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r Scraps and partis, j ?New York pays more for tobacco than' bread. Dealers say that there are smo-: ^^^^kers in that city who average 100 cigars a week, and men whose cigar bills run up to thousands of dollars per annum. ? The commissioner of internal revenue has revoked his former decision granting permission to planters to furnish their hands with tobacco, without making them liable to special tax. He now directs that the tax must be : paid by planters and others who purchase to-! bacco, snuff and cigars, and retail them to j tenants and croppers or laborers in their ser- j vice. ? Willium .Trmoa hctpH K9 dif?d in Ohio last week. He was the first maker of friction matches. About half a century ago . he pasted, with starch, on the ends of small and rudely-fashioned bits of sticks, a com-: pound of chlorate of potash and sulphate of antiraouy. At first his matches were made like a comb, a number of them being on the same piece of wood, so that they could be I broken off as wanted. They bore the name Lucifer?or "light-bearer." ? The Vulcan Iron and Nail Works, of Chat- | tanooga, Teun , were thrown into bankruptcy last week under the laws of Tennessee and a receiver appointed. Liabilities $362,000. Assets available about $200,000. The Vulcan works is the largest nail, bolt, spike and bar mill in the South, and employs about 600 hands. The receiver is directed by the court to continue operating the mill as long as he does not impair the assets. The reason of the failure is the shrinkage in iron, a large stock of which was on hand. ? It is announced that Prof. Taylor of the agricultural department, has discovered that cotton seed, treated with sulphuric acid, will come up five or six days earlier than in its natural state. If the same treatment will obtain the same results on a larger scale, the dis covery will be one of great importance to Southern planters, as it will give them a start of nearly a week in raising their crop, and thus enable them in many cases to avoid the frosts. It is believed that the germination of other seeds can be quickened by a similar means. ? In the Yocum-Curtis discussion in the House of Representatives, the other day, Mr. Galkius, of Indiana, said "that there are twenty-five members upon the floor of the House who hold their seats by a majority of less than 500. There is almost ODe fifth of the members on the floor of the House who hold their seats by no majority at all, but by a plurality. There are twelve members upon the floor of the House wh0 hold their seats by a returned majority of 200 and less, and there are five members who hold their seats by a returned majority of less than 100." ? One of the daughters of Brigham Young, who was lately expelled from the Mormon Church for suing some of the rascally brethren who attempted to rob her, when entreated to return to the fold, replied: "My father, prophet though you called him, broke many a woman's heart. If it was required of me j to break as many hearts and ruin as many women as my father did, I should go to per- j dition before I would go back into the Church. A religion which breaks women's hearts and ruins them is of the devil. That's what Mormonisui does. Don't talk to me of my father !" TtioOrrlotVinma fCla ^ Tty>hn rplntps tVip V"-/ ? following incident in the life of Gen. Toombs: Several years ago Gen. Toombs was iu Elberton, when a pious colporteur approached him and asked for a subscription to place a Bible in the hands of families too poor to buy one. "I'll tell you what I'll do," remarked the General; "you and your emissaries set to work and visit every house in the Eighth Congressional District, and wherever you find a family without a Bible and wants one, drop me a line and I will ship it to them by return mail." The man insisted on a cash subscription, but had no success. Gen. Toombs has not had a draft on him yet for a Bible. ? Ex-Governor The mas H. Watts, of Alabama, has written a letter, in which he sets forth what the Conservative Democrats of the South will expect in the National nominee. He says the South has no candidate of its own for President or Vice-President; that it only wants a good man, tried and true, who will administer the government with an eye single to the preservation of the Constitution and the Union and with devotion to the best interests of the whole countrv. and whilst - J 9 expressing high admiration for Thurman, Field and Hancock, his present belief is that Senator Bayard would be the most available candidate. i ? A company of speculators are urging the city fathers of Paris to allow them the exclusive privilege for fifty years of cultivating "market truck" on the entire extent of the fortifications and in the ditches at the foot of the ramparts. These market gardeners estimate that it will cost them about 300,000 francs and a year's hard labor to put the fortifications in a good state of cultivation. They offer to pay a rent of 100,000 francs per year for this privilege, provided the concession shall continue for fifty years. It appears that this piece of ground, having a total length of over thirty-three miles, could be made to produce alone more vegetables than all the market gardens of Paris. ? Drought has reduced the Southern part of New York State, Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to a condition that has had no parallel in many years. The grass is not green, but yellow and withered, the flowers are sickly and drooping for want of moisture, and although the trees have put forth their leaves, the foliage looks shrunken and hangs in a lifeless way. Many hundred acres of land have for some time been ready to receive the corn seed ordinarily sown at this period or earlier, but the farmers have not planted, because there is not moisture enough in the ground to make the seed sprout. The recent rains, so beneficial in Maryland, Virginia, and other States, failed to afford relief to the sections mentioned above. ? The House bill granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Mexicau and Creek, Seminole and Black Hawk Indian 1 1 z. _ J i. _ il. - O a.