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Jtoaps and partis. ? The New York city General Sessions' Grand Jury made a report, Wednesday afternoon, declaring that the most of the crimes that come under their supervision were caused by intoxicating liquors. ? There was never but one duel fought in Illinois. One of the belligerents was killed on the field. The survivor was tried for murder, was convicted and hanged by the neck until he was quite dead. ? A rumor comes from Paris that bonnets are to be worn on the head hereafter. It strikes us the head would be a good place on which to wear a bonnet, but such a departure will look a little odd at first ? Mormonism still continues to gain a few converts, mainly from benighted Europe, where the real character of the institution is not understood. One hundred and thirty eight converts landed in New York on Thursday last. j They were in charge of Elder Pratt and at once left for Salt Lake City. ? Over 300 colored refugees from the South arrived at Atchkison, Kansas, last Friday, all destitute. They were housed in the colored churches. Citizens have temporarily aided them, but all unite in saying that great suffering must result if this migration of totally destitute people does not stop. ? The rice fields on the Cape Fear River, near Wilmington, which have lain idle and grown up with weeds since the war, have been reclaimed and planted this season by several energetic parties, who expect to raise at least 200,000 bushels of rice in the next five years. ? A contemporary has been asked, "Can a man belong to a brass band and be a Christian ?" It replies: "We see no impediment in the way. But if he is a member of a brass band, and is given to practicing on a cornet or a trombone at home, it is an impossibility for the man living next door to be a Christian." ? One day last week, the House of the Pennsylvania legislature adopted a resolution, by a strict party vote, authorizing the apSiintment of a joint committee to welcome rant upon his arrival in this country, in the Dame of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, provided there shall be no expense to the State. On Friday last, Grant was at Hong Kong, China. ? The Missouri State central committee, in session at Jefferson City, last Thursday night, adopted resolutions approving President XT a WAfA aP n MtYttT A WTVUAIMn Q f lAn Kill xxaj to TV/W ui nug miuj a^/|/iv|/u??isvu v??| favoring a thorough organization of the Republican party throughout the State, and declaring Grant their choice for President in 1880. No time was fixed for holding the State convention. * ? There is one Democrat whom Zachariah Chandler always treats with marked respect That is Senator Voorhees. Reason : In the dining-room of the Kirkwood House, Washington, a good many years ago, Zachariah ventured to refer to Voorhees as a traitor and copperhead. Whereupon Daniel hoisted a pitcher full of milk and sprawled him. The landlord was kind enough not to charge either for the pitcher or the milk. ? So far as is known, no genuine case of hydrophobia has ever yet been cured in this country. A correspondent of the New York Herald asserts that a discoverv of a cure for the fearful malady has been made in Russia, the remedy being pure oxygen. A little Russian girl was recently attacked by the disease and the physicians thereupon made her inhale three cubic feet of oxygen. In the course of an hour and a half all the symptoms disappeared and- the child remained calm. On the next day but one, the malady returned in all its distressing characteristics. A fresh inhalation of oxygen was tried, and at the end of forty-five minutes the attack subsided and never returned. ? A man, calling himself Charles H. Pendleton, of New Haven, Ct., recently arrived in San Francisco, having traveled by palace car from the Atlantic to the Pacific without paying a cent for passage. The feat was accomplished on a wager of $10,000, and by means of a hammock, which was slung crosswise between the rods which run under the palace cars. The hammock had stays to keep it from swinging and a contrivance to haul it and its occupant close up to the bottom of the car whenever the train stopped, in order to escape observation. The hammock was lined with oilskin, and another oilskin, with a veil attached to keep the dust from the face of the traveler, covered the top. On the brakerods and other convenient places were hung canned meats, &e., upon which the adventurer subsisted during his journey. ? A remarkable departure seems about to be undertaken by the Jews of the United Cfafoa Af annual nnnvrnnfinn in fKo PTa. 4Ay tug aiiuuoi vvuiguuvu iu tug aav brew congregations at Cincinnati last summer, a committee was appointed to consider the subject of colonization, and this committee has reported that, in their opinion, tue true emancipation of Jews consists in the greater infusion of a spirit of manhood and self-dependence, which can best be ddBfe by encouraging the millions of Israelites dwelling in Eastern and Southern Europe to become farmers and mechanics. The committee points to the broad, free acres of the West, ready to yield untold wealth, and impart to millions of Jews that spirit of true independence that the owner and tiller of the soil always enjoys. The Jew, as "a farmer, is truly a unique idea in these modern days, and yet it is but a return to the life and work of the forefathers in the golden days .of the race; and there seems no reason to doubt that the shrewd business tact that is proverbially attributed to this people, and their remarkable success under the weight of the persecution of ages, may be displayed as brilliantly in agricultural pursuits as in other fields. ? The faith which the backers of Keely continue to manifest in the "new motor," is one of the remarkable features of the times. Though several groups of scientific men have examined the alleged motor and have pronounced it a deception and a delusion, business men, sensible and careful, are still found ready to put up the money for him to complete his experiments. Like Mr. Edison's electric light, it is always nearly completed, and awaits only a connectfng link or linch-pin or something of the kind for complete success. The world is thus kept hanging on the verge of a great event whicn is to revolutionize things, and thus year after year it continues to hang. Keely has indeed demonstrated +V.q