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Straps and darts. ? The jury of inquest on the Spuyten Duyvil railroad disaster have found the brakemen, engineers, conductors and management of the road responsible for the disaster, and this opens up a fine case for damages against the company. ? Postal savings banks went into operation in France on the 1st ultimo. All the postoffices in the country are now open to receive deposits up to 2,000 francs at 3 per cent., interest, and special facilities are afforded for purchasing government stock. ? At Chester, Miss., last Thursday, during the progress of a trial, Judge Wm. Price shot and killed Capt. King Turner. Turner and Price were both lawyers of high standing in Winona. A dilference arose, it is understood, about some trivial matter in the course of a trial in which they were on opposite sides. ? "But I pass," said a minister recently in dismissing one theme of his subject to take up another. "Then I make it spades," yelled a man from the gallery, who was dreaming the happy hours away in an imaginary game of euchre. It is needless to say that he went out on the next deal, assisted by one of the deacons. ? Guiteau's supply of stationery has been cut off, and he will not be allowed to issue any more of his addresses to the public. It has also been finally settled between the counsel and the warden of the jail, that for the next week no one shall be permitted to interview- the prisoner and that 110 communication shall go to him or from him. ? The following from a Washington letter possesses interest: "The Mormon Church has for years kept an accurate record in detail of the private life?especially at Washington?of every Senator and Representative, and it is this record, I am sorry to say, which has given the Mormons such a tremendous and fatal power at Washington for a quarter of a century." ? One of the latest theories brought forward by the prevalence of small-pox in New York is that tarter emetic may be used as a substitute for vaccination. Applied to the skin, combined with suet or some other fat, it produces a pustular eruption, which is said to resemble that of cow pox and small pox. The theory is not new, and there is 110 experimental warrant for trusting to it as a preventive, while vaccination has demonstrated its efficacy. ? Alabama returns as subjects of taxation mechanical tools of the value of $22 S, 500; farming implements, $77,500, making a total value of mechanical tools and farming implements of $300,000. Of guns, pistols and dirks, $354,250; or about $48,000 more invested in guns, pistols and dirks than in farming implements and mechanical tools combined. The average value of weapons in each county is $5,000. ? Two bills have been introduced in Congress for the reduction of letter postage to two cents. Such a reduction would meet with general approval, no doubt. The postal service is not conducted with a view to profit. The people are willing to pay for mail facilit ies and conveniences. A reduction of letter postage would probably decrease the revenue from that source for a time, but the decrease would be only temporary. ? West Yiginia has a reckless bigamist in Dr. Love, a dentist, whose habit was to make a round of the principal towns every year, remaining from a week to two months in each. He sometimes grew sentimental while working in the mouths of women, and has sometimes been whipped for his audacity ; but in seven instances his advances led to marriage. The seven wives are living and the doctor has gone to J2U1. ? An old man named Woods, who was once a wealthy citizen of Kentucky, counting fifty negroes among his assets, is now living in Cincinnati, in happy dependence upon the charity of a colored man and his two sisters, who were Mr. Woods' slaves before the war. They are the members of a family separated at the auction block, but repurchased at a round price and united by Mr. Woods, under his own roof, after much trouble and delay, and they are paving a debt of gratitude. ? In the surgical institute at Indianapolis, Ind.. a four-year old boy is undergoing treatment for spinal troubles, which have undoubtedly been brought about by much smoking of cigars and cigaTettes. The father of the child, a respectable gentleman from Clay City, states that his son has been a heavy smoker for a year and a half, and that cigars were given to him from his infancy to keep him quiet. The little fellow will smoke twenty cigars in a day, and still cry for more. ? According to the census bulletins there are 12*2,075,500,000 feet of merchantable pine lumber in the States of Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, enough to supply the demand of the country for at least sixty years. On the other hand, Minnesota, which is one of the most important lumber States in the North has only (5,100,000,000 feet of this timber. The total cut in the three Southern States enumerated is only 038,541,000 feet, or about one-half of one per cent., considerably less than the annual growth of the forests. ? The first-assistant postmaster-general has recently made the following postal order which is most respectfully commended to the attention of postmasters : "Post-master's will not allow non-subscribers to take from the boxes, nor will they hand to them newspapers addressed to subscribers, refolded and returned to them into the general delivery, without verbal or written permit from such subscriber. A violation of this regulation will be considered as sufficient ground for the removal of the postmaster." mt ii t ... ? ? j. lie cuuon receipts xne past tnree weeas have been as follows, respectively, 98,747, 87,818, 78,248?in all 264,811 bales. For the same three weeks last year, the receipts were 366,610, and for the year 1880, 446,981 bales. So the receipts this year in the last three weeks has fallen 180,000 bales short of the receipts in the same weeks in 1880, when the crop reached only 5,750,000. It is true, however, that the weather the past week has been bad and hauling has been almost impossible. The price at Liverpool this time in 1880 was 7 l-10d?now it is 0*kl. The necessity for an advance is apparent. ? The overflow of the Cumberland Iiiverlast week, was destructive to a large amount of property, entailing much distress and suffering upon the people along its banks. A dispatch from Johnsville, Tenn., during the height of tlie flood, said : "Every house in the settlement is partially submerged. Some have overturned and some floated off. Houses are daily floating down the river, and some have lodged against the railroad bridge, where they were broken up by the inhabitants to preserve the bridge from destruction. Much live stock has lieen drowned. Many people have found refuge on rafts and boats with some live stock. There is already much suffering and it must necessarily increase." ? A hasty, though somewhat accurate, compilation of the cost of maintaining the House of Representatives of this country