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cvaps and ^acts. ! ? Persons punching holes iu gold and silver ! coins are, perhaps, not aware of their liability to a punishment of two years' imprisonment and a fine of $2,000. ? The whisky crop of Kentucky, for the j year ending June, 1880, is estimated at 10,- j 139,726 gallons. The tax on this will be $10,000,000. ? There are 60,000 locomotives in the ' United States, and each contains 2,800 dif- j ferent pieces, requiring renewal every ten or j twelve years. This conveys a notion of the ! industries which railroads foster. ? The skin of a boiled egg is the most ef- j ficacious remedy that can be applied to a boil. Peel it carefully, wet it and apply it to j the part affected. It will draw off the matter and relieve the soreness in a few hours. ? Gen. Henry Pleasants, the man who conceived the idea of blowing up all the Confederates by digging the mine under Cemetery Hill, near Petersburg, in 1864, died in Potts..:n_ n. .1 .u .1.... vine, x a., me uiuci ua_y. ? U. S. Grant, Jr., tried to smuggle 1,200 cigars iuto New York the other day. After j having been taken to the seizure room as an ; illicit importation, they were released by a special order of the treasury department, on payment of a penalty equal to the duty. ? The signs of an inevitable decline in the prices of the large staples have begun to appear in various directions. Iron, which has hung so long at what was once the fabulous price of 840 a ton, has begun to shade off to 835. ? The Southern Baptist Convention will meet Thursday, May 6, 1880, at 10 A. M., in the First Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky. Rev. P. H. Mell, D. D.,of Georgia, to preach the Convention Sermon?Rev. T. T. Eaton, D. D., of Virginia, alternate. ? The Lower House of the General Assembly of Kentucky, has passed a law making the seduction of any unmarried female of good repute under twenty one years of age, under promise of marriage, felony. It fixes the penalty at one to five years in the peuiten- | tiary. ? In the United States District Court at Lynchburg, Va., on Wednesday of last week, the trial of Judge Griffin, of Roanoke county, for not putting negroes on juries, resulted in a hung jury?eleven for acquittal to one for couviction. Other cases of a similar charac ter in the Court were continued. ? The New York Daily Journal of Com iL.i ? 1 merce announces mat in cuxisetjueuce ui tne large advance in the price of printing paper and the increased cost of every department off news gathering and publishing, it will return to its former rates of subscription, 815 per annum. The previous rates were 812. i ? In the course of debate in Congress recently, Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, created a good deal of amusement by stating that he had made a calculation and had discovered that twenty eight members consumed 71 per cent, of all the time of the Hoase. Of the remaining time 9 per cent. wa3 consumed by Southern men, 10 per cent, by one man from Michigan (alluding to Mr. Conger,) and j the balance by Northern Democrats. ? A list of the ages of the candidates for the Presidential nominations will interest all our readers and may surprise them : Charles Francis Adams is 73; Horatio Seymour, 70 ; Mr. Tilden, 66 ; Senator Davis, 65 ; ex-Governor Parker, of New Jersey, 74; Senator Thurman, 61; ex President Grant, 58; Secretary Sherman, 57; Gen. Haneock, 56; Gen. McClellan, 54; Senator Bayard, 52; Senator Conkling, 51; an^ Senator Blaine, 50. ? The Indianapolis Sentinel says that exGovernor Hendricks is somewhat annoyed by intimations in various quarters that he would consent to run as second on the ticket with Mr. Seymour or Mr. Bayard or Gen. Hancock. He wishes it to be distinctly under stood that while he has the utmost respect for these and other distinguished Democrats, whose names have been mentioned as possible candidates for the Presidency, he positively declines to stand as second to any one. ? Gen. Grunt aud party arrived in New Orleans on Wednesday of lust week and was re ceived by the City Council and prominent citizens. During Gen. Grant's reception at Galveston, Texas, the gas was turned off from the street lamps, and candles had to be used. The guns of the artillery company which were to be used to fire a salute for Grant's arrival were spiked, but the spikes were removed in time to be used. Five hun clred dollars reward was offered for "the miscreant who spiked the guns." ? On Thursday last, the House ways and means committee reported, by a vote of 8 to 3, to place on the free list all manufactured paper wood pulp, jute butts, manufactured flax straw, and all other fibrous plants fit for use in the manufacture of paper. They also decided, by a vote of 7 to 5, to fix the duty at 40 per cent, on flannels, blankets, hats of wool, knit goods, balmoral, woolen and worsted yarns, all manufactures of every description, composed wholly or in part of worsted, the hair of the alpaca goat or other like animals, except such as are composed in part of wool, not otherwise provided for. ? The census taker will be around next June, and as he is required to ask a number of questions about farm products, and in order that the farmers may be prepared to answer those questions, we will give them, below, some idea of the information the census taker will expect them to give. He will want to know the number of acres planted and the amounts raised in 1879, of wheat, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, peas aud beans, rice, tobacco, cotton, potatoes, orchards, vineyards, small fruit, hay, clover seed, grape seed, bops, hemp, flax, flax seed, bees aud honey, sugar cane and sorghum ; number of sheep clipped nnd pounds of wool in 1880, of butter, cheese, milk sold, value of animals slaughtered, market gardeus, forest products, and value of home manufactures. ? Iieslie Combs of Kentucky, favors Judge Thurman for the Presidency, as much on account of his wife as for any other reason. He says Mrs. Thurman is one of the greatest women iu the world, and what the Judge does not know she does. He winds up like a gallautman thus: "Look at Hayes. What would he be without his wife? She has made a respectable man of bini. She springs from the best blood of this section, and belongs to n Ai n/Miro Kroir Q A a \TrC II imuiijr ui ivuiftgg ouu 1/1011:0. 