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Straps and |afts.
? Roses will be the popular flower for ornament
this spring.
? Congress is rather an expensive luxury.
The last legislative appropriation bill requires
$1,630,000 just to pay its members and
get them to and from Washington.
? In Texas, with a Democratic majority of
112,000, there are five negroes in the Legislature.
In all the Northern Legislatures combined
there is not, nor never will he, that
number.
? Miss Jackson, the daughter of the Alexandria
hotel-keeper who killed Col. Ellsworth,
of the Zouaves, in 1862, was kept in a treasury
department place at Washington by Col.
Mosby nntil he left for Hong Kong. Since
his departure, Miss Jackson has lost her place.
? Merrit and Burt, Hayes' nominees for
collector and naval officer of New York city,
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were connrraea Dy tne senate Dy a vote 01
31 to 24, the Democrats generally voting for
the confirmation. This is a victory for President
Hayes over Conkiiug, one of the most
bitter partisan Republicans.
? The Legislatures of Georgia and Alabama
have found it necessary to protect
themselves against the farmers from Texas
coming to their States in search of colored
labor. For some time past there has been
a heavy colored emigration from these States
to Texas, to the great inconvenience of the
Georgia and Alabama planters and farmers.
To prevent this, a license tax of $100 has
been placed on every one soliciting people to
emigrate.
? Even Edison seems to be weakening in
his faith in the electric light. In a talk with
an interviewer last week, he expressed himself
with much less confidence than hitherto,
enlarged upon the difficulties of introducing
a new system of light, even after its discovery
shall be perfected, and claimed a good deal
more time for his work of getting the new
light ready for public inspection than he ever
claimed before. None of his "good inventions,"
he said, had been finished inside of
two years.
? Senator Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, is in
New York, and has been interviewed. In regard
to the next presidential election, he
thinks the chances of the two parties are
about equal?"the prospect for the Republicans
would be much better were it not for
the strife in the party." He regards Gen.
Grant as the most prominent Republican
candidate, and thinks he might carry some
Southern States, though Mr. Matthews con- j
fesses that at present the prospects of such a
thing are not very encouraging.
? The Atlanta Constitution says Mr. W. J.
Houston of the Air-Line road, came from New
Orleans Saturday, buoyant with his success in
securiug emigrant rates from Texas to all
points in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia,
North and South Carolina and Virginia.
He states that he can bring full grown emigrants
from Houston, Texas, to Atlanta, for
less than half the value of a 500 pound
bale of cotton, and hopes, when another crop
is made, to see the countrymen of the northeast
returning from the southeast in large
numbers.
? Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces Indians,
who is now in Washington, was asked the
other day what of all the works of civilization
seen in this his first trip to the East, had
impressed him most. It was expected that
he would name the Capitol, but he replied,
without a moment's hesitation, that the most
wonderful thing he ever seen or dreamed of,
was the bridge over the Mississipp1 river at
St. Louis. He could build a rountain of
stone like the Capitol, he said, but he could
not build a spider's web that would stand
alone in the air. He was afraid to cross it,
but he saw the pale faces were not afraid,
so he wrapped his blanket around him and
trembled as the train went over.
? General George Washington Park Custis
Lee, who is plaintiff in the Arlington case, is
about forty-five years old, tall, handsome, and
remarkably like bis father, Gen. R. E. Lee.
He is president of Washington and Lee University,
at Lexington, Va., where he lives with
his two sisters, Misses Mary and Mildred Lee,
in the house where their father, mother and
sister died. He is an old bachelor, and very
shy of the gentler sex. He was graduated
first in his class at West Point, and, like his
father, came out of the four years' course
without a single demerit mark. Miss Mary
Lee was, a few days ago, entertained by Lord
and Lady Napier, at Gibraltar, and a few
weeks before Was within the Russian lines in
Turkey.
? The two lawyers who helped ex-Financial
Agent Kimpton of South Carolina, out of
his trouble in Massachusetts last autumn, are
no longer pleased with his character. The
Springfield Republican says: "Considerable
expense was incurred, which they paid,
taking Kimpton's note at three months
for $200 to reimburse them. This they
endorsed and had cashed at the First National
Bank at Westfield. When it fell
due in December, Kimpton wrote asking that
it be renewed, and the bank allowed an extension
of forty-five days. The time was out
Saturday last, and the bank, refusing longer
to renew, demanded ?100 each 01 the two
young lawyers, which they paid to save their
credit. One of them has written to Governor
Chamberlain asking him 'what kind of a
scoundrel his friend Kimpton is'. "
? A New York letter of Wednesday says:
"Agents of banks and bankers are going
round offering money, both on call and
paper, on the most tempting terms. This is
a somewhat new business for the parties in
question to run about with their money for a
customer, but it shows, first, the great abundance
of money, and second, that business
does not begin to be lively enough to absord
it?certainly not active enough to seek the
capital, rather than the capital seeking it.
Money, in apparently unlimited amounts, is
offered at 1 per cent, per annum for 90 days,
on pledge of governments and securities
equally good, while the Stock Exchange gets
all it wants at 2 per cent. Three months' indorsed
paper is down as low as 3$ per cent.,
while single six months' has been placed at
43 aud 5."
? The Arlington ejectment case now goes
to the United States Supreme Court. The
judgment of the lower court restores the estate
to General G. W. C. Lee, the eldest son
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the ejectment of all tenants who have been
in possession since the transfer of the estate
under a tax sale in 1863. This includes the
United States as a tenant of the National
Cemetery, 15,000 bodies of dead Union soldiers
that rest therein, and the Government
Signal Office and station at Fort Whipple.
