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Scraps and Jafts. ; 3=zzz=zziz=======z==rz=zziz==zzz 1 ? The negro immigrants around Oswego, jj Kansas, are dying off like sheep from the effects of the rigorous climate. Governor i Lewis Wallace, of Mexico, has written a , letter to say that Southern negroes should not be allowed to go there. ? The invitation to be present at the in- , auguration of President elect Garfield has j , been accepted by the Legislature of Tennes- ; ( see, and nearly every member of that body j ( will leave Nashville ou the night of March | 2tl for Washington. I ? Geu. Garfield made a statement last week j ( that he has made no pledge in reference to i !_Pnkiwaf Ia ?tii?\r j UU ttppuiUllllCUl 111 UiO ViiUiliCt bV ?UJ wvuj ?u j the whole country. He has thousands of ap j plications for office which he has filed for ref-1 erence at the proper time. ? To make shoe pegs enough for American use, there are consumed annually 100,000 j cords of timber, and to make lucifer matches j 300,000 cubic feet of the best pine timber ^re j ? required every year. Lasts and boot trees take 500,000 cords of birch, beech and maple, and the handles of tools 500,000 more. ? The Governors of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, united in nominating Senator Wade Hampton as a suitable orator for the Southern States of the "Old Thirteen" and Tennessee ut the celebration of the Cowpens Centennial. Senator Hampton has accepted the appointment. ? Grant's name, and all the appliances thus far used to induce subscriptions to the proposed world's fair in New Vork, appear to be insufficient to secure "the needful." Only one third of the 81,000,000 required for a legal beginning has thus far been obtained. At least S4,000,000, it is said, will be required for the buildings alone. ? The Supreme Treasurer of the Knights of Honor reports 8355,798.91 received for the Widows' and Orphans' benefit fund from December 6th, 1880, to February 1st, 1881. Amount disbursed $258,255; balance subject to forty-five S2,000 benefits yet unpaid, 897,543 91. There is a balance of $6,973.65 ? r* ?onorol fnnrl Ill ,? ? ?*.111.1111 11.1.1*. ? The Oregon system of liquor licenses is being urged for trial in Boston. Under it the buyer, not the seller, is obliged to procure a license. Objection is made to the plan on account of the great number of licenses that would have to be issued and looked after, while friends of the measure think it would debar from the saloons many chronic drinkers, who have not the money and respectability requisite to secure a license. ? Read what the New York Herald says : "By all means advertise. Change often, and when your business admits of it, make different features of it prominent in their turn? this week one thing, next week another?and then something else. Let your advertise ments have something of a dash in them, without great exaggeration. Hundreds of fortunes have been made by advertising, and yet as an art it is but imperfectly understood." * 1 n xi _ !x__ Ai_ _ X I ? An evidence 01 me prosperity mat nas come to the country during the past twelve months is given in the report to the New York Legislature by the superintendent of hanking, which shows that in that State alone, during the past year, the people who patronize savings bank have added $45,000,000 t<? their deposits. The decrease in deposits in 1878 was $13,748,418, while the increase in 1879 was $20,183,862?less than half the increase of the year just closed. ? "Accordiug to the report of the National Agricultural Bureau, the average yield of cotton is one bale to two acres and a half. The greatest average yield is in Arkansas and Louisiana, one bale to an acre and threequarters; in Tennessee one; Mississippi a bale to rather more than two acres ; in North Carolina a bale to two acres ; South Carolina a bale to two aud a half acres; Texas a bale to two and three-quarter acres, and in Georgia a bale to three and a half acres." ? At the municipal elections in Pennsyl ? T i__ i?. 1. vauia, uii i. ucbuoj ui iaat wectw, tuc xvciuiiijera defeated the straight Republican and machine Democratic tickets, by majorities ranging from 5,000 to 20,000. In Philadelphia, an Independent Democrat was elected by a majority of 5,538. Pittsburg elected a Democratic mayor; Reading elected a Republican mayor, and the remainder of the Democratic ticket; Erie City elected a Democratic mayor; Harrisburg elected a Republican mayor, and the Wilkesbarre district elected a Democratic State senator. ? We are told that Gen. Garfield contemplates incorporating in his inaugural a special mention of the South as a section. It is believed that he will advert to the educational statistics of the South as obtained in the census of 1880, and take fhe ground that the social, political and economic condition of that section would be materially enhanced by the removal of the dense ignorance which prevails, particulary among the blacks. If he does this, it may naturally be expected that he will make some practical suggestion on the subject. ? By a bill which has been introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature, voting on the part of women is made compulsory. Any woman who fails or neglects to vote and cannot produce a doctor's certificate to prove that, by reason of age, infirmity or sickness, she was unable to go to the polls, is to be subject to a fine of ?100 or imprisonment for three months ; and any man guilty of intimidating, controlling or wilfully obstructing any woraau in voting, or of insulting any woman in going to or returning from the polls, is to be fined not less than ?2,000 or imprisonid not more than two years, or both. If this bill passeB the women are to have a voice in its ratification or rejection. ? Work is steadily progressing on the tunnel under the Hudson River at New York. The secretary of the company is out with a statement to the effect that at present there are fully two hundred persons employed, including