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Scraps and .facts. ! ? Gen. Grant's son-in-law, Algernon Sarto-I ris, is to swim a friendly nice on the Thames I in June with another man?stakes ?1.000. ! He is now in practice at a New York swim- j ining school. ? The New York Assembly has passed Senator Kiernan's bill doing away with the usury law on call loans above live thousand dollars. It allows parties to make contracts at whatever rates they choose on such loans. ? Mrs. Mason, wife of Sergeant Mason, ' called on the President last "Wednesday to intercede for her husband. He assured her that the petitions in his behalf would shortly be | laid before Congress. The impression at Wash- j ington is that his sentence will be mitigated, j The subscriptions for Mrs. Mason's benefit , amount to over $3,000. ? On Monday last Judge Matthews, of the j United States Supreme Court, convened the i United States Circuit Court for the Eastern j District of Tennessee, at Kuoxville, in special session to try the case of the State of Tennessee vs. George L. Lark ins, for murder. About ten years ago Larkins was deputy United States marshal, and killed his cousin. The case attracts much attention as a test case. ? John Menemon, a farmer, living twelve miles west of Muscatine, Iowa, aged 65, was shot and killed by his fifteen year-old daughter last Saturday. The father and daughler were quarreling, when the girl's brother aged 18, handed her a revolver with which she shot her father through the breast. It is supposed the children desired to get i>ossession of their father's property. The mother is in an insane asylum. ? Stephen G. Effer, aged 25, convicted of wife murder in Burke county, was hanged at Marion, North Carolina last Friday. lie made a confession admitting that he strangled his wife when asleep in bed and broke her neck, lie rode with the sheriff guarded by sixty armed men to the gallows, one-half of a mile | from town, followed by an immense crowd. After prayers he made an harangue an hour long, and expressed his willingness to die. His neck was broken. --The New York Cotton Exchange was notified last Friday by the National Cotton Exchange of New Orleans that henceforth the monthly crop reports are to be discontinued. It is alleged that these reports, prepared by local exchanges throughout the South upon information from planters and traders, have Ijeen found to be unreliable. They advanced local interests instead of indicating the real condition of the crop, thus enabling specula tors to influence the market. ? An attempt was made at 3 o'clock last Saturday morning to blow open the safe of the National bank of Hopkinton, at Hope Valley, R. I. Powder had been blown in the safe door, and the explosion blew off the outer fastening and destroyed the lock, but the entrance to the safe could not be made. The thieves escaped in a solen carriage leaving a line lot of burglar's tools. They were traced only a few miles through the country. This is the fourth attempt that has been made to rob this bank within the past eight or ten years. ? An explosion of sulphur occurred in the Bucks Ridge collier)-, near Shamokin, Pa., last Saturday, causing the immediate death of two men and fatally wounding two others, one of whom has since died. It seems that one of the men had entered the face of the workings with a naked lamp, while the other man remained behind the battery. An unexpected body of sulphur was met, which ignited from the lamp, causing a terrific explosion and hurling the men with great force against the gangway timbers. About two hundred tons of top coal was dislodged, which fell on two men, burning them severely. ? About a month ago, at Athens, Ga., a university student named Walter Rountree, who, with some fellow students while in an altercation with some negroes on the street, was shot and killed. Two negroes?Echols and Johnson?were arrested for the murder and committed to jail, and only by the utmost vigilance of the officials was their being lynched prevented. But when the trial came on, it was proved conclusively that the shot ifc. which killed young Rountree while the negroes Echols and Johnson were attacking him, wns fiw?i hv Wnnntrpp's brother in Rountree's (defence. The State, therefore, dropped the charge of murder and prosecuted Echols and .Johnson for felonious assault. They were coni victed and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of ten years each, the fullest term I prescribed by law. ? Last Saturday morning, about 7 o'clock, f .John Bobey, a machinist, was sitting in the window of the top story of a house on College St., in Charlotte, N. C., when he lost his balance and tumbled out. The window was on the rear side of the house and to the ground was a fall of seventy feet. Bol>ey struck on the platform which rims along the first story of the house and crashed through it to the ground, entirely demolishing a section of the platform about six feet long. He was picked up and laid out In a room, dead, to all appearances, but when the physician arrived and made an examination, he pronounced the man to be living. A severe concussion of the brain and several fractures about the skull, was the extent of his injuries. In the course of an hour or two the man could talk, and showed some signs of improvement. The doctor thinks the man will get well. ? The five per cent, land bill passed by the Senate last week provides that lands entered by military scrip or bounty land warrants in the States of California, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Oregon, Nevada and Colorado, including Virginia " military and United States military land warrants located in Ohio, shall be construed to come within the provisions of the law for the payment to the States of 5 i>er centum of the proceeds of public lands disposed of within their borders. The lands are to be estimated at the rate of $1.25 i>er acre and payments to l>e made in cash. It is also provided that money remaining on the books of the treasury to the credit of any of the public lands States, under the Act of ISM, which distributed the t reasury surplus, shall not be charged as an offset against any part of the amount coming to the States under the bill. The bill prohibits States from paying any part of the money received by them to agents or attorneys for services in procuring the passage of the Act, or in connection with the claims of the States, unless such payments are authorized by State laws passed after the date of the Act. ?The Chinese of California are a shrewder people than they are accredited with being. The company that supplies San Francisco with water having put the cost of furnishing water at a price that the Chinamen considered exorbitant, the latter have undertaken to igtinro tVio ( nmnanv anH snnnlv water for ttiem selves. The total cost put upon the water supplied by the company to the inhabitants of ; Chinatown has been $4,000 per month. Of this , gross sum the Chinese wash-houses paid $2,000 j per month, the rates being $45 per month for | each wash-house. Finding it impossible to ! get a reduction on this rate, the Chinamen j have gone to work and dug artesian wells in j their district, and