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?craps and |acts. ? China, it is said, is developing industries that will tend to keep her migratory classes at home. Systems of railway, flour mills, textile factories, ship-building,, mining, shoe manufacturing, &c., are being promoted to rendei the empire more independent of foreign countries. ? An investigation into the records of the Internal Revenue offices shows that 720,199,090 gallons of spirits were produced during the year ending June 30,1881, and 080,974 gallons lost by casualties during the same time, being a fraction less than a gallon lost for ever) thousand produced. ? The failures for the week ending last Friday, as reported to It. G. Dun & Co., numl>er less than for any of the past five weeks. The Eastern States contribute 17, the Western 40. the Southern 32, the Middle 21, the Pacific and Territories 9 and New York city 5. The failures in the South show a steady diminutior as the year goes on, and things there will soon return to their normal condition. ? "'God writes asses against men who voted for the Chinese bill,"says Henry Ward Beech er. 3ir. Ueeciier is undouoteuiy correct, 01 principle, says the Burlington Haxckeye, but al the same time we think if God writes "ass" against the name of a Congressman every tinn the honorable member does and says a foolisl: thing, the Celestial Congressional record wil be mistaken by visitors for a live stock journal, ? An old toper complained to a doctor thai the ardent failed to exhilarate his spirits. Th( doctor, knowing the inordinant nature of his api>etite, told him he had better try aquafor tis. A short time afterwards he was surpris ed by another visit from the individual, whc told him the acquafortis did very well at first but it was not strong enough. "I say doctor,' said he, "don't you think a little aqua fifties would about fix it ?" ? George Bohanan was hanged at Holla Missouri, last Friday, in the presence of sever al thousand people who assembled from all tin surrounding country. The culprit was onlj twenty years old, and was convicted of shoot ing and killing William Hite, in a drunker row on the 5th of last August. On the sam< day William Lindram, the murderer of Mrs Crone, was hanged in the city prison of Nev York. ? Frank James, brother of Jesse James, has returned to his old quarters and is organizing from among his former comrades a party o: avengers. They call themselves "The Deatl Avengers," and propose to track down aru kill every person, high and low, who had any thing to do with bringing about the death o Jesse. The avengers are being recruited fron the country which produced the outlaws Polk Wells, BillNorris, Jim Dougherty, John Pom frey and others like them. ? Russian outrages on the Jews are still re poted. A Vienna paper published last Frida1 an account received from the frontier whicl says that the troops previous to the arrival o the Governor of Podolia at Balta aided ii plundering instead of protecting the Jew mere, runy peisous wete scuuusijr lujuici (luring the progress of the riots, some of whon have since died. Fully a thousand house were destroyed and the damage done is esti mated at 4,500,000 roubles. ? Last Sunday during the religious service in*thc chapel attached to the penitentiary a Columbus, Ohio, attended by 1,500 persons mostly prisoners, the recent laws passed b; the Legislature restricting the liquor traffic and punishing infractions of the Sunday laws were explained to the audience. The prison ers were then asked to give expression of tliei views with regard to the necessity for sue! laws. At once over 1,000 right hands wer held up, showing their approval of the nei laws ? A prominent ex-Confederate officer livinj in Washington, started, out the other morn ing, to find a man servant. He met a good looking colored man and asked if he couli recommend a man. He could not. "Wha are you engaged in ?" asked th9 Confederate "I am not doing anything just now," was th reply. "Why cannot I engage you, then ?' asked the gentleman. "Well I expect to hav a seat in Congress in a few days. My nam is Lynch, and I am contesting the seat o General Chalmers." ? It is related of General Jubal Early that ii company with a brother officer he had attende* church once where the theme of the preache was the judgment day, when the earth and se: should give up their dead. "What would yoi do, General, if all those people the preache spoke of should pop up around you?" aske< his companion. It was during the closinj days of the Confederacy, when the Confederate ^ ranks were badly decimated, and after a mo ment's silence, General Early, with character istic profanity, responded : "I wouldconscrip every d? one of them !" ? Over nine thousand immigrants arrivei at New York on Tuesday of last week, am the Commissioner of Immigration estimate 4-V*of +lm orrurolc rlnvinrr A nril will QfTCrrocrilt 11 Kill nig nillTttia UUHtJ^ ia n U4 V^%*V over 100,000. Among the arrivals Tuesda; were a number of German cigar makers, whi have found employment here at from $13 t $14 per week, as against about $5 at home A numerous party of umbrella makers fron France are also among the new comers. Fron Bossig, France, come a number of locomotivi builders. The Italian element is coming t< be more conspicuous. ? Somebody writes of feminine type setters "As a class female printers are diligent am worthy. They never "sojer;" they neve bother the editors for chewing tobacco ; the; n ever prowl around among the exchanges fo the Police Gazette; they never get themselve full of budge and try to clean out rival prin shops; they never swear about the busines manager ; they do not smoke nasty old cla; ptpes; they never strike for more pay; the; do not allude to the editorial matter as "slush' or "hogwashin short, they are patient gentle, conscientious and reliable." ? The New York Commercial Bulletin, afte an impartial investigation, states as facts tlia up to January, of this year, the house of A. T Stewart & Co., has never failed to make hand some net returns over the interest upon its en tire capital, and over the enormous volume o expenses ; that the last ten years were ver prosperous, and the last three most prosperou" of all; The sole reason for retirement wa the colossal wealth of Hilton and Libby, am a desire for ease and comfort. These facts, i correctly stated, dispose of a great deal of tic tion lately indulged as to the alleged tinancia embarrassments of the largest dry goods es tablishment in the world. ? The trial of Walter E. Malley, James Mai ley and Annie Kearns, alias Blanche Douglass charged with the murder of Jennie E. Cramer is progressing in the Superior Court of Nev Haven, Connecticut, before Judge Granger The State rest their case upon one count, lha Jennie came to her death by arsenic adminis tered by the accused. The defense will clain that Jennie Cramer was an habitual arseni* eater, for the purpose of improving her com plexion, and will also claim she committed sui cide. State Attorney Doolittle and Charle: K. Bush, of Orange, appear for the prosecu tion, and Samuel F. Jones, of Hartford ; Wm C. Case, of Simsbury; Levy N. Blydenburj and Timothy J. Fox, of New Haven, for tlx Malleys. The Court has assigned ex-Judg< Wm. B. Stoddard and E. C. Dorr to defenc Blanche Douglass. ? A St. Louis dispatch of last