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Sfftaps a?d Jacts. ? One hundred and eighty deaths from scarlet fever occurred in New York city last week. ? Le Due, the agricultural commissioner, has not lost his enthusiasm over tea growing in the Uuited States. He had distributed 50,000 tea plants during the year just closed, and proposes a similar distribution for 1879. ? Senators Butler and Eustis were offered a place on the Blaine Committee, but declined for the reason that, as their States are interested in the investigation, they preferred that Senators from States not immediately concerned should be selected. ? General Thomas L. Rosser, a graduate of West Point, who rose from the position of lieutenant of artillery to that of lieutenant general in the Confederate service, has been appointed resident engineer in charge of the Northern Pacific Railway. ? New York has had the Secretary of State U A 1 fi?1 . UiiiiiLcrrujJbuuijr oiuuc luaiuii -x, xWX , u<w also the Vice-Presidency at the present time, aud has had the Democratic nominee for the Presidency for the last three terms in succession. ? The Granger movement seems to be on the decline in Missouri, one of the first States in which it took root. At the recent meeting of the State Grange, statistics were read, showing that in 1875 the Missouri Granges had a membership of 54,000; in 1876, 26,000; and in 1878, 20,000. ? The corporation of Liverpool have given public notice that they intend to apply, in the ensuing session of Parliament, for an act authorizing the lighting of the public streets, places, and buildings within the borough, by means of the electric light, "or otherwise than by means of gas." ? The committee of the Louisiana Legislature, to whom were referred the charges brought against Congressman Acklen by one H. L. Smith, a telegraph operator, of the seduction and neglect of a daughter of Acklen's overseer in 1877, have published a report expressing their unanimous conviction that Acklen was guilty. ? A Memphis paper says: "A stranger dropping into Memphis to-day can see ncrevidence of the fearful scourge that, for three months, has been destroying our people. The streets are thronged, as of yore, with brighteyed business men, intent on the main chance, and also with more than the usual number of idlers, with nothing to do but to hold to the lamp posts." ? They have a new and speedy way of setting telegraph poles. A hole is made with a crowbar to the required depth ; a cartridge of electric powder is dropped in and the fuse " lighted, and a hole as large as a flour barrel is blown in the ground. Four men can plant 100 or 150 poles in ten hours in this way, at about two-thirds of the cost of the old method. ? A Washington special dispatch to the New York Tribune, under date of the 27th ultimo, says: "The trials of the election cases at Charleston, S. C., will begin immediately after the new year. They will be among the most important cases that have been tried since the reconstruction of the Southern States. Chief Justice Waite will preside in the cases with Judc-e Bond as associate. The government has made careful preparations for the prosecution. The department of justice claims to have important evidence." ? A curious acquittal was secured in the criminal court at Washington last week. A short time since Senator McDonald of Indiana secured the appointment of James H. Whitten to be doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. Whitten was almost immediately arrested for personating an army officer and drawing 8128.33 due him. The trial came on, and Whitten was acquitted on the ground that the sum due the officer was " "really Sil&GJSJ?one-third of a cent greater than the sura named in the indictment. ? A manufactory of paper bricks has been opened somewhere in Wisconsin. The bricks are said to be exceedingly durable and moisture proof. They are also larger than the clay article. Paper is now also used for making barrels. Straw pulp is run into a mould made in the shape of a half barrel, cut vertically. The ends are of paper, but are protected by wood. The barrels are lighter and two-thiids cheaper than those of wood, and flour will not sift out of them while in transit. The staves are three-eights of an inch thick. ? J. Moreau, an artillery soldier, who in 1871 lost his eyes, his nose aqd his lower jaw by the bursting of a shell during the FrancoPrussian war, has lately left the hospital of Val-de-Grace, in Paris, with an artificial face of metal, with eyes, a nose, and a jaw which enables him to masticate his food properly. Before going to war he became engaged to a young girl, who, on his return, far from discarding him on account of his frightful mutilation, married him without hesitation, and has since devotedly supported him. ? The Springfield Republican says: "Governor Rice's- decision in the case of Wade Hampton's requsition for Kimpton, South Carolina's ex-financial agent, seems to have come to roost very near home. Governor Von VartAf nf Tolonrl rlan\c\no nnf tn t au vi aduvuv loiwaU) uvviuvw mvv ?w surreuder Patrick Kenney, a Providence wool merchant, charged with swindling numerous Boston creditors out of about $200,000. The Kimpton and Kenney cases possess similar features, and Attorney-General Train is said to have based' the requisition for the Rhode Islander on almost the same grounds on which that for Kimpton was decided." ? A dispatch from Washington says that Treasurer Gilfillan has written to all Assistant Treasurers of the United States, directing them to discontinue special coin accounts on and after January 1st, keep but one account, in which no distinction will be made between coin and legal tenders. It is the fixed jntention of the Treasury to resume ODly at New York. It is the ultimate intention to receive legal tenders at all the sub-treasuries if the transactions in New York, after the 1st of January, demonstrate as it is supposed they will, that resumption is to be a complete success. When the department is satisfied of the fact, United States notes will be redeemed at the different sub-treasuries throughout the country as well as in New York. ? In Hancock county, Tennessee, recently, J. N. Epperson, who had separated from his wife some time ago, returned home, and, during a fight with his wife, John Epperson, a one-armed son, interfered to protect his mother. The father inflicted several serious wounds on the son, who, gaining possession of the knife, killed his father. Immediately after. Tom EDnerson. another son, came up '? ?rt aud asked John whether he took his father's part. John said he had protected his mother, when Tom fired upon him, and he ran into the house. The mother now interfered to protect her one-armed son, and was shot j through the heart. As she fell lifeless in the doorway, Tom fired at his brother, missing him and striking another