have obtained abundance | of clear, soft water at a depth of from 120 to j 200 feet, and at a cost to those who require it! of one-half the rate charged by the water com- j pany. They have thus made themselves in- j dependent of the latter. They now proi>ose j to enter the field of comi>etition. The Chinese I Six companies have formed a syndicate to j supply the citizens generally with water from ; artesian wells. That it is possible for them j to do it and at lower prices than are charged ; by the San Francisco Water Company seems to be conceded. ? A London letter says: One pretty good thing that is about to be performed by this body (Parliament) is the passage of a package]*>st act, which I feel like recommending to the American authorities for their consideration. It provides that all parcels not exceeding seven pounds' weight may be sent to any part of the United Kingdom for one shilling, or twenty-five cents each. The postoflice will try to establish at the same time an international postal system, and it is certainly to be hoped the United States may be induced to come into the arrangement. In England the I>ostoffice runs the telegraph system as well as the savings banks, in addition to its normal business. And one who has never been there caq have a very limited idea of the promptness with which all these matters are disposed of. You may post a letter in London, directed to any other portion of this great city, and be l>erfectly sure that it will be delivered inside two hours. You may mail a letter for America eight hours after the steamer that is to bear it has left Livenxjol. A special train bears it to Queenstown, and there it is put j aboard the next noon. You may send a telegram of twenty words to any" part of the United Kingdom for twenty-five cents and a letter for two cents. And you may deposit your savings in any iKistofilce station with the full knowledge that the (Government is responsible for their safe-keeping. All these ! arrangements insure the transaction of the | business involved at the very lowest cost. fjotlmllc inquirer.! YORK VI f.I.R. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 25. 1882 How to Order the Enqnirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in bill, and send the amount 01 the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. ?....... TO,, VvnniiM'q w delivered free ol K U^lUgv* * uvi - . postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-olfices within the county; and to nil other subscriber* the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for po.-tage, it being prepaid at tlio post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber., Watch the Figures.?Thedateon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which t lie subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date must be kept, hi advance. Cash.?it must he distinctly understood thai our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. AN EXTRA SESSION. The Governor lias issued his proclamation convening the General Assembly of South Carolina in extra session, on the 27th of June, for the purpose of redisricting the State. This action on the part of the Chief Executive, it strikes us, will meet the hearty approval of the people. That the State should be redistricted according to its Congressional apportionment, before the next election, is a fact generally conceded ; and, as it seems to be a matter ot necessity, the sooner the extra session is called the better it will be. But let the session be short. It need not occupy more than six days. No other legislation should be forced upon it. Nor, with the experience of the past, do we think the present body should attempt anything out of the line for which they have been specially called together. The present General Assembly, taken as a whole, have already fully and practically demonstrated their wisdom, without, in extra session, going outside the line of duty for which the special session is called. THE PIEDMONT FACTORY. The stockholders of the Piedmont manufacturing Company of Greenville held their annual meeting in that town on the 10th instant. From the report of IT. P. Hammett, President of the Company, a copy of which has been placed in our hands, we learn that the operations for the year ending March 31, show the total gross profits to be $119,709.05, total expenditures, $23,7*29.90 fotal net profits for the year $9G,069.15. The factory has paid semiannual dividends of five per cent, on the total capital of $500,000, or over 19 per cent, profit despite the fact that the mills lost six weeks time in putting in new water wheels and mak ing necessary changes. The mill as at present arranged has 22,490 spindles and 504 looms, with room to add 704 spindles and 24 looms. There are 129 tenant houses containing 740 rooms, 118 having been added during the year. A number of cottages, houses, outbuildings, stables and sheds have been constructed. A new brick warehouse, with a capacity of 3,000 bales is now being built. Since the first of September 8,000 bales have been purchased of wagons. The total cost of the pro^rty has been about 8700,000, of which the stockholders only paid 8500,000, the balance being paid by $200,000 of the earnings. The stock is actually worth 1.40 on the books without any con[ sideration for future prospects. The mill, with 22.496 spindles, has cost the stockholders but $22.22? per spindle. A school is conducted for the benefit of the mill operatives, and of its success the President says : "The school for the year has been very successfully managed by Mr. A. E. Miller and his sister. The scholars have made satisfactory progress. The total number of scholars who attended during the year was 180?average attendance 80. The circulating library has, also, I think, done much good. It has been much sought for by the employes and pretty generally read ; and I recommend the continuance of your annual appropriations for the school library, and the minister's fund." . - ~ -? THE MALLET TRIAL. The prosecution in the trial of the Malleys at New Haven, Conn., for the alleged murder of Jennie Cramer, have closed their testimony. It is wholly of a circumstantial character.' The State has established a presumption that the girl died of poison, has established her seduction by the Malleys, and very strongly her association with them and the Douglass woman up to 10 o'clock of the night of the murder. The number of witnesses to their presence at the dying horses together at that hour puts that fact beyond a doubt, although the accused have stoutly denied it. One witness also is found who saw a man and woman on the end of the pier after the party left the flying horses?the pier from the end of which the tide would carry the young woman's body to the point where it wAs found in the morning. From that moment all is blank so far ; that was the last seen of Jennie Cramer alive by any one whose lips have yet confessed the truth. The prosecution leaves the jurors to infer guilt from the presence of the accused at the scene of the murder, from their probable motives to murder, and from their inability to show what became of Jennie Cramer after she was last seen alive in their