110 iuio, Piesident she has earned an excellent reputation for herself and her husband. He can't go very far wrong while she is around. I tell you I believe in women in politics or out of i it. They understand everything, aud some 1 things better than men. It's just as necessa-! ry to have a good woman in the White 1 House as it is to have a good man." ? Everybody knows that during the past | six months there has been extraordinary ac-! tivity in railway construction, but the raagni- i tude of the movement has not been very definitely determined until now, and the re- : suit is such as may well create astonishment. The New York Bulletin has a statement j showing that, from the 1st of September | last until the 25th ultimo, nearly three thou-1 sand miles have actually been constructed, and 12,641 miles projected. Total construction and projection, fifteen thousand six hundred aud twelve miles. Should the country experience no financial disarrangement during the current year, there can be no j doubt but that a majority of these new un- j dertakings will be well on to completion, thus j adding immensely to the transportation facil-; ities of the country and the distribution of population, commerce and industry. These -enterprises, it is calculated, will absorb about .$273,000,000 of capital. ? The fxxstal card is a little over six years old in this country, yet it is doing as well as could be expected for its age. They are made at Holyoke, Mass, aud forty men are continually employed in their manufacture. The cardboard is furnished in packages of -three thousand each, and every sheet is made into forty postals. Three presses are kept | goiog night and day. A machine slits the sheets into strips of ten cards each, and these in turn are cut into single cards aud dumped into piles of twenty-five cards each, when they are packed by girls in pasteboard boxes containing five hundred cards. A gov- I erument officer is constantly on hand to see ! that no pilfering of cards is done. The Holyoke manufactory turns out about a million of cards a day. Last year there were used in this country two hundred and fortysix millions sixty-three thousand and sixty cards. Of the new international card, introduced a few weeks since, there have beeD two millions used already. The government keeps on hand twenty-five million of the postal cards. (frtupum. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 8. 1880. INCREASE OF CRIME. Crime, more especially that species in which violence forms the component part, is fearfully on the increase in this country, and so alarming is becoming its prevalence as to engage the serious attention of every thoughtful person. We refer not only to the country at large, throughout which a daily record of from one to half a dozen murders is regularly made by the daily press ; but it is with pain that we are compelled to admit the fact that a bad state of morals exists within the borders of our own State. 'Happily, this immediate section is comparatively free from deeds of violence, but there are few sections in the State of which the same can be said ; nor, from the nature of things do we know how long the remark will apply to our own locality. We do not propose to read a homily to the people. Sermonizing is not our province, nor as the conductor of a newspaper do we feel it incumbent upon ourselves to lecture the people as to their moral and social obligations and duties;yet, in certain circumstances, it is the duty of the press to speak out on questions involving the entire social fabric, and to warn the people of impending danger. To two causes alone may be attributed almost every quarrel, every broil, every fight and every murder that occurs in this broad laud. These causes are first, the immoderate use of alcoholic drink, and secondly the carrying of concealed weapons. Both are reprehensible, and both are constantly increasing. No pernicious habit, open to common observation, has so increased during the last rlponHe n* intpmnernnce. The VOUth of the w ? ( laud?the hope of the next generation?are becoming fearfully addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors. The time has been when at public assemblages or during Court week a few drunken men might be seen, and the spectacle created no remark ; but now that is the exception, and in place of men?"old topers" as they were wont to be called?it is no uncommon thing to see at public gatherings a score or more of youths, mere boys, reeling under the influence of alcoholic poison. Nor is it deemed manly to appear in this condition with only a bottle of whisky in one pocket; but in the other must needs be a pistol or a knife?some deadly weapon?more becoming an uncivilized painted warrior of the forest that) a man cluimiug intelligence and moving in the haunts of civilization. Thus armed, with the destroyer of reason in one pocket and an implement of death in the other, too many of the youths of our country are to-day on the down grade to ruin, to shame and destruction. We would ask them to pause, to reflect, ere it become too late ; and we would implore their elders to give not only the precept, but set the example in morality, temperance and prudence. The poison that dethrones reason and destroys the soul, is doing more to-day than all other evils combiue^1 to undermine the foundations of society and sap the manhood of those who in a few years will be called to as sume the responsibilities of State. The evil is of such magnitude as to attract attention, and is one which calls loudly for reform. Against the ravages of the destroyer the press, the pulpit and all thoughtful persons should work without restraint, until such a sentiment shall be engendered as to demand of the law-makers the suppression of its manufacture and sale. With a prohibitory liquor law in every State, and the equally important enactment against the carrying of concealed weapons, the morals of the country would improve in direct ratio with the decline now so painfully perceptible, and the commission of murder and other deeds of violence, in the heat of passion, would be the exception and not the rule. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 29th, a bill providing for an international exhibition in New York j in 1883 was introduced and discussed, after j which the Senate resumed consideration of the Geneva award bill. The House resolution providing for the building of four monitors for the United States Navy, was taken ! up and passed, and the Senate, after a short executive session, adjourned. In the House, a number of bills were introduced, the most important of which was one by Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, prescribing and defining the manner of guaranteeing to each State a Republican form of Government. It provides that whenever the President shall ascertain that there exists in any State a controversy between two organized bodies, each claiming to be the legislators of such State, and such controversy caunot be de- i ternained by the lawfully constituted authoii- , ties of such State without resort to military force, he shall communicate the fact of such controversy to the Senate, which shall determine which, if either, of the two bodies is the ; Legislature of the State. The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill was discussed in the committee of the whole. In the Senate on the 30th, a bill appropriating ?75,000 for the erection of a public building at Asheville, N. C., was taken up and passed. Mr. Cockrell, from the committee on military affairs, reported favorably on a bill directing the restoration of the official letter books of the Executive Department of North Carolina, seized by the Federal Army during the occupation of Raleigh. Mr. Hampton, from the same committee, reported favorably on a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to settle an account for arms between the State of South Carolina and the United States. The bill providing for an international exhibition in 1883, and the Geneva award bill, were both discussed without final action on either. In the House, the army appropriation bill was reported from the appropriations committee, aud rfi&rred to the committee of the whole. It appropriates $26,425,800, being a reduction of $1,201-,675 from the department estimates. The star mail routes deficiency bill was also reported from the appropriations committee. The consular anc diplomatic appropriation bill was considered in committee of the whole. In the Senate on the 31st, Mr. Bayard, from the judiciary committee, reported favorably on the bill amending the statutes so as to prevent the arrest of State election officers on election days. Placed on the calendar, The bill for an international exhibition in New York in 1883 was passed. The immediate deficiency bill was resumed and considered, pending which the Senate adjourn, ed. In the House, the following bills were reported and placed on the calendar : To pro hibit engraved signatures on bank notes. Authorizing National Banks to make loans on mortgages on real estate. To regulate the purchase of tobacco for army use. The post route bill was reported from the post office and post roads committee aud passed. The | House then proceeded to consider the Senate amendments to the star route deficiency bill, but adjourned without fiual action. In the Senate on the 1st, Mr. Vance introduced a bill for the erection of a public building at Greensboro. Referred. The immediate deficiency bill was taken up, the questiou being on its final passage. Mr. Edmunds opposed the bill because it contained a clause providing that Deputy Marshals shall | be appointed by the United States Courts, in equal numbers from the different political parties, and shall be well-known jitizens of good moral character. The point of objection by Mr. Edmunds was that Deputy Marshals being executive officers, they could not be appointed by the Courts without interference between two separate departments of the government. The questiou was demanded, and the bill passed by a party vote. In the House, a resolution was adopted providing for the priuting of 5,000 copies of the report of the select committee on depression of labor and Chinese immigration. The Senate bill amending the Senate act was considered, and after striking out the provision doing away with inquiries as to naturalization and the ownership of the public debt, the bill was passed. The postal star route uenciency Din was considered in coramiuee of the whole, and when the committee rose the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 2nd, the special committee on the Freedman's Bank reported back the bill amending the charter of the bank, together with a report of the committee's investigations. Also, a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the Freedman's Bank building for the use of the Government. Placed on the calendar. Pending consideration of the bill ratifyiug a treaty with the Ute Indians, the Senate adjourned until Monday. The entire session of the House was devoted to the star service deficiency bill, which was finally adopted as it passed the Senate. It appropriates 81,100,000 for the Star Service for the current fiscal year, and prohibits the further expediting of service on the Star routes; it appropriates 8100,000 for new service; forbids expeditures of the service to to exceed fifty per cent, of the original contract price ; appropriates 850,000 for the public printing, and provides that nothing in it i shall affect the validity or legality of the act or omission of any United States officer. The House met on the 3rd for debate only, and immediately went into committee of the whole on the state of the Union. Covert, of New York, addressed the committee on the revision of the tariff, advocating especially a reduction of the duty on steel rails, but would oppose any project looking to the appointment of a commission on the subject of tariff revision. Mr. Houek, of Tennessee, spoke on matters in connection with ihe Tilden campaign ; and Mr. Lowe, of Alabama, spoke in opposition to the funding bill. - - - ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Green peas are abundant in Columbia at teu cents a quart. ? Mrs. A. L. Bonner, wife of Dr. J. I. Bonner, died at Due West, on the 30th ultimo, after a protracted illness. ? The State Board of Health are taking steps to have all persons in the State vaccinated who have not been heretofore. ? E. W. M. Mackey has announced himself as a Republican candidate for Congress for the First District. ? From the 1st of June, 1879, to the 31st of March, 1880, fifty thousand nine hundred and six tons of commercial fertilizers were