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f traps and Jafts. ' ? By a fire in New Orleans, last Thursday 1 night, the Customhouse was damaged to the , extent of $00,000. The iron cornice is practi- i cally destroyed and the window frames are ( burned out for nearly half the length of the Customhouse street front. The granite col-; umns at the entrance and the pilasters have their outlines damaged to such an extent as to ! make substitution necessary. The heat was; very great, and water thrown on the hot gran-! ite caused it to crack and flake off. ? The Augusta Chronicle a nil Constitutional- ! ist of Sunday defines its position on the subject of gratuitous and indiscriminate advertising of candidates in the following terse j manner: "We are in receipt of two commu- j nications, recommending prominent citizens for Congress. We recognize the fitness of the j gentleman whom "Cax" and "Young Man" j nominate and will take pleasure in publishing the communications at the rate of twenty five cents per line. The Chronicle and Consti- i tutionalist will publish no articles recommend- i ing men for office unless paid for." ? Orlando Jackson has brought suit in the j Supreme Court of New York against the Louisiana Lottery Company, alleging that he ! had expended within the past four years *MX> in the purchase of lottery tickets, and in which the plaintiff sues to recover $ 178,000, or I double the amount invested, under the provis- j ion of the statute against lotteries. A motion j was made a-few days ago to set aside the sum- j inons and complaint, on the ground of irregularity, and to-day a decision was given denying the motion upon the plaintiff amending ! the summons. ? The excitement caused by the assassination of Lord Cavendish is by no means subsiding. Throughout all Ireland, and from branches of the Land League in America, come fiercest denunciations of this stupid, cowardly act. The assassins have not yet been discovered, although largo rewards have beeu offered for them. The last official act of Lord Cavendish was an order releasing almost all the Irish susi>ects from jail. It was an ancestor of Lord Cavendish who slew the famous English rebel, Wat Tyler, and and thus won his knightship hundreds of years ago. ? A new machine has been invented which will manufacture ice from water in twenty minutes at little expense. In the older process great pressure was required to liquify the gasses used. The new method employs a solution of ammonia in glycerine. The latter absorbs several hundred times its volume without pressure. By passing into a vacuum the ammonia is set free and produces intense cold. Reversing the process, the ammonia is easily reabsorbed. The day is not distant when every small town can manufacture its own ice at a minimum cost. ? In the argument on the Guiteau bill of exceptions, at the opening proceedings, Mr. Reed desired to call attention to one authority on a point that it is the duty of Courts to sustain technicalities when they appear in law. He then quoted Lord Mansfield's observations upon the subject, pending a decision of a case where popular clamor demanded contrary decision. Judge Cartter?"You mean to say he held that the mob should not try the case ?" Col. Reed?"Precisely, your honor." Judge Cartter?"Well, that is sound law, Ave accept it." ? A New York letter in the Cincinnati Commercial says: "Meeting a business acquaintance of Gen. Grant on my return to New York, I asked him if Grant's financial condition was improving. "I think not," he replied. "I think Grant and all his sons have been losers by their speculations. From what I hear, I doubt if Buck Grant (otherwise Ulysses, Jr.) now possesses any other money than what her father gave his wife. For a time things were booming with him, but Grant and his sons and all their associates were terribly hurt in Louisville and Nashville Railroad stock." ? The May report of the agricultural bureau, issued at Washington hist Friday, contains the following : Cotton reports shoiv 81 ]>er cent, of the proposed area planted on the Qornincf ftK nor f?pnf\ in average years. Planting is more advanced than usual, from Virginia to Florida, and more backward in all other States, esi>eeially in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee. In consequence of the overflow the proportion planted in Mississippi is 75 per cent, instead of 85 in an average year, 71 in Louisiana instead of 89, 78 in Arkansas instead of 83, and 77 in Tennessee instead of 1)0 per cent. The deficiency on the 1st of May approximates half a million acres, with planting in progress. ? A dispatch of Saturday from Jacksonport, Arkansas, says that the water in White River stands thirty-one feet and eight inches above low water mark. There is not a foot of dry ground in town except Jefferson street. The whole country for miles around is one sea of water, and the damage to the crops is heavy. A Batesville, Ark., special says the rain commenced at 8 o'clock Monday evening and poured in torrents twenty-four hours without cessation, swelling the rivers and creeks, sweeping everything before it. Mills, houses, bridges and fencing, all were hurled from their foundations and washed out, utterly obliterating the entire crops on bottom lands. It is est mated that the loss is half a million dollars. j ? On last Friday, while the engineer and conductor of a train on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad were in the telegraph office at Oswego, Kansas, for orders their engine and caboose started off without them bound north. A train bearing several hundred persons, members of the Missouri Press Association with their families and friends on an excursion to Galveston, was on the road. The engineer of the latter train saw the wild train in time to stop his own and leap from the engine. The wild train was going over forty miles an hour. Both engines were totally wrecked. A postal clerk on the passenger train is the only person injured, and he not seriously. The passengers all escaped unharmed, and after the track was cleared and a new engine procured proceeded on their journey. ? The Washington correspondent of the Xeus and Courier tells the following story of a hat: "An orthodox "Ilampton hat" of the '7(5 style lias been gallivanting around Ohio, in a lively way, and this is how it happened to get there. The Hon. John McSweeny, of Worcester, Ohio, a prominent Democratic politician?the man who nominated Thurman for President at the Cincinnati Convention? recenty employed in defending the Star Route people, went one day last week into the Senate chamber to see a Senatorial friend, leaving his soft hat in the cloak room. On his exit he carried off another soft hat which was in a day or two discovered to be Senator Hampton's. As the Senator who was then out of the city, attempts to effect an exchange were futile, so Mr. McSweeny went off to Ohio with his historic hat, afterwards sending it, (so I learn from a Republican source) to its owner, with a note exnressincr the wish that he could as readily exchange^ heads with the Senator as head gear. ? Mrs. Scoville the sister of Guiteau having taken the lecture stand, with the view as was supposed of aiding her brother, there were rumors that