at "Washington, shows it to be about 823 a minute. Probably very few persons ever thought that each little remark, objection or move made by a member of the House costs from $10 to 8100. How many members indulge in $500 speeches every day! And yet how many there are who indulge in 810,000 speeches, too ! Three days, almost, were taken up by the efforts of Mr. "Robeson of "New .Tpikpv to in crease the number of members of standing committees. At $23 a minute, what a cost! Members often spend $10,000 in time by objecting to an appropriation of $100. The people of the country should learn to appreciate the proceedings of Congress, for they are very high in price. ? It cannot definitely be learned what Judge Porter and Mr. Davidge are to receive for their services as special prosecuting officers in the Guiteau trial, but from the hints thrown out, it is believed that their fee will not be exaggerated when placed at $13,000 for each of them. The pay of the jurors is as follows : For five, $020 ; for four, $488: for three, $300; total, $1,408. In addition to this comes the hotel board bill, which is presumed will not exceed $3.50 per day per man. With this must also be included the three balilTs in attendance upon the jurors. This foots up the handsome sum of $3,213 to be paid to the proprietors of the National Hotel. For witnesses, including mileage, there has been paid out $8,078.35. Of this sum, $5,189.35 was paid in l>ehalf of the Government and $2,889 for the defendant, and of the latter $389.25 went to the Guiteau family and their connections. For rei>orting and printing the trial and pa]kts used in this case preparatory to the hearing, it is estimated that $5,000 will be required. For seven deputy marshals used in the halls and the chamber $1,302 will be necessary. Then there are miscellaneous expenses, such as the physicians' charges, medicines, chairs for the Co; rt room, and incidentals too numerous to mention, but which will take about SI,000 to cover?making a grand total of $50,061.83. Ike (inquirer. yorkv1i7le. s. C.; THURSDAY MORNING. FEB. 2, 1882. IIow to Order t e Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount ol the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ol postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within ennnh'; and to all other subscribers the post age is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post- office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. THE LEGISLATURE. On Monday the Senate made very good progress in disposing of business on the Calendar. There was little or no debate, and about fifty acts and joint resolutions were ratified. The concluding sections of the bill to provide for assessment and taxation of property were read, and the bill was passed to a third reading. The session of the House was devoted mainly to discussing the legislative appropriation bill. PROCEEDINGifoF CONGRESS. The proceedings of Congress for the past week have been entirely void of public interest, debate on the Sherman funding bill having occupied much of tne time, and the debate not yet being ended. A motion, on Thursday, to lay the bill and amendments on the table was lost by a vote of eas, 23 ; nays, 45. The House committee on the census reported with favorable recommendation Mr. MeCord's apportionment bill, which fixes the number of Representatives at 320. This bill is based on the Seaton method of computation, and adopts the ratio of representation as 154,285. The bill as proposed, affects Southern States as follows : Georgia is given 10 Representatives, a gain of 1. Arkansas gains 1, Florida loses 1, Kentucky gains 1, Mississippi 1. Missouri 1. North Carolina 1, South Caroli na 1, Texas4, Virginia 1, and West Virginia J. Representative Tillman, of South Carolina, has signified his intention to propose an amendment, fixing the number of Representatives at 730 instead of 320. THE UNITEP STATES AND CHILI. In a lengthy interview communicated to the public last Monday, ex-Secretary Blaine explains and defends the policy of the State department toward Chili and Peru while that department was under his administration. Mr. Blaine says that the demands which Chili made of Peru in the way of indemnity were equivalent to the destruction of the latter country. Peru appealed earnestly to the United States to help her and .ent a special envoy to ask for aid. It was the policy of the State department by giving Peru moral support to save her from dismemberment and ruin, and in extending such support Mr. Blaine says he followed the precedents laid down by our most distinguished and conservative secretaries ol State. As an illustration he refers to the steady influence exerted by Mr. Seward to establish the authority of Juarez in Mexico. By the moral power of the United States tin French were expelled, Maximilian overthrown and the Republican Government, with Juarez at its head restored. It would not,' he says, have required as great an exertion of the moral influence of the United States to save Peru from destruction and make Peru and Chili both our friends, as it did to save the nationality of Mexico. When Chili shall have taken all the valuable territory of Peru the latter country will either fall into anarchy or be kept in subjection by a Chilian army of occupation, to be supported from property of which Peru is despoiled. Either result, he says, will be sufficiently wretched, and the end will be the absolute domination of English influence in both Peru and Chili. END OF THE GUITEAU TRIAL. After three months of investigation characterized by the most remarkable events ever witnessed in a court of justice in the United States, the end of the first act in the drama, when it did not descend to low comedy, has at length been reached, by a prompt verdict that the assassin of President Garfield, is "guilty as indicted"?a verdict that will meet the approval of the American people, notwithstanding to a certain extent, it makes the guilty wretch the scapegoat of the ultra wing of the Republican party, who last summer were clamvAvnAv.il linf liavlitinu Tint I I U1UUO 1U1 VKUIICIU O lraiVM (U, uuv |'uiiui['o in the manner by which it was accomplished. The insanity plea was a failure, for which the prisoner may fame his unparalelled egotism more than any other cause. The jury no doubt, acted conscientiously, and on this point had better opportunities for studying the true character of the assassin than those not otherwise directly connected with the case, though in their conclusion the public generally will fully agree ; and while they will not believe he is laboring under the disease of homicidal mania, it must be conceded that he is a man of inordinate vanity. Elsewhere we publish the closing scenes of the trial. Guiteau has issued another manifesto addressed to the American people, in which lie criticises the action of the jury in returning a verdict of guilty. He does not appear to be surprised at the verdict, as he regards