General Lee having established his claim to
the property, is now willing to part with the
National Cemetery portion of the estate for a
fair price. Should the Supreme Court affirm
the decision of the District Court, the Government
will undoubtedly purchase the cemetery
on the estate. " 'rr*' ' "'xr'
? A report from the Agricultural Department,
just issued, among other items, gives
the prices of the cotton crop, concerning
which it is said : We are guided by the prices
received by the planter, which have ruled
excessively low this winter, the average for
the whole country being about 81 cents per
pound. The great value of this crop is founded
on the demand for export. Prior to the
war, in 1859 and 1860, the amount imported
into Great Britain from the United States was
four-fifths their whole importation. During
the war it fell off to less than 2 per cent.
Starting in 1866 at 37 per cent., we find that
in 1878 we had regained the position we held
prior to 1861, and that four-fifths of the cotton
used and manufactured in Great Britain
came from the United States. The proportion
of our total crop exported to foreign
ports was 3,340,000 bales out of a crop of
4,750,000 bales, during the year ending September
1,1878. The production of this great
staple seems to be too large, and the result is
shown in glutted markets and low prices, th$
larger crop of 1878 being worth less than
that of the preceding year. Basing the calculation
of prices on that received by the
producer, we find the value of the crop of
1878 to be $194,700,000, and for 1877, $240,000,000,
while the number of bales was
4,750,000 in 1877, and 5,200,000 for 1878.
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THE FERTILIZER TROUBLES.
The farmers in the various sections of the
State continue to hold meetings for the purpose
of giving expression to their views in
regard to the action of the fertilizer companies
at the Augusta Convention, and in some
instances denounce the companies in harsh
terms. The general disposition seems to be
not to accede to the requirements of the
convention; but to refuse to purchase fer!
tilizers unless they are furnished upon terms
} which are regarded by the farmers as reasonable.
In some sections there appears to be
a strong disposition to entirely discontinue
the use of commericial fertilizers and rely
upon home made manures. Wherever this
course is pursued, it is probable that the farmers
will have cause to thank the convention
for its action, as the chances are that in a
majority of instances the benefits to the fertilizer
men are out of proportion to the benefits
derited by the farmer.
On sales-day, a public meeting was held at
Anderson, C. H., at which the following resolutions
were adopted:
Eesolved, By the citizens of Anderson county,
in mass meeting assembled, that the recent
action of the companies manufacturing commercial
fertilizers, at a meeting held in Augusta.
on the. 18th of December. 1878, banding
themselves together, and in the midst of general
suffering, and at a time when all kinds
of agricultural products are depreciated in
price, and when the great mass of the tillers
of the soil find it hard to exist, they regard it
as a public wrong and a blow aimed at the
best interest of this Commonwealth.
Resolved, That the monopolists who conspired
to commit this wrong are enemies of
the farming community, and, as such, should
be deprived, immediately, of any and all privileges
to dig, mine or manufacture commercial
fertilizers.
Resolved, That we appeal to the fanners and
all others interested in the success of agriculture,
wherever scattered over the State, to
unite in the opposition to the phosphate monopolists
and all the influence they can bring
to bear, and to continue their opposition, until
every vestige of a monopoly, which seeks
self-agrandizement at the expense of the rights
of others, is rooted out of existence.
Resolved, That unless the manufacturers of
commercial fertilizers reduce their price to
at least what it was last year, the consumers
be advised not to purchase a single pound, and
in the future unanimously and earnestly resist
any attempt on the part of the guano manu
facturers, or others to extort from the farmers
ruinous prices for their productions.
Resolved, That the president of this meeting
be and he is hereby instructed to furnish a
copy of these proceedings to the president of
the Senate and the Speaker of the House as
soon as the Assembly shall meet at its next
session, and that he, in the name of the people
of Anderson County, petition the General Assembly
to repeal all charters granted to companies
to dig and mine phosphate in the navigable
rivers and streams of this State, and
enact such legislation as will place the whole
phosphate interest in the hands of the State,
where it properly belongs.
On the same day, a meeting was held at
Greenville. The Court House, in which the
meeting was held, is said to have been crowded
to such an extent that many persons pres
ent were forced to stand up for want of seats.
The meeting was presided over by Senator
Crittenden, who made a speech of considerable
length, in the course of which he said :
We have met to-day, as farmers, for the purpose
of protecting our own interests and of
uniting with each other in resisting what we
believe to be an attempt on the part of a combination
of greedy capitalists to levy an extortionate
tribute upon the whole agricultural interest
of the country. I venture to say here
that if there is any one conviction in the
minds of the farmers of this country that is
stronger than another, it is that we have, for
several years past, been paying exorbitantly
high prices for commercial fertilizers, and that
during these years we have in a great measure
been working for somebody else, and mainly
for the manufacturers of the fertilizers we
have bought. Notwithstanding this conviction,
(and we have had it for several years) we
have been plodding on, toiling and straining
every nerve to raise more cotton, to buy more
fertilizers to make more cotton with, nearly
the whole profit of which has gone to enrich
the manufacturers, and those who handle our
cotton after we have seen the last of it. It
was on the heels of an experience like this,
and while we were preparing to plant another
crop, still hopeful that with good seasons and
hard work we might be able to have a small
margin of profit at the end of the year, that
there appeared, a few weeks ago, a paragraph
which went the rounds of the press. It was
to this effect: That a meeting had been held
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manufacturers of commercial fertilizers, and
a combination formed to increase the in*ices of
their fertilizers as heretofore exchanged for
cotton. This was the feather, and not a very
light one either, which broke the camel's back.
We have been raising cotton heretofore, in
this section of country, almost for the benefit
of the manufacturers of commercial fertilizers.
Are you willing to do it entirely in the
future ? If not, then we must meet combination
by combination. They have set us the
example. We can live as well without their
fertilizers as they can without our cotton.
The following resolutions were adopted,
preceded by a preamble urging the farmers
of Greenville county to resist the combination
of the fertilizer manufacturers:
1. That we hereby endorse and confirm the
pledge already adopted at several township
meetings in this county, to wit: That we bind
ourselves individually, by affixing our names to
these resolutions, that we will not, during the
present year, pay any additional rate, either by
exchange of cotton or otherwise, for the same
grade of commercial fertilizer, above that paid
by us during the past year.
