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Jtoaps anil Jacts. 1 ? The New York Legislature has adopted a ' resolution tendering the hospitalities of the State to General Grant on his return from abroad. ? A dispatch from Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La., reports that three thousand negroes are on the river bank awaiting transportation to Kansas. ? The Missouri Legislature has a novel proposition before it to punish voters who stay away from the polls three elections, in succession, with forfeiture of their right to holcL^ any office inthe Stale--?rr Mr. Abell, of Wabash, Indiana, was successively divorced from three wives. Then he married the first again, and now, upon her 1- *v 1 _ 1 !iL il j fTL aeaio, ne nas reunited wna tne seconu. iub third has reason to hope. ? At the postal card factory, Holyoke, Mass., designs are being made for a new twocent international card, and a doable sized two-cent card for domestic use. The former will be issued about July 1, and the latter next fall. ? Of the colored exodus, the New Orleans Picayune says: "For a time it seemed as if this movement was to be general, and serious fears were felt that it might disorganize the labor of the State and jeopardize its industrial interests. We believe these fears were the product of an exaggerated estimate of the extent of the movement. From what we can learn, the impulse has spent its force." ? William Cornwallis, grandson of the British General, Lord Cornwallis, who surrendered in Yorktown, died of pneumonia at the residence of Charles H. Shinn, near Vince town, IN. J., a lew days ago. lie aiea suiting in a chair, as no one could persuade him to go to bed. He was once a man of means, ut spent his money in dissipation. He was buried in the Friends' Grave-yard, in Vincetown, at the expense of the township. ? The Washington correspondent of the Charleston New and Courier says : "Corbin is not likely to get the chief justiceship of Utah. He says he does not want it, and only consented to allow his name to be used at the earnest solicitation of the President and others. If the Senate fails to confirm his appointment, he will settle in New York and go to practicing law. He will probably settle in New York at an early day. ? Jersey City is making sausages out of horse meat. Jersey men are not, as a people, a hippophagous community; but might take kindly to horse flesh after a time, provided always they are assured the animals do not die a natural death. It is charged, however, . that a sausage-dealer of the city named has been in the practice for some time past of utilizing in his business the carcasses of horses who have died of disease or old age. ? A meeting was called in Eureka, California, to express disapprobation of Senator Comins's course in the Legislature, but, before it had been called to order, the senator himself walked in, took the platform, and made a brief speech in defence of his acts. Then he went down among the audience, shook his fist in the faces of men who had started the movement agartist him, drew a revolver, and dared anybody to present the resolution. The meeting was formally adjourned. ? Ben Butler is not a fool. He perceives the immigration movement. We suggested, the other day, that the movement would do more to settle the negro problem than many J'ears of discussion, through the effect of negro abor on white labor in the North. Butler sees the point He says the Democrats have nothing to complain of in the movement "Wherever," says he, "the Southern Negro and the white Republican laborer come together in the North, there will be one white ReEublican vote less and one badly demoralized lack man." Interests control in politics and settle issues. ? Boston Transcript: The rates of money in the future will be less than in the past. This is a fact that has dawned upon the apprehension of most people having surplus funds at their command. Hence the large subscriptions for United States securities at a much less rate.of interest than has prevailed for money in inflated times. Agents of capitalists are engaged here in lookiug up well^ placed mortgages upon real estate which have expired, or nearly so, and offering to renew the same ^t five and a half per cent, annually, and, in some cases a trifle lower than that. It will be difficult to obtain six per cent, on safe mortgages hereafter. ? Two young men went into the woods near Aurora, Illinois, to play a game of cards. As they were rival lovers and had not previoasly spoken to each other for months, it is conjectured* that the girl in dispute was the stake that they played for. The winner, however, was not permitted to gain the prize, for his opponent instantly shot him through the heart. An effort to settle rivalry by chance had a not less sad result in Texas. The two suitors were convinced that the young woman would accept either if thg other would let her alone, and they agreed^o throw dice to decide which should give her up. The loser honestly endeavored to keep the compact, but the woman refused to be disposed of in that way, and wrote to him that she would mqrru tiaIwIv olao onrl urAtilrl not ovpn fiPP UiUl A J JLi VWVUJ VJUJV} MUU IIVUAU UVV V ? v*i MVV the winner. The latter would not believe that his competitor had tried to retire from the contest, and so murdered him. ? An army officer from Yellowstone Valley tells how a herd of buffaloes were engulfed as they were migrating southward. The herd numbered 2,500, ana when they reached the river ventured upon it with their customary confidence, coming upon it with a solid ' front and beginning the crossing with closed ranks. When the front file, which was stretched out a quarter of a mile in length, had nearly gained the opposite shore, the ice suddenly gave way under them, and four or five hundred animals tumbled into the opening, all in a heap, and sunk out of sight in a twinkling. By this time the rotten ice was breaking under the still advancing herd, and in less than a minute all were submerged. They were wedged in so thickly that they could do nothing but struggle for a second and then disappear beneath the cakes of ice of the swift current. Not a beast in all that mighty herd escaped. ? It is said that the