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Ibe fotfevillc ^nquiw*.; YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1881. ' How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name , of the subscriber very plainly,-give post-office, ' county and State, in full, ami send the amount of | the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. 1 Postage.?The Enquirkr is delivered free ot ? postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within i 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. I Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address- ; label" shows the time to which the subscription is . paid. If subscribers do not wisn tneir papers ais- , continued, 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. CONKLING'S RESIGNATION. The resignation of Senators Conkling and Piatt was the most notable event of the notable extra session of the Senate just closed. The ostensible reason given by these Senators for their remarkable action?without a precedent since a similar course was pursued by Joshua R. Giddings, during an exciting discussion of the slavery question twenty-five years ago, when the Democratic administration did not yield to his demands?has excited considerable comment throughout the country, and is yet the absorbing political topic. Conkling is a vain and proud man. His political adversaries make the admission that he is by far the ablest man of his party in Congress; but his arrogance, amounting to imperious insolence, renders him unpopular with his own political associates, and whatever ability he may possess is negatived by the imperial airs he assumes in dictating to his party, which has been slow to acknowledge him as its chosen leader. As Senator from New York, he regards all the offices in that State, within the appointment of the administration, at his own disposal, and assumes that the President has no right to make an appointment, and surely that the Senate must make no confirmation, until the same has duly received his approbation and sanction. The President has taken a different view of the subject, and it seems that Republican Senators have also somewhat differed from the astute Senator in regard to the estimation he places upon himself. But this has not prevented him from retarding the business of the Senate, and until the President assumed a firm attitude by promptly withdrawing his New York nominations?those meeting the approval of Conkling as well as those distasteful to him, declaring that all must stand or fall together?did the Senator begin to realize that he could not have things his own way ; and after a few more attempts at bulldozing the executive, he adopted the novel expedient of handing in his resignation, expecting that his course would receive legislative sanction by a prompt reelection, probably for the long term, by the New York Assembly, now in session. In this, it is probable that he overreached himself. His popularity does not extend so far as he had evidently calculated. It is even surmised that a majority of the Assembly is composed of administration Republicans, and such being the case, of course they will stand by the administration. Those who are known to be administration members of the Assembly, are a unit in their determination to vote for no man as Senator who is not known to be in cordial sympathy with the administration, and they will under no circumstances vote for any man who has antagonized President Garfield, or has avowed his purpose to do so. News of the unanimous confirmation by the Senate of Robertson's nomination as collector of the port of New York, which .nomination tx*QO tKo KnnA aP AAn^Anfmn ntifk pAnlr 1 inrr "?o i-uu uv/uc \yi wutcuuuu nitu vuu???u^, was received in the Senate of the New York Assembly amid the wildest excitement, cheering abd clapping of hands. Three cheers were given for Robertson, and a general handshaking followed, amid which the Senate adjourned. This would indicate that Conkling does not possess the power which he had evidently attributed to himself. A caucus of the Republicans in the. Assembly will be held this week, and every Republican is expected to attend it and abide by its decision, or suffer repudiation at home. It is stated that Conkling and Piatt will be candidates before the caucus, whatever the | result may be. Their friends declare that to ignore them will be to read them out of the party, which will not be permitted. On the other hand, the Garfield men stand strong in the determination against the reelection of j the ex-Senators, and still say they will not attend any caucus. The New York Tribune, of Monday morning, in a brief editorial, says that Conkling and Piatt are both working for reelection ; but that the administration Republicans still j maintain that they cannot succeed, fifty-two Republicans being pledged against them. I Albany dispatches of Monday also convey j the idea that it is practically impossible for J both Conkling and Piatt to be reelected. No ; time has yet been fixed for the election. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Ex-Judge Sara'l W. Melton has been i sworn in as United States District Attorney. ? Locusts have made their appearance in many parts of the State. ? The city council of Charleston, by a vote of 10 to 4, has rejected an ordinance imposing fine and imprisonment on all who sell Honor on Sunday. ."T-"*'" r ? The ministers of Newberry have organ-; ized, and appoiuted sub committees in each ! township to obtain signatures to a prohibition j i petition. , ? Judge Wallace recently added three ' months in the penitentiary to the sentence of , a young white man convicted of assault, for , having a concealed weapon. ;; ? The Governor has appointed Col. J. D. . Cothran, of Abbeville, Judge of the Eighth ] Circuit, to fill the vacancy caused by Judge < Thomson's death. ! j ? At a recent meeting of the trustees of the i Columbia Female College, Rev. O. A. Darby ] was