the jurors as men of the world and having only moderate intelligence, and totally unable to wing their imagination to (lights of inspiration, such as impelled him to "remove" the President. He says the jury had not sufficient intelligence to see the point that the outward act of shooting would have been the same as if he had been directed by the Deity to do it?as he proved by all his papers and talk on the subject. According to his view they also ignored the political and patriotic necessity for the act, which he says all Christian and intelligent people see. Although convicted, he does not seem to think he will be hanged, and gives himself no anxiety on account of the verdict, as lie hardly expected an acquittal, though he did expect a disagreement, in which event he proposed to test the jurisdiction of the court in banc. He makes a special plea to the ladies of America to come to his rescue, and closes in the following egotistical strain : "Mere physical death is nothing to me. Under the law I cannot be executed in any event until July. I may die a dozen times before then, so I have no "trouble about that. I shall not go before my time. I had rather be hung, so far as physical death is concern!, than die from a painful illness or meet with a railroad or steamboat accident. I hardly think I am destined to be hung, and therefore give myself no trouble 011 that, but I am anxious to have my character and inspiration vindicated. To : that end I need help, as herein mentioned. , My friends need not be ashamed of me. Some I>eople think I am the greatest man of the age, and that my name will go into history as ' a patriot by the side of "Washington and Grant." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Ninety-Six shipped $15,000 worth of oats last year, which proved and invaluable supplement to the short cotton crop. ? The town council of Sumter have resolved to grant 110 more licenses for retailing liquor during the term of their administration. ? Upward of ten patients have been received into the Lunatic Asylum during the past week, of whom a large majority are from Charleston. ? Four deaths have occurred from the recent collision 011 the Charleston and Savannah Railload near Charleston. The accident is to be fully investigated. ? A Sumter correspondent of the Columbia Reyister says that it is stated 011 good authority that as soon as the Central Railroad is completed through daily trains will be run from Charleston to Columbia via Sumter, in opposition to the South Carolina Railroad. ? A public meeting of the citizens of Langley passed resolutions denouning the stock law, the registration bill and the prohibitory liquor law. The citizens of Beulah township in the same county?Aiken?denounce the stock law and consider the present Legislature a "humbug." ? The President has nominated T. B. Johnson, of Sumter, for collector of customs at Charleston. Johnson is ^lackey's friend, and the Mackeyites are jubilant over the nomina? o, 4-v,. u..n?,. ototo. UUJi. OCliaiUl UULll'l 1/liV ment that 110 action will be taken by the Senate until full time has been had for obtaining information concerning the candidate. ? The Methodist Church at Florence was burned last Friday morning at 2 o'clock. It was set fire under the south corner sill, the tlames catching between the weather boarding and lathing. Shavings saturated with kerosine were the combustible material used, as was discovered by parties first 011 the spot. No motive can be assigned for the act. The parsonage, only fifteen feet distant, was saved by the steam fire engine. Loss 011 the church, S3,500 ; insurance SI,800. Damage to the parsonage $300; insurance, $700. ? On Sunday morning after the recent collision on the Charleston and Savannah ltailroad while a construction train was aiding in clearing away the debris from the scene of the accident, two negro children, a boy and a girl, attempted to jump on one of the platform cars. The boy got on and held out his hand to help his sister, but she slipped and fell, and the wheels of the last two cars passed over her neck, completely severing her head from her body. Trial Justice Taylor held an inquest over the body, and from the evidence it appeared plainly that no one was to blame except the children themselves. ? A force of revenue deputies, under the command of Deputy Marshals Stolbrand and Kane, left Greenville on a whisky raid -on Wednesday of. last week. At Terry Creek they destroyed two stills, which had been erected oidy twenty-four hours, and at Chinquapin two more stills were found and three distillers, Davis, Allan and John Gosnell, captured. The district raided is said to be one of the most dangerous in the State, and this is the only occasion that officers have escaped W11I1UU0 <1 Uilll/JC 11/11 tuc lllUUliSIUUClO. -Lilt Gosnells, says the Greenville JSrcws, are young men, and one of them is remarkably fine looking. Their family is an extensive and highly respectable one. ? Says the Lancaster Review of January 25th: It has been rumored upon our streets that the body of Mr. Thomas Baskins, who has been missed from his home for the past eight or ten days, was found in one of the pits of the Iluey Gold Mine with his throat cut. It seems that Mr. Baskins had been to Monroe to sell cotton, after which he left and had got as far as the mine when the horrible deed was committed, the perpetrators throwing the body in the pit to prevent detection. It is the supposition that he was murdered for money, which the perpetrators supposed he had about his person. When discovered there were only fifteen cents found in his pockets. Mr. Baskins was a young man, being about twenty years of age, and we hope the above may prove to be no worse than a mere rumor. .... + ? NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The steamer Mountain Lily, which plied on the waters of the French Broad, has been sold at Ilendersonville under confession of judgment for $1,250. ? A considerable quantity of cotton yet remains in the fields of Eastern North Carolina, and numbers of hands are busily picking it at $1 per hundred. ? The stockholders of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad are called to meet in Fayetteville to-day to consider Dr. Canedo's proposition for purchasing the road. ? It is probable that Judge Ralph P. Buxton will be appointed Judge of the United States District Court for the eastern district of North Carolina to fill the vacancy created by the HCcltll UL tf UUgC U1UUIVO. ? It is officially announced that but five cases of small pox and two of varioloid occurred in "Winston, mostly in the family of the first patient, and that no case has appeared since the lltli of January. ? A number of people who moved from Rockingham county to Texas a year or so ago, have returned to their old homes with the determination to spend the balance of their days in North Carolina. ? The Greensboro Patriot learns from "one in authority" that the proposed railroad from