shipped over the South Carolina Railroad. ? The town council of Barnwell have passed an ordinance, prohibiting the carrying of concealed deadly weapons within the corporate limits of that town. ? One day last week, the Radicals of Hampton county elected delegates to the State convention. About fifty delegates were in attendance in the county convention?all negroes and mulattoes. ? A correspondent of the New York Bulletin, writing from Bamberg, S. C., says that 705 acres will be planted in cotton in the same neighborhood, where only 483 were planted last year. ? The receipts of cotton at Rock Hill from Sept. 1,1879, to April 1st, 1880, foot up 9,* 962 bales, against 9,882 bales the previous year?a difference in the two seasons of 80 bales. ? At a recent county convention at Union C. H., June Mobley, Jim Depau and Charles Wade?all colored?were elected delegates to the Republican State convention. The Times says that June Mobley made a long Grant-Blaine speech. ? The phosphate business this year has been unprecedented. One firm in Baltimore has applied to the Port Royal Railroad for storage next year for 30,000 tons, showing that the manufacturers believe that the rush will continue. ? The South Carolina Railroad has already laid thirty miles of steel rails on its track between Charleston and Branchville, and has enough material contracted for to complete the road to Branchville. By the first of September next the entire track between Charleston and Branchville will be laid with steel rails. ? The railroad between Blackville and Barnwell is completed, and the running of regular trains will be commenced in a few dayl The new road has wooden rails, and is similar to one that has been in successful operation for several years between Lane's Turn Out, on the North Eastern Railroad, and the town of Foreston. ? Peter B. Glass, formerly a prominent merchant of Columbia, was brought before a Trial Justice in that city on Friday last, and bound over in the sum of five hundred dol-; lars, to answer a charge of committing an in- ' decent assault and battery on a little white girl, ten years old, on the previous Tuesday afternoon. The hearing was only aprelimi-j nary one, and the case will have a judicial examination and full trial in the Circuit Court. The mother of the little girl was committed to the Lunatic Asylum in consequence of the distress of mind occasioned by the occurrence. ? Mr. Jno. G. Clark, who was appointed to the position of superintendent of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad several months ago, has resigned his position, the resignation having taken place April 1st. Mr. Clark is a professional bridge builder, and it is understood that he has been led to take this step because he finds bridge building a more profitable and pleasant occupation. ? The Beaufort News, the only Republican paper in the State, says: "We are satisfied, from the best sources, that no State ticket will hp nilt in thp fipM htr tKa T?nmihlinnna nnri if j"*" ? v,,v "v*v4 %jj tug """ the nominee of the Democratic party is one against whom Republicans have no bitter remembrances and in whose courage and truthfulness they can rely, every effort will be made by the leaders to bring out a full vote of the colored people. We are told that in some counties a county ticket will be run, and in all one for the Electors for President." ? Attorney General Youraans has served upon the parties interested in the sale of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, notice of a motion which he has made before Judge Kershaw, to increase the minimum bid fixed upon in the approaching sale of the road, from one million to two million three hundred thousand dollars. A day has not yet been fixed for the hearing of argument on the motion. If the order is granted, it will protect the interest of the State in its guarantee of the bonds of the road, that being the figure for which the State is liable. It is not deemed probable that the sale will be postponed. ? In regard to the recent meeting of the County Republican convention at Walhalla, the Courier says: "The tone of the meeting showed a disposition to organize the party anew and press for success at the coming election. This is a Presidential year, and of course every effort will be made to carry the State for the Republican candidate. To accomplish this the party may put in the field a full State ticket as well as county tickets, as such a course would add strength to the party. Besides, the greatest effort will be made to carry a few close Southern States and eminent speakers, may, with this view, canvass this State. It may be that many of the leading lights of the party have left the State ; still enough are left to give us a close race, unless we exert ourselves." ? Some of our exchanges are engaged just now in putting forth nominations for a Democratic State ticket. The Anderson Journal suggests the following: For Governor?Wm. H. Wallace, of Union: Lieutenant Govern or?John D. Kennedy, of Kershaw; Secretary of State?R. G. Howard, of Marion ; Comptroller-General?John Bratton.of Fairfield ; State Treasurer?John H. Honour, of Charleston ; Adjutant and Inspector General?Wiley Jones, of Richland ; AttorneyGeneral?William Elliott, of Beaufort; Superintendent of Education?W. C. Bennet, of Abbeville. The Charleston Democrat comes to the front with the following: For Governor?M. W. Gary, of Edgefield ; LieutenantGovernor?Geo. Lamb Buist, of Charleston ; Secretary of State?Charles Petty, of Spartanburg; Comptroller-General?J. N. Lipscomb, of Newberry; Treasurer?S. S. Crittenden, of Greeuville ; Adjutant and Inspector General?A. M. JManigault, of Georgetown ; Attorney-General?C. W. Dudley, of Marlboro ; Superintendent of Education? John C. Faber, of Richland. ? A Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier, says : "The Republican State Convention to nominate delegates to the National Convention, will meet here in four weeks. From interviews with the leaders of the party and officers of the executive committee, it seems that there are dissensions in the council. The Presidential question has been discussed in the executive committee. Elliott, the chairman, says he knows nothing of what the convention will do and has no preference, but one of the committee assures me that Grant is the first choice and Blaine second, and that the sentiment of South Carolina Republicans is that Sherman has no following in the State at all, notwithstanding his efforts made to capture the State by official means. From the same sources I learn that it is the purpose of the Republicans to nominate a full State ticket from Governor down through all the minor office9 and make a straightout fight. They say that the State is Republican and can be carried for the Republican nominees for President and Governor if Chamberlain's and Eliott's influence can be removed. The Republican State Convention will be called in July, after it is seen what the Demcrats will do in June." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Says the Shelby Aurora: Mr. John Whisonant and family, who left this section, for Texas, about Christmas, returned to Whitaker Station last Thursday. They had enough of Texas. ? Gen. Scales has recently introduced a resolution in Congress to make an appropriation of 85000 to the centennial of the battle of Guilford Court House, and $10,000 to erect a statue in Greensboro in honor of Gen. Greene. ? Col. Wash Hardy, a native of Buncombe county, and for a number of years reading clerk of the House of Representatives of the State Legislature, died in Spartanburg, S. C., on Monday morning of last week. ? Tha fthplKv Aiirnrn Suva it is rumored *?J ?J ----- that "some influential capitalists, not wholly unconnected with the Charlotte and Atlanta Air Line Railroad, are making arrangements to build a branch road from King's Mountain, or Whitaker, to Shelby." ? The Gastonia Gazette of Saturday says : Mr. VVra. McKee, nephew of Maj. Chronicle, who fell at King's Mountain, died at his residence near Garibaldi, March 25th, aged 73 | years, 10 months and 25 days. Mr. McKee ] was a highly respected and good citizen. I ? The Charlotte Democrat says there were two or three frosts, and ice on two or three ' mornings in that vicinity last week, but the 1 fruit and early vegetation is not much hurt. I The prospect for fruit, wheat and oats is first rate. ? The Wilmington Star contradicts the story recently started by the Charlotte Observer, giving what purported to be the details of the romantic marriage of Miss Amelia Linkhaw, who, in 1878, shot and killed ber seducer in j Lumberton. The Star says Miss Linkhaw is now stopping in that city, and that she declares she never saw, heard of, or received a letter from the Mr. Little, to whom she is reported to have been recently married. ? Before the adjournment of the extra ses- j sion of the Legislature, the Raleigh Observer ! caused the members to be interviewed in regard to their preferences for the Presidency, j Ten members were non committal. The 160 i who expressed themselves, stood as follows: j For Seymour 53, of whom 38 expressed them-1 selves for Bayard as second choice ; for Bay-1 ard 43; Tilden 9; Hendricks 3 ; Hancock 3; Thurtmn 2; Field 1 ; for Grant 31; Sherman il ; Blaine 4. ? For some weeks efforts have been made to perfect arrangements between the representatives ot the Virginia Midland Railroad Company, which is operated in the interest of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and the management of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad Company, by which the connecting link betweeu Charlotte and Danville should be immediately built. The Charlotte Observer now says that the necessary agreement has been entered into, subject to the ratification of the stockholders of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad, looking to a speedy completion of the proposed road between Charlotte and Danville. It is a part of the contract that President Garrett, at the proper time, will furnish all the money necessary to liquidate the judgment debt and all other floating obligations then due by the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad Company. MERE-MENTION. The coinage of all the mints for March was 87,500,000. The Republicans of Texas are said to be for Grant, and the Democrats for Bayard. Last Friday was a fruitful day for the gallows. Executions took place as follows : Washington city, a negro for wife murder ; Windsor, Vt., Edward Tatro, for the murder of a woman ; Louisville, Ky., a white man and a negro for murder ; Macon, Miss., three negroes for murder; Baton Rouge, La., a negro for murder. Eighteen buildings, valued at $150,000, were burned in Bradford, Pa., last Friday. Insurance large. A Chicago clothier advertises for three thou sand bald heads on which to paint advertisements. Y"Thus far America has contrib uted $1,002,000 for the relief of suffering Ireland. Cynthia A. Hasdra, colored, has just died in New York, leaviug an estate valued at $80,000. Six steamers sailed from New York on Saturday, taking to Eu rope 690 head of cattle, 4,190 quarters of fresh beef, 1,075 carcasses of sheep, and 75 dressed hogs. The United States ship, Constellation, sailed from New York on the same day having ou board 1,346 barrels of potatoes; 675 barrels of flour; 1,144 of corn meal; 150 of oat meal, and several cases of clothing, for the sufferers in Ireland. It is estimated that the approaching census will show a total population of not less than 47,000,000. The debt statement shows a reduction of the public debt for March, of $14,719,396.95. Cleopatra's Needle, which it is intended to bring to New York, was sue cessfully embarked at Alexandria, Egypt, on the 1st of April. The Tammany State committee have issued a call for a State convention at Syracuse on April 20. It is now given out from Washiugt<m that census enumerators will not be appointed until all the supervisors are confirmed. EDITOUIAiT INKLINGS. The Methodists in South Carolina. The Minutes of the late Conference of the Southern Methodists in South Carolina exhibit the following interesting items of strength and activity: No. of members in Dec., 1879 44,791 Increase in members past ten years 12,344 Churches built in ten years 68 Parsonages built in ten years 42 Paid for support of the Ministers in 1879. $67,070.17 Paid for supportnf the Presiding Elders in 1879 9,013.16 Paid widows and orphans of Ministers in 1879 4,868.50 Paid Foreign Missions in 1879 2,664.92 Paid Domestic Missions in 1879 5,104.46 Paid for Education In 1879 1,944.68 Paid BiHhops' Fund in 1879 747.10 Paid Sunday Schools in 1879 3,339.26 Paid Building and Repairs in 1879 19,874.04 Paid other benevolent purposes in 1879. 