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Jwaps and ^acts. ? Railroad men have calculated that the cost of running a locomotive per hundred miles for men, fuel, water and repairs, averages $12.86. ? It is asserted that from 7,000 to 10,000 miles of railroad will be built in the United States this year, which will require the expenditure of $25,000,000 for railroad iron. ? One of the New York papers has interviewed the druggists of the city on the opium question, and 6nds that the use of that drug is increasing largely, especially among women. ? The revenue officials have captured the bar room that has been plying up and down l\ a cnirannoh fk a r\n of ?t\iit manfko /laal. tuc uavauuau iui iiic past icn uiuuviia, uuaiing out moonshine whiskey to the thirsty on both sides of the river. ? Gen. Johnston's committee to reorganize the army have agreed on a basis of 25,000 men; on the reduction of the number of officers, aud that the grades of General and of Lieutenant General shall cease when the present incumbents shall die or resign. ? It is reported that when Senator Bayard was in Richmond, recently, he was invited to pay a visit to the Virginia Legislature, in which the Readjusters have a majority, where it was proposed to tender him a formal reception. His reply was that he did not care to visit people who refused to pay their honest debts. i ? The shortest tariff bill ever introduced has been brought forward by Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, which proposes a reduction of onehalf of the present duties on nearly every item in the list. This measure has the merit of brevity and simplicity, and is probably as positive an advance as can be made in the line of free trade without the intervention of a special commission of experts. ? A number of the negroes who emigrated to Indiana are straggling back. Several have arrived in Washinortrvn nn their wav to.their ' 'jf? O""** ?J ? homes in N6rth Carolina. One of them told Senator Hansom, Friday nigbt, that he would rather live oue year in North Carolina than to live to be "as old as Grant" in Indiana. He bad not seen a fireplace, and thought the people "the most unwelcome folks" he ever saw. ? By the latest postal decision, busiuess men can actually save money by getting their bills and statements of account printed, i Statements of account aud bills of sale, made out on paper, that is printed at the head, can be sent through the mail for oue cent, if the envelope is left unsealed ; whereas if made out on unprinted paper it will cost three cents. Thus by patronizing the printer, two i cents can be saved on every bill or statement that is sent through the mails. ? The New York papers last week contain- i ed a card, signed by Benjamin B. Sherman, j president of the Mechanics' Bank, Jackson S. Scliilltz and other prominent gentlemen of the city, soliciting help for the colored refugees in Kansas. The card says there were already fifteen or twenty thousand negro em- ( igrants in that State, and that they continue * to arrive ragged, barefoot and without money. Many are sick from exposure to the severe , climate, and numbers have been frozen to death. ? The convention of Mexican veterans met ( in Norfolk, Va., on the 23rd ultimo, with one hundred and eighteen members present. After addresses of welcome from the local asso ciations, the Secretary of the National Association read hia annual report. The Treasu- 1 rer's statement showed 5,095 enrolled mem- ] bers and 734 badgemen. After the adoption < of resolutions on perfecting organization, and j resolutions expressing sorrow at the death of { wen. jen. vj. .uavis, an election ior general officers of the association was held, and resulted in the reelection of the present incumbents. ? The generosity of the Hebrews of this country, in their liberal contribution for the relief of the poor in Irelaud, is everywhere attracting attention, and eliciting well-merited approbation. The prejudice against the Jewish race, for eighteen centuries or more, has subjected that people to every form of cruelty and oppression at the hands of Christians. They have borne their sufferings patiently, however, and whenever allowed to remain in a country long enough to obtain a permanent residence, have proved themselves enterprising, worthy and public spirited citizens. ? Jefferson Davis thinks that his memoirs will be ready for publication in the fall of this year. A large portion of the first volume will be devoted to his views as to the cause that led to the late war. The remainder of the volume and the whole of the second volume, will relate to the conduct of the war. Both volumes will be illustrated with portraits of Confederate soldiers. Mrs. Davis and Gen. Joseph Davis, a nephew, assist in the preparation of the work. In fact, the old man has his hands full just now, expecting to raise as many as one thousand bales of cotton on his Mississippi plantation during the coming season. ? The method adopted in Germany for preventing the slipping and falling of horses on the public road is as unique as it is simple. The smith, when finishing the shoe, punches a hole in two ends; as soon as the shoe is made he taps in a screw thread and screws iuto the shoe, when on the horse's foot, a sharp pointed stud an inch in length. With shoes thus fitted the horses can travel securely over the worst possible road. When the horse comes to the stable the pointed stud is un- * screwed and a button screwed in ; no damage can then happen to the horse, and the screw holes are thus prevented from filling up. ? According to the New York Bulletin, there is danger that the activity in building enterprises, which had begun to manifest itself in that city, will be checked by the rapid rise in the prices of building material since the close of the last business season. All sorts of architectural iron have advanced 100 per cent., common brick have gone up from $5.50 to $11 per thousand, lime has doubled, and laths have more than doubled, lumber 1 has advanced from $11 to $15, and there has 1 been a rise in plaster, cement, &c. Thus far i labor has remained about the same, but there i are trades union intimations of another gene- , ral strike with the incoming of spring. ? The sub-committee of the House Commit- . tee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred for investigation and report the subject of a ' national bankrupt law, are heariug sugges- I tions as to the features of the proposed law. Some of these are that the law should be?as 1 compared with the