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Scraps and ^acts. ? Last Wednesday is said to have been the biggest day for stock transactions ever seen in the stock exchange in New York. Over 850,000 shares of stock changed hands within the five hours session of the board. ? A party of about sixty persons, converts to the Mormon faith, passed through Atlanta, Thursday, en route to Utah Territory, where they will hereafter reside. They were led by a full fledged Mormon apostle, who gathered them together in the Carolinas and Georgia. ? It is estimated that the cotton crop of this year will reach 7,000,000, the largest ever raised in the history of the country. That of last year was 5,435,000 bales, and that of the year before was 280,000 bales, being the largest ever preuueeu uown 10 mat time. ? One of the hottest fought party battles in Congress this winter will probably be o\'er the admission of Dakota in the Union. Its admission as a state means two more Republican Senators, another'Republican Congressman, aiid three Republican votes in the Electoral College in 1884. ? Mr. Sylvanus Miller, a well-known manufacturer, of Urbana, Ohio, who has all his life l?een an avowed infidel and atheist, died on Monday last. When on his death-bed he renounced Ingersoll and his teachings, and professed the Christian faith, lie said that Ingersoll's religion was good enough to live by, but not good enough to die with. ? The New York Herald favors the annihilation of the internal revenue laws, not only because the country can afford it, but because it will retire an army of spies, gaugers and electioneering busy-bodies, at a saving of five million dollars annually. The Government can be run economically for two hundred and fifty million dollars. A judicious simplification of the tariff would inevitably follow. ? One of the strangest tales told of late is that the now celebrated ufalse propheC of the Soudan is an American ex-slave. It is said that he is the same man who offered to send Abraham Lincoln a regiment of Bedouins for service in the late war. It is certainly true that the wife of the grand shereef of Morocco is an English-woman. One of the most unexpected places to find an American ex-slave, is as a leader of Moslem hosts. ? A bill has been introduced in the Georgia legislature making it a crime to bet on elections. During the heated contest in the Seventh, so the story runs, a certain young lawyer in Cartersville was tempted to bet on Felton's election. He felt confident that big money was to be won, and he went in for high stakes. Having no ready cash he wagered his comfortable little home, all he had in the world, and impatiently awaited the result. IT. 1 J_ ne lost. ? A Fensacola dispatch of Saturday says : Within the last four days there lias been only one death directly traceable to yellow fever, that of a sailor from a vessel in the harbor. A few new cases have occurred. Only two of the cases now existing are believed to be serious. The board of health has only two nurses on duty. The physicians and the board of health from caution hesitated to advise absentees to return, but the streets are full of them. Business lias resumed its ordinary asl?ect. ? Tburlow Weed, the veteran journalist, died in New York on Wednesday morning. A contemporary of Greeley, Seward and other founders of the Republican party, he acted a conspicuous part in the struggles which resulted in its ascendency. In his latter years he was overshadowed by younger men, and ceased to exert any positive influence on his party. Though loyal to the Republican party, he was opposed to the "bossisin" and corrup tion which have been so conspicuous for some years, and which gained control of that party. It was this opposition, no doubt, that caused him to be without any appreciable influence. -- Frank James, the highwayman, was conveyed, from Independence to Kansas City last Monday, and on his arrival at the latter place was taken at once to the court house. He was in charge of a single officer, deputy marshal Kirsh. A large crowd had gathered at Grand Avenue depot to witness his arrival, but when the train reached the station the marshal and his prisoner alighted on the opi?osite side from rl/iwrt* on/l n-cii'o hlnnl/Q nivMi* Vipfnrp if. I I IC (IllU M VIV VHV vivvou I* u %wj w*v* V .V was discovered by the eager throng. Meeting a carriage they entered it and were driven to the court house, where James was taken in charge by the jailor. Pending his arraignment he was taken to the waiting room, where a number of curious ones were introduced. ? A Washington dispatch of Monday says that Thomas L. Tulloch, who has for several years occupied the position of disbursing officer in the Postoffiee in Washington, was, on last Saturday, appointed postmaster in place of P. D. Ainger, removed. It is also rumored in Washington that the President will shortly make several more removals of Federal officeholders for impeding the course of justice in the Star-route cases. Among the names mentioned in connection with the rumored removals are those of District Attorney Corkhill, Oth auditor Elijah Burnside and Register Ramsdell. Brewster Cameron and James Young, the present chief clerk of the department of justice, are spoken of as likely to succeed Marshal Ilenry. It is this, probably, that has induced Attorney-General Brewster to draw un another indictment of liradv and his co-conspirators in the Star Route steal, and promise the nation another farsical trial of these plunderers of the public treasury. ? While the workmen who are engaged in digging away the foundation of the old postottice, formerly the old Dutch Church, at Nassau and Cedar streets, New York, they came upon a place in the floor of one of the vaults which was covered with boards. Upon these being removed there was a round pit about five feet square bricked up on all sides. The pit was filled with numberless skulls and human bones piled in promiscuous confusion. Up to 1 o'clock sixteen skulls and five boxes of bones were taken out of the pit, and then it had only been dug about two feet down. It is not known yet how deep the pit is or how many skeletons it contains. The presence of the vault was entirely unknown to any one, and the church had no record of it. The discovery has created quite an excitement around tlj? neighborhood, and the streets near are blocked with curious sight-seers. The bones are believed by some to be the remains of Americans who were confined during the revolutionary war in the old sugar house. ? The New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute of Boston closed its annual fair last Friday. The exhibits of Southern products there, notably those presented by the Richmond and Danville, Chesapeake and Ohio, Tennessee Air-Line, Georgia Pacific and other Southern railroads awakened so great an interest among Northern manufacturers that the Institute has decided to set apart for the use of Southern exhibitors at its annual fair a snace of from oOJXH) to 00,000 square feet or more if applied for. The society hopes that future exhibitions will be arranged by States rather than as those by railroad companies. John M. Little, John F. Wood and F. W. Griffin, chairman, treasurer and secretary respectively of the Institute arc now visiting the South with the object of endeavoring by personal