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Jtoaps and Jfacis. ? The Augusta factory warehouse,* with 1,500 bales of cotton, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday of last week. Loss $80,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. ? Switzerland is, this winter, almost one mountain of snow. Railroad trains, steamboats and telegraph lines have been in a chronic state of interruption. ? Miss Roxanna Brigham, a maiden lady, of Marlboro', Mass., refused to eat because she got it into her head that eating was sinful, and so, after nine days of starvation, died on Saturday of last week. ? It is said that freedmen emigrants from Texas to Kansas are returning to the former State in considerable numbers, and some of them report inhospitable treatment by the citizens of Kansas and much suffering from the cold weather. ? Maj.-Gen. Chamberlain, who commands the Maine militia, is the officer who was designated by Gen. Grant to accept Gen. Lee's surrender. He is an admirer of President Hayes, endorses his policy, and is what is kuown in Maine as an anti Blaine Republican. ? A benevolent Bostonian, now living in England, has given one hundred dollars to each of two old ladies in Scituate, Mass., who, wheu girls in the war of 1812, frightened a British man of-war away from the coast by beating a drum and playing a fife, as if a detachment of American troops were at hand. Says the Chicago Tribune: "If there had been one of the present generation of Chicago girls on hand with a piano, we venture to say that the man-of-war would have struck her colors at once." ? The cold weather they have been having on the Pacific coast is without a known precedent. In the Bonanza mines, which are so intolerably hot, water froze si* hundred feet below* the surface. In private houses water-pipes burst, even when the fires were all burning by which the place could be warmed. Out of doors all but spirit thermometers quit work as beneath their notice. The mercury fell even lower than the mining stocks. Telegraph wires snapped by the contraction in the cold, and all communication was for a while broken up on that account. ? Among the provisions of California's new Constitution, those concerning the prosecution of persons accused of crime are now exciting most discussion in that State. The chief function of grand juries will not be the making of indictments, but prosecution may directly follow information after the preliminary examination and commitment of a magistrate. In cases below felony, the trial by jury may be waived by the consent of both parties, or the jury may consist of any number less than twelve mutually agreed upon ; but no man, if he so chooses, can be tried any other way than before an old fashioned jury. ? Bob Ingersol once defended a man who had shot another. The plea was self defence. Ingersoll kept the wife and children out of court, and then he pictured to the jury the happy home, the waiting wife, the children swinging on the gate, expecting their father,! "and gentlemen of the jury, you who are yourselves husbands and fathers, won't you let him go home ?" The foreman, a big farmer, was so carried away that, thinking the question addressed personally to him, and demanding answer, exclaimed in a choking voice: "Yes, Bob, we'll let him go home." Ingersoll had not half completed his argument, but he knew that was the supreme moment, and sat down. The man went home, aud the next day the jury discovered he was an old.bachelor. ? Mrs. Latham, of Lynchburg, Va? having discovered that her husband was a Republican, sued for a divorce on that ground. The Corporation Court of Lynchburg decreed the divorce, but it was carried to the Court of Appeals, where it was overruled. Judge Anderson of that court dissented from the majority, and held that being a Republican was * just cause for a woman to apply for a divorce. This remarkable Judge descants upon the matter as follows : "The shock and mortification of Mrs. Latham was to find that her husband had not been true to her; that he had deserted his friends and had gone over to the enemy, and had joined him in waging upon them a war more cruel than a war of arms. It. was nerfidv. the moral taint of which she felt attached to hira, and which would likely exclude him from the best society of the State." ? Some of the skeptics have not hesitated to ventilate their suspicion that the latest sensation concerning Edison's electric light is no more nor less than a scheme to force down gas stocks for the purpose of speculation. It this i3 the fact, it has failed in this country ; but in England such stocks were unfavorably affected for a few days, although they have now recovered. In the meantime the reporters have withdrawn from Menlo Park, and Edison appears to have accomplished no more than when it was announced more than a year ago that he had perfected the light for domestic use. If he has had as many as eighty of his horse shoe latpps burning at once, there is nothing to boast of, for he employs an engine of eighty-horse power ; and at the proportion of one-horse power to a lamp, the grand illumination by the carbons and the voltaic arc can be maintained at no greater co3tthan the very much inferior lighting by Edison's system. ? There are no end of bigamies, and probably there never will be any end until all women are endowed with a desire to know something about the men they marry. But while there are bigamies and bigamists, it has been i_r. 4.? xt? v?_i, k.,?: icib tu ? new ? vi a. iuau iu uanjr uu buc uuoi ness with just a little more than ordinary impudence. He married one wife in 1858 and another in 1878, and lived with both until a few days ago. He maintained these wives in separate houses at no great distance from each other, one being at Woodlawn and the other at Yonkers. With rascally coolness he was in the habit of taking the daughter of his first wife to visit his second wife, the girl being under pledge not to betray him. To his second wife he accounted for his visits to his first wife by calling the latter his mother, and he might have kept up this delicate dodging between wives almost indefinitely if an inconsiderate brother-in-law had not exposed him. He is now in jail, and so far as that particular man is concerned, young women with a reckless anxiety to marry, may feel secure. There are, however, a plenty of others just like him all over the country?a supply, in fact, very much in excess of the demand. ? The proposition started long ago to hold a "world's fair" in New York in 1883 is taking shape. A crowded meeting of influential citizens of that city was held at Chickering Hall on Wednesday evening.. Mr. Hugh T. Jewett, ex-president and receiver of the Erie Kaliroad, was called to the chair, and made an address on the subject of intemationalex-1 