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jtops and |! ^ ? At the last session of the Southern Gen- f? eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church, S( held at Atlanta, a hymnal with new songs v and tunes was adopted, and recommended v for use in the Presbyterian churches in the c] South, a ? A new postal regulation requires each v renter of a postofflce box to deposit 50 cents a with the postmaster as security for the safe- } keeping of the key or keys to his box. The a amount heretofore was optional with the a postmasters. o ? Of the one hundred and forty members * retired from the last Congress, one hundred C are applicants for a Federal appointment. ( One or the members in eloquently pleading for a place, said, "I must have a place ; 1 cannot earn my living without one." ? The business failures of the seven days ending last Friday, reported to It. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile Agency number 182 against 195 last week, distributed as follows : Western States 59, New England 14, Southern 32, Middle 22, Pacific States and Territories 15f New York City 9, Canada 32. ? Conductor E. L. Hosley, of the New ? xi x naven ana iNoixnaiiipion xuuiruuu >vns found guilty of manslaughter in the Superior Court at Greenfield, Mass., liist Friday for disobeying orders and causing a collision on the State road last September in which 1 three persons w ere killed and others wound- ed. Exception was taken and sentence was deferred. ? A young fellow in Texas married his landlady's daughter. At the end of a week s the old lady presented her bill for twice the ii amount of his previous board. He thought ji he was going to get board free and refused ?, to settle. On his return from the theatre ^ with his bride he found the door locked and their joint wardrobe piled on the sidewalk. * Business. v ? John Brown, so long known as the per- f< sonal attendant of Queen Victoria, is dead, d By the way, we have neglected sooner to p mention that her majesty slipped down the s . stairs the other day and sprained her knee? ' a circumstance which set two continents agog. She was not seriously hurt, and is cl now nearly well, but more than ever real- ( izes that un-kneezy lies the head that wears i a crown. t ? In Kentucky and Indiana the growing (] winter wheat has been considerably dam- + aged. Predictions of a full crop are receiv- 1 ed from most of the "Western States. The Kansas Millers' Association predicts that ^ with good weather the yield will be from \ thirty to forty million bushels in that State. [ The Hessian fly and cold weather have in- j jured the wheat crop of Illinois about 25 per cent. , ?Rhode Island has about fifty thousand r voters, but nearly two fifths of them are disqualified from voting at the State elec- c tion this week on account of a failure to pay a their registration tax. The number now on t the poll lists is 31,070, and of these 12,000 are t supposed to be Democrats. If the Demo- ^ cratic vote were cast solid for Sprague he would still need about 3,600 votes to elect him. The election took place yesterday. ? The progress of railroads in Mexico is alarming the people ofthat behind-the-times country. One of the Mexican journals coin- f plains that railroads take away workmen i from field labor, and that the locomotives \ burn too much wood. In the early days of s railroads in the West the farmers of some j sections objected to them because the whis- t tie of the locomotive frightened the cattle kand prevented them from grazing comfort- e ablyT t ? Col. James Corly, of Norfolk, Va., a t prominent insurance agent, committed sui- " eide on Wednesday of last week by cutting i his throat. He was a graduate of West g Point, held a commission in the United . States army before the war and was General J.1 Lee's quartermaster general in the army of f Northern Virginia. He was a prominent ^ citizen of Norfolk and president of a local civil sen-ice reform association. No cause v ascertained. g ? In the criminal court of Washington last e week the grand jury found indictments I against Thomas J. Brady for corrupt official o action in connection with two of Price's d mail routes and one against ex-Senator r Wm. Pitt Kellogg for unlawwfully receiv- c ing money from Price in consideration of o corruptly influencing the action of Brady in I regard to his mail routes, and two against C Thomas J. Brady and Wm. Pitt Kellogg for \ conspiracy in connection with the same s routes. c ? The friends of Messrs Boynton and Ba- v t run, UilllUlUillO 1UI UUVCUIUI ill uuvu^ia, aig beginning to make things lively in their t zeal for their respective favorites. Mr. 1 Boynton is acting Governor by virtue of his I office as Speaker of the State Senate, and at c first it was thought he stood a fair chance of * receiving the nomination; but they are pul- I ling out some old epistles now written by t him in 18G8, congratulating Bullock on his t election as governor, and they are damnging his prospects very much. I ? In the murdercase of Charles F. Kring, ^ plaintiff in error against the State of Mis- * souri, the United States Supreme Court last A Monday, by a majority of one, reversed the 1 judgment of the Supreme Court of Missouri * and remanded the case for further proceed- | ings. Kring has been tried seven times for 1 the same murder, and is by this decision e finally released from the sentence of death r which has been three times imposed. ^ Kring's alleged offence is shooting a woman, a four or five years ago, to whom he was en- c gaged. ? A romantic story of crime comes from Brookneal, Campbell county, Ya. Mrs. Jonathan Monroe and her son Warren were f poisoned at that place several nights ago. r The poison was administered in coffee and c both mother and son died from the effects . a short time after drinking the coffee. Sus- ? picion attaches to a niece of the poisoned " woman, who was visiting at the house at J the time of the occurrence. It is rumored kthat the girl meant only to poison the moth- ? er in the absence of the son in order to remove an obstacle to marriage with the lat- J; ter. Warren returned unexpectedly and c was also poisoned. ^ ?The duty?if duty it is?of detailing a ^ guard from the military service to patrol ^ Garfield's tomb every night, is becoming v serious to those who are required to per- f form the duty. One young soldier who was J c always a light-hearted, healthy young man g until he went on duty in the cemetery has j become insane and has been taken to the \ j asylum, and the whole detail have such a j j, dread of it that several of them actually commit offences in order to get punish- \ ^ ed and thus escape it. One old soldier said ! ^ that he could stand it, although he dread- t ed it, but that it was a very severe strain on [ s the younger men. There has never been a I r guard place 1 at any other President's grave ! 