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Jfitraps and j* . ? IV. Cross, of Tarbora,' X. C., was 011 the 1 ^ witness stand in court the other day. In "giv-, ^ ing in" testimony he used the word "scala- 0 wag" frequently, until finally the presiding , ? fudge asked the Doctor what he meant by the ^ terin "scalawag." The Doctor replied : "I CJ mean a man who says that he is no better than a negro, and when he says so tells the truth." J ? U. 8. Attorney General Brewster has j g given an opinion to the Secretary of the Treas-! ( ury that the request of the Transportation j Company to be allowed to take some sixty r thousand Chinese laborers through this conntry from Cuba to China cannot be granted un- | der the law as it now stands. This affirms ! the ruling recently made on this question by I Secretary Folger. ? Yellow fever is reported to be in Havana, and fears are entertained that it may obtain a footing on our shores. A man died a few days ago in New Orleans and some of the doctors pronounced it yellow fever, while others are equally confident it was jaundice. This is not the first case reported in New Orleans this | summer. An Englishman, who contracted yellow fever in Havana, breathed his hist in 1 New Orleans two weeks ago. ? Recruiting for the army and navy is very brisk in .New lork at present, very iew 01 the applications for the three thousand vacancies to be filled come up to the required c standard. Among these applicants are men I out of employment, who represent nearly all the trades and professions. Quite a number j of newly arrived immigrants have recently ap- ' plied to lie admitted into the service of the United States. l'( ? liev. I)e LaMatyr, the greenback ex-con- ? gressman from Indiana, has been refused permission to occupy a Methodist pulpit in Denver, Col. The excellent excuse given by the pastor was that he thought it was rather in- J consistent with the purposes to which a church was consecrated to allow a man who made politics his business a privilege' which P could so flagrantly give the api>earance of the church indorsement. v ? Captain John S. Wise, son of the Virginia Governor who signed the death warrant of old John Brown, is making a vigorous canvass ~ for Congressman at Large in Virginia. Capt: Wise is a good speaker, a clever story teller, and possesses many of the qualities which dis- I' tinguished his father, Ilenry A. Wise. (Jen. Mahone found in Wise a very serviceable Lieu- 1 tenant during the readjuster campaign in Virginia. 1 ?A recent London letter says: I hear of ^ warm praise bestowed upon Miss Eleanor Calhoun, of the old Carolina family tree, but lately of California. She api>eared as Ophelia in a large dramatic entertainment at the j Crystal Palace, near London, this week, and t was pronounced the "star" of the troupe. An audience of 700 persons arose at one in- j stant and enthusiastically applauded her over j and over again. ? A Washington letter says: "Members of + the House committee on ways and means say they have 110 intention of taking action on the 1 internal revenue reduction bill this session, s They say that when the bill reaches the House with the various Senate amendments it will be 0 referred to the ways and means committee, T where it will be allowed to rest until next ' session. In the meantime the report of the tariff commission will be made, and the action t! on both will be concurrent." ? The British are gradually restoring order C in Alexandria, although trouble is feared from u A , * Al'HUl XH*V'S lureu, cuusistlllj; Ul tnu icgnucuio jj which are pillaging and robbing in the country ,, and threatening to attack Cairo. One detach- 11 ment raided Alexandria and killed a number P of loyal Egyptian soldiers. People are gradual- A ly returning to the city. The American soldiers are aiding in restoring order, but one of them was cut down by his olticer on Monday for robbing. ? Sad and pathetic indeed is the story that comes over the wires from New Orleans, an- : nouncing the death "of paralysis in poverty" " of a graudson of General Daniel Morgan, the Revolutionary patriot, lion. Julian Neville c< was well known and well oil in liis day, and ;l, the dispatch says was "for fifty years promi- .( nent in Louisiana politics and social life." And yet lie died iu poverty, attended only by " his blind and crippled wife." Could anything a' be more touching than such a picture? ? The first wife of Brigham Young died at H Salt Lake last week. She became a convert to s( Mormonism at Avon, N. Y., in 1831, and went to the Mormon colony, then in Ohio, where she married Young. It is said that, having accepted the doctrine of polygamy, she made no opposition when her husband began C to practice it extensively, though she invari- ai ably fell ill from excitement and grief at every u new marriage. She lived separate from the tj other wives, and kept her live children as . much as possible from the rest. ? A dispatch of the '23rd from Portland, Ore- Ci gon, says : An unsuccessful attempt was made Friday night to burn the town of Seattle, b< W. T. The attempt was evidently made by a tl brother of Payne, who was lynched last spring by the citizens of the place. At the tap of the bell the vigilance committee assembled and hastily prepared a list of names of twenty tl prominent roughs, whom they notified to leave tj the place before daylight or abide the consequences. The order was obeyed and the town was cleared. p ? A wooden box was recently discovered amoiu? the unclaimed baeriruGre at the Palmer House, Chicago. A.s it bore 110 marks indicating ifs ownership, it was opened and found to contain numerous copies of a pamphlet called "A Startling Religious Discovery; a M Lecture on Christ's Second Coming, A. I). ])( 70, by Charles J. Guiteau, Lawyer and Theolo- ? gian." There was also a Testament, with the name of the owner written by himself. The rt box has-been in the hotel for several years, having been left there when the owner absconded without paying his board bill. ?