2. That we call upon farmers all over the
state to meet and adopt the same resolution
and obtain signatures to it.
3. That as we believe the true interests of
farmers in this section lies in the increased
use and manufacture of home-made manures, j
the chairman of this meeting is instructed to
I appointed a committee of five practical and
j exi>erienced farmers, whose duty it shall be to
I investigate this subject and report at the
, earliest practicable time, through the public
! press, the best mode of composting and utilj
izing the materials of the farm for purposes of
i fertilization.
I 4. That a committee of five be appointed to
report as information, to an adjourned meeting
to be held in two weeks from to-day, the best
terms to be obtained from any manufacturers
of approved fertilizers on a basis of exchange
for cotton.
! 5. That a committee of three from each
township be appointed to obtain signatures to
the pledge contained. In the first resolution.
At a meeting of the farmejs, residing in the
vicinity of Ridgeway, Fairfield county, a resolution
was adopted pledging themselves to
unite and labor to avoid the use of commercial
fertilizers, by manufacturing their own
fertilizers in the shape of home-made compost.
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The farmers of Marion held a meeting and
adopted the following resolution, which has
the true ring about it:
Resolved, That the discrimination in prices
of commercial fertilizers between cash rates
and what is known as "cotton option" is so
great, that "we will purchase only what we
can pay the cash for, and endeavor to make
more home-made manures this year than formerly."
At a meeting of the citizens of Stateburg,
Sumtor /miintv n nnmmnnication was read
from George W. Williams & Co., and Pelzer,
Rodgera & Co., after which the following
resolution was unanimously ndopted :
That we, the planters of Stateburg and
Rafting Creek townships, in view of the statements
of Pelzer, Rogers & Co., Geo. W. Williams
and others, in reply to the planting interest
as regards the price of fertilizers, do
agree that it is useless for any planter to make
use of them if he intends to pay for the same,
and that we agree to plant without them until
times are better and cotton a better price,
as present prices for them will prove ruinous
in the end.
A correspondent of the News and Courier,
writing from Johnston's Depot, in Edgefield
county, says that the farmers in that vicinity
"are at work trying to find more profitable
investments than fertilizers and cotton. They
are inquiring the price of the best wool and
mutton sheep, sowing largely of small grain,
seeking the best prolific large grains of Indian
corn, indigo seed, castor beans, jute seed for
supplying the small expected demand for
cotton bagging, as well as testing the strength
of their own materials for baling ties, as
grape and muscadine vines, bear grass and
white oak splits, with all the self-relying energy
of industrious, independent and invincible
people."
THE STATTGRANGE.
.The State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry,
assembled in Charleston, on Tuesday
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eral days. The officers officiating at the opening
were J. N. Lipscomb, Worthy Master;
Dr. A. B. Rose, acting as overseer; P.. R.
Brown, Steward ; A. B. Bowden,. acting Assistant
Steward; D. W. Cuttino, acting Qbap
lain; A. M. Aiken, Treasurer; Thomas W,
Holloway, Secretary; Mrs, R. A. Love, acting
L. A. Steward. Delegates were present
from Anderson, Chester, Colleton, Barnwell,
Darlington, Fairfield, Georgetown, Kershaw,
Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg,
Spartanburg, Sumter, Williamsburg,
and probably other counties.
The Worthy Master read his annual address,
which was referred to the appropriate
committee. Communications were read from
several subordinate Granges in regard to the
recent action of the fertilizer companies combining
to deraaud an increased quantity of
cotton for a ton of their fertilizers. These
communications were referred to a special
committee. Previous to adjournment, the
committee submitted a report, which was
adopted, as follows :
Your committee to whom was referred memorials
and resolutions from Subordinate
Granges in regard to fertilizers, beg leave to
report: ,
1st. That the State Grange solemnly and
earnestly remonstrates against the wrong in advancing
the price of fertilizers, which is an article
of common use, and just after the adjournment
of the State Legislature.
2d. That we intend neither hostility nor
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comuinauon against wie iiirtuuirtvuucio icitilizers
to imiKjse any damage upon them, but
simply to express our mature conviction against
a common oppression, so ruinous to the vital
interests of the entire State.
3d. That we advise our Pomona and Subordinate
Granges to take immediate action,
through their respective executive committees
upon this subject, which with present light
will accomplish all we desire.
4th. That the delegates present will immediately
advise their respective Granges of the
information obtained at this meeting, so as to
facilitate the ?>eilecting of all arrangements
necessary for relief.
5th. That the action and determination of
the State Grange on this whole matter, and all
actions, communications and correspondence
of Patrons, Granges, Subordinate or Pomona,
also, of all authorized agents, are to be strictly
confidential and under the strictest bowls of
secrecy, in accordance with "obligations of
our Order," and under seal.
The committee on the good of the Order
submitted the following report, which was received
as information and made the special
order for the second day of the next annual
meeting of the State Grange:
1. That the Master of the State Grange shall
l>e a salaried officer, and shall not be at the
same time the incumbent of any i>olitical office
in the State or United States.
2. That it shall be the duty of the Master,
with the assistance and aid of any of the officers
of the State Grange whom he shall select,
to visit once a year every county or district of
the State, and especially such as are lukewarm
or ignorant as to the Order, and instruct them.
3. That the meetings of the State Grange
shall be hereafter held alternately in Greenville
or Spartanburg, Columbia and Charleston, and
shall be held for one week.
4. That the first days of such meetings shall
be devoted to an exhibition of agricultural
products, domestic manufactures, and live
stock, open to all members of the Order
throughout the State and the United States,
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our connneu ru uieju exclusively, ?wiu wai mc
State Grange shall award such medals, certificates
or awards as they may deem expedient or
are able to afford.
5. That there shall be apix)iiited individuals,
in the discretion of the Master, to address the
Grange on specific subjects of general interest
at each meeting of the State Grange.