Friday says "A passenger from the West reports that ai East bound passenger train on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was ditched or the night of the 17th instant, near Rincon J R??A l\An?ri1tr n vr?AA/l TY* At i\t!W JICXICO, UI1U I Hit I live iicaYHj uiuitu iuci attempted to rob the express. The men en tered the baggage car instead of the express car by mistake, and before they could rectify their error and get into the right car the train men and passengers appeared in such forct that the robbers tied. The engine and baggage and express cars were thrown from the track. The engineer and firemen were killed and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s messengei was badly wounded. The express car is supposed to have contained $-200,000 in silver from the Arizona mines bound for New York and it is thought that the would-be robbers were informed of this fact by telegraph at Kincon and that they belong to a baud of desl>eradoes who have been committing all kinds of depredations in New Mexico and Arizona for months." ? A storm struck Mount Vernon, an oremining town in Westmoreland county, Pa., on Wednesday evening of last week, inflicting severe loss to life and property. Everything above ground in the track of the storm was carried into the air. One large barn disappeared so completely that not one splinter of it can be found. One man found his wife dead near the house with their eleven months old child in her arms unhurt. Two older 1 children were burned from their clothes taking Ore so that they died; they could not account for the flames. Two other children of the same man will probably die from similar burns. 1 The track of the storm was narrow and through ' a sparsely settled region. On the same day a ! destructive cyclone occurred in Missouri. Cal| houn, Lewis, Clinton? Holden, Brownsville, Appleton and the adjacent country were in ' its track, and all suffered more or less. Two deaths are reported, and besides lighter darn age to buildings, eighteen dwellings and four l churches were demolished. The total loss at ! Brownsville alone is estimated at ?150,000. A i fearful tornado also passed over Cairo, 111., at ; 5 o'clock last Saturday afternoon. Although r of but a few seconds duration, it blew down the colored Methodist Church and four other ; buildings, unroofed ten or fifteen buildings and . blew over five loaded freight cars on the Wa. bash liailroad. Xo lives were lost, though two or three persons were slightly hurt. | tike IJorJu'iUe #u?juivcr. 1 i YORK VII I E. S. C.: 5 . ! THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 27,1882. THE HOCK HILL GUANO WAR. In the issues attending the guano question ' at Roek Hill, which has been an unfortunate subject of contention in that town since the 1 hist municipal election, the Enquirer can j have no possible feeling. We have simply f published such articles as were submitted to " us, as we would have published communica, tions ventilating any local issue in which a considerable number of our readers were inr terested. To the card of the wardens of the town?which we regarded as a semi-oflicial 3 statement in as far as it went?and a comrnut nication signed "Sympathizer," following it, f published in the Enquirer of the 13th in? stant, Col. J. M. Ivy has replied through the columns of the Rock Ilill Iferuld, which paper f also contains an editorial reply to the same ar1 tides originally published in the Enquirer. , In justice to all parties concerned, we copy " this week those replies from the Herald, and here, so far as our columns are concerned, the ' controversy will close. A communication on , the same subject, in reply to the card and edif torial referred to, signed "Philanthropist," i and sent for publication in this issue, is theres fore declined, and we think, on reflection, the * writer will agree with us that a continuance g of the controversy through the press can result . in no good. s GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF HONOR. t The sixth annual meetingof the State Grand >> Lodge Knights of Honor was held in Columbia y on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. !' About seventy members and representatives 1 were in attendance. The following officers r were present: M. A. Carlisle, P. S. D.; John h S. Hughson, G. D.; J. W. Perrin, G. V. P.; e R. O. Sams, G. A. D. ; W. G. McDaniel, G. v G. ; Rev. T. Raysor, G. C; G. W. Holland, G. R. ; J. T. Robertson, G. T.; Henry Kohn, ^ G. Guardian ; J. D. Maxwell, G. S.; A. Cow[_ ard, H. S. Williams, B. S. Barnwell, Grand 1 Trustees. t From the proceedings it is learned that the ' Grand Lodge is in a flourishing financial con? dition. There was an increase of 302 menie bers during the year. The total number of e members now reaches about 2,000. Total f number of lodges 52. There were 21 deaths in the grand jurisdiction during the year, i which is a much larger death rate than any * reported for previous years. ^ The following officers were elected for the j ensuing term: r Past Grand Dictator?Pr. John S. Hug' son 1 of Sumter. v Grand Dictator?Colonel J. W. Perrin of e Abbeville. Grand Vice Dictator?Professor R. O. Sams . of Limestone Springs. t Grand Assistant Dictator?Colonel A. Coward of Yorkville. j Grand Guide?Henry Kohn of Orangeburg. I Grand Chaplain?Rev. E. II. Buist of Ches raw. e Grand Reporter?Rev. G. W. Holland of y Newberry. 0 Grand Treasurer?Colonel J. T. Robertson u of Abbeville. Grand Guardian?J. D. Maxwell of Anderj son. u Grand Sentinel?M. B. McSweeny of Ilampe ton. 3 Grand Trustees?Captain W. R. Delgar of Sumter; A. II. Mowry of Charleston ; M. F. Ansell of Greenville. Representative to Supreme Lodge?Colonel 1 J. W Perrin of Abbeville; alternate, Dr. r George Howe Jr , of Columbia. y Aiken was selected as the p'ace of next r -e* n J T 1000 * meeting 01 me ixranu rjuuge in iooo. s Dr. George Howe Jr., of Columbia, is the t State Medical Examiner. s ? NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? ? Richard C. Badger, ex-United States Dis, trict Attorney and an influential Republican politician, died in Raleigh last Saturday after r a lingering illness, aged 40 years, t ? Charlotte is making extensive preparations " for the celebration of the Mecklenburg declaration on the 20th of May. Hon. Thomas F. f Bayard, of Delaware, will deliver the oration. V ? In Charlotte, last Saturday, Cain Mems bry, colored, was killed by the discharge of a ^ pistol in the hands of W. A. Jaquins, tender ? of the Charlotte Hotel bar. Jaquins claims . that the firing was accidental. lie was bound 1 over in a bond of ?500 for trial. - ? An aged and eccentric German, named Dr. Guss, committed suicide in Cabarrus " county last Friday. He had spoken of his ' intention to commit suicide because he had J seen enough of the world and was tired of it. For fifteen years he had an extensive pract tice at Charleston, S. C. " ?Says the Shelby Aurora: Information has ] reached this place, through a private letter 1 that President ltobison has agreed to proceed, . at an early day, to extend the line of the s Carolina Central Railroad from Shelby to Spar tanburg, S. C., with a view of meeting the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Road ' at that point. Work has already been begun 2 on the latter road and we hope to see Mr. 1 Robinson's promise put