(Jen. Beauregard, having been interviewed C in regard to the boast of one George II. But- s'i ler, late American Consul in Egypt, that lye y] had prevented the appointment of Beauregard n] to the command of the Egyptian army, on the . . ground that he was an unrepentant rebel, says 111 that he was offered and declined the command of the Egyptian army in I860, but was offered it tl again in 1870, with the privilege of taking jcl with him a staff of his own choosing. Think- . ing that this latter stipulation might enable him to help some Confederate officers, lie had the offer under advisement when it was with- b< drawn. He heard it rumored that Butler had tl busied himself to prevent the appointment, la but he did not know whether it was true or ...t. ly ? The Washington Star is authority for the vj statement that the process of boiling Guiteau's skeleton in the vats of the Medical Museum (at Washington) and the removal of Jhe flesh there- H from has been completed, and after the hones te had been scraped they were removed to the roof D ofthemnseum to be bleached in the sun. When w the bleaching process is completed, the skeleton will be articulated and placed in the case which has been prepared for it. It is said that , the museum authorities during their culinary C oi>eration took the quadreiceps extensor, del- J< toid, and sternocleido mastoid muscles out of pj the boiler, and, after dividing them in small j pieces placed them in jars of alcohol, and distributed them among medical men in Washington city. ? A dispatch of the 18th from Richmond, Mo., says: Two years ago I)r. Roberts was killed at Millville, Roy county, by Dr Keys, b: J)r. Keys was tried twice, the second trial re- j( suiting in a plea of insanity and he was sent to R the insane asylum at St. Joseph. On Thurs- ^ day last Keys was pronounced cured and re- j turned to Richmond. Next day against ad-1 ? vice he went to Millville. Charles Roberts, I A son of the murdered Dr. Roberts, was told of j j> his presence, lie left his shop, secured a revolver, and hunting Keys up ojK;ned lire upon I I> him, wounding him in the breast. Keys start-1 s:ed to run, but Roberts followed, firing two \ y more shots, both taking effect, and Keys died 1 g* almost instantly. Roberts, on his way to give himself up, was met by the deputy sheriff, ar-! rested and taken to jail. -Public sympathy is d< with him. * j S. ? A dispatch of the 20th from (Robe City, I A Arizona, says : Mr. Sisby came in to-day from le Wild Rye county and reports that his brother p and four other men were killed in Pleasant Valley. Three brothers named Tewksberry I , started from their ranche to notify Sisby of,' the approach of the Indians, but never reached Sisby's place, and it is supposed that they and fo two men named Frewer and Wahan were S. killed, as they have not been heard from. Two nt or three hundred Indians are reported on the j Wasatch in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley and Wild's Railway Company. Globe City is try- j ing to eiiuip a company to take the field. In w< lie fight at Sisby's place four Indians were t illed, and at Tewksberry's six. Mr. Church i ras killed. Mr. Medley and his man, who rent in search of cattle are missing, and it is , apposed they also are killed. Reports state ] liat from sixty to eighty Indians are camped n Coon Creek, and are evidently bound down ' alt River. Buildings have been burned, stock ' illed and driven off and crops laid waste, ausing great loss to settlers. The people are j iking measures to protect themselves. Hhc f (rtfevtUc grnqmrrr. j, YORKVILLK. S. C ; 'HURSDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1882. 1 < COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Pursuant to call, the York County Demo- j ratic County Convention met. in the Court louse on Thursday last, 20th instant. The Convention was called to order by W. leatty .Smith, Acting Chairman, and the roll |' f delegates was railed l?v (J. W. n. nan, >ec- j etary of the Democratic Executive Commit- ' ee. The following were present : 'Bethany?A. Campbell Jackson. Bethel?S. S. Smith, W. K. J. Stanton. : Black's?W. S. Byers, Benjamin Gold, l)r. 1 olin G. Black. Bla ins villi:?Robert Ilays, J. C. Blair. : Buffalo?(No election of delegates at this recinct.) Bullock's Cheek?J. M. Sims, S. L. Daidson. Clark's Fork?It. J. Ia>ve. Clay IIill?D. A. A. Watson, Dr. J. J. Idler. 1 Clover?Andrew Jackson, John Knox. ; Coates' Tavern?(No election at this irecinet.) < Fort Mill?I. P. Garrison, Dr. S. A. Kell, L W. Parks, B. II. Massey. Hickory Grove?D. C. McKinney, J. C. chambers. ' McConnellsville.?John S. Bratton, Dr. V. G. Campbell, E. P. Love. . , McElwee's Mill?W. S. Adams, J. Leon- , das Moore. Hock IIill?F. II. Brown, J. X. Steele, '. C. Witherspoon, Allen Jones, John Itataree. Yorkville?S. Anderson McElwee, Dr. 1 . F. Lindsay, It. E. Gettys, John A. Latta, . Bolivar Scott. i NB. II. Massey nominated as Secretaries of he Convention, G. W. S. Ilart and A. W. ( ngold, and they were duly elected to serve as uch. I j J. C. Chambers moved that in the absence J f J. A. Westbrooks, a delegate elected from 1 lock IIill, that John P. Gage be admitted to lie floor of the Convention as a delegate from ' hat precinct. Adopted. ( It was then moved by S. S. Smith, that J. < Patrick, the alternate of W. B. J. Stanton, I e admitted as a substitute for W. E. Camp- 1 ell, elected as the alternate of George L. 1 liddle, from Bethel, both of whom were | revented from attending the Convention. f idopted. I It was then moved and adopted that the s roceedings of the convention be conducted ' 'itli closed doors, and that spectators, except ' lembers of the press, be excluded. The Chair j l?lK)inted W. S. Adams to act as Sergeant-at- ^ Lrms of the Convention. ( Dr. John G. Black moved that 11. M. Plexi- ( i), elected as an alternate from Black's, be t - ? 1- t clmittecl as a delegate iroiu duiiuio, wini-ii ^ recinct had failed to hold an election and 'as without representation. The motion was ilopted, when It was moved that W. 11. Wilson, Jr., of lock llill, be admitted as a delegate to repre?nt Coates1 Tavern, which precinct had also tiled to elect delegates. This motion was opposed on the ground c nit Mr. Wilson had not been elected to the .? onvention either as alternate or delegate, | ml therefore such action would he irregular, j, r. W. (i. Campbell then moved to reconsider ^ le motion by which Mr. Plexico was admitnd as a delegate from Buffalo. The motion j. irried; and r Dr. Campbell then moved that Mr. Plexico ;i s admitted as a delegate from Buffalo, and 1 nit W. B. Wilson, Jr., be admitted as a dele- p ite from Coates' Tavern. Lost.. ^ The ('hair then announced as the next in i le order of business the election of the Counr Chairman. r J. C. Patrick nominated It. II. Glenn. 1 D. C. McKinney nominated Major James 1 . Hart. , P. II. Brown nominated C. E. Spencer. L I)r. Campbell moved that the nominations s ose. s Mr. Brown withdrew his nomination of fr. Spencer, when the motion of Dr. Camp- e ?11 was put to the Convention and adopted. '' . ballot was then taken with the following s suit : c Glenn, 27 t Hart, 12 e It. II. Glenn was declared duly elected 1: ounty Chairman of York county for the en- 1 ling two years, and the Chair apppoinled c [essrs. Latta, McElwee and Chambers a com<1 littee to notify him of the fact and escort ^ im to the chair. t, On taking the chair vacated by Mr. Smith, 1 le Chairman-elect, in a neat address, acnowledged the compliment conferred upon im by the Convention, and pledged himself > discharge the duties of the position to the ?st of his ability, lie then announced that le Convention would proceed with the regu,r order of business. Mr. McKinney moved, and it was unanimousadopted, that the retiring Chairman he inited to remain in the Convention. The Chair then announced as.the next in le regular order of business, tlx? election of m delegates and ten alternates to the State emocratic Convention, and that nominations ere in order. W. S. Adams nominated the following for legates : Capt. Allen Jones, Dr. s. A. Kell, apt. J. C. Patrick, Capt. W. 11. Smith, Dr. Dim G. Black, Edward G. Byers, John S. ratton, Peter Garrison, U. II. Glenn, Dr. j J. Miller. j Mr. Hays nominated s. E. Davidson. I' Mr. Gage nominated J. C. "VVitherspoon. 