0 and kept there. Is this to be a perpetual! ? arrangement, and if not, when does it stop? j j ? The Irish situation does not seem to be i 0 improving. If we may believe European ! 0 reports, the whole fabric of the British Gov- j t ernment is on the brink of a dynamite vol-! 0 cano liable to explosion any day. The Lon- i p don police are in receipt of a letter pur- i y porting to emanate from Fenian sources. [ threatening that unless the men charged : u with the Phcenix Park murders and now 11, confined in Kilmainham jail, Dublin, await- ! a ing trial, are at once released, the central ! h telegraph office in London will be blown up. ! n The Liverpool police are in possession of h information which indicates that the arrests v there and at St. Helen's on Thursday of g men bringing infernal machines from Ire- j land were timely and prevented outrages ! c which had been planned and were to have ! D been executed Thursday evening. Destruc- j v tion of public buildings involving possibly p great loss of life was part of the plot. Three a Conservatives have been elected poor law a guardians in place of three Parnellites in the Rotunda ward of Dublin. This indi- d cates an important revulsion of feeling, and j t has considerable political significance. i c ?The sinking of the surface over a coal i n mine near Braidwood, Illinois, last month, \ c by which a large volume of water was emp-! I tied into the shaft, drowning about three a hundred miners, is fresh in the minds of j n our readers. Several bodies of the unfortu-' li nate men have been recovered; but despair- j ingof overcoming the obstructions which j I now make it difficult to search for the re- j s maining bodies, the owners are consider-j41 ing a proposition to close and abandon the i e mine and erect over the entrance a monu- [ s ment to the memory of those entombed. I e This suggestion is opposed by the friends j 5 pf theMlead men. No additional progress a 'as made up to a late hour Thursday night 1 clearing away the debris. A meeting of arious mining superintendents was held nd a committee appointed to visit the imilies of those yet in the mine and s?e if une definite arrangements can be made nth them. If they will agree to it the ;ork will at once be stopped and the mine losed. The search progresses, but without ny bodies being discovered. A passage ray has been cleared about 150 yards nd the exploring party are still at work, ibout 200 tons of stone have been removed nd it is estimated that there still remain bout 650 car loads of matter weighing 12,00,000 pounds. Ihc fJorMlc (inquirer. l'ORKVILLE, S. C. : HURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1883. THE CASE OF CASH. In the Court of Sessions of Itichland coun> T-Inrlijnn morln on )') uii xmusua^ t u nvigv 11 uuwu iiuuiv .?.?? aquiry of the Solicitor regarding the Cash irisdiction matter. Solicitor Bonham read o much of the Revised Statutes as applies o the ease, after which Judge Hudson said hat the only question was whether, the mt being served upon the clerk of court, it *11 upon the presiding judge to issue an orer to stay proceedings in the case. He suposed that, as a matter of form, such an order hould be passed. He did not think it inumbent upon the solicitor to propose an or[er, and it was not incumbent upon the tourt, without the motion of some one to ssue one. No question of jurisdiction could >e decided in this Court, because any such lecision would be disregarded by the Unied States authorities. That question had teen already settled in this State when State prisoners were taken from the Greenville jail by the United States authorities. The Court referred in this to the release of vay, the murderer of Ladd.] He recomnended that the solicitor suggest to the Jnited States district attorney to haVe a ormal order prepared for the consideration if the Court. From this action, it would ippear that the case will be transferred to he United States Court whenever an order o that effect may be presented by the Dis ricwvuorney. WHO is' CROWLEY 1 A dispatch from Washington relative to he recent appointment conferred upon x-Congressman Crowley, of New York, is inportant as an illustration of how the Stalwart President takes aire of the men who tood by the "machine" in the Empire State, dr. Crowley was a leading candidate for ienator at the time "EVJe Too" Piatt was lected, and had the support of Senator "onkling and the "boys*" but failed through he obstinacy of the "Half-Breed" and 'Leathhead" wings of the party. When ,ord Rosco resigned, Dick Crowley stood aithful to his master, and now the Administration seems determined to repay him 3r his fealty to the "Ex-Boss" of New Iork. The dispatch says: One of the most successful of the Stalwart managers of New York, successful in etting fat fees and revenue from the presnt Administration, is ex-Congressman )ick Crowley. He enjoys the reputation f having much influence with the Presiient and Cabinet. Such a reputation natually makes him be in large demand from laimants, contractors ana others desirous f securing favors from the government. Employment of this sort is profitable, and 'rowley and the notorious Tom Murphy, who has a similar reputation, are undertood to be prospering. Crowley is practially a part of the Administration. He was recently appointed by "Brewster, At orney General," to serve as a special Atorney General to conduct the South Caroina election prosecutions. It has come to >ass that, next to the presidency, the office if Special Attorney General is frequently he most lucrative office in the government. A>r his services the President receives less han ?137 a day, while Special Assistant Atorney Geo. Bliss has been receiving $150 l day. The great Brewster himself gets a >er diem of only $22. It is more than probible that Crowley is now receiving not less han $100 a day for actual and nominal serTice in the South Carolina cases. This is nore than probable because last year he vas paid $7,500 besides his expenses, for ess than fifty days services as counsel in wo federal cases in New York. He was niployed and paid at a time when he was eceiving his salary at the rate of $5,000 a ear as a member of Congress. This was .direct palpable violation of section 1,705 if the Revised Statutes. A. R. PRESBYTERY. The First Presbytery of the Associate Reormed Presbyterian Synod of the South net, according to adjournment, in the hurch of that denomination in this city -esterday, at 10 o'clock a. m. The opening ermon was preached by the retiring modeator, Rev. lt.G. Miller, of Fairfield county, S. C., who selected as the basis of his disburse, I. Cor., 30 Chap., 9 verse: "For we re laborers together with God." The sernon was an excellent one and was well reeived. After the roll had been called, it vas found that twenty-one ministers and he same number of elders were present. )nly one minister in the entire Presbytery cas absent, and that one by reason of se ere illness. The election of a moderator or the present meeting resulted in the hoice of Rev. Robt. Latnan, of Yorkville, >. C., who at once took upon himself the luties of chairman. Rev. John E. Pressley, ). 