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Jtoaps and partis. rzzzzzzzz? * * i " ? Charles (). LaMotte, of the Savannah Netcs editorial statf, was drowned in the river below that city last Sunday by the swamping of a boat*, fie was a native of Charleston, and a brother of Mr. T. J LaMotte, local editor of the Columbia Register. ? The business failures throughout the country, for the week ending last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile Agency, number 195 against 225 last week. The New England States had 17, Middle 39. Western 57, Southern 38, Pacific States and Territories 12. New York city 8 and Canada 24. ? The Atlanta Constitution says the Mormon elders continue to carry on their business of sending women to Salt Lake City from north Geortria. They do not muster with a brass baud, but they are doing some effective work. Hardly a week passes that some of their victims are not forwarded to their fate in Utah. ? Emigrants are pouring into Dakota this spring, not by tens and hundreds, but by brigades and divisions. The astonishing crops of wheat raised on the rich lands of that Territory lure grangers from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the older States as much as did the golden pla^rs of California twenty-five and thirty years ago. ? The increase in net earnings on the Richmond and Danville system of roads is quite extraordinary. Not only are the gross earnings much larger than in *1882, but with this improvement there is also a large decrease in expenses, resulting in an increase of the reported net earning of nearly 90 per cent, in the two months. In 1882 the net earnings for the two months were $301,835, and in 1883 they were $567,264. ? Mr. Burchard, the director of the mint, said, the other day, in speaking of the three cent piece and the discussion which has sprung up about its legality, that there was only one coin of the L nited States that was in strict compliance with the law. That coin, he said, was the twenty dollar gold piece. All the others have something on them which the law does not authorize, or they lack somethin^which the law requires. ? A bill has passed one House of the Missouri Legislature, redycing the present legal rates lor freight on railways in that State by 25 per cent. It is backed by what is called the Farmer's Club* The St. Louis Republican, the leading: Democratic paper of Missouri, says that, through competition, freight rates are already reduced somewhat below the legal rates, and that, if the bill becomes a law, it will inflict a serious blow to the prosperity of the State. ? Washington territory is becoming the lumber centre of the country. The lumber is cut along the streams and rafted down to navigation. In 1881 the product amounted to 175,000,000 cubic feet, and the amount cut last year is estimated at 300,000.000 feet. This is about the last field that can be worked before a serious inroad upon the Southern supply of timber takes place. Every foot of Southern timber will be needed before long, and we again warn our readers who have timber lands to guard them and keep them until their full value is realized. ? One of the meanest and most cowardly crimes of the age was perpetrated the other day at Bloomington, Ind., which is described in a dispatch of the 19th inst., and for which a suit for $12,000 damages has been instituted by the father of the victim of it. Some men surrounded a well known farmer's house at midnight, took possession, and entering his daughter's room (she being in bed) cut off" her hair close to her head. She is said to be a young lady of excellent character and standing, and'the only supposed cause of the outrage was the fact that she had recently jilted a young man. ? Jonathan G. Bigelow, counsel for Sergt. Mason while he was on trial before the court-martial for shooting at Guiteau in the district jail, has filed suit against Mason, his wife Betty and the banking house of Biggs & Co. for $3,500 alleged to be due him in Q/uinnnf f\f that, raw 3i(rplnw lllWpv that there is now $7,000 in lliggs & Co.'s batik to the credit of Mrs. Mason, the proceeds of the Mason fund, which he was instrumental in collecting, and he asked that she be restrained from withdrawing any amount sufficient to injure his cause. He also declares that the case will soon be heard by the United States Supreme Court, and that he expects to secure Mason's release because of lack of jurisdiction on the part of the court-martial. ? In a letter written by Jefferson Davis to an autograph hunter nearly a year ago, but which has just been published, the ex-Confederate chieftain says: "I was born in what was then Christian county, Ky., for when Todd county was cut off of Christian, the dividing line ran through my father's house, and the room in which I was born is, I have been told, in Todd county. My father was born in Georgia when it was a colony of Great Britain, his father was an immigrant from Wales, and his mother was a native of Georgia. My mother was a 11a-- ? ? * 'V i? 1 i i.1 tive oi ttouin Carolina, aim nor miner emigrated from Ireland. I believe this covers the scope of your inquiry, and will, I hope, be satisfactory to you." ? The New York supervisors of election are discussing the question of adopting a ballot box, the invention of a Boston man, designed to render election frauds impossible. In this box the ballot is placed face down upon an apron running over a pair of rollers; the officer in charge of the box raises a lever and turns a crank as each ballot is deposited. The ballot is carried by rollers under a clamp which, bv an ingenious device, unites it firmly with the ballot preceding. The ballots thus united are carried over another roller, which may be detached and placed ou a frame where the ballot can be easily counted. As only the face of the ballot is visible when it is on the frame, if two ballots are deposited, only one can be seen and counted. ? Mr. Henry E. Bowen, of the New York Independent, recently made an extended .Southern tour, going as far as Texas, visiting en route the principal cities in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, His conclusion is that the future of the Southern States is no longer a problem?that "new life is swelling her veins, old customs and prejudices are dying out, and strong influences are at work which at no distant Iwin/v Lnv Ia fmnf ranL'c /\f* tLn Will U1111^ lltl IV 111^ UUIIV iiutog illv producing and manufacturing States of the Union." Mr. Bowen confesses that the newspaper readers of the North can have no adequate idea of the vastly altered condition of things in the South since the war. ? A dispatch of last Friday, from Fort Benton, Montana, says: Runners and scouts bring information of the most daring raid by CreeK Indians, who belong properly beyond the Canadian line, that has been made