masons, engineers .and men on the surface. The space where the recent accident occurred has now been made into a working chamber forty-four feet long by twenty-five feet wide, and thirty feet high, enclosed in a permanent brick wall three feet thick. The men enter this chamber through an iron tube passing through the roof of the caisson. The heading of the north tutinel is ncrw out about three hundred feet under the river, and the south tunnel is about two hundred and seventy feet. The work in the former is proceeding at the rate of five feet per* day. The men are divided into three gangs, working , eieht hours each. Ooerations will begin on r i o the New York side in a week or two, near j Morton street. The property is already enclosed, and a million of bricks are on thej ground. The entrance to the tunnel will be ! on Broadway, somewhere between Bleecker j and Houston streets. The secretary adds: "We feel very proud of the successful work-1 ing of the caisson, as a great many scientific i men and engineers predicted that it would be a failure." ? An amusing feature in the Cannon Camp- j bell contest over the Territorial seat in Con-1 gress from Utah, has just come to light. It j will be remembered that Gov. Murray gave the certificate of election to Mr. Campbell, j although Mr. Cannon received ten votes to; ; Mr. Campbell's one. When Cannon heard i ' of this he took steps to serve notice of con-11 test on Campbell, having thirty days under j i the law to perform this ceremony. Camp bell left Salt Lake ostensibly for Washing-; J ington, but never reached here. This put' Cannon off the track. He was daily looking 1 for Campbell so as to serve notice of contest, < but Campbell came not. Cannon telegraph- ] ed to New York, Chicago, Omaha and Salt ( Lake, but could not get the run of Camp- j bell's rapid movements. He accidentally heard of him at Circlesville, Kansas, and tel- ' egraphed there, but the bird had flown. Be coming thoroughly frightened for fear the thirty days would expire, Cannon sent four aotices of contest to Salt Lake, each to a particular friend, with instructions to hunt Campbell regardless of expenses. One man took* the train east, and accidentally met Campbell at Green River Station on the very j last day of the thirty. Campbell was about I to sit down to breakfast in fancied security, j but the man with four wives and a seat in Congress was too much for him. The gentle- I mau was so upset by being discovered, that he | could eat no breakfast Had he been. able i to avoid service of notice of contest, Cannon | could harldly have maintained his contest. l\\t (fnquivcv. YORKVIL.L.E. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. FEB. 24.1881. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name unhcf?riiiAr verv Dlainlv. eive post-ofliee, 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 Esquirer is delivered free of postage to all subscribers rosiding in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the countv; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which tliesubscription 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 14th, the House bill appropriating money towards expenses to be incurred in the centennial celebration of the battle of Grafton Heights and for other purposes, was reported favorably and placed on the calendar. The post office appropriation bill was taken up and passed. The Senate then adjourned as a mark of respect for the memory of Hon. Fernando Wood. In the House, under a call of States, a number of bills were introduced aud referred among them one by Mr. Townsend, of Illinois, fixing the first Monday in November as the time for the assembling of Congress. The speaker then proceeded to call on committees for their reports. A number of bills and res olutions were reported back, among them resolutions declaring the policy of the United States in regard to the inter oceanic canal. Referred to the committee of the whole. On motion of Mr. Dibrell, of Tennessee, the bill was passed making Chattanooga, Teun., a port of delivery. The House then proceeded to the consideration of District business. Iu the meantime, a telegram was received announc ing the death of Fernando Wood. Resolu tions were then adopted expressing the sorrow of the House and respect for the memory of the deceased, and a committee was appointed to superintend the funeral ceremonies. As a further mark of respect, the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 15th, Mr. Hereford presented a joint resolution of the West Vir ginia Legislature, asking for a law to regulate inter State railroad traffic. Referred to the committee on railroads. A number of i bills and joint resolutions were reported back from committees and placed on the calendar. The House funding bill was taken up and discussed until adjournment. In the House, Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, occupied ihe chair, owing to the necessary absence of the Speaker. The desk recently occupied by Hon. Fernando Wood was draped in black and decorated with a basket of handsome flowers. After the transaction of some unimportant business, the House, at 1.50 P. M., went into committee of tbe whole on the river and harbor appropriations bill, which, without action, was discussed until 9 o'clock, when the House took a recess until 10 o'clock iiPTt mnrnincr "v"*v fain the Senate on the 16th, Mr. Eaton, from the committee on foreign relations, reported a resolution asserting that this Government will insist that its consent is a necessary condition precedent to the construction of a ship canal across the isthmus connecting North and South America. Tabled temporarily and ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald, of Indiana, addressed the Senate upon the inequalities in taxation caused by the protective tariff. The resolution providing for night sessions after Thursday was adopted. The funding bill was taken up. Mr. Morrill spoke at some length in favor of the bill as reported, and was followed by Messrs. Saunders, McDonald, Hereford, Eaton, Vance, Kirkwood and others. Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, said he favored a 3} per cent, rate and a long bond, but as he had been assured that a long time bond would not be authorized by the present Congress, he would accept the next best proposition of a 5-10 or a 5-20 bond. After a statement by Mr. Bayard that he would press the bill to a conclusion tomorrow, the Senate at 4.50, went iuto executive session,1%nd when the doors were reopened adjourned. The entire session of the House was devoted to discussion of the river and harbor appropriations bill. In the Senate on the 17th, on motion of Mr. Bayard, all prior orders were postponed, | and the consideration of the funding bill was resumed. The entir-- day was devoted to the bill. Several araeu Imeuts were proposed, some of which were agreed to and others re jected, after which the bill, as finally agreed to, was reported and ordered to be printed. The three per cent, rate of interest, as originally provided in the bill, was retained. In the House, the river and harbor appro priations bill was passed by a vote of 162 to 85. The apportionment bill was discussed, but temporarily laid aside and the House adjourned. Iu the Senate on he 18th, the funding bill was called up fo final action, and was read a third time ant' passed. All the Democrats voted in the aJrraative, as also Mr. Plumb and Mr. Saunders. The bill now goes to the House for its concurrence in the Senate amendments, namely : a 5-20 instead of a 5-10 bond ; a compensation of one half: instead of one-quarter of one per cent, for placing a loan ; a provision for popularizing the loan in the sense of having it taken by the people, and several verbal alterations. On motion of Mr. Ransom, the river and harbor appropriations bill was read a second time and referred. In the House the agricultural appropriation bill was discussed without action. Iu the Senate on the 19th, a number of pro posed amendments to the river and harbor bill were introduced and referred. The cat- J tie disease bill was debated, and at 21 o'clock the Senate adjourned to attend the | funeral of the late Representative Fernando ' Wood. In the House, Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, from the committee on ways and means, reported a bill repealing all laws imposing taxes on bank checks, drafts and orders, bank deposits, friction matches, medical preparations, perfumery, cosmetics, cologne and other articles. Referred to the committee of the whole. At 12.15 the House went into committee of the whole on the agricultural bill, but without action arose and at 2 adjourned for the purpose of attending the funeral of the late Hon. Fernando Wood. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? W. C. Bee, Esq., a prominent citizen of Charleston, died in that city on Tuesday of last week. ? Daniel Douglas, Esq., a member of the Legislature from Chesterfield, died at his j home in that county, ou Saturday last. ? David J. Fant, a well known citizen of Union, died at his home in that county on Wednesday of last week, in the 67th year of u:? 111 o age. ? A man convicted of carrying concealed weapons at Newberry Court, was fined 81, the light sentence being^ecause he was a stranger and was arrested only two days after the law went into effect. ? At the recent term of the circuit court for Abbeville county, Albert Tarborough, colored, convicted of selling cotton on which there was a lien, was sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars or go to jail for thirty days. ? It is claimed that forty thousand bales of cotton will be marketed at Greenville during the present cotton year, ending first of September next. The receipts already aggregate 33,099 bales. ? The State Sunday School Convention will meet in Columbia on Wednesday and Thursday, April 13th and 14th. Each county is entitled to as many delegates as it has representatives in both branches of the Legislature. ? Notwithstanding the break on the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad, trains are running as usual to within a few miles of Saluda. In a few days the repairs will be com pleted, and trains will run through to Hendersonville. ? At a meeting of Irishmen held in Columbia last week, for the purpose of organizing a club auxiliary to the Irish Land League, thirty-eight persons signed the roll and the following persons were elected officers: John Aguew, Presideut; John Dooly, Vice President; P. Cantwell, Secretary; J. Fagan, Treasurer. The object of the organization is to extend material aid as well as moral support to the Land League in Ireland. ? The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons was in session in Charleston last week. The following officers were elected : Comp. .T. Adaer Smvth. M. E. G. H. Priest: Comp. R. C. Watts, R. E. Dep. G. H. Priest; Com p. T. R. Robertson, R. E. G. King; Corap. G. D. Bryan, R. E. G. Scribe; Comp. C. E. Chichester, Rt. Rev. G. Chaplain ; Corap. C. F. Jackson, E. G. Treasurer; Corap. J. E. Burke, E. G. Secretary; Corap. J. E. Beazeale, G. Capt. of Host; Corap. W. T. Branch, G. R. A. Captain; Corap. L. F. Meyer, Grand Sentinel. The next annual convocation will be held in Charleston. ? The Greenville News says : "The Piedmont Factory was applied to lately to supply 1,500 bales of sheeting for shipment to China, and the application, to the extent of 500 bales, was met. This factory was also assured, on unimpeachable authority, that if the proposition would be entertained, the full capacity of the factory could be utilized in the same direction. In other words, that the demand for sheeting manufactured at this factory for the China market need be measured only by its ability to provide it. Another very noteworthy fact is that the Piedmont Factory has already purchased, this season, from wagous, 4010 bales of cotton." I ?Mr. John Killian, road master on the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad, was