1)., the stated clerk of the body, was at lis post with his characteristic promptness. After the Presbytery had been constitued with prayer, the members came down to usiness. In the reading of the minutes of he previous meetings, it appeared that ince the last regular session, two special ueetings of the Presbytery had been held: ne at Steel Creek Church in this county, or ordination and installation of Rev. Chas. 2. McDonald, as pastor of that church ; the ther at Chester, S. C., for the installation f Rev. INI a son W. Pressley as pastor of he church in that place. First in the order f business, came the congregational" reorts and sessional records, both of which /ere referred to appropriate committees. Mr. \V. M. Plexico, a theological student nder the care of Presbytery, was admitted o trial for licensure. On motion, it was greed that Presbytery proceed at once to iear a lecture from Mr. Plexico, as a specinen of progress, and that his sermon be eard at 7.M0 n. m. in the evening- session. >'ith a view to his licensure to preach the ospel. Rev. E. E. Pressley, of Lancaster, S. presented a petition for leave to deflit a part of his pastoral charge, which ras referred to a special committee consisttig of Revs. John Hunter, E. E. Boyce ml Elder Wm. McGill. This committee fterwards reported in favor of demission. Before taking the evening recess, it was lecided by vote that the next meeting of he Presbytery be held at Elk Shoals hureh, Alexander county, N. C. about 14 uiles west of Statesville. It was also deided that the hours of the present meeting >e regulated as follows: Meet at 9.30 a. m., nd sit till 2 p. m.; reassemble at 7.30 p. n. and hold a night session of reasonable ength. At the night session held last evening, the )resbytersr heard a trial sermon from their tudent Mr. W. M Plexico on the text: Tor I say unto you, that except your rightousness exceed the righteousness of the eribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case liter into the kingdom of heaven"?Matt. :20. The discourse was an excellent one nd was delivered with great power, Af ter this exercise, the Presbytery took under consideration the matter of congregational assessments but adjourned at 10 o'clock last night without taking any definite action? Charlotte Journal-Observer, Tuesday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Fifteen men went to the jail in Barnwell last Monday night for the purpose of taking out Dick Smalls, a negro burglar, and lynching him. They were thwarted in their designs by the watchfulness of the jailor. ? The Fish Commission department received last Friday 1,200 young German carp from Washington. The fish are of various sizes, from two to six inches long, and are in fair condition. ? The municipal election at Gaffney City on the 26th ultimo resulted in the choice of a dry ticket as follows: M. Simon, intendent; wardens, W. F. McArthur, A. M. Gilmer, L. Baker, L. G. Bvers. ?The United StatesCircuitCourt convened fn? AtM.il tofin in Clinrlpatnn nn Afnn IU1 UI^/ Xipii LV1 111 j AAA w.. day last. As has been previously intimated. the civil business will be taken up first, ana criminal cases will not be tried before the 17th instant. ? The Columbia Register of Saturday says that the Railroad Commissioners are still hard at work on the freight tariffs, and are making as rapid progress as the necessity for careful and judicious work on this important matter will justify. ? The freights on goods from Atlanta to Walhalla via the Blue Ridge Road have been revised. The new rat?s went into operation on the 21st of March. The reduction amounts to more than twenty per cent, on former rates. ? Greenville News: The Rev. Silas Knight died on Tuesday at 6 A. M. of inflammation of the bowels, consequent on a severe attack of cholera morbus. He \va3 a citizen of Centreville, Laurens county, and the oldest Baptist preacher of Reedy River Association, being in his 79th year. ? Robert McFadden, a colored man of Clarendon, was arrested and taken from his home while sick, by U.S. Marshals, charged with political ofFences. After he had been taken 75 miles to Florence it was discoverered that he was not the man wanted, and he was turned loose, penniless and hungry. I He has died, it is alleged, from the effects of the treatment he received. ? Columbia Register: An examination of the record shows that the amount of fertilizers upon which the tax was paid in up to 30th March, 1882, was 88,449 tons, and that for the corresponding period ending 30th March, 1883, the tax has been paid on 92,143 tons, being an increase of 3,(594 tons for the present season. It ;s estimated that by the close of the season the increase will be not far from 7,000 ions. ? Mr. H. Blanchard, a Boston capitalist interested in railroad movements, was in Georgetown last week?the object of his visit being to make inquiries as to the practicability of building the Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad, for which a charter was obtained in 1877. After consultation with leading citizens, Mr. Blanchard expressed the opinion that he could build the road. ? The Columbia correspondent of the News * ^ xi_^ ana Lourier gives me luiiuwmg Humiliation regarding the pay received by Willard and Snyder for their sendees as assistants of the U. S. District Attorney, in the political prosecutions: It may interest the public to know what the Government pays Messrs. Willard and Snyder for their services in the political prosecutions in this State. I learn that Willard receives $300 per month and pays his own expenens, and that Snyder is paid $200 a month and his expenses. If Snyder's expenses continue as nigh as they were in December, $130, ho will be really the better paid of the two. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A Chinese tramp has been doing the town of Shelby. ?The Caldwell property on the south-east corner of the public square in Greensboro has been bought by the U. S. Government for $13,000, as a site for a public building. ? The cotton gin and grist and saw mill of Mr. W. B. Parks, in the Hopewell neighborhood of Mecklenburg county were destroyed by an alleged incendiary fire on Wednesday night of last week. Loss, $4,000. ? The name of the Watauga and Caldwell Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, designed to connect at Hickory with the Chester and Lenoir N. G. Railroad, has been changed to the North Carolina and Tennessee Railroad Company. ? The Charlotte Journal says that H. J. Hayward, an assistant to the United States District Attorney, was in Charlotte last week, quietly but energetically investigating alleged election frauds in Mecklenburg county. ? The stockholders of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad met in Fayeteville | on yesterday for the purpose of ratifying the j sale of the road. The company purchasing I it promise to have the track laid to Greensboro by next fall. ?T. C. Lingle, a former merchant of Monroe, who was taken to the Asylum at Raleigh about a month ago-, for treatment of softening of the brain, died in the asylum on Monday of last week. He was a member of the Knights of Honor, and also of the Mutual Aid Association. ? Says the Charlotte Journal: It is not generally known that '.he first Protestant church ever organized ia Tampico, Mexico, has been firmly established under the pastorate of Rev. Neill "fi. Pressly, a young minister who went from Cabarrus to the land of the Montezumas, as a missionary of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of the South. ? A poor man and his family recently moved into a house near Matthews' Station, in Union county, formerly occupied by Jack Harkey, a miserly man, who died there a few weeks ago, and in moving an old cupboard, the new occupants found a tin box concealed behind it containing$1200 in gold. The finder promptly reported the fact to Ilarkey's executor, to whom lie delivered the treasure. ? Judge Mcltae has rendered his decision in the case of G. W. Chalk vs. the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, setting aside the verdict, which was in Mr. Chalk's favor. This suit was brought to recover the value of a quantity of flour belonging to the plaintiff, and which was destroyed, while yet in the possession of the railroad company, by the burning of the depot in Charlotte. Mr. Chalk has gained his case twice?in the first instance the railroad appealing to the Supreme Court, which sent the case hack for a new trial. At the second trial Mr. Chalk once more gained the suit; but now he has to fight the battle over again. ? Lyman Potter, of New York, who started out about six months ago to tramp from that city to New Orleans within a given time, rolling a wheelbarrow in front of. him, was killed near Salisbury last Friday night, by being run over by a train of the N. C. Railroad. He started out on a wager, well supplied with money, but his backers, finding that he could not accomplish the feat, hedged their bets and left him to his fate. He reached Greensboro during last Christmas week, and eight days after his arrival there had made but 28 miles. It seems that after being abandoned by his backers, he wandered aimlessly about, his only companion being a pet wolf, with which he started out 011 his travels. ? The case of the Stanly county^ moon shiner, Fraley, who murdered air. \v aiKer about six wee\s ago, was called before Judge Shipp at A'bemarle last week, and on motion of the defendant's counsel, it was moved to Cabarrus Superior Court for trial. Fraley's counsel, Capt. Charles Price, claimed that the community was too much prejudiced against the prisoner to give him a fair trial, and the case was accordingly moved to Cabarrus county and will be heard at the fall term of the Superior Court in Concord. Walker was a revenue officer and was shot by Fraley while the former was discharging his official duty. The people of Albermale are justly indignant at the cowardly manner in which the officer was murdered. Ax Inventive Genius.?In our opinion the Democratic party of South Carolina owes a debt of gratitude to the "man who waved a board with nails in it" on election day. We trust that our people will see that no harm comes to this inventive genius. If he is encouraged he can in the future j bring us safely over all our troubles.?AbbeI ville Preen ana Banner. LOCAL AT7AXB.S. ' e NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. * H. A. D. Neelv, County Treasurer?Tax Notice- 9 1882. " J John Forrest, M. D., Recording Secretary?S? 1 Carolina Medical Association. f T. S. Jefferys, Agent?Fertilizers. t J. A. Darwin, Constable?Execution Sale. A. B. Crosby?Jones' Improved Cotton Seed. q W. G. White, M. D.?Medical Notice. Withers Adickes?Price Reduced. W. C. Latimer?Millinery, Millinery. r J. M. Adams?Jo!) Work?Hardware?Razors. Colcock ?fe Miller?New Goods. f Hunter A Oates?Boom! Boom!! e H. F. Adickes?Millinery, Millinery. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?To our Lady Friends, i Dr. John May?The Corner Drug Store. T. M. Dobson?Chat Continued. . J. C. Kuvkeiulal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. 1 ?. c U. s. JURORS. I Of thp netit iurors drawn to serve at the l April term of the U. S. District Court in 1 Charleston, two are citizens of York coun- ? ty, viz.: Col. J. M. Ivy and W. L. Robert- l son. ^ SENT TO THE ASYLUM. I Catharine Archer and Thomas Crosby, ? both colored, were conveyed to the lunatic J asylum last Monday, in charge of Air. Alonzo Rose, they having been adjudged by competent authority to be non compos. SALEs'-DAY. 1 There were no public sales of any kind f last Monday?sales-day for April. A large ( crowd was in attendance, being brought to- ( gether by the double attraction of sales-day s and court week, but quiet and good order * prevailed. COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE. As will be seen by reference to our ad- . vertising columns, the county treasurer publishes the rate of taxation in York coun- * ty for the current year, and also announces r his appointments for collecting the May in- j stall men tof taxes. ( PERSONAL MENTION. \ Judge Witherspoon. who is presiding at < the Spring term of Spartanburg Court, made ] a flying visit to his home in this place last < Saturday, returning to Spartanburg on Mon- j day. Two weeks, lacking one day, were < devoted to the Sessions docket, which was j unusually heavy. The civil business in the < Court will probably occupy this week and ; the next. 1 THE PALMETTO REGIMENT. The following gentlemen have been commissioned on the staff of Colonel Marshall with the rank of Captain of infantry to date ( from February 28th, 1883: Captain 0. C. Jordan, Aiken, Judge Ad- j vocate. J. P. Meehan, Columbia, Quartermaftter. , Dr. E. \V. Aiken, Winnsboro, Surgeon. ] Captain J. G. Ward law, York, Paymaster. Appointed?Charles C. Tew, Columbia, i Sergeant Major. Fred A Shefly, Orangeburg, Quartermas- i ter Sergeant. , OFF FOR THE PEN. < On Tuesday morning last Sheriff Glenn : forwarded to the penitentiary, in custody < of Deputy Thomas H. Glenn, the following < prisoners: i Lewis Pettis, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced for ten years. 1 Bradley Castles, convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill; sentenced for i three years. < George Guntharp and Calvin Burton, con- victed of burglary; sentenced for three years each. i Amzi Leech, pleading guilty of larceny 1 of live stock ; sentenced for one year. James Moore, convicted of grand larce- ! ny?stealingamule; sentenced for one year. < THUNDER STORM. '' A severe storm passed over McConnellsville, last Friday afternoon, about o o'clock. 