- l~~i. wars, wnicn was repurieu iu me ocunie msi Friday, provides that all pensions under it shall be at the rate of $8 per month, except for persons now receiving a pension less than that amount, who are to be entitled to the difference between the pension now received J and $8 per month. The bill provides that the provisions of the act shall not apply to any person while under the political disabili ties imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and repeals Section 4,716 J of the revised statutes which prohibits the payment of pensions to any person, or to the I widow, children or heirs of any deceased per- j son, who voluntarily aided or abetted the late rebellion. ? The price of paper is not to be reduced. The Printing Paper-makers' Association had : their regular monthly meeting in Springfield, | Mass., on Wednesday, and voted to maintain the present rates firmly. No importations of j foreign paper stock are now being made, nor is it possible to make them with the tariff unchanged, the duties being prohibitory. The manufacturers look for an immediate advance j in the price of domestic stock, the making of i that article being controlled by one or two parties, and hence the cost of paper, they hold, i will not go down. To make sure that the : supply does not exceed the demand, the Fast- j ern manufacturers have voted to shut down their mills for three weeks in July and the same time in August. It seems probable from j this action that both the stock and paper man-! ufacturers have come to the conclusion that the tariff will not be changed during the present session of Congress. ? When the colored delegates to the conference receutly held in Montgomery, Ala., j came up the Air-Line Railroad the other day, says the Charlotte Observer, they made i some inquiry of the conductor as to how they would be able to obtain a meal along I the road. He telegraphed ahead Jo the pro- J prietor of the eating house to provide for ! them. When they arrived, they were conducted to the regular dining room and given ! an excellent meal, while the white pas9en-1 gers, about a dozen in number, had to take | their dinner in a small bed room adjoining. The circumstance is mentioned to show the difference in the treatment of the colored people North and South, for we are told that the Jubilee singers find great difficulty in getting stopping places even in the larger Northern cities. The colored preachers were delighted with their treatment, and wheu they arrived in Charlotte, gave three hearty cheers for the* conductor, Capt. Sims, and presented hira with a resolution of thanks. Mo9tofthem are from the North. furfcvUlc grnqnirer. YORK VIL.LE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 3. 1880. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write tlie name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ol postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by tl e publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where ti ey receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it b -ing prepaid at the post-office here, without additic ml charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address label" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for (subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 24th, the pensions deficiency bill was reported and placed on the caleudar. A bill amending the revenue laws was read the third time and passed. Mr. Morgan's joint resolution providing a rule for counting the electoral vote was taken up. Various amendments were- offered, all of which were voted down and the resolution as originally submitted by Mr. Morgan was passed by a party vote?yeas 25; nays 14. Mr. Bayard then moved to take up the bill introduced by him and reported favorably from the judiciary committee, providing that the supervisors of election shall be appointed lw th*> President, hv and with the consent of the Senate, and shall serve two years, beginning in May of each even numbered year. The Republicans fillibustered to prevent ac tion on Mr. Bayard's motion until the Senate adjourned. In the House a letter from Speaker Ran dall was read stating that he would be absent for a few days, and announcing the appoint raeut of Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, as Speaker pro ten. Under the rules, the appointment was submitted to the House and unanimously approved. The sundry civil appropriation bill was discussed and various amendments rejected, and pending the consideration of the bill the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 25th, on motion of Mr. Bayard, the Supervisors' bill, which provides that the supervisors of election shall be appointed by the President, with the con sent of the Senate, and hold office for two years, was taken up. Mr. Bayard proposed to change the date on which the terms of supervisors, now in office, should expire, from May the 1st, to July the 1st. He also agreed to so amend the bill as to recognize the Presi| dent's right to appoint new supervisors durring the recess of the Senate. Mr. Bayard ex plained the bill, and in reply to the questions and criticism of Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, said it was not intended to affect the powers of supervisor in any way, but to regulate the ten ? r - 1 \ 1 - I L nure or ornce. many or mern nau airemiy neiu their places since 1871, and there was no provision for their removal for cause. Their office could be vacated only by death or resignation. Mr. Bayard thought this was op posed to our practice of Government. Mr. Conkling, of New York, spoke in opposition to the bill and declared it was one more link in the chain of legislation intended to nullify the laws guaranteeing free elections. Mr. McDonald supported the bill. Mr. Teller opposed it and referred to the lawlessness in the South as proof that Federal election officers were needed. While he was speaking of the use of tissue ballots in the South, Mr. Hampton banded him a tissue ballot and asked him to read it. Mr. Teller said it purported to be a Republican tissue ballot, and he thereupon went into the history of the election in Charleston, asserting that the Republicans used tissue ballots in a legitimate manner to prevent the Democrats from distinguishing them from their own tissue ballots and throwing them out. Mr. Hampton remarked that the present Representative from that county was elected by 10,000 majority. Mr. Teller had said 3,000 Democratic tissue ballots were cast. Even allowing 3,000 he still had 7,000 majority. Mr. Thurman moved to amend the bill by providing that no person, who has held or who now