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IfttrMIe (Shujttiw. " YOR K V IL L E. S.C 7; THURSDAY MORNING. DEC. 21, 1882 CHRISTMAS. The festive holiday season will soon arrive I Before another week the Natal day of a risen Christ will have been celebrated all over 1 the civilized world by mirth and gladness. So rapidly does time fly ! It seems but as yesterday since the pleasant associations of the festival?the cheery thoughts and domestic charms that it brought?and lo ! Spring, Sum mer and Autumn have since glided into the past. Another year is added to the cycle of time, reminding us more impressively with each recurrence of the season of the rapidity with which we are filling up the measure of our days. But it is a welcome season, coming to us as the symbol of light springing up in the /^^fcvrkness, of hope in desolation, and of life / in \leatb^<ih)ristmas is ever welcome, whatever external guise it may appear. Whethi er wrapped in clouds or glittering in sun\ shine, it imparts blitheness of heart and gives \ jthat kind of impulse to jaded spirits that v^jreshens, vitalize^ humanity. ^^TBeFRfi^scenes and domesFRrgathgrmge^ joyous interblendings of soul with soul?moments of rekindling youth and impulses of good will awaiting most of us, which should quicken us to fresh interest in what remains to us, and cause our hearts to throb with gleeful animation. To those who have well nigh run their earthly career, Christmas will present not the opportunity only, but the inducement of sharing once more the delicious excitement of childhood, and by the force -of that sympathy which for the time being annihilates differences of age, will furnish common ground for gratification to grandsires and grandchildren. Parents whose offspring have been scattered by the stem realities and vicissitudes of life, will in numberless instances rejoice in seeing them collected again in the family group, and proudly indulge the fond feelings, which, even when most latent in the bosom, never lose their inherent vitality. Brothers and sisters will come together from different scenes, different pursuits, different ranges of thought and experience, to commune with unreserved familiarity and rekindle the smouldering embers of fraternal love. They will re-enter the circle of hallowed affection, of which home is the centre, and with traditional observances and customary rites, with innocent mirth and laughter of the heart, will rebuild the household altar and yet once again place upon it the offering due to family unity. Though change is written upon all customs and usages and the age holds few things sacred which have their origin in the pact, it fondly clings to Christmas as the hope of a perpetual youth. Its welcome coming is heralded with happy demonstrations, and is signalized with a universal exchange of kind wishes and generous tokens. This is the day of all others to throw aside repining. Cast away all gloomy thoughts, and enter into the joys of those around you. Reflect only upon your present blessings?of which every man has many?not upon your past misfortunes, of which all men have some, and your Christmas shall be merry and your ^ New Year a happy one ! THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate on Monday the most important action was the consideration of the appropriation bills. Among the amendments to the Legislative appropriation bill was one for the payment to each supervisor of registration for his services during the ensuing year 8200. Among the amendments adopted to the general appropriation bill was one appropriating cu,uuu m aia oi me military organizations 01 the State, and one appropriating $20,000 for the maintenance of beneficiary students of the Citadel Academy. Nearly all of Monday's session in the House was devoted to the consideration of the Kailroad bill. The supply blil was read a third time and sent to the Senate ; and the bill to repeal the Lien law was continued until next session. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Several families of negroes left Anderson last Monday for Arkansas. ? Joe Crawford, colored was committed to jail, December 15, at Lexington, for carrying concealed weapons and an assault with same. ? The Barnwell Kailroad now runs four trains a day, and cleared over 8200 for six days ending last week, in freights, to say nothing of passengers. ? The town of Trenton, in Edgefield county, sticks to her cups. In the local option election at that place on the 12th, the "License" party carried the day by 30 votes out of 47. ? Tom Dorn, colored, who killed Bill King, colored, in June, 1881, in Edgefield county, was captured near Greenwood, in Abbeville county, last Saturday. A reward of $150 had been ottered tor ms arrest. ? Rev. Ellison Capers, of Greenville, formerly Brigadier General in the Confederate army, lias accepted the invitation to meet Companies .?-?"I and K," 24th S. C. Infantry, at their reunion in Edgefield on the 28th instant. ? Andrew Boulware was severely stabbed by his brother, Thomas Boulware, Tuesday night, about six miles from Winnsboro'. The wound .inflicted was very severe and may possibly prove fatal. The cause of the difficulty is not known. ? The Abbeville Medium urges Southern farmers to continue raising large grain crops and increase their meat product. The price of Western hog meat is monstrous and the South should strive to abate the nuisance and hardship by living more within herself. ? Twenty-five young men, after a full and thorough examination, in the presence of the Judges of the Supreme Court, were admitted last Friday morning to practice in the courts of this State. The examination was conducted by Messrs. J. J. Dargan, G. Lamb Buist and W. B Wilson. ? Gaffney Carolinian: At a raffie on the night of the 9th instant, about 10 o'clock, a difficulty arose between Messrs. R. C. Bishop and Jasper Lavender in which the former received a severe stab above the right eye, the knife penetrating the skull. The attending physician, Dr. Mendenhall, pronounces Mr. .Bishop's condition critical. ? Captain R. B. Cade lias just made several important additions to his stock farm in Abbeville county. He has just bought and received from General Withers of Tennessee a , thorough-bred Arab filly, out of Foh-Dah by Limestone, who was sired by War Dance, for which he paid the handsome sum of $600. He. ^H*as also received six young registered Jersey [Jlfls. Two of these he bought in Kentucky, _j^nnsylvania and two in Georgia, paythe . , .. ,n afternoon wefo*l'spatch ? 1 incitement by a ro^SQ*says: The streets this and some parties w?J^0/, c%1SK|ei^e ,exr' unable to ascertain. Town. Marshal. shots fired, one narrowly m$L lave . ,eii j one of the marshals, who was1tiJ*T p,? I! verely cut in the forehead. After thfe^r ? I ouelled, a man who was under the intluelvC" j liquor was arrested on the street for usm^ blasphemous language and cursing a negro. Whisky was the cause. ? In the U. S. Court at Columbia, on Tuesday of last week, Judges Bond and Bryan pren siding, the Charleston registration case was heard. This case rested on information against Messrs. A. Frederick Horsey, A. M. Bolgerand Dennis Queen, citizens of Charles ton, charging them with violating Section 5522 of the Revised Statutes of the-United States. United States District Attorney S. W. Melton appeared for the government and an able array of Charleston lawyers represented .the defendants. A jury was drawn without delay or ditliculty. After hearing testimony and argument Judge Bond instructed the jury to return a verdict of "not guilty," which they did without leaving their seats. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The name of Gov. Jarvis is mentioned very prominently in connection with the Presidency of Trinity College. ? Dr. Columbus Mills, a former resident of Spartanburg, died at Charlotte last Sunday, aged 76 years. lie leaves a wife, but no -children. ? A difficulty occurred in Wadesboro last Friday between Mr. Win. Ilenly, editor of the Wadesboro Intelligencer, and a'man named Perkins, a revenue officer from Chesterfield, S. C., in which the latter was shot in the neck. It seems that Henly had sometime ago published articles about Perkins at which the latter took exceptions, and for which he threatened vengeance. ? By an accident to a freight train on the Western X. C. It. R., at Asheville. on Saturday of last week,-'engineer It. W. Swan was seriously hurt in the leg, from the effects of which he has since died, and fireman Kyle, colored, had his leg broken. The accident was caused hv the negligence of Conductor Halyburton, who left the switch open after side-tracking his train. When the other train reached the switch it ran into a siding and telescoped Halyburton's train. . i? Hon. W. T. Dortch, of Goldsboro, is a candidate for U. S. Senator from North Carolina, to succeed Hon. M. W. Ransom. The elrfetinn takes place after the organization oLche Legislature which convenes next month. 'Mr. Dorteh has long been in public life; is now the State Senator from Wayne county, was during the late war Confederate States Senator, and is now the chairman of committee for the revision of the statute law of North Carolina, and is a lawyer of distinguished ability. ? Charlotte Journal: News reached the citySaturday that a negro man named Jones, was killed near Garibaldi, on Friday night by another negro whose name we did not learn, who used a gun as his weapon. We were unable to gather the particulars, farther than that the negroes were attending a dance and during the night a difficulty was had which ended in the killing of one of them. The one killed was employed in Mr. W. A. Coggins' rock quary near by. The other was a section hand on the Air-Line road. * ? On Friday night last, l)r. R. II. Adams, a prominent young physician, of Gastonia, was aroused by a noise which he supposed to be made by some one trying to enter his residence. lie got his pistol and found something wrong with the lock. Next morning he went out into his portico to examine it when his pistol was accidentally discharged, the ball entering his head near the eye and ranging around the skull. It came out on the back of his head, causing an ugly and painful though not a dangerous wound. ? Charlotte Observer, Friday: Yesterday evening three car loads of black looking rocks, very much resembling coal, but which was really a fine article of iron ore, passed by the depot here on the way to Pittsburg. The ore came from the Ormand ore bank, three miles from King's Mountain, and which has recently been opened up by II. C. Vantine & Co., of Pittsburg. Fifty hands are employed at the mines and seventy tons of ore are raised per day. It is is said to be a remarkably tine quality of ore and the supply is unlimited. A side track has been built from the Air-Line road to the mines. ? Gastonia Gazette: On Friday morning last, Mary Odell, aged 13 years, the only child of Mrs. Elizabeth Odell, a widow, was burnt to death at the Wilson Factory. The girl was alone in the house, engaged in washing, her mother being at work in the factory. By some means the child's clothing caught fire. A woman in the factory saw her rush into the yard enveloped in flames and she gave the alarm, but when assistance reached her she was found lying on the ground entirely naked and burned to a crisp. She lived only a few minutes and suffered so intensely that she could give no information as to the origin of the fire. She was buried on Saturday. ? The Charlotte Journal contains a most laughable account of how several citizens of Greensboro made themselves ridiculous by their attention to the supposed Duke of Newcastle, who proved to be a waggish drummer? Mr. Edward L. Voorhees?of Atlanta. The best of the joke is that he registered in his own proper name, entirely guileless of playing any prank; but 011 ordering a drink and being told the price was ten cents, he insisted upon paying fifteen, whereat the bystanders, with singular spontaniety suspected him of being the Duke, and he at once fell into their humor, playing his part to perfection. The freedom and hospitalities of the city were formally tendered, speeches of welcome were delivered, a wine supper spread, and the truexharacter of the distinguished guest was not revealed until he boarded the train for Charlotte, when fho no mo nlnnrr onrl fnTnilinrlv priftH CUV VVIIVlllV-l\?i V. UUIV (IIIM 11 tUlltiUll tj VI tv?? out?"Hello, Voorhees, old fellow, is that you ?" X. C. Conference.?Tlie Xorth Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South convened in Raleigh on the Gth instant, and adjourned on the 12th. Bishop Keener presided. Every section of the State was represented in the Conference, and the various interests of the church were reported to be in a satisfactory condition. The following appointments were made for the Shelby and Charlotte districts: Shelby District?II. T. Hudson, P. E. Shelby, B. 11. Hall; Shelby Circuit, A. R. Raven ; King's Mountain Circuit, J. W. Jones ; Double Shoals, Marcus D. Giles : Cherry Mountain, T. L. Hoyle ; Rutherfordton, j. T. Abernethy; Columbus Mission, Isaac A. White ; Marion, E. L. Pell; Morganton, C. M. Anderson ; Burke Circuit, J. X. Somers; Hickory and Happy Home, P. L. Ilermon ; South Mountain Mission, to be supplied by X. A. England ; South Fork Circuit, C. A.'Gault ; Dallas, A. G. Gauntt; Gaston, S. J. McLeod ; Lincoluton, F. A. Bishop ; McDowell, Jacob A. Lee. Charlotte District-M. L. Wood, P. E. Charlotte, Tryon Street, J. T. Bagwell ; Cal?:-v., r nr n:~ vjuj luibMUii, <j. >> n iicuitri , v, iiauuicr v^ucuit, Tlios. E. Ellington ; Matthews, S. M. Davis ; Clear Creek Circuit, T. H. Edwards ; Pineville, Lemon Shell; Pleasant Grove, M. H. Hoyle ; Monroe, P. J. Carraway ; Monroe Circuit, G. W. Hardison ; Wadesboro Circuit, J. B. Alford ; Ansonville, L. E. Stacy ; Lilesville, 0. J. Brent. The Conference will meet in Statesville next year. ? A Washington dispatch of Saturday says that both houses of Congress are ready to act on a bill reducing letter postage to two cents. When this comes up the subject of alsoueducing postage on newspapers will receive cbtisideration. The fact that express companies carry immense