in many years. The party is supposed to number 200 braves. One is represented as moving down the Masias River, killing cattle and other stock as they go. At daybreak on the 19th instant, a small company of Pieguns, headed by Little Dog and two white men, had a sharp engagement with the Creeks, killing two of "them and securing their scalps. Two Piegnns were wounded and one norse was killed. The bodies of ten oxen were found near Fort Conrad, which had been killed by the marauding band, and forty horses were driven off by the same party near the same place. The Indians seem to beheading toward Canada. Near Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on the same day, while a party were engaged around some newly discovered coal fields, they were attacked without warning by a band of twenty-seven Indians, and several men were killed and three wounded. ? The Columbus, Ga., Times gives the following as the latest story of Vincent, Alabama's defaulting treasurer: People yet abound, and we have talked with them In the past few hours, who honestly think that Vincent, the absconding treasurer of our sister State, reads every morning early the Montgomery Advertiser. Others say that he is in Canada. But it is very strange that of all the defaulting public officers for so large an amount, nobody seems to know his location despite the large reward offered for his arrest. There is a singular circumstance connected with Vincent's default, never, we believe, before published. The $lo,000 in his personal possession at the time of his departure was handed to his wife?evidently, we suppose, for her use. Upon opening the package she found the first bill to be one of the denomination of $o,0U0. This led her to conclude that it was public money, and there must l>e some mistake about it, that she-had misunderstood her husband. Hence she went to the capitol and turned it over to the State officials. Vincent was cool, and had much method in his madness.* The night of his departure was spent at polfer, and as he rose from the gaming table, whether successful or not we are not informed, he remarked that he had eaten nothing since breakfast and must go and get something. This was the last of Vincent known to his associates. YORKVILL.E, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2!), 1883. THE POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS. In Columbia, last Saturday, United States Commissioner Bauskett rendered his decision in the cases of the Fairfield political prisoners, the testimony having all been snd argument of counsel for the Government and the defense concluded on Thursday. The argument for the Government was made by ex-Judge Willard, and Col. Haskell appeared for the defence. Willard was to have had the closing argument, but declined to speak after Col. Haskell closed. Of the seventeen prisoners, only two were bound over, the charge against them being conspiracy. Seven others were discharged, and the cases against eight were discontinued, there being no evidence against them. Those bound over for trial at the April term of the U. S. District Court at Charleston, are Thomas McGill and James Herron, and as showing the nature of the charges against these men, we quote the Commissioner's words in rendering his decision : "Mr. Thomas McGill, Jr., is proved to have waved a board and ordered the crowd to stand back. There is no proof that he struck any one. But it was an overt act, which would bind Mr. McGill over if he were charged distinctly with violating Section 5,511 of the Revised Statutes. "Mr. James Herron was active in pressing the crowd back. The testimony is that he waved a knife, pressed voters off the box in front of the polls, an(> holding a knife, chased a man through the crowd. Any force under the Statutes would be in violation of Section 5,511. Now, was there coucert of action between the acts of Mr. McGill and those of Mr. Herron ? Did there appear to be a combination between these men '? The only matter before me is whether there was probable cause to connect the action between these two men in committing overt - ~i-? AK.rv T xirou ffAIM iU.'U> itt Hit* JJU11J5. J. Lllliin. I'linv niiviu the opening of the polls at 2 o'clock P. M. "The decision of the Court, therefore, is that Thomas McGill, Jr., and James Herron be bound over for appearance at Court, and that all the other defendants go hence without day, so far as this warrant is concerned," The bail for McGill and Herron was fixed in the sum of $500 each, and it was instantly given. The commissioner discharged the witnesses in the case and announced that they were to appear at the April term of Court in Charleston. The cases from Clarendon county have collapsed for want of evidence against the aocused. The hearing of these cases was begun on Friday, in Charleston, before Commissioner Gayer. The hearing was adjourned until 10 o'clock the next morning, at which hour an important witness frr the prosecution was expected. The witness not appearing, the hearing was continued until 5 P. M., at which hour the witness still not appearing, the Commissioner said that while he knew that the Government had done all in its power to secure the attendance of the missing link, he saw nothing left for him but to dismiss the case and discharge the defendants without bail, and he so ordered it. In regard to some other cases pending against citizens of Clarendon, Mr. Khatne, their counsel, asked that the hearing be had at some convenient place in Clarendon county, to which the Commissioner assented, stating that he would notify the counsel and the defendant of the time and place, which ' ? * - - - J are yet to De appointed. Of the workings of the outrage mill in Chester county, the Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier telegraphs from the State Capital, under date of last Sunday night, as follows: No sooner is one prosecution ended than another is begun, Messrs. R. J. Dye, James Gayden and H. J. Gayden, managers of the Congressional election at Rossville Precinct, Chester county, were brought here this evening by Deputy Marshals Kennedy and Smith, of Charleston, for exsftnination by Commissioner Bauskett, on a charge of obstructing a supervisor of election. Mr. Dye, who is an old gentleman, was arrested while at church yesterday evening. The prisoner had no other warning than that contained in this correspondence of impending arrests in Chester county. Accompanying the prisoners is the Hon. Giles J. Patterson. State Senator, who will represent them with some member of the Columbia bar. They are stationed at the Hendrix House and will appear before Commissioner Bauskett, by whom the warrants were issued, at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. It is understood that W. B. Cash has been getting up the information on which these prosecutions are based, and