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Jtoaps and partis. ? An Ohio girl sued a man for a breach of promise, and proved him such a mean scoundrel that the jury decided she ought to pay him something for not marrying her. ? The New Orleans mint has turned out 2,887,000 silver dollars and 860,000 worth of gold double eagles during the eight months it has been running. ? Dr. Everitt, a dentist of Charlotte, was found dead in his room on Wednesday morning of last week. There were no evidences either of foul play or suicide, and the verdict of the coroner's jury was that he came to his death from causes to them unknown. ? The New Orleans Democrat estimates at more than 8100,000 the loss of mules and other stock, in the Ouachita Valley section of Louisiana, from a disease produced by the bi:es of myriads of guats that invaded that part of the State lately. ? It appears from a statement recently made by the Secretary of War, that 869,823 ~J ~ ~ X* no n^AlaaQ for puilIHiS Ul UUIJUUU, I'UUUCUJUCil usuvoo av? army purposes, and worth 8111,345, have beeu given away by acts of Congress for soldiers' monuments. ? An order has been received by the Winchester (Mass.) Arms Company to make from fifteen to twenty million of cartridges for the Chinese Government. This is the first order, it is said, ever given by the Chinese Government to foreigners, for the manufacture of cartridges. ? Edison has not yet succeeded with the electric light, but in his spare moments he invented a new priuciple of telegraphy for which the Western Union Telegraph Company has just paid him a round hundred thousand dollars. This was a little side speculation, so to speak. ? Dr. Atticus G. Haygood, President of Emory College and Editor of the Wesley&n Advocate, and Dr. J. H. Carlisle, President of Wofford College, have been appointed fraternal delegates from the Southern Methodist Church to the General Conference of the Northern Church, which meets in Cincinnati in May. ? The Cincinnati Southern Railroad, just completed, cost the City of Cincinnati eighteen millions of dollars. But it opens an independent route to the Atlantic ports, and is expected to realize handsome profits. A train of cars made the trip, a short time ago, between Cincinnati and Port Royal, in tbirtyfcur hours. ? The rush of immigration at New York OArnovthilt rPinfl rlrahle. The seven ocean steamers which arrived there Sunday and Monday, of last week, landed 2,911 immigrants, making the total for the month up to date, 12.720, agaiust- 6,051 for the eutire month of March of last year, and as the season advances the numbers are expected to increase. ? Of the seventeen daily newspapers published in Philadelphia, eleven are strongly pronounced against the third term movement, and one has nothing to say either way. Twelve of the thirteen weeklies, published in that city, are also opposed to the nomination of Grant, both dailies and weeklies representing an aggregate circulation of 300,000 papers. ? The Mobile Register of last Saturday publishes an interview with S. H. Sewar, a colored man who has returned from Illinois. He gives a full and sorrowful account of his brethren in the West, and says their condition is worse than it ever was in slavery times. He inteuds to travel through the State to warn his colored brethren. He says the South is the place for his poeple. ? So fickle have been the prices of old railway rails for a few months past, that parties having old rails to sell write the officials of rolling-mills: "What will you give for a few thousand tons of old rails, providing they are not sold before your answer is received?" The rolling mill official answers: "I will pay 848 per ton if I don't change my mind before I hear from you." * rOAOntltf f.rtnlf " A. 1,1 lugcjiui b atbi;i ugj ?wvuv*j strong exception to a ruling of the court that certain evidence was inadmissible. "I know, your Honor," said he warmly, "that it is proper evidence. Here I have been practicing at the bar for forty years, and now I want to know if I am a fool ?" "That," replied the court, "is a question of fact and not of law, and so I shall not pass upon it, but let the jury decide." ! ? At noon, on Wednesday of last week, the aggregate of the contributions sent from America to the relief of the suffering poor of the famine districts of Ireland, was 81,002,600. This is larger than the reported aggregate of both the Dublin funds, that of the Duchess of Marlborough and the Mansion House combined. The New York Herald fund had reached the magnificent sura of 8315,689. Of the total sent from this side of the Atlantic, $450,000 is credited to the Catholic Churches. ? The United States Consul at Pernambuco has written a letter to Secretary Evarts, giving an account of the famine which prevails in his Consulate?which is in Northern Brnzil. A secca, or drought, began in that section in 1876, and continued to the close of t-he year 1878, no rain having fallen during that lapse of time, aud the once fertile and productive province now presents the appearance of a vast blackened desert, burnt over by fire. When this drought commenced, the Proviuce Ceara, numbered 900,000 inhabitants; out of these 500,000 have died of disease aud starvation. ? The most monstrous story of miserliness comes from the Russian Province of Podolla, where, in the town of Duois, an elderly man was found dead in a garret. He had perished of cold and slow starvation with half a million of roubles in gold in the room, hidden under a heap of rubbish, which also concealed a greater sum insecurities. For many years he had not been known to have a fire in his miserable lodgings, or a candle at night. To save a few copecks in the price, he would journey to a village several versts die tant for bread, which was his principal food. ? A lady correspondent says she recently saw a new arrangement for wiping dishes that saves half the risk, while the dishes look n:cer and brighter. The only outlay required is a half bushel basket. Set this either in a sink or in a pan. Wash the dishes as usual and put them in a tin pan or pail. Pour boiling water over them, rinse thoroughly, then set them up edgeways