hibitions in general and in particular. Uen. Hawley, of Connecticut, who was so prominently identified with the Philadelphia exhi-1 bition, also made a speech. So did Senator Windom, of Minnesota, and Gen. Hooker, of j Mississippi, both of wbooi pledged the hearty co operation of the sections from which they j came. Finally, it was resolved that the pro-1 posed fair should be held in the year already named ; that it should be national as to the entire United States, and widely internation- j al, so as to include the peoples of all the' earth ; that if it could not be called the centenary of the Declaration of American Inde-1 pendence, it might still be called the centenary of the close of the war of the Revolution, and taat the government of the United States should be requested to give "the grand exposition" a national sanction commensurate with its importance. ? The Evansville (Ind.) Journal, after pay-1 ing a tribute to the gratitude displayed by the Southern people in contributing to the' material aid of the stricken families of Lieu- j tenant Bennerand Watchman Dalton?those brave men who met death at the post of duty j on the relief boat Chambers, in the epidemic of 1878?calls attention to the fact that the I services rendered on the same vessel by Lieu-; tenant Charles S. Hall have never been substantially recognized. Lieutenant Hall was at home in Evansville, in the enjoyment of a three months' furlough. Foregoing his leave of absence, he volunteered his services, and taking his life in his hand, went with the Chambers on her voyage of mercy and of peril. The captain and two pilots deserted, Benner and Dalton fell victims to the plague ; but, burying his dead and leaving his sick at the Vicksburg hospital, Hall discharged his mission and brought the old boat back to St. Louis. Then, with quiet modesty, he returned to his place in the array, unlaureled and unsung. The Army Department has never taken the slightest notice of his heroic conduct; but if he had led a forlorn hope, or held a bridge against a host, as did Horatius of old, he would not have displayed a higher degree of courage. He lives; let us be thankful for that! It is probable that he needs no rumnniarir QcaicfonPA Kilt anrplv he HpSPfVPS J ? , ? J ... some token of our affectionate and grateful remembrance, and surely the government might find in him a fit subject for promotion. She fatiuiUe inquirer. ~YORKVIL.L.E7S7C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 22, 1880. 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 Enqoirkr is delivered free ot postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for po-"tage, 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 Seuate on the 13th, several Senators presented numerously signed petitions for the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the alcoholic liquor traffic. Mr. Kernan, of New York, presented a memorial of over fifteen hundred individuals and firms of New York State and city, of all political parties, for the withdrawal of the legal tender quality of Treasury notes. Mr. Kernan, in presenting the memorial, stated that he believed it represented the views of a majority of the citizens of New York, and asked for it the consideration it deserved. Similar petitions from Delaware were also'presented by Mr. Saulsbury. Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, presented a petition from. the citizens of South Carolina for.the improvement of Wateree river. Mr. Saulsbury introduced a bill to preserve the secrecy of telegrams. Referred. Mr. Morrill introduced a resolution instructing the finance committee to inquire into the practicability of refunding any part of the national debt at a lower rate of interest than four per cent. Laid on the# table. The Vice-President laid before the Senate a recommendation from the Secretary of War, that the appropriation for arranging Confederate archives be increased to seventy-five hundred dollars. Referred. Mr. Morrill introduced a bill for the appointment of a committee on alcoholic liquor traffic. Referred to the finance committee. In the House, Mr. Bicknell, of Indiana, from the committee on counting of the vote for President, reported back a bill amending the statutes relating to Presidential election, providing for the counting of votes and for a decision of the question arising therefrom, and it was made the special order for January 27th. Mr. Money, of Mississippi, submitted a report to accompany the bill for the establishment of return letter offices. Referred to the committee of the whole. The House then went into committee of the whole on revision of rules, and there was more discussion of the rule requiring the commerce committee to report the River and Harbor bill for reference to the appropriations committee. Pending the discussion, at 4:25, the s\r\ ?v? ?v* iff Art o nrl oftnn onrl V/UUiiUittu^ i uoCj aiiUy Uii>ui luvivuuvbiuu uuu reference of two or three bills, the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 14th, Mr. Davis, of Illinois, the Vice President, Messrs. Beck, Williams, Allison, Kirkwood, Baldwin, An thony, Ferry, Dawes, Pendleton, Kernan, ConkliDg and others, presented petitions of women asking for the removal of political disabilities and for constitutional amendments giving women citizens the right to vote. Messrs. Kernan and Bayard presented petitions in favor of the Bayard resolution, withdrawing the legal tender quality of Treasury notes. Various petitions were presented for a Liquor Traffic Commission; for a cable to Central and South America, via the Gulf of Mexico; for the relief of Fitz John Porter, and for amendment of the law relating to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels for breach of the revenue laws. Mr. Hoar introduced a bill relating to the claims of States against the United States. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, from the appropriaI tions committee, reported, with amendments, a bill tc relieve the United States Treasurer ' from the amount now charged against him and deposited with the several States. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Kirkwood called up the bill to increase tbe peusions 01 certain lotany , disabled soldiers and sailors, and it was pass- ' ed. It increases the pensions of such persons from fifty to seventy-two dollars per month. 