elected president of that institution. He ] will enter on the duties of the position in Oc- j' tober next. 1 < ? A movement in Columbia has taken defi-1 ] nite shape, to establish a second Presbyterian ' < Church in that city, to be known by the I i lame of the "Plumer Memorial," in honor >f the late Rev. W. S. Plumer, D. D. ? Col. J. M. Johnson, of Marion, writes to ihe Commissioner of Immigration that the immigrants who have been sent to that county ire doing extremely well, and that the negroes are working better in self-defence. ? Ex-Governor Perry has written a letter to the Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer, forcibly setting forth the evils of liquor selling and drinking, and urging that if it is wise and good to prohibit it in the country, it is equally so to stop it in towns and villages. ? The next meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention will be held at Greenville, 3. C.,aud will commence on the Wednesday before the second Sunday.in May, 1882. The introductory sermon will be preached by Dr. T. T. Eaton, of Kentucky, or Dr. G. A. Lof _ o ton, 01 Missouri. ? The Batesville Factory, in Greenville county, which was destroyed by fire some time ago, is to be rebuilt. The owner has just procured new and improved machinery, and will run the same number of spindles as before. It is expected that the new factory will be in full operation by the end of August. ? The Chester Bulletin says that Mr. J. H. Stroud of that county, is the owner of a yearling Ayrshire heifer that has never had a calf, but which gives a gallou of milk a day. She comes up regularly, morning and evening, to be milked, and gives a half-gallon of milk at each milking. ? The following persous?one from each Congressional District?have been appointed to represent South Carolina at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition : D. Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville; H. P. Hanuett, Greenville; W. G. Hinson, Charleston; C. S. McCall, Marlboro' ; Paul F. Hammond, Aiken. ? Judge Mackey's term of office expires this year, and quite a number of names have been mentioned in connection with the position. Among others, Judge T. J. Mackey, and Hon. J. J. Hemphill, of Chester ; Hon. I. D. Witherspoon, and Col. W. B. Wilson, of York ; Hon. H. A. Gaillard, of Fairfield; and Hon. J. D. Wylie, of Lancaster. vf_ a t> ur:ii: .l. _j.-4.__ ? lur. a. jd. >v imams, nio cuitui ui tuc Greenville Daily News, has recently purchased the interests of his co partners in that paper, and is now sole editor and proprietor. Mr. Williams has had considerable newspaper experience and will make the News as good a paper as the patronage he receives will warrant. ? It has been decided by the Superintendent of Education to hold the institute for colored teachers i, Columbia during the month of July. It will be open at as early a day in that month as possible.^ The exact date will be determined upon as soon as the Superintendent of Education is informed by Professor Montgomery, the principal, as to what date will suit him. * ? Judge Aldrich, on Thursday last, filed his decree in the case of David T. Copeland and A. H. White and others vs. the Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company, refusing to vacate the attachments levied by various policy-holders upon the lands of said company in the Counties of Aiken, Barnwell and Edgefield, principally for death claims, and amounting to fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. ? The firm of James Adger & Co., of Charleston, S. C., failed in 1879, owing $18,000 to the Columbia Theological Seminary. Last year they paid forty per cent, of this; in January twenty per cent, more ; and have now notified the Board of their readiness to pay the remaining forty per cent. This is an honorable meeting of obligations such as newspapers are not often called upon to chronicle. ? Commissioner Butler is endeavoring to make a fine collection of minerals, woods and agricultural products of this State, for exhibition at the Atlanta Exposition in October. He requests persons who feel an interest in making this exhibition *a creditable one, to send him specimens of wheat, corn, oats, peas, rye, barley, rice, buckwheat, flax, peanuts, tobacco, cotton, raUlet, clover and grasses, dried fruit, chufas, molasses, wines, woods, minerals, stone, marble, &c., and particularly of fruits. The last named should be not quite ripe, so that they may be preserved in alcohol. ? Mr. James M. Stewart has completed his maps and charts of the Landsford Water Power on the Catawba River, Chester county S. C., recently surveyed by him. They are not mere surveyor's plats, but are gotton up in the best engineering style. The Catawba River at that point is about five or six hundred yards wide, but by means of an island a dam can be made much shorter than that. The existing canal is 9,995 feet in length and fourteen feet wide, with two locks, giving a total fall of thirty feet. The projected canal is to be fifty feet wide, giving a fall of fifteen and a half feet at five thousand feet from its head, twenty-four feet at seven thousand feet, and thirty feet at the end. The supply of water iB practically unlimited. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A liquor dealers' State convention is to be held in Raleigh on the first of June. ? In Forsythe Superior Court there are about fifty cases against residents of Winston for retailing liquor without license. ? The dockets of the late term of the Unitarl Smfps Court at. Aahavilla warp, haavv. Judge Dick sentenced thirty one persons to imprisonment in jail for different periods of time, and two to the Albany penitentiary. The case of Case and Loften, deputy marshals, for killing Justice, in Henderson county, about eighteen months ago, and moved to the United States Court, was moved to the Charlotte terra of the Federal Court. The hearing of the case of Redmond, the outlaw, was postponed until the next term of the Court at Asheville. The Court consented to give him bail in the sum of 82,500. He is still in the Asheville jail, however, not having as yet been able to give this bail. ? A convention of colored men of North Carolina, assembled at Raleigh on Tuesday of last week, and adjourned at 3 o'clock on Thursday morning. There were about 70; delegates present, composed of the leading; colored Republicans of the State. J. C. Price was chosen president. During the ses- 1 sion the discrimination against the colored j man in the distribution of federal patronage : was fully discussed, and a committee, consist-j ing of one from each Congressidnal district, j ind twelve from the State at large, was appointed to wait upon President Garfield and present the claims of the colored Republicans, j rhe 15th of June was designated as the day )n which the committee will call upon the President. An address was issued to the jolored people, resolutions were adopted, and nucb determination was shown by the dele- i gates, who say that this discrimination against colored Republicans, who do the votiug for the Republican party, must cease, or they will know the reason why, and take care of themselves in the future. RAILROAD FACTS AND RUMORS. ? The vote on the question of subscribing 875,000 to the Greenwood, Laurens and Augusta Railroad, has been ordered by the County Commissioners to be submitted to the voters of Spartanburg county on Saturday, the 9th of July next. ? There is a tremendous boom in railroad stock just now. The Richmond and Danville that was quoted at 96, is now quoted at 1073 bid and 108J asked ; North Carolina that was 86 is now bid and asked from 90 to 96. Air-Line has risen from 73-74 to 82L Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta can't be bought. ? The Railway Age says that it is proposed to hold a convention of State Railroad commissioners. Twenty one States having such commissioners, such a convention would doubtless be of advantage. The place sug gested is Louisville, and the time sometime in June. White Sulphur Springs is also spoken of as a suitable place. ?The Statesville American of last week says: "Maj. Yates, chief engineer of the Midland line in North Carolina, arrived here by the morning train last Friday, having previously notified us of his coming. His visit was gratifying to our citizens, the object being to arrange for surveying the route between Statesville and Mocksville, which will be commenced this week, and some engagements were made for employees." ? Says the Lincoln (N. C.) PmgreM: "The Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad was the first narrow gauge road projected in the State, and its use has demonstrated that it has capacity to remove all the freight on its line, and that it can make a speed equal to any road in the State. It has only cost one-third the price of any other railroad, and yet it does all the work and pays a good dividend. Already our merchants are shipping freights up and down, and passengers are travelling over it every day. Its completion here makes an era in our history which will long be remembered." ? The stockholders of the Fayetteville and Florence Railroad company, "Unanimously " ratified the agreement of transfer of its property to the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley, at its annual meeting in April. All the deeds and transfers have been signed and tbe property delivered. Mr. Gray, the president of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, will at once proceed to the construction of the railroad to the South Carolina line, and take measures for its further extension into South Carolina. The first installment of iron for the railroad from the Gulf to Greensboro has been shipped from London, and will soon arrive in Wilmington. ? A meeting was held at Rutherford ton, N. C., on Wednesday of last week, to consider the practicability of extending the railroad now being built from Johnson City, Tennessee, on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, to Cranberry Iron Works in Mitchell county, N. C.?which will be com pleted by the 1st of September next?from that point via Marion and Rutherfordton, N. C., to Spartauburg, S. C. Representatives were present from Spartanburg and Greenville, S. C., and Charlotte and Marion, N. C., and Jonesboro', Tennessee. Speeches were made by the representatives of Spartanburg, S. C., Rutherfordton and Marion, N. C., and Jonesboro', Tenn., which were enthusiastically received. Resolutions favoring the building of the whole line were passed unanimously. Resolutions were also passed that the Rutherford and Spartanburg Railroad Company, a link in the proposed line for which charters in North and South Carolina have been already granted, be organized without delay, and that a survey be made at once and work on the road be commenced as soon as practicable. ? Capt. Kirk, chief engineer of the Atlantic and French Broad Railroad, informs the Greenville News that "it is in serious contemplation by influential parties in the State, who have already held a meeting in Columbia with reference thereto, to build a road from Columbia to Greenville via Newberry and Laurens,'to be exteuded from Greenville to tap the Atlantic and French Broad Railway at some point near the mountains. Crossing the mountains, it will pass through Haywood, county, North Carolina, and pass on through Tennessee to the French Broad river, about 50 miles from Knoxville. Thence it will branch off, one line extending to Nashville via Knoxville, the other proceeding in the direction of Cincinnati via Morristown and Cumberland Gap, thus passing 'through the richest coal and iron region in the United States, as yet only very partially developed. With regard to this great enterprise, Captain Kirk expresses the opinion that the parties concerned in it are men of means and influence, and that there is good reason to believe that decided steps