avintanno nf a ttqaf fnrro Vva aon i>nn. iiiv PAiOKWIW V* ?v v MWV AVAVV ** u?vu UV VMM VVM trol?compressed air some scientists said it was, an explosive agent others said?but there are difficulties about accepting either of these hypotheses, and no satisfactory explanation has been made of the "Keely fraud." It is now announced that the Keely power has been harnessed up to a vibratory engine and that it had a prodigious working power, perfectly under control. Mr. Keely is at work at present busy "focalizing the machine." What that means is one of those things no fellow can find out; but it probably means that another loan is about to be called for by the inventor. ? A correspondent throws considerable light upon what has been well called "the mysterious exodus" of the negroes of Louisiana to Kansas. Mysterious it has been, and more so for the reason that scores of conflicting explanations have been given of the sudden and unannounced movement of hundreds of persons from one part of the country, where they were settled and at work, to another, remote, unknown to them. Letters from Louisiana state that the instigators of the hegira were in all probability agents of land and railroad companies in Kansas. That the etories told to induce the negroes to leave the State for a new country were ever believed by them is almost incredible; but the negroes of Louisiana and Mississippi are the very ones to be so imposed upon. Even though ill treatment and injustice from the whites make a change desirable, such a blind rush in the dark as is now being made, is greatly to be deplored. And the men at whose doors the lies told are laid, deserve more than censure. Among the stories manufactured by them are the following: The government is to give the negroes lands and mules, &c., when they get to Kansas; the government will not allow them to remain in Louisiana, but at the end of eighteen months will send Indians to kill those who remain; the Queen of Spain has bought all the lands along the Southern Mississippi, and will slaughter them if they do not clear out, Ac., Ac. In addition to this, gorgeously illuminated chromos have been distributed among them with the most glowing descriptions of life in the West Where words fail to convince, the chromos do the business. YORKFIL.LE, S. C. s THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1879. - t How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the oounty; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable wit^out*additional^arge to the subscriber. Watch the Figores.?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 tamo fr>r niiKBPrintinn. Advertising and iob work, are cash in advance. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. On the 29th, both Houses of Congress adjourned, soon after assembling, in respect to the memory of the late Representative Clarke. In the Senate on the 30th, the considera* tion of the House bill providing for certain expenses of the present , session and for other purposes, was resumed, the pending question being whether it was in order to amend as proposed by the Plumb appropriation of $136,000 to pay mileage for the present session. The bill providing for the expenses of the Senate passed, after which the health bill was discussed at considerable length. In the House, immediately after the reading of the journal, the Speaker presented to the House the veto message of the President upon the army bill, and it was read by the Clerk. Little or no attention was paid to the reading by members on either side of the House. On the conclusion of the reading of the message, Mr. Sparks offered the following: Ordered that the message of the President, just read, be entered at length on the journal as required by the Constitution of the United States, and that the House will to morrow proceed to consider said message and thereafter to reconsider the bill making an appropriation for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 20th, 1880, and that said message be printed. Adopted. The House adopted an order for entering the veto message on the journal, and for its consideratiuu to morruTT. In the Senate on the 1st instant, the only matter considered was the bill to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States. In the House, the question came up as unfinished business of the previous day on the postponement until Saturday of the bill reported from the Coinage Committee, amending the statutes relating to coinage and gold and silver bullion certificates. Pending the question was an ordering of the main question on the resolution postponing the consideration of the bill relating to coinage and certificates, and it was ordered?yeas 115, nays 107. The resolution was then adopted. Mr Rnnrta nf Tllinnis called nn the order made yesterday to reconsider the army appropriation bill, and the House voted upon the question whether, upon reconsideration, the House will pass the bill, notwithstanding the objections of the President. No debate was permitted upon the motion. The House refused to pass the army appropriation bill over the President's veto, the vote standing yeas 120, nays 110?not the necessary twothirds in the affirmative. It was strictly a party vote. Only three of the Greenbackers voted for the bill; nine voting against it. In the Senate on the 2nd, Mr. Johnston, of Virginia, introduced a bill amendatory of the Texas Pacific Railway act, so as to take some of the lands granted to it and vest them in the Southern Pacific Railway Company, and providing for a junction of the two roads at El Paso, etc. Referred to the committee on railways. The pending business was announced as being the resolution of the committee on privileges and elections to investigate the fclaim of Spofford to Kellogg's seat. Hoar offered a substitute declaring that the former action of the Senate seating Kellogg, was final and conclusive on the subject. The Kellogg-Spofford contest went over with the expiration of the morning hour. The health bill was further considered. The House was not in session. In the House on the 3rd, the consideration of the bill reported from the coinage committee, amending the statutes relating to coinage and coin and bullion certificates, was resumed. Warner, of Ohio, offered an amendment providing that gold and silver bullion, which shall become the property of the government 6y the return of certificates to the