holds the office of Supervisor of Elections, shall be reappointed. He said he knew some Supervisors of Elections who had been bad men and he did not intend they should ever be reappointed. Mr. Hoar said the bill was part of a scheme to destroy the liberties of the people by a sort of dry rot. The Government was not to be overthrown by violence, but by corruption of the ballot; box. Mr. Hampton said that Mr. Hoar might instruct Massachusetts in her duty under the Constitution before he condemned other States. That State disfranchised 136,- I 000 men under the educational qualilica-' tion, yet she kept her full popular represen- ' tation iu Congress, in violation of the Coustitutiou. In further remarks he said Hoar , lmH fallen into a mistake verv common at, " " " " " " I the North?that where the colored people make up a majority of the populatiou there ; must he a Republican majority ; no greater mistake could be made. He ventured to 1 say there were tens of thousands of colored men in his own State who were as earnest \ Democrats as he was. He believed he could ; go into his State and be elected by negro votes alone. The negroes realized that they were better off under Democratic rule than Republican. He had beaten in the canvass against Chamberlain by their votes, and he had told j them theu that if they were in Massachusetts where Chamberlain came from they might be as good citizens as any one, but unless they could read and write they could not vote. An animated running debate followed, in which Messrs. Hampton, Butler, Hoar and Teller took principal parts, and which turned upon the evidence taken b( fore the Wallace committee and the interpretation of it in various ways. A loud, desultory, running debate was then brought on by the asssertion of Mr. Teller that the Democrats were afraid to discuss certain questions, and dared not open their mouths about them. Mr. Voorhee9 challenged the Republicans to name such a question. A sharp coloquy followed between Messrs. Voorhees, Conkling and Edmunds, the two first named Senators ; attacking one another'9 records with some j bitterness. At 6.10, P. M., without action | on the bill, the Senate adjourned. The session of the House was devoted to the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill. In the Senate on the 26th, the credentials of Gov. Brown, appointed as successor of Gen. Gordon, were read, and he was sworn in?the modified oath being administered to him. The pensions deficiency appropriation bill was taken up, and an amendment appropriating 815,000 for committee expenses was agreed to. An amendment appropriating 8600,000 for the payment of fees of U. S. Marshals and their deputies was rejected by a party vote?yeas 22 ; nays, 33. After agreeing to one or two slight amendments the bill was passed. The bill defining the terms of the chief supervisors of election was theu resumed. Mr. Edmunds spoke in opposition to the bill, which, he said, was intended to se cure control of the elections. He was followlowed by Mr. Rollins, of New Hampshire, in a general attack upon the record of the Democratic party. He quoted from the evidence of outrages in the South, and paid special attention to South Carolina, declaring that the Hamburg massacre was an unprovoked and unjustifiable attack by the Southern chivalry upon a parading negro company, whose resentful comments, though not accompanied by violence, served as a pretext for the massacre of a whole town. On the conclusion of Mr. Rollius' remarks, Mr. Butler said : "The Senator from New Hampshire has ransacked all the filthy, dirty records in Washington and everywhere else, for the purpose of pronouncing a benediction upon my State. I simply desire to say now that what he has said is from the beginning to the end, a contemptible calumny upon the character of South Carolina. I shall take occasion, hereafter, to pay my respects to what the honorable Senator has said. I will not delay the Senate now. Mr. Lamar said he, also, wished to reply to the statements of Mr. Rollins with regard to Mississippi, but was not well enough to do so to day. About an hour was then occupied in a discussion between Messrs. Cameron, of Wisconsin, Hamptou, Butler, Teller, McDon-1J Tr:_i j aid, rvirawuuu auu uiueis, as iu nuctuci hoDor of inventing and first using the tissue ballot in South Carolina, belongs to the Republican or Democratic party, and as to the manner and effect of their use, as shown by the testimony before the Teller (now Wallace) Committee. After a good deal of further debate, Mr. Thurman's amendment forbidding the appointment of chief supervisors of elec tions, who now hold or have held office, was agreed to, and the bill passed by yeas, 27; nays, 14?a party vote. The Senate then, at 7:30, adjourned. lu the House, the Senate amendments to the House bill amending the laws in regard to distilled spirits were concurred in. The Ute Indian treaty bill was taken up aud considered, pending which the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 28th, a bill granting pensions to ceriain soldiers of the Mexican and other wars, was placed on the calendar. Mr. Vance, of North Carolina, submitted a joint resolution, which was passed, loaning 145 tents to the Governor of North Carolina for the use of the State guards participating in the centenuial celebration at King's Mounjotn in Ontnhor 1Thp. TCaton tariff commission bill was then discussed, and after debate by Bayard, Thurman, Beck aud others, the Senate adjourned until Monday. lu the House the sundry civil appropriation bill was considered, and a number of amendments agreed to, after which the House adjourned until Monday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Aiken, Newberry, Audersou and Spar tan burg counties have adopted the primary mode of nominating candidates for county officers. Spartanburg and Anderson tried the primary plan two years ago. ? The Anderson County Democratic Con in (iiirni- nf .Tampa T. Orr veil l1uu UCUiat cu 111 iuvvi v..f Jr., for Congress from the District now represented by Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken. Several counties have declared for Aiken. ? The Superintendent of the Lunatic Asy lum, has addressed a circular letter to all the probate judges in the State, informing them that the Asylum is full, and there is no room for additional patients. He request that the probate judges will