1 The residence of Mr. John 1). McConnell , was struck by lightning, which was attract- ' etl by a tree in the yard. From the tree ; the current passed into the cooking room attached to the hopse, shivering the timbers in its course, and prostrating Mrs. McConnell, who was the only person in the i room at the time. The shock rendered her i ..?nn..n/,:/Mfdonmn fimo finrl r.nr inform- 1 uuuuuauiv/uo iui ouinv vii??v) M?*v ... ant tells us she had not fully recovered from 1 its effects up to Monday. A kettle of boil- < ing water was thrown for some distance off ! the stove, but no damage was done to any < of the furniture in the room. The rain ac- j coinpanying the storm was the heaviest in ] that section for a long time. 1 EASTER ELECTIONS. : Church of the Good Shepherd, Yorkville: Wardens?W. B. Wilson, Sen., A. Coward. Vestrymen?Jno. C. Kuykendal, Thos. ' W. Clawson, Geo. W. S. Hart, H. F. \ Adickes, J. Ernest Lowry, A. Springs ! Withers, R. B. Lowry. Delegates to Diocesan Convention?A. Coward, J. It. Gardner, H. F. Adickes, . Geo. W. S. Hart. Church of Our Saviour, Rock Hill: Wardens?Cadwallader Jones, John R. London. Vestrymen?J. M. Ivy, Allen Jones, S. 1 G. Keesler, Wm. Dillingham, Iredell Jones. 1 Delegates to Diocesan Convention?John ( R. London, J. M. Ivy, Allen Jones, H. K. 1 Jenkins. The convention meets in Charleston on ( the 9th of May next. ] CHURCH NOTICES. Baptist?Rev. Richard II. Griffith, Corres- \ ponding Secretary of the South Carolina ' State Mission Board, will preach and ad- < minister the Lord's Supper at Union Church , at 10.30 A. M., next Sunday, and preach in , the Baptist church at Yorkville at 4.30 P. ] M., on the same day. Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss. Services j j in the Church of the Good Shepherd, York- j | ville, next Sunday, at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M. , Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pas- j I tor. Services at the usual hours, morning ^ and evening. , [ Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. ( R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his j regular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. f Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, 1 Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville, ? morning and evening, next Sunday. { CIRCUIT COURT. 1 March term of the Circuit Court for York 1 county, his Honor Judge Kershaw presid- 1 in<r nrlinnrned last Monday, the hist three s clays of the term having been devoted to i! civil business. The Sessions docket was lighter in point of the number of cases, than 1 it has been for several terms. Besides the i five cases reported in our proceedings of ' last week, the following were tried : ^ State vs. Elias Falls; obstructing public * highway. Prosecutor?J. E. Love. Mr. c Solicitor Gaston for the State; Mr. Hart for t the defence. Verdict, not guilty. a State vs. John Rivers, colored; assault f and battery with intent to kill. Prosecu- 51 tor?John Thompson. Nol. proa. c State vs. Warren Crockett, colored; rape. Prosecutor?Sally Ryfield, white. Mr. licitor Gaston for the State; Messrs. Hart& a Hart for the defence. Verdict, not guilty, i State vs. Lewis Pettis, colored; murder, t This was for the homicide of Sandy Work- e* man which was committed in this county last November. Mr. Solicitor Gaston ap- e peared for the State, and Messrs. W. B. Mc- s Caw and H. K. Jenkins for the defence. F Verdict, guilty of manslaughter .._?entem?5cf i by the Court to imprisonment at hard la- t bor in the penitentiary for the terra of ten t years. c Besides the above cases, three or four | fi others were continued. The grand jurors : f' were discharged on Wednesday of last week, after making the following presentment: o To His Hotter J. B. Kershaw, Preml- <1 nq Judge: We have examined, as direct- ei d by your Honor, the public offices, jail, ft >oor house and farm. So far as the public ffc >fflees are <joncerned, we find them neatly :ept, and the duties being faithfully perormed by their respective incumbents. We 11 Ind the poor house farm well kept, and p he paupers nineteen in number?ten white n ind nine colored?well cared for by the g( uperintendent. We find sufficient corn a] .nd fodder for the stock, consisting of four nules, two cows and three hogs. The public roads in York county are re- V" >orted in good order; but we would re- pi ommend the Legislature to enact some h aw by caput taxation for keeping the pub- s| ic roads well worked. ' We have been informed that there is some . axity among physicians in the matter of 81 giving prescriptions for the purchase of a ntoxicating liquors. We earnestly reeom- n nend that they strictly comply with the a aw, feeling assured that in so doing, great n goodwill result. Having acted upon all matters laid before itj u'P hp?r leave to extend our thanks to * -'our Honor for your kind and lucid inter- tl iretation of the law, which has so?reatly--o tided us in performing our dutiegTas grand p urors. Respectfully sulnTTitted. u J. D. Hamilton, Foreman. ^ THE UNPRECEDENTED SNOW." t'l We briefly alluded, in our news columns, ti ast week, to the unprecedented snow storm a it points north of this place on Easter Sun- c lay. Remarkable as the statement appeared, it was not exaggeration. At Charlotte, d mow, sleet and hail fell all day, and the t ihermometer stood below freezing point s or thirty-six hours. At Salem snow fell to b ;hedepth of8 inches; at Hillsboro, 10 inches; 1< it Middleburg, 22 inches; at Durham, 18 nches. At Kittrell's the roofs of sever- li il houses were crushed by the great weight s )f snow, while trees were bent and broken, t The snow was very deep on the line of the a Richmond and Danville Railroad beetween h Greensboro and Danville. At Greensboro v :he snow commenced falling at noon on s Sunday, and continued for twenty-eight fiours without interruption, attaining a o lepth of thirty inches on house tops, and on a the ground, where it was not readily ab- c sorbed by water, from t wenty-t wo to twenty- t four inches. The unusual occurrence of so r severe a snow storm in the South on the I 25th of March, inspired the bard of Greens- i boro to perpetuate the fact in verse, which c he contributes to our poetical corner. i BETHEL ITEMS. Mr. Walter Quinn and his wife Elizabeth celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their ^ marriage on Monday of last week. Of the ' invited guests there was one present who witnessed the marriage of the venerable couple. Mr. Quinn is 83 years of age and ' hale and hearty, and can do a good day's . work on his farm. Mrs. Quinn is ong^eaf the senior of her husband. A t > 4" ?? ? .1 .\t1 au?