in the basket so as to drain. The heat will dry them perfectly, and not a streak or particle of lint is to be seen. Five minutes will leave them ; perfectly dry. No one who tries it once will ; be likely to go back to the old way. ? The sub committee on the militia have j agreed upon a report on the subject of reorganization of the militia, which will be submit-1 ted to the full committee at their next meet-1 ing. The report urges the importance of. national legislation on the subject; that the 1 svstem is obsolete and the annual ap- i propriations wholly inadequate; that without interfering with the control of the several States over their militia forces, the Federal Government should make a sufficient an- j nual appropriation for arming and equipping j the militia, and to pay men for service during a prescribed period of annual encampment and drill. ? Dye's Government Detective for March gives minute descriptions of two new and dangerous counterfeits. One a hundred dollar bill on the National Exchange Bank,1 of Pittsburg, letter A, and one a ten on the new Treasury issue, series of 1875 (Webster head,) letter C. There has also recently ap-! peered a five dollar counterfeit of the same issue (Jackson head,) letter C. Against all these business men should be on their guard., Dye's metliod of detecting counterfeits is a novel one. Atf genuine bills are printed, four bills at a time, attached together in a sheet, each hill containing one of the four Jetters, A, B, C, D. The counterfeiter prints but one; makes but a single plate; thus counterfeiting but one of the four letters. Then the redemption agency retires the genuine bills of the letter counterfeited on any bank. He then refuses all bills having on them that letter, and takes with impunity all bills having on them any of the other three letters. ?be ft or fertile inquirer. ' y6rkvTlle7 sTc.: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1. 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 Enquirer 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 postace is naid bv the Dublisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The dateon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date mu.it be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinct'y understood that our terms for subscription, at vertisiug and jobwork, are cash in advance. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 22ud, Mr. Hill, of Georgia, from the committee on privileges and elections, submitted a majority report on the Kellogg-Spofford contested election case from Louisiana, declaring Spofford entitled to the seat now occupied by Kellogg. Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, from the same committee, presented a minority report, signed by himself, Cameron and Logan, favoring Kellogg's claims. The House bill, appropriating one hundred thousand dollars to continue the public priutirg, was passed. In the House no business was transacted further than the introduction and reference of 1? ?c v:n? a ljuujuci kji uitis. In the Senate on the 23d, a bill incorporating the National Educational Association was discussed until the hour at which the Senate went into executive session, and when the doors were reopened the Senate adjourned. The session of the House was consumed in discussing a question which arose on the reference of a bill revising the tariff. The bill bad been referred to the committee on revision of laws, while Mr. Conger, who sprung the question, contended that it should have been referred to the ways and means committee. A long, confused and excited debate onaiior) anil without, final Rfition. the House, at 6.10 P. M., adjourned. In the Senate on the 24th, a resolution for the appointment of an assistant librarian for the Senate, was discussed at some length, and afterwards passed. The bill incorporating the National Educational Association was discussed, and after a short executive session the Senate adjourned. The entire day, and until after 12 o'clock in the night, was devoted by the House to the discussion of the question of taking the bill for revision of the tariff from the committee on revision of the laws and placing it' in the bands of the ways and means committee. The bill for revision of the tariff was introduced by Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, who very cleverly outwitted the anti-reform men and the ways and means committee of the House by getting a tariff bill referred to the committee on the revision of the laws, of whiVh hp is ft mpmher. His hill bore a verv simple title, proposing to amend a section of the Revised Statutes, and w hen the title was read, no one, not even Conger, suspected the real purpose of the bill, which was to admit free of duty, salt, paper, printing machinery and types and all chemicals entering into the composition of paper. Heretofore all efforts [ to refer tariff'bills to committees, other than that on ways and means, have met with a formidable opposition from the Republican and Democratic protectionists, together with that other class of Democrats who prefer not even indirectly to vote a lack of confidence iu the leading committee of the House. In the Senate on the 25th, a number of bills and resolutions were introduced and re ferred. The bill incorporating the National Educational Association was passed, as also a number of other bills of private and local interest. After an executive session the Senate adjourned until Monday. The session of the House was devoted to debate on taking Mr. Townshend's tariff bill from the committee on the revision of the laws, and it was finally decided to discharge that committee from further consideration of the bill, and to place the bill in possession of the ways and means committee. In the House on the 26th, after a long debate on a bill to extend the patent on a s'noepegging machine, the House, without acting on the bill, went into committee of the whole on the private calendar. In the House on the 27th, a number of bills were reported and disposed of?among them a bill removing the political disabilities of Roger A. Prynr, after which the House went into committee of the whole ou the diplomatic appropriation bill, pending the discussion of which, at 4.10 the committer arose and the House adjourned. 