1 Mr. Chambers nominated C. E. Spencer.* | The nominations were then closed and a ; illot taken with the following result: j )hn S. Bratton, 30 , . H. Glenn, 3(1 j T. H. Smith, -'Hi ! r. S. A. Kell, C. Patrick, 34 dward G. Byers, * 33 lien Jones, 33 r. John G. Black, 32 etc Garrison 27 r. J. J. Miller, 2f? | , L. Davidson, 21 j ir E. Spencer, 20 j ? ('. Witherspoon, 0 i '' ottering, '. f>! o On the result being announced, tlie Chair I " iclarcd the following gent lemon elected : John Bratton, R. II. Glenn, W. B. Smith, Dr. S. ? . Kell, J. C. Patrick, Edward G. Byers, Alii .Tones, Dr. John G. Black, Peter Garrison, > r. J. J. Miller. j c Mr. Adams then nominated the following ^ ternates to act respectively in the order of i ic election of principals: Capt. E. A. Craw-' 0 rd, Iredell Jones, Dr. A. P. Campbell, Capt. ! r E. White, George L. Iiiddle, D. C. McKin- a" ;y, Dr. T. C. Robertson, Dr. It. R. Darwin, j j, D. McConnell, I). A. A. Watson. | p Xo other nominations being made, the above . bi ?re elected by acclamation, the delegates and I (1 ;heir alternates to the State Democratic Con-; mention being as follows : ;: Delegates. Alternates. John S. Rratton, E. A. Crawford, R.H.Glenn, Iredell Jones, ( IV. B. Smith, Dr. A. P. Campbell, 1 . Dr. S. A. Kill, S. E. White, I. C. Patrick, George L. Riddle, Edward G. Byers, D. C. McKinney, \llen Jones," Dr. T. C. Robertson, i Dr. John G. Black, Dr. R. R. Darwin, Peter Garrison, J. D. McConuell, Dr. J. J. Miller. D. A. A. Watson. The Chair then announced as the next business before the Convent ion, the election of delegates to the Congressional Convention. Some loiibt being expressed as to the number to tvhich the county is ent it led, it was decided to deet ten delegates and ten alternates ; but if )nly live delegates be admitted into the Congressional Convention, then the live tirst lamed on the list of principals to be the delegates and the remaining five their alternates n the order elected. F. II. Brown nominated the following as lelegates to the Congressional Convention : ?. A. Me Ml wee, It. II. Glenn, I). ('. McKiniey,' Allen Jones, Dr. JolinC. Black, Col. Alike w Jackson, A. It. Banks, J. Leon id as * T "\fnAMA 1)..Lnrf IT.itro Muurr, ?J. jjiiMix'iiw iuuuic, HUUCJ i No other names being put in nomination the foregoing were elected by acclamation. Mr. Massey then nominated the following dternates : John A. Latta, ft. W. S. Hart, 1. C. Chambers, John Kattaree, J. A. Deal, Dr. A. l\ Cam| bell, Capt. S. K. White, W. S. Adims, Iredell Jones, S. L. Davidson. No other nominations being made, the election- was by icclamation ; the following being the delegates ind their alternates if but live are admitted from York : Delegates. Alternates. S. A. MeKlwee, Col. And rev-Jackson, K. 11. (llenn, A. K. Hanks. I). 0. McKinney, J. Leonidas Moore, Allen Jones, J. Lawrence Moore, Dr. John G. Black. Robt. Hays. Or, should it be found that ten delegates will be admitted to the Congressional Convention, the delegates from York?principals and .dternates?to be constituted as follows: Delegates. Alternates. 5. A Mc 101 wee, John A. Latta, K. H. Glenn, G. W. S. Hart, L). C. McKinney, J. C. Chambers, Allen Jones, John Kattaree, Dr. John G. Black, J. A. Deal, Col. Andrew Jackson, Dr. A. P. Cam bell, A. R. Banks, 8. 10. White, J. Leonidas Moore, W. S. Adams, .1. Lawrence Moore, Iredell Jones, Robert Hays. S. L. Davidson. S. A. McElwee then offered the following Preamble, Articles and Resolution, for the consideration of the Convention : The Democrats of York county, through their delegates assembled -in Convention at Yorkville, S. C., July *20, 1SS2, adopt the following Articles for the future government if the party in said county, to-wit: First.?Nominations for all the county offices and for Representatives to the General Assembly, (Senate and House,) shall be. by a jrimary election, at which a plurality of the rotes cast shall be sullicient to determine the jersons selected as the candidates of the party. Second.?Conventions shall be held whenever the welfare of the party demands it. The Convention shall elect the County Chairman? ... i n-i. ...i? -? jy uauoi, \v 111*11 muic man unc iiuiiuuirc in resented?a majority of the votes east being jecessary to an election. It shall choose the lelegates (and their alternates) to the State, Congressional and Judicial Conventions. It iliall elect, by ballot or otherwise, one person 'roin each voting precinct in the county, who .hall constitute the County Executive Coinnittee, of which body the County Chairman shall be, ex officio, a member and Chairman. The County Chairman and members of the Executive Committee, shall holdollice for two rears and until their successors shall be electid. The Chairman shall call the Executive Committee together upon the request of any ihree members thereof, or whenever he shall leem it necessary; and, the majority of the Committee so voting, the Committee shall sail a Convention. The Executive Cominitee shall till all vacancies occurring when the Convention is not in session, and the persons ilected shall hold oflice until the next session >f the Convention. Third.? Each member of the Executive 1 Committee shall be, ex officio, Chairman of the 'precinct meetings" to be held at his precinct. lie shall also appoint a First and , Second Vice-Chairman for his precinct?to reside according to rank in his absence?and 'urnish their names to the Secretary of the bounty Executive Committee. 1 Fourth.?"Precinct meetings" shall be held it the several precincts as often, and at such i iines, as the County Executive Committee ] nav appoint; and in the case of emergency, it such time, as the County Chairman may ap- , oiiit. At such meetings all Democrats presnt, who vote at such precinct at the general 1 lection, shall be entitled to vote and other- < vise participate. Working committees shall ] >e appointed at these meetings. i Fifth.?Each Convention and "Precinct neeting" being called to order by the Chair- ( nan, snan ('ipci a owreuu^ uujh tuc uiciiiucxo resent. Sixth.?A majority of the Executive Coin- ' nittee shall constitute a quorum. Each mem- i >er must attend the meetings called, or send i ome person authorized, in vritinij, to repre- j ent him. Seventh.?This affirmation, to be administer- ' (1 to each, and every voter at primary elections Hid elections of delegates, is prescribed, to-wit: 'You affirm, upon your honor, that you are in i ympathy with the Democratic party of York : ounty; that you are entitled to vote, and have ] ict hitherto voted at this election." All oth- r rules for conducting primary elections shall , >e prescribed by the County Executive Comnittee, which shall also fix the time for holding : lections. < Eiyhlh.?The County Convention shall