will be taken shortly to carry out the programme as here briefly sketched. Greenville, Capt. Kirk is confident, can be in direct railroad communication with Augusta in less than eighteen months? probably in twelve?the distance, via Belton, being 113 miles. Work is being pushed on rapidly on the Atlantic and French Broad railway, and the prospects of this enterprise are very encouraging." ? A Chester correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier, gives the following information in regard to the transfer of a controlling interest in the Cheraw and Chester Railroad, to the Richmond and Danville combination : "Of the seventeen hundred shares I if Ai.tatnn^inr. tmtinn. otrtftL- r\ f tlia ("Hi fi.n in UI UUlOlftUUiU^ fUtiug oiuua VI inv vidian i aud Chester Railroad, niue hundred and fifty I shares are the property of the Richmond and ' Danville combination, and came into possession of that road in the following manner:) In April last the directors of the Cheraw aud j Chester Road resolved to execute a second ; mortgage upon the road for 850,000 and to ! issue its bouds therefor. The funds se raised were to be applied in a great measure to the ' erection of a bridge over the Catawba river, the I absence of which has hitherto greatly retarded the progress of the company. The govern- j ment of the Cheraw and Chester road found j it difficult to float these new securities at a paying figure, having received no offer better than seventy-five cents. The Richmond and Danville combination proposed to take the j bonds at ninety cents, provided it could secure a controlling interest in the company's stock. The proposition was accepted, the stock purchased at nominal prices and trans- j ferred to the Richmond and Danville combination. To block the consummation of this : transaction, the beforementioned proceedings I were had before Judge Mackey. If the County of Chester secures the 875,000 worth of preferred stock, it seems to be a question whether or not the sceptre will pass from the hands of the Richmond and Danville; and if the directors of the Cheraw and Chester Road are perpetually restrained from issuing the second mortgage bonds, it seems to be a quesion whether the dogs in the manger will eat the hay and build the bridge." ? The Columbia correspondent of the New and Courier, has recently "interviewed" Col. R. L. McCaughrin, the president of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad in regard to the lease of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, and has obtained the following information in regard to the latter road, and the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad: "The lease was made by the Columbia and Greenville Railroad for itself and uot for the Danville combination, the owners of the two not being identical. As soon as the summer travel begins, Col. McCaughrin will run cars from Columbia .to Hendersonville, without change at Alston, as heretofore. Mr. James Anderson, the present superintendent, will remain in charge of the road until June 1st. After that time it will be operated as a branch of the Greenville Road. Mr. Anderson will probably retain the superintendency of the Spartanburg and Asheville road. Regarding this latter road, Col. McCaughrin states that the Columbia and Greenville road is now virtually its owner, having purchased two-thirds of its' bon^sT* The present owners hold about 8200,000 and the Columbia and Greenville Railroad $368,000. As 60on as the sale to the present owners is confirmed, which is expected in June, plans will be devised for its completion to Asheville and its operation by the Greenville Road, either by the latter buying out the bondholders or combining with them. It will take 8600,000 to pay ' the debt and complete the road. The Spartanburg and Asheville will be completed to Asheville between October and January next, meeting the extension from Paint Rock to Asheville, as soon as it is completed. This extension will be made by the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Road, under the Cole combination just formed. Assurances are given that the Cole and Danville combinations will work in harmony to secure through Western connection with the South Atlantic States. Col. McCaughrin states that the effort of the Columbia and Greenville and its branches will be to build up the State, encouraging in every way its industries and making no discrimination against any of its towns or ports." EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Adjournment of the Senate. The extra session of the United States Senate adjourned sine die last Friday. On the last two days of the session a large number of Presidential nominations were confirmed, including all the New York nominations which were so distasteful to Cuukling. With the exception of a few postmasters, there were no Southern confirmations of importance. Blanche K. Bruce, of Mississippi, was confirmed as registrar of the treasury, vice Schofield, transferred. George B. Loring, of Massachusetts, was confirmed as commissioner of agriculture, vice LeDuc, resigned. The nomination of Wm. E. Chandler, as Solicitor General, was rejected by a vote of 24 to 19. The Democrats voted solidly against him and were joined by Don Cameron. All other Republicans voted for him except Mr. Mitchell, who withheld his vote. Tn the debate which preceded the vote on Chandler's nomination, Mr. Bayard briefly outlined the Democratic opposition to his confirmation on the ground that Mr. Chandler has been hostile to the South, and is too pro nounced a Republican partisan for the position. Mr. Blair and Mr. Fry spoke earnestly in favor of confirmation. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor. The annual session of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor, sitting at Minneappolis, Minn., closed its labors on the 19th instant. Several important changes were made in the organic law of the order, and are noted as follows : The quorum to transact business in the subordinate lodge was reduced from seven to five members. The subordinate lodges are hereafter required to elect their officers annually instead of semi-annually, as heretofore. Grand Lodges may hold their meetings semi-annually if they so desire. Subordinate Lodges, to work exclusively in the German langiyige, may hereafter be organized. (This feature was cut off at the Charleston session a year ago, but is now renewed.) No change was made in the ritual, or secret work. The subject of increased benefits went over under the rules to the next session. The salaries of all the Supreme officers were fixed at not more than 87,000. A radical change (for the better) was made in blanks for the Grand and subordinate lodge reports to the Supreme Lodge. A resolution was adopted requiring the more prompt payment of assessments into the widows' and orphans' benfit fund, and the more prompt payment of death benefits. The question of graded assessments went over till next session. The following were elected to serve as officers of the Suprepm Lodge for the ensuing year: Supreme Dictator?Judge W. B. Hoke, Louisville, Ky.; Supreme Vice-Dictator? Judge R. H. Cochran, West Virginia; Supreme Assistant Dictator?F. P. Ireland, NphrnfiliR Sunremp. Renorter?J. C. Plum , I 1 -- ? er, Wooster, Ohio; Supreme TreasurerJudge Robert J. Breckinridge, Springfield, Ivy,; Supreme Chaplain?G. W. Holland, Newberry, 8. C.; Supreme Guide?H. B. ' Upman, Minnesota; Supreme Guardian?J, H. Murphy, New Jersey; Supreme Sentinel?G. S. V. Levy, Maryland; Supreme Trustees?J, \V. Trueworthy, Kansas; J. W. Walker, Pennslyvania ; C. H. R06S, Wiscon-' sin ; Committee on Finance?J. J. Aldrich,! New York; W. H. Wall, Mississippi; G. S. j Woodman, Maiue; Committees 011 Laws?1 Burke Bond, Tennessee; L. W. Read, Ver-j mont; R. L. Behre, California; Committee on Printing?B. F. Nelson, Ohio ; D. W. McGaughey, Alabama; S. H. Shepard, Georgia. State Immigration. Edward M. Boykin, Superintendent of Immigration for South Carolina, publishes the following statement regarding the pro-! gress of the work in this State and the views j and purposes of the Immigration Bureau : As regards the character of the immigrants sent. The immigrants are selected at Castle Garden especially by Mr. H. J. Jackson, secretary of the board of commissioners of the State of New York, who has charge of every- j thing connected with their arrival and distribution, the only recognized officer in the State. He has very kindly undertaken, gratuitously, to act in this matter for South Car-1 olina with the approval and sympathy of the board of commissioners, upon which are the presidents of the German and Irish societies, who are ex officio custodians of the welfare of their respective nationalities. The State of South Carolina advances the passage money, which is ten dollars, to Columbia, covering everything, attention and feeding on shipboard, transfer at Charleston and delivery in Columbia?a very liberal arrangement enter- j ed into by the Quintard line of steamers and ; the South Carolina Railroad. The party ordering the immigrant repays to the agent of the State vpon ilieir delivery the entire advance, which is repaid to him by the immigrant in monthly installments; so the State does not, as has been erroneously stated, pay a dollar of it. Again, it is reported that we only seek the mere laborer, leaving it to be inferred that the coming of a better class is discouraged. The introduction of the class now obtainable in families and so certain to be permanent, is * ' if. i ??: _ r Ai.. a pioneer movement to me urmgiug ju ui me better class with means, which is always kept in view. These laborers now coming in are anxiously sought for, filling as they do, a great want among our people, and well taken care of by our farmers. The German proprietor will be much more likely to come to a country where he knows that he will find a Germau peasant ready to work for him when he comes; it is an obvious means of attracting him. Two cases have appeared and been commented upon by some of the State papers that require notice: Mr. Smith, of Greenville, hired three men, it seems, who came from New York themselves and made their own coutract with him, without the knowledge or participation in any way of this department. They disagreed about their contract, and there was au arrest an\j suit, upon the merits of which we are not informed. Mr. Stribbling hired two immigrants some time ago, this time from Col. Butler, commissioner of agriculture, then acting as agent of immigration. They disagreed about their contract; it was referred to him as was right, and adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned. The superintendent of immigration considers it his duty, and be has been so instructed by the Governor as chairraau of the board of State commissioners, to take care of the interest of these people after they are distributed through the State, and considers himself under such authority, so pledged to Mr. Jackson, the executive officer of the board of emigration in the State of New York, for it was absolutely necessary that they should so understand it before they would act for us. That occasional difficulties will occur is to be expected, but assurance is given that they *" -- J J --J :?? J A W1J1 De auenoeu 10 auu jUblice reuueieu no far as is in the power of this department. EDWARD M. BOYKIN, S. I. S. C. The Southern Presbyterians. The jGeneral Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church, met at Staunton, Va., on Thursday last, and will continue in session for ten days or more. The opening serhion was preached by Rev. T. A. Hoyt, D. D., of Nashville. This gentleman was at one time president of the Gold Board in New York, and presided there on the famous Black Friday. From the telegraphic report of the proceedings, we gather the following information : "The Southern Presbyterjan Church embraces the States