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Scraps and <fact$. ? A bill is before the Legislature of Alabama appropriating 810,000, for the payment ; of 875 each to soldiers who lost an arm or leg in the Confederate service. ? A writer in the Cincinnati Oazelte says that 17,000,000 gallons of alcohol is annually drunk in the United States in the shape of malt liquor. ? The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says that at a recent election in Wyoming Territory, in which woman suffrage prevails, a fellow running for Town Clerk bribed eighteen female voters with a single pound of chewing gum. ? .James .Beck, a baggage master on tne ol Loui9, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad, was arrested one day last week for robbing the mails. He was arraigned, pleaded guilty, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, the whole proceedings, from arrest to sentence, requiring only four hours. ? The Atlanta, (Ga.) Board of Trade puts its foot down firmly against the compromises by which business men sneak out of paying their debts. Its members have signed an agreement to settle with no creditor for less than 100 cents on the dollar, unless providential causes make it utterly impossible for him to pay in full. ? The court martial at Chicago, arraigning Major Reno on several serious charges, is not likely to result in the finding of a verdict adverse to that officer's already well-earned reputation. It is pretty well understood among army officers that Reno did the best he could. Nobody doubts his personal bravery. If he committed errors of judgment, it is now too late to rectify them. ? Postmaster-General Key has received a letter from a friend in Tennessee, asking him to invest some money in real estate mortgages in that State. In his reply, Judge Key said: "I fear you will find it hard to borrow money on real estate in Tennessee. A State that disregards its own obligations is not likely to enforce those of its citizens. Money nrwl nannlo o?o looirinn TonilPftSSfl nflf. COinP uuu uiv ivwTiug a vuuwvvv, ? ? - 0 0 toward it. I am sorry it is so, but it is true." ? A New York letter states that a public meeting is shortly to be held in Cooper Institute, in that city, to "vindicate Mr. Tilden from the dishonor sought to be cast upon his name by his political enemies," and to prepare an address to him, assuring him of "the unabated confidence of his fellow-citizens and friends." Part of the programme is to have a have a procession march from Cooper Hall to Gramercy Park, to present the address in person. ? For several days there has been much quiet gossip at Washington, to the edect that the wives of certain prominent Democratic senators had called upon Mrs. Bruce, the wife of the colored Senator from Mississippi. Mr. Bruce says that none of the wives of the Democratic senators have called upon Mrs. Bruce, but that several Democratic representatives from the Northern States and their wives have called, and the wives of all the Republican senators. ? In the U. S. Circuit Court for Virginia, at Petersburg, on Thursday last, Alexander Vaughn, judge of election in Petersburg, was convicted of ballot-box stuffing at the November election, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in jail and pay a fine of $250 and the costs of prosecution. The evidence showed that when the ballots had been emptied out of the box to be counted, Vaughn attempted to drop a number of fraudulent ballots from his sleeve into the pile of legitimate votes. ? It may be of interest to Mexican war veterans to know that the United States Senate has nassed the House bill Drovidinff for the payment to the officers and soldiers of the Mexican war of the three months' extra pay, provided for by the act of July 19, 1848, which was amended so as to provide that the act shall include "officers and soldiers of the United States army, officers, petty officers, seamen and marines of the United States Navy, and officers and seamen of the revenue , marine service." ? The House committee on invalid pensions have authorized Representative Hewitt to report to the House, with a favorable recommendation, a bill restoring all invalid pensioners who have been dropped from the rolls on account of residence during "the rebellion," and providing for the payment of such ( pensioners from and after the passage of the , bill, subject to the United States Pension laws. The purpose of the bill is to enable Mexican war pensioners, who were residents ' in the South during "the Rebellion," to receive their pensions in the same manner as they did before the war. ? A short time ago a farmer who lives in Mecklenburg county, N. C., picked up, at a point between the public square and the Air Line Depot, in Charlotte, a tar bucket, such as may be seen hanging under road wagons, and carried it home. After using the contents, he threw the bucket into the fire, and as he did so a false bottom dropped out, revealing a bundle of tobacco stamps which had been used. It is easily explained. A wagoner had sold his tobacco, removing the stamps by soaking, and was carrying them back home with the expectation of making them do service again, thereby robbing the government of their face value in money. ? "The Widow's Wager, or Northern Hearts and Southern Homes," is the title of a serial story which was began in the New York Weekly of January 27. It will run for three months, and. is from the pen of one of South Carolina's most gifted daughters, who writes under the non de plume of "Rose Ashleigh." A ItAn^tf a n 1 /\4' + U a ^ f 4Vi tw 01 if AO j.