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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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