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j^rtapjs and Jfarts. ? Professor Anderson, the celebrated chess player, died on the 14th instant at Breslau, Silesia. ? Capt. J. K. Hyer, of the Eighteenth United States Infantry, has been placed on the retired list of the army. ? The friends of -Mr. Blackburn blame the Ohio, Missouri and Alabama delegations for his defeat. . ? Only two men of the Seventeenth English Lancers remain of those who survived the memorable Balaklava charge in the Crimea. ? The Democratic State Convention of Rhode Island, nominated a full ticket on Tuesday, headed by Thomas W. Segar for Governor. ? The Southern Baptist Convention, representing upwards of 1,000,000 communicants, will hold its next annual meeting at Atlanta, Georgia, beginning May 8. ? Two thousand people, 16,000 horses and cattle, and 90,000 sheep, perished in the Szegedin floods in Hungary last week. Of 9,700 houses, only 261 remain. ? The New York Herald estimates the whole number of mechanics and citizens out of employment in that city, as only 11,395, against 25,400 at the corresponding period in 1873. ? Andrew Johnson, Jr., sou of the late exPresident Johnson, died recently at his home near Union depot, East Tennessee. He was engaged in editing a newspaper at Greenville, Tennessee. ? Some of the fashion writers say that the models of new dresses show a decided fullness. Clinging dresses, it seems, are slowly but surely going out, and tied-back dresses are becoming things of the past. ? Monticello, the residence of Thomas Jefferson, was sold on the 19th instant in partition between the heirs of the late Commodore Uriah P. Levy, to Jefferson M. Levy, the principal heir, for $10,050. ? Another narrow escape from burial alive is recorded in the case of a young lady named Flora Feiblraan, of Indiana, who apparently died of pneumonia about a week ?orr? On the dav nf the funeral the relatives "bv" ?j ? ? aud friends were taking a last look at the remains, when suddenly the supposed corpse rose to a sitting posture in the coffin. At last accounts the young lady was still alive. ? A wealthy bachelor, who recently went to the other shore from Manchester, England, bequeath his fortune, in equal proportions, to thirty women who had refused his hand in marriage at various times in the early stages of his earthly career. In his will he pleasantly remarked that he owed to these ladies a boundless debt of gratitude, for to their rejection of his suit he attributed all the happiness he had enjoyed. Having perpetrated this bit of sarcasm, he turned bis face to the wall and was no more. ? It is said that bungling legislation in the internal revenue bill, makes it legal for the owners of large stocks of manufactured tobacco to export it to some foreign country, receive a drawback at the rate of twenty-four cents per pound, and re import it, paying to the government a tax of sixteen cents, thus making a net profit of eight cents per pound less the expense of the operation. Secretary Sherman thinks that unless the law is changed, the cost to the government will be between 82,000,000 and 83,000,000. ? Bortel Tobaga is an Island in the South Seas which has lately been visited by a party of United States naval officers. They were surveying a rock east of the South Cape of Formosa, and called at this island. They found a curious race of Malay stock. These aborigines did not know what money was good for, nor had they ever used tobacco or rum. They gave the officers goats and pigs for tin pots and brass buttons, and hung around the vessels all day in their canoes waiting for a chance to dive for something which might be thrown overboard. They wore clouts, ate toro and yams, and had axes, spears and knives made of common iron. Their canoes were made without nails, and were ornamented with geometrical lines. They wore the beards of goats and small shells for ornaments. ? A shooting affair occurred in Vicksburg, Miss., on Wednesday night of last week, between Captain W. F. Fitzgerald on one side, and W. L. Andrews and W. L. Greene. *..j ?a n??? ilUUlCWS auu uiccuc ncic auauu aiiuuib ur stantly. Fitzgerald is dangerously wounded. The difficulty originated about the election of Andrews as President of the Hibernian Society. Fitzgerald claimed still to be President of the society and denounced the election of Andrews as a farce. Greene objected to Fitzgerald's remarks, and threatened to draw a weapon, but Fitzgerald first shot Greene through the heart. Andrews then shot Fitzgerald who, in turn, shot Andrews, the ball piercing Andrews' skull at the top of the forehead. All were well known, and prominent citizens. ? The wife of Prof. Sawyer, of Chicago, is a sister of the late Elihu Burritt. She tells this anecdote of her brother: "Some years ago a will was sent to this country from the West Indies, written in Danish. The manuscript was one of the most difficult to decipher that could well be imagined, and it went the rounds of several of the leading colleges without meeting with anybody who could interpret it. Finally, it was referred to Mr. Burritt. He was then working at the forge, but with his usual determination, made up his mind that he would master it He was acquainted with the Danish tongue, but that was only half the task. The badly-written manuscript must be deciphered. He worked at it two weeks in his spare time, and succeeded. When he sent the will back, translated with absolute correctness, he said he would only charge what he would have earned at the forge." ? Col. Ezra Miller, of Rahway, N. J., tells a New York Sun reporter that he has demonstrated the possibility of crossing buffaloes with farm rattle. He savs he has also nroved. first, that buffaloes can be tamed; second, that it doesn't cost one-half sis much to keep a buffalo as an ordinary cow; third, they can be fattened as quickly as ordinary beeves and on half the food, and their meat is just as good ; fourth, they are as good milkers as our Alderneys ; and fifth, they are as good butter makers. The milk of the buffalo is a little yellower than that of the Alderney, but very sweet and rich, and there is more cream than in the Alderney milk. As to the quantity of milk given by buffalo cows, they will average with the average milker. He thinks it would pay to breed them, and suggests