express companies, with a few exceptions, have resolved to make a new classification of rates to regain the ground that has been lost by the competition of the postoffice department through the money order and reeristrv svstems. The lower rates charged by the department for the remittance of small amounts of money and for the transportation of small parcels, have made themselves felt in the express business, and it is expected that decreased charges for such service will result. The extension of the registry system to third-class matter has caused a vast amount of matter to go through the mails that would otherwise have fallen to the express companies, and unless the rates of the department are adopted by the companies or underbid, their losses will increase as the public become more acquainted with the means offered by the government for the cheap transportation of money and parcels. ? The recent placing of the four per cent refunding loan has been several times spoken of in a general way, as ranking with the placing of the French loan in 1872, but a more specific comparison will show that the latter transaction is yet far from paralleled. Secretary Sherman asked for one hundred and fifty million dollars; the French government asked seven hundred millions. AH of the United States loan was taken within the day it was offered; the French loan was taken twelve times over. The syndicate's bid for one hundred and ninety million dollars of bonds and certificates is, probably, the largest single financial transaction known ; but large as it is, it is dwarfed by comparison with the total: subscription for the French loan of eight and | a quarter billions of dollars. The negotiation of the United States loan was done by mail and telegraph, but fixed bayonets were needed to keep thousands of Frenchmen from fighting for places in the lines leading to the subscription books. Ihc ftttMIr inquirer. YORK VILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1879. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and 8tate, in fall, 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 * ? * * ?- in VawIt AAiin. postage to an suuscriuero rcamiug ui a u< ?. w?.. S, who receive the paper at post-offices within e oountv; 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. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 21st, the consideration of the army appropriation bill occupied the day. Speeches were made by Messrs. Bayard and Maxey advocating the clause in the bill prohibiting the use of troops at the polls. The business of the House was confined to the introduction of bills under the call of States, the unprecedented number of 1,385 being offered. In the Senate on the 22nd, Mr. Garland, of Arkansas, and Mr. Davis, of Illinois, spoke in favor of the pending army appropriation bill; and Mr. Allison, of Iowa, spoke in opposition to it. The House passed the subsidiary silver coins bill. As passed, the bill provides that silver coins of smaller denomination than | one dollar may be exchangeable into lawful money when presented in sums of twenty dollars ; makes lawful money exchangeable into silver coins in like amounts; make subsidiary silver coins a legal tender for all debts, public and private, in sums not exceeding twenty dollars, and makes minor coinage receivable at post-offices to the amount of three dollars. Discussion was resumed on the legislative bill. In the Senate on the 23rd, the army appropriation bill was discussed to the exclusion of other business. Mr. Williams, of Kentucky, spoke in favor of the bill, especially of the section forbidding the use of the army at the polls. Alluding to the presence of Confeder ate soldiers in Congress, he said as to these brigadiers, he wished the people of the North had been animated by the same wise policy as their Southern brethren, and had sent their gallant soldiers to be their representatives, because if questions growing out of the war had been left for solution to the brave men who fought the war, the return of prosperity and approach of reconciliation would have been hastened. Mr. Jones, of Florida, followed in support of the bill. The South having been restored to its place in the Union, its people were anxious to co-operate with other sections of the country in restoring complete peace and prosperity everywhere. Its representation being on terms of equality with representatives of other States they have, from time to time, manifested their interest in the affaire of the nation, and after a long night of estrangement they have come into the light and enjoyment of the rights conferred by the Con stitution. Referring to the use of the array at the polls, Mr. Jones said he had seen sol diers marched and countermarched over his j little State. He stated as a fact that a company of troops was marched from Fort Barrancas to Moravia, in 1877, to attend an election, and after the election he saw an officer in his own town remain with the State officers until the returns from the voting polls were canvassed. There was no necessity for troops at the polls. There was no indication whatever of trouble and none was appre hended, and when there was so much interest everywhere concerning the electoral vote of - -J- -* ? ? ??? X Aiinl-Atn |VVA r loriaa, troops wero preseub iu euautm mc villainy of the returning board, which defrauded the people of their President. Mr. Jones spoke of the changed condition of the South under Democratic rule. There was now more thrift, the public credit had been restored and there was more enterprise than under the domination of the Republicans. All people had been stimulated in the improvement of their condition, and they had awakened to a new-born zeal for public liberty and a determination to preserve it. The people were now satisfied with their State governments. Mr. Blaine gave notice that he would renew his amendment to the 6th section. He then read from the testimony before the Teller Committee, taken in South Carolina, that numbers of white men came around the polls firing guns and frightening colored men away. Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, asked Mr. Blaine if it was not true that within the last three days an acquittal had been ordered by the presiding Judge in Charleston county in a case depending on just such evidence as that just read ? Mr. Blaine said he believed there had been a dismissal upon a flaw in the indictment But Mr. Butler insisted that it was on the evidence. Mr. Blaine declared that the elections in South Carolina had been mere travesties on elections. He also characterized, unfavorably, the elections in Louisiana. In the House, on motion of Mr. Wood, of New York, a resolution was adopted, requesting the President to consider the expediency of entering into a convention with France for the negotiation of a treaty which shall ensure a more equal interchange of products and maufactures of each country. The Legislative appropriation bill was then resumed and discussed until adjournment. In the Senate on the 24th, Mr. Conkling made a three hours' speech in opposition to the pending army appropriation bill, his effort in the main being an arraignment of the Democratic party and an earnest support of the Federal election laws. Apparently for the sake of a little variation in the monotony of the proceedings, Mr. Dawes presented the petition of Mrs. Caroline Webster, widow of Col. Fletcher Webster, asking an increase of her pension from thirty to fifty dollars per month. He said this lady was the only surviving representative of Daniel Webster's family, and had been rendered poor by the destruction of the Marshfield property. The bill was referred to the committee on pensions. In the House, Mr. Gillette, of Iowa, made a speech from the Greenback standpoint, in which he denounced the Connecticut antitramp act, and declared that before saying to the Chinese that they must go, he would say to every law on the statute book which oppressed the laboring classes that it must go; National banks must go; National bonds must go; land monopolists must go j/mointains of idle money in the treasury must go into thfl*' channels of business; miUtrvna Ithanrhed by g^^bond^^jirt^jf^nce more to make glad 1 ^CTreartofthe toiler. Did they believe that the popular fire which was raging could be smothered, and that outraged citizens would be satisfied till 1880 with sectional disputes? What the people wanted was bread,not blood. He was amazed at the Datient endurance and long suffering of the people, but he advised prudeuce in future legislation and immediate measures of relief for the country. He was followed by Mr. LaMatyr, of Indiana, who denounced the puerile cry of revolution raised by those who were cowards on the one side, or cormorants on the other side of the great struggle. He had no language in which to utter his contempt for it. On the 25th, the Senate, soon after meeting, proceeded to the consideration of the resolution relating to appointments to office by the Secretary and Seargeant-at-Arms of the Senate. The amendments declaring that no Union soldier shall be removed except for cause, and also that no Confederate soldier shall take the place of any dismissed Union soldier, was defeated by a strict party vote of 26 to 34. The resolution giving the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms absolute power over removals and appointments in their respective departments, was agreed to. The Senate passed the army appropriation bill as it came from the House, without amendment. The House went into committee on the legislative appropriation bill. Mr. Richardson, of South Carolina, spoke in favor of a repeal. The opposition to repeal seemed to be an effort on the part of the Republican party to array a Solid Noj-th against a Solid South; the Solid South only in its adherence to the Constitution. Mr. Van Voorhees, of New York, argued that the election laws were constitutional and necessary for the maintenance of an honest ballot box. Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, said that a stranger who had been present during the debate, from that of Mr. Garfield down to the last speech, would have supposed that instead of a simple proposition to keep the troops from the polls, it was a question as to whether or not the Southern people were liable to be indicted for murder, arson, and other crimes. He had seen, for five years after the war closed, negroes marched to the polls in Mississippi headed by leaders, between drawn swords, and that it had never been regarded by Re-, publicans as an invasion of the rights of the people and of the freedom of the ballot box. This outcry of free ballot for the negro was, therefore, all pretence. In the last two elections in Mississippi there was not a single colored man who had not been absolutely free to cast his vote as he chose. Mr. Hooker then sent to thejClerk's desk and had read, a protest of the inhabitants of Wyandotte, Kansas, against colored immigration, and said that it was only when the negro was at a safe distance that the Republicans were his friends. They never had any use for negroes except to keep them, like sheep in shambles, and run them to the ballot box in the interest of the Republican party. Mr. Haskell, of Kansas, denied that the people of that State were hostile to negroes, but said they did not consider it wise to have thousands of poor people cast upon one point destitute and homeless. The debate was continued by Messrs. Manning, of Mississippi, Goode, of Virginia, Hiscock, of New York, Finley, of Ohio, and others. The Senate was not in session on the 26th. In the House, at 12 M., the discussion on the legislative appropriation bill closed. The amendment offered by Weaver, of Iowa, striking out all proposed legislation except that relating to the test oath, was defeated without a division. A vote was then taken by tellers on Mr. Garfield's amendment striking out all legislation, and it was defeated, 124 to 130. The House then passed the bill by a vote of 140 to 119. The result was received with applause on the Democratic side. Several bills were introduced and the House adjourned until Tuesday. In the Senate on the 28th, the legislative appropriation bill was received from the House and referred to the committee on appropriations. The Senate then took up and passed the House joint resolution to repeal certain clauses in the sundry civil appropriation act of March 3rd, 1879. It makes appropriations for the