company. For two days before her death she had been substantially out of the reach of her guardians and in their care and custody. These presumptions, it is true, are open to rebuttal. But all the precedents of the criminal law give them great importance. A case curiously resembling this was trying at the date of our last mail advices from London, before Sir Ilenry Hawkins. Two men, Baker and another, committed a burglary. After "cracking" a house Baker returned to his home alone and his companion never returned at all. This excited thesuspicion of shady "pals" of both parties, and the body of the missing burglar was eventually discovered near the spot where the two were last seen together, with marks of recent violence upon it. Baker and his confederate had always been friends and when hist seen together they were on the most familiar terms. Baker had no apparent motive for killing his confederate. But the j Crown lawyers claimed that inasmuch as Baker had been engaged (just as the Mallevs ap- j parently were) in a criminal enterprise, and ; that inasmuch as the dead burglar had been , last seen in the company of Baker (just as j Jennie Cramer was last seen in the company i of the two Malleysand Blanche Douglass,) Baker must be field accountable for the murder in the absence of any satisfactory explanation. In the London case, as in the New Haven j case, suspicious actions incompatible with in-; nocence 011 the part of the accused have been i put in evidence. Probably the counsel for the defence at New Haven will now proceed with i the testimony of their clients to show what became of the unfortunate Jennie after she ! and the Malleys and Miss Douglass appeared i together in the Savin grove. ' THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY. The Comptroller-General has issued a circular to county auditors instructing them as to their duties in the assessment of property, under Act of the Assembly approved February 9th, 18*2. By this act the poll tax applies only to persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years. Taxes are made the. unquestionable first lien. All property returned delinquent will be first offered for lease, and three intelligent and discreet freeholders in each township of a county are to be appointed a township board of assessors to assess the value > of such property and report to the auditor, putting their valuation at the usual letting price on the usual terms of similar lands in their township at sales for partition under order of court. If dissatisfied with their assessment the owners have the right to appeal . . . i.. \ i i 10 rne county uuam ui cquaii/.iinwn. nine has been 110 change in the method of assessing personal proi>erty. The ]>ortions of the circular which affect the tax-payer, are embraced in the following paragraphs : "Reassessment of real property is required to be made in 1882 and every fourth year thereafter at the same time that the assessment of personal projterty is made. "Section 1X1 provides that the poll tax applies only to all male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years. "Sections 155 and 15<5 make taxes the unquestionable first lien. "Section 2(57 alters the old law, by requiring all property returned delinquent to be first offered for lease, and in the following Sections the word letting is substituted for selling. "Before the time of assessment auditors shall appoint three intelligent and discreet freeholders in each township of his county; and if there are no townships established, then in each tax district?said tax districts to be laid off by the auditor. "The persons so api>ointed meet at some convenient place within their respective counties, lake constitutional oath of ollice, elect a chairman and then become a township board of assessors. Before this board the auditor lays a description of each piece of real estate within its township or tax district; they without delay assess its value and assert its value to the auditor. They shall put their valuations at the usual selling price on the usual terms of similar lands in their township at sales for partition under order of Court, and if there is no selling price then at what is honestly beIipvpiI crtnlrl hp nhtnined fit, such ,'1 sale. "Any person dissatisfied with the assessment of said Board may appeal to the county board of Equalization. "The Chairmen of the township boards of Equalization shall together constitute the county boards of equalization for their counties. The members of the township boards receive no pay, but shall be exempt from road and jury duty. The pay of county boards remains unchanged, and its duties are those now established by law (see abstract of tax laws). The auditor lays before it the assessments made by the several township boards, and it proceeds to equalize the same, so that each tract be entered at its true value in money, as above defined. The organization duties of the special board for the city of | Charleston remain unchanged, and the Auditor lays before it the assessments for tax districts within its jurisdiction. "The law and mode of assessments of perI sonal property remain unchanged." In the Assembly on the 22ud, a report of the i eommitteeon foreign correspondence was read. It antagonizes fraternal overtures on the old i line. A vigorous attack is being made on it by the friends of fraternity and the debate will I last several days. GUITEATJ'S LAST HOI'E GONE. The announcement that the decision of the Court in banc upon the exceptions in the Guiteau case would be read last Monday morning, attracted an unusually large gathering at the Circuit Court room in Washington. At 10.15 o'clock the Judges filed into Court and took their places ujkjii the bench. Soon after the formal opening of the Court Justice James said : "I am instructed by the Court to announce its decision in the case of the United -States vs. Charles J. Guiieau upon exceptions to the judgment of the Criminal Court." He then read from manuscript the decision of the Court. At its conclusion Judge James said that, although the Court was unanimous in the views set forth, there were some questions which it was desirable to discuss more fully than could well be done in the opinion he had just read, and Justice Hagner had consented to discuss these questions in a separate opinion. Justice Ilagner then read his opinion and Chief Justice Cartter made the following announcement : "The opinions which have here been uttered are the unanimous opinions of the Court : That a new trial is denied and the judgment below affirmed in this case." The court then adjourned. Guiteau has issued the following "card" to the American people: A tell the American people and its officials, from the executive down to the court in banc, who are reviewing my case, that I tell the truth "and lie not," when I say I am God's man in the matter of President Garfield's removal, and that if a hair of my head is harmed the Almighty will make the officials that do it pay well for it. If I was outside I would lecture under the auspices of some bureau, on religious subjects. One of my subjects would l>e "Paul, the Apostle, and kindred topics." If my time has come to leave this world