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Scraps and Jarts. j ? The Directors.of the Air-Line Road have just held their annual meeting. The reports show $174,000 earnings over the year before. When' Colonel Foreacre took the road in ! 1877, the receipts were $580,000. Last year they amounted to $960,000. ? The American Miller (good authority) ' states that the total area of ground available for the cultivation of wheat is no less than 1 470,000,000 acres, and that the entire crop of the past year would not supply seed enough to plant all of it. ? The State of Missouri is agitated over: the prohibition question. It is now before i the Legislature of that State and there is a ! probability that a stringent liquor law will be passed, as the country members who favor I it outnumber the city members. The strug- : gle is said to be quite bitter. ? A circus proprietor has offered a premi- I um of 810,000 to the loveliest lady in Amer ica, ou the condition that she give her services for thirty weeks as the maiu participant in a grand daily pageant. It is stated that as beauty, and not talent, is required, good looks alone will secure the prize. ? Some wag, says the Washington Star, started the story a little -vhile ago, that street cars are now running iu the city of Jerusalem, and the papers are printing the statement as an item of genuine news, whereas there is not a street in the city wide enough to accommodate an ordinary track, and if a road were built there would be no business for it. ? By a recent decision of Judge Fitzhugh, of the chancery court of Richmond, Va., the stockholders of the defunct Southern Express Company, though it is now fourteen years since the company ceased to do business, are liable for its debts, and a^ assessment of thirty per cent, on the capital stock subscribed, ! is ordered to he made on the stockholders for the purpose of satisfying creditors. ? A beautiful girl, the daughter of a beer saloon keeper in New York, is said to receive forty dollars per week from a Murray Hill robe and cloak concern, merely to display upon her person the articles of apparel that are for sale. She has the deportment of an ideal princess, and anything and everything looks well upon her. She commenced with the firm when only 16, and she is now 20 years old. ? In Millbridge, Me., at the bouse of Capt. Means, there is a little girl, nine years old, who comes from one of the cannibal islands of the Pacific. An American vessel called there for water, and the natives brought the child to sell to the captain for his dinner, offering to prepare her properly. The captain bought her, but said he would prefer to kill his own meat, and so brought her home. She still believes she will be killed and eaten; and when strangers enter the house she clings to Mrs. Means and begs not to be taken away. ? The woman suffrage law in Utah provides that every woman at the age of twenty-one years, who has lived in the territory six months next preceding any general or special" election, born or naturalized in the United States, or who is the wife, widow or the daughter of a native born or a naturalized citizen of the United States, shall be entitled to \ote at any election in the Territory. The Mormon newspapers are indignant because Governor Murray has declared that under this law any girl twelve years of age, if married to a Mormon, may vote. ? Puck proposes to rename the months, describing them by names which would suggest their most prominent qualities. This would enable children to-learn the names readily on the kindergarten plan, and the months, if this sensible plan were adopted, would be named as follows: January would be Slushuary, February would be Slopuary, March would be Winduary, April would be Raiuuary, May would be Buduary, June would be Warmuary, July would be Roastuary, August would he Broiluary, September would be Chiluary, October would be Colduary, November would be Frostuary and December would be Snowuary. ? The Bronze statue of Gen. Morgan, which is to surmount the monument at Spartanburg, S. C., is now standing complete in the foun dry of Messrs. Bureau Brothers & Heaton, Philadelphia. The statue was designed by Mr. J. Q. A. Ward, and is one of the most spirited ever executed by that artist. It is eight and a half feet in height, and shows Morgan in the uniform of his rifle brigade? leather hunting shirt, breeches and moccasins. The General is represented as having just drawn his sword on sight of the enemy ; his nostrils are dilated, his face illumined with the excitement of the approaching action, and he is just in the attitude where he will turn in a moment and call to his men to follow him. ? A recent visit of Gen. D. H. Hill, of the Arkansas Industrial University, to Little Rock, prompts the Democrat of that city to recall what Gen. Grant said of him during his trip from Memphis to Little Rock last April. "'I know Gen. Hill well,' said he to one of the party, 'and I am glad to learn that he is succeeding so well in your University. He is a man of very firm, decided character?thoroughly upright and conscientious. He is well fitted for his work, and I hope that his whole school may be sustained.' We do not always agree with Gen. Grant, but his estimate of General D. H. Hill is quite right, and we join in the hope expressed that the school may be well sustained. The Arkansas Industrial University belongs to the people of the entire State. It is the only thoroughly equipped university in the State, and it is the duty of our Legislature to deal generously with it." ? Quite a remarkable instance of the fortitude of a negro is related to have taken place nt. T,vnr>hhnrcr Va__ renpntlv. It. nnnpflrs ? - ?j-~ e>' ?' j -- ?ri that- a few years ago a man named Frank Helrabolz shot a very young negro boy. The ball struck the boy and inflicted a severe wound, from which an entire paralysis of one side resulted. The boy suffered iutensely at times, yet attempted to