correspond with the superintendent before sending any more patients, its none can be admitted except when a vacancy ocelli's. ? The Union County Democratic Convention recently adopted the following resolution : "Resolved, That the Democrats of Union county observe with pride and gratification the distinguished position which their Representative, Hon. John H. Evins, holds among his fellows in the Congress of the United States; that they recognize in him a Representative energetic, able and faithful; and they offer to hitn the renewed assurance of their confidence and esteem and of their unwavering support." ? An exciting scene occurred in the Court House at Kingstree, the county seat of Williamsburg, on Wednesday of last week. The following account of the affair is furnished by a correspondent of the News and Courier: "At the March term, 1869, there was tried at Kingstree, a case of foreclosure where James Harper was the plaintiff and W. W. Ward defendaut. Ward held a receipt of Harper's for $2,400 in payment of a bond, which Harper denied was a genuine paper, and which Judge Mackey, sitting in equity, pronounced a forgery, and ordered that Ward be indicted. The criminal suit was begun and concluded on the same day. Jame9 Harper was the prosecutor. When the jury rendered their verdict of guilty and the i Judge ordered the sheriff to take charge of the prisoner, Ward, who was sitting inside of the bar of the court, and who was perfectly sober, deliberately arose from his seat, drew his pistol and fired at Harper one time and ! one time at W. K. Lane, one of his witnesses, j Harper escaped untouched, but Lane was! i i - t -.i i 1_ A- I wounnea ill UUUI uuuus. /\a ijuiun as pus- ! sible several gentlemen sprang on Ward and disarmed him and he was taken off to jail. ; When the firing occurred Harper and Lane j were both sitting inside the bar, which was crowded with the lawyers, officers of the court and citizens, all within a few paces of Ward. I That 110 oue was killed is miraculous. One of the balls buried itself in the wall of the ! house, and what became of the other one has not been discovered. Great consternation and excitement prevailed in the crowded court room, and one or two negroes jumped out of the windows to the ground, a distance of twenty-five feet, uninjured. Judge Aldrich immediately ordered a warrant to be issued against Ward for assault and battery, with intent to kill. Subsequently, on the forgery charge, Judge Aldrich sentenced Ward to seven years imprisonment in the Penitentiary at hard labor and to pay a fine of $500. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. Lathan?Notice. Col. A. Coward, Principal?King's Mountain Military School. T. P. Whitesides?Fair Warning. M. Strauss?A Decline in Prices. T. S.Jefferys?Cotton Gins. Withers Adickes?To Arrive this Week?Wrapping Paper?Ice?Wanted. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion. T. M. Dobson?The New Yorlc House. Hunter <fc Oates?We Have on Hand. John C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The Board of County Commissioners will not be tin session until the fourth Monday of the present month?court week. TAX COLLECTIONS. The county treasurer's books for the collection of the May instalment of State and county taxes were closed last Monday. About $5,000 were collected during the month. EARLY P'EACHES. 4 r .1 i?ni j\. genueiu<ui lavoreu us, iusl .Lueauay, wiui some large, fully grown and well-ripened peaches, taken from his orchard in town, that day. They are of the "Alexander" variety, and with one exception, perhaps, the earliest peach now cultivated. jenkins'rifles. The Jenkins Rifles will celebrate their next anniversary by a par.ide to-morrow afternoon, on which occasion they will lie joined by the corps of Cadets of King's Mountain Military School. The election of oilicers of the company will take place at 8 o'clock to-inorrow evening, in their armory. sketch of king's mountain. "We have just issued, in pamphlet form, a sketch of the Battle of King's Mountain, by Rev. Robert Lathan, and will fill orders for the same at the following rates: Single copy, 15 cents; per dozen, $1.50; per hundred, 9.00. Orders by mail will be promptly filled at the above prices. our clubbing rates. To clubs of two or more names, entered on our books and paid for at the same time, the Enquirer will be furnished one year for $2 to each subscriber. Single subscriptions, $2.50 per annum in advance. All persons who subscribe for one year, between this date and the first of October next, will be entitled to a chance in our prize drawing. king's mountain monument. We leani that the contract for erecting the monument at King's Mountain, to be completed ready for the reception of the bronze figure which is to surmount it, has been awarded to Mr. McXinch, of Charlotte, who undertakes to do the work for $2,600. It is to be built of granite, which can be obtained within about three miles of the ground on which it is to be erected. THE WHEAT HARVEST. The wheat harvest is now well under way, and from what we can learn respecting the outcome of the crop, it will yield considerably more than was expected a few weeks ago. More than an .average half-crop will be made. The ravages of the fly on the young crop did not prove so serious sis was feared in the winter, and but for the effects of rust the yield would have been satisfactory. It is notsible that bearded wheat is less affected by rust than the smooth-headed. PERSONAL MENTION. Messrs. John Ashe and Withers Adickes have gone to Cleveland Mineral Springs, to spend a few days in recreating. We regret to announce that Miss Msittie Jefferys, daughter of Jsunes Jefferys, Esq., is quite ill. Dr. F. A. Ross, an aged and resected citizen, is also quite sick, at the residence of Mr. S. Anderson McElwee. Mr. W. M. Corkill, who has recently been under a surgical operation in Roper Hospital, Charleston, mention of which we have heretofore made, was able to ride out on Monday afternoon, and was down street that day for the first time since his return home. DIRECTORS' MEETING. A meeting of the directors of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad was held in Chester on Tuesday, and satisfactory arrangements made looking to the settlement of the present mortgage indebtedness of the company and the issuing of new mortgage, bonds. The directors were met by a representative of the