former law?more simple 1 in its machinery, more uniform in its opera- ( tion and less expensive to those availing themselves of its provisions. A further suggestion was made that certain acts should be made to constitute a prima facie case of fraud, and < that the burden of proof should be changed i from the creditor to the debtor. The subject i of homestead exemptions was discussed, and the point made that in many States the ex- ! omntinn nnvered so larpe an amount that 1 creditors were virtually powerless to collect debts. ? A terrible state of affairs exists in the ; < Irish island Innishark. A letter from there j \ says: "Fifty families here eke out a misera- j ble existence. Their houses are small heaps ] of dirty stones. Their land is rock and soft i bog. Hunger and want are everywhere visi- j j ble. People go naked and without food, j ( Many are slowly starving to death. Such ] sceues of appalling destitution I never before < witnessed. The more we saw the more cer-1 j tain did death from starvation appear the in < evitable fate of nearly every man, woman and j child on the island. In many cabins the j children crouched, shivering and almost na-jj ked, around the fire. When I entered they | { sprung behind their mother, whose single i \ garment, a thin dress, was but slight protec- j ] .iion against the wind which blew through the broken roof. On the fire was the dinner, a i pot of green sea weed." e ? A special from Richmond, Va., says that I' information has just been received there of 1 ;he dismissal of 27 students from the Virgin a Military Institute, at Lexington, for disc bedience of orders and for breaking arresl The dismissed students had requested Gen Francis H. Smith, the superintendent, t ;rant them an additional suspension from du ty, to enable them to prepare for examinatioi in descriptive geography, which he refused is he was on the point of leaving for Staun ton on a business visit. The students refuse* to obey the commandant of the Institute ii the superintendent's" absence, and were dis missed upon his return. A few of the clas Jeclined to join the rebellion, and three o four of those who did returned to duty. Th superintendent has issued an order in the ic terest of discipline setting forth the facts ii the whole affair. The mutiny began on th 24th, and the dismissals followed promptly. ihe ?orhrillc (Shquim YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 4,188C Bow to Order the Enquirer.?Write the nam of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office county v>d State, in full, and send the amount < the subscription by draft or post office inone order, or enclose the money in a registered lettei Postage.?The Enquirkr is delivered free e postage to all subscribers residing in York cour tv, who receive the paper at post-offices withi the county; and to all other subscribers the posl age is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, n matter where they receivethe paper, are not liabl for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office lieri without additional onarge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address label" shows the time to which the subscription i paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis continued, the dale must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tin Dur terms for subscription, advertising and jot work, are cash in advance. NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. The question of calling an extra session c the Legislature, to take into consideration th sale of the interest of the State in the Westeri North Carolina railroad, is creating considei able interest in that State. As to the prat ticability of the scheme, public opinion is d: vided. The Governor, in his manifesto, ai gues in favor of the sale, and shows to th people how, by the transaction, they may b relieved of a heavy burden of taxation, to con tinue for years, while under the conditions c the proposed contract, the road will be speed ily completed to its termini, one branch fror Asheville to Paint Rock and the other t Ducktown, thus opening up new mean of communication between the western pai of the State and the rest of the world While the Governor's party is somewhat di vided upon the subject, the Republicans ar solid against the scheme, and the question in volved will, in all probability, have an iuipor tant bearing on the next State campaign. - THE PRICE OF PRINTING PAPER. The advance in the price of printing papei with the prospect of further appreciation ii prices, is cause for serious alarm with publish 3rs. Steps are being taken to bring the sub ect before Congress, the petitioners pray in j :he removal of duties from imported material ised in the manufacture of paper; but i teems to us this does not go far enough. Si ong as the manufacture of paper is limite< X) a few establishments who, by combination :an control the price, just so long may tin people expect to suffer by their imposition So matter how cheaply materials may b< tupplied, the imposition can be maintained Sothing short of admitting white paper dut^ Tee will meet the exigency, aud we hope thi act will be impressed upon Congressmen ii ;heir revision of the tarriff. It has been apt y remarked that the tax on printing paper i i tax on knowledge. We go further and sai he tax on printing materials of every des jription is a tax on knowledge, and a hin Irance to the dissemination of information The manufacture of type and paper is cou6ne( ,o but few persons in this country, aud thi ariff enables them to control prices as the; jlease. We clip the following on this subject fron he Augusta Chronicle: In ninety days, paper has has advancet *rom 40 to 50 per cent. The mills havi formed a combination aud advanced thi irice until it has become a hardship upoi jublishers. There appears be no remedy fo lousumers. We see it stated that the causi )f the advance is attributed to an increase it Ui-v r\? motonlul 11201"] ill lfct m Q T1 11 fil 0\ 11 TO 41C puvo UL lUabWilMi uuvu III AU\J lUMuuttivvui v But there has beeu no such advance in th< arice of paper stock. There is no justifica ,ion for the advance, and we consider it i species of extortion on the part of paper man jfacturers. The rise has been so rapid as t< jause newspapers in some portions of the coun ;ry to increase their rates of advertising ant subscription. The Chicago Times has in jreased its subscription to SI6, and othe eading journals in the West have advance* ;heir rates. Publishers must do something so protect themselves