into operation at no distant day. : ? The State Republican Executive Commit1 tee of North Carolina met in Raleigh on the ' 18th. All the members were present except two. It was decided to call the State Conven[ tion 011 Wednesday June 14th. The State Anti-Prohibition Convention is called to meet J in Raleigh on the 2nd of May. On the 3rd of May the Democratic State Executive Commit[ tee will meet at Raleigh to fix a time for hold. ing a State Convention, i ? A Goldsboro dispatch says that on Thurs> | day last a mortgage was recorded for ten mil', lion dollars on the Midland North Carolina [ | Railway?W. J. Best as President of the road ; mortgaging to the American Loan and Trust i; Company of Boston, in trust for all holders of ,; its bonds, all the franchises, choses in action ' and all the railway's road beds, rights of way 1 and entire equipment, with the docks, wharves, ', buildings and lands and all other property. _ i The mortgage bears date September 1st, 1881, j and was acknowledged at Boston on the 17tli ; day of April, on which date it was also accepted by the Loan and Trust Company. The 1 j Midland Railway last year leased the Atlantic ! and North Carolina Railway and proposes to | extend its line to Salisbury. Twenty miles of i the extension have been graded, and five miles of rails have lieen put down. SOUTH CAROLfNA NEWS. ? The Democratic State Executive Committee will meet at Columbia, May 18th. ? The South Carolina Medical Association met at Spartanburg last Tuesday. ? The Governor has appointed A. H. Wheeler treasurer for Newberry county, vice U. B. Whites, removed. ? The annual session of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars of South Carolina convened in Greenville last Tuesday. ? The Columbia Register learns from representative men who were in that city last week from all parts of the State that the irritation which was manifested some time since by the passage of the stock law haS entirely subsided, and that it lias now ceased to 1m? a matter of discussion, even in the localities most opposed to it at first. ? The total guano delivery at the warehouses in Greenville, says the Neics, from the commencement of the season up to and including Saturday, April 15th, aggregates thirty thousand four hundred and twenty-three sacks, which is a heavy falling off from last year's sales. "Less guano and more com" is the popular maxim of the Greenville farmers this season. ? Congressman Aiken says since the campaign of the administration has been developed in the Charleston U. S. Court House he has I changed his mind entirely as to the propriety of an extra session of the Legislature to redistriet the State, lie now thinks it absolutely indispensable, and believes that the State should be redistricted in the interest of the Democratic party, if to get six safe districts they should run in strips from Pickens to Sumter. ? The Greenville Neics gives the following encouraging report of crop prospects : Farmers from all parts of the county report the small grain crops as more promising than' at any time within thirty years. A much larger acreage than usual has been sown, and wheat and oats give indications of an abundant harvest. Less cotton and more corn will be planted than in preceding years. The fruit crop is believed to be out of danger from frost, and a good fruit year is predicted with a finer and earlier yield than for several seasons. ? The Lancaster Ledger of the 19th reports a homicide which occurred at T. J. Cauthen's mill, in the upper part of Kershaw county, on Saturday of last week. A difficulty took place between Mr. Clark, the miller, and a man by the name of Daniel Peach. It appears that Peach was in liquor and boisterous and attacked Clark with a knife, when Clark seized a mallet and struck Peach in the breast, killing him instantly. Clark immediately surrendered himself to the Trial Justice. Peach was about 40 years of age and leaves a family. ? The progress of the Greenback movement in Richland county, is thus reported by the Columbia Register: The new party meeting at "VV. T. Roberts' mill on Saturday was not a brilliant success. The speaker was there cocked and primed, but the game' was too small in the opinion of the managers to warrant a waste of ammunition and no attempt was made to organize. At Enon Church, in the Jackson Creek neighborhood, about a mile and a half from Dent's mill, a meeting was held with better success. J. Hendrix McLane "talked" and a club was formed. ? A heavy storm of wind and hail from the west passed over Columbia about 7 o'clock last Saturday night, continuing about fifteen minutes. The hail stones were of unusual size, some reaching the dimension of large plums, and fell in great quantity. Some damage was done to glass in various portions of city and the tender vegetables were much injured, but fortunately the storm passed so rapidly that serious damage was averted. The most remarkable feature of the phenomenon was the temperature immediately after the storm was almost as high as before its occurrence. ? Says the Greenville News of Friday: On Sunday last some horses belonging to Mr. Pridmore, who lives on the top of Caesar's Head, were playing at a point on the mountain near the indentation in the rock, which forms the mouth of the "Head," when one of them, a large gray horse, jumped too near the edge of the precipice, could not check himself, and fell with a terrfiic crash, over its side to the "Dismal," which is a ravine about one thousand feet below. During his terrible descent, he struck upon a projecting boulder and rebounded with much violence. lie was of course killed instantly and terribly mangled, his brains being mashed out and every shoe torn from his feet. ? Col. R. M. Sims, Secretary of State, has forwarded to the supervisor of registration for each of the counties in the State a circular informing them that "the adoption of the two ballot boxes and two sets of managers of election at each polling precinct necessitates an additional list of registered voters." Before the 1st of May the secretary hopes to send to the supervisors an additional book for the puri>ose above stated, "and, also, a new set of I blank certificates of registration on bond paper and in the form of a stub book." The supervisors are instructed to return to the secretary of State all of the blank certificates already sent out, and, also, to forward the probable number of electors to register at each of the polling precincts in the different counties. ? A genuine case of hydrophobia in Newberry county is thus reported by the Herald: "About six weeks ago a six-year-old son of Mr. TV. TV. Spence, of this county, was bitten by a dog. The wound healed up and the child appeared to be in usual health until Tuesday, the 11th instant, when symptoms of hydrophobia were observed. Drs. Keitt and Ruff were sent for, and as soon as they saw the child pronounced the case hydrophobia. The sight of water threw the child into convulsions, and chloral and morphine were powerless to produce case or quiet. His sufferings were terrible to witness. He lingered until Thursday in great agony and died. The dog that bit the child exhibited no signs of being mad. It belonged on the place and the child was playing with it when bitten. The dog was not killed until about a week before the child