efforts to secure the active co-operation of the Governors aud Legislatures of States interested in products so largely used Jn Northern manufactures. These gentlemen carry credentials to the commissioners of agriculture of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Governor Stephens of Georgia, Governor Javis of North Carolina, and other prominent Southerners. ? It is reported in diplomatic circles at Washington that the Argentines and Brazil-1 ians are about to go to war. The question j at issue between the two governments is the same that has kept South American States in j a condition of turmoil throughout the greater | part of their existence. It is a question of j boundary. There is a large tract of territory i called "the Missions," which has been held J practically by the Argentine Confederation | for a great many years. Brazil has set up a ; claim, which has never been abandoned, that j ^ territory is part of its possession. The } ^ie controversy is a confusion in the j o'fthfSHjv? rivers. There are two streams >^yame name, one of which is south thoi^iEfitory and the other north, j s the northern river iuihSL ?uthei?;r^Ws^razil claims that it fnnHnrr o J3 putt,ng thelNi^rted that the S.!n are Purchasing wahLon a war Jand with a view to pending hostilSiiui Eng- i thS tCn?f men?e ? auy timo- ^ is undefcSiJi ters offices of the American minT^ orofW^ ,-fkS ftC V-e S?vernments will be piofftrred with the view of settling the difficulty without resort to arms. It is not ex pccted, however, that efforts will result in a very long postponement of the war. ?A Chicago letter says: There is a touch of ; painful sadness in the outcome of the Garfield I tragedy as it relates to the Scovilles. A few ! years ago George tV. Scoville was a prosper- j ous lawyer and respected citizen here. His; wife was regarded as a woman of intellectual-! i ity and possessing talent of a high andestima- \ ble order. Through the entire lamentable af-! fair, by gradual degrees, t he family has reach- i ed a most deplorable condition. The vilest j i scandals have been connected with both mau ; and wife; the Jiome relations ha velteeji ruthless- j i ly broken up, and to-day the husband stands j | here without character or position, while the ' wife adjudged insane is a fugitive in Canada, i j It should be remembered by the whole public i i that these people were in no manner resi>onsi- j j ble for the great tragedy of the century, and I ' yet through some mysterious law of unjust, ' i "though possibly divine compensation, they j ! have been the direct sufferers. Any one pos- j : sessing a kindly heart or a generous nature j could not but feel a certain degree of real pity ; | that these people, guiltless of the remotest; : participation in Guiteau's crime, have been i dealt with by fate so harshly, especially when J j those high in public note and esteem, and who j j will stand in history as morally responsible i i for the calamitous sequence of a poor fool's act j i are fattening in place and upon power which ! ! it gave. . | Ihc AJarfctillc ?ti(|uircf. YORK VILLE. S. C.: j THURSDAY MORNING. NOV. 30, 1882 How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give postoffice, countv and State, in full, ami send the amount of the subscription by draft or post- j office money order, or enclose the money in a j registered letter. Postage.?The Kmuihkk is delivered free j of postage to all subscribers residing in York j county, who receive the paper at post-offices j within the county; and to all other subscribers j the postage is paid by the publisher. Our sub- j scribers, no matter where they receive the paper, | are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at j the post-otlicc here, without additional charge to ! the subscriber. j Hatch the Figure*.?The date on the "ad- j dress-label'' shows the time to which the sub- ; scripiion is paid. If subscribers do not wish j their papers discontinued, the date ,nuxt be lejtt j in advance. C'axh.?It must be distinct) v understood that i our terms for subscriptions, advertising and job- 1 ! work, arc cash in advance. Mr. J. L. Simmons is our authorized agem j ! for receiving subscriptions and advertisements j in the town ol' <'hestcr. THE STATE ELECTION. The State Board of Canvassers have tabula- j ted the returns of the votes cast in the various j counties for the candidates for State officers . with the following results : For Governor: Hugh S. Thompson U7,15S J. Hendrix MeLane 17.719 j Thompson's majority j For Lieutenant-Governor : John C. Slieppard <17.UH7 I Rohert 1>. White 17,279 j Sheppard's majority 49.ku9 ! For Secretary of State : J. N. Lipscoml | Thomas Raskins I .**,194 j I Lipscomb's majority ill,JOG For Attorney-GeneraI: Ch. Richardson Miles (M.iifll C. Raring Farmer i:t,I10 Miles' majority 51,581 j For Treasurer: J. 1'. Richardson 64,tW0 | W. II. Stanton ft,097 i Riehardson's majority .51,503 | For Comptroller-General: ' W. E. Stoiicy i*4,72I i Simeon Corley 1:5.095 j Stonev's majority 51 ,i>20 j For Superintendent of Education : Asburv Coward t>4,71G I. 1). Durham lH.oso Coward's majority.. 51,0Hti i For Adjutant and Inspector < leneral : A. M. Manigault f>4,70fi j Julius DeJongli 13,001 J Manigault's majority 51,1145 Theotficial canvass of the votes polled for j. Congressmen in the different districts gives j the following results: Frst District?Dibble, Dein., a majority of: 2,109 over Campbell, Ind. Second District?Tillman, Dem., a majority J of 5,908, over Brayton, Rep., and Duncan, i j Greenbacker. rni.*?i 4 ~ 1. J.I11IU XSlSiriCb lYlKCII, JLSCU1., cv mrtjuill.} Ul | of 7,508 over Russell, Greenback-Repub. Fourth District? Evins, Dem., a majority j of 7,074 over Elkins, Greenback-Repub. Fifth District?Hemphill, Dem., a majority j of 2,047 over Cash, Ind. Sixth District?Dargan, Dem., a majority of 4,023 over Deas, Repub., and Bowen, Greenbacker. Seventh District?E. W. M. Mackey, white Repub., a majority of 8,452 over sain Lee, colcolored Repub. The majority in favor of the constitutional j amendment relating to the disqualification of electors is 54,423. The majority in favor of the constitutional amendment relating to the time of holding elections is 58,562. The i majority against the constitutional amendment relating to new counties is 0,323. The Columbia correspondence of the Xcws | nnd Courier, from which we condense the j above, says under date of last Friday : The question involving the legality of the ; elections held for clerk of court, sheriff, and j coroner in several of the counties of the 8tate j came up before the State Board of Canvassers | i to-day. Some time ago Attorney-General j | Youmans announced it as his opinion that mi- j ! der the statute no election could be held this i i year for clerk of court in any other counties J , than Berkeley, and that no election for coro- j ! ner and sheriff could be held in any other conn-1 | ties than Berkeley, Darlington and Hampton, j j In spite of this opinion elections were held j j in Hampton, Edgefield, H'orry and Kershaw | I counties for clerk of court and in Kershaw j i county for coroner. The question as to the j j legality of these elections came up to-day. In ; ! Edgefield county Mr. James C. Williams, in j ! Hampton county Mr. W. ,J. Causey, in Ilorry ! j county Mr. Julius Anderson, and in Kershaw j I county