against the rapaciu which threatens to devour them. This ad srance is particularly severe upon Southeri aewspapers, where the expenses of publishing 1 first-clas3 paper are out of proportion t< she receipts. A SLOW RACE PREDICTED. In the event of the nomination of Tildei rud Grant as the leaders of their respectivi parties in the next Presidential race?ant right here we may say that notwithstandinj ill the speculation on the subject, there is ni probability that either will be nomiuatedbut in the event of the leadership falling upoi the devoted heads of those eminent patriots i "slow race," and one in which the publi generally will feel little interest, is predicted The Washington correspondent of the Spring Beld Republican thus ventilates this phase o the question as scanned in the political maze at the capital: The Democrats continue shy about discus sing the question of their candidate. Thi 3hadow of Tilden hangs over the party. Ther is a growing impression "that-the old man1 means to capture the nomination again, am a growing fear among his opponents?am they number an overwhelming majority o the Democrats in both branches?that he ma; succeed. Members report that they find evi dences in their districts that the same peculia methods are being employed in his interes which were used so successfully in 1876, ant they dread a repetition of the same result If Tilden could show a united party behint liim in New York, his opponents would havi ao hope of preventing his nomination ;as it is many of them feel far from confident that hi ?an be shaken off. Some of the most clear leadpd ReDublicans have insisted all alon< ;hat Tilden was the predestined candidate o ;he Democracy, and that nothing hut deatl jould take him out of the way. Their faitl n his success only grows as time goes on, ant lothing will please them more than to find i ustified by the event. Tilden is unquestion ibly the favorite Democratic candidate witl ;he Republicans, as Grant is the choice of tin Democrats for the Republican nominee. "Suppose it should be Grant and Tilden ?' s the query which I put to one of the shrewd ;st Democrats in the House a day or two ago 'Well," he replied with a merry twinkle ir lis eye, "that would be what we call ou i- West a *slow race.' One of the popular i- amusements at our country fairs is what is t. called a 'slow race.' Two men enter each i. his mule, and each bets that his mule will go 0 slower than the other's. The conditions of i- the race are that each shall ride his opponent's 11 mule. For instauce, suppose you and I were 1, to enter. You would bet that your mule i- could go slower than mine, and I would bet 1 that mine could cover less ground than yours, a I should mount your mule and do my best by i- using the whip to make it get ahead, while s you, mounted on my animal, would lash it r with all your might and try to cover the dise tanee first. Now, that is just what I think i- will happen if the Republicans nominate q Graut and the Democrats Tilden. There will e be lots of Republicans betting that their mule ia thp almvpst ?nd rlrunir their hpst to brill? ? Tilden out ahead, and any quantity of Democrats trying to make Grant cover the most ? ground. Yes, Grant and Tilden would make _ a 'slow race,' and no mistake." PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 23rd, immediately after prayer and the reading of the journal, on motion of Mr. Bayard, the Senate adjourned in respect to the memory of George Washington. In the House, under a call of States, the following bills were introduced and referred : By Mr. Van Voorhis, of New York, repealiug I the act repealing the bankrupt law; by Mr. 1 Pierce, of New York, relating to the sale or e giving intoxicating liquors to Indians; by Mr. Cotfroth, of Pennsylvauia, organizing the y Court of Sessions, to consist of a Chief Justice and four assistant justices, who shall receive i- annual salaries of $4,000 each. The Court " shall have jurisdiction as follows: First, over o applications for pensions which have been f disallowed by the Secretary of the Interior or Commissioner of Pensions. Second, applica g tious for pensions which do notcome under the i- present law. Third, applications of persons lt against whom there is a charge of deserting. >- By Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, to provide _ for the introduction and cultivation of the Cinchona plant in the United States. It au thorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to ape point a suitable person, whose duty it shall Q be to visit Cinchona plantations in India and ._ elsewhere, and also those regions of South America where the plant is indigenous, and [. that part of the United States where by coincidence of the climate, altitude and humidity, e it may seem possible to successfully cultivate e the plant; it shall also be his duty to employ j. suitable persons, preferably those who have worked on Cinchona plantations, in order to l_ expedite the cultivation of the Cinchona n plaut in the United States. The Secretary 0 of State is authorized to open correspondence s with such governments as cau assist the obj. ject intended. By Mr. Muldrow, of Missis1 sippi: A bill placing paper suitable for books and newspapers ou the free list; by Mr. Gibe son, of Louisiana, appropriating two hundred . thousand dollars for deepening the mouth of .. Red river; by Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, abolishing the tax on tobacco, also reducing the tax on distilled spirits to fifty cents on each proof gallon ; by Mr. Gibson, of Louisi , ana, authorizing the Secretary of State to pro a cure copies of all papers iu possession of the - Governments of Great Britain, France and i- Spain relative to the history of Louisiana. I In the Senate on the 24th, Senators Kers nan, Piatt, Baldwin and others presented pet titions for the reduction of the duty on chemicals used in the manufacture of paper. Mr. I Vest presented a petition signed by over ? 5,000 citizens of Missouri, Arkansas, Kaue sas and Texas praying for such legislation as may be necessary to open up the Indian Tere ritory for settlement, in terms just to the In . dian tribes, and honorable to the government, r Also, a memorial of various chiefs and heads s of families of the confederated Peoria and i Miama tribes, praying for such legislation as - may abolish tenure in common, and give Ins dians titles in severalty in Indian territory. 