1 ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? There are twenty-hve ueraocratic ciuos In Kershaw county. ? One milliou three hundred and fifty thousand dollars have been paid out for cotton, in Greenville, this season. ? Judge Wallace will hold an extra terra of Court for Union county, commencing on the third Monday in this month. ? The Anderson Intelligencer says that cotton picking is still progressing in some sections of that county. ? The Grand Lodge of Good Templars of South Carolina, will meet at Newberry on the fourth Tuesday in this month. ? The Abbeville Medium says that Dr. J. I. Bonner and his wife, are both dangerously ill. ? The Medium says that the Radicals of Abbeville county are actively preparing for a contest this fall. ? The Radicals will hold their State Convention in CoK mbia on the 28th of this month. ? Mr. B. Odell Duncan, of Newberry, has been appointed, by the President, Consul to Smyrna, He was for a long time Consul to Naples. ? James B. McCants, Esq., formerly a lead- J ing lawyer of Winnsboro, died in that town on Saturday night last, in tho sixty-sixth year of his age. J ? The Chester State Bulletin learns from private but reliable sources, that D. T. Corbiu is to be the R? publican nominee for Governor of South Carolina. ? The Spartan says the reports in regard to ' the wheat crop, from every section of Spartanburg county, are favorable. There is a good stand and it looks promising. ? The Clifton Cotton Factory Company, of Spartanburg county, has now secured stock to the amount of $200,000, and they wish no | more at present. This will put up the neces| sary buildings and purchase machinery suffiI cient for the first factory. ? The Orangeburg Democrat says that a large portion of the small grain in that county is taking the rust badly ; even rust proof oats that have enjoyed a notable exception from this blight, are taking it in several sections. ? The Darlington Nem says that more land will be cultivated in that county, this year, than any year since the war. Nearly every man has a mule or a horse, and every nook and corner is being prepared for corn or cotton. ? At a recent meeting of the subscribers to the proposed cotton factory at Rock Hill, a partial organization was effected by the election of A. E. Hutchison, President; and Messrs. A. H. White, W. B. Fewell, W. L. Roddy, J. M. Ivy, Directors. ? The Abbeville Medium Dresents the fol lowing ticket for State officers: For Governor?General M. W. Gary, of Edgefield; Lieuteuant-Governor?Col. Robert Aldricb, of Barnwell; Secretary of State?Gen. John Bratton, of Fairfield ; Comptroller-General? Hon. Jas. C. Coit, of Chesterfield ; Treasurer?Hon. William Hood, of Abbeville ; Adjutant and Inspector-General?Gen. John B. Erwiu, of Lancaster; Attorney-General? Hon. Isaac D. Witherspoon, of York ; Superintendent of Education?Rev. W. W. Duncan, of Spartanburg. ? At the recent term of the Circuit Court for Spartanburg county, Thomas White, charged with the murder of Pete Hawkins, a negro, was convicted and sentenced to be hung on the 23rd of April. The condemned is a white man about twenty eight or thirty years old, and the facta brought out on the trial clearly proved that he deliberately shot the deceased without the slightest provocation. The defence did not introduce any evidence, but White pretends total ignorance of the deed, and further alleges that he was so much intoxicated as to be oblivious of everything. The jury was composed of white men. ? An attempt was made about 10 o'clock on Friday morning last, to fire the bridge of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad over.the Congaree River, near Columbia. When discovered by the watchman, a spot about two feet square, midway of the bridge, was in flames, but it was soon extinguished. No train had lately passed, and it was considered of incendiary origin.. Thomas Hunt, a white man who was seen near the place a short time before, was arrested and charged with the offence, but he denies that he was nnnno(>t<i(t with nr f?ncrni7Jin nf t.hft flfF?ir. I He was held in 8500 bond to appear at the next term of the Court of General Sessions. ? Mr. W. T. Buchanan, of Williston, S. C., has just invented a new motive power, and has gone tD Washington for the purpose of haviug it patented. The power exerted is exactly on the principle of an overshot wheel. The motive power throws heavy weights on the down grade aud gathers it to the axis on the ascent. This is done by connecting rods. The machine and principle are very simple and practicable. A power of ten pounds, exerted at the motive power, raises a weight of one hundred pounds and adds to that power. Mr. Buchanan is said to have one in operation at Williston, which is doing the work, by one mulo, which formerly required that of four animals. It can be applied to all machinery, such as gins, mills, &c., and the cost of construction is marvelously cheap. ? The taxes this year are due and payable in two equul installments, the first installment payable from the 1st day of May to the 1st day of June, and the second installment payable from the 15th day of September to the 31st day of October. It is Jeft to the option of any person either to pay the amount of the first installment (one half) at the time .i - e? .. .I.a | me ursi lihsuiniueut is uue, ui lu pajr tuc whole amount of his or her tax at the time the second installment is due. If the first installment is not paid in May, a penalty of five per cent, on the amount of said installment when the whole is paid iu the fall. In other words, and to make it plain, all who fail to pay the first installment in May, will be subjected to a penalty of 2i per cent, on the whole amount of his or her tax ; otherwise there is no penalty added. The whole of the year's tax can be paid at the time fixed for the payment of the first installment if desired. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Davie county has twenty-six distilleries with a capacity aggregating four hundred ! gallons per day. A ..LIL.IJ TI7 _C r<I 1 .1 i? | ?nrcniuaiu warren, ui vievemuu uuuui^, j who was stabbed by his son, Mack Warren, ! on the 26th of last December, died on the | 17th instant from the effects of the wound, j ?A bill authorizing the sale of the WesI tern North Carolina Railroad to a New York J Syndicate, passed both Houses of the General j Assembly in special session on Friday last. | The following is the vote: House?ayes, 89: ! noes, 20. Senate?ayes 40: noes, 6. J ? On Tuesday of last week, a flat car conj taining a number of convicts and guards, at! tached to the passenger train on the Western i North Carolina Railroad, jumped the track, | and od6 guard and two of the convicts were ! killed. ! ?In the Legislature of North Carolina, on i Friday last, the Senate passed the House bill I appropriating 81,500 "to aid in the centennial 1 celebration and to erect a monument on the battle-ground at King's Mountain." | ? '1 lie county commissioners or uasion, at their last meeting, passed a resolution suspending the work on the boundary fence for : the towuship that adopted the fence law recently, with the understanding that the work would not be resumed this spring. ? The "National" or Greenback party seems to be assuming some proportions in North 1 Carolina. A convention of the party will be ! held in Greensboro next Monday, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the National j Convention of the aforesaid party, to be held j in Chicago on the 9th day of June next. ? The Republican executive committee of: the second Congressional district met in Golds-1 boro, last Thursday, to select delegates to the [ Chicago Convention. After a struggle, two ! colored delegates were chosen?J. B. Abbott I and Clay bourn Faison, both Sherman men.' A. McCabe and E. R. Page, white men, were j chosen alternates. i ? M iss Amelia Liukhaw, of Luraberton, j who, in the fall of 1878 shot and killed Ed. ' Hartman, for which she was tried for her life I and acquitted on the ground of temporary j insanity, was married, last week, to a man i named Little, who js represented as a cus-; torus-house officer, stationed on Sullivan's i Island near Charleston. ? Josiah Turner, representative in the General Assembly from Orange county, was ex- I pelled from the House last Friday, by an overwhelming vote. The dispatch to the Charlotte Observer conveying this information says : "His continued abuse of the members of the House and of the Speaker became unbearable. An immense crowd was present and considerable excitement prevailed." ? On Wednesday of last week, the dwelling house of Mr. W. T. Falls, of Pleasant Ridge, Gaston county, was destroyed by fire. The Gastonia Gazette says : "Mr. Falls was ploughing near the house when he discovered it on fire. His wife was at the spring, and owing to the wind and dryness of the timber, his new residence was burned, together with nearly all its contents, in a few minutes. The loss falls heavy on Mr. Falls, who is a young man just starting out in life." ? The Statesville Landmark says: "It is an interesting fact, aud one perhaps not generally known, that the Siamese twins used to have frequent fights. They were indicted for one of these at a term of Surry court, some time before thev died, submitted for an affray, and judgment was suspended upon payment of cost. This is a matter of record. Before the war the twins were great secessionists, but afterwards, being much embittered by the loss of their slaves, they took no interest in politics." ? The Wilmington Star learns that Judge Avery has signed a decree at Chambers for the sale of the Carolina Central Railway at the instance of the first mortgage bondholders. The terms of the decree require the payment of one hundred thousand dollars in cash, which is to be deposited in the Bank of New Hanover, in Wilmington, and the balance of the purchase money to be paid in one. two and three months. Messrs. Junius Davis and N. A. Stedman, Jr., are the commissioners to make the sale, and are required to give a bond of twenty-five thousand dollars each. ' ? Says the Charlotte Observer of Tuesday : The prospects of the King's Mountain Centennial celebration are encouraging. The Legislature of North Carolina has responded to the call for an appropriation to defray the expenses, and the committees engaged in collecting funds from outside sources are meeting with fair success. Citizens of the three States of South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina, are taking a commendable interest in the matter. It begins to look like we are going to have a big thing of it, and there is still time to work it up. ? A case of some interest to passengers on railroads, was tried before Justice Waring, in Charlotte, last week. A passenger was put off the train on the Richmond and Danville Railroad by the conductor, because he had not purchased a ticket, and could not or would not pay the additional fare charged by the road of those who did not have tickets ; and because one of the dimes with which he offered to pay was badly battered. It appeared that the passenger had reached the platform just as the train was moving off, and did not have time to purchase a ticket. He sued the road for $200 damages. After a lengthy hearing, the Justice gave judgment against the road for thirty dollars damages. POLITICAL NEWS. ? The Norfolk Virginian states that Gen. Mahone is prepared to do all he can towards selling out the vote of Virginia to Grant, if he should be nominated. ? The Republicans of Kentucky have held conventions in fifty five counties of the State, of which thirty have instructed for Grant, ships, for which he will have to appoint 170 enumerators. He says that the appointments shall be made without reference to the politics of applicants, but solely with reference to the physical activity, aptness, neatness of writing and knowledge of figures possessed by those applying for the position. These requirements are scarcely more in the interest of the census than in the interest of the enumerator himself. The nature of the work requires active, energetic men, of good address and readiness with the pen. Only such men can do the work with