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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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, '
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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.
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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