extension of military telegraph lines in Montana and Texas, and repeals the authority heretofore criven to the senretarv of "V 0 ? J ? war to lease the water-power at Moline to the Moline Power Company. The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of Pendleton's bill, giving seats on the floor of the Senate and House to the heads of departments, and that gentleman made a speech in its advocacy. Morrill followed Pendleton, opposing the bill, which was, on motion of Pendleton, laid on the table to be called up hereafter. The best information obtainable on the subject of the consideration given by the President and members of the cabinet to the army bill, is to the effect that it will be vetoed. Members of the administration intimate that the cabinet is unanimous in favoring such action. + + . SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. tj -iur> iiyiatje u. 11 luuuia, au uiu iraiu&ui of Columbia, died at Cherokee Springs on the 24th ultimo. j ? From September 1st, 1878, to April 19, ! 1879, there were shipped from Gaffney City, on the Air Line Railroad, 4,879 bales of cotton. ? The market gardeners of Charleston have commenced the shipment of new Irish potatoes to New York. The first shipment was made on Saturday last. ? At a primary election held in Sumter last week, Dr. J. J. Bossard was nominated as a candidate for State Senator, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Fraser. ? The residence of Mrs. Ruth Marshal, at Adam's Run, on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, together with a large portion of the furniture and other valuables, were destroyed by fire last week. ? On Thursday last, in Columbia, Judge Thomson rendered a decision refusing to require the Treasurer of Richland county to receive bills of the Bank of the State for taxes. ? Judge Bond left Charleston on Thursday evening last for Baltimore, but will return to the former city on the 10th of May, at which time Chief Justice Waite is expected to be present to hear a number of important civil cases. ? About midnight on Thursday last, the livery stables in Columbia, belonging to George Keenan, were destroyed by fire. Besides the buildings, six horses, several vehicles, and all the harness were destroyed. The loss is estimated at five thousand dollars, two thousand of which is covered by insurance. .. ? Fish-Commissioner^Bull^f^ig now in Washington loofeftgafter the interests of his departm^f^ Arrangements are being made todistribute a large number of young fish in the larger streams of this State at an early day. A few young salmon and shad, of last year's plant, have been caught this season in South Carolina waters. ? Hon. James Simons, a prominent lawyer and citizen of Charleston, died in that city on Saturday last, aged about sixty-six years. In 1842, he was elected a member of the State legislature, and was continuously reelected up to 1862. In 1850 he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, wuicn position ne occupied lor iweive years. ? In Abbeville county, the farmers report their crops in an encouraging condition, and say^ that the damage done to the corn is not so lasting or extensive as they at first supposed. A great deal of the corn that had been cut down to the ground by the frost, has come out again.and is growing finely. Wherever the wheat was in the boot, it was irretrievably injured. ? On Wednesday of last week, the New York agent of E. B., Wesley and others, called upon the State Treasurer and made a formal demand for the payment pf a million and a quarter of Blue Ridge scrip. This action on the part of these agents is supposed to be the basis of a suit to be brought against the State for the recovery of this money. It is almost needless to say the demand was not complied with. . ? Mr. McKinley, of the New and Courier staff, who is in Y/ashington, writes to his paper, under date of last Friday, as follows in regard to the health of Senator Hampton: "I am sorry to have to say that Gen. Hampton has experienced?a great deal of suffering since bis arrival here. He is a regular attendant upon the sessions of the Senate, but is not apparently strong enough to warrant him in doing so. I hear the most flattering expressions in regard to him on all sides, and I am constantly beset with inquiries relative to his great campaign in 76." ? The monument to the Confederate dead at Columbia, will be unveiled on Tuesday, the 13th instant, at 4 o'clock, p. m. The Board of Directors of the Monument Association extend a cordial invitation to all friends of the cause, especially the survivors of the Confederate States army and navy, also the military organizations throughout the State, to be present and assist in the ceremonies of the day. Liberal arrangements have been made for excursion trips with all th? railroads leading into Columbia, and it is expected that a large number of people will be in attendance. It is understood that Senators Haraptoa and jButler and many other distinguished persons will be present on the occasion. ? Mr. Charles Foster, a well-known merchant of Charleston, died in Boston, on Sunday of last week, from an attack of typhoid pneumonia, in the 64th year of his age. At the time of his death he was on a business visit to Boston. He commenced business in Charleston in the dry^oods house of Joseph Lawton & Co., and afterwards went into business for himself in the fiim of Bowen, Foster & Co., where, he.ren^oed - until the business was broken up by the* wjir. During the war the deceased held the position of confidential agent of Fraser, Trenholin & Co., in Europe, and had an important connection with their blockade business. After the war he was connected with the firm of Marshall, Burge & Bowen as salesman, and subsequently became connected in partnership with Mr. E. E. Sell under the firm name of Sell & Foster. He withdrew from this business in July, 1877, and up to the time of his death had been occupied as traveling agent for several firms. ? The Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Good Templars, assembled in Colombia on Tuesday of last week, and continued in ses? ? it J? i Sion in ret) UUys. JUUCIl Ulicicst w?o uannmied by those in attendance, and every effort is being made to give such earnest attention to the future usefulness of the order as will make it felt for good in the State. A resolution, looking to the holding of a State Temperance Convention, composed of delegates from the several temperance organizations in this State, during the present year, was agreed to. Resolutions were presented and referred in relation to the passage of prohibitory laws; also, in relation to the licensing of stills for the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors. The election pf officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: W. H. Cuttino, G.