numbers of newspapers ai less than half the rates charged by the Government, while at the same time, they pay higher rates to the railroads for transportation, affords an excellent argument for the reduction. It is understood that the Postmaster-General believes that such reduction can safely take place. It is argued by the friends of the reduction that the people are as much interested in the reduction of newspaper postage as in the i decrease in first class matter, and that no good reason exists for discriminating against news-1 papers in the proposed new departure. ? At the meeting of the stockholders of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, held in Richmond last week, there were five new directors elected, but no change was made of officers. The board now consists of Robert Harris, M. B. Brown, B. F. Wallace, W. P. Clyde, R. Baring Gould, John A. Rutherford, T. M. Logan and J. P. Branch. The President's rejiort for the past year shows that the total receipts of the company from all sources amounted to $4,225,843 77, and operating expenses and fixed charges to ?1,670,907 40, leaving a balance to the credit of net income account of $555,876 37. Of this amount there were paid during the year as dividends, $380,SQO, leaving a net balance of $175,876 37. ! ^j^*<nshington dispatch of Saturday says : l Natm jfcsqf tjie Southern Matrimonial and I ?^*4ons have been placed upon the of the po8tmastbx^office department by order places where theseN^i, and postmasters at I instructed to return to>i^s exist have been I ders addressed to the assochillers money or- j LOCAL AFFAZHS. U * M.W ADVERTISEMENTS. TO Ashley Phosphate"Company, Charleston, S. C. bl Mitchell's Eye Salve. * re R. Lnthan, School Commissioner?Free School fo Notice. ia W. C. Iiatimer?The Biggest Bargains. m J. M. Adams?Job Work?New Goods. ^ Withers Adickes?Coffees. j,f T. M. Dobson?Uood-Bve for ISS'J. M. Strauss?Christmas Presents. pt Dobson A Parish?Coffee, Coffee. of C. E. Spencer, lntendant?-Fireworks Ordinance. Lost. , . cl ANOTHER COTTON CURIOSITY. Mr. I. T. Faris, of Bethel, has sent us a cotton boll having seventeen ''cups." FIRE WORKS ON THE STREET. 0; The Town Council publish in our advertis- E ing columns this week and important official vi notice 011 the above subject. la COTTON SHIPMENTS. The shipments of cotton from the depot in this place, from September 1st to December q 18th, aggregate 4,279 hales. ?1 FERTILIZERS. ^ Attention is directed to the advertisement of the Ashley Phosphate Company, of Char- gj leston, whose manufacture of fertilizers for a different kinds of crops stands as high as any vi on the market. ^ ? OTfON GIN ACC IDENT. vi Oil "Wednesday of last- week, Rufus Allen, tii colored, who was employed on a farm in the ? >lXation," four miles east of town, had his si hand caught in a cotton gin and mangled so q severely as to render amputation of the arm j, between the wrist and ell>ow necessary." The bi operation was pefortned by l)rs. II. G. Jack- vi son and J. J. Miller. ^ _ ~ (t K. 31. MILITARY SCHOOL* B Yesterday was the clusingdayof the session J. of the above institution. At night a compli- F mentary hop was given the graduating class ? by the cadets of the school. The next session ^ will open with Gen. E. M. Law as Associate yj Principal, the other members of the faculty re M maining as heretofore. '? . \\ THE ISAZAAK. F The bazaar and supper given by the Ladies' M Society of the Episcopal Church last Friday F night proved a decided success, besides being an enjoyable occasion. The /receipts of the q evening were 381.55. We acknowledge from ^ Mrs. Erwin, President of the Society, a kind A invitation to the supper, and regret that othei E engagements prevented our attendance. P ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES. By the assignment of Cirguit Judges for E the year ensuing, as published under the C authority of the Chief Justice of the Supreme ^ Court, Judge Kershaw ynll preside at York ij] during the Spring term /judge Hudson at the |.j .Tune, tenn: and Judee Fraser at the Fall ti i terra. Judge Withersjjoon, of this circuit, M will preside as follows: Spring term, Seventh ^ circuit; June term, Eighth circuit; Fall rj terra, First circuit. p NO PAPER NEXTWEEK. . In conformity to the custom of this office to jj. give the printers and others connected with it <j a week of rest and enjoyment during the holi- A days, the Enquirer will not bo issued next week. We extend to our readers the eompli- ^ ments of the season, wishing each and all ot them a merry Christmas and a happy New j. Year, and hope to greet our old subscribers tc and many new ones on the 1th day of January, 0 1883. tc tc GOES TO STATESVILLE. Rev. W. L. Brown, of Gaflney, who, for the E past year, has most acceptably served the Baptist congregations of this place and Union p Church, four miles north of town, has accept- (j ed the charge of the Baptist church at States- It ville, X. C., and will, at an early day, move to C that place. Mr. Brown endeared himself to J* the above congregations as a capable and faith- ^ ful minister of Christ, and the church at Statesville may well be congratulated on their si selection of him as their pastor. S] TIIE POLAR WAVE. 1? The cold wave which started from the North vj a few days ago struck this latitude on Friday. J< since which day we have had some verv cold r? . weather. Snow to the depth of an inch fell f? in Columbia on Friday, the fall extending 0j i this side of Winnsboro. A slight sprinkle cl j fell here on Sunday afternoon ; but according -M j to the weather-wise it was really too cold to D snow. "We hear of several steam engines in R the country being damaged by the freezing of ^ water in the pipes. p CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss. Services to- Cl morrow (Friday) at 4 o'clock, P. M., and on p Sunday at the usual hours,'forenoon and even- SI i"B. ? j Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. ; rj | Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regu-1 ^ ! lar appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. I yj j Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, j Services at the usual hours, morning and P ! evening. ^ Thorp will be 110 services in either the Metn- ^ hodist or the Baptist church next Sunday. \y KNIGHTS OF HONOR. ^ At the regular meeting of Home- Relief g(1 Lodge, held last Friday night, the following p officers were elected to serve for the year 1883 : Ci Dictator?J. R. Gardner; Vice-Dictator? ' Withers Adickes; Assistant Dictator?Dr. J. ^ B. Allison ; Chaplain?Rev. Robert Lathan ;: Treasurer?L. M. Grist; Reporter?A. W. j Ingold; Financial Reporter?T. C. Dunlap:' Guide?John G. Ferguson ; Guardian?Wal- J ter T. Barron ; Sentinel?A. Cody.. Trustees?Jos. F. Wallace, C. E. Spencer, ' CI_ II. W. Hope. Medical Examiner?Dr. J. F. Lindsay. tV , til .MASONIC OFFICERS. | Si At the last regular meeting of Philharmonic ha Lodge Xo. 32, A. F. M., the following officers 0f were chosen to serve the ensuing Masonic ra [year: Worshipful-. Master-Q. E. Spencer; be Senior Warden? F. Ilapperfielfl; Junior Warden?J. R. GardneA Trensiner?T. B. Mc- mi Clain ; Secretary?II. y. Straiiss ; Senior Dea- tu con?Withers Adickes\Junijfr Deacon?C. G. ar Parish ; Stewarts?J. Ed Jeffereys, J. B. Alii- an son ; Tiler?A. Cody. \ / 00 The installation of the officers will take $0 place in the Masonic hall 011 the evening of toi the 27th instant, at 7? o'clock. After the [\J installation a supper will be served, to which all Master Masons and their wives and daugh- <p| ters are invited. _ by MASONIC GRAND LODGE. The Grand Lodge A. F. M., of South Caro- ^ lina, was in session in Charleston last week. jaf Philanthropic Lodge Xo. 32, of this place, was rpe represented by C. E. Spencer. The following ab are the officers elected for the ensuing year : coi Most Worshipful Grand Master, John l>. Ken- J"? ucdy. bei nicrtit Wrosiliitifnl 1101 iiitGrand Muster. W. I tei W. Humphries. ter Right Worishipful Senior Grand Warden, J. sjx Adger Smyth. Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden, A. i, H. White. I Vs! Right Worshipful Grand Treasurer, Kov. John j ret II. Honour. j th< Right Worshipful Grand Secretary, Charles I on: Ingles by. ! feg Right Worshipful Grand Chaplain, Rev. I). W. ! t". Cuttino. ! 1 : Sttl WAKE THE CIIILDKEN IIAFPV. | |>K Whether cloud or sunshine, snow or rain, at j Ki this festive season, good old Santa Clans al-1 !|,a ways makes his rounds, dispensing gifts alike ' cej to bad little boys and girls as well as the good j ne: ones. In this respect the Patron Saint is | gre thoroughly catholic and democratic. He is i hill no respecter of persons, though in our past in- ^ tercourse with hint, so far as be ever expressed j ^ his views on the subject?taciturn as he is?be tjei has a decided preference for good little chil-; gre dren, who are more apt to reap the full benefit I ces his bounty. But we hope the good Saint ill invade every home iit the land this Christ-1 as, making glad and merry the hearts of the :tle ones. Our advertising columns will di- \ j1 ct fond parents to auxiiary branches of San- j} , Claus' immense establishment, and before < j aking your Christinas jurchase9 consult the ; f ivertisements of our. nerchants. Elegant p )liday goods of all descriptions and at all a ices, are advertised by them, and all classes a 1 purchasers can be suited at their respective !11 >unters. . Open your ptrses and make the j1' sildren happy ! ; a ?11 SOUTH CAKOLINi CONFERENCE. U The ninety-seventh session of the South j1 urolina Annual Confeence of the Methodist j jj piscopal Church, South convened in Green- 11 lie on the 115th, and xljourned on Monday j t st. The following arethe appointments for , e ic ensuing year : ! e Charleston- Distrlt?W. P. Mouzon, i. residing Elder. Chaieston?Trinity, A. [ oke Smith ; Bethel, E.f. Meynardie ; Spring | ;reet, J. A. Clifton ;citjmission,J. A. Beard; ainhoy, .1. M. Friday : Berkeley, It. It. Dag-; ill; St. Stephens, to b supplied ; Summer-1 c lie, C-. B. Smith ; Cyppss, W. II. Law ton ; \ 1 ;. George's, I>. .1. Sinmotis; Bamberg, F. j uld; Colleton, M. II. Poser; South Branch- j11 lie, \V. IT. Wroton ; KuutdO, S. I). Vaughn; j , ralterboro', It. IT. .loirs ; Yeinassee, I). Z. J antzler; Black Swamp,I. L. Sitley ; Hardee- j ? .lie, to be supplied ; Eutor Southern Chris- \ g ;i/i Adcocatc, ?S. A. Webr; Allendale, M. M. j rabhani. . j. 0ranoeiiuit<? Distupt?T. ltaysor, Pre- j ^ ding Elder. Orangebifg, W. It. Itichardson; rangeburg C. II., J. J. I'latt; Branchville, B. Massabeau ; Ilfrldcnce, C. C. Fish-1 , lrnc ; St. Matthew's, A L. Shuford; Louis- j . lie, T. E. Wannnmake; Orange, A. II. Lee; J disto, G. 11. Pooser, L\ II. Wannamaker; U raham's, P. F. Keitler; Williston and lackville, Dove Tiller ;Aiken and Langley, ^ J. Neville; Granitevlle and Yauclu.se, S. eard. r Coli'Mjha Distrilt-A. M. Chriefzberg, residing Elder. Columlia, Washington street C. Power, W. A. Cla'ke, supernumerary ; ; larion street, .T. L. Stoks ;-City Mission, L. a [. Little; Columbia Cicuit, J. W. Dickson, T W. Neilly ; llidgewa-, W. W. Williams; j 1 'innsboro' and Blacktocks, E. G. Price; airfield, J. K. McCain; Chester Station, J. [. Carlisle; ChesterCiiiuit, D. D. Dantzler; , ast Chester. J. A. Porer; Rock Hill. J.C. ^ toll; Fort Mill, IT. V. Wfiitaker; York- ) lie, It. P. Fraiiks; Islington Fork, J. C'. ountsTpLivingstfln cijcuit, J. W. Gatlin; eesville circuit, J. I}. Watson : Batesburg, c . J. Cauthen; Johnston, W. A. Rodgers; j; dgefield, W. S. Wightnan ; chaplain to the I enitentiarv, W. Martii ; president of Columia Female College, 0. Darby. 1 Sumter District?A J. Stokes, Presiding , lder. Sumter, II. F. Chrietzberg; Sumter ircuit, J. A. Mood; Sping Hill and Kershaw, . L. Dnftie ; Bishopvilk X. M. Melton ; Mailing, G. J. Griffiths; Toreston, T. B. Boyd ; intee, J. S. Beasley ; (amden, H. M. Mood ; . anging Rock, W. II. lriail; Lancaster Sta- . A TT T notoi. . T nnnuafar I \V 1 isu^ ill ii? ^ v? t* [eBay; West Laiicaste', J. W. Elkins; ChesTlield, C. 1). Rowell ; Lynchburg and St. v ukes, J. M. Pike; Welgefield, J. C. C'handr; Sliiloh, W. A. Bests ; Clarendon, T. P. 1 hillips. c Florence District?S. H. Browne, Pre- * ding Elder. Florence, W. T. Capers ; Dar- * ngton, G. W. Walker ;Society Hill, S. Jones;:* lieraw, E. T. Ilodges; Darlington Circuit, e . W. Moore ; Lower Darlington, J. T. Ivil- c ) ; Timmonsville, X. B. Clarkson ; Mar's luff, A. J. Stafford ; Effingham. A. C. Wal- y Br ; Williamsburg, J. C. Davis ; Scranton ' [ission, II. J. Morgan; Jolinsonville, A. W. 1 ickson ; Georgetown, W. S. Martin; George>wn Circuit, J. J. Porter.; Black River, W. 1 arson ; Kingstree, T. E. Gilbert; Missionary ' i Brazil, J. W. Koger; Black Creek Mission, * ) be supplied. ' Marion District.?J. M. Boyd, Presiding ' lder. Marion, J. T. W.ightman ; Centenary, 1 W. Humbert; Britton's Neck, P. B. Jack- { in ; North Marlboro', B. G. Jones, W. L. 5 egues, supernumerary ; Bennettsville, T. J. lyde, J. C. Kilgo ; Clio, J. C. Bissel ; Little 1 ock, S. J. Hill ; Mullins, J. W. Murray ; . onwayboro', T. E. Morris ; Cool Springs to } supplied by W. B. Baker ; Bayboro', P. A. 1 turray ; Buckville, J. J. Workman ; Waccalaw, L. C. Loyal. Spartanburg District?S. B. Jones, Preding Elder. Spartanburg, J. B. Campbell ; ' ;>artanburg City Mission, A. P. Avant. Un- 1 n, J. E. Carlisle ; Cherokee Springs, J. F. mith ; Cane Creek, M. W. Hardin ; Jones- ' ille, J. II. Zimmerman ; Gaffney City, L. A. ( )hnson ; Goshen Hill. A. W. Walker; Lau- ' ;ns, G. M. Boyd ; North Laurens, R. W. J arber ; Clinton, J. A. Wood; Belmont. J. . Wilson ; C'ampobello, .T. D. Frierson ; Pac- : et and Glendale, J. W. Ariail ; York Cir- i lit, A. Ervine ; Vanderbilt University, A. I) WSMpp ; Wtrtford College, W. Smitli, W. W. I uncan, professors ; Sunday-school secretary, I . C. Oliver; missionary to Brazil, T. W. Tar-1 jux. ' Cokesduhy Distkict? W. D. Kirkland, J residing Elder. C'okesbury, W. W. Thomas ; okesbury Circuit, J. W. Kelly, J. E. Bushin ; Abbeville, It. L. Harper; Abbeville Cir- j lit, W. W. Jones; South Abbeville, J. T. J ate; Lowndesville, M. L. Banks; Tumbling j loals, W. II. Kirton; Greenwood, R. N. ! < 'ells; North