the step would lead to the separation of her and her husband ; but from the following it would seem that they have had a pleasant and friendly meeting in Chicago, and af-! ter some private talk, Mrs. Scoville gave up j her room and they went to lunch together, j Mrs. Scoville, when interviewed after her j talk with her husband, said that she had i dreaded it very much on account of the j temper shown by him. He had been writing j iier very threatening and abusive letters. ! Among other things, he wrote her that if she | did not stop lecturing and working in behalf , of her brother he ''would make it so hot for I the three Guiteaus that the two who were not I hung would wish they were." She told Mr. Scoville that his attempts at coercion must cease, that she projwsed to rent a home for j herself and lecture to save her brother. She : said: "If he does not cease his interference I j will give certain facts to the newspapers and John Guiteau will tell what he knows about i Mr. Scoville. For the sake of my children I withhold the worst for the present." She declared that Mr. Scoville was more reasonable than she expected and hoped there would be no more trouble. ? After consultation with many oflicers of distinction it has been determined to have a series of reunions at Gettysburg, to establish exactly the positions of the troops engaged in the battle. The moving spirit is Mr. Batchelder, who has studied the subject for years and lias been commissioned by Congress to compile an account of the battle. The reunions will t?e by localities, and when these have been examined and the facts established a general review of the whole field will be made. The first meeting will be of veterans who fought at and near the "Pejach Orchard," "Wheatfield," "Devil's Den" and "Round Top," on July 2, 1863, who are invited to report in person at the Eagle Hotel, Gettysburg, at 8 P. M., June 7, for organization. Congressman Aiken, who was Colonel of the Seventh South Carolina Volunteers, has taken a deep interest in the movement, and will attend the reunion in June. Gen. Kershaw hoped'to go, but is prevented from doing so by his engagements on Circuit. Major C. Rutledge Ilolmes, who was assistant adjutant general of the division, has been urged to attend, and it is liojted that he will find this practicable. Such reunions as are proposed cannot fail to have a good effect. They will enable something approaching to absolute agreement to be reached concerning the battle wliich was the turning point of the war, and surely the gathering together of the old soldiers of the North and South, on a field made glorious by their valor and hallowed by the blood of so many brave Americans, will strengthen good feeling and help to teach all of us so to live and act that the war shall beat end in our hearts as in our homes. fJothuiUe (&nquittr. YOUR VIl.I.E. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 18, 1882 How to Order ibe Enquirer.?Write the naim of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and'send the amount o< the subscription by draft or post office inonej order, or enciose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirkr is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the naper at post-offices within the couutv; and to all other subscribers the postage is paici by the publisher. Our subscrilters, n< matter where they receive the paper, are not liablf for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?Thedateon the "address label" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept in advance:. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood thai our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. CAYTVU rinni.VYA NEWS. OVi/ 1 J? Vrt ? !/?. i'*? ? There a*e three hundred and ten persons in Sumter county who were disqualified to register on account of criminal conviction. * ? The farmers and gardeners of Columbia and vicinity are rejoicing in the fine seasons with which that locality has been favored. ? lVm. Aiken registered at Blackstock's, Chester county, the other day, giving his age as 118 years. ? The State Democratic Executive Committee is called by the chairman, Gen. Izlar, to meet in Columbia, at 8 o'clock P. M., to-day. ? Mr. B. W. Timmerman, who lives in the Pleasant Lane section of Edgefield county, has found on his farm a nugget of gold, which he says is worth about S300. ? The Hon. James Hemphill, of Chester, is the oldest living member of the bar of the Sixth Circuit. He opened his law office in Chester on the 29th of November, 183(5. ? Mrs. M. L. Shell, aged 40 and living at Liberty Hill, Newberry county, deserted her husband and ran away with a stranger named F. F. McGill, a few days ago. ? It is reported that Clyburn, who escaped from the Camden jail some time ago, has reached Dakota and is going still further West. ? The last prisoner in the Sumter jail was released on Monday last. The doors of the institution are now thrown open and improvements are making for the comfort and security of future inmates. ? On Wednesday, the 3rd inst., a colored man named Wilson was run over and killed l)V 51 train Oil llie OUIUH v_/<uuima ivnunuj iit?j Aiken. Wilson had gone to sleep on the track. ? White frost was visible in many places in the vicinity of Greenville hist Monday morning, and considerable snow is reported to have fallen Sunday night in the mountains about the North Carolina line. ? The following crop report comes from Ai> gusta, Ga., under date of Sunday : The weather is unfavorable for cotton. The thermometer stands at GO degrees. The yield of wheat and oats in South Carolina and Georgia will be larger than in any ye<-r since the war. ? Judge Melton has continued all the election cases recently before the U. S. District Court in Charleston to the November term, and Judge Bond of his own motion ordered a new trial in the only case, where there was a conviction. The record therefore stands? G cases mistrials, 1 acquittal, and 1 mistrial by order of court. ? Among the items of appropriation for im! provement of rivers and harbors just passed by Congress are the following for South Caroj lina : Charleston harbor, (including Sullivsin's Island,) 8300,000 ; Great Pee Dee River, 8G,000 ; Wappoo Cut, 810,000 ; Wateree River 810,000; Edisto River, 88,000 ; Georgetown harbor, 87,000 ; Saltkehatchie River, 85,000. ? Wm. M. Dart, President of the South Carolina Teachers' Association, has issued an address-on behalf of the Association, extending " ' - 51?A; J - a coruiai HlVllillilUIl IU LUC tmuicu icatiici^ ui the State to attend the State Colored ^Normal School in Columbia, next July. He pledges a comfortable home to severy colored teacher who attends, and urges all the teachers to avail themselves of this opportunity to acquire knowledge in their professions. ? The Rev. J. B. Middleton preached the funeral sermon of Adams, Bates and Burton, the Greenville incendiaries recently hanged. He took for his text the words, "The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble,v and rather depreciated the execution of the incendiaries, impressing his hearers with the idea that it was unjust, and expressing the conviction that the unfortunate men had gone to heaven. He also cited a number of