I am willing, but I want the officials that murder me on the gallows to understand the issue. If they murder me they will incur the wrath of Almighty God, and it will be a long time before be lets up on them and this nation. The devils that crucified the despised Galilean thought they were doing God's service, but that did not release them from reliability. They ? +i.a n, fhQ \ l_ ctllll IJIttll I1U11U11 llR'Uuru uic uiavn v/j. tuw **i~ mighty by that act and lie got even with them at the destruction of Jerusalem, and He will get even with this nation and with the officials if I am murdered on the gallows. I want an unconditional pardon or nothing, and T want the Executive so to understand it. I have set forth my views fully on this in my book, "The Truth and the Removal." If the honorable jurists representing the Washington Court in banc decide this case according to the law there is only one decision they can make, and that is that they have no jurisdiction. If they decide contrary to the law the matter will rest with President Arthur and they will have incurred the wrath of Almighty God. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. The State Democratic Executive Committee met in Columbia at 10 o'clock last Friday morning, and finally adjourned at 12 o'clock, after transacting the business for which it had been called together. Speaking of its deliberations, the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says : The meeting of the committee was one of the fullest and best that has ever been held, and in all its deliberations the utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed. The political situation in South Carolina was thoroughly discussed and such steps have been taken for the conduct of the approaching campaign as will almost inevitably lead to a grand and sweeping Democratic triumph. Notwithstanding the gloomy forebodings as to the operations of the registration law in the different sections of the State, the reports which have been received by various members of the committee are of a decidedly encouraging nature. If the Democratic authorities in each of the counties will do their duty and stir the people to a proper appreciation of the great importance of registration it is believed that the Democratic majorities will be larger than ever at the next election. The most important matter of public interest decided by the committee was the passage of a resolution directing the chairman to issue a call for the meeting of the State Convention, to nominate State officers, in Columbia on the ! lirst day of August. In accordance with these instructions Gen. Jas. F. Izlar has issued the following call : Rooms of the State Democratic 1 Executive CoiniiTTEE, I , Columma, S. C., May 19, 1882. ) i A Convention of the Democratic party of South Carolina will assemble at Columbia on 1 Tuesday, the 1st of August at 12 o'clock M., in the hall of the House of Representatives, to ; nominate candidates for State officers and to i transact such other business as the Convention < may deem pro]>er. Each county is entitled by j the Constitution of the party to as many dele-! gates as it has representatives in both branches of the General Assembly. The county chairmen of the several counties'' in the State will take such steps as are necessary to carry out this call, and for the election of delegates to this Convention. By order of ! the committee. j .Tamks I<\ I/.lar, Chairman. John F. Thomas, Jr., Secretary. M0RM0N18M IN YORK. what THK missionaries THEMSELVES SAY. j We copy the following from the Southern 1 Utonian of May 13, published at Beaver City, ; Utah. The writer is one of the "elders" whose meet ing our reporter visited on the oth j of last March. The letter is dated Clark's Fork, York Co., S. C., March 2*2 : Editor Utonian:?Thinking that a few items from this section of the missionary field might be of some interest to your many readers, i gladly embrace the opportunity of sending a few. Since I wrote you last, the Lord has blessed and prospered our labors in a most remarkable manner; resulting in not only bringing many honest-hearted to a knowledge i of the truth, but in elimination of many preju- J dices from the minds of the i>eople in general, i We have of course a great many evil minded j opposers who seek in every possible way to j injure us, as for instance: they gave us warning to leave this locality on or before the 1st day of March, under certain dire consequences if we refused. So far from intimidating or injuring us, the threat seemed to really accelerate our laljors; for three days after the expiration of the specified time for us to leave, we held a general meeting for the organization of a branch, and then found that we could count no less than fifteen members, a result that, I need hardly say, filled our hearts with joy and thankfulness to the great Giver of all good. On the 11th of March we held another meeting in the same place, but before opening had the pleasure of adding another four to the church by baptism, confirming them subsequently in the meeting, where we also blessed eleven children. That enjoyable period seemed to arouse a more extensive spirit of sincere investigation among the people than ever before, and the result was that in a few days, ten more persons had signified their determination to serve the Lord, by being baptized ; increasing the membership of the branch to 2o, with good prospects for a still further increase. The second night after the arrival of Elder Burton and myself in this place, I had a peculiar dream which aided materially in shaping our future course. I dreamed that we had I traveled a great distance on toot, and nad j applied at a number of places on the road for a house to preach in. but without success; that we had arrived at a place where we would baptize a great many people and organize a i branch of the Church ; a dream that, curious to say, has been literally fulfilled. When we left North Carolina we traveled | about 05 miles in a south-west direction, then [ about the same distance to the east, and I must say that it seemed quite a task to get any kind of a place to hold meeting in, the use of church buildings or school houses being invariably refused, leaving us no alternative but to hold forth in dwelling houses, or out I doors, when the weather is favorable. Those | that are opposed to us, think that they are injuring us severely by denying us the use of their houses, but thus far it seems to have had a contrary effect, for it excites sympathy with and advertises the Work of God more thoroughly than by any other method. On the 31st ult. I had the pleasure of meeting Brother Wm. Bakes from Beaver, who, in j company with Elder Carpenter had been sent ! to labor in this neighborhood, and 'twas truly a happy meeting. . Ever praying for the well-doing of the Saints everywhere, I beg leave to remain your brother in the Covenant. Jno. M. Easton. south Carolina news. ? Capt. S. B. Lumpkin has been confirmed postmaster for Chester, vice T. M. Graham. ? The Republican supervisor of registration at High Hill, Marion county, charges every negro who registers five cents for his services. ? Major John Sanders, an