Mr. C. Clyburn were candidates for j clerk of the court at the recent election and i were declared elected by the county canvassj crs. In Kershaw county Mr. John R. Goodale i was elected coroner. Before the board of canj vassers to-day Mr. Clyburn appeared in peri son, Messrs. Williams and Cheatham, the. con | testing parties in Edgefield county, in person ;: I and by counsel, and Air. Anderson, of Horry j | county, by counsel, Mr. Simkins appearing for ! Mr. Williams and Col. F. W. McMa'ster for I Mr. Anderson. In presenting the case of his client Mr. I Simkins contended that the Constitution fixed the term of office for clerk of court at four ( years and that the Legislature could not interfere with it. Mr. Cheatham, the present incumbent of the office of clerk of court for Edgefield county, was elected in 1878. Col. McMaster argued for the Horry con- ! testant upon the same general line, and con- ; tended that the Legislature could not change the term of office of officers elected under the k Constitution without violating their constitu- ; tional rights. After discussing the points involved in these < cases the board of canvassers disposed of the matter by adopting a resolution to the effect ' that elections for clerk of court in counties i other than Berkeley, Darlington and Hampton ' aud for sheriff in counties otherthan Berkeley, Darlington and Hampton were not held in ac- s cordance with the statute laws and are illegal. The cases arising out of the elections for c clerk of court in Horry and Edgefielu counties ( ^ill very likely lie taken to the Supreme Court r iivfaSUgued uiwn the constitutional questions j unanimhhJ^e b?ar(l ?f canvassers were not *j involved.^"^stheir views upon the questions j( SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Baptist State Convention was in ses-! sion last week in Darlington. ? Among the prisoners in jail at Anderson awaiting trial are three charged with murder. ? The ferryman at Chappell's, in Newberry county, was drowned on Tuesday of last week. ? Tiic Sumter Advance says that Sam Lee will not contest the seat of E. W. M. Mackey, as has been report ed by several pai>ers. ? Mr. E. G. Boylston has been tried and acquitted at the Barnwell Court of the murder of .1. A. Scott in February last. ? The Hon. Robert W. Barnwell died at his residence in Columbia, last Saturday afternoon, in the 83rd year of his age. ? Two boxes of firearms arrived one day last week from the North, consigned to the Rev. A. Webster, a Republican leader of Orangeburg. Supposed to be delayed election matter. ? E. Hyman, the man who shot and killed the notorious Fannie Cochran in Charleston uii Monday of last week, has been formally committed to jail charged with murder. ? Rice and Coleman, contractors, have a large force at work on the Greenwood, Laurens . and Spartanburg Railroad in their camp five j miles below Spartanburg. ? The Columbia Jtefiiskr says it has been j definitely decided that Governor Thompson j and the newly-elecied State officers shall be j inducted into office on Tuesday the f?th of De-! ceinber. The ceremonies will be imposing.' ? One set of Democratic managers and one Radical Supervisor have been arrested in Charleston for election offences. The Democrats were relieved on their own recognizance, the case being based on their refusal to allow j a black convict to vote. ? The Carolina Spartan says it was not the j fence law tflat drove the hogs out of that j county ; but it was lien corn at sM.oO per bush- j el. That would soon drive out the cows, then j the horses, then the then the people j will have to go too or perish. ? Says the Newlterry Herald.: The defeat of the new County Amendment was a severe blow to aspiring politicians. There were many who favored the movement from good motives: but the basis of the matter was political aspiration. ? The Barnwell Railroad has been comple-1 ted. Trains now run into the town regularly. The material for the Barnwell and Blackville j telegraph line lias l>een received at the latter j place, and a force of laborers is engaged in J clearing the right of way preparatory to its i erection. ? The Aiken It reorder expresses the reasonable hoi>ethat the Legislature will frame a law providing for the payment, by the State, of all the necessary excuses incidental to the elections. It says truly that the elections are held for the benefit of the entire population, and that the State should, therefore, pay the expenses. ? On account of the great crops in Abbeville county it has been necessary to build new corn en us 111 every neignDornoou ims inn. .More have been built than were constructed during the previous ten years. Thousands of gaUons of sorghum syrup have been made and hundreds of families have enough molasses, corn, i wheat and oats to last them until next fall. ? The State Hoard of Canvassers threw out the vote polled at Lancaster Courthouse. Under the?new election law only one polling precinct is allowed at Lancaster ; but the commissioners of election opened two precincts, and the canvassers threw out the whole vote at Lancaster, not being able to determine which was the legal and which the illegal poll. ? It has just transpired that Professor E. W. Riemann has been engaged in forging school certificates in Lexington county. lie did his work very adroitly, and made good his escape before hisoi?erations were detected. Riemann was regarded as an able scholar and an upright man. The extent of his forgeries is ascertained to be ?1,170.25. ? The United States District Court, which was to have convened in Columbia last Monday, lias been adjourned, by order of Judge Bond, until next Monday. It is not probable that the election cases lying over from the last term will be taken up. There will probably be a few cases relating to the election, mainly alalleged violations of law in the registration of j voters. ? George Graham, a young colored man, was burned to death in Sumter, November 21. He was visiting some colored women who live in Hie yard of Mr. W. ]J. Peebles, and while sitting before the fire suddenly fell forward and was fatally burned. The other inmates of the house claim to have been asleep at the time, ! and on awakening found him in a prone posi- j tion upon the fire. It is supposed he fell in the fire in a fit of epilepsy. ? Says the Lancaster Ledger of Thursday : At last something is being done toward the building of the railroad bridge across the Catawba River. Capt. Dwight, the civil engineer of the road, was engaged last week in j surveying the river and sounding the depth where it is proposed to cross. lie says that if I the work of construction is commenced at once that in less than six months the bridge can be | completed. 