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?Jtc ffltfctiUe (frujuiwrJ YO R K VILIESC: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 26, 1882. THE LEGISLATURE. To the exclusion of other matter, we have printed a full synopsis of the proceedings of the Legislature since the session began. While this is of interest to many of our readers, we are glad to announce that after this week the pressure from this source will not l>e so great on our columns, and we will be enabled to give the usual variety and amount of news matter to which this page is usually ? devoted. Monday's proceedings were not marked by any occurrence of interest. The Senate discussed the canal bill and rejected the bill to repeal the stock law; and in the House the proceedings were mainly devoted to the calendar, the bills on which are duly noted in our regular summary. IMPORTANT RAILROAD ENTERPRISE. The directors of the Atlantic and French Broad River Railroad met at Abbeville 011 the 10th instant and signed a contract with Messrs. Childs & Oliver, of New York, for the building of the road. These contractors agree to construct the entire line from Edgetield Court House to the North Carolina line through Eastatoe Gap. They are to commence 011 the 1st of September next and complete the entire road by the 31st of December, 1S84. The same parties have entered into a similar contract with the Aiken, Trenton and Edgefield Railroad, which is to form part of a through line to the Kentucky system of roads* The Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Road and t ie French Broad Valley Road, after consolid ition, are to be consolidated with a road in North Carolina to connect with the Morristown and Cumberland Gap Road at Morristown, Tenn. The completed road is to constitute an independent line connecting Cincinnati with Louisville and Nashville and with the seacoast of South Carolina. The line of road in North Carolina is to run down the west Fork of Big Pigeon River to Morristown, Tenn. Messrs. Child & Oliver represent a Omwlin.ifn r\f Ynnr Vrvvt- noni + olicfu Tl'llH llilVP. 3* UUJtaiC VU JL V&U VU^umhwvu M?.V w v ample means to construct every foot of the road. The construction of the line is nowconsidered a certainty, and interested parties are greatly elated at the prospects. The Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad and connections is designed to run from Aiken by way of Edgefield, Abbeville, Belton and Pickens Court House to Asheville, Xorth Carolina, crossing the Blue Ridge at Eastatoe Gap, at an easy grade of sixty-five to seventy feet per mile, and traversing one of the finest sections of country in upper South Carolina, a section remarkable for its fertile lands, thriving towns, magnificent water courses, rich minerals and intelligent people. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Fifteen hundred executions for delinquent poll taxes have been issued in Union county. ? Fifty colored people left Kershaw for Arkansas last week. A party of young white men left the same county for Texas. ? The Reporter says that the receipts of cotton at Chester since the opening of the year have averaged not much over a bale a day. ? The story goes that the roads were so bad in Union last week that the County Comis 11 A A A lwxl/1 llwdv I sioners COUJU 110L gel/ IU tuvwi iu nuiu men regular meeting. ? Columbia lias cancelled the unfulfilled con- J contract with Thompson & Xagle, and now proposes to develop her own water power with State aid. ? Agents have been among the colored people of Chester county in the last few days, urging them to go to Atlanta, Ga., to work on a line of railroad that is in course of construction. ? In view of the alarming prevalence of small pox throughout the Union, the State Board of Health has issued a circular urging upon the people the importance and necessity of vaccination. ? Mr. J. Ilendrix McLane, who engineered the Greenback cause in this Congressional district in the last campaign, is making arrangements to publish a weekly paper in the interest of his party at Columbia. ? At the recent meeting of the stock-holders of the National Bank of Chester, the former officers were re-elected, as follows: John J. McLure, president; John L. Harris, cashier; 3). Hemphill, assistant cashier; B. M. Spratt, book-keeper. C. C. Macoy was elected to fill vacancy in board of directors. ? During the past few days, two of the oldest citizens of Spartanburg have died?Mrs. Stuckey, a relative of Gen. Morgan, of Revolutionary fame, and the Rev. J. G. Landrum, one of the oldest and most widely known Baptist ministers in the up-country, lie was a preacher in Spartanburg county for upwards of fifty years. ? Of Mr. Hemphill's position on the Military \ -...1ni.ni.ni,moHAll 1.511 +t\0 PllOcfnV Till! ikcuutrm y ai'i'LuiJiiuiav/u un*) uuv ^%?? let in says: "Hon. J. J. Hemphill opposed the appropriation of ?15,000 to the Citadel Academy of Charleston on the ground that a military education is not necessary at this time. He is right. If any body wants a military education let them go to Col. Coward's school at Yorkville and pay for it." ? On Saturday morning last, the southern bound passsenger train and the northern bound passenger train on the Charleston and Savan-1 nah Railroad, collided. Both engines were running at full speed, and the engines and I mail cars were totally wrecked. Mail Agent j If. A. Fox and a colored fireman, of the southbound train, were instantly killed. Other train hands were slightly hurt, though all the passengers escaped without inj ury. ? In front of the Presbyterian church at Walhalla, last Sunday, Charles L. Dunlap, who, it is stated, is from near Rock Hill, stabbed Willie Cason, from Hodge's Depot, in the arm and axillary region, severing several arteries. The wounds are serious, though not considered dangerous. It seems that the difficul? ty originated in the church 'during service, by Dunlap amusing himself sticking pins in Cason, who is represented as an afflicted boy, meek and quiet in his manners. Dunlap is under arrest. .. . ? At a meeting of the board of directors of ! the Penitentiary, on Friday night, a resolution was adopted granting to Col. Verdery, president of the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad, seventy-five convicts j for one year at S12.50 a head per month to be | paid in money. About ten days ago Col. Ver- j <l(-ry applied for the convicts, and after confer-' ence with the railroad directors agreed to pay 1 ?10 a month for them. The action of the Penitentiary hoard fixing the rate of compensation at $1*2.50 a month hasbeen communicated to Col. Verderv, and as soon as he accepts tiie terms and complies with the ordinary con-' tract in such cases the convicts will be turned over to him. ? Nearly all the members of the Legislature went to church last Sunday. The correspon- j dent of the Xetcs and Courier mentions this fact for the information of the friends and families of the statesmen, and says: Of course no political significance can be attach- j ed to the event, but it