accidentally killed by being run over by a freight | train in Augusta, Ga., on Friday last. He was standing on a flat car loaded with wood, and while the train was backing round a curve, the front car jumped the track. A standard of the car on which Mr. Killian was standing gave way and he was precipitated on the track with the falling wood. Three cars passed over his body, left arm and both legs, mangling him in a terrible manner. He was a native of Chester county, and for along time was connected with the Charlotte, Col umbia and Augusta Railroad. His family resides at Charlotte, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? It is now stated that the negotiations for the lease of the Charlotte and Atlanta AirLine Railroad by the Richmond and Danville Road are at an eud. The owners of the Air-Line held it too high. ? In the Legislature of North Carolina, last Thursday, petitions for a prohibitory liquor law were presented, signed by 66,000 persons, making, with former petitions, an aggregate of over 200,000 persons petitioning against the sale of intoxicating liquors. Legislation favorable to the movement is anticipated. ? At the Knights of Pythias banquet at Goldsboro last week, the remarkable coincidence was observed that the present Grand Master of Masons, the Grand Master of Odd : J Fellows, the Grand Dictator of the Knights i of Honor, and the Grand Chancellor of the ! ' Knights of Pythias, all reside in Wayne , |county. | ? The Cherokee Indians in North Carolina j j number about seven hundred, all located in ; one settlement. Representatives of the Cher- j okee Nation, Indian Territory, have recently visited them for the purpose of persuading | them to emigrate to the tribe reservation in that Territory. A part of them have agreed j ! to emigrate. The object of the nation to in- i | duce their brethern to emigrate to them is merely philanthropy. They have a well organized government of their own in the Territory, and promise the emigrants food, farms and schools. ? The Milton Chronicle relates the follow- j ing "true hawk story": While a half grown negro boy Darned Wra. Daniels sat in the | kitchen last Tuesday morning eating hi^ breakfast, a large hawk made a desperate swoop at some chickens in the yard near a , window, but missed his game and dashing against a window glass smashed it, and landing in the kitchen, seized the boy in the back with talons and beak. It was the work of a j moment. The darkey squalled for help | from his father, who mistook the bird for the , devil and ranaway?the hawk, in the meantime, holding on desperately. The boy now got his 'nap' up and reaching behiud him gathered the hawk by the neck and pulling him off, killed the bird and ate it for supper. ? A murder case, the parties to which were citizens of South Carolina, has been removed for trial from Monroe to Charlotte. The circumstances of the murder are as follows: Spencer Phillips was a white man, who was in Monroe trading. Robert Jones was colored, and was on the same errand. Both were from South Carolina. Jones went to the campfire of Phillips and demanded supper. Cornbread was offered. Jones scorned "Johnny Constant." He had better rations himself. A quarrel then ensued and Jones was taken away by his father, who accompanied him. He returned and Phillips asked if he had come to make Prion/-!* ami hohavp himaplf .TnilPS made HO reply. Phillips said he was going to indict .Jones for having drawn his pistol. Another quarrel ensued and Jones' father again started off with him, Phillips coming behind with a rail. Jones broke loose and bred twice, mortally wounding Phillips in tire side. He then fled towards South Carolina, but was pursued and captured. ? 4 WASHINGTON ITEMS. ? The House committee on ways and means elected representative Tucker of Virginia, Chairman, to succeed Hon. Fernando Wood, deceased. ? The House committee on elections have reported in favor of Representative Kitchen, Democrat, of North Carolina, in the contested case of O'Harra vs. Kitchen. ? The House committee on war cluims have agreed to report favorably to the House the bill appropriating $103,000 for the payment of cluims reported allowed by the Commissioners of Claims under an act of Congress of March 3d, 1871. It embraces 93 claims of persons residing in the States of Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. ? An amendment has been added to the sundry civil appropriations bill authorizing the president to send a special embassy, con sisting of two ambassadors, to the government of Mexico for the purpose of negotiating additional treaty provisions to promote the commercial relations of the two countries and for the protection and encouragement of works of internal improvement, such as railways and canals, constructed by American citizens. The embassy will act in conjunction with our present minister at the city of Mexico. ? The sundry civil appropriation bill finally adopted by the House of Representatives on Thursday, contains among its items the following: For public buildings at Austin Tex., 833,000, New Orleans, 840,000, Nashville, Tenn., 815,000, Memphis, Tenn., 8100,000 and Montgomery, Ala., 840,000; for coast survey 8522,000; geological Burvey 8150,000; completing the tenth census 8500000; United States courts, &c., 82,375,000; public printing 81,700,000; for the lighting the Savannah river between its mouth and the City of Savannah 860,000 ; for the fish commissioner 8324,000; for the purchase of the private papers of the late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk 820,000; for expenses of the Mississippi river commission and continuation of surveys 8150,000; for the National Board of Health 875,000; for aid to local quarantine stations and local and State boards of health 8100,000. The total amount appropriated by the bill is 819,991,205. ? In the Senate on Monday, almost every State, one of whose Senators was present, presented petitions or memorials, asking for a constitutional amendment against the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors. Mr. Hampton presented the petition of the Good Templars of South Carolina, signed by its officers and members, asking for a constitutional amendment to prohibit the manufacture and sale of all alcoholic beverages throughout our national domain. Mr. Butler also presented the petition of the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of South Curolina, praying for similar legislation. These, with other petitions of like character, were referred to the committee on finance. On the same day, in the House, Mr. Aiken introduced the petition of the Grand Division Sons of Temperance of South Carolina, similar to that introduced in the Senate by Mr. Butler. Referied to the committee on alcoholic liquor traffic. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. A Word Picture of Conkling. The following faithful sketch of the magnificent stalwart was drawn by Mr. Blaine, in 1866, when the New York representative (Conkling) refused to give way to the Maine representative, saying: "No, sir, I do not wish to have anythiug to do with the member from Maine, not even so much as to yield him the floor," to which Mr. Blaine replied : "As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, I hope he will not be too severe. The contempt of the large minded gentleman is so wilting ; his haughty disdain, his grandiloquent swell, his majestic, supereminent, overpowering turkey-gobbler strut, has been so crushing to myself and all the members of this House, that I know it was an act of the greatest temerity for me to venture upon a controversy with him. But, sir, I know who is responsible for all this. I know that within the last five weeks, as members of the House will recollect, an extra strut has characterized the gentleman's bearing. It is not his fault. It is the fault of another. That gifted and satirical writer, Theodore Tilton, of the New York Independent, spent some weeks recently in this city. His letters published in that paper embraced, with many serious statements, a little jocose satire, a part of which was the statement that the mantle of the late Winter Davis had fallen upon the member from New j York. The gentleman took it seriously, and ! it has given his strut an additional ponipos- j ity. The resemblance is great. It is strik-! ing. Hyperion to a Satyr, Thersites to Hercules, mud to marble, dunghill to diamond; a singed cat to a Bengal tiger, a whining puppy to a roaring lion. Shade of the mighty Davis! forgive the almost profanation of j that jocose satire. Important Ruling on the Stock Law. At the last term of the circuit court of Abbeville county, an important ruling involving the constitutionality of the stock law, was . made by Judge Kershaw. The case came up on appeal from a trial justice, with whom j Phares C. Martin had lodged his complaint against Samuel J. Hester for trespass by stock, j After hearing the trial, the justice sentenced Hester to pay a fine of one dollar or be imprisoned five days. An appeal was taken to the I circuit court on the following grounds: 1st. Because the Act of Assembly under j which this prosecution is brought is unconsti- i tutioual, being in conflict with Section 29, Ar i tide II of the Constitution of South Carolina', : which reads: "Every act or resolution having i < the force of law shall relate to but oue subject, and that shall be expressed iu the title." 2nd. Because the said act of Assembly is in conflict with Section 10, Article I, of the Constitution of the United States, which declares that "No State shall * * pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts." These points were argued at some length j but were overruled and the judgment of the lower court confirmed, Judge Kershaw, holding that Section 7 was germane to the title ! of the act, but that even if the act were unconstitutional in that paragraph, iu all other! respects it might be constitutional. That I stock being driven on land might well be deA : 3 A~ - A *1. - ?A leriuiueu tu utj u uesjmss uuuei me nut. That the stock law was not a contract be-1 tween the Legislature and the people, because it had been allowed to the people to vote on the question. There was no consideration, heDce there was nocoutract. Notice of appeal to the Supreme Court of I the State was given. Garfield's Inauguration. The ceremonies attending the inauguration of President Garfield promise to be of a more imposing character than any that have ever yet been observed on a similar occasion atjthe National Capital. A Washington letter says: There can be no doubt in the mind of any one who has watched the record from day to day that there will be a greater number of people here on the 4th of March than was ever here before. The display will eerfcninly be. grand and magnificent. Money by the thousands is being poured into the committees, and it is being spent with a lavish liand. Thirty-eight arches of gigantic proportions will span Pennsylvania avenue. These are being placed with absolute recklessness as to cost, and they alone will he a splendid sight. If all the civic and military organizations come that are promised it will be the grandest procession ever seen in this country hii<1 must reach miles in length. According to present calculations there will not be half a dozen buildings along the line of parade that will not be grandly and expensively decorated. As for the ball on the evening of the '4th of March, it will surpass in size, I firmly believe, anything that we ever heard of. The building in which it is to be held (that of a jiew National Museum) covers marly three acres of ground, and is admirably arranged for the purpose, and not a square yard of the room will he wasted. It is in the heart of the grounds of the Smithsouian Institution, and in the evening the trees will be hung with thousands of lanterns, and the walks and drives illuminated by calcium lights, electric lights and locomotive lights. The effect can be