80 mote it be ! ? Gov. Ilagood has offered a reward of 8500 ' for the apprehension and conviction of the ! person or persons who placed the obstructions j on the track of the Charlotte, Columbia and i Augusta Railroad near Leesvillethat wrecked ; a train and caused the death of Thomas Mitch- { ell. A reward of 8100 is also offered for the j apprehension and conviction of any person who | may lately have placed obstructions upon the j track of any railroad in the State in violation j of the statute prohibiting the same. ? The Chester Reporter of last week says : j On Thursday of last week Mr. .las. G. Mc-' Alilev, while engaged in ginning cotton on his j plantation on Sandy River, had his arm caught in the machinery, and very seriously lacerated, from the ends of the fingers to the elbow, lie was removed to his residence in town on'Friday, when medical attention was promptly i rendered, and lie is getting on as well a? could | be expected, considering the serious nature of | his injuries. ? At the last session of the Legislature a | special Act was passed forbidding the sale of j intoxicating liquors in the Town of Chester. I On November 1">, Major S. P. Hamilton se-1 cured a writ from the Supreme Court requir- j ing the town council of Chester to show cause j on the 27th instant why peremptory mandam-1 us should not issue to compel them to hold an ! election under the local option law passed by j tho last Legislature, upon the ground that the |; fourth section of the local option law and the ;; special Act forbidding the sale of liquor in 1 Chester are unconstitutional, and should be! set aside. The question was argued before the ! Supreme Court last Monday, Major Hamilton j for the relators, Major E. C. McLure for the ! ] Town Council, and Mr. A. G. Price for sundry ! < citizens of Chester. 1' . . .... . + i < NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. j. ? The X. C. Conference of the M. E. C'hnrch. i i 1 1 south, will convene in Raleigh on the Oth of , < December next. Bishop Keenan will preside. < ? Capt. "W. T. R. Bell lias been spoken of as a j ^ suitable person to fill the President's chair of 1 Trinity College, made vacant by the recent i j leath of Dr. Craven. ? The leading prize of the Eastern Field : 1 Trials Club at High Point was won by "Don," ; J i Richmond dog. lie was sold for $200, and 1 lie purchaser refused a half hour afterwards to ( sell him for SI,000. L ? The suit of Mrs. W. G. Mathews vs. Car-11 ilina Central Railroad, which has been pen- j -i ling in Wilmington, has been concluded. I 1 The case was tried In the Federal Court before j fudges Bond and Seymour, who reserve their ! ^ lecision till December 1st. The case attracted | v nueh attention, as the value of the railroad ' t I securities involved amounts to over $2,000,000. ! ? The Reidsville Time* of last week says that i "the stockholders of the Midland N. C. Hail- i road, to run from Danville by way of Madison i and Germanton to Charlotte, recently held a ' meeting and are reported to be in good heart at the prospect of building their road. The Virginia Midland is going to put it through after commencing operations next year, in short order.?Says the Shelby Aurora: Ann .lane Barrett who bravely defended and rescued her paramour Evans from death, has not yet been j captured for killing .lames Queen who attack- j ed Evans with a razor. For her unholy love and sinful life, we have no sympathy, for she violated the laws of God and man. We wish not to throw the glamour of romance and fiction over her meretricious charms and wicked life. In her terrible and bloody deed, she showed a woman's love and heroism to save the life of her paramour. At the risk of her own life, she rushed. Pocahontas like, to his aid and slew her paramour's assailant with a deadly blow on the head. GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES. ? The Congressmen recently elected will not j take their seats until one year, on the first j Monday in December, 188.1. The present j members will soon convene, in two weeks, at ; Washington. ? Mr. Oalkings, of Indiana, chairman of the House committee of elections, says that in the contested election case of Lee versus Richardson, from South Carolina, the majority of the committer will report in favor of Mr. Richardson. ? Senator Call, of Florida, says that the seat of Bisbee, Republican, (in the new House, from the Second Florida District, will be contested by Gen. Finley on the ground that ! Bisbee's majority was obtained by colonizing voters. ? Mr. Jtobie, the Republican Governor elect of Maine, is quoted as saying that Maine is solidly Republican now, but "the people are watching, and future success depends upon how parties act. The people are now in that state of mind which leads them to do right, whatever party champions it." ? Politicians are beginning to discuss the probabilities of a call for an extra session of the Senate next spring. David Davis' time as United State Senator expires next March, and that leaves the country without a VicePresident unless an extra session be called to elect a President of the Senate. ? Corrected election returns show that the Democrats have gained 15 and the Republicans 10 (including Malione's 5) Congressmen in the South, re-apportionment giving us 25 new districts. The next. Congress will stand 194 Democrats to 129 Republicans and 2 Independents. Democratic majority over all Gil. ? Tiie Washington correspondent of the New Orleans Times-Democrat Informs that paper that .1." Hendrix MeLaue and ex-.Jiidge Willard,have been in Washington seeking the advice of the Attorney-General in a scheme to contest the election of Col. Thompson as Governor. They wanted to see what sympathy and aid the Administration would give them. They came away uncomforted. ? In Pennsylvania 130,090 voters did not appear at the polls, in the recent election, and Pattison fell short of Hancock's vote by 53.472. The same curiosity exists in New York, where Hancock who lost the State in 1880, received more votes than Cleveland, who carried it in 1882 by about 200,000 majority. The stay-athome vote in Ohio was 125,000. From these statistics, it would appear that matters are considerably mixed and uncertain for 1884. ISSUE FACING THE COMING CONGRESS. The shape the question at issue between the friends of high protection and the friends of a tariff for revenue with incidental protection will probably take during the coming winter at Washington will be a proposition on the part of the high protectionists to abolish the internal revenue system of taxation entirely. The amount collected annually from the pressent tariff and from miscellaneous sources is just alHDut sufficient to pay the expenses of the federal government, and the amount of tax collected under the internal revenue system is just about equal to our annual surplus of income above expenditure. The advocates j of high tariffs will accomplish their object j better, therefore, by agitating for the aboli- j tion of the internal taxes than by presenting easily-refuted arguments in support of their peculiar ideas. The matter will be better understood from the inspection of the following facts : The total ordinary receipts of the treasury in the year ended June JO, 1881, were $360,782,202, of which sum $198,150,676 was derived from tariff charges on imported goods, $27,358,211 from miscellanous sources, and $135,264,385 from internal taxes. The larger part of this last class of receipts was obtained from the tax on spirits, tobacco and fermented liquors, but a small revenue being derived from bank checks, matches, proprietary medicines, perfumery, the deposits in national banks and the amount of their circulation. An effort was made at the last session of Congress to abolish the last-mentioned taxes, leaving those on spirits, tobacco and fermented liquors untouched, and the tax-reduction bill as amended in the Senate will doubtless come up for consideration in December. The friends of a low tariff will probably seek to have the consideration of that scheme postjKUied until the tariff commission's report comes up for action. The receipts for internal taxes for the fiscal ' year ended June 30,1882, were ?146,500,000, ! the annual increase being about $11,000,000. j Four complete months of the current fiscal year have passed and from the receipts of; these four months ($51,307,536) it is estimated that the amount of internal taxes in the year ending June 30, 1883, will prove to be j from $153,000,000 to $155,000,000, a slight j falling off in the rate of increase being re- j 1. i rri..