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Humorous fepartmrut. UNCLE PHIL'S PRICE. T~ There are a great many people in their religion, that remind me of "Uncle Phil," a pious old darkey of the old time in Texas. Well, Phil was a fervent Christian, with a great gift of prayer. He attended all the Saturday night prayer-meetings on the neighboring plantations and could pray louder and longer than any or M3 nretnren. nut rnu ; bad one weakness, he dearly loved money,! and different from the negro generally, loved i to hoard it. Near by us lived a man who, not troubled by any scruples, would pay Phil a dollar to work in his field on Sunday. One Sunday night Phil came home after dark. I accosted him with? "Where have you been, Phil ?" "Oh, jest knocking about, massa." "You have been working for Miller." "Well, you see, massa, the old fellow is in weeds and he jest showed me a silver dollar and I jest couldn't stand it." "Aint you afraid the devil will get you for breaking the Sabbath ? Phil scratched his head a mifiute. "I guess the Lord'll 'scuse me, massa." "No. He said 'remember the Sabbath day* to keep it holy.'" Phil went off looking pretty sober, and it was not long before I heard his voice in fervent prayer back of the barn, so I thought I would slip down near enough to hear. "Oh, Lord!" I heard him say, "I have this day ripped and teared, cussed and sweared at them confounded oxen of Miller's and jest broke the Sabbath day. Ob, Lord, please forgive me; please forgive me, for you knows I'se nothing but a miserable heathen anyhow. If you'll jest forgive me this time I'll never do it again as long as I live, 'ceptin he gives me two dollars and a half a day." At this point I was obliged to beat a retreat, but I am thinking that poor Uncle Phil isn't the only two-dollar-and a-half Christian in this world. TO ACCOMMODATE THE LADY. Writing while on the railroad, Mr. Burdette, of the Burlington Hawkeyc, says : A woman with three bird cages and a little girl has just got on the train. She arranges the three bird cages on a seat, and then she and the little girl stand up in the aisle, and she glares around upon the ungallaut men who remaiu glued to their seats and look dreamily out of the window. I bend my face down to the tablet and write furiously, for I feel her eyes fastened upon me. Somehow or other, I am always the victim in cases of this delicate nature. Just as I expected. She speaks, fastening her commanding gaze upon me. "Sir, would it be asking too much if I begged you to let myself and little girl have that seat ? A gentleman can always find a seat so much more easily than a lady." And she smiled. Not the charmingest kind of a smile. It was too triumphant to be very pleasing. Of course I surrendered. I said: "Oh! certainly, certainly. I could find another seat without any trouble." She thanked me, and I crawled out of my DQof on/1 rrotKororl 11 n mv AUPf. I UUUliuibaui\/ ogaii) uuu guiuv* wv? u|# m*j *? ? coat, my manuscript, my shawl strap package, my valise and my overshoes, aud she and the little girl went into the vacant premises as soon as the writ of ejectment had been served, and they looked happy and comfortable. Then I stepped across the aisle; I took up those three bird cages and set them along on top of the coal box, aod eat down on the seat thus vacated. I apologetically remarked to ? the woman, who was gazing at me with an expression that boded trouble, that "it was much warmer for the canaries by the stove." She didn't say anything, but she gave me a look that made it much warmer for me for about five minutes than the stove can make it for canaries. I don't believe she likes me, and I am uncomfortably confident that she disapproves of my conduct. A Big Chance.?The day was hot at Frisco, Utah, and the three drank beer and talked. It appeared from their conversation that they had all more or less experience in prospecting. One said: . "The biggest thing I ever struck was once when me and Newt Bowden was prospecting. One day we felt the earth kinder tremblin' an' saw a smoke on the top of a mountain. We climbed up to the top?it was a long Dull. 'Twas all bilin' in the crater. One place in the crater was lower than t'other parts, an' a cliff struck right down from this low place?it went 'bout 700 feet. The earth kept tri mblin', an' a stream 'bout twenty feet wide by five deep run outen the crater or gap an' made a clear jump of 700 feet dowu." "Water?" interrupted one of the listeners ; "pooty hot, wasn't it ?" "Water? 'Twas quicksilver!" "Quicksilver ?" "You bet. We went down to the foot of the fall. The stream of quicksilver from the fall run a few hundred yards an' sunk. It kep' tremhlin'." "What made the tremblin' ?" "The quicksilver strikin' below ; heavy you know. Me an' Newt both got sick ; he sicker than me. He kep' gettin' worse, an' died before I could get him to camp. I got to camp # an was sick for months; was salervated. My teeth all came out. I hain't no teeth now, nor toe nails' nuther." "Why didn't you go back to the quicksilver ?" "Fraid er gittin' salervated agin. Killed Newt, you know."?Salt Lake Tribune. He Found Out.?A good "drive" was perpetrated upon a Connecticut Western conductor a few days ago. A man boarded the train at a way station and paid his fare to a point a few miles distant. On reaching his destination he concluded to proceed to a further station, and finally continued on until he reached Winstead. Each time he paid his fare in cash to the conductor instead of buying a ticket at the station, although by this means the passage cost him considerably more, At last the conductor spoke to him of this and suggested that it would be ecouomy for him to buy a ticket, and asked him why hedidu't. "Well." said the nassenger. "I'll tell vou. Some time last Summer I got iuto a little trouble with this compauy and they used me mighty meanly, so I just said to myself, "That Connecticut Western company won't never get another cent of my money if I live a hundred years ;"and they won't, and that's why I pay my fare to the conductors." The conductor dropped the conversation at that point. S&~ Natick is again the butt of the storytelling fraternity. A worthy citizen of Natick?so goes the story?died, and in due season applied for admission at the gates of Paradise. Upon being asked where he resided upon earth, he replied "Natick whereupon the doors were closed upon him. With a heavy