* W. C. T.; Rev. Thomas E. Gilbert, G. W. C.; Mrs. C. E. Gilbert, G. VV. V. T.; Thomas N. Berry, G, W. S.; C. L. Fike, G. W. T.; Mrs. C. E. Gilbert, S. J. T.; J. H. Brice, R. R. W. G. L.; Rev. S. Leard, G. W. C.; J. H. Brice, G. W. M. The next meeting will be held at Newberry. 4. 4 NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Miss Holton, the woman lawyer, has located at Dobson, Surry county. ? Capt. S. E. Gilmer is building a hotel in Winston, which it is claimed will be the finest building in the State. ? The oil and bone of a whale killed on the North Carolina coast,-^iSar Morehead City, on the 11th instant, sold for $2,484.05. ? The Charlotte Demotrat and the Greensboro Patriot report that all the fruit is not killed in their respected localities. ? Gloster Welborne, colored, died in Randolph county, on the 31st of March, aged 116 years. ? J. N. Pattison, the eminent musician and composer, has been spending several weeks in Raleigh. ? Quite a number of railroad officials, of various roads in Virginia and North and South Carolina, were in conclave at Raleigh last week. ? James Duncan, an insane man, who had for some time been confined in the jail of Greensboro, hanged himself in his cell on Sunday night of last week. ? The Shelby Aurora says there have been something over 5,000 chsttel mortgages given in Cleveland county since the 1st of last January. ? Judge Kerr has telegraphed the Sheriff of Gaston, that his physician would not consent to his attempting to hold the Superior Court of that county, wlich was to have begun last Monday. ? The Newbern NuteJull reports a terrible casualty by which, on Thursday of last week, near Adam's creek, tw) young ladies and i their horses were stricken to the earth by a ! thunderbolt. Miss Mattie Ireland and her j horse were instantly killed. Miss Nora Holland was rendered almost blind, and was paralyzed on one side. Her horse was only severely shocked. ? The Raleigh Observef learns that a whole family of colored people living in Pender county, were poisoned from eating honey ob tained from a bee tree. One who ate the heartiest, died in two hours after eating the honey; the others, by proper medical aid, have nearly recovered. It is dangerous to *&tfconey in thejearly. anvhig months that bees have "fecently made, especially if the honey is of wild bees, as this was. ? Richard Lee, who was convicted of burglary at the fall term of Fayetteville Superior Court, and sentenced to be hanged, and who appealed to the Supreme Court, was resentenced last Saturday to be hanged on the 9th instant, the Supreme Court having affirmed the judgment. Three burglars, under sentence of death, are to be hanged in Hillsboro to-morrow, the Supreme Court having also refused them a new trial. * MERE-MENTION. Recent heavy rains in Texas caused a flood in the city of Houston last Saturday. The water rose to the height of ten feet in some of the streets, and swept away many dwelling and warehouses. A member of the Texas Legislature, addressing that body the other day, spoke in the 8panish language, and whs comprehended by a majority of bis hearers. An attempt was made at Chicago, last Thursday night, to assassinate Booth, the tragedian. While on the stage, two shots were flred at him from the gallery. Neither took effect. The would be assassin, whose name is Gray, was arrested. He bears a slight resemblance to Booth, and fancies that he is the tragedian's slighted son. Bi9hop Ames, of the Methodist Church, North, died in Baltimore on Friday last, in the sev&nty-fourth year of his age. John E. Poindexter, tried recently at Richmond, Va., for killing C. C. Curtis some time ago for insulting a lady, has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The jury assessed his punishment at two year's imprisonment in the penitentiary. ?,,Florida negroes are said to be otuigrating to Louisiana to take the places of the victims of the Kansas fever. Gen. James P. Brownlow, late cavalry officer in the United States army, and son of ex-Senator Brownlow, died at his mother's residence in Knixville, Tenn., last Saturday night. The remains were taken to-day to Franklin for interment. Prof. Warren DuPre, at one time a member of the faculty of Wofford College, at Spartanburg, died at Abingdon, Virginia, on Friday last EDITORIAL INKLINGS. , Success of a Domestic Loan. Georgia has just disposed of a large four per cent loan to her own citizens without the expenditure of a penuy in the way of advertising or commissions, and is quite justified in feeling rather proud about it When Mr. Garrard, a young man serving his first term in the Legislature, brought forward the scheme of such a loan, he was laughed at, but he felt sure he was right, and kept pegging away till he succeeded in getting his bill through. The result has fully justified his confidence. The State Treasurer simply gave notice that the bonds were to be had, and they have all been sold over his counter without any expense to the State, the great bulk being taken by small investors and scarcely any going outside of Georgia; while orders for $150,000 more were on hand when the last had been dispose'd of. There could be no more convincing proof of the State's financial soundness, and good judges already predict that the whole indebtedness, which now pays seven and eight per cent interest, will soon be refunded in fours, thus reducing the burden of the interest charge nearly one half. The Army Appropriation BUI. The army appropriation bill having passed the Senate with the provision prohibiting the use of troops at the polls, speculation is rife as to what disposition will be made of it by the President. While