esteemed citizen of Carmel Ilill, Chester county, died 011 the 10th instant, in the 74tli year of his age. ? L. Jj. Guftin is mentionea as a possiDie nepublican candidate for Congress in the Fourth District. ? In Pickens county the total registration, not counting Pickens township, was on Saturday last 862, about one-third the vote of the county. ? Continued cool weather, and especially the cool nights of the present month, are reported to have done considerable damage to the cotton plant throughout the State. ? Capt. A. P. West, of Leesville, Lexington county, drew off his pond a few days since and caught German carp weighing as high as seven pounds from spawn placed in it one year ago. ?Mr. W. A. Geiger, of Lexington, was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake last week. Relief was found by the free use of whisky and the hand being inserted into the body of a fowl killed immediately for the pui*pose. ? <">i? Saturday last theGovernor issued anroc lamation vacating the office of Probate Judge of Edgefield county, on account of the incumbent, L. P. Covar, refusing to give a new bond?his old bondsmen having withdrawn. ? The Edgefield candidates are coming out. The Chronicle published eighteen cards last week. For the Legislature, three; judge of probate, two; clerk of court, seven; county commissioners, four; county, treasurer, two. ? Farmers in some sections of Chester county complain that the young cotton plant is being destroyed by worms or insects. The late cool weather also had a perceptibly bad effect upon it. Wheat and oats are still very flattering. ? Daniel Davis, colored, died in jail at Greenville on Tuesday last, from an abscess in the side. Davis was a United States prisoner, having been committed on the charge of retailing liquor without a license. ? Mr. William Glaze, for many years a wellknown jeweler in Columbia, has failed. His indebtedness amounts to about S11,000. Half of this amount is secured by mortgages which were foreclosed last Thursday, and his store was shut up. ? There was a snow storm in the eastern portion of Kershaw county on Saturday of last week. High up in the air the snow flakes were very thick, but they melted before reaching the ground. No damage reported more than chilling the atmosphere. ? Jjtike Johnson, colored, who broke into Mr. David Hikard's potato bank, in Newberry, on last January, and stole two hundred and I forty dollars in gold that was concealed there, was captured in Edgefield county last week, and was brought to Newberry, Friday. ? The Lancaster Review learns that up to the loth instant the supervisor in that county had "issued certificates of registration to about four hundred white men and between seven and eight hundred negroes. Commentj on such a significant circumstance is unneees-; sary." ? In Richland county the decrease in the acre- J age of the cotton crop from last year is 10 per j cent. The crop is ten days later,' the cold nights i having rendered replanting necessary in some j places. The stand is 15 ]>er cent, worse than last year. Twenty per cent, less of fertilizers were used than last year. ? The next meeting of the Democratic executive committee will be held during the extra session of the Legislature, upon the call1 ? of the chairman, when the work of the cam-11 paign will be planned and when the members ! of the committee can have the counsels of j ] leading men from the different sections of the j 1 State. It is the general opinion that the n campaign will be conducted with great zeal,! i and that the active work will begin not later ! ] than the 1st of September. | j ? John Evins, colored, was killed by his 1 brother, Torn Evins, near Spartanburg,* last week. The brothers were living on the same . 1 farm. Their children got to quarreling, and l then the two brothers took it up. Tuesday < evening, when they m^t in the horse-lot at ] feeding time, they engaged in a fist tight. 11 They were separated and John left, when 1 Tom followed in a threatening manner. On i his near approach John picked up a garden 1 paling and struck him across the head, near < the temple, from which blow he died Wednes- j day evening. I < THE SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS. ! The General Asssinbly of the Southern Presbyterian Church met in Atlanta, Ga., on Thursday last, and organized for the session by electing the Rev. R. IT. Smoot, of Austin, Texas, moderator. The opening sermon was preached by the Rev. It. P. Farris, of St. Louis, the retiring moderator. There are delegates in attendance from the synods of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia. Kentucky, Memphis, Mississippi, Missouri, Nashvill, North Carolina, South Georgia and Florida, Texas and Virginia. . j The following are the delegates from the Synod of South Carolina: T. R. English, J. L. Harris, J. L. Girardeau, W. G. Vardell, Thomas H. Law, II. C. Dubose, L. S. Mc-, Laurin, Robert Bradley, John McSween, E. j P. Davis and J. R. Cunningham. The branch of the Presbyterian Church ! which this Assembly represents was separated , from its sisters of the North by the war. In full sympathy with what had been known as ! the "Old School Presbyterianism," which had ; sternly eschewed all political or sectional ques- j tions up to the war, when that organization i so far violated its conservative tradition as! ?-? VilH am A a1 I irn>?n ti/ino 111 inn tlio moltnra i IU IMbUTi UCllVCKIIIV^O UJ/VII tltv IliuubViiJ { about which the country was divided, there was seemingly no alternative for the Southern church but separation and independent existence. Every consideration of principle and self-respect demanded that they should withdraw from a relation in which they were regarded as sinful and criminal. In 1801 the ministers and elders of the variour Presbyteries in the then Cofederate States, organized at Augusta, (la., "The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America," with a constituency of 811 ministers and licentiates, and 75,677 communicants. Of this Assembly the Rev. Er. B. M. Palmer, of New Orleans, but a native of South Carolina, was moderator. Since then the General Assembly has met annually as follows: In 1802, at Montgomery, Ala, I)r. J. L. Kirkpatrick, moderator; in 1863, at Columbia, S. C., Dr. J. A Lyon, moderator ; in 1864, at Charlotte, N. C., Dr. J. S. Wilson, moderator; in 18G5, at Macon, Ga., Dr. George Howe moderator; in 1866, at Memphis, Dr. A. II. Kerr, moderator; in 1807, at Nashville, Dr. J. V. Moore, moderator; in 1868, at Baltimore, Dr. J. N. Waddell, moderator ; in 1869, at Mobile, Dr. Stuart Robinson, moderator; in 1870, at Louisville, Dr. 11. L. Dabney, moderator; in 1871, at Huntsville, Ala., Dr. W. PI timer, moderator; in 187*2, at Richmond, Dr. T. It. Welch, moderator; in 1873, at Little Rock, Dr. II. Smith, moderator ; in 1874, at Columbus, Dr. J. L. Girardeau, moderator ; in 1875, at St. Louis, Dr. M. D. Hoge, moderator; in 1876, at Savannah, Dr B. M. Smith, moderator, in 1877 at New Orleans, Dr. C. A. Stillman, moderator; in 1878, at Knoxville, Dr. Thomas E. Peck, moderator, in 1879, at Louisville, Dr. Joseph R. Wilson, moderator ; in 1880, at Charleston, S. C., Dr. Thomas