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Scraps anil farts. ? The question in Georgia is, will Mr. Stephens run for Governor, and the Post-Appeal the organ of the new move, assures the public that if nominated he will. ? Gen. Gartrell, of Atlanta, has announced himself as an independent candidate for Gov ernor, and says he is going to run in anj event, whether Stephens consents to run oi not. Gartrell evidently means business. ? A letter from the Secretary of the Treasu ry was laid before the Senate last Friday, showing that the total amount of internal revenue tax collected on raw cotton from the time the tax was imposed in 1862, including that received from all the States and Territories, was ?68,072,388.99 ? A sensational story comes from San Francisco, purporting to give the details of a Communist plot which ended in the death of the Prince Imperial. A Frenchman is said tc have confessed on his death bed that the Prince was not killed by Zulus, but by French Com munards in disguise of savages. English tes timony is all the other way. ? A fire occurred at Racine, Wisconsin, lasl Friday night, destroying seven blocks, anc over forty-four buildings and ten million feel of lumber was consumed. The loss figures uj about three-quarters of a million dollars, or which there was about a quarter of a millior insurance. The part of the city in ashes wa: the oldest and least ornamental. ? The Springfield Bepiiblican says: "In tin next three months forty-one bank charters ex pire and it would be more straightforward anr less troublesome for Congress to prolong th< chartered life to forty years at once ; but if i' does not choose to do so, it will simply se< the banks going on upon their own motion without the aid of new legislation, and ye without the violation of law." ? Senator Hill has very little hope of favora ble results from the operations from the ex tirpation of the cancer of which he is afflicted from the fact that the disease is hereditary and has carried off a brother, sister and tw< aunts. The Senator's brother, Dr. Hill, diet of cancer in the stomach, and his sister wa attacked very much as he has been, by i cancer on the cheek, both resulting fatally. ? The New York Herald of Friday and Sat urday publishes lengthy dispatches and cor respondence confirming the news of the deatl of Capt. DeLong and the crew of the Jeanette fitted out by the Herald to explore the Arctic regions. It would seem that the entire crev suffered death; but Capt. DeLong left man; papers and much data which may be of servic to those who may hereafter wish to investi gate the problem of the North pole. ? From concurrent reports from various sec tinne nf th? St.atfl. should no frost or rust pre vaU in Tennessee, the-farmers will have ai unprecedented wheat crop. Commissione Hawkins has received a large number of re ports which indicate that the average acreag will be 110, while the average of the crop wil be 1*25. In the Southern portions of Tenness see harvesting will commence about the 10tl of May. ? At a cabinet meeting held on the 2nd, i was decided that the President should issu a proclamation for the Cow Boys in Arizon to disperse, and if the order is not obeyed t< use the military to enforce it. The Cabine sustained the action of the President in hi message for additional legislation on the sul ject and disagreed with the action of the Sen ate Judiciary Committee in reporting that 11 further legislation was necessary. ? The Malley boys and Blanche Douglas ar being tried at New Haven, Ct., for the mui der of Jennie Cramer. It is thought tha Blanche will make a clean breast of the affaii as the evidence now being heard is very dam aging. There was arsenic in a large quantit found in the stomach. The body was foum floating in the Sound, where it was evident i had been thrown in, as none of the usua symptoms of drowning were discernible. Th State attorney said that he would prove tha the Malley boys first outraged Jennie and the] poisoned her to conceal the crime. ? Cadet "Whitaker is in Chicago, looking fo employment. Speaking of him, the Time says: A careless observer might take Whit a ^ ker to be an Irishman, rather than a negro ^ He is slight in build, with a face so irregula as to be almost deformed, though the feature give hardly a suggestion of his descent. Hi complexion is florid and very much freckeled his eyes, which have the peculiar swarth; blackness of the negro, being about the onl; race characteristic visible. Ilis ears show n< ?i(rns liavincr treated with violence. ? Some time ago the Indian department re quested the military to arrest Capt. Jack, o the White River Utes, who was in the vicinity of Fort Wachakie, Wyoming. The arrest wa made on April 29. Shorly afterwards he at tempted to escape and fled to a tepee near by where he secured a carbine and killed Ser geant Richard Casey, of the third Calvary A mountain howitzer was then fired into th< tepee and Jack was instantly killed. Capt Jack was notorious as the leader in the Thorn burgh and Meeker massacres, and was a ver dangerous and very bad Indian. ? Twenty-two members of the Gate Cit; Guards of Atlanta, Ga., petitioned their Cap tain, Joseph F. Burke, to resign. He refustn and threatened to put the paj>er in the hand of the Governor and to present charges of in subordination against them. He then proceed ed to denounce the author of certain state ments agaiust him, without mentioning hi name, and was interrupted by a shower o spittoons from the supposed author and hi friends. One of them struck Captain Burk on the head, inflicting a painful scalp wound A general fight seemed imminent for a time but the good judgment of the more cool head ed had the desired effect and quiet in the ai mory was restored. ? Latest reports from the scene of she recen Indian depredations in New Mexico are t the effect that Capt. Tupper and his troop had a second encounter with the Indians 011 th 1st instant, about forty-five miles south 0 Cloverdale, killing forty Indians and recaj turing about two hundred head of stock Capt. Tupper lost one killed and one wounded The town of Galleyville, falsely reported las week as having been.burned by the Indians, i rapidly being deserted, the merchants and oth ers are moving all their stock and effects to Sai Simon for safety, though it is believed her that all immediate danger is over. Even thing is reported quiet in the Galla Valley The Crow Indians in the Yellowstone countr are reported to be troublesome to settlers am ordering them to leave; though they do thi regularly every Spring. ?At the last session of the Virginia Legis lature an Act was passed authorizing the us of penitentiary convicts to clean up and pu in order the section ot iionywoou ^emeiery Richmond, in which are buried ten thousani Confederate soldiers of the Army of North ern Virginia. The proposition to utilize thi labor for this sacred purpose has met witl such general repugnance in Virginia, and al over the South, that it has been deemed ex pedient to abandon it. An appeal has beei made by the Ladies' Hollywood Memorial As sociation calling upon the public for a sun sufficient to enable