here- ( fter be composed of delegates, of whom wenty, not including members of the Execu- ( ive Committee, shall constitute a quorum, r 2ach member of the Executive Committee hall be entitled to a seat and all other privi- ' fges except a vote, in the Convention. The 1 'ounty Chairman shall preside in all-Couveil- t ions, but shall only he entitled to a casting i 'otewhen there is a tie. Delegates to County . ^inventions shall be elected by ballot, on a day nd between the hours fixed by t lie Executive c vonnnittce. Each member of the Executive 1 'ommittee, for the First or .Second Vice-Chair- ' nan, according to rank, in his absence,) shall ppoint, in ivritiny, three managers of election t or his precinct ; and the appointment, with . lie certificate of the managers as to the perons elected, shall he forwarded to the Sec re- ary of the Executive Committee after the 1 lection. The requisite number of persons re- 1 eiving the highest number of votes, shall be ( he (lekydtes ; and the same number receiving j he next highest number of votes, shall be the > Ik-mutes. In the event of a tie, the managers hall hold a second election two days thereaf- ? it, between the same hours, and a vote be had :I o determine between such persons, without i ounling any vote cast for any other person han those between whom there was a tie. . 'he alternates shall be assigned to the several , elegates immediately after the election, by a loard to consist of the member of the Execu- s ive Committee (or the First or Second Vice- I 'liairman, as the case may be,) the managers t f election and the delegates-elect that may be resent?regard being had to locality and con- , en ienee of communication between delegate . nd alternate. J Hisohril, That the Executive Committee, as j ooii as the registration is complete, re-appor- ( ion the membership for future County Con- t entions for York county, among the several j oting precincts, on this basis: For the first j liirty (30) registered white voters, one deleate : for the next fortv (40). another delegate ; jr the next fifty (o(?), another delegate ; and so s n, in an ascending scale of ten (10) : Provid- ^ /, That should there be a final fraction of . irty (40) or more for any precinct, such pre- ; inct shall be entitled to an additional dele- * ate. d The Secretary having read the Preamble, articles and Resolution to the Convention, apt. Allen Jones moved that they be referred j? .> a committee of live for examination during lie recess for dinner. The motion being sec- o nded, Dr. .1. F. Lindsay moved that Secreta- 1 Hart be added to the commiitee. The f mendment w;is accepted; and the motion being ! ^ ut, was adopted. The Chairman appointed j \ i. If. Massey, F. If. Brown, Dr. W. G. Camp- >> ell, Dr John G. Black, J. C. Chambers and c . W. s. Ilart. le Dr. J. G. Black moved a recess of one hour for dinner. Adopted. Three o'Clock, P. M.?At this hour the <; Convention re-assembled. The Committee 011 > the Preamble, Articles and Resolution offered by Mr. McElwee, reported favorably ; and, on I motion of W. S. Adams, the report was adopt- } ed. 1 On request of D. C. McKinney, the Preamble, Articles and Resolution were again read by the Secretary. Mr. Adams then moved that they be adopted as a whole, which motion, ( being seconded, prevailed. The chair then announced that the next , business in order was the election of the ' County Executive Committee, to consist of one from eacli precinct. For their respective i precincts the following gentlemen were elected by acclamation: Bethany, L. L. Smith. Bethel, J. C. Patrick. ? Blank's Ira Hardin. Blairsville, J. L. Rainey. Butfalo W. D. Camp. Bullock's Creek, John D. Hamilton. Clark's Fork, W. Meek Faulkner. s Clay Hill I). A. A. Watson. \ (Mover W. Beatty Smith. f Coate.s' Tavern, David T. I.essloy. . Fort Mill, B. D. Springs. Hickory Drove, J. C. Chambers. \ McConnelsville, Dr. W. G. Campbell. MclCIwce's Mill, W. S. Aclains. Roek Hill, W. B. Wilson, Jr. 1 Yorkvillo, G. W.S.Hart. 1 The following resolution, offered by Dr. ^ John G. Black, was unanimously adopted : t Itcsolmt, That we heartily favor the Honorable B. H. Massey for Secretary of State, and commend him to the approaching State Convention as a man in every way worthy of ( the office. j The following waa^offered by Capt, Allen j Jones and unanimously adopted : } Rewired, That we are heartily in favor of ( the nomination of Gen. Bratton for Governor. J. C. Witherspoon offered the following, ( which was unanimously adopted : I Rewired, That this Convention endorse | Col. W. B. Wilson for Congress. The following resolutions were offered by Dr. J. F. Lindsay and unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the Convention takes this method of expressing its high appreciation of the eminent services rendered to the Demo- < cratic party of York county by the Hon. I. ] I). Witherspoon, during his terms of office as State Senator, and as County Chairman, ren- , dered vacant on account of his recent eleva- ' tion to the Circuit bench. 5 Rsolccd, That it is the sense of this Conven- i tion that the State, in honoring him, has lion- < ored York county, and that the good people of the county are justly proud of his promotion to the State judiciary. ! John P. Gage offered the following which : was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven- 1 tion, and the Democracy of York county, are ( due and hereby tendered to Capt. W. Beatty ' Smith for the able and satisfactory manner s in which he has discharged the duties of Acting County Chairman. The credentials of the State delegation were then delivered to John S. Bratton, Chairman 1 of the delegation. * No other business being presented, the Con- [ vention adjourned sine die. J SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Confederate bonds were in demand last i Saturday in Charleston at $3 per SI,000. t ? The Piedmont cotton mill at Greenville t has received an order for ?220,000 worth of i goods. i ?Mrs. Clara C. Clylmrn, of Lancaster, nar- t rowly escaped being burned to death by the i explosion of a kerosene lamp on the 11th in- < stant. I for clothing caught fire, but the ^ llanies were extinguished with a pitcher of water before the lady had been badly burned. ? A little colored boy from Santee, about . 10 years of age, has been confined in the ^ Georgetown jail for several weeks on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. In an altercation with another boy of about the i same age he had sei^ejJ an axe and struck him in the head. A few days ago the wounded ^ boy died from the effects of the blow. ( ? Columbia has been visited with an abun- 1 dance of rain. The Reyister says that on Sat- r urday the rain fall was exceptionally heavy, 1 measuring 2.29 inches. For Thursday, Fri- j day and Saturday the total was 3.13 and for a the first twenty days of the month 3.34, mak- { itig a total for the part of the month to date t 15.47 inches. 