that Kennedy and Smith will return to Chester county to-morrow for another batch. It is reported also that fifty other arrests are to be made in that county. As a room for the examination of Chester ivfi?inopj bad alr^adv heen enframed in their county town, the bringing of them a hundred miles here is an evidence of pure vindictiveness 011 the part of the prosecution. Cash returned here last night. After these prisoners were arrested and taken a distance of twenty-two miles to Chester, they were conveyed from that town by rail to Columbia, where they were simply bound over last Monday to appear before a Commissioner in Chester for examination. Yesterday was the day appointed for the examination. Commissioner Bauskett will go to Chester, where lie expects to spend a week hearing these and other cases. The affidavit upon which Mr. Dye and the Messrs. Gayden were arrested, was made "on information and belief," by T. J. Sherrer, a clerk of Snyder, District-Attorney Melton's legal assistant. They promptly gave bonds in the sum of each for their appearance at Chester, Senator Patterson and Col. McMaster being the sureties. DEATH OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. The Hon. T. 0. Howe, Postmaster-General, died suddenly at his home in Kenoshe, Wisconsin, on last Sunday at 2.20 P. M. He contracted a severe cold a week before ! his death, at Green Bay, and returned to I Kenoshe, where he continued very ill until | Saturday, when he seemed to improve. ; His physician pronounced his ailment pneul inonia. He was taken worse on Saturday night and sank rapidly, expiring on Sunday i afternoon.. Mr. Howe was born in Livermore, Me., ; February 7,1810, He was elected to the Maine Legislature in 1845, but in the latter part of the same year moved to Green Bay, | Wisconsin. He was a circuit judge in that State from 1850 to 1855. In 1861 he was ! elected United States Senator, serving three terms until 1880, when he was succeeded by | Matt D. Carpenter; In 1882, when Mr. James resigned the office of postmaster-general, Mr. Howe was appointed as his successor. A ROW IN COLUMBIA. About half past 8'clock on Wednesday night of last week, W. B. Cash, the son of Col. E. B. C. Cash, got into a row with James Herron, one of the Fairfield politi! cal prisoners, who was boarding at the Grand Central Hotel where young Cash ailso had registered, and in the lobby of which house the altercation occurred. It seemed that Mr. Cash, in the presence of1 Mr. Herron and several others, had given j | free expression of his opinion as to the fraudulent practice in the last election in South Carolina. Herron, who had been drinking, and who did not know who Cash was, replied in substance that he was from Fairfield, and the last election there had been fairly conducted. Some sharp words passed between the two men, when McGill and Evans interposed and tried to quiet thenij Mr. McGill going to Cash and assuring him that Herron was in liquor, and begging Cash not to regard anything said by him. Cash said that he would not regard what came from an old man like Herron, but walking around through the crowd in a swaggering manner ami with many oaths, hoped that some of the younger men of the party would put himself in Herron's place in order that he might fight them. Approaching Herron, who was seated, he (Herron) rose up from his chair in front of Cash and some words passed between them, when Cash struck Herron in the face, and then rushing on him, bore him to the wall, striking him several blows before those nearest could interfere to stop the fracas. As soon as he could be reached he was taken hold of and immediately released his hold upon Herron, expressing regret that he had struck him and declaring that he had been J'oreed to do so. A few moments after Policeman Duncan appeared and took charge of both Cash and Herron, and they were carried to the Guard House, where Cash was disarmed of two revolvers which he carried, and locked up for the night. Herron was bailed out by Captain McMaster. The above is substantially the account, as given by the Hey inter, of the origin of the difficulty. The subsequent proceedings, on the following morning, before the Mayor's Court, are thus reported by the correspondent of the News and Courier : The examination was begun at 9 o'clock, Ex-Judge Willard and Snyder, of Government counsel in the political trials, sitting by Cash as his counsel. The testimony of various parti eg was that Herron asked Cash if his allusions to a false count were meant for Fairfield. He replied tlr ' ..e alluded to Chester county and the Firth district. Both parties were under the influence ol liquor. The discussion was not all heard, but it waxed warm and Cash was asked by two elderly Fairfield prisoners not to notice Ilerron as he was rather intoxicated. He agreed not to do so, but presently the discussion was renewed. One of the proprietors of the hotel tried to stop C'a^h, but he began cursing again. In response to some statement by Cash, Herron called him a liar. Cash then struck him, as told in last night's dispatches. Cash himself testified that Herron had made, at the beginning of the discussion, comr\ frro+nrl all Viim T-Tp civw j OVMII^ ilyllKUIV umv giUVVVi VIA iiiiiii A*.v some of the crowd snicker, and feared that if he went away it would look as if he were backing out. Herron willed him a liar, and he struck him without stopping to think, and twice again. When ne found Iierron did not resist, he stopped. After Herron was taken away, Cash drew his pistol, but not on Herron, He saw some men closing around, and feared some combination of which Herron was only the tool. I That was his reason for drawing the ^eapon. Snyder said that he regretted the unfortunate occurrence. Whiskey was the cause. Mayor Rhett said that it was riot a personal question, but one of violating the ordinances of Columbia. Snyder said that Cash was a deputy United States marshal and had been instructed to cairy arms, He had the right to do so. Major T. W. Woodward said that the only Fairfield men present when Cash had asked for some young man to take up Herron's cause, were three old gentlemen, members of the church and wearing gray beards. If any of the young men of Fairfield had been there they would have taken no banter or threats, Mayor Rhett replied that he was confident of that. The mayor, in sentencing. Herron said that there was no excuse for liim. He had applied a term to Cash which was very aggravating. He was compelled to fine him $20 or ten days. The fine was at once paid. To Cash, Mayor Rhett said that he admitted that he had been provoked, and that if a young man had called him a liar as Herron had done and he had struck him, he would make his fine nominal. People were not called on to take such words, but Herron was too old a man to be knocked down. He told