of Maryland, Virginia, Wtest Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Indian Territory west of Arkansas, and has churches in the District of Columbia, State of Ohio and possibly elsewhere. It has nineteen Synods and sixty-seven Presbyteries, including the Presbytery of San Paulo in Brazil, South America. The amount of money contributed during the year ending April 1, 1880, by its 1,928 churches, was 81,062,338. The Church is conducting missionary work in Chiua, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Brazil and in Indian Territory. It has two theological seminaries, one in Priuce Edward county, Va., and the other at Columbia, S. C. It is also sustaining an institution for the education of voumr colored men at Tuscaloosa. - J O Ala. Probably the two or three principal topics that will come up for discussion at this meeting will be those embraced under the title of "Retrenchment and reform" and the "Revised directory of Church Worship." After a brief address of welcome by the Rev. W. E. Baker, pastor of the church at Staunton, and prayer by the venerable Dr. Pryor, of Virginia, and an able sermon by the retiring moderator, Dr. T. A. Hoyt, of Nashville, the General Assembly was called to order at 12.30 P. M. The Rev. Dr. R. P. Farris, of Mobile, was elected moderator by acclamation. The various executive committees made their reports. The foreign mission committee reported an expenditure of 859,215. Ninety-three persons, all told, are engaged in missionary work. Africa is recommended as the next field of adventure. The report on education showed that eighty students were receiving instruction for the ministry. During the year there were thirty-eight ordinations and nineteen deaths. The total amount of expenditures was 810,300. The seminary for colored students at Tuscaloosa, Ala., reported a roll of twenty-Bix and a most encouraging outlook. Dr. Pryor, delegate from this Assembly to the general Synod of the Reformed Church in America, which met in Brooklyn last June, gave a happy account of his visit and the fraternal manner in which he had been entertained. The publication and several minor committees made reports. The second day's session was devoted principally to routine work, such as the appointment of commissions for correspondeuce and co-operation, etc. The report of the domestic mission committee showed total receiDts and expenditures of over $44,600. Forty-four persous are engaged in evangelistic work. Dr. Wilson, secretary of the foreign mission committee, stated that he had been requested by the Pan Presbyterian Council to lay before this Assembly the advisability of close co-opera! tion in foreign missions. The matter was appropriately referred. Fifty students were reported on the roll of the Union Theological Seminary. The total assets of the Semiuary are placed at over $200,000. After the disposal of the regular business, quite an exciting scene occurred. Dr. Adger, of South Carolina, chairman of the committee on foreign correspondence, asked that the Assembly authorize his committee to send a telegram of fraternal salutation to the Northern Presbyterian Assembly, now in session at Buffalo, N. Y. He stated that these messages had passed between the respective bodies for years, and that heretofore they had been uniformly forwarded by the Northern assembly and responded to by this. He j proposed that in this instance the Southern Assembly take the initiative. Dr. Mullurly, of Lexington, bitterly opposed sending the telegram, saying that he could never consent to such action as long as the record of denunciation of this body by the Northern Assembly remains unchanged. The resolution was pressed by Dr. Adger, Dr. Tuttle, of Texas, ?? j Dr. Davies, of Kentucky, and quite a sharp discussion ensued. Dr. Adger's motion i was carried by a vote of 108 to 13. S?~ Of the President, it is said Senator Conk- i ling quite recently spoke as follows: "That man in the White House is not all one man. I For instance, he gets his religion from Bub Ingersoll; his patriotism from Mahone; his honesty from Dorsey, and his stupidity?well, it may be natural, but it is more than likely that it is a legacy left by his predecessor in the office of President." The course of Conkling and Piatt is ap- j proved by but three of the leading news- j papers in the Uoited States. The Qlobe- j Democrat, St. Louis, editor Mclvee, jailed by Bristow as a whisky thief; the Chicago InterOcean, John A. Logan's "own and the New , York Herald, edited by Grant's intimate: friend, John R. Young. | LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Bennett A Moffatt, Chester, S. C.?The Buckeye Mower and Dropper. Joseph A. McLean, Jr.?Music Lessons. James Mason, Sup't?Schedule of Chester and Lenoir Railroad. J. B. Allison, Clerk?For Sale. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Mantua Maker. Latimer A Hemphill?Dry Goods. Hunter, Gates A Co.?Millinery. H. F. Adickes, J..?We are Prepared to Show. J. R. Schorb, Treasurer?Annual Report. J. M. Adams?Clear the Track. T., M. Dobson?New York House?Emporium of Fashion. Money Saved by Buying from M. Strauss. COLUMBIA REGISTER. We were nleased to receive a call, on Tues day morning, from Mr. Frank J. Ludette, traveling agent for the Columbia Register. CIRCUIT COURT. The next term of the Circuit Court for j York county will convene on the fourth Mon- j day in June next, his Honor Judge A. P. Aldrich to preside. JOINT COMMITTEE. The joint committee of the Senate and House, appointed at the last session of the General Assembly, to consider and report on all bills and resolutions looking to a constitutional convention, or to amendments to the constitution, met in Columbia, on Monday last. Senator Witherspoon, a member of the committee, is in attendance. MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. Attention is directed to the card of Mr. J. A. McLean, Jr., teacher of music, who proposes to receive pupils for instruction. Mr. McLean has attended a full course in the New York Conservatory of Music, and, in addition, took private lessons for one term in , Stienway Hall, with the special view of qualifying himself for teaching. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Another change has been made in the schedule of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. This change gives close connection, going and returning, with the Carolina Central at Lincolnton, enabling passengers on the C. & L. Road to go through or return from Shelby - ? .11 fPI.. T * 1 A 111 wunout aeiay. ine ijiocoimou iraiu wm arrive at Yorkville at 9.50 A. M. The schedule, as chaDged, is printed on the third page of this issue. YORKVILLE CORNET BAND. The old instruments of the Yorkville Cornet Band have been purchased by the Clover Cornet Band, a new musical organization under the leadership of Mr. Lawson K. Armstrong. The Yorkville Band has purchased a new set of upright, tripple silver-plated instruments, made by M. Pourcelle, of Paris, and said to be the best in use. In addition to this, the members are also having made a fine uniform of navy blue broad cloth, trimmed with scarlet cloth and bullion braid. ? i ROAD COMMISSIONERS. At the last regular meeting of the board of county commissioners, Messrs. E. G. Byere, A. H. Barnett and Capt. J. Frank Workman, were appointed special commissioners to survey and lay off a new public highway from Ebenezer to the incorporate limits of Rock Hill, and thus avoid the "Moore and Miller hill," and the branch on the old road. It will be remembered that much complaint was made last winter of the almost impassable f . /? 1 J J condition or me aoove-nameu roau. II. P. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. At the last meeting of the Synod of the Associate Reformed Church of the South, held at Bethel, Wilcox county, Ala., in September, 1880, Rev. R. Lathan was appointed a delegate to represent the Synod in the United Presbyterian Genral Assembly, which met in Allegheny City, Pa., on yesterday. Mr. Latban left on Monday morning last for the purpose of attending the sessions of the Assembly. TAX COLLECTIONS. Mr. H. A. D. Neely, County Treasurer, has been engaged during the preseqt month in the collection of the May installment of the State and county taxes. The amounts paid in up to Tuesday evening aggregate $6,373.01 as follows: State tax $ 2,491.lift Ordinary County tax 1,494.08 Railroad tax 1,245.52 Fence tax?B. River Township... 8.35 School tax 996.40 Poll tax 137.00 Total $6,373.01 The time for paying the May installment expires on Tuesday next, 31st instant. MISTAKE IN THE NAME. Our attention has been called to the fact that a most egregious mistake occurred in giving the name of one of the young ladies selected to assist in unveiling the statue of Morgan at the Cowpens Centennial. The young lady in question is not only a descendant of one of the heroes of the battle of Cowpens, but her parents are natives of York county. We allude to Miss Sallie B. James instead of Miss Sallie B. Jones, as it was published in the papers. She is the daughter of Rev. A. A. James, of Union county and a greatgrand-daughter of Capt. John Collins. _ a ? BLACK'S STATION ITEMS. Our Black's Station correspondent informs us that Shelby, N. C., has contributed $700 and Gaffney city $500 for the purpose of defraying the expense of an experimental survey of the proposed extension of*the Midland Railroad via the above named towns to Spartanburg. A meeting was to have been held at Gaffney City last Saturday, for the purpose of considering the propriety of, and taking steps to form a new county from portions of York, Union and Spartanburg, bordering on the Air Line Railroad. LOCUSTS. Although they have not appeared in the \ immediate vicinity of town, we learn that in : -? ..11, ...1 >1 1_ | tfie county tne locusts?"inirieeuyear locusts "as they are termed?are quite numerous. These insects appeared in 1842, 1855, 1868, and now in 1881. They do no serious harm to vegetation. They deposit their eggs on the j branches of trees. From the branches the eggs fall to the ground, and the popular the- 1 ory is that they become buried in the ground, and after a period of thirteen years the young are hatched, when they work their way out of the ground. The present swarm will remain from four to six weeks and then die. PICNIC AND EXCURSION. The picnic and excursion on the railroad , to-morrow, promises to be the grandest affair | ] of the kind that has jet taken place. A suf-!! ficient number of cars have been chartered ; , to give ample accommodation to all who may ( wish to attend. The picnic will be at South j Fork Bridge, where complete arrangements < have been made for all to have a pleasant * time. A platform has been erected there for dancing, and Dick Latta's string band has t been engaged to furnish music for the occa- ] P sion. Id the afternoon the train will be run from South Fork to Lincolnton, where an hour or two will be spent, when the train will return, arriving at Yorkville at 7.30 P. M. The train will leave Yorkville promptly at 6.30 A. M., and meet the down passeDger train at Gastonia. Excursionists may board the train in Yorkville either at the depot, or at the crossing near the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The train will not be stopped at any other place in town. rock hill cotton factory. A portion of the machinery of the cotton factory at Rock Hill is now in operation, and on Thursday last the first thread was spun. It is the intention to employ 6,240 spindles, about one-fourth of which are now running on No. 20 warp. The other machinery is in the building and will be put in operation as fast as the cards can be ground. The consumption of cotton will be about fifteen bales per week. The yarn produced at this factory / is smooth, soft aud pliable, and no fears are entertained that it will not meet a ready sale when placed on the. market. We learn