heart he sought admission to purgato- j ry, where the question was repeated : "Where | from ?" "Natick," was his reply. Again he | was refused admission. In despair he repaired to the infernal regions, and, when his former 1 dwelling place became known, he was inform ed that he was not wanted there. Thoroughly disheartened, he cried out in anguish of spirit: "Great heavens! Must I return to Natick ?" . * * ** iEaT An inhabitants of a suburban town,! after spending a convivial evening, was dis- i covered among the carrots and cabbages of I his humble garden, wrapped in slumber.; "Well, Bill," said an admiring friend, as he shook the prostrate youth, "what are you 1 doing out here ?" "Watching for a hen that stole her nest," was the sententious answer. "But what are your eyes shut for, Bill ?" i "Don't want the old hen to see me," gruffly | replied the sleeping philosopher. SSt~ A wag got hold of an editor's whisky hot* j i tie and labelled it to, "To be continued in our ! i .Decks." I; grading fat the Sabbath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. f Original. ] MIRACLES. Some persons entertain the notion that a miracle is something that is contrary to nature. This is certainly not correct. A miracle is something that takes place in perfect harmouy with the fixed laws of nature, but not in the usual way. In other words, what takes place ordinarily, by a circuitous process, arid by the use of secondary means, is, in a miracle, brought about directly and with out the use of any visible means, or by using ) means which are not ordinarily used. Take the case of our Saviour turning water into wine. This was his first miracle, and is, perhaps, as striking as any miracle he performed. Now this was not contrary to nature. It was not, however, in accordauce with the ordinary process of making wine. Usually, in fact, in every other case, wine is made by a long circuitous process, and by the use of modes which experience has pointed out The water of the ocean is taken up by evaporation. This vapor is condensed and falls in rain upon the earth. The roots of the grape vine takes up a portion of this water, and sends it up to the branches of the vine. These branches bud, blossom and form grapes. The juices of these grapes are, by a peculiar process, converted into wine. To make wine or to convert water into wine according to the ordinary process, requires many months' time, but our Saviour turned water into wine at once. He did not violate any law of nature. Neither did he act contrary to, or in opposition to nature. The power that coutrols and governs all things, is the power that once worked miracles. It is the power of God that conducts the water in the ground up the grape vine and converts it into sugar; and it is the powe- of God that controls the ' -< wnoie process or cnanging grape jmee mw wine. The miracle of our Saviour cousisted not iu making wine, but in making it in a way that it uever was made before, and never can be made by any created being. What was the design our Saviour had in view in working miracles? We answer, to convince the world that he was the promised Messiah. Before the crucifixion of our Saviour, he sent out his chosen disciples into the country inhabited by the Jews, to proclaim that "the kingdom of heaven is at hand." By kingdom of heaven, he meant the gospel dispensation. The Jews, from the time of faithful Abraham, had been confidently expecting this. Every pious Jew, in every pe riod of their history, looked forward with longing anxiety for the reign of the promised deliverer. Jesus, when he began his public ministry, first by performing miracles, convinced his immediate followers that^fie was the Messiah. He turned water into wine, restored life to the d?ad, gave sight to the blind, made the dumb to speak, and thus demonstrated that. he was the God-man redeemer. long promised in the Scriptures. His disciples having been furnished with convincing evidence that the Messiah was come?God manifest in the flesh?and that the kingdom which had long been promised was at hand, near by, soon to be established in the earth, they were sent out to proclaim this fact. That they might be able to convince their countrymen that what they preached was true, they were given power "to heal the sick, c. >anse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out d1 i's." The kingdom /hich God promised, by his prophets, to establish in the earth, was a heavenly kingdom. Not a carnal kingdom. God declared, time and again, to his people, that he himself would redeem them. To prove that thedivine redeemer was come, and that his kingdom, under a nesv dispensation, was in a very short time to be established, miracles were performed. No mere man could, in a moment, change water into wine, or heal the sick, or cleanse the leper, or raise the dead, or cast out demons. Hence, when the disciples of Jesus performed these miracles, the proof was most convincing that the Messiah had actually come, and the better day, for which the pious Jew had long looked, was near by. It was such proof as the mind demanded, and such that could not be resisted only by the most consummate unbelief. Notwithstanding these supernatural demonstrations of the fact that Jesus was the promised Messiah, the great multitude of the Jews rejected him, anc! when he was crucified his disciples all fled. Their faith was confirmed by Jesus, after his resurrection, appearing unto them and working signs in their presence. For the confirmation of all men that Jesus Christ, who was eonderaed and crucified, wa? the true Messiah, and that the gospel dispensation is the kingdom of heaven which God promised his people, soon after the sin of Adam, the Apostles, whom he sent out to preach the gospel to all the world, were grant ed power to work miracles. That they might be able to silence all gainsayers, they were granted power to heal the sick, raise the dead, give sight to the blind, make the deaf to hear and the dumb to talk. It was in fact Jesus that performed the miracles. His Apostles were only instruments in his hands. The power of working miracles has long since been withdi awn. It was continued to about the beginning of the second century. There is now no need of miracles. The world has line upon line, all the prophecies of the Old Testament Dispensation, and all the miracles of both dispensations proclaiming that the Messiah has come, and that Jesus of Naz areth was tho true Messiah. Wicked men may resort to tricks for the purpose of deceiving the multitude ; but no more miracles will ever be performed to prove that Jesus is the Saviour and the only saviour of sinners. God never will furnish men any other evidence, except that which they already have, that he who died on Calvary was the Son of God, the only redeemer i of sinners. 