the association to put ii order the graves of these Southern heroes with out resorting to the use of the labor of tin inmates of the State prison. A similar ste] will no doubt be adopted to avoid their usi in Oakwood Cemetery, where there is alsi buried thousands of Southern soldiers win lost their lives in the battles in this State an< Maryland. ? A New Orleans dispatch of Friday says Several days ago Watson Van Benthusen President of two or three street railroads, tin AVater Gas Company, &c., applied in the Jivi Court for an injunction restraining the pub Ushers of the Mascot from writing or printing in their paper any article referring to him Judge N. II. Righter issued the injunction On Saturday the Mascot appered containing i a strong article concerning Van Beuthusei and his undue inlluence over the City Counci of New Orleans. To-day the Mascot's editor business manager and publisher were arraignec before Judge Monroe of the Civil Court t( answer to the charge of contempt of Court ir disregardingthe order of Judge Righter. The} were ably defended by ex-Governor Nicholls who declared the whole proceedings violativ< of the State constitution, but Judge Monro sentenced them to ten days' imprisonment ir the Parish prison, where they are now lockei up. ? Mrs. Scoville, Guiteau's only sister, has taken the lecture stand with the hope o: evoking some sympathy for her doomed broth er. She clings to him with sisterly devotion the sole friend the doomed man seems to have On Sunday evening of last week she lecturer at the Criterion Theatre, New York, her sub ject l>eing "The Guiteau Case, from a Sister': j Standpoint." About one hundred persons, n half of whom were ladies, constituted the au- n . i dience. Mr. Thorp, the manager, and Mr. y j John W. Guiteau sat upon the platform. Mrs a " | Scoville wore a dress of plain black cloth. A r > | white lace kerchief which surrounded her neck il ! I was joined in front of a fold of blue ribbon h I and fastened at the waist by a plain gold pin. tl 1 ; Iler bountiful gray hair was neatly folded j back on either side. Iler face was full, but A r' without color, her chin was broad, her mouth L firmly set, and her keen, gray-blue eyes showed Si much determination. In height Mrs. Scoville s is about the average, and figure plump with- o , out being heavy or unwieldy.' She si>oke in a y I clear, pleasing alto voice and held the undivi- is j ded attention of the audience for almost an j fi ' hour f; ??11; ' ~ YORKVILLE. S. C. i , THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 11, 1882.-1 ? 1 How to Order the Knqairer.?Write the name ! J a of the subscriber very plainly, givo post-office, l county and State, in full, and send the amount of 1 ^ the subscription by draft or post office money 3 order, or enclose the money in a registered letter, rj ? Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ot ) t postage to all subscribers residing in York conn- e tv, who receive the paper at post-offices within | \ the county; and to all other subscribers the post- j g age is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no i matter where they receive the paper, arenotliable I 5 for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, I c , without additional charge to the subscriber. a. 3 Watch the Figures.?'The date on the "addrcss| label" shows the time to which thesubscription is j 3 paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis- j continued, the date must be kept in advance. 1 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that 1 our terms for subscription, advertising and job- \ - work, are cash in advance. c t REGISTRATION. \ ? Col. McCorkle, Supervisor of Registration ( v for York county, is now filling his appoint- ^ y ments for registering the qualified voters of r e the county. According to the information - we have received as to his progress in this ( work, the colored voters are Hocking in (as is j " their right, and to which none can object) and j ~ registering to a man, while among the white , r voters, or as we learn a considerable number t !- of them, there is an unaccountable lukewarm- { e ness and apathy. This should not be, and , J we are inclined to hope that statements made j '' in this respect are exaggerated. This apa- ( thetic feeling is confined mostly, we are in- ^ ^ formed, to elderly gentlemen, who, with the < e traditions of a life time, feel, as we can easily [ a conceive, a repugnance to carrying a certili- ( a cate of registration to entitle them to vote. ^ t These gentlemen should remember that the , s times have changed very materially since ] h_ they deposited their first ballots in the good 0 old days of the long ago. With the new order 5 of things, and the new and peculiar classes of j e voters now exercising the privilege of the ] franchise, some protection to the purity of the \ t ballot-box is imperatively demanded. A Dem- | ' ocratic Legislature has sought to secure that y protection by the enactment of the registra- ( ij tion law now before the people. Of the wis- ( t dom of the law, or its requirements, so far as { 1 the question now in hand is concerned, it is ] ? needless to enquire. It is the law, and until a repealed, must be complied with. We therefore reiterate what we have said heretofore, r that if you fail to register, you cannot vote < $ at the election next November. With this j .- fact undeniably stated, it behooves every white 1 ' voter in the county?in the State?to throw < 1 aside all feeling of opposition to the law and 1 s be prompt to register. A failure on the part 1 of white voters to register, may be the means 1 y of remanding our State back to Radical rule, f f Surely, the white voters who would consent to < 3 this, are few in the State, and when the fact 5 fairly confronts them, they will permit no 1 ? minor considerations to prevent them from ( registering. For the information of all, and s that our readers may readily have the regis- c - tration law at hand, we have published it in ( , the last several issues of the Enquirer, and t " it is published in this number also. Give it a ( * careful reading, if you have not done so al- i ready, and remember that if its requirements ' - are not complied with you cannot vote next z tr "xt afrnrnvvav f We append the following sensible articles V from papers published in the extreme portions " of the State, and commend the ideas therein s expressed to all who feel that it is not incum. bent upon them to register. The Charleston - 2?etcsand Courier of Monday says : !