7 Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, introduced a * joint resolution to furnish bronze for the * statute of Geueral Daniel Morgan ; referred. . Also, a bill for the relief of persons whose 1 claims were not presented in time to the 3 Court of Alabama Commissioners; referred. 7 Also, from the Committee on Civil Service Reform and Retrenchment, a bill prohibiting i contributions of money for political purposes by officers and employes of the Government, 1 corporations created or aided by the United 3 States, claimants and contractors; placed on 3 the calendar. In the House, Mr. Blount of Georgia, from B the Committee on Appropriations, reported a ! bill to meet deficiences in the Star Postal . Service; Ordered printed and recommitted. 3 It appropriates as much as may be necessary ' to meet the expenses of inland mail transpor1 tation on Star Routes during the present fiscal year at within existing contract prices . where the latter have not been increased du1 ring the year more than 85,000. It also ap* propriates 8100,000 for new service and the r same amount to increase the service on exist* ing routes. The Speaker laid before the ? House a message from the President, trans. initting a communication from the Attoruey! General asking for an appropriation for the * payment of United States Marshals. Order3 ed printed and referred. The House then went into committee of the whole on revision ; of the rules. 3 I In the Senate on the 25th, a lengthy and e j somewhat acrimonious debate ensued over j i the question of removing the disabilities of T j James M. Heiskill, an ex-Confederate soldier, ! to enable him to receive promotion in the J I _ United States army. Mr. Garland, of Arj ; kansas, amended the bill by striking out all . | after the enacting clause and inserting?"that p j section 1218 Revised Statutes, be and the : same is hereby repealed." The amendment ..' was agreed to, and the question then being on V i the third reading of the bill, it was determined g i in the affirmative?yeas, 36 ; nays, 23?a i strict party vote. The following is the language of the section repealed : "No person 0 j who has served in any capacity in the militae ry, naval or civil service of the so called Con" : federate States, or either of the States in in^ surrection during the late rebellion, shall be j. appointed to any position in the Array of the ^ United States." .! Iu the House, Mr. Blount, ofGeorgia, from r the Committee on Appropriations, reported t back the Star Service deficiency bill, and it 1 ! was referred to the committee of the whole, ' 'j The House then, at 12:30, went into coramittee on the bill. Mr. Blount, of Georgia, proceeded to explain his bill. The amount ap q propriated for that service for the present - fiscal year was $5,900,000. The cost of the ? service at present rates, without any increase, * would be $7,590,000. It was apparent that 1 the Second Assistant Postmaster General had j made contracts in excess of the appropriation t and brought about a large deficit. That of ficial announced that if he saw fit he could i spend the whole appropriation in one month. 3 Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, raised the point ,: of order that Mr. Blount was quoting from testimony taken by the Appropriitwn Committee before the report had been made on i the question. The point was sustained. Mr. t Blount then continued and pronounced the action of the Post Office Department auda-1 j cious and unprecedented. They had deliber- i ately and in violation of law, made contracts ' i amounting to $1,700,000, and then pretended J to submit to Congress the question whether i service should be continued or not, when to 1 refuse to continue it, would be to destroy the 1 Star Service of the country. He trusted I that without reference to party, but regard- i ing the just administration of laws, the House I would resort to such raeaus as would drive such miserable sophists out of place here i after. The money, however, must be given. 1 It, therefore, became Congress to retain in i the present bill its restrictions, tying the < hands ot the Departments. He hoped the 1 bill would pass in its present shape. Mr. < Blackburn, member of the Appropriations ] Committee, advocated the bill while criticising some of its details. The money should < be appropriated ; nobody wanted to deprive i the country of mail service on these ten thou- i sand Star Routes. He also favored limiting the discretion of the department and so pre- i venting abuses, but he did not think the bill as framed would accomplish that. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, advocated the bill, and Mr. Haskell, of Kansas, opposed it. Mr. Haw- i ley, of Connecticut, severely criticised the action of the Department as an open, deBant i and shameless infraction of the statutes which warranted the impeachment of the officers. Messrs. Blackburn and Baker had the clerk read amendments which they proposed to offer to the bill. Thfe committee then rose onr) iViA P/tiioo a/linn nuu bliu UV'UOV UUJ17U1 II VvU In the Senate on the 26th, at the expiration of the morning hour, eulogies were pronounced by different Senators upon the late Senator Houston, of Alabama, after which the Senate adjourned. In the House, the star mail service occupied the greater part of the session. Mr. Page, of California, opposed the bill Mr. Blount introduced the day before, on the ground that it favored some sections of the South at the expense of the West. The service had been increased, he said, on nineteen routes in the Sixth Georgia District, not one of which this bill would touch, while it struck at one hundred and seven routes in the West After considerable, discussion, Mr. Baker, of Indiana, in behalf of the Appropriations Committee, submitted as a substitute for the whole bill a bill, the firet section of which appropriates 8970,000 for inland star routes during the remainder of the current fiscal year, at contract prices existing February 1st, 1880, providing that increased compensation in excess of twenty five hundred dollars, on any route, for expediting the service, shall be reduced, March 1st, to the terras of the original contract; that there shall be no reduction of the number of trips per week, and that henceforth there shall be no expediting of the service on any star route. Mr. Blount moved as a substitute for the first section of the pending bill, the corresponding section of Mr. Baker's bill, introduced to day (summarized above). Agreed to. Mr. Blount theu moved to amend the second section of the bill by striking out the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars to increase the service on existing routes. Agreed to. The committee then rose and reported the bill to the House, <* ? <1 ? ??ab r?n nnn/4 It a Hf nnon fl rllAM rnnrl aim ii? nao ptuocu* i liuuog uujuuiuvut In the Senate on the 27th, Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin, presented a joint resolution of the Wisconsin Legislature, deprecating any financial legislation by Congress, as likely to endanger the prosperity of the couurty. A number of other bills were introduced among them the following, which was passed: By Mr. Voorhees, of Indiana, admitting free of duty clothing and other charitable- contributions from abroad for the relief of colored emigrants in Kansas. Adjourned till Monday. In the House a number of private bills were presented, when, in committee of the whole, the revision of the rules consumed the remainder of the session, and the House adjourned till Mouday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Register is informed that seven hundred mules have been sold in Columbia du- 1 ring this winter. ? Since the first of January, but fifty agri- ' cultural liens have been entered in the office i of the clerk of the court for Hampton county. 1 ? From the 1st of September, 1879, to the 21st of February, 1880, the receipts of cotton at Greenville, aggregated 26,678 bales. ? Nearly 1,500 bales of cotton have been shipped from Blackstock since the first of September. ? Mr. DuBose Egleston has been.appointed postmaster at Winnsboro, in place of T. D. Oxuer, recently deceased. ? Col. James H. Rion, of Winnsboro, attended the recent meeting of the National Democratic Executive Committee in Washington. ? In Greenville county, recently, Daniel Thompson, colored, a quasi preacher, was sent to jail for thirty day for stealing fence ' posts. ? The Grand Division, Sons of Temperance nf this State, will hold its regular Quarterly meeting with Broadaway Division, in Ander- , son county, on Wednesday, the 17th instant. ? The Georgetown Times suggests that the first candidate who "puts himself in the hands of his friends" this year, should be carried to the wharf and dumped into the river. ? Two carloads of freight, direct from Cin- ( cinuati, via the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, arrived iu Charleston on Wednesday of last week. ? It is rumored that the owners of the At- i lanta and Charlotte Piedmont Air Line Rail- i way, have purchased the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad?the transfer to be ! made some time next month. ? Mr. W. A. Moore, of Abbeville county, has been awarded a premium of ten dollars < by the executive committee of the State Agri- < cultural and Mechanical Society, for the larg- < est yield of corn on low land?one hundred and one bushels to an acre of ground. ? At a recent meeting of the board of di- < rectors of the Penitentiary, it was determined ! j to order the immediate return of all female ' convicts leased out. The superintendent was I instructed to notify all parties applying for ] convicts that they are not to be hired. j ? Theo. D. Wagner, Esq., a prominent mer- i nVinnt nf nhnrlpstnn who. durini? the war. had been a member of the firm of John i j Fraser & Co., largely interested and very i j successful in the organization of blockade- 1 running ventures, died iu that city on Tues- I | day of last week. J 1 ? By the adoption of the "fence law," the < I Abbeville Medium says the farmers of that ( | county have been enabled to greatly increase 1 their farming operations. Instead of building e | fences all the winter, they have been sowing j > small grain, and are now bringing a quantity ' f ! of good land into cultivation which they t : could not fence under the old system. j t | ? William Smoke, who resides in Orange-1 I burg county and has just attained his 96th e year, has ten living children, one hundred ! s and four grand children, three hundred and j i ninety-one great grand children, and-seventy 1 \ jreat great grand-childreo, making in ali five hundred and seventy five living descend nits, and one hundred and sixteen dead. ? Hon. John H. Evins, our Representativi in Congress, has introduced a bill into tha body to appropriate $20,000 to purchase i bronze statute of General Daniel Morgan to be presented to the State of South Caroli na in anticipation of the celebration of thi battle of Cowpens in Spartanburg county ? The Union Timet says that Mobley, thi notorious Radical of that county, has takei to politics again, and can be seen on thi streets of the town button-holding every color ed man he meets from the country. He say boldly that lie is going to run a ticket in tha county, and is organizing the party for tha pui jjuau, ? A dispatch from Greenville to the Netc and Courier, says that on Saturday night las ex-Sheriff J. L. Southern committed suicid at his home on Paris Mountain (in Green ville county) in the presence of his wife ant daughter, by shooting himself through th' head with a pistol, the ball entering abov the right ear and passing through the brain Financial and domestic troubles are the cause assigned for the act. ? At the recent terra of the Court of Ses sions for Abbeville county, Judge Thorasoi pronounced the following sentence on Lewi Parker, who was tried and convicted of burg lary and grand lurceny: "You have beei convicted of burglary and grand larceny taking from a poor man the fruits of hi labor, who needed all he made. You hav more ability to work than he has. Th fruits of his labor are as dear to him as mon ey to you. The law gave bira the fight t keep it, and you none to take it. You ar sentenced to the penitentiary for the eriiu of burglary, at hard labor, for your whol life, and for gr ind larceny for two yairs. 1 you do not understand this sentence, you wil the punishment." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Adjutant General Johnston Jones is nm .... ? Ho !a atill mi orntpt UII C? vioiw WV ivuirigiK ?.?v id ui/m wm v? v. es, but hopes to be able to dis|>ense with ther in a month at most. ? There are 36 lodges Knights of Hoi or in North Carolina, with a membership c 1,255, an increase of 416 during the pat year. ? The Statesville American reports that th wheat crop in that section was not seriousl injured by the fly. The prospect is favorahl for a good wheat crop in Iredell couuty. ? Hon. David A. Jenkins of Guston cout ty, ex-State Treasurer of North Carolina, is graud son of Col. Hambright, who command ed at the battle of Kings Mountain. ? The spoke and handle works of Greeni boro are three mouths behind with order One of them is now filling a heavy order fu the Russiun government. ? On a recent raid through counties wet of tha Blue Ridge, revenue officers destroye 25,000 gallons of beer, mash, <fcc., and cam near capturing the notorious Redmond. Si of the illicit distillers were captured. ? Miss Mollie Hardy recently brought suii in Alamance county, against a man name McWarren, for breach of promise and dam age to character, and at the recent term c court at Graham, was awarded $2,000 dam? ges. ? The Char.'otte Observer gives a detaile report of the inhuman and unnatural conduc of Mary Poteet,- a decent looking white git between 16 and 17 years of age, living ii Rowan county, who held her illegitimat child while a negro woman cut its throal The two women, and the negro woman's hut band, who is the reputed father of the mut dered infant, have been committed to jail. ? The Randalman Manufacturing Corapa ny have just completed a new factory on Dee] river, in Randolph county, one mile belo\ their extensive plaid mills, and on the 15t1 ultimo it was solemnly and religiously dedi cated to Almighty God, by Dr. Craven, pret idenfc of Trinity College. This is perhaps th first dedication of the kind ever known in thi country. ? On Wednesday afternoon of last week Charlotte narrowly escaped a serious confla gration. 8everal bales of cotton were discov ered to be on fire on the city platform, am before the adjoining bales could be removed the flames iuvolved 56 of them, and a dis aster began to be imminent. Fortunately however, by the assistance of the chemica fire extinguishers which are kept at the cottoi compress, and the barrels of water and buck ets which are kept constantly on hand, th fire was held in check until the flaming bale could be trucked away from the other cotton ? Prof. Comstock, the entomologist of th< Department of Agriculture at Washington visited Charlotte last week for the purpose o: investigating the ravages of the wheat fly He pronounces the pest to be the leaf hop per, the scientific name of which is cicadul< sxitma. The opinion is given that it is not ai uncommon insect in this section, but the im mense numbers which have appeared this sea son is attributable to the mild winter. Prof Comstock took with him to Washington, spec imenu of the hopper in different stages of de velopraent and injured wheat stalks, whicl are to be the subject of study hereafter, anc should the hopper appear in this section nex fall, an expert will be sent out to study th< habits and instincts of the iusect with a viev to its extermination. POLITICAL* NEWS. ? The German Republicans of New Yorl are to have a meeting at Syracuse to protes against the third-term movement. ? The Springfield Republican says Senatoi Bayard is the choice of the Massachusetts Democracy for President. ? Gen. Longstreet supports Grant for an Dther term, and believes that he, and he onlj af Republican candidates, can carry Nortl Carolina, Louisiana and Georgia. ? Out of the 1,500 replies received by the New York Tribune from the 2,000 Republi 3an town committeemen in Pennsylvania 1,200 are for Blaine. ? A cauvass of the Republican members o die New York Legislature shows Grant th< Presidential choice of many; but those wh( ire against him, with those who are non-com mittal, make a majority. ? The New York World does not thinli ;hat the Republican tidal wave of 187? imounted to much after all. Taking the six ;een States that held elections last year, il inrls that the Republicans have fallen of 123,421 in votes, and the Republican pei jentage of the total vote ca9t is only 49 pei lent, against 51 per cent, in 1877. ? The National Democratic Comraittee^Asembled in Washington on Monday of last veek, to select a place and appoint the time or holding the National Democratic Convenion. After some discussion, it was decided o hold the convention on the 22d of June. Delegates from Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis md other cities, preseuted the claims of their everal localities as suitable places for.holdng the convention. On the first formal balot, Cincinnati was chosen by a vote of 24 ; I Chicago, having 8 votes, St. Louis 4, Wash- < ington 1 and blank 1. The Republican Con- i vention will meet in Chicago on the 2ud of 1 j June. j t ? It is stated on reliable authority, says the , i Charlotte Observer, that for some time past , , there has been a negro going the rounds of ] - the cabins in Richmond county, and repre3 senting that he is Grant's imperial agent. He 1 . goes to an isolated house in the country afld ' s tells the inmates that the election of Grant is i certain, and that as soon as he is elected he 3 will be made emperor, and then there will be a glorious division of the lands, goods and : s chattels, and that a sura, anywhere between 1 t ten cents and a quarter of a dollar, entrusted t to him, will secure the contributor a handsome share of the spoils when the good time 8 comes. Those who do not contribute, he is t instructed to say, will be cast into outer e darkness. He has succeeded in raising a | - considerable sum out of the deluded negroes j in this manner. e ?Col. W. C. Wooley, who interested hime self in behalf ofTildcn in Florida, in 1876, i. is authority for the statement that Tilden's s triends are endeavoring to buy ail the best rooms at the leading hotels in Cincinnati, i with the purpose of placing other candidates n at a disadvantage. He says that one of the s principal hotels is negotiating now with Tilden for two hundred rooms. Inquiry at difq fererit hotels regarding these statements elicited the fact that the Gibson House has received ' a telegram from Albany asking that two 8 hundred rooms and sixty parlors be secured, e presumably in the interest of Tilden. The e hotel has not accepted the request. The ini formation in Democratic circles in Cincinnati o is that Tilden will make every possible effort e to secure the nomination for himself. e EMTOKIAlTlNKLINGS. e The Centennial Meeting In Charlotte. f We learn from the Observer that at a " recent meeting of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, resolutions were adopted teudering the rooms of the organization to the executive ^ committee of the Kings Mountain centenniul association, for its meeting to be held in D Charlotte on the 24th of March;. also to the representatives of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, to be appointed by the Governor of the respective States, for |t their meeting which is to be held on the 22d of June. e The Spring