is nevertheless true that Dr. Girardeau explained, at an expository meeting on the same evening, the ''Doctrine of election." Perhaps it would be well for ; the Legislature to appoint a conference com- i mittee on this particular branch of the sub- j ject. I heard a strong Baptist say to-day that; under the election bill, as now agreed upon by the Legislature, the success of the Democrat-, ic party next fall is "foreordained." ? A Columbia dispatch to the News and Courier, says that on Thursday night a political conference was held in one of the Senate committee rooms between a number of white men and Miller, the colored Republican Senator from Beaufort. Thirteen white men, all of whom are said to have been Democrats, were present. They hailed from seven counties and were from the up country, excepting one, who was from Charleston. Greenville and Anderson counties were represented, but the names of the parties are refused by Miller, who says that the object of the meeting was +l,o mo.; ri in cr /vf Ilia IWPIlt SDOPPl) LU U3LCI UWll tJIV, au u.iJiij, va. ~L on the registration bill, and to adopt some plan for future political action independently of the Democratic organization. The strictest secrecy is preserved as to the deliberations. Miller, who is Vice-President of the Republican Executive Committee, denies that there has been any confere nce of Republican leaders, or that any appointment of a conference in February has been made. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Dr. Canedo's associates have signed the contract for the purchase of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, and the probability is the road will be rapidly pushed on to completion. ? Says the Gastonia Gazette of Friday: "We have learned from an authentic source that some of the emigrants who left this county in Deember last, were robbed in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr. R. A Black lost about 8270, John Jenkins about $100. and Mr. Gill about $100, but recovered his. A letter to Mr. J. M. Ford confirms previous rumors in regard to that unfortunate affair." ? The Lincoln Progress learns from Captain Waddill, SuiKU'intemlent of Construction on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, that he has iron enough on hand to lay the track of the road a quarter of a mile, and will begin laying track in the direction of Newton in ten or twelve days. Iron sufficient to lay about five miles of track has been purchased, and as soon as it is received the work will be pushed with "diligence and energy" until the supply is exhausted. Contracts for getting out ties along the line are new being awarded. ? The statement that Mr. Best's Midland North Carolina Railway had collapsed seems to have been premature. So far from the enterprise having failed, the Goldsboro 3fessenaer, contradicting the rumor, gives the following additional information: u"\Ve are pleased to learn that the first cargo of railroad steel for the Midland North Carolina Railway has arrived at Beaufort direct from England. Two other vessels are soon expected. This should he taken as an earnestness of Mr. Best's intention. By the way the grading has been completed to Smitlifield, upon which happy event we extend our hearty congratulations to our friends in that section." PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 10th, the arrearages of pensions bill was discussed, and also the Sherman funding bill, both of which measures went over as unfinished business. In the House, 4G2 bills were introduced, among them one for the erection of a monument oyer the grave of Gen. Zachary Taylor ; one providing that the tax on distilled spirits shall hereafter only be due and payable on the withdrawal of such spirits from bond ; one to remove the internal revenue on tobacco in the hands of producers, 011 matches, bank checks and deposits. I11 the Senate 011 the 17th, a number of petitions for a commission of inquiry concerning the internal liquor traffic were presented. Also, petitions from citizens of Kansas for woman suffrage. Senator Blair introduced a bill providing a pension for Mrs. Lucretia R. Garfield. The Sherman funding biil was discussed without further action. I11 the House, Mr. Armfield, of North Carolina, offered a resolution for the appointment of a committee of five members to enquire into and report concerning alleged abuses practiced by officers of the internal revenue, or other persons, in the sixth collection district of North Carolina. The resolution was referred to the committee on ways and means. In the Senate on the 18th, numerous petitions for an investigation of the liquor traffic were presented. Senator Brown spoke upon the currency question. Senator Morgan spoke at some length in opposition to the Sherman funding bill. In the House, Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, from the coinage committee, made a report on the subject of metric coinages, which was recommitted and ordered to be printed. The remainder of the session was devoted to tl e consideration of the report of the committee on rules, proposing an increase in the membership of certain committees, and the subject went over without action. In the Senate on the 19th, on motion of Senator Davis, of West Virginia, the bill to permit Judge Hunt, of the U. S. Supreme Court, to retire, was taken up and passed by a vote of 41 to 14. Senators Windom and Ilill each spoke on the Sherman funding bill. Mr. TTsiwIpv. of Connecticut, member of the Com ? 7 / mittee 011 Railroads, moved to re-commit to the committee the hill ratifying the act of tl?e General Council of the Choctaw Nation granting to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company the right of way for a railroad and telegraph line through that Nation. He said that the official protest of the Chickasaw Nation, and other documents submitted since the bill was placed on the calendar, had not been before the committee, and he thought the measure should lie considered under the new light thus thrown upon it. The motion was modified, providing that when again reported, the bill shall be restored to its present j place 011 the calendar, and so modified the motion was agreed to. After a short executive session the Senate adjourned until Monday. The proceedings of the House were unimportant. The House, 011 the 20th was engaged 011 the private calendar, and adjourned until Monday. MERE-MENTION. According to a New York mercantile dispatch, the total visible supply of cotton for the world 011 last Saturday, was 0,000,242 bales, of which 2,580,702 was American, against 2,7.14.008 and 2,410,558 respectively last year. In the four States of Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina ami Tenne see the number of persons employed in the manufacture of cotton is 11,788, against 5,800 in 1870. ? Owing to an almost unprecedented freshet in Cumberland River, an expanse of ten miles in and around Nashville, Tenn., is covered with water. It is estimated that over three thousand persons have been driven from their homes, and