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gtraps and 1 ? A Western girl was recently vaccinated i with virus taken from her lover's arm, and i now she is swearing, chewing tobacco and sitting cross-legged. It "took." ? Peas and potatoes are flourishing in the | truck gardens around Xewbern, X. C. The ! former are about already to blossom, and the j latter are several inches high. ? The Silver Valley mine in Davidson county, X. C., employs eighty hands and produces aljout five tons of concentrated ore daily, which is valued at ?500 per ton. ? Col. C. J. Cowles, of Charlotte, X. C., has offered 2,000 acres of land, situated in Wilkes county, to Jewish refugees from Russia, if they will agree to occupy it. The land is well watered and timbered. ? -J.lie Lincoln j'rogress says uiau uacn laying on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad is now being rapidly pushed forward under the efficient superintendence of Capt. Waddill. Iron is laid three miles beyond Lincolnton. ? Female suffrage is being warmly demanded iu Germany just now. At luecent election in a Wurtemberg city, the town hall was fairly besieged by a number of women clamoring for permission to vote, and the police had to be called out to disperse the crowd. ? Mason's trial is now in progress at "Washington for attempting the life of Guiteau. His attorney put in the plea of not guilty and expects to acquit him on the ground that the intent to commit murder can not be established. ? The annual production of oleomargarine in New York city is 116,000,000 pounds?3,000,-" 000 pounds more than the dairy made butter of the entire State. And we have no doubt but that lots of the stuff is sent out labelled "Goshen." ? Altogether, 282 business firms were burned out by the Haverhill conflagration. Among these were 108 shoe manufacturers, 26 sole leather firms, 8 shoe trimming firms, three banks and nearly 100 firms auxilliary to the shoe manufacturing establishments and dependent on them. ? The Republic of Mexico, which, for years, has been engaged in internecine broils, seems to have come to its senses at last. It is making wonderful material progress. The new order of things is principally due to American influence. A few thrifty and enterprising yankees have leavened the whole lump of Mexican disorder. ? The Gentiles of Utah own nearly all the 800 miles of railroad in the Territory ; half of the taxable property belongs to them; they own much mining property and have invested ?300,000 during the past ten years in schools, hospitals and similar institutions. This is a good showing* for the Gentiles, who number 32,000 against 112,000 Mormons. ? The pay of a general in the United States army is ?13,500 a year, of a retired general two-thirds of that amount, which is the sum which Grant will draw for life. This, with the $10,000 income from the fund raised for him by his northern admirers a few years ago, and his other investments, ought to enable him to pull through. ? R. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile Agency reports the failures throughout the country for the seven days ending last Friday, as 128, a slight reduction upou last week. In the Middle States there were 30, in the Eastern 10, in in the Southern 35, in the Western 34, in the Pacific and Territories 12. and New York city 7. ? The case of the 4-year old boy who became an invalid through inveterate smoking, his parents having given him all the tobacco he wanted, is interesting the faculty of the Surgical Institute in Indianapolis. They have deprived him wholly of the weed, and hope to cure him of spinal trouble which his habit has caused. He had smoked an average of ten cigars a day for a year. ? The Flipper court-martial case is in the hands of Judge Advocate General Swaim, who is still engaged in revising the proceedings of the Court, which, it will be remembered, recommended Flipper's dismissal form the service. Gen. Swaim will make his report on the case to the secretary of war at an early day. As he has not yet completed his review, all reports of his views 011 the case are mere speculations. ? Among the presents received by Alex. II. Stephens on his seventieth birthday was an autograph album containing the names of many prominent men. The velvet case of the album was ornamented with a painting of "Liberty Hall," whose portals have been closed recently against promiscuous hospitality for the first time in forty years. Mr. Stephens has passed twenty-five of his birthdays in Washington. ? ? Most of the towns and cities in the North and West have resolved upon a reform in the manner uf treating the tramps during the coming summer. No tramp, unless guilty of a crime, will be imprisoned or put in a lockup. He will be furnished with a certain amount of work, and forced to do it, and at the same time he will be provided with food, a certain amount of fair ]wiy ; and when this amounts to enough to defray the expense of his traveling forward, he will be sent off. ? It has just been discovered at Gatesville, Texas, that a few days ago a mob in that vicinity took from an officer a young man named Deering, who was under arrest on suspicion for horse-stealing and lynched him. On Saturday one hundred armed men came into town and demanded that the parties engaged in the lynching be arrested or they would take the law in their own hands. The sheriff then arrested Bob Leverett and his two sons, and are now after several more of the lynching mob. ?Reports from points throughout the West all tell the same story of Hood and disaster. The rain has been general and in many places accompanied by wind and sleet. The telegraph wires Tuesday night in every direction were down and many railroads were badly washed out. The results, however, except from the river floods, will not be disastrous. The most serious inconvenience is from the suspension of traffic. Along the Ohio and the lower Mississippi, however, the disastrous effect of the floods seem to be increasing. ? A. C. Soteldo, one of the participants in the recent high-toned shooting affair in Washington, and whose pistol shot killed his own brother, though fired at Clarence Barton, one of the editors of the National Republican, once served a year in the penitentiary. lie was one of three persons who robbed Horatio C. Welsh, in Third avenue near One Hundred and Sixtyeighth street. New York, on the morning of August, 18th, 1878. lie got off with one year's imprisonment by pleading guilty to "assault with intent to commit robbery though he actually took Welsh's purse from his pocket while his confederates held the victim. The brothers are nephews of Barton Key, who was killed by Gen. Sickles, in Washington, in 18.78. ? Under the new apportionment, there will be 401 votes in the electoral college, in 1884. The next President, therefore, must have *201 electoral votes. In 1884 the South, if solid, j 111 ~ i. 1 TV i.