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$he farhiillc (Jrnquiw. YORK VILLE.S.C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 19, 1882. MANUFACTURING NOTES. Work on the erection of the building for the Charleston cotton mill may be considered as over half finished, the most difficult and tedious portion having been completed. The walls are now built up to the second story, and it is thought the building will have the roof 011 it by the 1st cf October next, and by the time the crop of 1882 reaches the market, the machinery will be in operation. It is in contemplation to organize a joint stock company of half a million dollars capi tal to commence manufacturing cotton in the buildings lately used for the cotton exposition in Atlanta. It is claimed by those proposing to invest in this enterprise that steam, where coal can be had for three dollars per ton, is cheaper than water power. The cotton mills in Mississippi have proved bonanzas for the owners. The one at "Wesson pays *20 i>er cent, dividends, and the stock is worth over 300. Those at Enterprise and Natchez are said to pay as well. The cotton factories of Georgia and Alabama are immensely profitable, and the stock in them, as almost a universal rule, is away above par. This is uot unnatural, either?where the cotton is produced is the proper place to manufacture it. Enough cotton is made near Carrollton to supply the Stansbury mills, and sales for the manufactured fabrics can be m ule without going out of the State. A cotton mill with a capital stock of ?50,0 MJ is sj>oken of at Fort Mill, in this county. The Rock Hill Herald says "the matter is receiving the serious attention of men, who if tliey put their shoulders to the wheel, have the money and vim to bringthe enterprise into existence." 'We learn that it is contemplated to build another mill at Rock Hill, adjoining the present one, or to enlarge the mill to double its present capacity, and for this purpose a large part of the stock has l>een subscribed by northt ern capitalists. The steam mill at High Point, N. C., has been in successful operation since its completion nearly two years ago. It is confined to the manufacture of warps, employing 2,592 spindles which are run night and day, stopping only from 1-> o'clock Saturdav nicrht until 12 o'clock i the next night. The production is 10,000 pounds per week. The proprietors are now preparing to build additional room for 124 looms, which have already been ordered, and when put in operation the productions of the mill will be plaids, checks and ginghams. The superintendent of the machinery of this mill is Mr. Joseph Campbell, a very intelligent Pennsylvanian, who lias been South about three months. lie expresses great surprise at the true condition of things in the South as compared with representations and the general impression at the North. lie predicts for the South a bright and prosperous future, and says immigration of skilled and agricultural labor will steadily flow to this section, as false opinions at the North are corrected by those who come out and by actual residence are enabled to judge for themselves and give correct reports to their friends. The Langley Cotton Mills at Augusta, Ga.A have declared a dividend of 12$ per cent, for the six months ending December 31, 1881. The factory made 887,000 in the year on a capital stock of 8400.000, and its dividend for the first six months of the year was 8 per cent. A company of Northerners, headed by Mr. Inman, of New York, with 8500,000 capital, are to build another cotton mill in Augusta, Ga. There will be but one Augusta stockholder. The Trion cotton mill at Home, Ga., has l>een paying for several years? per cent, semi 11 _ mi _ .1.1- XI- 1 X annuany. ?nere is no siock oii me mainei, but its actual value is over $200 per share of 5100. The factory under its new organization is only six years old. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate 011 the 10th, the tariff question was debated, the discussion coming up 011 the report of Mr. Bayard, from the finance committee, of the Morrill Tariff Commission bill, with the recommendation that it be passed. By unanimous consent the debate of the tariff question in all its bearings was continued until the hour of adjournment. In the House the day was occupied in discussing the Utah contested election case. One of the contestants is an avowed Mormon, holding to the polygamous doctrines of that people, and is said to have a plurality of wives; while the other is a "Gentile." It is claimed that the Mormon delegate received a large majority of votes over his opponent; but his opponent has the Governor's certificate of election. It is represented that this was an adroit scheme of the Territorial Governor to force Congress to take some decisive action in reference to the Mormon question ; but in the case under consideration the House only adopted a resolution referring to the committee 011 elections the question of prima facie right as between Campbell, the Gentile, and Cannon, the Mormon, to be sworn in. In the Senate 011 the 11th, a number of petitions were presented for a commission to inquire into the liquor and alcoholic trade. Nearly every Senator presented one or more memorial 011 the subject. The President pro tem. announced the special committee on the liiglits of Women, under the resolution of Senator Hoar as follows : Laphani, Anthony, Ferry, Blair, George, Jackson and Fair. The Sherman funding bill was then taken up and Hulmfnrl until thn tmnr nf Qflinnrntnont Iii the House, the debate on Polygamy came up again, when Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, asked leave to introduce and put 011 its passage a bill defining the qualifications of Territorial delegates. It provides that 110 person shall hereafter be admitted as a delegate from any Territory who shall not have attained the age of 25 years and been for seven years a citizen of the United States, and that 110 such person who is living in bigamy or polygamy, shall be eligible to sit in the House as a delegate. Armfield, of North Carolina and Singleton, of Illinois, objected, when Mr. Burrows gave notice that he would introduce the bill again on Monday. In the Senate on the 12th, the President pro tem. presented a communication from Isaac X. Arnold, President of the Chicago Historical Society, asking the cooperation of Congress in. the celebration, 011 April Utli at New Orleans, of the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the mouth of the Mississippi river by Robert, Cavalier de la Salle. Mr. Frye reported from the committee 011 rules a resolution authorizing the select committee on Woman Suffrage to employ a clerk. Debate 011 the Funding bill was then resumed, and at the hour of adjournment the bill was informally laid aside until Monday, to which day the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill to repeal the tax 011 bank checks, and to reduce the tax 011 the circulation of national banks. Mr. Prescott, of New York, introduced an apportionment bill pro- 1 viding for .111) Representatives. Both bills were referred to