Edgefield, W. P. Meadows; j ewberry, R. D. Smart; "Newberry Circuit, i [. Brown, W. II. Hodges; North Newberry, I . A. Gilbert;Saluda, G. B. Traywick ; Parks-! lie Mission, J. W. Brown. j Greexvillk District?T. G. Herbert, !, residing Elder. Greenville, J. 0. Wilson; ] reenville Circuit, H. B. Brown ; Reidville, , r. W. Wood ; North Greenville, L. F. Beat- j '; Fork Shoals, J. W. Daniel; Williamston, ! ( r. Hutto; Brushy Creek, to be supplied by r. A. Hodges; Anderson J. W. Hulling; j nderson Circuit, J. Attaway; West Ander n, J. F. England; Pendleton, L. Wood ; ? ickens, S. P. Elwell, D. R. Browne ; Seneca j ity, B. G. Guess; Wahalla, C. D. Mann; j 'illiamston Female College, S. Lander, pres- i ent. 11 MERE-MENTION. |, In the suit of Jane Marlow against a Chica- ? i saloon-keeper for selling her husband liquor * the extent of making him almost an imbe- 1 le, the jury gave a verdict of $250. She ask- j for $5,000. It is now claimed that the y niAtnu Iiqq cn nfttivK* t^rfontod c CCiJ 1UWIVI mw *'VVH nvtviij j/uiiWkvu wj . e inventor as to be pronounced a success. 1 nee December, 1879, the sum of $49,391.75 J .s been expended on it. The corn crop the country as estimated by the Agricnltu- j 1 Department, will aggregate, in round num- j rs, 1,025,000,000 bushels. General Slier- t an would retire under the compulsory retire- 1 ent act, in the Spring of 1884, but his inten- * >ii is to give up tlie active command of the ^ my next Fall, after making his annual report t d closing up his affairs. Texas has 81,- s 0,000 lying idle in her treasury. She owes 1 .000,000, but her credit is so good that credi- c rs ask $140 for bonds, and she declines to pay v ?orty cent premium on them. The Brit- r i ship, Tower hill, cleared Norfolk last Satur- s y for Liverpool with 10,408 bales of cotton. v lis is the largest cargo of cotton ever carried v any vessel. A school teacher named ? azier at Cambridge, Ohio, got into a light h tli his pupils and stabbed one young man to o ath, and severely cut another, on Monday t it. Wheat cultivation is increasing in d xas because the farmers find it more prolific than cotton. ?The postal service in this t untry employs 60,000 persons. Two a ung medical students and two negroes have e L'li arrested in Richmond charged with sys- v natie robbery of graves in Oakland Ceme y. The students have been sentenced to tl : month's imprisonment each. Col. si ibert Quid, a prominent lawyer of Richmond, p t., died last Friday, aged 62. lie will be liemutrieu isuiueuurait; uuiuujissiuner ioi' a ; exchange of prisoners, and was a conspicu- a s figure in those troublous times. Pro- s< sor : "If you attempt to squeeze any sol- tl body, it will always resist pressure." Class s] iles* and cites examples of exceptions which >ve the rule. Half of the city of ii nston, Jamaica, was destroyed by fire r< t Thursday. The loss is estimated at >,000.000. A final dividend of 7 per tl it. is promised from the Freedman's Bank al it Spring. The proceedings of Con- C ss are devoid of public interest. The only 1 of general importance reported is one pro- ei ling a general bankrupt law. This bill has in referred to a committee, which is regard- tl as equivalent to its burial for the remain- G of the session. It is not probable that Con- cc iss will adjourn for the usual Christmas re- C s. hi LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Tuesday, December 12. In the Senate, Mr. Smythe's bill modify- i ng the Usury law came up, being placed on he calendar at his request for a second readng. In its original form it changed Section ,288 of the Revised Statutes so as to read as ollows : "No greater rate of interest than 7 ier cent, per annum shall be charged, taken, greed upon or allowed upon any contract .rising in this State for the hiring, lending or ise of any money or any other commodity, uness a greater rate of interest than 7 per cent., ie agreed upon in writing and such writing igned by the party or parties to be charged herewith," &c., &c. There was no extended liscusslon of this bill. Senator Perry moved o amend by inserting the words "but not ;reater than 10" between the words "seven" .nd "per cent." Senator Smythe opposed his. He said that if any limit was made to he amount of interest to be charged of course ' very one would charge the full amount allowd. Senator Henderson offered an amendment o Senator Perry's amendment, allowing con-; racts to be made up to the rate of 12 per cent. Senator Callison moved to lay this amendnent to the amendment on the table. Adopt-1 d without a division. The vote then recurred oh Senator Perrv's ' 0 per cent, amendment, and the yeas and lays being ordered, it resulted : Yeas?Beaty, Benbovv, Callison, Ferguson, 'ield, Hart, Leitner, Maxwell, McCall, Moore f Anderson,. Moore of Hampton, Moore of part an burg, Munro, Perry, Redfearn and iiianklin?1(5. Nays?Brown, Buist, Coker, Earle, Cailtrd, Henderson, Howell, I-artigue, Muller, 'atterson, Robinson, Simmons, Smythe, Walice and Williams?15. So the amendment was adopted. Senator i Itix-vrrH Then movwd tn strike out the enact- i ngclause of the bill. On this the vote3tood : i Yeas?Brown, C'allison, Harllee, Howell, ! .eitner, Moore of Anderson, Moore of Ilamp- j on, Muller, Munro. Patterson. Shanklin and j Vallace?12. Nays?Beaty, Benbow, Buist, Coker, Earle, 'erguson, Field, Gaillard, Hart, Henderson, iartigue, McCall, Moore of Spartanburg, 1'ery, Redfearn, Robinson, Simmons, Smythe iid Williams?15). Senator Maxwell was paired with Senator zlar. The bill then passed its second reading withut a division. The bill to pay certain circuit Judges a porion ofback salary, claimed to be due them, ras defeated by a vote of 17 to 14?Senator lart, of York, voting with the minority. The bill reported by the committee on eduatior to authorize the school districts of the State to levy and collect a special tax to supilemrnt the State school tax, came lip at .30P. M., as the special order for that hour mdelicited a lengthy debate, and on the vote o strike out the enacting clause, the bill was lefeited by 23 to 0?Senator Hart, of York, mt'ng yea. A number of bills passed their third reading ini were sent to the House. lhe bill to regulate the right of dower was ;iled on the third reading by a vote of 18 c 18. Several other second and third reading bills rere continued. Thebillto amend the Usury law was inroduced several days since by .Mr. Morris, if Darlinjton, and provides for the amend* cent of tie existing law by making the reguar rate of Interest in this State 7 per cent., ixcept upoi written contracts, wherein, by (xpress ageement, a rate of interesst not exleeding lOper cent, may be charged. A motio. to strike out the enacting clause vas defeatd by a vote of 7b to :3???all the : [iepresentaives from York voting in the aflirnative. * I Mr. llolx of Spartanburg, then moved to imend the >ill by adding the following sec- ' don : '"Tht any person or corporation who < ihall receiv as interest any greater amount ;han is henn. provided, forfeit also double :he sum soeceived, to be collected by a separate actionor allowed as a counter claim