make a living, and as many good people pitied his helpless condition, he made a living by the sale of cakes, | confectioneries and matches. Last week, during the absence of his mother, he undertook j and accomplished the entire amputation of i his paralyzed foot with a small pen knife and a pair of scissors. When found, he was insensible, but the foot was off and the stump wrapped up in a rag and a paper bag, such as is used in wrapping confectionery. Strange to relate, the boy began to improve forthwith, and he has suffered but little since the araputation. ? A New York letter says: "The Castle! Garden officials, as well as the steamship ; agents, are predicting an immense imraigra- ! tion from Europe this spring, as chiefly the results of the 'cut' in steerage rates by the German Steamship Companies, but the char- ; acter of the immigrants for the same reason, they are inclined to think, will be inferior, extreme low fares usually attracting the poorer and least desirable class. During the recent war on immigrant rates between the trunk railroads, vast numbers of pre-paid tickets were bought up by parties in this country for the benefit of friends and relatives on the other side, and each of these pre paid tickets, it is believed, will have the effect of inducing, on the average, five other persons to j emigrate. ' The .number of these ticket disposed of canDot be accurately ascertained, but it is very large, and a corresponding influx, therefore, is confidently anticipated. The total arrivals at the Garden during the past month were 8,000 against 6,000 for the corresponding month last year." ? There are in Macon, Georgia, 9,673 col- j &red persons and 10,619 whites. It will be | somewhat of a surprise to know that her colored citizens pay taxes on $86,650 worth of city real estate. In Bibb county, outside the city limits, they pay taxes on lauds to the value of $141,094, which is one-ninth of the entire valuation of the farming lands in the county. The valuation of all kinds of property owned by colored people in the whole county is $255,558. There are fourteen churches for these 9,600 people, with a total mem ^ership of about 3,700. Two churches number over 1,200 each. There < are thirteen Sunday schools, enrolling 2,000 | children and adults. There are two public I schools with seven teachers, sustained by the city, having 400 scholars, out of a list of 1,800 children of school age. Besides these there is the Lewis High School (supported by the American Missionary Association) enrolling 125 pupils this year; also three or four pri vate schools numbering about 200 more; making a total of 725 children in the vari ous schools. ?he fJarferiUe inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 3. 1881. THE LIEN LAW. There seems to be some diBerence 01 opinion as to whether or not parties can withdraw liens after they have been, indexed in the clerk's office. The Supreme Court decided last year that under the act of March 4th, 1$78, agricultural liens must remain on file in the clerk's office, in order to secure the benefits of the said act. Since the decision of the Court, however, the Legislature passed the following act: An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to secure landlords and persons making advances." Be it enacted, dc., That an Act entitled "An Act to secure landlords and persons making advances," approved March 4, 1878, be amended so that Section 0 thereof shall read as follows: Section 0. That every lien for advances and for rent where the agreement is for-Hnore than one third of the crop, shall be indexed in the otttce of the Register of Mesne Conveyance of the county in which the lienor resides, within thirty days of the date of the lien, and the indexing of the said lien shall constitute notice thereof to all third persons and entitle the same to the benefit of this Act. Said index shall show the names of the lienor and lienee, the date and the amour t of lien, and a brief description of the place so cultivated. And for indexing said clerk shall receive fifteen cents for each lien from the party presenting the same. And said indexing shall be a sufficient record of the same. Ana the property covered by said lien, so indexed as aforesaid, if found in the hands of subsequent purchasers or creditors, shall be deemed liable to said lien. Provided, That all liens herein provided for shall be in wri ting, except the landlord's lien for rent where the amount does not exceed one-third of the crop: Provided, further. That so much of any Act or Acts as is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same is hereby, repealed." Approved December 24, 1880. It, therefore, appears that indexing in the clerk's office now constitutes a sufficient notice and iecord of liens, and that parties can take J charge of their liens after they have been properly indexed by the Clerk. * * PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 22ndf Mr. Bayard, I from the finance committee, reported, with a substitute therefor, the Senate bill to repeal all laws that impose taxes upon the capital of and deposits with banks and bankers and upon bank checks. The bill was considered on motion of Mr. Bayard, who stated that the substitute reported by the committee pro vided simply for the repeal of the tax ou bank deposits. The substitute was read and agreed tp, and the bill, as thus amended, passed, the title being changed accordingly. Mr. Wallace, from the finance committee, reported adversely the Senate bill to authorize the issue and provide for the redemption of fractional notes. Indefinitely postponed. A joint resolution appropriating 830,000 for a monument to murk the* birth place of George , Washington, was passed. ^ , j After disposing of some other business, the House took up the sundry civil appropriation bill, which was discussed until adjournment. In the Senate on the 23rd, the House bill for the ascertainment of the amount due the Choctaw