appropriate committees. The House then went into committee of the whole f on the Census Deficiency Appropriation bill. 1 The committee at 3 o'clock, rose and reported ? the bill to the House, when it was passed 1 without division. It appropriates $540,000. < Mr. Browne, of Arkansas, offered a resolution, which was referred, calling on the Secretary of the Interior for the following information : If all claims arising from the war of the rebel- < lion shall be adjusted within seven years, end- 1 ing June 30, 188S, ami if at the end of that period the survivors of the war with Mexico, ! or their widows, shall be pensioned at the rate . of S8 per month, what appropriation will be < required annually to pay the pensions due in ' the next 25 years ? The House then adjourned < until Monday. I SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The small grain crops in Orangeburg county are reported as doing remarkably well. ? The Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F. of the State of South Carolina met in Columbia yesterday. ? Several cases of typhoid fever are reported in the vicinity of Abbeville Court House. ? Large shipments of cotton seed are made from Abbeville. ? The Young Men's Loan and Trust Comlioo linon nv(?ini7B(l !if, "RiV'V TTill with J/CHAJ aiuo WWII tuv D. Hutchison as president. ? The Charleston Collectorsliip still hangs fire, the contest now seeming to lie between Wallace and Mackey. ? A bar-keeper in the City of Greenville was arrested on Wednesday for selling liquor to a woman.' ? During the past week more than one thousand tons of guano have been received at Greenville. ? There are over 1,200 bales of cotton stored in the Town of Chester, and it is estimated that there 5,000 bales yet unsold in the county. ? Several hundred bales of cotton are awaiting shipment in Lancaster, detained on account of high water in the Catawba River. ? Samuel Dorroh, the young man who accidentally shot himself near Greenville on Saturday last, died on Monday, greatly to the regret and surprise of every one. ? Charlotte Fleming, colored, who died last week at Elias Thompson's, near Spartanburg Court House, was supposed to be 110 years old. ? From the number of blank liens sold already, says the Sumter Watchman, the lien business is likely to be carried on as extensively this as it was last year. ? Jesse Barber, colored, who was to have been hanged in Winnsboro last Friday, has been respited by Governor Hagood for thirty days. ? Forty able-bodied colored men from Greenville county left Greenville on Wednesday last to work on the Georgia Pacific Railroad. The same day a family of four German immigrants arrived in the city. ? J. C. Pike, of Orangeburg, has made an assignment. Ilis liabilities are estimated at from 800,000 to $100,000. Nominal assets $172,000. The cause of the failure is heavy advances to farmers and short crops. ? A meeting of the citizens of upper Kershaw county, held on the 0th instant, adopted a resolution denouncing the Stock law as unconstitutional and declaring their purpose to decline to submit to it until it shall have been decided to be a Constitutional law. ? Justice Elfe, of Charleston, upon the complaint of several ladies, has given notice to a number of bar-rooms in that city that it they continue to sell intoxicating liquors to the husbands of those ladies, who are inebriates, they will be prosecuted under the recent act, which provides a punishment and fine for that offense. ? Early last Friday morning, as Deputy Sheriff W. E. Walker was making his round in the Chester jail, he was eeized by two prisoners, Joe Weldon and Bill Washington, who were confined for larceny. After a desperate struggle Walker succeeded in getting his hand on his pistol and shot one of the prisoners in his back. The other rushed down stairs, but was overtaken by another pistol ball, which settled the combat. Both prisoners are in a critical condition. ? The Barnwell People has nominated the following ticket for State officers. It says it does so in deference to the claim of the upper counties, that they are entitled to a controlling voice in the nomination of candidates. Governor?B. F. Ferry, Greenville; Lieutenant-Governor?John C. Sheppard, Edgefield ; Attorney-General?C. Richardson Miles, Charleston ; Secretary of State?Hugh Wilson, Abbeville ; Comptroller-General?John G. Blue. Marion; State Treasurer?B. II. Massey, York; Sujierintendent of Education?II. G. Sheridan, Orengeburg; Adjutant and Inspector General?A. M. Manigault, Georgetown. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A colored rail-splitter in Alamance county, one day last week, found twenty-six gold pieces worth over S10 each in the heart of a sound tree. They had evidently been deposited in an artificial hole, closed by the lapse of time, somewhere about 1812. ? The co-operative Teutonia Colonization Society, of Philadelphia, has recently purchased a tract of land of something over 2, ">00 acres, situated within two miles of King's Mountain, in Gaston county, with the intention of setling upon it about one hundred families who are members of the society. ? Capt. Dwight and his corps of engineers who recently completed the survey to Lenoir have been ordered to return at once to Watauga Gap and survey a line from that point to Cranberry Iron Works in Mitchell county, to which place a narrow gauge road is now nearly completed. The indications now are that tl e short line from Cranberry to Johnston City, Tenn., will be a part of the through line from Bristol, Tenn., to the sea-coast. ? The High Point Pioneer says that parties interested in the railroad from Winston to Fayetteville via High Point, were in the latter place last week looking after the interest of the road. The survey has been commenced, and the Pioneer says that the work of grading will proceed at once. It is estimated that the grading and track will be completed and trains running to the cotton mills in Randolph within six months. ? The second meeting of holders of North Carolina special tax bonds was held in New York last Friday, and a resolution was adopted expressing the intention of the bondholders to invoke the power of the United States Supreme Court and to request the State of New York to prosecute these claims under the law which allows it to maintain a suit of a citizen against another State. A committee, with power to employ counsel to push the claims, was also appointed. ? It is intimated that Col. Wm. Johnston, of Charlotte, is manceuvering to espouse the proposed Mahone idea in North Carolina. He has been in Washington for several days past, and in company with ex-Speaker Charles Price, another North Carolina politician, called upon the President the other day, and according to the correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, they were accorded an interview with less trouble than a delegation of out-and-out N. C. Republicans who had preceded them. According to this correspondent, Col. Johnston and 1 his colleague represented that they were hide- 1 pendents in politics and desired to see the ' Democracy of North Carolina defeated in