%?1 ^ -tv. i;wiiaiux;i2iuic; wiiiu oiui m ^?oowt ww the Bethel section last Friday. The track N of the storm was between the residences of Messrs. G. L. Kiddle and J. >S. McKen- 1 zie. Several buildings were slightly injured, and the smoke house of Mr. Samuel Clinton was blown down. The storm was ' also damaging to timber. 1 Several mad dogs have been killed in ? this section within the past few weeks. An interesting revival has been progress- c ing at Bethel Church, and has resulted in * jight accessions to the church. The pastor, 1 Rev. Mr. Webb, was assisted by Itev. J. 11 Lowrie Wilson. . On last Sunday the communion of the Lord's Supper was admin- j; istered, on which occasion the liev. Mr. Wilson preached an able discourse from f First Peter, 1 : 12, his text being the last j* clause of the verse: "Which things the angels desired to look into." The congregation of Bethel are building , a parsonage in connection with the church. c An effort to build a Presbyterian church ? in "the Point" bids fair to succeed??800 having already been subscribed for that purpose. . * THE SPRING TRADE. t Notwithstanding the backwardness of the ^ season, it is generally conceded that the f spring trade will open out well, andivi#r^ LlltJ V1CW Ul IIlCVllll^ tiaj |7v./g??iiL/ivy uvuiunviu ^ that may be made upon them, the merchants r of Yorkville have provided ample stocks to t supply all the wants of the public. As a s class the merchants of Yorkville are liberal advertisers, and this fact of itself?no sup- t posed interested considerations of our own j taken into account?speaks strongly in their j favor ; for it is a maxim that buyers have l long since learned, that merchants who ad- i vertise their goods and solicit trade, can and f do sell cheaper than those who make 110 ef- r fort to place their wares before the public. .] This is a subject to which we seldom allude t in these columns, and we do not do so now c in a spirit of cavaling, but simply to call at- ^ tention to a fact patent to all, and which is j being verified every day. The larger num- 1 ber by far of our merchants advertise regu- 1 larly and judiciously, and it is gratifying to r us to know?as we learn from them?that, \ to use a mercantile term, "it pays" them to 1 do so. The merchants of Yorkville are not Addicted to boasting, and perhaps we have 1 erred on the same side by not more fre- n juently making reference to the progress f And improvement?steadily but surely?go- \ ing on in our midst, indicatingJdiafc-Ytjrkv i ville is by no means ajunsnea village, or (j that her people are dozing in a Rip Van a Winkle nap, to wake up t wenty years hence g md find themselves outstripped by their neighbors. Whatever may be said of York- I cille in other respects, we promise thut her g merchants will always be along with the f procession, no matter when it passes; and, o Lf we may judge by the display they are c making this season, they are in the front fi rank of any and all competition. Visitors o "rom other markets, after inspecting the ii joocis aispiayeu m ine 1 orKviue siurc?, invariably make the admission that they are 1< )f superior quality, and on comparison of I prices with those of other localities, declare tl ;hem cheaper than can be found elsewhere. si We reiterate this for the benefit of those-at" n t distance, feeling fully assured that the in- t< luceuients are sufficient for persons living a o ong distance from Yorkville to give this b narket a trial. Since their Spring stocks c lave commenced to arrive, we have visited ieveral of our advertisers, and found them rl dl busy, confident and cheerful. ti Mr. J. M. Adams, the well-known tin- d nan, was the first on our rounds. From an cl mpretentious beginning, a few years agQKA>y persistent and judicious advertishi^T as li veil as close attention to his.business, lie has v luilt up a fine trade, and now carries a stock si >f goods alike creditable to our town, as n o his industry and perseverance. Stoves of st ill kinds, tin ware, hollow ware, and house- cl urnishing goods are specialties with him, li ind lie is prepared to meet any competition ai ither from abroad or at home. h< Clark Brothers, the old reliable grocers, bi lave a heavy stock of all that goes to make , first-class house handling heavy groceries, ir ron, plantation supplies, bagging and fer- fa ilizers. They buy in large quantities, at pi lose figures, and sell correspondingly lowv , pi At the next door we find Hern don-Broth- g< rs, young and energetic men, who are well L upplied with family and fancy groceries, m ilantation supplies, leather and hardware m 11 this branch of their business ; while from fr heir bakery they supply the best of bread, H he sweetest cakes, and the most toothsome p< onfectionery. They are also agents for the imous Southern Tropic cooking stoves, and m iirnish them at manufacturers' prices. fe T. S. Jefferys, banker, does not restrict his m perations to buying andselling exchange or iscounting paper, but deals also in steam st s ngines, portable and stationary, improved inning machinery of various kinds, and Ttilizers. Across the way from the hank is Dobson, e of the "Bon-Ton millinery store," the ioneer merchant in that line and mantua laking. Besides a largerstock of millinery oods than he has ever before displayed, he Iso has a full line of dry goods, clothing, rjiions, stationery and hardware. His ress goods are in an endless variety of ;yles, with trimmings to match, and with lantua makers in the work room of his :ore, if required, he can have a lady's dress lade in the most stylish manner, and at the lortest notice. Mrs. Dobson, assisted by 11 experienced milliner, presides over the tillinntttr vifKinU nn'WvlA /wiiot* nili ut i y ucijaiuiicui) ? uiuu 10 tuupic ^ uai ntee of the excellence and style of their lillinery goods. Our next call was on Dobson & Parish, 'hey are more for utility than ornament, lieir goods being exclusively in the matterfkfact necessities of this life. Groceries, ardware, plantation supplies, &e., make p their stock, which is marked at bottom gures; while at their livery stables they an furnish horses and vehicles or convey ravelers to any point at short notice. They lso keep a line of buggies and other vehiles for sale. Opposite this house is G. H. O'Leary, ealer in saddles, bridles, harness and furniure. He has an immense stock, and can uit any demand, from the cheapest to the est quality of harness and saddles, and also :eeps in stock all grades of furniture. J. It. Lindsay & Co., dry goods, clothing, lats, boots and shoes, display an immense tock in all these lines, and in addition to his they also keep shelf and fancy groceries, nd canned goods. Capt. Lindsay says he las no specialty this season, except that his /hole stock is under that head, and will be old at specially low prices. From this display of dry goods we cross ver to the York Drug