0. That after this, the ordinary legislative
business of the Order shall be entered on and
continued to the end of the week, or until
completion.
The following officers were elected and in*
stalled for the current year:
J. N. Lipscomb, W. M., Newberry.
A. B. Rose, W. O., Charleston.
W. W. Russell, W. L., Anderson.
Wm. Quirk, Steward, Darlington.
A. P. West, A. S., Edgefield.
15 D. Perry, Chaplain^ Williamsburg.
a. M. Aiken, Treasurer, Abbeville.
T. W. Ilolloway, Secretary-, Newberry.
J. N. Parrot, G. K., Darlington.
Mrs. R. I). Perry, Ceres, Williamsburg.
Mrs. E. L. Roche, Pomona, Charleston.
Miss L. L. Wvlie, Flora, Chester.
Mrs. R. A. Love, L. A. S., Chester.
Executive Committee?John Bratton, Fairfield
; E. L. Roche, Charleston ; J. W. Norris,
Anderson.
The summer meeting cf the Grange is to
be held at Chester, the executive committee
of the State Grange and the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society to fix the time of
meeting. "
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 4th, Cameron, of
Wisconsin, from the committee on privileges
and elections, submitted a majority report
signed by the Republican members of the
committee, declaring that David T. Corbin
has been duly elected Senator from South
Carolina, and is entitled to his seat. Hill, of
Georgia, from the same committee, submitted
a minority report, signed by the Democratic
i members, in favor of M. C. Butler, the pres'
ent incumbent of the seat. Ordered that
both reports be printed and placed on the
calendar. Coke, of Texas, spoke at length
in favor of constructing a railroad in Texas
to the Rio Grande, after which the Senate resumed
the consideration of the unfinished business,
being the resolution of Edmunds declaring
the validity of the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the constitution
of the United States, and Bayard spoke, dedaring
that the first one to throw doubt upon
ti? i valicfity of the amendments was the Senator
from Vermont (Edmunds). Edmunds
followed in a speech of some length, after
which White, of Maryland, obtained the
floor.
In the House, while in committee of the
.whole on the army appropriation bill, an
amendment reducing the force of the army to
15,000, was defeated by a large majority.
Quite a stormy debate arose on the amendment
offered by Cox, of New York, to re
auee trie army to iy.duu men, in tne course
of which Mills, of Texas, charged the Democrats
with being responsible for Custer's
death, because of their miserable economy,
which he stated appeared to be the only idea
of statesmanship which the House possessed.
The House rejected the amendment, and also
another reducing it to 20,000. The vote was
66 ayes to 118 noes. Without further disposition
of the bill, the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 5th, the resolution
submitted by Mr. Matthews, providing for
the appointment of a special committee of
five Senators to inquire into all claims of citizens
of the United States against Nicarauga,
was agreed to without discussion. The Senate
passed several bills on the calendar, and
then resumed the consideration of unfinished
business, being the resolutions of Edmunds,
declaring the validity of amendments
to the constitution. Whyte, of Maryland,
opposed the resolutions of Mr. Edmunds, favoring
the substitute of Mr. Morgan. The
debate on the resolutions was farther participated
in by Senators Garland, Jones, of
Florida, Hill, Edmunds, and others, and the
discussion continued through the day without
autiuui
The House, after passing the bill for the
improvement of the Mississippi river, went
into committee of the whole and discussed
the army appropriation bill. White, of
Pennsylvania, offered as an amendment to the
bill, substantially the bill known as the army
re-organization bill. After considerable debate,
the committee arose in order that the
amendment might be printed.
Iu the Senate on the 6th, Mr. Paddock, of
Nebraska, submitted a resolution instructing
th.e committee on agriculture to inquire in regard
to certain reports recently put in circulation
in this country and elsewhere concerning
infectious diseases among horned cattle in
the United States. Agreed to. Wallace, of
Pennsylvania, submitted a resolution requesting
the committee on commerce to report the
House bill known as the inter-State commerce
bill at the earliest; possible moment.
The resolution was laid on the table, and he
gave notice that he would call it up at an
early day. Mr. Edmunds, from the committee
on the judiciary, reported favorably on a
bill for removing the political disabilities of
a number of persons. Mr. Butler, of South
Carolina, submitted various amendments to
the Texas Pacific Railroad bill, now pending.
Ordered to be printed. The bill providing
for the taking of the census was agreed to.
The bill, as passed, provides that a census of
the population, wealth and industry of the
United States shall be taken on or before
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pointment of a superintendent of the census
by the President, and also the necessary
clerks and copyists in his office. The secretary
of the interior is directed to appoint, on
or before the 1st of April, 1880, one or more
supervisors within each State or Territory,
such persons to be residents of such State or
Territory. The total number of supervisors
is not to exceed 150. The supervisors are to
apportion their districts and designate to the
superintendent, suitable persons to employ as
enumerators, such persons to be selected solely
with reference to their fitness and without
reference to thoir political or party affiliations.
Each supervisor is to receive $500
upon the completion of his dutie*. The enumerators
are to receive two cents for each
living inhabitant reported, two cents for each
death reported, ten cents for each farm, and
fifteen cents for each establishment of productive
industry enumerated and returned.
A division assigned to each enumerator shall
not exceed 4,000 inhabitants, according to the
census of 1870, nor contain less than 3,000,
where the last preceding census shows the in
habitants thereof.
In the House, Williams, of Alabama, presented
the memorial of the Alabama Legislature
for the admission of quinine duty free.
Neal, from the committee on Territories,
asked leave to report a bill for the organization
of the Territory of Aklohama. Objection
was made. The House discussed, in
committee of the whole, the army appropriation
bill. White's amendment, offered yesterday,
and comprising the most of the features
of the army re-organization bill, was
adopted. Hewitt moved to amend the revised
statutes so as to expunge therefrom the
provision that the array shall be allowed to
be at the polls on election days to keep peace.