the j next election. As such they desired to re- \ eeive the support of the Administration in the 1 fight they projwsed to make. After their re- 1 turn both gentlemen spoke encouragingly ' of their visit. The idea prevails that Col. \ Johnston will run as an anti-prohibition can- ] didate for Congress against Mr. Dowd in the next congressional election. He may not, it is intimated, wait that long, but this fall run i :or the Legislature on the anti-prohibition riatform. Should he be successful and an inti-prohibition majority turn up in the Legisature, it is given out that he will be a candi- j late for Senator against Senator Ransom. MERE-MENTION. i Mr. Alexander Stephens will be 70 years old Dn the 11th of February next. ? Some prac- , tical joker sent Guiteau two bogus checks last week?one for $1,000, and the other for J ?500. The galleries of the House of Repre- < sentatives in Richmond have been indefinitely r closed in order to prevent them being made a loafing place by the idle colored men of the ] capital. The last census says that Geor- : gia has more negroes in it than any other Southern State, and many of them are doing well. Bishop Cain, of Texas and Louisiana, a colored man, has sued the Galveston . and Houston Road for having been refused ' entrance to a first-class coach. He claims $20,000 damages. Down in Texas when they want to express loathing for a man they say he's mean enough to hand a pint bot- < tie filled with water to a friend, in a dark night. There were 304 divorces, or nearly one each day, granted at San Francisco during the ye;ir just passed, against 315 for the year 1880. ?The Charlottesville, Ya., woolen mills were burned on Tuesday night of last week. Loss heavy, but understood to be covered by insurance within $8,000 of the actual loss. A dispatch from Dallas, Texas, says it is reported that an incendiary tire on Wednesday night of last week destroyed the little town of Kemp 011 the Texas Trunk Railroad. Every building was destroyed, involving a loss of $20,000?A resident of Belfast, Ohio, has been put under bonds of $500 to appear before the grand jury on the charge of opening a letter from his wife to her father. ? The largest single sale of cotton made in the United States is reported to have been made in Dallas, Texas, last Thursday,' by M. D. Cleveland. It consisted of'5,725 bales. The consideration in round figures was $200,000. Major A. Rutt Kay purchased it for cash. The new capitol building at Austin, Texas, is to be 360 feet high, 500 long and 285 in depth, the seventh highest building in the world, and the second in the United States. At no time in the history of the country has the small pox been so widely spread and general in the United States as at the present time. In the City Court of Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday of last week, Grandison Harris, Jr., convicted of removing the dead body of a human being from the grave was sentenced to labor in the city chain-gang for twelve months and pay a fine of $1,000. Brave Bear, a Dakota Indian, was sentenced to be hanged at Yankton on the 9th of next March, for the murder of a white man named Joe Johnson,1'in May, 1879. This is the first Dakota Indian ever sentenced to be hanged by a court of justice. ?In the Meridian Miss., election riot cases, on the 12th instant, Wm. Vance was admitted to bail in $5,000 upon written evidence previously taken by a justice. On the charge of the murder of Warren, Vance was also held to bail in SI,000 ? Atlanta has inaugurated her first grain elevator, which has a lifting capacity of 3,000 bushels an hour. 196,000 bushels can be stored in its bins.?The Utah Legislature has 36 members, all Mormons, and 28 of them are polygamists with from two to twenty wives apiece. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION. Black's Station, S. C., January 16.?The development of the natural resources of our county are interesting to everybody, especially the development of the manufacturing and mineral resources, which are ample to constitute an immense source of wealth within thejnselves. Mr. J. A. Deal, who is at the head of the Cherokee Falls Cot ton Manufacturing Company, is now receiving and putting in his machinery, which will soon be in full operation. The Magnetic Cotton Manufacturing Company, on the opposite side of Broad River, is also preparing to commence the work of erecting an immense factory, in which several hundred thousand dollars will be invested. These two mills already seem to be a verification of the prediction once made that along the Ninety-nine Islands of Broad Iiiver, would be the seat of an immense manufacturing interest. The development of minerals in this section is also a matter worthy of note. The Magnolia Gold Mining Company is operating near Smith's Ford on Broad River, with much success. This work is under the superintendence of Col. J. W. Seacrest, whose methods are successful and are conducted at a comparatively small cost. He is now opening up and exposing immense beds of gold ore. The point of oi>eration is an immense hill, at the base of which is a creek known as Magnolia Creek, where the machinery is in operation for milling and reducing the ore. From the mill through this hill a tunnel is being ogened, which cuts directly across six different veins, averaging from five to six feet. Along this tunnel an iron track will be laid for conveying the ores from the levels to the mill. The levels are also intersected by shafts from the surface. One of these shafts has already been sunk a depth of 1U0 feet. The character of these ores is brown and honeycomb quartz. The Gietz vein, as it is familiarly known among miners, has yielded on an average per ton of from ?48 to $52 in gold, and from $5 to ?7 in silver, besides 50 pounds of metalic copper and 200 pounds of fine-grain magnetic iron, suitable for the manufacture of Besamer steel. These results are attained by the roasting process, at an expense of $5.50 per ton, not including the cost of raising the ores. Five different assays, made by Col. Mills, of New York, from one hundred samples shown him, taken from other veins of this mine, give a result of $17.50, free gold sulphurets, assaying from $(58.50 to $202, the latter result being obtained by heat and chemicals. Prof. J. C. Sheppard State Chemist of South Carolina, made an assay from the Tooker mine, adjoining this property, giving an average of $35 per ton, all going to show that this section is equal to the mining districts of Georgia or North Carolina; while practical miners consider it superior, from the fact that the veins are of greater width, thus obviating the necessity of performing so much dead work. We may expect foreign capital in this section soon, as several mining properties have been put on the market through the intluence of Col. Seacrest. Southern mines are now being looked upon more favorably than formerly, as miners have invested large sums in western mining property without receiving adequate returns, and they are now inclined to develop the promis- i ing fields nearer home. Within the last few days United