican institutions, ^either,is it safe for a man to will a; life estate, to oiie, a,t, the s^e ^making the provisions lis to the Remainder so contingent and uncertain that, it ^impossible to tell who will be. capable of taking a^ .tlie-death of the life tenant. With the view to have the title made certain and the iapd marketable, the law, in such a case, allows the tenant, by following certain forms, to -defeat i these contingent remainders, simply because they are contingent. i-tlf: b TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. ?TT T7 fill The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in .the office of the County Auditor since our last report: R. K. Harris and wife to Lewis R_ Wilson. Tnvct of 33 acres in Fort Mill township.. Consideration $330. J. L. Adams to Minerva'Clinton. Tract of 44 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $250. James MeaCliam to Cooper 8mith"and others. Lot of 1 acre in Cherokee 'township. Consideration $5. giiiviiib J. M. Johnston and others, to J. N. Mills and others, trusteea.i JM 'of ,1 ,acre in Betliesda township. Consideration $20. Calvin W. Whisonapt, 4to ,W. A. Whisonant. Interest iif 3*23 acres .in. Broad Riye/ township. Consideratkffi $400. .' Wnr. Whisonant,'assignee of-Cialvih Whis6nant, jr. Interest in 223 acres in Broad River township. Consideration $1,200..: J Henry Whisonant and Martha Goforth to John Whisonant, Interest, in 223 acres in Broad River township. Consideration $1,200. W. B. FeVvell to Dutchman's Creek Presbyterian Church. Lot'in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1.00. E. Thomson to Harry Coykendall. Tract of 275 acres , in Cherokee township. Consideration $1,700. W. D. Moore to Sarah B. Moore. Tract of 163 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Con: sideration $1,000. !\Vfai. 'and Tliothas McGill, agents, of I. N. DSvls. ' Tract of 2H0 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $1,000. *' ' " John Tp Lowt^ *tO'Martha Feemsteb. Tract of 112 acues 'in Bullocks Creek'-;township. Consideration $350. [>iu. i J. B. Garrison to W. E. Kirubrell., Tract of 50 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $i)00. . . VI ' W. D. ltussell to W. E. Kimbrell. Tract of 20 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $3(>0. . iini) .-sinPC ' '. ' . R, M. Sims, Sec. of' State, to A. Williford. Tract of 87. acres in Catawba township. Consideration $174. Stephen P. Sutton to Sam'LH,;Epps.: Lot of 3$ acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $41.50. Richard Young to T. G. Culp. Lot in Fort Mill township. Consideration $185. Stephen P. Sutton to H. W. Hoffman. Tract of 81:ficreg,in Fort Mill township. Consideration $600. , . . R. M. Siras, Sec, of State to* A. Williford. Tract of 62 acres in Catawba township. Consideration1 $124. ; ' : " W. L. Robinson to W. C. Roddy. Tract of 465 aerds in Catawba* township. Consideration $4,866. : ttfan vd 'tj Wm. Pursely to Eliaa Falls. Tract, of. 224 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $907. Samuel M. Fewell, administrator, to W. B. Fewell. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $300. J. F. "Wallace to F. H. Brown. Tract of 182 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $2,127.95. J. F. Wallace to D. J. Bigger. Tract of 86 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $107. '.J( W. B. Steele to Robert Shaw. Tract of 62 acres in York township. Consideration $375. B. C. and M. L. Pressly to A. D. Choat and others. Lot of 4 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $45. I. T. Farris to Lily M. Ford. Lot in Bethel township. Consideration $25. C. L. Williford to John F. Wilson. Onehalf interest in lot fin Yorkville. Consideration $1,500. John Rattaree and others to F. B. Thomasson. Tract of 276 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $1,267.75. James J. Shaw to T. P. Giles. Tract of 234 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $1,407. ...... W. B. Fewell to R. E. Cooper. Lot of 2} acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1,000. David Waters to James M. Henkle. Tract of 113 acres in Catawba townsliip. Consideration $197.44. Oates & Miller to W. B. Wilson Jr., assignee. Lot in Fort Mill, Consideration $100. W. B. Wilson, Jr. to Mrs. E. S. Shaw. Tract of 102 acres in Catawba township! Consideration $500. Rebecca E. Shaw to Mrs. E. S. Shaw. Tract of 96 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $500. James M. Henkle to J. C. Poag. Lot of 1^ acres in Catawba township. Consideration $15. j .... M T.oo Af^aaov fr? .Tamps .T Shaw. Trar.t, of 27 .acres in Catawba township. Consideration $55. " Sarah E. Love to Junes D. Land and Edward F. Land. Tract of 00 acres in York township. Consideration $36.25. > >> John Barry to Joseph Miller.? Tract of 120 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $840. . n w . tU . W. Black. Wilson, Jr., to W. R. Rataree. Tract of 50 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $540. : iC. J. Robertson to R. T. Allison. Lot of 12 acres in York township. Consideration $57.20. - '''' J. R. Caldwell to G. W. Wilson. Tract of 62 acres in Cherokee townsliip. Consideration $02. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Snmter Troubles. Sam Lee, the notorious mulatto radical politician of Sumter county, who is the present judge of probate of that county, was arrested one day last week, on a warrant charging him with not keeping open the probate office as required by law. Lee refused to give bail unless his own recoguizaDce was accepted, and was insolent to the trial justice, finally walking out of the office with the remark that he was not amenable to the process of the trial justices' court. Some time having been allowed by the justice to enable Lee to furnish bail, and no effort having been made in that direction, the justice issued a commitment, and the sheriff took Lee into custody and lodged him in jail. After Lee was committed to jail, the sheriff and deputy sheriff were arrested by United States Deputy Marshal Singleton?Lee's brother-in-law?cht rged with resisting the process of the United States Courts, it being claimed by the deputy marshal, that at the time of Lee's arrest, he CTJOB ?n tKr. /tiiatn/4f7 nf tllA TTnitpd fitjitPA TT HQ IU IUV VWO?V?Aj , A/a w??v v Court as a witness. The sheriff and deputy sheriff were hurried off to Charleston, where they appeared before a United States commissioner oil Saturday last. They waived an examination, and were released on their own recognizance, in a bond of $300, to appear before the Uuited States Circuit Court now in session at Columbia. . ? > . .:! The Woman Suffrage Experiment. According to the following Ctfqyenoe, Wyoming, 'correspondence, the woman Suffrage experiment, which Has been fairly tesVed in that Territory/hat proved re. *jhe correspondent says: / ' u \ Wyoming Territory, aft is well |nown, V ' *the only4ofcality in the Uffited StaW^wbere women vote the same as men. The idea-that led to its adoption wa? first, that Wyoming, r being the youngest of'aH the States rfridTei*ritoriee, should be progressive; and second, to throw into politics an element to aid in {.counterbalancing the influence of the roughs, thieves, cut-tbroats and highwaymen who thenconstitute dalarge share or the population. Since that timea.ftur trial of.the institution BasDotdaveloped.safficent'powe^or importance ia the votiqgof women to prompt any <one to move for a repeal ofibe lam> ulbelive only oac woman in the Territory was ever elected to office by the: people,- 'and! now no officer are ever demanded bv the fair Sex, except some sinecure placet in the Legislature, where the pay can bedrawn^andbut little service rendered, ilni the casting! of votes the women do not figupre extensively) except on very rave occasions.-.;i Thereto a xertain elast, however, who always vote^ and; being'tbemselves disreputable characters they always throw their suffrages to the worst men on the tickets. The purification o?polities is not to their interest. In other cases,, tthe members of some certain '-church or other society desire one their number elected to some certain offiee, and-.; then the women of that organization cast their votes sob idly for the designated man. Probably half the women in Cheyenne have never cast a vote since the first or second election after the law was passed. At > first it Was customary for carriages to visit all the residences on election dayi and convey the ladies to the'polls in the interest of certain candi dates, bqt that fashion is almost a dead letter. There is a separate :poiling place for>the wo* men, and they are treated like ladies, being free from insnlts or jostling; so that mixing with the mob cannot be the cause of their lack of interest in elections, but that politics is out of tbeiri legitimate sphere. As tbe adoption of the measure here has amounted ' to so little, your correspondent can see little in it to praise or condemn, except that it has gpfren the unscrupulous