1ST Hasty words rankle a wound ; soft ones dress it. Forgiveness cures it, and forgetfulness removes the scar. It is more noble, continues Quarles, to avoid an injury by silence than to overcome it by argument. So, in j hearing mystems, keep thy tongue quiet, j Five words spoken cost Zacharias forty weeks j of silence. God is forgiving. Michael, a messenger of wrath, comes on one wing, but' Gabriel, an angel of peace, on two wings. So f runs the Jewish proverb. What Shall we Read.?When Voltaire ! was a little boy he committed to memory an infidel poem, which blasted his whole life, degraded his mental powers, and made him an inveterate enemy to Christianity. When David Hume, the historian, was a boy, he entered into a debate in favor of infidelity, and that debate settled his young miud ever af-1 terward in the illogical principles of infidelity, j ? I?"* The best thing to give your enemy is forgiveness ; to your opponent, tolerance ; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good exampb; to a father, deference; to a mother,. conduct that will make her proud of you ; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. Ihe Indicate in (Htotttwil. Condensed from Newrs and Courier. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. The Negroes for Grant*-Knell of the Carpet* Baggers. The Republican State Convention met in Columbia, on Wednesday, 28th of April, in the Ilall of the House of Representatives, at 12, M., and was called to order by R. B. Elliott, the chairman of the State Executive Committee. E. W. M. Mackey, of Charleston, D. D. McColl, Jr., of Marlboro; W. A. Hayne, of Marion; and Robt. Smalls, of Beaufort, were proposed for the position of temporary chairman. Smalls, Hayne and McCall declined the nomi nation in favor of MacKey, wno was eiecieu temporary chairman, as per programme previously agreed upon. Harry Noah was then elected temporary secretary. A committee on credentials, with June Mobley, of Union, as chairman, was next appointed, and after adopting the rules of the House of Representatives as the rules of the Convention, an adjournment until 2.30 P. M., was agreed to. When the Convention reassembled, the committee 011 credentials submitted their report, which showed that delegates were present from every county in the State except Horry and Lexington. The. following delegates were present from York and the adjoining counties: York?A. S. Wallace, Butler Askew, color eil. .Lancaster?r . a. uniiton aim v. jj. ?junt?, both colored. Chester?C. C. McCoy, J. M. -Ross, colored, James White, colored. Union? J. S. Mobley, C. W. Wade, James W. DeFour, all colored. Spartanburg?C. C. Turner, C. W. Cuinmings, Elijah Jones, colored, Joseph Young, colored. The Convention consisted of eighty-two negroes and thirty-six whites. Of the negroes nearly one-third appear in tlie fraud committee's report as thieves and bribe-takers, and the white delegates, with scarcely an exception, either are, or have been (and hoi>e to be) Federal odice-holders. In addition to the delegates, there is a small army of hangers-on who have swarmed in the lobbies all day. The doughnut stands, which have been conspicuously absent from the ?State-House for some years, reappeared to make the picture complete. There were some few changes made in the list of delegates. Sam'l T. Poinier was substituted for Elijah Jones, colored, from Spartanburg. W. J. Middlefon, colored, for T. F. Coghlan, from Sumter, and Warren R. Marshall for C. J. Pride, from York. The substitution of Marshall- for Pride provoked the first symptoms of the customary disorder. Shrewsbury, of Fairfield, and Mobley, of Union, were much opposed to the substitution of a man who lived in Charleston for a man who had been elected by the people of York. Taft and W. II. Thompson joined in the fight. A. S. Wallace, who seemed to be chajieroning Marshall, made a-very warm speech, in which he declared the right of the York delegation to fill their vacancies from wherever they pleased. Mobley replied that Wallace had once got a seat in Congress without being elected, and he had cheek enough to make any proposition, no matter how unfair. E. II. Deas, a young mulatto from Darlington, after making several attempts to get I onmofliinor nflF his iniiul whifth WJ1S ftvifleiltlv a burden to him, started a war whoop to drown the voice of the other speakers. He was only quieted by a threat of summary ejection by the seargant-.at-arms. A vote was finally reached, and Marshall was seated?yeas 49, nays 37. Shrewsbury, from Fail-field, a mulatto who formerly held the position of confidential clerk of Woodruff ai d Jones, and assisted in making up the journals of the House in the years of good stealing, created a sensation by offering the following resolution: Resolved, That the delegates to represent the State of South Carolina in the National Republican Convention to nominate candidates for the offices of President and VicePresident of the United States, are hereby instructed and solemnly pledged to vote as a unit to the end of the contest for the worldrenowned and. most available of all candidates?Gen. U. S. Grant?and that upon all questions of import, arising in said convention, they are earnestly recommenedto vote in like manner to the end that the true interests of the constituency that they represent may be subserved. He asked the immediate consideration of me resolution. Elliott objected and demanded that it be referred under the rules to the committee on resolutions. Whipper excitedly declared that the resolution could not be referred to the committee on resolutions, because no such committee had been appointed. Mackey, from the chair, declared that rules for the appointment of such a committee had been adopted, and that the resolution could properly be referred to the committee when appointed. Whipper rushed half way to the chairman's desk, and excitedly declared that while the friends of Grant were willing to abide by any fair means, they would not submit to be choked or trampled upon, and they had