States rev- i enue officials arrested near here Thaddeus ? Long, .Mingo Heywood, colored, and Peter Pruitt, for illicit traffic in whisky. They were lodged in Spartanburg jail. Ego. ' Cotton Statement.?The statement of 1_ \T /\..1 theiNationai uottonJi,xcnange hi,i>ew wikiiu, ? for the four months ending December 31st, issued last Friday, shows receipts at delivery ports of 3,240,841 bales?a deficit compared with the same time last year of 200,295 bales ; overland by rail routes to mills direct 300,708 bales, against 257,580 last year. Northern spinners have taken this season 1,013,918 bales, or an increasee over last season of 174,901 bales. The exports to foreign ports show a decrease of 125,598 bales to Great Britain, 82,788 to France, 74,198 to the continent and 4,133 to channel ports. Canada has taken overland 19,770 against 12,109 last year. The amount of the crop of 1881-'82that hasapi>eari'd in sight at delivery ports and overland points of crossing is 3,583,084 bales or 152,871 less than last year. The most imjwrtant feature of the statement is the addition of 103,274 tuiles to Virginia?a movement for four months over and above the aggregate returned to the local exchanges through their regular laily telegraph reports. The error was occasioned by the omission of shipments via West L'oint. ? Coffee drinkers should read the advertisenent in another column headed Good Cojj'ee. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ? r NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. { Fohn R. Ashe? News! New firm, new business? j Guano, Acid Phosphate and Kainit. . Tohn C. Kuykendal?Improved Harris' Fertil- 1 i/.er. f SVitherspoon <fe Spencer, Plaintiffs' Attorneys? t Notices to Defendants. 1 8 Hunter, Oates <ft Co.?We have just received. t F. M. Adams?New Goods, Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars. ' . W. C. Latimer?Great Closing Out Sale I Dr. J. B. Patrick?Dental Surgery. ' Solcock, Miller <fe Co.?We Respectfully Announce. ; T. M. Dobson?New York House?Emporium of Fashion. ( Dobson A Parish?To the Farmers. I. W. P. Hope?Notice?Pay Up. W. B. Williams, Auditor of York County?Delinquent Land Sales. ( 1 COTTON SHIPMENTS. i Cotton shipments for the week ending last 1 Monday, 5)8 bales; since 1st September to < same date, 4,710. 1 LIENS AND MORTGAGES. ! Since the first instant there have been re- ' corded in the clerk's office 289 agricultural liens for advances and 58 chattel mortgages. FERTILIZERS. The shipments of fertilizers to this place, * 11.. 1-1. :?l?i. i.~ ?,1 :??l. +l,o II'UUl II1K 1SL illMctllt 10 illlU iiiLiuuiinj tue 16th, aggregate 212 tons. Tliese receipts, though comparatively light, are heavier than for the corresponding date last season. DWELLING HOUSE BURNED. About 1 o'clock last Sunday morning the' house formerly occupied by the late Stephen Johnson, 7 miles froEMjTorkville, on the road leading to Rock Hill, was destroyed by fire. The property belonged to Mr. Frank II. Brown, and was occupied by Mr. T. A. Dorsey. Most of the furniture in the house was saved though Mr. Dorsey lost about 300 pounds of bacon. The origin of the fire is unknown. NEW BUSINESS HOUSE. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Mr. John It. Ashe, who has just commenced business on his own account in his new building near the depot. For the past six years Mr. Ashe has been connected with the house of Clark Bros., and in now branchingout for himself, commences with all the requisites to ensure the success which strict business habits will command, and which a young man of his energy will surely attain. CHURCH NOTICES. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Methodist Episcopal?Itev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services at 11 A. M., and 7 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 11 A. M., and 7 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Tirzali next Sunday. Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Owing to the continued indisposition of the rector, there will be no service in this church next Sunday. RAILROAD* ACCIDENT. In consequence of a misplaced switch of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad at ltichburg, on Friday last the Lancaster train ran in on aside track near the end of which is a tenement house occupied by workmen employed at the factory, and before the train could be stopped, it ran into the house, smashing things generally. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt; though besides other injuries to the house, the chimney, which was in the centre of the building and immediately in the track of the engine, was completely demolished, to the general consternation of the inmates. THE WEATHER. Those of philosophical turn of mind can console themselves with the reflection that we have plenty of weather, if nothing else. We have had an abundance of weather so far this year, with a fair prospect of a continuance of the rainiest, muddiest and most disagreeable time remembered in this section for many years. There has been more or less rain every day this month except one ; And notwithstanding the mud and the almost impassable condi tion of the roads, the water does not seem to have penetrated far into the earth. We are told that in digging a grave at Bethesda church-yard last Sunday, only two feet below the surface the earth was dry and hard. Some of the wells that failed during the summer are filling slowly ; but it is also mentioned that some wells which furnished water throughout the dry season are now beginning to fail, notwithstanding the heavy rainfall of the last three weeks. ??1??M THE GUITEAU TRIAL. Immediaiely after Court convened on the 10th instant, which was the second day of the 9th week of the trial, Judge Porter commenced his argument on the law points submitted by the prosecution, and on which counsel for the prosecution rely. Judge Porter's argument is pronounced a masterly effort, the reports for the press universally representing that nothing like it had been seen or heard in any previous proceedings that have cliaracterized this singular trial. As Judge Porter reviewed the conduct on the part of the prisoner, and the conduct on the part of prisoner's counsel of his course in Court, the crime, in all its hideous ugliness, was held up to the detestation of his hearers. The silence became oppressive, and the presence of avenging justice in the near future was suggested with a force of conviction that swept from the Court room every vestige of that levity which has so long danced attendance upon every utterance of the prisoner, and like a veil, obscured from the consciousness of spectators the horrors of the crime and what should be the solemnity of its judicial atonement. The prisoner winced and nervously twisted in his place, and for several minutes was unable to say anything that in any sense could approach to an interruption. Gradually the prisoner gained his usual assurance and resumed his daily habit of interrupting with contradictions and denials. For once, however, that insufferable impudence of the prisoner was completely overawed. Neither his noise nor his