- No person can vote at the election to be s held in this State next November, or at any f subsequent election, unless he shall have been s previously registered, as now required by law. e This registration is provided for by the Act of . Assembly of February 9, 1882, and is in ac!, cordance with the mandate of the Constitul tion of 1808. The registration takes place this month and next. In each county the Supervisor of t Registration goes to each voting precinct, 0 having given notice in advance of the place and s time of registration for the precinct. After e having gone the round of the precincts, stayf ing at each precinct not more than three days - nor less than one day, the Supervisor opens his books at the county seat "to correct errors in t 1. registration, and to register such electors as ] t failed to register at their respective precincts." ] s At the conclusion of the registration so pro- . - vided for, the Supervisor shall revise the list, 1 a and may add thereto the name of any qual- 1 e ified voter who has failed to register. Then t - and there the opportunities end. Those who r ; do not register at the precinct, or who do not t y register at the county seat, or whose names are l d not registered at the time of the revision, s cannot vote in November. No registration, no vote. 1 The colored people will register to a man. > e They have been plied for weeks with warnings c t and exhortations. They have been told that t the registration law is a scheme to deprive A them of their suffrage, and that failure to " register will remand them to a condition of s s political slavery, at least. It is a great wrong h to alarm and excite the colored voters in this c 1 way; but they were expected to register. t . The law is for white man and black man alike. ? j Will the white people register V We can only k say that if they do not they deprive themselves , d of the opi>ortunity to secure the continuance ( 1 of good government and peace for themselves t . and their fellow-citizens next November. B The nature of the contest in South Carolina p is not in doubt, since the curtain rose in the e United States Court a month ago. It is the { 3 intention of the Stalwarts to steal South Caro- x 3 lina. To accomplish thisthey will spare neithj er threat nor cajolery. They will vary their ; bribes to meet the tastes of individuals and of . communities. They want to break the back v of the Democracy this year, so as to crush it ^ I completely in 18S4. It is not unlikely that e j there will be a struggle this fall as arduous as v that in which Hampton led the State to victory c ~ in '7(5. The citizen of South Carolina who does 5 not register cannot vote for the Democratic 1 candidates, cannot cast his vote into the scale, c i though but a single ballot stand between sue- (1 j cess and failure, cannot exercise the freeman's ? j j highest privilege of declaring by his vote his J i sovereign will. No registration, no vote ! * j ! And the following voice comes from the II ) mountains, through the conservative columns t i j of the Walhalla Courier: n r j If the right to vote was curtailed by a law t ) ! limiting it to a property or educational or col- r 3 or qualification, a great hue and cry would t 31 justly go up, but here is a law, new to us, but d II common in the North, which requires a little o 11 act to entitle you to vote, and which bears f ! equally on all, and shall you through pride of s: liberty lose the right of a freeman by refusing s CI to comply with it ? Heaven forbid ! The law r - j is believed to be a good one by many, though g , i condemned by many. If it gave any race or b . i class any privilege over another, then you might h 11 complain, but it exempts no one from its pro- a -1 visions. Will you lose the highest rights of n s. freemen by refusing to j>erform a little act at ( o personal expense ? Will you submit that egroes and scalawags shall register, elect our officers and frame your laws because forooth you do not feel like submitting to the equirements of this law ? What shame would ; be. No man in the North can vote except e registers and the little difference, if any, in his and their law can affect no man. Now, friends, we speak from our heart. Ve live here. Our family and property are ere. The bones of our ancestors rest in this oil and may be here ours, too, will sleep the leep that knows no waking. Thesame is true fyou, who read this article, and we call on ou, one and all, to bury past differences, regiter as-required by law and cast your votes or good government. Your property, your iimily, your future prosperity, your educaLonal and religious interest, all call on and emand this of you. Will you resist the call nd put it beyond your power to help devise nd perpetuate such a government as will pronote not only your own security but your igliest social and ]>ecuniary interests V No ! so ! However distasteful the law, and we :now it is so to many, obey it and lend your ielp to preserve the State. STATE SUPREME COURT. On the 2nd instant, Mr. W. P. Good, of fork, was, on motion of Mr. W. B. Wilson, .dmitted, sworn and enrolled as an attorney ?f the Supreme Court. The docket of the Sixth Circuit was called, ,nd argument heard 011 the following case rom York: K. B. Kennedy, administrator, '3. S. R. Moore, executor. Mr. Good was leard for appellant. Mr. W. B. Wilson for espondent. Mr. Good in reply. The following case from York was heard on riuusday : Joseph F. Wallace, administrator, t al. vs. Mary Campbell et al. Mr. Spencer cas heard for appellant; Mr. Wilson for repondent; Mr. Si>encer in reply. O11 Friday, the case of the National Bank >f Chester vs. I. L. Gunhouse was heard. In he argument of this case, as reported for the Weirs and Courier, a very nice legal question nvolving large commercial interests, which las never been specifically settled in this State, vas discussed. This is a case for the foredosure of a mortgage for fifteen thousand dolars, given by Gunhouse & Co., to the Bank of Chester, in July, 1876. In November, 1876, xunhouse gave a second mortgage for ten housand dollars to Strauss Brothers, of Baltinore. The main question in law is whether a sec>nd mortgage, of which the first mortgagee lad notice, is not entitled to a preierence over ;he first mortgage as against all debts which nay be advanced after notice of the second nortgage has been given, and whetlier factors ind'other persons furnishing supplies on a Mortgage after a second mortgage has been >ut on the same property do not become holders of a second lien as against the second mortgage. In the case on trial the second mortgage alleges that advancements were made in the first mortgage after notice to the Bank if Chester of the existence of a second mortgage, and claims that as against all such ad* .