Adopted?93 to 90. Pending the consideration
of the amendment to transfer the Indian
bureau to the war department, the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 7th, Mr. Sargent, of
California, gave notice that on Wednesday,
he would call up for consideration the bill to
restrict Chinese immigration and spoke of
the importance of this subject to the people
of the Pacific coast. Hamlin will, when
the bill comes up, move its indefinite postponement.
Harris, of Tennessee, from the
select committee to inquire as to the best
means of preventing epidemic diseases, reported
a bill to prevent the introduction of
contagious diseases in the United States and
establish a bureau of public health. Placed
on the calendar. Matthews, of Ohio, from
the select committee on epidemic diseases, reported
a joint resolution authorizing the committee
to sit during the recess, retain the services
of three experts who shall visit Havana,
and such other places as the committee
may direct, to inquire into the history of the
yellow fever. The joint resolution also requests
the President to invite the concurrence
: and co-operation of the Spanish government
i in the examination and experiments to be
made in furtherance of international commerce
and sanitary interests. Placed on the
calendar. The Senate passed the House bill
| relieving certain legal disabilities of women.
! Windom addressed the Senate on his resolution
favoring the immigration of colored per!
sons.
In the House, the Senate amendments to
the naval appropriation bill were not concurred
in, and the House proceeded with the
regular business of the morning hour. The
House agreed to the report of the conference
committee on the Indian appropriation bill,
and passed a number of private bills.
In the Senate on the 8th, Bruce, from the
committee on levees and improvement of the
1 Mississippi river; reported without amendment,
the House bill to provide for the organization
of the Mississippi river improvement
; commission, and for the correction of the permanent
location and deepening of the chan
1 " *' - * *7
! nel aod improvement of the navigation of
i suid Mississippi river, and the protection of
it# alluvial lanls. Placed on the calendar.
BtUce gave notice^thht h# "will calf it up &?
au early day, and have some remarks to submit
in its favor. ft
In the House, the army appropriation bill
was under consideration. The amendment
for the transfer of the Indians jnos^rejectfdi;
The amendment for the re-organization of the
* CWNa MPMat . q/Bk ol-at* co Kay? mm
army was agreed to. The amendment to
keep troops from the polls was adopted, yeas
110, nays 95 ; a strict party vote with the exception
of Brogden, of North Carolina, who
voted in the affirmative with the Democrats.
The bill exchanging coin for notes, was laid
on the table.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Stephen Foxworth, aged 112 years, died
near the town of Marion one day last week.
? Dr. William M. Fitch, a prominent physician
of Charleston, died in that city on
Tuesday night of last week, aged 56 years.
? Twelve patients have been admitted to
the Lunatic Asylum in Columbia siuce the
last meeting of the regents.
? The Medium says that four hundred dollars
worth of whisky was sold at retail in
Abbeville, last sales-day. , .
? The South Carolina Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church, convened
in Beaufort last week.
? Rev. Jacob Burriss, the oldest Baptist
miuister in the State, died in Anderson county
on Tuesday of last week, aged 88 yeara.
? The merchants of Columbia are complaining
that the railroad freights, as now
charged there, have the effect of seriously injuring
the trade of that city.
-r. The Beaufort Orescent says that in consequence
of the passage of the pension act,
about one hundred thousand dollars will be
distributed among the negroes of that county
who were soldiers in the Federal army.
.?Acting-Governor Simpson is making arrangements
to move his family from Laurens
to Columbia. He will reside in the "Governor's
Mansion" on Arsenal Hill,now occupied
as a hotel.
? A man named Bostick, who killed Henry
Brfinson, in November, 1878, during a drunken
quarrel in a barroom at Barnwell, C. H.,
and who made his escape at the time, was arrested
last week in Atlanta, Ga.
? The Columbia correspondent of the Newt
and Courier says "there is absolutely no occasion
for any concern about Governor
Hampton's condition. He is improving very
rapidly, and looks quite as well as he did before
his accident."
? The grand jury of Sumter county, has returned
a true bill against Sam Lee, the notorious
negro politician of that county, charging
him with official misconduct while probate
judge. So noon as the finding of the
jury was known, Lee immediately fled.
? The veterans of the Mexican war, now
residing in this State, are making arrangements
to send a delegation to Washington, to
attend the annual gathering of the veterans
on the 22nd iiustant. Thus far the following
survivors have signified their intention to go:
0. R. Levy, Duncan Cameron, John Easterby,
Judge T. J. Mackey, Capt. W. B. S6inley
and H. Wing. Others are expected to
go?
The work of grading has been temporarily
suspended on the Greenwood and Augusta
Railroad,, the parties engaged in it
having contracted to build twenty'miles of
fence for Abbeville county. The price paid
for the fence is $105 per mile. The amount
realized from building the fence will enable
them to continue the grading some two
months longer. The grading is now completed
from Greenwood to the vicinity of
Dorn's Mines?about half the distance.
? The Supreme Court of the United States
has decided that the property of the Air-L:,ne
Railroad Company in South Carolina, is liable
to taxation. The suit which has just been
decided, was brought to enjoin the collection
of taxes upon the part of the Atlanta and
Richmond Air-Line Railroad lying within
the limits of South Carolina, on the ground
of exemption in the company's charter. The
Court holds that as the act incorporating the
Air-Line Railroad in 1856 contained no
clause exempting its charter from the provisions
of the law of 1841, they must be held
applicable to it. The State, therefore, has
the right to withdraw the exemption of the
nriorinnl charter and collect taxes.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Mr. Samuel C. Neely, a student of Davidson
Collego, whose home was in Mecklenburg
county, six miles from the College, died
ou Tuesday of laat week.
? J. L. Robinson, of Macon, has been elected
by the Legislature Lieutenant-Governor
and presiding officer of the Senate, to succeed
Lieutenant-Governor Jarvis, recently installed
Governor.