instances of the fate of rulers who had passed unjust sentences, all of them being severely punished therefor. ? At its meeting last Thursday night, the University Board requested a full meeting of the Faculty, including the newly elected professors, to be held upon the call of President Miles at some time prior to the August meeting of the board, for the purpose of preparing a plan for studies to be reported to the board at the August meeting. No charge is made for tuition at the University except an annual fee of ten dollars. It is estimated that, with economy, a student can attend the South Carolina University for a year without incurring more than $280 expense, including the cost of going to and returning from the institution. I ? At the meeting of the trustees of the State University, in Columbia, on Wednesday of last week, the following faculty was elected : Rev. Dr. E. L. Patton, of Due West, professor of ancient languages; E. S. Jonyes, of the Univer- j sity of Tennessee, professor of modern lan- j guages; John M. McBride,of the University of I * * . T> ! rennessee, proiessur ui iignuuniuc , n. jicum Davis, of Fairfield, professor of history, political economy and constitutional law ; Kev. W. J. Alexander, of Darlington, S. C., professor of mental and moral philosophy and evidences of Christianity and chaplain. The board resolved to change the tutorship of modern languages to a professorship, and added the professorships of applied mathematics and physics to the present I chair of mathematics. The board then ad-: journed until the second Monday in August, | when the curriculum of the new chairs will be arranged. Every member of the board was present. Dr. Patton and Mr. Davis are graduates of this institution. i THE RELIGIOUS WORLD. THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. The Southern Baptist Convention met in the Baptist Church at Greenville, S. C., at 10 o'clock A. M., on Wednesday of last week, 10th instant, in its twenty-seventh annual session, and was called to order by the Rev. J. H. Mell, D. D., Chancellor of the University of Georgia, the Rev. Lansing Burrows, of Kentucky, acting as secretary. After the devotional exercises the roll was made up, showing 262 delegates in attendance as follows: Maryland, 4; Virginia. 25; North Carolina, 32 ; Georgia, 30; Alabama, 13; Florida, 2 ; Misssissippi, 2, Louisiana, 1; Texas 13 ; Kentucky. 24 ; Tennessee and Arkansas, 4 ; Missou rl, 5; and South Carolina 88. The names of the South Carolina delegates were as follows: J. S. Jordan, II. C. Smart, C. A. C. Waller, B. F. Miller, R. N. Pratt, J. A. Chambliss, D. D., J. C. McKewn, W. J. Snider, E. II. Cnttino, II. M. Barton, A. J. Bristow, J. A. Jackson, W. E. Thomas, W. B. Allen, J. D. Mahon, J. II. Edwards, L. C. Ilinton, N. N. Burton, A. J. S. Thomas, J. K. Fant, G. W. Bussey, A. McA. Pittman, W. B. Shaw, T. P. Shaw, I). W. Cuttino, T. P. Smith, L. Cuthhert, ? Fairfield, E. L. Sisk, G. II. Carter, J. C. Furman, D. D., T. J. Earle, Berry League, J. K. Mendenhall, T. W. Reid, G. F. Townes, C. II. Jiulson, J. S. Croxton, G. W. Gardner, J. M. Hough, T. M. Galphin, D. D., J. A. W. Thomas, T. P. Lide, II. W. Battle, I). W. Iliott, G. M. Rogers, J. R. Leavell, J. I). Pitts, L. Broaddus, W. B. Elkins, M. L. Ball, C. C. Brown, D. L. DeSaussure, II. W. Malionev, R. W. Hurts, J. S. Murray, T. P. Bell, W.IL King, I. W. Wingo, W. B. Carson, A. B. Woodruff, W. P. Smith, L. C. Ezell, W. L. Brown, J. T. Burdine, C. P. Barrett, F. C. Jeter, I. G. McKissick, A. M. Noble, W. II. Strickland, T. A. Reid, H. McGee, John Stout, B. W. Edwards. S. M. Richardson, R. W. Lide, W. J. Alexander, T. II. Burruss, M. R. Sanders, A. L. Evans, A. M. Sampayrac, J. (J. Adams, J. T. Price, Elijah Watson, R. B. Watson, C. Burkhalter, W. C. Lindsay, A. C. Stepp. The Rev. Dr. Mell was re-elected president without opposition. Elections were then held for vice-president and secretaries. While the ballots were being counted an hour was devoted by the Convention to devotional exercises. In response to a call from those in the assembly who had taken part in the organization of the first Southern Baptist Convention in 1845, seven men rose?Drs. Mell, Burrows, Sydnor, Mcintosh, Carswell, and Messrs. T. P. Smith and II. W. Mahone. The election of the other ollicers of the Convention was then announced as follows: Vice-presidents, Joshua Levering, Maryland; Hon. Jos. E. Brown, Georgia; J. T. Furman, D. D., South Carolina, and II. K. Elyson, Virginia; secretaries, Rev. Lansing Burrows, Kentucky, and Rev. 0. F. Gregory, North Carolina. An address was then delivered by the Rev. W. II. Strickland, pastor of the Greenville Baptist Church, welcoming the members of the Convention to Greenville on behalf of the entire community. This address was responded to on behalf of the Convention by Rev. I)r. C. C. Chaplin, of Texas. At the afternoon session Dr. Mcintosh, corresponding secretary of the Home Mission board, submitted the thirty-seventh annual report, showing the operations in the home missionary fields during the past year. The work has made encourageing progress in every department. The board recommend that 86,500 be raised by the churches to pay off the debt resting on the mission in New Orleans in 1875. When the present secretary went into office the board was burdened by an indebtedness of $17,000. These debts have been cancelled, the salaries of the missionaries have been paid, and the balance, $6,342, is in the treasury for future work. The board received during the year $38,370 in addition to the funds expended by the State boards, aggregating ?05,903, making total contributions to the home missionary work by Southern Baptist Churches $94,273. No reports have been received from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, and other bodies, which would increase the total contributions to one hundred thousand dollars. During the year forty-one persons were employed in the home mission field. Rev. Dr. Tupper, the corresponding secretary, submitted the reports of the board of foreign missions. The prospects in the whole field are favorable. The Church has sixty-one missionaries and native assistants and thirtyfour mission stations in the foreign field. The property of the Convention in foreign lands is valued at ?60,000. The financial exhibit is one of the most encourageing ever made by the board, and contributions have been greater than last year by nearly ?5,000. The annual receipts were $49,041, and the expenditures $45,762, leaving ?3,279 in the hands of the board. The reports were referred to the appropriate committees. The second day's proceedings were opened at 9 o'clock Thursday morning with prayer by the Rev. H. H. D. Stratton, of Georgia. The president announced the appointment of the various committees. A. D. Cohen, of North Carolina, introduced a resolution looking to missionary operation among the Jews in this and other countries and the appointment of proper persons for the prosecution of this special work. The resolution was referred to a special committee of five of the committee on the extension of foreign missionary work. A resolution by Joshua Levering, of Maryland, was adopted providing for a committee from each State represented in the