brother, George, in the thigh ; another shot misse# the mark and mortally wounded a sister. Tom escaped. I John Epperson was arrested, and acquitted j on the plea of self defence. Tbos. Epperson , fled from the scene of murder and has not j been apprehended. ? The consul-general of the United States at Cairo, has informed the department of i iState that the cotton crop of Egypt for 1878? | being gathered at the date of the writing of! the dispatch, November 20?would fall far i short of the average annual yield, and that 1 the quality of the cotton would be very inferj- i or. It is estimated that the present crop will not yield more than 1,200,000 quintals of 99 pounds each, while the exports of cotton from Egypt during the three precedingjears , averaged 2,900,000 quintals per year. This great falling off in the cotton crop for 1878 Ik was caused by jhe lowness of the Nile last ^^^ggipcedented overflow this or more than two fifths of all the arable land of Egypt, were inundated in September of this year. This inundation included most of the lands of Lower Egypt, which were planted with corn and cotton. The former crop was mostly all destroyed, and the latter much injured, as the foregoing facts testify. ?orMlr (SNqwirer. YORKVILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 2, 1879. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? F. B. Lloyd has been appointed a trial justice for Chester county. ? The Legislature adjourned sine die at 3.30 A. M., on Tuesday, December 24. ?Mr. John Boyd, of Chester county, recently slaughtered a hog which netted 1,158 pounds. ? J. J. Wright, the colored ex-Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, has opened a low in PhQrlpotnn ? The delinquent tax list of Charleston county, embraces more than nine columns of small print in the News and Courier. ? The bill before the legislature to prevent the intermarriage of the races, was postponed until the next session. -Ex-Governor Bonham, of Edgefield, has been appointed Railroad Commissioner by Acting Governor Simpson. ? In round numbers, the deficiency created in Charleston county during the last fiscal year, by reason of the tender of the Bills of the State, amounts to $20,000. ? A bale of cotton was sold in Abbeville last week at four cents per pound. This is the lowest price at which cotton has been sold since 1849. ? F. A. Schumpert, of Newberry county, fattened ten hogs last year 011 a half acre of chufas. He intends to plant five acres this year. ? The Lancaster Review says that recently in that county, a lad, aged sixteen years, ate fifty-six hen eggs at one sitting and wanted more. ? E. TV. M. Mackey, the defeated Radical candidate, has served notice of contest on Hon. M. P. O'Conner, recently elected to Congress from the First District. ? Messrs. Geo. A. Shields, John C. Seegers, A. P. Butler, TV. B. Bradley and C. S. Allen have been appointed directors of the South Carolina Penitentiary. Gen. Lipscomb and the new board will take hold on the 1st of January. ? A duel was fought last Monday near Bishopville, in Sumter county, the principals being Mr. Cantey, of Camden, and Mr. Cash, of Cash's Depot. Two shots were exchanged, without effect. The nature of the quarrel is not known. ?The State tax for the present year has been fixed by the legislature at 2J mills, exclusive of the two mills school tax. The time for collecting the tax is: First instalment from | 1st of May to 1st of June; second instalment from 1st of October to 15th of November. ? The Herald says that 8,414 bales of cotton were shipped from Rock Hill from the 1st of September to the 24th of December, 1878, a little less than four months. During the cotton year of 1877-78, the sales and shipments aggregated 7,459 bales, about 1,000 bales less than for the four months mentioned. ? In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, on the 21st ultimo, a peremptory mandamus was issued at the suits of Felix J. Moses and others, vs. the county commissioners of York, ordering them to levy and collect taxes sufficient to pay the interest on the county bonds issued to aid in the construction ol the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. ? On the Saturday previous to adjournment, the legislature elected Col. Thos. J. Lipscomb, of Newberry, Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, for a term of two years, commencing January 1, 1879. The nominees for the position were Gen. Richard H. Anderson, Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb, Major T. B. Let* and Gen. Thompson Earle. On the first ballot, the vote stood: Lipscomb, 115; Anderson, 10; Lee, 9; Earle. 1. ?Thomas N. Tolbert, ex-Treasurer of Abbeville county, under Radical rule, was waylaid on the outskirts of Greenwood, on Christmas day, and fired upon by a negro named Andrew Palmer, who was after Tolbert's money. The weapon used was a common shot-gun, and fifty-one shot took effect in the victim's neck and head, lodging against the skull and among the muscles of the neck. The shot were extracted, and a few hours afterwards Tolbert went to his home in a buggy. Palmer lias been arrested and fully identified as the right party. Both belong to the same party, and this attempt at murder cannot be tortured into a political outrage. ?On the 19th ultimo, the Court of Claims, popularly known as "the Bond Court," consisting of three Circuit Judges, announced its decision upon questions submitted to it in relation to a portion of the Soutli Carolina consolidated bonds, coupons and certificates of stock issued under the act of 187.'3, known as the Consolidation Act. The opinion holds that the vouchers upon which said consolidated bonds and stocks were issued, as specified in the conclusions reached by the Court, amounting to about $1,500,000 of said bonds and stocks, were not issued in accordance with law and authorized to be consolidated under the act of 1873, and that the consolidated bonds and stocks exchanged for said vouchers, so far as they rest thereon for their validity, are not a binding obligation upon the State of South Carolina. The opinion is pronounced by Judge Thomson, Judge Aldrich concurring. Judge Hudson delivered a dissenting opinion, holding that every consolidated bond issued since the act of December 23, 1873, known as the Consolidation Act, is a valid obligation of the State of South Carolina. The case will be carried, on appeal, to the Supreme Court, in the interest of the bondholders. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A destructive fire occurred in Wilmington on Tuesday of last week, involving a loss of $70,900. ? The assay office at Charlotte is now receiving gold at the rate of about $1,000 per week. ?Harrison Osborn shot and killed a lad, James R. Martin, wantonly, in Watauga county, because the latter told him not to shoot his pistol in the house. Osbom escai>ed. ? The managers of the State fish hatchery have recently stocked Yadkin river with 00,000 young California salmon. Catawba river will also receive a similar number. ? Rev. Neill E. Pressley, of Cabarrus county, who has started to Mexico to labor as a missionary, is accompanied by his wife. They will make their way through the churches of the Synod in the West, and sail from New Orleans for Vera Cruz about the 8th instant. They will locate temporarily, at least, in the City of Mexico. ? Mr. G. Fowler, a merchant of Moorsesville, in Iredell county, was murdered several days ago. Two negroes?Joe Gillespie and Julius Davidson?were charged with the crime and arrested, and a warrant of commitment issued by a magistrate ; but on the way to Statesville on the evening of the 20th, a .crowd of .about fifty persons attacked the sheriff and took from his cpstody Julius Davidson whom they summarily hapgefi to a tree near by. The murder of Mr. Fowler and the subsequent lynching of one of his alleged murderers created considerable excitement in the community where the events occurred. MERE-MENTION. The Indiana Supreme Court has decided, in the suit of a church against a member, that subscriptions made on Sunday cannot be collected by law. The New York Express mentions Governor Hampton as the probable second name on the Democratic presidential | ticket in 1880. The Virginia churches re-1 cently held a general prayer meeting for the recovery of Governor Hampton.?In Pennsylvania, they hang murderers on any convenient day of the week, instead of waiting for Friday. In Nebraska, the weather is reported at fifteen degrees below zero. A despatch from Cerea, in North Brazil, reiwrts that the number of deaths from small pox in that vicinity, number six hundred daily. The distress in the interior of the province is so great that the people are devouring carrion and corpses. ? Dr. Ilegel, a Zanesville, Ohio, grave robber, has ljeen sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of SI,000. ? Bayard Taylor, Minister of the United States to the Imperial Court of Germany, died of dropsy, in Berlin, on the 19th ultimo. It is said that there is more timber in use under eround iii the Comstock silver mine, than has been employed in the construction of San Francisco.? The New York State government J cost thirteen and three quarter millions for the past year. Up to the present time, 20,000 silver mines have been located in Arizona. Ten thousand immigrants located in Tennessee during the past year. Sixty-two per cent, of negro blood, according to the Liberian courts, entitles a man to rank as a negro. The value of the land in North Carolina is $74,221,308. Davidson College, of North Carolina, has more than 100 students. The local indebtedness of Illinois amounts to $51,942,691.* ** On Tuesday night last,?Col. John S. Mosby left Washington for San Francisco, en route to assume his duties as Consul at Hong Kong. News was received at Deadwood, Dakota Territory, I on Saturday last, that Dr. Skinner, post sur-1 geon at Fort Peck, was hit on the head and mortally wounded while witnessing the slaughter of cattle for the Indians. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Adultery and Fornication. The following is the text of the act passed at the late session of the legislature, "To prohibit persons living together in adultery": "That any man and woman who shall dwell together in a state of adultery or fornication, or adultery and fornication, shall be indicted, and, on conviction, such offenders shall be severally punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not less than six months nor more than twelve months, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court." Gov. Hampton's Condition. The fact that Governor Hampton is now considered really out of danger, sends a thrill of joy throughout the State. It can now be stated with certainty that he continues to improve in health every day. He has been propped up from time to time on his couch, ?*?*/*! nlinnrfnl lulrfiC 9T1 lllfprpcf 111 llSl.gamnr I tliiu iO UlCUllUlf tlHWU UU liiVVAVUV A14 I/IVAI.7...^ events, and has a good appetite. The Columbia Register, says "the wound is healing satisfactorily, only the edges of it festering somewhat, which is considered by the surgeons rather normal and more favorable than, otherwise. The carious bone which extended beyond the healing process is believed to have passed away with the sloughing; so that everything promises well for the recovery of our good and noble Governor." The Work of Congress. The proceedings of Congress for the few days previous to adjournment for Christmas are devoid of general interest. The following acts having passed both houses, have been approved by the President: An act providing for deficiency for the transportation of mails by railroads. An act making appropriation for paying the exjienses of the yellow fever investigation. An act authorizing the donation of twenty condemned bronzed canons to aid in the erecting of a monument to Gen. Geo II. Custer. An act changing the time of holding U. S. Circuit Court of West Virginia. An act extending the time for joint committee on the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department, and to report the result of their investigation February first. Governor Hampton and the Mule. The Columbia Correspondent of the News and Courier, thus answers a question which has been frequently asked : " Why Governor Hampton, of all men, should ever have consented to ride a mule in a deer hunt ?" A sufficient reply might be made to the effect that the Governor can ride anything any other man can, and therefore felt no hesitation in mounting even a young, unbroken mule ; but the true, and better, reason is that he chose to use the animal in question rather than continue the hunt upon the horse which lie had taken with him, which had already done him good service the day before, and which he wished to spare for the reason that it was not his own, but had been placed at his disjiosal by a friend. The Governor is a hard rider, where his own stock are concerned, but he is not one of the very large class of mankind who, according to the proverb, are willing to "ride a borrowed horse to death." He left the horse behind, therefore, upon principle, and took upon himself the risk of riding instead, a brute which few other men would care to bestride. The Governor to the Legislature. On the 23rd ultimo, just previous to the adjournment of the Legislature, the following communication was received from Governor Hampton, and read in both houses, and placed 011 the journals: To the Honorable the Senate and the House oj Hep rcsen tat ices: Gentlemen?1 had hoped to be able to see and thank each of my friends of the General Assembly in person for the many acts of i>ersonal and official kindness of which I have been the constant recipient at their