a great deal of suffering prevails. ? Anderson Jones, colored, was hanged at Augusta, Ga., last Friday for the murder of a white storekeeper for the purpose of robbery, 15 miles from Augusta, in December, 1870. Judah P. Benjamin has written to a friend in New York that there is not a dollar of any Confederate assets in Europe, and that the Confederate bond boom is a fraud.?Congress has voted Mrs. Lincoln a gratuity of 815,000 cash down, and increased her pension to $5,000 per annum. Ex-Governor R. K. Scott has, by the payment of $500, compromised the suit for SlOjUOu damages brought bv the mother of Warren G. Drury, the boy whom ex-Governor Scott killed. About thirty-three cases of small pox are reported in Portsmouth, Va., and suburbs. A fire occurred in Atlanta, Ga., last Saturday morning, commencing about one o'clock, which destroyed seven large and costly buildings, including the Wilson House, in which James Wickham, of Fluvana county, Va., was burned to death. The total loss was about $500,000 and the insurance $2(50,000. According to the testimony of one of the conductors, the Spuyten Duyvil railroad accident was mainly caused by drunken members of the New York Legislature, who were carousing on his train. THE ASSASSINATION TRIAL. In the trial of uuiteau, Mr. scovine commenced his argument for the defense on Monday of last week and did not conclude until last Friday. IIis argument was confined almost entirely to the insanity theory, which he argued to sustain by a review of all the testimony introduced by the defense, as well as much of that offered by the prosecution. In the course of his argument, he made a general complaint of alleged unfairness on the part of the prosecuting attorney, lie had, from the beginning, prescribed who should visit the jail and who should not. He had introduced persons into the prisoner's cell under a false guise to worm out his secrets," and when the prisoner said anything which might inure to his benefit the prosecuting attorney had been very careful not to let it become known. lie reviewed the life of the prisoner from his childhood up to the day he committed the crime, and 011 Wednesday lie discussed statistics of insane criminals, which have been introduced in evidence by the prosecution, claiming that this evidence was of the greatest benefit to the defense. Discussing the horrors 0 % of crime, as often shown in the acts of insane criminals, he said there was nothing in this act to compare with some of the insane acts of insane criminals, whose crimes had been instanced by the prosecution. In this connection the most remarkable branch of his argument was developed 011 Wednesday by the following denunciation of the Stalwart politicians, which, when uttered, created quite a sensation in the court-room. Said he: "Gentlemen of the jury, in my opinion, if there were not reasons, aud powerful ones, back of this prosecution, this prisoner never would have been brought to trial. But I tell you, gentlemen of the jury, back of this prosecution is an iiifhience which I have felt, and which you may feel, gentlemen, before this trial is ended. There are politicians who seek to hide their own shame behind the disgrace of this poor prisoner, and make him a scapegoat for their crime. I did not intend, gentlemen of the jury, to take up this feature of the case, but when I find the power of this Government used against me in denying me the small pittance that I have asked?a fair and impartial trial?and small facilities needed for proper 1 - ^ T .lrt itH/mAnn 4-r\ l?AAn /11 ilnf T onir ueitjnse, J. uu jiul piupuau iv ivcoy iiuiuu jl u?ij that such men as Grant and Conkling and Arthur are morally and intellectually responsible for this crime. Conkling shall not escape?shall not shirk the responsibility of the state of things that led to this act. lie shall not escape the condemnation of the American people, if I can help it, for his share in the disgraceful scramble for office that led to the conllict with the chosen ruler of this great Nation and led this poor insane man to compass what they would have hailed with satisfaction and as would probably hundreds of other politicians if it could occur other than through assassination?the removal of Garfield, who stood in the way of their unrighteous and disgraceful struggle for office. Neither shall Grant escape that condemnation to which he is so justly subjected, when coming from Mexico, and coming with undue haste, he threw his own name into the petty quarrel about a small office in the Republican party, and sought to foment differences that had sprung up. I am not going to see the misdeeds of these men, high in power, visited upon the head of this poor insane man, if I can help it. This clamor for his blood is not for the purpose of avenging Garfield or of satisfying justice, but their theory is this : If it) can be shown this was the act of a sane man then those politicians in high places will say, of course we are not responsible for the act of a sane man. To be sure we had some differences but then it could never have led a sane man to do such an act; but, on the contrary gentlemen of the jury, what is the effect of your verdict if you acquit him as an insane man V Why people will say some one is at fault. They say we will fix the blame upon the heads and hearts of those men who waged war on our poor dead President until it de ceived this poor insane man from reading daily in the papers what Grant says, what Conkling says, and from constantly thinking upon it, to his insane act of killing the President." On Saturday, the prisoner was allowed to speak in his own behalf, a report of which is furnished by telegraph as follows : The prisoner carefully arranged his glasses, and, with a flourish began to read from a manuscript, as follows : "The prosecution pretend that I am a wicked man. Mr. Scoville and Mr. Reed think I am a lunatic, and I presume you think I am. I certainly was a lunatic on July 2d, when I fired on the President, and the American people generally, and I presume you think I was. Can you imagine anything more insane than my going to that depot and shooting the President of the United States ? Von are here te say whether I was sane or insane at the moment I fired that shot. You have nothing to do with my condition before or since t hat shot was fired. Yon must say by your verdict, sane or insane, at the moment the shot was fired, If you have any doubt of my sanity at the moment, you must give me the benefit of that doubt and acquit. Tliatjs, if you have any doubt whether I fired tliat shot, or as an agent of the Deity. If I tired it on my own account, I was sane ; if I tired it, supposing myself the agent of the Deity, I was insane, and you must acquit. This is the law as given in a recent decision of the New York Court of Appeals. It revolutionizes old rules and is a grand step forward in the law of insanity. It is worthy of this age of railroads, electricity, and telephones, and it well comes from the progressive State of New York. I have 110 hesitation in