High Point to the factories on Deep River, in Randolph county, is to be built by the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. The survey is completed ? Col. Wm. Johnston, of Charlotte, publishes a card, pronouncing utterly false the recent statement that he is seeking office of the President, and that he desires to see the Democracy of North Carolina defeated in the next election. ?John A. Owens, white, who was one of the first prisoners ever placed in the North Carolina Penitentiary, was released on the 25th ultimo, after twelve years of penal servitude. lie was committed for the murder of B. A. "Wethers, in Lincoln county, on April 2, 1807. ? John A. Morris, colored, who shot and killed Joe Roark, colored, in Lincolnton, on the night of August 10th, 1880, and whose trial for the offense was moved to Cleveland county, was hanged in Shelby last Friday, lie left a written confession. ? The "Western N. C. Railroad has been completed to Paint Rock, find the Pigeon River branch is also finished to Pigeon River, through trains having passed over both roads last Friday. Including the time extended by the commissioners on the part of the State the assignees of Mr Best have made good their contract with the State and put an end to all litigation over the matter until the arrival of the time for the completion of the Ducktown branch to its western terminus, by which time it, too, will probably be finished, as there is now a force of between two and three thousand bauds working on that division. MERE-MENTION. The Kentucky Senate, imitating the example of several other States, has passed a bill permitting persons charged with criminal offenses to testify in their own behalf. Lemons eaten freely is said to be one of the best remedies for small pox yet discovered. ? In 1881 crime cost the State of Kentucky, which is noted for its numerous whisky distilleries, S448,:J06.(Xi. Great excitement has been caused in Minnesota by trichinal i>oisoning from eating raw ham. Fifteen prominent citizens of Minnesota were affected and three have died. It is stated that Gen. Grant will , make a visit to the South, starting about the * last of March. Mr. Scoville says that when the excitement of the trial is over, Guiteau will become a raving maniac.?The House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing Justice Hunt to retire from the U. S. Supreme Court. Judge Edmunds, of Vermont, is spoken of as his probable successor.? The failures throughout the country last week were considerably less than during any recent previous week. Senator Hampton's memorial address over Gen. Burnside, delivered in the U. S. Senate on the 26th ultimo, is pronounced one of the most eloquent eulogies sj>oken 011 the occasion, while it had the ring of sincerity. ?A popular dry goods store at Mansfield, Ohio, has been closed and its proprietors ruined in consequence of two of their clerks dying from smallpox. The creditors have seized the stock. POLITICAL POINTS. ? Governor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, has come out unequivocally for female suffrage. ? Ex-Secretary Blaine is ill and confined to Llo KayI fn WoolnnrffAn IIIO UC\1 111 VI (lOlilllgwilt ? The lastest rumor is that Mr. Blaine will try to reorganize the old Southern Whig party. ? Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, don't take much stock in the independent movement in that State. ? It is said in Georgia that Gen. Gartrell will be the Independent candidate for Governor of that State. ? The latest New York rumor is that Conkling will be the next Republican nominee for Governor, and the Tribune already predicts his defeat. < ' i\ ? Northern Republican journals are endeavoring to make capital of the recent act of the Legislature of this State to separate State and Federal ballot-boxes on election day. ? An Indiana Republican has taken for the subject of a discourse to the Hoosiers: "Can a Democrat get to Heaven ?" to which a Democratic editor replies: "That depends upon how much he associates with Republicans." ? Senator Hill regards the new movement in Georgia as an adroit coalition formed for the express purpose of using the Independent Democrats to bring the Republican party back into power. ? Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, is quoted as saying recently, that "there is but one contingency, which, if it arise, would cause him to retire from the Presidential lists, and that was the consent of Mr. Samuel J. Tilden to run again as the standard bearer of the party." ? The Wilmington Star says: North Carolina stands 011 tiptoe to see who comes next in the grand parade of Mahone racers. Thus far only two are 011 the track and they look already as if they had run a few races and been beaten. ? A. L. Harris, a prominent Republican of Atlanta, Ga., says: "We Republicans have stood the brunt of ostracism in Georgia, and if there are any honors to be divided we should be first satisfied. The Independents can join us if they choose, but they can't swallow up the Republican party." ? It is said that Senator Mahone, backed by strong political influences, is pressing the name of Gen. Longstreet for a Cabinet position. Longstreet is in "Washington ; has had repeated conferences with the President, and is to be made the foster-father of the Georgia coalition. ? The Indianapolis, Indiana Sentinel says: I Scoville's arraignment of Conkling, Grant and Arthur has produced a profound impression throughout the country. Prudent Republicans, no matter to which friction they belong, are likely to come to the conclusion that it is time for the party to be exiled from power. ? General Hancock is said to have been in Washington for a week in "consultation with leading Democrats," and the inference is that the subject of the conference was a Presidential nomination in 1884. Mr. Hendricks predicts, in one breath, that the Democratic party will be successful in 1884, and in the next says that Ire will never again be a candidate for any oflice. ? CHARLESTON'S NEW COLLECTOR. The Charleston News and Courier gives the following sketch of T. B. Johnson, who has just secured the Presidential nomination for Collector of the port of Charleston, over a score of aspirants, including k. m. >y anace, E. W. M. Mackey and others: Mr. T. B. Johnson is a native of Lowell, Mass., and about 41 years old. He went into the Union army at the beginning of the war, and was a lieutenant in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment at the time that that regiment was sought to be prevented from passing through Baltimore. Later in the war he was first lieutenant of the Thirtieth Massachusetts, and served in that regiment in the Southwest. In the Red River campaign he was wounded, and rose to the rank of captain. At the close of the war Mr. Johnson came to South Carolina and settled in Sumter county, where in the course of a few years he accumulated $40,000 or $50,000 in planting and "merchandising." His first