^ i- iK- 41.a 4..?. ' pont'U. J llltt IS uir uiijuuiil ui me tu.\ itiiiuii Mr. Kellev, of Pennsylvania, thinks should ! l>e lopped off at one blow. Mr. Belmont, Mr. Hewitt, and others of like low-tariff views, think it better to divide the amount of reduction between the tariff and the internal taxes in such a way as to take off about $80,000,000 of the tariff burden, and $75,000,000 of the war tax. The proposition is to reduce the tax on spirits from 00 to 50 cents a gallon, on tobacco from 10 to 8 cents, cigars from #6 to S3 per thousand, beer from 021 to 50 cents, license about 50 per cent, and that all other internal revenue taxes be abolished. There is no good reason, it is held, why the public debt should continue to be paid off at the present rapid rate. The cry of the people is for a rest from some of their burdens. Few people, it is to l>e hoped, consume large quantities of spirits, tobacco or fermented liquors, and to them the removal of the tax on such articles will bring little or no relief, but every one is interested to have cheaper clothing, cheaper sugar and cheaper wares of all sorts.? Jiolttmorr Sun. The North Carolina Election.?The full returns from the State give Bennett, Democrat for Congressman-at-large, a majority of 148. There is talk that his competitor, Dock- ' ry, Republican, will contest the election. < It is stated that Maj. Robbins, Democrat, will contest the result in the Statesville Bis- ! trict liefore the State canvassers 011 the ground 1 jf irregularities in Davie county. Disclaim- : ;id that a large number or the York ballots, in ; Davie, were on blue paper, and enough of 1 these will be thrown out to elect Robbins. 1 Also, that many registered and voted 011 the 1 same day, which was illegal. In the* vote for Congressman in the Char- ; otte District, Maj. Dowd, Democrat, received < 14,801 votes, and Col. W111. Johnston, Inde- < endent,. 10,880. Dowd's majority is 4,011. 1 The next Senate of North Carolina will be 1 :omposed of 50 members?Democrats 34, re- 1 mblicans 15, and one liberal. The House will [ lave 118 members?democrats 74, republicans 1 14. In the Senate there will be two colored 3 nen and in the House four. 1 Geo. M. Rose, democrat, in Cumberland 1 iounty, was elected to the Legislature (House,) t >y three votes, and E. Powers, coalitionist, 1 vas elected by a majority of nine votes. The ( otal vote of the county was 4,232. f YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. : t l?KOSPE( TI S FOR IHH'A. I v IN issuing our prospectus for 18*3, we deem it ' only necessary to announce that the leading c features which have characterized the editorial \ conduct of the Yorkvillk Enquirkr for the ( past quarter of a century will be retained, and what it has been in the past will bean assurance ' of what it shall be in the future. The leading ? departments of the paper will be retained as ' heretofore, and they will be conducted with the same labor and care that have marked our $ efforts in the past. While the Literary and t Miscellaneous features of the Enmiurkk will be ; 1 x X- it-. x 1 1 ...LL.L I .! Kepi up 10 me Minima ni wuicii hum ^i\i*u iin< r paper a distinctive character, careful attention 'r will also bo given to the News department, which will embrace a record of the leading events ' at the State and National Capitals; Congres- J sional and Legislative proceedings; "Scraps and j Facts," being a hotch-potch of light current topics; a eompend of the News Abroad and at v Home; General Correspondence; Market Re- 1 ports; Local County and State News; Editorial I Articles upon appropriate subjects intended to < promote tlie welfare and prosperity of our State ( and people, which will, we trust, continue to j render the Knqi'ikkr a welcome and entertain- i ] ing Family Journal. ^ TKRMS OF Sl'BSORIPTlON?FRP.K OF FOSTAOK. 1 Single copy, one year $2 00 1 Two copies, one year, 4 On ; One copy two years, 4 oO I Premiums to Club-Makers. < To club-makers, for the approaching volume, ^ we offer F< H J It PREM11" MS for the four largest : clubs, as follows: : For the largest club, one Weep Skwin<? Ma- ] chink, fancy half-case, with drop leaf anil two side-drawers, valued at &lf>. j For the second largest club, one Wkkp Sewino Machine, half-case and one drawer, valued . Aim. For the third largest club, one No. H Tropic Oookino Stove, and fixtures complete, valued < at i i For the fourth largest club, one No. 7 Tropic j Cookino Stove and fixtures complete, valued ' at *20. The superior Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium is the well-known and justly ecle- j 1 brated Weed Machine, manufactured bv the i: Weed Sewing Machine Company, at Hartford, j Connecticut. It is adapted to all the wants of j IllV1111 \ ?t:\> uift f Utlli 'jk irauin t;uui|iii:iirnuvu ??v j anyone; runs easily ; is always ready; will do any and all kinds of"sewing with less changing 1 anil fewer extra attachments; is self adjusting; ' is a two-throad Machine, making an clastic lock 1 stitch; and stands solid and linn. ! j The Stoves are made by the Sergeant Mann- | ] fat-luring Company, of'treensboro N. They j] are made of the best Scotch pig metal, with i heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently ? ill the longer ! withstand heat and hard usage. They are of a * handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equa 1 in {mints of appearance, durability and ] superior cooking qualities, to any stove maun- , factored in the Union. Thousands of them are in use in Virginia, North and South Carolina, . and thev give universal satisfaction. ^ The above Premiums will be delivered to the ' successful competitors at the KxqciKKK cilice, < free of charges for freight. j CONDITIONS. The four Premiums mentioned above will be awarded on the following conditions: i The person getting up the largest club of yearly subscribers to the Knuitikkk, at *'2.00 1 per annum, for each subscriber, will be entitled I to the first choice of one ol' the above Premiums: i the person getting up the second largest club, j at the same price to the .second choice; the per- | son getting up the third largest club, to I he i third choice; and the person getting up the fourth largest club, to the fourth choice. The time for completing clubs under the above ' offer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on the FIRST j 1 MONDAY OF MARCH, 1SS1. Competitors may ] begin to secure subscribers at once?the time of subscription to commence whenever the name ; is handed in. The money for each subscriber is expected to be paid at the time the name is 1 entered on our books, and no name will be ' counted in competition for a premium until the J subscription price has been paid. ! To