died. MERE-MENTION. MacLean, the man who shot at Queen Victoria, was tried on Wednesday of last week for high treason, and acquitted on the ground of insanity. The deliberation of the jury occupied but five minutes. MacLean will be detained in custody during her Majesty's pleasure. Darwin, the well known author and so-called scientist, died in London last Friday. The late cold weather killed out all the cotton planted in several counties in Mississippi and Arkansas, necessitating a replanting and setting the farmers back about two weeks. Dispatches of last Friday from various points along the Red River of the North, say the water was in many places forty feet above low water mark. At Stevenson, Minnesota, a grain elevator was toppled over. A fire at Lake City, Minnesota, last Saturday morning, destroyed every business block excent one. inflictincra lossof S25U. 000. Receipts of cotton from all interior towns to last Saturday, IS),*293 bales, ; receipts from plantations, 8,334 ; crop in sight, 5,117,405 ; total visible supply of cotton for the world, 2,801,008, of which 1,938,230 is American, against 2,974,300 and 2,397,25G respectively last year. The massacre of twenty white persons by Indians at San Carlos, Arizona, on Thursday last, is reported from San Francisco, and later advices confirm the rumor. About two hundred troops are in pursuit of the muiauders. The Oregon Republican State Convention, after nominating a full State ticket and a candidate for Congressman at large, adopted a resolution bewailing the veto of the Chinese bill. Mrs. Scoville, Guiteau's sister, is in Washington. President Garfield's grave on every pleasant Sunday is visited by thousands of quiet people. The sentinels still pace about the vault, the bronze doors of which are thrown hack, revealing the coftin. Five inches of snow fell at Chelioygan, Michigan, on Wed nesday of last week. There are over 20,000 men and 100,000 horses and mules employed in railroad building in Texas. There are about 2,000 miles of road under contract, and about 6,000 more to be contracted for. ?The proposed ship canal across Florida, which Senator Jones is trying to workup in Congress, will shorten the distance between New Yort and New Orleans 571 miles. During ? thunder storm at Atlanta last Saturday night, lightning struck the house of Mrs. Ann Harding, killed her little child, and seriously injured the mother. Three German papers ir Ohio that have supported the Republican party advise their readers to vote with the Democrats hereafter. The bill allowing women to vote for Presidential electors was defeated in the lower house of the Massachusetts legislature Monday. The argument in Guiteau's bill of exceptions will be heard on Mon day, May 10. Chas. H. Reid will argue the case, Scoville has formally withdrawn. Latesl reports from the Mississippi Valley are stil very distressing. The water is receding,, bul immense, and, in some cases, irrecoverable havoc has ljeen left in its wake. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. In tlie Senate on the 17th, the day was devotee entirely to discussing Kellog's bill in refer ence to improving the navigation of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and the bill wenl .over without action, In the House under the call of States a num ber of bills were introduced. After a lonf and, at times angry discussion, which consumed the remainder of the session, the anti Chinese bill with a ten year period of exemp tion was passed by a vote of *201 yeas to 5" nays. In the Senate on the 18th, the Chair submit ted a message from the President transmit ting the recommendation of the Mississipp River Commission,%r an appropriation o $1,000,000 for closing existing gaps in tin levees, in addition to the sum already esti mated for. Ordered to be printed. The con sideration of the Mississippi and Missour River improvement bill was resumed. Aftei some discussion the bill was laid aside infor mally, and the agricultural appropriation bill appropriating ?414,780, was passed. A mes sage from the President was read on the sub ject of the circular invitation extending to al independent countries of North and Soutl America to participate in a general Congres: to be held in Washington, I). C., on the 22d o November next for the purpose of considerinf and discussing methods of preventing war be tween the nations of America. Referred tc committee on Foreign Relations and orderet printed. In the House the Senate bill establishing United States District Courts with Districi ollicers in the Northern and Southern Judicia Districts of Georgia, was concurred in. joint resolution appropriating $465,000 to sup ply the deficiency in the appropriation fo public printing and binding for the curren fiscal year was passed. The conference com mittee on the postal bill reported disagree ment with the Senate conferees, the point o difference being the Senate amendment in creasing from $500,000 to $050,000 the appro priation for special mail facilities. On al other points the conferees were praticall; agreed. The report was agreed to, a new con ference ordered, and Caswell, Cannon am Ellis reappointed the conferees on the part o the House. The Utah contested election cas was then taken up, and after a short discus sion the matter went over and the House ad journed. In the Senate on the 19th, the bill for th improvement of the Mississippi and Missour Rivers was resumed. Mr. Garland sneakin: in favor of increasing the proposed appropria tion to 15,000,000. The bill went over withou action. Miller of California, from the corn mittee on foreign relations, reported wit! amendments the House bill to execute th treaty stipulations relating to the Chinese He stated that the report was not a unani mous one and that he would ask consideratioi of the bill to-morrow. The Senate withou a dissenting vote insisted on its amendmen to the post office appropriation bill for th ratable distribution of special mail facilitie on truuk lines, and Plumb, Allison and Bee! were reappointed conferees. In the House Taylor of Ohio, Chairman of the committe to audit the expenses of the illness and deat of President Garfield, submitted a bill and re port on the subject. Blackburn of Kentuck presented a report of the minority. Both re ports were referred to Committee of the Whole The bill appropriates for the relief of Lucre tia It. Garfield the sum of ?50,000, less an; sum paid to the late President on account o his salary as President of the United States It pays to Dr. Bliss ?25,000, to Drs. Agnei and Hamilton ?15,000 each, to Drs. Reyburi and Boynton $10,0*00 each, to Dr. Susan Edsoi $10,000, to William J. Crump ?3,000 to th Secretary of the Navy ?10,882, to William E Speare (undertaker)$l,835, to C. F. Jones o Elberon ?1,092, and to various merchants an* others sums varying from fifty cents to ?1,00C It provides that when Surgeon General J. E Barnes shall be retired from active service h shall be placed on the retired list with the rani of Major General. It provides that there shal be added to the medical corps of the army on surgeon with the rank and pay of Lieutenan Colonel, and authorizes the President to pro mote Joseph J. Woodward to that position The House then resumed the consideratioi of the Utah contested election case, and afte speeches by different members, the majorit; resolution declaring that neither contestant Cannon nor Campbell, is entitled to the seat was adopted. In the Senate on the 20th, Mr. George, o Louisiana, spoke in favor of the bill for tin improvement of the Mississippi and Missour Rivers. The House bill appropriating $465, 000 to supply the deficiency for printing wa called up and passed. Coke from the com mittee on commerce reported favorably, witl amendments, the bill for constructing a stree railroad and wagon road bridge over the Ri< Grande River. In the House, the contested election case o Lynch vs. Chalmers, from the Sixth Distric "Mississippi, was called up, but afterward postponed, and the House went into commit tee of the whole on the Tariff Commissioi bill. In the Senate on the 21st, Blair, from tin Committee on Education and Labor, reportei back the bill to aid in the establishment anc tpmnnmrv snnnort. of common schools. Tll( vv.