rights as well as the chair and they proposed to assert them. He demanded the immediate consideration of the resolution. The chair decided that the resolution must be referred unless by unanimous consent. Shrewbury appealed from the decision of the chair. Mackey then tried the plan of soothing matters by soft words. He said he only desired to do what was fair, but was compelled to act according to the rules which had been adopted. Smalls then moved that the rules be suspended by a two-thirds vote, and that the resolution l>e put on its passage. This was agreed to?yeas 88, nays 23. The resolution was then adopted without further fight. This was virtually a test of the strength of the Grant men in the Convention. The point of instructing the delegates was one over which a big fight was expected, but not expected at the time it was sprung. E. II. Deas, the same who was previously threatened with ignominous ejection from the hall, succeeded at hist in gaining a recognition by the speaker, and unburdened his soul to the effect that the Hon. D. T. Corbin was present, and it behooved the Convention to hear him and be advised by him before they made their selec tion ot delegates, Fred Nix said the Convention had not assembled to hear what Mr. Corbin or anybody else outside of the l>ody had to say, and it made very little difference what candidate Mr. Corbin favored. This was not the place for any man to come to advertise himself to gain popularity in Washington. The people in his county were going to make a grand success this year and elect men they could rely on. They were tired of the old hacks. W. H. Thomson of Charleston, said that after the Convention had elected their delegation to Chicago, anybody who desired to be heard would probably be accorded a hearing, but they did not want any advice. He was glad to see that the colored Republicans of South Carolina were making up their minds at last that those who had been instructing and advising them for the last twelve years had done so for the last time. He was surprised to see Mr. Corbin shoved upon the Convention for the purpose of securing votes by making a speech. When the party had gone under in 1876, Corbin left the State with great expedition, and never returned again until an election was in sight. As soon as an election wnu tiptir nt. lmrul that frmitlpman had come South to try and play again upon the credulity of the colored people. He, for one, was not willing to trust Corbin's advice any longer, and lie was glad to say his people had learned a lesson that they would not soon forget. When we have done our business then we will hear these speeches, if necessary. We don't want to select men by any soft speeches that they may make to-night, but by their past records. W. II. Purvis, the ex-adjutant general, thought that Corbin coudn't do the Convention any harm by making a speech, and it was a reflection upon the decency of the body to insinuate that members of the convention could be influenced by anything that anybody could say. If he is a Republican, we need his aid and his advice. We are not here to pass upon anybody's record. Many of us have ourselves made too much record. Corbin has held a prominent position before the Republicans of the country, and he thought it but simple justice that he be accorded the privilege of addressing the convention. [Very faint applause'.] Deas thought it a reflection on him personally that the Convention should refuse to hear Corbin. The Convention, howpver, did not appear to be moved even by this consideration. Gloster Holland, a snuul-sized darkey from Aiken, moved that Corbin and all other candidates for the Chicago Convention be heard from. Smalls thought that if that motion was carried, the whole convention would have to be i included. Pending the consideration of this matter, E. M. Weston, a very weak-voiced mulatto from Richland, rose to a privileged question, and asked leave to substitute H. P. Mills for Adam Thomas, one of the Richland delegation who had died recently. Andrew Curtis, another delegate from Richland, Brayton from Aiken, Lee from Sumter, and otherr, joined in the discussion, and Harry Noah was put up as an opposition candidate. After a deal of talk Noah was elected by a large majority. Mobley then moved that as Lexington had sent no delegates, that Clias. J. Hendricks and Simeon Corley be substituted. Bowen, Taft, and Straker opposed the admission of the new comers on the ground that any county which had not pluck enough to keep up the organization of the party,didn't deserve representation. Purvis, Mobley, Whipper, Miller, Sam Lee, and Shrewsbury favored their admission on the ground of past services to the party. After two or three hours' debate, Corley and Hendricks were admitted. Nothing more was heard of Corbin or his speech for the time being, and the Convention adjourned until 8 P. M. THE NIGHT SESSION. About 9 P. M. the Convention was reconvened, and Deas brought up his Corbin scheme again. lie announced that he withdrew his motion requesting Corbin to address the Convention, and took occasion to say to the "Hydra-headed, magnates," as he called them, who thought that they were the only ones in the Convention, that they could ill afford to cast reflection and dishonor upon such a man as Corbin ; a man like him in the present crisis in South Carolina was indispensable. Corbin had l>een connected with politics in the State, since it was possible for a Republican party to exist in the State, and if it had not been for him there would have been more Hamburg massacres in South Carolina. Sam Lee, colored, then moved that the Convention proceed to elect four delegates at large and two from 'each Congressional district to represent the State in the National Convention at Chicago. C. C. Turner offered the following resolution as a substitute for Lee's motion : Resolved, That this Convention do proceed to elect delegates to the National Republican Convention to meet at Chicago in June, as follows: Elect the delegates first from the Congressional districts, commencing with District No. 1, and after the election of delegates from the districts then that the Convention de elect four delegates at large. This substitute was adopted. The Congres sional districts had all previously held caucuses, and had determined upon their respective delegates. The First Congressional District was then called, and II. L. Shrewsbury, as