-aucements the second mortgage was a prior ien. In the Circuit Court Judge Pressley decided igainst this position and the case is now before the Supreme Court on appeal. Judge Magrath and Major S. P. Hamilton appeared for the appellants, and Mr. J. J. Hemphill for die respondents. Judge Aldrich was appointed by the Governor to sit on the Supreme Bench in the trial )f the case of J. H. AYitherspoon and wife igainst James AY. AVatts and others, from Laurens. The case was heard last Tuesday. THE GENEKAlTCONFERENCE. The following are the delegates from South Carolina to the General Conference of the M. E. Church South, which began its quadrenlial session in Nashville, Tenn., on AYedneslay of last week : Rev. A. M. Shipp, 1). D., at iresent Professor in Aranderbilt University, Samuel B. Jones, D. D., AY. AY. Duncan, D. D., 0. A. Darby, D. D., and Rev. AY. P. Morgan ; and the laymen are President James H. Carlisle of AYofford College, General AVilliam stokes of Barnwell, F. A. Connor of Abbeville, iV. II. Newton of Marlboro, and AY. T. D. Uousar of Chester. The address of the Bishop, read on the first /? i * ? -1 ~11 4-1* lay 01 xne session, snows tinn- <ui mc iuicimio )f the church have largely progressed during ;he quadrennial period just closed. The iu:rease in membership has been over 13,000, naking the total at this time over 900,000. The missionary field has been greatly enlarged, md the increase of missionary funds during lie four years has been over Sill,000. The mblishing establishment at Nashville has >een placed on a substantial basis, its debts educed in volume and placed in a manageable tarm. The publication of the Sunday school leriodicals has reached a circulation of 400,)00. There has been a corresponding growth n the Sunday school work. The usual standing committees were appoint'd, and we notice that the positions of South Carolina delegates on these committees are as tallows : On Episcopacy, A. M. Shipp ; on itinerancy, W. P. Mouzon ; on Revisal, O. A. Darby ; on Sunday Schools, James H. Carlisle ; >n Missions, H. H. Newton ; on Boundaries, \\r. T. D. Cousar; on Education, W. W. Dun:an ; on Publishing Interests, S. B. Jones ; on Dhurch Extension, F. A. Connor. EXD OF THE ELECTION TRIALS. The jury charged with the case of the Uni;ed States against John B. Nixon, Maurice Maguire and Julian C. Levin, managers of the Flope Engine House precinct in Charleston, n 1SS0, having failed to agree upon a verlict up to 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, were at -hat hour brought into' Court. Judge Bond isked the foreman. Mr. M. G. McBlair, if hey had agreed to a verdict. The foreman eplied that they had not. Judge Bond then being further informed >y the foreman that the cause of disagreement ,vas difference of opinion as to the facts, orlered a mistrial to be entered and discharged lie jury. The jurors looked very tired and icedy, having heen kept together under close mrveilance, night and day, for near a week. It is stated that the jury stood nine for sonviction and three for acquittal as to Nixin, and ten for conviction and two for the icquittal of Maguire. All the petit jurors except one panel were liscliarged, and the remainder of the term was levoted to civil causes. THE CONFEDERATE ROLLS. In reference to the progress making in the >reparation of the Confederate rolls, the C'olimbia correspondent of the News and Courier vrit-es under date of last Saturday : Gen. Manigault has prepared a circular vhich will be sent to persons throughout the itate asking for information about the differnt military organizations from this iState vhich served in the Confederate army. In his ircular Gen. Manigault says : ""Without the .ctive co-operation of the survivors it will be mpossible to obtain even an approximately orrect roll at this late day, and as each year liminishes their number it is very desirable to omplete it as quickly as possible. As soon as he rolls can be made out here they will be retimed for such additions and corrections as nay have been noted ; and I would respectully suggest that reunions of the survivors of he respective companies be organized where lone exist, and that at their various meetings he names, deaths, casualties, &c., of each aember be fully discussed and noted. By hese means each company will secure a fair egree of accuracy, but few names will be mitted and eacli county receive due credit or the number of men sent." Gen. Manigault is getting his work in good hape and has prepared a number of complete oils of different organizations, but there is a irj.f ti\ ilnnp lipfnrp. t.hft t.ask ean IV < V L UU(U JVW vw k/v %?V?W wv.w.v ... ^ e finished. Every old soldier in the .State who as any information which would assist the djutant-general in making a correct enrolment of the Confederate soldiers from South 'arolina should promptly furnish it. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. S ? The Greenville News hoists the name of c: Hon. George D. Tillman for Governor. ? The town of Anderson has voted a sub- tl scription of $25,000 to the capital stock of the K Savannah Valley Railroad Company. v ? A copious rain at Greenville, Saturday af- b tenioon, was accompanied by quite a heavy ^ fall of hail. No damage, however, was done. b ? The Lancaster Review says that Rev. J. P. Sl Marion, of Chester, has been employed by the a session of the Presbyterian Church of Ltfn- b caster, to preach to the congreation of that n place until presbytery convenes. P ? Columbia has been selected as the place * for the meeting of both the white and the P colored teachers' institutes. The colored in- a stitute meets in July, and the white in Au- b gust. A ? The two Edgefield papers of last week con- t tained the announcement of seven candidates b for county officers, one for Probate Judge, one for School Commissioner and five for Clerk of Court. ? The Abbeville County Democratic Club met in convention at Abbeville on the 1st instant. The princippal object of the conven- . tion was the election of new officers, and the J awakening of the people upon the importance ^ of registration. ? Gen. R. R. Hemphill has been nominated for the Senate in Abbeville county, and it is | generally understood that he will make the ^ race against Dr. Maxwell, the present Senator. The contest will be a spirited one, as both ^ aspirants are able and popular men. ? Says the Chester Beporter: The question . of having an election to fill the vacancy oc- 1 casioned by the death of Gen. Walker is being ^ discussed. An extra session of the Legislature will undoubtedly be held during the summer. York and Chester being both without ? representation in the Senate would have no voice in the matter of redistricting the State, ^ and might be disposed of in a way that would be unsatisfactory. This is the argument used by those who advocate an election for Senator s. before the extra session meets. ? A colored woman preacher has been visit- 1 iner Anderson, and this is what the Intclligen- " cer says about her: The colored woman- : preacher delivered the last of her sermons 1 Sunday night, and took her departure Monday J evening. "We understand she took up a col- j lection at the close of each service for Home Missions, and as she claimed to be a home ( missionary, she appropriated to her own use J the proceeds of every collection. It is evident 1 that the woman is an impostor, and it is strange that the colored people would encourage such a character. j ? Says the Lexington Dispatch: "The Re- , publican County Chairmen are issuing circu- , lars to the Republicans to organize their ^ clubs at once and be prepared to register to ; a man. The circular issued in Barnwell county says: 'If an/ of you fail to register on ] the appointed days, you will not be allowed to i vote in the next general election, so don't let 1 sickness, crops, contracts or anything else 1 keep you at home on the days of registration, l for freedom without liberty is no freedom at j all.' This clearly indicates what we are to i expect in the approaching canvass. We will 1 have the solid Republican party to fight. 