appearance in politics was in 1872, when he was elected a member of the House of Representatives, in which body he served until 1870. He was a member of the Mackey House and, refusing to apologize to the lawful House of Representatives for his conduct, he was expelled. He was a Republican Elector for President and Vice-President in 1870 and 1880, a member of the Republican State Executive Committee and a delegate to the Chicago Convention, where he voted for Grant. In politics he is a Stalwart, but it is said that he is not aggressive or vindictive. While a friend of Mackey, he cannot, it is asserted, be carried in the breeches pocket of that aspiring politician. Mr. Johnson is said to be a man of good business capacity, and one who will administer his office with a strict regard to efficiency and the public convenience. If this be so, there will be less reason to regret the loss of Collector Baldwin, who has made a most acceptable officer and of whom the renomination was heartly desired by the business community. DEBENTURE BONDS. The Richmond Dispatch gives the following information concerning the effect and operation of the resolution recently passed by the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company authorizing the issue of debenture bonds. The same paper also explains what is meant by the "Terminal Company," in connection with the Richmond and Danville, both of which terms are now to the public generally : The debenture bonds to be issued by the Richmond and Danville Company will be a lien on the property, but there will be no right given to sell the railroad for nonpayment of interest. These bonds are to be issued and sold to the stockholders for the purpose of raising money to pay for the new subscriptions to the Terminal Company and to clear off the floating debt of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. The Terminal Company is a corporation acting as a coadjutor to the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company is not authorized by its charter to buy other railroads, or the stock of other railroads. The Terminal Company has purchased enough stock in certain railroads to control them and does control them in such manner as to bring their business over the Richmond and Danville railroad, or to manage the business in such a manner as will be beneficial to the Richmond and Danville railroad. For instance, the Terminal Company owns a con- : trolling interest in the Columbia and Green- < ville railroad, in the Cffarlotte, Columbia and i Augusta railroad, in the Virginia Midland railroad, and so on. So long as the Richmond i and Danville Railroad Company owns a major- ; ity of the stock of the Terminal Company, the ; Richmond and Danville Railroad Company 1 controls all of the roads controlled by the Ter- i minal Company. < XiOCAXJ affairs. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Hunter, Oates A Co.?Although. Heradori Brothers?Hay?Flour?Bacon?Corn and Bran?Wagons?Fertilizers? Kainit. T. S. Jefferys, Agent?Standard Fertilizers James H.Timme?On the Line. J. Beattj' Williams, Special Referee?Notice to the Creditors of Louisa E. Lowry, deceased. T. M. Dobson?Grand Rush for Dobson's. John K. Ashe?Just Opened. B. M. SprHtt A Co., Chester, S. C.?Attention! J. N. Roberts, J? H. Good, W. P. Good?Fair Warning. F. E. Smith?Yorkville Omnibus. F. Happerfield?Fresh An ivals?Marble Wo k. Prof. N. Schmidt?Piano Tuning. Williford A Glenn?Mules and Horses. FERTILIZER RECEIPTS. The receipts of fertilizers at tins place for the week ending last Monday, were 85 tons, making the total receipts to date, 357 tons. SNOW AND SLEET. There was a slight fall of snow on Monday afternoon, which, later in the evening, changed to sleet, and on Tuesday morning trees and other objects were robed in beautiful crystals of ice. The month just closed was remarkable for the absence of sunshine, and the almost continuous daily fall of rain. SUPERVISOR OF*REGISTKATION. A petition is circulating and obtaining many signatures for the appointment of our townsman, Col. W. II. McCorkle, to the oflice of supervisor of registration, as provided for by section 3 of the election bill recently passed by the Legislature of this State. In our next issue we will publish the leading features of this law. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The cotton shipments from Yorkville, for the week ending last Monday, were Do bales, making a total of 4,912 bales since the 1st of September, against 5,905 bales for the same period last year. During the month of .January the shipments were 380 bales, which is not so bad a showing, considering the desperate weather prevailing the entire month, and the bad condition of the roads. NEW ENTERPRISES. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Messrs. B. M. Spratt&Co., successors to N. B. Alexander & Co., of Chester, dealers in building lumber and building materials gener? * m - -i ?mi - - ally, lime, lams, sningies, occ. xma is u iesponsible firm, worthy of public patronage, which it fully merits. Mr. James II. Timme, harness maker, has just commenced business on his own account in the room formerly occupied as the York drug store. Mr. Timme is a practical workman, who thoroughly understands his trade, and sets forth his claims in our advertising columns. CHURCH NOTICES. Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, Presiding Elder of this district, will preach in the Methodist Church to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock, it .being the occasion of his first quarterly visit to this station. At the same time the first quarterly conference will also be held. On Sunday, Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor, will preach at Philadelphia Church in the forenoon, and at Yorkville at 7 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Tirzali next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 11 A. M., and 7 P. M. Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The rector hopes to be able to officiate in the Church of Our Saviour at Rock Ilill next Sunday. A FOUNDLINU. Jerry Johnson, colored, alias Jerry Wright, who lives on Mr. Abe Smith's plantation, in Broad River township, informs us that on Sunday the loth ultimo, when himself and wife had returned from a visit, they found in the porch of their house a male mulatto infant, clad in comfortable but not expensive clothing. The child was so wrapped in a blanket as to protect it from cold. Jt was apparently about three weeks old, and physicians are of opinion that it is the child of a white woman. Jerry has no children of his own, and he says from his experience with this one he does not want any. He came to town to lay the matter before the county commissioners, hoping to have an order passed admitting the child to the poor house. The commissioners will consider his application at their regular meeting next Monday. mmmmmmammmmmtmamm i Communicated. | ROCK HILL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Rock