politicians -a chance to use tbe "women of the town,'A together with the variety women, to farther projects pnd men of the worst character]':< >/' aO Senator Lamar on the Situation. ^ . In a recent interview ofSenator Lamar, at Cincinnati, while on bis way to Washington, that gentleman is reported to have expressed himself as follows in response to an allusion to the reported change in President Hayes' Southern polity; I see in the papers eel tain declarations ascribed to the Fresident'From which an inferencc has been drawii'bf the, kind to. which you allude. I doubt if be has gone any further than to eiprpss disapWintme'ut' and disapprobation of certaM'exaggerAted reports of proceedings in . two Southern States, . which hatfe been reported to him by Republican officials and defeated aspirants., But1 ^6 has not yet, so far as l ean see, indicted any purpose to change; policy,, which has much improved the condition of Sou them society, including both races, and tended to restore1 amity betweeil the sections* j I do not believe, with the evidence before'me,' that he inieinds by military force or Executive' interference, to codtTol elections in tfse Southern States. He is bound by the most ,Bolemn pledges before the country hot1 to uphold by force those governments which wereestablish ed in the Soi^th under bayonet rule. In the recent elections, whether in tHe triumph of Democrat or Republican, there'hiw'beeM nothing to'show a popular disapproval of fhe polj-, cy, but everything' to show that it meets the Sanction and support of all the SfatW He wiil find nothing occurring in the South to justify any abandonment of that' policy or departure from it. Pretexts may be found, butj they will be pure preteits'and nothing else. On the subject of the late elections iu the South, Mr. Lamar said that in Mississippi they were as peaceable as any election in the world could possibly be. Not a human being was molested or made afraid. As a general thing, in consequence of the fever, the people did not largely turn out in the election. There was but little organization of the Democratic party in' the State, or rather none atalh The opposition was much better organized in the First and. Second Districts than we were. The candidates were unable to mpke a public canvass, and the people went to the polls of their owu motion. He did not think the Greenback party developed much strength in the South; and as 4 ? ' *1 " aaIi/1 Ua sa S/l An a LO Yfliy bllO OUUtU ID OWl IU J -MO oaiu uu ?uow i point, thateo long as the right of the, people of the South to self government js made an issue in national politics, the people of the South will not, and in his opinion ought not, to allow any question a^ to currency to divide them. The South is more solid in favor of self preservation than divided 'as to. n^tiynal . J ' aodl Grave Bobbing 100 Tears Ag$.<:.r -? A correspondent of Ihe Charleston New and Gortrier, gives the following account of how grave robbers were treated in New York one hundred years ago': ' 7 y Just a hundred years ago' ^Tew: Yorfc was vastly more excited about,body-snatching than it is to-day. Not that the horrible crime at the tomb of A. T. Stewart is viewed with in-i difference by'any one, but'the*filing excited by it is much calmer than that which flamed' into terrible riot in 1788. That was long before tbe day. of Greenwood, Calvary or Woodlawn, and all burials took place in one or another of the little graveyards on Manhattan Island. It was also long before medical students bad by law a 6rst mortgage on: tbe bodies df the unclaimed dead at the hos-'! pitals. They got their subjects from tbe graveyards then, and of coarse they had to steal tbem, or get others to do tbe stealing for them. There bad been msny graveyard1 robberies that year and the year before, and tbe populace was eajgir to catch the ghools engaged in them. At last a mechanic, wbt/' had buried his wife a few days before, learned that her body bad been stolen and was then in the dissecting-room of Columbia College Hospital, afterward* known,ps the New York Hospital, which stood, till about ten years ago, on Broadway, a few blocks above Chambers street. The man rallied some of his friends and forced an entrance into tbe hospital, where he found bis wife's body partly mutilated by the students. Other bodies from the grave were also found. The excite meat that followed the discovery quicklyspread over the city. A large mob gathered in the college grounds. The building was