1 The session of the House was occupied mainly in discussing the proposed revision of; the rules for the government of that body. In the Senate 011 the 15th, additional petitions of women, asking a constitutional amendment giving women the right of suf- 1 frage, were presented. Mr. Allison, of Iowa, from the committee on finance, announced he was directed by that committee to report back a joint resolution for the withdrawal of the compulsory legal tender power of United States Treasury notes. The committee had ; made a verbal amendment to the resolution, ' unanimously agreeing to it, and with that amendment, directing him to report the resolution adversely. He understood there was a minority report to be presented, otherwise he should ask indefinite postponement of the resolution. He asked that it be placed on the calendar for the present. So ordered. Mr. Bayard, from the same committee, presented the views of the minority upon the same subject as follows; "The undersigned, believing that the industrial, commercial and finaucial prosperity of the country, in order to be enduring and secure, must be based upon money of actual and intrinsic value, and that our Government has no power and is incompetent to endow its obligations with such value, and the United States Treasury notes in existence and in circulation being now redeemable in gold and silver coin at the option of the hold- c er, do recommend the withdrawal of the t compulsory legal tender power of such notes s and the passage of the subjoined resolution, i [Signed] Francis Kernan, Thos. F. Bayard." Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, presented the ere- b dentials of Luke Pryor, appointed as Sena- t tor from Alabama, until the Legislature ( elects a successor to the late Mr. Houston, t Pryor was sworn in, taking the modified oath. \ Adjourned to Monday. c In the House, consideration was resumed of ( the bill requiring one-half reserves of Na- c tional banks to be kept in gold and silver v coins of the United States. Mr. Price, of t Iowa, spoke in support of the bill. In advo- I eating the bill relative to the bank reserves, he declared himself as opposed to auy tinkering with the currency, either as to quautity or quality of the paper which is circulating. He was also opposed to taking away the larval (oidor mialitv nf |Ka rrropnhanlt All IVgMl !>VilUV> \|U????VJ V? DMV vVMWtVVM. J prudent men spoke in thunder tones and said: "Let well enough alone." Mr. Lewis, of Alabama, followed with a speech in favor of the bill. After a long discussion on revision of the rules, in committee of the whole, in the course of which Mr. Hoar, of Michigan, made a humorous speech in behalf of the committee on manufactures, to which he insisted all other committees should report, the House, at 5:30, adjourned. In the House on the 16th, Mr. Sparks of Illinois, chairman of the committee on military affaire, reported a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for information as to the number, rank, name, and annual pay of every officer on the retired list of the army. Adopted. The Speaker then proceeded as the regular order, to call committees for reports of a private uature. Mr. Sanford, of Alabama, from the committee on claims, reported a bill refunding to the State of Georgia, thirty-five thousand dollars expended for common defense in 1777. Referred to the committee on the whole. Mr. Bright, of Tenpessee^ chairman of the committee on claims, reported a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of moneys covered into the Treasury from the proceeds of the sale of lands for direct taxes in South Carolina. The resolution was adopted, after which the House adjourned until Monday. In the Senate on the 19th. Mr. Ferrv in troduced a joiut resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, that suffrage 1 shall not be restricted on account of sex or i any other reason that does not apply to all citizens of the United States. Referred to i the judiciary committee. After presentation ] of numerous petitions and memorials, Thur- ' raau, from the committee on the judiciary, re- < ported, with amendment, House bill to pro- i vide for circuit and district courts of the 1 United States at Macon, Ga. Placed on cal- . endar. On motion of Mr. Morrill, his reso- i lution instructing the finance committee to inquire into the practicability of refunding any i part of the public debt at less than four cent, i interest was taken from the* table and re 1 ferred to that committee. The President i sent to the Senate his nominations of census i supervisors. Those for South Carolina are < as follows: First district?Cadwallader J. < Pri?ie; second district?Henry Hammond; < third district?James L. Breeden. < In the House, Mr. Bailey, of New York, introduced a bill relating to the inter-oceanic < canal, which was referred. It requests the l President to invite co-operation of the gov- 1 ernments of the principal maratime nations of | Europe in the selection of the route of the ] Isthmus ship transit which shall be found to serve most largely to the general interests of the maratime nations, and to communicate to ( such governments the desire of this govern- i ment for an understanding relative to the neutrality of such inter-oceanic transit. Mr. 1 Vance, of North Carolina, introduced a bill ' to repeal the duty on salt. Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, introduced a bill proposing a con- , stit.utional amendment in regard to the elec , tion of President and Vice-President, pro- I viding for their election by a majority of the people, and for the abolition of the"electoral college. _ i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company is having a part of the track of that road relaid with steel rails. ? The Governor has appointed C. H. Rags- < dale and W. W. Jordan, trial justices for Chester county. ? In the Supreme Court last week, twenty- ' five candidates were admitted to practice law f in this State. ] ? W. A. Aiken, of Baltimore, has been ap- ] pointed general supervisor of the Charlotte, < Columbia and Augusta Railroad. I ? Col. A. 0. Andrews, a prominent citizen j of Charleston, died in that city on Monday of J last week. ( ? A number of the colored people of New- ] berry county are making arrangements for 1 emigrating to Kansas. Ten of these people ' left one day last week. 1 ? Lt. Allen Jordan, of Chester, and a recent j graduate of West Point, who is stationed in 3 one of the Territories, has been promoted to | the first lieutenancy of his company. < ? It is rumored that some party from Beaufort, whose name is not given, will com- 1 mence the publication of a Republican daily ^ in Columbia, when the political campaign for * 1880 shall have fairly opened. j ? A man in Kershaw, who lives near where j a man was killed some time ago, says that | every negro house on his place has been vaca- ( ted, and he cannot get auy negroes to come 1 there to live now. They are afraid of the * dead man's ghost, #d nothing can induce them to go near the houses. ? The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line j Railroad Company have offered a premium j of a silver pitcher for the best field of grass, t either clover, Timothy, blue grass, or herd's ? grass, along the line of their