abuse could interrupt or silence the avalanche of condemnation that swept from the lips of the eloquent counsel. "The prisoner is mistaken, your Honor," said Judge Porter, "if he believes by his unseemly bawling he can prevent my voice from being heard by the jury. The puppet cannot be moved in such good time as when he sat with his counsel, and by his outbursts now he is fast tightening the hangman's noose about his neck." With nervous twitching of ( the mouth, Guiteau muttered: "We'll see i about that." Heretofore the audacious and wholly unabashed prisoner seemed ill at ease and at a loss to understand why his would-be sallies of wit and impudence wholly failed with the audience, while more severe came the denunciation of counsel, more frequent and marked were the demonstrations of approval. Finally, like a wild beast brought to bay, Guiteau yelled out, "I staked my life 011 the issue, and I'm willing to go to the gallows to-morrow, if it is the Lord's will. I'm sick of this bosh. Judge Porter, I wisli you would get your live thousand dollars and go home." Judge Porter concluded his argument by reading^he now famous letter of President Uarfield to Judge Payne, in which he complimented and thanked the Judge for brushing . rway the network of sophistries with which it lias been customary, of late years, to envelope the plea of insanity when set up in excuse for crime. At the conclusion of Judge Porter's argument, Judge Cox commenced at once the reading of his decision upon the points raised oy opposing counsel. Touching upon the question of jurisdiction he reviewed the progress )f opinion and cited all the important rulings :rom the early days of common law in Engand, and decided against the praver of the j lefense. He summed up the question that j t 'jurisdiction is complete in the place where , I the wound is completed, and consequently, J1 this Court has full cognizance of this offense;" , 1 fudge Cox next took up the question of legal' ? est of insanity, and decided that the knowl- 1 tdge and appreciation of the difference between 1 ight and wrong must be taken as a correct s est. Upon every material point his rulings a vere against the prayers of the defense. The a ?nly grain of comfort for the prisoner was of- 1 ered when Judge Cox reached the question of c easonable doubt. lipon this subject lie said : p lI shall not charge the jury to acquit if they c ind reasonable doubt as to any one element, e >ut I shall take into consideration and charge t hem relative to all elements, and that if, from f ill the circumstances and all the evidence, \ hey have a reasonable doubt of the coramis- c lion by the defendant of the crime as charged, r hen they shall acquit." e As Judge Cox finished speaking, Guiteau 1 jailed out : "I am perfectly satisfied with that f ixposition of the law." 1 After consultation between counsel, Court t idjourned until Thursday morning. t Thursday and Friday were taken up by the 1 ipening argument for the prosecution, by Mr. ( Davidge. ] On Saturday the court-room was densely ( crowded in anticipation of the opening argu- < ment for the defense. Mr. Reed, Mr. Sco- 1 file's associate in conducting the defense, i took position immediately in front of the jury ] iwaitiug the signal from the court to begin j the opening argument for the defense. All eyes were turned in that direction when ] Scoville arose and addressed the court, stating i that he desired to know whether the prisoner j would be allowed to speak in his own defense. ] If the court proposed to accord him that privilege both he (Scoville) and his associate (Reed) vvAiilrl nrpfpr that lip should sneak fil'St. Guiteau: "I want to be heard on that question, your honor; I want to close the argument for Lhe defense. I would not trust my case in the hands of the best lawyer in America." Judge Cox : "I should be loth in a capital case to deny any man a proper opportunity to be heard, even if he is represented by counsel, but in this case it is safe to assume that the prisoner will abuse the privilege, as he lias done all through the trial, and that what he would say would be highly improper to go before the jury. I shall therefore deny him th&privilege. As I said yesterday, however, if his counsel desire to read from his manuscript anything which they deem proper to be laid before the jury they can do so." Guiteau protested that he appeared as his own counsel, and claimed the right as an American, citizen to be heard in his own defense. Finding that Judge Cox could not be moved he shouted: "Let the record show that I appear here as my own counsel, and that T take exception to your ruling, Judge Cox. I shall appeal to the American people and they will over-rule you and you will go down to future ages with a black stain upon your name." Judge Cox made no reply fo this tirade, but simply nodded to Mr. Reed to begin his argument. Reed then rose to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He commenced by paying a compliment to the jury for the seriousness, solemnity and care which had characterized it during this long trial, a trial unparalelled in the history of criminal jurisprudence. He should not endeavor to make any statement of the evidence or to draw a gilded picture of any scene, but he would simply talk with them as between neighbors. lie then proceeded to argue the theory of insanity in the prisoner, which brought from Guiteau many annoying interruptions. Mr. Scoville argued for the defense on Monday, not concluding at the hour of adjournment. Among the latest rumors in connection with the trial is the prediction that juryman Bright will "hang the jury," on the ground that Guiteau is insane. Mr. Bright's father was for some years an inmate of the Government asylum for the insane here, and died in that insti tution. The same authority avers that the son has always been considered by his intimates a "very peculiar" man. THE SOUTH CAROLTNA LEGISLATURE. The Legislature reassembled at 8'clock on Wednesday evening, lltli instant, after a recess for the Christmas holidays. In the Senate there was a full attendance of members, Lieutenant-Governor Kennedy presiding. The message of Governor Hagood in reference to the Stock law (published on the fourth page of this issue) was read and referred to the committee on agriculture. The following resolution was introduced by Senator Miller and laid over for consideration hereafter: Whereas, it is reported that many of our citizens are leaving the State, and that oyer five thousand have left a single county during the past six weeks; and whereas, various causes have been assigned therefor, among which are bad legislation and oppressive local administration ; therefore, be it Resolved, That a committee of three senators be appointed to investigate and report to this chamber forthwith what are the grievances under which our people are laboring to the extent that they are compelled to leave their homes and native State at a time when South Carolina needs an increase of labor to develope her eminent resources. Pending consideration of matters on the calendar the Senate adjourned until 12 