^rw??. j . r ^ committee make no recommendation as to su perintendence of expenditure and other detail; of the bill, but their report states that the ma jority of the committee favor recommending an appropriation from the Treasury to aid ir the support of common schools, the. same t( be distributed to the several Stat s and Territories for a limited period of time and upon the basis of illiteracy. Placed on the caien dar. The Mississippi ltiver improvement bit was discussed, without action. Vance's reso lution for the appointment by the President ol the Senate of three Senators to investigate the charges and complaints against internal revenue officials in the sixth collection district ol North Carolina, with power to compel the attendance of witnesses, was adopted. After an executive session, the Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House a bill relative to the ascertainment of claims and demands against the government was taken up as the regular order, and discussed without action until adjournment. In the House on the 22nd, Mr. Robinson of New York, spoke on the resolution relative to American citizens imprisoned in Ireland, and said he should call up the resolution foi prompt action at an early day. The House then resumed the consideration of the bill provieling for the judicial ascertainment of private claims. Considerable discussion ensued, and several amendments were offered and rejected, and pending discussion the House adjourned. Tiie South Carolina Election Tiitals. The Democrats of South Carolina show their faith by their works. There are no bickerings there. Their party, they say, is what it should be and they stand up for it manfully. The best interests of the people demand its supremacy and they propose to sustain it both at the polls and in the courts. The Federal administration preparatory to the approaching campaign is preparing to wage war on the election officers of last year and the people touch elbows in their defense. The people are on trial. The civilization of the State is at stake. And the Democratic committee steps to the front and hurls back bold words of defiance at the Federal Attorney General, and the Governor directs the Attorney General of the State to attend the trial and appear for these State officers who have dared to obey the laws and brooked the anger and malice of the stalwarts. We commend the South Carolinians for having principles and for boldly living up to their principles. They do not take water in their milk.?Rnleiyh Observer. LOCAL AFFAZHS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , Dr. J. Harvey Witherspoon?flood Horse for Sale. Application for Charter, i T. S. JefferyH?Agricultural Machinery, i T. M. Dobson?The New York House Still Boomi ing?1The Bon-Ton Millinery Store Still Ahead in Millinery. [ F. Happerlield Staple Groceries?Marble Yard. H. F. Adickes?Yon are Invited to call and see our Astonishing Bargains?Just Received n 1 full supply of Nice Now Muslins, tfee. M. Strauss? What is the Matter? - The Corner Drug Store?Drugs, Drugs, Drugs. i J. M. Adams?Writing Material?Rat and Mice Traps?Wooden Ware?Crockery?Garden Seeds? Lamps?Standard Grey Enameled Kettles?Stone Ware. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The shipments of cotton for the week endl ing last Monday, were 84 bales, making a total t to date of 6,193. I ? rrtlT? Dircci * *1 f ni/c j i ilij i\ u oo i a i. it oi The total amount received by Miss Norma i Strauss, to date, in aid of the fund for the rei j lief of the Jewish exiles from Russia is $52.25, " of which sum $15 has been forwarded to Ches^ ter, and the balance, $37.25, to Charleston. MILITARY INSPECTION. Adjutant-General Manigault will inspect [ the military companies of York county as follows : At Rock Hill, May 23 ; at Massey's . Store, at 10 o'clock on the morning of the T 24th, and at Yorkville on the afternoon of the same day. ; NEW POST OFFICE. 1 A new post office has been ordered to be es, tablished five miles north-west of Yorkville, on 'i the Adair's Ferry road, at the residence of - Mr. J. 27. Roberts. The new office is to be i known as "Carp," and Mr. J. C. Dickson has r been appointed postmaster. , REMOVED ON REQUISITION. On Thursday last Rev. Wm. Foster, colored. " was removed from the jail of York county, j to the jail of Gaston county, North Carolina, 3 on acquisition of the Governor of North Caro[ lina. The prisoner is detained on the charge I of larceny, or burglary and larceny, commit ted in Gastonia, and while under arrest made ^ his escape and came to York county, where he was apprehended and lodged in jail tc t await the requisition, which, had it been det layed one day longer, according to the present 1 law of this State, would have been too late tc L secure the prisoner. r CHURCH NOTICES. t Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R, " Lathan, Pastor. Preaching in this Churct f next Saturday at 10$ A. M. Communion . services on Sunday. The pastor will be assisi ted on both days by Rev. C. B. Betts. 1 Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks y Pastor. Rev. A. A. Gilbert will conduct the I services in this church Sunday and Sundaj f night, and will meet with the Sunday-schoo e in the afternoon. Rev. R. P. Franks wil i- preach at Philadelphia Church Saturday anc Sunday, and will be with Rev. Mr. Gilbert al 4-1.? /.K.i^nVi in Vnrlrtnllo ati CJllTirldV lllfrllt LUC LUUiLll 111 1 Ull\Tlllv v/ji ^ukuuj .j Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor g Services at 11 A. M., and 7.15 P. M. t JAIL NOTES. t- Jackson Helmes, white, wa^forwarded fron h the county jail to the State penitentiary lasl e Monday, he having been convicted at the lasl [ term of the Court of Sessions of carrying i u concealed dirk; and in default of the payment t of a fine of $25, sentenced for three months t( t the penitentiary. As an act of clemency h< 6 was allowed ample time to arrange for th< ? paying of his fine, but failing to do so, th< Sheriff forwarded him to the penitentiary, it 0 compliance with the sentence of the Court. h Roxa Newton, colored, was committed t( !