the establishment of ranches in the buffalo country, where the calves could be collected and domesticated, and whence they could be ship1 . .I . pea 10 me joasi. ? The quickest time ever made across the' Continent, was made recently by ex-Governor j John Whitaker, Democratic Congressman j from Oregon. When the President called an j extra session of Congress for the 18th, the Democratic managers at Washington telegraphed Whitaker to come immediately. Whitaker took a special train at his Oregon home on March 7, took a steamer to Portland j on March 8, and arrived at San Francisco on i Wednesday, March 12, twenty-four hours af- j ter the train had left which he must take to 1 reach Washington in time for the organiza-1 tion of Congress. A special train was pro- j vided for him at San Francisco, and he went | flying over the country, sometimes at the rate j of forty-five miles an hour, and never less! than twenty-five miles. He left San Fran-! cisco at 10.25 A. M. on March 12, and ar-1 rived at Omaha at 2.30 A. M. on Saturday, j having made the run of 1,929 miles in sixty- j four hours. The usual fast time between those points is one hundred and one hours. He arrived at Chicago at 5.15 P. M., on Sat-, urday, and there took his first regular sched-; ule train. He arrived at Washington at 9.02 A. M. on Monday, the 17th, thus making the trip across the Continent in five days, the shortest time on record. Governor Whitaker last crossed the plains in 1852 with an ox team, and was five months in doing it. Ihr ^flfluiUc (frnquim. YORKVILLE, S. C.i THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 27, 1879. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, countyymd 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 nnatnirfl all subscribers residinir in York coun ty, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers 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. EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. We last week published the result of the contest on Tuesday for the choice of Speaker of the House?Mr. Randall proving the successful competitor by a majority of one. No other business of importance than the election of Speaker was transacted on that day. In the Senate on the 19th, Mr. Hill, of Georgia, presented the credentials of his colleague, Mr. Gordon. He said the latter was detaiued from the Senate by sickness. Numerous bills were introduced. One by Mr. Burnside, to reorganize the army of the United States. By Mr. Beck, to remove all po litical disabilities imposed by the 14th Article of the Constitution ; also a bill to repeal the anta nf .Tnlv 1KR9 rpnnirincr the test oath. ?VVO Vi U | A S/w-j - Mr. Edmunds offered a preamble and resolution with a view of confining the business of the extra session to the objects for which it was called. Resolution lies over. Mr. Wallace submitted the list cf standing committees which, under a suspension of the rules, was agreed to. The Senate at a quarter to one, took an hour's recess until the message could be received from the President. On re assembling, the following message was received and read in the Senate : v Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: The failure of the last Congress to make the requisite appropriations for legislative and judicial purposes, for the excuses of the several executive departments of the Government, and for the support of the army, has made it necessary to call a special session of the 40th Congress. The estimates of the appropriations needed, which were sent to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury at the opening of the last session, are herewith transmitted to both the Senate and House of Representatives. Regretting the existence of the emergency which requires a special session of Congress at a time when it is the general judgment of the country that the public welfare will be Imcf nrnmAtwl l\v UPrmanPTiPV in fllir lpffisla t/WV puiuvuu "J ... n tion, and by peace and rest, I commend these few necessary measures to your considerate attention. [Signed] Rutherford B. Hayes. Washington, D. C., March 19,1879. After the reading of the message, the VicePresident laid before the Senate a memorial from several members of the Kansas Legislature, charging corruption in the election of Ingalls, and asking for an opportunity to prove their assertions. Referred to privileges and elections. A resolution was offered by Mr. Wallace, asking for a detailed statement of accounts of Marshals in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts and Maryland, regarding the employment of Deputies for services relating to the conduct of the last November elections. Mr. Conkling object ing, the resolution went over. Mr. Bruce, at his own request, was excused from the committee on Mississippi levees and pensions. Senators Gordon and Hampton not having arrived, their names were, for the present, withdrawn from the committees to which they are assigned and the places left vacant. In the House the contested election case from Florida was decided in favor of Hull, FiomnfPBt and t.hft nath was administered to him. On the 20th, the Senate adjourned until next day, immediately after prayer and the reading of the journal of the proceedings of the previous day. In the House, after the reading of the journal, Mr. McMahon, of Ohio, called up the petition of certain citizens of Cincinnati in relation to the election of Messrs. Butterworth and Young, of Ohio. The debate which followed was principally confined to a discussion of the respectability of the memorialists. A resolution was adopted referring the whole matter to a select committee of seven members, with leave to sit during the recess, &c., and directing said committee to inquire into the operation of the supervisor's law in Cincinnati at last election. The House then, at 1 o'clock P. M., adjourned. In the Senate on the 21st, a large number of bills were introduced, among them one by Beck repealing so much of the revised statutes as prohibits the appointment to the array of any person engaged in the late rebellion. McMillan submitted a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States giving the President power to except in his approval of bills, either items of appropriations or special legislation, giving his reasons to Congress?the items