0 ? Sloan Wade, a negro, was shot last FriJay, on a farm near Santuc in Union county, by his employer, T. E. McGraw, a white man. Wade, it is stated, died subsequently from the wound. McGraw immediately went to Union 1 ind delivered himself to the authorities. The * cause of the shooting is unknown, but is sup- * posed to have originated in a dispute. Mc- t Graw claims to be able to justify his action. * ? A young man from near Screven's Ferry v [)n the South Carolina side of the Savannah Itiver attempted to drown himself by jumping * into the river at Savannah, Ga., last Friday a night. He made two attempts, but was rescued in both instances. He was under the f influence of liquor when he attempted his life, 1 md he had resorted to whisky on account of unrequited love. ? Frank It. Masssey and Joseph W. Wash- 11 ington, colored, of Lancaster, have commenced suit against the Clieraw and Chester Railroad Company for ?300 damages. Ex-Judge ^ 1\ J. Mackev is attorney for the plaintiffs, and } die cause of the action is alleged violation of 1 i contract under which the plaintiffs chartered a train of six cars from the railroad for ixcursion purposes. e ? On Monday of last week the corner-stone g if a new Episcopal edifice was laid in Chester.. I Fhere were no ceremonies, but the articles aken from the corner-stone of the old church t vere, together with other articles, placed in c die new corner-stone. The church will be 25 a iy 40 feet, and will be a frame structure with d t brick foundation. It will be built on the >U1 lot, but will be placed nearer the street, on g i parallel with the residences in the vicinity, g The structure will cost ?1,200. o ? Spartanburg is unfortunate, and is about be only county in the State where the crops C ire not spoken of aft fhe best in many years. I Hie Spartan says: During the last week par- b ial showers fell in various parts of the county, a n many places the drought is doing damage, b Cotton has stopped its growth, and corn is osing every day. For several weeks it has si ieen too dry for seeds to germinate in the a jardens of this place. If there is not a generil rain this week many neighborhoods will be n a bad way. n ? The reunion of the survivors of the Pal- (j netto Rifles which was held near Anderson p ast Friday was an enjoyable affair in every re- y pect. The Hon. 1). Wyatt Aiken, Generals ^ Jratton and Capers were the speakers. About tj wo thousand people attended the celebration, j ...1 .. onlunili.l lvimnn.1 time frivpn tn tll? ?lir_ I i! Iliu il ai'iciiwiu imii\|iiv.v imw ?,?*w.* w v..v j ui rivor.s. A number of prominent citizens were j b; iresent and took part in the celebration. The + j lay was the twenty-first anniversary of the .. irst battle of Manassas, and the memory of 1 hat famous day and the gallant deeds done by h< lie Carolinians, were forcibly recalled to the si ninds of those who fought upon that historic, ni >ut bloody field. Home Enterprise.?-As an evidence of the *r access of home manufacturers, the Greens- **' loro (X. (/.) JiuijJe of last Thursday notes the ollowing shipments of Sergeant Manufactur-1 ^ ng Company, of that town, on the preceding ; ^ lay: j h< One 40-inch Farrar turbine water wheel to a .Iclntosh, Liberty county, Ga., one circular j ai aw mill to Randolph county, one horse power of o Winston, X. C., one cane mill to Randolph i tl ounty, twenty "Tropic" cooking stoves with j in 20 pieces of ware and 80 pieces of pipe to m 'igeon River, X. C., and nine other bills of I is eed cutters, gearing and castings of various j inds to other points in the State. They also 1 a] eceived orders for a 35-inch Farrar turbine to J>0 rive a cotton factoiy in Cleveland county j J. C., another saw mill to go to Randolph j ounty, besides orders for 5 more of their feed j I* utters and two other stoves. I gi LOCAL AFFAIRS. ! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ' ? ). E. Speucer, Intendant?Street Duty. ; 1 V. B. Williams, Conntv Auditor?Township As- < sessors?County Equalization Board. >r. J. C. Patrick?Dental Surgery. V. C. Latimer?Down She Goes." I. H. Glenn, County Chairman?Executive Com- ! mittee. < r. A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?Rob- i ert Davison, Applicant?John McCarter, deceased. ' J. H. O'Leary?Furniture Store?Saddles?Bed 1 Room Sets?Cooking Stoves?Harness, Bri- \ dies, Ac.?Saddlery Hardware. I. M. Adams?Writing Paper?New Goods?Tur- ' nip Seed?Attention! Housekeepers?Jnst I Received. I P. M. Dobson?Great Sensation. FINE RAINS. ! | This section wtis visited with fine rains on ( Saturday and Tuesday. . FINE FRUIT. 1 Mr. William Bradford, who lives six miles louth-west of town, presented us the other (lay with anine line snociinpns of fruit from his '> >rchnr<L The apples were the old-fashion 'Horse apple," grown from trees the scions of vhich he procured from his neighbor Anderson Latham. The trees have been bearing for the . ast six years. Of the specimens given us the argest, which was the largest one on the tree, veighed 15 ounces. The average weight of ;he apples was 8 ounces. STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. By a resolution adopted by the State Demo;ratic Executive Committee, on the 19th of May last, Tuesday the 1st of August next is ;he day appointed for the assembling of the itate Democratic Convention, in the city of Columbia. The time and place of the meeting of the 'Congressional Democratic Convention is yet ;o be determined by the Congressional Executive Committee, composed of the County Chairmen of the several counties embraced in the listrict. PERSONAL MENTION. We were pleased to receive a call, last Thurslay, from Mr. John J. Hull, editor of the Rock Hill Herald. Mr. Hull was in attendince upon the Comrty Democratic Convention. Mr. Hull is a practical newspaper man, and jince his connection with the Herald has made i notable improvement in the management )f that paper. Master Asbury Coward, a wee dot of a boy, laid his respects to the printing oflice last Friday. He left his nurse on the street ana joldly ascended the stairs to the composing ooin to call on one of the compositors, form;rly a cadet at his father's institution, and in miking his rounds of the office disported himself altogether like a little man. SUPREME COURT DECISION. In the suit of It. B. Kennedy, administrator, <rs. S. It. Moore, executor, appealed from the Circuit Court of York county, the Supreme Jourt has rendered a decision affirming the udgment of the Court below. Opinion by tfclver, A. J. This was an action brought by Kennedy, as idministrator, against Moore, executor of the ;state of ,T. S. Moore, deceased, on a note for die payment of which J. S. Moore was one of ;he sureties ; but the plea was made that an mportant alteration was made in the condi;ion of the note after it was executed, and .vithout the knowledge of Moore, one of the sureties. The judgment of the Circuit Court ,vas in favor of the defendant. SERIES OF PRAYER MEETINGS. The Rev. J. L. Tilman, a traveling evangelst endorsed by the Methodist Episcopal Church south, is conducting a series of prayer meetngs in the Methodist church at this place. As the result of his labors in Dallas, the last ssue of the Gastonia Gazette says : An interesting series of meetings has been joing on at Dallas for the past two weeks, con- : lucted by Rev. Mr. Tilman, Methodist, and i lev. A. L. Stough, Baptist. From all infornation it has been characterized by deep se- , iousness and happy results. About forty ionversious, among which there are several nfluential and promising young men. Truly, 1 l great work, in the way of Christianity, has ieen done at Dallas, and we are proud to note ] lie fact. As one of the results of the revival i Young Men's Christian Association was or- ( [anized there 011 Monday night, the 17th infant. CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist?Rev. \V. L. Brown, Pastor. Com- 1 union services in the church at Yorkville at I 04 A. M. Preaching at Union Church, by . he pastor, at 4.30 P. M. It is contemplated , o conduct religious exercises at Union Ihurch every day next week, commencing ! vith the Sunday afternoon service. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, , 'astor. Services in the church at Yorkville, ,t the usual hours, morning and evening. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. jathan, Pastor. There will be no services u this Church next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. . iervices on Saturday night at 81 o'olock. Com- j union services on Sunday. ( Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss, with Rev. J. | V. Keeble vwthvj. Friday?Evening service , t 8? o'clock. Sunday?morning service at ( 04 o'clock ; Sunday School at 5 P. M.; even- ] ng service at 84 o'clock. THE BUILDING BOOM. < Mr. C. G. Parish has broken ground for the < rection of a two-story brick building on Con- i ress street, on the adjoining lot south of the j lank. Mr. 4V. W. Jenkins has given out the con- J ract for building a store house on his lot, i orner of Congress and East Madison streets, ] nd work will be commenced on it at an early i ay. < Mr. T. R. McClain's new residence, on Con- t ress street opposite the Exqcirku office, is 1 oing up rapidly, and when finished will be ( lie of the neatest dwellings in town. i The brick store of Messrs. Hunter, Oates & i !o., on West Liberty street, west of the Court 1 [ouse, is progressing satisfactorily. It is eing built in the most substantial manner, 1 ml when finished will be ai: ornament to the ' usiness houses of the town. (, Besides the above, we understand there are jveral other new houses in contemplation at ; a early day. I CONGRESSIONAL ASPIRANTS. Col. E. B. C. Cash has variously been anounced as an Independent candidate for r. ongress in the First Congressional district; si ut since the first appearance of the item in A le papers he has written to a gentleman of j lis county, declaring himself a candidate in j lis the Fifth Congressional district. From t lis it appears that Col. Cash lives in Chestereld county. For the benefit of buldozers and t ullot-box staffers, it may be well to repeat [ lat the papers say that Col. Cash declares v lat "he will demand a fair election, and will (, old the ballot-box stuffers personally respon uie ir 11ley uuueruiKe to euuiit iuih uin uy i leans of tissue ballots." Per contra to the above, we find the follow- i1 iff card, signed by Col. Cash, under date of a nly 17th, in the papers of Tuesday: j, Editors Sumter Advance: I am sure you a ould not knowingly misrepresent me, and a ?t you do so in your issue of this date. It is t iore than twenty years since I sought or u sld any public position, and I am not now s candidate for Congress from the "First" or c ly other District, not a candidate for any p lice in the gift of the people; nor have I ireatened the managers of elections for count- s: ig me out. Please, sirs, do me the justice to y ake the necessary correction in your next ti sue. u Ex-Judge T. J. Mackey, of Chester, is si so announced as an Independent candidate J5 r Congress?presumably in this district. The following gentlemen are before the j, sople for nomination by the Democratic Con- j; essional Convention : Cen. Wr. L. T. Prince, )t' Chestelield ; Col. T. Stobo Farrow, of Spartanburg; (Jen. Jolin 13. Erwin and Col. John I). Wylie, of Lancaster; .John J. Ilemplill, Esq., of Chester ; and Col. W. B. Wilson, >f York. UNION COUNTY CONVENTION. In the Democratic Convention of Union1 jounty, last Monday, Mr. Wni. Jeffries, who ; was elected at the Convention 011 the Oth of j June as a delegate to the Congressional Contention, sent in his resignation to the Conven- j [ion as lie is in that part of Union county in-1 duded in the Fifth Congressional District, Lmt on motion of Mr. II. J.. Coss, the delegates from the Fifth Congressional District in Union county selected two delegates to represent them in the Congressional Convention of that district, one to fill Mr. Jeffries' place and one additional. The delegation from Union county to both Congressional Conventions of the Fourth and Fifth districts were completed as follows : Glenn 1). Peake, J. G'. Hunter, II. S. Peaty, with W. T. Litllejohn, John C. Richards and I). P. Duncan as alternates for the Fourth District Congressional Convention, and John R. Jeffries and T. M. Littlejohn, with Wm. R. Hughs and Xewton Littlejohn as alternates to the Congressional Convention of the Fifth district. Col. I. G. McKissick was endorsed for Congress from the Fourth Congressional district. wmmmmm?mmmmmmmmM STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? The two factions of the Democratic club at Anderson are unable to reconcile their differences, and the split, which is over municipal matters, promises to be permanent. ? The Chester Democratic Convention, which met on Monday of last week, was a harmonious gathering of the Democracy. Delegates to the State Convention were instructed to support Gen. Bratton for Governor, and J. J. Hemphill, Esq., of Chester, was endorsed for Congress. ? The Lancaster County Democratic Convention assembled last Monday and elected the following delegates to the State Convention : Ira B. Jones, Dr. C. C. Welsh and Col. T. F. Cleburne. The Convention also elected the following delegates to the Congressional Convention : Maj. B. F. Miller, J. F. Gregory, M. J. Hough, J. R. Massey, J. M. Caskey and A. W. Heath, all of whom will support Gen. J. 11 "Rru'in for Cmnrress* ? The Union Times has authority for stating that It. B. Lyons, of Union county, is not now, never has been and it is not probable that lie ever will be a candidate for Congress; and furthermore he warns every newspaper Editor, Reporter, Publisher and devil that he will take the last button from thtfm or him, in a suit for slander, if they dare again to represent that he is desirous of taking a seat among such a God forsaken set as now control Congress. ? Says the Bamberg Chronicle of Thursday: "While in Charleston last week, we were informed by a member of a Democratic club in ward 3 that great efforts would be made by said club to send to the State nominating