that the productions of the mill will be mostly consigned to Northern dealers. The first annual meeting of the stockholders of the company will be held at Rock Hill on Tuesday, the 31st instant. THE SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. At the State Sunday-school Convention which met in Columbia, in April last, a resolution was adopted that there should be appointed in every county in the State a representative of the State Convention, to be known as "Secretary." The chief duty of this officer is to organize or assist in organizing county conventions in their respective counties, from delegates chosen by the Sunday-schools of the Protestant denominations in the county, and otherwise, as far as practicable, stimulate public interest in religious education. Pursuant to this object, Mr. Frank A. Gilbert, of Yorkville, has been appointed to the position of "Secretary" for York dbunty, and signifies his intention of entering upon the duties which he will be required to perform in connection therewith. PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL. On the 19th, the Town Council were called together by the Intendant, and proceeded to hear complaint against Joshua Smith, Isaac Wright, Napoleon Worth, Gus Herndon and Bob Adams, all colored, for disorderly conduct aud assault upon Reuben Goins. The parties were all found guilty and paid the following fines: Joshua Smith, 83; Gus Herndon, Napoleon Worth and Bob Adams, each 81.50 and Isaac Wright, 81. Reuben Goins was found guilty of using indecent language 1 i i A n Art on the street, ana paia a noe or On the 20th, the Council met in regular session, pursuant to adjournment Warden F. Happerfield was elected town treasurer, and his bond as such officer was received and approved. The license for the entertainment by Blind Tom was fixed at $5. The pay of the town marshal was reduced from $35 to 825 per month, to take effect on June 16th. The Council then adjourned to meet again on the 25th instant at 6 P. M. CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows : Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pa&tor. Owing to the absence of the pastor, there will be no service in this church next Sunday. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Owing to the absence of the pastor, elsewhere explained, there will bo no service in this church. Church of the Good Shepherd?Episcopal? Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services in this church next Sunday only in the forenoon. The Rector will officiate in the Church of Our Saviour at Rock Hill at 8.15 P. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. MarioD DargaQ, Pastor. Sunday next will be devoted to Sundftv.Rf?hnnl exercises. There will be services morning, afternoon and night, ail the services to be devoted to the Sunday-school interest. Sermon in the morning, suitable to the occasion, by Prof. W. W. Duncan, of Wofford College. Mass meeting of the Sunday-school in the afternoon. Addresses by Hon. F. A. Connor, of Rock Hill, Prof. W. W. Dtmcan and others. Celebration iby the Sundayschool children at night. The bell will ring ? for morning services at 10 and service will begin at 10.30. In the afternoon the bell will . . ring at 3.30 and service will begin at 4. At night service will begin at 8, the bell ringing at 7.30. Th<- public are respectfully invited * to be present. BARBER'S BRIDGE. a bidder dissatisfied with the 4 ward of the contract. Fort Mill, S. C., May 17th, 1881. Editor EnquirerSome of the citizens*of this section would like for the County Commissioners to explain the "letting" of Barber's Bridge. It was advertised for "sealed bids," of course, meaning the lowest responsible bidder. Now, how was it that the Commissioners rejected two bids.?one of $100 less than L. N. & T. G. Gulp?and made by one who could have given the security if required ; the other responsible bidders $66 lower than Messrs. Culp? Why was the matter kept a secret from all the bidders? Have the two counties money to be lavishly used ? Did the Commissioners have to borrow ? Was their object to get the bridge built cheap for cash ? Why then refuse the lowest bids ? The information would eniignten many citizens in this portion of the county and the adjoining section of Lancaster. N. G. Bradford. MERE-MENTION. / Gen. Grant bas written a letter from the City of Mexico to Senator J. P. Jones, in which he takes the ground that a number of Garfield's New York nominations was but a ^ part of a deep laid scheme to punish prominent leaders for being openly friendly to him, (Grant.) Copies of the revised New Testament first appeared on the streets of New York on Friday last. On that day, 360,000 copies were shipped to various points. The New York financial papers generally agree that the present boom in stocks is likely to continue for some time. Steele Mackay's new theatre at New York will be opened, next autumn, by a dramatization of Judge , Tourgee's "A Fool's Errand." Cotton in Sumter county, Ga., is half a leg high, and has well formed squares. Democratic, Republican and Prohibition candidates for Governor are expected in Georgia at the next election. Col. Thomas A. Scott, the railroad king, died in Philadelphia at 9 o'clock last Saturday morning. Two million copies of the revised New Testament have already been sold in London. Fe? t tr HQ limit: suuio^o lamcu vi/ iuico iu iug ^ivn York Assembly, six less 'than a majority and 27 less than two thirds. The vote cast for the measure steadily increases year by pear. The number of hogs packed in Phicago, since March 1st, is estimated at 555,000 against 846,000 for the corresponding lime last year. Frederick A. Conk ling, i brother of Roscoe, and a Democrat, but claiming to be in the full confidence of tbe jx-Senator, says he does not desire reelection o the Senate. The Pennsylvania Senite has passed a resolution asking for the ransfer of William Penn's remains from England to Philadelphia.