\, imsiy pciouai ui tuc uist lcn tuajHcio slv^? indubitable evidence of the success of the writer for the future. The story is written in the choicest English, and the interest of the narrative is never permitted to flag. The subject is one of peculiar interest to the Southern as well as the Northern reader, as the title shows, and those who avail themselves of its perusal will enjoy a rich literary treat. ? The Louisville Courier-Journal of Monday says : "We have reports from Tennessee and Mississippi which are calculated to create deep apprehension. They are to the effect that during the last two or three weeks there have been in these States a number of cases of yellow fever and some deaths. It is believed the disease has been caused by the disinterment and removal of the remains of persons who died last summer of the fever. It has heretofore been believed that it was impossible for yellow fever to exist when the mercury had reached the freezing point; and if the germs of the disease have not been effectually destroyed by the severely freezing weather of this winter, much uneasiness is naturally felt as to what will be the consequences next summer." ? Mr. T. C. Campbell recently delivered a lecture at Maysfield Ky., on temperance, in which he explained and advised as follows: Bar-keepers in this city pay, on an average, $2 per gallon for whisky. One gallon contains an average of sixty-five drinks, and at ten cents a drink the poor man pays 86.50 per gallon for his whisky. In other words, he pays $2 for the whisky and 84.50 to a man for handing it over the bar. Make your wife your bar-keeper. Lend her 82 to buy a gallon of whisky for a beginning, and every time you waut a drink go to her and pay ten cents for it. By the time you have drank, a gallon she will have 86.50, or enough money to refund the 82 borrowed of you to pay for another gallon of liquor, and have a balance of 82.50. ? Senator Hdl'c speech against paying any Southern war claims, seems to be generally regarded with approval in Georgia. The Atlauta Constitution says that he has "undoubtedly struck the key-note of Democratic policy ; let them all, whether loyal or disloyal, be bundled up and burned, and by so much do we put the past behind us." The Augusta Chronicle says: "Mr. Hill appears to have produced a sensation by his recent speech in opposition to the payment of war claims. What is better, he has done a wise and timely thing." The Evening News of the same city says that these claims are repudiated by the great mass of honest Southerners, and adds: "Mr. Hill is right, and we earnestly hope no Southern man in Congress will ever again vote to pay a 'loyal' Southern claim and prevent the North from doing so." And the Columbus Times says: "Surely no representative of the South after having been compelled to repudiate all of the war debts of his own section, both Confederate and State, can feel any compunctions of conscience in taking i /? . n. .1 . .1 _ i? a stana now, iourteen years arter ine ciose 01 the war, against the payment of any more claims against the Federal Government for damages during the war, whether the claimants be loyal or disloyal." Ihc ?ttthviUe tfsfrim. TOKmUMi C.: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 20,1879. How to Uraertne enquirer.?write tue name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-offioo, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other suoscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 11th, Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the committee on finance, reported, without amendment, the Senate bill authorizing the conversion of national gold bonds?placed on the calendar. He also reported from the same committee, without amendment, the Senate bill to amend sections 5157 and 5171 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relative to the deposit of bonds. Mr. Dorsey, of Arkansas, from the committee on appropriations, reported back the postoffice appropriation bill, with various amendments. Placed on the calendar. He also reported from the same committee an amendment to the bill submitted by Mr. Ferry, from the committee on postoffices anu postroutes, providing for re-classification of mail matter and readjustment of compensation paid to railroads for transportation of the mails. These are substantially the same provisions that were agreed upon in the Post Route bill of last year, which bill failed to become a law on account of the Brazilian Mail Subsidy and other objectionable amendments thereto. In submitting the report, Mr. Dorsey said the committee would not oppose the amendment if it should be urged by the committee on postoffices and post roads. Mr. Ferry said the committee had instructed him to submit an amendment and he would urge its passage. Mr. Sargent, of California, submitted a resolution requesting the Secretary of State to furnish the Senate with all information in possession of the State Department, or that may be obtained through the Consu lar services, relating to methods of producing the various kinds of alcoholic liquors import ed into the United States ; also the laws and customs of trade in force and prevailing at various places affecting the purity of such liquors and genuineness of the labels and marks designating them. He also submitted a resolution requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish similar information, and said as the object of these resolutions was to ascertain whether we received any pure wines, he hoped the committee on finance would give the subject early attention. Mr. Conkling, referring to the last resolution, said it was not usual to "request" a Cabinet officer to furnish information to the Senate, but "direct" hirp to do so. The resolution was amended as suggested, and then referred to the committee on finance. The House, after agreeing to the conference report on the naval appropriation bill, went into committee on the legislative appropriation bill. In the Senate on the 12th, Mr. Sargent, of California, from the committee on naval affairs, reported favorably on the Senate bill to regulate applications for restoration to the active list of the navy. Passed. (It provides that all applications of officers of the navy for restoration to the active list, for advancement to positions on the active list, and also similar applications on the retired list, as well as pay therein, shall be made to the Secretary of the Navy, who shall thereupon order a board of officers not below the grade of the applicant, to investigate his case and report thereon, and said report, with the recommen4Uawa/\M A-P fUo 7SI ntrxr uauuu uicicuu ui uic ucticiaij ui vnc shall be forwarded to Congress for its action thereon. No such application shall be made except as herein provided.) He also reported, from the same committee, adversely on the Senate bill authorizing the establishment of a naval station and depot a Port Royal, S. C., and it was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Allison, from the committee on Indian Affairs, reported back the resolution instructing the committee to inquire into