treasury in payment of dues thereto, shall be coined and paid out the same as other money. He made an argument in support of his substitute, after which Claflin, of Massachusetts, obtained the floor and the House adiourned. whereuDon a Democratic caucus was ! j / 4 " announced to be held forthwith. In the Senate on the 5th, the consideration of the bill to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases was resumed and recommitted in order to be amended. The bill to extend the time for special I postal service was passed. Eaton introduced ; a bill similar to the one in the House, to pro-j hibit military interference at the elections, which was referred to the judiciary committee. ' In the House, under the call of the States, the following bill was introduced and refer- j ed: By Ladd, of Maine, to prohibit military interference at elections?referred to the committee on the judiciary. The following is the text of the bill: "Whereas, The presencf of troops at the polls is contrary to the spirit of our people, and tends to destroy the freedom of elections; therefore, be it enacted, ticc., That it shall not be lawful to bring to or employ at any place where a general or special election is being held, in a State, any part of the array or navy of the United States, un-' Jess such force be necessary to repel the arm- j ed enemies of the United States or-to enforce , section 4, article 4, of the constitution of the United States, and laws made in pursuance thereof, on application of the Legislature or Executive of the State where such force is to be used; and so much of all laws as is inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The State treasurer disbursed nearly $87,000 during the month of April. ? Rock Hiil has contributed upwards of one hundred dollars for the Walterboro sufferers. ? The Register says there is a rose bush in Columbia which ceased to bloom when Sherman burned the city, and never bloomed again until Hamptou was declared Governor. ? Mr. Daniel Horlbeck has resigned bis position as clerk of the United States District Court. Mr. E. M. Seabrook, it is said, will succeed mm. ? Fifteen car loads of tobacco passed through Columbia last Saturday, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, on their way to Savannah aud other Southern cities, the cause of the large shipment being the reduction of the tobacco tax. ? Dr. Thomas L. Johnston, brother of Col. Win. Johnston, of Charlotte, N. C., died at his home in Rock Hill, last Friday morning. He had been in feeble health for some time, but his death was sudden aud unexpected. Dr. Johnston was well known and much esteemed in the community, and his death will be sincerely regretted. He was about fifty-six years of age. ? Next Tuesday promises to be an eventful day in Columbia, the occasion being the unveiling of the Confederate Monument, erected by the Ladies' Monumental Association. Among the distinguished persons invited was .Toflforsnn Davia thniicrh Vio writes that nir cumstances will deprive him of the pleasure of attending. Military companies from various parts of the State, including Winnsboro, Chester, Ninety-Six, Newberry, Greenville and other points, will be present, while the attendance of citizens from all parts of the State, promises to be large. ? The General Assembly, at the last sessi&n, having, by concurrent resolution, required the Attorney-General to thoroughly investigate the charges against the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company of violations of their charter in the matter of freight charges and other important particulars, and also the charges against the said company of habitually obstructing and continuing to obstruct free transportation of freights from their track to the track of the South Carolina Railroad Company, the Attorney-General requests all persons having information or evidence in their possession pertaining to said charges, to furnish him with written statements thereof at once. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Gen. Johnstone Jones is to deliver the memorial address in Morganton. ? The grading of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad was finished to Hickory last Friday evening. ? The city election in Charlotte, last Monday, resulted in the choice of Frank I. Osr borne for Mayor. ? Sallie Michael, who made the pipes of that celebrated brand, died near Morganton last week, in the 87th year of her age. ? Hon. Clinton L. Cobb, a prominent Republican politician, who represented the first Congressional district in Cougiess, during the 41st, 42nd and 43rd Congresses, died in Elizabeth City on Wednesday of last week. ? Saturday last several hundred negroes met in Weldon to discuss the question of going to Kansas. Several speeches were made pro and con, and a committee appointed to ascertain particulars and report. ? Burke and McDowell county jails are to give lodgings for a year to twenty illicit whisky distillers and tobacco blockaders who were convicted before Judge Dick at the recent term of the Federal Court in Statesville. ? Walter F. Leak, Esq., of Richmond county, a prominent lawyer> and long identified with the political history of the State, died at his residence in Rockingham on Monday of last week, aged 80 years. He was a Democrat of the old school. ? The superintendent of the work says that he will, in four weeks time, have the Western North Carolina Railroad completed six miles west of Swannanoa, when he will transfer passengers over the gap and land them within twelve miles of Asheville. ? James McCrary, father of the Secretary of War, writes to the Statesville American to say that he is a native of Iredell county, N. C., whence he emigrated at the age of 9 years with his father, who first settled in Tennessee, and afterwards in Indiana. The father of the Secretary married a Kentucky lady. ? Says the Lincoln Progress: Peter Eaves, alias Peter McCoy, who was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for the larceny of money at the last fall terra of our court, stabbed and instantly killed a brother convict on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad near Hickory, last week. Eaves and his victim are both colored. ? The Charlotte Observer of yesterday says that on Tuesday morning, Mr. Christian K. Ross, father of the long-lost Charley Ross, arrived at Charlotte in company with another gentleman, who were on their way to Lenoir, in Caldwell county, Mr. Ro98 having received information which leads him to believe that his son is in or near that town. ? Says the Asheville Citizen: Cherokee Court, which was recently held, Judge Gudger presiding, tried two capital cases; one, a negro named Thompson, charged with killing another negro, was convicted of manslaughter Mra Raphael Michael. indicted for kill ing James Ross, was declared guilty by the jury, and the judge sentenced her to be hanged on the 13th of June. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. ? Dr. S. B. Tray wick, dentist, wasfounddead in his office in Monroe on Tuesday morning of last week. He complained of being unwell the previous afternoon, and lay down on a lounge to rest, where his son left him. It is supposed that he died before dark on Monday evening, as his spectacles were found on his nose and an open book near him, as if he had been reading, but no lamp had been lighted. He was Dot discovered dead until j about 7 o'clock Tuesday morning. Dr. Tray-1 wick was about 55 years old, and leaves a family and many friends to mourn his death. ? The Charlotte Observer of Saturday says: Mr. W. M. Russ, of the agricultural department, came to the city yesterday morning with two hundred and fifty thousand young fish, which were designed for distribution in streams and ponds along the Air Line Rail- y road. On arriving at the depot here, the wa/ ter in the cans in which the fish were trans\ ported was changed, and a few hours after-; wards an examination showe'd that every fish < in the cans was dead. This water was taken from the well at the depot, and so far as known is as pure as any in the city. The ; cause of the death of the fish is a mystery. I ZiOCAX. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pleas?Clerk's Sale. T. M. Dobson, Leader of Low Cash Prices?New Goods. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Tbe Emporium of Fashion Still Ahead. Hunter <fe Oates?Clothing. John C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. John Bill Worthy, Carmel Hill, S. C.?Ranaway. R. Lathan, School Commissioner?'Teachers' Convention. Andrew Jackson, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. F. Wallace, C. C. C., Applicant?Mrs. E. S. Dunlap, Isaac L. Dunlap and Rufus J. Dunlap, deceased R. H. Glenn, 8. Y. C.?Sheriff's Saleo. GREEN PEAS. Mrs. Louisa Merritt has favored us with a mess of green peas, gathered in her garden yesterday?the first of the season. TAX COLLECTIONS. Treasurer Robertson is now engaged collecting the May installment of the State and county taxes. He informs us that the payments are quite light. CONGRESSIONAL FAVOlftS. We are indebted to Senator Butler and Representative Evins for continued Congressional favors. Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, will also accept our thauks -for a pamphlet copy of his speech in the House of Representatives, April 25 and 26, on the Legislative appropriation bill. TEMPERANCE ADDRESS. Under the auspices of the Lodge" of Good Templars of this place, Rev. A. H. Lester, of the South Carolina Conference, will deliver a temperance address in the Court House on Friday evening^ 16th insjtant, at o'clock. The lecture will be free, and an earnest invitation is extended to the public generally. AGENTS FOR THE ENQUIRER. The following namdd persons are authorized to receive the names of subscribers to the Enquirer 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, 8. C. Joshua D. Gwinn, Esq., Clover, 8. C. W. D. Simpson, Blackstocks, S. C. TU c? rnnDB A A A U VH VI SJ There is no doubi but nearly, if not all the fruit in this section was killed by the frosts. There was heavy irost last Friday morning, which cut the growing corn down to the ground. Cotton is beginning to come up, and., excepting in a few localities, escaped the frost. "VVe have heard of some early planted cotton that was up sufficiently to be injured. Generally, the cotton crop in the county is promising. Wheat is also promising at this time, having been but slightly injured by the frost. THE GODDTEMPLARIi. At the last regula r meeting of Eureka Lodge, Good Templars, the following officers were installed for the ensuing quarter: A. Springs Withers, W. C. T.; Miss Annie Jefferys, W. li. H. S.; Miss Hattie Lewis, W. L. JET. S.; Miss Hannah E. G :ist, W. V. T.; A. W. Ingold, W. S.; Miss Alice Owen, W. A. 8.; H. H. Beard, W. F. S.; L. George Grist, W. T.; F. A. Gilbert, W. C\; John May, W. M.; Miss Lizzie Hope, W. D. M.; G. M. Lovnrance, W. /. ?. ; J. M. Hope, W. 0. 0. PERSONAL. We were pleased to receive a call, last Friday. from Mr. Fred. H. Marks, formerly con nected with the Columbia Register, as one of the original founders and proprietors of that paper. Mr. Marks is now traveling for the house of C. C. Habenicht, 'of Columbia, successor to John C. fiegeers, and with the commendable object of affording our citizens the facilities for keeping cool during the approaching summer, solicited engagements for supplying them with ice, of which the house he represents now has 600 tons stored in Columbia, ready for delivery. . THE ACCIDEPITTQ Mr. CARROLL. We regret tg record that Mr. J. E. Carroll, son of J. Alf. Can oil of this place, met with a severe accident during the Railroad excursion last Thursday. By some means he got between two cars, and though they were running at slow speed, he was severely bruised on the legs, and so seriously hurt that he could not be brought on home that afternoon, but was left at the Waddeli House, where he received proper attention. On the arrival of the train here with intelligence of the accident, Mrs. Carroll, with a mother's true devotion, engaged a hand-car, and taking Dr. Jackson with her, proceeded to Gastonia to administer to the wants of her wounded son. He was brought home on the train next morning, and will be confined to his bed for several weeks. Fortunately, he sustained no internal injuries. PICNICS. The picnic season was fairly inaugurated last week?first, on Thursday, by the excursion under the auspices of the Lee Ligljt Infantry, on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, an account of which is given by our Chester correspondent. On the next day the teachers and pupils of the public school taught by Mrs. Williams and Misses Miller and Edwards, gave a picnic on the grounds near Mrs. O'Leary's spring, in the northern suburbs of town, to which a large number of ladies and gentleman, including the faculty and cadets of King's Mountain Military School, were invited. The day was ?