o'clock M., Thursday. In the House, the roll call showed a full attendance of members, Speaker Sheppard in the chair. A message from Governor Hagood relative to the stock law was read and referred to the committee on agriculture. The Calendar was taken up, but after trying in vain for half an hour to take up some measure for discussion, the House adjourned until 12 o'clock M., Thursday. Thursday, January 12. In tne Senate, a message was received from Governor Hagood approving of all the Acts which were ratified the last night before recess. Mr. Smytlie, of Charleston, presented a petition from certain persons in that city relating to the proposed insurance law. [This law, as drafted, required, among other things, a deposit of $20,000 by each insurance company doing business in this State, and a number of insurance men went before the judiciary committee, presenting an argument against the passage of the bill with this provision.] Mr. "Wylie, in behalf of the judiciary committee, submitted an unfavorable report on a bill to further regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors. The Calendar was taken up and a number of bills were continued. Unfavorable reports were made by the various committees on the following bills : Bill allowing claim of A. J. "VVillard, Associate Justice, for $720.50. Bill allowing claim of J. C. Sheppard for services for Acting Solicitor Fifth Circuit for $825. On joint resolution to pay certain claims of members of the State Constabulary Force in the years 187G and 1877. The bill to provide for the restriction of the ages of pupils attending the public schools was passed to a third reading. Senator Miller, colored, of Beaufort then asked to be allowed to take up his resolution relative to the exodus. The Chair stated that he would be allowed, under the rules, to bring up the resolution for consideration. Senator Miller then spoke at length in advocacy of his resolution, claiming that it demands the earnest attention of every right thinking citizen of the State. He said, South Carolina cannot afford to lose her population, and he deemed it but right and proper for us as legislators, to inquire into the cause of this exodus and let it be known officially what has led to it and what course should be pursued in checking it. Some of the most thoughtful newspapers in the land have referred to this movement as a dire calamity. Our leading , men at "Washington, it is true, make light of it, but it is a matter which will prove of serious injury to the State if not stopped. Those who make light of the exodus take the ground that the places of the colored people who go away can be supplied by immigrants from Germany and other countries, but the states- : >-? r\ rxri 11 OAYYi D Q llfl tiicii iuijjct biiai iiv it in wiuv mkm settle in a State froin which a large body of ;he laboring classes have been driven by un- , iust legislation, cruel treatment and want of i imployment. The lack of these rights would i make him worse than a serf. It is our duty, 1 is Senators to investigate this matter. We ;annot get along without this class of laborers. A. fair investigation is all I want, and no po- < itical motives prompt me in asking for it. 1 tYll I want is to inquire into the subject ofii;ially and find out the cause of all this. 1 Mr. Callison, of Edgefield, replied to the 1 senator from Beaufort. lie could not tell the < :ause of the so-called exodus from Edgefield i jcunty ; but he could say that those who left J ;hat county are they who occupied the very , 5 jest part of the county. The good land and t ocality had attracted them and it became so 1 nuch overstocked that all could not make a t food living. They could not all get supplies. , { \nd in this condition of affairs a Judas step- j s >ed up and put on the garb of the devil to t lerve the Lord in. lie came to these people , t tnd told them the old story of the forty acres j c md a mule. lie told them that in Arkansas 11 and could be had for a mere song and on long J redit, and all who went would get free trans- c citation from Atlanta and would be taken C are of after reaching their destination. This c missary, named Hammond, imposed upon t hese deluded colored people and collected i rom them between $5,000 and $0,000, and i vhere is lie now ? Echo answers, where V The l olored people, finding they had been duped, c nany of them returned to Edgefield and otli- s irs went to Beaufort. Now who is to blame ( or this exodus V These people who have suf- t ered themselves to be duped. But if they y lave brighter prospects elsewhere, in God's I lame let them go. They have the same right 10 go as their white neighbors have. Mr. Cal- < ison asserted that the negroes in Edgefield I :ounty are better off to-day than ever before, tie was prepared to prove that there are more 1 jolored men in Edgefield who vote the Demo- < ;ratic ticket than who vote the Republican 1 iicket. He thought those emigrants had 1 mule a serious mistake, and said that after ) laving been all over the county and made dili- 1 jent inquiries concerning this movement, he i was convinced, from what lie had seen and heard, that not more than from 1200 to 1500 1 negroes?old, young, male and female?had left the county. lie closed by asking his friend from Beaufort to remember that the white people are not to blame for this exodus, but that there is a Judas in the colored camp. Miller replied that it was not his intention to bring politics in the matter, and he stated that lie ascribed all the trouble to the odious contract law. Mr. Gaillard objected to the appointment of the proposed committee, because he dj0 not think the Legislature should interfere with every matter of this kind brought to its attention, and he therefore moved that the resolution be indefinitely postponed. ' On demand of the yeas and nays, the resolution was postponed. The Senate then took a recess until 7.30 P. M. The evening session was devoted to the reading of the bill for revising the Code. In the House, a message was received from the Governor approving all the Acts which were ratified previous to the holiday adjournment. Mr. Simonton introduced a bill to establish a new judicial and election county from the county of Charleston, to be known as Berkely county. The judiciary committee reported unfavorably 011 the following bills: To require a deposit of $20,000 by insurance companies doing business in this State. To pay county expenses out of the State treasury. The reports were adopted and the bills killed. The election law was then taken up on a question to amend section 28 so as to require the ballot to be wholly written or wholly printed. Some debate arose, giving rise from the Republican side of the House to the charge on the part of the Democratic majority to restrict the rights of Republican voters. Mr. Haskell, after administering a rebuke to the spirit which was always projecting itself into the discussion of measures of this character by the colored members of the House, which spirit, he said, is a reflection on the intelligence of their race, as it is a discourtesy and injustice to a large