pej'sons who make up clubs often or more , names, but who may fail to obtain a premium, : we will send the KxqrntKU one year free of , charge: and to those who send a Club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get a pre- 1 miuni, we will forward a copy of the Enquikku ] one year free of charge, atul a copy, one year, of I any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine . published in the United States, the publication J to be selected by the person entitled to receive it. It is not necessary that the names ol' a club ' should all be at the same post otttce. Names 1 may be taken at any number of places. Due < name for two years will be equivalent to two names for one year each. j All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at , the expense of those sending them. . We will he responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, regis- ' tered letter or rummy order drawn on the York- J ville post-ottice. In sending names, write plainly, giving coun- | ty, post-otiice and State. * ] * A11 subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each club- ' maker, who will be credited with every name 1 sent, so that the number sent by any person can 5 be ascertained at a moment's notice, < will X nnyii.1 "II" I v, ............ . >, ..... not be permitted, aft or the names have been en- , tored on our books, to transfer tlie names to ' Hiiotber el lib-maker's list. The time in which additions may be made' < to clubs under this proposition, will expire on I the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, lHKi. There- i fore, persons who desire the benefit of club ^ rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper ( before that date, as after the expiration of that time it will not he furnished for less than $2.50 j unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to 1 L. fl. ClUST, Yorkville, S. C. | November 30, 1>W2. 48 tf , AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE. ' ( Tlie annual report of the State Commission- i erof Agriculture is full of valuable itiforma- < tion as to the progress of the State. Tlie first eighty pages of this report are devoted to the < consideration of commercial fertilizers. Care- 1 ful analyses of all tlie brands on tlie market < are presented in tabular form to the people. ] The Department hasrealizedyas a royalty on fer- ; tilizers, $138,254.14, an excess over Last year's I collection of $13,713. One hundred and forty < thousand seven hundred and seventy-two and 11 Miroo.fnurflm tniw nf nboanlmfc rnck were I I shipped during the past year, 16,231 tons in < excess of the preceding year's shipment. ] Thirty-five companies are engaged in this work of shipping phosphate rock. i Colonel JO. M. Boykin, .Superintendent of j1 the Immigration Bureau, has a report full of j ] vital information. The Bureau has induced j1 white foreign laborers to come to the State. * where they are readily taken by farmers. It h has been settled by actual experiment that I ] they are capable of enduring any work that j i the negro can do in the cotton field. Foreign labor has been tried with most satisfactory re-1 j suits in Lancaster, Kershaw, Sumter and the j i sea islands. j J The Fish Commission, under the manage-'t ment of Mr. C. J. Iluske, has proved quite a 1 success. .South Carolina conies twentieth in 1 the list of the fish producing States, with 1 1,005 fishermen and products valued at $212,482. ller shrimp fisheries are more important j and extensive than those of any other State, a In 1880 18,000 bushels were secured, valued at u 837,500. During the past year 400,000 pounds t of herring, 207,000of shad, and 261,250of stur- j; geon, with a considerable quantity of other species, were caught. The most important (] fisheries are near Charleston, with several at g Beaufort, Georgetown and Port Royal. Twen- f ty-two vessels, representing a capital of $00,- 0 275, are engaged in the trade. The Depart- t ment has introduced the German carp into r< the State, which seems to be especially adapted g to our waters. Carp have been distributed at c 87 stations throughout the State. Besides c carp the Department has placed in the streams e of the State 100,000 California salmon and g 1,945,000 shad. n The estimates of the Department show an a increase of 114,401) bales of cotton over the 8 last year's crop, or in money value ?5,024,980. h The corn crop was 8,946,570 bushels in ex- h cess of the preceding crop. Over the crop of b 1881, oats is 5,011,016 bushels ahead, and wheat c< 051,268. llice is 28,193,277 pounds in excess si of the crop of 1881. This year the State made t< 198,677 gallons of sorghum more than last ci year, and 182,510 gallons more sugar cane x\ syrup. Our potato crop is increased to the following figures: Sweet potatoes 1,712,299 bushels, and Irish potatoes 181,838 bushels. t( The increase of the pea crop is estimated at n it 257,379 bushels. The value of the products tl of market gardens are represented as increas- tl ?d to the value of $42,293. Over last year's ii return honey has gained 49,787 pounds, and r? wax 2,574 pounds. 19,079 more gallons of tl nilk were sold this year than last year, and ci 524,050 more pounds of butter. 58,522 more aj lead of poultry were raised this year than last cc fear, and 179,620 more dozen of eggs. The oi lumber of oXen has decreased 1,847 head, lil nilch cows have decreased 1,089 head and the tl lecrease in other cattle amounts to 14,833 C< lead. The number of sheep, lambs and pounds oi >f wool were the same as bust year. The de- hi Tease in swine amounted to 02,104 bead. Jc flie product of apples decreased to 4,277 bushIs and peaches increased 2,838 bushels. G rapes re re sold to the extent of 105 pounds more ' ban last year and 1,072 more gallons of wine : , cere made. The increase of value of the . iroducts of the State is estimated at 818,801,-: i52, while the decrease is put at 8220,027. In \ otton the acreage has decreased 44,455 acres, j vhile in corn the acreage has increased 58,- 1 >10. The oats acreage has increased 104,l>30, ;j md wheat 35,244. llice is planted in every , :ounty of the State, and has an acreage of j '5,270, and a product of 04,084,577 pounds. \ ' * i 9.. ? x_ r it.A ^ 'orgnum is pnuueu in every county ui me . >tate and has an acreage of 8,454 and a pro- ' luct of 507.11)7 gallons. Sugar cane is grown ; ' n every county except four and has an acre- j tge of 2,424 and a product of .107,105 gallons. | The acreage of sweet potatoes is represented j >y 40,189 and the yield by 1.844,879 bushels. ;( irish potatoes have an acreage of 1,019 and a c field of 387,190 bushels. , t Pease are planted on 110,792 acres and yield < *81,049 bushels. Charleston has more market ,'aniens than any other county, and Lexington ind Marion tie for the smallest. Aiken proluces more honey than any county and Beau- , 'ort the least, in wax Aiken leads, while Beaufort brings up the rear. Charleston sells \ :he most milk and Horry the least. Spartan- I i nirg makes the most butter and Georgetown 1 :he least. Anderson makes the most cheese md Pickens the least. .Spartanburg raises :he most poultry and Georgetown the least. Kdgefield has the most productive liens and j [Jeorgetown the least. Kdgefield has the i. largest number of cattle and Chester the i smallest. Horry has the largest number of ' iheep