Cash, besides, that the streets of Columbia and the vestibule of its principal hotel were not the place for him to vindicate his honor. There was no mitigation for his offence, and he must fine him to the full limit of his power, $20. He would also fine him $10 for carrying con: cealed weapons against the ordinance. Snyder said that as far as the revolver was concerned it was a case of the United States against the City of Columbia. Mayor Rhett said, with emphasis, that he would solve that question. He would see if the United States Government could give its employees power to violate the city ordinances. Pie would impose this fine and he felt assured that if Snyder wished to test the matter in the courts, the city would see it to the end. Snyder said then that Cash was on duty and instructed to carry arms. Cash, more truthful, said that he was not. Snyder said, when pressed, that he believed there wore general instructions allowing deputy marshal to carry arms. He denied that Cash had drawn his pistol in the hotel. Cash said that he had pulled it out. The Mayor said, warmly, that he would inform the assistant district attorney that he would enforce the ordinance, and that if he (Snyder) or any of his men should make the attempt to carry concealed weapons in Columbia, whether the Government allowed it or not, they would be arrested and put in jail. Uisn could appeal irom nis decision to the Council at its meeting next Tuesday. Cash paid the thirty dollars fine Major Woodward was so much incensed at Snyder's effrontry in trying to help bully the city when here ostensibly to assist the Government, that in leaving the Police Court he applied some terrible epithets to him. Snyder said: "1 can stand j that, sir." At 10.30 A. M. Cash was, in accordance j with the custom, taken by the police officer ! who found the pistol on him, before Trial! Justice Marshall for cognizance of his of-1 fence against the State law, Snyder demanded that the case be withheld until Melton arrived, Justice Marshall said that, on the contrary it would go 011 right then. He put Cash under $200 bond, the highest sum allowed, for appearance at the next term of Court for trial. Internal Revenue Collector Brayton signed the bond and Cash was released. It is understood that Melton will try to get the case transferred to the United States Court. Cash claimed his pistols, but they were deposited in the clerk's office as State property until his trial. Out of this case an important auestion ! between the State and the United States! arises. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?Senator Hampton is in Mississippi, lookiiiff aft^r liw TOimtinp- interests. *"b ",v"" i'" o ? Major John McP. DeSaussure, a prominent lawyer and citizen of Camden, died at his home in that place last Sunday, aged 7G. ? The revenue mill at Pickens has commenced grinding out grist for tho August term of the United States Courts at Greenville. ? Newberry county has eighteen ministers?eight Lutheran, five Methodist, two Associate Reformed, two Baptist and one Presbyterian, ? The Times complains that Union is a dead town and that tier people will take no interest in any enterprise. The result is, that all the neighboring towns are beating Union and that her trade is decreasing. ? The Saluda Cotton Factory, in Lexington county, received an order on last Thursday for a trial lot of its yarns for export to China. It is thought that the yarns made by the factory are especially adapted to the China trade. ? In the Spartanburg court ofSessions, the jury charged with the case of Sam Walker, colored, indicted for the murder of Mose Hawkins, also colored, returned a verdict of guilty last Thursday night. The result of the trial gives great satisfaction to the colered people generally, most of whom have been convinced of the prisoner's guilt for months past. The jury deliberated about forty minutes. ? The liock Hill Herald of Thursday says: Mr. Dudley Jones, formerly a citizen of York county, died in Floyd county, t?a., on the 16th instant, aged about 80 years. Mr. Jones was well known in the Bethesda section of this county and was highly esteemed. He was married three times and all his Wives are buried in the cemetery at Ebenezer, where his remains were also interred on Monday last." ? Capt. Barber, of Chester, has returned from the North, where he purchased for the use of the Cedar Hhoal Factory four Clement attachments, two carders and 104 spindles. When the machinery is put into place the producing capacity of the factory will be increased about 50 per cent. While in Philadelphia Capt. Barber had the yarn of his factory tested bv experienced handlers of yarn. It ranked 128; the standard being 100. ? Some months ago a man calling himself Adams and representing that he was the correspondent of the Boston Journal, went to Greenville. He went to the Pel/.er Cotton Mills under the name of C. C. Upham, and after working there awhile was employed by the ^Greenville Cotton Seed Oil Mills to ihtt. up its machinery. He was discharged because he wouldn't attend to his business and drifted to Augusta where he forged Prof. Harris' name to two checks and then left for parts unknown. ? Hoke C. Seer est, who made his escape from the Insane Asylum at Raleigh, N. C., last October, has been arrested in Fairfield county, for stealing a cow. He was calling himself Thomas Medlin, and after he was brought before the Trial Justice he told who he was. Hoke Secrest will be remembered as a resident of Union county, N. C., who killed his wife and stepdaughter while traveling through Burke county in that State. He was declared insane at the time and sent to the Asylum, and it is said he shows evidences of insanity now, and will probably be sent back to the Asylum. ?John Kearney, aged about 70 years, was killed about one hundred yards from i from the depot in Chester on Wednesday of last week. The unfortunate man was well I l-iiAinri oc Juii-itifr fYirmorlv linmi mi ovtpn. sive cattle dealer at Richburg, in Chester county. He came up from his home to Chester that morning and was on his way to board the Cheraw and Chester train, when in crossing the C. C. & A track he was struck by the engine of the incoming passenger tram on that road and instantly killed. He was partially deaf. He was unmarried and his only relative living in this country is a brother. ? The building of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad bridge over the Catawba River is under way and it is thought the bridge will be completed by the first day of May. The bridge now being built is only a temporary affair until rock piers can be constructed. It is built on large pine poles driven into the bottom of the river, five of them being driven in a row every twenty feet. On the ton of these poles a cap is fitted, called by railroad men a bent, and on these