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Jtoaps and Jfafbs. ? Of the 7ii0 murders recorded for the country last year, 212 were committed in j th'S Southern States and 131 were committed | in the State of New York alone. It appears moreover that, of the executions for murder, 1 half of them took place in the South. ? The English sparrow was imported into this country to kill worms, but they have increased so amazingly and are such mischievous little fellows that in many places the people are willing to trade sparrows for worms. ? The New York Legislature, only a few days ago, finally passed a bill repealing the provisions in the JEtevised Statutes allowing thA nnrehn.se. holding- and sale of slaves in the State, and it has not yet received the signature of the Governor! ? Caster county, Montana, is the largest county in the United States. Its area is 30,000 square miles. It is larger than the States of Vermont, New Hampshire. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island combined. ? The new five cent nickles have been already called in by the Mint, and no more are to be issued. Some one was sharp enough to notice that they were just the size of a five dollar gold piece, and that there was no difficulty in passing them for five dollars, gilding them with gold. ? Illinois boasts of being first in rank as an agricultural State. She has the largest number of fanners of any State in the Union, aggregating upwards of 2-56,000. And not only has she the largest number, but ranks first as having the largest number of farms containing one thousand acres or more. ? Beyond the Mississippi river there are 1,200,000 square miles not settled by white men. Two hundred and forty thousand square miles of this area are within Indian reservations, while the rest, for the most part, consists of mountainous tracts, inaccessible or sterile landsand arid regions which cannot be irrigated. ? A section of McLean Avenue 75 feet long, slipped into the water at Court street, Cincinnati, on Thursday morning, letting down the Southern Railroad track, and cutting off communication with both passenger and freight depots. It happened shortly before the arrival of an incoming train. The river continues to fall an inch per hour. Steamboats can now use regular landings. ? The business failures reported to K. G. Dun & Co's mercantile agency for the week ending last Friday, number 230, against 254 for the previous week. Of these (58 occurred in the Western States, 54 in the Southern, 35 in the Middle, 32 in New England, 18 on the Pacific coast and the Territories, 5 in New York city, and 28 in Canada and the provinces. ? In the action for libel brought by James Francis Malloy, of Edgefield, S. C., against James Gorden Bennett, editor of the New York Herald, in which the former recovered a verdict of $20,000. from the latter, for alleged libel, in publishing that Malloy had burnt his property in order to receive the insurance upon it, a new trial has been granted, on motion of defendant's counsel. ? A mutiny broke out in one of the workshops of the Missouri penitentiary, at Jefferson City, Friday^ when one of the convicts set fire to the building, and the flames were not subdued until half a dozen shops, with the contents were burned, involving a loss of over $300,000. Over one hundred convicts of Sing Sing prison, N. Y., are in revolt against work and have been locked up. They were employed in the foundry and claim that the work is too hard. ? Frank James appeared in court in Kansas City, Mo., on the 21st instant, and was arraigned upon three indictments?one for the murder of McMillan in the Winston train robbery, second as accessory to the murder of Conductor Westfall,and third for the murder of Cashier Sheets in the Gallatin bank robbery. He pleaded not guilty. The trial is fixed for the third Monday in J une, the next term of the Circuit Court. The prisoner was remanded. ? At Atlanta on Friday last, while the closet in an old building was being cleaned out, an electrotype plate, six inches by eight, was found. An impression was taken, ana it was found to be a die for Confederate 10 cent stamps, having a vignette of Jeff Davis. a lartrp number were nrinted and distribu ted as relics. The closet had not been touched for eighteen years, at which time it was in the possession of Thomas Grady, now dead; so there is no means of knowing how it came there. One gentleman offered $1,000 for the relic. ? The St. Louis Republican says that the publication of estimates of white pine standing in locations available for the market of the United States has already had the effect to greatly advance the prices of pine lands in many sections. It is stated that no forests of pine wood in American territory remain unexplored, and the entire supply does not exceed eighty billion feet. The annual production of white pine lumber is not far from ten billion feet, and the demand is growing more rapidly than forests grow. At this rate the year 1890 will bring positive scarcity, and a few years more a complete cessation in the supply of the most generally used lumber. ? The census reports show that there are 100,924 males above the age of twenty-one in South Carolina who cannot write, divided as follows: White 18,924; colored 98,010. The total population who cannot read, ten years of age or over, numbers 821,780, and ten years or over who cannot write is 369,848.' Total white population, ten years of age or over, who cannot write 29,777; total colored, ten years of age or over, wno cannot write 310,071. The percentage of the blacks who cannot write is ">1.30. If Congress should pass the bill appropriating ten million dollars annually for the education of the people, South Carolina would receive as her share upon the basis of illiteracy, $o92,709. ?The Athens (Ga.) Banner says that a young married man of that city was traveling through the country the other day when he saw an envelope lying in the road and picked it up. It was found to contain the photograph of a colored damsel, and the gentleman placed it in his pocket and thought nothing of his find until Sunday morning, when his wife changing his clothes, discovered it. She lit upon him like a double pointed hornet, and while the outraged lady was taking the scalp of the victim to circumstantial evidence he tried to explain how the picture came into his possession, but the wife did not swallow the story worth a cent. Yesterday she consulted a lawer about a divorce. ? A gentleman who visited Polk, the defaulting treasurer of Tennessee, last Thursday, says that he can scarcely speak above a whisper that he has not eaten anything si nee .last Tuesday, and that if confined in jail he would not live more than a montn. ir is thought that he cannot live more than six months even if taken out of jail and afforded all the necessary comforts, so completely had his system been depleted. It was also suited that the stench arising from the river into his cell was insufferable, and that this alone was enough to keep one