- jail by Trial Justice Good on Saturday, in de y fault of bail, on the charges of assault ant [" battery with intent to kill, and carrying a con cealed weapon, the said weapon being a razo; y with which she inflicted a serious wound oi f Eliza Jones, colored. i. There are now five other prisoners confinet v in jail, Viz. : Wm. Stewart, under sentence o: J* Court for six months, for retailing spirituoui e liquors. Mack Smith, colored, burglary awaiting trial; Lewis Petty, colored, bread f of the peace, committed on the 1st instant ^ Newton Hemphill, colored, charged with re , tailing liquor without a license, committed or g the 14th instant, and to be tried at June term 1 George Lee, colored, serving a sentence ol 1 Trial Justice's court for assault and battery, e ??? mm I T1IE POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS. COMMENTS OF THE STATE PRESS. [1 r A REMARKABLE PRODUCTION. y From the Winnsboro News. District Attorney Melton's si>eech in Charles; ton was a most remarkable production. Foi ' effrontry it is unparalleled. After deliberf ately endeavoring to pack the jury with knaves e and subservient tools, through an assumed i right, which if existing has never been prac ticed before, thus accomplishing by indirecs tion what Congress by repealing the test oath . had expressly forbidden, he stands up before i all men and protests and reiterates that his t heart is heavy, because stern duty impels him r to prosecute his friends and neighbors. His heart may be heavy. We trust it is. Ileaven f knows it should be. t THE DEMOCRACY SOLIDIFIED, s From the Sumter Watchman. A in U 41./V T\A*v?Anro + o nf fllifl HTP iVllHUIiy II UIC i/triuuuiaio UL vmu uvu.v 1 being victimized, and the whole Radical Administration are applying the party lash under 3 the guise of duty and for the salvation of a * pure ballot box, it will be the means of per* fecting the very object these trials are intend3 ed and hoi>ed to destroy?a solid Democracy " at the next election. This political step on 3 the part of the Administration has been the " most effective cure for the Independent mania > that could have been devised, and for that 1 reason the Democrats have cause to rejoice in } the satisfaction of know.ng that if they are " persecuted with all the severity the Adminis1 tration can inflict, their ranks will ever re main solid. MR. MELTON'S PURPOSE. From the Barnwell Sentinel. . It is evidently the purpose of United States District Attorney Melton to pack the juries f before whom are to be tried the election olll. cers and others, and his departure from an t expressed desire for fairness in the make-up of [ these juries goes to prove that, if possible, the accused parties must be convicted, whether . guilty or not. In his strict partisan attitude . he is willing to exclude all decent, fair minded white men, and accept a class of negroes, ' whose animosities towards the people of the State are a sullicient guarantee that no one shall escape whose case comes before them. > WHY SINGLE US OUT ? From the Kingstree Ilerald. "Why single us out and pass by unnoticed the s gigantic frauds that were practiced in the great State of New York and many other Northern States during the last election ? I The reason is too plain to be mistaken. The 1 chances of success in South Carolina are much | better than North?knowing of the dissatisfaction existing amongst us at present, and J by pressing the election cases to extreme ! measures, they hope to succeed in raising a ' i third nartv bv which they can elect their Con 1 gressmen. Daring the campaign in 1880 Republicans violated the election laws far more 1, frequently and flagrantly than Democrats, but i because protected by the friendship of the Stalwarts, they go "unwhipt of justice." "it does seem strange." From the Anderson Intelligencer. It does seem strange that in the opinion of the district attorney the colored members of the panel were fair, impartial and competent i to try the case, and that two-thirds of the ; whites were biased, partial and ought not to | be trusted under the solemn sanction of an oath to sit upon it. He must have a very exalted opinion of the virtue, fairness and com: petency of the colored race for jurymen, and a very low one for his own color and race. IN IIIS TRUE COLORS. From the Chester Reporter. United States District Attorney Melton, who has professed in print great anxiety for fair and impartial trials, showed himself in his ; true colors by standing aside all the white men j on the panel, who were not members of his ' party, and seeking to bring the defendants to 1 trial before a jury composed exclusively of nej groes and scalawags. WIIEKE WAS MELTON THEN. From the Lancaster Ledger. O! where was his eloquence, his transcen! dent statesmanship, in that the hour of her i supreme extremity ? In the presumptuous ari rogance lie proclaims we have now 110 states1 men in South Carolina. We would ask him where is Connor, Barker, Lord, Burt, Perry, Butler, Hampton, and others of that class. I Does he aspire to be an equal of Connor ? You ; might as well compare a Lilliputian prince to a lioman pontiff. No, this assumed honesty j and proclaimed patriotism of Mr. Melton is feigned, not real. He has simply been playing the part assigned him on the stage by his masters. The Stalwarts have conspired to degrade the State of South Carolina, and Mr. Melton is one of the conspirators. AN OUTRAGE UPON JUSTICE. From the Spartanburg Herald. If this is a sample of the justice dealt out by the United States Court, then any man in this State can be dragged from his home, convicted and imprisoned, however innocent he may oe or tne accusations maae against nun. It is nothing more nor less than political persecution. It is an outrage upon justice and a disgrace to the Government that will permit such persecutions to be committed for politii cal purposes. A STAIN ON CIVILIZATION, i From the Lancaster Review. It is a stain on the civilization of the nineteenth century that freemen can be convicted of such grave offenses on such flimsy proof. . It is a mockery of justice little better than that meted out to those who suffered when . the tyrannical Jeffries presided at the bloody assizes. HOW CAN WE RESPECT IT ? From the Marion Merchant and Farmer. It is one of the highest provinces and obligations devolving upon Courts to correct mistakes, and it is the more strongly obligatory upon them to correct their own mistakes, yet, in the face of law and precedent as well as of common sense and common decency, this par. tisan Judge refuses even to listen to argument when two jurymen rise in their places before a 1 verdict is published and say it is not their ver' diet, but that they signed it under amisappre1 hension of facts. What respect can we have : for a Government that retains in position of i importance and trust such men as Bond and Kelly McCrimmon. NOT PREJUDICE BUT INDIGNATION. From the Aiken Journal and Review. It is idle to tell us to keep prejudice and political feeling out of this matter, and let it be determined by law and evidence. Political war was openly declared by the chief prosecutors before the beginning of the trials. It is 1 not prejudice but indignation at outrages i which keeps our people from viewing this mat ter dispassionately. If political feelings come into the affair, it is because the political goad in another hand excited them. We long for | the time when party ascendency will not be : the most desirable thing in the Union, and ' when our great people of all sections will hurl I bosses and demagogues from the seat of the I Government, and come together, as one man [ and with one heart glowing with