spokesman for the district, offered the name of D. D. McCall, white, and W. A. Uayne, colored, as delegates to represent the district. Deas came forward with a minority report in favor of J. E. Wilson, of Darlington, but the minority rei>ort was promptly voted down, and McColl and Hayne were unanimously elected. The Second and Third District not being ready to report, the Fourth District was taken up. C. C. Turner, of Spartanburg, offered the names of Samuel T. Poinier, of Spartanburg, white, and Wilson Cook, colored, of Greenville. June Mobley rose and took the middle of the floor, and, with sleeves rolled up, prepared to attack these nominations without gloves. He did not care to draw the color line; it was drawn already by the demagogues. He thanked God that the day had come when the colbred people would throw off the masters who had ruled them for twelve years and take care of themselves. He was tired of keeping in office a set of good-for-nothing loafers, who did no work and lived off the credulity of the colored men. The time had come for the colored race to shun these men ; that they had not been free for twelve years for nothing. There has been no nominations in the Fourth Congressional District. There had been nothing but gag law. These white men had led the nigger to destruction long enough. He had two letters written by old A. S. Wallace in his pocket telling his friends in the North that the nigger in South Carolina must be kept down. If he had any more to do with white people, he would go with the decent white men of this State. The white men who represented the Fourth District in the Convention were not in his opinion his equals in any way. C. C. Turner, who had made the report for the district had betrayed the Democratic party, and would betray the Republican party if he got a chance. The Republicans would get on foot after a while, simply by the blunders of the Democratic party, but they were not ready to go in with the white men who represented the Republican party to-day. They had made thousands of promises to the colored man, that they had never kept. They were the kind of men who held their conventions in hotels because they knew that niggers didn't go in hotels in this part of the country. The color line was drawn, and take his word for it, when the time came for a State Convention to nominate State officers, there wouldn'tbe lOwhite Republicans in the State. They will say it is inexpedient as soon as they get what they want. They will say it is no use to run a State Ticket, because the Democrats will rob you of your votes. I am ashamed of myself for ever supporting such men. I am tired of these men. No wonder the Democrats say that the negroes are not able to govern themselves, when they select to govern them such ill-begotten white men as you see before you to-night. You elect these white men to the National Convention and you won't see them again. When they meet you on the street, and nobody is looking, they "damn the Democrats;" but the next thing you know, you see them walking arm-in-arm with a Democrat, and saying "these d?n niggers want to put on too many airs; they want to rise up." We must elect people that will suit us. The day is coming, thank God, when our people will recognize men and manhood. We should teach these gents that we are the Republican party in South Carolina, and that we don't propose to remain in slavery any longer. If you look into the papers you will see all these men saying Hampton was a good man. They thought tlrey could fool him as they have fooled us. But, thank God, Hampton was too smart for them. Stand to your manhood, colored men ! Stand together. Every race on earth sticks together. Even the stupid geese stick together. Why should not we stand by our race? A few days ago these men were talking loudly for Grant and Sherman and Blaine, and now, after we passed that resolution to-day, they are silent Grant men, and if you send them to Chicago, they will sell you out and leave the State until the next election. He hoped the Convention would not elect Poinier. He did ;iot know what penitentiary he came out of. They say we are not competent to represent the State in the National Convention. They have made us competent to put them in office, and we can put ourselves in office just as well. There will be no white Republicans in this State if you take away the offices. They will do as Ensor and Stolbrand and lots of others have done. You say you want to send a respectable delegation, and yet you send such men as these bar-room suckers, gamblers and dissipated scoundrels to represent your people. The poor men in the Democratic party are making the nominations. Why can't we do the same? Lawson, of Sumter, interrupted, and wanted to know if Mobley was going to keep up his blab all night? Mobley courteously replied that Lawson always had been a mule-headed mule, but he thought he had more sense than to interrupt a gentleman while speaking. Clinton, of Lancaster, replied to Mobley, and 1 said that Mobley objected to the nominations because he was not nominated himself. The majority of the Convention was not in favor ( of Mobley, and when lie found it apparent that 1 1 ..li. i-U ^ A.l At.iwvoo.l 4-^ UK Wits 1IUL me UliUiUK, IIK ??M5 uppvocu 1/V? anj nomination and attempted to retard this Convention. ' Mobley said he had a letter from A. S. Wal- J lace, and he asked him to show it. Mobley , handed the letter to Clinton and asked him if he could read it. Clinton handed it to A. S. < "Wallace, when Mobley told him that he want- ( ed him (Clinton) to read it and not his master. ; Clinton said Mobley was not the man to repre- ] sent the fourth disirict, or any other, or any , county in the district. The nominations made i by the Fourth district caucus were made after s careful consideration, and the men named are * worthy, in every respect, of the trust delegated to them. They are the choice of the Fourth district, and he appealed to the Convention to sustain the nominations. C. W. Wade, of Union, nominated C. C. ' Macoy, of Chester, which motion was tabled. Mobley moved to strike out the name of Poinier and submit the election of the other delegates to the Convention. The motion was tabled. Gloster Holland, of Aiken, said that if the I statements made by Mobley were true, and 5 the letter shown by him was a true copy of t one written by Wallace, there was some un- 1 derhaiul trick