sick. Congressman Caldwell, of this city, says he will die in .twenty days. It is understood that Col. Polk's bondsmen have agreed to settle Col. Polk's liabilities by the payment of $200,000 in "new issue." ? On Saturday last five patients in the Insane Asylum at Staunton, Va., died from mysterious poison that had evidently been placed in their medicine. They dropped dead in ten minutes after taking the medicine. One other patient is likely to die. Three others are ill, but will recover. At the inquest it was shown that the usual medicine had been mixed for certain patients and taken to a room where it remained two hours before being administered. The persons were all in different wards in the male department, which indicates that the fatal drug must have been pretty freely used. No satisfactory conclusions are yet reached as to how the poison got into the glasses containing the medicine and the officers of the asylum are mystified. Postmortems will be held on the bodies and the investigation will be continued until something tangible ean be obtained. Much interest and excitement prevail over the affair. ? Bradstreet's February cotton report, issued last Friday, is based on 880 replies from correspondents in the immediate cotton growing regions of the South. 579 counties covering 94 per cent, of cotton districts are reported. An analysis of the returns indi cate that on February 15,10 per cent, of the 1 whole crop remained unsold on plantations. The detailed reports which are set forth as o; sent by correspondents after eliminating ' palpable errors, show that a general *im- 11 provement has taken place in the financial r( condition of planters as compared with pre- h vious years except in North Carolina. De- d cemberand February reports exhibit a striking agreement as to the average weight per ? hale tor the entire cotton belt, which is put by both reports at 483 pounds. The weather P1 has been bad for preparations for the next * crop. Picking was generally finished by -? January first. The replies of correspon- tj dents snow that there is relatively less cot- t< nt interior towns of p IA'11 I1C1U UJ Q^wuiuvv^ the South than at the same time last year. ei fie ffwftvUle inquirer. | YORK VII.I.E. H. C. l !)] THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 1, 1883. | How to Order the Euquirer.?Write the . name of the subscriber very plainly, give nost- office, countv and State, iii full, and send the amount of tiie subscription by draft or postoffice money order, or enclose the money in a J., registered letter. * .. Pontage.?'The Enqvirkr is delivere<l free .? of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers ^ the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at e the post-office here, without additional charge to c the subscriber. , r Watch the Figures.?The date on the "ad- P dress-label" shows the time to which the sub- ,Si scription is paid. If subscribers do not wish a their papers discontinued, the date must be kept P in advance. v fauH?Tt must be distinctly understood that * our terms for subscriptions, advertising: and jobwork, are cash in advance. Mr. J. L. Simmons is our authorized agent for receiving subscriptions and advertisements in the town of Chester a t COVGRESS. v The present Congress expires by limita- a tion at noon next Sunday, the 4th instant. It is not probable, from the present outlook, 8 that an extra session will be called, though but little legislation of importance was jierfected during the session which, fortunately, v is so rapidly drawing to a close. The Sher- n man bill to appropriate fifty million dollars s in five annual installments, for the support ? of common schools, went over at Saturday's * adjournment, under the demand for the pre- t vious question, and it is not probable that it q will be reached this session, the remaining g time of which will be devoted to the annual I appropriation, the fortification and post-of- ? fice bills. ' I THE FLOODS. j, The fear that a large area would be over- r flowed by the Mississippi seems to be real- o ized, though as yet that section has not sustained as great damage as was first ap- a prehended. The levee broke at Panther Forest, fifteen miles below Arkansas City, , on the Arkansas side, last Saturday. The t crevasse is one hundred and fifty yards u wide, and from it the water will overflow a 1 large section of country and passing into 'j* Beouf River find an outlet in the Ouachita. In consequence of water being over the i track at Baker's Creek on the Vicksburg t and Mississippi Railway, trains for the east i are delayed. The overflow was caused by * heavy rains on Friday night. Backwater V slightly overflowed the track of the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad be- f tween Delta and Moendin in several places, t but trains are still running. It is, however, ? a question of only a few days when they x will be compelled to stop. A Vicksburg dispatch of Monday says: f The Illawara crevasse is now fully a mile c long and has overflowed a large number of c plantations. The water from it will cover I at least over half of the open land on the 11 west side of Madison parish. The Ashton J ??Di-AoulorKio iu u1<a rlninc se- > urf\ll?st: (IUU>C x i (.'Iiuviivv iu ? 0 ? t rious damage to the plantations in east Carroll. Much appreheusion is felt for the safety of the levees on both sides of the river. The bridge across Bayou Pieere on the Jackson and Natchez railroad has been washed away, impeding travel. A COLUMBIA INDUSTRY. The Columbia Register of Sunday says that Mr. Frank H. Moulton returned to that city last Thursday night from Philadelphia, having made the purchase of the most improved hosiery machinery to the amount of $20,000, some of which will be shipped at once. The machines for the finer class of goods which will be manufactured, have also been ordered and will be made up and delivered without delay, and Mr. Moulton expects to be in full operation by the first of May. As soon as the machinery now on the way can be set up, the operatives will be set to work making up the heavier goods ? at the rate of 200 dozen pairs per day. The . Register also adds: "The promptness with which these enterprising proprietors have gone to work in this matter is evidence that , they are live men and intend to succeed, and furnishes a refreshing example to those 1 in our midst who are contemplating other t enterprises of how the thing ought to be done." m 1 We join the Register in me nearty wisn that the enterprise of Mr. Moulton may ( prove an entire success, and in justice to that gentleman and his undertaking, give place to the following paragraph from the t Columbia correspondence of the News and i Courier, which is in reply to an extract from l the Baltimore Sun, printed on the first page of the Enquirer before this correspondence A met our eye: j Mr. Frank H. Moulton our coming manufacturer, does not relish the supposition . of the Baltimore Sun that he is a high tariff man who is in favor of costly goods r at the