bents the stringers and iron rails are laid. So far seven bents have been made, extending thirty feet into the river. The river at this point is five hundred feet wide; therefore three hundred and seventy feet is yet to be built. ? Williamsburg Herald: The Kingstree Musical Amateurs and the Georgetown Socials indulged in a rare and novel telephone entertainment last week. The club at Kingstree played several airs which were distinctly heard in Georgetown, and when the Georgetown club played it could be heard at Kingstree. When the familiar air "Sweet Bye and Bye" was played at Kingstree, Solicitor Dargan at Georgetown accompanied, in exact time, the chorus with the bass, which could be heard at Kingstree, and as "distance lends enchantment to the view," so likewise a softness to the music. Conversation by telephone between parties at these points, nearly fifty miles apart, is a common thing. Correspondence of the Yerkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM UNION. Union, S. C., March 20.?Here is an item on farming, which I think surpasses any thing that has been published as yet, or at least nothing has come under my observation that equals it: Mr. Smith Wood, living near Pinckneyville, on Pacolet River, with two mules, made last year the following fine crop: 47 bales of cotton, averaging 450 pounds to the bale; 275 bushels of corn, 50 bushels of wheat and 400 bushels of oats. Mr. Wood's farm is of a light gray sandy soil, easily cultivated. He says he cultivated about seventy-seven acres with the two mules, that he used about 150 pounds of fertilizer per acre on the cotton, and that he sold the entire crop at an average of 9J cents per pound. He told me that his crop turned out better than he expected, and that he would try to make thirty bales to the mule this year. A great many farmers have almost abandoned the use of soluble guanos, and are trying acid. I am told that the ingredients of the acids and the soluble guanos are very near the same thing, and if such is the case, T think- it is wisdom on the nart of the far mer to u.se the acids, for the reason that he will save from 25 to 33 per cent, of the amount spent in fertilizers, I hear from all sides that the acids last year paid as well or better than soluble guanos. J am glad to say tnat the farmers are not only economizing in the selection of grades, &c\, but they do not buy as much as they formerly did. They begin to appreciate the value of home made manure. More I pains are taken in saving and making ma! nure at home. There has been a great | saving in making the fertilizer for the crop within the last year or two, because the sale of commercial manures lias fallen off greatly during that time, and thecotton crop steadily increases every year. Some may say that there is as much guano used now as at anv time, but the price has been reduced, Well, if this is true, let the farmers make more manure at home, and they will force the guano companies tnselL their fertilizers still lower. Hut 1 am sorry to say that the demand for commercial manures this year is greater than it was last. The oat and wheat crops are looking very well now, but it is likely that this cold wet weather will give them a back-set. The fruit crop, I think, is all killed now ; if not, it will be very inferior. Mr. Jas. IL. Goss has received the appointment of postmaster at this place, and I must say that there is no one whose appointment would give more general satisfaction. ITe is an efficient and accomodating officer. There were several applicants for this office besides June Mobley, and u funny thing happened to one of them, a Dem???"* U.wl!/inl.l iroanlionl'oi" \i*lm nn honored name. He got up a petition with a lot of names on it, went to Greenville, I < hear, and Roberson, Blythe and many of that sort signed the petition. One day he approached Bishop Dickinson, of Brooklyn, ' > . Y., a colored man, who was in attendance upon Conference here, and asked him to sign ! the petition. Dickinson said to him: "Sir, you will have toexecuse me; I have nothing J at all to do with polities, and even if I did, I : know nothing whatever about you; you are ' an entire stranger to me." We are all sat- < isiied. Goss is the man we wanted to have the oftice and he is the man who has it! . About three weeks ago, Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler died at her home near Jonesville, 1 in this county, at the advanced age of one 1 hundred years, three months and four days. The new Presbyterian Church is going up very fast, and it is thought that it will!, be finished in May. The congregation | have sold their old church building to the : trustees of the public schools, and a school 1 will bo opened in it soon. The congregation < worship m Nicholson Hall until the new i church is completed. ] Our recent complications in regard to the , appointment of a treasurer for this county have been finally adjusted by the re-ap-1. pointment of Mr. John IT. Gallman to that office. Xicolo. II LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. Wi Clawson?Sweet Potatoes for Planting. l)r. W. M. Walker?Dentistry. H. F. Adiekes?Has Just Returned from the Northern Markets. G. W. S. Hart?Assignee's Sale?Assignee's No- , Notice. W. C. Latimer?New Goods, New Goods. Withers Adiekes?On the Way. J. M. Adams' New Advertisement. J. It. Lindsay <fc Co.?Our Mr. J. R. Lindsay has returned from New York. W. G. White, M. I).?Medical Not fee. E. H. Ahell?Auction Hale. Lady Agents Wanted. SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. The ears of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad were covered with snow when they passed Yorkville last Monday morning. GRAND LODGE K. OF H. The Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor of South Carolina, will convene in seventh annual session in the town of Aiken, on Tuesday, 17th of April next. A. K. PRESBYTERY. The First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Church, will meet in Charlotte, N. C., on Monday next, the 2nd proximo. The sessions of the Presbytery will be open etl with a sermon by the retiring moderator, Rev. R. G. Miller. Dr. John E. Pressley, of Coddle Creek Church, Cabarrus county, is Clerk of the Presbytery. DEATH OF MR. DUDLEY JONES. In connection with the death of Mr. Dudley Jones, formerly a well known citizen of York county, an account of whose burial we clip from the Rock Hill Herald, a letter from Rome, Ga., informs us that his death may not have resulted from heart disease, as has been published, as he was in the house all alone at the time of his death, and when found, he was lying in the tire, and was badly burned. A theory is that he was making up the fire, and losing his balance, fell over on the coals. * EASTEK-DAY. Easter-day occurred on last Sunday, the 25th instant, an event which, according to astronomical