imagned. But the ball will have its drawback. The tickets have been fixed at 85 each, and thus far more have been sold to colored men than to their white brethreu. There is scarcely a darky in town who cannot raise th&t sum for the 4th of March, und the fact is taken as a sure indication that the colored people will really take possession of the building. It can't be denied that there is a good deal of consternation felt araoug the aristocracy, and that even the committees are very anxious about the result. It would be rather embarrassing for milady, covered with silks, laces and diamonds, to be swung into position for a quadrille and find her maid and her neighbor s coachman iu the same set. These possibilities are what bother the good people of Washington and these are what make the drawbacks. But these things can't be helped. A crowd is a crowd, and it can't be made up from the same set in society, and those who are too good to take their chances in it have the undoubted right to stay at home. Meeting of the Board of Agriculture. A meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held iu Columbia on Wednesday of last week. The following official report of the proceedings has been furnished for publi cation : The board met at 12 M. February 16,1881. All the members were present. The min utes of the meeting on the 15th were read and confirmed. The commissioner raised the question as to the liability to the tax of fertilizers purchased and delivered to the consumer outside of the State, but brought into the State for use. He was instructed by the board that such fertilizers were liable to the tax. Moved by Mr. Johnson, that the inauguration of a geological survey of the State be postponed for the present. Adopted. The chairman offered the following resolutions, which after discussion, were uuani mously adopted : Resolved, That this board do proceed to in augurate an effort for the promotion of irn migration on the basis of 810,000 expenditure for the present year, if so much be nec essary. That the board do now elect a superintendent of immigration, and that the officer so elected do prepare in detail and report to this board for its consideration at an extra meeting to be held on April 5, at 7 P. M., a well-digested scheme for this purpose. That the salary of the superintendent of immigration be 8 per annum, payable monthly, aud that he be required to reside in Columbia, when not on duty elsewhere. In accordance with this resolution, two ballots were had, resulting in no candidate voted for receiving a majority.' By Mr. Johnson : That an election of superintendent of immigration be postponed until next meeting. Adopted. That the commissioner of agriculture be authorized, until further directed, to act as immigrant agent with the advice and cooperation of Mr. Crayton, and that he be authorized to use in that capacity as much as 81,000, if so much be necessary. Adopted. Mr. Johnson then offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the board of agriculture of the State of South Carolina fully endorse the faithful and successful management of the agricultural department of the United States by the Hon. Win. G. LeDuc, for the past four years. Resolved, That the State of South Carolina is greatly indebted to the said W. G. LeDuc for the earnest efforts he has has made to advance her agricultural interests, aud especially in introducing improved seeds and new industries into the State. Resolved, That this board would regard it a misfortune to the State aud to the whole onlrl WT fl 1 lint tA llP Vsl'U U LI J iUl I11U oatu V V VJI? JUVJU'UV UUI> IV WW continued for four years longer in his present office, so that he may more fully carry out the systems of improvement which he has inaugurated ; and further, that the hoard do earnestly request President Garfield to continue him in his office during his term. Adopted. The board then adjourned until April 5th. Witchcraft in Horry. A correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier gives the following accouut of an amusing case of "witchcraft," alleged to have been practiced by a disciple of the black art in Horry county : Business called me to Conwayboro, Horry county, at the last session of the court. One of the senoir members of the bar called my attention to a grand juror, a very intelligent looking man, who, he informed me, had lately been a party in a "witch trial," and handed me a report of the case. It is substantially as follows: One of the members of a Methodist church iu the couuty was brought before the church on the charge of "lying, associating with and following after a woman as a witch, after j conjurors, necrumaucers and evil disposed 1 persons." Several witnesses were examined, i' The substance of the testimony is as follows : j The accused stated that the wornau got lost, iu his part of the county, and stopped at a : neighbor's house. Hearing she was a doc-1j tress he consulted her. One day she came j to his house, and, seeing grapes growing in , the yard, she asked for some, was told they , were not ripe, to wait a few days and she could have as many as she wanted. The next morning the vine was withered, as if a rain of boiling water had fallen on it; in three or four days the leaves were so dried they would crumble to powder when rubbed in the hand. Some time after, seeing peaches on a tree in the same yard, she asked for some, and was again told to wait a few days until they ripened. The next morning the tree was dead ; not a leaf or a peach on it, and not one on the ground. The milk and clabber were as bitter as quinine. One morning, going to the cowpen, with his wife to milk, the cows took a stampede, and he had to take a rail to keep them from running out at the gap. Looking towards his house he saw the woman standing in his door gazing towards the pen. Telling her what had occurred, she said, "Never miud, it will be all right soon." After that the cows became quiet and gentle, and the milk sweet. A neighbor gave