so disapproved by him to be treated as in case of a veto. Hoar offered a resolution condemning as unconstitutional and insurrectionary, the attempt of one House to make the passage of appropriation bills conditional on the consent of the other House and the President to provisions they do not approve. Wallace obJorttirirr +V10 rpsnliitinn wAnt. over. Mr. Wal JOVUUgi vwv *VWV?MV*VM - lace called up the resolution before submitted by him, calling upon the secretary of the treasury to furnish a detailed statement of the amounts paid to marshals in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts and Maryland, to date, and a description of the service performed by the deputy marshals at the elections in October and November, 1878. Conkling offered an amendment so as to include the other States. After debate it was rejected. Conkling offered another which was agreed to, covering all the States, but information as to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts and Maryland not to be deferred before the additional information could be prepared. Edmunds offered an additional resolution calling upon the secretary to report fully all information in his possession touching the occasion and necessity of such expenditures and provisions of the laws under which they were made. This was rejected. He then offered his avnepdfpent in a modified form, providing that aftep the pe*Qlution as offered by Wallace should fye answered, the secretary of the treasury report I the information desired. This was rejected. Wallace's resolution, as amended by Conkling, was agreed to. The Senate then went into executive session, and afterwards adjourned until Monday. The House proceedings were of no importance. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The United States Circuit Court will meet at Charleston on the first Monday in April. ? Ex-Treasurer Cardozo returned to Columbia on Monday last, surrendered himself to the sheriff, and was lodged in jail. ? A gentleman residing in the vicinity of Cross Anchor, Spartanburg county, has a "patch" of wheat that averages fifteen inches high. ? The Sentinel says that some of the color-J 1? d;?i,0,,0 nrvnntu tio\T?> crivpn liens CU pcupic 111 A. lUiv^iiO vwu I.vj ?t-i V on their crops for bacon at the rate of 240 per cent, above cost. ? It is said that arrangements are being made to have the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad completed to Hendersonville, by the 1st of June. ? Eight white boy babies were recently horn in Abbeville within two weeks, and yet the Medium says the Radicals still talk of winning the next election. ? The New York Herald says that Congressman Aiken, of this State, expresses his preference for Mr. Thurman as the Democratic nominee for President, and that Congressman Evins thinks that Thurman would be acceptable to the South. ? An effort is being made to convert Williaraston, in Anderson county, into a great watering place, and steps have already been taken to organize a joint stock company, with sufficient capital to build a hotel, improve the spring property and start the travel that wav. ? There is a "Greenback Club" at Feasterville, in Fairfield county, composed of about twenty members, which proposes to hold regular meetings on the third Saturday of each month. At a late meeting, the club endorsed the platform of the Greenback party, recently adopted by the Convention at Chicago. ? A quarterly meeting of the stockholders of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, was held in Columbia one day last week and was largely attended. Col. Palmer submitted a report covering the transactions of the road for the five months ending November 1st, 1879, and showing an increase in income of 855,000 for that time, as compared with the corresponding period last year. ? A gentlemm who returned to Charleston on Monday last from Green Pond, makes a cheering report of Senator Hampton's health. His wound has caused some pain of late, but the distinguished invalid was progressing as well as could be expected, and was so well on Friday last that he spent the day in fishing. It is thought that there will be no necessity for clipping the bone of the amputated limb. I ?The Claflin University and South Caroli na Agricultural College, at Orangeburg, now has 218 students, one-third of thera females, representing every portion of the State, and receiving a scientific and classical educa tion. One-half the expenses of the college are paid by Northern philanthropists, the State government paying the other half; three of the professors are South Carolinians, two of them being white and the other colored. The other professors and president are Northern men. ? The Presbyterian Chui h at Gaffney's, on the Air-Line Railroad, was dedicated on Saturday, the 15th instant. From the Spartanburg Spartan we learn that "Dr. Miller, of Charlotte, N. C., preached Saturday and Sunday. His sermons are highly spoken of, especially the one preached on Sunday. The subject was, 'Christ the Corner Stone,' and the sermon will be long remembered by those who heard it. We congratulate our friends on the completion of their church, and hope they will fill up a gap in the battle line that is waging war against sin and iniquity." ? Col. George W. Bushyhead, an ex-Uhiei of the Cherokee Indians, of North Carolina, and also an ex-Confederate Colonel, was recently at Rock Hill, in York county. He had with him a Cherokee Baptist preacher named Suate Owl, who could not speak one word of English. They had been on a visit to their friends among the Catawba Indians, eight miles south of Rock Hill. From Col. Bushyhead, the Rock Hill Herald learned that about three hundred of the Cherokee tribe, out of a total of about fifteen hundred, belong to the Methodist and Baptist denominations. Col. Bushyhead raised a regiment from among his warriors during the Confederate war, and led them most gallantly on many a bloody field in East Tennessee. ? The Lancaster Ledger of last week furnishes the following information in regard to the Cheraw and Chester Railroad : "Fifty thousand dollars of the first mortgage bonds of the road have been cancelled by order of the Board of Directors, leaving but $100,000 of these bonds on the market, which are selling readily at 70 cents on the dollar; and it is the