attacked, and the students' had to fly for their lives. Part of the mob pursued them, while another part remained to sack the college. The students, knowing they would be murdered if caught, ran to the jail for safety. The authorities mustered their forces, police and military, aBd tried to disperse the mob, while the besieged students, hearing the roar of the furious crowd outside, felt that they, might be massacred at any moment. Several attacks were made on the jail, but each time the assailants were beaten off They rallied again and again, and as the excitement spread their numbers increased, till at last it seemed likely that all resistance would be overcome. But the authorities finally got their resources well ip hand, and when a body of soldiers marched upon the rioters and opened fire the. outbreak . was practically quelled. A large number were killed on tbq spot and many more wounded, and the. mojb then scattered and disappeared. But for some weeks thereafter it was not safe for either a doctor or a student to be. eeeu in the streets. The houses of several doctors had been attack- { ed while the riot lasted, and they needed 1 matching even after the excitement, ceased. But there waa no more biody-snatcniog. The students and professors had learned a lesson, th^t.they were sure, not, to forget, and from that time forward it was. pot, necessary, to watch the graves ofthe newly buried.'' B~jf TELEGRAPH. dlspaui to the Yorkvtlle Enquirer. ^WGlCSIZATIO^eF THE LEGISLATURE. Columbia, No vember"27.?Ther Senate organized veste^ljy byelecjting J.ByJeter, of Union^ President pro tem.; T. Stobo Farrow, of Spartanburg, Clerk; Goodman, Reading Clerk; and Marshall, 6ergeant*1^i}pfWr The House elected ^J. C." Sheppard, of BpeSE^ John T. Sloan, ot Wchland, Cl^j^^de^ppjidiiig Clerk. The Govieruor is improving, out^will not be able Jo get abouUpr ^me time, ;f fe . * i. d. w. fill* ? ? ??y i not, :: t< \>\ iSSBtSSSBS!* :i< Correspondence of the Yoricville Enqnlrer. !?*. ? ' if i.IJ LETTER FROM CHESTER. i:> ) iVd TT i: is ti -i 1 Chester, November -25; 1878. The Conrtof^riiraon Pleas was in session at this {ribce dariiig tbe (test wesfc 'Monday was consumed in the trial of tlaf) case of J. H. Smith vs, the National Bank of Chester. The plaintiff' was represented by Meter A Pat terson A Uastob; the deft&dani by Qol. J. H. Rion aDd J. J. Hemphill, Esq.. The suit originated from the hite- h- W; Melton,--a short tim&.aAar the dupuiutiton of thaffirm of Smith A'Meftoo^la^i^notieii of ,tbeJ6rni of Smith & Melton as collateral with the Nathat these notes were pledged without his knowledgekhd consent,and that the Bank bad no right to receive them as collateral for bidhey loaned, inasmuch asthe. ffrmof Smith A Melton was dissolved 'hOh'e' time. He, consequently, auea for the recovery of these notes, which, be said', "was npt'divided at'the time of the disaolhtion^as other property had bfeeb', Bui! was left, ac&irdibg'-to mutual un- M ders landing iabd agreement, to bp applied.'to the settlement of the debts 6f the-firm. The amount in vol ved was about $15,000.' V^hpn ilrhdetthe entire day had' been spent king testimony, the counsel for tb.e defendant, Fbfr the reason that, it was not a jury case, made application for {ftp appointment, of a referee b^^fie Court Ho bear the testimony and report to the Court.., As it would involve considerable delay, the counsel for plaintiff resisted the motion' quite vigorously, hut Without pvail, as the Court" granted the'.applicatiob'for the appointment of a referee. , The Cbb/t' was. engaged the greater part 6f Tuesday in the trial of the case of^J<&n Bratton vs. William Guy "S. P. Hamilton, Esq., represented the plaintiff and Samuel McAliley, Esq., the/ defendant. The'suit arose from an alleged deficiency in the number of acres in a tract of laud bought by the pUiptiff frota'ih'e defendant. When the, testimony, the arguments,'and the cHaVge'df his Honor'Were closed,''lb? dpy vyas' far spent, case yai"lhat of Miiierva Lee, colored, vs. the Charlotte, Columbia and August^ Rail- ? road' Company'." Gen.' ^ ^Tj WHke^aj>peared for the plaintiff ami j! H. Rion, E?q., hi rppnepr nnmnrrot.