? Messrs. Liueberger & Son, at Lowell,
Gaston county, have sold their cotton mill for
$41,000 to Messrs. R. N. Torrence, Robt.
Wilson, Lewis Lineberger and George Gray,
retaining an interest in the business.
? Up and down the Yadkin river, wild
geese fly in flocks by the score. More are
said to be on the wing along this Avater
course now than have been known for years.
They are very shy, and sportsmen find it not
an easy thing to approach within shooting
distance.
? In the N. C. Legislature, last week, the
bill to amend the act to aid in the construction
of the Chester and Lenoir and Watauga
^ T> M - -1- /-II U 1
IN arrow ijauge rwuiroaus, ^uuuwo eotu mau
100 additional convicts) was ameuded so as
to provide that the convicts should not be
taken from any road in which the State has
an interest, and passed.
? The Raleigh Observer tells the following
characteristic story on Gen. Leach, in connection
with the installation of Gov. Jarvis,
the successor of Gov. Vance: When Gen.
Leach had walked with the new Governor
into his office and had fully installed him in
his apartments, he shook his hand cordially
i Y-?T? J T
and sam: "now, uarvis, ivc uuu? an *
could for you. Be comfortable and you will
soon get used to it. God bless you and make
me your successor. Good-bye." And before
the Governor could reply, he was gone.
? The Lincoln Progress says that recently
Ephriaip Mabry was killed.on the railroad
about three miles from King's Mountain. He
left the grocery between King's Mountain
and Gastonia,, about one o'clock, and after
traveling the distance of about a quarter of
a mile, in the direction of Gastonia, he was
overtaken by the train, and crushed under
{its heavy wheels, causing : instant death.
His legs were cut off and his skull fractured.
It is supposed he was under the influence of
j intoxicating liquors, and had perhaps uni
consciously laid down on the track.
? Mr. Jarvis, who succeeds Governor Vance
to the Governorship of the State, is forty-three
years of age, of flue personal appearance and
superior executive ability. He is a graduate
of Randolph-Macon College, Virginia,
aud has raised himself, by his own efforts
from an humble position, to rank among the
foremost men of his State, He., served |in
the Confederate army, where his right afcn
was shattered and rendered useless. Mfc
"Ulrvis is Iff active'fcnd enthusiastic politician,
and withal quite popular, always contributing
to the success of his party by distinguish-,,
ed and brilliant services upon the stump,
where he is said to be quite effective with the
masses.
ima*
Mr. Tilden before the Potter Coramltteje..
On Saturday last, Governor Tilden appeared,
of his own motioD, before the Potter
Investigating Committee add testified as to
the facts in his possession regarding the cipher
dispatches and the alleged negotiations
for the bribery of the South Carolina and
Florida election canvassers. Mr. Tilden sta
ted positively that he never authorized nor
heard of offers of bribery, and after election
day entered into no competition for the
Presidency. In the course of his statement
Mr. Tilden said:
"I have read the publications and translations
of the cipher dispatches in the papers.
I did not recoguize a single one, either in
cipher or translation, which I had ever seen
before. I never entered into tiny arrangements
to purchase the votes of 8outh Carolina
or Florida. I had no information nor
suspicion that any such communication* were
being carried on until I saw the dispatches
published in the New York Tribune. I had
no knowledge of, nor any dealiugs with any
parties to these negotiations in any form
whatever. On the morning of November
20th, 1876, Mrs. Col. Pelton mentioned in
my presence that her husband had gone for
the day. 1 did not know he was gone or was
going out of the city. He went to Philadelphia,
I believe. Later in the day,. I was
called on by Mr. Cooper, who was on bis
way down town, and was told by him that
he had received an offer from some parties
offering to obtain for money the vote of. Sooth
Caroli na. 1 said I would authorize qq-such
transaction, nor spend money for any such
purposes. The whole conversation occupied
only ti few moments. I obtained Col. Pelton
8 address in Baltimore and telegraphed
him to come. 1 knew nothing of the ciphers
that bad been passiug between him: and others,
and I could not have translated tbem.:
With regard to Florida, I never saw one of
the telegrams, either in cipher or translation,.
I did not know, and I was not informed,
that any negotiations were going on in regard
to illegally obtaining the certificates of the
returning board: f 1 : i . . j
Correspondence oi the Yorkville Enquirer*
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, 8. C., February U*
The Globe Comedy Company, after playing
here for a week, aud giving a benefit for the
"Stonewall" Fire Company, left for another
town. The funds realized by the benefit were
promptly turned over to the treasurer of the
Fire Company. ,n :
Mr. C. C. Macoy still continues, to make
improvements. He has recently built more,
houses in East Chester, and is now having
built a neat cottage near the Baptist church.
Rev. G. A. Trenholra, pastor of the" Presbyterian
church, has recently organized ?
congregational Sunday-school. As its name
would imply, it is attended by various denominations
and bids fair to become popular.
On Saturday there were a good many
people in town, from the country, and business
was good. Some cotton was sold, the
best grades commanding 8}.
Ocr school commissioner, Rev. James E.
White, has a neat, comfortable office, well
furnished aud supplied with school books,
and he fills the office quite satisfactorily.
Chef ter was represented in the State Grange
meeting at Charleston, last week, by the following
delegates: Rev. J. E. White, Rev. J.
D. Perry aud wife, Mr. R. A. Love and wife,
Misses Janie and Laura Wylie and Mr. E.
M. Atkinson.
The remains of Mr. Francis T. White,
who died near Yorkville, recently, were
brought here and interred at Purity church.
Many persons attended the funeral, which
was conducted by Rev. J. P. Marion. Mr.
White was a very promising young man, and
his death is much regretted by the community.
Jn response to a call made by a committee
of Bethel Presbytery, a meeting of delegates
from its churches was held on Monday night
in the Presbyterian church, in this place, to
devise and consider means by which the Sunday-school
work can be rendered more "progressive,
aggressive," and effective. The attendance
was not large, as less than one-half
of the churches were represented ; but there
was an unanimous zeal on the part of delegates
present to accomplish the end proposed.