\l/\non*t41ir Kir all pcidSCU VCljr pioooaiuij */; au. On Saturday an excursion train, well laden with pleasure-seekers, young and old, of both sexes, was run from this place to Pleasant Ridge and thence to Gastonia, and all who went report that they made an enjoyable trip. SALES-DAY. The only property offered on Monday last, sales-day for May, was the land belonging to the estate of James Brian, deceased, sold by the Clerk of the Court, in pursuance to a decretal order of Judge Pressley. The land was divided into eight tracts, and sold as follows : Tract No. 1, (Home place) 304 acres, bought by I. D. Witherspoon &t $6 per acre. Tract No. 2,103 acres, bought by William Dobson, at $4.40 per acre. Tract No. 3, not soldi f Tract No. 4, 122 acres, bought by Jolm Dulin at $3.85 per acre. Tract No. 5, 117 acre$ bought by C. E. Spencer at $6.75 per acre. * Tract No. 6, 152 acres, bought by M. L. Thomasson at $4.60 per acre. Tract No. 7, 186 acres, bought by C. E. Spencer at $6.95 per acre. Tract No. 8, 316 acres, bought by J. W. P. Hope at $5 per acre. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: Andrew Jacksop, Probate Judge, to Wm. S. Belk. Tract of land in Fort Mill township. Consideration $490. Wm. F. Dye to J. N. McDill. Tr.act of 552 acres in .Bullock's Creek townsmp. uonsiuer-1 ation ?3,000. J. M. Morrow to It. II. Morrow. Tract of 00 acres in Broad River township; Consideration $210. J. B. Poag to R. E. Guthrie. Tract of 88 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $900. George R. "Wallace to Alexander Strain. Tract of 40 acres in York township. Consideration $480. Jane L. Boleyn to A. P. Campbell. Tract of 73 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $140. J. T. McMakin to A. P. Campbell. Tract of 100 acres in King's Mountain township. .Consideration $000. Emily E. Wright, Executrix, to Henry F.> Johnson. Tract of 100 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $*2,200. Thomas L. Johnson to Jane P. Means. Lot in Rock Ilill. Consideration $02.50. I. and A. Jones to John Rattaree. Lot of 0? acres in Catawba township. Consideration $05. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to F. M. Walker. Tract of 300 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration 15487.50. MERE-MENTION. Mrs. Sarah J. B. Hale, who for half a century was editress of Oodey's Lady's Book, died in Philadelphia last week. Thirty eight guns were fired in Chicago in tcken of approbation of the President's veto of the army appropriation bill. The wheat crop of Georgia is reported as generally in a flourishing condition. An agent of Henry Ward Beecher has arranged for. the noted preacher to lecture in Atlanta, Ga., at an early day. The trial #of Buford, the Kentucky Judge killer, has been continued to the third Monday in this month, on account of the absence of important witnesses. A Kansas paper raises the names of Senator Davis and Alex. Stephens for the next presidential ticket, and Bays it would support them through thick and thin. Physically, Mr. Da vis is the largest, and Mr. Stevens the smallest man prominently in political life. Forty-nine failures were reported in New York during the month of April, in which the total liabilities amounted to $1,119,883, and the estimated assets $663,121." New Orleans has got rid of a half a million of its debt by going quietly into the market and buying up its bonds in small quantities at 25 cents on the dollar. The circumference of the head of Hon. A. H. Stephens is 221 inches, while that of his body is 241. His weight is 75 pounds. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Practice ts. Precept. (3. McK., the Washington correspon dent of the Neves and Courier, in a recent letter, makes the following significant contrast between the way that Hampton and Blaine treat colored office seekers at the National Capitol: A colored Republican from Columbia has been given a profitable position in the capitol building upon Senator Hampton's recommendation. A colored Republican from Portland, Maine, informed me only last night that when he applied f.o Blaine, a few mouths ago, for a similar recommendation, which would have secured him a place, Blaine reminded him that "the ijolored people have no political strength in Maine!" and recommended him to stick to t is trade. The appointee in this instance was a classmate of Prof. Greener in a Boston high school, and scored seventythree upon a civil service examination in Washington before he applied to his Senator. Senator Hampton's applicant confessed, itf a manly way, that he had always voted the Republican ticket in South Carolina, and got his appointment nevertheless. He says that he intends to write home to his colored friends tnat "ine JJemocrats nave acne more lor him already than the Republicans did during the whole time they were in power." Senator Hampton has obtained the disposal of four or five other appointments of laborers about the capital, which he proposes to distribute among deserving co lored men from South Carolina. Horrible Deed of a Religions Fanatic. New England just now is greatly agitated over the insane freak of a religious fanatic, at Pocassett, Mass., who last Thursday killed his 6ve year old daughter as a sacrifice to God. The name of the frenzied murderer is C. J. Freeman. He is a Second Adventist, and has become greatly excited during the last few days, while attending a series of revival meetings. A week before the commission of the deed, he claimed to have received a "wonderful revelation," and has not eaten or slept since. He says the Lord directed him to sacrifice his little daughter, and after putting the innocent child to death, declared it would rise again in three days. The child was stabbed with a knife by her insane father, and her blood was poured out on a table, which was improvised as an altar. Freeman is a mail carrier, and after killing his child, went in the pursuit of his business as usual, showing no signs of insanity. He is insane only on the one subject of adventisra. He and his wife have been arrested and committed to jail. Neither one expressed anxiety or regret at the commission of the act. While on the railroad train on the way to prison, Freeman addressed the passengers loudly, reiterating bis convictiou that he