railroad, grown J in any county in South Carolina. The field must be in full view of the cars and contain s not less than eight acres. t ? Judge Mackey, who presided, failed to t order the adjournment of the Court of Com- J mon Pleas for Richland county, at the end of 1 the last term. As a result, it is imperative ( upon the clerk to open and adjourn the Court1 c daily, which duty he performs regularly, not- ! t withstanding there is no business before the e Court. I? ? Henry Townsend, a stocft-trader from ; ^ North Carolina, shot and killed Joseph Deal, t in a house of ill-fame in Greenville, on Sun-1 r day last. Deal was wery drunk at the time t and had threatened Townsend with a fire ehov- J} el. As Deal advanced on Townsend, the lat-;1 ter fired on Deal with a pistol within a few feet of him, the ball penetrating the brain, i fl The coroner's jury returned a verdict of felo- ' B uious killing Townsend made his escape. ? Col. William Wallace, of Columbia, who f some time ago was mentioned as a suita-! J; ble person to be nomitated as a candidate for Comptroller General, publishes a letter in the c Register iu which he declines to allow his a name to be used in that connection ; but says g that he consented, last summer, at the request t if friends in the Third Congressional District, o become a candidate for Congress at the enuing election, and has made some progress n that direction. ? In order to test the legality of the "supply rill," the Attorney-General has obtained from he Supreme Court a mandamus against the Comptroller-General, to compel him to levy he State tar of 4} milk Arrangements yere made for an immediate hearing of the :ase, and the matter came before the Supreme Court on Monday last. It is generally prelicted that the decision of the Supreme Court rill be against the validity of the Act, and hat an extra session of the Legislature will >e the result. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The male academy in Salisbury was burnsd and entirely destroyed on Monday evening >f last week. ?-? ? . p w l i..a nr:i : ] ? oix oisiers or mercy nave ieu vviuuiugod for the purpose of establishing a Convent it Hickory. ? It is estimated, on what is deemed relia)le data, that 3,700 negroes have recenty emigrated from the eastern counties of Sorth Carolina for Indiana. About 2,500 lave left the same section for the turpentine ands of Georgia and Florida. ? Peter Leach, a negro, under sentence o be hanged at Lumberton, on Friday last or murder, failed to give the necessary bond >n appeal to the Supreme Court But he vas not hung because Southern white people who are accused of b^ing so cruel to negroes) aised a sum of money f)y subscription to se;ure the appeal to the Supreme Court of he State. ? Says the Charlotte Observer of Sunday: fhe news from the election in Lincoln and jaston, last Thursday, on the adoption of the itock law, is to the effect that both counties 'ejected it by small majorities. Iei Gaston, ,he majority against the law is 196. In Lin;oln, the vote stood 532 iu favor of the law md 653 against it, with one precinct to hear Tom, which will probably run the majority ' lp to 150. Our information is that the meas ire failed to carry, rather on account of the ipathy of those who favored it, than from viilent opposition to it, and that the vote was accordingly small in both counties. THE MUDDLE IN MAINE. We l^st week.gave an epitome of events | transpiring in Maine, from the day appointed , for the assembling of the Legislature, up to ( ruesday. On that day both branches quietly ] assembled without any disturbance, the He- i publicans absenting themselves. A full guard was posted at the capitol duriug the night. ( [)utside the legislative halls, the only event of importance was the refusal of Gen. Chamberlain to recognize the authority of James D. Lamson, who claims to be the acting gover- . nor of the State. On Wednesday, the election committee , appointed by the Fusion House, decided, by a vote of 3 to 2, to unseat Mr. Hale. Thepolice force at the capitol was strengthened by the i addition of fifty men. The Kepublican .Legislature mude up a series of twenty-seven questions to be submitted to the Supreme ' Court The questions and preamble prece- i ling them make a voluminous paper, and sover all the facts as known to the public. Mr. Latnson, signing himself as acting | Governor of the State, on Thursday, notified the Sheriff of Kenuebec county that his services as sheriff were no longer required to protect the public buildings, and requesting ! him to dismiss his deputies from that service. The sheriff refused to recognize Mr. Lamson as Governor and declined to obey the order. 1 On Friday the Fusion House voted to send 1 the name of Joseph L. Smith and Alorizo Garcelon to the Senate. The uumber of votes was 76. The report of the committee on Gubernatorial votes having been read and accepted in the Senate, it was sent to the House < where similar action was taken. Mr. Dickey, of Fort Kent, moved to suspend the rules so that the House might fix the lime for the choice of four candidates for Governor, to be sent up to be voted for by the Senate. The motion was carried, and on motion of Mr. Springfield, an order was adopted fixing the time at 11:15. Mr. Ingalls, of Wiscasset, thought the action unadvisaole so long as there was a doubt of the legality of the House. He believed such action ought to be deferred. Mr. Plaisted, of Lincoln, took the opposite view. He reviewed the situation and believed the time had come for immediate action. He made a severe attack upon General Chamberlain for declining to recognize Mr. Lamson as acting Governor. He held the General responsible for the present condition of ' affairs. At the conclusion of Mr. Plaisted's remarks, which extended past the time set for the choice of candidates, and during which he ' declared himself resolved to stand by the le- i gality of this House so long as ;idrop of blood ' remained in his veins, a sentiment which was j loudly applauded, Mr. McLaughlin, of Carmel, by general consent, made a brief speech i indorsing.his views. Mr. Swan, of Minot, moved, and the house ordered, that a com .i -cc i? J j._ imtee 01 nve ue uppuiurcu wj reueive, sun md count the votes for candidates to be sent : jo the Senate. The Speaker appointed a J . ommittee who at once proceeded to their duly. The names of Joseph L. Smith and Alon50 Garcelou were the only ones printed on the ^allots, and the report of the committee show- ' id that Smith and Garcelon hud 76 votes. The anouncement was greeted with applause ; ind the report of the committee adopted. The ' Senate unanimously elected Mr. Smith Gov- ' irnor, he receiving 18 votes. Both branches of the Legislature reassera- 1 >led in the afternoon. The committee ap- j >ointed to wait upon J. L. Smith and inform