convention a delegation favoring the nomination for Governor of an independent candidate, naming at the time Col. E. B. C. Cash ! We would suggest to the members that they tie mill stones about their necks and plunge into the briny waters of the Ashley or Cooper River instead of making any such idiotic attempts as mentioned above." ? Georgetown being in the black district, the Democratic convention recently adopted the following: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that it would be the course of wisdom for the Democratic party of the 7th Congressional District to make no nomination for member of Congress; trusting that as the Republican party is in a large majority in the 7th District that they will feel the responsibility of having a proper representation and will select a candidate who will inteligently represent the material and other interests of this District." ? Says the Augusta Chronicle: Mr. Tillman's speech in his own defence was a noble one and must have caused a great sensation, lie completely put down Horr, the end man of the Republican party. The gerrymander of South Carolina Congressional Districts is nothing to what any Eastern or Western State would undertake in case vast hordes of unfriendly negroes massed themselves politically against the whites. If the next house be Democratic, Mr. Tillman will turn the tables on his present prosecutors. He will return to Washington and have a grand vindication in the 48th Congress. Meanwhile the rotten Republican craft is welcome to the fellow who but for Wade Hampton's clemency would be garbed in striped garments and an inmate of the penitentiary. For llio Yorkville Enquirer. THE "NEW COUNTY" PROJECT. IIiCKOitY Grove, S. C., July 24: Editor of the Enquirer : As there is some talk and a little excitement over the proposd new county with Gaffney City as the county-seat, I think it not out of place to give the views upon the subject of those people residing in York county who, by the success cf this scheme, would be moved into a new home without their consent. The present boundary of the western side :>f York county? Broad River?is the natural cue and should never be changed, and will not be changed, if the will of the people is regarded. To make the proposed change, according to i map of the "New County," which 1 have seen, would subject a large portion of the taxpayers of York to great inconvenience, who low have easy access to their Court-house; causing them to have a much farther distance 0 travel, with, at times, an impassable river :o cross in order to get to the proposed new 3ourt-hou.se. This of itself, is a sufficient eason to make "Western York "kick," to say lothing of the enormous extra tax we would lave to pay. . The Gaffney City people, however, are pro'use with fair promises and talk very kindy. They say that the river shall be no cause >f trouble to us; that it shall be bridged over, tc., when the new county is formed. This is 1 kind offer, indeed; and right there the oke comes in. Their kind proposition to mild a bridge acoss Broad River reminds me if the old negro when the preacher said Adam ind Eve were the first persons created and vere propped up against the fence to dry. fhe old negro naturally inquired, "If Adam md Eve were de first persons, in de world, ,iQ fuiina V Vmu' I wntihl ask our V IIU UK I IV UV IV UVV- . - _ isilTney city friends, who will build that nidge, 'ion or we * I believe they have rather ixed upon Smith's Ford as a suitable place o build the bridge. J3ut have the promoters of the scheme, ever bought what it would cost to build a suita- < ile bridge across Broad Kiver? Of course | he bridge would be built with the people's ( noney, and we of Western York would be , ompelled to pay our pro rata share. I When we take into consideration the build- , ng of this bridge, which would be a large j nil expensive structure; a new Court-house ; ; . jail and other necessary and expensive pub- j ic buildings?not forgetting the poor house j nd lands to support it?and all other fixtures lid surroundings essentially required "to run first-class county according to modern ideas ] nd improvementsthe cost and trouble of ransferring records; the special tax already pon us: taking all these matters into con- f ideration, and pray tell me where this new 1 ounty project would land our Western York eople V f Another consideration : Let us not lose j t iglit of the fact that it is sought to saddle us t ,'itli an enormous tax for the benefit of a few i s raders and speculators in Gaffney City. Let! i s not be be so easily gulled by this insidious ! i dieme, but light it "tooth and toe-nail," i i nowing its success would be detrimental t j our interests in every way, shape and form. {l It is encouraging to note the fact that 111 ave not seen a single tax-payer south of t king's Creek who does not oppose the change. } I Western York. 11 CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. In the Senate on the 17th, Air. Harms, of Tennessee, presented a memorial of the Cotton Exchange, of Memphis, for the abolition of duty on cotton ties. The committee of conference on the legislative, judicial and executive appropriation bill reported that they had failed to agree. Allison stated that the conference had agreed upon nearly every item in the bill, the main point of difference being as to the rale of compensation to be paid House and Senate employees. The House insisted that it had the right to declare what should be the number and salaries of Senate employees. The whole of the conferees on the part of the Senate asserted that that body was the best judge of the character of its employees, their compensation and the number necessary to transact business. After a long discussion the conference report was agreed to and a conference committee consisting of Allison, Dawes and Davis of West Virginia was appointed. The consideration of the internal revenue bill was resumed, and nendintr the dis cussioii of an amendment reducing the tax on manufactured tobacco to twelve cents per pound, the Senate went into executive session and then adjourned. In the House, under the call of States, a number of bills were introduced. Sir. Cox. submitted a resolution requesting the President to insist on the release of the remaining American citizens imprisoned by the British government under a suspension of law in Ireland, particularly in the case of I). Sweeny, of California. A sharp personal colloquy ensued between Mr. Hewitt, of New York, and Mr. Itulieson, of New Jersey, the origin being in a charge preferred by Hewitt that ltobeson had revised one of his speeches for publication in the Record, and injected in it words and assertions which he was not bold enough to utter on the floor of the House. Hewitt demanded that the offensive sentences be ordered stricken from the Record, but the speaker declined to so order. In the Senate on the ISth, an executive session was held from 11.30 A. M., until 4.55 P. M., after which the internal revenue bill was discussed. In