hands. Providence, while denying me this great pleasure, has vouchsafed to me the reasonable hope that 1 may in the future be able to do so. But on this the eve of your adjournment, which will lie the severance of my intimate official connection with you, I feel impelled to address to you a word of farewell. Your flattering selection of me as Senator in the Congress of the United States, is only one more mark of the confidence and esteem which I have so often experienced at your hands, and which has been a never-ceasing comfort and support to me in my hour of success or of trouble. That I may be able in the future to merit as fully as I have in the pasc received it, is my highest hope. Asking that God, in Ilis mercy, may bestow His choicest blessings on each and every one of you, I am sincerely and affectionately your friend and fellow-citizen, Wade Hampton. The Next Congress. The new lower house of Congress will stand: Democrats, 149; Republicans, 129; Nationals, 10. This is determinate as far as elections have been held. One State, California, has still to elect four members. The delegation in this Congress from that State is equally divided. An election to supply a vacancy is to be held in the 12th district of New York, where a Democrat will probably lie chosen to succeed Smith, Republican member elect. ^Vithout tliis seat, the Democrats will have a | majority over both the other parties of five, I and will, therefore, inevitably secure the or-j ganization of the House. Included in this list are the members elected ! by a combination with the National Greenbackers who have announced their intention to vote with the Democrats. These are Stephenson, of Illinois ; Ladd, of Maine ; Poelder, of Minnesota; Smith, of New Jersey ; Wright, : of Pennsylvania. . The ten Nationals embrace several?as Rus-' sell, of North Carolina, and Lowe, of Ala-1 bama?who will undoubtedly act with the Tie- i publicans. The others are Forsvthe, of llli-! nois; De La Matyr, of Indiana; Weaver and, Gillette, of Iowa (understood to be under pledge to assist the Democrats in the organiza- i "7 . / ei t i ^ tion ;) Murch, of Maine; Ford, of Missouri; Yocum, of Pennsylvania; Jones, Independent, of Texas. It is believed that the Nationals will divide equally between the two parties. There will be quite a number of contests from the different States?two, probably, frbra North Carolina. In Iowa there is a contest as to whether the legal election occurred in October or in Noveinl>er. The Sooth Carolina Conference. The list of annual appointments of the South Carolina Conference for the current year, did not reach us in time for insertion in the Enquirer previous to the holiday suspension. The pressure upon our columns this week prevents the publication of the entire list, but we append the ap]x)intments in this section, and the locations and names of a number of ministers who are i>ersonally known to many of our readers: Presiding Elder of the Columbia District? E. J. Meynardie. Columbia?Washington street, F. M. Kennedy *, City Mission, Wm. Martin. Fairfield circuit, A. J. Cauthen. Wiimsboro, W. A. Rogers. Chester, A. H. Lester. East Chester, T. J. Clyde, R. W. Barber. Rock Ilill circuit, J. M. Boyd. Chester circuit, L. A. Johnson. Yorkville station, T. E. Gilbert. York circuit, G. M. Boyd. Edgefield, S. Leard, Fort Mills, J. E. Watson. J. W. Dickson, Professor in Columbia Female College. Orangeburg station, 0. A. Darby. Orangeburg circuit, J. B. Massabeau. Edisto circuit, N. K. Melton. Graniteville circuit, J. Aj.Mood. St. George's circuit, P. F. Kistler. . Sumraerville circuit, S. H. Brown. Sumter Station, A. J. Stokes. Manning circuit, II. M. Mood. Bjshopville, A. J. Stafford. Lancaster stgira, W. H.Arial. Spring Hill circuit, A. C.^Begette."-Richland Fork, J. S. Porter. Marion station, R. L. Harper. North Marlboro circuit, D. W. Seale. Conwayboro station, Landy Wood. Marion circuit, T. W. Munnerlyn. Florence station, W. W. Mood. Darlington circuit, D. D. Dantzler. Georgetown station, W. T. Capers. Lynchburg circuit, W. L. Pegues. Presiding Elder of Spartanburg District, J. M. Carlisle. Spartanburg station, J. T. Wightman. Limestone Springs, R. R. Dagnall. Union station, R. D. Smart. Jonesville circuit, J. C. Counts. Goshen Hill circuit, W. S. Martin. Black's Station circuit, B. M. Boozer. Cokesbury station, J. W. Humbert. North Edgefield circuit, A. W. Walker. Lowndesville station, R. P. Franks. Tumbling Shoals circuit, J. B. Traywick. Newberry circuit, J. W. Kelly. Saluda ciicuit, W. A. Clarke. Greenville station, A. Coke'Smith. Williamston station, S. Lander. Anderson station, J. E. Carlisle, Shallow Ford, J. C. Russell. BLAINE'S COMMITTEE. Senator Teller, chairman of the investigating committee on frauds in the recent Congressional elections, wrote to the comptroller of the treasury, asking a reconsideration of his decision in regard to the committee not being entitled to use the $20,000 appropriated at the last session. The comptroller declined to reverse his decision, but agreed to submit the matter to the attorney-general. The latter of ficer thereupon decided that the committee can use the $20,000, and they will now go to work. The committee has received the following letter from Senator Blaine : Washington, D. C., Dec. 23,1878. To the Hon. H. M. Teller, United Suites Senate, Chairman Select Committee, <kc., &c. Dear Sir?I have this morning received your favor inclosing the following resolution adopted by your committee, viz.: Jiesolved, That the Hon. James G. Blaine, mover of the resolution, be requested to specify in writing the particular class of frauds, outrages and violence committed in the recent elections, which the committee is expected to investigate, and to furnish such information and evidence as may be in his possession, and the names of the witnesses he may wish to be examined. It cannot, of course, be the purpose of your honorable committee to limit the investigation to any particular class of frauds, outrages and violence-committytV iirtho recent elections, that may be specified! by me. The resolution is the action of the Senate speaking almost unanimously, and it is not for me to say what your committee is expected to investigate, beyond what is expressed in the resolution itself in very explicit terms. It would be gross assumption in me to specify where the Senate itself has directed, but anxious to indicate any details that may expedite the labors of the committee, I will call your attention specially to the tissue ballot frauds in South Carolina, to the laws of that State which made free voting impossible in certain counties, to the practice in that State of breaking up all meetings held to opiKise the Democratic party unless Democratic speakers were allowed to take part in the discussion, and to all methods by which hi Sumter and other counties a full and free election