7,583 79 Pnid Minutes in 1879 366.22 Total in 1879 $122,576.30 The U. S. Marshalshlp. The Washington correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier, under date of Friday last, says: The nomination of Col. Robert M. Wallace for United States marshal of South Carolina, recommitted at the instance of Senator Butler for the purpose of having before the committee his reasons for opposing confirmation, remains undisposed of by the committee. There can be no doubt, however, that it will be reported adversely and rejected by the Senate. Senator Butler has already addressed the committee on the subject; and at the request of Seuator Edmunds, will do so more fully when Senator Thurman's health improves sufficiently to enable him to attend its sittings. It is known, from their own statements, that a few Republican Senators will vote against Wallace's confirmation, and I believe the adverse sentiment is partly based upon the .supposition, whether well founded or not, that his nomination is a part nf tbp nlhti for Hpcurincr the vote of South Carolina delegates to the Chicago Convention for John Sherman for President. This does not exactly meet the approval of Grant men, who think there are quite as good men from whom to select, who are not ardent friends of Sherman. It is not known who will be nominated after Wallace's rejection, but I find T. B. Johnston is commended by Republicans for his conduct in refusing to eat dirt at the demand of the Legislature on a memorable occasion, and for his general good character. The South Carolina Senators will not commit themselves in advance of such a nomination, whether they will allow it to be confirmed or not. That Johnson's friends are alive to his interests goes without saying. The York County Bonds. The following is a synopsis of the opinion of the Supreme Court, in the case of "The State ex rel. Brown et al. vs. the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company." The opinion was rendered by Chief Justice Willard, which was concurred in by Associate Justices Mclver and McGowan: This was an action in the name of the State upon the relation of certain citizens and tor.novflra nf Ynrlr Cniintv. to have certain bonds for the payment of money issued in the name of the County of York, declared null and void, as issued without due authority of law. The defendants are the Chester and Lenoir Railroad Company, to whom the bonds in question were issued, certain persons claiming to have some right or interest in the said bonds derived from the Railroad Company, subsequent to their delivery by the county commissioners to such Railroau Company, and the county commissioners of York county, who issued the bonds. The leading question in this case was, whether the previous decision of the Court in the case of Glenn vs. the county commissioners of York county, which was brought prior to the issue of such bonds, and while such issue was in contemplation, to test the authority of the county commissioners to issue said bonds, and to restrain their issue by injunction, wherein judgment was rendered dismissing the complaint, and affirmed on appeal, is not an estoppel and binding on the parties Dlaintiff herein. The Supreme Court decides in the affirmative, and the circuit decree in the case of Glenn vs. the county commissioners was a decision upon the merits, and in its nature fiaal and conclusive, and a bar to the present action. The Court further says: That it is competent for the Legislature to confer up?n the people of a county power to incur obligations binding upon them as a community, unless forbidden by the Constitution, and that there is no constitutional restriction depriving the Legislature of the power of authorizing counties to incur obligations. Messrs. LeConte, Patterson and Gaston, for appellants; Siraonton & Barker, Hart, With- 1 erspoon & Spencer, J. & J. Hemphill for j respondent. LOCAL A77AZHS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Hunter & Oate???New Goods. Kennedy Bros. <fe Barron?Our Goods. Withers Adiokes?Molasses?Garden Seed, 4c. Found. Herndon Bros.?Fresh Millet Seed?CountryCured Hams?Plows. T. M. Dobson?New York House. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion. Latta Brothers?German and Pearl Millet, Ao. H. F. Adickes, Jr.?Has just returned from New York. James Mason, Superintendent?Change of Schedule. Latimer 4 Hemphill?Removal?Shoes?Hats. James Scog^ins, Chairman Board Co. Com.?State and County Taxes. R. II. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sales. J. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pleas?Clerk's Sale. NO SALES. There were no legal sales last Monday? sales-day for April. ? THE FRUIT CROP. In conversation with persons from different sections of the county, we learn that the fruit crop has not as yet sustained serious damage. In some localities peaches have been killed; but up to the present time the prospect is favorable for an abundankcrop. 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 uer annum in advance. All persons who sub scribe for one year, between this date and the first of October next, will be entitled to a chance in our prize drawing. STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS. We learn with regret that Mr. J. Newman MeElwee, an aged and one of the most resected citizens of the county, was stricken with paralysis on Wednesday of last week. His right side is affected, and though he is severely prostrated, he retains the power of sj>eech. Our latest tidings from him were on Monday morning, at which time he showed 110 indications of immediate recovery. REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Republican executive committee of York county held a meeting in Yorkville on Thursday last and appointed the following delegates and alternates to the State Republican Convention, to be held in Columbia on the 28th instant: Butler Askew; Thomas Barry, alternate. B. F. Briggs; J. D. F. Duncan, alternate. C. J. Pride; T. K. Bates, alternate. A. S. Wallace; Russell Hope, alternate. COLUMBIA MERCURY. The Columbia Mercury is the title of a new daily venture of a morning paper, the first number of which appeared last Sunday. Published by the "Mercury Publishing Company," composed of a number of gentlemen of experiin the newspaper business, all of them, we believe, having at one time or another been connected with the Iteyi&ter. The Mercury is a sprightly paper, and we wish its publishers the most abundant success. THE APPROACHING CANVASS. Under the above caption, we publish in this issue a communication on the subject of the primary as against the convention system of making county nominations. The question is one of importance, and we quite agree with our correspondent that it should be thoroughly discussed in time to admit of intelligent action by the people. To this end our columns are open to short communications pro and con on the subject. CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday a3 follows: Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gilbert, Pastor. Services at 1(M A. M., and 7 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Tirzah on Sunday next. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Jolmson, Rector. Services at the usual hours, morning and afternoon. Presbyterian?Services at 10j A. M., and 7 P. M., by Rev. T. R. English. HAIL AND RAIN STORM. On Monday afternoon a rain and hail storm of several minutes' duration prevailed in this section. For a while the hail fell thick and fast; but beyond the breaking of several window glass, we learn of no serious damage inflicted. Some of the stones were as large as a guinea egg. There was also a rain, accompanied with thunder, on Tuesday afternoon, during which a cow belonging to Mr. 0. Moltke was struck by lightning and killed in his lot in the south-eastern part of town. CHURCHES LAST SUNDAY. On Sunday a number of ministers in attendance upon Bethel Presbytery, which met with Beersheba Church, were in town, and by courtesy of the pastor of the Methodist Church, Rev. R. E. Cooper, of Rock Hill occupied his pulpit in the morning, and Rev. F. L. Leeper, of Fort Mill, conducted the evening service. The morning service at the Presbyterian Church was conducted by Rev. T. R. English, of Mayesville, and the evening service by Rev. F. L. Pratt, of Winnsboro. RAILROAD SCHEDULE. There has been a recent change in railroad schedules, by which close connection is now made at Columbia by the mail trains of the C. C. & A. and the S. C. Railroad. To conform to this change, and make close connection with the trains of the C. C. &. A. Road at Chester, the Chester and Lenoir Railroad has made a change of schedule which went into operation yesterday afternoon. xne scneaule is published in full in our advertising columns. Going south the train arrives at Yorkville at 9.20 A. M.; going north it arrives here at 4.40 P. M. A IIRILLIANT MARCH. The composer, Prof. E. W. Lineback, of Salem, N. C., has favored a young Miss in this town with a piece of music which has a local history. One sultry day, in 1858, the Professor was in this town, and partly seized with the inspiration, and partly to seek a shady retreat, he took paper and pencil with him to a clump of treees in rear of the old "Harris Hotel," and there composed "Wachovia March," a sparkling musical gem which attained much popularity, but perhaps was never , performed in Yorkville until he played it here himself, a few weeks ago, nearly twenty-two years after it was written. LIEUT. ?. D. WALLACE. We have seen a letter from this young officer?a native of York county, and a member of the 7th U. S. Cavalry?written from Fort , Keogh, Montana Territory, under date of , March 18th. At the date of the letter, the ground was covered with a solid sheet of ice, i and the thermometer was 38? below zero. In ' making the march to Fort Keogli, many of the . men were slightly frost-bitten, owing to the { extreme cold. Fort Keogh is the largest post { in the North-West?ten companies of infantry 1 and four of cavalry being now stationed there. ( THE PRIZE DRILL. * The Jenkins Rifles were complimented by a ' large audience to witness the prize and mys- j tic drill advertised to take place on Friday ] evening last. Eleven members of the com- i pany entered for the contest, as follows: Sergeants Parish, Hemdon and Strauss, and 1 privates Ashe, Jackson Beard, Grist, Kirk 1 Lowry, Paul McCorkle, Walter Moore, Snider J and Wardlaw. The commands were given by t Lieutenant Lindsay, and the judges consisted 1 of Capt. Glenn and Lieut. Latta, of the com- * pany, and Maj. Gardner. * The contest was spirited, each man display-' jj j.._ a? n.i/1 if. maa amna f.imp lw. , lllg 1II1C yi VI1U1CI1V/J J (kliU AW MV...V VM-.W J fore the numl)er of contestants, by the rulings a of the judges, was reduced to three. These three were sergeant Parish and privates Ward- d law and Grist, and then the "tug of war" |j commenced in earnest. Each of the contest- r ants had received a military training at King's Mountain Military School, and in the emula- c . tion to win the coveted prize, reflected no less credit upon that institution than upon themselves as thoroughly drilled and well-trained citizen soldiers. The contest was well maintained, but finally decided in favor of private L. George Grist. After this contest was over, the above eleven men went through the exercise of a "mystic-drill," or the manual of arms with no other command than a signal by the tap of a drum. _ In this, as in the prize drill, all did well, the precision with which the movements were executed eliciting the continued applause of the audience. At the conclusion of the mystic drill, the prize, consisting of a beautiful silver cup, was presented to the successful competitor by Lieut. Lindsay, who in a neat address, congratulated him u)K>n his success, and highly i.:? ,.,u? COIlipuiueilteu ills I uuamira, wuu.uau uiojuajed such .commendable proficiency in their rivalry for the honor. THE FENCE'LAW TROUBLES. We are pleased to learn that some of the difficulties growing out of the adoption of the fence law in King's Mountain township, have been adjusted without litigation, and that the case spoken of by us, two weeks ago, as likely to come before a trial justice for arbitrament, has also been settled to the satisfaction of all parties. The opponen ts of the law yielded to the inevitable, and will comply with its requirements. We venture the prediction that in less than a year, after they shall have given the system a trial, they will be its strongest advocates. We learn from the county commissioners that the boundary fence for the township has been