* J ill ... A. ' win casi ioa JL?eniocrauc votes, <to inure votes i will be needed to elect the candidate. New I York will cast 3(3 and Indiana 15, total 51. I In other words, under the present law, Xew I York, Indiana and the South would cast 1SS j votes when 15S are necessary ; under the new 1 law they will cast 201 when 201 are essential to success. The Atlanta Constitution looks forward to the early admission of Nebraska as , a State ; but we do not, and there is sure to be j a hard light against it. ? The amounts allowed by the committee to j audit the expenses of the sickness and burial | of President Garfield to the attending surgeons , is stated by a member of the committee to be j as follows : To I)r. Bliss, $25,000 ; to Drs. j Agnew and Hamilton, 815,000 each ; to Drs. j Reyburn and Boynton, 810,000 each ; to Mrs. j Dr. Edson, 85,000. Mr. Crump, the steward, is allowed 33,000, and other employees of the Executive Mansion two months' extra pay. ! The committee recommends the appointment of Surgeon-General Barnes to the rank of ma-; jor-general, and his retirement at that grade, , and the promotion of Dr. "Woodward to the j rank of lieutenant-colonel. The committee j lias also agreed to grant to Mrs. Garfield the remainder of her husband's salary for the current year. The report will not be unanimous, i Messrs. Springer and Blackburn will submit a minority report, opposing most of the items allowed. ? An exciting scene was witnessed in Louisville, Ky., on the 22nd ultimo, F. J. Melcher 1 owns a three-story brick house on the east side 1 of Fourth street, which was occupied on the ground fioor by the proprietors of a grocery ( and a bar room. The water invading the first i, story on that morning, he moved his goods up stairs. Shortly after this he saw a crack in the middle wall, when he removed his family and hunted up t lie life savers, De Van, Tully and Gillaly. and offered them $300 if they would save his goods. They took a life-boat and barge, and rowing out in front of the house, began to get out the goods through the second-story windows. There were four families living over the bar room part and two over the grocery?Mclcher's and another. One barge load was taken out, including Melcher's piano and fine furniture, and taken to the shore and landed. When the men returned for a second load Gillaly was the third story, Tully in the second and De Van down in the boat. Only a few things had been loaded when a crash was heard ; the middle wall fell, and the whole house from the top to the ground lloor, with all its contents, went down into the cellar. Gillaly managed to jump from the third story and Tully from the second through the awning frame into the water below. Every building along the river front was under water, and sever..] houses and coal offices were washed away. She fjovftviric (?tu}uucv. YORKVILIE S G.~: THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 2, 1882. How lo Order ;hc Enquirer.?Writelhenami of the subscriber very plainly, Rive post-offiec, county and Slate, in full, and send the amount oi the subscription ty draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?Tlie Enquirer is delivered free ol postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices withir. the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paiil 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 i* paid. If subscriljers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood thai our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. A TOUCHING TRIBUTE. On the death of President Garfield, the ex- J Confederate soldiers of Cincinnati passed a j series of resolutions, which were published throughout the country and widely comment-' ed upon because of the excellent spirit they displayed. The resolutions have been handsomely engrossed and framed in Tennessee colored marble, and on the morning of the 22nd ultimo were formally presented to Mrs. Garfield by a committee of the Association, who visited Cleveland for that purpose. C. A. Withers, formerly Adjutant-General of Gen. Morgan's staff, made the presentation speech as follows : "It is with mingled feelings of gratification and regret that I have the honor, madam, ol presenting to you this memorial of the ex-1 Confederate Soldiers of Cincinnati. It is gratifying that we truthfully and feelingly unite our voices in commendation of the lamented dead with those of many thousands of our common people. The occasion which called for such sentiments is painful in its reflections, and as fully deplored by the people of the South as by those of any other section of the countrv. The unanimity with which these resolutions were passed, and the expressions conveyed therein, speak more than any words of mine, and you can rest assured, madam, that in them is voiced the tribute of all the old soldiers of the South to the sterling worth of the late President." Mrs. Garfield, by a great effort, repressed her emotion, while die aged mother of the late President wept freely. The late President's widow, her voice trembling with emotion, replied to the address of Major Withers as follows: "Gentlemen?I am very grateful to you, and to those from whom this beautiful gift comes, and for its sake and for the sentiment expressed." After the presentation, the wife and mother of the dead President examined the memorial gift and expressed their admiration to Mr. Knipe, the maker. The frame was cut from a single block of marble about two feet square. The United States coat of arms is inlaid in Mexican onyx at each corner, and the resolutions, handsomely engrossed, are protected by heavy beveled French plate glass. The whole work is in exceedingly good taste. In acknowledging the compliment paid to the work by its recipients, Mr. Knipe said : "My heart went out in sympathy for the President. I volunteered to make that frame, and I made it so that it may remain a standing testimony of the Southern sentiment." Maj. Withers added: "And, moreover, we want to show these Northern politicians that we ex-Confederates are not as black as they try to make us out." The widow of Mr. Garfield responded: "It had always been the General's greatest wish that there be no North nor South. His earnest desire was to see a united country, and, had he lived"?here her grief overcame her, and the sentence was unfinished. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Mr. A. E. Smith has been appointed agent for the Catawba Indians, vice IVm. White, resigned. ? The Lancaster Ledger reports that the Hessian tly is damaging wheat in some sections of that county. ? The ltight Rev. P. N. Lynch, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, died in that city 011 Sunday last. ? IVm. Douglass, colored, was stabbed and killed near Abbeville 011 Monday of last week by T. B. Millford, in a controversy about a fence. Millford was bailed. ? The four negroes convicted of burning the Greenville opera house have had their appeal passed upon by the Supreme Court, and the decision sustains that of the Circuit Court, which sentenced them to death. ? The Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor has paid to Mrs. Laura S. May, of Rock Hill, the sum of S*2,000, the amount of the benefit certificate of her husband, R. T. May, who was a member of Rock Hill Lodge. ? Lancaster county has about thirteen gold mines which have been worked, more or less, from time to time. But two of these mines, though, have been developed to any great extent. ? The Democratic executive committee of Beaufort county ordered a primary election 011 Monday last for the purpose of recommending suitable persons for supervisor and assistant supervisor of registration for Beaufort county. ? The Central Railroad of South Carolina, which runs from j.ane's 011 the North-eastern Railroad, by way of Manning to Sumter, on the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, is completed and through trains are running 011 it. ? The residence of J. B. Henry, known as the Buist place, just outside of the eoporate limits of Greenville, was burned last, Thursday morning abo. t 11 o'clock. Mr. Henry's family were just moving into the building, and there was 110 loss of furniture. Loss, Itfin I.K'inwl f,\r nun ^,VVV , A 11'JUIW XX A ? The Iteporter says the new depot of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad at Chester is now completed. I t is 90 feet long and 58 feet wide, substantially constructed. As a protec- j tion from fire, the cotton platform is some dis- j tanee from the main building, in rear of it. ; A portion of the track is laid between the depot and this platform. ? David McBreaty, an Irish peddler, aged about 42 years, died in Greenville last week, death resulting from hemorrage of the lungs, which attacked him suddenly. lie bled very ! copiously, and an important artery is supposed , to have been ruptured. lie was a native of Donegal, Ireland, and arrived at Greenville on Saturday before his death from the North, j Before dying lie made a will leaving &800, i which he had deposited in a New York bank, to his relatives in Ireland. ? Last week 174 cattle from the Dunbarton section, Barnwell county, were shipped by steamer to an island below Savannah, where they will be fattened for market. They were bought by a Georgian, who paid in no case more than five dollars for the largest cows and oxen. Scarcity of forage and pasturage and the approach of the stock law forced farmers to sell at the speculator's figures. ? The Chester Bulletin of last week says that since the books of subscription 'were opened in that town, $00,000 in amounts varying from $0,000 to $15,000 has been subscribed to the capital stock of the Magnetic Manufacturing Company. Hon. J. J. Hemphill, Col. II. P. Ilammet and Hon. J. J. McLure are the corporators. The mills are to be erected at the magnificent water power on Broad River, formerly the site of the old Cherokee Iron Works. The factory will l>e on the Spartanburg side of the river and nearly opposite the cotton mills now being erected by Mr. Deal and others. The Magnetic Company has a capital stock of $000,000 and will commence business when $250,000 shall have been paid in. Mr. Hemphill says the prospects of the enterprise are flattering. r\ 41.? 4V..,4 i ? V-Miu Di me must uioiiucciui tuna tunc Columbia lias known for many years, as the Register characterizes it, occurred on Friday night, in McC'rcery's wagon yard, the aggressors being a party of wagoners, who wantonly attacked policeman McKenna, while lie was passing through the wagon yard. lie then called a number of policemen to his aid, and a lively scrimmage ensued before the party could be arrested. Policeman McKenna received a severe stab in the shoulder, the blade of the knife puncturing one of his lungs, and a man named Goodwyn, from Lexington, who was also camping in the yard, but not engaged in the melee, received a pistol wound in the foot. The rioters were committed to jail, in default of bail, to await their trial at the next term of the Court, on the charge of rioting and assault and battery with intent to kill. ? The memorial services held in Trinity Church, at Charleston, last Sunday, upon the death of the late Bishop Wightman, were attended, probably, by the largest audience that has been gathered within the walls of the church, an audience which, composed as it was of representatives of every creed and class in in the communnity, was a voluntary tribute to the esteem and respect in which the great and good man whose death was commemorated was held in the community in which he spent the l)est years of his life. In the pulpit were the Rev. A. Coke Smith, pas tor of Trinity Church, the Rev. S. A. Weber, of the Southern Christian Advocate, and the Rev. W. S. Martin, of Florence. The services were opened \vith a memorial ode written for the occasion by the Rev. Thos. O. Summers, 1). D., which was rendered by the choir. This was followed by the singing of a hymn, by a prayer by the Rev. A Coke Smith, and the reading of Scripture selections by the Rev. S. A. Weber. The Rev. A. Coke Smith, who has just returned from the death-bed of his father in Sumter county, then delivered an eloquent sermon upon the death of the distinguished prelate. The text was from Phil, i, 21: "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." THE MORMON QUESTION. On Saturday last the Utah Legislature adopted a memorial to Congress in which they say : We, your inemoralists, the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, respectfully represent that in consequence of baseless rumors and monstrous exaggerations the people whom we represent have been placed in jeopardy and are now threatened with deprivation of the right of local self-government. Persons, whose aim is to gain control of this now wealthy and prosperous territory and manipulate its finances, have succeeded in arousing the ire of the clergy, and through them the anger of many people against a large majority of the citizens of Utah, and thus a pressure has been brought to bear upon your honorable body which shows its effects in proposed measures containing provisions utterly at variance with the fundamental principles of Republican government, and which, while ostensibly aimed at the marriage relations of but a small portion of the people, will, if carried into effect, deprive the whole Territory of vested rights secured to it by the organization act and the Constitution of the United States. The memorial then denies at great length everything ever charged against the Mormons, and accuses the representatives of the Federal Government in Utah of every species of wrong-doing possible to officers or men. POLITICAL POINTS. " ? The "People's Ticket" triumphed over the Pnrtiil.lmnti Laoooo in + 1ia miinioinal ulopfimi l'n J.L17JMUJ11V,<111 UWOOCO lit l/ll^ lllUlllVi|'Ul l/iuvuvn **+ Philadelphia, Tuesday. The masses of both parties united against the corruption that has cursed the City of Brotherly Love for a number of years. ? The following States will elect governors in 188*2 : Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and possibly Dakota. ? It is said that the reason why Mr. Arthur has been so slow in filling appointments is that he has been anticipating a break up in the present political organizations, and that he was