same time that he comes to South 1 Carolina to obtain cheap labor. Mr. Moulton is in favor' of a tariff for revenue ' only. lie does not urge the necessity for a 11 higli tariff as a protection to the American * laborer. On the contrary, he considers s that there is no protection to the laborer in high tariff and that the cry is pure cant for 1 the benefit of a few monopolies. If there * existed free trade it would give him free 1 wool, and with free wool he considers that t he could compete with the world in hoisery. The duty of about a hundred per cent, on j wool is a drag on the prosperity of woolen I manufacturers in spite of the tariff on wool- i len goods. Mr. Moulton has been success- ( ful in manufacturing in New England, and f he thinks that if he could make money there he ought to be able to make it here f with much less trouble. And to do this he does not need a bounty from the tariff. j Consolidation* of Railroad Manage- j j mknt.?The joint meeting of the directors i of the Columbia and Greenville and the \, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroads, IJ representing the Clyde interests in South j Carolina, was held in Columbia yesterday j J morning. The object of the meeting was the consolidation of the management of the ( two roads under one set of officers, which j has been regarded for some time as the best ] m thodof securing the utmost efficiency and ' ' economy in the conduct of the business of ' the combination. The meeting promptly | I disposed of the matter in hand by the elec-1 J ! tion of the following officers to control the [ * 1 two roads and connections: President, Judge ! A. C. Haskell of Columbia; Assistant Geii- 1 eral Manager, Peyton Randolph of Virgin- 1 ia; John Craig, Auditor and Secretary; 1 ! J. C. R. Smith,Treasurer.?Heyixtei\Sunday.' 5 KIND WORDS. (1 We extend our thanks to our brethren 11 f the press who have kindly made compli-; lentary allusions to the new dress of type j ? icently adopted by the Enquirer. We p ope we show no spirit of vanity in repro- v ueing the following: 1 The Inst issue of the Yorkville Enquirer was i rinted on an outfit of entirely now type, this Ding the third time since 1870 in which it has up- i. eared in a new dress. The Enquirer is the est printed paperof which we have any knowl- n ige, and as a household journal is second to no v )untry paper in the South, if indee<l in the en- 0 re country. Its typographic appearance here- o >fore has been so uniform and perfect that only o rinters even would have discovered the differice between the last and previous issues, had ot attention been drawn to the fact. We conratulate Mr. Grist upon the splendid success e liicli has attended his efforts to give the people tf York county a iirst-cla?n journal in every re- y sect. As a citizen of the county we are proud r f the Enquirer and as a printer we admire and onor it above all the papers that come to our of- ' ce.?Rock Hill Herald. J Our neat and excellent cotemporary, the York- f ille Enquirer, has recently put on an entire 1 ew dress, and it presents a most attractive apearance. Mr. Grist is a model journalist and j, ands at the head of his calling in this State, belg equaled by few and surpassed by none. The , Inquirer is an honor to York county as well as > its proprietor.?Greenville flnterprisc. ' The Yorkville Enquirer was so beautifully rinted that we had never "thought of thut paper <] . c-iifl In ii fliincr nf hftRlltV. it is 11 5 IICCUlll^ llV>n Vj mv. w ..n -? T 11 that typographic urt and pressman's skill can t lake it. As a newspaper it is all that the most (] istidious could desire.?Abbeville Pram and ^ tanner. 1 The Yorkville KNyriitHK, came out last week l an entire new dress, making the third new out- h t in ten years. It has always lieen kept up to le front rank in typographic excellence, sur- j assing any weekly'we know of in the South, and { ivalling the gems of art which our more preten- r ,ous city publishers give their patrons. Mr. s Irist has been lucky, .because he lias been piuckv, ' nd the ENQUiRKit'is a monument of excellence ' rhich he may well be proud of.?Rutherford (N. '.) Banner. 1 The Yorkville Knijuireh has appeared in an l ntirelv now suit of type, this being the third I hangc of costume by our enterprising cotempo- <; ary since 1870. TheE.nquikek is the neatest pa- , er of all our country exchanges, and at the j mne time one of the best. It is conducted with ! bility, und is creditable alike to its progressive 1 roprietor and to the community which has al- .v .'ays given it a generous support.?Charleston \ Ve'ws and Charier. s THE POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS. Barnwell People. Thp drummers of Brewster's outrage mill re secretly gathering up grist for the April erm of the United States Court. A few ( chite men, who claim to be decent citizens, t re the catspaws of the Radical party in this lirty work. Their tracks have been found . ,nd their trail is leading towards the office i f Mr. Melton. j Anderson Intelligencer." The reason the Government wants to con- ( 'ict South Carolinians is that they are white ( uen and are Democrats. To do this they tand aside every respectable white man, ,nd try to force verdicts regardless of j ustice. . Ls long as there is one honest man 011 the Jnited States juries they will fail of convicions, because the success of the design re[uires, in addition to the other officers of the overnment, twelve jurors to consent to an niquitous verdict. This being our only ' afety, it is the duty of every true Carolin- j an drawn upon these juries to report to the ! ourt at the appointed time. It is the most : mportant service that the citizen can ren- 1 ter his country, and at the sacrifice of busiless or pleasure those drawn on these juries : ught to attend the Court. Only in this way an the iniquity of false convictions be 1 verted. ' Aiken Recorder. < Again is the disgraceful attempt to be nade to convert an American court of jus- 1 ice into an engine of oppression as infa- . nous as any ever utilized by the Spanish 1 nquisitors or the brutal Jeffreys. Brew- 1 ter, the moral monstrosity and dandified < labboon, who disgraces the nation by the osition which he occupies as the head of 1 he department of iustice, is determined ; hat a hatch of South Carolina Democrats ; nust be convicted and sent to the Albany , Penitentiary at the April term of the United States Circuit Court which will be held in harlcsten. Quiet and respectable citizen* ( re to be dragged from the bosom of their , amilies to the neglect of their daily avocaions, at a most critical period of the year, nd made to confront an army of perjured vitnesses, who with malice in their hearts tnd red-hot lies on their tongues, would wear away the life of an angel in their lustul greed for the thirty pieces. The hand- | :uffs must be riveted on the innocejit Bern- : cratic victims, and the doors of the Albany >enitentiary must close upon their hopes ' tnd liberties. The last turn of the thumb- j crew is to be made, and nothing that dia>olic ingenuity can devise is to be left unlone. Brewster has employed this time, n the place of the brainless but brassy Sanlers, an attorney by the euphonious name >f Snyder to overdose Melton and keep him veil up to his dirty work. Besides this an trray of detectives are now at work manuacturing testimony and spotting suitable vitnesses to perform the hellish work of >erjury. The juries will be made as black v ' * - 11 - ..r 4-1.y. Aic. is fJreous 11 11 lies in uie power ui uie uibrict attorney. In other words, justice, is to pe burlesqued by handicapping the political prejudices of the ignorant and irresponsi)le negro against the honor and liberties of he white man. This a woeful but a truthill picture of the work carved out for the lext term of the United States Circuit Jourt. We therefore urge our Democratic fellow-citizens to be forewarned and foreirmed. Innocence is 110 protection when ve have to grapple with villainy and tyranny. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Edgefield county is now wild over carp, md the fish are being extensively grown. ? The estimated school fund in Spartanpurg county for the present year is $18,.'120,90. ? The Cedar Shoals factory, in Chester xpunty, ships about 1,800 pounds of yarn per ,veek. ? A serious fire occurred at Georgetown ast Thursday, destroying property to the imount of $70,000. ? The steamer Morro Castle, of the Clyde ine, was burned at her wharf at Charleston >n Thursday morning. ? The wheat crop is looking better in PickMis as spring approaches, and without some lisaster there will be a good crop made. ? An old man died in the Abbeville counv Poor House recently, who had been an innate of that institution for thirty-three rears. ? Pickens Sentinel: The continued had veather has thrown the farmers eonsidern>ly behind with the breaking up of their and and sowing of spring oats. ? During the fiscal year ending October 31, 882, there was issued by theadjutant-gene al of this State to the militia of Kershaw rounty 500 cartridges. ? The Unioil Time* learns that work on he unfinished portion of the Spartanburg md Asheville Railroad, between Henderion and Asheville, will be commenced ihortly. ? Louis LeConte, a lawyer formerly of C'oumbia, and who attained much distinction it the bar for one of his age, died at South Pueblo, Colorado, on the 20th instant, in his hirty-third year. ? Rev. J. Hartwell Edwards, who for live : fears has been pastor of the Baptist Church I it Rock Hill, has reesigned his pastorate to ; iccept a call at Oxford, Miss., where he will ! niter upon his pastoral duties about the J irstof April. ? Judge Witherspoon presided last week ; it Laurens, where he also is this week. The ! Uerakl speaks of his charge to the grand 1 ury as "plain, practical and business-like, 1 md though brief, contained all necessary I instructions as to the duties of that body." J ? The Clifton cotton factory, in Spartan. )urg county, has received an order for KM) bales of goods from the West, and 1,500 bales of goods, or 1,200,(MM) yards of cloth, I "or shipment to China, it has recently adled 1,5536 spindles and 12 new cards. ? It seems that Gabe Gaffney, the convict vhose pardon was obtained from Governor Thompson a few days ago, died in September, and had, consequently been dead about Ive months before the pardon was granted.'j His brothers in Spartanburg county say hey received no notice,of his death. ? Winnsboro News: Mr. A. Willifordsavs ' :hat on Friday, the 16th inst., he made the I argest sales that he has realized since he has been in business?amounting on that day to ?1,621. To our minds this is the best evi-1 ence that there is still considerable money a the country. ? June Massey and Henry Massey. both olored, were arrested at Rock Hill last londay, charged with selling spirituous iquors at that place without license. They fere taken by Deputy U. S. Marshal J. J. 'earson to Chester for a preliminary hearng before U. S. Commissioner I,add. ? Charlotte Journal: Mr. Brevard Springs, :illed at oue shot, on Thursday, at his place lear Fort Mill,2 wild turkey gobblers, each weighing 22 pounds, making an aggregate f 44 pounds. To give some idea of the size f these ponderous fowls, the average weight if a domestic bird of the turkey gobbler speiuu it: ulimif 1>' iinnnrlt ? Waddell, the free school certificate forgr, who escaped from jail atKingstree some imeago, has written the school commissionr of Williamsburg county a letter postnarked Liverpool, England, wherein he tates he desires to pay his honest debts, ,nd if the commissioner will call upon his rother at Dove's Depot, Darlington county, t would be settled. ? The trial of J. L. M. Irby} charged with ;illing William C. Gilgore in a difficulty ecurring at Laurens, December 2, 1 HTM, ommenced on Wednesday of last week at 0 A. M. and was concluded about 5 Saturlay evening, resulting in a verdict of ac[uittal, the jury being absent less than half .n hour. A deep interest was manifested, he court room being densely crowded every lay during the trial. Irby fied the State oon after the commission of the deed, but eturned voluntarily and surrendered himelf to the authorities last December. ? Laurens Herahl: It is said that the temHirary injunction recently obtained against he County Commissioners of Spartanburg, dative to the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad, will not interfere in ne least with the progress of the work on aid road, as there is money sufficient in land to keep the work going for three nonths. The'case will be fully argued, on )oth sides, at the approaching term of the SpartanburgCourt. This case will probably jo to the Supreme Court, whatever may be he decision of the Circuit Judge. We are nformed that the proceedings to obtain the said injunction were mainly instituted by :he merchants of Spartanburg, who are dissatisfied with the location of the route in Spartanburg county. This is probably the secret of the whole business. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Eastern Field Trials Club have decided to locate their grounds for the coming season at High Point. ? Two years ago Mr. Beal, of Lenoir, placed forty-seven young carp in a pond. Last week he dre>v off the water, and found in the pond .'1,000 carp. ? Gastonia Gazette: Mrs. Clarissa Beatty, laughter of Mr. William Oates, dropped lead on the floor of her father's house on Wednesday morning. ? Judge Shipp, in chambers, has, on motion of counsel for several creditors, made a lecree, ordering the Lawrence cotton mills, it Lowell, Gaston county, to be sold by a commissioner at public outcry. ? The Superior Court of Wake county lias decided to authorize the appointment if a Receiver for the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, now under a lease to the Midland N. C. Railroad, of which Mr. Best is President. ? Last week in Rutherford county, James Ross, a white man, living near Colonel McDowell's on Broad river, was attacked by [?is own son and hacked to death with a knife. This terrible tragedy followed a iispute about a pair of oxen. ? Mr. Wm. Griffith, of Charlotte, has entered suit against the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line Railroad for $20,(KM) damages for the killing of his son Robert, about eighteen months ago, near Atlanta. Robert lirittith was a conductor on the road. ? The Gastonia Gazette says that crossties in large quantities are being gotton up for the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, which, according to the terms of the lease is to be xnnpletd to Lenoir within twelve months from the date of the lease. ? There was to have been a double wedding in Scotland Neck recently, but the s*room could not marry both ladies as he had promised. The ladies not wishing divided affections each declined. The fascinating young man has left to escape, it is said the vindictive ire of the male relatives. ? The Gastonia Gazette says the Ormand ore bank, near King's Mountain, yields about eighty tons per day of the finest ore in the world. The ore assays 08 per cent, of the very finest steel. The crude ore is shipped to Pennsylvania, where it brings $10 per ton. ? Ex-Judge J. M.Cloud, of the Superior Court of North Carolina, was attacked with apoplexy last Sunday, on the train from Augusta to Charlotte, and died soon after reaching the Charlotte depot. His remains were sent to his residence at Winston for interment. ? Charlotte Journal: The building of the A. R Presbyterian Church on the corner ol Fifth and College, is now receiving a new coat of paint ana in a iew uuys uie itjnce enclosing the lot will give place to a new one, The repairs are being made in preparation for a regular meeting of the First A. R, Presbytery here the first week in April next. ? Dr. W. B. Withers died suddenly on his farm, near Davidson College, 011 Tuesday ol last week. He was walking over his fields engaged in. hunting birds in company with his little son and a little negro boy. While in the act of shooting he fell forward, sticking the muzzle of his gun in the ground, Under this stroke he was not unconscious, however, but arose and went 011 in quest oi more game. In a short time he fell agair to the ground, as if dead, and rose no more ? There is a story circulating to the effect that Mr. W. D. McAdoo, of Greensboro by mistake ordered from a New York house a plate of glass 22 by 32 feet. He meant inches. The New York house telegraphed to know if he had not made a mistake, but he replied it was all right. Thej wrote him that it would be necessary tc imfort the glass. He told them to import, The glass now lies on the wharf at Norfolk, 1 Ki-pinrlit nn flip dpck of 11 Vf'S lul>lug ucvh . sel from France, there being no way o) transporting it to Greensboro. Mr. MeAdoo has a bill of $3,100 to pay, and will probably be more careful next time. The Organization* of the Next Senate.? Numerous applications for the minor positions to be given at the reorganizatonofthe next Senate have been received by a number of Senators. These aspirants have been assured that in all probability no appointments will be made before December next. There is a feeling among Senators that no extra session of the Senate will be necessary. It seems to be understood that Senator Davis will resign in time tc give the Republicans an opportunity for electing his successor. Democratic Senator* think that he is patriotic enough to do this. Senators Edmunds and Athony are niosl prominently spoken of for the coming presiding officer. The latter, while entitled tc the honor out of respect of his long connection with the Senate, is believed by some members to be too old to elect. They fear that his unexpected demise might necessitate the election of his successor before Congress next convenes. On account of Mr. Anthony's age certain Senators believe that i -: .i. l.r. liv tlio elect ii in of Mr. it's?* Ilrtis. Hiiuiu uv tun uj v..-w Edmunds. Revolutionary Bullets.?Mr. J. A. Northey, who lives two and a half miles east from this place on the Cherokee Ford road, brought to our office the other day eleven huge leaden bullets which he found deposited in the ground near his home. The eleven bullets weigh even one pound, are cone-shaped and very odd-looking?different in appearance from any ever before seen by the parties who have observed them. These relics bear the clear indication of ancient deposit and when it is remembered that Wni. Campbell, Isaac Shelby and Benjamin Cleveland wrote in 17si) that "the enemy lav encamped some where near Cherokee Ford," and that this locality figured several times in the Revolutionary annals, it is highly probable that these bullets were handled by revolutionary troops, being carried possibly through some of the memorable engagements of an historic past. Could these voiceless messengers of an immortal struggle speak, what a volume of interest might-they unfold. One of the bullets has the appearance of having been shot. Cfoff net/ Cify Carolinian. Xj OCAL A77AXHa : i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 J. R. Gardner?Pay up! < W. 10. Rose?For Sale or Rent. Herndon Bros.?Stoves. Withers Adiekes?Fresh Groceries. J. M. Adams?Buist's Reliable Garden Seeds? Buteher Knives? Kerosine Oil?Cheap Wrapping Paper. W. C. Latimer?Dress Patterns. Entertainment at Lowrysville. J. Beatty Williams, Proliate Judge of York Countv?Citation?Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis., Applicant?William Manning, deceased. ? ? LIENS RECORDED. Up to Tuesday last there had been recorded in the Clerk's office 1,055 liens for rents and advances. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The shipments of cotton from the Yorkville depot, up to Monday last, aggregate G,41o bales. POSTPONEMENT. The entertainment and "jug breaking" !ulv(irfitip(l lnnt vcppL' tn hp trivpn hv thp children of the M. E. Sunday-school has been postponed until a date to be hereafter announced. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services in the church at Philadelphia at 11 o'clock A. M., next Sunday ; in the church at Yorkville, atipght. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. ( R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at 101 A. 31. , Sunday-school immediately after close of the service. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. THE WEATHER. We are already having a foretaste of March?the most disagreeable month of the year. Monday and Tuesday, though clear, were cold, "raw" days, and on Monday morning ice formed nearly half an inch thick. The wind and sun are drying off the ground rapidly, and while the condition of the roads is improving, with no more rain, the plows will soon begin to move in earnest. With the improved condition of the roads cotton has been coming in freely this week. WIGGINS' STORM. Wiggins, the Canadian weather prophet, l .j. .1! 1 I,.,., i .