to j my acion nought to recover the principal , mm." i With thi amendment, the bill passed to a \ Lliird readig by a vote of 70 yeas to 40 nays. The bill 1 incorporate the Southern Land ( Loan Assosttion was then passed to a third j reading. ' The fol.wing bills were rejected: To amend the&eneral Statute relating to legal , holidays; 1 amend the General Statues re- ] luting to girdians and wards and minors; to | iibolish tliettiee of county auditor. A bill toatify the amendment to the Con- ] atitution dating to the time of holding i elections, al the bill ro ratify the amendment < to the Conitution relating to the disqualification of ectors, were finally passed upon j the call ofthe flous^. On these questions t Messrs. Jikett, Gantt, Mills, Pinekney, s Ravenel, bbinson, Andrew and James Sin- \ gleton, ancVloultrie, all colored Republicans, s voted in thnegative. "c A numl: of bills and joint resolutions j passed a tl d reading and were sent to the t Senate?anng them a hill to require persons f erecting Irbed wire fences to build them j with a plat on top. j \ c Wednesday, December 13. s In the 3nate, Senator Smythe presented t the petiticof I>. T. C'orbin and Win. Stone, A praying f< relief of a judgment rendered against tlm, and the payment of a loan from s the State. When tl bill providing the mode in which ^ indigent Jtients shall be admitted into the * State Luilic Asylum and supported therein I came up, water Hart spoke at length in its I favor. H found from the last Message ^ of the Oernor that the expenses of this 1 institutio amounted to one-third of the or- ^ binary eienses of the State government. v It was aearful statement. Of the 55U in- 1 mates otthe Asylum, all but twenty-five were suprted at the sole expense of the t State. Mh this bald fact before them peo[ile outsictof the State would be justified in v thinking at South Carolina was a State of * paupers. Ie found also that the regents of the instition asked for the expenses of the t' joming yc ?114,000, an amount which would P ibsorb tfproceeds of a tax of ? of a mill on . ill taxablproperty within the State; and in the approiation bill before the House $120,- j tl X)0 was roted to the maintenance of the 11 (Vsylura. Hie burden which this institution mposed >on the State was frightful. It 0 iVhs the dy one which had not been lifted iince 187-it was beyond this an increasing ; h nirden. urely the beneficiaries of the Asy- j11 um wercot all paupers! It was, on the con- j rary, a ft that many of the patients snnig- d tied into had families able to pay their ex- j u lenses, < part of them. If Governor Ha- j w food's stement was taken, it appeared that ^ here we two thousand five hundred people h n the Ste liable at some time to become in- Si nates ofie AsyLum, and their maintenance [ m vould c< at the present rate $500,OUO. Tlie ; tl lill bcfo the Senate did not seek to cripple i SI he instition, but only provided that a small ni urn shod be paid by the Stat for the Asy- n um, anihat the other expenses should lie di hargeat to the counties in the ratio to ly vliich ty furnish beneficiary patients. The P' esult wild lie that many of those who were : & ent to ie Asylum at a cost of $212 a year \ fd rould I supported in the county poorhouses 11( rhere ey properly belonged at one-fourth wi f the ipense; and those who were really | ?111 nsane ould be supported chiefly by their j wn ccmunities. lie estimated the saving j ro o taxpers at one-half of the present expen- j so .iture. ' I ra t? t ir, fn OClliU iicijuuovjii nj/urvu 111 t uni iu lie bill.Senator Smytlie spoke in favor of it, su nd afttfurther discussion by Senators IIow- ve; 11 and art, the motion to kill the b.ll pre-, be ailed fca vote of 19 to 14. j bil The port of the judiciary committee to J he effe that a member of the General As- Hi emblyould not be elected it director of the no eniteniry was adopted by a vote of 15 to 6. f The 11 to pay commissioners, managers th. nd clfeiJ of election at the last election and op 11 genid elections hereafter came up for a St; ?con<*ading. After a general discussion of to' !ie rnLs of the bill it was continued as a up peciafrder. . th< A ruber of bills passed their second read- of igs d a number also passed their third I jadit?none of them of general interest. j on In IE House, a number of bills received ! _ leirial reading and were sent to the Sen- i? te; hong others being a bill to amend the ?in.' rsuijaw. i joi Tlvill to abolish the office of superintend- dir it (firmigration pjissed a third reading. A timber of bills were rejected, among 8?' lenlte bill to repeal certain sections of the Fa end Stock law, so far as they affect the F)Urts of Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, J nllth, Georgetown and Williamsburg. Also 1 lis > exempt Clarendon and Lexington t? counties from the operations of the Stock law. The bill to make appropriations to meet the ; ordinary expenses of the State Government | was read the first time, and elicited a general, discussion. The bill appropriates the total sum of $32,700.00, the principal items of which are as follows : The per diem and expenses of the Senate 39,395; per diem and expenses of the House, 823,970 ; expenses of the engrossing department, 52,721,00 ; miscellaneous expenses, iitplnrlincr 30 000 nf lOuitnq tv.ia?pd nnrl tn Ka passed at the present session. 840,G14 ; public printing, 15,00(J; second six months' salary of Supervisors of Registration, 88,500 ; for the continuance of the preparation of rollsof Confederate troops, SI,500; for providing artificial limbs under former Acts, 87,000; to cover appropriations ordered in special joint resolutions passed at the present session, 85,000. The joint resolution providing for the pay of the claims of certain judicial oilicers of the State (Judges Shaw, Cooke, Mackey and others! was opposed by Mr. Boykin, who moved to lay it on the table. He thought if the claims had any merit they would have been passed long ago. Mr. Murray explained to the House that a concurrent resolution providing for the payment of these claims was passed at the last session and that they were not paid because of the exhaustion of the fund out of which they were to have been paid. The resolution was ordered to a third reading. The bill introduced by Mr. Kennedy of Charleston repealing the law which requires liquor dealers to pay a license of $100 into the County Treasury was warmly advocated by that gentleman on the ground that it was a discrimination with evil effects against dealers in that business. The bill was briefly opposed by Mr. Murray, and on his motion the enacting words were stricken out. Thursday, December 14. In* the Senate, a bill for the establishment of an inspection of coal oil and petroleum was killed by a vote of *29 to 3. The bills repealing the lien law were continued. Also the bill providing for rebuilding the west wing of the Citadel Academy. A half-dozen bills amending or repealing the stock law were killed without discussion or division. The judiciary committee reported without recommendation the House bill regulating the rate of