to sell out the colored people, and it should be exposed and stopped. He c was in favor of an investigation. If Wallace wrote it, in God's name put him down. If he was not guilty, he ought to have justice done him. On motion of Whipper the debate was closed, and the report nominating Poinier and Cook was adopted. The Second District was then taken up and Dunnemann offered the names of C. C. Bowen and W. N. Taft? of Charleston, as delegates, and W. H. Birnie and E. A. Webster as alternates. Elected without opposition. The Fifth District was next taken up and Robert Smalls offered the names of W. J. Whipper of Beaufort and W. F. Myers of Colleton as delegates, and Fred Nix and Lawrence Cain as alternates. Elected without opposition. The Third District next came up and H. H. Jilson offered the names of C. M. Wilder and \V. M. ?'me, ot uoiumma, as delegates, ana u. R. Phifer and II. 0. Noah as alternates. Elected without opposition. The four delegates at large were elected one at a time viva voce, the following nominations being made: E. W. M. Mackey, Robert Smalls, E. M. Brayton, A. S. Wallace, C. C. Macoy, R. B. Elliott, J. R. Tolbert, D. T. Corbin, J. E. Wilson, D. A. Straker and E. A. Webster. The following were declared elected: E. W. M. Mackey, unanimously on the first ballot; E. M. Brayton, of Aiken, on the first ballot, 65 votes; R. B. Elliott, of Aiken, on the first ballot, 69 votes, (Corbin who ran against Elliott was withdrawn after his defeat). Sam Lee, of Sumter on the second ballot, 65 votes. Alternates at large, T. E. Miller, colored. Henry Kennedy, colored, C. C. Macoy, of Chester, D. A. Straker, colored, of Orangeburg. THE DELEGATION. The following is the complete delegation: 1. D. D. McColl, of Marlboro' lawyer and solicitor of the fourth circuit rrom 1872 to 1876. 2. W. A. Hayne, (colored,) of Marion, identified with the Green'movement in 1874, in/1 Mniliiirt nlorlr r\f tho TlmiOfl 1870.7H SUwl aim xV/(vuni^ wiv* w?. v*?v aa\/??uv av> ? c^? member of the Legislature 1874-7(5. 3. C. C. Bo wen, sheriff of Charleston. 4. W. N. Taft, State senator from Charleston. 5. C. M. Wilder (colored,) of Coumbia, member of the Constitutional Convention, and member of the Legislature from 1868 to 1870, and postmaster at Columbia for the past twelve years. (5. W. M. Fine, saloon-keeper and sporting-man at Columbia; never held office under the State or United States; alderman of Columbia under the Agnew administration. 7. Samuel T. Poinier, of Spartanburg, United States commissioner and supervisor of elections. 8. Wilson Cook, colored, of Greenville, drayman ; member of the Legislature from 1868 to 1870. 9. W. J. Whipper, colored, of Beaufort, too notorious to need designation. 10. W. F. Myers, colored, of Colleton county; auditor of Colleton from 187*2 to 1874; State senator from 1874 to 1878; internal revenue collector at present. 11. E. W. M. Mackey, of Charleston, ex-sheriff, ex-congressman, ex-speaker of the Mackey House and assistant U. S. district attorney. 12. E. M. Brayton, of Aiken, member of the Legislature from 1874 to 1876, collector of internal revenue for this State at present. 13. R. B. Elliott, member of the Legislature from 1868 to 1870, member of Congress from 1870 to 1874, speaker of the House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876, candidate for attorney-general of the State in 1876, and defeated by Gen. James Conner; at present holds the office of special agent of customs. 14. Sam Lee, of Sumter, prominent during the Green campaign in 1874, and notorious as an" outrage-grinder before the Teller committee. At 1.30 A. M.. the Convention adjourned to 9.30 A. M., on Tiiursday, to receive the report of a committee appointed on resolutions in regard to the Whitaker affair at West Point? after which the Convention adjourned sine dte. r $nquiw. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONt Single copy for one year, 92 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Three copies one year, 6 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy to the person making the clnb. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. jCHf Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER F0M880. PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Seventy-Seven Prizes to be awarded to Subscribers. REDUCTION IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. TEfiMS OF SDBSCRIPTiflS-FlEE OFPflSTABE. Having perfected arrangements for reducing the expense of publication during the year 1880, we have determined to give our subscribers a share of the benetits, and announce the following reduced rates, to yearly subscribers?subscriptions, in all cases, to be paid in advance: Single copy, one year, $2 50 Three copies, one year, 6 00 Ten copies, one year 20 00 And an extra copy to the person securing a club of ten names and paying the subscriptions on the same in advance. PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. In order that our subscribers may have the opportunity of receiving Prizes, we have determined to distribute the following articles by lot, at 10 o'clock A. M., on the FIRST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER, 1880: THREE Weed Sewing Machines?fancy half case, with drop leaf and two drawers, the retail price of each of which is $50. TWO No. 8 Tropic Cooking Stoves, with fixtures complete, the retail price of each of which is $25. SEVENTY-TWO Four-bladed buckhorn handle Pocket-Knives, manufactured by William Thomas Staniforth, of Sheffield, England, the retail price of eaclsof which is $1.50. The Sewing Machines and 8tovas are fully described elsewhere in this prospectus. The Knives will be manufactured by the celebrated cutler, William Thomas Staniforth, Sheffield, England, and imported to our order expressly for this purpose by Messrs. Hart A Co., hardware importers, of Charleston. The cutlery made by Staniforth is of the best quality, and wherever used gives universal satisfaction. This knife, made to our order, is of convenient pocket size, contains two large and two small blades, Is made of the best materials, finished in a superior manner, and is warranted to be equal to any pocket knife that usually retails in the stores at $1.50. In the distribution of the above Prizes, the following plan will be observed: The names of all persons who pay for one year's subscription, whether in a club at $2; or as a single subscriber at $2.50, betweon