calculation, has not happened since 1742, and will not happen again, according to the same authority, until 18!)4. The day was unusually inclement, even for the season, and was more like a northern Christmas than a southern Easter. While it was intensely cold, there was rain, snow and sleet, with piercing wind, contrasting singularly with the verdilnt fields and blooming orchards. The elements seemed at war, but the conflict will doubtless usher in fVio \rni?n?1 cnnuon +/\ it'hioh tVw? fu rnwirc 111 vv iiuu ovdrjviij iv it jiivu ua\/ mniiva>; are looking with impatience. BURNING OF ASMOKE-HOUSE. The smoke-house of Miy. Thomas P. Whitesides, who lives about 6 A miles north of Yorkvilie, was destroyed hy fire on Wednesday night of last week. The fire occurred about midnight, and was discovered in the roof of the building, though no theory is given as to its origin. There was 600 or 700 pounds of bacon in the house, all of which was saved in a damaged condition. A quantity of molasses, some pease, potatoes, and a number of other articles of small value were burnt with the building, the whole loss amounting to about $100. Something over two years ago Maj. Whitesides had the misfortune to lose his grist and saw mills and cotton gin by fire. JOURNALISTIC. The Charlotte Daily Journal has bought out the Observer establishment of that city, and on Tuesday morning last the first issue of the consolidated journal appeared under the title of the Daily Journal-Observer. The consolidated publication is enlarged to a 62column sheet, and is the largest daily now printed in our sister State. C'ol. Jones, late editor of the Observer, retires from journalism in North Carolina possibly forever. In his retirement he carries the good willofthe mainotmmon u'flq ilOY^pipci ViciXV ?? uviv *v ? mv fv? i?i?u known. Under the consolidation the editorial management is not announced, but we presume it will continue under the conduct of Hon. A. M. Waddell, who has been the able editor of the Journal since its establishment last August. CIIURCII NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. The second quarterly meeting of this Conference will be held at Philadelphia next Saturday and Sunday, on which occasion the Presiding Elder, Rev. A. M. Chrietzberg, will be present. Preaching by the Presiding Elder in the church at Yorkville on Sunday night. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. There will be no servicesat this church next Sunday, in consequence of the absence of the pastor, who will conduct services at Bullock's Creek on that day, Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, D. IX, Pastor. There will be no service in this church next Sunday, in consequence of the absence of the Pastor in attendance on the meeting of Presbytery at Charlotte. _ PRESBYTERY OF BETHEL. The next meeting of the Presbytery of Bethel will be held in Yorkville, convening on Friday before the third Sunday in April next, 13th proximo, at 7.30 P. M. The last meetings of the Presbytery were at Bullock's Creek Church, in this county, on the 22nd of last September, and at Abbeville, on the 18th of October. Bethel Presbytery embraces 39 churches, including 17 in York county; "> in Lancaster; 9 in Chester, and 8 in Fairfield, as follows : York County?Ramah, Bcthcsda, Beth-Shiloh, YorkviUo, Bethel, Bullock's Creok, Harmony, ltock Hill, Fort Mill, Olivet, Clover, Mouiit Pleasant, Fbcnezer, Shiloh, Beersheba, Allison Creek, Hopewell. Lancaster County?Six Mile Creek, Tirzah, Douglas, Lancastcrville, Waxliaw. Chester County?Fishing Creek, Carmel Hill, Purity, Concord^ Pleasant <?rove, Catholic, Cedar Shoal, Smyrna, Zion. Fuiriiold C-ountv?Scion, Horob, MountOlivet, Mizpah, Lebanon, Salem, Aiimvell, Longtown. THE CHURCHES LAST SUNDAY. The services at the Episcopal Church last Sunday were peculiarly appropriate to the day which Easter commemorates. The church wsis handsomely decorated with evergreens and flowers. The chancel, pulpit and reading desk were draped in white damask, over which was wreathed floral designs emblematic of a Risen Saviour. Over the chancel, in letters of evergreen, were the words of the text of the day's discourse: "Christ, our passover is sacrificed for us. Let us keep the feast." On white damask, hung from the railing of the chan eel, in letters of evergreen, were the lines: "Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say." The reading desk was also elaborately or- ; inmiml'nrl fln?7DPU nnrl in fW\Tlf flf tllO 1KII1ICUIVU )Y XU11 i?W ?T V* kj j uuu aaa aa v**v vta ?..v pulpit was a beautiful monogram of the letters "I. H. S.," (Jesus the Saviour of men) surmounted by the word "Alleluia." The music was exceptionally fine, and the discourse of the minister, Rev. A. Prentiss, from the words above quoted was highly instructive and especially adapted to the : sjlad event the day commemorates in all 1 Christian lands. j At the Methodist Episcopal Church, the ] Rev. \V. \V. Duncan, D. I)., of Wotford j College, preached an able discourse from 1 Matthew 27: 42?"He saved others; himself i he cannot save." After the regular servi- < jes, Dr. Duncan spoke on the subject of ed- j ueation, and in the interest of Wotford Col- 1 lege, after which a collection was taken for 1 the endowment fund of the College. 1 At the Presbyterian church, Rev. T. R, s English, pastor, the service was appropriate i lo the day, the discourse being founded on Mark, 5:19: "Go home to thy friends and tell them how great things the Ix>rd hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee." Owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, there was no evening service in any of the churches. ill. E. SUNDAY-SCHOOL. The entertainment given in the Court House last Friday evening, by the members of the M. E. Sunday-school, while possessing some novel features, was highly entertaining and instructive in other respects. The occasion attracted a large and delighted audience. The entertainment was opened by vocal music, the whole school singing, "We'll Praise Him Forever." After prayer by the Rev. T. R. English, of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. F. A. Gilbert, supemuenueni 01 me rsunuay-scnooi, 111 a few chaste and neat remarks, introduced the Jtev.'W. W. Duncan, D. D., of Wofford College, who had been invited to deliver an address. This address, which might aptly have for its title "Perseverance," was directed mainly to the young people, but it was profitably heard by those of larger growth. For about an hour the accomplished speaker entertained his hearers with an address replete with wise counsel to the young, for their guidance in life, abounding in entertaining facts and sparkling with wit. While the address was within the comprehension of the youngest pupil of the school, it was a finished production, conveying many important truths and lessons, delivered