Store, where we find , full stock of drugs, pills, lotions, powders, hemicals, paints, oils and varnishes, while he stock of toilet and fancy articles is imnense. Besides dispensing medicines, Dr. vuykendal has accomplished much in treatng the lands of York, by the sale of the hemicals for making the popular Harris' mproved fertilizer, the "improvement" of vhich originated with the Doctor, and by lim is copyrighted. At the planting season *ou will always hear from Dr. Kuykendal; tnd at any time when you are afflicted with iches or pains, he has the remedy. The next house on the line is the family md fancy grocery of Withers Adickes. It vould be difficult to think of anv article in he-above line that he cannot supply. He nakes a specialty of tine and fancy groceres, fruits, confectionery, <fcc., while he is veil supplied with heavy groceries. In the same building is the dry goods, nillinery and notion store of H. F. Adickes. Jis house now contains the largest stock hat was ever in it. In dress goods he has ill the latest styles ; his stock of clothing is arge, while his line of notions and fancy foods is endless. In connection with this louse is also a millinery department in barge of a practical milliner. Mr. Adickes vill have an opening of his millinery tonorrow and next day, to which the ladies re invited. Kennedy Bros. & Barron have also a ractical milliner in this department of their msiness. Their stock of dry goods, dress foods, shoes, clothing and hardware is large ,nd complete. They do a large business in hese lines, besides selling improved agriultural implements of various kinds. M. Strauss has a large and varied stock ol Iry goods, dress goods, clothing, hats, boots, hoes, notions, &c. Mx*. Strauss is a skillful tuyer, receives fresh goods constantly, keeps ull lines in stock, and sells at the lowest )rices. Colcock & Miller have a heavy stock of Iry goods, dress goods, clothing, shoes, and froceries. They also deal extensively in ertf-li y-o.rs, and can supply almost anything hat their customers call for, from fancy toilst articles to the heaviest fabrics. They ush their business, too, upon the principle hat the nimble sixpence is preferable to the low shilling. We now turn to West Liberty and find he first business house in Yorkville of! dain street. This is the new building of lunter & Gates, into which they but recenty moved, though they say they have been n their new quarters long enough to be perfectly satisfied. Their house has been aleady described. It is pronounced the bestirranged business house in this section of he State, and in it is exhibited a large stock >f goods. This house has also in connection vith it a mantua-making and millinery demrtment in charge of ladies who practiealy understand each business. The stock of nillinery and fancy goods is large and vaied, as is also the line of dress goods, from vhich a costume of any style may be seected. Returning to Main street, we next visit jatta Bros., extensive dealers in family ,nd fancy groceries, plantation supplies and ertllizers. xney Keep in sioreu large aim varied stock, are enterprising and progressve young men, fully alive to the demands if the times, and successfully compete with ny other house handling the same lines of foods. At the Corner Drug Store we may find )r. May?"the old Doctor"?smiling and enial as ever, with a full line of drugs and latent and proprietary medicines, paints, lis, chemicals, and fancy and toilet artiles. The old Doctor only solicits a call rom his numerous friends, feeling confident f his ability to please them both as toqualty and price of goods. Frank ffapperfield has a fine and well se?cted stock of family and fancy groceries, le also conducts his marble business with be same energy and on as extensive a :*ale as before he branched out into the TtTTantile business. While lie bids fair 3 succeed as a merchant, he always did expl as a marble worker, and in either line of USineSS lie UUl guuuuucc Iiaunuiv-iivu iu ii 10 ustomers. W. C. Latimer, 011 nearer the depot, caries an immense stock of groceries, plantaion supplies and fertilizers. His dry goods epartment is also replete with every artile of dress goods, clothing, notions, &e. lis line of millinery is superb, in all the itest styles of goods, made up in the preailing fashions. 1 le lias the nobbiest dress lits to be found, with hat and shoes to mtch. In connection with his dry goods :ore is also a millinery department, in large of a practical miliner, and in this ne Mr. Latimer makes a specialty. As nnounced in his advertisement this week, e has also added mantua-making to his ashless. John It. Ashe, grocer, opposite Mr. Latner's, keeps a full line and heavy stock of ,mily and fancy groceries, plantation sup lies and fertilizers. To more readily suply the demands upon him for the latter Dods he has warehouses at the District ineand McConnellsville, where his custolers at those localities can receive shiplents, without the necessity of wagoning om Yorkville. He is also agent for the hazard Powder Company, and furnishes nvder to dealers at wholesale prices. H. W. Hope represents half a dozen or tore standard brands of fertilizers, and ofrs reasonable terms to the farming community. Prank P. Smith, at his livery and feed ables, will feed your horse, or hire to you an animal, or furnish conveyance and send you to any point, or sell you a new and I stylish buggy if you prefer riding in one I of your own. Having thus at some length indicated | what our merchants are prepared to do for i their customers, we would next refer the reader to the attractive announcements on the next page, nearly all of which are new, and advise those in quest of a desirable market to give Yorkville a trial. MERE-MENTION. W. W. Gills, a banker of Clifton Springs, N. Y., has failed and fled from the town. He is said to have put out $.'10,000 of forged paper. One Arm loses $10,000 by him. At Bienville. Indiana, last Friday morning, Jackson Wallace was instantly "killed, and his son Thomas fatally wounded by Simon Williams, deputy Sheriff, during a drunken quarrel. Gen. S. B. Buckner is a candidate for Democratic nomination to the Governorship of Kentucky. Hon. Thomas Ii. Herndon, member of Congress from the First Alabama district, is dead. At Belfast, on the 2Hth ultimo, Judge Lawson sentenced twelve of the members of the Armagh Assassination Society, who were recently convicted of conspiracy to murder, to terms of penal servitude varying from five to ten years. The trustees of the University of Georgia have accepted the donation of $50,000 tendered by ex-Gov. Jos. E. Brown, 011 the conditions named by the donor. Last Friday morning 200 persons under charge of Elder Morgan of the Mormon Church, passed through St. Louis. Mo., en route for Utah. These converts all came from the Southern States. More's the pity : Gen. Gordon, of