the recent escape of the Cheyenne Indians, and their subsequent slaughter, together with communications from the Secretaries of War and Interior on the subject. He said the committee were unable, from the papers, to make any intelligent report this session, but believed it a matter of importance, and it should be inquired into. Therefore, on behalf of the committee, he submitted a resolution for a select committee of five to examine into the circumstances attending the escape, etc. Agreed to. The Senate passed House bill creating the northern judicial district of Texas. The bill to restrict Chinese immigration was also discussed to the hour i of adjournment. The House adjourned at 4.30 P. M., hav-1 ing devoted the entire day to the legislative j appropriation bill. In the Senate on the 13th, Mr. Kellogg introduced a bill to secure the completion of a line of railway from San Antonio, Texas, to a point at or near Fort Clark, and thence to i a point at or near El Paso upon the Rio j Grande, to be known as the Mexican and Pacific Extension of the Galveston and San Antonio Railway. He spoke very briefly in ! favor of the construction of this road, which ! asked for but ten thousand dollars a mile from the government. The bill was referred to the committee on railroads. The bill to restrict Chinese immigration was then dis-1 cussed, without final action, until the hour of adjournment. In the House, after discussing the legisla- j tive appropriation bill until the close of the morning, hour, the remainder of the day was J devoted to memorial services in honor of the late Julian Harttfdge. > ' . In the Senate on the 14tK,~the Vice-President presented the credentials of a number ; of members elect, after which, Mr. Blaine spoke at length in favor of the bill to restrict Chinese immigration, and the discussion of the bill was continued/until jdjounjment.' , In the House, a bill for Ihfi^retirernent.P.f Gen. Shields was referred. The remainder of the day was devoted to private bills. In the,Senate on the 16th, Mr. Edmunds, from the committee on the judiciary, reported favorably on a bill to remove the political disabilities of John R. Hamilton, of South Carolina. The consideration of the bill to restrict Chinese immigration was resumed. Mr. Hamliu. of Maine. SDoke in opposition to the bill. During the night session the bill was passed by a vote of yeas, 39 ; nays, .27. The Senate then took up the bill to amend the internal revenue laws, which contains the amendment reducing the tobacco tax; but before completing the reading of the bill, the Senate adjourned. In the House, the entire day was devoted to the consideration of the judicial appropriation bill. : -H! SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Rev. Dr. Meynardie will repeat his lecture on W. Gilmore Sims, before the Cheraw Lyceum in April next. . / ; .t.. ? There are 593 pupils on the roll of the Howard School of Columbia, and the average daily attendance is 430.' ? The Marion -Star says there is a "man in that county who is the happy possessor of three wives?two white and one colored. ? For several days last week, sweet potatoes were Bold on the streets of Columbia, at twenty cents per bushel.' ' rf : ? Afire last Monday night at Newberry, destroyed an entire block of business houses, and five other blocks were badly damaged. Loss, $60,000 ; partly covered by insurance. ? The bonds of Chester and Lancaster counties, issued in aid of the CheraW 'and <">i?. ? "D..JI?J 11:? nsr Vliesiei xvaiuutiu, me ocmug at vu with an upward tendency. ?Six thousand nine hundred and ninetythree bales of cotton have been shipped from the railroad depotin Abbeville, since the first of September. ? In consequence of there being no money in the State treasury, w^h which, to pay the appropriations made at the recent session of the legislature, the directors of the penitentiary were, last week compelled, upon their individual credit, to borrow $1,666, to be used for the support of the institution. ? The Supreme Court of the United States having decided, recently, that the portion of the Air Line Railroad lying in' this State is liable to taxation, it has become necessary for the comptroller-general to order a re-assessment of the gross receipts of all the roads in this 8tat6 fbr the^fMrpose bf levying the tax required to raise the araounf'of the salary of the railroad commissioner. The tax upOn each road will be proportioned to its mileage within the borders of South Carolina. i -j ?. ;!; ?;j J ' I: ? The recent decision of the United Statep Supreme Court declaring the Air-Line Rail- | road liable to taxation in this State, will add very much to the financial prosperity of Pickens county. The back taxes dub by the road to the State and county from 1874, to 1878, amount to 319,823.72, of which $7,696.92 is due the county and $12,127.80 to the State. This amount will probably be increased by the addition of the penalties, Ac., to $22,18002 "v'w" ? Messrs W. Starr & Son of Camden N. J., have entered into a contract with the City Council of Charleston to erect water works in the latter city, with a capacity sufficient to supply 2,000,000 gallons of water daily. The two artesian wells now in the city are to be used as the means of supplying the water necessary for domestic, sanitary and fire purposes. The contractors propose to pay,.the city $45,000 for the two wells and have, the works finished by the first of July. ? The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masous of South Carolina, held its annual conin arloctnn last wpp.1t rftiriftininf in session for two days. The annual election of officers took place on Wednesday, with the following result: Wilmot G. DeSaussure, M. E. G. H. Priest; F. F. Gary, R. E. D. G. H. Priest; J. Adger Smyth, R. E. G. King; R. C. Watts, R. E. G. Scribe; Q. E. Chichester, Rt. Rev. G. Chaplain ; C. F. Jackson, E. G. Treasurer; J. E. Burke, E. G. Secretary; Thomas R. Robertson, G. - Captain of Host ; G. D. Bryan, G. Royal Arch Captain; L. F. Meyer, G. Sentinel.. . ? *.