it has been given out, as if by authority, that he will veto the bill, the contrary opinion prevails with many that it will receive his official sanction. The New York Herald argues to that effect as follows: He cannot veto the array bill merely be cause his own party demand and expect it. He cannot veto the army bill on account of something which may or may not be in the legislative appropriation bill. He cannot veto it because other legislation is attached to it as a rider, for that is the common practice of Congress. He cannot veto itron the ground that he thinks the presence of soldiers at the polls is necessary, because, in the first place, he does not think so, and has officially declared his repugnance to interfering with civil government by the military arm, and because, as Mr. Blaine showed in his late speech, the soldiers are not to be had for the purpose, even if they were needed. In fact a veto can no more be justified to the country at large upon rational grounds, than a refusal to veto the bill could be justified to the "stalwarts" upon any ground. Twelfth Regiment, S. C. Y. A meeting of survivors of Companies C and F, of the Twelfth Regiment, 8. C. V., was held at Winnsboro, on Saturday last The meeting was organized by calling Lieut J. R. Boyles, of Company C, to the chair, and requesting Mr. Nathan C. Robertson, of Company C, to act as secretary. On motion of Mr. Geo. S. Hinnant, the names of those present who were members of Company C or F, were enrolled as follows: Company C.?Capt. John A. Hinnant, Lieut J. R. Boyles, Sergt 8. W. Broom, Lawrence D. Carter, Henry N. Hinnant, J. W. Robinson, Dr. T. F. Broom, N. C. Robertson, Robert Smart, Frank N. Wilson. Company F.?S. W. Ruff, J. Henry Brice, filjmn danrrra S Hinnant Milt/in f! U ailiUO uiuaii| gw miuummvi utikvM -w? Harrison, Jaraea T. Tims, William McDowell, Daniel Bird. On motion, it was resolved that Daniel Bird, Samuel Thomas and Kelly Miller, colored men who were with the regiment during the war, be admitted as members of the organization. Capt. John A. Hinnant, of Company C, and Mr. S. W. Ruff, of Company F, were appointed corresponding secretaries of the organization. On motion of Mr. Geo. S. Hinnant, it was resolved that a meeting be held at Winnsboro on the last Saturday, being the 28th day, of June next, at 11 o'clock, a. m., for the purpose of receiving statistics and perfecting the organization. Better Times in New York. Alluding to the revival of business in New York, a recent letter from that city says: There is comparatively little complaint this season about trade. The majority of the dealers seem well satisfied thus far, and take a hopeful view of the future. There appears to be a decided improvement all around. The head of one of the oldest and largest firms in New York said the other day that all the indications point to a decade of the souudest prosperity that the country has yet known. He did not quite like the disposition shown by the Greenback men iu Washington, but he thought the time was past when they could do any serious harm, even if Congress gave them a chance to talk all their theories threadbare. The currency question has practically settled itself, and there won't be any more actual trouble on that score. This view is shared by nearly all busings*, men who express jMesdr^-oir tFe subject at alL Mothci good sign is the evident in-efease of employment There are not near so many idle men to be seen as we bad a year ago. If exact statistics could be obtained, it would probably be seen that the general condition of the working classes is very nearly as good as before the panic. I know that the contrary view is the one most generally expressed, but the result of my own observation does not agree with it The decline in wages has been great, hut not so much more so, if any, than the decline in the cost of food, fuel and clothing. The situation is certainly more cheerful on all sides than it was twelve months ago, and there is abundant reason to believe that the change for the better will continue. Pardoa of Cardoso and Smalls. A_ rrr 3 3 ./ I..* 1_ n yju vy eaneauay 01 just w<;?*., vjuvcinor Simpson pardoned ex-State Treasurer F. L. Cardozo, and ex-Congressman Robert Smalls, both colored. Cardozo, who was confined in the jail of Richland county was immediately set at liberty. The following are the faots in connection with the conviction and sentence of Cardozo and Smalls. . CardoZfe was convicted on the 8th of November, 1877, before Judge Townsend and a jury of six whites and six colored men, of conspiracy to defraud the State, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the county jail of Richland and to pay a fine of $4,000, or in default of the payment of the fine, to an additional year's imprisonment. From this sentence Cardozo took an appeal to the Supreme Court, of the State, which appeal was dismissed, by the Supreme Court, on the 29th of November last. Shortly afterwards Cardozo, who had been at large on bail, pending the decision of the Supreme ry . ?. 1 n?l u:? J uuurt) nsuiiucu iu vuiuuiuio, duucuwiui himself to the sheriff, and was incarcerated in the Richland county jail. Robert Smalls was tried and convicted before Judge Townsend and a jury of six white and six colored men on the 11th of November, 1877. The charge was that he had reeeived a bribe of $5,000 as 8tate Senator on the 18th of December, 1872. He was sentenced to. three years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary. 8malls also appealed to the Supreme Court of the State, a motion in arrest of judgment haviug previously been made and refused by the State Court. The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal at the same time as the appeal of Cardozo. Smalls, however, took bis case before the Supreme Court of the United States. On Tuesday of last week these proceedings were discontinued by Smalls, who threw himself on the mercy of the State. Address by Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass, the colored orator, and the foremost man of his race in the Union, delivered a lecture, last week, in Staunton, Virginia, for the benefit of a colored church. The Staunton Virginian publishes a synopsis of the lecture as follows: The