had obeyed the divine mandate, his wife seconding him, and both expressed no concern as to the future. Democratic Congressmen and the Veto. The House Democratic caucus committee met last Saturday morning, and it is understood agreed upon a measure to be submitted to the caucus, if concurred in by the Senate committee, which under the title of "A bill to prevent military interference at the polls," consists of the sixth section of the vetoed army appropriation bill, with' the words "civil officers" stricken out and a proviso added that nothing in the bill shall be construed as preventing the use of the army to enforce processes of the United States Courts or to put down resistance against the United States by armed men. It was also agreed that all*consideration of the remainder of the bill shall be deferred until this independent political measure shall 1 I - J Tf uav* uccu autcu upuu vjj tuo jl icoiucuu n* will provide in substance that sections 2002 and 2003, revised statutes, shall not be construed as authorizing the presence of United States soldiers at thB polls, except under orders of the President to repeal armed enemies of the United States, or in pursuance of the constitutional requirements upon the application of the Legislature of a State or of a Governor when the Legislature cannot be convened to repress domestic violence. The action taken by the caucus is substantially in accordance with an amended report previously presented by the committee to whom the whole project had been recommitted. The proceedings are said to have been characterized by a spirit of harmony and good feeling. The Kentucky Democracy. The Democratic State Convention of Kentucky met in Louisville on the 1st instant. It nominates for Governor, Dr. Luke P. Blackburn: Lieutenant Governor, James E. Cantrell; Attorney-General, P. W. Harding ; Auditor, Fayette Hewitt. The committee on resolutions reported the following, which was unanimously adopted : "The Democracy of Kentucky, in convention assembled, re-affirm their attachment to the constitution of the United States and the union of the States as the best guarantee for the liberty of the people and their prosperity and happiness. They rejoice in the fact that it is in thefr power to recognize that all the States are restored to their political autonomy. They record their solemn protest that the popular verdict at the polls has been revised by the action of an electoral commission, and they declare that while, in the interest of peace, that result was acquiesced in, yet it shall not be held as a precedent for future violations of right and justice. Though thus deprived of control of the executive pewer in the administration of the Federal government, they congratulate the people of the country at large that the popular will, expressed at the polls, has secured the suEremacy of a Democratic majority in both ouses of Congress. In the further expression of our views we resolve that we have viewed with intense interest the struggle between the Congress of the United States and the President, and contemplate with unfeigned anxiety and condemnation the unprecedented attitude assumed by the executive in his message rejecting the supplies tendered by the people for the support of the army upon the wholesome condition that no military force should be used at the elections. "Resolved, That we hereby endorse the position taken by our Senators and Representatives in Congress in coupling with the appropriation bills, now pending, a demand for the redress of grievances by the repeal of existing laws which tolerate the presence of soldiers at the polls, the continuance of the test oath as a condition for jury service, and the employment of supervisors and deputy marshals to control elections." United States Jnrors' Test Oath. The Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of an appeal from the Uuited States District Court of the northern district of Florida, have rendered an impor ? . .1 . . _ ii tant opinion in reference 10 ine tesi-oam xor jurors in the United States Courts. Judge Strong alone dissented from the opinion of a majority of the Court. The gist of this opinion is that a juror cannot, under the constitution, be required to answer the questions which the United States district attorney is empowered to ask him under section 820 of the Revised Statutes. Justice Field, who delivered the opinion of the court, said that he went further than this, and considered the act of Congress imposing the test-oath (Revised Statutes, section 821) "is not only oppressive and odious, and repugnant to the spirit of our institutions, but is clearly unconstitutional and void." In view of this' opinion, Judge Bond, it is quite clear, will have to revise and reconsider some of his recent decisions. The following is a summary of the decision: In the United States Supreme Court, April 28th, the case of George Burt vs. Maria M. Ponjand, from the Circuit Court of Florida, was affirmed. One of the assignments of error in the court below was brought upon the question of a juror's disqualification on account of participation in the rebellion and the constitutionality of the juror's test-oath A/>t. Thin nourt hnfds in oninion. bv Justice Miller, that a juror is no more obliged than a witness is to state on oath, as to the condition of qualification, his guilt or innocence of a crime which would render him infamous. Whether pardoned by the general amnesty or not, the crime of treason is one which a ju ror cannot be required to disclose in this manner. If he be guilty, his challenger must prove it by other competent testimony. In a separate concurring opinion, Justice Field gave his views as follows: "I agree with the court that Juror Holmes ia this case could not be required to answer questions put to him, but I go further. I do not think that the act of (Jongress which, by requiring the test oath as to past conduct, excludes a great majority of citizens of half the country from the jury box, is valid. In my judgment, the act is not only oppressive and odious, repugnant to the spirit of our institutions, but is clearly unconstitutional and void, as a war measure to be enforced in insurgent States. When dominated by national forces the act could be sustained, hut after the war was over, and the insurgent States were restored to their normal and constitutional relations to the Union, it was as much out of place