1 Their ranks will be swelled by a few discontents, soreheads and Greenbackers, and unless ] the Democracy bury all dissentions and differ- ] ences and unite solidly for the fight we are < certain to be defeated and the State will again ' be in the clutches of the same thieves who for- 1 merly lived on her vitals. Let us rally around J the Democratic standard for the protection of < our dear old mother. He who would desert her < in the hour of her need is worse than a traitor." i . . ?? i NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ; ? The State Bemocratlc Convention is called , to meet in Raleigh on Wednesday the 5th of July next. ? Kemp P. Battle, LL. D., president of the ( North Carolina University, will deliver the ^ commencement address on the 9th of June . before the Alpha and Delta Societies of the , King's Mountain High School. ? J. C. Buxton, Esq., of Winston, was , stung on the neck, one day last week, by a J spider. The wound commenced at once to swell and give . great pain. Mr. Buxton hastened to a drug store and swallowed a pint < of whisky, which had no intoxicating effect, ] owing to poison in his blood. It is believed that the whisky saved Mr. Buxton's life. j ? A preliminary trial was held at Yancey- j ville, on Tuesday of last week, and Felix < Roane, who killed Nat. Johnston and wounded < George Williams, Jr., in the Yancey ville 1 tradgedy, was discharged, it h*.ving l)een | shown that he acted in self defence. William- ^ son was held to trial, and was bound over in ; a bond of SI,500. i ? E. F. Martin, a colored man, is engaged < in the construction of a railroad to be known i as the Wilmington, Wrightsville and Onslow ( Coast Railroad. The last Legislature of North J Carolina granted him a charter, and the people < all along the proposed line have deeded him ] the right of way. He proposes to build the road entirely with negro capital and negro , labor. Eleven miles of the road bed are grad- j ed, and he is meeting encouraging success. ? ? The Anti-Prohibition Executive Commit- ( tee met at Raleigh on Wednesday of hist week, * and elected Col. Wm. Johnston, of Charlotte, 1 chairman. An address was issued inviting a j mass convention of liberal independent voters of the State without regard to former political opinion, to be held at Raleigh on June 7th to adopt a platform and nominate candidates. The committee announce that their purpose is to restore to the people local Belf-goveniment, to diffuse more general education among the masses, to purify the ballot box and to settle the question of prohibition. ? The origin of the fire that destroyed the Bingham School building, last week, is said to have been from an attempt on the part of some of the cadets to drive flies from their room. They lighted pieces of paper and waved the flames around the room. The ceiling had a crack in it and through this crack a blaze was drawn and set fire to a pile of rubbish above the ceiling. This was not noticed at the time and it was not until after the cadets had been called to recitation, at a few minutes past 9 o'clock on that morning their attention was attracted to the smoke issuing from the roof of the barracks. The fire had gained considerably by this time and the fresh morning breeze soon fanned it into a blaze beyond all control. ? The Greensboro Evening Neics says: The Richmond and Danville Terminal Company has acquired the ownership of the Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad, which has been run- s ning for two years from Spartanburg, S. C., f to Ilendersonville, X. C. The distance from j Hendersonville to Asheville is eighteen miles, t one-half of which is graded. Between these t points the country is nearly level, and the cost t of completing the road to Asheville will not ^ exceed $10,000 per mile. The Terminal Com- ^ pany has just announced that work will com- ^ mence at once, and that the road will be fin- v ished in a few months. Connections will then 1 be made at Asheville with the "Western North y Carolina Railroad, which the Terminal Company recently completed to Paint Rock on the 0 Tennessee line, and with the lines of railway c from Chicago, Cincihnati and the Northwest. 1 ? rue Asnevme utttzen gives tne iouowing | exploits of a youthful mail robber: Jos. C. i j, King, a lad about 17 years of age, was put on ! ij the mail route between Pigeon River and , t Aslieville, on the 12th of April. He brought j u the mail in, but abstracted from the bag sever- ^ al registered packages. He delivered the mail ? at the office, but instead of calling for it ^ next morning took the train for the east; con- p sequently no mail went out the next day. it orae days after the Post Master at Hominy ailed on Mr. Roberts, our P. M., for receipts >r the registered letters, and upon his stating aat none were received then enquiry was be- C un as to the missing rider. Mr. J. M. Thrash, B dio had a package containing over $-200 in the l ag, came over, and learning the boy was rom Greensboro or "Winston went in pursuit. ^ ty posting detectives at the two places lie t oon got on the track, and learned that a boy A nswering to the description was in Greens- ] oro and had been loose with a good deal of j loney. Finally the great blessing of a woman ost mistress exhibited itself in contributing to lie arrest of the party. Through postal cards J assing through her office she learned the ex- j ct whereabouts of the culprit, and of his in- p ention to leave for Texas, and gave the inormation that led to his arrest. He confessed he theft. Of over $600 in cash taken from the ^ ag, he had spent all but about $200. ? v FARMING IN THE STATE. S ? Tn "narlino+nii r>rmnt.v t.hp nnt rvrrvn is fine Ovv" j , L nd heading out rapidly. In some localities lie planters are chopping cotton. pj ? All sections of Barnwell county have en- ^ oyed unexceptionable seasons from the begin- j< ling of the planting season to the present p ime. The acreage in oats is far greater than t vas ever known before, and the yield will lie d n abundant one. The corn plant is quite far p dvanced, and it is believed that fully one- I ourth more has been planted this year than vas last. Cotton planting is at an end, and he stands were never better. In many locali- Q ies planters are hoeing down to a stand. It g 3 safe to say that all farmers have kept up Q vith their work more successfully than ever efore. j ? Says the Chester Reporter: From conver- c ation with farmers from nearly every neigh- c >orhood in the county we obtained most enlouraging reports of the small grain crops; he best since the war, and more of it than ban they have ever seen is what all of them ay. Slight rust has appeared in the wheat c n a few localities, but it is thought no great c njury will result. The late rains have as- ^ lured the full maturity of the fall sown oats. c die stands of com are reported as firstrate ; I n many places the first planting has been j dowed over. Cotton is coming up well ; it las been damaged somewhat, on sandy land >y the cool nights and mornings. The fruit :rop gives promise of being most abundant; >eaches and apples will be more plentiful than ] it any time for the