Roane Iron Company, of Chattanooga, Tenn., with whom a contract was made for the immediate delivery of 200 tons of iron, and a sufficient quantity of spikes, bolts and fastenings to lay it. This quantity will be more than au^.nSnnf l??v flia frunlr frnm Tinllnflfn Snufh OllllltlCIXl l/U Hi J Viiv viuvn XI will Vv Fork. When the bridge over that stream shall have been built additional iron will be procured to complete the road to Lincolnton. SUDDENUEATH. On Saturday afternoon, 22nd ultimo, Mr. John Nichols, an elderly man, was found dead on the road about one mile east of Hickory Grove, in the western part of this county. A jury of inquest was summoned at the instance of Trial Justice G. C. Leech, acting as coroner, when the facts were elicited that the deceased, who was about 70 years of age, was at Whitesides' mill on the morning of his death, and while there complained of feeling unwell. lie left fhe mill between 10 and 11 o'clock A. M., carrying a small grist on his shoulder, and about three hours later was found dead as above described. There were no indications of violence, and the conclusion arrived at was that he died from over exertion while in a state of general debility. BLACK'S STATION ITEMS. "Ego" writes from Black's Station that in that section much needed rains have recently fallen and crops are promising, having been worked over one time, and being clean and in a thrifty condition. The farmers are busily employed and not giving much thought to politics. On Sunday of last week, during the prevalence of a rain, lightning struck the house of Moses Jennings, colored, who lives in the town, and nearly demolished the house. The inmates miraculously escaped. The shock was also severely felt in the houses of Messrs. J. A. Deal and Joseph Black, who live just across the street from Jennings'. Mrs. Black was so severely affected by the shock as to be unconscious for a while. THE GREENVILLE NEWS. The above paper has passed into the hands of Messrs. Lucas, Richardson &. Co., the Company being Mr. A. B. Williams, lately connected with the editorial staff of the Charleston News and Courier, but who is most generally known, perhaps, by his connection with that paj>er as the special correspondent for it on board the barque Azor, when that historic vessel made the voyage to Liberia. Messrs. Lucas and Richardson are practical printers, .and as a newspaper writer Mr. Williams has 1 already made an honorable record as a gen- j flpmn.ii nf pnternrisp and abilitv. The News. ' under its present management, publishes the latest telegraphic dispatches, and bestowscareful attention upon the general news and other departments which go to make up a wide- \ awake daily. In their enterprise we wish the publishers and editor that success which their efforts justly merit. THE CESUS ENUMERATORS. Last Tuesday the census takers started out on their rounds for the purpose of enumerating the population, resources, &c., of this great country. Unlike the custom heretofore, the work is divided among a large number of j>ersons, and instead of going about the business leisurely and taking their own time for it, they ( are required to complete the work in the territories resjiectively assigned them during the present month. It is therefore important that the heads of families, and mangers of corporations, business enterprises and manufactories,; properly prepare themselves to answer the in-: terrogatories that will be propounded to them. The enumerators must "visit each family in every house and take down the name of every man woman and child who made his or her usual place of abode there on the first day of June, 1880. They will have to set down the number of the house, the number of persons in the family, their names, the age, sex, color, occupation and place of birth of each person named. The relationship of all members of the family must be stated, and whether married or single, and whether naturalized or alien. Also their physical condition, whether sick or disabled, and whether deaf, -dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic. Schedule No. 2 contains a full list of inquiries relating to farms, crops and implements. Other schedules relate to business and industry, railroads and other corporations, the object being to get complete returns in regard to every part of our material resources. This is a work of great importance to the people of the United States, and they will be doing well to answer the questions promptly and readily, so as to facilitate the work of the enumerators as much as possible. CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gilbert, Pastor. Services at 10? A. M., and 8 P. M. Sunday-school in the afternoon. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services will be held in this church at 10? A. M., 011 Saturday, and at Sunday service the communion of the Lord's Supper will be administered. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. A. White, of Chester. Sunday-school at 4 P. M. Presbyterian?Services at the usual hours, morning and evening, by Rev. T. R. English. Sunday-school in the afternoon. Baptist?Rev. J. H. Booth, Missionary. Services at 10? A. M., and 3 P. M. Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The Rector will officiate in the Church of Our Saviour at Rock Hill, next Sunday. AN OLD DOCUMENT. There is on exhibition at the York Drug Store a grant of land from King George the Third to George Duulap, "his heirs" &c., given under the geat seal of the province of South Carolina, and dated the 30th of September, 1774. The said land, containing 100 acres, ,1 1 Ww* VYiUJ survc^cu uy ?i 111. v><iiauu, l^q/utj out ?cj* or, and is located "on a small branch of Catawba river," in what was then known as Craven county, of which Lancaster is now a part. The document is signed by "the Honourable William Bull, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in and over our said Province of South Carolina," and countersigned by "Tho. Winstanley, Prob. C." Attached to the grant is a plat of the survey, showing the adjoining tracts to have been granted to Henry Foster, Cornelius Anderson and Archy Davis. The certificate of survey is signed by John Bremar, Dep. Sur. Gen., and the whole document is attested by "Lindfors, S. D. And," as having been entered in book M N 13, page 434, the Gth of April, 1775. The most curious part of the document, however, is