consequently moving slowly and feeling ing his way as lie went. lie has been coquetting with the third party-ites in the South but don't seem thus far to have made much progress in this line. ? The colored citizens of North Carolina have called a convention to meet in Goldsboro 011 the 20th instant for the purpose of "taking such steps as maybe deemed advisable relative to the gross outrage and infringement upon our rights guaranteed by the constitution of the United States and North Carolina," so they say. The call is signed by a number of colored citizens from several counties. The chief point of grievance seems to lie alleged injustice as to the nrivilesre of the iurv-box. ? The Virginia General Assembly 011 Saturday elected live judges of the Supreme Court. The Democrats nominated and voted for their candidates in each case except in the case of Mr. Harrington, who was elected to succeed Judge E. E. Burke, whose term of service they claimed would not expire for six years to come. The Democrats in the Senate asked to have their protest against the election spread on the minutes, but the president pro tern, ruled it out, and appeal against his decision had not been decided when the Senate adjourned. ? Gen. Gartrell announces that he will be an Independent Democratic candidate for Governor of Georgia, but he turns up his popular nose at the mooted coalition with the Republicans. His platform is : uIiree education for all children, opposition to railroad and other monopolies, oposition to the present system of leasing the State convicts, and a recognition of our common Federal Government and equality of all men before the law." It is thought that he will end by going into the Liberal party so-called, and it is predicted that lie will not be an acceptable candidate to Gen. Longstreet or the Administration. ? Says the Raleigh Netrs and Observer: Bit-' terness cannot l)e i>erpetuated after the exciting cause has been removed. In the speech of Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, to which we referred the other day as putting him well up 011 the roll of fame, he alluded to the fact that an era of good feeling had set in, and we feel every assurance that we are now about to enter a period when kindly sentiments will prevail throughout the length and breadth of the Union. The progress made in amity and friendship is very gratifying. It speaks well for the Southern heart. The North waged a war against the South, and were the conquerors. On their side there was no occasion foiv bitterness, and yet since the cessation of hostilities they have been as rancorous as if we had gained the mastery in the conflict, and had imposed our terms upon them. ? A correspondent of the Indianapolis .Tourmil telegraphs from Springfield, 111., that exGovernor John M. Palmer has lately received a letter from Hon. Samuel J. Tilden conveying information that he had consented, at the solicitation of his friends, to become a candidate for the Presidency in 1884, and making overtures to him (Mr. Palmer) to accept the second place on the ticket. The letter is, it is stated, exceedingly complimentary in nature, and particular stress is laid upon Mr. Palmer's populority with the colored voters. The correspondent interviewed Mr. Palmer regarding the matter, but that gentleman refused either to acknowledge or deny having received the letter, merely saying, "I am non-committal." Two of his warmest friends, however, assured the correspondent that they had seen the letter, and said that Palmer was inclined to regard the proposition with favor. mkkr.Vkntion. General Fitzhugh Lee is writing a history of the campaigns of Lee's army. Conway, Arkansas, will not j>ermit even express companies to deliver liquor to citizens of that town. There are 1,21(5 convicts in the Georgia penitentiary. Danville, Virginia, is preparing to build the second cotton factory. The Mississippi River, below Memphis, is thirty miles wide, and great damage has l>een done by the flood. The coming Brazilian coffee crop is stated to be from 500U 000 to 1,000,000 bags short of the last one. A Chicago man drank four pints of whisky to cure the small pox, but it killed the man before having a chance at the disease. Mr. Abel Wright placed two or three dozen carp in a pond near Griflin, Ga., three years ago. lie has sold live hundred dollars worth since, and thinks he still has a million. A Rome, Ga., man is preparing a unique directory. It will contain the name, style, whether brunette or blonde, address and approximate age of every young lady in Georgia, who has in her own name, or as heir-expectant, prcqierty to the amount of $5,000 or upward. A soldier lost his hand in firing a salute to Gen. Hancock, when the latter visited Little Rock, Ark., the other day on an inspecting tour. The General visited the woundfd man, deplored the accident, and promised to provide for him. The Fisk Colored .Jubilee Singers were denied admission to all of the hotels .in Washington on Saturday night, and narrowly escaped having to sleep in the streets. But this was atoned for on Monday by President Arthur, who wept copious tears when they innocently sang in the White House their most plaintive melody, "Steal Away." The total visible supply of cotton for the world, last Saturday, was 3,124,105, of which 2,457,919 was American, against 2,920,450 and 2,491,090, respectively, last year. The greatest Hood ever known in the Ohio river was February 18th, 1832; the second greatest flood December 27th, 1847. The present flood promises to be among the notable ones. The Commercial says "it is already a calamity." Immense quantities of crossties are being cut on | the Satilla Itiver, tta., tor iNorinern ranroaus I that are sending out schooners to carry them North. President Arthur has made five j hundred and thirty nominations to office since he became President, thirty-fiye of which were from New York. Some over-loyal spirit has been desecrating Cyrus Field's monument to Major Andre, and the people of Tappan, N. Y., where the monument is erected, though not in sympathy with Andre, are mad about it. The Mississippi State Senatelias passed a bill appropriating $50,000 for the encouragement of emigration to that State, and it is thought that the bill will pass the House and become a law. The corner stone for a new cotton factory was laid in Concord, N. C., last Saturday, with religious ceremonies conducted by the pastor of the Presbyterian church. The census shows that in Utah, in a population of 143,903, the Americans number 99,909, and the foreigners 43,994. It is evident from this that Americans are in a majority in the Mormon Church. Walter ^ 1 T Tr - ..L i.1. D. DaviUge ana j. jv. roner, wie spui:j<u guvernment counsel in the prosecution of Guiteuu, have each been paid $2,500 011 account. ? The Department of Agriculture, after making up the figures, estimates the total product of grain and bread-stuffs in the United States and Territories last year at 2,003,029,570 bushels, being 24 per cent, less than for the year j 1880. Sergeant Mason, who shot at Guiteau, has had a rough time, having spent the 100 days since his arrest in a filthy, dingy cell, infested with rats, and the wonder is that it has not killed him. Under date of last Monday a horrible story comes from Northampton county, North Carolina. A white woman murdered her two infants and died from exposure while digging a grave for them in the woods. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 21st, the House Congressional apportionment bill was passed, without amendment, by a viva voce vote. The pension resolution came upas unfinished business, and after a short discussion, on motion of Mr. Hawley the whole subject was, by a vote of 26 to 23, laid 011 the table as unfinished business. The Grant retirement bill also came up, but was laid over as unfinished business for Thursday. After a short executive session, the Senate adjourned until Thursday, "as a mark of-j proj>er and becoming respect and honor to the memory of George Washington." The House was occupied in discussing the ! postoffice appropriation bill, and it adjourned until Thursday. In the Senate 011 the 23rd, a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to issue rations for the relief of the laboring classes in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River, was referred to the military committee. In discussing this resolution, the fact was stated that the number rendered destitute in the Mississippi Valley, by reason of the overflow of the river, is from 50,000 to $75,000, whites and blacks alike. The bill retiring Grant was passed, by a vote of 35 to 17. Just before adjournment, the military committee reported on the resolution to provide relief on account of the overflow of the Mississippi, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The joint resolution was at once taken up. The substitute was adopted and passed without debate. It appropriates $100,000 to be used by the Secretary of War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores for relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi and its tributaries, and authorizes the Secretary to co-operate with the authorities of the several States of which such district is a part in making distribution of the same. After a short executive session, the Senate adjourned. * A considerable portion of the session of the House was devoted to discussing the i>ostollice appropriation bill. A number of i>etitions were presented by different members, asking the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and on checks and drafts. The Senate joint resolution for the relief of the people of the Missis- j sippi Valley, appropriating $100,000 for that j purpose, was taken from the Shaker's table ' and jiassed. In the Senate on the 24th, Mr. Bayard's : Chilian investigation resolution w;is referred to the committee on foreign relations with in-1 structions to make the required investigation and report their proceedings to the Senate at1 the earliest possible day. The immediate deficiency bill was then taken up and passed, j Among the nominatians sent in by the Presi- j dent were the names of ex-Senator Conkling to be Associate Justice of the IT. S. Supreme Court, and Hon. A. A. Sargent to be Minister to Germany. In executive session the Senate confirmed Henry F. Harriot collector of customs for the district of Georgetown, S. C. Adjourned until Monday. In the House, a resolution similar to that of Mr. Bayard's, ordering an investigation of the relations between this government and the Chilian government was adopted. Several private bills were reported, among them one for the relief of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines. In the House on the 25th, Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, from the committee on coinage, weights and measures, reported a bill to authorize the coinage of silver dollars and fractions thereof of full standard value on the metric system. Referred to the committee of the whole. The postofflce appropriation bill was passed, and the House, at 5.15, adjourned. Congress was only nominally in session on the 27th, the Senate having, at 10 o'clock, proceeded to the hall of the House of Representatives to hear the oration of Mr. Blaine on the life and services of Garfield. The eulogy was concluded at 1.50 P. M., having taken just an hour and a half in its delivery. As Blaine pave utterance to the last solemn words, the spectators broke into a storm of applause, which was not hushed for some moments. The address was listened to with an intense interest and solemn silence, unbroken by any sound except by a sigh of relief, (such as arises from a large audience when a strong tension is removed from their minds,) when the orator passed from his allusion to the differences existing in the Republican party last Spring. The benediction was then offered by Rev. Dr. Bullock, Chaplain of the Senate. The Marine Band played the Garfield Dead March, as tlnj invited guests filed out of the chamber in the same order in which they had entered it. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. An Act to amend Chapter XCVII, of the Title V, Part II, of the General Statutes of thin State, relating to assignments of insolvent debtors. Section 1. 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, That Chapter XCVII, of Title V, Part II, of: the General Statutes of this State, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following as Sections 10,11 and 12 of the said chapter: 10 Tlmf. onv nsnlmunpnt; of an insol vent debtor of his or her property for the benefit of his or her.creditors, in which any preference or priority is given to any creditor or creditors of the said debtor by the terms of the said assignment, over any other creditor or creditors, other than as to any debts due to the public, or in which any provision or disposition of the property so assigned is made or directed, other than that same be distributed among all creditors of the said insolvent debtor equally, in proportion to the amount of their several demands, and without preference or priority of any kind whatsover, save only as to debts due to the public, and save only as to such creditors as may accept the terms of such assignment and execute a release of their claims against the debtor, and except as hereinafter provided, such assignment shall be absolutely null and void, and of no effect whatsoever. Sec. 11. If any person, being insolvent, within ninety days before the raakingof any assignment by Jiim or her of his or her property for the benefit of his or her creditors, with a view to give a preference to any creditor or person having a claim against him or her, or who is under any liability for him or her, procures or suffers any part of his or her property to be attached, sequestered or seized on execution, or makes any payment pledge, assignment, transfer or conveyance of any part of his or her property, either directly indirectly, absolutely or conditionally, the person receiving such payment, pledge, assignment, transfer or conveyance of any part of his or property, either