interest. The bill for the improvement of the Columbia Canal by appropriating 8*25,000 and the labor of 250 convicts for the coming year caused considerable discussion, and after the rejection of several amendments, the bill passed its second reading. Several bills incorporating manufacturing companies, and other bills of like nature passed their third readings. Is the House, the bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the State Government were taken up and considered. The section of the bill making appropriation for the South Carolina University produced a lenghty discussion. Mr. Ansel, of Greenville, moved to strike out all that part of the section which appropriates ?21,000. for the support of the beneficiary cadets of the Citadel Academy. This motion was lost by a vote of 05 to 42. Of the York delegation Mr. Wilson voted in the affirmative, and Messrs. Massey, Riddle and Witherspoon voted in the negative. Pending a motion to reduce t''e sum appropriated to ?15,000, further consideration of the bill was postponed. The bill to incorporate the Southern Land Association passed its third reading and was sent to the Senate. A bill to exempt Georgetown county from the operation of the Stock law was rejected. A night session was held for the consideration of the bill to make appropriation for the jrdinary expenses of the State Government. Fhiday, December 15. In the Senate, the House bill abolishing die immigration bureau was favorably reportHi. No bills were introduced. A few passed i second reading. The Senate attended the Joint Assembly for the election of directors of :he Penitentiary, and the rest of the day was jonsumed in the discussion of the bill repealng the Lien law. The arguments of the opponents of the bill may be stated as follows : First. Under the Lien law the landlord who ents land has a preferred and prior lien for his ent. Was that not just V This repealing fill would sweep away that provision. Second. The laborer was secured under the Lien law, having a prior lien for his labor. Was this not proper V The bill before them spared this provision of the Lien law. Third. The party who advances the supplies aid his lien. He too was secured. Was not his equitable ? He could not see the hardiliip ol' the law as it stood to-day. There had >een hardships in the law previous to the last iession, but they had then been removed. An>ther thing: The owner of the land, if the aw was repealed and he did not have capital o make advances, would have to lie idle, for Tom the landlord alone could the tenant get lupplies. Under the law as it stood he could n such a case get a tenant for his fields who lould get capital elsewhere. The Senate ihould leave the Lien law as it is, a protection o the landlord, to the laborer and to the ad'ancer. A vote was then taken on Senator Henderon's motion to strike out the enacting clause >f the bill with the following result : Yeas : Senators Beaty, Brown, Buist, Callison, C'o;er, Farlc, Field, Hurl lee, Hart, Henderson, Inwell. McCall, Moore of Hampton, Perry, iobinson, Shankliu, Simmons, Williams?18. ( s'ays : Senators Clyburn, Ferguson, Gaillard, zlar, Lartigne, Leitner, Moore of Anderson, | doore of Spartanburg, Muller, Munro, Max- j veil, Patterson, Redfearn, Smythe, Wallace? ] 5. So the bill was lost. ( A second bill of the same purport was then | aken up and killed without a division. I A night session of the Senate was held, in . vhich a number of incorporation Acts passed t heir second and third readings. t The following bills were killed: Relating ( o barbed wire fences; relating to sales of | ersonal property. t The House bill relating to the rate of in- j. erest came up, and was passed. It places lie penalty for loaning at over 10 per cent, t three times the value of the interest. t Senator Howell's bill exempting that part f his county contained in the Seventh Dislict from the operations of the Liquor law ^ ad been reconsidered after rejection, and was ow on the Calendar for disposition. ? Senator Howell said that he knew that the isposition of the State for a Prohibition law t as great, but this was a peculiar case. It j, as a malarious county where the people had ' r use quinine and whiskey as almost absoite necessities. Besides, the rice planters ^ ly that since the general liquor law passed, j( iiwi* mAvo ilriml'^?n iiptisa pyivct Q luit ever before. Formerly it was sold in nail quantities and drank by the negroes in oderation Now every Saturday demijohns owded the plantations and there was a hard v link from Friday to Monday. It was reala protection to the people to allow the gitimate sale of liquor ; the county now lost !,o00 from licenses, which used to be expendI exclusively for the poor. Now there are .. ) licenses and no poor fund whatever. Not- . ithstanding this appeal the bill was killed by i overwhelming vote. I.v thk Housk, the bill to regulate the rail- *" ads was taken up for consideration. After me preliminary skirmishing as to how the ilroad committee stood in making its report the House, the House bill relating to the j bject was laid on the table and the second j ndingof the bill as it passed the Senate was gun. The first and second sections of the II passed without amendment. When the third section had been read Mr. iskell moved to amend by providing that j ^ thing contained in the bill "shall prevent i e grouping of interior towns or villages in | is State so as to give them the same rates j on all freights to or from points without the n/ ate, or to prevent the grouping of such ivns and villages so as to give those situated j on the same railroad or railroad combination j s same rates upon all freights to or from any | Si thn 11*1 ft Q rvf fliic Sif'ito " After a long debate the amendment was laid the table by a vote of 72 to .'54. > While the debate ou the Railroad bill was as progress the Senate appeared in the House, ** ti the discussion was suspended while the nt Assembly went into an election for four j ] ectors of the State Penitentiary. ; _ rhe following were elected : ?J. \V. William- i i, of Darlington, Col. T. W. Woodward, of j irfield, G. A. Shields, of Columbia, and C. ' _ Sawyer, of Aiken. j V number of oills passed the third reading.; ( A night session was held in which the bill inj regulate the railroads was further consider-1 ] ed, and also the supply bill. The rate of county tax for York county was fixed at three mills. Saturday, December 14. In tfie Senate, the following measures of public interest passed a third reading: Bill to repeal so much of the General Statutes as provides that the Gevornor shall be a member of and ex ojfieicio Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the State Military Academy ; bill to amend the code of civil procedure relating to the holding of the Convention of Judges ; bill to reorganize the School Board of the city of Charleston, to provide and to give it the power of providing a liberal education for meritorious pupils. The Columbia Canal bill was then passed and ordered to be sent to the House. As the bill now stands, it provides for the use of 200 