Nation, was reported favorably and placed on the calendar. A bill for the relief of the Ponca Indians was tabled temporarily. Mr. Butler addressed the Senate upon bis proposed amendment to the river and harbor appropriation bill for a survey and exaraina tion of routes for the Blue Ridge Canal in the interest of water transportation to Charleston. The fortification appropriation bill, and the bill for a new Congressional li brary building, were passed. In the House, the sundry civil appropriation bill was discussed without action. The postoffice appropriation bill, with Senate amendments, was reported back for concurrence, and the amendment agreed to. Mr. Cox called up his apportionment bill, but after some dilatory motions were made from the Republican side, k went over. The sundry civil appropriation bill was discussed without action. The Senate, on the 24th, adjourned irame d-iately after adopting appropriate resolutions commemorative of Senator Carpenter, whose death was announced by Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin. In the House, Mr. Cox's apportionment bill occupied the entire day. In the Senate on the 25th, the river and harbor and the agricultural appropriation bills were reported favorably. Mr. Wallace, j from the select committee on alleged frauds { in the late elections, submitted a report which was received and ordered printed. The agricultural appropriation bill, which had been reported, was then taken up and passed. The House remained in session all of Thursday night on the apportionment bill, without taking any action. In the Senate on the 26th, Mr. Vance in- j troduced a bill for the purchase, by the Secre-1 tary of War, of the private papers of the j late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk, I relating to the civil war, and appropriating j $20,000 for the same. Referred. Mr. Butler offered a resolution, which was agreed to ! without debate, instructing the judiciary \ committee to enquire and report by what au- j thority and under whose appointment Mr. R. | M. Wallace is exercising the duties of United States Marshal for .South Carolina. The river and harbo.* appropriation bill was taken 1 up, and after lengthy discussion finally passed. , In the House, while the sundry civil appropriation bill w.is under discussion, Mr. Horr, of Michigan, offered an amendment for the payment to Wru. F. Gary, of Pickens county, S. C., (a revenue officer recently wounded in attempting to arrest a man for alleged violation of the revenue laws,) the sum of one hundred dollars per month from the 14th of February, 1881, so long as he remains disabled by wounds recently received while in ] the discharge of his duties. Mr. Blount, of Georgia, raised a point of order against the amendment. Mr. Horr, in debating the point of order, attempted to speak on the merits of the amendment, but was cut off by cries of "order" and "vote" from thre Democratic side. He managed, amid a good deal of con fusion and uproar, to say that this was the eighteenth man who had been stricken down in the same district, during the last four years, and that the Government had been carrying on its conciliation policy. The point of order was sustained and the amend meut was ruled out. Other amendments were offered and rejected and the bill was dually reported to the House, the previous question seconded and the main question ordered, but no further action had. The Speaker laid before the House a communication of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, in favor of the repeal of the Ux on bank deposits and hank checks. Referred. The Speaker announced the appointment of Messrs. Lapham, Tucker, Robeson, Carlisle ' ^ T) miUnn /vn tka no rf /?f f Kc iimi x age as 111c uuiuiuuvcc uu pi > ui House to attend the funeral obsequies of the late Senator Carpenter, and then, at-9 o'clock, P. M., the House took a recess until 10 o'clock Mouday. % ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. | ? From and after the fifteenth of March, until the fifteenth of September, it is unlawful to kill wild turkeys, partridges, doves, woodcock and pheasants. ? A white man, recently convicted in Aikeu of carrying a concealed deadly weapon, was sentenced to imprisonment iu the Peni tentiary for three months and to pay a fine of two hundred dollars. ? A correspondent of the Greenville Nercs writes from Piedmont, S. C., that a colored women there gave birth to four children on Wednesday of last week, three of whom are living and apparently in good health. ? A. W. Hoffman, of Orangeburg, who allowed his name to be used on the Radical county ticket in the last election, has been expelled from the Home Agricultural Society of that county. ? The Spirit of the Times is the name of a new paper, the publication of which will shortly be commenced at Sumter by Mr. C. H. DeLorme. The mechanical department will be under the control of Mr H. L. Darr. The politics of the paper is to be Democratic. ? Dolly Branch, colored, of Greenwood, Abbeville county, was married when only eleven years old. At twelve years of age she gave birth to her first child. She is now fifty years old aud has recently given birth to her twenty-sixth child. All were single births. ? The Comptroller General, a few days ago, made the assessment of railroads under the Act creating the office of Railroad Com missioner. The following companies have paid up: Atlanta and Charlotte Air lane Railroad, North Eastern Railroad, Ashley River Railroad, Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad, Spartanburg, Union aud Columbia Railroad, Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad. ? A correspondent writing from Greenville says: "Inquiries amongst farmers from many neighborhoods in this section of country, reveal the facts that first apprehensions as to the damage done to fruit trees by the extraordinary cold spell in January, are fully con firmed, and that the fruit crop this year will be very light?in some