directly or indirectly, absolutely or conditionally, the i>erson receiving such payment, pledge, assignment, transfer or conveyance of any i>art of his or her property, or to be benefited" thereby, or by such attachment, having reasonable cause to believe such person to be insolvent, and that such attachment, sequestration, seizure, payment, pledge, assignment or conveyance is made in fraud, of the provisions of this chapter, the same shall be void, and the assignee may recover the property or the value of it from the person so receiving it. or so to be benefitted. Nothing, however, in this section shall be construed to invalidate any loan of actual value, or the security therefor, made in good faith, upon a security taken in good faith, on the occasion of the making of such loan, or any security bona file made for advances. Sec. 12. "Whenever any debtor shall assign his or her property for the benefit of his or her creditors, it shall and may be lawful for any creditor of the said debtor, either by simple contract, specially or any other manner, to institute proceedings against the said debtor or the assignee named in the said assignment, or any other persons properly parties thereto, either to attack and set aside the said deed of assignment, or to enforce the provisions thereof, or for any other purpose whatsoever, without first obtaining and entering up judgment against the said debtor upon the claim or demand so held by the said creditor or creditors. Approved the 9th day of Februarv, A. D. 1882. An Act to facilitate the settlement of the Estates of Intestates. Section 1. 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: That if after the expiration of twelve months from the grant of letters of administration on the estate of any person dying intestate, it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Judge of the Court of Probate by which said letters of administration were granted, that the administrator or administrators of such estate are unable to ascertain the whereabouts of any person supposed to be entitled as distributee of such estate, or whether any person, who, if living would be entitled as distributee of said estate, be dead or not, and that such person has never been domiciled in this State, it shall be lawful for the said Judge of Probate to issue a citation addressed to all persons interested in the said estate asdistributees, calling on such person whose whereabouts or the fact of whose death is unknown, his personal representatives or distributees, to be and appear before the said Probate Court on a day and at a certain hour to be specified in said citation, and show cause why the said administrator should not be decreed to distribute said estate, as if the saiil person wnose wnere- i abouts or the fact of whose deatli is unknown, [ had died before said intestate, and notifying all persons entitled to the said estate as distributee or otherwise-to appear on the day and at the time so to be appointed, before the said Court, to intervene for their interest in said estate. That the day fixed in said citation, on which cause shall be shown as aforesaid, shall j be the first Monday in the month, and shall | be not less than three months after the date of said citation. That the said citation shall be published once a week for six successive weeks in one newspaper published in the county in which said Probate Court is held, the first publication of the said citation to be made within ten days after the date thereof, said newspaper to be designated by the said Judge of Probate: Provided, the said Judge of Probate shall have a right in his discretion to order such citation to be published once a week for three successive weeks in one other newspaper published in such other place as he shall think most likely to give notice to the parties interested in said estate. Sec. 2. That the publication of said citation, as hereinbefore prescribed, shall be proved by filing with the said Judge of Probate copies of the newspapers containing the publication of said citation and the affidavit of the publisher or printer of the said respective newspapers. Sec. J. That at the time fixed in said citation for cause to be shown as aforesaid, due proof of publication having been made and filed as hereinbefore required, if no person appears as therein required, the said Probate Court shall decree distribution of said estate to be made as if the person whose whereabouts or the fact of whose death is unknown had died before the intestate, an? distribution so made by the administrator or administrators shall be a full and complete discharge to the administrator or administrators. Sec. 4. That at the time fixed in the said citation for cause to be shown as aforesaid, due jiroof of publication having been made % and filed as hereinbefore required, if the person whose whereabouts or the fact of whose death was unknown shall appear, all further proceedings shall be discharged: Provided, however, that if the identity of such person so appearing shall be disputed by the administrator or administrators, or any distributee of such intestate or the legal representatives of any such distributee, the said Probate Court shall proceed to hear and determine the said controversy, and if the same be determined against the said person so appearing, distribution.of the estate shall be made as prescibed in Section3 of this Act; but if the same be determined in favor of said party so appearing, he shall be held and deemed to be the person whose whereabouts or the fact of whose death was unknown. Such dertermination in either case, however, to be subject to appeal as provided by law in other cases of appeal from the Probate Court. Sec. 5. That at the expiration of the time fixed in in said citation for cause to be shown as aforesaid, due proof of publication having been made and filed as hereinbefore required, if any person or persons shall appear, claiming to be heir or distributee or personal representative of the person whose whereabouts or the fact of whose death is unknown or otherwise entitled to his estate and claiming a distributive share in the intestate's estate, the said Probate Court shall proceed to hear and determine whether the said person whose whereabouts or the fact of whose death is unknown died before or after the intestate, and if the determination be that such person whose whereabouts or the fact of whose death is unknown, died before the intestate, distribution of such intestate shall be made accordingly; but if the determination be that the said person whose whereabouts or the fact of whose death is unknown died after the death of the intestate, the said distributive share of such person shall be paid and delivered by the said administrator or administrators to the person or persons legally entitled to receive the same. Such determination in either case, however, to be subject to appeal as provided by law in other cases of appeal from the Probate Court. Sec. (3. That nothing herein contained shall debar or prevent any such person whose whereabouts was unknown at the time of the distribution of said estate as aforesaid, and who shall within three years after the distribution of the estate as aforasaid appear and claim his or her said distributive share as heir at law, or distributee, from recovering from the other distributees between whom the said estate has been divided as aforesaid, or any of them, his or her said share, or such portion thereof as any such distributee thereof may have received from the said estate over and above his oilier individual share by reason of the absence of such person whose whereabouts was not known at the time of the said distribution. ' Approved tho tltli day of February, A. D. 1882. An Act to prescribe the mode of ascertaining the average attendance on the Free Public Schools of thiaSlate, and to apportion the school fund according to such attendance. Section 1. 