A. Hoyt, Moderator; in -?noi Oi T? IJ "IT1......in IDOl, Hl> OlitUllllHJ, > it., JtCV. ituut. x. J'an id, D. D., moderator. Since its organization in 18431 the Southern Presbyterian church has greatly increased in membership and influence, amid all adverse circumstances. Its 811 ministers are now 2,051; its 72,000 communicants, now 121,000. During the session of the Assembly on the 10th, Dr. Smoot, the moderator, presiding, Dr. Gregory, a fraternal delegate of the Dutch Reformed Church, was received. The annual reports on mission work were encouraging. The subject of fraternal relations was introduced and referred to the committee of foreign correspondence, of which the Rev. Win. Brown is chairman. Upwards of thirty overtures were presented to the Assembly. On the 20th, telegrams of Christian greeting were received from the Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly, and from tbe Northern Presbyterian Assembly, and cordial responses were sent. The Assembly decided not to take action opposing the Revised New Testament, at present. The next year's meeting of the Assembly will be held at Lexington, Kentucky. A delegate from the Reformed Dutch Church was heard to-day and the Moderator | responded. THE METHODISTS IX COUNCIL. At the meeting of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in Nashville, Tenn., on the 16th, the committee on revisal submitted a report recommending that a chapter be inserted in the discipline to prohibit engaging in promiscuous dancing, either in private or at public exhibitions, or visiting the opera or circus. The election of five additional bishops was taken up and Alpheus W. "Wilson, of the Baltimore conference, for the past four years missionary secretary of the church, with headquarters at Nashville, was elected on the first ballot. At the .afternoon session the following additional bishops were elected : Dr. C. Granberry, professor in Vanderbilt University, but a delegate from the Virginia Conference : Dr. Attr"?o nf fioni'trin Tipv R. K FTar UUO U. naj V* UVJU J Vi ^iu } ??v T J.?? ? ?? grove, of Tennessee, and Dr. Linus Parker, of New Orleans. During the session of the Conference on the 17th, only routine business was transacted. The college of bishops was authorized to appoint fraternal .delegates to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to meet in Philadelphia in May, 1884, and also to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada, to meet in Kingston in September next. The committee on temperance submitted a report, which was laid over for further action, sympathizing with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in their work. Atticus G. Haygood, president of Emory College, Georgia, tendered his resignation as bishop elect. The Conference authorized the appointment of a commission of education in aid of the colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America. On the 18th, the Conference decided not to elect a bishop in the place of Dr. A. G. Haywood, elected on Monday and who declined to be ordained. The committee on revisal presented a report recommending a change in the name of the church to Episcopal Methodist Church. The Rev. Amos Kendall, of the Mississippi Conference, who had been expelled, was remanded for another trial. A. II Sutherland, of Texas, presented a resolution, which was laid over for consideration, declaring that it is contrary to the principles and policy of the Americ. n Bible Society to teacli the peculiar doctrines of any church, and claiming that they teach Calvinism by the publication of the Spanish version of the Bible with notes and comments. The Conference adopted the plan for church J extension. Drs. Lewis Parker, of New Orleans, R. K. ! Hargrove of Nashville, ,L C. Granberry of j Nashville, and A. W. Wilson of Baltimore, j were ordained bishops of the Southern Meth- i odist Church in the presence of one thousand ! ?-.r./\i,i?> ot xffTv'unrlrpp Chnmh this afternoon. On the 19th, the Rev. A. T. Hunt, secretary of the American Bible Society, was before the Conference and made a statement of the good work being accomplished by the society. A resolution was presented commending the j work of the young Mens' Christian Associa tion. A resolution was also adopted to visit Mrs. : ex-President Polk to-morrow. Bonk Agent MeFerrin gave notice that he would shortly publish in the Christian Advocate the reply of the Rev. A. S. Bedford, former lx>ok agent, to the charges of the book committee, together with the forthcoming report of the committee on publishing interests. The session of the 22nd was devoted entirely to routine work?the election of sundry officers, appointment of committees, etc. THE MECKLENBURG CELEBRATION. j The celebration of the 107th anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, in Charlotte, last Saturday, is represented as one of the greatest events in the history of that town, equaling the centennial celebration of 1875. There were people from the neighboring counties, and from the near sections of the Sta.te, and many representatives i from all the Southern and many of the Northern States. The crowd was estimated at not : less than 20,000, and some estimated it at even ii higher number. - !' At an early hour in the morning the proces- i non was formed on Trade street, the firemen i tieing drawn up along the east side, and the i military in line opposite the fireman. The 1 3olumn was formed by 11 o'clock, when the j procession paraded through the streets and then proceeded to the Carolina Military Insti- i tute grounds, where the stand for the speak- : inghad been erected, halting in Independence : Square to pass in grand review before Govern-, 3r Jarvis and staff. i The procession moved in the following or- 1 ler : Charlotte Bycicle Club : Statesville Cor-' net Band ; Continental Brigade ; Gen. M. P. Taylor and staff; Cadets of the Carolina Military Institute; Cadets of the King's Mountain (N. C.) Military Institute; Hornets? Nest Riflemen, Capt. E. P. Young; Salisburry Rifles, Capt. Theodore Parker; Jenkins Rifles, Yorkville, S. C., Capt. .T. R. Lindsay; Butler Guards, Greenville, S. C'., Capt. A. E. McBee; Polk Rilles, Capt. J. A. Younts; Iredell Blues, Capt. A. D. Coles ;i Catawba Rifles, Rock Ilill, S. C., Capt. Allen Jones; Southern Stars, Capt. Mike Hoke; Mecklenburg Rifles, Capt. W. J. McLaughlin. Besides the firemen of Charlotte there were companies from Greenville, S. C.; Spartanburg, S. C.; Augusta Ga.; Danville, Ya.; and Columbia, S. C. Then came carriages containing the orator of the day, distinguished citizens and invited guests followed by an immense crowd of people on foot, in carriages, hacks, buggies and every conceivable sort of vehicle. Arriving at the grounds the military and firemen opened ranks through which the orator of the day and invited guests in carriages passed on to the stand. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Joe Graham, after which ltev. X. F. Woods of-1 fered prayer. Senator Ransom then read the Mecklenburg Declaration, introducing it by an eloquent and patriotic allusion to the Declaration itself and to the men who made it, and referring in eugolistic terms to the representatives from other States who were present. After reading the Declaration, Senator Ransom continued his remarks on subjects connected with the first Declaration of Independence made on the American Continent, and speaking of the difficulty of proving the Mecklenburg Declaration at this late day, he said: "Great truths do not always depend upon human testimony. They are like God's light; they live forever. They are eternal and stand without question. We stand to-day in the blaze and light of a hundred and seven years of civilization and a hundred years from now unborn generations will come to kneel at the shrine and pay homage to the altars of liberty erected in Mecklenburg county in 1775?this Bethlehem of the New Continent. Nothing can dim its lustre. It will shine on and from generation to generation it will be the guiding star of nations in the years which are to come." After music, the orator of the day, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware, was introduced, and he delivered a masterly and eloquent address of near two hours' duration, * * " * 1 1 M A nis tneme ueing political nuerty, which concluded the ceremonies of the day, at the stand. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. YORKVILLE NOTES AND IMPRESSIONS. Kinard's, S. C., May 19.?This letter will treat more directly of the individualites of Yorkville, as I saw and learned of them on my late visit, and in this way, I trust, may be invested with more interest to your readers. I learned that the organization of Methodism in your town occurred about the year 18*23 or 1824. Rev. William Gaza way, a local preacher, first held a Methodist meeting at Yorkville, in the Courthouse building. Eight persons, of whom two still survive, (Mr. James Jefferys and wife, now in their serene and mellow Christian evening of life, quietly awaiting t he summons of the Master to depart and be forever with Him in the heavenly world of light and glory,) constituted the original organization, and were taken into the Lincolnton circuit about the time mentioned above. Upon the movement of Col. Thomas Williams, Dr. F^-nund Jennings and others, a Methodist churcii was built in 1826, and dedicated by Rev. William Gazaway. In this church, in the year 1829, Mr. James Jefferys organized the first Sunday-school, after consultation with the members and his neighbors anct friends. Some enquired about the rate of tuition. One said he would not send his chil ? t- - /it dren unless mere was some cnarge, as ne Jefferys,) was not a wealthy man and hence not able to teach without compensation. Capt. Blair said to Mr. Jefferys : "I was very sorry to hear that you had started to teacli a school on the Sabbath, as I consider it a desecration of the day. I had esteemed you much and did not suppose you would engage in such i work as that." He was invited to visit the school ; did so, and was soon numbered among its patrons and supporters. "What lias the Sunday-scoool not done since that day ! Could the roll of Christian names and deeds, transferred to Heaven, and still widening and extending on earth, which have resulted from that school, be unfolded to the sight of that father in Israel, how would his brow be encircled witli a coronet brighter than that which sets upon the proudest worldly hero of earth ; and then it is to glisten on forever, as a star in the eternal firmament. What an encouragement to founders of Sunday-schools and Sunday-school workers generally ! On preaching days, previous to the building of the Methodist church, the worshipers could be seen wending their way to the Courthouse, bearing their chairs, as the courtroom as then constituted provided chairs only for the judge and jurors. Such a sitting of the court now would be considered a novelty. Before I leave the Methodist Church, I will be pardoned for alluding to the bright auspices under which, under God's blessing, it is now moving forward in the hands of Rev. R. P. Franks, who, with his devoted wife and daughter, have already won so deeply their way into the affections of the church and community. And to the interesting well-organized Sunday-school under the superintendency of F. A. Gilbert, Esq. ; soul-inspiring music of the children, led by the accomplished organist, Miss Annie Smith, and sustained by such correctly trained voices as those of Mr. W. C. Owen and others, and to the delightful hour I was permitted to pass in this charming circle, calling up so many hallowed and hallowing memories. The Independent Presbyterians, (under the leadership of Rev. "William C. Davis, whose remains sleep sweetly on a spot near the present Methodist Church,) erected a house of worship about-the year 1830. These subsequently returned to the communion of the Presbyterians, and the present commodious structure, with its city-like architecture, and stable congregation and membership, was the result. This church is now under the pastorate of that devoted young minister of Christ. Rev. Thomas R. English, whose honored and sainted fatlms-itjwis my privilege and blessing to number/for many years, ambng. the most_ intimate, beloved and influential of my SumfeF friends?a man of learning, and noble, catholic spirit, who reached out his arms moved by ! the inspiration of Christian love, toth?Mlowy ers of Christ of every denomination>r'Thfcre clusters about no man's memory whose remains sleep in the soil of grand old Sumter, a halo of brighter light as it is reflected from the Cross of Christ and embodies in its fpcal elements the heroic traits of the patriot Christian gentleman. We have stood and wept at his grave, over which his numerous friends erected a suitable monument, as we felt that one of our purest and best earthly friends, not bound to us by consanguinous ties, had gone to his heavenly reward. It was our privilege to have grateful Christian communion with the son who moves on the line of the noble sire, us we passed an evening full of heartfelt pleasure, at his comfortable parsonage home. Well learned in theology, and moved by spiritual elevation to the building up of the Master's Kingdom in the world, on the true foundation, he is a young man of promise, and the mantle of the father falls upon a worthy scion. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian and the Episcopalian churches, we learned, were built near the same time, and about the year 1853. These, under their successive pastorates, have been well sustained, keeping pace with the growth of the population of the town, both having neat and comfortable houses of worship. The membership of the latter are still laying the wreath and cross of immortelles upon the new-made grave of their beloved rector ; the former is under the pastorate of that ripe Christian scholar and genial and warm-hearted Christian gentleman, Rev. Robert Lathan, whose "Reading for the Sabbath" constitutes so valuable a column in the Enquirer, and whose school commissionership, by common consent, has done so much for the great cause of education in York county, and | whose acquaintance as the cherished friend of my beloved son, late of the Yorkville Methodist pastorate, it was my privilege to make during my visit. ... ! Some allusions to your institutions of learning, business community, &c., I must reserve for my next and ISSt letter. A. A. frllbert. i LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dr. J B. Patrick?Dental Notice. T. M. Dob^on?Bon-Ton Millinery Store. J. M. Adams?New Goods?Fruit Jars?Sheet fron Well Buckets?Beeswax and Tallow. Thos. W. Campbell, Administrator?Application for Discharge. K. Happertield?New and Fresh Goods. Withers Adickes?Grain Cradles. T. S. Jefl'erya?Agricultural Machinery. H. F. Adickes?Just Opened. Ilerndon Bros.?Chairjpion Reaper. inspection'of troops. The inspection of troops by Adjutant-General Manigault will take place at 5 o'cloc k this (Wednesday) afternoon, on the grounds of the King's Mountain Military School. COTTON shipments. The shipments of cotton from the depot in Yorkville, for the week ending last Monday, were 05 bales, making a total, since the 1st of ^ - -x r*??x 1 a r* fvf* 4 last oepieuiuer, in <,uu*. cotton sale. On Saturday last, Messrs. Clark Brothers, of this place, sold 103 bales of cotton to Messrs. Miller Bros., of Spartanburg. Price not furnished for publication. church'notices. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. It. P. Franks, Pastor. Services in the Church at Yorkville, at the usual hours, morning and evening. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?lie v. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his. reguar appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. tax collections. County Treasurer Neely gives us the follow- . ing statement as the total collections of the May installment of State and county taxes, at the close of business last Tuesday: For State purposes, ....$l,6')8 12 8 Ordinary county purposes, 1,072 62 1 Railroad purposes, 8)8 21 7 School purposes 718 50 0 * Poll tax, 117 00 0 Total, $4,401 01 6 editorial changes. f The last issue of the Spartanburg Herald announces that Col. T. Stobo Farrow has sold the Herald to Messrs. Daniel & Cavfc, who will hereafter conduct its publication, Mr. . Cavis as the editor. C'ol. Farrow has become owner of a half interest. in the Gaffney Carolinian, of which paper he assumes editorial charge. Already is . it thundering in advocacy of increased ra ilroad facilities for the thriving town of Ga.ffney, and the formation, from portions of Spartanburg, Union and York, of a new county with Gaffney as the metropolis. We publish in another column the proceedings of a public meet ing recently held at Gaffney on this subject. PROGRESS OF 'REGISTRATION. The supervisor of registration for York county has issued certificates of registration up to and including last Monday as follows : Whites. Colored. Rock Hill 229 428 Coates' Tavern, .. f}4 J67 VlcKlweo's Mill, 59 89 Fort Mill, 220 211 Clay Hill 77 N 118 Bethel 180 92 Clover, 114 07 Bethany 85 18 Clark's Fork, 32 17 Black's Station 170 51 Buffalo 36 7 Hickory Grove, 155 96 Blairsville, :. 71 129 Totals 1,442 1,480 J/ ajority for colored, 38. The voters of Yorkville precinct are reminded that the supervisor's books will be open in Yorkville for three days only, viz. : ne?:t Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. THE CROP*PROSPECT. The most cheering reports concerning the small grain crops continue to be received from all sections of the county. Thus far no se,rious calamity has befallen the whqat. There is more or less complaint of rust, which, however, has only affected the blade, and we also hear of a species of fly, which is quite numerous in some localities, but close observation fails to detect that it is working any mischief. It is an insect never before observed in our wheat fields. It develops on the head of the wheat, first as a wingless, hemipterous insect, .changing at the period of three or four days to a small fly. Harvesting of the oat crop has already commenced, and the yield of both these cereals promises to be unprecedented in this section since 1846, when, as we fear was too much the case last fall, the farmers were driven by necessity to plant full grain crops. The outlook for cotton is not encouraging. The cool weather prevailing throughout this month, has had a deleterious effect on the young plant, notably on gray and sandy soils, necessitating much replanting. CUM GRANO salis. The Rock Hill Herald of the 18th instant makes the following cautious statement: The total shipments of cotton from Yorkville for the season are said to amount to 6,436 bales. We don't know who could have "said" such a thing in the presence of the luminary which so benignantly sheds the illuminating rays of its incandescent light upon Rock Hill; but by reference to our own files we find, as taken from the books of the agent at this place, that the shipments of cotton from Yorkville since the 1st of September hist, to Monday, 8th instant, were precisely 6,436 bales, so that the Herald's informant was not so very much mistaken after all. We also find from the agent's books that the shipments for the following week aggregated 6,969 bales, and as may be seen in another paragraph in this paper, the shipments from Yorkville only from the 1st of September, 1881, to last Monday, amount to 7,004 bales, and no "hearsay" testimony in the case. And what is more : Yorkville is entitled to the full credit of being the original shipping point of this cotton. It was all sold in the Yorkville market, not having been shipped to this point by a connecting railroad and then re-shipped to the credit of the Yorkville depot. j 20TH OF MAY CELEBRATION. We condense from the Charlotte Observer's graphic description an account of the 20th of May celebration at the birth-place of American Liberty on Saturday last. Yorkville was represented on the occasion by a detachment of 20 men of the Jenkins Rifles, and they speak in glowing terms of the handsome manner in which they were entertained, by the citi zen soldiery or unarioue. xne jeniuns runes were the invited guests of the Hornets' Nest Riflemen. In point of number the Jenkins Rifles compared favorably with the ranks of other visiting companies, none of which were ' ' full, and their uniform elicited the praise of , all. Gov. Jarvis pronounced it the handsomest uniform in the line of troops, and was equally complimentary of the company's deportment and military bearing. The Jenkins Rifles pardonably congratulate themselves on these encomiums from the Governor, Captain-General and Commanderin-Chief of their sister State, whose praise, like Sir Herbert's, is praise indeed. % The company felt also highly complimented by having among their number and as "one of 'em," Mr. Frank P. Swazey, a veteran of the Twenty-third New York Regiment. Mr. Swazey arrived here on the eve of their departure, and their preparations so aroused his military ardor that he donned a uniform and accompanied them on the trip, making not only an agreeable companion, but showing himself to be thoroughly drilled in the school of the soldier. A NEW COUNTY MOVEMENT. (From the Gaflhev City Carolinian, May IS.) Another meeting of the citizens of Gaffney ? City and vicinity was held in Wood's Hall, last Monday, in the interest of the New County movement. Mr. W. Waddy Thomson, chairman of the ' committee of arrangements, called the meeting