impression among well informed capitalists that they will advance to 100 cents in a few weeks. The Road is in splendid running order to Cedar Shoals, 17} miles from Chester and 10 miles from Lancaster by the railroad ferry, which ferry will be fully completed and established in a few days. The contract for the building of Fishing creek bridge will be let to a party in Atlanta, Ga., at about $6,000. The larger portion of the material for this bridge will be iron ; and the contractors guarantee to complete it in 60 xl . days from the time they commence me worn. The cost of the bridge across the Catawba is estimated at $20,000, and the friends of the road are very sanguine and contemplate but a short delay on the other side of the river." ? The Circuit Court for Richland county convened in Columbia on Monday last, Judge Thomson presiding. When the case of the State vs. Chamberlain, Kimpton, Parker, Leslie and other members of the land commission, was called, Mr. S. W. Melton stated that he appeared for the defendant, Chamberlain. That Mr. Chamberlain was the only | one of the defendants that had been bound over to appear for trial, and that he believed ! none of the others had been arrested. That : Mr. Chamberlain had instructed him to ask for a continuance of the cause until the next term of the court on account of personal and ' domestic bereavement. That shortly after the indictment had been found, one of Mr. j Chamberlain's sons was taken sick, and had since died. That one after another, including ! Mr. Chamberlain himself, every member of i his family had been prostrated by the same ! disease, and he, consequently, had not had the time to prepare for trial. Mr. Melton said that Mr. Chamberlain had directed him to base the motion for a continuance distinctI ly upon this ground. Mr. Attorney-General Youmans said that the State had no objection to the motion for a continuance, and the cause was continued. All the other causes ; in .which ex-officials are defendants were con! tinued, on motion of Mr. Solicitor Abney. LOCAL AFFAIRS. j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Chicago Scale Co.?Down with High Prices. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Roady-Made Clothing, Hats, Dress Goods, Ac. Latimer A Hemphill?New G oods?SpringStock, Ac., Ac. W. J. Jones?Important to Planters. George M. Coffin, Charleston, S. C.?Dealer in Country Produce. Hunter A Oates?Splendid Displny. H. P. Adickes A Sons?H. F. Adickes, Jun., has Returned from the North?Hoes?New Plow Stock. John C. Kuykendal?Again?The Fine Active Agents?FallingSickness?Reaching for the Doctors?Fluid Extract Jaborandi. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the Matter of Lester A Bobo, Bankrupts. MILITIA PROMO HONS. Major "VVhyte, of the York Battalion, having tendered the appointment of Adjutant to First-Lieutenant John J. Smith, of the Jenkins Rifles, and the appointment having l>een accepted, at a meeting of the company, held last Monday night, Second-Lieutenant J. R. Lindsay was elected First-Lieutenant, and Sergt. John Latta was elected Second Lieutenant. LECTURE DELAYED. Mr. Tilman R. Gaines was delayed, and could not reach here Tuesday evening, to deliver his lecture on the subject of Moneyed Immigration into the State, as had l)een announced. By a note received from him yesterday morning, we learn that he will deliver his lecture in the Court House to-night at 7$ o'clock. lie hopes to meet a large attendance of citizens PERSONAM MENTION. We were pleased to meet in town this week, Capt Fid. R. Mills of Rock Hill, who has accepted an agency for the celebrated Van Lindley Nurseries, near Greensboro, N. C. This nursery has a wide reputation, and Mr. Mills is equally well known in this and adjoining counties, as an honest, upright man, whose word may l>e implicitly relied 111*011 as to any recommendation of trees that he may make. We would advise those contemplating the purchase of trees to see Cap ;. Mills. He will do none injustice. A MINIATURE CORN STALK. Our townsman, Dr. Walker, has shown us a corn stalk which is a curiosity in its way. It is only six inches long, 110 larger in circumference than a broom straw, and yet it is a fully developed stalk, having tassel and a small ear, bearing six perfect grains of corn, larger in proi>ortioii than the stalk?the grains being about the size of those found 011 nubbins. The Doctor wishes it distinctly understood that he did not raise this stalk of com. Although an amateur fanner and fond of experiments, his efforts usually run in the opposite direction. lie is, however, going to plant the grains of this diminutive stalk, and as it may result in the propagation of a new variety, we will name it in advance, "Walker's Early Dwarf." DENTISTRY. Dr. James A. Glenn, surgeon dentist, is stopping at the King's Mountain Hotel, where he will remain for a few days, for the purpose of waiting upon those who may require the services of a dentist. Dr. Glenn has already acquired a fine reputation as Doctor of Dentistry, and besides his devotion to the science, he keeps up with all the improvements of the day in the mechanical appliances necessary to its successful practice. The dental chair which he uses is the most complete thing for the ease and comfort of the occupant that we have ever seen. It is the invention of an Alabamian, and will well repay a visit to the Doctor's rooms to examine it as a marvel of ingenuity. The Doctor is also well prepared with all the latest improvements in instruments?not the least of which is a dental engine?to perform any dental operation that may be presented, and also possesses the skill and accomplishment necessary to their successful use. lie is a gentleman of energy and talent, and deserves the bright career that awaits him in his chosen profession. SMALL INDUSTRIES. We would direct the attention of our farming and agricultural readers, to the card of Geo. M. Coffin, 01 unarieston, ueaier jii uuuutry produce, i>oultry, eggs, butter, &c. Mr. Coffin wishes to build up a trade witli this section of the state, and in a note to us, he says he sees no good reason why York county, rich in all the essentials necessary to make a people prosperous, could not, with a little effort, make heavy consignments to our seal>oard city of poultry, eggs, butter, grain, hides, beeswax, fruits, and