the seal, attached by red taj>e, to the deed or grant. The seal is made of wax, is about 4 inches in diameter and near half an inch thick?rather a formidable and certainly a cumbrous coat of arms. According to the text of the letters patent grauted by our oldfriend, George the Third, he was quite liberally inclined towards the colonists, and in those days gave away land in South Carolina with a lavish hand. To the holder of this warrant was granted the "privilege of hunting, hawking and fowling in and upon the land, and all mines and minerals whatever," his Grace reserving only all "white pine trees, and one-tenth part of mines of gold and silver;" but requiring the said George Dunlap "to clear and cultivate yearly and every year at the rate of three acres, and "paying yearly at the rate of three shillings sterling, or four shillings proclamation money, commencing at the expiration of two years from the date hereof.'' METHODIST DISTRICT CONFERENCE. The District Conference of Columbia District, M. E. Church, will meet in this place on Wednesday evening next. Bishop Wightman will preside. The introductory sermon will be preached by Rev. S. Leard, in the M. E. Church, at 8 o'clock. Ministers and members attending the conference are assigned homes as follows: NAMES. ASSIGNED TO Barber, Rev. R. W J. F. Wallace. Blair, J. M H. H. Beard. Boyd, Rev. J. M R. Frank Clark. Brown, Rev. A. B J. G. Ferguson. Barber, J. F Dr. W. M. Walker. Boozer, A. M Col. J. A. McLean. Baker, A. G P. B. Darwin. Beard, C. II Dr. John May. Chrietzburg, Rev. A. M W. C.Owen. Capers, Rev. W. T., D. D.. .11. F. Adickes, Jr. Clark, Rev. W. A Dr. A. I. Barron. Cauthen, Rev. A. J G. II. O'Leary. Clyde, Rev. T. J Dr. W. M. Walker. Cloud, J. B J. Ed. Jefferys. Cook, J. R Thos. O'Farrel. Crook, W. H W. B. Steele. Connor, F. A Rawlinson's Hotel. Castles, T. T T. C. Dunlap. Connor, Rev. J. S Dr. J. F. Lindsay. Dickson, Rev. J. W J. R. Schorb. Dent, W. II Rose's Hotel. Ervine, A Jos. Herndon. Ethridge, J. G Mrs. W. A. Latta. Friday, Rev. J. M -W. B. Steele. Flox, J. .J rnos. u'.rarrei. Gilbert, Rev. T. E "VV. C. Owen. Giles, J. A R. H. Glenn. Gladden, A. J R. A. Parish. Grant, Andrew H. Crawford. Glenn, E. L.,M. D Dr. A. I. Barron. Garrison, W. S R. II. Glenn. Garrison, S. J Residence. Guthrie, R. E Residence. Gieger, A. W J. W. P. Hope. Heath, W. H., M. D Maj. J. F. Hart. Hall, W: S Dr. J. F. Lindsay. Hardin, E. K S. Rufus Moore. Hardin, D. N H. Crawford. nardin, J. H T. C. Dunlap. Hays, Robt Mrs. Hemphill. Hook, S. J W. C. Latimer. Johnson, Rev. L. A James Mason. Jones, Rev. W. W J. J. Garvin. Jennings, R. H Dr. W. M. Walker. Jones, Abram Rev. R. P. Johnson. Jones, L. P Rev. R. P. Johnson. Jordan, Thomas F. Happerfield. Kee, C. T J. W. P. Hope. Kinsler, J. II Hon. I. D. Witherspoon. Keisler, Jacob W. C. Latimer. Little, Rev. L. M B. P. Darwin. Lester, Rev. A. H Mrs. M. E. Miller. Leard, Rev. S F. Ilapperfield. Lewis, Geo Miss James. Lamotte, T. J Maj. J. F. Hart. Lupo, Rev. E. S Mrs. Isabella Steele. Martin, Rev. W Mrs. A. C. McPheeters. McGill, W. II C. G. Parish. Moore, G. W Col. J. A. McLean. Nunnamaker, W. A Rose's Hotel. Orman, S. J J. J. Garvin. Owen, J. A W. C. Owen. Outz, J. T Joseph Herndon. Pooser, Rev. M. II Mrs. W. A. Latta. Padget, W. H '.Misses Crenshaw. Parker, J. W John W. Ilyndman. i Price, T. N., Jr Mrs. Robertson. Rodgers, Rev. W. A C. E. Saucer. Robinson, J. W Rev. R. Lathan. Roberts. David Mrs. Isabella Steele. Roberts, Thos. P Rose's Hotel. Rushton, Wm Mrs. Robertson. Reedy, W. J Col. W. B. Wilson. Stokes, Rev. J. L Dr. John May. Steele, W. A R. Frank Clark. Spann, II. A R. A. Parish. Senn, R. D Hon. I. D. Withersinxm. Simpson, W. D J. F. Wallace. Smith, J. W J. E. Smith. Turnipseed, B. R Rev. R. Latham Wightman, Rev. W. M., D. D. ..T. S. Jefferys. ' Whitman, Rev. G. W J. E. Smith. Williams, Rev. W. W J. Ed. Jefferys. Walker, Rev. A. C H. F. Adickes, Sr. j Workman, Rev. J. J Misses Crenshaw. J Weber, Rev. S. A Col. W. B. Wilson. 1 White, R. J Mrs. Hemphill. , Wise, C J. J. Hunter. : Ward, C H. F. Adickes, Sr. J Wright, H. T T. S. Jefferys. . Wright, P. Lw T. S. Jefferys. i1 Wilkexson, Wm J. E. Smith. IJ Walker, Dr. W. M Residence.! J NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A. M. Spencer, from Ohio, died suddenly | in Newberne on Sunday night. His remains j were forwarded to his family by the Knights of Honor of that town. ? The editor of the Lincoln Progreu vouches for the truth of the statement made in his columns that a large eel was recently caught i near that town with a mocasin snake 13 inch- j es long in it. ? It is stated upon what seems to be well- j grounded authority, that Senator Vance will, ; at an early day, wed a rich Kentucky wid- ] ow?a Catholic?and that the hymenial knot j will be tied by a Catholic priest. ? At the recent term of the U. S. Circuit Court ?t. Asheville t.hirtv Dersons were con victed of violating the internal revenue lawa. They were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from sixty days to eleven months. ? The Asheville Citizen says it is stated that there is a positive prospect of the completion of -the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad this summer; that a compromise of the difficulties between the creditors, stockholders and bondholders will be arranged. ? The Carolina Central Railway, extending from Wilmington to Shelby, with all its property, rights and franchises, was sold last Monduy, in Wilmington, at auction, under a decree of foreclosure, for $1,200,000. A committee of gentlemen representing the first mortgage bondholders, were the purchasers. ? Adjutant-General Johnstone Jones has issued a circular letter to all the white companies composing the North Carolina State Guard, urging them to make preparations for participating in the centenuial celebration at King's Mountain on the 7th of October next. He wants not less than 25 men from each company, "fully uuiforraed and equipped, and as the occasion will be the most important and imposing one in which the Guard has ever yet been called upon to participate, it is earnestly hoped that special efforts will hp made hv the various commands to be ful ly aud creditably represented. Each company will briug three days' rations with it Transportation and tents will be furnished." Further particulars, as to time of starting, place of reudezvous, etc., will be given in future