and Marlboro the smallest. Marion i leads off on swine and Richland stands foot. 1 In apples Chesterfield is at the head and BeauFort at the foot. Aiken is the best peach county. while Clarendon is the jKiorest. Fairfield has an average yield of cotton per acre of i 100 pounds, which is the best in the State, ( and Colleton has the poorest, 135. Beaufort uses the largest amount of commercial fertil- 1 izers and Oconee the smallest. Charleston > used the largest amount of home-made fer- 1 tilizers and Laurens the smallest. George- j town had an average yield of corn per acre of 25 bushels, which was the largest in the state, ind ] tarn well and Kershaw, each having 'J, tie for the smallest yield. On the corn crop Charleston used the largest amount of commercial fertilizers, and Oconee and Pickens tie for the smallest. Charleston and Newberry tie for the largest use of home-made manures ind Oconee has the smallest use. Kershaw lias the largest average yield of oats, being 28 < bushels per acre, and Greenville the smallest, ! being 11. In wheat Fairfield has the largest jverage yield, being 13 bushels per acre, and Clarendon the smallest, being 5. 75,452 tons of commercial fertilizers wore , purchased, a decrease of 7,8',<0 tons of the use if 1881. Georgetown pays the best wages to farm bands, $12.50 per month, and Charleston the J lowest, $0.00 per month. Darlington purchased the largest amount of farm supplies *nd Kershaw the smallest. : MERE-MENTION. A riot in Opelika, Ala., on Thursday night last grew out of the unpopularity of tiie municipal government. One thousand shots were lired and three men were wounded. It is cheaper to raise bacon than to buy it. No farmer can prosper who sells cotton at 1) and buys meat at 18 cents a pound. The Markbain House iu Atlanta is being sued for $10,)0U damages by a Baptist preacher whose , wife was bitten by a rat in a bed in one of the best rooms in the hotel. She nearly lost 1 her arm. The Alabama Temperance Convention, before adjournment, adopted a reso- 1 lution mat no general pronluicory iaw ue asn-1 jd of the Legislature, but an amendment of |, the present license to secure its better enforce-; ment. The grand jury of the United States Court, in session at .Salt Lake, was discharged on Friday. The jury reports that it , is unable to fiiul indictments for bigamy, as it ' is impossible to procure witnesses or get ac- ' cess to marriage records, on account of local ' predjudice against punishing polygamy. ? In ' New York city, last Friday, Abraham Marks, | :i lawyer who attacked an opposing lawyer in ipen Court, was sentenced to thirty day's imprisoment for contempt of court, lie had previously apologized, but the court refused to ' iccept the apology as sufficient. Capt. j 1 Hopkins, of the United States navy, has been i; found guilty of deserting his post as com- j < mandant of the Pensaeola navy yard during t the yellow fever epidemic and dismissed the j service. The earnings of the Richmond ind Danville Railroad for the first week in j | November were $80,000. an increase of 815,J00, or 23 per cent., as compared with the cor-!1 responding week of last year. One of the I! colored members of the Georgia Legislature ! wears ear-rings. A tire at Calhoun, Ga., j ] last Saturday, destroyed ten stores. Loss! i 1520,0U0. DeJarnette, the man who kill-j id his sister in a house of ill fame at Danville, I * Virginia, and was sent to the lunatic asylum ! ifter two trials, has been released and is now j 1 free. Mr. Caine, the Mormon delegate ' elect to Congress has but one wife. Can a man with hut one wife be a proper representa- j j five of Mormondom V A family has dis- ; tinguished itself at La Porte, Ind., by piecing I three gorgeous bedquilts from samples of silk i obtained free by mail from merchants in the ' large cities. A foot of snow fell in Buf- j ( falo, N. Y.. last Sunday, the first of the sea- j' son. In consequence of several weeks 11 lieavy rain in Brazil it is estimated that the 11 yield of the next coffee crop will he much less j than it was the previous year. Two rev- j ?nue officers in Richmond, Ya., are under ar' --- JP-t - A. 4 *1.-1.4. ( resr ror procurng a iaise vote. a ngui Declined in Dublin on Saturday night between ' Fenians and detectives, in which one was kill- 1 2d on each side. Council O'Neill was ta- { ken out of his house, about 50 miles from Ma- t 2?n, Ga., on Thursday night last, by unknown parties and murdered. A Chicago boot j ind shoe house has been victimized to the ex-1( :ent of $40,000 by a conspiracy between a doz- 1 >n or more of its drummers. A new trial 11 :ias been granted Mrs. Scoville, on the ground ! ? ;hat though possibly insane, her insanity is not j f )f a homicidal or suicidal tendency. A , roung man who graduated in America and I' Europe, with the highest honors in the classics | i md sciences, recently .died in the West, by j r Dlowing out the gas. Some people never com-! ( ilete their education. Chronic grumblers 1 j ivill please paste this in their hats: "When an j, Hlitormakesa mistake in his paper all the j * A'orld sees it and calls him a liar. When a !J irivate citizen makes a mistake nobody knows | 1 t except a few friends, and they come around j i md ask the editor to keep it out of the pa- j c ier."' The liquor dealers of Georgia met r n Atlanta last Monday and organized a State Protective Association. There were eighty 1 Ielegates present. Two indictments have <5 >een found against Frank James?one for rob-' c >ery and the other for murder. His trial on a >oth indictments is set for January 22nd. j ] Col. McCkady.?The State of South Car- j Jj ilina is under an obligation to this gentle- j nan for the conception and final passage of v . x t ... . i i nil.,,,.,. k lie eiglll-UUX eit'euun l.n?. IIIUC in ins urns ii mincing matters?it is essentially an edu- f a'ional qualification for suffrage. We en- e orse it in toto, ami believe it will lead to the a randest results. AVe believe in uianhuod sufrage, but every man must be able to read his , wn ballot. This is the least qualilication | c han can be imposed. This is an imperative g equirement of our civilization. This is the h rand centrifugal force which is going to ornpel every man, white or black, to send his | hildren to school and pay his poll-tax. This j ight-box law is the harbinger of peace, good ti overnuient and security and the establish- ^ lent of an era of good will. Similar laws u re in force in various States, both North and outli, but Col. MeCrady was the first man * i South Carolina to conceive this bold and ^ eroic treatment for a desperate d'sease in the & ody politic. All honor to him for the grand vi [inception ; and when his days of usefulness ;l] iall end, let a plain marble slab be erected ' ) his memory by the citizens of the State p smmemorative of this just, plain and simple u Liiglo-Saxon means of defeuce.