him a very handsome chicken cock. The witch came to his house and asked to see him. He called up his chickens, and as she fastened her eyes on the cock he spread his wiugs, squalled, flew over the fence and ran into the branch. He said, "There, now, I have lost my chicken." She replied, "Oh no, you have not?' In a few moments the cock came back, crowed and strutted through the yard as proudly as ever. Once she asked him to take her daughter to church, to a quarterly meeting ; he promised to do so if he could borrow a buggy. At the appointed day a neighbor hired him to bring his daughter home ; he had to pass the house where the woman was staying; she called out to him : "You think yourself too good to ride with my daughter!" To which he replied : "No, ma'am ; I would be pleased to ride with such a fine-looking young lady, but my neighbor has hired me to bring bis daughter home, and l can t go to church today." Before he got to the bridge, not very far off, his mare fell down and broke one of the shafts. When he got home, and, after that, put on the bridle, she would uot move a step, but as soon as he took it off jslie stepped around as briskly as ever. The mare, too, was always hungry; he gave her a half bushel of corn at a feed and plenty of fodder, but she was still hungry, eat it up and whinnied for more, and iu iu a few days she died. The witch gave the man a mixture like brandy, which tasted like thorowort; it made him vomit, and in the basin, on top of what he had vomited, lay a human form about ten inches long, and for ten days after he felt as if he had a hole bored through him with a two-inch auger. She would touch his person with the mixture, a red spot would come and any quantity of bugs be fished out about an inch long. At one time a fiddler or a sandcrab was taken out, and what was stranger, no mark or scar was left on the skin. Another witness testified as to the bugs and the sandcrab. The jury of the church found the man guilty of all the charges, except lying, and suspended him from the church for six months. The curious feature in the case is that the man appears to be strong, intelligent and healthy. MERE-MENTION. The next general election in Virginia, takes place on the fourth Thursday in May. Only county officers are to be elected. "*Two hundred thousand valentines, or an sorts ana shapes, passed through the New York post office duriug the 13th, 14th and 16th instant. A son of Brigham Young has been arrested for bigamy, at the instance of his first wife, who married him ou his promise not to practice polygamy. Two senators and six representatives were captured in a recent police raid on gambling places in Washington. The proposed aujeudmeut to the Constitution of West Virginia, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drinks, was defeated in the Senate of that State on Saturday last. The latest rumor concerning Col. John S. Mosby, is that he is to be the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia at the next general election. Bishop Wightman, of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, South, and a South Carolinian, is reported quite ill. ""There are one hundred and twenty nine post offices in the Uuited States whose names contain the word "Union." Gen. Hancock has ac cepted an invitation to be present at the inauguration of President Garfield. The Excise Commissioners of New York have rejected sixty applications for liquor licenses and declare their intention to close the lower order of grogshops. The Arkansas Senate passed a bill appropriating ?10,500 for a branch normal college at Pine Bluff, to be used for the education of colored teachers. The Census Office announces the following approximate distribution of the total population of the country among the several classes: Males 25,520,582, females 24,622,840; natives of the United States 43,474,506, foreign born 667,360; whites 43,404,877, colored 6,577,151, Chinese 105,460. The number of colored persons to each hundred thousand whites is 15,153 against 14,528 in 1870. Correspondence ot the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, S. C. February 22?The weather is now quite favorable for garden and farm work, which is being vigorously carried on. There has been considerable complaint that the severe weather of the past few weeks interfered with the sowing of oats; but now the farmers seem to be getting along finely in that business. Very little cotton is being offered here now. The highest price paid last week was 101. The railroad depots here are crowded with freight, principally feri.lizers, large quantities of which are being received. The depot of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad has been enlarged and improved, to meet the demands of the freight traffic on that road. Messrs. Bennett & Moffatt are now building five box cars for the road. On the evening of the 16th instant, Mr. John A. Wood and Miss Fauuie Melton were married at the Presbyterian church by Rey. G. A. Trenholrn. Among the attendants were two of Yorkville's fair daughters. On the succeeding night a hop was given at Watson's Hall in compliment to the newly married couple, as also complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Woods. The Circuit Court for this county will convene on the second Monday in March, Judge Frazer to preside. The criminal docket is unusually heavy, and there will probably be considerable business on the civil side. A "Young Men's Social Club," whatever that may be, has been recently organized here. Chester. laOCAll AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. F. Adlckes, Jr.?Desirable Goods. J. R. Gardner?Guano and Phosphate. Hunter, Oates A Co.?Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton. Dr. John May, Agent?The Corner Drugstore. R. Lathan, Commissioner?School Notice. J. M. Jackson, Chairman?Fence Notice. James B. Allison, Ci'rk Board County Commissioners?Notice to Road Overseers. A. C. McKniglit?Estray Notice. T. S. Jetl'erys, Agent? Navassa Guano. John C. Kuykendal?Important Notice. FENCE NOTICE. As may be seeu by reference to advertise rnent, the County 'Commbsioners publish a notice to the effect that the fence law adopted by Broad River township, will go regularly into operation from and after the 1st day of March next. SALE OF FENCES. The township fences advertised for sale by the County Commissioners, were sold at auction last week. The fencing iucluded about forty miles in length, some of which was good, some bad and some indifferent, and the total sales amounted to about $150. DEATH OF MR. E. P. WILLIAMS. Mr. Edgar P. Williams, a well known citizen of Yorkville, and a tinner by trade, died at his residence, of apoplexy, on Saturday night last, aged about 72 years. He was a man of considerable mechanical ingenuity, aud originated several devices, which had they been brought to perfection, might have proved useful inventions. RETAILING WITHOUT LICENSE. Wm. H. White, who, on a few occasions has been appointed a special United States Marshal, was arrested last Saturday on a charge of retailing liquor contrary to the laws of the United States, and in default of bail, was committed to jail by U. S. Commissioner Latimer to await a preliminary hearing, which will be had one day this week. INTERESTING DENTAL OPERATION. Dr. J. B. Patrick, dentist, of Charleston, who has been practicing his profession in our community for several years, reports as successful under his treatment, in the case of a lmly in^tpwn, of the interesting. operation koowjvdn dentistry as the "transplanting of Jpetn." The tooth, a front one,, was much 1 1 krwJl.r A on.t'o/t in twi\ nlnnpfl UISUUIUJCU UUU UOUIJ UW?JVM IU v*tv ^.wvw. It was extracted, bleached to its natural color, filled and re inserted, having been out of the mouth for an hour and a half. The operation was performed eighteen months ago, and the tooth to-day is as perfect and as firmly set as it ever was. Doctor Patrick says that this is the second successful operation of the kind reported in this State. CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Episcopal?Church of the Good Shepherd? Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services atthe usual hours, morning and afternoon. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Marion Dargan, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel in the forenoou ; at Yorkville in the evening. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Titzah next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. FAILED TO AOREE. Some portions of the road leading from Ebenezer to Rock Hill having become almost impassabte^he citizens of the latter place have for some time desired, to open a new public road and close the old one entirely. To do so, the proposed new road would pass for some distance through the land of S. M. Fewell, Esq. Negotiations on the part of those interested in the matter having failed to obtain, on satisfactory terms, Mr. Feweli's permission to open the road, on Friday last the County Commissioners met on the ground for the purpose of determining whether it would be more feasible to repair the present road or open a new one. After inspection, it was decided that it would be impracticable to attempt to repair the old road, and the Commissioners, at the suggestion of Mr. Fewell, appointed three free holders to select a route and assess damages, merely in the way of a proposition, their conclusion to be binding on neither party. The Commissioners appointed for this purpose a committee consisting of Messrs. Frank H. Brown, Peter Garrison and D. A. A. Watson. After making their report, Mr. Fewell declined to^accede to their proposition, and io consequence of the failure to make terms, those who favor the opening of the new road have "decided to proceed in the manner prescribed by statute. ?????ii ma Correspondence of the Yorltville Enquirer. LETTER FROM WHITAKER'S. Whitaker'b, S. C., February 21st.?The continued cold weather has greatly retarded farming operations in this section. But very little work has as yet been done on the farms, although an increase in the cotton crop is contemplated by many of our farmers, should the spring be favorable, notwithstanding the inability of many of them to gather all of the last crop before it was covered with snow and ice. A larger quantity of fertilizers is being shipped to this place than ever before. This is partially due, however, to the break in the PnnnlinO iHAnfffll PaillDQV of Tn/^lOfl vjai u i 111 a vvublml ikhin uvjiuu v/iv,\.'x trestle (which was burned just before Christinas) in consequence of which trains have not since that time been running through to Shelby. Shelby dealers will supply their customers south of that place at this point. The extremely cold weather of this winter has partially, if not totally, destroyed the peach crop in this section. Four years ago we suffered in the same manner from an unusually cold snap. The effects of the weather are also visible on all sides?evergreens, rose bushes, &c., and in many places the old field pines, have suffered. While the farmers will ' suffer to some extent by the effects of the weather, it is hoped they will be profited by the destruction of insects which have multiplied wonderfully in consequence of the last three or four mild winters, causing no small amount of trouble and anxiety each spring. The building interest of this place continues lively. The handsome residence of Dr. A. F. Hambright is receiving the finishing touches of the painter's brush. The Baptist church, which is near completion, will be a comfortable and commodious place of worship. The dwelling of Dr. Denny is in course of construction and will be completed in a short time. Orders are now at Dover's mill, near this place, for lumber for four new dwellings to be erected here this spring and summer. From present indications, some eight or teahouses will be built in our town between this date and next fall. A lodge of Ancient Free Masons has been