*'? i ? In Charleston, last week, judge Hudson made an important ruling relating to appeals from trial justices'courts. The Judge ruled that where a party appeals from the judgment of a trial justice dpon^a cnmintjl'njatter, he is not entitled to a trial de novo m 'the Circuit Court, but: that the appeal must be made in writing and submitted to the circuit judge, together with a transcript of the evidence taken by the trial justice. Upon these papers the circuit judge hears argument and sustains or reverses the judgment of the court below, as the law and the facts induce him to decide. .... .. . . . ? The Abbeville Press and Banner tells, ag follows, how two young lawyers broke up a prayer-meeting: "On last Wednesday night Messrs H. G. Scudday and T. P. Cothran unconsciously broke up the prayer meeting in the Presbyterian church. After the first prayer they understood Mr. Martin to ask the choir to sing the doxology, which they did. This unexpected proceeding on their part knocked all thoughts of a lecture out'of the head of the preacher, and he pronouuced the benediction. Messrs. Scudday and Cothran are members of the legal profession. They nau appuilltuieuuj lu mahc lucu ajiou uu|/uitant speeches in the court house next day." ? The ,ZVew? and Courier has this tp say of one of the Charleston fertilizer companies : "The Atlantic Company was organized early with a paid-up capital of 8200,000. An admirable site was chosen, arid the company succeeded in competing successfully with Northern factors, while annually reducing the ; selling price of its manufactures. The Atlantic Phosphate Company has in the past six years averaged over 20 per cent, dividends to the stockholders, and accumulated a commercial capital which shows on the books of the company that each share is worth over 30 per j cent, more than its par value. This arises ! from the ability with which it has been managed, and the securing at once of an ample cash capital." ' : ? At Sumter last week, Abram McDaniel and Charles Wesley, colored, were tried before Judge Mackey and convicted of arson, in that they had burned the barn of one Tobe ! Lowry, colored. The case wa8 one of pecu-! liar interest. Lowry is a colored man, and a Democrat; McDaniel and Wesley, both colored Radicals. They had frequently threat-! ened I^owry on account of his Democratic I principles, and it was conclusively proved that I i?hzz?; i~~,? his barn was burned solely because he was a Democrat. The jury was composed of one white and three colored Republicans, one colored and seven white Democrats." They rendered a verdict of "guilty," and the prisoners were sentenced to the per itentiary for life. , ? The Aiken Court House cases, or what is known as the "Gregg Mansion fraud," came up for trial at Aiken hot week, > At the last .tetyn of .the., Court, Samuel. J. Le&jcoloreiL formerly Speaker of the House of Representatives, was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years. Pending an appeal, howe ver, he has been confined in the county jail until released a few days ago, on a bond of $2,000. , At the recent terra, Prince R. Rivers, John Woolley, E. J. C. Wood and James Nj. Hayne were tried The solicitor consented to a verdict of 1 T-* not guilty as to Wood and Hayne, out ruvers and Woolley were tried and convicted, the jury recommending them to the mercy of the Court. They have both appealed to the Supreme Court, and Woolley has been released from jail on a bond of $2,000 pending the appeal. .? The Columbia Register says that Colonel Lipscomb, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, has made arrangements with Messrs. J. P. & J. A. Boudurant, of Augusta, for the manufacture of a large quantity of bricks. The contract provides that Col. Lipscomb is to furnish these gentlemen with fifty convicts from the penitentiary and to pay all the expenses of feeding, clothing and guardiug them, and to pay ,the proprietors of the brick yard a royalty of 10 per cent, of the bricks. The Messrs. Bondurant are to make in seven months of each year, not less than three millions of brick. They are to furnish the wood, the horse-power, the forem&D and all the skilled labor, and to give to the penitentiary one half of the brick made. ,,,The royalty is to be paid out of the portion of brick given to the penitentiary. The work of preparation will begin at once, and the manufacture of brick will commence about the firet of next month, ? The case against Sam Lee, the notorious radical politician of Sumter county, was tried before judge Mackey, in that county, last week. Lee was Judge of Probate for Sumter county, and the charge against him was the closing of his office when it should .have been open. (Lee was not present at the trial, but Judge Mackey quoted precedents, and ruled that he could be tried, he having been previously arrested, and having, with knowledge of the indictment, fled the jurisdiction of the court. The State proved clearly the frequent absence of Lee and the closing of his office before and after the. election. At the close of the evidence for the State, the counsel of Lee moved to quash the indictment on the ground that Lee was not Judge of Probate at the time of the offense charged, his successor having been elected, and on the ground that his sureties having been insuffi cient, he was fundus officio. Judge Mackey AveE-ruled>Loth positions, and charged that Lee, .haying acted as Judge of Probate, oaapd :me ' nine- of 'the of&hi^har^fed/1 was estopped from claiming that he was out of office ; also, on other grounds, showed that he was in office at the time. The Judge stated that as to his bond, it was clearly shown by the county auditor that i^ee naa ootamen indulgence, and had given sufficient sureties, and that the office of Probate Judge was rievqi; at any time vacated. A jury of eight white and four colored, after two hours' absence, brought in a verdict of guilty. After the verdict was rendered, Lee was called and not appearing, the Judge announced that a sealed sentence would be delivered to the clerk of the Court. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ??North Carolina has the fourth largest debt of all the States of the Union. ? But fob timely discovery, the prisoners in Union jail would have escaped last Wednesday night. I,., .,. ;: ? The Raleigh Nem says that thus far this year, only 9 fertilizer licenses have been taken out from the State treasury1 by manufacturers. It will be some time yet before the rush for these begins. . ? Maj. Joseph A. Engelhard, Secretary,.of State of North Carolina, died in Raleigh on Friday afternoon last. ' Under the constitution it devolves upon the Governor to fill, by appointment, the vacancy caused by Maj. Engelhard's death. '4t- The Raleigh Observer learns that Revenue agent Kellogg recently made a raid in Chatham, Moore and Montgomery counties, where he captured 24 distilleries, 18,700 gallons of beer,"284 beer stands, , 40 gallons of whisky, 217 gallons of low wines, jui^l 25 bushels of meal and malt., Most qf this property had to be destroyed, as it was' impossible to remove it. 1 d ? '? ? Revenue officers recently captured a distillery in Buncombe county (and destrpyed 2,000 gallons of low wine) from Austin Bructi. The capture of the still was made about 12 o'clock at night. It was raining hard at -the time, and Bruce, doubtless desiring' to give the officers a taste of the rigbrfe of the night, informed them that he could show tbem two other stills in the neighborhood. They accordingly followed him in the rain and dark for four hours, when they discovered he hail duped them. 1 i : ; . ? John McLean, who sometimes preaches and frequently marries,"^ still at large. Thp Asheville Journal says of him: "When the returns were last canvassed he had only nine wives. He might have gone on to an even dozen with impunity and satisfaction, but he overstepped the modesty of nature and kipnapped the boy of his last victim,, who is rc:corded , as a winsome widow of Lynchburg, Va. He lodged the boy in the recesses of Walnut Mountain. His mother unearthed him, through the aid of the postmaster at Marshall." ? The Charlotte Observer learns that op Thursday night last, Greensboro was the Bceue of a deplorable tragedy. Between B and 9 o'clock, on that night, Mr. John YV/8. Parker, a merchant of Greensboro, closed his store for the eveiling and started for hiB tome, a half mile distant. Shortly after this time he was found lying on the pavement, thirty yards from his house, in a pool of blood, altogether unconscious. Friends and neighbors carried him into his house,1 #hen it was discovered that he had been struck on his head with a sharp instrument, which had made an incision through the skull and into the brain. His pookets, were found turned and his keys and money gone. ' It is not known how much he had with him, hot his pockets had been rifled of all their contents. Mr. Parker continued iusensible throughout :the night, and died at 1Q o'clock t^e next morning. A negro narufli Jo. Mendenhall has been arrested on suspicion of beipg the guilty party, but so far as can be learned, there is no positive evidence against him. Naturally there is a great deal of excitement and indignation in the community ou account of the foul and cold blooded murder. ZiOCAXI AFFAIRS! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. %. AV-WRlflmVRorit Hitt,.8..0??More Pine Stock'l Hunter <fe Oates?Bargains ! J. M. Adams?The Die is Cast! Kennedy Bros. <fe Barron?Dry Goods and Noi. itions-^Gferden Seeds?Cigars?Need: IHsh; Potatoes?Farming Utensils?Hats. Latimer A Hemphill?Glassware?Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Ac. C.iG. Pariah A Ck>?Bacon-i-B^our?Hqei?Vfeltfing York?Niok and Rufe?Tobacco?Shoe W. C. Beatty?For Sale. DISCOURSE TO THE YOUNG MEN. On Sunday last, Rev. Thomas E. Gilbert, pastor of the Methodist Church, announced that 011 Sunday night next, he will deliver a discourse to the young men. A general invitation is extended to both ladies ami gentlemen. 1 AGENTS FOR THE ENQUIRER'.'"1' The following named persons are authorized to receive the names of subscribers to the Enquirer and give receipts on i>aymenfc of sub scnptions: . .. ,, ,r. T. Gid Gulp, Esq., . Fort MIJ1, S. C. George T. Sfchorb',. .'./.'.Chester, S. C. (.'apt. Ed. M. Mills, Hook Hill,. B. C. Joshua D. Gwinn, Esq Clover, S. C. legislaWve^Ikietch book.; . J. S. Towlinson, Esq., editor of tfie Piedmont Press, arid engrossing clerk of the North Carolina Senate, is now preparing and'will shortly issiVe1 a "Sketch Book,which Will contain a brief biography* bf all the members and officers of the present General Assembly of North Carolina. In addition to the sketches, it wilt contain, ptber valuable matter for the general reader. Orders will be filled by mail at 25.cents per copy. l!j; .J /r,[ i,,. ' - the weather. Quite a sprinkle of snow fell last Sunday, the first we have had this winter. The snow was succeeded by sleet, and during Monday and tbe forenoon of Tuesday, Yorkville ap pearea m vemanie winter garments, xne winter so far, however;' has Men mild and pleasant, the coldest weather occurring about Christmas, when ice from 3 to 4 inches in thickness was formed. We learn that two icehouses-in the vicinity of town wpre tilled with good, clear ice. THE COLUMBIA REGISTER. Col. James A. Hoyt, who, for the past two years has filled the position of editor-in-chief of the Colombia Register, has retired from that journal, and is succeeded by Col. John W. R. Pope. While having charge of the editorial department of the Register, Col. Hoyt displayed editorial ability of'a high order, and he has our best Wishes for success in any future enterprise he contemplates. Col. Pope, the present editor of the Register, has been for some time connected with the- pajier, and is a fiuent, forcible writer^ , ta!I . THE CHARLOTTE:OBSERVER. This sprightly morning paper, by the present mail arrangements,, now reaches Yorkville at 8 o'clock on the morning of its publication. The Observei- contains, the Associated Press telegraphic dispatches, and a full, resume of all the news of the day. It is edited with care, and special attention is bestowed upon the local department. To those oil the line of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad wishing the latest news at the earliest moment, we recommend the Observer. The price of the Daily Observer is $8 i>er annum. CHARLESTON WEEKLY. N?}VST The proprietors of the Charleston N.ews and Courier offer a gold, prize pf bhe hundred dollars for the best serial stoiiy, written by a resident of South' Carolina, illustrative of Southem life, before, during or since the war. Writers contending for the prize, should send their manuscript to the publishers not later than April lBt, next. The Weekly News contains a literary department,, a chess column and an agricultural department, besides much pther matter that does not appear in the daily edition, and is published at #2.00 per annum. H Li . a 11 J DEATH OF Dr. THOMA8 B. MAY. I The relatives of Dr. Thomas R. May, at this place, were shocked on Wednesday evening of last week, at receiving the announcement of his sudden death, which occurred on that day, from cholera morbus, at Belser's Cross Roads, four miles from Kingstree, S. C. The deceased was a son of Dr. JohhcMay, o? this place, and a yoiingi man ;of fine promise and bright prospects. He had located at Belser's Cross Roads, where he was engaged; in ipefchandisin^nd practicing medicine. He was buried from the Presbyterian church at Kingstree,' Rev; W. Cuttino Smith cohdudting the burial services'. ;!: -i i . wiL [' ? 