sections almost none at all. At first it was thought that peaches only had suffered, but it is found upon a more careful examination that not only peaches, but apples and fruit of tenderer growth have been killed in the bud, many of the young bearing limbs being completely dead from the (ffects of the freeze." ? The Barnwell People gives currency to a rumor that the General Assembly of South Carolina will probably be called together about the 10th of .next November. The People says : "The amount aud importance of the work to be done at the next session will re quire *ime. It is poor economy to attempt to crowd the work of two months into one. Considerable time is occupied by every Leg islature in supplying the omissions and correcting the errors of its predecessors. Tax payers like short sessions, but they dislike crude legislation. The session, if its work be thoroughly done, must either be prolonged after the holidays or it must commence early in November. ? The Aiken Journal and Review publishes a striking exhibit of manufacturing industries in that county. Half of the cotton man ufacuring interest in the State lie in its limits, representing 44,480 spindles, 1,224 looms, 1,080 operatives, and an annual consumption of 17,848 bales of cotton. The Langley mills enjoy unexampled prosperity. Organized in 1872 with a capital of 8400,000, they had real ized 8457,000 of net earnings by the close of 1879, despite three serious accidents, one by flood and two by fire. Any enterprise that will clear 112 percent, in eight years, notwithstanding providential losses and several years of business depression, must be a most desira ble investment. The net profits for 1879 alone exceeded eighty thousand dollars. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Hillsboro is to have a cotton factory with a capital stock of 8100,000. ? The Charlotte cotton mills now have 5,616 spindles in operation and employ 55 hands. ? Inland fisheries of Eastern North Carolina yield 8500,000 per annum, and employ 4,000 men. ? The North Carolina Legislature1, now in session has passed a law allowing defendants in criminal cases to testify in their own be- i half. ? The Gazette says 11,538 bales of cotton j were received at Gastonia by the Chester and , T.onnir Rwilrnnd frnm the 1st nf last. SeDtem I " """ " " " 1 her to the 1st instaut. ? A book agent named G. W. Lamb com mitted suicide in Elizabeth City on the 12th instaut. Bad health and discouraging pros; pects prompted the deed. ? The Shelby Aurora says: Messrs. Schenck, Ramsour & Co. have just put 704 new spindles and two new twisting frames in their factory at Cleveland Mills. ? A man named \V. H. Campbell, a prin- j ter, was fouud dead at Reading, Pa., last week. It is reported that his mother is a res-' ident of Raleigh. ? The business men of Shelby are talking strongly of sueing the Carolina Central Rail- i road for damages sustained by the long de- ' lay in repairing the Indian creek and Muddy Fork trestles. ? The passenger coach of the eastern-bound j passenger train on the Western N. C. Rail- \ road, was precipitated down a fill fully fifty feet high on Thursday last, and the brakenian instantly killed. Several passengers were 1 hurt, but none seriously. 1 ? A destructive fire occurred at Edentou on Wednesday of last week. Five stores and four offices were burned. The fire originated | in one of the stores, and is supposed to be the , < work of an incendiary. ? In Cleveland county, on the 20th instant, while a young man named Richard McEntyre was handling a pistol in the presence of several other persons, it was accidentally dis- . charged, the ball entering the abdomen of a young man named Ditt Parker, who, a day or two afterwards, died from the effects of the wound. ? The Legislature failed to make an appropriation to have the State represented at Yorktown, which moves the Raleigh Observer to say : "If perchance any of our North Carolina boys should attend, they will feel the sting of our State's poverty worse than ever, as it is only because of our poverty and not for lack of patriotism that we will not take the place assigned us in the demonstration." ? Fred. Harper, a baggage master on the AirT.ino Railroad was shot, find killed in Charlotte on Tuesday morning of last week, by John Farrington, a carpenter who lives in Charlotte. Farrington was also severely wounded in the mouth by a shot fired by Harper. On Saturday night preceding the fatal encounter, Harper was arrested on the charge of seduction. The victim was a sister of Farrington's. He was released on hail, and made a trip to Atlanta, returning Tues day. Harper had armed himself in anticipa tion, it is said, of an attack from Farribgton. They met with the result above stated. Harper received two wounds, both in the right breast, one but an inch below the nipple, the other about four inches below, and died almost immediately. Farrington's wound is quite painful, the ball entering at the right side of the chin, and grazing the muscles of the throat, came out at the left side of the throat. Farrington is under custody at his brother's house, and will have a preliminary hearing so soon as his wound will permit. WASHINGTON ITEMS. ? The Congressional Committee in the case of Mackey versus O'Conner has voted to dismiss the contest. ? President Hayes will, by proclamation, convene the Senate in special session at 12 o'clock noon, to morrow, for the purpose of considering executive business. ? Congress expires on the third legislative day of March, which extends to 12 o'clock tomorrow. Any bill not signed by the President during this session does not become a law. ? Mr. Carlisle says he has little hope of his bill for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits, proprietary medicines, matches, etc., getting through this session, as unanimous consent will be required to get it up. ? The House has defeated the bill, which passed, the Senate several weeks since, appropriating the proceeds of the sales of public lands aud patent fees for the education of the people, to be divided among the States on the basis of illiteracy. The Republicans entertained grave objections to the bill, among others, that it gave too much money to the South, and that it diverted money designed for the support of the Patent Office to another purpose, and they rallied enough strength to defeat it. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The Presidential Vote. , A few weeks ago we copied a paragraph from the Baltimore Sun, containing a statement of the popular vote for President in the late election, the Sun being the first paper to announce the complete returns of the DODular vote. These returns showed r t Hancock's majority over Garfield tohe6,332. Subsequently it was stated that later returns from one of the counties in South Carolina would slightly modify the result. The Cincinnati Enquirer has included this in a statement just made, which with other slight corrections, makes the whole vote stand as follows : Gen. Garfield 4,416,584 Gen. Haneoek..v 4,424,690 Mr. Weaver 313,893 Neal Dow 10,791 Scatterihg 3,255 Total vote 9,169,213 Hancock over Garlied 8,106 Garfield's minority 336,045 The Democrats in Council. The Democratic members of the Senate had a private council last Saturday for the purpose of exchanging views on the order of business and discussing the several matters relative to the organization of the next Senate. The fact that thew Senatorial term of the Presideut of the Seuate pro tern. (Judge Thurman) will expire at noon on the 4th of March, was brought before the conference, and as it was the duty of the President pro tem. to swear in the new Senators when the Senate reconvenes immediately after that hour, attention was called to the need of electing some one for the position whose terra will continue into the next session. It was agreed that a caucus meeting shall be held before the 4th of March, to select a candidate, and also to elect a successor to Senator Wallace, present Chairman of the caucus. A committee was appointed to examine the credentials of the new Senators, and ascertaiu whether any defects exist in them upon which objections could be based to swearing in any of the Senators elect. The sense of the cau jus was decidedly in favor of maintaining the present organization and officers if the Democrats control the next Senate. It is understood that the suspended nominations of Messrs. Matthews, Billings and others were also somewhat discussed with reference to the best method of disposing of them, but material differences of opinion being developed, no action was taken. Death of the Postmaster at Charleston. Dr. B. A. Boaeman, colored, who since April, 1873, has been postmaster at Charles-; ton, died in that city on Wednesday of last' week, of Bright's disease. The Neivs says of him : B. A. Boseraan was born in New York city on the 30th of July, 1840. In his early boyhood he went to the public schools at! Troy, N. Y., and afterwards to the colleges in Syracuse, N. Y., where he received a good | education. He also attended the colleges at Dartmouth, N. H., and finished his education at Bowdoiti Medical College, in Maine, where he graduated. He then took courses of lectures at the Polytechnic Institute at Troy N. Y., and finished his medical studies under the supervision and instruction of Dr. Bous ; made, of Troy. He entered the Federal army in 1863 as assistant surgeon on the staff of j Gen. Litilefield, and resigned his commission ! in 1865, when he came to Charleston and i entered upon the practice of mediciue. In 1868 he was elected to the Legislature i and served three terms, being successively! reelected in-1870 72. In 1868 he was also | ippointed physician to the Charleston Jail, which place he held until 1873, when he was appointed Postmaster by President Grant. He was reappointed by President Hayes in November, 1877, from which time his present commission dates. Dr. Bosemau was a vestryman of St. Mark's Church, a commissioner of the Almshouse under Mayor Cunningham's administration, and a regent of the State Lunatic Asylum under Governor Scott. He was, at one time, judge advocate general, on the staff of MajorGen. Robert Stnulls, of the cohered miliiia, and subsequently was surgeon of the First RegimentState National Guards, having been appointed to that position by Governor Hamp ton in 1876. Dr. Boseman was a consistent and conservative Republican, and it is pleasant to be able to say that no scandal followed him in his public life. There were rumors of malfeasance in the destruction of the funded hills of the Bank of the State by the committee of which he was a member, while iu the Legislature, but nothing was ever proved to his detriment, and he enjoyed, deservedly, the reputation of being thoroughly honest. After his appointment as postmaster he -had no connection with political work, and so gave offence to lllU worst elements ui iiic jjuiijr, ju mo lion as postmaster he was civil and accommodating, and, as far as his capacity went, was an excellent officer. It was the general opinion that a more acceptable colored man could not have, been placed in such a position. The scramble for the place is quite lively. W. N. Taft, J. H. Ostendorff, Tim Hurley, Dr. 0. H. Pauknin, F. H. Carmand, colored, and K. M. Wallace are mentioned as aspirants. John C. Beckman, the assistant post master, will take charge of the office until a postmaster is appointed. The Cash-Shannon Duel. The trial of Col. Cash on the clwge of murder, the offense charged being the shooting and killing of Col. Shannon in a duel last summer, occupied the principal part of last week in the Circuit Court of Darlington county, his Honor Judge Pressley presiding. The testimony was brief, the witnesses being of those who were present at the meeting. The defence introduced no testimony. The State was represented by Mr. Solicitor Dargan and Attorney General