satisfaction to the Government and profit to themselves. Applicants for appointment as enumerator should in all cases make application in their own handwriting, and the application should be accompanied by recommendations as to fitness from men of stauding in their respective localities, Enumerators will be under heavy penalties three for Sherman and one for Blaine. Where no instructions have been given, Grant delegates to the State Convention have generally been appointed. ? The Republicans of Augusta, Georgia, have split between Grant and Blaine. The Blaine delegates recently chosen will be opposed in the State Convention at Atlanta, on April 21, by delegates to be chosen by the Grant wiug. The negroes are strong for Grant. ? The Independent Republicans of New York, who led the thirty thousand scratchers against Cornell last fall, are solidifying their organization and promising trouble for either Grant or Blaiue. A representative of the organization has recently been through New York State and reports that there is the most outspoken indignation over the action of Senator Conkling's convention in instructing for Grant, and Independent organizations are being effected in different counties. The present intention of the Independent Republicans is to work for the nomination of the right kind of man at Chicago, and they will support almost any one who may be nominated there except Blaine or Grant. ? The Republican anti-third-term committee has adopted a call for a National Mass Convention to meet in St. Louis on May 6th, to the end that a National organization may be perfected through which a proper expression of the will of the people, against the principle of a third Presidential term, may be secured with a view to limiting the Executive term by a constitutional amendment. The call recites the patriotic precedent of Washington and his successors ; the declaration of Jefferson, that "if some termination to the service of the Chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution or supplied by practice, his office, nominally for years, will in fact become one for life." It cordially approves the declaration of the Pennsylvania State Republican Convention in'1875, also that of New York against the third-term, and deprecates the evident purpose of a faction of the Republican party to secure the re election of Grant, thereby endangering the success of the party, and threatening to subvert a policy hitherto regarded as a safeguard of our institutions. MERE-MENTION. President Hayes has nominated Hon. William Henry Trescott, of South Carolina, as United States Commissioner to China, to negotiate a treaty with the Chinese. Jay Gould's income, is now estimated at $2,000 a day. In Connecticut the right of suffrage has been granted to women in all cases affecting the liquor traffic. One day last week, while workmen were engaged in digging a well at Birmingham, Ala., a sudden current of gas began to flow and immediately after petroleum started and is still flowing at the rate of 90 barrels per day. The wildest excitement prevails. The total number of tons of fertilizers sold in Georgia this season will not be far short of 120,000, and the j State will receive $50,000 as inspector's fees. Two cotton seed oil mills aj; Nashville, Tennessee, consume from 6,000 to 10,000 tons of seed per year. Of a gentleman recently deceased, a friend said to a news gatherer: "He was in the Legislature one year, I believe; but I wouldn't say anything about that. Otherwise, his life was free from blot.' Ex-President Grant arrived in Galveston, Texas, on Thursday last, on his return from Mexico. He expected to reach [ New Orleans on yesterday.'-"""The Ken tucky Legislature has refused to establish the whipping post in that State, LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. B. T. Wheeler?The Carriage Factory. Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. P., Applicant?Wm. Latta, Senior, deceased. Military Entertainment. Dobson <fc Parish?Guano Distributors?Spring Wagon?Cheese and Crackere. Sergeant Manufacturing Co.?Special Notice. Hunter A Oates?Remember. T. M. Dobson's New York House. M. Strauss?All Agree. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion. H. H. Beard ife Co.?Molasses?Flour, <ftc. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Wanted. J. C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. J. R. Gardner?Standard Fertilizers. H. W. Hope?High Grade Fertilizers. Withers Adickes?Just Received. Adickes AColcock?Guano and Phosphate. Latimer A Hemphill?Spring Goods?Millinery Department?Ready-Made Clothing. OUR CLUBBING RATES. To clubs of three or more names, entered on our books and paid for at the same time, the Enquirer will be furnished one year for $2 to each subscriber. Single subscriptions, $2.50 per annum in advance. All persons who subscribe for one year, between this date and the first of October next, will be entitled to a chance in our prize drawing. PRIZE AND MYSTIC DRILL. The Jenkins Rifles will give an unique entertainment in the Court House to-morrow evening, to consist of a prize drill open to all the members of the company, after which a select number of members will participate in a mystic drill. The entertainment will be well worth witnessing. See announcement in our advertising columns. YORK COUNTY BONDS. On Thursday, last the Supreme Court filed its decision, affirming the judgment of Judge Pressly in the case of the State ex. rel. Brown et al. vs. the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, et al. The opinion was delivered by Chief Justice NVillard. The effect of the decision is to declare the bonds issued in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, valid obligations of the county. At an early day we will print the full text of the decision. EASTER EJECTION. At the Easter election of the Church of the Good Shepherd, last Monday, the following officers were elected: Wardens.?W. B. Wilson, Sen., A. Coward. Vestrymen.?J. C. Kuykendul, R. J. Latta, G. W. S. Hart, A. Springs Withers, B. T. Moore, T. W. Clawson. Delegate* to the Diocesan Convention.?R. J. Latta, G. W. S. Hart, A. Springs Withers, B. T. Moore. The