able-bodied convicts and an appropriation of 820.0U0. Mr. Maxwell, for the Committee on Hu! mane Institutions, introduced a bill to regulate the admission of beneficiary lunatics to the State Lunatic Asylum. This bill provides , that no lunatic shall be sent to the asylum I as a benficiary unless on the recommendation ! of the County Commissioners, County Auditor I and County Treasurer ; in other respects it is N i similar to a bill which has already been before the Senate. senator uainsens diu ro provine ror rne payment of the Commissioners and Managers of election and their clerks at the last general election and all general elections thereafter was continued until next session. The general appropriation bill was received from the House and made the special order for Monday at 12 o'clock. A number of bills passed a second reading and were ordered to be engrossed for a third reading?among them a bill to abolish the office of superintendent of immigration and to ! devolve the duties thereof on the commissioner of agriculture, and the bill to incorporate the Southern Land Loan Association. In* the House, there was another active skirmish on the Railroad bill. Mr. Murray, on account of the large accumulation of matter on the Calendar, and with a view of disposing of it so as to reach an adjournment on Friday, moved to discharge the Railroad bill until Monday. This brought out Mr. Inglesby, who stoutly protested against the delay. Mr. Simonton favored a postponement of the bill until Monday, and Mr. Murray's motion wjis adopted. The bill to provide for the exemption of certain counties from the operations of the general Stock law was then called up and was discussed at great length and with much 4 animation. Messrs. Montgomery, Jeremiah Smith, Haskell, Sjienccr, and others strongly advocated the bill, which passed, a second reading with a number of amendments. The provisions of this bill have already been published, and as it passed the House the counties of Beaufort, Clarendon, Georgetown, Colleton, Marion, Williamsburg, Chesterlield, Kershaw, Pickens and Oconee, are exempted from t'lie operations of the general Stock law under the conditions named in the bill. After the disposition of this matter the Supply bill was taken up, and passed its second reading with a few amendments. The taxes are made due and payable in two equal installments, the first payable from May 1st to June 1st, and the second from September 1st to October 20th, 1883. It is left to the option of the taxpayer to pay the first installment in May or to pay the whole amount in September or October, with a penalty of five per cent, on the amount of the first installment. A night session of the House was held, and the following business disposed of: The bill to provide for the payment, by County Commissioners for the services of Commissioner, Managers and Clerks of election. On motion of Mr. Siraonton, the bill was amended so as to provide for the payment of accounts of Supervisors of Registration for auverusmg anu stationery. Mr. C'ruit offered an amendment providing that Commissioners and Managers should receive one dollar per day while actually employed and mileage of five cents per mile for necessary travel, and clerks of election one dollar per day while actually employed. This amendment Mr. Croft supported with an eloquent speech as to its reasonableness and justice. N Mr. Murray opposed the amendment on the ground that it would not improve the service, hut injure it and cost the State a considerable sum of money. The amendment was supported by Messrs. Gary and Talbert and opjiosed by Messrs. Mclverand Culpand was finally adopted by a vote of 53 to 37, and the bill was ordered to a third reading. The bill to rebate to liquor dealers a portion or license taxes paid in 1881 was killed, as was also a bill making the real estate of bondsmen of County Treasurers liable for the obligations of such bonds. The Committee on State House and Grounds reported a bill providing for an annual appropriation of SSO,000 for the completion of the State House. ? A riot at Opelika, Alabama, two weeks ago, growing out of the last municipal election in that town, has already been noted in these columns. An Atlanta dispatch of last Friday says : "One of the sad sequels of the Opelika, Alabama riot, was the arrival yesterilay of the body of BobMaloney, who was shot iliii-iiKT nno nf MiunnthrwiL'a TTnstilihips wprp 14V.*.V..V, W. V..VVMW.V..MW. ? w again renewed on Wednesday night and from 10 to ll o'clock the rattle of musketry kept increasing. On all sides could be heard reports of pistols and guns, and at 11.15 P. M., with the sound of the fray in his ears Malouey died. Maloney's murderer was arrested. Threats have been made by hisOpelikafrieuds that they will arrive in Atlanta on Saturday for the purpose, it is said, of assassinating the reporters here for writing up their lawless deeds in Opelika. The Alabama Legislature !ias revoked the charter of Opelika and put the own under five commissioners until matters ire adjusted. Meantime an outbreak is threatened at any moment. Travelers go by cricuioiis routes to reach points which by way of opelika would be nearer, as passengers have lad to prostrate themselves in the bottom of loaches while passing through the town to ivoid being fired at." ? The movement to secure the location of he world's cotton centennial and universal xhibition is being crystalized into practical hape by the city authorities and commercial >odies of New Orleans, who have appointed ommittPes for a joint conference to meet at ,n early day. No doubt is felt in the minds f live business men there in regard to raising he required funds when tiie enterprise is fairer inaugurated. Congress will be asked for a barter similar to that granted the centennial f 1876. President Moorhead. of the National ,'otton Planters' Association has left New Organs for New York and will stop at Cincinati and Baltimore to see what those cities are oing in regard to the exhibition. ? In Philadelphia, last Friday, Frank Mcfamee, Henry Pillet, Robt. Chew and Levi hew were found guilty of desecrating the raves in Lebanon Cemetery. Dr. Forbes, emonstrator of anatomy in Jefferson Medical ollege, and his assistants, Drs. Lehman and 'enham, were arrested the same day, on the large of conspiring with McNameee and oth <j to dnsporjito the cmives in that oempt.erv. NO MORE EYE-GLASSES. IITCHELL'S *"* EYE-SALVE A Certain, Safe and Effective Remedy for )RE, WEAK AND INFLAMED EYES, Produeiug Long-Slirbtediiess, and Restoring the Sight of the Old. ires Tear Drops, Granulation, Stye, 'iimor.s. Rod Eyes, flatted Eye Lashes, ANI) PRODUCING QUICK RELIEF AND PERMANENT CURE, ilso. equally efficacious wheu used iu otber maladies, sueb Ulcers. Fever Sores, Tumors. Salt Rbeum. Burns. Piles, or erever iutlammatiou exists, MITCHELL'S SALVE may ho d to advantage. Sold hv all llrnccists at 'i.i iviits. December 21 ' 51 ly Jfinmiclai anb Commercial. i'OHKVILLE, December 20.?Cotton 8 to 9.40. :H ARLESTOX, December 18.?Cotton dull; (Idling, 10. LIVERPOOL, December 18.?Cotton in moder