fraternity . and love, in efforts for the advancement and J perpetuation of our grand Republic ! PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL MESSAGE. The following is the President' special message of date Anril 17.1882. to Coneress. on the t subject of improving the Mississippi river : t To the Senate and House of Representatives : t I transmit a letter dated the 29th ult., from { the Secretary of "War enclosing a copy of a t communication from the Mississippi River ) Commission, in which the Commission recom> mends that an appropriation may be made of ? $1,000,000 for "closing existing gaps in the > levees," in addition to a like sum for which i an estimate has been submitted. The subject is one of such importance that } I deem it proper to recommend an early and favorable consideration of the recommenda" tions of the Commission. Having possession * of and jurisdiction over the river, Congress, - with a view of improving its navigation and r protecting the people of the valley from floods, ! had for years caused surveys of the river to be made, for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge of the laws that control it and of its phe1 nomena. By an Act approved June 28th, f 1879, the Mississippi River Commission was 3 created composed of able engineers. Section 4 of the Act provides "that it shall be the duty j of the Commission to take in consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates > as will correct, permanently locate and deepen the channel, protect the banks of the Missisi sippi River, improve and give safety and ease ; to navigation and prevent destructive floods, j promote and facilitate commerce, trade and the postal service." The constitutionality of the law making appropriations in aid of these objects cannot be questioned. j While the report of the Commission sub| mitted and the plans proposed for the river's improvement seem justified as well on scien| tific principles as by the experience and ap1 proval of the people most interested, I desire _, to leave it to the judgment of Congress to de" cide upon the best plan for the permanent and _' complete improvement of the river and for the | protection of the valley. I The immense losses and widespread suffer. ing of the people dwelling near the river in. duce me to urge upon Congress the propriety i of not only making an appropriation to close . gaps in the levees occasioned by the recent j floods, as recommenned by the Commission, but that Congress should inaugurate measures , for the permanent improvement of the naviga, tion and the security of the valley. It may be that such a system of improvement would as it progresses require appropriations of twenty or thirty millions of dollars. Even such an expenditure, extending as it must over several ! years, cannot be regarded as extravagant in view of the immense interests involved. mi- 1 nn.M'n?f.'nn nt +V,? JL 110 SillC illlU UUIIYCUICllt iiavigaiiuii ui uic ' Mississippi is a matter of concern to all sections of the country, but to the Northwest, with its immense harvests needing transportation to the sea, and to the inhabitants of the river valley, whose lives and property depend on the proper construction of the safeguards which protect them from hoods, it is of vital importance that a well matured and comprehensive plan for improvement should be put in operation with as little delay as possible. The cotton product of the region subject to devastating hoods is a source of wealth to the nation and of great importance in keeping the balance of trade in our favor. It may not be inopportune to mention that this government has imposed and collected some seventy million dollars by a tax on cotton, in the production of which the population of the lower Mississippi is largely engaged, and it does not seem inequitable to return a portion of this tax to those who contributed it, particularly as such an action will also result in an important gain to the couutry at large, and especially so to the great and rich Northwest and to the Mississippi Valley. Chester A. Arthur. The Chester Post Office.?The Washington correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier furnishes the following in refer| ence to the appointment of Mr. Lumpkin to I succeed T. M. Graham as postmaster at Ches! ter: There is going to be a tangle about the : Chester postotliee. The South Carolina Senaj tors have received a petition signed by seventy-seven merchants of Chester, who "most I earnestly invoke their aid in the retention of T. M. Graham, Esq.. postmaster of the town." They declare that lie has held the otlice for several years, and has discharged its duties faithfully and efficiently, and to the satisfaction of the community. They are reliably informed t hat E. W. M. Mackey and A. S. Wallace, j neither of whom reside in Chester, are the ! persons most active in the effort to effect Mr. j Graham's removal, and that this is done in orj der to confer the office upon a relative of the said Wallace, who has never voted in the counI fir nf f Miaatov 'IMiov t har^fnro ltpnr thill", rtlir j Senators will solicit the President to withdraw I the nomination of Lumpkin, and that if he declines, the said nomination be not confirmed. The opposition to the new appointee is generaled by Judge Mackey, and I notice among the : signers of the protest a number of names of influential citizens. Per contra, Senator Hampton has received a telegram stating that a pe- ! tition in favor of the confirmation of S. B. i Lumpkin, signed by "the prominent citizens i of Chester," has been forwarded. The Sena- 1 tors will probably oppose confirmation, but 1 will look at the other side before they adopt a ; policy. ! THE POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS. On the 18th instant, in the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, before Judges Bond and Bryan, the grand jury returned a true bill against Henry C. Dickerson and others of Barnwell county, charged with conspiracy to intimidate United States witnesses. The grand jury is composed of thirteen liepublicans and seven Democrats. The Court then began the trial of Lucien L. Carroll, Samuel E. Shaw and George H. Wilson, Managers of Election of Mayesville Precinct in Sumter county, charged with stuffing the ballot box and interfering with the United States Supervisors. A jury was empanelled consisting of eleven Republicans and one Democrat. The District Attorney did not find it necessary to use any of the challenges to which the prosecution is entitled, finding the new system of standing aside jurors allowed by Judge Bond to be sufficient to secure such a jury as he desired. The government then examined ten witnesses, seven of whom were colored. The testimony showed that through a misunderstanding as to where the poll was to lie located the United States supervisor aici not reacn me poll until three minutes after (5 o'clock in the morning. When he got there the voting bad commenced and several ballots had been deposited. The supervisor testified that heasked the managers to open the box so that he could see into it, but they informed him that the voting had commenced and they would not again open the box, and that they had exhibited the box before the voting commenced. The election proceeded quietly all day, and when the tiox was opened and the votes