the House, a joint resolution was passed extending to the 31st of July the provisions of the joint resolution of the 30th of June, providing temporarily for the expenses of the government. The contested election case of Smalls against Tillman, from South Carolina, was taken up, and the debate was opened by Wait, of Connecticut, in a speech in favor of tlu> !int :it flip rnnnliisiinn nf which the House adjourned. ^ In the Senate on the 19th, the revenue tax bill was resumed, the question being the amendment olTered by Mr. Beck reducing the tax 011 tobacco to twelve cents per pound. After some discussion the amendment was agreed to, by a vote of 29 to 20?the amendment to go into effect on and after the 1st of January, 1SH3. The Senate passed a joint res- . olution continuing appropriations for the last fiscal year to July 31st, and adjourned with a motion pending, offered by Vorhees, to strike froin the revenue bill the proposed reduction in taxes on bank capital, deposits and checks. In the House, the contested case of Smalls vs. Tillman was resumed, and after the usual display of Republican tactics in such cases, Smalls was declared entitled to the seat, and escorted by Wait, of Connecticut, he appeared at the bar of the House and took the oath of office. The Alabama case of Smith vs. Shelly was then taken up and decided?yeas 145, nays 1; and Ranney, of Massachusetts, having taken the floor, the House at 5.30 adjourned. In the Senate, on the 20th, after some unimportant business, Morrill moved to proceed with the revenue tax bill, and Hale supplemented this with a motion to take up the naval appropriation bill. The motion to take op the tax bill prevailed. The pending amendment was that of Voorhees to strike- out the provision repealing the taxes on bank capital and deposits, bank checks, drafts, &c. After a lengthy debate the amendment was rejected? 15 to 41. The Senate committee amendment , to the first section as amended, by the reduction of the tax on tobacco, was then agreed to? 9 39 to 9?and the question recurred on the remainder of the section. The portion adopted fixes the tax on manufactured tobacco after January 1st, 1SS3, at twelve cents per pound and provides that the repeal of taxes on the capital and deposits of banks and bankers shall affect such taxes as are now due, and that the repeal of the stamp tax on bank checks, drafts, orders and vouchers shall not take effect until October 1st, next. In the House the Alabama contested case of Smith vs. Shelly was resumed, and after several siippcIips a resolution was arlonted declaring the seat vacant. In the Senate on the 21st, Mr. Butler, rising to a question of personal privilege, remarked that lie observed in the Record this morning that a person in another place in discussing the contested election cases had made a wanton attack 011 his character and committed a breach of parliamentary privilege for which he was not called to order. lie would not at this late day be betrayed into a controversy with this individual whose acquaintance he had never had the misfortune to make, but would rather leave him to the judgment and contempt of all honorable men for attacking another in a forum in which he could not be answered, and, under cover of the privileges of that forum, declining to allow a correction of the falsehoods he was uttering or his garbling of evidence, perversion of truth and falsification of the record. He (Butler) had withstood the mastiffs of the Republican party in the past and could afford to dismiss with this brief notice the yelpings of this cur of low degree. The name of this creature, he believed was Samuel II. Miller, Republican, of Pennsylvania, a member of the House Elections ^ Committee. The conference leport on the river and harbor appropriation bill was then presented, and after considerable debate, agreed to. The House amendment to the Senate amendment to the pension appropriation bill was agreed to, and the bill goes to the President. The Senate soon after 4 o'clock resumed the consideration of the revenue tax bill. Upon Bayard's suggestion snuff was included in the provision already adopted lixing the rate on manufactured tobacco at 12 cents per pound without further action and without considering the matter the Senate adjourned. In the House the conference report on the river and harbor bill was presented. The report was a disagreeing one, and the committee was discharged and a new one appointed. A further conference was also ordered 011 the general deficiency appropriation bill. In the Senate, 011 the 22nd, the committee 011 appropriations reported back the House bill directing the payment to Mrs. Lucretia J?. Garfield, of fifty thousand dollars, less any sum already paid on account of the late President's salary. Passed. Ilale presented the conference report 011 the deficiency, bill. The only disagreement was upon mileage and the Senate insisted upon its position on this point and ordered a new conference. The Senate took up the revenue bill, and, without debate, voted down the amendment offered by Beck to retain the taxes on perfumery, medicinal preparations and other articles in Schedule A of section :f,4:l7 of the Revised Statutes. The vote was a party one?20 to 21)?Davis, of Illinois, voting 110 with the Republicans. Other amendments affecting the tobacco interests were debated until adjournment. In the House, the floor was accorded to the . .. Committee 011 i>ostoUice and post roads. The first bill called up was that providing that the postage on second-class publications deposited in a letter carrier office, for delivery by its cartiers shall be uniform at two cents per pound. ' Passed. The next bill passed was one making it punishable by fine and imprisonment to jiersonate postolHee inspectors. The following bills were also passed: Making it a misdemeanor for any postal official to do any act forbidlen by any law relating to the postal seervice; ! /-? limiioh linufiitnslpi'Q fnr milL'ilnr flprtifi. 2ates of the arrival and departure of mails ; providing that 110 bidder for mail service on my route shall be required to furnish with his jid or proposal a check or draft ; a supplemental post route bill was also passed. Adjourned. Tjik Tillman-Smalls Case.?The C'hareston News and Courier comments as follows m the recent ousting of Mr. Tillman and the seating of Smalls as one of the Congressional representatives from South Carolina: "The expulsion of Mr. Tillman was a forerone conclusion, and the unscrupulous asser,ions of the member of the elections eommitee ought not to blind the public to the circumstances of the case. In order to figure out a najority for Smalls, the committee disfran:hises the whole of the voters of one county, md whittles down the vote in other counties ;o conform to the imaginings of witnesses of iroved untrustworthiness. The committee md the House of Representatives are supposed ,0 form their conclusions from the evidence jefore them. They are false to their obligaions when they go outside the record, and