1 : t . t , r SHEEPHUSBANt>RY. We learn that Mr. John 0. Darby, of Ches ter, has sold tb Messrs. W.'L: Goforth, T. A. Goforth, Preston Gofbrtli ahd JaS; W. Ware, for the sum of S4,0(J0, tlie "Hemingway tract*.' of land in tins county,' embracing tlte battleground of King's Mountain and land^ adjacent thereto, (containing 2,500 acres. Tlieppnchasers are from Cleveland countyj X, C.,.pnd it is their purpose to conduct a sheep farm, on an extensive scale, on the' above lands. .They are represented as'hatirig capital and all'dtlier requirements for disking their 'enterprise a success. n >; t ? [-;<{<> j. / i? i. i?iKfLLEfr BY TBE FALLING OF 'A TREE. - On Friday1 lastj'Mr.*John J. Ash, who lived near McCorinelTSville, iti'this Icbtnityj'wits kilted by a tree falling upotv him. <i He was em gaged in felling the tree, which, after'parting from: the.. gtump, lodged, on, top of awther near by." He then went tp cut out some underbrush near the 'tree, to facilitate its'falling, and while thus Voi-kTn^, ^/ith |iis bye frojn'the lodged tree, it* suddenly came1 dotfii 'upon' his back, crushing him to thegrbUnd.' -So severely was he hurt 41 iat he lived only about threequarters iof an hour.*; Mr. Ash was.an upright and highly-respected. citij!en,!:;Hi8, sop, Mr. John B. Ash, book-keeper, for Clark Bros., in this place, came near losing his lifev while a i>oy, under nearly similar circumstances, and iie^r the same place at which occurred tlie preseht hnfortimsite'accident.' ! '''' '? : .. . 1 si i*h .'.i fiJi./ .i./1 n l UNlUIHTS OF HONOR. A Lodge of the above-named order was instituted at Itock. Ilill last Saturday, the par tjcuiars of which are givep by'our llo'ck Hill correspondent. Those f&millar with the workings of the order pronounce it the best benevolent organization that "has yet been devised. From the re}>ort of deaths in the order for the six months, ending 31st of JDecenjbeH last, it api?eais that 191 members died iii the United States of yellow fever, ^nd the families of 181 of these have received the $2,000 insurance which the organization carries for each member, making thfe total paid but to the1 Widows and orphans or heirs of deceased inembdrs, ?302,000. This has cdst the surviving members of the organization in assessments about ?6 each. The advantages which the members enjoy, therefore, .appear at oncq. . an. average cost of. about ?12 annually, each has an insurance on his life of ?2,000, ami in a company that is as . reliable as it is possible for j jnxrfiiiTK* frt lw> ;,i tini wnrld nf business. DWELLING HOUSE BURNED. We regret to learn that oj^Mqnday morning last, the dwelling house of J.. Leonidas Moore, on Fishing creek, eight miles south-east of Yorkville, was totally destroyed by fire, and with it all his' furniture and1 the- clothing of his family. About 4 o'clock that morning some of the inmates of the house were awakened by the crackling, pf the flames, the alarm was given scarcely in time to admit the members of the family on the first floor fco escape. from the burning building in tlieir night clothes.1 !Mr. Moore saved only his pantaloons; in which was tile sum of 8120 belonging to a church fund: ' After those 011 the first floqr had escaped, it |ras ascertained that Mias Lizzie Ross, a boarder in t.lie liouse, whoge apartment was 011 the second story, wis still in the burning building, and at the peril ,of his life, Mr. Moore r.ushed, tlirough the flames and made his way to Miss Ross' room, where lie discoveredthe young lady almost paraljfeed with fear mid motionless. Seizing her, he dragged hat from the impending danger, not, rbowever/! ,withoutufesth -of. them ^receiving ? bums in passing through the fiery ordeal. The . fire is supposed to have originated from a defective ifiue.ofh sttive. Mr. Moore's loss is quite serious, and in his misfortune he will have the sympathy of all who know him. ' T. M. DOBSON & CO. r Jij ip withiemret that we announce that the o aliove house, which to this time has withstood all the financial vicissitudes since its establishment, is reduced to the necessity of proposing terms of compromise to its creditors. In their circular to their creditors, under date of the 27th ultimo, Messrs. T. M. Dobson &Co,:say that their stock?prime cost?amounts to about S10,00(), much of which was bought prior'to receni, snrinaage in values, ana me same goods can now be readily replaced for from 87,000 to $8,000. Of the large amount'owing to the firm, only aliout $1,000 are collectible. Their liabilities are placed at $11,400. Desiring to effect such reasonable settlement as their assets will permit, they offer fifty per pent, oji each claim, payable in two installments, at two and four months from date of acceptance. To secure payment of this composition at maturity, they propose to place their entire assets under the personal control of Messrs. Hart & Hart, Attorneys, fOr rfcalfzation as rapidly as possible. - < i I We learn that a number of the creditors liave assented their willingness to acpepfc the comi>osition, as being a wiser course than compelling an assignment, or sacrificing the stock at ruinous prices. In its financial (difficulties, the house of T. M. Dobson ?fc Co. is deserving the sympathies of the people of the town and county. Mr'.Dobson, the actiVe man of the concern,: is an energetic business man, but his kindly disposition and willingness, to extend the credit system beyond the proper limits, liave proven too serious a purden for him to carry. Those who know him best have full faith' in his honesty and desire to pay to the full extent of his ability. EDITpBUL INKLINGS. An Extra Session of Congress Probable. T? T' -j r. :T' ?? The probabilities of an exta session ,of Cougress continue to be discussed in Washington. The situation, at