-JaTca Hecoriler ft The Revenue System.?There are at least ?j imioiiiiQ <1 irnnt 1 v nr iwliriipt lv mil ;ii nn/uomm |'v.in\ui.) v. .w? ?v ected with the internal revenue system, and ius subject to political influence, which sets iem all at work as partisans at every succeedig election. This cost, the last year, in di- II >ut expenses ?.">,108,.'500 out of the public pt easury. If the whole system with its offlals, spies, informers, inspectors and police jents, could be abolished, no harm would ni >me to a single legitimate interest through- ar it the country, nnd a heavy hand would be to fted from the homes of a free people. With ac lis out of the way, at the opening of a new i>ngress, the tariff might be taken up withit serious opposition, and modified so as to a ; acceptable to the whole country.?X. Y. \ nirnal of Commerce. ! pi LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i. E. Allison, J. Ii. Duvios, R. M. Allison, Executors?Notice to Debtors of the Estate of R. T. Allison, deceased. Veils ?t Brothers?Practical Millwrights and Macliinists. ihsi.ii ,v Parish?Notice. . it. I.indsay tV Co.?First-Class Goods, aVc. P. M. Pobson?Who Does Such Things?RonTon Store, iunter A Dates?Rend and he Convinced. iVititers Adiekos?Groceries, etc. d. Strauss?Re Sure to Come. .atta R rot hers?Arid Phosphate and Guano. >V. C. Latimer-Millinery, Millinery. THE ENTERTAINMENT. The liot supper given by the ladies last Frilay night, to raise funds for lepairing tlte parlonage, was quite a success, both as regards he efforts of the ladies and in a financial point jf view. The net sum of $66,150 was realized. THANKSGIVING. To-day being appointed by the President and :he Governor of the State as a day of thanksliving, the stores and other places of business in town will he closed. There will he no service in either of the churches. TO CONTRACT ADVERTISERS. Contract advertisers are again informed that it is highly important that their changes must lie bunded in not. Inter than 1'2 o'clock on Moil lays. After this notice changes will not bo made unless the copy for the same is furnished jv 12 o'clock, M. on Monday. DEATH OF MRS. BALDWIN. "We regret to record the death of Mrs. Lizzie Baldwin, wife of Mr. Joseph Baldwin, which jccurred in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday evening last. The deceased was a daughter of Capt. ind Mrs. John T. Lowry, of this place, and tier remains were brought here on Tuesday morning for interment. CHI'RCH NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10) A. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. It. P. Franks, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia church at 11 A. M.; at Yorkville at 7 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION. The following is the official vote, by counties, of the Fifth Congressional District, as tabulated by the State Board of Canvassers: Hemphill. Cash. Chester 2,008 1,200 Chesterfield 992 1,220 K ershaw 1,45)7 1,425 Lancaster 1,055 1,290 Spartanburg 245 9 I n ion 500 159 York 2,521 1,952 Total 9,518 7,471 Hemphill's majority 2,047 THE WEATHER. The cold wave which has been playing around in the North for the past week has reached this section, leading us to the conclusion that winter has begun in earnest. Monday and Tuesday were damp, cold and disagreeable [lays, and the temperature moderated but little yesterday. Prognosticators have given the warning that this will be a severe winter, and the last few days seem to confirm the prediction. STATE HOARD OF HRALTH. According to the third annual report of the State Board of Health, which has-just been issued, South Carolina has 625 regular practicing physiciarfs, 36 of whom reside in York. There are 27S licensed retail apothecaries in the State, 10 of whom conduct business in York. There are 127 dentists distributed throughout the State. The general health of the State is represented as good. By wise precautionary measures all epidemics were rverted. Wherever sickness prevailed to any ixtent it could be traced to local causes. BLACK'S STATION IT?M8. Our Black's Station correspondent writes :hat the farmers of that section are sowing more small grain this fall than they have ever jown any previous year. A northern company has bought the barytes mine on the premises of Mr. Died Westmoreand, on King's Creek, and will commence operations soon. The capacity of the Cherokee cotton mills las been increased to five thousand spindles. This mill, under the management of Mr. J. ;Y. Deal, is now in a prosperous condition, and :bere is a steady demand for its productions'o. 20 yarn. K. M. MILITARY SCHOOL. The friends of King's Mountain Military School at this place will be pleased to leam ;hat Col. Coward, the principal and proprietor, ins secured Gen. E. M. Law as associate principal of the institution. Since the election of Col. Coward as State superintendent )f education, it was necessary that he should mve the assistance of a competent person to ake the management of the school while his ittention might be called away in the discharge of the duties of his new office. No nore competent gentleman than Gen. Law could have been secured for the position. Besides a thorough education and a military raining, he also has the necessary executive ibility for conducting a military school on the lame principles which have ever given King's vfountain preeminence over all similar private restitutions for efficiency and thoroughness in ill branches taught. A graduate of the Citalel Academy at Charleston, the two years after lis graduation were devoted to teaching as an issistant in King's Mountain Military School. Ie then removed to Tuskegee, Alabama, where le established a similar school. This enterprise r..i 4-i,n tt'.n* n tirhpn hn \ US HUCCeSMUl until uic net* l/v.?u?m n?v. ..^ ntered the service of the Confederacy and nade for himself a name of which any veteran >f the Lost Cause might feel proud, llis [ualities as a soldier, and his ability as an other were conspicuous in the cause he espoused, aid his promotion was won, step by step, from lieutenant-Colonel to Major-General, to which ist-named rank he was commissioned in the ?st year of the war. Thoroughly conversant nth the methods of the school, with his wellnown scholarship, experience and ability, tl e riendsot' the institution willnot be disappointd with tliisnewarrangement, while Col. Cowrd can now devote his energies in thedischarge f his duties as State superintendent of eduiitinn without uneasiness lest anything should 0 wrong with the institution which has lieen is life-work. fi.ne poktkait. Our office is ornamented with a fine oil porrait of the late John E. Grist, father of le proprietor of the Enquirer. Mr Grist as among the first printers that ever came to orkville to enter into the business, having sen induced to come here by Messrs. Beatty ; Williams to print for them the Yorkdie Patriot. This was in the year 18'iG, id lie remained here continuously, either as nblisher or employe in the printing business ntil incapacitated by the infirmities of age a iw years before his death, which occurred 1 October 10, 1870. So closely identified with le printing business in Yorkville us was he, it as deemed meet and proper that his likeness muld be preserved in the Exquiker office, and [r. David L. Clark, an artist of celebrity, at igh Point, X. C., was commissioned to per;tuate his features on canvas. Though the linting was made from an old Daguerreotype, ost truthfully did the artist perform his task, id the result is a picture highly satisfactory * us, and one pronounced by connoisseurs an lmirable work of art; while those who reember the features depicted, pronounce it correct and truthful likeness. Mr. Clark is a painter of rare ability. A ipil of the famous Sully, his natural talent