in such a manner as to make their impress upon the youthful mind. After music, the novel feature of the entertainment was introduced, it being the "jug breaking." This was the first effort here to raise money by this process, so popular in many localities, and as there was quite a number of competitors for the prizes to be awarded to the girl and boy whose jugs should contain the largest amounts, much interest was manifested in the interesting process of breaking the jugs and ascertaining the amount of the contents. For the information of those uninitiated in the mystery of utilizing jugs in the cause of Sunday-schools, it may be proper to explain that the jugs used for this purpose are harmless vessels, holding less than a pint, and while the mouth is sealed, there is provided a small aperture admirably contrived for the reception of cash, from a nickle to a silver do^ar, or even a ten-dollar note may be folded so as pass in without difficulty. When once in the jug, it is considerably safer than if in the custody of a northern bank cashier, or the hands of a government official with a big contract to let. It can no more be used as a circulating medium until the jug is broken. A number of these jugs are distributed among the younger members of the Sunday-school, who are denominated jugbearers, and they vie with each other in the effort*to secure the largest accumulation of coins by a given date, at which time the jugs are publicly broken, the contents counted, and promised prizes to the most successful jug-bearers awarded. The contestants on this occasion numbered six girls and six boys, named below, and on breaking the jugs and counting the contents, the following was the result: OIRIiS' LIST. Miss Ella Jcllervs $10.55 Miss Katie Lewis 12.70 Miss Mattie Jofferys 10.65 Miss Mollie Thomas 0.00 Miss L'oonie Russell 5.55 Miss Mary Ellen Ferguson 3.65 boys' list. Frank Happerfield 7.20 Darby Owen 5.60 George Williams 5.33 Freddie Moltke 4.05 Lewis Grist 1.80 Lonnie Mct'lain , 1.70 Of the competitors in the above lists, Miss Ella Jefferys and Master Frank Happerfield were declared the successful ones. Besides the prizes awarded them, a special prize was 1--1 ^ tnrv IIwarneu to nmu nanj numu, n 11 vnt; jug contained $20.55. The prizes consisted of a hymn book to Miss Jefierys, a Bible to blaster Happerfield?elegantly bound volumes?and a silver cup to little Harry Smith. The prizes were presented by Col. A. Coward, whose address to the recipients was well conceived; and while he drew a moral from the occasion and pointed his remarks with much wholesome advice, his address was not devoid of humor. Besides the amounts above given, a jug, sent from Columbia by Miss Emmie Hanahan, contained $3.1"), the receipts at the door were $8.90, and the amount realized from the auction of surplus jugs was $3.85, making a total of $120.1)"), which sum is to be applied for the benefit of the Sunday-school. But we must not omit mention of the auction, which was conducted by that veteran auctioneer, Col. McCorkle, and as the precedent had beeen established by speakers who preceded him to enliven the occasion with humor, he availed himself of the license always accorded to the auctioneer, and kept the house in roars of laughter by his sallies of wit until he disposed of the last article. The Sunday-school sung the closing song, "Is It Far?" when the benediction was pronounced by the ltev. R. P. Franks. The exercises were interspersed with fine music rendered by the Yorkville string band, and for the vocal music Mrs. Alice Nail, of Chester, presided at the organ. CIRCUIT COURT. March term of the Circuit Court for York county, his Honor Judge Kershaw presiding, convened at 10 o'clock, A. M., last Monday. On the call, by the clerk, of the roll of grand jurors drawn to serve during the present year, the following answered totheir names: Alvin Smith, J. C. Gwin, William Dickson, J. P. Epps, I). T. Partlow, J. D. Hamilton, Alonzo Gettys, A. W. Gladden, R. M. Carroll, Andy Hall, Peter Nance, George Gunning, Joseph A. Smith, W. J. Garrison, JamesE. Plexico, James Betts, S. A. Fewell. J. D. Hamilton was appointed foreman. Solicitor Gaston presented a number of bills, which, after being placed in the hands of the Court, his Honor briefly charged the grand jury as to their duties as the grand inquest of the county. In charging the jury, he said their duties were two-fold? first, to pass upon all bills presented by the Solicitor, and after due investigation and examination of such witnesses as were sent before them, to say whether there is probable cause to sustain the charge against the accused. It is not the duty of the grand iurv to try the cause; but simply to say whether the evidence brought before them is sufficient to establish the probable guilt of the parties. If twelve of your number agree, from the facts, that there is probable guilt, you will find a true bill; but unless twelve of your body so agree, you will return "No bill." After general instructions as to their duties in the grand jury room, his Honor further instructed them that besides the ordinary business coming before them, they are also authorized to make presentment and bring before the Court such matters as in their judgment are of any importance to the public interests of York county. If the grand jury know of any crime that has been perpetrated in the county, and which is not being prosecuted by any private individual, if in the opinion of the grand 11 " ka tjnkijnmra/1 jury lilt? pilOIIU lllicicni ? uum i/c nuucti ? v.v? by making presentment of the same, they have the right to make the presentment; but in such cases the grand jury need not ict if they think the publci interest does not demand it. The grand jury is also charged with the supervision of the manner in which the va| rious public officers of the county discharge their official duties. The grand jury should ! examine, during the term, or at some subsequent time, into the conduct of the county officers and report upon the same. His Honor would not intimate that such investigation was necessary as to any supposed dereliction of duty by the officers of York . K?if 4-Iw* invtr iu fKn Atilw Gil t'UUllt) , UUI 111^- <mv* ju;j 10 Uiuj us* pervisory body between the officers and the people, and while their report would no doubt be highly satisfactory, it could only he regarded by the officers a compliment to them, while a source of satisfaction to the people. His Honor closed by an allusion to the welfare of the State and the general prosperity and almost uninterrupted peace among the people. There is hut one cloud? which the people of the State are unable to control?now confronting our citizens; and in regard to that he could only recommend that the people throughout the State restrain themselves during the prosecution of quiet, inoffending