-I nun jUMt tiim.Dvi'ri'u niiii ii*." nan cui\i in ?t?o calculation concerning the March storm, lie still maintains that the storm will occur, but not to such and alarming extent as previously predicted. It will only cover a narrow area. So says an exchange. The facts of Wiggins' predictions are just beginningtobe understood, and are fully explained in the last sentence above quoted. Wiggins is a married man, and the storm of which he is apprehensive, and which "will only cover a narrow area," is evidently an anticipated domestic breeze on his own premises. We predict quite a number of "storms," covering narrow areas, all over the country during the present month. DIED FROM A SLIGHT WOUND. Mr. S. D. Carothers, of this county, died on Wednesday of last week. It will be remembered that last November he received a slight wound under the following circumstances: While returning from his island plantation in the Catawba river, the stream being considerably swollen and very swift, the flat in which he was moving his wagon and mules capsized or broke loose from the fastening on the bank before the oarsman was ready to start, which caused the mules to take fright and jump into the river, carrying the driver with them. The negro and one mule were drowned, and Mr. Carothers received a slight scratch or bruise. So slight was the hurt that he paid but little attention to it at the time, and from this neglect he caught cold in it, causing inflammation, followed by gangrene, which was [ the immediate cause of his death. Mr. ( Ca rot hers was highly esieemeu as an industrious, useful citizen. lie was upwards of 1 GO years of age. i . DEATH OF A PRINTER. The Columbia Register of Tuesday announces the death of .Mr. Washington W. . Davis, a well- known printer of that city, i which occurred at 2 o'clock last Monday morning. He had been confined to his room, by illness, since the 17th ultimo, and ! was thought to lie recovering, when, on ; Sunday about noon, he fell from his chair with indications of paralysis, which terminated fatally in about twelve hours. Mr. i Davis was one of the best known members . of the craft in this State, where he had ' spent all his life of nearly fifty years, and had secured the reputation of being one of ^ the most proficient of printers. For the , hist fifteen years he was continuously em( ployed as foreman of the Southern Presby> /.wm, nffino ITo \t*ns n of his busi ness, an industrious, sober and economical man, and by his capacity and thrift had I succeeded in accumulating a comfortable t home and other property to the amount of , $8,000 or $10,000. He had been for about b eight years a consistent member of the , Baptist Church in Columbia. ! THE ARTICHOKE. This tuber is beginning to attract the , attention of some of our farmersas a crop that , can be raised with profit for food for swine. , Its taste is something like that of the chufa, i and hogs eat it with avidity. Mr. E. C. ' Falls, of this county, has brought to our office a sample of his production?of the Red [ Brazilian variety. He planted half a gallon on one-twentieth of an acre, and the yield was 201 bushels?a finer crop than any " noted in the Agricultural report of 1879?the remarks on the subject in which volume induced him to give it a trial. He is well i pleased with the result. One of the spec' imens brought to our office weighs 25 ounces. The U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture, in ' his report for 1879, says of the artichoke: "The culture of artichokes for stock feeding is attracting much attention. They ! flourish in a wide range of soils and climates. . and may be expected to come into general ' use for stock feeding, particularly in sections ! where corn does not flourish. An impor; tant element of their value for swine is in their availability, where the ground does fmvnn during the entire winter i , i,VH ICIIUUii 0 , und spring, without any cost for harvesting." OLI) VIOLINS. The Moore Gazette in its last issue boasts j of a violin in that county that is 112 years 1 ; old, but that is an infant when compared j with a veteran violin in this county, now ; owned by Mr. James Moore of this place, i 31 r. Moore's instrument was brought to ! America many years ago by Commodore j i \V. E. Boudinot, of this place, to whom ; while an officer in the United States navy, itI was given in 1842, at Cape Town in Africa. The violin was repaired in 1752 (141 years V . . ; . i 1 ? ?' r??i it !i nil agoj us is suowii uy uiuii^iicuvii uii the gentleman who gave it to Commodore Boudinot, assured him that it was made in 1642, nearly two and a half centuries ago! < Ts is certainly a very old and remarkable violin, and is the sweetest toned instrument that we have ever heard.?Chatham {N. C.) lii'cord. Col. Coward, of this j/iaee, owns a violin that is supposed to be, and is pronounced i by many, a genuine Stradivarius, which, if j i made by that maker, say in the prime of his life, would be about 200 years old. 1 But the quaintest old violin of which we ' have any knowledge is one now undergoing repairs in this place for a gentleman of Greensboro, N. C. It bears the inscription of Gaspard Duiffo Pruggar, and is dated 1526, which, if genuine, would make it 660 rears old. It bears every evidence of long 1 isage, and has the smooth, perfect tone 4 ;hroughout the scale which is characteristic i )f old instruments. ' ( . t DEATH OF JAMES JEFFERYS, ESQ. ] The death of this venerable citizen, which ' >ccurred at his residence in this place, on l ast Saturday, at 4 P. M., removes from j )ur midst one who has been identified with |? :he history of Yorkville for the past (il j rears, and who was the oldest male resi-i lent of the town. Mr. James Jefl'erys was born on the Is- j and of Alderney, in the English Channel, I; )n the 6th of August, 1800, and was, at the i :ime of his death, aged 82 years 6 months 1 md 18 days. While yet an infant, his pa- 1 rents changed their home to the Island of ., uruernsey, about 21 miles east of Alderney. ^ Here he remained until the year 1817, hav- j. ing been apprenticed to a cabinet maker in Gluernsey on the 11th of April, 1813, for a term of six years. The man with whom i he was apprenticed was named Thomas:' Dews. In the year 1817 Mr. Dews determinto emigrate to the United States, and proposed to take his apprentice with him, to which arrangement the parents of young Jefl'erys offered no objection. Dews, with his family, and accompanied by Mr. Jefferys, landed at Philadelphia on the 25th of May, 1817, and remained in that city until the following December, when they removed to New York. In that city they remain ed, working at the trade of cabinet making, until February, 1819, when Dews and his apprentice went to Richmond, Va., where they remained about two months. From Richmond they went to Petersburg, and thence to Raleigh, N. C., remaining at each place but a short while, leaving Raleigh for Salisbury, where they remained about a year. Mr. Dews left his family in New York, and the object of his frequent changes was to find a location where he thought he would be content to settle his family permanently. While at Salisbury, Mr. Dews sent for his family, but before they arrived, he and