Convention to consider the present condition of the Board of Home Missions and to recommend such measures as may be deemed necessary for the enlargement of the work. The Rev. G. A. Nunally, of Georgia introduced a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to confer with other Baptists with the sole purpose of combining and co-operating for the production of a new translation of the Bible and giving to the nations of the earth, in their respective languages, the pure Word of God. The resolution declares that this action is not intended to interfere with nor commit this body in its sympathy or support to the missionary or publication work of any other Baptist organization now in existence. The resolution was adopted. The president read a cable dispatch, received from Rev. M. C. Yates, Missionary in China, as follows: "Mell : Psalm, 46. Yates." By request Dr. Tupper read the Psalm beginning "God is our refuge and strength." Quite a protracted running debate ensued on a question raised as to whether the expense of answering the telegram?some $30 or $40?should be met by the Foreign Mission Board or by a collection in the convention. >r.. Pnmlino citflcl H,a A>JL1. JJ(lIiC), U1 nuiiu vuivuiiU) uvvvivu uiv question by moving to lay the motion on the table, stating that North Carolina would assume the expense. In answer to Mr. Yates' dispatch the president telegraphed, "Psalm 103." The Rev. J. M. Gregorie, D. D., of Illinois agent of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society, who has been traveling in the South for some weeks inspecting the condition of the schools for freednien under the auspices of this society, made an address giving an encourageing account of his observations, and referring at length and with eloquence to the struggle through which Christianity is now passing. The schools for freedmen established | by the American Baptist society were all prospering, and many young colored men are being trained for the active duties of the ministry. The afternoon session was consumed in hearing the reports of the vice-presidents of the board on home and foreign missions. The reports show an increased interest in missionary operations in nearly all the Southern States. At night a mass meeting in the interest of missionary work in New Orleans was held, and the required amount, ?5,0(J0, was raised for that purpose. On Friday the Convention was opened with prayer by the Rev. IV. Elkins, of South Carolina. The report of the committee on foreign missions recommending renewed diligence in this field was adopted. The usual devotional exercises were conducted at half-past 11 o'clock> with II. K. Ellyson, of Richmond in the chair. Senator Brown, of Georgia, was present, and at the special invitation of the Convention made an address urging the great impor tance of missionary work ana especially 111 China, and referring to the present as essentially the missionary age, with all the discoveries of science, the commercial intercourse of nations, and facilities for speedy travel and transportation contributing to the great opportunities of the Church in spreading the Gosjiel. The report of the committee on the mission to the Chinese in California, recommending an increased appropriation to the work, was adopted. The afternoon session of the Conventior was consumed in hearing the reports of the various committees. The Committee on Eu ropean Missions recommended increased ap propriations. The Committee on the Ilonu Missions Board recommended the removal o1 the Board from Marion, Ala., to Atlanta, Ga. and the report was made the special ordei for to-morrow morning. The night sessior was devoted to the subject of foreign missions In the proceedings of Saturday a resolutior to remove the board of home missions fron Marion, Ala., to Atlanta, Ga., created a long and animated discussion. Dr. Winkler, o: Alabama, made a strong speech for retaining the present location. Senator Brown, of Georgia, Dr. Hatcher, ol Richmond, and others favored the removal and the resolution was finally passed by a votf of 222 ayes to 18 nays At the afternoon session a resolution grave ly disapproving of the action of t he Americai Bible .Society in refusing to aid in the publica non ana circulation 01 ur. .miusuh ? jouhucsi version of the Bible was introduced by Dr James P. Boyce. In speaking upon the reso lution Dr. Burrows, of Virginia, denouncec the action of the Bible Society as an insult t< Baptists all over the country, and said that tin society had offended Scholarship, Christianity and Catholicity. The resolution was adopted A resolution was adopted declining to eiite; into any consideration of the conditions ant purposes of the Bible Society. At the final session of the Convention 01 Saturday night a number of committee report: were read and adopted. The committee 01 conclusion of the board of foreign mission: made a report opposing special missionary work among the Jews,, they having been si scattered as to coifre^rmder the influence o all other missionaries. New boards of home and foreign mission were appointed, the boards having the righ to elect their own presidents and secretaries. The report of the committee as to the peti tion of Presbyterians to memorialize Congres on the subject of the Sunday law was recommit ted, and was afterwards amended so as to recommend efforts for general legislative en actment by Christians in their capacity a citizens. "NVaco, Texas, was chosen as the place o the next meeting of the Convention in May 1883, and Dr. .John "A. Broaddus, of Louis ville, Ky., was appointed to preach the n'ex Convention sermon, with I)r. Strickland, o Knoxvjlle Term., as alternate. The Convention finally adjourned at 1 o'clock. Dr. Sydnor, of Virginia, making th concluding prayer, and the Convention join ing in singing "Blest be the Tie that Binds.' The various city churches were filled 01 Sunday by leading Baptist ministers, Di Broadus preaching at the Baptist Church t an immense congregation. T11E METHODIST CONFERENCE. In the General Methodist Conference no^ in session at Nashville Tenn., during the pre ceedings on the 9th, the committee rej>orted resolution to authorize the College of Bishop to organize an annual Conference in China an Central Mexico during the nextquadrennium The Committee on Episcopacy presented written tribute to the memory of the deceasei Bishops Wightman and Doggett, and also rt commended the granting of the request c Bishop Paine to be retired from future activ 1 service, accompanied with an eulogy of hi character and past service. 