saying that it is a special providence in my favor, and I ask this Court and if fi/miB of tliphpst, nennle of J 111 J lu V^UllOlVICl IV. ~ L K America think me the greatest man of this age, and this feeling is growing. They believe in my inspiration, and that Providence and I have really saved the Nation another war. My speech setting forth in detail my defense was telegraphed Sunday to all the leading papers, published on Monday morning, and now I am permitted by his Honor to deliver it to you." As he reached that point : "I have always ! served the Lord, and whether I live or die?" he broke down completely?stopped, tried to choke down a rising lump in his throat, but found it impossible to keep back a genuine sob. Taking out his handkerchief he buried his face in it for a few seconds, and with determined effort went on again. Mrs. Scoville was deeply affe'-ted and wept and sobbed bitterly for some minutes. When Court convened on Monday, Guiteau had the opening speech for the day, in the course of which he served the following notice upon Judge Porter: "Now, in regard to Judge Porter, I want to say, as he is to have the closing of the case, if he attempts to mislead the court or jury I and my counsel will stop him. lie came on this case under a misapprehension of Gen. Arthur, otherwise he would not be in the case. lie don't properly represent the government. He only represents himself." Judge Porter's bodily weakness was plain to every one, and he could scarcely be heard except by the jury and those immediately around him. "Thus far," he said, "the trial has practically been conducted by the prisoner and .Scoville, every one has been denounced at their will, and even now I am informed that I will be interrupted by them both." Judge Porter briefly recited the scenes of disorder, abuse and slander to which every one upon the case had, for two months, been subjected, and yet, he said, "of the three speeches which have been made by the defense, I will do the prisoner the justice to say that his was the least objectionable." He then occupied the session of the Court in depicting the character of the prisoner and sketched the circumstances leading to the crime, painting with fervid language the wickedness of its execution. The case will probably be given to the jury to-day or to-morrow. XiOCAXi A77AZHS. j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. P. Good, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to Defendant. ! W, M. Matthews?Administrator's Notice. Wilcox, Gibbs <fe Co., Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C.?Ahead Again As Usual. i J. R. Gardner, Agent?Fertilizers. H. W. Hope?Special to the Fanners. Walsh & Wright, Augusta, Ga.?Chronicle and Constitutionalist. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application for Discharge?In the Matter of John Maj'es, Bankrupt. Pobson <fc Parish?Good News. Withers Adickes?Received this Week. Latta Brothers?Daily Receiving?Sugar and Coffoe?Hardware?Canned Goods?Red Rust Proof Oats?Hams, Lard and Bacon?Premium Guano. W. H. McCorkle, Administrator?Application for Discharge. M. Strauss?Now is the Time. T. Aia JJODson?uiosing uiu ai uom.. J. M. Adams?House Furnishing HardwareButcher Knives?Kerosine Oil. Sam M. Grist?An Important Book. 8END US THE NEWS. We respectfully request our friends in every seelion of the county, to send us a statement of any local news that may transpire in their respective localities, such as accidents, tires, marriages, deaths, and also the condition of the crops, the state of the weather, Ac. Such communications should be restricted to giving an outline of the facts, and will be written out in the oflice for publication. Such articles should always be accompanied by the proper name of the writer, not, however, for publication, but as evidence of good aith. If our friends throughout the county, would give this matter theirattention, they would confer upon us a favor, while it would render the Enquirer more interesting^ the readers generally throughout the connty.' POLL TAX EXECUTIONS. The county treasurer of this county has issued 2,042 executions for delinquent poll taxes for the last fiscal year. ? FERTILIZER SHIPMENTS. The receipts of fertilizers at this .place for the past week aggregate GO tons, amounting to 272 tons to date. COMMITTED FOR BURGLARY. Mack Smith, colored, was committed to jail last Tuesday by Trial Justice Wallace, of liethel township, on the charge of burglary. There are now ten prisoners in jail, the larger number of offenses charged being burglary and larceny. cotton shipments. Notwithstanding the bad weather and the almost impassable condition of the roads, some cotton continues to come into this market. The shipments for the week ending last Monday, were 130 bales, making a total of 4,840 since September 1st. church'notices. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church in the forenoon ; at Yorkville, at 7 o'clock P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 11 A. M., and 7 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10^ A. M. Sunday-school at 9 A. M. Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The rector hopes to be able to officiate at the morning service. u. s. circuit court. Some days ago, jurors were drawn in the United States Circuit Court at Charleston to serve at the April term, at which term the prosecutions of the government in election cases throughout the State have been set for trial. The following are the name? of those drawn in York and adjoining counties: Grand Jurors?Nelson Davies, York; J. Ilendrix McLane, Fairfield ; W. It. Bonleurs, Chester ; D. Yarborough, Spartanburg; John D. Culp, Lancaster. Petit Jurors?C. C. McCoy, Gus Rainey, John A. Haffner, Cheater ; J. G. McMahon, James Pagan, Fairfield; It. M. Perry, Lancaster; D. C. Gist, Union. the military appropriation'. In an official communication of the 20th instant, directed to Capt. J. R. Lindsay, of the Jenkins Rifles, Adjutant and Inspector General Manigault says: The new military bill has now passed both ? !>*. T orrialfiflivp anH f?nlv !LW!litS the HUUOCO UL VUXJ w..-^ ? ? approval of the Governor to become a law. Your company will come in for its quota of the appropriation?how much it will be, depends in a measure on the result of an inspection. The more men you can show, the better it will be for the company. In due time I will give you notice as to when my rounds of inspection will begin, and the date that I will be in Yorkville for that purpose. PROHIBITION IN YORKVILLE. The following is the bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in Yorkville, which has passed through the Senate and its second reading in the House: A Bill to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors in the town of Yorkville, in York county. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority Of the same : Sec. 1. That from and after the passage of this Act, no license for the sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquors shall be granted by the municipal authorities of the town of Yorkville, in York county. Sec. 2. That any person violating any of the provisions of this Act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum of not more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a term of not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the Court trying the case. THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, January 17. Ix the Senate, among the new measures introduced, were the following: By Mr. Wylie?Bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in the town of Lancaster. By Mr. Benbow?Petition of numerous citizens of Clarendon county, asking tor an extension or time when the general Stock law shall go into effect. A number of incorporation bills passed their third reading, and also the bill in reference to the Chester county railroad bonds. The favorable report of the committee on the military, on a bill to provide for the government, discipline and organization of the militia of the State, and to reduce all Acts, in regard to the same into one Act, came up on its second reading. When the third section was reached, Mr. Miller moved that it be stricken out. The section reads as follows : "That the organized militia, known as volunteer troops and national guard, shall be kept strictly separate; and for all purposes of parade, drills, musters and encampments they shall not be paraded together. In the event, however, of war, riot or insurrection, or imminent danger thereof, where it may be necessary to call into active service the National Guard, the companies, regiments and brigades shall be under the command of the senior oflicers of the volunteer troops then present." Mr. Miller made a short speech in favor of his motion ; but the motion was lost by a large majority, and the bill passed to its third reading. A number of bills were continued on the calendar. The bill to regulate and determine the right of dower was recommitted to the judiciary committee. The night session was devoted to the consideration of the Code. In tiie House, several new bills were introduced, among them the following: I3y Mr. I Thomas?Bill to prohibit the keeping of a dog J over three months old without a license. By r Mr. Allison?Bill to prevent as against credi- . tors the sale and transfer of the real estate of a deceased person by the heirs at law until three years after the issue of letters testamen- i tary or administration. By Mr. Hemphill? j: Bill to incorporate the Farmer's Manufactur- j < ing Company, of Chester. Relative to the i Stock law, bills were introduced?one to ex- < empt the county of Beaufort, and another to . 1 exempt a portion of Lexington county from | the operations of the law. i Among the committee reports submitted, were the following by the judiciary committee: Unfavorable on a joint resolution in reference to the pay of Circuit Judges while sitting on i the Supreme bench, as a bill had been intro- t tluced on the subject. Also unfavorable on a i bill to relieve litigants ; bill to protect credit- i ors ; bill to amend the charter of the town of ( Union ; and a bill to repeal an Act to provide e for the investment and use of the Agricultural j College fund. These several reports were 5 adopted. The committee on privileges and 1 elections reported favorably on a bill to divide ] the State into five Congressional districts. < Mr. Murray, of Anderson, gave notice of a ] bill to provide a local option law. He stated, < for the information of the House, that the ob- | ject was to separate the question of the sale of liquor in incorporated places from the muni- i cipal elections, and thus enable the question 1 to be determined, by the people interested, on i its merits alone, uninfluenced by other local issues. i The bill for reopening the South Carolina < Military Academy was read the third time 1 and sent to the Senate. ] The special order, being the election law, ] was then taken up. After being amended in 1 several particulars, none of the amendments, however, affecting the main features of the i Kill fmvanla '-I o'plnpfr flip limmp llPflrnn t.O grow restless, the members evincing a desire to adjourn. But as the reading of the bill was nearly completed, the friends of the measure, anxious to avoid another posti>onement, secured the operation of the previous question and read the remainder of the -bill through in a few minutes, further amendment being out of order. When the vote was taken on the question to order the bill to a third reading, to the surprise of every one, it resulted in the rejection of the bill by a vote of 55 to 50. Ui>on the announcement of the vote great excitement prevailed, and amid the confusion the House adjourned. Wednesday, January IS. In the Senate, Mr..IIarllee presented a petition of sundry citizens of Marion county, asking for an extension of the time when the general stock law shall go into effect. The same Senator also introduced a bill to incorporate the South Carolina Railway and Manufacturing Company. The following bills were read the third time, passed, and ordered to be enrolled for ratification : Bill to provide for the government, discipline and organization of the militia of this State, and to reduce all Acts in regard to the same into one Act. Bill to charter the Spartanburg, Anderson and Atlanta Railroad Company. Bill to provide for the restriction of the ages of pupils attending the public schools. Bill to establish the county of Berkeley from a portion of Charleston county. The bill to provide for the better enforcement of the poll tax came up on its third reading and was productive of an animated debate, in which Messrs. G'allison, Gaillard, Wylie, Henderson, Smythe, Perry and Izlar onrrufrpfi The motion to strike out the enact 5-" ing clause was voted down by a large majority. The bill, so amendend, that the imprisoment clause reads "five days1' instead of "thirty days" was finally passed, by a vote of 18 to 12. Those voting in the affirmative are : Messrs. Beatty, Bradley, Brown, Byrd, Coker, Crayton, Ferguson, Harllee, Henderson, Izlar, Lartigue, McQueen, Moore, Muiler, Patterson, Perry, Shanklin and Wylie. Those who voted in the negative are : Messrs. Benbow, Bossard. Callison, Fishburne, Gaillard, Kinsler, McCall, Siegling, Smyth, "Williams and Witherspoon. The committee on agriculture, to whom was referred Mr. Midler's bill for the repeal of the Stock law made an unfavorable report on the same, and the consideration of the report was deferred. In the night session Mr. Muiler presented the petition of over seven hundred citizens of Lexington county, asking for the repeal of the State Stock law. The reading of the Code was then taken up and considered until adjournment. In the House, the following bills were introduced : Bill to authorize the Land Commission to transfer and deliver to the Board of the South Carolina Penitentiary the property known as the Columbia Canal. Bill to re-survey and re-mark a portion of the boundary line between this State and North Carolina. Bill to incorporate the Bellmont Cotton Manufacturing Company. Bill to empower