citizens, feeling fully assured that in due time the conduct of our persecutors will react upon them to the honor and vindication of our people. After specifically charging the grand jury as to the nature of the bills placed in their hands, the grand jury retired, and the listof petit jurors was called. The following answered to their names: (). J. Gwin, Jerry Darwin, J. W. Beamguard, W. R. J. Stanton, Ben Youngblood, Sam Jackson, Perry Anderson, Andrew Atkinson, L. M. Davis, J. A. Dickson, W. T. Smarr, W. S. Starr, Cf. H. O'Leary, D. M. Hall, J. It. Kennedy, W. Y. Jones, W. G. Finley, R. If. Moss, D. W. Brown, W. I). Parks, T. J. Garrison, D. C. Williams, A. H. Moore, J. M. Wylie, W. A. Carson, Miles Gates, T. M. Allen, Win. Caldwell, Elijah Nix, D. W. McCarter, S. A. Matthews, It. B. Youngblood, Jacob laiuweu, a. r. uarrison. D. W. Brown was excused, on his. own motion, on account of sickness in his family. The annual reports of the County Commissioners, the County Treasurer and the County School Commissioner, were presented to the Court by the Clerk, and his Honor announced that he would refer the reports to the grand jury. The Sessions docket was then called, ami the following cases were disposed of on Monday and Tuesday: State vs. Amzi Leech, colored; larceny of live stock. Prosecutor?W. C. Childers. The defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced by the Court to one year in the penitentiary. State vs. Calvin Burton,.George Guntharp and Dave McFadden, all colored; burglary and larceny. Prosecutor?Robert Black. Mr. Solicitor Gaston for the State; Mr. J. F. Hart for the defence. Verdict?guilty as to Calvin Burton and George Guntharp. Not guilty as to Dave McFadden. State vs. James Moore, colored; grand larceny. Prosecutor?Wm. Burris. Verdict, guilty, with recommendation for mercy of the Court. Sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. State vs. Frank Greer, colored; carrying concealed weapons. Prosecutor?Mack Bird, colored. Mr. Spencer for defence. Verdict, not guilty. State vs. Bradley Castles, colored ; assault and battery with intent to kill. Prosecutor?George Lowry, colored. Verdict, guilty. The case of Louis Pettis, colored, charged with murder, is set for to-day. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The aggregate product of the mica mines in North Carolina has been over 250,000 pounds, worth about half a million dollars. ? The Gastonia Gazette learns from Congressman Dowd that the new mail route from Gastonia to Riverside, York county, has been granted, and that the contracts for carrying the mail, and for the survey, will e/mn 1 w-> nrlvprtisprl. ? The Asheville Citizen says : The lumber business along the line of the road from ? Hickory to Asheville, is rapidly developing into an immense one. Nearly every station now ships largely, and the supply is not up to the demand. ? The Salisbury Watchman says : There seems to be quite a healthy outlook for North Carolina mining properties in Boston. From two tons of selected ore, 91 ounces of amalgam was obtained, worth in refined gold about fifty per centum of the above weight. This was picked ore, and each piece showed free gold. ? The snow fall in North Carolina last Sunday and Monday is unprecedented. At Greensboro the snow fell two feet on a level, and at Henderson it fell three feet. The telegraph lines are down from Greensboro north. At Kittrell's a number of houses fell under the weight of the snow. In some localities there was 110 abatement of the storm 011 Monday. ? The new cotton factory of Buck Shoals Manufacturing Company, near Mt. Airy, was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning of last week. This was the work of an incendiary, and occurring at the hour it did, nothing was saved. This factory was built by Mr. John M. Brower and recently equipEed with new and improved machinery. oss, $60,000; insurance, $15,000. ? Charlotte Observer: Mr. J. T. Tate, of Gaston county, has entered a tract of land, in the office of register of deeds of this county. The peculiar thing about it is, that 110 one has ever seen the land, as it forms the bottom of the Catawba river and extends from Thompson's ford to Rozzell's ferry. The land has already been staked off. Part of it lies in Gaston county and the survey j ors of both Mecklenburg and Gaston will j have to meet and make a joint survey. After the survey is made, Mr. Tate will apply to the Governor for a State grant, when he will be the virtual owner of a part of the | tat aw Da river uoiiom. ne is going to mrm | for fish, his object being to establish an exI tensive fishery in the Catawba. THE GALLOWS LAST FRIDAY. Nick Walker, colored, who last August i murdered Tom Jenkins, also colored, in Aui genta. Pulaski county, Ark., was hanged in I Pulaski county jail yard last Friday. He I protested his innocence until a short time ! before the execution when he confessed. At Graham, N. L'., Jerome Holt, a negro," j was hanged last Friday for entering the ; house of William Terrell, in the suburbs of i Gibsonville, a small town on the N. C. ltailroad, and feloniously assaulting the inmates. The execution took place in the jail yard, and was strictly private. Sheriff Holton acted as executioner. Holt was resigned to his fate. He professed religion and said i that if he had not been under the influence of liquor he would not have committed the 1 crime. The drop fell at 1 o'clock, i At Lafayette, Ga., William Banks and Green Cunningham were hanged for the horrible murder of II. H. Rodd, a highly respected citizen of Walker county, last January. The gallows was fitted with an ordinary trap, and was erected three quarters of a mile from town. The execution was public and fully ten thousand people were present. The prisoners expressed their readiness to die. At Franklin, Texas, Fred. E. Waite was hanged for killing Jailor Add Wiser on May, 1882. Waite and two other prisoners, Daniel Compton and Wyatt Banks, the lastnamed, colored, plotted the murder, and Waite carried it out by concealing himself in the prison corridor while allowed to use it for exercise, and, when the jailor brought the prisoners their breafast, Waite beat him with a bar of iron. Jlaniel Compton is serving a life sentence for complicity in the murder, and Wyatt Banks is to be hanged on April 28. There were 2,(HX) spectators present at Waite's execution. Everything was orderly. The doomed man died without flinching. He confessed his crime and refused to tolerate what he termed the mockery of religion by allowing the presence of a preacher or any religious exercises. He spent the early part of his last night and the morning hours in smoking with his friends, and drank several bottles of champagne. He ate a hearty dinner and was perfectly cool and collected on the gallows. Jlis neck was broken and he died without a struggle.