1 The committee on revisals recommend tha the discipline be amended so that no applicn tion for sui>ernumerary relation be granted b an annual Conference except on the recon mendation of the Conference relations com mittee to be appointed by the Conference consisting of not less than seven members and said committee, in making up their dt > cision, shall not take into consideration any thing else than the personal liability of the aj i plicant; provided that, in case the committe report adversely, the Conference may by vote of not less than three-fourths of the mem ' bers present grant the said application. \ Tlinv olan von/ymmtnuloH a rPQi\1nHnn fnr JUJIVJ ? ?? .vwu,.U^>.vU .. .. ' commissioner to prepare a graded system c standard catechism. The committee on education, in referenc to the educational waj$g.of the negro pope lation, urge the improvement of every oppoi ! tunity offered to preach to their congreg? tions. The report says : "Our people in th s South have cheerfully borne their share i: i providing for legislation for the education? i wants of the colored race and have endeavore to promote common school education amon ' them." The committee recommended the ai pointment of a commissioner of education t i aid the Colored Methodist Episcopal Chure in America, to solicit contribution.0 for a educational fund for the benefit of the Col i ored Methodist Church, and the creation of board of trustees for the custody of this func Dr. A. A. ltedford, former book agent of th Methodist Publishing House, began the read ing of a voluminous communication in repl , to the report of the book committee, which h regarded as reflecting upon his integrity i the management of the affairs of the Publish ing House. Pending the reading of which th i Conference took a recess. On the 10th, the Sunday-school committee' report was presented. It makes a very favoi able showing. The committee on itineranc recommend non-concurrency in the memorifl from the Kentucky Conference asking th appointment of Evangelists. The case of G. W. Whitman, elder of th South Carolina Conference, deposed from th ministry on the ground of immorality, wa remanded for new trial, because of the in consistency in the decision in deposing him i: the church. The committee on revivals recommend nor concfirrence in the petition to strike from th church rolls those who habitually neglec public worship. They also recommend nor concurrence in the proposition to legalize th appointment of women as Sunday-school su perintendents. The committee on fraternal correspondenc report that they had replied to the letter o the Sabbath committee of the Southern Pres byterian Church, promising to co-operate ii the effort to protect by proper legal measures the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath am will join in an earnest appeal to the Congres to discontinue and prohibit the transportatioi of mail matter on Sunday. After.some dis cussion the letter was laid on the table fo the present. Dr. J. B. McFerrin, book agent, and Jas Whitworth, of the book committee, replied t< the complaint of Dr. Bedford that injustie had been done him by the book committee' report, and insisting that thefactsand record justified their report. On the 11th, in the case of Samuel Cupples a lay delegate from the St. Louis Conference charged with a violation of the rules in per mitting dancing in his house since his elec tion, the committee reported that the lav against dancing had been fully vindicated b; his pastor and church. Dr. Shipp, from the committee on fraterna relations, submitted the following, which wai adopted unanimously: Resolved, That this General Conferenc( has heard with great satisfaction the Christiar salutation of the Methodist Church of Canada through their fraternal messenger, Rev. How ard Sprague, A. M., and of the Methodis! Episcopal Church through Henry Bascon liidgeway, D. D., and heartily reciprocal their expressions of love to the Methodisl Episcopal Church South, praying that the Di vine spirit may render effective their joinl effort with ours in spreading scriptural holi ness throughout the earth. The report of the committee on Episcopacy, recommending the election of six Bishops, produced some discussion on a motion to limil the number to three, and pending the discussion the Conference adjourned. On the 12th. tlifc nrineinal Dart of the da\ ; was spent in the consideration of the reports I from the committees on the question of electing six additional Bishops. No action taken. The committee on Temperance submitted a report which was adopted touching the uses ! of tobacco. The committee say: While re! cognizing the fact that much evil grows out ol I the intemperate use of tobacco, yet we would I recommend no special legislation on the sub1 ject. A paper was referred asking that this General Conference take such action as will pre; vent the use of fermented wines in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The report was I in favor of non-concurrence, but the commit; tee would, at the same time, recommend to the ; people everywhere to be careful to procure the purest wines for this holy Sacrament. On the 13th, the Conference was engaged ! most of the day in the discussion of the question of the number of Bishops to be elected. I No conclusion was reached. I I)r. Kelly, of Nashville, urged the need of \. Bishops in the "Western country and Mexico. i In the first direction he said there was a crisis coming up in Methodism ; that field belonged i to Methodism, and the question for them to i consider was whether they would take their own or relinquish the field to others. The committee on temperance submitted 5 rules to be placed in the Book of Discipline. E j The report says: "Let the preachers and mem, j hers observe the general rules which forbid r; drunkenness or the drinking of spirituous i | liquors unless in cases of necessity. In cases , j of drunkenness let the discipline be adminis11 tered as in cases of immorality; let ourpreaohl I ers and members abstain from the manufacr ture or sale of intoxicating liquors to be used E as beverages, and if any shall engage in such ; manufacture of sale, in sucli case let the discipline be administered as in case of impru E dent or improper conduct. , In the session of the Conference on Mon> day, a letter from Bishop Wood of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, extending - fraternal greeting, was read; also one from the 1 General Conference of the Colored Methodist - Church recently held in Washington. A mi3 nority report was submitted from the commit. tee on temperance declaring that further legis lation on the subject would be unwise and un1 necessary. The question of the election of ) Bishops was considered and the Conference 3 agreed, by a vote of BIO to 106, toelectfive new f Bishops, and their election was made the spe. cial order for 10 o'clock Tuesday. A memor rial was presented, asking definite action as to 1 an annual collection for the American Bible Society. s THE DIOCESAN CONVENTION. l The Episcopal Convention of South Caroli3 na convened in Spartanburg on the 10th iny stant, Bishop Howe presiding. About fifty 3 delegates, lay and clerical, were in attendance, f The first day's proceedings were devoted to arranging the order of services and meetings s of the Convention, after which there were t religious services, the Rev. H. 0 Judd preaching the opening sermon from the text Ephesi ans iv, 3d, 4th and oth verses, "Endeavoring s to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of - peace * * * ()ne Lord, one faith, one o baptism." At the close of the sermon the - Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was celebras ted. The Convention met at 10 o'clock on Thursf day morning. Nineteen new members answer', ed to the roll call. i- Bishop Howe read his annual address, which t was heard with marked attention. After exf nrocoinrr n]u<iuiu*o