Mr. Jefferys were both attacked with sickness. After their recovery, his family in the meantime having arrived, Mr. Dews proposed to Mr. Jefferys to visit Lincolnton. They were pleased with that place, and Dews sent to Salisbury for his family, who joined them at Lincolnton in July, 1820, where Dews continued to live until his death. Mr. Jefferys' apprenticeship expired on the <>th of August, 1821. Mr. Dews surrendered his indentures, and there being but little work in Lincolnton at that time, Mr. Jefferys determined to seek employment elsewhere. He left Lincolnton on foot, in November, 1821, with only two dollars in his pocket, loaned to him by a friend. He first went to Providence settlement, in Mecklenburg county, hoping to obtain employment in that neighborhood. He was disappointed, however, and from Providence lie determined to go either to Yorkville or Chester. Again he started on foot, and on arriving at the cross-roads near Tirzah Church, one of which roads led toYorkville and another to Chester, he hesitated as to which he should follow. At this age of his early manhood he was strongly imbued with Christian faith, and while in doubt as to the best point of his destination, he resolved to ask the guidance of Divine Providence. He has always believed that his prayer was answered ; for with light heart he pursued his journey in the direction of Yorkville, where he arrived about nightfall, one day in the middle of November, 1821. At the corner, where Colcock & Miller's store now is, he met a citizen, Mr. .Samuel Chambers, who directed him to the residence of Mr. Samuel Wright, whom he had been advised to apply to for employment. Mr. Wright entertained him that night, and the next morning they concluded articles of copartnership for the term of nine months?Mr. Jefferys to do the work of a cabinet-maker ; Mr. Wright to furnish the shop and materials and board Mr. Jetferys, giving him as his share of the profits onehalf of the gross sales. Air. Jefferys remained with Mr. Wright for the time agreed upon, and at the expiration of the partnership he commenced business on his own account on the lot now occupied by Dobson & Parish. Here he remained until 1835, when he bought a lot on the oppositeside of the street, where he continued the cabinet making business until 1838. In connection with his business of cabinet maker, however, he commenced merchandising in 1823, not relinquishing his regular mechanical occupation until 1838, from which year until 1882 he was in the mercantile business continuously. On the lot to which he removed in 183;"), he remained until his death, with the exception of a few months required to rebuild his residence, K? ?ra 1B7H WHICH WHS ucauujcu ijj mv- <u AUIV> Mr. JefFerys accumulated a handsome property, which at the breaking- out of the war was intact, and a good portion of which, by prudent management he retained at the close of hostilities. Mr. JefFerys never held political office. Though such was the confidence reposed in him by his fellow-citizens that he was induced to accept the appointment of magistrate, which position lie held from 1838 to 18G2, when he resigned. During this period he disposed of about 2,800 civil cases, besides a large number of State cases. Ilis reminiscences of a long life of usefulness have always been interesting to his listeners, and especially his recollections of his first years in Yorkville. When he first came here the population of the town was not more than two hundred, and nearly all the houses were built of logs. As we have intimated, Mr. JefFerys was pious from his early manhood. Soon after lie located here lie took an active part in ihc cause of the church, and was one of eight ...u? +lwi Orwf Afolliiuliijl persons \> m_> uiguiii/icu inv. iii.ii mvw<vv...i. Episcopal congregation in the town. His wife , was also one of the original eight. The church was then attached Fo the Lincolnton District, and for the first few years of its existence, dating with its organization, had the ministrations of Rev. Win. Gaza way. Mr. .Jelferys also organized the first Sunday-school in Yorkville, in the year 1821), and for many years was a zealous and active worker in this cause. He was, in every sense of the term, an exemplary Christian?one of whom none could say ought?and he died as he had lived, without an enemy in the world. Besides his sterling integrity he was a man of good business capacity and of most methodical turn of miiul. So accurately did lie keep his private memoranda, as well as a record of his olficial acts as magistrate, that he was often referred to for facts involving important transactions, and his mere statement was i n'itliAiif niuwtinn Ifp r*>- I UlWliyS) Lil t\V"Il II IIIUIUI tilinod his faculties in a remarkable degree, and for one of his age was unusually active until stricken down only a few days before his death. Mr. Jefferys married Miss Elizabeth II. Smith, a sister of the late G'apt. Tlios. II. Smith, on the 24th of December, 1822, who bore him a family of eight sons and four daughters. His wife, three sons and two daughters survive him. The funeral services were conducted on Tuesday morning at the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Rev. R. P. Franks, the pastor, a large concourse being present. After a hymn by the choir, the pastor read a lesson from the loth chapter of First Corinthians. He then read his text from the ith chapter and 13th verse of Revelations: 'And I heard a voice from heaven saying into me, Write, Blessed are the dead which lie in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith he Spirit, that they may rest from their abors; and their works do follow them." The services concluded at the church with i hymn by the choir, when the assemblage proceeded to the old Methodist burying ground. After prayer and the Benediction ;he body was committed to the grave. CONGRESS AND THE TARIFF. A Washington dispatch ofSaturday says: Now that the Senate has passed the' Tariff 1)111, the high protectionists and the tarifffor-revenue men draw breath and watch ?ach other, scarcely knowing what step to hike next. The passage of the bill by the Senate was a disappointment to both of these classes, i ne ingn prowxuuu mru h?tsired a higher rate on iron and steel and wool, and after the failure to get what they wanted they would have been pleased to see the bill fail in the Senate. The advocates of a tariff for revenue, including the Democratic Senators who voted against the bill, were disgusted with what they regarded as a pretense?a sham attempt to revise the customs duties. Pennsylvania is against the bill. Her interests have been represented here by fast, active and zealous workers, who resort to all sorts of arguments to convince Congressmen that there is danger behind any change in existing rates of duty on iron and steel. Partisan feelings are appealed to and the Republicans are implored not to trample upon the banner of protection, under which they won the elections of 1880. The only Republican vote cast against the bill was that of Mr. Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, and his action will probably be approved by a large laxly of his constituents if the expressions of the representatives of powerful interests in that State can be regarded as those of the people at large. The House Republicans are very plainly embarrassed by the present situation, and do not appear to have matured any plan of action for the future. An effort was made this afternoon to obtain from some of them a definite opinion as to what will be done. The necessity of doing something soon appears to oppress the leaders, who seem to nave doubts about the disposition of the Democrats. That there is a disposition to avoid giving tire Democrats a chance to pass the bill just as it is is clearly apparent. The n ? " nf+Vi?. PnnnKliria 11 cttiIp UfllKH'nilfl ill Civnuicui ini' J/UU1K.WI1 >/u>.v of mind, and are content to wait and let the majority take the lead and bear the responsibility for the consequences of any step taken. The tariff bill passed by the Senate cannot be taken from the Speaker's table and sent to a conference committee unless the rules shall first be amended. The Committee on Rules will not recommend any amendment of the rules unless a majority of the House shall first pledge themselves to support a motion to non-concur arid send to conference. The high tariff men who demand that the metal rates shall be raised in conference, are not sure of such a majority for the motion. Therefore, the rules will not be amended, and therefore, the Senate tariff bill will not become a law. These seem to be the propositions established by the Republican caucus held this evening. Alter the Tariff bill had been passed by the Senate the only hope of the iron and steel men and the representatives of some other less powerful interests was a conference committee. Mr. Sherman, Mr. Cameron and their friends were beaten in the Senate. They failed to raise the rates in the metal schedule, and were forced to see the bill go to the House without those amendments which they desired. They also saw Mr. Kelley and his friends fail to pass the Internal Revenue bill. If the House had failed to pass the bill last Monday it would have been easier to drop the tariff. sequel to the Testers floods. The damage done by the Ohio floods to property is reckoned by millions. Isolated dwellings and small hamlets, as well as towns and cities, along the course of the river have their quotas of disaster to add the sum of the total. Cincinnati, though relieved from the flood, lias 10,000 people in urgent need. I^awrenceburg, a place of about 0,000 inhabitants, is practically swept away. When the water recedes and uncovers the area the town occupies it is considered questionable "whether a single house would remain tenantable." The basis on which this conjecture rests must be considered ample if it be true, as reported from the locality, that "people move about in skiffs searching for their homes, and anxiously feeling below the surface of the water with nd poles to ascertain if their houses have withstood the floods and remain in position." Some 800 heads of families in Lawrenceburg are deprived of their only source of income, and for the time be ing are absolutely dependent upon cnaruy for the necessaries of life. Distress and want appear on every side. The damage wrought in Louisville involves distress to several thousands. Jeffersonville, a place of 10.400 pedple, opposite Louisville, is very nearly obliterated by the flood. Four fifths of this town are under water and at least 0,000 of its inhabitants are without homes and personal effects beyond the clothes they wear. Half the business men of the place are ruined financially. There were situated here extensive car works, glass works, and ship yards, employing 2,500 hands, most of whom are now made dependent upon charity for sustenance. New Albany, a city of 10,400 people, likewise opposite Louisville, is also in a bad condition. Over 300 residences are overturned, factories are stopped, and business brought to a standstill. The overflowing water extends beyond the city rearward some four miles, taking in several suburbs. Lower New Albany, Port Union, Falling Run are reported as absolutely "wiped off the map." The loss in the largertown is placed at $1,000,000, 11,000 homeless people are reported "huddled intoclose, uncomfortable and necessarily unhealthy quarters, many of them scantily clad, the large majority penniless, and all out of employment, with no prospect for work for some weeks to come. A great many have lost nearly all of their household effects and nearly all are dependent upon public charity. Aurora loses 300 houses. Clarksville is under water and half the town is washed away. Harden town and North Bend are submerged to the roofs of the houses, with what results to the people in the loss of property may be imagined. To be added to the losses from the flcod are the depredations of "pirates," who plunder the partially flooded and abandoned houses ami even steal the roi>e.f bv means of which it is sought to prevent dwellings from floating away. As is usual when multitudes of people are thrown together in uncomfortable and unhealthy quarters, with insufficient and unwholesome food, disease contributes its share to the hardships of the situation. While the water was up, it alone destroyed. Now that it has fallen and exposed the moist earth dotted here and there with puddles warmed in the sun, malarial and other fevers ensue. ? ? ? Statistical Organization of the Agricultural Department.?There are 487 townships in South Carolina. The State department of agriculture now has over 300 energetic and reliable correspondents scattered over our territory, and it aims to get at an early date one in every township. Even with its -present number of statistical assistants the department covers the State more completely than probably any other agricultural department in the South, and when the number is increased, as is hoped for this spring, the calculations of the area, and yield of crops will be as reliable as those of the United States Census. The department is now sending out circulars to Ua nnaiullmnn.lnn^ 4.. I un wiicnpuiuiciuo iu uuiiiin u pu'uiiuiinry estimate of the acreage in the various crops, anil it is expected that the replies will be in by March oth and the proposed planting operations ascertained. The commissioner is sending out the returns by the census of 1H80 of the acreage planted in the different crops and the value of livestock, Ac., in each township, and township correspondents by noting the changes since that year can give a reliable estimate for 188.'!. The department also aims to obtain this year through township correspondents, the address of every gin owner in the State and to secure from them the exact number of bales of cotton ginned by them next fall, in this way arriving at an accurate summary of the production of cotton in Sonth Carolina. The department is decidedly progressive.?for. News and Courier.