and inoperative as would be a law quartering a soldier in every Southern man's house." YETO OF THE ARMY BILL. On the 29th ultimo, the President returned the army appropriation bill to the House, without affixing his signature, accompanied by a message stating at length the reasons for the veto. The following are the main points of the message: The President says that if the bill contained no other provisions than those for the support of the array it would receive his prompt approval; but it includes further legislation and involves questions of the gravest character. He recites the Statute now in force emhodied in Sections 2,002 and 5,528 of the Revised Statutes, and says that the adoption of the proposed amendment may be considered in two aspects?first as it affects the right of the United States Government to use the military force to keep the peace at elections ; second, as it affects the right of the Government, by civil authority, to protect elections from violence and fraud. He then quotes and calls attention to Sections 2,003, 5,529, 5,530, 5,5$I and 5,532 of the Revised Statutes, and Section 15 of the army appropriation bill, ,passed June 18, 1878, together with remarks upon the purpose and effect of the latter as stated in the speeches of the senators and representatives who supported it. From these laws, he says, it appears that there can be no military interference with elections, and that consequently there is no nanoaoitu fn. fVio cnantmont nf Snotinn A nf this bill! He tbeo calls attention to existing laws for the prevention of discriminations on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and to punish fraud, violence and intimidation at Federal elections, and says: "These laws it is the duty of the executive department of the Government to enforce. The intent and effect of the sixth section of this bill is to prohibit all civil officers of the United States, under penalty of fine and imprisonment, from employing any adequate civil force for this purpose at the place where their enforcement is most necessary, namely, at places where congressional elections are held. If the proposed legislation should become law, there will be no power vested in any officer of the Government to protect from violence officers of the United States engaged in the discharge of their duties. Their rights and duties under the law will remain, but the National Government will be powerless to enforce its own statutes. The States may employ both military and civil power to keep the peace and to enforce the laws at State elections. It is now proposed to deny to the United States even the necessary civil authority to protect the National elections. No sufficient reason has been given for this discrimination in favor of State and against National authority." VYitn regara to tne manner in wmcn a 10 sought to repeal the law authorizing the use of troops at the polls, he says: "The object aimed at is altogether foreign to the purpose of an army appropriation bill. The practice of tacking to appropriation bills measures not pertinent to such bills did not prevail' until more than forty years after the adoption of the Constitution. It has become a practice which all parties, when in power, have adopted. Many abuses and great waste of public money have in thjs way crept into appropriation bills. The public opinion of the country is against it. The States which have recently adopted constitutions have generally provided a remedy for the evil, by enacting that no law shall contain more than one subject, which shall be plainly expressed in its title. The constitutions of more than half of the States contain substantially this provision. .The public welfare will be promoted in many ways by a return to the early practice of the government and to the true principle of legislation, which requires that every, measure shall stand or tall according to its own merits." He says: "This Congress has ample opportunity and time to pass appropriation bills, and also to enact any political measures which may be determined upon in separate bills by the usual and orderly methods of proceeding, but the majority of both houses have deemed it wise to adhere to the principle maintained in the last Congress by the majority of the House of Representatives, namely, that the House of Representatives has the sole right to originate bills for raising revenue, and therefore, has the right to withhold appropriations, upon which the existence of the government may depend, unless the Senate andthe President shall give their assent to an? legislation which the House may see fit to attach to appropriation bills. To establish this principle is to make a radical, dangerous and / unconstitutional change in the character of our institutions. That the majority of the Senate now concurs in the claim of the House adds to the gravity of the situation, but does not alter the question at issue. The new doctrine, if maintained, will result in the consolidation of unchecked and' despotic power in the House of Representatives. A bare majority of the House will become the government. The Executive will no longer be what the fraraere of the Constitution intended, an equal and independent branch of the government. The principle of this bill places, not merely the Senate and Executive, but the Judiciary also under the coercive dictation of the House. The House alone will be the judge of what constitutes a grievance, and also of the means and measure of redress. An act of Congress to protect elections is now the grievance complained of. But the House may, on the same principle, determine that p treaty made by the President, witb the advice and consent of the Senate, the nomination or appointment to office, or decision or opinion of the Supreme Court is a grievance, and that the measure of redress is to withhold the appropriations required for the support of the offending branch of the Government. Believing that this bill is a dangerous violation of the spirit and meaning of the Constitution, I am compelled to return it to the 0 House in which it originated without my approval." CONGRESSMAN ETTNS ON THE YETO. The Washington correspondent of the Newt and Courier has been at the pains to interview the South Carolina members of Congress in regard to the present state of affairs at the capital. The expressions of opinion > ^ are pminpntlv conservative. As our readers are more