any other articles produced on the farm. Most of the poultry sold in the Charleston market comes from Tennessee, a distance of between 000 and 700 miles, either by express, dressed, or by car load alive. If the farmers of Tennessee can derive a profit by raising poultry for shipment to Charlestion, surely it would pay the farmers of the upper part of South Carolina to embark in the same business, esj?ecially when the outlay for the enterprise would be comparatively small. Charleston pays about $800 per week for poultry alone, the larger amount of which goes to Tennessee. Without much trouble on the part of our farmers, this amount could be diverted to their own pockets. We trust some of them will correspond with Mr. Coffin and give the scheme a trial. CIRCUIT COURT. Spring term of the Circuit Court for York county was opened at 11 o'clock on Monday last, his Honor B. C. Pressley presiding. Mr. Solicitor Gaston was promptly at his post in the discharge of his official duties. The following grand jurors answered to their names, and were duly sworn : S. L. Adams, F. II. Barber, Beatty Blanton, colored: Madison Bratton, colored; Clias. B. Byers, Abraham Cherry, colored; J. A. Camptell, W. B. Davidson, D. W. Fowler, E. C. Falls, II. C. Harris, Wm. Ilardin, "W. D. Lessley, W. M. Little, It. S. McConnell, John Ramsey, J. J. "Waters, J. C. Hoke. S. L. Adams was appointed foreman. After the grand jurors were swoni, his Honor briefly addressed them as to their general duties, reserving special instructions until they should be required by the nature of the cases that might be presented. He impressed upon the grand jurors the importance of throwing aside all manner of prejudice, in the discharge of their duties, and to search only for truth and justice. He should expect them to know no friend, no enemy, neighbor or associates, but to enter the grand jury room resolved to do their duty. lie hoped they would consider carefully their resl>onsibility. They were impannelled to serve as grand jurors for one year, during which time York county would be under their jurisdiction, and they should look well to discharging their duties faithfully and impartially. The poor, continued his Honor, are subject to your charge. You are their guardian. Your attention should be directed to see that the funds for the relief of the poor are prop" -J- xi.^ r\f flux nnnv. Gl'ly applied ; UIHL tut; ijiiiicilc.-j i-xv. house are not harshly treated ; that the buildings are in proper condition ; and that the sujiervisors are kind and humane in the treatment of those under their control. And while you enquire into these things, it should also be your duty to see that the inmates submit to proper regulations; whether or not the County Commissioners have provided the necessary means for those able to perform light manual labor, and whether or not they are so employed. The roads and bridges of the county are an important subject for consideration. With-1 out good roads and bridges, every interest of I the county is impaired. They are necessary for maintaining the means of communication between the people. If the County Commissioners have failed to perform their duties in having the roads properly worked and the bridges kept in proper repair, it is your duty to report the facts to the Court. You will also enquire into the manner in which the County Commissioners perform their duties in general. You will also examine the various offices of the county, and see whether or not the respective officers properly discharge their duties. The Trial Justices of the county should also receive your attention. It is your duty to see that they do not encourage litigation in frivolous cases; to examine their books and records and see that they are kept in proper order; and to see that fines collected by them are proj)erly paid over. Where any of these officers have been found faithful in the discharge of their duties, commend them for it. Your commendation of a worthy official will have a good effect. The jail, particularly, should receive your attention. You should see that it is secure; that the prisoners are not harshly treated and that they receive all the comforts permitted by the law. Closing, his Honor said, it is also your duty. and i snan expect you to enquire into any ana all n uisances?such as gambling houses, unlawful grog-shops, houses of ill fame, &c., and suppress the same. A number of bills were then given to the grand jury, and after receiving from the Court instructions liearing upon the nature of the offences charged, the jury retired to their room, when the roll of the petit jury was called, the following jurors answering to their names: J. L. Adams, L. K. Armstrong, A. Cody, Isaac T. Farris, M. R. Nichols, Hardy Thompson, colored; George J. Steele, J. L. Stan*, II. E.'Davidson, Joseph A. Smith, Calvin Hughes, colored; J. C. Blair, Elijah Goore, colored; S. W. Sturgis, Julius Howe, J. B. Mint!:, W. S. Moore, E. II. Bridges, S. P. Blankenship, T. K. Bates, J. D. Cornwell, J. J. Drakeford, W. H. Carroll, W. D. Gaston, A. J. Hardin, Jonathan Moore, W. It. Hayes, T. B. Withers, J. T. Saucer, Jesse Hamilton, colored; W. N. Simril, W. F. Boyd, George Barry, colored; P. McKeown, colored. Mr. Davidson was excused from serving as a juror on the ground of his being a post masier. "VVliile the grand jury were yet out, the contingent docket was called. This docket contains a number of capital cases which have | gone over for several terms, the parties having avoided arrest. The return "not arrested," was made by the sheriff in each case as it was called. The first presentment made by the grand jury, was the indictment of Charles H. Kane, white, for grand larceny, charging him with the stealing from Daniel A. James, of a pistol valued at twenty-five dollars. The accused was arraigned, and the jury impannelled. The accused employed 110 counsel, but defended his case himself. He did not deny stealing the pistol, but attempted to make it appear that the article stolen was not of the value of twenty dollars. The prosecutor, James, valued the pistol highly, at a much greater price than the amount paid for it, and proved by a clerk in the store from which he bought it, that he paid for it twenty dollars?New Y.ork cost. After the testimony closed, no