the Fayetteville and Florence Railroad to run a branch line from a point on their road on the North Carolina line to Bennettsville. Bill to allow tenants renting or leasing land to sell or remove at the expiration of lease all manure raised by them. Bill prescribing the form of book in which the county commissioners shall keep the record of claims against the tounty. Bill to amend the Act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors. [This latter bill was introduced by Mr. Marshall, of Richland, and provides for the striking from section 2 of the Act the amount of S100 now required to be paid to the State for license to sell liquors. It is the most direct assault which has been made on the liquor law at the present session, as it seeks to strike out one of the distinctive features of the law. It is made in the interest of the poor whisky seller, who cannot afford to pay the license and will, therefore, have to give up the business, or carry it on clandestinely.] Reports of committees were submitted as follows : Favorably on bill to charter the Townville Branch Railroad; favorably on a bill to exempt from the operations of the stock law so much of Lexington county as lies between Broad and Saluda Rivers; unfavorably on a bill in relation to crops; unfavorably on a bill to exempt Beaufort county from the operations of the Stock law. The latter report was adopted. The railroad bill was then taken up, the question being on the amendment of Mr. Johnson as a substitute for section 15 of the printed bill. The amendment is as follows: That nothing in this Act contained shall in anywise affect the provisions of Chapter LXV of the General Statutes authorizing and regulating the consolidation, purchase and lease of railroads, and it shall and may be lawful for any railroad corporation now organized or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of this State to guarantee the bonds, or stock, or dividend of any other railroad corporation whenever the roads of such corporation shall connect with each other, or shall form a continuous line of railroad, directly or by any connection, such guarantee to be upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the corporation making the same. The amendment was discussed by Messrs. Johnstone, Murray, Haskell and Simpson in favor, and Messrs. VernerandNeel against it. The following proviso was suggested by Mr. Simpson and accepted by Mr. Johnstone: Provided, That no railroad corporation shall acquire by such consolidation any rights, purchases, powers or privileges, not under control of the General Assembly and in common to the companies so consolidating. Mr. Ilaskell raised a question as to the effect of this amendment on the General Statutes not yet acted on, and pending discussion of this question, further consideration of the bill was postponed. Mr. Williamson, of Darlington, moved to reconsider the vote by which the election bill was rejected. The ayes and nays weve demanded, and on being called, resulted : ayes, 71; nays, 31. A motion was then adopted by a similar vote to refer the bill to a special committee of ten, live cf whom shall be opposed to, and five in favor of the bill, who shall endeavor to harmonize the differences of opinion by remodelling the bill. The following were returned from the Senate : Hill to provide for the restriction of ages of pupils in public free schools. The Militia bill, with amendments, which were concurred in. The bill providing for a more complete preparation of the General Statutes and for preparing an index therefor, was ordered for a third reading. In the night session, the House took up the special order, being a bill to authorize the consolidation of the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad Company and the Edgelield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad Company and other railroad companies herein named under the name of the French Broad and Atlantic ( Railway Company, and to allow counties, cities, towns and townships interested to subscribe to the capital stock thereof, which was ordered to a third reading. 1 The bill to provide for the assessment and . taxation of property, reported by the special ^ joint commission, was taken up for a second reading, and paragraph *23, section 154, which i provides exemption from taxation for ten years . of manufacturers of cotton, woolen and paper j fabrics, iron, lime and agricultural implements, occasioned an earnest discussion. Mr. Simpson moved to strike out the section. After J discussion, the section was amended so as } to exclude the manufacture of lime and iron [except in the ore) from the exemption of tax- , ition. At this point, the House adjourned. Tiiuhsday, January 10. In the Senate, the following new mens ires were introduced : By Mr. Lartigue?bill c ,o repeal an Act to prohibit the sale of spirit- c lous liquors in the town of Graham in Barn- S yell county. By Mr. Benbow?Petition of a citizens of Clarendon county against the gen- 1 iral Stock law. By Mr. Moore?bill to incor- \ )orate the Sea Island Manufacturing Company, t lly Mr. Henderson?Bill to authorize the ;rustees of Chester to sell certain property, p Ry Mr. Bossard?Bill to amend an act to incorporate the Georgetown and North Carolina f Narrow Gauge Railroad, so as authorize said g company to construct either broad or narrow c jauge over any portion of the road. A number of bills relative to phosphate min- S ing on certain streams of the State, and con- j ferring upon certain persons privileges and a rights to mine phosphate rock, were tabled. The following were passed to the third read- } ing: Bill to incorporate the Florence Railroad I Company. Bill to createa voting precinct at the f town of Inman, Spartanburg county. Bill to f prohibit the sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquors, within the corporate limits of the f town of Seneca, except by druggists. 1 The bill to authorize the county commissioners of Chester county to apply the money now t in haiuf; which was collected for the purpose t of retiring bonds issued by said county in aid ( of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Rail- c road company, of the coupons upon said bonds, i and the coupons upon bonds issued by said i county in aid of the C-heraw and Chester Rifil- ( road Company, maturing in 1880, passed its ( third reading and was ordered to be enrolled ] for ratification. The evening session was devoted to the ] reading of the Code. < In the House, Mr. Murray offered a resolution that no bill or joint resolution lie intro- < duced after the 23rd instant, except by com- 1 mittees. i Mr. Hemphill presented petitions of citizens of Chester against the sale of intoxica- 1 ting liquors in that town. The following bills were reported on favora- J bly by the respective committees to whom they had been referred : Bill to provide a local op- 1 tion law for the cities, towns and villages of this State. Bill to prevent the sale of intoxi- 1 eating liquors in the town of Chester. Bill to J enable persons to recover