Youmans, and the defence was conducted by Messrs. Watts, Prince and Spain. The latter closed for the defence on Friday, when Judge Pressley delivered his charge to the jury. He said that this was the performance of a most painful duty for Judge and jury. There was no doubt of the fact that the people of the United States were descended from barbarous races, and that the civilization of Europe itself was a recent thing, and we ourselves were just emerging to light, and even yet retain some traits of that antecedent barbarism. He compared the pro gress of England and the United States in the matter of the suppression of duelling. He had no sympathy with a civilization that is prompt to slander aud defame, and when taken to task declines reparation. Ng Christianity or civilization was worth a farthing but that whicb was slow to give onense ana quick to accord redress. The judge and jury, he said, had a duty to perform, and in performing it had no right to regard the usefulness of laws or the tolerance heretofore given a practice which he regarded as a relic of barbarism. What was honor ? Was it one of those weak, sickly flowers that the foul breath of slander could wither? What was it, that it was not firm enough in its purity to withstand defamation ? This honor to be retained only by the duel was as false as tears of sand. Judge Pressley gave various illustrations of the injustice of the code to par ticipants in duels in regard to the relative skill, strength and firmness of the combatants. It could only be sustained, according to the duellist's own theory of a vindication of the honor of the Btrong, cool and expert against the weak, the agitated and the untrained. The Judge alluded to the extreme difficulty of considering the subject as placed before the jury. But the jury could not stain their souls with crime because others had done so. He then charged that the common law of England in relation to homicide had never been disused in this State, and the lawyer who doubted its present force would doubt anything. It wquld be murder under the common law now obtaining here, where the accused could not prove sudden passion while being attacked, in justification of the killing. No man could voluntarily place himself in a post of danger and then claim that he killed his antagonist in self defence. Solemnly, before God and man, he charged the jury on the law on this point that, according to law, the offense with which the prisoner was charged was murder and it was nothing else. The charge was listened to amid deep silence, by a multitude of spectators. Col. Cash leaned pensively on a book and heard tue Judge's words with a dejected air. The jury rel'.-ed at 4:45, p. m., and were out until the following afternoon, when, alter returning into Court the second time and announcing that they were unable to agree, the Judge finally ordered a mistrial. It was understood that the jury stood four for conviction and eight for acquittal. * tiq PlnrL- onlor n. mis. oilier uut;i;biij? mu v<wi? ? trial in the case, the Judge allowed Col. Cash to furnish bail in two sureties for 83,000, the same sum that was fixed for his bond at the preliminary hearing. The main prosecution having failed to convict, the cas.-s against Messrs. W. Sanders and Win E. Johnson, the seconds respectively of Col. Cash and Col. Shannon, were continued to the next term of court. Previous to the trial the friends of Col. Cash were confident of an acquittal ; but the unexpected vigor and earnestness with which the prosecution was managed probably prepared them for a less favorable result. A special dispatch of last Saturday, from Florence, to the Netcs and Courier, gives the following as Col. Cash's opinion of the result : Col. Cash returned to his home this evening. Just after he gave bail, I had a few words with him. He remarked that after the Judge's charge he was prepared for any verdict the jury might give. He protested that j the evidence adduced as to his words and ac- j tions before the duel was in great part utterly false, and that he was shocked at the assu- j ranee of its presentation. He felt the painfulness, he said, of obedience to the directions of his counsel in making no reply to the misrepresentations with which he believed himself assailed, but was glad that the evident change of sentiment in Darlington was the result of reason and not obtained through any protestations on his part. Perhaps the best encomium Youmans' speech received was from the prisoner against whom it w*s directed.' He averred that if the Attorney-General had continued his argument a little longer he, himself, would have been convinced against his own conviction and been willing to vote with the four jurymen for'a verdict of guilty. / / / LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John S. Wilson?Administrator's Notice. M.Strauss?If Not, Why? Kennedy Krothers A Barron?Seed Irish Potatoes?^The American Sewintf Machine?Garden Seeds?Plow Stocks, Plows, Etc.?Farmer's Can Find. Latta Brothers?Family Groceries and Plantation Supplies. Hunter, OatesA Co.?We Are Now Offering. T. M. Dobson?New Arrivals. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?The Emporium of Fashion. J. M. Adams?New Goods?Wooden Ware?Pot Ware?Hani ware. John C. Knykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. Dr. J. C. Patrick, Jr., Surgeon Dentist?Will return to Yorkville about the 1st of August. J. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?W. N. Elder, Applicant?Mrs. E. II. McConnell, deceased. J. R, Cook?Administrator's Notice. A Williford A Co.?More Fine Stock ! FRUIT DESTROYED. There is no doubt at the present time but the peach crop in this section will be almost a total failure this year. From different sec* tions of the county we hear the complaint that the buds were killed by the severity of the weather during a part of the winter, the most serious damage having been sustained a month ago. Apples and other varieties of fruit are also more or less injured. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. A letter from Hickory Grove, in this coun ty, informs us that on the 23rd ultimo, in Union county, near Etta Jane post office, while some boys, returning from school, were handling a pistol which one of them had carried with him to the school, the pistol, at the time being in the hands of a son of Mr. George Estes?a lad about twelve years of age?was discharged, the ball striking the head of another boy, 11 or 12 years of age, son of Mr. Runnel's, causing instant death. THE PALMETTO REGIMENT. The Jenkins Rifles will vote on the 7th instant for fleld officers of the Palmetto Regiment, recently organized, and to which the Rifles is attached. Thegentlemeu mentioned in connection with the offices are Major Hugh S. Thompson, Columbia, for colonel; Major A. H. White, of Rock Hill,*and Capt. E. R. Arthur, of Columbia, for lieutenant-colonel; Captaiu J. K. Marshall, of Chester, and Major C. E. Thomas, of Fairfield, for major. www.* * %T n * a f o Iir,,\f I JU/\L/LiO? One day last week, Capt. J. R. Gardner bought of Mr. W. E. McKnight, of this county, two bales of cotton, one weighing 810 pounds and the other 700. The cotton was ginned and packed at Mr. Walker Burris' gin, near McConnellsville, and while the bales attracted general attention on account of the neatness with which they were packed, it was also noticeable that they were but little larg er in bulk than the ordinary 450 pounds bale. COTTON RECEIPTS. The receipts of cotton at this market for the week ending Tuesday, were 389 bales, which is not a bad showing at this date of the season. Many, of the farmers of this section have the ability to hold their cotton as loDg as they please, and sell only when the price suits them. As an evidence that there is a large quantity yet in the hands of the producers, a buyer remarked to us that were he now to bid 11 cents, he could get 1000 bales in twenty-four hours direct from the farmers in the vicinity of Yorkville. HOMICIDE NEAR ROCK HILL. On Saturday night last, some parties got into a quarrel with some Catawha Indians in ''the Blackjacks" two miles below Rock Hill, and in an altercation which ensued, one of the Indians named Allen Harris was cut in e? ..) e .i.? . ,.p ...i.:?u t,? luur piuuca, uuui liic cucuuj ui ninuu nc men An inquest was held on Sunday and Monday by Trial Justice Fewell. The verdict of the jury was that "Austin, alias Allen Harris, came to his death by a knife in the hands of James Duffey, with Hbmp. Owen and John Perdue accessories." The accused, all of whom are white men, were brought to Yorkville on Tuesday in custody of Constable Beckham, having been committed for trial in default of bail. RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH LINCOLN. The authorities of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad Company having failed to secure satisfactory arrangements for the transfer of the right of way through the town of Lincolnton, at what they considered a fair valuation, the matter was referred, last week, to a jury to assess the damages due to the lot owners. We are informed by the attorney of the company, that the assessments covered some nine different lots over which the road will pass, -_j .1 c. j i... a.? auu Hie UUIUllIJlH iuuuu uj wie JUIJ ncic entirely reasonable ami iatisfactory to the railroad company. Unless appeals are taken, and some of the assessments increased, the whole cost of the right of way through the town will not exceed 8250. THE CHURCHES. Church of the Good Shepherd?Episcopal? Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Yesterday being Ash Wednesday, services were held at 11 o'clock. During the remainder of Lent services will be held at half past 4 P. M., every Wednesday, and after this week on Fridays at 11 A. M. The rector will officiate in the Church of our Saviour at Rock Hill next Sunday. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Marion Dargan, Pastor. Morning service next Sunday at Philadelphia church. In the evening at Yorkville. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathnn, Pastor. Services on Sunday at 10$ A. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services on Sunday at the usual hours, morning and evening. SPRING TRADE. We called up^j a number of merchants yesterday to obtain their views respecting the prospects of the spring trade, and by far the larger majority of them, with marked unanimity, gave the opinion that business will open well and satisfactory. Some represent their trade already as much better than at this time last year, and every indication points to a favorable opening. Yorkville beiDg now on a favorable footing with other inland towns in regard to freights, our merchants are enabled to offer inducements equal to any of the surrounding towns, and they are quick to i avail themselves of any advantage they may j derive from prompt delivery of their purcha-' ses at low freights. As an evid^ice of this, [ we give the following retail prices of leading ; articles: Calico, 5 to 8$ ; 4 4 shirtings, 8$; j checks, 10 ; bleachings, 8$ to 14 ; ginghams, 12$ ; drillings, 10 to 12$ ;< coffee, 16$ to 20 ; sugars, 10 to 12$ ; molasses, 40 to 85 ; Tennessee hams, 13 ; canvased bams, 14 to 15 ; bacon 9 ; flour, 83.25, 83 50, 83.75 and 84, owing to quality; salt, 81.25 ; plows, 8$ ; nails, 5?by the keg, 4. These are retail prices, from which, with the exception of bacon, a discount would be made on large purchases. The trade in fertilizers is also good, the demand for them being in excess of this time lust year. It may be safe to say that the sales this spring will be limited only by the ability of agents and dealers to supply the demand. COTTON FACTORIES. We commence this week the republication from the News and Courier, the very elaborate and interesting statistics of cotton manufacturing in South Carolina, which was prepared for that paper and published in it about a