- tnr imnnoa an.toinoH Ti? the pontiff In crossing the track1 ^Lbp^V fendant when a train was passing, The pliuatiff>>riricipal^?)una for the aQtiba^fe failure on the part of the engineer to plow the whistle or riugthe bell When Phecrossed the tract, and to this eiten't he was responsible for' the injuries received by her.; The counsel"For the defendant moved for arnonsuit for the reasou that the accident^'cptirijed in day time, and was due entirely to the negligent and reckless conduct of the' plaintiff. Tne' Jn'dgP announced .hat he would.render hiVdeVialouiu regard to the raption'the next ititirtilng, ' Whereupon 'the Court, adjourned. An' 'eJtlrtdrdinary featureof ibis accident was the'marvelous preservation of the life of the ch'jlir the woman .was carrying when struck'by the train.' "The chifd was caught on the cow-catcher, and conveyed probably seVenty-five yards'without receiving a single scratch^ The interposition of a special Prov* idence alone saved the little one from a shocking death. O i the assembling of the Cou^'Wednesday morning, the firet thing in order, after the 'preliminary work of calling the names of jurors, was the reading b^.the O'erk of .the sealed verdict of the juryiiitbe case of John Brattob vs. William Guy. '' ^jury "found for the plaintiff'fifty dollars. The Judge then read his deciqiop upou the motion tj^he counsel for defendant in the railroad cpsp., The riotion for a Pop-suit was sustained, oecasTpning a "^speedy termination of tbe case. Several" cases were called for trial, but $e laWyei-8 generally asked for a continuance, as they were unprepared for trial. The trial of the case of I. ?T. McNinch vs. tbe'Jntendant . U > .?# if * n, I v i ' " ana ,w araeus 01 rae town or ynester oegan,. but a^tHe outset the'counsel for defendants, J. X Hemphill, Esq., moved for a non suit oq the ground that the complaint served upon the defendants was not similar to that fead before the Court.'' .The counsel for plaintiif, J. A. Bradley, Esq., asked for time, to prepare for ^rgniug the motion, which was granted.' The plaintiff 10 this action sued for damages for false imprisonment, as alleged. ?qme other business was transacted,. but it .was of such a character as not tp interest Ibe ppblic. The Court was not in session in the afteruopp, A, performance by the "Chester Amateur Dramatic Association" for the benefit of the Silver Cornet Band took place at 0plemaii's Hall on Wednesday evening. It jjrajj| ()ot^ musical an<j .dramatic, and ~ was a/romplete success. In the; pla^eo^tl^j!, ^ugjiJ^J^. mopd," (hp gentlemen actors were Messw. M T. W. Clawson, W. H. Harailtoa, E. SB crest, J. T.; E.i) iqtt and Q?V\V. Cujp; the faiiv actors were Miss A,nnie Elliott andiJflra, (J? Wm T. Elliott In the play of the "ThreelTioy- HH era" Messrs. T. Clawson, James ^folker, J. A. Hood, John T. Elliott,and G. W. Gulp V represented the gentlemen characters,Jmq. Miss Mary Elliott,< Miss Annie' Elliott, /and m Mrs. J. T. Elliott personated the lady pbjilft; acter#.'" Both plays were admirably rendered, and were greatly ^enjoyed by a large dudfeiice. "j'The sweet music pf.: the Chester Luminaries, added to,the pnjoy jaspt;.,'pf the ovemug;' The Court, waa engaged oa Thursday in, the trial of the case of Marcus & Miere, of Angusta, against Moses Mackorei, pf stocks. The plainti^ .br,ought Suit for the recovery of the value off. a lot of/ by them to Hugh Bruce, with whom, as they alleged, the defendaot' was connected as'eijepjt. partner. The defendant denied the allega tion of hia partnership witn ttruce. me case did not reach an ending until the day was about closed, and was decided in favor of the plaintiffs. It is not of sufficient public interest to justify a more extended notice. Messrs. Patterson A Gaston represented the plaintiffs, and J. J. Hemphill, Esq., the de? fendant,, nwjj The Court met at the usual hoar on 'Fiiday, and,proceeded to the trial of J. W, Car: ter vs. E! J. Worthy. A difference of opinion in regard to the payments on some notes gave rise to the litigation in this case, which was decided, in favor of: the defendant. A motion for a non-suit in the case of I. J. McNinch vs. the Intendant and Wardens of the town, of Chester on the ground of a wjint "of similarity between the complaint read before the Cpuyt and that served,opon the defen<j^pts was sustained! In the afterqoon jhp 'pase of the administrator of.the estate of C. S. Brice *? ,? m tried. This was a suit for the recovery pf defendants. The jurors were 'hen discharged. This Court was engaged on Saturday lo ute' t rausac tion of equity business. An ofaer .was signed hy'the Judge to foreclose the mortgage of Hopkins, Dwight A Trowbridgo upoti M the Chester and Jjenoir Railroad.,mesale wj wifi take place i.p April, u the necessary ar-. 1 rangem'entsm poi. mtfdp;by the .Company J 1 7tiLp M