majority of 11 1---l? -1 /lAnoLlnro Li 1 IS UUCiy, IllUVtiU Lllctt tllC iUiunci t?uuoiuoi?tion of the bill be postponed until after a decision of the question of calling a convention. The motion to postpone was lost. Mr. Haskell then proposed to amend sec29 by reducing the eight boxes provided by the section to two?one for State and county, and one for Federal officers. Mr. McCrady objected, believing that the eight box feature of the bill to be the feature, which of all the provisions of the bill, would effect most in securing the advantages of an intelligent exercise of the right to vote. * After discussion, in which several members participated, Mr. Haskell's amendment was laid on the table. Mr. Gray then proposed an amendment making four boxes?first, Governor and State officers ; second, county officials and solictors; third, members of the Legislature; and fourth, members of Congress and Presidential electors. Mr. Murray proposed to substitute six boxes, as follows: First, for Governor and LieutenantGovernor ; second, other State officers ; third, Senators and Representatives; fourth, county officers and circuit solicitors; fifth, members of Congress; sixth, Presidential electors. Mr. Murray's prupooition was adopted. To section 30, which provides the arrangement of polling places, Driffle, colored, offered an amendment prohibiting the managers, by word or sign, from indicating how the voters should vote; and Rue, colored, proposed that the boxes should be numbered from right to left, and that the position of the boxes should not be changed during the voting, both of which amendments were lost. Pending discussion of an amendment to section 32, offered by Mr. Hemphill, providing that the managers shall seal up the ballotboxes immediately at the close of the polling, and on the next day proceed to count the votes, the House, at 2.30 P. M., adjourned. Friday, January 13. In the Senate, Mr. T. J. Moore submitted a petition from ladies of Gaffney City relative to the sale of spirituous liquors. The following new bills were introduced: By Mr. Smythe, to establish a new judicial and election county from portions of Colleton and Charleston counties, to be called Berkely county. By Mr. Kinsler, bill to incorporate the South Carolina Midland Railroad Company. By Mr. Ferguson, bill to regulate and determine the right of dower. The calendar was then taken up, and a number of bills passed their third reading and were ordered to be enrolled for ratification, among them the following : Bill to amend section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to further regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors in this State," approved December 24, 1880, so as to provide for the further enforcement of said Act. Bill to incorporate the Blackstock and Rocky Mount Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. Bill to require all persons who now are or may hereafter be engaged in the traffic in seed cotton and unpacked lint cotton to keep a record of the name and place of residence of the party from whom they purchase, with the amounts and dates of purchase. The following bill to provide for the better enforcement of the poll tax was passed to a third reading : Section 1. Be it enacted, t?c. That there shall be annually assessed upon all taxable " XL,- OX-X- _ X-? _? ^11.,,. Mntl pons in iius oiaie ;t uia ul unc uuuai uu vavu poll, the proceeds of which tax shall be applied solely to educational purposes. Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from any other physical disability, shall be deemed taxable polls, and no party claiming exemption shall be excused except upon the sworn certificate of a respectable physician that the said party is incapable of earning a living because lie is maimed or otherwise physically disabled, and the sufficiency of said certificate is to be judged by the Board of County Commissioners of each county, who upon the presentation of any such certificate, shall enter thereon their approval or disapproval, and certify the same to the County Treasurer, who, in the case of disapproval, shall expunge the tax from his books, and of disapproval, shall enforce the said tax. Sec. 2. Should any person fail or refuse to pay said poll tax he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof be fore any Trial justice or other Court having jurisdiction of the same, shall be punished bya fine which shall not exceed ten dollars, together with costs of said suit, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding thirty days, and the sentence may be imposed in the alternative. Sec. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. 1 After a lengthy discussion, the claim of A. J.. AVillard, Associate Justice, for $729.50, that being a portion of salary as a Judge of the Supreme Court prior to November, 187G, I was passed by a vote of 15 to 13. At 3 o'clock the Senate took a recess until r.30 o'clock; and on re-assembling in the ( ivening devoted the session to the reading of ( Jie bill for revising the Code. In tiie House, Mr. McCrady introduced a Jill to provide for the preparation of rolls of die troops furnished by the State of South Jaroliua to the army of the Confederate States s uid the militia of the State during the war. f The following reports of committees were 1 submitted: By the committee on agricul- a aire?favorably on a bill to amend the stock t aw so as to include Georgetown county. By- j .lie committee on ways and means?favorably >n a bill to limit the time within which claims > igainst the State or counties shall be valid. By J he judiciary committee?unfavorably on a bill o declare the law in regard to the partition 1 -f real estate. By the committee on rail- t oads?fovorably on bill to incorporate the j Florence Railroad Company; also favorably I m bill to incorporate the Bennett8ville and .amdera Railroad Company. The committee ?n agriculture also reported unfavorably on he petition of citizens of Sumter county to nrovide relief for persons suffering from fail- V\ ire of crops. .The report was adopted. The \\ >etition asked that the Legislature should \l levise some scheme for making adyancep to * \ . iuch persons as may have suffered from failure >f their crops, and the committee report that ;hey have been unable to suggest any plan by vliich the relief prayed for could be furnished >y the State. The bill to authorize the reopening of the Citadel Academy was rejected by a vote of iu to 50. . jj. The election law was theif taken up. Mr. Parker stated that he had given the matter leliberate consideration during the recess, and lis previous conviction in opposition to registration had been confirmed; and he ^pvy moved as a test of the views of the House, that the 2nd section, requiring registration, should be stricken out. Mr. Haskell spoke in favor of the registra tion feature, but would feel constrained to vote against the bill on the final issue. * The vote Was taken, which resulted in retaining the section by a vote of yeas, 53; nays, 52. Mr. Haskell said that in view of the close vote just taken, which shows that a great change has come over