IIill, S. C., January 28. To the Editor of the Enquirer: "A town is a considerable collection of houses and inhabitants with three or four men who Wun the party,' lend money, sell guano and furnish agricultural supplies at 25 and 30 per cent, per annum." Now my object solely in writing this article, is to vindicate those who have been stigmatized, contravened and traduced by articles recently published in the Rock Hill Herald. The article in the last issue over the signature "Subscriber" seems to attach much importance to an editorial in the preceding number of the same paper, styled, "Beware of the Future." To us these articles sound like "Billy answering Billy," as both of them seem direct thrusts at the action taken in the last municipal election of our town, held January 9th, instant. The issue in this election was not political, but purely local, and it is a well known fact that the candidates who were elected, and their friends who supported them, are not aspirants to any State or county office, and that nothing was said or done by them that had the slightest appearance of desiring uto briny themselves into notice," or to exercise any undue influence upon the negro element to secure his vote at this or any future election ; while some of the friends of the defeated ticket did even go so far as to vote a negro who was known to be under age, thus laying the foundation for future control, thus teaching the infant (who knew ?) to lie, cheat and practice fraud, who, doubtless, in after years, would use it as ft, precedent. The result of the election was, to such men, a bitter pill. The idea XI.Al.? nf fllO fnil'tl LIltlL Lilt? flUlrtj/O (uiu ow uuu v/a. vnv w.?*4 could be successful was the most revolting tiling imaginable. This alone gave rise to the warning, "Beware of the Future," and the inauguration of what "Subscriber" pleases to call "Mahoneism." The friends and supporters of the successful candidates of this election are all staunch, true and tried Democrats and very far from adopting a "Mahone policy" or attempting to do anything "at all hazards" to carry their point. The standpoint from which the world judges is that nearest the heart of the judge, in all matters social and political, thus judging others by themselves. If any there be who desire to adopt a Mahone policy, I am free to say it is one who endeavors to carry an election or any measure by fair or foul means?by illegal votes or any other way that will subserve their infamous purpose, which can be construed to mean this: that they must have power, be it right or wrong. "Subscriber" can never unite or harmonize the people by class advocacy, and his appeal to the different organs of the State is based upon futile grounds ; for the hard-fisted yeomanry of this country have a voice. The "wool hat" crowd, white and eolored, are in the majority, and they are opposed to class and monopolies. OnSERVKR. THE ATTACHMENT LAW. In the Circuit Court of Greenville, last week, Judge Aldrich, in a decree setting aside an attachment issued against the goods of Killian Bros., a firm doing business in Greenville, after reciting the facts and' evidence in the case, gave the following as his construction of the attachment law of this State : "It seems hard to make creditors understand that the attachment laws were not passed to oppress, obstruct and worry unfortunate debtors, but to prevent fraudulent debtors from cheating confiding creditors. It is too common for the anxious creditor to go before an officer empowered to issue an attachment and recklessly swear that he has reason to believe his debtor, who has heretofore maintained a high character, is about to defraud his creditors. Thus, not only casting an iinputa tion on one who has heretofore been esteemed as an honorable man and merchant, but actually stopping him in his efforts to meet his liabilities and make the best settlement in his power for those to whom he is indebted. I must confess that I fail to see the slightest evidence of concealment or an intention to defraud ; on the contrary, everything was open and above board. I suppose it is human nature for the Killian Bros., to be sanguine in their expectations, and for the creditors to be suspicious. Hence the atlidavit. But I do say that it would be hard and unjust, not to say cruel, to deprive these young men, \yho have heretofore enjoyed the conlidence of their neighbors and the community in which they live, not only of their credit but to blast their reputation as honorable men and honest merchants. Let the attachment lie set aside, the bond of the defendants delivered up to them by the Sheriff, and the plaintiffs to pay the cost." THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Tuesday, January 24. Ik tiie Senate, the bill to incorporate the Southern Land Loan Association was dis cussed at some length, the rate of interest proposed to be charged being the principal point under discussion, when, on motion of Mr. McQueen the further consideration of the measure was postponed until Friday. A number of bills were passed to a third reading, and the following were passed and ordered to be enrolled for ratification : Bill to extend the provisions of the Act commonly known as the stock law to so much of the county of Lexington as lies between the Broad and Saluda rivers. Bill providing for the more complete preparation of the General Statutes, and obtaining an index therefor. The Code was then taken up and numerous amendments were inserted, after which it was passed to its third reading. In the House, a bill to provide for the further operations of the Lunatic Asylum, after a lengthy debate, was amended in several particulars and passed to a third reading. The bill to define the duties of County Commissioners, County School Commissioners and County Treasurers in reference to the auditing, allowing and payment of claims, and to require annual reports of all claims audited, allowed and paid by them, to be made to the Court of General Sessions, with sundry bills pertaining to the same, was also passsed to a third reading. A number of bills were read a third time and sent to the Senate, and at 3 P. M. the House adjourned. Wednesday, January 25. In the Senate, a number of bills incorporating various railroad companies in the State were passed to third reading. The joint resolution to pay certain claims of the State constabulary force for 187G and 1877, passed to its third reading, and also the bill for revising and consolidating the General Statutes. The election bill was postponed. x tt 1 c IN T1IIS XKJUSIS, <1 I1UIIJUC1 UI lcpuil/9 Ull unio of 110 general importance were submitted by the respective committees to whom they had been referred, when The report of the commission 011 the constitutional amendments was considered. For weeks past the report of the commission has been at the head of the column of special orders, and has regularly every morning been discharged for the day. Mr. Simonton