Trade. y The spring trade in dry goods at New e York and other important points is excellent, and perhaps the most encouraging feature of it is the fact that an unusually large propora tion of the purchases are for cash. The ad|. vance of 20 or 30 per cent in domestic goods in the past few months does not dampen the j eagerness of buyers, and many of the great 3 stocks have been reduced very low. Meanr while the factories in New England have about all they cau do, the quotations of their |t shares have advanced rapidly, and their em(j ployees have in many cases received materia! advances in their wages. The sales of prints e have thus far been double those of last spring, 3C rtn/1 ofn/ilra ntdnf nlnfko O (Toll RltTDf anu tuc OIUVAO UI pnuv UlUblia ? Jk III! AVI fV! and Providence are small, with a strong mart, ket. The Boston wool trade, which took d such a remarkable start months ago, when almost everything else was dull, has kept up f well ever since, and was active last week. The success of the special sales at London, l" which represent the Australian and other distant clips, has given the business further d strength, and there can be no remaining doubt it of the legitimate and wholesome character of 1 the demand for this commodity. q Hamors of the Bench. e For some time past the court house I building in Lancaster has been deemed un i. safe in which to transact business, and as a .. matter of precaution the sessions of the court were held in a church. At the term of the court last week, which was regularly begun in p the court-house, in his charge to the grandy jury, Judge Mackey referred to the subject h as follows: It is proper for me, gentlemen, in conclusion, to assure you that you need not be '* alarmed for your safety in this Court-house. e I have assumed the responsibility of having 9 the court furniture brought back from the church to which it had been removed upon : the recommendation of a former grand jury, J who reported this buildiug as unsafe. The union between the Church and State hat thus been dissolved. The church was very incon* venient to transact secular businesss, as it l> had no office rooms, and the grand jury were i- obliged to deliberate in a neighboring kitchen, : >f while the petit jurors found their verdict in ] a poorly furnished horse stable, while the ' witnesses, when required to be separated, were left to shiver upon the green sward or under inhospitable sheds. This style was more patri 8 archical than respectable, and ill became the s people among whom Gen. Andrew Jackson 1 i. was boru. This building, which we now X u. x-._ r 1 g OCCupy, must ut> saie, iui uic lic^isiatuic ui South Carolina has so declared it in the past j n few weeks by refusing to authorize the levy of a tax to repair it, which your County Commissioners and the Grand Jury most 1 - earnestly petitioned for. We must have i faith in our legislative department though we 1 i perish, being consoled by the reflection that if the building should fall and we die amid 1 the ruins, our legislators will still survive. 1 . King's Mountain Next October. ' The Charlotte Obterver publishes the 1 following letter from Nashville, Tennessee, j over the signature of Samuel Robinson : Tennessee desires to commemorate that 1 event in a manner worthy of the deeds of the | gallant heroes who fought and won that glo s rious victory; a victory that was the turning < r point in favor of the Whigs of '76 in their seven years' struggle for independence, and in order that this might be done, and made a national affair, the Legislature of this i State, on the 24th of December last, passed t a resolution requesting the Governor to communicate with the Governors of Virginia, North and South Carolina for the appoint- ^ r ment of committees, to meet in your city on k 3 the 22d of June next, to make arrangements 1 for the celebration of the centennial of the ? . battle of King's Mountain. The Governors T of Virginia and South Carolina have respond- 1 j ed favorably to the proposition, and as soon as c your Governor responds, the committees will * be appointed, and will meet in Charlotte on I * the day designated. Now it is hoped that fi * the people of your State, who have ever been ? , ready to respond where duty and patriotism 1 called, will give their hearty cooperation in c f this affair, and although the tocsiu of political 4 warfare may be resounding in other parts of f 3 the Union, the descendants of the glorious 1 ) Whigs of '76, of Virginia, North and South * Carolina and Tennessee, may meet where Se- s vier, Campbell, McDowell, Shelby, Williams c : and the gallant heroes under them gave an \ I impetus to the waning cause of liberty that c fired the hearts of the patriots, and sank the s flag of Toryism in a gravo that knew no res- d urrectiou. Will you do it? We believe you 1 f will, and have a glorious old barbecue and ^ ' j love feast^ Let these States show to the rest c ' of the Union that we still cherish the gallant f j deeds of our forefathers, and love the dear- 8 _ j bought rights of civil and religious liberty 1: for which they so manfully struggled. Any I ' communication addressed to Anson Nelson,js 1 Esq., recording secretary of the Tennessee His- t torical Society, or myself, will receive prompt' s attention. t The Next Census. * . i e For the information of a legion of en-, c quirers, Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken publishes the ' following in a recent issue of the Charleston a | New and Courier : j n Members of Congress are in daily receipt' of letters asking about the census arrangements, and although I have not read the law since last spring, I know the following idens ire therein contained, and if you will publish them, and other papers throughout the State will "follow suit," you will deserve the thanks sf the "M. C-V and confer a favor upon the public: The State of South Carolina is divided into three census districts. In the first are the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Edgefield, Greenville, Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union and York. In the second are Aiken, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Lexington, Orangehurg and Richland. In the third are Chesterfield, Clarendoft, Darlington, Georgetown, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro', Sumter aud Williamsburg. For each of these districts the President appoints a supervisor. The Congressional delegation selected Mr. J. K. Vance, of Greenville, Mr. Harry Hammond, of Barnwell, and JudgeTownsend, of