lecture was largely attended by the most cultivated white people of the place, who warmly congratulated the speaker upon the conclusion of bis lecture on "Self-mnde Men," which occupied over two hours. He advised his colored hearers not to trust to Providence aud prayer, but to go to work honestly, systematically and conscientiously. He him self had prayed tor three long years that rree dom might come to him ; but ii never came until the prayers got down into his legs and carried him away. He believed in helping no man who was able to help himself, ana advised the colored people to be diligent, isduatrious, economical, clean in their persons and honest in their dealings, and stay where they are. He deprecated the exodus from the South, saying that the warm climate was the best for thSra, and that one of the most unfortunate predicaments that can be imagined is "a negro in a snow bank." It don't look right, "the colors do not blend harmoniously. Stay where you are," said the lecturer, "and so conduct yourself that men will be bound to respect you?work with head and handsseek to acquire knowledge as well as property, and in time you may have the honor of going to Congress, for if the negro can stand Congress, Congress ought to be able to stand the negro." Addressing himself to the white people present, Marshal Douglass said: "These negroes are among you, and will remain with you. You need not expect them to die like the Indians. They are too fond of civilizing influences for that. An Indian is contented with a blanket, while a negro's ambition is a swallow tailed coat; the Indians don't like churches and steeples, while the negro thinks the higher the steeple the nearer they are to Heaven. They are essentially imitative, and if by their efforts they seek to raise themselves from poverty and attain to the excellence of gooa citizenship, give them a chance. Sell them lands, and let them practice your economy and thrift Teach them to be honest, industrious and systematic, and yon will yourselves reap the reward, foe on the trade winds of eternal justice there will come to this land a peace and prosperity it has never known before." The Hnrderer of Col. Alston, The case of Edward Cox for the murder of Col. Alston, was taken up in the Atlanta criminal court on the 21st ultimo, and after some discussion among counsel, Judge Hillyer ordered the case to be set for Monday last, the 28th. Alluding to the pending trial, the Herald says: This case is, of course, of the intensest interest, and is attended by the ablest.counsel in Georgia. Cox will be defended by ex-.j Congressman Candler, Gen. Gartrell, K. R. Jeffries, Col. Abbot Billupe and four other londirifT firmn. The nrnftecution will be con ducted by Solicitor-General Ben. Hill, Jr., Judge Hopkins, Judge Hall, of Macon, Col. Hawkins, of Amencus, Judge Twiggs, of Augusta, Gen. Garlington, of South Caroli* na, Hon. W. H. Hulsey and perhaps half a dozen others. The defence will be based upon the statement that just before Alston shot, he turned as if to walk away,'drew his pistol while his back was turned, and fired as he wheeled. Treasurer Renfroe has sworn, however, that Alston turned to try to walk into' the next room, but, seeing Cox entering that room by another door with his pistol in his hand cocked, saw that there was no alternative but to fight He, therefore, turned and drew his pistol, Cox's already being out Mr. Renfroe further swears that the men's hands crossed as they fired, and that the explosions were so nearly simultaneous that he could not tell which fired first Another point of defence is that Alston followed Cox to the Capitol, which is explained by the prosecution as follows: When Gov. Colquitt left Alston at Berron's restaurant, he said he would go and talk with Cox and effect an adjustment of the difficulty. Shortly afterward Alston walked over to the Capitol. That his purpose was still to avoid Cox is shown by the evidence, that?as he passed the treasury window the janitor told him that Cox was up stairs, looking for him. Went over, retraced his steps and went into the treasury, and in abundant caution ordered the janitor to close the door. In a moment Cox burst the door open and TKo nonoral imnwwainn in that C)m CUIC1CU* JL liv gvuvtw* ww.vu .? ? ? will be convicted. A strange circumstance is quoted in this connection. It has always been the law in Georgia that in case of purely circumstantial evidence, "a recommendation to mercy" by the jury made hanging impossible, and commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life. Col. Alston, at the last session, by earnest advocacy, bad a bill passed, that a recommendation to mercy should save the prisoner's neck in all cases of direct or indirect evidence. Probably the first man who will appeal to the clemency of this new law framed by Alston's kindly impulses*will be his own murderer. Cox has entirely recovered from his wounds, and upon looking at him it would be hard to tell that he had been shot The wound in his mouth is singularly closed. r*?se*!*u stairs. NEW ADTERTI8EKENTS. Andrew Jackson, Jadge of Probate?Citation? J. P. Moore, Applicant?Robert M. Love, Deceased. Latimer $ Hempbill?Remember that Latimer A Hemphill's-Is the plaoe to get the worth of Your Money. Kennedy Brothers A Barron? Dry Goods, Notions, Etc.?Ready-Made Clothing. Bennett A Motfatt, Proprietoi h?' The Best/' W. G. Patterson, Proprietor?'Fdr Health and Pleasure go to Pattersons Celebrated Springs. Jno. T. Patrick, Sole Manufacturer, Wadeaboro, N. C.?The Millionaire. W. A. Moore, Auditor of York county?Tax Returns lor 1879. J. F. Wallace, Clerk C. C. Pis.?Notice to Creditors . ? 4 nio s./v/TTSkll DlfOrUAQV l >. 