last five years. MORE TROUBLE IX IRELAND. On Saturday evening last, about G o'clock, ;j Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Chief Secreta- J; 7 for Ireland, and Under-Secretary Burke, ' vere shot dead in Phoenix Park, Dublin. The particulars of the affair are thus given in a ( Dublin dispatch to the London press : A boy states that while bird nesting in Phoenix Park Saturday afternoon he saw, twn hundred vjirds from him and close i to the road, a group of men who appeared to aim to be wrestling. He thought they were roughs and paid no particular attention. He jaw two of the men fall r "1 four others jump in the car and drive rapiuly toward Chapelrood. He is unable to give a description of their appearance. The park was crowded in many places at the time of the tragedy and many persons were sitting or walking within i few hundred yards of where the bodies were found, but heard nothing of the affair. The police patrolled the park shortly after the occurrence and fruitlessly searched every hole md comer for the murderers. Mr. Burke was found with his throat cut almost from ear to car, and his hands bore marks indicating that lie had had a fierce and lengthened encounter. One of the wounds of Lord Frederick Cavenlisli was a dagger thrust which'penetrated his 1 right lung, and his right arm was smashed to 1 i pulp. Many of the wounds on both bodies < were such as must have been necessarily fatal. < The persons who found the bodies were de- ] bttincd by-fchc police. i The affair is connected with the Irish Land ] League agitation, and has caused greater ex- . citement throughout England and Ireland , than any occurrence since these troubles com- " menced. Parnell, Davitt and other leading ^ agitators, however, denounce the crime in un- ( measured terms, and the Land League has is- j med a manifesto condemning the act, and dis- : claiming any sympathy whatever with it. Mr. , Davitt is reported to have said : , "No language I can possibly command can . express the horror with which I regard the murders, or my despair at their consequences. When I heard it on Saturday night, I could scarcely credit the news. I grieve to think ( that when the Government had just risked introducing a new policy, when everything 5 seemed bright and hopeful, and when all ' ivnonlo 1 tlio nntrnnrpa tn ppasfl. that til is 1 terrible event should dash our hopes. I wish j to God I had never left Portland. The crime \ was without motive. It is not only the most fatal blow that has been struck at the Land League, but one of the most disastrous blows ' which have been sustained by the National > pause during the century. Its concurrence at i ;his particular juncture seems like a terrible 1 lestiny, and my only hope is that the assassins ] nay be discovered and punished ; as they deserve. It is wonderful how the outrage could 1 pccur in a few hundred yards of the constabu- 1 ary depot." ? The Church and the Turf.?A Louisrille (Ky.) dispatch says the congregation at 1 she Christian Church in that city was much ] surprised Sunday night when Rev. Dr. Yan- 1 ;ey, the pastor, introduced General Abe Bu- j ford with the remark that the old turfman would deliver a short address in lieu of the evening discourse. General Buford had some;hing to say in regard to the church and the f surf. The drift of his argument was that ( jhurch members could conscientiously visit she races. General Buford's position, as sum- ' ned up, is just this : The race horse is too important a factor in the commercial prosperity ( )f Kentucky, a State which is world-famous for its blooded stock, to be ignored by the re- . igious element because of the mismanagement ( >f some of the race tracks and because some people bet on the races. The church must not . Irive men away because they believe in horse ( pacing as necessary to improvement of the preed, but should rather strive to have the ivils now connected with the sport remedied. The General said that there were some evils s which existed on Eastern courses which do not ixist in Kentucky, and in his remarks he paid i compliment to the Louisville Jockey Club 8 for its benevolence in donating a large sum of y noney to the yellow fever suflferers. i The Victims of the "Wateree Disas- 0 rER.?The sad intelligence reached the city 51 resterday that Miss Lizzie Henry, who has peen suffering terribly from the effects of the ( ixplosion, died at the residence of Mr. Joseph Sates at 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, thus . iompleteing the heart rending catastrophe ( which snatched from life the four devoted listers who stood together on the deck of the y 11-fated steamer on that day or horrors. ( The body of Miss Mattie Henry was found ? 1(V"> T.up.le fmm tlio r?l:ipp HI J t CUllUOU<?y auuuv xw j mv?u Livui r?t*vw vhere the explosion occurred, and that of her ister Nannie was found yesterday. The (\ olenin rites of burial will be performed this v .ling, and few hearts which read these ^ ines in their happy homes this morning will >e untouched by emotions, of sympathy with ' he bereaved parents and friends, stiiTed by A he remembracne of the terrible visitation. Dr. v falley was summoned yesterday at midday by a , telegram to attend the case of Mr. Trujnble, e ,nd the supposition is that the patient had lecome much worse. Mr. Eason was somewhat improved, but still suffering greatly, ." lie body of Mr. Stiles had not been found v esterday.?Columbia Register, Friday. ^ Registration.-- In so important a matter c s registration?paramount above any minor b onsideration?Democrats should run 110 risks, ii ?he time for registration is limited, and a ]( imple oversight as to duty in this emergency n nay cost a man his right to vote in the comtig election. The time to register is when the ooks are opened in your immediate vicinity. J )nly a few days are reserved on the winding 7' ip at the Court House in which to register 1 hose who, from unavoidable causes, such as j ickness or unavoidable absence, may fail to ?, leet the Supervisor in his township. Don't orget this important injunction : Register rumptly at your nearest jioint. Urndt jmtjwne ?J '.?Grmwule New*. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . E. Spencer, Plaintiff 'a Attorney?Notice to Defendants. M. Lindsay, Onthriesville, S. C.?Wanted, atta Brothers?Family Groceries and Plantation Supplies. " , J. C. Latimer?To the Ladies, innter, OatesA Co.?Call at Once. . M. Dobson?Bon-Ton Millinery Store. .. M. Manigault, A. and I. General?Special Order No. 20. i. R. Williams?Administrator's Notice. . M. Adams?Honse Furnishing HardwareButcher Knives?Kerosine Oil?Writing Paper?'Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars?Attention ! Housekeepers, ohn C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. . F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Clerk's Sale. >r. J. B. Patrick, Charleston?Dental Notice. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The shipments of cotton from the depot in forkville for the week ending last Monday fere 188 bales, making a total since the 1st of iQntomhor nf ft 43ft "r""""1" ? ">?? MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The municipal election for the town of forkville was the most quiet town election ;nown here for years. There were no local ssues before the citizens, and consequently ut little interest was manifested. The only icket voted was the following: For In tenant?C. E. Spencer; Wardens?F. Happereld, J. W. P. Hope, G. W. S. Ilart, J. W. )obson. CROP PROSPECTS. The most gratifying reports of the condition f the wheat and oat crops reach us from all ections of the county. With no untoward ccurrenceto the growing crops of small grain, he harvest will be unprecedented siuce 1840. Che indications-are that there will be a heavy rop of fruit. Cotton is reported generally as oming up well and good stands have been btained. Corn is also showing well. TAX COLLECTIONS. County Treasurer Neely is now engaged in ollecting the May instalments of State and ounty taxes. His collections last week were is follows : "or State purposes, $ 592 70 7 )rdinarv county purposes, '.. 394 31 7 tailroad, 299 49 4 School, 249 50 3 'oil 34 50 0 Total, .. 81,550 60 1 CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, ?astor. Services in the Church at Yorkville, it the usual hours, morning and evening. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will be absent !rom his regular appointment next Sunday, issisting Rev. Mr. White in communion ser/i/?p at. ~F.lip.ne7.flr_ Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, services at 11 A. M., and 7.15 P. M. INVITED TO #CHARLOTTE. The Jenkins 'Rifles have received an invita;ion from the Hornets' Nest Riflemen of Charotte, to participate with them in the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde)endence on the 20th. They have accepted the nvitation and will attend. Of the approaching celebration, the Observer says: "Taking all the preparations into consideration, it is said that the celebration ivill be on a grander scale than on any former occasion, and will probably attract a larger :iumber of visitors to the city than have ever ;>een gathered here before?the centennial of 1875 not excepted." MILL BURNEDIBY LIGHTNING. About 5 o'clock P. M., last Saturday the prist mill long known as Newman McElwee's mill, but more recently owned by his son Robert, on Clark's Eork, about 7 miles north-west 3f town, was destroyed by fire. There was no person at the mill when the fire originated. The supposition is that the house was struck by lightning, which communicated the flame, ind the house was rapidly burned, though a slight shower was falling at the time. There was only asmall quantity of grain and flour in the mill, which with a tool chest containing a 3ne set of tools belonging to the miller, was burned. The mill was in fine condition, having been thoroughly overhauled and repaired ilcout a year ago. We leani that Mr. McEltvee has already commenced the work of reDuilding. THE GASTONIA PICNIC. It will be remembered that to-morrow (Frilay) is the day for the grand railroad excuriion from McConnellsville to Gastonia and 3iisket picnic at the latter place. The coranittee having the matter in charge are makng extensive preparations to ensure a pleasant ;ime to all who may wish to avail themselves )f a day's pleasure and recreation. Halls mve been secui%d at Gastonia for dancing, uid Dick Latta's string band will furnish nusic for those who may wish to trip the ight fantastic toe. Facilities for other amusenents will be aforded; good order i will be ^reserved on the trains, and a nice time generilly may be expected. There will also be a similar excursion from Lincolnton, X. C., ;hus bringing together the belles and beaux of die sister States in .pleasant social intercourse, [t is confidently expected that the occasion Vill bring to Gastonia the largest crowd ever issembled in that town. PROGRESS OF REGISTRATION. Col. McCorkle, Supervisor of Registration .'or York, informs us-that he issued certificates )f registration at his respective places of aplointment last week as follows: rock Hill. iVliites, 298 Colored, .: 423- 721 coates\tavekn. Whites, 64 Colored, 157- 221 m'elwee's mill. Whites^ 56 Colored .' 91? 147 Total ....1,089 Of these 1,089 voters at three precincts, 671 ire colored and 418 white. At the election of .876, when both parties put forth their full itrength (and since which election the colored mters have virtually abstained from the polls n this county) the relative number of ballots :ast by each race at the above precincts was is follows: rock hill. Vbito, 377 Colored, 62-1?1001 coates' tavern. White,. 116 lolorod, 134? 250 m'elwee's mill. White, 96 Colored, 99? 195 Total votes then cast ; 1,446 Which statement shows in the aggregate a lecrease, as per registration, of 357 voters, of rhom 171 are white and 186 colored. From liese figures the situation is not altogether as iad. in point of numbers registering, as at irst reported; yet, it is well for the white oters to throw aside all prejudice and register, s the sole prerequisite to voting in the next lection. THE COTTON SALE. On Tuesday last, according to notice preiously given, 559 bales of cotton were offered y sample, at this place, by planters of York ounty. The proposition to sell by this means rought quite a number of buyers from points i this State and North Carolina. The foljwing sales are reported to us as having been iade-: Bought by Jasper Miller, of Spartanburg? j 'rom J. W. P. Hope, 102 bales; J. It. Ashe, j 7; Clark Bros., 1; Withers Adiqjces, 5; Dr. j Tioinas Wliitesides, 5 ; J. S. Bratton, 78; Dr. J . It. Bratton, 42; J. L. Plexico, 4; D. M. Hall, 5.?Total, 349. T. S. Mills, of Chester, bought 20 bales from oseph Sims. I). McCaulay & Co., of Chester, liought? *c From John Nichols, 47 bales ; C. N. Parrott, 29 bales.?Total, 76. J. R. Gardner and Lorraine Walker, agents of J. M. Ivy, bought?From W. 11. Byers, 34 bales; J. L. Moore, 15; Mr. Williamson, 11; \ It. M. Allison aud J. A. Byers, 34; P. W. Lindsay, 15; J. P. Moore, 5.?Total, 114 bales. j A part was sold at private sale and a part by auction?the greater part by the latter vT mode?at prices ranging from 8| to 12 cents, LOCAL BK1EFS. ? Mrs. F. C. Merritt has again put us under obligations by the present of a basket of fine Irish potatoes?the first of the season. ? We had thought, until we read the proof of Dr. Kuykendal's advertisement, that the "consumptive's hope" was beyond the grave. ? We are glad to note the fact that Ms. Frank Clark is convalescing. With the aid of an attendant he is able to walk about, and on Tuesday he took a short buggy ride. ? The Diocesan Convention of South Carolina met in Spartanburg yesterday. Messrs. W. B. Wilson and G. W. S. Hart are in attendence as delegates from the Church of the Good Shepherd of Yorkville. ? There have been recorded in the Clerk's oflice to date 2,144 agricultural liens, aggregating in amount about $125,000. The numl>er of liens recorded is one third less than hist year. ? The Acts of the last General Assembly have been issued from the press, and the copies for the officials of York county have been received for distribution by the Clerk of the Court. ? As will be seen by Special Order No. 20, Adjutant and Inspector General's office, published in another column, Adjutant-General Manigault will inspect State volunteer troops in York county, at Rock Hill, May 23rd ; Massey's Store, May 24th; and at Yorkville on the evening of the same day. ? We acknowledge to have received, "with the semi-centennial compliments of Walker, Evans & Cogswell," of Charleston, an invitation to a basket picnic given by t(ie members of that firm, at Remley's Point, last Saturday, the occasion being the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the existence of their famous Charleston printing and publishing house. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. In the Senate on the 2nd, a bill was passed ^ dividing Mississippi into two u. a. uourt jjistricts. The bill removing the disqualifications of ex-Confederates for army appointments was taken up, and after brief remarks by Messrs. Plumb, Maxey, Hampton and Call, the pending motion to refer the bill to the judiciary committee was defeated by 23 to 24?a party vote. The bill then went over. Mr. Lapliam introduced a bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any denial or abridgement of suffrage on account of sex. Referred to the committee on woman suffrage. The bill for the establishing of a new tribunal of justice, to be known as the court of appeals, ' ^ was discussed without action. In the House, the tariff commission bill was discussed in committee of the whole. 'The House concurred in the Senate amendments to the anti-Chinese bill. In the Senate on the 3rd, petitions were presented from citizens and boards of trade of New Jersey in favor of the Lowell bankrupt bill. The bill repealing the statute prohibiting the appointment of ex-Confederates in the army or navy Wiis called up, but went over without action. Mr. Ingalls moved to amend so as to continue the statute, but to confine its operation to officers who left the army or navy to enter the Confederate service. In the discussion of this motion a rather warm debate occurred between Messrs. Ingalls and Hampton as to what were the actual issues between the North and South in the late war. The * bill to create a court of appeals then came up as unfinished, business. After several unimportant amendments were agreed to, Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, moved an amendment requiring Judges to be transferred from one Circuit to another under rules of the Supreme Court. In explaining it, he remarked that it would have the effect incidentally of enabling cert ain localities to get rid of unworthy Judges. In this connection he expressed the opinin that a Judge in the Circuit in which he (Butler) lived was utterly unfit to discharge his duties, and that some of his acts were a disgrace to American citizenship. Mr. Ingalls said he did not know of what the Senator from South Carolina complained, unless it" was recent rulings in election cases.TBe testimony in these cases, if true, disclosed much greater disgraeeof American citizenship than had ever before been perpetrated uponthis Continent and he wanted the fact known?if such was the fact?that the object of the Senator (Butler) was to avoid the administration ot a Judge obnoxious to the people of that State. Mr. Butler sarcastically rejoined that be acknowledged the superiority of Ingalls' facilities over his .own for acquiring information concerning events transpiring in South Carolina, but he thought he would be able to demonstrate at the proper time that a certain Circuit Judge had been guilty of conduct that was disgraceful to American jurisprudence, notwithstanding the opinion of the Senator from Kansas. Mr. Sherman asked whether ?j! 9 leicrciitc iiuyy mauc wao iu tiuugc jaiuu i Mr. Butler replied affirmatively. The amendment was then rejected?yeas, 17 ; nays. 33Pending the discussion of "an amendment; of- ^ fered by Mr. Vest, of Missouri, that no Oir cuit or District Judge before whom cause or question may have been tried or heard in a District or Circuit Court shall sit on trial or hearing of such cause or question in Appellate Court, the Senate adjourned. In the House, the tariff commission bill was discussed. Mr. Henderson, of Illinois, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affaire, to which was referred the President's message > relative to lawlessness in Arizona, reported amending section fifteen of the bill making appropriation for support of the army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, so as to allow the military forces of the United States to be employed as a jxme comitatus to assist the civil authorities within any Territory of the United States to execute the laws therein when requested by the Governor of Such Territory. Mr. Henderson in reply, to questions about a recent report from the Senate Military Committee that no legislation on the subject was necessary, said his opinion was that the committee was in error. Mr. Belmont offered a resolution calling on the President for complete copies of any and all orders and instructions from the Navy Department to the commanding officer of the South Pacific Squadron during the year 1881, and also copies of any and all letters, communications or reports of such commanding officer or officers to the Navy Department during the same period. Referred to the committee on foreign affairs. The Speaker announced his enrollment of the anti-Chinese bill, and affixed his signature thereto. In the Senate on the 4th, Mr. Yoorhees1 resolution for a committee of investigation into the alleged corrupt or improper influence concerning the House bill now before the finance committee, amending the lawsvin regard to distilled spirits in bonded warehouses, was taken up. After some personal explanation by Mr. Yoorhees, further consideration of the bill was postponed indefinitely. The bill repealing the disqualification for army service imposed upon ex-Confederates came up in order, when Rollins' pending motion to commit to the judiciary committee prevailed by a party vote?yeas, 29 ; nays, 28?Davis, of Illinois, and Malione voting aye with the Republicans. The court of appeals bill was discussed without action. The Chair announced his signature to the anti-Chinese bill, which now goes to the President. In the House, the tariff commission bill was '-* j UJhCliaseu ill UUIJJllJitLCC kjl inc wuuit?, aim when the committee arose, the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 5th, a resolution was offered by Mr. Windom, for the appointment by the Chair of an investigation committee of tive, to inquire whether any money has been received, by contribution or otherwise, from parties in interest to promote the passage or defeat the House bill relating to distilled spirits in special bonded warehouses, and if so, for what uses the money had been expended?the committee to send for persons and papers, employ a stenographer and report the result of such investigation. The court of appeals bill was taken up, but after a short debate it was deferred, and the Senate adjourned until Monday. The session of House was devoted to discussing the tariff commission bill. On the 6th, the House, at 11.25, went into