argument was made by the Solicitor. The Court charged, that in such a case as this, the value of a stolen article must not be determined by the price it would command if brought to a forced sale; but by the value, for peculiar reasons, placed upon it by the owner?what he considers it worth to himself. The legal value of the article is what the owner himself values it at, and not what it will bring upon the market. Under this charge the jury were instructed to render their verdict either guilty of grand larceny, or if, from the evidence, they did not deem the pistol of the value of $20, to return a verdict of not guilty. After being out a few minutes, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The next case taken up, and which consumed the remainder of the day, was that of the State vs. Sim Young, colored, the charge against him being arson, by wilfully and feloniously burning, in the winter of 1871, the ginhouse of W. Waddy Thomson, on Broad river. Although the accused had remained in that neighborhood since the burning, his arrest for the crime was not made until last September. The evidence mainly relied upon by the prosecution, was the testimony of Mary Johnson, a negro woman, who swore that Sim had confessed to her, 011 her accusation of him to his face, that he burnt the gin-house, and had bribed her never to reveal the fact, as also other circumstances calculated to direct suspicion to him?mainly that he was at her house, located not far from the gin-house, 011 the night of the burning, having accompanied her that afternoon from preaching. The defence proved by another witness that the accused was in his company, at another house, on the same night, and at the same hour as testified by Mary that he was at her house. No motive for the commission of the act by the accused was shown, and it was also shown by the evidence that he had remained in the same neighborhood nearly ever since; that his relations with Mr. Thomson had been friendly, and that he had been in Mr. Thomson's employ since the house was burnt. After argument by G. "W. S. Hart and T. J. Bell for the defence, and Mr. Solicitor Gaston for the prosecution, the jury, composed entirely of white men, took the case, returning a verdict of not guilty. ^ r" "* strxcifia ufflVO slid un xuesaay tuc luuuwiu^ ttwco nwv uiw posed of: State vs. Alex. Kiser, colored ; burglary and larceny. Prosecutor?G. W. DePriest. Pleaded guilty. State vs. James Smith and Anderson Campbell, colored; burglary. Prosecutor?Edwin Wilson. Verdict, guilty. State vs. Tom Jenks, colored; assault with attempt to kill. Prosecutor?John R. Porter. Verdict, guilty and recommended to the mercy of the Court. State vs. James Lowry, colored; assault with intent to kill. Prosecutor?Joseph Ilirsch. Pleaded guilty and asked the mercy of the Conrt. State vs. Tom Wright, colored; malicious mischief. Prosecutor?Frank McKinney, colored. Verdict, guilty. ABOUT THE COURT ROOM. While sitting on the bench, Judge Pressley does not wear the traditional silk gown, handed down as an old English custom, and perpetuated by all the Judges who have preceded him on this circuit. Neither does he require the sheriff, with sword in hand, to accompany him to and from the Court House. He is patient and painstaking in the hearing of a case; and while he presides with dignity, is courteous and affable toward the members of the bar. In regard to the use of the prisoner's dock, he announced from the bench that the law does not authorize him to dispense with the use of it; but as there was not one in the court-room, he would proceed without it. During the progress of the case of arson MnmijLv. the alleered offence having been ^ 7 W ? committed prior to the recent act of the Legis-1 lature making the crime punishable by hang-1 ing, Mr. Bell?who, we believe boasts of his Irish extraction?wliile pleading for the pris-! oner, paused in his argument and asked the Court what would l)e the punishment, in the event of conviction; to which his Honor replied?"Not less than ten years in the peniten-! tiary." "Not less than ten years nor longer than life," continued Mr. Bell, as he resumed his argument, unconscious of thellil)ernicism, or the audible smile that lit up the court. On Monday evening, when the jury returned their verdict in the case of Sim Young, tried for arson, owing to the lateness of the hour and the fact that Court had adjourned while the jury were in their room, there were comparatively few, except colored i>eople, in the court-room. These were deeply interested in the progress of the case, and the verdict of "not guilty," was received, much to the consternation of the Court, with a wild demonstration of applause. One woman shouted? "Glory! glory! I am now ready to go to Heaven!" and uttered other similar exclamations of joy. Hi? Honor promptly commanded silence and ordered the arrest of the disturbers of the decorum of the court of justice. Only three? two men and one woman?were identified as being of the noisy party. They were ordered to jail, and next morning, on being brought before his Honor, they pleaded ignorance and were discharged, after receiving a sharp reprimand. The case of Bruner, charged with the homicide of Murray, at Rock Hill, last September, will probably be called to-day. Besides the resident members of the bar, the following visiting lawyers have l)een in attendance the present week : Hon. J. D. Wylie, of Lancaster, and Messrs. Withersiwon, Wilson and Gage, of Rock Hill. W. B. McCaw, Esq., is a new accession to the resident members of the profession, this being his first Court since his admission to practice. There have been more people in attendance upon Court than during any previous term for several years. The colored people are not at all remiss in this, as they doubtless suppose, their sacred duty. The space?one half of the court-room?appropriated to their special use, was literally packed with ebon spectators on I Monday and Tuesday. SPRING MILLINERY. The subject of feminine head-gear never becomes exhausted. At the beginning of a season, it is the all-absorbing topic with the fair sex?weighty speculation and nimble tongues running rife as to what the coming styles will be; and after they have l)een seen and duly admired, with equal volubility their merits are discussed until the next