4 J IIAHUD WI VII a. vnvunoui On Wednesday of last week, Capt. J. E. Gardner, who represents at this place the house of J. M. Ivy & Cd., of Rock Hill, purchased 244 bales of cotton in this market. TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Wash Hope, on his return from Charleston last week, brought with him a variety of tropical fruiBfecluding a few water melons imported to Charleston from San Salvador. The melons were about the size of a ten-cent melon in our market at the middle of the sea- 1 son, and sell in Charleston at $5 per dozen. PERSONAL. We were pleased to receive a call last Tuesday from our former townsman, Mr. Joseph W. Colcock, who for the past two years has been living in Texas. Mr. Colcock is on a visit to his friends and relatives here. He is in business at Paris, and we are gratified to learn that his prospects in the Lone Star State are quite flattering. PICNIC. There will be a picnic at Pleasant Ridge, on P ami T. RailrrauJ. next Satiirdav. the train lor that point leaving here at 8 o'clock, A. M. The excursion will be under the management of H. H. Beard, F. E. Smith, F. A. Gilbert and J. M. Hope, and they promise a pleasant time to all who would avail themselves of the occasion to take a day's recreation. AGENTH FOB THE ENQUIRES* The following named persons are authorized to receive the names of subscribers to the Enquires and give receipts on payment of subscriptions : T. Gid Culp, Esq., Fort Mill, 8. C. George T. Schorb, Chester, 8. C. Capt. Ed. M. Mills,.. Rock Hill, a O. Joshua D. Gwiou, Esq Clover, 8. C. OUR FIRST SNAKE STORY. Our townsman Dr. Walker, contributes the first snake story we have received this season. Taking a walk the> other day, he informs us, he met a spreading or black adder, which he classifies with the viper family. The snake, discovering the presence of an enemy, pretended to bite itself on the back, and then with much writhing, and apparently in great agony, affected to die?lying quite BtilPand motionless. The Doctor, suspecting a trick, waited near by for about ten minutes, when, as he surmised would be.the result, the snake attempted quietly to crawl away. The Doctor then dispatched the snake, and on close inspection, discovered that it did not bite itself at all; and he is further convinced, by examination, that this species of snake has neither ^ deadly fang nor poisonous venom. He say* also that the viper's eye is not a glass window, as it appears to be, but the eye has a washer the same as the eyes of animals. : STEELE, ri. C, C.&A. RAILROAD. The Supreme Court has just rendered a decision in the above case, which was an action ? by the plaintiff against the defendant for $15,000 damages for injuries sustained by him in the falling in of the railroad bridge and cars at the South Fork of Fishing Creek, in this county, in November, 1877.. The case was tried before Judge Aidrich and a jury aV the September term, 1878, of the Circuit Court for York county, and the jury rendered a verdict of $10,000 for plaintiff. Defendant's counsel made a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was againBt the preponderance of testimony and the damages excessive. The motion was refused and the defendant appealed. The Supreme Court dismiss the appeal on the ground that it has no power, under the ' Constitution prescribing its jurisdiction, to award new trials for errors of fact in the verdict of juries, alleged to have been committed in this case, on the ground that the verdict was against the preponderance of testimony and the damages excessive; its authority in granting new trials being limited only to the review and correction of errors at low in the decisions and rulings of the Judge. Messrs. Wilson & Wilson attorneys for plaintiff, and Bion and Hart for defendant. RAMPANT ABOLITIONISTS. ? WHAT THE OLD-LINERS BAY IN REGARD^ TO THE NEGRO EXODUS. A mass meeting was held at the Cooper ^ Institute in New York, on Wednesday of last week, to express sympathy with the colored people who are leaving Louisiana and Mississippi, to seek new homes in the West. The meeting was large in numbers, the audience consisting almost entirely of colored people of both sexes. The features of the affair were the bitterness of what was said and the insignificance of what was done?only $234 having been collected. The following liberally savage resolutions were, however, adopted: : Whereas the colored, people are leaving the South by thousands and are seeking new haunts in the West; whereas their innocent " fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, wives, and. other relatives and friends have beeo stricken down in cold blood and their lifeless flesh been left as food for the Southern turkey buzzard ; whereas a tree has been made by brutal men a perpendicular delivery bed for an innocent pregnant wife and a mother to die A on; Whereas.the colored people have toiled I without being compensated, and have been marmleAalv rnhhed: whereas extreme ex tor tion has been the policy of those who hare furnished them with, the needs of life; whereas education has been denied them; whereas they have not been permitted to worship God in peace; whereas uey have relied on the Federal arm at Washington, and it nnder the control of professed friends, and found no protection and have baen made to live a 1 ife of peril; and whereas the colored refugee; have horror stricken fears as to the state of things which will be true of the South, should the Federal army after 1880 be under the' control of those who have affiliated with their oppressors ; We approve of their movement to such a new home in the West and resolve to do all in our power to assist them, and do call upon every man, woman and child to extend to them a helping hand. Thurlow Weed and others of less note, black and white, spoke. Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison sent letters, the reading of which called oat the most enthusiastic applause. Wendell Phillips wrote: "I am exceedingly sorry that I cannot be with you. My health is not such as to allow of it. I have no words to describe what I consider the importance of your meeting. Only two paths are open to the coloAd men of the South: one is to resist and protect themselves against intolerable oppression by arms; the other is to leave, one-half of them, their homes, and teach their oppressors justice by the severe lesson of suffering. Leave the tyrants and bullies to till their own soil or starve, while they do nothing but wrong and rob their laborers. Without laborers the Southern acres are worth nothing. Even a Southerner will come to his senses, or if he never had any senses, obtain some, when he is starved. I trust the North will, as in Kansas days, organize and help to open channels and contribute means for a large emigration