possession of crops ] seized under the lien law. Bill to incorporate ] the Camdem and Chester Railroad. Bill to incorporate the Georgetown and North Caro- ^ lina Railroad, so as to authorize the construe- 1 tion of either a broad Oi narrow gauge road. Unfavorable reports were made by the judiciary committee on Mr. Marshall's bill to repeal the license fee of $100 to the State, pro- ' vided in section 2 of the Act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors ; and also Mr. Bis- 1 sell's bill to exempt portions of Colleton coun- 1 ty from the operations of the said Act. Both 1 reports were adopted. The committee on agriculture reported unfavorably on the bill to permit tenants to re move the manure raised oy tuem ai tue expi ration of their lease. The Senate bill to authorize the consolidation of the Atlantic and Frencli Broad Valley Railroad Company, and the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad Company, under the name of the French Broad and Atlantic Railway Company, and to allow counties, cities, towns and townships interested to subscribe to the capitol stock thereof, passed a third reading and was returned to the Senate with amendments. The railroad bill was taken up, and after the adoption of certain amendments, was passed . to a third reading. The bill creating the new county of Berkeley was passed to a third reading ; and also the bill to provide for the preparation of rolls of troops furnished by the State of South Carolina to the army of the Confederate States, and of the militia of the State in active sendee during the war between the Confederate and the United States. The evening session of the House was occupied in the discusion of the bill to exempt Charleston county from the operation of the liquor law. A lively debate ensued upon this question, during which the liquor law was discussed in all its 1 .unifications, but when the vote was taken it resulted in the defeat of the bill by 63 to 30. The following special committee was appointed by the Speaker to consider the election law: Messrs. Johnstone, of dewberry; Murray, of Anderson ; Williamson, of Darlington ; Spencer, of Chesterfield; Simonton and Dennis, of Charleston ; Hemphill of Chester; Massey, of York; Aldrich, of Aiken; Wood, of Barnwell. Messrs. Johnstone, Spencer, Dennis, Aldrich, and Massey are understood to be opposed to the bill, and the other five in favor of most of its provisions. Friday, January 20. In the Senate, no new measures were introduced, and the calendar was immediately taken up. The following, among other bills, were read the third time : Bill relative to railroad bonds issued by the county of Chester. Bill to regulate the distribution of books by the clerks of the courts of this State to the county officers, inii tn iiipnmnr:itp the Kind's Mountain Mili tary School. Joint resolution to direct the purchase of 350 copies of the law of Trial Justices, prepared by Junius II. Evans. Bills to prevent the sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquors within the incorporate limits of the following towns : Seneca, Lancaster and Yorkville. The bill to authorize the reopening of the South Carolina Military Academy came up as the special order, and after some debate the bill was passed to its third reading by the casting vote of President Kennedy. The second special order was then taken up, j it being the bill to regulate and provide for the proper development of the phosphate rocks and phosphatic deposits in the navigable waters of the State. After some discussion of the provisions of the bill, its further consideration ; was postponed. j At 7.30 P. M., the night session assembled, i Mr. "Witherspoon in the chair. Mr. Smythe, of the judiciary committee, introduced, with favorable report, a bill to create a new judicial circuit, composed of the counties of Orangeburg, Berkeley, Colleton and Clarendon, to be known as the Ninth Circuit, and to provide for the election of a i Judge and Solicitor of said circuit. < The Code was then taken up and several hundred sections read, when the Senate adjourned. In tiie House, Mr. Denny introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors, wine and beer in the town of Johnston, in Edgefield county. i Mr. Johnstone presented a petition of citi- < zens of Prosperity, praying that the sale of i liquors be not prevented by law. ' Mr. Murray introduced a concurrent resolution to adjourn on Friday the 10th day of . February. Mr. "Williamson suggested the | 3rd of February, and Mr. Hemphill the 31st instant.* The consideration of the question was postponed until the 20th instant. The following bills were read the third time, passed and returned to the Senate : A bill to provide a general railroad law for the consoli- ' dation, management and regulation of rail- ' roads in this State, and for the appointment of a board of railroad commissioners, and to pre- \ scribe their powers and duties. Bill to estab- ; lisli a new judicial and election county, to ] be known as the county of Berkeley, and to as- , certain and define the "boundaries of said coun- ( ties, and to provide for and pay the salaries of < the county officers thereof. Favorable reports were received on the following bills : Bill to incorporate the Farmers' [ Manufacturing Company, of Chester. Bill to charter the town of Welford, in Spartanburg county. Bill to fix the compensation of com- ' niissioners, managers and messengers of election, and for advertising. Bill to transfer the property of the Columbia Canal to the Penitentiary Board : Provided that before any J work is undertaken a quit claim shall be executed by Thompson & Nagle. Unfavorable reports were received on the following : Bill to amend the Act for assessment and taxation in relation the duties of f county commissioners. Bill to provide for the better enforcement of the poll tax; both of c which reports were adopted. . * The bill to provide for the assessment and s taxation of property was then taken up, but f lifter a short discussion its further considera- e tion was postponed. At the night session a number of bills for J; Lhe repeal of the Stock law, or for its suspen- L sion in several localities, were summarily dis- * i>osed of by being tabled. u The special committee on the election bill submitted their report, recommending the pas- ? sage of the bill with some few amendments ? ;hey propose, whjch, however, do not mate- ? dally alter the main features of the bill as ivhen defeated in the House on the 17th. v I Saturday, January 21. 