this date and the first Saturday of October, 1880, will be printed on slips and placed in envelopes of uniform size and deposited in a cylinder prepared for the purpose. Slips of paper'of uniform size, to the number of seventyseven?one for each prize?enclosed in similar envelopes, will also be placed in another cylinder, with the words "Sewing Machine" printed on three of them; "Cooking Stove" on two; and "Pocket Knife" on seventy-two of them. On the day designated, after thoroughly mixing the envelopes in each cylinder by revolving the same", an envelop will be taken from each cylinder, and the name of the person drawn from the cylinder containing the names, will be entitled to the Prize drawn immediately succeeding from the Prize cylinder. The cylinders will be revolved and the envelopes containing the numbers and names thoroughly mixed preceding each drawing. The drawing will be conducted by three responsible and reliable citizens, and the opportunity afforded for any subscriber to be present who may desire to do so. The result of the drawing will be published in the Enquirer of the succeeding week, accompanied by a statement as to the fairness of the drawings and awards. Persons subscribing for the Enquirer and having the paper 6ent to other addresses than their own, shall be entitled to the advantages offered by the prize drawing, provided they give notice previous to the drawing that such is their lesire. Subscribers who secure the Sewing Machines or Cooking Stoves, will have them shipped to their irder at their expense for freight; the Sewing Machines from New York, and the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C. The PocketKnives will be delivered at our publication office, lr sent by mail at our expense, at the risk of ;hoso entitled to receive them; or they will be tent in registered package on receipt of 10 cents o pay the registration fee. Alfletters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. , January 2 tf ROSE'S HOTEL, YORKVILLE, S.C. THIS HOUSE has been tbor- j oughly renovated from cellar to 1 31 'Iwim garret, and newly furnished, in- * WhtTfTirm: eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT f 3PRING BEDS, In view of the times, our moto is a full House at a moderate price. rERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 60o. PER MEAL. 8ample Rooms reserved especially for Com marital travelers. HENRY W. SMITH, SERGEANT& GREENSBO MANUFACTURERS 01 "TROPIC" coo: T. M. D0BS0N, Agent, Yorlr T, ON DON Ar IH RIE. Amenta. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent" McC J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Che? "ALL QUIET ON THE POTOMAC!" THE WAR OYER! PEACE DECLARED ! BOTH SIDES YICTORIOUS! ffiEl PIANO BLOCKADE RAISED! The long strike and lockout in New York Piano factories ended. All factories open. 5,000 locked out workmen again at work. A new piano turned out every ten minutes. Workmen happy. Purchasers who wanted Pianotf and couldn't get them also happy. We have had a sorry time for the past two months, to furnish pianos to impatient purchasers who wouldn't understand that pianos bad to be made before being delivered, and it has worried us muchly, but the "winter of our discontent" is now over, and we are ALL RIGHT NOW. \ Back orders will be filled at short metre, and new ones by lightning express. Our stock on uanu is very large, arm n is uury veruuu nijr.co that we have been short of. These are "coming, coming," 300,000 more and don't you forget it i Best of all. read this: PRESENT PRICES GUARANTEED. Having made new contracts with leading manufacturers, which hold good nntil July 1, next, weengage to fill all orders received by that date at our present prices. Come what will we shall not raise prices again until the fall trade opens and the fall prices are established. We have advanced retail prices but a small percent, notwithstanding the large advance in wholesale cost, and our present prices are still extremely low. BUYERS CAN NEVER BUY CHEAPER And they will lose time and money by waiting. We have special bargains to offer cash buyers. New instruments, new styles, new prices, new terms. Send for Catalogues and Descriptive Illustrated Price Lists, giving full information. Address LUDDEN ABATES, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, WHOLESALE PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS. April 22 38 9m fuSeifll in hiacfI Selfrl ?l\@e i Running Iworisl ? SttV^OrGMv ??fc^K? If I IewAeSi f| 0 if aa ^ ^ fei ^fe&Vyed I pt"r,kJwnr- -- THE AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE IS as good as any on the market. The ladies like it and recommend it. For sale by KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. GARRY IRON ROOF^^^^ and Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, OIjBVEIJA.3>JT>, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly niHJS -iriLUAMBTOJf PEtfALE pOLLEGE, X AT IF WiuuMnor, J> ifioAa kj4 CAM usa, Hour r?*p*rthllj ofeh la anlraijalhr* poirnu\rjy/*ltk to Mew* for lUr daagtUn, ot n*>.-eoAl? nlWlKrlWMf bUAdyaMUlal call*Wlo. of lMn*ky?l?J, ViuJ'.Aa^Araort.poCAf^Il la aoodactad oa wkal la caOadkia ''Oal-Sflfty/rUM.vim/XMM-AncAi. Cacaa. or ftmrr; aad/by o Sy.AiR'MdWTIONAtrpjtElflUlfS. la tow una an Bodo iUll?U^<^r^liipc||WfM? ?"? 1 JU ^inyWod^olW^lljgljw^il^^lo Fini-Claaa Frtn^C^UtOO | rt/wlau afrr vitJoAiii: nut to aar. I QTTlL J*At,r<i? loToriJ Woo V .mica Pactum FuTcaaa, ua I felly If,lit^^/oof now Citilof?? Hood for ooo, aod enslao tL August 21 34 lyeaw j J. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE J AH. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, and a determination to do my beat, enables rne to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except small children. February 13 7 tf NOTICE. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears 1 md other fine-e^ged instruments. Prices?for loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for j iharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents eaoh, and i latisfaotion guaranteed or no charge. < TOM BALLARD, Barber. ______ ( [AMstlll Agent for the "American"becauseitis i the best and cheapest Sewing Machine made. " J. R. SCHORB. c McCAULEY, ro. jr. c.. * THE CELEBRATED KING STOVES! PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Steven, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and Castings of all kinds. Also, on 'PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS STRAW CUTTERS. Saw Mills, Ac. rille, S? C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. lonnelluville, York county, S. C. iter, S. C. G. H. O'LBABY. SADDLERY DEPARTMENT. SHAVE a number of Saddles of my own manufacture, which were made before the recent van.;e in leather, and which I will sell at the old price. Now is the time to boy. G. H. O'LEARY. HARNESS. BRIDLEtfT&C^ BUGGY and Carriage Harness, Riding and Blind Bridles, Halters, Collars, Whips, Plow Backhands, Hames, Trace Chains, Saddle Blankets, etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. I AM constantly receiving new goods in the Fui*niture Department, in all its branches. Call and see me; I never flail to please and seldom fail to sell. G. H. O'LEARY. CLOCKS. SET'3 THOMAti' one and eight-day Clocks for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. JUST ARRIVE EL SOME handsome new CHAMBER 8UIT8. latest atvles. at lowest livintr Drices. Call and see them. Also, some Ratan Chairs, exceedingly pretty and qnite new in this market Constantly on hand, Wardrobes, Bureaux, Waahstands, Cane and Ratan Rockers, Chairs of various styles, and a new supply of Pictures. G. H. O'LEARY. COOKING STOVES^ THE' Iron King and Elmo Cooking Stoves on band and for sale. Any piece of these Stoves f replaced when worn ont, or any of the pieces of the fttty different styles of the Charles Noble <k Company Manufacture of Stoves, cm be bad by calling at G. H. O'LEARY'S. BEDSTEADS AND MATTEE88ES. BEDSTEADS, handsome and plain, to suit all classes. Mattresses cheap, at y GEORGE H. O'LEARY'S. z' T& lTnAEIOW GAUGE~KlIIEOADr / Kmi / ' ww ?-5B?I r CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. / SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE/) Yorkville, S. C., April 6,1880./ j THE following Schedule of the Mall and .tewsenver Trains will take effect on the Tab of \ April, 1880. / OOINQ NORTH. / I^eave Chester at s.w jr. an. Leave Lowrysvilleot....... d.35 P. M. Leave McConnellEvilleat ,4.00 P. M. Leave Guthrlesville at r'.4.10 P. M. Arrive at Yorkyille at ^..,;..4.40 P. M. Leave Yorkvllleat ,.^..?.4.60 P. M. Leave Clover at .??....5.35 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at :C. ,">..6.45 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at..... ....5.55 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 0.10 P. M. Arrive at Gastoniu at 6.30 P. M. Leave Gastonia at .6.40 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 7.00 P. M. going south. Leave Dallas at 7.00 A. M. Arrivo at Gastonia at 7.20 A. M. Leave Gastonia at ..7 40 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at ..8.00 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 8.15 A. M. ; Leave Bowling Green at 8.25 A.M. Leave Clover at 8.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville at .0.20 A. M. Leave York vi lie at '. 0.30 A. M. Leave Gutbriesville at 10.05 A. M. Leave McConnellsville at..................10.20 A. M. Leave Lowrysville at '. 10.40 A. M. Arrive at Cheater at 11.10 A. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. April 8 15 tf ATLANTA AN D CHAEL0TTE AIE-1IHE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Ga., December 29th, 1879. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after January 1st, 1880, train's will run on this road follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonlu, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 11.37, A. M. Leave 11.38, A. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastoniu, 2.16, A. M., Leave 2.17, A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 1.08, A. M., Leave 1.09, A. M, toCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. (ea8tward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2 45, P. M., Leave 2.58, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia., 7.16, A. M., Leave 7.30; A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55, A. M., Leave 5.65, A. M. . (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 5.00, P. M., Leave 5.00, P. M. Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte for all Eaatern points. Through Tickete.on sale at Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East and West. G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager. W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. <fe Ticket Agent. January 1 1 tf THE BICKFORD ' AUTOMATIC FAMILY K1TITTEE. h| ^< g = u 5* Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it; shapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50 different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, LegginR, Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible , variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent, profit in manufacturing knit goods. Farmers can treble the value o? their wool, by converting it into knit goods. Agents wanted in every State, County, City and Town, to whom very low prices will be maae. For full particulars and lowest prices for the best Family Machine, send to BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., Brattleboro, Vt. February 26 9 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ? ^t-T vr ^i/rwTTTwnn'vr * WiVtv. X X ? WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pleas, has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of WM. LATTA, Senior, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Judge of Probate's Court for the said county, to be holaen at York Court House on the 14TH DAY OF MAY, next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be \ granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 1st day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and in the 104th year of the Independence of the United Statea of America. J. A. MoLEAN, Jndge of Probate. April 1 14 fit GEORGE T. SCHORB, PHOTOGRAPHER, CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA. PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and pains taken to please every customer. Old Pictures CQPIED AND ENLARGED, as ow aa can be done in any city, North or South. Have on hand .i fine selection of CHURCH AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered rery cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be tirstfiass. Call and see for yourselves, at the PHQTO3ALLERY, opposite the "Cotton Hotel." Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions, Advertisements and orders for Job Work for the Forkville Enquirer. GEORGE T. SCHORR, f