Marlboro', and submitted their names to the President as suitable persons for supervisors. He returned the names of Mr. C. J. Pride, of York, a Mr. Breeden, of Darlington, and Mr. Hammond, to the* Senate, and subsequently withdrew the name of Mr. Hammond, and to this writing has not, that I am aware, sent in a substitute. The result is, that up to date, the Senate has confirmed no supervisors for South Carolina. When once confirmed (and their confirmation will be known in Charleston as soon as it is here) each will be immediately put to work upon a stated salary of five hundred dollars, ($600). One of their first duties will be to divide up their respective districts into areas containing not more than 4,000 inhabitants each. Each supervisor will then select an enumerator for each sub-division of his district, and submit the names of the appointees for the approval of the general superintendent of census at Washington. As soon as approved, each enumerator will be advised and supplied with suitable blanks and instructions as to his duties. On the 1st day of June next, he is to begin work, and will be required to wind up the iob by the 30th of the same month. The pay of each enumerator is two cents for each inhabitant and something for each farm, but his salary cannot exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125) for the month's work. So far as "taking the census" concerns any of tbe thousand and one letter writers, who are inquiring about the duties, Ac., with a view to securff an appointment, the above are all the points that are necessary for the information of the public. Correspondence of tbe Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, S. C., March 2.?For the past week we have enjoyed real spring weather, and the farmers are busily engaged with their agricultural work. Mr. John Simpson, of South Chester, has com up several inches high, and he still continues to plant. Mr. J. T. Howard, while plowing his garden, recently, near the depot, ploughed up sweet potatoes that had remained in the ground all winter and were perfectly sound. President VV. H. Hardin, of the Cberaw and Chester Railroad, has ordered a new locomotive for his road, which on its arrival, will be placed on tbe Lancaster side of Ca tawba river. A force of hands are at work, pushing the road to Lancaster C. H. Large quantities of fertilizers are now being shipped over this road. A colored woman living ou the railroad, a mile from town, was severely burnt last week, by her clothing catching fire while she was engaged in washing. Pinafore was performed here last Wednesday night to an admiring audience. A handseme sum was realized by the entertainmentV for the benefit of the graded school. Prof. Witherow, who has recently been quite ill, has resumed bis duties as the head of the institution. There are over 200 pupils in attendance. * Mr. J. D. Ratterree, of our town, was united in matrimony on Wednesday la?t to Miss A. M. Refo, of Winnsboro. Mrs. C. L. Strobel, for a number of years principal of the female school here, has taken a position as an instructor in the graded school. Miss Elizt McCulIy has taken charge of the Blackstocks academy: At Blackstocks, on Sunday last, the following elders of the Presbyterian church were ordained : J. E. Craig, J. K. McCarley and Win. Douglass. The ordination sermon was preached by Rev. J. C. Mullen. Ou Sunday next, the following deacons will be installed: Geo. L. Kennedy, Madison Tennant and J. C. Macorell. I.est week the Chester county Baptist Association met at this place and held a most harmonious session. That branch of the church in Chester county is in a most prosperous condition. One day last week a negro named Jake Williams, living on the place of E. H. Abell, four miles west of town, shot Mr. Jesse Simp* son, also living on the same place. The wounded man is about 17 years of age. He received the shot in the face, and though a painful wound, his condition is improving. The negro escaped. There were no sales by the sheriff or other county officials yesterday. Considerable excitement was created yesterday in the store of 1. L. Gunhouse & Go. A negro named Scott Hopkins got into a difficulty with Mr. James Stroud about some money matters and shot Mr. Stroud in the left side. The ball lodged near the spine, and was extracted by Drs. A. F. Anderson and J. A. Watson. The wounded man is doing as well as could be expected. The negro was lodged in jail. The New Orleans jubilee singers, colored, gave a concert here last week. They sing well, but not better than the choirs of our colored churches. Chester. LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS. An Act to conform all special acts of incorporation to the provisions of the Constitution of the State respecting the liabilities of stockholders therein. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and ^ House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met aud sitting in Gene al Assembly, and by the authority of the lame: That the following section shall constitute i part of the charter of every corporation, ither than railroad corporations, already in ;xi3teuce under Act of Assembly of this State )assed since the adoption of the present Conititution, or which may be at any time hereifter created under or by virtue of any act of Assembly, unless some other liability shall be >r has been imposed on the stockholders hereof under such charter, in which case he liability shall be only such as is specified n such charters. Each stockholder in the said corporation ^ hall be jointly and severally liable to the firoditora t.hprenf in nn Amount KaqwIpo tVio > 'alue of his share or shares therein, not ex- \ ceeding ten per cent, of the par value of the hare or shares held by him at the time the lemand of the creditor was created : Provided, ["bat such demand Bhall have been payable vithin one year: Provided, also, That proceedings to hold such stockholder liable thereor shall be commenced whilst he remains a tockholder therein or within two years after le shall have ceased to be such stockholder: Jrovided, further, That no person holding a bare or shares as executor, administrator, rustee, or in any other fiduciary capacity, hall be liable thereon beyond the value of he estate held by him as such executor, adeinistrator, trustee, or in any other fiduciary apacity. Sec. 2. That the stockholders of railroad orporations shall not be liable beyond the mount of the stock held by them, all installuents whereof have been paid. Approved February 20,1880,