Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 27, 1879, Image 2
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.
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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
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? 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.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.i
THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 27, 1879.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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"
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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,