t lira of his election, reported Mr. Smith's ac- \ jeptauce of the office. At 4:30 a joint con- j mention was held in the hall of the House, j 'or the purpose of administering the oath of I iffice. A committee was appointed to wait * lpon the Governor, and, forthwith, Mr. Smith j ippeared, accompanied by the heads of de- 1 lartraents, the outgoing Council and the Ad- 1 utanl-General. The oath was then adminis- j ered by acting President Ellis of the Senate, 1 ifter which proclamation was made by the * Secretary of State, and Governor Smith de- j ivered his message. On Saturday the Supreme Judicial Court ent to the Republican Legislature its reply .rv ankmt^A/1 Kit fKiof Knrlt7 tallntlinff ^ U IjUCStlWUO OUUII|l(/tC\l U J WIIMV WVMJ vvuvMiug he legality of the organization of the Fusion * [legislature. The decision generally sustains j he Republican position. Gen. Chamberlain declines to recognize or t >bey Gov. Smith, elected by the Fusionists, 1 leciding to hold to his first announced posi- t ion, viz.: to remain in the place first assign- F id him until the Governor is legally elected t ind qualified. j t An Augusta dispatch of Monday says: a jov. Jas. L. Smith, accompanied by some fif- j y members of the Fusion Legislature, de- j 1 nanded an entrance to the capital at 4 o'clock ^ his afternoon, but was refused. Gov. Smith a vas informed that if he would put his request n writing it would be presented to the com- ^ nander. The Senate and House then pro:eeded to transact business on the side walk, ii ind finally adjourned to meet at Union Hall a it 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. i a An Augusta dispatch of Tuesday says the 0 ailure tp gain admission to thd State House ^ las united the Fusionists, and they say that 0 jov. Smith had ten thousand men in readi-jt ie89 to net at a moment's notice, but he; ounseled peace, and peace prevailed. They.1 p ,lso say that they intend to appeal to Confess, and will soon have a committee sent to t he capital to investigate matters. I a LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. rohn C. Kuykendal?Unprecedented 8ale. ?. M. Galbralth, Deputy Collector?U. S. Internal Revenue Bale, r. M. Adams?A Revolution in the Tin Business-Something New?House Furnishing Goods?Call on Adams. [)obsou A Parish?Look at our Goods. iVithers Adickes?Sugar and Coffee, Ac. ft. B. Lowry, Agent?"Home Fertilizer." drs. Fannie L. Dobson?Fashionable Millinery Store. r. M. Dobson?125,000.00. Latta Brothers?A Full and Complete Stock. EI. F. Adickes, Jr.?School Rooks. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Garden SeedB, Ac. EI. H. Beard A Co?Flour?Tea?Tobacco and Cigars?Rice and Hominy. 3. S. Wilson, Auditor, York County?Delinquent Land Sales, r. G. Hutson, Chester, C. H.?Mule Strayed, r. T. Lowry?To Rent. Miss Fannie M. Miller?School Notice. 3. T. Wheeler?Wagons, rohn May, Agent?The Corner Drug Store, roseph A. McLean, Probate Judge?Citation?J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis., Applicant?Samuel Miller, deceased. Mrs. W. B. Williams-School Notice. R. Lathan, School Commissioner?Free Schools. PERSONAL MENTION. We were pleased to receive'a visit last Tliurs lay from Mr. H. Eubank, traveling agent for ;he Charleston News and Courier. John A. Barron, Esq., a native of this alace, but for several years a citizen of Manling, is here on a visit to his relatives. A SNAKE STORY. We are informed that on New Year's day a voman in the neighborhood of Cherokee Ford, tilled a black snake that measured four feet n length. The snake was as lithe and active is in May or June, and on account of the nild weather, evidently had not gone into vinter quarters. A PECULIAR HEN. Master Flynn Dixon is the the possessor of i hen which is quite the opposite of the old larkey's which "laid two eggs every day and )n Sundays three." Flynn's lays only one igg a day, and on alternate days the egg is aut little larger than that of a partridge, frtiile the others are of the usual size. CHARGED WITH ARSON. Parks Cooper and John Campbell, both colared, were committed to jail last week, charged with the burning of Capt. Allen Jones' iwelling house in Rock Hill, last September, rhe arrests were made on the testimony of William Saunders, colored, who gave as the reason for burning the house that the guns of the Catawba Rifles were stored in it. PARDONED? On Tuesday of last week, Governor Simpson granted a pardon to Adam Guy, colored, conducted of grand larceny at the last term of the Circuit Court of York county. After the committal of Guy to the penitentiary, he was hired out to a man in Laurens county to work on a farm, and from him he made his escape, returning to York, but afterwards surrendered l imself. The pardon w?is granted in order to allow him to appear as a witness in a pending case. THE HESSIAN PLY. Our Rock Hill correspondent reports sad havoc with wheat and oat crops in that section of the county, caused by the Hessian fly. Our Chester corresponden t also makes a similar rei>ort from that county. We learn that the fly is also very destructive to the crops in the Bullock's creek or south-western part of the county. Our informant, Mr. Guy, of Bullock's creek, says they appear in myriads, and in point of numbers may be estimated by millions. They are described as being a little larger than the common white weevil We learn tliat the fly is also working serious injury to the crops in Union county. Their presence is attributed to the unusually warm weather of the present winter. CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gilbert, Pastor. The pastor will conduct the usual services in the morning and evening. Sunday-school missionary meeting Sunday afternoon at 2$ o'clock. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will All his regular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock, p. m. Baptist?Elder J. H. Booth, Missionary of York Baptist Association, will preach in the Baptist church in the forenoon. Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at the usual hours morning and afternoon. Presbyterian?Services at 7 P. M., by Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson. CLUBS FOR THE ENQUIRER. For the convenience of persons desiring to subscribe for the Enquirer at club rates, we publish the following list of persons who have notified us of their intention to make up clubs. They will receive names at $2.00 per annum, the subscription to commence at any time, optional with the subscriber. The names of other club-makers, as reported to us, will be added to the list: Jasper N. Roberts, Herndon's Mill. Mrs. J. D. Gwinn, -Clover. 8. C. Joseph Black, Black's Station, S. C. H. K. Roberts Whitaker, S. C. Capt. E. R. Mills, Rock Hill, 8. C. R. A. Rhea, King's Mountain, N. C. Col. W. W. Oaffney, Gaffney City, 8. C. T. Gib. Cnlp, Fort Mill, 8. C. n Vrkrlrvllln 8. f!. 9UU1. 