orders. emtouiaiTinklings. The State Supreme Court. The following cases from the Sixth Cir cuit were argued before the Supreme Court in Columbia last week : Joseph R. Witherspoon vs. H. F. Adickes. John 6. Steele vs. the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company. James M. Ivy vs. the Executors of W. I. Clawson, deceased. J. S. M. Davidson, et ux., vs. S. R. Moore, and Jeremiah Fickling, et ux., et ah, vs. the same. York county vs. J. L. Watson. Steele, administrator, vs. Atkinson, et ux. John K. Coleman vs. the Town of Chester. The case of H. F. Adickes et al., vs. John T. Lowry et al., was coutinued uutil the November term ; and the case of Samuel Black V8. w. E. Rose was summitted on printed argument. Washington Light Infantry, Charleston. At the regular monthly meeting of the Washington Light Infantry, of Charleston, held on the evening of the 24th ultimo, the following resolutions were adopted : The Wushington Light Infantry, as the custodians of the battle flag of Col. Win. Washington's Troop, which was first displayed in the victorious cavalry charge at Cowpeus, 17th Jan'y, 1781, desire to express their cordial sympathy in the proposed centennial observance of the victory of King's Mountain, appointed for the 7ib of October next They ask a place iu the great pageant of that day, and pledge their active co-operation to the success of that centennial celebration. Be it therefore Resolved, That the crimson flag of Cowpens and Eutaw Springs be sent to the King's Mountain celebration under a suitable guard of honor from this coftnnand. Resolved, That this command tender their services to the King's Mountain centennial committee as a committee to raise funds in Charleston for the monument proposed to be erected on King's Mountain in honor of that victory, or for any other service they can render. T7l M t.U fl^l ,1 If tnn JLIlig'S mvuuiaiu uuiu uiuci We are gratified to learn, as we do by the Charlotte Observer, of the continued success and bright prospects of the King's Mountain gold mine. That paper of Sunday, says: Mr. W. A. Stanton, who recently succeeded Mr. Arthur Macy, as superintendent of the King's Mountain mine, was in the city yesterday afternoon, and brought with him 214 ounces of amalgam, which is to be separated at the assay office. This was taken from a "cleaning up" after a run of 147 hours. The mine is now working 100. bands, and is doing better than it has done for several years, a rich vein having recently been struck in the new works. It is already one of the most thoroughly equipped mines in the country, and works a forty stamp mill. As is well known, the mine is owned by a company in Penn9yl vania, of which ex Gov. Curtin, of that State, is president. During the past two years they have spent upwards of $60,000 on the work, all of which has been expended in the neighborhood exeept what has come to the machine shops in Charlotte, an amount by no means inconsiderable. Mr. Stanton reports that the only thing in the way of the company is the scarcity of fire wood, or rather of teams to haul the large amount daily consumed in the furnaces, at reasonable rates. Supreme Lodge, Knights of Houor. The session of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor, recently closed in Charleston, will prove a notable and important one in the history of the Order. Among the most important actions of the Supreme Lodge was the transfer of the issuing of benefit certificates from the Subordinate Lodges to the Supreme Reporter's office. All applicants are at first examined by the Subordinate Lodge medical examiner, who must be a graduate of a reputable medical college; and all applicants, with the result of the medical examination, must pass through the hands of the State medical examiner and be upproved by him before any applicant can receive tne degrees of the Order. A law was also passed authorizing special assessments in cases of emergency, such as the yellow fever epidemic in 1878 and 1879. The Supreme Lodge now makes the constitution of the subordinate lodges, and the Grand Lodges cannot amend or alter it in any way. The growth and success of the Order of Knights of Honor during the past five years has been unparalleled in the history of any order or beneficiary institution. It sprang into notice first in-1873, and not until the: fall of 1874, did it make any progress. In ; 1875 and 1876 its growth was more rapid, and in 1877 it numbered 20,000 members. In 1878 it grew to 40,000, and at the present' time it numbers little less than 90,000. In view of the fact that during the years 1878 and 1879 the Order was visited with yellow fever and tried as if by fire, yet its growth : lias been steady and healthy. In 1878 the yellow fever swept away 193 members, but in 1879 only 29 deaths occurred in the Order. Fhe Order contributed in death benefits and in relief funds in 1878 to the families of the members of the Knights of Honor 9405,000. fn 1879 it paid as death benefits on account of yellow fever $58,000, and for relief of members and their families $10,000. The difference in the mortality in the two years of the existence of the epidemic is doe to the judicions management and prompt action of the executive head of the Order, Supreme Dictator J. A. CJuturnings. By the prompt and judicious issue of Official Circular No. 2, at the first breaking out of the fever last year, the members were able to remove with their families to places of safety, thereby saving their lives ami the lives of their families and mauy thousands of dollars to the Order. During the past two years the Order has grown from 40,000 members to almost 90.000, and for the same period there huve been paid out of the widow's and orphan's benefit fund 82,038,000. In addition to this financial showing there is a surplus of $15,000 to the credit of the Supreme Lodge general fund. Republican National Convention HalL The hall in which the Republican National convention met in Chicago, yesterday, io larrrnaf uf runiiiro I ko nn mnoo otina IO UliU IMIgVOV gvt UWUIV iUi Vt (V |VUl |yUJV/ VIV/I erected in this country, and is more than twice the capacity of the famous wigwam in which Lincoln was nominated in 18(>0. Its vastness is described by a local paper as impressive. The floor space directly in front of the presiding officer runs back four kundred feet and will scat three thousand people, and on the right and left are the