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, That the school month shall consist of twentyschool days, and that this number shall be taken as the unit of computation in estimating the average attendance of each pupil in the free public schools of this State. Sec. 2. That for the school year 1882-1883, and for each school year thereafter, each county school commissioner shall apportion the income of the school fund among the several school districts of his county in proportion to the average attendance upon the free public schools for the last preceding year as ascertained by Section 1 of this Act. Sec. 3. That the State superintendent of education is hereby authorized and required to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this Act. Approved the 20th day of December, A. D. 1881. An Act to enable persons whose Crops are Seized under the provisions of the various Acts of the General A; stmbly, known as the "Lien Laws," to recover possession of the same upon entering into bond in accordance with the provisions ol law now of force in regard to actions for the claim and delivery of personal property-. 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 : That from and after the passage of this Act, any person whose crop or crops, whether the same be severed frbpi the freehold or not, may be seized under the provisions of any or all of the Acts of the General Assembly known as the "Lien Law," shall have the right, upon entering into bond in accordance with the provisions of law now of force in regard to actions for claim and delivery of j>ersonal property, to recover immediate possession of the crop or crops so seized : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to effect any of the provisions of said lien law in cases where no bond is given as herein authorized. Approved the 9th day of February, A. D. 1882. An Act to provide a Lo<;al Option law for the incorporated cities, towns and villages of this VJf ntfl A TERRIBLE COLLISION. The Greenville News of the 21st ultimo gives the following particulars of the collision on the Air-Line Railroad on the morning of the preceding day, from which it would appear that the accident, traceable to intemperance, was of serious consequences: On Sunday morning a West-bound freight train on the Air-Line Railroad left a place called Flowery Branch, and had gone but a quarter of a mile when a freight train coming from an opposite direction suddenly came in sight. Both trains were running quite rapidly, and it soon became evident that a collision was inevitable. There was a trestle between them, and the two trains came together with a terrific shock nearly in the middle of it. The fireman of the West-bound train sprang from his engine just before the collision, and received injuries from which he died yesterday morning. Both engines were thrown from the trestle, and fifteen cars were thrown off. The engines were both badly demolished, one of them falling into the stream below and the other in the gully, not many feet away from it. The fire from one of the engines was knocked out, igniting the trestle and five of the cars, which were loaded with bacon, cotton and general merchandise, which were almost entirely consumed. The bridge was badly broken and burned, and the wreckage was scattered in every direction, the cars and locomotives being strewn about over the gully, on the side of the embankment and under the demolished bridge. The fireman on the East-bound train had his arm broken in two places and both engineers were severely bruised. As soon as the accident occurred the conductor of the West bound train disappeared and has not l>een seen since. It is alleged by par Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina now met and sitting in General Assemply, and by the authority of the same: That whenever a number of the citizens of any incorporated city, town or village in this State, equal to one-third of the number of votes cast in the next preceding municipal election therein, shall, in writing, on or before the fifteenth day of November in any year, petition for an election upon the question of "license" or "no license" for the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, the council of such city, town, or village is hereby authorized and required to submit such question to the qualified electors of such city town or village, at a special election to be held therein on or about the first day of December following ; and if a majority of said electors vote in favor of "license," then the council of such city, town, or village shall grant license according to the laws now in force iu this State for the sale of liquors in such city, town, or village for the ensuing year; but if a majority of said electors vote in favor of "no license," then it shall be unlawful for the council for such city, town or village so voting, to grant any license for the sale of any spirituous or intoxicating liquors, bitters or fruits prepared with such liquors for the ensuing year. Sec. 2. Hereafter all licenses for the sale of spirituous or intoxicating liquors in the incorporated cities, towns, or villages of this State, shall be granted in such manner as to end on the Slstdayof December in the year for which they shall be granted. Sec. 3. Tlmt whenever a majority of the electors of any incorporated city, town or village vote in favor of "license," such license shall be granted from year to year until another vote shall be had under the provisions of this Act with a different result; and whenever a majority of such electors vote in favor of "no license," the council of such city, town or village shall from year to year, refuse to grant licenses until another election shall be held, under the provisions of this Act with a different result. Sec. 4. This Act shall not apply to any city, town or village in which the sale of ardent spirits is now or shall hereafter be prohibited by legislative enactment. Sec. 5. That whenever the majority of the electors UI any such iuuui|Auarcu cavj9 tunuui village, shall vote in favor of "no license," it shall be unlawful for any druggist therein to sell, during the time when no licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors are granted, any spirituous or intoxicating liquors, bitters, or fruits prepared with such liquors, except upon the certificate of a regular practicing physician in actual attendance upon a patient; such certificate to contain the name of the patient, and shall be filed by the druggist filling the same, and kept for the period of one year, subject to inspection at any time the council of ; such city, town, or village may direct. Sec. <i. It shall be unlawful for any physi- j cian to give a prescription for any such liquors ! except when actually in bona fide attendance upon a patient. Sec. 7. That any person violating Sections 5 or 6 of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum of not less than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than three months, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the Court. Sec. 8. All elections under this Act shall be conducted according to the laws now governing the municipal elections of the city, town, or village in which they are held. i Sec. 9. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, so far j as they may interfere with the provisions of : this Act. I Approved the 9th day of February, A. D. 1882. ? LOCAL A77AZHS; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sonthorn Express Company. T. M. Dohaon?Emporium of Fashion?74 and 49 Cents?44 Cents?24 Cents?Salem Jeans? Dobaon'a Favorite?At Cost^-Old Oaken ' Bucket". J. M. Adams?He Means Business This TimeGarden Seeds?For Sale Cheap for CashWanted?Socks?Writing Paper. t John R. Ashe?The New Store. ; i Herndon Brothers?Attention !?Wanted?Wattle... *do Phosphate-?Not Wanted. AtJtwi? mm* urn. Dobson <fe Parish?Seed Potatoes. W. O. Latimer?New Goods. Col.cockt Miller A Co.?Atlantic and Oriental Acid Still Ahead. Waverly Magazine. J. D. G win, Clover?Right Along this Way. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. In this issue will be found several Acts of importance passed at the last session of the Legislature. JUDGE W1THEHSPOON. Speaking of the Circuit Court of Chesterfield, a correspondent of the Neves and Courier ? says :''Judge Witherspoon is presiding, and the members of the bar, as well as the citizens trenerallv. are loud in their praise of him, and more than content with the choice of our Legislature." COTTON AND FERTILISERS. Business revived a little during the fair days of last week, and some cotton was sold. The shipments for the week ending last Monday, were 112 bales, making a total of 5,343 for the season. The receipts of fertilizers for the week ending Monday were 204 tons, making a total of 1,041 tons received at this place to date. SOUTHERN EXPRESS. As will t>e seen by advertisement elsewhere, Mr. Horace H. Beard has been appointed agent of the above company at this place, nir* Mr. F. E. Smith, resigned. The office of the company will hereafter be at tlie depot,'where packages will be received for forwarding at all hours of the day. Express freight for consignees in town will be promptly delivered, as heretofore. _ /ft SWIIlM 3HT PERSONAL MENTION. We regret to announce that Rev. R. P. Johnson, who has been in feeble health during the past winter, is again confined to his room. In consequence of his continued feebleness, he will be unable to fill his Lenten appointments at this place and Rock Hill the present week, or officiate at the latter place next Sjmday. His many friends earnestly hope that he may be soon restored to his wonted health and usefulness. ? i ',-f CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church at 11 A M r?n Sntnrdav noYf and at the same hour on Sunday. Services in the Church at Yorkville, at 7 P. M., on Sunday. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10$ A. M. Sunday-school at 9. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at 11 A. M., and 7 P. M. Baptist?Rev. W. L. Brown, Supply. Services next Sunday at 7 P. M. GARFIELD MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. We have received from Gen. W. A. Robinson, member of the General Committee for North and South Carolina, an address to the American people by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland for contributions in aid of the proposed monument to General Garfield, late President of the United States. Although this address emanates from a society, it is designed that the monument shall be a national testimonial, and to this end small contributions, to be freely given, are solicited. Gen. Robinson has sent subscription lists to banks and postmasters in tliis State, and it is presumed that all who have received them will forward to the proper persons such sums as < may be subscribed. ? BURGLARY OF A STORE. On Thursday night last Mr. M. Strauss' dry goods store was burglariously entered, through a window in the rear of the building, the thief having cut through the shutter a hole which enabled him to withdaw the bolt securing the iron bar with which the shutters were confined. Hoisting the sash, he then went in and helped himself. Money would seem to have been the object of the burglary, as the safe, which had been left unlocked, was found to have been rifled and its contents scattered over the floor. There was about $20 in change in the safe, which was all the ready cash that regarded the burglar. Mr. Strauss does not mis3 any goods of consequence, except about half a box of tobacco, and probably a pair or two of ladies' shoes. GUITEAU. The latest concerning the assassin is the following from the Washington Star: Guiteau, who is confined on the east side of the south wing of the jail, does not look so shabby since he donned his new suit of blue cloth, and in the afternoons, when he is allowed to use the corridor for pedestrian exercise, walks in a lively way and seems to be rapidly regaining his spirits and flesh. As heretofore stated, whenever he is kept to himself for a few days he goes down in health, and becomes feverish and ill-natured. Allowing him to see visitors occasionally, he soon regains his tone. Among the few persons admitted to see him yesterday were two ministers. The most of the conversation with them was as to his improved looks and his photographs. He took one of the fac-similes of the flattened bullet shot at him by Sergt. Mason, and holding up a photograph and putting himself in Position, said it was perfectly wonderful that the ball should have made such a good likeness. The ministers had some little conversation of a spiritual character with him, in which he said he was a Christian, and was endeavoring to live as one. As they were leaving he passed out a card on which he had written: "I offer this sentiment: The Republican partyWrecked by Garfield, saved by Guiteau's inspiration and Arthur's statesmanship." He does not seem inclined to talk of his case much now, and such conversation with visitors is prohibited. Although apparently indifferent, some of the officers are of the opinion that he | is becoming really more serious than formerly, and that he engages in light conversation as a means of forgetting his crime and his approaching fate.