were being counted a bundle of ten Democratic tickets and two packets of Republican tickets folded together in each were found in the box. The managers counted one ticket of each and destroyed the others. The number of votes in the box exceeded the names on the poll list by two hundred and twenty-one, and the managers drew out the surplus ballots without seeing them and then destroyed them. Of the ballots destroyed one hundred and forty-seven were Republican and seventy-four Democratic. The government then closed the case for the prosecution On the 10th, the grand jury found true bills against thirty-eight citizens of Barnwell county, charging them with obstructing voters at Buford's Bridge precinct in Barnwell county at the general election in November, 1880. In the original indictment forty-four defendants were included, but the grand jury found "no bill" as to five of the number. After the grand jury had made the above presentment, the trial of Lucien L. Carroll and others was resumed, and the testimony on both sides concluded. The testimony for the defense was delivered by fifteen white witnesses, including three of the defendants. These. witnesses all testified that the poll at Mayesville had been opened promptly at fi o'clock on the morning of election iu 1880; that before the voting began one of the managers opened the box and exhibited it publicly to the crowd on the outside and turngd the A4-s\ oliatir fkof wora t>a UUA (l|i01UC UUWU IV Olivn bitav uuviu nviu iiv tickets when it was locked. All the witnesses wiio were present stated that they saw into the box clearly and that it was perfectly empty. The Republican Supervisor arrived at the poll about twenty minutes after the voting began. He was admitted into the room, but the Managers refused to reopen the box so that he could see into it, telling him that the box had been exhibited and that if they reopened the box after the voting had begun they would invalidate the whole poll. The testimony for the defense went further to show that the surplus tickets found in the box were deposited through the aperture in the lid by voters. The good character of the defendants was testified toby a number of witnesses, both Republican and Democratic. On the 20th the grand jury returned a true bill against David and James Winn and Henry S. McLaurin, Commissioners of Election for Sumter county, on an indictment charging them with refusing and failing to count three of the polls in Sumter county. The trial of the case against Lucien L. Carroll and others was resumed. Dallas Sanders opened the argument for the prosecution, and was followed by Joseph H. Earle, of Sumter, for the accused. Attorney-General Youmans opened his argument in behalf of the accused; but soon after he commenced the Court adjourned. On the 21st, Attorney-General Youmans concluded his argument for the defense. It was a powerful effort and was listened to by an immense audience. District Attorney Melton closed the argument for the prosecution. His argument was strong and eloquent. The jury was then charged very briefly by Judge Bond and they retired to their room. Tim case as to one of the managers, Lucien L. Carroll, was nolle prossed by the District Attorney, the government having failed even circumstantially to connect him with any circumstance of the alleged offense. On the 22nd, the grand jury returned "no bill" on the indictment against M. P. Howell, Henry D. Padgett and Abraham P. Holmes, Commisioners of election of Colleton county, charging them with conspiracy to affect the result of the election of 1880 in that county by neglecting and refusing to provide for the opening of certain polls. Before proceeding with the trial of another case the District Attorney called the attention of the Court to the cases against David James Winn and Henry J. McLaurin, Commissioners of Election for Sumter county, charged with refusing to count certain polls. E. W. Moise, counsel for the accused then came forward and read the following affidavit: "United States of America, "District of South Carolina. | "The United States vs. James Winn and Henry McLaurin; the same vs. Henry J. McLaurin. "And now at this day come into Court the defendants and say that they are charged with having failed and refused to count and send up to the Board of State Canvassers the votes cast at Sumter precinct No. 1, Carter's Crossing and Rafting Creek, all in the county of Sumter, and for the election of 1880. They admit the truth of the charge, and in excuse thereof now on oath say that they were there for the first time acting as commissioners and afterwards canvassers of the election of 1880 in the county of Sumter. That certain questions were made before them as to the legality of certain boxes in said election. That they did not know what to do, having received no instructions on that matter, and, not being lawyers or conversant with the law of electionsv that they called in three lawyers of good standing to advise them. That they took and followed the advice given them, as they would have done in their private affairs, and by such advice failed and refused to send up or count the votes in such boxes. They solemnly swear that they did not do this corruptly or with intent to change the result of the election. They did what with the light before them, they believed to be their duty, but now they are informed that in calling for and following such advice they violated the law and are told they were merely ministerial officers without any discretionary or judicial powers. If this be the correct version of the law the defendants have unknowingly and unintentionaly violated it and they regret that they should have even unwittingly done so. "Wherefore the respondents ask that they may hence be discharged. "(Signed) D. James Winn, "Henry J. McLaurin." District Attorney Melton then said upon the reading of this affidavit: "I propose by understanding with counsel on the other side to discontinue counts 1, 5 and 6 of the indictment, as well as the same counts m tne lnrormauon, against these parties. In accordance with this arrangement I therefore move to discontinue the case against Henry J. McLaurin alone and nolle pros, counts 1, 5 and G of the indictment against both of the parties, these being counts charging conspiracy. Counts 2, 3 and 4 are admitted by the defense to be true, and upon those counts they enter their formal plea of guilty. In the cases now disposed of I became persuaded that the defendants had given themselves to the ;?dvice of counsel learned in the law, distinguished and having the confidence of the public, upon whose judgment they might rest safely, and that they followed the advice honestly believing it to be right. I am persuaded the affidavit they make truthfully represents their case and that their offense is purely of a technical character. They have come forward with the utmost frankness and told what they did, stated why they did it, and propose t<? submit themselves to the Court. The government of the United States is not seeking to punish ; it is seeking to achieve the great purpose of vindicating the integrity of the ballot box. Enough has been done in this case. I therefore move that the case be transferred to the contingent docket md ask that the judgment of the Court be ui.sj>ended indefinitely, and I have made an