latest accounts, is stated as foilpws: The Republicans will back down on the repeal of the Federaj jurors' teat oath, but will force an extra session rather than yield on the repeal cf the sections authorizing the appointment of supervisors of elections, &c., and prescribing their , duties and privi leges. Therefore, if the Democrats insist on the repeal of these obnoxious election laws, the defeat of the legislative appropriation bill is inevitable. ' If they back down on this point it can of course be avoided. A well kno.wn Radical senator has remarked that the Democrats had counted the cost and would not retreat from the position assumed in caucus even to please Democratic senators. On the other hand, there are Derail 1.1 . ocratic Congressmen who have not the same faith in the endurance and pluck of their party when confronted by an extra session. Mpvements of Governor Hampton. Governor Hampton left Columbia at $ P. M., on the 13th |nstai>t, in a special car provided by Superintendent Peck, and, arrived in the vicinity of Charleston early next morning. While the car containing him was left at the point.of intersection of the Savannah and Charleston and the South Carolina Railroads, he was . visited by a reporter for the New and Courier, who represents that the Governor seemed comfortable, although .1 '' I J L ' ' _ ' be said toac tne journey naa ueen a. somewhat weary one, the change of accommodations, Ac., rendering him wakeful.( He. appeared to be strong and in good spirits, and, as seen for the first time since his accident, there was no marked change in his looks.. The Governor is accompanied by his son and Gen. Conner and a small party of re|u: tiyes and personal friends, and the occasion of his present trip is to make a visit to the plantation of Capt.. Rollins Lowndes, pt Qogabaheo Ferry,.ip Colleton county, from which plaice he will proceed to Charleston in order to participate in the celebration exer: cises on tjhe 2$ipd. . .. ., < The recent decision of the Supreme (Coijrt in the matter of the bonds maturing. the 1st November, 1879, having relieved Governor Hamplpn of aijty necessity of resuming the duties of the, executive ofp<]e until tbey were disposed of, it i9 not now probable .tjiat he will again assume the gubernatorial, ch^ir. His resignation, as Governor may, therefore, ko ovtwipfpH at. nnv time. , . rjE.rrrnrTrcT-.TtT?><i .. j ShMWfth? <*.! vllufcrn,, ?. A^propoa to the* recent defeat ofBritr sh troops iqiSoptH ^ri'ca^y an overtiming number of natives, the following sketch of the warriors will prove of interest: This is not the firstiappearaqoe of the Zulus as warriors. They are a branch'of the Caffre r;ace and are said to have' come from the north and 'to have conquered' their pf&Orit territory about the beginning of thte century. Under a chief named Chateau ithey overran the country as far as the southern border of Nat^l. .j.U^aha, sucqee^ed by hjs halfbrother, Dmgan, and the latter by Panda, a full brother of Chaka. Under these chiefs'the Zulus! (or Zooloos) bad a re^ula^'militdrip organization, their forces being divided1 itoth bands ofl.OOO men eaob, and each band or regiment being distinguished by different colored shields. . i()i It is authoritatively stated that.dn. }S40 they coujd put .40,000 warriors in the field. Their progress was finally checked by1 that thrifty Dutch-African race called the Boers,; but the Zulus baVe grown fn :strength, and the organ&atforis ai&" traditions of Chabk have been maintained. Of all the Caffre tribes the Zulus have been most troublesome to the British in the prosecution of their schemes of coqquest in South Africa, Sjnce acquiring the Transvaal republic, the Zulus have manifested renewed hatred to the British, ?i. thm Ji: ytilw'ir T,;? . I Believine truly that Kafirland, north of Natal, was to be made a seaboard for the new territory, aud tbe. native inhabitants were to be reduced to complete subjection, Cetywayo, inheriting all the courage and ,energy.ofhis great predecessors, declare# war, and the campaign which has been prosecuted 1 for nearly a year, reached a stage oh January i 27th when it Cannot longer be treated as a small affair; ii ; The Freaident and Civil Service. i ?-^Immediately after the confirmation of Gen. Merritt as Collector of Customs at the port of New York, the President addressed the' following letter to him under date of February 4th4 5 . My Dear General?*1 congratulate .you,on your confirmation. It is a great gratification to me, very honorable to you, ana will prove a signal service to the country. , My desire is that the office be conducted on strictly business principles and according to the rules for the civil service, which were recommen AaA ktf t.hp nivil service commission in the administration of Gen. Grant. I want you to-be perfectly independent of mete influences from, any; qqarter. Neither ray recommendation nor that of Secretary Sherman or of any member of Congress or other influential person must be specially regarded:;;' Lfet appointments and removals be made on business principles and according torules. There ; must, I asiuipe, be $ few copfjcjentjgl places filled by those you personally kqdw to bp trustworthy, but restrict, the area of pat- j ronage to the narrowest limits. Let no man be put out merely because he is A friend to Mr. I \? Arthur* and no man be put in merely because he is our friend. The good of the service should be the sole end in view. The beaLnrtans yet piifeaepted, it seems to me, are the rules recommended by the civil service commission. I shall issue no new order on the Bubject^at present. I. am-; rlad.yoi^ approve of the message, and I wisli you to see that all that is expressed or implied in it is faithfully carried out. ( Again congratulating you and assuring ydu'of my entire cdnfidence, i-reutaiutMucerly.