1U. VJllOb,.. y Geo. T. Schorb Chester, 8. C. W. T. M. Beard Hopewell, 8. C. 3. G. Brown, Hickory Grove, 8. C. A. J. Matthews .'..Clover, 8, C. A. F. Lindsay, McConnellsville, SfrC. A. W. Ingold, Yorkville, 8. C. Mrs. M. K. Strain Etta Jane, 8. C. John L. Miller, Blairsville, 8. C. I. M. Faris Fort Mill, 8. C. Claiborne M. Smith, Rock Hill, 8. C. W. W. White, Coates' Tavern, 8. C. H. Parks Allison, King's Mountain, N. C.* Mrs. M. C. Grier, Bethel, 8. C. Maj. Myles Smith, Clover, 8. C.. William Dobion, Yorkville, 8. Cr William D. Simpson, Blackstocks, 8. C. D. T. Lessley, Coates' Tavern, 8. C. J. C. Savillej Pinevillo, N. C. W. 0. Guy, Bullock's Creek, 8. C. W. H. Crook, Fort Mill, 8. C. R. G. Whitesides, Hickory Grove, 8. C. Dannie F. E. Robinson BlalrsVllle, 8. C. Mrs. R.N. Wilson, Bowling Green, 8. C. G. L. Suggs, Catawba River, 8. C. P. H. Dover, Whitaker, S. C. T. Parks Boyd, Zeno, S. C. Mrs. Jane E. Moore, PhiladelpHia, 8. C. Fames Martin, Black's Station, 8. C. Et. LeRoy Crook Rock Hill, S. C. Edward Hopa .....Yorkville, 8. C. Mrs. M. C. Choat Clay Hill, 8. C. Miss J. Lu. Brandon Bethel, 8. C. W. 8. Gregory Cross Keys, 8. C. r. L. McGili Bethany, 8. C. T v. m ?-l PUotporillft a r. nugu JCJ. Slias Ramsay Corn Cob, 8. C. r. R. Hindman Cedar 8boal% 8. C. r. C. Patrick . Bowling Green, 8. C. tfre. D. A. Lumpkin Ebenezer, 8. C. tlrs. Lula Fewell ....Rock Hill, 8. C. P. M. Graham Chester, 8. C. drs. M. A. Jolly, Rock Hill, 8. C. THE FENCE LAW. The election in King's Mountain township esulted in favor of adopting the fence law n that township; but there seems to be doubt n the minds of some as to when the law goes nto operation. We are informed by the couny commissioners that they are now engaged in ocating and erecting the boundry fence, and hat it will be built and completed as soon as lossible. Meantime, for the information of hose who are in doubt as to the provisions of he law, we make the following extracts from icts of the Legislature upon the subject: Section 1 of the act authorizing the fence aw elections, provides: "And if a majority of he qualified electors of said township, voting it said election, shall have voted for the doption of this act, then the same shall be md become of force in said township on the Irst day of January next tmcceeding such election, md from and after that date all laws now exBting in regard to the erection and maintenmce of fences in said township, shall be null md void ; and it shall not be lawful for the iwner or manager of any horse, mule, ass, ;enet, swine, sheep, goat or neat catWe of any lescription, to permit the said animals, or any f them, to run at large beyond the limits of heir own lands in said township. From an act, amending the foregoing, approved March 1,1878, we copy the following: Sec. 1. That in the several counties and own^ips in this State where the electors have lready or shall hereafter adopt the provisions I :/ . of the above entitled act, commonly known as ] the fence law, the boundary lines of the lands ' of the inhabitants within the territory so s adopting the same, shall be deemed and taken to be a lawful enclosure thereof, and the own- 1 er or manager of any horse, mule, ass, genet, < swine, sheep, goat or neat cattle of any description, who shall wilfully, knowingly and ' unlawfully, or negligently, permit the said an- ( imals or any of them to go upon the lands of any owner or occupant situate in any such ] county or township, shall be deemed guilty of 1 a misdemeanor, and, on conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined 1 in a sum not exceeding thirty dollars or im- i prisoned for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. < Sec. 2. That the owner or manager of any 1 of the live stock aforesaid^ in addition to the penalties provided in the first section of this 1 act, shall be liable to the owner or occupier of \ any of the lands situated as aforesaid, for all damages he or she may have sustained by the ' depredations of any such stock, to be recover- i ed by action of debt in any court having competent jurisdiction, and the stock that caused ] the damages shall be liable to pay the same in < preference to all other liens, encumbrances or claims against the same: Provided. That if ' the owner or manager of the stock snail show to the satisfaction of the court that the dam- ! ages were committed without fault or negli- i gence on his or her part, such snowing snail De held a sufficient defence. Sec. 3. Any persons, other than owners or ! their agents, so moving or destroying any part or the whole of any fence intended to enclose animals of any kind, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, 1 shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or 1 both, at the discretion of the court. KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL. . The Savannah News has the following encouraging article on the proposed King's Mountain Centennial: The grand success which attended the Jasper Centennial in Savannah on October the 9th, 1879, has inspired new zeal on the part of the committee having in charge the arrangements for the Centennial of-the battle of King's Mountain, S. C., October 7th, 1880. Major W. J. Houston, of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railway, is chairman of the committee on transportation, and has completed his plans for greatly reduced rates on all the leading railroads of the country, and proposes to make the occasion one oi national importance as well as a credit to the South, on whose soil this noted battle for American freedom was fought. As a suitable preliminary to the grand Centennial event, Major Houston, acting for Capt. Foreacre, and his associates in the government of the Air Line Railway, has procured a large and elegant National flag, and on Washington's birthday, February 22nd, it will be unfurled from King's Mountain in the presence of an immense concourse of people, with due honors. Col. Thomas H. Hardeman, of Macon, has been chosen as the orator of the occasion, and it is safe to say he will not disappoint any who look for an elegant and patriotic address. There will be quite a civic and military disnlnv. and excursion trains will be ruu at reduced rates from Atlanta, Charlotte and other cities interested in the celebration. And the Wilmington Star says: The people of North Carolina, and particularly of the mountain country, have a genuine interest in the proposed centennial celebration of the hostly contested and decisive battle that was fought on King's Mountain. The scene of the tattle is very near our State line, but a little within the boundaries of South Carolina. If the line had been run staight, the battlefield would been within the limits of North Carolina. The necessary steps to celebrate the splendid