As the details of the plan are left in the
hands of an able committee, consisting of
Rev. G. A. Trenholm, of Chester; Rev. J.
Lowrie Wilson, of McConnellsville; and Elder
S. J. Dunlap, of Rock Hill, it is expected
that their labors will not be in vain.
Our towu, and I suppose yours, and every
other in 'South Carolina, is at this time highly
perfumed with "fertilizers" of various brands;
for "loads of it" are constantly arriving and
being distributed. Meanwhile the rains are
pouring dowu upon our hills and carrying off
whatever of fertile soil there may be left upon
them, to enrich our swamps and river-beds,
whence, perhaps, in a future geologic age, it
will be dug and redistributed to the farmers
of the "up country" at fancy prices.
Chesteb.
for the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE TOWN REVENUES.
Mb. Editor: It is after some hesitation
that I have concluded to "notice" "J. R.
S's." reply to the article, "Town Revenues,"
and more for fear of being charged with
treating it with silent contempt than from any
other motive.
I had never dreampt of a reply from the
Town Council. What a nice time they
would have had, chewing "T" over in "silent
contempt I"
How vain we mortal creatures are! Would
you believe, Mr. Editor, I am really vain
enough to think that the argument* (?) of
"T," though not unanswerable, are tmantvoered.
"J. R. S." certainly has succeeded, (adopting
the idea of indirect taxation,) in clearly
demonstrating to the "whisky and beer
drinkers," who patronize the saloons of Yorkville,
that they get their grog cheaper?by
reason of which "our town compares favorably
with our neighbors." Cheap "whisky
and beer" for the tippling father, and costly
beef for the little child!
But "J. R. S." thought it "more in the
shape of an argument" to have shown $350
below the average. Let us see, having regard
to number :
Hock Hill licenses 7 bar-rooms, each $200.f1,400 00
Chester, 13 retail, each $200, (besides 6
quart Hconses,) over 2,600 00
Fort Mill, 2, each $000 1,200 00
Yorkville, 2, each $350, (recently,) 700 00
When Fort Mill has one only, the license
is raised. 1
Moreover, as "J. R. S." might have known
from the many farmers and farmers' sons,
who go home reeling in their drunkennesa,
the "whisky and beer" is not all drunk by the
citizens of the town. Bui Fort Mill's "three
hundred" will hardly think they need a vin:
dication.
| Arrogating to myself some of the milk of
human kindness, how 1 have wept over the
brutal pleasure I gave myself in giving the
Town Council a "public caatigation," i.
- - T Knttft /\iit V*/vur i* Ko/I I 1
OHLUO X liOYC ivuuu uuu II iv mmv
touched their tender hearts! How lovely,
too, their Christian forbearance in not "deprecating
any criticism, public or private !"
Finally, had "J. R. S." shown us how the
"beef ordinance" was to give us a regular
| market, his article would have been more
| satisfactory. As we see it, the tax is there,
, and no other change has been effected. It
were better that a "definite place" had been
I fixed. - ' i - >l! T. ! "
Z.obA% AFFAIRS.
HEW ADFERTI8EMENT8.
4CJ9. Jofferya, Agentr-The Phosphate War Ended.
K. B. Lowry, Agent?The Farmers' Friend.
T. M. Dobson A Co?Clearing Ont Sale.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Great Reduction.
.H?*8dojl ?B|*pf-f^bcuary. l?i?-Qfcg>ljer
1879?Groceries?Flour?Molasses?Sugar.
Latimer A Hemphill?Stoves! Stoves! 8toves 1?
Hams, Hams?Flour?Hardware? Potatoes?Onion
Setts and Garden Seeds?New
Goods at Bottom Prices?.Groceries. '
J. M. Adams?More Stoves?Lamps and Lan^^ ^wig^wafifedr
' ? '?"1 "" *
John C. Kuykendah?Grass Seed?Land roth's
Dr. I. Simpson?Dental Notice.
H. F. Adickes A Sops?At Cost?Shoes?Blankolo
-A/i ?n^auu PtilLinu Pfonrifilu PoooL
meree-!?8eed drish. Pottloes?-<j:qffe6?Garden
Seed*?Onion Sett*? Plow Lines?Tobacco?Ginger
Preserves?Bologna1 Sausage?
Baskets?Com Shelter?'Trays. '
E. R. Stokes?Now is the Opportunitj I >'
DEATIIOF MRS. McNEEL. ,
We learn that Mrs. McNeel, the wife of
Mr. Gus. L. /McNeel, died at her home in
Bullock's Creek township, on Saturday.morning
last. She had been.quite ill for several
montl)8.
AGENTS FOR THE ENQUIRES.
The following named persons are authorized
to receive the name* of subscribers to the !En(^uiker
and give receipts on payment of subscriptions:
M!' ,( ,< wY
T. Old Gulp, Esq., Fort Mill, 8. O.
George T. Schorb...; Chester, 8. C.
Cspt. Ed. M. Mills Rock Hill, 8. C.
Joshua D. Gwlun. Esq........... Clover, 8. C.
TOWN CHARTER AMENDED,!. ,
At the last session of the Legislature, the
charter of the. town of- Yorkville was so
amended as to authorise the election ^Of Intendant
and Wardens on the second Monday
in May, of each year, instead of the second
Monday, in January, as heretofore. The next
election, however, will not take place until the
second Monday of May, 1880. /:i! 1:0 ' ,n
i-iHi in .ii ii. i nn>N hilT
DEATH OF, MRS. SOPHIA MOORE.
The Herald -of last week, announces the
death of Mrs. Sophia Moore, at Rook ^HilL on
Friday, tii'e 31st ultimo, at the. age. eg. .^igntyfive
years, less, three months* She died at the
residence of her son-in-law, Mt. Jas.. Bynum.