said that in his opinion the matter should be disposed of, and in order to test the sense of the House oh the question of calling a constitutional convention, he submitted a resolution declaring that "the General Assembly are of opinion that it is necessary to call a Convention of the people to revise and amend the Constitution," and providing a vote on the question at the next general election. Mr. Parker, of Abbeville, moved to indefinitely postiKme the resolution. Mr. Simonton called the yeas and nays, which resulted in the adoption of the motion to indefinitely postpone, which resulted in yeas 03 ; nays, 44. There was 110 debate, and in this way was disposed of one the most important measures before the General Assembly during the present session. The defeat of the resolution was overwhelming, when it is taken into consideration that in order to pass it, a two-thirds vote was required. There is 110 chance of a resurrection of the matter, because a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The house then proceeded to the consideration of the several joint resolutions reported by the Commission, embodying proposed amendments to the several articles of the Constitution. C ^ ^ ii4iAn f A JLIi? lliSt W'clS ih JUlliL icouiuuivii iu muvnu section 2, article 10, of the Constitution of this State, so as to provide for a State Board of Education and the appointment of county school commissioners. Mr. Bice moved the indefinite postponement of the resolution, and Mr. Haskell moved to strike out the enacting words. The resolution was debated at considerable lengtli, when the question of indefinite postponement was carried by ayes, 57; nays 41?a two-thirds vote. The next amendment to the Constitution proposed by the commission was to amend section 8, article 8, respecting disqualification of electors. The amendment proposes to alter the section so that it shall read : "The General Assembly shall never pass any law that will deprive any of the citizens of this State of the right of suffrage, except for treason, murder, burglary, larceny, perjury, forgery, or any other infamous crime, or duelling, whereof the person shall have been duly tried and convicted." Mr. Aldrich made a strong argument in favor of this amendment, in which he showed the inconsistency of the present article of the Constitution which disqualified a person who fought a duel, but allowed thieves and perju rers and burglars to enjoy all the rights of the franchise. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 101 to 9. The next suggestion made by the commission proposing to amend the Constitution of this State was by adding an article thereto, to be known as article 17 relating to the term of office of members of the General Assembly and other State officers. Sundry amendments were proposed to the resolution as submitted by the commission. As finally agreed upon and ordered to a third reading it is as follows: Section 1. The terms of the Senators and Representatives chosen at a general election shall begin on the Monday following such election and continue for four years. Sec. 2. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Comptroller General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, Adjutant and Inspector General and Superintendent of Education shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Sec. 3. All county officers shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. , Sec. 4. The general election for members of the General Assembly and all State officers shall be held in-every fourth yefr, at such time, in such manner and in such place as the General Assembly may provide. 5. Any provision of this Constitution in conilict with the foregoing amendment is annulled. That The question of adoptingthis amendment shall be submitted to the electors as follows : Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words printed or written thereon : "Constitutional amendment relating to the term of ofiice of members of the General Assembly and of State officersYes." Those opposed to said amendment shall cast a ballot with the following words printed or written thereon: "Constitutional amendment relating to the term of office of members of the General Assembly and of State officers?No." The joint resolution suggested by the commission to fix the constitutional area of counties at 400 square miles was laid on the table by a two-thirds vote?58 to 51. < On motion of Mr. Simonton all the other < constitutional amendments proposed by the . commission were then indefinitely postponed. 1 A night session of the House was held, in which a number of bills on the calendar were disposed of. The bill to limit the exemption < from taxes of manufactures to such as may be : started by 1884 was killed. i 1 Thursday, January 20. In tub Senate, the bill authorizing the ; development of the Columbia Canal property j by the State passed a third reading and was 1 sent to the House. > Several third reading bills, mostly Acts of < incorporation, were taken up and passed and ordered to be enrolled for ratification. 1 The bill to incorporate the Southern Land 1 Loan Association came up as a special order 1 and was passed to a third reading. 1 The Senate agreed to the House amendments 1 to the election bill, and a message was sent to the House to this effect. In the House a number of bills were introduced by the various committees to which they had been referred. After the reports had been received, on motion of Mr. Haskell a recess of ten minutes was taken. During the recess, Mr. ISimons, stepping upon the Speaker's rostrum, presented to Col. John T. Sloan, Clerk of the House, a handsome gold watch and chain, a present from the members of the House, on the occasion of Mr. Sloan's recent celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his wedding. Col. Sloan responded to Mr. Simons' presentation speech in a very happy manner, and at the expiration of the recess, the general orders were taken up. The conference committee on the railroad bill made a rej)ort recommending that the House agree to the Senate provision requiring three commissioners to be an>ointed by the (Governor and the Senate to agree to all other House amendments. The report was continued as a special order. The concurrent resolution to adjourn on the 10th of February was passed and sent to the Senate. A night sessions of the House was held, and a number of bills passed to a third reading. Friday, January 27. In the Senate, after an hour's debate, a committee of conference, consisting on the part of the Senate, of Messrs. T. J. Moore, Jeter and TIarllee, was appointed on the Railroad bill. The bill to provide for the assessment and taxation of property was taken up as a special order. The bill is very voluminous, containing 304 sections, and after about one-third of it was passed, the Senate, at 3.15 P. M., took a recess until 7.45 P. M., when the. members marched in a body to the Hall of Representatives to hear an address