Georgia vehemently denies that he proposes to abandon that State and make his future home in Florida*. The President left Washington the first of this week for a trip of recreation to Forida, where he will remain about two weeks. The State election in Rhode Island took place yesterday. A young couple in Ohio recently got license to marry, and went to housekeeping. They did not find out for several weeks that anything more than the license was necessary to make the marriage all right. One hundred and fifty persons have left the Island of Achill, county Mayo, on the west coast of Ireland, for America. They were driven from their homes by famine. That this is a great country is incidentally illustrated by the fact that while, a fortnight since, the ice in the Straits of Mackinaw was twenty feet thick, corn was ten inches high in Georgia. Two companies of cavalry and a large force of Mexicans are pursuing the hostile Indians in Arizona. A law has been passed in Maine to forbid the killing of birds and game 011 Sunday, but an amendment to prohibit fishing was voted down. The Gallows Last Friday.?At Windsor, Vermont, Mrs. Meaker was hanged at 1.30 o'clock last Friday afternoon, for the murder of her ward, Alice Meaker. She persisted to the last that she was innocent and said her son's confession was a lie and ' that he had brought her to the gallows. Charles William Beaver, a colored youth, was hanged in the jail yard at Leesburg, Va., for rape committed on a girl aged 10 years, the daughter of George A. Hunt, near Purcellville, Loudon county. The ' hanging took place in a drizzling rain and 1 was witnessed by about fifty persons! Beaver passed the night quietly, ate a hearty i breakfast, and was led to the scaffold at G :40 o'clock. lie ascended the scaffold with a , firm step, and as the black cap was drawn he said, "Farewell friends and fellow creatures." After prayer by Rev. R. T. Davis, 1 the trap was sprung at G :52 and his neck was broken by the fall. Beaver had signed a written confession of his crime. At Camden, S. C., Oliver Bristow, colored, was hanged for complicity in the murder of Mr. F. N. McDowell last Thanksgiving Day, November 30,1882. It will be remembered that Joe Ross, alias Wilson, the principal assassin, was shot and killed last December by the ferrymen named Huntley whilst endeavoring to escape across the Catawba River into North Carolina. Bristow slept soundly last night, but refused to eat anything this morning. He ascended" the scaffold at 11.10 o'clock, accompanied by the Sheriff and a colored preacher. He said that he was ready to go, but protested his innocence to the last. The trap was sprung at 11.19 and Bristow was launched into eternity. The fall was four feet. His neck was not broken, and he evidently died of strangulation. The gallows was of the usual pattern and was located in the jail yard. An immense crowd was outside the walls, but there was no disturbance. A Drummer's Suit for Damages.?The case of R. A. Cox vs. the Port Royal Railroad for $2,000 was tried at the Beaufort , Court last week, Judge Pressley presiding. Mr. Cox, who was a traveling salesman for the well-known Charleston house of Samuel H. Wilson, stated in evidence that he had approached the ticket agent at Yemassee and inquired the price of a round-trip ticket to Beaufort. That the agent had informed him the road was not issuing such. Cox tnen inquired tne price 01 a ticKei ana was told that a first-class ticket was 9;3 cents and a second-class ticket So cents. He said he ordered a straight ticket and tendered a dollar in payment, receiving back .5 cents in change. That he then placed his baggage , in the first-class coach and went into the second-class coach, where the conductor took up his ticket. He remained in the second-class coach until he reached Whale Branch Trestle, about midway between Yemassee and Beaufort. After being seated there awhile, the conductor approached him and told him he must go into the secondclass coach. That he aid go into said second-class coach at the request of the conductor, who treated him courteously, even carrying his baggage for him. Judge Pressley in charging the jury said, that to his mind the damage sustained by the plaintiff seemed to be tne difference between a first-class and a seeond-class ticket, 10 cents. The jury failed to agree, and a mistrial was ordered.?Charleston Sunday News. An Extra Session.?The advisability of calling an extra session of the Legislature for the purpose of appropriating an amount sufficient to meet the expenses of our persecuted citizens in the United States Court has been discussed at some length and finds favor with the taxpayers generally. When the Sentinel savs it approves of the sugges tion it believes that it utters the sentiments of nine-tenths of the tax-pavers of Barnwell county, for when the fate of the State trembled in the balances these same persecuted people were found at the front with shoulders to the wheel, exerting themselves to make the government what it is, and it is, in a great measure, due to their personal efforts that the people of their section saved their Congressional candidate by the defeat of the Greenback-Republican faction's candidate for the same position. So let the Legislature be (allied together by Governor Thompson, and the necessary appropriation made. There will, perhaps, never be a time again when the State can show a stronger and more generous appreciation of the services of these harassed patriots; besides, it will serve (in the eyes of the whole country) as a rebuke to the powers which sustain those who are employed at the expense of i the nation for the disgraceful work now go| ing on.?Barn well Sentinel. The End of the Chester Cases.? Colonel JohnC. Haskell returned from Chester on Friday night at the close of the ex animation before commissioner Bauskett, which had been in progress since Wednesday morning. The testimony was, if possible, more | worthless than the Fairfield cases examinI ed here. The defence olFered no testimony, J as in their judgement there was nothing to ! rebut, and the government witnesses, uni der the cross examination, removed any ! shadow of design of conspiracy to obstruct or I interfere with the election by the parties ' charged. The only violent conduct was | shown to have been committed by a drunki en man, whose name was not in any of the warrants, and who would have long since been arrested by the local authorities but ' for the fact that he had tied the country. | Assistant Attorney Willard, however made ; an hour's argument to try to satisfy the Commissioner that the whole fifty ought to be bound over, because they did nothing to prevent the violent demonstration of the party before mentioned. Commissioner Bauskett bound over James and Hilliard Gayden in the sum of $500 each to appear at Charleston.?Columbia Register, Sunday.