victory tliat was won .on October 7th, 1780?one hundred years ago next October?have been taken, and it will be a fine success, no doubt. Nortn Carolinians must do their part, for a majority of the men who achieved that splendid victory were from this State. TRANSFERS OF REAL E8TATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: Alexander Williford to John W. McElhaney. Tract of 110 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration 8475. G. W. Wilson to J. E. Rippey. Tract of 42 acres. Consideration 875. G. W. Wilson to W. P. Camp. Tract of 20 acres. Consideration 800. D. W. Barron, executor, to W. A. Barron. Tract of 370 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration 84,255. D. W. Barron, executor, to W. A. Barron. Tract of 101 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration not given. S. S. Smith, executor, to John T. Thompson. Tract of 91 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $453. S. E. Bratton and wife and J. R. Bratton to James Henry Wallace. Tract of 68 acres in York township. Consideration $476. D. A. Whitaker and others to Curtis M. Parrott. Tract of 5& acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration not given. E. M. Neely to A. Friedheim & Bro. Tract of 101} acres in Catawba township. Consideration $1,221. J. A. McLean, Probate Judge, to A. Freidheim & Bro. Tract of 98 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $176.40. William McKeown to Samuel W. Mitchell. Tract of 100 acres in Broad River township. Consideration $600. A. Fewell to W. B. Fewell. Tract of 112 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1 000. i\ C. Pegram to J. B. F. Riddle. Tract of 230 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $3,750. S. M. Mills to W. J. Rawlinson. tfract of 114 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1,900. J. Elizabeth Massey to A. I. Barron. Tract of 9 7-10 acres in York township. Consideration $169.75. A. Jackson, Probate Judge, to B. M. Faris. Tract of 100 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $7*25. * John Dulin to Mrs. N. J. Black. Tract of 151 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $700. E. and F. Christman to G. W. S. Hart. Lot and building in Yorkville. Consideration $000. J. A. Carroll to T. L. Carroll. Tract of 54 acres in York township. No consideration given. L. Roddy to-Dr. J. A. Glenn. Lot in Rock Hill Consideration $125. A. Williford to G. B. and E. L. CornwelL Tract of 400 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $3,200. Sarah R. Hicklin to Francis E. Miller. Tract of 87$ acres in Ebeneeer township. Consideration $1,200. Mrs. Ann Wright, executrix, to R. A. Parish. House and lot in Yorkville. Consideration $900. Ann White and others to Isabella II. Wilson. [ Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $315.00. A. C. Ivy to Mary Jane Nesbit. House and lot in Fort Mill. Consideration $1,700. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to Samuel 1 D. Siinril. One tract of 290 acres, and one j of 42 acres in Bethel township. Consideration i $3,717. | j. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to T. M. ' Allen. Tract of 282 acres in Catawba town- I ship. Consideration 82,472.50. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to John R. Faris. Tract of 23 acres in King's Mountain towuship. Consideration $33.33. * J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to James M. Kirkpatrick. Tract of 256 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $2,037.50. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to Wm. J. Stanton. Tract of 113 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $1,635. Greene B. Collins to Jas. A. Sturgis. Tract of 67$ acres in Catawba township. Consideration $450. Perry Ferguson to Allen Russell. Tract of 104 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $600. John Rattarree to I. and A. Jones. Lot of 2 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1.00. Samuel E. and A. A. White to Mrs. M. A. Brem. Tract of 140 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $1,200. Martin Armstrong to Iredell and Allen Jones. Tract of 183$ acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $2,000. Catherine Hobbs to D. A. Whitaker. Tract of 8 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $130. James Jackson to J. B. Robinson and John W. Lawrence. Lot of } acre in King's Mountain. Consideration $15. John Whisonant to J. E. Mitchell. Tract of 68 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $145. Edward T. Avery to Mary A. Avery. Tract of 232 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $2,500. Robert J. Brown to E. P. Castles. Tract of 49} acres in Broad River township. Consideration $333. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to Mary 1 fletherington and Anderson Hetherington. < Tract of 246 acres in Bullock's Creek townihip. Consideration $2,560. Robert J. Brown to R. L. Brown. Tract of 117 acres in Broad River township. Consideration $490. W. J. Bowen to Mrs. Sallie S. L. Harris. Tract of 37 acres in York township. jConsid* ration $259. J. A. Faris to J. T. Ferguson. Tract of L96 acres in Catawba township. Considera;ion $1,000. J. F. Wallace, administrator, to William G. Wylie. Tract of 177 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $654.90. ?r J. F. Wallace, administrator, to Wm. W. jaffney. Tract of 140 acres in Cherokee ownship. Consideration $228.20. C. E. Spencer, to J. E. Massey. Tract of 138 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $1,000. James L. Boylen to Thomas H. Allen. Tract of 73 acres in King's Mountain toapi3hip. Consideration-$150. T. A. Moore and S. R. Moore and W. A. Moore, to Allen Beatty. Lot in Yorkville. Consideration $100. James Jackson to W. A. Moore. Lot in King's Mountain. Consideration $25. J. F. Wallace, administrator, to Wm. M. Boss. Tract of 239 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $468. T. G. Cureton to Mrs. Rose B. Cureton. Rouse and lot in Fort MilL Consideration 1380. Allen Jones to Frederick Wilkie. Lot in Hock Hill, uonsiaeration $70. Dennis Crosby to Allen B. Crosby. Tract of 276 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $2,323. J. F. Barber to S. S. Beid. Lot in Bock Hill. Consideration fl,000. . LaFayette Ford to J. B. and S. E. Jackson. Lot in King's Mountain. Consideration $30. John Nichols to Mrs. M. G. Gardner.' Tract of 152 acres in York township. Consideration $100. John W. Avery to Laura A. Avery. Tracts I as follows in York township; one of 252 V acres, one of 25 acres, one of 171 acres, one of ' ^ 1,101 acres, one of 240 acres. Consideration $4,500. J. V. McFadden to J. A. Williibrd. Tract of 274 acres in Catawba township. Consideration *175. John W. Avery to Wm. G. Avery. Tract of SO acres in York township. Consideration $00. Ann White to James F. Reid. Lot of 4 acres in Rock Hill. Consideration $500. J. J. Stewart to Thomas 8. Neely. Tract of 100 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $203. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to JameeA. Wallace. Tract of 106 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $371. W. J. McGill to WHUb Brannoii. Tract of 384 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $192.60. W. S. Adams to Thomas Gillinore. Tract of 26 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $40. 1 J. H. Foster to J. C. Foster. Tract of 200 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $540. 8ame to same. Tract of 440 acres in Fort Mill townshin. Consideration i1.000. Mrs. E. A. Neely to Andrew Jackson. Tract of 18} acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $185. John L. Watson to Dock Patton. Tract of 14 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $7& P. H. Barber to J.- Henry Toole. Lot in Bock Hill. Consideration $225. Mrs. D. A. Johnson, executrix, to Laura J. May. Lot In Rock Hill. Consideration $225. 8ame to John Rattaree. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 176.93. Same to Allen Jones. Lot in Rock Hill.- Consideration $173. . Same to Jane P. Means. Lot in Rock HilL Consideration $5. Same to E. M. Parker. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $42. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to 8 D. Carothers. Tract of 16 acres, island in Catawba river, in Bethel township. Consideration $264. J. A. Hill to Reuben Dulin. Tract' of 60 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $288. John A. Kidd tp Alfred Archer. Tract of 78} acres in Bethesda township. Consideration $600. Myles 8mith to A. P. Campbell. Lot in Clover (King's Mountain township.) Consideration $30. Margaret Wbisonant ana others to 8amt(el 8. Whitesides. Tract of 75 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $200. C. E. Spencer to J. E. Massey, Tract of 19R acres in Fort Mill township.' Consideration ? $1,000. . Commercial National Bank of Charlotte, N.C., to J. E. Massey. Lot in Fort Mill, Consider*tion $250. J. H. Crawford to Benjamin Galloway. Tract of 346 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $700. _ 8. N. Johnson to E. C. Tate. Lot of 1} acre fa York township. Consideration $10. 8. R. Moore to C. A. King. Lot in Yorkville. : Consideration $200. Hugh Warren to Win'. 8. Creighton. Tract of 188 acres in York township. Consideration $044. R. M. Sims, Secretary of State, to J. A. Carroll. . Tract of 54 acres in York township. Consideration $216. Same to same. Tract of 44 acres in York township. Consideration $176. C. J. Robertson, executrix, to John F. Wilson. Lot of 7 acres in Yorkville. Consideration. $105. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to Alexander Williford. Tract of 72 acres in Catawba township. Consideration $328. Hugh Warren to Rock Hill Industrial and Mechanical Association. Tract of U? acres in Ebenecer township. Consideration $350. A. P. Barron to W. H. Williamson. Tract of 158} acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1,400. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to W. H. Williamson. Tract of 150 acres in Bethesda township.. :Consideration $1,200. . , J. A. McLean, Probate Judge, to J. W. P. Hope. Tract of 28 aores in York township. Consideration $301. ' i - : W. C. Beatty to R. H. Glenn. Lot of 3 acres in Yorkville. Consideration $36.75. Esther Bruce and G. W. Brace hi L. J. Huffman. Tract of 98 acres in Fort Milt township. Consideration $800. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to W. T. Broom. Tract of 44} acres in Cherokee township; Consideration $250. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to Elisabeth Hardin. Tract or 22} acre* in Cherokee townshipl Consideration $231.67. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to Ellas Inman. Tract of 113 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $1,356. J. F. Wallace, Clerk of Court, to T. L. Clinton. Tractof 126 acres In Bethel township. Consideration $1,134. , Mrs. Isabella Steele to Anna B. Steele. Tract of 51 acres near Yorkville. Consideration $510. Nancy D. Tate to John W. Boyd. Tract of 110 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $260.58. W. B. Steele to Martha E. Steele. Tract of44} acres In York township. Consideration $383.27. Harmon Blanton to Beatty Blanton. Tract of 54 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $54. H. P. Hopper to J. Smith Hopper. Tract of 140} acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $950. James T. Quinn to Mrs. Jane E. Smith. Tract of 88 In King's Mountain township. Consideration, gtfft Mrs. Jane E. Smith to James T. Quinn. Tract of 94 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration, gift. John S. Bratton to S. J. Harrison. Tract of 125acre8 in Betbesda township. Consideration ?1;200. John Dniin to W. B. Smith. Tract of 57 acres in Bethel township. Consideration $550. Thomas J. Thomasson to Isabella Perry. Lot of 1 acre in York township. Consideration $12. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. rh& Annual Meeting of the Grangers* The annnal meeting of the State Grange )f the Patrons of Husbandry, will be holden it Charleston on the 3d day of February next OoL James N. Lipscomb, the Master of the State Grange, has issued a circular in which lesays: rsi 1 It is most desirable, and I most carnally trge, that every representative entitled to a roice be present Let every Grange be repa n/1 l\t? rt // ana/iMS ? ? > /< T ^ ; COdJl/CU auu 13 J UM HWUHO Al ;here is no Pomona or "live" Grange, then -evive a "dormant" one and let it send reprelentativea. Besides, I invite, request and nost earnesly urge every "Master, Past Mas;er and their Wives, if of the degree of Matron," to attend, without regard to whether ;heir Granges are "dormant" or not, or whether they, individually, are "clear upon the sooks," and in possession of the unwritten vork. I assure them arrangements will be nade for all to participate in and hear all iiscussions, Ac. The action of the National Grange, lately net in session at Canandaigua, N. Y., on nany questions and our own peculiar surroundngs, make the consideration of many matters mperative upon us as Patrons, Farmers nnd i _ Citizens. ? Matters of business and trade are to be considered, determined and arranged, that i?ill be beneficial, financially, to any Patron >r Farmer?arrangements that will, if successful, remove entirely the 'difficulties of Patrons desiring pecuniary benefits through he Granges. Let every Patron come who can and who feels any interest in his wife ind children, his business, his State and country, and he will be amply repaid, by benfits received and doty done. The best ar angemeut will be made with railroads and iote!s. Jas. N. Lipscomb, M. 8. G.