convention meets in Charleston on the 12th of May next. NEW WATER WHEEL. The attention of persons owning water power is directed to the advertisement of the Sergeant Manufacturing Company, of Greensboro, N. C., manufacturers of Farrar's turbine water wheel. This wheel is of recent invention, and j>erforms all that is claimed for it. We have seen recommendations of practical owners of machinery, who after civinc it a trial. Dronounce it suoerior to anv o ; ?o * * - i * other water motive power made?giving more power with a lighter head of water As will be seen, they offer Inducements to purchasers during the next sixty days. KING'S MOUNTAlN*BATTLE-GROUND. We learn that the committee appointed at the meeting of the executive committee of the Centennial Association in Charlotte, on the 25th ultimo, to arrange the details of securing the rights of the land on which the monument shall be located aud on which the celebration shall be held, have had a conference with the owners of the land and made all satisfactory arrangements in this respect. So far as relates to the right of way, and ample space on which to hold the celebration upon the ground where the battle was fought, there will be no impediment. WEIGHT OF'THE MAILS. The thirty days allowed by the postal de- J * i ?-i- / ? o_..Ai ;i i? partment in wmcn lor oouiucru ruuruuus lu weigh the mails transported over their lines, expired last week. There has been a considerable increase iu the weight of the Southern mails, and the railroads asked the privilege of weighing them in order to strike a new average, thereby enabling them more intelligibly to make their bids for carrying the same. The gross weight of the mails carried by the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, for the period named, was 11,664 pounds, or an average of 388 4-5 pounds per day. GONE TO THE PENITENTIARY. On Monday morning last, the sheriff desnntvhpH nnrtar trnard of a deDUtV. tbe follow r- - f ? - - t iDg prisoners to the penitentiary?York county's spring contribution to that institution. Milus Borders, larceny, 4years; Solomon Wylie alias Solomon Bailey, burglary, 5 years; Parks Cooper and John Campbell, for life. On shaking the dust of Yorkville from their feet, all the prisoners, except Solomon Wylie, were somewhat dejected. Solomon, however, endeavored to soothe their troubled spirits. He has been there before, and he consoled his comrades with the assurance that in the penitentiary a nigger fares better than he does sometimes at home. CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday a3 follows: Presbyterian?Services at 10J A. M., and 7 P. M., by Rev. T. R. English. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will be absent next Sunday in attendance upon Presbytery, which meets with Little Steele Creek Church, in Mecklenburg county, N. C. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thomas E. Gilbert, Pastor. Services at 10J A. M., and 7 P. M. Sunday-school in the afternoon. Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The rector will officiate in the Church of Our Saviour at Rock Hill on Sunday next. Baptist?Services at 104 A. M. and 3 P. M., by Elder J. H. Booth, Missionary. THE CENSUS. In a more extended interview since last week's issue with Col. C. J. Pride, Census Supervisor for the first district of South Carolina, we learn from him that his district comprises thirteen counties, as follows: Anderson, Abbeville, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens, Newberry, Oconee,Tickens, Spartanburg, Union and York. This territory embraces two cities, and 164 town for failing to faithfully discharge their duties ; and individuals and corporations are likewise under penalties for refusing to answer the questions of enumerators. Enumerators having taken the oath and assumed the duties of the office, cannot retire at their own pleasure. It is not contemplated to give any one enumerator more territory than contains a population of 3,000 names by the census of 1870. The remuneration will be two cents for each living inhabitant, and two cents for each death between the 1st of June, 1879, and the 1st of June, 1880; ten cents for each farm, and fifteen cents for each industry enumerated. The work of the enumerators is all to be completed during the mouth of June? from the 1st to the last day of the month. Col. Pride hopes to have his appointments made out by the 1st of May. His office will be in Rock Hill. EASTER SUNDAY. Easter Sunday was celebrated with appropriate services in the Episcopal Church, Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion with flowers and evergreens, while on the walls were inscriptions in letters of evergreen suggestive of the event the day commemorates. The music was exceptionally fine and imposing, and consisted of the following selections': See from the Tomb?Ross; Grand Te Deum? Jacksun ; Jubilate Deo; Easter Chant; Easter Hymn ; Messiah. The sermon was from the 28th chapter of Matthew?"He is not here: for he is risen"?and was an able aud logical discourse sustaining the doctrine of the resurrection of Christ. A pleasant incident of the day, was the preientation by members of the congregation of a substantial token of esteem to Miss Sue F. Lowry, the accomplished organist of the church. CIRCUIT COURT. Circuit Court adjourned on Saturday last. The sessions docket was concluded on Thursday. Besides a number of trivial cases disposed of, the most important, engaging the attention of the Court on Wednesday and Thursday, were the following : - State vs. Parks Cooper and John Campbell, colored, charged with burning the dwelling house of Capt. Allen Jone9, of Rock Hill, on the night of the 23d of Septemer, 1878. The prisoners were ably defended by Hart & Hart and J. C. Witherspoon, and the Ci.l* U rr \T * fi/%1 t/l? +1\*? oiaie wuo ropic^cuivu uj IUI* uvjiuhui VIMton, assisted by W. 3. Wilson, Jr., Esq. The trial occupied the entire day, and at a late hour in the night the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation for mercy. The only remaining case of importance on the sessions docket was that of the State vs. Jane McSwain, charged with infanticide, the