change of fashion, the time of which, fortunately for the sake of variety to these discussions, is usually very short. Nor is paler familias a disinterested listener to these entertaining disquisitions. Whatever may be his motives?and we impute not the slightest wrong?he feels a deep, a solemn coucern, in the change and frequency of change of style in this important outfit of the apparel of the female members of the family?to say nothing of "change" of an entirely different kind. And then last, and decidedly the least, comes the stupid joker, whose opportunity for jibes, afforded by the subject, is never lose. r or cms mat umaa we disclaim having the least sympathy, nor with them have we kindred word or thought. Next to woman we .admire beautiful millinery, and regard the milliner's art in a purely sesthetie light. These admissions l>eing made, it need be a matter of no wonderment that we could not wait until the time appointed for the formal "opening" of Spring styles at Mrs. Dobson's Emporium of Fashion, and gained admission yesterday to ljehold the beautiful styles which she will place on exhibition today. "While we could not but admire, to confess that admiration soon partook of astonishment at the elegance of the goods shown us, would be but confessing the truth. Nothing to equal them has ever before been displayed in Mrs. Dobson's store, and we doubt if they can be surpassed by any similar establishment in the State outside of Charleston. Bonnets of the "Princess" pattern; bonnets for elderly ladies and Misses; hats in almost endless variety?the "Tennyson," the "Broadway," the "Ninety and Nine," the "Cascade," the "Sailor," the square-cornered and opentrimmed, and what not else we are unable to remember; flats in Leghorn, chip and straw; all trimmed in the most artistic style, were truly fascinating, while they will be becoming to any lady's face, and any lady's face cannot look otherwise than charming and beautiful beneath the lovely tints of ribbons, brocades and flowers which Fashion has decreed the coming sesaon. To enumerate all the different hues of ribIkhis, to describe the silks, crepes, brocades, Breton lace, flowers and ornaments used for trimming, would be a pleasant tiisk ; but in this we would anticipate the "opening" too much, and to that extent deprive the ladies of one of the pleasures of the occasion. Mrs. Dobson's parlors will be ojien this week, from and after to-day, for the purpose of displaying her Spring goods, and the ladies of York and the adjoining counties are invited to give them an inspection. AGENT8 FOR THE ENQUIRER. The following named persons are authorized to receive the names of subscribers to the En quirer and give receipts on payment of subscriptions : T. Gid Culp, Esq., Fort Mill, S. 0. George T. Schorb, Chester, 8. C. Capt. Ed. M. Mills Rock Hill, 8. 0. Joshua D. Gwinn, Esq .. Clover, 8. C. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Charlotte is moving for the proper celebration of the 20th of May. ? Ex-Judge Battle died at Chapel Hill on the 14th instant, aged 77 years. ? The decision of the Supreme Court legalizes the election of J. M. Rhodes as Register of Gaston county. ? Judge Kerr yet remains at Charlotte very sick. He had a relapse on Friday, and his condition is not at all satisfactory. ? North Carolina has nineteen railroads that are either wholly or partly within her borders, the aggregate length of which, in the State, is about 1,466 miles. ? The First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South, will meet at Sardis, Rev. John Hunter's charge, in Mecklenburg county, on Monday after the first Sunday in April. ? The Legislature adjourned on Friday, the 15th instant, after a session of 8ixty*six working day8. About nine hundred bills and rpflnlnfinns were introduced, of which num ber one half became laws. ? In consequence of the large amount of distilling now carried on in some of the western counties, especially Catawba and Gaston, corn has considerably advanced in the neighborhoods where it is produced, and commands a better price at home than in markets abroad. ? In Davidson county, last week, M. W. Barber and Robert Hayden?brothers in-law and well-to do citizens?had an altercation in which the latter was shot and killed by the former. Barber surrendered himself to the sheriff and is now in jail. ? The largest shipment of cotton from Charlotte, for a long time past, was made last Friday. It was a lot of 311 bales, and was shipped by Mr. Hyder Ratteree, who is on the Charlotte market for J. M. Ivy & Co., of Rock Hill, 8. C. ? The Charlotte Democrat states that the farmers of Crowder's Mountain township, Gaston county, have organized an agricultural club by the election of the following officers: President?B. G. Bradley ; Vice President? R. A. Falls; Secretary?W. A. Pearson; Treasurer?Wm. Falls; Executive committee?Wm. Wilson, S. E. Fox, J. C. Anthony, J. B. Carson and E. W. Carson. ? Thursday last was the day set for taking up, in Robeson Superior Court, the case of Miss Amelia Linkhaw, for the killing of Edward Hartraan, her alleged betrayer ; and the case accordingly came on aud Iinnn offirlavif or tw OOnSPIlt of WiU (JU11 till UCU U|JUU . .. v. w J counsel, until the next term of the court. The grand jury failed to find bills against Messrs. McKenzie and Melke, brothers in* j law of the young lady, who were charged with heing accomplices of the crime. ' ? The Charlotte Democrat of Friday, relates the following horrible accident: A young man, Thos. Neal, aged about 17 years, living in Sharon township, met with a horrible | death on Monday last. He was riding a i plow horse with the gears on, when the horse became frightened and young Neal was thrown, bis fuot catching in some part of the harness. In that position he was dragged for half a mile. He breathed but once after being released from the horse. ! ?The people of Lexinglou are very much excited over a scandal in high life in their 4 midst, which has culminated in a suit for abduction, seduction and breach of promise, with damages laid at $25,000. The facts are about as follows: Miss Sallie Milliard, of Lexington, a very handsome girl of some seventeen years, had received some marked attentions from her cousin, Alfred T. Hargrave. Some time since he sent her to Charlottesville, Va., and