completed. It now behooves all persons living within its boundaries to render obedience to the law. Captious opposition will only bring trouble upon those who disregard it. DEMOCRATIC EX ECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A meeting of the County Democratic executive committee was held in Yorkville on Monday last. There was a full attendance of the members, and the utmost harmony prevailed in their deliberations. After consultation the following resolutions were adopted: 1. That a convention of the Democratic party of York county be requested to assemble at Yorkville, on Monday, May 3,1880, at 11 o'clock A. M., in accordance with the call of the State Executive Committee, to elect delegates to represent said county in the State Convention to assemble at Columbia on Tuesday, June, 1,1880. The County Convention when assembled, if it deems proper, to instruct the delegateSj to be elected, as to the propriety of nomina ting or postponing the nominations of State officers by the Convention to assemble at Columbia, June 1, 1880. The County Convention will also elect a DemocratI ic executive committee for said county for the approaching political campaign. 2. That the proper officers of the various Democratic Clubs in York county be requested, after due notice, to call meetings of their resjjective Clubs, to be held at their usual places of meeting, on Saturday, May 1,1880, at 3 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing delegates and alternates to the County Convention to assemble cn the following Monday, (May 3,) at Yorkville. Under the constitution, the Clubs will be entitled to the following number of delegates in the County Convention, to-wit: Bethel 3, BullockCreek 4. Coates' Tavern 2, Fort ' Mill 4, Hickory Grove 3, Rock Hill 6, Bethany 4, Black's Station 4, Clay Hill 2, McConnellsville 3, McElwee's Mill 2, Yorkville 5. Total, 42. ' BETHEL PRE8BYTERY. Bethel Presbyter/ met, pursuant to adjournment, at Beersheba Church in York county, April 1,1880. The opening sermon was preached by the retiring Moderator, Rev. E. Brantley, from the 1st verse of the 14th Psalm?"The fool hath said in his heart there is no God." The Rev. W. W. Mills was chosen Moderator and G. A. Trenholm temporary clerk. The narratives and statistical reports from the various churches were read; and though in no instance was there any signal outpouring of God's spirit, yet there seemed to have been a steady growth and abundant occasion of thanksgiving to the Great Head of the Church. The Rev. Mr. Strong was introduced to Presbytery, who presented the advantages and claims of Adger College, situated at Wallialla. He was heard with attention and interest, and Presbytery expressed its interest in the growth and prosperity of this young institution. Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Atlanta Presbytery, was introduced to Presbytery and permission granted him to labor within it bounds. Presbytery decided to employ an evangelist within its bounds at; a salary of twelve hundred dollars, and designated the Rev. Dr. Mack, of Columbia, for this important and laborious work. Two young men?Messrs. McLure and Matthews?presented themselves for license, and having satisfactorily passed the necessary examination, were licensed to preach the gospel. Presbytery adjourned on Saturday afternoon the 3rd instant, to meet at Winnsboro on the 13th of October, 1880, at 7$ o'clock P. M. The various matters brought before Presby tery were earnestly and thoroughly dkcussed, but a spirit of harraony and brotherly love pervaded all its delil erations. The good people o' Beersheba were assiduous in their attentio is and unbounded in their hospitality, and th) members of Presbytery will carry with them pleasant and lasting memories of these good people. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, S. C., April 6.?On Saturday last, a considerable rain and wind storm prevailed at this place. A large portion of the tin roof of the "Cotton Hotel" was blown off and several rooms of the building flooded with water. At the marble yard, near the depot, some fine tomb-stones were destroyed by the wind. Other damage was done in different parts of the town, such as blowing down chimneys, etc. The County Democratic executive committee met at this place yesterday and called a convention to meet here May 15th, to elect delegates to the State Convention. They also adopted a resolution asking County Clubs to nominate candidates for the executive committee. There were no sales by sheriff or clerk of the court yesterday. The Chester Building and Loan Association held their regular monthly meeting last evening, and decided to wind up the affairs of the association by each member paying in $14 ner 3hare. Measles is prevailing to some extent in the Halseville section. In the neighborhood of Crosbyville, there urua a uovore wind and hail storm last Sunday. uprooting trees and doing other damage. Mr. Isaac Heyman took from a tree in his garden, one day last week, a green almond as large as a partridge egg. On Thursday night, a 'possum was caught n the cellar of Hood ?"Wood's store. He had scented a game rooster which was there, and ifter demolishing the fowl made a bed of the feathers. Last Wednesday a colored child, five yeiirs fid, of Minerva Mobley, living three miles from town, while playing with fire, was so jadly burned that it died in a few hours. Mr. T. N. Bennett was severely cut in the eg on Wednesday by his planing machine. Hie is un, however, and able to give his atten;ion to ?usiness. A week ago, a little colored child on Gen. tValker's place, while running from its mother ;o avoid a whipping, fell and broke its leg. The late Thomas Torbit, Esq., in his will, nade the following charitable bequests: $500 0 Hopewell A. R. P. Church; $500 to the A. J. P. Theological Seminary at Due West; 5500 to the A. R. Synod for foreign missions; 5300 to the American Bible Society; $200 to a :ouple of faithful old colored servants; and (50 icres of land to another colored man servant, lis other property was bequeathed to his relatives. Messrs. Bennett & Moffatt have put a hyIraulic ram in the rear of the Baptist Church, o supply water for Osborne's brick yard, ["hey are now building an extension to their nachine shop. Hon. Samuel McAIiley, one of our oldest itizens, and opce a prominent member of