directly interested in the views of their Representative, Col. Evins, we quote in full the report of his remarks: He thinks a conservative course is the wisest to be pursued, and indeed the only safe one. The Democratic majority have done all they could to.secure the repeal of the odious Jaws in question. It was in the power of the President to defeat their efforts, and he has exerted that power. The responsibility for the failure rests upon him and his party alone, as the Democrats cannot pass the measures in the face of their opposition. We ought now to accept defeat gracefully and pass tbe appropriation bills at once, without the political riders. We ought even to pass them first and then offer bills repealing the obnoxious laws as separate measures. This course would leave the Republicans without excuse for their opposition, as we would be acting in manifest and perfect good faith and they could not say we were holding back tbe appropriations by way of threat If they refused at last to pass these measures we could go before the country and let the people decide upon them. I have no doubt as to wbat their decision would be. It is important for us to get these issues before the country without affording any occasion for having our motives so much as doubted, and without tbe measures themselves being entangled with any other ques- * tion. They should be fairly and squarely presented for judgment npon their merits alone. By adopting wis course we would relieve ourselves of any charge that we have used goercive measures or questionable methods. We should not allow ourselves, as Southern men, to be diverted from what we think is the true interest of the people, by any pleas of party necessity on'the part of the Northern Democrats. We are really the majority of the Democratic party in each branch of Congress, and will be held responsible for the legislation of Congress. We have the right, therefore, to dictate the policy to be punned. A ay attempt to adjourn without passing the appropriation bills will be considered revolutionary by the country, and we cannot afford to be put in that position. We have been betweeu the upper and nether < millstones long;/*. > enough. We are willing to do the voting .. and allow the Northern Democrats to hold ' the offices; but we claim the right to shape the policy of the party for which we must and will be held responsible. What Conkling said in his recent speech is true, that we , are the controlling power in both branches,and while it may be very pleasant for Northern politicians, seeking their preferment, to keep up sectional strife, our interests demand that we shall have a cessation of such strife. Should we adjourn without providing the means of carrying on the government, I believe it would solidify the North as much as did the firing upon Fort Sumter in 1861. Our Northern Democratic friends might then find the tide too strong for them, and leave us in the lurch by seeking new alliances with the National or Greenback party. We cannot afford to take the risks which they can. We cannot afford to play cat to their monkey any longer. If there are any chestnuts to be had they will get them?the burnt paws are ours every time. They stand in a very different position before the country from ours. It is natural that the Northern men should look upon us with distrust, coming as we do into control of the government so soon after the war, and we must learn to labor and to wait. I do not mean that we should abandon this struggle. We must renew it on every occasion until we accomplish our purpose, out we must confine ourselves to the use of regular and constitutional methods. It is in no sense a "back down" for us to take this course. We have certainly pressed the matter as far as we could. I' do not consider that the party has been committed to doing anything more than to exhaust all the constitutional and parliamentary means to secure the repeal of these laws. The declarations of individual members of the party in Congress that we would withhold the appropriation in the event of a veto, binds no one but those who made them. There has certainly been no authoritative declaration of the kind, and I fail to see how we have been committed to such a course. True, the Republicans have given this as our "programme," but it will hardly be considered incumbent upon us to stand up to their declarations as to what we intend to do or not to do. .. ' The discussion has done a great deal of good already by awakening the people to a ... sense of the real danger we are in of having legislation, which was the outgrowth of war, established as precedents. We were bound to protest against these measures as soon as we came into power; we have done so and have placed the Republican party and the Executive on record as standing by bayonet rule, packed juries and the use of all kinds of partisan machinery to carry elections. We would be unwise, indeed, to follow any course now which would lose us this advantage of Ua* nAAiliAn on/1 Aiimiak PoniiKH/tono lilJC pijaUIUU) OUU lUIUlOU IfUV) with material for an offensive campaign on other grounds. We must be Circumspect, and I think the present occasion furnishes us with a needed opportunity of giving the lie to all the fierce denunciations Which have been delivered on the Republican side of the House, and to show to the country that we can be safely trusted with power. A further resort to any questionable .means for securing a repeal of every jpffrpoie"~for which the Republicanshave .labored throughout the whole discussion. M*. Evins further explained that though the Southern Democrats did not inaugurate thie fight, they will be held responsible for all the consequences, and should now act with a regard to this fact. He agreed with Mr. Bayard, he said, as to the passage of these measures separately at the outset, until it was urged (by Raudall and others) that by factious opposition the Republicans could pre/ x A1 ? AI i* it /ventioe pasaage ui me measures ior moutns. They (the Republicans) declared in their Caucus that no legislation should be had except the passage of th? appropriation bills without any riders, and that they would shut US up to that mode of passing these measures 'if we should attempt to pass them at all. SENATOR HAMPTON was engaged when the correspondent called on him, and remarked only tW the feeling among Conservative Southern men is that the