followed himself iu a few weeks. From thence he carried her to St. Louis and to Texas. The girl, after many trials and tribulations, arrived at home and brought suit against Mr. Hargrave. The best counsel in the State has been employed on both sides, aud a bitter tight may be expected. EDITOUI AlTINKLINGS. "Cotton Futures" In North Carolina. The Supreme Court of North Carolina has just made a decision of importance to cotton dealers in that State, touching "margins." The Court holds: That money advauced by a cotton-broker to cover losses sustained by speculations in cotton futures, can be recovered out of the party for whom he advanced the money, and that where the form of the contract for future delivery has nothing inherent in it to show that no real delivery was intended, it cannot be held to be void as against public jtolicy as a wager or bet. J White Kid Gloves in Court. The Georgetown correspondent of the Nem and Courier writes the following in regard to the recent term of the Circuit Court for that county: The Court opened on the 17th, his Honor Judge T. J. Mackey presiding, (the first time in this county). Solicitor M. J. Hirsch was promptly at his post. Several bills for riot, hog stealing, selling liquor without license, grand larceny, horse stealing. <fcc., were submitted and returned into court with an entry upon most of them of "no bill." At 3 o'clock p. ra. the grand jury were discharged after making their final presentment, and the criminal side of the court was closed for the want of business. In the annals of Georgetown county, all the proceedings being regular, this is the first time that the court has heen held aud not a single case tried. It speaks well for Che county aud deserves more than a passing notice. In commemoration of the event, in following out the custom practiced in England for many centuries, the solicitor, in a few appropriate remarks, presented a pair of white kid gloves, emblematic of peace and good order, to the court, on behalf of the high sheriff of the county. Judge Mackey, on receiving the i same, spoke in glowing terms of the present l peaceful conditiou of the country as compared with times past, when the 6res of civilization had been almost extinguished. He congratulated the county, and hoped the succeeding presiding judges would, in like manner, be so fortunate as to be enubled to receive a similar symbol. The Supervisor Law. Commenting upon the Federal supervisor and marshal law, the New York World has heen at the pains to prepare a table showing the number of cities in the United States which have a population in excess of 20,000. The number is smaller than one would suppose. The immediate purpose of this table is ' 1 xl ! 1 I- .1 1 10 enow mai me supervisor uuu uinreuai iuw bears more heavily upon the North than upon the South, since these officers cannot be appointed to control elections elsewhere than in places of 20,000 inhabitants and upwards. As a matter of interest we priut this table: NORTHERN STATUS. SOUTHERN STATES. New York 10 Delaware 1 Massachusetts 11 Maryland 1 Pennsylvania 7 Virginia 1 New Jersey 7 South Carolina. 1 Ohio 5 Georgia 2 Illinois 3 Louisiana 1 Indiana 2 Alabama 1 Connecticut 2 Missouri. 2 Michigan 1 Tennessee 2 i Wisconsin 1 Kentucky. 2 Minnesota 1 ? Iowa 1 Total 14 * New Hampshire 1 Rhode Island i 1 Maine 1 California 1 Total ..55 Thus it will be seen that Vermont, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado and Kansas, of the North and West; Arkansas, Texas,. North Carolina, Mississippi and Florida, of the South, are States in which no appointments of the character indicated, can be made. These marshals and supervisors may be appointed in 55 cities of the North, while they may be appointed in but 14 of the South. Postal Law Changes. ?- It is not generally known that just befor Congress adjourned, important amendments to the postoffice bill were agreed to, - - J iL-ii.'. 1 1 Tl. 1 J: miu uitti/ ik utxuiuc n jaw. 1 nc new jaw uivides all mailable matter into four classes: "First, written matter; second, periodical publications ; third, miscellaneous printed matter, and fourth, merchandise." Another clause of the bill provides for the.double postal card and for a letter-sheet envelope, which is to be stamped as envelopes are now stamped, and a double-letter envelope. The double postal card is in size similar to the present one cent card. It bears at both upper corners a one cent stamp, and lines are drawn from the centre, sloping downwards to each lower corner, to be written upon. The writer of the card uses the right hand side and the receiver uses the left-hand side for his reply. The double letter envelope is stamped twice, and the sender uses the right and the receiver the left-hand side in writing the address. At the back of this envelope is a double-gummed flap, divided by a perforated Hue. The lower one is used for sealing by the sender, and the receiver uses his knife along the perforated line and has a new gummed flap ready for use. The letter-sheet envelope, is designed I ? 1 Ti . . J . to do away witn outer envelopes, its patentee claims great merit for it for the reason that it often occurs that the date at which a writing has been mailed cannot be ascertained because the envelope has been lost. Here letter and envelope are one. The new law does not direct the postraastergeneneral to issue these patented conveniences. It only allows him the discretion to do so. Congressional Standing Committees. The standing committees of the Senate were appointed on Wednesday of last week. The chairman and a majority of the members of each committee are Democrats. In consequence of the absence of Senator Hampton, his name has been withheld for the present from the committees on which he has been placed. Among the committees to which he is appointed is that of agriculture. Senator Butler is chairman of the committee on civil service and retrenchment, and on the committees for the District of Columbia and for the Territories. In regard to the apppintment of the House committees, it is stated that Speaker Randall ; will defer the appointment of them for at i least two weeks, if appointed at all during the special session, so that he may have an opportunity to get somewhat acquainted with 1 new members, of whom there are seventy-two,