The immediate cause of her1 death was a
lump (?n her face, resembling a cancer.1 ' Mrs.
Moore was the Widow of Mr. James Moort, in
his life-time a prominent citizen of this county,
and the jnother of .the late R. Snrings
Moore,1 Dot maity tyfZoTk
vme.
. GOOD TEMPLARS* .n,< /./
At the meeting of Eureka Lodge, I. O. G.
T.jtfnfThhredAy i?e
cers were installed for the current quarter: A.
Springs Withers,. W. C. Tt;:Mi*.Sa#tte May,
W. L. H. S.; Miss Hannah E. Grist, W. V. T.;
A. W. Iugold, W.?.;Miss Ape? Owen, W. A.
S.; J. M. Hope, W. F. 8.; J. P. Hyndnmn,
W. T.;D. P. Owen, W. C.; John May,, Will.;
G. M. LoWfance, W. I. S. G.; Willie E. Ferguson,
W. 0: 8. G. Rev. Thoa. E. Gilbert is
P. W. C. T. ? T r ^tbinr. .fv'l
Miss Hannah E. Grist was elected representative
to the Grand Lodge tor the year 1B7U,
and A, Springs Withers alternajte- i
APPOINTMENTS FOR YORK. '
\ Acting-Governor Simpson has recently made
the following appointments for York county v
Tsial JusTiCES.-^Bethany?Z. D. Smith.
Yorkyille?Jas S. Lewis, Peyton B, Daiyviu.,
Rock Hill?rSamuel M. FewelL Blairsyille?
Samuel L. Davidson. McConnellsville?Amfos
L. Nunnery. Bethel?D. M. Wallace. Clay
Hfll?Richard T. Gillespie. Fort Mills?Benjamin
F. Powell. Coates' Tavern?'David T.
Lessley. .< Hickory Grove?George C. Leech.
Notaby Public.?Joshua D. Gwinn, Clover.
No appointment of Trial Justice for Cherokee
township has yet been made, owing to the,
fact that the commission of the present incumbent
does not expire until April.
? ' W ' ill
DEATH OF A FORMER CITIZEN. %
We regret to learn of the death of Dr. Johp
H. Williams, which occurred at his residence
in the town of Hope, Arkansas, on the 28th of
last month, in the sixty-third year of hik age.
Dr. Williams was born at Bkl-Air, in Lancaster
connty, 8. C;, in 1817, and entered the medical
profession in 1838, after having taken his
degree at the Charleston Medical College, A
few months after graduating in medicine, .he
married and located in Yorkville, where he
practiced for a number of years, and then
moved Westward, settling, in 1847, in Ouachita
county, Arkansas. Dr. Williams was a
brother of the late G. W. Williams, long a
Nestor of the bar of South Carolina, and was'
equally devoted to his calling. As a physician
he stood at the head of his profession,
and was a gentleman of high moral character
and a public-spirited citizen. , r : ,}1} t
CHURCH HI8TORY. '
History of Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church, Chester county, 8. .C.. together
with Biographical Sketches of its' Fonfr
Pastors. By . Rev. Robert Latban. >1; i /- -j. J
We are indebted to the author for a copy of: the
above volume of 88 octavo pages, giving
an interesting history of Hopewell Church,
Chester county, S. C., from the date of its organization
to the present time; including also
biographical sketches of the four divines wbo;
have served the Church as pastors, via: Rev.
John Boyse, whose labors at Hopewell began
in 1788; Rev. John Hemphill, D.; D.; Revv
Warren Flenniken; and Rev. Robert ^ilson
Brice. The volume also contains a, lipt of
those who have exercised the office of , ruling
elder in Hopewell congregation, together with
the time of their ordination and installation,'
so far as those facts could be ascertained. ;
For the task of writing this history, Rev.
Mr. Lathanis peculiarly qualified,, and foitlfe
fully and acceptably has he performed the,
bor, producing a work which. will not only be
read with interest by the people generally of
Chester and the adjoining counties?or, indeed,
wherever Old Hopewell is known?but to scattered
descendants of the original members of
Hopewell congregation, to the present members,
and to communicants in that respectable
Christian denomination throughout the
State, the history will prove specially enter-'
taining. ;
The book is from the job office of the Enquirer,
printed on highly toned tinted paper,
bound in paper covers, and will be mailed free
of postage to any address for fifty cent per
copy. Only a limited edition was printed.
Persons desiring the book will address Rev. R.
Lathan, YorkvJJle, S. G. . :: ?/ nu. ! '
; rj
THE GUANO QUESTION-IN VORK. " A
A number of the farmers and citizens 6f
Bullock's Creek township met at Blairsvilie,
on the 5th instant, for the purpose of discussing
and considering the guano question, mainly
in reference to the prices demanded by .the
fertilizer manufacturing companies. Rev.
A. Ross presided over the deliberations of,the
meeting. The proceedings, as reported to us,
were as follows ' -*1' ' v"'
Dr. Ross, on taking the chair,e*plained the
object of the meeting, and gave, his views 6t
the subject under consideration,. fle did;not
profess to have any minute and certain knowledge
as to the real cost of the manipulated
guanos and phosphates now in use in our State
and manufactured here and elsewhere.' lie
knew no good reason why they should be higher
this season than formerly; but on the contrary,
owing to the cheapness of provisions
and consequent ability to feed labor, he thought
the fertilizers should be lower. :He held:that
all the, great industries of the Stateshoplft
move abreast with each, other, npt in a spirit
of hostility, open or disguised, but in a spirit
of friendly rivalry and generous emulation,
each striving to fully develop Its particular
interest. What the farmers now need ;!s
knowledge and co-operation among themselves?co-operation
.not to assail any otherlnterest
in the least, much less to oppress, but
to protect their own business and its. interest.
That with this spirit they should, in a united
manner, meet the guano companies and their
agents arid ascertain some middle ground i#-'