trial of which nad been previously set for Thursday. The accused was acquitted, there being no proof that the infant was born alive. On Wednesday, the grand jury submitted the following report: To the Honorable T. J. Mackey, Presiding Judge Sixth Circuit: In compliance with your Honor's instructions, the grand jury have made the examinations below, and herewith respectfully submit a report thereon. The books of the following public offices have been carefully examined and found properly balanced and neatly kept, and the grand jury believe, to the best of their knowledge, that the duties of the several officers have been properly administered: Trial Justices J. 8. Lewis. A. L. Nunnerv. S. L. Davidson, R. T. Gillespie, 8. M. Fewell, P. B. Darwin, G. C. Leech, J. J. L. Gill, W. D. Camp, B. F. Powell and D. M. Wallace ; Sheriff's office ; Probate Judge's office; Treasurer's office; office of Clerk of the Court; Auditor's office ; School Commissioner's of6ce, and County Commissioners' office. Within the walls of the county jail the grand jury found twelve prisoners?nine colored and three white?all of whom are prop erly provided for. The jail is in good condition and neatly kept. From the information which the grand jury have been able to obtain, they consider the public roads in as good condition as possible. Taking into consideration the recent continued rains, the roads are in much better condition than usual. The grand jury found twenty paupers at the common county poor house?ten white and ten colored. None of them are strong enough to labor on the farm. The farm contains 474 acres of land?100 cleared and 374 acres of wood land_ The stock consists of 2 mules, 1 horse, 3 cows and 12 hogs. There is about sufficient corn and provender to last until the next crop is made. It is conventional to report the generul expenses and in - e i. .L. I? come 01 me ianu at uie vuiuucr iciiv m tuc Court, which the grand jury will do at that time. The grand jury consider their work at the poor house one of the most important, if not the most important that they bad to perform. They have therefore made a close and critical examination of the same. The paupers are well cared for and properly fed and clothed. The bouses are neat and comfortable. The superintendent, Mr. Joe C. Gwin, has had charge for four years, and the grand jury consider, from the faithful manner in which he has discharged his duties, that he is entitled to be commended for reinstatement. The grand jury respectfully thank your honor for the kind and impartial instructions which have you given them, and are happy to welcome you to York county again. Respectfully submitted. R. J. Latta, Foreman. March 23,1880. The following sentences were pronounced: Milus Borders, colored, convicted of larceny ; to four years in the penitentiary. Solomon Wiley alias Solomon Bailey, colorered, convicted of burglary; five years in the penitentiary. Parks Cooper and John Campbell, colored, convicted of arson; to the penitentiary for life. # | At the conclusion of the sessions docket, ' on the petition of the jurors, which was also . recommended by a majority of the members of the bar, in view of the pressing demand at this season for their presence at their homes, they were discharged from fur- ( ther attendance during the term. Friday I and Saturday were devoted to causes not re- . quiring the intervention of a jury. ] Judge Mackey presided with the ability which has ever distinguished him as a presi- j ding officer, and with the tireless industry . 1 I ! i 1 I ! for which he is uotea m tne aispaicn 01 dusi- j ness. , The Size of the Cotton Crop.?The ] present crop of American cotton has been a < surprise to the trade generally. The visible < supply to-day is as follows : ' Receipts at ports 4,434,000 ] Overland, to March 1 432,000 l Overland since and amount in transit, es- , timated 40,000 J Interior stocks 297,000 t Southern mills takings, estimated 150,000 ] Shipments to Canada 1 Total visible supply 5,303,000 From this it appears that, with receipts ? from plantations from this time to September 1 1, of 131,000 bales, the present crop will t amount to five and a half millions. There- t ceipts from plantations for the corresponding j time last year, were 364,000 bales. There can c be nodoubt that the sizeof the present crop has t been the result, in a large degree, of the high t prices that have ruled. Almost anything in J the shape of cotton could be sold for eleven c cents, and, in consequence, a large quantity of the staple has come to market, which, ? under less favorable oiroumstances, would 1 have been wasted. Many well informed par- s ties place the increase from this cause alone ( at 250,000 bales. | i EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The State Democratic CooTentioo. The chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, has issued the fallowing circular to the County Chairmen, under date of March 25,1880: In the recent call for a convention, to assemble on the first of June next, the State Executive Committee, among other things, desired to submit to the convention itself, when it assembled, the question whether the nomination of the State ticket should be made then or at a subsequent time. Had the committee omitted to name, among the objects for which that convention is called, the nomination of State officers, they would, practically, have assumed to decide the matter in favor of a second convention. It is important that this view of the action of the committee should be presented to your respective county conventions when they assemble to select delegates ; and you are requested to lay it before them, to the end that the wishes of the party may find expression, and the delegates be advised of ^ the desire of their constituents. Unity and harmony are paramount to every other consideration. The committee has implicit faith that the action of the convention, whatever it may be, will insure the success of the Democratic party. Freight on Cotton. The Supreme Court of this State h as recently rendered two decisions with regard to the freight on cotton: I. In the case of Bonham, railroad commissioner, vs. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, the question was as to the construction of the clause of the charter of the defendant corporation in regard to charges for the transportation of cotton packed in bales, whether cotton packed in bales is to be regarded as a heavy article or an article of measurement The Circuit Judge decided that from the terms of the charter and general customs of the country within the judicial knowledge of the Court, cotton packed in bales was to be regarded as a heavy article. There was no evidence as to the general custom in relation thereto. The Supreme Court deciues that the Act does not afford any means of determining the force of the expressions heavy and articles of measurement, and that these terms must be defined by proof of the custom or practice prevailing at the time of the passage of the Act The judgment of the Circuit Court is re- , versed, and the cause is remanded for further . proceedings. The opinion was delivered by 1 Chief Justice Willard. w-w r .1 a TII 1. A? . ni 1-ii. ii. id inecase 01 jmaer vs. mo unarioiie, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, the plaintiff obtained a verdict against the defendant corporation in the trial justice's court, on a question in regard to freight on cotton packed in bales, sustaining the proposition that cotton in that condition is to be regarded as a heavy article. The Circuit Court set aside the verdict. On appeal, the Supreme Court decides that the charge of the trial justice being in accordance with the con- ? elusions arrived at in the above case of Bon- v ham, railroad commissioner, vs. the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, was correct. KING'S MOFNTATN CENTENNIAL. In addition to the correspondence heretofore printed between the Governors of Virginia, Tennessee and North and South Carolina, relative to the necessary arrangements for the centennial celebration of the battle of King's Mountain, the following letter is also published: from the governor of virginia. Richmond, Va., Feb. 10, 1880.?To His excellencv Gov. Albert 8. Marks?Dear Sir: Yours of the 21st of January, last, inclosing a resolution of the General Assembly of Tenn-issee, in relation to the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of King's Mountain, came safely. I have delayed answering it, hoping that I could, before this, get a resolution from the General Assembly of Virginia, now in session ; but the committee before whom I laid the papers, by reason of the great piens of busiuess, have not yet acted. I, therefore, will respond now and send you wkatever action may be taken by the Legislature in the future. I need hardly say that the celebration proposed meets with my cordial sympathy and approval, and I hope will be a great success. With high regard, yours very truly, Fred. W. W. Holiday. appointment of commissioners. From the Nashville American, we extract the following proceedings of the meeting of the Tennessee Historical Society, held in Nashville ou the evening of the 23rd ultimo : Whereas, the Governot of Tennessee has intimated that he would appoint, as commissioners to meet in Charlotte, N. C.t on the 22d of June, such gentlemen as might be suggested by the Tennessee? Historical Society, therefore, Resolved, That we recommend to His Excellency, Governor Marks, the appointment ^ of the following named gentlemen as commissioners for Tennessee, under a joint resolution -C iL. 1 1 C iU. r> ? A ???? Ul? UI UIC twu UUUWO Ui MIC UCI1CIB1 AOOCIUUlj, at the last session, to attend a meeting of similar commissioners from North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina, at Charlotte, N. C.; on the 22-1 of Jnne next, to make suitable arrangements for the celebration of the Centennial of the battle of King'6 Mountain on the 7th of October next: For the State at Large?Hon. T. Nixon Van Dyke, of McMinn. ^ For East Tennessee?Dr. W. R. Sevier, of Washington; Col, N. Gregg, of Sullivan j Hon. 0. P. Temple, of Knox. i For Middle Tennessee?Judge Hugh L. Davidson, of Bedford ; Hon. Robert Sevier Windle, of Overton; Col. E. W. Cole, of Davidson. For West Tennessee?Judge John L. T. Sneed, of Shelby ; Col. Marshall T. Polk, of Hardeman ; Maj. J. C. Maccabe, of Memphis. All of which was adopted by the-8ociety. Gov. Marks immediately approved the above action and appointed the gentlemen named, and they are therefore the regular commissioners for the State of Tennessee. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN CHARLOTTE. From the Charlotte Observer, we copy the following proceedings of the meeting of the executive committee of the Centennial A kftld tn fko ^ />! f*t /\n TXZ rt/1 *4 rtrt Jav* (' nLOttUvjittLiuu uciu IU biiab ^iwjr uu TT cuucouaj ? sight of last week: Pursuant to a former adjournment of the King's Mountain Centennial executive comnittee, this association met last night at the *00ms of the Charlotte Chamber of Coranerce, by the courtesy of that body. There vere present Col. A. Coward, chairman; I. D. Withnrspoon, Esq., Dr. A. P. Campbell, Dol. John S. Bratton, Rev. Robert Lathan, >f Yorkville, York county S. C.; Capt. W. r. S. Bell, A. V. Falls, Esq., W. A. Mauney, Esq., F. Dilliog, Esq., Dr. B. F. Dixon, of King's Mountain, N. C.; Col. J. M. Ivy, of Etock Hill, S. C.; Major Chas. Petty, Spar* <.v an burg, S. C.; Coh J. P. Thomas, Gen. T. F. Drayton, Col. Chas. R. Jones and Capt. R. P. SVaring, of Charlotte, N. C. The business of the evening was opened by i statement from Col. Coward that he had leld quite an extensive correspondence with lumbers of individuals, chiefly with a view o arousing and fostering an interest iu the obects of the association. But one thing he leemed worthy of calling to the attention of he association, viz.: His having authorized he sending of 150 copies of the sketch of the 3attle of King's Mountain to the North Carilina Legislature , Capt. Bell stated that under orders of the 411 issociation, he had written several hundred etters touching appointments on the ways md means committee to individuals in many >f the counties of North and South Carolina. ^.Iso, that he had forwarded, in the name of the X f