ut mepHinv Hip Convention *- f) at the foot of the mountains and in one of 2 South Carolina's most thriving cities, he e gives the following statistics: Ordination to i- the priesthood 2, consecration of churches 2, " persons confirmed 343, 1 of the clergy transit fered and 5 received into the diocese. Two of the clergy have died, Kev. J. O'Bear and o Rev. R. P. Johnson. St. Jude's Church, Walterboro', was consecreted in January last, the Diocease contributing $1,316.90 for its erection. He urged upon the Convention the v necessity of systematic and organized effort i- in behalf of the diocesan missions, and of a each parish reporting what may be expected s from it for the ensuing year, d The visit of the Bishops of West Texas and i. Louisiana were referred to, and much pleasa ure expressed that they had accomplished d so much for the theological department of the i- University of the South. Mention was also ?f made of the good work carried on at the Iloly e Communion Church Institute in Charleston, s Received for diocesan purposes during the past year $2,015.91. ,t The death of the Bishop of Pittsburg was i- reported, and a high tribute paid to his Chrisy tian character and eminent ability. i- The revised version of the New Testament t- was commended, but no clergyman has a right i, to use it in the public worshhip of the church, ; except by vote of the General Convention, i- Its proper place is to be found in the closet and in the study and at a family prayers. It )- has done much to establish the faith of some e who feared the result of modern Greek scholara ship when brought to bear on the newly dist covered manuscript. Time will test the merits of the work, it will probably net supplant a the old version in the churches, but it will d' prove a valuable auxiliary to the preacher in expounding the word of God. e The standing committee was elected, i- The trustees of the University of the South - read their report. Resolutions endorsing tlys i- institution, and also similar resolutions in e reference to the Holy Communion Church n Institute, were adopted, il Rev. J. I). McCollough was elected secretad 17, and Mr. F. A Mitchell treasurer, g The various standing committees were then >- appointed and reports were heard. 0 Divine service was held, Rev. W. J. Alger h preaching from I Cor. iii: 10?;'A wise inas n ter-builder." 1- The'Covention concluded its labors on Frii, day. After meeting at 10 o'clock A. M., i. prayer was said and the rites of confirmation e administered to two young ladies. Dr. Porl ter introduced a resolution in regard to the y Lenten offering for building churches and e parsonages, which was adopted, n A resolution urging parishes to pay the exi penses of delegates to the Convention was e passed ; also one of thanks to the rector and congregation of the Church of the Advent and s to the citizens of this place. St. Philip's Church, Charleston was selected y as the place for the session of the Convention [1 in 1883. e Dr. Porter gave notice of an amendment to Article third of the Constitution, e The board of trustees of the Advancement e Society made a special sport in reference to s the education of thelogical students, i- Dr. Porter introduced a series of resolutions, n in regard to the religious instruction of the colored j>eople which, after some discussion, i- were adopted. e The Convention then finally adjourned, t This evening was devoted to religious services i- in the interest of the Advancement Society, e NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. e ? The survey of the "Winston and Fayettef ville Railroad has been completed to High Point. a ? Four United States prisoners in jail at ^ Asheville for terms from three to six years, g made their escape last Friday night, a ?The store of Dr. S. "Woodward, in "Wilson i- county, was struck by lightning on Saturday r last and three colored men killed by the elec trie nuia. j ? It is said that the Virginia Midland Raile road will soon be pushed on from Danville to s Statesville, giving the Richmond .and Danville 3 combination two routes to Charlotte. ? Basil C. Manley, mayor of Raleigh and ' brigadier-general of the first brigade North I Carolina State Guard, died last Monday, aged - 43 years. He served with distinction in the ( f Confederate army as an officer of artillery. V ? The name of Hon. D. F. Caldwell, of' j Greensboro, is proposed for Congressman at 3 large from North Carolina. Mr. Caldwell is one of the purest and most devoted of North ) Carolina's public men, and would make a 1 faithful and zealous representative if elected 1 to that position. j! ? The Asheville Citizen says : "In constructs , ing the railroad down the French Broad river 3 many valuable deposits of minerals were dist covered. One cut opened a splendid mica de posit on lands of Mr. Albert Ramsey, some six J miles below town, and in the locality indications of superior corundum were found." ( ? The motion for the appointment of a Re, ceiver for the Carolina Central Railway came > up at Goldsboro, last Friday, before Judge I mimnr Therp. was a stroncr arrav of counsel r on l>oth sides. For want of time the hearing , of the motion was continued until Tuesday, . July lltli next, in Chambers, before Judge A. A. McKoy, at Clinton, or such other place as L he may elect. 1 ? Three negro burglars were killed in Wilkes ! county last week wtfile attempting to rob a [ smoke-house. They had made an opening in . a smoke-house by prizing up the logs, and being discovered one was shot dead, while the other two, in attempting to escape, knocked out the prize, which caused the opening they had made to close just as they were about half ! way out, crushing both to death, i ? Says the Gastonia Gazette of last Friday : > A party of revenue officers consisting of F. C. Ferguson, P. W. Jenkins, George McLaughlin, and "Mack" Morris, made a raid on Indian : creek in the upper part of Gaston county re- j cently and captured sixteen stands containing j ' about sixteen hundred gallons of beer and (the ! still and fixtures. The still was owned by Jefferson Iluffstetler and operated by Simpson George and Caleb Ramsey. The parties all fled. ? A Raleigh dispatch says that Senators Don Cameron and Mahone have decided to invest in real estate and water i>ower in North Carolina, for the purpose of erecting works for the building of railroad cars of every description and for spinning cotton. It is stated that the property of the RoanokeXavigation Company, vofiru ntrn built ,*i rnnal from Wfildon to Gaston, is to bo sold very soon by order of the Supreme Court to the highest bidder. It was sold a few weeks ago, and the sale was set aside and a resale ordered. It is understood that Senators Cameron and Mahone have decided to buy that property, aud thot extensive car works will be immediately put up and a large cotton factory be also erected at Weldon. The canal will be cleaned out and a dam thrown across the river at Giiston high enough to turn the whole river into the canal. Water privileges from Weldon to Gaston will be purchasable, so that the canal may be lined with mills aud factories. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. In the Senate on the 8th, the President pro tern.'submitted the resolutions of the Illinois Legislature, declaring it to be the duty of the government to demand the speedy trial and unconditional release of American citizens imprisoned in Ireland. Referred to the committee on foreign relations. Several bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. Butler prescribing the manner of instituting criminal proceedings in United States Courts. It provides that all criminal cases in United States Courts except revenue cases and cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction shall be instituted and prosecuted by the indictment or presentment of a grand jury duly drawn and regularly empanneled according to law. Referred to the judiciary committee. The court of appeals bill came up as the regular order, but without final action the Senate went into executive session and afterwards adjourned. In the House several bills were introduced under the call of States, when the bill to enlarge the duties of the Department of Agriculture was taken up. During the discussion of this bill, Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, supported the proposition of elevating to the dignity ef an executive department the Bu reau of Agriculture, which represented the great farming interests, on which rested the welfare of the government. After other speeches, further discussion of the bill was postponed, and the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 9th, the House tarifl commission bill was passed by yeas, 35 ; nays, 10, Mr. Hampton voting with the Republicans in its favor. The regular order, the bill creating intermediate appellate Courts as a measure of relief for the Supreme Court, was taken up. Several bills offered from the Democratic side were voted down, and the bill finally went over. After an executive session the Senate adjourned. The proceedings of the House were confined to considering the bill for enlarging the powers and duties of the Agricultural Department. The proceedings of the Senate on the 10th were unimportant, considerable time being used up in a struggle for precedence for bills. The bill for intermediate apellate Courts was then proceeded with, and pending debate the Senate adjourned. In the House, the bill for enlarging the powers and duties of the Agricultural Department was taken up, and finally passed in its original form. It provides that the Department ol Agriculture shall be an Executive Department, under the supervision and control of the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be an experienced and practical agriculturist, and establishes the following bureaus of that Department : of agricultural products, of animal industry, of the lands, and of statistics. Tlu District of Columbia appropriations bill was passed. In the Senate on the 11th, the chair announced his signature to the tariff commissior bill. The pending bill for intermediate appel late Courts was discussed, and the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was submitted, concurred in, and the bill passed. In the House, Slierwin, of Illinois, from the committee on education and labor, reported f bill to aid in the support of common schools, Ordered to be printed and recommitted. II provides that for the next five years there shall be annually appropriated the sum of ?10,000.000 to aid in the support of free com moii schools, which amount shall be known as the common school fund, and which shall Ix apportioned to the several States and Territories according to the number of their illiterate populations over ten years of age. An amount not to exceed tive per cent, of the sura apportioned may be used for the education of teachers in public schools. The Geneva award bill was discussed, but went over without action. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of War in reference to the expenditures of the Signal Service, the communication stating that previous reports of expenditures of this department were erroneous. Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, introduced a bill providing for a coaling dock and naval store house at Port Royal, S. C. Adjourned. In the Senate on the 12th, debate on the appellate Court bill was closed and the bill was passed by a vote of yeas, 32 ; nays, 10. After a long contention for the precedence of business, the tive per cent, land bill was taken up and laid over on the orders as unfinished busi1 ness. The Senate then adjourned until Monday. In the House, the conference reports on the fortifications and agricultural appropriation bills were agreed to. The Senate was not in session on the 13th. The Senate select committee on woman suffrage met, however, and agreed to recommend to the Senate for adoption Senator Lapham's joint resolution, proposing the following amendment to the Constitution : "Article XVI, Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. "Sec. 2. Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of this article.1' The vote was : Ayes?Lapham, Blair and Jackson?3. Nays George and Fair?2, Absent?Anthony and Ferry. In the House, Mr. Robinson, of Massachusetts, reserving all points of order therein, j Mr. Dingley, of Maine, asked leave to report ! from the committee on banking and currency a bill to suspend the issue of silver certificates and to limit the coinage of silver dollars to the roninromonto nf nooTtlo \fr WnlmAn nf Indiana, objected. Mr. Crapo, of Massachusetts, then called up for consideration the bill to enable National banking associations to extend their corporate existence. After the reading of the bill and the presentation of various proposed amendments for printing in the Record, Mr. Crapo, of Massachusetts, took the door in explanation of the provisions of the bill and the presentation of the reasons which demanded action on the part of Congress. After discussion, the matterwent over. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM BLACK'S STATION. Black's Station, S. C., May 15.?We are now having some very cool weather for this season of the year, though so far as has been observed the growing crops have not been materially injured thereby. The crop prospect continues cheering. Dr. D. S. Ramseur has leased to northern parties an asbestos mine near this place, and the mining of this mineral will commence here in a few weeks. Telegrams per cable are being received at this place from England negotiating for the purchase of gold mining property in the vicinity. The committee appointed by the town council of Gaffney City for the purpose of forming a new county from portions of York, Spartanburg and Union will meet in connection with that business to-day at Gaffney's. J. A. Deal, Esq., of this place is one of the committee from this section. ?._ m;i t? /1..I ? J J? 4-V.rt *vn/-.nln All". Xlllllilll II. UtUUtTS iiuiucnacu lug j/gu|/ig here last Friday night upon the subject of immigration and inducing capitalists from other sections to locate amongst us. The Rev. John A. Tillinghast an Episcopal minister from Charleston, is here on a visit to relatives. Ego. ? The farmers of Arkansas are suffering from a series of disasters. Their crops are being eaten up by a worm resembling the .army worm, the trees are loosing their foliage from the ravages of caterpillars, and their live stock is perishing from gnat i>oisoning. LOCAX. AFFAIRS. new advertisements. J. R. Gardner, A Kent?Close Up! F. Happerfield, Treasurer?Annual Report. W. Holmes Hardin, President?Annual Railroad MeetiriK. W. W. Onffney, Administrator?Application for Discharge. Herndon Brothers?Reapers! Reapers!!?Our Stock. M. Strauss-It is So! T. M. Dohson?Bon-Ton Millinery Store Still Rooming. J. M. Adams?A Revolution In the Tin Business nr. the Yorkville Tin Factory?House Furnishing G.khIs?Lamps, Lamps, Lamps? T. S. Jeft'eryH, Agent?Close Up. John Bratton, Comptroller-General?Insurance License to T. S. Jefferys. VV. C. Latin ier-The Fashionable Millinery Store. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The shipments of cotton from the depot for the week ending last Monday were 533 bales, making a total to date of 0,909. TAX COLLECTIONS. County Treasurer Neely gives us the following statement as the total collections of the May installment of State and county taxes, at the close of business last Saturday: For State purposes, 81,204 69 4 Ordinary county purposes, 760 87 1) Railroad purposes, 608 81 6 School purposes, 607 25 2 Poll tax, 85 00 J Total, $3,166 64 3 THE TOWN COUNCIL. The new town council was organized last Friday, by electing F. Happerfield as treasurer and Geo. W. S. Hart as clerk. The existing ordinance as to license for the sale of beef, veal or pork, and the resolution as to a regular monthly meeting of the council at 4 P. M., on the second Monday of each month, were extended for one year. The salary for policeman 1 for the ensuing month was fixed at $32. Some of the citizens having been discussing [ of late the propriety of dispensing with a regular policeman, the members of the council agreed to take the matter under consideration until the next meeting, to be held on the 12th of June, when the question will probably be decided. I CHURCH NOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev.*T. R. English, Pastor. ; Services will be cor.lucted in this chnrch next ; Sunday, morning and evening, by Rev. B. A. . Webb, in the absence of the pastor, who is attending the General Assembly, which con venes to-day at Columbus, Ga. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, rasior. services ac Ji.ing s .Mountain uuapei ^ in the forenoon; in the Church at Yorkville, in the evening. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. ' Latban, Pastor. In the absence of the pas! tor, who will preach at Chester next Sunday, I Rev. C. E. McDonald will conduct the ser. vice in the above church at 10$ A. M. Sunday-school at 9 A. M. i Baptist?Rev. W. L. Brown, Pastor. Services at Union Church at 11 A. M., and at Yorkville in the afternoon at 4 o'clock. ! THE COTTON SALE. We were led into error in our statement of ; the cotton sale here last week by quoting the prices obtained at k'from 8$ to 12 cents." Since the appearance of our paragraph last week, we are reliably informed that no cotton was sold in the exchange room under 11.30, and the statement is further made that none was sold on that day under 11. We were careful to endeavor to obtain the facts, and our information as to the sales at 8$ cents j came through a third person, who was told by a buyer that he had bought at the figure named. " Of course, we are only glad that such favora' ble prices were obtained all round, and we feel > a pardonable pride in the fact that the planters 3 within the radius of but a few miles around Yorkville, are in so prosperous a condition as } to put 559 bales of cotton on the market on the 1 same day at this season of the year. And " what is even more to boast of, not less than Ij 1 > 700 bales could have been sold on that day had : all been offered that was promised at the in ception of the scheme. ! PROGRESS OF REGISTRATION. From Col. McCorkle, Supervisor of Regis' tration for York county, we obtain the follow; ing as the result of registration to and including last Saturday: I Whites. Colored. Rock Hill, 229 428 Coates' Tavern, 64 157 mcej wee's aim, 59 sy Fort Mill, : 220 211 Clay Hill,.-. 77 118 . Bethel 130 92 i Clover, 114 67 Bethany 85 18 Totals 1,048 1,180 Majority for colored, 132. It is regretted that an opposition, whether well founded or not, exists among a few white voters to the registration law. We cannot but believe, however, that when the apathetic white voters of the county fully realize the condition of affairs, they will take a better view of the matter and register their names, rather than permit the county, or may be the State, to fall into the clutches of the Republican party, to reenact the scenes of the Scott, the Moses and the Chamberlain administrations of corruption and robbery. And yet such will be tli? inevitable result if the white voters fail to register. This is a question well worth pondering. With all that has been said on the subject, if the white voters, through a mistaken notion of prejudice, fail to do their duty, the blame will rest upon themselves. Remember, that if you fail to register you cannot vote at the next election. THE PICNIC. The railroad excursion to Gastonia, N C., and picnic last Friday, was a success in every particular, and a most enjoyable occasion to every one who had the good fortune to be of the party. The day was pleasant and under I the skillful guidance of Mr. T. P. Beard, the train, laden with light and joyous hearts of "gallant beaux and maidens fair" made rapid time to the point of destination, alfording a delightful ride through a fine section of country dotted with fertile farms smiling in the promise of plenteous crops. Arriving at Gastonia, the excursionists were ; met by a similar party from Lincolnton, the I Gastonia Cornet Band enliVeningthe greetings j of the representatives of the sister States with j inspiring strains of music. After the exchange i of civilities and the forming of acquaintances, i many of which, if we may judge by the language of eyes which "spoke words of love and i answered back again," may ripen into more ! than a passing acquaintance, the pleasureseekers started on' their rounds of enjoyment, each passing the time according to his or her desire. Those who enjoyed the mazes of the dance repaired to the hall provided for the occasion, where to the lively notes of Dick Latta's violin the festive dancers passed the day, j only yielding for dinner, which was served in picnic style, and of which there was an abunj dance; though many availed themselves of the opportunity to partake of an excellent dinner j spread upon the bounteous tables of Mr. Falls' hotel. Until late in the afternoon the day was pleasantly spent, and will long be remembered as one of the most enjoyable picnics ever yet given on the railroad. The committee of ar; rangements, consisting of Messrs. C. G. Parish, L. Geo. Grist, T. H. Glenn, H. H. Beard, ' and Wm. M. Allison, were indefatigable in ministering to the pleasures and comforts of i all, and to their promptness and efficiency is due the suecess of the day and the enjoyment of the occasion. 1 The attaches of the Enquirer who accompanied the excursionists, cannot let the opportunity pass without making acknowledgment to Mr. G. W. Chalk, of the Gazette, for numer ous courtesies extended during their pleasant I visit.