0 In tiie Senate, the following bills, among ithers, were ordered to be enrolled for ratifiation : Bill to authorize the reopening of the South Carolina Military Academy. Bill to ,mend an Act entitled "An act to amend an \.ct entitled 'An Act-to establish by law the oting precincts in the various counties in his State,' " approved March 22, 1878. Several bills of no special importance were lassed to a third reading. The next matter reached was the J>ill to re>eal an Act entitled "an Act to provide a ;eneral Stock law and regulate the operations ?f the same," approved December 20, 1881. Mr. Jeter made the point of order that the Senate could not consider this bill, because to >;iss it would be to undo the action of the Senite. The President declined to rule upon this >oint at present, and asked to be allowed until Jondav to render his decision. This was granted, and the matter will then come up or consideration. At 2 P. M. the Code was taken up and read or one hour, when the Senate adjourned till .1 A. M., Monday. In the House, Mr. Simonton introduced he following bills : Bill to provide for the proaction of life and people by use of kerosene )il; also, to regulate the distribution and sale. )f the General Statutes in the State ; to create i new judicial circuit in the State to be known is the Ninth, and to provide for the election >f a Judge and solicitor of the circuit; bill to jharter the Chester, Newberry and Augusta Railroad Company. The Senate bill to provide for the better payment of the poll tax was placed on the cairn dar. The ways and means committee reported a ioncurrent resolution to suspend sale of delinquent lands until March 1st, which was immediately considered. Mr. Simpson moved to strike out the provision for payment without penalty, which tvas carried, so that the resolution provides that the penalty must be paid with taxes, rhe resolution was then adopted and sent to the Senate. The election bill was then taken up, and the various amendments proposed were read ieriatim, when, on the question of its final passage the ayes and nays were called, and resulted in ayes 57; nays, 39. After amendment, the bill .to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes was passed to a third reading. Ninety-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. &?T For sale by J. C. Kuykendal. Commercial. YORKVILLE, January 25.?The cotton market is easy, with prices ranging from 7 to 111 cent*. LIVERPOOL, January 24.?Cotton dull. Uplands, 6 ll-16d. CHARLESTON, January ^3.?Cotton dull and nominal ; middling, 113. NEW YORK, January 24?The market Is dull at 12 cents. Futures barely steady. Sales of 112,000 bales as follows: January, 11.98 to 12.00 ; February, 12.00 to 12.01; March, 12.24 to 25; April 12.44 to 45 ; May, 12.02 to 63 ; June, 12.70 to 77 ; July, 12.88 to 89 ; August, 12.98 to 99; September, 12.36 to 38; October, 11.73 to 74; November 11.56 to 58. I Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, January 20.?The following is the comparative cotton statement foi- the week ending t-day: 1882. 1881. Receipts at all ports for the week,....95,018 139,317 Total receipts to this date 3,673,071 3,793,045 Exports for the week, 61,954 125,192 Total Exports to this date, 1,820,584 2,316,179 Stock at all United States ports,1,159,246 892,725 Stockatrvll interior towns, 199.411 162,502 Stock at Liverpool, 59',,jOO 470,000 American afloat for Great Britain,..204,000 437,000 j&jttal Notices. Religions Notice. Rev. W. L, Brown, of Gaffney City, S. C., will preach i t Union Church next Sunday, 29th instant, at die usual hour for service. January 26 4 It HYMENEAL. Married.?On the 17th instant, by Rev. J. H. Edwards, at the residence of Mr. John Steele, near Rock Hill, Mr. J. V. McFADDEN and Miss SALLIE ATKINSON. On the I7th instant, At the residence of the bride's father, Maj. Frank Rawlinson, near Rock Hill, by Rev. J. IT. Edwards, Mr. J. R. McFADDEN, of Cedar Shoals, and Miss CORA RAWLINSON. Near Rock Hill, on the 12th instant, by Rev. C. B. Betts, Mr. S. F. RODDY and Miss DORA HAYES, daughter of W. R. Hayes. All of York county. In iforkville, on the 18th instant, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. R. P. Franks, Mr. GEORGE H. BERRY and Miss HATTIE F. LEWIS, daughter of Mr. J. S. and Mrs. Esther Lewis. All of Yorkville. OBITUARY. Died?Six miles east of Yorkville, S. C., on the 30th of November, 1881, Mr. JAMEST. YOUNGBLOOD, son of F. II. Youngblood, aged 20 years 4 months and 25 days. In Yoi tville, on the 23rd instant, CHARLES FARRAit, infant son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. Sue Herndon, aged 4 months and 3 days. FERTILIZERS. I WOULD respectfully inform my friends and the public generally that I will handle the SAME FERTILIZERS that I have sold for the past two reasons, and would be pleased to supply those in vrantof the same on the most favorable terms. J. R. GARDNER, Agent, January 26 4 tf ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of A. JACKSON MATTHEWS, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned without delay. Persons having claims against the said estate are requested to present them properly authenticated. W. M. MATTHEWS, Administrator. January 26 4 2t* APPLICATION FOE DISCHARGE. VfOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, IN Administrator of the estate of R. SPRINGS MOORE, deceased, has tiled his final return wltn ihe Judge of Probate for York county, aud that ^n the 28th day of February, 1882, he will ipply for discharge from all liability as Administrator "\f qq|/1 potflfa W.'h. McCORKLE, Administrator. January 26 4 5t* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YOBK-COUBT OF 00MM0H PLEAS. L. A. Johnson, Administrator, de bonis non, of W. J. Good, deceased, Plaintiff, against A. M. Henry, Defendant.?Summons for Relief? Complaint not Served. To the Defendant above named : YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint iu this action, which is ;his day filed in the oflice of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on thesubscriaer, at his office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you 'ail to answer the complaint within thetimeaforemid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Jourt for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated January 24th, A. D., 1882. L. S.] JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. Pis. W. P. GOOD, Plaintiff's Attorney. January 28 4 6t AN IMPORTANT BOOK! ? LIFE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND TRIAL of GUITEAU, THE ASSASSIN. rHE above book is now in press and will be issued as soon as possible after the conclusion >f the trial. It will be the official and the most :ompIete record of this remarkable trial publishid. It will contain the life of the Assassin, as ketcbed by himself; his life, as sketched by his oriner wife; and a complete record of the trial, idited from the official stenographic reports. The work will be of unusual interest to the awyer, the physician, the minister, the man of msiness, and, indeed, to all classes and profesions of renders, detailing, as it will,every impornnt point bearing upon the must remarkable nurder trial of the century. The book is sold only by subscription. It will ontain about 500 pages, printed on large clear vpe, with numerous illustrations, and will be andsomely bound in extra English cloth. Price, 1.50 per copy. The undersigned is Agent for York county, and fill be pleased to receive subscriptions for the t ook at the ENQUIRER OFFICE, where sample f style and binding may be seen. SAM M. GRIST. January 26 4 tf