the views of members of the House, it was apparent that a conference was necessary; and he moved that a further consideration of the bill be postponed. The question of postponement was put and carried. The railroad bill was then taken up, pending discussion of which, the House adjourned. Saturday, January 14. In tiie Senate, the session was almost wholly taken up by a debate on a resolution introduced by Mr. Smythe to suspend the rules for conducting business in the Senate^ as to ^ the bill for revising and consolidating the General Statutes of the State. Mr. Smythe maue a long and carefully prepared argument in support of the resolution. After a general discussion, on motion of Mr. Henderson, the whole matter was laid on the table by a vote of 22 to 6, so that the Code will now have to be read section by section until the entire voluminous matter is disposed of. The claim of Hon. J. C. Sheppard for services as Acting Solicitor of the Fifth Circuit, was taken up, and after a long discussion, was passed. Among the new bills introduced are the following : By Mr. Miller, to repeal the general Stock law which was passed before the recess. P.v Mr. TTarllee. to make it a misdemeanor in a cleric of the court or judge of probate, or a master to allow any record to be taken from their respective offices and to prescribe a penalty for the same. By Mr. Muller, to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to provide a General Stock law and regulate the operations of the same," approved December 20, 1881. At the night session, the reading of the Code was resumed, and proceeded without incident until the hour of adjournment. mi. Ift the House, Mr. Prince presented, a petition from the citizens of Anderson asking the prohibition of the sale of liquor in the town of Anderson. Mr. Murray presented counter petitions on the same subject. Mr. Hemphill presented a petition against the sale of liquor at Chester Court House. '< Mr. Verner presented a bill to exclude the morntainous portions of Oconee county from the operations of the Stock law. Unfavorable reports were received on the following bills : To allow forfeited lands to be sold at private sale. On the bill to amend the act to provide for the assessment and taxation of real estate. On the bill to repeal the Act requiring the State Treasurer to publish monthly reports, with a substitute bill looking to the same end. On the bill to repeal the usury law a favorable report was received, and also a minority report against the passage of the bill. The committee on agriculture reported unfavorably on the Governor's message on the Stock law, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the matter. The committee say that they are of the opinion that any supplemental legislation will annul the operation of the law which the Governor in the first, part of his message admits will be a great benefit to the State. The report was ~ adopted without debate. Mr. Johnstone moved to reconsider the vote whereby the bill to reopen the Citadel Academy had been rejected. The motion was adopted, when after a lengthy debate the bill, amended so as to reduce the appropriation for the support of the institution from $15,000 to 85,000, passed to a third reading. The House then adjourned until Monday. Monday, January itj. In tiie Senate, the bill to establish the new county of Berkeley was passed to a third reading. _ A number of Bills passed their third reading, among them a bill to incorporate King'3 Mountain Military School at Yorkville. Bill to authorize the county commissioners of Chester county to apply the money now in baud, which was collected for the purpose of retiring bonds issued by said county in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, to the payment of the coupons upon said bonds, and the coupons upon bonds issued by said county in aid of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad Company maturing in 1880. In regard to the message of the Governor recommending supplementary legislation on the Stock law, the committee of agriculture of the Senate say in their unfavorable report * that, "considering the gravity of the subject and the high source from which this recommendation sprung, they have given this matter their most careful consideration, and are of the opinion that if the General Assembly would adopt the suggestion of supplementary legislation recommended by the Governor, that such action would tend rather to increase than diminish the difficulties that may arise in the practical operation of the law." Mr. Murray introduced a resolution that the judiciary committee be instructed to consider and report to the house a bill to establish a county court for the purpose of reducing the jurisdiction of trial justices and relieving the Circuit Courts of a portion of its business, if in the judgment of the committee such a measure will be beneficial to the public interests. The Election bill was discharged for' the day, and the railroad bill was taken up and discussed to the hour of adjournment. The chairman of the commission on the code made a rej>ort relative to the assessment and collection of taxes, which was ordered for future consideration. Mr. Witherspoon introduced a bill to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors in the town of Yorkville. In the House, Mr. Prfee, of Union, introduced hill to declare the law in relation to liens. Mr. Hemphill, a bill to incorporate the Chester and Camden Railroad Company. ? # Nenety-Six, S. C., April 14. 1872. I have been suffering from indigestion and dyspepsia for some time ; had no appetite, and was very restless at night. I purchased a bottle of your Hepatic Panacea, and was surprised how rapidly I improved after taking a few doses. I used one bottle and now I rest well at night and have a good appetite. B. J. SPRATT. gg*1 For sale by J. C. Kuykendal. Commtrriitl. YORKVILLE, January 18.?The cotton market is quiet and steady at from 7 to 11. LIVERPOOL, January 17.?Cotton firm at 3 11-llid. CHARLESTON, January 16.?Cotton steady. Middling uplands, 113. NEW YORK, January 18?Cotton steady at 12 cents. Futures steady, with sales of 89,000 bales as follows: January, 12.07 to 8 ; February, 12.20 to 22; March, 12.48 to 49 ; April, If.68 to69 ; May, 12.85 to 86 ; June, 12.99 to 13.00 ; July, 13.10 :o 13.11; August, 13.20 to 21; September, 12.56 ? 57 ; October, 11.91 to 92; November 11.74 to 75. HYMENEAL. Ma-jbied?At the parsonage, on the 12th initant, by Rev. S. L. Watson, Mr. J. R. HOYLE ind Miss HARRIET ANN KNOX. All of this :ounty. On the 12th instant, in the town of Yorkville, it the residence of Rov. R. F. Taylor, the officiaing minister, Mr. JESSE A. HOG-UE and Miss VI. C. TURNER. All of this county. At the residence of the bride's parents, in Yorkrtlle, H. C., on the 21st of December, 1881, by Rey. P. R. English, Mr. U. M. SALTERS, ot Williams>urg county, S. C., and Miss MINNIE R. MAY, laughter of Dr John May. of Yorkville, S. C. In Bullock's Creek Presbyterian Church, Janlary 8, 1882, by Rev. W. W. Ratchford, Mr. JNO. V. GRAVES, of Louisiana, and Miss FANNY ?f. DUNCAN, of York county, S. U.