was prevented. In Louisiana, I invite yotfr attention to the murders in Tensas Parish on election day and to the frauds committed in the same; to frauds i and outrages upon tne uaiioc m me city m New Orleans; and even while I write, to the alleged assassination of two witnesses on their way to the United States Court to testify against those who had robbed them of their rights on the day of election. I could make further specifications in these two States and in other Southern States, but I have not time. I am just leaving for New England, and am compelled to jiostpone further details until after my return. Among the witnesses I would name are James B. Campbell, E. W. M. Mackey and C. G. Memiuger, of South Carolina, Governor Nicholls, his agent. Col. Zacliary, ex-Chief Justice Sudelingj of Louisiana, Hon. Reuben Davis, of Mississippi, J. Cole Davis, of Helena, Arkansas, the editor of the Avalanche, a Democratic paper published in Memphis, Tenn. But I beg especially to refer you to a large mass of valuable information in the office of the attorney-general of the United States already called for by the Senate, and soon, I presume, to be laid before your committee. This is official in its character, and in many cases has the weight and value of legal evidence, not requiring further examination of witnesses to authenticate and confirm it. In offering the resolution in the Senate, I did not assume the part of public prosecutor, but especially declined any such service. The invitation of your honorable committee, howeve:, is one which I cannot disregard, and on the reassembling of Congress I shall from time to time lay such facts before you and make such suggestions as may seem to constitute a full and fair compliance with all the requirements of yonf-resolution. "With great respect, your obedif nt servant, J. G. Blaine. For the Vorkvlllc Enquirer. RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSES. Mr. Editor : If aL the close of the year 1878 you should cast up the statistics of the financial, social, and moral progress of our little town, you would find something to encourage, but much to condemn. I doubt not that the most appalling incubus you would find, that has hung around us, is that of Dkunkknness. No age, or class, or condition, has been exempt from it. On every day of the week, on every highway and byway, by day and by night, this evil lias stared us in the face, entered our households, shamed us on the streets, and invaded every department of our social and moral being. While it is an evil that cannot t?e fully suppressed, except by the culture of a | high moral standard ; yet its effects may be controlled to a great extent by a wise local ^government. The municipal officers of the town have control of all liquor licenses. They can reduce or extend the license 'system as they see fit. They can license bar-rooTns on the main business thoroughfares or undef^he shadow of private residences, where every h^oman and i child must come in contact with tlifcir pollu- j tion ; or they may require that they b^o iso-, lated that the annoyance from their revelry will affect a smaller number of people. y Further, the amount required for liquor licenses is in the discretion of the Council, bar-rooms must exist, with all their attendant evils, let the proprietors pay for the privilege^"* The town will be heavily taxed the coming year, to pay off its old debts. Let the license fee be put at such a figure that not more than \ one or two bar-rosins will be oi>ened, and one or two thousand dollars of revenue derived, to employ an efficient police to control the victims they turn loose upon us. Citizen, ' * ^ ^ r - -v*"- liHM x.oc4z- affairs. NEW) ADVERTISEMENTS. Latimer A Hemphill Happy New Year to AllNew Goods for the New Year?Just Received?Hardware?Fair Warning?Sewing Machines?Shoes. F. Happerfleld?The York Marble Yard, T. M. Dobson A Co.?The New Year. Hunter <fe Oates?1879. The New Year. 1879. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?1879. H. F. Adickes A Sons.?1830. 1879.?Molasses? Our Coffee?Mince Meat?Leather. WhitakerA Wilson?Yorkville Livery Stables. J. D. Gwin?Clover Academy. J. M. Rawlinson? Rawlinson House. R. Lathan, School Commissioner and Chairman Board of Examiners?Examination of Teachers. ? Col. A. Coward, Principal.?King's Mountain Military School. Herndou Bro?The New Year. John C. Kuykendal?The York Drugstore. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the Mutter of Drakeford, Massey <fc Co. Colgate A Co's "New" Soap. W. T. R. Boll, A. M., Principal.?King's Mountain High School. M. Dnffy, Smith's Turn Out, S. C.?A Rare Chance for a Blacksmith and Wheelright. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?1879?Our Grocery Department?Tin Ware. mi.l i- xt.:r? a n wui iv i>iubucrs?luio its ia? xnuiiij i cnuuo, William C. Owen?Removal. J. N. Roberta.--Notice. CONGRESSIONAL FAVORS. We are indebted to Hon. J. H. Evins for a copy of the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1877. PERSONAL. We M ere pleased to receive a call, Tuesday evening, from Mr. C. II. Beard, the wideawake and energetic traveling agent of the Columbia Register. ANOTHER LARGCJURNIP. Mr. Thaddeus Bolin, of King's Mountain township, has presented us with a tounip, the product of his farm, weighing pounds and measuring 80 inches in circumference. THE METHODIST CHUHCH. The Methodist congregation of this place are gratified at the return of Rev. Thomas E. Gilbert, who has been assigned by Conference to this station for another year. Mr. Gilbert arrived here last Tuesday. There will be services in the Methodist church next Siuiday, morning and evening. MASONIC OFFICERS. The following is a list of the ollicers of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 78, A. F. M., for the current Masonic year: C. E. Spencer, W. M.; H. W. Hojie, S. W.; John R. Gardner, J. W,; Walter T. Barron, Treasurer; H. C. Strauss, Secretary; W. J. Hyndinan, S. Z).; W. J. Jones, ,J. D.; Dr. J. B. Allison and J. E. Jefferys, Stcicards; A. Cody, Tiler. UNFORTUNATE SHOOTING SCRAPE. Our Rock Hill correspondent gives all the essential particulars of the recent shooting scrape at Rock Hill, in which Mr. C. L. Williford, who until recently was a citizen of this place, received a serious wound. On the day of the occurrence, Dr. J. R. Bratton was summoned by telegraph to attend Mr. Williford. lie returned from Rock Hill on Monday evening, and we learn that he reports the wound to be of a serious nature. The ball entered his right breast and ranged downward, lodging in the iliac region, and on account of the depth it i>enetrated, admits of no attempt to remove it. Peritoneal inflammation is the greatest danger threatening the wounded num. Should this not ensue, his chances of recovery are favorable. APPRECIATION OF THE ENQUIRER. A subscriber at Paul's Valley, Indian Territory, remitting $3 for a renewal of his subscription, says: "Of the dozen or more papers that I have the pleasure of perusing every week, none is more eagerly or anxiously looked for fimn Hip "R-ntoittrtcr." As evidence of the I promptness and celerity of the mails to that remote locality, our friend says he lost not a copy of the Enquirer during Aim past year, and has them all on file. He speaks in glowing terms of that country. Com, the principal crop of the Valley, is produced at the rate of 3,000 bushels to the hand and team of two mules. Pish and game are abundant, and besides a considerable white settlement with churches and schools, there are also in the Valley a large number of civilfzed half-breed Indians. a newbook. The Footprints of Time and Analysis of Our Government.?The agent of this volume has been in our town during the past week delivering to the subscribers. It is indeed a valuable work, being a complete general history, beginning with the earliest times and giving the world's annals to the discovery of America. It then gives a complete history of our own country up to the 2d of May of the past year. It gives also an analysis of our Government, beginning with the President and explaining fully the workings of <).ll the departments from the largest to the smallest. It treats of the States and Territories individually, besides giving a complete general history and analysis. The statistics are then given of each country and island of the world, while in the supplement is contained a useful legal guide. It is a work of merit and we commend it to the patronage of our citizens. PIANO TUNING. The eminent musician, Prof. Gonzalez, will remain in town a few days longer, and while here, would be pleased to serve all who have pianos to tune or organs to repair. During his stay in this place, Prof. Gonzalez has tuned and repaired several instruments, among them the pianos of Mr. II. F. Adickes, Col. Coward and Dr. Kuykendal, to whom he resi>ectfully refers as to the manner in which he does such work. He has also repaired the organ of the Episcopal church, giving entire satisfaction rtf +lio olmir Tlifl Tirnfpssnr IU tlie IllClUUUlO \JL VIIV vuv/ui ?...?> r.v.vm_. is prepared with all the mechanical requisites for thoroughly overhauling instruments, and can make an old piano practically as good as new. From numerous notices we have seen of him in other towns and cities, we have no hesitancy in recommending him to our citizens as an accomplished and skillful artist. He qan be seen at Rose's hotel, or may'be adtfi-asard through the post-office. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. . The following officers have been elected by Home Relief Lodge, No. 389, Knights of Honor, to serve for the ensuing term: Col. A. Coward, Dictator; J. F. Wallace, Vice-Dictator; John J. Hunter, slgsistant Dictator; II. W. Hope, Reporter; T. C. Dimlap, Financial Reporter; Jno. C. Kuykendal, Treasurer; W. R. Jones, Chaplain; A. Springs Withers, Guide; JolinG. Ferguson, Guardian; A. Cody, Sentinel; Dr. J. F. Lindsay, Medical Examiner; L. M. Grist, James Mason and I. D. Witherspoon, Trustees. Home Lodge, No. 60, Knights and Ladies of Honor, have elected the following officers for the ensuing term: W. R. Jones, Protector; Mrs. II. W. Hope, Vice-Protector ; John G. Ferguson, Secretary ; T. C. Dunlap, Financial Secretary; John C. Kuykendal, Treasurer; Col. A. Coward, Chaplain ; II. W. Hope, Guide; Mrs. W. R. Jones, Guardian; R. R. McCorkle, Sentinel; A.Coward, C. E. Sjiencer and I. D. Witherspoon, Trustees. ? NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE. Notwithstanding several days have elapsed since its occurrence, we deem it projier to refer to the fact, if for no other purpose than to record an act of heroism on the part of a colored fireman. About 10 o'clock, A. M., on the 19th ultimo, the roof of the court-house was discovered to be on fire, it having been ignited by sparks from one of the chimneys of the building. The alarm was given and the 6131 companies were promptly on hand, though before their arrival a ladder had been raised against the wall. This ladder lacked several feet of reaching the eaves of the roof, but nothing daunted, Isaac Wright, a member of the colored fire company, ascended to the toi>Vmost round, and grasping the shingles, sprang to the roof, when the work of subduing the flames, . which bad made but little headway, was an easy task. The act of Isaac was wit nessed with breathless anxiety, when it was known by every one present that the least mischance would dash him to the ground. But for his daring, the court-house might have been destroyed, and a serious conflagration of other buildings also resulted. It would be an act of simple justice for the County Commissioners to make a substantial recognition of Isaac's bravery. CHRISTMAS. Christmas passed off very pleasantly in town. Though rather cool for out-of-door enjoyment, it was bright and clear, and the streets throughout the day presented a lively and animated appearance. A noticeable and gratifying feature of the day was the quiet and orderly bearing of every one. Though some whisky was drank, and there were several hilarious darkeys ami a few elevated white men on the streets, good order prevailed, and we are glad to note that not a single disturbance occurred to mar the festivities of the day. Services were held in the church of the Good Shepherd, the rector, Rev. R. P. Johnson, delivering an admirable sermon appropriate to the natal day of the Redeemer of mankind; and in the afternoon the children of the Episcopal Sunday-school assembled at the house of the rector, where a Christmas tree, laden with beautiful presents, had been prepared for their enjoyment. Santa Claus, too, made his accustomed annual visit, and so far as we know to the contrary, every good little boy and girl received something from his beneficent hand. TRANSFERS OP REAL E8TATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our ttist report: RoberTtT Caveny to Thomas j. Qaveny. Tract of 75 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration #500. Same to same. Tract of 276 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration #ioo.'" 2"'" Henry M. Lineberger to Geo. Wylie. Tract of 404 a<k$8 in Catawba township. Considertion #*200. . i L. A. Hill and Barber & Hill toR. A. Westbrook. Tract of 190 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration #550. S. E. Carroll tmd others to Martha A. Carroll. Tract of 85 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration not given. J. A. McLean, Probate Judge, to W. C. Latimer and others. Tract of 19} acres in York township. Consideration #500. James C. Ross to Amos D. Ross and others. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration #5. A. L. Nunnery and wife to Henry gunnery. Tract of 133 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration #600. S. E. White, administrator, to J. H. Foster. Lot in Fort Mill. Consideration #128. Gaston & Ramseur to M. E. Deal. Lot in Black's Station. Consideration #62.50. J. G. Black to M. E. Deal. Lot in Black's Station. Consideration #97. L. C. Black to M. E. Deal. Lot in Black's Station. Consideration #450. Martha A. Carroll-to R. M. Carroll. Tract of 85 acres in Bullock's Creek township'. Consideration #500. E. II. McConnell to Ida J. McConnelL Tract of 129 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration #800. Thomas S. Neely to John L. Starr. Lot of 4 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration #75. W. A. Carson to B. T. WhdBer. Tract of 03 nnvoQ in Vnvlr fnumalitn rinnai/1niMfinii nnf C4V- A to 111 JL V1IX l/V fTHUUlji^i vuiiuiuviuvtvn uvv given. W. A. Carson to B. T. Wheeler. Tract of 10J acres in York township. Consideration $87.50. W. A. and John Carson to B. T. Wheeler. Tract of 50 acres in York township. Consideration $000. B. T. Wheeler to John Nichols. Tract of 03 acres in York township. Consideration $681.84. W. II. Stewart to S. E. and J. M. White. Tract of 140 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $3,000. DOINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. During the session just closed, the legislature pasfed one hundred and sixty-five acts and joint resolutions.' The following are1 the' captions of such as are of general and local interest. Hereafter, from time to time, we will lay before our readers the full text of the most important acts: An act to alter and amend the law in rela-. tion to the payment of the debts of a decedent. An act to punish assault or assault and battery, with any fire-arm, committed on the streets or places of public resort. An act to exempt telegraph operators from ordinary militia and from jury duty. An act to alter and amend the law in relation to appeals from the Circuit Courts to the Supreme Court. An act to repeal an act In prevent the sale of spirituous liquors within one mile of any church, school house or college within this State, approved March 18, 1878. An act to amend and supply an omission in an act to provide for the custody of official bonds for ofunty officers and for the examination of the same from time to time, approved June 9,1877. An act to provide a mode for revoking letters testamentary and of administration when an executor -or administrator has removed from the State, and to more effectually protect the interest of minors, lunatics and persons rum compos mentis. An act to authorize and direct the Intendant and Wardens of the town of Yorkville to impose and levy a special tax for payment of certain judgments and bonds therein mentioned. < An act to amend section 10 of an act entitled "An act to establish uniformity in the sessions of the Circuit Courts and to regulate the business of the Courts of Common Pleas in the State during the summer terms of said courts." An act to extend the time for funding the unquestionable debt of this State. An act to amend sections 3 and 4 of chapter 73 of title 1, part 11, of the general statutes, relating to the renunciation of dower. An act to prescribe the enrollment of money decrees in the Courts of Probate, and to regulate the issuing of executions and to enforce their collection. An act to prevent the charge of breakage in the weighing of cotton. 1 An act to amend and continue of force an act entitled "An act to secure landlords and persons making advances." An act to make the pay certificates of jurors for attendance upon the Circuit Courts of the State receivable for taxes doe the county in which said services are rendered. An act to prohibit -persona from living together in adultery. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish uniformity in the sessions of the Circuit Courts," so far as the same relates to the courts of the Sixth Circuit. An act respecting the filling of vacancies in county offices. % An act to authorize the application; of certain unappropriated funds, in the hands of, the Treasurer of York county to county purposes. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent fishing with nets in the fresh water streams of this State at certain Beasons of the year," and to extend the same to the counties of Richland, Chester and Clarendon. An act to repeal an act to regulate the grant-/ ing of divorces in this State. | An act to api>oint a Fish Commissioner and ' increase the propagation of fishes. An act to amend an act to prevent fishing with nets in the fresh water streams of this State at certain seasons of the year. An act in relation to lands forfeited to the State for non-payment of taxes. An act to prevei^ stock of one county or township from trespassing upon the lands of an adjoining county or township. An act to grant aid to the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. An act for the further protection of laudlords in the collection of rents. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize County Commissioners to submit to the qualified electors of their several counties a proposition to alter the fence laws, and to provide for effectuating the same. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to charter the town of Yorkville," approved March 2,1871. An act to amend section 23, chapter XXII, and section 5, chapter XXII, of title VI, of ' part 1, and section 1, chapter LXXXII of title 1, part 2, of the general statutes, relating to the proving and recording of deeds and other instruments of writing. An act to accelerate the proceedings in actions for partition. An act to make appropriations to meet the | ordinary excuses of the State government for I the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1878. An act to alter and amend an act to reduce all acts and parts of acts pry viding for the as-1 - x sessment ?' Baxation of property into one act and to at the same, approved March 19, 1874. An act to- exempt from taxation certain property belengiig to religious denominations. Joint resolation to allow all the county officers of the Shite, elected at the last election, further time to qualify. An act to prevent unjust discrimination 1 / common carriers. Joint resolution to authorize the Comptroller General to draw his warrant, and the State Treasurer to apply the same to the payment of public printing of the General Assembly, and for advertising election notices, and to provide for future payments without extra legislation. An act to facilitate the execution of taxes. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the settlement of the unfunded debt of the State, incurred before the first of November, 1870." An act to create a Railroad Commissioner for the State of South Carolina and to define his duties. An act to provide for the funding of the interest past due on the valid consolidated debt of the State. An act to raise supplies and make appropriations for the fiscal year commencingNovember 1,1878. An act to regulate the number of jurors who shall be in attendance on the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions. An act to provide for the reassessment of the real estategf this State, to fix the standard at which (Ifopmy shall be assessed, and to amend the law in relation to the organization of the State Board of Equalization. Anf act to require the County Auditors to attend at certain places for the assessment of taxes. Joint resolution requiring County Treasurers to pay out school funds remaning in their hands from previous years, to school expenses of current year. An act to require Clerks of Courts, Sheriffs and Trial Justices, to make monthly reports of all licenses, fines and penalties collected by them to the Auditors and Treasurers of their respective counties. For the Yorkvlllc Enquirer. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. ' - Columbia, 8. C., December 18,1878. The South Carolina Annual Conference closed its ninety-third session at Newberry last night, Bishop Wightman presiding, in the absence of Bishop Pierce, by reason of indisposition. The. first session of^the body was held in Charleston ip 1787r. wh'en^itTnupibered ten members. The Conference now contains 44,291 niembers; 165 traveling preachers; 222 local preachers669 churches, valued at |6l6,144; 81 parsonages?value $92,746; college and school buildings to the value of $99,766. The recent session was very hanpopious, and the business progressed without much conflict of opinion or heat-of debate. Dr. J. B. McFerrin and Dr. A. W. Wilson, the former agent of the Publishing House, at Nashville, Tehn., and the latter Missionary Seeretarv. were uresent and ablv represented their respective interests. . Dr. McFerrin procured, during a morning session, subscriptions to bonds for the liquidation of the debt of the Publishing House, to the amount of $5,450. The subscribers were chiefly members of the Conference. Dr. "Wilson raised about $500 for the Missionary cause. The reports of the spiritual and financial condition of the Conference were generally very encouraging. Extensive revivals and accessions have blessed the Church during the year; and, notwithstanding the stringent times, the finances show increased liberality on the part of the members and great fidelity on the part of the ministers in sustaining all the interests of the Church. The Columbia - District, to which your town belongs, stands ffrst^on the list of amounts jaised during the year Vo meet the requirements of the Church in her-.,various enterprises. The reputation of the District, it is hoped, will not be impaired the incoming year by any retrogression. The committee on education reported the Cokesbury Conference School as having just closed its 85th session with 35 students, Pro myw i i i i ii i iiiiiii pmicijrtu. ><i<uiuuiuu*. Female College, Prof. -Jones, President, 100 pupils; Wofford College, 31 in the Freshman class and 92 in College. Rev. S. A. Weber was elected editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, published in Charleston, as the Annual Conference organ. \ The Conference was most hospitably entertained by the citizens of Newberry. The % j preaching, during the session, was very satisfactory. Rev. H. M. Mood's sermon to the undergraduates was able. The Bishop preached with great clearness, learning and eloquence, on Sunday morning, and Dr. Wilson, with power not usually wituessed, at night. The appointments for the ensuing year, which I presume you have seen, have .given general satisfaction. Your young minister returns to you, and you may expect, for a while longer, the official visitations of the unworthy P.E.' P. S. I had the great gratification of an interview with our beloved Governor Hampton in his sick chamber, this evening. He is improving. He says so. The prayers of the Church are bringing comfort to him. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. ' . Rock IIill, S. C., December 30,1878. Another year has almost past, fraught with as many material changes as it has been our lot to note incident with the "growing world" and "living age," characterized by noble impulses, generous feelings, untiring energy, pressing onward and upward in pursuit of some cherished wish. j "VVe venture the assertion that no place of like dimensions has undergone such radical changes for the better as has- our little town within the past year.** The increase of trade? sales of cotton 1,000 bales in excess of the number sold from August, 1877, to August, 1878, making the sales of four months exceed the entire twelve months previous. Experience has taught our merchants to build good, substantial fire-proof business VirmaeQ fherohv lpsfipniiior insnrftriPP and r?r*> senting an appearance of permanency. "We here beg leave to state that Capt. L. M. Davis, N. B. Craig and the Frew Brothers, occupy the three-new store rooms respectively in the Roddy brick building, on the corner of Main and Depot streets. W. G. Reid, furniture dealer and cabinet workman, will occupy the house formerly occupied by Capt. Davis. ?-v ^~*We regret to learn that on the night of the \ 22nd instant, the store-house and contents of Mr. Henry Johnson, near Clay Hill, were destroyed by fire. When first discovered, the flames had almost consumed the building, rendering any effort to save it utterly useless, j His stock was insured for $1,500. It was doubtless the work of an incendiary, as there had been no tire in the house since early in the afternoon. J ?.Tuesday, the 24th, was the busiest day of the season. The town was literally crowded, and the stores overrun with customers, : The shelves of the toy and confectionery stores were completely robbed of their beauties and sweets, and tlie cry was still for more. The annual contribution party for the ministers of the respective churches was held on Tuesday evening, in Holler's hall. A liberal contribution was received for each?consisting of "various articles of substantial and luxuries. A few appropriate remarks were indulged in by Messrs. Boyd and Cooper, pastors of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches, (the other ministers not being present,) expressing their profoundest gratitude for the kindness shown them, and invoking the blessings of the all-wise Being upon a pedple who were so generous and unselfish, manifesting true Christian spirit and brotherly love. The occasion was a most pleasant one, instituted by the lovely Cliristian ladies, to whom alone the credit is due. Christmas morn dawned beautiful and bright, but bitter cold. The business houses were) all closed. The clerks seemed to be making Wood nse of the holiday. All seemed happC The scholars of Miss Stoney's school bad alphristmas tree in the academy. It was loadew with every imaginable thing suitable