by Dr. J. L. M. Curry, of Richmond, Va., on the subject of education. In tiie House, the report of the conference committee on the Railroad bill, which committee on the part of the House consisted of Messrs. Simons, Murray and Johnston, was not agreed to. The Senate having taken the same action a committee of free conference was appointed. The main point of difference between the two houses is whether there shall be one or three railroad commissioners. In the night session the legislative appropriation bill was presented and received its first reading. A bill was passed to its third reading incorporating the Charlotte, Anderson and Atlanta Railroad Company. At 8 o'clock the Senate attended in the House, when the joint assembly was addressed by Dr. Curry on the subject of education, at the close of which the House adjourned. Saturday, January 28. In the Senate, a number of bills and resolutions were received from the House and rennmmIffD/io 1C11CU IU llic a^iU]/naic wuiuiivwvut A bill to exempt and relieve the counties of Colleton, Charleston, Beaufort and Hampton from the operations of the fence law, and requiring the State to defray $10,000 of the cost of erecting a boundary fence, provoked a lengthy discussion, and was finally lost by the casting vote of President Kennedy. The Lartigue liquor bill, which proposed to repeal the present laws regulating the liquor traffic in this State, was rejected, after a short discussion, on the motion of Mr. Callison to strike out the enacting clause. The bill to make it a misdemeanor to allow records to be taken from certain public offices and to prescribe a penalty for the same, was passed. In tiie House, the consideration of the > legislative appropriation bill was continued. The bill to amend chapter XCYII of title V, part *2 of the General Statutes of this State relating to alignments of insolvent debtors was taken up. and after a lengthy discussion was passed to a third reading. The bill to amend an Act entitled "an Act to divide the State into five Congressional districts, approved March 3rd, 1874, also elicited a lively debate, and was defeated by a vote of 07 to 17. A number of bills were read the first time and referred, and the House adjourned. CONVICTION OF GUITEAP.On Tuesday evening of last week Judge Porter finished his argument in the assassination trial, and there only remained Judge Cox's charge to the jury. It was now 3 o'clock, and there was some apprehension among the spectators, who densely packed the court room, that Judge Cox would adjourn Court, and defer his charge until the next morning. But in view of the fact that the jury signified their preference to have the case given to them at once, the Judge proceeded to deliver his charge. It had evidently been prepared with a great deal of care, and was delivered in a quiet, "i""* mnnnoi" Tn fliof unaf. nrnu'il UICUlj ^UUll/KU IlJUUIlVi. 1.11 biiuv T I?uv V4 V >> there vas no more earnest and attentive listener than Guiteau himself, who bent forward over the railings on the dock with his face resting in the palms of his hands and his elbows supported by the railingt making a noteworthy picture in the dim twilight of the room. Judge Cox's charge swept away all the cobwebs which the lawyers on each side had constructed. It was a concise, clear and positive statement of the legal definition of insanity, of the gauge which the jury must apply to the evidence sustaining both the sanity and insanity claims. It left no sort of doubt in the minds of the jury as to precisely what was insanity as contemplated by the law, and gave them no opportunity for any other discussion among themselves, excepting the single one as to whether the evidence introduced met the legal requirements. The charge was one to which, even the counsel for the defense said, little or no exception could be taken, and no exception at all was possible upon his statement of the law. Nevertheless it sounded to the audience, and, as since learned, was accepted by'the jury like the death sentence of Guiteau. The prisoner was given the benefit of all that he could possibly, under the evidence, ask for, and yet Judge Cox's statement of the case was so terribly powerful against him that many people believed that the jury would be out but a few moments. Once or twice Guiteau offered some trivial comments, but they were unnoticed by the Judge and almost unheard by the lieople in the court room. It did not escape notice of members of the bar who heard the charge that in some respects Judge Cox had been fairer toward the prisoner even than his counsel had asked him to be, while on the other hand he had brushed away as insignifi cant and of no conseqence some 01 tne points which the prosecution had dwelt upon with seemingly the greatest confidence. Soon after 5 o'clock, and while dusk was becoming darkness in the court room, the jury took the case into its own hands. A grim visaged bailiff making his way thorough the dense throng that stood between the jury and door beckoned to them to follow him. A colored Sheriff, gathering up some of the documentary evidence, prepared to follow, and one by one, thus escorted, the jury made its way from the court room into the consultation room overhead. Judge Cox, after they had gone, leaned over the bar and conversed quietly with one or two lawyers. Mr. Scoville and Mr. Reed, the prisoner's counsel, chatted with one or two of the audience. Judge Porter sat silent, while Corkhill made the only officious exhibition by gathering together the documents and papers with which the tables were strewn. Guiteau sat in the dock for five or six minutes, like a statue, after the jury had gone. It was too dark to see his features, but those who stood near him said he was muttering something to himself. He finally looked up toward the Judge and tried to get up, but he seemed to have lost his strength, and the oflicers who guarded him thought he was going to break down. At least he said in a weak voice, unlike that he used to interrupt the proceedings, that he would like to be taken out of the court into the Marshal's office, and Judge Cox consented. Two bailiffs took him oneby each arm and he was led through the throng, his head bent over, his eyes upon the floor, shuffling along until he got out of the court room. In the Marshal's office he was seated in a chair in the corner, and when cue of the deputies spoke to him asking him how he felt, he replied in a tremulous voice that he was anxious to have it over, it wore on his nerves very much waiting for the jury to come in. lie would not say what he thought of Judge Cox's charge. Fifteen minutes, perhaps, after the jury went out Judge O'ox decided to give a recess for half an hour. Within ten minutes after the recess kad ueen taken the jury called to the bailiff in waiting that they were ready with their verdict. They were informed that a recess iad been taken, and that Judge Cox had left the court room, so they remained in their f