year ago. We are iuduced to this publica lion, for the reason that it discloses the wonderful progress made by our State within the last few years in manufacturing, on which account it is valuable as truthful history; and further for the no less important reason that we hope it may awaken in our community an increased interest in this subject. The facts and figures given afford conclusive evidcuce that no more safe investment could be made of the surplus or unemployed capital in and around Yorkville, and we hope by the republication of this article?which will run through several numbers of the Enquirer?to attract the attention of moneyed men to an enterprise which would not only be profitable and renumerative to the stockholders, but likewise a public benefit. GERMAN CARP. *" The above species of fish is attracting the attention of fish culturists throughout tk country. If all that is said of it be true, it is undoubtedly the best fish with which our streims and private ponds could be stocked. Wo print on the first page of this issue a very intf esting account of the introduction of the fish into this country and the modus operandi of raising them. From this it will be seen that they are not only very prolific, but they attain full growtli rapidly, while it is claimed that they are palatable, nutritious food. Maj. T. P. Whitesides, who lives a few miles north of town, and Mr. R. E. Guthrie, of Guthriesvilla, in this county, have each prepared a pond and secured from Col. A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture of this State, a supply of fish from which to propagate, and propose to give the experiment a fair trial. We are informed by Senator Witherspoon that the Agricultural Commissioner will supply others with a limited quantity for the " same purpose, with full instructions for their management, upon application and notice . that the applicants have properly prepared ponds for the reception of the fish. As the experiment involves but little trouble or expense, we hope those who possess the facilities for constructing ponds ou their premises, will avail themselves of the opportunity thus presented. For the Yorkville Enquirer. A DISCRIMINATING COUNCIL.V How discriminating are the mature deliberations of our Town Council! They have determined that we shall not have our faces washed on Sunday mornings in the barber shops, because it would be 'i desecration of the holy Sabbath day. How commendable such a lofty piety! It is a living commentary upon our Christianity; but there is no * money in the supposed privilege to barbers or the accommodation it would afford some of their patrons who may possibly have slight symptoms of headache on Sunday mornings and keenly feel the want of the barber's revivifying touches. This luxury, however, is now denied the public; though for the sake of a few dollars, the Town Councilwill license bar-rooms, that our sons may ruin their prospects in this life and the life to come. That is all right. There is money in it. Then a poorly disguised gambling concern comes along, and for a very small amount of money this discriminatingCouncil grants license, and to that extent legalizes what the wisdom of - 11 the age has neen trying to suppress, ana oy such permission entails upon the community all the demoralizing effects of this intolerable evil. "0 Consistency, thou art a jewel." Citizen. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER TROM BLACK'S STATION. Black 8 Station, S. C., February 28.? The spring has opened and the farmers are at work in earnest preparing the soil* for the coming crop. The dealers in commercial fertilizers have heavy supplies on hand and are selling large quantities. The farmers are buying in excess of any past season, and it is doubted here by the agents that they will be able to supply the demand. Owing to the failure to carry the stock law in this township last December, the farmers have, in some localities of the township, enclosed their farms with an outside fence, and have united in a written obligation to keep their stock enclosed. The only obstacle to carrying out this plan is as to whether the County Commissioners will allow gates to be erected across the highways, which will be necessary for the success of this arrangement. The County Commissioners have been peii tioued on the subject, and it is hoped the petition will receive favorable action. It is proposed to petition the next Legislature to establish a line fence from Broad River with the Air-Line Railroad, to the North Carolina line, leaving the township south of the railroad out, and putting all north of this line under the provision of the stock law, as ninetenths of the citizens of that section are in favor of the adoption of the law, and will adopt this course before they will much longer be deprived of its benefits. Our town still improves rapidly. Several fine houses are being erected here. Dr. Wm. Anderson has an elegant residence nearly completed. Dr. J. G. Black and W. J. Black have given a contract for a building " . to be used as a drug store. J. A. Deal, Esq., has returned from the North, where he has been on a tour of inspection to the different manufacturing cities and . ^ machine shops. While there he purchased the necessary machinery for a cotton factory to be erected on Broad River, near this place. The understanding is that the factory will be of large capacity. Work on the building will be commenced at once. Dr. R. R. Darwin sold in this market, a few days ago, a very fiue bale of cotton, superior to any cottou sold here for several years. The bale commanded the highest price. The seed from which the cotton was produced were procured by the Doctor in Texas. Mr, John Moore, who lived near here, died a few days ago of pneumonia, in the 71st year of his age. His only pursuit in life was that of a farmer, aud perhaps he was the most successful agriculturalist in the county. Without means in early life, he bought a J| n