balconies, in which six thousand more can find seats, while the stage itself is arranged for the accommodation of several hundred others, chiefly officers of the convention and members of the press. The gieatest care is stated to have been taken to insure the safety of the immense crowds certain to throng the place; the severest test of the strength of the floors have been made, and there are twenty-five exits leading directly from the convention hail to the open air. The two leading telegraph companies will have their wires in the bnilding, one company with forty opera tors and the other with twenty:- There is no longer any of that complaint made some mouths ago that the national committee was ' usurping the functions of the local committee with the probable intention of packing the hall with Grant men, and not allowing public enthusiasm to work in behalf of any other candidate. It is now understood that spectators' tickets will be distributed pro rata among the State delegations, and any body who can get a ticket can go in and shout for any body that may suit him. Important to Farmers. ? Hon. A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture cf South Carolina, has issued the following circular, which is of importance to the agricultural and industrial interests of the State. We trust the farmers of York will give the subject that attention which it deserves : At the last regular session of the Legislature an Act was passed creating an Agricultural Department. This is an important recognition of the rights of the planters, and I sincerely trust that I may have their cooperation in the effort to develop tbe'resources < of our State. . * ' We will soon have, at the rooms of the Commissioner, in Columbia, caseft or apart ments for each county, and it is our desire to exhibit the products of every county ; and we request that every citizen will feel that this circular is directed especially to him and aid the Department by all means in his power. The Commissioner will neglect nothing that will advauce the agricultural and mechanical industries of the State, and he confiHp-nt.lv rplips nnnn thp npnnlp ta sustain him. We desire to have samples of the products of every county. They will be carefully j arranged in the proper cases and plainly j marked with the name of county and con- ] tributor. We want specimens of wheat, com, oats, peas, rye, barley, rice, buckwheat, ilaz, peanuts, tobacco, cotton, millet, clover and grasses, dried fruit, chufas, molasses, wines, wood, minerals, stone, marble, any article used for agriculture or mechanical I puriposes manufactured in the State, native " birds, insecis, aud, in short, anything and everything that will show the wealth of the county, aid and encourage home manufactures, and prove interesting to visitors. The importance of having such an exhibit at the capitnl is apparent. It will be our best advertisemeut in showing our wonderful resources, and more can be learned in this way, by strangers seeking information, in a day, than in a year's travel. It will be a fine medium of exchange, purchase or sale of seeds to our own people, and in learning more of our capabilities. I earnestly appeal to you to aid me in this great work by sending any article for exhibition that you think would be at all interesting. They should be plainly marked and addressed to A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture, Columbia, I South Carolina. The Department will pay , all expenses of shipping. End of the Whitaker Case. Tho roiirt nf innnirv whioh for RPVPral ?? ? ?1?J weeks has been investigating the "Whitaker outrage" case at West Point, met in secret session last Friday and made up its flnal report, which was agreed upon and signed by all the raembeis of the court. The report, after reviewing the facts and the evidence in the case, gives the following conclusions: First, The Court is unable to believe that such slight wounds as Cadet Whitaker received could have been inflicted in the manner and under the circumstances described by him. Second, It does not see why a man with his surroundings and in his condition and frame of mind, as shown by his own evidence, should have submitted to an assault / such as is alleged, without summoning assistance during the assault or immediately thereafter. Third, It believes that a person tied as he was, and left as he claims to have been, could have readily released himself should he exert himself to do so. Fourth, From the testimony of the Post Surtreon and others, the Court is compelled to believe that Whitaker was neither asleep nor insensible when he was examined on the morning of April 6th, but that he was feigning. Fifth, The Court is not able to discover any motive that any person, other than Whitaker, could have had in making such an assault, and there is no evidence whatever to warrant the belief that any other person did make it. Sixth, It believes that the ear splitting, flesh cutting and binding could have all been accomplished by Whitaker himself. Seventh, The theory that the note of warning is an imitation of Whitaker's writing is, in the opinion of the Court, untenable. The severe tests to which the experts in handwriting were subjected and their positive testimony placed it beyond doubt that Whitaker himself wrote the note of warning and that, therefore, he is not ignorant of the person or persons engaged in the affair. The latter conclusion is strengthened by the fact that half of the sheet of paper on which this note is written is found in Whitaker's possession. After a strong array of circumstantial evidence from the testimony of experts in handwriting and from conflicting statements of Cadet Whitaker, and lack of veracity evinced by him in certain cases during the inquiry, as shown by the evidence, the Court is of the opinion that 'he imputation upon the character of Cadet Whitaker referred to in the order convening the Court, the official report of the Commandant of Cadets and the Post Surgeon, is fully sustained. When the report was sent to General Schofield, and carefully read by him, he caused a letter to be addressed to Colonel Lazelle, Commandant of the Corps of Cadets, directiug the arrest of Whitaker and placing him in confinement in his room. The order was promptly carried out and Whitaker will remain under arrest until this case is disposed of, and a guard will keep him under surveillance.