-- R..B..lhtYltflnin Defeat of British i Of Africa. r. A- jJrejjHtch -Trou/' TCwo, dated January 27, via St Vincent, February 10th, says'that 'orf'the 2M: of5 vJartdiW/' tWd?British column consisting ot* a portion of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, a battery of arJtUj^ry and six huudr d. ; native auxiliaries, was utterly annihilated near Tugelar River id the British Possessions of South Africa, by 20,000 Zulus, who captured a valuable.' etyivhy, 102 wagons, 1,000 oxen, two Cannon, 400 shot and shell, .1,000 rides, 250,000 pounds^of ammunition, 60,000 pounds weigbt of provisions and the colors of the Twenty-fourth Regiment It is estimated that 5,000 Zulus were killed and wounded in the battle. i >? ,iu, I'l Among those killed on the British side are two majors, four captains, twelve lieutenants and the quatermaster of the 24th Regiment, two captains of the Royal artillery, a colonel, captain, four lieutenants and a sergeant major .of engineers, hflairips ta?pnty-nne other Rnriah officers comnpinding the natiye levies^r Seven atiheis' sSbseqitmrfj? jmafife!by meN2ulu8 have been repulsed, and the colony is now * somewhat recovering from1 the utter Consternation wjiich at first prevailed, . Ifatjal, however, is in great danger, ana disfurbkneesare feared igj^ngqlanl/, q Lord Chel^sfqjd, commander of the expedition, has been forced to retire in consequence ^of the defeat. It is estimated that fife ' hundred soldier* -Were killed,1 besides the officers enumerated above. Governor Sir Barrle Frere has sent:'appetite to England and the Mauritibsfor' reinforced ments. The mail steamer for England Was dispatohied a day earlier than1 usbkl with a rfeqtlest for six regiments of infantry und a brigade of-cavalry, mi v <cil?; ihw A Loudon dispatch of the 14th says that the following regiments and battalions are to sail immediately to the scene: of conflict > The 17tb Lancers, the 1st Dragoons,' 5th -Regiment Infantry, 94th RegimeriVOflnfAntry, 21st Regiment, 91st Regiment and' flOWi Regiment of Rifles, a detachment of Royal Engineers and a battery of Ro^al'"Artillery. There is much bustle snd <eiCiteraentnt each of the headquarters of those regiments. The following is the composition of the English forces in 8outh AfrieatThe 3d, 4th,' -13th, 24th, both battallionsof the 80th and 88th, 90th and 99th: Regiments }'in all tilnC bafctallions, or 7,890 officers'abd men. " In'these forces, in the ranks there are 4,018 ftaglishmen, 385 Irishmen and 301 8eotchnieti. Of the officers,- 48 are Irish and 178 English. ' -?? [.: ii ?ii(i - >,!?)i a ;!!:/'.Ii M:BBBfM82l-WOR*.U!l3 bl.li Mr. Cbristianey, Senator from- Michigan, has resigned.. i Zack Chandler has been nomtinated by the Republican: members of the Michigan legislature to succeed him. ExGovernor Pinchback has- been appointed reyr enue agent for the Louisiana district/" "iTbe fact has. coine to light from official investigation that the Indians are not decreasing in numbers, bul, to the -contrary, are steadily increasing. .. "The .census shows a total of 170,000. Thomas S. Drew; elected Governor of Arkansas in. 1844,. and again in 1850, died recently in Texa8."""Aniong the members of the Delaware legislature, there is not a lawyer.- In the Nurtjbi Caroling legislature there k not a sufficient! number tb make upi a judiciary committee entirely, of law* v?M Ri hrnt hpr nf .Tnrt C. Calhoun,; ij diving .near Haw kins villa, Georgia^'t**triW. ft .Fleming has been ejected to CoHgww frorn Georgia, to supply the ? vacancy l occhaitoied by the death of Hon. JulmnHartridge. i. : He bad too opposition. ?nti the vote was quite small. One hundred and. iix students are in' attendance at DavidSon. College,: N. C.V't'V'lA! revolutiontihtos broken outidnHayti, and negro disturbances of an/ alarming character have oocurred in tbeilsiaild! of St.; Vincent*'*ir*f"Steamship? for; Europe usuatiy carry about 30,000llfttett cfcfch .trip/v^.'rVrParis last, ,year:. consumed 11,319 horses fori food,: being; some >700 more than iql877.i"M.'Arkansas ships wild <grhpe vines toErihce.iand France ships wild: grape wine, to AHcttfefw/y'iTr'Officials: of the treaturjydeny that there ia'iany such amount iOf bdgus ooin in ciroulatidn as 329^000. nnThs^ jbeliese that,35,000 exceeds the actual iunLi n The salary of {Jem l^gstreet, <as postmaster ht> Gainesville, Gavl?sll$lt,100dr**~dapiatt is now !ipamifaicturitog; boots "for sulk itrthe United Slater from leather' brought frdni American ports.^1^ '^On-'Fyiday kst. Seoaitor Bruce, Colored, of M^slis^pi.'^&s Called to the chair lb tbe?eftiterGh4mta,;*0d*'pret sidkl oter'tlie Seriate si1 pertMn; of the'Afternoon, being the fret time" ib the history of - * - * - -i > iLl.i. x * ? i -??'-J 'IMMUI Uma;/AitL cno govuruimnii luui a cowrni -tuau uas- iiv cupied the chsor;""*<i'"tCap$. ''Geofge-Prieoe, of Bath, Maine, has"been* sentenced' to ten years in "the'penitentiary for obtaining pension money on false pretenses. He had'btiea guilty 'of one thousand'1 forgericst""*'*" -Hon. Horatio 6. Bunchard,' member of Congress from Illinois, has been appointed''Director of the Mint i*v Philadelphia, in plaee of 'Dr. Li ademwn, deceased;"* *? ^ThetejpOrt^from the plague in Hussia say that it has not increased and energetic measures have been adoptdd'for its 8uppre88iob<i,*f,^,*wAfTbiH haS been ihiroduced in to the'tegislature of - the WJind of Jamaica mAvhicbtde oMtfsinei tails is the punishment allotted' 'tbb rieirty 'eVefy serious offence, - indddiog-Jitiel.l'""?*'<DM? lotte, N. C., has received 31,55$bales>*& cotton, rigaidSt 40,000 at the sametintfe last year;''Jefferson Davis has decHoedan invitation to deliver the'aniiubl ^Hldireesi at the Commencement of the Mississippi 'Ift#vertity, became of the precarious Ootid itjonof his healtb. ' * ^ W;" W."Boy<?,' 'Eeq^- previous to arad dbriRg< <{he'^fer^a member*of Cohgtess from t his 8tate, is practicing-daw as Wasbihgton.,J",1',The avbrage salary of- clergymen in the United1 States- is only ^600* year.' '!,li *' 31 *1911 9H099f| The Washington Pott says'itwHTfetlipjtort John Sherman, 'S^cVetary 1 of the'Treasury, for the Presidency,1 provided he *ilt honestly state how he riiade half a million i*f idollsiiV, after bavingi entered" the Treasiiry w poor man. '"Fresh Ameribab oyster's;]a^e am ong the delidicfe^loffjfred1 for 'kaleIn'Pat$S.'*lu^yA gentleman in Dayton, Ohio, who 'tfch : ago became 'gttardian of his granddaughter, and'took charge of the estkte of ^OjOW1 ihft her by father, HaS just surrendered Itj'hicreatfed to $40,000, updtf her atttfibihg'W1 ttiajdrity. This case isfari exception fcb the general rhle/^,,"*iThe Ne^iort^ Senate-'hi* passed ^ tiili punishing graye robbert with j|Ve yea# iippniibnnjenty1 The lt^jslMores'of Jn^iana and Ohfq have sulfite' der' consjderfttjbp.-'f- '"The bddy-of tfr man was Tecently dfs&overed in a soty ftytory at Atlanta, Ga:,Ji ' ! v";" 1 1